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Choosing An Ajax Framework
This past week, my colleagues and I have been researching Ajax Frameworks. We're working on a project that's following SOFEA-style architecture principles and we want the best framework for our needs. I'm writing this post to see 1) if you, the community, agree with our selection process and 2) to learn about your experiences with the frameworks we're evaluating. Below is the process we're following to make our choice.
- Choose a short list of frameworks to prototype with.
- Create an application prototype with each framework.
- Document findings and create a matrix with important criteria.
- Create presentation to summarize document.
- Deliver document, presentation (with demos) and recommendation.
For #1, we chose Ext JS, Dojo, YUI and GWT because we feel these Ajax libraries offer the most UI widgets. We also considered Prototype/Scriptaculous, jQuery and MooTools, but decided against them because of their lack of UI widgets.
For #2, we time-boxed ourselves to 3 days of development. In addition to basic functionality, we added several features (i.e. edit in place, drag and drop, calendar widgets, transitions, charts, grid) that might be used in the production application. We all were able to complete most of the functionality of the application. Of course, there's still some code cleanup as well as styling to make each app look good for the demo. The nice thing about doing this is we're able to look at each others code and see how the same thing is done in each framework. None of us are experts in any of the frameworks, so it's possible we could do things better. However, I think it's good we all started somewhat green because it shows what's possible for someone relatively new to the frameworks.
For #3, we're creating a document with the following outline:
Ajax Framework Candidates
(intro and explanation)
Project Information
(license / cost)
(number of committers)
(support options)
(mailing list traffic (nov/dec 2008))
Matrix and Notes
For the Matrix referenced in the outline above, we're using a table with weights and ranks:
|Ext JS
|Important Criteria for Customer
|Notes about rankings
Our strategy for filling in this matrix:
- Customer adjusts the weight for each criteria (removing/adding as needed) so all weights add up to 1.
- We rank each framework with 0, .5 or 1 where 0 = doesn't satisfy criteria, .5 = partially satisfies, 1 = satisfies.
The list of criteria provided to us by our client is as follows (in no particular order).
- Quality of Documentation/Tutorials/Self Help
- Browser support (most important browsers/versions based on web stats)
- Testability (esp. Selenium compatibility)
- Licensing
- Project health/adoption
- Performance
- Scalability
- Flexibility/extensibility
- Productivity (app dev, web dev)
- Richness of widget/component library
- Charting capability
- Ability to create new widgets
- Match to existing Java team skill-set
- Ease of deployment (on Ops, QA, Users)
- Degree of risk generally
- Ability to integrate with existing site (which includes Prototype)
- Easy to style with CSS
- Validation (esp. marking form elements invalid)
- Component Theme-ing/Decoration
- CDN Availability (i.e. Google's Ajax Libraries API or Ext CDN)
What do you think? How could this process be improved? Of course, if you have framework answers (0, .5 or 1) for our matrix, we'd love to hear your opinions.
(Note: Opinions expressed in this article and its replies are the opinions of their respective authors and not those of DZone, Inc.)
Otengi Miloskov replied on Fri, 2009/01/09 - 11:59pm
Marcus Bosten replied on Sat, 2009/01/10 - 4:56am
... Apache Wicket is missing on the llist.
It runs on the server - and it has already a lot of (AJAX)components - but more important you simply can create your own (AJAX)components.
You have Wicket Quickstart wich will setup your project in minutes and/or tools like wicket RAD where you can generate by using a descriptive approach and/or others that e.g. generate a runable Eclipse project (based on your hibernate configuration an annotated POJOs ) .
You can use different types of model depeding your needs (eg. use pure inMemory models if you have only a few users OR LoadalbeDetachableModels to work with very less memory usage to serve a lot of users).
You have support for Google Guice and with some smaller adaptions you can use it restfull.
Documentation is mostly up to date ad sufficient.
Last but not least -Development with Wicket is fun :-)- no doubt.
peter svensson replied on Sat, 2009/01/10 - 6:16am
I think the list of criterias is very good, but I would recommend you to have a baseline for terms such as richness, flexibility, risk, et.c. Perhaps taking an existing mature server-side web framework as an example, to iron out what the points mean in more detail, since most of the team will know it inside out already.
Another tack is to be explicit about that the level of productivity in a certain framework is only relative to the other ones in the list.
Also, you could set up specific scenarios that is near some of your actual targets, and measure each framework on how they worked in that specific scenario. This will also lead to a reworking of the reading of the criterias, I think. Depending on how I read your article this might very well already be what you are doing, so apologies in that case.
Marcus Bosten replied on Sat, 2009/01/10 - 10:28am in response to: peter svensson
@Peter: I read your comment for multiple times - but even with support I was not able understand what you want to tell us (sorry -no native Speaker available at present).
Can you please say it in a easier manner for the Part from
" Perhaps taking an existing..."
up to
"...reading of the criterias, I think.".
Thank you.
By the way: I think the list of criteria is ok.
peter svensson replied on Sat, 2009/01/10 - 10:42am
@192709: Sorry, I was too fluffy with my wording :)
What I meant was that Matt's team could apply the above criterias to another thing that everybody knows well and work with daily. For example the Java Spring framework, or something else. Then everyone will have decided how fexlibly and how well documented, et.c. that framework is, so that they will have a 'golden standard' when they start compare they front-end frameworks later. Possible they have alrady done this, but I'm not sure.
What I also think will happen then, when applying these criterias 'for real' against Spring (for example) isthat they might feel that they need to change the wording of certain critierias which might be considered too vauge, or too generic.
That way, everyone will know what they are looking for and what they mean when they say that some front-end framework or other is less documented, because they have something to compare to.
Marcus Bosten replied on Sat, 2009/01/10 - 4:53pm
peter svensson replied on Sat, 2009/01/10 - 5:26pm
@192709: Believe me: I have thought way more than twice about this :)
http://codebits.sapo.pt/intra/s/speaker/10 (Talk is at the bottom of the page)
No, of course, I just tried to give my input on how to optimize the selection process. Please chip in.
Schalk Neethling replied on Sat, 2009/01/10 - 5:41pm
peter svensson replied on Sat, 2009/01/10 - 6:09pm
Since one of the questions was also what experiences one has with a given framework, I'll just say that I'm very biased towards Dojo, having used it for years and also being a small-time contributor.
I actually got a variant of this question today on a LinkedIn forum, which I turned into a quick blog post, where I try to outline briefly where Dojo (and to some extent ExtJS) differ from the rest of the crop.
Jose Maria Arranz replied on Sun, 2009/01/11 - 5:19pm
I can understand the SOFEA approach if you want to free the server of saving visual state, but some times the main reason is to use the amazing look and feel and "all in the same page behavior" of some client centric frameworks.
The first reason is fine... if you can deal with tons of JavaScript code and security concerns :)
The second reason is no longer true because look and feel is basically CSS and HTML and "all in the same page behavior" can be replicated using AJAX with a server-centric solution.
What if you can easily "steal" your preferred look and feel and DHTML of your client framework with a server-centric one?
For instance, this is a server centric application based on ItsNat using CSS and generated layout of Ext-JS but no Ext-JS JavaScript code is used:
- Is basically a clone of this Ext-JS application.
- Is not complete (add/remove an item not done yet). Use double click to edit in place.
- Source code is going to be released soon (don't expect something special, Ext-JS specific is in HTML and CSS form in pure HTML templates).
- It may work in your preferred mobile browser.
- Is using an ItsNat v0.6 pre-release (to be released soon).
Grzegorz Borkowski replied on Sun, 2009/01/11 - 5:29pm
I'm exactly at the same level: we are thinking about starting some SOFEA based project, and we have to make decisions regarding technologies to use. At this moment I'm evaluating EXT-JS, based on the opinion of my friend, who worked for the company where they evaluated EXT, GWT, and GWT-EXT. He says "you write the code more or less the same in each of those three, but any customization is much easier in EXT, so I would go for EXT".
I'm very curious about results of your evaluation. Will you publish it?
Client-side framework is only one decision out of several. For server side, I definitely go for Spring-based Java application (as I'm primary Java developer). However communication between those two must be decided too. Contrary to original SOFEA assumptions, after long discussions and reading we decided to use JSON. But what to use for Java-JSON-JavaScript translation? Automation with DWR? Or manual JSON creation with eg. JSON-Lib, or somehing other? Go for pure RESTful architecture or not? etc. I would be also happy to hear about your decisions on it.
replied on Mon, 2009/01/12 - 1:38am
Currently I'm working with a few Dojo guys building a complex JS application for T-mobile. We are using jQuery and JavaScriptMVC. And although Dojo is fantastic library, if your application is big enough and you are working with enough people, Dojo falls short in a few ways.
First, you need event delegation. It's hard to articulate how much easier writing JS applications becomes. You don't have to worry about attaching event handlers every time you change the DOM. Your app will likely perform much better too!
Second, you need structure. If you're working with a large team, you want people building their components in the exact same way. It's very easy for one JavaScriptMVC developer to work on any other person's code. You have to write your code in the same way.
Third, you need tools. You want to be able to easily test, compress, document, etc. JavaScriptMVC makes these development pain points dead simple.
That being said, JavaScriptMVC is very weak in other areas: Widgets, Theming, etc. However, when used with libraries with widgets, you get the best of both worlds.
Mahan Hooshmand Rad replied on Mon, 2009/01/12 - 8:48am
You mentioned all these frameworks but you forgot the most outstanding one:
The Pure Java ECHO Framework which is on the verge of its third edition.
it's ease of use and the great collection of components (plus echopoint) is undeniable and unique.
I've been experiencing it for a long time.
It's fantastic from many points of views.
Frank Ezprint replied on Thu, 2009/01/15 - 12:37pm
Whichever one will do the job efficiently is the best one! :) The time set for development was 3 days ,but I'm curious as to how many days you met on the research of Ajax? I heard a joke about something like that before and it went something like this. (Developer Team = "We've settled on a solution for the landing page in question, and we believe we can get this idea up and running in an hour since its been decided that a standard HTML form will suffice." (Boss replies= "...it took you 2 weeks to come up with that?"
Rajat Taneja replied on Fri, 2009/01/16 - 5:58am
Being one of the co-authors of SOFEA, I had a keen interest in finding the best fit client side framework for SOFEA. I did a similar exercise a while ago and found that a 'scoring' based selection process created somewhat distorted results.
Here were some additional criteria I used:
State management on the Client
MVC framework on the Client
Web Services support for integration with the services layer.
GWT was poor with respect to UI widgets and the MVC framework needed to be built. XML support exists but a Web Services layer still needs to be built (unless you choose to use the GWT RPC support and create an adapter to the web services layer on the server side)
EXT JS was great with UI widgets but the communication with the server was clunky. EXT JS seems to work best with JSON but converting from JSON to Web Services was not seamless.
Ext GWT (http://extjs.com/products/gxt) merges the best of both worlds. Additionally, it ships with a very elegant MVC framework. The biggest downside was the lack of documentation. Therefore it had a somewhat steep learning curve.


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FORT MYERS, Fla., - The FGCU men's basketball team continues its nine game road trip tomorrow when they take on Army. The game can be seen live on www.goarmysports.com for $9.95.
The Knights are currently 4-5 and are in the second game of a five-game home-stand. Army features one of the nation's premier scorers in Jarell Brown. The 6-2 senior from Cleveland is averaging 21.6 points per game and has hit 40 threes and is second on the team in rebounding at 4.9 per game. He was named pre-season All-Patriot League and has been named player of the week twice this year in the league. Army is coming off of a four-point 58-54 loss to Quinnipac on Sunday.
FGCU is close to wrapping up the longest stretch of games away from Alico Arena. The Eagles are 2-5 so far on a nine game stretch away from Alico. The Eagles played their home opener against Drexel on November 14 and do not return to Alico Arena for a home game until December 22. In their first year in the A-Sun, FGCU has already established itself as one of the top rebounding teams in the conference. FGCU is second in rebound margin (+0.9) and is limiting foes to just 34.4 rebounds per game. Landon Adler (Decatur, Ind.) and Adam Liddell (Auburn, Ind.) lead the team on the glass averaging 8.4 and 5.2 rebounds per game respectively. Both players rank among the A-Sun's individual leaders in rebounding.
Army and FGCU are meeting for the first time. This year, the Patriot League has a 2-0 record against the Atlantic Sun. Cornell defeated Kennesaw State 81-53 while American knocked off Jacksonville 52-50 last week.
The Eagles wrap up their road swing on Monday December 17 when they face IUPUI at 7:00 pm in Indianapolis before returning home to face #18 Butler on December 22.


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A BLOSSOMING interest in gardening has seen children from a Ledbury pre-school create their own wildflower garden.
Earlier this year Busy Bees pre-School was approached by Ledbury in Bloom to get involved in the Royal Horticultural Society's 'It's Your Neighbourhood' scheme.
Ledbury in Bloom donated an area of land just off the town trail, just a short distance from Busy Bees' base at Ledbury Primary School, as well as some funding to get the project underway.
Emma Davis, manager of Busy Bees, said: "It was very overgrown but we could see the potential to create a wonderful space with and for the children.
Once the site was safe, under the guidance of pre-school Assistant and keen gardener Fay Pilliner, the children began clearing, weeding and planting."
The project attracted sponsorship from local businesses including Homebase, Countrywide, Amcor and Ledbury Welding.
By the time Heart of England in Bloom judge Angela Pendleton came to visit in the summer, it looked impressive enough for her to award an "establishing"
As a result of the project's success, Busy Bees is now offering a gardening club for its older children every Tuesday afternoon.
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Rhonda Barker of Panama City is Gulf Coast State College's new CIO of Information Technology Services. Barker is no stranger to the College as she began her tenure at Gulf Coast as an adjunct professor in the mid-80s and has been with GCSC full-time since 2000. She's served as director of the Gulf/Franklin Campus in Port St. Joe and taught in the Business & Technology Division. She assumed her current responsibilities April 1 and oversees the wide range of computer solutions for faculty, staff and students.
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Since July 2010, Barker has been involved in the massive College-wide administrative system implementation called the Lighthouse Project, requiring the transfer of all data from the old system to the new.
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Cambrias Labor Day holiday weekend is about making memories enjoying time with family and friends, running into people from our past and going to Pinedorado, often all at the same time.
Remember being the proud youngster who finally rings the bell or tosses the token into the Pinedorado glass instead of onto the floor? Lucia Novoa recalled online that, at one time, our entire glass collection consisted of glasses won at Pinedorado!
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And so many friendships have been rekindled over a Pinedorado plateful of legendary barbecue or an ear of local corn.
Jack and Jane Gibsons Sweetie corn always gets rave reviews, including on Facebook from April Yost Tucker, Linda Tinker and Sharon Jantz Panzarella, who dubbed it simply the best corn EVER!
But how many people go to Pinedorado for romance?
Shirley Bianchi said she and Bill Bianchi met at the second annual Pinedorado. Shed come to Cambria with her roommate, Marie Bianchi Alexander, and met this tall guy I could actually wear high heels with.
I went back to San Jose, quit my job as a social worker that I was really lousy at anyway, and moved to San Luis Obispo.
After I dated Bill for a while, my father asked, Are you chasing that young man? I responded with, Not really, but no one says that when he runs by, I cant trip him.
We just celebrated our 60th wedding anniversary.
Pinedorado also changed the timing of another romance, according to Karen Soto Snow, who became engaged to Curt Snow in June 1966.
She was in summer school at San Diego State at the same time her mom was taking extended-education classes at Stanford University. The two converged in Cambria to plan a wedding for 300 people.
First, they searched for a likely Saturday, Karen said, because the Catholic Church wasnt performing weddings on Sundays then. I said, Sept. 3 might be good. My mother answered, Well, I guess you could get married then, but your father wont be able to come and nobody else will be there, either. Thats Pinedorado.
Karen and Curts 47th anniversary will be Sept. 10.
They had dodged the Pinedorado date clash, but I actually had to register for classes on the following Monday, Karen said. Ive yet to have a honeymoon.
So, happy Pinedorado, folks: May you make new friendships and memories and have a chance to cherish old ones at the Lions Clubs Labor Day festival.


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From the Teacher Education Faculty
As faculty preparing teachers, we believe that technology plays a crucial role in learning at the K-12 level and that our students should be prepared to effectively use technology in the classroom setting. If taught to reflectively think about and use the power of interactive technology, our students will be ahead of the curve when they enter their own classrooms.
Public schools in Maine are using integrated technology and laptops to improve teaching and learning at the middle school level, and more and more high schools are making the commitment to extend that opportunity, which means students must continue to have access to laptops and appropriate software. The requirement that College of Education and Human Development students in the teacher preparation programs have laptop computers and specific education software ensures that they will have satisfactory access to the technology that is already very familiar to their future students.
The College initiative also has a built-in professional development component to ensure that our faculty integrate technology into their instruction and have the ability to assist students in using technology to improve teaching and learning. Students will use their laptops and software in many methods classes – for conducting research, creating instructional plans and investigating curriculum, as well as for teacher candidacy portfolios and many other functions.
In recommending Apple MacBooks, the Teacher Education Faculty believe they are best designed to fit the professional education needs of our students and to literally link them to the type of technology that seventh and eight graders and many other students and practicing teachers in Maine public schools are successfully using. – Anne Pooler, Dean
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How are You Using MongoDB with Java?
So, like one of my presentations, I have a question for you. Actually, I have more than one question for you. I'm not going to bother with survey monkey or whatever, I want to share the answers so please, answers in the comments:
- Are you using the Java driver for MongoDB in your application?
- Are you using the Java driver directly, or are you using a third party library like Morphia, Spring Data, the Scala driver, your own abstraction layer, etc?
- If you're using a third party library, why did you choose that over using the Java driver directly?
- If you're using the Java driver directly, what do you like about it?
- If you're using the Java driver directly, are there any areas that give you pain? Areas for improvement?
- Which version of Java are you using?
(Note: Opinions expressed in this article and its replies are the opinions of their respective authors and not those of DZone, Inc.)
Tom O'Hare replied on Wed, 2013/05/22 - 7:08am
- Yes
- Directly
- I'm quite happy with the Java driver - using it is pretty straightforward (for db actions - see item 4) and so far I've been able to find out how to implement a few more advanced use cases from documentation, tutorials etc
- The GridFS functionality could be improved - that's my main bugbear for the moment. As an aside, the existence of third party libraries does imply that some people may not be 100% happy with the Java driver as is.
- 1.6 for Production and a mix of 1.6 and 1.7 in Development
Russell Bateman replied on Wed, 2013/05/22 - 11:55am
Java driver: 20-30%.
Morphia: 70-80%.
Morphia works: it's an easy in-and-out for my POJOs. I first wrote using the Java driver, but I find my code moved toward Morphia as I felt more comfortable with it and, as I refactor existing DAO methods, I migrate them to Morphia. I do wish Morphia weren't a split code base even though I have confidence so far in the new, active fork. I think 10gen should bring J. K. Green and Morphia back into the fold and bless the effort.
Java 6.
Comment: MongoDB rocks. We use it now for everything because our needs aren't super-relational in nature. I look at lots of problems less "relationally" nowdays. I'm not looking forward to returning to the land of SQL.


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RSA Student Design Awards 2014 Competition
- Category: Students Only
Deadline: March 10, 2014 (expired!)
Contest's Website: [link]
The RSA Student Design Awards challenges emerging designers to tackle pressing social, environmental and economic issues through design thinking.
Our goal is to empower a generation of savvy, employable designers who understand the potential of design to benefit society. We do this by running a competition that challenges students and recent graduates to think differently about design, through tackling briefs focused on real-world problems.
The eight briefs address important social, environmental and economic issues. In addition to the major issues explored in each of the briefs, the common theme running through this year's programme is the power of design to transition to a circular economy.
The eight creative briefs are:
• Tomorrow's Workplace
• Everyday Well-Being
• Improve Hygiene, Improve Lives
• Water Water, Everywhere
• Re-Invent The Toilet
• The Whole Package
• Innovation In Giving
• Collaborative Consumption
Submissions are accepted from both individuals and teams. Some projects may be more suited to teamwork than others. There is no set number of people that can be part of a team, but generally team entries comprise 2 or 3 people.
The intellectual property rights (patents, registered designs, unregistered design right, copyright, etc.) of all designs submitted in the competition remain with the candidate.
There is an entry fee of £35 (approx. 57 USD).
Entries are welcome from students and new graduates anywhere in the world.
Candidates may be undergraduate or postgraduate engaged on courses at a college or university, or those who graduated no earlier than March 2013.
We work closely with industry partners to develop the briefs, we help colleges and universities embed them in their curricula, and we support participants through workshops and mentoring.
Winners are rewarded with cash prizes, paid industry placements and complementary RSA Fellowship to kick-start their careers.


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CHICAGO (AP) -- Joakim Noah had 23 points, 21 rebounds and a career-high 11 blocks for his third career triple-double and the Chicago Bulls ended a two-game losing streak with a 93-82 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers on Thursday. Carlos Boozer added 21 points and 12 rebounds while Kirk Hinrich and Luol Deng had 15 and 12 points, respectively, as the Bulls completed a three-game regular season series sweep. Noah tied the Bulls record for blocks in a regulation game, previously set by Artis Gilmore in 1977. Jrue Holiday paced the Sixers with 22 points, Spencer Hawes added 20 points and 15 rebounds while Evan Turner had 12 points. The loss was Philadelphia's season-high seventh in a row.
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FGCU Women's Soccer Announces Class of 2014
FORT MYERS, Fla. - The Florida Gulf Coast University women's soccer program and head coach Jim Blankenship has announced the signing of five National Letters of Intent for the FGCU class of 2014. The talented 2014 recruiting class is comprised of players from Florida, Indiana, and Washington state.
The homegrown talent features Lindsey DiLeonardo, Jencilia Villaverde, and Brooke Williams. Originally from Indianapolis, Ind., the Eagles welcome Sarah Moyer. From Washington, the "Evergreen State," the Blue and Green welcomes Gabrielle Morgan.
"We are excited about the gifted group of young ladies coming in the fall," said Coach Blankenship. "These will be added to an already talented team. They will add a great deal of athleticism and I think they will come in and play right away. Our expectations for them are to not only excel on the field but in the classroom."
With the new additions and ten returning starters from the 2009 season, FGCU will look to add to last year's success and make a run for the Atlantic Sun Conference Champion title.
Meet the Class of 2014
Brittany Burt 5-2
St. Petersburg, Fla. (Strictly Soccer/University of South Florida/Northeast HS) – Forward
Brittany arrived on campus in January enrolling at FGCU for the spring semester. She has already started to make an impact, scoring the goal winner in the opening spring game against Canada (University of Victoria). She was a three-year state team ODP player and Team captain for her Strictly Soccer Club Team. She was also a member of the National Honor society, Student government, and the Spanish club in high school.
Lindsey DiLeonardo 5-3
Largo, Fla. (Real Salt Lake FL/Osceola HS) - Defender
Lindsey was a member of the Clearwater Chargers 2005 and 2006 state championship teams. Now playing with RSL, she was a member of the 2008 Super Y Olympic Development Southern Regional Championship team, which was also the regional finalist the following year. Lindsey was named MVP at Osceola HS in 2008. Not only did she earn accolades for soccer but academically as well. She attended the early college program as a junior and senior and was named to the St. Petersburg College President's Honors list three consecutive semesters.
Gabrielle Morgan 5-7
Woodinville, Wash. (Eastside FC/Woodinville HS) - Defender/Midfielder
Gabrielle was a member of the U14 State Championship team, as well as the U16 Division I Champions and State finalists. Her U17 team earned the title of Division I Champions and State finalists, while also earning other champion titles from the Nike Cup Crossfire Challenge, Pleasanton Rage Division I, and Surf Cup and went undefeated in the prestigious CASL College Showcase. Gabrielle's success carried over into high school soccer, where her team made it to the state finals two years in a row; she also earned recognition as the Coach's Award recipient and first and second team titles.
Sarah Moyer 5-7
Indianapolis, Ind. (Real Salt Lake FL/Sickles HS) - Defender/Midfielder
Sarah is familiar with success. Starting in 2000, she was a member of the U-8 National Indoor Champion team. She was also a member of the 92 ODP team in 2004. Her team has earned semi-finalist, finalist and champion titles in numerous tournaments, including: Adidas Columbus Day Classic, Orange Classic, CDL League, Disney Soccer Showcase, Norcross Nike Cup, Raleigh Shootout and Super Y North American Championships. Her most recent success was with her RSL team that was 2007 State finalist and 2008 State Champions. The following year, her team returned as the 2009 State Champions while also earning recognition as Southern Regional Quarter Finalists. At Sickles High School, she earned the personal honors of Freshman of the Year, Defender of the Year and MVP. She took care of business on the soccer field and in the classroom, earning Principal's Honor Roll and 2006 Hillsborough County Scholar Athlete. Sarah's other extracurricular activities included President of FFA, member of the Key Club and Ophelia Club.
Jencilia Villaverde
5-0 Palm Bay, Fla. (Florida Rush/Bayside HS) - Forward
Jencilia, also known as Jenci, has received numerous accolades for her soccer successes. Throughout her high school career, she has earned All County player. She was selected as Athlete of the Week. Jenci earned the title MVP of the team two years in a row. One of her most recent recognitions came with her inclusion into the Top Ten Athletes of the Year for Brevard County. She will be leaving high school with a record of most goals ever scored over four years. Academically, Jenci has worked hard to earn honor roll and the Presidential Academic Award. Outside of high school, not only does she make an impact on her club team, but she has been involved with ODP since 2005. She was a starter on one of the best State ODP teams in the nation, only losing in the finals.
Brooke Williams
5-5 Brandon, Fla. (Real Salt Lake FL /Armwood HS) - Defender/Midfielder
Brooke has been part of Real Salt Lake team that has been State Cup finalists three years in a row; two of which, they earned State Champion titles. Not only has she found success with her club team, but she has been decorated with awards from her high school. As a freshman, she earned the Rookie of the Year recognition. Throughout her remaining time with the high school soccer team, she was honored as team MVP. Brooke excels on the field and classroom, where she was ranked 21st in her graduating class. She is also a member of the National Honors Society.


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The killer of an Australian woman murdered over a $160 drug debt has been sentenced to prison. James Potter, 26, was given a sentence of 24 years for the 2010 killing of 27-year-old mother Penelope Pratt. His accomplice, Aaron Gibson, 33, was previously sentenced to 22 years for the murder. Pratt was shot in the head three times, stabbed in the chest, and had her throat cut. Her body was dumped in the Dandenong Ranges National Park.
Before she was killed, Pratt called triple-0, Australia's emergency telephone number, twice, begging for police intervention. Both times, the operator was unable to understand Pratt's location and hung up on the terrified woman without passing the information along to police.
Andrew Wellwood of the Emergency Services Telecommunications Authority said the call was not handled appropriately: "We know that Penny Pratt was in difficulty and we certainly didn't provide the empathy and support that we think she needed when she dialed triple-0, the call was really focused on controlling the call rather than providing the empathy and support that Penny actually needed," he said. "If the call had been handled appropriately it would have been passed on to the police, certainly we won't make a judgement on what may have happened following that." The operator who handled the call, Wellwood said, was dismissed from the job.


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Bio-briquettes: Dollars and cents
Our Habitat
Career & Education shares with you this week part two of the bio-briquettes article
JERK chicken vendors who use burnt wood as a source of fuel are among those who could use biomass briquettes as an alternative.
Biomass briquettes (or bio-briquettes) are formed by compressing bio-waste, such as paper and garden waste. When burnt, they give off more heat energy than uncompressed bio-waste, with far less air pollution.
Jerk vendors could, therefore, either use it exclusively or to supplement their current sources, especially since coal is hard to get at certain times during the year and the attendant increase in demand causes an increase in the cost.
Small wooden briquetting machines may be bought for use in a single household or small-scale business. This would lead to a reduction in burning uncollected household garbage, while also impacting the rat infestation problem, which has reached alarming proportions in some parts of Jamaica.
Bio-briquettes may also be used in conjunction with coal in a process called co-firing. Co-firing reduces the poisonous emissions that a plant using only coal would generate. It is also possible to create bio-coal briquettes, which are briquettes composed of 20 per cent to 30 per cent biomass and 70 per cent to 80 per cent coal.
This hybrid form of fuel has 1/10 to 1/15 the amount of soot and dust as coal. Biomass burns at a lower temperature than coal and this allows pinholes that increase the surface area of the briquettes, hence increasing the coal's combustibility.
This means that coal consumption could decrease by roughly 20 per cent. However, bio-coal currently costs more to manufacture than raw coal. This, therefore, would not give Jamaica the best price for energy, nor would it be the cleanest energy source available.
Economic benefits of bio-briquettes
Using bio-briquettes will help to create jobs and, most importantly, provide an energy source that is local and sustainable. Bio-briquetting is an alternative that is environmentally friendly and would reduce both pollution and Jamaica's energy bill. A reduced energy bill will serve as a catalyst for job creation and set us on the path to a brighter future.
Jamaica intends to get 20 per cent of its energy from renewable sources by 2030. According to Jamaica's National Energy Policy 2009-2030, the vision of Jamaica'ss energy sector is "a modern, efficient, diversified and environmentally sustainable energy sector providing affordable and accessible energy supplies with long-term energy security and supported by informed public behaviour on energy issues and an appropriate policy, regulatory and institutional framework". The use of bio-briquettes as an alternate fuel falls in line with this vision.
If Jamaica were to look to coal technology, it would not be meeting a number of the seven goals set out in said policy. One of particular interest is goal 3: "Jamaica realises its energy resource potential through the development of renewable energy sources and enhances its international competitiveness and energy security while reducing its carbon footprint".
Jamaica cannot reduce its carbon footprint while employing coal as a fuel. Coal technology is banned in a number of countries. It is one of the reasons China and America have not yet signed the Kyoto Protocol because they have a large amount of their electricity generation done in coal factories.
Studies have shown that exposure to coal has negative effects on the body's cardiovascular, nervous and respiratory systems. What better way to ensure energy security than by creating your own fuel? Bio-briquettes are a renewable and readily available resource that is waiting to be utilised.
Alvin Brown is an instructor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty of Engineering at the St Augustine campus of the University of the West Indies. He can be contacted at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Sam Tripoli
- Ticket Price: $15.00 - $35.00
- Show Type: Stand Up
18 & over
Two items minimum per person
Seating First Come First Serve
All Shows Have Adult Content
Description: You can see purchase admission only and there will be a two item minimum in the showroom.
You can purchase Basic Dinner & Show package and receive: Admission + Fixed Dinner Menu, Tax & Gratuity. Purchase of package entitles guests 21+ to happy hour pricing all night and those under 21 will be entitled to bottomless soda + 25% open menu items ordered. No further purchase required in the showroom, however full menu and bar will be available. Tax + 18% gratuity will be added to all additional ordered items.
Sam Tripoli: Sam Tripoli views comedy as a calling rather a profession. It's a passion that he's been preaching to audiences at comedy clubs across the country and on television, including Comedy Centrals' "Premium Blend" (receiving only one of two standing ovations in the history of the show), a frolicsome turn as a male escort for E! Entertainment's "Party @ the Palms," "The Late Late Show on CBS", "Comic Unleashed" and as a co-host of Spike TV's "Wide World of Spike," a comedy-action cult classic. On stage he's a force of nature, pacing the stage like a cyclone of funny as he questions authority and the conventions of our society one moment, then earnestly expresses his affinity for the bizarre the next. His comedy has no limits – its whatever he's thinking about, and that's usually what everyone else is thinking about, even though sometimes we don't like to admit to it. "I like to think of myself as the little voice in everyone's head, except I have a microphone and I'm funnier," Sam says.


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Z Space Presents World Premiere of The Bengsons' HUNDRED DAYS, Now thru 4/6
Continuing its tradition of presenting innovative and cutting-edge works, Lisa Steindler, Artistic Director of Z Space announces the world premiere of Hundred Days, a folk rock odyssey conceived and composed by The Bengsons.
Produced by Z Space, piece by piece productions and Encore Theatre Company, Hundred Days tells the fierce, triumphant story of a young couple who falls in love, only to have their time together cut short by illness. To fully capture the most of their final 100 days together, the couple decides to live the next three months as though they were six decades as they imagine the life they would share together. Redefining the concert as well as the musical theater experience, this project resonates with the Z Space mission to experiment, re-invent and stretch boundaries. Directed by Obie Award winner, Anne Kauffman, Hundred Days presents a touching journey about love, loss, and life, leaving audiences wondering how they might spend their last hundred days.
Hundred Days runs today, February 20 - April 6, 2014 at Z Space (450 Florida Street, San Francisco). Press night is Saturday, March 1, 2014. Tickets (starting at $10) are on sale now and may be purchased online at zspace.org and by phone at 866.811.4111.
"San Francisco has become a nesting ground for new and original works and Z Space is a "creative lab" at the forefront of development," said Steindler. "When we first experienced The Bengsons work, we knew their vision was a good fit for Z Space and we committed to working with them on this project. Z Space has spent the past three years assembling a world-class team to bring this project to life. The Bengsons' exceptional songwriting and musical nuances create a dynamic and distinctive experience for theater and concert goers alike."
Husband and wife duo, Abigail and Shaun Bengson, are an up-and-coming, "on the verge" folk rock duo from New York City that both defy description and invite metaphor. Called both an "alt folk rock duo" and "vaudeville rockers," The Bengsons' music has been described by Huffington Post as "a hybrid of Dresden Dolls meets Gogol Bordello meets Annie Get Your Gun. It is nothing but sheer pleasure to watch, enjoy and indulge in. The band has to rise to every music journalist's list as a "must see" band soon, because it is unlike anything you have ever seen. It's as fast and furious as a punk show but as creative and clever as an Off-Broadway play. Boundaries for The Bengsons do not exist and their shows are a testament to this."
"Every night we perform, every song we write, every note we choose in our work, we strive to celebrate life and love, to hold the grief and joy of being human in one open hand" is how The Bengsons describe their work. "Hundred Days requires a delicate balance of clarity and fantasy, of movement, song and text. With the help of Z Space, Lisa Steindler, and our incredible team, we believe we are creating something truly wild, deep and new."
The creative team for Hundred Days includes the book by Kate E. Ryan (member of the OBIE-winning playwrights collective 13P and a founding member of the Machiqq Ladies' Auxiliary Playwriting Team); choreography is by Joe Goode, set design by Kris Stone, costume design by Christine Cook, sound design by Drew Yerys and lighting design by MonTy Taylor. The complete cast will be announced at a later date.
The world premiere production of Hundred Days is made possible by Z Space, piece by piece productions, Encore Theatre Company, Dramatist Guild, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, The Phyllis C. Wattis Foundation, Williams College and Zellerbach Family Foundation.
ABOUT Z SPACE: Z Space is a catalyst for innovative new works in multiple artistic disciplines. It nurtures emerging and established artists, providing the resources and community necessary to catapult their work to the highest levels of excellence. Z Space curates an adventurous arts hub, hosting transformative, exciting, and affordable new works the year round. The space is a rigorous environment where artists collaborate to create risky, adventurous, and innovative work. Audiences from everywhere come to revel in premiere Theatre, Dance, Visual Art, Music, and Performance Art, often combined in novel permutations. Z Space encourages the notion that art should make us understand something new about ourselves and about our world.
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By Adam Hetrick
Spice Girls - "If You Wanna Be My Lover."
14 Aug 2013
If what you really really want is to zig-a-zag ha, then this is the 90s jam for you. The song introduces the listener to each of the Spice Girls by name and gives you a complete outline of what you need to do to "get with" them. Basically, if you wanna be my lover, you gotta get with my friends, and then slam your body down and wind it all around. Duh.
Spice Girls - "If You Wanna Be My Lover."