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Just when you wonder what possibly Wake Forest and Louisiana-Monroe could have in common as the first football meeting between the schools is two days away, there�s a brewing light-hearted family feud. Wake Forest alum Jerry McManus is tight ends coach for Louisiana-Monroe. His son, Ryan McManus, is a graduate assistant coach for Wake Forest, where he lettered as a backup quarterback from 2006-09.
The conversations have been rather bland.
�We haven�t been able to talk specific football for the past six months once this game got announced,� Ryan McManus said.
Jerry McManus was a Wake Forest assistant from 1987-95. This is Ryan McManus� second season on the coaching staff.
�It will be nice once this game is over, we can kind of get into in-depth football and schemes and things like that,� Ryan McManus said.
Also, Wake Forest nose tackle Nikita Whitlock and Louisiana-Monroe receiver Colby Harper were teammates at Wylie High School in Texas.
▪ PASSING IT DOWN AT DUKE: Brandon Connette, who has become Dukes new starting quarterback, said he has a good idea about how to communicate with former starter Anthony Boone, who has suffered a broken collarbone. Connette missed all except two games of the 2011 season with injuries.
�He�s one of the people who really helped me through that season,� Connette said. �Seeing the way he helped me lets me know how to approach him during this whole situation.�
Connette said he also learned plenty from Sean Renfree, who wrapped up his college career as Duke�s quarterback last year. Connette said Renfree taught him about being a quarterback and a leader.
�Sean Renfree took me under his wing when I first got here and prepared me for being a quarterback,� Connette said. �� He learned it from Thad Lewis before that.�
▪ FROM GAME TO GAME: North Carolina State went from a blowout of Louisiana Tech in its first game to a final-minute escape of Richmond in its second game.
Coach Dave Doeren said there was one significant difference between those games as the outing against Richmond unfolded.
�We just didn�t finish drives like we did in the first game,� he said.
The Wolfpack is off this week, awaiting next Thursday night�s visit from Clemson.


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About Kate Shepherd
Kate Shepherd explores formal relationships in her paintings, prints, and silkscreens, combining a pared-down minimalist style with humanism, via the artist's hand. She typically paints smooth monochrome surfaces in subtle variations of color—sometimes stacking individual panels together vertically—before rendering matrixes of thin white lines atop them, evoking manmade structures or architectural plans. Her imagery derives from computer-manipulated patterns and architectural prototypes, but she renders the lines by hand, bringing a human element to otherwise pristine forms and colors. More recently she has created cut screenprints with archival tape in triangular forms and silkscreen monotypes featuring overlapping multicolored rectangles. Her work has been compared to that of Robert Mangold.
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You might have noticed that Microsoft has recently launched a cool set of Trust Services for Azure. This is an application-level encryption framework that can be used to protect sensitive data stored on the Windows Azure Platform.
One of the hindrances to adoption of Azure that I keep hearing about is trust and security. If you want to learn more about protecting your data in the cloud you can read up HERE. I'm not pushing you to get into Azure (even though you should), nor am I subtly trying to make you feel guilty for ignoring the cloud in general nor Azure specifically (subtle, ain't I?). But you really should consider learning a few things about database applications running in the cloud. Our reticence to learn about cloud computing is rough analogous to data processing professionals in the 1980's who thought the microcomputers where a passing fad. They weren't. And neither is cloud.
Let me know what you think ... after you've read about Trust Services for Azure. Enjoy,
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This week's post comes from Zeyad Rajabi, who helped create Word Automation Services in Office 2010 and has been driving improvements to the services in the new Office.
In Office 2010, we introduced a brand new SharePoint service called Word Automation Services. Word Automation Services allows developers to harness the capabilities of Word on the server. Word Automation Services allows developers to perform the following types of file operations:
- Converting between document formats (ex. DOC to DOCX)
- Converting to fixed formats (ex. PDF)
- Updating the Table of Contents, the Table of Authorities, and index fields
- Recalculating all field types
- Importing "alternate format chunks"
- Setting the compatibility mode of the document to the latest version or to previous versions of Word
We created this service because we wanted to help developers avoid the challenges of automating the Word client application as documented by this famous Knowledge Base article: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/257757.
In Office 2013, we've made improvements to Word Automation Services, based on some great user feedback, which we think will make the service even easier to use and allows the service to accommodate additional scenarios.
Feedback from Office 2010 Developers
Word Automation Services was initially created to accommodate bulk file operation scenarios. The service was optimized to perform file operations on many files at a time. These file operations were performed asynchronously based on a SharePoint Timer Job, which means the service operations are only kicked off when the SharePoint Timer Job ran. This behavior means Word Automation Services could only be kicked off, at the very least, in one minute iterations. Developers who wanted the conversion operation to be kicked off synchronously were out of luck. The Timer Job-based design and behavior works well for bulk operation scenarios, but is not ideal for scenarios involving a small number of documents.
Additionally, we heard from customers that the requirement of having files exist physically on SharePoint in order to consume, create, or edit files via Word Automation Services was limiting. This requirement means a developer must always work within the context of SharePoint when taking advantage of the service; the only way to deal with files outside of SharePoint is to first get those files on SharePoint. In addition, there were several scenarios where the output of the service was not the final output of the solution. In these particular cases, a developer is forced to manually move the intermediate files created by the service. Developers didn't want the extra performance hit by hitting the SharePoint content database more than necessary.
On demand file operations
As part of SharePoint 2013, you will now be able to create on demand file operation requests to Word Automation Services. These requests are processed immediately and have higher priority than traditional asynchronous Timer Job-based requests. These on demand file operation requests do not depend on the SharePoint Timer Job. Think of these on demand file operation requests as synchronous Word Automation Services requests. On demand file operation requests can only be made for one file at a time as opposed to the existing Timer Job-based requests, which can handle many files at a time.
Word Automation Services is able to handle both asynchronous and synchronous file operation requests at the same time. Word Automation Services maintains two separate queues, one for on demand (immediate) file operation requests and one queue for SharePoint Time Job-based requests. Word Automation Services will pause all Timer Job-based requests whenever there is at least one on demand request, and the Timer Job-based requests will restart once all on demand requests have been processed. This prioritization allows the service to accommodate on demand requests more quickly. Note we also ensure that we prevent the complete starvation of Timer Job-based requests by on demand requests by periodically letting those requests be processed ahead of on demand requests.
The following diagram represents the Word Automation Services 2013 architecture:
Stream support
In addition to on demand file operation requests, Word Automation Services now supports streams. You are no longer limited to working on files stored in SharePoint libraries. Using streams, you will be able to leverage Word Automation Services functionalities for files stored outside of SharePoint.
You will only be able to use streams with Word Automation Services when using on demand file operation requests. In other words, streams will not work with Timer Job-based requests.
Code comparison
We tried to make coding Word Automation Services solutions as easy as possible. With only a few lines of code, you'll be able to integrate Word Automation Services into your solution. Here is some sample code of using the Timer Job-based request:
ConversionJob pdfJob = new ConversionJob("Word Automation Services");
pdfJob.UserToken = myWebsite.CurrentUser.UserToken;
pdfJob.AddFile(outputFilename, outputFilename.Replace(".docx", ".pdf"));
In the above code sample, the conversion request is triggered after the Start() method is invoked. At which point, the conversion request is added to the Timer Job queue to await for the SharePoint Timer Job to start the request.
Working with on demand file operation requests is very similar. Instead of creating a ConversionJob object, you create a SyncConverter object. The SyncConverter object allows you to operate on one file at a time and is processed immediately. Here is some sample code of using the on demand request:
SyncConverter syncConv = new SyncConverter("Word Automation Services");
syncConv.Settings.OutputFormat = SaveFormat.PDF;
ConversionItemInfo convInfo = syncConv.Convert(inStream, outStream);
Get more out of Word Automation Services
Word Automation Services does not accomplish all file operation scenarios. Take for example, a scenario where a solution needs to merge and modify content within a document. The service was not created to be a replacement of the Word client object model.
Instead, the server is one half of a replacement for the existing object model – the other half being the Open XML SDK.
The Open XML SDK was designed to handle tasks that don't require application logic and layout, such as inserting or deleting content (paragraph, tables, pictures), inserting data from other data sources, sanitizing content (removing content, accepting tracked changes), etc.
Word Automation Services was designed to handle file operations that do require application logic and layout, such as reading and laying out all Word document formats, converting to and from different file formats, recalculating dynamic fields, etc. These two pieces can be used together to enable rich, end-to-end solutions that never require automating Word client applications. Check out Brian Jones' blog for more details and examples of using the Open XML SDK.
I hope the improvements mentioned in this post will make it even easier for you to use Word Automation Services in your solutions. Tell us what you think in the comments below the post.
The Word Automation Services feature crew, 2/3 of which is shown here, is excited to share these improvements with you.


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25 U.S. Code § 3102 - Purposes
§ 3102.
PurposesThe purposes of this chapter are to—
allow the Secretary of the Interior to take part in the management of Indian forest lands, with the participation of the lands' beneficial owners, in a manner consistent with the Secretary's trust responsibility and with the objectives of the beneficial owners;
clarify the authority of the Secretary to make deductions from the proceeds of sale of Indian forest products, assure the use of such deductions on the reservation from which they are derived solely for use in forest land management activities, and assure that no other deductions shall be collected;
increase the number of professional Indian foresters and related staff in forestry programs on Indian forest land; and
provide for the authorization of necessary appropriations to carry out this chapter for the protection, conservation, utilization, management, and enhancement of Indian forest lands.
(Pub. L. 101–630, title III, § 303, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 4532.)
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COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — In a Dec. 4 story about a rare murder case on the remote Faeroe Islands, The Associated Press, relying on information from a defense attorney, misspelled the name and gave the incorrect age for the defendant. His name is Milan Konovrat, aged 33, not Milan Konovat, 32.
A corrected version of the story is below:
Rare murder trial spotlights Denmark's Faeroes
Rare murder case shines spotlight on Denmark's remote, independence-minded Faeroe Islands
By JAN M. OLSEN
Associated Press
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The peaceful fishing communities of the remote Faeroe Islands hadn't seen a murder for more than 20 years until a local man disappeared without trace a year ago. It was the start of a saga that riveted the community and shone a spotlight on the tiny Danish territory in the northern Atlantic and its fiercely independent people.
Milan Konovrat, a 33-year-old Croatian, was convicted this week of killing Danjal Petur Hansen, who was last seen in early November 2011 near his home in Runavik, on the island of Eysturoy, the Faeroes' second-largest island.
Hansen's body was never found — police believe it may have been thrown off a cliff, and divers searched stretches of rugged coastline in vain. But in Konovrat's home, police found a pillow and a frying pan with traces of the victim's blood. At the trial it came out that Konovrat was having an affair with Hansen's ex-wife.
All that added up to a guilty verdict. Konovrat will be sentenced on Thursday and faces up to 16 years in prison.
"It has been top news up here for weeks because it was the biggest crime story we ever had," said Eirikur Lindenskov, chief editor of Sosialurin, the islands' largest newspaper. "Also the fact that the body was missing made the intrigue better."
Law-enforcement has generally been a relatively straightforward task in the Faeroes, an 18-island archipelago between Scotland and Iceland, 800 miles (1,300 kilometers) northeast of London, that is home to 48,500 people.
"The Faeroes is a very peaceful and safe society," said Bent J. H. Hansen, head of the islands' prison board. "For many years, crime here was chiefly linked to drunken driving and drink-related brawls, but in recent years we have seen more drugs and drug-related violence."
The last murder trial was in 1988 when a man shot and killed his girlfriend.
The islands have 14 prison cells, and about a dozen are occupied daily, the prison chief said. "For the past years that figure has been more or less constant," Bent Hansen told The Associated Press by telephone, adding that anyone sentenced to more than a year is sent to prison in Denmark.
Foreign fishermen regularly make stopovers on the Faeroes, but very few foreigners actually settle there.
Konovrat had emigrated to the islands in 2009 thanks to a job in the fishing industry in Runavik. He was one of the few foreigners on the islands, which have been granted more self-autonomy from Denmark in recent decades.
Konovrat gradually integrated into society and learned to speak Faeroese, according to his lawyer, Annfinn Vitalis Hansen, who is unrelated to the victim.
Islanders, who descend from ancient Vikings, insist on speaking their own tongue, fly their own flag and generally refer to the territory as a separate country, though they have been under Danish authority since 1380. The islands were administered as a Danish county until 1948, but have been granted more self-autonomy in recent decades.
Last month, a couple of hundred people gathered on a grey and cloudy day outside the house where the 42-year-old victim, known to many by his nickname Pidde, lived and allegedly was killed, to mourn him.
Still, the weather-hardened Faeroese have been reluctant to see any deeper significance in the saga. They don't see a problem with increased crime or with immigrants in the islands.
"To us this is only a tragedy between three people that ended with a man disappearing and lots of blood and evidence against him. People see that, not that the general crime level here has increased because of this murder case," said Jens-Kristian Vang, a meat-packing employee.


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All-Clad Immersion Blender
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- Made with GOTS certified Organic Cotton
- Knotted top and cuff bottom
There's a place where lions roam freely. Birds sing beautifully in the canopy of trees where giraffes graze. And butterflies always seem to land gently on your fingertip. That place is your child's imagination and its where we find the inspiration for Milkbarn kids.
Because we believe children's products should be as fresh and imaginative as the world they live in. Well- designed and well-made, not manufactured and mass marketed.
Stacy founded Zebi Baby, now Milkbarn, in 2006 when she began sewing bibs for her seven month old son. What started as Stacy working at her kitchen table has evolved into a business that distributes products to over a thousand retailers. Stacy lives in Franklin, Tennessee with her husband and three children. She loves reading, traveling, long walks, meaningful conversation, exploring backroads and a good cup of tea.


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June 21. 2013 12:04AM
James leads Miami past San Antonio for second straight NBA championship
By Julian Linden
From left, Miami's Dwyane Wade holds the Larry O'Brien Trophy, LeBron James holds the Bill Russell MVP Trophy and Chris Bosh and Norris Cole celebrate after their team defeated the San Antonio Spurs in Game 7 to win the NBA Finals. (REUTERS/Joe Skipper)
LeBron James
, his legacy as one of the game's greats now secure, led the
Miami Heat
to their second straight
National Basketball Association
(NBA) title on Thursday with a 95-88 win over the
San Antonio Spurs
James, the sport's biggest star playing at the peak of his powers, dominated the decisive seventh game of an epic series through a combination of athleticism, pinpoint shooting and sheer force of will.
The critics who slammed him when he left his former team
to join Miami in search of an elusive championship ring, then questioned his nerve when the Heat lost the 2011
, were silenced.
When it really mattered, in the pressure-cooker atmosphere of a Game Seven decider, he scored a game-high 37 points and pulled in 12 rebounds.
"The vision that I had when I decided to come here is coming true," said James, who was also named Most Valuable Player of the
for the second year in a row.
"Through adversity, through everything we've been through, we've been able to persevere and win back-to-back championships. It's an unbelievable feeling."
Miami were the overwhelming favorites to take the title after winning a franchise-record 66 games during the regular season, including 27 in a row, the second longest streak in American professional sports.
But they met their match in
San Antonio
, an aging team who had collected four championships since 1999 but whose best days were supposedly behind them.
The Spurs were just seconds away from clinching the championship in Tuesday's sixth game before Miami staged an extraordinary comeback to win in overtime and force a winner-takes-all decider.
"It's no fun to lose, but we lost to a better team,"
San Antonio
head coach
Gregg Popovich
said. "And you can live with that as long as you've given your best.
"It was a great series, and we felt that. I don't know if 'enjoy' is the right word, but in all honesty, even in defeat, I'm starting to enjoy what our group accomplished already."
NBA Commissioner
David Stern
described the wildly fluctuating series as a "championship for the ages" which had "captivated a global audience" with its escalating drama.
Courtside tickets for Thursday's game were selling on the secondary market for up to $30,000 and the game lived up to all the hype with both teams fiercely contesting every possession.
Frenzy of excitement
The Spurs made a great start, opening up a seven-point cushion in the first quarter before Miami reeled them in then got their noses in front.
James shot 12-of-23 from the floor and drained five-three pointers while
Dwyane Wade
, who won a third title with Miami, had 23 points while
Shane Battier
, who was benched earlier in the series, played one of the games of his life, sinking six three-pointers from behind the arc.
"I believe in basketball gods. I felt they owed me big time," said Battier.
Tim Duncan
had 24 points and 12 rebounds for
San Antonio
while Kawhi Leonard had 19 points but the Spurs were inconsolable after their loss.
They had led Game Six by five points with 28 seconds left, only to see the title ripped from their grasp when Miami won in overtime then carried the momentum in Thursday's game with the advantage of home court.
"The obvious word is 'disappointing.' It was a tough end to the game. I made some bad decisions, missed some shots," said Duncan.
"I don't know what to say. Just give credit to the
Miami Heat
. LeBron was unbelievable. Dwyane was great. I just think they found a way to get it done."
Despite trailling for most of the game, the Spurs were still within two points with less than 30 seconds to go but Duncan missed a routine layup then James nailed a jump shot and added two free throws.
James averaged 25.3 points during the
and joined
Michael Jordan
Bill Russell
as the only players to win the regular season and
MVP awards two years running.
Russell presented him with his trophy as confetti rained down from the ceiling of the
South Florida stadium
and fireworks exploded outside over the Miami skyline.
"This is the ultimate," James said.
"I can't worry about what everybody says about me. I'm
LeBron James
, from the inner city.
"I'm not even supposed to be here. That's enough. Every night I walk into the locker room, I see a No. 6 'James' on the back, I'm blessed."


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The Rumor is Specialized's first women's full-suspension 29er. Based on the company's Camber trail bike, it features 110mm of travel, a lightweight alloy frame, low bars, internal cable routing and an ultra-low standover height. The $4,400 Expert model weighs just 24.7 pounds.
All three Rumor models come with AutoSag-equipped shocks. The technology, developed with Fox, allows riders to adjust sag and air pressure automatically, taking the stress out of setting up suspension. The bikes also have room for a water bottle—a feature lacking on some other women's models.
The Rumor frame is designed to help women feel more confident on the trail. The low top tube and short head tube keep the bars low and make it easy to maneuver the bike. Internal cable routing gives the Rumor a sleek look.
The Rumor is built with Specialized's lightweight but less expensive M5 alloy tubing. Its frame angles make it ideal for XC or trail riding. Short chainstays keep it nimble and fun.
Before heading out for a ride near Santa Cruz, California, Specialized made sure each Rumor was dialed in for the riders, including suspension setup, reach and saddle height. Having a properly adjusted bike is key to a great ride—something Specialized hopes more women will pay attention to.
During the initial rides, the Rumor felt quick yet stable. That well-balanced geometry made many testers feel immediately comfortable; some even caught a little air.
Amy Shreve, who oversees many of Specialized's women's products, spent two years working on the Rumor. At just over 5 feet tall, she knows how significant of a role geometry plays when it comes to designing a full-suspension 29er.


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Carl and Helene Wickstrom Music Education Center – Dedicated Fall, 1999
As part of our modern facility, the Ithaca College School of Music's James J. Whalen Center for Music houses the state-of-the-art Carl and Helene Wickstrom Music Education Center ("Named in honor of Carl '38 and Helene '38 Wickstrom, members of the music education faculty from 1946 to 1978, by classmates, students, colleagues, and friends"). The center is comprised of several working and teaching areas that were carefully designed to meet the specific needs of music education students and faculty.
The focal area in the Wickstrom Music Education Center is the John Kinyon Music Education Resource Room ("A gift of John Kinyon '49"). While the main music library at Ithaca College hosts an entire floor of extensive holdings for music majors, the Kinyon Resource Room is an important additional resource. This resource room provides many materials for teaching, including one of the country's most complete educational collections of general music basal series and band, jazz, and string method books. In addition, storybooks, maps, composer posters, music scores, choral octavos, and solo and chamber music are available, and the area also holds a full array of multicultural, multimedia, and technology-based pedagogical materials to aid students in their teaching. As part of this collection, sample videos, portfolios, and pedagogical materials have been archived from 1992 to the present for use by today's students. Most of the materials can be checked out for student and faculty use.
The centerpiece of the Wickstrom Music Education Center is the Music Education Classroom where most undergraduate and graduate music education courses are held. It is equipped with full multimedia capabilities, including both a SMART Board and SMART Podium, Videocapture to Quicktime for student's to record their practice teaching for future reflection and review, Internet, PowerPoint, and complete audio-visual support, allowing faculty and students to integrate technology into their teaching. In addition, numerous educational materials and Orff, classroom, multicultural, and percussion instruments are easily accessible. Materials for teaching the special learner can be found within this collection, and items like puppets, scarves, and other general music accessories are readily available for teachers and students alike. Sample final projects for the Music Education for Children class decorate the room, and a piano and ample space for movement in addition to typical desks make this a great classroom for encouraging the reinforcement of many different learning styles. This room also hosts several outreach projects, including Head Start "Music Friends" classes, the Ithaca College faculty – student intern choir ("VoICes"), and the Community-Unity Program for underrepresented children (A project of the Greater Ithaca Activities Center: the Southside Community Center and Ithaca College).
The Carl and Helene Wickstrom Music Education Center has three separate conference rooms that are utilized for a variety of purposes. In these rooms, you will find students writing lessons plans, teaching lessons to public school children, reviewing education materials, self-evaluating teaching videotapes, or examining technology software. In addition, you will find faculty and graduate teaching assistants mentoring young teachers, and work-study student employees completing important music education administration work. These conference rooms include the Cecilia Slocum-Blair Music Education Conference Room ("Named in memory of Celia Slocum-Blair '28 who supervised music pedagogy at Ithaca College from 1935 to 1967, by classmates, students, family, and friends") and the Jennie W. Tallcott Music Education Conference Room ("A Gift of Myron A. Pratt '49 in her memory").
The Music Education Classroom and one of the conference rooms are viewable by a single observation room that can accommodate approximately 12-15 observers. The amplification system and one-way mirrors looking into each of these areas allow students to observe teaching (including faculty and student teaching of public school students) without interrupting the class or lesson.
The Carl and Helene Wickstrom Music Education Center is tied together with a reception area. A monitor supervises this lobby, and it provides a meeting place for students pursuing a degree in music education. This reception area has a door that leads into the new state-of-the-art secondary piano classrooms/labs, providing useful access between the music education center, the piano labs, and the related materials.


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Emerging economies have been moving into clean technology and green energy at a pace that would surprise many. A recent World Economic Forum report, produced with the Boston Consulting Group, identified some 1,000 companies profiting handsomely from sustainability.
For example, Brazilian cosmetics giant Natura awards bonuses based on contributions to the company's financial, environmental and social targets.
Indian agriculture manufacturer Jain Irrigation Systems encourages farming practices that maximize crop yields with less water.
"Normally, you wouldn't expect to find these kinds of advanced sustainability strategies in emerging markets," says Knut Haanaes, a BCG partner. "But these companies truly are sustainability driven and impressive."
The ascension of emerging markets is putting additional pressure on global resources, as food, energy and water consumption rise. Rapid economic and population growth are also contributing to the carbon challenge.
"These kinds of companies teach us something that will be important everywhere for the big, multinational Western companies. We have to be very efficient in using resources," Haanaes says.
The WEF report scoured the emerging markets for companies that were profitable and practicing sustainability. The pool of more than 1,000 companies was whittled to 16 companies creating innovative solutions, which could be replicated to reach many customers over nations, and in some cases, continents. And lucky for investors, 13 are publicly traded. For U.S. investors, they're predominantly accessible through exchange traded funds.
Here are nine of the companies and some of the funds that own shares in them, based on data provided by Morningstar senior research analyst Annette Larson. (Annual revenue figures are in U.S. dollars.)
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Google launched its Google+ social network platform last June and Google+ Pages in November, finally allowing restaurants and other businesses to claim their real estate and check out the view.
And, to date, that's pretty much the limit of the major restaurant brands' activity. In recent studies by BrightEdge, an Internet search and analytics consulting firm, Google+ page creation among the world's top 100 brands jumped from 61 percent in that first month to 77 percent in December, while the number of people in circles increased over 50 percent, from 147,000 to 222,000. But actual usage of the pages and their unique attributes, particularly by restaurants, is minimal.
Everyone has learned to move quickly in social media and save their names from would-be scam artists and questionable personalities, but the data suggest they're approaching the new Google+ with caution. With little more than 350,000 people following it, social media powerhouse Starbucks has the largest fan base, but the activity on the page is little more than one post a week. McDonald's has created its page but hasn't posted a single comment. The few with consistent activity, such as Taco Bell and Burger King, are repurposing the same content used on Facebook.
Google is slowly rolling out enhancements that provide unique opportunities to interact with followers and enhance positioning of Google+ content search engines. Here are some of those features:
Circles. You can divide your fan base into groups and target them with specific messages. For example, customers you've lost and want to try and win back. Maybe you have some really opinionated fans or food bloggers that you can target to try a new dish, or survey about how a new customer service program is working. Send special offers to new followers, or put your most loyal fans together in an exclusive group and provide them with special offers and event invitations.
+1. "But isn't this the same as a Facebook 'Like'?" Sort of, but it's integrated into Google. Every search result on Google has a "+1" button next to it that, once clicked, publicly posts to that person's Google+ page.
Messenger. This function of the Google+ mobile app was formerly known as "Huddles." It's a group chat function that allows you to send a text-based message to multiple Google+ users at once. If you have your employees in a Circle and need to inform them of an emergency or shift change, you can send a text message to them simultaneously.
Hangouts. This is the heavy-hitter of Google+ interaction – video conferencing. While not available on mobile devices yet, it's free and exceptionally simple to use. To start a Hangout, just click the "Start a hangout" button on the Google+ web page. It launches a "green room", where the system will help you set up your camera and choose which Circles or individuals you want to invite to the party. A post will appear in their stream, letting them know a Hangout has started. A maximum of 10 people are allowed in the Hangout at once, but once someone leaves, another can enter.
Zagat recently held a "10 Most Annoying Restaurant Trends" Hangout, as well as bringing in The Onion's Director of Digital, Baratunde Thurston, to hang out with some of their followers. Even President Obama has held a Google+ Hangout—over 227,000 people submitted video questions on YouTube, and five lucky Americans got to chat "face-to-face" with the president. Google (and YouTube) selected questions for Obama from the videos that got the most votes from YouTube users.
Direct Connect.This feature is still in its infancy stages, and only available to Google+ pages connected to company websites, but type "+Starbucks" into the Google search engine and you will land directly on the Starbucks Google+ Page. This little twist allows visitors to skip the extra click on a list of search results and go directly to the brand's page. Once they land on the page, a special notification will show up asking new visitors to circle the page.
Search Plus Your World. Launched in January, this new default feature of the Google search engine blends worldwide search results with Google+ search results, offering users logged in to their Google accounts a list of "Personal Results", as well as the traditional Google results. Posts, photos or messages from that user's Google+ account that fit the search term will now appear in their search results.
Search Plus Your World doesn't cover content on Facebook. Or Twitter. Or Flickr. Or any social network or place where content might be shared to a more limited audience. Currently, the terms of service of the other social sites don't allow Google to crawl their content and store what it finds, giving Google+ Pages a leg up over the competition.
With the might of the search engine powerhouse behind them, Google+ Pages are becoming more conspicuous in search results than Facebook pages, regardless of the number of followers. Google can (and probably will) integrate the new Google+ pages with Google Places, which appear in its Maps search results.
For better or worse, Google has built its reputation on helping millions of users find what they need—whether it's a location, an image, or a product—versus Facebook's "Connect with friends" mentality. So when Google+ Pages allow you to integrate your brand into trusted tools used by everyday searchers, it's a proposition that business owners can't afford to ignore.


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NitroAV Announces AfterBurner 23 GB DVD Burner
The AfterBurner series burns rewritable or write-once, read many (WORM) Blue Laser DVDs that store 23 GB per disc, and are currently being offered in a 2 bay configuration (one bay includes the DVD burner, while the empty bay can be used to house a hard drive). From NitroAV:
The high capacity and high performance AfterBurner drives are designed specifically for professional audio/video - editing/authoring, storage applications, graphic design and medical imaging, e-mail archival, enterprise content management and multimedia projects. The DVD media features a durable, airtight structure to prevent dust particles from coming in contact with the drive mechanism and disc surface, increasing durability and reliability for critical applications in professional and industrial settings but still offering the convenience of removable optical storage. This optical solution allows for high-speed random access of files, making it suitable for both near-line and archival storage applications
The line-up includes 2 Bay and 4 Bay customizable external FireWire 800/1394b configurations, as well as a internal SCSI version for Plug-N-Play integration with latest Macintosh OSX, WINDOWS and Linux operating systems. In addition to the 23GB per disc optical storage capacity it features up-to 11/MB second sustained read and 9MB/second write transfer speeds. This offers a quantum leap in performance over existing optical storage formats, with an archival life of up to 50 years.
The AfterBurner Series drives leverage several technological advancements to achieve their unprecedented 23GB storage capacity and up-to 11MB/second read and 9MB/second write speeds, including:
Pricing for the AfterBurner starts at US$3199 for the 2 bay FireWire 800 model, and you can find more information on the product line at NitroAV's Web site.
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BALTIMORE, MD (05/02/2012)(readMedia)-- Loyola University Maryland student Anna Nguyen, '12, has been awarded a Fulbright grant to research cancer stem cells in malignant bone and soft tissue tumors at a laboratory in Switzerland for a year beginning in August 2012. Nguyen is the second Loyola student to win a Fulbright this year, the fourth year in a row that a Loyola student has been honored with one of the prestigious international scholarship awards.
Nguyen, a biology major and chemistry minor from Clifton, Va., will join a research team in the Institute of Pathology at the University of Lausanne. She will work with the team in a lab to understand the molecular mechanisms that underlie the development of bone and soft tissue cancer, known as sarcoma, as well as tumor-host interactions. Her project is part of a larger ongoing initiative to study how the particular cancer stem cells that constitute the driving force of malignant tumors emerge.
"I was ecstatic when I found out I got the Fulbright," said Nguyen. "I'm confident this opportunity to work in one of the world's top labs for sarcoma research will be invaluable as I pursue my passion to serve the community through medicine."
In 2002, Nguyen's father, Sang, was diagnosed with colon cancer. Sang is now a survivor thanks to an early diagnosis and subsequent surgery. That experience left Nguyen, who was only 12 years old at the time, determined to pursue a career in medicine and dedicate her life to restoring health in others as doctors had done for her father. Following a research internship at the University of Lausanne in summer 2011, she learned of the opportunity to return to the same lab – this time as a Fulbright scholar – through Loyola's national fellowships office and its director, Arthur M. Sutherland, Ph.D., who guided her through the application process. Her application was supported by Loyola faculty members Bradley Levin, M.D., affiliate assistant professor of biology and pre-health professions coordinator; Jesse More, Ph.D., associate professor of chemistry; and David Rivers, Ph.D., professor and chair of biology.
"Anna widens the intellectual horizons of those she lives and works with," said Sutherland, who has been helping Nguyen identify research opportunities through fellowship programs since she was a first-year student. "The research she intends to do will make a significant contribution to her field. Her project has weight, meaning, and is within the reach of a student with Anna's insight, determination, and drive."
In addition to Nguyen's previous research internship in Switzerland, she contributed to the development of new treatments for Hirschsprung's disease while interning at the Natural and Medical Sciences Institute in Reutlingen, Germany, in summer 2010. Her work in Germany was the result of winning a scholarship sponsored by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). She has volunteered for seven years at the Northern Virginia Training Center, where she reads to intellectually disabled residents and sets up social events. She has also volunteered in the medical intensive care unit at Greater Baltimore Medical Center, and for the aftercare program at a Catholic elementary school in Baltimore. She is president of the Loyola Pre-Health Society, president of the Loyola Minority Students Pre-Health Society, and a team captain for Loyola's chapter of Relay for Life. Her many honors and awards include membership in the Alpha Sigma Nu Honor Society and the National Biology Honor Society, and the Bill Davis Scholarship from the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities.
When Nguyen returns from Switzerland she plans to apply to medical schools and enroll in an M.D./Ph.D. program.
Nguyen's Fulbright is one of only eight awarded for Switzerland this year. She follows classmate Emma Cogan, '12, who recently won a Fulbright to teach English in primary and secondary schools in rural Malaysia, and two other students who were named Fulbright Alternates: Morgan Murray, '12 (South Africa) and Christopher Wrightson, '09 (Malaysia). Last year, Mazen Shomali, '11, won a Fulbright grant to teach English in Macau, a former Portuguese colony now governed by China, located 37 miles southwest of Hong Kong. In 2009 and 2008, respectively, Frances Quattrone, '09, won a Fulbright to study venomous wasps in Turkey, and Tania Ziegler, '09, won a Fulbright to do economic research in China.


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Jennifer Campanile of Fallsburg passed away on December 24, 2013. She was 67. Jenny is the daughter of Nicholas and Mary Seidita. She was born on February 13, 1946 in Brooklyn, NY.
Jenny enjoyed cooking and dancing. A good joke would always put a smile to her face. Christmas was always a very special time for Jenny because she would spend it with the people she loved the most, her family.
Jenny is survived by her companion, Roger Kanin; her son, Peter M. Campanile of Fallsburg; her daughter, Leah Ann Campanile of Woodbourne; her sister, Maria Smith and her husband, George of Grahamsville; two brothers, Nicholas Seidita and his wife, Anna of Staten Island and Salvatore Seidita and his wife, Terri of North Carolina; also several nieces and nephews.
Visitation will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. on Sunday, December 29th at Colonial Memorial Funeral Home, 396 State Rt. 52, Woodbourne NY 12788. A Funeral Service will follow at 4 p.m.
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I Am Alive challenges players to strategically assess situations from a real-life perspective. In combat, players focus on intimidation and bluffing to gain the upper hand. Resources are scarce and an empty gun may be your only hope in a torn-down society.
Players enter Haventon one year after "The Event" — a mysterious cataclysmic disaster — and are challenged while traveling the environment. Using a stamina system, players manage their energy while scaling buildings. Those who use their stamina well gain access to areas with more resources.
I Am Alive is available on Xbox Live Arcade for 1,200 Microsoft points ($15).
As compensation for Trine 2's delayed European launch, the game's release is discounted approximately 30% for two weeks in the region. Moreover, Trine 2 is completely free for European PlayStation Plus subscribers for a limited time.
Trine 2 presents gamers with a fantasy world full of vibrant color and immersive liveliness. As either the powerful Knight, agile Thief, or crafty Wizard, players set out on a quest to save the world from a mysterious magic that has brought plants to life. Adventurers solve puzzles and defeat a variety of foes as they seek the source of their world's calamity. Trine 2 adds online support for three-player cooperative play, which allows three friends to team up through the single-player campaign.
Players join the ranks of Unit 13, a counter-terrorism squad deployed with only one objective: complete the mission. Missions focus on contemporary ripped-from-the-headlines scenarios, creating an authentic experience.
Missions are concise, intense, and non-linear, allowing for a variety of approaches depending on the player's style.


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In his instantly notorious New York Times oped, Vladimir Putin was much too modest. At the end, he argued no country is truly exceptional. He, of all people, shouldn't be so dismissive. Russian exceptionalism is one of the most profound forces in world history.
Without it, not nearly as many people would have been sunk in tyranny for centuries, casually sacrificed to the whims of their rulers, and immiserated. It has been the basis for the absolute power of czars and of Soviet dictators, and its spirit lives on in the amoral, lawless rule of Russia's top opinion writer.
To understand the essence of American exceptionalism, you can quote Patrick Henry or the Declaration of Independence. For a taste of the Russian version, you can do worse than the anecdote about Czar Nicholas II — fated to suffer an ugly end at the hands of the communists — who was asked by a Western diplomat about regaining public confidence. The czar wanted to know whether he was supposed to regain the confidence of the people, or the other way around?
Throughout its history, Russia has labored under what historian David Satter calls "the quasi-deification of the Russian state," its special mission overawing picayune considerations of individual liberty or dignity.
In its imagination, Russia picked up where Rome and Byzantium left off, and as the vessel of orthodoxy, took as its mission the defense and the spread of the true faith. The church became an arm of the state, and the state itself became sanctified.
With Mongol or Turkish invaders perpetually threatening, the Russian state required a vast military establishment and universal conscription. "Under these conditions," historian Richard Pipes writes, "there could be no society independent of the state and no corporate spirit uniting its members. The entire Russian nation was enserfed: There was room here neither for a privileged aristocracy, nor for a class of self-governing burghers, nor yet for a rural yeomanry."
In the West, private property constituted a check on the power of government absolutism. In Russia, the monarch owned the entire realm up until the late 18th century, so there was no need to convene a parliament to exact taxes — and no leverage for the kind of revolt against the crown that forged the Magna Carta in England.
People did gain political and civil rights in the early 20th century. Almost immediately they were snuffed out again in a violent revolution. It brought to power a mass-murdering dictatorship that sought the utter destruction of every hint of life independent of the state. The special mission of Russia was transformed to serve Marxist instead of Orthodox ends, but the individual still counted as nothing.
It is against this backdrop that Putin scorns American exceptionalism and a Russian parliamentarian, upon news of the Navy Yard shooting, identifies it with mass killings. True, we have a notably violent culture. We also have a deep-rooted inheritance of liberty. As James Bennett and Michael Lotus show in "America 3.0," American exceptionalism is a centuries-old phenomenon growing out of organic roots: the nuclear family, the common law, representative government, constitutional limits on the state and private ownership of land.
It makes for a political culture hostile to autocracy and therefore deeply at odds with Russian exceptionalism. "Speaking of Russia," the 19th-century Russian philosopher Pyotr Chaadaev wrote, "people always imagine that they are speaking of a country that is like the others. In fact, it is not so at all. Russia is a whole separate world, submissive to the will, caprice, fantasy of one man — no matter whether he be called Peter or Ivan."
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w.i.p. and cookie of the weekWednesday, March 14, 2007
First of all, I have to say BLOGGERS ARE THE BEST! I am completely overwhelmed with how many people came to my rescue with my dilemma. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Miss Anonymous, I wish we knew who you were, because the majority of people liked the idea of giving them to him as a tip. Genius idea! I did not drop them off yesterday like I thought I would. I made an appointment for next Friday, so I will have to let you know how it goes and what feels "right". Manise, I don't have any information for you to get the pattern to you, so e-mail me at firstname.lastname@example.com, and I will e-mail it to you. Again guys, THANK YOU!
I am sure like most of you, I always have a small knitting project in the car. I actually drive with my knitting on my lap, and whenever my car comes to a stop, I get a few stitches in. I usually don't carry my bigger projects like my Hanne which is currently giving me fits. I spent last night ripping out a weeks worth of progress! I had a dropped stitch, and with the garter and different color stripes I had no way of fixing this. AGGHHH!
What I am driving and knitting with now, is Dashing. I needed a new project for project spectrum, and had a couple skeins of this grey in my stash. Perfect for dashing. Just a few cables, easy enough for in the car. And since it was so beautiful here yesterday, I was also able to change out my "coffee" holder for a "cold beverage" holder. Pomegranate Izze...my favorite!
Andrew's pick for Cookie of the Week. He chose Gingersnaps. One of our family favorites.
3/4 cup shortening
1 cup sugar
1/4 cup light molasses
1 beaten egg
2 cups flour
1/4 tsp salt
2 tsp soda
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp clove
1/2 tsp ginger
Cream shortening and sugar. Add molasses and egg. Stir in sifted four, salt and soda, cinnamon, clove and ginger. Dough will be soft and a little sticky, roll into walnut-sized balls and roll in sugar. Place on Cookie sheet and bake at 350 for 7-8 minutes.
Enjoy your Wednesday!
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driving is the only place I don't knit - unless I am at the drive-thru for the bank or starbucks!ReplyDelete
ohh, now its going to look like I am copying you - dashing is my next spectrum project - with stash yarn of course!!
Love the cookie updates. When we move, I aspire to have a kitchen worhty of a cookie of the week chalk board.ReplyDelete
I am learning so much about knitting from these posts. First, one can have a stash!? AND knit more than one project at a time!? AND knit in the car! I have to get started!
Also, thought of your daughter as my own daughter took role call this morning at her "school".
I'm afraid to try the driving and knitting combo... I'm sure lots of honking would ensue... from the other drivers, of course!ReplyDelete
I'm going to make a pair of those fingerless gloves, too. I have the perfect yarn, and my husband is due for something.
"Dashing" seems to be the perfect knitting project for the car - not too big, not too complicated - yep, that's it I'd say ;) Unfortunately I can't (yet) knit in the car, I get totally motion-sick - but I'm working on that, especially as there's a 7+ hour car drive coming up to me in summer - I think I'd go insane if I can't knit then!ReplyDelete
Oh, and thank you for sharing that delicious-sounding-and-looking cookie recipe!!!


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National Security Law LL.M.
The National Security Law LL.M. degree is a highly competitive one year advanced degree program, created to give students the opportunity to engage in critical thinking about national security law. Students selected for the National Security Law LL.M. will have the opportunity to work closely with faculty at Georgetown Law, and to further strengthen their understanding of the field.
The National Security Law LL.M. is designed for a wide variety of applicants who hold either a J.D. from a U.S. law school or a first degree in law from a university outside of the U.S. including lawyers looking for vertical advancement or a lateral move or legal professionals interested in gaining a deeper understanding of the field and the opportunity to build their credentials. Students may complete the National Security Law LL.M. on a full-time or part-time basis.
Georgetown Law's expertise in the study of national security law is unparalleled. The depth and breadth of the faculty's experience in the field, including both full-time faculty and visiting and adjunct professors, the range of courses offered, the intellectual life of the institution, the vitality of the Center on National Security and the Law, as well as the Human Rights Institute, provide incredible opportunities for students interested in national security law.
The law school's expertise is bolstered by its position in Washington, D.C. in close proximity to institutions engaged in many different aspects of national security law, such as government institutions and agencies, law firms, private contractors, high technology companies, think tanks, and NGOs.
The school offers a broad range of national security law courses covering topics such as bioterrorism and public health, cyber law, the law of armed conflict, human rights, civil rights and civil liberties, intelligence law, maritime law, national security investigation and prosecution, nonproliferation, procurement, and foreign relations. Many courses include an experiential learning component, allowing students to engage in substantial pieces of writing, sophisticated simulations, judicial proceedings, treaty construction, legislative drafting, and externships.


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UPDATE: 6:40 p.m.
Nothing to see here is what all parties say about Jayson Werth's absence from the Phillies line-up the past couple of days. Werth is the only position player from last year's postseason roster that has yet to appear in a Grapefruit League game, aside from injured veterans Chase Utley and Pedro Feliz. But manager Charlie Manuel, who has been questioned all day about Werth, emphatically said this evening that his starting right fielder is completely healthy.
"There is absolutely nothing wrong with him," Manuel said. "There is absolutely zero wrong with him. He's been getting some hitting, he's just not ready to go yet. He'll play before the season starts."
Werth also said he is healthy, as did general manager Ruben Amaro Jr.
So, Werth is healthy. Manuel said he'll likely be in the line-up Saturday against Tampa Bay.
"He's just not ready to go," Manuel said. "He's just not ready to go yet. Swinging, running, everything. That happens a lot. It's no big deal. He's not a whole lot out of shape, just the way he's been going through it."
There you have it.
Nothing to see.
It is only the first time through the rotation, but the competition for the fifth spot in the rotation got off to a sparkling start today as both righthander Carlos Carrasco and lefthander J.A. Happ breezed through their two innings of work, allowing one hit between them while combining to pitch four scoreless innings.
Carrasco was particularly impressive, striking out three of the six batters he faced. His only real hiccup came in the second inning, when Blue Jays right fielder Travis Snider smoked a line drive to deep right field that John Mayberry tracked down and made a leaping stab for the out.
Happ retired his first five batters before allowing a single to left field off the bat of Jose Bautista. He then retired Michael Barrett on a pop fly to center field to finish his inning allottment.
A few other updates through four innings:
Jason Ellison, a non-roster invitee who began his career in the Giants organization before moving on to stints with the Mariners and Rangers, led off the third inning with a base hit and eventually scored on a single by Jimmy Rollins.
Jayson Werth has already retired to the clubhouse, meaning he won't play in either of the first three Grapefruit League games. Werth isn't scheduled to make the trip to face the Reds in Sarasota tomorrow. Werth, Ruben Amaro Jr. and Charlie Manuel all said this morning that the right fielder isn't hurt.
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In my May 15 column, I began a discussion of the .NET features that let you easily build Web services. I used the following definition of a Web service: "A programmable application logic accessible using standard Web protocols" (e.g., Simple Object Access Protocol—SOAP). We built a Web service that connected to a SQL Server database and returned a dataset. To review the code for that application, go to http://www.sqlmag.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=21082 and scroll down to the sentence that begins "We then modify our file slightly."
With the exception of a minor change to that code (setting the Data Source Name—DSN—to the appropriate server, user ID, and password), the code encapsulates all the work of connecting to the database and returning a dataset. To complete this sample, we must first save the file with the extension .asmx (e.g., DataAccess.asmx) and store it on a Microsoft IIS Web server as a publicly accessible URL, which requires that the server have the .NET Framework installed. For example, if we save the file as c:\inetput\wwwroot\DataAccess.asmx, we should be able to access it as http://localhost/DataAccess.asmx. If we request the URL to DataAccess.asmx through a browser, the system returns an HTML page that describes the capabilities of the Web service.
This Web Service Help Page enumerates the Web services (e.g., GetDataSet) offered at this URL and provides a simple HTML Form for sending HTTP-GET requests to the Web service. At the top of the document is a link to the Web service's formal XML definition.
If we select the XML definition, the system provides a language- and platform-agnostic XML description of the Web service. The system automatically creates this XML definition, which is formally known as Service Description Language (SDL). Note that while SDL works for Beta 1 of the .NET Framework and tools (Visual Studio.NET), in the .NET Framework Beta 2, Web Service Description Language (WSDL) replaces SDL. Microsoft and IBM have collaborated on WSDL and submitted it to the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). For more discussion of WSDL, see the Featured Article in the Resources section below.
The WSDL enumerates all the Web services offered, along with their parameters, return types, and supported protocols (e.g., SOAP). This definition is so complete that tools, such as Visual Studio.NET, can use this XML file to generate a proxy class automatically. We can then use this proxy class to program the Web service in a friendly object-oriented (OO) manner.
We can also use the HTML Form that the Web service Help Page provides to test the Web service. We use the HTTP-GET protocol to send requests through the HTML Form; that is, the request is sent as http://\[path\]/DataAccess.asmx/GetDataSet?—all parameters are passed on the query string. The system returns an XML document that includes an XML schema that describes the data and the XML data conforming to that schema. In our case, the XML data is the data extracted from our database. Below is a snippet of this XML:
<products> <ProductName>City Milk</ProductName> <ProductDescription>City Milk Description</ProductDescription> <UnitPrice>2</UnitPrice> </products>
Those of you familiar with SOAP will immediately notice that this response isn't SOAP. However, the system will use SOAP when we use Visual Studio.NET (or a command-line tool) to create a proxy class from the SDL.
This sample isn't complete yet because we haven't discussed using the Web service from an application. The .NET Framework Beta 2 is so close (Microsoft has announced that attendees at TechEd 2001—June 17 through June 21 in Atlanta—will receive the Beta 2 versions of Visual Studio.NET and the .NET Framework) that we'll temporarily shelve that discussion. In my next column, we'll look at the changes from Beta 1 to Beta 2 at a macro level, discussing only the bigger changes. Then, in the column following that one, we'll come back to this Web services discussion and briefly revisit the Web Service Help Page. We'll then use the GetDataSet Web service from a Visual Studio.NET application.


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EVE Online bounties, wars and kill rights to be overhauled
EVE Online's upcoming Retribution update includes a couple of tweaks to existing game systems, all of them to do with murder. Bounties are to be made cheaper and more transparent – no more anonymous hit requests – while kill rights will be accessible from character sheets and easier to understand. Wars get a look in, too; if you initiate a war and it becomes mutual, you can back out like a coward, and multiple wars will now be cheaper thanks to the axing of multipliers. There's a lot more detail in this developer blog. Retribution lands on December 4.
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By now, some improving corner dining table may change as the room decoration. As you see in the next example, the appearance of kitchen dining corner seats area with benches and also a table with two stools. It has tiny size as the seating place and table in which the benches come with storage inside. The L-shaped benches application becomes the best idea to utilize the space. You may also get your small banquette made from wood that is surrounded by the white upholstered chairs. It is a good condition of a kind of corner dining room table plans that is located on the corner.
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All 18 city cabs back in service after fixing inspection issues
April 19. 2013 4:03AM
MANCHESTER - It will be easier to get a cab ride now that all of the city's 18 licensed taxis are back in service, 17 days after every one of them failed inspection.
Kevin Kincaid, director of licensing enforcement for the Manchester City Clerk, said Manchester Taxi is replacing a cab that failed inspection and will put it on the road today, which will put all 18 back on the road. Kincaid said the cab company is replacing that car because it was nearly nine years old, the end of its shelf life.
He explained that under city regulations, any licensed cab must be a full-size cab, be less than nine years old and have under 300,000 miles on it.
On April 2, the city pulled every cab off the street after all of them failed inspection. Kincaid said those that took the longest to get back in service had rust problems.
The cabs are operated by two companies - Queen City Taxi, owned by Rudy Masat, and Manchester Taxi, owned by Kathleen Peters and managed by Bill Fellows.
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Italy stocks tumble amid political uncertainty
ROME (AP) — Milan's stock exchange has closed sharply lower amid heightened concerns about a government crisis following Silvio Berlusconi's definitive conviction for tax fraud.
The benchmark FTSE MIB closed down 2.1 percent Monday, dragged in particular by a 6.25 percent fall in Berlusconi's Mediaset empire.
Italy has been gripped by weeks of political uncertainty and suggestions that early elections are near after the high court on Aug. 1 upheld Berlusconi's tax fraud conviction, four-year prison term and ban from public office.
Italy's Senate will soon decide whether not to confirm Berlusconi's ban from public office — he's currently a senator — a decision that could spark a government crisis.
Premier Enrico Letta said Sunday it would be "crazy" to make his government fall now, with major economic reforms on the horizon.


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The price of oil fluctuated above $106 a barrel Monday as traders pondered disappointing U.S. orders for durable goods and how they would affect the U.S. Federal Reserve's plans about winding down its economic stimulus.
By early afternoon in Europe, benchmark oil for October delivery was down 7 cents to $106.35 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Earlier in the session, it swung between $106.06 and $107.37.
The contract gained $1.39, or 1.4 percent, to close at $106.42 on Friday. Oil rose after the U.S. government said that Americans cut back sharply in July on purchases of new homes, a sign that higher mortgage rates may weigh on the housing recovery.
On Monday, the U.S. Commerce Department said that orders for durable goods — those meant to last at least three years — fell 7.3 percent in July, the largest drop in almost a year. The data pointed to a struggling manufacturing sector.
Some saw the weak data as an indication that the Fed may need to wait before slowing down its bond-buying program. A slower phase-out of the Federal Reserve's monetary stimulus could also keep the dollar weaker, making commodities that are traded in dollars more appealing to investors with other currencies.
The ongoing conflicts in the Middle East — especially in Syria and Egypt — continued to prevent prices from falling further, although analysts said gains would also be limited. There are signs that the United States could be closer to an armed response against the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad if claims are confirmed that his forces used chemical weapons.
"For as long as the important infrastructure in the Middle East is not jeopardized and there are no fears of the conflict spilling over to other countries in the region, the oil price is unlikely to make any major leaps upward," said a note from Commerzbank in Frankfurt. "The relaxed supply situation will counter any significant price rise."
Experts also said oil prices could soon be supported by weather factors.
"According to the forecasts, there is an increased hurricane risk in the Gulf of Mexico in the next few weeks," Commerzbank said. "Not only are numerous oil and gas fields located there; the U.S. Gulf Coast is also home to key export terminals and refineries."
Brent crude, which sets prices for imported oil used by many U.S. refineries, was down 36 cents to $110.68 a barrel on the ICE Futures exchange in London.
In other energy futures trading on Nymex:
— Heating oil fell 1.25 cents to $3.0865 per gallon.
— Natural gas added 5.2 cents to $3.537 per 1,000 cubic feet.
— Wholesale gasoline lost 1.76 cents to $2.8531 per gallon.
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Applications for the 2013 Artist in the Woods program are being accepted. Selected artists will stay in a historic cabin for two weeks in September or October. A stipend will be provided for meals, a portion of travel, and a small portion of supplies. In return, they are asked to donate an original piece of artwork, or a performance from their stay and conduct a workshop for the public.
Applications for the 2013 Artist in the Woods program are being accepted. Selected artists will stay in a historic cabin for two weeks in September or October. A stipend will be provided for meals, a portion of travel, and a small portion of supplies. In return, they are asked to donate an original piece of artwork, or a performance from their stay and conduct a workshop for the public.
Information: (209) 965-3434 ext. 5343 or fs.usda.gov/stanislaus.
April 1 is the deadline for 2013 Senior of the Year applications.
Nominations should be on an organization's letterhead listing all volunteer work the candidate has done.
Eligibility requirements are: A resident and active volunteer of Calaveras County who is 60 or older and not a previous Senior of the Year winner. All entries must be typewritten or electronically printed.
Nomination information should include your and the nominee's names, addresses, phone numbers and email addresses. The nominee's number of years volunteering, organization names, and detailed contributions in Calaveras County should also be listed. Please do not use abbreviations or acronyms.
Nominations should be sent to the Calaveras County Commission on Aging, 891 Mountain Ranch Road, No. 20, San Andreas, CA, 95249.
Information: calaveras countycoa.org.
The American Cancer Society Discovery is accepting donations of costume and collectible jewelry and unique gifts for their Valentine's Day Jewelry Extravaganza from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sundays, 207 E. Alpine Ave., Stockton.
Proceeds from the sale helps fund cancer research, programs and services.
Information: (209) 941-2737.
Be a Library Tourist at 4 p.m. every Wednesday at the Cesar Chavez Library, 605 N. El Dorado St., Stockton.
Learn to search the library catalog, locate materials with ease and search for academic articles for research papers. Find out how a library card entitles you to free services such as e-readers, e-books, music and more.
The tour meets at the first floor Customer Service Desk. No reservation needed.
Information: (209) 937-8221 or (866) 805-7323.
The Cortopassi Family Foundation is accepting nominations for its annual Excellence in Teaching Awards. All nominees must be full-time classroom teachers in public or charter high schools in San Joaquin County, and have at least two years experience in math, science, or alternative education. All nominations must be submitted by their current principals.
Each recipient will receive $5,000 in cash from the Cortopassi Family Foundation and each of their schools will also receive $5,000, to be used for program enhancements in their respective departments.
The nomination deadline is Thursday and the recipients will be honored at an awards ceremony and dinner April 11 at the Stockton Golf and Country Club. Nomination forms and informational packets can be downloaded at sjcoe.org/resource/cortopassi.aspx.
Information: (209) 468-9027.
Mountain House Branch Library will have Paws for Reading from 1 to 3 p.m. on Saturdays, starting this week and Feb. 9, 16 and 23 at 579 Wicklund Crossing, Mountain House.
Children get to practice their reading to a dog from the Therapy Dogs, Inc. group.
Information: (209) 937-8221 or (866) 805-7323.
The AAUW Calaveras Scholarship Trust is accepting College Scholarship applications from graduating high school seniors attending college or vocational school and women returning to college to complete or pursue a degree. The deadline is April 1.
Applications: Beth (209) 728-8905 or firstname.lastname@example.com
To submit a brief, email firstname.lastname@example.com with "LENS briefs" in the subject line. You also may fax information to (209) 943-8570, attn.: LENS briefs.
Submissions must be received at least two weeks before the event date and must include the address of the event and a telephone number in case The Record needs to contact you.