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Doublethink is a process of indoctrination whereby the subject is expected to accept as true that which is clearly false, or to simultaneously accept two mutually contradictory beliefs as correct, often in contravention to one's own memories or sense of reality.[1] Doublethink is related to, but differs from, hypocrisy.
George Orwell invented the word doublethink (as part of Newspeak) in his 1949 dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. In the novel, its origins within the citizenry is unclear; while it could be partly a product of Big Brother's formal brainwashing programs,[2] the novel explicitly shows people learning doublethink and Newspeak due to peer pressure and a desire to "fit in", or gain status within the Party—to be seen as a loyal Party Member. In the novel, for someone to even recognize—let alone mention—any contradiction within the context of the Party line is akin to blasphemy, and could subject that person to disciplinary action and the instant social disapproval of fellow Party Members.
Like many aspects of the dystopian societies reflected in Orwell's writings, Orwell considered doublethink to be a feature of Soviet-style totalitarianism,[3] as reflected in this statement from a speech by Joseph Stalin:
We are for the withering away of the state, and at the same time we stand for the strengthening of the dictatorship, which represents the most powerful and mighty of all forms of the state which have existed up to the present day. The highest development of the power of the state, with the object of preparing the conditions of the withering away of the state: that is the Marxist formula. Is it "contradictory"? Yes, it is "contradictory." But this contradiction is a living thing and wholly reflects the Marxist dialectic.[4]
Origin and concepts[edit]
According to Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell, doublethink is:
To know and not to know, to be conscious of complete truthfulness while telling carefully constructed lies, to hold simultaneously two opinions which cancelled out, knowing them to be contradictory and believing in both of them, to use logic against logic, to repudiate morality while laying claim to it, to believe that democracy was impossible and that the Party was the guardian of democracy, to forget whatever it was necessary to forget, then to draw it back into memory again at the moment when it was needed, and then promptly to forget it again, and above all, to apply the same process to the process itself—that was the ultimate subtlety: consciously to induce unconsciousness, and then, once again, to become unconscious of the act of hypnosis you had just performed. Even to understand the word—doublethink—involved the use of doublethink.[5]
The power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them... To tell deliberate lies while genuinely believing in them, to forget any fact that has become inconvenient, and then, when it becomes necessary again, to draw it back from oblivion for just as long as it is needed, to deny the existence of objective reality and all the while to take account of the reality which one denies—all this is indispensably necessary. Even in using the word doublethink it is necessary to exercise doublethink. For by using the word one admits that one is tampering with reality; by a fresh act of doublethink one erases this knowledge; and so on indefinitely, with the lie always one leap ahead of the truth.[6]
Orwell explains that the Party could not protect its near-absolute power without degrading its people with constant propaganda. Yet knowledge of this brutal deception, even within the Inner Party itself, could lead to the implosion of the State. Although Nineteen Eighty-Four is most famous for the Party's pervasive surveillance of everyday life, this control means that the population of Oceania—all of it and including the ruling elite, but in practice largely excluding the proles—could be controlled and manipulated merely through the alteration of everyday thought and language. Newspeak is the method for controlling thought through language; doublethink is the method of directly controlling thought.
Earlier in the book, doublethink is explained as being able to control your memories, to be able to manually forget something, then to forget about forgetting. This is demonstrated by O'Brien, during the time when Winston Smith is being tortured toward the end of the book.
Newspeak incorporates doublethink, as it contains many words that create assumed associations between contradictory meanings, especially true of fundamentally important words such as good and evil, right and wrong, truth and falsehood, and justice and injustice.
The demand for doublethink was especially difficult on employees of the Records Department in the Ministry of Truth. The department's responsibility was to falsify historic records, even recent ones, by means of rewrite and deletion, all so that the Party could maintain the illusion that everything it had ever said and done was perfect and consistent. Yet, despite their direct role in this systematic deception, these same workers were still expected to believe the most recently created version of history, or face severe penalty if they failed. As revealed in Goldstein's Book, the Ministry's name is itself an example of doublethink: the Ministry of Truth is really concerned with lies. The other ministries of Airstrip One are similarly named: the Ministry of Peace is concerned with war, the Ministry of Love is concerned with torture, and the Ministry of Plenty is concerned with starvation. The three slogans of the Party—War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery, and Ignorance is Strength—are also examples.[1]
Moreover, doublethink's self-deception allows the Party to maintain huge goals and realistic expectations:
If one is to rule, and to continue ruling, one must be able to dislocate the sense of reality. For the secret of rulership is to combine a belief in one's own infallibility with the power to learn from past mistakes.
Thus each Party member could be a credulous pawn but would never lack relevant information, the Party being both fanatical and well informed and thus unlikely either to "ossify" or "grow soft" and collapse. Doublethink would avoid a "killing the messenger" attitude that could disturb the Command structure. Thus doublethink is the key tool of self-discipline for the Party, complementing the state-imposed discipline of propaganda and the police state. These tools together hide the government's evil not just from the people but from the government itself—but without the confusion and misinformation associated with primitive totalitarian regimes.
Doublethink is critical in allowing the Party to know what its true goals are without recoiling from them, avoiding the conflation of a regime's egalitarian propaganda with its true purpose.[citation needed]
Paradoxically, during the long and harrowing process in which the protagonist Winston Smith is systematically tortured and broken, he contemplates using doublethink as the ultimate recourse in his rebellion—to let himself become consciously a loyal party member while letting his hatred of the party remain an unconscious presence deep in his mind and let it surface again at the very moment of his execution so that "the bullet would enter a free mind" with which the Thought Police would not have a chance to tamper again.
Since 1949 (when Nineteen Eighty-Four was published) the word doublethink has become synonymous with relieving cognitive dissonance by ignoring the contradiction between two world views—or even of deliberately seeking to relieve cognitive dissonance. Some schools of psychotherapy such as cognitive therapy encourage people to alter their own thoughts as a way of treating different psychological maladies (see cognitive distortions).
Orwell's "doublethink" is also credited with having inspired the commonly used term "doublespeak", which itself does not appear in the book. Comparisons have been made between doublespeak and Orwell's descriptions on political speech from his essay "Politics and the English Language", in which "unscrupulous politicians, advertisers, religionists, and other doublespeakers of whatever stripe continue to abuse language for manipulative purposes".[7]
See also[edit]
- ^ a b McArthur, Tom, ed. (1992). The Oxford Companion to the English Language. Oxford University Press. p. 321. ISBN 0-19-214183-X.
The paradox is expressed most succinctly in the novel in the three Party slogans: War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery, and Ignorance is Strength. The term is widely used to describe a capacity to engage in one line of thought in one situation (at work, in a certain group, in business, etc.) and another line in another situation (at home, in another group, in private life), without necessarily sensing any conflict between the two.
- ^ Such as for example, the seemingly formal brainwashing program that broke Winston Smith.
- ^ "Orwell and totalitarianism - Digital Done Write". Digital Done Write. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
- ^ Address to the 16th Congress of the Russian Communist Party (1930) Quoted in: Alfred B. Evans, Soviet Marxism-Leninism: The Decline of an Ideology p. 39
- ^ Orwell, George (1949). Nineteen Eighty-Four. Martin Secker & Warburg Ltd, London, part 1, chapter 3, p. 32
- ^ Orwell, George (1949). Nineteen Eighty-Four. Martin Secker & Warburg Ltd, London, part 2, chapter 9, p. 220
- ^ Kehl, D. G.; Livingston (July 1999). "Doublespeak Detection for the English Classroom". English Journal. 88 (6): 78. doi:10.2307/822191. JSTOR 822191.
External links[edit]
- "From 1984 to One-Dimensional Man." by Douglas Kellner
- Commentary by Karen von Hardenberg of The Trincoll Journal


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Most fake trees (85%) in the U.S. are imported from China according to the U.S. Commerce Department.
As noted in the Washington Post, "On the concrete floors of Zhang's Shuitou Company factory, migrant workers, most earning about $100 a month, squat in front of hissing machinery as they melt chips into moldable plastic..."
Read the full article from the Washington Post.
Most artificial Christmas trees are made of metals and plastics. The plastic material, typically PVC, can be a potential source of hazardous lead.
The Healthy Child Healthy World organization strongly recommends not letting children around plastic tree imitations
The potential for lead poisoning is great enough that fake trees made in China are required by California Prop 65 to have a warning label.
Read more about the effects of lead poisoning.
View a 2007 report from CNN on the dangers of lead in holiday decorations, such as fake trees and wreaths:
Some fake trees have a wooden center pole. In 2004, the U.S. Department of Agriculture placed a quarantine on fake trees from China, which had a potentially harmful beetle in the center pole.
Actually fake trees were invented by a company who made toilet bowl brushes, the Addis Brush Company. Regardless of how far the technology has come, it's still interesting to know the first fake Christmas trees were really just big green toilet bowl brushes. Read the article.
Overloaded electrical outlets and faulty wires are the most common causes of holiday fires in residences - these are just as likely to affect artificial trees as Real Trees.
In 2004, the Farmington Hills Fire Department in metropolitan Detroit conducted a test of how real and artificial trees react in a house fire. The artificial tree, which was advertised as "flame retardant," did resist the flames for an amount of time, but then was engulfed in flames and projected significant heat and toxic smoke, containing hydrogen chloride gas and dioxin.
Below are the before, during and after photos of the artificial tree.
Artificial trees are a petroleum-based product manufactured primarily in Chinese factories. The average family uses a fake tree for only six to nine years before throwing it away, where it will remain in a landfill indefinitely. That's a pretty hefty, long-term environmental burden. And as mentioned before, the polyvinyl chloride (PVC) used in most artificial trees has been boycotted by many environmental groups.
This issue is especially concerning due to China's weak enforcement of environmental regulations. Delta Farm Press recently addressed China's environmental crisis in this article.
A farm-grown, real Christmas tree has the upper hand. While they're growing, Real Christmas Trees absorb carbon dioxide and other gases and emit fresh oxygen. They are grown on farms just like any crop. Christmas tree farmers plant new seedlings every spring to replace those harvested. There are about 350 million conifer trees growing on Christmas tree farms in the U.S. alone. These trees would not exist if not planted by Christmas tree farmers. Christmas Trees farms stabilize the soil, protect water supplies and support complex eco-systems. And of course, farm-grown Christmas trees can be recycled, whereas fake trees cannot.
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If you can think for yourself, are passionate about questioning assumptions and open to a bit of subversion read this book! Here is your chance to have your mind opened if you will allow it.
Gilbert gives herself to the conundrum of commitment as only a very bright questioner of authority could. She gamely challenges her own nagging doubts about the institution of marriage. She explores the twisted route (or roots) of its transformation, and maps its frequent changes over the last few centuries.
If you are perfectly comfortable following the prescribed societal routines, if you are deep-fried in any kind of fundamentalist religious beliefs and opposed to discovering historical context that might rattle your adamantine notions, if you expect this book to sing the praises of the bloated undertaking that is currently assumed to fulfill all a girl's princess-shaped fantasies, go elsewhere.
That's the Amazon review I wrote this morning for Elizabeth Gilbert's Committed: A Sceptic Makes Peace with Marriage. I was irritated by reviews obviously written by a.) People who were pissed that this book wasn't Eat, Pray, Love 2 or b.) jealous academicians who wished they could have gone to Italy,India and Bali, met a beautiful Brazilian man and had to research marriage before doing the deed with their passionate lover.
Come on, haters! Open your hearts. Go buy a buddha at Two Buttons Import meditate, chill. Let go of your anger.
Getting what you want in life does have something to do with surrendering your lame fear-based plans, opening up to what life/god/providence will offer if you can let go of your assumptions, see the real thing and grab it.
LGBT friends, this book is full of good information that may potentially correct the mind of fundamentalist-blind or uninformed anti-gay marriage folks to whom you may be related in some way.
Excerpt from committed after Gilbert has realized people have always created the secreted, loving unions they need and want inspite of what the man says in recognizable in the name of the state, law, or religion.
pg. 264 — "It is not we as individuals, then, who must bend uncomfortably around the institution of marriage; rather, it is the institution of marriage that has to bend uncomfortably around us. Because "they" (the-powers-that-be) have never been entirely able to stop "us" (two people). from connecting our lives together and creating a secret world of our own. And so "they" eventually have no choice but to legally permit "us" to marry, in some shape or form, no matter how restrictive their ordinances may appear. The government hops along behind its people, struggling to keep up, desperately and belatedly (and often ineffectually and even comically) creating rules and mores around something we were always going to do anyhow, like it or not."


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First Posted : July 27, 2004
Last Update Posted : February 6, 2017
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|Condition or disease
|Childhood Absence Epilepsy Petit Mal Epilepsy Epilepsy Seizures
|Drug: ethosuximide Drug: lamotrigine Drug: valproic acid
|Phase 3
Childhood absence epilepsy (CAE) is a common pediatric epilepsy syndrome that affects 10 to 15 percent of all children with epilepsy. Individuals with CAE have brief staring spell seizures that occur suddenly, unpredictably, and frequently throughout the day. These seizures impair the children's ability to learn and play, and lead to higher injury rates.
There are many medications used to treat seizures, but only 3 generally are used as the first treatment for children with CAE: ethosuximide, lamotrigine, and valproic acid. The goal of this study is to determine which of these 3 medicines is the best first choice as treatment for children with CAE.
Approximately 439 children, recruited over a 3-year period at 32 medical centers in the US, will take part in this 5-year study. Participants will be randomly given one of the 3 common CAE treatments—ethosuximide, lamotrigine, or valproic acid—and will make regular visits to a clinic every 1 to 3 months for approximately 2 years. During the visits, participants will undergo regular testing to determine if the medicine is working, to watch for side effects, and to help researchers learn more about the responses to these medicines. In addition, researchers hope to develop methods that may be used in the future to help choose the best medicine for each individual diagnosed with CAE.
Also included in the study will be pharmacokinetics and pharmacogenetics research. Pharmacokinetics is the study of how the body absorbs, distributes, metabolizes, and excretes drugs. Pharmacogenetics is the study of genetic determinants of the response to drugs. Knowledge gained from this study may lead to individualized treatment for children with CAE, and may also be beneficial for other pediatric and adult seizure disorders.
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|Actual Enrollment :
|453 participants
|Intervention Model:
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|Triple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator)
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|Official Title:
|Childhood Absence Epilepsy Rx PK-PD-Pharmacogenetics Study
|Actual Study Start Date :
|July 2004
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|January 2013
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|August 31, 2016
Active Comparator: 1
Drug: ethosuximide
Ethosuximide is a common treatment for childhood absence epilepsy.
Active Comparator: 2
Drug: lamotrigine
Lamotrigine is a common treatment for childhood absence epilepsy.
Active Comparator: 3
valproic acid
Drug: valproic acid
Valproic acid is a common treatment for childhood absence epilepsy.
- treatment failure [ Time Frame: evaluated during study period 2 weeks to 5 years ]
- Omission errors and the overall Confidence Index(CIOI)of the CPT-II and the K-CPT--for attention. [ Time Frame: evaluated during study period, 2 weeks to 5 years ]
- CBCL--for behavior. [ Time Frame: evaluated during study period, 2 weeks to 5 years ]
- QOLCE--for quality of life. [ Time Frame: evaluated during study period, 2 weeks to 5 years ]
- Freedom from seizures. [ Time Frame: evaluated during study period, 2 weeks to 5 years ]
- Having a treatment-limiting adverse event. [ Time Frame: evaluated during study period, 2 weeks to 5 years ]
- Drug exposure levels and metabolite levels. [ Time Frame: evaluated during study period, 2 weeks to 5 years ]
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|Ages Eligible for Study:
|30 Months to 13 Years (Child)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Diagnosis: Clinical diagnosis of Childhood Absence Epilepsy consistent with the International League against Epilepsy Proposal for Revised Classification of Epilepsies and Epileptic Syndromes (3).
- EEG: Interictal EEG demonstrating bilateral synchronous symmetrical approximate 3 Hz spike waves on a normal background with at least one burst lasting >/= (greater than or equal to) 3 seconds.
- Age > 2.5 years and < 13 years of age at study entry.
- Body weight >/= (greater than or equal to) 10 kilograms.
- Body Mass Index: BMI for age =/< 99th percentile (based on the CDC BMI for age growth curves for boys/girls [http://www.cdc.gov/growthcharts], Appendix 1).
- Hepatic:
- AST/ALT < 2.5 times the upper limit of normal
- Total bilirubin < 1.5 times the upper limit of normal.
- Hematologic:
- Absolute neutrophil count >/= (greater than or equal to) 1500/mm3.
- Platelets >/= (greater than or equal to) 120, 000 /mm3.
- Female subjects must be premenarchal at the time of enrollment and must be willing to practice abstinence for the duration of the study.
- Parent/legal guardian(s) willing to sign an IRB approved informed consent.
- Subject assent (when appropriate and as dictated by local IRB).
Exclusion Criteria:
- Treatment for CAE with anti-seizure medications (AED) for a period of greater than 7 days prior to randomization.
- History of a major psychiatric disease (e.g., psychosis, major depression).
- History of autism or pervasive development disorder.
- History of non-febrile seizures other than typical absence seizures. This includes a history of an afebrile generalized tonic clonic seizure.
- Clinical signs and symptoms consistent with a diagnosis of juvenile absence epilepsy or juvenile myoclonic epilepsy as delineated by the International League against Epilepsy Proposal for Revised Classification of Epilepsies and Epileptic Syndromes (3).
- History of recent or present significant or medical disease, i.e., cardiovascular, hepatic, renal, gynecologic, musculoskeletal, metabolic, or endocrine.
- History of a severe dermatologic reaction (e.g., Stevens Johnson, toxic epidermolysis necrosis) to medication.
- Subject or parent/legal guardian might not be reasonably expected to be compliant with or to complete the study.
- Participation in a trial of an investigational drug or device within 30 days prior to screening.
- Use of systemic contraceptive for any indication, including acne.
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00088452
|Principal Investigator:
|Tracy A. Glauser, MD
|Professor of Pediatrics and Neurology and Director of the Comprehensive Epilepsy Center, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
|Principal Investigator:
|Peter Adamson, MD
|Professor of Pediatrics and Pharmacology, Chief of Division of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Director of Office of Clinical and Translational Research, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
|Principal Investigator:
|Avital Cnaan, PhD
|Director, Multi-Center Studies Section, Children's National Medical Center
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|First Posted:
|July 27, 2004 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|February 6, 2017
|Last Verified:
|February 2017
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By Keith Coffman
DENVER (Reuters) — An attorney for accused
Colorado movie theater gunman James Holmes said on Friday that the
defense will petition the U.S. Supreme Court to force a reporter to
divulge confidential sources she used for a story about the massacre.
The move comes in response to a ruling in December by the New York
State Court of Appeals that a state shield law for journalists
protected the New York-based reporter for Fox News, Jana Winter,
from revealing her confidential sources.
Holmes, 26, is charged with multiple counts of first-degree murder
and attempted murder for opening fire inside a suburban Denver
cinema during a late screening of the Batman film "The Dark Knight
Rises" in July 2012.
The mass shooting left 12 people dead and 70 wounded or otherwise
injured in the melee. Holmes has pleaded not guilty by reason of
insanity, and prosecutors have said they will seek the death penalty
if he is convicted.
Days after the massacre, Fox News published an online story from
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his plans to commit mass murder. The article indicated two unnamed
law enforcement officials had shared the information with Winter.
Lawyers for Holmes said that whoever leaked the information had
violated a gag order by the judge then overseeing the case.
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Arapahoe County Judge William Sylvester, who previously presided
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that it is unreliable, and on Friday cross-examined FBI forensic
examiner Brett Mills over his findings.
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week on whether Holmes should undergo a further sanity examination.
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IN the past few years, especially in Queensland and Northern NSW, we have experienced devastation and tragedy from storms.
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RECORD-breaking flooding has caused hundreds of millions of dollars in damage in south-west Queensland, with more downpours expected.
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Thursday, March 29, 2012
Something for the Weekend
BBC Panorama, broadcast April 1st 1957
Wishing you all a wonderful weekend, try not to get caught out on Sunday Morning!
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Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Still Mad For Mad Men
Just watched the first two episodes of Mad Men, It's as good as ever and I am simply mad for Megans wardrobe, especially this coral zig zag coat. I could not even go to to the loo or make a cup of tea during the ad breaks as on Sky Atlantic most of the adverts were original ads from the sixties, don't know whose idea this was but what a stroke of genius...roll on next Tuesday.
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Monday, March 26, 2012
A Little Bird Story II
Indignant (and with all reason to be) Mrs Dove
I came home from grocery shopping the other week, I plonked my shopping basket on the kitchen table and MG shouted from the terrace "be careful of the eggs" I looked at the kitchen table and saw two perfect, off white, smooth, opaque and still warm perfect little eggs, Dove eggs to be precise, only narrowly missed from being splattered by my shopping basket.
Spring is well and truly here in the Pyrenees and our resident Ring Collared Doves have been busy. That is until MG wielded his chainsaw and lopped a few branches off a giant Bay tree, a squawking, very cross Dove flew out and a nest dropped into MG's hands with the two eggs inside. We tried to save the eggs, I made a new nest, out of a cardboard box, packing material and cotton wool, placed them on a bookshelf and directed the office desk lamp onto them... to no avail I am afraid.
After this our Doves have once again been very busy flying about with twigs, they have now made a new nest, that just happens to be in the Neflier tree, which shades the terrace and is overlooked by our balcony, (I think they have figured, those stupid humans ain't going to be messing with this tree) they have laid new eggs and are now in the process of incubating them, they even let me peer into the tree and let me photograph the process, under the circumstances I think they have been very forgiving, I will keep you posted of all new developments...
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Thursday, March 22, 2012
Isabella Rossellini
I watched a program today that featured Isabella Rossellini, wow... there she was as she is, with no artifice. Intelligent, elegant, gracious, warm and beautiful, no plastic surgery, every line on her face clear to see. I decided she is someone who comes across as a beautiful person on the inside as well as the outside, this is a woman of substance and style. I feel like I grew up with her, I suspect many people feel the same way. In the eighties it was hard to open a magazine without seeing her image, there were her edgy film choices, she was unforgettable in Blue Velvet and then there was the Lancôme campaign which she fronted for so many years before being dropped by Lancôme in her forties for being deemed too old.
Here in France, we hardly see or hear of her any more, she has never gone out of her way to court the limelight, one gets the impression she makes her choices on her own terms, things she really believes in. As a woman wearing casual clothes and no make up she is a natural beauty, when she turns up the volume with make up, signature dark red lipstick and jewellery (this is a lady who knows how to wear jewellery). She blows others out of the water. Isabella is a lady growing older gracefully, she is a true icon and she was there all along.
With her Mother, screen legend Ingrid Bergman (Isabella's resemblance to her Mother is uncanny)
Even at a young age her signature style is evident, simple lines and great jewellery
With David Lynch, Helmut Newton
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As Marella Agnelli in Infamous
As well as her acting and modelling career Isabella is also a writer, film-maker, Mother and Philanthropist, she is on the board of Wildlife Conservation Network, she is also involved with training guide dogs for the blind and president and director of the Howard Gilman Foundation, a leading institution focused on the preservation of wildlife, arts, photography and dance.
Her latest acting roll is playing Gabriella Guglielmi-Valentino in 'Silent Life' a silent film based on the life of Rudolph Valentino which will be released later this year, below is the trailer.
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Friday, March 9, 2012
Something For The Weekend
The late, Great,
the Jack Russell, takes a dislike to the sound equipment and once again upstages his Master, British TV Chef and Restaurateur Rick Stein.
I promise this is not turning into a dog blog but I could not resist this.
Wishing you all a wonderful weekend.
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Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Apologies for my blogging hiatus, for various reasons, I am currently rethinking this blog, will fill you in soon. In the meantime I leave you with THE very handsome, charismatic, intense, charming and extremely wise, the one and only, Crusoe.
This is the face that stares me awake every morning, when the intense staring does not awaken me he jumps on and off the bed and if that fails, he brings a shoe or a boot and kicks it around the room until I get up! Except when it's raining, this is when I have a chance to get my own back, it is my turn to drag Crusoe away from his slumbers and his cosy, comfy bed.
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He really likes using in-game replacements for his position players. His batters have fewer complete games than most of their opponents. He also does an above-average job making sure his batters and pitchers have the platoon advantage. Valentine will vary his batting order from day to day. ...Also: Randall Brown's five-part series - "Blood and Base Ball" - about the game during the Civil War: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
[But] it would be unfair and inaccurate to portray Valentine as always getting himself involved just for the sake of getting himself involved. His bullpen usage has generally been fairly normal. He's fairly average when it comes to issuing intentional walks. Also, he prefers to play for the big inning rather than one run at a time. He calls for sacrifice hits and calls on his runners to steal about as often as most managers do.
The best tool I know for evaluating managers came from a friend named Phil Birnbaum. He created two algorithms, one for hitters and the other for pitchers , designed to see how well a player under/overperformed in a given season. ... When applied to managers, it's a handy way of seeing who got the most or least out of the talent at hand. ... In short, the results make sense and pass the smell test.
[Valentine's] hitters and pitchers both exceeded projections; +76 for his hitters and +151 for pitchers. In all, that's 227 extra runs, which is among the top 30 ever. That's pretty damn good. ...
Is it a good hire? It should be. Valentine always had a reputation as a good manager. People often find him to be arrogant and cocky, but no one has ever called him stupid.
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Blender 3D: Noob to Pro/Blender Interface
Here's a preview screenshot of Blender's interface.
For those familiar with older versions of Blender, this will look very different. The redesign makes it much easier to find things.
For a detailed rationale explaining the redesign, read this.
Why Doesn't It Follow UI Conventions For [Insert OS Of Choice Here]?[edit]
Blender follows its own user interface conventions. Instead of making use of multiple windows as defined by your particular OS/GUI, it creates its own "windows" within a single OS/GUI window, which is best sized to fill your screen. Many people accustomed to how applications normally work on their platform of choice, get annoyed by Blender's insistence on being different. However, there is a good reason for it.
The essence of the Blender UI can be summed up in one word: workflow. Blender was originally created by a 3D graphics shop for their own in-house use. Being a key revenue engine for them, they designed it for maximum productivity, speed and smoothness of operation. That means avoiding "bumps" that slow down the user. For example, windows never overlap, so there's no need to keep reordering them. You don't have to click in a window to make it active, just move the mouse. There is a minimum of interruption from popups asking for more information before performing some action. Instead, the action is immediately performed with default settings, which you can adjust afterwards and get immediate feedback on the results.
Blender may not be "intuitive" to start learning, in that you cannot simply sit down in front of it and figure out things on your own, especially from a position of knowing nothing at all. But once you have picked up some basic conventions, you will find it starts to make sense and then you will be free to experiment and discover things on your own.
Why Doesn't It Prompt To Save Changes?[edit]
Most modern applications will ask for confirmation if you try to close a document that has unsaved changes. Blender is frequently criticized for not doing so.
But think about it. What constitutes an "unsaved change"? Are switching tools or adjusting the window layout changes worth saving? In Blender's case, the answer is "yes", because all that is part of the document state to be restored upon opening. So Blender would have to prompt for confirmation practically every time you closed a document or quit Blender.
Instead, Blender always saves changes when it closes, to a file called 'quit.blend'. The next time you use Blender, simply select File → Recover Last Session and you can resume right where you left off.
However, as of Blender version 2.79, you are warned on exit when there are unsaved changes. You can change this behaviour in User preferences / Interface / Warnings / Prompt Quit.


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This essay, like the one I posted last month on faux-vintage photography, is me hashing out ideas as part of my larger dissertation project on self-documentation and social media. Part I is found here.A barrage of media stories are professing the "Death of Anonymity," the "End of Forgetting" and an "Era of Omniscience." They are screaming a sensationalism that is part of the larger project to drum up fear about how "public" we are when using social media. While there are indeed risks involved with using social media, these articles engage in a risky hyperbole that I will try to counter-balance here.
Part I of this essay rethought claims of hyper-publicity by theoretically reorienting the concept of publicity itself. Using theorists like Bataille and Baudrillard, I argue that being public is not the end of privacy but instead has everything to do with it. Social media is more like a fan dance: a game of reveal and conceal. Today, I will further take to task our collective tendency to overstate publicity in the age of social media. Sensationalizing the risks of "living in public" perpetuates the stigma around an imperfect social media presence, intensifying the very risk we hope to avoid. But first, let's look at examples of this sensationalism.
I. Media Sensationalism
Pointing out the dangers of living public online is an important task, but sensationalizing this risk is all too common. Indeed, the media has a long history of sensationalizing all sorts of risks, creating fear to drum up ratings, sales, clicks and page-views. From sexting to cyberbullying to the loss of "deep" learning, political activism, and "real" social connections, I've written many times about how the media has found social media to be a particularly fertile space to exploit fear for profit. Read More »


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check out a tree using the instructions below and add yourself
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Then produce a diff to that file and circulate it to the
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The list of folks with write access to the repository can be found in the MAINTAINERS file in the GCC distribution.
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The following is meant to provide a very quick overview of how to check in a change. It is not meant to be a replacement for the SVN manual but instead a supplement. The SVN manual is available both as part of the SVN source distribution, as well as at the book Version Control with Subversion.
In all the commands listed below, you can give an explicit list of filenames to the SVN command. We recommend you list files explicitly when performing checkins to avoid accidental checkins of local code.
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update" before attempting a checkin; this will save you a little
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synced your sources. It will also identify any files in your local
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Here's an actual check-in session for a patch John Carr recently sent to the GCC list. This was the ChangeLog for his change:
Sun Feb 8 08:02:13 1998 John Carr <firstname.lastname@example.com> * bitmap.c (bitmap_debug_file): HOST_PTR_PRINTF converts a pointer, not a HOST_WIDE_INT. * calls.c (expand_call): Change test of expand_inline_function return value to stop compiler warning. * genattrtab.c (RTL_HASH): Cast pointer to long, not HOST_WIDE_INT.
[/law/gcc] svn update ? libobjc ? gcc/.ada ? gcc/jump.c.SAVE ? gcc/loop.c.SAVE M MAINTAINERS M Makefile.in M gcc/loop.c M gcc/cp/parse.c M gcc/objc/Make-lang.in M gcc/objc/Makefile.in At revision 105932
The question marks indicate files in my local repository that are not part of the official sources. The "M" indicates files I've changed locally for some unrelated work -- thus I have to be careful to avoid checking them in. A "U" would have indicated a file that SVN updated because my local copy was out of date relative to the master sources.
The local repository is now up to date.
[/law/gcc/gcc] patch < ~/Mail/gcc/pendingpatches/42 Hmm... Looks like a new-style context diff to me... The text leading up to this was: [ uninteresting text deleted ] |*** bitmap.c.egcs Sat Dec 20 06:31:11 1997 |--- bitmap.c Sun Feb 8 08:01:32 1998 -------------------------- Patching file bitmap.c using Plan A... Hunk #1 succeeded at 563. Hunk #2 succeeded at 573. Hmm... The next patch looks like a new-style context diff to me... The text leading up to this was: -------------------------- |*** calls.c.egcs Sun Feb 8 07:44:02 1998 |--- calls.c Sun Feb 8 08:00:08 1998 -------------------------- Patching file calls.c using Plan A... Hunk #1 succeeded at 730. Hmm... The next patch looks like a new-style context diff to me... The text leading up to this was: -------------------------- |*** genattrtab.c.egcs Sun Feb 8 07:44:04 1998 |--- genattrtab.c Sun Feb 8 08:05:36 1998 -------------------------- Patching file genattrtab.c using Plan A... Hunk #1 succeeded at 506. done
ChangeLog entries should be handled as straight text; patches against ChangeLogs rarely apply correctly.
The patch and its associated
ChangeLog entry are in my
local tree; now I run
svn diff on the modified files and
review the output, verifying that it only contains the changes we want.
[/law/gcc/gcc] svn diff bitmap.c calls.c genattrtab.c
Review the changed files to see if any copyrights need updating, in this particular case all three needed their copyrights updated.
[/law/gcc/gcc] vi bitmap.c calls.c genattrtab.c
[/law/gcc/gcc] svn commit ChangeLog bitmap.c calls.c genattrtab.c
My editor starts and I enter the log message; the lines starting
This line, and those below, will be ignored are automatically
added by SVN and will be automatically removed:
* bitmap.c (bitmap_debug_file): HOST_PTR_PRINTF converts a pointer, not a HOST_WIDE_INT. * calls.c (expand_call): Change test of expand_inline_function return value to stop compiler warning. * genattrtab.c (RTL_HASH): Cast pointer to long, not HOST_WIDE_INT. --This line, and those below, will be ignored-- M ChangeLog M bitmap.c M calls.c M genattrtab.c
Now write & quit from the editor, and SVN will start the actual checkin process....
Sending ChangeLog Sending bitmap.c Sending calls.c Sending genattrtab.c Transmitting file data . Committed revision 105933. [/law/gcc/gcc]
And that's it!
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Clear the path, a Wedge Partners analyst is saying that Apple will ease consumers with a 27-inch iMac with built-in TV functionality, testing the waters, before going all in to sell full-fledged Apple HDTVs or iTVs or whatever it'll be called.
This nugget of info comes from Wedge Partner's Brian Blair via Forbes:
"We think this makes sense because while we typically think about the newest TV's hanging on the wall in large form factors, Apple could effectively start with what they already have on the manufacturing line and slowly push their offering from 27 inches and scale up from there to 32 inches and then move on to the 42, 50 and 55 inch market," he writes. "In short, we believe the initial Apple TV is their iMac computer that can function as a TV, over the iCloud platform."
No mention of any sort of Siri function in Forbes' report on Blair's statement, either.
I'm extremely cautious as to predictions made by analysts (as they tend to often be completely wrong than right) and 9to5Mac's Jordan Kahn calls BS on it as well, suggesting that although Apple killed Front Row in OS X Lion, an iTV would likely be based on the company's simplified operating system: iOS.
Still, the rumors must continue to drip, and the latest is from Smarthouse. Reporting for Smarthouse, David Richards says that his sources in Japan point to Apple using an "A6 processor" that's due for the iPad 3 in 2012, and a Siri-like voice control. iTV screens will range from 32-inch models to 55-inch ones.
With rumors this strong, there's going to be a lot of expectations for Apple to deliver a revolutionary new TV. An iMac with TV functions or a TV tuner — something many PCs have had for years — isn't going to make any waves. And we all know how Apple only likes to play in markets it can dominate in. If it isn't going to be "magical" it's not going to happen.


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WinJS: Using the Windows Store Library for JavaScript
Part of the advantage of ramping up to write Windows Store apps is that you can utilize your existing knowledge of HTML, CSS and Javascript.
The Windows Library for JavaScript (referred to as WinJS) extends the support for Javascript in Windows Store apps, has a number of helper functions for common app development scenarios. In the article below, we'll talk about how to get started with WinJS for creating custom types and namespaces, as well as handling and managing event listeners.
Defining and deriving types with WinJS.Class
In the sections below, we'll talk about how you can use the define and derive methods in the WinJS library to quickly create your own custom types, and specify their property constructors.
The WinJS.Class.define function is a helper function for defining a JavaScript type. You supply a constructor function, a set of "instance" members (which are defined on the prototype of the type), and a set of "static" members (which are defined on the type itself).
The properties that are added to the prototype of an object appear on any object that is instantiated by calling its constructor function, but the properties added to the type directly belong only to the type itself.
For example, let's say we want to define a class Robot, which has an instance property name and a static property harmsHumans. The modelName property belongs to the individual objects created with Robot(name) contstructor function, but the harmsHuman property is valid for all Robot objects.
Using WinJS.Class.define
var Robot = WinJS.Class.define( function(name) { this.name = name; }, { modelName: "" }, { harmsHumans: false }); var myRobot = new Robot("Mickey"); myRobot.modelName = "4500"; Robot.harmsHumans = false;
Pure Javascript
function Robot(name) { this.name = name; } Robot.prototype.modelName = '4500'; Robot.harmsHumans = false;
WinJS.Class.define offers helpful shortcuts for defining properties. In JavaScript you can customize the behavior of properties by using a property descriptor. WinJS.Class.define treats a given object as a property descriptor. For example, if you want to use a computed value for modelName, in JavaScript without Windows Library for JavaScript you need the following code:
Using WinJS.Class.define
var Robot = WinJS.Class.define( function (name) { this.name = name; }, { modelName: { get: function () { return this.computeModelName(); } } } );
Pure Javascript
Object.defineProperty(Robot.prototype, "modelName", { get: function () { this.computeModelName(); } });
This way, if you use WinJS to define your custom types in your Windows Store app, you can define the setters and getters of properties within the WinJS.Class.define code block.
The WinJS.Class.derive is a similar helper function that you can use to derive one custom Javascript type from another. It behaves much like WinJS.Class.define, except that it uses the prototype that you provide to construct the derived type by calling Object.create.
The following code shows how to derive a SpaceRobot type from the Robot type.
var SpaceRobot = WinJS.Class.derive(Robot, function (name) { this.name = name; }, { airSupply: "" }, { saveSelf: true }); var mySpaceRobot = new SpaceRobot("Myra"); mySpaceRobot.airSupply = "oxygen"; var save = SpaceRobot.saveSelf;
Organizing your code with WinJS.Namespace
In addition to creating custom types, you might want to organize these types into your own custom namespace, so that you can reference them conveniently and consistently through your code. The WinJS.Namespace.define function allows you to create your own namespace as a way of organizing your code.
When you create a type or other element in a namespace, you reference it from outside the namespace by using its qualified name: Namespace.Type.
NOTE: You should define your elements before you define the namespace, and simply add references to these elements inside the namespace definition. If you define your elements inside the namespace definition, you may try to use the this keyword to erroneously refer to other members of the namespace.
In general, the best way to define namespace members is to do so inside a module closure, defining the namespace elements first and then adding them to the namespace definition. The members must be defined before they are added to the namespace definition.
Let's look at an example below:
function () { var Robot = WinJS.Class.define(function (name) { this.name = name; }, { modelName: "" }, { harmsHumans: false, obeysOrders: true } ); WinJS.Namespace.define("Robotics", { Robot: Robot }); }
As you can see, you should define your elements before you define the namespace, and simply add references to these elements in the namespace definition.
Later, to create a new object of the type Robot, you call the members of the Robotics namespace as follows
var myRobot = new Robotics.Robot("Sam"); var harm = Robotics.Robot.harmsHumans;
You should not to refer to the namespace before it is defined. If you do so, as in the code below, you get the error "namespace name is undefined."
//Example of namespace defined in the wrong order //first user defines type Robot var Robot = WinJS.Class.define(function (name) { this.name = name; }, { modelName: "" }, { harmsHumans: false, obeysOrders: true } ); //The user calls constructor function in Robotics namespace, without having first defined the namespace var myRobot = new Robotics.Robot("mike"); WinJS.Namespace.define("Robotics", { Robot: Robot }); //Bad robot!
You can also add properties and functions to a namespace multiple times if you need to, i.e. after you've already defined the namespace. For example, you might want to define a function in a different file from the one in which the rest of the namespace elements are defined to keep your code organized. You may even want to write that function once and then add it to several namespaces (in the separate file).
In the following code, WinJS.Namespace.define is called twice to add the getAllRobots function and the findRobot function to the Robotics namespace.
var Robot = WinJS.Class.define( function(name) { this.name = name; }); function getAllRobots() { return allRobots; } var allRobots = [ new Robot("mike"), new Robot("ellen") ]; WinJS.Namespace.define("Robotics", { Robot: Robot, getAllRobots: getAllRobots }); function findRobot(robotName) { for (var i in allRobots) { if (allRobots[i].name == robotName) { return allRobots[i]; } } } WinJS.Namespace.define("Robotics", { findRobot: findRobot });
Nesting Namespaces
You can create nested namespaces by defining individual namespaces with dot notation, for example "Robotics.Search". (However, it's not a good idea to use a lot of nesting in your code, because nesting can make the code very complex.)
Here's an example of a nested namespace:
var Robot = WinJS.Class.define( function(name) { this.name = name; }); function findRobot(robotName) { for (var i in allRobots) { if (allRobots[i].name == robotName) { return allRobots[i]; } } } var allRobots = [ new Robot("mike"), new Robot("ellen") ]; function getAllRobots() { return allRobots; } WinJS.Namespace.define("Robotics", { Robot: Robot }); WinJS.Namespace.define("Robotics.Search", { findRobot: findRobot }); var robot = Robotics.Search.findRobot("mike");
The namespace examples above show how you can organize your types and their related functions in different ways using WinJS.Namespace.define
Adding functionality with WinJS mixins
Mixins are objects that implement a certain class of functionality. For example, in the Windows Library for JavaScript there are mixins that manage events and mixins that handle DOM binding. Mixins aren't designed to be used directly, but you can use them to add functionality to your types. Mixins contain implemented functions that can be added to many types.
Think of a mixin as an abstract base class, which is not intended for direct consumption i.e. instantiation, without subclassing. Additionally, a class or object may "inherit" most or all of its functionality from one or more mixins, therefore mixins can be thought of as a mechanism of multiple inheritance.
The examples below show how to extend our Robot class by creating our own mixins. This code shows how to define a Movable mixin that contains functions goForward, goBackward, turnRight, and turnLeft and use WinJS.Class.mix to add it to the Robot class. (NOTE: You need to add a DIV element with an ID of "div" to make this example work.)
WinJS.Namespace.define("Robotics", { Robot: WinJS.Class.define( function(name) { this.name = name; }, { name: name }, { harmsHumans: false, obeysOrders: true }) }); var Movable = { goForward: function () { document.getElementById("div").innerText = "go forward"; }, goBack: function () { document.getElementById("div").innerText = "go back"; }, turnRight: function () { document.getElementById("div").innerText = "turn right"; }, turnLeft: function () { document.getElementById("div").innerText = "turn left"; }; //here is Where we extend our Robot type be adding the functionality from Movable. WinJS.Class.mix(Robotics.Robot, Movable); var myRobot = new Robotics.Robot("Mickey"); myRobot.goBack();
The example above shows how you can add custom functionality to your classes from mixins that you have defined. The Windows Library for Javascript has several out-of-box mixins which can help you with event management as well as binding to your objects.
You can use WinJS.Utilities.eventMixin and WinJS.UI.DOMEventMixin to add event management functionality, and WinJS.Binding.dynamicObservableMixin to add binding management functionality.
Adding WinJS.Utilities.eventMixin to a type
You can add WinJS.Utilities.eventMixin to any type you define. It contains WinJS.Utilities.eventMixin.addEventListener, WinJS.Utilities.eventMixin.removeEventListener, and WinJS.Utilities.eventMixin.dispatchEvent functions that help you raise and handle custom events that you define on the type.
For example, the following code shows how to define a type Robot with a rename event that is raised whenever the name of the Robot is changed. In this code, you will first mix the Robot type with WinJS.Utilities.eventMixin to get the event listener functionality, and then mix it with the WinJS.Utilities.createEventProperties function to define the event. When you define the name property, you use the WinJS.Utilities.eventMixin.dispatchEvent function in the setter to raise the rename event.
Also, assume that your app has a DIV element with an ID of "report".
var Robot = WinJS.Class.define(function (thisName) { this.name = thisName; }, { _nameValue : "", name: { get: function () { return _nameValue; }, set: function (val) { _nameValue = val; this.dispatchEvent("rename"); } } }); WinJS.Class.mix(Robot, WinJS.Utilities.eventMixin); WinJS.Class.mix(Robot, WinJS.Utilities.createEventProperties("rename")); var rob = new Robot("bob"); // Add an event listener that writes to the DIV. rob.addEventListener("rename", function (ev) { document.getElementById("report").innerText = "got renamed"; }); // Rename the object. rob.name = "bill";
When you run this code, you should see that the innerText value of the DIV is "got renamed".
NOTE: You must mix the WinJS.Utilities.eventMixin with the type before you use WinJS.Utilities.createEventProperties.
Adding DOMEventMixin to a type
WinJS.Utilities.eventMixin is useful for defining events on types that are dealt with completely in JavaScript. It isn't useful when you're working with events that are associated with DOM elements. Windows Library for JavaScript controls wrap and manipulate HTML elements. These controls often contain events that are based on the DOM events raised from their associated DOM elements. For example, when you use a DatePicker, you find it easier to respond to a change event from the DatePicker control rather than to track individual change events from the three select controls.
Associating events with the control type rather than the DOM element also protects the code from changes, for example if the implementation of the DatePicker changes the controls it contains.
The DOM event model allows for event propagation. DOM events are propagated up the DOM tree and can be handled at any level. This is useful when you have a lot of clickable elements. For example, you
can put a single click handler function on the DIV element that contains the elements and then process all the click events from all the contained elements as they bubble up. For more information about DOM event handling, see Event capture and event bubbling. WinJS.UI.DOMEventMixin contains methods that implement events that propagate up through the DOM tree. It has three functions: addEventListener, removeEventListener, and dispatchEvent.
To add this mixin to a type you have created, you must set a property named _domElement on the type. This is the field that the WinJS.UI.DOMEventMixin implementation looks for when it raises the event. It becomes the target node for the event.
The following code shows how to create a minimal control class on a DIV element and mix WinJS.UI.DOMEventMixin. You can then add an event listener for the click event and respond to it.
For this code to work, you need one DIV that has an ID of "div" and a second DIV that has an ID of "report".
var MyStar = WinJS.Class.define(function (elem) { this._domElement = elem; elem.winControl = this; this._numberClicks = 0; }, { initialize: function () { WinJS.Utilities.addClass(this._domElement, "win-rating"); this._domElement.innerHTML = " "; var that = this; function clickHandler (ev) { var clicks= ++that._numberClicks; document.getElementById("report").innerText = clicks; } this.addEventListener("click", clickHandler); } }); WinJS.Class.mix(MyStar, WinJS.UI.DOMEventMixin); var star = new MyStar(document.getElementById("div")); star.initialize();
Adding binding functionality with WinJS.Binding.mixin
To bind a user-defined object to an HTML element, you must make it observable, that is, capable of notifying listeners when its properties change. The WinJS.Binding.mixin provides this functionality. For an example, see How to bind a complex object.
Event capture and event bubbling with DOM events
In Windows Library for JavaScript there are several addEventListener methods (for example, WinJS.Application.addEventListener and WinJS.UI.AppBar.addEventListener). They all contain a useCapture parameter, which is set to true if you want event capture or false if you want event bubbling. For more information, see see Event capture and Event bubbling.
In the addEventListener method, if you set the useCapture parameter to true, the order in which events are handled is top-down. That is, if there are event handlers for the specified event that belong to more than one element in the DOM tree, the handler belonging to the highest element in the tree is called first, and any handlers belonging to child elements are called after that. If you set the useCapture parameter to false, the handler that belongs to the target element is called first, and any handlers that belong to parent elements are called after that. In this example, you create a WinJS.UI.DatePicker and add the same change handler function to the WinJS.UI.DatePicker and the document object. If you set the useCapture parameter to true, the handler on the document object is called first, then the handler on the WinJS.UI.DatePicker object.
In an event, the this keyword refers to the target of the event, so you should see "change event for [object Document]" and then "change event for [object HTMLDivElement]". If you set the useCapture parameter to false, you should see the output for the DatePicker handler first, then the output for the document handler.
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 ... var dp = new WinJS.UI.DatePicker(document.getElementById("div")); dp.addEventListener("change", handleChange, true); document.addEventListener("change", handleChange, true); function handleChange(ev) { var elem = document.getElementById("report"); elem.innerHTML = elem.innerHTML + "
 change event for " + this; }
In the article above, we've gone over some of the basics of WinJS (the Windows Library for Javascript), and talked about using WinJS helper methods to create custom types and namespaces, as well as to utilize out-of-box and custom mixins to add functionality to your objects.
This tutorial is brought to you by the team at MSDN. To learn more about coding for Windows Store apps, please visit http://dev.windows.com


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Jon Dawson examines The Color of Rust and Ready for Freddie
New album: The Color of Rust
Artist: Carolina Still
Label: Rusty Knuckles Music
Rating: 5 stars out of 5
Carolina Still�s new album �The Color of Rust� is an impressive blend of bluegrass/country music delivered with the zest of rockabilly and punk. The album�s tight playing and fresh production make the Avett Brothers sound like a funeral band.
With an acoustic guitar/fiddle/banjo sound that�s tough to pigeonhole, Carolina Still exudes a joyous charm. There is nothing corn pone about the songs on �The Color of Rust,� but the songs do celebrate southern virtues that have stood the test of time.
The title track chronicles the way time has a way of steamrolling rural life, but the lyrics are defiant. To an outsider, �Hog Killin� Time� may seem a bit harsh, but it�s a song about cold weather and bacon. Blake Shelton is probably too busy hanging out with Christina Aquavelva to record a song about breakfast meats, but thank goodness Carolina Still did it.
�The Color of Rust� is steeped in southern vibes and tones, but drummer Billy Smith drives the band as if he�s trying out for the Foo Fighters or Green Day. Bluegrass purists tend to go berserk any time a fiddle and/or a banjo is in the same building with a drummer, but this is a combination that works brilliantly for Carolina Still.
Shoot � bluegrass overlord Bill Monroe would have probably had a drummer if they could have fit the kit in the trunk of a Lincoln.
As for the string benders in Carolina Still � J. Alan Casey, Adam Jones and Robert Norman � there�s not a holder* in the bunch. These guys are pickers of the highest order, and their lead/harmony vocals turn �In the Barn� and �Six Strings and You� into massive sing-a-longs.
�The Color of Rust� is the perfect album for the bluegrass/country music lover who is tired of being sold pop music with a cowboy hat on top. Hopefully Carolina Still with have a nice long run, because there aren't many groups left who can sing and play at this level.
*A �holder� is someone who stands on stage holding an instrument as a prop. A �picker� is someone who knows how to actually play the instrument. (copyright Bryant Dawson, 1980)
Classic album: Ready for Freddie
Artist: Freddie Hubbard
Label: Blue Note
Rating: 5 stars out of 5
Trumpeter Freddie Hubbard played with some of the top names in jazz in the 1960s � Ornette Coleman, John Coltrane, Art Blakely � but he came into his own as a solo artist on the 1961 release �Ready for Freddie.�
Hubbard was admittedly playing with a stacked deck on �Ready for Freddie,� with players such as McCoy Tyner and Elvin Jones in his band. Even with the A-list accompaniment, Hubbard was able to shine through his sinewy horn work and his impeccable knack for composition.
For the remainder of Hubbard�s multi-decade career, �Ready for Freddie� tracks such as �Arietis� and �Crisis� were often performed at his concerts. The interplay between Hubbard�s trumpet and Tyner�s piano on �Weaver of Dreams� is in the same league with the Duke Ellington/John Coltrane duet �In a Sentimental Mood.�
For lovers of hard bop, �Marie Antoinette� is a great vehicle for all of the soloists � particularly Hubbard and saxophone legend Wayne Shorter.
When �Ready for Freddie� was issued on compact disc, alternate takes of �Arietis� and �Marie Antoinette� were added as bonus tracks. While these different takes in no way usurp the original album takes, they are valuable in that it�s intriguing to chart the subtle changes from one take to another.
Listeners who have the original album memorized down to the last drum fill will no doubt welcome these additions.
If your jazz knowledge doesn�t go beyond something you heard Cliff Huxtable say on �The Cosby Show,� �Ready for Freddie� is a good place to start.
Jon Dawson�s album reviews appear every Thursday in The Free Press. Contact Jon at 252-559-1092 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Purchase Jon�s book �Making Gravy in Public� at Amazon.com and jondawson.com.


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Pita 2.0
So I decided that I would do my variation on my earlier pita breads. My sister had asked for some more and I know that she likes a heartier, more wholesome bread in general.
These pita breads were made in exactly the same way as my previous ones. However, the flour ratios were different.
20% very strong white flour
20% rye flour
60% wholemeal flour
I also added dried sage (2 teaspoons) and sundried tomatoes to enhance flavour and excite the taste buds a little.
They puffed up nicely, but not as much as the last plain white ones and I think it was due to the hydration and maybe more water would have helped.
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My sister loved them. She said they tasted great and really had a nice flavour profile. The sage and sundried tomato makes an interesting combination I believe.
I also made a sticky ginger loaf because my Dad loves ginger and is working nights for a few days now and I thought he needed some sustenance. This gave a wonderful deep smell to the house all day and really is moist, very tasty and gets better after a couple of days when the ginger has fermented even more.
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The U.S. Army Aviation Association of America honored its National Award recipients for 2011 during the opening ceremonies of the annual Professional Forum & Exposition (Quad-A) in Nashville. The awards recognize outstanding achievements of aviation units, individual soldiers and civilians. This year six soldiers, five units and two civilians received awards.
The Boeing Outstanding Aviation Unit of the Year went to Task Force Falcon, part of the 10th Combat Aviation Brigade in Fort Drum, N.Y. The 10th CAB served in Afghanistan as part of Operation Enduring Freedom less than a year after its deployment with Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Task Force Six Shooters of the 6th Squadron, 6th Cavalry Regiment from Fort Drum, N.Y., received the L-3 Communications Active Aviation Unit of the Year award for its work in the Northern Konar Valley of Afghanistan. Task Force Six Shooters flew more than 30,000 accident-free hours, participated in more than 140 assaults, transported more than 50,000 passengers, and delivered in excess of 7 million lbs. of cargo.
Honeywell sponsored two awards this year, with the Army National Guard Aviation Unit of the Year going to the 211th Aviation Regiment of Company B, which is part of the 2nd Battalion in Davenport, Iowa, and the Army Reserve Aviation Unit of the Year presented to the 229th Aviation Regiment with the 8th Attack Reconnaissance Battalion, based out of Fort Knox, Ky.
The Northrop Grumman-sponsored Robert Leich award landed with the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, based out of Fort Campbell, Ky. The 160th provides elite special operations forces with helicopter support.
The James H. McClellan Aviation Safety Award, sponsored by GE Aircraft Engines, recognized CW4 Michael Jones of the 10th Combat Aviation Brigade, assigned to the 3rd Battalion, based out of Fort Drum, N.Y. The Bell Helicopter Army Aviation Soldier of the year went to Spc. Jason Gustine with the 101st CAB. Gustine, a UH-60M Black Hawk mechanic, led his team in periodic maintenance inspections (PMI), build-ups and tear-downs over several helicopter variants, including Bell OH-58D Kiowas, Boeing AH-64D Apaches and Sikorsky Black Hawks.
Robertson Fuel Systems sponsored the Henry Q. Dunn Crew Chief of the Year award, recognizing Sgt. Chad Gregory with the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment. The Lockheed Martin Noncommissioned Officer of the Year was Sgt. Clifford Aughe of the 171st Aviation Regiment. Aughe, a flight medic, flew on more than 150 combat medevac missions within the first 90 days of his Afghanistan deployment. Sikorsky sponsored the Army Aviator of the Year award. CW4 Stefan Kadur of the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment was honored for his leadership and training as an instructor and regimental assault flight lead.


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Early morning fire destroys Jobs Peak home
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A chimney fire that spread to the roof of a home in the 400 block of Natures Edge near Fredericksburg near the Douglas County line was contained at 8:15 a.m. Tuesday morning.
The fire was reported by the residents just before 6 a.m., according to East Fork Fire Captain Terry Taylor.
Crews remained on scene to mop up.
The home at that address is 10,000 square feet on 8.2 acres, according to the Douglas County Assessor's Office.
Units from East Fork Fire Department, Gardnerville, Johnson Lane, Sheridan and Gardnerville Ranchos Volunteer Fire Departments and Tahoe Douglas Fire District responded to the fire.