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Hi ,
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Write a C# DLL that exposes a function to AutoLisp , get 2 args from the ResultBuffer -
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AutoCAD script to run on this drawing.
and return a true/false if successful.
This brings up another related question - When would I need to 'open' a drawing versus opening the database > manipulating the db and closing ? // does this falls under 'transactions ' ?
Pointing me to existing examples would be very appreciated
So, you just declare your function with the LispFunction attribute, accepting args as ResultBuffer and returning boolean.
This article on through the interface has a simple example of a LispFunction, and a couple of links to ADN articles if you are a member.
I don't have a handy link to it, but I'm sure the AutoCAD .NET developers guide has some info on LispFunctions.
As far as your other question, if you are going to run a script on the drawings, then you will have to open them fully into the editor. If you want to do some direct manipulation of the Database without opening it into the editor, you can do that, but the methods exposed by the EditorInput Namespace are not available. (There may be more than that not available, but that is the big one)
As one more note, hopefully you are aware that lisp code does not survive across the document boundary?
Hi CheifBrainCload,
Thanks for the pointers , I have actually seen this post on TTIF , even though it VB.NET I can understand how does that work.
With regards to Lisp - you can access the drawing manager, open another drawing manipulate it, and with AutoCAD I hear you can actually save and close it, with AutoCAD Architecture (which I am using ) - do that and you are guaranteed a crash. There are several references to this in discussion groups (here and AUGI and some other). So VLA-CLOSE on ACA or MEP == UnHandled Exception ...
Back to .NET -> You are suggesting that the question whether to open the drawing in autocrat vs. opening and manipulating the Database is a question of what is exposed to Autodesk.AutoCAD.EditorInput VS. Autodesk.AutoCAD.DatabaseServices; ?
The .NET developers guide [http://goo.gl/fTtS8] contains samples how to open / close /save drawings , but these are save the current drawing kind of samples ... I guess I should be able to solve this with what I got.
jonathan.talisman wrote:Back to .NET -> You are suggesting that the question whether to open the drawing in autocrat vs. opening and manipulating the Database is a question of what is exposed to Autodesk.AutoCAD.EditorInput VS. Autodesk.AutoCAD.DatabaseServices; ?
Yes, basically that is what meant in my previous comment, and as I suggested, "There may be more" that is not available. I was poking around the Object browser, and I am fairly certain there are more things to add to the list of available and unavailable. Maybe someone from Autodesk could chime in on this one, but it appears to me that it is likely Nothing from the AcMgd.dll is available, while everything, or most everything from AcDbMgd.dll should be available. That means ApplicationServices is out, (no document object), GraphicsSystem is out, but Geometry is available.
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The Cheesecake Factory
Something for Everyone?
Type | Public |
Traded as | NASDAQ: CAKE |
Industry | Restaurants |
Founder(s) | Evelyn Overton Oscar Overton David Overton |
Headquarters | Calabasas Hills, California, United States |
Number of locations | 151 restaurants |
Key people | David Overton (Chairman and CEO) David Gordon (President) |
Products | Types of Cheesecakes (White Chocolate Raspberry Truffle, Pumpkin, Coconut Chocolate Cream), Burgers, Pizza, Pasta, Steaks, Sandwiches. |
Revenue | $1.757 billion (2011)[1] |
Operating income | $133 million (2011)[1] |
Net income | $95.7 million (2011)[1] |
Website | Official Site |
The Cheesecake Factory, Inc. is a distributor of cheesecakes in the United States. It is also a restaurant company. The company operates 175 full-service dining restaurants: 165 under The Cheesecake Factory brand, 13 under the Grand Lux Cafe brand and one under the RockSugar Pan Asian Kitchen brand. The Cheesecake Factory also operates two bakery production facilities—one in Calabasas, California and the other in Rocky Mount, North Carolina—and licenses two bakery-based menus for other food service operators under The Cheesecake Factory Bakery Cafe marque. The company used to operate one self-service, limited-menu express food service operation under The Cheesecake Factory marque inside the DisneyQuest family entertainment center in Lake Buena Vista, Florida.[2] Its cheesecakes and other baked goods can also be found in the cafes of many Barnes & Noble book stores.
David M. Overton, the company's founder, opened the first Cheesecake Factory restaurant in Beverly Hills, California, in 1978. The restaurant established the future chain's pattern of offering an eclectic menu, big portions, and signature cheesecakes.[3]
History of The Cheesecake Factory[edit]
The Cheesecake Factory was founded by Oscar and Evelyn Overton. Evelyn first decided to open a business after making a cheesecake for her husband's employer in 1949. Evelyn opened a small cheesecake shop in Detroit, Michigan, in the late 1950s, but later gave it up in order to raise her two children. She continued to supply cakes to several local restaurants through a kitchen in her basement. In 1972, Oscar and Evelyn Overton moved to the Woodland Hills area of Los Angeles where they opened a wholesale bakery in which they produced cheesecakes and other desserts for local restaurants.[4]
In 1978, Evelyn's son David Overton opened a small salad-and-sandwich restaurant in Beverly Hills which sold 10 different varieties of Overton's cheesecakes on their one-page menu.[4]
In 1983, the Overtons opened a second restaurant in Marina del Rey. By 1987 the Beverly Hills location had expanded into a 78-seat restaurant and was experiencing great financial success. This led to the opening of a third, larger location in Redondo Beach, which was eventually renovated into a 300-seat, 21,000 square foot location. By the end of the 1980s, The Cheesecake Factory's one-page menu had expanded and the restaurant offered additional fast-food and short-order items.[4]
Expansion beyond Southern California[edit]
The 1990s saw the opening of the first Cheesecake Factory restaurant outside of Southern California. The new restaurant was located in Washington, D.C. The Cheesecake Factory was incorporated in 1992 and went public September 1993. David Overton planned to open 3-4 units a year in the hopes of generating 25% a year increase in sales.[4]
The company began changing the menu twice a year and added further items including steaks and seafood as well as vegetarian dishes. The company continued to open new restaurants, and by 1995, the chain was ranked 11th in the United States.[clarification needed] As of April 2013, The Cheesecake Factory corporation operates 162 restaurants under The Cheesecake Factory name in 36 states.[5]
International expansion[edit]
On January 25, 2011, the company expanded into the Middle East in a partnership with Kuwaiti retail franchising company M.H. Alshaya Co.. The 300-seat restaurant opened on August 16, 2012, at the Dubai Mall. This is the first location for The Cheesecake Factory outside of the United States. As of March 4, 2013, the Cheesecake Factory Inc. has four restaurants in the Middle East, one at the Dubai Mall and another at the Mall of the Emirates (both in the UAE), the third in The Avenues Mall, Kuwait, and the fourth in Beirut.[6] Plaza Las Américas in San Juan, Puerto Rico opened its first Cheesecake Factory in the Caribbean on August 28, 2013.[7]
Other restaurants[edit]
The Cheesecake Factory Bakery Cafe operates two bakery production facilities, and licenses two bakery-based menus to other food service operators. This division operates in North America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East.
Grand Lux Cafe David Overton designed the Grand Lux Cafe, a restaurant for The Venetian hotel-casino in Las Vegas. The restaurant is modeled after Italian, French, and Austrian styles. The Cafe offers, in addition to American and European-style food, Thai, Malaysian, Caribbean cuisine, and others. The Cheesecake Factory operates thirteen Grand Lux Cafe restaurants.
RockSugar Pan Asian Kitchen is a contemporary Asian-fusion restaurant which opened on June 19, 2008, at Century City in Los Angeles. David Overton excluded Chinese and Japanese cuisines from the menu, as these are served at the Grand Lux and Cheesecake Factory restaurants.
The Cheesecake Factory has been criticized for their heavy promotion of large servings of high calorie and high fat foods, and a corresponding lack of healthy menu options. For these reasons, the chain was dubbed the "worst family restaurant in America" for 2010 by Men's Health magazine.[8] While the average sandwich at the restaurant contains 1,400 calories,[9] it wasn't until 2013, when the Center for Science in the Public Interest gave a better understanding toward some of the food found at The Cheesecake Factory which are the "Crispy Chicken Costoletta" that has more calories (2,610) than a 12-piece bucket of fried chicken from KFC and The Cheesecake Factory's "Bistro Shrimp Pasta" dish had more calories than any other entrée from a national chain restaurant at 3,120 calories, with 89 grams of saturated fat.[10] The United States Department of Agriculture's Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion states in its dietary guidelines that a typical adult should consume about 2,000 calories and no more than 20 grams of saturated fat per day.
In popular culture[edit]
A fictional version of The Cheesecake Factory is used as a setting in the U.S. sitcom The Big Bang Theory. While the food items that the main characters eat there are versions of dishes that can be ordered at a real restaurant (not surprising when considering how extensive a real CF menu is), none of the details of the show's location--particularly its fairly Spartan setting and the outfits that Penny and the other waiters wear--have any relation to real Cheesecake Factory locations. According to the company, it "does not have any sort of arrangements with the show. The Cheesecake Factory is really pleased to be featured in such a funny and wildly popular show".[11]
- ^ a b c "The Cheesecake Factory Reports Results for Fourth Quarter of Fiscal 2006" (Press release). Cheesecake Factory. 2012-02-06. Retrieved 2012-05-29.
- ^ Zanolla, Leah (26 March 2008). "Cheesecake Factory Express Leaving Downtown Disney".
- ^ ""What Is The Cheesecake Factory?" About Page on the company's website". Cheesecakefactory.com. Retrieved 2010-04-17.
- ^ a b c d "History of The Cheesecake Factory". Funding Universe. Retrieved 16 August 2012.
- ^ http://locations.thecheesecakefactory.com
- ^ Kowitt, Beth (February 25, 2013). "The Mystery Company Importing Americana to the Mideast". Fortune 167 (3): 90–96.
- ^ http://es.plazalasamericas.com/news/the-cheesecake-factory-abrira-en-plaza-las-americas-en-el-2013/
- ^ Zinczenko, David (2010-11-19). "America's Best—and Worst!—Family Restaurants". Health.yahoo.net. Retrieved 2011-06-25.
- ^ By HealthiNation (2010-12-10). "Worst Foods in America, 2010". Health.yahoo.net. Retrieved 2011-06-25.
- ^ Xtreme Eating 2013: Extremism Running Amok at America's Restaurant Chains, Center for Science in the Public Interest, January 16, 2013, accessed January 18, 2013.
- ^ Owen, Rob (2012-01-13). "TV Q&A: ABC News, 'Storage Wars' and 'The Big Bang Theory.'". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved August 6, 2012.
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"The rest of the funds, about $20,000 worth, were upgrades," he said. "I felt that by making the upgrades to the station, it would improve the efficiency of the station, and it would also improve the reliability of the station."
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For centuries in the snow-covered North, skis were required to chase game and gather firewood in wintertime. With long distances between the small, isolated communities and hard, snowy winters, skiing also became important as means of keeping in social contact.
The word "ski" is a Norwegian word that comes from the Old Norse word "skid", a split length of wood. Different types of skis emerged at various regions at about the same time. One type had a horizontal toe-piece binding. The modern ski bindings are based on the Fennoscandian model of the 19th century. The East Siberian type was a thin board with a vertical four-hole binding. Sometimes it was covered with fur. The Lapps used a horizontal stem-hole binding. Present-day cross country skis were developed from the type used by the Lapps.
Norwegian army units were skiing for sport (and prizes) in the 18th century. Skiing for sport appeared in Norway in the mid-19th century; the first race on record is 1842.The famous Holmenkollen ski festival started in 1892, with the focus initially on the Nordic combined event. However in 1901, a separate cross country race was added to the festival. The men's event debuted at the first Winter Olympic Games in Chamonix in 1924 and the women's event debuted at the 1952 Oslo Games. The sport has traditionally been dominated by the Nordic countries.
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Description of the gameplay:
Guide 3 pets by using your finger to create paths for them to follow. Aim towards the food that are flying around and as you break the food, collect the points and powerups. There are 10 seamless difficulties, and you will be rewarded with even more points as you go along, collect those points to unlock a better view of your pets' homes
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Musical Chair has built in subwoofer
This musical chair designed by Jacob Mathew has a calcium carbonate poly-coned woofer seated in the belly of the chair. It's hard to tell if it's actually functional and the site doesn't say if it is or not, but it looks cool. And I'm really hoping it is, because I've always wanted to eat dinner while bumping up and down to the hip hop stylings of Celine Dion.
The Levitation desk is a desk with one leg. The challenge was to use an unique leg which could be placed anywhere under the desk. We find a solution, I would conceal it... I'm not sure how it works but I'm guessing it's a really really heavy leg they've got on there. Like rea... / Continue →
Chest of Drawers is a chest designed by Tejo Remy and is made out of drawers collected from the street. Yes, that's right, the horrible monstrosity you see before you was done on purpose. It's a neat idea, but why did he use drawers he found on the street? I mean c'mon, it's pr... / Continue →
This modular wood floor allows you to swap out pieces with different heights, so that you can make your own chair or table out of, uh, the floor. It's a neat idea, but seems like more work than just buying a chair or table. And where do you store all the different pieces? Your ... / Continue →


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My name is George Mac Kinnon. I am a caregiver and a certified elder care administrator. I created this site to share my qualifications and provide a resource for those seeking the best available home health care assistance. Along with a description of the services that I offer, it contains my resume and references. I have been a caregiver for over twenty-nine years. This web site provides prospective clients easy and immediate access to my background and employment history.
I am based in Santa Barbara, California. I will travel anywhere outside of Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties for a sufficient number of consecutive days of work. Sleeping accommodations are negotiable.
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The Shocking Second HIV Epidemic Among U.S. Gay Men That No One Is Talking About
Pop quiz, no cheating allowed: if you had to guess, would you say that HIV and AIDS rates among gay men in the United States are A) declining, B) remaining stable, or C) rising?
The correct answer is C) rising, at an alarming 8% per year. HIV incidence -- that is, the proportion of a population infected -- among gay men in the United States rises by that amount every year since at least 2001. Overall, this incidence, at 15.4% cumulatively, is just slightly lower than the incidence among gay men in Sub-Saharan Africa. And there's a good case to be made that the real numbers are actually higher; for instance, we know they're higher in some major metropolitan areas, where the incidence among MSM (men who have sex with men) is oneinfive. In San Francisco, it may be ashighasonein four.
Overall, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that between 400,000 and500,000 gay men in the United States carried the virus in 2009, the most recent year for which data are available. Chillingly, gay and bisexual men are the only demographic to experienceariseinHIV infection rates.
These are astonishing facts. The AIDS epidemic is now over three decades old and has taken over600,000 lives in the U.S. alone. That's more casualties than were seen in the entire Civil War. It's also noteworthy that new infections in the U.S. are numerically stable overall, at roughly 50,000 a year over the last decade or so -- a number seemingly impervious to public or private prevention efforts.
Considering the carnage AIDS has inflicted on gay men in particular, it's urgent that we examine what, if anything, can be done to save lives and to prevent the widespread damage of another generation -- today's young men. The fewer than 1% of Americans who are gay or bisexual men between the ages of 13 and 29 comprise 27% of new infections.
TIME Healthland describes the stakes in stark terms:
Public health experts have been concerned about the rising rates among MSM for years now, viewing the current epidemic as the second wave — the first having occurred in the 1980s. Today's infections, they say, are affecting a new generation of men who didn't live through the initial devastation of AIDS' early days, when there were no drug treatments and a diagnosis was a death sentence. Public health messages about safe sex practices and testing targeted to gay men have waned in the intervening years, and now, some experts say, a new generation of at-risk men have to be educated about the disease.
There is no single reason why HIV rates have been rising again among gay men for at least a decade, or one tool that could hinder the process. The best we can do is identify contributing factors (with limited hard data), consider approaches to reach vulnerable demographics and help change behaviors.
Effective HIV therapy has been around since 1996, in the form of HAART (Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy) drugs. These drugs reduced mortality rates, previously near 100%, by 50% to 80%, and gave HIV patients a new lease on life.
An unintended side effect was that the drugs also reduced the visibility of the disease within the gay community. The "gay ghettos" of large cities were no longer the sole mournful province of the walking dead. The sense of urgency around the epidemic began to fade, while indicatorsofunprotected sex, specifically the incidence of other sexually transmitted diseases, began to rise.
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Aren't Georges the best?? Figured I would start a topic exclaiming our appreciation over them.
Aren't Georges the best?? Figured I would start a topic exclaiming our appreciation over them.
I can hear the neg train coming....
A lot of NBA players who aren't on the Jazz. So I'll move it to our version of Siberia.
It started with Earl [Watson], Randy [Foye] and Marvin [Williams]the veteran guys. I thought the young guys did a good job of following their lead getting us off to a good start. - referring to the Jazz/Bobcats game on 3/1/13
Earl, Randy, and Marvin started the first quarter 0-3, scored a whopping zero points, and finished with a turnover in the first quarter.
Your head coach of the Jazz ladies and gentlemen.
Since this thread got moved to never never land, can the Vslice appreciation thread get moved to the gay sex man love forum??
Jazzfanz Smartest ROBOT
Take this time to relax and have some cool drinks out on vacation Heaven Harris.
dang couldn't neg again.
E.J. Wells vs. NAOS
The confusion...
Pre-season mock (7/13/13) - page 111
George looovvvves bandanas.
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Grab Some Popcorn: What If The Empire Strikes Back Was A 1950's Sci-Fi Flick?
Note: Video is after the jump, not before. This isn't LOST.
Ever wonder what The Empire Strikes Back would have looked like in grainy black-and-white with super-chintzy effects? Well wonder no more, you little hard-thinker, you! This is a mashup of old sci-fi movies/shows used to create the trailer. And speaking of creating trailers: double-wides. They come in two pieces!
Here is the recipe for the trailer: Flash Gordon (Deadline at Noon, Conquers the Universe), The Phantom Planet, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, Invasion of the Animal People, Man Beast, Lunar Walker, Golden Bat (Ogon Batto), The Mysterians, Captain Midnight, First Spaceship on Venus, The Flying Saucer, The Fighting Devil Dogs, The Outer Limits (Second Chance, Soldier, I Robot, The Sixth Finger), Things to Come, Space Patrol, Atragon, Terror in the Midnight Sun, Forbidden Planet, Rocketship X-M, Latitude Zero, Space Flight, Metropolis, The Jetsons, Devil Girl From Mars, Tobor the Great, The Alligator People, The Return of the Fly, Abominable Snowman of the Himalayas, Starman (Attack from Space), Marvel Super Heroes (Iron Man), The Cyclops, The Sea Hawk, Kings Row, Mahler Symphony No. 6, Gustav Hoists The Planets (Mars), and The Empire Strikes Back Radio Drama
If you liked the mashup the same guys also created versions of Raiders of the Lost Ark and Ghostbusters. If you didn't like the mashup you can eat shit and die.
Hit it for the video.
The Empire Strikes Back -- in '50s-Style 3-D [wired]
Thanks to Uncle_FUJ, who wants to see Avatar done in the same fashion. You're not the only one. Kidding, yes you are.
I have no idea what a Ke$ha is, but apparently it makes Ke$hitty-ass music. Whatever the case, this is a Star Wars themed music video for its song 'Tik Tok'. The video is actually pretty awesome, but I watched it with no audio because I didn't want to gouge my ears out with a... / Continue →
T-Shirt Wars is a stop-motion video made by lovers duo Rhett&Link. It took 222 shirts to create plus two sperm and quite possibly one in vitro fertilization because Rhett there kind of strikes me as a test-tube baby. Not that there's anything wrong with that (I was born in a ... / Continue →
This is a little gallery of LEGO Star Wars scenes on the planet Hoth created by skilled LEGO player-wither (this word wizardry is getting out of control!) Avanaut. And allegedly there was no Photoshoppery involved either. So I can only assume Avanaut knows a little bit about ... / Continue →


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WBB: Iowa State Trips Texas Tech On Road To Go 11-1By Josh Christensen, TV9 Sports
LUBBOCK, Texas — Hallie Christofferson scored 13 points and Chelsea Poppens scored eight points and grabbed 15 rebounds to lead Iowa State to a 58-54 victory over Texas Tech last night at United Spirit Arena.
Brynn Williamson scored 12 points for the Cyclones, who improved to 11-1, 2-0 in the Big 12 Conference. Iowa State was hot early against the Red Raiders (11-3, 1-1). The Cyclones are 2-0 in the Big 12 for the first time since the 2004-05 season. "Defense travels and so does effort and tonight was a great example of that," Iowa State Coach Bill Fennelly said. "If you go on the road and hold somebody to 54 points, you are going to be in the game. Everybody is tired but it will be a good flight home. To be 2-0 with wins against Texas and Texas Tech is a great way to start the conference season." Christofferson was 5-of-5 from the floor, making both of her 3-point attempts. Poppens scored the last two of her points in the final two seconds of the game to ice the Cyclone victory. It was her 36th career game with more than 10 rebounds. Iowa State outscored Texas Tech 16-3 off the bench. Texas Tech jumped out to an 8-1 run in the first three minutes of the second half to lead, 39-35, its biggest advantage of the game, with 17:08 left. Iowa State fought back and Kidd Blaskowsky's jumper put the Cyclones in the lead for good, 44-42 with 11:38 remaining in the game. Chyna Brown led Texas Tech with 19 points. Iowa State plays at Baylor Wednesday at 7 p.m. in Waco, Texas. Conversation GuidelinesBe KindDon't use abusive, offensive, threatening, racist, vulgar or sexually-oriented language. Share KnowledgeBe truthful. Share what you know and what you are passionate about. Stay focusedPromote lively and healthy debate. Stay on topic. Ask questions and give feedback on the story's topic. Report TroubleHelp us maintain a quality comment section by reporting comments that are offensive. If you see a comment that is offensive, or you feel violates our guidelines, simply click on the "x" to the far right of the comment to report it. read the full guidelines here » Commenting will be disabled on stories dealing with the following subject matter: Crime, sexual abuse, property fires, automobile accidents, Amber Alerts, Operation Quickfinds and suicides. |
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I am a tennis player and have had knee problems over the years. I DID NOT want to stop playing tennis. I started taking this product several years ago on a recommendation of a friend, and my knees are vastly improved! I definitely think it is because of this product.
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Great for joints that ache
I have used some form of glucosamine product for the past 20 years off and on for my knee pain. This is the only product that has really worked for me. I have been taking it now for about 2 yrs and have been pain free.
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Great Product!
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Huge horse pills w/ half the concentration (mg)
I can't say whether or not these are effective because these pills are BIG, which makes me not want to take them because swallowing these horse pills are so uncomfortable.
At the moment, this is the only Joint Complex I know of to combine Hyaluronic Acid and Glucosamine ETC. in one pill. But I much rather prefer taking multiple smaller pills rather than one Giant pill.
Furthermore, these pills contain 750mg of Glucosamine instead of the typical 1500mg. The chondroitn and MSM are also half as concentrated (contain has as many mg) as compared to other joint complexes.
I'm a 30 year old active guy that may not need a high dosage of the ingredients, but I feel like I do because I also strength train and play racquetball...activities that put a lot of stress on my joints.
I'm going to avoid this horse pill and start taking NSI Hyaluronic Acid WITH Glucosamine Chondroitin MSM complex (either the NSI or Doctor's Best brand) because those pills are smaller and thus more manageable to swallow. They are also provide more mg/serving.
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Industrial Control DesignLine Blog
Reliability rising
The push towards fewer shutdowns and breakdowns is getting a bit more help from semiconductor suppliers. At the Freescale Technology Forum, CEO Michel Mayer noted that the chipmaker is getting close to 1 ppm failure levels and is preparing to shift to a parts per billion yardstick.
That's driven in part by automotive applications, where problems can be even more critical than in the factory, though often not as expensive as when problems force production shutdowns.
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The 2012 Virginia football schedule includes the first Thursday night game at Scott Stadium in six years.
The ACC released full schedules for its teams on Monday afternoon. The Cavaliers will open with back-to-back games at home against Richmond (September 1) and Penn State (September 8), and end the season on November 24 with a trip to Blacksburg to face Virginia Tech.
Virginia will have extra time to prepare for the Hokies this season. The previous game on the schedule is a Thursday night game at home against North Carolina, on November 15. It will be the first Thursday night game at Scott Stadium since UVa shut out the Tar Heels 23-0 during the 2006 season.
Five days before the UNC game, the Cavaliers will host Miami. UVa snapped a seven-game ACC road losing streak by beating the Hurricanes 28-21 in Sun Life Stadium. That was last year's Thursday night game in front of a prime-time national television audience. Virginia also won Miami's last visit to Scott Stadium, a 24-19 upset of the nationally-ranked Hurricanes in 2010.
The Cavaliers open ACC play with a September 15 trip to Georgia Tech. Virginia upset the then-unbeaten Yellow Jackets 24-21 in Charlottesville last October.
Virginia's open date comes on October 27, sandwiched between a visit by Wake Forest and a trip to NC State.
Virginia is coming off an 8-5 season in 2011 that ended with a trip to the Chick-fil-A Bowl, the team's first postseason appearance in four years. The Cavaliers were in contention for the ACC Coastal Division title until a 38-0 loss at home to Virginia Tech in the regular season finale.
The full 2012 football schedule (kick-off times not yet announced):
Sept. 1 - vs. Richmond
Sept. 8 - vs. Penn State
Sept. 15 - at Georgia Tech*
Sept. 22 - at TCU
Sept. 29 - vs. Louisiana Tech
Oct. 6 - at Duke*
Oct. 13 - vs. Maryland*
Oct. 20 - vs. Wake Forest*
Nov. 3 - at NC State*
Nov. 10 - vs. Miami*
Nov. 15 - vs. North Carolina*
Nov. 24 - at Virginia Tech*
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2 Getting Started - Reference Documentation
Authors: Graeme Rocher, Peter Ledbrook, Marc Palmer, Jeff Brown, Luke Daley, Burt Beckwith
Version: 2.0.0.M2
Table of Contents
2 Getting Started
2.1 Downloading and Installing
The first step to getting up and running with Grails is to install the distribution. To do so follow these steps:- Download a binary distribution of Grails and extract the resulting zip file to a location of your choice
- Set the GRAILS_HOME environment variable to the location where you extracted the zip
- On Unix/Linux based systems this is typically a matter of adding something like the following
export GRAILS_HOME=/path/to/grails
to your profile - On Windows this is typically a matter of setting an environment variable under
My Computer/Advanced/Environment Variables
- Then add the
directory to yourPATH
variable: - On Unix/Linux based systems this can be done by adding
export PATH="$PATH:$GRAILS_HOME/bin"
to your profile - On Windows this is done by modifying the
environment variable underMy Computer/Advanced/Environment Variables
grails -version
in the terminal window and see output similar to this:
Grails version: 2.0.0
2.2 Upgrading from previous versions of Grails
Although the Grails development team have tried to keep breakages to a minimum there are a number of items to consider when upgrading a Grails 1.0.x, 1.1.x, 1.2.x, or 1.3.x applications to Grails 2.0. The major changes are described in detail below.Upgrading from Grails 1.3.x
HSQLDB Has Been Replaced With H2
HSQLDB is still bundled with Grails but is not configured as a default runtime dependency. Upgrade options include replacing HSQLDB references in DataSource.groovy with H2 references or adding HSQLDB as a runtime dependency for the application.If you want to run an application with different versions of Grails, it's simplest to add HSQLDB as a runtime dependency, which you can do in BuildConfig.groovy:grails.project.dependency.resolution = {
inherits("global") {
repositories {
} dependencies {
// Add HSQLDB as a runtime dependency
runtime 'hsqldb:hsqldb:188.8.131.52'
dataSource { driverClassName = "org.h2.Driver" username = "sa" password = "" } // environment specific settings environments { development { dataSource { dbCreate = "create-drop" // one of 'create', 'create-drop','update' url = "jdbc:h2:mem:devDb" } } test { dataSource { dbCreate = "update" url = "jdbc:h2:mem:testDb" } } production { dataSource { dbCreate = "update" url = "jdbc:h2:prodDb" } } }
domain class properties. HSQLDB's default BLOB size is large and so you typically don't need to specify a maximum size. But H2 defaults to a maximum size of 255 bytes! If you store images in the database, the saves are likely to fail because of this. The easy fix is to add a maxSize
constraint to the byte[]
property:class MyDomain { byte[] data static constraints = { data maxSize: 1024 * 1024 * 2 // 2MB } }
column set to BINARY(2097152)
by Hibernate.Abstract Inheritance Changes
In previous versions of Grails abstract classes ingrails-app/domain
were not treated as persistent. This is no longer the case and has a significant impact on upgrading your application. For example consider the following domain model in a Grails 1.3.x application:abstract class Sellable {} class Book extends Sellable {}
class would be stored within the BOOK
table. However, in Grails 1.4.x you will get SELLABLE
table and the default table-per-hierarchy inheritance rules apply with all properties of the Book
stored in the SELLABLE
table.You have two options when upgrading in this scenario:
- Move the abstract
class into the src/groovy package. If theSellable
class is in thesrc/groovy
directory it will no longer be regarded a persistent - Use the database migration plugin to apply the appropriate changes to the database (typically renaming the table to the root abstract class of the inheritance tree)
Criteria Queries Default to INNER JOIN
The previous default of LEFT JOIN for criteria queries across associations is now INNER JOIN.Logging By Convention Changes
The packages that you should use for Grails artifacts have mostly changed. In particular:service
(case change)bootstrap
property into artefacts at compile time.jQuery Replaces Prototype
The Protoype Javascript library has been removed from Grails core and now new Grails applications have the jQuery plugin configured by default. This will only impact you if you are using Prototype with the adaptive AJAX tags in your application, e.g. <g:remoteLink/> etc, because those tags will break as soon as you upgrade.To resolve this issue, simply install the Prototype plugin in your application. You can also remove the prototype files from yourweb-app/js/prototype
directory if you want.Access Control and Resources
The Resources plugin is a great new feature of Grails, but you do need to be aware that it adds an extra URL at/static
. If you have access control in your application, this may mean that the static resources require an authenticated user to load them! Make sure your access rules take account of the /static
URL.Controller Public Methods
As of Grails 2.0, public methods of controllers are now treated as actions in addition to actions defined as traditional Closures. If you were relying on the use of methods for privacy controls or as helper methods then this could result in unexpected behavior. To resolve this issue you should mark all methods of your application that are not to be exposed as actions asprivate
methods.The redirect Method
The redirect method no longer commits the response. The result of this is code that relies of this behavior will break in 1.4. For example:redirect action: "next" if (response.committed) { // do something }
property would return true and the if
block will execute. In Grails 1.4 this is no longer the case and you should instead use the new isRedirected()
method of the request
object:redirect action: "next" if (request.redirected) { // do something }
configuration option if it's set. Previous versions of Grails included default values for all the environments, but when upgrading to Grails 2.0 those values more often than not break redirection. So, we recommend you remove the development and test settings for grails.serverURL
or replace them with something appropriate for your application.Content Negotiation
As of Grails 2.0 the withFormat method of controllers no longer takes into account the request content type (dictated by theCONTENT_TYPE
header), but instead deals exclusively with the response content type (dictated by the ACCEPT
header or file extension). This means that if your application has code that relies on reading XML from the request using withFormat
this will no longer work:def processBook() { withFormat { xml { // read request XML } html { // read request parameters } } }
method provided on the request
object:def processBook() { request.withFormat { xml { // read request XML } html { // read request parameters } } }
Command Line Output
Ant output is now hidden by default to keep the noise in the terminal to a minimum. That means if you useant.echo
in your scripts to communicate messages to the user, we recommend switching to an alternative mechanism.For status related messages, you can use the event system:event "StatusUpdate", ["Some message"] event "StatusFinal", ["Some message"] event "StatusError", ["Some message"]
script variable, which gives you access to an instance of GrailsConsole. In particular, you can log information messages with log()
or info()
, errors and warnings with error()
and warning()
, and request user input with userInput()
.Updated Underlying APIs
Grails 2.0 contains updated dependencies including Servlet 3.0, Tomcat 7, Spring 3.1, Hibernate 3.6 and Groovy 1.8. This means that certain plugins and applications that that depend on earlier versions of these APIs may no longer work. For example the Servlet 3.0HttpServletRequest
interface includes new methods, so if a plugin implements this interface for Servlet 2.5 but not for Servlet 3.0 then said plugin will break. The same can be said of any Spring interface.Removal of release-plugin
The built inrelease-plugin
command for releases plugins to the central Grails plugin repository has been removed. The new release plugin should be used instead which provides an equivalent publish-plugin
command.Removal of Deprecated Classes
The following deprecated classes have been removed:grails.web.JsonBuilder
, grails.web.OpenRicoBuilder
Upgrading from Grails 1.2.x
Plugin Repositories
As of Grails 1.3, Grails no longer natively supports resolving plugins against secured SVN repositories. The plugin resolution mechanism in Grails 1.2 and below has been replaced by one built on Ivy, the upside of which is that you can now resolve Grails plugins against Maven repositories as well as regular Grails repositories.Ivy supports a much richer setter of repository resolvers for resolving plugins, including support for Webdav, HTTP, SSH and FTP. See the section on resolvers in the Ivy docs for all the available options and the section of plugin repositories in the user guide which explains how to configure additional resolvers.If you still need support for resolving plugins against secured SVN repositories then the IvySvn project provides a set of resolvers for SVN repositories.Upgrading from Grails 1.1.x
Plugin paths
In Grails 1.1.x typically apluginContextPath
variable was used to establish paths to plugin resources. For example:<g:resource dir="${pluginContextPath}/images" file="foo.jpg" />
<g:resource dir="images" file="foo.jpg" />
<g:resource contextPath="" dir="images" file="foo.jpg" />
Tag and Body return values
Tags no longer returnjava.lang.String
instances but instead return a Grails StreamCharBuffer
instance. The StreamCharBuffer
class implements all the same methods as String
but doesn't extend String
, so code like this will break:def foo = body() if (foo instanceof String) { // do something }
interface, which both String
and StreamCharBuffer
implement:def foo = body() if (foo instanceof CharSequence) { // do something }
New JSONBuilder
There is a new version ofJSONBuilder
which is semantically different from the one used in earlier versions of Grails. However, if your application depends on the older semantics you can still use the deprecated implementation by setting the following property to true
in Config.groovy:grails.json.legacy.builder=true
Validation on Flush
Grails now executes validation routines when the underlying Hibernate session is flushed to ensure that no invalid objects are persisted. If one of your constraints (such as a custom validator) executes a query then this can cause an additional flush, resulting in aStackOverflowError
. For example:static constraints = { author validator: { a -> assert a != Book.findByTitle("My Book").author } }
in Grails 1.2. The solution is to run the query in a new Hibernate session
(which is recommended in general as doing Hibernate work during flushing can cause other issues):static constraints = { author validator: { a -> Book.withNewSession { assert a != Book.findByTitle("My Book").author } } }
Upgrading from Grails 1.0.x
Groovy 1.6
Grails 1.1 and above ship with Groovy 1.6 and no longer supports code compiled against Groovy 1.5. If you have a library that was compiled with Groovy 1.5 you must recompile it against Groovy 1.6 or higher before using it with Grails 1.1.Java 5.0
Grails 1.1 now no longer supports JDK 1.4, if you wish to continue using Grails then it is recommended you stick to the Grails 1.0.x stream until you are able to upgrade your JDK.Configuration Changes
1) The settinggrails.testing.reports.destDir
has been renamed to grails.project.test.reports.dir
for consistency.2) The following settings have been moved from grails-app/conf/Config.groovy
to grails-app/conf/BuildConfig.groovy
(renamed fromgrails.war.destFile
option is no longer supported, since Java 5.0 is now the baseline (see above).4) The use of jsessionid (now considered harmful) is disabled by default. If your application requires jsessionid you can re-enable its usage by adding the following to grails-app/conf/Config.groovy
Plugin Changes
As of version 1.1, Grails no longer stores plugins inside yourPROJECT_HOME/plugins
directory by default. This may result in compilation errors in your application unless you either re-install all your plugins or set the following property in grails-app/conf/BuildConfig.groovy
Script Changes
1) If you were previously using Grails 1.0.3 or below the following syntax is no longer support for importing scripts from GRAILS_HOME:Ant.property(environment:"env") grailsHome = Ant.antProject.properties."env.GRAILS_HOME"includeTargets << new File("${grailsHome}/scripts/Bootstrap.groovy")
method to import a named script:includeTargets << grailsScript("_GrailsBootstrap")
should be changed to ant
.3) The root directory of the project is no longer on the classpath, so loading a resource like this will no longer work:def stream = getClass().classLoader.getResourceAsStream(
property:new File("${basedir}/grails-app/conf/my-config.xml").withInputStream { stream -> // read the file }
Command Line Changes
and run-war-https
commands no longer exist and have been replaced by an argument to run-app:grails run-app -https
Data Mapping Changes
1) Enum types are now mapped using their String value rather than the ordinal value. You can revert to the old behavior by changing your mapping as follows:static mapping = { someEnum enumType:"ordinal" }
REST Support
Incoming XML requests are now no longer automatically parsed. To enable parsing of REST requests you can do so using theparseRequest
argument inside a URL mapping:"/book"(controller:"book",parseRequest:true)
argument, which enables parsing by default:"/book"(resource:"book")
2.3 Creating an Application
To create a Grails application you first need to familiarize yourself with the usage of thegrails
command which is used in the following manner:grails [command name]
grails create-app helloworld
This will create a new directory inside the current one that contains the project. Navigate to this directory in your console:bc.
cd helloworld
2.4 A Hello World Example
To implement the typical "hello world!" example run the create-controller command:
grails create-controller hello
This will create a new controller (Refer to the section on Controllers for more information) in the grails-app/controllers
directory called helloworld/HelloController.groovy
If no package is specified with create-controller script, Grails automatically uses the application name as the package name. This default is configurable with the grails.project.groupId
attribute in Config.groovy.
Controllers are capable of dealing with web requests and to fulfil the "hello world!" use case our implementation needs to look like the following:package helloworldclass HelloController { def world() { render "Hello World!" } }
grails run-app
This will start-up a server on port 8080 and you should now be able to access your application with the URL: http://localhost:8080/helloworld
The result will look something like the following screenshot:This is the Grails intro page which is rendered by the web-app/index.gsp
file. You will note it has a detected the presence of your controller and clicking on the link to our controller we can see the text "Hello World!" printed to the browser window.
2.5 Using Interactive Mode
Grails 2.0 features an interactive mode which makes command execution faster since the JVM doesn't have to be restarted for each command. To use interactive mode simple type 'grails' from the root of any projects and use TAB completion to get a list of available commands. See the screenshot below for an example:For more information on the capabilities of interactive mode refer to the section on Interactive Mode in the user guide.2.6 Getting Set Up in an IDE
IntelliJ IDEA
IntelliJ IDEA and the JetGroovy plugin offer good support for Groovy and Grails developers. Refer to the section on Groovy and Grails support on the JetBrains website for a feature overview.To integrate Grails with IntelliJ run the following command to generate appropriate project files:grails integrate-with --intellij
We recommend that users of Eclipse looking to develop Grails application take a look at SpringSource Tool Suite, which offers built in support for Grails including automatic classpath management, a GSP editor and quick access to Grails commands. See the STS Integration page for an overview.NetBeans
NetBeans provides a Groovy/Grails plugin that automatically recognizes Grails projects and provides the ability to run Grails applications in the IDE, code completion and integration with the Glassfish server. For an overview of features see the NetBeans Integration guide on the Grails website which was written by the NetBeans team.TextMate
Since Grails' focus is on simplicity it is often possible to utilize more simple editors and TextMate on the Mac has an excellent Groovy/Grails bundle available from the Texmate bundles SVN.To integrate Grails with TextMate run the following command to generate appropriate project files:grails integrate-with --textmate
mate .
2.7 Convention over Configuration
Grails uses "convention over configuration" to configure itself. This typically means that the name and location of files is used instead of explicit configuration, hence you need to familiarize yourself with the directory structure provided by Grails.Here is a breakdown and links to the relevant sections:grails-app
- top level directory for Groovy sourcesconf
- Configuration sources.controllers
- Web controllers - The C in MVC.domain
- The application domain.i18n
- Support for internationalization (i18n).services
- The service layer.taglib
- Tag libraries.utils
- Grails specific utilities.views
- Groovy Server Pages - The V in MVC.scripts
- Gant scripts.src
- Supporting sourcesgroovy
- Other Groovy sourcesjava
- Other Java sourcestest
- Unit and integration tests.
2.8 Running an Application
Grails applications can be run with the built in Tomcat server using the run-app command which will load a server on port 8080 by default:grails run-app
argument:grails -Dserver.port=8090 run-app
2.9 Testing an Application
commands in Grails automatically create unit or integration tests for you within the test/unit
or test/integration
directory. It is of course up to you to populate these tests with valid test logic, information on which can be found in the section on Testing.To execute tests you run the test-app command as follows:grails test-app
2.10 Deploying an Application
Grails applications are deployed as Web Application Archives (WAR files), and Grails includes the war command for performing this task:grails war
directory which can then be deployed as per your container's instructions.Unlike most scripts which default to the development
environment unless overridden, the war
command runs in the production
environment by default. You can override this like any script by specifying the environment name, for example:grails dev war
NEVER deploy Grails using the run-app command as this command sets Grails up for auto-reloading at runtime which has a severe performance and scalability implicationsWhen deploying Grails you should always run your containers JVM with the
option and with sufficient memory allocation. A good set of VM flags would be:-server -Xmx512M -XX:MaxPermSize=256m
2.11 Supported Java EE Containers
Grails runs on any container that supports Servlet 2.5 and above and is known to work on the following specific container products:- Tomcat 7
- Tomcat 6
- SpringSource tc Server
- Eclipse Virgo
- GlassFish 3
- GlassFish 2
- Resin 4
- Resin 3
- JBoss 6
- JBoss 5
- Jetty 7
- Jetty 6
- IBM Websphere 7.0
- IBM Websphere 6.1
- Oracle Weblogic 10.3
- Oracle Weblogic 10
- Oracle Weblogic 9
2.12 Generating an Application
To get started quickly with Grails it is often useful to use a feature called Scaffolding to generate the skeleton of an application. To do this use one of thegenerate-*
commands such as generate-all, which will generate a controller (and its unit test) and the associated views:grails generate-all Book
2.13 Creating Artefacts
Grails ships with a few convenience targets such as create-controller, create-domain-class and so on that will create Controllers and different artefact types for you.These are just for your convenience and you can just as easily use an IDE or your favourite text editor.For example to create the basis of an application you typically need a domain model:
grails create-domain-class book
such as:class Book { }
commands that can be explored in the command line reference guide.To decrease the amount of time it takes to run Grails scripts, use the interactive mode.


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By Harry Haun
The hunky, young Magnussen has been around the Broadway block before — once before. "I was actually in The Ritz in the ensemble. I ran around in my underwear, just like this play! That's all I've done on Broadway is run around in my underwear."
It might come off dumb, but what he is really playing in his lend-lease lothario is innocence: "Spike loves the world, and he goes through just admiring it. He has no ill intentions toward anyone. He just loves life, and that's what I focused on with him."
Rounding out the cast, in their Broadway debuts, are Genevieve Angelson as a true innocent next door (named Nina, Masha is annoyed to note) and Shalita Grant as Cassandra, the African-American maid who dusts and does hit-and-miss prophesies.
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Grant has been in the show since it was an one-act. A former student of Durang's at Juilliard, she got a call from him when he was writing it out at the McCarter. "He said, 'I'm doing a reading for these two one-acts, and they want to commission one. Can you come and read?' So I go out and do it. It was classic Durang, but the character wasn't quite there yet. He said, 'Yeah, I dunno. Why don't we play around with it and you can figure it out?' I have about an hour and a half before we do this in front of 150 people, so I got it into gear. I drew on family members who are really wild. That's what I brought to the fore, and he wrote the second act for me."
Durang's Vanya doesn't run around the house and shoot off guns, but he does explode in a turbulent, churning torrent of words — 1,477 by actual count. It's a rant that runs nine minutes in the playing, mostly uninterrupted save for a few asides from the characters and the applause and laughter of the audience.
Unlike Yul Brynner's last go-around in The King and I where he had a respiratory tank waiting for him backstage after "Shall We Dance?," Pierce does not have to lie down after his epic spiel. He takes precautions — like H20 before he takes off.
"I do find a place to drink water before I start into it because it's a long time to go without any water," the actor readily allowed. "I remember when Mark Rylance was doing La Bete, he had a much longer speech, but he had strategically placed water all over the set, disguised as glasses of wine and things like that. If you can't hydrate, it makes it very difficult to do that so I get a little sip before and I'm fine."
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The Speech — as it will doubtlessly be referred to — is a crazy-quilt weaving the glories of yesterdays in with the miseries of today. Hayley Mills vs. Lindsay Lohan, for example — but even that is qualified by Pierce in his presentation. "Reminiscing about how great things are, Vanya constantly comes up against how stupid things used to be, too. So it's not a simple oh-the-past-is-better-and-the-present-is-dumb. The character is struggling through this gigantic speech to figure out, 'What is it I'm trying to say? What is the essence of what's going on?' Audiences — I get very young audiences — student audiences at Princeton — respond very positively to a speech which have a lot of references to the '50s and '60s that they would have no idea about, so it must be about something more than the specific references."
Was "Adventures" too strong a word for "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet"? Was it fair of Disney to fire a fine young actor like Tommy Kirk just for being gay? Where have all the original Mouseketeers gone? Pierce has since found out where one of the names he dropped went: "Bernadette Peters' assistant came to the show and said that Cubby O'Brien was the drummer on Bernadette's tour."
The character became clear to the actor through this speech. "It reveals stuff about what he thinks and believes that even I, as the character, don't know till I'm saying it. Most of us in life feel like we've got things pretty much figured out, and then sometimes something comes along and you think, 'Wait a minute! What world am I in? I don't understand what's going on anymore.' I think that's what happens here.
"What really makes it so easy to do is that the people are always there for me," Pierce believes. "It's a very well cast play because these actors all have very different styles of acting, but the styles of each are deeply suited to the characters they're playing, and the styles all mesh with each other so it feels like everybody is in the same play. It's very cozy, and many people who come to the show say the affection the actors have for each other — not the characters always, but the actors — is palpable and comes rushing over the footlights. You really feel that in the audience."


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HEADLINE: Kate hospital receptionist... dies in suspected suicide.BUT, FURTHER INTO THE ARTICLE: Officers from Scotland Yard launched an investigation yesterday and are treating the death as 'unexplained'.AND: The exact cause of death remained unclear. However, one source indicated that the woman appeared to have killed herself. Note: ONE source. One, unidentified source.AND: A Scotland Yard spokesman said yesterday: ...London Ambulance Service attended and the woman was pronounced dead at the scene. ´Inquiries are continuing to establish the circumstances of the incident. The death is not being treated as suspicious at this stage'.It seems to me that the Daily Mail -- or at least their headline editor -- may have gone off a little half-cocked with the suicide allegations. I base this opinion strictly on what is contained in the Daily´s article. And even if it turns out to be suicide, there may never be any clear evidence linking the death to the boneheads in Australia.I´m throwing a flag on this one. Click Here if you Like this Comment
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Is the suspected suicide a prank on the Australian DJ´s? This is eerily timed. I actually hope it is a prank and she´s somewhere having a laugh at their expense. Otherwise a sad day. Click Here if you Like this Comment
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I heard the call. At the time, I thought it was, at best, a silly thing to do. It was embarrasing to listen to it.I know that the Dutchess of Cambridge is a public figure, and these djs had to have known that there was a real possibilty that the person they tricked would be sacked. The end result was that this woman was humiliated. Of course they did it anyway, and published it worldwide. For information that really wasn´t something the public had a right or need to know. Click Here if you Like this Comment
How very sad. But I find it surprising that the hospital nurses were so gullible to believe that the Queen and Prince Charles were on the other end of the line at that hour of the morning. Does the Queen actually make her own calls, or is there a protocol involving her personal staff? Click Here if you Like this Comment
Just proves to me how all the queen , prince etc stuff is so weird. Some good folk just need to move on and grow up. The fascination with royalty is just beyond belief. Click Here if you Like this Comment
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In 2000, a Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle demographic study showed Seattle's northeast quadrant as the state's fastest growing Jewish community. Recent U.S. Census data suggests it still is. Add to this a trend of young adults turning away from organized religion, and you have a recipe for three new Jewish programs gaining footholds in that neighborhood. Nicknamed The Hub @ SJCS when the idea germinated two years ago, Jewish Junction launched in January with the appointment of manager Niva Gurewitsch. A Seattle Jewish Community School initiative, it partners with PJ Library, the Stroum Jewish Community Center, and the Seattle Jewish Cooperative Playschool. Jewish Junction, explains Gurewitsch, was "created in response to a need for young families living in Seattle's metropolitan core and northern suburbs to more easily access community programming and activities." It transforms SJCS into a multi-use communal hub where participants "meet and connect with other families interested in expanding their Jewish community." The popularity of programs held during The Hub's pilot year, like those mentioned above and Community of Mindful Parents lectures, made the need for something like Jewish Junction clear. "Over 50 percent of the participants…weren't affiliated with the school," said Gurewitsch. At the beginning of last year, SJCS won a Partnership for Excellence in Jewish Education 2011 Challenge Award for $125,000 for the initiative, a competitive grant given to schools driving revenue through innovation. As a non-denominational, free or fee-for-service organization with no membership, "our hope is to provide a casual and comfortable entry point into the organized Jewish community in ways that support and encourage sustained participation," Gurewitsch added. They're reaching out through Facebook (www.facebook.com/JewishJunction) and Twitter (@JewishJunction), with a website launching soon. While Gurewitsch is housed at SJCS, the Junction functions independently of the school and is funded by grants from the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle, local family foundations, and private donors. "Jewish Junction provides a secular opportunity for engagement of families," said Amy Hilzman-Paquette, director of community engagement at the Federation, and the "opportunity to connect families" with the organized community. Renee Cohen Goodwin, Chief Operating Officer of the SJCC, calls programs co-sponsored with Jewish Junction a "mobile SJCC," and wrote in an email that programs that happen away from their Mercer Island or North Seattle campuses, like summer camp, the preschool co-op, the young families' Passover seder, and fitness classes, "are important steps in providing the wider community with more avenues to build connections with one another." The Junction does not compete with synagogues or day schools, Gurewitsch stresses, but is a "matchmaker" between families and organizations and resources, letting families "discover how, where, and with whom they want to 'do Jewish.'" Attracting participants from young adults with and without children to older adults, Mercaz Seattle (www.mercazseattle.org) is a learning and gathering center founded and run by Rabbi Avi and Rachel Rosenfeld in their North Seattle home. Rachel describes Mercaz as "open Orthodox," borrowing an idea started by Rabbi Avi Weiss in New York. "My husband and I have always been interested in different models for Jewish engagement," she said. Mercaz began as a monthly melaveh malka (traditional meal after the end of Shabbat) to which 12 to 40 people would come for an evening of music, stories, and songs. "We saw that it was sparking something," she said. Mercaz now hosts one Friday night service and meal and one Saturday evening meal each month, plus classes. Women and men sit and sing together at the inclusive gatherings, but a mechitza (divider) is erected for services. Bellingham native and University of Washington grad Rabbi Rosenfeld was ordained by Yeshivat Chovevei Torah in New York, and is a chaplain at Swedish Medical Center. Rachel Rosenfeld has a master's in education and teaches part-time at Herzl-Ner Tamid Conservative Congregation and Congregation Beth Shalom. They have three children, ages 7, 5 and 2. "We're trying to reach whoever wants to come," and make an effort to avoid schedule conflicts with neighborhood synagogues, Rachel said. "We're not trying to replace [the synagogue]," but rather add a Modern Orthodox outlook not generally found in Seattle. For young adults without children, Selah Seattle has taken a similar approach, says founder Renna Khuner-Haber. It also doesn't compete with synagogues, but creates a place for those who don't find a peer community at local houses of worship. Moving to Seattle a year ago to begin graduate studies at Bastyr University, Khuner-Haber says she was looking for "strong, spirited, Friday night davening." Not knowing where to find it, she hosted a gathering at her house. Fifteen people came. Now the home-based egalitarian monthly services and Shabbat vegetarian potlucks attract 30 to 40 participants. 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