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Can The Super Committee Even Pass Its First -- And By Far Easiest -- Test?
In March, Elmendorf and the CBO produced a report called "Reducing the Deficit: Spending and Revenue Options." In it, he explains, "Since 2007, financial turmoil and a severe drop in economic activity, combined with various policies implemented in response to those conditions, have sharply reduced federal revenues and increased spending. Those changes added to the imbalance between revenues and spending that had existed before the recession, causing annual budget deficits to surge."
This is a polite way of saying "in 2001, the country was running budget surpluses and paying down the debt. The 2001 and 2003 Bush tax cuts, wars in Afghanistan, and, to a lesser extent, a new Medicare prescription drug benefit turned these into large deficits, which were dramatically exacerbated by the financial crisis and ensuing recession. GDP tanked, and unemployment spiked, which automatically increased benefit spending and reduced tax revenue. President Obama topped this off with a nearly $800 billion deficit-financed stimulus bill."
That's the story of the past. The story of the future is one of rising health care costs, which, combined with an aging population, means federal obligations to Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries are on an unsustainable path. That means eventually either a). health care costs have to be reduced across the industry; b). costs have to be unloaded on to individuals and providers in various ways; c). a combination of these two options; or d). the country will face a genuine fiscal crisis.
That's the basic terrain facing the Super Committee, and it argues strongly for policies that ultimately reverse the revenue losses from Bush tax cuts, and then a debate over the best ways to make health care costs sustainable or roll back government health care programs.
But Republicans are loath to acknowledge this backdrop: their role in accumulating the debt, the need to increase taxes to slow its growth, and, to a lesser extent, the imperative to debate the options for reigning it in the long term.
Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ), a Super Committee member, told reporters Tuesday the panel's options may be limited by this basic disagreement. "If either outside forces or the President or even members of Congress were to force the committee members into situations where you have to compromise our principles, that's going to be very, very hard to do," he said.
Here's Super Committee co-chair Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-TX), in an oft-repeated line: "The American people know we have a debt crisis not because they are under-taxed; it is because this President and previous Democratic Congresses have spent too much."
That's an incorrect history, but it supports Hensarling's preferred solution: "One-hundred percent of the problem is on the spending side," he said in July. "100 percent of the solution has to come from the spending side."
This would only be possible if Democrats were willing to carve deeply into the most popular and important government programs, and leave taxes on wealthy Americans, and tax revenue as a percent of GDP at historic lows. They're not -- and a big part of the reason is that they remember where today's high debt came from.
The first, and most basic question now is whether Republicans will acknowledge it too.
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Joseph Morford III – RBC Capital Markets: I just had a few questions on credit. I guess first for the OREO appraisal expense, could you talk about what like gross write-downs were in the quarter and just in general should we (indiscernible) we should start to see less volatility in this line item? And then related to this, when should we start to see some of the other credit-related workout costs start to come down like the legal fees and the other repossessed asset expense?
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Robert G. Sarver – Chairman and CEO: The actual appraisals we got on the OREO was about a breakeven, write-up of little over $1 million that we couldn't take because, well the property was written down quite a bit from when we made the loan. You can only write the property back up to the level that it was taken in when it came in as REO. So, at this point I think going forward, the REO number should not be material. I think the valuations are flat to maybe even improving a little bit in terms of where we have everything marked. In terms of the credit cost, yeah, we're still running probably about $1.5 million a quarter in collection costs, that excludes even people and salaries just external collection costs and REO cost, and the number when we look at and try to forecast the number of REO properties that are kind of coming in verses what's selling, I think you're going to see that number start to gradually decline over the next three or four quarters those costs. So we should be picking up a little benefit there.
Joseph Morford III – RBC Capital Markets: I guess lastly just follow-up to, despite this steady improvement in credit, the charge-off level itself is still relatively elevated up over 1% of average loans. When do you think we'll start to see that fall back to more normalized levels?
Robert G. Sarver – Chairman and CEO: I think we have – we'll first of all say we're not really getting new problem credit. It just is some of the problems credits we have are still working away through the system and some of them are turning out where we have some losses to recognize. But, I think we're going to see a step down in terms loan losses and that step down either is going to be next quarter or the fourth quarter.
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Casey Haire – Jefferies: Just a couple of follow-ups on credit, can you give us a little bit of color on the Nevada credits that that pushed the classifieds higher, and then also the $92 million that's still on the watch list, just your outlook there, and how much of that is from Nevada?
Robert G. Sarver – Chairman and CEO: Yeah. The one thing I'll say about the loans that moved, the bulk of those loans are current, and we just finished with a pretty tough exam process, and we had a handful of loans that moved from watch to sub that I think the collection outcomes is going to be pretty good, and as I said for the most part the payments are current. So, I wouldn't read too much into that.
Casey Haire – Jefferies: The $92 million on the watch list, how much of that is Nevada? How comfortable are you with that kind of?
Robert G. Sarver – Chairman and CEO: About half of that is Nevada.
Dale M. Gibbons – EVP and CFO: Yes $55 million.
Casey Haire – Jefferies: Then just switching to I guess to capital, loan pipeline sounds pretty good. You guys are growing risk-weighted assets at a decent clip here, but the capital generation is not as fast. Tier 1 common down a little bit. How comfortable are you, how low can you run that ratio, and would you slow down loan growth to prevent of an offensive minded capital raise?
Robert G. Sarver – Chairman and CEO: We don't plan on an offensive minded capital raise unless it's in conjunction with a (screaming deal). So hopefully that answers your question. And on the credit stuff, I keep a pretty good handle on that. I was just in Vegas yesterday at the special assets meeting. Credit doesn't have me real concerned right now. Whether the costs and charge-offs start coming down significantly in a quarter or two quarters or three quarters, its coming. So I guess from that standpoint I'm just not – that's not a hot button for me right now.
Dale M. Gibbons – EVP and CFO: 75% of our provision expense was incurred to cover the legacy book and 25% kind of going forward, and what we're seeing is again as we've talked about in the past, loans originated during what we call kind of the bubble years is where those losses are still coming from, and our asset quality performance since that time, since that kind of the mid-2000s has I think been very strong, and so as we continue to see that fall off, it was a little bit higher this quarter as you saw in the migration in terms of kind of the classified assets, but again all the $2 million of that was in Nevada. That number is getting smaller. We feel pretty good that kind of going forward that our provision costs can fall off as our NPAs decline and consequently our internal capital generation can support our growing balance sheet.
Casey Haire – Jefferies: And just last one for me on the margin, the NIM down 7 bps. How much more flexibility do you guys have him on the deposit side with loan yields coming down at a pretty decent clip here.
Dale M. Gibbons – EVP and CFO: Well we saw a little bit of improvement this last quarter and frankly I think there was a little bit more room, but that is a declining benefit that we're going to be able to see. Our cost of funding earning assets was 43 basis points. I think we can continue to see that ebb. But that is a little bit of pressure, but again, how we think we're mitigating that is really on the net interest income line as opposed to necessarily the margin as we think our margin is going to continue to slope down over here, but not more rapidly than kind of what we've seen.


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I have a pair of Carminas on the Rain last and I like them and they fit very well. I do have a slightly wider foot, "d" width, that's why I was curious about the Simpson last.
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AIS very handy yesterday...foggy on SF Bay
We found ourselves, and half a dozen other sailboats, in a 0.5 mile square patch of sunlight surround by fog. Thankfully the AIS showed all the large, fast-moving ferry and ship traffic. There was a ferry doing 40 knots that only became visible 1/3 mile away, which is only 30 seconds at that speed, but we could see it miles away on the AIS and get out of the way. First time I've been really glad I had it.
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Great photo.
I think AIS is the greatest safety invention since GPS. It really is marvelous. One trick I do is definitely a cheat... When going through a cut, channel, shallow or difficult patch, I will watch other boats on AIS and watch their track. AIS tracks ae kept up to an hour on my kit, so once someone has gone through I can steal their track and follow it as closely as I would follow them if I was 200 meters astern. Another thing I like about tracks is that after a while the looneys who drive ferries and other Harbour craft show that they are on set courses. A Harbour becomes easier to understand. Here is New York after a few miinutes. AIS lets you see the regular routes http://ourlifeatsea.com/temp/tempny.jpg Here you can see a good set up give you a very long range! http://ourlifeatsea.com/temp/ais.jpg Those range rings are 10nm each. So the second is 20nms from my boat... Its not always this good, especially in bad weather, but you know its working well whene you see this far. |
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I've never panned right out to see what my range is... must try it next time I'm on the boat. I do think the OpenCPN implementation is much better than Lowrance's - but still, it does the job. I believe Garmin's is better too.
Re: AIS very handy yesterday...foggy on SF Bay
I have the Standard Horizon VHF radio with AIS display and it is very useful. However, there are many fast moving, relatively large boats that don't transmit AIS. So, while it is a useful tool, it doesn't replace RADAR, and you still must practice good seamanship when in limited visibility (as I am sure you all do). I am amazed at how fast some boats go when you can't see more than 1 minute ahead. Barry |
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We have the same set up but also use a multiplexer to integrate the AIS output of the Standard Horizon onto our Raymarine Chartplotter/radar.
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I haven't seen one of these boats without AIS. Even naval ships use it. Mind you I've only had it on in the Caribbean, Bahamas and the USA I am sure there are placs where it's not used as much. http://ourlifeatsea.com/temp/navy.jpg |
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A lot of commercial fishing boats do not use AIS and almost no recreational fishing boats, as well as most smaller high speed pleasure boats. AIS is not a substitute for radar, although it's better than nothing.
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Hate to sound disagreeable, but most fishing boats do that I have seen. Game fishing boats don't, but trawlers etc usually do. In the Caribbean and Bahamas he small ones don't, but hey are not going to sink a yacht.
http://ourlifeatsea.com/temp/fishing.JPG By the way, without AIS I would never have worked out what these two were doing! And even navy ships... http://ourlifeatsea.com/temp/navyshipais.JPG |
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In New Zealand they have started to use AIS as remote navigational markers in places they can't put a buoy...
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I'm not negating the value of AIS, it's a wonderful tool. In this part of the world (PNW) I don't know that I've ever seen a commercial fish boat broadcasting AIS, the ferries, tankers, and tugs do so that's a help. I'm just saying that it only takes one "invisible" boat to ruin your day if you are in fog, snow, etc without radar. That is why I say AIS is not a substitute for radar.
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George Washington assistant coach Kevin Sutton will participate in College Chalktalk's National Coaches' Diary Series throughout the 2011-12 season. His first entry was posted Wednesday, Nov. 9.
Challenges of the New Staff
As our coaching staff - under the leadership of Mike Lonergan - begins our first season here at George Washington University, many of the challenges that we faced are very similar to those challenges that all new staffs have to deal with. With the success that Coach Lonergan has had on and off the court in his 24 year coaching career at Catholic University and the University of Vermont, I think that it is safe to say that he has a philosophy on how he has built those two programs and how he plans to build his program here at George Washington.
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How Serious Is The Risk of Toxoplasmosis From Your Cat?
Recently, there have been lots of media reports about a possible link between toxoplasmosis and suicide. Before that, there were reports of a link between brain cancer and toxoplasmosis. Whether these links constitute true evidence of toxoplasmosis causing mental disorders is unknown based on what we know right now. The situation is far more complex than sensationalistic media headlines might have you believe.
While I don't want to minimize the seriousness of toxoplasmosis as a disease, I do want cat owners to understand that the chance of getting toxoplasmosis from your pet cat is pretty slim if your cat lives indoors and doesn't hunt or eat raw meat. In fact, you're more likely to get toxoplasmosis from eating unwashed vegetables from your garden than you are from your pet cat.
While it's not impossible to be exposed to toxoplasmosis through your cat's litter box, most people are infected through other means. Cats that are infected with toxoplasmosis will shed oocysts (the infective stage in the life cycle of the Toxoplasma organisms that causes toxoplasmosis) for only a short time, usually only a few days.
In addition, even if your cat is shedding the organism, it takes a minimum of 48 hours for the oocysts to become infective. Cleaning the litter box daily prevents transmission. The use of proper hygiene, such as washing your hands after handling your cat's litter box and/or wearing gloves when cleaning the box, also prevents transmission of the disease.
Keeping your cat indoors is a good way to prevent your cat from becoming infected with toxoplasmosis. Also, avoid feeding your cat raw meat and do not allow your cat to hunt. These practices will remove the possibility of exposure of your cat to toxoplasmosis.
How do most people become infected with toxoplasmosis? Through contact with contaminated soil or through eating raw meat contaminated with Toxoplasma oocysts.
Toxoplasmosis is a preventable disease. Practicing good hygiene is one of the cornerstones of preventing infection, since toxoplasmosis is transmitted via fecal contamination.
- Wash your hands after handling pet feces or cat litter. Consider wearing gloves when cleaning or changing the cat litter box.
- Wash your hands before handling or eating any food.
- Wash all fruits and vegetables thoroughly before eating.
- Wash your hands after gardening or working with soil.
- Cook all meats thoroughly before eating.
- Do not feed raw meat to your cat.
- Keep your cat indoors.
- Do not dispose of cat litter in your garden or yard.
- Cover your children's sandboxes when not in use to prevent neighborhood cats from defecating in them.
Above all, don't panic and get rid of your pet cat. Some simple precautions are all that is needed to protect yourself and your family from toxoplasmosis. Because of the many routes Toxoplasma can take, getting rid of your pet cat will not significantly lower your chances of getting this disease.
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It's so unfortunate how this is always played out in the press. There's no doubt that many kitties lose their homes (and ultimately their lives) because people don't use common sense.
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Thank you Dr. Huston for your contribution on this subject that has been circulating so much that even Kelly Ripa on "Live with Kelly" talk show mentioned that "It's the litter that people have to be concerned with, not the cat". If I recall, her guest host mentioned they had to remove their cat when wife was pregnant. Unfortunately she never read the entire article! When major talk shows skim the headlines and don't bother doing any homework, they hurt our very efforts to educate the public that's it's not the cat or litter but raw vegetables that is more likely to cause toxoplasmosis. But I did send her a message!Please do the same. I encourage everyone to share their concerns as well to please read the article.
www.livewithkelly.tv click on tab INTERACT, click on SEND KELLY A MESSAGE,
It's sad that journalism continues to degrade and employ marketing ploys for readership and profit.
Peter Wolf is a blogger and has carefully followed this issue and dissected the report. Cat owners and educators need to follow his blog and learn from his brilliant reporting that will arm us in educating others. He is a Cat Man and I met him at Blog Paws this June. His blog: www.voxfelina.com
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A CIA officer who was captured during the Korean War and held for 20 years by the Chinese gave plenty of names and physical descriptions when they asked him to name his colleagues — but the names and descriptions all belonged to the Boston University football team, the CIA said.
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Most readers of The Code Project are familiar with various types of XML parsers in the .NET environment. This article series introduces to The Code Project community a new XML processing model called VTD-XML. It goes significantly beyond those traditional models by fundamentally overcoming many tough technical challenges hampering SOA and enterprise XML application development. The first part of this series demonstrates the benefits of VTD-XML as an indexer and as a parser with integrated XPath. The second part shows you how to benefit from VTD-XML's cutting, editing, and modifying capabilities, as well as introduces the concept of "document-centric" XML processing. The third part of this series shows you how to code your application in the C version of VTD-XML.
Suppose a DOM-based application modifies a particular text node of an XML document, below are the necessary steps to accomplish that:
But, if you focus on the objective, I think that many readers will realize that the process outlined above doesn't really make sense. It is, in fact, absurd. DOM processing incurs at least the following three round-trip overheads in those steps:
Because those round-trips pretty much restore the document to the original state, they are nothing but a waste of CPU cycles and memory. Notice that modifying a text node can be done far more efficiently by humans using a text editor. To edit a text node, just open the document with Notepad, move the cursor to the text node, make the change in-place, and save it! This time, the update is "incremental", meaning it does not touch irrelevant parts of the document. And, if we, humans, can edit XML like this, why can't XML parsers?
To me, the answer to this question reveals some of the deep-root technical problems in software development today. Below are some of my observations on this topic:
It is also worth noting that there is nothing small about this problem. It is, in my view, the biggest and toughest technical issue in enterprise IT today. Consider the ESB (Enterprise Services Bus) example I used in the first part of the series. Right now, the situation is, in my view, bad beyond belief. Because of the inefficient DOM parsing, those ESBs are already considered slow in read-only situations, especially for large XML messages. If the desired operations (such as policy enforcement) require both reading and writing, it is like adding insult to injury: no matter how trivial the change is, the entire XML message needs to be re-serialized, quickly degrading the overall performance to the point of unbearable.
So, my question becomes: Am I the only one seeing the elephant in the room?
Simply put, VTD-XML provides a solution so spectacular that the problem is completely gone!
The first part in this article series introduced VTD-XML as a memory efficient, high performance XML parser with integrated indexing and XPath. Virtually every technical benefit of VTD-XML is, in one way or the other, the result of non-extractive parsing, meaning the original XML text is loaded in memory and fully preserved. However, the most important benefits of VTD-XML --the ones that truly set it apart from other XML processing models-- lie in its unique ability to manipulate XML document content at the byte level. Below are three distinct, yet related, sets of capabilities available in the latest version of VTD-XML.
Using VTD-XML as an incremental modifier to update the text node, you basically navigate the VTD records to the right location, stick in the change, and generate a new document-- exactly the same way you would do it with Notepad. Below is a simple application updating a text node using VTD-XML:
Here are the XML documents before and after the change.
<root attr1='va'>  text  <c> test </c> </root>
<root attr1='va' >  new text  <c> test </c> </root>
using com.ximpleware; namespace example1 { class Program { static void Main(string[] args) { VTDGen vg = new VTDGen(); if (!vg.parseFile("D:/codeProject/app2/example1/example1/old.xml", true)) return; VTDNav vn = vg.getNav(); XMLModifier xm = new XMLModifier(vn); if (vn.toElement(VTDNav.FIRST_CHILD)) { int i = vn.getText(); if (i != -1) xm.updateToken(i, " new text"); } xm.output("D:/codeProject/app2/example1/example1/new.xml"); } } }
Traditional XML processing models (such as DOM, SAX, and various object data binding tools) are designed around the notion of objects. The XML text-- merely the output of object serialization-- is relegated to the status of a second-class citizen. You base your applications on DOM nodes, strings, and various business objects, but rarely on the physical documents. If you have followed my analysis so far, it's become obvious that this object-oriented approach of XML processing makes little sense as it causes performance hits from virtually all directions (an in-depth discussion on the topic can be found in "the performance woe of binary XML"). Not only are object creations and garbage collection inherently memory and CPU intensive, but applications incur the cost of re-serialization with even the smallest changes to the original text.
What is "document-centric" XML processing? In non-extractive parsing, the XML text --the persistent data format-- is the starting point from which everything else comes about. Whether it is parsing, XPath evaluation, modifying content, or slicing element fragments, by default, you no longer work with objects. You only do that when it makes sense. More often than not, you treat documents purely as syntax, and think in bytes, byte arrays, integers, offsets, lengths, fragments, and namespace-compensated fragments. The first-class citizen in this paradigm is the XML text. And, the object-centric notions of XML processing, such as serialization and de-serialization (or marshalling and un-marshalling), as shown in Figure 1, are often displaced, if not replaced, by more document-centric notions of parsing and composition. Increasingly, you will find that your XML programming experience is getting simpler. And not surprisingly, the simpler, intuitive way to think about XML processing is also the most efficient and powerful (See Table 1 for the technical comparison of DOM and VTD-XML).
After reading many great articles posted on The Code Project, it seems to me that many readers in the community are career-long, ardent practitioners of the object oriented methodology. But in my view, OO may not always be the right tool for the job. The fact that the serialization/de-serialization problem becomes invisible when you approach XML processing from a pure object oriented perspective tells me that this design approach has practical limitations. In the world of distributed computing, the consensus is that objects don't distribute well across the process boundary (e.g., across the network). Starting from early 90's, the distributed computing community spent about 10 years attempting to figure out ways to make distributed objects (i.e., CORBA) work as if those objects reside in the same address space. But, the effort was eventually abandoned due to numerous technical issues (please visit the rise and fall of CORBA for further reading). Among those issues are tight-coupling, rigidity, and stifling complexity. It is those painful lessons of CORBA that lead us to SOA, which achieves loose-coupling and simplicity by explicitly exposing the XML messages (the wire format) as the public contract of your services. In other words, when building loosely coupled services, think in messages.
How does "document-centric" XML processing fits in, and enhances, the technical foundation of SOA? Simply put, by treating XML as documents (instead of serialization of objects), you gain not just loose coupling and simplicity, but efficiency as well. It usually doesn't make sense to think of XML in objects. Consider an SOA intermediary application that aggregates multiple services. Pretty much all it does is to splice together fragments from multiple documents to compose a single large document and shove it upstream. Where do objects come into the picture? Take the services dissemination point as another example. It is the exact opposite: large XML documents get split into multiple smaller ones, each of which is then forwarded to the respective recipient (downstream services) for further processing. Do you see the need to allocate a lot of objects? As more and more services come alive, you will discover that the composite services/applications are mostly about natively slicing, editing, modifying, splicing, and splitting documents. Traditional, object-oriented, design patterns are going to be less applicable. And, the moment you step across the boundary of OO and into a document-centric world, you will find that both the problem and solution become obvious. Everything suddenly seems to make sense again. But doing so may not be easy: you first need to have the courage to refuse to go along just to "get along," and do something that nobody around you seems to be doing. The web is undergoing a profound transformation around the concept of SOA. The experience you gained from doing SOA the right way should prove to be both rewarding and valuable in the end.
In short, to prepare yourself for the upcoming wave of service-oriented computing, right now may be a good time to start embracing this "document-centric" view of XML processing.
For the rest of this article, I am going to show you how to use VTD-XML's cutting, splitting, editing, and transcoding capability to manipulate XML content with both flexibility and efficiency. To understand what the code does, each example places the input and output of the application side-by-side.
using com.ximpleware; namespace example2 { class Program { static void Main(string[] args) { VTDGen vg = new VTDGen(); if (!vg.parseFile("D:/codeProject/app2/example2/example2/old.xml", true)) return; VTDNav vn = vg.getNav(); XMLModifier xm = new XMLModifier(vn); int i = vn.getAttrVal("attr1"); if (i != -1) xm.removeAttribute(i - 1); if (vn.toElement(VTDNav.FIRST_CHILD)) { xm.remove(); } xm.output("D:/codeProject/app2/example2/example2/new.xml"); } } }
  text <c> text</c> <d> text</d>
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-16le'?> <root xmlns:bad='something'> <ns:good xmlns:ns='' attr= 'val^'> </ns:good> <text> val_ </text> </root>
 <root xmlns:bad='something'> <ns:good xmlns:ns='' attr= 'val^'> </ns:good> <text> val_ </text> </root>  text <root xmlns:bad='something'> <ns:good xmlns:ns='' attr= 'val^'> </ns:good> <text> val_ </text> </root> <c> text</c> <d> text</d>
using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Text; using com.ximpleware; namespace example3 { class Program { static void Main(string[] args) {// test2 encoded in UTF-16LE format VTDGen vg = new VTDGen(); if (vg.parseFile("D:/codeProject/app2/example3/example3/old2.xml", true) == false) return; VTDNav vn = vg.getNav(); byte[] ba = null; long l; ba = vn.getXML().getBytes(); ElementFragmentNs efn = vn.getElementFragmentNs(); // test encoded in UTF-8 if (vg.parseFile("D:/codeProject/app2/example3/example3/old.xml", false) == false) return; VTDNav vn2 = vg.getNav(); vn2.toElement(VTDNav.FIRST_CHILD); XMLModifier xm = new XMLModifier(vn2); // insert UTF-16-LE encoded elementFragmentNs into a UTF-8 encoded doc xm.insertAfterElement(efn); xm.insertBeforeElement(efn); // transcoding is done underneath xm.output("D:/codeProject/app2/example3/example3/new.xml"); } } }
<root> text text <c>text</c> text text <c>text</c> text text <c>text</c> </root>
<root> text text text text text text <c>text</c> <c>text</c> <c>text</c> </root>
using System.IO; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Text; using com.ximpleware; namespace example4 { class Program { static void Main(string[] args) { AutoPilot ap1 = new AutoPilot(); AutoPilot ap2 = new AutoPilot(); AutoPilot ap3 = new AutoPilot(); ap1.selectXPath("/root/a"); ap2.selectXPath("/root/b"); ap3.selectXPath("/root/c"); byte[] ba1, ba2, ba3; VTDGen vg = new VTDGen(); Encoding eg = System.Text.Encoding.GetEncoding("utf-8"); if (vg.parseFile("D:/codeProject/app2/example4/example4/input.xml", false)) { VTDNav vn = vg.getNav(); ap1.bind(vn); ap2.bind(vn); ap3.bind(vn); FileStream fos = new FileStream("D:/codeProject/app2/example4/example4/new.xml", System.IO.FileMode.OpenOrCreate); ba1 = eg.GetBytes("<root />"); ba2 = eg.GetBytes("</root />"); ba3 = eg.GetBytes("\r\n"); byte[] ba = vn.getXML().getBytes(); fos.Write(ba1, 0, ba1.Length); while (ap1.evalXPath() != -1) { long l = vn.getElementFragment(); int offset = (int)l; int len = (int)(l >> 32); fos.Write(ba3, 0, ba3.Length); fos.Write(ba, offset, len); } // resetXPath is good if you want to reuse it ap1.resetXPath(); while (ap2.evalXPath() != -1) { long l = vn.getElementFragment(); int offset = (int)l; int len = (int)(l >> 32); fos.Write(ba3, 0, ba3.Length); fos.Write(ba, offset, len); } ap2.resetXPath(); while (ap3.evalXPath() != -1) { long l = vn.getElementFragment(); int offset = (int)l; int len = (int)(l >> 32); fos.Write(ba3, 0, ba3.Length); fos.Write(ba, offset, len); } ap3.resetXPath(); fos.Write(ba3, 0, ba3.Length); fos.Write(ba2, 0, ba2.Length); } } } }

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using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Text; using com.ximpleware; namespace example6 { class Program { static void Main(string[] args) { VTDGen vg = new VTDGen(); VTDNav vn = vg.loadIndex("D:/codeProject/app2/example6/example6/input.vxl"); int i = vn.getAttrVal("attr"); Encoding eg = System.Text.Encoding.GetEncoding("utf-8"); if (i != -1) { vn.overWrite(i,eg.GetBytes(" val")); } if (vn.toElement(VTDNav.FIRST_CHILD)) { i = vn.getText(); vn.overWrite(i, eg.GetBytes("text")); } vn.dumpXML("D:/codeProject/app2/example6/example6/out.xml"); } } }
I hope that this article has done its job describing to you how VTD-XML fundamentally solves the common issue of DOM and SAX. The simplest problem, in my view, is also the biggest problem, not just because it affects everyone, but it is so deep that you have gotten used to it already. This is where VTD-XML again stands out. Be it parsing, indexing, modifying, cutting, splitting, or splicing XML documents, VTD-XML excels in virtually every aspect imaginable, while breaking new grounds in others. But, to reap the full benefit of VTD-XML, you need to first step out of the comfort zone of object-oriented thinking and start to think XML as documents. As the world of IT transitions towards a Services Oriented architecture, I am confident that you will discover, in many ways, that the "document-centric" approach to XML processing naturally lends itself to designing and implementing your SOA infrastructure. To me, this is why VTD-XML is the future of XML processing and why the best has to yet to come!
If you have visited VTD-XML's project site, you probably have noticed that VTD-XML has a C version that delivers the exact set of functionalities as its C# counter-part. But unlike C#, C is neither OO, nor based on VM. Worse, C doesn't even support exceptions. So, there are interesting challenges to port VTD-XML from C# to C. In the next part of this series, I will discuss how to overcome those challenges to maximize code reuse and reduce the porting effort to minimum.
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Click link above. Latest Newsletter!For the latest happenings at the ATA, check out our latest newsletter: Click Here! (note: requires Adobe Acrobat)Zina Garrison in AnguillaAt a reception at the home of Deputy Governor Mark Capes and Mrs Capes, members of the Anguilla Tennis Academy (ATA), sponsors and supporters welcomed former top tennis player Zina Garrison to Anguilla. Capes welcomed her along with her manager, Gail Monk and friend Denise Hampton, saying that it is marvelous she is showing an interest in Anguilla and particularly the children who are in the tennis programme. Director of the ATA, Jason Allen thanked the Capes for their support over the years. He introduced Zina who was the number one junior Wimbledon champion in 1981, has won 14 single and 20 doubles events during her career including a gold medal at the 1988 Olympics. Her highest ranking was number four in the world. She is currently a member of the board of the United States Tennis Association and is the captain of the USA Fed Cup Team. Garrison thanked the ATA including founder Mitchelle Lake and Allen, saying it is very special to be in Anguilla. She compared the Anguilla tennis programme to her own experience growing up and says she is pleased to be able to help the children in Anguilla. She noted that tennis opened lots of opportunities for her, including meeting the Queen and three Presidents, and she believes it can do the same for young Anguillians. Exhibition tennis matchTennis lovers in Anguilla were delighted to attend an exhibition match at CuisinArt Resort on Friday May 5 featuring visiting tennis player, Zina Garrison. It was a doubles match between Garrison and Mitchelle Lake against Jason Allen and Denny Derick. The many spectators admired the level of play and applauded often. The one set match went to a tie break and was eventually won by Garrison and Lake. Generous loan to ATAThe National Bank of Anguilla and the Caribbean Commercial Bank announced a loan of US$1 million from each bank for the completion of the Anguilla Tennis Academy (ATA). Chairing the event was Director of the ATA, Jason Allen, who welcomed the supporters, sponsors and visitors to the event. A special welcome was given to Zina Garrison who has been visiting the island for the past week. Chief Executive Officer of the National Bank of Anguilla (NBA), Valentine Banks said that he was pleased to assist the ATA and they have been associated with tennis and in particular the tennis programme for many years. Preston Bryan, Managing Director of Caribbean Commercial Bank (CCB), said he had no difficulty convincing the directors to make the loan. He believes the new academy will help many of the youth of the island and he is looking forward to seeing its completion. Founder and President of the ATA, Mitchelle Lake said that he started the ATA in order to give back to the children of Anguilla some of the advantages that he had through tennis. He paid tribute to Eric Martineau, the father of Anguilla tennis, for introducing the game to him and for all his support over the years. Special thanks was given by Lake to Zina Garrison who has coached the children in the tennis programme and done a lot to renew the energy of all involved. Garrison pledged her continued support to the ATA saying that she will be there whenever they need her. She commented that she has enjoyed her stay in Anguilla and has been accepted and welcomed to the fullest. She thanked the ATA and especially Jason and Mitch for believing in her. The main building of the Tennis Academy at Blowing Point is nearing completion with just windows, doors and painting to be finished. The six tennis courts and stadium court are to be started before the end of the month. April 2006: Newsletter #6 (PDF)I am happy to bring you the latest edition of the ATA Monthly. The month of May will prove to be very exciting as you will see in future press releases and newsletters. This particular newsletter tells of things to come and things that have already occurred. In this edition you will find:
- Zina Garrison to visit the ATA from May 1-8 Enjoy, and as always, I appreciate any comments!!!! Warm regards, Jason Allen Former Wimbledon champion and USA Fed Cup Captain Zina Garrison to visit the Anguilla Tennis AcademyThe Anguilla Tennis Academy was established in 1996 to offer the island's children an opportunity to strive for achievement both locally and internationally through sports. One of the Academy's mandates is to provide the best quality instruction to the children. To that end, the ATA has invited Zina Garrison to visit Anguilla . Ms. Garrison has agreed to come to Cuisinart Resort and Spa from May 1 to May 8 to run a series of tennis events. She was ranked number one in the world as a junior having won both the junior U.S. Open and junior Wimbledon. In the 1988 Seoul, Korea Olympics, representing the United States of America, she won a bronze medal in singles and a gold medal in doubles with partner Pam Shriver. In 1989 she won four singles titles on the WTA tour as well as four doubles titles including the most prestigious grand slam, Wimbledon. In her career she has won 14 singles titles and 20 doubles titles on the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour amassing $4,590,816 in prize money alone. Zina Garrison is also only the 12th woman in history to win over 500 matches with her total wins at 587. She reached as high as number four in singles and number 5 in doubles during her tenure on the professional tour. The aforementioned accomplishments helped her to gain entry into the Texas Women's Hall of Fame and she is sure to win a bid into the International Tennis Hall of Fame. She also sits as a board member of the powerful United States Tennis Association. Moreover, Zina is currently the captain of the USA Fed Cup Team. Zina Garrison not only stands out for being a great tennis champion, but she was also one of the pioneering African American athletes of her time. She undoubtedly set the stage for young athletes such as Venus and Serena Williams. She was also the first African American woman since Althea Gibson to reach a Grand Slam singles final in 1990. At Wimbledon, Garrison upset Monica Seles and Steffi Graf (arguably the best woman tennis player of all time) in back to back matches before losing the final to Martini Navratilova 6-4, 6-3. The ATA is thrilled to have an athlete of her stature to visit the future tennis stars of Anguilla. The ATA looks forward to discussing plans for tennis in Anguilla with Ms Garrison. Her insight on how the ATA should move forward will be invaluable. The ATA also looks forward to her review on the current state of tennis in Anguilla. She also heads the Zina Garrison Foundation which provides funds and support for the homeless, youth organizations, anti-drug groups and other charitable organizations. She also founded the Zina Garrison All-Court Tennis program in 1992, providing inner city kids the opportunity to build self-esteem through tennis. Her expertise in the above areas will most certainly be beneficial not only because of her experience with non profit organizations such as the Anguilla Tennis Academy, but because of the exposure she can provide to the world and the awareness she can create in her travels. During her one week stay in Anguilla, Ms Garrison has agreed to participate in many events: She will visit the children in the after-school program at the James Ronald Webster Park on two separate occasions. A tour of the new ATA facility is planned. Ras B has invited her to speak on heartbeat radio. The top junior tennis players will be given a special clinic, and she will also hold a clinic for Cuisinart guests. A much anticipated event is the exhibition match planned between Ms Garrison against the ATA and Cuisinart tennis director Jason Allen. Mitchelle Lake, founder of the ATA stated to The Anguillian, "I am encouraged to have a former top tennis professional with such outstanding accomplishments in the sport visit our program and facility. Indeed, our children in the program and coaching staff will gain invaluable knowledge from Ms. Garrison experience and knowledge of the game. I applaud the efforts of Jason Allen and the continued generosity of the sponsors who worked together to make this special visit a reality." Ms. Garrison has generously offered to donate her time free of charge to the whole program in Anguilla, as she is dedicated to worthwhile causes involving tennis and youth. Her trip would not be possible if not for key sponsors in the community such as Cuisinart Resort and Spa, American Eagle, and Viceroy. Scheduled events for Zina Garrison Monday May 1 - Zina Garrison arrives to Anguilla
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Monday May 8 March 2006: Newsletter #5 (PDF)Articles this month:
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Tennis Channel partners with the Anguilla Tennis AcademyOn February 18, 2006 the Tennis Channel began airing a Public Service Announcement (PSA) of the Anguilla Tennis Academy (ATA). This 30 sec. PSA was produced by Greg Travis of Travis Television in Nashville, TN. The Tennis Channel broadcast to every state and to the top twenty television markets in the United States. The network champions the game with exclusive, comprehensive tournament coverage that matches the intensity of the sport's competition schedule. Tennis has long been one of the sports world's most storied entities, yet its popularity continues to surge. Drawing in millions of new fans each year, tennis has hosted an array of colorful personalities, from legends John McEnroe, Billie Jean King, Martina Navratilova and Jimmy Connors to new idols Andre Agassi, Andy Roddick, and Serena and Venus Williams. The Tennis Channel taps into the phenomena of these high-octane personalities, threading tennis' ever-evolving place in pop culture with the explosive power of the sport on the court. The ATA, through this partnership will be exposed to millions of tennis enthusiasts around the world thus making it an internationally recognized tennis facility. When asked about this remarkable feat, Mitchelle Lake founder of the ATA replied, "I am grateful to the Tennis Channel for this gratis exposure. It is my hope that as we strive to create awareness about the ATA and its programs that people will continue to embrace us and support our mission."Jan 2006: Newsletter #4 (PDF)Articles this month:Ari Storch donates USD 5,000 to the program fund in honor of Vallan Hodge. Jason Allen to travel to the USPTR International Symposium. Tennis Channel to air 30 second Public Service Announcement on the ATA. Feb 2006: Construction Photos
Click picture to enlarge. Click link above for many more pictures. Cable and Wireless donate USD $100,000 to the Anguilla Tennis Academy ATA Establishes Founding Members ClubKamique Properties signs on as initial member Read More in Newsletter #3 The Anguilla Tennis Academy and CuisinArt Resort and Spa are working togetherThe After-School ProgramCommunity Service Project! The ATA Newsletter:Issue No. 1 (Sep 2005)Issue No. 2 (Nov 2005)Issue No. 3 (Dec 2005)Summer Camp 2005Many More Summer Camp PicturesBuilding World-Class Tennis in AnguillaDownload Pledge Form (PDF) ATA News HeadlinesCountry in the Caribbean Fund Raiser 4 Pages of "Country-Caribbean" Photos
Local business pledges US$50,000 to ATAATA Video Advertisement- Windows AVA format Sponsorship OpportunitiesBuy a Brick!Thanks to DonorsThe Architectural PlansOur Mission and PhilosophyProgress Report 2002- Architectural drawings donted by Myron Goldfinger and Jeff Taylor and Associates2003- Government donated six acres of land in Blowing Point and special concessions to aid in the construction of the project 2003-All Island Exports pledged building materials including, windows, doors, and plumbing to asist with the project 2003-ABC Supplies pledged 10 pallets of blocks towards construction 2003- KPMG pledged accounting services towards the construction phase of the project 2003- Law firms of Caribbean Juris Chambers-Anguilla, and Helton Erwin & Associates pledged legal representation and other services 2003- Tropical Shipping and Haskins LTD pledged shipping assistance from Miami and Puerto Rico for the construction phase of the project. 2003- National Bank of Anguilla pledged US$75,000 towards the construction of a tennis court 2003- Caribbean Commercial Bank pledged US$85,000 towards the construction of Center Court. 2003- Private donations in pledges from international friends exceeds US$100,000 2003- Superior Industrial Equipment pledge heave equipment assistance towards the construction phase of the project. 2003- Anguilla Social Security pledged US$75,000 towards the construction of a tennis court. 2003- Groundbreaking! "Buy a brick" campaign has raised more than US$10,000 in cash and pledges to date. 2004-2005 - construction proceeds rapidly! We are gratified and excited by the breath of support that has allowed us to achieve more than half our goal at this stage of the project. We would liket to thank all those who have contributed and would like to encourage others to participate and help make this project a reality. If you would like to make a tax deductible donation, please contact Mr. Mitchelle Lake-Founder at firstname.lastname@example.com Thank you. You Can Help: Buy a BrickHelp build this facility for Anguilla's children. All donations are tax-deductible in the USA if desired. The opening fund drive will be for the purchase of bricks for $100 US each, with names of the donors inscribed. These bricks will be a walkway to facility. (Each brick can have up to 3 lines of text, with a maximum of 14 characters per line; characters include space, period, dash, etc.)There are four ways to get a brick: 1. Buy a Brick Now With your Credit Card If you would like to purchase a brick instantly with your credit card, and you don't need a USA tax receipt, you can use our secure on-line "brick" page (click link above). This uses SSL encryption to protect your credit card information. 2. In Anguilla, Buy a Brick in Person! In Anguilla, make your cheque payable to the "Anguilla Tennis Academy Facility Fund" and drop it by the Anguilla Community Foundation office in the NBA Corporate building (tel 264.497.7209 or 497.2949 or PO Box 1097). Don't forget to mention the names to be inscribed on your bricks! 3. In the USA, Buy a Brick with a Check In the USA, we are collecting donations through the Anguilla Progressive Assoc of NY. Make your cheque payable to "APANY/ACF-ATA fund" and mail to APANY, 579 Mineola Ave, Carle Place, NY 11514. This is a registered US charity and can provide a tax deductible receipt. Be sure to enclose your return address so that we can send you a US tax receipt. 4. To Inquire About Bricks! To inquire about bricks and other, more substantial, sponsorship opportunities, use this web form or contact Mitch Lake at firstname.lastname@example.com: Together We Can Make This Happen
Your purchase of a brick will serve as a daily reminder to the children of those who helped pave the way for their future development. Bottom Line: The Anguilla Tennis Academy will provide opportunities for young children through the sport of tennis, while strengthening the sense of community, knowledge, health, and at the same time, promoting sports tourism both internationally and on the island. 200 Children Say "Thank You!" |


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Judge Ra'id Juhi Hamadi Al-Sa'edi, former chief investigative judge of the Iraqi High Tribunal, has the perilous distinction of being the man who not only indicted Saddam Hussein but also grilled the former Iraqi president face-to-face in close quarters. As a result, according to Al-Sa'edi, the voluble Saddam put the noose around his own neck, revealing far more than he intended in his stream of invective and rhetoric.
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Monday, September 27, 2010
Comic Art at Benjamin Franklin Classical Charter School
For the past week or so now I've been teaching a Cartooning Class at the Benjamin Franklin Classical Charter School out in Franklin MA. And the students seem to be enjoying the class.
The past couple weeks I've been trying to get a feel for where their drawing levels are. Most of which have a great deal of talent and it's been a lot of fun to see what they come up with and where they take their projects.
The only thing some of them lack is layout. And that's what I'm going to enforce today. I'm hoping in my master plan for the session is to have the students create projects with a goal of submitting those projects to a company once we have completed the lesson.
A few already have projects they are working on. Which I will encourage them to make their class assignment. What I'll do is give them a list of comic companies that DO accept unsolicited material and have them submit to those companies.
Naturally, I plan on telling the school before I just go ahead and do this. But even if they get the eventual rejection it's a good lesson for them to then re-evaluate their work and see what they need to do do improve it.
And I really don't think they're too young to take a chance like that. I know I was at their age. Even if it ended up being an eventual rejection, I think it's good for them to give it a try.
Also, I'm hoping by giving them this goal it will give them an extra level of pride and care in creating their work as well. But we'll see.
2 comments:
- Alison Undercover said...
THAT is the most awesome comic ever. Where did you find it?
- September 27, 2010 at 3:48 AM
- Bret M. Herholz said...
I found it on the web. Kool-Aid Man did indeed supply a thirsty Benjamin Franklin with his fruity concoction while he was doing his weather experiment.
It's a historic fact ;-) - September 27, 2010 at 9:58 AM
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