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Maria de Villota says she is still living within the limit of the injuries she suffered in a crash while testing for Marussia last year.
De Villota lost he right eye after he Marussia collided with a truck during a straight-line aerodynamic test at Duxford Airfield last year.
"Within the limits of what's possible, the damage to my head conditions my day," said de Villota in a recent interview. "I'm better in mornings than afternoons, I lost feeling in the right side of my head, I have headaches, that's the worst bit and I've lost my sense of smell."
She added she is unable to discuss the crash at present: "I cannot speak about it because it is the subject of an investigation. I believe in justice and I prefer to act cautiously, that the investigators will do their work and establish what happened that day."
Di Villota admitted she was angry about her injuries at first but came to appreciate having escaped the crash with her life:
"Initially I was angry with the doctor because he had failed to save my eye," she said. "But then little by little I became aware that losing an eye was a lot less important with respect to what I still had; life itself."
"I felt I'd been part of a miracle. I look now at my scars as part of my story, I carry them with pride."
Dale Earnhardt Jr. ready for new crew chief Greg Ives to take him to the next level
Jan 29, 2015, 8:30 PM EST
When he went looking for a new crew chief to replace the soon-to-be departing Steve Letarte, Dale Earnhardt Jr. ultimately didn't have to look very far.
Track executive arrested, charged with lewdness with 19-year-old
Jan 29, 2015, 7:30 PM EST
Jerry Gappens, executive vice president and general manager of New Hampshire Motor Speedway was arrested last week and charged with indecent exposure and lewdness.
Conor Daly gets a long-awaited IndyCar test with Schmidt Peterson
Jan 29, 2015, 7:09 PM EST
Conor Daly finally set for an IndyCar test this offseason, with SPM.
Ryan Newman — and his brass knuckles — are ready to fight for Sprint Cup crown in 2015
Jan 29, 2015, 6:33 PM EST
After coming so close last season, Ryan Newman is ready to fight for the Sprint Cup championship in 2015 — and he's bringing his brass knuckles to give him a hand.
NASCAR America: One last chance for Jeff Gordon at Daytona
Jan 29, 2015, 5:42 PM EST
One week after announcing he was retiring after the 2015 season, Jeff Gordon told NASCAR America that he wants to win his final Daytona 500 and also walk away with his fifth career Sprint Cup championship.
Jimmie Johnson is going for seven titles, but isn't the story at Media Tour
Jan 29, 2015, 4:35 PM EST
Jimmie Johnson will again embark on a quest for his seventh Cup title, but he acknowledged and embraced Thursday he's not the story at Hendrick Motorsports for 2015.
Rick Hendrick: No pressure on Jeff Gordon in final season, he just has to win 14 races and championship
Jan 29, 2015, 4:12 PM EST
There's nothing like putting a little pressure on a guy, especially in his final season. Team owner Rick Hendrick expects Jeff Gordon to win 14 races and the championship in 2015!
WATCH LIVE: NASCAR AMERICA at 4:30 p.m. ET wraps up NASCAR Media Tour
Jan 29, 2015, 4:00 PM EST
Today's NASCAR AMERICA runs for an hour and has a heavy No. 24 theme.
Ganassi, Sabates praise McMurray as team's 'big game hunter' into 2015
Jan 29, 2015, 3:15 PM EST
Ganassi, Sabates praise McMurray's start to 2015.
One look at his wrist and Kyle Larson says it's time to win races and Sprint Cup crown
Jan 29, 2015, 2:35 PM EST
Fresh off a team win in the Rolex 24 at Daytona, Kyle Larson not only is keeping time better, he says it's also time to win some races and contend for the Sprint Cup championship in 2015.
GP3 champion Alex Lynn joins Williams as development driver
Jan 29, 2015, 1:00 PM EST
British youngster will combine this role with a full season in GP2 with DAMS.
Chase Elliott will replace Jeff Gordon as No. 24 driver next season
Jan 29, 2015, 12:10 PM EST
The 2014 Xfinity Series champion will make his Sprint Cup debut in March before moving full time to NASCAR's premier series in 2016.
Dover Motorsports Inc. releases earnings report, sets sale of Nashville Superspeedway for end of February
Jan 29, 2015, 11:51 AM EST
Dover Motorsports Inc., one of only two independent track ownership groups in NASCAR, released its fourth quarter and yearly earnings report on Thursday. That included significant news on the pending sale of the DMI-owned Nashville Superspeedway.


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Psalms 128:3 (King James Version)Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.


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The 'Freedom From Torture Presents...' festival continues with a special performance from the Stone Flowers collective in Holborn.
Published: 10/12/12
Recently we shared news of an all-day punk gig at the Shacklewell Arms that happened last weekend, which was the first event of the 'Freedom From Torture Presents…' festival occurring throughout December.
The festival is set to continue with a performance from the Stone Flowers collective on the 15th December at 3pm at the St-Giles-in-the-Fields Church in Holborn, London. The Stone Flowers music project is comprised of Freedom from Torture clients in the North West of England and features survivors of torture from a range of countries including Turkey, Iraq and the Democratic Republic of Congo. The project offers the chance for those involved to overcome the traumas of the past through music and collaboration. Their diverse origins are reflected in the original compositions created, which blend folk, jazz, classical and hip-hop and are performed in many languages. Lis Murphy, the artistic director of Musicians without Borders, said ahead of the performance:
"Each member of Stone Flowers has something really important to say and the music they have created to express this is incredibly powerful. We are thrilled to help a London audience share the life-affirming experience of a Stone Flowers performance for the first time."
The event is being put on in connection with Musicians without Borders, a charity who use music to heal the impacts of war and bring people across the world together. Tickets for the performance have a suggested donation of £5 and can be reserved here.
Listen to some excerpts of Stone Flowers below, and head here buy a CD of their original recordings.
Fantastic NYT interview with famously strict Berlin techno-temple bouncer on Berlin, clubbing and the fall of the Wall.
After hitting 100,000 followers, Four Tet is sharing a stack of Sendspace links to rare music.
The Canadian popstar's set at Richie Hawtin's Ibiza pool party included Taylor Swift, Mariah Carey and Vengaboyz, and left purists unamused.
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The elusive artist shares three new tracks via Sendspace.
At what point does vinyl fetishism crossover into necrophilia? London company And Vinyly offers to press your ashes into vinyl when you pass away.
Sad news: A new upload to the "cplnd" Soundcloud account states that the visionary duo will no longer work together, but new Hype Williams material is on the way.
Ever on-time, Holden announces a live tour to support his 2013 album 'The Inheritors'.
Nine tracks of experimental vocal stylings, with production from Oneohtrix Point Never and others, due on Software in April. Stream new song Fleece inside.
Jam City's politically-charged new album lands on Night Slugs on March 23rd. Watch a video for Unhappy inside.
Ariel Pink plays an LA cabbie, driving around the Haunted Graffiti's Tim Koh and Samantha Urbani of Friends, in new short film Vagabond.
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Following up his November album as Les Sins, Chaz Bundick returns to his more familiar moniker for a fourth album. Stream new song Empty Nesters inside.
2011 recordings of the Caribou Vibration Ensemble - an 11-piece live band featuring James Holden, Four Tet, Sinkane, and more - are available on Bandcamp now.
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The latest installment in the compilation series comes from the London-based producer.
Dusty house producer's second album 'Insides' comes out via Ghostly on March 30th.


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Activities (for students)Activities for Students: Fitting Curves to Pottery
May 2009, Volume 102, Issue 9, Page 698
Abstract: Hands-on, open-ended activities that encourage problem solving, reasoning, communication, and mathematical connections. This issue: Students deepen mathematical understanding by studying pottery in a schoolwide, cross-curriculum unit.
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Welcome to Funtopia
An interactive climbing center, great for all ages!
Funtopia Hours:
Monday – Friday: 12pm – 6pm
Saturday – Sunday: 10am – 6pm
Holiday Hours:
February 16th (Presidents Day) we will be open from 10am – 6pm
General Admission
1-Hour Session- Reservations required
- $5 for Jump and Slide combo. $3 for jump or slide only
- Arrive 15 minutes early
Weekday Memberships
Best Value!- 5 different options available
- Monday – Friday only
- 1 hourly session per day
- Discounts to Sender One day passes and rental gear
Groups / Parties
Mon - Thur (Excluding Holidays)$208 minimum charge (8 or less climbers)
- $26 per additional climber
- $520 for private party up to 20 climbers
Groups / Parties
Fri - Sun- $336 minimum charge (12 or less climbers)
- $28 per additional climber
- $560 for private party up to 20 climbers
Groups and Parties
Funtopia 2-hour Birthday Party Packages include:
- 1 hour of climbing in Funtopia and 1 hour use of the party room
- Slide and Jump for all climbers
- 15-minute briefing demonstration with our staff
- No balloons or confetti please
- Gratuity appreciated
We now offer a great food selection catered by Tustin Pizza Shack, a highly rated local pizza restaurant.
We will provide and set up:
- Plates
- Napkins
- Tablecloths
- Cups (Only if you order drinks)
- Utensils (Only if you order pasta or salad)
Food must be ordered 48 hours in advance. You are welcome to bring your own dessert, cake or cupcakes. We do not serve the food.
Everyone who enters the facility must have a waiver. Fill out a waiver online to save time at check-in.
Frequently Asked Questions
How are climbers in Funtopia protected?
Funtopia uses the hydraulic OnBelay device. OnBelay automatically retracts a steel cable attached to climbers during ascent and controls speed during a descent or in the event of a fall. OnBelay accommodates climbers up to 300lbs in weight and is CE certified. Sender One's Funtopia facility is equipped with One More Life mats. Unlike existing, standard gymnastic flooring, which uses only foam to soften falls, One More Life uses foam with crumple zone technology, protecting falls up to 40 feet high.
What are the requirements to climb in Funtopia?
- Climbers must weigh between 40 to 300 lbs.
- No age minimum, but if you are under 18 you must have a parent complete your waiver.
- Wear comfortable clothing and closed toe shoes. No climbing shoes.
Terms and Conditions
This is very important information to ensure the best Funtopia Party.
- All climbers and observers must fill out an online waiver. This includes parents and kids who are not participating.
- You are responsible to pay full price for all reserved spaces.
- If you do not reserve a space for all participants there is no guarantee there will be available spaces.
- Parties are not automatically private but can be booked as private.
- Cancellations within 48 hours will receive credit, not a refund. Cancellations within 48 hours will not be refunded or credited.
- Guests should arrive 30 minutes before the scheduled climb time. Late guests will be able to participate during the remaining time at standard cost.
- The party space will be available for set up when the climbers begin climbing and not before. No decorating the party room.
- The party space must be vacated by the end of your booked time.
- The final bill will be settled at the end of the party. Please don't leave without checking in at the Funtopia desk.
- Wear comfortable clothing. Pants are recommended.
- Closed toe shoes are mandatory. NO climbing shoes, high heels or open toe. No jewelry. Have long hair tied back.
- Balloons are not permitted in the facility.
- Alcohol is not permitted in the facility and will be removed.
What people are saying about us
What I LOVE about our experience at Funtopia, was that my children were able to try something new and conquer some of their fears of heights. You would never guess that they were afraid to climb up the walls when they first arrived. By the end of their session, they were climbing all the way to the top of the obstacles. I was not only amazed, but proud of my boys for accomplishing this feat.
Jill ParkinI just wanted to go again and again. We explored the entire area which included cool pillars to climb, various climbing walls, even a structure with a high platform on top in which you can jump off to a trapeze swing or a swinging punching bag thing. It was one of those experiences I will always remember and Emma loved every minute. It was really cool to get to do something like this with her.
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By Rick Warren — May 21, 2014
"A gossip betrays a confidence, but a trustworthy man keeps a secret." Proverbs 11:13 (NIV)
Are you the kind of person that someone can trust with confidential information? We tend to think of gossip as one of those little sins, a misdemeanor sin. But when God talks about gossip, He puts it on a list with things like sexual immorality and murder.
Why? Because it is incredibly destructive to relationships.
What is gossip? Gossip is talking about a situation with somebody who is neither a part of the solution nor a part of the problem. And if we're honest with ourselves, what we're doing is making ourselves feel a little more important at somebody else's expense. We're talking about their hurts and their problems, but in a way that makes us feel a little bit superior to them. That's the danger and the hurt of gossip.
There's a story in the Old Testament about a family that struggled with gossip. Moses had a sister name Miriam who one day got caught up in gossiping about Moses amidst the rest of the people. God called them together - Moses and Miriam. He spoke with Miriam and told her what she'd done wrong and immediately He gave her leprosy.
But look at what God did next; he invited Moses to pray for Miriam's healing - to pray for the one who gossiped against him.
Some of you have been deeply hurt by gossip. The story of Moses and Miriam suggests God would say to you, "Pray for that person's healing, the one who gossiped against you. That way you can be released from the hurt that's come into your life."
Perhaps you're the one whose been gossiping. You've been the one talking about other people. This story is in the Old Testament to remind us how serious gossip is, how hurtful it can be to people no matter what side of the situation you're on.
The truth is, when you keep confidences it makes your relationships healthier. It enables you to keep connecting with others in positive and genuine way.
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A friend of mine had the pretty rare experience of working in a company that still does the Radio Exercises (ラジオ体操) before starting work each morning.
The video says it all.
Japan is a quirky place.
I once worked in a company which still had the ラジオ体操 music play over the loud speakers each morning and after lunch, but no one actually got up and did anything.
It was weird. Could set your watch to it.
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Creelers Arran Smoked Products offer fine quality luxury Scottish Smoked Salmon, Loch Fyne Kippers, Arran Smoked Duck, Arran Smoked Venison and Smoked Fish Pate, produced in their artisan smokehouse in Brodick on the Isle of Arran. You can select from our range of individual packs or choose a gift pack or hamper to send to friends and family.
Our website has a fresh new look and an improved online shopping experience with a whole new e-commerce system. Choosing from a selection of our delicious, award-winning Scottish smoked salmon and related products, our new shop will now allow you to split your order and send gifts to multiple addresses.
We have also changed the way that items are priced so you now pay the same amount for each item as you would if you were buying through our shop or at Edinburgh Farmers Market, for example an unsliced side of our Scottish smoked salmon now costs £27.50 from any of our outlets, with the cost for postage and packing calculated on weight of your order to each address, however you can now send several items to the same address for the same price as sending one so fill up your cart!
It is now possible to buy more for less, so why not treat yourself or send a little thank you, a birthday, annivarsary or celebration gift of hand crafted British produce, just to show how much you care.
Our redesigned Gift Packs and Hampers now include a wider choice of our award-winning Scottish smoked salmon as well as a selection of local fine foods from other Arran producers.
We have tried to make registration and shopping as easy as we can. There are 5 steps to checking out, you may make changes to your order at any time prior to making your payment. Simple instructions can be found on our How to Order page.
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I have two systems running Vista,
I also have one running 7,
They all update automatically,
Since 14/12/2011,the last update,the optical drives on the two Vista systems have been unable to read any disc.
The system report/s say that they are both working correctly and mechanically they do,but they will not read any disc inserted.
The system running 7 works without a problem.
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Have you tried running the Microsoft Fixing Tool?
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1Hi if chub_tor idea doesn't work try installing update to see if it was that that's created the problem. You can always put the update back later if you wish. [click here]
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Lander University conferred degrees upon 182 graduates including several from Kershaw County at the university's spring commencement ceremonies in December. Brig. Gen. Darlene M. Goff, a Lander University graduate and the first woman promoted to general in the history of the S.C. Army National Guard, delivered the keynote address to a full house at Lander's Horne Arena.
Back in the early 1960s, the journalism surrounding politicians and famous figures was often adoring and non-controversial -- something a public relations expert might dream up. Movie stars and professional athletes were always pictured as happy and devoted to their families, although there was probably nearly as much fooling around back then as now. And political figures were smilingly looked upon as people who had nothing more than the good of the country in their hearts. President John F. Kennedy's multiple dalliances were well known but never reported.
Camden Elementary School has announced its honor rolls for the third nine-week period.
I am 100 percent American and I do not hesitate to show my picture I.D. to anyone! I am very happy to have been born in these United States 23 July 1933! I say I love it or leave it!
English varies greatly from state to state and location to location. It varies when talking with friends or when speaking before an audience. Some of it is almost unintelligible for the novice, such as Gullah. The Southern drawl differs from the Yankee vernacular. Rarely does the person speaking recognize the difference for himself. For example, the Australians told me how charming my accent was. When I returned the compliment, some other tourists from the north said, "You really told them off, having no idea I could have said the same to them. When traveling, I have been mistaken for English ...
I am a Camden resident and, even though this is a bit late, would like to respond to Miciah Bennett's article about Encyclopaedia Britannica published on Friday, March 16th, particularly this sentence:
Jean Whitley admits opening her new business, Carpet Outlet Inc. at 1123 U.S. 1 South in Lugoff, was a big leap … maybe even a "leap off a cliff," she thought at the time.
WASHINGTON -- Last week I chided President Obama for his remarks on the Supreme Court and the role of "unelected" judges. The president, wisely, has since chosen to clarify his statement, and express his (correct) view -- that courts should be hesitant to overturn acts of Congress -- in a much more appropriate way. Now there's an example of problematic behavior coming from the judicial branch, with a federal appeals court going out of its way to pick a fight with the president. Talk about judicial activism -- this is a judicial temper tantrum.
The Camden High baseball team is honoring all KCRD T-Ball teams at tonight's 6:30 p.m. home game against Fairfield Central.
In 1992, the Lugoff-Elgin baseball squad became the first athletic team in school history to bring a state championship to L-E when they won the AAA state title under head coach Paul Kirkland.
After having been postponed due to weather on its first try this season, the annual Camden High School Alumni Baseball Game will be played on Saturday, April 14.
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It's nearly time to leash up for the 76th annual Spring Dog Show, to be held Saturday in Camden's Rectory Square.
Joan Ashcraft McFarland, age 80, of Camden, SC passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on Sunday night, January 18, 2015.
Funeral servcie for Mr. Eddie Birkley Furman, 84, of 1814-A Lockhart Road in Camden, will be held Friday, January 23, 2015, 11:30 A.M. at Zion Hill AME Zion Church, 1262 Lockhart Road in Camden with burial in the Ft. Jackson National Cemetery, 4170 Percival Road (Hwy 12) in Columbia, SC. He died Thursday, January 15, 2015. Collins Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
The Lugoff-Elgin High School boys' soccer will host its annual alumni soccer game on Saturday, Feb. 28 at 7 p.m. at Lugoff-Elgin Stadium.
Even though the calendar just turned to January and cold weather is on the way, it is not too early to be thinking about the warmer days of spring.
Dec.: 5 – at Governor's School (6 p.m.); 10 – at Heathwood Hall (6 p.m.); 11 –Australian traveling team (6 p.m.); 15 – at Gray Collegiate (6:30 p.m.); 16 – Great Falls (6:30 p.m.)
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ROUYN-NORANDA, QUEBEC -- (Marketwire) -- 02/06/13 -- Pershimco Resources Inc. (the "Company" or "Pershimco") (TSX VENTURE:PRO)(FRANKFURT:BIZ) is pleased to provide details on its strategic exploration and development plans for 2013.
-- January - June : 14,000 metres of drilling (Reverse Circulation "RC" and Diamond Drilling "DD"); -- July - December : follow-up based on latest results; -- Ground Induced Polarization ("IP") on Idaida and Pelona; -- Deep drilling copper campaign; -- Run of Mine ("R.O.M.") bulk testing (60,000 tons); -- Continuous Vat Leach ("C.V.L.") bulk testing (60,000 tons); and -- Roads and main plant site platform construction.
-- Osisko will pursue exploration on the Courville Gold Project.
Exploration Strategy
At the Company's wholly owned Cerro Quema Project in Panama, the first half of 2013 will be focused on maintaining the same aggressive drilling pace as last year. The first half of the planned 14,000 drill program will involve further resource definition drilling on the Quema/Quemita and La Pava deposits. Meanwhile, following last year's successful airborne geophysics survey, numerous additional targets have been discovered within the Company's 15,000 ha concession package. Pershimco's ground IP team, which completed its work on the Quema/Quemita deposit just before Christmas, has recently begun working on these prospective new targets. The closest Idaida target is being prepared and line cutting will then take place to the East to cover the much larger La Pelona target. Detailed surface mapping and sampling on both anomalies are also planned for these areas. All of the geophysical and other data gathered from these two target areas will provide valuable information to enable the Company to optimize the 7,000 m of drilling planned on these two new targets before mid-year. The attached regional map clearly identifies the different working areas that will be covered in the upcoming months.
In Canada, the Company's partner, Osisko Mining Corporation, has progressed to Phase 2 of the Joint Venture Agreement (see Pershimco press release dated October 28, 2011) and will expand its exploration and drilling efforts over recently located targets within the Courville Gold claim block. Drill rigs are already on their way as ice bridges are being built in the -30 degree Celsius environment.
Pershimco's 2013 development program in Panama will also include two bulk metallurgical tests of 60,000 tons each. One will be focused on C.V.L. tests on the higher grade material, while the second bulk test will evaluate the lower grade, heap leaching process on R.O.M. ore. In parallel with these tests, the Company will mobilize heavy equipment to commence construction of the principle haul road between the La Pava deposit and the plant site platform area. Site preparation will also be completed for the plant site area located between La Pava and Quemita. This work includes cutting and leveling the plant site area to meet design specifications.
Additional information on the 2013 program is also available on the Company's website : www.pershimco.ca.
About Pershimco Resources Inc.
Pershimco Resources Inc. is a Canadian-based resources and exploration company listed on the TSX Venture Exchange and the Frankfurt Exchange. The Company holds several mining properties in Canada and South America, including the Cerro Quema advanced project in Panama, which has received its extraction permits, as well as the Courville Gold Project in the Val-d'Or Gold Mining Camp, being explored in partnership with Osisko Mining Corporation. The Company's highly-skilled and well-respected management team, which has extensive mining, exploration and development experience, along with its supportive investors, are the key to Pershimco's success and growth.
The Company's documents are available on www.sedar.com.
Please visit the Corporation's website at www.pershimco.ca.
A map is available at the following address: http://media3.marketwire.com/docs/Map0206.pdf
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its regulation services provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this press release. Statements made in this press release that are not historical facts are "forward-looking statements" and readers are cautioned that any such statements are not guarantees of future performance, and that actual developments or results, may vary materially from those in these "forward-looking" statement.
Alain Bureau, P. Eng.
President and Chief Executive Officer
+1 (819) 797-2180
[email protected]
Richard Leroux
Investor Relations
+1 (514) 993-4510
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Certainly .NET represents a fantastic leap in developer productivity and puts a clean, consistent face on the services that the Windows Platform provides. For many years the set of interfaces provided by the Windows OS Platform - collectively known as the Windows SDK - have been exposed to developers as exported "C"-style functions in DLLs, and in recent years, via the Component Object Model (COM).
Common Language Runtime or Virtual Machine?
Often the .NET Common Language Runtime, or CLR, is directly compared to the Java Virtual Machine. Initially, there are many clear parallels: both are "managed" environments that provide a component container, both consume a "partially chewed" intermediate language, both provide low-level services like garbage collection and threading conveniences.
Sun promotes a marketing program called 100% Pure Java, which is certainly appropriate if code portability and underlying operating system transparency is a desirable endpoint. However, many 3rd party Java Application Servers create a competitive advantage by judicious use of "C" function calls directly down (via Java Native Interface or JNI) into their host Operating Systems value-added services that are not exposed by the Java Application Platform (the Java Class Library). Calling into the core platform is the only way to make use of base functionality that is only presented via a native interface!
The Java VM is truly a "virtual machine" that's ultimate goal is to abstract (virtualize) away the underlying Operating System and provide an idealized (not necessarily ideal, but idealized) environment for development. The Java Virtual machine is also intimately united with the API - the Java Application Platform, which services provided by the VM implementation. Regardless of where you run your compiled Java code, you will run within the context of the Virtual Machine and ostensibly link with supplied Java Platform APIs.
The .NET Common Language Runtime is named well as it is used more as a Language Runtime than a Virtual Machine. While it successfully abstracts away aspects of underlying hardware through its use of an Intermediate Language, when the CLR is combined with the .NET Framework Library of APIs it is married to the underlying platform, which is Windows. The CLR provides all the facilities of the Windows Platform to any .NET-enabled Language.
.NET Framework Library
The Windows Platform has dozens and dozens of high-level system services that are exposed by thousands of APIs. This large library of functionality encompasses various levels of richness. A low-level API may open a file off a disk, while a high-level one might play an audio file. The designers of the .NET Framework wanted to create a consistent object-oriented face on a rich legacy of platform functionality. The CLR and .NET Framework work together to expose the capabilities within the Windows Platform, including those that may have previously been hidden away in difficult or little known APIs.
While the CLR provides a new paradigm for application development, it does not close the door on existing libraries. The CLR provides interop services to the developer but the biggest consumer of these services are the .NET Class Libraries that unlock existing Windows Platform abilities via a .NET API!
For example, when sending email using the .NET Framework Library class System.Web.Mail.SmtpMail, the Class Library uses a helper class that abstracts the existing CDO (Collaboration Data Objects) COM Library. This is just one example where a .NET Library developer chose to rely on a production-ready reliable existing library rather than write something from scratch. This example and dozens of others with the Library not withstanding, the Common Language Runtime still at some point needs to work with the Windows internal APIs.
If Microsoft were to truly virtualize the machine, they would have marginalized their investment in the Windows platform. Certainly it behooved the designers to make transitions to existing libraries as painless as possible. They have enabled this with NET » COM Interop via both Runtime- and COM-Callable Wrappers, the ability to tap into standard Win32 Platform APIs via a technology called P/Invoke (short for Platform Invoke) as well as other options. When writing code that is hosted in the CLR the vast resources of platform are just sitting under the developer - the runtime is transparent rather than virtual! This marks a fundamentally different view of the platform that other virtualizing machine implementations.
While creating a new fresh application using only .NET may offer some benefits in the arenas of deployment or marketing, these benefits may be not realized when weighed against the cost of rewriting non-.NET components in .NET when those legacy components could have been leveraged. A "pure" .NET solution can only make use of either those pieces of functionality that can be achieve entirely within the runtime, or those functions that have been exposed by the Base Class Library - which itself uses COM Interop and P/Invoke!
The .NET Framework Library itself isn't "pure .NET" as it takes every opportunity to take full advantage of the underlying platform primitives. Moreover, the concept of .NET Purity is rendered specious in this new light. The .NET Framework is the best way to create business components on the Windows Platform, but any applications along with the .NET Framework are only lifted as high as the underlying Windows OS services.
"Hybrid" Solutions provide Real Solutions
Many large existing applications are written in Visual C++ and COM. They are written "close to the metal" to take full advantage of native Windows multi-threading and fine-grained memory management. However, new business components may also be written in a .NET language such as C# or VB.NET. The existing system then hosts the .NET Common Language Runtime within its process space and Interops. The interface is usually COM interop but only incurs minimal overhead of between 10 and 40 processor instructions per in-proc call.
.NET Components hosted with in the legacy applicaiton can take advantage of that application's existing services. Lower level developer features such as memory management, object lifetime and object orientation are provided by the CLR, while higher level vertical-specific business functionality is exposed via the legacy application.
This "hybrid" can provide a best-of-breed solution on the Windows Platform exploiting both the highly performant low-level APIs via C++ and the highly componentized and object oriented features of the .NET Framework. These solutions can work very successfully while companies migrate their existing code bases to the .NET Framework.
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Tim Huckaby 07/25/03 07:07:00 PM EDT | ||||
Your comments on system.directory are interesting. Adsi is simply a com wrapper, so technically it?s a ?wrapped wrapper? of the native ldap api which, of course, is c++ only. Being that said, the directory entry class you are referring to is a ?wrapped, wrapped wrapper?. Ultimately, the big disappointment of the .net framework 1.1 and the hope for 2.0 is more native framework classes. |
Derek Ferguson 07/18/03 10:12:00 AM EDT | ||||
I would never suggest that COM Interop should be gotten rid of or is in any way, shape, or form "evil." However, as a developer who spends more than 90% of my coding time working with the System.DirectoryServices and System.Management namespaces, let me tell you -- MS could have save developers a lot of gried by having written some managed protocol handlers here, rather than just wrapping up the old, troubled API's. As one example of this, the DirectoryEntry class in System.DirectoryServices allows you to pass a username and password to its constructor. However, when you use the WinNT ADSI provider, these parameters are sometimes ignored. Why is this? Because of a limitation in the existing API's that were wrapped! Similar problems abound in the System.Management namespace -- where I recently managed to prove that Impersonation (a native API) interacts differently with EnablePrivilieges (a wrapped API) under ASP.NET than it does under the Console. In working through this with MS, I have been passed around to 10 different people in their Support infrastructure. Why? Because the old, obscure API's that have been wrapped are a "dark art" that are only known by a few individuals within the Redmond infrastructure. Once again: it would've been better to have recreated the whole thing in C#. |
Dean Guida 07/25/03 04:00:00 PM EDT | ||||
There is a lot to be said for purity for purity's sake. I have never subscribed to this type of thinking. At the end of the day we all want to build dependable software that solves the business problem at hand. Everything should always be taking in context of a solution with a sense of practicality. I think most of the software development community has this maturity. |
Patrick Hynds 07/17/03 10:16:00 PM EDT | ||||
I think this article is right on, but felt that we should confront the issue of why this kind of rebuttal is needed (and it is needed). We find people who are earnest only in so far as they can justify their existence. Therefore they brand something heresy as soon as they abandon the practice themselves. Lets assume that COM interop was a horrible waste of resource, it still wouldn't justify discarding a tool and the wealth of existing functionality the last generation always holds in such a wholesale manner. I have seen people in ASP circles a while back declare that "Session State is bad". Like hybrid applications Session State in ASP is a tool, use it, don't use it, but if you happen to need a hammer it doesn't make the saw evil. |
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By Liz McMillan Today's enterprise is being driven by disruptive competitive and human capital requirements to provide enterprise application access through not only desktops, but also mobile devices. To retrofit existing programs across all these devices using traditional programming methods is very costly and time consuming – often prohibitively so.
In his session at @ThingsExpo, Jesse Shiah, CEO, President, and Co-Founder of AgilePoint Inc., discussed how you can create applications that run on all mobile devices as well as laptops and desktops using a visual drag-and-drop application – and eForms-buildi... Jan. 31, 2015 10:00 AM EST Reads: 4,579 |
By Elizabeth White Enthusiasm for the Internet of Things has reached an all-time high. In 2013 alone, venture capitalists spent more than $1 billion dollars investing in the IoT space. With "smart" appliances and devices, IoT covers wearable smart devices, cloud services to hardware companies. Nest, a Google company, detects temperatures inside homes and automatically adjusts it by tracking its user's habit. These technologies are quickly developing and with it come challenges such as bridging infrastructure gaps, abiding by privacy concerns and making the concept a reality. These challenges can't be addressed w... Jan. 31, 2015 10:00 AM EST Reads: 4,769 |