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Whether you're tight on budget or one of those creative spirits, unfinished furniture (or previously owned furniture) can add "spice to your space".
So here are a few pointers that might help you stir up those creative juices for the fall.
Auctions and Estate Sales - Scout auctions and estate sales for jewels at good prices - even garage sales. When I was younger, I foolishly
sold some of my grandmother's all wood furniture and a great old-fashioned sewing machine with pedal stand was given to Goodwill. Yikes! Hate to think of what
I sold for peanuts or gave away that was truly valuable. But I was young and stupid. What can I say? Check out consignment shops, flea markets and newspaper ads.
Check for sturdiness - I once bought a sofa and loveseat from a store going out of business. Later I knew why. It was flimsy and didn't last long. Look for
quality. If furniture was made well to begin with, it will stand up over time, even if it's present condition is not perfect. Make sure any seating or table has sturdy
legs, fastened well and that it does not rock. Wobbliness is no good. Look for cross braces on the legs for increased sturdiness.
Inspect drawers - Pull out the drawers and inspect them. Are the corners dovetailed? Are there dust boards or some type of panels between one row of
drawers and the one below? If the answer is "yes" to both, chances are the piece is well constructed.
Check out new unfinished furniture - Formerly unfinished furniture was only available in low-quaity pine. But there is more selection now.
Compare types of wood - Some types of wood are less expensive than others. Lower priced furniture is usually made of clear, soft white pine. Sometimes
it's veneer - well, quite often it's veneer, which I hate. I recently returned a piece of furniture that broke twice in a matter of a couple of months because the
wood was so soft it could not withstand even the mildest movement. When dealing with low quality wood, consider painting or lacquering it. Make the color the "design statement"
and not the quality.
Medium-quality wood - Medium-quality wood is often knotty pine, which is tougher and harder. The characteristic knots in the wood add to the rustic
look and create a warm, casual feeling in a room.
High-quality wood - Here you'll find your maple, birch or aspen woods. These are strong woods and have an interesting grain.
Luxury wood - Look for cherry and oak solids in this category. These woods look great in furniture no matter how they are finished.
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Teach Yourself VBScript in 21 Days
Introducing VBScript and the World Wide Web
- The Internet and the World Wide Web
- Browsing the World Wide Web
- The Elements of the World Wide Web
- Extending the World Wide Web with VBScript
- Microsoft ActiveX and ActiveX Controls
- Extending the World Wide Web with CGI
- Summary
- Workshop
- Quiz
VBScript. Maybe you've heard it's a tool that lets you build more powerful Web pages. Perhaps you've heard it called the "JavaScript killer" because it's easier to use. You might simply know it as an Internet buzzword. Whatever your motivations, the fact that you're reading this book indicates that you want to know what VBScript is all about.
You've come to the right place! VBScript is an exciting, powerful tool at the center of the rapid Internet information revolution. In this book, you will find everything you need to know to get started. Before you start learning about how VBScript works, you should know a little bit about how the Internet phenomenon began and how VBScript fits into the big picture. It's so easy to get lost in a sea of terminology and acronyms. This lesson cuts through the jargon and helps prepare you for the exciting journey ahead of you-understanding and learning how to use VBScript to its fullest. Questions answered in this lesson include the following:
- What is the Internet, and why is it so popular?
- What is the World Wide Web, and how does it fit in to the Internet?
- What are Web browsers, and how are they used?
- What are the most popular and widely used browsers available today?
- What are Web pages, and how are they created?
- What is Microsoft's ActiveX technology, and how does it relate to the Web?
- How does VBScript fit in when creating a Web page?
- What are Java and CGI, and where do they fit in?
- How are Web pages sent over the Internet?
If you are already familiar with these concepts, you might want to skip ahead to Day 2, "The Essence of VBScript," which discusses how VBScript and Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) work together with the Web browser to present a Web page to the user.
The Internet and the World Wide Web
The Internet, which has come to serve over 20 million users worldwide,
had relatively humble beginnings. It began as a rather obscure
network called ARPANET-a network used by the Department of Defense,
its contractors, and defense researchers. The ARPANET proved very
useful and powerful, so much so that over time it grew tremendously.
Soon, a more general network called the Internet was created with
the same philosophy as ARPANET, only with a broader scope. In
the late 1980s, the Internet spread across universities around
the world and became more and more popular among researchers in
the academic community.
As the popularity of the Internet increased, so did its size. Starting in its earlier days, users became increasingly aware of the benefits of specific services such as electronic mail and the ability to transfer files. Over time, the incredible potential of the Internet for sharing and distributing information became apparent as more and more people started using it. The National Science Foundation, which had almost completely funded the Internet in the United States until 1991, lifted its ban of commercial traffic on the Internet in 1991 and dropped most of its funding. This gave the Internet much more widespread exposure and opened the door to many more commercial ventures. Since then, the Internet has grown in incredible proportions. Given the current and potential growth of the Internet, you can't afford not to learn about the Internet, especially if you are a part of corporate America.
Now that corporations and the telecommunication giants are becoming more interested in the Internet, the Internet is maturing at an unprecedented rate. Organizations ranging from product vendors and standards bodies to the National Science Foundation, which helps support the backbone of the Internet that carries all of the information between the Internet and its hosts, are developing standards and security mechanisms that should take the Internet to new heights. Consider, for instance, the capability to receive real-time voice and video so that you can see the person you're talking to or the capability to order a pizza and watch a movie using the Internet. The possibilities are unlimited. Your ability to leverage its benefits for your company or personal use will become increasingly valuable as the Internet is exposed to more and more people across the world.
What is the Internet, really? The Internet, simply put, is like a vast ocean of computers across the world connected together by a network of cables. Figure 1.1 shows a simplified diagram of how the Internet is constructed.
Figure 1.1 : A simplified view of the Internet.
Because all these computers are connected as shown in Figure 1.1, a computer connected to the network can gain access to any of the others, providing a seemingly infinite amount of information to the user. Suppose, for example, that you are a bird lover who lives in Detroit. You want to get information on how to teach your cockatiel to sing. A computer down in Miami has just what you want-a bird lover's consortium, where people all over the world come to share information about birds. Using the Internet, you could connect to that computer as Figure 1.2 shows.
Figure 1.2 : Internet connection to the bird consortium.
In this example, your computer sends information from your computer's modem, through your telephone line, out to a series of cables that provide access to all of the computers on the Internet. The Internet simply has to route the information from your computer to the computer in Miami-the one you want to access. As long as the Internet provides a valid route, you can send and receive information from this specific computer. If you want to exchange information with another computer in addition to the one in Miami, you are free to do so. The Internet provides this capability for you; all you need to know is the address of the computer you want to exchange information with. The Internet does all the rest.
An Internet address is used to identify a computer connected to the Internet. Every address must be unique, since the computer represented by that address is unique to the Internet. Names are registered through the Network Information Center (rs.internic.net) to ensure uniqueness. Internet addresses can be represented in terms of textual domain names, such as www.doubleblaze.com; or in terms of the corresponding address, called an IP address, such as 22.214.171.124. Uniform resource locators, or URLs, incorporate Internet addresses to indicate the network location of a Web page or other network resource.
The details of the illustration could vary because there are so many different possible routes to connect one computer to another on the Internet. If, for example, you are at work or school rather than at home, you might already be at a computer directly attached to the Internet. In that case, connecting with a modem might not be necessary. Furthermore, once you're on the Internet, you can trade information using a variety of approaches ranging from Web browsers or electronic mail to transferring files.
How do people use the Internet? The Internet is used for sending and receiving electronic mail, exchanging files, reading and participating in news groups, and obtaining information in general. In the bird consortium example, you have a variety of options at your disposal once you're connected to the Web site. You can browse a Web page filled with information on cockatiels or participate in a news group discussion of cockatiel mating habits. You might find a reference to a public file containing research on cockatiel schizophrenia and then download the file to your computer. You could even send e-mail to the president of the National Cockatiel Mating Society, given the correct address. Well, you get the point.
The best way to describe the Internet is to list the services it provides. The Internet has a wide variety of services available to the user. Often, a service on the Internet is called a protocol. A protocol is simply a set of rules for communication. Each service has its own special set of rules to accomplish its goals more easily. The following list describes some of the major services:
A protocol is a set of rules for communicating across the Internet. Both parties know and follow the rules for sending and receiving information, making meaningful communication possible.
- Electronic mail: E-mail is a very simple and direct way to exchange messages targeted for particular users on the Internet.
- File Transfer Protocol (FTP): This protocol enables users connected to the Internet to exchange files with other users by sending them to and receiving them from Internet sites.
- Telnet: This protocol enables a user to connect to another computer on the Internet. With the appropriate privileges, this protocol could, for example, allow you to connect to the university's administration computer from the computer in your dorm room and then enter commands that are carried out on the administrative computer (such as changing all your grades to A's).
- Gopher: This protocol enables Internet users to access topical information from servers that support the Gopher protocol. This protocol, along with Telnet and FTP, is among the older protocols of the Internet. One of the services Gopher provides is the ability for users to search for information on the Internet by providing a list of news group topics. Users can then quickly and easily access the news groups of their choice from this list.
- Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP): This protocol, the backbone of the World Wide Web, enables users to send and receive information from Internet servers in the form of documents, or pages, written using the Hypertext Markup Language (HTML). The user who receives the document, often called the client, can then use a browser or other form of software that recognizes the HTML language to view the contents of the document. Through a browser, the user can even access some of the other protocols, such as Telnet or FTP. HTTP and the World Wide Web can thereby facilitate access to the important protocols under one easy-to-use interface. If the user wants maximum flexibility in FTP file exchanges, he'd likely use the FTP protocol directly. On the other hand, the user can browse Web pages and easily locate FTP files from within the familiar browser interface if no advanced use is needed. This ease of use in sharing Web page information and working with the Internet protocols has been central to the widespread acceptance and popularity of the World Wide Web.
A browser is a software program used to view HTML documents within the World Wide Web.
The World Wide Web is by far the most talked-about service on the Internet today. As you can see, it is only one of many services available to the user. This goal of this book is to teach you how to use VBScript to enhance Web pages. Because Web pages are used within the World Wide Web, we will be focusing on this Internet service. If, however, you want your users to have access to these other services from within your Web pages, you should become familiar with the other protocols as well. Suppose, for example, you want to be able to initiate an FTP session so that the user of your Web page can transfer a file; before you can do so, you need to know what FTP does and how to use it. You can learn more about these other Internet services and the Internet in general by reading The Internet Unleashed 1996 by Sams.net Publishing.
The World Wide Web is an information system that brings together data from many of the other Internet services under one set of protocols. The World Wide Web began in March 1989 when a group of high-energy physics researchers wanted a new protocol for distributing information on the Internet. The European Laboratory for Particle Physics, or CERN, actually proposed the standards, and a consortium of organizations, called the W3 Consortium, was created for continuing to develop the standards. The consortium put together a set of protocols for the World Wide Web by creating the Hypertext Markup Language, or HTML. HTML is the underlying standard and means by which information is exchanged in the World Wide Web. In addition, various browser developers, most prominently Netscape and Microsoft, have at times extended HTML with their own additions. Essentially, the World Wide Web consists of HTML documents, or Web pages, which are delivered by Web servers and can be interpreted by Web clients, or browsers. The next section discusses the Web clients that actually interpret these HTML documents for the user.
Browsing the World Wide Web
As was stated in the previous section, users view information within the World Wide Web by using Web browsers. Before you begin designing the Web pages themselves, you need to be acquainted with the tools people use to view them. Users who access the Internet are not limited to a specific type of computer. It's no surprise, then, that a wide variety of computers and operating systems are supported by Web browsers, including Windows for personal computers, Macintosh for Apple's Macintosh computers, X Window for UNIX systems, and more. How does a browser work? The primary goal of a Web browser is to send and receive data from the Web server that provides the Web page. The underlying markup language used to define the content of pages in the World Wide Web is HTML. Therefore, the server sends the Web page in the HTML markup language, and the browser interprets that HTML code, presenting the page to the user. The next section discusses HTML in detail. Right now, take a look at the most commonly used browsers available today.
Mosaic, created by ncSA at the University of Illinois, was the first full-color, graphical browser available for the Internet. Because it was the first of its kind, Mosaic was the first glimpse many users got of the World Wide Web and likely fired the imagination of many a potential Web page designer. Before Netscape was introduced and dominated the market, Mosaic was the most popular browser available. Figure 1.3 shows a Mosaic session in Microsoft Windows.
Figure 1.3 : Mosaic for Microsoft Windows.
Like most browsers today, Mosaic supports all of the popular Internet services, including FTP, Gopher, and Telnet, just to name a few. Mosaic is available for Microsoft Windows, Macintosh, and X Windows, titled WinMosaic, MacMosaic, and XMosaic, respectively. At the time of this printing, you can obtain each version via FTP at ftp://ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Mosaic.
Netscape Navigator
Netscape Navigator, created by Netscape Corporation, is by far the most popular browser available today. One of the primary reasons for its success is that it is considerably faster than Mosaic, the once dominant browser. It also provides additional features that Mosaic does not have. Netscape is available on Windows, Macintosh, and X Windows platforms. Figure 1.4 illustrates the main screen of a Netscape session.
Figure 1.4 : Netscape for Microsoft Windows.
Netscape is one of several browsers currently available that supports the Java language. The most recent version of Netscape contains specific extensions to HTML that provide much more control over the look and feel of a Web page. Many of these extensions were initially only supported by Netscape, although Microsoft's Internet Explorer 3.0 now supports many as well. Programmers who design Web pages using these extensions must remember that they will not operate with browsers that do not support them. At the time of this printing, you could obtain the latest copy of Netscape directly from the Netscape Communications FTP sites. Due to the popularity of this browser, there are almost 20 FTP sites available for downloading the Netscape browser. The addresses are ftp://ftpx.netscape.com/, where x is a number from 2 through 20, depending on the site you wish to access.
Internet Explorer
Internet Explorer is Microsoft's contribution to the Web browser community. The Internet Explorer is based on Microsoft's ActiveX technology and is available for Windows, Windows NT, and Macintosh platforms. As this browser gains acceptance while Microsoft expands its Internet efforts, Internet Explorer might challenge Netscape for domination of the browser market for Windows users. One significant capability of the Internet Explorer is that it supports embedded intrinsic and ActiveX controls within Web pages, which VBScript can interact with. This very important characteristic will be expanded upon in Days 8, "Intrinsic HTML Form Controls," 9, "More Intrinsic HTML Form Controls," 10, "An Introduction to Objects and ActiveX Controls," and 11, "More ActiveX Controls." Figure 1.5 shows Internet Explorer at work.
Figure 1.5 : The Internet Explorer Web browser.
Microsoft's Internet Explorer was the first browser to support VBScript. As a result, Internet Explorer is used for most of the examples in this book. If you don't already have a copy, you should obtain one. Here are the steps you should follow to do so:
- First, download and install Microsoft's Internet Explorer 3.0. At the time of this printing, Internet Explorer 3.0 was still in beta and was available at http://www.microsoft.com/ie. Microsoft plans to provide Internet Explorer 3.0 with the Windows 95 Upgrade Pack slated for release in the fall of 1996. Until then, Microsoft's working beta is the only option available, and you must connect to Microsoft's Web site to download it.
- In order to use ActiveX controls together with VBScript for the examples in this book, you must have access to the ActiveX controls used. Pages can be constructed to download the required controls from Microsoft's server when needed. To use the examples in this book with the beta Internet Explorer 3.0 you should initially run the "requirements check" page on the CD-ROM to obtain all the required controls at one time. Microsoft plans to provide a complete suite of ActiveX controls with the Windows 95 Upgrade Pack slated for release in the fall of 1996. Until then, Microsoft's working beta is the only option available, and you must connect to Microsoft's Web site to download it and the corresponding controls.
Be sure you have Internet Explorer Version 3.0. Earlier versions of Internet Explorer do not support VBScript.
Make sure you have the latest version of ActiveX controls on your system when using VBScript. Earlier versions of the ActiveX Controls may not work properly with the latest version of the Internet Explorer and VBScript.
The Internet Explorer capabilities are expected to eventually become an integrated part of future Microsoft Windows operating environments, and the underlying Internet services it requires will be built directly into the operating system. This means that in the future every user of Microsoft Windows will have easy access to these browser features and the corresponding VBScript support. This is one of the reasons that the Internet Explorer browser is viewed as a very strategic development platform when targeting Web page development, even though it currently has a significantly smaller share of the market than the Netscape browser.
Other Browsers
A variety of additional browsers are available, and because the Internet is evolving so rapidly, other new browsers may have come into existence since this book was printed. The core language capabilities of VBScript should be consistent under any browser that supports it because the definition of the language doesn't change and isn't dependent on the browser. However, VBScript can take advantage of the browser environment objects as well, and this may vary from browser to browser. The only requirement is that the browser supports VBScript. For any browser developer or provider who makes the request, Microsoft will provide a free license to the VBScript run-time interpreter and even the source code so that they can make their browsers recognize and cooperate with VBScript. If you want more information on these efforts, refer to the VBScript white paper located on Microsoft's VBScript Web site, http://www.microsoft.com/vbscript. You can also refer to The World Wide Web Unleashed 1996 (Sams.net Publishing) to learn more about other popular Internet browsers.
The Elements of the World Wide Web
The overall concept of the World Wide Web is an easy one to grasp once it's had some time to sink in. If you're a newcomer to the Web scene, getting the first, clear glimpse of the concepts can be a challenge! You've heard the old saying, "A picture's worth a thousand words." That's especially true when these words are an alphabet soup of protocols, buzzwords, and technologies. If you consider the simple analogy that follows, the concept of the World Wide Web should quickly come into focus. (See Figure 1.6.)
Figure 1.6 : Sending a Web page to a client.
The two docks have a ship sailing from one dock to the other. The dock on the left is referred to as the "server dock" and the one on the right is the "client dock." The owner of the client dock wants to get some cargo from the server dock. The owner of the client dock sends over a ship and tells the captain of the ship to ask the server dock for a specific type of cargo. Once the ship gets over to the server dock, the worker on the server dock that handles such requests-the "Web server"-loads up the cargo that the client wants. The worker on the server dock knows that special unloading and handling will be needed once the cargo arrives at its destination, so he attaches those instructions to the cargo. Then, the ship sails on its way back over to the client.
In real life, a similar sequence of events occurs. When you want to see a Web page, for instance, you first load your browser and then specify the name and address of the Web page you want to view, often referred to as a uniform resource locator, or URL. Once you've entered the URL, the browser connects to the server on which that Web page is found and asks the server to send over the Web page. Using the analogy, this is where the owner of the client dock sends a ship to the server dock requesting cargo. In the same way the cargo sits on the dock, a Web page resides on a server. To send a copy of the Web page over to the client, the Web page must travel across the Internet to the client. In the analogy, you can't get the cargo from the server dock to the client dock without two things-a ship to transport the cargo and water for the ship to travel through. Likewise, data can't get from one host to another on the Internet without a transport mechanism and a pathway for that transfer to take place.
A uniform resource locator (URL) is an address that identifies a resource on the Web.
As with any analogy, you can only take things so far. One thing to keep in mind when using this analogy is that, in reality, a Web page is not actually moved from one site to another. A copy of the page is sent from the server to the client. Picture an unlimited supply of stock on the dock where copies are lifted onto the ship whenever requested. The inventory won't get depleted. However, just as a dock can get very busy and arriving ships might have to wait their turn, a busy server can get overloaded and be slow in responding to Web page requests.
Now, take a look at each element of the Internet that works together to get a Web page from a server to a client. It's really not that complicated once you see how all the pieces fit together.
TCP/IP: The Way Data Moves Through the World Wide Web
The water in the ship analogy is representative of the Internet's means for communication, called the Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol, or TCP/IP. TCP/IP takes care of successfully routing the information from one site to another. The beauty of the World Wide Web is that you, the user, are shielded from most of these inner workings. The protocol sets up an address for each site called an IP address. The IP address consists of four 8-bit numbers separated by dots and is sometimes called the dot address. For example, the address of the Internet site that holds information about this book and any late-breaking updates is 18.104.22.168. An IP address typically identifies a network card to which a connection is made; as a result, each IP address must be unique. TCP/IP also establishes for every server entity on the Internet an IP machine name. The name www.doubleblaze.com, which corresponds to 18.104.22.168, is one example of an IP machine name. The IP machine name is part of the URL that you enter into your browser when you want to view a Web page. When you type the URL, which includes the machine name, into the browser, the name is resolved by returning an IP address for the browser to connect to. All of this is transparent to the user. All you have to do is enter the URL of the Web page you want to see. Taken together, all the components of TCP/IP work together to get you to where you want to go on the Internet, much like the water in our analogy.
HTTP: The Way Data Is Transported Through the World Wide Web
The ship in the analogy represents the Hypertext Transfer Protocol, or HTTP. You typically enter http as the first part of any URL on the World Wide Web. HTTP is the protocol that enables Web clients and Web servers to communicate over TCP/IP. HTTP consists of a set of rules by which data such as HTML documents, represented by the cargo on the ship, gets transmitted between Web clients and Web servers. The cargo carried by the ship in Figure 1.6 can consist of Web pages, which are HTML documents, as well as other data. It matters little to the ship what type of cargo it is carrying; the job of the ship is simply to get the cargo from one dock to the other without damaging the cargo. Likewise, the goal of HTTP is to work with TCP/IP to get the data from the server to the client free from corruption.
The Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) is a protocol used to transfer HTML documents across the World Wide Web. HTTP is the native protocol of the Web.
HTML: The Language of the World Wide Web
Extending the World Wide Web with VBScript
In Figure 1.6, the Web page cargo has special unloading instructions attached to it. These special instructions aren't written in a language the Web browser can understand, so she can't handle them directly. Fortunately, the Web browser has a couple of assistants on the dock with her whose job it is to handle these special instructions. When the cargo gets to the dock, the Web browser passes these special instructions to the assistants, who in turn help her handle the cargo.
JavaScript behaves similarly to VBScript in that it uses an interpreter to take the special instructions and execute them on the client computer. The scripting tools differ, however, in that JavaScript is somewhat based on C/C++, whereas VBScript is based on Visual Basic. Furthermore, each tool has a different set of features and capabilities. A great number of Internet users who want to develop Web pages and already use Visual Basic will find VBScript extremely easy to use. Even those who have never used Visual Basic will find VBScript easy to learn as compared to the more complex C++-like language of JavaScript.
Microsoft ActiveX and ActiveX Controls
In an effort to facilitate development of Internet Web pages and applications, Microsoft introduced a set of standards, definitions, and beta software components called the ActiveX Development Kit in early 1996. This set of technologies marked a major technology focus affecting many areas of World Wide Web-related client and server technology as well as Windows itself. ActiveX is a framework that includes VBScript, ActiveX documents, ActiveX controls, and other layers and technology specifications as well. Within this new framework, it is easy to make the once static pages on the Web active. A page can essentially become a blend of HTML, embedded JavaScript or VBScript, ActiveX controls, OLE controls, and Java applets that the code language interacts with.
Microsoft's OLE (object linking and embedding) controls had been in use in the Windows world for some time prior to the introduction of the ActiveX terminology. OLE controls provide powerful, component-based capabilities and are easily incorporated into other programs through the OLE communication, control, data storage, and automation protocol. The ActiveX control technology specification is the new generation of OLE controls. While many ActiveX controls are being developed specifically for Internet-related purposes, ActiveX controls are not restricted to the Internet.
The ActiveX Internet client technology first appeared in Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0. VBScript is a part of this technology, so it can interact with ActiveX controls. By taking advantage of ActiveX controls, you can greatly extend the power of your Web pages. Many ActiveX controls are available from Microsoft, and any other developer can produce his own ActiveX controls. The end result is a wealth of building blocks that you can blend with VBScript into a powerful, active Web page. A significant part of being an effective VBScript programmer, then, is knowing how to leverage these controls.
Extending the World Wide Web with CGI
Thus far, discussion has focused on scripting tools that reside on the client's computer, interpreting special instructions intended to extend the functionality of a Web page. In addition to residing on the client, a certain type of scripting tool can also reside on the server. Although scripting tools on the server serve a different purpose from those on the client, they are often very useful and sometimes necessary for advanced Web pages-for instance, when a user has a Web page that enables her to perform a search for pages that contain a keyword she supplies to the page. The HTML document itself isn't capable of doing a search because it doesn't know what's contained in other Web pages. Assume, however, that the server contains an entire database of Web pages. It would be convenient for the client page to have the server perform the search and report back the results. Doing so requires that the client request such a search from the server. The Common Gateway Interface, or CGI, was created for that purpose. ISAPI, OLE ISAPI, and IDC are somewhat similar technologies that can be used with Microsoft NT Server scripts. For now, we'll limit the focus to CGI, although the communication concepts described largely hold true to the other technologies as well. Refer to the familiar analogy of a ship sailing between two docks. The analogy so far is based on the server sending out information to the client in response to standard requests for cargo. In this case, however, you want the client to request from the server special information that must be custom-made. Once the server creates this cargo, it sends it to the client. The server can either send a standard Web page or special information requested by CGI that the server creates. Figure 1.7 shows the modified analogy.
Figure 1.7 : Sending a CGI script to the server.
The Common Gateway Interface (CGI) is a standard that allows programs to interface with the Web servers. This gives Web users the ability to interact with Web server programs in order to accomplish useful tasks such as database storage and retrieval.
In this case, the Web browser places the request for special cargo on the ship, the ship then transports the request to the Web server, and the Web server unloads the request and passes it on to CGI for special processing. Once CGI gets the request, it determines the application it needs to call and calls it. Sometimes, the application is like a toolbox that enables the Web server to handcraft brand new cargo to send back to the client. The application gets the data and returns it to CGI, which then passes the results over to the Web server. The Web server then takes the results and passes them back to the Web browser.
CGI, like HTTP, is a protocol that is explicitly designed to interact with an HTTP server. Through a CGI request, the client can request that the server start a CGI script or application, pass parameter data to it, and then return the result from the application. CGI scripts can be written for a variety of servers with languages such as Perl, TCI, or the UNIX shell for UNIX-based platforms. On many Windows-based HTTP servers, a CGI extension layer called WinCGI also makes it possible to call Visual Basic programs. ISAPI, OLE ISAPI, and IDC are other high-performance technologies that can be used for NT Server scripting solutions. OLE ISAPI, like WinCGI, makes it easy to build a Visual Basic program that serves as a server-side script. All such scripting tools work very closely with HTTP servers. Once the server application has done the required work and obtained results, those results can be passed back to the client as HTML text. The server must therefore be able to exchange information with both the client and the application on the server using the CGI protocol.
CGI makes it possible for Web page users to ask the server to perform operations not available to the client. In order to maintain security, VBScript can only perform operations within the Web page; it cannot, for example, store data on the client, nor can it directly store data back on the server to a remote database. Typically, a Web page will rely on CGI services to get data back to the server. On the server's end, CGI capabilities complement the processing of VBScripts on the client's end. For example, a VBScript might process and validate user input, and then CGI might be used to store that data in the host database on the server.
As you can see, CGI and similar technologies offer a very powerful capability to make pages interact with the server. As you learn to use VBScript, you will begin to see the potential for such technologies as they work together with VBScript to enhance a Web page. With the combined power of VBScript and CGI or ISAPI, the programmatic possibilities behind a Web page are virtually unlimited!
The term script is commonly used in several contexts when talking about Web pages. VBScript can be used to build "intelligent" Web pages that carry out processing on the user's computer when the user views a page. JavaScript offers similar capabilities. These are called Web page scripts.
You can also have server-side scripts that carry out action on the server where the Web page files reside. These server-side scripts can be triggered into action by actions on the user's computer when viewing a page, if a page is set up accordingly. Regular Visual Basic (that is, Visual Basic 4.0), among other languages, can be used to write such server-side scripts. It can be expected that eventually VBScript will also be supported on the server and can be used to provide server-side scripting.
The focus of this book is on Web page scripts written in VBScript for the Internet Explorer browser environment. However, the information presented here about VBScript will be of use in dealing with scripts in other environments as well.
This book is based on the beta release of Internet Explorer 3.0. Certain features may change with the release of the final product. Late-breaking update information on the final product may be available under the Macmillan Publishing site www.mcp.com (then follow the Sams.net selections). This information may also be found under the CNS server at www.doubleblaze.com/vbs21day.
The Internet is an exciting forum that makes it possible for users to access virtually an infinite supply of information. This lesson presents you with an overview of the Internet and, specifically, the World Wide Web. Reading it, you first learned a bit about what the Internet is and why it's so popular. Then, you learned about the variety of services the Internet has to offer-in particular, the World Wide Web. This lesson discusses the World Wide Web, pointing out how the World Wide Web fits into the Internet. Furthermore, the lesson gives you a brief but comprehensive overview of the major browsers on the market today. The lesson then shows you, with the help of an analogy, all of the pieces of the World Wide Web and how they all fit together to get information from one place to another. Specifically, the lesson discusses how ActiveX and VBScript fit into the scheme of the Internet and, particularly, the World Wide Web. In the days that follow, we will discuss VBScript itself, showing you how to embed script into HTML code and extend the power and capabilities of Web pages.
|Does any browser that supports HTML also support VBScript?
|Not necessarily, although some day almost all of the popular browsers should. Since VBScript is a new technology, it may take some time before all browsers support it. As VBScript becomes more popular, browser developers will want to respond to the demands of Web page designers and Web users, and VBScript will become widely supported!
|Does VBScript replace HTML?
|Absolutely not. HTML is the foundation upon which Web pages are built. VBScript complements an already existing Web page by making it more powerful and extending its capabilities. You will get first-hand experience at seeing how VBScript enhances Web pages as you continue reading this book.
|Why can't VBScript access files on the client system?
|The ability of VBScript to directly access files on the client computer presents a huge security risk. A Web page could, for example, use VBScript to delete or modify files on a client computer-a chance nobody would likely want to take. Furthermore, VBScript is intended to work with the ActiveX controls that live inside a Web page. VBScript is not intended to venture beyond the Web page except through these controls. CGI can be used for that type of interaction on the server, and CGI has much better mechanisms for security.
If you haven't already done so, install and become familiar with as many browsers as you can. Pay particular attention to the Microsoft Internet Explorer, since this browser will be used for most of the examples in this book. The more familiar you are with the browsers available for the Internet, the more you will appreciate what the World Wide Web provides you and what you can do with VBScript.
Refer to Appendix C, "Answers to Quiz Questions," for the answers to these questions.
- What are the most popular services available on the Internet?
- What is the name of the language on which Web pages are built?
- Is VBScript a part of this language? If not, how does VBScript run?


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Saturday, July 19, 2014
Steampunk chest of drawers
10 comments:
- Alexandra♥ said...
This was a brilliant idea, Brandy!
- December 30, 2013 at 4:25 PM
- Linda Ledbetter said...
This is SO COOL, Brandy! What a fantastic approach to this challenge, and a piece that's useful as well as ornamental. Bravo, girl! Thanks for being part of the CC3C!
- July 20, 2014 at 4:52 PM
- Vic said...
This is so cool! Genius idea! Love the industrial drawers. I'm going to have to have this project. Ok, maybe I'll have to make one. I love this project! It makes me so happy! Way to go!
- July 20, 2014 at 11:48 PM
- Candy C said...
Brandy..I LOVE THIS! Seriously! Your little drawer fronts are amazing! Great technique and use of Tim's industrial metal technique here. You've done a fantastic job! Thanks for joining us at CC3C. <3 Candy
- July 21, 2014 at 4:31 AM
- Yvonne said...
Brandy...this is awesome! What a cool idea! Love this. Fabulous work!!! Thanks for sharing with us at CC3C!
- July 21, 2014 at 6:43 AM
- Marjie Kemper said...
I am totally loving your project, Brandy. Super texture and wonderful shabby appeal... thanks so much for joining in on this CC3C challenge!
- July 21, 2014 at 3:12 PM
- Annette Green said...
I love the title of your Blog. LOL! And even more, I love this industrial project. Fantastic!!
- July 22, 2014 at 3:56 AM
- Dodie said...
Brandy, your creation is over-the-top creative. Love the handles!
- July 22, 2014 at 3:59 AM
- Chary Deiling said...
so cute!! love this
- July 25, 2014 at 1:33 PM
- Julia Aston said...
What a great box of drawers! So fun to store crafty things in! Perfect use of the technique!
- July 27, 2014 at 11:28 AM


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Unexpected Allies
When any discussion of World War II takes place, eventually talk turns to the fate of the Jews persecuted under the Nazi's deadly policies, where millions were systematically arrested and exported to concentrations camps where they either were executed outright or left to die of starvation and neglect.
And while the Jews were the group most reviled by the Nazi propaganda machine, which advertised these concentration camps as the 'Final Solution' for the 'Jewish problem',more than 5 million people besides the Jews also suffered cruel fates at the hands of the Nazis. Members of the Roma (Gypsies), Homosexuals, those with conflicting political views to the Nazis,and people with mental or physical abnormalities were among the many groups besides the Jews that were victims of these pogroms.
In the last days of the war, many of these death camps were emptied and their occupants force to march across country in order to prevent their liberation by Allied troops which were pushing their way through Germany and other Axis controlled areas. Some of those who survived to tell the tale of their ordeals were among those whose death march was interrupted by Allied liberators. But though they survived long enough to find their freedom, the trail behind them was littered with the bodies of those who did not.
This victimization of non-combatants was not isolated to the German state. The program was carried out to one extent of another in any area under Nazi control. Thousands of citizens of Poland, The Netherlands, France, Greece and Hungary were among the millions interred in places like Auschwitz, Belzec and Dachau.
Despite the Nazi's concerted effort to wipe out entire people groups and demographics, many millions survived. But without resources of their own to affect their escape or provide safety until the end of the war, these people had to rely on the charity of others who, at the risk of their own property, freedom and lives, found ways to protect them.
While many of these protectors were among the people in Nazi occupied areas such as France and the Netherlands, one of the greatest and least acknowledged allies to the oppressed Jews in World War II was itself an ally of Germany.
Mussolini had inextricably linked Italy with Germany to the point that when the Allies entered the Italian theater at Anzio, the Germans sent nearly half a million troops to push them back, and when the citizens of Italy finally deposed Mussolini and imprisoned him, the Germans intervened and returned Mussolini to power, though as a puppet ruler in name only.
Meanwhile, in Italy proper, where thousands of Jews lived during the 1930's and 40's, the cycle of betrayal was broken and many would be victims of the Third Reich were hidden and shielded by their Italian Neighbors.
This is not to say that there was no enmity between the Italians and the Jews, but when it came to deportation to death camps, the Italians as a rule said no.
In many villages, priests and other members of the church would educate members of the Jewish population on how to 'pretend to be Catholic' so as to be able to blend in with the rest of the town, even on Holy days and during large scale public ceremonies.
Some families hid Jews in their homes and on their properties, and others helped to smuggle Jewish families to safety beyond the reach of the Nazis.
Towards the end of the war, a large portion of the Italian soldiers were themselves imprisoned for failure to cooperate fully with Nazi dictates during. High on the lists of these failures concerned their treatment of the Jews, Gypsies and other persecuted groups.
Even those who were interred in Italian prisons and camps were kept under conditions far better than similar installations in other parts of the world.
Italy may have been part of the Axis, and fought on the side of Fascism in World War II, but for many of those who the Nazis would have seen extinct, the Italian people were also a chance for survival.


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Here's some of the things my pals were working on...Kate brought this previously stenciled piece (using thinned acrylic paints). She thought the contrast of the muslin was too stark and has begun tempering the background using an oil based paint stick....you can see one section near the top left that hasn't been done yet.
Val cleverly made stencils using freezer paper. She's using a gold metallic paint stick....applied to a piece of freezer paper....then transfers the paint onto a toothbrush and finally onto the fabric.
Val feels there is much more control using that kind of brush rather than the more traditional stencil brush. AND....she's right....but we always admire whatever Val does.
Gen also used Judy's 'crackle' stencil.....layering over a previously painted background.
Kate brought a piece from last month's dye painting day featuring circles, but she felt it needed more. So after folding and with extra hands.....I painted the edges of the folds, following Kate's directions. All of us laughing so hard as she squealed.....more here....less here.....oh....dab some over there......
Here are some faces to go with the names I'm bantering about.....L to R - Gen, Judy, & Kate.
After opening....Kate did a happy dance!Our show and tells are always so inspiring. For ages, Gen has been wanting to experiment with Citra Solv. Here are a few of the art pages she created using Citra Solv (a degreaser) and National Geographic magazine pages. There's lots of info online about this almost miraculous method so there's no need for me the explain it. Here are two examples to get you started: youtube and here.
Gen also brought some of the painted fabrics we did last month.....several of us were into making strips and others into circles....or both!!
Oh....and those pine needles.???.....yup....all the dye washed out of them too.


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PlotEdit20 year old Eleanor Amytii lives everywhere. She lived with her father, who was killed when she was 9. There's something about Eleanor that makes her different from most 20 year olds. She's wanted in 17 countries. Eleanor runs around the world, and does something illegal, anything illegal. She's an expert in crime. Yet, she is everyday being chased by Detective Catherine Jamieson and her team. Eleanor is faster than them though. But she likes to keep things fair, and leaves a clue to where she is. Eleanor, to Catherine is seemingly uncatchable. But is she really?
Chapter 1Edit
I am Eleanor Amytii. My father was Adrian Amytii. He taught me everything I know, and then some. He was an expert in crime, as am I. My father was taken down by Detective Catherine Jamieson when I was 9. I get revenge on her by running around the world, and commiting crimes. At first they were relatively unharmful crimes, like stealing something. Then they got bigger, and bigger, and bigger. Catherine got angrier and angrier. Right now I'm in Paris, in the Louvre, prepared to steal the Mona Lisa. This may be my biggest crime yet.
I walk down a street not to far away from the Louvre, but it's still not in view. My blonde hair blows in my face. i think of my father, and how Catherine's team of idiots killed him. It was a small funeral, just me, and my mother, Jaine, who commited suicide a few days later. Her funeral service was just me. I put white bluebells on their graves, their favourite. From this day on, I wear shirts only with white bluebells on them. I have little, but it's enough.
I see less and less people on the streets, and I decide it's time to sleep. I find an empty park bench, wrap up in my father's old coat, and sleep. I have my usual nightmare, about Catherine finding me, and doing the same to me as she did to my father.
"Daddy! Daddy No!" I scream.
"Nellie! Eleanor, I love you! " Dad calls
A gunshot goes off, and my dad's dead body drops to the ground.
I scream and run to him. I start crying over his body.
"You evil monster." I whisper, Catherine smiles.
"You evil monster!" I yell and run at Catherine, with the gun that killed my father. I begin to scream.
Eleven years later and I still wake up screaming. The full moon is up, and I remember the night my father was shot. A full moon. Midnight. The digital watch I gave to my dad for his birthday, the day he was killed, says 12:00 AM. I begin to cry.
"Happy Birthday, daddy."
Chapter 2Edit
The crying felt good, but my face is red and splotchy, so I decide to get some sleep, but I can't. Thinking of my father killed on his birthday, is too painful, so I walk into a nearby hotel, and wash my face in the bathroom. I had to break in with my hairpin, so I decide to go to sleep on the couch in the lobby.
"Hey you! You! Wake up!" A young man yells at me. I awaken, and look at him. "You can't sleep here. sorry." His tone of voice softened, after he looked at my face.
"Sorry." I say, and begin to walk out. "Wait! Come back. What's your name?" He asks. "Eleanor. Eleanor Amytii." I tell him. "Cole, Cole McCaughney." He answers back. "Pleasure to meet you." I say.
"You too." He says.
"I really should get on my way. I'll see you around?" I farewell, "I work here full time, yeah. Bye, Eleanor."
I walk out the door and sit on the bench, I have a few days before Catherine will most likely find me.
I decide to walk around and just do some sightseeing, maybe buy something. The Eiffel Tower doesn't interest me, I've already seen it many times, when my father took me on his adventures.
I decide to go into a bookstore, and look for books.
I see one that tweaks my interest. ELEANOR the book is called, it's written in big, blue letters across the front. The author is A. M. Amity. Hmm.. it sounds familiar, not too though. Oh yeah, my father read me his children books when I was smaller.
I purchase the book and read it outside of the hotel Cole works at.
The book is about a little girl named Eleanor, she's 9 years old. By the time the clock on the clocktower strikes 6, I'm finished the book. Eleanor's father gets killed by government officials at the end. But she avenges her father, and kills the government official that killed her father.
"Wait," I think, "This sounds familiar, very familiar."
Then I realize, the author isn't A. M. Amity, it's Adrian Martin Amytii. My father. My father wrote this book. But how, how did he predict the fututre? Am I ment to kill Catherine?
Chapter 3Edit
I sit on the bench, sorting through the thoughts in my head when Cole comes out of the hotel. "Hey Eleanor." He greets, it takes me by suprise. "Oh, Hi Cole." I say. "So Eleanor, I-I was wondering, you want to do something tonight?" He stutters. "Sure." I respond. "Okay, meet me here at 9:00, Okay? I just have a break right now, see you then." "Okay, bye."
"Oh crap," I think "Why did I say yes? Catherine could be coming tonight! Oh well..." I am such an idiot. I don't have time for dates! A girl trying to steal the Mona Lisa, who has killed a high-ranking Mexican official, stolen twelve Fabergé Eggs in Russia, hijacked an Australian aircraft, Kidnapped an Egyptian official and multiple other crimes doesn't have time for dates! Technically I should be in jail for 17 lifetimes or dead a bunch of times, but I just said yes to a date!
Oh well, a date is a date. I buy another book by A. M. Amity (my father), and read it until Cole comes.
"Hi" He says, announcing his presence. "Hey." I say. "Follow me." He says and grabs my hand. I jump off the bench, and he drags me for a few minutes, when we enter the Louvre. My destination. When we walk around, I find myself looking at the art, and Cole, not a place to hide. Am I enjoying this? Yes. When I went to the museum containing the Fabergé Eggs, I looked for a place to hide. This time I'm not. When we leave, I realize Cole is holding hand with me. "See you." He says. "Bye".
This has been a really confusing day.
I slip into the Louvre, as the last 15 minutes it is open are announced. I hide in the washrooms, and stand ontop of a toilet.
After about 3 hours, I get off, and go to the Mona Lisa. It's under lock and key, in a glass case. I'm about to smash it, when I drop the hammer.
"I can't do this. It's time to do what I came into this world for."
Chapter 4Edit
I stand outside the Louvre, waiting. I see Cole, and wave him over. He comes over. "Do you know a Catherine Jamieson?" I ask sternly. Cole stands there, and then his expression turns angry. "Catherine Jamieson, killed my mother, Audrey. For stealing a painting, the Massacre of the Innocents, it was called." I've been waiting for her to come to Paris ever since that day. I want to kill her." he says. "Thing is, she killed my dad, and I want to kill her too." We smile at each other, and wait for Catherine.
We pass the time by talking about how Catherine ruined our lives.
About an hour later, a white van rolls in front of us. The window rolls down, and a woman's honey coloured hair shows, then her door opens, and Catherine Jamieson walks out. I reach for the gun in my pocket. "Catherine." Me and Cole say in a rusty unison.
"Cole McCaughney and Eleanor Amytii. Fancy meeting you again." She draws her gun, I draw mine, Cole draws his, I wonder how we didn't notice we were both carrying guns in our pockets.
Catherine shoots. I feel a stabbing pain in my stomach, and lookdown to see the bullet hit my stomach. I clutch it, and fall. before blacking out, I see Cole fight Catherine.
A gun goes off, I close my eyes.
Am I dead, no, I'm thinking. My body is numb, I can feel myself being lifted onto something, and the thing I'm on is rumbling on the ground.
I'm lifted into something, and then I completely black out.
Chapter 5Edit
I open my eyes, and all is white. I'm in a hospital, on a bed. I was being lifted into an ambulance, how many nights ago was it... One? Two? Three? A week ago? Anything is possible. I go to sleep.
I wake to see Cole beside me. He has a bandage wrapped around his hand, he must have got shot.
"Cole, what happened?" I ask tiredly. "Catherine shot you in the stomach, then she shot my hand, but police came, she tried to shoot at them, and the had to get out their guns, and they eventually took her down."
Catherine is dead! She killed my father and Cole's mother, it's like music to my ears.
I go to sleep, but later I wake up, fully dressed and sitting in a chair. I'm still in the hospital, but I'm out of the room. The date on the digital screen says August 9th. Catherine shot me on August 2nd. I've been in here for 8 days.
A nurse comes with a wheelchair. "No, I want to walk." I insist. Cole is there. My stomach still hurts, but not terribly. "I want to go home." I think. But where is home? I was born in Prince Edward Island, but I have no property there. We sold it. Cole opens the door of his car for me, and I hop in. I fall asleep on his shoulder, and the last thing I see is his smile.
I wake up, and we're on a plane. Cole is in the seat beside me. "Where are we going?" I ask. "Home." He says. I'm confused, then I feel like I want to throw up, so I go back to sleep.
When I wake up (again) I'm on a park bench. Cole is awake also, even though it's like, midnight. "Come on. Close your eyes!" He laughs. I walk in a door, then a room. "Open your eyes!" Cole says. I open them and I'm standing in an apartment in PEI. My father is burried near here.
"Wow, this is amazing." I say, amazed.
"Stay with me Eleanor. Now that Catherine is dead, we don't have to continue and endless chase. We can stay in one spot. I want that to be here."
"Don't worry Cole. I'm never leaving you. Or my father."
We never left the apartment, until we got married and moved into a bigger house. That's right, Cole and I got married. My little girls, Jeanviev my mother's middle name, and Adrienne, after my father, run around the yard. My new baby, Aubrey, a boy after Cole's mother, sleeps in my arms. Cole and I watch Adrienne and Jeanviev play. Cole wraps me in an embrace. I put Aubrey down, and hug him back. All is well in our world.~The End~
I baked you a pie. What flavour you ask? PIE FLAVOUR. aka TheKatnissEverdeen 23:14, June 20, 2012 (UTC)


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life period : 1918 - 2008 | place of birth : Madhya Pradesh, INDIA
parents : Sri Ram Prasad | teacher/guru : Swami Brahmanada Saraswati
nationality : Indian | occupation : Physicist, Teacher of Spirituality
education : M.D in Physics from Allahabad University in Uttar Pradesh
website : www.tm.org
" Life is all business. Spend your energy to get joy,
happiness, evolution, and to gain more ability to enjoy.
In this field we spend our energy.
We never use our time, energy, speech or ability
to do something that doesn't help us grow and improve our life.
It's not worth it. "
" You are the master of all the laws of nature
if you know the transcendental field. "
" The performance of siddhis, which in the days of
ignorance were termed superhuman powers,
is not something superhuman.
Everything is within the normal range of man's ability."
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi is one of the foremost teachers of meditation. Since he began teaching meditation in 1955 his transcendental meditation movement has been practiced by an estimated 5 million people worldwide.
Mahesh Prasad Varma (later changed to MaharishiMahesh) was born in Madhya Pradesh, India on January 12th 1917 in the small village of Chichli near Jabalpur, in the central region of India.
After completing a masters degree in Physics from Allahabad university in 1940 he felt increasingly attracted to the spiritual life. He joined the Jyotirmath and became a disciple of Swami Brahmananda Saraswati. After studying meditation under the guidance of the Shankaracharya for 12 years in 1953 he travelled to Uttarkashi in the Himalayas. Here he entered into a meditation retreat, enabling him to deepen his meditation experience. In 1955 he decided he should teach meditation to the world and so began teaching traditional meditation techniques. He also assumed the title "Maharishi" which means great sage and is quite common amongst Indian Gurus. In 1957 he founded his first organisation the Spiritual Regeneration Movement. There have been many related organisations, they tend to get grouped under the heading of transcendental meditation movement.
The maharishi rarely appears in public but he does issue weekly podcasts in which he offers messages on meditation to his followers. However he has encouraged his students to become registered TM meditation teachers.
Maharishi MaheshYogi is credited as the author of at least 14 books. The most important books are the Science of Being and the Art of Living: Transcendental Meditation and Maharishi Mahesh Yogi on the Bhagavad-Gita. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, passed away on Tuesday 5th February at his home and headquarters in Vlodrop, the Netherlands.


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A very savourful Egg curry with very few ingredients, without coconut milk, cream or cashew nut paste. This egg curry is so delicious that no one will be able to resist it. Boiled eggs cooked in spicy onion tomato black pepper gravy. One of the easy and quick side dish that you can prepare in a jiffy. In my home I mostle served this for breakfast with appam/ rice hoppers or idiyappam/ string hoppers. And also taste great with chapati, roti, puttu etc. A great recipe adapted from my lovely mom/ amma. This is one of our family favorite chicken curry that my amma regularly prepare. So lets see the detailed recipe with step by step pictures here follows.
Like any other recipe, in this freshly coarsely ground black pepper powder are used which enhances the flavor of the curry. There is no ginger, red chilly powder, coriander powder or garam masala in this curry and that makes this unique from any egg curry. This egg curry is always a lifer saver for me that when actually I have unexpected guests. Eggs can be cooked in many ways and I would love to update them with different kinds of preparation and also roasting/ frying them in various ways. I have many variety recipes from my family and I would love to post the best recipes to be tried by my readers.
Tips- If you can't tolerate the pepper heat, reduce pepper by half. My mom used to make this dish in an iron kadai, that give a blackish brown color and enhance the taste of the curry. I don't have that so using a non-stick pan. I have used tamarind juice, that really enhance the taste of the dish. If you want you can use coconut vinegar as it is a traditional vinegar.
How to Make Spicy Black Pepper Egg Gravy- Swadcuisine Special Nadan Kurumulaku Chathachitta Mutta Curry
Wash and boil eggs along with salt, then remove the shells and pierce them. Set aside.
Heat a deep bottom sauce pan with oil and saute crushed black pepper until nice aroma arrives.
To the pan, add crushed garlic and dry red chilies. Saute for a couple of minutes, so that raw smell will dimish. Remember to maintain a medium to low heat.
Add crushed shallots and little salt, saute until golden brown.
Add chopped onion and saute until golden brown in color.
Add turmeric powder and saute very well, make sure the raw smell of turmeric powder has gone completely.
Add tomatoes and saute well. Cover the sauce pan with a lid and cook for 2 minutes. So that tomatoes should be soft and tender. Then add vegetable cubes and fennel powder, combine well.
Add tamarind juice and combine well.
Then pour enough warm water to make a gravy. Add a small piece jaggery and boil for 5 minutes.
Add diluted cornflour and combine well.
Add eggs and off the flame. Adjust salt after a salt check, always vegetable cubes have salt. Serve along with appam or any Indian bread of your choice.
Enjoy!! Happy cooking and stay healthy.


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Scotland: Whisky & Distilleries
|Malts of Scotland
|1989, Bourbon hoghshead
|Master of Malt
|12 Years Old Islay
|Wilson & Morgan
|Malts of Scotland
|1987, Bourbon hogshead
|Jean Boyer
|11 years
|Meadowside (The Maltman)
|13 years
|Barrel Selection, 20yo & older
|20 years
Alcohol percentage
|50 %
|Wilson & Morgan
Cask number
|single cask 2683
|Distil: 1991 Bottling: 2011
|Non chillfiltered
links & average quote
Tasting detail data
|Highest rate
|Lowest rate
|Total number of tasters
|Very good
Color: Amber
Nose: Powerful, complex and melted, and old-school. If you love vanilla bombs, go your way. Here we have something mineral (chalk, talc), dry sherry or frankly vinous notes after aeration, a little sulfur (black powder), raisins macerated in alcohol, marc de Bourgogne, before the appearance of more intensive perfumes on background (walnut cake). A dash of tangerine or orange gives it a fresh tangy welcome.
Mouth: The mouth is in keeping with nice notes of guava, rubber too, but well integrated, dried fruit, a nice acidity, citrus (mandarin), nuts, a woody and slightly spicy well controlled (nutmeg), all beautifully fused.
Final: In the wake of the mouth, long and delicious, the dry sherry, the "good" sulfur, and mandarin.
Conclusion: An excellent whisky, and deliciously complex "old". Too bad his final is not longer. The same type of profile as the Master of Malts Bunnahabhain 54.1%, 20 years - 1983 already enjoyed under the WDTS, but finer, subtler, melted.
Color: Yellow Gold.
Nose: spicy nose first, the coffee bean and freshly tanned leather. Hot and dry spices. A nice variation of dried fruit, pecans, cashews, peanuts, pistachios, all bathed in a beautiful rancio. A very upright nose but without austerity.
After more time, the rancio has strengthened and is accompanied by notes of leather, bacon, bacon and always a little coffee.
The water round the nose, making it more classic by making him lose some expressiveness and precision.
Taste: Like the nose, it starts very full-bodied with notes, dare we say manly? We find the rancio and dried fruits, spices, all notes in the nose in perfect balance, but still pretty distinct.
Water weakens even more mouth than the nose.
Final: Although the extension of the mouth and on the even components, that's when I realized that this whisky is smoky, with here and there a few tips of peat.
In addition to weaken, the water shows the woodland in the final.
Comment: A fine whisky, with just enough character. The water should be avoided
Nose: a big sherried one : smooth, on dried fruit (prunes, walnuts), a little odor of wet cellar, wet earth, salt. Slightly oxidized with a smell of rust. Aeration makes it roasted, with caramel & hints of licorice. No doubt, I love it!
Mouth: very sherried, sweet with dried fruits (prunes, cherries), honey, leather, smoke, salt. In the second part, roasted aromas, with a bit of varnished wood. The whole is very enjoyable, with a melted mouth and flavors very well integrated.
Finish: long, on oak, walnut, chestnut cake
Conclusion: Nice sherry, not very complex, but so good ...
Colour: Old gold
The nose is strongly marked by notes of nuts and mocha. The nose is very present, but rather original flawless except a small discomfort caused by alcohol, in the form of tingling.
The first impression in the mouth is very surprising. An exuberant tastes, a firework of impressions of freshness that contrasts with the persistent taste of mocha. Notes of green apple mixed with cocoa.
The finish is quite long and the flavors are the perfect seen extending from the mouth.
Nose: Apple, a lot of ethanol, dust, biscuits, puffed rice and undefined fruits.Beautifull balance. Ethanol disappears with aeration.
Taste: A nice mix of sweet and slightly acidic flavor, biscuits and again these undefined fruits. Very pleasant to drink.
Final: Biscuit, ethanol, mint, licorice, apple, precious wood, puffed rice, spices (no pepper or chili) and again these undefined fruits. Very long and powerful.
Comments: A real favorite for me, and I insist on this point!
Nose: sherry and this from the svery tart!
It takes time for it is fully revealed. Fermented fruit at first, then coffee, caramel and chocolate. The cherry brandy. I love this nose that is very expressive and enjoyable.
Taste: Powerful and woody.
Medium finish on the wood.
Too bad mouth is not up to the nose as this could have been a great whisky!
Colour: amber
Nosing rich, sweet barley, mandarin, stewed fruits, raisins, sherry, sulphur (not bad).
Tasting: rich, rounded,good balance between sherry, nuts, caramel and toffee.
Finish: long and nutty with a final note of vanilla.
color: amber (light)
nose: mildly salty, vanilla and heavy floral notes, little bit of oak
taste: velvet smooth entrance, vanilla and sweets, lightly salty again, the finish gets firmer with lots of fruit like peach and more vanilla notes, ends with some peppery spices
Nose, full and expressive, is dominated by a rather dry sherry, earth and a little something of pastry. We also have figs, and a beautiful development of coffee with a hint of chocolate. Spices also, that give the nose a racy side. With aeration, the pastry flavors prevail, and a little spice appears. A well- constructed and full nose.
The mouth opens on the sherry and nuts (hazelnuts). It is at first quite granular, and quickly becomes more liquid. There are chocolate, sweet spices and cashews. It is relatively complete, and the power is correct. Traces of yellow fruits appear after aeration.
The final, medium to long, is on the sherry. It has chocolate, spices, making it more tasty in the mouth.
In conclusion, a good whisky matured in sherry, which lacks a little complexity however.
The first nose is dominated by sherry, with notes of prune net. Then, very quicklythe whisky opens onto the sea, humus, chalk. Evolution is on the woods, cherry, peat, Darjeeling tea. And aeration done its work, then citrus arrive bringing a welcome freshness. The mouth is a sharp attack dried fruit, mixing sweetness and bitterness peaty background apricot. The finish of good length, is the licorice, bananas, dried fruit, peat, pepper.
With the addition of water fruit and mineral gain power.
I am very dubious about this whisky. It is interesting but does not talk to me at all. The only pleasure I get from it is the novelty, not that of the tasting. For short, is a technical note.
Color: Amber
Nose: Dried fruit - nuts, hazelnuts - and a little praline. All this is surrounded by caramelized grain notes. Aeration suggests fruits - cherries - and a slight hint of apple. Adding water releases aromas of coffee, toffee and apple tart. There are a couple of fleeting false notes - butane -.
Mouth: It's powerful. The grain appears on the palate and is replaced by leather and a few cherries.
Final: falls back rather quickly on some popcorn, leather and cherry.
Comment: Overall interesting - except for some unpleasant gas smells - with touches of not too sweet grain - it is not nauseating -. This, however, lacks a little variety in the mouth while the final would have deserved to stretch longer on the same flavors. The nose is pretty enticing however.
Color: Gold
Nose: sweet, alcohol is discrete. Beautiful notes of dried fruit lightly toasted, slightly caramelized same. Very nice. The nose intensifies in addition of a few drops of water.
Palate: Sweet, in line with the nose. The caramelized side grows up when adding a little bit of water.
Final medium to long, hot and sweet. Alcohol is more present but well integrated.
Amber color.
Sherry on the nose, rancio, dried fruit, wood. Cocoa. Nose a bit closed.
Palate dominated by wood. Dried fruit. A little drying.
Final long enough, rather intense on wood.
A fairly classic sherry, a little too marked by wood.
Light amber color.
Nose: The nose is powerful, with hints of bitter chocolate, caramel topping and then flamed. A touch of leather. The whole keeps, however, a nice freshness.
Palate: The palate opens with a smooth attack. The flavors develop in a peacock's tail, always on caramel notes and with a lot more balanced sweetness. Alcohol comes next.
Finale: The finish is long with a return on the bitter chocolate. The whisky has a drying and harsh side.
Too bad that the whole is a bit one-dimensional
Sulfur nose, subtle hints of firecracker / black powder. After disappearance of these notes, we oscillate between fruit, even as the furniture wax. Yes a lot of beeswax with spring floral notes.
Mouth just as sulfur as the nose. Strong and bitter taste (vegetable). The attack is sharp and dry. Many coffee without sugar. It is warm and slightly spicy. Even astringent. A woody springs from time to time with the same honey side for the nose but less present.
Final on honey, coffee. Fairly long with some spices, dry wood and cold coffee.
Comment: classic whisky for me. No major defects but a lack of wealth. The aromas are correct and common.
Nose: Very round, intense, immediately vegetal, with strong notes of rancio and some balsamic vinegar.
Taste: Rich, spicy to very spicy, on rancio, some pinepapples, burnt rubber and sugar, with some strawberries and some herbes de Provance, as well as some other fruity notes. Some sulphur as well. The finish is long, thick, intense and on the same flavours as on the palate.
Impression: A very sherried whisky with strong vegetal notes and some sulphur (too much for me)
appearance: reddish gold
nose: medium intensity, fairly well integrated alcohol, nuts, green tea, stewed fruit, mixture of sweetness and dryness, black coffee which turns to burnt caramel during breathing to become dominant after three quarters of an hour
taste: medium to strong intensity, well integrated alcohol, dominated by the bitterness of burnt caramel that mask the other flavors
finish: medium to long
A great start but the burnt caramel that develops after breathing disturbs the fun (some love this profile, I do not like this flavor as soon as it becomes a bit dominant)
Color: Amber
Nose: Starts with notes of wine, wet dog, a healthy dose of spices, hints of distillation, nuts, honey and dried fruit.
Mouth: the sherry cask marked this whisky, slight astringency, nuts, honey, caramel and spice.
Final: on medium and dry on nuts.
Color: Deep gold.
Nose: Whisky flavored fudge. I'm not great fan of fudge in my whisky but that's okayish since there's something else in there. Something orangey, biscuity, spicy (speculoos?). Creamy and sweet like an old Port. Could be cloying, but nicely balanced by a hint of burnt wood.
Mouth: Orange flavored fudge is in the forefront, along with dried plums. The mouth is creamy and as sweet as a pack of caramelized popcorn. Nothing complicated, nothing vibrant, but quite flawless.
Finish: After a slight woody harshness, it becomes saltier before ending up on a weak and briny note. A malt from the isles ?
Comment: This teenager could have spent some time in a sweet wine cask. If you have a sweet tooth, you might enjoy it.
Nose: superb attack on the cappuccino (see Bailey!). Dried apricot. A little meaty side (see Viandox). Unusual and interesting.
Palate: astringent, bitter and drying (sulfur limit). Not my kind of whisky.
Final unfortunately a little too long on the green sugarcane.
Conclusion: Not at all my kind of whisky because with notes (very bitter) I do not like. The nose was intriguing, the mouth is very disappointing. Moreover unbalanced for me.


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Monday, September 4, 2017
Summer Days 2017:August
19 comments:
DREAM THIEVES!!!!!!!!!!!ReplyDelete
Sorry, you said suggestions for setlist, couldn't help myself ;)
Would that be possible, like, at all? I could die happy once I've seen that live, so pretty please with (vodka-infused) cherries on top? Any bribes you want, you can have them. If you're sick of Killepitsch, I'll think of something else. Please? :D
Gosh, sucks that your keytar broke down :/ At least it was during a one-off show, and you didn't need it again right the next day.
Got a question for you: When you have these layovers in Helsinki, are you allowed to leave the airport, or just to the airport hotel? Need to plan a trip to Levi next year (friend is getting married) and there's the option of a 16 hour layover, which would be nice to take if we could get to see Helsinki a bit without paying extra flights :D
Enjoy Israel (that's gonna be a long-ass flight with a lot of time for whining :D) and have a great time over there!
Take care,
PS: Can you or HPR tell me when the physical stuff for KS2 will be out? :)
- AnonymousSeptember 4, 2017 at 3:36 PM
I think it's amazing how you'll be going "all the way down there" (Israel)- quite an exotic location, and i bet you're quite curious and excited to visit that place for the first time! Am curious to hear where the very last show will be revealed to be, & wondering when you'll start working on the next album too!- any news about that yet?ReplyDelete
Hi Henkka,ReplyDelete
What a great performance in Poland!
I believe that you liked the atmosphere here ;)
It was worth to stay almost a hour under the stage to see all the band (thanks for the man who saw us after the performance).
I'm very happy, that you signed my copy of The Ninth Hour but you're the only who I haven't took photo with :( . I think that you've ran away too fast :D
If you were in Poland with Sonata Arctica once again, I would try to take a picture with you :D
"A few days after this incident I did get a pic from my tech, showing that the Vortex was actually broken inside. (the midi wiring had been yanked out of the motherboard"ReplyDelete
Whoa. Intentional? Or do you think just normal wear and tear from travel and use? I see a lot of that where I work. Computers tend to fall apart often when people move them. Sucks man. Seems like everything else is well enough.
Hello, Henkka! i would like to hear Cinderblox again, Breathing, For the sake of revenge, Gravenimage, Blood!, Running lights and of course Till Death's Done Us Apart. Sorry for my primitive english! greetings!ReplyDelete
Exciting news regarding that setlist change. What about some more Silence? I'd love to see Last Drop Falls back in the setlist as well as Sing in Silence, never heard them live. And False News Travel Fast would be epic :)ReplyDelete
Thanks for giving us the opportuinity to give you some ideas!
- AnonymousSeptember 9, 2017 at 2:29 AM
The last one? Please, tell us!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 10, 2017 at 9:25 AM
9.11. we are sailing?ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 10, 2017 at 10:59 PM
Hei, the misery ois ihana kuulla, what did you do in the war dad, ja last drop falls ja kaikki on kyllä ihania. See you 9.11. laivalla?!ReplyDelete
Hi Henkka!! Well two songs I never had the pleasure to hear live and that really would make me scream/cry/make a weird little dance (not necessarily in this order) if I ever have the chance to are "Caleb" and "It Won't Fade"... yep, Unia is still my favourite album. I remember you played Caleb in São Paulo in 2008 but I wasn't a SA's fan yet so those two songs would be a dream-come-true thing. Of course there are other songs I'd die to hear live but I know they're a big no-no right now and these two alone will make me happy enough... Wish you and the guys all the best. See ya!ReplyDelete
Great suggestions for songs y'all, I bet some of those will be in the setlist during the winter tour in Finland.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 17, 2017 at 8:09 AM
Ihanaa! Kiitos tiedosta (9.11.)!, Toivottavasti pääsen mukaan! Tuiskulaan ainakin, on ihan naapurissa. Kiitos kivasta blogista! Kaikkea hyvää sinulle ja koko bändille! Ootte kaikki niin huippu tyyppejä ja kaupanpäälle huippu musaa! En jaksais arkea ilman teitä! Sydämelliset kiitokset!ReplyDelete
Hello Henrik! Thank you for telling us about the summer fests :) Yes, sometimes there can be different unexpected things, but luckily you've always managed to solve them! And this tour has been an absolute record holder in the amount of gigs and everything that goes with them! I take my hat off to you, guys, for your professionalism and devotion to what you do!.. I had a dream were you told me that there was a magazine about Sonata Arctica available for purchase. It had two parts. Well, I do not know how to interpret it, but, maybe in future there can be one? For example, a mag that will go with the DVD. Especially as there is the 20th anniversary of the band soon. That would be great! And maybe that book about Sonata Arctica (in English) can be reprinted? I am sure there are people willing to buy it, but currently only a Finnish version is available. I wish you a good time full of rest! Enjoy your holidays!ReplyDelete
The end of this chapter!ReplyDelete
Rarely/never played and some of your best songs IMO:ReplyDelete
Fly With the Black Swan, Everything Fades to Gray, Ruins of My Life, Boy Who Wanted to be a Real Puppet, Truth is Out There.
Also why not bring back Pariah's Child gems Blood & What Did You Do in the War Dad?
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