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My "Secret Weapon" to Massive Productivity
As I write this I am in the process of multiple projects.
Now I know, you may be thinking, "But Felicia, I heard you're supposed to focus on 1 thing at a time to be the most successful?"
That advice is only partially correct.
You see, just because I have several major projects happening at once doesn't mean my focus is split. In fact, I'm able to focus even more clearly on on task at a time, allowing me to get the projects done. How? Read on.
I know as a small business owner or micro business if it's just you, there are A LOT of tasks to keep up with. So how do you stay productive and focused with so much on your plate at one time? And how in the world can you get it all done?
With a little help.
Right now as I write this, my ezine is being prepared to go out this morning and I'm in the process of a major re-launch of a program I created from scratch. Yet, I'm writing this blog post confidently knowing the other work is getting done. Because I have help from 2 fabulous Virtual Assistants, Lisa Wells and Rebekah Zobel Jones. Both are members of an organization calledInternational Virtual Assistants Association, a group of dedicated administrative professionals whose sole task in their business is to help you with yours.
Pretty cool, right?
You can have the same secret weapon I do — and find your own highly qualified VA to help you with your specific needs by simply going to www.IVAA.org and completing a Request for Proposal (RFP). Likely within minutes you'll have emails from VAs ready and able to do the tasks you need them to do.
Here are some of the tasks I have my VAs do for me, either regularly or as special projects both now and in the past:
- format & send my bi-weekly ezine Creating Connections
- manage my calendar and appointments
- send email reminders of appointments and events to my clients and group coaching members
- upload new files to my website
- format & upload sales pages to my website
- manage my shopping carts
- manage my affiliate programs
- deal with website tech issues such as hosting and URL management
- respond to email inquiries for affiliate promotion requests, appointment requests, etc.
- send me regular reports and updates on my various projects and provide me with a to-do list based on those projects
- handle customer service and technical issues
- maintain my website to keep it current
- manage my books
- handle all my travel details & create itineraries for when I travel
- format and create pdf files for various teleseminars
- format & create order forms for speaking events
- create and revise powerpoint presentations
- I could go on & on!
What that all means is in the middle of a super busy week I can take the time to write on my blog, Tweet, talk to clients, or any other number of tasks I'd rather be doing. Talk about a win-win situation!
IVAA.org is THE place to find someone to help you. Oh– and my budget for my VAs? One works 5 hours per month and the other is 10 hours per month. As you can see, because they are experts in what they do, it doesn't take them long to do what needs to get done.
So now you know… my "secret weapon" isn't a secret at all. It's getting help from experts who can get the job done!
What An Email to P&G Can Teach the Small Business Owner
I received this email today and as I was rolling on the floor laughing, I though it could be relevant to business and communication messages aimed at our target audiences. According to the email, supposedly this is PC Magazine's 2007 editors' choice for best Webmail-award-winning letter.
Forgive the graphic language– it's part of the letter.
Here's the message in it's entirety:
This is an ACTUAL letter from an Austin woman sent to Proctor and Gamble regarding their feminine products. She really gets rolling after the first paragraph.
Dear Mr. Thatcher:
I have been a loyal user of your "Always" maxi-pads for over 20 years, and I appreciate many of their features. Why, without the Leak-Guard Core or Dri-Weave absorbency, I'd probably never go horseback riding or salsa dancing, and I'd certainly steer clear of running up and down the beach in tight, white shorts.
But my favorite feature has to be your revolutionary Flex-Wings. Kudos on being the only company smart enough to realize how crucial it is that maxi-pads be aerodynamic. I can't tell you how safe and secure I feel each month knowing there's a little F-16 in my pants.
Have you ever had a menstrual period, Mr. Thatcher? Ever suffered from "the curse"? I'm guessing you haven't. Well, my time of the month is starting right now. As I type, I can already feel hormonal forces violently surging through my body. Just a few minutes from now, my body will adjust and I'll be transformed into what my husband likes to call "an inbred hillbilly with knife skills." Isn't the human body amazing?
As Brand Manager in the Feminine-Hygiene Division, you've no doubt seen quite a bit of research on what exactly happens during your customers' monthly visits from "Aunt Flo." Therefore, you must know about the bloating, puffiness, and cramping we endure, and about our intense mood swings, crying jags, and out-of-control behavior. You surely realize it's a tough time for most women. In fact, only last week, my friend Jennifer fought the violent urge to shove her boyfriend's testicles into a George Foreman Grill just because he told her he thought Grey's Anatomy was written by drunken chimps.
The point is, sir, you of all people must realize that America is just crawling with homicidal maniacs in Capri pants…which brings me to the reason for my letter.
Last month, while in the throes of cramping so painful I wanted to reach inside my body and yank out my uterus, I opened an Always maxi-pad, and there, printed on the adhesive backing, were these words, "Have a Happy Period."
Are you fu**ing kidding me? What I mean is, does any part of your tiny middle-manager brain really think happiness – actual smiling, laughing happiness is possible during a menstrual period? Did anything mentioned above sound the least bit pleasurable? Well…did it, James?
FYI, unless you're some kind of sick S&M freak girl, there will never be anything "happy" about a day in which you have to jack yourself up on Motrin and Kahlua and lock yourself in your house just so you don't march down to the local Walgreen's armed with a hunting rifle and a sketchy plan to end your life in a blaze of glory.
For the love of God, pull your head out, man! If you just have to slap a moronic message on a maxi-pad, wouldn't it make more sense to say something that's actually pertinent, like "Put Down the Hammer" or "Vehicular Manslaughter is Wrong," or are you just picking on us?
Sir, please inform your Accounting Department that, effective immediately, there will be an $8 drop in monthly profits, for I have chosen to take my maxi-pad business elsewhere. And though I will certainly miss your Flex-Wings, I will not for one minute miss your brand of condescending bull sh*t. And that's a promise I will keep. Always.
Wendi Aarons, Austin, TX
Of course that letter got me to thinking. How well do you know your customers and their needs? Do you think you know them– or do you REALLY know them? One way to know for sure what your customers want and prefer: ask!
Do a survey, do an email campaign, call up a few folks on the phone. But whatever you do… find out for sure what clients want and then give it to them. And don't make the same mistake P&G did!


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Roderick O'Connor was treated unfairly by the town and press, to put it mildly!
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DALLAS — Speakers at the panel discussion, "How Regulations and Customer Demand are Driving Safety Technology Forward," at the fourth annual Commercial Vehicle Outlook Conference here Wednesday stressed the need for more safety technology in the industry but were quick to point out it does not replace the need for qualified, safe drivers.
"There are 1.2 million reasons for us to continue this work," said Tim LaFon, Volvo director of regulatory affairs, North America. "That's the number of fatalities the World Health Organization provided for a year. Obviously that's way too high."
Scott Burkhart, Vice President and General Manager of Bendix Electronics, a developer and manufacturer of active safety and braking system technologies, echoed that sentiment, bringing it back around to the trucking industry. Citing the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, 75 billion large trucks were involved in accidents for a year. Along with tragedy generally comes a hefty cost, particularly for fleets with a big rig involved accident.
Burkhart estimated the following litigation costs: $10 million for a fatality accident, $1 million for an injury accident and $100,000 for property damage.
"This is a bottom line impact for our customers," Burkhart said. "We believe we can help them improve their bottom line through these technologies."
While many companies have deployed stability systems in their trucks, the need for full electronic stability, allowing the truck technology to take over to potentially prevent an action is the next step, Burkhart said. He added out of "three trucks going down a line, one has stability [technology]."
"We have more sensors … we can take and intervene faster with full electronic stability," Burkhart said. "On a roll only stability system, it helps prevent roll-over," but full stability allows the technology to control the steer axle, drive axle and trailer.
According to a notice of proposed rulemaking in 2012 by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, full-stability technology would be mandatory on tractor-trailers with a gross weight higher than 26,000 pounds. If approved, it would take effect in 2016, Burkhart said, adding that out of 12 trucks, only one has CMS implemented.
Bendix's WingmanAdvanced includes active cruise control, braking features and collision mitigation technology.
"It always warns a half a second or more before applying brakes for a driver to intervene," Burkhart said. "We won't sell this product unless it's on a full stability platform."
Burkhart also revealed Bendix's next venture in safety technology: Next Generation System, where the cameras and radars work together.
"We're in the midst now of finalizing the development of NG mitigation systems … with the radar and camera working together – how to stop the vehicle, how to hard stop the vehicle. We'll be able to do … sign recognition … but these technologies are not meant to replace drivers," Burkhart said.
Burkhart also mentioned the possibility of a monitoring system for maintenance.
Working hand-in-hand with Bendix, Volvo's LaFon said the company has installed several active safety features on the trucks to help avoid a crash, including Volvo enhanced cruise (stationary object detection with audible and visual warnings), lane departure warning, right-hand blind spot detection and tire pressure monitoring system.
"The federal regulations are the minimum requirements to meet. We can always do more," LaFon said. "We're the experts in these type of devices … we don't need a regulation to get us there. It's our responsibility.
Burkhart said he did not know off-hand the estimated cost for the various safety systems. The FMCSA website said CMS was approximately $2,500 more than what anti-lock brake systems and stability control systems cost.
"We try to get technology that would give the operator immediate feedback," Dupre' said. "It's really helped us" to target coaching to specific drivers who need more safety feedback.
"It identifies which are your most safe and unsafe drivers," Dupre' said. "Let's get proactive and prevent accidents."
Rebecca Brewster, president and CEO of the American Transportation Research Institute, said the organization has had a positive response from FMCSA on the possibility of offering incentives, the lowering of CSA scores in certain areas if safety technology is installed.
Troubling statistics, like 23 percent of big rig drivers using GPS technology meant for four-wheelers which can lead them into areas that are unsafe, led to the idea for incentives.
"It's the possibility through reductions in CSA scores based on the deployment of technology," Brewster said. "We've had a very positive reaction with FMCSA … and we are going to start developing a pilot project to test" the response from companies.
"We somehow need to get over that cost hurdle," of safety technology, she added.
All of the speakers agreed that more safety technology is going to become mandatory in the future for tractor-trailers, with collision mitigation systems at the forefront.
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Submitted to: Infection and Immunity
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: July 15, 2002
Publication Date: November 20, 2002
Citation: Naiman, B., Blumerman, S., Alt, D.P., Bolin, C., Brown, R., Zuerner, R.L., Baldwin, C. 2002. Evaluation of type 1 immune response in naive and vaccinated animals following challenge with leptospira borgpetersenii serovar hardjo: involvement of wc1**+ gamma delta and cd4 t cells. Infection and Immunity. 70(11)6147-57. Interpretive Summary: Infection in cattle with Leptospira borgpetersenii serovar hardjo occurs throughout the world, causing abortion as well as being shed in urine, providing sources of infection for humans. Immunity in vaccinated cattle was recently shown to be associated with induction of a type 1 (TH1) cell-mediated immune response. Here, naive and vaccinated pregnant cattle were challenged with serovar hardjo and their immune responses were studied. Clear differences were seen in the immune responses of the cattle after challenge. Assays measuring cellular proliferation and interferon-gamma production were consistent throughout the study with production of a TH1 immune response in vaccinated cattle. Certain cell types were identified among those responding in the vaccinated animals and these cells are likely to be important in protection from infection. While naive and vaccinated animals had similar levels of one class of antibody, vaccinated animals had 1.4 fold more of another antibody class than did nonvaccinates. Nonvaccinated cattle challenged with serovar hardjo did show cellular proliferation at one time point after challenge. Thus, although infection may induce a TH1 immune response in nonvaccinated cattle it fails to prevent establishment of chronic infection.
Technical Abstract: Leptospirosis is an emerging zoonotic disease in humans. Infection in cattle with Leptopira borgpetersenii serovar hardjo occurs throughout the world, causing abortion as well as being shed in urine, providing sources of infection for humans. Sterile immunity in vaccinated cattle was recently shown to be associated with induction of a type 1(Th1) cell-mediated immune response. Here, naïve and vaccinated pregnant cattle were challenged with serovar hardjo and their immune responses were studied. Antigen-induced proliferation of lymphocytes in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) were evident throughout the post-challenge period in vaccinated cattle, but at only one of the time points evaluated in naive cattle. Beginning 2 weeks after challenge, interferon-gamma (IFN-g) was measured in supernatants of antigen-stimulated PBMC cultures from nonvaccinated and vaccinated animals. PBMC from nonvaccinated animals always produced less IFN-gamma than PBMC from vaccinated animals. By flow cytometric analysis, IFN-gamma+ cells were evident in vitro in antigen-stimulated cultures of PBMC from vaccinated animals throughout the post-challenge period and shown to be largely CD4+ and WC1+ T cells. Similar proportions of these 2 subpopulations were found among dividing cells in antigen-stimulated cultures. In contrast, with PBMC from naive/challenged animals a substantial proportion of IFN-gamma+ cells were infrequently found in antigen-stimulated cultures and often only when similar percentages were found in medium control cultures suggesting nonspecific responses. Finally, naive and vaccinated animals had similar levels of antigen-specific IgG1 following challenge while vaccinated animals had 1.4 fold more IgG2. Thus, while infection may induce a Th1 response we suggest it fails to prevent establishment of chronic infection.


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Gov. Bobby Jindal has appointed Bourg resident Richard "Dickie" Gonsoulin to the Board of Commerce and Industry.
The Board of Commerce and Industry provides benefits and incentives to encourage businesses to locate or expand operations in Louisiana in accordance with the state's long-term strategic economic development plan.
Gonsoulin is the owner and CEO of LeBeouf Bros. Towing.
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February 16, 2012 at 1:40 pm in Home & Garden, Love & Sex by Divorced Girl
Valentine's Day came and went this week and frankly I'm glad it is over. Society puts so much pressure on everyone to have a successful relationship and a perfect life. A day of celebrating love sounds like a great idea but for many it represents stress and disappointment. My friend Karen referred to Valentine's Day as "falling rock day" after her divorce. My friend Sarah posted of her facebook page "cupid, please try to hit both of us next time".
In a world where all of us are trying to find and maintain love what do you do when you get the consolation prize? Well, hello people the world is far from a perfect place. Far from it.
First of all I'd like to point out that St Valentine was a martyred saint who died a terrible death in ancient Rome. Not so romantic. It wasn't until much later in the time of Chaucer that the holiday was a romantic one celebrated by lovers.
Secondly, non of us have a crystal ball. We may feel like things are hard and we are stuck with a lemon today. But tomorrow could bring many beautiful things if our hearts are open and we are willing.
For Valentine's Day this year I decided to throw my heart into rescuing a few dogs from a local high kill animal shelter. There were 8 dogs total. I networked their photos via email. I made transport arrangements for them. I worked with other volunteers to get them off death row and to rescue organizations. Seeing them all leave the shelter was the best Valentine gift I have ever had.


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Shoplifting is one of the most "under-reported" crimes of all.
In Tallahassee last year, there were more than 3,700 reports of shoplifting, and the Leon County Sheriff has launched a new campaign to try to stop it.
A sign is popping up in stores all over Leon County promising a free ride in a sheriff's car to anyone who shoplifts.
"It's going to help some. Somebody's going to read it and think about it and say, well, I better not. I'll go down to the next store that doesn't have it," comments Big Lots Manager Todd Stalnaker.
Shoplifting costs retailers $10 billion a year according to a University of Florida study. Most companies plan for it in their budgets. At Big Lots on West Pensacola Street, they count on surveillance cameras and alert employees to keep losses to a minimum.
"I'd say about 75-percent are not worried about getting caught, about 75-percent of them. They pretty well know the routine. If they're shoplifters, they've been there," adds Big Lots Manager Richard Pounsel.
These signs take a light-hearted stab at a serious problem. The sheriff saw one in central Florida, and pardon the phrase, stole the idea and brought it to Leon County.
"I said, you know, that's a good way to get the message out. If it attracted my attention, it'll attract someone else's attention," says Leon County Sheriff Larry Campbell.
There were 450 shoplifting incidents reported to the Leon County Sheriff's Office last year, and more than 3,000 reported to TPD.
The sheriff admits it'll be tough to tell whether the signs make a difference, but he says they certainly can't hurt.
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Gov. Ernie Fletcher is about to begin airing the second in a series of political ads aimed at what he contends are the evils of casino gambling.
The latest ad, to air across the state beginning on Tuesday, features a woman who was sentenced to two years in prison in 2003 after pleading guilty to embezzling $241,300 from the Commercial State Bank of Waterloo, Ill., to feed a gambling addiction.
Fletcher, who opposes a move to legalize casino gambling in Kentucky, gave a preview of the ad on Monday afternoon during a visit to Owensboro where he was campaigning for re-election. His Democratic opponent in the race for governor, Steve Beshear, supports a constitutional amendment that would put a referendum on the ballot so that voters could decide whether to allow casinos in the state.
The woman in the ad, Norma F. Brandt of Waterloo, was fired after working for the Illinois bank for 30 years. She said in the ad that if she hadn't been caught, "I know I'd be dead."
Along with the prison term, Brandt was ordered to undergo mental health counseling and to attend Gamblers Anonymous meetings.
"Steve Beshear promises casino gambling," Fletcher said in the ad. "Not in my Kentucky home."
Beshear spokeswoman Vicki Glass said the ad was a diversionary tactic.
"What happened to Norma Brandt is tragic but Ernie Fletcher has chosen to exploit her tragedy because he needs to keep the spotlight on other people's illegal activities to keep it off his own," Glass said Monday night. "That's not what this election is about, however. It's about improving health care, jobs, economic development and education in Kentucky. It's also about leadership. That's what Steve Beshear is talking about.
"After four years, it's becoming increasingly clear that Ernie Fletcher has nothing to say on any of these issues," Glass said.
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Nissan & GPC Accelerating DC Fast Charging in Key Markets
GPC is partnering with Nissan and leading real estate and parking interests to expand 30-minute, fast-charging offerings for electric vehicles in key US markets. Nissan is offering significant funding and hardware to GPC members able to commit to an accelerated installation schedule.
Fast-charger availability expands electric vehicle driving range, boosts driver range confidence, and improves the EV driving experience. With over 40 new electric vehicles entering the consumer marketplace , Nissan's support means North America's commercial property owners and parking operators can now easily offer next-generation premium EV charging services for city dwellers and workers who desire convenient parking and fast charging.
Slides about the project are immediately below; scroll down for a recording of web call about the project. For more information, please contact Dan Ciarcia at the Green Parking Council.
The nationwide program will focus on daily parking, valet operations, malls and airports in thirteen leading markets: Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas-Ft. Worth, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami-Ft. Lauderdale, New York, Philadelphia, San Diego, San Fran.-Oakland-San Jose, Seattle-Tacoma and Washington, DC.
For more information, contact Dan Ciarcia or Paul Wessel, GPC, as soon as possible.
Watch and listen to a recording of a 30-minute December 2, 2013 web meeting on the project:
Additional resources:
AC versus DC charging – what is the difference?
Electric Cars Are Cleaner Today and Will Only Get Cleaner Tomorrow
Number of Fast-Charging Stations for Electric Vehicles Set to Rise to Nearly 200,000 in 2020
EVSE: the low-hanging fruit of smart city buildout
After Betting $5 Billion on Electric Cars, Nissan Wants More Competition
DC fast charging poised for exponential growth
ABB GPC webinar recording on DC Fast Charging (55 min)
Navigant / Earth Techling webinar recording on DC Fast Charging. (60 min) Free registration required to view.
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BAKER CITY, Ore. — The husband of Baker County Justice Court Judge Lise Yervasi has been appointed to serve as a temporary substitute for her.
The Baker City Herald reported the county Board of Commissioners had so few candidates to fill in for the judge they chose her attorney husband, Damien Yervasi, for the one-year post.
Lise Yervasi had initially planned to appoint retired attorney Gary Marlette for the pro-tem post but withdrew his name earlier this month after he became ineligible because of a drunken-driving citation.
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AIKEN, S.C. -- News 12 has learned the South Carolina Department of Transportation will close a section of U.S. 278 on the Savannah River Site to fix an artesian leak.
DOT will close the bridge on Upper Three Runs Creek on U.S. 278, causing a 30-mile detour.
This location is on the grounds of the Savannah River Site in Aiken, Barnwell and Allendale counties.
Crews will be working to cap off a boring hole currently under artesian pressure near the bridge.
The leak happened Feb. 14 when soil samples were being taken at the bridge site for a future replacement project. Personnel on the site were unable to cap the water leak. However, a pipe was installed to divert water away from the bridge.pilings and stabilize the situation.
Crews will place a permanent cap on the boring hole beginning at 9 a.m. Monday and will continue until the cap is in place. The goal is to complete the work late Monday, but the detour may need to remain in effect into Tuesday or longer to protect the public and the bridge while the stabilization process is completed.
The detour that will be used to avoid the work site is as follows:
-- Westbound traffic on U.S. 278 will be detoured at the intersection of U.S. 278 and S.C. 781.
-- Motorists will travel northbound on S.C. 781 to U.S. 78 westbound.
-- From U.S. 78, drivers will then take S.C. 118 westbound to S.C. 19 southbound.
-- S.C. 19 will return drivers to U.S. 278 westbound.
The detour for eastbound traffic is the reverse of the westbound detour:
-- Drivers traveling eastbound on U.S. 278 will be diverted onto S.C. 19 northbound.
-- Traffic on S.C. 19 northbound will take S.C. 118 eastbound to U.S. 78 eastbound.
-- From U.S. 78 eastbound, drivers will take S.C. 781 southbound back to U.S. 278 eastbound.
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STOCKTON - A man was shot with a rifle in a north Stockton neighborhood Saturday and then left bleeding in front of a grocery store 2 miles away, authorities said.
The shooting occurred about 5:10 p.m. in the 9000 block of Aylesford Lane, police said. Two men were in the area when someone shot at them, officers said. One man was struck as they fled, authorities said.
The victim was dropped off in a parking lot in front of Raley's on East Morada Lane, police said. He was taken to a hospital with a non-life-threatening wound, officers said.
The gunman was described as a black man, 20 to 30 years old, standing 6 feet tall and weighing 220 pounds with a white shirt and a rifle, authorities said.
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Negative list-based service tax: Issues & wish list for Budget
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The most significant of all the reforms introduced in the Union Budget 2012 was the introduction of a comprehensive service tax regime based on a 'negative list of services' that seeks to tax all services barring the services covered in the negative list. This paradigm shift, however, has not been free from ambiguities and it is hoped that suitable clarity is provided through Budget 2013 on at least some of the critical aspects.
One of the biggest issues requiring clarity is the scope and ambit of the phrase "Online information and database access or retrieval services". The bone of contention arises from the fact that under the Place of Provision of Service Rules, 2012, the place of provision of services qualifying as "Online ." would be the location of the service provider. This is of immense significance for various intellectual property-related services provided from outside India if such services qualify as "Online ." the 'place of provision' of the said services would be the location of the service provider outside India and thus be outside the service tax net. One of the most typical transactions that can benefit from the above is a transaction of download of software under a EULA by an Indian customer from a service provider outside India. The fact that 'software' qualifies as 'information' under the Information Technology Act, 2000, strengthens the argument that such services should qualify as "Online ." services and avail the benefit of no service tax. The doubt gets aggravated because of the use of the words "database access or retrieval" or in other words, is the service recipient paying to service provider for making the software available "online" or "online" is only a way of delivering the software. Further, given that electronic download of software attracted service tax prior to July 01, 2012, by way of a specific entry, the taxpayers have a genuine concern that the service tax authorities are unlikely to accept non-levy of service tax on electronic download of software under the new regime. We hope that an appropriate clarification may be issued in this regard by the government since this issue would have a huge bearing upon the entire IT sector in India. In fact, this would also have impact on other download-based services like books, movies, games and music and hence appropriate clarity becomes more important.
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Recently there has been a lot of news regarding the dangers associated with certain dog treats, particularly those made with chicken or sweet potatoes, and dogs becoming ill or dying – particularly from kidney failure. A great way to avoid these dangers is to make your own treats! Plus, you have the added assurance of feeding your dog something freshly made by YOU and they are a lot cheaper than store-bought treats too.
I already love to make homemade potato chips in the microwave for the humans in our family to eat, so I slightly adapted that recipe to make homemade sweet potato dog treats for our Toby. They are easy to make and Toby LOOOOVES them!
Ingredients: Sweet Potatoes, Cooking Spray
Start by scrubbing potatoes well. I leave the skin on, but you could peel them if you like. Cut into 1/8″ thick slices.
Spray a microwave-safe dinner plate lightly with cooking spray. Spread the slices out so they aren't overlapping. If you have any thicker slices, put them on the outer edges.
The next step of actually cooking them will vary greatly depending on the wattage of your microwave oven. I have a small 600 watt oven so I cook them for 5 minutes on one side. Flip them over and cook for 5 minutes on the second side. Flip again – cook 2 minutes. Flip again – cook 2 minutes. If your oven is more powerful, I would recommend starting with 3 minutes per side. Keep flipping and cooking until the slices have started to turn crunchy. They will continue to crisp up after you remove them from the oven.
Leftovers can be stored in an airtight container for several days, but if your dog loves them as much as Toby does, they probably won't last that long! If you try the recipe, please come back and tell me how your dog likes them!


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The co-founder of MoveOn.org and another author argue that mothers need to fight against the wage gap and lack of professional support for moms in American society.
Check out an excerpt from their book "The Motherhood Manifesto" in The Nation Magazine (below).
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In the deep quiet of a still-dark morning, Renee reaches her arm out from under her thick flowered comforter and across the bed to hit the snooze button on her alarm clock. For a few blessed (and pre-planned) minutes she avoids the wakeful classic rock blaring into her bedroom from her alarm. Renee hits the snooze button exactly three times before finally casting off her covers. She does this each morning, and each morning she sleepily thinks the same thing: "It's too early. I was just at work two seconds ago, and I don't want to go back already."
Everything about Renee's morning is structured for speed and efficiency. At 5:45, with her young son, Wade, and husband, Alan, still sleeping, Renee drags herself out of bed and sleepwalks to the shower. She brushes her teeth while the shower is warming, making sweeping circles on the mirror with her hand so she can see her reflection. Renee's movements, though she's thoroughly tired, are crisp, hurried and automatic—she's repeated the routine daily for several years.
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Joan Blades (co-founder of Move-On) and Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner argue in their book that that American society hasn't properly calculated the enormous sacrifices women make to raise children.


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Roshan Andrews, who was busy filming Casanova with Mohanlal couldn't complete the film as Mohanlal had given out impromptu dates to his best friend and director Priyadarshan for his Bollywood flick Tezz and Malayalam film Oru Marubhoomi Katha.
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On Monday phones will start ringing for seniors. "27 questions, I think it will take no more than 20 minutes on the telephone," says Community Prosecutor, Trish Mahre. Mesa County officials say the population of residents over 60 in the Grand Valley is expected to surge, and to get ready for the growth the county is doing a phone survey.
Mahre says, "Hopefully people receiving phone calls will understand that by helping to provide us some information we are going to all be more efficient in the work that we do on behalf of seniors to better communicate with them on sharing resources." The county says it want to find out how seniors get their information and how they prefer to get it. "Whether it be TV, newspaper, radio, bulletin boards, friends, church, things like that," says Mahre.
Tillie Bishop the chair of the Seniors Leadership Commission says it's important for senior to participate. "It will give us an opportunity to do a survey of all of the services that are in the Mesa County available to senior citizens."
The county wants to talk with seniors who live on their own or with other seniors. Bishop says, "We feel that we are doing something that brings together services for senior services that have become very confusing when you're filling out papers or you are making a telephone call trying to tell somebody you need help."
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Malaysians Wonder: What's in a Panda Name?
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak thought he was having a bit of fun when he invited followers of his Mandarin-language Facebook page to suggest names for the two giant baby pandas China is loaning to Malaysia a year from now.
Instead, he set himself up for some more ribbing from his Malaysian constituents.
The two big bears are to be loaned to Malaysia for a period of 10 years as a symbol of the 40th anniversary of Malaysia-China diplomatic relations, to be celebrated in 2014. "I can't think of a greater idea than having a pair of pandas in this country," the prime minister said.
But when he called for names for the furry friends on his Facebook page, many of the suggestions were zingers aimed at embarrassing the government. One Facebook user, for instance, suggested the pandas be called "Hermes Birkin" and "Diamond Cincin" ("cincin is a Malay word for "rings").
The idea was a jab at Mr. Najib's wife, Rosmah Mansor, who was accused by Malaysia's opposition of spending excessively on a diamond ring and a Hermes handbag last year. Ms. Rosmah has said she doesn't have time to respond to such complaints and government officials have denied she spent unreasonable sums on luxury items.
Another Facebook follower suggested one of the giant pandas be called "Scorpene," a reference to a recent scandal in which Malaysian authorities were accused of receiving kickbacks when buying two French Scorpene submarines. Officials have denied the charges.
Yet another user thought the pandas should be named "Bersih" and "Lynas." Bersih is the name for a coalition of non-governmental organizations that organized giant mass protests earlier this year and last calling for free and fair elections. Lynas refers to a controversial rare-earths metals plant being built by an Australian company called Lynas Corporation, which also has been the subject of public demonstrations because of environmental worries.
One user questioned whether it was even appropriate to solicit names, since the bears, whose ages have not been disclosed, might already have them. Since the pandas are on loan only, does "Najib have the right to help a Chinese national treasure to the name change?" wrote one user.
Other entries were less mischievous, including names taken from Malaysia's favorite food – "nasi" and "lemak" (after nasi lemak, the fragrant rice dish) as well as "satu amanan" and "satu jiwa" (Malay words for "one peace" and "one soul"). Some suggested Mandarin names such as "Wen Wen" and "Xin Xin," which together in Mandarin mean "harmony," as well as "He He" and "Ping Ping," which combined mean "peace." Predictably, perhaps, a user suggested "Yin" and "Yang."
Not everyone is happy the pandas are coming to Malaysia, in any event. At the Malaysian office of the WWF, whose logo includes a panda, executive director Dionysius Sharma said such loan deals typically involve annual payments of up to US$1 million per year and require large investments in terms of building suitable enclosures, maintenance, and food, since the animals' diets are limited to certain bamboo species.
"Unless the panda loan arrangement contributes positively towards the conservation of wild pandas or other endangered species living in the pandas' habitat, WWF views the deal with China as a waste of public funds and a futile effort in terms of wildlife conservation – especially as funds are urgently needed for the conservation of endangered species in Malaysia such as the Malayan tiger, marine tussles, orangutans and the Sumatran rhinoceros," he said. According to the WWF, there are fewer than 1600 giant pandas in the wild.
Malaysia's Natural Resources and Environment Ministry said the pandas would be placed at a Wetlands Park in Putrajaya which would be installed with infrastructure similar to the natural habitat of the giant pandas.


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Hank Gilpin: Exploring the American Forestcomments (20) February 10th, 2010 in blogs, videos
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Hank Gilpin's adventures with wood began one morning in 1971 in Providence, Rhode Island. Just back from a tour in Vietnam, where he had served as a photojournalist in the Army, he was enrolled to study photography at Rhode Island School of Design. Needing an elective to fill out his course schedule, he blindly chose one in wood. The teacher turned out to be the charismatic Tage Frid (whose own experiences with wood began at age 13 with an apprenticeship in his native Denmark), and by the end of the first class Gilpin had decided to switch majors.
After a couple of years at RISD and then a stint working in Frid's own workshop, Gilpin opened his own shop. He renovated a small former church just north of Providence, and he's been living and working there since.
Gilpin's furniture, always made in solid wood with traditional joinery and a heavy dose of hand tools, is remarkable for its unusual mixture of practicality and playfulness—and for the fluency and pure delight of its design. The work is also marked by Gilpin's passionate exploration of the American forest. As he describes in this slide show, he's been working almost exclusively with domestic woods throughout his career, and each season seems to find him discovering another unexpected species that suits his purposes precisely.
More on Hank Gilpin
- Get to know "Fred," an innovative joint by Hank Gilpin.
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- 2004 Fine Woodworking Article featuring Gilpin's work: Talking Shop with Hank Gilpin
- Gilpin pieces on Gallery NAGA site
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This article give me a lot of exciting ideas that will be explored as the logs are split and/or sawn. Thanks for making this article available online.
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This addict demands more photos -- can't find many on-line, or even a Hank website. Please provide links, editors.
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Now I just have to improve my skills so I can live up to that ideal...
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Great approach to creativity and the Arts !
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Gilpin has it right. There is magic in the things around us, especially the trees, but there is magic in Hank's hands and mind as well.
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Today, I'm happy to be the Saturday Sketch Challenge hostess on Paper Craft Planet. I'd be thrilled if you wanted to join me and play along if/when you have a chance.
Using this sketch as the building block for my sample card, I began with a base of cardstock and layering a coordinating panel atop the base. Then a panel of wonderfully whimsical paper from My Mind's Eye's Be Loved. I stamped this fun heart petal flower from the Say it with Style set from Waltzingmouse Stamp onto cream cardstock and shading with Copic markers. I did the same with the smaller petal flower and adhered it onto the larger one using a pop dot.
The sentiment from the same stamp set is done in such a romantic font and goes along perfectly with this term of endearment.
I added a double layer of looped satin and brocade ribbon along the bottom topped with a flourish flowing toward the grungeboard heart colored with the same ink I used on the flower. The darker shade of the heart compared to the flower is due to the absorbing of the ink by the grungeboard.
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Nursery owner falsified children's dates of birth to fraudulently claim £37,000
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A crooked nursery owner who falsified children's dates of birth and other details so she could fraudulently claim over £37,000 in funding has been given a 10-month suspended sentence.
Sarah Tolner received the sentence - suspended for 18 months - and was ordered to carry out 200 hours of unpaid work after pleading guilty to 15 counts of fraud by false representation.
Between 2007 and 2012 Tolner altered 58 dates of birth to make it appear that children attending the two privately run nurseries she owned were the right age to be entitled to Free Early Years Provision.
She also changed the number of hours and dates some children attended her nurseries.
The national Free Early Years Provision scheme entitles children aged between three and five to 15 hours of free part-time education each week.
Nurseries, playgroups, children's centres and child-minders submit forms containing details for eligible children to their local authorities each term to claim the cost of the early years provision.
Wood Green Crown Court heard that an investigation into Tolner's activities was launched by Barnet Council's corporate anti-fraud team in 2011, after the council's Children's Service identified irregularities in a form submitted by the nursery owner.
The form for the autumn 2011 term raised suspicions because all of the five children listed had the same birth year of 2008.
Investigators began looking at past claims and were able to establish a string of discrepancies, leading to the 55-year-old's arrest in November 2012.
The court heard that as well as falsifying claim forms, she had falsified attendance records and registration forms, including forging some parents' signatures.
In one case, a claim was made for a child who had never attended the nursery.
When interviewed under caution Tolner claimed the discrepancies were the result of mistakes, but pleaded guilty just before her trial.
Sentencing Tolner, Mr Recorder Guest said she had "time and time again" made false claims, and had "embarked on a deliberate course of dishonest conduct intended to deprive the public purse of a significant sum of money."
Councillor Richard Cornelius, council leader, said: "This was a brazen attempt to illegally pocket a great deal of taxpayers' money.
"This investigation highlights just how serious we are about pursuing those who try to cheat the public purse, no matter what kind of fraud it is.
"Our corporate anti-fraud team and children's Service did an excellent job in initially spotting something was wrong and then successfully investigating the full extent of this fraud.
"I am also glad to see that the vast majority of the money claimed illegally, and the council's costs, have already been repaid."
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I 'overdid it' at the computer one day almost a year ago and ended up with an aching shoulder. I assumed that if I laid off the mouse and stuff, it would get better. My husband and I made a marriage retreat a month later which involved a lot of writing, and I blamed my lack of progress on that. Mom was convinced it was knitting that was keeping me from healing.
By Thanksgiving family were commenting on the tremor I'd developed in my right arm. I'd also lost the ability to write legibly. My husband kept nagging me to go to the doctor, but I would say that a doctor would just tell me not to use the arm til it healed, and I could do that myself.
At Christmas a dear friend visited, and she said she'd had repetitive strain injuries that felt similar and showed me some stretches that her physical therapist had given her. They helped with the pain somewhat.
It wasn't untili April that we had DS's situation at school somewhat under control and DH's cluster headache bout was starting to wind down enough for him to resume work. I decided I could sneak a doc's visit in for myself. The doctor didn't like the tremor and referred me to a neurologist. I finally got in to see one on Thursday this week.
The neurologist thinks I had the cart before the horse.. that it was actually the beginnings of rgidity from Parkinson's that set my shoulder up to be injured. Now, of course, I flash back to wondering wny it was hard to manipulate the mouse with normal speed and precision (blame the cordless mouse), and how annoyed I was with my blurry vision that a new prescription didn't help with (blame dry eyes from computer use) -- both subtle warning signs of Parkinson's.
In the end, I have two options:
1.- Have Parkinson's and wallow in misery, or
2.- Have Parkinson's and make the best of it
As not having Parkinson's isn't an option, it only makes sense to choose the second (even if I did take a moment there to wallow in it).
I feel a bit like Blanche DuBois -- depending on the kindness of strangers. Your gifts of caring mean much. You gift not only me, but those around me have their burden of support eased a little bit as well.
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The ranks of America's poor are on track to climb to levels unseen in nearly half a century, erasing gains from the war on poverty in the 1960s amid a weak economy and fraying government safety net.
Census figures for 2011 will be released this fall in the critical weeks ahead of the November elections.
The Associated Press surveyed more than a dozen economists, think tanks and academics, both nonpartisan and those with known liberal or conservative leanings, and found a broad consensus: The official poverty rate will rise from 15.1 percent in 2010, climbing as high as 15.7 percent. Several predicted a more modest gain, but even a 0.1 percentage point increase would put poverty at the highest level since 1965.
Poverty is spreading at record levels across many groups, from underemployed workers and suburban families to the poorest poor. More discouraged workers are giving up on the job market, leaving them vulnerable as unemployment aid begins to run out. Suburbs are seeing increases in poverty, including in such political battlegrounds as Colorado, Florida and Nevada, where voters are coping with a new norm of living hand to mouth.
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Augusta,Ga------(WRDW) The countdown is on to clean up Augusta Richmond county before Masters Week. The tournament starts in less than two months and left over storm debris is all over the city.
Augusta Commissioners approved spending millions to make sure it's all gone by the end of March.
On Walton Way fallen tree limbs and branches line the street.
City crews and outside contractors have been working around the clock to get it all removed.
"I'm going to be honest with you. We have a lot of crews out there with storm fatigue. They've made good money and now need help," said Commissioner Joe Jackson.
"It is it really just an effort to get it done period," said Commissioner Corey Johnson.
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Another Gun-Control Setback, This Time From Gang-Scarred Chicago
It's been a very good week for gun-rights forces in the U.S. In Chicago, the City Council on Wednesday quietly rescinded a local gun-registration system that had been in effect since 1968, just one day after Colorado voters recalled two state lawmakers who had backed tougher firearm laws in a high-profile win for the National Rifle Association.
These developments illustrate a reality that many gun foes have trouble accepting: Despite the recent massacres in Newtown, Conn., Aurora, Colo., and other locales, the firearm-rights movement isn't backing down. If anything, gun laws in many places are getting looser, not tighter. That applies even in Chicago, a city that last year made national headlines during a rash of gang-related gun violence.
Gun-control opponents celebrated their victory in Chicago, arguing that keeping track of lawful gun owners did little or nothing to combat crimes committed with illegally possessed and typically unregistered weapons. Local officials, including Mayor Rahm Emanuel, expressed frustration that the council relaxed gun oversight. In fact, the legislative body acted reluctantly and only because of legal developments emanating from the federal judiciary.
A federal appeals court in Chicago ruled last December that under recent pro-Second Amendment U.S. Supreme Court precedents, Illinois's statewide ban on carrying concealed guns in public was unconstitutional. Illinois had been the last state to forbid concealed carry. In response to the ruling, state lawmakers gave full control of gun licensing to the Illinois State Police. That, in turn, required the abolition of Chicago's gun registration and permitting rules.
One question worth pondering is whether the end of municipal registration will have any discernible effect on crime rates in Chicago. The city's homicide count exceeded 500 last year, but the mayhem has eased this year. So far, there have been 295 homicides in 2013, compared with 377 during the same period last year. As the New York Times noted, Chicago remains a more deadly town than other large cities, such as New York and Los Angeles. Notwithstanding the end of local registration in Chicago, all three cities have restrictive gun ownership regulations. It is difficult, therefore, to identify simple cause-and-effect relationships between the rules in these cities and the vicissitudes of violent crime.
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Citizens Bank Foundation awarded $60,000 to fund 13 projects that are geared to improve Olneyville, one of the oldest neighborhoods in Providence.
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^ Providence Plan's pre-apprenticeship program for low-income, and often low-skilled, urban adults. Graduates will help construct three affordable houses on Olneyville's Audrey Street.
^ The Steel Yard's 95-hour Weld to Work program for eight Olneyville residents who will learn in-demand skills for careers with "livable wages" and help with employment.
^ Olneyville Housing Corporation's program that hires and trains young Olneyville adults for landscaping and snow removal jobs. They also help maintain the Southside Community Land Trust gardens.
The bank foundation is also supporting the Local Initiatives Support Corporation's "Our Neighborhoods" project with a $60,000 grant. According to the news release, the nonprofit organization mobilizes residents, businesses, government and charitable organizations to help "transform distressed neighborhoods into resilient and sustainable communities of choice and opportunity."
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Although DEC can and will work to provide better fishing opportunities, it is up to all of us to involve more people in the sport of fishing. Fishing is an outstanding way to get people of all ages out of the house, away from their various electronic devices and into the world of nature. Numerous studies have shown how involvement with outdoor sports such as fishing can provide various important health benefits. Unfortunately, without someone to introduce them to the sport, it is unlikely that newcomers will ever take it up. I encourage all anglers to take someone new fishing this year. The smile that you put on their face is something that you will never forget.
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New York-based film distributor Oscilloscope Laboratories announced its new mail-order DVD club yesterday in rather unorthodox terms. "As worlds align, the chalice is within your grasp," read the press release. "Heed the omen, reach for the grail, let no man put asunder what has been ordained as yours. We await inside to break bread with you." Come again?
The news read more like a set of lyrics penned by Oscilloscope's co-founder, Beastie Boy Adam Yauch, than an actual service. Nevertheless, the details are rather straightforward: for $150, buyers enter into a program called "The Circle of Trust," in which they receive the company's next 10 movies on DVDs a week before their street dates. Additionally, Circle of Trust members can purchase earlier titles from Oscilloscope's catalog at half price. People signing up now — the company has smartly launched the program in time for the holidays — can expect to receive a diverse selection of art house movies, like "The Messenger" with Woody Harrelson and Michel Gondry's upcoming "The Thorn in the Heart."
According to Yauch, who launched Oscilloscope in 2008 after completing production on his documentary "Gunnin' for That #1 Spot," the idea for the service emerged from the same playful sensibility expressed in the press release. "It's not something people do these days," he told Speakeasy, referring to his memories of receiving MAD magazine in the mail each month. "This company is based on the idea of building a catalog of films that I and other people really love and care about, which is not the way it's usually done. In a way, this is kind of keeping with that." The service also clearly reflects the direct-mail tradition of the Columbia Record Club, a precedent that Yauch freely acknowledged. "We're trying to present the movies more like old album covers, so that they're like collectibles," he said, suggesting that receiving a new DVD each month adds "the surprise factor."
In an age where many people rely on Netflix and streaming video more than the theatrical experience, the concept behind The Circle of Trust sounds a lot like an attempt to widen the audience for Oscilloscope's content. (The announcement comes just a few days after IFC Entertainment began a new partnership to stream selections from its library on Netflix.) Yauch, however, insisted that they did not come up with the plan as a response to the current marketplace. Referencing an article about the service in the Hollywood Reporter, he complained that it "skewed the story toward some desperate grasp at something while the industry falls apart. We just thought it would be a cool thing to do." He added, "Even if only five people sign up for it, that's fine."
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The Cloneable interface in java is a marker interface. It does have any method. But if we write a class as below, it gives a message to the jvm that the class can be cloned. The following code shows a simple object cloning process.
The Cloneable interface does not have any members. The interface is used to indicate that a class (which implements the interface) allows a bitwise copy of an object, known as cloning. An exception known as 'CloneNotSupportedException' is thrown if clone () is called on a class which does not implement Cloneable interface. In a cloning process the constructor of the object is not called. So cloning can be defined as an exact copy of the original object.
Listing 1: Sample class implements Cloneable interface
package com.home.cloning; public class CloneClass implements Cloneable { int a; double b; // This method calls Object's clone(). CloneClass getClone() { try { // call clone in Object. return (CloneClass) super.clone(); } catch (CloneNotSupportedException e) { System.out.println (" Cloning not allowed. " ); return this; } } }
Listing 2: Sample class showing cloning of objects
package com.home.cloning; public class TestCloneObject { public void testIface() { CloneClass x1 = new CloneClass(); CloneClass x2; x1.a = 15; x1.b = 35.05; x2 = x1.getClone(); // clone x1 System.out.println(" x1: " + x1.a + " " + x1.b); System.out.println(" x2: " + x2.a + " " + x2.b); } public static void main(String args[]) { TestCloneObject testCloneObject = new TestCloneObject(); // test via protected testCloneObject.testIface(); } }
In the above example, the method getClone calls the clone method in the object and returns the object. It must be noticed here that the object with is returned after the cloning mechanism has to be type casted into its appropriate type, in this case it is CloneClass
If the class is not implementing the cloneable interface, and we try to clone that object we get a CloneNotSupportedException . In the process of cloning, the constructor is not called rather an exact copy of the said object is created. But the object of which the clone is created, must implement the cloneable interface.
The class Object's clone () method creates and returns a copy of the object, with the same class and with all the fields having the same values. However, Object.clone () throws a CloneNotSupportedException unless the object is an instance of a class that implements the marker interface Cloneable.
The default implementation of Object.clone () performs a shallow copy. If a class requires a deep copy or some other custom behavior, it must have its customized clone () method after they obtain the copy from the super class.
Cloning mechanism saves extra task of the developer in case we need to create a copy of an object. We do not need to call the new operator of the object. Thus cloning saves a lot of extra processing tasks of developer. A clone of an object is an exact copy of the object.
One disadvantage of cloning is that the return type of the clone method is an Object. Hence a type casting is required on the created object.
Another disadvantage is that it is not possible to access the clone method on an abstract type. Most interfaces and abstract classes in Java do not have to specify a public clone method. As a result, the clone method is used only if the actual class of an object is known which is against the abstraction principle of using the most generic type possible. For example, if one has a List reference in Java, one cannot invoke clone method on that reference because List specifies no public clone () method. Actual implementations of List like ArrayList and LinkedList all generally have clone () methods themselves, but it is inconvenient and bad abstraction to carry around the actual class type of an object.
Cloning is a potentially dangerous action, as it can have some unintended side effects. e.g., if the object being cloned contains a reference variable say refObject, then in the cloned object, refObject will have the reference of the same object which the original object is referring to. If the clone makes a change in the contents of the refObject, then the change will be reflected in the original object as well. Consider the following example - If an object opens an I/O stream and is then cloned, then both of the two objects will be capable of operating on the same stream. Further, if one of these objects closes the stream, then the stream is closed for both and if the second object tries to write to it, this causes an error.
Since cloning can cause some problems, the clone method. So the clone method should be called from within a class which is implementing the cloneable interface where the method calling the clone method is made protected, or it must be explicitly overridden by the class which is public. In the example above we have seen cloning by making the clone protected. The following example illustrates the cloning methodology via overriding:
Listing 3: Sample class implements Cloneable interface
package com.home.cloning; public class CloneViaOverRiding implements Cloneable { int a; double b; // clone() is now overridden and is public. public Object clone() { try { // call clone in Object. return super.clone(); } catch (CloneNotSupportedException e) { System.out.println("Cloning not allowed."); return this; } } }
Listing 4: Sample class implements cloning using method overriding
package com.home.cloning; public class TestCloneObject { public void testPublic() { CloneViaOverRiding x1 = new CloneViaOverRiding(); CloneViaOverRiding x2; x1.a = 10; x1.b = 20.98; // here, clone() is called directly. x2 = (CloneViaOverRiding) x1. clone (); System.out.println("x1: " + x1.a + " " + x1.b); System.out.println("x2: " + x2.a + " " + x2.b); } public static void main(String args[]) { TestCloneObject testCloneObject = new TestCloneObject(); // test via public testCloneObject.testPublic(); } }
In this example the method, the method clone of the object class is overridden that is why it is declared public in contrast to the earlier example, where the getClone does not have any access modifiers making it accessible only at the package level.
In either of these two approaches, implementing the cloneable interface is mandatory.
The side effects caused by cloning are sometimes difficult to identify in the initial level. It is easy to think that a class is safe for cloning when it actually is not. In general, is not advised to implement the Cloneable interface for any class without having a solid business ground.
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Australia's media has sold plenty of papers from the private affairs of mining magnate Gina Rinehart. Her investment in one of the country's biggest media companies could be less profitable.
Ms. Rinehart invested about 152 million Australian dollars (US$161.6 million) to build up a roughly 12% stake in Fairfax Media Wednesday, say people familiar with the matter.
But Fairfax, the publisher of newspapers such as the Sydney Morning Herald, the Age and the Australian Financial Review, is suffering.
Australia's media industry faces a decline in print readership and falling advertising revenue. The country's economy doesn't offer much hope for a pickup—employment fell in December from the prior month, business sentiment is low, and the long-suffering retail sector shows few signs of a turnaround. Fairfax reported a loss of A$390.9 million for the financial year ended June 30. The family that founded the business sold out in November and management has been considering cutting the circulation of some papers. A new digital push offers no certainty of paying off and targeted cost reductions of A$85 million by June 2013 look optimistic.
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