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Announcing the Release Candidate (RC) of Visual Studio 2012 and .NET Framework 4.5
I'm happy to announce the Release Candidate of Visual Studio 2012, Team Foundation Server 2012, and .NET Framework 4.5. You can find these releases available for download on our Visual Studio product website.
In conjunction with today's Visual Studio release, Windows has made available a Windows 8 Release Preview. Please visit the Building Windows 8 blog for the official announcement by Steven Sinofsky. You can download the Windows 8 Release Preview bits here.
The complete list of Visual Studio 2012 RC features is available on MSDN. In this post, I'll summarize the updates we've made in Visual Studio 2012 RC, since the beta. Given where we are in the product cycle, these updates are primarily final touches on existing features, responses to beta customer feedback, and improvements to performance. I've recorded a video, so you can also see some of these updates in action.
What's new in the RC since Beta
Logo & Branding
You'll notice that we've updated our product branding from the "11" version number to the 2012 year. This means that the RTM version will release this calendar year!
You will also notice that we've updated our Visual Studio logo to the image below:
One of the first parts of the product you'll experience is setup. We've enabled upgrade from beta to RC, so if you're using the same product edition (e.g. Professional, Ultimate, etc.), you do not need to uninstall the beta first. Simply run the Visual Studio 2012 RC installer, which will uninstall the right Beta bits and lay down the RC bits, all at once. The only exception is if you're running on Windows 8 – in that case, you need to first install the Windows 8 Release Preview and then install Visual Studio 2012 RC.
We've made some pretty significant investments in improving the setup experience in Visual Studio 2012 RC. Many of you have already seen the streamlined user interface in the beta. From beta to RC, we reduced the installation time by an additional 20%!
We also re-introduced customization into the product. We hope you'll enjoy these improvements that should save you time and make it easier to get the right bits.
Visual Studio 2012 RC Setup customization UI
The performance work done between beta and RC was extensive and covers just about every aspect of the product. There were improvements in XAML (compiler, loading documents, and the design surface), debugging, editing large C++ files, Test Lab Management and the list goes on.
To give a few examples, we've put together some blog posts detailing the process in the team to identify, fix, and monitor these improvements. The first example we discussed was typing and editing responsiveness. I encourage you to read this post, where you can learn more about the internal performance tools, the product changes that were made, and the resulting impact on responsiveness. In the next post, we'll cover performance improvements to the Toolbox.
User Interface
The RC includes a series of improvements to the overall UX, which were based on the beta user feedback. I encourage you to visit the Visual Studio team blog for a more comprehensive post with details on these changes.
Visual Studio 2012 RC light theme
After the Visual Studio team post on the above mentioned changes, we received requests for more information on the Visual Studio 2012 dark theme (a personal favorite). Earlier this week, we published a blog post with the roadmap for the dark theme, showing changes in the RC as well as others coming in RTM. I encourage you to take a look and see what's in store ahead.
The IDE improvements in RC focus on responses to customer feedback, polishing features, and performance improvements.
We received feedback about the shared scope and options between Quick Find and Find-in-Files in the beta. Since then, we released an extension to help address this in the short term, and have now included that update in the RC release. With the RC, you can now perform a Quick Find without automatically changing the scope setting in Find-in-Files as well.
Solution Explorer is an example of an area where we made some tweaks to round out the experience and polish the feature in RC. We found that the Solution Explorer toolbar was overflowing, so we removed commands that already have other placements in the IDE (e.g. context menus, key bindings, menus) and don't affect the solution view or project hierarchy.
For large solutions, it can be hard to find items in Solution Explorer. In the RC, we've introduced Solution Explorer filtering to help you scope to the relevant content and focus on whatever is important for your current task. This way, you can restrict Solution explorer to show just the files you're currently working with. The new filtering options include Pending Changes and Open Files, and can be found under the button shown below:
Finally, we improved the Quick Launch performance, so that search results are returned nearly instantaneously now.
Metro style apps
If you plan to build Metro style apps, make sure to install Visual Studio 2012 RC on a machine with the Windows 8 Release Preview. There are a number of enhancements for building Metro style apps in the RC release.
Metro style apps using XAML
First off, there are some new Metro style app templates, including a new Windows Runtime Component template for C# and VB developers, and a new DLL project template for C++ developers. There have also been improvements to the existing templates. For example, the templates now fully support keyboard and mouse navigation, in addition to touch. Furthermore, XAML support is now added to the Direct2D template. The XAML Blank App has also been simplified.
The Visual Studio XAML and Blend designers have been enhanced in the RC. You can now preview and edit the design of your Metro style app, for view states such as FullScreenLandscape, FullScreenPortrait, Filled, and Snapped. This is done through the Device panel, which automatically changes visual states when the View is changed. Below you can see an example of the Snapped visual state.
Selecting "Enable state recording" (above) will enable changes made on the Design Surface or Property Inspector to alter the currently selected visual state rather than always making changes to Base.
Adding theme animations from the Animation library in your app's visual states, is now easy to do using Blend's visual state design feature. The Animation library is a suite of Metro style animations that has been built specifically to take advantage of the platform's animation capability. These animations are used throughout Windows UI and are also available for your Metro app. Select the desired state in the States pane, then the storyboard in the Objects & Timeline to see the state storyboard's properties, including Theme Animations as shown in the screenshot below.
There have been a number of performance improvements for Metro style apps using XAML. Examples include better support for IRandomAccessStream from .NET, more aggressively reclaiming memory upon Metro app suspend, and the introduction of .NET performance testing in the Windows App Certification Kit. We also enabled Multi-Core JIT for Metro style apps and improved the algorithm by which Metro style apps are optimized for performance with NGEN.
Metro style apps using JavaScript
When it comes to editing Metro style Javascript applications, Blend has introduced a host of new features for the RC release. One of these features is a new way to organize Winning Rule in the styles pane, and is called "Arrange by: Source" mode. In this mode you can easily see where all of your element's CSS properties come from.
We've also created editors for simplified editing of gradients and 2D transforms:
Finally, we put a lot of focus on productivity and refactoring gestures. This includes context menus to quickly and easily edit classnames and create CSS rules from an elements ID or classnames. It also includes the ability to cut, copy, paste and clear CSS properties in order to easily enable moving CSS properties in between CSS rules.
For more information on using the RC for Metro style app development, I recommend visiting the Windows 8 App developer blog for a summary of what's new in the Windows 8 RP for developers, as well as BlendInsider for further details on Blend.
ASP.NET Web Forms has been updated to fully support the new async "await" keyword. Page events and control events can now be marked as "async" and utilize the new async support added in .NET 4.5".
MVC 4 projects now include Entity Framework 5 which has full support for "migrations" allowing developers to keep their code and databases in sync as changes are made.
Enabling Database Migrations in ASP.NET MVC 4 via NuGet Console
ASP.NET MVC now also renders HTML 5 by default so when displaying the Person model the following HTML will be emitted now: id="BirthDate" name="BirthDate" type="datetime" value="5/31/2012 12:00:00 AM"
Web tools
If you're doing web development, you'll notice a handful of updates in the RC. First off, we've updated some of the project templates. We made the MVC4 Empty template truly empty, and renamed the original empty template to now be called the "Basic" template. We also improved the performance of the New Project creation time.
You'll also notice some IDE improvements. For example, we now support the ability to run an app from Visual Studio in multiple browsers, through a more discoverable UI.
There's a host of additional web tooling improvements. For example, HTML and CSS editor enhancements, including updated HTML5 IntelliSense and SVG support. We also updated the publish UI to support incremental database schema preview. The Page Inspector experience has been improved, such that we no longer add web.config appSettings key VisualStudioDesignTime:Enabled, as page inspector will work with server side code as long as it's in debug mode. For more information on these updates, as well as the complete list of web improvements in Visual Studio 2012 RC, please visit the Web Development Tools blog.
For LightSwitch projects, there are several new features that we've lit up in RC. Last March, we published a preview of the LightSwitch Cosmopolitan Shell & Theme on the VS Gallery to give LightSwitch applications a more modern look-and-feel and corporate branding. Since then, we've fixed a significant number of community reported visual bugs and improving readability (such as adding data grid lines). Based on the positive feedback, we've now made the Cosmopolitan Shell & Theme the default UI for new projects (shown below).
Another change that we made based on customer feedback was to add the application logo to the login screen for applications using forms authentication. It will show up once you deploy the application. Furthermore, we have significantly improved the performance of core data operations, which in turn improves many application scenarios (querying, paging, loading data in a list/grid, etc.). You can find more information about LightSwitch updates in RC on the LightSwitch team blog and Developer Center.
Team Foundation Server
There were a few updates to TFS since the beta. The first is the ability to use SQL backups of existing Team Foundation Server instances to create (upgrade) a new Team Foundation instance during the initial setup. The second is the ability to automatically add new features to existing projects using older Team Project Templates when upgrading – this has been one of the most requested upgrade features for Team Foundation Server.
The Team Foundation Server team also improved the user interfaces with updates such as the ability to collapse/expand iterations in Team Web access and the addition of personal and favorite queries in pending changes – which makes it simple to drag and drop related work items to a pending checkin.
For more information on the TFS 2012 RC release, please visit Brian Harry's blog.
Testing Tools
Most of the testing improvements in the RC focused around customer feedback on the beta, as well as a variety of performance and scalability improvements (for example, reducing the size of the output files from test runs and code coverage result).
Coded UI Features
Visual Studio 2012 RC includes a new feature for the analysis of Coded UI Test playback logs, which filters and logs important information for you in a more readable format. Using the actionable information in the Coded UI Test logs, you should able to debug issues more quickly. For example, here's a picture of the new log, after running a Coded UI Test on a failure case:
Here, you can see a step by step view of all the actions and useful information that were captured by the new logger:
We've also made enhancements to the extensibility APIs for Coded UI, to better support integration of 3rd party controls.
Microsoft Test Manager
To make it even easier to get up and running using Microsoft Test Manager, we've integrated a Media Foundation based Video Recorder so you no longer have to install the Expression Encoder to create video recordings of your test cases.
Architectural Tools
In RC the Architecture Tools include new facilities for understanding the structural relationships between elements of the code. You can now use contextual commands on selected code elements in a dependency graph to find, for example, all the types derived directly or indirectly from another type, or the methods that call a selected method:
You can also see what is causing a dependency link between higher level components (e.g. namespaces), by drilling into that link to see the contributing dependency links between subcomponents (e.g. types or methods):
On the UX side, it's now possible to apply different layouts to the contents of individual group nodes, including a new "List View" compact layout:
"Go Live" License
As with the beta, Visual Studio 2012 RC ships with a "Go Live" license. This means that you can use the product to build apps that run in production. For more information on the "Go Live" terms and how to get support if you need it, please visit the Visual Studio 2012 RC website.
Related Resources
Here's a list of related resources to help you get started with the RC:
- Visual Studio 2012 RC Product Website
- Visual Studio Developer Center
- Visual Studio ALM Rangers solutions page
- .NET Framework Developer Center
- Windows Dev Center
Tell Us What You Think About the RC
As usual, we're looking forward to hearing from you about your experience with the release. Please feel free to contact us through the following channels:
- Ask a question on the Visual Studio or Windows forums
- File a bug on the Visual Studio, LightSwitch, or Blend Connect sites (or with the Visual Studio Feedback Tool)
- Submit a suggestion on UserVoice
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My family continues to point out that I am somewhat cognitively impaired. I used to be super mom. Really! I did the most amazing things for my family. Actually, like most mothers I did everything for my family. After cancer I came to my senses and realized that my loved ones were able to do tasks for themselves. This was the first step in my recovery. The next steps involved seeking help for symptoms that impaired my usual standard of functioning, and ignoring the complaints of my family.
One of the best ways to begin the process of recovery is to discover that you are not alone and just imagining the symptoms. The Harvard Medical School Family Health Guide cites memory loss and concentration problems in relation to the term "chemo brain" The article "Chemo brain revisited" also discusses several studies that show specifically the changes in cognitive functioning of women after chemotherapy. The article agrees that there are no current treatments for chemo brain but the good news is that research is ongoing. This is the first place that I have heard about one drug - dexmethylphenidate (Focalin), used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder - that has actually improved alertness and memory in breast cancer patients who were treated with chemotherapy.
The American Cancer Society sponsored a survivorship conference where Dr. Tim Ahles gave a presentation addressing the cognitive side effects of chemotherapy. He stated that doctors previously thought chemo brain was a side effect of chemotherapy similar to anemia, fatigue or depression. These conditions could be resolved through treatment, however, whereas there is no direct treatment for cognitive impairment caused by chemo.
Studies also show that the symptoms of chemo brain begin to lesson after six months, and Dr. Ahles felt that normal functioning could be realized after two years.
Both articles suggest managing the symptoms with memory triggers like lists. Dr. Ahles also suggests decreasing your workload and avoiding multi-tasking. He also recommends more sleep and avoiding emergency situations where quick thinking is needed. I am grateful for the insight, but frankly, even I know that if you could avoid emergency situations they wouldn't be called emergencies.
Let's continue our discussion on this. Let me know you tips and tricks for dealing with chemo brain. Also, if you know of any studies or new information, please take the time to enlighten the rest of us.


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The Fourth International Conference on Computational Biology Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology '96 June 12-15, 1996 Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, USA http://ibc.wustl.edu/ismb96 Call For Papers An electronic mailing list can be joined by sending a message to ismb96 at ibc.wustl.edu with the word "subscribe" as the body of the message. Key Dates Meeting: June 12-15, 1996 Paper Submissions Papers due: Feb 1, 1996 Replies to authors: Mar 15, 1996 Revised papers due: Apr 1, 1996 Open Poster Submissions Abstracts due: Apr 1, 1996 Tutorial Proposals Full proposals due: March 18, 1996 Replies to authors: April 1, 1996 Draft handouts due: April 15, 1996 Final handouts due: May 13, 1996 Tutorials presented: June 12, 1996 The purpose of the ISMB conference is to disseminate the latest developments in computational molecular biology and biophysics and to stimulate new work on the application of intelligent computational systems to problems in molecular biology. ISMB is a multidisciplinary conference bringing together scientists from computer science, mathematics, statistics, and molecular biology. Its scope extends to any computational method or system supporting a biological task that is algorithmically, cognitively, or conceptually challenging, involves a synthesis of heterogeneous information, or exhibits the emergent properties of an "intelligent system." From a computational perspective, areas of interest include adaptive systems, intelligent experimental control, data modeling, machine learning, artificial intelligence, combinatorics, stochastic optimization, string and graph algorithms, linguistic methods, and parallel computer technologies. Biological areas of interest include molecular structure, genomics, molecular sequence analysis, evolution and phylogenetics, adaptive experimental systems, and molecular biology. Emphasis is placed on the validation of methods using real data sets and on practical application in the biological sciences. The ISMB conference has attracted a large and enthusiastic audience comprising scientists involved in application areas such as artificial intelligence, structural biology, DNA, RNA and protein sequence analysis and structure prediction, genome mapping, gene identification, molecular biology data and knowledge bases, and the modeling of biochemical processes. We are continuing the tradition of soliciting original papers, which will be rigorously refereed and published (by AAAI Press and the MIT Press) in proceedings available at the conference. The conference proceedings are indexed in the Medline database. The previous ISMB meetings were 1993: National Library of Medicine, USA 1994: Stanford University, USA 1995: Cambridge University, UK The four-day conference will feature introductory and advanced tutorials on June 12th and presentations of original refereed papers, posters, and invited talks (June 13-15). There will be special sessions at the conference on "Whole Genomes: Challenges and Implications," and on the "Interconnection of Molecular Biology Databases (MIMBD)." A test suite of raw data will be set aside to evaluate base-calling and gene-finding programs. A job fair and a vendor fair are also being organized. Organizing committee David States (states at ibc.wustl.edu) Terry Gaasterland (gaasterl at mcs.anl.gov) Randall Smith (rsmith at imgen.bcm.tmc.edu) Keynote Speakers Robert Waterston, Washington Univ., St. Louis David Haussler, Univ. of California, Santa Cruz Russell Doolittle, Univ. of California, San Diego Chris Sander, EMBL, Heidelberg Contact address ISMB '96 Institute for Biomedical Computing Washington University School of Medicine 700 South Euclid Avenue St. Louis, MO 63110-1012 USA Phone: (314) 362-2134 FAX: (314) 362-0234


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YouView is a new 'converged' AV project in the UK, jointly run by the public service broadcasters and some communications providers (BT, Arqiva and TalkTalk). It's based around a set-top box which facilitates access to broadcast TV signals (Freeview) as well as on-demand content through a broadband connection. Some of you may know it by its working title, Project Canvas. The new name became public in mid-2010 and was officially launched later that year. Its main function is to get on-demand content onto the TV screen, particularly for audiences without satellite or cable subscriptions.
There have been various delays (and changes in the participants) but this year it's finally up and running and ready for Christmas. It's having a little bit of bother with its trade mark, though. When the name was unveiled, there was plenty of chatter about whether it would face problems in being compared with YouTube. That didn't seem to go anywhere. But first at the Registrar of Trade Marks (decision), and now in the High Court ([2012] EWHC 3158 (Ch)) an objection has been upheld on the grounds that there is a likelihood of confusion with a different already registered, similar mark in the same class, 'Your View'. As far as I know, this is the relevant service, but I don't know much more about it or how long it has been used; it's a brand within a UK telecoms company called Total. The application was made in June 2009. YouView's was made in April 2010. The domain linked above has been registered for six years and Total had certainly used it well in advance of application, but it's not the issue in the case; it's clearly legitimate and not some kind of cash-in.
Although the application of trademark law is relatively straightforward here, two points (possibly) tangents struck me as interesting. The first is about similarity. In the original hearing, there were many issues, with YouView prevailing on some and Your View prevailing on others. But on appeal, YouView is still criticising the finding that its application is for a mark similar to the existing mark, and ends up arguing that the term 'telecommunications services', mentioned in the Your View mark, should be defined as 'the core of telecommunications, which are the kind of services that are provided by telecommunication undertakings in conducting their telecommunications remit – telephone data and broadband – and are not services that are essentially broadcasting services'. This would mean that YouView's application for 'apparatus for television or radio reception' would not be a problem.
Floyd J is not having it, though, and even has a nice little discussion of the Ofcom communications market reports on changes in telecommunications. (Although not discussed, EU law no longer talks all that much about telecommunications, but instead about electronic communications networks (Dir 2002/21, art 2)). It also occurs to me that there is an interesting claim being made by YouView that what it does is 'television or radio', particularly in the light of EU definitions of AV media services, where television means a linear (not on-demand service), whether through broadcasting or telecommunications, including the Internet. But anyway, the result is that the trade mark application of the perfect example of convergence (is it a TV? is it a computer? is it linear? is it interactive?) is successfully opposed (in part – other aspects survive) because of convergence. You couldn't make it up…
(There is also an issue regarding the definition of software / databases, and YouView is unsuccessful on this point, too).
The other, rather fun, point of interest to me, was the distinction between you view and your view from a grammatical point of view. YouView argued (again, unsuccessfully) that you view might be imperative whereas your view is possessive. I must confess that I had never give much thought to whether I was being commanded to view or not.
Maybe Project Canvas wasn't such a bad name after all.
(Credit to Broadcast Magazine for bringing the case to my attention)


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Andy Lopez, 13, didn't have to die in a hail of police gunfire last week. If only ...
Andy Lopez, 13, didn't have to die in a hail of police gunfire last week. If only ...
If only the Sonoma County teen had obeyed orders from two sheriff's deputies to drop his weapon.
If only, as deputies reported, Lopez hadn't raised the barrel of the assault-type rifle in their direction.
If only the deputies hadn't feared for their life.
If only the sheriff's deputies had known the weapon was no weapon at all, but a toy made to look like an AK-47 assault rifle.
It all happened so fast. Ten seconds elapsed between the initial call to dispatch to report a suspicious person and a second call to report shots had been fired. Sixteen seconds after that a call went out for medical help.
In that time, split-second life and death decisions were made. The 24-year veteran fired. An autopsy would later find seven entry wounds on Lopez's body, two of them fatal.
"If it's a pink bubble gum gun and an obvious fake to most, then there is no reason to shoot," Geoffrey Alpert, a professor of criminology at the University of South Carolina, told the Santa Rosa Press Democrat.
"But if the gun looks real the barrel is being pointed at you ... it's unfortunate, but a perceived threat trumps age and the officers have to protect themselves."
The fact that a threat is not proportional to age was driven home last week by a Sparks, Nev. shooting that left a teacher and the teenage shooter dead and two other students injured.
"The amount of power you wield as a police officer is probably one of the most stringent tests you go through," Stockton Police Chief Eric Jones said recently. "What other occupation do you uphold constitutional law, have the power to take somebody's life if necessary, to incarcerate somebody in necessary, to take a child out of a home if necessary?"
And in what other occupation do you have to make decisions about such issues with such blinding speed?
We don't know exactly happened just outside Santa Rosa last week. We do know the FBI has joined the investigation. We know there are those who question the haste with which officers reacted.
And we know this: had that toy looked more like a toy and less like a real assault rifle, this tragedy might have been avoided.
This case highlights the failed attempts to regulate replica guns. Toymakers, for example, are required to put an orange tip on toy guns, but the one Lopez was carrying did not have one, or it had been modified.
Some argue, and correctly, that criminals modify their real weapons to look like toys. But what if toy weapons were made, say, of transparent plastic? Might not that help?
Such a law was proposed in California by Sen. Kevin de Leon, a Los Angeles Democrat, but it was scuttled under pressure from retail stores and the National Rifle Association.
Apparently the NRA can't even stand the idea of toy guns looking like toys. If only Andy Lopez's toy weapon had looked like a toy.


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Harvard set two Sheerr Pool records as it knocked off Penn for the 38th consecutive year (Gil Talbot).
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. – The Harvard men's swimming and diving team closed out the dual meet portion of its schedule Saturday afternoon with a 168-130 win at Penn. The Crimson set two Sheerr Pool records in the process, with Niall Janney taking the 400 IM in a time of 3:58.11 and the 400 free relay team of Spenser Goodman, Oliver Lee, Chris Satterthwaite and Griffin Schumacher combining for a time of 3:01.18.
The Crimson improved to 6-2 overall and 6-1 in the Ivy League with the win, good for second place in the conference standings. Harvard's lone loss came at the hands of Princeton at the HYP meet, as the Tigers secured the Ivy League dual meet title with an unblemished 7-0 record in the Ancient Eight. Harvard is now 67-2 all-time against Penn and has won 38 consecutive meets against the Quakers.
Harvard won 10 of 16 events against Penn, including 1-2-3 finishes in the 100 back and 100 free. Penn (8-4, 3-4 Ivy League) secured the first victory of the day in the 200 medley relay as its team combined for a time of 1:30.09 to just edge out Jack Pretto, Chuck Katis, Lee and Schumacher who posted a time of 1:30.35. The Crimson rebounded quickly, however, posting three straight wins in the 1,000 free, 200 free and 100 back.
Michael Gaudiani cruised to a win in the 1,000 free, stopping the clock in 9:25.82 while John Bailey finished second in 9:29.05. Goodman took the 200 free in 1:41.90, and Katis followed up with a winning time of 50.89 to lead Harvard's first 1-2-3 finish in the 100 back. Robert Newell took second in 51.12 with Pretto's time of 51.17 good for third.
The Crimson won back-to-back events in the 200 fly and 50 free, with Ryan Cutter touching the wall first in the 200 fly with a time of 1:49.51. Satterthwaite won the 50 free in 21.19 and Lee placed second in the event in 21.21.
Harvard went back-to-back in the 100 free and 200 back as well, with Satterthwaite winning his second event of the day with a 100 free time of 45.82. Katis placed second in the event with a time of 46.29 while Lee placed third in 46.32. Newell posed a victory in the 200 back with a time of 1:50.46.
Gaudiani also earned a second win when he clocked in at 4:37.13 for first in the 500 free.
Janney was the first Crimson to take down a Sheerr Pool record when he swam a 3:58.11 in the 400 IM. The senior finished more than eight seconds ahead of Konner Scott who placed second in 4:06.65, and surpassed the previous pool record which had been set by Harvard alum Dan Shevchik '03 in 2003.
Goodman, Lee, Satterthwaite and Schumacher combined for another record-setting performance in the 400 free relay to end the day, as the quartet posted a time of 3:01.18 to top the previous record which had stood for 32 years and was held by Princeton.
Harvard's divers had a strong showing as well, with sophomore Joe Zarrella and freshman George Doran placing second on the one meter and three meter, respectively. Zarrella totaled 302.25 points on the one meter, coming up just short of Penn's Jeff Cragg who won the event with a score of 3:08.48. Doran, meanwhile, posted a score of 317.40 on the three meter with Zarrella finishing in third with 3:05.55 points.
The Crimson will now turn its attention to the Ivy League Championships, being held this year at Princeton, March 1-3. Harvard is looking to knock off the three-time defending champion Tigers for its first conference championship since 2008 and the 22nd title in program history.


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A $20 million jerk? It's possible with Kyle Busch
So, Bruton Smith is suggesting a $20 million bonus, starting next year, for anyone who can win the Indy 500 and the Coca-Cola 600 on the same day. Is it possible?
I believe so. I wouldn't be surprised if Tony Stewart tried it. Maybe even Jeff Gordon. Or Danica Patrick. But, I think it can only be done by someone younger than Stewart or Gordon and someone with more experience and history of success than Patrick.
Maybe someone who is use to driving Nationwide, Trucks and Sprint Cup back to back. Someone who has proven he can win more than one race on the same weekend. My bet: Kyle Busch.
True, he's never driven an Indy car that I know of. True, he's a jerk. Not that being jerk matters. I just threw that in. But, I believe if it's possible, he could do it. He's just hard-headed enough to believe he could win in an Indy car. And he has plenty of time to get some experience on that circuit if he sets his mind on trying this.
I hate to admit it, but I think he's talented enough to pull it off. Now I know how many fans felt in the good ol' days of NASCAR. So many hated D.W., but had to admit he was a great driver. Then came Earnhardt and many people felt the same way about him. Only toward the end of his career did he become beloved. Then Little Jeffy appeared. Another driver easy to hate, but boy could he drive.
And then there was Kyle. He could make history. Would that change how I feel about him? Probably not.


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Warriors' Andrew Bogut on center stage
Warriors center Andrew Bogut refused to grab a bullhorn and play ringmaster Thursday, a day before his meeting with Houston big man Dwight Howard, who helped turn this offseason into a "circus."
Howard was the prized free agent on the market this summer, and he had well-publicized visits with five teams before signing a four-year, $88 million deal with the Rockets. When he granted the Warriors a meeting, it immediately prompted rumors that Bogut must be on his way out of the Bay Area.
"Dwight created a bit of a circus with it all," Bogut said in September. "He wanted to get his five minutes with it all and make sure he visited as many teams as he could and get as much coverage as he could, which is his prerogative. I won't say there's anything wrong with that, but it did create a lot of turmoil for a lot of teams - not just us.
"There were a lot of guys who were like, 'What the hell is going on here?' "
Knowing that the NBA is a business, first and foremost, Bogut said he didn't take the Warriors' pursuit of Howard personally. He understood why they chased Howard.
Bogut even joked about whether he should book his return flight from Australia to the United States to LAX - meaning the Warriors worked out a sign-and-trade deal with the Lakers - or SFO - meaning his was staying with Golden State.
"The Warriors hadn't had much of a chance to have a premier free agent visit them in a number of years," Bogut said. "We were much of a laughingstock organization in the past, where players wouldn't even consider coming here. I think it was a step in the right direction."
Since then, Bogut has re-upped with the Warriors, agreeing in October to a three-year extension that will pay him between $36 million and $42 million, based on incentives.
He's healthy after missing 50 games last season while recovering from a microfracture procedure on his ankle and in a positive mental space after getting past the dark and lonely days of rehab.
So when this summer was mentioned after Thursday's practice, Bogut passed on the subject.
"I've touched on that enough," he said. "I'm not really going to get involved in it too much more. It is what it is. He's in Houston now. I'm here. I'm not really thinking about it too much."
The Warriors' 7-footer is thinking plenty about his first matchup with Howard since the offseason hubbub. Houston's center owned the majority of 15 previous duels when he was playing in Orlando, and Bogut knows he has his work cut out for him.
Howard is averaging 16.6 points on 55.6 percent shooting, 12.6 rebounds and 1.8 blocked shots this season, but he hasn't scored more than 15 points in any of his past seven games. Bogut is averaging 7.7 points on 58.5 percent shooting, 9.2 rebounds and 1.7 blocked shots and has recorded double-digit rebounds in seven of his past nine games.
"He's just strong," Bogut said. "He works pretty hard in the paint. He's constantly banging against you and trying to get offensive rebounds, lobs and easy baskets. I've got to do my work early and make sure he doesn't get any easy looks. If he's making 4- or 5-foot hook shots against me and making jumpers, so be it. We'll live with that.
"But if he's easy getting dunks and tip-ins, then I'm not doing my job."
Bogut takes his job seriously.
He knows that he's not going to be the top-scoring option in the Warriors' high-powered offense. Shoot, he might not even be the team's No. 6 option.
He says he's happy just "taking the (offensive) scraps," because he is the anchor of the defense, the team's most physical presence and the man setting the screens that open the space for three-pointers from Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson.
Plus, Bogut has a mean streak that is helping to change the longtime perception that the Warriors are a soft team.
Bogut "is always on edge, so he has that mentality going in, which is why he's crucial to our basketball team," head coach Mark Jackson said. "On the court, we certainly need that, because when you look at the DNA of our players naturally, that's not who they are. He brings that to this basketball team - a presence, a force, a level of physical play that is not who we have been. It makes life easier for us, and we have an appreciation for him. ...
"You don't ask him to do anything that's out of his character. He's been great for us, and it's a role that everybody else does not take for granted. What he does is just as valuable as the guys pulling up for threes and the guys making plays."
Friday's game
Who: Warriors (11-8) at Rockets (13-7)
Where: Houston
When: 5 p.m.
TV/Radio: CSNBA/680
Of note: Toney Douglas (stress reaction leg) and Andre Iguodala (left hamstring) are making the three-game trip with the Warriors, but their playing status is uncertain. Douglas practiced Thursday, Iguodala did not . ... The Warriors waived rookie big man Dewayne Dedmon, who played only six minutes in four games after being called up from Santa Cruz of the NBA Development League. ... Already without Jeremy Lin and Greg Smith because of knee injuries, the Rockets announced Wednesday that Omer Asik (right thigh) will miss at least a week, and they haven't played Chandler Parsons (back spasms) in the past two games. ... The Warriors have lost 17 of their past 20 games against Houston, including the Feb. 5 meeting when the Rockets tied an NBA record with 23 three-pointers. ... Houston shooting guard James Harden went 3-for-17 on Wednesday in a loss to Phoenix that snapped the Rockets' six-game home winning streak - during which Houston did not trail in the first five games.
- Rusty Simmons
Dwight Howard, the No. 1 overall pick in 2004, has owned the majority of his 15 career meetings with Andrew Bogut, the top pick in 2005. Howard's teams have gone 10-5 against Bogut's squads, including winning five straight (2007-11).
Bogut has not outrebounded Howard and has outscored him only once in their head-to-head matchups. Here's a look at how the big men have fared against each other:
Rusty Simmons is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. E-mail: email@example.com Twitter: @Rusty_SFChron


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ISPs Hijacking Browser Functions, Continue Proud Tradition Of Value-Free Added Services
from the added-value-for-us-but-not-for-you dept
ISPs over the last few years have quickly rushed to embrace DNS redirection advertising. Instead of users being directed to a traditional page not found message (or Google in some browsers) should they enter a nonexistent or mistyped URL, they're redirected to an ISP-run search portal laden with advertisements. The concept creates a revenue stream out of your clumsy typing, giving ISPs an extra few bucks per month, per user (of course on top of whatever they make supposedly not selling your clickstream data). While many users don't like the practice, most ISPs provide some kind of opt-out mechanism (though they often don't work well), and users can often choose alternative DNS servers. Slashdot directs our attention to the fact that users continue to be surprised when they find out their ISP is hijacking user location bar results:
"Today I noticed that this great feature of Firefox (combined with Google of course) has stopped working, and has instead been replaced with an add-laden (sic) search result from another website. I've confirmed that my keyword.URL setting is still pointed at Google, so this must be happening at the traffic level, I would imagine either by use of a web proxy or something to do with DNS lookup, which makes me wonder if this new 'feature' my ISP (Netvigator by PCCW in Hong Kong) has introduced is also affecting my privacy?"
Here in the States one ISP (Windstream Communications) was recently busted for taking this concept one step further, going so far as to actually hijack Firefox Google search toolbar results. Windstream quickly backed away from the practice once users started to complain, insisting it was a mistake. However, the ISP wouldn't offer technical specifics about what technology they were using that created this "bug," and employees were told not to elaborate. To be clear, in Windstream's case this went well beyond DNS redirection, worked no matter what DNS servers were being used, and involved manipulating actual traffic streams using a new flavor of deep packet inspection. Whether this new layer 7/DPI is being used for copyright enforcement, surveillance, data mining or search result hijacks isn't clear -- but whatever it's being used for, it's being implemented with absolutely no transparency to the end user.
It seems unlikely that any U.S. ISP would take things further by hijacking toolbar results, given ISPs are busily trying to argue to regulators that network neutrality rules aren't necessary. Still, as deep packet inspection technology gets more sophisticated, precisely how ISPs are meddling with your traffic is something to keep a close eye on. ISPs already have a bad habit of offering value added services that fail to provide any value to consumers, and DNS redirection ads are only the latest example. ISPs were in such a hurry to grab this additional revenue, they failed to bother to make sure opt-out mechanisms for these "services" even worked, much less consider adding any kind of enhanced DNS functionality (as seen by companies like OpenDNS) that would make these services worth something to the end user. While DPI itself isn't bad, it holds a lot of potential for abuse among ISPs eager to make an extra buck at any cost.


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1955 Chevy Bel-Air - Surreal Deal
Just When You Think Pro Street Is Lame, Here Comes A '55 Chevy That Makes You Question Your Perception Of Reality.
"Welcome to 1985, buddy," isn't the most tactful line to use when breaking bread with new acquaintances. Nevertheless, the stimulus prompting this sort of gut reaction makes it awfully tough to be diplomatic. Standing before us on the fairgrounds is what looks the part of a quintessential Pro Street poseur. Blower sticking through the hood? Check. Ludicrous tubs? Affirmative. Flamboyantly plumbed nitrous unit? Present and accounted for. The only things missing are a pink paint job and the geezer old enough to pimp a Tri-Five Chevy. Fortunately, as it turns out, our hasty predispositions are totally bunk.
Closer inspection reveals an LCD screen protruding from the stereo deck that's playing video clips of the car immersed in heated combat, pulling the front tires and lighting up the scoreboard with 10.8-at-126-mph e.t. 's. That's without the nitrous. Once car owner Sonny Poteet arrives at the scene, he informs us that the 502 big-block has over 19,000 street miles on the ticker. Furthermore, the car sports an overdrive trans, power seats, A/C, power steering, and a capacious 17-gallon fuel cell. While it can't park itself, the Bel Air's posh trimmings are downright Lexus-like for a vehicle of its vintage. All those gizmos and doodads equate to 4,300 pounds of race weight, which makes the Tri-Five's performance even more impressive.
Different generations dig different rides, and at 65 years of age, Sonny isn't smitten with musclecars like most 40-somethings. He prefers the big boxy tanks from his youth, and has always had a soft spot for Tri-Five Chevys. "I raced everything I could get my hands on when I was a kid, and had a '55 Chevy that was very similar to the one I have now when I was in high school," Sonny recollects. "I did some street racing in it, and took it to bracket events throughout the country for several years. I had to sell it when I got older, but of all the cars I've had, it was always my favorite."
Overall, the '55 was relatively straight when Sonny first brought it home, but had a few scars from its days as a race car. The firewall had been mercilessly beaten back with a sledgehammer to make way for a 454, and the chassis was already given the Pro Street treatment with tubs and a four-link. The first order of business was fixing the butchered sheetmetal, and spraying the car with PPG Tennessee Blue and Peal White paint. Since the '55 would see more time on the street than on the trailer, the four-link was booted in favor of a ladder bar setup. "A four-link would definitely work better at the track since it's much more adjustable than ladder bars, but they don't work very well on the street," Sonny explains. "The joints on a four-link just don't let the rearend roll around enough for driving around town."
Having watched from the sidelines for far too long, Sonny's hiatus suddenly came to a welcome end when the balance of circumstance and luck portentously swung in his favor. He spotted a '55 Bel Air parked in his friend's garage that looked eerily similar to the car from his youth. His friend mentioned that the person he was storing it for was looking for some jet skis, and Sonny just happened to have a couple of Kawasaki 1100s he was trying to sell. "I couldn't get the car out of my head, and a few days later, I met up with the owner and we traded toys," Sonny explains. His original plans for the car were quite simple. "I always wanted to build a car with a blower and A/C that I could just cruise on the street. One thing led to another, and I ended up with a show-quality car that also runs hard at the track."
After rehabilitating the Bel Air into road-worthy condition once again, Sonny drove it with the tired motor that was already in the car, logging 16,000 miles in just a few years. When GM Performance Parts released the 502 crate motor, however, he had to get it. Next came a Weiand 6-71 blower pulleyed to a pump-gas-friendly 6 psi of boost-a setup that works quite nicely with the motor's 8.75:1 compression ratio. Sonny eventually swapped in a larger Crane 230/234-at-.050 hydraulic roller cam and ported Edelbrock Performer RPM heads, but the short-block is completely stock. A tribute to the 502's durability, it doesn't burn a lick of oil or show any signs of blow-by after nearly 20,000 miles of abuse on the street and strip. According to Sonny, he thinks it's putting out close to 700 hp. "I'm not exactly sure how much power it makes, but I don't really care," he says. "All I know is that it takes a lot of power to make a 4,300-pound car run 10s. Even with the blower, I didn't think the motor could spin 22-inch-wide tires on concrete, but it will spin them anywhere."
Blower motors can be little demons to tune, but as someone who has done just about all the work on his car himself, Sonny wasn't intimidated. The first task was preventing the motor from hesitating when floored from idle. "I got the biggest accelerator pumps and squirters I could find, and that took care of the problem," he explains. "The biggest issue with blower motors is that you can burn them up real fast if you run even slightly lean. Using an air/fuel ratio gauge that I mounted on my steering column, I played around with different carb jets while hammering it on the street to dial it in just right. I ended up with 72 jets up front, 80s in the rear, and 32 degrees of timing."
Big power and big weight call for an extra stout driveline, and getting the job done is a built TH400 trans and a 9-inch rearend sourced from an old Ford pickup. Although the combo was plenty durable for the track, three cogs just weren't enough for Sonny's appetite for freeway cruising. "With 4.56:1 gears, I could only drive 50-60 mph on the freeway because the motor turned over 4,000 rpm," he says. "Now with the Gear Vendors overdrive, I can cruise at 80 mph at 3,200 rpm and have no problem keeping up with all the traffic. The fun of owning a car is working on it and driving it. If I couldn't drive it, I wouldn't own it."
There's no disputing that the Bel Air's mileage records prove that it's a driver. In the 12 years Sonny has owned the car, it has tacked on 36,000 miles. Nonetheless, the dreadful Gulf Coast weather means the car is parked during the summer, right? Not exactly. Tucked in the nooks and crannies of the '55 are electric cooling fans for just about everything. The radiator has four of them-two pushers in front and two pullers in the back-and the A/C condensers sit horizontally under the front bumper to prevent impeding airflow to the radiator. A trans cooler sits where the stock gas tank used to be, and is also cooled by its own fan. "It's just my way of giving the motor every chance it can get to run cool," he explains. "The trans fluid gets very hot with a 4,000-stall converter, so mounting a trans cooler or A/C condensers anywhere near the radiator isn't a good idea. I can drive for hours in bumper-to-bumper traffic and the motor never gets over 200 degrees."
Spend enough time around Sonny and his Bel Air, and it'll all just suddenly hit you. It's impossible to categorize a car like this because it doesn't fit the mold of any established subdivision of hot rodding. And it's not supposed to. There's the obvious fact that it does everything a Pro Street ride shouldn't: go fast at the track, cruise well on the street, and reliably carry its occupants in comfort. Less obvious is that it wasn't built to emulate a certain image. It's just the product of an older gentleman wanting to build a fun street/strip machine that just so happens to resemble a style of car building that's often ostracized in today's enthusiast circles. As you might expect, those factors can lead to some rather comical situations. "You should see the look on people's faces when I take my helmet off after a pass, and realize they just got beat by someone old enough to be their granddad," he quips. "They're shocked to see a big-and-littles car running this hard, and they can't believe an old man is still drag racing." We may still feel like idiots for judging this car before we knew all the facts, but we're not the only ones who have incorrectly profiled a certain blue-and-white Tri-Five Chevy.
By The Numbers'55 Chevy Bel AirSonny Poteet, 65Pearland, TXBest e.t.: 10.80 at 126 mph
|Chevy 502 big-block
|GMPP 4.470-inch-bore 502
|stock pump and pan
|Rotating assembly:
|stock 4.000-inch forged crank, rods, and 8.75:1 pistons
|Cylinder heads:
|ported Edelbrock Performer RPM aluminum castings with 2.19/1.88-inch Manley valves and 118cc chambers
|custom Crane 230/234-at-.050 hydraulic roller, .539/.544-inch lift, 110-degree LSA
|Crane lifters, roller 1.7:1 rockers, and timing set
|Weiand intake manifold, dual Holley 750-cfm carburetors
|MSD Digital 6AL box, distributor, coil, and plug wires
|Power adders:
|Weiand 6-71 supercharger set at 6 psi, NOS Turbo nitrous system jetted at 100 hp
|Fuel system:
|custom 17-gallon fuel cell, Holley pump and regulator, custom fuel log
|Williams Classic 2-inch long-tube headers, dual 3.5-inch Dynomax mufflers
|Be Cool radiator with four electric fans, Milodon water pump
|Built by:
|Rear axle:
|Ford 9-inch rearend, Moser 35-spline axles, 4.11:1 gears, Detroit Locker differential
|Front suspension:
|rebuilt stock
|Rear suspension:
|custom ladder bars, Koni coilovers
|stock Impala discs, front; stock Ford pickup discs, rear; custom vacuum tank
|Centerline Convo Pro 15x6, front; 15x15, rear
|Kumho 195/65-15, front; Mickey Thompson 33x21.5x15 Sportsman Pro, rear


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Quarterly markets review - Q3 2014
An overview of markets in Q3 2014
- Global equities delivered negative returns in US dollar terms as geopolitical tensions rose. Unrest in the Middle East weighed on investor sentiment, as did the volatile situation in Ukraine. At the same time, data from Europe and China pointed to faltering economic growth.
- The S&P 500 posted a positive return. Macroeconomic data remained supportive with Q2 GDP growth revised upwards. Merger & acquisition activity continued to lift equities.
- Eurozone equities were negatively affected by weaker economic data. Worries over the impact of sanctions on Russia and the health of one of Portugal's banks also weighed on sentiment.
- Japan registered positive returns, as corporate earnings were generally strong and exporters benefited from the weaker yen.
- Emerging markets lagged developed markets. Brazilian equities were weak with sentiment driven by the forthcoming presidential election. Russian shares came under pressure due to the situation in Ukraine and consequent sanctions imposed by the West.


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The Passion of David & the Passion of Jesus
John 18 begins by telling us "When Jesus had spoken these words, he went forth with his disciples across the Kidron valley, where there was a garden, which he and his disciples entered" (18:1). Here there may be an allusion to what we might call the "passion" of David. Most people associate David with conquest and royal triumph. What is often forgotten is that the second half of David's life involved a great deal of suffering.[1] As Jesus was betrayed by Judas, David was likewise betrayed by someone close to him―Ahithophel. Ahithophel is called "David's counselor" in 2 Samuel 15:12. We read about David's flight in 2 Samuel 15:
And all the country wept aloud as all the people passed by, and the king crossed the brook Kidron, and all the people passed on toward the wilderness. But David went up the ascent of the Mount of Olives, weeping as he went, barefoot and with his head covered; and all the people who were with him covered their heads, and they went up, weeping as they went… And it was told David, "Ahith'ophel is among the conspirators with Ab'salom." (2 Sam 15:23, 31).Here we see many parallels with the passion narratives found in John as well as the other Gospels: both cross the Kidron (2 Sam 15:23; John 18:1); both go to the Mount of Olives (2 Sam 15:23; Matt 26:30); both are followed on their way out of Jerusalem by people who weep for them (2 Sam 15:23; Luke 23:27). Later in John's narrative Jesus will quote from a psalm attributed to David, in which the king described his suffering: "they divide my garments among them, and for my raiment they cast lots" (Ps 22:18). This is the same psalm evoked in the statement of Jesus from the cross quoted by Matthew and Mark: "My God, my God why hast thou forsaken me" (Ps 22:1; Matt 27:46; Mark 15:44). Jesus is a king like David, not in his triumphant military conquests, but through his suffering.
The Arrest of Jesus
John 18:2-12: "Now Judas, who betrayed him, also knew the place; for Jesus often met there with his disciples. 3 So Judas, procuring a band of soldiers and some officers from the chief priests and the Pharisees, went there with lanterns and torches and weapons. 4 Then Jesus, knowing all that was to befall him, came forward and said to them, "Whom do you seek?" 5 They answered him, "Jesus of Nazareth." Jesus said to them, "I am he." Judas, who betrayed him, was standing with them. 6 When he said to them, "I am he," they drew back and fell to the ground. 7 Again he asked them, "Whom do you seek?" And they said, "Jesus of Nazareth." 8 Jesus answered, "I told you that I am he; so, if you seek me, let these men go." 9 This was to fulfil the word which he had spoken, "Of those whom thou gavest me I lost not one."
Scholars debate the identity of the soldiers who arrested Jesus were. Some think that they were simply members of the Jewish guard, others believe the group included Roman soldiers. The word used to describe them, σπεῖρα (cohort), was usually used to describe a squadron of 600 Roman soldiers. Some scholars, however, think it unlikely that Roman soldiers would have been involved with such an arrest. Yet, the book of Acts relates that Paul was guarded by 270 men after an uprising almost occurred during his "trial" (Acts 23:23). Moreover, given the apparent understanding of Jesus' royal claims (cf. 18:23, the question posed at his trial, "Are you the King of the Jews?"), I do not think it would be unlikely that Roman soldiers would be employed. This is especially true during a climate in which there were concerns about possible insurrectionist uprisings, such as the one in which Barabbas participated (cf. Mark 15:7).
Throughout this scene, John shows Jesus to be in control of the situation. This will be a major theme throughout his passion narrative. John tells us that Jesus already knows all that will happen (cf. 18:4). He does not try to escape from the clutches of the guards. Nor does he hide. Instead, once the arresting party comes, he makes the first move. Before they are even able to say anything, Jesus asks whom they are seeking. When they say "Jesus of Nazareth," he replies, "I am."
Exegetes debate whether or not Jesus is here alluding to God's name, I AM, e.g., "Yahweh". The Greek phrase ἐγώ εἰμι (ego eimi) would seem to evoke the name of God found in the Greek version Exodus 3:14. While the term may simply mean "I am he," the response of those in the garden implies that Jesus is saying something more than, "That's me": "…they drew back and fell to the ground" (John 18:6). In fact, Jesus had already used the term once before in a context in which he clearly identifies himself with the God of the Exodus:
John 8:56-59: [56] Your father Abraham rejoiced that he was to see my day; he saw it and was glad." [57] The Jews then said to him, "You are not yet fifty years old, and have you seen Abraham?" [58] Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I am." [59] So they took up stones to throw at him; but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple.Here the response to Jesus' statement (e.g., an attempt to stone him), confirms the recognition of Jesus' intent to evoke the divine name. Once again, then, here in the garden Jesus is described as having authority over the situation―he is to be identified with the God who appeared with Moses at the burning bush.
Here we recall what Jesus states in John 10:17-18: "For this reason the Father loves me, because I lay down my life, that I may take it again. 18 No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again; this charge I have received from my Father." Jesus is in control. In fact, no one other than Jesus is arrested, confirming what he had said earlier (cf. 18:7). No one is taking his life from him―he is laying it down himself. He is the sacrificial victim, but, as we shall see, he is also the priest.
The Cup of Jesus
John 18:10-12: Then Simon Peter, having a sword, drew it and struck the high priest's slave and cut off his right ear. The slave's name was Malchus. 11 Jesus said to Peter, "Put your sword into its sheath; shall I not drink the cup which the Father has given me?" 12 So the band of soldiers and their captain and the officers of the Jews seized Jesus and bound him.
Here John fills in details missing from Luke's account. Luke tells us that one of Jesus' disciples struck the ear of the high priest's servant, however, he does not tell us the identity of the disciple or servant involved. John reveals that the disciple was Peter and the servant was Malchus.
Jesus' reference to the "cup" evokes the prayer the Synoptics relate Jesus had prayed as he prepared to be arrested: "remove this cup from me" (e.g., Mark 10:36). In fact, in Matthew's account, Jesus prays this prayer three times (Matt 26:39, 42, 44). Of course, Jesus also links drinking the cup to his passion in Mark 10:38-39, in his response to the request of James and John to sit at his right and left in the coming kingdom:
"You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I drink, or to be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized?" 39 And they said to him, "We are able." And Jesus said to them, "The cup that I drink you will drink; and with the baptism with which I am baptized, you will be baptized…"In the Old Testament the image of the cup is used to symbolize suffering (Ps 75:8) and judgment (Isa 51:17, 22; Jer 25:15-29; 49:12; Lam 4:21; Ezek 23:31-34; Hab 2:16). Yet, given the Passover context[2] and the account of Jesus' words over the "cup" in the Synoptics at the Last Supper, another connection may be found.
Many scholars, most recently, Brant Pitre, have made the case that the backdrop of the "cup" is the Passover seder, which, according to ancient Jewish sources, involved the drinking of four cups (cf. m. Pesahim 10:1). Many have identified the third cup with the cup which Jesus pronounced the words of institution ("This is my blood…") over.[3] This is supported by a number of observations. First, the third cup was apparently drunk after the main meal.[4] The earliest account of the Last Supper, which is found in 1 Corinthians 11:23ff, tells us that Jesus took the cup "after supper" and pronounced the Eucharistic words over it. Secondly, the third cup was associated with a blessing and was even referred to as the "cup of blessing".[5] Thirdly, prior to the meal, a blessing would be pronounced. The "blessing" said over the bread by Jesus at the Last Supper may likely allude to this.[6] Finally, after the supper and the drinking of the third cup, the Hallel psalms were sung. This is probably what is alluded to in Mark 14:26: " And when they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives" (cf. Matt 26:30).[7]
What is not mentioned anywhere is the drinking of the fourth cup. Matthew and Mark both make it clear that they sang the hymn, but both also leave the distinct impression that the meal ended at exactly that point.[8] In fact, Jesus seems insistent after the third cup that he will not drink again of the fruit of the vine. While some have suggested that Jesus simply forgot to properly conclude the Passover seder, it would seem obvious from his repeated prayer in the garden concerning the "cup" that he has not forgotten it.
It is only once he is about to die on the cross that Jesus utters the words, "I thirst" (John 19:28). After drinking from the sour wine[9] on the hyssop branch, Jesus exclaims, "It is finished" (John 19:30).[10] G. Feeley-Harnik writes, "When [Jesus] finally cries out in agony, 'My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?'… they offer him vinegar…. He drinks the fourth cup and dies the accursed death…."[11]
Jesus' drinking of the third cup of the Eucharist therefore is intimately connected to his death on the cross. He completes on the cross what he began in the Upper Room. There Jesus made the promise that he would not drink of the fruit of the vine until he drank it in the restored kingdom. Through his death the kingdom comes and he drinks of the final cup as he enters it. Hahn puts its this way:
"Ironically, the hour of his crucifixion and death constituted no defeat; it was rather 'the day and the hour' of Jesus' entrance into the glory of his kingdom, whe he'd drink of the vine anew, just as he had said. But it isn't his will to drink alone; for Jesus calls us as his disciples, to partake not only of the 'third cup,' that is, the 'cup of blessing' which we share in the Eucharist (1 Cor 10:16), but also of the 'fourth cup' by dying for him (Mk 10:38-39). Only then is the paschal mystery truly fulfilled in us."[12]This is why Jesus links the drinking of his cup with martyrdom in his response to James and John's request. Receiving the Eucharist means entering into the mystery of the cross. This is why Jesus tells James and John—who ask to sit at Jesus' right and left hand in the Kingdom—"are you able to drink the cup which I must drink". By receiving the cup of the Eucharist, we unite ourselves to Christ. We say, in effect, "Lord I want to die with you. I want to drink from your cup."
Jesus' Trial and Peter's Denial
John goes on to describe how they led away Jesus to the high priest. However, interjected into the trial narrative is the account of Peter's betrayal of Jesus. The following section is structured in this way:
18:12-14: Jesus is led away to be questioned.
18:15-18: Peter's first denial.
18:19-24: Jesus is questioned by Annas.
18:25-27: Peter's second and third denials.
A number of things could be pointed out here. The link between the motif of "witness" (or lack thereof) by the disciples to Jesus is underscored by John's account of the trial before Annas. After reading about Peter's first denial, the very first thing Jesus is asked about is "his disciples and his teaching" (John 18:19). Jesus refuses to answer questions about his teaching, telling his interrogators to ask "those who have heard me" (John 18:21). (This, of course, fits well within the larger theme of John's Gospel of "witnessing" to Christ.)
Out in the garden, however, Peter--his disciple and a potential "witness"--is doing a poor job relating Jesus' teaching. In fact, there are a number of parallels between Peter and Judas in the story. Judas had come with the "officers" (ὑπηρέτης) of the Jewish leaders (John 18:3), and (at least one of) the high priest's "slave(s)" (δοῦλος)--we read how one of them was attacked by Peter (18:20). Judas is described as having "stood" (εἱστήκει) "with them" (μετ' αὐτῶν) (cf. John 18:5). Now in the high priest's courtyard we read about a charcoal fire, around which are "officers" (ὑπηρέτης) and "slaves" (δοῦλος)(John 18:18). In fact, we are likely to conclude that many of these were those who came with to arrest Jesus, since one of them says to Peter, "Did I not see you in the garden with him?" (John 18:26). Yet, Peter is now no longer with him (μετ' αὐτοῦ). Like Judas, Peter is described as having "stood" (εἱστήκει) "with them" (μετ' αὐτῶν) (cf. John 18:18). Peter has essentially sided with Jesus' opponents. In effect, Jesus is condemned in part because he has no witnesses. There is a strong pastoral message in this.
Another lesson we should learn from this concerns reconciliation. While Judas despaired of forgiveness, Peter accepted it. The point is that God is always willing to forgive us. We are never so far away from God that his arm is too short to reach us and bring us back to him.
By the way, there is only one other place in the New Testament where we read about a "charcoal fire" (ἀνθρακιά). In John 21, the risen Jesus appears to the apostles on the shore of the Sea of Galilee. Peter rushes to greet him. When comes ashore to Jesus what does he find? A charcoal fire (John 21:9). And what does Jesus do? He asks him—3x (the same number of times Peter denied Jesus)—"Do you love me?" In this Peter is finally rehabilitated and reconciled to Christ (cf. John 21:15-19).
Jesus before Pilate and the Choice of Barabbas
Jesus is next led before Pilate. Not surprisingly Pilate's questioning of Jesus revolves around the issue of Jesus' kingship and kingdom. Jesus explains that his kingdom will not be established through violence; he will not be saved through fighting.
"My kingdom is not of this world; if my kingdom were of this world, my servants would fight, that I might not be handed over to the Jews; but my kingdom is not from the world" (John 18:36).This, of course, is consistent with what we saw in the garden where Jesus told Peter to sheath his sword. There Jesus explained that he must drink the cup (John 18:11). Here he speaks of his kingdom. The kingdom is not ushered in through violence, but, as we have seen, through the drinking of the fourth cup on the cross.
Pilate, of course, gives the crowd the choice between Jesus and Barabbas, whom John simply identifies as a "robber" (λῃστής; or a "revolutionary,"18:40). Matthew tells us that he was a "notorious" criminal (Matt 27:16). We learn more about Barabbas from the Passion narrative of Mark: "And among the rebels in prison, who had committed murder in the insurrection, there was a man called Barabbas" (Mark 15:7).
Although it is not clear who Barabbas murdered, due to the fact that he was being held by the Romans for an insurrection it may very well be that he had killed a Roman soldier. Interestingly, Josephus describes John of Grichala, a leader of a band of militant bandits, with the same word the Gospels use to describe Barabbas (War 2.585).
Barrabas is like the zealots, if not one of the zealots. These zealots wanted to lead a revolution. Many of the zealots expected to see the realization of the kingdom of God and the fulfillment of the prophetic hope for restoration through violence. The contrast between Jesus and Barabbas could not be starker. Barabbas' name, I think, is also significant: it is literally, bar ["son of"], abbas ["father"; think of Jesus' use of "Abba"], the "son of the Father."
Barabbas is a kind of counterfeit son of the Father. Jesus is the true "King of the Jews". Yet that title is only finally clear for all to see once it is raised above his head on the cross. Through his death, Jesus conquers the enemies of God's people—which are not ultimately political powers but the powers of the devil.
In the ensuing back-and-forth with the crowd, the Jewish leaders reveal their true allegiance: "Pilate said to the Jews, 'Behold your King!' They cried out, 'Away with him, away with him, crucify him!" Pilate said to them, "Shall I crucify your King?' The chief priests answered, 'We have no king but Caesar' (John 19:14-15).
Jesus' Seamless Garment
Jesus wears a seamless linen garment—which was what the Jewish high priest wears according to Leviticus 16:4. Moreover, in Leviticus 21:10 we read that the high priest's garment could not be torn. Of course, we know from the other Gospels that the high priest tore his own robe once Jesus described his ultimate victory as the Son of Man.
"…the high priest asked him, "Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?" 62 And Jesus said, "I am; and you will see the Son of man seated at the right hand of Power, and coming with the clouds of heaven." 63 And the high priest tore his garments, and said, "Why do we still need witnesses? 64 You have heard his blasphemy. What is your decision?" And they all condemned him as deserving death" (Mark 14:61-64 ).While the high priest tore his robe, Jesus' garment is not torn. In this, Jesus' identity as the true high priest is revealed. Again, no one takes Jesus life from him. He offers it up. He is the true sacrifice for sin―the Lamb of God (see Brant's post below). At the same time, he is also the true high priest, offering himself as the sacrifice.
The quotation, "They parted my garments among them…" is from a Psalm which is also quoted by Jesus on the cross in Matthew and Mark: "My God, My God, why hast thou forsaken me" (Matt 27:46; Mark 14:34). By the way, this was a Psalm attributed to David--it is presented as describing David's suffering. Jesus is the true high priest and the true son of David, who establishes the kingdom of God. So much more could be said about that but we've got to move on.
Jesus Gives the Beloved Disciple His Mother
The very last thing Jesus does before drinking from the hyssop branch and dying, is he gives his mother to be the mother of the "beloved disciple".
John 19:26-27: "When Jesus saw his mother, and the disciple whom he loved standing near, he said to his mother, 'Woman, behold, your son!' 27 Then he said to the disciple, 'Behold, your mother!' And from that hour the disciple took her to his own home."Of course, in a historical sense, the historical figure called the "beloved disciple" was most likely the author (I believe, John the Apostle; see this post and this post). Yet, throughout the Gospel the "beloved disciple" / author merges his identity with the "we" of the community of faith. This is clear at the outset of his Gospel: "And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, full of grace and truth; we have beheld his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father" (John 1:12). Likewise, in John 21 we read, "This is the disciple who is bearing witness to these things, and who has written these things; and we know that his testimony is true."[13]
The use of the term "woman" evokes Genesis imagery. Of course, John uses new creation at the very start of his Gospel. John 1-2 makes several allusions to Genesis 1-2: both begin, "In the beginning" (John 1:1; Gen 1:1); both speak of "life," "light" and "darkness" (John 1:1-4; Gen. 1:3-5, 20-22); as Genesis describes God's Spirit moving over the waters, John recounts how the Spirit hovered over Jesus in the waters of the Jordan (John 1:33; Gen 1:2). In Genesis 2, Adam calls his wife "Eve" because she is "the mother of all living" (Gen 3:20). In the Gospel of John, Jesus explains that he has come "that they may have life, and have it abundantly" (John 10:10). Mary is a new Eve―the mother of all those who have life in Christ. Something similar to this is found in the Revelation 12, where the mother of the Messiah is said to have other offspring―"those who keep the commandments of God and bear testimony to Jesus" (Rev 12:17).
The Blood & Water from the Side of Christ
John goes on to describe how after Jesus is pierced with a lance, blood and water flow out (John 19:26-35). Two things, should be pointed out here. First, John may be alluding here to Jesus' role as the new temple. Of course, John 2 explicitly states that Jesus understood his body in terms of the true temple (cf. John 2:19-21). In fact, from the outset, the fourth Gospel reveals Jesus' role as the true tabernacle and temple of the Lord. In John 1, Jesus is described as the Word who "dwelt among us" (1:14). In Greek, the verb used for "dwelt" can literally be translated as "he tabernacled." As God "tabernacled" with Israel, so in Jesus God is "tabernacling" among his people again. In fact, the word was used not only in association with God dwelling in the tabernacle, but also in connection with the Lord's "dwelling" in the temple (cf. 1 Kings 6:13).
The same imagery is found in John 7. There the backdrop of the chapter is the feast of Tabernacles, which celebrated the dedication of the temple. In John 7:37-39 we read,
"On the last day of the feast, the great day, Jesus stood up and proclaimed, 'If anyone thirst, let him come to me and drink. He who believes in me, as the Scripture has said, 'Out of his heart shall flow rivers of living water.' Now this he said about the Spirit, which those who believed in him were to receive…"Jesus seems to be drawing on new temple imagery—as Ezekiel saw waters flowing from the new temple, so the Spirit will flow from him, the true temple. The imagery here seems to be linked with what we find in John 19 where we read about Jesus giving forth his Spirit in death and water (and blood) flowing out of his heart from his pierced side.
Interestingly, in relating the piercing of Jesus, John cites Zechariah 12:10. It should be pointed out that the Zechariah goes on to describe the eschatological Jerusalem, out of which, as in Ezekiel's vision of the new temple, water will flow: "On that day living waters shall flow out from Jerusalem, half of them to the eastern sea and half of them to the western sea; it shall continue in summer as in winter" (Zech 14:9). One might also see here allusions to Rabbinic traditions about the rock in the wilderness (cf. 1 Cor 10:4), which stated that both blood and water flowed from it.[14]
Secondly, in the Gospel of John both the elements of water and blood have been associated with sacramental imagery. In John 3, Jesus tells Nicodemus that in order to enter into the kingdom, one must be born with "water and Spirit" (John 3:5). That this is to be linked with Baptism is confirmed by the fact that immediately after his conversation with Nicodemus, Jesus goes out to baptize with his disciples (John 3:22-23)―the only such reference in any of the Gospels. In John 6, Jesus explains that one must eat his flesh and drink his blood. I have discussed the reasons for seeing Eucharistic connections here.
I will close these reflections by citing from John Chrysostom's Catechesis which is used in the Good Friday Office of Readings in the Liturgy of the Hours...
If we wish to understand the power of Christ's blood, we should go back to the ancient account of its prefiguration in Egypt. "Sacrifice a lamb without blemish", commanded Moses, "and sprinkle its blood on your doors". If we were to ask him what he meant, and how the blood of an irrational beast could possibly save men endowed with reason, his answer would be that the saving power lies not in the blood itself, but in the fact that it is a sign of the Lord's blood. In those days, when the destroying angel saw the blood on the doors he did not dare to enter, so how much less will the devil approach now when he sees, not that figurative blood on the doors, but the true blood on the lips of believers, the doors of the temple of Christ.
If you desire further proof of the power of this blood, remember where it came from, how it ran down from the cross, flowing from the Master's side. The gospel records that when Christ was dead, but still hung on the cross, a soldier came and pierced his side with a lance and immediately there poured out water and blood. Now the water was a symbol of baptism and the blood, of the holy eucharist. The soldier pierced the Lord's side, he breached the wall of the sacred temple, and I have found the treasure and made it my own. So also with the lamb: the Jews sacrificed the victim and I have been saved by it."There flowed from his side water and blood".
Beloved, do not pass over this mystery without thought; it has yet another hidden meaning, which I will explain to you. I said that water and blood symbolized baptism and the holy eucharist. From these two sacraments the Church is born: from baptism, "the cleansing water that gives rebirth and renewal through the Holy Spirit", and from the holy eucharist. Since the symbols of baptism and the Eucharist flowed from his side, it was from his side that Christ fashioned the Church, as he had fashioned Eve from the side of Adam Moses gives a hint of this when he tells the story of the first man and makes him exclaim: "Bone from my bones and flesh from my flesh!" As God then took a rib from Adam's side to fashion a woman, so Christ has given us blood and water from his side to fashion the Church. God took the rib when Adam was in a deep sleep, and in the same way Christ gave us the blood and the water after his own death.Do you understand, then, how Christ has united his bride to himself and what food he gives us all to eat? By one and the same food we are both brought into being and nourished. As a woman nourishes her child with her own blood and milk, so does Christ unceasingly nourish with his own blood those to whom he himself has given life.
[1] It would seem that the later conspiracies against David were understood as a punishment for the affair with Bathsheba. See 2 Samuel 12:10-12; 16:20-23.
[2] Here we cannot discuss all of the details relating to the dating of the Last Supper. Suffice it to say, the Passover forms the context of the Last Supper and the Passion narrative.
[3] For a full treatment see Brant Pitre, Jesus and the Jewish Roots of the Eucharist (New York: Doubleday, 2011), chapter 6.
[4] See Scot McKnight, Jesus and His Death (Waco: Baylor University Press, 2005), 256.
[5] H. L. Strack and P. Billerbeck, Kommentar Neuen Testament aus Talmud und Midrash (Munchen: 1928), IV/2, 628. John Nolland, The Gospel of Matthew (NIGTC; Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2005), 1077: "On the basis of the indication in Lk 22:20; 1 Cor. 11:25 that the cup intended came after the meal, the cup is normally identified as the third cup, but occasionally the fourth cup is preferred." Nolland goes on to explain that the reason one might identify the Eucharistic cup as the fourth cup is due to the fact that no cup comes after the Eucharistic one. We will address this problem below.
[6] See Norman Theiss, "The Passover Feast of the New Covenant," in Interpretation 48 (1994): 17-35; Craig Evans, Mark 8:27-16:20 (WBC 34b; Columbia: Thomas Nelson, 2001), 389.
[7] Also see Jonathan D. Brumberg-Kraus, "Not by bread alone...": The Ritualization of Food and Table Talk in the Passover Seder and in the Last Supper," in Semeia 86 (1999), 165 n. 1.
[8] D. Daube, The New Testament and Rabbinic Judaism (Peabody: Hendricksen, 1995), 331: "The implication is that they go out directly after the 'hymn' without drinking the fourth cup."
[9] That the vinegar was sour wine, see Josef Blinzler, Trial of Jesus: The Jewish and Roman Proceedings against Jesus Christ Described and Assessed from the Oldest Accounts (I. McHugh & F. McHugh, trans.; Westminster: Newman, 1959), 255; Raymond Brown, The Gospel According to John (AB 29A; New York: Doubleday, 1970)), 2: 909.
[10] See Raymond Brown, The Death of the Messiah: From Gethsemane to the Grave (New York: Doubleday, 1994), 2:1007: "In 18:11 Jesus said that he wanted to drink the cup the Father had given him; when Jesus drinks the offered wine, he has finished this commitment made at the beginning of the P[assion] N[arrative]."
[11] The Lord's Table: Eucharist and Passover in Early Christianity (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania, 1981), 145; cited in Scott Hahn, A Father Who Keeps His Promises (Ann Arbor: Servant, 1998), 291-292 n. 4.
[12] Hahn, A Father, 233.
[13] For an argument for the authenticity of John 21 see this post.
[14] Exod. Rab. 122a (citing Ps 78:20); Palestinian Targum on Num 20:11. Cited by Craig Keener, John (Peabody: Hendrickson, 2003), 1153-4.


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I would like to introduce you to a very special guest, a lovely crafty friend, Laurigami.
Laurigami has used the new LDRS Creative Saturated Canary image called Sweatshirt Saturday, she's one of my favourites in the collection. The image was layered onto the frame and 3 corners die cut which Laurigami also sprayed with the Lindy's Stampgang Sweet Treats starburst sprays, these are also available in store, links below.
The shape of the card was made using the Dutch Doobadoo Square 2.
Laurigami has also used the Little Darlings Lovely View, again sprayed with sweet treats starburst sprays to alter the colour. This is poking out at the top right.
The rolled roses were made using the NEW Rolled Roses Die, as you can see you can make them quite large or tighter for smaller versions.
Laurigami has used the Gilded Labels Die Set for the stopped of the easel card, and added more rolled roses, again sprayed with the sweet treats starburst and added kraft leaves 2.
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I definitely got a runner's high tonight after running 2 miles on the treadmill and walking 1/2 mile. What a good feeling! I told my husband that running is starting to clear my mind more than meditation. It definitely helps me sort my thoughts about the day out.
Once home, I showered, changed into my jammies and iced using paradice ice packs.
Rewind to this morning…
Breakfast was chobani greek yogurt with almonds and honey. I realize I have been pretty boring with my food lately, but I am trying to eat up what is in our fridge and not waste it!
Lunch was a ham sandwich, applesauce, a clementine, some pita chips and two girl scout peanut butter sandwich cookies. I realize that sounds like a lot of food! I sort of snacked on the pita chips prior to lunch though. By the looks of this very brown themed lunch, I need to go grocery shopping for some veggies soon.
My afternoon snack was a raisin bran vitatop and a half a cup of decaf coffee. The coffee tasted yummy, especially because it was a dreary day in Milwaukee and coffee comforts me on rainy days. I really liked the raisin bran flavor–so good!
Dinner was late, when I got back from the gym. I needed something quick but relatively nutritious, so I cooked up my go to meal of late, pierogis and brussell sprouts.
I cooked up this meal quickly while watching Food Revolution. Jamie always inspires me and makes me laugh, especially when he shows up in a tomato costume.
Rumor on the radio today was that he does eventually get into LA schools and the LAUSD gives in. It's about frickin time!
Anyone else here this shocking food news today? The NY Times headline read: "Vegan Promoter Uses Photos of Meat and Dairy items and fury follows." How disappointing for the readers of VegNews.
Hope your Tuesday was fantastic!


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A change of wheels can make a big difference to the performance and feel of your bike. It's no surprise that they're one of the most popular upgrades.
Even some quite expensive bikes come with fairly basic wheels. Manufacturers reason that you will use them for training and fit something lighter or more aerodynamic for events and sunny days.
The biggest performance gain you can get is to switch to aero wheels, but choose carefully: they vary a lot in how much they're affected by sidewinds.
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This street preacher finds himself plenty of converts as he walks the streets of Binghamton. Of course, it's easy to win hearts and minds when you're selling the gospel according to Batman. Watch him air his warnings not to fall for the Joker's temptations and teach new Batmanists the articles of faith.
You can also follow the Gotham Street Preacher on Twitter. There's plenty more to the Batmanist faith. The Gotham Preacher's car? The Preachermobile. Batmanist heaven? Wayne Manor.
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Start up Netbeans you should see a screen that looks like this:
Now select File->New Project and select C/C++ and then C/C++ application then press next
Enter in the name of the project and the location you want to put it and click finish
You should now see on the left hand side something like this you may need to expand your project
now right click on the Source Files and select New-> Empty C++ File then call the file what you want to call it and click finish
Now this next step you can either do right now or right before you build it. Ok go to file-> Project Properties it will pull up this window
The new file should look something like this
you now need to click on linker witch will bring up this
now click on the symbol by libraries that looks like this (...) and the window pulled up is this
Now click on the add option button then click on the other option and now the most important part open up a terminal and type in
allegro-config --libs --static
then put the output in the other option place and that should be it for configuring it
now we can put the code into the source file and then build and run and if it worked then you should see a blank black screen and push a key and it should end any problems or question please reply and I will do what I can to help.
#include <allegro.h> int main() { allegro_init(); install_keyboard(); set_gfx_mode(GFX_AUTODETECT, 640, 480, 0, 0); readkey(); return 0; } END_OF_MAIN();


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MIRABEL, Quebec (Reuters) - Bombardier Inc's (BBDb.TO) CSeries jetliner successfully completed its first flight on Monday, a key step in a $3.4 billion program to develop the first all-new narrow-body plane of its size in decades that the company hopes will increase sales.
But the new jet still faces an ambitious, 12-month deadline to start carrying commercial passengers, and tough sales competition from bigger rivals Airbus EAD.PA and Boeing Co (BA.N).
Bombardier Commercial Aircraft President Michele Arcamone told a press conference on Monday the development cost had climbed to $3.9 billion, but he later sought to backtrack on that figure, telling reporters the company had always targeted costs at "less than $4 billion" and saying that $3.4 billion remained the official estimate.
He said the cost fluctuates due to suppliers, materials and other factors.
The white-and-blue CS100 test aircraft landed beside the Bombardier plant in Mirabel, Quebec, at 12:23 p.m. EDT (1623 GMT) before a crowd of employees, media and spectators.
"It flew very well," said Bombardier chief test pilot Chuck Ellis on stepping out of the cockpit after the flight. "It's a very, very nice airplane."
About 2-1/2 hours earlier, the plane rose from the tarmac amid cheers and surprisingly little noise from its new engines.
"You could hardly hear the take-off," said Martin Gauss, chief executive officer of Latvian carrier AirBaltic, which has ordered 10 of the larger CS300 planes, which seat 130 passengers.
"This was one of the reasons why we bought it, along with the cost savings from lower fuel burn," he said by telephone after watching the take-off from a spot near the runway.
Montreal-based Bombardier believes big profits await it at the lower end of the market served by Airbus and Boeing for aircraft seating between 100 and 149 passengers.
Critics say the Canadian design for the medium-haul jet made of light-weight composite materials ignores a trend toward larger aircraft seating 150 people or more as air traffic expands and carriers offer more seats.
Bombardier says its plane will have a 15 percent cash operating cost advantage, 20 percent fuel burn advantage and will be significantly quieter that competing single-aisle jets.
Those proposed improvements prompted Airbus and Boeing to launch in recent years new versions of their older single-aisle models, with similar new, fuel-efficient engines.
Airbus says that when comparing "apples with apples," its upgraded A319neo, part of the A320ne family, will have similar fuel burn and cash costs to the CS300, merely by adopting similar engines. Boeing's competing jet, the 737MAX, is an update of its best-selling 737 jet, first launched in 1967.
While most industry experts say Bombardier's "all new" aircraft built with composites has the edge on fuel performance, Airbus and Boeing sales pitches emphasize "commonality" with the airlines' existing fleet of A320s and 737s - similar design, controls and components that reduce the cost of training and spare parts. Airbus and Boeing planes also command cheaper financing since they are the industry's most popular models.
The two big plane makers have won more than 3,800 orders for their A320neo and 737MAX planes. Only a small portion of those orders are for the smaller models that compete directly with the CSeries, suggesting that airlines prefer larger planes.
In contrast, CSeries sales have stalled at 177 firm orders, far short of Bombardier's goal of 300 by the time the plane enters service next year.
But Bombardier, which also makes trains, is staking a claim in a niche: the single-aisle, 100- to 149-seat class that is midway between the size of so-called "regional" planes and the larger commercial jetliners of Boeing and Airbus. Bombardier says it can corner half that market over the next 20 years.
Brazil's Embraer SA (EMBR3.SA), the world's No. 3 planemaker, leads in sales of smaller, regional jets.
The CS100 seats 110 in a typical configuration, while the larger CS300 seats 135 and can be modified to seat up to 160.
Bombardier also says the CSeries will be the world's quietest commercial aircraft, to meet evolving regulation.
After witnessing the flight on Monday, Gauss of AirBaltic said he would talk with Bombardier about increasing the airline's order by dipping into its options for 10 additional planes. AirBaltic has not yet decided how many of these options it will exercise.
While the CSeries performance is strong on paper, now that it is flying, airlines and rival plane makers will see if it lives up to its claims of high fuel efficiency, low operating costs and low noise levels.
Competing plane makers also will look closely at the performance of the CSeries systems and components, most notably its PurePower PW1500G turbofan engine made by Pratt & Whitney, a unit of Connecticut-based United Technologies Corp (UTX.N).
"The CSeries has already caused an earthquake in the airliner industry," said Michael Boyd, chairman of aviation consulting group Boyd Group International. "That's what caused Boeing and Airbus to redesign their airplanes."
While the first flight was successful, the CSeries' still faces numerous obstacles before it can start carrying commercial passengers in 12 months.
Guy Hachey, president and chief operating officer of Bombardier, said on Monday that nothing from the flight indicated changing the schedule for entry into service.
But others were skeptical that the ambitious deadline would be met, especially after the first flight was delayed for nine months. The plane still faces considerable work in testing, certification and setting up production.
"There has not been a flight test program yet that's ever gone up there and they haven't found something that needed addressing," Chris Murray, an analyst with PI Financial, said recently. Like many others, Murray expects entry into service in 2015.
Reporting by Solarina Ho and Tim Hepher; Editing by Alwyn Scott, Gerald E. McCormick, John Wallace and Chris Reese


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Quote:The straight blast is "ok". I would personally rather use the modified "boxing blast", but I'm not going to completely throw out the straight blast altogether. The problem with that is again, that there is nothing on it, unless you can run into it full-bore. If you're using it to obtain the clinch, I think it's ok. My only opinion here is that the boxing blast is safer. You have to have more timing when using that because it's slower. But timing is an important attribute anyway and it's worth developing. Thats another reason why training delivery systems is important rather than just learning moves.
Quote:Whats the difference between a boxing blast and a straight blast John?
Quote:When I've seen the straight blast demonstrated it always looks like the person doing it is firing off the back leg, much like in Wing Chun chain punching...and they always look to me like they only ever go in straight lines.
Quote:I've not played with any JKD people but the WC people I messed around with just seem to punch their way straight into my clinch with any extremely high center of gravity.
Quote:When you talk about a boxing blast are you talking working behind a good stiff jab? I tend to launch my jabs off a slight lateral step and work on jarring them out of the feet. I find the lateral step with an angled jab lines you up perfectly for the follow up cross.
Quote:The boxing blast is thrown like you would throw a jab/cross combo that becomes a series of crosses because of changing footwork that puts each hand thrown as the rear hand.
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