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Diamond watches are the epitome of wealth and luxury. When a women wears one of these dazzlers, it's pretty obvious she is a little more than financially stable. She is most likely in the 1-2 percent of the population who can pay as much for a watch as many do for a home.
Millionaires and billionaires often have more money than they can spend, so jewelers know that "if they build it, the right customers will come". These three manufacturers do not disappoint as Chopard, Piaget and Omega are all top names in the business. They know how to please the rich and famous and continue to come out with designs we have never before seen.
Since wristwatches became popular (early 1900s), watchmakers concentrated on developing men's watches. That could be a result of males historically being the primary breadwinners. Even when women entered the workplace, their positions did not warrant high salaries or luxurious business wear. Then about twenty-five years ago, women's luxury watches started making an appearance on fashion runways, at diamond exhibits and luxury watch shows. Since then, the top designers have been coming out with some of the most spectacular designs with many of them covered in diamonds.
In today's market, there are so many women's luxury timepieces from which to choose, it was extremely difficult to narrow it down to our top three favorites. So we selected three of the most unique lady's timepieces we could find… that are covered in diamonds.
1. Chopard 201-carat: $25 Million
This unique-looking Chopard is made with an assortment of 201 carats of diamonds. This amazing piece of jewelry is a one-of-a-kind bracelet watch that utilizes diamonds of all colors in a highly artistic setting. If you look closely you will see each cluster – starting with the three heart-shaped diamonds that total 36 carats: the blue weighs 12 carats, the white is 11 carats and the pink weighs in at 15 carats. Of course, that's not all. The bracelet is encrusted with white pear-shaped diamonds that are arranged to look like flowers. Each one has a yellow diamond placed in the middle. The flower diamonds total 163 carats. Here's another creative twist: it has a spring-loaded mechanism that, when pressed, opens up the heart shaped diamonds cluster much like flowers do in the sun. Exquisite. Creative. Very chic. Of course, you might need a few bodyguards to ride along when wearing it.
2. Piaget Emperador Temple: $3.3 Million
Another one-of-a-kind diamond watch, this Piaget Emperador Temple was sold the minute it was introduced. For a mere $3.3 million, Piaget may consider making another similar dazzler. You don't have to look closely to see the 481 brilliant cut diamonds, 207 diamond baguettes and the emerald cut diamond, which tops the outer case. Now here's the part that makes this timepiece more amazing. When the top, smaller case is flipped up, a dainty little timepiece is revealed, as are more diamonds (middle photo). The grand finale, of course, is that when you flip up the second case, a tourbillon watch is displayed on the Polynesian mother-of-Pearl dial. Incredible. Every detail was designed with ultra feminine and luxurious lines and features… not to mention the pizzazz that 688 diamonds can give.
3. Omega Constellation: $150,000
This diamond-encrusted timepiece is spectacular looking and for being the least expensive of the three, it holds its own. Although there are no mechanical features and no flip-tops – this glamorous beauty was made with the utmost in quality. The elegance of the 18-carat white gold case sets off the beautiful mother-of-pearl dial. and white gold bracelet. Omega's Constellation line is gorgeous and this particular model is the quintessential timepiece of them all. Like most high-quality watches, the Constellation was made in Switzerland. It's hard to decide if it is the diamond-studded swirls, the diamonds on the bezel or the overall design that make this one of the most luxurious watches on the market today.
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Is it possible to convert a web app into native app for Android using PhoneGap and jQuery mobile? If so, please help me in doing this.
Yes. Every app developed using PhoneGap is automatically converted to a native one upon building. You can use Eclipse for your development purposes or use Phonegap's build service to get your app.
You can access the PhoneGap build service through https://build.phonegap.com/
[UPDATED] You can use jquery, sencha or possibly any such frameworks for building an app with phonegap.
Yes. That's the whole idea of PhoneGap.
Have you tried using this? http://phonegap.com/start#android
I use it myself and have very little trouble with it.
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Orexigen Therapeutics Inc. slid the most in four months in Nasdaq trading after the drugmaker said it will halt U.S. development of the diet pill Contrave because of uncertainty in the regulatory process.
The La Jolla, California-based company fell $1.06, or 33 percent, to $2.12 at 4 p.m. in Nasdaq Stock Market composite trading. The drop was the biggest decline since a 73 percent plunge on Feb. 1 after the Food and Drug Administration said a large study on heart risks would be required before Contrave could be approved.
"Is this drug absolutely dead in the water?" Charles Duncan, a senior biotechnology analyst at JMP Securities in New York, said in a telephone interview today. "No, but I do think it should be discounted by 90 percent."
Orexigen said in a statement today that it will appeal the FDA's decision, look at selling Contrave in international markets and pursue partnerships for new products with closely held companies. Orexigen and partner Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. of Osaka, Japan, had been in a race with Vivus Inc. and Arena Pharmaceuticals Inc. to introduce the first new obesity medicine in the U.S. in more than a decade.
Orexigen adjusted its strategy after the FDA denied the company's proposal to sell the medicine for people with lower cardiovascular risk until data from the larger study could be reviewed, a move the company called "unprecedented." Orexigen plans to engage the FDA's formal dispute resolution process within the next 30 days and expects a response from the agency 30 days later.
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"The agency has always been clear with companies developing weight-loss products that we will weigh the drug's potential benefits with the potential risks," Erica Jefferson, a spokeswoman for the FDA, said today in an e-mail.
Contrave increases blood pressure, a risk also seen with Abbott Laboratories' now-withdrawn diet pill Meridia, she said. The agency pulled Meridia from the market last year after it was tied to heart attacks and strokes in a large outcomes study.
Two Contrave tablets taken two times a day helped twice as many patients in studies lose at least 5 percent of their weight compared with a placebo after 56 weeks, meeting one of two FDA guidelines for how effective diet pills must be to get approval. The product is a combination of two approved drugs that target different parts of the brain influencing appetite and cravings.
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The FDA is planning to ask an advisory committee to review general requirements for cardiovascular safety and diet pills. The agency told Orexigen that the meeting won't be held until early next year, after which all products under development may be "measured by a different bar" for approval, Orexigen Chief Executive Officer Michael Narachi said.
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This grade-by-grade guide will help you to know what you should be doing every step of the way in high school to prepare for college.
9th Grade
- Start to consider your goals and what kind of education you'll need to reach them.
- Enroll in challenging courses. Get help when you need it.
- Develop good study habits. Ask your teachers or counselors for hints on how to do this.
- Take advantage of school programs such as tutoring, writing centers, and summer enrichment programs that can help you be your best.
- Get involved in school life. Participate in extracurricular activities.
- Think about the courses you will need to take during high school to prepare for college.
- Earn good grades. This should continue from 9th grade through 12th grade.
10th Grade
- Enroll in challenging courses, especially those courses colleges consider for admission. Plan ahead: make sure you will have completed algebra II and geometry by the end of the 11th grade.
- Stay involved in school life. Participate in extracurricular activities.
- Volunteer at community organizations and/or faith based institutions; this is a great way to discover your talents, interests, and skills.
- Start to refine your goals and what kind of education you'll need to reach them.
- Take advantage of school and community programs that will help you be the best you can be, such as tutoring and summer enrichment programs.
- Talk to adults in your school and community about their college experiences.
- Register to take the PSAT in October. The PSAT is a practice exam for the SAT.
11th Grade
- Enroll in an SAT prep course.
- Talk to your guidance counselor about colleges you might like to attend. He or she may have information available to help you develop a plan to get there.
- Research schools at the library and on the internet.
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- Take the PSAT in the fall for more practice.
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- Start to put together your resume. Organize the information that is likely to be requested on college applications.
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- Continue to do your best in your classes. Enroll in AP courses in your best subjects if they are available.
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- Learn about the FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid).
- Choose courses for your senior year that are challenging and that showcase your academic abilities.
- Look for summer internships that will provide you with the opportunity to explore your interests and gain experience.
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- Complete college applications in the fall. Be sure to request letters of recommendation and let your guidance counselor know when you are submitting them so he or she can submit your transcript.
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No education is complete without Outward Bound.
NCOBS partners with many different schools, colleges and groups to bring the wilderness and classroom together. We focus on the educational objectives and developmental needs of specific groups and can even design a unique program just for your group.
Partnering with North Carolina Outward Bound School guarantees you the expertise of the largest, oldest, most respected provider of outdoor education and experiential learning in the world. No one else offers wilderness education with the same commitment to character,craftsmanship, leadership development and safety.
Group Education Programs start at four days, but longer courses can be designed to meet your needs. A minimum number of participants is required. Call us (866) 231-6262 or send us an e-mail, firstname.lastname@example.com to learn more about developing an Outward Bound course for your group.
"This trip was an opportunity to discover and use skills as leaders and effective team members. Each day, students selected specific roles outlined by our instructors, so they could practice being the group motivator, trail navigator, cook, or water guru. And beyond these specified roles students took on others as the trip and group dynamic demanded: mood lifter, pack mule, expert bear bag rope thrower, comforting encourager. Students are specifically asked to consider what lessons they will take away from the trip to apply to their student life and add value to the school community." Outward Bound with Highland School, Written by Megan Catalfamo is the Director of Experiential and Service Learning at Highland School. Read the rest of the article.
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Program Areas & Activities
Our school uses the wilderness as our classroom and wilderness activities as vehicles for learning. Our classrooms include, the
beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains of Western North Carolina, the winding waterways of the Ten Thousand Islands in Florida, the historic beaches of the Outer
Banks in North Carolina, the urban Atlanta, Ga rope course center and the mystic mountains of Patagonia in South America. Depending on the area, activities include, backpacking, rock climbing, rope courses, whitewater canoeing, coastal canoeing, sea kayaking, mountaineering, map and compass use, service projects and leadership training. North Carolina Outward Bound School can also bring the classroom to you with our mobile initiatives.
- Video: Palmer Trinity School - Agents of Change - NC Mountains
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Learn more about our unique course areas
Outward Bound works with many different groups. Below we offer a partial list of our clients:
Schools, Groups and Colleges:
- Asheville School - NC
- Atlanta Public Schools - GA
- Camp Coleman, GA
- Cannon School - NC
- Cape Fear Academy - NC
- Chapel Hill Unity Schools: Carrboro High School, East Chapel Hill High School, Chapel Hill High School, NC
- Charlotte Latin School - Charlotte, NC
- Charlotte Unity Schools: Myers Park High School, Butler High School, Vance High School, Philip O. Berry Academy of Technology, NC
- Creative Learning Academy - FL
- Donegal High School Experiential Education (DEEP) - PA
- Episcopal Academy - PA
- Episcopal Day School - GA
- Evergreen Community Charter School, NC
- Exploris Middle School, NC
- Greensboro College Middle College, NC
- KIPP Charlotte, NC
- Mount Vernon Presbyterian School, GA
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- Palmer Trinity School - FL
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- Portor Gaud School - SC
- Ransom Everglades School - FL
- Savannah Country Day School - GA
- St. Mary's School - NC
- Warren Wilson College, NC
- William Jewell College, MI
- UNC Chapel Hill, NC
Program Styles and Course Areas
Backpacking and Leadership Development in the Blue Ridge Mountains, NC
Our core Outward Bound experience is seven days in the North Carolina mountains, the birthplace of North Carolina Outward Bound School and a remarkable setting for a Group Education Program. Groups of up to 12 students explore Outward Bound's principles while living and traveling together through the stunning Blue Ridge Mountains. They gain the skills to take on increasingly difficult challenges such as rock climbing, whitewater canoeing, camping under the stars, making their own meals and off-trail navigation. Time is spent in solo reflection and environmental service. Before departing, students determine how to transfer lessons learned to their lives back home and set personal goals.
Backpacking, rock climbing, rappelling, ropes course, whitewater canoeing, whitewater rafting, initiatives and workshops
- Learn how to fit all of your gear into a 6,000 cubic-inch backpack.
- Conduct an off-trail expedition into wilderness areas and national forests using a map and compass.
- Study the local wildlife such as deer, falcons and raccoons.
- Practice Leave No Trace minimum-impact outdoor techniques.
- Learn proper climbing techniques by bouldering. Practice belaying techniques and learn to tie knots with craftsmanship.
- Develop teamwork and communication skills.
- Perfect paddling strokes practice ferries, catching eddies and peeling out.
- Explore the fundamentals of risk management on the river.
- Learn how to use a throw rope. Gain an understanding of how to read the river and classify rapids.
Environmental Education and Stewardship in the Ten Thousand Islands, FL
Florida's Ten Thousand Islands Nature Preserve and Everglades National Park offer a magical place within which to experience a North Carolina Outward Bound School Group Education Program - a place of glorious sunsets, abundant wildlife, remote wilderness and wide-open stretches of space. Expeditions travel by two person canoes, six person canoes or sea-kayaks. Some groups also hike or backpack through cypress strands and sawgrass sloughs.
In groups of ten, students paddle expedition style through mangrove tunnels, wilderness waterways and national preserves. Students strengthen self-confidence and develop leadership capabilities as they become more proficient in paddling, navigating and living together. The group explores environmental issues while sharing this remarkable ecosystem with dolphins, sea turtles and manatees. Students spend time in solo reflection on an isolated beach before embarking on a challenging final expedition back to dry land.
Coastal canoeing, sea kayaking, backpacking, service work, initiatives and workshops
- Develop your paddling technique while expeditioning through rivers, bays and warm Gulf waters.
- Monitor and forecast the weather. Learn to predict tidal changes and utilize your knowledge of ebbing, flooding, raging and slack tides.
- Learn to survey your surroundings for important landmarks, shoot a bearing with your compass and work with your crewmates to use a chart and determine your location.
- Improve teamwork, coorperation, problem-solving, self-discipline and communication skills.
- Practice Leave No Trace minimum-impact outdoor techniques.
- Practice your "wet exit" in warm, Gulf waters. Learn rescue techniques such as T-rescue, paddle float and Eskimo roll.
- Discover more about the rich cultural history of the area as you learn about the Calusa, Seminole and Miccosukee Native American tribes and other settlers who bravely ventured into this "last American frontier."
November - May
International Travel and Service Learning in Patagonia, South America
Patagonia offers a truly spectacular environment within which to experience a North Carolina Outward Bound School Group Education Program. Expeditions take students through green temperate forests of Southern Chile/Argentina where native Patagonians live in and work or high into the Andes Mountains. Minimum number of days is 10 for a custom group course in Patagonia. Courses can include time doing service work with the local community.
In the varied terrain of the Cerro Tronador region, participants will hike alongside the blue-green waters of the Rio Blanco. Feed their eyes with endless stretches of sky, majestic snow-covered mountains, icy masses and shimmering lakes. Students may also meet local people and see ancient temperate rainforests as they explore routes through pristine river valleys. The group may also receive fresh supplies brought in on horseback by a "gaucho," a local horse rancher.
If service is part of the course, then the crew will work alongside locals during a service project such as building houses, digging potatoes and visiting local high schools. They will experience first hand the exchange that naturally happens when people from two cultures work alongside each other, even if they don't speak each other's language.
Mountaineering, backpacking, rock climbing, service work, initiatives and workshops
- Learn the basics of backcountry travel and food preparation.
- Practice snow climbing, step kicking, ice-axe use and self-arrest.
- Travel in a rope team. Practice team glacier travel and crevasse rescue. Learn about crampons. Set up snow anchors and exercise craftsmanship as you tie and apply knots.
- Improve teamwork, coorperation, problem-solving, self-discipline and communication skills.
- Practice Leave No Trace minimum-impact outdoor techniques.
- Survey your surroundings for important landmarks. Shoot a bearing with your compass. Circle up around a chart to determine your location.
- Discover more about the rich cultural history of the area.
December - May
Empowering communities of young people to initiate social change.
The Unity Project is a program that operates in Charlotte in partnership with Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools. A group of 12 students from each Unity school is selected to represent the diversity of their community. They then embark on a wilderness expedition designed to assert their common humanity, to develop their courage and compassion as leaders, to establish a democratic forum within which to discussion challenging issues, and to create a model community within their crew. Upon returning home, the group forms a Unity Club to organize and implement projects addressing issues that affect their community.
- Compassionate Leadership: Participants discover and develop their potential to care for themselves, others and the world around them.
- Community Building: Participants construct a model community for themselves.
- Diversity Awareness: Participants increase awareness of stereotyping and discrimination in their community and in their own actions and beliefs.
- Moral Courage: Participants develop the courage to challenge and change actions or beliefs in order to create a more just and inclusive community.
- Action for Social Change: Participants organize community projects that address issues of diversity and social justice.
Phase I: Recruitment and Preparation
Students are recruited to represent the diversity of their school or youth group and the wider community. Preparation occurs by community-building within the group, introducing students to diversity issues, briefing students for their wilderness course and getting physically fit.
Phase II: Wilderness Course
High school students undertake a seven-day wilderness course. During this time, students develop personal qualities they need to become community leaders and create a learning culture within which issues of diversity and social justice can be positively addressed. This community of 12 offers a model from which students can analyze their community back home and imagine a more inclusive and just future.
- Expedition Elements
- Expedition travel (backpacking)
- Camping
- High impact activity (rock climbing, rappelling, ropes course, whitewater canoeing or rafting, night paddling)
- Group initiatives and discussions
- Solo reflection and journaling
Phase III: Community Projects
Upon returning to their schools, Unity students organize and participate in community projects that apply their new skills and initiate meaningful social change.
A teacher, counselor or other school staff member acts as the school's Unity Advisor. The Advisor's role is to recruit students for the wilderness course and Unity Club, and support students through the design and execution of their projects. The Advisor is supported through all phases of the Unity Project by the NCOBS Unity Curriculum and the Charlotte Program Coordinator. We strongly recommend that every coordinator takes an NCOBS Educator's Course.
Outcomes study of North Carolina Outward Bound School programs
The impact of an Outward Bound Course is significant and measurable. In the summer of 2011, a local college studied NCOBS' educational outcome measurement system.
Overall, their findings indicated that longer courses yield better results and that participants grew in their understanding of:
- who they are and their place in the world
- their ability to persevere and overcome challenge
- the understanding of the importance of strong work ethic
Their experiences highlighted their ability to set, achieve and in some cases, surpass their goals.
Letter from Principal at a School with NCOBS Programs
To Whom it May Concern:
On behalf of the faculty and students at The New Schools at Carver, I would like to express great appreciation for the positive impact that the Outward Bound Atlanta (OBA) has made on our school.
Seven years ago, I became principal of the School of Health Sciences and Research at The New Schools at Carver, and I was faced with very dismal statistics. Graduation rates were less than 30 percent absenteeism was very high, disciplinary referrals to the office were out of control and the over culture and climate at the school was a projection of failure. I was faced with the challenge and potential of guiding the school to turnaround status.
In four short year, we met the challenge and exceeded many expectations. Absenteeism was at an all-time low and disciplinary referrals were greatly reduced. But the most important change is that after four short years, the graduation rate now exceeds 85 percent. All of our success can be attributed to the changing culture and climate of the school. Students now believe and know that they can succeed. They are no longer afraid of challenges and have learned to appreciate the process and support one another. Certainly, much of the credit is given to the full-time faculty and staff at The New Schools of Carver, but the success would not have occurred so quickly without the support to community partners like Outward Bound Atlanta.
OBA's experiential and service-learning initiatives have impacted our entire student body. School life without OBS's programs – like the in-school Lead Club and participation in the high ropes challenge course – would be unthinkable. We have sent 10 staff members to the Everglades kayaking experience for five days to enhance their leadership skills. 2-3 staff members every year take part in the North Carolina Outward Bound School Wilderness Experience and it is a requirement of every adult to participate in the high ropes course at eh the start of every school year.
The organization is invaluable toe the total school experience. Thank you for your past support of the programs at The New Schools at Carver.
Darian C. Jones, Ph.D
Principal at The New Schools at Carver
From the Field
"Thank you again for all your work during Crew 10's OB trip. As a faculty member, I have to say I was impressed at how easy it was to let go and let you run the show. I always felt the students were safe, every situation was under control, and that each of you had my students' best interest at heart. Despite the weather, the student had a blast and I have had nothing but positive feedback from students and parents. You both helped us accomplish our mission of community building and the promotion of self-reliance. " —Jackson Collins, The Episcopal Academy; Newtown Square, PA
"[What I learned about myself while on course is that] I'm very quick to say "I'm not doing that" or "that's crazy" without seeing for myself or giving it a chance. Because of this I believe I have missed out on many things! I think one of my goals is to to pay attention to this in the future." —Monique Hardin, UNC Chapel Hill Student Government
"[My course will impact me back at school by making me] more conscious of different elements when I make decisions. First, I will be much more intentional about getting feedback from others. I've learned that silence doesn't always mean consent and that I need to be fully justified in my decisions to others in the group."" —Ryan Collins, UNC Chapel Hill Student Government
"[I will tell people back at home that my course] was one of the best experiences of my life. " —Will Leimenstoll, UNC Chapel Hill Student Government
"[When I get home] I can use my new found self reliance, confidence and motivation to show others the importance of trying new things and experiencing situations outside of normal life. Before this trip I was a chronic complainer, but right now I feel like there's nothing I can't do." —Dillon Robertson, NC Teaching Fellows
"I have learned the Four Pillars, and how I can incorporate them into my life and teaching career. I've learned to try things I never though I could do." —Tom Melvin, NC Teaching Fellows
"I have learned the importance of experiential education and how valuable teamwork is. I want to be able to present my students with a challenge and empower them to overcome that challenge [like Iearned on my course]." —Katlin Frey, NC Teaching Fellows
"[My group participated in Outward Bound] to gain leadership, to reaffirm our faith in ourselves and to remind us we will be amazing teachers." —Jordan Davis, NC Teaching Fellows
"[My instructors] made course truly wonderful. I am trhilled to have been taught by my instructors." —Andrew McLeod, NC Teaching Fellows
"[I see the experience and learnings of Outward Bound translating to my school through] the students tackling challenges with teamwork, tenacity and compassion." —Greg Squire, Teacher from The Pine School
"[I want my students to remember] teamwork, respect, compassion and self-reliance upon returning to school." —Sonya Houseman, Teacher at The Pine School
"I have learned patience is a virtue, challenges are expected and nothing is easy." —Jacob Rozansky, 14, The Pine School
"Learning trust in other people can always help you in the long run." —Erin Tufano, 14, The Pine School
"[I learned that] everyday you will be faced with a challenge and you may need to work together as a group [to overcome it]. " —Tyler Roberts, 15, The Pine School
"My school participated in Outward Bound] to allow us to step outside of comfort zones or a little while and to let us find the strength within us." —Manuela Iragorri, 14, Ransom Everglades School
"I have learned to respect and love the people around me, because they are the ones who will help me the most. Believing in each other [on course] is what got us through it, and that can transferred to school and home, too." —Chris Andrunsky, 14, Ransom Everglades School
"I learned to try new things, perserverence and teamwork. " —Samantha Sclar, 15, Ransom Everglades School
"I have learned more awareness for the slowly disappearing Everglades. I want to start a "Save the Everglades" club at my school!" —Jose Ramon Lorido, 14, Ransom Everglades School
"[I learned to] always perservere and be ready for whatever comes up." —Sam Hunter, 18, Berkeley Prep School
"The course designed to fit our students and their abilities. Each of them had a chance to learn, had duties everyday and were challenged physically and mentally. It worked really well." —Melissa Hessler, Teacher at Creative Learning Academy
"I know I want to be a leader that influences my peers in a positive way and help them make good decisions. " —Sam Boatright, 14, Creative Learning Academy
"I have learned to apply what I've learned by truly going 'Outward Bound.' I can start putting in my full 100% effort in my schoolwork and show compassion by helping my community." —Grace McLaughlin, 14, Creative Learning Academy
"I can apply [what I've learned at Outward Bound] to school and my community by working with others better and having a good attitude." —Joelle, 13, Savannah Country Day School
"This course helped me see more of the world and appreciate its worth. I grew closer to my classmates and grew mentally and physically stronger. This was a great experience that made me grateful for what I have at home." —Olivier Buelvar, 14, Savannah Country Day School
"My level of self-confidence increased because I was able to complete something that took lots of strength and patience." —Skylar Lanier, 13, Savannah Country Day School
"I learned on my course that I need to make sure my actions have compassion and quality behind them." —Ian Rossiter, age 21, Furman University
"I have learned to be more patient, live life one moment at a time, believe in myself and my goals." —Allison Francisco, age 21, Furman University
"The course definitely will impact my future because it opened up doors for backpacking for me and a possible future career involving parks and recreation. " —Adrina, age 17, Camp Coleman
"It was a difficult, yet valuable learning experience that changed my prospective on life. " —Scott, age 16, Camp Coleman
"My leadership skills definitely improved so working in groups at school or in a career will be a lot easier now with the knowledge I take away from this course." —Samantha, age 17, Camp Coleman
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Stussy & Heel Bruise Present "Under The Radar" @ Atlas SkateJuxtapoz // Friday, January 25, 2013
On Saturday, January 26 at Atlas Skate Shop in San Mateo, Stussy and Heel Bruise will present the photography exhibit, Under The Radar. The photo exhibit features photography from our very own Joe Brook, and Patrick Beaudouin, Tony Manfre, Isaac McKay-Randozzi, Remio, Travis Jensen, Keith Hufnagel and Robbie Jeffers. The Under the Radar exhibit was created in 2011 as a way to showcase photographic talents from the worlds of skateboarding and street culture.
Stussy x Real Deal CollectionJuxtapoz // Friday, September 28, 2012
For Fall 2012, Stussy enlisted Real Deal Comix co-creator Lawrence Hubbard to take his iconic characters and bring them to life for an artist series of t-shirts. As underground as underground gets, Real Deal is a comic book unlike any you've ever seen.
John K. for StussyIllustration // Monday, June 18, 2012
For their Summer 2012 collection, Stussy collaborated with John K. for a series of t-shirts. In celebration of the release, he created an animated commercial reminiscent of the retro-style in-show commercials that were a vital part of Ren & Stimpy back in 1991. Featuring voice talent from John K. and Eddie Cruz as The Stussy Rat.
Opening Photos: PEZ and Massan @ Beams-T in JapanJuxtapoz // Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Legendary San Francisco-based sticker and graffiti artist PEZ (featured in our December 2010 issue) and photographer Massan Fluker's joint exhibition Snakes In The Grass opened this past weekend at Beams-T in Tokyo, Japan. The show consists of new artwork and zines by both PEZ and Massan as well as joint collaborations between the artists. Photos and more after the jump….
Beat Down In LondonGraffiti // Wednesday, June 08, 2011
I have been wearing Stussy since I was a kid and still do to this day. The brand has survived for 30 years and remains strong in heavily diluted street wear world. Stussy Uk Tribe got together, painted a giant wall and rocked the largest Stussy brand logo to date.
Stussy & Co. x Herschel Supply Co. BackpackJuxtapoz // Thursday, April 21, 2011
Occasionally, we like to look at a few products here on Juxtapoz.com. and with a few Juxtapoz staffers picking up some bags from Vancouver-based Herschel Supply Co., we want to endorse the Herschel Supply Co. x Stussy backpack as a nice way to carry your laptop. Because we all have laptops. More looks after the jump . . .


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So I don't often go to events with lots of cars, unfortunately, but I did last weekend! I took a few pictures and thought you might enjoy them. Disclaimers as usual: I don't hardly ever shoot cars, so I'm not too good at it. I only have the one 50mm 1.8 lens, so you don't get any fun wide-angle crazy shots. I never… »


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Kellan on his upcoming role as the title character in "Tarzan":
"When I got into acting, I just fell in love with everything about it. For me, I just stepped back and asked myself what would be a dream role. Growing up in the Midwest, I just loved the monkey man -- just like my character in 'Twilight,' Emmett, is the monkey man. So to make that transition to play the monkey man was quite fun for me. … [I learned] how to walk like Tarzan, which is pretty much a ballerina-esque walk. And I played football, so to break my thud-thud-thud Emmett walk took a couple weeks."
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I came home from therapy today around 4:30 then went to bed 5:30. I woke at 11:30. The travel time to and from therapy is a killer, but so is the session itself. Dr. D is going on vacation which is a vacation for my body. It takes a lot of effort to leave the house, it takes a lot of will power to sit for an hour. Sitting is the worst for me. It hurts so bad! I sit all the way to therapy, sit during therapy then sit all the way back home. It's close to 3 hours of sitting. My Lord, someone shoot me. So I came home, vaped and went to sleep. Because I went to sleep for so long I missed two doses of medication. I decided to take a dose upon waking and stay up at least another 4 hours so I can take one more dose. Out of four doses I"ll have only missed one today.
Several days in a row my home has been rearranged. The underclothes drawer is where the sock drawer should be. The tea pot is bone dry. Where have I been? How much time have I missed? Last week I missed 4 doses of medication out of twenty eight. The week before that I missed 9 doses. Not once were morning meds missed. Nurse Ratchet was smart in putting the most critical meds in the morning slot. Those get taken without fail.
Sometimes meds don't get taken because I don't know what day it is. One would think I would just look at the computer and see the date and time but for some reason it never occurs to me to do it. I swear I'm getting one of those things Fife has. He's got a digital clock that shows day, time and temp. This will be something I purchase, hopefully this week end.
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The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a sovereign state in northern Europe which includes England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. It is governed under a constitutional monarchy and a democratic parliamentary system made up of two houses; an elected House of Commons and an appointed House of Lords. It has a population of more than 62 million and has the world's seventh-largest economy by nominal GDP. It is predominantly a Christian country, although successive waves of migration have contributed to the growth of other faiths. It is a member of the European Union as well as the Commonwealth of Nations, the Council of Europe, G7, G8, G20, NATO, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the World Trade Organization.
British casino refuses to pay poker star Phil Ivey his baccarat winnings
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One of the world's top professional poker players has been denied £7.3 million (HK$91.32 million) in gambling winnings from Britain's oldest gaming club, reports said, as it investigates possible misconduct.
Californian Phil Ivey was playing a skill-free version of baccarat called Punto Banco at Crockfords at Mayfair over two nights in August when he struck a winning streak after being down £500,000, the Daily Mail reported.
The 35-year-old winner of eight World Series of Poker bracelets was playing in a small private room at the 184-year-old club in the company of a "beautiful Oriental woman".
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Ivey had initially bet £50,000 a hand, but was allowed to up the stakes to £150,000 after the casino management approved, reports said.
The casino, which has not publicly made any accusations, initially agreed to transfer his winnings, but has so far only paid back his £1 million stake.
Crockfords, favoured among high rollers, is owned by the Malaysian gaming corporation Genting.
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In an insightful white paper from ComScore, it turns out Vietnam is the most active internet population in Southeast Asia. Check out these numbers:
In the space of just one year, Vietnam has added an extra two million monthly users. That brings the total monthly users to 16.1 million. That's about half of the total 36 million internet users in Vietnam. For comparison, Facebook in Vietnam had over twelve million users in March this year, but by June, two months later, this skyrocketed to 15 million.
According to ComScore's report, more than 74 percent of the 16.1 million active web population in Vietnam is under 35. The average amount of time spent online per day was 89.7 minutes and the average amount of pages viewed was 132.1. Social networking made for 21.6 percent of online activity (no doubt deeply connected to the Facebook stats above) and entertainment was a close second at 19.3 percent of time spent online.
The top seven entertainment sites in Vietnam, in descending order, are: Youtube, Zing MP3, Kenh14, NhacCuaTui.com, Ngoisao.net, Clip.vn, and Vietgiaitri.com. Youtube and Clip.vn are, of course, online video sites, while Zing MP3 and NhatCuaTui.com are both music platforms. In other words, Vietnamese people love video and music. Thus it's no surprise that online video viewing grew more than 14 percent from 13 million viewers to almost 15 million.
Given the above stats, Vietnam is definitively the most aggressive online population in Southeast Asia right now – though one that's often overlooked. Ignore it at your own peril.
In terms of population, Indonesia is much larger than Vietnam at 240 million people. comScore data counts only PC users so Vietnam might just be top for the PC segment. But if mobile is accounted for, Indonesia is likely going to be top.
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The "Butcher Cover" refers to the original cover art for the album "Yesterday And Today" by the legendary pop band The Beatles. The album was the tenth Beatles album released in the U.S., and was not released in Britain, since it was a collection of tracks from the British versions of the albums "Help" and "Rubber Soul" which hadn't appeared on the American versions, as well as the songs "Day Tripper" and "We Can Work it out" which had come out on a single, and some tracks from the yet to be released album "Revolver".
The cover, featuring the smiling Beatles in white butcher shirts festooned with slabs of raw meat and two decapitated baby dolls, was meant to be satirical but was quickly recalled after numerous complaints were received by Capitol Records. The original 750,000 albums with the Butcher covers had a new cover pasted on, featuring the Beatles leaning on a steamer trunk, and albums with this pasted cover steamed off have become collector's items, sold on eBay and elsewhere.
A myth developed over the years that the Beatles used the bizarre cover to protest the way Capital Records had been "butchering" their albums. Although this is not true, it is easy to see why people got that idea. Capitol Records had been releasing a lot more Beatles records in the U.S. than had been released in Britain, chiefly by including fewer songs on each album and adding songs from singles. The Beatles were losing track of which songs were on which albums, as can be heard in a 1965 concert in America in which John Lennon introduces the song "Dizzy Miss Lizzy" and says he thinks it's on the album "'5′, or '65' or '98' or something". This latest album had been the worst offender because it even included songs from an unfinished album.
So, Was Yesterday And Today (The Beatles Butcher Cover) A Good Album?
At this point in their career, putting together songs from different albums was particularly objectionable, since starting with "Rubber Soul" the Beatles were staring to think of their albums as works of art on their own, rather than just collections of songs. Stylistically the British versions of "Rubber "Soul" and "Revolver" are quite distinct from each other, and on their next album "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" they started to have some songs mesh together with no space in between.
The result of this throwing together of songs from three different albums is an album that, while containing many fine songs, is not as good as any of the other three because the styles are too varied and the songs don't flow together well, and it's too short to boot. For example, the Paul McCartney ballad "Yesterday", which originally came out on the British version of "Help", is one of the most beautiful pop songs ever written. However, what is it doing following "Doctor Robert", a much more cynical song from the much more sophisticated album "Revolver"?
Although the Beatles Butcher Cover was not a protest against Capitol records, it should have been! Luckily, after "Revolver" the American albums were identical to the British ones.


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Base types, Collections, Diagnostics, IO, RegEx…
Thanks a lot for your great feedback!
Two months ago, we shipped a NuGet package with support for immutable collections. We've also talked about it on Channel 9. Since then we received feedback through various channels and we're happy to announce we shipped an update on NuGet that addresses your feedback.
First of all: how are we tracking your feedback? We track social media, such as Twitter, Reddit and our official Facebook page. We also track StackOverflow, Connect, the comments on this blog, and last but not least emails send through the NuGet's Contact Owners mechanism. Yes, we really want your feedback!
The most direct way to contact us is via NuGet or comments on this blog.
Some customers reported issues with installing the NuGet package. In all cases, the root cause was an outdated version of the NuGet package manager. Immutable collections use portable class libraries and they are only supported by NuGet 2.1 or higher.
In order to update the immutable collections package, please install the latest version of NuGet. You can check whether you have the latest version by going to Tools | Extensions and Updates. When the Extensions and Updates dialog opens, select Updates | Visual Studio Gallery and look for an entry titled NuGet Package Manager.
Unfortunately, there is currently no way for a package to specify a minimum required version of NuGet. To address this in the future, we have worked with the NuGet team and NuGet 2.3 will add this ability. For now, you will need to know to install an updated version of NuGet.
We explicitly decided not to provide constructors for immutable collections. The reason for this is that immutable collections typically start with an empty instance. Since all empty instances would be the same, this would result in a lot of wasted objects. Instead, we decided to use a singleton as the empty instance.
Unfortunately this decision resulted in quite verbose code:
var list = ImmutableList<int>.Empty.Add(1, 2, 3);
Furthermore, this approach doesn't support type inference as the generic arguments must be specified. Besides having to type more this also means that anonymous types aren't supported (remember: only Jon Skeet knows their names).
We've fixed this by using a solution similar to what we use for Tuple. We've created non-generic types that serve as a factory for creating immutable collections. Also, we've removed the Empty property and replaced it by a factory method (it still returns a singleton but this makes the design more consistent).
This allows you to write code like this:
var anEmptyList = ImmutableList.Create<int>();
var oneTwoThree = ImmutableList.Create<int>(1, 2, 3);
which can be shortened as it allows for type inference:
var oneTwoThree = ImmutableList.Create(1, 2, 3);
which in turn enables anonymous types:
var andrew = new { FirstName = "Andrew", LastName = "Arnott" };
var matt = new { FirstName = "Matt", LastName = "Cohn" };
var immo = new { FirstName = "Immo", LastName = "Landwerth" };
var list = ImmutableList.Create(andrew, matt, immo);
As you are probably aware, the existing mutable collection interfaces in the BCL support the notion of read-only-ness. In our original design we made the decision that immutable collections shouldn't implement the standard mutable interfaces. The idea was that you had to explicitly call a method on them to convert them to the standard collection interfaces, such as ImmutableList<T>.ToReadOnlyCollection().
However, we received the feedback that people had a hard time figuring out how to pass an immutable list to en existing method that took, for example, IList<T>.
Also, we came to the conclusion that this design was inconsistent with our existing collection types. For example, List<T> implements IReadOnlyList<T> which means you can view a mutable list as if it were a collection that doesn't support modifications. In the same way it makes sense to view an immutable list as list that doesn't support modifications and thus implements IList<T> but returns true for IsReadOnly.
In the end, we decided to remove the method to explicitly convert the collections to read-only collections and simply implemented the existing collection interfaces in a read-only fashion.
The following table summarizes the relationship between the immutable collections and the existing interfaces:
Today, all collections in the BCL have reference equality semantics and don't overload the equals operator (== in C#, = in Visual Basic).
In the preview release we chose to override the Object.Equals method to provide value equality, but did not overload the equals operator in line with the other collections. After reviewing this design more carefully we concluded that we don't want to override the Equals method.
Value equality on collections can be fairly expensive to compute and comparing for equality on nested collections, such as ImmutableDictionary<string, ImmutableList<string>> is more difficult to define. Finally, providing this functionality leads to more issues when different comparers are involved, as customers have pointed out.
In many cases, we believe that reference equality is sufficient. In other cases, the app should provide its own equality policy. As a result, we have removed the overrides of the Equals methods.
Several people pointed out that the design of our immutable collections is known as persistent data structures. Thus, it was suggested to rename our data types accordingly, for example, PersistentList<T>. We've given it a lot of thought and decided to keep the name "immutable".
We want to keep the concept count low. The BCL already provides mutable collections, read-only collections, and now immutable collections. Traditionally, we don't introduce new concepts unless deemed necessary.
From a high-level perspective, the important characteristic you get from immutable collections is that they guarantee that their contents will never ever change. The fact that these collections also enable you to efficiently create new versions of an existing instance without naively copying all their contents is of secondary importance. We feel the "Immutable" name focuses on the most important aspect.
In addition, we'll consider adding an ImmutableArray<T>. This would be a struct that simply wraps an underlying array without ever exposing it. Naming wise, it makes sense to name it ImmutableArray<T>. It wouldn't have persistent character though, as we wouldn't offer any methods to create new versions with different values. If you wanted this behavior, you should use ImmutableList<T> instead. The goal of ImmutableArray<T> is simply to provide a low overhead wrapper around an array to enforce it can never change.
To me this indicates that "immutable" is a more useful term for the BCL as it is precise and yet general purpose enough to not require adding more terminology down the road when the design evolves.
We've also improved several smaller things, for example, we've added a ImmutableList<T>.RemoveRange(IEnumerable<T>) method. The existing remove range that took an index and a count was not super useful in mainstream scenarios.
Yes! The NuGet package is marked as a "pre-release". Pre-release packages are non-stable previews of a product. That is, we don't guarantee the final shape of the API and/or functionality and want to be able to change them based on customer feedback. In the end, the sole purpose of pre-release packages is gathering feedback.
That is a very different experience from a beta of the .NET Framework. Typically, a beta is the first public release of the framework but it is already very close to RTM. In fact, for .NET 4.5 we shipped the beta with a go-live license that supports use in production. On one hand, this is great for early adopters, but on the other hand it means we couldn't react to major design change requests because the design was already set.
Pre-releases on NuGet allow us to give you the bits really early and react to your feedback in a meaningful way. For example, if changing the API shape is the right thing, we'll do it.
However, once we mark packages as stable (AKA "RTM") we hold the same bar for breaking changes as in-box .NET Framework components.
Please try out the new drop of immutable collections. If you're already using them, you can simply upgrade your existing packages via the NuGet package manager. Otherwise, just search for Microsoft.Bcl.Immutable and make sure you include pre-releases.
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Re: Equality Semantics: Isn't the answer here to support (the F#-encouraged) IStructuralEquatable and IStructuralComparable?
Do the collections implement IStructuralEquatable? It sounds like it would be a reasonable compromise for those who want to do value equality, and it just generally make sense for collections to implement this interface, because their semantics are that of containers holding values.
I wish it was retrofitted onto existing collections classes, as well, but that may be a more far fetched proposition.
@Maxwell J. Battcher: We considered this but we weren't happy with the design. For example, comparing two lists of value types would result in boxing all elements.
@int19h: Agree, that's why we entertained the idea. In general, we haven't seen a strong demand for value-based equality semantics on collections. Also, structural equality is a concept that is hard to generalize. For example, we've talked to the C#/VB languages team since they have a similar problem in Project Roslyn when comparing syntax trees. They needed a bunch of different options to express the kind of equality they need. Examples are: ignoring whitespaces or ignoring casing of identifiers. You can express all of this in a comparer but sometimes it's just easier to write a custom traverser that computes the answer for a specific problem domain.
We can always add this capability once we have a design we're happy with. But we don't want to ship a design we aren't comfortable with because it's hard to morph once we mark the package as stable. That's why we concluded not to add it now.
Directly implementing IList<T> seems like a mistake. In my experience, code that uses IList<T> seldom checks IsReadOnly (because historically, it's hardly ever mattered). The best way to know that a piece of code is safe to use with immutable lists is to change it to use IReadOnlyList<T>. Having the immutable collections implement IList<T> makes that much harder; it would require diligence to make sure I always typed my list as IReadOnlyList<T> as soon as I created it, and never used the "var" keyword for a fresly-created list. In other words, I'd have to practice constant vigilance to get even the slightest bit of value out of the feature, which doesn't seem like a great trade-off.
It seems to me that "I want to review any code that tries to use this as an IList<T> without saying it really means it" would be a much more common use case, especially when initially transitioning existing code to use immutable collections, than "I want to pass this immutable list to code that expects a read-write list and I promise I've checked to make sure it won't ever blow up". Honestly, I can't imagine when the latter would even come up, unless you're dealing with a third-party library that isn't IReadOnlyList-savvy yet (or that needs to maintain compatibility with older Framework versions), and those would often use IEnumerable anyway.
That said, the old method, "ToReadOnlyCollection", seems like a really poor name. Nothing about that name suggests that it actually returns an IList<T>; it sounds like it just returns another IReadOnlyCollection<T>, which is pointless since that's what I already have and I already know it isn't what I need. "ToIList" or "AsIList" (probably the latter, since you're creating an adapter like with AsEnumerable, not a new copy like with ToList) seems like it would be much more discoverable; and if it was discoverable, you wouldn't have to implement the poorly-matched IList<T> on the immutable collections in the first place.
@Joe White: Thanks for the well written feedback.
We certainly didn't make this change lightly. In fac the original design did exactly what you proposed. The reason we named the method ToReadOnlyCollection() was because it actually gave you an instance of the class ReadOnlyCollection<T> which implements IReadOnlyList<T> as well as IList<T> (in a read only fashion of course).
For better or worse, the existing design of the BCL decided to encode read-only-ness via a capability based design. It's consistent how, for example, streams are exposed as well.
As of today, the IReadOnly-interfaces aren't widely used, given that they were introduced in .NET 4.5. So the majority of the code will be written using the existing mutable interfaces.
We want to ensure that (1) we can operate well with those and (2) the way you interoperate is discoverable. In addition to the method approached we shipped before we also considered an explicit casting operator but outside of primitives explicit casting operators aren't really discoverable.
That being said, we still want to hear what others think about this design aspect.
I agree strongly with Joe White
Thanks! Extension methods such as To<Smth> and GetValueOrDefault is very good (waiting for this in a regular collections and dictionaries). Please, provide also in BCL (and add to an immutable) interface IReadOnlySet<>.
Thanks for the Grate Work.
I updated to 1.0.8-beta at once.
And I found an error "CS0121" on this simple code:
var dict = ImmutableDictionary.Create<string, string>();
var val = dict.GetValueOrDefault("foo");
Because `dict` can be casted implicit to both IDictionary and IReadOnlyDictionary.
I think that this behavior is not user-friendly.
One of solutions is to add this method:
public static TValue GetValueOrDefault<TKey, TValue>(this IImmutableDictionary<TKey, TValue> dictionary, TKey key);
I would say than letting the mutable IList implement an immutable IReadOnlyList is a completely different matter, than letting a immutable list implement the mutable IList. It is contradictory, albeit inline with the failed BCL standard interfaces which should have been split into read (immutable) and write (mutable) interfaces from the start. As any good programming knows splitting command and queries is a good thing.
So I would prefer immutable collection to not pose as mutable and only implement IReadOnlyList, IReadOnlyCollection, IEnumerable etc. If people complain they can't use an immutable list as an IList then they have a failed contract in my opinion and the receiver should say I would like an IReadOnlyList instead.
Also have you actually reviewed how much code actually depends on the IsReadOnly property out there. Very little I would assume.
I understand this package is pre-release and subject to change, but it would be great if you could offer a license that allows us ship it.
ImmutableArray would be very useful in cases where you have lots of them (and need to keep them around for a long time (like in a cache)) and want to save memory. It doesn't get more efficient than a struct-wrapped array.
Please release a version for .NET 4.0. We are stuck to it because we still need to support windows xp. We really need those collections.
So is there a plan to support .NET 4.0?
I have just one piece of easy feedback so far: in the blog posts for this, I can never find a link to the NuGet package page ( nuget.org/.../Microsoft.Bcl.Immutable ), and always spend a few minutes trying to re-find it. If you'd toss a link to it at the top of the blog post, that'd be fantastic :) I don't use NuGet much (yet!) so I never remember where everything is.
@Viacheslav Ivanov: Thanks for the suggestion. Unfortunately, we will not be able to address this in this release.
@ToruNagashima: You're spot on! Thanks for reporting this. I've filed a bug and we will address it in the next drop of immutable collections. As a workaround, you can type the local as IImmutableDictionary:
IImmutableDictionary<string,string> dict = ImmutableDictionary.Create<string, string>();
var val = dict.GetValueOrDefault("foo");
@Harry: We hear you. For what it's worth, the existing mutable interfaces are what they are. I've checked the API usage data we have from our compat lab and it turns out that of all the apps using IList only half of them call methods that mutate the list. That's probably not representative for the entire .NET ecosystem but it's the best data point we have so far. To me this, this indicates that that implementing the mutable interfaces in a read-only fashion enables an interesting set of scenarios. However, we do realize that we sacrifice expressiveness by doing so.
@Jamie da Silva: Thanks for the feedback. We don't have plans on changing the license but I'll double check to see whether we can lift that restriction. However, please note that we will continue to do breaking changes if we believe that's necessary. After all, this is a pre-release.
@xor88: Glad you like the idea!
@Heiko: I'm sorry to hear you are stuck on .NET 4.0 due to XP. There are no plans on releasing a version that is compatible with .NET 4.0. We've explicitly chosen to target the new, System.Runtime based factoring and are thus not compatible with .NET 4.0 anymore. Also, we use the new read-only interfaces we introduced in .NET 4.5. We don't want to maintain two versions.
@Rick Brewster: It's actually the 3rd link in the second paragraph :-)
Does it make sense to suggest to make them [Serializable]? I'd like to 'snapshot' a whole bunch of this with a BinaryFormatter, but they're not marked with the SerializableAttribute, and I'm also not sure if it's a good idea to serialize the internal structure.


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After voting on the measure three times, the Albany County Legislature passed a law at its meeting on Monday, Sept. 14, that would have the county acquire a bond issue for the final $11 million needed to complete the courthouse facilities project that began several years ago.
The entire project includes the renovation and restoration of the Albany County Courthouse and the Judicial Center, according to Mary Duryea, spokeswoman for Albany County Executive Mike Breslin.
The county started the restorations to the Judicial Center in July of 2003, according to Duryea. It was completed in December 2005, with a total cost of $24 million.
At this point, the Judicial Center has been completed, Duryea said, with the courthouse being the final stage of construction.
The courthouse renovations began in April of 2005, and only the first phase of the project was completed by April 2009 (the project was expected to take several years to complete). The project is expected to be finished in March of 2011, at a total cost of $42 million.
Additional costs, such as architects, engineers, legal fees and project management will come in at about $15 million, bringing the total cost to about $81 million. The project was originally expected to cost about $70 million.
When the vote was initially taken during the legislature's meeting, some lawmaker felt the $11 million was excessive. That number includes roughly $500,000 in attorneys' fees for a lawsuit that resulted in the termination of a general contractor who was working on the project, as well as the money needed to complete the project.
According to Phil Steck, D, I-Colonie, some legislators were confused about the amount of money being set aside for attorney fees and said that because they thought the amount was higher than it actually was, leading to a second vote.
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Northwood Fire Chief Rick Hanson, right, and EMS Director Mitch Hanson rely entirely on donations to support the department. The department is equipped with fire trucks and some medical equipment, but no ambulance. / Christopher Gannon/The Register
As in most Iowa communities, the emergency medical service calls in Northwood far outnumber the fire calls.
In fact, the Northwood Volunteer Fire and Rescue Company handles almost eight times as many calls for EMS as for fire service. And yet the fire department is equipped with a half-dozen firetrucks of various sizes, but no ambulance.
The department does have a 12-year-old rescue-response truck that includes medical equipment for basic life support, but if a Northwood resident needs an ambulance, it will probably come from Mason City, 16 to 20 minutes away.
That�s not an unusual situation for rural Iowa, where many communities rely on volunteers with basic-level training to serve as first responders.
In the vast majority of cases, the volunteers aren�t skilled paramedics, so they can�t provide advanced life support service if that�s needed. And without an ambulance, they can�t transport patients to a hospital.
Still, the first responders such as those in Northwood are a vital link in the chain of emergency medical care. They can stabilize a patient, assess the situation and communicate critical information to others who are en route to the scene.
Northwood Fire Chief Rick Hanson said that over the years, people have asked about whether the department � which serves Northwood, a city of 2,000 people, and a large portion of Worth County � should have its own ambulance service. Hanson said the department�s two dozen volunteers handle an average of 400 EMS calls per year and the city is not at the point where it can justify a fully staffed ambulance service.
�It�s not a problem of equipment,� he said. �Really, the situation is that I am pulling guys from work � their regular jobs � to respond to calls. A normal rescue call takes about an hour. If we start transporting patients, you�re looking at two or three hours for that one call.
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�Our biggest challenge anymore is the cost of training,� he said. �I�ve got eight guys right now who are going through an EMT class. It runs us roughly $12,000.
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Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are tubular nanostructures that exhibit magnetic properties due to the metal catalyst impurities entrapped at their extremities during fabrication. When mammalian cells are cultured in a CNT-containing medium, the nanotubes interact with the cells, as a result of which, on exposure to a magnetic field, they are able to move cells towards the magnetic source. In the present paper, we report on a model that describes the dynamics of this mammalian cell movement in a magnetic field consequent on CNT attachment. The model is based on Bell's theory of unbinding dynamics of receptor-ligand bonds modified and validated by experimental data of the movement dynamics of mammalian cells cultured with nanotubes and exposed to a magnetic field, generated by a permanent magnet, in the vicinity of the cell culture wells. We demonstrate that when the applied magnetic force is below a critical value (about Fc ≈ 10−11 N), the cell 'creeps' very slowly on the culture dish at a very low velocity (10–20 nm/s) but becomes detached from the substrate when this critical magnetic force is exceeded and then move towards the magnetic source.


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KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) _ Police say a man shot and killed a bartender at a Kansas City, Kan., bar because she asked him for his ID.
The victim of the shooting early yesterday was 49-year-old Lori Reynolds. Police say the bar, called the Gossip Inn, had a firm policy of asking everyone for ID before serving drinks.
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Q: I am an HR Director of a growing biotech company in the Boston area. We are looking to grow and hire additional staff in 2011 and beyond. Most of our additions to staff will require advanced degrees. Retention is important to us. We offer a very generous benefits package. Many of our employees are well-compensated and are well-educated. Our employees worry about paying for college for their dependents. We are exploring the possibility of adding some type of tuition benefit for the dependents of our employees. We have looked at the Massachusetts Educational Financial Authoritys U.Plan. This plan offers participants the ability to pre-pay college tuition and fees at todays rates. Do you have any information on this plan and if other companies are offering such plans?
A: Retention is back on the table. I am seeing many of my clients lose top performers and re-think the mindset of Its a recession where will our employees go? Well, some employees are finding other opportunities and their employers are left scratching their heads.
The U.Plan is a prepaid tuition plan. Approximately 80 Massachusetts colleges and universities participate in this plan.
I talked to a college planning expert, Ron Foisy, College Advisor at College Planning Strategies, LLC (CPS). Foisy explains the U.Plan, The contribution each year buys a fixed percentage of the future cost of tuition and fees. You can contribute once each year, during MEFAs open enrollment period. You can no longer contribute once the student reaches the sophomore year of high school.
Foisy adds, The major advantage of this program is that it locks in tuition at todays prices. From 1999-2009, average cost of attendance increased 92%, while the S&P 500 declined 9%. It is a challenge to keep up with rising college costs when your investments are declining. This program takes the price increase out of the equation. An additional benefit is that this may encourage employees to save now for college, relieving the stress down the road.
However, the plan has some disadvantages. With thousands of colleges and universities available to high school student, this program is limited to approximately 80 schools within Massachusetts. If the student decides to attend a school outside of the 80 or so identified, the parent or guardian can withdraw their money plus interest (CPI). Also, the dollars in the accounts are not liquid. If circumstances change, it is difficult to access these funds. Foisy warns, These funds are considered parent assets, and will count against the student in the financial aid formula. College Planning, as a work/life benefit, is a fast growing segment of the marketplace, due to the exploding costs, and increasing complexity.
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An Akron man was found gulity of shooting at SWAT officers during a drug raid.
Summit County Prosecutors say a jury found Daniel Hayes guilty of various drug and weapons charges after the SWAT team executed a search warrant at known drug house on Talbot Avenue the morning of October 7th of 2010.
Police arrived at the house, kicking in the back door and set off a flash grenade before entering.
Hayes was in the bedroom of the house with an 18-year-old girl and fired three shots from the bedroom in the direction of the officers. He then broke the bedroom window and threw the gun out. An Akron detective saw Hayes throw the gun.
Ballistics confirmed that three bullet casings and another bullet found in the house came from the gun he threw out the window.
APD also found Hayes' DNA on the gun and the broken glass from the bedroom window.
Hayes will be sentenced March 9.