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			<title><![CDATA[Diet]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[You are here: Home / Inside the Pyramid / What foods are in the vegetable group?
 
 
 

What foods are in the vegetable group?
 
Any vegetable or 100% vegetable juice counts as a member of the vegetable group. Vegetables may be raw or cooked; fresh, frozen, canned, or dried/dehydrated; and may be whole, cut-up, or mashed.

Vegetables are organized into 5 subgroups, based on their nutrient content. Some commonly eaten vegetables in each subgroup are: 
 
 
 
Dark green vegetables
bok choy
broccoli 
collard greens
dark green leafy lettuce
kale
mesclun
mustard greens
romaine lettuce
spinach
turnip greens
watercress

Orange vegetables
acorn squash
butternut squash
carrots
hubbard squash
pumpkin
sweetpotatoes

Dry beans and peas
black beans
black-eyed peas
garbanzo beans (chickpeas)
kidney beans
lentils
lima beans (mature)
navy beans
pinto beans
soy beans
split peas
tofu (bean curd made from soybeans)
white beans	Starchy vegetables
corn
green peas
lima beans (green)
potatoes

Other vegetables
artichokes
asparagus
bean sprouts
beets
Brussels sprouts
cabbage
cauliflower
celery
cucumbers
eggplant
green beans
green or red peppers
iceberg (head) lettuce
mushrooms
okra
onions
parsnips
tomatoes
tomato juice
vegetable juice
turnips
wax beans
zucchini]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[You are here: Home / Inside the Pyramid / What foods are in the vegetable group?
 
 
 

What foods are in the vegetable group?
 
Any vegetable or 100% vegetable juice counts as a member of the vegetable group. Vegetables may be raw or cooked; fresh, frozen, canned, or dried/dehydrated; and may be whole, cut-up, or mashed.

Vegetables are organized into 5 subgroups, based on their nutrient content. Some commonly eaten vegetables in each subgroup are: 
 
 
 
Dark green vegetables
bok choy
broccoli 
collard greens
dark green leafy lettuce
kale
mesclun
mustard greens
romaine lettuce
spinach
turnip greens
watercress

Orange vegetables
acorn squash
butternut squash
carrots
hubbard squash
pumpkin
sweetpotatoes

Dry beans and peas
black beans
black-eyed peas
garbanzo beans (chickpeas)
kidney beans
lentils
lima beans (mature)
navy beans
pinto beans
soy beans
split peas
tofu (bean curd made from soybeans)
white beans	Starchy vegetables
corn
green peas
lima beans (green)
potatoes

Other vegetables
artichokes
asparagus
bean sprouts
beets
Brussels sprouts
cabbage
cauliflower
celery
cucumbers
eggplant
green beans
green or red peppers
iceberg (head) lettuce
mushrooms
okra
onions
parsnips
tomatoes
tomato juice
vegetable juice
turnips
wax beans
zucchini]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[Arnold]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Biography 1947 - Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger is born on July 30 in the hamlet of Thal bei Graz, about 7 km (4 mi) from Graz, the capital of Styria (die Steiermark). 1947 - Arnold is the second son of Aurelia Jadrny Schwarzenegger and policeman Gustav Schwarzenegger (Gendarmerie-Kommandant). 1966 - Wins Mr. Europe title as a bodybuilder 1967 - Becomes Mr. Universe (a title he won five times) 1968 - Arnold Schwarzenegger goes to America and America will never be the same again. 1970 - Wins title of Mr. World; becomes Mr. Olympia, a title he will hold each year until 1975 1971 - Arnold's older brother Meinhard is killed in an auto accident. Meinhard's son now lives and works in Los Angeles. 1972 - Gustav Schwarzenegger dies in Weiz, Styria, where he had been transferred as a police official. Arnold does not attend his father's funeral (however, he DID have a great relationship with his father). 1977 - Meets TV journalist Maria Shriver, a member of the Kennedy clan, at a tennis tournament. 1977 - The documentary film about bodybuilding, "Pumping Iron" is released. "Pumping Iron" is a huge success and launches Arnold's movie career. The influence of "Pumping Iron" is so great that it starts a silent but huge cultural revolution in the United States and worldwide, taking bodybuilding out of the dark backroom gyms and propels working out with weights (once only done by a small minority of people who were considered weird before the release of the film) to the number one activity of Americans. By the mid 1980's more than 50 million Americans have joined either gyms or health clubs in the now fashionable pursuit to pump iron and grow some muscles. 1979 - Arnold Schwarzenegger earns a business B.A. from the University of Wisconsin 1980 - Arnold comes out of bodybuilding retirement to win his 7th Mr. Olympia title in a very controversial victory. Two of the top bodybuilders and competitors in the contest, Mike Mentzer and Boyer Coe (both Mr. Universe title winners) retire from bodybuilding competition in protest to the judging that allowed Arnold to be declared the winner of the 1980 Mr. Olympia. Arnold Schwarzenegger was in great shape for the 1980 contest but was clearly not as good as when he retired from bodybuilding competition in 1975. 1982 - The movie "Conan, the Barbarian" is released and is a big success, establishing Arnold Schwarzenegger as a real box office draw and genuine movie star. 1984 - Becomes a naturalized U.S. citizen on Sept. 16 - by his own admission it was one of his most cherished accomplishments. 1984 - The first Terminator film puts Arnold Schwarzenegger firmly into the “superstar” category. 1986 - Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver marry on August 26. They currently have four children: Katherine, Christina, Patrick, and Christopher. 1987 - Gets his own star on Hollywood's “Walk of Fame” and becomes the world's number one box office draw at the movies. 1990 - Named chairman of President George Bush's Council on Physical Fitness. In following years Schwarzenegger will be active in promoting the Special Olympics and as a prominent figure in Republican politics at the state and national level. 1991 - Receives Simon Wiesenthal Center “Humanity Prize” for his efforts in increasing Holocaust awareness 1991 - Schwarzenegger partners with fellow stars Bruce Willis and Sylvester Stallone to found the Planet Hollywood restaurant chain. 1997 - Receives Simon Wiesenthal Center “Leadership Award” for his efforts in increasing Holocaust awareness 1997 - Undergoes an operation to repair a heart valve. Some claim Arnold Schwarzenegger's admitted use of steroids during his bodybuilding years caused his heart problems. 1997 - In June, Arnold and his wife attend ceremonies in Graz for the dedication of a stadium named in honor of the hometown hero. 1998 - In August Arnold Schwarzenegger's mother dies in Weiz. 1998 - Arnold Schwarzenegger sues two paparazzi for endangering his pregnant wife — and wins. 2003 - On Aug. 6, Arnold Schwarzenegger announces that he will run for California governor as a Republican in the state's Gray Davis recall election. 2003 - Arnold Schwarzenegger makes his victory speech on the night of October 7.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Biography 1947 - Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger is born on July 30 in the hamlet of Thal bei Graz, about 7 km (4 mi) from Graz, the capital of Styria (die Steiermark). 1947 - Arnold is the second son of Aurelia Jadrny Schwarzenegger and policeman Gustav Schwarzenegger (Gendarmerie-Kommandant). 1966 - Wins Mr. Europe title as a bodybuilder 1967 - Becomes Mr. Universe (a title he won five times) 1968 - Arnold Schwarzenegger goes to America and America will never be the same again. 1970 - Wins title of Mr. World; becomes Mr. Olympia, a title he will hold each year until 1975 1971 - Arnold's older brother Meinhard is killed in an auto accident. Meinhard's son now lives and works in Los Angeles. 1972 - Gustav Schwarzenegger dies in Weiz, Styria, where he had been transferred as a police official. Arnold does not attend his father's funeral (however, he DID have a great relationship with his father). 1977 - Meets TV journalist Maria Shriver, a member of the Kennedy clan, at a tennis tournament. 1977 - The documentary film about bodybuilding, "Pumping Iron" is released. "Pumping Iron" is a huge success and launches Arnold's movie career. The influence of "Pumping Iron" is so great that it starts a silent but huge cultural revolution in the United States and worldwide, taking bodybuilding out of the dark backroom gyms and propels working out with weights (once only done by a small minority of people who were considered weird before the release of the film) to the number one activity of Americans. By the mid 1980's more than 50 million Americans have joined either gyms or health clubs in the now fashionable pursuit to pump iron and grow some muscles. 1979 - Arnold Schwarzenegger earns a business B.A. from the University of Wisconsin 1980 - Arnold comes out of bodybuilding retirement to win his 7th Mr. Olympia title in a very controversial victory. Two of the top bodybuilders and competitors in the contest, Mike Mentzer and Boyer Coe (both Mr. Universe title winners) retire from bodybuilding competition in protest to the judging that allowed Arnold to be declared the winner of the 1980 Mr. Olympia. Arnold Schwarzenegger was in great shape for the 1980 contest but was clearly not as good as when he retired from bodybuilding competition in 1975. 1982 - The movie "Conan, the Barbarian" is released and is a big success, establishing Arnold Schwarzenegger as a real box office draw and genuine movie star. 1984 - Becomes a naturalized U.S. citizen on Sept. 16 - by his own admission it was one of his most cherished accomplishments. 1984 - The first Terminator film puts Arnold Schwarzenegger firmly into the “superstar” category. 1986 - Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver marry on August 26. They currently have four children: Katherine, Christina, Patrick, and Christopher. 1987 - Gets his own star on Hollywood's “Walk of Fame” and becomes the world's number one box office draw at the movies. 1990 - Named chairman of President George Bush's Council on Physical Fitness. In following years Schwarzenegger will be active in promoting the Special Olympics and as a prominent figure in Republican politics at the state and national level. 1991 - Receives Simon Wiesenthal Center “Humanity Prize” for his efforts in increasing Holocaust awareness 1991 - Schwarzenegger partners with fellow stars Bruce Willis and Sylvester Stallone to found the Planet Hollywood restaurant chain. 1997 - Receives Simon Wiesenthal Center “Leadership Award” for his efforts in increasing Holocaust awareness 1997 - Undergoes an operation to repair a heart valve. Some claim Arnold Schwarzenegger's admitted use of steroids during his bodybuilding years caused his heart problems. 1997 - In June, Arnold and his wife attend ceremonies in Graz for the dedication of a stadium named in honor of the hometown hero. 1998 - In August Arnold Schwarzenegger's mother dies in Weiz. 1998 - Arnold Schwarzenegger sues two paparazzi for endangering his pregnant wife — and wins. 2003 - On Aug. 6, Arnold Schwarzenegger announces that he will run for California governor as a Republican in the state's Gray Davis recall election. 2003 - Arnold Schwarzenegger makes his victory speech on the night of October 7.]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[ZRTOSHT]]></title>
			<link>http://www.mehrkala.biz/en/forum/showthread.php?tid=9</link>
			<pubDate>Sat, 22 Dec 2007 07:38:49 -0500</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Description
 
Thank you for visiting this news group. Members of this group are consisted of Scholars, researchers, students and people who have interest in Zoroastrianism. Some are learning about this great faith just for the sake of knowledge. There are others who are on their way to become a Zoroastrian and want to learn as much as possible before implementation of the faith. We all come from different backgrounds and places such as North and South America, Asia, Middle East and Europe. You will find Iranians, Indians, Americans, Brazilians, Cubans, Venezuelans, Swedish, and many more people from other countries here. We are all here gathering around a light, light of righteousness. We are all driven to very basic core of this great faith. GOOD THOUGHTS,GOOD WORDS,and GOOD DEEDS. We all are here to learn and to teach, to give and take, to hear and be heard and in the process become a better person. May Ahoura Mazda help us to attain this objective.
Please Note: This news Group is very tolerant. Everyone here agrees to disagree. There are no restrictions and you can post your thoughts and opinions here freely. However we do not endure less than respectful postings. We encourage our members to respect everyone’s view and replay to them with complete respect and courteous. When you replay to a posting please address the news group not the author of the original posting. We hope following these simple steps would allow our news group to create a pleasant environment for all of its members]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Description
 
Thank you for visiting this news group. Members of this group are consisted of Scholars, researchers, students and people who have interest in Zoroastrianism. Some are learning about this great faith just for the sake of knowledge. There are others who are on their way to become a Zoroastrian and want to learn as much as possible before implementation of the faith. We all come from different backgrounds and places such as North and South America, Asia, Middle East and Europe. You will find Iranians, Indians, Americans, Brazilians, Cubans, Venezuelans, Swedish, and many more people from other countries here. We are all here gathering around a light, light of righteousness. We are all driven to very basic core of this great faith. GOOD THOUGHTS,GOOD WORDS,and GOOD DEEDS. We all are here to learn and to teach, to give and take, to hear and be heard and in the process become a better person. May Ahoura Mazda help us to attain this objective.
Please Note: This news Group is very tolerant. Everyone here agrees to disagree. There are no restrictions and you can post your thoughts and opinions here freely. However we do not endure less than respectful postings. We encourage our members to respect everyone’s view and replay to them with complete respect and courteous. When you replay to a posting please address the news group not the author of the original posting. We hope following these simple steps would allow our news group to create a pleasant environment for all of its members]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[bigraphy]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 22 Dec 2007 01:18:17 -0500</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Date of Birth
20 June 1967, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA 


Birth Name
Nicole Mary Kidman 


Nickname
Nic 


Height
5' 10½" (1.79 m) 


Mini Biography
Elegant redhead Nicole Kidman, known as one of Hollywood's top Australian imports, was actually born in Honolulu, Hawaii, to Anthony (a biochemist and clinical psychologist) and Janelle (a nursing instructor) Kidman. The family moved almost immediately to Washington, DC, where Nicole's father pursued his research on breast cancer, and then, three years later, made the pilgrimage to her parents' native Sydney. Young Nicole's first love was ballet, but she eventually took up mime and drama as well (her first stage role was a bleating sheep in an elementary school Christmas pageant). In her adolescent years, acting edged out the other arts and became a kind of refuge -- as her classmates sought out fun in the sun, the fair-skinned Kidman retreated to dark rehearsal halls to practice her craft. She worked regularly at the Philip Street Theater, where she once received a personal letter of praise and encouragement from audience member Jane Campion (then a film student). Kidman eventually dropped out of high school to pursue acting full-time. She broke into movies at age 16, landing a role in the Australian holiday favorite Bush Christmas (1983). That appearance touched off a flurry of film and TV offers, including a lead in BMX Bandits (1983) and a turn as a schoolgirl-turned-protester in the miniseries "Vietnam" (1987) (mini) (for which she won her first Australian Film Institute Award). With the help of an American agent, she eventually made her US debut opposite Sam Neill in the at-sea thriller Dead Calm (1989).

Kidman's next casting coup scored her more than exposure. While starring as Tom Cruise's doctor/love interest in the racetrack romance Days of Thunder (1990), she won over the Hollywood hunk hook, line, and sinker. After a whirlwind courtship (and decent box office returns), the couple wed on December 24, 1990. Determined not to let her new marital status overshadow her fledgling career, the actress pressed on. She appeared as a catty high school senior in the Australian film Flirting (1991), then as Dustin Hoffman's moll in the gangster flick Billy Bathgate (1991). She reunited with Cruise for Far and Away (1992), the story of young Irish lovers who flee to America in the late 1800s, and starred opposite Michael Keaton in the tear-tugger My Life (1993/I). Despite her steady employment, critics and moviegoers still hadn't quite warmed to Kidman as a leading lady. She tried to spice up her image by seducing Val Kilmer in Batman Forever (1995), but achieved her real breakthrough with Gus Van Sant's To Die For (1995). As a fame-crazed housewife determined to eliminate any obstacle in her path, Kidman proved that she had an impressive range and deadly comic timing. She took home a Golden Globe and several critics' awards for the performance. In 1996, Kidman stepped into a corset to work with her countrywoman and onetime admirer, Jane Campion, on the adaptation of Henry James's The Portrait of a Lady (1996). A few months later, she tore across the screen as a nuclear weapons expert in The Peacemaker (1997), adding "action star" to her professional repertoire.

She and Cruise then disappeared into a notoriously long, secretive shoot for Stanley Kubrick's sexual thriller Eyes Wide Shut (1999). The couple's on-screen shenanigans prompted an increase in public speculation about their sex life (rumors had long been circulating that their marriage was a cover-up for Cruise's homosexuality); tired of denying tabloid attacks, they successfully sued The Star for a story alleging that they needed a sex therapist to coach them through love scenes. Family life has always been a priority for Kidman. Born to social activists (mom was a feminist; dad, a labor advocate), Nicole and her little sister, Antonia Kidman, discussed current events around the dinner table and participated in their parents' campaigns by passing out pamphlets on street corners. When her mother was diagnosed with breast cancer, 17-year-old Nicole stopped working and took a massage course so that she could provide physical therapy (her mom eventually beat the cancer). She and Cruise adopted two children: Isabella Jane (born in 1993) and Connor Antony (born 1995). Despite their rock-solid image, the couple announced in early 2001 that they were separating due to career conflicts. Her marriage to Cruise ended mid-summer of 2001.

IMDb Mini Biography By: IMDb Editors]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Date of Birth
20 June 1967, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA 


Birth Name
Nicole Mary Kidman 


Nickname
Nic 


Height
5' 10½" (1.79 m) 


Mini Biography
Elegant redhead Nicole Kidman, known as one of Hollywood's top Australian imports, was actually born in Honolulu, Hawaii, to Anthony (a biochemist and clinical psychologist) and Janelle (a nursing instructor) Kidman. The family moved almost immediately to Washington, DC, where Nicole's father pursued his research on breast cancer, and then, three years later, made the pilgrimage to her parents' native Sydney. Young Nicole's first love was ballet, but she eventually took up mime and drama as well (her first stage role was a bleating sheep in an elementary school Christmas pageant). In her adolescent years, acting edged out the other arts and became a kind of refuge -- as her classmates sought out fun in the sun, the fair-skinned Kidman retreated to dark rehearsal halls to practice her craft. She worked regularly at the Philip Street Theater, where she once received a personal letter of praise and encouragement from audience member Jane Campion (then a film student). Kidman eventually dropped out of high school to pursue acting full-time. She broke into movies at age 16, landing a role in the Australian holiday favorite Bush Christmas (1983). That appearance touched off a flurry of film and TV offers, including a lead in BMX Bandits (1983) and a turn as a schoolgirl-turned-protester in the miniseries "Vietnam" (1987) (mini) (for which she won her first Australian Film Institute Award). With the help of an American agent, she eventually made her US debut opposite Sam Neill in the at-sea thriller Dead Calm (1989).

Kidman's next casting coup scored her more than exposure. While starring as Tom Cruise's doctor/love interest in the racetrack romance Days of Thunder (1990), she won over the Hollywood hunk hook, line, and sinker. After a whirlwind courtship (and decent box office returns), the couple wed on December 24, 1990. Determined not to let her new marital status overshadow her fledgling career, the actress pressed on. She appeared as a catty high school senior in the Australian film Flirting (1991), then as Dustin Hoffman's moll in the gangster flick Billy Bathgate (1991). She reunited with Cruise for Far and Away (1992), the story of young Irish lovers who flee to America in the late 1800s, and starred opposite Michael Keaton in the tear-tugger My Life (1993/I). Despite her steady employment, critics and moviegoers still hadn't quite warmed to Kidman as a leading lady. She tried to spice up her image by seducing Val Kilmer in Batman Forever (1995), but achieved her real breakthrough with Gus Van Sant's To Die For (1995). As a fame-crazed housewife determined to eliminate any obstacle in her path, Kidman proved that she had an impressive range and deadly comic timing. She took home a Golden Globe and several critics' awards for the performance. In 1996, Kidman stepped into a corset to work with her countrywoman and onetime admirer, Jane Campion, on the adaptation of Henry James's The Portrait of a Lady (1996). A few months later, she tore across the screen as a nuclear weapons expert in The Peacemaker (1997), adding "action star" to her professional repertoire.

She and Cruise then disappeared into a notoriously long, secretive shoot for Stanley Kubrick's sexual thriller Eyes Wide Shut (1999). The couple's on-screen shenanigans prompted an increase in public speculation about their sex life (rumors had long been circulating that their marriage was a cover-up for Cruise's homosexuality); tired of denying tabloid attacks, they successfully sued The Star for a story alleging that they needed a sex therapist to coach them through love scenes. Family life has always been a priority for Kidman. Born to social activists (mom was a feminist; dad, a labor advocate), Nicole and her little sister, Antonia Kidman, discussed current events around the dinner table and participated in their parents' campaigns by passing out pamphlets on street corners. When her mother was diagnosed with breast cancer, 17-year-old Nicole stopped working and took a massage course so that she could provide physical therapy (her mom eventually beat the cancer). She and Cruise adopted two children: Isabella Jane (born in 1993) and Connor Antony (born 1995). Despite their rock-solid image, the couple announced in early 2001 that they were separating due to career conflicts. Her marriage to Cruise ended mid-summer of 2001.

IMDb Mini Biography By: IMDb Editors]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[About the Java Technology]]></title>
			<link>http://www.mehrkala.biz/en/forum/showthread.php?tid=7</link>
			<pubDate>Sat, 22 Dec 2007 00:58:50 -0500</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Trail: Getting Started 
Lesson: The Java Technology Phenomenon 
About the Java Technology 
Java technology is both a programming language and a platform. 
The Java Programming Language
The Java programming language is a high-level language that can be characterized by all of the following buzzwords: 

Simple
 Architecture neutral
 
Object oriented
 Portable
 
Distributed
 High performance
 
Multithreaded
 Robust
 
Dynamic
 Secure
 

Each of the preceding buzzwords is explained in The Java Language Environment , a white paper written by James Gosling and Henry McGilton.

In the Java programming language, all source code is first written in plain text files ending with the .java extension. Those source files are then compiled into .class files by the Java compiler (javac). A .class file does not contain code that is native to your processor; it instead contains bytecodes-- the machine language of the Java Virtual Machine. The Java launcher tool (java) then runs your application with an instance of the Java Virtual Machine. 





Because the Java Virtual Machine is available on many different operating systems, the same .class files are capable of running on Microsoft Windows, the Solaris TM Operating System (Solaris OS), Linux, or MacOS. Some virtual machines, such as the Java HotSpot Virtual Machine  , perform additional steps at runtime to give your application a performance boost. This include various tasks such as finding performance bottlenecks and recompiling (to native code) frequently-used sections of your code. 




The Java Platform
A platform is the hardware or software environment in which a program runs. We've already mentioned some of the most popular platforms like Microsoft Windows, Linux, Solaris OS, and MacOS. Most platforms can be described as a combination of the operating system and underlying hardware. The Java platform differs from most other platforms in that it's a software-only platform that runs on top of other hardware-based platforms. 
The Java platform has two components: 

The Java Virtual Machine 
The Java Application Programming Interface (API) 
You've already been introduced to the Java Virtual Machine. It's the base for the Java platform and is ported onto various hardware-based platforms. 
The API is a large collection of ready-made software components that provide many useful capabilities, such as graphical user interface (GUI) widgets. It is grouped into libraries of related classes and interfaces; these libraries are known as packages. The next section, What Can Java Technology Do?, highlights some of the functionality provided by the API. 

The following figure depicts how the API and the Java Virtual Machine insulate the program from the hardware. 




As a platform-independent environment, the Java platform can be a bit slower than native code. However,]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Trail: Getting Started 
Lesson: The Java Technology Phenomenon 
About the Java Technology 
Java technology is both a programming language and a platform. 
The Java Programming Language
The Java programming language is a high-level language that can be characterized by all of the following buzzwords: 

Simple
 Architecture neutral
 
Object oriented
 Portable
 
Distributed
 High performance
 
Multithreaded
 Robust
 
Dynamic
 Secure
 

Each of the preceding buzzwords is explained in The Java Language Environment , a white paper written by James Gosling and Henry McGilton.

In the Java programming language, all source code is first written in plain text files ending with the .java extension. Those source files are then compiled into .class files by the Java compiler (javac). A .class file does not contain code that is native to your processor; it instead contains bytecodes-- the machine language of the Java Virtual Machine. The Java launcher tool (java) then runs your application with an instance of the Java Virtual Machine. 





Because the Java Virtual Machine is available on many different operating systems, the same .class files are capable of running on Microsoft Windows, the Solaris TM Operating System (Solaris OS), Linux, or MacOS. Some virtual machines, such as the Java HotSpot Virtual Machine  , perform additional steps at runtime to give your application a performance boost. This include various tasks such as finding performance bottlenecks and recompiling (to native code) frequently-used sections of your code. 




The Java Platform
A platform is the hardware or software environment in which a program runs. We've already mentioned some of the most popular platforms like Microsoft Windows, Linux, Solaris OS, and MacOS. Most platforms can be described as a combination of the operating system and underlying hardware. The Java platform differs from most other platforms in that it's a software-only platform that runs on top of other hardware-based platforms. 
The Java platform has two components: 

The Java Virtual Machine 
The Java Application Programming Interface (API) 
You've already been introduced to the Java Virtual Machine. It's the base for the Java platform and is ported onto various hardware-based platforms. 
The API is a large collection of ready-made software components that provide many useful capabilities, such as graphical user interface (GUI) widgets. It is grouped into libraries of related classes and interfaces; these libraries are known as packages. The next section, What Can Java Technology Do?, highlights some of the functionality provided by the API. 

The following figure depicts how the API and the Java Virtual Machine insulate the program from the hardware. 




As a platform-independent environment, the Java platform can be a bit slower than native code. However,]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[Tom cruise]]></title>
			<link>http://www.mehrkala.biz/en/forum/showthread.php?tid=5</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2007 03:11:50 -0500</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Tom cruise


Producer, Actor
Born:July 3, 1962 in Syracuse, NYBiography 
 An actor whose name has become synonymous with all-American testosterone-driven entertainment, Tom Cruise spent the 1980s as one of Hollywood's brightest-shining golden boys. With black hair, blue eyes, and unabashed cockiness, Cruise rode high on such hits as Top Gun and Rain Man. Although his popularity dimmed slightly in the early '90s, he was able to bounce back with a string of hits that re-established him as both an action hero and, in the case of Jerry Maguire and Magnolia, a talented actor. 
Born Thomas Cruise Mapother IV on July 3, 1962, in Syracuse, NY, Cruise led a peripatetic existence as a child, moving from town to town with his rootless family. A high-school wrestler, Cruise went into acting after being sidelined by a knee injury. This new activity served a dual purpose: performing satiated Cruise's need for attention, while the memorization aspect of acting helped him come to grips with his dyslexia. 

Moving to New York in 1980, Cruise held down odd jobs until getting his first movie break in Endless Love (1981). His first big hit was Risky Business (1982), in which he entered movie-trivia infamy with the scene wherein he celebrates his parents' absence by dancing around the living room in his underwear. The Hollywood press corps began touting Cruise as one of the "Brat Pack," a group of twentysomething actors who seemed on the verge of taking over the movie industry in the early '80s. But Cruise chose not to play the sort of teen-angst roles that the other Brat Packers specialized in -- a wise decision, in that he has sustained his stardom while many of his contemporaries have fallen by the wayside or retreated into direct-to-video cheapies. 

Top Gun (1985) established Cruise as an action star, but again he refused to be pigeonholed, and followed up Top Gun with a solid characterization of a fledgling pool shark in The Color of Money (1986), the film that earned co-star Paul Newman an Academy Award. In 1988, Cruise took on one of his most challenging assignments, as the brother of an autistic savant played by Dustin Hoffman in Rain Man. "Old" Hollywood chose to give all the credit for that film's success to Hoffman, but a closer look at Rain Man reveals that Cruise is the true central character in the film, the one who "grows" in humanity and maturity while Hoffman's character, though brilliantly portrayed, remains the same. 

In 1989, Cruise was finally given an opportunity to carry a major dramatic film without an older established star in tow. As paraplegic Vietnam vet Ron Kovic in Born on the Fourth of July (1989), Cruise delivered perhaps his most outstanding performance. Cruise's bankability faltered a bit with the expensive disappointment Far and Away in 1990 (though it did give him a chance to co-star with his-then wife Nicole Kidman), but with A Few Good Men (1992), Cruise was back in form. In 1994, Cruise appeared as the vampire Lestat in the long-delayed film adaptation of the Anne Rice novel Interview with the Vampire. Although she was vehemently opposed to Cruise's casting, Rice reversed her decision upon seeing the actor's performance. 

In 1996, Cruise scored financial success with the big-budget actioner Mission: Impossible, but it was with his multilayered, Oscar-nominated performance in Jerry Maguire (also 1996) that Cruise proved once again why he is considered a major Hollywood player. 1999 saw Cruise reunited onscreen with Kidman in a project of a very different sort, Stanley Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut. The film, which was the director's last, had been the subject of controversy, rumor, and speculation since it began filming. It opened to curious critics and audiences alike across the nation, and was met with a violently mixed response. However, it allowed Cruise to once again take part in film history, further solidifying his position as one of Hollywood's most well-placed movers and shakers. 

Cruise's enviable position was again solidified later in 1999, when he earned a Best Supporting Actor nomination for his role as a loathsome "sexual prowess" guru in Paul Thomas Anderson's Magnolia. In 2000, he scored again when he reprised his role as international agent Ethan Hunt in John Woo's Mission: Impossible II, which proved to be one of the summer's first big moneymakers. His status as a full-blown star of impressive dramatic range now cemented in the eyes of both longtime fans and detractors, the popular actor next set his sights on reteaming with Jerry Maguire director Cameron Crowe for a remake of Spanish director Alejandro Amenábar's (The Others) Abre los Ojos titled Vanilla Sky. Though Vanilla Sky's sometimes surreal trappings found the film recieving a mixed reception at the box office, the same could not be said for the following year's massively successful sci-fi chase film Minority Report. Based on a short story by science fiction writer Philip K. Dick and directed by none other than Steven Spielberg, Minority Report scored a direct hit at the box office, and Cruise could next be seen gearing up for his role in Edward Zwick's The Last Samurai alongside Ken Watanabe, who was nominated for an Oscar for his performance. 

For his next film, Cruise picked a role unlike any he'd ever played; starring as a sociopathic hitman in the Michael Mann psychological thriller Collateral. He received major praise for his departure from the good-guy characters he'd built his career on, and for doing so convincingly. By 2005, he teamed up with Steven Spielberg again for the second time in three years with an epic adaptation of the H.G. Wells alien invasion story War of the Worlds. 

The summer blockbuster was regarded as a good popcorn film, but was in some ways overshadowed by the negative publicity that Cruise had been gathering. It began in 2005, when Cruise became suddenly vocal about his beliefs in the principles of Scientology, the religion created by science fiction author L. Ron Hubbard. Cruise publicly denounced actress Brooke Shields for taking medication in order to combat her postpartum depression, citing antidepressants and the psychological sciences as immoral and unnecessary, going so far as to call it a "Nazi science" in an Entertainment Weekly interview. On June 24, 2005, he was interviewed by Matt Lauer for The Today Show during which time he appeared to be distractingly excitable and argumentative in his insistence that psychiatry is a "pseudoscience," and in a Der Spiegel interview, he was quoted as saying that Scientology has the only successful drug rehabilitation program in the world. 

This behavior caused a stirring of public opinion about Cruise, as did his relationship with 27-year-old actress Katie Holmes. The two announced their engagement in the spring of 2005, and Cruise's enthusiasm for his new romantic interest created more curiosity about his mental stability. He appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show on May 23, where he jumped up and down on the couch during his interview, professing his love for Holmes. He also ecstatically shook Winfrey's hands and at one point fell dramatically to one knee. The actor's newly outspoken attitude about Scientology linked intimately to the buzz surrounding his new relationship, as Holmes converted to the faith despite a lifelong adherence to Catholicism. The media was flooded with a rumor that the young actress had a "lost" period around this time, when for two weeks she was unreachable to her parents, friends, and extended family. Many suspected that Cruise's strange public behavior was nothing more than a failed publicity stunt to raise interest in War of the Worlds, a general attitude that continued through October 2005, when he and Holmes announced that she was pregnant. 

Some audiences found Cruise's ultra-enthusiastic behavior refreshing, but for the most part, the actor's new public image hurt his fan base, as he alienated many of his viewers. As he geared up for the spring 2006 release of Mission: Impossible III, his ability to sell a film based almost purely on his own likability was in question for the first time in 20 years. Despite a cast that boasted such names as Philip Seymour Hoffman and Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, curiosity about the film's success seemed to hinge solely on Cruise's controversial personal life. The movie ended up performing essentially as expected, despite lining up almost conspicuously with the birth of he and Holmes' daughter Suri in spring of 2006. 

The media frenzy that followed the pregnancy and birth were no less involved. There were whispers of dangerous or inadvisable methods of childcare and feeding, rumors that the Scientology endorsed method for birthing demands complete silence from everyone -- including the mother -- and questions about what kind of access to medical care and pain medicine Holmes would have in accordance with the practices of Scientology. Holmes said little publicly of her new relationship, religion, or role as a mother, but Cruise insisted in interviews that the process of the "silent birth" demands others in the room be quiet, but not the mother. 

Even after the child was born, controversy surrounded the name that the couple chose for her, as Cruise's public statement claimed the name Suri was chosen because it means "princess" in Hebrew and "red rose" in Persian, while experts on both languages insisted that this was not accurate. Scholars and speakers of the languages in question said that in Persian (conventionally known as Farsi) the word denotes the color red but has no connection whatsoever to roses, while in Hebrew, the closest connection it bears to its claimed origin is that the Jews of Eastern Europe use it as a nickname for the name Sarah, and that in ancient Hebrew Sarah is the feminine form of the word Lord. After the birth, the couple finally set their wedding date, planning to hold the event in early July. 

Cruise next made headlines on a business front, when -- in November 2006 -- he and corporate partner Paula Wagner (the twin forces behind the lucrative Cruise-Wagner Productions, est. 1993) officially "took over" the defunct United Artists studio. Originally founded by such giants as Douglas Fairbanks and Charles Chaplin in 1921, UA was run into extinction after the Heaven's Gate fiasco in the early '80s and its purchase by Transamerica's Kirk Kerkorian. The press announced that Cruise and Wagner would "revive" the studio, with Wagner serving as Chief Executive Officer and Cruise starring in and producing projects. MGM (UA's parent company) handed the team the rights to almost single-handedly develop United's production slate, and gave them an allotment of four films per year, a number expected to dramatically increase. Harry Sloan, the chairman of MGM, remarked in a press release, "Partnering with Tom Cruise and Paula Wagner, we have the ideal creative foundation from which to reintroduce the United Artists brand. United Artists is once again the haven for independent filmmakers and a vital resource in developing quality filmed entertainment consistent with MGM's modern studio model." ~]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Tom cruise


Producer, Actor
Born:July 3, 1962 in Syracuse, NYBiography 
 An actor whose name has become synonymous with all-American testosterone-driven entertainment, Tom Cruise spent the 1980s as one of Hollywood's brightest-shining golden boys. With black hair, blue eyes, and unabashed cockiness, Cruise rode high on such hits as Top Gun and Rain Man. Although his popularity dimmed slightly in the early '90s, he was able to bounce back with a string of hits that re-established him as both an action hero and, in the case of Jerry Maguire and Magnolia, a talented actor. 
Born Thomas Cruise Mapother IV on July 3, 1962, in Syracuse, NY, Cruise led a peripatetic existence as a child, moving from town to town with his rootless family. A high-school wrestler, Cruise went into acting after being sidelined by a knee injury. This new activity served a dual purpose: performing satiated Cruise's need for attention, while the memorization aspect of acting helped him come to grips with his dyslexia. 

Moving to New York in 1980, Cruise held down odd jobs until getting his first movie break in Endless Love (1981). His first big hit was Risky Business (1982), in which he entered movie-trivia infamy with the scene wherein he celebrates his parents' absence by dancing around the living room in his underwear. The Hollywood press corps began touting Cruise as one of the "Brat Pack," a group of twentysomething actors who seemed on the verge of taking over the movie industry in the early '80s. But Cruise chose not to play the sort of teen-angst roles that the other Brat Packers specialized in -- a wise decision, in that he has sustained his stardom while many of his contemporaries have fallen by the wayside or retreated into direct-to-video cheapies. 

Top Gun (1985) established Cruise as an action star, but again he refused to be pigeonholed, and followed up Top Gun with a solid characterization of a fledgling pool shark in The Color of Money (1986), the film that earned co-star Paul Newman an Academy Award. In 1988, Cruise took on one of his most challenging assignments, as the brother of an autistic savant played by Dustin Hoffman in Rain Man. "Old" Hollywood chose to give all the credit for that film's success to Hoffman, but a closer look at Rain Man reveals that Cruise is the true central character in the film, the one who "grows" in humanity and maturity while Hoffman's character, though brilliantly portrayed, remains the same. 

In 1989, Cruise was finally given an opportunity to carry a major dramatic film without an older established star in tow. As paraplegic Vietnam vet Ron Kovic in Born on the Fourth of July (1989), Cruise delivered perhaps his most outstanding performance. Cruise's bankability faltered a bit with the expensive disappointment Far and Away in 1990 (though it did give him a chance to co-star with his-then wife Nicole Kidman), but with A Few Good Men (1992), Cruise was back in form. In 1994, Cruise appeared as the vampire Lestat in the long-delayed film adaptation of the Anne Rice novel Interview with the Vampire. Although she was vehemently opposed to Cruise's casting, Rice reversed her decision upon seeing the actor's performance. 

In 1996, Cruise scored financial success with the big-budget actioner Mission: Impossible, but it was with his multilayered, Oscar-nominated performance in Jerry Maguire (also 1996) that Cruise proved once again why he is considered a major Hollywood player. 1999 saw Cruise reunited onscreen with Kidman in a project of a very different sort, Stanley Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut. The film, which was the director's last, had been the subject of controversy, rumor, and speculation since it began filming. It opened to curious critics and audiences alike across the nation, and was met with a violently mixed response. However, it allowed Cruise to once again take part in film history, further solidifying his position as one of Hollywood's most well-placed movers and shakers. 

Cruise's enviable position was again solidified later in 1999, when he earned a Best Supporting Actor nomination for his role as a loathsome "sexual prowess" guru in Paul Thomas Anderson's Magnolia. In 2000, he scored again when he reprised his role as international agent Ethan Hunt in John Woo's Mission: Impossible II, which proved to be one of the summer's first big moneymakers. His status as a full-blown star of impressive dramatic range now cemented in the eyes of both longtime fans and detractors, the popular actor next set his sights on reteaming with Jerry Maguire director Cameron Crowe for a remake of Spanish director Alejandro Amenábar's (The Others) Abre los Ojos titled Vanilla Sky. Though Vanilla Sky's sometimes surreal trappings found the film recieving a mixed reception at the box office, the same could not be said for the following year's massively successful sci-fi chase film Minority Report. Based on a short story by science fiction writer Philip K. Dick and directed by none other than Steven Spielberg, Minority Report scored a direct hit at the box office, and Cruise could next be seen gearing up for his role in Edward Zwick's The Last Samurai alongside Ken Watanabe, who was nominated for an Oscar for his performance. 

For his next film, Cruise picked a role unlike any he'd ever played; starring as a sociopathic hitman in the Michael Mann psychological thriller Collateral. He received major praise for his departure from the good-guy characters he'd built his career on, and for doing so convincingly. By 2005, he teamed up with Steven Spielberg again for the second time in three years with an epic adaptation of the H.G. Wells alien invasion story War of the Worlds. 

The summer blockbuster was regarded as a good popcorn film, but was in some ways overshadowed by the negative publicity that Cruise had been gathering. It began in 2005, when Cruise became suddenly vocal about his beliefs in the principles of Scientology, the religion created by science fiction author L. Ron Hubbard. Cruise publicly denounced actress Brooke Shields for taking medication in order to combat her postpartum depression, citing antidepressants and the psychological sciences as immoral and unnecessary, going so far as to call it a "Nazi science" in an Entertainment Weekly interview. On June 24, 2005, he was interviewed by Matt Lauer for The Today Show during which time he appeared to be distractingly excitable and argumentative in his insistence that psychiatry is a "pseudoscience," and in a Der Spiegel interview, he was quoted as saying that Scientology has the only successful drug rehabilitation program in the world. 

This behavior caused a stirring of public opinion about Cruise, as did his relationship with 27-year-old actress Katie Holmes. The two announced their engagement in the spring of 2005, and Cruise's enthusiasm for his new romantic interest created more curiosity about his mental stability. He appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show on May 23, where he jumped up and down on the couch during his interview, professing his love for Holmes. He also ecstatically shook Winfrey's hands and at one point fell dramatically to one knee. The actor's newly outspoken attitude about Scientology linked intimately to the buzz surrounding his new relationship, as Holmes converted to the faith despite a lifelong adherence to Catholicism. The media was flooded with a rumor that the young actress had a "lost" period around this time, when for two weeks she was unreachable to her parents, friends, and extended family. Many suspected that Cruise's strange public behavior was nothing more than a failed publicity stunt to raise interest in War of the Worlds, a general attitude that continued through October 2005, when he and Holmes announced that she was pregnant. 

Some audiences found Cruise's ultra-enthusiastic behavior refreshing, but for the most part, the actor's new public image hurt his fan base, as he alienated many of his viewers. As he geared up for the spring 2006 release of Mission: Impossible III, his ability to sell a film based almost purely on his own likability was in question for the first time in 20 years. Despite a cast that boasted such names as Philip Seymour Hoffman and Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, curiosity about the film's success seemed to hinge solely on Cruise's controversial personal life. The movie ended up performing essentially as expected, despite lining up almost conspicuously with the birth of he and Holmes' daughter Suri in spring of 2006. 

The media frenzy that followed the pregnancy and birth were no less involved. There were whispers of dangerous or inadvisable methods of childcare and feeding, rumors that the Scientology endorsed method for birthing demands complete silence from everyone -- including the mother -- and questions about what kind of access to medical care and pain medicine Holmes would have in accordance with the practices of Scientology. Holmes said little publicly of her new relationship, religion, or role as a mother, but Cruise insisted in interviews that the process of the "silent birth" demands others in the room be quiet, but not the mother. 

Even after the child was born, controversy surrounded the name that the couple chose for her, as Cruise's public statement claimed the name Suri was chosen because it means "princess" in Hebrew and "red rose" in Persian, while experts on both languages insisted that this was not accurate. Scholars and speakers of the languages in question said that in Persian (conventionally known as Farsi) the word denotes the color red but has no connection whatsoever to roses, while in Hebrew, the closest connection it bears to its claimed origin is that the Jews of Eastern Europe use it as a nickname for the name Sarah, and that in ancient Hebrew Sarah is the feminine form of the word Lord. After the birth, the couple finally set their wedding date, planning to hold the event in early July. 

Cruise next made headlines on a business front, when -- in November 2006 -- he and corporate partner Paula Wagner (the twin forces behind the lucrative Cruise-Wagner Productions, est. 1993) officially "took over" the defunct United Artists studio. Originally founded by such giants as Douglas Fairbanks and Charles Chaplin in 1921, UA was run into extinction after the Heaven's Gate fiasco in the early '80s and its purchase by Transamerica's Kirk Kerkorian. The press announced that Cruise and Wagner would "revive" the studio, with Wagner serving as Chief Executive Officer and Cruise starring in and producing projects. MGM (UA's parent company) handed the team the rights to almost single-handedly develop United's production slate, and gave them an allotment of four films per year, a number expected to dramatically increase. Harry Sloan, the chairman of MGM, remarked in a press release, "Partnering with Tom Cruise and Paula Wagner, we have the ideal creative foundation from which to reintroduce the United Artists brand. United Artists is once again the haven for independent filmmakers and a vital resource in developing quality filmed entertainment consistent with MGM's modern studio model." ~]]></content:encoded>
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