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How about this, I've had jobs doing tech support and building computers, so I don't consider myself a complete idiot, I like the whole 'it works walled garden' for my family computer. I also prefer Mac os's user interface
IMO, you already wanted to buy a Mac for aesthetic reasons and felt you needed a better excuse (kidding, mostly )
Apple notebooks are MUCH nicer than most of their PC counterparts, and usually have better batteries to boot.
I love my HP Pavilion dm1; I got it fully loaded. It is in the netbook form factor with Windows 7 it rocks. I would mind trying a MacBook Air for a few days though to compare.
Most of the time the stuff that gets leftover doesn't do or hurt anything though, and IMO sometimes it's actually nice to be able to reinstall a program later and not have to customize it all over again (user data/settings are often what is left behind, and generally for this exact reason)Working tech for as long as I have, I can say with some certainty that not being able to simply drag a program to the trash is a case of protecting users from themselves. I'm honestly glad that Windows doesn't work that way. Not saying there isn't room for improvement (like making appwiz easier to get to, or enforcing a more universal uninstall process), but it's certainly not as bad as it's often portrayed.
I liked the MacBook Air but Guitar Center (of all places) cut me a killer deal on my last MacBook Pro so I went with it instead.
The easiest way to uninstall programs is to reformat your hard drive.* * I Dell tech actually told this to my wife, who has a computer science degree.
A "user" shouldn't be able to drag an app to the trash to delete it.
Not that uninstalling on Windows is hard, from the average user's perspective, just deleting the app is more intuitive than a whole process like running an uninstall program.
We both know most people don't run as users.
I once had a Dell tech insist that I take the CPU out of the socket during the course of troubleshooting some minor issue.
And iOS is a walled garden (mostly). Mac OS is not. In fact, I would go as far as to say that hardware is Apple's biggest advantage these days, not OS differences. Apple notebooks are MUCH nicer than most of their PC counterparts, and usually have better batteries to boot.
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Maria Menounos' Boyfriend Speaks! Talks DWTS, Derek Hough Kiss, and Not Chasing Fame
With two dance-floor kisses and counting, Maria Menounos and her Dancing With the Stars pro partner Derek Hough are clearly playing the hot and heavy angle for the cameras. But did you know that, off-screen, Maria's actually taken? And we mean TAKEN. She's been dating producer Keven Undergaro for over ten years! But you'll be hard-pressed to catch a close-up of him sitting the audience or hanging with his hottie girlfriend on the red carpet.
Keven did, however, grant a rare interview to Wetpaint Entertainment and opened up about why he prefers to stay out of the spotlight, the very successful site he and Maria created together and how it feels to see her smooching someone else…
Wetpaint Entertainment: All the other contestants have their significant others sitting in the audience, but we never see you. What gives?
Keven: I'm being honest when I say this – I'm not one of those people who are interested in press. I don't want to be in the spotlight, so I'm not there [in the audience] a lot. I'm happy watching from her trailer.
I don't do the red carpet. On the rare occasion I go with Maria to an event, I'll enter from the back or the side. Fame is just not for me. I don't really do interviews. The last one I did was a while back and I only did it because it was for Howard Stern, who's my idol. He's the only person who could get me to do it.
Well thanks for talking to us! How did you and Maria first meet?
I was a head writer at MTV working on the show Singled Out, but I flew to Boston to work on a movie called In the Land of Merry Misfits. Maria was a PA on the movie.
Last year, the two of you co-founded a site called AfterBuzzTV. Tell us about it.
We started it because we both love TV and we both love talk radio. In the same way sports fans can tune into an after-show following their favorite game, fans can go to AfterBuzzTV for post-show wrap-up and commentary on all their favorite TV series.
We cover everything from American Horror Story to American Idol. Maria's favorite show is Breaking Bad. Everyone who hosts a show is a super-fan. A lot of time, stars from the shows or other celebrities will come in or call in. Snooki, for example, let us know that she's a big American Horror Story fan so we're going to have her do an after-show when the series starts airing again.
The site has been taking off in a major way. Did you two expect this kind of success?
We didn't. We started small and thought it would be something fun. But it's really exploded. We now do 40 shows a week and have over 120 hosts. We've also just partnered with the search engine Bing.
Do you think you and Maria will make it official and get married?
I don't know. It's been so long! We work so much and we enjoy each other's company and we're really happy with things the way they are. But her parents are Greek. They want the marriage and the grandchildren. They've been great sports about it so far, but they're starting to bring it up more and more.
Final question: you and Maria are clearly devoted to each other. Her kissing Derek Hough doesn't bother you, does it?
Not at all. It's part of the business. It's the same as if she was acting in a movie. It's a role. I'm fine with it, I promise.
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'Softly' Defined Networks supports SDN functionality while also allowing for game changing differentiation through software programmable data plane hardware with content intelligence that dynamically collaborates with control plane SW while addressing the performance, flexibility, and security challenges of modern content-oriented networking.
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These unique capabilities enable carriers and MSOs to dynamically provision unique, differentiated services without any interruption to the existing service or the need for hardware re-qualification or truck roll. This provides service providers higher revenue potential with unprecedented CapEx, OpEx, and time to market savings. Network equipment providers realize similar benefits from the feature rich, flexible Softly Defined Network platform which allows for extensive differentiation through the deployment of content-aware data plane hardware that is specified by the SDNet environment.
Additional benefits of Softly Defined Network solutions enabled by SDNet and Xilinx's All Programmable FPGAs and SoCs include:
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Quick question: If I buy the "For site owners - Backup 2 sites" package, is the license valid for 2 domain names only, forever? Or do I have the option to "unregister" 1 site and use it on another?
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The 2 site licenses means at any time you can have 2 active licenses. So unattaching a license to one site to attach it to a different (3rd) site does work. You also can even delete a license and create another one as long as there are at most 2 activate licenses.
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A new persistence format for storing objects of a user defined type in a database store enables information about the structure of the type to be communicated to the store. This information enables a number of store optimizations, including direct structural access to members of the type. Specifically, metadata is exchanged between the type implementer and the data store. The store uses the metadata to determine the storage layout for instances of the type. With this information, the store is able to detect access patterns that can be optimized to directly operate over the storage representation without hydration (deserialization) the object.
1. A computer-implemented method for persisting an object in a database store, comprising:
creating a definition of a user-defined type of an object that is persisted in the database store, wherein the definition of the user-defined type comprises fields and methods, each field of the definition of the type user-defined comprising one or more storage facets;
annotating at least one field of the definition of the user-defined type with a first attribute that controls said one or more storage facets of the field;
annotating at least one method with a second attribute that denotes an equivalent structural access path; and
wherein the database store uses the annotations in the definition of the user-defined type to control the storage layout of instances of the user-defined type in the database store.
2. The computer-implemented method recited in
3. The computer-implemented method recited in
4. The computer-implemented method of
This is a continuation of prior application Ser. No. 10/692,225, filed Oct. 23, 2004, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,941,316 which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.
A portion of the disclosure of this patent document may contain material that is subject to copyright protection. The copyright owner has no objection to the facsimile reproduction by anyone of the patent document or the patent disclosure, as it appears in the Patent and Trademark Office patent files or records, but otherwise reserves all copyright rights whatsoever. The following notice shall apply to this document: Copyright � 2003, Microsoft Corp.
The present invention relates to data storage in a computer system, and more particularly, to a system and method for persisting objects in a database store.
Microsoft SQL SERVER is a comprehensive database management platform that provides extensive management and development tools, a powerful extraction, transformation, and loading (ETL) tool, business intelligence and analysis services, and other capabilities. Two improvements to SQL SERVER have recently been implemented. First, the Microsoft Windows .NET Framework Common Language Runtime (CLR) has been integrated into the SQL SERVER database, and second, a new object, referred to as a user defined type (UDT), can now be created with managed code in the CLR environment and persisted in the database store.
The CLR is the heart of the Microsoft NET Framework, and provides the execution environment for all .NET code. Thus, code that runs within the CLR is referred to as "managed code." The CLR provides various functions and services required for program execution, including just-in-time (JIT) compilation, allocating and managing memory, enforcing type safety, exception handling, thread management and security. The CLR is now loaded by SQL SERVER upon the first invocation of a .NET routine.
In previous versions of SQL SERVER, database programmers were limited to using Transact-SQL when writing code on the server side. Transact-SQL is an extension of the Structured Query Language as defined by the International Standards Organization (ISO) and the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). Using Transact-SQL, database developers can create, modify and delete databases and tables, as well as insert, retrieve, modify and delete data stored in a database. Transact-SQL is specifically designed for direct structural data access and manipulation. While Transact-SQL excels at structural data access and management, it is not a full-fledged programming language in the way that Visual Basic .NET and C# are. For example, Transact-SQL does not support arrays, collections, for each loops, bit shifting or classes.
With the CLR integrated into the SQL SERVER database, database developers can now perform tasks that were impossible or difficult to achieve with Transact-SQL alone. Both Visual Basic .NET and C# are modern programming languages offering full support for arrays, structured exception handling, and collections. Developers can leverage CLR integration to write code that has more complex logic and is more suited for computation tasks using languages such as Visual Basic .NET and C#.
In addition to CLR integration, SQL SERVER also adds support for user defined types (UDT)—a new mechanism that enables a developer to extend the scalar type system of the database. UDTs provide two key benefits from an application architecture perspective: they provide strong encapsulation (both in the client and the server) between the internal state and the external behaviors, and they provide deep integration with other related server features. Once a UDT is defined, it can be used in all the contexts that a system type can be used in SQL SERVER, including in column definitions, variables, parameters, function results, cursors, triggers, and replication.
The process of defining a UDT on a database server is accomplished as follows:
When a UDT definition is created in managed code, the type must meet the following requirements:
The following T-SQL script commands are then used to create the UDT on the server:
Once the UDT has been created on the server, a table (e.g., "MyTable") can be created defining an attribute of the table as the UDT type, as follows:
A new item can be added to the table, as follows:
With the integration of the CLR into SQL SERVER and the ability to define UDTs from a class definition in managed code, applications can now instantiate objects of the type defined by the managed code class and have those objects persisted in the relational database store as an instance of the UDT. Moreover, the class that defines the UDT can also include methods that implement specific behaviors on objects of that type. An application can therefore instantiate objects of a type defined as a UDT and can invoke managed behaviors over them.
When an object of a class that has been defined as a UDT is instantiated in the CLR, the object can be persisted in the database store through the process of object serialization, wherein the values of the variables of the class are transferred to physical storage (e.g., hard disk).
Referring again to
The present invention is directed to a system and method that provides a new persistence format for user defined types (UDTs) within a database store that enables information about the structure of a UDT to be communicated to the underlying data store. This information enables a number of store optimizations, including direct structural access to members of the type. Specifically, the present invention enables metadata exchange between the type implementer and the data store. The store uses the metadata to determine the storage layout for instances of the type. With this information, the store is able to detect access patterns that can be optimized to directly operate over the storage representation without hydration (deserialization) of the object. Moreover, by understanding operations that are structural access-only operations, the system is able to build data distribution statistics and indexes over the individual members without requiring redundant persistence of the computed value.
Other features and advantages of the invention may become apparent from the following detailed description of the invention and accompanying drawings.
The foregoing summary, as well as the following detailed description of the invention, is better understood when read in conjunction with the appended drawings. For the purpose of illustrating the invention, there is shown in the drawings exemplary embodiments of various aspects of the invention; however, the invention is not limited to the specific methods and instrumentalities disclosed. In the drawings:
The subject matter of the present invention is described with specificity to meet statutory requirements. However, the description itself is not intended to limit the scope of this patent. Rather, the inventors have contemplated that the claimed subject matter might also be embodied in other ways, to include different steps or elements similar to the ones described in this document, in conjunction with other present or future technologies. Moreover, although the term "step" may be used herein to connote different aspects of methods employed, the term should not be interpreted as implying any particular order among or between various steps herein disclosed unless and except when the order of individual steps is explicitly described.
As stated above, the present invention is directed to a system and method that provides a new persistence format for user defined types (UDTs) within a database store that enables information about the structure of a UDT to be communicated to the underlying data store. This information enables a number of store optimizations, including direct structural access to members of the type. Specifically, the present invention enables metadata exchange between the type implementer and the data store. The store uses the metadata to determine the storage layout for instances of the type. With this information, the store is able to detect access patterns that can be optimized to directly operate over the storage representation without hydration (deserialization) of the object. Moreover, by understanding operations that are structural access-only operations, the system is able to build data distribution statistics and indexes over the individual members without requiring redundant persistence of the computed value. The term "direct structural access" refers to the ability of the database store to execute a query over an object by direct access to the persisted values of the object in a table of the data store, without having to hydrate (deserialize) the object.
First, the class definition is annotated to identify the UDT as one to which the new persistence format of the present invention will be applied. In the present embodiment, this is achieved by adding the parameter "Format.Structured" to the [SqlUserDefinedType()] attribute of the class definition, as show in line 2 of the exemplary class definition of
Second, each field of the class is annotated with a storage attribute that controls the storage facets of the type, such as size, precision, scale, etc. In the present embodiment, this is achieved by annotating each field with a custom storage attribute named SqlUdtField(). This attribute annotates fields with additional storage directives. These directives are enforced when the object is serialized to disk. In the present embodiment, the properties (i.e., the directives that can be issued) of the SqlUdtField() custom attribute are as follows:
In the present embodiment, the following field types are permitted in a Format.Structured UDT: SqlBoolean, SqlByte, SqlInt16, SqlInt32, SqlInt64, SqlSingle, SqlDouble, SqlDateTime, SqlMoney, SqlGuid, SqlDecimal, SqlString, SqlBinary, SqlXmlReader, SqlBytes, SqlChars, SqlUtcDateTime, SqlDate, SqlTime, and Embedded UDTs. Of course, in other embodiments, some of these field types may not be permitted and other field types may be permitted. The following table reflects the matrix of valid values of the various properties for specific field types. "Y" means the property is valid, "N" means the property is not valid, "R" means the property is required. If the property is invalid, type registration will report an error if a non-default value for the property is specified. In other embodiments, these limitations and constraints may differ.
Referring to the exemplary code listing of
As a third aspect of the class definition annotation, every managed behavior (e.g., a method that can be invoked on the UDT object to return the value of a field) defined in the CLR class is annotated with an attribute that denotes an equivalent structural access path for that managed behavior. In the present embodiment, the custom attribute used for this purpose is named SqlUdtProperty(), and the database server (e.g., SQL SERVER) assumes that the implementation of properties annotated with this custom attribute will delegate to a field specified as part of the attribute definition. This lets the server optimize access to the property structurally without creating an instance and invoking the behavior on it. The properties of the SqlUdtProperty() custom attribute are as follows:
The presence of the SqlUdtProperty denotes that the body of the property can be ignored, and the name of the field is used as the structural access path. In the present embodiment, property accessors are the only behaviors that can be accessed structurally. However, in other embodiments, other types of methods may be capable of structural access.
Referring to the exemplary code listing of
Referring again to
In the present embodiment, step 404 of the method is carried out by (1) compiling the CLR class file that defines the UDT into a dynamic link library (.dll), (2) creating an Assembly that contains the UDT and registering the Assembly with the store, and then (3) creating the UDT over the managed type. As part of step(3), the storage facets of the type are validated and the metadata information reflected in the annotations to the CLR class definition are imported into the database system catalog that describes the structure of the type. In the present embodiment, these steps can be carried out using the following T-SQL script commands:
As described above in the Background section, in the case of SQL SERVER, for UDTs to which the new persistence format of the present invention is not applied, the query would be processed as follows. At query compilation time, the assembly metadata for the UDT is examined to determine that Name is a valid property on the type. A helper function is then created on the fly to invoke the Name property on the deserialized instance of the Person object. Deserialization is implemented by a type-specific deserializer that is also generated on the fly. As discussed above, the process of deserialization involves using the contents of the on-disk representation to populate the internals of the new managed object. Internally, the query:
In accordance with the present invention, however, as illustrated at step 408, the query is processed differently. Specifically, the query operation is translated into its equivalent structural access path based on the metadata stored in the system catalog of the database. In the presently described embodiment in which the invention is implemented in the SQL SERVER database, at query compilation time, the assembly metadata for the UDT is examined to determine that Name is a property that can be rewritten for structural access. If it can be executed structurally, sql metadata and assembly metadata are used to determine the physical access information (location, type and size of the value, along with the access path to get to it). This structural metadata is used to compile an accessor and store this information in the compiled expression. In the present embodiment, therefore, the same query above gets compiled instead into:
Next, at step 410, the value of the requested field can now be accessed structurally and returned to the user without the need for object hydration and without invoking any behaviors in managed code. Specifically, in the present embodiment, the accessor is used at runtime to fetch the field. Internally, the implementation of the accessor parses the serialized form and returns the property.
Developers can build upon the ability of the present invention to provide structural access to fields of a UDT object without object hydration, to enable additional optimizations. For example, with the present invention, developers have the ability to build computed column indexes over structurally accessible UDT operations without requiring the column to be persisted redundantly. The direct structural access to a value provided by the present invention can be used to retrieve interesting information from the value, such as the actual type of the value, or whether the value contains embedded large values. The present invention can also be used to provide structural transformations of a value in response to servicing and data upgrade scenarios. Additionally, the present invention can be used to migrate and import/export values from one domain (store) to another more efficiently.
As is apparent from the above, all or portions of the various systems, methods, and aspects of the present invention may be embodied in hardware, software, or a combination of both. When embodied in software, the methods and apparatus of the present invention, or certain aspects or portions thereof, may be embodied in the form of program code (i.e., instructions). This program code may be stored on a computer-readable medium, such as a magnetic, electrical, or optical storage medium, including without limitation a floppy diskette, CD-ROM, CD-RW, DVD-ROM, DVD-RAM, magnetic tape, flash memory, hard disk drive, or any other machine-readable storage medium, wherein, when the program code is loaded into and executed by a machine, such as a computer or server, the machine becomes an apparatus for practicing the invention. A computer on which the program code executes will generally include a processor, a storage medium readable by the processor (including volatile and non-volatile memory and/or storage elements), at least one input device, and at least one output device. The program code may be implemented in a high level procedural or object oriented programming language. Alternatively, the program code can be implemented in an assembly or machine language. In any case, the language may be a compiled or interpreted language.
The present invention may also be embodied in the form of program code that is transmitted over some transmission medium, such as over electrical wiring or cabling, through fiber optics, over a network, including a local area network, a wide area network, the Internet or an intranet, or via any other form of transmission, wherein, when the program code is received and loaded into and executed by a machine, such as a computer, the machine becomes an apparatus for practicing the invention.
When implemented on a general-purpose processor, the program code may combine with the processor to provide a unique apparatus that operates analogously to specific logic circuits.
Moreover, the invention can be implemented in connection with any computer or other client or server device, which can be deployed as part of a computer network, or in a distributed computing environment. In this regard, the present invention pertains to any computer system or environment having any number of memory or storage units, and any number of applications and processes occurring across any number of storage units or volumes, which may be used in connection with processes for persisting objects in a database store in accordance with the present invention. The present invention may apply to an environment with server computers and client computers deployed in a network environment or distributed computing environment, having remote or local storage. The present invention may also be applied to standalone computing devices, having programming language functionality, interpretation and execution capabilities for generating, receiving and transmitting information in connection with remote or local services.
Distributed computing facilitates sharing of computer resources and services by exchange between computing devices and systems. These resources and services include, but are not limited to, the exchange of information, cache storage, and disk storage for files. Distributed computing takes advantage of network connectivity, allowing clients to leverage their collective power to benefit the entire enterprise. In this regard, a variety of devices may have applications, objects or resources that may implicate processing performed in connection with the object persistence methods of the present invention.
It can also be appreciated that an object, such as 110 c, may be hosted on another computing device 10 a, 10 b, etc. or 110 a, 110 b, etc. Thus, although the physical environment depicted may show the connected devices as computers, such illustration is merely exemplary and the physical environment may alternatively be depicted or described comprising various digital devices such as PDAs, televisions, MP3 players, etc., software objects such as interfaces, COM objects and the like.
There are a variety of systems, components, and network configurations that support distributed computing environments. For example, computing systems may be connected together by wired or wireless systems, by local networks or widely distributed networks. Currently, many of the networks are coupled to the Internet, which provides the infrastructure for widely distributed computing and encompasses many different networks. Any of the infrastructures may be used for exemplary communications made incident to the present invention.
The Internet commonly refers to the collection of networks and gateways that utilize the TCP/IP suite of protocols, which are well-known in the art of computer networking. TCP/IP is an acronym for "Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol." The Internet can be described as a system of geographically distributed remote computer networks interconnected by computers executing networking protocols that allow users to interact and share information over the network(s). Because of such wide-spread information sharing, remote networks such as the Internet have thus far generally evolved into an open system for which developers can design software applications for performing specialized operations or services, essentially without restriction.
Thus, the network infrastructure enables a host of network topologies such as client/server, peer-to-peer, or hybrid architectures. The "client" is a member of a class or group that uses the services of another class or group to which it is not related. Thus, in computing, a client is a process, i.e., roughly a set of instructions or tasks, that requests a service provided by another program. The client process utilizes the requested service without having to "know" any working details about the other program or the service itself. In a client/server architecture, particularly a networked system, a client is usually a computer that accesses shared network resources provided by another computer, e.g., a server. In the example of
A server is typically a remote computer system accessible over a remote or local network, such as the Internet. The client process may be active in a first computer system, and the server process may be active in a second computer system, communicating with one another over a communications medium, thus providing distributed functionality and allowing multiple clients to take advantage of the information-gathering capabilities of the server. Any software objects utilized pursuant to the persistence mechanism of the invention may be distributed across multiple computing devices.
Client(s) and server(s) may communicate with one another utilizing the functionality provided by a protocol layer. For example, HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP) is a common protocol that is used in conjunction with the World Wide Web (WWW), or "the Web." Typically, a computer network address such as an Internet Protocol (IP) address or other reference such as a Universal Resource Locator (URL) can be used to identify the server or client computers to each other. The network address can be referred to as a URL address. Communication can be provided over any available communications medium.
In a network environment in which the communications network/bus 14 is the Internet, for example, the servers 10 a, 10 b, etc. can be servers with which the clients 110 a, 110 b, 110 c, 110 d, 110 e, etc. communicate via any of a number of known protocols such as HTTP. Servers 10 a, 10 b, etc. may also serve as clients 110 a, 110 b, 110 c, 110 d, 110 e, etc., as may be characteristic of a distributed computing environment.
Communications may be wired or wireless, where appropriate. Client devices 110 a, 110 b, 110 c, 110 d, 110 e, etc. may or may not communicate via communications network/bus 14, and may have independent communications associated therewith. For example, in the case of a TV or VCR, there may or may not be a networked aspect to the control thereof. Each client computer 110 a, 110 b, 110 c, 110 d, 110 e, etc. and server computer 10 a, 10 b, etc. may be equipped with various application program modules or objects 135 and with connections or access to various types of storage elements or objects, across which files or data streams may be stored or to which portion(s) of files or data streams may be downloaded, transmitted or migrated. Any computer 10 a, 10 b, 110 a, 110 b, etc. may be responsible for the maintenance and updating of a database, memory, or other storage element 20 for storing data processed according to the invention. Thus, the present invention can be utilized in a computer network environment having client computers 110 a, 110 b, etc. that can access and interact with a computer network/bus 14 and server computers 10 a, 10 b, etc. that may interact with client computers 110 a, 110 b, etc. and other like devices, and databases 20.
Although not required, the invention can be implemented via an operating system, for use by a developer of services for a device or object, and/or included within application or server software that operates in accordance with the invention. Software may be described in the general context of computer-executable instructions, such as program modules, being executed by one or more computers, such as client workstations, servers or other devices. Generally, program modules include routines, programs, objects, components, data structures and the like that perform particular tasks or implement particular abstract data types. Typically, the functionality of the program modules may be combined or distributed as desired in various embodiments. Moreover, the invention may be practiced with other computer system configurations and protocols. Other well known computing systems, environments, and/or configurations that may be suitable for use with the invention include, but are not limited to, personal computers (PCs), automated teller machines, server computers, hand-held or laptop devices, multi-processor systems, microprocessor-based systems, programmable consumer electronics, network PCs, appliances, lights, environmental control elements, minicomputers, mainframe computers and the like.
With reference to
Computer 110 typically includes a variety of computer readable media. Computer readable media can be any available media that can be accessed by computer 110 and includes both volatile and nonvolatile media, removable and non-removable media. By way of example, and not limitation, computer readable media may comprise computer storage media and communication media. Computer storage media include both volatile and nonvolatile, removable and non-removable media implemented in any method or technology for storage of information such as computer readable instructions, data structures, program modules or other data. Computer storage media include, but are not limited to, RAM, ROM, EEPROM, flash memory or other memory technology, CDROM, digital versatile disks (DVD) or other optical disk storage, magnetic cassettes, magnetic tape, magnetic disk storage or other magnetic storage devices, or any other medium which can be used to store the desired information and which can be accessed by computer 110. Communication media typically embody computer readable instructions, data structures, program modules or other data in a modulated data signal such as a carrier wave or other transport mechanism and include any information delivery media. The term "modulated data signal" means a signal that has one or more of its characteristics set or changed in such a manner as to encode information in the signal. By way of example, and not limitation, communication media include wired media such as a wired network or direct-wired connection, and wireless media such as acoustic, RF, infrared and other wireless media. Combinations of any of the above should also be included within the scope of computer readable media.
The system memory 130 includes computer storage media in the form of volatile and/or nonvolatile memory such as read only memory (ROM) 131 and random access memory (RAM) 132. A basic input/output system 133 (BIOS), containing the basic routines that help to transfer information between elements within computer 110, such as during start-up, is typically stored in ROM 131. RAM 132 typically contains data and/or program modules that are imnmediately accessible to and/or presently being operated on by processing unit 120. By way of example, and not limitation,
The computer 110 may also include other removable/non-removable, volatile/nonvolatile computer storage media. By way of example only,
The drives and their associated computer storage media discussed above and illustrated in
The computer 110 may operate in a networked or distributed environment using logical connections to one or more remote computers, such as a remote computer 180. The remote computer 180 may be a personal computer, a server, a router, a network PC, a peer device or other common network node, and typically includes many or all of the elements described above relative to the computer 110, although only a memory storage device 181 has been illustrated in
When used in a LAN networking environment, the computer 110 is connected to the LAN 171 through a network interface or adapter 170. When used in a WAN networking environment, the computer 110 typically includes a modem 172 or other means for establishing communications over the WAN 173, such as the Internet. The modem 172, which may be internal or external, may be connected to the system bus 121 via the user input interface 160, or other appropriate mechanism. In a networked environment, program modules depicted relative to the computer 110, or portions thereof, may be stored in the remote memory storage device. By way of example, and not limitation,
As the foregoing illustrates, the present invention is directed to a new persistence format for user defined types in a database management system. It is understood that changes may be made to the embodiments described above without departing from the broad inventive concepts thereof. For example, while an embodiment of the present invention has been described above as being implemented in Microsoft's SQL SERVER database management system, it is understood that the present invention may be embodied in any database management system that supports the creation of user defined types. Accordingly, it is understood that the present invention is not limited to the particular embodiments disclosed, but is intended to cover all modifications that are within the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.
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Whenever you smell freshly baked cookies, does the smell rekindle a specific memory? This scenario is an example of classical conditioning that is covered in the area of psychology. Ivan Pavlov, a Russian scientist, originally researched digestion in dogs. He unexpectedly found that the dogs salivated not only to the meat but when footsteps were heard to present the food. This demonstrated that the dogs paired a previously neutral stimulus with another stimulus that created an automatic response. In the video, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpoLxEN54ho, Ivon Pavlov's discovery of classical conditioning is further explained.
I believe that the concept of classical conditioning will be remembered in the future because it relates to various life situations. For example, if oatmeal raisin cookies are being baked, this smell will always be linked to the happiness I had with my grandmother when we baked cookies. Originally, baking cookies with my grandmother was my unconditioned stimulus because every time we baked together I was happy which was my unconditioned response. Now whenever I smell oatmeal raisin cookies, which is my conditioned stimulus, I feel happy, and therefore it conditioned my new conditioned response. This situation illustrates an example of how an individual can become classically conditioned. This specific smell of baking cookies presented the feeling of happiness which was linked to memorable moments with family members.
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Connect to the film clip entitled Songs of Freedom "If not for Golden Summers" at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgofStlTlek&list=UUlE4TY1_m4f891LRqAn7owQ&index=1&feature=plcp
After watching the clip, take notice there are a number of connecting links to similar partisan music and film clips to the right of the smaller screen.
One that I found of special interest is entitled the Lithuanian Partisans (Vienue Vieni) at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cupg6UOxXI4&feature=related
Although on the sad side a lot of great historical photos all nicely presented. I recommend it to all.


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Thanks for your answer,
You're right, the pose of Vanessa is a bit weird, if we look her left leg for exemple. The truth is that pose was one for a pack and I just customize it just a bit, only her right arm (the original pose looked like a military salutation!). Even I told before I worked more on all the pic, I didn't spend time enough on the girl pose. I think the ankle's weird visual effect is amplified, increased more by the shadow on the right part of the pic (and so, the left side of all her leg). I didn't noticied that on the 3d preparation because I turned off lights!^^
My objective, my goal for that render was more a work about light, shadows in an economic way, and in a less important part, real photographic effects (blur and focal) to avoid a 2 hours render.
I worked too on skin effect, and light refraction, to avoid an opacity effect, and I'm quite happy of my settings with this body and skin texture!
But even I tried to work on a lot of parameters, you're right, I should have worked more!
Thanks for the advices!


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A new paper at arXiv suggests that the Earth had a near miss with a stream of massive comet fragments in 1883.
Hector Javier Durand Manterola and colleagues (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México) recount the observations of Jose Bonilla at an observatory in Zacatecas. During the course of two days, October 12th and 13th, Bonilla counted almost 450 objects, surrounded in what he described as a mist, passing across the face of the sun.
The editor of the French journal that eventually published his findings (three years later!), thought they were perhaps best explained by flocks of birds or dust passing in front of the Mexican astronomer's telescope.
What struck Manterola, whose paper is discussed in Technology Review today, is that no other astronomers noticed anything unusual about the sun during the same period, even though the nearest observatories were only a few hundred kilometers from Bonilla's location.
If the fragments were close to Earth, parallax would have ensured that they would not have been in line with the Sun even for observers nearby. And since Mexico is at the same latitude as the Sahara, northern India and south-east Asia, it's not hard to imagine that nobody else was looking.
Manterola and pals have used this to place limits on how close the fragments must have been: between 600 km and 8000 km of Earth. That's just a hair's breadth.
They also estimate the size of the fragments at 50 to 800 km across, suggesting the original comet was close to a billion tons.
This near-miss scenario has "Extinction Event" written all over it, and no doubt it would make for a great movie, but it's also likely to provoke a great deal of skepticism. While no other observatories noted the phenomenon on those two days, Manterola and his team have suggested the fragments could have been from a comet called Pons-Brooks that was seen that same year by American astronomers.


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15th ETN Conference programme
Conference language(s): English (and German on 23rd July)
PRE-CONFERENCE VISITS (optional)
Sunday 19th July-Monday 20th July
PRE-CONFERENCE IN LINZ (optional)
Monday 20th July: Arrival of pre-conference participants
Tuesday 21st July: Prof. Marga Persson, leader of Textile Department at the Linz Art University, is inviting to the one-day international symposium "Profiles and Perspectives in European Textile Studies". She organises the accompanying exhibition "twist" at the university gallery located at the very centre of Linz, where a plurality of international universities show their work. Linz is in 2009 Cultural Capital of Europe, so you will find a wide range of cultural offer (German: www.Linz09.at; English: www.linz09.at/index.html ).
The post-conference workshops have to be booked and paid directly at/to Textile Kultur Haslach: www.textile.kultur.haslach.at
For the course offer with German-speaking leaders from Monday 20th to Friday 24th July please look at the website http://www.textile.kultur.haslach.at from on mid-January 2009
Registration address: ETN Secretariat, P.O.Box 5944, D- 30059 Hannover, Germany; tel: +49-511/817006; fax: /813108; e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com
All fees have to be paid to the ETN Secretariat, except the post-coference workshops (→ www.textile.kultur.haslach.at). It is possible to take part exclusively in the pre-conference at Linz at Euro 16.-. Please use therefore also the Conference application Form of ETN!
Payments should be made to the ETN Secretariat in Euros by credit card. Those living within the Eurozone may pay by bank tranfser using IBAN and BIC numbers.
Accommodation in Linz (20 - 21 July):
1) Apart from the option to make your own hotel reservation via the internet (German: www.linz.at/tourist/hotel_suche.asp; English: www.linz.at/english/tourism/205.asp) the pre-conference organisers are offering the following accomodation:
2) Hotel Sommerhaus (Julius Raab-Heim), Julius-Raab-Str. 10, A-4040 Linz; Tel: +43-732/24570; Fax:/245739; e-mail: email@example.com; http://www.sommerhaus-hotel.at/en - Available for the night from 20 to 21 July 2009 with 20 single rooms and 10 double rooms. Altogether minimal 30 and maximal 40 persons. -
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1) Apart from the option to make your own hotel reservation via the internet (from on January 2009 see www.boehmerwald.at/en/index.html) the Haslach tourist office is offering the following accommodation alternatives:
2) Boarding School of the Rohrbach Vocational School (Internat der Berufsschule in Rohrbach with shuttle to Haslach included). Available from 21 to 26 July, 2009, with 18 double (or triple) rooms and 4 single rooms. Altogether minimal 22 and maximal 58 persons (double rooms can be used as single rooms) -
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3) Hotel by Rainhardt (with shuttle to Haslach at an extra fee). Available from 21. to 26. July, 2009 with 15 double rooms and 10 single rooms. Altogether minimal 25 and maximal 40 persons. -
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Optional activities on 19th/20th and 25th/26th Julyhttp://www.persche.com. - Costs for museum entries and transportation (lunches excluded) are Euro 20.
Day trip to Český Krumlov, Czech RepublicThe Southern Bohemian town of Český Krumlov (Krumau in German) looks back a turbulent history. Its romantic town centre on the Vltava river (Moldau) and its impressive castle set on a hill give the town a unique charm, and it has been declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The castle and palace of Český Krumlov rank among the most important architectural monuments in Central Europe. A theatre was attached to the palace for a long time. An adjacent Renaissance building houses countless costumes and stage sets dating from several centuries, which will exceptionally be accessible (http://www.ckrumlov.info/docs/en/kaktualita.xmll; http://www.castle.ckrumlov.cz/docs/en/zamek_oinf_sthrza.xml).
The bus leaves Haslach at 8.30 a.m. and returns at ca. 5.30 p.m. (Euro 35).
Visit to the Vieböck Linen Weaving Mill of HelfenbergEstablished in 1832, this linen weaving mill, a small company steeped in tradition, employs 16 staff. Today Vieböck still produces classic designs from the Austrian Mühlviertel region in the highest quality linen, and also embarks on experiments with designers and students. The tour provides insights into the production facilities and includes a visit to the company shop, which offers quality linen (http://www.vieboeck.at).
The bus leaves Haslach at 9 a.m. and returns around 12 a.m. (Euro 4).
Day trip to Linz via Gutau (visits to a museum & gallery)
The dyeing museum of Gutau, a former linen indigo dyeing mill that remained in operation until 1968, demonstrates all the working processes involved in indigo dyeing. The building of its dye shop, now the home of the museum, is a remarkable historic monument (http://www.ooemuseumsverbund.at/de_museum_15_32.html). Parallel to the pre-conference themed "Profiles and Perspectives of European Textile Studies", the gallery of Linz Art University will host an exhibition entitled "Twist", featuring presentations by various textile institutions (http://www.khs-Linz.ac.at/aktuelles.1437.0.html) The bus leaves Haslach at 1 p.m. and returns around 7 p.m. (Euro 19).
ETN General Assembly 2009
ETN members are asked for the eight time to define their leading body, the Administrative council (AC) anew. Currently the AC is made up of Lala de Dios/E, President; Beatrijs Sterk/D, Secretary General; Vibeke Vestby/N, Treasurer and Patricia Christy, Leader of the TEXERE Working Group.
For details of the ETN Conference programme please contact the ETN Secretariat.
Network activities
Speakers on Thursday 23rd July
Christina Leitner/A has grown up in Haslach, she is assistant at the Linz Art University and lecturer at the Weaving Department of the Mozarteum in Salzburg. For Textile Kultur Haslach she is influencial in setting up the new Textile Centre.


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2014 Pulls are in the books! Special thanks to everyone that came out this year and supported us. After this year we will have donated $100,000 to local charites and orginzations! Results will be comming in the near future. But as always The Hillbilly Truck Pull Staff would like to Thank You and make sure you come out and see us next Year!!


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Military Veteran uses SBA resources to open gluten-free market
A diagnosis of Celiac Disease changed Janell Farnsworth's life forever. An intelligence officer in the Washington Army National Guard's 81st Brigade Special Troops Battalion, finding safe options at the dining facility would prove difficult, as she could no longer eat any foods that contained gluten. After her diagnosis, she scoured the major grocery stores looking for gluten-free options, to little avail. Most stores had a very limited selection. She was also mystified to find Western Washington had only one gluten-free grocery store located in Tacoma, more than 85 miles away from where she lived. Her entrepreneurial spark lit up and she realized there was a way to meet the needs of herself and others with gluten sensitivities in Snohomish County and make a little money while being her own boss. Janell's Gluten-Free Market in Everett, was born.
Instead of jumping head first into the business without having any prior experience, Farnsworth reached out to the Washington Women's Business Center (WBC) and the Veterans Business Outreach Center (VBOC) in Seattle. These two non-profit resource partners affiliated with the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) provided free counseling and low-cost classes to help Farnsworth best target her efforts in getting the gluten-free market up and running. "I never had a concern (the market) wouldn't work, but had to go through the due diligence and develop a detailed business plan," Farnsworth said. "The business plan really answered a lot of questions so I could take appropriate steps and properly budget resources."
The 1,200 square foot shop has an outstanding selection of gluten-free food products, including cereal, chips, bread, baking mixes and flours, pasta, cookies; even beer and hard cider. Thanks to assistance from Lynn Trepp, project director for the VBOC, sales have been increasing since Janell's Gluten-Free Market opened in 2009. Because she devoted countless hours to working on her business plan and stuck to the plan, she was able to grow, even adding a low-carb annex to the store. Now, she reaches a new customer base – those who were having difficulty finding low-carb options. "Today, the business has built a loyal following of customers who continually thank Janell for creating and sustaining such a resource in the community," Trepp said. "The business has showed growth in both top-line revenue and in profits each successive year, but more importantly, has served a community of shoppers who otherwise would have had little or no available alternatives."
Because her business has made such a difference in Everett and the surrounding communities, Farnsworth wants to open a new gluten-free market on the eastside. Many of her customers live in Kirkland, Redmond and Bellevue and travel more than 20 miles to shop at her specialty store. She is currently working with Trepp to save money and create a plan to make that dream a reality. "So many people get really overwhelmed after being diagnosed (with a gluten sensitivity), and there are now so many resources available to help them," Farnsworth said. "The success I've had in this store is allowing me to bring other communities not only food, but support groups and information about being gluten-free."
Whether it is a gluten-free market or other business, Farnsworth advocates for all Veteran entrepreneurs to take advantage of SBA's resources. The Army captain with 20 years of service including a deployment to Afghanistan in 2006, emphasized the value of classes offered by SBA and its resource partenrs, which guided her business decisions and helped her develop a well-grounded business plan. SBA offers a two-day entrepreneurial course for active duty service members leaving the military called Boots to Business. In addition, female Veterans are eligible to get involved with Women Veterans Igniting the Spirit of Entrepreneurship (VWISE), as Farnsworth did. "Veterans need to look into what SBA resources are available to them locally and make sure they use them," she said.
For more information about Janell's Gluten-Free Market, visit the website at http://janellsglutenfreemarket.com/. For more information about how SBA can help grow your business, visit www.sba.gov.


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As featured in The Da Vinci Code, this church was built by the Knights Templar in the late 12th century. The Red Knights held their secret initiation rites in the crypt here. Having started poor, holy, and dedicated to the protection of pilgrims, they grew rich from showers of royal gifts until, in the 14th century, they were stripped of their wealth, charged with blasphemy and sodomy, and thrown into the Tower. So it goes. Featuring a rare, circular nave, it's not quite as atmospheric as you'd expect—thanks largely to Victorian and postwar restorers. That said, it remains a fine Gothic-Romanesque church and occasionally holds concerts (check website for details).
King's Bench Walk, The Temple, London, EC4Y 7BB, England
Website: www.templechurch.com
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The round end to the nave is unusual, and there are some interesting carvings and effigies as well as some decent and very modernist stained glass. Found it to be of lesser interest than some other second-level churches. Church has very limited hours and didn't open on time either.
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Patriots' Day Reenactment | Two Mornings in April
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SLIDE SHOW: Patriots' Day Reenactment
A ragged band of Americans march tiredly towards the North Bridge in Concord, Massachusetts. It's a cold, gray morning here in Minute Man National Historical Park, and from somewhere in the mist the sounds of a fife can be heard. As they hunker beneath their hoods, a sense of quiet anticipation furrows the brows of the assembled men. Then the fateful cry goes up: "Hot coffee and pie!"
Huzzah! I think. I could use some pie. I duck out of the line of bleary-eyed tourists and quick-step over to the big white tent in front of the Old Manse, Ralph Waldo Emerson's family home, which sits just feet from the site of the battle. I'm not in the habit of eating apple pie at 7:30 in the morning, but Patriots' Day comes only once a year.
But this isn't actually Patriots' Day, which officially lands on the third Monday of every April. Not many people get that day off, so the National Park Service holds its major reenactments on the Saturday before, hoping for bigger crowds. Ironically, this means that the reenactment of the battle at Concord happens two days before the one at Lexington, but only the most hardcore history buffs make a fuss about it.
Pie in hand, I continue toward the bridge and catch my first glimpse of the British. A small cluster of Redcoats are queued up in front of the public restroom by the road. By the bridge, the crowd of tourists starts to swell. There are several dozen families as well as a large group of high-school students, and I try to guess how long it will take them to run out of jokes about knickers. I settle in behind a man who's there with his young son.
They say that 95 percent of war is waiting, and the same could be said of historical reenactments. Somewhere at the head of the crowd, a park ranger is reciting the story of this day, but the PA system is squawky, and most of his words are lost. The crowd undulates as people shift their weight from one leg to the other and back again. I fantasize about more pie.
Just then, the sound of a drum comes beating from the parking lot as the British form up. Across the bridge, a thin formation of Patriots starts its march. The British brush by where I'm standing in the crowd, and the man in front of me bends down by his son and points: "Those are the Redcoats! You see them?"
Moments later the two sides meet, one at either end of the bridge. Both forces present arms, then shift their aim 45 degrees to the right and shoot harmlessly over the creek. These aren't warning shots; this is the battle. You're not allowed to fire a gun–even an unloaded replica during a reenactment–on Park Service land. It's also against the rules to pretend to be dead, so no one falls down on either side. High drama it's not, but if you're here to be entertained, you've missed the point.
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Yeah so there is this new Meme where we share 7 SL facts about ourselves. Strawberry Singh kicked it off yesterday…
I'm not sure I can find 7 things about my SL existence that I want to share publicly or that anyone would find of interest. But, I am going to give it a try.
- I came to SL after watching the CSI: NY episode "Down the Rabbit Hole"
- The first thing I found of interest in SL was fashion and fashion blogging. I read Ana Lutetia and Gogo's blog before I actually logged in the first time. I remember being very nervous about buying my first skin and hair.
- When I first started blogging fashion on Shopping Cart Disco, I thought it would have a mostly negative effect on my blogging and place in the blogging community. In fact the opposite has happened, its had mostly a positive effect, believe it or not.
- I'm shy and anti-social, I have found most of my socializing in world is done at blogger previews or at openings for major events when I see people on my plurk timeline.
- Outside of fashion blogging and shopping for fashion, furniture and house stuff, I find SL to be kinda boring.
- I have RP'd and I think its pretty cool, but its not something I could do every day in order to build a good story.
- I've never been to a sex sim or a strip club.
See!! I'm very boring.
Before I wrap this up I wanted to mention that Diesel Works has a set of new female poses available only at Collabor88. Theses poses are a bit different from the usual model poses they show movement and some really fun poses. Also Maxi Gossamer has the Keshi Pearl Heart set that includes the earring and necklace. The pearls are color change via the menu as usual.
Skin: Glam Affair – Amberly – Jamaica Clean Rav
Eyeshadow: [:Tuli:] Eyeliner 2
Eyes: Mayfly – Liquid Light Mesh Eye (Aged Bronze)
Hair: Magika [Hair Rigged] Plenty
Dress: Maitreya Dakota Dress * Tiger Print
Leggings: M * A * ii * K * I Long Legging Black
Jewelry: Maxi Gossamer – Keshi Pearl Heart
Nails: Izzie's – Gradient Nails
Shoes: [Gos] Angelina Peeptoe – Seduction Collection
Poses: Diesel Works – Alex


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As Glacier celebrates its 100th anniversary as a National Park this summer, it's now home to a few creature comforts as well. Today, many of the park's sights can be enjoyed right from your car via the famed Going-to-the-Sun Road. Starting from the rain-soaked lowlands—where Lake McDonald Lodge, a classic timber-hewn hotel, sits at the edge of Glacier's largest lake—the road winds its way up to the Continental Divide, near Logan Pass. And for those without a car (among them me, given I still insist on taking the Empire Builder from Portland for my annual trek), the park's fully restored fleet of 1930s-era, fire-engine red tour buses is on hand to help ferry the park's nearly two million annual visitors to popular waypoints like Sunrift Gorge.
But to be frank, there are also other, far less flattering changes. The earth's rising temperatures are a direct threat to the park's trove of glaciers. At one time around 150 of the icy behemoths existed within the park boundaries (boundaries which, by the way, would neatly contain the state of Rhode Island).
Sadly, park officials estimate all of the park's remaining 25 glaciers could vanish by the end of the decade. In fact, many of the giant ice fields I remember from my first summer here have shrunk or simply disappeared.
Receding glaciers won't completely destroy the park's image. (Glacier was actually named less for its glaciers than for how its mountains were formed.) The park has beauty to spare. Indeed, from my perch, high atop Mount Oberlin, these troubles seem distant. Looking over its network of glacially torn mountains, glassy lakes seemingly plucked straight from a painting, and forests so dark they glow navy blue in the shadows of tall peaks, the park I once called home looks just how I remember it. At least for now.


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