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Made with orange juice, this dense, warm polenta cake provides vitamin C. This version is made with yogurt instead of syrup, so it's lower in sugar and deliciously moist.
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Warning: This article contains a MAJOR spoiler for Once Upon a Time Season 2, Episode 16: "The Miller's Daughter," as well as other spoilers for future episodes.
Stop reading now if you don't want to be spoiled!
Once Upon a Time Season 2, Episode 16: "The Miller's Daughter" ended with a big twist: Cora (Barbara Hershey) died, thanks to Snow White (Ginnifer Goodwin) tricking Regina (Lana Parrilla) into putting her heart back in, after Snow had cursed the heart with the enchanted candle.
In the end, Rumplestiltskin (Robert Carlyle) was saved, but now it looks like Regina is ready to destroy her old rivals. And Snow clearly regretted her actions almost immediately. Will she be able to live with the guilt?
What did the cast think of this big episode, and what happens next? Wetpaint Entertainment caught up with the cast while they were at PaleyFest. This is what some of the key players had to say about tonight's game changer and what it means for the rest of the season.
Ginnifer Goodwin. Snow is one of the characters most central to Cora's death. So how will her actions this week impact her going forward? "Snow's actions certainly shake her self confidence and her self definition, her very identity and faith in herself," Ginnifer revealed. She also noted that things have "continued to be bumpy" for Snow and Charming.
Josh Dallas. Josh told us he hadn't seen the scripts for the final episodes, so he didn't know exactly what was going to happen by the end of the season. But he did tease, "I know it will be exciting, and pushing the envelope like in the first season," adding, "I think it's getting very
interesting with this family dynamic."
Lana Parrilla. "There is a lot that is kept from Regina. I think Regina is starting to see her mother's history, and was really surprised by it. There is so much there that she just never knew," Lana told us. "Even though she has a lot of questions, I don't think she will ever get the answers to those questions."
If you think you know what happens next, you should think again. OUAT writer Jane Espenson mentioned in a recent interview that there are some surprises coming up that she hasn't seen anyone guess yet. Hmmm ... Better get speculating!
Reporting by Nicholas White.
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The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga women's tennis team closed out its regular season home schedule with a 7-0 shutout against Lee today. The Mocs only dropped 10 games in nine wins at the UTC Tennis Courts.
Chattanooga improves to 17-3 overall with today's non-conference victory. Juniors Kaylene Chadwell and Jovana Pecovski opened with an 8-0 win over Jodie Rice and Krista Good at No. 2. Sophomore Alison Storie and freshman Rachele Gazzola clinched the team point with an 8-1 win against Kelsey Lovingood and Annie Sandberg at No. 3.
Senior Alexa Flynn put the Mocs up 2-0 with a (6-0, 6-0) shutout over Maclain Yowarsky at No. 2. Sophomore Kayla Jones followed that with a win at No. 1 and junior Claire Mulyadi secured the team outcome with her victory at No. 3. Storie, Gazzola and Pecovski also had singles wins in today's match.
The Mocs head to Samford on Saturday for the final regular season match of the season. Both Chattanooga and the Bulldogs are both 7-1 in Southern Conference play and the winner will finish no worse than second in the SoCon race. Furman is currently in first place with an 8-0 mark and one match left to play.
UTC hosts the SoCon Tournament next week at the Champions Club in Chattanooga. Action tackes place April 16-19.
Chattanooga 7, Lee 0
Doubles competition
1. Kelsey Coots/Katie Polk (UTC) def. Tonya McGraner/Maclain Yowarsky (LEE) 8-3
2. Kaylene Chadwell/Jovana Pecovski (UTC) def. Jodie Rice/Krista Good (LEE) 8-0
3. Alison Storie/Rachele Gazzola (UTC) def. Kelsey Lovingood/Annie Sandberg (LEE) 8-1
Singles competition
1. Kayla Jones (UTC) def. Tonya McGraner (LEE) 6-0, 6-1
2. Alexa Flynn (UTC) def. Maclain Yowarsky (LEE) 6-0, 6-0
3. Claire Mulyadi (UTC) def. Annie Sandberg (LEE) 6-1, 6-0
4. Alison Storie (UTC) def. Jodie Rice (LEE) 6-2, 6-0
5. Rachele Gazzola (UTC) def. Krista Good (LEE) 6-0, 6-1
6. Jovana Pecovski (UTC) def. Morgan Friedlander (LEE) 6-0, 6-1
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Lee 4-13, 2-7 GSC
Chattanooga 17-3, 7-1 SoCon
Order of finish: Doubles (2,3,1); Singles (2,1,3,4,5,6)


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|4: Housing Your Collections
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Light levels in storage areas should be low. Light accelerates deterioration of historical materials. It weakens paper fibers and makes them brittle. It can cause the paper or ink to bleach, yellow, fade, or darken. Any exposure to light, even for a brief time, is damaging, and the damage is cumulative and irreversible. Ultraviolet (UV) light is particularly damaging and should be avoided whenever possible.
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There are specific devices that can be used to monitor light levels. Light meters measure visible light levels; and UV meters measure ultraviolet light levels – UV is particularly damaging to collections.
Basic light meters can be purchased for just over $100. UV meters are significantly more expensive, costing over $1000. Some meters measure both visible light and UV; these are, of course, more expensive.
Because light meters, particularly for UV levels, are expensive, your best choice is to take some precautions to keep light levels at a minimum. Since damage caused by light is a result of both the intensity and duration of exposure, your goal is to reduce both whenever possible.
Visible light levels are measured in lux (lumens per square meter) or footcandles. One footcandle equals about 11 lux. Ideally, visible light levels should be maintained at 55 lux (5 footcandles).
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A Lawrenceburg mother and daughter were among three people charged last Wednesday afternoon with possession of methamphetamine, according to court documents.
Dusty L. Dizney, 42, and her daughter, Lauren Dizney, 19, of 419 East Court St. were each charged with first-degree possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia.
The third person, Anthony D. Simpson, 27, of 1241 Dennis Road, was charged with trafficking in a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia.
Anderson County Judge-Executive Orbrey Gritton confirmed last week that he will no longer perform marriages following the Supreme Court decision that legalized same-sex weddings in all 50 states.
Gritton, who is not statutorily required to perform marriages, said he has performed them since taking office in January but the ruling prompted him to stop.
War is often more about destruction than creation, but sometimes war can forge together something that lasts for decades — friendship among soldiers.
Local Vietnam War veteran Terry Covington knows all too well the power of friendships, and said he has been fortunate enough to still be able to count on a few men he calls friends.
Covington was surprised over the Independence Day week when four of the men he served with in the Vietnam War decided to visit him at his Lawrenceburg home.
A passion for fashion and all things Kentucky led University of Kentucky marketing major Angel Yamraj into opening Bourbon Barrel Boutique in downtown Lawrenceburg.
"I always wanted to work in clothing," said Yamraj. "So when I was driving downtown one day and saw the building was for rent, I just thought I should go for it."
The 27-year-old said she felt Lawrenceburg has long lacked a place where you can find designer clothing and Kentucky-centric gifts.
A Lawrenceburg man was arrested last Thursday for an alleged scheme that saw his business provide just over $115,000 in illicit kickbacks to a school official in Warsaw, Indiana, including a Harley-Davidson motorcycle, according to court documents and media reports.
Brian Stowers, 54, of 1381 Birdie Road, waived extradition during his arraignment Monday morning in Anderson District Court, where he was also arraigned on a charge of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
Column as I see 'em …
Did you know Lawrenceburg used to have two newspapers?
Neither did I until I stumbled across the digital archive of a publication that existed around the turn of the last century oddly titled "It."
And let me tell you, "It" was a veritable hoot not only for it's name but for some of the content "It" included.
I am convinced that there is no worse feeling than when your local gas station clerk looks at you with pity and informs you that your card was declined because you only have $2 left in your bank account.
I stood there dumbfounded, mentally calculating all my recent purchases. There was no way I could have spent that much money in two days.
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Rick Majerus, Saint Louis University Billikens Basketball Coach, Dead at Age 64
Saint Louis University basketball coach Rick Majerus, who led the Billikens to a 95-69 record over five seasons, died today of heart failure in Los Angeles. He was 64.
Keegan Hamilton SLU Billikens basketball coach Rick Majerus was a mentor to forward Brian Conklin, who graduated earlier this year
Majerus had stepped down as head coach in late August, citing health problems.
Back in 2007, when Majerus was still new in town, Riverfront Times staff writer Keegan Hamilton profiled the larger-than-life coach, who even then was making an indelible mark on the team and the town.
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It will probably be the same as last year, which for the past few years it hasn't really been all that great, to much of the same thing never ending horses and four wheelers, none is anything special. Well the horses are they are beautiful creatures. However people should try to decorate their four wheelers up, I don't know maybe push county should have a vote on the best "decorated" four wheeler! If you have seen one four wheeler you have seen them all there. I go just so my kids can enjoy the fire trucks and ambulance and police cars, some of the horses. We like the floats, and we also like the old model cars. That is why we go there....


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February 23 - Keynote titled OSGi in the Enterprise: Agility, Modularity, and Architecture's Paradox
March 22 - 25 - Tutorial on Modular Architecture
June 14 - 17 - Sessions titled Turtles and Architecture and Patterns of Modular Architecture
July 26 - 30 - Two sessions on rich mobile applications and one on agile development. Half day tutorial on software process improvement.
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The #osgi alliance response (http://t.co/KrN8XNWg) to the @mreinhold #jigsaw announcement (http://t.co/9YvcDdqC). 2012-08-29
Good Q&A with @mreinhold on project #jigsaw. http://t.co/9YvcDdqC. Modularity will change the way we design and run apps! 2012-08-28
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Yesterday's conclusion of Programming with the Stars at Agile 2009 was an awesome event. A huge thank you to Jeff Nielsen and Joshua Kerievsky for coordinating the event and pulling together the great list of judges and contestants. A huge thank you to the judges and contestants, as well. All made quite a commitment to the event. The final day of competition was the free style day, which meant the contestants could choose their exercise, and were given six minutes to strut their stuff.
The first pair of James Grenning and Kenrick Chien opted for a learning day. They provided a great overview of how a pair might learn from each other through some simple exercises. On numerous occasions, they jumped at the opportunity to suck up to the judges. The highlight came when Grenning, who works on a Mac, chose to jump into a virtual machine running Windows in an attempt to come under the good graces of Judge Newkirk who works at Microsoft, by stating:
Finally an opportunity to work in a Microsoft environment
Judge Marick, however, noted the importance of this playful attempt to suck up when he commented on the important role that VMs will have on the development environments and how developers will leverage them in developing software going forward.
Next up was Gerard Meszaros and Ola Ellnestam, who put on an excellent display of pairing. In the final judging session, Judge Marick jokingly expressed his concern over the obvious corrupt nature of the judges. The final judge voting gave the Meszaros pair a slight lead over Grenning and Chien. But the competition wasn't complete.
To conclude, the audience got a vote, and while the votes were being tallied, a bonus round commenced. Each pair was required to disable their mouse and using only keystrokes, create a program that printed "Hello Programming with the Stars" to the console. While it appeared Grenning and Chien finished their coding exercise first, it took them a bit longer to execute the program. Possibly because C was their language of choice? Maybe, maybe not. Judge Marick noted that while the two contestants were completing the bonus round, he and Judge Newkirk tried the same exercise using Ruby, but that it took them longer than either of the two groups of contestants. He explained this pretty clearly by joking,
It's clear that we've now proven what statically typed language advocates have been arguing in favor of for quite some time. Java and C are much better languages for mission critical applications.
In the end, it was a great week for Programming with the Stars, which was ultimately won by the Meszaros and Ellnestam pair. Here's hoping that Agile 2010 serves as host to this fun competition!
For additional Agile 2009 coverage, see Stars and Craftsmanship and Agile 2009 - Day 3.
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After a great first day, day three at Agile 2009 is a wrap. I have some general observations about the conference, but I'll save those until next week to offer an overall recap. I missed out on most of Day 2 due to a pretty full meeting schedule. I was hoping Day 3 for me would begin with listening to Neal talk about Emergent Design and Evolutionary Architecture, but unfortunately I wasn't able to make that session. I'll have to track him down.
I started the day attending the third session of Programming with the Stars. Jeff and Joshua kickstarted today's competition with a song that was written by Joshua titled, "50 Ways to Leave your Debugger", which was a variation of Paul Simon's song. Yes, they sang it. No, it wasn't pretty. Sorry guys.
There were only three of the original six teams remaining, and each team was provided six minutes to complete their agile development task today (as compared to the three and a half minutes on day 1). It was pretty obvious that the pairs were starting to figure out the Stars competition, as they put on a much more polished performance today. For those who care about completely irrelevant statistics, there were 2 Macs and what appeared to be a Dell netbook left in the competition.
The programming topic today was story test driven development. For those not familiar with story TDD, it's essentially starting off development with high level customer or acceptance tests instead of low level unit tests. Gerard and Ola put on a great performance and were the clear winners of the day, meaning they were granted immunity from getting cut. That brought it down to James and Kenrick versus J.B. and Llewellyn, and the initial crowd vote was close enough to require two separate recounts. Eventually James and Kenrick won out, pitting them against Gerard and Ola for the final day of competition. Some highlights of the competition include:
J.B.'s comment on their inability to finish the exercise in stating, "If we'd have done it in Ruby like we wanted, we would've gotten done."
James great explanation of the home automation story he and Kenrick would be coding, along with very clear descriptions of exactly what they were doing at all times.
Gerard simulating a completely random experience when drawing their story from a stack of cards. Only later was it revealed that each card contained the same story.
The final day of competition promises to be an exciting event. Later this afternoon, I took in a session titled "Scrum and CMMI: From Good to Great - Are You Ready-Ready to be Done-Done." I was expecting a bit more information on the relationship between Scrum and CMMI, but this session didn't follow the title all that closely. The session thesis was pretty simple, though the numbers hard to believe, and the concept not crystal clear. By institutionalizing Scrum across all project teams, two teams within an organization were able to quadruple their productivity, and I discovered the intent of this session was to explain what they did to achieve such dramatic gains. That's cooler than CMMI anyway, right?
Jeff Sutherland wasn't listed as a speaker, but there were times when he hi-jacked the discussion and made some "salesy" claims about Scrum increasing productivity and decreasing time-to-market without offering a lot of insight as to how. From what I gathered though, they did this through two very simple concepts - by ensuring they were Ready to start a Sprint and were able to declare themselves Done after a Sprint. I never got a good sense of the attributes surrounding Ready, except that the team took great care in preparing the product backlog. Done was pretty easy to understand - basically all tests must pass. There were some very useful tidbits of information, which include the following:
Along with a few great hallway conversations, a good third day of the conference. Looking forward to tomorrow.
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The first day of Agile 2009 is in the books. While it's great that the conference is packed with amazing sessions, it also means that it's not possible to take it all in. Today's highlights for myself included Programming with the Stars and the Software Craftsmanship tutorial led by UncleBob.
The Stars contestants did a great job and it was interesting to see the pairs work through some simple problems in such a short timeframe. It's amazing what they were able to accomplish in only three and a half minutes. Languages represented in the contest included Java, Groovy and C. It'll be a lot of fun to watch this play out through the remainder of the week.
Immediately after Stars, it was time to talk about the craft of software development. UncleBob is always an entertaining speaker who brings a lot of energy and passion to the stage. He began by highlighting his three laws of agile development (while also citing the sources from which he culled these nuggets of wisdom, which I have omitted here).
He then went on to talk about general best practices, including some pretty thought-provoking comments. He spoke of incremental improvement, never being blocked, avoiding big redesigns, going fast demands going well, and the importance of clean code. The discussion certainly resonated with me, and the irony in which he presented the material kept the atmosphere light. Two of his quotes caught my attention.
When talking about the importance of TDD versus fancy architecture and design documents, he stated:
If you have a great design, you'll still be afraid to change the code. If you have a suite of tests, you won't.
This isn't to imply that design isn't valuable, but that our emphasis on spending a lot of time designing the system might be a big misguided. Instead, the real measure of progress is working code and a rich suite of tests means we have the courage to ensure that code remains clean. Then, when talking about testing, he stated:
Manual tests are like me handing you the source code without a computer and telling you to execute it.
He acknowledged that some manual tests are important, but that most manual testing should be exploratory. Acceptance tests, unit tests, and many other forms of tests can, and definitely should, be automated. All in all, a great kickoff day for what stands to be a great week.
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There are lots of benefits to modularity, some of which I discussed when introducing modularity patterns. But here's a simple example, which serves as a prelude to some upcoming posts explaining a few of the patterns.
In the diagram at right (click to enlarge), the top left quadrant shows a sample system with a relatively complex class structure. When change occurs within a single class, shown in red in the bottom left quadrant, understanding the impact of change is difficult. It appears possible that it can propagate to any class dependent on the class highlighted in red. Assessing the impact of change requires that we analyze the complete class structure. The ripple effect appears significant, and change instills fear.
But if the system is modular with classes allocated to these modules, as shown in the bottom right quadrant, then understanding the impact of change can be isolated to a discrete set of modules. And this makes it much easier to identify which modules contain classes that might also change, as shown in the top right quadrant. Change is isolated to classes within modules that are dependent on the module containing the class that is changing.
This is a simple example, but it serves as evidence of the need for modular architecture, and illustrates one reason why modularity is so important. Modularity makes understanding the system easier. It makes maintaining the system easier. And it makes reusing system modules much more likely. As systems grow in size and complexity, it's imperative that we design more modular software. That means we need a module system for the Java platform. It means that module system shouldn't be shielded from enterprise developers. And it means we need to understand the patterns that are going to provide the guidance necessary in helping us design more modular software.
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This fall, I'll be speaking at a few conferences on agile architecture. Interestingly, a lot of the ideas expressed in these talks are not new to me. I gave a session titled From Code to Architecture at the now defunct SD Expo back in 2006 (give or take a year). Later that year, I gave a talk on Agile Architecture at SD Best Practices. Now, however, the technology is starting to catch up to the concepts I discuss in the presentations, making them easier to apply. The conferences I'm attending and the sessions I'm leading are listed below:
Session details vary slightly, but the general theme is consistent. To get a feel for the theme, take a look at a few of the blog entries where I've expressed my ideas surrounding agile architecture. If you happen to be attending any of these conferences, please feel free to seek me out. I'm always interested in a conversation on the topic. The blog entries are listed below.
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In The Two Faces of Modularity & OSGi, I talked about the OSGi runtime and development models. The development model has two facets - a programming model and design paradigm - that impact how organizations will use OSGi to build more modular applications.
In Reuse: Is the Dream Dead, I talked about the failed promise of reuse. In stating that maximizing reuse minimizes use, I examined significant impediments to reuse and use - component dependencies and context dependencies.
Here, I talk about the benefits of modularity, focusing exclusively on the OSGi design paradigm. I review modularity's relationship to reuse and touch on how modularity helps ease maintenance and improve extensibility. To wrap up, I present some modularity patterns that help balance module weight and granularity and make modules more reusable and useable, while also making the system easier to understand, maintain, and extend.
Almost all principles and patterns that aid in software design and architecture address logical design. Identifying the methods of a class, relationships between classes, and a system package structure are all examples of logical design. Since most principles and patterns emphasize logical design, it's no surprise that the majority of developers spend their time dealing ony with logical design issues. Other examples of logical design include deciding if a class should be a Singleton, determining if an operation should be abstract, or deciding if you should inherit from a class versus contain it. Developers live in the code, and are constantly dealing with logical design issues.
Making good use of object oriented design principles and patterns is important. Accommodating the complex behaviors required by most business applications is a challenging task, and failing to create a flexible class structure can have a negative impact on future growth and extensibility. But logical design is just one piece of the software design and architecture puzzle. The other piece of the puzzle is physical design. Physical design represents the deployable units composing a software system. Physical design is equally important as logical design, and physical design is all about modularity.
Almost all discussions on modularity mention reuse as a prime advantage. But there are other advantages, of course. There is a reduction in complexity that helps ease the maintenance effort. Cohesive modules encapsulate behavior and expose it only through well-defined interfaces. Because modules are cohesive, change is isolated to the implementation details of a module. Because behavior is exposed through interfaces, new modules containing alternative implementations can be developed without modifying existing modules. There are other benefits to modularity that extend beyond design to runtime, too. But from the design perspective, modularity helps increase reuse, ease maintenance, and increase extensibility.
Time for an example. Assume we define an interface to decouple client classes from all classes implementing the interface. In doing this, it's easy to create new implementations of the interface without impacting other areas of the system. The principle surrounding this idea is the Open Closed Principle - systems should be open for extension but closed to modification. Logical design makes extending the system easier, but it's also only half of the equation. The other half is how we choose to modularize the system.
Let's assume the interface we've created has three different implementations, and that each of the implementation classes have underlying dependencies on other classes. We're faced with a contentious issue. On one hand, grouping all the classes into a single module guarantees that change is isolated to only that module (ie. easier to use and maintain). If anything changes, we'll only have one module to worry about. Yet, this decision results in a coarse-grained and heavyweight module (ie. harder to reuse), and a desire to reuse a subset of that module's behavior leaves us with one of two choices. Duplicate code or refactor the module into multiple lighterweight and finer-grained modules. In general, logical design impacts extensibility, while physical design impacts reusability and useability. Well…this is only partially true.
As we refactor a coarse-grained and heavyweight module to something finer-grained and lighter weight, we're faced with a set of tradeoffs. In addition to increased reusability, our understanding of the system architecture increases! We have the ability to visualize subsytems and identify the impact of change at a higher level of abstraction beyond just classes. In the example, grouping all classes into a single module may isolate change to only a single module, but understanding the impact of change is more difficult. With modules, we not only can assess the impact of change among classes, but modules, as well.
Unfortunately, if modules become too lightweight and fine-grained we're faced with the dilemma of an explosion in module and context dependencies. Modules depend on other modules and require extensive configuration to deal with context dependencies! Overall, as the number of dependencies increase, modules become more complex and difficult to use, leading us to the corollary we presented in Reuse: Is the Dream Dead:
Maximizing reuse complicates use.
Creating lighter weight and finer-grained modules increases reuse but also increases module and context dependencies, while creating fatter modules decreases dependencies but also decreases reuse. Modules that are too lightweight provide minimal value and may require other modules to be useful. Modules that are too heavyweight are difficult to reuse because they do more than what the client needs. Of course, there are other challenges beyond reuse.
Coarse-grained and heavyweight modules may do a good job of encapsulating change to a single module, but understanding the impact of change is more difficult. Conversely, fine-grained and lightweight modules make it easier to understand the impact of change, but even a small change can ripple across many modules. How do we deal with this problem, especially for large software systems where these challenges are even more pronounced?
Large software systems are inherently more complex to develop and maintain than smaller systems. In addition to increasing reuse, breaking a large system into modules, makes the system easier to understand. By understanding the behaviors contained within a module, and the dependencies that exist between modules, it's easier to identify and assess the ramification of change.
For instance, software modules with few incoming dependencies are easier to change than software modules with many incoming dependencies. Likewise, software modules with few outgoing dependencies are much easier to reuse than software modules with many outgoing dependencies. This tension surrounding module weight and granularity is an important factor to consider when designing software modules.
Today, frameworks like OSGi aid in designing modular software systems. While these frameworks can enforce runtime modularity, they cannot guarantee that we've modularized the system correctly. Correct modularization of any software system is contextual and temporal. It depends on the project, and the natural shifts that occur throughout the project impact moduarlity. I examine our willingness to embrace this idea when discussing Agile Architecture.
Modularity patterns provide guidance and wisdom in helping design modular software. They explain ways that we can minimize dependencies while maximizing reuse potential. They help balance module weight and granularity to make a system easier to understand, maintain, and extend. For those who have attempted to design modular software, it's common for modularity to drive the logical design decisions, which I briefly explained when discussing the SOLID design principles.
Below are a list of modularity patterns that I've used on past projects. These patterns also build atop proven object-oriented design concepts. Right now, the list only includes the pattern descriptions, and provides no detailed explanation. Hopefully, you can infer from the name and brief description the general intent of the pattern. Some may be intuitively obvious, while others less so. In the meantime, I welcome your feedback, your questions, and your criticisms, as I work to provide more detail going forward.
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National Financial Literacy Month is recognized in the United States in April in an effort to highlight the importance of financial literacy and teach Americans how to establish and maintain healthy financial habits. Texas National Bank recognizes the importance of financial literacy in the community and seeks to actively create a more secure financial future for the citizens of Nolan County.
The Pioneer City-County Museum will present a lecture by Dr. Shelley Wachsmann, Professor of Anthropology at Texas A&M University.
In 1986, Dr. Wachsmann, working as nautical archaeologist for Israel, was called to the kibbutz Ginosar and the Sea of Galilee to take a look at a "possibly ancient" boat. The first ancient ship to be recovered from the Sea of Galilee, the boat is the type described in the Gospel as used by Jesus' disciples.
The Sweetwater Police Department (SPD) received 43 calls for service, issued four citations and made one arrest on April 4, 2013.
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Aglow International Sweetwater Community Lighthouse invites the public to join them on Tuesday at the Holiday Inn Express for their first youth night.┬Ā Ministering will be the Aglow youth. Praise and worship will be led by Dallas McFaul. Everyone is invited to come and bring a friend. For more information, call 766-2245 or 338-8924.
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Demolition of the McDonaldŌĆÖs restaurant in Sweetwater began this week with the large playland toy coming down.
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TSTC West Texas will be offering a new specialty certificate this fall, Downhole Tool Technician, pending approval from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. Downhole Tool Technicians are in-demand locally due to the recent Cline Shale activity, as well as across Texas as shale operations continues to increase. According to a recent article in Forbes magazine, Texas today produces roughly 30% of the US natural gas and roughly 30% of US oil production. With the Cline Shale booming in West Texas, industry has expressed the need for qualified, trained technicians.
Dealing with loss can be difficult for anyone, but children can find it especially challenging. Hendrick Hospice CareŌĆÖs Camp Courage offers a place of healing and hope for area children suffering a loss of a loved one through death, divorce or other painful transition. Registration is now open for the camp scheduled for Saturday, June 1 through Tuesday, June 4. The camp is offered for third through 12th graders and is held in Lueders.
The Sweetwater Police Department (SPD) received 38 calls for service, issued no citations and made two arrests on April 3, 2013.
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Organizing your environment has a very significant impact on how you experience and live your moments.
Indeed, de-cluttering and organizing are surefire ways to boost your time management efforts and reduce your stress.
So, streamlining your work practices and organizing (more…)
Posted on May 14, 2015 by Paula Eder, under Time Choices, Transitions and Time.
Transitions are constants in our lives, and perhaps especially so for those of us in midlife and beyond.
Change is happening in every moment. Think of the movement of our planet as the base. Right now, wherever you live, you are experiencing a transition from one part of the day (or night) to (more…)
Posted on September 29, 2014 by Paula Eder, under Time Choices, Time Priorities.
Our schedules are, all too often, our masters rather than our servants. And when that's the case, our schedules aren't truly ours.
What that means in practice is that they aren't going to work very well for us. Okay, so, what does work well, then?
When it comes to our schedules, the emphasis needs to be on self-reference. That's true for lots (more…)
Posted on September 22, 2014 by Paula Eder, under Time and Energy, Time Choices.
Proactive Time Choices offer a clear answer to lots of difficult time challenges and nagging time questions. They are also a surefire path to empowerment and enhanced energy. But it can be very easy to fall into reactivity when it comes to time.
How about you?
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Posted on June 16, 2014 by Paula Eder, under Time and Technology.
A To Do List is a key tool for keeping your tasks organized and your top priorities at the forefront of your consciousness.
In the past, we've written here about ways to make your to do lists more useful (so that you really do what's on your list) and more user friendly. (more…)
Posted on May 26, 2014 by Paula Eder, under Time and Technology, Transitions and Time.
Everplans is a service that offers tools for planning what to do and where to keep important information that your loved ones will need access to after you have died.
Memorial Day certainly brings to mind, very poignantly, the necessity for such planning. (more…)
Posted on April 15, 2014 by Paula Eder, under Time Priorities, Transitions and Time.
Priorities can be difficult to sort out sometimes – especially in all the clamor of everyday life.
Have you noticed that?
And sometimes it feels like that is compounded by aging. (more…)
Posted on April 8, 2014 by Paula Eder, under Time Priorities.
Reflection time is one of the most important gifts you can give yourself.
But it can be a challenge for busy people to find time for reflection. That's because, on the face of it, this doesn't feel or look like productive time. (more…)
Posted on March 24, 2014 by Paula Eder, under Time and Technology, Time Priorities.
Productivity is on many people's minds when Monday rolls around. How do you enter the new week?
Do you set aside time to review your plans and to-do lists? Do you move ahead planfully to maximize your productivity – or do you jump right in and sort things out later? (more…)
Posted on March 11, 2014 by Paula Eder, under Time and Energy.
Reducing stress in your home is one surefire way to find more energy and time in your life.
That's because stress is a huge drain on your mind, body and spirit. It depletes your energy and has a profound effect on how you relate to your time. And so it makes sense that reducing stress – in (more…)
Posted on January 17, 2014 by Paula Eder, under Time Management Skills.
Time management is the art of finding time in your singular and precious life for the things that are most important to you.
It requires planning and discipline; and the rewards of following through on your time management plan are palpable and powerful! (more…)
Posted on December 5, 2013 by Paula Eder, under Self-Care Time.
Self-care is a fundamental key to our health, success and enjoyment of life.
Yet, when our days get busy, self-care is often the thing that we set aside. This can be especially true for many women, as we are socialized to place self-care rather low in our hierarchy of priorities. (more…)
Posted on October 22, 2013 by Paula Eder, under Time Choices, Time Transformation.
Your daily choices are the building blocks of your moments. And your moments are the strands that make up the weave of your life.
Each one, in and of itself, may seem so small as to feel insignificant. But daily choices build, one upon another, and both reflect and create who (more…)
Posted on October 18, 2013 by Paula Eder, under Time Choices.
Values conflicts are like quicksand sometimes. They throw your best-laid plans out of whack and keep you spinning your tires. Yet they aren't always obvious or easy to spot.
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Jonte Thomas, 3, watched with round eyes Wednesday afternoon as his grandmother Gaynelle Russell had her blood pressure checked by Marita Marquardt, an R.N. with Parkview Community Nursing.
But the room was so crowded with visitors that the trio ended up going to a quiet room to do another reading. Russell was one of 1,000 people at the Neighborhood Health Clinics and Parkview Health's open house, 3350 E. Paulding Road.
The new facility has been catering to an area underserved by health care providers through the Parkview Neighborhood Health Center and the Neighborhood Health Clinics since the beginning of March, said Mary Haupert, NHC president and CEO.
Haupert said Wednesday that so far the number of patients they have seen there has been slowly growing but they are hoping the open house will increase those numbers. The clinic occupies roughly 6,200 feet of a newly constructed building.
Haupert said the clinic is now open three days a week with a nurse practitioner, but starting July 23 they will have two part-time doctors there and will be open five days a week. A WIC nutrition site will open in October, with a dental clinic to follow in early January.
The Parkview Center for Healthy Living is up and running. The center occupies roughly 1,300 square feet of the building. Parkview owns the building and leases space to NHC. Parkview also donated about $200,000 in equipment and furnishings to the clinic.
Haupert said a grant from the Federal Government in November for helping people living in underserved areas helped make the partnership happen. She said they only had a very short period of time to use the money, but Parkview came through for them by getting the building built during a record-breaking brutally cold winter. The property that the building is on was purchased from the church next door.
"It's the perfect location," Haupert said.
Wednesday afternoon Parkview chefs were in a large tent in the parking lot stocking a buffet line with food for the open house guests. Inside visitors toured the clinic and then stepped next door to a health fair on the Parkview side. Stations set up around the space provided basic health tests including blood pressure and bone density checks while in another area visitors were getting chair massages.
Services provided at the Parkview Center for Healthy Living will include education on safe sleep, diabetes, asthma, nutrition and CPR. Smoking cessation, exercise samplers and cooking demos will also be provided at this office, Parkview officials said.


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Italian Beefs in DFW Area
Please suggest any place for a chicago style italian beef in the area. I have tried quite a few but none lives up to the ones up north. Thanks
re: Epicurious Esquire
It is heaven in a Gonnella roll. Here are some pictures:
Dipped or not, sweet or hot (peppers) or both. Delicious and highly addictive.
re: Jayzee
Fantastic pictures on what Chicago offers. That's ALL the stuff I could eat on a weekly basis and never get tired of it.
re: wwd_mbtch
Two places that I know of... Chicago's Finest Pizza in Plano at Spring Creek and Independence, they even use Gonnella Bread!!! Also, Rosati's in Mckinney. They both are as close as you will get to Chicago Italian Beefs. Chicago's Finest even orders Giardinara from a Chicago distributor.
re: Chicago Native
Haven't tried theirs, can't get past getting pizza when I make the trek. Thanks, the best I have found is a place in Flower Mound called Wo-Max Chicago style pizza.
re: soulslinger
I'll second Jimmy's!
re: Perramount
Jimmy's also sells the natural casing Vienna Beef Hot Dogs, the poppy seed buns, and the neon green relish.
re: soulslinger
I'm not sure if it's like the chicago ones, but this is a very tasty sandwich, although I've had mixed success with their bread.
Lot's of places to get it but so far everyone buys the Vienna Itallian beef and sells it.. Wild About Harry's is a fun place in Dallas, Sweet Home Chicago south of Fort Worth, Womax in Flowermound, Weinberger's Delicatessen in Grapevine to name a few. I suggest you order online from Chicago or find a good recipe to make your own.
Both of these look good as I used to make it myself. Couple of tips.
1. Some places like Novi's or Johnny's chilled the sauce then removed the fat but places like Carm's did not
2. Some add alot of oregeno like Bono beef but many add just a little or skip this seasoning.
Weinberger Delicatessen
601 S. Main Street Ste 100
Grapevine, TX
When you walk in, the aromas are wonderfully overwhelming. A friend (from Chicago) swears this is the closest thing to authentic Chicago that she has found since moving here.
I have had a few of their deli sandwiches, which I think are light on the amount of meat, but tasty none the less. The Chicago favorite of Italian beef, dipped in au jus, served on Gonella bread and topped with the acclaimed Giardinerra pepper relish was a very generous portion of lean beef, shaved paper thin. However, save for the relish, there was very little flavor. Salt please! The bread itself was the size of a small loaf of Mrs. Bairds. Too much for me, plus it was too wet with the jus, but the end product looks like what's in the picture on the link from Jayzee above and that is how it's made in Chicago - or so claims the proprietor and so says my friend.
Varied deli sandwich selection with meats including hot dogs (I believe them to be the Vienna brand), Polish sausage, Italian sausage and beef, salami, liverwurst, pastrami, brats and other less adventuresome meats. Salads - green and whites, including German potato and something called cuke and onion are on the menu as are matzo ball soup and Chile.
For those from Chicago, the sandwiches are made "hot, sweet, wet, dry, cheesy and red". The owner also claims he can tell what part of Chicago you're from by how you order your sandwich.
re: CocoaNut
I grew up in suburban Chicago....thus grew up on Italian beef sandwiches. There is a fine line in dipping the bread so it doesn't fall apart but still has a lot of juice. Growing up there was just a choice of either sweet or hot peppers. The sweet peppers were green bell peppers cooked in garlic & olive oil. Never attempted making the hot giardiniera but I remember the owner of the little place on the corner (Alberto's) using gloves like you'd use for mixing chemicals when he made it :)
I have a one gallon jar of giardiniera in my refrigerator....I'm addicted to the stuff, even make tuna fish salad with it!


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Booth, Newton
Born: Dec 30, 1825 AD
Died: 1892 AD, at 66 years of age.
1825 - Born in Salem, Indiana, on the 30th of December, to Beebe and Hannah Booth. A lawyer who came to California and enjoyed success as a wholesale grocer prior to his election as State Senator.
1841 - His parents with him moved from Salem to Terre Haute, Indiana.
- Graduated from Asbury University, later renamed DePauw University, in nearby Greencastle, Indiana.
1850 - Studied law in Terre Haute and was admitted to the bar.
- He moved to California, where he temporarily engaged in the wholesale grocery business at Sacramento.
1857 - Returned to Terre Haute and engaged in the practice of law.
1860 - He returned to Sacramento, and again engaged in mercantile pursuits.
1862-1863 - Elected to the California State Senate.
1871 - Served as the 11th Governor of California.
1873 - Booth helped to organize a new political party, the "Dolly Vardens", and with their support he was elected to the U.S. Senate.
1875-1881 - Resigned and was elected to the United States Senate.
- Served as chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Manufacturers and the U.S. Senate Committee on Patents.
1892 - Died of cancer of the tongue in Sacramento on 14th of July and was interred in the City Cemetery.
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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Four members of the West Virginia University men's soccer team were named to the Academic All-Mid-American Conference (MAC) team on Wednesday, as voted on by Faculty Athletic Representatives at member institutions.
Haydon Bennett and Andy Bevin were each named to the first team. Bennett has 4.0 grade point average as a pre-sport and exercise psychology major, while Bevin carries 3.88 grade point average as a business major. This is the second-consecutive season Bevin has earned the honor.
Zak Leedom (3.87 GPA) and Majed Osman (3.29 GPA) were each named to the honorable mention team.
The Academic All-MAC honor is for a student-athlete who has excelled in athletics and academics. To qualify, a student-athlete must have at least a 3.20 cumulative GPA and have participated in at least 50 percent of the contests. Freshmen and junior college transfers in their first year of residence are not eligible for the award.
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Retro-revival Kickstarters are no longer the sure-fire success they seemed to be a few months ago, it seems. Elite: Dangerous trails a long way behind Star Citizen's incredible haul, Old-School RPG was cancelled, massively promising Bullfroggy god game Maia sadly may not reach its (frankly too high) target and Quest For Glory creators Corey and Lori Cole went right down to the wire for their adventure game Hero-U: Rogue To Redemption.
Make it they did, though ' passing the $400,000 target with just four hours to spare. By the time you read this post there'll be but half an hour left on the clock. Given the game is now definitely happening (well, as definitely as anything on Kickstarter gets), pledging now will mean you get your rewards, so the time for fence-sitting has at least passed.
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This invention discloses a detachable test strip good for multiple tests on one strip to reduce the cost of test strip per test, and a test strip with more than two electrodes for the simultaneous measurement of more than one biological data with one drop of blood only.
1. A test strip with several detachable test pieces, comprising of:
a) a test strip with pre-cut under the base strip ready to be broken off after use, with conductive electrodes and reagents laid on the surface thereof;
b) a test strip with a plurality of thin film of test piece on the base strip, attached with conductive electrodes and reagents. After a layer of thin film is done with test, it will be peeled off for another fresh thin film with reagents and electrodes.
2. A test strip with more than two conductive electrodes for simultaneous measurement of multiple biological tests, comprising of:
a) three electrodes for the measurement of two different reagents, with the central electrodes serving as the ground reference electrodes;
b) four electrodes for measuring two different reagents, with two electrode for one regent;
c) four electrodes for measuring three different reagents, with one electrode serving as ground reference electrode;
d) six electrodes for measuring three different reagents, with no electrode serving as ground reference electrode;
e) more than six electrodes for the measurement of more than three reagents.
3. A test strip with multi-layered electrodes for the simultaneous measurement of several biological tests, comprising of:
a) one or more than one layer of two conductive electrodes with base strip, on which are embedded with one or more than one reagents, stacked together with glue or firmly bonded by ultrasonic device;
b) a test strip with one or more than one pre-cuts ready to be broken off or cut off after every use.
a) Field of the Invention
The present invention generally relates to a new biosensor test strip and, more particularly, to the measurement of blood glucose, uric acid and cholesterol, etc., which will be cost and functional competitive against the current suppliers.
b) Discussion of the Prior Art
All the currently available biosensor test strips, whether they are for the measurement of blood glucose, uric acid, or cholesterol, use one strip to perform one test, which are often very expensive for the end users. There are a lot of patients, especially in the developing countries, who are too poor to pay for the DIY tests at home, are in urgent need for a cheaper test strip. Moreover, all current test strips can only give one test result from one test strip, to have different readings of, say, blood glucose, uric acid and cholesterol, requires several individual tests and several blood inoculation which are very painful for the patients. It is therefore the objective of the present invention to come up with a new design of test strip, which can perform more than one test results out of one test strip from one blood inoculation only. It is also another objective of the present invention to design a new test strip with much lower cost for the end users.
In view of the need for a much cheaper test strip and the need for a test strip capable of performing more than one item of tests with one drop of blood, we therefore design a new detachable test strip, which has multiple test reagents embedded on a single strip. After a good test, the tested section of the strip can be broken off and the other fresh un-tested area with reagents can be kept for further re-use. We also re-design the layout of the conductive electrodes to allow more than one reagents to be embedded on the same designated spot of the test strip for the inoculated blood. Thus, with the application of one drop of blood, several test results can be measured from the data acquired from the specially designed layout of electrodes.
The disposable and detachable test strips of the present invention may be more readily understood by one skilled in the art with reference to the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings wherein like elements are designated by identical reference numbers throughout the several views and in which:
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COLUMBIA CITY  — Agricultural Museum President Don King recently accepted a "generous"donation for the Shelter House Restoration Fund from Jared Bennett, a representative of Memcor Inc. of Huntington County.
The Shelter House, a historic building located on the Whitley County 4-H Fairgrounds, was in need of restoration, but lack of funds initiated a donation call out.
KOSCIUSKO COUNTY — Law enforcement officials are continuing to investigate a shooting that occurred near Barbee Lake, in Kosciusko County at approximately 10:30 p.m. Wednesday night.
One man was pronounced dead at the scene and another man was also shot, but suffered non-life threatening injuries after what police believe was a domestic dispute.
Barbee Lake is located less than 20 miles from Columbia City, south of North Webster.
The shooting occurred at EMS B-10 Lane north of Pierceton off Ind. 13.
COLUMBIA CITY — Officials announced the winners of Columbia City's lighting contest this week.
While participation in the contest was down this year, City Councilman and contest judge Dan Weigold said the city still has many decorated homes.
"There were a few less participants this year," Weigold said. "I think it's due to a combination of things — a late Thanksgiving and poor weather. At the same time, there are still some very beautiful homes."
This year's top home has been a winner in the past. Taking overall honors was Mike Christie, who's decorations stood out from the rest.
COLUMBIA CITY — Most Whitley County residents are accustomed to hearing how government officials work on their behalf.
However, the holiday season found county officials working to give back to residents in tangible ways.
For the last 10 years, county employees have participated in a campaign to collect pocket change. The money raised goes to supply Christmas gifts and items needed for families struggling through the holiday season.
CHURUBUSCO — Smith-Green Community Schools Board of Trustees officially approved an agreement that will provide a School Resource Officer (SRO) for the district.
SGCS entered into an agreement with the town of Churubusco and the Churubusco Police Department at the recommendation of Superintendent Galen Mast.
Chad Fulkerson has updated his SRO training and met all of the requirements to be the SRO for the district.
Half of his salary will be provided by a Department of Homeland Security Grant the district received, which totals slightly more than $20,000.
COLUMBIA CITY – All employees at the Columbia City Marathon convenience store and gas station, 545 W. Connexion Way, say, "Merry Christmas . . . and have a wonderful holiday season!"
The convenient Marathon store, located just off U.S. 30 near the west edge of the community, is one of the most popular places in the area.
Just like Marathon's slogan, "An American company serving America," the local Marathon store is proud to serve Whitley County and the region.
COLUMBIA CITY – "North, South, East and West . . . we're sending all our very best to all our good friends everywhere, our sincere thanks and warm wishes for a very merry holiday season," say the workers at Yagel Grain Systems, 550 W. Business 30.
Celebrating 21 years in business, Yagel Grain Systems is a premier provider of sales, service and installation for all grain handling equipment.
Yagel Grain Systems can be reached at 260 248-2311.
HUNTINGTON – Troxel Equipment, the area's premiere John Deere, Stihl and Honda power equipment dealer, has issued its holiday greeting.
"May you and your families have a very Merry Christmas and the happiest of New Years," the Troxel staff proclaims. "And thank you all for your business."
Troxel Equipment, "your solutions dealer," has dealerships in Huntington (4777 W 500 N), Wabash (983 N. Ind. 13) and Bluffton (5068 E. 100 N).
Toll-free phone number is 1-888-876-9352 and you can email to firstname.lastname@example.com. Their website is www.troxelequipment.com
COLUMBIA CITY – Culligan Water Conditioning, 675 E. Business 30, brings sparkle to its loyal clientele all year long by providing "better water; pure and simple."
Serving Whitley County and the area since 1946, Culligan and its staffers wish "A Merry Christmas . . . and a sparkling New Year to all!"
Go to www.culligancolumbiacity.com, stop by the business or call 244-5850 to discover the answers to better water quality.
COLUMBIA CITY – Getting to Grandma's house for wintertime holidays can be treacherous, but with well equipped tires on your vehicle, the trip will be a lot safer.
Jerry's Tire Service, 1045 E. Business 30, is your place to shop for safe, reliable tires for your important holiday trips.
Customers can make an appointment for their tire sales and service by stopping by or calling Jerry's Tire Service at 260 244-5927.