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Unobtrusive, yet explicit
Posted by Jamis on March 01, 2010 @ 05:15 PM
A few weeks ago I started a new side project (a string-figure catalog, not yet ready for an audience, sadly), and I figured it would be a good opportunity to dabble in the new goodies in Rails 3. It's been a fun experience, for the most part, but I'll save my "wins and fails" for a separate post.
For now, I want to focus on one particular frustration: Unobtrusive Javascript (UJS). In any project of even moderate complexity, I've found that Javascript plays a role, and in Rails 2 the primary way to play that game was by inlining your Javascript. (This is where you put Javascript directly into your tags, for instance in "onchange" or "onclick" handlers.)
Apparently this is a Bad Thing, although the only arguments I've found against inline Javascript sound suspiciously like "purity for purity's sake". At any rate, Rails 3 is embracing UJS, and you'll find that helper methods like "link_to_function" don't even exist in Rails 3.
This raises the question: what do you do instead? Well, you have to use UJS. Only, UJS in Rails isn't super mature yet; there's a lot of manual labor involved simply trying to work around the absence of "link_to_function".
So, I set to work. Initially, I tried to copy what rails.js was doing (for Ajax operations, etc.): I installed a handler, and examined the triggering element to see what operations match:
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document.observe("dom:loaded", function() { $(document.body).observe("click", function(event) { var element = event.findElement("a[data-toggle]"); if(element) { var action = element.readAttribute("data-toggle"); element.hide(); element.next().show(); event.stop(); } else { var element = event.element(); if(!element.readAttribute("data-tab")) element = element.up("a[data-tab]") if(element) { selectTab(element.readAttribute("data-tab")); } } }); });
I quickly realized that this does not scale, for two reasons. The first is that you quickly wind up with a massive branch statement inside each of your observer functions, with finicky conditions that (hopefully) map to actual elements in your views. The second is that the relationship between your markup and your Javascript is tenuous at best; even coming back to my code just a few days later, I found it was challenging to discover what code was executed when a link was clicked.
So I went looking at what other options exist. Low Pro, an extension to Prototype for aiding with UJS, looked promising; I liked how each behavior was registered separately, which seemed like it would give a stronger relationship between markup and execution. However, Low Pro uses CSS selectors to identify which markup gets associated with which callbacks, and while this sounds like it ought to be a great idea, it falls down for one really big reason: CSS selectors depend on styling attributes (classes and ids), and trying to tie functionality to those means you are still left staring at markup and wondering where all the events go. Sometimes a class is stylistic, and sometimes it is logical, and there is not generally any clear way to determine which is which.
Now, you could resort to naming conventions: if a class name is prefixed with "behavior-" (or similar), then it refers to a behavior that is defined in Javascript. That's closer to what I was looking for, so I played with that.
But what I soon discovered was that you wind up with a bunch of CSS classes that are not used for styling at all, because they specifically refer to dynamic behaviors. What I really wanted was an altogether different attribute for specifying behaviors, like what "onchange" and "onclick" gave me before. Only I had to beware upsetting the Manifold Avatars of UJS Purity by embedding actual Javascript.
What I finally ended up doing (I'll say I "stumbled on it", rather than "invented it", since I'm positive it's been done before) was defining a "data-behaviors" attribute on every element that needed one:
<%= link_to "Add an alias", "#", "data-behaviors" => "add-alias" %>
Then, in my Javascript driver, I registered callbacks for those named behaviors:
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Behaviors.add("click", "add-alias", function(element) { // ... });
The result is UJS that clearly reveals the relationship between the markup and the code; you can easily search for all elements in the views that behave like "add-alias", for instance, and given a behavior name (like "add-alias"), you can quickly find the code that gets executed for it. Elements can have multiple behaviors, too: just give a space-delimited list of behavior names in the "data-behaviors" attribute.
It's not perfect, though: the current implementation doesn't deal well with elements that want to behave like X on "click", but Y on "change". That's not a scenario I've needed to deal with yet, though, so I'm sure when (if?) it comes up, a solution can be found. In the meantime, I'm quite pleased with this. It "clicks", whereas other UJS solutions just felt obscure and heavy-weight.
Below is the code for behaviors.js. Please feel free to fork the gist on Github and hack away; I'm sure it can be improved upon in lots of ways.
Update: Josh Peek suggested some tips that resulted in a drastic simplification of behaviors.js. It's simple enough now that there's almost no point in providing it as a separate library!
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3. Tom Brice said...
I am very interested in how this kind of thing (as well as RJS) is designed to work in a Rails3 world. I'm thankful to you for starting the discussion.
4. kangax said...
Prototype already extends `document` with `observe`, so you can replace `$(document.body).observe` with just `document.observe`. This will add event listener to root element — `document.documentElement` — instead of `document.body` (which is more or less identical).
5. Jamis said...
@kangax, thanks! This is what comes of cargo-culting. :) Your suggestion works great, and even lets me do Behaviors.add outside of a dom:loaded closure. Much cleaner.
6. Sam Hill said...
Much of the time when working on a group project I avoid id's entirely in my css, and use them exclusively for js. I find it's not restrictive nearly all of the time, and then one can still use document.getElementById(), which is good for performance…
7. Jamis said...
@Sam, ids only work if you can guarantee no more than one element on a page with a particular behavior. My fairly-simple project has already run into several instances where this isn't true, so id-based selection wasn't sufficient.
8. Steve St. Martin said...
the link_to_function as well as the previous 2.3.x behavior has not been removed, just is not the rails 3 way, the previous inline behavior exists in its own plugin now, take a look at http://github.com/rails/prototype_legacy_helper
9. Brian Morearty said...
Purity for purity's sake. Thanks for saying it, Jamis.
My reaction when I first heard about UJS a couple years ago was that it was really cool. But I quickly became disillusioned when I realized UJS can hurt the user experience. I'll take a better UX over pure code.
For an example go to http://www.dzone.com and click the login link in the top right corner of the page quickly, before the browser has had a chance to hook up the UJS. You will see a weird, ugly login page and be confused. (This really happened to me. I was weirded out.) This would not happen if the event had been hooked up inline.
Also it doesn't matter that much if the generated code is impure. What matters most is that the code you have to maintain is clean. Worrying about impure generated JavaScript would be like worrying about the maintainability of the assembly language code that a C++ compiler generates.
10. Jamis said...
@Steve, "removed" means "not in Rails 3". By moving it to its own plugin, link_to_function has indeed been "removed".
I've talked with Josh Peek about this (who made that change in Rails 3), and his stance clarified things a bit for me, though. He is not opposed to small bits of inline Javascript, and in fact suggested that link_to(..., :onclick => "") be used in place of link_to_function. The link_to_function helper was removed because it tended to encourage too much inline Javascript.
@Brian, amen. Sing it, brother!
11. Bryant Cutler said...
Actually, I think attaching the behavior via CSS-style selectors is fine. Ideally, your markup has class names and ids that denote the semantic function of the various HTML elements, rather than something specifically presentational. And of course, there's nothing stopping you from using multiple space-separated classes on your HTML elements, some for styling and some for behavior. If you had to tie the Javascript functionality to an actual CSS selector, it'd be lame, but using a CSS-style selector to chose document nodes for behavior attachment is totally kosher.
12. Radoslav Stankov said...
You can also use my Event.delegate / http://gist.github.com/66568 / and simplify even more:
document.delegate("*[data-behaviors~=" + behavior + "]", trigger, handler);
13. Jonathan del Strother said...
@Brian dzone.com are using window.onload to hook up their event handlers, which is a really bad idea since it has to wait until all the page resources have finished loading. If they were using DOMContentLoaded I'm pretty sure you wouldn't run into that problem.
14. Morgan Roderick said...
"But what I soon discovered was that you wind up with a bunch of CSS classes that are not used for styling at all" ... how did that happen?
When I write CSS files, I only add stuff I need … just because an HTML element has a class attribute, doesn't mean you have to mirror that in your CSS file.
Or is what you really mean, that you end up with a bunch of HTML class attributes, that you're not using for styling at all?
That's a perfectly valid situation, http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/struct/global.html#h-7.5.2
There is even the querySelectorAll as native method built in modern browsers, that speeds things up considerably.
15. Stefano C. said...
Patching LowPro in order to be able to use it like this:
Event.addBehavior({'add-alias': AddAliasBehavior})
is extremely simple:
78c78,79 < var parts = sel.split(/:(?=[a-z]+$)/), css = parts0, event = parts1;
var parts = sel.split(/:(?=[a-z]+$)/), behavior_name = parts0, event = parts1; var css = '*[data-behavior~=' + behavior_name + ']'
17. Svoop said...
Check out RightJS. It's a slim JS lib which offers – amongst other things – behaviors (and soon native behaviors) as part of the core. It's very performant, often pretty close to metal JS code, yet makes your UJS code way more readable. The author of RightJS has an affinity towards Ruby, so many helper methods look and feel like Ruby. (You can even enable underscore_method_names instead of the default camelCaseMethodName.)
18. email@example.com said...
Sounds for me like the old "TDD is too expensive!" and "Rails doesn't scale!" :-(
19. Jamis said...
@kostiantyn, really? But TDD is actually valuable, and Rails does scale. The difference here is that I have yet to see an argument in favor of UJS that doesn't boil down to "you shouldn't put Javascript in your views because…well…because!"
@everyone else: I tried to explain my stance on CSS selectors, but I'll try one more time. When you're looking at an element with a bunch of CSS classes, how do you know that any of them map to a behavior? And when you're looking at a behavior definition in Javascript, how do you know which specific elements it applies to? I'm not being theoretical here: I've lived this. I've had to support apps where CSS styles are used to define behaviors, and it is hard, coming into the code for the first time, or even after some small time has passed, to find your way around.
And yes, using CSS classes would be "more performant", but keep in mind that even for a worst-case scenario, my implementation is O(log(n)). We're searching UP the tree, and not down it. Best (and most common) case: the element you clicked on has the data-behaviors attribute defined, in which case there is no searching at all, and we're O(1). Worst case: someone clicks on a random location on the page, and the code has to search from that clicked element up to the root element. Not a scary proposition: still a cool O(log(n)), and often n will be small enough that it might as well be O(1) anyway.
At the end of the day: this is what works for me, and made UJS not hurt as much. You don't like it? That's fine, go implement something better and write a blog post about it. Try to convince me that your way is better. But please don't touch "performance" unless you have actual numbers to back it up.
20. Bragi said...
How come no one have mentioned jQuery yet?
It's trivial to add that kind of behaviour with this library plus it was partially written by Yehuda :)
21. Maximilian Schulz said...
@Bragi: I am wondering myself. I use those principles of unobtrusive JS in combination with jQuery for quite some time and it works perfectly. I still have to check the rails.js file for the jQuery lib, although I used it already in a small project. But I really do not the see the problem of moving the inline js.
And about the argument, I think we all strive to have the purist solution of all. Or at least I often do my refactorings on the basis of creating a cleaner solution. I would say it is the same argument why we all write the styling in a separate stylesheet and do not include it in the html code. It is a clear separation of concerns:
- Everything related to styling belongs into a stylesheet
- The pure data and its structure is within the html file
- The client logic belongs into a javascript file
I like it that way and find it much easier to structure my code and keep it clean. Especially once you get a grip of the way to structure your javascript code.
22. Tim said...
I can make 3 valid arguments for unobtrusive js, maybe 4:
1) Abstracting out functionality. For instance, if I have 5 links that all need the same event handler.
2) TDD – though I don't test drive my js now, I should & couldn't if it were inline.
3) Maintenance/Organization – It's much easier to find/modify code if it's in one place.
4) Purity is not for purity's sake. What happens to the poor designer that forgot to close a div and now has to dig through 5k+ lines of inline js/script tags to find the div?
I think the argument for purity's sake is somewhat valid as well. Script really belongs outside of HTML. Though this is an after thought for most, as is me, because we aren't as particular about our javascript as a Rubyist would be about their Ruby or instance. ;)
I'd be interested to hear a dedicated JS dev's thoughts on your post & everyone's comments.
23. Jamis said...
@Tim, thanks for chiming in with a sane response. I completely agree with your points 1-3, and even #4 to some extent.
However, I want to make it clear that when I vote for inline JS, I'm not voting for EVERYTHING INLINE. That way lies insanity. Of course you want the bulk of your code abstracted away. But what is so bad about something like the following?
Click me!
How is that worse than any of the other proposals that don't involve any inline JS?
All I want, really, is a way to easily and explicitly associate an event on an element to an action in the code. Implicit declarations using CSS selectors do not cut it for me.
24. Harry said...
There are some performance reasons for putting all scripts in external files and making behavior unobtrusive.
- http://www.stevesouders.com/blog/2009/05/06/positioning-inline-scripts/
- http://developer.yahoo.com/performance/rules.html#js_bottom
27. Gabe da Silveira said...
I understand where you're coming from on this one Jamis, but I think you're off the mark. I'm considering writing up a full response in my blog, but I want to point out quickly that using a custom attribute for behavior hooks is not a clear win by any means.
Like any decoupling or indirection, there is a mental overhead that UJS imposes. If all your behavior hooks are explicit via custom attributes, there is a certain comfort that can be taken from knowing that behavior will not exist unless it is right there in the HTML. However in exchange you now need to create behavior in two places. You've just shifted complexity around.
With UJS you select the elements you want to attach behavior to. This can all be done from a static JS file without any modifications to the HTML. Obviously sometimes you have to add more hooks, just the same as you would with CSS modifications, but if the markup is semantic and the underlying data schema is not changing then you can do quite a lot without modifying the HTML.
With inline hooks you have to remember to add them to every occurrence of the tag. Now when you create a div.widget, you need to remember to explicitly add all the behaviors you want right there in the HTML. Maybe that item is rendered in 20 different templates, and you have to remember to add it to all of them? So if you're using Rails you create a helper method and then use that everywhere. Great! Until you want to dynamically construct one of those items on the client side via JS DOM methods. What's that? You use AJAX to request an HTML fragment rendered by a partial? Aside from the increased latency and server load, that can work fairly elegantly… that is until some aspect of that element depends on the context around it. Now you are suddenly pulling all kinds of context, passing it to the server, and then potentially jumping through more hoops when it comes back.
Maybe this isn't very convincing without a concrete example… If you're interested I can give you a very specific example of where I was able to trade 300 lines of Ruby in for 100 lines of Javascript with dramatically fewer page reloads, numerous edge cases fixed and the addition of some very powerful UI enhancements that would have been simply impossible with a server-centric worldview. Using delegated event handlers in javascript made this possible and was a clear win across a dozen different metrics (memory consumption, performance, server load, code length, code clarity, encapsulation, etc, etc)
Fundamentally I think the problem you're having is that the standards aren't as clear for how to use UJS as they are for CSS. After all, when you change a class attribute, you already know you have to check the CSS for changes. You just to get into the habit of looking JS that is hooked onto that class as well. Maybe you use assert_select in your view tests in which case you need to update those as well—you wouldn't create a new custom attribute just for testing would you?
To me it's all about standardizing your approach. In my Rails app I claim one global namespace and then attach individual javascript objects encapsulating the behavior for each type of object. The individual static javascript files tend to mirror the names of the models and controllers. When I'm writing HTML templates I don't need to futz around with complex helpers, I just create a div.widget as plain HTML, then go to standard.css to style it, and widget.js to add behaviour. It works very very well and it's not purity for purity's sake.
28. Jamis said...
@Gabe, thanks for sharing your thoughts. I do understand your point, but I don't agree with it. :) I don't buy the example you used, I guess. So I would have to add my custom attribute to each element…and? Wouldn't you have to define the elements all those other times, anyway? And give them CSS classes to select on? I don't see the problem.
I'm totally willing to admit that there may be cases where the custom attribute approach isn't a good fit. I'm certainly not advocating this over all other techniques in every situation. But for the cases I've needed, this approach works fantastically, and is self-documenting, which you can't say for the CSS selector approach. As I said, I've been in the boat where i had to decipher what an app was doing when all the behaviors were implicit, and that was not a fun experience.
29. Gabe da Silveira said...
Yes you do have to define the class name, but what I'm getting at is that's all you should have to define. This gets to essence of the value of a semantic class name. If you just say, for example, here is a div.rating. Then you can go in CSS and define what a rating looks like, and you can go in JS and define the behavior of a rating, and you can write assert_select to say this page should be outputting X number of ratings, etc, etc.
Adding a custom attribute to define behavior does clarify intent, but that same case can be made for using tons of utility classes (or even inline styles!) for styling your page rather than using CSS selectors to style semantically named elements. Sometimes there is a reason for this approach (eg. grid systems for large sites), but often times you end up with a proliferation of classes that make the HTML harder to right and reuse (ie. the well-known class-itis phenomenon).
By specifying behavior inline by custom attributes, you do make it easier for new developers to understand that bit of HTML, but that is offset by the fact that if future template writers forget one custom attribute then one template of the site is potentially broken (whereas if you broke the behavior by modifying the class, it would break across the site and you would be less likely to miss it). It's not a big deal you have one or two custom attributes, but the more you add the more error-prone it is, and if you break the convention in one or two places you can kiss all the self-documenting goodness goodbye. Therefore, if you have non-trivial javascript functionality, it's better to just define your standard architectural conventions up front rather than relying on a technique which is not going to scale well.
30. Jason Cheow said...
I was first a JavaScript developer before I started on Rails and the reason why I took to Rails so easily was the clear separation between model, view and controller.
To chime in on the "purity for purity's sake" thing, the reason why I prefer UJS is the same reason I like using Rails—clear separation between markup, styles and behaviour.
Moving inline JavaScript to external files is like the concept of skinny controller, fat model for me. Having a ton of code in the controller makes it explicit what each action in a controller does, but moving them to the model separates controller from business logic. For JavaScript then, moving inline code to an external file separates behaviour from markup. Both aids code maintainability.
As for the problem of not being able to see at first glance what behaviour a certain element on a page has, I use Gabe's method of naming my JavaScript files the same way Rails names its controllers: application.js for global behaviours, [controller name].js for behaviours specific to a resource.
True, you won't be able to see immediately what behaviours each element are hooked up to, but you can always match the resource you are examining to the correspondingly named JavaScript file, and within the file, if it's well organised and documented, it shouldn't be that difficult to locate the code you are looking for, especially if you are using CSS selectors to hook up behaviours to elements.
31. Justin Blake said...
I think Jamis clears up his view nicely in comment 23. He's not bashing UJS because he wants to throw a bunch of javascript into his HTML.
32. Phil McClure said...
Surely you're not suppose to touch the rail.js driver… I wrote a bit about UJS on my blog – http://therailworld.com/posts/26-Using-Prototype-and-JQuery-with-Rails3-UJS-
With this approach, the javascript is store in its own view. Very structured and very easy to find what relates to what.
33. Tore Darell said...
I think the UJS evangelists have failed to really convince people why their (our) way is the Right Way. Most of the noise coming from the UJS cargo cult is moralising chants and lectures, but what people want to know is what's in it for them. I've tried explaining exactly what makes it so much better than the alternative – I wouldn't be doing all this work if there weren't massive benefits to it.
That article is not a reply to this post, it's more of a non-moralising description of the benefits of using JavaScript for what it really is. Summed up, the argument is this: People forget about basic programming best practises when dealing with JavaScript. JavaScript is a real programming language, and those of us who follow these practises use that fact to our advantage and reap the benefits from it.
Don't listen to the vocal UJS cargo culters; most of them can't tell a prototype from a constructor function.
34. blanquer said...
You might want to check out http://github.com/rightscale/behaveJS (in case you don't know it)
It's not just a test or a prototype, but currently used in production for the RigthScale management dashboard site (which is fairly rich and big Rails app). I believe you might find it implements/addresses many of your original points of unobtrusiveness, behavioral definitions, cleanliness of html, javascript page performance…
35. Rod Knowlton said...
The argument for UJS that I've not seen mentioned here, and which to me is the primary argument, is accessibility.


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Volleyball Italian Tour: 13 Days Until Italy
May 13, 2014
With 13 days remaining until the team leaves for their Italian tour, a different member of the TCU volleyball team will keep us up-to-date on how the team is preparing for the upcoming journey. Today was the team's first of 10 practices and senior Stephanie Holland fills us in on the day.
Hello TCU Horned Frog Nation!
Today was our first day back in the gym since preparing for finals. With two weeks off from volleyball, I was ready to be with my teammates again and excited to start focusing on our trip. It became obvious to me that I wasn't the only one who felt this way when I entered the locker room and heard everyone talking about how they couldn't wait to go to Italy. Good vibes, positivity, and excitement filled our locker room which then transferred onto the court where we had an intense, fun, and productive day of training. I'm very excited for what's ahead! Let's go Frogs!


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The Bulldogs made hard work on Good Friday of beating a gallant Hunslet Hawks side, but eventually came through to register a 28-12 victory and move into third place in the Kingstone Press Cider Championship table.
by Mark Ward
Kingstone Press Cider Championship, LoveRugbyLeague.com Stadium, 29 March 2013
It spoke volumes this evening at a freezing LoveRugbyLeague.com Stadium that the loudest voice in the stands came from an increasingly frustrated Hunslet Hawks coach Barry Eaton. A former darling of the terraces at Batley, it was a cruel evening for Eaton, as he saw his side deservedly open up a 0-12 lead, before being penned back and eventually overhauled by an improving Bulldogs outfit. Entering the final play of the game, the Hawks were holding on for a bonus point until the hosts delivered a last-gasp try to even deny Eaton that pleasure.
The cold conditions never looked likely to provide a classic, and so it proved. John Kear's side were sluggish throughout a fairly dire first half, and their insistence on taking on a lively Hawks' pack through the middle looked set to make for a frustrating evening until the Bulldogs utilised the excellent kicking skills of Tom Hemingway to peg their opponents back in a second half they dominated down the slope. The Hawks by contrast controlled much of the first half with some stalwart defensive efforts, but Eaton's side were very much second-best once the 'Dogs found their kicking boots.
The game opened up in a scrappy manner, with neither side stamping their authority on proceedings, although the Hawks, with the slope at their backs, certainly had the better of the opening exchanges and it was no surprise that it was they who opened the scoring on 16 minutes after a spell of pressure concluded with John Oakes going over under the sticks, comfortably converted by scrum-half Danny Ansell. The try clearly rocked the Bulldogs back on their heels, and they fell further behind just four minutes later when veteran winger Waine Price profited from a lax home defensive line to coast in, again ably converted by Ansell to leave the host 0-12 adrift. At this point, few in the ground would have predicted that the Bulldogs were about to post 28 unanswered points to secure victory, as Hunslet were most definitely on top.
The Hawks continued to dominate, constantly puncturing the hosts' defensive line with some powerful running but rather tellingly, no end product. Bulldogs hooker George Flanagan provided a lifeline for the hosts, slightly against the run of play, when he darted in from close range on 27 minutes, and Hemingway's conversion reduced the arrears to a more manageable 6-12. Four minutes prior to the interval, Jason Walton could have levelled matters off, but he failed to reel in Ben Black's difficult pass with the line beckoning and at the other end, Black's brave tackle on Liam Welham saved a certain try right on the half-time hooter.
The hosts' second-half showing was a considerable improvement, which will have no doubt relieved the Bulldogs' faithful. There was a reliance on kicking early in the tackle count and forcing the Hawks to carry the ball back up the slope which gradually fatigued the visitors enough for Batley to wrestle control of the game. Indeed, the writing was on the wall after 51 minutes when Hemingway intelligently cannoned the ball off a Hawks defender's legs and had presence of mind to scoop up the loose ball and dive over the line to score, before converting his own try to level the game at 12-12.
This heralded a period of rather startling indiscipline from the visitors, conceding possession for dissent and spearheaded by an increasingly frustrated David March, who spent much of the second half in conversation with referee Leahy. The Bulldogs took full advantage; on 62 minutes, the returning Paul Mennell set up Alex Bretherton to score in the corner and although Hemingway missed the conversion attempt out wide, tellingly they had hit the front for the first time in the match and the Hawks visibly wilted.
The hosts continued to press - both Flanagan and Walton losing the ball near the line, but it was the reintroduction of powerful prop Keegan Hirst, against his former club, that secured victory for the Bulldogs. Hirst barrelled over from close range on 76 minutes as the Hawks tired and then, in the cruellest of blows for the visitors, Black set up the big prop to score again and prevent Hunslet picking up a bonus point with the last play of the game.
No doubting that Batley won ugly again this evening, but on a day when some of the top sides struggled, three points were the important issue, irrespective of the calibre of performance and it was once again pleasing to see the Bulldogs achieve those points without hitting any dizzying heights. And we all know what lies ahead on Monday!
BATLEY BULLDOGS: 1 Greenwood, 2 Potts, 3 Walton, 20 Faal, 21 Johnson, 6 Black, 23 Hemingway, 8 Smith, 14 Flanagan, 19 Rowe, 11 Bretherton, 16 Davies, 17 L. Walmsley. Interchange: 9 Mennell, 13 Lindsay, 15 Hirst, 25 Leary.
T: Flanagan, Hemingway, Bretherton, Hirst 2
G: Hemingway 4
HUNSLET HAWKS: 31 Watson, 2 Price, 29 Keinhorst, 4 Welham, 33 Chisholm, 6 Grimshaw, 20 Ansell, 10 Menzies, 9 Haigh, 32 Singleton, 12 Oakes, 16 Haughey, 13 March. Interchange: 5 Brickwood, 8 Yates, 15 Houston, 17 Hughes.
T: Oakes, Price
G: Ansell 2
REFEREE: Jamie Leahy (Dewsbury)
MAN OF THE MATCH: Tom Hemingway (Batley Bulldogs) - an outstanding kicking game this evening.


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The summer of 2014 is both ahead and behind us, but before the subtle smell of autumn creeps into the air there is still plenty time to consider the classic fragrances of summer days (and summer nights). For your August get away and your early fall blowouts here is a roundup of our favorite seasonal fragrances.
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Updated: 12/20/2006 - On the verge of revitalization, a Lansing building burns but owners remain positive.
Updated: 12/20/2006 - On the verge of revitalization, a Lansing building burns but owners remain positive.
Updated: 12/20/2006 - Michigan unemployment was 6.9 percent in November, the same as in October. However, it is still well above the national average of 4.5 percent.
Updated: 12/20/2006 - Two suspects entered the store before it opened, tied up employees and took cash and a cell phone.
Posted: 12/20/2006 - A body is found in the furnace of a local business.
Updated: 12/20/2006 - Eleven students from Kenya arrived at Jackson Community College expecting a free college education but found no books, scholarship, or place to live.
Updated: 12/20/2006 - The township has contracted a consultant to research which is less expensive: using Ingham County's police or creating their own department.
Updated: 12/19/2006 - The Bargain Warehouse sold food without a proper license.
Updated: 12/19/2006 - A Mason couple who has dedicated their lives to caring for special needs children has a brand new home got the holidays.
Updated: 12/19/2006 - Marine Lance Corporal Brent Beeler was laid to rest on Tuesday.
Updated: 12/19/2006 - A federal judge tells Michigan's biggest universities that they can have more time to implement the changes.
Updated: 12/19/2006 - The governor is still waiting for the proposed scholarship program to reach her desk.
Updated: 12/19/2006 - The couple's four surviving children continue to live with relatives.
Updated: 12/19/2006 - The new ordinance protects against discrimination.
Updated: 12/19/2006 - The Lansing School Board voted 8 to 1 to offer the district's superintendent job to Dr. T.C. Wallace.
Updated: 12/19/2006 - It's moving into an existing space in the DeWitt Shopping Center.
Updated: 12/19/2006 - Have you seen the custom built choppers built on the Discovery Channel's "American Chopper"? Now you can see and buy them right here in mid-Michigan.
Updated: 12/19/2006 - A man authorities believe killed his girlfriend is expected to be charged with murder by the Ingham County Prosecutor's Office.
Updated: 12/19/2006 - One mid-Michigan community is looking at a $6.5 million bond, without raising property taxes. So how did they do it?
Updated: 12/19/2006 - After 16 years in the state legislature, Dianne Byrum is ready to leave office.
Updated: 12/19/2006 - Their four living children are now wards of the state.
Updated: 12/18/2006 - Jeffrey Scott Husband turned himself into authorities on Sunday. He's the prime suspect in the murder of his girlfriend, Vanessa Kay Pruitt.
Updated: 12/18/2006 - Analysts say shoppers are procrastinating, waiting for white Christmas.
Updated: 12/18/2006 - Sam's Club & Wal-Mart team up to help soldiers' families.
Updated: 12/17/2006 - Local volunteers are making sure workers are fairly compensated, fighting poverty in third world countries.
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Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers voices referee concerns
Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers has contacted referees' chief Mike Riley to express his frustration at officials' performance this season.
Rodgers was angered by a series of decisions in the 2-1 defeat to Manchester United on Sunday.
Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers
"We would hope we would get better decisions over the next few weeks"
He was also upset at the treatment his players received in the 2-1 Capital One Cup win at West Brom.
"I rang Mike Riley [on Thursday] morning. I think he was expecting me to call him a bit earlier," Rodgers said.
"Us being a sporting team, and going by the letter of the law, decisions seem to pass us by. We've had a few sendings-off, a few penalties given against us and absolutely nothing we've been given at all.
"We would hope we would get better decisions over the next few weeks."
Liverpool, who have claimed two points from their first five games in the Premier League, face Norwich at Carrow Road on Saturday followed by a Europa League Group A home game against Udinese on Thursday and a home league game against Stoke on 7 October.
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Comment number 707.David H
29th September 2012 - 17:38
Mark my words, man utd will not win anything for at least 10 years. You don't have the money to compete and utd wil be crippled by debt. I predict utd to be a championship team by 2020.
Comment number 706.Stephen Marsh
29th September 2012 - 17:37
We were again denied at least one pen today, probably two. But more importantly, Utd are losing. lol...
Comment number 705.torn
29th September 2012 - 16:55
@704 SeeDubya
You and be both mate. It beggers belief that it wasn't awarded but hey, were not allowed to moan remember. No other teams fans would.
I don't think you will see a more stone wall penalty all weekend. Just glad it hasn't prevented us from earning what we toatally desered (again) 3 points.
Comment number 704.SeeDubya
29th September 2012 - 16:07
When a penalty is as blatant and obvious as the one not given at Carrow Road then it stops seeming to be down to poor refereeing and looks more like something more sinister is going on. How can the assistant referee not see what happened? Simple, he can't possibly not see it, so why didn't he give it even if the ref didn't? I look forward to the MOTD pundits trying to defend this decision!
Comment number 703.torn
29th September 2012 - 15:55
Your comment is almost as horrendous as Norwich City's defending! A great hat-trick from a great player.
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Homebrewers petition to change alcohol laws. Huffington Post
How far would you go to track down an elusive brew? MSNBC
The role the government plays in the wording for beer, wine and booze labels. Miami Hearald
Could cast-off coconut husks and mango cores bring electricity to those currently without? MSNBC
Onetime Mafia-held land grows top-notch wine vines. Business Week
Lust-worthy wine cellars of the mega-rich. Forbes
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Brandon Weeden is in an odd little conundrum right about now. Truthfully, I really just wanted to use the word "conundrum".
Weeden is stuck in the middle between what the old coaches wanted, and what the new coaches want. Now, of course, the old guys don't matter.
Every time the new guys — led by head coach Rob Chudzinski and offensive coordinator Norv Turner — speak publicly in any format regarding Weeden, their words will be scrutinized by guys like me. Hi.
So, what say you now about Weeden, Chud?
During the draft there was a thought that at some point, the new coaching staff in Cleveland would at the very least select a developmental quarterback. Hell, before his whirling spiral some mocks even had Geno Smith heading to the Browns with their sixth overall pick. Hindsight never hurt so bad.
But seven rounds came and went, with no new quarterback added. Short on picks due to trades and taking Josh Gordon in the supplemental draft, the Browns used four of their five picks on the defensive side of the ball. They could have went with, say, Zac Dysert late in the final round, but instead the current lineup at the top of their depth chart with Weeden followed by the recently-signed Jason Campbell was just fine.
That means Weeden is your starter for sure then, right Chud?
"I feel good about where we're at right now. He's been working with the first group and we'll just see as we go forward. We're [working] on air right now so it's very early but I do like what I've see so far and we'll see how it goes.
"Right now it's too early to say anything one way or another."
We get that this is what Chudzinski has to say, and on some level it's what every head coach has to say, especially a new head coach, and especially in early May. But the reality is that if Weeden isn't the starter this year, we could be left still discussing a franchise that's, at best, sputtering in neutral.
Campbell is a fine backup, and he may even be the league's best backup. That also makes him quality competition for Weeden, but at this point in his career, he's certainly not a long-term answer for any team wishing to move forward with a young core. Benching or cutting Weeden is difficult because the previous management in Cleveland committed to him with a first-round pick, and in doing so the Browns also strapped themselves into developing a 28-year-old (at the time) who therefore has a brief window because of that age.
Competition is great and all, and it's needed everywhere on the practice field. But starting Campbell is starting over, and I'm just not sure that the fine city of Cleveland can take much more of that.


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From A Compendium of Irish Biography, 1878
« Denis Daly | Index | Francis Danby »
Daly, Richard, theatrical manager, was born in the County of Galway, in the middle of the 18th century, and was educated at Trinity College, Dublin. He became a noted duellist, for a time averaging eight contests annually. He was of a handsome and engaging person. In 1781 he opened Smock-alley Theatre in Dublin (upon the spot where the church of SS. Michael and John now stands), and there Kemble, Mrs. Siddons, and other eminent actors appeared under his management. In 1786 he was appointed Master of the Revels. In partnership with Higgins, the "Sham Squire," he spent a large sum in rebuilding and decorating Crow-street Theatre. He eventually disposed of his theatrical patent rights for an annuity of £1,332. Mr. Daly died in 1813.
110. Dublin, History of the City: John T. Gilbert. 3 vols. Dublin, 1854-'9.
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Charlotte Milligan Fox, sister of the poet Alice Milligan, was a founding member of the Irish Folk Song Society and an indefatigable field collector of Irish traditional music. Her singularly important work on Irish haprers is here presented for the twenty-first century reader. This edition of Annals offers a much greater number of illustrations than were included in the original 1911 publication, a full biographical introduction, an extensive bibliography of the writings of Milligan Fox and an appendix discussing the variant texts of Arthur O'Neills Memoirs.
Annals of the Famine in Ireland
Annals of the Famine in Ireland, by Asenath Nicholson, still has the power to shock and sadden even though the events described are ever-receding further into the past. When you read, for example, of the poor widowed mother who was caught trying to salvage a few potatoes from her landlord's field, and what the magistrate discovered in the pot in her cabin, you cannot help but be appalled and distressed.
The ebook is available for download in .mobi (Kindle), .epub (iBooks, etc.) and .pdf formats. For further information on the book and author see details ».
Ireland's Welcome to the Stranger
This book, the prequel to Annals of the Famine in Ireland cannot be recommended highly enough to those interested in Irish social history. The author, Mrs Asenath Nicholson, travelled from her native America to assess the condition of the poor in Ireland during the mid 1840s. Refusing the luxury of hotels and first class travel, she stayed at a variety of lodging-houses, and even in the crude cabins of the very poorest. Not to be missed!
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Henry Ford Jones' book, first published in 1915 by Princeton University, is a classic in its field. It covers the history of the Scotch-Irish from the first settlement in Ulster to the American Revolutionary period and the foundation of the country.
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Pro Bono Attorney Tracy Jessner talks about her experiences with the ALSP
Volunteering with LACBA's AIDS Legal Services Project
My pro bono work has been immensely helpful in my private practice. I was able to obtain more direct and hands-on experience early on in my career. It is also nice to work with individual patients and beneficiaries. Since my private practice focuses on healthcare providers, which can range from individual physicians to large hospital chains, it is a good reminder that we are all working toward the goal of improving the lives of individual people.
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Los Angeles HIV Law and Policy Project (LA HLPP)—New HIV Law and Policy Collaborative Launches October 2, 2013
The AIDS Legal Services Project (ALSP) has directed its resources to assisting low-income people living with HIV disease almost from the very beginning of the HIV epidemic. Since it was founded in 1986 by the LACBA Barristers, the Project has provided direct one-on-one pro bono legal representation to thousands of people living with HIV and AIDS who have an HIV related legal problem.
With the help of highly motivated pro bono attorneys who have been with the project since its inception, ALSP has established a reputation for handling some of the most sophisticated legal issues including asylum based on HIV status, employment discrimination, COBRA and ERISA and housing foreclosures.
The ALSP focuses on core HIV related legal services:
If you have questions, please call Laurie Aronoff, ALSP Project Director at (213) 833-6776.
For people in need of assistance, please call our new collaborative partner, the Los Angeles HIV Law & Policy Project (LA HLPP) at (855-259-4364) where bilingual, trained advocates will provide a confidential intake. Matters that are appropriate for the ALSP will be referred to the project Director for follow up assistance.
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Thank you for your interest in volunteering for the AIDS Legal Servicesone or more of LACBA's Projects Project! But in order to volunteer, you also need to be a LACBA member. Our programs rely completely on your support — both financially and in pro bono hours — to provide vital legal services. Your LACBA Dues and LACBA Counsel for Justice Contribution enable us to continue to provide these critical, and in some cases, lifesaving services. So if you aren't already a member, apply online at www.lacba.org/join or contact LACBA's members services at email@example.com or (213) 896-6560.
Manatt Secures Pro Bono Victory in Highly-Publicized Immigration Matter
Manatt partners Brad Seiling, Joanna McCallum and Ben Shatz scored an important win for a pro bono client referred from the AIDS Legal Services Project, when a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel reversed federal immigration authorities in a recent opinion. The unanimous, published opinion clears the way for the client, a gay, HIV+ immigrant, to stay in the country based on the grounds that he would be persecuted for his sexual orientation and HIV+ status if sent back to the Philippines. The decision has received national attention, with coverage from the Associated Press, Los Angeles Times, and The Daily Journal.
Manatt's client, Dennis, a gay man originally from the Philippines, had known since childhood that he was "different." Because of these differences, Dennis had been teased and harassed throughout his school years. He was sexually abused as a child and, at age 17, was drugged and sexually assaulted by a man he met in a bar. He was threatened and harassed by police officers, and was beaten and robbed multiple times, with the attackers calling him derogatory homophobic names. Dennis was unable to find a job in the Philippines because of his sexual orientation. He fled to the US in his early 20's overstaying a visitor's visa.
Detained by the immigration authorities in 2006, in 2007 Dennis represented himself in immigration court, where an immigration judge found that his testimony on persecution in the Philippines was credible and determined that the facts entitled Dennis to withholding of removal so that he could stay in the United States.
The government appealed to the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) and Dennis who was being wrongfully detained at the San Pedro Detention Center, reached out to ALSP Project Director, Laurie Aronoff, for help. It was a particularly difficult time for HIV+ detainees as Dennis's plea arrived just after the death of a young, HIV+ transgender woman who died after just three months of custody in San Pedro. In fact, Dennis became the first of four HIV+ detainees that the ALSP placed with teams of volunteer attorneys to fight for their right to legally stay in the US, fearing for their lives if returned to their home countries. All four cases were successfully adjudicated by attorneys at Morrison & Foerster, Greenberg Glusker and the former Howrey firm. But only Dennis's case was appealed to the BIA.
Manatt, through Seiling, stepped in to represent Dennis on his appeal. The Board of Immigration Appeals essentially rejected the immigration judge's factual findings, drawing its own conclusions about the facts and deciding they did not establish persecution. The Board directed that Dennis be removed to the Philippines.
Although Dennis had been awarded Withholding, the government continued to improperly detain him and wound up sending him to Pearsall Texas (a rural border town) when the San Pedro Detention Center was shut down. Dennis was now thousands of miles away from his attorneys and support system, where there was a dubious medical knowledge of HIV care. He languished at Pearsall while Manatt attorneys did everything they could to get him released. In addition, HIV+, gay and transgender detainees are routinely segregated and put in isolation. Dennis was alone and despondent. During months of isolation, he frequently called Seiling and Aronoff and repeatedly discussed giving up and being sent back to the Philippines.
Fortunately, when the BIA decision came down, Manatt stayed with the client and agreed to appeal to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. The briefing was handled by Seiling, McCallum and Shatz, along with former firm associates Rafa Gutierrez and Zoey Kohn. The briefing was completed in July 2009 and the case was finally argued by McCallum in February 2013.
The Ninth Circuit accepted Manatt's arguments in their entirety and issued a unanimous published opinion, reversing the Board's order of removal. The court held that the Board applied an incorrect standard of review to the immigration judge's factual findings and instead engaged in its own impermissible fact finding. The court noted that ordinarily it would remand to the Board for it to apply the correct standard of review, but because the facts so clearly established that Dennis was persecuted in the Philippines, the court held that he was eligible for removal of withholding.
Recipients of the Honorable Benjamin Aranda III Outstanding Public Service Awards for their contributions to LACBA's legal services projects - AIDS Legal Services, Domestic Violence, Immigration Legal Assistance and Center for Civic Mediation. From left to right: Bill Klein; Brian Condon; Rick Cohen on behalf of Buchalter Nemer; and Rebecca Weiker.
Brian K. Condon — ALSP Aranda Nomination 2012
Since Brian Condon first approached the ALSP Project Director in 2003 to volunteer, he has shown exceptional skill, compassion and tenacity on numerous complex matters filing complaints in both state and federal court, from San Francisco to Ventura, on behalf of low-income HIV+ people who had no other way to access justice.
Never shying away from what may be an unpopular issue, Brian has led teams of attorneys that together have provided a staggering 4,280 pro bono hours, on an array of complex litigation matters:
Successfully settled an ADA matter for a prisoner in San Quentin when the inmate had been denied access to a desirable work program because of his HIV+ status;
Quashed an unlawful eviction for a very ill client, and then turned around and filed a successful affirmative habitability lawsuit, personally waiting in line at the City's Housing Department to gather evidence against the landlord. When Brian found out the client had been arrested on a petty theft charge, he intervened to make sure the client received his life saving medication while in jail and volunteered to serve as a character witness when the client's matter was referred to the Mental Health court;
Litigated a complex Medi-Cal prescription coverage case over three years, against the State of California for a client diagnosed with AIDS wasting syndrome, a chronic and progressive loss of weight and muscle mass that is life-threatening if it is not treated. The client had been denied an expensive hormone treatment regardless of his doctor's prescription and the fact that it was the only effective treatment. Appealing the case to the 2nd District Court of Appeal, Brian received a favorable interpretation of the statute for Medi-Cal patients when the court held in a published opinion that the state must get input from medical providers before changing its drug criteria;
From 2010 to the present, Brian and Arnold & Porter have been litigating an HIV healthcare discrimination matter against an anesthesiologist who refused to treat an HIV+ woman, who had already been prepped for a hernia operation, when he found out she was HIV+. After 1,750 pro bono hours and an unsuccessful seven day jury trial in Ventura County, the case is now up on appeal.
Brian Condon is a litigator at Arnold & Porter with 20 years of experience in federal and state courts, private arbitration, and advocacy before local government agencies. He focuses on commercial and business litigation of all types, and has specific experience litigating arbitration issues, private equity transactions, Internet-related litigation, project development disputes, prejudgment remedies, and appeals. He is very active in community service and has served on the firm's pro bono committee for over 15 years, has held every office for the Los Angeles County Bar Association Foundation Board, has provided substantial pro bono environmental work for the Pacoima CARE Foundation and was the 2006 recipient of the California Lawyer "Angel Award" in recognition of his outstanding pro bono contributions.
Brian has extensive experience prosecuting and defending actions in both state and federal court. He has litigated and prevailed in cases involving a wide variety of issues, including investor and consumer fraud, intellectual property, entertainment, bankruptcy, real estate, labor and employment, government contracts, and civil rights.
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For Rochanda Greer, becoming a homeowner isn't just about owning something—it's about appreciating what she owns because she and her family helped build it. She has had her family's help all week—her son Commonde, and even a niece, nephew and cousins.
Rochanda lives with her three children in a congested area of Benton Harbor, Mich. She is looking forward to having a safe street for the children to play on and, perhaps just as importantly, for the chance to instill a certain set of values that only comes with ownership.
"Owning something and renting something, they're two different things," she says. "I want my kids to see that there are different values with that sense of ownership."
Rochanda is focused on keeping her family connected. Her new home will help her do this: She says that she and her children will choose a project related to their home each year to "keep the family growing." This year she will work on getting central air in the house, and then she hopes to think about landscaping. This will be her way of showing the children the kind of pride they can take in something that is theirs.
"I want my kids to know that anything is possible, that they can keep going after their dreams. Like me—I'm a single mom, and now I'm a homeowner!"


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The System Let Me Down: Ex-Air Chief Accused in VVIP Chopper Scandal
India | Nitin Gokhale | Friday October 10, 2014
A court in Italy on Thursday ruled that no kickbacks were paid in a deal for 12 helicopters for use by top Indian political leaders. It also found that there is no evidence to suggest former Indian Air Force chief SP Tyagi had accepted bribes to help...
VVIP Chopper Scam: A Businessman, Gautam Khaitan, Arrested by Enforcement Directorate
India | Edited by Mala Das (with inputs from Agencies) | Tuesday September 23, 2014
Businessman Gautam Khaitan has been arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with its probe into money laundering in the Rs 3650-crore defence deal to supply VVIP helicopters.
Italian Court Accepts Request for Monetary Measures: Finmeccannica
India | Press Trust of India | Monday September 1, 2014
Facing a Central Bureau of Investigation probe in India, defence firm Finmeccannica on Sunday claimed that an Italian court hearing the VVIP chopper scam has accepted its "request for monetary measures" in the case against its subsidiary company Agus...
Chopper Scam: Italian Firm Barred from Future Defence Contracts, But Will Continue Current Deals
India | Written by Sudhi Ranjan Sen | Tuesday August 26, 2014
India will continue to buy weapon systems and hardware from Italian defence equipment firm Finmeccannica, which, along with its subsidiaries, has been accused of paying huge kickbacks to clinch a Rs 3650-crore defence deal to supply VVIP helicopters.
AgustaWestland Chopper Scam: Senior CBI Officer Will Not Be Questioned
India | Written by Sunetra Choudhury | Tuesday July 15, 2014
The recent questioning of governors in the purchase of AgustaWestland helicopters has brought to notice the curious fact that CBI's number 2, special director AK Sinha was reportedly one of those who attended a key meeting in the Prime Minister's off...
VVIP chopper deal: Andhra Pradesh Governor ESL Narasimhan Examined by CBI
India | Devesh Kumar | Wednesday July 9, 2014
Andhra Pradesh governor and former Intelligence Bureau (IB) Director E S L Narasimhan was today examined by the Central Bureau of Investigation, or the CBI, as a witness in connection with the alleged misappropriation of funds in the purchase of a d...
Goa Governor BV Wanchoo Resigns After Being Questioned by CBI in AugustaWestland Chopper Deal
India | NDTV.com | Friday July 4, 2014
Goa Governor BV Wanchoo has resigned, hours after he was questioned by the Central Bureau of Investigation today as a witness in connection with alleged irregularities in the purchase of 12 helicopters meant for VVIP use from AgustaWestland, an Anglo...
Goa Governor, Questioned By the CBI in AugustaWestland Chopper Deal, May Resign
India | Edited by Devesh Kumar | Friday July 4, 2014
Goa Governor BV Wanchoo is being questioned as a witness by the Central Bureau of Investigation, or the CBI, in connection with the alleged financial irregularities in the purchase of 12 VVIP helicopters from AgustaWestland, an Anglo-Indian defence m...
Bengal Governor Questioned by CBI in VVIP Chopper Case
India | Edited by Prasad Sanyal (with inputs from Agencies) | Friday June 27, 2014
MK Narayanan, the Governor of Bengal, has been questioned today by the CBI, said sources, in connection with an alleged swindle centred on the sale of 12 helicopters by Agusta-Westland to India.
VVIP Chopper Scam: Italian Court Allows India to Partially Encash Agusta Bank Guarantees
India | Press Trust of India | Saturday May 24, 2014
Lifting a freeze partially, an Italian court has allowed India to encash bank guarantees worth about Rs 1,818 crore deposited by Agusta Westland in a bank there in the VVIP chopper deal which has been scrapped because of bribery allegations.
India to appeal against Italian court order in AgustaWestland chopper scam
India | Press Trust of India | Tuesday March 18, 2014
An Italian court has barred India from encashing bank guarantees worth over Rs 2,360 crore of AgustaWestland as part of the penalties imposed on it after scrapping of the Rs 3,600 crore VVIP chopper deal.
Italy judge rejects India bid to recover AgustaWestland guarantees
India | Reuters | Tuesday March 18, 2014
An Italian judge has rejected a request by India to recover more than 278 million euros in bank guarantees backing a scrapped helicopter deal with Finmeccanica, the Italian defence group said on Monday.
VVIP chopper scam: India has to recover bank guarantee of Rs 2134 crore
India | Press Trust of India | Sunday March 2, 2014
India has to recover bank guarantee worth Rs 2,134 crore deposited in Italian banks after scrapping AgustaWestland VVIP chopper deal in which allegations of corruption against then IAF Chief SP Tyagi and others are being probed by CBI.
No proof of Sonia Gandhi link in chopper deal, says Defence Minister
India | Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Wednesday February 5, 2014
Amid angry shouts alleging corruption within the government, Defence Minister AK Antony today said there was no proof of Congress president Sonia Gandhi's alleged link to the VVIP chopper scam, which involves the now-cancelled deal to buy 12 luxury h...
'Target' Sonia Gandhi, her advisers to bag VVIP chopper deal, middleman allegedly told AgustaWestland
India | Press Trust of India | Sunday February 2, 2014
An alleged middleman allegedly involved in the Rs. 3600-crore VVIP chopper deal had asked Anglo-Italian defence manufacturer AgustaWestland to "target" UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and her "closest advisers" to bag the 12-helicopter contract, a docum...
US firm offers VVIP choppers to India
India | Press Trust of India | Friday January 24, 2014
After India scrapped a contract for procuring VVIP choppers from AgustaWestland, American firm Textron today said it is ready to offer its unique V-22 Osprey helicopter to India for ferrying its dignitaries.
VVIP chopper scam: CBI seeks permission to quiz West Bengal, Goa governors, say sources
India | Nitin A Gokhale | Wednesday January 22, 2014
The Central Bureau of Investigation or CBI has reportedly asked the Law Ministry if it can question West Bengal Governor MK Narayanan and Goa Governor BV Wanchoo in its investigation into alleged kickbacks in the Rs 3600-crore VVIP helicopter deal.
VVIP chopper scam: India encashes bank guarantee of AgustaWestland
India | Press Trust of India | Tuesday January 14, 2014
India has encashed a guarantee of over Rs 250 crore deposited by AgustaWestland in a bank in Delhi even as it is preparing to file an appeal against an Italian court's stay on its move to encash another guarantee deposited in an Italian bank.
VVIP chopper scam: CBI to question 'middleman' Guido Haschke in Italy today
India | Edited by Surabhi Malik (With inputs from PTI) | Thursday January 9, 2014
A team of Defence Ministry and CBI officials will question alleged middleman Guido Haschke in Italy today in connection with the Rs 3600-crore VVIP chopper scam.
CBI books Brigadier in a case offshoot of VVIP chopper scam
India | Press Trust of India | Saturday January 4, 2014
In an off-shoot of VVIP helicopter deal scam, CBI today registered a case against a Brigadier working with Army Aviation for allegedly fudging trial flight records of the helicopters.


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The 2009 Lady Ducks Fashion Luncheon, held Monday at Honda Center, featured Teemu Selanne, Ryan Getzlaf, Jean-Sebastien Giguere, Scott Niedermayer, Rob Niedermayer, Chris Pronger, Bobby Ryan and George Parros, and four Lady Ducks, who modeled collections from Gary's in the fashion show.
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Are you mad about your science and handy with a camera? Making beautiful images that deserve a wider audience? So send them in to the inaugural BBSRC science photo competition.
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2007 was the year that saw California's wine industry pick up once again, after a troubling couple of years. Indeed, all across the state of California, fantastic harvests were reported as a result of fine weather conditions throughout the flowering and ripening periods, and Napa Valley and Santa Barbera wines were widely considered amongst the best in the world in 2007, with Pinot Noir and Cabernet Sauvignon grapes packing in all sorts of fine and desirable features in this year. South Africa, too, had a much-needed fantastic year for red wines, with Pinotage particularly displaying strong characteristics, alongside the country's other flagship red wine grape varietals. Over in Europe, France had another fine year, especially for white wines. Champagne wineries were very happy with their Chardonnay harvests, and the Loire Valley and Graves in Bordeaux are proclaiming 2007 to be a memorable year due to the quality of their white wine grapes. For French red wines, Provence had their best year for almost a decade, as did the Southern Rhone. However, 2007 was most favorable to Italy, who saw high yields of exceptional quality across almost all of their major wine producing regions. Tuscany is claiming to have produced its best Chianti and Brunello wines for several years in 2007, and Piedmont and Veneto had a wonderful year for red wines. For Italian white wines, 2007 was an extremely successful year for Alto Adige and Campania. Germany also had a very good 2007, with Riesling displaying extremely dry and crisp characteristics, as did Portugal, where Port wine from 2007 is said to be one to collect.
From the valleys of California and Chile to the rolling hillsides of the Bordeaux region of France, the one red wine grape varietal you will find in abundance is the Cabernet Sauvignon. This darkly colored grape has been cultivated since the mid 18th century, when it was borne from a cross of fine Cabernet Franc and Sauvignon Blanc varietals. Since then, it has spread around the world and has been received with pleasure by wineries looking for a varietal which delivers excellence of flavor and aroma, whilst being hardy enough to resist frost and rot and other such difficulties. Indeed, Cabernet Sauvignon is probably the most recognizable red wine grape varietal on earth, and is easily distinguished by its high tannin level and acidic nature, which is often so beautifully mellowed by being blended with Merlot and other such grapes.
For over two thousand years, Spain has been responsible for much of Europe's wine production, making the very best of native grape varietals, and more recently experimenting with and perfecting wines made from imported grapes. Of course, the region of La Rioja is renowned world-wide for the quality and characteristics of its wines, which benefit greatly from the warm, dry continental climate of the area, and the fertile soils of the Ebro river basin. However, there is far more to Spanish produce than the complex, aromatic and earthy red wine of this region, as a result of the vast range of wine making traditions and practices, and terrains and climatic conditions found across the country. The region Castilla y Leon produces some of Europe's finest white wines, and the sparkling wines of Cava and the sherries of Jerez are firm favorites for wine lovers around the world.


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Cash on Delivery Shopping Sites for Books
Online shopping for books is becoming very popular in India. The tremendous growth in online book shopping is due to the fact that online books shopping sites provides so much choice which normal books shops can not provide. Just think whether a book store can store millions and millions of book titles? Well its impossible but for online bookstores provides you with choice of book titles which ranges in millions. Also the online bookstores also provides EMI options, Cash on Delivery facility, great discounts, pre-ordering of books, etc.
The top online book shopping sites which provides cash on delivery facility are given below:
Flipkart.com was started in the year 2007 as an online book store. Today it has the biggest collection of books in India with over 11.5 million book title in various categories from thousands of writers.
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Bookadda.com is another big player in the online books shopping. It has over 10 million book titles from 22 lac authors. Another special feature of Bookadda.com is its Used Books Buy and Sell section where you can buy and sell old used books.
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Uread.com is another big online book shopping site with over 5 million books available for buying. Uread.com offers books from various different categories. Uread also offers cash on delivery facility subject to following terms and conditions:
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Indiatimes is another very big player in the online book shopping sites with over 10 million books on offer. Indiatimes Shopping is from Times of India group which is India's leading media group. Indiatimes Shopping also offers Cash on Delivery facility subject to following conditions:
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Indiaplaza is one of the oldest online shopping site in India. Indiaplaza has a quite good range of books on offer. It offers cash on delivery facility with following riders:
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