text:
Sven Longshanks and Dennis Wise present another episode of Truth Will Out Radio, this week answering questions that had been addressed to Dennis about his two documentaries. The first is about Catholicism and whether or not the Roman Catholic church is Christian. This accusation is often seen in comment sections, along with the same thing being said about Orthodoxy or Protestants. Surely if somebody accepts Christ and strives to keep the Biblical commandments in the traditional sense, then they should be regarded as Christian no matter what denomination they are. Traditional minded Christians are few enough as it is, without arguing among ourselves over minutiae.
After this the subject moves to Druidry and it's link with Freemasonry. Dennis shows footage of the queen being initiated as a Druid in Communism by the Back Door, which should be evidence enough that modern Druidry has nothing to do with it's original form. The Druid hierarchy became the early pre-Saxon church in Britain and the descendants of the Druids were it's Bishops and Arch Bishops. When Freemasonry began they claimed a link with it to try and give the secret society some legitimacy and a link with the country, but the Druids before Christ were not a secret society, they were a visible part of an open society.
Dennis has been criticised for his view on the Khazar theory based on genetic studies showing that today's Jews are not Khazars, but he never said they were Khazars, only that they had some Khazar ancestry. We can see that the Jews are mixed, we can see that some of them have Negroid hair, but that does not mean they are Negroes. There is plenty of evidence in the historical record to show the Jews were in Khazaria and they obviously interbred with the population, as that is a part of their parasitic process in taking over a nation. Some of the motives for promoting the theory are looked at, such as distancing the modern Jews from their pharisaic ancestors, but whether they are mongrelised or not, they still have the blood of those who killed Christ in them.
After this the two hosts debunk some common criticisms that conspiracy theorists often use, about Hitler being funded by the Bush crime family and Operation Paperclip, before moving on to a lengthy attack piece by someone who has actually watched some of the documentary. The book burnings, Communism in Germany, Hitler's war record and the concept of personal freedom are all addressed before we finish with an unintended compliment comparing Dennis' work with Dr Goebbels.
Presented by Sven Longshanks and Dennis Wise
Truth Will Out Radio: Druids, Catholics and Hitler - TWOR 111816
Truth Will Out Radio will be back next Friday on Radio Aryan at 3pm EDT/8pm BST.
See the daily radio schedule for more alt-right audio available for download.
Join the chatroom, visit the bootleg archive and follow the feed.
We can accept donations with this Bitcoin Wallet:
Radio Aryan on Gab
Online Radiobox app
Radio Aryan smartphone app
Live Online Radio
128k live stream
48k live stream
Subscribe to Radio Aryan by Email


text:
Business owners hope to see tax loophole closed | NJ.com.
That would not be an issue if I am elected governor in 2013 because I would seek to abolish our own sales tax, therefore internet merchants would have to compete on a level plain field.
In fact, internet sales would then be at a disadvantage for the shipping and handling costs.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
This morning, I came across a photo of Halle Berry with daughter Nahla in Disneyland. Cute, yes. But it is a seemingly unremarkable pic until you remember that the Oscar winner is well into her second pregnancy. Immediately it brought back memories of how I felt during that time. Honestly, the last thing I wanted to do during any trimester was battle crowds and walk for miles under the unrelenting heat of the sun -- which is essentially what you endure at all theme parks. And that isn't the only annoyance for moms-to-be. Check out the 7 things no pregnant woman wants to do.
- Visit zoos, street fairs, and amusement parks. As if the endless walking wasn't bad enough, those bathrooms and porta-potties give new meaning to the word "gross."
- Fry anything. In warm weather months, it's too hot. Plus, the bigger you get, the risk of belly burner burn is seriously high.
- Hit the beach. Well, the actual surf itself is okay. But the sand is the real killer. It's hard enough getting it out of crevices when you can actually reach the crevices. Now imagine doing that with a huge belly to navigate around.
- Exercise with skinny people. Who needs that painful reminder of what your body used to be like.
- Take a bath in a standard tub. Unless you have one of those deep, sunken tubs, taking a soak totally sucks. The fact that the water barely comes above your thighs is just weirdly uncomfortable and cold.
- Go shoe shopping. Really, what's the point. If your feet aren't already painfully swollen, they will probably be a size bigger by the time the whole pregnancy is over.
- Watch someone eat something you can't. If you've happened to develop gestational diabetes or high blood pressure during your pregnancy, a bunch of foods are now off-limits. In other words -- all the foods you would want to eat are a no-go. So sitting across from your husband while he noshes on a fat, juicy burger and salty fries is the equivalent of water-boarding to a potato-starved mom-to-be.
What are other things pregnant women hate doing?
Image via Benjamin Staudinger/Flickr


text:
Where our classically eclectic, crafty, nature loving homeschool tries to stay on track...
Sunday, August 15, 2010
Airplane Cake
1 comment:
- Carolyn said...
You and the girls did a great job and the cake looks delic. How sweet of them to want to make him an airplane. Got to get that peanut butter icing recipe. Buzz was my little scientist and he entered this world faster than the speed of sound! LOL!
- August 16, 2010 at 12:07 AM
Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)


text:
The war among singing competitions got heated this week as "The Voice" (NBC, 8 p.m.) scheduled an extra episode of auditions tonight against the premiere of "X-Factor" (Fox, 8 p.m.)
Simon Cowell, producer/host of "X-Factor," took it as a slight, but honestly, what's the difference between two musical competitions on two networks squaring off against each other than, say, two sitcoms, or two cop dramas?
(Actually, it's going to be three, since "America's Got Talent" airs at 9 p.m. on NBC, going against the second hour of "X-Factor.")
"The Voice's" numbers dipped in its Monday premiere from last season, but it's still the biggest thing on NBC.
Sign Up and Save
Get six months of free digital access to The Telegraph
But my guess is that fans of the genre will click over to "X-Factor" tonight, because a) it's the third straight night of "The Voice," and fatigue might set in with viewers; and b) because "X-Factor" has a revamped lineup of judges by adding pop stars Britney Spears and Demi Lovato.
"X-Factor" was supposed to be THE breakout hit for Fox last season, and while the numbers were good -- in the 12 million range -- it wasn't the runaway success that "American Idol" was in its first couple of seasons.
The fact is, there's just too many of these shows. I liked the format and talent of "The Voice," so that's the one I watch, but I don't watch it consistently.
Given that there's "The Voice," "X-Factor," "America's Got Talent," "American Idol," "Duets" etc., plus similar shows on cable, it's simply too much. "Idol" got big because it was the only show of its kind for a long while. Now, it's hard to keep them all straight.
WEDNESDAY'S BEST BETS: Not too much else beyond what is listed above. NBC will premiere its new sitcom, "Guys With Kids," at 10 p.m. I haven't seen it, but the reviews from other critics have not been kind.
Other than that, there's a new "Royal Pains" at 9 p.m.


text:
Hikvision HiWatch THC-B220-V 2.8-12mm External Bullet HD-TVI/AHD/CVI/CVBS Camera 2MP
EXIR Technology
Brand: HIKVISION HIWATCH
Product Code: THC-B220-V
Availability: In Stock
Product Code: THC-B220-V
Availability: In Stock
Based on Analogue Technology Hikvision HD TVI (Transport Video Interface) enables reliable long distance analogue HD transmission over coaxial cable (RG59), without the need to upgrade to IP or even needing to replace your existing cabling.
EXIR Technology
This model also incorporates Hikvision's EXIR infrared array technology to provide industry-leading illumination in any low- or zero-light environment. Benefiting from an advanced, highly efficient light source that provides up to 30% more illumination efficiency compared to other LEDs and a revolutionary rectangular lens for uniform scene illumination and seamless HD formatting, Hikvision's EXIR cameras deliver the most advanced levels of night-time surveillance available on the market today.
Remote viewing is available using the Hik-Connect application for mobile or IVMS for desktop applications.
- 2 Megapixel high-performance CMOS
- Analog HD output, up to 1080P resolution
- Day / Night switch
- Smart 40m EXIR
- Digital Noise Reduction (DNR)
- EXIR technology, up to 40m IR distance
- IP67 weatherproof
- Compatible with Hikvision Turbo HD DVR's


text:
Rs. 3249
Rs. 235
Rs. 210
Rs. 99
Rs. 4310
Rs. 2549
Rs. 2799
Rs. 281
Rs. 1327
Rs. 881
Mangalore the coastal region of Karnataka. We love our brothers more than anyone, but wouldn't have expressed it. It's time to express our expressions. Astonish your brother staying in Mangalore for this rakshabandhan, by tying the knot of protection and gifts. Do not get upset that you cannot celebrate it as your brother is far away from you residing in Mangalore, but still u can enjoy this day by sending him the best handpicked rakhi from our send rakhi to mangalore category of Giftacrossindia.com. This is one of the India's largest and trusted gifting portals. We deliver your gifts on time at your favourite place.
Send rakhi to Mangalore and bring a huge smile on your brother's face with happy tears. As brothers also have the same love and care towards their sister. Brothers can also gift your sister with exciting gifts or hampers of her Favorites and surprise her back. We have hampers like set of three rakhi with celebrations, rakhi with ferrero rocher and assorted chocolates with rakhi. Capture the sweet memories of this festive and store it in your life. Under our Rakhi Exclusive Citywise Gifts, you can send rakhi to Mangalore to give a Raksha Bandhan surprise to brothers/sisters. Not just India, even rakhi and other mind blowing Rakhi Gifts can likewise be sent to different nations wherever your brother or sister live in.


text:
Q 1 What Is CLR?
CLR is a runtime environment. Code that we develop with language compiler that targets the runtime is called managed code. Programmers write code in any .Net language, compile their programs into IL in a portable executable file that can then be managed and executed by CLR. The cross-language integration is possible because language compilers and tools that target the runtime use a common type system defined by the runtime, and they follow the runtime's rules for defining new types, as well as for creating, using, persisting, and binding to types.
Q 2 What is CLR HOST?
Basically, the CLR acts as a library that can be loaded and "hosted" by a process. You can develop an app that loads and hosts the CLR if you wish; that would allow your app to contain a whole CLR virtual machine, load assemblies and run .NET managed code all within it.
SQL Server 2008, for example, can do this. You can write .NET code that is stored in a SQL Server database and run from within the SQL Server database engine. SQL Server is hosting the CLR to achieve that.
Q 3 What is CTS?
The common type system defines how types are declared, used, and managed in the common language runtime, and is also an important part of the runtime's support for cross-language integration. The common type system performs the following functions:
Establishes a framework that helps enable cross-language integration, type safety, and high-performance code execution.
Provides an object-oriented model that supports the complete implementation of many programming languages.
Defines rules that languages must follow, which helps ensure that objects written in different languages can interact with each other.
Provides a library that contains the primitive data types (such as Boolean, Byte, Char, Int32, and UInt64) used in application development. All types in the .NET Framework are either value types or reference types.
Value types are data types whose objects are represented by the object's actual value. If an instance of a value type is assigned to a variable, that variable is given a fresh copy of the value.
Reference types are data types whose objects are represented by a reference (similar to a pointer) to the object's actual value. If a reference type is assigned to a variable, that variable references (points to) the original value. No copy is made.Classes,Structures,Enumerations,Interfaces,Delegates .
Q 4 What is CLS?
.Net framework uses CLS to fully interact with others objects written in other languages. It is set of guidelines for languages to follow so that it can communicate with other .NET languages in seamless manner.
This is a subset of CTS which all .Net languages are expected to support.
Q 5 What is an Intermediate Language?
MSIL is the CPU independent set of instructions which contains instructions of loading, storing, initializing and calling functions. By using Metadata and CTS, MSIL allows true cross language integration. CIL is an object-oriented assembly language, and is entirely stack-based. Its byte code is translated into native code or — most commonly — executed by a virtual machine.
Q 6 What is Just In Time Compiler?
JIT compiler converts MSIL to native code on demand at application runtime, When the contents of an assembly are loaded and executed. Because CLR supplies a JIT compiler for each supported CPU architecture, Developers can build a set of MSIL assemblies that can be JIT compiled and run on different machine architecture.
Q 7 What is Portable executable (PE)?
Metadata is stored in one section of a .NET Framework portable executable (PE) file, while Microsoft intermediate language (MSIL) is stored in another section of the PE file. The metadata portion of the file contains a series of table and heap data structures. The MSIL portion contains MSIL and metadata tokens that reference the metadata portion of the PE file.
Q 8 What is Managed Code?
In .NET Framework Managed Code runs within the .Net Framework's CLR and benefits from the services provided by the CLR. When we compile the managed code, the code gets compiled to an intermediate language (MSIL) and an executable is created. When a user runs the executable the Just In Time Compiler of CLR compiles the intermediate language into native code specific to the underlying architecture. Since this translation happens by the managed execution environment (CLR), the managed execution environment can make guarantees about what the code is going to do, because it can actually reason about it. It can insert traps and sort of protection around, if it's running in a sandboxed environment, it can insert all the appropriate garbage collection hooks, exception handling, type safety, array bounce, index checking and so forth.
Q 9 What is Unmanaged Code?
"Code that is directly executed by the Operating System is known as un-managed code. Typically applications written in VB 6.0, C++, C, etc are all examples of unmanaged code. Unmanaged code typically targets the processor architecture and is always dependent on the computer architecture. Unmanaged code is always compiled to target a specific architecture and will only run on the intended platform. This means that if you want to run the same code on different architecture then you will have to recompile the code using that particular architecture. Unmanaged code is always compiled to the native code which is architecture specific. When we compile unmanaged code it gets compiled into a binary X86 image. And this image always depends on the platform on which the code was compiled and cannot be executed on the other platforms that are different that the one on which the code was compiled. Unmanaged code does not get any services from the managed execution environment.
In unmanaged code the memory allocation, type safety, security, etc needs to be taken care of by the developer. This makes unmanaged code prone to memory leaks like buffer overruns and pointer overrides and so forth.
Unmanaged executable files are basically a binary image, x86 code, loaded into memory. The program counter gets put there and that's the last the Operating System knows. There are protections in place around memory management and port I/O and so forth, but the system doesn't actually know what the application is doing."
Unmanaged Code example like C++, Win32, and COM which compiled into native so they not managed by .net runtime.but as you spend alot of time and money to build them .Net provide Unmanaged Interoperability.
so you can use them into your application and here the word Managed are came into the picture ie the runtime allow to use them but it said i will not managed them its your job to manage them one service that runtime provide to managed code is Garbage Collector its know how to control the lifetime of .net object and memory but it did not know how to clear resource allocated by unmanaged code. so this called unmanaged code and this your responsibility to clear the resource allocated by unmanaged code via implementing IDisposable interface for example.
Q 10 What is Garbage Collector?
The garbage collector manages the allocation and release of memory for your application.
Each time you create a object, the CLR allocates memory for the object from the managed heap.
The garbage collector's optimizing engine determines the best time to perform a collection, based upon the allocations being made.. When the garbage collector performs a collection, it checks for objects in the managed heap that are no longer being used by the application and performs the necessary operations to reclaim their memory.
Q 11 What is a Strong Name?
A strong name consists of the assembly's identity — its simple text name, version number, and culture information (if provided) — plus a public key and a digital signature.
You can use strong naming to ensure that when you load a DLL you get exactly the DLL you were expecting and not some other DLL that happens to have the same name.
Strong names guarantee name uniqueness by relying on unique key pairs. No one can generate the same assembly name that you can, because an assembly generated with one private key has a different name than an assembly generated with another private key.
Q 12 What are the steps to create Strong Name?
Open .net command prompt.
Go to the folder containing DLL.
Type sn -k test.snk, you can use any file name instead of test.
This will create test .snk file in that folder.
Open the assemblyinfo.cs file of project.
Type file path in this tag [assembly:AssemblyKeyFile@"C:\Test\bin\Debug\test.snk")]
Build application, finally your strong name created for your DLL.
Q 13 What are the Problems faced using Strong Name?
Requires Exact Match of the strong name key used
Cannot Lose Private Key - if lost we need to create the whole process again
Q 14 What is Program Database?
PDB files commonly have .pdb extention.When you create a class library project then after compilation,a .dll and .pdb file is created in ProjectRootFolder\bin\Debug.The created pdb file is program database for this project.
Q 16 What is an Assembly?
A chunk of (precompiled) code that can be executed by the .NET runtime environment. A .NET program consists of one or more assemblies. An assembly is a collection of types and resources that forms a logical unit of functionality.
When you compile an application, the MSIL code created is stored in an assembly .
Assemblies include both executable application files that you can run directly from Windows without the need for any other programs (these have a .exe file extension), and libraries (which have a .dll extension) for use by other applications.
There are two kind of assemblies in .NET;
private shared
Private assemblies are simple and copied with each calling assemblies in the calling assemblies folder.
Shared assemblies (also called strong named assemblies) are copied to a single location (usually the Global assembly cache). For all calling assemblies within the same application, the same copy of the shared assembly is used from its original location. Hence, shared assemblies are not copied in the private folders of each calling assembly. Each shared assembly has a four part name including its face name, version, public key token and culture information. The public key token and version information makes it almost impossible for two different assemblies with the same name or for two similar assemblies with different version to mix with each other.
Q 17 What are the Contents of an Assembly?
The assembly manifest, which contains assembly metadata.Type metadata,MSIL code that implements the types,A set of resources.
Q 18 What are Types of an Assemblies?
Private Assembly: - An assembly is used only for a particular application. It is stored in the application's directory otherwise in the application's sub directory. There is no version constraint in private assembly.
Public/shared Assembly:- It has version constraint. This public assembly is stored inside the global assembly cache or GAC.GAC contains a collection of shared assemblies.
A .NET Framework assembly containing resources specific to a given language. Using satellite assemblies, you can place the resources for different languages in different assemblies, and the correct assembly is loaded into memory only if the user elects to view the application in that language."
Q 19 What is a Satellite assembly?
A satellite assembly is a .NET Framework assembly containing resources specific to a given language. Using satellite assemblies, you can place resources for different languages in different assemblies, and the correct assembly is loaded into memory only if the user selects to view the application in that language.
Q 20 What are Steps to Create Satellite Assembly?
Create a folder with a specific culture name (for example, en-US) in the application's bin\debug folder.
Create a .resx file in that folder. Place all translated strings into it.
Create a .resources file by using the following command from the .NET command prompt. (localizationsample is the name of the application namespace. If your application uses a nested namespace structure like MyApp.YourApp.MyName.YourName as the type of namespace, just use the uppermost namespace for creating resources files—MyApp.)
resgen Strings.en-US.resx LocalizationSample.
al /embed:LocalizationSample.Strings.en-US.resources
/out:LocalizationSample.resources.dll /c:en-US
The above step will create two files, LocalizationSample.Strings.en-US.resources and LocalizationSample.resources.dll. Here, LocalizationSample is the name space of the application.
In the code, find the user's language; for example, en-US. This is culture specific.
Give the assembly name as the name of .resx file. In this case, it is Strings.
Q 21 What is an Assembly Loader?
The first thing the .NET assembly loader checks is whether the assembly is strongly signed. If it is, it will start its search in the Global Assembly Cache .
The loader will search for a policy file named in the format of:
For example:
If such a file exists it will look inside of it if the version of the assembly that we are trying to load matches the version/versions range written in the policy file. If it does, it will try to load the assembly with the version specified there. If no such policy file exists, it will try to load the assembly from the GAC.
If it will fail to find it in the GAC, it will start to search in the system's search path.
In web applications it will also include the application's Bin directory in the search path.
You can manually add folders to an AppDomain's search path by using the "AppendPrivatePath" method.
Q 22 What is Multi Module Assembly or Assembly Linker?
An assembly is called Multi Module assembly if it refers to multiple files. It can be combinations of modules written in different languages. When we link different modules into final assembly, the hash of each module is recorded in the manifest file.
link.exe is used to link multiple modules
c:\>more a1.vb
c:\>more b1.cs
c:\>vbc /t:module a1.vb
c:\>csc /addmodule:a1.netmodule /t:module b1.cs
c:\>link /entry:MainClinetApp.Main /out:main.exe b1.netmodule a1.module
Q 23 What is an Assembly Manifest?
Assembly Manifest contains
Assembly Name,
Version number,
Strong Name Information,
List of all files in the assembly,
Type Reference information,
Information on referenced assemblies.
Q 24 What is a Metadata?
COM provided a step towards solving this problem. The .NET Framework makes component interoperation even easier by allowing compilers to emit additional declarative information into all modules and assemblies. This information, called metadata, helps components to interact seamlessly.
Metadata is binary information describing your program that is stored either in a common language runtime portable executable (PE) file or in memory. When you compile your code into a PE file, metadata is inserted into one portion of the file, and your code is converted to Microsoft intermediate language (MSIL) and inserted into another portion of the file. Every type and member that is defined and referenced in a module or assembly is described within metadata. When code is executed, the runtime loads metadata into memory and references it to discover information about your code's classes, members, inheritance, and so on.
Q 25 What is a Base class in .Net?
A base class, in the context of C#, is a class that is used to create, or derive, other classes. Classes derived from a base class are called child classes, subclasses or derived classes. A base class does not inherit from any other class and is considered parent of a derived class. Base class members (constructor, an instance method or instance property accessor) are accessed in derived class using the "base" keyword.
Base classes are automatically instantiated before derived classes.
Derived class can communicate to the base class during instantiation by calling the base class constructor with a matching parameter list.
Base class members can be accessed from the derived class through an explicit cast.
Since a base class itself can be a derived class, a class may have many base classes.
Members of a derived class can access the public, protected, internal and protected internal members of a base class.
Due to the transitive nature of inheritance, although a derived class has only one base class, it inherits the members declared in the parent of the base class.
By declaring a method in base class as virtual, the derived class can override that method with its own implementation. Both the overridden and overriding method and property must have the same access-level modifiers such as virtual, abstract or override.
When the keyword "abstract" is used for a method, it should be overridden in any nonabstract class that directly inherits from that class.
Abstract base classes are created using the "abstract" keyword in its declaration and are used to prevent direct initiation using the "new" keyword. They can only be used through derived classes that implement abstract methods.
A base class can prevent other classes from inheriting from it by declaring all the members as "sealed."
Base class members can be hidden in a derived class by using the keyword "new" to indicate that the member is not intended to be an override of the base member. If "new" is not used, the compiler generates a warning.
Q 26 What is Full Assembly Reference?
Full Assembly reference: A full assembly reference includes the assembly's text name, version, culture, and public key token (if the assembly has a strong name). A full assembly reference is required if you reference any assembly that is part of the common language runtime or any assembly located in the global assembly cache.
Partial Assembly reference: We can dynamically reference an assembly by providing only partial information, such as specifying only the assembly name. When you specify a partial assembly reference, the runtime looks for the assembly only in the application directory. We can make partial references to an assembly in your code one of the following ways:
Use a method such as System.Reflection.Assembly.Load and specify only a partial reference. The runtime checks for the assembly in the application directory.
Use the System.Reflection.Assembly.LoadWithPartialName method and specify only a partial reference. The run time checks for the assembly in the application directory and in the global assembly cache.
Q 28 What is an Assembly Qualified Name?Gets the assembly-qualified name of the Type, which includes the name of the assembly from which the Type was loaded.
Type objType = typeof(System.Array);
// Print the full assembly name.
Console.WriteLine ("Full assembly name:\n {0}.",
// Print the qualified assembly name.
Console.WriteLine ("Qualified assembly name:\n {0}.",
Q 29 What is ILDASM (Intermediate Language Disassembler)?
The Ildasm.exe parses any .NET Framework .exe or .dll assembly, and shows the information in human-readable format. Ildasm.exe shows more than just the Microsoft intermediate language (MSIL) code — it also displays namespaces and types, including their interfaces. You can use Ildasm.exe to examine native .NET Framework assemblies, such as Mscorlib.dll, as well as .NET Framework assemblies provided by others or created yourself. Most .NET Framework developers will find Ildasm.exe indispensable.http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa309387(v=vs.71).aspx
Q 30 What is Global Assembly Cache?
The global assembly cache stores assemblies specifically designated to be shared by several applications on the computer.
Q 31 What is an Attribute?
Attributes provide a powerful method of associating declarative information with C# code (types, methods, properties, and so forth). Once associated with a program entity, the attribute can be queried at run time and used in any number of ways.
Q 32 What is Serialization & Deserialization?
Serialization is the process of converting the state of an object into a form that can be persisted in a storage medium or transported across the processes/machines. The opposite of serialization is deserialization which is a process that converts the outcome of serialization into the original object.
Q 33 Where Serialization is used?
Communication: If you have two machines that are running the same code, and they need to communicate, an easy way is for one machine to build an object with information that it would like to transmit, and then serialize that object to the other machine. It's not the best method for communication, but it gets the job done.
Persistence: If you want to store the state of a particular operation in a database, it can be easily serialized to a byte array, and stored in the database for later retrieval.
Deep Copy: If you need an exact replica of an Object, and don't want to go to the trouble of writing your own specialized clone() class, simply serializing the object to a byte array, and then de-serializing it to another object achieves this goal.
Caching: Really just an application of the above, but sometimes an object takes 10 minutes to build, but would only take 10 seconds to de-serialize. So, rather than hold onto the giant object in memory, just cache it out to a file via serialization, and read it in later when it's needed.
Serialization is useful any time you want to move a representation of your data into or out of your process boundary.
Saving an object to disk is a trivial example you'll see in many tutorials.
More commonly, serialization is used to transfer data to and from a web service, or to persist data to or from a database.
Q 34 What are the types of Serialization available in .net?
Serialization can be Binary,SOAP or XML.
Q 35 What is Binary Serialization?
Binary serialization is the process where you convert your .NET objects into byte stream. In binary serialization all the public, private, even those which are read only, members are serialized and converted into bytes. So when you want a complete conversion of your objects to bytes then one can make use of binary serialization.In XML serialization only the public properties and fields of the objects are converted into XML. The private members are not taken into consideration in XML serialization.
Similar to XML serialization. When you serialize object to SOAP format it conforms to the SOAP specification.Binary Serialization: Light and compact used in Remoting
SOAP Serialization : Interoperable use SOAP and used in web Services
XML Serialization : Custom Serialization .
Q 36 What are the Advantages & Disadvantages of Binary Serialization?
Advantages of Binary Serialization
Object can be de-serialized from the same data you serialized it to.
Enhanced performance as it is faster and even more powerful in the sense that it provides support for complex objects, read only properties and even circular references.
Disadvantage of Binary Serialization: It is not easily portable to another platform.
Q 37 What is SOAP Serialization?
To support SOAP serialization, the .NET Framework provides the SoapFormatter class. This class is defined in the System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Soap namespace that is part of the System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Soap.dll assembly. In order to use The SoapFormatter class, you must reference this assembly. Then, you can create an object and initialize it as you see fit. Before saving it, as always, create a Stream-based object that would indicate the name (and location) of the file and the type of action to perform. Then, declare a SoapFormatter variable using its default constructor. To actually save the object, call the Serialize() method of this class. This method uses the same syntax as that of the BinaryFormatter class: it takes two arguments. The first is a Stream-based object. The second is the object that needs to be serialized.Typically the serialization process consists of creation of the serializer, opening of the stream and invocation of the serializer.
Q 38 What is Advantages of SOAP Serialization?
If you want full Type fidelity, and the "stability" that you are talking about you should use Soap Serialization. Soap Serialization preserves the
full type information.
XML Serialization is intended more for interoperability with other Operating Systems, and does not preserve all type information.
Q 39 What is a XML Serialization?
XML serialization serializes only the public fields and property values of an object into an XML stream. XML serialization does not include type information. For example, if you have a Book object that exists in the Library namespace, there is no guarantee that it is deserialized into an object of the same type.XML serialization does not convert methods, indexers, private fields, or read-only properties (except read-only collections). To serialize all an object's fields and properties, both public and private, use the DataContractSerializer instead of XML serialization.
Q 40 What are the Advantages of XML Serialization?
The advantages of XML Serialization are as follows:
· XML based
· Support for cross platforms
· Easily readable and editable
Q 41 What is Custom Serialization?
Custom serialization is the process of controlling the serialization and deserialization of a type. By controlling serialization, it is possible to ensure serialization compatibility, which is the ability to serialize and deserialize between versions of a type without breaking the core functionality of the type. For example, in the first version of a type, there may be only two fields. In the next version of a type, several more fields are added. Yet the second version of an application must be able to serialize and deserialize both types. The following sections describe how to control serialization.
Q 42 What is a Namespace?
The namespace keyword is used to declare a scope that contains a set of related objects. You can use a namespace to organize code elements and to create globally unique types.
Q 43 What is GUID?
A Globally Unique Identifier is a unique reference number used as an identifier.
The term GUID typically refers to various implementations of the universally unique identifier (UUID) standard.GUIDs are usually stored as 128-bit values, and are commonly displayed as 32 hexadecimal digits with groups separated by hyphens, such as {21EC2020-3AEA-4069-A2DD-08002B30309D}.the total number of unique such GUIDs is 2122 or 5.3×1036.
Q 44 What is a Formatter?
A formatter is an object that is responsible for encoding and serializing data into messages on one end, and deserializing and decoding messages into data on the other end.
Q 45 What is a Binary Formatter?
Serializes and deserializes an object, or an entire graph of connected objects, in binary format.
public sealed class BinaryFormatter : IRemotingFormatter, Iformatter
Q 46 What is a SOAP Formatter?
Serializes and deserializes an object, or an entire graph of connected objects, in SOAP format.
Q 47 What is Reflection?
Reflection provides objects (of type Type) that describe assemblies, modules and types. You can use reflection to dynamically create an instance of a type, bind the type to an existing object, or get the type from an existing object and invoke its methods or access its fields and properties. If you are using attributes in your code, reflection enables you to access them.
Reflection is useful in the following situations:
When you have to access attributes in your program's metadata.
Retrieving Information Stored in Attributes.
For examining and instantiating types in an assembly.
For building new types at runtime. Use classes in System.Reflection.Emit.
For performing late binding, accessing methods on types created at run time.
Q 48 What is Thread and Process?
A process, in the simplest terms, is an executing program. One or more threads run in the context of the process. A thread is the basic unit to which the operating system allocates processor time. A thread can execute any part of the process code, including parts currently being executed by another thread.
Q 49 What are the difference between a Dll and an Exe?
It's a executable file
When loading an executable, no export is called, but only the module entry point.
When a system launches new executable, a new process is created
The entry thread is called in context of main thread of that process.
It's a Dynamic Link Library
There are multiple exported symbols.
The system loads a DLL into the context of an existing process.
Q 50 What are Globalization and Localization?
Globalization is the process of designing and developing applications that function for multiple cultures. Localization is the process of customizing your application for a given culture and locale.


text:
3D Printers
Chemets is the representative of Voxeljet, the leading German company in the field of 3D technology. Innovative 3D printers are an excellent choice for the automatic production of high quality components from differing materials, without the use of tools. The printers offer high levels of durability, even in the toughest of industry conditions.


text:
Realtor helps elderly woman avoid foreclosure
My name is Rich Kushner and I am a real estate agent. I was trying to help Linda Anderson out with a shortsale, as her home was in pre-foreclosure with a sale date of July 14. Upon investigating, I found that although she has a reverse mortgage, she had fallen behind on her HOA fees, and with all the penalties and back payments currently owes $7,278. (Radio Appearance on July 25).
The reverse mortgage company has been paying the insurance, but she has to pay them back the $1,125 they've already paid. And since she is in default on the HOA, the reverse mortgage stopped paying her her monthly fee. Now she is behind on her property taxes. I have convinced the attorney's for the HOA to postpone the foreclosure.
We need to raise $11,075 to bring the HOA and property taxes current, and pay back the reverse mortgage for the insurance and then the reverse mortgage payments will resume.
Linda has no family and lives alone with her 2 older dogs, Bobby and Amber and her cat Isabelle. I am not sure how much time we have, but it is running out. Please help keep Linda (who turned 75 this month) from becoming homeless and will probably lose her older pets who are too old to be adoptable.
If we get her caught up, her $493.54 reverse mortgage payment will resume. That is enough to cover those 3 expenses. So it is not sending good money after bad.
This is one sales commission I do NOT want to earn.
We raised over $13,000 and only needed $11,000 (https://www.gofundme.com/help-prevent-foreclosure-on-linda). Sunday, I and some volunteers are going to her house hand fixing up the room to rent (and her house).


text:
About Us
An authentic quick-serve cafe that mimics India's street-food scene. During the summer Patel's Cafe opens the retractable doors and turns the music up, creating a rich and vibrant atmosphere. The experience doesn't stop in winter, as we are still open and ready-to-serve you!
Thirsty? We have delicious drinks including: juices, lassis, shakes, smoothies, chai and coffee. Need a quick-bite? Patel's Cafe also provides vegetarian-friendly sandwiches. Have a sweet-tooth? Try one of our flavorful ice-creams.
Check out our Time Out Chicago article: Patel's Cafe opens on Devon
2600 W Devon Ave Chicago, Illinois
773 262 0100 - Office
Monday – Sunday
11am – 9pm


text: Sifted Words (first-ever!) 2015 girl versus dough reader survey 10 things to know when working with brands 2015 girl versus dough reader survey — the results 2016 girl versus dough reader survey a baker's dozen: 13 (more) baking tips + tricks to become a better baker a baker's dozen: my top 13 essential baking ingredients a baker's dozen: my top 13 essential baking tools a baker's dozen: my top 13 tips for organizing baking supplies a little makeover + a happy thanksgiving a season of hope a super special announcement a trip to iowa {iowa cornquest recap} a trip to the apple orchard adjusting my passions. anthropologie measuring spoons {giveaway} avery at the apple orchard baked chickpea patties with yogurt sauce & sweet potato oven fries + nine months of motherhood {a baby update} classic yellow cake with chocolate buttercream frosting + adelaide's first birthday easter eggs, three ways food blogging as a career four days in asheville framing our travels with framebridge girl versus dough is on ziplist (+ a tutorial) girl versus dough turns four {giveaway} happy thanksgiving happy thanksgiving. how to proof or activate dry yeast {video} influence introducing avery kate JORD wood watch giveaway Knockout Gear — about me Knockout Gear — bench scraper Knockout Gear — yeast spoon life, lately made from earth {giveaway} meatless monday — out on the town merry christmas merry christmas, everyone. on miscarriage recipe roundup — fall sweets + breakfast treats scarlet threads apron {giveaway} shabby apple {giveaway} sifted words — (late) summer recipe roundup sifted words — a lil' nursery tour Sifted Words — a new home! Sifted Words — A Tablespoon Recap sifted words — bread 101 sifted words — haters gonna hate Sifted Words — Home, PB & J and Fancy Food Sifted Words — Let them eat bread sifted words — life, lately. sifted words — look around. sifted words — mama's day sifted words — movin' on up Sifted Words — no-knead breads sifted words — spreading the love sifted words — summertime recipe roundup sifted words — tablespoon recap Sifted Words — Tablespoon, part deux. sifted words — tablespoon, revisited Sifted Words — thankful. Sifted Words — The 4th. sifted words — treat yo' self Sifted Words — Where you at? Sifted Words — Would you like to Tablespoon with me? six months of motherhood {a baby update} + my favorites in baby gear and apps thank you day with merci thanksgiving recipe roundup the "quick bread love" ecookbook the great wedding cookie adventure three months of motherhood {a baby update} twelve months of motherhood {a baby update} we're moving into an rv. no, really. williams-sonoma gift card {giveaway} WÜSTHOF knife set {giveaway} Back to All Recipes


text:
A LONG-RUNNING family firm believes it now ranks as one of the best hardwood suppliers along the south coast.
Covers timber merchants unveiled its new 14,000sqft hardwood shed in January, with Chichester mayor John Hughes on hand to cut the ribbon at its head office in Quarry Lane, Chichester.
"It's nice to see you going from strength-to-strength," the mayor told the assembled group of Covers' employees and customers.
Managing director Henry Green was on hand for the opening and said he was thrilled at the outcome.
"It's fantastic to see it done. It was a lot of hard work – it was a very uneven site," he said. Up to 60 mixers' worth of cement had to be used to create the building's base.
Its roof contains 550 solar panels which generate 130 megawatts per year – enough to power 30 individual houses.
The firm uses the energy to power the shed, as well as its nearby mill and timber treatment plant.
Previously, the firm's hardwood shed was on a separate site nearby.
"The win for us is to be able to have the hardwood offer on the same site as the rest of the product ranges because we used to be off site on Spur Road," said Mr Green.
The shed contains a huge range of hardwoods, including African species iroko, sapele, utile and accoya, which hardwood manager Dennis Taylor said was new to the market.
Other examples include European oak, American oak, meranti from Malaysia.
"Everything is sourced responsibly in compliance with European Union trading regulations," said Mr Taylor.
"I think with the hardwood we've got in stock at our Chichester branch, this ranks as one of the best hardwood suppliers on the south coast."
Mr Green echoed this, saying the offering was 'second to none' locally.
"It's a fantastic offer in the region," he told the assembled staff and customers at the opening.
"There's not really anything like it around here.
"Thanks very much to the guy that operate in here, the guys that built it.
"We've also got the benefit of it being a super place for these guys to work and hopefully you enjoy being here."


text:
main(713) 222-2273
Schedule an appointment online with ScheduleNow
Imaging & Diagnostic Services
Care Services
Appointments & Doctors
Your Visit
Online Patient Services
Patient Support
To search Houston doctors, please select a specialty & submit your Zip Code below.
To schedule an appointment online, select provider type, service and submit your ZIP code below.
(281) 644-8937 tel
(281) 644-8935 fax
23960 Katy Fwy
Suite 110
Katy, TX 77494
Directions >
Surface Lot
Closing Soon
7:30am - 5:30pm
Show All Hours >
Memorial Hermann Diagnostic Laboratory located on the Memorial Hermann Katy Hospital campus, offers a wide array of testing, including the latest in wellness biometric tests, and provides one-day turnaround on most testing. No appointment is needed, and walk-ins are welcome. Memorial Hermann Diagnostic Laboratory Katy Hospital location accepts lab orders from all physicians, including out-of-state physicians.
Memorial Hermann Diagnostic Laboratory is committed to delivering high quality, reliable diagnostic services including:
Benefits of Memorial Hermann Diagnostic Laboratory include:
Memorial Hermann Diagnostic Laboratory is appropriately licensed and accredited. For general information and hours, please call Client Services at (713) 338-4522.
Surface lot parking is available on site. Enter the double doors to the Medical Plaza 2 from either the north or south side and proceed to Suite 110.


text:
Brad Baron is used to looking lame compared to his older brother, Blake.
Though Brad is a genius, Blake is a superhero in the elite Justice Force. And Brad doesn't measure up at his high school, where powers like super-strength and flying are the norm.
So when Brad makes friends who are more into political action than weight lifting, he's happy to join a new crew—especially since it means spending more time with Layla, a girl who may or may not have a totally illegal, totally secret super-power. With her help, Brad begins to hone a dangerous new power of his own.
But when they're pulled into a web of nefarious criminals, high-stakes battles, and startling family secrets, Brad must choose which side he's on. And once he does, there's no turning back.
The first thing you have to know about V is for Villain is that I loved it.
This book is not just packed with action and the typical superhero/super villain hijinks (even though there is tons of action). Instead the meat of V is for Villain, is about something even more fascinating, the blurred lines between good and evil, and how easy it is to end up on the wrong side, even when trying to do good.
Moore does a fantastic job creating likable characters for readers to root for, and is particularly gifted in showing each of the characters motivations for moving towards the side of "evil". That's one of the most fascinating aspects of the book, how Moore does such a superb job creating situations that will have the readers second guessing the decisions made and the world's view, until the very last pages.
All in all, this was a great book that I would easily recommend. There was plenty of action, it's filled with well written and engaging characters, and it moves at a quick and engrossing pace sure to keep readers glued to the pages until the very end. Perfect for fans of a Andrew Grossman's Soon I Will Be Invincible, Michael Carroll's Super Human series, and Joss Whedon's Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog.
Publisher: Disney Hyperion
Published: May 20, 2014
Price: $17.99
Link to Buy: http://www.amazon.com/V-Villain-Peter-Moore/dp/1423157494/ref=tmm_hrd_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1400614980&sr=1-1


text:
Capital Digest
Education Department programs apparently will not be the target of spending-cut proposals to be offered by the White House over the next several weeks.
A spokesman for Leon E. Panetta, the director of the Office of Management and Budget, said last week that, although the National Performance Review recommended that 41 unspecified education programs be eliminated, those cuts would likely not be proposed until the President unveils his fiscal 1995 budget.
The Clinton Administration last week announced a $12 billion rescission bill that was based on recommendations in Vice President Gore's N.P.R. report, but it did not include any cuts in education programs.
"We're safe until '95,'' an aide to Secretary of Education Richard W. Riley said.
Administration officials have not revealed which education programs are to be targeted for elimination.
Also last week, a bipartisan Congressional task force called for $103 billion in savings over the next five years, including $170 million in education programs.
The Senate last week approved the proposed "religious freedom restoration act,'' which would make it harder for state and local governments to adopt laws that restrict religious practices.
The bill would alter the legal standard set by a 1990 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that said state laws may limit religious freedom as long as they serve a valid purpose and do not target one religion.
Religious educators have said that the ruling could lead to greater regulation of religious schools.
The House passed a similar bill in May that must be reconciled with the Senate's version.
Race-based scholarships are vital for eliminating vestiges of discrimination on college campuses and are thus constitutional, the Clinton Administration argued in a Maryland lawsuit that was heard last month.
The brief was filed in a case where the University of Maryland denied a Hispanic student access to a scholarship program created for blacks.
Secretary of Education Richard W. Riley mailed a memo to college officials in May that was supportive of race-exclusive scholarships, but the Administration has yet to issue a definitive policy.
In its brief, the Administration notes that a plan for Maryland colleges approved by the department's office for civil rights in 1985, in response to a court order, called for scholarships for black students.
Daniel Podberesky challenged the program in 1990. A federal district judge dismissed his case in 1991, but an appeals court remanded the case, saying the court should consider whether present effects of past discrimination exist.
The American College Testing program will provide recommendations for setting achievement levels on the 1994 National Assessment of Educational Progress, under a $2.1 million contract awarded by the National Assessment Governing Board.
The achievement levels for history and geography will outline what students in grades 4, 8, and 12 should know and be able to do on NAEP tests, and set the scores needed to meet those standards. A.C.T. will also develop performance levels for the new NAEP science examination that will be given in 1995 or 1996.
Some art-supply manufacturers may be in violation of a federal law that regulates the labeling of potentially toxic artists' materials, a consumer and environmental-protection group has charged.
A report released last month by U.S. PIRG lists 18 art products that it says are potentially harmful, especially to young users, but do not bear complete warning labels.
Under the Hazardous Art Materials Act of 1988, manufacturers must put warning labels on materials found to pose a "chronic hazard.''
None of the labels studied detailed all of the health risks posed by the materials, and more than half did not carry the telephone numbers that are required under federal law to allow consumers to get more information.
The study calls for a ban on toxic supplies in elementary
Vol. 13, Issue 09
We encourage lively debate, but please be respectful of others. Profanity and personal attacks are prohibited. By commenting, you are agreeing to abide by our user agreement.
All comments are public.


text:
I took last Friday off, time away from the internet for a long weekend with my family. But I knew what type of craziness would be waiting for me upon my return to work, when I read the business section of the Daily Telegraph on a lazy Saturday afternoon.
I read the Telegraph each day and can personally attest that it has virtually no business coverage of search. Yet there it was. A giant article, complete with photo of Google cofounder Sergey Brin, proclaiming that Microsoft wanted to buy Google.
I knew the only way this story managed to get that type of play in the Telegraph is if its business editors had felt compelled to do so because of the screaming headlines in many other publications. Otherwise, they seem to ignore search with a passion.
Sure enough, a frenzy seemed to have been sparked by a New York Times story that Microsoft had talked with Google about a possible takeover within the past two months.
This is screaming headline news? Please. No one should have been surprised that the companies have talked about a possible purchase. More important, what's lost in all the "what if" about a takeover is the more realistic notion that the two companies might partner in the short term.
Google: Potential Answer To Microsoft's Build-It Problem
Back in February, I wrote that if Microsoft were shopping for search engines, to keep up with the then recent purchases of Inktomi, AltaVista and AllTheWeb, Google was a perfect solution:
A long-shot, but one that can't be dismissed, is that MSN might consider Google. Microsoft certainly has the cash to make an attractive offer, and if you've decided owning technology is important, why not purchase what is still commonly regarded as the best? In addition, you'd pick up Google's widely popular web sites in the US and around the world, while also potentially hurting your chief competitor, AOL.
Of course, Google might not want to be purchased. Even if it did, there would be a real fear that a Microsoft-owned Google might cause Google to shaded with the public fear of dominance that many already have of Microsoft. Google already has enough of a challenge combating this fear without a Microsoft connection.
I revisited the notion again in July, following the Yahoo bid for Overture. While Microsoft had by then said it planned to build its own crawler-based search engine, its challenge was suddenly magnified by the new need consider also creating a paid listings system of its own.
Google is another target. It's been reported that an informal offer has been made by Microsoft to Google at least once before. There's now even more reason for Microsoft to sweeten its offer. By purchasing Google, Microsoft would gain in-house capabilities for both editorial and paid listings. In addition, these would be mature, industrial-strength and proven systems. It would also gain Google's incredibly popular network of web sites.
How about that previous report of an offer? For all the hype about last week's New York Times revelation, no one seems to be mentioning that back in June, Dave Winer's Scripting News blog had the first serious mention of an actual Microsoft bid for Google.
That bid appears to have happened in early 2003, so it is news that Microsoft appears to have since made another attempt, and perhaps a much more serious one. But no one should have been surprised at this. The writing was on the wall. Heck, there was a giant flashing neon arrow saying, "Watch This Space."
Now that Google appears headed down the IPO path, it seems extremely unlikely that such an acquisition would actually happen. Speculation about it almost seems wasteful, but that's not keeping plenty of people from doing so.
Google: Able To Go It Alone
One such example is from The Register, where Andrew Orlowski argues that Google needs Microsoft because it is too dependent on advertising.
Google is indeed an advertising company. That's because the search engine business — and there is a search engine business — is largely a new advertising medium. Some people search for information, but many are looking to purchase products and services.
For this reason, when Overture made BusinessWeek's Info Tech 100 list earlier this year, I wrote that both Overture and Google needed to be viewed as ad companies. It's also why I asked Google cofounder Sergey Brin how he'd classify Google back in August. His answer was that Google was still a tech company, but one where that technology is linked to media.
Where Orlowski's article is wrong is the idea that Google doesn't own enough billboards for its advertisements. Google's web site is incredibly popular, a giant billboard that it completely owns. It's not a media agency for its own site — it IS the media owner.
To dismiss the Google web site is to suggest that a major television network in the United States such as NBC is in trouble because it doesn't own the other networks, as well. As long as Google's own site stays popular, and there's every reason to expect it will, Google is in the enviable position of being a major media owner.
In fact, the idea that Overture is "ahead" of Google is blind to the fact that Overture ultimately had to partner with another media owner to survive. That owner was Yahoo. By being part of Yahoo, Overture now owns some billboards of its own. Before this — and unlike Google — it could only rent those owned by others.
Meanwhile, the Google AdSense program by anecdotal accounts has proven to be a knockout punch at coopting billboards owned by others for free. It seems difficult these days to encounter a site that doesn't seem to be carrying Google AdSense links. The Washington Post just ran an article with publishers raving about them. I even now get horrible spam promising to tell me how to make money off Google AdSense.
The AdSense links also provide Google with a nice backup to the fact that, as Orlowski's article says, Google isn't a sticky site. Google doesn't need to be sticky. It earns at its own site by getting you to click on its paid listings, and plenty do. Should you bypass these for unpaid listings, Google still wins. Many of the sites you'll arrive at have Google's paid listings, providing a backup way for Google to earn.
Just do a search for dvd player to see this. A page from How Stuff Works is in the top unpaid results. Head over there, and along the left-hand side of the page that loads, the "Sponsored By" links come from Google. For the record, Google has said it will do nothing to help boost sites that carry its ads. But if you have enough sites with your ads, you don't need to boost them. Some of them will just naturally come up.
Orlowski also suggests that Google needs to start "shouting" about itself as a destination for media buyers. Google already shouts this and has done so for ages. Far from never running ads, Google does substantial spending to make sure its name is in front of advertisers in all types of venues, from magazine, to online, to conferences.
Overall, Microsoft needs Google more than Google needs Microsoft — hence the fact that Google hasn't sold out to Microsoft. That doesn't mean Microsoft is out of luck, of course. Hardly. Microsoft will continue forward with its original plan of building its own search solution, and you can expect it will be a serious competitor to Google, Yahoo and AOL — the other major search sites that operate.
Google: Why IPO?
If Google is strong enough to say no to Microsoft, then why does it need to go public? The best argument I've seen is that Google is almost compelled to because the number of employees it has will force it to make quarterly public filings.
Barron's Online reported this before the rumored IPO plans emerged. I also remembered this as the reason Microsoft went public, and indeed, it was. In fact, reading a past account I found about Microsoft's Bill Gates thinking going public would be a "pain" sounds eerily like the statements Google's founders have made this year.
The other good argument is that Google's major investment firms may be putting pressure on the company to go public in order to cash in. That, combined with the need to do public filings anyway, makes it compelling to move forward with an offering.
Nothing Left To Buy? Not At All!
An argument I've seen others bandy about is that Google needs cash, either to buy things or to fight Yahoo and Microsoft. An example of this is from the Guardian, where Jack Schofield explores whether Google's IPO may be coming too late.
The contention is that Google needs money to build itself out as a portal to truly take on features that Yahoo and Microsoft have, and that perhaps all the best companies have been bought up.
This doesn't fly with me. Is Google sorry it didn't do a nearly $4 billion stock swap to acquire personal homepage service GeoCities, as Yahoo did back in 1999? I wouldn't think so. Instead, for what's believed to be a relatively tiny sum, Google bought Blogger.
Blogger lets people build what's for many the successor to personal home pages: blogs. So for far less than Yahoo, Google gained a better system. In fact, Google's competitors Yahoo and Microsoft will now likely have to pay more if they want to acquire blogging companies, since Google's now attached a value to them.
To put it another way, Yahoo bought a 486 computer back when computer prices were in the thousands of dollars. Google's got a Pentium IV, at a time when computer prices are just in the hundreds. The notion it has missed out neglects the fact that web services themselves are constantly advancing.
What Might Google Buy?
Certainly an IPO will give Google more cash, though the company seems to have managed a number of acquisitions this year without being public. It even apparently had $30 million to offer Friendster, the online dating site, but found its advances rejected.
No doubt Google will continue to buy where it makes sense. What might it get? Schofield's article suggests email might be an area Google could expand into, and that certainly makes sense.
Google used to say it was focused on search, but these days it's about "organizing the web's information." Email is information. And with email spam a growing problem, I could see Google seeking a spam-filtering company such as Brightmail or SpamCop (which I use and highly recommend). A plus to such a move is that this type of service would generate subscription-based revenue that Google currently lacks.
Perhaps Google might seek a company that lets people sell products online, which would then feed into an actual Google shopping or auction area.
All this is speculation. The reality is that no one can give you a list of everything Google "must have," nor is there any reason to think that just because an IPO will give the company plenty of cash, it necessarily will feel it must buy, buy, buy.
We did see this type of thinking during the portal wars of the late 90s. If anything, it should have taught that just buying what your competitors have doesn't guarantee you're making the right move. Just ask Go/Infoseek, Excite and Lycos, all of which have but a shade of the traffic they once held, despite playing the acquisition game.
Search Investment Made Early
Going back to the Guardian article, it argues that Google missed out by not getting the "hot" technology and "big" web sites of AllTheWeb and AltaVista, neither of which was big in the sense of popular usage. Instead, "wide awake" Yahoo got them, as well as Inktomi and Overture.
Wide awake Yahoo? Yahoo bought these companies because it is playing catch-up with Google. Google owns everything that these companies had to offer. That's why it didn't need them. That's also why it didn't need to spend $2 billion on acquisitions, in terms of cash-and-stock deals, to get them in the way Yahoo has.
Here's another metaphor. Some see the amount Yahoo has spent on search over the past year and think Google needs the same amount in cash. They fail to understand that Google is already a home owner, and it bought its house when prices were cheap.
In contrast, Yahoo was a renter until the end of last year. By the time it bought, the price of buying a crawler-based search engine had jumped significantly. Ask Jeeves spent only $4.1 million in cash and stock on Teoma in 2001. LookSmart spent $9.5 million in a stock deal for WiseNut in 2002. When Yahoo bought Inktomi, it paid $235 million. That's 57 Teomas or 25 WiseNuts!
Who Will Win? Probably Everyone
The Guardian article raises the commonly-asked issue of "who's going to win" in the search race that continues to heat up. Don't expect this to be the service that uses "personalization" to prevent switching, as the article suggests. Yahoo and MSN already have personalization. That's not kept people from going to Google when they want to search.
Instead, you're not likely to see any clear winners. Why? Think television networks. In the US, there are four major networks that capture viewers. None of them are going to collapse overnight, though any one of them will gain or lose users depending on its programming.
Search is programming. As long as Google's programming stays substantially good, users are going to keep tuning in out of habit. Potentially, it is "easy" to switch from Google. But ask any smoker how easy it is to give up cigarettes.
You don't break a habit unless you've got a good reason. For searchers with the Google habit, they'll only switch if Google becomes noticeably bad at the same time its competitors are substantially better. What about arguments some make claiming Google's quality has slipped? Those making these claims often fail to try the same searches at Google's competitors. I always do, and I often find Google's competitors are no better.
Realistically, all four major services — Google, Yahoo, MSN and AOL — will likely maintain some parity of quality that doesn't prompt a massive outflow of users.
Google & Microsoft Could Partner Short Term
The Guardian article suggests that Google woke the "sleeping giant" of Microsoft. Actually, it was Yahoo's noisy buying spree that did this. In addition, the Yahoo moves have given Google a serious "in" with Microsoft for the first time.
Google has pitched Microsoft on using its search services for well over a year. It never had a real chance because Microsoft perceived Google as a competitor, while the companies it had historically partnered with — Inktomi, Overture and LookSmart — were all "neutral" providers not trying to attract their own visitors.
Today, MSN has ruled out staying with LookSmart past January. That leaves it depending on Inktomi and Overture, both of which have lost their former neutrality since they are now owned by MSN-competitor Yahoo. In the long-term, MSN will solve this problem by building its own in-house services. In the short term, the relationship means cash for Yahoo's coffers.
The alternative, of course, is to partner with Google in the short term. That brings us all the way back to the recent New York Times article. A takeover possibility was only one of the options discussed.
Google certainly had to hear the pitch. In fact, the company has said on several occasions that it would entertain any serious offers, as Google cofounder Sergey Brin said when I asked him specifically about the possibility of a sale to Microsoft in August.
But while Google got Microsoft's pitch, there's no doubt Microsoft heard Google's. "Use us," Google would argue, "because we are far less competitive with you than Yahoo."
For the time being, both sides seem to be sticking with the status quo. But don't be surprised if we hear more about Microsoft and Google talking. It's unlikely to be about a takeover, but it certainly could be about working together.
Related reading
How did the Gillette video impact search traffic?
Gillette's "The Best a Man Can Be" ad sparked lots of coverage. The real question is, "What impact did that video have on search traffic?" The trends since.
What will the SERP of tomorrow look like? Four changes to prepare for today
Four predictions on the SERP of tomorrow from the VP of Industry Insights at Yext. What we can expect, and what to do today to prepare.
3 lead generation tips for ecommerce businesses
For 3 out of 5 marketers, generating traffic and leads is the toughest challenge. Here are our top three tips for lead generation for ecommerce businesses.
How did the 2018 SERP changes impact organic search?
How did the 2018 SERP changes impact organic listings? More importantly, how should you react? The year of updates in review, and tips to respond to each.


text:
Click here to go back to Lukes Racing Home page
Click here to go back to Lukes Racing Big Bore Kits
CR80 - 101.5cc Ported Big Bore kit
This is an AMA legal kit for the Super mini class. Fits CR80 1993 through 2002. And CR85 2003-2004 The kit includes: 101.5cc big bore (Nikasil plated) cylinder 52.00 mm bore. Cylinder head modified for the big bore piston. Wiseco Pro-lite 52.00mm piston, rings, pin and clips, top-end bearing and a top-end gasket set. This is a complete top-end. The exhaust port has been enlarged and polished, the transfer ports and intake ports have had the rough casting flaws removed, slightly enlarged and finished with a glass beaded finish. The glass beaded finish helps prevent fuel/air separation but also allows good air flow. Removing casting flaws and polishing the exhaust port will gain significant power in midrange and top-end without loosing any low end power. The bigger bore adds power all through the powerband. The combustion chamber of the head is polished also. The Nikasil plating on our re-plated cylinders is a minimum of .004" thick as compared to the stock thickness of .001"-.002"
Total for the kit: $550.00 if you send us your old cylinder
and head for the core charge. Or $700.00 and we will refund $150.00 when we
get your old cylinder and head for the core charge. We can ship right away
if you pay with credit card. We can charge the $550.00 then do a $150.00 "authorization"
on your card. The "authorization" does not charge to your card, it
just puts a hold on the $150.00 We void the authorization when we get your cylinder
and head. Free UPS ground shipping.
Click here to view exhaust ports on ported and non-ported CR101 Big Bore
Click here to view intake ports on ported and non-ported CR101 Big Bore


text:
Best celebrity style icons of 2010 - StyleBakery.com | Celebrity Dish
Diana Vreeland is one of the most notable fashion icons in the history of style. Mrs Vreeland was an eminent columnist and editor who worked for magazines such as Harper's Bazaar and Vogue. Being a lady of such elegance and sophistication, it Elle magazine's creative director, Joe Zee, zeroes in on some of the world's best dressers with our fashion icon countdown. Trendsetter Angelina Jolie comes in at No. 10. "Everything she does is with confidence, and she's always brave," said Joe They looked the picture of health as they enjoyed the sun, wearing strikingly similar outfits with cut-off denim shorts. While Alexa, 29, chose a boyish checked shirt, Daisy, 24, went for a simple grey T-shirt accessorised with a delicate long silver necklace. The British blondes looked gorgeous as they attended a mutual friend's wedding, showing off their famous laid back boho style. While supermodel Moss opted for a gorgeous floral chiffon gown, while actress Miller rocked a knee-length blue print Are you a Betty? A Joan? A Peggy or a Megan? Each character has worked '60s-era style in her own way in season 6, from Betty's pitch-perfect polish and Joan's body-skimming bold looks to Peggy's career-girl style and Megan's fashion That was the tweet last year from Ugo Mozie, a stylist who has worked with Chris Brown, Beyoncé, and Kelly Rowland and a Gucci belt. My boyfriend would look great in that. And he's 29. Usually, these images first appear on his mother's feed .
Move over, Cara D - there's a new gang of style mavens on the block, and they're coming to steal your style icon crown. If you don't know the fashionable faces in our gallery above yet, don't worry - you will soon. From Sky Ferreira's glamorous Hollywood's very own princess from the land of 'Andalasia' and now named world's 83rd Lois Lane, the quirky and cute Amy Adams knows exactly what works for her and what doesn't. The beautiful star of The Muppets was seen sporting an To say that Michael Jackson is a musical legend would be an understatement. During his career, he released one of the best-selling albums of all time, won 13 Grammys and earned upwards of $500 million (and that's just the short list). But on the Diego Maradona gave up his diamond stud earring to pay off a tax debt A Milan court on Wednesday convicted Dolce and Gabbana of tax evasion for failing to declare 200 million euros ($268 million) through a Luxembourg company to Italian .
Another Picture of fashion icons :
From Icon to Everyday: Audrey Hepburn | The Divine Addiction
This month's style icon: Edie Sedgwick | Fashion Odor
, cute, dog, fashion, fashion icon - inspiring picture on Favim.com
Kim Kardashian Fashion 2012 - LustyFashion


text:
Keltie Ferris
Oil and acrylic on canvas on two panels in artist's frame
88 x 78 x 4.75 inches
223.5 x 198.1 x 12.1 cm
b. 1977, Louisville, KY
Lives and works in Brooklyn and Woodstock, NY
MFA, Yale School of Art, New Haven, CT
BFA, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Nova Scotia, Canada
RELIEF, Morán Morán, Los Angeles, CA
Keltie Ferris: *O*P*E*N*, Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY
[[[GENAU]]], Klemm's, Berlin, Germany
(F(U(T( )U)R)E), Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York, NY
M/A/R/C/H, Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York, NY
Exclamation Point, Klemm's, Berlin, Germany
Keltie Ferris: Paintings and Body Prints, University Art Museum, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, NY
Keltie Ferris: Paintings and Body Prints, Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York, NY
Body Prints, Chapter NY, New York, NY
Keltie Ferris: Doomsday Boogie, Santa Monica Museum, Santa Monica, CA
Keltie Ferris, Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York, NY
KF+CM 4EVER, Horton Gallery, New York, NY
Man Eaters, curated by Chris Cook, Kemper Museum, Kansas City, MO
Dear Sir or Madame, SUNDAY L.E.S., New York, NY
Keltie Ferris & Molly Larkey, SUNDAY L.E.S., New York, NY
Boy Genius, Kinkead Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA
Boy Genius, curated by Simon Watson, The Prequel, Scenic, New York, NY
Objects to Identify, Morán Morán, Los Angeles, CA
Gardening on the Moon, Curated by Andrea Belag, George Lawson Gallery, Emeryville, CA
Noon-One, Curated by RJ Messineo, CANADA, New York, NY
Feed the Meter, Vol. II, Ceysson & Bénétiére, Wandhaff, Luxembourg
Man Alive, Curated by Wendy White, Maruani Mercier Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
The Coverly Set, Sargent's Daughters, New York, NY
Your Face In The Mirror Isn't Your Face, Similar To Plastic Silverware, Curated by Torey Thornton, Moran Bondaroff, Los Angeles, CA
The Inaugural Exhibition, Makasiini Contemporary,Turku, Finland
Confronting the Canvas: Woman of Abstraction, Museum of Contemporary Art Jacksonville, FL
Two Steps Forward, Curated by Margaret Lee and Debra Singer, 47 Canal, New York, NY
Saturn Drive, Curated by Renaud Regnery, Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz, Berlin, Germany
Herland, 60 Wall Gallery, New York, NY
Go With The Flow, The Hole, New York, NY
Abstract America Today, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
Wanton Mobility, curated by Arielle Bier, Klemm's, Berlin, Germany
Shakti, Brand New Gallery, Milan, Italy
2014 Invitational Exhibition of Visual Arts, Academy of Arts & Letters, New York, NY
Outside The Lines, CAMH, Houston, TX
Paint On Paint Off, Curated by Sima Familant, Halsey McKay, East Hampton, NY
On the Grid, Magnus Gallery, New York, NY
Raw/Cooked: Ulrike Müller, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
Astral Weeks, Gallery Diet, Miami, FL
Open Windows: Keltie Ferris, Jackie Saccoccio, Billy Sullivan and Alexi Worth, Curated by Carroll Dunham, Addison Gallery, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA
The Working Title, Bronx River Art Center, New York, NY
Salon Zürcher, with the Horton Gallery, Paris, France
Spray!, D'Amelio-Terras, New York, NY
Purity is a Myth, Pilar Corrias, London, UK
Illusions Lounge, David Castillo Gallery, Miami, FL
Informal Relations, curated by Scott Grow, Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art, Indianapolis, IN
This Is A Performance, curated by Sam Gordon, ACP, Los Angeles, CA
It's All American, curated by Haley Mellin and Alex Gartenfeld, New Jersey Museum of Contemporary Art, Asbury Park, NJ
This is a Test, Curated by Sam Gordon, ACP @ X Initiative, New York, NY
The Open, Deitch, Long Island City, NY
Aberrant Abstraction, The Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Overland Park, KS
Besides, With, Against, And Yet: Abstraction and the Ready-Made, The Kitchen, New York, NY
Oculus Imaginationis, Horton Gallery, New York, NY
The Best is Yet to Come, Galleria Glance, Turino, Italy
Rattled By the Rush, Andrew Rafacz Gallery, Chicago, IL
DiSoRgAnIzEd (Another 24 Hours), curated by Jacob Robichaux, Museum 52, New York, NY
Party at Phong's House, Curated by Chris Martin, Galeria Janet Kurnatowski, New York, NY
There is No There There, Rivington Arms, New York, NY
Accident Blackspot, Curated by Jim Lee and Rob Nadeau, Freight + Volume, New York, NY
Defining A Moment: 25 New York Artists, Curated by Simon Watson, House of Campari, New York, NY
Unnameable Things, Artspace, New Haven, CT
Accident Blackspot, Markus Winter, Berlin, Germany
Performed Identity, curated by Simon Watson, Kathleen Cullen Fine Arts, New York, NY
Untitled (Works on Paper), Moti Hasson Gallery, New York, NY
Bucket Rider Gallery, Chicago, IL
Living Room Paintings, Painted Faces, Kinkead Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA
Some Kind of Portrait, Curated by Simon Watson, Marc Selwyn Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA
Distinctive Messengers, Curated by Simon Watson, House of Campari, Miami, FL
Flex Your Textiles, Curated by Travis Boyer and Ginger Brooks Takahashi, John Connelly, New York, NY
School Days, Jack Tilton Gallery, New York, NY
MFA Thesis Show, Yale School of Art, New Haven, CT
Rosenthal Family Foundation Award in Painting, The Academy of Arts and Letters
Rema Hort Mann Foundation Grant Artist Pension Trust
Jacob Javits Fellowship
"Artists Present at Noon," MoMA, New York, NY
The Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO
The Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art (Oppenheimer Collection), Overland Park, KS
The Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY


text:
I was in London. There was rain. I walked on bridges and ate biscuits and watched "the darts" on TV.
Tom had almost a week between his seminar in London and his course in Nepal, so I flew over and spent as much time as possible touching his face with my face, and the rest of the time looking at old buildings, perfecting my left-side-drive jaywalking, and pinching pennies and pounds.
We stayed at Think Apartments, basically a hotel where housekeeping only comes in once a week and they have full kitchens. It was about the same price as other hotels, but we got to save a load of cash on food, making our coffee, toasted-breadything breakfasts, and the odd lunch. Trips to Tesco and Whole Foods netted us our vegan margarine, bagels, OJ, falafel, coffee…even coconut creamer. Unfortunately, in the freezer section, pretty much all the vegetarian meats had egg. Except the vegan fish fingers! They were soy-based, shreddy fakey meat, and if we'd been smart enough to pick up some lemon it would have been aces.
While vegetarian is super easy in London, vegan was a little tougher. I kept getting my hopes up, only to have them dashed. One day, in Leadenhall Market, the smell of baked potato lured me into a shop—baked potatoes, especially on a cold, rainy day…well, to be met with the words "only dairy butter" was a real bummer. But I steeled myself, put up my hood, and moved on to what was the only entry on my London to-do list: vegan fish & chips.
On word from my pal Janessa, I found two versions, the first at The Coach & Horses, London's first vegetarian pub. What you need to know: You can grab a table in the small street-level bar and your food will come through a (what?!) dumbwaiter. But a bartender can grant you access to the upstairs dining room-slash-bakery. It's also small but very cute, where cute chicks in cute aprons make scones and pretty cakes.
The vegan fish is a sizable slab of tofu, wrapped in seaweed and battered up but good. My only complaint would be the same one I'd have all over this city: Salt!!!!!!!! I should have carried some with me, because if there's oil, I need salt. The chips were chips (lightly salted), and the final component was minted peas. I have never eaten peas on purpose, but I was doing as the Londoners do and dug in. Guess what, mint and peas go really well together. Neat and O.
Our second round of fish & chips was at Loving Hut, in Camden. This fish was more of a fakey meat, sitting on a layer of seaweed, then breaded. Overall, this was way more fast-foody, with not-so-exciting chips and (sigh) mintless peas. But it was also half the price and still totally edible and vegan and what I needed to fuel another day of walking and exploring.
Just about a half mile from Loving Hut was Cookies & Scream, tucked away in Camden Lock Market, a labyrinth of buildings and awnings jam-packed with vendors of all sorts. I would give you more precise directions, but this is not the way. You must quest for your sweets, and if you are strong and wise, you will be rewarded with vegan milkshakes.
Tom earned an espresso shake and it was a salted caramel for this gal. Sugar. High. And the chocolate doughnut I got was so moist and chocolatey that it was almost a brownie.
Google Maps won't tell you this, possibly out of an aversion to long, skinny boats, ducks, and joggers, but a stroll along Regent's Canal will lead you to Vegan Cross, the vegan grocery/sandwichery/shoe store/t-shirt emporium that is a lesson in small spaces.
We loaded up on Field Roast, cheaper-than-in-America Cheezly, Secret Society of Vegans shirts, and other snacks. I wish I'd been hungry because their (albeit compact) deli was bustin' with sweets and savories.
And before I knew it or wanted it, the time had come to deliver Tom to his gate and head to mine so we could fly off in opposite directions. Semi-vegan in-flight meals (read the labels, folks), Book Three in the Song of Ice & Fire (Game of Thrones) series, and sleep deprivation would carry me home to my little mewing coffee beans.
London, I will be back. I will be armed with my own nooch and salt, I will tour your Tower, and I will remember to put the fancy insoles in my shoes so my feet don't get all hurty.


text:
Peace Day - September 21, 2008 - 58
JAzzFOR PEACE 2008 peaCe daY COnCerts featuring rick dellaratta www.theorganicwinecompany.com Advance & Discount Tickets for All Shows available at www.jazzforpeace.org Saturday September 13, 2008 • 7PM Vidalia Conference & Convention Center VIDALIA ,LOUISIANA Performing a special benefit concert for SAINT JOSEPH ARTS, INC. In an area where there is no music education in the school systems, it is the goal of Saint Joseph Arts, Inc. to provide northeast Louisiana and the Lower Mississippi Delta access to quality instruction in the orchestral instruments with scholarships available to those who cannot afford the instruction. We believe that music education enhances a child's ability to perform well in their other studies in school as well as increases self esteem. Thursday September 18, 2008 at 6:00 PM TBA • NEW YORK ,NY Performing a special benefit concert for DEVELOPING MINDS Developing Minds generates valuable human capital for nonprofit organizations from both new and current volunteers. Using a time-based auction model, Time Raiser, time is raised for nonprofit organizations by individuals bidding on items using volunteer hours as currency Sunday September 21, 2008 • 3PM Church of St. Paul & the Redeemer • 4945 S. Dorchester Ave. CHICAGO ,ILLINOIS Performing a special benefit concert for SANKOFA INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATIONAL EMPOWERMENT, INC. Sankofa Institute for Educational Empowerment, is an African-centered educational and charitable organization dedicated to advancing the quality of life of undereducated, underemployed, marginalized, and disadvantaged Black men and boys, and other males of color in metropolitan Chicago. Friday September 26, 2008 • 6PM TBA • HOUSTON ,TX Performing a special benefit concert for HOUSTON GRADUATE SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY HGST seeks to serve men and women of all faith traditions by offering a variety of educational opportunities as preparation for Christian ministry. The mission of Houston Graduate School of Theology is empowering spiritual leadership through the intellectual, spiritual and vocational development of men and women in order to advance the gospel of Jesus Christ throughout the world. Saturday September 27, 2008 at 6:00 PM TBA • SCHENECTADY ,NY Performing a special benefit concert for: THE CENTER FOR COMMUNITY JUSTICE The Center for Community Justice provides programs. and services dedicated to community-based remedies in the pursuit of peaceful resolutions, accountability and justice." For the full schedule of Jazz for Peace events, go to www.jazzforpeace.org/currentevents.php 58 Peace Day 2008
If you would like to try to load the digital publication without using Flash Player detection, please click here.


text:
Here is a simple thank you card I made during "nap time" the other day. As my son is getting older and has more of a regular nap schedule, I am finding more time to craft than I have in the past 10+ months.
Supplies:Card Base - Blue Dot Paper Shop White | Card measures 5.5" x 4.25"
Patterned Paper - DCWV The Girl Stack and Colorbok Hootenany Designer Paper
Sentiment - Inkadinkado Thank You Words Clear Stamp Set
Image Stamp - Hot Air Balloon by 7 Gypsies Hampton Art Item #1084162
Ink - Stazon Black


text:
Holiday Schedule for Good Friday:
Federal offices: Open.
State offices: Open.
Miami-Dade and Broward county offices: Open.
Sign Up and Save
Get six months of free digital access to the Miami Herald
Miami-Dade courts: Closed.
Broward courts: Closed.
Public schools: Closed.
Post offices: Open.
Stock markets: Closed.
Banks: Most are open. Check with your bank for schedule.
Miami-Dade and Broward libraries: Open.
Tri-Rail: Normal schedule.
Miami-Dade and Broward transit: Normal schedule.
Miami-Dade garbage collection: Normal schedule.
Broward garbage collection: Normal schedule.
Malls: Open.
Holiday schedule for Easter Sunday:
Miami-Dade and Broward libraries: Closed.
Malls: Some malls are open, others are closed. Call ahead for schedule.


text:
Asks Diocese To
Voice Concerns About Gun Violence
People attending worship services at churches in the Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta will be given the opportunity to sign a petition against gun violence. Bishop Rob Wright sent a letter to clergy and parishes in December with a petition and signature form attached. The petition reads, "The killing of the Holy Innocents' of Newtown, Conn., has moved our nation and our state to tears. Now it must move us to action. As followers of the Prince of Peace, we must confront our nation's addiction to violence and guns.
We therefore call upon our elected leaders to move immediately to enact significant gun control that honors liberty but establishes new protections for the citizens of our nation. We believe both goals can be achieved. We pledge our support and our prayers to help make this happen."
Copies of signed petition will be returned to the Diocesan Office. Bishop Wright will then announce how the petitions are to be distributed to national and state leaders.
Web Archive > 2013 > 2013: QTR 1 > 01 January >


text:
Perstorp will increase price for Di-Trimethylolpropane, Di-TMP, effective January 1, 2015.
Effective January 1 2015, or as existing contracts permit, Perstorp will increase price for Di-TMP as follows:
- Europe: 250 EUR/MT
- US, Canada & Mexico: 15 c/lb
- Asia/Pacific, South America, Middle East & Africa: 300 USD/MT
Price increases are needed in order to reach reinvestment level to be able to support the growth of the market.
This website uses cookies to improve user experience. By using our website you consent to all cookies in accordance with our privacy policy.


text:
Recording also available at iPadio using this link.
Today's saying is Exercitatio optimus est magister. In English: "Practice is the best teacher."
This is a saying that is very much at the heart of my own philosophy of teaching and learning. It seems to me that people really teach themselves by practicing whatever it is that they want to learn - and the more they practice, the more they will learn. You don't really even need a teacher to learn something, after all. What you need is practice, and lots of it, so that you can become your own teacher. We all know that practice is important for musicians, say, and for athletes. Yet it seems to me we underestimate the importance of practice when it comes to academic learning. In my opinion, we put way too much emphasis on tests and grading, and far too little emphasis on practice itself, for its own sake. You might know the traditional English saying, "Practice makes perfect." Of course, I don't want to fall into the trap of being a perfectionist. So, instead of the saying "Practice makes perfect," I prefer today's Latin saying instead: Exercitatio optimus est magister, "Practice is the best teacher."
In terms of Latin grammar, the trick here is recognizing the distinction between the subject - exercitatio - and the predicate, optimus est magister. That is typical Latin word order, but it is definitely a bit unusual for English speakers. The verb est, whose appearance in the sentence is purely optional, has been sandwiched neatly in-between the predicate noun, magister, and its adjective, optimus. As you hear the proverb in Latin, you get a clue about what is going on because the adjective optimus obviously cannot be modifying the noun exercitatio, as the noun is feminine and the adjective is not!
For those of you who are fans of macrons, here is the Latin written with macrons:
Exercitātiō optimus est magister.


text:
Tony Collins
Computer Weekly
Treasury officials are ordering the immediate destruction of "Gateway" internal reports into risky government IT schemes to prevent information on the projects being leaked.Read the full story
Their action, a response to the Freedom of Information Act, comes even though the Treasury's Office of Government Commerce (OGC) has lost two appeals to keep Gateway reports secret. Managed by the OGC, Gateway reviews are independent assessments of high and medium-risk IT-based and other projects at various stages in their lifecycle: projects such as the £5.3bn ID cards scheme and the NHS's £12.4bn National Programme for IT.
The OGC paper on the Gateway review, seen by Computer Weekly, tells its teams, "You must securely dispose of the [final Gateway] report and all supporting documents immediately after delivery of the final report - which should be no later than seven days after the review."


text:
Smartphones Suck The Fun Out Of Leisure Time, Study Says
In case paying more attention to your kids, feeling less stressed outside of work, and improving your posture weren't reasons enough to power down the smartphone when you don't really need it, here's yet another reason: The more time you spend on your phone, the less fun you have during the time you spend off of your phone.
A new study from Kent State University found that people who use their phones the most are more stressed and anxious during their free time than more casual users.
"The high-frequency cell phone user may not have the leisure skills necessary to creatively fill their free time with intrinsically rewarding activities," said lead author Dr. Andrew Lepp in a press release. "For such people, the ever-present smartphone may provide an easy, but less satisfying and more stressful, means of filling their time."
For the study, the researchers surveyed a random sample of 454 randomly selected undergraduates to examine how different types of cell phone users experience daily leisure. They measured each person's total daily cell phone use, personality, and experience of daily leisure. From there, the students were then categorized into distinct groups based on similar patterns of smartphone use and personality: low-use extroverts, low-use introverts, and a high-use group who averaged more than 10 hours per day of smartphone time (about 25% of the sample).
Compared to the other two groups, this high-use group experienced considerably more "leisure distress" — which the researchers define as "feeling uptight, stressed and anxious during free time."
The researchers suggest that for all those who feel the need to check their phones incessantly, the issue may not be that they enjoy their phones more than others do; rather, the obsessive habit could demonstrate a need to stay connected, an obligation to remain in the know — which ultimately spills over into their leisure time.
On the opposite end of the spectrum, the low-use extrovert group averaged a modest (by comparison) three hours of phone use per day, showed the least boredom and distress and greatest tendency to challenge themselves during leisure time.
However, it's important to note that this study was not designed to assess cause and effect, but the relationships the researchers identified should be kept in mind by smartphone users. We can assume that being constantly connected to your phone can't be good for your sanity. Give the phone a rest so that your mind can actually rest when it's supposed to.
Ready to learn more about how to unlock the power of food to heal your body, prevent disease & achieve optimal health? Register now for our FREE Functional Nutrition Webinar with Kelly LeVeque.