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Meters to micrometers conversion table shows the most common values for the quick reference. Alternatively, you may use the converter below to convert any other values.
1 Meter = 1 000 000 Micrometers
Meter is a metric system base length unit and defined as the length of the path travelled by light in vacuum during a time interval of 1/299,792,458 of a second. It is spelled as metre in europe and also commonly mistaken for the device "meter". It equals to 3.2808399 feet, 39.3700787 inches. The abbreviation is "m".
Micrometer is a metric unit and usually used for precise measurement of small distances in engineering and machining. The abbreviation is "µm".
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Nice buy. If I went back to when I bought my Sigma, I would have bought an M&P instead.
I just picked it up a few days ago. Just a couple of days before the Smith & Wesson pistol promotion rebate ends. It's a $50 rebate and 2 free magazines. This is one of the best feeling full size .45 cal pistols I have ever felt. It makes my Glock 21 feel like a big hog! The M&P 45 came with 2 mags, 3 different grip backstraps and a hard case, as well as the rebate. I'm happy so far! I'll give a range report in the future.
Nice buy. If I went back to when I bought my Sigma, I would have bought an M&P instead.
Picked mine up a few weeks ago! Nothing but great things to say also!
I have the M&P in .40. It fits my hand nicely and shoots really well.
Have fun with yours.
It feels like it'a a missing part of your body when you hold it. I have a 40 and a 45 and there may be a 9 in my future.
Throw some blazers through it and let me know if it misfires. Also check and see how hot your slide gets after about 80 rounds and let me know.
I can tell you that if he fires at the maximum rate the slide will be hot. If he goes through a meaningful 80 round practice session it will be warm at times cool at other times.
What might be the objective of such a test other than to have someone waste $50 worth of ammo?
Nice choice ICM***
Lets see the same identical to the way I shot. Aim, fire, readjust your aim and fire. Not shooting as fast as he can.
The reason is I wanted to see if blazers did the same in the 9mm as it did the 2 40's I have tried. Extremely hot slides and misfires. If not I might look into getting a 9mm.
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Get a high quality reproduction of this cartoon shipped to you!I've heard all these prayer requests. Heck, I've used some of them myself.Some might be wondering what money has to do with it. Have you been to church lately?We don't live in a world of magic where if we just say the perfect words and offer the perfect sacrifice we get anything we want.We talk a lot about prayer... what we used to believe and what we think about it now. Come join the conversation at The Lasting … [Read more...]
If only prayer was this easy!
can being used lead to being abused?
Several people forwarded David Henson's post, "I Am Not a Drug: Why God Isn't in the Business of Using People". They said it reminded them of me. I appreciate it when people do that. Immediately I saw a cartoon. So here it is.Here's a quote from Henson's post: "The problem with understanding God's active presence in the world in terms of using humans is that it robs people of their agency, their humanity, their very image of God. It turns creative and thinking people into a fistful of t … [Read more...]
does the church have exclusive right of access?
Some assert that the only way to God is through the church.Some would theologize that the church is Christ's body, and that Christ is the mediator between God and people, so those in Christ would be in the church, and to be outside the church is to be outside of Christ.Some would insist that you cannot find God without Christ and that the church is the best guide to finding Christ and therefore finding God.Some cannot imagine a spirituality outside of an organization.I admire and … [Read more...]
do you get tired of clichés?
I've been thinking a lot about clichés because when I scroll through Facebook I get overwhelmed with how many are posted there and how many likes they get.The thing about a cliché is that it is born out of someone's experience and wisdom. They are words that emerged out of the crucible of suffering, temptation, testing, sacrifice, love, patience, lots of hard work and insight.So I'm going to use the Top 10 Spiritual Clichés. Let's start with this one attributed to Hopi elders: "We are th … [Read more...]
inspired manipulation
Just imagine hanging this print in your office! Haha! That would start some conversation! No?Here's a fascinating verse for you: "to the pure you show yourself pure, but to the crooked you show yourself deceitful" (Psalm 18:26). Oh the wealth that could be drawn from that sentence alone! The wise writer knew a fundamental truth: there is a direct correlation between your condition and your conception of your god. Have you thought about the possibility that your ideas about your god are a … [Read more...]


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Different typs of music do different jobs for me, anyone else? when Im running i like a bit of D&B, rap or heavy stuff, but when i come back from a training session, about 9 oclock or something i can't sleep and need to wind down. Just wondered the tunes that people listen to, training nd chilling out bit of a random thread, i just thought It would be a bit of normality in this section given recent events.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdHD3tIR3X0 (old school rap, none of this soulja boy shit)
Chilling out
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qneh8eJTcas I prefer this live version because he puts feeling into the song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0FH6jrM59E acoustic version is best
any bob marley song does the trick really, especially 3 little birds, if your having a rubbish day listen to that tune and i guarantee it will cheer you up.


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In the fall, Tom and his girlfriend posted candid comments on the FDR forum about their family problems. Mr. Molyneux offered to talk to them by Skype, an Internet telephone.
In one posting, Tom wrote about how he thought at one point that he was gay . "I'm quite worried about the ideas Stef has mentioned, suggesting I could have possibly been molested or flashed at or something which causes people to be attracted to the same sex."
By the spring, a distraught Tom spoke on an FDR call-in show ( podcast 1034 , starting at 1:37:00). He said he couldn't understand why he was so passionate about animal rights. "I think you as a child was treated like an animal by someone who was cruel to animals," Mr. Molyneux told him.
Tom said his father would scream at the family cats and throw things around when he was angry. "I'd be terrified. Just completely terrified."
"What you went through is staggeringly evil," Mr. Molyneux said. He suggested that Tom's mother became pregnant to placate an abusive spouse. "It's not that she failed to protect you from the devil. She created you for the devil."
"I can't remember the last time I got so angry," Tom said. Mr. Molyneux replied: "That's healthy anger."
Mr. Molyneux said in an interview that he wasn't trying to feed ideas into Tom's mind or attribute motives to his mother.
He said he just presented Tom a theory befitting the description of his father.
"All it is is a theory. I wasn't telling him what his experience was."
Ms. Weed denies there were abuses and said her son exaggerated the family conflicts. "The things he said, he was making them more dramatic than they were, making them worse than they were, for effects," she said.
"I had not understood until now the terrifying power of the World Wide Web as a tool to propagate lies and to cause suffering. Words seem so impotent in the face of the widespread and profound harm that the Freedomain Radio site is responsible for," Tom's father wrote on a site critical of FDR.
"I am one of those damaged parents, I have no chance of mending my marriage, no means of refuting the lies which have been circulated about me, and above all, I have lost a son."
Ms. Weed said she was willing to tell her story because she doesn't think Tom will come back.
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The trustees of the New York Racing Association, a target of allegations of wrongdoing and mismanagement, met in private Sept. 24 to devise ways to keep from losing the franchise to operate the state's premier Thoroughbred tracks.NYRA officials were extremely tight-lipped about the meeting. Its top managers and outside public relations firm either did not return calls for comment or refused to talk.Sources said the board was moving to reduce the day-to-day management responsibilities of NYRA president Terry Meyocks, who has been with NYRA since 1993. Meyocks, whose daughter was in a car accident Sept. 23, did not return calls for comment.Sources said Meyocks would still oversee racing operations at the tracks. It was unclear whether the trustees actually approved the change in work responsibilities for Meyocks, or were still mulling over the plan. A formal announcement could come as early as Sept. 26.Meyocks, 52, came under heavy criticism from New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, who issued a scathing report this year that said NYRA executives overlooked widespread problems at the tracks. His allies in the racing industry, led by NYRA chairman Barry Schwartz and his mentor, Kenneth Noe, sought to beat back attempts to dismiss Meyocks.In line to take a more active role in NYRA management are two NYRA trustees with a career of financial experience. They are C. Steven Duncker, formerly with Goldman Sachs, and Peter Karches, former president of Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Institutional Securities Group.The tense board meeting was called just a week after state Comptroller Alan Hevesi called for a number of changes at NYRA in the wake of a critical audit he released. Hevesi's plan included creation of an independent inspector general to oversee its financial operations.Also on the agenda at the Sept. 24 meeting was the issue of whether NYRA dipped into the purse account. There are thousands of horsemen who maintain money in the account from winnings, with amounts ranging from modest sums to well over $100,000. NYRA over time borrowed in excess of $14 million from the fund to help pay operating expenses.Richard Bomze, president of the New York Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association, said his group has investigators going through NYRA's books to get to the bottom of the purse-account matter."We want to work with NYRA to get it settled amicably between us and them just as soon as we can," Bomze said. "We want to settle it with them. I like NYRA. We want NYRA to run our racing."Bomze said one possibility is to have the horsemen run their own purse account.Meanwhile, the state Racing and Wagering Board has issued a show cause order to 10 NYRA clerks on why their licenses to work in the industry should not be suspended or revoked. The board cited their "financial responsibility, character and general fitness'' as being "inconsistent'' with the public interest for allegations involving taking money from their cash drawers. Nineteen clerks have already been convicted of crimes involving illegal activities over the past couple years, including money laundering and evading taxes.The racing board show cause order involving the 10 clerks has a Nov. 13 return date, according to documents the board released Thursday morning. The
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By Phillip De Wet
Sapa: There has been no news on the health of Nelson Mandela on Monday, following the overnight announcement that his state of health was "critical".
Former president Nelson Mandela remained in a "critical" state in hospital on Monday, and the presidency warned against false hope for a recovery for the 94-year-old elder statesman. But nearly 12 hours after official word that Mandela's condition deteriorated, there was no new information forthcoming, despite intense global interest.
In various interviews throughout the morning, presidential spokesperson and close friend to Mandela, Mac Maharaj said the government would continue its policy of not disclosing clinical details but said a "sombre mood" would be appropriate at this time.
Outside the Mediclinic Heart Hospital in Pretoria, media from around the world maintained a vigil – keen for any detail or visuals for eager audiences. After two weeks in hospital, news of Mandela's health largely dropped off the global news agenda but it again lead bulletins and newspapers in countries ranging from Singapore to the United States on Sunday night and Monday morning.
Passers-by at the hospital, mostly on their way to work early on Monday morning, expressed the same range of views that had become common-place in previous weeks: prayers, well-wishes, the hope that Mandela will be returning home (and even to active politics soon), as well as concern that Mandela was effectively being denied peace.
"They shouldn't keep him alive if it's his time. It's cruel, it's not right," said a woman who did not wish to be named.
Tight security Meanwhile, several police officers were manning the entrances to the hospital on Monday morning.
Before 6am, three police officers stood at the hospital's entrance along the busy Park Street.
The officers searched cars entering the hospital. More officers were inside the facility.
The hospital's other entrance along Celliers Street was opened before 6am. Police officers and hospital security searched all vehicles, including delivery vans.
Well-wishers adorned the hospital's security wall with get-well cards, balloons, flowers and paintings.
Some of the messages pasted onto the wall read: "Descendants of [former Ghana leader] Kwame Nkrumah wish u long life. Bernard [from] Ghana".
'We love you' Another message imprinted on an Ethiopian flag read: "We love you our father, Tata Madiba".
A colourful card from a Montessori pre-school was decorated with tiny children's palm prints and numerous pictures of Madiba holding the Fifa World Cup trophy.
Several news crews converged on the hospital on Sunday night after the presidency announced that Mandela's condition deteriorated. Most of them left by 3am on Monday.
But more than 20 vehicles, including the broadcast vans for local and international media, occupied the parking along Celliers Street on Monday morning.
A few reporters braved the biting early morning cold to chat near the hospital's Park Street entrance.
It was a quiet night outside Mandela's home in Johannesburg with almost no movement on Monday morning.
Visitors Shortly after 2am, a silver Jeep arrived at the house. The driver pulled up outside the black gates, flashed the vehicle's headlights and, when there was no response, hooted twice. The gates opened.
Two broadcasting teams arrived at the house on Sunday night, but left a short while later.
The street was otherwise quiet, with only the occasional armed response patrol.
After 6am the streets became busier as people continued with their daily routines. A black VW Polo parked outside the gate of the house and a woman entered.
On Sunday evening presidential spokesperson Mac Maharaj said in a statement: "The condition of former president Nelson Mandela, who is still in hospital in Pretoria, has become critical".
'Critical' It was issued after a visit by President Jacob Zuma and ANC deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa.
"They were briefed by the medical team who informed them that the former president's condition had become critical over the past 24-hours," said Maharaj.
Zuma and Ramaphosa also met Mandela's wife Graça Machel to discuss his condition.
"The doctors are doing everything possible to get his condition to improve and are ensuring that Madiba is well-looked after and is comfortable," Zuma said in the statement. "He is in good hands."
Zuma appealed to South Africans to continue praying for Mandela and his medical team.
Mandela was admitted to hospital on June 8 for treatment of a recurring lung infection. – Additional reporting by Sapa.


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CANADA STOCKS-TSX may open lower, corporate earnings weigh
Oct 23 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index looked set to open sharply lower on Tuesday, hurt by concerns the slow global economy will continue to weigh on corporate earnings and Moody's credit downgrade of five Spanish regions.
* Spanish bond prices fell after Moody's downgraded five of the country's regions including economically important but deeply indebted Catalonia, while safe-haven German bonds gained.
* Du Pont reported a lower-than-expected third-quarter profit and said it would lay off 1,500 workers as part of a cost-cutting program designed to offset falling sales around the world.
* Apple Inc is expected to make its biggest product move since debuting the iPad two years ago, launching a smaller, cheaper tablet into a market staked out by Amazon.com Inc and Google Inc.
* 3M company reported a 6.7 percent rise in third-quarter profit, but the company cut its profit forecast for the full year as acquisition costs and a strengthening dollar hurt margins.
* United Technologies Corp reported a 3.3 percent decline in third-quarter earnings and cut its sales forecast for the year, citing weak demand from airlines and an uncertain economy.
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Six months ago we reviewed the EVGA X58 SLI motherboard, which combined a Core i7 X58 chipset with triple graphics card slots. That set-up isn't especially unusual on high end motherboards but using an Intel chipset broke new ground for EVGA as it has been a long term exclusive nVidia partner.
Since then EVGA has expanded its range of Core i7 motherboards starting with the E756 Micro ATX and moving up to the E757 X58 LE which is a Lite version of the E759 which in turn replaces the E758 X58 SLI we reviewed. The differences between the two models seem to be slight to non-existent. Next we have the E760 X58 SLI Classified and at the top of the tree you'll find the water cooled E769 Classified Hydro Copper with a list price of US $570.
Today we're reviewing the E760 X58 SLI Classified which is a Deluxe version of the X58 SLI. Where the E758/E759 has triple graphics slots you will find the E760 has four slots which means that the E760 supports Tri-SLI with the option of a fourth graphics card that is dedicated to PhysX.
It's worth pointing out that the X58 chipset isn't terribly sophisticated when it comes to PCI Express support so two graphics slots can each have 16 lanes of PCI Express 2.0 but three slots have a x16x8x8 configuration and four slots get eight lanes each.
The E760 has been given a cosmetic makeover and looks quite striking compared to the E758/E759. The most dramatic change is the colour scheme which uses red and black to great effect. The memory slots alternate red and black, the four graphics slots are red, the PCI and PCI Express x11 slots are black, the six SATA connectors on the ICH10R Southbridge are black and the three SATA connectors on the two add-in JMicron controllers are red.
Across the foot of the board the Power button is red and the Reset button is black, along with red USB headers for the four ports on the supplied bracket. There are eight USB ports on the I/O panel along with dual Gigabit LAN, one Firewire, an eSATA and full surround audio with optical and coaxial digital connections. You also get a Clear CMOS button on the I/O panel for when the overclocking going gets tough.
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Martirosyan gearing up for world title showdown against Andrade on September 7
Photo: Chris Farina/Top Rank
USA Olympian Vanes Martirosyan (33-0-1) of Glendale, Ca. works out with Hall of Fame trainer Freddie Roach (R) at the Wild Card Boxing Club in Hollywood, Ca. Martirosyan is preparing for his upcoming vacant WBO Super Middleweight championship battle against unbeaten Demetrius Andrade (19-0) of Providence, R.I. This HBO televised feature fight will take place Saturday,September 7 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, Ca. The main event is Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. vs Bryan Vera.
Promoted by Top Rank, in association with Zanfer Promotions, Banner Promotions and Tecate, tickets to Chávez vs. Vera are now on sale. Tickets, priced at $250, $150, $100, $75 and $50 (plus applicable taxes and fees), can be purchased online at http://www.axs.com, by telephone at (888) 929-7849 or at the STAPLES Center box office, Monday – Friday, 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.


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Kelly Rowland
As one third of Destiny's Child, one of the best-selling female musical groups of all time, Kelly Rowland has brought the sound of her voice to millions of fans. She's graced videos, been featured in magazines and performed on television and concert stages worldwide. She's experienced #1 hits, multi-platinum albums, industry accolades, won Grammys and other awards, and felt the love of press and ...more


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Were you born on the Cusp? Do you know which of the Signs of the Zodiac is your true Sun sign?
Your true Sun sign depends not just on which date you were born, but for those of us born at a time of the month when the sun moves from one Zodiac Sign to another, it is also crucial to know the exact time we were born.
For example, my birthday is May 21st. In some years the sun is in Taurus on that date and in others it is in Gemini. However, because I know my time of birth, I am certain I am a Gemini, as the sun moved into Gemini two and a half hours before I was born. Had I been born on the same date and time, but five years later, I would have been a Taurus, because the sun did not move into Gemini until two and a half hours after I was born.
You will have noticed that different astrologers in different publications tend to give slightly different dates for when each of the zodiac signs start and finish. This is because the actual times and dates can vary from year to year.
These change-over dates and times are the reason why, if you were born on the Cusp, it is important to know exactly which star sign you are if you are reading your horoscope in newspapers or magazines – they always give a date range for each star sign but for some of us it will be wrong.
If you were born close to a 'cusp' and would like to know exactly what Zodiac sign you should be, then please use the links below, which will take you to a table which will confirm your star sign.
You will need to know your exact time of birth but PLEASE NOTE the times given in the Cusp Sign tables are Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). Therefore, if you were born outside the UK time zone, you will need to convert your birth time of your location to GMT.
And there's something else, which is crucial. If, once you convert your Birth Time to GMT and it takes you to within one hour earlier or later than your time of birth, you will need to check whether British Summer Time (BST) was in force on the day you were born. The UK puts its clock back by one hour on the last Sunday of October and forward by one hour on the last Sunday in March.
However, just to confuse the situation even further, in the UK in 1968, the Government embarked upon on a three year experiment. The clocks went forward as usual in March 1968, but in the following October, they did not return to Greenwich Mean Time. This was called called British Standard Time, and stayed one hour ahead of Greenwich Meantime until 1971, when the experiment ended and the UK reverted to GMT in the winter and British Summer Time (GMT + 1) between the end of March and the end of October.
Therefore, if you were born between March 1968 and October 1971, be extra careful when converting your local time to GMT.
Likewise, if you were born during the Second World War, Britain used Double British Summer Time. The clocks were one hour ahead of GMT in winter and two hours ahead in summer.
Why is it important to know your exact Sun Sign?
Your Sun sign represents the sign of the zodiac that the Sun was in at the precise time of your birth. Ruling ego and willpower, the Sun determines exactly who you are, what makes you "tick", your potential and what is unique about you. As the Sun is the core of our Universe, so it is the core of our individual beings.
All of your personality and the life you lead is underpinned by your Sun sign. It forms the foundation of who you are, how you interact with others and how others regard you and are influenced by you.
However, if you are born on the cusp of two Sun signs, you will take on a combination of characteristics of both signs. From my own personal experience some of my Gemini characteristics are balanced out by the influence of Taurus – for example: as a Gemini I like to be free and independent, which means as a parent I can feel tied down by babies until they themselves start to get more independent. This is balanced out by the maternal nature I have that comes from my Taurus side.
To take a look at the Cusp Signs and the characteristics you can expect to find in individuals born "on the cusp", follow the links in the table below to your Cusp Sign.
However, if you find it confusing to work out your time of birth in Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), leave a comment and I will do it for you 🙂
|Aries and Taurus
|Libra and Scorpio
|Taurus and Gemini
|Scorpio and Sagittarius
|Gemini and Cancer
|Sagittarius and Capricorn
|Cancer and Leo
|Capricorn and Aquarius
|Leo and Virgo
|Aquarius and Pisces
|Virgo and Libra
|Pisces and Aries
To find out your true Sun Sign if you were born on the Cusp, follow the links in the table below.
If you find it all too confusing then go to this page and use the Free Birth Sign Calculator


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3rd Place in Derby #264: Your Third and Final Wish, Guest Editor Drakxxx's Pick!
August 5
10:10:45.7 PM (PDT): NASA's Curiosity Rover enters the Martian atmosphere.
10:15:04.9 PM: Parachutes deploy, slowing the module's descent.
10:15:24.6 PM: Heat Shield Separation.
10:17:38.6 PM: Rover Separates from Descent Module.
10:17:57.3 PM: Touchdown on Martian Surface.
11:52:06.5 PM: Secondary Rover, Duquesne, deployed.
August 6
01:22:31.6 AM: Curiosity Rover cameras activated, detailing panoramic views of Martian topography while carefully avoiding the tracks left by Duquesne.
05:38:20.1 AM: Duquesne arrives at its destination, an artifact of seemingly natural construction which, 22 years ago, began emitting regular pulses of gamma radiation. Curiosity continues photographing the landscape, itself, and Martian skyline while transmitting these images back to Earth.
7:15:58.8 PM: After exhaustive mapping and exploration of the artifact, Duquesne's operators locate what they believe to be an entrance.
7:41:22.0 PM: After deliberation on Earth, Duquesne is approved to enter the artifact.
7:56:09.5 PM: Duquesne operators report they are approximately 15 meters inside the artifact. Curiosity transmits an image of a rocky outcropping to Earth.
8:02:31.1 PM: Duquesne's sensors record an enormous infrasonic blast. Its cameras are periodically disabled. Operator [REDACTED] throws off her headset and reports significant ocular and aural discomfort. Operator [REDACTED] is relieved of duty. Curiosity appears unaffected.
August 7
8:14:06.3 PM: After repeated attempts at repair, Duquesne's cameras come back online, although at diminished capacity. Operators report the rover seems stuck or entangled with some object prohibiting movement.
8:45:09.8 PM: Operator [REDACTED] is also relieved of duty after becoming hysterical and claiming to see "Shadows moving. Like snakes slithering in the air." Curiosity collects a soil sample.
9:00:00.0 PM: All personnel in control room report observing two glowing spheres on Duquesne monitors. Project Leader [REDACTED] is relieved of duty after insisting they are "the eyes of God come to judge us all."
9:00:45.1 PM: Operator [REDACTED], in Med Station 4 due to recurring ocular and auditory pain after exposure to infrasonic blast, attacks medical personnel, killing Doctors [REDACTED], [REDACTED], and [REDACTED] and severely injuring Security Detail Corporal [REDACTED] before being restrained and transferred to the brig.
August 8
12:00:00.0 AM: A substantial energy discharge of unknown origin and composition erupts from the Martian atmosphere. Initial trajectories indicate it will impact Earth in approximately 14 days. Rover Duquesne goes dark. Curiosity remains unaffected.
12:02:16.4 AM: Operator [REDACTED]'s restraints are increased due to self-inflicted injury caused by further hallucination. She is treated for severe ocular trauma. Dr. [REDACTED] reports that the patient appears to have removed and consumed both of her eyes.
12:00:00.0 PM: Operator [REDACTED] regains consciousness and begins chanting rhythmically in an unknown language. Attending physician records the words as, roughly, "Cthulhu Fthagn." Patient refuses to stop and will not eat or drink. Intravenous fluids are administered. Curiosity transmits a photo of a Martian sunset.
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This shirt tells the world: We can land the equivalent of a Honda Fit on Mars but they can't keep raccoons from shorting out the power lines every other week.
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As the snow continues to fall in London, City analysts are forecasting a slippery slope for mining giant Anglo American's (LON:AAL) shares.
The last two weeks have seen two key strategic challenges answered by the company. Firstly, it has found a chief executive in the form of Mark Cutifani, while troubled platinum arm Amplats unveiled its long-awaited review in which it said it was axing 14,000 jobs.
Broker JPMorgan Cazenove says Cutifani is the standout candidate to replace Cynthia Carroll and to tackle Anglo's key strategic challenges, which include cutting down Amplats' workforce to a reasonable size, finding a solution at Minas Rio – where capital spending has ballooned to more than US$8bn – and turning around recent operational declines at its copper and nickel mines.
Cutifani, it seems, may be the right candidate, but he has a tough task ahead of him following Carroll's decision to quit in the wake of shareholder unrest.
"We consider Mr Cutifani the stand out candidate for addressing AAL's long term underperformance to peers (AAL has lagged BHP 413% and RIO 134% in the last 10 years) but we expect the shares to be weighed down in 2013 by the difficulty and fall out of implementing essential operational change in South Africa, from where 54% of AAL's FY'13E earnings are source," said mining analyst Fraser Jamieson.
The broker keeps his 'underweight' advice and lowers his target price by 40p to 1,630p.
Anglo also failed to make the UBS podium of best miners, a list that included the likes of Rio Tinto (LON:RIO), Ferrexpo (LON:FXPO), Kazakhmys (LON:KAZ) and Glencore (LON:GLEN)/Xstrata (LON:XTA).
Analyst Julien Garran reckons we are in the midst of a sweet spot for earnings momentum in the mining sector.
He sees strong earnings momentum continuing through the second quarter of 2013, something that is a "powerful driver" of share price performance.
Garran tips lagged cost inflation and a loss of revenue momentum to kick in around July, warning investors to stop playing the earnings momentum story by May.
Investors looking for a sector to get their teeth into should eye up the airline industry, according to Credit Suisse.
It sees execution on turnaround plans coming into view after a number of carriers were forced to restructure.
"In our view, 2013 will prove a crucial year for investors to judge the likelihood of success of respective flag carrier restructuring efforts," said Neil Glynn at Credit Suisse.
He lifts British Airways and Iberia owner IAG (LON:IAG) to 'outperform' as he expects progress to be made on the troubled Spanish airline, which the market is already beginning to take note of.
In the run up to Christmas Iberia was bracing itself for strikes protesting at planned job cuts, but unions called them off.
While no deal has been struck between the two parties, the broker's target price soars 75p higher at 259p, factoring in negotiating "a satisfactory deal with labour".
Investec waded into the debate on the sector when it cut budget carrier easyJet (LON:EZJ) to 'hold' from 'buy'.
"The stock was our key 2012 airlines pick, but the shares have outpaced the market and we now project a period of share price stability rather than material growth, coupled with uncertainty over the outcome of a major new aircraft order in 2013," it said.
Investors in alcoholic drinks giant Diageo (LON:DGE) will have done very well for themselves over the past year, with shares up over 30%.
However, shares lost 1.6% today on the back of a downgrade from UBS.
The Swiss broker now believes the Smirnoff and Guinness maker's stock will not climb much higher, dropping it to 'neutral' as a result.
Small cap specialist Numis believes WH Smith (LON:SMWH) could provide investors with a late Christmas present when it reveals how it fared over the festive season.
The broker says the trading update will provide yet more evidence of the stationer's famed trading discipline and keen margin focus as it moves its recommendation to 'add' from 'hold.


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Pass the Popcorn: What Movies Did Hotel Guests Watch the Most in February?
By Terry Trucco
Does anyone go to movie theaters anymore? February was Oscar month, and it seems a lot of guests used hotel room visits to catch the 2012 Academy Award nominees. (So much for witnessing Skyfall's technical effects on the big screen.) Whatever. No envelope needed. Scroll down to see the month's top ten hotel room hits.
As always this month's round-up is compiled by LodgeNet, suppliers of in-room entertainment to 1.6 million hotel rooms in the U.S and Canada.
The Nation and Canada
1) Argo
2) Skyfall
3) The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2
4) This is 40
5) Silver Linings Playbook
6) Fight
7) Lincoln
8) Parental Guidance
9) Wreck-it Ralph
10) Life of Pi
New York City
1) Argo
2) Skyfall
3) Silver Linings Playbook
4) The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2
5) This is 40
6) Flight
7) Lincoln
8) Life of Pi
9) Parental Guidance
10) Wreck-it Ralph
Check in again in early April to see how March's hotel releases — Zero Dark Thirty, Django Unchained, The Hobbit, Les Mis and more – played out on small screens in New York, the Nation and Canada (and who, if anyone, unseats Argo for the top spot.)
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Hard to argue with Argo, a very good movie indeed. Well worth a few dollars for a hotel rental. Silver Linings Playbook is another good one, and, I see, higher ranked in NYC than in the nation.
In general, what sort of movies tend to do better in NYC than across the nation in hotel rooms?
Comment by Erik — March 3, 2013 @ 5:11 am
As you can see, people visiting New York don't choose movies all that differently from those across the nation and in Canada. Still, if I had to generalize I'd say children's movies tend to score lower in New York, perhaps because not as many people are traveling with kids as some destinations. And movies with New York settings always do well here. "Arbitrage," for example, came in much higher in New York hotel rooms than elsewhere. Thanks for your comments, Erik.
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The Common Language Infrastructure (CLI) is a specification submitted jointly by Microsoft, Intel, and Hewlett-Packard as an ECMA standard. The Common Language Runtime (CLR) is Microsoft's implementation of the CLI.
The CLI is designed for strongly types languages and has 5 partitions. Partition 1 specifies the CLI foundation: the Common Type System (CTS), the Virtual Execution System (VES), and the Common Language Specification (CLS).
Compiling a C# program does not create a regular executable file. Instead it creates a program in Common Intermediate Language (CIL, specified in partition 3 of the ECMA standard). A compiled C# program also contains a block of metadata (data about the program itself) called a manifest (specified in partition 2). This metadata facilitates powerful reflection capabilities.
The VES translates the CIL into native executable code (which can be done just-in-time or at installation).
The Common Type System (CTS) is a set of
The Common Language Specification is a set of
The obligatory console Hello World in C# looks like this.
class HelloWorld { static void Main() { System.Console.WriteLine("Hello, world!"); } }
C# has a sensibly limited preprocessor. There are no macro functions. What you see is what you get. A C# source file is not required to have the same name as the class it contains. Identifiers should follow the camelCasing or PascalCasing notation depending on whether they are private or non-private respectively. Hungarian notation is officially not recommended. C# is a case sensitive language so Main must be spelled with a capital M. A C# program exposing two identifiers differing only in case is not CLS compliant. C# offers exception handling features using the try/catch/finally keywords. Exceptions are used extensively in the Base Class Library (BCL). C# also supports C++ like namespaces as a purely a logical scoping/naming mechanism. You can write using directives to bring the typenames in a namespace into scope.
using System; // System.Exception class HelloWorld { static void Main() { try { NotMain() } catch (Exception caught) { ... } } ... }
C# supports 8 integer types (not all of which are CLS compliant) and three floating point types. The floating point literal suffixes for these three types are F/f, D/d, and M/m (think m for money).
C# expressions follow the standard C/C++/Java rules of precedence and associativity. As in Java, the order of operand evaluation is left to right (in C/C++ it's unspecified), an expression must have a side effect (in C/C++ it needn't) and a variable can only be used once it has definitely been assigned (not true in C/C++).
The CIL allows expressions or statements that contain integer arithmetic to be checked to detect integer overflow. C# uses the checked and unchecked keywords to access this feature. An integer overflow throws an OverflowException when checked. (Integer division by zero always throws a DivideByZeroException.) Floating point expressions never throw exceptions (except when being cast to integers). For example:
using System; class Overflow { static void Main() { try { int x = int.MaxValue + 1; // wraps to int.MinValue int y = checked(int.MaxValue + 1); // throws } catch (OverflowException caught) { Console.WriteLine(caught); } } }
C# supports the if/while/for/do statements familiar to C/C++/Java programmers. As in Java, a C# boolean expression must be a genuine boolean expression. There are never any conversions from a built in type to true/false. A variable introduced in a for statement initialization is scoped to that for statement. C# supports a foreach statement which you can use to effortlessly iterate through an array (or any type that supports the correct interface/pattern).
using System; class Foreach { static void Main(string[] args) { foreach (string arg in args) { Console.WriteLine(arg); } } }
The C# switch statement does not allow fall-through behavior. Every case section (including the optional default section) must end in a break statement, a return statement, a throw statement, or a goto statement. You are only allowed to switch on integral types, bools, chars, strings and enums (these types all have a literal syntax).
C# does not allow global methods; all methods must be declared in a struct or a class. C# does not have a C/C++ header/source file separation; all methods must be declared inline. Arguments can be passed to methods in three different ways:
The ref/out keywords must appear on the method declaration and the method call. For example:
class Calling { static void Copies ( int param) { ... } static void Accesses(ref int param) { ... } static void Modifies(out int param) { ... } static void Main() { int arg = 42; Copies ( arg); // arg won't change Accesses(ref arg); // arg might change Modifies(out arg); // arg will change } }
C# supports method overloading but not return type covariance. Unlike Java, C# does not support method throw specifications (all exceptions are effectively unchecked).
C# makes a clear distinction between value types and reference types. Value type instances (values) live on the stack and are used directly whereas reference type instances (objects) live on the heap and are used indirectly. C# has excellent language support for declaring user-defined value types (unlike Java).
You can declare enum types in C#. For example:
enum Suit { Hearts, Clubs, Diamonds, Spades }
You can also declare a user-defined value type using the struct keyword. For example:
struct CoOrdinate { int x, y; }
Unlike C++, the default accessibility of struct fields is private. You control the initialization of struct values using constructors. You use the static keyword to declare shared methods and shared fields. The readonly keyword is used for fields that can't be modified and are initialised at runtime. The const keyword is used for fields (and local variables) that can't be modified and are initialised at compile time (and is therefore restricted to enums and built in types). As in Java, each declaration must repeat its access specifier.
struct CoOrdinate { public CoOrdinate(int initialX, initialY) { x = rangeCheckedX(initialX); y = rangeCheckedY(initialY); } public const int MaxX = 600; public static readonly CoOrdinate Empty = new CoOrdinate(0, 0); ... private int x, y; }
The built in value type keywords are in fact just a notational convenience. The keyword int (for example) is an alias for System.Int32, a struct called Int32 that lives in the System namespace. Whether you use int or System.Int32 in a C# program makes no difference.
C# supports operator overloading. Enum types automatically support most operators but struct types do not. For example, to allow struct values to be compared for equality/inequality you must write == and != operators:
struct CoOrdinate { public static bool operator==(CoOrdinate lhs, CoOrdinate rhs) { return lhs.x == rhs.x && lhs.y == rhs.y; } public static bool operator!=(CoOrdinate lhs, CoOrdinate rhs) { return !(lhs == rhs); } ... private int x, y; }
Operators must be public static methods. Operator parameters can only be passed by copy (no ref or out parameters). One or more of the operator parameter types must be of the containing type so you can't change the meaning of the built in operators. The increment (and decrement) operators can be overloaded and work correctly when used in either prefix or postfix form. C# also supports conversion operators which must be declared using the implicit or explicit keyword. Some operators (such as simple assignment) cannot be overloaded.
Rather than using a Java Bean-like naming convention, C# uses properties to declare read/write access to a logical field without breaking encapsulation. Properties contain only get and set accessors. The get accessor is automatically called in a read context and the set accessor is automatically called in a write context. For example (note the x and X case difference):
struct CoOrdinate { ... public int X { get { return x; } set { x = rangeCheckedX(value); } } ... private static int rangeCheckedX(int argument) { if (argument < 0 || argument > MaxX) { throw new ArgumentOutOfRange("x"); } return argument; } ... private int x, y; }
An indexer allows a user-defined type to be used as an array. An indexer, like a property, can contain only get/set accessors. For example:
struct StringSection { ... public char this[int at] { get { return adapted[start_at + at]; } } ... private readonly string adapted; private readonly int start_at; }
Classes allow you to create user-define reference types. One or more reference type variables can easily refer to the same object. A variable whose declared type is a class can be assigned to null to signify that the reference does not refer to an object (struct variables cannot be assigned to null). Assignment to null counts as a Definite Assignment. Classes can declare constructors, destructors, fields, properties, indexers, and operators. Despite identical syntax, classes and structs have subtly different rules and semantics. For example, you can declare a parameterless constructor in a class but not in a struct. You can initialise fields declared in a class at their point of declaration, but struct fields can only be initialized inside a constructor. Here is a class called MyForm that implements the GUI equivalent of Hello World in C#.NET.
using System.Windows.Forms; class Launch { static void Main() { Application.Run(new MyForm()); } } class MyForm : Form { public MyForm() { Text = captionText; } private string captionText = "Hello, world!"; }
Variables whose declared type is a class can be passed by copy, ref, and out exactly as before.
class WrappedInt { public WrappedInt(int initialValue) { value = initialValue; } ... private int value; } class Calling { static void Copies ( WrappedInt param) { ... } static void Accesses(ref WrappedInt param) { ... } static void Modifies(out WrappedInt param) { ... } static void Main() { WrappedInt arg = new WrappedInt(42); Copies ( arg); // arg won't change Accesses(ref arg); // arg might change Modifies(out arg); // arg will change } }
C# string literals are double quote delimited (char literals are single quote delimited). Strings are reference types so it is easy for two or more string variables to refer to the same string object. The keyword string is an alias for the System.String class in exactly the same way that int is an alias for the System.Int32 struct.
namespace System { public sealed class String : ... { ... public static bool operator==(String lhs, String rhs) { ... } public static bool operator!=(String lhs, String rhs) { ... } ... public int Length { get { ... } } public char this[int index] { get { ... } } ... public CharEnumerator GetEumerator() { ... } ... } }
The string class supports a readonly indexer (it contains a get accessor but no set accessor). The C# string type is an immutable type (just like in Java). The string equality and inequality operators are overloaded but the relational operators (< <= > >=) are not. The StringBuilder class is the mutable companion to string and lives in the System.Text namespace. You can iterate through a string expression using a foreach statement.
C# arrays are reference types. The size of the array is not part of the array type. You can declare rectangular arrays of any rank (Java supports only one dimensional rectangular arrays).
int[] row; int[,] grid;
Array instances are created using the new keyword. Array elements are default initialised to zero (enums and numeric types), false (bool), or null (reference types).
row = new int[42]; grid = new int[9,6];
Array instances can be initialised. A useful initialisation shorthand does not work for assignment.
int[] row = new int[4]{ 1, 2, 3, 4 }; // longhand int[] row = { 1, 2, 3, 4 }; // shorthand row = new int[4]{ 1, 2, 3, 4 }; // okay row = { 1, 2, 3, 4 }; // compile-time error
Array indexes start at zero and all array accesses are bounds checked (IndexOutOfRangeException). All arrays implicitly inherit from the System.Array class. This class brings array types into the CTS and provides some handy properties and methods:
namespace System { public abstract class Array : ... { ... public int Length { get { ... } } public int Rank { get { ... } } public int GetLength(int rank) { ... } public virutal IEnumerator GetEnumerator() { ... } ... } }
The element type of an array can itself be an array creating a so called "ragged" array. Ragged arrays are not CLS compliant. You can use a foreach statement to iterate through a ragged array or through a rectangular array of any rank:
class ArrayIteration { static void Main() { int[] row = { 1, 2, 3, 4 }; foreach (int number in row) { ... } int[,] grid = { { 1, 2 }, { 3, 4 } }; foreach (int number in grid) { ... } int[][] ragged = { new int[2]{ 1, 2 }, new int[4]{ 3, 4, 5, 6 } }; foreach (int[] array in ragged) { foreach (int number in array) { ... } } } }
An object reference can be initialised with a value. This does not create a reference referring into the stack (which is just as well!). Instead the VES makes a copy of the value on the heap and the reference refers to this copy. The copy is created using a plain bitwise copy (the copying is guaranteed to never throw an exception). This is called boxing. Extracting a boxed value back into a local value is called unboxing and requires an explicit cast. When unboxing the VES checks if the boxed value has the exact type specified in the cast (conversions are not considered). If it doesn't the CLI runtime throws an InvalidCastException. C# uses boxing as part of the params mechanism to create typesafe variadic methods (methods that can accept a variable number of arguments of any type).
struct CoOrdinate { ... private int x, y; } class Boxing { static void Main() { CoOrdinate pos; pos.X = 1; pos.Y = 2; object o = pos; // boxes ... CoOrdinate copy = (CoOrdinate)o; // cast to unbox } }
C# supports the same inheritance model as Java; a class can extend at most one other class (in fact a class always extends exactly one class since all classes implicitly extend System.Object). A struct cannot act as a base type or be derived from. A derived class can access non-private members of its immediate base class using the base keyword. Unlike Java (and like C++) by default C# methods, indexers, properties, and events are not virtual.
class Symbol { ... public virtual string Name { get { ... } } } class TerminalSymbol : Symbol { ... public override string Name { get { return "terminal"; } } } class NonTerminalSymbol : Symbol { ... public NonTerminalSymbol(string name) { this.name = name; } public sealed override string Name { get { return name; } } private readonly string name; }
C# interfaces contain only the names of methods. Methods bodies are not allowed. Access modifiers are not allowed (all methods are implicitly public). Fields are not allowed (not even static ones). Static methods are not allowed (so no operators). Nested types are not allowed. Properties, indexers, and events (again with no bodies) are allowed though. An interface, struct, or class can have as many base interfaces as it likes.
interface Symbol { ... string Name { get; } }
A struct or class must implement all its inherited interface methods. Interface methods can be implemented implicitly (in which case they must be public and can be virtual to allow overriding) or explicitly (in which case they are not public, can only be called via the interface, are not virtual, and cannot be overriden).
class TerminalSymbol : Symbol { ... public string Name // implicit implementation { get { return "terminal"; } } }
class TerminalSymbol : Symbol { ... string Symbol.Name // explicit implementation { get { return "terminal"; } } }
You use the abstract keyword to declare an abstract class or an abstract method (only abstract classes can declare abstract methods). You use the sealed keyword to declare a class that cannot be derived from. The inheritance notation is positional; base class first, followed by base interfaces.
interface Symbol { ... string Name { get; } } abstract class NamedSymbol { ... protected NamedSymbol(string name) { this.name = name; } public string Name { get { return name; } } private readonly string name; } class TerminalSymbol : NamedSymbol, Symbol { public TerminalSymbol() : base("terminal") { } ... } sealed class NonTerminalSymbol : NamedSymbol, Symbol { public NonTerminalSymbol(string name) : base(name) { } ... }
Runtime type information is available via the is, as, and typeof keywords as well as the object.GetType() method.
You can declare a destructor in a class. A C# destructor has the same name as its class, prefixed with a tilde (~). A destructor is not allowed an access modifier or any parameters. The compiler converts your destructor into an override of the object.Finalize method. For example, this:
public class StreamWriter : TextReader { ... ~StreamWriter() { Close(); } public override void Close() { ... } }
is converted into this: (You can use the ILDASM tool to see this transformation in the CIL.)
public class StreamWriter : TextReader { ... protected override void Finalize() { try { Close(); } finally { base.Finalize(); } } public override void Close() { ... } }
You are not allowed to call a destructor or the Finalize method in code (which is why they never have an access modifier or parameters). Instead, the generational garbage collector (which is part of the VES) calls Finalize on objects sometime after they become unreachable but definitely before the program ends. You can force a garbage collection using the System.GC.Collect() method. C# does not support struct destructors (although CIL does). However, C# does have a using statement which you can use to scope a resource to a local block in an exception safe way. For example, this:
class Example { void Method(string path) { using (AutoStreamWriter local = new StreamWriter(path)) { StreamWriter writer = local.StreamWriter; ... } } }
is automatically translated into this:
class Example { void Method(string path) { { AutoStreamWriter local = new StreamWriter(path); try { StreamWriter writer = local.StreamWriter; ... } finally { local.Dispose(); } } } }
which relies on AutoStreamWriter implementing the System.IDisposable interface:
public struct AutoStreamWriter : IDisposable { public AutoStreamWriter(StreamWriter decorated) { local = decorated; } public static implicit operator AutoStreamWriter(StreamWriter decorated) { return new AutoStreamWriter(decorated); } public StreamWriter StreamWriter { get { return local; } } void IDisposable.Dispose() { local.Close(); } private readonly StreamWriter local; }
The delegate is the last C# type. A delegate is a named method signature (similar to a function pointer in C/C++). For example, the System namespace declares a delegate called EventHandler that's used extensively in the Windows.Forms classes:
namespace System { public delegate void EventHandler(object sender, EventArgs sent); ... }
EventHandler is a now a reference type; EventHandler is the name of a type. Calling a delegate variable calls all the delegate instances attached to it.
namespace Not.System.Windows.Forms { public class Button { ... public EventHandler Click; ... protected void OnClick(EventArgs sent) { if (Click != null) { Click(this, sent); // call here } } } }
All delegate types implicitly derive from the System.Delegate class (again you can use the ILDASM tool to see this transformation in the CIL). You use the event keyword to modify the declaration of a delegate variable. Event delegates can be used only in restricted, safe ways (for example, you can't call an event delegate from outside the struct/class it is declared in):
namespace System.Windows.Forms { public class Button { ... public event EventHandler Click; } }
You create an instance of a delegate type by naming a method whose signature matches the signature of the delegate type. You attach a delegate instance to a matching delegate variable using the += operator and remove it using the -= operator.
using System.Windows.Forms; class MyForm : Form { ... private void initializeComponent() { ... okButton = new Button("OK"); okButton.Click += new EventHandler(this.okClick); // create + attach } private void okClick(object sender, EventArgs sent) { ... } ... private Button okButton; }
You can compile a working set of source files (all written in the same supported language) into a CLI module. For example, using the Microsoft C# command line compiler:
csc /target:module /out:grammar.netmodule *.cs
The default file extension for a module is .netmodule. A module contains (directly) types and CIL instructions and forms the smallest unit of dynamic download. However, a module cannot be run. The only thing you can do with a module is add it to an assembly. An assembly contains a manifest (a module does not). The manifest is metadata that describes the contents of the assembly and makes the assembly self describing. An assembly knows:
The Microsoft C# compiler option to create an assembly is /target:library. For example (there are various other options for adding modules and referencing other assemblies):
csc /target:library /out:parser.dll *.cs
The Microsoft C# compiler option to create an executable assembly is /target:exe (one of the structs/classes must contain a Main method).
csc /target:exe /out:application.exe *.cs
Assemblies comes in two forms. A private assembly is not versioned, and is used only by a single application. A shared assembly is versioned, and lives in a special shared directory called the Global Assembly Cache (GAC). Shared assembly version numbers are created using an IP like numbering scheme:
<major> . <minor> . <build> . <revision>
Shared applications that differ only by version number can co-exist in the GAC (this is called side-by-side execution). This provides a solution to the DLL-Hell problem. The particular version of an assembly that an individual application uses when running can be controlled from an XML application configuration file. For example:
... <BindingPolicy> <BindingRedir Name="application" ... Version="*" VersionNew="6.1.1212.14" UseLatestBuildRevision="no"/> </BindingPolicy> ...
You can edit this config file to choose your binding policy. For example:
You use attributes to tag code elements with declarative information. This information is added to the metadata, and can be queried and acted upon at translation/run time using reflection. For example, you use the [Conditional] attribute to tag methods you want removed from the release build (calls to conditional methods are also removed):
using System.Diagnostics; class Trace { [Conditional("DEBUG")] public static void Write(string message) { ... } }
You use the [CLSCompliant] attribute to declare (or check) that a source file conforms to the Common Language Specification:
[assembly:System.CLSCompliant(true)] ...
You can use the [MethodImpl] attribute to synchronize a method:
using System.Runtime.CompilerSerives; class Example { [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.Synchronized)] void SynchronizedMethod() { ... } }
The attribute mechanism is extensible; you can easily create and use your own attribute types:
public sealed class DeveloperAttribute : Attribute { public DeveloperAttribute(string name) { ... } }
[Developer("Patrick Jagger")] public struct AutoStreamWriter : IDisposable { ... }
C# programs compile into Common Intermediate Language (CIL). CIL types that conform to the Common Language Specification (CLS) can be used by any .NET language. For example, in Microsoft's .NET, the types in the System namespace are implemented in the mscorlib.dll assembly. Programs written in C#, in VB.NET, in managed C++, or any supported language can all use this assembly. There isn't one version of the assembly for each language.
CIL programs are translated into executable programs either at installation time or just-in-time as they are executed by the Virtual Execution System (VES). The Common Language Infrastructure (the CTS, the VES, the CLS, and the metadata specification) is an ECMA standard and efforts are already underway to implement the CLI on non Windows platforms (eg http://www.go-mono.com.)
C# is a modern general purpose programming language. It has clear similarities to Java (reference types, inheritance model, garbage collection) and to C++ (value types, operator overloading, logical namespaces, explicit interface implementation, by default methods are not virtual). It has no backward compatibility constraints (as C++ does to C) and avoids/resolves some known problems in Java. The Common Type System (CTS) makes a clear distinction between value types and reference types. The more I use C# the more I like it and the more I appreciate the careful and consistent decisions taken during its design.
In keeping this overview to a reasonable length I have necessarily omitted numerous important aspects of C#. Nevertheless I hope this article has given you a flavour of C# and its relationship to .NET.
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Kendrick Lamar, Tiesto, & The Avett Brothers to Appear at KANROCKSAS
Kendrick Lamar
After a 2011 concert with Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, and Game, the trio dubbed Kendrick Lamar "The New King of the West Coast." His official debut album on Dre's Aftermath label, Good Kid M.A.A.d. City, opened at No. 2 on the Billboard charts in 2012 and sold over 200,000 copies in its first week. The album has eclipsed 600,000 copies in the United States and has been certified Gold. Kendrick's 2013 world tour includes 30 shows in 29 cities and 14 countries. http://kendricklamar.org
Tiësto is an electronic performer and DJ with a global brand. Voted 'The Greatest DJ Of All Time' by Mixmag in 2011, Tiësto has collaborated with superstars like Kanye West, Coldplay, Katy Perry and many more. His achievements include a Grammy nomination, numerous MTV awards and a performance at the opening Ceremony of the 2004 Athens Olympic Games. http://www.tiesto.com/Tiesto-home
Avett Brothers
Indie folk-pop darlings, The Avett Brothers received rave reviews for their 2009 breakthrough major-label debut, I and Love and You, which peaked at number 16 on the Billboard 200 album charts and resulted in an invitation to perform alongside Bob Dylan and Mumford & Sons at the 2011 Grammy Awards. In 2012, the band released its 6th full-length album,The Carpenter. It debuted at number 4 on the Billboard Top 200 and was nominated for a Best Americana Album Grammy. http://www.theavettbrothers.com
About Kanrocksas Music Festival
Festival organizer MMF, LLC, consisting of Kanrocksas co-founder Bill Brandmeyer and Evenergy, a Kansas City-based company specializing in major event production, is dedicated to delivering a world class, top-tier music festival to entertain the Midwest for many years to come. Like Kanrocksas Music Festival on Facebook at Facebook.com/Kanrocksas, follow us on Twitter at @Kanrocksas or visit www.kanrocksas.com for breaking news, announcements and all things Kanrocksas.


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|96 m²
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licentie: HUTB-002198
Situated on the third floor (without a lift), this flat covers generous 96m² of floor space, and can comfortably accommodate up to eight people. It has been decorated with modern laminate flooring and white painted walls, which serve to magnify the feeling of light and space throughout.
The flat comprises three separate bedrooms; the first includes three single beds, the second has two single beds, while the third has a single bed and one bunk bed. In the living area you'll find a comfy sofa, dining table with chairs and a TV. This space leads out onto a very sunny 4m² terrace, full of plants and great for getting some fresh air.
The separate kitchen leads off from the living room, and is impressively large. It's been fully equipped with everything you might need – a free standing fridge/freezer, a washing machine, gas hob, grill, microwave, toaster, coffee pot and a juicer. There's also a beautifully tiled shower room and a WC. The apartment's owner is happy for guests to smoke inside the property.
In terms of location, the flat is really close to the Plaça Espanya and within strolling distance of Montjuic's magic fountain. At the foot of Montjuic itself, this is a perfect area to discover the area's museums, Olympic buildings, and gorgeous gardens.
Plaça Espanya is also a central transport hub (with Metro, train and bus stops) and from here you can catch the airport bus directly back to El Prat Airport. There are plenty of shopping facilities around, for example, the former bullfighting arena of Las Arenas, which has been turned into a fabulous shopping centre. You will also be situated just a couple of minutes away from the trade fair and conference centres at the entrance to Montjuic.
Grand Appartement confortable et agréable
A very clean and well kept apartment. Very friendly and service minded owners that was great to communicate. Would definitely book this apartment again.
Tolle Insider-Tipps von G. (Kontaktperson) für unseren Aufenthalt!! Sehr gute Anbindung zu Bahnhof, Flughafen, Metro und Sightseeing. Fontana Magica max. 10 min. zu Fuß!! Für Selbstversorger mehrere Supermärkte direkt um die Ecke, für Faule auch Lokale in verschiedensten Preisklassen.
Un appartement au top !! Celui ci est très bien situé, propre,grand,fonctionnel et l accueil de l interlocuteur (g) est super . Un très bon logement que je recommande !!
Location is excellent, a few minutes walk from the metro which is just a few stations away from la rambla, and can bring you pretty much where ever you want to go in the city. Lots of places to eat around, and a giant shopping mall, as well as some great sites.
Apartment was tidy, good location, friendly service, we were allowed to check in a few hours early as we arrived in Barcelona early in the morning which was very helpful to us.
Très bien! Tout était parfait à part l'écoulement de l'évier de la cuisine qui ne va pas très bien. Quartier sympa metro à proximité et nombreux commerces.
De betaling wordt doorgaans alleen geaccepteerd in de opgegeven valuta, tenzij een andere valuta en het bijbehorende bedrag vooraf met de eigenaar zijn afgesproken.


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Collee, J.G., Fraser, A.G., Marmion, B.P. and Simmons, A. (2008) Chapter 7: Test for Identification of Bacteria. In: Collee, J.G., Miles, R.S. and Watt, B., Eds., Test for Identification of Bacteria, Mackie & McCartney's Practical Medical Microbiology, 14th Edition, Indian Reprint, Churchil Livingstone, 131-149.
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Prevalence of Multidrug Resistant Enterococci in a Tertiary Care Hospital in India: A Growing Threat
Nita Gangurde, Manisha Mane, Sunita Phatale
Enterococci; HLGR; HLSR; VRE
Open Journal of Medical Microbiology,
Vol.4 No.1,
Introduction: Enterococci are members of the healthy human intestinal flora, but are also leading causes of highly antibiotic-resistant infections. Serious enterococcal infections are often difficult to treat since the organisms have a tremendous capacity to acquire resistance to penicillin, high concentration of aminoglycoside & vancomycin. Careful review of in vitro susceptibility data is required to treat infections caused by MDR Enterococci. Therefore we conducted the study to find out prevalence of MDR Enterococci. Aims & Objectives: To study the prevalence of Vancomycin resistance, High Level Streptomycin Resistance (HLSR) & High Level Gentamicin Resistance (HLGR) in different enterococcal isolates. Materials & Methods: Total 180 enterococcal isolates were studied. Identification was done by conventional biochemical methods. Antibiotic susceptibility testing was done by Kirby-Bauer disc diffusion method on Mueller–Hinton agar and results were interpreted as per CLSI guidelines. HLSR & HLGR was determined by disc diffusion method using high level Gentamicin disc (120 μg) & Streptomycin (300 μg) discs. Minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) determination for Vancomycin was done by vancomycin E test strips. Results: Total 180 entetococcal isolates were studied. E. faecalis was 60%, E. faecium was 32.2%, E. durans and E. raffinosus were 4.4% & 3.3% respectively. Enterococcus fecium showed resistance in high percentage as compared to E. faecalis. 15 isolates were found to be vancomycin resistant. Conclusion: Resistance to aminoglycoside is of great concern. Regular screening of enterococcal isolates for vancomycin resistance detection should be implemented. It is very important to implement infection control measures, screening of health care workers, surveillance cultures in intensive care units which can control spread of multidrug resistant enterococci.
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The Knowhow
Blu-rays (BD) are more scratch-resistant than standard DVDs:
- BD's have a special coating on them - this protects the disc from wear and tear
- Scratch tests have shown that Blu-rays are fairly tough - they can even withstand scratches from sharp metal keys (and still be played)
- The coating combines a cover layer, a hard, protective middle layer, and the recorded layer - the film's data - underneath
- At the moment BDs are more expensive to produce, but the Blu-ray Disc Association have said that BDs will soon be the same price as DVDs
What's the difference between Blu-ray discs and standard DVD discs?
- Blu-ray discs are stronger and more resistant to wear and tear
- BD can store more information (five times more: 25 - 50 GB)
- BD have a much faster data transfer rate (this means they perform better)
- HD shows more picture detail than standard definition (5 times the amount)
- Blu-rays play high-definition films
- Blu-ray discs cost more than standard DVD formats (for the time being)
Should I make the move to Blu-ray?
- Blu-ray is all about high-definition viewing. If you're a fan of HD TV and want to make the conversion to an HD-Ready TV, then Blu-ray is the next step towards full-spectrum HD viewing
- BD will eventually take over from DVD, but at the moment BD and DVD formats run side by side
- Once HD TV has been rolled out across the board - it is likely BD will take over.
- Standard DVD formats won't be obsolete - you'll still be able to play your old DVDs, but they won't be in high-definition
- BD is good if you want to build up a film library with a long shelf-life


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Mica: No More FAA Shutdowns
(Orlando- WMFE) Central Florida Congressman John Mica wants to pass a four-year aviation re-authorization bill by January. But to come to an agreement, he doesn't want another FAA shutdown.
"What's different is we've been there and done it," the Chair of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee told a crowd gathered at the 18th World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems being held in Orlando this week.
"No one liked the partial shutdown, it caused a great disruption but it did get me a solution. We will have in place long term transportation policy definitely for aviation, and I'm going to do my best for surface and highway transportation."
More Money Please
Mica also said he wants to fund transportation and infrastructure projects beyond their current level but didn't provide specifics, "We've got to find a whole new way for funding transportation." One idea the Congressman adamantly opposed was any consideration of increasing the Federal gas tax, "completely off the table is any raise in the gas tax. We are looking at funding possibly, the speaker (John Boehner) has said some other sources, maybe at the wellhead, maybe where we could get a more reliable and steady transportation funding mechanism. Right now the system is broken. You drive further and you pay less."
Technology Solutions
Some ideas that could save money for drivers and governments are on display at the 18th ITS World Congress. One of them is the newly commissioned Central Florida National Test Bed for connected vehicles. The test bed is composed of a 25 mile loop around part of Interstate 4 loaded with short range radio and GPS transmitters. Those transponders communicate with so called "connected vehicles" which share safety information in real-time. The idea is supposed to allow drivers to receive safety warnings if there is road hazard or car crash ahead. Proponents of the technology, including the US Department of Transportation estimate implementing a "connected vehicle system" could reduce traffic congestion and emissions, and lower driving costs.


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I thought this story was pretty funny,
On my way to work this morning this hard core biker type (leather vest, long hair, Harley Davison Motorcycle, etc) gets on my bumber. So I down shift into second and punch it, and I slowly pull ahead of him and politely move over. He then races by me. I was like Ok, he must be in a hurry.
Well he happens to get caught at the next light. So I slowly pull up next to him at the light. He is consantly revving his engine at me. That bike is so loud I can't even hear my WRX. He just keeps doing it, over and over, revving his engine, making a ton of noise.
So I said what the heck. Right when the light turned green I drop the hammer at about 4k and jump out in front of him by about 1-2 cars. I was waiting for him to reel me in but he couldn't. I slammed 2nd gear and he was still a good 2 cars/4 bikes back. I then slamed it into 3rd and he was still a good 1-2cars/3 bikes behind me. I wasn't going to let off until he gave up and he did. At about 90mph with my WRX a good 2 cars in front he gives up. Sweet victory against the biker.
I slowed down and he comes up along side of me. I look over at him and I give him a smile and a wave and he doesn't even look at me. He pretends like he can't see me. It figures. Getting beat by a little blue Subaru had to be hard on his biker reputation.
I don't know what model bike it was but it was very new and looked nice. Either the biker was to heavy or that model bike isn't that fast. He couldn't pull on me at all up to 90mph.