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Defaulting a Date Field to SYSDATE
Something about defaulting date field values must be in the air as today the fourth person in two weeks sent me an email about "How can I default a Date field to SYSDATE in ADF Business Components?" The answer is to use the declarative "History Attributes" feature of the entity object. It's described more in detail in my Oracle Magazine article Appreciating the Entity Object. In a nutshell, you mark your Date attribute as being a "History Attribute", and then set the history attribute type to "Created On" or "Updated On" depending on whether you want the date value to be filled in when the entity object is created We also support automatically maintaining history attributes of type "Created By", "Updated By", and "Version Number". Viva declarative features!
03:17:41 March 3, 2006, Friday (PST)
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Subclassing the ADF BC Data Control to Override Begin/EndRequest()
I've added example#55 to my Not Yet Documented examples page illustrating how in 10.1.3 it's now possible to subclass the ADF BC data control and implement (typically conditional) functionality that will trigger at the beginning and/or ending of each HTTP request. Subclassing the ADFBC Data Control to Override begin/end-Request Method
09:35:17 March 2, 2006, Thursday (PST)
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UIX Read Only LOV on Dname
I posted example #54 on my Not Yet Documented Samples page of an ADF UIX page that implements a read only LOV to select departments for an employee. It shows the user the Dname value like "ACCOUNTING" and they click the flashlight icon to popup an LOV to pick a new department.
07:10:03 March 2, 2006, Thursday (PST)
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JDev 10.1.3 Service Update 1
Our new and improved Check for Updates mechanism allows us now to deliver interim service updates to JDeveloper 10.1.3. We've posted the first service update for JDeveloper 10.1.3.0 on the update center. To install it, choose Help | Check for Updates, then select the service update 1 as shown below... Of course we're also working on a 10.1.3.1 maintenance release, but this service update mechanism allows us to get fixes to important issues out more quickly and incrementally...
03:30:07 March 2, 2006, Thursday (PST)
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Kristjan's Thoughts After a Month with JDeveloper 10.1.3
Kristjan over at the Planet Java blogs some thoughts about his first month with the JDeveloper 10.1.3 production release. I hope he can supply his testcase to our worldwide support organization so we can profiling the few issues he reports for Swing design view in a large-size application.
02:23:24 March 2, 2006, Thursday (PST)
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Swing & JSF: New 10.1.3 ADF BC Oracle By Example Tutorials
Over on the JDeveloper Tutorials page, I wanted to highlight two new tutorials that help get you started by taking through the step by step instructions to build a master/detail form for Swing and JSF using ADF Business Components using the lastest 10.1.3 features in these areas: Building Rich Client Forms in JDeveloper using ADF Swing and ADF Business Components Building a Web Application with ADF Business Components and JavaServer Faces Both of these are highly recommended to get acquainted with some key new features and concepts in our 10.1.3 release. I'm also reviewing this week an even more in-depth tutorial with ADF Business Components that will illustrate the step-by-step instructions to build a smaller subset of the SR Demo Sample application from scratch. Look for even more helpful resources like this soon on OTN...
01:00:22 March 1, 2006, Wednesday (PST)
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Notes on Migrating ADF/Struts 10.1.2 Applications to 10.1.3
Coincidentally last week several users ran into the same issue with JDeveloper 10.1.3, Struts, and JSP. Martin reports the issue in this OTN Discussion Forum Thread. I wanted to clarify the claims made therein regarding migrating ADF/Struts 10.1.2 applications to 10.1.3 as well as highlight the workaround to the bug they were experiencing. I've archived the comments I made in that thread in this article here on the blog Notes on Migrating ADF/Struts 10.1.2 Applications to 10.1.3 and I'll use that article as a place I can update with other tips on migrating ADF/Struts 10.1.2 applications to 10.1.3 that might crop up as more users make the move.
06:06:28 February 28, 2006, Tuesday (PST)
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March/April 2006 Oracle Magazine Column: Using Bind Variables
The March/April 2006 issue of Oracle Magazine is out, and along with it my latest Developer: Frameworks column about Using Bind Variables. As always, I keep the list of all my columns here.
08:52:40 February 27, 2006, Monday (PST)
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An XMLType Visualizer for SQL Developer / Raptor?
Kris Rice's blog about building custom renderers for datatypes in Raptor seems to be missing a few details to actually implement a working one of my own. Today in the EA4 release of SQL Developer, I tried a query like this: SELECT xmltype('<foo bar="baz"/>") AS xmldoc FROM DUAL but the Raptor results window just showed the results as: SYS.XMLTYPE I was hoping to see the XML document itself. Perhaps by implementing one of these custom cell renderers that he mentions I could customize Raptor to show me the XML for those XML types. (Or maybe someone else will beat me to it!)
09:04:13 February 16, 2006, Thursday (PST)
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Screencast: Creating an Editable Table with a Dropdown List in Each Row
I've added a new screencast to my screencasts page illustrating the technique for what is already becoming a frequently-asked question since JDeveloper 10.1.3 has gone production:Creating an Editable Table with a Dropdown List in Each Row We don't support editable tables with dropdown lists out of the box, so this screencast illustrates the technique you can use to achieve the desired result until we add built-in support for it in a later release. Enjoy.
08:10:06 February 16, 2006, Thursday (PST)
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Updated Dynamic JDBC Credentials Example Including JSF
Numerous users have mailed me asking whether I could update my not-yet-documented ADF sample application #14 showing how to apply the technique for implementing dynamic JDBC credentials to JavaServer Faces applications in 10.1.3. I've now posted an updated sample here that illustrates this. The code remained largely unchanged from the JDeveloper 18.104.22.168/10.1.2 version, however the login form required a little fiddling with JSF due to the fact that the naming of the form fields is something that gets done by the faces component renderers. Things to notice about the new version -- which features still-working Struts/JSP and Model1 view controller projects as well as the new JSF-based ViewControllerJSF project -- are the fact that the username and password fields are now uniformly updated to be named "form:username" and "form:password". This was so that the same binding filter code could work with all of the different viewcontroller styles. I factored the name of the login page into ...
06:21:54 February 16, 2006, Thursday (PST)
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Creating a Drop-Down List Based on a View Object with a Named Bind Variable
I've added a new screencast to my screencasts page to illustrate the steps involved in Creating a Drop-Down List Based on a View Object with a Named Bind Variable. As illustrated in the screencast, the crux of the technique -- after creating a view object that accepts a named bind parameter (e.g. :CurrentEmpno) is to: In the binding section of the page definition, add an action binding for the "ExecuteWithParams" built-in action for the iterator driving the set of choices in the list. In the action binding editor, provide an EL expression that you want to supply the value of the CurrentEmpno named bind variable. In the screencast, we use the EL picker to select the expression ${bindings.Empno.inputValue} which represents the value of the Empno attribute in the current row. In the executables section of the page definition, add an "invokeAction" after the iterator for the main EmpView but before the iterator for the list, and binding the invokeAction to the "ExecuteWithParams" ...
02:26:08 February 15, 2006, Wednesday (PST)
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Upgrading BC4J DataTags Applications to JDeveloper 10.1.3
I've had a few questions on this since JDeveloper 10.1.3 went production, so it seemed a worthwhile blog topic. If you have applications built using the BC4J DataTags, like the 9.0.3 version of the BC4J Toy Store Demo was for example, then I recommend that you read this document that outlines the steps to migrate an application using BC4J DataTags to 10.1.3. The executive summary is that you need to first upgrade it to the JDeveloper 10.1.2 version, then migrate it to 10.1.3, and the application should run without changes. Do read the whole section on it the Deprecated Features document, since it also tries to set expectations about the 10.1.3 design time support you should expect for the BC4J Data Tags for existing, migrated applications.
10:21:49 February 13, 2006, Monday (PST)
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Creating Three Simple Search Pages with ADF Business Components and JSF
I've added three new screencasts to my ADF Screencasts page... I first tried to upload a single screencast that showed creating three key types of search pages that you can easily build with ADF Business Components and JavaServer Faces, but the resulting file ended up being too large, so I split it into three parts: Creating Three Simple Search Pages with ADF Business Components and ADF Faces (JSF) Part 1: Web-Style Search Form Part 2: Oracle Forms-Style EnterQuery/ExecuteQuery Mode Page Part 3: Search Form Using View Object with Named Bind Parameters They are meant to be watched in order...
00:53:55 February 13, 2006, Monday (PST)
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Hungry? Try One of These Tacos...
During the day, whenenver I need to give my brain a few-minute rest to take my mind off of the problem I'm thinking about, I look for something that can give me a good laugh. My latest favorite 2-minute distraction when this need arises is this Taco Town commercial parody from Saturday Night Live. Having grown up in the US, watching fast-food restaurants evolve to chase new business by catering to the "more is more" and "quantity over quality" philosophy of many American consumers, this skit really hit home for a good gut-busting chuckle. Now, back to work.
09:19:09 February 4, 2006, Saturday (PST)
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Insights from Some Internal Prototyping
The blog's been a little quiet this week as I've had my head in the sand working on an internal prototyping exercise with developers from a number of internal teams. It's a kind of an internal RAD Race of sorts, but the race is against time rather than other vendors' tools or other teams. It's an exercise that offers great insight (and little time for sleep). We're a group of eight internal developers with various skills and backgrounds collaborating to assemble an application with: Oracle JDeveloper 10g 10.1.3 Oracle ADF Business Components for the Business Services Oracle ADF Model for data binding JSF and Oracle ADF Faces components for the view A central CVS server Oracle BPEL server, and BPEL Process Designer JDeveloper extension Oracle Application Server There are a zillion interesting things you learn by doing an exercise like this, sitting side by side with the folks who use your product day to day, working against their real-world schemas, understanding the various issues ...
00:10:46 February 4, 2006, Saturday (PST)
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Recommended Tech Stacks for Developer's Using JDeveloper/ADF 10.1.3
Despite our documentation team's best efforts to deliver both ADF Developer's Guides at the same time when JDeveloper 10.1.3 went production, only the guide targeting experienced J2EE developers (which talks about building Oracle ADF applications using EJB/Toplink and JSF) was ready to ship this past weekend. We are still busy working on finishing the ADF Developer's Guide for Forms/4GL Developers that covers using Oracle ADF with ADF Business Components, the technology stack used by Oracle Applications and thousands of existing customers. It is slated for delivery on OTN later this quarter. Each guide will recommend a specific technology stack combination to its target audience. To help clarify any possible confusion arising from the fact that only one of the two planned ADF Developer's Guides is available at present, I've posted an article on OTN: ADF Developer's Guides and Recommended Technology Stacks for JDeveloper/ADF 10.1.3
00:51:28 January 30, 2006, Monday (PST)
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Oracle JDeveloper 10g Release 3 (10.1.3) Now Production
You can download the free production release JDeveloper Release 3 (10.1.3) from here, featuring tons of new features in every area of the product. There are links here to lots of new resources like online demos and tutorials, too. The first of two planned ADF Developer's Guides is available immediately, along with a new sample application. For developers focusing on maximally-declarative development with Oracle ADF and ADF Business Components, while we're still working on the ADF Developer's Guide for Forms/4GL Developers for delivery later this quarter, an early access version of the SRDemoSample ADF BC Version, an early access version of the ADF Toy Store "JSF Edition", and a brand new Oracle by Example tutorial Building a Web Application with ADF Business Components and JavaServer Faces are available now. We'll be monitoring the OTN JDeveloper Discussion Forum for questions regarding the new release and these many new resources. Enjoy!
14:18:06 January 29, 2006, Sunday (PST)
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Customizing Your Preferred Editor By File Type
I wanted to remind people of a blog posting I did some time back about a new JDeveloper 10.1.3 feature where you can configure the kind of editor you prefer as the default view for each file type. Having the Default Editor Your Own Way If you're more of a code-focused developer, you can configure files like the *.jsp file extension to open by default in the code view, for example. The visual designer view is just a click of a tab away, but if you like to work the code by default, this simple preference setting can make your job easier.
09:44:28 January 27, 2006, Friday (PST)
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ADF Business Components Active Data Model
I wrote up some thoughts on one of the things that I think is the most interesting about ADF Business Components: the notion of working with an active data model. It's one of the things that makes ADF Business Components feel familiar to developers coming from a Forms/4GL tools background, and conversely one of the things that seem a little strange when coming from a background of expert J2EE development.
16:12:56 January 26, 2006, Thursday (PST)
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Oracle ADF Wins at Another RAD Race Competition
The guys at LogicaCMG tell the story of how they competed and won using Oracle ADF in another RAD Race competition. Great news!
11:10:07 January 26, 2006, Thursday (PST)
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Setting the Record Straight on Oracle and NetBeans
As a fellow developer working on promoting the Java platform to enterprise customers of all background and skillsets, it's great to see the competition between free Java development environments heating up with new releases of NetBeans and Studio Creator, and JDeveloper 10g coming to market. It is this healthy competition that keeps raising the bar for end-to-end enterprise J2EE applilcation building functionality that you get for free as Java developers: a definite win for the Java community at large. However, disappointingly Sun seems to have begun spreading the word that Oracle is "backing" or "endorsing" NetBeans. Huh? Innocent mistake after hearing the words of their fearless leader, or overzealous marketing tactic? Not sure. While I'm flattered that they see the need to create market confusion about JDeveloper as a worthy competitor, their claims are simply not true. As Larry Ellison and Scott McNealy confirmed a few weeks back, Oracle works closely with Sun on numerous ...
09:52:35 January 26, 2006, Thursday (PST)
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JavaPolis Presentation on ADF, JSF, and Swing
Over on my presentations page on the blog, I posted my slides from my presentation at the JavaPolis conference in December called Declarative Data Binding for JSF and Swing Using JDeveloper and Oracle ADF.
09:22:43 January 26, 2006, Thursday (PST)
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JHeadstart 10.1.3 Sneak Previews
I noticed the JHeadstart team has begun blogging some sneak preview information of their 10.1.3 release here and here.
02:12:28 January 26, 2006, Thursday (PST)
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Q & A with Thomas Kurian on Middleware and Tools
OTN published a Q & A with Thomas Kurian about Oracle Fusion Middleware and JDeveloper 10g tools for SOA development.
00:44:59 January 23, 2006, Monday (PST)
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Preview of Important ADF 10.1.3 Release Note Item
A bug that we've fixed in the ADF 10.1.3 release -- related to the inconsistent handling of EL expressions that reference data from binding containers other than the current page's like ${data.SomeOtherUIModel.SomeBinding} -- may impact your existing ADF web applications that may depend on this behavior when you upgrade them to 10.1.3. I've posted a preview of the 10.1.3 release note item about this here, and have updated the ADF Binding Primer whitepaper to clarify the best practice of making sure each page refers only to bindings in its current binding container. The release note item suggests two alternative strategies to migrate occurrences of this in your existing applications if you have any.
10:00:00 January 19, 2006, Thursday (PST)
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Zero Bug Milestone on the Way to JDeveloper 10.1.3 Production
We've hit the zero bug point for JDeveloper 10.1.3 production. This doesn't mean it's ready yet for OTN, but is a major milestone for our team. A final "deep" round of testing needs to give one last pass through all the features for good measure...
09:21:22 January 17, 2006, Tuesday (PST)
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Draw Your Own Conclusions After Trying Both
The recent release of the RC1 version of NetBeans 5.0 had Scott McNealy understandably a little excited about his company's Java IDE. I didn't actually watch the recent Oracle/Sun webcast yet about our current and future collaboration around promoting Java, but this Internet News article reports that Larry Ellison clarified a presumably off-the-cuff comment made by Scott McNealy regarding Oracle and NetBeans: Pointing out that Oracle has its own Java development tool, JDeveloper and is involved with Eclipse, he said, "We think the NetBeans initiative is important in the marketplace, and we're watching it very closely. Right now, we're focused on JDeveloper and Eclipse." Why not try out both and make your own conclusion! They're both free, but only JDeveloper comes with full support for the end-to-end enterprise application development lifecycle under all under one "roof" catering equally well to both expert Java developers and corporate developers familiar with previous 4GL tools.
00:41:55 January 17, 2006, Tuesday (PST)
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IETab Extension
I agree with Tom Kyte that the IETab extension for Firefox is awesome. I haven't started up the IE browser itself since I've installed it. You can mark certain pages to always be rendered with the IE rendering engine. Slick stuff.
00:23:29 January 17, 2006, Tuesday (PST)
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JDJ Reader's Choice Awards: ADF Business Components Voted Best Java Component
ADF Business Components was voted the Best Java Component in the JDJ Reader's Choice awards. cool.
00:22:14 January 17, 2006, Tuesday (PST)
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Dunnets - car hire and van rental in Thurso and Wick
Wick Car Hire
Dunnets, based in Thurso and Wick, have nearly one hundred years of providing car rental services and are well placed to provide all your car and van hire requirements while in Wick. Dunnets, the practical solution to car hire in Wick.
Wick Airport Car Hire
Dunnets can provide an excellent pick up and delivery service for car rentals at Wick Airport. The friendly and accommodating staff can provide quality Ford rental cars at Wick Airport for your convenience. Cars can be hired from Wick Airport for just a day or less, or for longer periods if required - just arrange with Dunnets before you fly. Our rental cars can be ready and waiting for you as you arrive on the British Airways and Eastern Airways flights at Wick Airport.
Wick Railway Station Car Hire
Wick is one of the stations at the end of the railway line north of Inverness served by First Group's Scotrail trains. Whether you come to Wick for business or pleasure, make the most of your time in Caithness with a hire car from Dunnets in Wick. Dunnets car rental service can include a pick-up and delivery service from the train station.
Thurso Car Hire
Dunnets car rental service is centrally placed for all your car hire requirements in Thurso. Cars can be hired from Dunnets in Thurso for business or pleasure, and we can reccommend scenic routes if you wish to make an enjoyable self-drive hire car tour of the county.
Thurso Railway Station Car Hire
Hire a Ford car from Dunnets and pick it up from the UK's most northerly railway station. Dunnets can be flexible about pickup and drop off points for car or van rental, and we can meet your train as it arrives in Thurso station. Thurso Station is served by First Group's Scotrail trains from Inverness, where there are connecting services throughout Scotland and the UK including the London sleeper.
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Rent a self-drive hire car from Dunnets of Thurso and Wick if you are coming to Dounreay on business. Whether you are a businessman, consultant, contractor or support worker at Dounreay, however short or long you may wish to hire, Dunnets can provide a suitable hire car for your purpose. We can be flexible about pick-up and drop-off points for our hire cars, so however you travel to Dounreay, you can easily rent a car with Dunnets, Thurso and Wick.
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You can now rent a car from the Scrabster Ferry Terminal, by prior arrangement with Dunnets. Dunnets self-drive car hire service can provide flexible pick-up and drop-off facilities at Scrabster harbour for passengers using the Northlink ferry MV Hamnavoe from Stromness in Orkney.
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January 15, 2010
On January 11, Chile became the first South American country to join the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). With its accession to the OECD, which is effectively the club of the world's 30 developed nations, Chile has laid down an important milestone for anyone who cares about growth and freedom, says Ryan Streeter, a Senior Fellow with the London-based Legatum Institute.
Chile was experimental like no other country when it comes to economic liberalization, and it has benefited as a result, says Steeter:
- The legendary "Chicago boys," a group of 30 Chileans who studied under economist Milton Friedman at the University of Chicago, spent more than a decade in the 1970s and '80s liberalizing trade, deregulating markets, de-politicizing the economy and implementing a host of other free-market reforms.
- Chile's resulting positive economic trajectory over the past several decades is a big part of why the OECD has admitted the nation.
By 2004, Chile had returned to the top rating in the Freedom House's index of political and civil liberties after its recovery from the long and dark years under Pinochet, says Streeter:
- Before its worst trials began a generation ago, Chile enjoyed a fairly durable democracy, which then went through a terrible trial; but the country recovered the best of its past and began running ahead of its neighbors.
- In the Legatum Institute's Prosperity Index, Chile tops the list of South America's largest countries (those with populations over 10 million), buoyed by its high scores in governance, safety and security, and the contribution of its policies to economic growth.
- Together with its economic reforms, Chile has taken democratic governance seriously, creating an environment in which economic transactions are depoliticized, the rule of law is effective, and citizens are safe and free to choose their path.
Today, Chile stands as a clear reminder of the underpinnings of growth and progress to which many in the West have grown so accustomed that they may likely not recognize them anymore, says Streeter.
Source: Ryan Streeter, "Ascendant Chile Joins OECD: A Triumph of Liberty," American Enterprise Institute, January 12, 2010.
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Dantalion Vigo, Spain
Dantalion was formed back in 2004
In 2006 Dantalion inks a deal with Det Germanske Folket, which results in the release of two albums, "When the Ravens Fly Over Me" (2006) and "Call of the Broken Souls" (2008). In Winter 2009 the band starts the recordings of "All Roads Lead to Death", later released by Xtreem Music in 2010. In 2012 relased Return to Deep Lethargy (Unexploded Rec). ... more
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GBPJPY: Follows through Lower, Bears Target The 126.53 Level
With GBPJPY selling off and following through lower on the back of its Friday losses, the risk is for it to weaken further towards its key support located at the 126.53 level. Further down, support lies at the 125.45 level followed by the 124.50 level and then the 122.02 level, its Jan 25'2012 high. Its daily RSI is bearish and pointing lower suggesting further declines. Alternatively, the cross will have to break and hold above the 133.46 level to put on hold its present downside and trigger further gains. A cut through there will call for a run at the 135.09 level. Further upside offensive above here will call for a run at 136.97 level and subsequently its April'2011 high at 139.99. All in all, the cross remains biased to the downside as it looks to weaken further.


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Jewish America sticks with Obama
The Jewish vote remained firmly with Obama in this election, with early exit polls showing 69 per cent of the Jewish electorate voting Democrat, 30 per cent voting Republican, and one per cent for other candidates.
Polls suggested that Jewish voters made up two per cent of the national electorate. National Jewish Democratic Council head David A. Harris said: "We now know that the Jewish community today was once again solidly behind President Barack Obama, and that the only so-called 'Jewish problem' he has is that there aren't more Jewish voters in America."
Jewish candidates however, did not fare so well. Republican Congressional candidate Rabbi Shmuley Boteach was defeated in the race for New Jersey's 9th Congressional District. An Orthodox rabbi, and author of books including Kosher Sex and Kosher Jesus, Rabbi Boteach ran on a platform of small government and job creation. He was beaten by Roman Catholic Democratic candidate Bill Pascrell, who was re-elected for the fifth time.
Ohio state treasurer Josh Mandel, who was running for Senator of Ohio, also failed to unseat the Democratic incumbent. His strongly conservative views, including opposing gay marriage and gay members of the military, not only performed poorly with the Ohio electorate, but with his own family.
Members of Mr Mandel's extended family wrote a letter to a local paper on Monday expressing their dismay at his views on rights for homosexuals, and said his stance: "violates… core values of our family."
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Copyright Information: All images are in the public domain and available for free. If you use this image, credit NOAA/NGDC, V.K. Gusiakov.
A huge ground crack near Krabosavodskoe, Shikotan Island, formed during the October 4, 1994, earthquake. The initial depth of the crack was 30 meters. However, it quickly filled up with gravel and larger pieces of rock as a result of shaking from aftershocks.
Image Credit: V.K. Gusiakov.
October 4, 1994 Shikotan, Kuril Islands Russia earthquake and tsunami
A magnitude 8.1 earthquake occurred in the southern Kurils and on northern Hokkaido on Tuesday, October 5, 1994, (October 4 at 13:23 GMT). It was a sudden event, without any short- term precursors or foreshocks. The earthquake epicenter was located 80 km east southeast of Shikotan Island. At Kuzhno-Kurilsk, Kunsashir Island, tsunami heights ranged from 2.5-3.0 m. In the older part of town (fronted by a gentle beach) all houses were damaged by the wave that penetrated 200-500 m inland.
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Rangers-Panthers in review
First and foremost, Happy Thanksgiving. Hope you get to spend it with people who are more important to you than the Rangers are. Be thankful for what's really important. And here's a little piece of info for you: The Winter Classic jerseys aren't going to be white. They're going to… Read More →


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the web home of Medieval Europe: A Short History
Medieval History in the News
Medieval Medicine for Modern Diseases (April 2017)
The Voynich Manuscript, still a puzzle after all these years (August, 2016)
lluminated Manuscripts Up Close (July 2016)
Joan of Arc's ring (March 2016)
Hillary Clinton and Medieval Queenship (February 2016)
12 "Berserk" Facts about the Lewes Chess Pieces (November 2015)
Medieval Burials found under Modern Toilets (September 2015)
Modern Russia, Modern Ukraine, and Prince Vladimir (July 2015)
Medieval Cemetery under Parisian Supermarket (May 2015)
Anglo-Saxon Remedy Works for Modern Superbug (March 2015)
Medieval Gothic and Modern Colleges (January 2015)
700-Year-Old Cold Case Resolved (January 2015)
Thanks for visiting. You'll find lots of useful resources here, as well as stuff that is just plain fun. My personal favorite is Amusing Links and Other Medieval Pleasures.
But maybe you don't want to be amused: you want fast and solid help. Fair enough. Start with my advice on How to Read the Textbook. Then, use the Chapters link to reach each chapter's webpage. These two tactics will help you read smarter and faster.
Judith M. Bennett
(University of Southern California)
The tabs above (top right) take you to the main sections of the website. In addition, be sure to check out these shorter sections:
- How to Read the Textbook will help you do just that.
- Test Yourself provides multiple choice questions for each chapter.
- Understanding Your History Professor offers a brief introduction to how History works.
- Instructors offers tips for teachers.
- Primary Sources uses a Valentine's Day note from 1477 to introduce you to this key term in History.
- Retired Materials reproduces some items removed from the previous editions.
- Textbook takes you to information about this venerable book and its authors.
Even if you are not reading Medieval Europe: A Short History, this website still has lots to offer. I suggest that you start with General Resources and Chapters.
If you are an instructor and would like to order an examination copy of the textbook, start here.
McGraw-Hill hosts a separate website for this textbook. It offers suggestions for teachers and sample tests for students.
Many thanks to Kristen Geaman, Janelle Werner, and Joshua Westgard for their good advice at the beginning.


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William H. Moe was born on 23 July 1865 at Berlin, Waterloo County, Ontario.1 He was the son of Husted Moe and Christina Cook.1 He died on 3 October 1888 at Collingwood, Ontario, at age 23.1 He was buried at Trinity Church Cemetery, Collingwood, Ontario.1 William's date of birth is calculated from his age stated on his death registration. His birth place also appears on his death registration. His father is stated to be H. Moe, Purser, Collingwood. The registration number is 016515-88.1
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Rahm Emanuel 'Murdering Schools' in Chicago, Rants Teachers Union Head
This has already gotten ugly, even by Chicago standards.
Fifty-four public schools in the Windy City are closing due to a $1 billion budget shortfall and the president of the Chicago Teachers Union is putting the blame squarely on Mayor Rahm Emanuel. (audio clip after page break)
Appearing today on Ed Schultz's radio show, Karen Lewis did her part to fan the flames, a generations-old tradition among Chicago agitators (audio) --
It's a neo-liberal agenda, it's the privatization piece and it's, let's do it in an area where people with no clout, no voice, and if anybody complains we can just dismiss it 'cause it will just be the greedy teachers. So, you know, I mean, I don't, I don't know what to tell you. I do not understand this man. I don't understand how he can continue to lie to the public and say, you know, we're doing this for the good of the kids, for the good of the kids. You know, he's the murder mayor and we have a serious murder problem 'cause we have a serious gang problem. And he has been completely delusional about how to solve that problem. He does not want to deal with the fact that we need a different approach. And, you know, the key is, if you keep bringing in people that tell you what you want to hear, you don't ever have to hear a competing vision.
So, his real problem is that he's in the middle of a murder epidemic, he is murdering schools now, he's been murdering middle class and working class jobs every chance he can get.
Schultz, who is keenly acquainted with toxic hyperbole, did not tell Lewis she had crossed the line, but one of the first callers to the show after the interview did. "While I'm not happy with him," said the caller, identifying herself as a teacher in Chicago, "that was very unprofessional for a person of her stature." That she is, a figure of immense stature.
Also missing from the interview was any mention of Chicago teachers ending a nine-day strike last September with a deal for an average 17.6 percent pay increase over four years and better benefits. (Alas, not the 30 percent base raise they sought). Teachers in Chicago were already making $76,000 annually on average, not counting what they can earn during those long summers off.
Back in January, Lewis waxed rhapsodic about the violent tactics of early union bosses. "The labor leaders of that time, though, were ready to kill," Lewis said. "They were. They were just ready, that's like, off with their heads," casually waving her hand for emphasis. "They were seriously talking about that."
Listening to Lewis, I had a vague sense of encountering her somewhere else. Then it dawned on me where it was -- the closing scene of Orwell's "Animal Farm."


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Stevie Kearney: My band of 2009
So I looked to see who was second and found Meursault. Dear Lord, I am such an Edinburgh cliché. So I scrapped the preposterous iTunes notion and went back to searching around the disused back rooms of my mind.
After a mentally and sometimes physically painful deliberation, I decided the band who have given me the most enjoyment this year has been Glasgow's How to Swim.
One key reason for this is that I hate being late to the party. I sometimes get there so late that the place is scattered with empty bottles and everyone has either gone home or crashed out.
With How to Swim, I was fairly punctual in my arrival at the metaphorical party. Not early exactly (the band have been playing in various forms since 2000), but early enough to make small talk in the hall about my job whilst glancing nervously towards the door to see if anyone else was going to turn up. How to Swim turned up and their live act is certainly something to treasure.
My affinity for the band is partly because I regard the 2005 It Stings When I EP as one of my finest ever random purchases. Then I lost my copy. But 2009 was the year a copy re-emerged to gift me joy in the form of Gregor Barclay's haunting voice and the sinister imagery he creates. 'There's a Building There' has to be my all time favourite stalker song.
The new material has also lived up to previous acclaim. Perhaps with the release of the album Retina, iTunes may well be able to pick my band of 2010. So, thanks to a combination of discovery and rediscovery, How to Swim have made me happier than any other band this year.
How To Swim - There's a Building There
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Holidays in SicilyB&B
This charming residence is in part obtained from an ancient building in which paper was made. Its structure of base probably goes back to the Middle Ages. The B&B has income from a nineteenth-century palace whose main door open on to that jewel that is the twelfth century church of San Francesco d'Assisi, in the homonymous small square.For its particular position, also being in the heart of the historical center of Palermo, the lodging is absolutely sheltered from the noises of the traffic and from the buzzing that the numerous seated customers to the small tables of the by now very famous "Focacceria San Francesco" produces in the square.
The owners have restored the residence in the full respect of its architectonic, distinctive characteristics (arcade, stone's walls, ceilings in tables of wood and trusses), making it varied and original but also pleasant.The house in fact is developed on various levels, connected between them by artistic stairs in wrought iron, and shows a particular fascination that the guest picks in the same moment in which enters in these atmospheres lacking in limitations of space and enjoyable at every step from one new and always various perspective.
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Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators John McCain (R-AZ) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) today released the following statement on the President Obama's remarks on Iraq:
"We welcome President Obama's articulation of the U.S. national security interests that are at stake in Iraq, especially the threat posed by ISIS. The President's willingness to send U.S. military advisers to Iraq is a positive step, but more needs to be done.
"We are deeply concerned that the President continues to make political change in Iraq the prerequisite for greater U.S. military and other actions that could begin reversing the momentum of ISIS and improving the security situation in the country. It would obviously be ideal for Iraqi leaders to set aside their differences and embrace national reconciliation now, prior to a greater U.S. commitment to the security of the country. However, a key lesson of recent history in Iraq is that it is extremely difficult for Iraqis to make political progress when the security situation is deteriorating rapidly, as it is currently.
"ISIS is on the march. Radical Shia militias are gathering strength. Iraq's Security Forces are struggling and, in places, failing. The country is descending into sectarian conflict. And Iraq's dependence on Iran is deepening. We must act now to help Iraqis arrest their country's descent into chaos, or the current crisis may soon spiral further out of control."


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The Vikings are returning some of their best hitters from one season ago. Tyler Young (Shaker/Latham) led the team in hitting with a .399 average, recorded the most RBIs, and was second in on-base percentage. Playing alongside Young in the outfield is Bobby Peluso (Columbia/East Greenbush) who led the team in on-base percentage with a .491. Batting in the lead-off spot, Peluso was second on the team in hitting with a .398 and had a team-high 12 doubles. Luke Burns (Delaware Academy/Bovina) provides the power in the middle of the lineup for the Vikings. Last year, Burns hit six homeruns and recorded a .573 slugging percentage. He has already signed an early letter of intent with the University at Albany.
Mike Tietjen (Oneonta/Oneonta) is the top returning starter in the pitching rotation for the Vikings. Tietjen went 3-1 with a 3.86 ERA last season. He recorded 31 strikeouts in 28 innings, and will be relied upon to go deep into games this year. Josh Johnson (Tamarac/Wynantskill) enters his second season as the team's top reliever. Johnson posted a 2.57 ERA last season with opponents hitting only a .161 average off him. Three transfers will work their way into the rotation and should see extensive playing time. Michael Hughes (Albany/Albany), a transfer from Coastal Carolina, should battle for the top pitching spot in the lineup this season. Canisius College transfer Randy Bowers (Bethlehem/Portsmouth, VA) and Franklin Pierce transfer Tim Murdick (Averill Park/East Greenbush) should find themselves in the starting pitching rotation this season, playing big roles for the Vikings. This is a very deep team that can hopefully make a push for a championship.


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Blizzard wants to retain even these lovely casual customers so they can continue making raid content. It is in your best interests to keep (by your I mean raiders) casuals in the game so long as blizzard focuses on raids so much as they do.
There is no need to make two progression paths require exactly equal time and effort. (As an aside, you wouldn't be able to do this if you tried, because we won't ever agree on how to measure effort, for example.) What's needed is something much simpler. Both Blizzard and players are interested in progression paths which keep people playing from one patch to the next. That's it. Where do you think a valor cap of 1000 and item costs of 1250, 1750, 2250, etc, come from? Blizzard took what they know about raiders, made some assumptions about an average raider, and laid the numbers so that the speed of upgrades is where they want it to be. The number of drops per boss comes from the same source. There is no reason they can't do the same for casuals. Yes, maybe they won't get it right the first one or two times, but as they get more data, their numbers will get better and the tuning will be better as well.
But once again....the DIFFICULTY MUST be the same. Scaled to 5 man proportion with help and what not but the same degree of difficulty to down in retrospect.
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If you don't want to raid, then pvp.
If you don't want to pvp, then pet battle.
If nothing like that interests you, what are you doing playing this game?
I currently raid, but if I find that my schedule changes where I can't have set times, I'll still have loads of crap to do casually.
I don't get it. You can't expect 9/24 other people to just pop online like magic, you need to set times, like any other activity that's done with several people. I don't go to my friends and say "yeah when we're all awake and not in work lets play board games!" no, it's on a day at a time.
Really really don't get it.
That along with some profession recipes dropping in dungeons along with forges/anvils/alchemy labs used for specific crafting items that are only located in dungeons would be a pretty cool change. Just make those crafting areas after the end boss in a dungeon so the person who wants it completes the dungeon in LFD first.
History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people - Martin Luther King, Jr.
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"There is a pervasive myth that making content hard will induce players to rise to the occasion. We find the opposite. " -- Ghostcrawler
"Almost every time I have gotten to know a critic personally, they keep up with the criticism but lose the venom." -- Ghostcrawler
"Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome." -- Samuel Johnson
To be honest whatever blizz comes up wit it wont matter! The same that flame there is nothign for them will still flame and not behappy with it.
Lets say they made it so once a week from Prooving grounds you could get a top tier item guaranteed if you did something (say as a tank get to 30 rounds of endless without interupting any casters) just soemthing challenging for solo but just as rewarding as raiding and no RNG just guranteed drop. Many on here woudl still complain it's not enough not enguaging enough they ran it did it or is too hard etc
Then when you ask what blizz SHOULD do to keep there attention you get "I don't know thats there job" ... it's like being in a relationship where you don't like the sex and then your partner asks "what do you like/ what can I do better" and you respond "dunno it's your job to please me I have no idea what i like in bed"! It makes 0 sense to toss hands in air and say "not my job to know what I like but you should figure it out" and actually expect them to figure out with all the things they could possible come up with what you will like! Not sure what most do for jobs but immagine a boss coming up to you going "you fucked this project up fix it" and when you asked what needed fixing they just looked at you and said 'I don't knwo that's your job fix it" how frustrated / lost you would be!
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It's stuff like that that I miss quite a lot tbh. Just little details that make things feel more... RPG-like. WoW is meant to be an RPG afterall xD
People wanted to see the content within a certain amount of time...they created lfr...they can't be blamed for the skill of players that go into it. They created easily cleared content so that it can be seen....that wasn't enough because people didn't want it so face roll, so they created flex as an alternate thing while also trying to help the guilds that normal was to hard for and didn't want to bench their friends. now that isn't good enough? where does it end?
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History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people - Martin Luther King, Jr.
There's a TON of it, when someone says "well you can do this" they respond with "I don't wanna".
So really, if none of the vast amount of casual content out there doesn't interest someone, then what more can you do?
"There is a pervasive myth that making content hard will induce players to rise to the occasion. We find the opposite. " -- Ghostcrawler
"Almost every time I have gotten to know a critic personally, they keep up with the criticism but lose the venom." -- Ghostcrawler
"Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome." -- Samuel Johnson
Having played since (roughly) 5 months into the EU Vanilla release, there isn't really anything now that can excite me as it used to. It's a case of "been there, done that". But I do also think that Blizzard ruined any chance of it maybe happening again with the removal of such things.
I'd love to see all the things the both of us listed in the game again, tbh. Especially the PvP we got with world bosses. I've never really liked PvP but there was something about trying to both beat the opposite faction to the boss by killing them and then the feeling of actually beating them and getting that world boss kill.
As I said, it's the little things that I miss ^^
The constant bitching is really really getting old....there is nothing more to say to you except this isn't the game for you. whether or not you want to accept it is another story but that is how it is. So you can either keep giving blizzard money monthly for a game you don't enjoy or you can stop playing it. and if you already stopped playing it then quit bitching and get on with your life.
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It was time to leave Fox Glacier and its amazing landscape and continue south towards Wanaka. As it was the weather was nudging us away anyway, thick clouds hanging over the mountaintops, ready to burst at any second. Not needing a second invitation, knowing that Tintin would not be the best vehicle to be in when the floods started, I hit the gas pedal and off we crawled.
The road continued its way south, out of the mountains and along the shores. We stopped along one of the many beaches that we saw to soak in the atmosphere of a pending storm and enjoyed the pristine waters of the Tasman Sea coming in all the way from Australia.
But south was the way we were going and with many kilometres in front of us before we reached our destination it was time to get back on the road and let the wheels spin their way on the asphalt. Mountains gave way to hills and forests as the landscape started to become a little less dramatic. On the top of one of the cliffs along the way we stopped, not because the view was extraordinarily magnificent, but because this view meant that there was nothing between us and the Antarctic.
Slowly but surely we continued on our way when the road made its way a little inland in order to pass the end of the Southern alps at their lowest points – Haast Pass. At only a little less than 600 meters even Tintin could manage it with (almost) no difficulty. But for all of you who have ever driven in mountainous roads, they never seem to go straight up, but meander a little here, then a little there, only gradually gaining height.
But we had plenty of time and on the way we had planned some stops. One of them was a leisurely walk through the forest to a waterfall that was called Roaring Billy. Well, you can't see that it was roaring, but the tranquillity of the place was a highlight on this day.
With no toilets around, the surrounding bushes were the quietest place to water a little, and the way the rivers were quite low, a little more fluids only helped the environment :-)
Next in line was Thunder Falls, only a very short walk from the road. This didn't cause it to be less spectacular, but it was a little more crowded!
The last stop we had planned for today was at Blue Pools, named such because of the clarity of the water. Again we had to cross a swing-bridge on the way there and it seems that Ronni gets too much fun out of swinging it around, making me almost topple over into the river!
As we thought that the day had reached its end and our destination of Wanaka only a stone's throw away, we got some of the best views of the day served on a silver platter. My love of mountains is widely known, so you can imagine how my heart rejoiced as I saw some of my best friends posing like this!
We reached Wanaka late in the afternoon, our stomachs growling with hunger as the crackers we had eaten for lunch already digested for hours. Somehow it seems that we cannot live the life of the supermodels where one leaf of lettuce lasts a whole day! As it turned out, Wanaka was going to be our resting place, where we didn't really do much except plan the rest of our NZ trip and discover that Hong Kong might be just a tad more expensive than New Zealand!!??
But with views like this every evening, who needs to do anything anyway??
After looking at the weather forecast for the Fjordland region and the appalling 5-day rain showers that would await us in that region, we changed our plans and decided to give the area a miss, especially after we had gotten a 4-day intimate knowledge of fjords while we were sailing in Patagonia. As part of this trip we have gotten quite a finesse at deciding what is good value for money (for us). Instead we opted to add one more stop for penguins, 'cuz I mean, you can't really get enough of those adorable clumsy creatures, can you?
So off we went over the Crown Range road that connected Wanaka with Queenstown. The road made its way through the mountains and with Tintin huffing and puffing like an exhausted dragon I was questioning the decision to take the shorter but steeper route over the longer but flatter. But Tintin like a good soldier gave it his best and just as it appeared that gravity would pull us back into the abyss we reached the top and got a great view of the valley below.
We actually didn't venture into Queenstown but only into a mall next to the airport to pick up our funky new sunglasses and continue our way to Dunedin. With my eyes crying out in joy and the bright summer sun hidden behind the grey veil of the glasses we headed east, towards our beloved penguins. When the growling of my stomach was starting to become louder than the engine it was time to stop. Talk about a beautiful rest area :-)
Although we left the mountains behind us, the road still wasn't entirely flat (is it ever here??). Luckily for us this meant that we could appreciate the scenery around us, some of it just begging to become part of my 2012 paparazzi album.
It was late afternoon when we finally reached Dunedin on the east coast, the three of us (Tintin was part of the team by now) tired and hungry. We decided to stay three nights here, enjoying the city which had a lot of character and old Victorian/Edwardian/whatever English queen or kind style buildings. When compared to Wellington or Auckland I felt that Dunedin (or at least its center) was much more to my liking and I felt a weird sense of nostalgia to our years in Ireland. So we spent the day just roaming the streets, having some local fish and chips (and a Whitefish patty which didn't agree with me at all!) and enjoying the architectural striking buildings!
Tomorrow we're off to see the penguins! Yippeeeeeeee....
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A woman who claimed she was sexually abused by Coronation Street legend Bill Roache said today "I feel let down by the British justice system".
The woman, who gave evidence to the trial in which the actor was cleared of all charges, said the verdict may discourage victims of alleged sexual abuse from going to the police.
Fighting back tears, she told the Sunday People: "I feel gutted, just absolutely gutted."
Asked if she felt let down by the justice system, she replied: "Yes - we've had 12 months of it all. It's rotten.
The woman, now aged in her late 50s, added: "That is why we didn't come forward in the first place because we didn't think we would be believed. We've been proved right, haven't we.
"It's difficult to take it in at the moment."
She had told the jury of eight women and four men at Preston Crown Court that Mr Roache, now 81, sexually abused her in a dressing room at Coronation Street's studios when she was aged between just 14 and 16.
But her account was criticised by Mr Roache's barrister because she couldn't state what year the alleged incident occurred.
Mr Roache told the court he did not remember inviting any guests into his dressing room other than relatives, and said he 'would have remembered' if any teenage girls had been in the room.
Roache, 81, who plays Ken Barlow in the ITV soap, was found not guilty of two counts of rape and four counts of indecent assault.
Speaking on the steps of the court, he said: "I have just got one thing to say, in these situations there are no winners and I think we should all be much kinder to ourselves. Now if you will excuse me I would like to get back to work."
Several members of the jury that had taken just short of six hours to clear him of the allegations watched as Roache read out a statement to the media.
He thanked his employers, ITV Granada, his legal team, family, friends and colleagues for their support - as well as those people he did not know who had wished him well.
An ITV spokesman said: "We look forward to talking to Bill soon about his return to work."
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The larger Me 163B was built around a more powerful Walter hydrogen peroxide-hydrazine hydrate/methyl alcohol engine. Tests of the new aircraft were held in 1943 at Bremen, Augsburg, Brandes, near Leipzig. Two 1,000-pound-thrust JATO units helped get the airplane of the ground. About sixty of the aircraft were built by Messerschmitt.
Junkers built three hundred C models of this aircraft, which was called first the Ju 262, then the 8-263, and finally the Me 262, when Messerschmitt continued its development. The C model was glide-tested, but never flew under rocket power. The B model was 19.5 feet long, weighed 9,040 pounds, and could fly for less than 8 minutes at 550 mph; it could also climb to 32,800 feet in 3 minutes. The thrust of its throttlable engine varied from 660 to 3,500 pounds. The C model was 23.1 feet long, weighed 11,280 pounds, and was planned for an engine whose thrust varied from 440 to 3,740 pounds.
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'"I expected it," Sabres General Manager Darcy Regier said of Friday's court proceedings. "I don't know how it could go any other way. I don't think an organization can afford – for the amount of money the players were owed – to ultimately lose those assets. That's probably how the judge felt as well."'
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Is 'Family Guy' Programming Young Voters to Despise Republicans?
Evan McMurry at Mediaite reported on the latest cultural criticism at the RightOnline Conference in Orlando this weekend. Conservative blogger and screenwriter Bill Whittle diagnosed Seth MacFarlane's cartoon "Family Guy" as a symptom of America's decadent liberalism, and said that conservatives are losing the narrative needed to win elections due to "entertainment" like this.
Whittle charted the decline and fall of American values on our TV screens:
"Any audience of people that grew up with classical Superman automatically love this country, because Superman is about the best America we can be," he said. "When Superman was all over the pop culture, we were a nation that loved this country. Now, twenty years after the peak of Superman's popularity, along comes Gilligan's Island. That's pretty neutral in terms of politics..."
"But if you're a young person out there today and you can finish the theme song from Family Guy, then all the anti-American, anti-capitalist, anti-Christian, anti-morality messages of Family Guy are in your head as completely and thoroughly as that theme song is," Whittle said.
He argued that conservative electoral success was tied to the ability to successfully weave narratives around conservative beliefs. "You're programmed by the pop culture, you're programed by story," he said. "It's all about stories, and if we're the villain in all of the stories that are told, we're never going to win another election again."


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My make-up education started at a young age when I used to accompany my mom to her Mary Kay meetings. Not entirely satisfied with Mrs. Kay's old school ways (may she rest), my voracious appetite for beauty knowledge was self-satisfied via beauty magazines and YouTube videos until I finally found a school devoted entirely to make-up application: The Make-up Designory here in New York where I scrupulously studied every detail of information given to me.
Despite nearly two decades of a relentless obsession with the beauty industry, the best and most impactful beauty tips I've learned are the most subtle ones.
1. Prep and Prime
If you want your makeup to look amazing I cannot stress to you enough the importance of taking care of your skin. Yes, it's totally okay to use makeup to cover a pimple here and there, but makeup cannot disguise dryness, flakiness, peeling skin, moderate to severe acne..you get the drift.
If you're having a hard time finding the best skin care routine for your skin, trust me, a trip to the dermatologist is well worth it!
A great way to care for your skin, to make your makeup look amazing and to help it last all day (or night) is to use primers. I will say this is a case-by-case basis situation… I know some people who can wear makeup sans any type of primer and their makeup stays in place all day without causing break outs.
Personally, I'm not that lucky. A paraben-free, mineral based primer such as Hourglass Veil Mineral Primer does a great job of preventing your make-up from seeping into your pores while also making it sweat-proof and water-resistant. That whole sweat-proof thing is my lifesaver.
I am obsessed with Tarte's eye shadow primer, which gives me over 16 hours of eye makeup wear, even despite it's claim of providing 12 hours of wear! I love not having to worry about my eyeshadow getting all up in my creases or my eyeliner transferring to my eyelid.
2. Tightline
Speaking of eye makeup, I want to talk about my all time favorite eyeliner tip, a tightline. When I use this on clients, they sort of freak out a little. We all know a great way to define to eye is by using a dark, sometimes bold liner. Have you ever tried lining your inner, upper lash line? This is a little hard to explain through typing, so check out the picture below.
That's right ladies, lift those lids and get a little black liner up in there! I'm aware this doesn't look like the most comfortable application of eyeliner, and may not be at first, but if you are a regular eye makeup user I can assure you that you'll get used to it.
Now you're all, "Okay, that looks weird and she's also telling me it's gonna feel weird, all for a teeny tiny black liner… not interested." Trust me! I was that way at first too, but you will thank me for giving it a shot.
There is something about a tightline that gives your make up the most beautiful and finished look, not to mention it makes your lash line look so dense and full. I'm addicted.
3. Multitask Your Bronzer
When a client tells me she's not crazy about her bronzer, my first questions for her is always "Where are you applying your bronzer?". Now y'all know I'm anti-beauty rules, but I can tell you that using a bronzer all over your face or like a blush just isn't gonna get you anywhere.
The most impactful way to apply bronzer is just below your cheekbones, in your temples, on your forehead at the hairline, below your jawline and on your neck (confused? See the picture below). Not only does this give you the lovely bronze glow you're going for, but it also subtly sculpts the face to make you look sleek, refined and put-together.
Brown = bronzer, and be sure to blend, blend, blend! If you want to go really hardcore with the contouring, follow the chart above using a super light concealer in the place of all the white patches. Again… blend!
4. Highlight For Radiant Skin
While we're on the topic of contouring, a note about highlighting is in order. Going back to topic number one: Can makeup hide problem skin? No! Can makeup make good skin look incredible? YES! If you've ever wondered why no matter how well you take care of your skin and done your make up it still doesn't look as amazing and glowing as the stars on the red carpet, highlighting is your answer.
Some people swear by liquid highlighters such as High Beam by Benefit but powder highlighters are my poison, namely Shimmer Softlights by Smashbox. I prefer the powders as they stay in place much longer and don't mess up any makeup underneath, as liquid highlighters have a tendency to do. Just a sweep of highlighter on the tops of the cheekbones, below the arch of the brows, the inner corners of the eyes and a little down the bridge of the nose takes your skin from okay to astronomical.
5. Use Lip Liner All Over The Lip For Ultra Long Wear!
I really wish makeup companies would change the name of lip liner to "all over lip defining pencil for elongated wear of lip products", but I can definitely see where that might be too long to fit on a tiny, little pencil. I know some of y'all are already hip to this trick, but using a lip liner to not only line the lips but to fill them all the way in to create a base for your lip product will really lock that color down.
Notice I'm using the term "lip product" rather than just lipstick… Yes this trick will help keep lipgloss, even tinted lip balms in place longer also. Just find a lip pencil the same color as your lips and go crazy.
So, those aren't too hard right? Do any of you lovelies already use these steps? If not, do you see yourself using them? Let me know!


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kosciuszko was essentially a democrat, but a democrat of the school of Jefferson and Lafayette.
When he had recovered his health, Poland was rising under kosciuszko.
If I say that this man was kosciuszko, I have explained all.
The able Polish officers, Pulaski and kosciuszko, had come some time before.
The father of this young lady did not approve of kosciuszko as a lover.
In 1794 kosciuszko was made commander-in-chief and dictator of Poland.
For the next two months kosciuszko remained on the defensive near Sandomir.
You have heard of our great and good general kosciuszko, yes?
kosciuszko, Sizakowsky, and other gallant chiefs in vain made the most heroic efforts to rally the broken troops.
She wanted her army to march into Poland to put down an outbreak of the Poles, under kosciuszko.


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In Nalhati Vote, Pranab Mukherjee's Son Hopes to Shine
By Jyoti Malhotra
When Delhi's top corporate honchos came looking for a certain general manager in the state-owned Steel Authority of India by the name of Abhijit Mukherjee, the 50-year-old senior executive knew exactly why they wanted to see him: His father is the country's finance minister.
"I would always give them my father's PA's phone number and tell them that they should approach him directly," Abhijit Mukherjee told India Real Time over the phone from Nalhati, a constituency in the Birbhum district of West Bengal, from where he is running as the Congress candidate in state assembly polls that run through May 10.
Sometimes, he admits, the requests could get quite pressing. "Delhi people are very clever," said Mr. Mukherjee. "That's when I had to tell them, my father is not like this. You can contact him if you want, but I must warn you that it could get counter-productive."
That experience with favor-seekers should hold Mr. Mukherjee in good stead if his maiden foray into politics proves successful.
Nalhati, along with the rest of central West Bengal, will vote today in the second round of the six-part election. This constituency has long been held by the Left Front, which has been in power in the state for the last 34 years. The Forward Bloc, which is a member of the ruling coalition, first came to power in Nalhati a full decade before that and has held the seat ever since. The Congress party and Trinamool are in an alliance in these polls, hoping to jointly topple the Communist-led government.
Mr. Mukherjee said that he enjoys challenges: "I have climbed several peaks in the India-Nepal western Himalayas." "I may be an outsider, but this is my ancestral village," said Mr. Mukherjee, adding that his grandfather Kamada Kinkar Mukherjee had been part of the anti-British freedom struggle in these parts, besides being an activist along side the mass leader Vinoba Bhave who sought to re-focus the Indian elite's attention on the plight of the rural masses.
"For the last five years, the people of Nalhati have been asking me to contest. In the beginning I was not interested, but over the last couple of years I realized that if something needed to be done for Nalhati, which is among the poorest parts of Bengal, then lasting change can only brought about by elected representatives," he said.
Mr. Mukherjee said his father did not push him to join politics, and that he asked his father for permission before he decided to run. The finance minister told him he was old enough to decide for himself. "Remember, politics is a game of uncertainty," was Pranab Mukherjee's only advice.
Mr. Mukherjee's opponent is also the son of a politician–incumbent Deepak Chatterjee, from the Forward Bloc, won a seat in 2006 that was previously held his father. But Mr. Mukherjee is not interested in talking about his opponent, or too much about his father for that matter.
"I have a father and his name is Pranab Mukherjee," he replies, "But it is not because of Pranab Mukherjee that I rose to become a general manager in SAIL, or because of him that SAIL won so many national and international awards in corporate social responsibility, which was my domain."
He asks me, laughing, if I know how many sons of politicians work in the public sector, then answers the question himself: "Very few."
Still, Mr. Mukherjee has received more attention than many other candidates in these polls because of his father. And the changes in nearby Jangipur, from where Pranab Mukherjee first won in 2004, haven't gone unnoticed either. Since then roads have come up, as has a hospital specializing in lung ailments for the thousands of people who work at rolling the tendu leaf into beedis, or herbal cigarettes, for a living. Access for local, unemployed youth to enter the Army has also become much easier.
The younger Mr. Mukherjee believes that Nalhati, one of the poorest regions of West Bengal, needs much more development and he intends to do something for the area.
"I am in politics, even at this late age, because even when I was in SAIL I kept in touch with Nalhati," said Mr. Mukherjee. "When I decided to contest, I told myself, charity begins at home…I don't believe in individual charity. I don't give money to the poor because they can't feed themselves or can't afford to go to a hospital. You have to set up systems of health care, education, and help in generating employment so people can look after themselves."
Jyoti Malhotra is a freelance journalist based in New Delhi. She writes for India's Business Standard daily and for Pakistan's Express Tribune.
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Published: November 16, 2009 at 9:56 AMAwesome!
Not to bring anybody down, but I think this happened at Disneyland awhile ago (like over 15 years ago) in which TWO kids hid on the island. However, they did not wave for help and tried to swim. Sadly, one drowned.
Still a great story! I love reading them because they are both informative and funny!
Published: November 16, 2009 at 10:25 AMI remember a kid was missing at one time at a park I worked at. The park had closed and still no kid. Security did a reverse sweep from the front of the park to the rear and still no kid. Then started reviewing the security tapes all the while trying to calm the Mom down. They had called the hotel to see if the little boy was there, but no answer. Apparently Mom and son had an arguement. Finally a manager at the hotel went to the room and found the little boy asleep in the hotel room as he had hiked it back to the hotel (a little bit away from the park).


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The other day I discovered that the name for those wire cages filled with rocks used in construction and to stabilise river banks, hillsides and shorelines are called gabions. The word comes from the Italian gabbione (big cage), which comes from the Latin cavea (cage).
There are plenty of gabions around here, but I didn't know what to call them before, apart from wire baskets filled with rocks and stones, or something similar. I find that knowing the name of something makes it so much easier to talk about it – would you agree?
For example, if you go for a walk in the country and want to point out particular flora and fauna that you see, or want to describe what you saw afterwards, it helps if you know the names of things. So instead of saying that you saw some trees, flowers and birds, you might say that you saw oak, beech and ash trees; dandelions, old man's trousers and buttercups, and so on. Some people, like my mum, could probably give you the Latin names of some of the flora as well.
Knowing the names of things, in your native language, and in other languages you know, enriches your world and enables you to talk about a variety of things without having to resort to paraphrases and long descriptions. The common names of flora and fauna can be interesting and poetic even – for example, the Irish name for fuschia is deaora dé ("God's tears"). I learnt this word first in Irish, then found out what the plant is called in English.
I'm quite good at the names of birds and animals in English, Welsh, French and Irish, but not so good at plants and trees, which I'm working on.


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Alaska USA Federal Credit Union is a federally chartered financial services cooperative with branch offices throughout Alaska, the Puget Sound area of Washington State, and California's Victor Valley. The credit union is the largest provider of consumer financial services in Alaska, with growing membership in Washington, California and the other 47 states. Alaska USA also provides business services, including checking, commercial loans, and insurance. Alaska USA founded and operates the Alaska Option Network, which provides ATM and point-of-sale payment, switching, settlement, and related services for financial institutions throughout the U.S. The credit union also owns and operates Alaska USA Mortgage Company, with offices in Alaska and Washington, as well as Alaska USA Insurance Brokers, Alaska USA Title Agency, and Alaska USA Trust Company.


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