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The Cardinals are just rubbing it in now. As if compiling oodles of young talent to go with the bevy of established stars on their roster isn't enough, now the Cardinals feel the need to buy off the free agency years of said talented young players.
Allen Craig is the latest Cardinals player to sign a long-term contract extension, inking a five-year deal worth $31 million with an option for a sixth, keeping Craig in St. Louis until 2017. According to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Craig will make $1.75 million this year, $2.75 million in 2014, $5.5 million in 2015, $9 million in 2016 and $11 million in 2017. The 2018 option is $13M with a $1MM buyout.
What do you know about Allen Craig? Do you know how old he is? What position does he play? Is he any good? Some of these questions have surprising answers. Allen Craig is a terrific hitter, ranking 15th in baseball by wRC+ over the last two seasons. That's good!
He's also sort of old yet relatively inexperienced, not making his big league debut until the age of 25. He also missed considerable time in 2011 due to a knee injury sustained crashing into an outfield wall. Outfield wall collisions are no longer a concern for Craig, as he is now the Cardinals everyday first baseman, a position that suits him well. So the Cards lock him up through his age-34 season, all at very reasonable rates.
How will Allen Craig age? As stated earlier, he's a great offensive player. The question remains – how will he age. Craig doesn't walk a ton and features a highish BABIP for a man of his size/speed profile.
The list of players with similar offensive numbers over the last two years (wRC+ greater than 130, walk rate under 8%) offers hope. Seven players who we can hopefully agree are all good hitters and Allen Craig. Guys with good bat control who hit line drives to all fields. Worrying about Adrian Beltre or Robinson Cano's walk rate is a waste of your time. They rake. End of story.
The Cardinals are the Cardinals because they don't make many mistakes – specifically in the player evaluation department. Their belief in Craig's ability to hit for the next five years is as ringing an endorsement as you can hear.
He's almost 29. Why go 5 years? RT @wadeyo: @keithlaw 5/31 + option reasonable for Craig?
— keithlaw (@keithlaw) March 8, 2013
Law's comment reflects a common and logical belief: why pay anything for non-elite production at first base? Take another look at the first leaderboard: Allen Craig is elite. And now he's a member of the Cardinals for five more years.


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Seven years with Ashton Kutcher? Sounds more like a death sentence, unless you're Demi Moore, of course. But that's what Calendar Girls helmer Nigel Cole serves up in this latest vehicle for the gangling star of Dude, Where's My Car?, Just Married and the all-too-recent Guess Who.
Following the template set by When Harry Met Sally... and a million other rom-coms, A Lot Like Love tells of two career-obsessed twentysomethings who can't yank their heads out of their arses long enough to realise their soulmate is right in front of them. The twist is they already know what they're missing, having started their relationship with a bang - (quite literally) - inside a mile-high lav.
It's an arresting opening, but one that poses problems actor-turned-screenwriter Colin Patrick Lynch spends the rest of the film trying to resolve. What kind of woman shags a total stranger she's only set eyes on minutes before? That's right - - a nymphomaniac slut. Not an easy hurdle for Amanda Peet to overcome (it doesn't say much about Kutcher's character, either). The film struggles to make Peet's kohl-eyed, mini-skirted wild child as fluffily adorable as Kutcher finds her. It's also a credibility-strainer. How can a girl who's so easy to throw in the sack be so hard to drag down the aisle?
Peet fights bravely to reconcile Emily's in-built contradictions and succeeds in making her halfway likeable. Alas, that's more than can be said for Kutcher's Oliver, a lanky net-geek seeking obscene dotcom riches through - wait for it.. - express delivery nappies. To make matters worse, he's a woeful singer - something Cole makes clear not once, but twice with two extended karaoke sessions that underline just how gormless his protagonist is.
We know Kutcher and Peet will end up together. The trouble with A Lot Like Love is it takes so long for them to manage it that we couldn't care less when they do.
It's like every other rom-com you've seen, with nothing to recommend it beyond Peet's game performance in a role that's clearly beneath her.
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In 2007, " Dalyan Organics " has started it's activities on an almond plantation, including 6000 trees, in Selçuk, Sultaniye Village. Willing to take it's place in preventing the unwanted effects of harmful pesticides and GMOs ( Genetically Modified Organism ). Also, for the continuity on using agricultural geology and making our world a better place to live for the next generations.
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Spring Awakening is three for three!!! YAAAAY!!!! I've been jumping up and down and screaming this entire time (and when Idina and Taye came on... <333 ) Not the best idea, because I've got a chorus performance in two days, but still... OMGOMGOMGTONYS!!!! BROADWAY, YOU ARE THE LOVE OF MY LIFE!!!!!


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Dizzy said on October 3, 2012
Woody Harrelson, Dirty harry ;-), Mr Bean, Nicolas Cage, 007, (shit, he acted in SpiderMan 1), Ghandi, crap I forget, dunno, Matt Damon, Jim Carey, and I forget his name. Not too bad, eh? lol
gobetween said on October 3, 2012
Uhm… not bad, you left out Hugh Laurie I wish I knew who the one under Mr Bean is?
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They all look rather like something out of a set of portraits of axe-murderesses, don't' they?
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Can you use it somewhere else like around shrubs or trees. Since you say it smells and you've had lots of problems, I wouldn't use it in your prime flower beds. When I buy topsoil it is always sticky clay. People don't want to sell their good topsoil, so what you get is from low ground around streams. Botany Shop in Joplin mixes in small pine bark chips to make a lighter mix. If you are not sure this is pine or fir bark though I wouldn't mix it in. Rotting wood takes nitrogen from the soil as it decays. |
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Maybe you have another spot in your yard that has good air circulation and is sunnier so the mulch will dry out more quickly. Was the bed shady where you were using it before? Except for this spring, everything in my yard dries out quicker than I want it to whether it's in the sun or shade. My parents have trouble with the north side of their house staying too wet but we have a garage on the north so not much room for plants there. |
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Most of these beds were on the south side of house area. one had no shade at all. they were all raised beds so normally would drain well, but soil moist w/mulch on top. w/o it would dry out. I really don't think it has to do w/shade. I think it is just some weird bark?? mulch that holds too much moisture it's self. was hoping if I bury it under the cardboard and then do my lasagna over that, in the new bed. It might decompose. I know it takes nitrogen from the soil but under all the stuff I really don't see the roots getting down that deep?? Not sure. I had moved it around so that it was maybe one piece of mulch deep you could see the dirt in spots if it rained and I didn't go out and rearrange it. If I spread it out over the area, the dump trucks are going to fill in. Maybe it won't be so bad. that should be from 2-3 feet deep. I don't have any trees that are far enough away from the house that I would not have to smell it, that need any mulch. I don't know. Make me wish I was on a farm. We always had some place that needed to be filled in. |
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- South Africa
- Nigeria
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- military regimes
Date 2011-09-08 Availability unrestricted Abstract Over time, news about Africa has not been encouraging, whether in relation to poverty; incessant and sporadic conflicts; ineffective leadership; or in relation to the failure of the continent to develop in spite of the vast natural resources with which it is endowed. The failure of good governance in Africa epitomises the plight of the continent, and is the result of many factors including; diverse ethnic divisions across the continent, imposition of foreign systems through colonialisation, to name a few. This thesis also identifies an important factor which is the challenge to the rule of law on the continent.For the rule of law to be established in a society, the law first has to be an integral part of the society, and has to be legitimate, and internalised by the society. For laws and the law-making processes to be legitimate, there needs to be the consent and participation of the people which the law seeks to bind. This is lacking in most African countries where laws are often vestiges of the colonial era, and where the post-colonial law-making mechanisms have not induced confidence. These situations have led to a deficit in the legitimacy of the law in Africa, and the inability of such laws to structure and govern the people; because the people have more often than not been excluded from the law-making process, nor given their consent to be bound by the laws.
The resultant effect of these realities is that the laws generally lack legitimacy and are adhered to only when sanctions are attached. This thesis investigates the Constitution as the foundational law in two former British colonies in Africa, namely Nigeria and South Africa and in particular, the way in which it is made; the resultant legitimacy, and the effects on the peoples' response and interaction with the law. This is in order to draw a nexus between the lack of legitimacy of laws in Africa (as evidenced in the constitution making processes), and the challenges faced by the rule of law on the continent, using the cases of Nigeria and South Africa.
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Imaginary artists portraits
Some time ago I created a number of illustrations for an article about typefaces and lettering based on famous artists' handwriting. These were imaginary portraits (only in the case of Cézanne I used a photo as reference) and they were made as an ink sketch, then scanned, vector-traced and coloured as vector illustrations. Here are some examples: Picasso, Matisse, Leonardo Da Vinci,Cézanne and Monet.
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The best 10 resources for CSS online
A selection of the ten best resources for CSS in the net. But, caution! As they say, "we must offer a word of warning before going to any of these websites. These sites can become very addicting if you enjoy web design in the slightest way. Some of these sites link to literally hundreds of other sites which will catch your interest."
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David Hockney's watercolours
David Hockney had avoided watercolours for the most part of his career so far. But recently he has rediscovered the pleasures of watercolour and in his latest solo exhibitions he has shown many landscapes and portraits in this technique. He's not using watercolour in the usual way, though. They are large works on paper, usually two or more sheets assembled to form the whole picture; the juxtaposition of several parts as a whole reminds you of his earlier experiments with photo-collages.
There is something special in these new works, both tematically and stylistically. After his long investigations in photography and optics, and his neo-picassian and neo-matissian periods, Hockney is back to basics —to what has always interested him: capturing light and environments, and the personality of people he knows well.
The palette in his new double portraits is more vibrant and intense, while his landscapes (Northern England, Yorkshire; Norway, Iceland) use a very special subdued palette. The brushwork is masterful: loose but very descriptive. Obviously these are watercolours where the artist has enjoyed himself and they are the expression of a very acute observation and interiorizing of the landscape features.
It is remarkable that Hockney feels this special fascination with northern light in spring and summer. The same landscapes which have always attracted other painters such as Bernd Koberling. David Hockney has always said he felt a double, opposite fascination with both mediterranean-californian sunshine and the "gothic gloom" of Central and Northern Europe.
Some links where you can see some of these new works and comments about them: Annely Juda Gallery, Studio-International, National Portrait Gallery, Lalouver Gallery (or simply perform a search at Google with David Hockney watercolors/watercolours.)
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I have been talking about pseudo-watercolours in acrylic, like the ones in Bernd Koberling's work. Now I am experimenting with digital watercolour effects in Painter. Some of the brushes and effects in the program are really attractive. I will add some examples and my work notes in a forthcoming post.
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Tribal Sovereignty Curriculum Apprentice Trainers
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21st Century Community Learning Center Program Evaluation
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We are planning on going in November (finally, have a target date 11/1/04 taking my son for his birthday) and aren't sure which hotel to stay at, The Coronado Springs, which we never stayed at or The Caribbean Beach, which we have.
Do you guys have an opinion on either? We are going with my 2 kids 3 & 1 and I am trying to find out which is better mostly for layout and the busses, I know the layout of the Caribbean Beach, I just want to confirm if Aruba is the 1st stop on the bus route coming back from the parks, I'm pretty sure that is where we stayed last time, which was a few years ago. If anyone can confirm that, and or give their pros and cons on The Coronado Springs vs. the Caribbean Beach, that would be much appreciated.
Personally, I would say the Coranado -I stayed there during the first month it opened - just liked it more than The Beach - rooms, pool and food court was nicer - just an opinion
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No one stays home anymore. Where are we? We're sitting in restaurants. On average, Americans dine out four times a week, according to the National Restaurant Association. As we eat out more and more, the percentage of obese people increases, while their wallets decrease. We spend $1 billion a day dining out. The Census Bureau's population clock has the U.S. at 310,751,194 people, so if we spend some $365 billion a year eating out, that averages out to $1,117 per person per year, a large portion of which could be savings if you ate at home instead.
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Yikes! I guess you have to ask yourself if you want to be overweight or rich.
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What began as a small art association?originally assembled to organize an exhibit of local art?eventually blossomed into a full-scale museum as its art collection grew. Today, works by world-renowned artists share space with masterpieces by Mississippians in a museum committed to making the visual arts more accessible for the community at large.?
The Building: After decades in its original location, the museum was moved to a new space in 2007. A transparent door and entryway enables outsiders to see the visitors inside the space, a play on the museum's mantra to make it a "museum without walls."
Permanent Mainstay: The Mississippi Story celebrates art by Mississippians and includes photos by Eudora Welty, works by William Hollingsworth, and a collection of quilts.
Don't Miss: 19th-century portraits includes works by British artists Thomas Lawrence and Thomas Sully; works by master artists Picasso, Mir?, Chagall, and Rembrandt; as well as a collection of pre-Columbian artifacts.
In the Open Air: Outside the museum, take a stroll through The Art Garden, more than an acre of green space peppered with outdoor art installations and a performance stage.
Past Exhibits: Spacious Skies featured 14 painted or drawn landscapes culled from the permanent collections of such artists as John Sloan, Will Henry Rivers, Elaine Galen, as well as the museum's first painting, William P. Silva's The Shower.
Pro Tip: At the monthly workshop Look and Learn with Hoot, kids develop the skills for art literacy through an art activity and story time.
Special Programs: Almost 30 affiliate museums throughout the state regularly feature artwork from the museum's permanent collection.
A wildly successful alternative to traditional day spas?its more than 300 locations blanket 36 states and half a dozen countries?Planet Beach Contempo Spa is a futuristic relaxation station where state-of-the-art machines administer all the spa and tanning services. These friendly automatons sometimes replace familiar treatments, as in the Luminous facial, a light-based service that delivers blemish-busting results similar to those of a conventional facial. But other equipment maps out new spa territory entirely: the Hydro-Derma Fusion chamber moisturizes the whole body with nutrient-rich steam in order to offset the effects of a dry climate or a rear-end collision with a salt truck. Other machines whiten teeth, spray tan skin, and massage muscles.
? Planet Beach operates on a gym-style membership system, meaning that members purchase packages or pay flat monthly rates. As members spend more time at the spa, they get to know the helpful assistants who are always on hand to demonstrate how to use the equipment without activating its ability to cry.
Wedgewood Golfers' Club and North Creek Golf Course integrate the scenic landscapes of northern Mississippi into their par 72 layouts, taking golfers across rolling hills and rippling waterways.
The North Creek course's bermuda-grass fairways weave along the edges of Horn Lake Creek with a relatively open layout and mounded terrain that channels the links-style charm of golf's Scotch-Irish forebears. Slightly easier than its counterpart, North Creek caters to clubbers of all stripes with four tee options and optional bumper greens.
North Creek Golf Course at a Glance:
Cleaved through a combination of dense tree lines and intervening ponds, The Wedgewood course's bermuda-grass fairways sprawl across 6,863 yards of arduous terrain. With trees hugging most holes, and water hazards kissed against the underside of two doglegged fairways, the course frequently forces players into tough course-management decisions, such as when to smash a driver, when to play lay-up with a three-wood, and how to coerce fellow golfers into giving you unlimited mulligans. Though challenging from the back tees, the course's inventive layout is forgiving enough for players of all abilities.
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At Gattitown, a vast buffet quells the hungers caused by romping through up to 10,000 square feet of violence-free arcade games, bumper cars, and mini bowling. Before meals, kids scurry between more than 150 exciting games, including virtual-reality racing and tax-filing simulations. In the bumper-car arena, wee ones determine driving dominance by crashing and cruising around a spacious floor. Players then hone their underhand tosses with mini bowling and skee-ball, shooting for tickets to spend on doodads, gadgets, and teddy-bear ransoms inside the Gatti goods store.
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With a stay at Isle Casino Hotel Biloxi in Biloxi, you'll be on the waterfront and minutes from Maritime and Seafood Industry Museum and close to Biloxi Lighthouse. This casino resort is within close proximity of Mardi Gras Museum and Boomtown Casino Biloxi.
Make yourself at home in one of the 709 air-conditioned guestrooms. Your pillowtop bed comes with cotton sheets. Relax and take in ocean and water views from the privacy of your room. Complimentary wired and wireless Internet access keeps you connected, and satellite programming provides entertainment. Private bathrooms have makeup/shaving mirrors and complimentary toiletries.
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Relax at the full-service spa, where you can enjoy massages, body treatments, and facials. Gambling sorts can try their luck at the casino, while others may prefer a casino or a health club. Additional features include complimentary wireless Internet access, gift shops/newsstands, and a hair salon.
Satisfy your appetite at the resort's restaurant, which features a bar. Dining is also available at a coffee shop/café. While enjoying a refreshing dip in the resort pool, you can order your favorite drink at the poolside bar.
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Featured amenities include an Internet point, a computer station, and business services. Planning an event in Biloxi? This resort has 1560 square feet (145 square meters) of space consisting of banquet facilities and a meeting/conference room. Free self parking is available onsite.
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Pro Tip: Purchase your game card ($1) and load it with game cash to use at any of our games and attractions.
Apart from your business's main attraction, do you offer any "hidden" services or activities that visitors are always delighted to learn about?
We offer the only outdoor laser-tag experience in Mississippi. The course is tucked away in a small wooded space near our go-kart area and immerses the customers in a great woodland adventure game. Along with that course, players can also participate in Airsoft matches.
What is the one feature of your business that you're most proud of?
Our birthday parties give groups more options than any other facility in a 50-mile radius. Between mini golf, go-karts, and outdoor laser tag, we have tons of options for kids to participate in on top of using the game money they receive to play in the arcade. We have private rooms for cake and pizza, and our staff is very helpful in providing the parents with whatever they need to help make it a special day for the birthday boy or girl.
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Is there anything else you want to add that we didn't cover?
For being a relatively small area, we have packed as much as possible into that space. We have countless outdoor activities including mini-golf, batting cages for baseball and softball, go-karts, outdoor laser tag and Airsoft. Inside, we feature party rooms, arcade games, redemption games, and pool tables. Our facility offers a lot of bang for the space.


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Processes involved in making books. Feeding paper into a machine, printing pages, folding and sorting the pages. Intertitle reads: "The printed sheets are folded and sorted". Pages are cut. A woman sorts the pages into bundles then feeds folded pages on to a binding machine. Books are bound then cut to shape.
Intertitle reads: "Lining and Backing". Lining and Backing processes are then illustrated. Glue pasted on . Books fed into machine which sticks them. Man sticks on extra layer to spines by hand.
Intertitle reads: "The binding case is now made". Making the binding case. Binding fixed to book.
Intertitle reads: "The book and binding are joined". Books are then stacked in a very large pile on a pallet. They are then moved and compressed by large press. Woman puts dust covers on by hand.
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Earth-15 is one of fifty-one divergent realities that branched from the core New Earth reality during the recreation of the Multiverse shortly following the events of Infinite Crisis.
This universe contains a version of Earth where heroes "have evolved to become nearly perfect beings".[1] Many protégé heroes (Jason Todd, Donna Troy, Kyle Rayner, Zod) have assumed the roles of or replaced their senior mentors.
This reality's Earth was visited and destroyed by Superman-Prime in his murderous search for his "true" "home" dimension. He killed many of that Earth's heroes prior to destroying the planet.[2]
The Earth-15 dimension still exists and with it the other populated planets of this dimension.
- Batman (deceased)
- Wonder Woman (deceased)
- Green Lantern
- The Atom
- Superman (deceased)
- Aquaman (deceased)
- Green Arrow II (deceased)
- Cyborg (deceased)
- Martian Manhunter (deceased)
- It is one of the alternate realities of the post-Infinite Crisis Multiverse.
- First of the Earths to be destroyed by Superman-Prime.
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- Characters from Earth-15
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Vitamin D has received widespread attention for its potential role in preventing cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes mellitus. Several epidemiological studies have suggested that individuals with low blood levels of vitamin D have increased risks of heart disease, stroke, hypertension, and diabetes. Yet the evidence that vitamin D prevents cardiometabolic outcomes played an inconsequential role in determining the population needs for vitamin D in the 2011 report from the Institute of Medicine (IOM).1 How is it possible that such a large body of evidence had so little influence on the recommended intakes for vitamin D? This commentary, authored by 2 members of the IOM Committee, provides a critical appraisal of the relevant evidence, explains why the research was found to be insufficient by the IOM, and identifies future research needs on this topic.
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We're a pretty smart group and tend to get asked a lot of questions about marketing trends past, present & future. founder Rachel Weingarten regularly appears on morning TV shows including the Today Show and Good Morning America and is regularly quoted in top media outlets ranging from the AP, The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, CNN and so many others.
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- Rachel as work style expert in People Style Watch
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- Rachel's op-ed in USA Today
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I am using Visual Studio 2010 and DWG TrueView 2013 (windows 7 32-bit).
When I try drag AcCtrl into WinForm, Visual Studio show message:
"Microsoft Visual Studio has encountered a problem and need to close".
How solve this problem ??
the problem is the compatibility between the control and visual studio 2010. VS use to have some problems with controls like that or database management. That happened to me too, the control works fine on visual studio 2008.
Since few days ago I'm looking for detailed information about the properties of this control to use it however I want, if someone can help me with that I would thank it very much.
Hi, I am facing the same problem & need to add TrueView control to VS 2010 application, were you able to reach a solution to this problem? Is it solved in any VS service pack or even trueView SP?
Please advise.
Thanks, Mona
This problem is because of a bug introduced in AxImp the activeX importer when .NET 4.0 came out. The workaround that I used was to retarget the winforms app to .NET 3.5 framework, drop the control on the form and then retarget again to .NET 4.0
More detailed and less simple workarounds can be found here:
Another solution for the VS 2010 crash at least under my install:
I found that I have 2 different versions of this ActiveX control installed. I think once you run DWG TrueView it copies the control to Autodesk Shared. So make sure you select the COM component for your toolbox from the Shared folder not the DWG TrueView folder.
The one that crashes has identity: {950FE960-6EDD-407A-8A18-74D3EAD58376}\1.0\0\aximp
The one that works for me is: {EB54BB24-1CF3-44C9-8978-D1E8E5641775}\1.0\0\aximp
Thanks for suggestions, but unfortunately none worked for me.
When trying to add the control from "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Autodesk Shared\AcCtrl.dll", I get the following error: Self-registration for C:\Program Files\Common Files\Autodesk Shared\AcCtrl.dll failed.
I tried to registed the DLL manually but it did not work.
Please advise.. Thanks
what is your .NET version your project is targeting when you drop the control on the form?
Also, can you run DWG TrueView standalone?!
I tried to change my target .Net to 3.5, add the control, then target 4.0 but it did not work. I will need to target .Net 4.0 in my project. As for true view (2013), yes it runs perfectly standalone.
Is there any news, how to use DWG TrueView 2013 ActiveX (AcCtrl.dll) control with Visual Studio 2010?
After I drop the control from the toolbox to Form Visual Studio is collapsed. When I changed the target Framework (2.0, 3.0, 3.5, 3.5 Client, 4.0, 4.0 Client) the result was the same.
On ADN a saw: I have to use this ActiveX to display DWG images.
Here is the answer for myself:
You have to create and assign ActiveX control runtime.
1. Use Aximp.exe (Windows Forms ActiveX Control Importer) to convert type definitions in a COM type library for an ActiveX control into a Windows Forms control.
"aximp.exe C:\Program Files\Autodesk\DWG TrueView 2013\AcCtrl.dll"
The result: ACCTRLLib.dll and AxACCTRLLib.dll
2. Copy these files to your folder
3. Add reference from Solution Explorer to AxACCTRLLib.dll
4. Instantiate the control:
AxACCTRLLib.AxAcCtrl ac = new AxACCTRLLib.AxAcCtrl();
ac.Dock = DockStyle.Fill;
5. Load your DWG file:
The AcCtrl control is not compatible with VS 2010.
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In the last few years, especially since the emergence of the Amazon's Kindle Self-publishing and iBookstore self-publishing platforms, the road to getting your book published has become more flexible than ever.
But are more choices really what budding authors need?
The Traditional Publishing Road
As many of you have probably already learned, the road to traditional publishing is long and mostly dreary. You whittle your manuscript down to a 35-word hook, and a 3-paragraph synopsis. You research literary agents operating in your genre. You send query letter after query letter, receiving form letter rejections if you're lucky–but usually, just silence.
Let's say you have a decent hook and a writing style at least on par with Stephenie Meyer. You've sent out a hundred (or two) queries and a few agents have requested fulls or partials. (If you're new to the world of fruitless searching for representation, a partial is when a literary agent requests a certain portion of your book–sometimes your "best chapter and your worst chapter"–and a full is when the agent requests the entire manuscript.) At this point, you're likely to snag an agent. Now what?
The waiting game begins. I've heard anywhere from three months to three years after signing a contract for an agent to find an acquisitions editor willing to pick up a book. Just like you spend what feels like years of your life finding representation, your agent will spend at least a portion of that shopping your manuscript around to publishers.
Now let's say your agent has a buddy over at Penguin, and he likes the look of your book. They have a catalog of [insert your genre here] to fill, and your manuscript is just what he needs. Fast-forward two years and your book sees the bookshelf: you had no say in the cover, no say in the marketing, and in the end, the publisher sells less than half of the first print run. The rest are locked in a closet and you get your last check five years after finishing your first draft.
Not everyone in traditional publishing has this experience. There are dozens of debut authors every year who rock the New York Times best-seller list. But before you commit to traditional publishing, it's worth taking a look at your alternatives.
Small and Independent Publishers
I'm probably biased towards this method of taking your book to production, because it's the road I'm traveling myself. However, I may not be biased in the way you think–working with small publishers is both a thrill and a bit of a disappointment.
For starters, small and independent book publishers rarely have a budget anywhere near those of Simon & Schuster, Penguin or HarperCollins. Your cover design may suffer. Editing may be less precise. Perhaps your book is only published in eBook format, and never even sees a physical bookshelf.
Regardless, working with a small or independent publisher cuts out many of the middle-men. I found my publisher at a convention, dropped off the first ten pages of my manuscript stapled to a business card, and a year later they'd decided to pick up my book series.
One great thing about working with small businesses is the level of informal, personal interaction you receive. With many of these publishers, authors can recommend artists for cover art, suggest titles, and in the case of a real blogger-tweeter-marketer guru, the author can even take the reins of her own promotion.
At the same time, small publishers print smaller runs, and your book will see fewer shelves across the country–if any.
The New Journey: Self-publishing (eBook and Traditional)
There is, without a doubt, a stigma in the publishing industry towards self-publishing. As I see it, here are the reasons for this black sheep mindset:
1. Editing: Whether this is the reality of the situation or not, publishers, agents, authors and readers believe self-published books have not been professionally edited. They expect to find typos, grammar errors, and an overall lack of professional quality.
2. Content: Many self-published authors cite a failure to achieve traditional publishing success as their primary reason for "going rogue." If an agent or a publisher didn't want to pick up a book, then perhaps it just wasn't any good.
3. Marketing and Distribution: Without the traditional publisher's distribution channels, self-published books have a harder time making a big splash. There's only so much a one-man marketing team can accomplish.
As self-published authors flock to Amazon's Kindle store and B&N's Nook store, each of these reasons for avoiding self-publishing are being blown out of the water. Using Amazon's publicity tools (KDP book rentals, tagging, rating), authors like David Kazzie are finding their self-published titles rocketed to the top of bestseller lists. Many authors are fronting the cash for professional editing (developmental and line-editing) to avoid the black sheep stigma. Lately I've even seen some truly excellent book covers cropping up on eBook stores, making a self-published book appear professional and legitimate in the eyes of readers.
With each of these possible paths to publishing your book, remember that each involves a cost. With traditional publishing, authors sacrifice time and, in some cases, control over their work. With small and independent publishers, authors may be disappointed in the small-scale release cycle. And with self-publishing, the monetary cost of professional editing, cover design and promotion may be crippling if the cost cannot be recouped by sales. When making your decision about how to publish your prize possession–your first novel–consider what kind of person you are. Would you prefer an experienced professional do the work for you, considering the sacrifices? Or are you the kind of person who can put yourself and you work out there, do the research, and be your own marketer?
At the same time, remember the benefits of any kind of publishing: readers will pick up your book, whether on the shelf or in an eBook store, and if they love it, they'll tell their friends. And their friends will tell more friends, and someday you could become the next J.K. Rowling or Dean Koontz.


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KEARNEY — The Shelton/Kenesaw wrestling team went 1-2 at Saturday's state dual championships at the University of Nebraska-Kearney.
The Devildogs dropped their first two matches, 55-18 to Sargent/Burwell-Loup County and 51-30 to Central City, but topped Centennial 43-30.
Shelton/Kenesaw head coach Joel Ferguson said it felt good to end the season with a win.
"It kind of validates the tough season we had. We haven't come away with a lot of team trophies because we've increased our schedule so much that we just missed out," he said. "It validates all of the tough work they put in. The kids feel good about it, and it's good to end the season on a winning note as a team. Hopefully, it carries into the offseason with all of the hard work they're going to put in there."
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This section shows you how to setup the Java™ ME development environment, create a simple HelloWorld MIDlet for Nokia Asha and Series 40 software platform devices, and has instructions for creating the MIDlet in Nokia IDE for Java ME (Eclipse) and NetBeans.
Figure 1. HelloWorld MIDlet running on a Nokia Asha (left) and Series 40 (right) software platform device
Before setting up the development environment, make sure your computer meets the following minimum requirements:
Microsoft Windows 7 Enterprise, Professional, or Ultimate Editions; Service Pack 1; 32- or 64-bit (recommended) or Microsoft Windows 8 Professional or Enterprise, 32- or 64-bit
2.8 GHz Intel Pentium class processor
1 GB free disk space, more if you plan to install multiple SDKs
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Sound card
Network interface card
Before you can create your first MIDlet, you need to set up the software for developing and deploying MIDlets, that is, the Java ME development environment. Install an integrated development environment (IDE) to create the MIDlet. Nokia recommends using either Nokia IDE for Java ME (Eclipse) or NetBeans IDE ("NetBeans"). If you are new to Java ME development or have no previous experience of either IDE, consider the highlights of both IDEs.
The following table contains the highlights of Nokia IDE for Java ME (Eclipse) and NetBeans.
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Depending on your choice, you can refer the following sections:
After you have created and deployed the HelloWorld MIDlet, take a look at further developer resources provided by the Java Developer's Library.
You can download the Nokia IDE and NetBeans project files for the HelloWorld MIDlet from the MIDlet download page.
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