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Using Recursive SQL and XML trick to PIVOT(OK, concat) a "Document Folder Structure Relationship" table, works like MySQL GROUP_CONCAT
I'm in the process of building out a Data Warehouse and encountered this issue along the way.In the environment, there is a table that stores all the folders with the individual level. For example, if a document is created here:{App Path}\Level 1\Level 2\Level 3\{document}, then the DocumentFolder table would look like this:IDID_ParentFolderName1... 121Level 232Level 3To my understanding, the table was built so that:Each proposal can have multiple documents stored at various locationsDifferent ...
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Kevin Shyr
| 4/4/2012 5:29 PM | 0 Comments
I Clobbered a Leopard with a Window Last Night
I've had my 15" Mac Book Pro for a little over a year now, and its hands-down the best laptop I've ever owned…hardware wise. And I tried, I really really tried, to like OSX. I even bought Parallels so I could run Windows 7 and all my development tools while still trying to live in an OSX world. But in the end, I missed Windows too much. There were just too many shortcomings with OSX that kept me from being productive. For one thing, Office for Mac is *not* Office for Windows. The applications are ...
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D'Arcy Lussier
| 3/30/2012 12:49 PM | 3 Comments
CAML queries for humans
I've recently had to help a couple of splinq-challenged colleagues with some caml queries. Here are some of my favourite ways to make caml edible. Use '! Too many developers seem ignorant of the fact that xml works just as well with single apostrophes as with double. This is, of course, also true for other things, like html. Use @ and multiline Use string.Format Validate the query using a simple webpart or, much better, powershell Don't use third-party clever stuff I'm not sarcastic when I say "clever," ...
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| 3/28/2012 10:40 AM | 0 Comments
Getting a SecurityToken from a RequestSecurityTokenResponse in WIF
When you're working with WIF and WSTrustChannelFactory when you call the Issue operation, you can also request that a RequestSecurityTokenResponse as an out parameter. However, what can you do with that object? Well, you could keep it around and use it for subsequent calls with the extension method CreateChannelWithIssuedToken – or can you? public static T CreateChannelWithIssuedToke... ChannelFactory<T> factory, SecurityToken issuedToken); As you can see from the method signature ...
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Shawn Cicoria
| 3/22/2012 5:23 PM | 0 Comments
Using HTML5 Today part 4–What happened to XHTML?
This is the fourth entry in a series of descriptions & demos from the "Using HTML5 Today" user group presentation. For practical purposes, the original XHTML standard is a historical footnote, although XHTML transitional will probably live on forever in the default web page templates of old web page editors. The original XHTML spec was released in 2000, on the heels of the HTML 4.01 spec. The plan was to move web development away from HTML to the more formal, rigorous approach that XHTML offered, ...
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Steve Albers
| 3/20/2012 11:39 PM | 0 Comments
Using HTML5 Today part 1–Simplify your syntax
Simplify your HTML Syntax This is the first in the series of demos from the "Using HTML5 Today" talk. One of the great features HTML5 offers is the chance to minimize some of the longer tags in your template, reducing the size of the document and increasing readability and maintainability. Below we cover a few of the easy, cross-browser, backwards-compatible changes. Why are these changes backwards compatible? Because we, the authors of the content on the Internet, are pretty bad at writing proper ...
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Steve Albers
| 3/13/2012 9:14 PM | 2 Comments
Packaging custom checkin policies for Visual Studio using VSIX
Deployment of custom checkin policies can be done using either an MSI or VSIX. There are many reasons to prefer using the VSIX format. It is more lightweight, and thus more suitable for small components for VS, as it will not "pollute" the installed programs store. Further, since the Visual Studio setup projects have been cut from Visual Studio 11, the VSIX is a better choice, being supported both in VS 2010 and VS 11. VSIX is also very easy to create, once you know how, and it is very fast running ...
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| 3/10/2012 9:54 PM | 7 Comments
Enable Publishing Approval workflow on all SP Web(s) in an Site collection with Powershell
What you need / What you've got? Pretty obvious, when a user edits/changes a page, you need someone to check its all good before it goes live! Aka Publishing Approval You can use the "Publishing site with workflow" template or enable it manually or set it up in your custom site definition. BUT...you've got an entire site collection full of web sites and you need to do it "en-mass" … step up Powershell. A common scenario could be you were working in Stage or Pre-go live and having Approval workflow ...
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Steve Clements
| 3/6/2012 6:19 PM | 0 Comments
BizTalk Server 2010: Problems casting XML documents to BizTalk Messages
While coding a very simple orchestration in BizTalk Server 2010, I ran into the dreaded "cannot implicitly convert type 'System.Xml.XmlDocument' to '<message type>'" issue. I've seen this happen a few times over the years, and it has often mystified me. My orchestration defines a message using a schema type. In a Message Assignment shape, I create the message as an XML Document and then assign the document to the message. I initially wrote the code to populate the XML Document with some dummy ...
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Charles Young
| 2/23/2012 12:48 PM | 1 Comments
BizTalk Amazon S3 Adapter
A few days ago I read an article by Richard Seroter comparing the different cloud storage options and comparing Windows Azure and Amazon S3. I commented on his blog about how Id like to see companies use these more and more for B2B data exchange when you have a batch file rather than the traditional solutions using FTP and the painful infrastructure piece that often goes with this kind of project. The normal challenges include: Who hosts the FTP service or do we both What kind of security do we use ...
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Michael Stephenson
| 2/22/2012 2:07 PM | 5 Comments
Developing BizTalk Server 2010 solution for integrating with PeopleSoft Enterprise System.
In this post we will see few of the initial steps for developing BizTalk Solutions for integrating with PeopleSoft Enterprise Systems using PeopleSoft Adapter. In order to proceed further, you must have Installed and Configured PeopleSoft Adapter properly, both on BizTalk side and PeopleSoft System side. This particular post is based on PeopleSoft HRMS 9.0 system. But the steps shown below should be same for any PeopleSoft Enterprise System. The steps will be same to connect to any Component Interface ...
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| 2/21/2012 3:36 PM | 2 Comments
CKS tools to Package Columns\Content Types\Lists Templates and List Instances
I have some basic rules when it comes to checked in code to TFS. The one at the top of the list of rules is that, any developer should get the latest code from TFS, deploy and have a working web part, workflow or any other customization in SharePoint. This means that all dependencies should be deployed with the customization. If the web part uses a custom list as a data source, then a developer should not have to manually create site columns with the 'correct' internal and display name, list instances ...
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| 2/20/2012 10:00 PM | 0 Comments
app_offline.htm doesn't work as expected during deployment
Let me start off by stating that I am in no way an expert on MSBuild, writing build scripts, MSDeploy, Web Deploy, etc. I learned a lot in this process about those things which helped me find a workable solution. I'm sure there are better ways to accomplish what I'm trying to do, but this is what I came up with. My goal in writing this is that someone will hopefully avoid wasting their time as I did trying to get app_offline.htm to work.For those of you who don't know what app_offline.htm is, it's ...
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| 2/18/2012 2:33 PM | 0 Comments
NDepend Evaluation: Part 1
NDepend is a Visual Studio add-in designed for intense code analysis with the goal of high code quality. NDepend uses a number of metrics and aggregates the data in pleasing static and active visual reports. My evaluation of NDepend will be broken up into several different parts. The first part of my evaluation of NDepend is in the installation. The second part will cover my first impressions including the initial profiling for the solution that I will use throughout my evaluation. I used version ...
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Anthony Trudeau
| 2/16/2012 11:34 AM | 2 Comments
BizTalk and RabbitMQ
The same article in the TechNet. If you are working with queues in BizTalk Server, the most possible it is the MSMQ (in my experience). MSMQ is an old man of the Microsoft technology stack. It was created when there were no good standards for messaging. Now MSMQ is wrapped partly in the .NET System.Messaging namespace. It is just a small facelift. MSMQ is still a proprietary technology without well-defined messaging protocol. It means, you cannot use the MSMQ messaging protocol without MSMQ itself. ...
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Leonid Ganeline
| 2/9/2012 1:18 PM | 14 Comments
Testing WCF Web Services
Recently someone was showing me WCFStorm for testing WCF services, which is very simple to use.However, SOAPUI certainly has a lot of power.I needed to add an image to send to a service and noticed that referenceshttp://www.soapui... My XML ended up looking like this:<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schem... xmlns:ubox="UBoxMobileServi... xmlns:ubox1="UBoxMobile.Dat... <soapenv:Header/> ...
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| 2/2/2012 2:25 PM | 0 Comments
Using LINQ to Twitter in Windows 8 Metro Apps
While the title of this post suggests focus on LINQ to Twitter, it also indicates that I'll be discussing how to build a Windows 8 Metro application. The application itself will display a list of tweets from Twitter's public feed. In the sections that follow, you'll read background information on pre-requisites to understanding the post, learn how to get LINQ to Twitter working with Visual Studio 11, and then see a step-by-step on how the application is built. Getting Started You can build Metro ...
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Joe Mayo
| 1/26/2012 10:11 AM | 4 Comments
Installing and Configuring PeopleSoft Adapter for BizTalk Server 2010
Architecture of PeopleSoft Adapter: The BizTalk PeopleSoft Adapter is based on the BizTalk Server Adapter Framework. More info: How the Adapter Is Designed: The Adapter Framework. The PeopleSoft adapter basically communicates with the PeopleSoft Component Interfaces via the PeopleSoft JOLT protocol (over TCP/IP). The adapter communicates with PeopleSoft system by receiving a XML message which is later encapsulated into a SOAP request using the PeopleSoft psjoa classes. With this connection we can ...
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| 1/25/2012 5:00 PM | 3 Comments
Klout API to get a users Influence Rating
I've been working on a little project recently and one of the requirements was to be able to identify someone's influence in the social media space. I happened to come across Klout which if you are not familiar is a service where people can connect all of their social networking accounts together and it will then analyze your public activity and workout how much Klout you have. Even if you have not joined Klout it still looks at public Twitter information and can rate users just based on their public ...
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Michael Stephenson
| 1/15/2012 8:09 AM | 0 Comments
BizTalk: Advanced Questions
This article is a Part 6 of the Interview Questions series. Part 1: BizTalk: Questions for interview without answers Part 2: BizTalk: Interview questions and principles Part 3: WCF: Questions for studying and interviewPart 4: WCF: Questions for studying and interview: DiscoveryPart 5: WCF: Questions for studying and interview: Routing Service Part 6: BizTalk: Advanced Questions Note: There is BizTalk Administrator interview questions by Tord Glad Nordahl. It is time for fun! These questions are for ...
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Leonid Ganeline
| 1/10/2012 9:12 AM | 45 Comments
Intellitrace in VS2010
In this blog post I thought I would talk a little about one of my favorite features of VS2010, Intellitrace. Intellitrace is debugging on steroids. In regular debugging session you can see the values of variables at a certain time, but you can't go backwards, and you cannot see the state of the entire system. This means that some bugs cannot be reproduced. With Intellitrace a log file is created that allows you to debug the file. This is similar to a dump but has lots more information, and when run ...
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Blog Author
| 1/9/2012 5:24 PM | 1 Comments
Build Manager Extension–Scribe for Build Notes
Scribe - Test Scribe is a documentation power tool designed to construct documents directly from TFS for test plan and test run artefacts for the purpose of discussion, reporting etc. Scribe only works with Microsoft Test Manager, so if you needed to generate documentation for TFS Builds, what options do you have? You could potentially modify the Build Process template to generate report documentation as the build is executed or you could use the TFS data warehouse to extract data to create rich ...
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Tarun Arora [Microsoft MVP]
| 1/7/2012 12:52 PM | 5 Comments
ASP.NET Tutorial - Creating Web.Config file
Hello all, before I start this article, I want to wish Happy New Year 2012 for you, hope this year will bring more success and happiness for all of us. In this article, I will show you how to create web.config file for ASP.NET application. The .NET Framework relies on .config files to define configuration options. The .config files are text-based XML files. Multiple .config files can, and typically do, exist on a single system. And FYI, I use HostForLife.eu as my hosting provider.System-wide configuration ...
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| 1/3/2012 3:52 PM | 0 Comments
'Content-Length' Header Replaced With 'Transfer-Encoding: chunked' in ASP .NET
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Jesse Taber
| 1/2/2012 7:58 PM | 1 Comments
Working with NDBUnit – my suggested project structure for removing complexity.
In the team that I have been working with lately they use NDBUnit to control the test database state for Integration Tests. Today I thought I would blog briefly on one of the issues we had and how we are going to go forward in the future in structuring our solution and working with NDBUnit. Let me say upfront that I am no expert with NDBUnit, so if you are an expert with this tool, and you can see glaring mistakes in this post, add a comment (I would appreciate that). That said, let me highlight ...
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| 12/30/2011 10:07 AM | 1 Comments
Wrong SGen For x64 Targets Used
This is another x64 issue where I was really surprised that it does exist. When you compile in VS2010/MsBuild a managed target for which the corresponding serialization assembly is generated you will find that all works until you try to compile for 64 bit. There you will get: "SGEN : error : An attempt was made to load an assembly with an incorrect format: xxxx.dll." Here is the 32 bit SGen is called for the 64 bit target which cannot load a 64 bit assembly. I have no idea why MS did not provide ...
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Alois Kraus
| 12/10/2011 7:43 PM | 1 Comments
Been diagnosed with Acute Windows Azure Diagnostics Understanding Syndrome
I have had a total of 2 years, 3 months, 2 hours of Windows Azure developer experience and it humiliates me to suicidal extents to confess that I am hardly conversant with the platform's native Diagnostics technicalities. "I am Tinu Thomas and I am a diagnostic-ignorant Azure Developer." Oh my god…how could he?? Now that we have that past us <sheepish grin>, I would also like to bask in the afterglow of redemption. Thanks to a much-needed job transition phase, I was able to find enough time ...
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| 12/2/2011 6:23 PM | 0 Comments
Generating Documentation from BizUnit v2 XML Files
A while back I did the user group sessions and cloud case video about Behaviour Driven BizTalk Development and talked about how you could use SpecFlow with Visual Studio 2010, BizUnit 4 and BizTalk 2010 to create acceptance tests for your solution. The video is on the below link: Part 1: http://cloudcasts.cloudapp.... Part 2: http://cloudcasts.cloudapp.... Of the many advantages of this approach one of the ...
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Michael Stephenson
| 12/1/2011 12:28 PM | 1 Comments
APress cyber Monday sale is today!"
APress's Cyber Monday sale is today - all books are $15 (except for The Definitive Guide to Berkeley DB XML which as book of the day is $10)
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| 11/28/2011 7:02 AM | 0 Comments
APress Deal of the Day - 25/Nov/2011 - Pro .NET 2.0 XML
Today's $10 Deal of the day from APress at http://www.apress.com/97815... is Pro .NET 2.0 XML"Pro .NET 2.0 XML is the first book to provide a complete solution to XML on the .NET 2.0 Framework including the new .NET 3.0 extensions." ...
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| 11/25/2011 9:21 AM | 0 Comments
To ORM or Not to ORM. That is the question…
UPDATE: Thanks for the feedback and comments. I have adjusted my table below with your recommendations. I had missed a point or two. I wanted to do a series on creating an entire project using the EDMX XAF code generation and the SpecFlow BDD Easy Test tools discussed in my earlier posts, but I thought it would be appropriate to start with a simple comparison and reasoning on why I choose to use these tools. Let's start by defining the term ORM, or Object-Relational Mapping. According to Wikipedia ...
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Patrick Liekhus
| 11/20/2011 10:00 PM | 6 Comments
Passing the CAML thru the EY of the NEEDL
© 2011 By: Dov Trietsch. All rights reserved Passing the CAML thru the EY of the NEEDL Definitions: CAML (Collaborative Application Markup Language) is an XML based markup language used in Microsoft SharePoint technologies Anonymous: A camel is a horse designed by committee Dov Trietsch: A CAML is a HORS designed by Microsoft I was advised against putting any Camel and Sphinx rhymes in here. Look it up in Google! _____ Now that we have dispensed with the dromedary jokes (BTW, I have many more, but ...
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| 11/16/2011 2:34 PM | 0 Comments
Guide to reduce TFS database growth using the Test Attachment Cleaner
UPDATED March 24th 2016: Test Data Retention is now added to TFS 2015 Update 1, see this post for more information.UPDATED Apr 15th 2013: Corrected to VS2012 Update 2 UPDATED Mar 23rd 2012: Added information about VS 11 UPDATED Mar 21st 2012: Added info and link to VS/TFS 11 tool for getting the Test Attachment Cleaner, now included with the TFS Power Tools UPDATED Mar 17th 2012: Added sql queries for TFS 11 Beta. Changed structure after Adam's advices. Updated information. UPDATED Jan 9th 2012: ...
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| 11/15/2011 2:35 PM | 10 Comments
XPath & XML EDI B2B
GoodToGo :) Best XML Editor is Altova XMLSpy 2011 http://www.torrenthound.com... For whatever reason Piratebay has trojans and other nasties..Search in torrent.eu for Altova XMLSpy Enterprise Edition SP1 2011 v184.108.40.206 Also if you like the product purchase it in a Commercial Enviroment Any well structured/complex XML can be parsed @ the speed of light using XPATH querys and not ...
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| 11/14/2011 9:38 PM | 0 Comments
Load and Web Performance Testing using Visual Studio Ultimate 2010-Part 2
Welcome back, in part 1 of Load and Web Performance Testing using Visual Studio 2010 I talked about why Performance Testing the application is important, the test tools available in Visual Studio Ultimate 2010 and various test rig topologies. In this blog post I'll get into the details of web performance & load tests as well as why it's important to follow a goal based pattern while performance testing your application. Tools => Options => Test Tools Have you visited the treasures of Visual ...
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Tarun Arora
| 11/14/2011 12:10 AM | 2 Comments
Setup and Use SpecFlow BDD with DevExpress XAF
Let's get started with using the SpecFlow BDD syntax for writing tests with the DevExpress XAF EasyTest scripting syntax. In order for this to work you will need to download and install the prerequisites listed below. Once they are installed follow the steps outlined below and enjoy. Prerequisites Install the following items: DevExpress eXpress Application Framework (XAF) found here SpecFlow found here Liekhus BDD/XAF Testing library found here Assumptions I am going to assume at this point that ...
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Patrick Liekhus
| 11/13/2011 8:22 AM | 2 Comments
Build Dependencies and Silverlight 4
At my current position, I've been doing quite a bit of Silverlight development and have also been working with TFS2010 build services to enable continuous integration. One of the critical pieces of a successful continuous build setup (and also one of the benefits of having one) is that the build system should be able to "get latest" against the source repository and immediately build with no errors. This can break down both in an automated build scenario and a "new guy" scenario when the solution ...
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Kyle Burns
| 11/10/2011 8:34 AM | 2 Comments
Testing Entity Framework applications, pt. 3: NDbUnit
This is the third of a three part series that deals with the issue of faking test data in the context of a legacy app that was built with Microsoft's Entity Framework (EF) on top of an MS SQL Server database – a scenario that can be found very often. Please read the first part for a description of the sample application, a discussion of some general aspects of unit testing in a database context, and of some more specific aspects of the here discussed EF/MSSQL combination. Lately, I wondered how you ...
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Thomas Weller
| 11/10/2011 7:36 AM | 2 Comments
Behavior Driven Development (BDD) and DevExpress XAF
So in my previous posts I showed you how I used EDMX to quickly build my business objects within XPO and XAF. But how do you test whether your business objects are actually doing what you want and verify that your business logic is correct? Well I was reading my monthly MSDN magazine last last year and came across an article about using SpecFlow and WatiN to build BDD tests. So why not use these same techniques to write SpecFlow style scripts and have them generate EasyTest scripts for use with XAF. ...
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Patrick Liekhus
| 11/9/2011 10:09 PM | 4 Comments
Visual Studio Tools and Tricks
I decided it was time to share some of my favorite tools and tricks that I use to make my time in Visual Studio more productive. Naming Standards If you do not already know the name and website IDesign.net, then I suggest you explore them and get to know them well. This is the architecture and design site started by Juval Lowy and now has such .NET architects as Michele Leroux Bustamante, Brian Noyes, Mark Michaelis, Dino Esposito, Miguel A. Castro. I had the luxury of seeing some of their presentations ...
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Patrick Liekhus
| 11/7/2011 8:43 PM | 4 Comments
SourceMonitor V18.104.22.168?
A new version of SourceMonitor (V22.214.171.124?) is available from http://www.campwoodsw.com/s... "The freeware program SourceMonitor lets you see inside your software source code to find out how much code you have and to identify the relative complexity of your modules. For example, you can use SourceMonitor to identify the code that is most likely to contain defects and thus warrants formal review. SourceMonitor, written in C++, runs through your code at high speed, typically at least ...
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| 11/6/2011 10:23 PM | 0 Comments
Testing Entity Framework applications, pt. 1
For good or bad, Microsoft's Entity Framework (EF) has become one of the most widely used ORM tools out there. While some may state that it's not among the better ones (or that it's not even a real ORM), it's definitely the most convenient one: its Visual Studio integration and consequently its integration with the MS SQL Server database is unparalleled. This is especially relevant to people who haven't used the concept of object-relational mapping before - there's almost no initial learning curve ...
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Thomas Weller
| 11/6/2011 10:25 AM | 2 Comments
The maligned Distinguished Field or why Distinguished Fields are cool
The Distinguished Field is often seen as the weaker of the two types of Fields when handling Fields in BizTalk. After all, the Distinguished Field can't be used as a filter on a message, and it's slower than its big brother the Promoted Field. Well, today I'm here to dispel the myth of the wimpy Distinguished Field and place in the pantheon of power that equals, and in some ways exceeds the Promoted Field. MYTH: Getting the value of a Distinguished Field requires loading the entire message into memory. ...
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Thomas Canter
| 11/4/2011 10:52 PM | 0 Comments
BDD and BizUnit 2 – Not as cool as combining BizUnit 4 & SpecFlow but still works ok
I've been back working with BizTalk 2006 R2 for a customer recently and I've become such a fan of the BDD style acceptance tests I've done in the past with BizTalk 2010 that its quite frustrating working back in Visual Studio 2005 and not being able to use Specflow alongside BizUnit 4 like I described in the recent videos on these subjects BizTalk & BDD Part 1 BizTalk & BDD Part 2 In BizTalk 2006 development your back to the older style xml bizunit tests and we were looking at some old tests ...
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Michael Stephenson
| 11/4/2011 10:40 AM | 1 Comments
PhillyNJ - Open XML SDK, Windows Service Design and Other Goodies
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| 11/4/2011 10:47 AM | 0 Comments
Creating a Send Port that can Generate Multiple Flat File Formats
I recently had a need to create a send port that could output a flat file but I could not determine which flat file schema to use at design time. Or at least I didn't want to. I wanted to process multiple flat file formats with the same orchestration process and output with the same send port. I have my orchestration dynamically mapping the document to the appropriate flat file document schema. The generated orchestration message type is set to System.XmlDocument so the orchestration can handle the ...
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| 10/26/2011 12:46 AM | 0 Comments
Code Documentation Generation with SandCastle
If you, like me, have ever looked over the MSDN documentation and though how nice it would be to have that type of documentation for your codebase, SandCastle is the tool you've been looking for. SandCastle is a Codeplex project initiated by Microsoft in order to provide MSDN-esque documentation for .NET projects or asssemblies. The documentation can come in several formats such as CHM files or a website. GhostDoc and SandCastle Help File Builder To get started with SandCastle for documentation, ...
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Stacy Vicknair
| 10/25/2011 1:15 PM | 0 Comments
RoundhousE–Intelligent Database Migrations And Versioning
"Because everyone wants to kick their database, but sometimes kicking your database is a good thing!" Many would not argue that you should version your code, and few would argue against versioning your code in a way that can lead back to a specific point in source control history. However, most people don't really think of doing the same thing with your database. That's where RoundhousE (RH) comes in. I have been working on RH for over two years now and people always wander what it is, why and what ...
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Robz / Fervent Coder
| 10/23/2011 10:30 AM | 2 Comments
BizTalk Server 2010 - Using the WCF-SQL adapter to make multiple stored procedure calls
BizTalk Server 2010 - Using the WCF-SQL adapter to make multiple stored procedure calls A recent project that I was working on required that I take an incoming flat file, containing multiple transaction records, and load these transactions into a database. Within the source file were multiple instances of any of seven transaction types. The database had a separate table for each transaction type, each with its own stored procedure for inserting a record. So thats seven transaction types and seven ...
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Stuart Brierley
| 10/19/2011 5:18 PM | 8 Comments
Configuration Section Designer Tool for Visual Studio
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Saqib Ullah
| 10/14/2011 5:26 AM | 7 Comments


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Rajasthan Vidyut Vibhag
|Job Name
|Number of Vacancies
|2412 Posts
|Job Location
|Job category
|State Govt Jobs
|Starting date of Application
|7th Sep 2018
|Ending Date of Application
|21st Sep 2018
|Exam Date
|Nov/Dec 2018
|Selection Process
|Written Exam, Skill Test
|Official Site
JVVNL Helper Eligibility Criteria
Educational Qualifications:
RVNL Helper Educational qualification is as follows.
- Applying candidates must have the secondary qualification or equivalent from RBSE or CBSE
Age Limit:
- Minimum Age: 18 years
- Maximum Age: 28 years
Age relaxation is there.
Selection Process:
For these 2412 Helper in Rajasthan Vidyut Vibhag, the selection process is as below.
- Written Exam
- Skill Test/ Interview/ Certificates Verification
Salary Details:
RVUNL Helper Salary is Rs.17,900/- per month
Post-Wise Vacancy Details:
Total Helper Vacancy in Rajasthan Vidyut Vibhag is 2412 Posts
Application Fees:
For all category applicants, the fees details are given below.
- General – Rs.850/-
- General candidates whose annual income is less than 2.50 Lakh p.a. Family Income – Rs.550/-
- SC/ST/BC/MBC/PH – Rs.550/-
JVVNL 2412 Helper Vacancy
The main moto behind the publication of this post is only for the indication of the releasing JVVNL Recruitment of Helper Posts. Giving the fast update to the candidates is advantageous for the candidates who suits to this recruitment to get prepared for the Rajasthan Vidyut Vibhag Selection Process. Tough competition has to be faced by all the competitors who will take part in the JVVNL 2412 Helper Vacancy recruitment process. So many candidates are preparing for a long time in view of this Helper Posts exam. As the news of Rajasthan Vidyut Vibhag Recruitment is officially confirmed now, so the candidates now only initiate the preparation. Here the selection rounds are as per the job profile. So firstly elimination test or screening exam to filter out a large number of candidates will organize for the total applicants. Later, to the selected applicants in the exam, there may be skill test or interview or directly educational certificates checking. In the detailed RVUNL Notification, the selection process chosen by the board is mentioned.
Check>>>RVUNL Helper Admit Card 2018
energy.rajasthan.gov.in Helper Online Application Form
In the previous statements, we had stated that this Rajasthan Vidyut Vibhag Recruitment information brochure is available from 7th Sep 2018. At the same time, the apply online link of JVVNL Helper Online Form also enabled on 7th Sep 2018. The state of the active form of application will continue to remain till the end of 21st Sep 2018. After 21st Sep 2018 end of the day, the energy.rajasthan.gov.in Helper Online Application Form link will disable. Candidates, who forwarded the JVVNL Helper Online Form by implementing the rules and regulations of the notification, they have to save the copy of the forwarded application for the admit card download purpose. Registration number or application number is the imperative details to grasp the admit card.
Important Dates
Registration Starting date: 7th Sep 2018
Registration Ending date: 21st Sep 2018
Exam Date: Nov/Dec 2018
Important Links
Rajasthan Vidyut Vibhag Helper Recruitment Notification 2018
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Summit County gear review: Base layers from Columbia, The North Face and Pearl Izumi
Mountaineers frequently refer to cotton as the "death cloth."
That's because, unlike wool or synthetics, cotton will hold onto moisture, which is great for kitchen rags but dangerous when it comes to wintertime clothing. Sweat absorbed by cotton can actually freeze given extreme enough conditions. Even assuming that you're not deep in the backcountry or high on the Himalayas, any moisture that stays close to the skin can have a cooling effect and make it difficult to maintain body heat.
That's why wool or synthetics generally are the better choice when heading out to play in winter. Whether it's a jacket, gloves or a base layer, the key to any synthetic garment is breathability and moisture wicking — or drawing moisture away from the body. And when it comes to staying warm, it all starts with the layer closest to the skin. So this week we're getting down to the basics, with baselayers from Columbia, The North Face and Pearl Izumi — three solid choices to keep you both warm and dry out on the slopes.
Columbia's Omni-Heat reflective baselayers
With Columbia Sportwear baselayers, it's all about the proprietary Omni-Heat and Omnni-Wick technology. The company advertises that its Omni-Heat line will keep you 20 percent warmer than other similar apparel because of the unique design. The premise behind Omni-Heat is similar to that of the foil blankets runners receive after a marathon. The foil is designed to reflect heat back at the runner's body. The same is true of Columbia's Omni-Heat line. But instead of having a jacket or baselayer completely lined with foil, Columbia's gear has little metallic circles imprinted on the material.
The metallic circles reflect body heat back at you to keep you warm while allowing moisture to escape through the surrounding fabric. The baselayers also contain Omni-Wick technology designed to draw perspiration away from the body so it will evaporate faster. Whether the technology does, in fact, keep you 20 percent warmer may be up for debate, but after testing both tops and bottoms we were pretty impressed by their performance. Looking at Omni-Heat metallic circles, comfort was an initial concern, but after putting them on, they felt no different than any other material.
After a whole day spent charging the slopes and working up a sweat, I found that I was dry at the end of the day. Even sitting on a chairlift on a 4 degree day, my body temperature stayed nice and warm with only a midlayer jacket and outer shell in addition to the Columbia base.
Retail: $55-60 (top and tights sold separately)
The North Face's FlashDry baselayers
Similar to Columbia's Omni-Wick is The North Face's FlashDry technology, which the company uses in its baselayers and a variety of other apparel. FlashDry wicks moisture from the body to help you stay warm and dry. It's also designed to dry quickly after getting wet. Simplifying the science behind it, The North Face says it treats the material with a microporous additive that creates more surface-area fiber and helps the wicking process by spreading out moisture for faster evaporation. Again, the baselayers met with positive results when taken to the slopes. I stayed both warm and dry regardless of whether I was charging the hill and working up a sweat or just sitting on the chair heading for Round 2. The North Face's zip-up long-sleeve top also looks less like a baselayer and more like a top you might wear off the slopes.
Retail: $50 (top and tights sold separately)
Pearl Izumi Transfer LS Base top
Pearl Izumi is generally associated with biking and running, but its Transfer LS Base top provides a versatility that also makes it a solid option for winter sports. This top also has a high level of breathability and performed well with moisture transfer, allowing us to stay dry on the hill.
What's unique about the Transfer top is the windproof fabric in the chest area. Clearly designed for biking and running, the shirt does an excellent job keeping wind from penetrating where you want it least.
Even with the windproof front, the Transfer LS Base top is lightweight and nonrestrictive. Its tuckable-length drop-tail back is a nice touch to keep the top from riding up.
Retail: $60
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Digital Transaction Market 2018 – Global Industry Key Players (by WISEGUY RESEARCH )January 15th, 2018
According toWISEGUY RESEARCH the global digital transaction market is expected to grow approximately at USD 5,552.91 Million by 2023, approx. 25.73% of CAGR between 2017 and 2023.
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Despite a lopsided score line West Ham pushed hard and deserved better in this match. Well, Joe Hart and Arnautovic deserved better.
In a match that ended a handful to nil in Arsenal's favor the score doesn't tell the true story of this match. Nil-nil at half, and level after conceding first int he second half, West Ham showed resilience and hard work for 80 minutes of this game. But as well all know, a match is 90 minutes so that simply wont do, and predictably so, it didn't do.
So what went wrong for the Hammers?
Defense making mistakes. Every goal can be credited to defenders missing balls, men, or getting caught out of position from over playing.
Arthur Masuaku contributed to Arsenal taking the lead in this match. Tasked with holding the near post on a corner, Masuaku inexplicably stepped away from a nice (but blockable) volley from Nacho Monreal. I would love to see what was going on in his head when the shot came in, because there is no real conceivable reason to not block a goal bound shot on the goal line. Unfortunately, this is the deal with Masuaku – you get speed and trickery going forward and have to deal with some boneheadery on the back end.
Declan Rice, unfortunately broke the back of his team – and judging by his face, he knew it. If he didn't Joe Hart let him know it shouting at the back of his sunken head as he lined up for kick off. After missing a simple clearance the ball simply bounced into the net, and giving the Gunners the lead and taking the Hammers out of the match.
The goal was really an anomaly. Rice has been one of the few players who has actually grown and been an attribute to the team in this frustrating season. Hart wasn't counting on his young, but good defender to miff a clearance, but it happens. You can bet he won't make that mistake again ever in his career.
For West Ham, Joe Hart had a great game. He made a few saves notably on Granit Xhaka and Danny Welbeck that were top notch. He wanted to win, and he is playing for not only his international life at this time, but his top tier life, too. I don't mind the appointment of Hart at this point in the season. Adrian hasn't done enough to take his spot and seems like he'd rather be back in Spain, and Hart has something on the line. Disappointed for him after this one.
A possible bright point from this match is the probable use of Arnautovic, Chicharito, and Lanzini moving forward. After Joao Mario and Edmilison Fernandes made way for Chicharito and Lanzini West Ham scored four minutes later. They pressured the ball when Arsenal had it, swarmed on free balls, and kept moving toward Ospina's net.
Chicharito needs to be on the pitch simply for his presence, if not near automatic scoring ability. He has a reputation – fox in the box, but opposing defenders know that they cannot ignore him or he'll net a goal.
Lanzini, who assisted Arnautovic's rifled goal, is really the key to West Ham's success this season. With a 5-4-1 formation there needs to be that link between attack and defense in the middle of the park. Mario did this well against Southampton but hasn't consistently performed whereas Lanzini can do it at will against the lower half clubs and also impacts against the big boys. The issue is his work rate – will he show up or disappear with adversity?
This is a game West Ham were not supposed to win. When it comes down to it, West Ham suffered a ten minute meltdown against a team that is very good at attacking. West Ham made mistakes, they took those opportunities and didn't miss. A point would have been massive, but it isn't the end of the road for West Ham. Take it as motivation, train hard, get back to work, make sure it doesn't happen again.


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(Episode: "Skull and Double Crossbones")
Synopsis: The Quests are back on their home turf—the surf. What should be an episode of enviable underwater fun and education is ruined when Jonny finds a treasure and Team Quest is set upon by some very lazy pirates. Also, Bandit learns to dive.
This week brings another safety tip that can be applied outside the Jonny Quest universe!
Tip 54: It's inadvisable to dive alone.
Usually, that's for reasons of water safety. In this case, though?
It's because you might find pirate gold and draw the attention of the bad guys.
Next time: We wrap up the theme month with Fright Night, a movie I frankly adore.
Next time on TQfM!: As the kid in The Princess Bride said, captured by pirates is good. Right?


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Allied Irish Banks (AIB) is selling £550m of property loans in a deal that will test investor appetite for increasingly granular loan portfolios.
The Irish bank has appointed KPMG to sell the portfolio, codenamed Project Forge, which is backed by some 560 assets valued at about £420m.
It includes a broad range of property types including retail, leisure, offices and residential and the assets are spread across the UK, including some in Northern Ireland. As well as involving large numbers of small properties, the portfolio's loans are also linked to more than 170 borrowers.
The portfolio goes to bids at the beginning of December and is likely to attract the interest of US private equity firms such as Lone Star and Cerberus.
The sale comes as AIB, which was once Ireland's biggest high-street bank, begins the process of paying back the €21bn (£15bn) cost of its financial rescue.
The UK and Irish banks are now nearing the completion of their sales of non-performing property loans from the last crisis. As they work down through their books, more portfolios are emerging, such as Project Forge, composed of small lots and involving large numbers of borrowers.
Property Week understands that KPMG is also marketing another loan portfolio, codenamed Project Hurst. It is composed of loans made by Dunbar, a residential lender, once backed by James Bond actor Sean Connery and now owned by Zurich. The portfolio is smaller than Project Forge, but is similarly granular, comprising more than 100 assets and loans with a face value of about £150m.
The portfolios are coming to market after a number of significant sales in recent months of large portfolios comprising numerous borrowers and loans.
Last month, Ireland's National Asset Management Agency sold the €6.25bn Project Arrow loan portfolio to Cerberus for a reported €800m and Ulster Bank's €2.6bn Project Finn was sold in two parts this summer to Cerberus and a Deutsche Bank-Apollo joint venture. With large portfolios of small assets, bidders are making a macro-economic bet and hoping to deliver high returns by riding the market recovery.


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Spain managed to score a huge own-goal with the abrupt shutdown of Spanair. In a country that relies on tourism as a huge fraction of it's GDP, the secondary damage to the tourist sector will be huge. The sad thing is that this is a lose-lose situation for everyone: tourists get stranded in Spain (or never come in the first place) and unsecured creditors will get little to nothing.
In the US, Spanair would have entered bankruptcy under "Chapter 13" last year, which would have allowed it to continue day-to-day as the owners, receivers and creditors figure out a way to either shrink, sell, renegotiate, etc in order to maximize the value for everyone. Only in the case where things were absolutely hopeless and there was no business value whatsoever, would the company have been liquidated.
Spain is different, of course. If you want the gory details, go here, but the executive summary is this:
A debtor in Spain would only resort to file a petition for suspension of payments or bankruptcy as a last measure, when it is generally too late to take effective actions for restructuring the business. Thus, most of the insolvency cases in Spain (including both suspension of payments and bankruptcy proceedings) end up with the liquidation of the debtor's assets.
There you have it. Expect this to only get worse as companies are squeezed on one end by higher commodity prices, and by lower demand on the other. At the same time, debts increase and there is no way of restructuring other than liquidation.
The only action the Spanish government seems to have done is sue Spanair for not honoring their commitments to passengers, which seems like the ultimate in pointlessness.


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The International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR) published its 2015 guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and Emergency Cardiovascular Care (ECC) in the scientific journal Circulation. Resuscitation research continues to show that high-quality CPR is increasing survival rates for hospital discharge. The ILCOR's updated 2015 guidelines expand on many of the recommendations made in 2010 and continue to focus on high-quality chest compressions as the intervention is most likely to improve resuscitation outcomes.
ILCOR's analysis of the research conducted since the 2010 guidelines shows that resuscitation outcomes improve when high-quality chest compressions are started immediately. The characteristics that define high-quality compressions remain as pushing hard and fast.
In 2010, the recommended rate was at least 100 compressions per minute. The 2015 update to the CPR guideline now reflects a target compression rate of 100-120 per minute. Increasing the compression rate past 120 compressions/min may decrease cardiac output due to incomplete cardiac filling during chest recoil.
The 2015 guideline now defines the target depth for adult compressions to be between 2-2.4 inches (5-6 centimeters). Research reviewed by the ILCOR revealed that compressions delivered beyond this depth may result in an increased risk of resuscitation related injuries, such as rib fractures, which is what led to this change in 2015 guidelines.
The ILCOR's guidelines continue to emphasize that the rescuer technique will play a major role in the quality of compressions delivered. In real life resuscitations, rescuers are likely to provide compressions that are too slow, too shallow, and interrupted too often. Both training and practice are important in developing good technique, with frequent refresher training for skills and knowledge. During training and review, detailed feedback, especially on rate and depth of compressions, should be provided.
The change from the traditional ABC (Airway, Breathing, Compressions) sequence in 2010 to the CAB (Compressions, Airway, Breathing) sequence was confirmed in the 2015 guidelines. The emphasis on early initiation of chest compressions without delay for airway assessment or rescue breathing has resulted in improved outcomes.
The 2015 guidelines still recommend traditional CPR cycles of 30 chest compressions to two rescue breaths for one-rescuer CPR in all age groups and for two-rescuer CPR in adults. The 15:2 ratio of compressions to breaths remains in the 2015 guidelines for two-rescuer CPR for children and infants.
High-quality chest compressions are most valuable in saving a life. Even if you do not know how to do anything else, chest compressions are better than doing nothing. The ILCOR points out that most rescuers are likely to have a speakerphone equipped cell phone, and bystanders calling 911 can be instructed by EMS dispatchers to perform hands-only CPR. Additionally, the ILCOR continues to call on communities to increase public access to AEDs.
In 2010, the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR) released a revision of the BLS guidelines. Approximately, every five years, the ILCOR updates the guidelines for CPR and ECC. The content contained herein is based on the most recent ILCOR publications on BLS and will periodically compare previous and revised recommendations for a comprehensive review.
Below are the details of the changes made to 2015 guidelines for BLS:
- Previously, the initial steps were Airway, Breathing, Compressions, or ABC. The literature indicates that starting compressions early in the process will increase survival rates. Therefore, the steps have been changed to Compressions, Airway, Breathing, or CAB. This is intended to encourage early CPR and avoid bystanders interpreting agonal breathing as signs of life and withholding CPR.
- "Look, listen, and feel" for breathing is no longer recommended. Instead of assessing the person's breathing, begin CPR if the person is not breathing (or is only gasping for breath), has no pulse (or if you are unsure), or is unresponsive. Do not perform an initial assessment of respirations. The goal is early delivery of chest compressions to cardiac arrest persons.
- 2017 updates recommend for adults in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA), that untrained lay rescuers should provide chest compression-only CPR with or without dispatcher assistance. For lay rescuers trained in chest compression-only CPR, it is recommended that they provide chest compression-only CPR for adults in CPR. For lay rescuers trained in CPR using chest compressions and ventilation, rescue breaths, it is reasonable to provide ventilation, rescue breaths, and chest compressions for the adult in OHCA.
High-quality CPR is key and consists of doing the following:
- Keep compression rate of at least 100 minutes for all persons.
- Keep compression depth of between 2-2.4 inches for adults and children and about 1.5 inches for infants.
- Allow complete chest recoil after each compression.
- Minimize interruptions in CPR, except to use an AED or to change rescuer positions.
- Do not over ventilate.
- Provide CPR as a team when possible.
- Cricoid pressure is no longer routinely performed.
- Pulse checks are shorter. Feel for a pulse for 5 but no more than 10 seconds; if a pulse is absent or if you are not sure you feel a pulse, then begin compressions. Even trained clinicians cannot always reliably tell if they can feel a pulse.
- For infants, use a manual defibrillator if available. If not available, an AED with pediatric dose attenuator should be used for an infant. If an AED with dose attenuator is not available, then use an adult AED, even for an infant.


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UCONN MEN'S BASKETBALL: Kemba Walker wants to get back to his winning ways
UNCASVILLE -- Kemba Walker is one of the most celebrated winners in UConn basketball history. The run to the 2011 Big East and national championships is proof of that.
So imagine how it killed him as a rookie this season with the Charlotte Bobcats, who had an all-time worst record of 7-59.
"Of course (it did)," he said Saturday, prior to the Mohegan Sun/Jim Calhoun Charity All-Star Game. He added that his goal for the team in the future is "winning, that's it. I just want to win."
Adding another national champion (2012 No. 2 overall draft pick Michael Kidd-Gilchrist) to the mix can only help, Walker figures.
"But it takes more than just me and him," he said. "As long as (we)can try to bring that winning culture to the team, it'll help a lot."
Walker was a winner again on Saturday, scoring 38 points to lead the White Team to a sudden-death 109-107 overtime (seriously) victory over the Blue Team. In an interesting twist, however, Walker had two chances to give his team the win and came up short both times.
At the end of regulation, he put up a 16-footer (similar to his famous game-winner against Pitt in the 2011 Big East tournament) but had it blocked by Rudy Gay.
In OT, Walker made some terrific crossovers and put up a similar shot with Jeremy Lamb guarding him. The shot was an air ball.
The White Team won thanks to Jerome Dyson's steal and layup.
Shabazz Napier is still in a walking boot after fracturing the pinky toe on his right foot a few months ago, but he's 100-percent confident that he'll be ready to go once practice starts in mid-October.
Napier said he's due to get the boot off in 2½-3 weeks, and hopefully begin basketball activities shortly after that.
Calhoun has mentioned that Napier will likely play off the ball more this season, allowing Ryan Boatright to control the point. That's fine with Napier.
"In high school I was more of a combo guard," he said. "When I came to college, I realized I had more potential being a pro point guard. If I was blessed enough to make it to the NBA, that's what I'd be. But, I'm willing to do anything coach wants me to do. Whatever he wants me to do, I'll do it - whether it be running in the rain at (midnight), I'll do it."
He'll be asked to score more this season.
"I started scoring well at the beginning of the season, but then I allowed a lot of things that were going on with the team to get in my head," Napier noted.
What type of things?
"Things that were going on throughout the whole season, whether it be inside or outside. Sometimes as a young athlete, you let things get to your head. I learned from my mistakes."
? Ray Allen drew the loudest ovation of the night in pregame introductions (barely edging out Walker), but didn't play. He had ankle surgery last month.
? Richard "Rip" Hamilton appeared at the game for the first time in about a decade. He, also, did not play.
? UConn is expected to have several recruits come in on official visits this week. One of them is Kentan Facey, a 6-foot-9 Class of 2013 power forward out of Long Island Lutheran High.
? Hasheem Thabeet recently signed with the defending NBA Western Confernece champion Oklahoma City Thunder.
"It's another opportunity for me," he said. "I just have to put in the work."
? Stanley "Sticks" Robinson was at the game, but didn't play due to a torn left Achilles tendon he suffered in March while playing for the Iowa Energy of the NBA developmental league.


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The CP Diary is coming up to its second birthday and for me the transition of how it started to where The CP Diary is, for me is phenomenal.
I remember having a conversation with my Web Designer who asked me what I was going to do with the site and remember the conversation as if it were yesterday, because he wasn't sure how or what I was going to do with it. In all fairness to him, it must have seen like a pipe dream on the back of a diagnosis.
From my blogs and my site, it may seem as though I have my life in check, but that is far from how things are. My blogs are in no specific order. What comes to mind or what I struggle with at the time I write about in a blog.
The CP Diary helps me stay focused, grounded and in control of what life throws at me. Like everyone else, I still have days where I struggle, but with the help of the Diary I get to change and turn things around.
As is life, my life and world are far from perfect, as I continue to deal with many uncertainties. Writing and getting my thoughts out there, helps me with everything that I have to deal with.
I would like to thank you, my readers, for your continued support of the site and for taking the time to read what I write.


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Race Route
The Nelson Mandela Bay Train Race runs between the Port Elizabeth and Uitenhage stations and is contested by individual participants or teams of 6 (5 runners and 1 MTB rider).
This fun and unique duathlon relay event covers a distance of approximately 38km*, with an exciting mix of road running and Mountain Biking.
Route Summary
|PE Station to Sydenham Station
|Sydenham Station - Deal Party
|Deal Party - Swartkops
|Swartkops to Azalea Park via Perseverance Station (MTB)
|Azalea Park to Despatch via Despatch Station
|Despatch to Uitenhage Station
Do you use GOOGLE EARTH - click HERE for the map (note this has been placed in a zip file).
Check out the Google Maps version - click HERE
1st Leg - PE Station to Sydenham Station
Approximately 5km of flat road running, starting outside the PE Station which is 5m above sea level and this leg will rise to a height of just 7m above sea level. Change over station will be opposite the Sydenham Station. Running on RIGHT HAND side of the road at ALL times and where possible on the pavement.
Water table at corner of Broad Street & Paterson Road.
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2nd Sydenham Station - Deal Party
Approximately 3.5km of road running with a gradual rise to 14m above sea level with the change over station situated just past the pedestrian bridge to New Brighton Station along Grahamstown Road in Deal Party. Running on RIGHT HAND side of the road at ALL times and where possible on the pavement.
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3rd Deal Party - Swartkops
Approximately 4.5km of road running with a slight decline to 5m above sea level to finish in the quaint village of Swartkops alongside the river to hand over to your cyclist. Running on RIGHT HAND side of the road at ALL times and where possible on the pavement.
Water table at corner of John Tallant Road & Grahamstown Road.
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4th Leg - Swartkops to Azalea Park via Perseverance Station
This is the MTB stage for a cycle along the railway line, through the picturesque village of Redhouse and past Perserverance Station and into Azalea Park, a distance of approximately 12.5km. Initial 800m is on the road before heading off-road for a fairly easy course with some sections of loose stones. Obeying all road rules when on road. Finish is just 10m above sea level.
No water table for MTB riders, please ensure you take your own refreshment - we will have Powerade available at Swartkops Change over so that you can take before you start your leg.
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5th Leg - Azalea Park to Despatch via Despatch Station
Gently undulating road running of approximately 5km to finish 22m above sea level on the corner of Botha St and Dagbreek Street. Running on RIGHT HAND side of the road at ALL times and where possible on the pavement.
Water table outside the Despatch Station.
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6th Leg - Despatch to Uitenhage Station
From the Despatch change over runners will remain on the pavement all the way into Uitenhage and then onto Uitenhage Station. Please note that the last section of the run from Marconi Street through to the Station is being run on the LEFT HAND SIDE of the road (pavement).
Water table in Marconi Street.
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* Distances may vary by up to 500m depending on the exact location of the transition areas.
Nelson Mandela Bay's UNIQUE Man vs Machine relay race over 38km


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For democracy to have any sort of meaning, it must be part of our lives every day .
KUALA Lumpur has been a busy place of late. Roads closed, people marching around, sometimes in colour-coordinated outfits. It all made our capital that much more hectic and more colourful than usual.
Politicians too have been more hectic and colourful than usual.
The common thread of comments from members of the ruling party is that all these protesters are merely tools of the Opposition and, besides, we are a democracy and you can always let your feelings be known at the ballot box. Why take to the streets? It is not our way.
Allow me to deal with these two points: the ballot box and the idea that protesting is not "our way".
Let's look at the ballot box first. Every four of five years, it rises up from its resting place and it is supposedly all the democracy we need.
This is a bit of a silly idea because democracy is not like some mythical beast that slumbers for years and then rears its head every now and then to be fed.
Democracy, if it is to have any sort of meaning, must be part of our lives every day.
If one were to think that the ballot box is the be-all and end-all of democracy, then one is playing a zero-sum game.
It's all or nothing, either you are with us or against us.
This is an oversimplification of George Bush proportions.
It is not just opposition people who engage with the Government. Ordinary people and civil society want to have a say, too.
Furthermore, there are people who support or even like most of what the ruling party does but disagree with some of its decisions. Surely, they have the right to voice their concerns?
That right of dissent is a vital component in a democracy, as it helps to ensure that governments are aware that their responsibility and culpability to citizens is something that exists all the time.
The question is how that dissent should be expressed.
Yes, the ballot box is one way but it is pretty much an all-or-nothing method of dissent.
One example of its downside is the slow registration process.
I know of young people who have registered to vote for months and yet their names still do not appear in the register.
Just how difficult is it to place someone on the electoral roll?
In this age of computers and MyKad, it should be a matter of hours or at the most days. Not months.
Furthermore, I can't see the logic of having some large parliamentary seats with many voters and some tiny ones with very few.
The division of constituencies is such that in the last general election, on average the ruling party needed 16,000 votes to get a seat while the opposition parties needed 180,000 votes for each of their seats.
Another method of dissent is through the press. An argument against a dissenting press is that a totally free press is dangerous and the people are not ready for it.
Well, no one is saying that the press has to be totally free. Everybody is bound by laws.
The issue in question is the extent of repression that those laws exert.
As long as the Printing Presses and Publications Act exists, we can say that our press, despite good intentions, is on a short leash.
How much coverage can you give to dissenting voices when the object of those voices' anger could whip away your licence to publish at any time?
What other methods are available then to show dissent? Handing in politely worded documents to the powers that be is all well and good, but sometimes an issue is so big that people want to express themselves.
They want to come together in a show of solidarity and to make as big an impact as possible.
For example, when US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice turned up, there were people in the streets.
Maybe what is really meant is that opposing the government on the streets is not "our way".
But then didn't Umno organise demonstrations against the Malayan Union? That was opposing the government, wasn't it?
Oh yes, that was in a different situation. There were no ballot boxes and the press was controlled by the British.
A democracy needs dissent. It needs a free press; it needs people to express themselves.
Anything less is disrespecting our inalienable and fundamental freedoms.
Dr Azmi Sharom is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law, University of Malaya.
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This Little Light of Mine
Throughout life some of us go through more negative experiences than positive ones, but even through all the negativity, we must try to hold onto that little light of positivity that helps us to keep going and face the next day head on!
Afraid To Let Go
To let go of your personal demons is a hard thing to do. For some people it is seemingly impossible to let go and they are too afraid to try.
Instead of trying to let go, they hold onto their demons as tight as they can and never break free from the demons grasp.
The Temptation
Temptation is all around us. It's something we can't always avoid.
Will you take a bite into the apple and give into the temptation, or will you fight through the temptation and not give into it?
Childhood Memories
For some of us, our childhood was the best part of our lives, and we hold onto the memories of our childhood as tight as we possibly can as they bring us incredible amounts of happiness.
Outtake - The Hurt
She is breaking on the inside and no one knows about it. She constantly hides and never shows her emotions to anyone else.
Once she is alone, she breaks down, and it feels like the world is ending.


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January slid in on the light of a cold full moon. Like a winter wolf, I am denning, exploring the dark that is so much part of this time of year where I live. I curl up on one end of the sofa in the evening and plunge into the pages of book after book. I am twitchy and witchy and my reading choices reflect it. I began the year with Patti Smith's Devotion, followed swiftly by Kiki Petrosino's Witch Wife and the Em Strang's Bird-Woman.
My dreams are full of skaters, spells, and wings. These are just the types of books I love, ones that bring you along head-tilted and stumbling, not sure if the path beneath your feet is solid or black ice. Books full of spells and enchantments. Images that carry the tang of fallen leaves and the hiss of snow.
Even so, the light is coming back. It will not be long before the headlong rush of the Alaskan summer is upon me, light enough to read outside at 2am, garden needing constant care, conferences and residencies to teach at, books to promote. In fact, I have already fallen seriously behind in the book promotion department. I promise myself to be better. I make lists. I listen to my mother's strident voice that lives deep inside my cells that says not enough!
In April, my newest full-length collection Every Atom will release, and I really want to give it the best shot at finding readers to whom it will matter, readers who might need those words as they navigate their own icy rivers of mother-child relationships, of memory and forgetting. A book of poems is such a precarious vessel, at once ephemeral and iron-clad. I can think through the years of books to which I clung gasping and water-logged, Behind My Eyes by Li-Young Lee, Concerning the Book that is the Body of the Beloved by Gregory Orr, Words Under the Words by Naomi Shihab Nye, The Book of Questions by Pablo Neruda.
In the dark of the early morning, I write to connect with myself. But in the day, I revise those poems to go out into the world and connect with others. A book is the culmination of that wish to give something that you've (hopefully) wrought beautifully out of the very stuff of your heart. Perhaps like most poets, I am more comfortable with the fecund dark, the creation and revision, and not the promotion. Yet, it would be a shame to work so hard for so long and let it drop into silence, to not honor the opportunity that publication offers to connect.
Back to those promotion to-do lists. But first, look, the moon is rising and there is a book to be read.


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We hope you're having a great day wherever you are and that the news we dig up for you this morning helps you navigate the day more efficiently!
It's a busy world out there, and you don't have a ton of free time to be doing Internet searches for the most important items of the day… lucky for you, we do. We drink gallons of coffee in an effort to stay awake long enough to scour the far reaches of the world wide web in an effort to bring you the most important, useful and useless information every single day.
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So without further ado, here's what we're reading, Saturday, October 17, 2015.
Trending: A Message for Obama – "Woe to those who call evil good and good evil."
The Bomb-Clock-Briefcase building Muslim boy from Texas is winging his way across the Islamic world and he just got to meet one of his favorite celebrity's! Muslim war criminal and President of Sudan (one of the most vile, oppressive and corrupt regimes in the world) Omar Hassan al-Bashir welcomed Ahmed Mohamed to Khartoum this past week.
Ugh. The detestable and execrable Charlie Crist is running for Congress in Florida… again.
The vast majority of pundits on the right side of the political spectrum believe that the idea of making Paul Ryan (R-WI) the next Speaker of the House is a very bad one.
Dr. Ben Carson is taking a break from the rigors of campaigning for the rigors of a book tour… but that might not be as crazy as it sounds.
Carly Fiorina thinks that Donald Trump and Ben Carson are worried about a long CNBC debate because they know they can't keep up the illusion of being knowledgeable on the subject matter.
Oh, this should be good (and by good, I mean very bad). Hillary Clinton's frontrunner to be her VP pick is the socialist HUD Secretary and former mayor of San Antonio, Julian Castro.
Hall of Fame basketball player and pseudo-intellectual celebrity Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has something to say about gun control and it's mostly bad. The former Laker says we should stop talking about gun control and just start "doing" gun control…
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The humble mason jar can hold nearly anything-including tech gadgets! Designer Sarah Pease converted these canning jars into a set of iPhone speakers using David Mellis' open-source Fab Speakers design files. The results are incredibly stylish.
- (2) 66 mm 0.5W speakers
- TPA701D amplifier
- audio cable (3.5 mm stereo plug to wires)
- battery holder
- switch (SPDT, 0.1' pitch)
- capacitor (2.2 uF, 1206)
- capacitator (0.47 uF, 1206)
- capacitator (1 uF, 1206)
- resistor (49.9K, 1206)
- resistor (10K, 1206)
- AAA batteries
- (2) mason jars
- 2part canning lids
- diamond drill bit
- soldering iron
- wire strippers
- sandpaper
- hammer
- spindle sander (optional)
- cork (optional)
Using David Mellis' documentation for Fab Speakers, solder together the electrical components using a soldering iron, making sure the speakers will fit into your jar-the 66 mm speakers should fit a small mason jar.
Alternative: Instead of creating your own, you can hack apart existing speakers. These days, you can usually find cheap portable ones that will work perfectly.
Now, drill your holes into the bottoms of your mason jars-a diamond drill bit will do the job. Take care and be sure to wear protective eye wear before you start drilling. Make sure the glass is wet while you're drilling the holes-one hole in the bottom of each jar.
Note: This is the trickiest part of the assembly.
Once the holes are all set, it's just a matter of putting the electronic components inside the jars. The speakers will fit perfectly inside-hold them in place using the metal bands of the two part mason lids. I opted to use batteries so the only cords coming out of the jars are the 3.5mm audio cable that connects to my iPhone and the wire that connects each speaker to the circuit board.
The battery pack is soldered directly to the circuit board, which fits in one of the jars.
If you want to make the speaker stand, you'll need some extra materials. I made the little cork stands by drawing the shape I wanted onto the cork and using a spindle sander to shape it. And voila! Your very own DIY mason jar speakers.
Thanks, Sarah Pease!


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What Is an Underwater Archaeologist?
An underwater archaeologist investigates historic sites, shipwrecks and the remains of biological substances that are located in bodies of water. Like land-based archaeologists, these individuals study these structures and materials to learn about past civilizations and extinct animals. Some archaeologists are employed by government agencies or educational establishments while others are employed by private firms.
Anyone wishing to become an underwater archaeologist must complete an undergraduate degree program in archaeology. Some universities also offer postgraduate degree courses in nautical archaeology that specifically prepare individuals for the challenge of collecting samples and gathering data while underwater. In some instances, people who have completed both undergraduate and master's degrees also go on to study for archaeology doctorates and people who complete these courses are often able to find employment as lecturers at major universities.
Shipwrecks may be the focus of an underwater archaeologist who is primarily concerned with human history. Such individuals dive down to ocean beds and try to locate the remnants of sunken vessels. In some bodies of water, such as the Black Sea, conditions are particularly favorable to preservation; archaeologists are often able to find ancient boats that are fully intact in locations such as this. During a dive, an archaeologist may gather jewelry, cutlery and other artifacts in a fishing net or specialized container and carry these items back to a boat before transporting the artifacts to a laboratory where an examination can be performed. Some archaeologists also gather human remains including skeletons and hair samples in order to learn more about the individuals who were being transported on these ill-fated vessels.
In some areas of the world, rising sea levels mean that structures that were built by ancient civilizations are now underwater. Archaeologists conduct surveys of these sites and use shovels and other tools to search for artifacts that may be hidden among the rubble. An underwater archaeologist may be equipped with an underwater camera in which case photographs of large structures can be taken and later used as study materials once the photographer has returned to dry land. Other archaeologists look for samples of ancient marine life that may take the form of bone fragments or fossils. As with human related artifacts, these exhibits are studied so that scientists can learn about the animals that once inhabited the Earth.
Archaeologists employed by universities and colleges often lead dives to sites that may be of interest to college students who are studying ancient cultures. Government employed archaeologists gather materials that are sometimes put on display in museums. Other people employed in this field conduct surveys on behalf of energy firms or engineering companies. These individuals are tasked with ensuring that underwater areas are devoid of historic structures that could prevent these firms from building on these sites.


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This book is about the mathematical foundation of relational databases; it demonstrates how logic and set theory can be used as tools to formally specify database designs, including the data integrity constraints (a main topic of this book). Don't let this scare you of; the book explains the required mathematical concepts with many examples and should be accessible for the regular database professional. It does assume that you are familiar with designing a database.
You'll find three parts in this book:
It is important to understand the mathematical foundation of our database profession. The knowledge contained in this book will, in the end, enable you to better design and implement databases


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Benefits of a fixed bridge on implants
When all teeth are missing or in such condition that they need to be replaced, a fixed bridge anchored to dental implants is the best permanent solution
Before dental implants, there were no fixed solution available for people who lost all their teeth. Today, it is possible to replace a full jaw with dental implants and a fixed bridge that results in a permanent, stable and high esthetic solution.
The treatment procedure and number of visits is largely dependent on the specific conditions. But all in all, 8-10 visits should be enough to have a fixed bridge installed. Most patients report that they were much more comfortable following the procedure than they had anticipated.
The course of treatment described here is one of several options available. Consult your dentist to find out what the best solution is for you, given your specific condition.
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As a teenager, I vividly remember hearing Rage Against the Machine play for hours and hours from my brother's bedroom. His devotion to the band was about more than the music; it was that they opened the world up to him at a time where others were closing him out. While teachers spoke condescendingly to him and actively ignored his voracious appetite for understanding, Rage Against the Machine taught him about Malcolm X, about the social impact of drug cartels on ordinary people in South America. Even beyond the lyrics, the liner notes to their album Evil Empire contained a reading list for those wanting to find out more. It introduced my brother to the work of James Baldwin and Toni Morrison, from The Anarchist Cookbook and Karl Marx to Joan Didion and Angela Y. Davis.
Nearly ten years later, on a dusty oval in Adelaide, I stood next to my brother as Rage Against the Machine headlined the Big Day Out festival. As they played 'Killing in the Name' and we screamed 'Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me,' in unison, I was overwhelmed with pride for the teenager who, despite being doubted by those in authority during his most vulnerable and impressionable years, had grown up to become one of the smartest, most astute and emotionally intelligent people I know.
Music opens worlds for kids from the suburbs and small towns, offering a window beyond the lives we live in our wide, empty yet claustrophobic streets, through an accessible art form. As kids, my friends and I used to tape songs off the radio; now we share Spotify playlists and SoundCloud mixes. Unlike art galleries in big cities with grand entrances and steep stairs and long queues, or small, dusty, poorly-funded libraries with staff scrutinising every title you borrow, music reaches every inch of every city and town alike.
Music opens worlds for kids from the suburbs and small towns, offering a window beyond our wide, empty yet claustrophobic streets, through an accessible art form.
And so, as I read Hanif Abdurraqib's They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us (Two Dollar Radio) from my hometown where I've recently returned, I am heartened at how familiar the music that features in these essays is to me. While my life is nothing like Abdurraqib's experience of growing up black and Muslim in midwestern America, his writing speaks to the universal desire to belong, the bands and artists that he draws on opening the door to a broader discussion of race, politics and class.
The only black face in the crowd at punk and emo gigs in the midwest in the aftermath of 9/11, Abdurraqib's collection is constantly seeking out places and ways to belong. At a time in his life where others were looking for a way in, he was constantly being pushed out. In his essay 'On Paris', Abdurraqib speaks of living as a Muslim in post-9/11 America. At a time when 'Muslim kids […] knew what it was to have a head covering torn from them in a crowded school hallway', it was more important than ever to find a place to belong:
Perhaps if you were once young and black, or young and brown, but definitely young and Muslim in the heart of a Midwestern city surrounded by corn fields, trees, whole stretches of land where you were feared. Perhaps then you would sneak out of a house, or take the money your father gave you for food or college textbooks, and you would go to see a live show wherever you could find a band playing some songs that you knew enough words to.
There, you might find 'some other weirdos like you', and, if you're lucky, 'you might find a small corner and dance together, sing together, revel in being alive and imagining yourself, for a few hours, un-feared and un-killable.'
Living as a Muslim in post-9/11 America, it was more important than ever to find a place to belong.
That longing for connection to peers, for the shared experience of listening to a band play and hearing those around you sing the same words – Abdurraqib's ability to voice this desire without placing judgement on what type of music deserves an audience is what separates his criticism from his peers who seek to denigrate the experience of listening to music, and of absorbing pop-culture in all its variances, as a low-brow pursuit.
Like the explorative music criticism of his MTV editor Jessica Hopper, or Anwen Crawford and Brodie Lancaster locally, Abdurraqib is not interested in imploring the reader to follow recommendations or the zeitgeist; his work is not bogged down in the technical production of the sound or breaking down the lyrics line by line, but instead speaks to the experience of music, either live or recorded. Abdurraqib is just at home talking about the feeling of listening to underground punk bands as he is writing about the beauty of seeing pop in a packed room full of kids making out. As he writes in 'Carly Rae Jepsen Loves You Back':
This is the difficult work: convincing a room full of people to set their sadness aside and, for a night, bring out whatever joy remains underneath – in a world where there is so much grief to be had, leading the people to water and letting them drink from your cupped hands. Inside Terminal 5, under the spell of Carly Rae Jepsen, love is simply love. It is not war. It is not something you are thrown into and forced to survive. It is something you experience, and if you're lucky enough, time slows down.
Abdurraqib is not interested in imploring the reader to follow recommendations or the zeitgeist, but instead speaks to the experience of music.
They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us is in many ways an exploration of authenticity in a time of Fox News and fake news, of war and hate. It is a marker of this time in America, in the aftermath of the war on terror and the Pulse nightclub attack and in the reign of Trump. When I think of the most astute commentators of this time, I don't think of journalists – I think of artists such as Kendrick Lamar and Solange, and I think of music videos for 'Formation' and 'Norf Norf'. Abdurraqib sets this same course from the very first sentence of the collection's opening essay, 'Chance The Rapper's Golden Year':
This, more than anything, is about everything and everyone that didn't get swallowed by the vicious and yawning maw of 2016, and all that it consumed upon its violent rattling which echoed into the year after it and will surely echo into the year after that one.
In a time where everything can be viewed in a political lens, when a performance is 'as political as you want it to be', Abdurraqib frames music that has often been painted (predominantly by white listeners) as money-hungry and shallow – due to the colour of the skin and the language of those performing – as aspirational and significant because of the colour of the skin and the language of those performing. 'I grew up too poor to admire the fantasy of the slow-rise of the working class' Abdurraqib writes in 'Ric Flair, Best Rapper Alive'. 'When I started making my own money, I bought all the of the sneakers I saw rappers wearing in their videos because it seemed like a way to separate myself from the times I opened an empty refrigerator.'
Abdurraqib shows a dexterity with form in They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us, within music criticism, within the essay, and within the form of a collection. 'Death Becomes You: My Chemical Romance and Ten Years of The Black Parade', formatted in five acts, reads as a tragedy, as does the story of Marvin Gaye's Super Bowl performance, which ties the collection together in form and tone, and is used as a marker throughout the book.
There are times where Abdurraqib's writing seems to physically overflow with emotion and urgency as he breaks into a style reminiscent of text messaging, such as in 'There Is The Picture Of Michael Jackson Kissing Whitney Houston On The Cheek' and 'Defiance, Ohio Is The Name Of A Band'. Used sparingly, this format demonstrates Abdurraqib's poetic practice and his ability to push music criticism into compelling experimental literature. From an academic perspective, it is an astute take on demonstrating the urgency of music criticism 'in the age of the insta-release'. But rather than alienating readers by over-intellectualising, it relays the power of the message by utilising a variety of techniques to connect to a variety of readers: we don't all read the same way, we don't all speak the same way, but we all deserve to have our voices heard.
There are times where Abdurraqib's writing seems to physically overflow with emotion and urgency, [pushing] music criticism into compelling experimental literature.
While writing this essay, I rewatched the video of that Rage Against the Machine set in Adelaide in 2008. As Zach de la Rocha sang the reworked lyric 'Some of those that burn crosses / are the same that hold office,' in a song about police brutality and Rodney King, I looked back down at my desk and the wolf on the cover of They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us stared back at me. Seventeen kids and teachers were killed last month by a student wielding a semiautomatic weapon at a Florida high school, by a student wearing a backpack covered in 'racial slurs and hate symbols'. When I read Abdurraqib's essay 'Tell 'Em All To Come And Get Me' about Kendrick Lamar's 'Alright', the unofficial anthem of the Black Lives Matter movement, I was sitting in a cafe in a leafy street in Adelaide, picking at my salad while I listened to two white businessmen banally talk about their house renovations and complain about their wives. The juxtaposition of it all made me feel sick.
Our streets and suburbs and towns and cities are complicated places that mean different things to different people. Music gives us a soundtrack to our experiences no matter where we're from or where we're going, and good music criticism gives a frame of reference to the music in the moment and a record that lives on beyond the zeitgeist. But Abdurraqib takes the form of music criticism even further, into experimental fiction, into political commentary, into whatever it takes to show the urgency that people are dying around him. Music, of course, can never be the answer; but maybe it can begin a conversation, or give us a window into a life beyond our own – or maybe, just maybe, it can bring us all on to a dance floor for a brief moment in time where, even just for the length of one song, we're all listening.
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This mounted dinosaur t-rex (Tyrannosaurus) cameo has been especially designed and created for Hungry Designs. The original hand drawn design has been sculpted into this wonderful triceratops cameo. They are limited in number and are only available from Hungry Designs.
The mount has been made from laminate wood that has been laser cut - this has also been designed by Hungry Designs' own Amanda Whitelaw.
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We have regular requests for support. Many families flee Tibet to escape the restrictive conditions under Chinese occupation. Some are torture victims and family members of Tibetans who have spoken out and no longer feel safe in Tibet. Many are children and youth sent to India, so they can receive an academic and cultural education not available to them in Tibet. There are also now 2nd and 3rd generations of refugees, born in India. The parents of these children are required to pay school fees for them and receive no financial support for older family members.
There are many requests from families in India, who, being refugees, suffer great hardships, often supporting older family members and siblings on small wages and who simply want better opportunities for their children. Our contacts along with individuals send us letters and photos of those needing support. We request they complete a questionnaire and provide us with a recommendation letter from their Village leader through their local Tibet Welfare Office.
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With public displays of hate on the rise, it is more important than ever for schools to commit to programs that clearly define expectations in behavior for all members of the community. Whether you are a student, educator, or family member, you have a role to play in combating bias and bullying as a means to stop the escalation of hate.
No Place for Hate is a self-directed program helping all of the stakeholders take the lead on improving and maintaining school climate so all students can thrive. To be designated No Place for Hate, a school must complete the following:
- Needs assessment
- Formation of a No Place for Hate committee
- Signing of the Resolution of Respect
- One A World of Difference® Institute anti-bias or bullying prevention training program (optional in some regions)
- Design and implementation of three school-wide anti-bias or bullying prevention activities
Upon completion of the required program components, schools receive a No Place for Hate banner that can be proudly displayed in the school.
Learn more by checking out the No Place for Hate Resource Guide and scrolling down to hear from people who have helped make their school No Place for Hate.