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The first open standard intermediate language for parallel compute and graphics
SPIR (Standard Portable Intermediate Representation) was initially developed for use by OpenCL and SPIR versions 1.2 and 2.0 were based on LLVM. SPIR has now evolved into a true cross-API standard that is fully defined by Khronos with native support for shader and kernel features – called SPIR-V.
SPIR-V is the first open standard, cross-API intermediate language for natively representing parallel compute and graphics and will be incorporated as part of the core specification of both OpenCL 2.1 and the new Vulkan graphics and compute API. SPIR-V exposes the machine model for OpenCL 1.2, 2.0, 2.1 and Vulkan - including full flow control, and graphics and parallel constructs not supported in LLVM. SPIR-V also supports OpenCL 1.2, 2.0, 2.1 kernel languages as well as the GLSL shader language for Vulkan (under development).
SPIR-V will catalyze a revolution in the language compiler ecosystem - it can split the compiler chain across multiple vendors' products, enabling high-level language front-ends to emit programs in a standardized intermediate form to be ingested by Vulkan or OpenCL drivers. For hardware vendors, ingesting SPIR-V eliminate the need to build a high-level language source compiler into device drivers, significantly reducing driver complexity, and will enable a broad range of language and framework front-ends to run on diverse hardware architectures.
For developers, using SPIR-V means that kernel source code no longer has to be directly exposed, kernel load times can be accelerated and developers can choose the use of a common language front-end, improving kernel reliability and portability across multiple hardware implementations.
SPIR–V Resources
- The SPIR V Provisional Specification is available in the Khronos Registry
- The SPIR feedback forum – good for questions and feedback
- SPIR-V Whitepaper An Introduction to SPIR-V
- For SPIR bug reporting use the Khronos Bugzilla system under SPIR-V
SPIR 1.2/2.0 Resources
SPIR 2.0 is a mapping from the OpenCL C programming language into LLVM IR. This version of the SPIR is based on LLVM 3.2 and OpenCL C as defined in the OpenCL 2.0 specification. SPIR 2.0 supports all core features and KHR extensions for version 2.0 of OpenCL C
- The SPIR 2.0 Provisional Specification is available in the Khronos Registry
- The SPIR 1.2 Specification is available in the Khronos Registry
- The SPIR forum – good for questions and feedback
- For SPIR bug reporting use the Khronos Bugzilla system under OpenCL SPIR
- The latest SPIR 1.2 FAQ
- The SPIR 1.2 Verifier from Khronos Github
SPIR-V Transforms the Language Ecosystem
Cross vendor intermediate representation
- Language front-ends can easily access multiple hardware run-times
- Acceleration hardware can leverage multiple language front-ends
- Encourages tools for program analysis and optimization in SPIR form
SPIR-V - first multi-API, intermediate language for parallel compute and graphics
- Native representation for Vulkan shader and OpenCL kernel source languages
Evolution of SPIR Family
SPIR–V is first fully specified Khronos-defined SPIR standard
- Does not use LLVM to isolate from LLVM roadmap changes
- Includes full flow control, graphics and parallel constructs beyond LLVM
- Khronos will open source SPIR-V <-> LLVM conversion tools
SPIR-V at the Center of Language Ecosystem
SPIR-V Advantages for Developers
Developers can use same front-end compiler across multiple platforms
- Eliminating major source of cross-vendor portability
Reduces runtime shader/kernel compilation time
- Driver only has to process SPIR-V not full source language
Don't have to ship shader/kernel source code
- Provides a measure of IP protection
Drivers are simpler and more reliable
- No need to include front-end compilers
SPIR-V Whitepaper
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Turner–– John Henry, Jr., 74, of Brownington, VT passed away suddenly on October 12, 2011 in Newport, VT. Services will be held at the convenience of the family. On-line condolences may be sent to the family through the funeral home website at www.curtis-britch-converse-rushford.com. Arrangements are entrusted to the care of Curtis-Britch-Converse-Rushford Funeral Home, locally family owned and operated.
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GUILDHALL, VT - Mary J. Taylor, 68, of Island Pond, was found guilty of two charges stemming from an incident that occurred on June 18, 2011, at the Town of Brighton recycling shed where she is employed part time.
Taylor faces a possible sentence of not more than 60 days in jail and not more than a $500 fine or both on the disorderly conduct charge; and not more than 1 year in jail and not more than a $1,000 fine or both on the assault by menace charge. She has not yet been sentenced.
GREENSBORO - For the last 57 years, three generations of the Smith family have embraced locals and guests alike at the Highland Lodge. But last week the family concluded that it was time to close. The changing times, a world of technology, and the recent economy all contributed to this decision.
When you can no longer keep technology out of the dining room, the traditional inn model is too far outdated.
GREENSBORO - After 57 years of welcoming guests through its doors, the Smith family has decided to close the Highland Lodge. A combination of factors brought the family to this decision, and they are not the only ones.
Over the last decade, the number of inns, lodges, and bed and breakfasts in the Kingdom have slowly declined. Is this because of the economy? Or is it something more?
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DERBY–The Craftsbury Chargers visited UCA for the rubber match of their three game season series. UCA's Lady Crusaders had taken the first game at Craftsbury early in the season. Earlier this week, UCA went back to Craftsbury and were defeated solidly by a score of 5-1. Their final match-up would prove to be an exciting contest.

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In bite-sized roles, Gandolfini ubiquitous again
FILE – This publicity film image released by Paramount Vantage shows James Gandolfini, as Pat, in a scene from the film "Not Fade Away." In the five years since "The Sopranos" ended, Gandolfini has eschewed the spotlight, instead disappearing into character actor performances such as this one. These roles, while they may lack the iconography of Tony Soprano, have only further proved the actor's wide-ranging talent. (AP Photo/Paramount Vantage, File)
NEW YORK (AP) — In the five years since "The Sopranos" ended, James Gandolfini has eschewed the spotlight, instead disappearing into a heap of character actor performances that, while they may lack the heft of Tony Soprano, have only further proved the actor's wide-ranging talent.
This season offers a gluttony of Gandolfini, albeit in bite-sized parts. In Kathryn Bigelow's Osama bin Laden hunt docudrama "Zero Dark Thirty," he plays Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta. In David Chase's '60s period drama "Not Fade Away," he plays the old-school father of a wannabe rocker. And in Andrew Dominick's crime flick "Killing Them Softly," he plays an aged, washed-up hit man.
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Scott Horton Interviews Grant F. Smith
Grant F. Smith, director of the Institute for Research: Middle Eastern Policy, discusses his article "US Charity Secretly Funds Israeli Nukes;" how the Weizmann Institute, posing as a non-profit charity, conducts espionage and fundraising for Israel's nuclear weapons program; why the US government continues pretending that Israel's nukes don't exist; the IRS's tentative ruling on tax-deductible donations to the Weizmann Institute; how the Justice Department's secretive "shutdown" orders on productive FBI investigations violates US obligations under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty; and why the mainstream media won't touch this stuff with a ten foot pole.
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Grant F. Smith is the author of the book Divert! NUMEC, Zalman Shapiro and the diversion of U.S. weapons-grade uranium into the Israeli nuclear weapons program. He is a frequent contributor to Radio France Internationale and Voice of America's Foro Interamericano. Smith has also appeared on BBC News, CNN, and C-SPAN. He is currently director of the Institute for Research: Middle Eastern Policy in Washington, D.C.
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The Weizmann Institute is a worthy "charity," now, isn't it? I mean, it conducts espionage and raises money for Israel's nuclear weapons program. Yeah, I'd say that puts Weizmann right up there with, say, Save The Children, the Salvation Army, and the World Wildlife Fund. Contribute to Weizmann generously, if you please. Remember, you're helping the Zionist entity steal nuclear materials, spy, and the like. A worthy cause, I'm sure.
The U.S. Government is in violation of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. The IAEA should get the hell off Iran's case. Instead, it should investigate the shenanigans involving Israel's nuclear program.
All the best to Smith.
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My thought is, from among the 10,000 nukes that our Empire has stockpiled, a couple hundred were moved to Israel and placed on a U.S. base under the complete control of the U.S. military.
For Empire USA is an absolute top-down dictatorship, as established in days long ago by the rich nobility, with all the men in High Society having wives and mothers who belong to The Daughters Of The American Revolution.
Would some of those Jewish charities talked about in this excellent interview be those that Bernie Madoff was convicted of closing down in his ponzi scheme? No wonder they through the book at him.
Poor Bernie, you rip off the general population, put them out of their homes, etc and not even an investigation, but rip off the rich and you get a life in prison.
In 2005, I was writing my first historical fiction when I met Mordechai Vanunu, Israel's Nuclear Whistle Blower.
I became a Reporter when Vanunu told me:
"Did you know that President Kennedy tried to stop Israel from building atomic weapons? In 1963, he forced Prime Minister Ben Guirion to admit the Dimona was not a textile plant, as the sign outside proclaimed, but a nuclear plant. The Prime Minister said, 'The nuclear reactor is only for peace.'
"Kennedy insisted on an open internal inspection. He wrote letters demanding that Ben Guirion open up the Dimona for inspection.
"The French were responsible for the actual building of the Dimona. The Germans gave the money; they were feeling guilty for the Holocaust, and tried to pay their way out. Everything inside was written in French, when I was there, almost twenty years ago. Back then, the Dimona descended seven floors underground.
"In 1955, Perez and Guirion met with the French to agree they would get a nuclear reactor if they fought against Egypt to control the Sinai and Suez Canal. That was the war of 1956. Eisenhower demanded that Israel leave the Sinai, but the reactor plant deal continued on.
"When Johnson became president, he made an agreement with Israel that two senators would come every year to inspect. Before the senators would visit, the Israelis would build a wall to block the underground elevators and stairways. From 1963 to '69, the senators came, but they never knew about the wall that hid the rest of the Dimona from them.
"Nixon stopped the inspections and agreed to ignore the situation. As a result, Israel increased production. In 1986, there were over two hundred bombs. Today, they may have enough plutonium for ten bombs a year." -excerpted from "BEYOND NUCLEAR: Mordechai Vanunu's FREEDOM of SPEECH TRIAL and My Life as a Muckraker
I am Eileen Fleming for US HOUSE and I approve of ALL of my messages. http://www.eileenfleming.org/
On 2 October 2009, The Washington Times reported that Obama agreed to keep Israel's nukes 'secret' and reaffirmed a 4-decade-old understanding that has allowed Israel to keep a nuclear arsenal without opening it to international inspections."
Three officials spoke on the condition that they not be named because they were discussing private conversations, but all said Obama pledged to maintain the agreement when he first hosted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House in May 2009.
Under the understanding, the U.S. has not pressured Israel to disclose its nuclear weapons or to sign the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, which would require Israel to give up its estimated several hundred nuclear bombs.
That nuclear deception was reached at a summit between President Nixon and Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir on 25 September 1969.
Avner Cohen, reported that the accord amounted to "the United States passively accepting Israel's nuclear weapons status as long as Israel does not unveil publicly its capability or test a weapon."
On 17 April 2010, Iran hosted a conference in Tehran on nuclear disarmament with sixty countries represented.
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei issued a statement delivered at the conference stating that nuclear weaponry was "haram" meaning prohibited under Islam and he also blew the doors off Israel's and America's nuclear deceptions:
"If America's claims of fighting the proliferation of nuclear weapons were not false, would the Zionist regime be able to turn the occupied Palestinian lands into an arsenal where a huge number of nuclear weapons are stored while refusing to respect international regulations in this regard, especially the NPT?
"There is only one government that has committed a nuclear crime so far. Only the government of the United States of America has attacked the oppressed people of Hiroshima and Nagasaki with atomic bombs in an unfair and inhumane war"using or even threatening to use such weapons is a serious violation of the most basic rules of philanthropy and is a clear manifestation of war crimes.
"The greatest violators of the NPT are the powers who have reneged on their obligation to dispose of nuclear weapons mentioned in Article 6 of the Non-Proliferation Treaty. These powers have even surpassed other countries with respect to promoting nuclear weapons in the world. By providing the Zionist regime with nuclear weapons and supporting its policies, these powers play a direct role in promoting nuclear weapons which is against the obligations they have undertaken according to Article 1 of the NPT.
"We believe that besides nuclear weapons, other types of weapons of mass destruction such as chemical and biological weapons also pose a serious threat to humanity. The Iranian nation, which is itself a victim of chemical weapons, feels more than any other nation the danger that is caused by the production and stockpiling of such weapons and is prepared to make use of all its facilities to counter such threats. We consider the use of such weapons as haram (religiously forbidden) and believe that it is everyone's duty to make efforts to secure humanity against this great disaster."
On 5 April 2009, President Obama stood on the world stage in Prague and admitted, "As the only nuclear power to have used a nuclear weapon, the United States has a moral responsibility to act. When we fail to pursue peace, then it stays forever beyond our grasp. We know the path when we choose fear over hope. To denounce or shrug off a call for cooperation is an easy but also cowardly thing to do. That's how wars begin. That's where human progress ends.
"The voices of peace and progress must be raised together.
"Human destiny will be what we make of it.
"Words must mean something."
In 1987, from Ashkelon prison, Israel's Nuclear Whistle Blower, Mordechai Vanunu wrote:
"The passive acceptance and complacency with regard to the existence of nuclear weapons anywhere on earth is the disease of society today.
"This struggle is not only a legitimate one – it is a moral, inescapable struggle.
"Already now there are enough nuclear missiles to destroy the world many times over [and] this issue should unite us all, because that is our real enemy.
"Is any government qualified and authorized to produce such weapons?"
On September 25, 1961, JFK warned, "Every man, woman and child lives under a nuclear sword of Damocles, hanging by the slenderest of threads, capable of being cut at any moment by accident, or miscalculation, or by madness. The weapons of war must be abolished before they abolish us." http://www.wearewideawake.org/index.php?option=co…
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I also like to Feature bloggers who not only have great projects, but who also take the time to link back to me within their post(s). I add many of these Features to my Pinterest page as well as Facebook, so there's some extra incentive to add a link back to this party.
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- Samantha said...
Happy Sunday! Thanks for featuring my post- made me smile to see it among such beautiful projects! :) Samantha
- February 19, 2012 at 11:58 AM
- LiveLoveDIY said...
Thank you SO MUCH for featuring our guest bedroom makeover! You absolutely made my day!! I've been reading your blog for awhile, and seeing my own work highlighted is just so exciting!! Have a wonderful Sunday!!! :)
- February 19, 2012 at 1:21 PM
- ~The Bargain Babe from *Zucchini Summer Blog* said...
I linked up my big parenting fail. lol. It isn't real artsy or pretty or probably featurable, but it is darn funny. :)
Thanks for hosting! I've enjoyed browsing the other entries. I loved that yellow suitcase too!
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- Ellie said...
Thanks for the mention, Amanda!
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- Organizing Made Fun Becky said...
Thank you, Amanda! I always appreciate your features...
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- ChaoticallyCreative said...
Thanks so much for featuring my Suitcase Storage! We love having it there and hopefully it will be useful for holding sunglasses and other things in the summer. Thanks again. Lesley
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- Lucy's Soup Can said...
The headband curls thing really works!
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- domestiCate said...
Hi Amanda, Thanks so much for sharing my cheddar biscuits! There are some great links this weekend, as usual!
- February 19, 2012 at 9:23 PM
- Laine said...
Thanks for featuring my Heandband Curls! Hope you give it a try and love it as much as I do! =)
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- Kristy said...
Thanks for featuring my cheesecake brownies.... I hope people try them out! Lots of great links to look at, and so many fantastic ideas :)
Thanks again!
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Refet Gürkaynak is an associate professor of economics at Bilkent University and a research fellow of the Center for Economic Policy Research. He has a BA from Bilkent and a PhD from Princeton Universities, both in economics. Prior to his current position he was an economist at the Monetary Affairs Division of the Federal Reserve Board. Gürkaynak's research interests are monetary economics, financial markets and international economics. In particular, he has worked on extracting information from asset prices that help answer monetary policy related questions. His research along these lines has been published in journals such as Journal of Monetary Economics, International Journal of Central Banking and American Economic Review. He has been the recipient of awards from the Central Bank of Turkey, the European Central Bank and the Turkish Academy of Sciences.
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In the off season leaves may be taken to a Self-Help Center location. Please refer to our Self-Help Centers for locations and hours of operations. Brush can also be taken to one of the City's Self-Help Centers.
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Shred leaves with your lawnmower and leave them on the grass or compost them. Grass clippings left on the lawn will nourish the soil, too.
Extra Cart Fee. Beginning January 1, 2014 households with more than one garbage cart will incur a $15 per quarter charge for each additional garbage cart.
To avoid this charge, contact the Call Center at 286-CITY (2489) to request the City remove the extra garbage carts from your property. There is no extra charge for more than one recycling cart.
Construction Related Material Charge. There is a charge for all City residents bringing construction related material into the self help stations. This includes roofing material, brick, stones, concrete, lumber, drywall, paneling and other construction material.
The charge is $20 for up to 8 cubic yards, and $40 for 8-16 cubic yards. (16 cubic yard maximum.) No contractor vehicles allowed.
Bulky Changes. City crews will only pick up one (1) cubic yard of extra material placed out for pickup on your designated collection day. This is about the size of an easy chair. Call 286-CITY (2489) to request pickup of larger piles for a fee. See the self help page for more information
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Over 4 million songs of the 20 million or so on Spotify have apparently never been played -- not even once. Now, a new service is trying to change that.
Dubbed Forgotify, the service launched this week and lets music fans stream a playlist of roughly 4 million "neglected" Spotify song. The site uses an embedded Spotify player and runs a program that searches for songs on Spotify with a zero popularity rating, Forgotify's Lane Jordan explained to Time. The program will be run on a daily basis and will remove any song that has been played, … Read more


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Caretaker Deputy Commerce Minister and United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship secretary-general Nattawut Saikuar on Monday named nine people he believes are being primed for the post of "neutral" prime minister.
Mr Nattawut said he believed the nine have been picked by the People's Democratic Reform Committee as potential candidates for the post of "neutral" prime minister under Section 7 of the constitution.
Speaking in a programme on red-shirt TV station Asia Update, Mr Nattawut said the favourite candidates are Palakorn Suwannarat, a privy councillor, Gen Prawit Wongsuwon, a former defence minister and army chief, and Anand Panyarachun, a twice former prime minister.
The next two most likely alternatives are MR Pridiyathorn Devekula, a former deputy prime minister and finance minister, and Somkid Jatusripitak, also a former deputy prime minister and finance minister, he said.
According to Mr Nattawut, there are also three "dark horse" candidates - Surakiart Sathirathai, a former deputy prime minister and foreign minister, Asa Sarasin, a former foreign affairs permanent secretary and foreign minister, and Vikrom Kromdit, chief executive of the AMATA Corporation.
If there was a military coup army chief Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha would be the preferred candidate, he said.
Mr Nattawut argued that any attempt to install a "neutral PM" would be illegal.
"If any of them happens to be made prime minister, he should not be called 'Section 7 PM', 'neutral PM', or a 'decent PM', but should be called 'illegal PM', since no law backs them being in the position," Mr Nathawut said.
He added that there was also another man who would do anything to be the "neutral PM."
"That man is Abhisit Vejjajiva," he said.


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The first major award show of the season is upon us, and that means red carpet watch! We're livestreaming the (hopefully) well-dressed arrivals at the Emmys right here, and we're also live-updating this post with every single look from the red carpet.
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It's gem show time! Tucson sparkles with thousands of dealers
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NEW YORK, Dec. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- IntelliCell BioSciences, Inc. ("Company") (SVFC) announced today that Dr. Harry Fisch has joined the Board of Scientific Advisors and will head up the new Urology Department at IntelliCell.
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This stylish modern hotel is in a lovely location overlooking the Slaney estuary and has excellent amenities, including a superb health and fitness club. Unusually, all of the well-appointed bedrooms, including well-equipped family rooms with bunk beds or adjoining rooms, have splendid views across the water (some also have balconies with wooden loungers) and there's a private baby station room for guests.
It's a very family-friendly and child-friendly hotel, especially in July and August when children between four and 12 can enjoy 'Crazy Clubbers' facilities in the leisure centre, which offers a programme of daytime activities and evening entertainment – but it is not a babysitting service, as an adult must be on the hotel premises at all times; there's an excellent swimming pool for younger swimmers, with its own fountain and Jacuzzi jets, and a separate room for 'baby clubbers' where parents can entertain babies and toddlers.
Public areas include, the Dry Dock bar, which has a large riverside deck where you can relax and enjoy the view – and there are also lunchtime barbecues, appealing to all ages. Good food is served here - real beef burgers, steak, ribs, pasta and fish, also an excellent cheese board with John Hempenstall's Blue Brie and Wicklow Bán cheeses –and a separate children's menu includes spaghetti bolognese and chicken curry as well as old favourites; in the evening Reeds offers a fine dining option for adults.
Staff are exceptionally welcoming and friendly, and special breaks are offered – a great choice for families.
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Selena Gomez Slams Hater On Instagram!
Eeep! It's not often Selena Gomez shows a side of herself that goes against her normal sweet demeanor, but a hater crossed the line when they left an innapropriate comment on Sel's instagram.
Writing that she hoped Selena would, "burn in hell with cancer," was super harsh and struck a chord in Sel that she couldn't ignore.
Selena made the decision to set her hater straight and left a comment on the hater's profile, which she then screen shot and posted to her own account!
While Selena's fans support her decison to call out the hater, others thought it wasn't right to publicly humiliate them to make a point. Personally, I think it was really cool for Selena to stand up to the bully (who has since deactivated her account) and let everyone know it is possible to go too far with nasty words.
What do you think? Was Selena right to put her hater on blast or should she have just ignored it?


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I just posted about how one can attain a 90 day trial of Windows 7 Enterprise to see if you really want to purchase Win7 or not. In the post I mentioned to install Windows 7 Enterprise you will need to put the .ISO you download on a DVD or on a bootable USB. Now I figure I should explain how to create a bootable USB.
For the longest time trying to install Windows from a USB was a pain. You had to do this, do that, blah, blah. However recently freeware programs have been created to help make this task easier. Today I am going to tell you about two of such programs.
A Bootable USB
A Bootable USB is a simple application created by an AskVG.com reader. With this app, you can either transfer the Windows install directly from a DVD or use an ISO. You simply plug in your USB, run A Bootable USB, check USB, format USB, select the DVD or ISO you want grab the install from, and start the process of creating a bootable USB from which you can install Windows.
Take note A Bootable USB:
- Only supports Windows Vista/2008/7 installs;
- Only supports USB/flash drives larger than 4 GB;
- Officially works only on Windows Vista/2008/7 (the OS you create your bootable USB on not the one you are trying to install);
- Can be installed or used as a portable application.
WinToFlash is an application which allows you to transfer Windows XP/2003/Vista/2008/7 install from a CD/DVD to a [bootable] USB/flash drive. Although officially the developer does not state WinToFlash supports .ISOs, you can simply mount your .ISO and trick WinToFlash into thinking it is a legit CD/DVD and create your bootable USB that way.
To create a bootable USB Windows install, simply follow the "Windows setup transfer Wizard".
Take note while A Bootable USB was a one-time project by a zealous blog reader, WinToFlash is in constant development by its developer. Currently WinToFlash is in Beta and is also a portable app.
After you have created your bootable USB with a Windows install on it, with either A Bootable USB or WinToFlash, simply plug your USB into your computer and restart your computer. You should be able to boot from from the USB and install Windows now =). If you are unable to boot from it, you will have to go into your computer BIOS to change the boot order/settings to allow boot from USB.
You may download A Bootable USB and WinToFlash from the following links:
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Hi,Can you plz post a soft that can do 3 in 1 work.It can create boot able ISO ,Boot able disk and usb … I had a soft before but i didn't remember its name
Does this mean that you can use the OS on the USB without installing it on your drive and deleting the existing OS?
I am interested because I am not able to upgrade to Win 7 since the manufacturer of my pc stopped making them with my model. They have no support now for new drivers. When Win 7 came out, I checked via Microsoft and found that my optical drive was not compatible with Win 7 . I emailed Hitachi and they were no help at all. I had no idea that Hitachi stopped making pc-s and the one I bought would end up in this situation. Get this, I am still paying the installments on it!!! Living in a country where the language is not you first language has this drawback….you don't always get news like "Hitachi is ending production of pc-s"…..
I need my optical drive for reading and writing CDs and DVDs. So I am thinking about workarounds, since I am in no position to invest in a new pc. Oh, and by the way, Sharp has done the same thing as Hitachi. They have stopped making pc-s. If any reader finds a good deal on computers by Hitachi and Sharp, skip the deal. You won't get support and won't be able to do future upgrades with out lots of headaches.
Thanks for any information and suggestions you might have. If one can indeed use a bootable USB and not need to install the OS on the hard-drive, thus being able to keep the original OS, this might be a fine workaround. One could still use the optical drive with the original OS.
Oh, and is the Windows 7 upgrade version the same as the full install version? I read somewhere online that this was so with Vista, so it was not necessary to spend extra money on a full install version because you could do a clean install from the upgrade CD-ROM. I also read that you could choose between the 32 bit or 64 bit installation, too, from the CD-ROMs in the box.
Thanks, Ashraf. Tell me, can I also use Win2flash to put a Macrium Reflect rescueCD on my USBstick and use that on my netbook for restoring an image?
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@Sandeep: Yesterday one of my friend sent this link to me, I haven't tested this yet but hope it will work, Check it out.
azhar ali buttar
win2flash is a great tool and I tested this thing personally and shared it on my blog too.
Hi Ashraf,
Thanks a lot for always posting excellent reviews. The software's mentioned above would really help.
I just want to ask is it possible to install Windows (XP/Vista/7) on the USB itself ????
Well, I'm running a stable vista home premium but do not want the fuss of uninstalling and/or reinstalling it … is it possible to run the windows 7 virtualized from a external hd or a usb pen?
Viral Panchal
Excellent post… its very useful for me…
Great info.
Beyond Syntaxibility
This hidden secret is revealed. I was looking for Windows 7 installation from USB. Here i got. Thanks for sharing.
excellent post; nice info!!!
hi superb information…. usefull for me…..
thank u very much
Thanks for the info. I've known how to do this, but like you said, it can certainly be a pain having to do it "the long way." In one of my IT labs we've been installing a lot of versions of windows from flash disks and I'm hoping this saves us some time.
If only i had a netbook! This would be perfect! Not to mention I already have the RTM version of Windows 7 Ultimate Cracked and Activated! ALL FOR FREE! HAAHA MICROSOFT IS SO SCREWED! But seriously Windows 7 is amazing.
Be careful of "A bootable USB" it deleted all USB drives attached to the computer even though I didn't choose so.
Maybe some bug or something, I don't know.
A more manual and straightforward method can be found here http://kmwoley.com/blog/?p=345
The Fiery Source
Excellent post, I used it as well and it works nicely.
nice little program.
and kudos for supporting win 7.
@David Roper:
Yeah, I know, I was just giving Ashraf a heads up. ;)
Failed with Opera here also….. works with Safari.
I couldn't even download the " WinToFlash " on theur home page, but my browser wasn't IE7 or IE8 like it says that they tested it with, but " Opera " also failed.
David Roper
Look at the link when you mouse over – it just has an extra http in it.
Ashraf…. you need to check the link for WinToFlash. ;)
Woaah, this is exactly what I've been looking for. I've been trying to do this USB Boot Project for my pc so many time, and it always screws up in the end (can't figure it out, why, why? To many steps I guess, really confusing).
Ok, I'll grab number 2 instead coz it's fit me (XP-SP2). I'll try it now (and praying not to fail again)
Thank you, Ashraf.


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Locking the doors
Renowned for always being open, Del's 24-Hour Store is for sale
For sale: Three acres zoned commercial/industrial at the East Naples intersection of Bayshore and Thomasson drives.
Included: A cavernous convenience store/lunch counter with a gigantic beer/soda cooler and drydock marina out back.
Terms: The owners are asking $2.9 million and offering to carry the financing.
Priceless: The colorful lore and charisma of the proprietor, Del Ackerman, that are part of the package.
Del's 24-Hour Store, a fixture there since 1972, is the cornerstone of a family business bundle that once included three stores, two laundromats, two paint stores and a workout studio — all built from scratch.
Rumors of the sale of Del's have surfaced throughout the years, but this time, with Del at age 75, and his wife, Nancy, at 76, it's for real. Nancy Ackerman is fighting back after a third stroke and Del needs two or three surgeries, on his back and knee — making nearly two dozen procedures following a devastating rearending by a school bus in their native Toledo, Ohio.
It is hard to believe now that he was deemed too banged up to continue working — ironically as lead salesman for Florida citrus throughout Ohio and Indiana.
The Ackermans came to Naples, where Nancy's parents ran the Naples City Dock, in 1964 and built the first of three stores, on then-Airport Road.
As a child, Del — short for Delbert — dreamed of joining the circus.
That would have been so boring compared to the wild west-coast story that he carved out.
Go figure
This is the story of a wild frontier and a guy who relishes his reputation as a wild man — albeit a wild man with a big heart.
"I had the big mouth and all the BS," says Del, matter-of-factly.
That helps, because I had been struggling with how to sum him up beyond gregarious, hyper, eccentric, extroverted, flamboyant, relentless — and original.
Newspaper headlines through the years have called him a "human dynamo" and even "miracle man" who "makes sparks fly."
His family scrapbooks are peppered with big, bold, block letters: "Busy! Business! Del! Extra! Extra! Read All About It!
Yet, he has zero tolerance for anyone who lords wealth and power over the little guy. He has seen those self-important fellows come and go. He can reel off their names. He calls them "Big Thunder."
"When you forget where you came from," he says, "you're all done."
He acknowledges people's puzzlement about him, summing it up: "They wonder if I'm nuts, crazy or just sincere."
Sales and odds and ends
The key to the success of all three Del's stores — including the one where Bennett's Groceries is now, the other across from Erin's Isle on Collier Boulevard, whose widening pushed that Del's out of business (still a sore subject) — is his salesmanship. He invented and transcended "huge" as the original local broadcast pitchman. He pioneered buy one/get one and other deals on the radio, live, constantly reinventing ways to mix and match deals on beer, doughnuts, bait shrimp, tacos and lottery tickets.
He says the store at Bayshore and Thomasson sells more beer and soda than three supermarkets. "It's a gold mine," he says.
And a jumble. There is a little Christmas tree atop the portable marquee out front trumpeting "Fat Tacos." There is an American flag painted by the door, stacked cases of Rush Limbaugh iced tea that you might not find at Publix, boiled peanuts, toilet paper, pinball machines, a full-serve kitchen and lunch counter with a beer and wine license, ballcaps and a big Budweiser banner, "Welcome Race Fans."
And that humongous beer and soda cooler.
All that and the NFL
The self-styled farm boy says early manual-labor jobs such as a route salesman for Sealtest in Ohio gave him two things — a physique of "275 pounds of solid muscle" and this lesson: "There is only one way you can make it, baby — in sales."
His pioneering convenience stores started with the "6-12" nickname — tweaking the established 7-Eleven chain by opening an hour earlier and staying open an hour later.
He moves as fast as he thinks and talks, sometimes leaving out big chunks of history along the way, like his little-known 1964-66 stint as a linebacker with the Buffalo Bills. "Sometimes I forget," he says, "everything that I did."
A book about him, he concedes, "would be the craziest story you've ever read in your life."
Del is so hooked on sales and being with people that he moonlights as a recruiter of new subscribers to the Daily News — with the decided edge of being able to offer gift cards at Del's. Look for him at farmers markets with his bright red, souped-up Chevy pickup.
Landmark chapters
No history of Del and Del's is complete without his feud with Collier County government over the color of the freshly painted store in 2004. He learned that black is not an earth tone. Today's deep green is — apropos for the Naples Botanical Garden that now is across the street.
Part of the story, too, is the battle with a neighboring landowner who wanted to buy Del's and actually demanded control of the store's security cameras to chronicle the comings and goings of undesirables. Del prevailed.
There are two sad and shocking chapters as well.
The sad: The 2007 death of the Ackerman's only child, daughter Tanya, at age 46. A fixture at the store, she also was a life force, having been given six weeks to live with water on the brain at birth. The Sheriff's Office stood guard at the store with no locks on the doors as it closed for the only time in its history, even amid hurricanes, for a few hours for the memorial.
The shocking: The only shooting in the store's history, in October 2011, when the Ackermans' only grandchild shot a crack smoker who came into the store "acting erratically" and grabbed one of her two little children who were with her in strollers behind the counter. Wounded in a knee, he later died. The granddaughter was absolved of wrongdoing, yet, traumatized, within days sold her home and moved to her husband's native Tennessee, with all three of their children.
The damage had been done and the hands-on management of the store, on top of everything else, lost the last of its luster.
Civic leaders weigh in
East Naples' Bob Murray gets his hands around the legacy of Del's.
"For those who have used those services offered for boaters and/or purchased staples from that store, the history of its being open 24 hours a day, seemingly forever, has made its place in local history," Murray says, adding that he doubts a new owner would be willing to match the Ackermans' 24/7 mettle.
"That there had been only one attempted robbery that I know of bears testimony to the fact that East Naples is a place where it is possible to operate a business in a secluded but safe environment," he adds, "where respect for neighbors is the norm.
"I believe that Del's will be missed as unique; it will be replaced (we hope) but it will not be the same and that is a shame. I hope Del has a good retirement; it's about time he took some vacation."
Collier County Commissioner Donna Fiala says: "Del has been a mainstay for our community. He has always been generous — and the life of the party. He has given a lot of people a lot of laughs."
Sheriff Kevin Rambosk says, "Del's is an icon and I've been familiar with Del for 32 years while he has provided signature business and civic support to the community."
He says Del has been a huge backer of programs for kids with food, money and prizes — and donated to the search for little Adji Desir, who went missing in Immokalee in 2009.
Rambosk affirms the store has absolutely been part of the solution on Bayshore, which can be a rough place and was a lot rougher in its original incarnation as Kelly Road. The Ackermans have the Kelly Road/Thomasson Drive street sign from Del's corner as a souvenir in their backyard.
The end of an era
Which brings us to where we are today: "A piece of history and a hell of a business," as Del sums up Del's, for sale.
After more than 48 years, starting with the store that now is Bennett's, 24/7.
Although there are other stores in the neighborhood, both Del and Nancy Ackerman say in unison, "We have no competition."
That could be because of the love.
"I think we give away more than we make sometimes," Del muses, talking about the store's too-good-to-be-true radio deals, forgiveness of small debts and even helping with funerals. "But in the end God always makes sure I have more to give away."
It was love that drove and inspired Del's last big defense of his store and beloved neighborhood. He wrote a November guest essay to blast back at Collier County Commissioner Tom Henning's loose words about conditions on Bayshore and Del's granddaughter's violent experience the month before.
The essay to the Daily News said in part:
"This was not a shooting. It was my granddaughter saving her and my great-grandbabies' lives ... .
"If anyone tries to harm one of my babies again — or anyone else for that matter — we will continue to protect and I'm sure that everyone's family would also do the same. After all, we do live in a 'stand your ground' state.
"God bless the surviving family and a special 'God bless' to my granddaughter, who is undergoing a lot of emotional stress for the protection she gave to save her herself, her babies and our community.
"That's from me, the buy one/get one free kid."
That part of Del's — that spirit, that grit, that truth — is not for sale. It is the legacy that is part of a new real-estate listing.
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The characters enter an area that "may" contain traps. The resident rogue makes an appropriate check and rolls low. Now everyone starts making checks until someone feels they've rolled high enough to call the area safe. If no one succeeds, then the players get nervous, and try to find excuses to make another round of checks.
This is a problem in a lot of role playing games, and I understand that no one wants to step on a land mine, but as a dungeons and dragons game master, this kind of player activity can be very frustrating… not to mention time consuming. Here are a few methods to resolve/mitigate this issue.
Go Old School (Zero Edition)
Some players expect to make one check and know everything there is to know about the area they are in. To combat this expectation, require players to describe their actions in detail and direct their attention to an object or area. This method isn't quite as strict as requiring players to tap every square with a 10 foot pole, but the ideas are in the same vein.
If a player insists on making only a "cursory glance" around the room, double the DC of the check. That's right, I said DOUBLE it. If a player looks in an unrelated area, raise the DC of where the trap really is, or make it impossible for players to learn about it.
Think about it– even a high level rogue should not expect to be able to "twirl" around a room for a few seconds and see every detail– rogues survive through targeted, careful examination.
Make Failed Checks Matter
Normally, players should not be allowed to make the same check twice unless they somehow obtain more information about the topic. In the case of traps, a "second round of checks" can be 'arguably' achieved by making a dim room brightly lit.
To encourage players to learn what they can and move on, give them a sense of urgency. This would most often come in the form of a quest where time matters. Ideas may include a dungeon that is only accessible for a brief period (after which players would be trapped forever), or perhaps a horde of creatures are pursuing the players, or perhaps the players are trying to save someone who might be executed, etc.
If the players are simply exploring a basic dungeon, you could have a wandering monster spot them, and warn others up ahead– possibly granting the monster ambush a surprise round.
One method I am fond of is that when the players are searching for traps– they're already in it. And if they fail checks to SEARCH for the trap, the trap activates right then and there. Normally this is a possibility for traps the players are trying to disarm, but once and awhile this method can spice things up. Classic traps in this category might include the walls closing in, the giant bolder, or the self-destruct switch.
Keep Players on Their Toes
Everyone expects traps in a long-forgotten dungeon. If you do have traps in these locations, make them interesting. Include layers of traps. Perhaps the obvious traps are really intended to encourage players to push forward into a serious of more devious traps.
You should also throw traps at your players at times they wouldn't normally expect as well. These don't have to be deadly, either. A minor trap can often provide a bit comedy relief. Perhaps a character steps into a snare trap meant for a rabbit, or a mole hole. Everyone enjoys watching ridiculous things happen to uptight Paladins…
Your Solutions?
How do you deal with this problem? Any absurd stories of players taking ridiculous steps to avoid springing a trap?


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Roger Ebert reviews new MMA movie, "Warrior"
Lionsgate's MMA film, "Warrior", directed by Gavin O'Connor, was just released this past Friday and has been doing pretty well at the box office, especially when you consider the competition around it. We all know MMA fans will see it no matter what, but the true question is will mainstream movie goers check it out? I am a big fan of Roger Ebert and his reviews, since he looks at a movie for what it is and does not place himself on some higher pedestal of snobbery where only movies by Jean-Pierre Melville and Goddard are worth his time. No sir, Ebert is the voice of the people, so I greatly looked forward to his thoughts on "Warrior" and MMA as a whole.
Ebert wrote on his website, "Warrior" is a fight picture that arrives with perfect logic at a climax involving not one but three key bouts, and we forgive the coincidence that provides not one protagonist but two." This was a key point that the famed reviewer truly enjoyed, since it broke with traditional screenplay format of essentially giving equal time to each of our male leads, "What is intriguing is that "Warrior" doesn't have a favorite. We understand and like both characters, and so does the film. Director and co-writer Gavin O'Connor arrives at that standoff by playing fair: Both have motives, they are long estranged after an unhappy split in childhood, and in some ways, they hate each other."
"Mixed martial arts is a sport that perplexes me," postulates Ebert. "I never quite understand how any of the fighters stay conscious for even one round. Hitting, butting, kicking, tripping and slamming are all part of the game, and I may be naive, but it all looks real to me. The punishment the fighters take is so severe that it strains credulity that the final matches are held during such a small time frame."
Like many movie-goer's, Ebert was a fan of the action sequences, but not entirely. "The fight scenes are choreographed and filmed with great energy and probably too much queasy-cam. Although the fighters must duck and weave, why must the camera?"
Ebert gave the film three out of five stars, which to many of you might seem low. However, Ebert uses that same selective star system I adhere to in my film reviews, and three stars put "Warrior" on par with "Attack of the Block", "Friends with Benefits", "Contagion", and "Winnie the Pooh". The review closed with, "This is a rare fight movie in which we don't want to see either fighter lose. That brings such complexity to the final showdown that hardly anything could top it – but something does, and "Warrior" earns it."


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"Owner of a summer home reports he looked out the window and saw a black bear looking back at him. Would like to speak to an officer."
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Does he want the black bear arrested?
Trust me on this. If the home owner simply said "There's a bear in my yard", there would have been a response. Bears get public safety attention.
It's far more common in other areas, obviously. Once, last year, I had four bears in my front yard, right outside when I opened the door at 6 a.m. to take my dog out. I waited a long time to notify anybody, and only did because it dawned on me that someone might want to know.
By the way, it's also very common for law enforcement everywhere to belittle summer residents.
What are you talking about Kate plus 8? Start making sense.
Was this the Albany "city desk" or the Tupper Lake "city desk" ???
#3, if you are talking to me, I was talking about a.) bears and b.) seasonal home owners and police. Sorry if that was not clear to you.
This should not surprise anybody.
We have entire tv shows now just on stupid criminals and cop caught on camera, etc. to insult our intelligence daily.
People call 911 when they get into an argument about chicken mcnugget at mcdonalds.
This call probably interupted the cops from doing a very important pot investigation and because of that a 9 week investigation turned into 9 months.


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The audience of high school students sits in rapt attention.They're listening to a piano trio by Smetana.Stanley Moore is the cellist.
"For me it helps a lot when you have something, some background on the piece to help you know what it's about, how it should be played. And his two daughters died, of course. We didn't figure this out until about four weeks ago and I think it added a lot of meaning to what we were doing with it."
In case you haven't figured it out, Stanley Moore is 16.He's one of the musicians, performing for his peers.He's in a trio with 17-year-old Brian Chang and 15-year-old Ryan Murphy.
The three are here in Houston to perform with From the Top.It's an organization that promotes musical education among young people.
Brian Chang plays piano. He says most people his age don't know much about music outside of hip hop.But he says that's where he gets to be an ambassador of sorts for classical music.
"I think I'm proof that kids can like both genres, because I play classical and I like rap."
And there you see the goal of these sessions with high school students.Classical music becomes relevent when they hear and see a peer performing.
Branson Yeast is a senior at High School for the Performing and Visual Arts.He was selected to perform cello with Composer and Violinist Mark O'Connor onFrom the Top last year.
"It was really fun to do it and it was a really good experience and it was the first time -- I'd never played a modern piece and also with the composer. So it was really eye-opening in that sense."
About 2,000 kids apply to play on the show every year.From the Top is taping a performance in Houston at the Wortham Center.Several young Houston musicians will perform in the show.
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Brunswick County Schools has released preliminary draft copies of several redistricting options for Cedar Grove Middle School and Town Creek Elementary School, both scheduled to open summer 2009.
Students currently enrolled at Bolivia Elementary, Shallotte Middle, South Brunswick Middle and Virginia Williamson Elementary fall within proposed district lines for Cedar Grove Middle School.
Town Creek Elementary School's preliminary district lines include students from Belville Elementary, Bolivia Elementary and Lincoln Elementary.
BOLIVIA—Brunswick County Sheriff John Ingram presented The Brunswick County Board of Education with a check for $67,148.42 Tuesday night. The money, which came from the county's seized drug fund, is something board chairwoman Shirley Babson hopes to in turn use towards drug education and awareness within the schools.
"I hoped we might use some of it to look into the abuse of prescription drugs," she said Tuesday, it is "so widespread, particularly into the high school."
SUNSET BEACH—As new high-rise bridgework proceeds across the Intracoastal Waterway, the other good news is work is ahead of schedule, a construction official said this week.
If work continues at its current pace, the new $32 million NCDOT bridge should be up and ready for traffic by mid 2010, project coordinator Dylan Frazier said Monday.
"It should be right around there—June or July," Frazier said as co-workers with English Construction Co. dissembled a crane Monday in preparation for having it moved by barge across the waterway.
Shallotte Assisted Living on Mulberry Street has received its first deficiency-free survey rating from the N.C. Division of Health Service Regulation.
Every year, division representatives visit licensed adult care homes to determine if any deficiencies exist. According a division report, the facility was cited for a violation regarding restraint use during the October inspection but came into compliance by the December re-inspection.
SHALLOTTE—Aldermen have approved installing new stop signs at the intersection of Mulberry and White streets and at Shallotte Avenue and White Street.
Last month, an accident at the intersection of Mulberry and White that injured four people prompted Alderman Alan Lewis, who lives near the two intersections, to bring the issue to the rest of the board.
He said the accident involving a car and an ambulance was the third in five weeks on Mulberry Street, and something needed to be done.
BOLIVIA—Within a few weeks, the Brunswick Community College volleyball team will no longer have to travel to play home games. South Brunswick High School's swim team will not have to travel out of state to practice and compete. And community members looking for a workout facility will not have to travel far.
The Fitness and Aquatics Center at Brunswick Community College is near completion, and president Stephen Greiner hopes to see the center open by Feb. 1.
The Ocean Isle Beach Police Department investigated the passing of a counterfeit $5 bill at the Marathon Minuteman on Causeway Drive.
According to the police report, a suspect purchased cigarettes using the $5 bill.
Now is a great time to launch a new shape-up program with the Brunswick County Parks and Recreation Department's 2009 spring fitness schedule.
A variety of classes are slated throughout the county, kicking off this month and continuing in coming weeks. They range from Zumba fitness and Aido Shokai JuJutsu martial arts to cardio and strength training and dance classes.
For more information or to register, call 253-2670.
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This article continues on from one I wrote a while ago, showing how to use jQuery to create a data entry form in conjunction with the WebGrid. The original article prompted a number of requests to show how to extend the example to provide editing functions, and now I have found some time to answer those requests.
The initial article uses a sample database I created which contains details of books and their authors. The example code in that article is quite straightforward. Once you have worked out how to use the jQuery Dialog, you use that to display a data entry form, and when the new book is added, you give the first row of the grid a highlight effect. The task of adding Edit features poses are few new challenges. For one thing, the dialog form must know which book's details it should display so that the user can alter them. Secondly, the items location in the grid (row and page) must be known so that the correct row can be highlighted.
The edit form works in the same way as the Add form, in that it is defined in the Default.cshtml file and the jQuery dialog command is what gives it life:

 <form id="edit-book-form" action="@Href("~/Methods/UpdateBook")">
 Title: <input type="text" name="title" id="edit-title" size="50" />

 ISBN: <input type="text" name="isbn" id="edit-isbn" size="20" />

 Description: <textarea cols="50" rows="8" name="description" id="edit-description"></textarea>

 Author: <select name="authorId" id="edit-authorId"> <option value="">-- Select Author --</option> @{ foreach(var author in authors){ if(author.AuthorId == Request["authorId"].AsInt()){ <option value="@author.AuthorId" selected="selected">@author.AuthorName</option> } else { <option value="@author.AuthorId">@author.AuthorName</option> } } } </select>

 Category: <select name="categoryId" id="edit-categoryId"> <option value="">-- Select Category --</option> @{ foreach(var category in categories){ if(category.CategoryId == Request["categoryId"].AsInt()){ <option value="@category.CategoryId" selected="selected">@category.Category</option> } else { <option value="@category.CategoryId">@category.Category</option> } } } </select>

 Date Published: <input type="text" id="edit-datePublished" name="datePublished" /> <input type="hidden" id="edit-bookId" name="bookId" />
 </form>

The form is pretty much identical to the Add Book form, except that the action has changed, and the id values for the form elements have been prefixed with "edit-". With a bit more effort, you could probably find a way to reuse the same form instead of creating a separate form for each operation. In the meantime, you need something to instantiate this form in a dialog, and it needs to know which book it should populate itself with so that you can amend the details. That is the job of the following piece of jQuery:
$('.edit-book').live('click', function(){ $.getJSON('/Methods/GetBook/' + $(this).attr('id'), function(data){ var book = data; $('#edit-title').val(book.Title); $('#edit-isbn').val(book.ISBN); $('#edit-description').val(book.Description); $('#edit-authorId').val(book.AuthorId); $('#edit-categoryId').val(book.CategoryId); var date = new Date(parseInt(book.DatePublished.substr(6))); var year = date.getFullYear(); var month = date.getMonth() + 1; var day = date.getDate(); $('#edit-datePublished').val(year + '-' + month + '-' + day); $('#edit-datePublished').datepicker({ dateFormat: 'yy-mm-dd' }); $('#edit-bookId').val(book.BookId); }); $('#dialog-form-edit').dialog('open'); });
This block of code looks for items with a class of edit-book, and attaches a click event handler to them. Those items are buttons in the first column of a revised WebGrid:
@grid.GetHtml(tableStyle: "ui-widget ui-widget-content", headerStyle : "ui-widget-header", columns : grid.Columns( grid.Column("", format: @<button class="edit-book" id="@item.BookId">Edit</button>), grid.Column("Title"), grid.Column("AuthorName",header : "Author"), grid.Column("Category"), grid.Column("ISBN") ) )
The buttons have the Id of the current book applied as their id attribute value. The preceding block of jquery uses live to bind the event handler. This ensures that all existing items - and all items that are created in the future - with the specified class have the event handler bound to them. This is important when you have AJAX paging enabled. When a button is clicked, the Id of the current book is passed to an AJAX call to GetBook.cshtml in the Methods folder. The content of that file is as follows:
@{ Response.Cache.SetCacheability(HttpCacheability.NoCache); if(UrlData[0].IsInt()){ var db = Database.Open("Books"); var sql = "SELECT * FROM Books WHERE BookId = @0"; var book = db.QuerySingle(sql,UrlData[0]); Json.Write(book, Response.Output); } }
This code simply queries the database for details of the book which is to be edited, and whose Id was passed in the URL. The top line of code prevents the browser (especially IE) from caching the result, which is output using the JSON helper. Once the JSON has been received by the calling block of jQuery, it is used to populate the edit form, and finally the dialog command is used to invoke the form in a dialog box. The code that controls the edit form once it has been created is as follows:
$('#dialog-form-edit').dialog({ autoOpen: false, modal: true, height: 425, width: 475, buttons: { 'Edit Book' : function(){ $.ajax({ type: "POST", url: $("#edit-book-form").attr('action'), data: $("#edit-book-form").serialize(), dataType: "text/plain", success: function(response) { $('#dialog-form-edit').dialog('close'); $("#grid").load('/Default/?page=' + page + ' #grid', function(){ var id = $('#edit-bookId').val(); $('#' + id).parent('td').parent('tr') .effect("highlight", {}, 2000); }); }, error: function(response) { alert(response); $('#dialog-form-edit').dialog('close'); } }); }, Cancel: function() { $('#dialog-form-edit').dialog('close'); } }// end buttons });
This is much the same as the add form in the previous article. The data in the form is sent to Methods/UpdateBook, which takes care of ensuring changes are committed to the database:
@{ if(IsPost){ var db = Database.Open("Books"); var sql = @"UPDATE Books SET Title = @0, ISBN = @1, Description = @2, AuthorId = @3, CategoryId = @4, DatePublished = @5 WHERE BookId = @6"; var title = Request["title"]; var isbn = Request["isbn"]; var description = Request["description"]; var authorId = Request["authorId"]; var categoryId = Request["categoryId"]; var datePublished = Request["datePublished"]; var bookId = Request["bookid"]; db.Execute(sql, title, isbn, description, authorId, categoryId, datePublished, bookId); } }
If that operation was successful, the code makes an AJAX request for Default.cshtml (the page that the code is actually in) and passes a querystring value for the WebGrid page it wants to display. This value was obtained from the paging link via jQuery if one was used, otherwise it is assumed that the grid is still on page 1:
var page = 1; $('tfoot a').live('click', function () { page = $(this).text(); });
Once the revised grid, complete with updated book details appears, the row containing the Id of the book that was updated is located, and the highlight effect is applied to the whole row.
The code is available as a sample site at GitHub


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Family: Fatal Nineveh fire was accidental
Mother remains in critical condition
NINEVEH, Ind. - Officials are continuing their investigation to determine a cause of the fatal Nineveh fire that killed two young children and critically injured their mother.
The family of Sirena Slusher-Abbott told RTV6 that investigators have determined the fire at the upstairs apartment was accidental, but at this point, how it started remains unknown.
Family members said they have stayed at Abbott's bedside since Friday's fire.
Abbott managed to save her 5-year-old daughter, but her 18-month-old daughter Haley Lynn and her 6-month-old son John Ryan died in the fire. Abbott's husband was at work at the time of the fire.
Dispatchers said it took eight minutes from the time the 911 call was made for the all-volunteer fire department to begin putting water on the fire.
Officials said the flames were driven by strong winds.
"As far as we know, and the investigators have come to the conclusion, that it was accidental and no foul play was involved, and that it started in the upstairs apartment in their residence," family member Jesse Frick said. "She couldn't have been in the condition she's in without risking her life for the lives of her babies. She's an amazing person."
The response to the tragedy from the small town and beyond has resulted in donations of clothing and cash for the family.
"It definitely hits close to home as a father of two and I'm married. You put yourself in those situations and I can't imagine what this father's going through," Rick Woehlecke of the Nineveh Fire Department said.
More on how to help the victims -- http://bit.ly/19Xn6IY
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Pedestrian killed in Glendale hit-and-run
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) - Police say a 62-year-old Glendale man is dead after he was struck by a driver who left the scene.
Police spokeswoman Tracey Breeden says 62-year-old Pete Rivas was walking in an unmarked crosswalk around 11:30 p.m. Saturday when he was hit by a white SUV.
Breeden says the driver left the badly injured Rivas and drove to a nearby Circle K near 59th Avenue and Bethany Home Road.
Breeden says he inspected his SUV and then fled south on 59th Avenue with a male passenger.
Police say the driver is described as black, about 30 years old with a muscular build and short hair that is possibly braided.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Glendale police or Silent Witness at 480-WITNESS.
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Here is a shot of my baby boy in a pensive mood staring out of the window. I'm not sure whether I prefer it in colour or mono, would like to hear your thoughts.
Modifications welcomed as I am still learning PS and have only made a few slight tweaks on this shot.
Taken just using available light from bedroom windows.
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First off its a really nice shot. The light is good, its sharp, and the window highlights in the eyes are terrific
I would start with the colour first, and suggest a number of variations that could be used to convert to B&W
I have loaded a set for review.
Mod 5 is your original version with:
Desaturated colour; reduced overall red. I find many shots of skin tend to be overly red, - its a personal opinion, and I often recude red using colour balance. Do you shoot in JPEG or RAW, - I would encourage RAW if you shoot JPEG, way more control over the shot post processing.
Mod 1 is the Mod 5 shot with shadow added on the left, - it isolates him better from the bg I think?
Mod 2 is Mod 1 with a small amount of diffuse glow distortion added to slightly soften.
Mod 3 is Mod 2 with a small amount of skin softening applied. I used a Kodak plugin, but you can use surface blur, or Gaussian blur, - but do not apply to the eyes.
Mod 4 is Mod 3 with a B&W conversion, and a little sepia toning.
All mods done in Photoshop CS3
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BERLIN--German industry has warned that the government's new energy plans jeopardise jobs in Europe's biggest economy, in particular a proposal to make firms that generate their own electricity pay charges to support renewable sources.
Social Democrat (SPD) Economy Minister and Vice-Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel has outlined a much-needed reform to a system of costly subsidies which has helped to fund a boom in green energy in Germany. He is now working on details.
The reform, a delicate balancing act between maintaining growth in the renewables sector and keeping heavy industry on board with affordable power, envisages cuts of up to a third in green subsidies by 2015 but also reduces support for industry.
The Federation of German Industry (BDI) said Gabriel's plans put 900,000 jobs in Germany at risk, according to Welt am Sonntag. In a letter to 900 companies, BDI chief Ulrich Grillo said the existing help given to energy-intensive firms was a condition for companies to stay in Germany.
"In this way (with an additional burden for companies), there will be a risk of companies moving away and that can lead to big job losses," Grillo wrote, according to the paper.
Industry accounts for around a quarter of Germany's export-oriented economy. Last week, ArcelorMittal, the world's biggest steelmaker, warned the energy reforms would prompt companies to scale back investments.
Some members of Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative bloc in parliament have also demanded changes in Gabriel's plans. "We will certainly not pass Gabriel's blueprint on a reform of the renewable energy law in its current form," senior conservative Peter Ramsauer told Die Welt newspaper.
He said it was "pure madness" to trim benefits for companies that generate their own electricity and added that big employers such as rail operator Deutsche Bahn could be hit.
Until now, producers of power for their own industrial use have been exempted from a surcharge added to power bills which is funnelled to green energy producers and guarantees them a 'feed-in-tariff' above market prices.
European Energy Commissioner Guenther Oettinger urged the German finance minister to reduce energy tax to help German companies stay competitive. Taxes and charges added to consumers' bills for the renewable subsidies make up about half of companies' energy costs, he said.