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1. retire - verb
· go into retirement; stop performing one's work or withdraw from one's position; "He retired at age 68"
Hypernym(s): leave_office, quit, step_down, resign
2. retire - verb
· withdraw from active participation; "He retired from chess"
Synonym(s): withdraw
Hypernym(s): discontinue, stop, cease, give_up, quit, lay_off
3. retire - verb
· pull back or move away or backward; "The enemy withdrew"; "The limo pulled away from the curb"
Synonym(s): withdraw, retreat, pull_away, draw_back, recede, pull_back, move_back
Hypernym(s): travel, go, move, locomote
4. retire - verb
· withdraw from circulation or from the market, as of bills, shares, and bonds
Hypernym(s): recall
5. retire - verb
· break from a meeting or gathering; "We adjourned for lunch"; "The men retired to the library"
Hypernym(s): close_up, close, fold, shut_down, close_down
6. retire - verb
· make (someone) retire; "The director was retired after the scandal"
Hypernym(s): displace, fire, give_notice, can, dismiss, give_the_axe, send_away, sack, force_out, give_the_sack, terminate
7. retire - verb
· dispose of (something no longer useful or needed); "She finally retired that old coat"
Hypernym(s): discard, fling, toss, toss_out, toss_away, chuck_out, cast_aside, dispose, throw_out, cast_out, throw_away, cast_away, put_away
8. retire - verb
· lose interest; "he retired from life when his wife died"
Synonym(s): withdraw
Hypernym(s): tire, pall, weary, fatigue, jade
9. retire - verb
· cause to be out on a fielding play
Synonym(s): put_out
Hypernym(s): toy, fiddle, diddle, play
10. retire - verb
· cause to get out; "The pitcher retired three batters"; "the runner was put out at third base"
Synonym(s): strike_out
11. retire - verb
· prepare for sleep; "I usually turn in at midnight"; "He goes to bed at the crack of dawn"
Synonym(s): go_to_bed, turn_in, bed, crawl_in, kip_down, hit_the_hay, hit_the_sack, sack_out, go_to_sleep
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Former Sheriff Guy W. Glodis was either an active participant or a passive messenger when it came to getting an inmate out of jail on work release, lawyers argued today before the state Ethics Commission.
In June, the Ethics Commission alleged that Mr. Glodis violated two sections of the state conflict of interest law when he was sheriff by allegedly arranging for the placement of an inmate into a work release program, a move that was allegedly made at the request of Commerce Bank and Trust Chairman David G. "Duddie" Massad.
In closing arguments today, the commission's staff lawyer, Candies Pruitt-Doncaster, said written work-release policies prohibit work release for inmates with criminal cases pending, which applied to inmate Joseph T. Duggan III.
She argued that Mr. Massad, whom she described as "a well-known, well-heeled businessman in Worcester," had a multimillion construction project going on in October 2009, for which he needed Mr. Duggan as project manager.
"This project manager was so important to him he had already paid $18,000 in restitution to keep him out of jail," she said.
"Nevertheless he was on his way to the Worcester County Jail. But Mr. Massad had a friend. He had a friend with keys to the jail. His friend was Sheriff Guy Glodis," she said.
Mr. Glodis' lawyer, Thomas R. Kiley, acknowledged that Mr. Massad had left a telephone message for the sheriff the day before Mr. Duggan was to report for a 4-month sentence for larceny in October 2009.
Phone records show Mr. Glodis returned the call shortly afterward and, Mr. Massad testified earlier, that during that 9-minute conversation he asked the sheriff to help gain work release for Mr. Duggan, allowing him to do construction work at a car dealership in Auburn.
Mr. Kiley insisted, however, that Mr. Glodis only passed the message on to subordinates at the jail and that he told Mr. Massad that someone would get back to him about it. He said Mr. Glodis did not make the decision to place Mr. Duggan on work release himself.
While acknowledging that Mr. Massad did call the sheriff to make the request, Mr. Kiley said, "What happened as a consequence was not established" in evidence presented in the case.
Mr. Glodis testified earlier that he did not remember any conversation with Mr. Massad about Mr. Duggan's release and that he did not authorize his assignment to work release or ask any other jail officials to do so.
Ms. Pruitt-Doncaster, citing testimony in previous hearings from several jail officials who handled the work release classification, said the release was "unusually quick" and that it was approved even though Mr. Duggan had other criminal cases pending before the courts.
"What this case is about is, regardless of who you know, or who you are, the rules should apply to everyone equally. The rules are not just for the people who do not have friends in high places," Ms. Pruitt-Doncaster told the five-member commission.
She said Mr. Duggan was committed to the jail on Oct. 29, 2009. "Twenty-seven hours later he was back on the streets on work release. This was quick, this was unusually quick. But most importantly, he was not eligible to be placed on work release," she said. "The rules did not apply to David 'Duddie' Massad."
She asked the commission to bear in mind that Mr. Massad was a longtime political supporter of Mr. Glodis, backing him in his campaigns for state senate, sheriff and state auditor.
"So when he testifies he does not recall a request from a longtime political supporter about placing someone on work release, even after receiving a call from a reporter about that placement, that speaks to Mr. Glodis' credibility," she said.
"He not only took the call, he passed on the message," she said. "There is no evidence that anyone other than Glodis decided to put Mr. Duggan on work release."
She argued Mr. Glodis violated state ethics laws. She said: "Whether he directly told subordinates to place Mr. Duggan on work release, or whether he indirectly passed on the message with a wink and a nod, knowing he would get preferential treatment, or simply passed on the message without making certain the placement was appropriate."
Mr. Kiley argued that three jail officials involved in the release testified that Mr. Glodis did not contact them about the release and that they had not made the decision themselves to release him.
He said the case against Mr. Glodis was speculative.
Mr. Kiley said that because state law allows sheriffs to run work release programs and that all inmates except sex offenders can be eligible, "It is impossible to say work release is an unwarranted privilege," even with the jail's policy limiting eligibility to those with no other cases pending.
The commission will now determine whether any violations occurred and what penalties to possibly impose. Mr. Glodis could face up to $10,000 in fines if found to have violated the state ethics laws.
Mr. Duggan, a former home improvement contractor, was stripped of his construction supervisor licenses by state regulators for repeated misconduct. He was the subject of a series of stories in the Telegram & Gazette in 2009 detailing complaints from customers that he pocketed money intended for building supplies and then walked away from projects, leaving them unfinished.
He had been sentenced to 4 months in jail for a larceny conviction in one of those cases and had previously served more than 4 years in federal prison for bank fraud and money laundering.
Mr. Glodis today blamed the newspaper for the case against him. "I'm looking forward to the commission's decision, but the more I look into the case, the more I realize this is not an issue between Guy Glodis and the state ethics. It's more of an issue between Guy Glodis and the Telegram & Gazette."

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Calamari Salad
Calamari cooked with an Asian flair makes a great topping for napa cabbage and radishes. Spicy and crunchy, this salad is a great mix of flavor and texture.
1 1⁄2 lb. calamari, cleaned
1 tbsp. fresh gingerroot, minced
2 tsp. garlic, minced
2 tbsp. mirin
1 tbsp. fresh lime juice
2 tsp. spicy bean paste
3 tbsp. soy sauce
2 tsp. hot sesame oil
2 tbsp. vegetable oil
1 head napa cabbage, shredded
1 large bunch watercress
2 carrots, julienned
5 radishes, thinly sliced
Black sesame seeds, for garnish
1. Score calamari and cut into strips about 1⁄2-in. wide and 2-in. long. Place in bowl and pour boiling water over the calamari to cover for 30 sec. and drain.
2. In a small pan, combine ginger, garlic, mirin, and lime juice; cook 2 min. and cool.
3. Stir in bean paste, soy sauce, and oils, and dress calamari and vegetables.


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EclipseLink Application Architectures
You can use EclipseLink in a variety of application architectures, including three- and two-tier architectures, with or without Java EE, to access a variety of data types on both relational and nonrelational data sources.
EclipseLink and Your Application Architecture
For more information on strategies for incorporating EclipseLink into your application architecture, see Designing Your Application with EclipseLink.
This section introduces some of the following common enterprise architectures used by EclipseLink applications:
- Three-Tier -- The three-tier (or Java EE Web) application is one of the most common EclipseLink architectures. This architecture is characterized by a server-hosted environment in which the business logic, persistent entities, and the EclipseLink Foundation Library all exist in a single Java Virtual Machine (JVM). See Considering Three-Tier Architecture for more information.
The most common example of this architecture is a simple three-tier application in which the client browser accesses the application through servlets, JavaServer Pages (JSP) and HTML.
The presentation layer communicates with EclipseLink through other Java classes in the same JVM, to provide the necessary persistence logic. This architecture supports multiple servers in a clustered environment, but there is no separation across JVMs from the presentation layer and the code that invokes the persistence logic against the persistent entities using EclipseLink.
- EJB Session Bean Facade-- A popular variation on the three-tier application involves wrapping the business logic, including the EclipseLink access, in EJB session beans. This architecture provides a scalable deployment and includes integration with transaction services from the host application server. See Considering EJB Session Bean Facade Architecture for more information.
Communication from the presentation layer occurs through calls to the EJB session beans. This architecture separates the application into different tiers for the deployment. The session bean architecture can persist either Java objects or EJB entity beans.
- EJB 3.0 Entities with JPA -- The EJB 3.0 specification includes an additional persistence specification called the Java Persistence API (JPA). You can use this API for creating, reading, updating, and deleting plain old Java objects (POJO) within both a compliant EJB 3.0 Java EE container and a standard Java SE 5 (or later) environment.
EclipseLink JPA is a standards compliant JPA persistence provider built on the EclipseLink foundation library. EclipseLink JPA offers a variety of vendor extensions (annotations and persistence properties) that give you full access to the underlying EclipseLink API.
For more information, see:
- Web Services -- A Web services architecture is similar to the three-tier or session-bean architecture. However, in a Web services architecture you encapsulate business logic (the service) in a Web service instead of (or in addition to) using session beans. In a Web services architecture, clients communicate with your application using XML.
As in any architecture, you can use EclipseLink to persist objects to relational or EIS data sources. However, in a Web services architecture you can also use EclipseLink to map your object model to an XML schema for use with the Web service or as the Web service XML serializer.
See Considering Web Services Architecture for more information
- EclipseLink Database Web Services -- EclipseLink database Web services architecture (introduced in 1.1) is similar to the Web services architecture. However, in an EclipseLink database Web services architecture, you use EclipseLink to automatically generate Web services that expose database operations such as queries, DML statements, and stored procedures and stored functions. Using EclipseLink database Web services, you can provide Java EE compliant, client-neutral access to a relational database without having to write Java code.
As in any Web services architecture, clients communicate with your application using SOAP (XML) messages. However, in an EclipseLink database Web services architecture you need only specify an XSD for persistent classes. Clients need only invoke the operations the EclipseLink database Web service exposes to create, read, update, and delete these persistent objects. EclipseLink database Web services return objects or row set data, depending on the type of operation. See Considering EclipseLink Database Web Service Architecture for more information.
- Two-Tier -- A two-tier (or client/server) application is one in which the EclipseLink application accesses the database directly. Although less common than the other architectures discussed here, EclipseLink supports this architecture for smaller or embedded data processing applications.
See Considering Two-Tier Architecture for more information.


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The EEA and Norway Grants
The European Economic Area (EEA) Grants and Norway Grants represent the contribution of Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway to reducing economic and social disparities and to strengthening bilateral relations with 16 EU countries in Central and Southern Europe. For further information and application, please follow the link…
The joint statement by the Islamic Council of Norway and the Church of Norway Council on Ecumenical and International Relations underlines that religious extremism is part of the global reality. But the main issue reflected in the text is that religious extremism also threatens the life, welfare and rights of human beings in many local situations.


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New Rule: Just because your tattoo has Chinese characters in it doesn't
make you spiritual. It's right above the crack of your fanny. And it
translates to "beef with broccoli." The last time you did anything
spiritual, you were praying to God you weren't pregnant. You're not
spiritual. You're just high.
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ATDI is now member of the Dynamic Spectrum Alliance (DSA).
The Dynamic Spectrum Alliance is a global organization advocating for laws and regulations that will lead to more efficient and effective spectrum utilization. The membership are working to create innovative solutions that will increase the amount of available spectrum to the benefit of consumers and businesses alike.
In that way, ATDI offers its knowledge and expertise with a global solution for White-Space calculation and Database.
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Another actor is coming to the Lehigh Valley area.
To play music.
John C. Reilly, perhaps best known for his Academy Award- and Golden Globe-nominated role of Amos Hart in the 2002 movie "Chicago," will stop at Sellersville Theater 1894 at 8 p.m. Jan. 28.
Reilly will play "musical host" for a performance with Becky Stark and Tom Brosseau, with whom he has recently toured.
Tickets for the show, at $25 and $39.50, went on sale this week at http://www.st94.com and 215-257-5808.
Reilly is the latest actor to bring musical shows to the area.
Actress Minnie Driver, best known for her role in "Good...


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Positive Deviance
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Positive Deviance is based on the observation that in every community there are certain individuals or groups whose uncommon behaviors and strategies enable them to find better solutions to problems than their peers, while having access to the same resources and facing similar or worse challenges.
This is a video profiling of a Zambian based Voices of Youth
Connect Educator called Josephine. She explains how she has
emerged has a shining example in her community called Kanyama.
This video further demonstrates how an SMS based information
service on HIV and STIs is based utilized by Zambia's youth. It
also illustrates how VOY Connect is helping shape the lives of
most Zambian youth.


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Lady Lindy, a Mystery Begins
Lady Lindy has taken off, soaring in the sky, flying the Canary just a few days ago. Now, we have no connection with her and we are afraid that she died. Everybody has some input on this situation. Here, we have people saying that maybe she was sucked into the Bermuda Triangle, or people claiming that Earhart lost all concentration and that her navigator was no help, so she crashed roughly in the sea. Others say that she landed on an island that Japan had taken over, during World War II. Nobody really knows the truth, though. Why did Amelia have this sudden craving to fly around the world? It started like this.
Amelia saw her first airplane in 1908, and knew right away that she wanted to become a pilot. Finally, in 1916 she graduated from high school and went straight to World War I to nurse the wounded. She still adored the planes and promised herself that she would learn to drive one. In 1922, she succeeded to following her promise, and got a pilot license of her own. She became the first woman to be a passenger on the transatlantic flight. Earhart had a little book to write about her exciting day. She had a publisher to publish her book. Later on, she married that same publisher, George Putnam.
In 1932, she flew solo across the ocean. She became the first woman to receive the Distinguish Flying Cross, and she was awarded by Congress. Amazing she was, but yet that is not it, she still did much more. She and her husband had nicknames too. He called her A.E, and she called him G.P. Amelia still decided to fly 2 more times across the Atlantic. When Eleanor Roosevelt fought for womens rights, she used Earhart as a example to show that women could also be brave and strong.
At last, that leads us to the point where Lady Lindy attempts to fly around the world. It was just that her famous flight was not meant to be. Shortly after she had made it half way around the world, Earhart disappeared into thin air. Even today, the mystery remains unsolved
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Before we start today, let me update you on a roster move: The Dolphins re-signed defensive lineman Ryan Baker to the 53-man roster this morning because they are seemingly concerned about the injury status of Tony McDaniel, who has been injured most of the preseason and got hurt again against Houston. So there's that. With the signing the Dolphins have 52 players on the roster.
The start of the NFL season was an exciting prospect for Joe Philbin and his coaching staff becasue, as they said, the outcome against Houston would be a gauge of where the Dolphins are at this stage of their development.
Well, now they believe they know.
And if the players didn't know based on Sunday's 30-10 loss, Philbin reminded them Sunday night during the 2 1/2 hour flight home from Houston.
"I walked to the back of the plane and visited with players and told them, 'Now you know we're you're at. This is where we are." Philbin said. "The film is what we are right now. And so we have to accept responsibility for that and move forward and improve."
The bad news is the Dolphins are not in the same orbit as a project playoff team and possible Super Bowl contender. The good news?
The schedule offers a chance for better days.
In the next 10 weeks the Dolphins have it pretty good. They have only one playoff team from a year ago crossing their path -- the Cincinnati Bengals. It can be argued they don't run into an elite quarterback during that entire time, depending on what you think of Carson Palmer or Andy Dalton.
The team is also playing at home the next couple of weeks.
Things get easier, people.
Philbin, meanwhile, is hoping that while the opponents get easier his team gets better.
Maybe Ryan Tannehill makes better decisions and makes more accurate throws -- the five passes coaches thought should have been better.
Maybe a defense that suggested it can generate pass rush with Randy Starks helping Cameron Wake actually gets it going. Maybe the offensive line which Philbin said played only "ok" and "average" gets itself together and does well.
Maybe the Dolphins add a couple of veterans. (Philbin said general manager Jeff Ireland continues to search for talent to add to the current roster. A veteran wide receiver is obviously still possible, as Jabar Gaffney continues to be out there.)
Maybe the Dolphins cut down on four give-aways. That is a formula for disaster and Sunday proved that. "We have to do a better job on our end of protection, eye control, throwing it in the open lane," Philbin said.
"This was the first time we had been in an NFL locker room before and getting ready to play in a real game," Philbin said. "So I don't know that I had any ... as I had said to you guys and said to the team, we're looking to have a reference point to find out exactly where we are so I didn't sit around and think, 'we're going to do this, that, and that.' I wanted to find out for myself where we were.
"And I think we've got a group of guys this game's important to. I think they're professional. I think they care. I think we got a lot of work to do. And hopefully they accept responsibility, as did I because I didn't coach the game well enough, nor did they play well enough for us to earn a victory.
"We did not play well enough to earn a victory. But I'm excited about going to work today and going into the team meeting and addressing the situation of where we are and where we're headed and I expect us to play better this week."


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Ford Skyliner Performance Chips - Amazing Ford Skyliner Chips
If you are going for a Sunday cruise, you will want to have a Skyliner performance chip installed. This is because these Skyliner chips will give your car's engine the pep it needs to make driving exciting again. You can hook up a Skyliner engine chip in no time flat and be on your way the same day. These Skyliner performance chips will come in handy if you are looking to make your car accelerate faster. Or if you want the best fuel economy possible, be sure to turn down the supplied dial so that your Skyliner chip can let your car go farther on a tank of gas. You will quickly find that these Skyliner power chips are some of the best upgrades you ever make.
The PCD Performance Chip utilizes the latest in aftermarket electronic technology and allows you to teak your performance to the exact specifications you want. The PCD Performance chips we carry are rivaled by the Jet V-chips, however our units offer more flexibility and proven precision tunability that you can't find with any other brand.
The adjustable PCD Chip module has been designed to work in any weather condition, any combination of engine modifications and any size engine. You can have a factory turbo, aftermarket turbo, OEM supercharger or even a NOS kit installed. It doesn't matter; the detailed instructions we provide tell you exactly how to install the PCD engine chip step by step.
You can adjust the settings via the integrated dial. Set the gain indicator to approximately half way for a 5-10 horsepower gain and a noticeable increase in miles per gallon. Turn the dial to the "Max" position to yield the biggest horsepower increases. Some drivers have seen up to a 60 horsepower gain!*
Just about every modern gas powered vehicle has a computer that controls and regulates the engine's operation. It controls the firing order, the amount of gas distributed and air utilized. This unit is usually referred to as the ECU or Electronic Control Unit.
This little control box strategically stashed away neatly beneath insulation and away from heat is always responsible for the efficiency of your motor. It takes different readings from several different sensors throughout your engine's components and calculates the right combinations of air, fuel and spark. However, due to emissions and other government regulated power restrictions, some of the settings issued by manufacturers are very modest if not dismal when weighed against the potential of your engine. It's difficult to work around the preset configuration without replacing the entire unit or having a flash drive professionally soldered into place; that is, until now..
Our Performance PCD Chip module does just that; it reconfigures the settings of your ECU so your engine will make more power throughout the RPM powerband. The chip is also designed to operate at maximum efficiency meaning that it will accommodate for incoming air when your throttle body is completely open, providing an increased amount of fuel but won't waste fuel by optimizing consumption when the engine is under a light load. The chip works by telling your ECU to advance the timing and provide more fuel, but only when necessary. That's what makes the PCD Performance chip so great and sets us apart from other chips on the market. Our PCD performance meets your needs regardless of your driving style.
Finding a beneficial chip that won't alter factory settings, void warranties or require disassembling your ECU is almost impossible. However, our PCD chips do provide real benefits, are simple to install and work directly with your car's computer to determine the right amount of adjustment you need at any given time. Sounds too good to be true, but the results are evident.
How it works:
To get these kind of benefits and installing a PCD Performance chip might sound daunting at first, but with clear cut instructions and a straight forward installation process; even the most novice of mechanics can install the unit in less than 15 minutes. There is no soldering involved. You'll locate your vehicle's IAT sensor and your new Chip will be installed via the factory harness.
You do not have to purchase any other items in order to install the PCD Chip. Once installed, the new signal will be sent to your computer and will take effect immediately. Your timing is automatically adjust without setting it manually with a timing light, your fuel injector duty increases automatically when it needs to and air / fuel ratios are tweaked as you shift through each gear. Manual transmission or Automatic transmission; it doesn't matter.
Bottom line is our PCD Performance chips give you results. They 100% legal, one of the easiest modifications you can make to your car and won't hurt any other component on your vehicle, stock or not. Get your PCD Engine ECU Chip and get worry-free results!
*All horsepower gains are measured via dyno-tuning statistics and at the vehicle's wheel, not exaggerated flywheel-horsepower numbers like some companies. Many times, aftermarket companies will make claims that aren't entirely true because a significant amount of power is lost from the transfer of horsepower made at the flywheel to horsepower that reaches your wheels.
Most Asked Q/A:
- Q: Is this a universal module that will fit any vehicle?
- A: No. Each module is programmed to fit the vehicle in the title only. Although modules are similar in style, each application is different based on your vehicle's engine specifications.
- Q: Does it come with instructions?
- A: Clear cut instructions are provided for the easiest install possible.
- Q: What all is included?
- A: You will receive (1) PCD Chip Module and all of the necessary hardware.
- Q: Will it void any of my vehicle's warranties?
- A: No. If you are in question, The chip can be easily removed and reinstalled.
- Q: Will this work with aftermarket intakes?
- A: Yes, works with both OEM and aftermarket intakes.
- Q: Do I need any special skills or tools?
- A: No special skills or tools are required; a pair of pliers.
- Q: Will this module fit my engine?
- A: The Surge Chip works with anything that has an ECU.
- Q: Will this chip damage my engine?
- A: No. The altered signals never exceed manufacturer's limitations.
** Note: Will not work with some Turbo, Supercharged, or Diesel Engines! **


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Missoula – Are You Ready for Winter?
Am I the only one who wants to play hookie from work at least one day this week? This early snowfall is making me want to stay home and curl up with a cup of hot chocolate and a good book in front of a roaring fire.
It seems like I've been waiting so long for fall to finally get here. Now it seems that we've skipped fall and moved straight on to winter. I was really looking forward to at least a month of mid-sixty and low-seventy degree temperatures. That doesn't seem like it's going to happen now.
I have to admit that it has been fun to dig out my winter clothes that I haven't seen for months and show them off. I had forgotten how comfy a baggy sweatshirt is, and how cozy my feet feel in my fuzzy snow boots. Did I mention how nice it is to wear pants every day? I love putting the shorts away this time of year. It means I can forget about keeping my toes perfectly manicured and my legs clean shaven.
I enjoy the colder weather because it means that I can eat stews, soups and chilis for dinner. I also don't have to worry about how hot the house is going to get when I'm cooking dinner. There were a few times this summer that I'm pretty sure my house was hotter inside because of what I was cooking, than it was outside.
I'm trying to look at this early snow and cold positively, especially if it's going to stick around for a while.
Joy Larson is a mother of four boys, graduate of The University of Montana, animal lover and writer.


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Clinical trials
Clinical trials are research studies that test new ways to prevent, detect, treat or manage cancer or other diseases. Clinical trials provide information about the safety and effectiveness of new approaches to see if they should become widely available. Most of the standard cancer treatments used today were first shown to be effective through clinical trials.
Participation in a clinical trial may be an option for a person with cancer or someone at risk for developing cancer. People decide for themselves whether or not they want to participate in a clinical trial.
The importance of clinical trials
Clinical trials add to the progress that is being made against cancer. They answer important scientific questions and lead to future research. Many people with cancer are now living longer because of progress made through clinical trials.
Findings from past clinical trials have led to:
- new and more effective drugs for specific types of cancer
- drugs with fewer side effects
- less invasive methods of surgery
Types and phases
There are many different types of clinical trials, including trials for prevention, screening and early detection, diagnosis, treatment and supportive care.
Clinical trials for new treatments involve several steps, called phases. Each phase of a clinical trial answers a different question about the disease and its treatment.
Components of a clinical trial
Clinical trials follow very strict procedures and ethical standards that protect the participants' health, safety and privacy. Each trial has several components, including its own protocol (action plan) and criteria for eligibility. People considering a clinical trial should be given enough information about the study (its components) to make an informed and educated decision about taking part. This process is called informed consent.
Benefits and risks
Clinical trials are carefully designed to have as few risks and as many benefits as possible for everyone who takes part. But each clinical trial offers its own possible benefits and risks. It is important to discuss these with your doctor.
Protection of participants
Government and international regulations and policies are in place to make sure that research involving people is done according to strict scientific and ethical guidelines. Clinical trial protocols are reviewed by a panel of at least 5 people at the hospital, clinic or university before the trial begins. Many clinical trials also require Health Canada's approval. The panel, called a Research Ethics Board (REB), includes doctors, scientists and members of the general public. REBs help to protect the people who take part in a clinical trial. They also ensure that the trial is well designed, legal and ethical, and that it does not involve unnecessary risks.
A clinical trial usually takes place in the same location where standard cancer treatment is given – cancer centres, hospitals, clinics or doctors' offices. While some trials enrol people at 1 or 2 locations, a large clinical trial may involve thousands of people at hundreds of locations across the country or around the world. If a person lives in a small town or rural area, they may need to travel to a larger city to participate in the trial and take follow-up tests.
The research team
Clinical trial teams are made up of doctors, nurses, pharmacists, research assistants and other healthcare professionals. A clinical research associate or clinical research nurse on the team is available to help support people during treatment. This includes monitoring their health during the clinical trial, helping them understand what will happen during the clinical trial and answering any questions they may have.
Thinking about taking part in a clinical trial
There are many reasons why someone may choose to take part in a clinical trial. Most people who take part in clinical trials do so for personal reasons. They may want a chance to feel better or even to live longer. Other participants feel satisfied knowing they may be helping others with cancer, both now and in the future. Before deciding whether a clinical trial is an option for you or someone you care about, it's important to learn all you can. While a clinical trial may be a good choice for some people with cancer, it may not be the best choice for others. If you are thinking of participating in a clinical trial, talk to your doctor or healthcare team so you can make the best choice for you.
See a list of questions to ask your doctor about clinical trials.
Sources of clinical trial information
For a current list of clinical trials, try the following websites:
Canadian Cancer Trials
(Clinical trials in all Canadian provinces)
National Cancer Institute
(Clinical trials in Canada, United States and around the world)
Please note that the information on clinical trials websites is often developed for researchers and may include medical language that can be difficult to understand. You may also want to ask your doctor about privately funded trials or those funded by drug companies that may not be listed on these websites.
If you do not have access to the Internet or have questions about clinical trials currently being conducted in Canada, please contact the Canadian Cancer Society's Cancer Information Service toll-free at 1 888 939-3333.
I'm extremely grateful to the Canadian Cancer Society for funding my research with an Innovation Grant.
Together we can reduce the burden of cancer
Last year, we only had the resources available to fund 40% of high-priority research projects. Imagine the impact we could have if we were able to fund 100%.


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Prevalence of Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) (PFT)
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01419158
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : August 18, 2011
Last Update Posted : January 19, 2012
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|Condition or disease
|Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
|Study Type :
|Actual Enrollment :
|3457 participants
|Observational Model:
|Time Perspective:
|Official Title:
|Targeted Detection of Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency in Patients Referred for Pulmonary Function Testing
|Study Start Date :
|January 2008
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|January 2010
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|January 2010
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
|Sampling Method:
|Non-Probability Sample
Inclusion Criteria:
- Male and female adults at least 18 years of age able to understand and consent to the procedures of this protocol.
- All races and ethnicities will be considered for this study.
- Post-bronchodilator values for pulmonary function tests on the day of enrollment with an FEV1 < 80% of predicted and FEV1/FVC < 70% (at least GOLD stage II).
- Subjects who have been tested for Alpha-1 in the past but do not know their genotype or phenotype may be included in this study.
Note: For the inclusion criteria the investigators will use the patient's GOLD status, based on percent predicted (FEV1 < 80% of predicted); however, after sending the absolute value of FEV1 to the Data Coordinating Center (DCC) the DCC will calculate the percent predicted using a standardized formula (NHANES III). For sites that do not use this predicted formula, the results obtained at the DCC may differ from those used for subject enrollment. (For example, a subject found to have an FEV1 of <80% at the study site could have an FEV1 > 80% when the DCC recalculates it). Enrollment will be based on the percent predicted at each study site. If necessary, the data from this small number of outliers will be analyzed separately.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Subjects in whom post-bronchodilator spirometry is not performed.
- Subjects whose ordering physician has specifically requested that his patients not be considered for enrollment.
- Patients who have been tested for Alpha-1 in the past and know their genotype or phenotype.
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01419158
|United States, California
|University of California Los Angeles
|Los Angeles, California, United States, 90095
|United States, Colorado
|National Jewish Medical and Research Center
|Denver, Colorado, United States, 80206
|United States, Florida
|University of Florida (Gainesville)
|Gainesville, Florida, United States, 32610
|University of Florida (Jacksonville)
|Jacksonville, Florida, United States, 32209
|University of Miami
|Miami, Florida, United States, 33101
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|Decatur, Georgia, United States, 30033
|United States, Illinois
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|Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60637
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|Rochester, Minnesota, United States, 55905
|United States, New York
|St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center
|New York, New York, United States, 10025
|United States, North Carolina
|University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
|Chapel HIll, North Carolina, United States, 27599
|United States, Ohio
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|Cleveland, Ohio, United States, 44195
|United States, Oregon
|Oregon Health & Science University
|Portland, Oregon, United States, 97239
|United States, South Carolina
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|Charleston, South Carolina, United States, 29425
|United States, Texas
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|Tyler, Texas, United States, 75708
|Puerto Rico
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|Principal Investigator:
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|National Jewish Health
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|First Posted:
|August 18, 2011 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|January 19, 2012
|Last Verified:
|September 2011
Keywords provided by Alpha-1 Foundation:
Alpha-1 antitrypsin
Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Alpha 1-Antitrypsin Deficiency
Lung Diseases
Lung Diseases, Obstructive
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive
Respiratory Tract Diseases
Liver Diseases
Digestive System Diseases
Genetic Diseases, Inborn
Subcutaneous Emphysema
Pathologic Processes
Alpha 1-Antitrypsin
Protein C Inhibitor
Trypsin Inhibitors
Serine Proteinase Inhibitors
Protease Inhibitors
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At the pre consultation meeting, staff will scope the issues associated with a specific development proposal and/or change in land use and identify submission requirements for a complete application.
An application will be considered incomplete if a pre consultation meeting has not been requested..
IMPORTANT: Prior to making an application, please read the Planning and Development Application Pre-Consultation Guide [PDF]. Download the Pre-Consultation Form [PDF].
Official Plan Amendment
An Official Plan is a statutory document which sets out land use policy to guide future development and manage growth. If an applicant wants to develop a property differently than the Official Plan prescribes, they must apply for an Official Plan Amendment. This Official Plan application process (202k/2p) may take approximately 6 to 12 months to complete.
Zoning By-law Amendment
Zoning By-laws regulate land use (i.e. residential, commercial, industrial, etc.) and development standards for building on a property (i.e. lot size, height, frontage, etc.). If an applicant wants to develop a property differently than the Zoning By-law(s) prescribes, they must apply for a Zoning By-law Amendment (Rezoning). This Zoning application process (200k/2p) may take approximately 6 to 12 months to complete.
Plan of Subdivision
A subdivision is a parcel of land that has been divided into several blocks or building lots. It identifies the exact surveyed boundaries and dimensions of lots and blocks on which houses or buildings are to be built, location and width of the lots/blocks, names of streets, and locations for parks, schools etc.
If an applicant wants to create new, separate parcels of land that can be legally used for the sale of lots they must apply for a Plan of Subdivision.
A plan of subdivision must be approved by Council (known as Draft Plan Approval) and registered in order for the lots and blocks to be legally sold or conveyed separately. The Draft Plan approval process (200k/2p) may take approximately 9 to 12 months to obtain and Registration of the Plan may take up to 3 years depending on the applicant meeting all the conditions of Draft Plan Approval.
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All lands within Markham are subject to site plan control with some exceptions (see Site Plan Control By-law 262-94). If you are planning to build a new building or addition, you may be subject to site plan control. A building permit cannot be issued and construction cannot begin unless site plan approval is obtained. Through the site plan application process, the Town will review the design and layout of the buildings and development including building location, landscaping, parking, drainage, pedestrian access, public realm etc. to ensure compliance with Town standards, by-laws and guidelines. The Site Plan application process (199k/2p) may take 2 to 6 months to complete.
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Heritage Site Plan Application
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40. Re: Photoshop thumbnails and CS4Bart Cross Dec 4, 2008 5:53 AM (in response to davidc1815)I have found Bridge CS4 a vast improvement over the CS3 version, I actually use it now. I had to use Bridge 2 to get any work done.
41. Re: Photoshop thumbnails and CS4Chris Cox Dec 4, 2008 1:36 PM (in response to davidc1815)Brandon - I don't have the code handy now. We tried a few different techniques, and in every case the MS code called before our code was leaving the file marked as busy. Basically, it's a bug we can't work around.
42. Re: Photoshop thumbnails and CS4(Brandon_Paddock) Dec 4, 2008 2:35 PM (in response to davidc1815)Chris - There aren't any known bugs like that in Explorer, and we'd surely know about them if there were (after all, the dozens of in-box thumbnail handlers use the same APIs, as do Office and countless other third parties).
Most likely a bug in your code was leaking something that caused the behavior you saw. The pre-Vista API for providing thumbnails (IExtractImage) was a bit less than straight-forward so I'm not surprised that some developers ran into issues getting it working properly.
However, in Vista the new IThumbnailProvider API is extremely simple and very easy to implement, with some great samples available in the Windows SDK and easy to follow tutorials on MSDN. It even supports out-of-proc implementations so you don't have to worry about destabilizing the shell and can even write them in .NET.
Details about building a thumbnail provider can be found here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc144118(VS.85).aspx
If you have an implementation that appears to be causing problems with file locking and such, please let me know. It would be very helpful to share that with my team so we can figure out what the cause of your problem is.
43. Re: Photoshop thumbnails and CS4John Joslin Dec 4, 2008 2:48 PM (in response to davidc1815)Can't say fairer than that!
44. Re: Photoshop thumbnails and CS4(Derrick_Moore) Dec 4, 2008 2:49 PM (in response to (Brandon_Paddock))Brandon, I was about to say 'why weren't you around here when Photoshop 7
was out?' but after looking at the picture on your blog you probably weren't
even alive ;)
45. Re: Photoshop thumbnails and CS4Chris Cox Dec 4, 2008 5:14 PM (in response to davidc1815)Brandon - the bugs are still outstanding with Microsoft, but we've stopped pressing for fixes and moved on. Other apps have seen the same bugs, with completely independent implementations - which is why other apps have also dropped their thumbnailing explorer extensions (or continue to live with "file is busy or in use", which you still see from the MS provided thumbnailers).
And we have to write code to support XP and Vista, so we can't use just the latest Vista APIs (assuming they worked correctly, but they don't).
46. Re: Photoshop thumbnails and CS4(Brandon_Paddock) Dec 4, 2008 9:27 PM (in response to davidc1815)Chris - I work on the Explorer team. If you have a specific bug to report please do so, but none of the in-box handlers have such problems, and none of the APIs have known issues. Repeating that claim won't make it true!
As part of the Windows 7 Beta SDK release we're doing a big push to get developers with file formats to implement a complete set of format handlers. That includes things like thumbnail handlers, preview handlers, property handlers, and IFilters (for files with textual content). The Win7 Beta SDK will include a tool we demo'd at PDC that will run a series of tests against your file format's handlers and report what is missing or where common issues/bugs are found. This tool might be of help to you in ensuring a great experience for your Windows users working with your file formats like PSD.
As I said, we'd love to have Adobe provide a full set of handlers including thumbnails for PSD. In fact, in Vista or later you don't even need to implement a thumbnail handler, you can have a property handler that returns the thumbnail via the PKEY_Thumbnail property. If your format already includes a lower-res thumbnail image embedded in it, it can't get much easier than that.
Now if you don't want to or don't have the time to implement proper support for your format, that's your call. And while I know you probably have lots of users running XP and will for a while still, I'm betting your Vista and Win7 users would be grateful if you added such support using one of the Vista mechanisms.
47. Re: Photoshop thumbnails and CS4John Joslin Dec 4, 2008 11:57 PM (in response to davidc1815)Brandon,
As an Explorer team man please reveal how we can get the size and view settings of Explorer Windows to stick permanently. Nothing seems to work; not even clicking the close [X] button with modifier keys. And it's just as bad in Vista!
Edit: Sorry for the OT excursion, this has bugged me since Windows 3.0. :(
48. Re: Photoshop thumbnails and CS4(Brandon_Paddock) Dec 5, 2008 1:47 AM (in response to davidc1815)Hey John,
On Vista and XP, window sizes are stored on a per-folder basis. So if you open Computer, resize it, and then close it - it should be the same size when you open it again. But if you open Documents, that may be a different size (the size you last closed Documents at, or the default). Modifier keys have never done anything special when pressing the close button - no idea where that rumor got started.
There's also been a bug for a while that could cause Explorer to "forget" view settings for some folders, basically a corruption bug in the persisted settings data. We finally were able to track this down and made a fix for this in Vista SP2 (and Win7).
Also, the Explorer window size behavior seems to have changed for Win7, as the Explorer now opens at the last size and position it was closed at, no matter what folder location you open to.
49. Re: Photoshop thumbnails and CS4John Joslin Dec 5, 2008 2:44 AM (in response to davidc1815)> There's also been a bug for a while that could cause Explorer to "forget" view settings for some folders, basically a corruption bug in the persisted settings data.
That's the one! Thanks for replying anyway Brandon.
50. Re: Photoshop thumbnails and CS4BobLevine Dec 5, 2008 5:23 AM (in response to John Joslin)I just want to add my voice to the thanks to Brandon for popping in
here. It's good to have a MS insider providing some info.
Don't be a stranger.
51. Re: Photoshop thumbnails and CS4(Paul_Budzik) Dec 5, 2008 7:51 AM (in response to davidc1815)I'm sorry, but I have to add my two cents. Reading this current exchange, It seems that we have a Microsoft team member who is willing to help (almost bend over backwards) and the Adobe team member who seems to be very resistant. I would hope that isn't the pervasive philosophy within the Adobe team.
Thank you Brandon for joining in.
52. Re: Photoshop thumbnails and CS4PECourtejoie Dec 5, 2008 8:23 AM (in response to davidc1815)Yes, let's dig the old bug reports! Hope that they are still available with Red Wednesday... my thoughts are with those that got pinkslipped. I hope that the Photoshop team did not suffer too much, but it is very selfish...
53. Re: Photoshop thumbnails and CS4Chris Cox Dec 5, 2008 4:46 PM (in response to davidc1815)Brandon - I'll have to follow up with our Microsoft liason. We've got a long list of bugs still open with MS and I don't know the specific issue number for that bug.
Paul - we would help if the API worked, but as far as we know it still doesn't work. Somewhere Microsoft may have failed to communicate a bug fix status to Adobe, and maybe Adobe isn't regressing every one of the hundreds of bugs we have open with Microsoft with every build of the OS. Both parties want to do the right thing, but somewhere communication broke down. You could also view this discussion as: Adobe tested this, found crippling bugs, reported the bugs to Microsoft, Microsoft didn't fix the bugs and Microsoft now claims the bugs don't exist. It depends on the viewpoint and what information you have available.
54. Re: Photoshop thumbnails and CS4(Timothy_McCullin) Dec 6, 2008 9:28 AM (in response to davidc1815)> I'm sorry, but I have to add my two cents. Reading this current exchange, It seems that we have a Microsoft team member who is willing to help (almost bend over backwards) and the Adobe team member who seems to be very resistant. I would hope that isn't the pervasive philosophy within the Adobe team.
> Thank you Brandon for joining in.
Got the same impression. Couldn't have said it any better!
At the moment we got this (Adobe left, MS right):
Let's hope it will end like this:
And not like this (MS left, Adobe right):
55. Re: Photoshop thumbnails and CS4shoot me now-d3u3se Dec 6, 2008 1:32 PM (in response to davidc1815)
56. Re: Photoshop thumbnails and CS4dave milbut Dec 6, 2008 2:49 PM (in response to davidc1815)>I've just been looking for an excuse to post the gif...
stolen! MUWAHAHAHAHA! :)
57. Re: Photoshop thumbnails and CS4(Brandon_Paddock) Dec 6, 2008 3:00 PM (in response to davidc1815)Hey Chris,
Who is your contact for the Explorer team? Our platform program manager, David Washington, is probably the best person to talk to. If you (or the approriate person on your side) would like to get in touch with him, you can drop me an e-mail any time and I'll make the appropriate introduction. You can reach me at firstname.lastname@example.com
As for your past experiences dealing with the Windows team I really can't comment especially without knowing what channel you'd gone through or who was around back then. All I can do is try to help with any problems you're hitting *now* and connect you with the best people to address any problems you run into.
Our team is extremely aggressive about fixing any issues that block adoption of our platform from ISVs, and large ones like Adobe in particular. If there really is a bug preventing you guys from implementing format handlers, I don't believe it would be hard for us to ensure it is fixed in Windows 7, and if at all possible I'm sure we'd do everything we can to get the fix available downlevel (ie. service pack, etc).
That said, the sheer number of thumbnail handlers that currently work on Vista without problems, and the in-depth test coverage we have in this area, makes me quite certain we could help you get this working without any changes to the OS at all.
You have my e-mail, so if you would like to try and get this feature working for a future Adobe release, please drop me a line at your convenience.
58. Re: Photoshop thumbnails and CS4(Timothy_McCullin) Dec 6, 2008 3:24 PM (in response to davidc1815)
59. Re: Photoshop thumbnails and CS4dec9 Dec 6, 2008 3:31 PM (in response to davidc1815)Appropriate introduction?
I will take care of this: What type of beer do you drink?
See, that was easy. :)
On to the next part.
60. Re: Photoshop thumbnails and CS4Chris Cox Dec 9, 2008 8:41 PM (in response to davidc1815)We don't have a contact on the explorer team itself, we have corporate liasons between our companies.
According to our status of bugs filed with Microsoft: the explorer extension "leaving files open" bug still is not fixed, but the bug report has not been updated in years. (which is part of why we gave up hope that it would ever be fixed)
Someone will be in touch.
61. Re: Photoshop thumbnails and CS4dave milbut Dec 9, 2008 10:15 PM (in response to davidc1815)<crossing fingers>
62. Re: Photoshop thumbnails and CS4(David_C._Blake) Dec 11, 2008 3:18 PM (in response to davidc1815)Based on the registry setting, it looks like psicon.dll implements IExtractImage.
IExtractImage::GetLocation is passed a name to a file. The shell doesn't open the file, nor does it close it.
There is most likely a disagreement about the lifetime of the IExtractImage object and when the file should be opened or closed.
The simple workaround is to grab the thumbnail in GetLocation and close the file, or use a lazy load and open/close the file in IExtractImage::Extract. You would only need to open the file for a miniscule amount of time and close it right away.
When I implemented IThumbnailProvider for DNG, I used similar logic in my implementation of IInitializeWithFile -- request late and release early -- to avoid issues like this. This doesn't give you the flexibility of IInitializeWithStream, but it does give you total control of the lifetime of the file handle.
63. Re: Photoshop thumbnails and CS4(Brandon_Paddock) Dec 15, 2008 6:00 PM (in response to davidc1815)David -
Yeah that's pretty much what I was saying in my original post :)
IInitializeWithStream is preferred for most handlers, though. It lets the handler operate over non-file objects, like files in a Zip folder, or any other namespace location that supports returning an IStream for its items. This will becomes more important going forward as we move more and more toward browsing and searching remote data, like OpenSearch locations in Windows 7.
In many cases we can create temp files to get around this (which is what Win7 does for OpenSearch locations with file-based previewers and such), but direct stream handling is preferred. We require it starting in Vista for IFilters because we lock down the filter host process so tightly that it *can't* access the file system, and so it can't mess up file access.
Previewers are another case where we prefer to host them at Low IL (like IE does with its protected mode tab processes), and if you let the shell handle getting the stream we can use very fine-grained oplocks to ensure that file access is never interrupted or blocked for other applications, merely delayed, while the file is being loaded.
So yeah, IInitializeWithStream is the best initialization pattern for a new handler as it allows you to take advantage of the many benefits of shell abstraction layer :)
64. Re: Photoshop thumbnails and CS4nognjanovic Dec 29, 2008 7:21 PM (in response to davidc1815)Hey Brandon, could you help me with this? Or anyone else, every bit of help is welcome.
I'm trying to implement thumbnail provider for swf (flash) files in C#, but can't get IInitializeWithFile to work. It just won't call Initialize. IInitializeWithStream works fine, but I'd really like to get the path (because swf might load external files and I can't know where to look if I'm using stream)
I've seen on couple of other forums that people have the same problem and nobody got it to work.
Here's a piece of code:
//works fine, I get the thumbnail
[ComVisible(true), Guid("b824b49d-22ac-4161-ac8a-9916e8fa3f7f"), InterfaceType(ComInterfaceType.InterfaceIsIUnknown)]
public interface IInitializeWithStream
void Initialize(IStream stream, int grfMode);
//doesn't work when I implement it
[ComVisible(true), Guid("b7d14566-0509-4cce-a71f-0a554233bd9b"), InterfaceType(ComInterfaceType.InterfaceIsIUnknown)]
public interface IInitializeWithFile
void Initialize([MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPWStr)] string pszFilePath, int grfMode);
For the first parameter I've tried every type that came to my mind, but couldn't get it to work.
65. Re: Photoshop thumbnails and CS4(David_C._Blake) Dec 30, 2008 5:57 AM (in response to davidc1815)These questions are a bit of a thread hijack. To bring this back to the original subject, the most frequent request we get is to do a PSD WIC codec. We have just started on it, but we should have one out in both 32 bit and 64 bit flavors in Q1 of 2009.
If you're not a software developer, then you can ignore the rest of my post.
If you implement IInitializeWithStream, then IInitializeWithFile won't be called due to the precedence stated in the remarks for IThumbnailProvider.
Also, both the Shell team and the .NET CLR team discourage writing shell extensions in managed code. See the comments from folks on both teams at Microsoft on the following link.
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/forums/en-US/netfxbcl/thread/1428326d-7950-42b4-ad94-8e96 2124043e/
66. Re: Photoshop thumbnails and CS4nognjanovic Dec 30, 2008 7:11 AM (in response to davidc1815)Hey David
Thumbnail providers are sort of exception, they run in their own process so it's ok to write them in managed code.
I know that IInitializeWithStream has precedence, I comment it out and leave only IInitializeWithFile, and then it does nothing. dll is called but just won't call Initialize, it just exits like there's no appropriate implementation of IInitializeWithFile.Initialize
Sorry for thread hijack but this is sort of the only chance to resolve this thing once and for all, even if it means that it can't be done. I'm on this two weeks already and I've seen that other people also have the same problem. The one thing I didn't try is to make Preview handler, because it also uses IInitializeWithFile, and it seems to be working for other people who messed with it in C#, which makes it even more weird.
67. Re: Photoshop thumbnails and CS4PECourtejoie Feb 11, 2009 5:46 AM (in response to davidc1815)Bump, this is the thread where I was wondering if communication was working again... Mr Hamburg might know about the bug, too, and works in User Exeperience...
68. Re: Photoshop thumbnails and CS4(89jhg) Feb 15, 2009 2:53 PM (in response to davidc1815)This exchange is the equivalent of New York politicians calling Chicago politicians "corrupt."
Adobe in infamous for being uncooperative and difficult. Whichever supervisor let this Adobe kid post these unsupervised rude responses to the Microsoft fellow should be canned -- unfortunately, it'll take Adobe three years to be able to evaluate this situation.
Microsoft and Adobe users don't give a darn about your little bickering -- what we want is software that makes life easier -- that we don't have to think about. I don't use Photoshop so I can think about Adobe stuff -- I use it to create images.
I paid a fortune to Adobe for Photoshop. The ball is in Adobe's court -- fix it!
69. Re: Photoshop thumbnails and CS4John Joslin Feb 15, 2009 3:27 PM (in response to davidc1815)Why are you telling us? We are users.
And the "Adobe kid" is probably twice your age and, even if he evades the confrontation witn M$, at least he is civil.
Photoshop CS4 works fine for the vast majority of users. It's just a few unfortunates that post here with their problems.
BTW, I too think this thumbnail problem could be solved if people got their fingers out.
70. Re: Photoshop thumbnails and CS4John Geyer Jul 20, 2009 3:36 PM (in response to davidc1815)
I think that this discussion misses one of the big issues with no psd thumbnails in Vista OS. If you use Lightroom 2 to import images that are on a drive you cannot see what the psd images are without leaving and using bridge or a better program like Irfanview. Talk about an albatross around your workflow neck.
71. Re: Photoshop thumbnails and CS4David Blake Aug 27, 2009 5:06 AM (in response to John Geyer)
We will be opening this up to a public beta in a week or so.
72. Re: Photoshop thumbnails and CS4S&WModel19 Aug 27, 2009 8:54 PM (in response to David Blake)
Now I'm excited. FINALLY! Someone is actually doing something about the icon in the .psd format.
It's much easier to view your icons in explorer than to launch Bridge. I don't care how fast Bridge is,
it's a program that needs to be started vs. just looking at the icon in explorer.
73. Re: Photoshop thumbnails and CS4dec9 Aug 27, 2009 10:06 PM (in response to S&WModel19)
You still have to open explorer in order to view and wait for it to populate. Just like opening bridge up by itself, view and pick what you want, or just double click on it and it opens in CS4 64 bit or 32 bit whatever you choose.
Still it is nice someone is working on the explorer part though and it working in 64 bit more will be sweeter.
74. Re: Photoshop thumbnails and CS4John Joslin Aug 27, 2009 11:31 PM (in response to dec9)
dec9 wrote:
You still have to open explorer in order to view and wait for it to populate.
Aw come on – there's no comparison!
75. Re: Photoshop thumbnails and CS4dec9 Aug 28, 2009 3:57 AM (in response to John Joslin)
Well, we both already know that.
I was just focusing on the fact that explorer still has to be opened in order to view thus there are no step savings.
76. Re: Photoshop thumbnails and CS4Bart Cross Aug 28, 2009 6:59 AM (in response to dec9)
I use PowerDesk, it has .psd thumbnail support, was using it before Bridge happened along.
77. Re: Photoshop thumbnails and CS4dec9 Aug 28, 2009 7:17 AM (in response to Bart Cross)
I checked their website and it does not Vista 64 bit. Vista64.com has a link to xyplorer (for example) and it works in windows Vista/7 64 bit, does not replace explorer but works along side. $16.00 cheaper too. Not that I am in the market for such software. Just you sparked my interest to research further. There are a few others out there too.
78. Re: Photoshop thumbnails and CS4Bart Cross Aug 28, 2009 7:28 AM (in response to dec9)
I have Vista 64bit and it works just fine.
79. Re: Photoshop thumbnails and CS4John Joslin Aug 28, 2009 7:30 AM (in response to Bart Cross)
I use Power Desk's Dialog Helper every day.


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As with software reviews, I find book reviews difficult to do. Depending on the target of the book, I sometimes have a difficult time trying to put myself into a mindset that is required for understanding certain concepts, or explaining to myself why things are the way they are. PGP & GPG: Email for the Practical Paranoid by Michael W. Lucas is a book which, according to the back cover, is aimed at "moderately skilled geeks who are unfamiliar with public-key cryptography but who want to protect their communications on the cheap." This is an aspect of the book which I will touch on a few times, and it will be apparent as to why later in the review.
Lucas is the author of several books which include Absolute BSD, a book which has seen much praise at Amazon. Lucas has also written Absolute OpenBSD: Unix for the Practical Paranoid and Cisco Routers for the Desperate: Router Management, the Easy Way for No Starch Press. His biography on the back cover describes him as a "network and security engineer with extensive experience working with high-availability systems," and he is a columnist for the O'Reilly Network with articles in several online publications. He owns blackhelicopters.org, which is quite appropriate considering what he writes about.
In the interests of full disclosure, I have more than a cursory interest in computer and Internet security, and I am familiar with the applications of cryptography to ensure privacy. I personally think that the use of public-key cryptography is a must when there are certain requirements that are dictated by the situation, and I worry that novices look at cryptography and cryptographic tools as a magic bullet that solves all of one's problems in this area. Because this book is aimed at those who wish to help with securing their online communications, I was interested in seeing how this kind of information is presented to novices.
{mospagebreak title=A Textbook on Email}
PGP & GPG is laid out in an instructional format much like a textbook. It is intended to be read linearly. Skipping chapters to get specific bits of information is likely to confuse the reader. The first two chapters introduce the OpenPGP standard, PGP and GPG, and the differences between them before putting the reader through "Cryptography Kindergarten." Following the introduction, Lucas takes the reader through installing PGP Corporation's PGP desktop client, GPG, and a Windows interface to it called WinPT. When showing how to use or install the tools, Lucas devotes one chapter to PGP and GPG each, and Lucas reminds the reader to skip the chapters that are not useful for him- or herself.
Following the discussion on installation, in chapters 5 through 7 Lucas explains the concepts behind the Web of Trust and how to manage public keys in the Web of Trust. Chapters 8 through 10 talk about how to use the OpenPGP standard with commonly used email tools, and Lucas finishes the book with other considerations and caveats when using OpenPGP, as well as appendices on how to use the command line tools.
The introduction to PGP &GPG is rather enjoyable; Lucas does an excellent job of providing a summary of the history behind OpenPGP and Phil Zimmermann's story is quick and to the point. At the beginning of the first chapter, Lucas goes over common tasks that include public key cryptography and identifies what OpenPGP can do to address those tasks. His explanation of cryptographic terms is done at a high enough level that novices will understand the concepts, but those who are more familiar with cryptography may complain that he is skipping details in the book.
However, while Lucas did a good job of introducing and explaining the concepts and what OpenPGP provides, it seemed that he did not do an adequate job of motivating the case for why a regular user would begin using OpenPGP with their email. The closest he gets to that kind of statement is when Lucas states that "non-repudiation alone makes it worth while to use OpenPGP" and gives examples of some extreme situations where OpenPGP is a good idea. Given that the reader is not likely to be in a repressive country (although some would argue that this is where some western countries are heading), PGP & GPG does not specifically instruct the reader to evaluate his or her tolerance for risk and then decide what is appropriate. For a book that reads like a how-to document, this is a critical step that was missed.
{mospagebreak title=Details of Instruction}
When describing how to use PGP or GPG, Lucas tries hard to ensure that the reader is comfortable working with the tools. PGP & GPG is laced with screen shots of how to use any of the programs, or, in the case of GPG from the command line, textual descriptions of commands and their output. It is also encouraging to see that Lucas provided instructions on how to use GPG on Linux. There is a large amount of text spent on step-by-step instructions on everything from installation to digitally signing email and managing identities. The instructions are complete, and are written in such a manner that a regular user with limited command line experience could actually perform the tasks described. Lucas' writing style is quite inviting, and he tends to insert some humor in areas of the book that would be quite dry otherwise. When explaining the output from command line GPG, Lucas highlights parts of the output and illustrates what they mean. This goes a long way towards making the use of the command line less intimidating for the reader, and complements the appendices.
However, while Lucas provides a large number of screen shots, PGP & GPG is almost completely devoid of pictures or diagrams. For example, it would be nice to have some diagrams in the chapters regarding the encoding, encryption, and signing of email so that the reader has a visual representation of how s/he is changing his or her email when using OpenPGP. PGP & GPG is the first book from No Starch Press that I have read and as a result, I'm not sure if it is representative of a particular style that No Starch Press is trying to use in its books or if this is indicative of Lucas' style of writing. He does make use of inset text and footnotes to give the reader some details that may be tangential or extra background information.
Lucas highly stresses certain things during the course of PGP & GPG. When he finds a topic that he wants to drive home, he repeats it throughout the course of the book so that the reader is left with the impression that a particular issue is important and always needs to be thought of when working with OpenPGP. For example, Lucas emphasizes the use of key expiration dates, and absolutely insists on keeping backups of private keys and revocation certificates. To further illustrate his points, he repeats his explanation as to why he believes these topics to be important by showing the potential consequences and their significance. In a book like this, these explanations are as important as the concepts themselves, because they allow the reader to understand why Lucas is taking a hard stance on a particular topic.
Chapter 11, "Other OpenPGP Considerations", is the chapter mentioned earlier that talks about caveats when using OpenPGP. This chapter is a must read, and dispels the majority of my worries that a reader might take the usage of OpenPGP as a panacea when it comes to email security. In this chapter, Lucas states that while OpenPGP is good, simple misuse can have a large effect on its effectiveness. Also, Lucas introduces "rubber hose cryptography" and shows that humans are the weakest link in systems like this. He also provides suggestions on how to manage keys when working in teams and when using shared systems in plain and simple terms.
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In conclusion, PGP & GPG: Email for the Practical Paranoid is a good read for someone who wants to get started in the world of email security. Lucas tries hard to simplify difficult tasks and concepts – he says that the math that proves that cryptography works can make your head hurt – while maintaining a level of informality and ease that should not intimidate most users. PGP & GPG also gives the reader a feel for important issues by repeating them and explaining the potential results for not considering them.
However, where Lucas does a good job of explaining what to do, I don't think that PGP & GPG explained why the reader would want to do it. There are a lot of things that must be done when managing the Web of Trust, and it can seem like a lot of work for little benefit to the reader. Similarly, the lack of diagrams in the book make it hard to visualize the process one is going through.
Having said that, I would recommend PGP & GPG to any novice cryptographer, not just someone who is looking at securing their email. Books like this make cryptography a bit more accessible, and despite the title, prompt those who aren't paranoid yet to start protecting their data and communications.
For more information on PGP & GPG: Email for the Practical Paranoid, please feel free to visit No Starch Press' site on the book; it can be bought from Amazon here. If you have comments, questions, or beefs on this review, leave a comment here or in the DevHardware Forums. I would like to hear what you think.