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Named to the ALL-EIVA Second Team ... Totaled five blocks, including two solo, at NYU (Jan. 19) ... Scored 12 kills while hitting .500 to go with three blocks and two digs at St. Francis (Pa.) (Jan. 25) ... Registered seven blocks and two digs at No. 6 Penn State (Jan. 26) ... Scored 2 service aces against Loyola-Chicago (Feb. 1) ... Scored five kills in Harvard's win over No. 9 Penn State (Feb. 16) … Against St. Francis (Pa.) (Feb. 17), recorded six kills and a hitting percentage of .300 ... Notched a team-best four blocks, while also contributing with four kills and four aces in a win over NJIT (Feb. 22) ... Posted three kills and one dig versus George Mason (Mar. 1) ... Recorded three digs and three blocks in a win over MIT (Mar. 5) ... Posted five kills in a victory over Emmanuel (Mar. 7) ... Credited with four kills, one dig and two blocks in a win against Sacred Heart (March 13) … Tallied five kills, one dig and four blocks in a game against UC Santa Barbara (March 15) … Notched five kills, two digs and two blocks in a matchup with California Baptist (March 18) ... Totaled four kills and four blocks in a victory over Erskine (March 30) … Recorded 10 kills on .353 hitting, four digs and three blocks in a win over Princeton (April 5) … Posted six kills, two digs and one block versus George Mason (April 6) ... Named the EIVA Offensive and Defensive Player of the Week after averaging 2.62 kps and 1.50 bps while posting a .474 hitting percentage in wins against NJIT and Rutgers-Newark … Credited with 13 kills, three digs and eight blocks in a victory over NJIT (April 12) … Tallied eight kills and had a .600 hitting percentage while also posting two digs, four blocks and one service ace in a win against Rutgers-Newark (April 13) ... Registered three kills, one assist and one block in a win against Sacred Heart (April 20) ... Notched four kills, three digs and two blocks in an EIVA semifinals win over George Mason (April 25) … Credited with two kills, one dig and two blocks versus Penn State (April 27).
Sophomore • 2012
Did not compete.
Freshman • 2011
Tallied 14 kills, five service aces and 12 total blocks in wins over Newbury and Endicott ... Recorded 12 kills, four service aces and three block assists in 3-1 win over MIT ... Had nine kills, a service ace and two block assists in victory over Rivier Feb. 9 ... Notched seven kills and two services in 3-0 win over Stevens Tech Feb. 12 ... Attacked at a 43 percent conversion rate, tallying 12 kills to go with seven block assists and five digs in win over Springfield ... Tallied 16 kills, four digs and two service aces against St. Francis Feb. 18 ... Had 13 blocking assists, 12 kills and two digs in 3-2 win over Princeton March 5 ... Attacked at a 53 percent kill rate, notching 10 kills against Pepperdine March 15 ... Registered 13 kills, six block assists and four digs in 3-2 win over Princeton April 2 ... Accounted for 15 points on eight kills, three service aces, one solo block and six block assists in April 16 win over NJIT ... Played in 83 of 84 games, averaging 2.14 kills per game, 1.05 blocks per game and 3.0 points per game.
Before Harvard
Was a four-year letterwinner and starter in volleyball at Palos Verdes High School … Captained the team in 2009 and 2010 … Member of the first-team All-Bay League squad 2009-10 and All-Bay League Most Outstanding Player in 2010 … Second-team All-Bay League in 2008 …Named one of the 2010 Sports Imports Fab 50 volleyball players … Named one of the 2009 Sports Imports Top 34 underclassmen.


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Thursday, October 1, 2009
17 comments:
- JIm said...
Not only is the good professor's article tripe it ignores Obama's actions in bank, auto, health government takeovers. Obama has never claimed to be a socialist. He knows that is unacceptable to the American people. Instead he proposes socialism but gives it a more acceptable name. By the way Mike, you should do a little more research on your sources. Professor Jensen is the same person who praised Ward Churchill, the creep pro terrorist from University of Colorado, who urged students to commit acts of terror against the government," Jensen said of Churchill," I have read much of Ward Churchill's work and find it indispensable in my research. Churchill's writing is notable for its breadth and depth, as he". Churchill's "work" was found by a board of his peers to be not only deficient but fraudulent. Happily, after a long legal process Colorado got rid of this offense to humanity. Jensen's comments on Churchill are at the end.
Excerpts from the Jensen article:
"As with any complex political idea, socialism means different things to different people. But there are core concepts in socialist politics that are easy to identify, including
1. worker control over the nature and conditions of their work;
2. collective ownership of the major capital assets of the society, the means of production; and
3. an egalitarian distribution of the wealth of a society.
Obama has never argued for such principles, and in fact consistently argues against them, as do virtually all politicians who are visible in mainstream U.S. politics. This is hardly surprising, given the degree to which our society is dominated by corporations, the primary institution through which capitalism operates."
Robert Jensen, Professor, School of Journalism, University of Texas at Austin: "As a professor of journalism who writes often about race, politics, and history, I have read much of Ward Churchill's work and find it indispensable in my research. Churchill's writing is notable for its breadth and depth, as he moves between history, political analysis, legal research, and cultural criticism. In all these arenas, his scholarship is grounded in thorough research and clear logic. Beyond that, I have always found Churchill's willingness to engage in discussion and activism around contemporary political issues to be exemplary. He is willing to apply his scholarly work to the world outside the academy, something I believe should be more common among professors. Churchill does it with honesty and commitment. . . . I believe the current attempts to force Churchill out of his university position are part of a larger project that seeks to tame academics and discourage the independent inquiry that often leads to critique of powerful institutions in society. This constitutes not only a threat to Churchill's career, but to academic freedom."
- October 1, 2009 at 10:54:00 AM EDT
The article Michael cited makes cogent arguments, bolstered by facts, that Obama is not a socialist.
You argue that Obama is a socialist because the author of the article once wrote a nice thing about Ward Churchill.
Is that the kind of logic taught by the High Street fathers? Seems more akin to yelling "witch, witch!"
- October 1, 2009 at 3:15:00 PM EDT
- JIm said...
Government take over of industries is by definition socialism. Obama has taken over significant parts of the Auto industry and has expanded control of the finance industry and has abrogated bankruptcy law along the way. He now proposes the government take over of health care. If it looks like a duck and walks like a duck it most likely a duck or a socialist in this case. I believe the good fathers would be able to follow the logic. I appreciate the fact that a liberal may not be able.
- October 1, 2009 at 3:53:00 PM EDT
A keen insight from the little soldier:
Government take over of industries is by definition socialism. Government take over of industries is by definition socialism.
Quack, quack. Bush is a socialist! Under Bush the government (at Goldman Sachs' behest) took an 80% stake in AIG - sinking a $182 million of our tax dollars. Quack, quack.
You should be pleased with Obama. Goldman Sachs is still firmly in control.
- October 1, 2009 at 6:22:00 PM EDT
- JIm said...
I never tried to say Bush did not act socialistically with the financial bailout. I have even said I, grudgingly, agreed with it, since I believe the entire international system was on a knife's edge. We have a mixed capitalist and socialist system now; I just don't want to see it get any more socialistic and in fact would favor a roll back of the level of socialism and high taxation that currently exists. Our international competitors are discovering and rediscovering the effectiveness of capitalism and lower taxation. I just do not want the good old US of A left behind economically. I also abhor the loss of individual freedom and choice that socialism brings.
- October 1, 2009 at 8:34:00 PM EDT
I never tried to say Bush did not act socialistically with the financial bailout. I have even said I, grudgingly, agreed with it, since I believe the entire international system was on a knife's edge. We have a mixed capitalist and socialist system now.
You haven't responded to even one of the points made by the article Michael cited. Instead you make things up to fit your own myopic world view. When presented with facts that challenge your ignorant assertions you tweak your definitions. Bush is a good socialist!
Goldman Sachs and the rest of the bankers are firmly in control of our economy - under Obama as they were under Bush.
You, Beck, Limbaugh (like your forbears The John Birch Society and McCarthy) use epithets as a cudgel to recruit the ignorant.
This venue doesn't seem like fertile ground for you. Time for your own blog? I'll even suggest a title: Bloviators Boulevard.
- October 2, 2009 at 7:39:00 AM EDT
- JIm said...
Nastiness must be part of the modern liberal creed. Reagan and Tip O'Neal disagreed vehemently yet had a genuine friendship. That is obviously behavior of a by gone age. I must confess that I react poorly when called a right wing nut, rightwad, racist, bloviator, a John Birch Society sympathizer etc., but I would like to think I at least aspire to better behavior. The modern liberal does not seem to have those aspirations. Oh well every one has their cross to bear. Mine must be to attempt to enlighten those who will not see.
- October 2, 2009 at 8:03:00 AM EDT
- Ed Baker said...
I may be wrong
(I thought that) Government Take Over was Fascism)
.. I think you're wonderful.
- October 2, 2009 at 9:53:00 AM EDT
Nastiness must be part of the modern liberal creed.
This from the man who last week called me an a**hole. (I guess I would rather be called that than a "liberal.")
While your at it, messiah, why don't you aspire to move beyond the right wing tripe you now parrot.
Re Ed's point:
Benito Mussolini: "Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the merger of state and corporate power."
- October 2, 2009 at 10:26:00 AM EDT
- JIm said...
I believe you are correct. The Nazis was socialist fascists.
- October 2, 2009 at 10:27:00 AM EDT
Ed, I believe you are correct. The Nazis was socialist fascists.
Because they were "National Socialists", get it?
And North Korea (the Democratic People's Republic of Korea) is a democracy. Another example of penetrating analysis from wingnutville.
- October 2, 2009 at 10:45:00 AM EDT
- Ed Baker said...
time for me to revisit
Democracy in America.
oh, don't have to.. here is short summary
The Idiot's Guide to Democracy in America.
MORE freedoms to choose:
1. read the book it s self
2.read the summary
3. watch To Have and to Have Not
4.write another stupid-fucking poem
5. use my new Ryobi (made in China) electric 4-ton log splitter, drink beer, and pile up 2 cords of oak...by diner-time
- October 2, 2009 at 11:06:00 AM EDT
- JIm said...
Butch, You seem to have taken more than your normal amount of nasty pills. I believe as a general rule, their is an inverse relationship between the number of slurs in an argument and the depth of understanding of the slurer.You seem to have a problem with definitions. Hopefully this will help.
National Socialism is a political term that is both vague and ambiguous. As the name suggests, features of nationalism and socialism are combined and interrelated to form an overall National Socialist ideology, although the combination process is neither obvious nor straightforward. The term most typically refers to Nazism, which was the ideology of the German Nazi Party (National Socialist German Workers' Party, or Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei (NSDAP)), which was led by Adolf Hitler.
As a generic concept, National Socialism opposes capitalism, communism, democratic socialism and liberalism.[1] It may also oppose certain nations, ethnicities and other groups that are deemed to be enemies of the specific ethnicity to which it is applied. Several political parties other than the Nazis in Germany have used the name National Socialist Party or National Socialist Movement, and the name has been adopted since then by neo-Nazi groups in other countries.
- October 2, 2009 at 11:24:00 AM EDT
pooling wealth and distributing it among the members of the communoty as it was needed is in Acts 1
- October 2, 2009 at 12:16:00 PM EDT
- JIm said...
"Render unto Ceasar that which is Ceasar's and unto God that which is God's" is also in there someplace.
PS Hopefully the Obamasiah will sell his health care package as well as he sold the Chicago Olympic bid.
- October 2, 2009 at 12:33:00 PM EDT
Do you even try to work out the implications of what you write before you hit Publish?
The proposition put forward by this post, and the article cited, is that Obama is not a socialist. The article offers several specific factors defining socialism, and argues persuasively that Obama's policies do not fit these definitions.
You, on the other hand, offer no specifics. Like your teabagging comrades, you use "socialist" as an epithet, and when called out on your assertions you add another layer to your "analysis". Now you've dug yourself into a large hole.
You were forced to admit that under your own standards Bush is "socialistic". Now you paste a quote from Wiki that includes this: National Socialism opposes capitalism, communism, democratic socialism and liberalism.
This just makes you look foolish. According to you Obama is a socialist and Bush is socialistic. You claim Nazis are socialist but then you quote Wiki saying Nazis opposed democratic socialism.
You can't seem to get it together. A better name for your upcoming blog would be "Clueless Cul-de-Sac".
[I'll leave it to the 1 or 2 still following this thread to decide who displays the "depth of understanding" on this topic.]
- October 2, 2009 at 2:24:00 PM EDT
- JIm said...
I disagree with the article and am unpursuaded, since I think Obama's socialist actions speak louder than any denial of socialism. The specifics offered were his actions in the Auto, Finance and Health industries to expand government control. I thought tea bagging had some sort of homosexual connotation. I have been to a number of Tea Parties where we objected to the expansion of government control and taxation. I didn't observe any extra curricular sexual activity. I might add that there was no racism and or hate, but only concern for the socialist direction of the country. You may take the term socialist or liberal as an epithet, but it is just a label for a philosophy of thought or economic and political governance, as conservative is usually thought of as advocating free enterprise and adherence to the Constitution as written. I certainly did not feel forced to admit that Bush acted socialistically by expanding government control during the financial crises. That was self evident. I even said I agreed with the action and hope it is only temporary. If it is foolish to acknowledge history and recognize that Nazis opposed democratic socialism and communism, then I am foolish. That the Nazis had their own form of socialism which included the tyranny and terror of the state, is just a fact of history. Obviously, not all socialistic countries or systems have those ugly traits.
You only had two personal attacks in your latest post, which shows improvement for the inverse relationship of personal attacks to reasoning.
- October 2, 2009 at 3:41:00 PM EDT


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The name is now official: MyXaml!!!
MyXaml now supports Styles! (see revision history).
Interested in participating in the development of this technology? Join the open-source project! This project is NOT intended to emulate Longhorn's markup language nor the MSAvalon namespace. Rather, MyXAML supports namespaces without using a DOM backbone, instead using the property setters defined in the namespace classes directly.
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An example of a style specification is:
<xgg:Style def:Name='XP'>
<xgg:PropertyStyle FlatStyle='System'/>
<xgg:Style def:Name='ButtonStyle' BasedOn='{XP}'>
<xgg:PropertyStyle Size='80, 25'/>
And the usage is straight forward:
<Button def:Name='OKButton'
Location='225, 10'
A couple notes about Style: Derived styles supersede properties defined in the "BasedOn" style. Because attributes are parsed from left to right, an object with a Style attribute can override a the property value by specifying the property value to the right of the Style attribute.
Refactoring Your Previous Markup
To review the changes made to the markup itself, see the body of this article. Basically, the old form was:
<Canvas Name="Foo" FormBase="Form"..></Canvas>
The new markup structure is:
<Form Name="Foo"...></Form>
More information can be found on the http://www.myxaml.com/ website--click on Tutorials.
2/25/04 - Many new features
2/16/04 - Added support for properties defined as attributes and for form events
2/13/04 - Initial Release
As per Leppie's suggestion, I have modified the form generator to handle XML attributes as a means of specifying property values. The property model architecture is still required for more complicated property types however.
This admittedly makes the XML considerably more readable! Currently, both modalities are supported (using attributes vs. using nodes), so you can mix and match as you please, but that may change in the future.
This is a complete rewrite of the article. Rather than going into code examples, I'm going to illustrate each of the features of this library.
First off, let's start with the fun part, which is specifying the form in XML. I'll use the above screenshot to demonstrate the various features of the generator. After this section, I'll have some architectural diagrams that illustrate different use models.
An important consideration is that the nodes in the XML map directly to properties of the current context instance. For example, when a form is instantiated with a form base of "Form", the context instance is a System.Windows.Forms.Form, and you may set attributes to any of the properties that the Form class provides, including property collections such as Menu and Controls, as long as they are supported either with by a TypeConverter or a property setter model. The only exception to this hardfast rule is a DataSource element, in which the child nodes, Item, do not correlate to anything in particular because the DataSource property takes an Object type.
Another important consideration is that, rather than inlining a control's attributes and children, you can at any point specify Canvas as an attribute, and define a new type for that specific control. We'll see example of this later. What that means is that, for the specific control, you may define code-behind instances, as all root nodes allow for code-behind instances.
To begin with, let's inspect the XML header:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<UI xmlns="System.Windows.Forms, System.Windows.Forms, Version=1.0.5000.0,
Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089"
xmlns:ka="OutlookBar, OutlookBarAssembly, Version=220.127.116.11, Culture=neutral,
<Form Name='PropertyTest' Location='10, 10' Size='600, 330'
Visible='false' BackColor='LightSteelBlue' Closing='OnCloseEvent'
Text='Simple Test Form'>
In XAML, the root node is typically a form in which you specify the coordinates of the child objects, so I chose to use the same name. The form is specified as:
<Form Name='PropertyTest' Location='10, 10' Size='600, 330'
Visible='false' BackColor='LightSteelBlue' Closing='OnCloseEvent' Load='OnLoad'
Text='Simple Test Form'>
public class Demo
Form form;
public Demo()
form=(Form)Generator.LoadForm("propertyTest.xml", "PropertyTest",
this, null);
public void OnLoad(object sender, EventArgs e)
MessageBox.Show("OnLoad", sender.ToString());
Similar to the System.Web.UI namespace, the <ode>XmlGuiGenerator will fire the "Load" event for any control that is instantiated, if the event is defined.
Notice that the FormBase is 'Form'. The form base can be anything, really, and we'll discuss that later on. A root node is special in that it can also have a code-behind or inline code instance that is compiled and instantiated at runtime. Several examples of this will be discussed later.
If the root node or child control supports the Menu property, you may define a menu:
<MenuItem Text='&File' Popup='OnPopup'>
<MenuItem Text='New'/>
<MenuItem Text='-'/>
<MenuItem Text='E&xit' Click='ExitApp'/>
<MenuItem Text='&Edit'/>
<MenuItem Text='&View'/>
<Button Location='225, 100' Size='80, 25' Visible='true'
Click='OnMyEvent'>Click Event!</Button>
Font Test!
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Edit 2:
<TextBox Location='60, 10' Size='100, 20' Visible='true'/>
<TextBox Location='60, 35' Size='100, 20' Visible='true' Enabled='false'>
<Panel BorderStyle='Fixed3D' Top='95' Left='20' Size='200, 178'
Visible='true' BackgroundImage='jojo.jpg' Anchor='Bottom, Left'/>
<GroupBox Location='225, 130' Size='120, 60' Visible='true'
Text='First Group Box' Font='MS Sans Serif, 8pt, style=Bold'>
<RadioButton Location='10, 15' Size='70, 15' Visible='true'
Font='MS Sans Serif, 8pt' Load='InitialRadioButtonState'>
<RadioButton Location='10, 30' Size='70, 15' Visible='true'
Font='MS Sans Serif, 8pt'>Don't Like</RadioButton>
This is a good example of inlined controls, in which the group box specifies child controls that it contains.
The second group box in the demo is canvased, meaning that it is defined in a separate root node. In the parent form XML, it declared as:
<GroupBox Canvas="GroupBox2"/>
A separate canvas defines the group box attributes and collections:
<GroupBox Name='GroupBox2' Location='225, 200' Size='120, 60' Visible='true'
Text='Second Group Box' Font='MS Sans Serif, 8pt, style=Bold'>
<RadioButton Location='10, 15' Size='70, 15' Visible='true'
Font='MS Sans Serif, 8pt' Load='InitialRadioButtonState'>
To Click</RadioButton>
<RadioButton Location='10, 30' Size='100, 15' Visible='true'
Font='MS Sans Serif, 8pt'>Or Not To Click</RadioButton>
Note that the events are handled by the target context declared by the parent form, which in this case is the class instance passed in to the generator as described above. (More on event context later).
Similarly, tab pages can be inlined or canvased:
<TabControl Location='350, 10' Size='240, 250' Visible='true'>
<TabPages Canvas='TabPage1'/>
<TabPages Canvas='TabPage2'/>
<TabPages Name='TabPage3' Text='ListView' Load='PopulateListView'>
<ListView Location='5, 10' Size='222, 210' HeaderStyle='Nonclickable'
FullRowSelect='true' GridLines='true' View='Details'>
<Columns Width='150' TextAlign='Left'>State</Columns>
<Columns Width='50' TextAlign='Center'>Abbr.</Columns>
<TabPages Canvas='TabPage4'/>
(In fact, the generator will allow you to specify a canvas as well as inlined collections, but that feature should not be relied upon).
Remember the namespace "ka" in the XML header. He's how my Outlook Bar control is implemented in the XML:
<TabPage Name='TabPage1' Text='Custom Control'>
<ka:OutlookBar Location='10, 10' Size='150, 210' Visible='true'
BorderStyle='FixedSingle' Load='MyForm.OnLoad'/>
Note that the OutlookBar is declared with the namespace "ka" prefix. This tells the generator that the class name for this control is coming from the namespace declared in the XML header. Using the namespace, the fully qualified name can be obtained, and the class instantiated.
Now, what you ask, is in-between that "...", and what's "MyForm.OnLoad"??? Well, read-on.
The tab pages illustrate different means of implementing code-behind. The first is inlining. The full canvas for TabPage1 is defined as:
<TabPage Name='TabPage1' Text='Custom Control'>
<def:Code language='C#'>
<reference assembly="System.Drawing.dll"/>
<reference assembly="System.Windows.Forms.dll"/>
<reference assembly="OutlookBarAssembly.dll"/>
using System;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using OutlookBar;
class MyForm
private OutlookBar.OutlookBar outlookBar;
// controls in the tab page do not exist yet when the code-behind is
// instantiated!
public MyForm() {}
public void OnLoad(object sender, EventArgs e)
IconPanel iconPanel1=new IconPanel();
IconPanel iconPanel2=new IconPanel();
IconPanel iconPanel3=new IconPanel();
outlookBar.AddBand("Outlook Shortcuts", iconPanel1);
outlookBar.AddBand("My Shortcuts", iconPanel2);
outlookBar.AddBand("Other Shortcuts", iconPanel3);
iconPanel1.AddIcon("Outlook Today", Image.FromFile("img1.ico"),
new EventHandler(PanelEvent));
iconPanel1.AddIcon("Calendar", Image.FromFile("img2.ico"),
new EventHandler(PanelEvent));
iconPanel1.AddIcon("Contacts", Image.FromFile("img3.ico"),
new EventHandler(PanelEvent));
iconPanel1.AddIcon("Tasks", Image.FromFile("img4.ico"),
new EventHandler(PanelEvent));
public void PanelEvent(object sender, EventArgs e)
Control ctrl=(Control)sender;
PanelIcon panelIcon=ctrl.Tag as PanelIcon;
MessageBox.Show("#"+panelIcon.Index.ToString(), "Panel Event");
<ka:OutlookBar Location='10, 10' Size='150, 210' Visible='true'
BorderStyle='FixedSingle' Load='MyForm.OnLoad'/>
Any inline and code-behind code must declare the assemblies that it is referencing for the JIT compiler to correctly generate the assembly.
The generator allows you to define as many classes as you like in the code-behind. It manages the instance of each class, and since there can only be one instance per class (at least that it knows of), you can specify the instance that will handle events by prefixing the class name to the method name, in the format <className>.<methodName>, as illustrated above in "Load='MyForm.OnLoad'.
If you leave off the class name, the event will instead be wired to the event context passed in to the generator when the form is created.
Notice that the source language is also defined in the XML, allowing you to mix different languages for your code-behind source!
If you would rather work with a .cs or .vb file and take advantage of syntax checking and automated help, you can specify the code behind as residing in a file rather than inline. This is demonstrated in the second tab page:
<TabPage Name='TabPage2' FormBase='TabPage' Text='ListBox'>
<def:CodeBehind Src="InitDataSource.cs">
<reference assembly="System.Windows.Forms.dll"/>
<ListBox Name='States' Location='10, 10' Size='130, 210'
DataSource='ListBoxDS.DataSource' DisplayMember='LongName'
By event:
<TextBox Name='ByEvent' Location='150, 25' Size='75, 20' Visible='true'

By binding:
<TextBox Location='150, 70' Size='75, 20' Visible='true' ReadOnly='true'>
<DataBindings>Text, ListBoxDS.DataSource, ShortName</DataBindings>
This also illustrates DataBinding. Read on.
Controls that support the DataBinding property can have the property set in the XML. The format is simple:
<DataBindings>Text, ListBoxDS.DataSource, ShortName</DataBindings>
You specify the field to bind to, the data source, and the property name in data source that will return the data. Note that the data source must be obtained from a property from a context instance--either the code-behind or the instance supplied to the generator. Inspecting the C# code that comprises the code behind, the ListBoxDS class is automatically instantiated by the generator (as is, interestingly enough, a single instance of the DataItem class--in future release, I'll implement a class attribute that tells the generator to exclude instantiating the class):
public class ListBoxDS
// the DataSource property can handle any IList derived object
private ArrayList dataSource;
// must be a property! (not a field!!!)
public ArrayList DataSource
get {return dataSource;}
public ListBoxDS()
dataSource=new ArrayList();
dataSource.Add(new DataItem("AL", "Alabama"));
dataSource.Add(new DataItem("WA", "Washington"));
dataSource.Add(new DataItem("WV", "West Virginia"));
dataSource.Add(new DataItem("CT", "Connecticut"));
dataSource.Add(new DataItem("CA", "California"));
dataSource.Add(new DataItem("RI", "Rhode Island"));
dataSource.Add(new DataItem("NY", "New York"));
public void ShowValue(object sender, EventArgs e)
ListBox lb=(ListBox)sender;
TabPage tp=(TabPage)lb.Parent;
TextBox tb=(TextBox)FormHelper.FindControl(tp, "ByEvent");
The DataItem class is defined as:
public class DataItem
private string shortName;
private string longName;
public DataItem(string shortName, string longName)
public string ShortName
get {return shortName;}
public string LongName
get {return longName;}
public override string ToString()
return LongName+" ("+ShortName+")";
Alternatively, you may have a short list that you simply wish to hardcode members for, rather than creating programmatically. This is accomplished by specifying the DataSource as an element in the XML rather than an attribute, as is illustrated in the fourth tab page:
<MyCodeBehindClass Name='TabPage4' Text='Inherit'
<def:CodeBehind Src="MyCodeBehind.cs">
<reference assembly="System.Windows.Forms.dll"/>
Test
Colors
<ComboBox Name='Colors' Location='60, 40' Size='100, 100'
DisplayMember='text' ValueMember='value'>
<item value='1' text='Red'/>
<item value='2' text='Green'/>
<item value='3' text='Blue'/>
Note that the items must be specified to have "value" and "text" properties.
The XmlGuiGenerator is a very flexible thing (in fact, not limited to forms/controls at all!), and I thought I'd put together some usage scenarios diagrams. Hopefully they'll give you a flavor for the richness of this tool.
In this scenario, there is no code behind and the XML doesn't specify any events itself. Here, the application must wire up any event handlers programmatically, just as is done in regular development.
In this example, the generator manages the wiring of events automatically. The event is specified in the XML along with the method name in a class instance specified by the application. Of course, nothing prevents the application from programmatically wiring up other events.
In this example, the application does not provide an event context. It must wire up events programmatically. Also, since there is code-behind defined in the XML, the events can be handled by the code-behind instead of the application.
Code Behind And Application Context Events
In this example, both the application and the code-behind event handlers are wired by events specified in the XML, and both participate in handling the events.
This is an example of how child controls (or collections in general) are instantiated, and how events can be handled by both the application and code-behind context for both the main form and the child controls. This diagram assumes that all children are specified inline.
This example is a bit more complicated. Here, we have child controls that are specified with separate canvases, allowing the child to have unique code-behind for managing events.
Finally, instead of specifying the form base as a class in the System.Windows.Forms namespace (or other namespace), you can specify the form base to be of the class defined in the code-behind. As long as the code-behind class is derived from the appropriate class, you can set properties and events in both the code-behind and the super-class.
Debugging XML generated GUI's is not easy. There are a couple projects in the works to make your life easier. One is a Form2Xml converter, that parses an existing Visual Studio Designer developed form. Another is a generic form layout tool (http://www.divil.co.uk/net/articles/designers/hosting.asp). Anyone willing to work on those or if you have better ideas, please contact me.
Credits go to CPian Leppie for his many suggestions, CPian tditiecher for finding a bug, Kent Roylance for his patience in working with the CVS repository of this effort (contact me if you are interested in contributing, BTW), creating a Form2Xml utility and pointing me to a generic form designer, jconwell for his excellent article on Dot Net Script, and Roy Davis for his many excellent suggestions.
It has been pointed out that this is a lot like XAML that is planned in the release of Longhorn. The funny thing is, I didn't even now about XAML when I started this project. Oh well. Ignorance is bliss. For further reading on the XAML reference: http://longhorn.msdn.microsoft.com/lhsdk/port_ref_elements.aspx.
Use of this GUI generator must comply with the terms of the GNU General Public License.
Consider that this kind of a generator is not just restricted to windows form controls. It can be easily applied to web form controls, and in fact generalized to construct and initialize any kind of object! Using reflection, it would be possible to provide setters and getters of control values into specific class instance members as well. There's a lot you can do with this.
This article, along with any associated source code and files, is licensed under The Code Project Open License (CPOL)
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The Queen will become the longest reigning monarch in UK history on September 9.
She will have reigned for 63 years, seven months and three days, overtaking the previous record by her great-great grandmother, Queen Victoria.
To mark the occasion, we are asking readers to share their royal stories.
Perhaps you have met the Queen or members of the royal family, or maybe you remember the Queen visiting the area during her reign?
We want you to share your memories and photographs.
Email email@example.com


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Melissa Gilbert had some dirt to dish on her fellow celebrities.
The former child star, who went from Little House on the Prairie to actually living in a little (restored Victorian) house on the prairie (well, in Michigan), paid a visit to Andy Cohen's Watch What Happens Live Wednesday and talked about the Hollywood of the 1970s and 80s.
She called Scott Baio a "6 or 7" on the "[expletive] scale," and said former costar Melissa Sue Anderson was "hateful, horrid, mean, terrible, mean, difficult -- she hated me. She knocked me off the wagon when I was nine."
She said she wouldn't bother saying anything to Shannen Doherty, who had a one-night stand with Gilbert's first husband, Bo Brinkman. Instead, if she saw her on the street, Gilbert said she "would just punch her in the nose."
Gilbert confirmed that she did indeed date Tom Cruise -- back before he was famous.
"When I dated him, he was Tom Mapother still," she recalled. "He had just moved to Los Angeles."
"I did not have sex with him," she said. "We made out, but honestly, there was no sex.He was a struggling actor and I was working, I actually bought him his first set of dishes."
And she revealed a particular sensitivity of her one-time fiancé, Rob Lowe.
"He asked me to take out the word 'pretty' when I referred to him," she said, of her 2010 book, Prairie Tale. "That was it. ... 'Just could you do one thing? Could you take out the word "pretty"? I hate it when people call me pretty.'"
Gilbert's children's book, Daisy and Josephine was released Tuesday.


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The Canadian musician and producer Gonzales made history today when he broke the world record for the longest-ever solo concert. The 37-year-old artist, who was born Jason Charles Beck and currently lives in Paris, France, successfully played piano non-stop for 27 hours, three minutes and 44 seconds in a performance at the Cine Theatre 13 in Paris that began at midnight Saturday night (technically the very beginning of Sunday) and ran until just past 3am this morning (local French time).
The record-breaking concert by Gonzales was streamed through his website. It contained 300 pieces of music in varying lengths and included a diversity of works from the likes of Gershwin, Beethoven, Britney Spears, and Feist (a fellow Canadian artist he regularly collaborates with). In the video above from approximitely 5:30am yesterday, he is seen/heard performing the Feist piece.
The performer takes the new world title from the previous Guinness record-holder, Prasanna Gudi of India, who had played raga for 26 hours and 12 minutes in 2008. As reported by the the Ottawa Citizen, Guinness, who monitored the solo performance, did permit Gonzales to take a 15 minute break after each three-hour set and a 30-second pause in between songs.


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Day 4 of Library Day in the Life project
Not the best day of the week – I woke up at 2am with a nose that suddenly turned into a faucet. Not a dripping one but one that was on full force. So not to wake hubby I took my tissue box and myself nose into the computer room. Blow, blow, wipe, blow, wipe…..went on for about an hour. I have no idea what caused that. Finally took some allergy medicine but by then my nose was as red as poor ol' Rudolph.
Did all the normal morning stuff to get ready and out the door.
Get to the library. Checked in with Foursquare, yep still the Mayor of Central 🙂
Unlocked the office door and did my morning routine of swapping out the tapes for Horizon and Authority Works and unforwarding the phone.
Caffeine was a must today. Went down to the vending machine in the staff lounge (on the hopes they had filled it) only to find they had not. So over to the expensive vending machines in the lobby.
Back upstairs with 2 Diet Cokes to fortify me I booted up my Ubuntu and Windows machines. Fired up Tweetdeck, Thunderbird and Firefox on the Ubuntu machine and Horizon on the Windows machines.
Moved a bunch of photos I had taken over to my Dropbox account. Love me some Dropbox!
Noticed that one staff member had found the new staff Intranet and had registered for an account there. She had recently left so I deleted her account on the new Intranet which wasn't really up and working yet.
Decided to tackle my Inbox a bit. Noticed I had an email that I remember entering as a helpdesk ticket. It drove me nuts – I couldn't find the helpdesk ticket and I didn't want to delete the email until I knew it was recorded somewhere. Finally figured out that I hadn't use the subject line I thought I had – deleted email (along with a bunch of others). I tend to use my Inbox as my to-do list.
Sent two emails to OverDrive support regarding two helpdesk tickets that had been assigned to me. I still find this such bad customer service – customer has problem – has to fill out form on OverDrive site – which then gets sent to someone here in MD – then they forward onto us – then staff here enter into helpdesk – I then get it assigned to me – I contact OverDrive – they write back – I write customer – usually problem is solved. But the path it takes and the time it takes is just so wasteful. I must admit their support team is pretty helpful but still this path is not the best way to serve our customers.
Logged into my blog and wrote post for yesterday's fun filled day.
Our network admin came and showed me one of our old colleague's, Mike Ricksecker, latest endeavor – Ghosts of Maryland. He was so sweet – he named each of the IT members in his acknowledgement section. Gotta buy me a copy and visit all the cool sites he documented.
Sadly removed my old boss' photo from our Intranet and put it in the "Gone but Not Forgotten" section of our gallery.
Edited more of the photos I had taken with Julian in regards to the scan feature on the copiers.
Took a call from our PR dept. regarding a change on the web site. Made the necessary change. While on the phone we also established that I would be listed as the donor of my services so I would actually appear as a donor on the web site. I'm being auctioned off (silently at our fundraiser Evening in the Stacks) as a social web/Intranet consultant. Hope someone takes me up on the offer and raises money for the library.
Our ILL dept. submitted a helpdesk ticket regarding an system error when trying to print the pick list in Marina. Did a little digging and called Enoch Pratt since they are the first point of contact.
Ah the first usability test of the day – drove to our East Columbia branch. Went very well.
Quickly grabbed some lunch.
Then downstairs to Customer Service for the second test of the day. Again good feedback.
Came back upstairs and made a few tweaks to the new Intranet.
Then we drove over to our Miller branch for the third test of the day. She was a ringer – got everything right off the bat and quick too!
Came back to Central. Responded to a customer via email about their OverDrive problem.
Called Pratt again and got some more information about the problem with printing and ILL. They will have to contact SirsiDynix.
Linked new blogger to the Contributors page on our blog, Highly Recommended.
Answered a staff member's question about screen savers.
Started to make some changes to the MAILL (Maryland InterLibrary Loan) web site.
Played telephone tag with our HR dept. all day – tried one more time, she is now it. (every time she called me I was on the phone – every time I called her she had stepped out of her office – maybe tomorrow?)
Home to crash – I NEED SLEEP!


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Asked what they would do if Congress refuses to raise the debt ceiling, Treasury Department officials generally bristle and say it is unthinkable. The only option, they say, is for Congress to raise the $16.4 trillion limit in time to avoid a default.
But it turns out that Treasury officials have pondered the questions of who and what to pay without an increase in the debt ceiling.
A report in the Wall Street Journal Monday highlights a little-seen inspector general report from last summer about what Treasury officials considered when faced with the possibility that Congress would not raise the debt ceiling in the late summer of 2011.
According to the story, Treasury could consider drastic steps to conserve cash.
Officials in 2011 leaned toward recommending a strategy of delaying government payments. Under this approach, the government would pay bills on a day-by-day basis only when it had enough cash from tax receipts and other revenue.
The report said that Treasury officials seemed to have rejected the idea of prioritizing payments because figuring out which to pay first would be a logistical nightmare. Prioritizing interest payments to bondholders could be technically possible because they are delivered over a different payment system.
Analysts who make a living trying to explain Washington to Wall Street continue to warn that a technical default is a possibility.
"House Republicans have been humiliated this winter, and they're itching for a fight," said Greg Valliere, chief political strategist for Potomac Research Group.
Congressional Republicans say they want to match every dollar that the debt ceiling is raised with a dollar in spending cuts.
President Barack Obama said he will not negotiate over the debt ceiling or agree to any such ratio.
"At this point, it seems the most likely way out is a series of short-term debt ceiling raises," said Chris Krueger, senior policy analyst at Guggenheim Securities LLC.
Valliere said there is a 45% chance of "prioritization" with some programs not fully funded if the debt ceiling isn't raised.
A report in Politico Monday said that the idea of allowing the countryto default by refusing to increase the debt ceiling is getting more widespread and serious traction among House Republicans than people realize.
The Bipartisan Policy Center has projected that the debt limit would be reached between February 15 and March 1.
-- Greg Robb
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HOUSTON - Just beyond a 3-foot wide hole is world few in Houston realize exists and even fewer have seen. This world exists in the shadow of downtown's skyline and acts as a rocky domain for some of Houston's homeless.
"These are the caves," Houston Police Officer Jaime Giraldo said as he led Local 2 Investigates to a spot just under the part of Louisiana Street that is a bridge spanning Buffalo Bayou.
The space isn't tall enough for a person to stand-up, but spreads like a web into the underground darkness. The beam of our flashlight moved over trash, clothes, and sleeping bags.
"How far back does this go?" asked Local 2 Investigator Robert Arnold.
"Well, it snakes. It goes all along the bridge area," said Sergeant Stephen Wick. "We've had whole families in here."
Wick, Giraldo, and Officer Janice Terry are members of HPD's Homeless Outreach Team. The department's initiative started in January of 2011 and these officers are helping pioneer the way law enforcement interacts with the homeless community.
"A person that is living on the streets can't afford to pay a ticket," said Wick. "If we can get them off the street, they won't be committing all the things that they get complained on and written tickets for."
The goal of this team is not to simply corral members of the homeless population into shelters, but to help those living on the streets find a permanent home.
"Pretty amazing to see somebody who has been homeless for years open the door to their new apartment," said Giraldo. "That does it for me."
Everyday, this team cruises the streets of Houston in a specially equipped van and on a bicycle; trying to connect with those who live on the sidewalks, under bridges or in homeless camps near the freeway.
In the first two months of this year, members of this team made contact and offered help to 285 people, found housing for 18 people, and conducted follow up visits with 86 people they helped get off the streets.
Even after finding a person a place to live, these officers work to make sure these individuals have at least some creature comforts, like batteries for a remote control or a working television
"That's what we do to try to make sure our clients have some normalcy with their lives," said Terry.
To show how this initiative is working, officers introduced us to Daniel Smith, a deaf man who officers said was a constant victim while living on the street. Communicating with written word and perseverance, officers got Smith into his apartment and check in on him regularly to make sure he is doing well.
KPRC Local 2 also spoke with Richard Stickle. Officers found Stickle living under a bridge and were able to get him his own room at the DeGeorge in downtown.
"Them two and their partner treat people like human beings," said Stickle. "They put a good name to that uniform."
One of the most difficult parts of this work is getting identification for those who are homeless. Giraldo said without ID, it is extremely hard for a homeless person to access permanent housing or needed benefits.
To help overcome this hurdle, the team uses a wireless fingerprint device to establish a person's name and date of birth. From that point, officers work to help a person get their birth certificate, social security card, or drivers license.
"We don't drop these people off at the DPS and say, 'Hey, get your driver's license.' We'll sit there in line with them," said Giraldo. "You're asking somebody who is mentally ill to sit in line, possibly for hours, and it doesn't work."
Wick, Giraldo, and Terry said a key component of this work is gaining the trust of those who live on the streets. Many in the homeless community aren't instantly willing to accept help because of either past run-ins with police, mental illness, or addiction.
"If they don't trust you, then it's very hard to get them to believe you're there to help them," said Wick.
To help foster this trust, the team carries water, food, and clothes for those they find in desperate need of basic necessities.
If nothing else, this team is persistent. Back near the spot officers refer to as the "Caves," Terry spoke with a man by the name of Donnie Sagers as he pet his cat, named Mama.
Sagers lives under a bridge overhang. Sagers was a six year veteran of the Navy and has a culinary arts degree from Houston Community College. He said mango pork chops are his specialty.
"Been here since 2006. Different, you know here and there," said Sagers. "I try to take care of myself out here best I can. I do my praying."
Sagers said alcohol and the death of his mother on Christmas morning several years ago caused a downhill slide in his life. Sagers said he does get seasonal work as a cook and officers check in on him regularly, trying to coax him off the streets.
"People have to be ready," said Giraldo. "I mean, if they're not ready, they won't do anything about it."
Members of the team have also been instrumental in helping solve crimes when detectives in other division have hit dead ends in trying to find a wanted person. Wick said because of the contacts the team has made, they've been able to track down witnesses and suspects in crimes who were either homeless or hiding within the homeless population.
If you have a news tip or question for KPRC Local 2 Investigates, drop them an e-mail or call their tipline at (713) 223-TIPS (8477). Copyright 2012 by Click2Houston.com. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.


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BRIMFIELD -- MGM Resorts International, one of the largest casino companies in the world, said today that thousands of jobs would be generated by the company's proposed "world-class" casino resort in this tiny Western Massachusetts town.
The company also promised that if the project is approved by the state and town, there would be no access to the site through the town's roads; resortgoers would have to use the Massachusetts Turnpikes instead. And it said that it was opening an office today in the town center to answer any questions from residents.
MGM Resorts chairman and chief executive Jim Murren announced at a news conference that the company had signed a contract with Rolling Hills Estates Realty Trust to purchase 150 acres of land just north of the Massachusetts Turnpike in the town.
"When we decided to get actively involved in Massachusetts, we scoured the state for a location that would provide the rural setting that New Englanders want," Murren said in a statement. "The remote nature of this property, along with its proximity to the Mass Pike, is exactly what we had in mind."
The working name for the resort would be Rolling Hills Resort. A new off-ramp from the Pike would be built to provide access to the resort, the company said.
Murren estimated that the casino would directly generate some 3,000 permanent direct jobs as well as indirectly generate several thousand more. Several thousand construction jobs would also be created during the building of the project, the statement said.
The town of Brimfield has only about 3,400 residents. It is currently known for its antique shows.
MGM Resorts officials met privately with town officials and key community members this morning.
Company officials said they expected to be able to present artist's renderings of the proposed resort within two to three months. If the project goes forward, it will take 30 to 36 months to build, they said.
Brimfield resident Tony Bys, 60, a retired postal worker who works part time for the town, said, "I'm still trying to keep an open mind, and if it's done the way they say it will be, then I don't have a problem with it."
The key element, said Bys, is that there will be no local access to the casino on town roads.
"If we were going to get X amount of dollars but we would have to deal with traffic" then it would not be worth pursuing, he said.
MGM Resorts runs a number of high-profile Las Vegas resorts, including the Bellaggio (which was featured in the 2001 movie Ocean's Eleven) Luxor, and Mandalay Bay.
Company officials appeared at the news conference this morning along with David Callahan, a principal of the Rolling Hills Estates Realty Trust, at a news conference at the Hitchcock Free Academy.
MGM Resorts joins a crowded field seeking the sole casino license available in Western Massachusetts under the state's new gambling law. Operators of the Mohegan Sun casino in Connecticut are proposing a resort in Palmer, while Ameristar Casinos wants to build on a site in Springfield and Hard Rock International has been eyeing Holyoke.


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This intermediate crochet pattern creates a great-shaped purse with embroidered stars and a crochet flower embellishment. Let your creativity guide your embroidery and embellishment with this bag crochet pattern.
- Caron International One Pound (100% acrylic; 16 oz/454 g, 812 yds/742 m skein): 1 skein A.
- Caron International's Simply Soft (100% acrylic; 6 oz/170 g, 315 yds/288 m skein): 1 skein B.
- Caron International's Simply Soft Brites (100% acrylic; 6 oz/170 g, 315 yds/288 m): 1 skein C. Shown in: #581 Espresso (A), #9703 Bone (B), #9609 Berry Blue (C)
- One size US I-9 (5.5mm) crochet hook, or size to obtain gauge.
- 30 g bronze rocaille 'e' beads
- 2 wooden beads—1/2"/1 cm diameter
- Pair of pale blue plastic purse handles
- Beading needle (or other slender needle that will fit through holes in 'e' beads)
- Yarn needle (that will fit through holes in wooden beads)
- 4 pieces of plastic needlepoint mesh—13 1/2 x 10 1/2"/34.5 x 26.5 cm (for lining)
- 1 piece of plain, lightweight paper—19 x 10 1/2"/48.5 x 26.5 cm (for lining template)
- 1/2 yd/0.5 m fabric (for lining)
Finished Size: Tote measures approximately 11"/28 cm wide (at base) x 3 1/2"/9 cm deep (at base) x 10 1/2"/26.5 cm high
In single crochet, holding 2 strands of C together, using US I-9 (5.5mm) hook, 13 sts and 14 rows = 4"/10 cm.
In single crochet, holding 1 strand of A, using US I-9 (5.5mm) hook, 13 sts and 14 rows = 4"/10 cm.
Special Stitch:
sc2tog: Single crochet 2 together – Insert hook in next stitch, yarn over and pull up a loop, (two loops on hook), insert hook in next stitch, yarn over and pull up a loop, yarn over and draw through all three loops on hook.
With 1 strand of A, chain 26.
Note: Work stitches in back loops only, throughout base.
Row 1: Sc in second ch from hook and in each remaining ch across, turn—25 sc.
Rows 2–6: Ch 1, 2 sc in first sc, sc in each sc to last sc, 2 sc in last sc, turn—35 sc.
Row 7: Ch 1, sc in each sc across, turn.
Rows 8–12: Ch 1, sc2tog, sc in each sc to last 2 sc, sc2tog, turn—25 sc.
Fasten off.
SIDES (make 2)
With 1 strand of A, chain 40.
Note: Work stitches in back loops only, throughout sides.
Row 1: Sc in second ch from hook and in each remaining ch across, turn—39 sc.
Rows 2 and 3: Ch 1, sc in each sc across, turn.
Row 4: Ch 1, 2 sc in first sc, sc in each sc to last sc, 2 sc in last sc, turn—41 sc.
Rows 5 and 6: Ch 1, sc in each sc across, turn.
Rows 7–21: Repeat Rows 4–6 five more times—51 sc.
Fasten off A.
Row 22: Hold 2 strands of B together and join with sc in first sc, sc in same sc, sc in each sc to last sc, 2 sc in last sc, turn—53 sc.
Rows 23 and 24: Ch 1, sc in each sc across, turn.
Rows 25–36: Repeat Rows 4–6 four more times—61 sc.
Fasten off.
YARN FLOWERS (make 2)
Thread 2 strands of B onto the yarn needle and draw through the center of one wooden bead. Take the needle back around and through the bead, from the same direction, a second and third time, wrapping both sides of the bead. Pull the ends of the strands gently to tighten (do not over tighten).
Insert crochet hook under one of the side wraps, yarn over with B and draw up a loop, hold bead to work into same side wrap. Round 1 is worked around the center bead by working stitches into the two side wraps.
Round 1: Ch 1, work 5 sc in same side wrap, work 5 sc in the opposite side wrap; join with slip st in first sc—10 sc. Fasten off.
Join C with slip st in back loop of next sc of center.
Row 1: Ch 1, sc in same sc, sc in next sc; leave remaining sts unworked, turn—2 sc.
Row 2: Ch 1, 2 sc in each sc, turn—4 sc.
Row 3: Ch 2, 2 hdc in first sc, hdc in each remaining sc, turn—5 hdc.
Row 4: Ch 3, 2 dc in first hdc, dc in each remaining hdc, turn—6 dc.
Row 5: Ch 1, [sc2tog] 3 times; ch 1, slip st in end of each previous row, slip st into next sc of center.
Repeat Rows 1–5 four more times to make a total of 5 petals.
Ring of Beads
Cut an 18"/45.5 cm length of B and divide it lengthwise into 4 single strands. Fold one strand in half and thread the two ends into a beading needle. Pick up and thread 20 rocaille beads onto the yarn. Take needle through the loop formed by the fold and gently tighten to form a ring of beads. Using the yarn tail, sew the ring of beads around the center bead of the flower. The remaining 3 single strands can be used when making the beaded flowers.
LARGE BEADED FLOWERS (make 2)
1. Using yarn to match location of bag onto which flower will be sewn, and 20 rocaille beads, make a ring of beads as for yarn flower.
2. Pull one of the strands of yarn out of the needle. *Thread 9 more beads onto the remaining strand and push them down snug against the bead ring. Skip 3 beads in bead ring and stitch through next bead in ring; repeat from * around to create 5 petals.
3. Using the yarn tails, sew the flower to the bag.
SMALL BEADED FLOWER (make 10)
1. Using yarn to match location of bag onto which flower will be sewn, and 10 rocaille beads, make a ring of beads as for yarn flower.
2. Pull one of the strands of yarn out of the needle. *Thread 7 more beads onto the remaining strand and push them down snug against the bead ring. Skip 1 bead in bead ring and stitch through next bead in ring; repeat from * around to create 5 petals.
3. Using the yarn tails, sew the flower to the bag.
Using yarn needle, weave in all ends.
Surface slip st on bag sides
With right side of bag side facing, holding 2 strands of C together on wrong side, insert hook through top of first st of Row 21 (top row of A color section), yarn over with C and draw loop to right side, *insert hook through top of next st of Row 21, yarn over with C and draw loop back through bag side and through loop on hook (surface slip st made); repeat from * across stitches of Row 21. Fasten off and pull end through last loop on hook. Repeat on other bag side.
Plastic Mesh Lining (optional)
Lay bag base on plastic mesh and cut around to create a bottom liner. Sew bag base to liner. Lay one bag side on a large piece of paper and trace around it. To assure symmetry, fold the paper outline in half and cut out. Overlap one piece of plastic mesh over another by at least 1"/2.5 cm and sew together. Lay paper pattern on extended mesh piece and cut out. Cut a second piece of mesh in the same manner for other side of bag. Sew lining sections to bag sides at side and lower edges. The upper edges will be stitched later.
Arrange and Attach Flowers
Sew one yarn flower to each bag side. Do not sew tips of petals to the bag. Sew one large beaded flower and five small beaded flowers to each side of bag.
Fabric Lining (optional)
Trace the bag sides and base onto fabric and cut out, leaving a 1/2"/1 cm seam allowance around all edges. Sew the sides of the fabric lining together, then sew the base of the fabric lining to the sides of the lining.
Sew the edges of the plastic canvas lining together (if used). Sew the sides of the bag together, matching the yarn color to the sections of the bag. Sew the base to the lower edge of the bag.
Upper Edge Trim
With C, sew upper edge of bag to plastic canvas lining (if used), using blanket stitch and sewing one blanket stitch into each single crochet of upper edge. If no plastic canvas lining is used, sew blanket stitch around upper edge of bag, sewing one stitch into each single crochet around the edge. Place fabric lining (if used) inside bag and sew liner to inside of bag along upper edge.
Round 1: Hold 2 strands of C together and join with sc in any stitch of the blanket stitch border at upper edge of bag, sc in each remaining blanket stitch around; join with slip st in first sc.
Thread 2 strands of C onto needle and sew handles centered on upper edge of bag.
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According to the leaders of two fledgling Web ventures, they are doing for the broadcast networks what the broadcast nets can't seem to do for themselves.
At a time when everything seems to be moving to the Web, mobiles devices, iPods and iPads, these companies offer their customers live streams of local TV stations — expanding the prospective auds for broadcasters beyond that found via cable or rabbit ears.
But the networks, local stations and others see their efforts as something entirely different: theft.
A legal battle is emerging that stands to popularize the concept of "online cable operator" — and force the FCC or Congress to take action.
Deja view
To the broadcast nets, the emergence of companies providing live video streams of their signals has a familiar ring: More than a decade ago, they successfully fought off iCrave TV, a Canadian company that offered online video streams of U.S. stations.
Seattle-based Ivi.tv, which charges $4.99 per month for dozens of channels, including stations from Seattle, New York, Los Angeles and Chicago, says that Section 111 of Copyright Act "expressly authorizes" what it is doing, because it allows for secondary transmission of broadcasts by paying a statutory license to the Copyright Office, just as a cable operator would do.
Subscribers download an Ivi TV player and pay for the subscription service "in the same way that cable or satellite television consumers are able to play the identical content using a set-top box or a similar player," Ivi CEO Todd Weaver has said in court documents, adding that media companies rejected overtures to negotiate specific agreements before he sought a statutory license.
Ivi has compared its service to telco forays into multichannel programming, like Verizon's Fios, and rejects the notion that it is a renegade out to challenge principles of copyright protection. Its streams are encrypted and restricted to the U.S.
"We have made sure to contact all of the appropriate government agencies, making sure that we conform to every letter of the law," Weaver told Variety.
Before broadcast stations and the networks filed suit to stop Ivi, he even sought a declaration from a Seattle federal court that Ivi's activities do not constitute copyright infringement, but the court rejected the effort.
Instead, a coalition of more than two dozen broadcast nets, station groups and content owners, as well as Major League Baseball, is seeking a preliminary injunction in a New York federal court, charging copyright infringement. They call Ivi's claims "copyright technicalities" and note that the semi-annual license fee amounts to just $50.
Ivi, their suit states, is "nothing more than publicity-seeking pirates that use the pretext of a nonexistent loophole to exploit the creative efforts of plaintiffs and other broadcast stations and copyright owners for unjust profit."
One network exec describes the logical conclusion of Ivi's reasoning this way: "Everyone with a computer and a connection will be a cable system."
Dismaying race
The fear is that, should it take off, Ivi would undercut what has been a lucrative additional revenue stream for stations and the networks, the "retransmission consent" fees they get from cable systems, not to mention what a network exec calls a "race to the bottom" that devalues high-cost programming.
"Ivi is just trying to pluck out some rules and not others," says the exec, who did not want to be quoted by name because of the ongoing litigation.
Also not to be ignored is the simple question of control: Broadcast stations want to stream content such as news and sports to mobile devices using their own spectrum, in an array of different ventures they are experimenting with across the country. Even Hulu, jointly owned by News Corp., the Walt Disney Co. and NBC Universal, is reportedly mulling the idea of live streaming. "We don't need their help," says the network exec. "We can distribute our content ourselves."
Weaver says that whatever happens, there will be an appeal. What should be disconcerting to him is that the New York judge who will rule in the case, Naomi Reice Buch-wald, has already slapped down another live streaming service, FilmOn, based in Los Angeles. In November, she issued a temporary restraining order that mandates that the company cease the live streams of broadcast station feeds, pending arguments from FilmOn on why she shouldn't issue a permanent injunction.
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Ivi has sought to distance itself from FilmOn, not only because it says FilmOn distributes outside the U.S. and has been "cavalier" about copyright law but because the company and its CEO, Alki David, have been considerably more brash in their approach to the dispute.
While claiming that it, too, was within the law in offering the live streams, David has fought back with two Web videos that throw copyright claims right back at CBS and the tech company it owns, CNET.
He says that he intends to file what amounts to a class-action infringement lawsuit against CBS, claiming that CNET's Download.com site distributed Limewire peer-to-peer software, which has its own copyright issues.
The record labels sued Limewire and won a judgment last year that restricts the company from using the software. In late October U.S. District Judge Kimba Wood ordered Limewire to disable much of the file-trading functionality.
David, a billionaire perhaps best known most recently for offering $1 million to the first person who flashes President Obama on camera, has gone so far as to launch a website, Viacon, outlining what it calls the "duplicity" of CBS.
"They are very conservative organizations that are terrified of change," David says. "There's no way they are going to let this go down without the bloodiest of fights."
He says they are simply responding to consumer trends, utilizing television broadcasts that are the "medium for the public."
CBS declined to comment on the case but has previously said of David's attacks at CNET, "Mr. David is clearly not feeling very good about his prospects in the court system. He is hardly an expert on intellectual property rights."
Jack Lerner, clinical assistant professor of law and director at the USC Intellectual Property and Technology Law Clinic, outlines the conflict: "The definition of 'cable operator' in the Copyright Act is so broad that these providers probably fit, but the definition in the Communications Act and FCC regulations are so specific that they don't fit."
Nevertheless, he says, "If I were handicapping this race, the startups here would probably be pretty big longshots. …. That is not to say their service shouldn't be part of the scheme. That is not to say that there shouldn't be a means by which they could legally go forth and set out to do what they are seeking to do. Ultimately, it will add value to the networks' brands and add value to the consumer."


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After 2 weeks, the skin on my face and neck not only stayed tightened and smooth, it actually seemed to improve daily until my skin became as beautiful and glowing as it was 20 years ago. At this point, my friends and family are completely shocked. They could not believe the difference in my skin, and they were convinced I had been lying about not having botox!
Will This Work For You? Our Verdict:
Using , virtually 99.5% of all Julia's fine lines were removed. It tightened the saggy skin on her face and neck, diminishing all signs of decaying, aging skin, and wrinkles!
There are plenty of skin care options available to women, but some are just gimmicks and most of the effective options are way too expensive for average women to afford. With all of the different products on the market, it's only normal to be skeptical about the results, and the last thing we want to do is tell our readers to try some new product that we wouldn't use ourselves- instead we just want you to try what celebrity dermatologists recommend to their friends and family.
IMPORTANT: *The clinical trials were conducted with both Step 1 and Step 2, so it is important to use both products simultaneously for the best results.


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