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WCF Part 2: Fundamentals.
We have seen the evolution of WCF in our previous article: WCF Part 1: Why WCF?. Next, we will go through the fundamentals of WCF. I will try to make it more worthy than an interview question puff.
What is WCF?
Windows Communication Foundation.Easy. Although, I was not able to find as why it is called a foundation but I was able to relate it to the fact that WCF was the first attempt to bring all the communication protocols and messaging formats under one roof.Refer last article for details. With WCF in hand,No developer have to go anywhere or learn new technology to create a distributed system.
Definition: As per Wikipedia, "Windows Communication Foundation is a runtime and a set of APIs (application programming interface) in the .NET Framework for building connected, service-oriented applications".
MSDN, "Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) is Microsoft's unified programming model for building service-oriented applications. It enables developers to build secure, reliable, transacted solutions that integrate across platforms and inter-operate with existing investments."
Our definition, " WCF provides a flexible way of developing service oriented applications. Flexibility in terms of communication protocols,message formats, security options, transactions and it covers almost all the existing platforms and also supports older versions to a certain extent". It means WCF is a one stop solution for a service oriented paradigm.
What is the fundamental knowledge required?
Communication between server and client happens by exchanging messages over a network which must be following a transport protocol.
What are these messages?
"A self-contained unit of data that can consist of several parts, including a body and headers." If you have a xml file or json or any other format which fits into this criteria can be termed as message. These messages are first encoded before being sent. we have following encoding options available.
- Text encoding : " Text is translated into numeric values and numeric values are rendered as visible characters. This can happen by using an encoding standard like UTF-8, UTF-16."
- Message Transmission Optimization Mechanism (MTOM) encoding: "MTOM is a mechanism for transmitting large binary attachments with SOAP messages as raw bytes, allowing for smaller messages."
- Binary encoding: "Binary encoding relies on bits, the smallest unit of encoding."
What is this transport protocol?
- HTTP : Hyper text transfer Protocol, a request/response protocol for internet. Browsers can understand HTTP. Easy!
- TCP : Transmission Control Protocol,requires dedicated connection between client and the server.
- Named Pipes : An object in Windows O/S kernel which facilitates communication between processes on a single machine.
- Message Queues : Not exactly a transport protocol, MSMQ is essentially a messaging protocol that allows applications running on separate servers/processes to communicate. There is no condition for the machines to stay connected following this protocol.
- Peer Networking mesh: In peer-to-peer (P2P) application each participant (node) acts as both a client and a server to the other participants in the network and there is no relying on a smaller number of more powerful server computers on the network
We hear a term SOAP, its time to define this term. Simple Object Access Protocol. Although it contains 'protocol' but it's not exactly a transport protocol, it is defined as a XML message sent over HTTP. Simple! A SOAP message is an XML document that has two main sections: the header and the body. What we have mentioned above in messages,encodings and transport protocol sections, all are required to read the body of this SOAP message, but what about the headers?
These headers can be read or write by Protocol channels, For ex: WS-Security and WS-Reliability. First, we will define channels,
A channel is a component that operates on messages and message headers.There are two types of channels: transport channels and protocol channels.
- If we combine one of the above defined encodings with one of the transport protocol then this combination will be called transport protocol. They operate only on the message body.
- For reading and writing Headers of the message, we have to use one of the protocol channels. WS-Security is an implementation of the WS-Security specification enabling security at the message layer. The WS-Reliable Messaging channel enables the guarantee of message delivery.
Now we know about the message and their transmissions, we will move to the components of WCF required to implement all this.
Major components of WCF are ABC.We will concentrate on the flow between client and server machine to identify the components of WCF.
Client sends a request to server. How client knows for which program/component of the server, I am sending this request? For this, Address of component is required. This is the unique location where service will be deployed and can be accessed by the client. How this address looks like?
A WCF Address is normally specified as a URL. This WCF service example uses HTTP as its transport protocol, and it is located on the local server with location path as root. Service Name is CalculatorService.
Now client knows where the service is located, then for transmission of this service from server to client; transport, encoding, and protocol details are required. These details should be agreed upon between server and client before starting the transmission. A combination of these elements will form our binding.
- basicHttpBinding: This binding supports backward compatibility with ASMX [old web services] based clients. Basic http binding sends SOAP messages and is used when there is a requirement for the WCF services to communicate with non WCF based systems.
- wsHttpBinding: This binding sends SOAP messages and implements WS* specifications[specifications associated with Web Services] to support enterprise requirements of security, reliability, ordered delivery and transaction management.
- netTcpBinding:This binding sends SOAP messages, provides binary encoding and optimized communication between WCF services and WCF clients on Windows network.
- netNamedPipeBinding: This binding is used to provide secure and reliable Named Pipe based communication between WCF services and WCF client on the same machine. It is the ideal choice for communication between processes on the same machine.
- netPeerTcpBinding: This type of binding exists to cater peer-to-peer computing using WCF services.
- netMsmqBinding: Microsoft Message Queuing, This type of binding supports MSMQ for transport and asynchronous queued calls.
Additional Bindings: WSDualHttpBinding,WSFederationHttpBinding, WSFederationHttpBinding, MsmqIntegrationBinding.
Developers can use built-in bindings plus they can tweak and configure as per the requirements or can try and write their own custom bindings. WCF gives full freedom to developers in terms of customization.
So far,we have discussed, where our service is located and what all communication criteria are available to begin the transmission. Client places a request to server and ask to begin some process or program , we have earlier told that client will never know the exact implementation of the program but an abstract of it through interface. Here, Interface is the contract which client invokes at the server side.There are several types of WCF contracts, such as Service Contract, Operation Contract, Data Contract, Message Contract, and Fault Contract.In simple terms, Contracts are Interfaces.
- Service Contract specifies the actual signatures of the service, and is distributed as an interface. This service contract contains several operation contract which declares individual method signatures. Client can call methods of server by invoking service contract interface.
- Operation Contract is a definition of an operation which defines the parameters and return type of an operation.It has to be implemented before being consumed.
We have an interface file in our service solution, where we need to define the service contract and operation contract.
[ServiceContract()] public interface IEmployeeService { [OperationContract()] string GetData(string name); }
There is a class file associated with each interface file of our solution, where we implement this interface
public class EmployeeService: IEmployeeService { public string GetData(string name) { return "Hi"+ name ; } }
- We already have .Net types like string,int which do not require fine-grained control while sending the message between client and server. These types are easily understood by client and server. But when we create a custom type like Employee, it is observed that without decorating it with additional details, it won't be understood by client. Here, it has be declared as a data contract, it will provide additional message parameters which describes a message that a service can create or consume.
[DataContract] public class Employee { private int m_id; private int m_Salary; [DataMember] public int ID { get { return m_id; } set { m_id = value; } } [DataMember] public int Salary { get { return m_Salary; } set { m_Salary= value; } } }
How this custom type used?
At service side public Employee GetEmployee(int empId) { Employee empDetail =from emp in employeeList where emp.ID=empId select emp; return empDetail; }
- When data contract requires more control over message security ,Then message contract is required which defines specific message parts using SOAP protocols, and allows finer-grained control over parts of the message like header.
[MessageContract] public class Employee { [MessageHeader] public int EmpID; [MessageBodyMember] public string Name; MessageBodyMember] public int Salary; }
- Fault Contract is similar to our message but it restricts itself to error messages. Client should be warned of any error or fault which happened at the server while executing the program. At this point, fault contract needs to be defined and consumed.
Fault contract is similar to data contract but only the declaration changes like
[ServiceContract()] public interface IEmployeeService { [OperationContract()] [FaultContract(typeof(some data contract named 'fault'))] string GetData(string name); }
In the implementation class
public class EmployeeService: IEmployeeService { public string GetData(string name) { try { //execute something } catch(Exception ex) { Fault fault= new Fault (); //Data contract named Fault. fault.ExceptionMessage = "Error occured."; fault.InnerException = ex.InnerException; fault.StackTrace = ex.StackTrace throw new FaultException(fault, "Fault exception thrown"; } } }
There are many custom attributes available to customize the contracts like Name,Serializable which can be used as per the requirements.
We started with basic fundamentals of WCF service and continued our journey by defining all the major items and now is the time to tell that, all these fundamentals explained above can be packed in one term, Endpoints.
We require A B C to configure our service and client, so that transmission can begin between them. It can also be termed as, we require to configure endpoints at server and client to begin transmission. Endpoint is just a term here which encapsulated ABC. The important point is, we have seen above that there are many options available for Addresses , Bindings and Contracts so we can also say that there can be multiple endpoints exposed by server to cater different clients as per their needs.
Now we have checked all the configuration part of WCF service but to know all this, what client will have to do? client will use Metadata. The metadata of a service describes the characteristics of the service that client needs to know in order to communicate with the service. Client should have high level understanding what this service does.The metadata includes the information about data contract of the service, methods of the service , types available, security requirements. WCF defines endpoints with the extension of 'mex' to expose the metadata to the client.
What we have tried here is to get the users acquainted with some WCF terminologies while trying to avoid most of the complex terms. We have tried to raise the WCF knowledge from the ground up. There are many fundamentals pending but that would be more clear and useful while we develop a WCF application. Next article, we will develop one WCF service and go through the other fundamentals.


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1980s Classnotes
Marcia F. Feuerstein, M.Arch. 1981, has been promoted to associate professor with tenure at the College of Architecture and Urban Studies at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Feuerstein works specifically for the School of Architecture and Design. She lives in Blacksburg, VA.
Richard Kopley, Ph.D. 1982, is head of the division of English at Pennsylvania State Universitys Commonwealth College and coeditor of the journal Resources for American Literary Study. In 2003, he published The Threads of The Scarlet Letter (University of Delaware Press), which offers new discoveries concerning Hawthornes reading of key literary passages and his transformation of them for his masterpiece, The Scarlet Letter. Kopley resides in State College, PA.
Burt W. Erickson Nelson, M.A. 1982 & M.A. 1982, is copy editor for the Buffalo News and editor/publisher of the German-American bimonthly Der Volksfreund (Peoples Friend) publication. He lives in Hamburg, NY.
Gary A. Baldauf, B.A. 1983, was named head of the Buffalo regional office of the state Medicaid Fraud Bureau. He is the former assistant Erie County district attorney and has worked in the Medicaid Fraud Bureau for 10 years. Baldauf lives in West Falls, NY.
John S. Watts, M.B.A. 1983 & B.S. 1981, is a global managing director with Opinion Research Corporation. He resides in Barrington, IL.
Yu-Fei Wu, M.D. 1983, is a pediatrician at Whittier Pediatricians in Whittier, CA. She resides in Rowland Heights, CA.
Doug Brush, B.S. 1984, is an engineer/manager at the research-based, health-care company Pfizer, where he is responsible for the implementation of energy conservation projects. Brush is also chair of the Norwich Inland Wetland Commission. He resides in Norwich, NY.
Richard E. Gottlieb, J.D. 1985, a partner at Dykema Gossett, has been named the leader of the firms consumer financial services practice. The practice provides ongoing counseling and litigation representation to a wide variety of major financial institutions. Gottlieb lives in Glencoe, IL.
Steven Laut, B.A. 1985, is an associate with Blakely, Sokoloff, Taylor & Zafman in West Los Angeles, CA. He focuses his practice in domestic and international intellectual property law. Before earning his law degree from the California Western School of Law, Laut spent 10 years as a software simulation lead engineer with Northrop-Grumman. He lives in Norco, CA.
Ronald E. Perison, B.S. 1986, has been promoted to systems assurance manager for NASAs Explorers Satellite Program at Goddard Space Flight Center. Before his promotion, he was the systems assurance manager for NASAs Hubble Space Telescope Project. Perison lives in Westminster, MD.
Abhay Saxena, M.S. 1986, is a director of software development at the Indian Development Center of Parametric Technology Corporation. In this position, he manages the development of data management solutions for the company. Saxena resides in Pune, India.
John R. Saylor, B.S. 1986, is an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at Clemson University in Clemson, SC. He is a former member of the scientific staff at the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, DC. Saylor lives in Seneca, SC.
William Giroux, J.D. 1987, has been named principal for H.R. Advisors, a human resources and benefits consulting firm in Colden, NY. He previously worked for Jaeckle, Fleischmann & Mugel. Giroux resides in Eden, NY.
Rajini Srikanth, Ph.D. 1987, is an associate professor of English and Asian American studies at the University of Massachusetts, Boston. He lives in Lexington, MA.
Russell A. Vacante, Ph.D. 1987, M.A. 1977 & B.A. 1971, was elected president of SOLE (International Society of Logistics) on August 11, 2003. Vacante is director of sector leadership and a strategic planner for Defense Acquisition University (DAU), where he provides DAUs president with strategic guidance on the achievement of the universitys goals, objectives and organization. Vacante resides in Woodbridge, VA.
Cheryl L. Canfield, M.S. 1988 & B.A. 1983, is a compliance and privacy officer for Independent Health in Williamsville, NY. In 2003, she was nominated as a candidate for, and will be published in, the Marquis Whos Who in America. Before joining Independent Health in 1995, Canfield held positions with the University at Buffalos department of family medicine and with the Lancaster, NY, firm of Ecology and Environment. She resides in Buffalo, NY.
Kevin A. Jones, B.A. 1988, has joined the law firm of Barney, Grossman, Dubow & Marcus as an associate. He brings 11 years experience in commercial and personal injury litigation and is a member of the New York State Bar Association and the New York State Trial Lawyers Association. Jones lives in Ithaca, NY.
Michael C. Sheldon, Ed.D. 1988, is an adjunct professor at the University of South Floridas Sarasota campus. He retired from his position as principal of Fletcher Elementary School after 33 years in education. Sheldon lives in Sarasota.
John Alden, M.Arch. 1989, has been named a partner at Scott & Partners in Burlington, VT. He specializes in municipal, educational and health-care law and is now licensed to practice in Vermont, New York and Massachusetts. Alden lives in Essex Junction, VT.
Paul C. Allen, B.A. 1989, was awarded a $23,000 National Endowment for the Humanities grant in 2003 for Engaging the Teaching and Learning of Humanities at Salt Lake Community College, a presentation that supports conducting seminars and bringing in renowned guest speakers. Allen is an assistant professor of humanities, a tenure-track position he obtained in 2002. He lives in Salt Lake City, UT.
John R. Berst, B.A. 1989, is an instructor of theater at the University of Southern Indiana. He received the 1998 Purdue University School of Liberal Arts Excellence in Teaching Award for his work as a graduate student instructor, coauthor and coeditor of theater department study guides and as a visiting artist/guest director. Berst is a member of the Actors Equity Association and lives in Evansville, IN.
Susan A. Goss, Ed.M. 1989 & B.A. 1976, is an English language teacher in the Philadelphia public school system. She uses her bilingual skills in Spanish to teach English to new students from Spanish-speaking countries. She lives in Philadelphia, PA.

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Shrimp Salad with Sweet Chile Dressing
Nick Nairn uses langoustines (prawns) in his Asian-inspired sweet-and-sour salad, but shrimp are a fine substitute. The trick here is soaking the vegetables in the ice water until just before serving, which makes them supercrisp and curly.
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- Servings: 4
- 4 scallions, cut into 3-inch lengths and thinly sliced lengthwise
- 1 cup snow peas, thinly sliced lengthwise
- 1 small carrot, thinly shaved with a vegetable peeler
- 1/4 cup unseasoned rice wine vinegar
- 1/4 cup plus 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 1 teaspoon Asian sesame oil
- Salt
- 1 pound large shrimp, shelled and deveined
- 5 ounces mesclun greens (10 loosely packed cups)
- 1/2 cup cilantro leaves
- 1 ripe mango—peeled, pitted and thinly sliced
- 2 tablespoons Asian sweet chile sauce, or 1 tablespoon ketchup mixed with 1 tablespoon Sriracha chile sauce
- 1 cup mung bean sprouts
- 1/2 cup salted cashews, coarsely chopped
How to make this recipe
Soak the scallions, snow peas and carrot slices in a medium bowl of ice water in the refrigerator for at least 20 minutes or up to 1 hour.
Meanwhile, in a small bowl, mix the rice vinegar with 3 tablespoons of the vegetable oil, the chile sauce and the sesame oil; season with salt.
In a large skillet, heat the remaining 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil until shimmering. Add the shrimp, season with salt and cook over moderate heat, turning once, until curled and pink, about 2 minutes per side.
Drain the scallions, snow peas and carrot slices, pat dry thoroughly and place in a large bowl. Add the mesclun, cilantro leaves, mango, bean sprouts, chopped cashews and 5 tablespoons of the dressing and toss the salad well. Transfer the salad to a serving platter and top with the sautéed shrimp. Drizzle the salad with the remaining dressing and serve.
Suggested Pairing
This tangy, sweet and lightly spicy dish needs a white wine with a touch of sweetness, often referred to as "off-dry." Many of the Rieslings produced in the United States are fermented to retain a small percentage of the grape sugar; go with a bottling from Washington State.


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Five days in and, bar the inevitable niggles, it looks as though the BBC's new iPlayer is set to capture even more users with its slick Vista-inspired interface, fully integrated radio, vastly improved picture and sound quality, full TV schedule and personal channels.
According to the BBC, over 100 million programme requests were received in the first six months since launch alone. The platform is widely credited with changing the viewing habits of many, not to mention boosting ratings for niche and cult shows. Users can either stream BBC shows from the last seven days to watch or listen to immediately, or store them to watch within 30 days.
However, not everyone has been happy with the revolution. ISPs have demanded that the BBC contribute towards the improvements to their networks necessary to support the increased numbers of people making greated demands on their bandwidth, as they stream audio and video to their home computers.
Improvements to the iPlayer include improved navigation, the ability to fast forward and rewind radio shows in the same way as television broadcasts, a 'Last Played' feature which allows viewers to resume a recording at the point at which they last stopped and a larger playback screen. It's thought that further improvements will be rolled out over the coming months.
Already available to Virgin Media customers via their televisions, negotiations are underway to make it available from other internet TV operators.
More after the break
The old version of iPlayer won't immediately be phased out, with the two versions running alongside each other until the beginning of July.


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Dish unveils Tailgator compact satellite antenna
Dish Network wants you to enjoy their service anywhere, as you might have guessed with Echostar's purchase of the Slingbox product several years back. Now Dish is putting satellite TV where no internet has gone before, with an antenna that automatically picks up orbiting satellites to bring you all the channels you subscribe to.
Looking like a cross between a cooler and propane tank, the Tailgater Portable Antenna is housed within a weather-resistant case and weighs just 10lbs. The Tailgator supports both SD and HD content, with resolutions up to 720p and 1080i. You connect the antenna to your receiver via coaxial cable (a 50 footer is included), then HDTV via HDMI and you're ready to go — although as you would have guessed you'll need AC wherever you are.
A Tailgator system will cost you $499 for the Tailgater Portable Antenna along with a Dish ViP 211k HD Receiver. If you already have the receiver you can get just the Tailgater antenna for $350.
Check out the promotional images Dish has provided of the Tailgator in action, and check out this product video they released. Doesn't tailgating look like fun?
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Wind blew the Tailgator off my roof and damaged the handle and the top of the unit. Where can I get a new top and handle, the receiver still works and I receive all the channels.


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Freshman guard Shane Larkin wrestled with the decision about whether to stay at DePaul, but health issues have caused the Blue Demons' most anticipated recruit in recent years to leave the program.
"It's a condition that affects him but affects family," his father, retired baseball great Barry Larkin, said in a phone interview Thursday. "To see him being torn apart about things that were supposed to be positive, it sucks.


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The General Secretary of Congress Party, Rahul Gandhi, is under obvious ire, with political opponents making a mockery over his visits to the huts of the poor. The Congress scion, who has been sharing meals with the poor on a frequent basis, has been accused of enacting a 'drama'.
Rahul stated that opposition leaders who call him a kid have "no information about politics". His suggestion for those leaders who confined themselves to speeches was to make visits to the homes of the weaker section and share their food and water.
"Every time whenever I mingle with the poor, visit their houses and share meals with them, senior leaders while sitting inside TV studios mock at me. They call such things a drama of Rahul Gandhi," said the youth leader from Congress, to a gathering in UP.
'If mixing with the people to understand their problems and issues affecting them is a drama, I will continue with this drama throughout my life. I am not here to win elections…I am not going any where…I am here to change Uttar Pradesh,' said Rahul Gandhi, who even stated that he suffered from numerous instances of indigestion by drinking "water that is consumed by the public".
Rahul Gandhi's visit to UP is part of a 5 day mass contact plan, ahead of elections in the state.
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New York Times Refuses To Print #YesAllWomen Comic By Michael Kupperman And David Rees
The newspaper comics page often has a surprising amount of political (and simply depressing) content in its colorful panels, but a comic about the feminist #YesAllWomen hashtag and "men's rights activists" by Get Your War On's David Rees and Tales Designed to Thrizzle's Michael Kupperman proved to be too much for the New York Times editorial page.
The specific strip, titled "Testosterone Entitlement Theatre Presents The Man-Babies in 'Hashtag Harassment'" depicts two men's rights activists as babies saying they're being persecuted by pro-feminist Twitter conversations. Kupperman posted the full comic on his blog, and you can see it below.
Kupperman added that the Times deemed the strip "too sensitive" to print. He also wrote:
I disagree very strongly with that decision, because I feel David was making a point that deserves to be made. So I went ahead and completed the script as written; here it is, see for yourselves.
Kupperman and Rees have been producing their biweekly comic "See Something, Say Something" for the Times since January.
Perhaps the abundant urine in the comic was the breaking point for the Times, but surely the paper knew what it was getting when it hired comics creators and humorists in the vein Rees and Kupperman. More likely, the paper wanted to avoid online hate and the certain flood of email they'd receive from men's rights activists. MRA is categorized as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center.
Nonetheless, one has to wonder whether an editorial or a Maureen Dowd column that compared people upset about the #YesAllWomen message — which started in the wake of the shootings in Santa Barbara, California, by a frequent visitor to men's rights message boards — to babies would have made it into the paper. Odds are it would have.


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Telstra Super, Australia's biggest corporate superannuation fund, is standing by a decision to invest in a hedge fund that has two directors who were caught up in the Bernie Madoff scandal.
In a memo to members, Telstra Super says the board takes great care in investing members' money, noting many international investments are highly complex.
"Our investment committee and our board invest members' money after careful and thorough research and stand by the decision [to invest]," Telstra Super says in the letter, noting that the super fund's growth and balanced portfolios are ranked number one by research firm SuperRatings over a five-year period.
On Friday, The Australian Financial Review reported Telstra Super, which has more than $14 billion of assets, made an investment in the York Capital Multi-Strategy Fund, a hedge fund operated by New York-based York Capital Management.
According to documents seen by the Financial Review, Telstra Super was told in mid-2011 that two of the directors in York Capital Multi-Strategy Fund also sat on the board of a vehicle that directed savings to Madoff, the infamous Wall Street investor who pleaded guilty to fraud charges and was eventually sentenced to 150 years in prison.
The directors were initially involved in litigation in relation to their role in the so-called feeder fund, but Telstra Super says the case was dismissed in mid- 2010, before Telstra Super invested in the York Capital Multi-Strategy Fund.
"The Board made a decision in May 2011 with full and relevant information and any threatened litigation had already been dropped before our investment was made," Telstra Super says in the memo.
No connection to Maddoff
"None of our investments made on your behalf were linked in any way to the Madoff matters mentioned."
According to the 2011 documents, the management of Telstra was attracted to York Capital's remuneration structure and its research capability.
The management said: "York pursues a research-intensive due-diligence process, with an emphasis on business fundamentals, information quality and risk-return trade-off, in an effort to develop a well-informed view of each potential investment opportunity."
It noted York's particular expertise in sectors such as telecommunications, airlines and energy.
Telstra Super's balanced fund posted an average annual gain of 10.7 per cent in the five years to December.
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Event Type: Author Visit
Age Group(s): Adult
Date: 1/13/2014
Start Time: 6:30 PM
End Time: 7:30 PM
Mike Pace, a popular local media personality, will share his experiences and read from his new book, Dreams and Detours: Reflecting on the Souvenirs of a Lifetime, on Monday, January 13 at 6:30 PM in the Meeting Rooms of the Central Library. In his thirty-plus year career, Mike has represented hundreds of companies, both locally and nationally, as an on-camera spokesman, narrator, emcee, and speaker. He has performed as an actor in numerous corporate films and videos, and was named Best Actor at the Iowa Film Awards for a dramatic role. Mike made his stage debut in his 60's, in the Grandview College production of The Sunshine Boys. He is also an accomplished writer-producer of radio and television commercials, as well as films and videos. Mike and his wife Gail live in West Des Moines.Library: Central Library Map to Central Library
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McDaniel's Great Decisions series receives national acclaim
McDaniel College's Great Decisions discussion group was awarded The Frank R. Cella Memorial Award by the Foreign Policy Association (FPA).
The award acknowledges five groups across the country and publicizes their contributions and examples to the rest of the Great Decisions network, which numbers more than 1,000 groups.
The group at McDaniel is coordinated by the Office of Communications & Marketing. Members are civic-minded residents, including retirees who live in the surrounding counties whose professions range from Methodist minister to psychotherapist to eldercare administrator and librarian.
This year the group totaled 115 members, the result of a steady increase since its formation in 2004. The program runs for eight weeks beginning in late January. Members meet once a week at a location on campus.
The Communications and Marketing team, led by associate vice president Joyce Muller, coordinates the logistical arrangements, catering services and registration.
Through extensive connections with the media, foreign-service and think-tank organizations, and the College's own alumni, Muller recruits speakers to correlate with each chapter in the Great Decisions book distributed by the FPA.
Former speakers include Senior Fellow and director of the National Security Program Melvin Goodman; Dr. Emma Garrison-Alexander, assistant administrator for Information Technology and chief information officer at the Transportation Security Administration; and former ambassador to Indonesia Alphonse LaPorta.
The group continues the discussion in the community and regularly returns to campus to attend public lectures, theatre or music offerings and sports events.
The award is named for the late Frank R. Cella, who worked at the FPA for 13 years to promote the Great Decisions discussion program and support existing group leaders. He also led as many as five discussion groups each year at Institutes for Learning in Retirement, community center, libraries and other locations.
The FPA will post a short profile on their website and feature the winners in the Great Decisions online e-newsletter in the coming weeks.
The winners of the Frank R. Cella Memorial Award 2012 are:
The Sedona Red Rocks Great Decisions Group, Sedona, Ariz.
Great Decisions at St. Mark Presbyterian Church, Newport Beach, Calif.
Great Decisions Series at the Aspen Institute, Aspen, Colo.
McDaniel College Great Decisions Group, Westminster, Md.
Manitowoc Public Library, Manitowoc, Wis.
Special institution recognition: Wyzata High School Student Great Decisions DIscussion Group, Plymouth, Minn.


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I'm a weirdo and love Brussels Sprouts. It's funny because I don't actually recall ever having them when I was younger. So maybe that is why I never learned to hate them at a young age (though I never did have a "I hate veggies" stage). I will admit I've had brussels sprouts that were made… not so tasty. But it doesn't have to be this way! It's so easy to make yummy tasting brussels sprouts! For example, this super easy oven roasted brussels sprouts!Continue reading »
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Palmer Police Chief John Zaidle said he and his officers are running into a number of drivers using used police vehicles as a license to speed and drive recklessly.
Zaidle mentioned the problem during the December meeting of the Palmer City Council. During a discussion on the surplus sale of used police vehicles, he said he's experienced several situations either personally or via radio where used police vehicles end up being involved in speeding or suspicious vehicle calls.
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Looks like the old bungalow at 2637 West 26th Street that was the first home of La Loma, then went on to house ventures ranging from Cafe International to Bali Island to La Fabula to the Shooting Star coffeehouse, finally has a new tenant.
Coming soon to this spot: Gordo Loco, which boasts that it features the world's greatest 98 cent burrito.
That could start a burrito war, since this area already has the best selection of cheap breakfast burritos in town. Just up the street, Araujo's serves a pretty good 99 cent breakfast burrito (and has just added a buffet). And for an extra buck, you can get a superb breakfast burrito around the corner at Santiago's or the original Jack-n-Grill.
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I think a situation I have where the judge led a party to add to their own request/words, that it would fit the above mentioned. Can you find case law that speaks about the judge "participating," adding things or giving tips, or "soliciting" people to say things or take certain actions? Also, can a judge "lead" a witness or party?
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Scottish castles to rent often look like corny film sets – all tartan, antlers and pine four-posters. Yes – I can see antlers on the website for Balbegno Castle, which came on to the holiday rental scene this year, but that's where cliche ends. Gothic ironmongery and knicker-ish ruffles there are none.
On paper, the directions to the castle (between Aberdeen and Dundee, east of the Cairngorms) look fine but fail to take into account how low-key the sign from the road really is – especially in fading light. Grrrr.
A smart welcome box is waiting in the rustic-luxe kitchen. Cheeses, chocolate brownies, posh crackers, olives, relish and Belgian chocolate. The cheese we set about nibbling, like a pair of mice, is Welsh. This is because Balbegno's owners (descendants of William Gladstone no less), have an organic farm in Wales. They also started Pedlars – best known for putting Keep Calm and Carry On on everything from mugs to blankets.
"The kitchen's Ikea, but I've seen most of the other items on the Pedlars website," says D with the authority of one who does her Christmas shopping online. The orange bread bin matches the waste bin, which matches a cake tin.
"Come on, let's explore," I say. Our quarters are in an 18th-century wing. Two floors, with four bedrooms upstairs and two down (the girlie single is quite my favourite in the entire house). An old pantry houses a games room, the first-floor drawing room is of classic Georgian proportion, the ground-floor dining room for festive roasts and the sort of breakfasts where someone has to get up and walk to pass the butter.
Bathrooms are in minimal supply – just one upstairs and a shower room on ground – but history (Gladstone family memorabilia), coexists with modern comfort (good beds, Bose sound system) and a sprinkling of Pedlars poster wit. Someone has had the discipline to let the place speak for itself.
This is a house of two halves, though. What we find next is what makes Balbegno unforgettable.
Through a heavy door off the entrance hall (more coconut matting here than in the average school), we find ourselves in the tower house, the original castle, built in the 1560s in typical L-plan. Tip tap, we mount the stone staircase. Brrr, chilly.
No wonder. Switching on a fantastic glittery light reveals a medieval hall whose stone vaulted ceiling still bears centuries-old heraldic decoration.
Atmosphere? You can cut it with a knife. We're amazed this bit hasn't been sealed off. Instead, we have the run, could light a fire, throw a party, dance on the massive table that runs the length of this hall.
Now we understand why one of the upstairs bedrooms feels so very different from all the others. It is accessed from the Georgian wing "next door", but is a couple of steps down from the first-floor landing, so is in fact in the original tower house. It's almost 300 years older than the rest.
"We need olive oil," says D crossly, back in the kitchen and the 21st century. "It would be useful to have the opening times of a local shop. And a vegetable peeler. And a potato masher." If they'd given it a proper test run they would have realised what was missing.
"I like the way they've slung a few good DVDs in a drawer," she says later in the sitting room, where we curl up beside a peat fire, in pinstripe-covered armchairs beneath portraits of men with aquiline noses. What's best is the way Balbegno is geared for modern-day revelry in a setting that oozes history. D sums it up. "It's simply an enchanting place."


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Et tu Brute?
As Blair and Brown slug it out behind the scenes, and their partisans line up for a more public fight, up-market journalists have gone back to their Latin. "Et tu Brute?" has been bandied about more than it has for decades. There's no better slogan for being shafted by an erstwhile ally.
"You too, Brutus?" is what Julius Caesar is supposed to have queried when he spotted his friend Marcus Junius Brutus amongst the posse of senators pointing their daggers at him on the Ides of March. That's if you print it with a question mark. Print it with an exclamation mark and it becomes more of a threat: "They'll get you too, Brutus" (which, of course, in the end they did).
In fact, Caesar never said it.
"Et tu, Brute" is an invention of William Shakespeare. The chances are that Caesar died with no more than a scream and a groan. If he had the presence of mind to make any such remark, he made it in Greek (many elite Romans were effectively bilingual). His ancient biographers, Plutarch and Suetonius, both claim -- imaginatively I would guess – that he said "kai su, teknon?" or "You too, child?".
This would give a rather different spin to the relationship between Blair and Brown.
Whether the assassination of Caesar has much to teach us about this particular political crisis is a moot point. The closest parallel is probably the fact that we know almost as little about what is really going on in Downing Street in 2006 as we know about what went on in the Senate House in 44 BC.
But, as always, rough political times do tend to see us reaching for the Classics. On television last night the plans for Blair's departure were being dubbed "Cloud Cuckoo Land" (from Aristophanes comedy The Birds – referring to an impossible Utopia). And his whole farewell parade around the cities and television studios of the country has been repeatedly referred to as a Roman-style "triumph". This was a lavish victory parade through the streets of the ancient city, an honour granted only, it was said, to successful commanders whose armies had slaughtered more than 5000 of the enemy. Some cynics will be tempted to say that Blair well qualifies.
Don't imagine, though ,that Rome these days is only being dragged up to provide parallels for the final days of Consul Blair. At Robert Harris's Imperium party, where fellow blogger Stothard and friends were taking a political turn, some of the more literary types were busy weighing up the merits of various adaptations of I Claudius.


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Veterinarians play a critical role in keeping
our pets healthy, happy and living longer. For University
of Missouri veterinarian James L. Cook, DVM, Ph.D., going
above and beyond when it comes to caring for animals is second
nature. In recognition of his dedication to improving the
lives of animals, Cook has been named the grand-prize national
winner of the "Thank Your Vet for a Healthy Pet"
essay contest. He was chosen from more than 1,000 nominations
from pet owners throughout the country.
Cook, who is the director of the Comparative
Orthopaedic Laboratory at the University of Missouri, was
also the Midwest regional winner. Four regional winners were
named: James Thomas, VMD, of Eagle Veterinary Clinic, Havertown,
Pa., for the Northeast; Bob Encinosa, DVM, of Boyette Animal
Hospital, Riverview, Fla., for the Southeast; Tim R. Stone,
DVM, Rittiman Road Animal Hospital, San Antonio, for the Southwest;
and Thomas R. Nickerson, DVM, of Trinity Animal Hospital,
Weaverville, Calif., for the West.
"Veterinarians are so important in
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Michael Ray of Deltona, Fla., and Sherri
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Ray, who was paralyzed nearly 30 years ago by a gunshot wound,
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in his front left leg. Cook had developed an arthroscopic
procedure that had a high success rate for treating conditions
like Eagle's and upon Ray's request, Cook flew
to the University of Florida to perform the surgery and train
the staff at the university.
"Eagle is back to normal again,"
Ray says. "Not only did Jimi save my best friend and
companion from a life of pain and misery, he also gave me
back my service dog."
Cook is well known for his orthopedic research,
which has benefited both dogs and humans. He and his wife,
Cristi, also have spent time in Africa, building houses with
Habitat for Humanity and rebuilding a school in Rwanda that
was destroyed in the 1994 genocide. Cook says he is extremely
honored to win the national award and appreciates the time
his clients took to nominate him.
"I've been fortunate to receive
a number of different awards in my career, but this award
is probably the most meaningful," he says. "I
want my work and my life to make a difference in people's
lives and animal's lives. In these cases, making a difference
in a dog's life, made such a difference in these special
people's lives and this award helps me always remember
that and be motivated by it."
All of the winners will be honored
in front of their peers at the Western Veterinary Conference
in Las Vegas on Feb. 19, 2008.
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Graphic Headers for Word
Okay, so yesterday we discussed the placement of graphics (for example, company logos) into the header of an MS Excel worksheet.
Now, if you're a Word user, you may have wanted that same ability in your documents and you may have took the initiative to look for that Insert Picture button found in Excel's custom header window.
But, when the Header/Footer toolbar opened, you didn't find the button, did you?
So, what now?
Well, believe it or not, but it's no more difficult to insert the logo into a Word header (or footer, for that matter) than it is in the body of the document.
That's right! It's basically the same process, but let's review it to make sure everyone is up to speed.
First, you need to get into the header/footer section.
If you already have an established header or footer and are in the Print Layout View, you can quickly double click in that area and it will become active for editing.
Otherwise, you can use the View menu, Header/Footer choice.
Either way, with the header open, you can proceed with the graphic insertion.
With the cursor in the header, go to the Insert menu, Picture submenu and then select what type of graphic you're inserting.
Find your graphic and insert it as you would any other time.
Close the header.
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I remember the smell of mulling spices wafting through our house at Christmas time. I would stand in the kitchen, just breathing in the warmth and festivity. So when I called my mom to get her recipes for hot punch, I was a bit surprised to learn that the 'classic' recipes in her box were either made with instant lemonade or a giant scoop of sugar.
I always enjoy a Real food challenge, so I set off to concoct the perfect blend of juicy, spiced holiday goodness – without lots of junk. Though cranberry juice is often used, I opted for pomegranate because of its natural sugar content. I also used a bit of honey instead of sugar.
Pomegranates have magical powers. I mean, have you ever cracked one open? All those little rubies inside look like a secret treasure. When I was pregnant, I would devour pomegranates over the sink, dripping with blood-red juice, instinctively drinking my fill of some magic nutrient that my body required. This weekend, my husband and kids juiced a giant bag into a precious quart of juice.
Unless you like the work, I don't recommend juicing pomegranates for this recipe. Just buy 100% organic juice, and since you're heating it anyway, you won't be missing out on any of the goodness of fresh squeezed juice.
I find myself craving this stuff, especially when its intoxicating aroma is in the air. Since it's basically just juice and spices I drink it to my fill.
Though it's delicious without spirits, if you are hosting a grown-up party, you might consider spiking this Hot Punch with a bottle of light red wine or a few ounces of dark rum.
Traditionally a mulled wine would be used on the longest night of the year to toast the coming days of sun.
Hot punch ingredients
- 1 quart pure pomegranate juice
- 1 quart filtered water
- 1 cup freshly squeezed orange juice
- zest of one medium-sized orange
- 2 cinnamon sticks
- 8 star anise
- 6 whole allspice berries
- 6 quarter inch slices of fresh ginger
- 1/2 cup honey
- Orange slices for garnish
- 1 bottle of light red wine such as Beaujolais Nouveau (optional)
Hot punch method
This is super easy to make!
- Pour juices, water, and honey into a slow cooker (or use a large saucepan).
- Stir until honey is combined.
- Add spices, zest, and fresh ginger.
- Set slow cooker to high for 1 hour and then turn to warm. (If using the stove, bring to a simmer then turn to warm).
- Add optional wine.
- Serve using a punch ladle and top with a slice of orange floating on top.
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How One Small Change Made A Big Difference For RentalCars NZ
How One Small Change Made A Big Difference For RentalCars NZ
FIRST NZ has just released a new case study showing how they increased per visitor value by 78.6% for a particular landing page by improving the overall user experience by increasing bookings and revenues for the 100% kiwi-owned and operated family company Rental Cars NZ, who specialise in rental vehicles at affordable prices.
RentalCars NZ offer a wide range of rental vehicles and pricing options from small hatchbacks through to 12 seat minibuses at prices to suit all budgets from various locations around NZ.
Conversion Rate Optimisation provides an environment that enables RentalCars NZ to quickly test different scenarios aimed at improving user experience, conversions and revenue.
For this particular experiment, our goal was to increase online completed bookings, and increase revenue by using Optimizely.com. FIRST applies a data driven CRO methodology to all tests which helps uncover key focus areas to analyse and test. Below is the simplified 5 step approach used for this experiment.
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FIRST felt there may be slight disconnect from a user experience perspective, if a user clicks an ad that promotes a specific price, then a product that matches that price point should be immediately visible on the landing page.
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There was an immediate improvement in engagement, bookings conversion rates and revenue.
Sometimes small changes really can make a big difference.
Read what Marty Oetgen, Business Owner of Rental Cars NZ says about FIRST: "Working with the team at FIRST Digital has been very valuable for our business. They have worked hard to understand our company and the industry we operate within and provide a service to meet our needs. They have challenged our thinking at times and have helped us to make some important changes to our website and digital marketing strategy"
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How Quickly Baby Talk Can Go Wrong [Video]
Here's my official stance on the subject…I got no problem with people calling their significant other "baby" or "honey" or things like that. But for some reason, I don't live hearing people called "babe". I guess one little "y" makes a big difference for me. I don't consider those things to be "baby" talk though. For me, baby talk is when you start talking to another grown-up as if they were a baby…not a young child…but a baby. That is not cool.
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It is in Chapter 18 that the Receiver tells Jonas the story of what happened to the previous person selected to be the new Receiver. Up until now, her story has been a big mystery. All we know is that it ended very badly. The Giver tells Jonas that her name was Rosemary. When he began to transmit bad memories to her she was not able to take the pain and realisation of these strange emotions and sights. She insisted, however, that the Giver continued to transmit bad memories to her until, one day, after a particularly difficult session, Rosemary got up and went directly to the Chief Elder to demand that she be released. The Receiver goes on to tell Jonas later that she asked to inject herself when she was released. She was not able to accept the existence of emotions and pain, fear and loneliness, which had been eradicated by the Community.
Rosemary was the reciver who was selected 10 years aga, same as jonas. she trained with the giver for five weeks, until she coudn't handle the pain, which is why she went to the cheif of elder and asked to be released,by injecting herself. Later in the story the giver tells jonas that rosemary was his daughter, (not it a very clear way) and he wants to be with her.


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River dipping, dragon fly making and free water saving products were on the agenda at the River Ver day in Verulamium Park on Saturday.
The free family fun day was organised by Waterwise and The Rivers Trust, supported by the Royal Bank of Canada under their Bluewater Project.
The aim of the day was to communicate to the community the link between the health of the river and their use of water. St Albans has one of the highest levels of water use in the UK; 173 litres per person per day compared to the national average of 150 litres a day and as a consequence the river is 'over-abstracted'.
Rob Collins from the Rivers Trust said: "The River Ver is a globally significant Chalk Stream providing habitat for a diverse range of aquatic life but has to share its water with the local population, and the current levels of abstraction mean the river is under threat."
The day saw a range of organisations come together including The Rivers Trust and Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust, who showed visitors river life close-up which involved getting wellies on and wading in.
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text: I realize the new iPods haven't even been in existence for thirty-four days and Apple already re-released a few of the older titles, but when can we expect to see new games in the iTunes Music Store? As much as I love Tetris, I almost wish I had bought a fifth generation iPod last year just so I could play The Sims Bowling and Mahjong. Does anyone have any information/thoughts on the future of iPod Games?


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I would let it rot somewhere hidden and have the whole place smell like rotten milk. Maybe the girls locker room?
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Good idea though.
What about putting it somewhere in the school's ventilation system?
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Throw a blanket over it
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Put it back where it belongs. No prank is the best prank ever.
Looking at this from the eyes of those not yet pranked?
Pranks may be fun, but many of them are one way streets.
What about work friends?
I don't have a job.
And anyway, work friends are called work friends because you're friends with them at work and then you go home. If you hang out with them otherwise, that's more than a little creepy.
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I went to college at Harvard, then did three years of graduate school at Yale.
Advice that was given me by Florence Ridley, a professor in graduate school: Stitch, stitch.
But when I first stumbled across Olivia Manning's Balkan Trilogy in graduate school, I was ready to be signed up.
He is an adjunct professor at the graduate school of Journalism at Columbia University in New York.
When I was in graduate school myself, the mode was minimalism.
This was his first year out of graduate school, his first year at Plato—and possibly his last.
The graduate school for advanced students was established in 1906.
And for junior and senior year, graduate school, and job training, there is a lifetime learning credit.
Doubting so, I for some time opposed the coming of a graduate school.
This had its continuation in a graduate school, if we may so call a Bible circle among the theologians attending the court.


text: CCU Announces New Biology Professor Tuesday, July 17, 2012 at 7:40 PM Colorado Christian University announces the addition of a new assistant professor of biology, Dr. Angela Henderson. Dr. Henderson joins CCU after earning her Ph.D. in microbiology from Colorado State University in 2011. In 2005, she graduated from Montana State University after earning a B.S. in microbiology, as well as a B.S. in cell biology and neuroscience."Dr. Angie Henderson brings the needed additional expertise to round out our biology department," commented Dr. Bill Saxby, dean of the School of Humanities and Sciences. "We now have the faculty resources to support our expanding biological sciences department, preparing students for a variety of vocations, founded in Christian faith, and focused upon service toward others and the Kingdom."Her appointment will enable the School of Humanities and Sciences to launch a pre-medical profession major and a health sciences major in the fall.Henderson delivers a wealth of research, publication, and teaching experience to CCU. Her postdoctoral research has focused on protective effects of dietary intervention against strains of the pathogens E. coli and salmonella. During her doctoral and postdoctoral work, she has also published in a number of peer-reviewed journals, including Vaccine and the Journal of Medicinal Food. Moreover, her teaching experience expands beyond the traditional doctoral student duties -- such as lecturing and supervising undergraduate students -- as Henderson also possesses a college teaching certificate. The program allowed for increased reflection on and study of teaching, plus significant collaboration with other faculty and staff.Beyond the classroom, Dr. Henderson boasts time as a wildland firefighter among her various pursuits. She and her husband attend The Town Church in Fort Collins, Colorado. Tweet Related StoriesCCU Professor Greg Schaller Named President of John Jay Institute Posted: March 27, 2017CCU's Jason Ney Earns Ph.D. in Literary Studies Posted: May 20, 2014CCU Professor Re-releases Classic Book on Grief Posted: April 29, 2014CCU's Faith and Economics Conference Breaks Down Walls Posted: April 14, 2014CCU Students Win Values and Capitalism Grant Posted: November 4, 2013