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e mërkurë Maj 03, 2006
It's Good to See Your Baby Take Off
By pavel on Maj 03, 2006
My son likes the movie Finding Nemo (I do too. The "dude" turtle Crush talks about his offsprings: "You never know when they are ready, but when they know you'll know." It is nice to see your (mental) baby stand up and walk and see its vitality.
When I first started to think about generating simple JSF CRUD applications in NetBeans 5.5 I was not sure if people will like the idea. The vision was to generate a full application without writing any code and to make it literally as simple as possible. For this I had to make some compromises. It is a one way generator - you generate the application from database or from entity classes once, then edit it by hand as you like. It has an extremely simple application model - no backing beans, no EJBs - just JSF, no validation framework, no CSS, it all can be easily added though.
It is great to see NetBeans bloggers to write about it. The GlassFish community says NetBeans took The Rails Lesson. You bet we did . Best of all, even long time Eclipse users are comming back to re-evaluate NetBeans!
So why do people like it? I think it's because it creates the application very rapidly, but still gives the developer full control to change anything. It generates code that is meant to be understood and editted by developers. It uses just the standard JSF and JPA. I was hoping that it could help developers in learning JPA and JSF so the code has been reviewed by the Java Blueprints team. You should not fear that you will learn bad design patterns. Expression language code completion added in NetBeans 5.5 helps a great deal to make editing of the generated JSF easy.
Thanks again for the positive blogs. You will see more about this feature and all of NetBeans 5.5 at NetBeans Software Day and at Java One 2006. Stay tuned!
e mërkurë Shk 01, 2006
Next Step: Generate Simple JSF Application
By pavel on Shk 01, 2006
My last blog entry shows a wizard that generates Java Persistence API entity classes from database tables. What was your first question after you tried that wizard? I guess you asked: "OK, what do I do with these classes now? Can I run the application and see them?" I will show you how you can - after you run one more wizard.
The wizard generates a very simple JSF application the follows the CRUD pattern. It lets the user Create, Retrieve (view), Update and Delete data. The generated code includes a JSF managed bean, three JSF pages and some navigation rules in faces-config.xml. The managed bean takes care of access to EntityManager, retrieves and persists entities and also directs navigation between pages. The three JSF pages are: List.jsp, New.jsp and Edit.jsp.
The wizard is launched from File | New File.., select category Persistence and there is JSF Pages from Entity Class. Click next and just select the entity class:
When you finish the wizard you can run the application. Point the browser to a URL of the List page (e.g. http://localhost:8080/GenerateJsf/faces/discountCode/List.jsp) and you will see something like this:
And when you click "New DiscountCode" you will get:
The Edit page is similar...
You can use this for quick testing of your entity classes or as a starting point for your own development. You can also treat it as a simple sample application that shows the whole path from DB to browser. The generated code is very brief and very readable.
To set your expectations correctly, I am writing this only a couple days after I implemented the first version . The current version does not support relationships between entity classes, so if your entity classes have relationships you will have to hand code that. I plan to fix this later. I can imagine dozens of ways how this could be improved. But some of them would make it complex, which I want to avoid. Add a comment and tell me what is your opinion and what would be your favorite improvement. Thanks!
e enjte Jan 26, 2006
Generate entity classes from DB
By pavel on Jan 26, 2006
The last entry was about auto generation of DB tables for entity classes in Glassfish. Now, in turn, we have something cool to show you in NetBeans JavaEE 5 build. We have implemented a wizard that generates entity classes from existing database tables. The generator calculates closure of tables based on foreign keys. It generates nice Java friendly names, for example if the database has "CUSTOMER_ID" it will use getCustomerId() for the getter and uses mapping annotations, e.g. @Column(name = "CUSTOMER_ID", nullable = false). It also generates annotations for all relationships, etc.
A picture is worth thousand words:
Get a build of Java EE 5 (see the link in the up right corner) and test it on your database. Send feedback or file bugz. Thanks.
e mërkurë Dhj 07, 2005
Automatic Generation of Database Tables
By pavel on Dhj 07, 2005
I've been silent for a looooong time. I wanted to write about use of Java Persistence API in plain Java Applications, about using Hibernate in NetBeans Java EE 5 and do some example that updates data. But Martin Adamek who works with me on Java EE 5 did all the hard work for me . Make sure you check his blog!
Today I would like to show a very nice new feature in GlassFish: automatic generation of database tables. In my last demo I started by creating database tables and then I created an entity class to represent the data and a JSF page to display them. Sounds a little complicated if you do not have any existing database to integrate with? You do not even care that much about the specific structure of tables in the database, just want the data stored somehow? This is exactly it.
Start like in the last demo: get a new daily build of NetBeans Java EE 5. You do not need to download Derby plugin from update center, it is now included in NetBeans build. For GlassFish you need a build number 30 from December 7th or newer (get a daily build until build 30 gets promoted).
Create a new web application project and create a persistence unit like we did last time, only this time you need to add two more properties:
<persistence xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/persistence"> <persistence-unit name="pu" transaction-type="JTA"> <jta-data-source>jdbc/__default</jta-data-source> <properties> <property name="ddl-generation" value="dropandcreate"/> <property name="toplink.platform.class.name" value="oracle.toplink.essentials.platform.database.DerbyPlatform"/> </properties> </persistence-unit> </persistence>
The ddl-generation property tells the application server to generate DDL and create the tables during deployment. There are three accepted values: "createtables", "dropandcreate", "none". The second property specifies the database dialect - for example the database data types used for int, String, etc. (Derby uses a different dialect then for example Oracle).
Start the database and connect to jdbc:derby://localhost:1527/sun-appserv-samples;create=true - this creates the database for the default data source registered in GlassFish. You will also be able to view the tables later - so that you believe me that they were generated.
Now you just create the entity class and the JSF page in the same way. When you deploy the application the table is created and the application works with it. Refresh the tables under the "Databases" node in runtime tab. Voila, you see the new table!
Note that GlassFish also generated a table named SEQUENCE. It is used by the generator of primary keys.
e hënë Nën 14, 2005
Java EE 5 Persistence Demo
By pavel on Nën 14, 2005
I gave you a short primer on Java EE 5 persistence in my last blog entry. Now it's time for a demo. I'll show you how to setup the persistence framework in web application and create a POJO class that represents data from a database table. Then I will execute an EJBQL query to get object from database. In the last step I will use the new JSF component palette to generate a page that displays object in table.
Step 1: Get the Software
I'll be using a NetBeans Java EE 5 daily build from November 13 and build 26 of GlassFish open source Java EE application server, you also need JDK 1.5.
I should repeat that support for Java EE 5 is NOT part of NetBeans 5.0, it will be in the next release of NetBeans and is now being developed on a "javaee5" branch.
Register GlassFish in NetBeans using Tools>Server Manager menu. To register GlassFish use the Sun Java Systems Application Server as a server type. NetBeans will help you to create a new domain for the server, use the "Create Personal Domain" option.
Step 2: Web Application with Persistence Support
Create a new web application project, select GlassFish server and set J2EE version "Java EE 5". Click next and add Java Server Faces support.
Now let's add persistence support into this project. This will be just a few clicks in a wizard, but since I did not cover the persistence unit in the intro let me first describe it here.
Persistence unit defines where and how to persist your classes. The definition of persistence unit consists of:
- Name and description.
- Provider: the implementation of persistence API, such as Toplink, Hibernate, etc. If you leave this empty the server will choose the default.
- Data source, i.e. where the data will be stored and what transaction model will be used.
- Mapping file is an xml file that defines mappings between database and Java classes. This is useful if you need to define the mapping (we will not do this) and if you do not want to use annotations.
- A set of classes that this persistence unit applies to. One Java EE module can use multiple persistence units, for example to store data to several different data sources. If you omit this all classes in module will belong to the persistence unit.
- Properties: a set of name - value pairs of properties. The semantics of these is defined by the provider.
In this example we will only specify the data source. We will use defaults for everything else.
We could specify the parameters of data source directly in your persistence.xml, setting properties like
jdbc.user, etc.
But in this example I will be using a data source that is defined by the application server, the persistence unit will just reference it by its name. This will make it easier to move the application from one application server and database to another, for example between development, test and production environments.
Now back to our demo. Select menu File>New File (Ctrl+N). Select Persistence Unit template in category Persistence:
Type the name of persistence unit ("demo1"), and keep the default for provider:
Persistence units are defined in persistence.xml file. The content of generated file is:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <persistence xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/persistence"> <persistence-unit name="demo1" transaction-type="JTA"> <jta-data-source>jdbc/__default</jta-data-source> <properties/> </persistence-unit> </persistence>
Let's keep the default name of data source jdbc/__default for the demo. Normally you'd go to server admin tool and setup a data source there. But GlassFish has a data source with name jdbc/__default and a derby database connection pool registered. Setup up of database is the next step.
Step 3: Setup the Database
GlassFish bundles derby open source database and this is what I will use for this demo. NetBeans has a module that supports derby. Download the "Derby Database Support" module from the development update center. Use menu Tools>Update Center.
First, start the database using menu Tools>Derby Database>Start Derby Server. Then connect to the database:
The data source jdbc/__default in application server uses the following database URL: jdbc:derby://localhost:1527/sun-appserv-samples;create=true. Use sa for both user name and password and on the next panel select schema APP. This will add a the new connection in Runtime tab and you can execute database scripts on it:
Note the new SQL editor with syntax highlighting, toolbar, etc. that we added in NetBeans 5.0:
Here is the complete script for the table and for inserting some data (insert each line separately). Refresh the list of tables and select View Data from popup menu on DIVECHARTERS table to verify everything is fine. Yes, these are some cool scuba diving trips with my favorite dive shop in Beaufort, NC :-)
Ok, we are done with the database.
Step 4: Persistence Java Class
Click New.. (Ctrl+N) and select Persistence Entity template in category Persistence. Type class name "Divecharters" and package name "data" and click Finish.
Now add properties for table columns:
@Entity public class Divecharters { private int id; private Date departure; private String boat; private String diveSite; private String description; private int maxDepth; private double price; private int capacity; ... }
Use menu Refactor>Encapsulate Fields to create getters and setters for these fields.
Later on NetBeans will support generation of persistence classes from DB tables, similarly as the "CMP from Database" in NetBeans 4.1 and 5.0.
Step 5: Display Objects in JSF Page
We will create a JSF managed bean that will select all instances of Divecharters using EJBQL query. Then we will edit the welcomeJSF.jsp to display them.
Use New.. (Ctrl+N), select the template JSF Managed Bean in category Web. Type class name "PersonController", package "beans" and set scope to "session".
We will use EntityManager the get the persistent data. EntityManager is the central access point to the persistence API. It allows you to create and run queries, persist objects, manage transactions, etc.
The server will inject EntityManager for the PersistenceUnit we defined in Step 2. We will use it to query for all instances of Divecharters class:
public class PersonController { @PersistenceContext(unitName="demo1") EntityManager em; public List getCharters() { return em.createQuery("select object(d) from Divecharters as d").getResultList(); } ...
This means that our JSF managed bean
PersonController will have a property
charters. We can now add a JSF data table into welcomeJSF.jsp to render the list of charters. We started to work on a set of templates and palette items to simplify development and prototyping of simple CRUD applications. This is experimental at this point but it comes handy for the demo (give me feedback!). The first preview are two JSF palette items: JSF Form and JSF Data Table:
The code generated in page looks like this:
<f:view> <h:form>
<h:outputText value="List"/>
 <h:dataTable value="#{PersonController.charters}" var="item"> <h:column> <f:facet name="header"> <h:outputText value="Id"/> </f:facet> <h:outputText value="#{item.id}"/> </h:column> <h:column> <f:facet name="header"> <h:outputText value="Departure"/> </f:facet> <h:outputText value="#{item.departure}"/> </h:column> ...
Run the application:
e premte Nën 11, 2005
Java EE 5 Persistence
By pavel on Nën 11, 2005
I promised earlier that I will keep you in touch with what new stuff we are working on in Java EE support. Today I would like to write about object relational mapping. This is a very important part of Java EE 5 that we will support in netbeans.next. I will post a tutorial about creating simple persistence classes in a javaee5 preview build soon, so take this as a small intro. It is not a complete description of all features, just a quick overview for someone who is not familiar with this area.
Object relational mapping
Object relational mapping (ORM) is about representing data from database as Java beans. The advantage of using ORM over traditional JDBC is that you do not have to think it terms of database tables, columns, foreign keys, etc. All you use is Java beans, properties and collections of other objects.
Java Persistence API
Java Persistence API (JSR 220) is a new standard API for ORM. Unlike the EJB 2.x entity classes the new persistence API does not require the context of an EJB module and can be used in a web module or even in a Java SE application.
Here is how it compares to some other frameworks for accessing data:
- JDBC is used by most of the other frameworks as the way to access data in relational databases. But it only provides a lower level of abstraction. If you are working with JDBC you are working with database tables and columns. It does not provide ORM.
- EJB 2.x entity beans provide ORM but the API is complex. NB 5.0 helps you to manage the multiple classes that represent an EJB plus the deployment descriptor together, but the complexity is still there. Also, the EJB 2.1 entities can only be defined in an EJB module and live in an EJB container. Transfering data outside involves data transfer objects which is just an additional level of complexity.
- Frameworks like Toplink or Hibernate are powerful and developer friendly but are not a JCP standard. These frameworks surely inspired the new standard and are going to be the big players implementing it. Implementation of JSR 220 in GlassFish application server is based on Toplink architecture, the implementation in JBoss 4.0.3 is based on Hibernate.
How does it work
Java Persistence API does not require the persistent classes to implement any special interfaces, they are just "plain old Java objects" (POJO) marked with annotations.
The mapping between the persistent classes and database tables is also controlled by annotations (or an xml file if you prefer that). But most importantly is has some reasonable defaults, for example a persistent class will be mapped to a table of the same name, its properties will be mapped to columns with the same names, etc. Here is a small example:
... @Entity public class Person { private int id; private String name; private int age; @Id(generate = GeneratorType.AUTO) public int getId() { return id; } public void setId(int id) { this.id = id; } public String getName() { return name; } public void setName(String name) { this.name = name; } ... }
What if you do need to control the mapping? Let's say the Java class needs to be the same it was but the table is different. You would do something like this:
... @Entity() @Table(name="HR_EMPLOYEES") public class Person { ... @Column (name="EMP_NAME") public String getName() { return name; } ... }
Being POJOs, persistent classes do not need to live within any container. This greatly simplifies writing automated tests or using the persistence classes in combination with other technologies. You can create instances just like this:
Person p = new Person (); p.setId (41); p.setName ("Dent Arthur Dent"); ...
The last nice feature I will mention is that you can write queries to retrieve data from database in terms of Java classes, without reference to the actual relational tables. This is using EJBQL:
select object(p) from Person as p
Note that this query will work unchanged even if you map the Person class to table "HR_EMPLOYEES" as shown above.
Persistence API In NetBeans
The basic support for developing persistent classes is in setup and packing of the "Persistence unit" (more about that in the tutorial) and providing templates for persistent classes, code completion for persistence API, etc.
More advanced features we plan to work on include code completion for database metadata (table name, columns, etc.), EJBQL editor, generation of Java classes from an existing database schema, etc.
e diel Nën 06, 2005
NetBeans Module Development: Adding Dependencies
By pavel on Nën 06, 2005
I wish we had something like this for other project types. The code completion only shows classes that are already on classpath and if you want to use a different class you have to know where it is. Of course the trick used here is that the universe of possible libraries is known upfront, it's just the APIs of modules in the target NetBeans platform, so the dialog knows where to look for them. But I would be happy if this worked for the libraries, projects that are currently open and perhaps recently open projects.
Maybe it could even be more integrated into code completion. If the class is not found in completion instead of "No Suggestions" you would have get a "Look for the class in libraries" item... Maybe this is also an answer to Geertjan's comment: "I don't like [...] that you need to manually put the EJB on the web application's classpath."
e premte Nën 04, 2005
Hello JavaEE 5
By pavel on Nën 04, 2005
No, it is not part of NetBeans 5.0. Yes, I too wanted everything yesterday :-) but the specs and the application servers are not complete either. Anyway, there are daily builds of the next version of NetBeans available from NetBeans download page which already support creation of EJB 3.0 beans and deployment to GlassFish and Jboss. We will be adding functionality as it gets added into our favorite server and as time permits (we still have some work on NetBeans 5.0).
I wrote a small tutorial about how to get the build and create your first JavaEE 5 application. Check it out and send feedback to firstname.lastname@example.com or add comments bellow.
I will be posting more about the progress on JavaEE 5 support in this blog.
Recent Posts
- Three lessons I learned when working on NetBeans 5.5
- It's Good to See Your Baby Take Off
- Next Step: Generate Simple JSF Application
- Generate entity classes from DB
- Automatic Generation of Database Tables
- Java EE 5 Persistence Demo
- Java EE 5 Persistence
- NetBeans Module Development: Adding Dependencies
- Hello JavaEE 5


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Penn State grad Al Golden talks healing and progress
GREENSBORO, N.C. — These are complicated days for Al Golden. There's a cloud of allegations hanging over the Miami program he currently coaches, of course.
But Golden is also a Penn State alumnus who played for Joe Paterno from 1987-91. The severe sanctions handed down by the NCAA over the Sandusky mess were announced as I sat down to interview Golden this morning at the ACC Kickoff.
Golden paused for a moment when I ask for a reaction after reading him the list of penalties.
"I'm disappointed in the whole tragedy, but even on a day like today, we have to keep the victims and their families in our thoughts and prayers," Golden said. "You know, you hope they find healing here in the near future and then obviously, you hope and pray for healing and the progress in the State College community as well.
"But other than that, it's hard for me to comment on something that is evolving even as I sit here."
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Dolphins planning to put Will Allen on IR (updated w/confirmation)
The Dolphins have decided to put veteran cornerback Will Allen on injured reserve, which would end his season, according to a source.
Allen, a starter for the Dolphins since 2006, had major surgery on his left knee and missed the last 10 games of the 2009 season. The knee bothered him during training camp, so he had it cleaned up on Aug. 12, and the knee improved after the procedure.
While he would not be ready to play in the season opener at Buffalo on Sunday, he had been targeting the Sept. 26 contest against the New York Jets for his return. Sean Smith has struggled in a starting role in training camp and in the preseason and so, even with the addition of nickel cornerback Benny Sapp, Allen was expected to see significant playing time in extra and even base packages.
With the roster spot, the Dolphins could look to pick up a cornerback on waivers, as teams have released players around the league.
It is possible that Allen and his agent Drew Rosenhaus could attempt to negotiate his release.
Update at 3:35 p.m.:
Tony Sparano just confirmed this move. Omar is at the press conference. Will provide the transcript when I get it.


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Allen began his career with the Department of State Civil Service in 1973. He served in several different positions within the Department including Undersecretary and Deputy Director. The State Civil Service Commission appointed him as Director in May 1996, first in an acting capacity and then later as the permanent Director. He served in that position until he retired in May 2005.
Under his leadership the Department and Commission implemented several major changes in the Civil Service program. Partially as a result of these initiatives, the International Public Management Association for Human Resources selected the Department for its Large Agency of the Year Award in 2003.
During his career, Allen was active in several professional organizations. He also served for many years as a member and Chairman of Louisiana's Comprehensive Public Training Program, the state's management development program. He received the Charles E. Dunbar Career Service Award and the Monte M. Lemann Award in recognition of his contributions to the State of Louisiana.
Following retirement, he became active in the Retired State Employees Association serving first as President of the Baton Rouge Chapter and then later as Executive Director. He currently serves as an at-large member of the Association Board.
Allen and his wife, Flory, have two children and spend as much time as possible with them and their five grandchildren.
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Legion Hardware have taken a look at the classy new Shuttle SS50 barebones system - If anyone is reading from Shuttle, please send me one :). It is basically the same as the older SV24 except it has support for the Pentium 4 and Athlon XP.
Nevertheless the SV24 was a low performance barebone solution. Shuttle now has a new barebone line called "SS", with feature support for both Athlon XP and Pentium 4 processors via the SS40 and SS50. These two new versions are based on the SV24 design, though they are aimed at a performance market. Today I will be taking a look at the SS50 which is the powerful Pentium 4 solution.


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Daily Globe
From Grand Theft Wiki
The Daily Globe is a national newspaper in Grand Theft Auto IV and Grand Theft Auto V.
The paper appears to be lesser known in GTA IV's setting, even lacking a website (when a similar paper, the Liberty Tree, operates one). Despite its obscurity, passing pedestrians may be depicted holding and reading the newspaper, and the newspaper is implied to be operating in a large, modern skyscraper in The Triangle, Algonquin, which bears both its name and its logo.
A Daily Globe newsagents can be seen in the trailer for GTA V.
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Eighteen years after the Lima Crisis in Perú, in which a group of terrorists seized the Japanese Embassy in the capital -- this incident continues to attract international attention. The topic certainly hits a sore nerve locally but it has also triggered the creativity of different sources, in this case in the world of classical music.
An new opera is in the works and it counts with some of the most prestigious professionals in classical music and literature. Bel Canto was inspired by the events that took place in Lima in 1996, but this work is truly an exploration of how music brings together two colliding worlds.
Peruvian composer Jimmy López is proving to be one of the most original voices in today's classical music world. He obtained his PhD in Music from Berkeley in 2013, initially graduating from the Sibelius Institute in Finland. López was chosen among more than one hundred prominent composers for this endeavor.
It was during a tour in Scandinavia in 2011, that opera superstar Renée Fleming asked Peruvian conductor Miguel Harth-Bedoya for suggestions about Latin American composers. Harth-Bedoya gave Renée Fleming Jimmy López's name.
According to Jimmy López, 'I was having lunch at a Taiwanese restaurant when I received a call from my good friend, conductor Miguel Harth-Bedoya. He said:
Harth-Bedoya: You have to go home this very minute and upload your cycle of songs on Youtube so Renée can listen to them.
López: Why?
Harth-Bedoya: She is looking for a composer for a project she is working on. I suggested you.'
Videos uploaded and music listened too, Jimmy López proceeded to meet with Renée Fleming and the project's conductor, Sir Andrew Davis, at the soprano's apartment. She explained the opera's story line and the fact that, even though it was based on a real life event, it was, for the most part, a work of fiction. Renée Fleming had no idea that a 17-18 year-old Jimmy López had lived through the crisis when he was still living in Lima.
In December 2010, Renée Fleming was named Creative Curator of the Lyric Opera of Chicago. As part of her plan and in collaboration with colleagues in the company, she had announced her desire to present the premiere of an opera during the 2015-16 season: 'I imagined Bel Canto would work well theatrically because it's a multinational ensemble piece, which would logically take place in a unit set: the house in South America where the hostages are being held. My friend Ann Patchett often brings her characters to their highest calling, and in this particular story she creates a utopian society based on the power of music and the sense of community it creates.'
Renée Fleming, who was determined to find a person who could really evoke South America, said she 'immediately loved the way Jimmy combines a new music aesthetic with an especially sophisticated use of orchestration' and she has spoken very highly about the education that the composer received in Perú.
The American soprano has commented on the fact that Perú is producing extraordinary talent, naming Miguel Harth-Bedoya, Juan Diego Flórez and Jimmy López and she has expressed her admiration by saying that these are distinguished representatives of Perú and that the country must be 'very proud of them.'
The works of Nilo Cruz have been produced through out the United States and Europe. In 2003, Nilo Cruz was the recipient of the Pulitzer Prize and the Steinberg Award for Drama for his play Anna in the Tropics, which has also been nominated for a Tony Award. Nilo Cruz frequently collaborates with composer Gabriela Lena Frank, born in California to a Peruvian mother.
Referring to Peruvian composer Jimmy López, Nilo Cruz has said, 'I think Jimmy's music is very powerful. It also brings with it a very specific world, for Bel Canto, those sounds are vital... With this kind of opera we need to be constantly reminded that we're not in North America, but in South America... The novel itself has elements of magical realism... Jimmy uses some instruments beyond the traditional ones in an orchestra' to make this happen.'
Bel Canto, published in 2001, has received the PEN/Faulkner Award, the Orange Prize, and the Book Sense of the Year Award. It was a finalist in the National Book Critics Circle Award. The New York Times Bestseller has sold more than a million copies in the United States and has been translated to more than thirty languages, including Spanish.
Ann Patchett, who tends to focus on themes of isolation, has explained 'Right away when I heard the news in Perú, I thought, it's my story, the story of confinement... I find that basically when people are removed from society, they find happiness.'
Ann Patchett, who considers Colombian novelist Gabriel García Márquez one her literary influencers, has clearly explained that it was never her intention to try to interpret a national sentiment or to make any reference to these socio-political events that are beyond her experience and, therefore, beyond her understanding: 'My interest has been from a humanistic point of view; to explore the power that music can have to bring together people from different worlds.'
The book and the opera are loosely based on the events that took place in Lima in 1996, when a group of members of the MRTA seized the Japanese ambassador's residence during the birthday celebration of the Emperor of Japan . In the book, the residence belongs to the Vice President of Perú and the play revolves around a fictional character: the famous American soprano Roxanne Coss. This character, contrary to popular belief, is not based on soprano Renée Fleming as she and Ann Patchett had not met yet when the author started writing the book.
To read Part II of this article, please click here.
Suggested Links
- JIMMY LOPEZ & 'BEL CANTO': Anatomy of an Opera and Its Composer (Part III)
- JIMMY LOPEZ & 'BEL CANTO': Anatomy of an Opera and Its Composer (Part II)
- Atlanta Opera, 'Laudamus Te': 'TOSCA,' A Production to Make Atlanta Proud
- A Night of Fantasy with Miguel Harth-Bedoya and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
- MARIA JOSE MONTIEL: Spellbinding Music, Inspired Artistry (Photos)


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MILES O'BRIEN: When the history books are written on the Iraq war, this October may be remembered as a tipping point, when the level of violence prompted a permanent change in course. The question now is which direction are we headed? It is a big question all throughout the Middle East, of course, and particularly vexing for Iraq's immediate neighbors, worried that that country may disintegrate and create ever more instability. Prince Turki Al-Faisal is Saudi Arabia's ambassador to the United States. He joins us from Washington to talk a little bit more about this.
Mr. Ambassador, good to have you with us. You gave an important speech yesterday in Washington. And you said this, this really struck me, you said since America came into Iraq uninvited, it should not leave Iraq uninvited. What do you mean by that?
PRINCE TURKI AL-FAISAL: First of all, Happy Halloween to you.
O'BRIEN: Same to you. Same to you.
PRINCE TURKI: America, as I said, came in uninvited. When it is going to leave Iraq, it should leave with the full cooperation and understanding and working out the plans with the Iraqi people and Iraqi government. It should not cut and run, as it were, but also engage in talks and the parameters and wherewithal of that withdrawal, when it comes, should be decided by both sides and not unilaterally.
O'BRIEN: Do you have a sense that that could happen, that sort of unilateral withdrawal?
PRINCE TURKI: I don't have that sense, but there is talk in your media and in -- well, this election campaign you have here is fascinating for someone who is learning, really, the election process from you, that so many proposals are on the table here, that somebody may decide at one time or another to take some action. And I think the Iraqi people and the Iraqi government deserve the kind of cooperation that they have been getting from your government so far.
O'BRIEN: Now, the president, the other day, reached out to moderate Arab states, asked for help in trying to stabilize Iraq. How will Saudi Arabia respond to that request?
PRINCE TURKI: We responded immediately. And even before the president asked, we've been extending our hands to our Iraqi brothers, not only in providing aid and support, but also in engaging with them on what is in their interest and asking them what they want from us. The prime minister has been to the Kingdom. Other political figures have visited the Kingdom. We've hosted a conference of religious leaders from the Shia and the Sunni in the holy city of Makkah just last week, which came out with a very important declaration for cooperation and the removal of any irritants between Shia and Sunni in Iraq. So the Kingdom has been in the forefront of trying to bring peace to Iraq.
O'BRIEN: Well, a lot of people would say maybe it's time, perhaps, to do even more. I know a couple years ago the Kingdom suggested there be some sort of pan-Arab force to try and stabilize Iraq. How would your country feel about that now, about that notion?
PRINCE TURKI: Well, it is something that has to be talked about. Two years ago it may have been the right time to do it, and it would have perhaps been easier to do then than it is now.
O'BRIEN: Why is that, sir? Why would it be -- is it -- would it be impossible to do it now or is it still possible?
PRINCE TURKI: No, I was going to say that it is something that will still have to be looked at from both -- from all sides. The kingdom has been cooperating with the contiguous states and with Iraq for the last three years in providing aid and support to Iraq. I think the United States and the contiguous countries should discuss these issues together.
O'BRIEN: Do you think that in some way having a pan-Arab force, would that be a better way toward sort of tamping down and stabilizing and causing that Sunni/Shia divide to go away, or would it make matters worse?
PRINCE TURKI: I think it would be up to the Iraqi people to decide on that, if they want to have a pan-Arab or Arab and Muslim forces to come in, then I'm sure Muslim and Arab countries would be ready to go forward on that. But it's a decision that the Iraqi people have to decide for themselves.
O'BRIEN: Well, it might be difficult for the Iraqi people to come to a consensus on something this. They are having a difficult time agreeing on much of anything.
PRINCE TURKI: They have a government and they have a parliament and they have chosen a political process where they discuss things and reach consensus. So, it would not be too difficult to envision that they would reach consensus on this issue.
O'BRIEN: All right, I want to shift gears before we lose our time here. Osama bin Laden, I know you have a lot of familiarity with him over the years in your previous role as an intelligence chief in Saudi Arabia. Where is he right now? Where is Osama bin Laden and will he ever be caught?
PRINCE TURKI: I don't know where he is. I suspect that he's in the area between Afghanistan and Pakistan, which is a very rugged and very intractable geographic location. Whether he's going to be caught or not depends on what assets are deployed to catch him. At the moment, there just seems to be not enough assets on the field to do that.
O'BRIEN: So, what are you suggesting? Should the U.S. do more? Should the Pakistanis do more?
PRINCE TURKI: I think all of us should do more. I think there should be cooperation on a worldwide scale because bin Laden and his cohorts affect all of us with their terrorist activity. And so more of an international effort to get him should be deployed at the present time.
O'BRIEN: Prince Turki Al-Faisal, Saudi ambassador to the United States, thank you for your time sir.
PRINCE TURKI: Thank you.


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If you're familiar with Delish magazine, the insert that's included a few times a month in your local newspaper - Delish.com - be on the lookout for Light & Delish: 400 Calories or Less. It's a special "bookazine" (a book-slash-magazine) now available on newsstands for $9.99 until December 13, 2010 that's filled with quick healthy recipes.
Light & Delish features healthy makeovers and low-calorie recipes for family-style classics, Italian dishes, Mexican classics, Asian buffet staples, and Bistro courses, and dessert. It also has healthy cooking tips, advice for eating smart when dining out, and a guide to wine and cheese, and a helpful directory that lists all the recipes alphabetically along with their nutritional information.
All of the 118 pages of Light & Delish are gorgeous! Be sure to grab extra copies for holiday gifts to give to that person on your list who's looking for healthy recipes that are quick to make.
Have a healthy Mexican fiesta!
Having spent my high school and college years in San Diego, I love Mexican food, but don't like its high fat and calorie content. So I was impressed by Light & Delish's Mexican Fiesta section that featured low calorie and healthy Mexican recipes, like Santa Fe Enchiladas that were only 241 calories per serving.
I'm looking forward to making the Mexicana Chicken cooked in parchment paper, but with all the venison steak in my freezer this recipe is the first I'll try.
Chile-Rubbed Rib-Eye Steaks with Warm Red and Yellow Cherry Tomato Salsa
From Redbook
Total time 28 mins.
Makes 4 main-dish servings
- 1 1⁄4 tsp. kosher salt
- 1 tsp. each ground cumin, ancho chile powder, dried oregano, and brown sugar
- 4 (8 oz.) boneless rib-eye steaks, 1-inch thick
- 2 Tbsp. olive oil
- 1⁄2 cup diced onion
- 1 tsp. minced garlic
- 1 pint mixed cherry tomatoes, halved
- 1 chipotle chile in adobo sauce,seeded, minced
- 2 Tbsp. fresh lime juice
- 1⁄4 cup chopped cilantro
- Combine 1 tsp. of the salt, cumin, ancho chile powder, oregano, and brown sugar; rub over steaks. Let marinate at room temperature while
preparing outdoor grill or preheating grill pan.
- Grill steaks 8 to 10 minutes, turning once, for medium-rare, 10 to 12 minutes for medium. Transfer steaks to a platter; cover loosely with
foil while making salsa.
- Heat oil in large skillet over medium heat. Add onion and garlic; cook until softened, 4 minutes. Add tomatoes, chipotle, and lime juice. Cook, tossing mixture, 1 to 2 minutes.
- Transfer salsa to a bowl; toss with cilantro. Spoon over steaks.
Nutritional information
- 385 calories
- 42 g protein
- 7 g carbohydrate
- 20 g total fat (6 g saturated)
- 2 g fiber
- 129 mg cholesterol
- 710 mg sodium
Weight Watchers POINTS = 9 (or approximately 1 POINT per ounce of beef)
This Mama's tips:
- Serve this up with some lime slices on the side and a few warm corn tortillas. I won't tell anyone if you decide to make a few carne asada style tacos out of this!
- To lower calories, fat and POINTS, try a leaner type of meat like buffalo or venison. (Bet you could make this with chicken breasts, too!) Or cut back your portion size and have a salad or steamed vegetables on the side.
- To save money, buy spices in the Hispanic section of your grocery store.
Disclaimer: I received a review copy of Light & Delish magazine to facilitate this review. Photography courtesy of Delish.


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Custom Emotes
I was wondering, how would I go about adding new emotes for Multiplayer?
Like /amneo that JediAcademy+ features.
Does it envolve using Dragon, and editing the Client Commands in g_cmds.c?
I appreciate it, thanks.
If you want to make new animations, then yes, you'll have to use Dragon.
To use the already existing ones, then you'll have to learn some coding, unless there are any scripts for it.
Well, I *know* I'll need coding. Hence why I posted in the coding forum. :p
But what I'm looking for is how to set-up the code. After making the animation in Dragon, how to trigger it to work with a custom emote. That's what I need help with.
Look to see how the current "taunts" are handled in the code.
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Im so very excited to announce that I have accepted a role with WOXY.com to be the on-air evening jock. My shift will be from 5pm-10pm est when I get started, which should be soon. Ive been a fan of the station for a long time and its a huge thrill to be associated with "the future of rock n roll". I hope to continue the excellent example of the current on air guys, Mike and Shiv.
Not much will change here at ENS, if anything, I will be writing about more bands that should interest you. Cant wait to get started, hope you will listen in soon.
YAY Joe! Fantastic news! I'm really glad for you and also the fine folks at WOXY.
congrats on the gig. and thanks for the post on Kim Taylor. she is amazing. we're digging her here in philly….after you get your feet settled and a few DJ shifts behind you let me know if you wanna do a shift or two on http://www.xpn.org…i mean, with ISDN and automation you could practically work at WOXY and do your shift from bed….good luck and congrats…
Congrats! Make the most of it, should be a tremendous experience
Well done. Make us proud.
This is great news Joe…for you AND for Woxy.com. I look forward to hearing you.
Wow! Congratulations, that's very cool news. I haven't had as much time as I would like to listen to woxy since I started my new job, but I will definitely make a point of checking out your show.
I heard you last night and you were great!
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lol nice
From Reddit, chick cheated on him and dude owns the fuck out of her.
TLDR; Chick cheats on dude, dumps her on valentines day. Buys fake wedding ring and says he was going to propose to her, throws it in water. Chick baws hard, guy becomes badass.This is a follow-up to my post from last week: "REDDIT, I Have Proof She Cheated On Me and Need a Revenge Plan -- Is This Too Cruel?"
Basically, I asked REDDIT to help me think of a way to get justice while dumping my girlfriend. I never expected the huge response I got, and I sincerely thank everyone for responding. I read every single comment. Almost everything I did was a suggestion I got from you all.
The top suggestion was to just walk away, rise above everything, forget about revenge and suddenly disappear from her life forever. I thought about this seriously for a long time, but finally decided to listen to the only part that matters in that plan: having it be over and then never seeing or talking to her again. Disappearing would mean her trying to contact me for days, and I wanted it to just be over and see the look on her face. Believe it or not, but guys need closure too.
I decided that Valentine's Day was the perfect day to go through with it, but since I'd caught her cheating last week I hadn't thought to get reservations anywhere. Thanks to a fellow redditor, I managed to get a spot for us at a really nice restaurant by the lake (I live in Austin). I told my girlfriend that I'd come over to her apartment before we went out and make some drinks while she got ready.
I had already packed all of her stuff from my own apartment, including the expensive face cream she keeps (and yeah, I jerked off into it so she'll be wearing my facial everyday for months, it was an idea inspired by one of the comments here). I put all of her crap in a travel bag and drove over to her apartment. I left the bag in the car and went in. She busted out some glasses and bottles of liquor for me to make drinks and then got in the shower. While she was in there, I grabbed the bag from my car and put it in her closet. I also hid a 3-pack of condoms in the bag but only left two rubbers in it. She'll probably find them, think I left them accidentally and always wonder if I cheated on her-- we lost our virginity to eachother and never used condoms.
She was still in the shower during this time and I grabbed her cellphone and deleted myself from it. I also looked up "Theo" in her contacts and changed his phone number to mine, for later. After that, I made her a vodka sprite and spit in it a few times. I had a big shot of vodka and waited for her, and when she was dressed we had our drinks. I hate to admit it but she looked really good, so I talked her into giving me some oral as a "warmup for tonight". A lot of the comments told me I should tap it one last time, and I agreed. I made her gag "accidentally" a few times right in the same spot I'd seen her blowing the other guy.
When I was done, I told her that my car was acting funny, so we should take hers instead. I drove us to the restaurant.
This was the part of the date that was supposed to be perfect. We had dinner and wine and I went out of my way to make everything seem normal, giving her the perfect Valentine's dinner. We talked about vacations we'd taken together and how we'd like to go back, I brought up old memories and made her laugh. I asked her where she wanted to be in five years, and she said hopefully married by then. It was hard at times but I was already committed to finishing it.
We were done eating so I excused myself to the bathroom to wash my hands. From there, I made a call to my best friend and told him to pick me up in half an hour. That's all the time I was ever going to give the heartless bitch again.
I came out of the bathroom and paid the bill (give me SOME credit for being a gentleman still) and suggested we take a walk along the lake. THANKS AGAIN to the redditor, because this turned out to be perfect. There was a little dock nearby and we stood on it, and my hands were shaking but I finally called her out.
I asked her if there was anything she wanted to tell me. She looked confused and played it off very well, if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes I probably would have believed her. I let her lie to me and then told her that I knew about Theo, that she'd accidentally called me and I'd caught them fucking around. I told her I'd found him on facebook and seen his fucking bragging updates. While I was telling her this, she started bawling, and I've gotta admit that I was crying a little too. But I kept going and told her how much she'd hurt me, and that I'd been throwing up all week and sick about it. The only thing she kept saying was that she was sorry, the rest of the time she was crying and almost hyperventaling. She would try to interrupt but I kept telling her to let me finish.
I wasn't too sure if I was gonna do this part of the plan but I had nothing else to lose so I said fuck it. I told her that I honestly believed she was the girl I was going to spend the rest of my life with (which was true) and pulled out a jewelry ring box from my coat. I'd gotten it the day before for about $15 in the same gas station as the condoms. I didn't open the box because the ring looked totally cheap, but I told my girlfriend I'd had it for awhile but wasn't going to need it anymore. I threw the box into the lake and it totally looked real because of the tears in my eyes.
She hadn't stopped crying this whole time and was pulling at me and begging me to listen to her and let her talk, over and over again. I don't know how else to describe it, she was having a total feakout and I decided it was the perfect time to walk away.
I told her there was nothing to talk about and nothing she could say-- I never wanted to see her again or talk to her. I told her that I'd left a bag of her stuff in her closet, and if she left anything else to have a friend come get it. I even mentioned that I'd noticed a "bump on me" and was going to the doctor this week and suggested she do the same. I made it clear that this was the last time we would ever talk to eachother, and then gave her the keys to her car back and said "goodbye". She tried to hug me and kept saying "forgive me" but I knew better and backed off.
I walked away and left her there at the dock. My friend was waiting outside the restaurant, and I got in the car with him and went to pick up my car back at her place. While we were on the way, I followed through with the last part of my plan: I sent her a txt message, which she would now think was from Theo since I'd switched numbers. It said, "wtf, your boyfriend emailed me and knows about us. i dont want this drama, don't call or txt me again. seriously." She still hasn't written back.
Yeah, she'll eventually figure it out and think I'm immature, but I honestly don't give a shit anymore. The person who suggested the txt message plan was right-- it's like she got dumped TWICE on Valentine's Day, and you can't say she doesn't deserve it.
So there it is. I did it and actually feel relieved, but a little in shock now. This has literally been the worst week of my life, and I'm not sure how I'll handle it. But I'm glad that I reached out, even if it was to strangers. I can't thank you enough for the majority of you out there being helpful and understanding.
And if all this makes me a dick, I'm prepared to live with it. At least I did something and didn't just get trampled and pitied.
haha wow... as horrid as this sounds he had one brilliant plan going on. although, the girl probably did deserve it.
Owned, the jizz thing was classic American Pie.
OwnagePranks says: You have mosquito bite tittiesDylan says: Look there's like little divets in it. That's in Horrible shape.
llol, YES.
she deserved it.
maybe a tad harsh, but still.
Somebody's response on reddit.
I'm really disheartened by the reaction and response that occurred recently in regards to the I caught her cheating post.
My Story I had been seeing a girl for a three years and it was wonderful. I couldn't believe I had found someone so perfect for me. We were living together for most of this time, but we ended up being apart for a half of a year toward the end for reasons unrelated to the relationship. Despite her being in a different state, things were still as good as ever. We made a few trips to see one another, and I thought that things were actually building up, the relationship was getting better and better. Then there was a period for a few months where she seemed to become distant. I feared the worst but assumed I was being paranoid. This girl was far too emotionally connected to me for there to be anything else going on... so I thought. I decided that I wouldn't be able to live with myself if I let this slip away over something so silly as the distance between us. Even thinking that it could somehow evaporate seemed silly, we were just way too close. I acted out of paranoia nevertheless. I called her and told her I wanted her to move back and move back in with me, and that I couldn't stand for us to be apart any longer, and that I felt us drifting. I can't explain how horrible the following moment was.
I had never heard her so sad. She was mortified and I could tell. Before she said anything, she told me I'd hang up and never speak to her again. I told her that wasn't going to happen. Maybe that prepared me. At that point I assumed cheating, but in the back of my head I was thinking she had maybe gotten a disease or something. It was in her wording, "I spoiled everything forever" or something like that. It felt like an eternity, I was waiting for her to tell me she had HIV. That's when she told me that she was months into a pregnancy that wasn't my doing. My heart sunk. I knew that the entire future we had always planned was gone. I told her everything would be fine and that I loved her, and that accidents happen. I asked for just a few details. How far along she was, and if she was being healthy. I then told her not to worry, she'd here from me again, but that I had to go.
Afterward, I went back and looked at our phone and email history to try and pinpoint the day that she did this. (Assuming it was only once and with one person.) The worst part was that she cheated on me when everything seemed fine. We had talked that day and had a hilarious chain of emails. It was such betrayal. Believe me it hurt. The seriousness of a pregnancy too. This wasn't just a blow job. She was carrying some other guy's kid. Like what was my dream was merely some other asshole's accident. After all this time, I still can't avoid crying when talking about the details of it.
When I called her back, I told her she was forgiven. I was honest and told her that I was hurt and that I can't trust her anymore, but I wasn't cruel. She knew how hurt I was, but I think she was hurting much worse. Both of our dreams were shattered, but at least I didn't need to live with thinking it was my fault. I'll admit I had some horrible feelings and thought about some horrible things I'd like to say, but I just had no desire to be vengeful. When you love someone, you don't want revenge, you want understanding. I was just sad.
This all happened a few years ago. For the sake of brevity I'll sum this up by saying she had her baby and he is wonderful. I stayed with her as a friend through the entire ordeal. We are still close friends today. I am so happy that I didn't react harshly. She and I are not together; that trust is broken. However, I retained a friend, had a great life lesson, as did she. I also got to practice love when it wasn't easy. Though It makes me sad to think about the details of this event, I'm very happy that I still have this person in my life. I'm very happy I wasn't mean to her when she was at her lowest point. I'd regret that today.
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I am gay, except for Alex, I'd hit it.
jajaja WOW i fucking love his plan. (no homo) i gtta think of what i should do
that was very immature
Yeah! Them niggas getting scurred! Wurrd?
All that talk was just a whole bunch of verb
I have em putin' your picture on a bunch of shirts
Hahaha that was fucking epic, I'd prob just pound that shit and walk out though


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On Friday morning, a Hillsborough County, Fla. man mowing the grass in Riverview called the Hillsborough County deputies to report what he thought was a cow drowning in a nearby pond reported abc action news.
Veteran Deputy Officer Christina Ammons was the first to arrive at 6031 Madison Ave. where she spotted the bull (not a cow) about six feet from the shore, apparently too weak from struggling in the water to even hold his head up.
So what does an animal loving, professional officer do? Of course, Officer Ammons stripped off her gun belt and uniform shirt and waded into the pond to hold the bull's head and face out of the water.
According to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office's Facebook, another deputy stood by to make sure no alligators tried to attack.
Within 45 minutes, the Hillsborough County Fire Rescue arrived and with the combined efforts of many rescuers, attached a winch to the 1,000 pound bull and pulled him to safety.
The bull rested about 30 minutes and was then back up on his feet. He was expected to make a full recovery.
And it's certainly worthy to note that Deputy Ammons is such a humble officer, even though she showed incredible bravery for jumping in to save the drowning bull, these were her words via Facebook to the Hillsborough County Fire Rescue:
Christina Ammons: Thank you all and God bless those guys from the Hillsborough County Fire Rescue....my heroes!!!!
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Eating to Live on the Outside: Veganopolis
What if I told you things like avocado and tofu regularly show up on this menu? Not mention, the word vegan is actually in the name of restaurant! Alright, I'll stop trying to build suspense. This week Portland Oregon's Veganopolis goes under the microscope. And as you'll see, it's a great place for an Eat to Liver to grab a quick bite to eat. So what do you say? Let's crack this menu open!
I'll start with the breakfast menu. First up, I'm really digging The Garden breakfast sandwich. It's prepared with raw organic tahini, wheat toast, cucumber, tomato, spinach, and avocado. Obviously this dish appeals to me because of the avocado—I'm a total avocado mark—but the tahini also caught my eye. Tahini is made from sesame seeds and Dr. Fuhrman considers sesames seeds to be one of the healthiest foods you can eat. Of course the other veggies are great too. Okay, I'm sure you're saying to yourself, "What about the bread?" You've just met the concession. Sure, eating bread isn't exactly high up on Dr. Fuhrman's list of smart things to do, but I'm okay with it. I'll just have to make sure I don't eat anymore bread for a while, besides, the sandwich comes with a side of fresh fruit. That should make you feel better about eating a little bread.
Now here's an interesting dish, Red Flannel Hash. It's made with yams, turnips, rutabagas, onions, kidney beans, dill, and spices. A very unique assortment, don't you think? I'm sure most people—especially standard American dieters—would head for the hills if someone presented them with this, but not me. I'd give it a whirl! Would you?
It's time to move onto the lunch menus. The Roasted Eggplant sandwich is looking mighty good. Again, the bread—in this case a ciabatta roll—is the concession. In addition to the bread it includes eggplant, tomatoes, spinach, roasted red pepper sauce, onions, and soy mozzarella or almond feta. Personally, I'm going with the almond feta instead of soy mozzarella. It sounds more interesting. I'd also ask the wait staff about the red pepper sauce. It might be prepared with some sort of oil, which might deter you. Although this wouldn't bother me too much, as I've said a bunch of times, I don't eat out very often, so that makes me more willing to bend a little. The Roasted Eggplant sandwich also comes with a side of potato chips or roasted potatoes. Between to the two, I'd obviously pick the roasted potatoes, but, since I'd be already be eating bread, I'd just skip the both of them. At the risk of sounding like a low-carb lemming, too many carbs!
And the last menu item to catch me eye is the Marinated Grilled Tofu salad. It comes with spinach, cucumbers, tomatoes, peapods, rice vinegar, and organic tofu marinated with tamari. What's tamari? Soy sauce, which brings me to an important side note, a few days ago I received an email from a concerned reader. He wanted to know why I selected dishes from Thai Kitchen's menu that had a potentially high salt content, like ones made with soy sauce. Now my answer is pretty simple. I'm aware that soy sauce and a lot of the sauces used to prepare Asian-style cuisine can be very salty—then again most restaurant food is salty—so I just kind of deal with it. If you're eating out, most of the time it's unavoidable. Take me for example, I know if I'm eating outside my home I'm going to have to make some allowances, but, I try my best to limit them. And if I do eat something that might be on the salty side, I make sure that I'm vigilant not to do it again for a long while. Unfortunately the standard American dietary frontier is not easily conducive to an Eat to Live lifestyle, so you better be prepared to roll with the punches.
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Tim Holtz Sizzix Texture Fades, or deep emboss folders, from his Alterations line are now available for purchase at Archiver's. These folders leave a very deep impression into the material used. They are designed to emboss cardstock, grunge board, chip board, acetate, cork and metal. With Tim Holtz's great designs these embossing folders are fun for any project and especially ideal for masculine projects like Father's Day cards and gifts. The folders come in a set of two and there are eight sets available.
Additionally Tim Holtz paper line is also available and pairs great with the folders.
TIP: Keep the packaging that the embossing folders come in to emboss. The clear plastic is well suited for embossing with the folders and makes a unique embellishment for cards.
Happy embossing!


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Middleweight Designer
- Recruiter
- Truffle Talent
- Location
- South London
- Salary
- up to £40K
- Posted
- 26 Feb 2013
- Closes
- 12 Mar 2013
- Ref
- mwdes260213
- Contract Types
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Design Disciplines
- Branding, Digital / Web, Exhibition, Graphics, Other, Print
- Job Functions
- Designer
Truffle are looking for a phenomenal Designer, with a folio that demonstrates your ability to work across a broad mix of communications from large scale events to clever and current social media campaigns.
Our client is one of the largest events marketing agencies in London, with a global network, an enviable reputation and an awards cabinet that backs up their success. You will get the opportunity to work for some of the most high profile global brands, with healthy budgets on impactful campaigns.
This is ideally a temp to perm role however they will also consider people currently in a permanent role.
Minimum requirements:
- An experienced graphic designer able to produce fast and accurate artwork on anything from event identities to large format exhibition graphics and screen graphics as readily as they can come up with creative concepts and generate new campaign ideas.
- A whizz at all the usual Creative Suite programmes for Mac and some experience of digital work, animation and video graphics would be an advantage.
- Working well on your own or as part of a creative team you need to be brilliant at juggling tight deadlines and numerous briefs for multiple clients, often in many formats and outputs.
- Experience working in an agency or a similar experiential role would be preferable.
All applications must be accompanied with a CV and relevant folio of work (either online or PDF)
This role is based in South London therefore you must be able to commute to this area or be interested in relocating


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Crews Spend Several Hours Getting to Hurt Hunter in Randolph County
Written by Your 5News Team
Last updated on November 20, 2012 @ 7:19PM
Created on November 20, 2012 @ 6:28PM
Crews in Randolph County spent several hours Tuesday afternoon trying to get to a man that apparently badly cut himself while hunting.
It all started around 11:00 a.m. about two miles off of Middle Mountain Road in the Monongahela National Forest.
The hunter was trying to gut his deer, but ended up cutting his leg.
He also went into shock, and hypothermia had set in.
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Version of Record online: 16 APR 2008
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9213.2008.569.x
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The Philosophical Quarterly
Volume 59, Issue 235, pages 216–236, April 2009
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Huemer, M. (2009), WHEN IS PARSIMONY A VIRTUE?. The Philosophical Quarterly, 59: 216–236. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-9213.2008.569.x
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- Issue online: 23 FEB 2009
- Version of Record online: 16 APR 2008
Parsimony is a virtue of empirical theories. Is it also a virtue of philosophical theories? I review four contemporary accounts of the virtue of parsimony in empirical theorizing, and consider how each might apply to two prominent appeals to parsimony in the philosophical literature, those made on behalf of physicalism and on behalf of nominalism. None of the accounts of the virtue of parsimony extends naturally to either of these philosophical cases. This suggests that in typical philosophical contexts, ontological simplicity has no evidential value.


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Scrabble word: RIGID
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Definitions of RIGID in dictionaries:
- adj - incapable of or resistant to bending
- adj - incapable of compromise or flexibility
- adj - incapable of adapting or changing to meet circumstances
- adj - designating an airship or dirigible having a form maintained by a stiff unyielding frame or structure
- adj - fixed and unmoving
- Not flexible or pliant; stiff.
- Not moving; fixed.
- Marked by a lack of flexibility; rigorous and exacting: "We have watered down a rigid training... until we now have an educational diet in many of our public high schools that nourishes neither the classes nor the masses" (Agnes Meyer).
- See Synonyms at stiff.
- adj - not flexible
There are 5 letters in RIGID: D G I I R
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Controlling pigs of Turkey
I wrote about the wild boar lunch I had in a village near Istanbul in this post. My chances of ever having a ham and cheese sandwich in Istanbul are, however, diminishing. The BBC reports that the governing Islamic AK Party of Turkey seems to be forcing the few remaining pig farms in Turkey to close and preventing the handful of Greek butchers serving the ever-dwindling Greek population of Istanbul from selling pig meat.
I have a tendency to take all news reports with a grain of salt, especially when they originate with "correspondents" whose accounts can't always be verified. But in this case, a Google search found many more reports in Turkish newspapers of the the government's ongoing attempts to close down the pig farms. Some of the news date back to 2005.


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Sa Ri One for Priscilla's Birthday
My good friend Priscilla decided to have her birthday dinner at Sa Ri One, a popular Korean restaurant in town, and in my opinion one of the best choices in the Tampa Bay area. The menu has lots of different choices at average prices. I tried Galbi-tang for the first time during this visit.
This appetizer was delicious =)
Seafood Pancake!
The beef bulgogi is so good here…I think it is my favorite place to have bulgogi in town. Lunch box (Sa Ri One's fast food version) has my 2nd favorite.
I've never had this one…future blog post?
Sa Ri One gives a few side dishes with their meals.
Sweet-tasting Korean alcohol.
When I first got the Galbi Tang I was a little afraid to try it because it was boiling hot. Once I finally had some I found myself really intrigued with the taste of it. It has a plentiful amount of black pepper in it, which opened up my nostrils completely. The egg inside was great as were the vegetables they put as well. There was some bone from the galbi, but when I finally got to the Galbi meat…that was truly the best part. Completely tender and full of flavor. I wish there was more in there, but it was still great and extremely filling. It was truly impossible to finish this soup and the price was cheaper than ordering regular Korean BBQ. Another successful Korean food adventure.
A close up view…you can see some of the pepper.
Happy Birthday Priscilla =)
Until next time Sa Ri One.
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Religious texts are often deemed timeless, but as the King James Bible celebrates its 400th anniversary this year, we are reminded that they are products of history as well. In 1604, James I approved a proposal by Puritans to authorize this translation of the Bible, declaring that he "could never yet see a Bible well translated in English." One of the English versions in use at the time was the Bishops' Bible, authorized by James I's predecessor, Elizabeth, and—posits senior Valeria Tsygankova—itself a political calculation by the Elizabethan state.
Funded by grants from Penn's Center for Undergraduate Research and Fellowships, the Benjamin Franklin Scholars program and the Penn Humanities Forum, Tsygankova is writing her senior thesis on what the paratexts of the Bishops' Bible—its title pages, reader guides, ornaments, marginal annotations and initials that surround the biblical text—reveal about the relationship between religion and the state in Elizabethan England. The English major first became motivated to examine books as physical objects during her sophomore year in a course she took on the history of the book taught by Peter Stallybrass, Walter H. and Leonore C. Annenberg Professor in the Humanities and Professor of English and of Comparative Literature and Literary Theory.
"Instead of looking at texts as just an abstract container for an idea," Tsygankova says, "I became fascinated by the idea that you can also look at them as physical artifacts. You can explore their form and history to learn the meaning behind the text and the culture that produced it."
Tsygankova's interest in material texts was further fueled by her work developing online exhibits and finding aids for materials in Penn's Rare Book and Manuscript Library, as well as the book-making classes she has taken in the Department of Fine Arts in Penn's School of Design. In one, she wrote and constructed a book-length poem, choosing its binding, paper and structure. "This exercise really allowed me to play around with the idea of how the body of the book might contribute to how a reader interacts with it and takes meaning away from it," Tsygankova says.
"Instead of looking at texts as just an abstract container for an idea, I became fascinated by the idea that you can also look at them as physical artifacts. You can explore their form and history to learn the meaning behind the text and the culture that produced it."
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She discovered the Bishops' Bible in Stallybrass' class and was struck by its title page, in which an ornate, engraved portrait of Queen Elizabeth occupies the space where the title and publisher information usually would have been. Only at the base of the portico framing this image can one read, "the holie Bible." Inside, more portraits of the aristocracy can be found—engravings of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, preceding the Book of Joshua and of William Cecil at the start of the Psalter—and throughout are markers of those involved in creating the translation, such as the initials of Archbishop Matthew Parker. In places where the book gives information about itself, Tsygankova explains, the paratext content is not biblical, but rather "stages the presence of a 'godly monarchy.' "
Tsygankova argues that the overwhelming prominence of the state in the Bishops' Bible's paratext points to the state's attempt to balance accessibility and authority in matters of religion. The first printed English translation of the Bible had appeared only a few decades earlier, and it was considered so radical that its creator, William Tyndale, was executed at the hands of the Catholic Church. But by the time Parker's bishops began work on the Bishops' Bible, one authorized version, the Great Bible, had already been produced under Henry VIII, and the unauthorized Geneva Bible was popular in many homes. The latter, a small and simple publication, was radically Calvinist with an anti-authoritarian bent.
The Bishops' Bible, Tsygankova explains, had the goal of replacing both the Great Bible and the Geneva Bible with a book that would stand for Elizabeth's fledgling reign. Although it was heavily influenced by Tyndale's work, it bound his revolutionary translation with paratext that strongly evoked the authoritative presence of the church and of the monarchy.
"The costly engraved portraits and the fact that it was printed in very large versions meant that it could only be displayed in church settings and in the homes of bishops and priests who could afford it," Tsygankova says. "It was in the vernacular, but people were only supposed to look at the text in controlled spaces dominated by hierarchies."
Tsygankova credits her education at Penn for pushing her to "examine the texts of the canon to look at where they came from, how they came together, and how they became part of the canon." As a 2011 Thouron Award recipient (a graduate exchange program between British universities and Penn), she will continue this work post-graduation in a master's program in the history of the book at the University of London's Institute of English Studies. Tsygankova is also the recipient of a Beinecke Scholarship, which she is planning to apply toward pursuing a Ph.D. in subjects that bridge her interests in material texts and contemporary poetry.
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The 5th dead Mediterranean monk seal for 2014…
On Monday we received a call from Amaliapolis Port Authority (Magnisia, Greece) to inform us that a dead Mediterranean monk seal was found lying dead on a beach near-by. Unfortunately, this is already the 5th incident reported in 2014, so far. Last year, MOm received 24 reports of dead monk seals, a species that is listed as Critically Endangered in the IUCN List of Threatened species, and is of international important.
Two days later, our research team visited the area in order to perform a necropsy, in an effort to identify the cause of death and to get samples that will shed light on the still poorly understood biology and behavior of the species.
When we reached the area, we encountered a dead male adult monk seal, about 2,60 m of total length. Unfortunately, its body was in a very advanced stage of decomposition; our estimate was that it has been dead for at least ten days prior to our arrival. Unfortunately, under these circumstances a proper necropsy is not feasible, thus it was not likely to assess the possible cause of death, on the spot.
However, important morphometric data and samples, such as teeth for an age estimate, skin tissue and the baculum (penis bone), were collected in order to be later analyzed.
Every time we encounter a dead animal we always check whether it is an individual that has been previously treated in our Rehabilitation center. Since 2005 MOm has been marking the animals that have been treated at the Rehabilitation and Reintroduction Center for the Mediterranean monk seal at the Alonissos island, with the use of satellite tag. The satellite tags are typically placed on the back of a seal prior to its release. This monk seal was scanned but no tag was found. Our genetic test, now, using the skin tissue will reveal whether or not is an animal that has been previously encountered in one of our monitoring expeditions, and filed in our database.
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Hewlett Packard (HPQ) Shareholder Lawsuit Summary
On November, 20 2012, Hewlett-Packard announced it would take an $8.8 billion write down on its August 2011 acquisition of Autonomy, a British software firm. News of this large write down caused HPQ stock to fall to a closing price of $11.71, HPQ's lowest stock price in over a decade. Hewlett Packard's CEO Meg Whitman explained that this write down was largely caused by Autonomy's intentional manipulation of its financial metrics before the acquisition, an accusation rejected by Autonomy's former CEO.
Hewlett Packard (HPQ) Shareholders Have Raised Questions About HPQ's Disclosures And HPQ's Acquisition Process
Is HPQ's Board of Directors portraying itself as a victim of fraud to deflect criticism of its own failure to perform proper due diligence before agreeing to purchase Autonomy? As one former bank examiner for the Federal Reserve stated, 'we paid too much because of fraud' doesn't negate the fact of inadequate due diligence. Some responsibility needs to come back to HP."
Did HPQ employ adequate due diligence protocols during the Autonomy diligence process?
Were HPQ executives aware of the accounting problems at Autonomy, but failed to disclose those problems?
Hewlett Packard (HPQ) Shareholder Rights Investigation
The questions set forth above, raise basic questions of whether senior management and the board of directors of Hewlett Packard (HPQ) are properly executing their respective duties to HPQ shareholders. If you are a current Hewlett Packard shareholder and would like to learn more about our investigation or if you wish to discuss these matters or have any questions concerning this investigation, please contact us by competing the contact form or call Attorney George Pressly at 1 (800) 631-6234.


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The DNREC is offering the Universal Recycling grant and low interest loan program to help Delaware's businesses and institutions comply with its Jan. 1 deadline for the Universal Recycling Law.
There will be $1.5 million available for disbursing to help the commercial sector succeed in recycling. The state's Universal Recycling Law means ensuring recycling services are available for all in Delaware and includes the requirement that all commercial businesses actively participate in a comprehensive recycling program no later than Jan. 1, 2014.
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Professor Griffiths is a Chartered Psychologist and Director of the International Gaming Research Unit. He mostly teaches on areas related to his research interests on various undergraduate and postgraduate Psychology programmes. His main teaching interests are in the areas of abnormal, social and health psychology with particular emphasis on behavioural addictions (e.g. gambling addiction, videogame addiction, Internet addiction, exercise addiction), cyberpsychology and the psychology of sexual behaviour. Professor Griffiths has held many major administrative roles since joining the University including Head of Psychology Division, Psychology Research Co-ordinator, Social Policy Research Co-ordinator, and Psychology Postgraduate Co-ordinator. In addition to his teaching and research.
Professor Griffiths is also a gaming consultant and works with the gaming industry to promote responsible gambling, social responsibility, harm minimization, and player protection. He is also a freelance journalist and writes for many national and international newspapers and magazines.
Professor Griffiths has supervised over 20 PhD students mostly in the area of behavioural addiction, gambling, gaming and Internet use. This has included doctoral theses in specific area such as:
Professor Griffiths uses mixed methods (quantitative and qualitative) and has particular expertise in self-report methods (questionnaires, interviews) and online data collection.
Professor Griffiths is highly research active and has published over 400 refereed papers, three books, 70+ book chapters, and over 1000 other articles mostly in the area of behavioural addictions (gambling addiction, videogame addiction, internet addiction, exercise addiction, sex addiction). His current research projects include (but not limited to) (i) questionnaire and interview studies into online gaming addictions, (ii) behavioural tracking projects examining online gambling and the utility of social responsibility tools, (iii) national prevalence surveys on various addictive behaviours including gambling, exercise and video game playing, and (iv) online studies of various aspects of video game playing behaviour (e.g., game transfer phenomena, online trolling, etc.).
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Professor Griffiths has acted as a consultant for many Government bodies including the Gambling Board for Great Britain, Gambling Commission, UK Home Office, Department of Culture, Media and Sport, Department of Health, Victorian Casino and Gaming Authority (Australia) and various international Governments (including the US, Australia, Sweden, Norway and Finland). Professor Griffiths has carried out consultancy for over 20 different gaming companies worldwide in the area of social responsibility in gambling including companies in the UK (Camelot; Inter Lotto; Gala Coral, Metrobet; Better), Ireland (Irish National Lottery; Paddy Power), Sweden (Svenska Spel, Casino Cosmopol), Norway (Norsk Tipping, Fair Chance Lottery), Finland (Veikkaus; RAY), Austria (Austrian Lottery, Casino Austria), Denmark (Danske Spil), Singapore (Singapore Pools), Canada (Nova Scotia Gaming Corporation; Atlantic Lottery Corporation, Interprovincial Lottery Corporation), Switzerland (Imaginventure), and Israel (888.com) as well as other internet gaming companies such as Ultimate Poker.
Professor Griffiths has been the invited keynote speaker at over 200 national conferences in the UK, USA, Canada, China, Australia, Singapore, South Korea, Germany, France, Spain, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Switzerland, Ireland, Finland, Poland, Slovenia, Italy, Holland, Malta, Israel, and Belgium.
Professor Griffiths has given keynote addresses to the US National Academy of Sciences (Washington DC), and the US National Center for Addiction (New York). Professor Griffiths also sits on and chairs many national and international committees and is the current chair of the European Association for the Study of Gambling.
Professor Griffiths is one the UK's most high profile media commentators and has been awarded a number of prizes for his scientific dissemination. He has appeared on over 2500 radio and television programmes, and has written over 300 articles for national newspapers and magazines including the Daily Mirror, The Guardian, The Daily Telegraph, The Times, The Independent, The Sun, Western Mail, Times Higher Education, Sunday Post, Arcade, MCV Magazine, Inside Edge, iGaming Business, Derby Evening Telegraph, Edinburgh Evening News, Nottingham Evening Post, Nottingham Post, Record Collector, Bizarre, Top of the Pops Magazine, Casino and Gaming International, Coinslot International, and eGaming Review.
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Google Maps is getting a lot more fun to play with. Check out Ken Norton's demo of the latest version of Google Maps on a Samsung Nexus S, complete with 3D fun.
Spinning the map with 3D buildings looks kind of fun, and you can also center the map on your location and enter compass mode to move in sync with just a couple of clicks. Street View, navigation, as well as things like live traffic info are also accessible. Google Maps is definitely looking to make smartphone owners kick their GPS to the curb.


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Indie filmmaker Jean-Claude LaMarre ("Gang of Roses," "Color of the Cross") is planning "Chocolate City," a project that is best described as an African-American take on the male stripper film "Magic Mike".
Michael Jai White ("Black Dynamite") and model-turned-actor Tyson Beckford are in negotiations to star in the tale of Devin, a young college student struggling to make ends meet who is convinced to give amateur night at a male strip club a whirl.
White will play the owner of the club who does the job of convincing Devin to give it a try. Beckford will play the club's former star attraction whose popularity is fading. There's also a subplot of Devin's religious upbringing and how it clashes with his newfound career.
LaMarre penned, will direct and is also slated to produce alongside Gabriel Casseus, Robert Aaronson and Rozina Negusei. The filmmaker says: "I researched the male exotic club scene and it's massive across the country, with clubs specifically targeting middle-aged African-American women."
Filming aims to begin in Los Angeles in June.
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At Accent Inns we are all about family values, that's why we are excited to announce our latest community partner the Adoptive Families Association of BC. This post will provide a little more information about adoption and the AFABC and connect you with a personal story.
Adoption: It's personal, it saves tax dollars, and it's about more than babies
Why should you care about adoption? We can give you three very good reasons:
- Adoption saves tax dollars. Kids who age out of care without finding permanent families are less likely than others to finish high school and find stable employment, and are at far greater risk than most young people for unplanned pregnancy, homelessness, substance use, and criminal involvement — things that come with a price tag for all of us.
- Adoption is personal. People who are not adoptive parents or adoptees tend to think adoption doesn't concern them. But almost everyone has an adoption connection, whether it's a grandparent who was adopted, an aunt who is a birth mother, or a cousin who is considering adoption. Adoption touches all of us.
- Adoption is not just about babies. Entertainment news these days is full of wealthy celebrities adopting from impoverished nations. But around 1000 BC children are available for adoption, only a small percentage are under two years old, it doesn't cost anything to adopt through the Ministry of Children and Family Development, and anyone can do it. (more…)