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IT'S BEEN a tough year for the arts, but Aardklop (the national arts festival at Potchefstroom) is celebrating with very strong productions for the 2014 festival running from October 7 to 11.
Theatre is one of the festival's strongest suits and this year it gets the ball rolling with Belgian writer Tom Lanoye's play, Bloed en Rose: Die Lied van Jeanne en Gilles. Translated and directed by Marthinus Basson, it is a historical drama about Joan of Arc and Baron Gilles de Rais and plays with the premise that if the state and the Church are given full power, why not an individual?
Basson is a director who likes tackling tough and challenging work. He always reflects on modern society, but gets there in a way that might not seem obvious, which adds to the intrigue of his work. His casts are also part of the puzzle and as always he has gathered a group of actors who will blow your socks off, from Nicola Hanekom, who for the past few years has been behind the scenes, writing and directing, rather than under the spotlight in such a huge production, to Andre Roothman, Anna-Mart van der Merwe, Antoinette Kellerman, Dawid Minnaar, Wessel Pretorius and Stian Bam.
He also directs an old favourite, Yasmina Reza's Art, but with a trio of young actors who will encourage a younger generation to take charge of the debate, "what is art?" This time, (director) Christiaan Olwagen will be on stage with two acting buddies, Wessel Pretorius and Wilhelm van der Walt. As they discuss the boundaries of friendship and the way art pleases, disturbs and challenges certain perceptions, it will be fascinating to see what Basson does with his three young charges, and how it plays into this particular work.
One of these actors, stepping into his directorial shoes, tackles another classic, Chekov's Seagull, translated into Afrikaans as Die Seemeeu and starring, like his version of Wie's Bang vir Virginia Woolf?, Sandra Prinsloo and Marius Weyers. This is the second time round with this team, with the brilliant Saartjie Botha again translating and adapting the text. Also contributing to the cast is Alyzzander Fourie, who hasn't been on stage for some time, and Rolanda Marais, who made her stage return earlier this year in Olwagen's Dogma, which will also be playing at Aardklop. His approach in Virginia was innovative, so one wonders how he will handle Chekov.
Talking about returns to stage, Henrietta Gryffenberg slips back in a Schalk Schoombie text titled Gepiekel, which takes a comical look at the predictions of a prophet who promised to rise from the dead within 100 days of taking his last breath. Sharing the stage with Marie Pentz, Neels van Jaarsveld, Alwyn van der Merwe and Altus Theart and directed by Henry Mylne, it should be huge fun to discover who was swindling who and why.
Jaco Bouwer is a name to make a note of at any festival and here he comes up with a comic opera set in a post office in a small Karoo town, titled – not unexpectedly – Poskantoor. It stars Jannie Moolman, Magdalene Minnaar, Elizabeth Frandsen, Lynnelle Kened and Bongani Kubheka, with text by Tertius Kapp and music by Braam du Toit. The story is a blast with chinks in the armour, class and race battles clashing into one another, gondoliers and pseudo masochism all part of the madcap affair. With Bouwer, Kapp and Du Toit in the pound seats, we'll probably be swinging from the chandeliers.
Bouwer also directed the extraordinary Na-aap, which was supposed to debut at last year's festival. Unfortunately, actor De Klerk Oelofse hurt his ankle and the play had to withdraw after one performance. Following a meagre two performances at this year's Woordfees, they had the good sense to allow this production to finally find its way centre stage. It's a reinterpretation of Report to the Academy with Bouwer outplaying himself on multimedia, and Oelofse staking his claim as an actor to watch out for. Get tickets now, it's a riveting production.
Dogma is another winner, with director Christiaan Olwagen telling his own story in a way that's fresh and appeals to audiences young and old. He has a sublime cast from Albert Pretorius to Rolanda Marais, Eric Holm, Tinarie van Wyk Loots and Roelof Storm.
Another breker who returns to the mould is Lionel Newton in a Paul Slabolepszy classic, The Return of Elvis du Pisanie. This is a match made in heaven, with Newton earlier this year performing in the resurrection of Pale Natives. But also, like Slabolepszy, he speaks in a way that makes a particular language disappear while the South African flavour permeates from start to finish. Eddie grows up in Modderfontein and is an Elvis Presley fanatic. He gets married, has kids and finds a job selling underfloor heating. But he decides his life is worthless until he turns on the radio and hears an Elvis classic.
There's also the traumatic story of a young girl who is raped and murdered in Rondomskrik starring Shaleen Surtie-Richards, which made its debut earlier this year in Oudtshoorn and is now travelling the country. It's an extraordinary theatrical experience with a story that grabs at the gut, a cast that soars as they tell this story that needs to be part of the public discourse and a production that breaks hearts as much as the experience is a rewarding one.
Bidsprinkaan, another Saartjie Botha adaptation, this time of the Andre P Brink award-winning novel, is finally travelling to Gauteng following a few short seasons at festivals and in the Cape. It is directed by Janice Honeyman and stars Elton Landrew in an inspired performance as Kupido Kakkerlak, who says his character was formed through the stories his mother told. He was a liar, a drinker, a lover and a fighter until he discovered God and he turned to preaching. His life as the first Khoi missionary is an important one and a history lesson of note.
It's glorious theatre with Landrew supported by an award-winning Lee-Ann van Rooi for this performance, Gideon Lombard and Crystal Donna Roberts.
That's more than enough to chew on and, as some peace for the soul, don't forget to slip into the exhibition of festival artist Gerard Marx, who will have your head spinning and your heart leading you a different way.
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WASHINGTON -- Bradley Manning, sentenced to 35 years in military prison for the biggest breach of classified U.S. documents in U.S. history, said in a statement today he is female and wants to live as a woman named Chelsea.
"As I transition into this next phase of my life, I want everyone to know the real me. I am Chelsea Manning, I am a female," Manning, 25, said in the statement read on NBC News' "Today" show.
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The next step for Armia will come in June, when the 17-year-old power forward is drafted -- probably early -- at the 2011 Entry Draft in Minnesota.
Armia, a native of Pori, Finland, is the second-ranked European skater in NHL Central Scouting's mid-term rankings, and the top-rated skater from Finland.
That outstanding play was supposed to be on showcase earlier this month at the 2011 World Junior Championship in Buffalo. While the tournament is geared toward 19-year-olds, there was a lot of expectation in Armia based on his outstanding start in SM-Liiga. However, with just 1 assist and a plus-1 rating in six games, he had what could be called an underwhelming tournament.
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"He was the youngest kid on the (WJC) team and a lot of expectations were placed on him for the tournament," Kivi said. "I think he's not satisfied, but he tried all the time. I think it was a small surprise to him how tough the tournament would be, but we didn't expect him to be the No. 1 star in every game. He learned a lot."
While scouts were hoping for more, they liked some of what they saw.
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GREEN BAY – Marshall Newhouse's return to practice Monday should mean that the Green Bay Packers starting left tackle will be protecting the NFL MVP's blind side for Thursday night's preseason game against the Cleveland Browns at Lambeau Field.
Newhouse, who suffered a concussion during the team's Aug. 3 Family Night Scrimmage and had not practiced since, missed last Thursday night's preseason-opening loss at San Diego, where quarterback Aaron Rodgers absorbed a hard hit from Chargers linebacker Melvin Ingram, who beat fill-in left tackle Herb Taylor. The hit resulted in an interception, during which Rodgers was it again during the Chargers' return.
"Yeah, it didn't feel good," Rodgers confessed Monday.
With 2011 first-round draft pick Derek Sherrod yet to get the go-ahead to practice, Newhouse couldn't return soon enough for the Packers. Nonetheless, he had to go through all the required post-concussion protocols before gaining clearance.
"I'm hopeful. He didn't look like he had any conditioning issues," coach Mike McCarthy said of Newhouse's chances of playing Thursday night. "We challenged him today. I think he's on schedule."
The Packers had set their starting offensive line on Day 1 of training camp – Newhouse, left guard T.J. Lang, center Jeff Saturday, right guard Josh Sitton and right tackle Bryan Bulaga – but Newhouse's concussion prevented the unit from spending more than a week practicing together.
"It's great having Marshall back. I think he needs some reps with the six of us together," Rodgers said. "Having him in there with T.J. and Josh and Bryan and Jeffy, it'll be nice having us together and start to jell together."
Rodgers, meanwhile, was asked what his goals were for the remainder of the preseason, and his top priority likely coincides with Newhouse's availability.
"I just don't want to get hurt. If I can get out of the preseason not getting hurt, that's kind of a win," Rodgers said. "Obviously, we want to score some points, move the ball, but as much as anything, it's getting those five linemen together and making sure the protections are looking good. It's the preseason, so you're not going to see a whole lot of blitzing, probably, but you want to make sure you feel good about who your left tackle is and how he's blocking, especially in the NFC North, and score some points."
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So long, RPTV—the only big screen I've ever known. Meet my family and our 15 years of Mitsubishi in the slideshow below.
Mitsubishi Electric was the last hold-out in the rear projection TV (RPTV) business, and now the company is dropping the line, CE Pro has learned.
Mitsubishi Electrical Visual Solutions America, Inc. (MEVSA), the group in charge of the RPTV and other video product lines for both residential and commercial markets, has sent a letter to authorized service centers (reprinted below) indicating they are "discontinuing the manufacture of 73", 82" and 92" DLP projection televisions."
The memo, issued by MEVSA president and CEO Junichi Nose, indicates that the move is part of an "important change in business direction, which will necessitate a corresponding restructuring of the MEVSA organization."
Nose says MEVSA will continue to be headquartered at its current Irvine, Calif., location and adds, "We expect that these changes will have a minimal effect on you and your business."
Reached early this morning, Max Wasinger, long-time exec with Mitsubishi's video products and currently executive vice president of sales and marketing for MEVSA, tells CE Pro, "We are in the midst of an orderly exit from the DLP TV business. MEVSA will now focus on B-to-B (projectors, display wall, printers, digital signage, monitors, etc.) and the home theater projector business."
The microdisplay category had a great run and was really the first "thin" big-screen TV. Unit sales for the microdisplay RPTV category hit point of 2.2M units in 2006. The category remained significant thought 2007, and in 2008 shipments fell dramatically to a little over 500,000 from 1.3M in 2007. It was in 2008 that we really saw big-screen LCD TV take off, with sales of 52" models over 1.5M.
Recently, the category has remained relevant only in the size 70" and above, with 70" struggling as well this year. Volume for 2011 fell to 210,446 units and this year we are projecting sales flat or below. The rental channel was the category's main supporter in recent years, but as large flat-screen manufacturing prices declined, the rental channel quickly moved to LCD TVs.—Tamaryn Pratt, principal, Quixel Research.
Wasinger will take on the position of executive vice president of sales for all Mitsubishi Professional Products and solutions. Frank De Martin, vice president of sales for MEVSA, is staying with the organization, Wasinger says.
Mitsubishi has a storied history in the big-screen RPTV market, launching a 50-inch HD-ready CRT for the home market in the mid-1990s (I had one of the first – see image gallery). CRTs gave way to DLP and other "thinner profile" RPTVs in the late 1990s and early 2000s, and Mitsubishi continued to lead the way.
As with the other key TV manufacturers, Mitsubishi made the shift to flat-panel displays in the early 2000's, shipping a wide range of LCDs like the other guys. But while other TV makers were phasing out their microdisplays (DLP and LCOS), Mitsubishi continued to innovate in the category.
For example, in 2007, the company unveiled eight LCD flat panels and nine DLP RPTVs.
By 2009, the only other serious RPTV maker, Samsung, exited the category, giving Mitsubishi a virtual monopoly.
The manufacturer took advantage of that position and decided to focus on RPTVs. In early 2011, Mitsubishi exited the overcrowded LCD market and shortly thereafter announced it would cease production of all TVs smaller than 65 inches.
Frank De Martin (left) and Max Wasinger flank their biggest fan, CE Pro editor Julie Jacobson, 2011
And just after that announcement, the company unveiled a new line of really-big-screen DLPs that were substantially less expensive than any flat panels on the market. For example, the 92-inch WD-92840 retailed for $5,999 when it was introduced. Today, you can pick one up for less than $2,500.
In late 2011, at an expo presented by the buying group Nationwide/Specialty Electronics Nationwide (SEN), Mitsubishi explained its decision to move forward with RPTVs, noting that it is simply the best bang for the buck, and one of the few TV categories that could be profitable for dealers.
Back then, DeMartin discussed a competitor whose 70-inch flat screen – without 3D capabilities – retailed for $3,000
"You can get a 73-inch DLP for $1,599. And by the way, we [the dealer] can give you furniture, 3D glasses, a Blu-ray player and home theater in the box, and you'll still pay less than $3,000."
Mitsubishi continued to improve on its televisions with laser technology, which it was the first to introduce in 2008. The top-of-the-line "LaserVue" TVs feature much brighter pictures than traditional DLPs.
The latest model in what is largely regarded as a stunning TV line, is the L75-A96 75-inch LaserVue. It has an MSRP of $6,000 and a street price of about $4,000.
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Mitsubishi RPTVs are the only big screens I've ever owned, starting with one of the first HD-ready CRTs (and clunky external HDTV box) back in the mid-1990s.
That sucker lasted us more than a decade and I never had to replace a bulb, tune it up or anything. I got the TV in Boston, moved it to Minnesota in 2000, moved it to another house in 2005 …
We just kept waiting for it to die, and when it didn't … we gave it away and purchased a DLP in late 2008: the 60-inch WD-60735 for less than $1,000.
We had a big room and a nice media console, so why not go with a bargain, especially knowing the longevity of a Mitsubishi display?
When it came time to move to California this year, we donated the TV … to my stepson who couldn't believe his good fortune. It now occupies about one-third of his living room and he can't make his gamer buddies go away.
The interesting thing about transporting the display to the apartment was how incredibly light the beast was, despite its girth. It practically floated itself to the truck.
On to the next phase of our life. We figured we'd get our first big-screen flat panel but again went with a Mitsubishi RPTV, this time the 73-inch WD-73842 (MSRP $1,799).
We had several reasons for this choice, value-per-inch being one of them, of course.
The other reasons are:
In fact, I was in the midst of writing a review on the product, when I learned of its discontinuation. Sad news for value-minded people like me who like a really big screen.
It's a fine TV for our space. Unfortunately, we have a really bright room with high windows that aren't covered, so the picture washes out during the day.
When the sun isn't streaming through the windows, though, the picture is immaculate – and we are watching it out of the box without calibration.
We have a soundbar, but it isn't necessary with this set. It has a built-in 16-speaker array with 32 watts of total power.
Or, for surround sound systems, the speaker can be set as the center channel.
The system comes with the full suite of Vudu apps, which isn't necessary for me since I use a Roku box, which gives me everything I need.
A full review seems a little moot at this point, but I can tell you I would have kept buying what Mitsubishi was selling.
In fact, maybe I'll pick up a LaserVue model during the fire-sales that are bound to happen.
That would give me the brightness I need, plus RS-232 and IP-based control when we move to a permanent place and install a control system.
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More information on the Firefight Pack: Link
Next the Leviathan DLC, traces of which were found in Extended Cut DLC, was officially announced, no release date as of yet, other than Summer 2012.
More information on the Leviathan DLC: Link
thanx for the info on the coming DLCs. what story additions can we expect from Firefight and Leviathan DLCs?
For the Firefight, none, just additional weapons. The Leviathan is supposed to delve more into the back story of the Reapers, such as their origins.
First up, the Firefight Pack will be released tomorrow, August 7th, adds several new weapons to the single player game, some of which were only available in multiplayer.
Awesome! I can finally get my sweet, sweet Striker + Harpoon combo on in SP without having to mess with the .ini fi-
Seven weapons:M-90 IndraKrysae Sniper RifleReegar CarbineCerberus HarrierGeth Plasma SMGBlood Pack Punisher SMGAdas Anti-Synthetic Assault Rifle
... of *readjusts his headset*I can't wait for the second Firefight Pack, which includes the other damned MP weapons.
There is supposed to be a second one, eh? Well I wouldn't hold your breathe, since some of those weapons are currently SP exclusive. Still it will be nice if they do that, either way, more weapons to play with.
Not so much "supposed to be" as will be, at this rate. There's 9 new weapons with the MP DLC packs total, and out of the seven Firefight adds, two are new and one is from the Alienware promo. And Leviathan's unlockable weapons are going to be the Origin PC bonus shotgun, and the preorder assault rifle. So yay. More money to burn at a future date, thanks to BioWarEA.
Ah, I was not sure what led you to the conclusion there was going to be another one, other than more profit.
Yeah, sorry. I tend to make as few points in as many words as possible.
I guess a net gain of two guns for two dollars with the pack isn't terrible, but still.


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Eric Lippert is a principal developer on the C# compiler team. Learn more about Eric.
Here's a good question from StackOverflow:
If you have a method that takes an "X" then you have to pass an expression of type X or something convertible to X. Say, an expression of a type derived from X. But if you have a method that takes a "ref X", you have to pass a ref to a variable of type X, period. Why is that? Why not allow the type to vary, as we do with non-ref calls?
Let's suppose you have classes Animal, Mammal, Reptile, Giraffe, Turtle and Tiger, with the obvious subclassing relationships.
Now suppose you have a method void M(ref Mammal m). M can both read and write m. Can you pass a variable of type Animal to M? No. That would not be safe. That variable could contain a Turtle, but M will assume that it contains only Mammals. A Turtle is not a Mammal.
Conclusion 1: Ref parameters cannot be made "bigger". (There are more animals than mammals, so the variable is getting "bigger" because it can contain more things.)
Can you pass a variable of type Giraffe to M? No. M can write to m, and M might want to write a Tiger into m. Now you've put a Tiger into a variable which is actually of type Giraffe.
Conclusion 2: Ref parameters cannot be made "smaller".
Now consider N(out Mammal n).
Can you pass a variable of type Giraffe to N? No. As with our previous example, N can write to n, and N might want to write a Tiger.
Conclusion 3: Out parameters cannot be made "smaller".
Can you pass a variable of type Animal to N?
Well, why not? N cannot read from n, it can only write to it, right? You write a Tiger to a variable of type Animal and you're all set, right?
Wrong. The rule is not "N can only write to n". The rules are, briefly:
1) N has to write to n before N returns normally. (If N throws, all bets are off.)2) N has to write something to n before it reads something from n.
That permits this sequence of events:
That scenario -- using multithreading to write into a variable that has been aliased -- is awful and you should never do it, but it is possible.
UPDATE: Commenter Pavel Minaev correctly notes that there is no need for multithreading to cause mayhem. We could replace that fourth step with
Regardless of how the variable's contents might get altered, clearly we want to make the type system violation illegal.
Conclusion 4: Out parameters cannot be made "larger".
There is another argument which supports this conclusion: "out" and "ref" are actually exactly the same behind the scenes. The CLR only supports "ref"; "out" is just "ref" where the compiler enforces slightly different rules regarding when the variable in question is known to have been definitely assigned. That's why it is illegal to make method overloads that differ solely in out/ref-ness; the CLR cannot tell them apart! Therefore the rules for type safety for out have to be the same as for ref.
Final conclusion: Neither ref nor out parameters may vary in type at the call site. To do otherwise is to break verifiable type safety.
Interesting post... it feels great to know why there are certain restrictions :)
waiting for more on such obscure issues... Thanks :)
In languages like Ada, the out parameter is modified upon exit (in which case, the variable can never be read). There's a name for this convention, which I forgot, to distinguish it from call-by-reference.
> That scenario -- using multithreading to write into a variable that has been aliased -- is awful and you should never do it, but it is possible.
It doesn't even have to involve multithreading, so far as I can tell. It can simply be that N called some other method M on the same thread, and M then modified x before returning - which is probably a much more likely occurrence.
Reference-to-const in C++ has the same problems (and is more subtle in that, because it's implicit at call site, and otherwise is a heavily used parameter passing mode, unlike C#'s relatively rate ref/out) - if I recall correctly, it's part of the reason why all STL algorithms take begin/end iterators by value, for example - since if they were passed by reference, the function passed to the algorithm could e.g. change the value of the end-iterator in the middle of iteration, with unpredictable results.
On an unrelated note, there seems to be something wrong going on with captchas and registered users. If I try to post messages to any MSDN blog - including yours - while logged in, they seem to go straight into the bit bucket, with no error messages. If I sign out and post them anonymously, the same messages are posted just fine. This seems to have started when captchas got introduced - previously, it all worked just fine.
Didn't you already discuss this about a month or two ago? I distinctly remember reading something about this exact topic...
Reread the first sentence. Follow the link. -- Eric
I also distinctly remember the first time I tried to enter this comment. Nothing happened :(
Bummer! -- Eric
Pavel - M can only modify x to be a Mammal or a subtype of Mammal, so how is type safety lost?
Nice one, Eric. Thinking about it from a different angle, the rules exist to prevent ref and out from changing the (static) type of the storage location itself i.e., N demands x to be of type Mammal whereas it's declared to be of type Animal. The rules still allow the runtime type to be different - the out parameter can obviously be set to a subtype of Mammal.
I believe Pavel was talking about a scenario like the one below. It is an example of the type violation that could occur if out parameters could be made "larger".
class MyAnimal{ public MyAnimal() { SetMammalAndMilk(out animal); } Animal animal; void SetMammalAndMilk(out Mammal mammal) { mammal = new Tiger(); SetAnimalToTurtle(); //mammal is now a turtle mammal.Milk(); // You can't milk a turtle } void SetAnimalToTurtle() { animal = new Turtle(); }}
Yes, exactly. The real problem here is aliasing semantics of out-parameters (which means they aren't really "out" in the traditional sense used by Ada or COM/Corba, and more like "ref mustinit" - but we know that already).
"The rules are, briefly:
1) N has to write to n before N returns normally. (If N throws, all bets are off.)"
Surely, that cannot be true. If 'all bets are off', wouldn't that open up a security hole, where callers can access uninitialized memory:
No. The jocular phrase "all bets are off" was not intended to convey that such a situation leads to undefined behaviour; rather, merely that we do not require an out parameter to be assigned on all possible code paths, only on "normal" code paths. -- Eric
MyType x; try { MyFunction( out x); // throws before setting x, but the compiler cannot know that. } catch( Exception e) { // ignore } x.Something();
The standard I can find is not clear on this...
The C# standard is extremely clear on this matter. Which part of section 184.108.40.206 are you finding unclear?
...but I would guess that this should throw a NullReferenceException.
Why guess when you can try it? Had you actually tried to compile your example, you would have discovered that your example is not a legal program fragment because there is a possible control flow in which you can access a local variable that has not been assigned a value. The variable is definitely assigned in all program text within the try block after the call, but not within the catch block or after the try block. -- Eric
'Course if you really really wanted to...
private void foo(ref object x)
x = (some condition) ? (object) new Mammal() : (object) new Reptile();
Thanks for the corrections, Eric. I had not thought about the possibility that the compiler could reject that example. I didn't try because a) I do not have a C# compiler at home and b) it is not possible to check a standard by running a compiler (although, as in this case, it can give hints about what is going on).
BTW: for those trying to look up the hint: it took me a while to find that section 126.96.36.199. The Ecma standard I looked at (<http://www.ecma-international.org/publications/files/ECMA-ST/Ecma-334.pdf>) does a +7 for (most?) chapter numbers, compared to <http://download.microsoft.com/download/3/8/8/388e7205-bc10-4226-b2a8-75351c669b09/csharp%20language%20specification.doc>. It has "Try-catch statements" in section 22.214.171.124.
What about "animals" being made larger?
Mankind has crossed say a Zebra with a Donkey and made a Zonkey.
(also known as zebrass, zebronkey, zeass, zeedonk, zedonk, zebadonk, zenkey, donbra, donbri, donkra, zebrinny, or deebra, zebrula) is a cross between a zebra and a donkey. The generic name for crosses between zebras and horses or asses is zebroid or zebra mule.
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zonkey
I could also create a new control with a NEW method, does that make "CONTROL" or "CONTROLS" any bigger as I've made a new one?
I believe the answer is no as any control inherits from the base System.Windows.Forms.Control or System.Windows.Forms.UserControl
So this then raises my question;
Why are EXTENSION METHODS allowed but not EXTENSION PROPERTIES?
Good question. Long answer. I've been meaning to blog about that. -- Eric
If you could extend a PROPERTY you could add say a new color ( or colour ) for an animal that may NOT be in a fixed SET of colors ( or colours ). That is like EXTENDING an enumeration of possible colors.
Think of a car like say a new model FERRARI. For the first year it is only available in red, black or white.
After the first year Ferrari ADD more colors like yellow, racing green
and pink!! ( for the rich women , LOL ).
I recently added an EXTENSION method for all controls called SHAPE to the base CONTROL class.
This is so that you can make any control into say a hexagon like this.>>
PictureBox1.Shape(6) 'VB.Net
PictureBox1.Shape(6); \\Visual C# or C++ ??
Why could I NOT add an EXTENSION PROPERTY to the CONTROL class for some set regular shapes such as; Triangle, Pentagon, Hexagon, Septagon, Octagon, Nonagon and a Decagon within an enumeration?
It woud save adding the property to a new control.
If you want to see the code see this thread.>>
Is this outside of OOP philosophy?
Extension methods are often criticized as being "not OOP enough". This seems to me to be putting the cart in front of the horse. The purpose of OOP is to provide guidelines for the structuring of large software projects written by teams of people who do not need to know the internal details of each other's work in order to be productive. The purpose of C# is to be a useful programming language that enables our customers to be productive on our platforms. Clearly OOP is both useful and popular, and we've therefore tried to make it easy to program in an OOP style in C#. But the purpose of C# is not "to be an OOP language". We evaluate features based on whether they are useful to our customers, not based on whether they conform strictly to some abstract academic ideal of what makes a language object-oriented. We'll happily take ideas from oo, functional, procedural, imperative, declarative, whatever, so long as we can make a consistent, useful product that benefits our customers.
> Why are EXTENSION METHODS allowed but not EXTENSION PROPERTIES?
There are a bunch of obvious potential problems with extension properties.
For one, properties usually (though not always) imply state; so, to be most useful, extension properties would also require "extension fields" (or some other sort of state that can be associated with the object from "outside"). This has serious performance implications, and is pretty hard to come up with a single solution that is universally good enough for a wide range of scenarios. And for properties that only have a getter, a no-argument extension method is just as good.
Another thing is that many useful extension methods are generic. Properties themselves cannot be generic. Of course, if an extension property isn't seen as a property on syntax level, it's another story - see below.
Syntax would be a hazy area, too. An extension property cannot be a property (since it needs the explicit "this" argument... well ok, it could be an indexer property on CLR level, I guess). Try to come up with a syntax that would make sense under these constraints, and remember that it must also be possible to desugar extension property access (so that you can deal with those cases where you want an extension property, but the object shadows it with its member property). Of course, it's always possible to just fall back to plain methods decorated with some attribute, but that's not neat, and potentially confusing with extension methods.
Some other things to consider:
- Should it be possible to combine "extension getters" and "extension setters" in a single property? What if they have different types?
- If a property already has a getter, is it legal to add an "extension setter", and vice versa? What if they have different types?
- If a property has both getter and setter, but setter is private, should it still be possible to define an "extension setter", and use it without ambiguity from outside the class? What if the member setter is protected?
- What if there are several "extension setters" of different types defined? Should this always be ambiguous at call site, or should it use overload resolution rules for the setters? What if there's also a member setter, of yet another different type - does it shadow all extension setters, or does it participate in overload resolution alongside them?
I'm sure there are quite a few more there that I haven't thought of. As usual in language design (and design in general), the existence of those problems seems extremely obvious once you know about them, but doesn't actually surface until you start considering all use cases for the feature in depth.
A good example of a language which tries "to be an OOP language" is Java - remember all the "delegates are evil, because they're not object oriented" talk in that camp back in the days of J++? - and look where they are now; still no first-class functions in the language nor any plans for them in the upcoming release, despite a heavy debate on the issue in the last 2 years or so.
I'll take C#'s pragmatic hybrid approach over that every day.
@Pavel Minaev - Some excelent points on Extensions properties vs. methods. But I believe some to be incomplete (possibly because of brevity in a posting). Methods MAY imply additional state. And from a syntactical (but not metadata) standpoint a property named X of type T is equivilant to either (or both) methods of "void GetT(X x)" and "X GetT()". Since bothe methods could be created as extension methods, there should not be any fundamental (neglecting metadata) differences between declaring either (or both) of the extension methods and having a "extension property".
If my analysis is correct. Then a potential approach would be to allow an extension construct where there was an explicit association of a property with a pair of methods....eith either hald of the pair is "nulll" or missing then it would be a read only or write only scenarion.
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public MyAnimal()
SetMammalAndMilk(out animal);
Animal animal;
void SetMammalAndMilk(out Mammal mammal)
Not every animal is a mamal. Is the above a valid derivation relationship?


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per Rivals. Urbs literally taking PSU's entire class, and he might not be done with Williams and Reeves visiting soon.
(Edited by PGB)
Who'll be released to make room for him?
Hey, what about M football vs the ACC?
for use of Ped St. This isn't Mlive.
Not sure what Mlive is but thanks for the insightful post
Not sure what Mlive is but thanks for the insightful post
Not sure what Mlive is but thanks for the insightful post
Do not use "Ped St" or any other play on words that makes light of the PSU situation. Its not fun and its not funny. K? Thanks.
(For future reference, all you need to know about MLive is that you do not want to be compared to it or have it suggested that you'd be a better poster there instead of here.)
I completely agree. The whole situation is atrocious and lets not be those guys.
It's Michigan's equivalent to the RCMB. It's embarrassing.
I don't think it's quite that bad...it's bad...just not *that* bad.
I only saw the edited version.
They have room, i think. Also, this bumps osu up to #3 and now above us (#5) in the rivals team rankings.
Wow Bradley better start doing some recruiting. I'm also not really on board with the "Ped State" thing.
Bradley better not be doing any recruiting for them, considering he's not a coach there anymore.
How many spots does tOSU have left to fill their class?
OSU currently has two more spots left. With the almost foregone conclusion that Jamaal Berry will not return and rumors heating up that Chad Hagan will either transfer or seek medical hardship, it opens up to four more spots. Williams, Reeves, Dodson, Perkins, Neal, and Marcus are the top targets as of now.
I counted 21 currently, which is what they're at with commits. But don't they lose 3 for this recruiting cycle thus making the total possible 22?
Can someone clarify?
Iknow they can only have 83 on schollie a year. They just lost 3 this weekend, and I guess one kid might be getting hardship. Urban Saban isint playing around...
Looks like this breakdown shows two spots still available with Berry off of the team and Hagan still listed as being a part of it. Hard to pin down an exact number, but I'm expecting 25.
Depending on more cuts after tryout via video review of practices. F the kids, the SEC is here. Nice example Urban!
This was supposed to be the down year for Ohio's recruiting, giving Michigan a chance to catch up...
Why despondent? Mchigan has one hell of a class and beat ohio this year. Ohio is the team playing catch up.
Michigan/Hoke are recruiting players that fit our team and are of good character and reliability. Ohio/Meyer are recruiting anyone that they can poach/get to boost an assclowns ego.
Who cares, there is actually great news here. Everyone was saying Michigan was getting recruits because Ohio was down with the inference being that we wouldn't get the class we're getting if Ohio wasn't down. Well, Ohio has a #3 rated class, will complete their class and we STILL have the class that we do! I know this is partially because of the PSU situation but they're not going to be a recruiting threat for awhile so the recruits will be there for both schools. If we keep bringing in classes like we are, I say let's play ball and take our chances!
Catch up to what?
We won in November.
We won in New Orleans.
This is Michigan.
Despondent????? This is MICHIGAN FOREGODSSAKE!!!!
Keep that playoff run going! Maximum disruption to PSU.
Penn St. getting totally blown up is bad for the conference. Ohio picking up all the scraps on route to a top 5 recruiting class is bad for humanity.
but 50% isn't bad, considering the situation 5 years ago. Ohio recruiting well is inevitable. I agree that not having a weak PSU in our division does not help us but I feel that conference prestige is meaningless in a media environment where the game is rigged in favor of the SEC and the Big 12.
PSU's famine is apparently OSUs feast.
I love you Tom Brady but your victories are aiding the bad guys.
Would you still say that if we got Reeves?
yes, just because they've already gotten Shutt, O'connor and probably burrows. I would be thrilled if we poached Reeves.
PSU is doing an equally bad job of keeping their commits as OSU (and others) are doing a good job of flipping them.
We'll always have 45-10
Wolverine god >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Gator god
Urbs putting together a great class for Ohio. It does worry me a bit, but Hoke has put together a great class here. Here's to a revived and extremely competitive war with Ohio.
Michigan, Ohio State and Notre Dame are all loading up with high level recruits. Each are going to be national powers in a couple years. Sucks to be Michigan State having to play all three. Dantonio should just enjoy his current success while it lasts...which won't be much longer.
I don't know... Notre Dame may need a coach without a purple face first.
They suffer a horribly embarassing scandel, only to have neighboring PSU suffer an even worse scandel taking the attention off of Ohio and allowing Ohio to steal a bunch of PSU's prized recruits.
Ohio will come out of all of this virtually unscathed with a top 3 coach in college football and a top 3 recruiting class.
What a joke.
An underlying question to a lot of posts lately is the question of just how much OSU deserves to be punished. I realize that a lot of people would have liked for the sanctions to have been worse, but now that that's over, exactly what do people want? For the NCAA to say "You can't recruit anyone with four or more stars" or "You can't hire a coach who has won a national championship"? That doesn't happen.
It really is just frustrating, and typical. As much as I supported him, we suffered through three awful seasons under RR. Preceding RR, Carr couldn't beat Tressel, and the list goes on and on. I get so tired of OSU, and I just wish something (ANYTHING) would set them back like we were set back. The NCAA sanctions help, but I have a bad feeling about Meyer taking over.
I'm sure Meyer will succeed, but Michigan doesn't need OSU to be down to be good. OSU was really good under Cooper when they weren't playing Michigan. Michigan also doesn't need to pull in every top Ohio recruit. They only have to get some of them.
That's true, but things the NCAA can do like post-season bans and scholarship reductions do have a impact on a school's ability to recruit top talent. Not having a chance to play in a bowl for your first two years, or a program that may not be as competitive are certainly deterrents for top recruits that are fielding numerous competitive offers.
ohio Aside, any punishment, especially for lack of institutional control and beyond should be such that recruits will be VERY hesitant to go to that school for at least 5 years. That would bring the program back down to an even level. The infractions are that because the accused Unviersities had an added allure to players or gained an advantage somehow on the playing field. There needs to be a distinct and relevant pain inflicted to make the university much less desireable to attend in the near future. That is what I want.
Boo Hoo, we have a top 5 class and Hoke was up for every possible Coach of the Year award. I think we'll be alright. Ohio can't go to the postseason for 2 more years and Meyer is only expected to last 6 years at the most before he flakes out for whatever reasons.
I never expected the NCAA to make OSU into anything even remotely resembling a smoldering hole in the ground like they deserve, but not even skipping a beat? that's pretty sad in light of the shenanigans there the last 10 years.
Heads up kids, more cuts are coming. Welcome to the SEC (See Education Cut) recruit.
Wheres all the people who were glad Urbie is their coach? SMH, I hope you're happy! Dude passes us in recruiting in less than 2 months! Hoke, pick it up!
Hoke is putting the finishing touches on a great recruiting class. Meyer came into one of the top spots in college football (whether we want to admit it or not) with a class that was half-filled at best in a year in which Ohio is rich with talent. Then the PSU stuff happened. He was bound to pull in a bunch of guys at the end.


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Things have changed in my old home town. Walking down the stairs from the No. 4 train, just as we hit 161st Street, passengers were greeted by what seemed like an army of folks offering free condoms in their effort to battle teenage pregnancy and STDs.
About 100 steps later, there was my pal Bruce Feldman from Dallas, dressed in Rangers garb, posing for pictures for Yankees fans, who couldn't believe anyone actually roots for the Rangers.
Food at stadium concession stands attracted long lines. Very tasty, too. At least from my sampling. Sushi was especially good. Money well spent, especially since half goes to Jerry Jones and the Cowboys.
Estimated cost of the new Yankee Stadium: $1.5 billion. Center field video screen as impressive as Cowboys Stadium video screen. By same manufacturer.
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Earth has decided to open vacation resorts on the other eight planets in our solar system. NASA has hired you as a researcher to help them gather information on all of the eight planets.
NASA needs you and a partner to research one planet and put together a travel brochure that they can send out to travel agencies around the world. The travel brochure should include factual information as well as any attractions you think tourists would like to see.
1. Choose a planet.
2. When you are creating you brochure, be sure that you include the following items:
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5. Once you have recorded all of your information, create your brochure in AppleWorks. Dont forget to check the spelling.
6. When you have finished your brochure turn it into NASA headquarters for review (mailbox on Ms. Hurleys desk).
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These links will be used to provide students with information and pictures relating to the planets in our solar system. The links are to governmental or educational run web sites. Students will be able to gather factual information about each planet's physical characteristics, location, and history.
Welcome to The Nine Planets - For Kids!!!
University of Arizona review of the planets. Lots of great pictures, facts, and historical data.
StarChild: A learning center for young astronomers
A web site specifically for children, created and maintained by NASA
A Practical Guide to Astronomy
Everything you need to know about Astronomy
Ask a NASA Scientist
A great interactive website where a real life astronomer answers your astronomy questions every week.
Views of the Solar System
Educational tour of the solar system.
Scoring rubric based on initial criteria. One point will be awarded for each criteria that is met.
When this project is complete, students will have a travel brochure that will contain factual information and photographs.
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Pride 2005 Middleweight GrandPrix Champion Mauricio Shogun, and his brother, also Pride veteran, Murilo Ninja, will be holding a series of MMA seminars together in the USA this coming January. The Lancaster Family Martial Arts Center will host the Chute Boxe stand outs on Monday, January 16, 2006, from 6:30PM to 9:30PM at their Landisville, Pennsylvania, academy, as part of the 2006 United States seminar series tour. The amazing cost is just $60.00 per person. Participants are encouraged to bring gloves, a cup, mouth piece, shin guards and mitts. There will be a short break during the seminar, with pictures and a Q&A after the seminar. Tour t-shirts and gear will be available for sale. DATE: Monday, January 16, 2006
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Cathedral's Vinny Corsaro (top) takes a 43-3 record and No. 3 ranking into the state meet Feb. 15 at Bankers Life Fieldhouse.
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It is probably accurate to say few expected Cathedral wrestler Vinny Corsaro to win a state title a year ago. Only a sophomore, Corsaro had to put together three strong matches at Banker's Life Fieldhouse just to get to the 145-pound state finals.
But once there, Corsaro had to face Crown Point's Jason Tsirtsis, who hadn't dropped a match since his freshman year and was trying for a record-tying fourth state title. And a little more than five and a half minutes later, Tsirtsis had that title, thanks to a 22-7 technical fall of Corsaro.
It's a loss that's driven Corsaro this season - not because of the final score, but because of the setting.
"That loss has never left my mind," said the 152-pound Corsaro, who will take a 43-3 record and No. 3 ranking into the first round of the state meet Feb. 15 at Bankers Life Fieldhouse.
"It's tough when you get that far and don't finish. I know what it's like to be on the receiving end of someone else winning a state title. It's not very fun."
Corsaro lost in the finals of the New Castle Semistate Feb. 9, dropping a 5-4 decision to second-ranked Josh Farrell of Greenfield-Central, when Corsaro chose to let Farrell escape with 24 seconds to go and the match tied at 4.
Now he's refocused on getting to the top of the podium at Bankers Life.
It won't be easy. He opens against Penn's No. 13 Trevor Manspeaker (44-4) and could then face No. 7 Brayden Montgomery (35-3) of Danville. A possible semifinal match could pit Corsaro against Muncie South's Isaiah Bradley, who is 33-3, ranked No. 1 and won the weight class a year ago.
If he gets through that, Corsaro wouldn't be shocked to see Farrell again.
"I think both of us have a good chance to wrestle again," he said. "And it's been tight each time."
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If you're thinking of buying shares place some limit buy orders below four cents. Don't buy at the ask.
Force the shorts to sell low so that on any news they'll have to cover at a higher price.
The current price is a bargain. A lower price is even better.
It's obvious that the smart money is buying AMBS here.
MANF + Diabetes + Novartis = $$$$$$$$$$$
"AMBS" - Due diligence.
Most undervalued bio-tech in the market. Starting to get discovered.
The next Amgen for under a dime.
Twitter: @AmarantusBio
Shareholders need to sell today before it triples. The capital gain taxes are brutal.
Avoid substantial capital gain taxes.
Some of you sold recently at four cents. Before it bounced almost 50%. Imagine how much you saved in taxes.
Sell below .06 before it goes to .20. Obama would just waste your taxes.
"AMBS" - Currently trading under a nickle. Zack's bio-tech analyst Jason Napadano says it's currently worth .20/share. Read the recent Yahoo news.
Buy and hold for six months. Due diligence.
Twitter: @AmarantusBio
Due diligence.
SAN FRANCISCO and MIAMI, Dec. 3, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Amarantus Bioscience Holdings, Inc. (AMBS), a biotechnology company focused on the discovery and development of novel diagnostics and therapeutics related to neurodegeneration and apoptosis, today announced that it has entered into an exclusive option agreement with the University of Miami to license the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute's method of use intellectual property surrounding the use of MANF and CDNF for the treatment of retinal diseases. The option agreement includes all intellectual property covering the use of the MANF-Family of proteins (MANF and CDNF) for retinal diseases including age-related macular degeneration, glaucoma, inherited retinal disorders (including Retinitis Pigmentosa), sporadic retinal disorders, other degenerative retinal disorders, and retinal injuries. This option agreement follows previously announced positive data for MANF in the S334ter Type 3 genetic mouse model of Retinitis Pigmentosa. The Company owns composition of matter patents and various composition and method of use patent applications for MANF and derivative sequences for protein therapeutic, gene therapy and certain cell therapy applications.
"The potential for MANF to treat diseases and injuries of the retina represents a tremendous commercial opportunity resulting from the strategic shift initiated last year to identify drugable orphan indications," said Gerald E. Commissiong, President & CEO of Amarantus. "As we look to complete the reprioritization of the MANF pipeline towards orphan diseases, this agreement marks a critical milestone that enables the Company to gain worldwide control of the patent prosecution process for both MANF and CDNF in this key set of indications. We believe we are now in the unique position to have control over the commercial development over both MANF and CDNF in retinal indications and are absolutely thrilled to have positioned the Company in this manner from an intellectual property standpoint in the neurotrophic factor space."
"The data generated in this set of key experiments using a highly relevant genetic mouse model of Retinitis Pigmentosa reproducibly demonstrates the neuroprotective activity of intravitreal MANF injection in protecting cellular degeneration, a key unmet need in this orphan indication," said David A. Lowe, PhD, newly appointed Board member of Amarantus whose advisory firm NeuroAssets is now developing MANF on behalf of the Company. "As we complete the clinical development plans and identify the best dosing regimen for MANF intervention to demonstrate a robust result in a well-controlled clinical trial setting in Retinitis Pigmentosa, we are pleased that we will be working with the leading ophthalmology unit in the country, with access to well characterized patients and a deep understanding of the progression of this terrible progressive degenerative retinal disorder."
The Bascom Palmer Eye Institute at the University of Miami has been ranked No. 1 nationally in ophthalmology in U.S. News & World Report's annual "Best Hospitals" rankings for 10 consecutive years. Founded in 1962, Bascom Palmer is the largest ophthalmic care, research and educational facility in the southeastern United States. Its staff treats more than 250,000 patients and performs more than 13,000 surgeries annually. At the forefront of innovation in ophthalmology for more than five decades, the institute's physicians and scientists are internationally recognized for their expertise in every eye disorder, including glaucoma, macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, cataracts, dry eye, eye cancers and eye diseases in children.
Don't miss AMBS under a nickle.
Due diligence.
Zack's buy rating and 500% upside.
Follow on Twitter: @AmarantusBio .... 8,639 followers
Starting to move higher.
Twitter: @AmarantusBio .... 8,639 followers
Not too late to buy a few shares for less than a nickle.
Another day closer to tripling in price on partnership news.
Smart money is bailing and selling to the retail bagholders.
It will. There's no reason to buy it here with so much potential downside.
Second orphan indication for AMBS's patented drug , MANF, is most likely for diabetes.
Novartis is the likely partner.
Jason Napadano says AMBS is worth five times its current share price.
Follow the company on Twitter: @AmarantusBio .... 8,626 followers
Dr. Joseph Rubinfeld, one of the co-founders of Amgen, is on the company's board.
Dismal retail season. Yellen won't taper until the third quarter of 2014 at the earliset. She doesn't want to get put in that position too early in her reign.
China continues to accumulat gold toward its goal of making the Yuan the world standard currency backed by gold.
Gold is oversold as are the miners.
China continues to accumulate.
8,625 currently.
Bio-tech analyst Jason Napadano says AMBS is selling at 20% of its realistic valuation currently.


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This holiday, Ellen Degeneres is probably thankful for many things. Friends, family, health and all the usual suspects. As for the not so common items to be thankful for, Ellen chose an, as of yet, unnamed rescued turkey.
The Gentle Barn, a sanctuary that Ellen supports, brought her home on Monday from a farm that allows families to come in and select their own turkey for slaughter for Thanksgiving.
These were her living conditions as of Monday before her rescue.
The Gentle Barn wrote about the conditions, "There is a horrible turkey farm where the animals are kept in awful and cramped conditions and people come with their children to select one to be killed and eaten for thanksgiving. We managed to save one today."
To raise money, the sanctuary is auctioning off the privilege of naming her to the highest bidder. As of last night, bidding was up to $400. They will reveal the final name on Thanksgiving night. If you want to donate some cash and pick a name for this beautiful girl, head over to their facebook page.
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The cat room at the Iowa City Animal Care and Adoption Center, at 4852 Sand Road S.E., south of Iowa City will be closed until Monday because of illness among some of the felines. Cats and kittens will not be available for viewing or visiting until the room reopens.
Pet owners who want to relinquish their cats or kittens, as well as area residents who have found a stray they were planning to drop off at the animal shelter, are asked not to bring cats in at this time.
All other pets that are available for adoption may be visited, including dogs and a turtle that are now awaiting permanent homes. Shelter hours are from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. today.
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Say goodbye to Chrome's download shelf at the bottom of the browser and instead access your downloads from a single button.
The goal is to appeal to customers who need to upload videos, photos, and other bandwidth-consuming content.
Microsoft's Julia White says Office for iPad apps have been downloaded 27 million times to date. That's more than double the number announced last month.
The updated iPlayer app lets you download to Android devices for the first time.
Download Scheduler for Firefox gives you an extra context menu option to schedule specific downloads from the browser, much like if you were using a torrent manager. Set times to start and pause your downloads to suit your downloading needs.
Firefox 20 has a new download manager. We'll show you how it works and how to switch back, if you prefer the old download manager.
The next time you go download a movie, TV show, or an app in iTunes 11, you might have some trouble finding the Downloads manager. Here's where you find it.
Pokki's 500,000 downloads show that many Windows 8 users still want the good old-fashioned Start menu.
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Microsoft (MSFT) will receive "a fine running into hundreds of millions of dollars" from the EU tomorrow over its alleged violation of a promise to give Windows users a choice of browsers, the FT reports. Reuters reported of a pending fine last week. (Danish tax probe) [View news story]Mar 6, 2013. 04:43 AM | 0 Likes |Link to Comment
The Danish Treasury is going after Microsoft (MSFT) for $1B in unpaid taxes relating to the company's 2002 purchase of Navision. Microsoft subsequently sold some Navision assets to its Irish subsidiary at - alleges Denmark - too low a price, allowing assets to be transferred out of the country without proper dues and taxes. [View news story]
Microsoft basically did the same thing. Selling to cheap to its own subsidiary. I like Microsoft but they have to pay the taxes and abide by the laws of the countries where they make business.Mar 4, 2013. 04:26 PM | 1 Like |Link to Comment
More on mobile phone sales: Q4 smartphone market share by OS: Android 69.7% vs 51.3% in 2011, iOS 20.9% vs 23.6%, BlackBerry 3.5% vs 8.8%, Microsoft 3% vs 1.8%. "With Samsung commanding over 42.5% of the Android market globally, and the next vendor at just 6% share, the Android brand is being overshadowed by Samsung's brand with the Galaxy name nearly a synonym for Android phones in consumers' mind share," says Gartner. (PR) [View news story]
1)WP is a mature platform without too many quirks
2)the app selection is decent
3)WP will be integrated with the Microsoft ecosystem
4)WP is a better choice for businesses (the only thing lacking is VPN support which is coming)
5)Nokia will be playing hard in the mid and low budget phones where WP has a clear advantage against Android. That advantage is that WP runs almost as smoothly on a L620 as on a L920 or 8X. Android mid and low end smartphones are a very laggy and ruin the experience.
6)WP8 has the novel factor. Android and iOS feel boring and stagnant. This is a very widespread feeling judging by what I have been reading in forums.
7)Hopefully Nokia will have sorted out their supply problems and there will not be any exclusivity deals.
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Loved your book David. Then again, I like everything you write!
However, I felt that the Sorrows of Empire could have been even longer...for example, I would have liked to have seen the Carol Marcus/Memory Project outlined in more detail. In addition, several of the "years" passed by too quickly which made the novel choppy in places.
However, despite these minor quibbles, I thoroughly enjoyed the book! This is how the Mirror Universe should be depicted --- not the convoluted drivel that is currently consuming the DS9 Relaunch.
Here's hoping your proposed follow-up Mirror Universe book gets approved!
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So this is where we are, at a point in our national discourse where the idea of serving nutritious meals to children at school sets off a political firestorm.
In December 2010, President Obama signed the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act, and kids who eat school lunches will start to notice the changes this fall. But, oh, what we've gone through to get here.
The bill had bipartisan support, though it was not without its critics. Some House Republicans said it would be too burdensome for schools to serve healthier meals. Others said the federal government shouldn't be setting the standards (never ...


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How Silk is Produced
It is a common knowledge that silk comes from silkworms. But how is this done? Read the article below and learn how silk is produced.
Silkworms undergo various stages in their life cycle. First, the mature female moth lays her eggs on a leaf. After ten days, these eggs hatch and silkworm larvae come out. The mulberry leaves become their primary food. A couple of weeks thereafter, the larvae cover themselves with their own silk thread, producing a cocoon which takes about three to eight weeks. After 16 days of hibernation, the cocoon breaks and an adult moth flaps its wings out. The cycle then starts again.
Going back to the third stage of the silkworm's life cycle, in which the small-legged creature wraps itself with thread, the material for producing cloth is selected in this part. Consequently, the raw material is placed in boiling water. The thread is the unwound, resulting to a length of about 300 to 900 meters. Furthermore, silk is twisted and mixed with a dye for addition of color. Finally, the silk thread is woven together producing a cloth.
In a nutshell, the production of silk cloth is dependent on the third stage of life of its source, the silkworm.
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This is the end of Level Up Week on DailyMTG.com. Today I'll talk about two parts of the design and development process that the level up creatures went through.
Games that remain fun for repeated plays tend to give players meaningful decisions to make, and experienced Magic players love that Magic gives them lots of choices. Limited games that go long, though, often lead to both players running out of cards. When both players are playing off the top of their decks on a stalled board, that feeling of choice is greatly reduced. The important thing isn't which player plays better, it's who is luckier. Reducing a game that is often so skill-based to luck is a bit of a letdown.
That feeling of a lack of control was exacerbated in Rise of the Eldrazi Limited by the increased length of games. For Eldrazi to matter, games needed to go long, but players also needed something fun to do while they waited for the Eldrazi to happen. Inspired by Figure of Destiny, Brian Tinsman chose level up mechanic to give players a thing to do in the intervening turns.
Later on in development, the team had to choose whether level up would appear in the common rarity or not. My fellow developers and I could have gone either way on this. It's obvious that in the end we chose to use it at common, and one of the considerations that led us to this was that we wanted players to have enough things to do during long games. Putting level up only at uncommon would have given players fewer outlets for all the extra mana that they would have sitting around, and that sounded worse than having them easily accessible.
One of the initial reactions to levelers from players was frustration that the level up ability could be played only as a sorcery. Hearing that feedback was challenging for us. Magic will never be a simple game, but as developers we do our best to put the complexity where complexity is fun. In our experience, trying to make strategic decisions is fun, but board states that are so tricky to understand that it's hard to get the the strategic level are less fun. Designers and developers both found that creatures with level up that leveled at instant speed often created the latter situation. The exchange of mana for size was different on different level up creatures. A pile of open mana accompanying a creature with level up could be tricky to process; a pile of open mana accompanying multiple creatures with level up could be bewildering.
We sometimes make creatures that can be bigger than they say they are. A splash of this is fine, because Magic should challenge you in different ways from game to game. However, we didn't want to put players in the position of having to read, process, and act on complicated boards that could change at instant speed in game after game of Rise of the Eldrazi Limited. Rather than do that, we chose to have the level up ability work at sorcery speed.
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By Bob King, Council on Postsecondary Education president
Continuing two decades of leadership in education reform, the General Assembly enacted a bipartisan legislative initiative in 2009 known as Senate Bill 1. It brought a new focus on what students actually learn, and aligned that learning to what colleges and employers expect high school graduates to know in order to be successful.
As a result, the definition of a successful student is no longer limited to receiving a high school diploma. It is about ensuring that our students have the knowledge, skills and abilities to be ready for whatever comes next, whether that is a job that can provide a living wage or some form of postsecondary education.
The responsibility for this improvement rests in a remarkable collaboration of our districts, school leaders, teachers, colleges of education, faculty from our universities, state education agencies and Kentucky's General Assembly.
These collaborations have led to successful implementation of higher standards and progress on several SB1 goals. A short list of the work includes:
- Adoption of the new Common Core Standards designed to bring about the alignment of student learning in P-12 with what students actually need to know to be college and career ready.
- The translation of those standards into new curriculum requiring the establishment of higher expectations for students, new demands on classroom teachers related to course content, and diagnostic skills applied to students manifesting difficulty mastering new material.
- Policies that identify students who are not performing at expected levels and make available transitional courses or other intervention programs while they are still in high school.
- Free online placement exams for students completing transitional courses and standard college readiness scores that have been adopted by all public universities. Successful completion of these transitional courses guarantee placement into credit-bearing courses in college.
- Assessment academies that work with districts within their region to determine needs for professional development.
- A new statewide teacher evaluation system that will include growth in student achievement.
- Preparation programs for teachers, principals and superintendents are being revised and standards are being raised.
The model we have developed here in Kentucky has become the focus of significant attention from educators across the nation. As a consequence, we, along with four national organizations, will host a conference in Louisville on February 27-29 to discuss how the Commonwealth is improving college and career readiness for all Kentuckians. Educators and policy leaders around the country want to know how Kentucky has managed the difficult and complex process of adopting and using these new standards to transform our schools and postsecondary system.
In every classroom, preschool to adult education, educators are looking students in the eye with a renewed sense of purpose and enthusiasm. We must do this work, not to just be sure that our students are successful in school, but successful in life. The crux of this work is that all of Kentucky has joined together to make sure that our children succeed and that the future of the Commonwealth is bright.
Reprinted with permission from the Louisville Courier-Journal