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To help clear things up — one reader asked about this — I don't think Stephan and Norman really have too much disagreement with me on the Bill of Rights. Indeed, in my article I said, "Whether or not the Bill of Rights can ever be an effective means of limiting the government is open to debate. However, the Bill of Rights does offer a fairly good outline of a free society, and it shows how far our country has strayed."
Many Anti-Federalists (good guys, for the most part) wanted a Bill of Rights. The Federalists didn't, for a variety of reasons. One argument the latter had was the one Norman brought up, that the enumeration of certain rights would be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people – the motivation, eventually, for the ninth and tenth amendments.
However, the Anti-Federalists had some counterarguments. Perhaps most compellingly, the Constitution's main body already contained a "mini-Bill of Rights" in Article I, section 9, which specifically prohibited bills of attainder, ex post facto laws, the granting of titles of nobility, and some other things. Why, asked the Anti-Federalists, is this okay, when an additional Bill of Rights is not? If the Constitution didn't already enumerate the federal power to grant titles of nobility, for example, was this not already implicitly prohibited, even without the "mini-Bill of Rights"? The point of these provisions in Article I, Section 9 was simply to nail down certain specifically important protections, and so would be the point of the Bill of Rights.
The Anti-Federalists won.
So the question remains: who was right?
I tend to think neither. Congress routinely and shamelessly violates the express rights protected by the first eight amendments all the time. It passes McCain-Feingold, the Brady Bill, the Patriot Act, mandatory minimum sentence laws, and all kinds of legislation that directly contradicts the most plainly protected rights in the Bill of Rights. So I am skeptical of the argument that we are worse off with it due to some inverted understanding that would allow the government to violate any right not specifically guaranteed, since the government violates those enumerated rights, as well. Since it does this, I am also skeptical of the idea that we'd be worse off without the Bill of Rights.
As for Stephan's 14th Amendment argument, I think this has more to do with the 14th Amendment itself than with the Bill of Rights. Before the incorporation doctrine really picked up, most 14th amendment arguments in federal courts against state rights-violations relied on the "equal protection," "due process" and "privileges or immunities" clauses. The state business regulations and race-relations laws that were actually struck down were usually done so on the basis of "equal protection."
In 1907, in the case Patterson v. Colorado, the feds refused to strike down a state censorship law, citing the precedent from 1833's Barron v. Baltimore, the first major case in which the federal court expressly said that the Bill of Rights did not bind the states. In a 1925 case, Gitlow v. New York, a state law against anti-government speech was upheld — with Oliver "fire in a crowded theater" Holmes ironically dissenting. In 1927, the Supremes again upheld a state censorship law, in Whitney v. California. This time Ollie Holmes concurred.
The incorporation doctrine really picked up in 1930s – after the laissez faire yet centralizing Lochner Era had ended (largely due to the Depression, New Deal, and FDR's bullying of the courts: the courts abandoned laissez faire in cases regarding federal legislation, at the same time letting states get away with more business legislation; so the end of this "judicial activism" was at once good for some applications of federalism but bad for liberty and other applications of federalism). In the 1931 case, Near v. Minnesota, a state law suppressing newspapers was overturned, on the basis that prior restraint violated the First Amendment, which principles apply to state actions because of the Fourteenth Amendment. In Brandenburg v. Ohio (1969), the Supremes overturned a state conviction of a KKK member who advocated the overthrow of the government. In Brandeburg, the decision specifically said that the "statute falls within the condemnation of the First and Fourteenth Amendments," and that the "[t]he contrary teaching of Whitney v. California, supra, cannot be supported, and that decision is therefore overruled."
The First Amendment was the first one "incorporated" — funny, since it is the only article in the Bill of Rights that specifically refers to "Congress" – and some amendments, like the Second, have never really been incorporated at all.
Although the Bill of Rights has often been cited since then in 14th Amendment cases, usually Supremes and Federal Courts speak more of "penumbras" and other such "implicit" rights. In the 1965 case, Griswold v. Connecticut, a state ban on contraceptives was overturned on the basis of an implicit right of privacy, and the decision cited Meyer v. Nebraska, a 1923 case that had overturned a state ban on teaching German to schoolchildren, on the basis that the Nebraska statute violated Equal Protection. The concurring opinion in Griswold did cite the Ninth Amendment, however. In the 1968 case, Duncan v. Louisiana, a man's conviction was overturned by the Supreme Court since he didn't get a trial (Lousiana got its legal system mainly from French code, not English common law). But although Duncan's argument was that the Sixth Amendment binded his state to give him a jury trial, the conviction was overturned on the basis that the jury trial was implicit in the "due process" rights in the 14th Amendment. As in Griswold, the concurring opinion cited Bill of Rights incorporation, but the majority overturned the conviction on the grounds of the 14th Amendment alone.
Overall, the Bill of Rights has rarely been used to rationalize actions that are problematic to principles of federalism, and when it has, the power grabs would have likely come anyway. The 14th Amendment, Commerce Clause, and other provisions are used, and when the Bill of Rights has been cited, it has usually been more of a secondary argument that I think the federal courts have not relied on all too much. The feds are too afraid to "incorporate" the entire Bill of Rights out of fear of "reverse incorporation" – the nutty idea that the Bill of Rights, which was meant to apply to the feds, and was later thought to apply to the states, does apply to the feds, after all (imagine that!). Though there are problems with a top-down libertarian 14th amendment judicial imperialism, the federal court, at this point and historically, tends to overturn state laws – good and bad ones – and rationalize this judicial activity on all sorts of grounds, of which the Bill of Rights is a relatively minor factor.
I tend to doubt that, on balance, we'd be better off – from a libertarian or decentralist standpoint – without the Bill of Rights. I don't know how much worse off we would be. We can never really know. But I still celebrate it.
What I do know is that if the federal government actually obeyed the Tenth Amendment, and the states and people respected the spirit of the Ninth, America would be a much freer country with a much more decentralized polity. The rest of the Bill of Rights is great, too – though, admittedly, the right of the accused to have "compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor," in the Sixth Amendment, does violate the natural rights of recalcitrant witnesses.2:50 pm on December 16, 2004 Email Anthony Gregory


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This document applies to HP computers with Microsoft Windows 7.
This document contains solutions for most common problems encountered with dial-up modems. Connection problems might result from poor sound quality over the phone line, bad cable connections (bent cables or pins), high call volumes at the Internet Service Provider, or modem drivers and software that are incorrectly configured. This document can help resolve most of these types of problems. Read and respond to each step until a resolution to your problem is found.
NOTE:Dial-up modems are not installed on all computers. If a dial-up modem is not installed on your computer, you can connect a modem using a USB cable or you can install a modem card.
Due to the nature of troubleshooting modem connections, it is a good idea to read this entire document first before attempting to troubleshoot the modem connection. It might also be a good idea to print this document for reference while troubleshooting.
Before you begin troubleshooting dial-up connection problems
Check the following items before troubleshooting dial-up connection problems:
- To prepare Windows for troubleshooting and to resolve most problems related to Internet browsing, reset Internet settings as follows:
- Close any open Internet Explorer windows.
- Click Start , click Control Panel, and then click Network and Internet.
- Click Internet Options.An Internet Properties window opens.
- Click the Advanced tab, and then click the Reset button.A Reset Internet Explorer Settings window opens.
- Read the information on the screen, and then click Reset.
- After Windows resets the Internet Explorer setting, click Close.
- Make sure that the telephone cord is connected to the RJ11 port of the modem and not the RJ45 port of the network card. Try connecting again if the telephone cord was in the wrong connector.
- Make sure that an account is setup with an Internet Service Provider (ISP). The ISP should have provided critical information needed to setup your account: at least one phone number for access, a password (if required), special software to setup the account (if used), and special setup information (pop3 email and newsgroup information, encryption or compression settings, and many other settings). The ISP can answer these types of setup questions and help you make the necessary adjustments in Windows if you have not already done so.
- Find an RJ11 telephone cord that is 6 feet long (1.83m) or less. If possible, find a different cord than the cord that is already connected to the modem.
- Make sure you have access to an analog telephone line (an RJ11 wall or floor outlet).
- Find a working analog telephone.
Step 1: Verifying the phone line connection and sound quality are good for dial-up connections
Poor phone line quality might be the source of not being able to connect, intermittent disconnects, and slow modem transfer rates. Check to see if the phone line or connection is causing the problem.
NOTE:If you are trying to connect a dial-up modem to a cell phone, a digital line, or VOIP device, this document will not help you as special hardware is normaly needed to emulate an analog phone line. Some cell phones can be connected to the computer via a USB cable and appear in Windows as WinModems. In any case, when experiencing connection or setup issues with any of these types of connections, please refer to support provided by the manufacturer of the cell phone or device. The manufacturer might suggest setting the dial up modem to ignore dial-tone or setting a time-delay before dial. The manufacturer of the cell phone or device should be able to provide the information that their device requires.
Follow these steps to check the phone cord, analog connections, dial tone, and voice clarity:
- Unplug the phone line from the modem and connect it to a normal analog telephone (not digital). For testing purposes, the telephone cord should connect directly from the telephone connector in the building (wall or floor) to the telephone.NOTE:How can you tell if your phone system is analog or digital? Look at the back of the telephone connected to it. If the phone has an RJ11 (only two or four contacts), a connection and a Ring Equivalence Number (REN) is listed on a label underneath the phone, the phone and the line are probably analog. If you need to dial a number (usually "9") for an outside line and/or the phone uses a tone for a ring, the phone is probably digital. This article does not address digital phone systems as they are not designed to work with dial-up modems.
- For testing purposes, make sure all of the following conditions are true to remove as much line interference as possible:
- Splitters are removed and the cord plugs directly into the wall outlet.
- The telephone cord is not wrapped around any other wires or the cord is not wound into a loop.
- The telephone cord must not be near home stereo speakers and any speakers that are near must not be used while testing.
- All other telephone devices on the same line (the same phone number) are disconnected. This includes credit card machines, fax machines, DSL modems that use the same phone number as your dial-up number, cordless phones (these should be turned off as well). Devices that are connected on the same line can weaken the REN signal.
- Lift the receiver on the telephone and listen.
- What is heard? Depending on what can be heard, use the following information to help you troubleshoot the problem:
- If you hear a dial tone, check the telephone line for quality problems. Dial a friend on the same phone and listen for static, popping noises, or other voices on the line:
- If you think there is a problem with the sound quality on the phone line, call the telephone company to address the problem. Once the line quality problems are fixed, connect the modem to the wall connector, and try connecting to the Internet again.
- If you can call someone and talk and hear clearly, do not disconnect the phone. Go to Step 2: Dialing the access number to troubleshoot dial-up connections to see if the ISP is responding.
- If a dial-tone cannot be heard, the phone connector at the wall (or floor) might be bad or the phone service might be out. Check the phone and the phone cord to make sure that they work. Connect the telephone and cord to a wall connection in another room (using the same phone number), and listen again for dial tone:
- If you cannot hear dial tone from another room, contact your telephone company to re-enable phone service for that line. Once dial tone is available, connect the modem to the wall connector, and try connecting to the Internet again.
- If a dial tone is heard in another room, repair the wall connector that the modem was using. Once the wall connector is repaired and you can hear a dial tone on the same line, connect the modem to the wall connector, and try connecting to the Internet again.
Step 2: Dialing the access number to troubleshoot dial-up connections
Using a telephone, call the access number used to connect to the Internet and listen to the handset.
What is heard? Depending on what can be heard, use the following information to help troubleshoot the problem:
- If a person picks up the line, you are using a wrong number or the access number has changed. Find the correct dial-up Internet access number and try again.
- If the access number continues ringing and never picks up the line, access might be down. Try using another access number if available or call the support number of your ISP to find out if they are experiencing service problems. Try again.
- If a busy signal is heard, all lines for that number are busy. Try a different access number or continue dialing until the access number picks up the line.
- If you hear static or popping noises only when dialing this number, the line quality for this access number is bad. Use another access number.
- If the access number picks up the line and you hear high-pitched squealing tones, the modem should be able to connect to the Internet. End the call and reconnect the modem to the wall connector using the phone cord and try connecting again. If the connection still fails, continue to the next step and verify your dialing options.
Step 3: Verifying dialing options to troubleshoot dial-up connections
Do you need to dial a 9 before placing a call? Are you using call waiting on the same line? Do you normally use a calling card to dial out? If the modem cannot dial a connection to the ISP, or the Internet connection is suddenly lost because another call is coming in on the same line, use the following steps to adjust the dialing rules for the modem. If the modem has successfully connected to the ISP in the past from the same phone number, skip this step.
Follow these steps to check and edit the dialing option settings from the Phone and Modem window:
- Click Start , and then type phone and modem into the Search box. Click Phone and Modem.If you are prompted for an Administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.
- Select the location and click the Edit button on the Phone and Modem Options window.
- Modify the dialing rules.
- Select the country/region.
- Enter the area code or city code.
- If you have to dial an extra number when calling a number outside of the building, enter the number in the "If you need to dial a number to access an outside line..." field.
- If necessary, enter a carrier code.
- To disable call waiting when connecting to the Internet, select To Disable Call Waiting, Dial: and select *70, 1170, or 70# from the drop-down box or type in the number sequence that your phone service requires for disabling call waiting.
- Select Tone dialing or Pulse dialing, depending on the phone system.
- If the phone number requires the use of a calling card number to dial out, click the Calling Card tab and fill out the information.
- Click OK and try connecting to the Internet again. If the modem still cannot connect to the Internet, continue to the next step to test the modem hardware.
Step 4: Checking the modem and modem settings for dial-up in Windows 7
HP provides a modem diagnostics tool on all computers that come with modems and Windows 7. Use this tool to diagnose and repair any problems:
- Save all open documents and close all open programs.
- Click Start , click All Programs, click PC Help & Tools, and then click Hardware Diagnostic Tools.If you are prompted for an Administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.
- If a message displays instructing you to save any documents and close all applications, click OK.Hardware Diagnostic Tools collects information about the computer.
- Click Communications, and then click Run Test for the dial-up modem.
- Place a check next to all of the modem tests, and then click Yes.Hardware Diagnostic Tools runs the modem tests.
- When the test progresses to the Simple Connection test, a window opens. The simple connection test dials an outside phone number for testing to see if the modem can establish a connection. To do this, fill out any special dialing requirements to reach the outside line.
- Enter the area code that you are dialing from in the Local Area Code field.
- If you have to dial a number before dialing an outside line, enter this number into the Dialing Rule Prefix field.
- If the phone system is using call waiting, enter the number sequence that disables call waiting into the Call Waiting Disable field. If you do not know the number, the test might still pass if no number is entered. If a call comes in while the test is in progress and a failure occurs, rerun the test.
- After the test has finished, any failures appear in the Test Results Information screen. Helpful information is shown under results to help troubleshoot any failures that are found. Perform the following actions depending on the results:
- Dial Tone Test
- PASS - Indicates that the modem can detect a dial tone on the phone line.
- FAIL - If this test fails, the simple connection test should also fail when using a phone line with dial tone. Usually, this is a problem with the phone line, phone cord, or connection. When using a phone line without a dial tone, making the modem ignore the dial tone might resolve Internet connection issues. To make the modem ignore a dial tone, use the following steps:
- In Device Manager, double-click Modems.
- Right-click the name of the modem and select Properties.
- Click the Modem tab. Remove the checkmark next to Wait for dial tone before dialing.
- Click OK, close the Device Manager window, and try connecting again.
- Fax Command or Last Call Test
- These tests only pertain to specific modem functions and should not apply to Internet connectivity - pass or fail.
- Modem Loopback Tests
- PASS - Indicates that internal hardware information successfully passed from the modem firmware to the diagnostics software. The modem is most likely not the cause of any connection problems. The problem is probably caused by software or a line connection.
- FAILURE - If either loopback test fails, all other tests might also fail. This indicates that connection between the modem and the motherboard slot (or USB controller if using a USB modem) is bad or the modem is bad. If reseating the modem in its slot does not resolve the problem, replace the modem. If you are using a USB modem, try removing the modem from the port, restart the computer, wait until Windows fully opens, and then insert the modem into a different USB port on the back of the computer.
- Simple Connection Test
- PASS - If the connection test passes, the problem is connecting to your ISP. Verify your connection password and contact the support number for your ISP. The ISP should be able to help you connect. If the ISP attempts to help you troubleshoot the modem, be sure to tell them that the modem passed a connection test to remote test server.
- FAILURE - The modem is unable to establish a connection to remote test server. If the dial tone test also fails, the problem is most likely the phone line connection. If high-pitched connection noises are heard during this test, then the modem was able to dial out but a connection could not be established. Read and respond to any helpful information. If further troubleshooting does not resolve the problem, the modem might need replaced.
Step 5: Contacting the Internet Service Provider after testing the dial-up connection
If the computer is still having issues connecting to the Internet and the modem hardware tests pass, it is possible that the internet connection software that was provided by the ISP is not configured correctly or the settings for the modem are not set to connect to the ISP telephone system. Consult the ISP for help with configuring the settings in Windows and the ISP software.
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You probably take your iPod for granted at this point. I mean, iPods have been out for years now and they're pretty ubiquitous. There's nothing crazy or novel about carrying a few thousand songs around with you anymore. But do you remember when MP3 players first hit the scene? No? Well, it was 10 years ago this month, and the first one ever was the MPMan F10.
Loaded up with a whopping 32MB of flash storage, or about enough for a half-dozen songs, this bad boy connected to your computer via a painfully-slow parallel cable. The price for this gem? $250. How far we've come in a decade! The largest iPod is 160GB, or approximately 5,000 times as big. Where will we be in another 10 years? Only time will tell, but my guess is that we'll have even bigger players. You can hold me to that.
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My favorite blogs of 2009; the signals amongst the noise that taught me new things, made me think different, and made me want to write better.
43 Folders
To me, Merlin Mann at 43 Folders is the sanest voice in all of productivity blogging (well, most times). He pointed out that if you're spending a lot of time reading productivity blogs about how to be more productive, you really just need to get your ass back to work. Amen. I love this man's honesty and the way he writes; funny, conversational and chocked full of thought.
Try Real Advice Hurts, The Problem with "Feeling Creative", and NaNoWriMo: A Pep Talk and a Warning. If you have 37 minutes and 22 seconds, watch Makebelieve Help, Old Butchers, and Figuring Out Who You Are (For Now). Long, but awesome.
Rory Miller wrote the excellent Meditations on Violence: A Comparison of Martial Arts Training & Real World Violence and Chiron is his personal blog. It's not always an easy read, he writes about aspects of violence and psychology that I think most of us living in cosy, peaceful lives don't want to know about. But it's real, and it opens my eyes. He recently wrote that "Chiron isn't about growing readership and I'm not writing for you. We all know that." I love that. Ironically, I think that commitment to honesty on his part is what drives people to read his blog anyway.
Try Teaching for Chaos, Glitches and Denial, All In, Through the Looking Class and Caveat Lector (Four-Way Breakdown for martial artists).
Gaping Void
For a while there, I thought Hugh had lost it at Gaping Void – a lot of his posts early in the year seemed to be all about selling his prints. Not a bad thing mind you, I'm happy to see him doing well, but I missed his kick-ass cartoons and writing. I shouldn't have worried, because he's back in full-force, and remains in my must-read list.
Try "Evil plans" are not products. "Evil plans" are gifts, "Fight like hell. This is it." and More thoughts on "evil plans". If you like his work, grab a copy of his book Ignore Everybody: and 39 Other Keys to Creativity (my review here).
Rands in Repose
Whenever I read something written at Rands wrote I feel inspired, because I want to write like him, and depressed, because I don't write like him. His reflections on the tech life are spot on (you really need to read The Nerd Handbook if you own one), but he also writes on varied topics like management, work life and creativity.
Try The Makers of Things, Up to Nothing and The Art of the Tweet.
Personal Development for Smart People
Which list about favorite blogs from any self-respecting (even semi) personal growth blog wouldn't include The Steve? He's become the poster child for personal development blogging mad success. Sure, some of his stuff is a little too new age-y for me, but you know what? He's honest, original, and I learn from him. Compared to a lot of other personal growth bloggers, Steve's operating on a whole different level, and I still look forward to his new posts.
Try How to Make Lots of Money During a Recession, How to Be a Man and Creating Abundance (video).
Pixelated Image
David duChemin wrote Within the Frame: The Journey of Photographic Vision, a book I love lots and credit for raising my game when I went shooting photographs in Tokyo this past autumn. Pixelated Image is full of real-world, practical and inspirational advice from someone who's gone from bankruptcy to commercial success, great not just for photographers, but for anyone living the creative life. His blog isn't new, but it's my favorite find of 2009.
Try Credit Where Credit is Due. Or Not, Woulda - Shoulda - Coulda? and Just?
The Blog that Ate Mind Chatter
Bill Harris' blog posts are really long, but worth reading all the way through. Less the motivational-type posts about how to succeed, make millions and triple your sex life, The Blog that Ate Mind Chatter deals with bigger questions like the meaning of life, and how to navigate sanely through this one limited life from a larger spiritual perspective that's very Buddhist (the philosophy, not the religion).
Try News Flash: There's No Escape, It's All about Awareness and Where are you going? And Why? (Pretending like crazy that what you're doing really matters.)
Updated: Included Bill Harris' The Blog that Ate Mind Chatter in the list.


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Megan Fox is one of Hollywood's newest stars and you're her new stylist! Is it a night on the town that you're dressing her for? She could go for comfort in a long, bright flowing gown or show off her curves in a body-hugging mini-dress in blue? The choice is yours. Perhaps Megan's in a cute top and funky, flirty bottom sort of mood. Once you've got the clothes, choose jewelry, a pocketbook and shoes and she's set! Mix and match and have a blast playing the Megan Fox Dress Up game!


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Shuanghui International And Smithfield Foods Receive CFIUS Clearance
HONG KONG and SMITHFIELD, Va., Sept. 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Shuanghui International Holdings Limited ("Shuanghui International") and Smithfield Foods, Inc. (" Smithfield") (NYSE: SFD) announced today that the companies have received clearance on their proposed transaction from the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS). Smithfield and Shuanghui International also announced that the parties have received governmental merger clearance in Ukraine.
The transaction remains subject to Smithfield shareholder approval and other customary closing conditions. Smithfield's shareholders are scheduled to vote on the transaction at a special shareholders meeting on Tuesday, September 24, 2013. Shuanghui International and Smithfield expect the transaction to close shortly thereafter.
"This transaction will create a leading global animal protein enterprise," said Zhijun Yang, Chief Executive Officer of Shuanghui International. "Shuanghui International and Smithfield have a long and consistent track record of providing customers around the world with high-quality food, and we look forward to moving ahead together as one company."
Smithfield Chief Executive Officer and President C. Larry Pope added, "We are pleased that this transaction has been cleared by CFIUS, and we thank the Committee for its careful attention to this review."As previously announced on May 29, 2013, Shuanghui International and Smithfield have entered into a definitive merger agreement. Under the terms of the agreement, Smithfield shareholders will receive $34.00 per share in cash for each share of Smithfield common stock that they own. Upon consummation of the transaction, Smithfield will continue to operate under its existing brand names as a wholly owned subsidiary of Shuanghui International. About Shuanghui International Holdings LimitedShuanghui International Holdings Limited is a Hong Kong-based privately held company that owns a variety of businesses that include food and logistics enterprises. Shuanghui International and its subsidiaries are the majority shareholders of China's largest meat processor, Henan Shuanghui Investment & Development Co. Ltd. which is publicly listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol 000895. More information about Shuanghui International is available at www.shuanghui-international.com. About Smithfield FoodsSmithfield Foods is a $13 billion global food company and the world's largest pork processor and hog producer. In the United States, the company is also the leader in numerous packaged meats categories with popular brands including Smithfield®, Eckrich®, Farmland®, Armour®, Cook's®, Gwaltney®, John Morrell®, Kretschmar®, Curly's®, Carando®, Margherita®, and Healthy Ones®. Smithfield Foods is committed to providing good food in a responsible way and maintains robust animal care, community involvement, employee safety, environmental, and food safety and quality programs. For more information, visit www.smithfieldfoods.com and www.smithfieldcommitments.com. SOURCE Shuanghui International Holdings Limited
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Infinite Codex
Unlimited Possibilities through Code
With the release of the Entity Framework 4.1 I was interested to see how well the code first aspect works with multiple database vendors. Could you use the code first modeling to change the database through a connection string? I thought it might be worth a quick sample app to find out.
Download the sample Project
I have an identical database in both SQL CE 4 and VistaDB 4.1. Since they both have ADO.Net providers for the Entity Framework I decided to use them for this test. The databases must have identical schema for this to work, otherwise your code wouldn't match the database. The data in the databases is slightly different, this is from an RSS Reader app.
The schema is fairly simple, only two tables. RssFeeds (list of feeds the user wants to get entries from), and RssEntries (the actual RSS entries from the feed). The schema is simple enough to be used for demo, but has real world data that always makes a demo much nicer.
Rss.sdf – The SQL CE 4 version of the database.
Rss.vdb4 – The VistaDB 4 version of the database.
There are a number of naming conventions you have to follow if you want the EF Code First to work without change against your POCO classes. Some of them are pretty straightforward, but some of them are just things I don't normally do. Your connection string class needs to have the same name as your database context class (not something I normally do).
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?><configuration> <connectionStrings> <add name="RssDatabaseCE" connectionString="data source=|DataDirectory|\RSS.sdf" providerName="System.Data.SqlServerCe.4.0" /> <add name="RssDatabase" connectionString="data source=|DataDirectory|\RSS.vdb4" providerName="System.Data.VistaDB" /> </connectionStrings></configuration>
The database is pretty simple, so here are the POCO classes to represent the tables. You do have to add a using statement for the System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations namespace in order to add the [Key] annotation on the class. You would not have to do this if the key was named RssEntryID.
public class RssEntry{ [Key] public long RssEntryKey { get; set; } public long RssFeedKey { get; set; } public string EntryID { get; set; } public DateTime CreatedOn { get; set; } public bool IsNew { get; set; } public string Title { get; set; } public string Url { get; set; } public DateTime ModifiedOn { get; set; } public DateTime PublishedOn { get; set; } public string Author { get; set; } public string Email { get; set; } public string RawSummary { get; set; } public string TextSummary { get; set; } // Each entry knows about it's parent feed and can return that object public virtual RssFeed Feed { get; set; }}public class RssFeed{ [Key] public long RssFeedKey { get; set; } public bool IsActive { get; set; } public DateTime CreatedOn { get; set; } public string Url { get; set; } public int RefreshMilliseconds { get; set; } public bool IsStartup { get; set; } public string Username { get; set; } public string Password { get; set; } public bool RequiresAuth { get; set; } public string Title { get; set; } public string Description { get; set; } public string AltUrl { get; set; } public DateTime? ModifiedOn { get; set; } public string Language { get; set; } public string Copyright { get; set; } // Each feed knows about all of the enties under it, and can return them as a collection public virtual ICollection<RssEntry> Entries { get; set; }}
Notice the public virtual methods to extend how the class works as an entity. The RssFeed exposes a collection of RssEntry objects (one feed can have many entries). But the RssEntry only exposes a single RssFeed object (one entry can only have one parent feed). Both of these are very common database concepts, but are subtle to get a code only solution to work. I think the EF team has come up with a very elegant way to solve the problem by using the virtual methods.
The naming of the class has to match what you expect Code First to find as a connection string. There is a good blog post about the EF naming conventions. Again, you may or may not want to follow these, but there is a way to override the behavior if you don't like the default.
public class RssDatabase : DbContext{ public DbSet<RssFeed> Feeds { get; set; } public DbSet<RssEntry> Entries { get; set; }}
using System;using System.Collections.Generic;using System.Linq;using System.Text;namespace CodeFirstSample{ class Program { static void Main(string[] args) { using (RssDatabase db = new RssDatabase()) { var activeFeeds = from f in db.Feeds where f.IsActive == true select f; foreach (var feed in activeFeeds) { Console.WriteLine("Feed: {0}", feed.Title); foreach (RssEntry entry in feed.Entries) { Console.WriteLine("[{0}]:{1}", entry.EntryID, entry.Title); } } } } }}
Now the same code will work against SQL CE 4, and VistaDB 4.1. That is way easier than maintaining two models, or editing one model for the other provider, etc.
Run the sample and look at the output, then change the config connection string (rename the existing one) and run the sample again.
Yes, there are always pros and cons with any solution. The one that I see with EF Code First is when the database schema changes there is no way to have your app work with a newer database schema. There is a good blog post on the concepts and current thoughts around this problem.
This technique will not work unless your .Net types match up correctly across database vendors. So if you have a model with SqlGeometry present, it will not work with any other database! The provider factory needs to be able to map those .Net types to the underlying provider type. If it can't perform the mapping you will get an error.
This is pretty impressive to me as a database vendor developer. The EF has always had the promise of allowing a data model to conceptualize the database independent of the underlying provider. The EF Code First is the first implementation I have seen that actually allows you to have zero knowledge in your app about the database. The database provider factory is totally loaded from ADO.Net (as it should be). You don't need to add any references in your project at all!
Good Job EF Team!
EF Code First Walkthrough – Good overview of the entire topic
EF Fluent API Samples – More advanced options and abilities are explained
EF Code First Database Conventions – This is the best source of information I have found on the naming conventions for how EF Code First works
EF Code First Database Migration
This is the order in which I installed the various things you need, but you may be able to install them differently. Just make sure you have all the components before trying the sample.
Download the sample Project – Visual Studio 2010 solution with two sample databases
SQL Server Compact Edition 4.0
Visual Studio 2010 SP1
SQL Server Compact 4 Tools for Visual Studio 2010 SP1 (downloads using Microsoft Web Platform Installer)
Entity Framework 4.1 (don't follow anything you read about getting the CTP, it is now an RC as I write this)
VistaDB 4.1
Get NuGet from here (package manager to add packages to your projects directly within Visual Studio 2010)
View the console using View –> Other Windows –> Package Manager Console
Make sure you select your project for the code first model generation before running the following command.
Type install-package EntityFramework, you should end up with a message saying you have the following package:
EntityFramework 4.1.10311.0
(Or higher should also work)
This will add a reference inside your project as well.
22/03/2011 03:55 #
A complete beginner question, where do I tell the program which connection string to use?
David McCallum
23/03/2011 06:40 #
I think the title should be multiple database versions from the same vendors. I really don't see this working to well when trying to mix in mysql / oracle / pgsql / mssql / access / etc....
26/03/2011 08:56 #
You set the connections strings in your app.config. Which just to be very confusing is renamed for you by the compiler to be your application.exe.config in the runtime folder.@James - It really has nothing to do with the same vendor. This sample shows VistaDB and SQL CE - NOT the same company. Now the types are comparable, but that is up to the vendor in how they map a type to the .Net type. It could work with every database you mentioned if all of them implemented an EF provider, and all understand these types. Since I only used simple types it might actualy work. Access though won't because there is no EF provider.
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Using EF 4.1 Code First to support multiple database vendors
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School teachers, business owners focus of new Colorado legislative conceal, carry gun proposals
Opponents call measures 'pretend solutions'
DENVER - Colorado lawmakers say they'll spend a great deal of time addressing gun violence during the 2013 legislative session.
The big question is what bills will be passed.
So far, three have been introduced.
One would allow teachers, staff and administrators, who have concealed carry permits, to carry guns in the classroom, as long as local school boards sign off on the deal.
Another would require business owners to allow employees with concealed carry permits to bring their guns to work, or provide one armed security guard for every fifty employees.
A third proposal would allow business owners, managers and employees to use deadly force against an intruder who breaks into the business, commits or intends to commit a crime inside or who might use physical force against the people there.
All three of the initial bills are sponsored by Republican lawmakers.
When asked if it's a waste of time to introduce bills which allow guns in more places when both the House and Senate are controlled by Democrats, Sen. Scott Renfroe, R-Greeley, said, "I would hope not, because this shouldn't be a partisan issue."
Refroe said he's received countless emails from people who want to testify in favor of these bills.
"When you get those types of emails," Refroe said, "then it's worth bringing this forward to have the debate."
Rep. Lori Saine, R-Dacono, agrees.
"The Governor and the House Speaker both said mental health and guns are big issues and we need to have a discussion about them," she said.
Saine said three recent incidents show that concealed weapons can help put an end to violence.
She said that the shooting at the Clackamas Town Center in Oregon, the mass shooting at Newtown and a shooting at a theater in San Antonio all ended once someone else with a gun showed up.
"If criminals know that there might be a chance that somebody else has equal force, they might not even enter the situation at all," Saine said.
The Dacono Republican said she, too, has heard from constituents about the gun bills.
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Some students will be keeping a close watch on the debate.
When asked if teachers carrying guns in the classroom would make him feel safer, East High senior Rhys Williams said, "It would if the teacher who had the concealed carry permit was competent, not impulsive and knew how and when to use or not use a gun."
Saine said she'd like to hear from students when the bill is heard in committee.
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Grey's Anatomy Review: Looking Grimby Courtney Morrison at . Comments
Did that just really happen?
Okay, let's back up a few minutes and discuss "Migration" - and not just the crazy ending we just witnessed.
Webber Works It. I have always been a big fan of Richard. He's had such a presence throughout this series, almost like a father figure to all of these doctors, not just Meredith. This hour had Webber helping Alex get everything he wants. And what he wants is Johns Hopkins. It's pretty great to see the underdog, or evil spawn as Cristina says, come out on top. He has worked hard for it and deserves it.
Seattle Grace is looking like it might be less crowded next year...
Can You Go Back? Cristina was weighing her decision and taking into account all of her options. Mer wants her BFF close to her but Yang is set on leaving. After an old school on call room hook up with Owen, Cristina makes the decision to head to the Mayo Clinic. Looks like these two are officially done.
You Should Make The Decision With Your Husband. Meredith wants Seattle, Derek wants Harvard. Grey finally consulted with her husband instead of her "person,: and the two are heading off to Boston. Derek will become the head of Neuro at Harvard.
Starting Over. Who knew crossword puzzles could be so much fun? Ben decided to pop the question to Bossy Bailey before getting the news of a job offer 1,000 miles away. It took so long for Bailey to get her groove back, she can't lose the adorable Ben. I won't have it!
Besides, who do these docs think they all are leaving Seattle? Not cool!
Lonely. The only doc not heading somewhere for a better job is poor Kepner. Girl failed her boards, got her job offers pulled and even lost her current gig at SGH. How awkward was the firing between her and Owen?
April headed over to the bar to drink her sorrows away and freak out on Jackson before running out. Are we losing April, too?
Is Slexie Coming Back? After dropping the L-bomb on Mark last episode, Lexie used her few minutes of screen time to act awkward. Mark is torn between Julia, who can give him everything he wants, or Lexie who he loves.
Who should he choose? If I was making the call, Lexie would be the winner. You hear that, Shonda?
OMFG. When I glanced at the clock, I couldn't believe the episode was just about over. I thought to myself: pretty solid. It advanced the plot for the finale. Nothing too surprising. Yeah, I was totally wrong.
In true Grey's Anatomy fashion, the writers decided to shake everything up and keep us impatiently waiting until next week's season finale. Most of the main characters boarded a small plane to head to Boise for a conjoined twin operation. Who would have thought that you would blink and the plane would be crashed? Definitely not me!
People can say that GA has fallen off over the past few seasons. But if there is one thing this show does right, it is finales. They kill it every time - pun intended! (Sorry, I had to.)
So what is going to happen to our favorite doctors? Will they all survive? Will the latest Grey's Anatomy news be any indication?
After Thoughts:
- Callie and Arizona's scenes were short and sweet. Maybe if some of our docs leave, these two will finally get some more screen time.
- We finally got a glimpse of the Mer and Der dream house!
- How hilarious was Cristian pretending to be April on the phone? The voice was perfect.
- Who would have thought that Ben proposing to Bailey would not be the biggest news to come out of this hour?
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One week until the season finale. Make your predictions now and hit up the comments to let us know what you thought of "Migration." Can you wait until next week? I know I can't! Don't forget to check out the Grey's Anatomy quotes page for the best from this episode and the Grey's Anatomy Round Table for the staff's thoughts on what's to come for the rest of Season Eight.
Was anyone else devastated when Cristina told Meredith she (Mer) wasn't her (Cris) person? It was like a stab in the heart to me. I completely agree with Derek; Meredith needed to make decisions with her family in mind, not her friend. But even he didn't go as far as to diminish Cristina's friendship. I was surprised to see Cristina so cavalier about it after all they had been through LONG before the cheating Owen came around. Ok, enough, I know (but it bothered me....apparently). I think April should be the one to die. I think she should commit suicide. All of the originals signed up for 2 years so we know they're safe. That would leave Lexie or Arizona and that's just too damn predictable. We would expect someone in the plane crash to bite the dust. We would not expect April to kill herself. If it's not April, it might be Arizona. Maybe Jessica Capshaw wants more time with her growing family :)
Christina is like the Iron Lady. She can't break! A plane crashes and she is standing strong. Unbelievable! Meredith too. It looks like Yang is going to help Mark rescue Lexie which I hope turns out to be a fruitful rescue. If Lexie dies I'm done. She's my favorite character though we unfortunately don't get to see much of her. Mark and Lexie forever!! The only character I can see leaving the show at this point is April Kepner. She dramatically failed her boards, she can't get a new job, and is "no longer the best candidate" at her current one. She regrettably lost her v-card to Jackson, thinks Jesus hates her, and is feeling pitied by her friends. She will probably leave. The question is, how will she go? I think Shonda has something juicy up her sleeve. I can't wait to find out what it is.
I hate to say it, but Lexie is definitely going to die. From all the spoiler/hints/rumors, as well as not really hearing anything from Chyler Leigh in interviews, and studying the promos...yes, she's the one. Mark looks like he's okay, but for all I know, he may kick the bucket too, from internal bleeding or something; I almost wish he would so I wouldn't have to seem him get together with somebody else. Shonda said it was going to be bittersweet and painful for them. I hate it. I feel like my time and patience has been wasted for three years and I've been slapped in the face. I rooted for this couple, they had the potential, promise, and chemistry despite a lack of a substantial story-line. I always had hope for them. Now it's going to pot. If Chyler wanted to leave, then I can't say much. But otherwise, it's just been a waste and a shame, for the fans, actors and the characters they portrayed. The impossible has been made possible on this show (which is also a slap in the face, considering the writers' lackadaisical attitude about Slexie when it shouldn't have been hard to come up with a good story-line for them for three years), so of course Meredith and Cristina don't look like somebody who's actually been in a place crash. The majority of the time there's usually nothing of anybody left. George got hit by a bus and looked like it; these people were in a place crash and, while a bit mussed and some bloody...well, it's kind of ironic and silly. But this is Grey's...
I find an irony in using the 'my person' analogy about Owen. After all, the origins of that phrase for Cris and Mere, was about her first planned abortion. I think Arizona makes sense, after the 'don't ever leave speech' - the twist of her being the one to leave. Plus the fact that she wasn't originally meant to be on the plane - adding a sense of what these type of shows thinks is 'irony'. Otherwise I think it's someone not on the plane to add an extra twist - Kepner committing suicide, that's my outside bet.
I think the death will be Arizona or Lexie. I only kept watching Grey's this season because I was waiting for the Slexie payoff Shondra told the Slexie fans to wait for. It damn well better not be Lexie who dies!
When Met ask where. Is Derek Cristina says he was sick out of the window does he have wings can he fly or does he die
hmm... I think Lexie will die, it would be the easiest departure, I mean Mark would definitely come over it and Meredith too...
Well... We have only 3 obtions now, right? Narrowing it down between the people on the plane and the one we know won´t die (cose Shoda said so)
Its eigther Mark, Lexie or Arizona. And people... I don´t know how about you, but all of the above will break my heart. Now I get that the whole staff cryied.
I can't stand it but I think it's going to be Little Grey.
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Book 3 of Trithemius's Steganographia (written ca. 1500) contains hidden cipher messages within what is ostensibly a magic work. After almost 500 years these ciphers have been detected and solved. (Since 1606 it was known that similar ciphers were present in Books 1 and 2.) This has implications not only for the history of cryptography but also for the history of 16th century magic. Trithemius has been considered one of the main figures in the rise of the occult movement in the 1500's, but it now turns out that the evidence is less clear.
Read my long-titled paper, Solved: The Ciphers in Book III of Trithemius's Steganographia which was published in the October 1998 issue of Cryptologia, available here in PDF form. (Thanks to Clay Holden for the PDF version.)
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More sites are adopting enhanced leak detection and repair strategies
One person who has been taking a keen interest in the evolution of LDARs is Jim Drago, senior manager, market intelligence, Garlock, Palmyra, N.Y. He says EPA's July 31, 2009, settlement with the Lanxess/Ineos facility in Addyston, Ohio, is the first example of the agency demanding an enhanced LDAR.
"Enhanced LDAR is being imposed when existing LDAR is found not to be working effectively. The most progressive part of an enhanced LDAR program is the demand to use low-leak valves and packings: 100 ppm — as opposed to current 500 ppm — for five years, plus a guarantee and test report from the manufacturer to ensure the target is being met," he notes.
He also has noticed that recent decrees focus particularly on quality programs, repair timing and management of change — although a typical enhanced LDAR program has 14 elements, including: monitoring frequency; leak detection and repair action levels; leak repairs; equipment upgrades, replacement and improvement; training; record keeping; and reporting.
Drago adds that infrared (IR) cameras (Figure 2) now are accepted as tools to find leaks, in addition to EPA-Method-21 organic vapor analyzers (Figure 3) that were first specified for use in supplemental environmental programs (SEPs) in the late 1990s. "Lo and behold, just over a decade later and they are law, part of standard regulations as an alternative to sniffing. The point here is that they started out as being included in consent decrees, but are now — with time and use — simply part of 'business as usual.'"
One company making good use of IR cameras is LyondellBasell, Houston, which deploys such cameras at its sites in Channelview and La Porte, Texas, and Morris and Tuscola, Ill. The firm adopted the IR camera technology after it proved very effective in ground and aerial surveys.
"The use of IR cameras has enabled us to pinpoint the exact location of leaks that might have remained hidden using traditional fugitive monitoring techniques. In only minutes, an operator can aim, pan and zoom as far as several hundred feet away from an area and check for leaks without leaving his feet. Traditional methods for identifying fugitive emissions required placement of an instrument probe directly on the component, a challenge for components high in a pipe rack," notes the company.
Another advantage of IR cameras is their ability to detect particularly elusive emissions that come from corrosion beneath insulation. Historically, it's been challenging, if not impossible, to pinpoint these leaks because the vapors often exit a considerable distance from the source. The IR camera very easily can detect the source by simply following the trail of the plume.
ConocoPhillips Canada, Calgary, also is a fan of IR. The company, which claims to be the first Canadian firm to use an IR camera to detect fugitive emissions in upstream oil and gas facilities, says the technology rapidly, accurately and safely identifies hydrocarbon gas emissions in realtime: "This has a much higher degree of accuracy compared to conventional methods and has proven to be a cost-effective, efficient and successful method of reducing fugitive emissions," it says.
Drago foresees this possibly becoming another standard technology. "The first demand for fenceline monitoring that I came across was the September 2010 Murphy Oil consent decree when they had to install a similar system as part of a SEP. Maybe in another ten years it will be routine that every site in the U.S. could be required to do the same thing. ConocoPhillips has been routinely using one at its Rodeo refinery near San Francisco for many years. (Its emissions can be seen at http://fenceline.net/fence.php.)"
EPA's May 23, 2012, consent decree with BP North America, Houston, to cut emissions from its Whiting, Ind., refinery requires installation of a fenceline monitoring system as well as publishing the data live on a website.
As a result of LDAR and enhanced LDAR, chemical makers are asking Garlock to provide "best in class" sealing solutions — including product recommendations, training and on-site troubleshooting/failure analysis where required. "In an LDAR program, especially if a chemical plant is given a consent decree, they want training not only for their employees but also for the contractors and valve installers. In gasketing GST is called constantly for consulting."
Garlock's customers are focusing particularly on fugitive emissions from valve stem packing. Some, for instance, are looking into upgrading valve technology for lines carrying high priority volatile organic compounds such as benzene. Emissions from flanges, despite the large numbers of them at most sites, don't seem to be a major problem.
"When we started working on LDAR programs back in 2001, we were repacking all valves in the field that had readings of over 500 ppm. All the new valves that were in the storage yard were sent to a staging area for repack with Garlock low-emission packing. What we see now is that 80% of valves that are chronic leakers or problem valves are being replaced with new valves with low-leak packing," notes Drago.
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