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If you've ever tried to test Orchard part drivers, you may have been blocked by the fact that the methods on drivers are protected. That, fortunately, doesn't mean they are untestable. Those methods are still accessible through explicit interface implementations. In particular, drivers implement IContentPartDriver, which is defined as follows.
public interface IContentPartDriver : IDependency { DriverResult BuildDisplay(BuildDisplayContext context); DriverResult BuildEditor(BuildEditorContext context); DriverResult UpdateEditor(UpdateEditorContext context); void Importing(ImportContentContext context); void Imported(ImportContentContext context); void Exporting(ExportContentContext context); void Exported(ExportContentContext context); IEnumerable<ContentPartInfo> GetPartInfo(); void GetContentItemMetadata(GetContentItemMetadataContext context); }
By casting your driver to this interface, you get public access to these methods.
For example, here is some code I wrote recently to test the import and export methods of a driver:
[Test] public void ImportGetAllDefinedProperties() { var doc = XElement.Parse(@" <data> <UspsShippingMethodPart Name=""Foo"" Size=""L"" WidthInInches=""10"" LengthInInches=""11"" HeightInInches=""12"" MaximumWeightInOunces=""1.3"" Priority=""14"" International=""true"" RegisteredMail=""true"" Insurance=""false"" ReturnReceipt=""true"" CertificateOfMailing=""true"" ElectronicConfirmation=""true""/> </data> "); var driver = new UspsShippingMethodPartDriver(null) as IContentPartDriver; var part = new UspsShippingMethodPart(); Helpers.PreparePart<UspsShippingMethodPart, UspsShippingMethodPartRecord>( part, "UspsShippingMethod"); var context = new ImportContentContext( part.ContentItem, doc, new ImportContentSession(null)); driver.Importing(context); Assert.That(part.Name, Is.EqualTo("Foo")); Assert.That(part.Size, Is.EqualTo("L")); Assert.That(part.WidthInInches, Is.EqualTo(10)); Assert.That(part.LengthInInches, Is.EqualTo(11)); Assert.That(part.HeightInInches, Is.EqualTo(12)); Assert.That(part.MaximumWeightInOunces, Is.EqualTo(1.3)); Assert.That(part.Priority, Is.EqualTo(14)); Assert.That(part.International, Is.True); Assert.That(part.RegisteredMail, Is.True); Assert.That(part.Insurance, Is.False); Assert.That(part.ReturnReceipt, Is.True); Assert.That(part.CertificateOfMailing, Is.True); Assert.That(part.ElectronicConfirmation, Is.True); } [Test] public void ExportSetsAllAttributes() { var driver = new UspsShippingMethodPartDriver(null) as IContentPartDriver; var part = new UspsShippingMethodPart(); Helpers.PreparePart<UspsShippingMethodPart, UspsShippingMethodPartRecord>( part, "UspsShippingMethod"); part.Name = "Foo"; part.Size = "L"; part.WidthInInches = 10; part.LengthInInches = 11; part.HeightInInches = 12; part.MaximumWeightInOunces = 1.3; part.Priority = 14; part.International = true; part.RegisteredMail = true; part.Insurance = false; part.ReturnReceipt = true; part.CertificateOfMailing = true; part.ElectronicConfirmation = true; var doc = new XElement("data"); var context = new ExportContentContext(part.ContentItem, doc); driver.Exporting(context); var el = doc.Element("UspsShippingMethodPart"); Assert.That(el, Is.Not.Null); Assert.That(el.Attr("Name"), Is.EqualTo("Foo")); Assert.That(el.Attr("Size"), Is.EqualTo("L")); Assert.That(el.Attr("WidthInInches"), Is.EqualTo("10")); Assert.That(el.Attr("LengthInInches"), Is.EqualTo("11")); Assert.That(el.Attr("HeightInInches"), Is.EqualTo("12")); Assert.That(el.Attr("MaximumWeightInOunces"), Is.EqualTo("1.3")); Assert.That(el.Attr("Priority"), Is.EqualTo("14")); Assert.That(el.Attr("International"), Is.EqualTo("true")); Assert.That(el.Attr("RegisteredMail"), Is.EqualTo("true")); Assert.That(el.Attr("Insurance"), Is.EqualTo("false")); Assert.That(el.Attr("ReturnReceipt"), Is.EqualTo("true")); Assert.That(el.Attr("CertificateOfMailing"), Is.EqualTo("true")); Assert.That(el.Attr("ElectronicConfirmation"), Is.EqualTo("true")); }
The Attr method, in case you're wondering, is an extension method I blogged about yesterday.
The Helper class that I'm using here massages a fake part to behave like a real part. It gives the part a fake record, and adds a fake content item around it. It might not be enough in all situations, but it does make the fake convincing enough in this case.
public static ContentItem PreparePart<TPart, TRecord>( TPart part, string contentType, int id = -1) where TPart: ContentPart<TRecord> where TRecord: ContentPartRecord, new() { part.Record = new TRecord(); var contentItem = part.ContentItem = new ContentItem { VersionRecord = new ContentItemVersionRecord { ContentItemRecord = new ContentItemRecord() }, ContentType = contentType }; contentItem.Record.Id = id; contentItem.Weld(part); return contentItem; }
I really like jQuery's pattern of attribute getters and setters. They are fluent and work really well with HTML and XML DOMs. If you specify a value in addition to the name, it's setting, otherwise it's getting. In C#, we have an OK API for XML, XElement, but it's not as easy to use as jQuery's attr methods. It is also missing the flexibility of Javascript with regards to parameter types. To recreate the simplicity of attr in C#, I built a set of extension methods for the most common simple types:
var el = new XElement("node"); el.Attr("foo", "bar") .Attr("baz", 42) .Attr("really", true); var answer = el.Attr("baz");
The element built by this code looks like this:
<node foo="bar" baz="42" really="true"/>
And the answer variable will contain "42".
Even with this API, there is still a fair amount of repetition in code that reads and writes XML from and to objects. You could rely on serialization in those cases, of course, but when you need a little more control, and the types are not necessarily serializable, or if you just want to do it manually, you need something more. This is why I also built ToAttr and FromAttr. Both are extension methods that take an object and an expression for what property of the object to get or set from XML attributes. The methods will infer the type and name from the property.
This is especially useful when writing the import and export methods in an Orchard part driver:
protected override void Importing( UspsShippingMethodPart part, ImportContentContext context) { var el = context.Data.Element(typeof(UspsShippingMethodPart).Name); if (el == null) return; el.FromAttr(part, p => p.Name) .FromAttr(part, p => p.Size) .FromAttr(part, p => p.WidthInInches) .FromAttr(part, p => p.LengthInInches) .FromAttr(part, p => p.HeightInInches) .FromAttr(part, p => p.MaximumWeightInOunces) .FromAttr(part, p => p.Priority) .FromAttr(part, p => p.International) .FromAttr(part, p => p.RegisteredMail) .FromAttr(part, p => p.Insurance) .FromAttr(part, p => p.ReturnReceipt) .FromAttr(part, p => p.CertificateOfMailing) .FromAttr(part, p => p.ElectronicConfirmation); } protected override void Exporting( UspsShippingMethodPart part, ExportContentContext context) { context.Element(typeof (UspsShippingMethodPart).Name) .ToAttr(part, p => p.Name) .ToAttr(part, p => p.Size) .ToAttr(part, p => p.WidthInInches) .ToAttr(part, p => p.LengthInInches) .ToAttr(part, p => p.HeightInInches) .ToAttr(part, p => p.MaximumWeightInOunces) .ToAttr(part, p => p.Priority) .ToAttr(part, p => p.International) .ToAttr(part, p => p.RegisteredMail) .ToAttr(part, p => p.Insurance) .ToAttr(part, p => p.ReturnReceipt) .ToAttr(part, p => p.CertificateOfMailing) .ToAttr(part, p => p.ElectronicConfirmation); }
There is no need to specify attribute names or types here, everything is inferred from the expression. Both methods manipulate XML looking like this:
<UspsShippingMethodPart Name="Foo" Size="L" WidthInInches="10" LengthInInches="11" HeightInInches="12" MaximumWeightInOunces="1.3" Priority="14" International="true" RegisteredMail="true" Insurance="false" ReturnReceipt="true" CertificateOfMailing="true" ElectronicConfirmation="true"/>
UPDATE: You may notice that there is still quite some repetition of the part parameter in the import/export code above. In order to remove this repetition, I've added a small class that aggregates the XML element with a context and has simpler ToAttr and From Attr methods. With this new helper class, we can rewrite the driver's import/export code to be even more concise:
protected override void Importing( UspsShippingMethodPart part, ImportContentContext context) { var el = context.Data.Element(typeof (UspsShippingMethodPart).Name); if (el == null) return; el.With(part) .FromAttr(p => p.Name) .FromAttr(p => p.Size) .FromAttr(p => p.WidthInInches) .FromAttr(p => p.LengthInInches) .FromAttr(p => p.HeightInInches) .FromAttr(p => p.MaximumWeightInOunces) .FromAttr(p => p.Priority) .FromAttr(p => p.International) .FromAttr(p => p.RegisteredMail) .FromAttr(p => p.Insurance) .FromAttr(p => p.ReturnReceipt) .FromAttr(p => p.CertificateOfMailing) .FromAttr(p => p.ElectronicConfirmation); } protected override void Exporting( UspsShippingMethodPart part, ExportContentContext context) { context.Element(typeof (UspsShippingMethodPart).Name) .With(part) .ToAttr(p => p.Name) .ToAttr(p => p.Size) .ToAttr(p => p.WidthInInches) .ToAttr(p => p.LengthInInches) .ToAttr(p => p.HeightInInches) .ToAttr(p => p.MaximumWeightInOunces) .ToAttr(p => p.Priority) .ToAttr(p => p.International) .ToAttr(p => p.RegisteredMail) .ToAttr(p => p.Insurance) .ToAttr(p => p.ReturnReceipt) .ToAttr(p => p.CertificateOfMailing) .ToAttr(p => p.ElectronicConfirmation); }
You can find the code for this helper class here: https://gist.github.com/bleroy/5384405
And I have a small test suite for the whole thing here: https://gist.github.com/bleroy/5385284
I was setting up a new Raspberry Pi under Raspbian on a Samsung monitor the other day. If you don't do anything, Raspbian and the Pi will attempt to detect the modes supported by your monitor and will make a choice of what seems best to it. And sometimes it gets that very wrong. In those cases, you'll need to find what the right mode is and to set it up.
It took me quite a few attempts before I succeeded, mostly misled by misinformed forum and blog posts. The right post, the one that has all the correct info does exist however: http://www.raspberrypi.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=26&t=5851. Let me distil this to a short set of instructions, in case you don't want to dive in and assimilate all that information. Here is what worked for me…
From the command-line, logged-in as root…
1. Get the list of what's supported by your monitor:
tvservice -d edid edidparser edid
2. Find the mode that you want in the resulting list (for me it was "HDMI:EDID DMT mode (82) 1920x1080p @ 60 Hz with pixel clock 148 MHz" with a score of 124,416, which wasn't the highest, explaining why I had a lower resolution by default). The mode number is the one between parentheses: 82.
3. Edit the config file:
nano /boot/config.txt
Find the section about HDMI, uncomment it and set the right group and mode from step 2. If your mode description contains "DMT", the group should be 2, and if it contains "CEA", it should be 1, so for me that was:
hdmi_group=2 hdmi_mode=82
Exit the editor with CTRL+X, followed by Y.
4. Reboot:
shutdown -r now
It is often useful to see what database queries were made during a specific request in Orchard. There are quite a few ways to do this (you can trace right from SQL Server, or you can use Mini-Profiler for instance), but this morning Sébastien showed me a really easy one that I thought I'd share.
Find the log4net.config file in /src/Orchard.Web/Config and edit it to add the following tag:
<logger name="NHibernate.SQL"> <priority value="DEBUG" /> </logger>
Restart the application, then hit the URL you want to test, and look at your logs in App_data/logs. You should see new entries looking like this:
2013-04-03 18:57:30,367 [17] NHibernate.SQL - SELECT warmupsett0_.Id as Id575_0_, warmupsett0_.Urls as Urls575_0_, warmupsett0_.Scheduled as Scheduled575_0_, warmupsett0_.Delay as Delay575_0_, warmupsett0_.OnPublish as OnPublish575_0_ FROM VuLu_Orchard_Warmup_WarmupSettingsPartRecord warmupsett0_ WHERE warmupsett0_.Id=@p0; @p0 = 1 [Type: Int32 (0)]
(only not as nicely formatted)
To disable the SQL trace, just edit log4net.config and set the value to ERROR instead of DEBUG.
Today my five-year-old told me that when she was four, she thought that what came after ninety-nine was… tenty. You know, because seventy, eighty, ninety, tenty.
At first I thought it was just funny and charming, but then I realized it was actually a really good idea. Tenty is only nonsensical if you're counting in base ten (or lower), but it makes total sense for higher bases.
How do people usually read 0xA0? "A-zero"? How unimaginative! Let's read that "tenty" from now on!
Here are some more examples of how to read hexadecimal in a non-boring way:
Repeat after me... One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, onety, onety-one, and so on.
Is this the greatest thing or what?
If your hosted environment does not give you a staging site and the means to swap it easily with the production environment like Azure Cloud Services do, or if you don't have a staging database, or if you just need to take your site offline for the public while you perform data updates in the admin, you may be wondering what solutions you have, if any.
IIS has an app_offline.htm feature that you can use, that will serve a static page for all requests but that's rather brutal as it does not just take the site offline for your users, it also does so for you. While that file exists, you can do absolutely nothing with your site. You cannot access the admin, you cannot preview your changes, nothing. So when you flip the switch back, it's anyone's guess whether the changes you blindly made actually work, even if they did on your machine…
We need a better solution. Well, I happen to have one...
All you have to do is create a new theme named "Offline" with just one /Views/Layout.cshtml file containing a message along the lines of "We are updating the site. We apologize for the inconvenience. Please come back in a few minutes." You can add stylesheets to make it pretty if you want to. It's a full theme, you can go crazy.
The important thing is that this theme has one layout, and that this layout does nothing but display its message. It has no zones, so no dynamic content is going to be served to the public from the site no matter what URL is hit.
Once you have made this theme current, all your visitors are seeing it, but you can still access the admin of the site and do whatever you want.
Better, you can use the "Theme Preview" feature of Orchard to check what your changes look like while your users continue to see the "offline" page. Just go to Themes, and click Preview on your regular theme…
Once you are satisfied with your changes and judge the site to be ready to be taken back online, just restore your theme as the current. The "Offline" theme can sit there and do nothing until the next time you need it.
I've used this technique successfully last time I updated an Orchard site. It worked great. I hope it helps others…
I use RequireJS, but if you don't, just remove the define and outer function.
define(function() { var stub = function(obj, stubs) { obj._stubbed = obj._stubbed || {}; for (var name in stubs) { obj._stubbed[name] = obj[name]; obj[name] = stubs[name]; } }; stub.restore = function(obj) { if (!obj || !obj._stubbed) return; for (var name in obj._stubbed) { obj[name] = obj._stubbed[name]; } delete obj._stubbed; }; return stub; });
Here is how you would replace two methods bar and baz on an object foo:
stub(foo, { bar: function() { return "stubbed bar"; }, baz: function(glop) { return "stubbed baz " + glop; } });
And here is how you can put everything back in place once you're done:
I hope this helps...
The multi-tenancy feature in Orchard enables you to host multiple sites within the same Orchard instance. It's not a a security feature, just a way to improve site density, and to enable you to save on hosting costs. Nevertheless, a request to a specific existing tenant should never be answered with a page from another tenant. Ever.
There is however a fallback mechanism that enables one tenant to handle all requests that weren't identified by another tenant. While this could be considered useful in some scenarios, I'm hereby declaring it bad practice.
If for any reason a tenant fails to start, for example, requests to that tenant are going to fall back. Even if you were in a scenario where you considered fallback to be useful, this is an unexpected and positively undesirable result. It's much better to fail with an error message or a 404 than to fail with a fallback to a different site than the one the client asked for.
So here is my recommendation:
Always have a host or URL prefix configured on all tenants, in particular the default tenant.
This way, no fallback will ever happen, and requests will only be handled by a tenant that recognizes its own host name.
Here is, for example, the new configuration of the default tenant on my hosted web sites:
Note that I have multiple hosts configured here, including the host that I use on my dev machine for local development, but the point here is to specify something on all tenants.
This is important.
Placement.info is an XML file that orchestrates the different parts of a content item and sends each of the shapes they create into specific local content zones. If the previous sentence sounded confusing to you, fear not, this post is for you.
When writing an Orchard theme, more often than not, you know exactly what parts exist in your content type, and you know where you want them to render. Placement can be extremely powerful, but it's rather abstract and it reverses the usual logic of placing contents on a page. What most people really want to do is write a template with simple markup and placeholders inside that markup for the rendering of specific parts such as title, summary, tags, etc. Placement forces you to dispatch those part shapes from a completely separate file.
In the Summer of 2011, I wrote a little article to explain how to write custom templates for specific content types in Orchard, without using placement.info:
So you don't want to use placement.info?
The solution worked, but relied on a hack that will break with the next version of Orchard (1.7).
Sébastien Ros gave me a little trick the other day that enables the same thing, in a simpler, less hacky form. It still uses placement somewhat, but in a very simple way.
The idea is to create one local zone per part instead of the usual header, content and footer zones. Here we are going to send the relevant shapes to those zones through placement:
<Match ContentType="BlogPost"> <Match DisplayType="Summary"> <Place Parts_Common_Body_Summary="Summary:0" Parts_Tags_ShowTags="Tags:0" Parts_Common_Metadata_Summary="MetadataSummary:0" Parts_Comments_Count="CommentsCount:0" /> </Match> </Match>
This sends shapes into Summary, Tags, MetadataSummary and CommentsCount zones. Those do not yet exist.
Caveat: when naming your custom zones, be careful not to collide with existing properties or zones on the Model, lest you end up with unexpected and confusing results. Using longish and very explicit names usually works well for that.
The template can now simply create and render those zones. Here is my Content-BlogPost.Summary.cshtml template:
@using Orchard.ContentManagement @{ var blogPost = Model.ContentItem; }

 @blogPost.TitlePart.Title
 @Display(Model.Summary)  @Display(Model.Tags) @Display(Model.MetadataSummary) @Display(Model.CommentsCount)

Notice how in the case of the title, I'm not even using the shape given by the part, but I'm accessing the properties directly on the TitlePart. The other parts are rendered through the special zone that we created using the Display function. And that is all. You can now focus on building your template, and it will be pretty obvious what will render where…
If you want to create a simple widget in Orchard, such as a box of social links, you have three possibilities:
First, let's create a content type (in the admin, go to Content / Content Types and click "Create new type") and call it "Social Links".
Add the widget and identity parts. Those are the only ones you really need:
Uncheck creatable and draftable, add the "Widget" stereotype (with an upper-case 'W': I made the mistake, as you can see, of using a lower-case 'w' on my first try, and it did prevent the widget from being seen as such):
Now when you add a widget, the social links widget appears in the list:
It's a simple, apparently featureless widget, which minimizes the chances of accidentally messing it up.
All that's left to do now is to add a template to the theme that will render what we want. We'll take advantage of shape alternates. Using shape tracing, we quickly discover that we can name our template Widget-SocialLinks.cshtml to target it narrowly enough:
Once the file has been added to the Views folder of my theme, I can paste in the code from Facebook, Twitter, or whatever else I want in there.
Done. Fastest and simplest way to create a new widget.


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My friend just posted her first LO and would like some help - I know I can count on you all to give her some CC.....
Thanks, ladies!
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HI Karina~I really liked your friend's LO the way it was. It is a very nice tribute to Tyler and since she is going to print it out on canvas, I thought that it had enough on it...not too busy, which I like better. Thanks for letting us know it was there.
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Well, I am thoroughly impressed by the port of Cave Story to the PSP. While the release candidate came out some time ago, I only actually stumbled upon it the other day. I cannot believe the quality of this game. It has the combined magic of Metroid, Super Mario Bros., and Castlevania.
Cave Story was suprisingly impressive. I really want a sequel because its atmosphere was so unique. Its Mario,Castlevania,Contra,Kirby,Metroid combined.
I haven't gotten to hell yet but apparantly its quite a challenge.
Hahaaa I pretty much could only type in sentence fragments.
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16May 13
... And that life choice chosen
Yeh, so I decided on these 2 games instead of 1 new, over-priced title. Honestly, I was leaning towards getting Gears of War: Judgment but I saw that it was still fully-priced, which I don't think is worth it. As much as I REALLY want the game, and my sister saying that it's totally ok if I get it, I will feel bad about it. I'll just wait for either a price drop or for a used copy.
Binary Domain and Lords of Shadow were some 2 for xx-price deal, and it was still way cheaper than Judgment. I actually brought used copies to the counter, but the dude working there swapped it out with brand new copies and I was like, wahey thanks! Even better is that these are games I've been wanting to play so I'm really happy with what I got.
It's gonna be 1am soon but I'll be checking out Lords of Shadow after I'm done with this post. I wasn't aware that the 360 version requires 2 discs though. Apparently if you install the first disc into your HDD, you can then just stick in Disc 2 for the whole duration... or something to that effect. Ugh well I'm one of those rare people still using a 20GB hard drive and struggling with space, so I'll be having fun with disc swaps.
Oh and before I forget, I've beaten Warhammer 40k Space Marine, which eventually grew into a huge dull-fest. The only good thing about the game is that it got me interested in knowing more about the lore of the 40k universe, so I ordered a few books on it. Looking forward to getting them in the mail soon.
Then I installed Duke Nukem Forever, and it honestly isn't a bad game at all. I'll get more into it in the next blog post maybe. For now, I'm off to play Lords of Shadow.
15May 13
One of those life choices...
My sister wants to buy me a game tomorrow, so I'm all GIVE ME:
Life is so hard.
9May 13
Fair or Not #1: Let's start with a list
As you know, I'm currently playing the very mediocre game called Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine. It's not a BAD game, but it's just mind-numbingly dull. I have no idea what the heck is happening plot-wise, the characters are amazingly wooden, and the combat is fine but it does nothing new. kfjl mentioned that the game received a lot of decent review scores, and I don't want to judge because enjoyment is subjective, but uhm 7.0 (GOOD) on GS, really?
I've long since stopped looking at review scores, especially on GS because they seem all over the place, but sometimes you can't help but wonder if you would give them the same score. I know now that I won't ever score Space Marine a 7.0 EVER, and on the flipside, I want to see what games that I own that GS deem FAIR (that's below 7.0) and worse. So in addition to satiating my curiosity, I get to tackle my immense game collection somewhat.
I won't be listing ALL the titles I own because if I do, uhm I think that'll take 2 lifetimes for me to complete. Instead, they'll be titles that people would have at least heard of (I hope). Let's get on with the list, categorized by platform. Some of the scores might actually be from a different platform though, because the platform I got them on were not rated.
Aliens vs. Predator, 5.5 (MEDIOCRE)
Alpha Protocol, 6.0 (FAIR)
Arcania: Gothic 4, 5.0 (MEDIOCRE)
Dark Messiah of Might and Magic, 6.7 (FAIR)
Divinity II: Developer's Cut, 6.5 (FAIR)
Duke Nukem Forever, 3.5 (BAD)
Puzzle Quest Galactrix, 5.5 (MEDIOCRE)
Still Life, 6.7 (FAIR)X360:
Ninety-Nine Nights, 5.9 (MEDIOCRE)
Infinite Undiscovery, 6.5 (FAIR)
The Last Remnant, 6.5 (FAIR)
Magna Carta 2, 6.0 (FAIR)PS3:
Atelier Rorona, 6.0 (FAIR)
Hyperdimension Neptunia, 3.0 (BAD)
Rune Factory: Tides of Destiny, 6.5 (FAIR)
White Knight Chronicles, 6.0 (FAIR)
White Knight Chronicles II, 6.5 (FAIR)Oh wow I'm gonna kill myself with the many RPG titles on this list, but I will try my best. Weirdly, the RPG titles that I own that GS scored 7.0 or higher, I disliked. Like Trinity Universe on the PS3 for example, it scored a 7.0, and I could barely make myself play it for more than a couple of hours. It was so painful to play through - the voice acting (English AND Japanese), the combat, and the dungeon-crawling. I don't even need to mention the plot because you know that it's gonna be either stupid or stupid.
Also, I've been trying to beat RE6, and while I would much rather play the game on co-op, I really wouldn't give it a 4.5 overall. Just sayin'.
I can't say how I'll be picking what to play first, but I can say that I won't strictly be playing the listed games only. Come on man, I'll get depressed. Although I am strangely looking forward to playing the PC titles, especially Gothic 4, Divinity II and Duke Nukem Forever. Yup, Duke ferrealz.
And again, I need to stress this, I'm NOT trying to make a statement against GS's scoring system. I don't care much about what a game scores, I'm just curious if our opinions line up and I just want to tackle some of the games from my collection. It's a sort of motivation for me to start moving on the older games that I own, especially the RPGs. Oh mah gawd the RPGs. I'm glad that the Elder Scroll and Fallout games scored well on GS.
Look forward to the next update after I've beaten Space Marine then.
LOLZ just because I'm back to bumming at home for now...
And I have a coffee date this Saturday which I'm looking forward to. For once, it's with someone I know beforehand and I'm comfortable with his personality. He seems super nerdy and I like that because we have things to talk about. Also, he's passing me his unfinished Warhammer miniatures so I can finally fulfill my wish of painting them. But before that, I will need to buy the supplies even though I have no idea where to start.
... I'm sorry if my life is amazingly exciting right now.
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Eland antelope
Did you know?
Eland milk tastes delicious and if properly prepared, can be stored for up to 8 months.
The 1st thing you notice about a full-grown eland is its sheer bulk. Richard D Estes, author of The Safari Companion, 1 of the most authoritative guides on African animals, describes it as 'an antelope in ox's clothing, the biggest African bovid'.
In fact, the word eland translates from Dutch as 'moose' or 'elk'.
It's not unusual for a full-grown male to weigh 1000kg. And yet, eland are as agile as smaller antelope. They can leap over 3-metre fences in a single bound, from a standing start.
Although they can be domesticated and milked – so placid are they – this leapiness is the main reason why you don't see eland being farmed at every turn. It's been tried in Russia and in South Africa. Sometimes they don't even bother to leap. They just use their weight to plough through the barrier.
In South African rock art, the eland is 1 of the most commonly depicted animals, and that is because it had a huge mystical significance for the San people, also known as the Bushmen, who created this art. It was seen as a 'power animal', linked to rainmaking, to trance rituals and rites of passage.
Part of that mysticism must surely be the eland's powers of survival. It's a survivor, able to thrive on very little water, in extreme temperatures.
One of the easiest places to see them – and the rock art where they are depicted – is the Drakensberg Mountains in KwaZulu-Natal. This area has long been 1 of their strongholds, and the conditions, in summer at least, are not as harsh as some of their other habitats in the semi-arid Karoo and savannahs.
If at all possible, listen to an eland herd as it passes. You'll hear a distinct clicking sound as they walk.
Scientists still don't know exactly what part of their body makes the clicks, although 1 of the favoured theories is that the sound is made by the 2 halves of their hooves moving apart and then clicking back together.
There are also some that say that the plosive clicks in the San language originated as a homage to the eland and their strange walking clicks.


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For Julie Drizin, being an atheist parent means being deliberate. She rewrote the words to "Silent Night" when her daughters were babies to remove words like "holy," found a secular Sunday school where the children light candles "of understanding," and selects gifts carefully to promote science, art and wonder at nature.
So when she pulled her 9- and 13-year-olds together this week in their Takoma Park home to tell them about the slaughter of 20 elementary school students in Newtown, Conn., her words were plain: Something horrible happened, and we feel sad about it, and you are safe.
And that was it.
"I've explained to them [in the past] that some people believe God is waiting for them, but I don't believe that. I believe when you die, it's over and you live on in the memory of people you love and who love you," she said this week. "I can't offer them the comfort of a better place. Despite all the evils and problems in the world, this is the heaven — we're living in the heaven and it's the one we work to make. It's not a paradise."
This is what facing death and suffering looks like in an atheist home.
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I think I'll be forever torn about my Timolinos. I have two of them that I use regularly. Well technically I only have one, and my girlfriend has her own, but she never uses hers. So it's mine now :P
We've got a red one and a sparklyish black one. The first day I used mine I dropped it on the pavement as I was getting out of a cab. Oh noes! It has a decent sized dent near the bottom now, and a few little scratches, but I guess it could be worse.
I've been using these for..I don't know..about 2 years now? And I like them, but I don't.
-Keeps my tea HOT!
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-Perfect size to hold in my hand or toss in my purse.
-They're pretty and sleek, and don't have a silly useless handle.
-Even though I rarely use it, that secret compartment for extra leaves is pretty nifty.
-As I said in the pros, it keeps my tea HOT. Like, really hot. Undrinkably hot sometimes, which is sad when I want tea in my belly five minutes ago.
-I add milk to a lot of teas, especially black teas which are what I generally take with me in the morning in my Timolino. Even after a thorough washing, the milk can leave a weird, gross smell that lingers in the plastic parts. YUCK. Baking soda or vinegar takes care of that, but is also a pain in the rear.
-Not dishwasher safe. This is probably my biggest con, since I supremely lazy. That and a run through the dishwasher would also take care of the icky smell issue. So I've taken to just tossing mine in the dishwasher anyway, on the top shelf. I haven't noticed any adverse effects yet, but I fear that it might ultimately shorten the lives of them. I'll continue to do it anyway though, as it's the only way I can be sure that all of the nooks and crannies on the lid are truly clean and avoid that odour that completely ruins my cup of tea. I always have to just toss my cup if I notice that smell, it just churns my stomach.
So there you have it! My longer-than-expected review of my Timolinos. Still on the search for my perfect, dishwasher safe, leakproof travel mug. Maybe one day.


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- Test execution implies triggered executions - kicked of by Continuous integration server, on demand or scheduled. In state of the art project, it could be smart test execution - when only subset of test are executed which belong to a affected with new build pieces of software
- Test Reporting and test Results management. Keeping historical data in one place, in mid and long term provide you very valuable statistics, metrics and lessons learnt. Reporting is essential for managers and stakeholders, it helps them to make decision. So our job is to give them a tool which will build report for them and provide valuable information in one screen.
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- Environment and SUT availability monitoring (all data that can be precondition for whether start actual test execution or report fatal error and quit)
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The Trends And Shape Of The World's Economic And Financial Markets in 2013…Part 3 –10 biggest events and industry trends
Posted by jeffreyyap in China, Economics, Equity Market, Fixed Income Market, Global, Hong Kong, Money, Strategy, United States, Words of Wisdom, World on January 8, 2013
This is the 3rd and final part of my overview of the trends and shape of this year's global economy and financial markets. The 10 biggest investment trends that are likely to be feature and standout in 2013 are as follows:
1. China will become more global and powerful than before
2. The world would start to re-focus on emerging markets but frontier markets will be the most talk about
3. In 2012 it all about global government debt and currency but in 2013 country, sector and company picks would be back in vogue
4. Equities will see more inflows than bonds in the 2nd half of 2013
5. Commodities prices will rise, talk of global inflation will be back and so will the speculation of end of quantitative easing
6. Geo-political risk will pick up led by domestic dissatisfaction with income gap and low growth
7. The talk of hard landing in China and fallout of Europe fails to happen
8. Investors and corporates start to gear-up again
9. Technological advancement will be key driver of productivity instead of cost management
10. The new era of tech bubble will start to build as cheap money chase innovations/dreams and hopes
Before i moved into the long waited sectoral views for those that miss the Part 1 and 2 earlier on you can review it with the links below
Given what has been said thus far, we are in a new era of which Mohamed El-Erian says a new normal. In his context he refers to the global economy from financial and political perspective. I look at it more from a microscopic level, what would it mean to our day-to-day life and it is the day-to-day activities of the seven billion people in the world which will shape the world's economy.
Some of you have probably read this week, many countries in the world faced one of the worst winter in many decades and as i said in part 1 of this analysis extreme weather is something we should all start to get use to. As a result of extreme weathers, urbanisation will speed up even more and as a result create more demand for urban homes. What would be implications? This would leave fewer people farming for crops for example.In a similar deduction, cities with moderate weather such as Hong Kong, Sydney, and Singapore will attract more affluent professionals and businessmen to house their families.
The industrial sectors which will see most technological advancement this year would be robotics, green energy and online commercialisation. There are many successful stories in 2012 on retail automations. This was helped partly by the growth in smart phone usage and mobile technology. I am sure many of us have noticed the use of Iphone in order taking in restaurants, Ipad usage for browsing of products in shops etc. The year of 2013 is the year of robotics with rising cost of labour and shrinking pool of cheap labour. Robotics is the way forward to maintain or increase productivity globally. On green energy, given the extreme weather and governments pressure to contain inflation and pollution with rising population green energy has to be the sector of focus for most large nations. Cost of production came down substantilly in recent years and the commercial viability is slowly becoming reality. Online commercialisation is another key theme this year. In 2013 we will see more people purchasing songs (not CDs) tv series (not DVDs) clothing (not shops), services (not in person). Have you used online personal trainers and dieticians? Is it coming our way big time. Consider this; will you learn to play golf from Tiger Woods and soccer from Lionel Messi online if they were available? Answer would be yes no matter how impersonal it may be. This wall of awkwardness is coming down EVERYWHERE.
Sectors which i like in terms of investment this year are as follows:
1. Retail Sector – Companies with mega brands with huge brand value as Porter's five forces are less prominent these days. Companies using technology to reach global consumers with rising income in an aging population. Look at most of the countries where there is aging population which sector continue to flourish? Retail!
2. Green energy - solar, wind and water will prove to be winning sectors with potential rising crude oil price and technological advancement and governments backing globally to support this sector in 2013
3. Property - I am not a big fan of developers. Nevertheless, given the whole world is getting more centralized than before – seen the rise in density in global cities lately?? I like companies with good portfolio of investment properties as consumption growth and rising replacement cost would make these companies attractive. Look for those with huge landbank and solid properties in prime location
4. Healthcare – In here i am talking about pharmaceutical industry which produces drugs, vaccines, supplements for this growing aging global population. I am talking about companies that make technological breakthrough in terms of medical machinery Have you seen doctors and nurses in hospitals holding the latest IPhone and Samsung Galaxy but hospitals still running on old medical equipments?
5. Banks – As the number of players shrunk the survivors post Lehman with global franchise will do good in this less borderless world. I am talking about those facilitating cross border financing and investment business not propriety trading here..
6. Services - Education, Social Network, Nursing and Retirement homes are some of the services which will see an increase in importance. Everyone would want their child to go Harvard, MT, Oxford or Cambridge. Everyone would want feel connected through Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn. Everyone would hope their retirement home is like staying in Fourseasons or Mandarin. If anyone can achieve that kind of stigma or following the world its their oyster.
The Trends And Shape Of The World's Economic And Financial Markets in 2013…Part 2
Posted by jeffreyyap in China, Economics, Equity Market, Fixed Income Market, Global, Hong Kong, Money, Strategy on January 3, 2013
The financials market got off to a great start in 2013 as expected. Please refer the articles i have written in the past 3 months calling for this
Risk Asset Cooled ahead of Hurricane Sandy? Opportunity to buy for 2013!
China PMI rose above 50 – signs of sustained recovery to come?
Divergence In China Related Equities Recently – How To Read Into It?
The financial markets are likely to see a very strong year as equity risk premium for major economies such as EU, Japan, China, Hong Kong, South Korea are all over 10%. The fall in risk free rate plus the major compression of credit spread in 2012 has made equity markets one of the cheapest asset class out there. The other 2 asset class which could also perform well would be convertible bonds and high yield bonds as global default rate continue to fall on the back of quantitative easing.
Furthermore, in 2013 we are likely to see a repeat of 2003 and 1993 of which in 2003 the money that came out of the Nasdaq bubble fueled global risk assets including US subprime and asset backed markets which burst in 2007 . In 1993, the money that came out of post Japan bubble also fueled the markets in Asia ex Japan which resulted in the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis later on. I believe we are seeing a repeat here as globally central banks has embarked on massive quantitative easing and this year onwards the money is going to flow out of government bonds and money market funds to fueled risk assets especially those markets trading above historical risk premiums.
Stay tune for Part 3 of this article – as I analyze sectoral performance globally.
Divergence In China Related Equities Recently – How To Read Into It?
Posted by jeffreyyap in China, Economics, Equity Market, Hong Kong, Money, Strategy on November 27, 2012
Domestic Chinese A-shares fell to 4-year low today, however many Chinese equities or China related equities listed overseas are rising in value. This include H-shares in Hong Kong as well as China related shares in US, Japan, Hong Kong and Singapore. How do we read into it? In my recent conversations with onshore and offshore investors, there seems to be a reverse in terms of their outlook this time around. Domestic investors are less convince on the performance of the equity market going forward due to the fact for the pass 4 years China has registered above 30% in accumulated growth and property prices have doubled but we have seen flat performance in its equity markets. Foreign investors on the other hand are beginning to turn bullish on Chinese equities and its currency on the back of cheaper valuation on a global comparison. It is therefore a very smart move by investors to purchase Chinese companies and China related companies listed overseas. By the act itself, investors are buying cheap call option on the performance of Chinese equities and currency in the medium term.
Global Quantitative Easing On Full Speed – What Is It Doing To Our Money? Unorthodox View Here!
Posted by jeffreyyap in Economics, Global, Hong Kong, Money, Strategy, Words of Wisdom on November 24, 2012
Global major economies are implementing quantitative easing in a scale never seen before in human history, is it necessary? Is it because global growth is sub-par compare to the last 5 decades? I believe it's partly due to global aging population and with aging population sub-par growth would be inevitable unless we have a huge jump in productivity.
The question is what does it do to our money? I had a colleague which came back from an art auction today in Hong Kong and he told me investors were grabbing up art pieces at prices significantly higher than 6 months ago. Furthermore, it was reported in the media recently, average car park prices in prime locations in Central Hong Kong have risen to HKD5,000,000 ($630,000!). Why is this happening when more than half the global economies such as Europe/US/Japan are barely growing? This is because quantitative easing reduces opportunity cost of capital which inversely appreciates anything which has finite supply such as paintings and car parks?
What should one do facing such a tsunami of easing? Don't go against it is what I would advise (for now!). For those that followed me, this has always been my advice for the last 4 years post Lehman. There are morale hazards that come with quantitative easing and money printing and leveraging up but is more debt bad when the growth is likely to remain low due to global ageing population? If you work your math it is not. Just look at yourself right now, if a bank said to you, "you can have more money, but you only need to make the same repayment" would you say no? You probably would if you know your repayment will rise one day. What I am telling you now is the "repayment or cost of money" probably won't be rising anytime soon but meanwhile your food, property, clothing, child education, university tuition fees, watches, handbags, cosmetics and even paintings and car parks will continue to rise……
Hong Kong's Latest Economic Indicators – What Does It Tell Us? – Part 2
Posted by jeffreyyap in China, Equity Market, Fixed Income Market, Hong Kong, Money, Offshore RMB, Strategy, Words of Wisdom on November 18, 2012
The current disparities between growth (+1.3%), deposit rates (zero!), inflation (5%) and property prices (20%) in Hong Kong its like watching a race between a hamster, tortoise, horse and cheetah! As mentioned in part 1 of this topic, the reason why there is inflation and upward pressure in monetary value of certain services and assets in Hong Kong is largely due to the demand from external factors. Similar to my analogy of Hong Kong resembling a shopping mall, most of the key products and services are targeted at serving/providing to foreigners (in a good way) The 3 key areas of growth for Hong Kong in this decade comes from the financial, property and luxury consumer sector which is largely targeted at foreigners (foreigner buying up luxury apartments, foreign companies raising IPO, foreign tourist buying up luxury products etc.)
Ok then you must be thinking what is different this time compare to 10 years ago? It is the HKD peg. Chinese Yuan and other Asian currencies have appreciated over 20% against HKD in the past 5 years and this trend is likely to continue with the quantitative easing in the west. The HKMA and Financial Secretary have denied the peg has brought about inflation? Look at 10 years Hong Kong Government Bond Yields 0.46%?! This is largely due to inflow of money and the result of increase in monetary base from defending the peg. 10 yrs yield at 0.46 while inflation is 10x of that??
Why are they in denial?They are just afraid to say it because given how well the peg has served Hong Kong, no one is going to change the peg, be it someone in HKMA, government or even the PBOC and the Chinese Government. One must also know this the HKD peg served as a good indicator for China on liquidity flow so why remove that….But something has to be done if we were to see a fairer race among the people in Hong Kong than the one we currently have. The peg can stay but for the sake of Hong Kong people who is reading, you should take your money out of the bank and move it into RMB, buy some equities or fixed income investments and last YOU mustn't sell your property. If you don't own a property in Hong Kong means you are short and the peg will kill you…If one decide not to do anything of such, they better make sure he/she gets a work in this mall or else you would be poorer even though the country continues to prosper….
Hong Kong's Latest Economic Indicators – What Does It Tell Us? – Part 1
Posted by jeffreyyap in China, Hong Kong, Money, Strategy, Words of Wisdom on November 17, 2012
Hong Kong announced on Friday its Gross Domestic Product grew 1.3% year-on-year in the third quarter, similar to the 1.2% growth seen in the second quarter. The data also unveiled the underlying consumer price inflation stands at 4% in the third quarter. Residential Flat prices from June to September rose by over 6% (in just 3 months!).
These data must look rather bizarre for general public as well as economists and financial professionals. Here is another observation, China Daily reported this "Hong Kong's Causeway Bay has dethroned New York's Fifth Avenue as the world's most expensive retail area, as luxury brands retailers such as Burberry, Salvatore Ferragamo and Gucci compete for limited prime space in the city to court big spenders, particularly mainland tourists.
The average annual rent at Causeway Bay, the prime retail district on Hong Kong Island, surged 34.9 percent to $2,630 per square foot at the end of June from a year ago, beating the $2,500 price tag of Fifth Avenue in New York's Manhattan district, which has occupied the top spot for 11 consecutive years, according to estimates by commercial real estate consultant Cushman & Wakefield Inc."
So why is this happening? This is because the economy has become more dependent on China and Global Spending (just imagine Hong Kong as a large Shopping Mall) hence even though growth been rather weak, inflation continue to rise especially in areas which supply goods and services to this large global shopping mall. In this shopping mall, you have bankers that provide credits, salesperson to serve customers, lawyers to document/advise the process and doctors to cure those that gotten sick while shopping,
This is the state of the Hong Kong's economy. It is debateable whether it is good or bad but one thing is for such we need a good mall management team (the government!) to guide the people of Hong Kong to equip themselves to work in this mall. No shopping mall survive without makeover and enhancement and quality control. It is time for the government to start working on these or else it would turn into an unloved mall with little patrons just like those malls in Hong Kong which none of us patronise anymore…
If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude. Don't complain
Posted by jeffreyyap in Hong Kong, Words of Wisdom on November 11, 2012
My son and wife gave me a quote today
"If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude. Don't complain" by Maya Angelou
This quote moved me right away – about the state of the society we live in currently, especially in Hong Kong….
Signs Of Demand Coming Back to China?
Posted by jeffreyyap in China, Hong Kong, Money, Strategy on November 10, 2012
Yesterday as I walked around Central, Hong Kong i got a sense that retail purchases by Chinese shoppers have started to picked up. There were various groups of tourist with bags full of luxury items purchased from shops such as Burberry, Prada, Chanel etc. This was not the case for the past six months. I gathered in recent months from friends and colleagues who have travelled globally for work, holiday and honeymoon! the sense is Chinese shoppers are travelling further away from China to shop. That would mean less shoppers are likely to flock to Hong Kong for their shopping spree. However, given my observation yesterday, I believe the Chinese demand has started to picked up in Mainland China, abroad as well as Hong Kong.
Together we stand…Mom! – touching
Posted by jeffreyyap in Hong Kong, Words of Wisdom on November 4, 2012
Today as i drove pass Sheung Wan, Hong Kong on the way back from hectic shopping in Wing On Departmental, I saw something rather normal yet touches my heart deeply. One lady was pushing a cart full of goods up a steep slope (a scene Hong Kong people are very familiar with). One will immediately feel a sense of pity or sadness towards the women having to push a cart up such a steep slope on a Sunday afternoon. Yet, she was full of smile as i drove pass…Why? her daughter was right beside her giving her a hand on pushing the cart and that pair of hands, of one she loves, means more than any wealth in the world. I shall learn from this lovely pair…


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The Future of Design
The future of design is not looking good at all. As a matter of fact, the very industry that we lovingly chose to be a part of is beginning to show stress fractures which can mean the end for most designers here in the United States and other countries around the world.
So what is causing our beloved industry to begin falling apart and what can be done to reverse this inevitable nose-dive into the abyss? The solution is seemingly simple, but implementing it requires the involvement and partnership of our industry as a whole.
The first problem: Outsourcing.
Simply put, the import of cheap products and services from abroad continue to pose great challenges to our livelihood. From a CPA that handles your taxes from the Philippines for $7, to your ability to buy 100 stuffed animals from China for only $12, the "Walmart Effect" is putting most small businesses out of business as we struggle to compete with ridiculously low prices.
I recently saw an email from a company based in Pakistan who advertised a business startup package for only $499. This package included the design of 50 "custom" logos, 10 "custom" stationery layouts, 5 "custom" website layouts, 5 "custom" brochure layouts and 5 "custom" postcard layouts to select from. All came with unlimited changes to meet your satisfaction, and you were even given the option to cancel anytime if you were not satisfied.
Realize that the cost of living in Pakistan equates to $2 per day. The cost of living here in the States is closer to $150 per day. So while the designers abroad can live off of a client's $500 investment for close to a year, the same budget will only last us three and a half days here in the United States.
This practice of importing design must stop. I'm not against outsourcing completely, but if it results in our industry being destroyed by cheap templated work that obviously has no research behind it, then it should be outlawed. Of course there are no rules and regulations to assist with this, and this is a free country, but if more designers educated their clients about the pitfalls of using outsourced help, it would eventually make a difference for everyone else.
The second problem: Contests.
Due to heavily discounted design rates offered by overseas firms, companies in the United States are beginning to forget the real value of design. Nowadays, they see design as something that's so readily available that paying for it is almost unheard of. Everyone knows a cousin's sister's wife's son that has Photoshop and claims to be a designer. Heck if this kid is out of town, the next best option would be to sift through your junk email box looking for clearance prices on website and logo design.
It's sad, but as companies see less value in design, they see you and I as hungry, desperate people that are willing to work for peanuts. This mentality has led to a highly unethical practice called "contests" where companies ask as many designers as they can to partake in this free-for-all design frenzy. No, they won't pay you for your time or ideas… they just want to see who impresses them the most, and offer one lucky winner a small sum of money for days of work and creativity.
Such practices are literally killing our industry, devaluing the creativity that was once so precious, and bringing the price of our services to those offered by India.
As tempting as any work is nowadays, the only solution to get out of this whirlpool of demise is to stop participating in such contests. Stop being a free resource to huge companies with million dollar marketing budgets. Stop selling yourself short just thinking of short term gratification, and begin seeing the long-term damage that this is causing.
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Senior Center Could Bring Money to Ward Park
City officials are saying that locating a new Senior Center in Ward Park could help bring money for improvements to the park.
Like the proposed location for a new Senior Center or not, City Officials are saying it could be the key to getting money for improvements to Ward Park where is is proposed to be located.
"[Ward Park] has always been on the backburner to something else in the city," said Mayor Arthur Vigeant. "This is going to elevate it ... to the top of the list of the projects."
Having a diversity of buildings will help speed up the timeline for getting money to improve the park, as well as pushing the park improvements up to the top of the list, he said.
Councilor Matt Elder spoke about the benefits strictly within the city. Having the center located at the park transforms improvements there into a city-wide issue, he said. It will be easier to funnel city funds there when it is a project every councilor can support.
"It's my opinion that this is going to put more money into the park," said Elder. "This is going to put a focal point on Ward Park."
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It will not only help with getting funding to the site, but moving up the timeline, he said. The city's Parks and Recreation Commission has already released the land for the Senior Center to the city from the grounds of the park.
"Five to seven years in government speak is probably closer to 10 to 12 years," said Elder in reference to the timeline related to a master plan developed for the park.
A master plan of the park was created last year using funds from cellular towers in the area. The senior center would take up a location that had been penned for basketball courts in this master plan, said Public Works Commissioner Ronald LaFreniere.
The study was completed only using $17,000 of the $30,000 allotted to the project, he said. This master plan could be updated for "short money" and incorporate the Senior Center, said LaFreniere. He agreed that locating the Senior Center at the park would ease finding funds to get the work done
"When you incorporate other types of facilities there are opportunities from a grant standpoint that might not exist for strictly a recreational facility," said LaFreniere.
Ultimately, it is about working through the issues to get to something everyone can be proud of, said Mayor Vigeant.
"I think this is where we are going to end up having the senior center and I am looking to move this process forward. It is not something that is being shoved down anyone's throats," he said citing other locations that had never gained traction in the city.
11:37 am on Friday, December 21, 2012
>"[Ward Park] has always been on the backburner to something else in the city," said Mayor Arthur Vigeant. "This is going to elevate it ... to the top of the list of the projects."<
Why hasn't having a nice place for families of Marlborough to play and enjoy recreation ever been at the top of the list? Really, we have to TAKE AWAY a popular portion of the park in order to improve it? Marlborough's Open Space and Recreation Plan 2010-2015 said of Ward Park "This is an important park for the center city and is used heavily by the residents and sports groups." Wouldn't this evaluation be enough to move it to the top of the list? Why take land away from what the city itself calls "an important park"?
>The city's Parks and Recreation Commission has already released the land for the Senior Center to the city from the grounds of the park.<
A Recreation Commission member spoke at the recent public meeting saying all the cites fields were "over used". I just don't understand then, why they would give up this land which forces youth sports OUT to find a field that is already over used.
>"Five to seven years in government speak is probably closer to 10 to 12 years," <
So let's do away with government speak and just tell it like it is.
11:37 am on Friday, December 21, 2012
>It is not something that is being shoved down anyone's throats,<
At the beginning of the public meeting the Mayor didn't seem interested in hearing concerns about why the 13,000 sq ft building shouldn't be put on a public park. He said he only wanted questions relating to his plan as it moves forward. There are abutters not less than 20 yards from the proposed site who have not had a singe correspondence from the city. There was no public discussion and no opinions solicited from the neighbors prior to it simply being announced that this was the chosen site. It certainly feels like it is being shoved down peoples throats.
concerned neighbor
11:46 am on Friday, December 21, 2012
How sad, the concerns of many residents expressed so passionately to the councilors and mayor were not taken seriously before posting yet another statement from the city to push a building onto the land where families play. Much play happens right on that space, coupled with the climbing structure because the other parts of the park are wet and muddy. The sports teams use the larger field and they need to use that space, so others use the baseball space. Why not take all that passion from the room at recent discussion and find a most suitable place for seniors. Give seniors much more respect than being squished into a very small residential neighborhood with flooding of water that comes right down Water Street and Water Terrace and Orchard Street hill. This is not the right place, we have many suggestions for where to locate a new building however are never even asked. Put the concerned community together and make a much better decision for everyone. Someone has to take the step backwards out of this terrible plan proposal. WORK with the entire community more, to find out a best space for the seniors, which in turn will bring even more helpful support for the seniors! This is not the space. Fix the park without contingency of a building to make it best for the children.
1:18 pm on Friday, December 21, 2012
Hey concerned neighbor, like someone said at the meeting - why not put two buildings up on the park land and improve it twice as much. :-)
Heather Gould
1:50 pm on Friday, December 21, 2012
I never bring my kids there anyway. the playground slides get super hot after being in the sun. no shade for the playground. I wouldn't slide on that slide in pants, never mind shorts. OUCH!! maybe if they put in trees around the area of the playground, people would actually use it. Hello the swings are BLACK, and really heat up!
9:10 pm on Friday, December 21, 2012
Heather, the point really isn't whether or not you bring your kids to the park. This is a quality of life in the city issue. There is much room for improvement as far as the park is concerned. However, the city is trying to blackmail moms like you and me by promising to make improvements if the 2 story, 13,000 square foot, is built. Shame on the mayor and the city council. How about using the $500,000 to improve the park instead of using it for a feasibility report.
8:58 pm on Friday, December 21, 2012
The city has really missed the mark with this one. I own my home in this neighborhood. I purchased my home partly because of this park. This is a residential neighborhood not a place to build a 2 story monstrosity that serves only a portion of the community. The park has been used for so many events over the years as well as serving the community as a whole. The recreation area of Ward Park is vital to our home's value, not to mention attracting buyers if I ever decide to sell my home. How dare the mayor and the city council make any decision that negatively impacts mine and my neighbors quality of life in the homes that we purchased in the City of Marlborough. The same city that we pay are taxes too. Which by the way, they have approved a $500,000 to be used to explore the feasibility of this site. Yes folks, in government speak this isn't "real money" it's just figures on a piece of paper. It sure would be nice if my taxes dollars weren't my real money.
I can assure the city that me and many of my neighbors will continue to fight against this propose senior center in our neighborhood. If you, like me, are against this proposed building site and would like to have your voice heard please contact your city councilor.
If you would like to contact me please leave your email address in your remarks and I will get in touch with you. Thanks
10:22 am on Saturday, December 22, 2012
>This is a residential neighborhood not a place to build a 2 story monstrosity that serves only a portion of the community.<
True, and I believe the whole area (including the park) is zoned only for single family houses. Hopefully the city will honor this zoning district, it must be in place for good reasons.
11:34 pm on Friday, December 21, 2012
PROVE IT Mayor Vigeant - commit to a new Master Plan of the entire area, Senior Center and all - scratch the most recent CDM plan and make it your own, turf the field if you want to, just PROVE you are going to make it better and demonstrate how - until then, it is just another empty promise. I don't doubt the fact that having a Senior Center at the Park would make it 'easier' to get funds for renovation....but is this the best we can do?....make an unpopular move so things are easier? Take away a portion of the park from the kids with a promise to put it back in 12 years? It is a shame that they "finally have a few million dollars" to spend and Ward Park, the neighborhood who invested in it, and the kids' play area gets pushed aside again.
It is a shame they are going to spend $500,000 on a feasibility plan that will prove there is not enough parking to support a Senior Center. An earlier PATCH article reported a list of positive reasons for the proposed site - one was "70-100 parking spaces" - really? I counted 64 there NOW and that is before the zoning requirements for a 13,000 sq ft building and nonnegotiable ADA guidelines, handicap spaces and bus/van turnaround clearance. Save the $, and find a location that will work for ALL the residents.
It is a shame that 5-7 yrs = 10-12 in gov yrs. Does that mean the Seniors will have to wait 12 years to walk on the track?
Richard A Cygan
8:24 am on Thursday, January 10, 2013
Astounding, how our 'elected officials' run their own ship and make 'growth decision's' without their constituents full support. As a senior citizen, I can attest that the need is very real, however I believe the City Council and Mayor should have given the large parking and green space behind Liberty Hills Senior Apt's as a location. There is seemingly enough space there, IF they were to place the parking beneath the structure (feasible, and Saves future site maintenance costs like plowing, etc.)
10:30 am on Thursday, January 10, 2013
Hi Richard, it is astounding. They make decisions without full support, without a city planner, and in this case (I've been told) without a committee or any outside professional evaluation of the site.
I recently wrote to the Ward 3 City Councilor asking what his thoughts were after hearing the strong opposition expressed at the public meeting he hosted. I asked if he still thought "taking needed recreation space away from residents, children, and future generations of children" was a good idea. The response was "the neighbors of Ward Park are extremely lucky to have ANY recreation areas near them." Unbelievable...
>I believe the City Council and Mayor should have given the large parking and green space behind Liberty Hills Senior Apt's as a location<
Unfortunately, at the only public meeting held it was made clear officials were not interested in hearing about alternate site selections.
2:57 pm on Thursday, January 24, 2013
There's an online petition to stop the taking of Ward Park land. Go to www.savewardpark.com to learn more and sign.
Damon Michaels
8:37 am on Friday, January 25, 2013
How about instead of bribing people with "grants" (which comes from tax payers, so just increases taxes in the long haul) that we instead use some of the rainy day fund money to improve the park. Either rent a building for senior center usage, or repurpose what we already have for buildings. Does Marlborough need to continue to be in the real estate business? Look at the crumbling buildings we already have, obviously we do not do a good job on maintenance.
10:40 am on Friday, January 25, 2013
Yes it is a bribe. They're saying - we'll improve the park but only if we take a chunk of it away and put up a 13,000 square foot two story building. That is an awful trade off. One that would resonate down to future generations. Leave the park land alone and simply improve it for the sake of the children. Look at the ice skating rink, a wonderful addition to the park and exactly the area the Mayor wants to take away from the children.
1:14 pm on Saturday, February 2, 2013
If you've got 7 mil to spend on a senior center you can certainly use that money to "spruce up" Ward Park without building on it.


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Some of our featured pies are: chocolate pecan bourbon, pecan, maple walnut, chocolate walnut, pumpkin, maple pumpkin with a pecan streusel, assorted apple and berry pies, and cream and meringue pies. We also offer a number of savory pies including chicken pot pies and Australian beef pies.
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