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Ubuntu 11.10 brings Ubuntu Unity closer to fine

With the release of Ubuntu 11.10, Ubuntu Unity makes some progress on the desktop front. Is it enough? Jack Wallen offers his take on the state of the desktop from Canonical.

If you've been following me long enough, you know since the inception of Ubuntu Unity my relationship with that new desktop has been one of love-hate. When Unity was first rumored and the designs and philosophy were made known, the relationship was one of love. But when 11.04 was released, that relationship quickly shifted to hate. But now, 11.10 is out and Ubuntu has had a chance to make good on their Unity promises. I have to say, after upgrading to 11.10 ... I'm pretty impressed with the improvements.

I'll preface the rest of this by saying it's not perfect, but it's closer to being a fine desktop than it's previous iteration.

Now ... just what has improved? Let's take a look. I am taking this from the perspective of an end-user, so there will be no talk of development this or power-user that. What I am interested in is whether or not Unity has come far enough along for the average end user.

The Good

Figure A

The Unity Dash has had a bit of overhaul, making it easier to access various pieces. Figure A shows the Dash in action. Click on the Dash icon to reveal a new overlay that allows you to do the following (via icon):

  • Open up various categories of apps (Media, Internet,  and More).
  • Open up default apps (as configured within System).
  • Find files.

You will also notice, at the bottom of the Dash overlay, a row of tabs. These tabs are (from left to right):

  • Dash Home
  • Applications
  • Documents and folders
  • Media

Figure B

So what the developers of Unity have done is make it incredibly easy to get to various applications, files, and folders. This is a big plus for not just average users, but for any level of users. Another nice addition to the Dash is the ability to quickly filter results by categories. Take a look at Figure B (sorry, wallpaper is set to randomly change.)

Click on the Applications Tab in the Dash Overlay and you can then filter by various categories, making the search for that specific file or application much easier.

It is also possible now to eject external discs and USB devices from the Launcher. Simply right-click the device to reveal a menu offering:

  • Open
  • Eject
  • Safely Remove

The not so good

The Metaphor is still the big issue. Most end users do not like change — of any kind. They don't like drive letters to change, they don't like the look and feel of things to change. This is the one glaring problem with driving such a grand, sweeping change such is Ubuntu Unity. New users will take one look at it and say "Where's my Start button? Where are my icons?" There is no way around this and new users will just have to accept that change is an inevitability with the PC desktop. Even with Windows — change happens and users have little to no choice but to move on. Eventually the touch-screen friendly desktop interface such as Unity and Gnome 3 will be less a shock to users (granted it would help if Canonical would come through on the promise of touchscreen hardware to happily marry with the interface).

More not so good

Why is it the developers of Ubuntu Unity have decided that configuring the desktop is just not something we mortals need. Sorry people, but I am a serious tinkerer on the desktop. I want my desktop cake and I want to eat it too! But alas — configuring the Unity desktop is just not meant to be (outside of changing your desktop background.) This does need to change. People (even new users) want to configure that desktop!

Even more not so good

I'm still not sold on the Apple-like application menu. No more do applications have their own menu. You want to access an application menu, you have to have that application in focus and then go up to the main bar at the top of the window. This isn't terribly efficient when you have many windows open.

And speaking of many windows open — I want, nay need, my sloppy focus. I do not like to have to click on titlebars (or any location within the window) to give a window focus. I am all about making as few clicks and points with the mouse as possible. Give me sloppy focus and auto-raise back!

The conclusion thus far

Okay, so Unity is beginning to show promise. I have two suspicions here:

  1. Given time Unity will finally become a legitimate player on the average user desktop field.
  2. Given the proper touch-screen hardware, Unity will finally be able to show just how user-friendly it can be.

What do you think? Will Unity ever over come the problems is faced upon release and still faces? Sound off in the comments!

About Jack Wallen

Jack Wallen is an award-winning writer for TechRepublic and Linux.com. He’s an avid promoter of open source and the voice of The Android Expert. For more news about Jack Wallen, visit his website jackwallen.com.

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Quickly add a header or footer to every sheet in an Excel workbook

You don't have to add a header to every Excel worksheet individually when you can group them first.

Adding a header (or footer) to an Excel sheet is a simple task using Excel's Page Layout view. Adding the same header to several or even all of the sheets in the workbook could mean a lot of repetitive work, unless you group the sheets first.

The first step is to select all the sheets-an easy trick for most Excel users:

  1. Right-click a sheet tab.
  2. Choose Select All Sheets from the resulting shortcut menu.

After grouping the sheets, you're ready to add the header data. To do so, click the Page Layout button in the bottom-right corner to switch to Page Layout view. In Excel 2003, choose Header and Footer from the View menu. Page Layout is new to 2007.

Now you're ready to add the header data:

  1. Click the Click To Add Header prompt and enter your header text. The layout view supports the left, center, and right sections that you're probably familiar with from earlier versions.
  2. Click the left section and using the contextual Design tab, click Picture in the Header & Footer Elements group. Locate the picture file and click Insert. Excel will display the &Picture code until you move to another section of the header.
  3. To display the sheet name, click Sheet Name in the same group.
  4. You can also enter descriptive text by simply typing it.

When you're done, click any of the sheet tabs to remove the grouping. As you move from sheet to sheet, you'll see that they all have the same header. This technique works with footers too. Headers and footers are visible only in Page Layout view and in Print Preview.

This simple grouping technique can save you a lot of time for many tasks, not just creating headers and footers. Anything you need to repeat a task on more than one sheet, grouping might be a great time saver.

About Susan Harkins

Susan Sales Harkins is an IT consultant, specializing in desktop solutions. Previously, she was editor in chief for The Cobb Group, the world's largest publisher of technical journals.

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Cracking open the Apple iPhone

Apple iPhone 3G SIM card and holder - front

Wait a minute. The iPhone doesn't support 3G. Why does our iPhone have a 3G SIM card? Is this a sign of things to come?

About Bill Detwiler

Bill Detwiler is Managing Editor of TechRepublic and Tech Pro Research and the host of Cracking Open, CNET and TechRepublic's popular online show. Prior to joining TechRepublic in 2000, Bill was an IT manager, database administrator, and desktop supp...


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Sony has unveiled a new prototype hybrid fuel cell system that will enable future mobile devices to stay unplugged and awake longer, or so they claim. The device uses methanol as fuel, and earns the hybrid designation as the output is complemented with a Li-polymer secondary battery to help it deal with electronic peak loads.

According to the company, the new hybrid fuel cell system uses energy so efficiently that 14 hours of video can be continuously played on general mobile phones with just 10mL of methanol. The company says that the hybrid fuel cell unit is rated at 3W of instantaneous power, and is currently working to commercialize the 1.2-inch by 2.0-inch power pack.


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: Removable Media Drives

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  1. Data copying error from DVD/CD
  2. Click to DVD time display
  3. USB drive appears empty
  4. PC Locking up (freezing) & CD drive not working
  5. [SOLVED] EXT Hard Drive not showing in my computer?
  6. Copyrighted dvd's?
  7. dvd-drive problem
  8. How to get external hard drive as device in wmp11
  9. How do I change the default rom drive on my computer?
  10. Error Buring Audio Cds
  11. [SOLVED] PIONEER dvd-rw dvr k17lf ata DOESN'T WORK AGAIN
  12. ipod taking long time to charge
  13. ASUS DRW-2014L1T DVD-RW 20X fails to autoplay CD
  14. floppy B: memory parity error
  15. [SOLVED] pioneer dvdrom problem
  16. [SOLVED] CD drive not accessible-Incorrect Function
  17. dvd rw installation problems
  18. life of ipod hdd vs flash vs external hdd?
  19. [SOLVED] Good DVD disc with data files is not seen by my drive/OS
  20. Boot windows from PCI IDE card
  21. Blank CDs not found in gwa4164b
  22. Slow External Hard drive
  23. external USB hard drive failure - help
  25. [SOLVED] Problem with Matshita UJ-845D on Acer Aspire 1690
  26. [SOLVED] Floppy Drive Won't Work
  27. Attache 1G jump drive
  28. DVD Rom "Speed"?
  29. Usb Problem
  30. DVD rom not reading original CDs/DVDs
  31. [SOLVED] Cd Rom Not Listed
  32. dvd/cd burner problems
  33. [SOLVED] Cd/dvdw
  34. 8gig flash drive won't hold much data, HELP
  35. mp3/mp4
  36. driver failure
  37. [SOLVED] sony Handicam DCR-HC40E
  38. usb ports not working
  39. Flash drive not mounting
  40. CD-ROM - corruption errors
  41. comp cant read cd!!
  42. U3 cruzer error
  43. music media player music sync error
  44. Broken usb ports.
  45. Dvd Burners Wont Reconize Dvd's
  46. dvd ide problems please help
  47. [SOLVED] Installing 2 SATA DVD Burners
  48. dvd burning error
  49. Sony DVD RW AW-G170,problem reading burnt DVD-R on my pc
  50. drive bay not recognizing media drive
  51. CDrom Issue: Any more suggestions before buy a new one..
  52. USB stick failure, any way to recover files?
  53. [SOLVED] Sony AW-G170A and can't get it to burn anything
  54. cd drive problem
  55. External USB Devices Not Functioning
  56. [SOLVED] DVD burner will not read dvd's but everything else
  57. How To Do My Dvd-rw To Write
  58. Usb tv stick wont reinstall
  59. External DVD Burner
  60. Can't Remove Device ..please Help
  61. DVD drive malfunction?
  62. Cd Drive!!
  63. usb flash card readers
  64. I need help with getting erased data off my HDSD card!!
  65. USB Key Password?
  66. Liteon Combo Drive problem
  67. win98se - drivers
  68. USB flash drive change drive letter
  69. CD drive
  70. [SOLVED] USB is RAW - cannot format
  71. Blue screen when DVD drive is installed.
  72. Help me diffuse this ticking bomb! 21 min 45 s left!!
  73. Philips DVDR1628P1 DVD Burner Not Detected
  74. Inserting Blank DVD discs cause PC crash
  75. Bootup problems after replacing dvd drive
  76. Major USB port problem
  77. -> How To Copy Windows Xp Installation Disc To Partition On External Hard Drive? <-
  78. Repairing a flash drive
  79. Sony Micro Vault USB stick causes PC to turn off!!!
  80. GAH new issue - Card reader
  81. How to blank a password protected parition
  82. DvD-Rom Issues
  83. Reading DVD causes crash with error code 0*0000008E
  84. flash drive fails to copy data properly
  85. Drive letter not showing in my computer
  86. Sony DVD RW AW-G170A "Power Calibration Error "
  87. usb device problem!!
  88. need tech details of MD8832-D1G-V18-XP
  89. No cd media boots from CD ROM Drive
  90. Why won't my computer read discs?[moved from xp]
  91. Error 2131
  92. Emachines Burning Problem
  93. DVD writer problems
  94. My computer cant read discs
  95. dvd drive
  96. Dead Cruzer Mini
  97. CD ROM Boot Issue
  98. DVD RW wont recognise nothing but audio CDs
  99. My external drive is not working!
  100. Okay, I have a problem. Can Anyone Help Me?
  101. My Toshiba External Drive is not working anymore!
  102. Device problems
  103. Help With DVD + RW Drive
  104. [SOLVED] Favorite Brand Name for DVD-/+RW Drive.
  105. What could be my problem- USB/EXT HD
  106. help with usb stick
  107. Remove Write Protection ?
  108. Partition USB Flash Drive
  109. My windows usb not detecting mp3
  110. help
  111. Flash Drive Problem
  112. USB Memory stick not saving but able to read and access
  113. Sony Sata Dvd Burner To Ide Motherboard
  114. Strange problem using USB flash drive with extension cable
  115. CD Drivers Not Working
  116. not recognizing disk
  117. Regarding mslfunctionaing of Sony DVD RW AW G-170A
  118. My Computer Doesn't Show Dvd/RW Combo Drive
  119. Vista SP1 installed now no CD/DVD driver
  120. [SOLVED] dvdrw drive missing
  121. No CD/DVD disk in drive
  122. Canon Digital Camera Driver Issues
  123. dvd rom will not recognise media
  124. sony DVD burner problem
  125. USB Pen Drive Not Recognized
  126. CD Won't open files/folders.
  127. [SOLVED] 2 dvd drives but only 1 recognized
  128. Removable Storage Devices Not Working
  129. Combination Burner doesn't work properly
  130. USB Port freezes XP, only one port
  131. DVD drive recognises disk but wont play
  132. [SOLVED] need jumper settings for dvd
  133. [SOLVED] My Cd Drive Is Missing!!!!!!!!!!
  134. CD drive help
  135. UsB deVices
  136. card reader not detected in Windows
  137. CD/DVD-RW won't play
  138. External DVD+R DL to SATA internal DVD+R DL Help needed..
  139. secondary IDE issues
  140. CD and DVD Rom not working
  141. g:/ is not accessible access is denied
  142. 2.5in USB SATA & Enclosure Problem
  143. DVD-RAM woes...
  144. DVDRW IDE1108 won't read any discs
  145. Acer Aspire e500 DVD-drive Install
  146. CD-RW drive(D:)
  147. DVD Burner error
  148. drive plays cd's with no copyright
  149. Wireless USB conflicting with USB drives
  150. [SOLVED] My Lite DVD drive will only recognise DVD R discs
  151. Camera Wizard Won't AutoPlay.
  152. replacement remote for media hard ???
  153. sd1 reader problems
  154. m-systems diskonchip 2000 memory range problem
  155. all of my cd drives have stopped working
  156. My sony rw is acting weird...really need help here.
  157. Whats with the whole DVD recording system
  158. DVD burner
  159. DVD+RW problem
  160. USB Flash Drive Partition Utility
  161. 1.0 GB MobileMate
  162. Downloading mini dvd to computer
  163. SATA DVD-RW Drive purchase
  164. CD DVDW problem
  165. Portable device vanishing window
  166. [SOLVED] Dvd R and Dvd RW detection Problem
  167. non spd ram
  168. DVD Burner Not Working
  169. Cannot play audio cd's on external drive
  170. dvd drive is not working
  171. USB Flash Drive not detected...
  172. Low vs High Speed burning? Quality different?
  173. IDE DVD/CD burner question
  174. DVD drive does not recognize disk
  175. External Delima
  176. U3 Usb
  177. format sd storage card
  178. USB Flash Memory not recognized
  179. Sony DVD RW
  180. Conversion og USB Flash Drives to U3
  181. DVD Burner not reading Blank discs
  182. Iomega Zip Driver 100
  183. Is my CDRW turned off?
  184. cd burner will not work
  185. DVD/CD ROM drive not recognized
  186. What cable does this external DVD drive need?
  187. mp3 problems
  188. Computer Not Reading CDs/DVD's
  189. TDK CDRW problem- PUZZLING!!
  190. Burning movies with no sound
  191. DVD Burner won't read video DVD's anymore?
  192. usb memory stick...lost password
  193. Error 0x80070052
  194. [SOLVED] partition usb
  195. driver E;, is not reading any disks
  196. CD-ROM drive being selective :[
  197. Firewire 400 not recognized XPSP2
  198. i need my cd burner to burn @ slower speed
  199. Could not perform end track
  200. [SOLVED] Insert a disc message when disc is inserted
  201. Recovering files from a USB flash drive?
  202. Can't find cd/dvd drives
  203. cant use new dvd rom drive
  204. my drives cannot b found
  205. DVD burner will not burn !!
  206. CD/DVD-ROM tray won't eject
  207. CD/DVD Burning fails
  208. A folder is always created in my flash drive. Need some HELP
  209. vista ultimate and lg dvdram clash?
  210. Pioneer DVD drive reads CDs but not DVDs
  211. microSD corruption issue
  212. Unable to format mp3 player anylonger
  213. Digital media manager problem
  214. CD/DVD Not reading/recognizing in Vista
  215. DVD/CD-ROM Not Present
  216. [SOLVED] evil cd burner
  217. DVD Drive reads CDs but not DVDs
  218. External USB devices not working
  219. Computer freeze when plug in USB port
  220. iPod hard drive lost data - virus? please help!!!
  221. [SOLVED] MAD DOG cd-dvd player
  222. Just wonder why!
  223. 500gb HP external drive
  224. dvd burner
  225. How do I install a cd rom drive to a sata motherboard
  226. DVD drive problem after using Nero 8
  227. computer does not recognise dvd-rv
  228. MTP device not found
  229. dvd/dvd-rw drives not working
  230. Drives D and E are not listed.
  231. Help
  232. flow chart for checking cd/dvd problems
  233. Burning a dvd ERROR
  234. Really DVDRAM after reformat
  235. Dropped my portable HDD..HELP
  236. Scandisk error copying file or folder the directory or file cannot be created
  237. dead cd rom
  238. problem burning with Nero
  239. can i make my own dvd-r?
  240. [SOLVED] Help - Drives not reading blank discs
  241. Help requested XP won't read burned DVDs
  242. _isdel.exe - No Disk
  243. . USB Controller/USB device/Motherboard chipset related
  244. Thinkpad T43p bad CD/DVD+RW drive?
  245. Ejecting Pro Duo card from Internal Card Reader
  246. Vista SP1 = DVD Driver gone ?
  247. [SOLVED] DVD-RW drive can't rewrite to disc & is this drive compatible with DVD-RAM?
  248. After DVD Burn Completed System Stucked
  249. [SOLVED] help with this problem
  250. Strange DVD/RW drive question


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Orange has added two new Windows Mobile 5.0 products to its line of devices geared toward business users.

The SPV C600 smart phone and the SPV M3000 PDA both operate on Orange's EDGE (Enhanced Data for GSM Evolution) networks, which deliver up to 247K bit/s of throughput. The Windows Mobile 5.0 software on both devices allows users to synch e-mail with Microsoft Outlook. The SPV M3000 also includes Wi-Fi, a camera and a camcorder.

In September, Orange launched the SPV M5000, its first Windows Mobile 5.0 device and the first in its Signature line of devices aimed at business users. Orange said the SPV M5000 could be used by some customers as a laptop replacement. The devices launched today are supposed to fit the needs of smartphone and PDA users.

Unlike the SPV M5000, the devices announced today don't operate on Orange's 3G network but instead use EDGE, a slower data network technology. In the short term, that may allow Orange to sell the devices to a wider audience. "EDGE tends to be deployed in areas where 3G is not deployed," said Rachel Lashford, an analyst with research company Canalys Ltd.

The SPV C600, which will sell for around €250 (US$301), is designed and priced for a business to deploy it across an entire workforce, according to Orange. While operators have increasingly been designing programs to support IT departments that want to distribute wireless devices to mobile workers, most devices used by business people are still purchased individually. "It's something we've seen for a long time with handhelds and it's the same with smart phones," said Lashford. "They're still predominantly bought by individuals."

That can cause headaches for IT managers because the devices can create security risks when connected to corporate networks. "There are a number of issues that companies themselves need to address about how these devices are purchased," Lashford said. Many companies need to implement policies about who has the authority to buy devices as well as policies around security and integration with back-end corporate servers, she said.

The SPV M3000 will sell for about €350 and be available from the first week of November in France, Poland, the Netherlands, Slovakia and Romania, Orange said. Also due the first week in November, the SPV C600 will be available in France, the U.K., the Netherlands, Switzerland, Romania, Belgium, Slovakia and Poland.

Sales of full-featured wireless devices continue to increase. Worldwide, shipments of smart mobile devices, which encompasses smart phones and wireless-enabled PDAs, were up 75 percent in the third quarter compared to the previous year, according to research from Canalys.


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#FSYALit: A Recap of the Discussion on Faith and Spirituality in YA Lit, presented by Karen Jensen and Ally Watkins at TLA 2016

Tuesday, April 19th, Ally Watkins and I presented an overview of the #FSYALit discussion (which is ongoing) at the TLA Annual Conference in Houston, Texas. Here are the slides we discussed.

And here are some of our notes:

  • We are white christian women, our voices are very much the least important in this conversation
  • We did speak to titles that spoke to our experiences, but we worked really hard not to have conversations about books that didn’t
  • We sought out guest posters that were part of these religious experiences
  • This project wasn’t about debate IN ANY WAY. One of the things Karen said stuck with me: in discussions about religion, it’s hard not to feel that you’re coming from the right place. This isn’t about what we think or feel.

  • The hub is on the front page of TLT under “projects”

  • Here are the parameters of the projecct

  • Faith and spirituality are two different things, though they are not mutually exclusive.
  • This intersection shown here is what many people think of with regards to their own faith and spirituality.

  • Bryan Bliss wrote NO PARKING AT THE END TIMES, and also did a guest post for us, including comments from his agent Michael Bouret and his editor Martha Mihalick. He talks about the importance of honesty in YA lit, and that includes the inclusion of the faith lives of teens.

  • These statistics only serve to illustrate the importance of this project: if 60% of teens are engaging in some sort of religious activity on a weekly basis, our collections need to reflect their realities.

  • As such, we have to understand that the religious activities of the teens are as varied and diverse as the teens themselves.

  • Some more facts and statistics. While millennials and younger adults may be leaving religion, teens aren’t millennials. Faith is part of many teens’ lives.

  • Obviously, juvenile books are OVERWHELMINGLY focused on Christianity. This is starting to change, but what this means is that we have to be careful in collection development not just to pick up what’s easiest or most readily available. We have to be thoughtful and intentional in picking out books that reflect our community and showcase different beliefs and belief systems.

  • TLT’s own Amanda MacGregor reviewed WHAT IF I’M AN ATHEIST for us and that review can be found on the hub. This is an informational NF book packed with statistics, what-if questions. Easily readable and quick, Amanda said such a book would have made her feel less alone as an atheistic teenager.

  • As neither of us are Buddhist, and we didn’t ever get any Buddhist guest posters, I don’t particularly feel comfortable endorsing any books. These are a couple that have Buddhism as a part of the story, and one that doesn’t.

  • We had a guest post on Catholicism by Katie Behrens and she mentioned the books listed. You can find her book on our hub
  • Boxers and Saints is Gene Luen Yang’s look at the Boxer Rebellion told through two eyes: Little Bao, a Boxer and worshipper of Chinese gods, and Vibiana, a Chinese girl who has found friendship and faith in Christianity.
  • The Opposite of Hallelujah is one of my favorite books on faith. It’s about a teenage girl, Caro, whose sister Hannah is coming home after years of living in a convent. Caro barely remembers her and is unsettled by her presence in her life again. This one is a quiet read about grief, faith, life, and includes a beautiful transfer student, a science-nerd priest who admits he doesn’t have all the answers, and a family who’s just trying to hold it together.

  • Karen and I both write at length about THE DISTANCE BETWEEN LOST AND FOUND, a story about a girl feeling ostracized from her youth group after an unnamed event that happened sometime in the past. But when she goes on a wilderness trip and gets lost with two other friends, she has to find out what she’s really made of. This one speaks a LOT about church culture, power dymanics, and a lot of other important things.
  • We also talked about CONVICTION, which was a Morris Award finalist. Conviction is Braden, whose father has been accused of a terrible crime. Throughout the book, in the present and in flashbacks, we watch Braden wrestle with what the truth is and what his responsibility is to it.
  • Author Melissa C Walker wrote a post for us about writing a faith (evangelical christianity) that wasn’t her own
  • Librarian Jen Leitch discussed PURITY by Jackson Pearce for us.
  • Librarian Katelyn Brown discussed how she connected with Miranda Keanally’s THINGS I CAN”T FORGET
  • Guest post: I Was a Sixteen Year-Old Jesus Freak (Just Not In the Way You Think) a guest post by Terra Elan McVoy.

  • Author Shveta Thakrar did a post for us about Hinduism in YA, illustrating several titles such as
  • Born Confused, a cross-cultural comedy about a Hindu girl who is appalled that her parents have arranged for her to meet a “suitable boy”…until she actually meets him.

  • We had a guest post about Muslim representation by the AMAZING Kaye…who is now writing her own book about a Muslim family! We are so excited for her
  • Marvel is a comic about a teenage Pakistani-American Muslim girl who gets coated in a weird chemical when she sneaks out one night…and suddenly has superpowers. She has to help people. It’s part of who she is, and that’s rooted in her culture and religious beliefs, also. So she becomes Ms. Marvel.
  • WRITTEN IN THE STARS is about a Muslim American teenager facing an arranged marriage that she doesn’t want: she’s fallen in love with someone else. But when her parents take her to visit Pakistan, she finds out that they want her to marry her arranged match…now!

  • The Jewish experience is just as a vast as any other religion and these books cover it really well
  • We had really interesting conversations with some Jewish friends about one particular title: LIKE NO OTHER: Devorah is a Hasidic good girl, never having challenged her upbringing. Until she meets Jaxon, a fun loving, completely non-Jewish boy. They get stuck in an elevator together during an emergency and suddenly start sneaking out to see one another. But how much are they willing to risk to be together? We’ll talk a little more about this in an upcoming slide.

  • We had a couple of different posts on different opinions on Mormonism. Sam Taylor wrote a post on Mormon representation, and she successfully booktalks all of the books shown here and a couple of more. Her post can be found on our hub!

  • Our friend librarian Maureen Eichner talks about the representation of Christian Orthodoxy in YA lit. This quote from her helps illustrate the importance of religious and spiritual representation in young adult lit.

  • We had an EXCELLENT post by scholar and former Printz committee member Robert Bittner about GLBTQ teens and religion. Teens aren’t just one thing at a time, and we need to remember to look for books that serve our GLBTQ teens that identify with a faith system.

  • You didn’t think the two of us weren’t going to talk about feminism, did you??
  • Post on Rae Carson’s books
  • Tessa Gratton’s post

  • Always err on the side of asking people of that faith! And if you don’t have a good answer, that’s ok! Talk to your teens about this. Ask them what they thought, if they were well-represented.

  • You have to take your own beliefs out of the equation. The two of us are both women that belong to one faith, but we serve patrons of all faiths. The entire community has to be represented, and our teens deserve to be exposed to faith and belief systems that aren’t otherwise familiar to them.

  • Here are some best practices

  1. […] Faith and Spirituality presentation by Ally Watkins and Karen Jensen – inclusive, own voices approach to ensuring faith is represented positively in your collection. […]

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In this blog I will jot down some experience with installation and use of the FDR2 tool [1] which analyses CSP (Communicating Sequential Processes) specifications [5].

My experience is that I try to avoid UnixOSXTerminal and bash scripting. But here is my last journey into it.

Important notice about a future FDR version

The Oxford team (see Epilogue), in a mail to me (that I was allowed to quote) on 4Feb2013 stated that:

A new version of FDR is in the works with native OSX (and hopefully Windows) support which includes probe style exploration of CSP processes. However, we cannot make any promises on release dates or features.

April 2013: I learn from a mail that it’s called FDR3. August 2013: More starting to appear on FDR3, see [14]. June 2015: FDR has gone to [15]. Feb2017: Bill Roscoe has an interesting description of FDR at http://www.cs.ox.ac.uk/bill.roscoe/. He must know, since he’s the designer of it. Like “Thus refinement essentially coincides with reduction of nondeterminism”.

Observe that “probe style exploration” points to the ProBE graphical tool! So, maybe before the snow has melted in Trondheim, parts of this blog note will have been obsoleted? I will update here when it arrives!

All this being said, in July2013 I discovered the The ASD:Suite®. See [13]

Installing FDR2 on Mac OSX

fig1 FDR OSX

I downloaded to OSX 10.8.2 (Mountain Lion).

For academic use the tool may be downloaded from Oxford University Computing Laboratory [2]. You don’t need any licence to install or run it, provided it is for academic use.

Also download the fdr2manual-2.94.pdf and read it. It’s entitled “Failures-Divergence Refinement. Formal Systems (Europe) Ltd. FDR2 User Manual 17 May 2012” [10]. It is very instructive, and also tells some of what I say here.

The file fdr-2.94-academic-osx.tar.gz is downloaded and when you double-click it in downloads, it is unpacked to a directory called fdr-2.94-academic-osx

Move this directory to somewhere. I moved it to Programmer/Verktøy which are aliases of the two first of /Applications/Utilities/FDR2/fdr-2.94-academic-osx. I was asked for the system password to place it there. At the moment I don’t know if this was smart or not.

Then I started Terminal and tried “open .profile“. It complained, there was no such file. This is the batch script file that Terminal tries to run when it starts. So I opened TextEdit instead and started a new file with this contents. It took me a couple of hours of research ([3], [4] plus the manual) to get to this introducery batch script file :

# .profile (introducery)
export FDRHOME=/Applications/Utilities/FDR2/fdr-2.94-academic-osx
export DISPLAY=:0

Then I saved it as “.profile” at “my user”, that is where the picture of the house is in Finder. It has standard directories Bilder, Dokumenter etc.. If you run “ls” in terminal it will show you Desktop Downloads Movies Pictures Sites Documents Library Music Public. So this is where terminal also starts. Then quit TextEdit.

Observe that .profile is invisible. It’s not necessary to do any tricks to make invisible files visible. Once in Terminal now do “open .profile” again. TextEdit should up with the new file! Yess!

Now, open the FDR2 directory and find the scripts directory. Start fdr2 by double-clicking it. This will open the fdr2 file. If X11 (the windowing system used by FDR2 if we don’t want to run in batch mode) is not running (Mountain Lion does not come with it) then you get an error message. Have a look inside the fdr2 file, right-click on it and open with TextEdit. It starts like this:

if [ "xbatch" != "x$1" -a "x" = "x$DISPLAY" ]; then
  echo "FDR requires DISPLAY to be set unless running in batch mode."
  exit 1

I deschiffered some by inspecting it. Since I did not have X11 installed, a dialogue window from OSX told me to go to http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5293 (“About X11 and OS X Mountain Lion”). I read what was there and downloaded and installed X11. I then had an installable called XQuartz-2.7.4.dmg on my machine. I double-clicked it the usual way and it installed it.

Then I started XQuartz. Fiddled around with it, but nothing more than having it run was needed.

Then I went to the fdr2 script again. I double-clicked it and FDR2 started! Yess!

A better .profile

But OSX will start XQuartz on demand by default if it isn’t already running!

XQuartz uses the standard OSX launchd interface to bring up the X11(XQuartz) server on demand when a program tries to connect to the socket named in $DISPLAY. If there is no $DISPLAY then the FDR2 does it. So, without having XQuartz running, here is a next best .profile. In the optional last line it queries XQuartz state:

# .profile (next best)
export FDRHOME=/Applications/Utilities/FDR2/fdr-2.94-academic-osx
$echo $DISPLAY

Now, just double-click the  fdr2 script and you will see XQuartz start (bouncing icon). Then FDR2 starts (but not as fast as with the first .profile).

The optional query in the last .profile above yields this result on my machine:

-bash: /tmp/launch-m6KQIS/org.macosforge.xquartz:0: Permission denied

Still it works!

Running FDR2 in batch mode

Here’s a cut and paste from a mail from Oxford (see below):

You don’t have to double click on the fdr2 script, you can also run

at the terminal prompt (and put any csp script as an argument on the command line). Alternatively you can add

to your PATH (see the bash manpages) and then you can just type fdr2 directly.

The best .profile

So, here’s the most versatile .profile:

# .profile (most versatile)
export FDRHOME=/Applications/Utilities/FDR2/fdr-2.94-academic-osx
export FDREDIT="open -t"
export PATH
$echo $DISPLAY

The FDREDIT tells FDR2 to have OSX open a file in the default editor. This is TextEdit. If you omit that line, the vi editor will be used.

Log from FDR2 running

This FDR release is for academic teaching and research purposes only.
For any other use, please contact Formal Systems (Europe) Ltd at
enquiries@fsel.com to obtain a commercial licence.
Fontconfig warning: ignoring UTF-8: not a valid region tag
Fontconfig warning: ignoring UTF-8: not a valid region tag
Fontconfig warning: ignoring UTF-8: not a valid region tag
Fontconfig warning: ignoring UTF-8: not a valid region tag
Fontconfig warning: ignoring UTF-8: not a valid region tag
Fontconfig warning: ignoring UTF-8: not a valid region tag
Welcome to FDR 2.94 Academic teaching and research release

P.A. at the Oxford team did respond to this blog note and helped me understand, and filled in quute a few holes. This may also trigger an update on their install notes.

But why couldn’t they just do it all for me in the .dmg download? This is a real threshold for some of us (I think even also for some of my fellow students at [6] this fall). The users in the nineties (when FDR2 was conceived) were perhaps more fluent in Unix details. And when I now will start to use it, I have a feeling that I will long for what might come next!

Graphical tool to visualize channel handling etc

[1] points to ProBE, which is “an animator for CSP processes allowing the user to explore the behaviour of models interactively. ProBE is available for download without charge.” It sems to be rather outdated, for “Windows NT / ’95 (and later), FreeBSD, Solaris (Sparc), Solaris (x86), Linux”. I thought that perhaps I could try running the Windows95 version under WineApp.app (see note 060, [4] there). But then, the fsel url is “forbidden”, as all the download urls there (but see Update2 below)

So these are at the moment not downloadable: “probe-1.30-windows.zip”, “probe-1.30-freebsd4.tar.gz”, “probe-1.30-solaris.tar.gz” and “probe-1.30-linux6.tar.gz”. Since they are so old, there was nothing for OSX on that round..

Update1, I queried the Oxford team, and in a mail they replied that they will “resurrect the download links from known good binaries (the server host was compromised at the end of last year (2012) unfortunately).” I’ll update when it’s there. Also see Important note about a future version here. Update2: On 1Mar2013 the binaries have been restored and are now available! I downloaded the Windows 95 version and ran it under WineApp. No setup required. And discoved some misunderstandings in my understanding of CSPm..

IMPLEMENTATION deadlock free [FD]

only means what it seems to say if there is a green check point to the left. However, if there is a red X there it means “deadlock”. The text simply says this line has been compiled (I think):

assert IMPLEMENTATION :[deadlock free]

CSP questions

Q1 – SKIP in choice

How is the below occam fragment coded in CSP?

  channel ? data
    ... Handle it
  Expression & SKIP
    ... Handle it

CSP has the ‘&’, but I have seen no example of a SKIP in this case. FDR2 complains that it misses an arrow after my suggestion, and if I put it in (like below), then it also seems to complain:

  SERV (thedata, state, ready) =
    in_xchan_ready ? any ->
      SERV (thedata, state, is_ready)
    (ready == is_ready) & SKIP ->
      out_xchan_s ! thedata ->
      SERV (no_data, state_no_data, is_not_ready)
within SERV (no_data, state_no_data, is_not_ready)

The snippet above has no real meaning, I have just taken out an example from the top of my head from something that failed yesterday. Please help!

Here’s the reply I got from P.A. to whom I mailed this question. (I hope i got indenting ok):

Oh, I see. Just elide the SKIP then: It’s unnecessary.

ALT = in ? data ->
      guard1 & in2 ? data ->
      guard2 & DOSTUFF3

It’s only written like that in Occam because the ALT alternatives have to be guarded by event prefixes. CSP [] is more general than ALT and doesn’t care whether its arguments are guarded in this fashion. See Bill Roscoe’s book for the gory details.

Q2 – Which parallel?

  1. Synchronous parallel
  2. Alphabetized parallel (CSPm)
  3. Interleaving / unsynchronized parallel (CSPm)
  4. Generalized parallel / interface parallel / sharing (CSPm)
  5. Linked parallel (CSPm)
  6. occam PAR

The reason for this chapter is that when I started to write FDR2 models I began with one parallel operator, copy and pasted from an example, and found things to perhaps work – until I tried other parallel operators and saw that then things seemed to work or not work. I needed to befriend the terms. Then I discovered that different people had different friends here. The goal is to understand why I would use any one of the four possible to describe as machine-readable CSP. Honestly I optimistically wanted to discover which of them was the occam PAR. The answer was: well.. (wrong question!)

CSP describes several parallel operators, but not necessarily the same flavours in each book. The reason that this is possible is that one type of parallel with one set of “dependencies” between the processes may be described as several other types of parallel with other sets of dependecies – with a little bit of this and a little bit of that (example in point 4). Since it’s hard to describe a rose as a specialised tulip, the wise seem to have landed on – roses and tulips.

 CSPm means machine-readable CSP (as understood by FDR2), see [12]

“The various different syntaxes exist mostly because different people like to write the same process in different ways: there’s no particular reason to prefer one over another.” (P.A.)

The ‘alphabet’ (the set of communication: events and channels) used to control a parallel combination will have semantic significance in CSPm. In [7] (Roscoe) alphabets are explicit, as oppose to [9] (Hoare). ([7] chapter “2.7 On alphabets”)

In the CSP literature I have seen so far there are some 5 parallel composition operators plus the occam PAR. First the four in the textbook part of Roscoe [7]:

  1. Synchronous parallel
    Not in CSPm:

    P || Q

    All events are synchronized upon. This is not described in the Schneider book [8].

    It may be described using by f.ex. Sharing (below) like this [7] chapter “2.6 Tools”:

    P || Q == P [|Events|] Q
  2.  Alphabetized parallel
    P [ a || a' ] Q
    P [interface] Q

    Only those events defined in the alphabet or interface are agreed upon. Also spelt Alphabetised parallel. Interface are events or channels.

    All other parallel composition operators are “variants” of this type (P.A.)

    P [ x || y ] Q \ x ∩ y
    is "close to" occam PAR (point-to-point invisible, see below)
  3. Interleaving / unsynchronized parallel
    P ||| Q

    Process P and Q do not interact on any events apart from termination. Each event is performed by exactly one process” [8]. “The parallel operator with no synchronization events in its alphabet is named interleaving parallel” [11]. For some reason the word parallel is often dropped. Also, it’s not interleaved parallel. The interleaving operator represents completely independent concurrent activity for P and Q. Also called Unsynchronized parallel (in FDR2 Manual [10]).

  4. Generalized parallel / interface parallel / sharing
    P [| a |] Q
    LEFT [| {|internal_right,internal_left|} |] RIGHT
    Wikipedia syntax:? P |[ {a} ]| Q (also accepted by FDR2!)

    Any event in the interface set {a} can only occur when both P and Q are able to engage in that event.

    Also spelt Generalised parallel and called Interface parallel. It does not exist in Hoare’s book [9]. I was rather confused when reading the CSPm descriptions in both [7] (Roscoe) and [10] (FDR2 manual) since when describing this kind of parallel in that context, the word ‘generalized’ is completely gone and ‘shared’ is used instead. I thought them to be unique. But I discovered the connection by reading [7] chapter “2.6 Tools” and “B.5 Processes”. Not easy to detect, Roscoe!

    “The |[ or [|  is purely a matter of preference. I think Hoare used one and some other people used the latter. FDR2 accepts either.” (P.A.)

    Here are aspects of generalized parallel described as other types. This shows the expressive power og generalized parallel.

    If there is no interface between two processes (nothing is synchronized), then it’s the same as interleaving:

    P || Q == P ||| Q

    Since CSPm could not have a syntax like the left part (difficult to write and parse the connection between the two lines), the first line in the code below will say the same:

    P [| {} |] Q    == P ||| Q         (as interleaving)
    P [| x ∩ y |] Q == P [ x || y ] Q  (as alphabetized)
    P |[ x ∪ y ]| Q == P || Q          (as synchronous)

    The second line states that if P and Q never communicate outside x and y, but by the events in the intersection of x and y, then those common events represent the interface alphabet of alphabetized parallel.

    The third line states that if P and Q never communicate outside x and y, but by the events in the union of x and y, then all events, also those not in common, represent synchronous parallel – where all events are synchronized upon.

    P [| z |] Q \ z     Is also
    "close to" occam PAR (point-to-point invisible, see below)

The Wikipedia article only mentions Interleaving and Interface parallel.

Then, when it comes to the CSPm manual part of Roscoe’s book then Synchronous seems to be gone and in come this:

  1. Linked parallel
    P [chan_out <-> chan_in] Q
    FORK [right<->left] PHIL

    It is a “generalised version of chaining” [10]. The linked parallel operator generalizes the chaining operator ≫ [12]. Observe that CSPm per se has no “>>” chaining operator. Line 2 makes channels left and right available for FORK and PHIL.

    It is easy to see the similarities between the below occam and CSPm code. The second PAR in the occam code would set up a “linked parallel”, if that were an occam term:

    "BUFF" is a one place buffer, not seen here, but see [12]
    VAL N IS 4:
    [N + 1] CHAN OF ANY OutIn:
      -- Producer at InOut[0] and consumer at InOut[N] in here
      PAR i = 0 FOR N
        BUFF (OutIn[i],OutIn[i+1])
    PIPE (N,in,out) =
      [out<->in] i : @ BUFF (in,out)

So, now – where is the occam PAR operator in this (apart from the example above)?

  1. occam PAR
    Not in CSPm:

“Occam PAR infers the synchronisation event sets from the process defintions, rather like the original Hoare ||, so it doesn’t have a direct equivalent in CSPm where specifying the alphabets is always required.” (P.A.)

There are two examples in the alphabetized and generalized chapters above, where occam examples are seen (search for “point-to-point”). They are pasted from book [7] (Roscoe, page 78 in chapter “3.1 Hiding”) which states that:

If we want to hide all the communications between a pair of parallel processes we would write P [ x || y ] Q \ x ∩ y or P [| z |] Q \ z. This creates point-to-point, invisible communication, which is arguably closest to the ‘natural’ parallel operator of implementations such as OCCAM.

The paper [11] (Bojan Orlic (B.O.)) has some clarification here (coloured by me):

In occam, a PAR construct defines that all of its subprocesses are executed in parallel, that is by separate flows of control. A PAR construct contains two or more processes – it is not relevant for the construct whether any two processes are intended to be interleaving or to synchronize on some user-defined events. Instead of explicitly specifying events on which processes synchronize per every parallel operator, the concept of a channel is used. A channel is an infrastructure element that encapsulates the point of event synchronization. In this way, event ends are not aware of each other; they communicate by accessing the same channel. The channel implementation mechanism take care that event ends synchronize in a rendezvous manner. The alphabet on which two parallel processes synchronize is in this way implicitly specified in their channel interconnections. For the operational semantics of a parallel construct in occam, explicit enumeration of alphabets on which processes synchronize is thus not needed and not foreseen in its language syntax. In the same way, renaming and hiding operators are superfluous in a channel-based synchronization interconnection infrastructure. A CSP event is symmetric seen from all sides participating in rendezvous synchronization and may or may not have associated a set of data communications in one or both directions. Occam channels assume both rendezvous synchronization and unidirectional communication.

“The key difference regarding the parallel construct is that in CSP one needs to explicitly specify channel/event names on which the processes composed in parallel will synchronize. While in Occam, communication and synchronization (barrier) are always lumped together in notion of rendezvous channels, in CSP focus is on synchronization. Therefore, processes will synchronize on events with same name but only if that is specified in alphabet (interface) of parallel construct. If nothing is specified then synchronization is on all events with same name. [..] Occam and CSP…occam is simple for practical use, CSP is more powerful for expressing subtleties of synchronization patterns” (B.O.)

Credits. Thanks P.A. and B.O. for thorough replies to my mail queries! I have done some copy / paste from them!

Q3 – CSPm operator precedence

Do observe that CSPm has operator precedence, see [10] (FDR2 User Manual). Do like this:

SERV (params..) =
    chan1 ? value ->
      if (some condition) then
        SERV (params..)
      else if (some condition) then
        SERV (params..)
      else (some condition) then
        SERV (params..)
    chan2 ? msg -> SERV (params..)

It wil compile perfectly fine without the brackets, but since [] and the other CSP operators binds tighter than if..then..else then the choice operator [] would start to run at the above else statement. I think the first if and else if clauses will bind to chan1 input. To be honest I don’t understand why it’s broken at that place.. This is not for previous occam people to understand, having been unlearned of operator precedence!

Wish list and comments

  1. (This point may be nonsensical) “FDR Status” window does not include a date/time before each log line. This makes it difficult to understand what’s new and not. Right now it took me 15 minutes to understand that a complaint it had after loading a file, was from a loading yesterday! So I restarted FDR2 to restart the log window. Of course, the window does not have any xy-addressing, so it’s always what’s at the bottom that is new! But it’s not as simple as that: Some times the window seems to go full, and it looks like it’s being updated, but it isn’t. “Yesterday’s” sins are just present. It could say something like NEWLINE not expected at line 28, but this is only a past truth.. (I would like to be able to flush the log window and write comments in it!)
  2. FDR2 status line (bottom of the screen) seems to disappears in a second, so it’s quite volatile.
  3. After the importing syntax check has been passed and I decide to do a FD Check, I get the disappearing “Process requires arguments to be filled in” in the status line. What doe sthis mean, and which line does it point to?
  4. I did “File”, “All asserts” and then I got an error message into the Status window, like “Identifier …. has not been declared near line xx of file”, which surely will help me going on. Is this like standard “compilation” with messages?

  1. FDR2 at http://www.fsel.com/index.html Formal Systems (Europe) Ltd. FDR = Failures-Divergence Refinement.
  2. Oxford University Computing Laboratory at http://www.cs.ox.ac.uk/projects/concurrency-tools/
  3. “OS X: Easily edit hidden configuration files with TextEdit” at http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/2618/os_x_easily_edit_hidden_configuration_files_with_textedit/
  4. “Easier use of X11 in bash” at http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20031026091804549
  5. CSP at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communicating_sequential_processes
  6. Course “The Theory of Concurrency in Real-Time Systems” TK8112 at NTNU, see http://www.ntnu.edu/studies/courses/TK8112
  7. Some of the books at Oxford (download at http://www.cs.ox.ac.uk/activities/concurrency/books/). “The Theory and Practice of Concurrency” by A.W. Roscoe, 1998
  8. “Concurrent and Real-time Systems: the CSP Approach” by Steve Schneider, 1999
  9. “Communicating Sequential Processes” by C.A.R. Hoare, 1985
  10. “FDR2 User Manual”, see [2]
  11. “Design principles for the (System)CSP software framework” by B. Orlic. et al. at https://www.ce.utwente.nl/aigaion/attachments/single/652. The CPA-2007 paper is present at http://www.wotug.org/paperdb/show_pap.php?f=1&num=522
  12. “CSPm : A Reference Manual Bryan Scattergood” by Philip Armstrong, at http://www.cs.ox.ac.uk/ucs/cspm.pdf
  13. The The ASD:Suite® at http://www.verum.com/
  14. “FDR3: The Future of CSP Model Checking”, Thomas GIBSON-ROBINSON, Department of Computer Science, University of Oxford, England. Fringe presentation at CPA-2013, see http://www.wotug.org/cpa2013/programme.shtml
  15. FDR3 — The CSP Refinement Checker
    FDR3 analyses programs written in CSPM, which combines the
    operators of Hoare’s CSP with a functional programming language. It also has support for analysing timed systems, via tock CSP, see https://www.cs.ox.ac.uk/projects/fdr/
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  1. Prasanth Kuamr T on said:

    Thanks for the info. It is really difficult to get this procedure.
    Have tested installing it on Linux86_64. I want the procedure. Please let me know if you know it or where i can get that.

    Thanks again

    • According to a student at the course, for Ubuntu, add:

      export FDRHOME=”$HOME/FDR2″

      in .bashrc (which is called .profile in OSX).

      He also had to install libxss1 that seems to be the X11 Screen Saver extension library.

      Then I assume you could extend the knowledge in this note. But the Oxford “fdr2manual” is the ultimate document for this (and it may become updated to obsolete this page).


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Manganese Bronze loses third of value after revealing hole in accounts

The maker of London’s black cabs, Manganese Bronze, saw a third of its value wiped out after discovering errors in its accounts that mean it will have to restate financial results.

London Black Cab maker Manganese Bronze posted a pre-tax loss of £2.6m for 2011 and a £6.3m loss for 2010 Photo: Jonathan Banks

Manganese, which was founded 113 years ago, finds itself in turmoil after the company admitted it has overstated stock and understated liabilities in financial statements.

The misstatements have been blamed on a “combination of system and procedural errors” during the introduction of a new IT system in August 2010.

A number of transactions in 2010 and 2011, and residual balances from the previous system were not transferred on to the new system, Manganese said in a stock market statement.

The errors mean at least £3.9m will have to be cut from Manganese’s profits over the last few years.

However, the company, whose taxis were used by the Spice Girls at the Closing Ceremony of the Olympics, warned the work to calculate the losses is not complete and delayed its interim results until late September.

The scale of the potential loss is significant given Manganese reported a pre-tax loss of £2.6m in 2011 and £6.3m in 2010. Its market capitalisation is now just £5m.

The Coventry-based company has already been struggling in the UK due to economic uncertainty and growing competition to its traditional TX4 taxi from manufacturers such as Nissan.

John Russell, chief executive, is in China holding talks with the company’s backers and he declined to give further comment on the future of Manganese last night.

However, in it stock market statement, the company said it “continues to enjoy the ongoing support of its bankers and Geely”. Geely is the Chinese car maker that owns 20pc of Manganese and its backing is pivotal.

Manganese has £2.8m of headroom on its banking facilities and a company spokesman said the accounting losses will not lead to a covenant breach.

However, trading remains “difficult” for Manganese and it is still trading at a loss this year.

The company said: “As announced on 17 May 2012, sales for the first half were lower than in the comparative period in 2011 and the group currently expects to report net losses for the first half that are substantially higher than reported last year.

"The group is expecting higher sales in the second half but does not know at this stage if results for the full year will be in accordance with market expectations."

Shares in Manganese fell 8.5, or 34pc, to 16.50p.

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    Posted 27 Jul 2015 Link to this post

    Hi all,
    i'm working on C# , Silverlight with MVVM concept , I'm using Silverlight Report viewer to print or print preview the reports .
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    Hi Victor,

    The custom ReportResolver is called multiple times while displaying the report - on initial loading of the report, on consecutive interactions as export, print, parameters changes. The custom ReportResolver is called also on changing the viewer's Report property in code. Thus consider caching any data retrieved in the custom resolver to avoid the consecutive calls to the data if they are not needed. Check my colleague's example here.

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Rishi shouts at Tanuja that he is really ashamed of what he just saw her doing, he was disgusted that she is with Nakul in such a time.
In the temple, the lady sat lost in her thoughts when all at once the flames were about to extinguish. She comes to save them worried what is happening to this love story, she then cheers wondering what new color is being given to this love story.
Tanuja tells Rishi she brought soup for Nakul as she thought he wasn’t fine. Rishi questions how she know Nakul is in problem. Tanuja about to tell him it was Nidhi, but qualifies she just saw him having a head ache. Rishi says he know well about her, this is his Nakul and he won’t let her stay in this house for another moment. He drags Tanuja downstairs. Bee ji watches them and comes to save Tanuja. Rishi pushes

her towards Bee ji asking her to tell her what she did. He was sure when she will come to know the truth everyone would be his side. He tells Bee ji it was her planning to trap Nakul. Raaj and everyone come there, Rishi blames Tanuja. Raaj shouts that may be he is wrong. Rishi questions Manpreet if he trusts him, Manpreet was sure Rishi must have a misunderstanding. Rishi still drags Tanuja out of the house. Tanuja watches Bee ji getting dizzy, she runs towards her to save her. Bee ji takes Tanuja’s promise to stay with her. Raaj calls Rishi a liar, Rishi insists she is lying. Raaj says may be Nakul is drunk, or maybe he took something by himself. Tanuja was sure someone else gave it to him. Rishi asks what she has given to Nakul. Raaj takes a guarantee that Tanuja hasn’t given anything to Nakul, she is just like his daughter and he can see the truth in her eyes. He, as an elder has decided that this girl will stay in this house. Tanuja leaves the house. Rishi stood curt.
At Bani’s house, Bani and Neha climb the sofa afraid of lizard. Neha then explains that she was speaking about Tanuja, she didn’t let Nidhi go with Nakul. They were curt that they were mistaken sending Tanuja there. Bani was determined to get the whole property of Bedi family, Rano herself will walk to her.
Tanuja returns home, Nidhi questions if Neha scolded her really bad; but she won’t apologize her even. Tanuja silently sits on her bed crying, and says she doesn’t know this is right or not but something is really wrong. She wonders why Rishi thought she was speaking to her mother, and suspected her even further when she denied it. Nidhi thinks that Rishi heard her conversation with mom, then warns Tanuja that Rishi will now break her.
The next morning, Bee ji forbids Manpreet tell Rano about the last night incident. Rano notices they both are hiding something. Rishi comes downstairs shouting at a business associate. Manpreet wish him morning, Rishi confirms if he reached DK. Rano takes a leave to arrange for Ganpati, Manpreet also takes a leave. Bee ji stops Rishi and says she believe he is a bit rude with Tanuja, he seems to look at her in some other way. He can see Tannu’s shadow in Tanuja somewhere, it brought him close to her. He now expects her to behave just like his Tannu, she didn’t and that turn him enraged at her. Rishi denies any such thing. Bee ji asks him to think from his heart, and look into Tanuja’s eyes; he would understand she is innocent. Rishi asks if she is done, and leaves the room.
Rishi was coming downstairs, Raaj calls him to help everyone in decoration. Tanuja was also working in decoration, Rishi thinks about Tanuja and his moments together while Bee ji’s words echo in his mind. He walks towards Tanuja while lost in his thoughts, Tanuja turns around with the flower tray. Rishi holds it from falling, while staring at her. They share an eye lock. Raaj turns around calling Tanuja, Ahana also notices their eye lock and calls Rishi’s name; both didn’t listen. Manpreet and Nakul come arguing who look better. Rano arrives ready, Raaj taunts her to be late. Rano was happy as UV has gone to take Divia and Smiley is also coming. Vidhi comes inside, they all makes her busy in the work while leaving for bringing the idol home. Rishi agrees to go, but like every year he would stay out of the stage. Ahana notices Tanuja and Rishi looking at each other again. Rishi felt restless.
In the way, Manpreet requests Rishi to dance for a while. Rishi only stares at Manpreet and he agrees to him. Rishi was shocked to see Sandy on a tea stall and stop there while the others move ahead. He shouts his name in rage and runs towards him. Sandy breaks the tea cup and runs from the spot, while Rishi follows him. Sandy had hired an auto and flee. Manpreet comes there, Rishi says Sandy was here. Manpreet was not ready to accept, he questions till when he would follow his nightmares. Why he wants to hurt their parents, what would he do even after he finds Sandy, if he is punished after killing Sandy whole of their family will suffer. Rishi was determined not to leave Sandy, then thinks about Ahana’s advices as well. He had vowed to agree to his fate, saying alright he got a way now.
Tanuja comes into Rishi’s room, wondering why she was attracted to Rishi. What was the dream in which she saw Rishi, was it only a mental obsession. She heard Rishi only loved Tannu who lost her life for him, why could she see a girl getting bullet in her dream; what is the feeling when she looking into Rishi’s eyes today. She looks around wondering why there is not a single photo of Tannu, she wants to see how Tannu looked and searches in the room. She then thinks it’s unethical to touch someone’s personal belongings. She recalls Bee ji calling her a shadow of Tannu, then goes towards the diary again to look at Tanu. A photo labelled Tanu on behind fell from the diary, Tanuja holds it and was about to turn it around when John comes calling her. She rushes downstairs.
They were placing the idol, Tanuja comes to help Rishi hold it better. Both share another eye lock. Bee ji was happy watching them together, Nidhi felt awkward about it. Raaj smiles nodding at Bee ji about them. Their eye-contact breaks all at once, Rishi removes his hand from beneath Tanuja’s. Bee ji sends Divia to get sweet basket.

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Epi begins with RC and Suvi coming out and RC telling her once they have the meeting with Malini’s financer they can head back to Mumbai and tells her she can stay with her parents, Suvi thanks him and RC tells her he is very hungry and asks if they can go eat, Suvi apologises and says she is not hungry, RC tells her she hasn’t eaten anything since morning, Suvi tells him she doesn’t want to go out so she will order in her room itself
Suvi heads towards her room and RC watches her thinking there is something Suvi is hiding from him and thinks if Ira told her everything, while Suvi entering the room thinks she needs to talk to Yuvi

Chobey ji calls out to Khurana who is jogging while Khurana tells him not to worry as there wont be any problems at night now, Chobey ji tells

him there was a problem yesterday night, Khurana asks if the girls did anything but Chobey ji tells him it wasn’t them, he tells Khurana while it was raining his roof was leaking, Khurana gives him 500 and tells him to fix it but Chobey ji says its not that problem but someone white head to toe kept a hand on his shoulders and he feels there is someone in the building

Khurana tells him many people live in the building but Chobey ji informs him the lady in white is a protector of bachelorettes and she wont let people live if they blame the girls for something they haven’t done, while Soni brings a board to remind him what to say but Chobey messes it up and Khurana tells him his night duty is off for today and to send another guard for tonight
Soni goes to him and hits him for messing it up and tells him to leave, while Soni thinks the whole plan is messed up now and thinks how will Yuvi come at night now with the new guard around, Soni messages Yuvi about it who reads the message and thinks now he has to think of new plan and then smiles as he got an idea, he leaves while Samar comes from behind and goes to his car only to see a plant in front, he gets off to move it out while Yuvi runs and gets into his car

Vikram in the office goes after Geeti asking why didn’t she inform him but Geeti tells him he doesn’t need to know where she works or not, but he argues it isn’t like that, they leave as Trisha comes to Rohan, Rohan asks her she never told him about taking internship at Iris but Trisha tells him how long could she stay away from him and wanted to work in the same office as she was very inspired by Preeti and Raj, she lookas at Preeti who smiles back a bit unsure
Rohan tells Trisha she should have atleast informed him about it, Trisha says she wanted to surprise him but doesn’t know who told him about it, Rohan looks at Preeti who looks tensed and then takes her bag and says bye to both of them, Rohan asks Trisha if she really wants to be a designer but Trisha says she wants to be in the same place as him and if RC believes in her talent then it will work out, Rohan smiles back while Preeti watches sighing

Yuvi is hiding at the back in Samar’s car, his phone starts buzzing and Samar looks around then looks at the mirror to see Yuvi’s phone, he smiles and stops the car and checks at the back with his hand, Yuvi thinks he is gone but Samar thinks of acting and says aloud that there is nothing and he should go on a long drive as he hasn’t for many days and he should talk to Suvi, Yuvi looks at him irritated while Samar smiles and drives madly around the road making Yuvi bang to the car door
RC is in his thoughts tensed in his room, he thinks there is something for sure and only Ira can tell him if what he is thinking is right or not, he calls Ira wishing she picks up the call but Ira on the other hand is thinking whether to pick up or not, he then cuts the call irritated

Ira thinks she cant avoid RC forever but thinks whatever was written in the diary it didn’t seem like Suvi knew anything but she blasted off and told Suvi everything and even looking at her face it didn’t seem she knew anything, Ira sighs thinking what did she do, she decides to talk to RC about it
Samar gets out and walks to the lift, Yuvi quickly gets out of the car while dropping his mobile and runs to a pillar to hide, Samar turns back to see Yuvi in a mirror, he thinks howcome Yuvi is here since his gf is in delhi, he thinks that Yuvi wants to enter the society but who did he come to meet, Samar tells himself why is he thinking so much he should go ask
Samar walks to his car and opens and shuts the door making Yuvi jerk and turn to him, he asks Yuvi howcome he is there and if he was coming here he should have asked Samar he would have given him a lift, he then asks since his gf is in delhi how come he is here, Yuvi fumbles and says he doesn’t tell people like him where he is going and why

They again have a tashan tiff and Yuvi asks him why did he left his car open what if a thief came, Samar says yeah maybe the thief would steal his stuff or the car or if he was lazy he would have lived at the back seat, Yuvi tells him to think of many possiblitties the thief can do and he will leave and he runs off, Samar goes to take his bag from the car when he sees Yuvi’s phone on the ground buzzing and picks up as its Suvi
Suvi on the other line nags where was Yuvi as she was calling so many times and he kept disconnecting, she asks him if he was in shoot but Samar tells her she called the wrong person and says if she would have called him he would never disconnect her call

Suvi sits upright and says this is Yuvi’s number and asks who is on the other line, Samar says her truly PP and Suvi gets shocked and asks him how come Yuvi’s phone is with him and asks if Yuvi’s okay, Samar says he looked a bit retarted which he already is as he dropped off his cell phone, Suvi tells him to shut up and asks him to tell Yuvi about her call when he meets him up and hangs up, Samar says mischievously he was thinking of not returning the cell phone but now he thinks he will
The other lawyer asks Pappa G.’s lawyer even if they assume that Pappa G didn’t do anything can he prove how the company had so much losses, Mr. Bhatia tells him to come to the point and asks what will his client take to take back the criminal charges, the other lawyer tells him that what Pappa G di was not professional and its taken as to be criminal, Mr. Bhatia tells him that if he kept this meeting for insulting his client they will take a leave and asks the lawyer to say clearly what is the out of court clause

The other lawyer then says that Pappa G will be suspended from his job and also he will nto receive any perks that is the accommodation and health insurance etc. and also adds that he has to empty the house that he is living in, he then tells the last clause that is where Pappa G have to write that he was responsible for the loss that the company had, Pappa G is shocked and frustrated as the lawyer says that he will be black listed from this industry for one year, Pappa G thinks he gave 25 years to this company and this is what he gets in return
At home Yuvi asks for each thing in the list and Soni keeps saying done, she says if Suvi was there it would have been really fun, Yuvi agrees too and thinks she called, he looks for his cell phone all around, he asks Soni about it but cannot remember where he kept it, he then thinks what if it was in the car

Mr Bhatia consoles Pappa G. and tells the other lawyer he could have said all this in a better way and asks him if his client will withdraw the criminal charges, the lawyer smiles and looks at his client who smiles back and the lawyer gives Pappa G the papers to sign, Pappa G crying and devastated signs the papers
At Suvi’s place Samar rings the bell and Yuvi opens the door, Samar takes out Yuvi’s cell phone and says it was fallen beside his car, Yuvi casually says it must have dropped out and takes it back telling Soni he got the mobile back

Samar tells Yuvi Suvi called and he picked up the call, Yuvi asks why, Samar says because its not his style to make beautiful girls wait, Yuvi gets angry and reminds him she is his gf, Samar says so what and goes on that Suvi was telling the weather was good and was aalso asking about Yuvi and he said he might be good, Yuvi unable to control his anger punches Samar

Precap: RC gets a message from Ira that Suvi knows while Suvi gets out of her room and RC looks at her shocked, the landlord shouts at Mamma G that she being a thief’s wife will teach him manners and Pappa G slaps him hard…

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Posted : April 13, 2013 at 7:40 pm IST by ManaTelugu
Bollywood beauties Lara Dutta, Chitrangada Singh and Yami Gautam added their spark and glamour at the India International Jewellery Week (IIJW). They walked the ramp here as showstoppers for different brands. The actresses appeared at the event Friday evening.

Lara flaunted diamonds by Birdhichand Ghanshyamdas Jewellers, while Chitrangada walked wearing designs by Hazoorilal Jewellers, and Yami sported bespoke pieces by Nazraana.  Nazraana created a special set for its show, with two jewellery boxes hanging from the roof. The show for Nazraana started with a ballet performance, followed by models sashaying down the ramp, posing in glittering diamond jewellery.

Yami of “Vicky Donor” fame looked glamorous in a bold black gown with a red belt, and she wore diamonds on her neck, ears and wrist. Asked about her favourite piece of jewellery, she said: “I am a big fan of solitaires. I love the collection by Nazraana, first of all because of its name, and then because they can be worn on any occasion. They are casual, yet stylish.”

Lara was seen in a royal show by Birdhichand Ghanshyamdas Jewellers. The former Miss Universe looked resplendent in a heavy neckpiece from the line, which was inspired by Jaipur’s famous Amer fort. Lara said she enjoys walking the ramp at jewellery events.

In the following show, by Hazoorilal Jewellers, Chitrangada was seen in a traditional avatar thanks to a Charu Parashar creation – a heavily embroidered red lehenga with a black blouse. To match the look, she wore an elaborate piece in polki or uncut diamonds. The line by Hazoorilal Jewellers was a combination of pearl drops, gold, kundan and coloured stones like ruby and emerald.

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Posted : June 5, 2013 at 12:52 pm IST by ManaTelugu

Tapsee is one heroine who gives her 100% for the character she dons. The bubbly actress who has been shooting for Tamil actor Ajith’s film, fell sick in Kulu Manali. She completed her shooting schedule and later returned to Chennai. She is currently bed ridden and was advised complete rest.

Tapsee’s next Telugu movie, Sahasam starring Gopichand in the lead role. The movie is gearing up for release on June 14th. Tapsee has no hit so far in Telugu as solo heroine till now. She is serious about making amends to that with this movie. We wish her a speedy recovery and success with Sahasam.


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Posted on: 1:48:35 PM 6/18/2007

If that was my dog I would of rushed him to the vet no matter what. But the owner said he was dead no pulse and put him in the bag to carry him over to his house and I belive he also burried him within an hr of the hit.

Posted on: 10:33:45 AM 6/18/2007

Yeah i figured. It must of been an internal bleeding. At least he didn't suffer. The place where I live is a 5 lane main street with speed of 35mph, I'm guessing he got hit at least at 40-45 or maybe even higher.

Posted on: 1:17:10 PM 6/17/2007

It was wierd, there was no blood and like right where his shoulder is he was cut but no clue how. Sad just the sound he made sounded like a human cry.

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Ok so just 2 hrs ago a dog got hit by a car right in front of my house. The dog gave loud cry couple times and it just went quiet. The owner showed up said there was pulse but he wasen't moving. 2 Minutes later the pulse was gone. Dead or in comma? A...

Posted on: 7:52:58 AM 12/29/2006

I was going to go to the place the dog was taken but I can't remember what the place was called... I feel soo bad!

Posted on: 1:38:01 AM 12/28/2006

Yeah I had to go back... I wouldn't be able to sleep ever if I didn't thats just cruel if you accidently hit something and not go back to see if its dead or alive. Even if its dead at least you know it won't be hurt really bad and die slowly.

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I was coming back from store and I saw this van slowed down in front of me and I was like "Why is this guy going so slow" and I was going like 35mph and the next thing I see is a dog running at side of my bumper next to my wheel... The worst sound ...

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“Is a bottle of wine ever really worth $100?”

This is a question I’m regularly asked by friends who aren’t obsessed with wine. My answer is always the same.

“Of course,” I begin. “For starters, there’s supply and demand — bottles sell for what the market says they’re worth.”

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Apart from working directly with small businesses, I am teaching strategic planning classes at the Small Business Development Center at Portland Community College, and decision making classes at Portland State University.

I have been a team leader of pro bono consultants for nonprofits through the Community Consulting Project (CCP) of the Organizational Development Network (ODN) Oregon. This typically included help with strategic planning and board development. I am a professional member of Oregon ODN and part of the CCP leadership team.

I have written a strategic planning guideline that describes the steps of a typical strategic planning session, from honing the mission to planning concrete action steps. It offers practical tools for facilitators to guide groups through this process.

Here’s more about my background and expertise.


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Sports Science & Nutrition

Building Strength Tips for the Teen Tennis Player

Sports Science & Nutrition

By Caroline Sullivan, MS, RD, CSSD, LD Supplements

I would like to say that somewhere in my career as a recreational athlete I needed to gain weight. Unfortunately, I have never had the pleasure…but I know many high school men that have worked night and day to build muscle mass and strength.

Building muscle mass can happen with tennis and cross training…but it cannot happen without a focused nutrition plan. Gaining weight and building muscle can be challenging. Male youth athletes are growing incredibly fast and burning a huge amount of calories exercising.

Supplements can seem like the magic ticket, but they are not. Reach for real food. There are very little checks and balances when it comes to ingredients in supplements. Real food boasts a wide range of health benefits and is completely safe! Use these guidelines to make a conscious effort to increase your nutrition and thus your strength building:

Fish_realfood1. Eat three balanced meals and incorporate 3-4 snacks throughout the day.

Make sure you always have a snack immediately after practice or cross training to reduce any protein loss as your muscles repair.

2. Don’t forget carbs.

Many people think they need protein to bulk up, when in fact carbohydrate is the limiting factor. You must have enough carbohydrates to be able to use dietary protein to build muscle. If your diet lacks carbohydrates, the protein you eat in will be converted to carbohydrate for energy. Tennis players need carbohydrates to fuel their muscles during practice and competition. More than half of your diet should come from whole grain carbohydrates.

3. Incorporate a combination of carbohydrate and protein in your post-practice snack.

Chocolate milk has a great balance of carbohydrate and protein to help with muscle repair. Another option is a tortilla with turkey or a smoothie with banana, yogurt, and peanut butter.

4. Protein supplements are expensive and may not be that helpful.

It is likely that you will be able to get enough protein from your diet. By eating a lean protein with each meal and incorporating a high quality protein (one that comes from an animal) after exercise, you will meet your needs for muscle building.

5. Drink a caloric beverage with meals.

You may hear that we should drink plain water with meals. This is true unless you are trying to gain weight. Adding calories via beverages doesn’t fill you up and can help increase the nutrients in your diet…if you choose the right thing. Avoid sodas, sports drinks (save those for matches), or fruit punches. Reach for low fat milk or 100-percent juice.

It seems odd that gaining weight can be such an effort, but it doesn’t just happen by incorporating a protein shake here and there. The next time you find yourself looking at Rafa’s bicep and wishing yours looked the same, know that he didn’t roll out of bed with it looking like that. It took hard work both on and off the court.

Caroline Sullivan is a Registered Dietitian and specialist in sports dietetics. She has served as a dietitian for several NCAA Division I top-25 teams including work with basketball, football, tennis, and track & field. She is a member of the USTA Texas Sports Science Committee.

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