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From abstract: ASP.NET is considered feature-complete.
Does this include Web Forms?
How to make permanent native binaries using mono? I belivei it is with the -aot option, but it just generates an .exe.so file, which cannot be run. (If you try you just get a segfault).
No, there is no way to make native binaries as you'll always be dependent on the Mono runtime. Ahead of time compilation just means that your application will start up faster as it doesn't get compiled each time it is launched.
I see some really good things in Mono. Making all the API's consistent, adding better internationalization support, tracking .NET 1.2, etc.
Once the patent issues are cleared with Microsoft, it has a lot of potential.
Once the patent issues are cleared with Microsoft, it has a lot of potential.
It is the biggest problem with mono IMHO. But if this can be cleared it can be the best programming platfrom under linux.
Mono is coming along nicely and now with the Novell acquisition of Ximian even more resources can be put into it.
I hope core Gnome developers start to embrace mono more. I think some of them are starting to come along, because c# really is a nice language.
Does anybody know if the debugger for mono is back in a working state? I know it was broken for a long time.
Hopefully we can get Sharpdevelop running on mono soon. I've got parts of it compiling on mono, but obviously the gui issue is still in the way and I have a feeling that other parts of mono aren't quite primetime even if the gui problem is worked out. I've been thinking about trying to get a basic editor and project management working using SharpDevelop and wx.NET.
They screwed themselves because now it is not easy to even find the download. I hope this isn't a sign of things to come from Novell.
"But if this can be cleared it can be the best programming platfrom under linux."
No, there is no single best programming platform under Linux or elsewhere. Or do you want to tell me that Mono is the best platform for logical constraint programming? Please! It maybe the best platform for Gnome hacking or C# programming but not the best for everything.
Wow.. can't wait till it hits 1 point 0 release
Best platform for the business and similar applications. And IMHO this applicaitons are the most important things for linux to survive.
Like I have said before. I am totally for .Net in *nix. But you guys have to realize that with every release of Mono you are securing Microsofts dominance in their server market. Imagine an Exchange, SQL, or whatever .net server, that had all their interfaces exposed through a web service or even a library that was not Windows dependent. Now start to think IT departments start developing applications in .Net so that both the *nix people and windows people can use them. ( I know java has this functionality, but they don't have interfaces to the .net servers )
Microsoft wins because people are now buying their servers to run both Windows and *nix applications. Also I don't think that Microsoft will ever take away Mono, because it is great for their business. People aren't going to be building servers like Exchange or SQL on Mono they will mainly be using it on the desktop. Microsoft already owns the desktop so if they can get that extra 10% that doesn't use Windows to start using Microsoft Servers, I don't see how they can loose.
Anybody else have an oppionion on this? Anybody see a _realistic_ circumstance where Microsoft would loose money by Mono succeding?
The link is at the top of the site just incase you didn't notice it up there.
Yes it is true. But .NET exists. And if the developer companies choose between .NET and Java IMHO the most of companies will select .NET. The companies only care with the costs of development. Mono only give easy way to this companies to porting their applications to *nix.
> They screwed themselves because now it is not easy to even find the download. I hope this isn't a sign of things to come from Novell.
The link to download is entitled "Download" and located at the header of every page at www.go-mono.com. If you need the direct link, see below:
> It is the biggest problem with mono IMHO. But if this can be cleared it can be the best programming platfrom under linux.
Not to start a flame - what are the advantages/disadvantages of useing Mono/.NET over JAVA?
See the post I put in previously to this board.
The biggest advantage to using .Net over Java is there are a wide array of professional level servers that many companies already have in place. There is also a great number of Microsoft API's for these servers that are already in managed code.
In addition to being to the new and hottest thing in the IT sector. (Not to say better just more hyped) But .Net seems to have a more portable solution than that Java ByteCode. The CLI seems to be a more portable solution and can be compiled by many different languages that are currently being used in many legacy applications. If you don't beleive me just look for COBOL.Net and see some of the Case Studies where companies have ported their old COBOL applications to the web.
I just find the CLI more portable because of the multi-lanugage support. With Java you have to reprogram everything from COBOL to Java or ADA to Java. In .Net you just have to make changes where the code breaks. Some good examples: are the porting QuakeII to managed code (CLI code), (http://codeproject.com/managedcpp/quake2.asp) this would be very difficult to do in Java in a short amount of time, but with Managed C++ it took only a week or so. It has also had alot of success running in Linux under Mono in managed code. (Not perfect, but the Mono library isn't really complete yet)
1. Better programming language (operator overloading, properties, etc).
2. Acceptable resource requirements (not start new virtual machine for every application, native widgets, etc).
3. Effective: Web forms, M$ Visual Studio...
> 1. Better programming language (operator overloading, properties, etc).
Isn't this more of an artifact of having Managed C++. Operator overloading is inheritly problematic and a pain to debug. This is why, to my understanding, SUN left it out of Java.
> 2. Acceptable resource requirements (not start new virtual machine for every application, native widgets, etc).
This is should be coming with the release of 1.5
> 3. Effective: Web forms, M$ Visual Studio...
What about Eclipse? And in particular:
Now granted - I would agree that the ability to program in a variety of languages is a MAJOR plus for .NET. And the continually improvement of MONO and dotGNU are not only awesome for the opensource community but overall IT industry. And I will humble myself to state that I do find VS.NET to be massively superior to almost any other IDE out there and is why in particular that Microsoft has greatly succeed in making Windows the dominant OS.
Hmm. I think .NET/Mono is to Java as Linux is to Windows. That is, it has lots of zealots who rant on about it and what a panacea it is all the time, but its really not better or as proven for many applications. Meanwhile, Java people really don't care all that much about .NET.
I think its good for clientside GUI development if you don't have to worry about targeting something other than windows and don't care about vendor lock-in. For mono, yes, all very well in theory but no serious company is going to trust their IP to something on such shakey IP foundations, never mind that it will never be entirely compatible with .NET proper or particularly usable from that POV. Its another WINE really, always chasing but never getting there, and with dodgy performance to boot.
It might also be good for low-grade serverside stuff. It certainly doesn't compete with j2ee in any real way, so don't expect it to make great inroads into the enterprise, but for small businesses with simple server needs (where MS has always rightfully excelled) it is an improved and better solution for them.
From a language perspective, it strikes me as worse. It has all sorts of syntactical sugar (like operator overloading) that greatly retard the readability and beauty of code. Nobody wants to have to "context switch" and look back at definitions in completely different parts of the program to see what exactly a + or a * is doing in this instance. Pointers and such also retard its reliability and make it open to root exploits that have baned every nasty old umanaged app. Its all a bit ugly - they've tried to better java, without realising that by including these things that java deliberately shuns, for very good reasons, they are making their language worse.
In any case, at the end of the day the language doesn't matter at all. What matters is the platform. Nobody cares whether .NET supports multiple languages, languages are just grist to the mill, who cares? The vast majority of development on it is done in c#. No company wants to start a project using 6 different languages when that means they'll have to always have people on staff who can understand all thsoe different languages and who can't interoperate as effectively, least not on the same platform.
Still, for my money Java and .NET are not in competition really. They serve completely different market niches. .NET is more clientside focused, and better for small businesses. Java is more serverside orientated usually, much more multiplatform and excellent for the big business enterprise. In many ways there's not much to choose between them, but their strengths are clearly in completely different arenas. The .NET people may get off on trashing java here, but I think that's because they don't really understand what its about. Its very hard for me to understand how someone can like one and dislike the other, given that they are indeed very similar in so many ways. Its religious zealotry, as is often transmitted by emotional early adopters of a minority technology. Perhaps when their little community matures they will come into the mainstream fold and be much more sensible about things.
Thank you for taking the time to write your response. I found many things you said to be interesting and ensightful, especially the idea of .NET for client-side and Java for server-side activity.
> 1. Better programming language (operator overloading, properties, etc).
Correction: Best scripting language. Professional programmers know the difference between the two.
2. Acceptable resource requirements (not start new virtual machine for every application, native widgets, etc).
I would consider that better resource requirements. But for being such a memory hog for a scripting language, it leaves much to be desired.
> 3. Effective: Web forms, M$ Visual Studio...
I love the Web Forums, hate the over priced scripting studio though... maybe the $1K is for the debuger..... bah.
C# is a scripting language ? Why ?
If .Net is a scripting language (which it isn't) then Java must be too (which it isn't).
Because Shannara is not correct.
C# is not a scripting language. I think he is a troll...
Programming languages are compiled. Dispite Microsoft's inability to use words properly, only VC++.NET have the option to be compiled. All other languages are translated to MSIL, they are not compiled.
I've gone of this many times on OSNews.com, luckily there are at least a few real professional programmers that visit this site, that know the differences.
Then Java is a scripting language also ?
C# is compiled into MSIL which is then run by the runtime environment. How is this different from Java ?
>Isn't this more of an artifact of having Managed C++. Operator overloading is inheritly problematic and a pain to debug. This is why, to my understanding, SUN left it out of Java.
No the debugger does an awsome job with the overloading of operators, this is mostly due to the face that there aren't any primitives in .Net. If an error occures in the overload it is shown. In .Net there is very little to no difference in an overloaded "+" sign and a method called "Add".
>This is should be coming with the release of 1.5
Well I guess .Net is ahead of the curve then.
> What about Eclipse? And in particular:
Even many of my Linux/Java friends say they are jealous of the power of VS.Net and say Eclipse has nothing on the product.
>For mono, yes, all very well in theory but no serious company is going to trust their IP to something on such shakey IP foundations.
Then how can any compnay really trust anything that comes from Open Source such as Samba, NTFS Linux support, or even the (old)ASP mod for Apache.
I don't want to start a clintonian debate about the meaning of the word "compile", but AFAIK, java compiles source code to bytecode, and so does .net (maybe not called bytecode, but is basically the same thing, please correct me if i'm wrong)
"Programming languages are compiled. Dispite Microsoft's inability to use words properly, only VC++.NET have the option to be compiled. All other languages are translated to MSIL, they are not compiled."
Actually you couldn't be more wrong. Maybe you should spend more time looking at the real meaning of the word "compiled" instead of just assuming you know what it means. Definition number 2 from dictionary.com states "To put together or compose from materials gathered from several sources". That really sounds like taking a bunch of C# files and compiling them into 1 dll (MSIL). Only the 3rd term down gives you definition, but you also have to remember it is below the first 2, so it is the third most common use for the word.
"I've gone of this many times on OSNews.com, luckily there are at least a few real professional programmers that visit this site, that know the differences. "
You probably need to reevaluate this sentance because you really are just trying to be a troll and not really offer anything to the conversation.
after googling I came to the conclusion he must be a wannabe professional programmer
> "Programming languages are compiled. Dispite Microsoft's inability to use words properly, only VC++.NET have the option to be compiled. All other languages are translated to MSIL, they are not compiled."
Yes, your correct - the option is to compile C++ in UnManaged mode. I have still yet to figure out why someone would want to run C++ in Managed mode expect possibily to prevent buffer overflow.
Also, actually in Java - the JVM evaluates freq. used code and will "compile" it to speed up the application.
Compilation in .NET doesn't stop with MSIL. This is the default to ease distribution to other platforms. Before any .NET application is run, the MSIL is compiled to native code. The MSIL can be JIT-compiled at runtime, compiled during installation, or it can be pre-compiled. If it is pre-compiled, the app will only run on the CPU for which it was compiled, just like unmanaged code.
Compiling MSIL to Native Code
Native Image Generator (Ngen.exe) [Precompiling]
First of all, operator overloading is only bad if you use it a nonsensical way. If you want to look at a mess then look at the mess you'll see when adding a few BigIntegers together in Java. There were heated debates among Bill Joy and James Gosling about Gosling "dumbing down c++" too much when he did Java. I wonder if enums or Java's version of "foreach" would have even made it into Java if MS hadn't come along with a little competition. The vast majority of people are not going to use pointers in c#, but I'm glad it's there. Are you going to tell me that JNI is better than the way c# interacts with native code? I don't think so.
Some points I agree with you on.
- Nobody is doing java on the client anymore and there is already tons of code written for java in the server world that won't be rewritten for .NET. Since Longhorn is built around .NET, almost all windows programming will be done in a managed environment in the future.
- Having multiple languages for a project is a management nightmare so you're right about that one. But the cool thing is if someone writes a nice little library that is in another library, but is .NET producer compliant, then you don't really care. You can just derive from it's class or just use it's features without really worrying about what language it was written in.
Generally, .NET is good tech even if it did come from MS. The apis are well thought out(better than java), you don't have to go through years of Sun fumbling around with awt/swing/JIT vs. Interpreted business.
Some zealots wish Mono would just go away. It's going no where and I, for one, hope it is used on non-ms platforms a lot. As Miguel said, even it isn't 100% binary compatible(which I think isn't that big of a deal anyway), it's still a good platform to develop on.
Its about balance for me. Sure, operator overloading is sensible and aids readability when implemented by "good programmers" for sensible situations. Likewise, a good programmer will never write c programs that suffer from buffer overuns and such, and will write readable and maintainable perl code, and so on and so forth. But the problem is, from a business standpoint, most programmers aren't that good and even good programmers have to do half arsed jobs in minimal time. Features like operator overloading and other syntactical sugar, while good in theory, can often be rather a curse in those situations and result in difficult to read and maintain code.
For java on the client, its certainly rarely used for shrink-wrapped consumer products. its used a fair amount in some businesses for client-side apps, usually to interface with whatever java backend they have, and it is used a ton on clients like mobile phones etc.
A good example of java's strengths is eg vodafone, where I work. Its used as middleware between back end dbs and front end clients, which can range from people phoning up from their mobiles with top-up card numbers, to ATMs, to the web, to a million others, millions of people all over the UK doing this every day. Its very important to have a powerful technology that's reasonably free from vendor- and platform- lockin that is utterly tailored for this sort of task. Its excellent middleware stuff. .NET I don't think could fulfill the same role nearly as well, but it can certainly shine where java can't - especially on the windows desktop, for small businesses, for many server needs that're windows orientated, etc etc.
I don't have anything against .NET or mono really. I think they are interesting and worthwhile technologies. But, I think mono would do best to concentrate on providing a good development platform for gnome than to pimp itself as a .NET clone, I believe this is what they are tryign to do in any case. They stake out their own identity and utility quite apart from .NET.
It just annoys me when people trash java, or .NET, for silly and, really, quite irrelevant little details, or seem to violently take sides for one or against the other. They're both too similar for that to really make any sense.
I don't have anything against .NET or mono really. I think they are interesting and worthwhile technologies. But, I think mono would do best to concentrate on providing a good development platform for gnome than to pimp itself as a .NET clone, I believe this is what they are tryign to do in any case. They stake out their own identity and utility quite apart from .NET.
I'll agree on that. Mono winforms with wine handling the backend will probably always be hackish at best. There are libraries that mono will probably never have that .NET has. As I mentioned before I don't even think binary compatibility is that big of a deal. It's getting to the point now that someone could take Sharpdevelop, rework the gui to use gtk#, rip out some win-specific parts of it, integrate monodoc and the debugger, and have a kickass development IDE for mono/Gnome.
My biggest problem with mono as it stands now is that I consider writing c# code in vim and not having a working debugger(that might have changed recently) to be a big pain.
The good thing is that I think some of the major Gnome developers are starting to come around to c# and mono for doing non-core stuff.
I knew there would be replies from trolls. Especially when these trolls call other people they are jealous of, trolls.. oh well, Osnews will always have trolls, unfortunately. Out of all the trolls who replied n4acer and anonymous are actually people who know what they are speaking of. Anyways, trolls keep me happy, because I always know they lerk somewhere nearby.
Before msil is executed, it is compiled We know that. When you compiled unmanaged (real) code in VC++, it compiles directly into the finish product. Try that with the .NET scripting languages. It translates into MSIL, then is compiled on runtime, or use NGen and remove all the advantages (and major disadvantages/design flaws) of JIT.
Anyways, no more of that. Trolls can reply as they always do.
I'm not a compiler writer yet...
As I understand it all languages are translated, however the difference between compilation and interpretion is that a compiler translates the entire code to a lower level language for example machine language (but not necessarily for example it can be an intermediate language such as MSIL or byte code), and an interpreter translates the code line by line or statement by statement.
I think that with .Net, a 'compiler' translates the entire C# code into MSIL, and than an interpreter (which they call a JIT compiler) translates the MSIL line by line into machine code that is executed by the runtime environment.
I don't like Mono because it reminds me of MS! I'd rather use Java.
can you please tell us what makes you a real professional programmer and who told you a language not directly compiled to native code is a scripting language. I googled a lot and everything I found proved you are completly wrong. I think you are only a real professional lamer. Sorry for being so unfriendly, you really asked for it
I think Shannara needs a good whack with your pimpin cane.
Maybe he equated scripting language with interpreted language. Since the virtual machine consists of an interpreter among other things and the intermediate language is executed line by line by an interpreter, than in that context it is similar to a scripting language. On the other hand, C# and Java are full programming languages that support complex data types and generalized objects that are organized by namespaces and that the library user specializes.
One of the most important things to keep in mind is that Mono and Java support a software layer that lies ontop of the operating system layer. This is a more manageable structure or architectural solution for basing a commercial product because it is more flexible than programming directly to the system interface. It's good and it's bad for other reasons, but using Linux it's good because the user does not loose the platform.
"I think Shannara needs a good whack with your pimpin cane."
lol, I'm not such a bad ass like the blaxploitation movie character Dolemite was back in 1975, but you dig where my nick is coming from, most people think of some european mountains called the dolomiten
Dolemite/Alan6101: Sorry, I will no longer respond to trolls in this thread.
Anonymous: I think you are correct. I basically see scripting languages and interpreted languages as the same. Definately different then programming languages or else they would of not been labelled otherwise. However, after you definated that, you say C# and Java are actual programming languages? How do you figure, by their features? By your def, they would both be considered "interpreted", no?
I can see how this software layer could be good. But also seen how it is completely worthless for anybody who are writing closed-source desktop/client software with it. I use .Net for a server based and in-house desktop/client solutions ONLY. The reason, is because I do not like distributing my source codes to the world, which is mandatory with .NET if you release your software into the world. *shrugs* If it wasnt for that design flaw, .NET would definately be respectable.
For Mono to clone it, right down to the flaws, speaks volumes about it.
The reason Sun left operator overloading out of Java was because Java was designed to bind the hands of programmers to keep them from hurting themselves. Operator overloading is not really an extra feature. Rather, preventing operator overloading is a restriction on the language that breaks orthogonality. If operator+ is just a function (it sure as hell isn't a primitive operation as it is in C) then it is natural to be able to overload it, just like you can overload other functions. The fact that operator overloading is not supported leads to weirdness like the String *class* doing things that regular classes are not allowed to do, namely, overload operator+.
There's a difference between .NET's JIT and normal interpreters. When MSIL is JITed, the MSIL that was translated to native code remains as such. Upon subsequent execution of that code, no further interpretation is required. The native code that was produced the first time is executed as-is.
In the usual scenario, it is likely that all code within the application won't be executed on first run. On subsequent runs, if one of the initially unexecuted code paths is used, the JIT then works on these paths as it comes across them to convert them into native code. As, stated above, this code then requires no subsequent JITs when the code is run at a later time.
A couple advantages of MSIL and JIT is that the developer can distribute one package that runs on multiple CPUs, and when the code is compiled, it can take advantage of any CPU/platform specific features to increase performance (if implemented in the runtime/compiler for that platform).
RE: Release of source
The code can be obfuscated making it harder to get usable results from disassembly. Ultimately, any language can disassembled.
Java or Mono are ideal for solution implementation, but they are not established platforms for system implementation, in other words, the developer reuses the research and development in the 'vendor' libraries through inheritance and specialization, rather than doing his own research and development and construction of his own libraries. That is the primary premise, and through reuse of their extensive framework libraries, your company can rapidly build solutions for their domain. The solution developer is not focused on building the architecture but on reusing the vendors architecutre that conforms to the vendors product line which includes supporting technology such as servers (or services).
There is one other key point, oh yeah, it's data. The new vendor strategies are to make data generic. So the vendor is concentrating on appealing to corporations data and not their source code. So to the vendor, source code should be closed, but data is generic under the constraints of their product line. In other words if you use Java or Mono, than you will be able to leverage generic data between services. You will in a sense be able to reuse data, and there is value in that for corporations, but in order to utilize that idea which is not being developed in vendor offerings, you must give up some control and rely on the vendor's research and development through their product line such as middleware (Java or Mono).
The idea of open source is underdeveloped but it is much more powerful than anything we know at this time, but you can not depend on a vendor to lead in this area. The concept of generic code and generic open source code reuse is the ultimate breakthrough, but it is not being realized.
I think that if you have a business interest than you should cooperate and learn Java or Mono middleware and that you will be able to market a product successfully, just that it will not be a system because that is the domain of a vendor, instead it will be a solution offering.
Thanks n4cer, I was not aware of that detail. I have never studied .Net at all!
All u people so dump ?!?!?!?!
Explain this guy what he doesnt want to understand!!!!
Whats that ? ByteCode Compiled = Scripted ??????
Scripted -> Interpreter reads code as said , statement by statement and runs those statments as they are.
You read a book , you understand the ideea of a phrase , you write the ideea down.
3 operations! performed by you
Someone X reads your ideeas to get a picture of the book.
Bytecode Compiled -> you read the book once! (1/2) , you understand it only one time ( 1/2 ) then you write the ideea down (1)
1/2 + 1/2 + 1 = 2 operations;
Someone Y reads your ideeas to get a picture of the book.
Now , when X and Y are small the performance is kind of simillar
but when someone read pow(10,23) books you will have to do:
scripting : X will do 3 x pow(10,23) operations
bytecode : Y will do 2 + pow(10,23) operations
And Java or Mono, they are not scripting language, that issue is over. However I do think well of your 'thinking' and the fact that you would make such a statement, it's good that you think on your own. It's okay to error if you are thinking on your own, against the flow, that's the only way to get ahead and you will be correct more times than you will be wrong...but not this time.
IMHO it is a good tool for a good programmers. And bad tool for lamers. But if you not a professional programmer you can create wrong code without operator overloading. The other lamer thing in the Java the missing properties. These are very useful things in RAD environment (and some other cases).


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The French Catholic Church has been hit by claims of covering up abuse, though the cardinal has repeatedly denied the allegations.
Pope Francis has approved measures to sack bishops who mishandle such cases.
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Advocate editorial board opinion: Trees should have been saved
By the Advocate Editorial Board
Nov. 22, 2010 at 5:22 a.m.
We think more effort could have saved the two 50-year-old trees that were cut down in front of the Victoria Public Library on Main Street.
Cities that have preserved their trees include Austin and Goliad. Both towns have built around existing trees, and visitors are always happily surprised to see trees being saved. All it takes is a little thought and effort.
Without a doubt, trees are part of Victoria's attraction to visitors. You see magnificent trees in Riverside Park and throughout the area. Take a drive down East Santa Rosa Street and enjoy the canopy of oak branches, providing shade over the entire street. This is one of many examples in the city of beautiful trees cascading over streets.
The trees by the library extended over Main Street, too, providing shade and beauty.
While cutting down the trees may have saved some expense building around them, we don't think it would have taken too much to save them.
And if trees threaten foundations, perhaps we should cut all of them down through the town. The foundation argument for cutting the trees down is weak.
While we are disappointed with 50-year-old trees being cut down, we are pleased that the city has planted beautiful magnolia trees around De Leon Plaza. These new trees, by the way, were planted with brick pavers surrounding them. We hope that at some point the roots don't cause uneven pavers or threaten some foundation.
Let's preserve our trees. Take more time to figure out how to save them if they happen to be in the middle of a project. After all, 50 years is a long time for a tree to grow, and these beauties can't be replaced overnight.
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Tex Mex Chicken Stuffed Cabbage Rolls
This recipe was a winner in the National Chicken Cooking Contest and was submitted by Mary Kay from Louisiana. The book was originally published in 1973 so I'm not sure of which year this contest was held. I liked the combination of the different foods and it does make for an interesting dish for the cooler months upon us. I'm going to have to have some of our corn bread with this concoction!
- 4 boneless, skinless chicken breast halves, cut in strips
- 1 tbsp Creole seasoning
- 1 tbsp garlic powder
- 2 tbsp oil
- 1 can (15 oz) chili w/ beans
- 1 can (11 oz) Mexicorn, drained
- 2 cups prepared thick and chunky salsa
- 2 cups water
- 1 teas salt
- 6 large cabbage leaves
- 1 cup shredded jalapeno Monterey Jack cheese
- 1 cup crumbled corn chips
- In a large sealable plastic bag, place the chicken and add the Creole and garlic; shake to coat.
- In a large frying pan, add oil over medium high heat and cook chicken about 7 minutes, turning to brown; drain on paper towels.
- Stir chili, Mexicorn and salsa in the skillet and simmer over medium heat for 5 minutes.
- In a large saucepan, place the water and salt, bring to a boil and add the cabbage leaves; reduce heat and cook about 10 minutes.
- Remove cabbage and let drain.
- Divide cooked chicken strips evenly in each cabbage leaf, topped by 1 tablespoon of the chili mixture and sprinkle with 1 tablespoon of the cheese.
- Roll each cabbage leaf and arrange in a 13x9x2 inch baking pan.
- Pour the remaining chili mixture over the rolled cabbage, sprinkle corn chips over top and then sprinkle with remaining cheese.
- Bake in a 350 degree oven for about 15 minutes or until cheese browns.
I'm just going to add some sauted onions to this one when I make it!
Well folds, happy Friday and I hope you enjoy! Oh, it is still National Chicken Month!


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Michael Turner scored his franchise-record 58th touchdown and Matt Bryant kicked three field goals as host Atlanta avenged its only loss of the season with a 23-13 victory over the Saints.
Tony Gonzalez had his 102nd career touchdown reception for the Falcons (11-1), who scored the game's first 17 points and went on to snap a four-game losing streak against the NFC South-rival Saints. Atlanta will clinch a playoff berth with a loss by Seattle to the Bears on Sunday and the division title if Tampa Bay loses to Denver.


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powhoundddwrote on January 2nd, 2012 at 11:41 am3
Great one. Onward and upward!
Butch Chamberlainwrote on January 5th, 2012 at 8:15 am4
Great pics. The mountain is looking better and better, however we could use some help from Ullr. MtW is starting to look more like November, but with a considerable less amount of the white stuff. I have been trapping around the backside of Mt.M. Just hiking. Have new skis this year and don't want to chew them up right off. Unfortunately had to send my rock jocks to the landfill. They just gave way beyound their all. Hope that you keep posting some more of that great photography that is the hallmark of this site. Keep up the great work, maybe we will meet up one day this winter. Have fun, and above all praise Ullr.


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I'm not sure when this game was played, but this file footage of LeBron James scoring 29 of the Cavs' final 30 points to lead the Cavs to victory in two overtimes on the road would surely count as a historic playoff performance if the NBA playoffs were still going on.
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By: Bloof06.01.2007 @ 9:32 AM
I'm in love. Who then hell is Michael Jordan?
By: Burnsy06.01.2007 @ 9:38 AM
He's no J.R. Rider.
By: hbick06.01.2007 @ 9:44 AM
he has cemented himself as the man in the league. lakers fan can suck a fat dick now, kobe might be good but he wouldn't score 29 of the lakers last 30 in the nba playoffs against the pistons.
*that would be the finals when they played but hey alright
By: Weed Against Speed06.01.2007 @ 9:47 AM
He's no J.R. Rider
Why? Lebron hasn't been caught smoking weed out of a pop can pipe too? Or blame being late to practice with the Timberwolves because of "frozen pipes" when it wasn't even winter?
God I hated that douchebag.
By: twoeightnine06.01.2007 @ 9:48 AM
Nothing like a double overtime game that barely breaks 100 points per team.
By: ko06.01.2007 @ 9:51 AM
i'd rather watch golf. man the nba is boring.
By: Lloyd_Carr_Pool_Lane06.01.2007 @ 9:51 AM
(that is all)
By: alumnigonzo06.01.2007 @ 10:05 AM
Chauncey Billups must be out of magnets.
By: Rembrandt Q. Einstein06.01.2007 @ 10:05 AM
sens-ducks game tomorrow night for those who'd like to see two teams compete to win, rather than two teams try not to lose.
the nba sucks balls.
By: Ryan06.01.2007 @ 10:08 AM
109-107? In 2OT?? Was the game played in the 1950s?
By: mjmoon06.01.2007 @ 10:09 AM
"Nothing like a double overtime game that barely breaks 100 points per team."yeah because both teams are actually playing decent defense!! i know we haven't see much of that in the nba lately. go cavaliers!!!
By: Straiga06.01.2007 @ 10:14 AM
I watched the whole thing last night, and it was probably the most amazing basketball game I have ever seen. And to see the look of defeat in the faces of the Detroit fans…priceless. There are some things money can't buy. For everything else there's Lebron James.
By: The Amish Canuck06.01.2007 @ 10:18 AM
You know, if LeBron was pulling shit like that in grade school, his ass would have been riding the bench for not making the minimum of five passes before the shot.
By: MMP06.01.2007 @ 10:22 AM
Somebody help me; I couldn't find any pole vaulters in that clip…
By: Oates (not Hall)06.01.2007 @ 10:23 AM
They both suck. No way Popovich lets LeBron go off like that.
By: Fluffy06.01.2007 @ 10:29 AM
Anyone who thought that was boring didn't watch it. It was the best individual effort I have ever seen. He literally was scoring completely at will. I can't think of anything more satisfying than watching him nearly tear down the rim at the end of regulation. If it was Lebron, Grady, Brady, Me and J.R. Rider playing for the Cav's, nothing would have changed.
By: hardawayhatesyou06.01.2007 @ 10:33 AM
Honestly, that was a TRANSCENDANT performance last night. I grew up watching Michael, and that was as close to him as I've ever seen. He was the whole team last night. No one on the Cavs hit a basket in the last 19 minutes of game time besides him, and his team won a road Game 5 in the conference finals. Unbelieavable.
But what is even more unbelieavable is that Flip didnt double team him on that final basket. "Well, he's scored the team's last 30 points….lets let him go one-on-one with Chauncey with 2 seconds left."
By: Enrico Pallazzo06.01.2007 @ 10:39 AM
Flip Saunders is, in fact, clinically retarded and the worst coach of all time. As a Cavs diehard and monster hoops fan, that was amazing. The greatest non-MJ performance of all time.
Guys, it's ok to jump on the Cavs bandwagon. This team can end the reign of terror of both Detroit and San Antonio if they get hot and continue to play ferocious d. Hop on board.
LeBron had this to say to the shitty of Detroit after the game: "FUCK YO' COUCH!!!"
By: Steve DeBerg for Vendetta06.01.2007 @ 10:44 AM
Great performance by lebron last night but lets relax a bit. When he does this in the finals and gets his team a ring, then we can go all crazy about his greatness.
Wade did this to the pistons last year as well (he was shooting around 80% FG for 3 consecutive game in the ECF) this team cannot stop an elite player that attacks the rim.
By: Tim06.01.2007 @ 10:45 AM
The Cavaliers swept the Spurs this season.So you can hold your "Pop would never…" comments until he's actually staring down the barrel.
By: Merk06.01.2007 @ 10:52 AM
"Guys, it's ok to jump on the Cavs bandwagon. This team can end the reign of terror of both Detroit and San Antonio if they get hot and continue to play ferocious d. Hop on board"
Ummm… i'm still a little weary to call drew gooden and big z's hacks in the lane ferocious D just yet, but god dammit I hope you're right. I will not sit thru another damn spurs/pistons final. I won't do it dammit. The only hope for these playoffs now is Lebron finally cementing himself as one of the games' best. Like Steve DeBerg said, he needs a ring to do this i think
By: skinfan06.01.2007 @ 11:01 AM
the Spurs are praying for Cleveland because even though LeBron is shredding them right now, you better believe that San Antone will put a hurtin' on him. Robert Horry will be bodychecking him into the third row. The Cavs would be the easiest pickings for the Spurs because they can just focus on LeBron and to hell with the rest of them. With the Pistons, anybody could step up and kill them and for Sheed, McDyess, Webber, Prince, Billups and Hamilton are a hell of lot harder to slow down than one guy.
I'm with Barkley and Kenny though. You've got to get the ball out of LeBron's hands even if it means you throw three guys at him at once. And for the love of God, you got to knock him on his ass every now and then!
By: Fluffy06.01.2007 @ 11:01 AM
Wade did not dismantle the Pistons by himself. Remember that big guy on the Heat… I can't remember his name but I'm pretty sure he sunk a few baskets. Wade penetrated and kicked far more. I was never in doubt about who was taking the shot last night.
By: skinfan06.01.2007 @ 11:03 AM
Two games in the regular season don't mean shit either. The Spurs are on a roll like no team's been since the Jordan-era Bulls.
By: Tim06.01.2007 @ 11:07 AM
skinfan, you're making the same argument the Pistons fans made about how the Cavs couldn't beat them.And if Old Man Horry tried to hipcheck LeBron they'd have to carry his old bones off the court in a duffle bag. (See Rasheed's attempt at a hard foul in game 4. It ended with Rasheed on the floor.)
That being said, the Cavs haven't won anything just yet.
By: Tim06.01.2007 @ 11:08 AM
The Spurs roll got a big helping hand from David Stern, no?
By: Steve DeBerg for Vendetta06.01.2007 @ 11:17 AM
no, wade did not dismantle the pistons by himself…..he did dismantle the mavs by himself though and that was in the finals. I am not trying to compare Lebron to Wade. They play different styles and play different position/roles on their respective teams. But what lebron did last night is not on par with what I witnessed last season. It was a single great performance but he needs to follow that up with multiple great performances and get his team a victory in this series and the next. If he accomplishes both I will concede that what he accomplished one of the greatest feats I have ever seen by a basketball player and definitely superior to what wade did last year against the pistons and mavs.
By: walklett06.01.2007 @ 11:23 AM
I heard Lebron treated the team to Roady's Truck Stop after the game.
By: skinfan06.01.2007 @ 11:25 AM
ah, but that Old Man Horry is shifty. I love to watch LeBron play, but he still needs one or more legit All-Stars to run with before he gets the title. A better coach wouldn't hurt either.
By: Tim06.01.2007 @ 11:50 AM
Sometimes I agree with the better coach thinking. Sometimes I see the improvement on defense and I think Brown must know something.
By: skinfan06.01.2007 @ 12:07 PM
btw, Tim love your avatar. That's where i went to school. I wish it had been her panties but it was actually South Carolina. Smelled about the same though.
By: Yamabushi06.01.2007 @ 12:17 PM
When does training camp start?
By: Fluffy06.01.2007 @ 2:45 PM
Well said Steven. I really don't think he can play like he has in the past three games for much longer. Who knows though, maybe there is a reason he coasted through the entire season.
By: Vercillo1006.01.2007 @ 3:32 PM
Very good game for LeBron, however if Kobe scored the last 25 points for the Lakers in a playoff game he would be regarded as a "selfish ballhog," justice? I think not…especially since LeBron never even thought about passing, great game though, honestly, although I can still see this series being a toss up, Detroit is clutch and full of talent while Cleveland has one dude, a very good one, surrounded by men with questionable haircuts (Z, tough guy Drew Gooden). Truth of the matter is that LBJ is still very much overhyped and will be until his retirement unless he can prove wrong…the season series versus SA does not really matter at this point as the Spurs are somewhat invincible. Another thing to add is coaching, Flip is still better than what's his face with the glasses, and if CLE beats DET, what's his face is no match for Pop.
PS – I am from Canada so I might not understand what this "Hockey" is about, can someone explain it to this foreigner? It sounds like some sort of extinct culture…
By: Jose06.01.2007 @ 3:33 PM
He can definitely play at this level for the rest of this series(1 more game) AND finals…I dont know how well the Cavs will do against the spurs in the finals, I'll have a good idea after game 1, but I think they can definitely get the job done…and oh yeah, that was one of the GREATEST performances I have ever seen in the playoffs, I mean WOW 25 straight points, 29 of the last 30???Absurd…
By: WhoDatBoz06.01.2007 @ 10:38 PM
Your stance on the playoffs is admirable. I still can't stop from watching King James dominate though.
By: mjmoon06.03.2007 @ 10:34 AM
"Very good game for LeBron, however if Kobe scored the last 25 points for the Lakers in a playoff game he would be regarded as a "selfish ballhog," justice? I think not…especially since LeBron never even thought about passing"—lebron is a much bigger team player than kobe, he had been passing earlier in the series and that wasn't getting the results the cavs needed. he needed to know the shots would go in, and the only way he could know that 100% was if he was putting them in there.


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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Vanderbilt coach James Franklin is more than happy to talk about his Commodores and Saturday night's game with undefeated Missouri. When it comes to the coaching vacancy at Southern California, Franklin has nothing to say.
Franklin shut down reporters' questions Monday about being on lists of potential candidates to take over at Southern California, which fired Lane Kiffin on Sunday.
The issue came up early Monday in Franklin's weekly news conference, and he avoided the question several times. Franklin said that "for once, I'd like to sit in this press conference and talk about either the game before or the game we're playing this week."
Franklin says he was "excited about talking about UAB, our last game" and Vanderbilt's upcoming game with Missouri.
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Big Picture, Big Sound in a Small Stylish Package
"Hey, Chris, I just moved into a new apartment and I think I need a bigger TV." That's the start of many a conversation with friends and family. This time it was a question from Big Picture Big Sound web maven and film critic Beth McCabe. The 40-inch Samsung LCD that had served her well was starting to show its age, not in loss of performance, but in size and lack of features. So we took a look at the space and at her preferences and came up with a new system that we thought would serve her well.
A Real Turn On, Even When It's Off
Beth likes to enjoy her movies, music and TV ("Game of Thrones, W00t!"), but when the system is off, she doesn't want it to dominate her living space. So a big screen TV with drab styling or a large set of tower speakers simply wasn't going to cut it. For the TV, we went with a slim sleek LED TV from Samsung, the UN55D8000 (which is now being replaced in the line with the UN55ES8000 for 2012). It's a sleek and sexy 55-inch set with a slim bezel as well as a nice bright picture that can compete with the generous afternoon sunlight in Beth's high rise Manhattan apartment.
The D8000 LED HDTV also sports Samsung's active 3D technology for full high definition images in 3D mode, so we tacked on a few extra pairs of 3D glasses to the system, in addition to the two that came in the box. At under $25/pair, the Samsung active 3D glasses aren't going to strain anyone's budget, but they're light and comfortable and last for upwards of 50 hours on a single button cell battery.
For audio and surround sound processing, we went with a slimline 5.1-channel home theater receiver from Marantz (the NR1402) The receiver has ample HDMI inputs (four), plenty of power for the space (50 Watts/channel) as well as analog video upconversion to HDMI. The analog upconversion or "transcoding" helps in case Beth wants to hook up her old school PlayStation 2 to the system for some retro gaming. She can connect it to the receiver using the old-fashioned analog audio video cables and the receiver will send the image to the TV over a single HDMI cable.
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For speakers we went with the small and refined but powerful MX 5.1 system from Mirage. The little speakers measure in at just about 4 by 3 by 3.5 inches and are equally at home on a shelf, a small stand or mounted to the wall. Wall-mounting is a simple as screwing a screw into the wall and sliding the speaker onto it using the keyhole mount on the back. The MX 5.1 speakers look particularly unique with their grilles off where the omnipolar tweeter driver is exposed for all to see.
The MX 5.1's powered subwoofer is the real surprise, measuring in at a tiny 8 inches on all sides. How could something this small sound any good? But sound good it does (we'll get to that).
For sources, Beth decided to supplement her HD TiVo cable box with an Apple TV and a Panasonic DMP-BDT320 Blu-ray player. The Apple TV is great for watching or listening to all things iTunes, and the Panasonic Blu-ray player is good for everything else: Blu-ray Discs and DVDs of course, but also Netflix, VUDU, Amazon Video on Demand, Pandora, and more. The Panasonic player supports Blu-ray 3D Discs so it makes an excellent source for 3D movie nights.
"Control, Control, You Must Learn Control!"
Because Beth wanted the system to be as discreet as possible, we decided to install the source components and receiver into her existing cabinet. This meant cutting a small hole in the back to route the power, HDMI and speaker cables. It also meant that a standard infrared (IR) remote control would be useless. We needed something that could get through the solid wood cabinet doors to control everything. Fortunately Beth had already picked up a Logitech Harmony 900 universal remote (an earlier recommendation). The Logitech's RF (radio frequency) module made it ideal for operating through the cabinet, while simultaneously controlling the TV via Infrared.
For a finishing touch, we added in an articulating wall mount for the TV. This allows Beth to easily angle the TV toward the kitchen or toward the couch depending on her viewing needs. We also threw in some cord covers by Wiremold which allowed us to hide away all the speaker wires and power cables discretely along the molding and up the wall to the rear speakers.
The Set-Up
With the TV already wall-mounted by her building's handyman, the rest of the set up was fairly painless. We routed the HDMI cable behind the wall for a nicely finished look, cut and stripped speaker cables, routed power cables through the newly cut hole in the back of her cabinet, and connected the HDMI cables and speaker cables into the receiver. Because the receiver handles all the audio and video switching we just needed a single HDMI cable between the receiver and TV to get all the devices connected to it. We then tweaked the activities on her Harmony remote to accommodate the new receiver and source components, I did a spot check of the speaker levels and then we were ready to sit back and experience the system. ("we" being Beth, Big Picture Big Sound movies editor Joe Lozito, his wife Jen and me).
Hell Just Froze Over
One of the multi-channel recordings I like to use to test out a new system is the DTS 5.1 CD of the Eagles "Hell Freezes Over" tour. It features nicely placed instruments and voices across the front three speakers and plenty of ambient crowd noises in the rear channels. "Hotel California" and "Seven Bridges Road" sounded full and spacious on this system, with voices and instruments precisely positioned around the room. As the audience makes itself known with enthusiastic applause, it's easy to feel as if you are right there with them. This feeling of spaciousness and immersion carried over into movies when watching "Avatar" and "Blade Runner."
The introductory sequence of "Blade Runner" showed us just how low this tiny little subwoofer could extend with deeply resonant sound effects accompanying the flaming industrial cityscape -- a nice complement to the ethereal soundtrack from Vangelis. When "Kowalski, Leon" knocked on the office door for his interview, the knock came from the right side of the room, well outside the speakers. This was one of the strengths of the Mirage speaker system: its ability to create a wide, deep and immersive soundfield, as well as excellent bass extension and dynamics. And the fact that it could do so with tiny stylish boxes? Bonus!
Picture Imperfect
Picture quality on the Samsung without tweaks was exceptionally detailed, but had some issues. Watching the classic "Casablanca" on Blu-ray we noticed picture details we had never seen before in the film, but sometimes more than we wanted. The picture's excessive brightness and hyper sharpness made flaws in the set stand out while imperfections in the make-up drew a bit too much attention to themselves. The whites were a little too blue, giving the image an excessively stark and harsh look and motion looked unnaturally smooth and video-like.
With the picture tweaked and the speakers warmed up, we stepped through the Marantz receiver's Audyssey auto-calibration wizard to optimize the audio. This utility, built into the Marantz receiver, uses an included microphone to measure the speaker levels in your specific room, and dials in the various level and distance adjustments for the best performance. After calibration, the dialog was noticeably clearer, surround effects were audible without being overpowering and the bass was well integrated with the rest of the channels. In the end, Beth had herself a fine new home theater system, as well as a condition we like to call "permagrin."
By the Numbers...
For those interested in costs, the total retail price of all components (including cables and accessories) was just under $6500, but with online discounts and free shipping, we managed to keep the entire system price under $3,900 (you can find the entire system here on Amazon).
Beth has been enjoying her system for music and movies and has had friends over to experience her new system. One friend's reaction was so emphatic, she felt compelled to share a few soundbytes.
"Oh my God. What is that? WHAT IS THAT?"
"This sound is ridiculous!"
"I'm never going to be able to watch movies anywhere else again."
And there you have it: a highly enjoyable compact and discrete home theater system that satisfies the discerning music and movie lover while also appealing to the style-conscious and staying within a reasonable budget. You really can have it all.
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I'm new here and as an irish barman i thought i'd share a shooter idea for the big day on monday.
An irish flag is layered into three using either a barspoon or a spout.
First we have creme de menth for our green.(I've heard midori works but i haven't tried it)
Baileys for the middle (of course)
And whiskey on the top. I tend to use paddys just for the sake of a cheap enough irish whiskey for show but i've found you get a deeper orange from bourbon.
Have a great day everyone, I've got the day shift so i can enjoy my handywork.
Slan go phoill
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Dah Sing Life Assurance (DSLA) operates its life insurance business in Hong Kong. In January 2011, DSLA selected eBaoTech LifeSystem to replace its legacy systems running its traditional life and unit-linked businesses. Phase 1 implementation consisted of the replacement of several legacy systems and the implementation of standardized and automated processes to replace formerly manual procedures, and was successfully completed on 5 March 2012.
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About this column
In this post about why your right people aren't falling all over you {yet}, we talked about two as yet undefined groups: your almost right people and your wrong people who think they're your right people.
Today we're going to describe hallmarks of each group. Then we're going to talk about how to get them out of your head so you can connect with more of your right people.
Your almost right people are the people it's easiest to default to creating content for because they breathe the same air as you.
They might be the people you talk to most often, like your peers and mentors. {This is especially true if you don't have many clients at the moment.} They're the people you're used to exploring ideas with, the people who are right there with you in your brain. You want their opinions on stuff. You trust their judgment implicitly.
But — and this is the key distinction that makes them your almost right people — they are not the people who need to buy your goods or services.
They are people you may love and adore, but they're not buyers.
You can create content for your almost right people all day long, be impossibly awesome to them, and have them sharing and spreading your stuff every which way from Sunday, and still not get one cent richer.
{And if you weren't in business to earn a livelihood, then that'd be okay. But you are in business to earn a livelihood, so you need to adjust your content creation strategy accordingly.}
The fix?
Start intentionally creating the conversation your right buyers need to have with you.
What do they and don't they understand about what it takes, from your perspective? What are they looking to you for? {This goes back to the old don't-take-what-you-know-for-granted axiom. So true!}
Yes, you can and should hold onto your almost right people.
They're often terrific brand evangelists for you, singing your praises and touting your strengths wherever they go. Sometimes you can refer people out to them. Often, they have complementary strengths to yours and can serve your right people in ways you cannot {maybe you're a graphic designer and you have a copywriter friend who thinks like you'd think if you were a copywriter}. So please keep your eye on your almost right people and keep them in your life.
But creating content for — i.e. "talking to" — your almost right people will keep your business in the same place it is today.
Now on to the second group, which is wholly more nefarious: your wrong people who think they're your right people.
Your wrong people who think they're your right people are the human equivalent of car horns that go off in the middle of lunch with a friend you really love, and you can't quite refocus on the conversation at hand because you're worried it could be your car going off.
Your wrong people don't necessarily have bad intentions, but they would like you better if you were something and someone other than who you are. They either aren't paying close enough attention to realize that you're not talking to them, or they're desperate for solutions, have already identified you as someone with great content, and are hoping that you'll magically deliver exactly what they need in your signature style.
The problem with that?
You don't want to do the stuff they want you to do. And even if you did, you wouldn't want to do it for them.
Snobby perspective? Nah. You've got limited bandwidth and limited hours in the day to do what you do. You have to be choosy.
Your wrong people who think they're your right people want you to give them Facebook tips, but you're a coach who specializes in self-care for entrepreneurs. Your wrong people want you to create $17 products for them, but your brand archetype dictates that you need to be selling high price point programs. Your wrong people try to engage you in bawdy jesting on Twitter {yep, I just said 'bawdy jesting' — live it, love it, own it}, and that type of humor horrifies you.
Your wrong people try to extend you in ways that are profoundly uncomfortable for you because they're not fully seeing you. They're focused on their needs and desires and how you could meet them, not your strangely powerful talent, which is, as we know, where your extreme goodness resides.
Your wrong people are a dime a dozen. Your right people are a very precious, very select few who want you just as you are when you're standing in your best, deepest, and truest message.
Here are a collection of statements you might hear from your wrong people:
- "Have you ever thought about [insert some idea or activity you would never, ever dream of implementing because it's so off-brand for you]? I would totally love that and I bet a lot of other people would, too."
- "Can you blog about [insert topic that is not a focus within your suite of ideas]?"
- "Would you mind reading over this 5,000 word email and giving me your take on where I'm at and what I need to move forward?" [requests for free help are often indications of wrong people who think they're your right people; your right people deeply get and respect the work you do and don't ask you to deliver your livelihood-maker for free]
And don't even get me started on whether you can convert your wrong people to being your right people. Or do get me started. We can talk about that some other time. But I'm pretty sure you already know which side of the fence I come down on that one.
So how do you get your almost right people and your wrong people out of your head when creating content?
Brand Editor's note: Content includes site copy, blog posts, sales pages,
multimedia, products, services, Tweets, Facebook updates,
and all other social media marketing moves.
1. Develop an ideal client avatar {or two or three if that's more appropriate for your biz model}. Be as curious about this person as you would be about a brilliant new friend or paramour. Spend time daily visualizing this right person and watching him move through his day. {I do this with my right client avatar all the time. Even though she's imaginary, I'm pretty sure she follows me on Twitter.} Start evaluating your own digital consumption through his eyes, not just through yours.
2. Figure out how where your ideal client is in relation to you, business or life journey-wise. Don't make the mistake that your right person understands what you do about your subject area. Is your right person where you were last year at this time? Three years ago? Understanding where they are in relation to you allows you to position your content appropriately.
3. Deliver your offers to your right person with compassion and savvy. Talk to her in the way that'll inspire her to respond. Her response might be leaving a comment on your blog, forwarding your e-newsletter to a friend, or {woot!} clicking your Buy It Now button. You know her. You know what gets her up off her sofa and into your world.
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Mega-reunion set for Yoakum High School
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"Love the Sixties" Yoakum High School mega class reunion 1961-1970 is scheduled 3-11 p.m., March 17, at Turner Hall, Highway 111 west of Yoakum.
If you went to Yoakum High School in the '60s, join us for a night of socializing, dinner and a walk down memory lane.
You can bring memorabilia to share with the group or decorate a table for your class, if you want.
The cost will be $15 per person and reservations should be made by March 10. As in the past, after the expenses of the reunion are paid, we will fund Yoakum High School scholarships. We donated $1,500 in scholarships after our last reunion.
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Ann Wilson, she of rock goddess fame from the band Heart, will release her debut solo record "Hope & Glory" on Sept. 11.
The lead single from the record is Wilson's version of "Immigrant Song."
Anyone who has been to a big name rock show recently where the sisters Wilson have made a cameo know of the pair's love of all things Zeppelin. However, Ann's version of "Immigrant Song" isn't the straight-up cover you'd expect.
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August 10, 1922 - May 31, 2014
Willomae Snavely was born on August 10, 1922 in Texas. She moved to Dinuba Ca. at an early age and graduated from Dinuba high in 1941. She was taken from us Saturday, May 31, 2014 at the age of 91.
She is preceded in death by her husband Carl Snavely, her sister Frances Osborne, and her brother Floyd Chumley.
Willomae is survived by her sisters, Dorothy Kaminski, Nancy Kilgore, and Katherine Smith; brother, Robert Chumley; her two children, Blaine Snavely and Susan Waters; six grandchildren, Robert Waters, Danine Waters, Becky Keldsen, Chad Snavely, Brent Snavely, Charlene Dyer; fourteen great grandchildren; and eight great great grandchildren.
Willomae was a 50th year member of the Eagles Lodge in Reedley. She was a loving mother, wife, and grandmother. She will be missed. She is now with Carl the love of her life.
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UHV/ABR Reading Series to begin eighth year
Aug. 3, 2013 at 3:03 a.m.
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The University of Houston-Victoria is beginning its eighth year of the UHV/American Book Review Reading Series this fall with a mix of authors including the 2013 Poet Laureate of Texas, the three-time winner of the Pushcart Prize and the author of the American Library Association's 2009 Best Horror Novel.
"These authors represent what ABR is all about - recognizing a wide variety of writers who have various talents to share," said Jeffrey Di Leo, ABR editor/publisher and dean of the UHV School of Arts & Science. "The reading series has hosted more than 60 writers. We look forward to this new group of authors who will share their works with the UHV and Victoria communities."
Writers scheduled for the ABR Reading Series this fall are:
Elizabeth Hand, Sept. 5 - Author of almost two dozen books, short story collections and comic books, Hand is best known for her works that examine values and the nature of survival in a post-apocalyptic world. Her literary fiction often addresses similar themes in a realistic setting. She has been honored with accolades including the Philip K. Dick Award, the Nebula Award and the World Fantasy Award.
Rosemary Catacalos, Sept. 19 - Catacalos is the author of two volumes of poetry, "Again for the First Time" and "As Long as It Takes." Her award-winning works regularly focus on her mixed Mexican and Greek heritage, in which she looks to history, culture and mythology in her explorations of human emotions. Her many honors and prizes include the Annual Poetry Award from the Texas Institute of Letters and the 2013 Poet Laureate of Texas.
Brian Evenson, Oct. 17 - Evenson has authored 10 books of short stories, seven novels, a book of nonfiction and five translated volumes. His work often focuses on brutality, violence and hypocrisy, using fiction to critique contemporary values. He has won numerous awards including the O. Henry Award, the American Library Association/Reference and User Services Association Prize for Best Horror Novel and more. He is a professor at Brown University in Providence, R.I.
Christopher Howell, Nov. 7 - Howell has authored 10 volumes of poetry, a collection of essays and is the editor of an anthology. Originally a military journalist during the Vietnam War, he later founded Lynx House Press and is now a professor of creative writing at Eastern Washington University in Cheney. He has won numerous awards, including the Washington State Governor's Award, the Washington State Book Award and three Pushcart Prizes.
Paul Ruffin, Nov. 21 - Best known as a short story author, Ruffin also writes novels and poetry that often focus on the South's people, landscape and attitudes. He is the author of "Circling," which won the Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters Award, and is a member of the Texas Institute of Letters. He is a regents distinguished professor at Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, where he directs the Texas Review Press.
"I am excited about this lineup of authors because they have a wide variety of styles and voices," said Jeffrey Sartain, ABR managing editor and assistant professor for the UHV School of Arts and Science. "Audiences will get to hear everything from beautiful, lyrical poetry to chilling horror stories."
Authors will be available after each reading to sign copies of their books, which can be purchased at the events. During their visit, each author will meet with students and attend private functions.
ABR is a nonprofit, internationally distributed literary journal that is published six times a year. It began in 1977, moved to UHV in 2007 and has a circulation of about 8,000. The journal specializes in reviews of works published by small presses.
For more information about the UHV/ABR Reading Series, call the ABR office at 361-570-4101 or go to americanbookreview.org.


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Linked by Kroc Camen on Fri 8th Jan 2010 21:25 UTC, submitted by kap1
Independent game company Wolfire write why you should use OpenGL and not DirectX. The article goes over a brief history and the standard and Microsoft's tactics with DirectX, and what this really means for developers. DirectX keeps games on Windows, and that's not a good thing--over half of the users for one of their games are not on Windows. The fact is that Microsoft will have you believe that DirectX is the better choice for gaming, but OpenGL has always had the best features, first, and in a consistent and transparent way. I'm particularly interested in the last couple of paragraphs where WebGL is mentioned because this is gaining traction with browser vendors and it would go directly against Microsoft's grain for them to implement it in IE--as they should. Will we see yet another generation of Microsoft ignoring the standards and going their own way with a 'WebDirectX'?
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Actually Wolfire (the company who wrote the article) have found that over half of their paying customers are on mac or linux (which don't support DirectX). People on these systems may be small, maybe only a few % of the overall market, but think about how big that market is. It's still a very large amount of people (million? I'm not sure on the numbers...). Would you consider cutting out that many customers when you could just change technology and get them all?
Edit: Also, ease of development doesn't really come into it because any developer worth their salt will wrap DirectX or OpenGL into a library instead of accessing the calls directly from the game code.
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SUGAR LAND – The calendar says it's late August. But for Roger Clemens, it's spring training.
Clemens, the seven-time Cy Young Award winner who last pitched in 2007, arrived Friday afternoon at Constellation Field to meet his new teammates with the Sugar Land Skeeters, the Atlantic Team league for which he will pitch Saturday night against the Bridgeport Bluefish.
He arrived at the ballpark shortly after 4 p.m., hugged Skeeters manager Gary Gaetti, a former coach with the Astros, shook hands with his teammates, warmed up the field with former major league pitcher Tim Redding and threw a couple of pitches in the bullpen as he prepared to join the team in the dugout for Friday's game.
"It will be more like a spring training start for me," he said. "(Gaetti) said he's got everybody ready (in the bullpen), so I'll go out there and get loose – it shouldn't take long in this heat – and get after it, and we'll see how far I can go."
And as speculation continues to mount that his appearance tonight is the prelude to a potential return to the major leagues, Clemens continued to downplay the possibility.
"I'm not worried about results at all," he said. "I don't know why anybody would be. I haven't thrown competitively, so I'm going to go out and pitch and try to have fun. If I feel good, I'll turn a couple loose. If I don't, I'll try to pitch a little bit and get out of there early so they can whoop it up and let them start playing ball."
The comparatively casual nature of Clemens' preparation for Saturday's game may be reflected in the fact that he talked to the media the day prior to his start, which would have been verboten in his days as a dominant pitcher with the Red Sox, Blue Jays, Yankees and Astros.
His comments came a day after he told CNN's Piers Morgan he might have something "funner" down the line this season and after Astros owner Jim Crane suggested that the Astros, with Major League Baseball's approval, could explore the possibility of bringing in Clemens for a game later this season that would provide proceeds for charity.
"It's got nothing to do with (a return to the major leagues) right now," he said. "I've got to get through Saturday. I don't know how much more clearly I can say it. I'm nowhere near major league ready, nor have I been training or pitching in that kind of mode."
He said he appreciated Crane's comments on his behalf and added, "I'll go to bat for him (with) whatever he wants me to do."
Clemens agreed to pitch for the Skeeters after a Monday simulated game at Constellation Field. He said he may have "overextended" himself Monday and "I've been feeling that the whole week" but said he was feeling good.


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Hilary Duff Featured in New Maxim Magazineby Free Britney at . Comments
Hey, Hilary Duff doesn't pay the billz with her mad vocab skillz.
The singer tells Maxim Magazine that she has "OCD" because she likes to clean a lot. That's like saying Lindsay Lohan is a helpless addict instead of a spoiled brat.
Hilary Duff says of her supposed disorder:
"I'm OCD when it comes to cleaning. I can't go to bed with a messy room. That would totally wig me out… It freaks me out to have dishes in the sink."
"I practically clean my hotel room before I check out," the younger sister of Haylie Duff continues. "I wish I weren't psychotic like that, but I am."
Hey, she could be a total train wreck like some people we know.
While she probably just likes the room neat, and doesn't know the meaning of OCD, or Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Hilary Duff is all good with us.
It says a lot about a young star when the worst we can say about Duff is that she and Gym Class Heroes handed out X-Rated goodie bags at a show, or that she possibly hooked up with Brody Jenner once. Not exactly a long rap sheet.
The actress steers clear of scandal (for the most part) and appears to have her head on straight. In a world full of Paris Hilton pussy photos, that's a breath of fresh air.


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LG Optimus 3D Smartphone – 3D Games that Will be Supported
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Gameloft releases a trailer with the games that will be available on the LG Optimus 3D Smartphone.
At this point in time I'm pretty sure that we are all familiar with the specs for the LG Optimus 3D Smartphone but are you familiar with the 3D that you will be able to play? If not, the this is obviously good news for you. Gameloft has even released a trailer for you to enjoy the games that you will sure become an addict to, let the addiction begin.
When you go and buy your LG Optimus 3D Smartphone, you will have some 3D games to play when you get home. The pre-installed games on the 3D smartphone include 3D versions of N.O.V.A. Near Orbit Vanguard Alliance, Let's Golf! 2 and Asphalt 6: Adrenaline. Other 3D games available include Spider-man: Total Mayhem, Assassin's Creed, and Real Football 2011.
There are also going to be 14 other tittle available for the LG Optimus Smartphone that are going to be available throughout the launch period but there is no info on what those tittle's names are for now.