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The Fish Sauce Diaries: David Tanis Eats His Way Through Hoi An, Vietnam
Chef David Tanis eats his way through the noodles, crêpes, and banana-blossom salads of Hoi An, Vietnam
Vietnamese Chicken Noodle Soup
Chef and author David Tanis insists on making broth for this restorative and iconic soup (pho ga) from scratch and warns against overcooking the noodles: "They should be pretty firm and snappy, not flabby."
Pickled Whole Shallots
Next to fried shallots, these are the single greatest condiment of all time. They're an ideal counterbalance to rich, fatty, or spiced foods, or as a zingy garnish for a cold noodle salad.
Grilled Snapper with Fresh Turmeric Marinade
Fresh turmeric lends a unique and earthy note plus incredible color to the finished dish.
Braised Spiced Pork with Cao Lau Noodles
The synthesis of fresh and long-cooked textures; rich, sweet, and herbal flavors; and juicy and crunchy garnishes. Serve with extra herbs, chiles, and lime so everyone can customize his own bowl.
Chicken and Green Papaya Salad
The difference between this papaya salad and a Thai-style one comes down to spice and sugar, says chef and author David Tanis. The Vietnamese one is sweeter and less hot. Have all the ingredients assembled, but dress the salad just before serving.
Crisp Hoi An Pancakes
These hot and crunchy filled crepes are known as banh xeo in Vietnam.
Nuoc Cham
This ubiquitous and essential condiment is a bright and spicy mix of sweet, sour, salty, and bitter flavors.
Bean Sprout Pickle
These crisp, fresh pickles are often offered along with fresh herbs at the table. Tuck them into a lettuce-leaf wrapper or use them to doctor brothy soup.
Cold Noodles with Grilled Lemongrass Shrimp
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At Cornet Bay on the northern tip of Whidbey Island we are restoring about 1,000 feet of altered shoreline to more natural condition. Our partners are Washington State Parks, Island County, the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, the US Fish and Wildlife Service and the Northwest Straits Foundation. Restoration of more than 800 feet (areas 4, 6 and 7) were completed in the fall of 2012. Major elements of our project involve removing a creosote bulkhead and the fill material behind it, re-grading the beach to match existing, natural, beach slope at nearby reference sites and replanting the restored shore area with native vegetation. The work is designed to improve spawning habitat for forage fish and nearshore habitat for salmon and forage fish. This will eliminate a source of beach scouring, expand intertidal habitat, improve beach composition, remove a source of hydrocarbons leaching from the bulkhead and improve riparian vegetation.
For more before and after photos and details about this project read the report prepared by Sarah Schmidt, Cornet Bay Project Coordinator.
Our work includes ongoing monitoring of how juvenile salmon use Cornet Bay. To learn more about this, please see the following studies:
Our Cornet Bay project was funded initially by a $175,000 grant to the MRC in 2007 from the National Fish and Wildlife Federation (NFWF). We are matching this with about $41,000 of MRC funds and in-kind services. By the end of 2010 the total project value had grown to more than $700,000 with these additional resources:
Cornet Bay is a functioning estuary located alongside the narrow, deep channel of Deception Pass, about five miles from the mouths of both the north and south forks of the Skagit River. The Skagit is the largest source of out-migrating juvenile Chinook salmon in Puget Sound and Cornet Bay is about halfway to the open ocean on the shortest path to it from both mouths of the river.
We view Cornet Bay as an important opportunity to showcase successful restoration to the Island County community. Plans call for making this work a part of park outreach projects for the next several years, including the installation of interpretive signage. The restoration message will reach thousands of visitors annually because Cornet Bay is one of the most heavily-used fishing, boating and picnic areas in the parks system.

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GERRY – In just a few days, the small village of Gerry, a few miles north of Jamestown, will become "Rodeo City," home to the longest continuously running professional rodeo east of the Mississippi River.
The traditional events of bareback bronc riding, tie-down roping, saddle bronc riding, bullriding, barrel racing, team roping and steer wrestling are included on the four-day program, which opens Wednesday.
A rodeo clown and parade are also part of the show. But some people attend just for the beef barbecue.
The Gerry rodeo will be put together by a group of volunteers who have been hosting the rodeo for 69 years as a fundraising event to supplement their volunteer fire company.
Tom Atwell has been chairman of the rodeo for nine years, and planning takes him all year. A volunteer firefighter for the past 23 years, his work on the rodeo began even earlier.
"I started by helping with the silverware in the dining hall when I was 5 years old," said Atwell, who has been a firefighter since he was 19 years old.
He said his grandparents and parents were all involved as volunteers for the rodeo. Through the years, he graduated through a variety of jobs and was the assistant chairman for a few years before being selected for the chairman's job.
He has traveled to rodeo planning conventions and to bigger rodeo events in search of ways to improve the Gerry rodeo.
As he looked out over the rodeo field last week, Atwell started a list of things that need to be done and asked one of his sons to get a marker and work on the "to do" list.
Last minute jobs included inspecting the bleachers for loose boards and painting the buildings. The bleachers can hold about 4,000 spectators.
This year, the rodeo will have five shows. All of the shows are sanctioned by the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association. Riders, ropers and other competitors from all over the country will number about 150, competing for more than $35,000 in prize money.
They also compete for points and a chance to be entered into the national competition.
This year's opening rodeo is 8 p.m. Wednesday. Events continue through Saturday.
This year, children 8 and younger can compete in special events at 10:30 a.m. Saturday.
"We keep this a family-oriented event," Atwell said. No alcohol is allowed on the grounds.
At 5 p.m. each evening, a traditional beef barbecue dinner is cooked and served by the community.
Paula and Bruce Gustafson take charge of the dinner. They are helped out by 40 to 50 volunteers each night. They expect to serve about 3,000 meals over four days.
The chefs cook about 4,500 pounds of beef on open wood-fire grills. Only aged maple wood is used for the fires, and the cook's helper has to be sure the temperature stays hot enough to cook the beef and long enough to give it a smoky flavor.
A big pile of the wood stands near the grills ready for splitting and keeping the fires going. Home-cooked crispy potatoes, corn rolls and ice cream are served with the dinner.
The crew will make about 90 quarts of "special recipe" sauce and another 40 to 50 quarts of gravy for the beef.
"The gravy is made from the beef drippings, not from a package," said Paul Cooley, one of the volunteers.
Additional vendors and booths sponsored by the Fire Department will also have other foods and treats.
The Gerry rodeo originated in 1945, when former rodeo rider Jack Cox moved to Gerry and convinced the firefighters that they could host one in their community. The first event was pulled together in just two months.
Now the event takes a whole year of planning.
Safety has to be a primary concern for riders and animals. There are emergency crews on the site at all times for the people and a veterinarian at every event for the animals. Atwell said the animals are watched closely for any injuries.
"We couldn't do this without a lot of help from the community," Atwell said.
He said he knows of many locals who use their vacation time from work to help out every day at the rodeo.
"It's also like a reunion – I bet more than 1,000 people return home to Gerry for rodeo week," he said.
The residents get behind the cause to help keep their fire department running and using good, up-to-date equipment including an ambulance, pumper trucks, utility trucks and even an ATV unit that can pull gurneys into wooded or off-road areas in the event of accidents. There are about 70 volunteer firefighters in the department.
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How To Get Rid of Bed Bugs
Bed bugs are not something that anyone wants in their home. If you have identified signs of bed bugs in your home, you will obviously want to get rid of them. Although bed bugs do not pose a significant threat to your health, they can cause itchy bites all over your skin, as well make you feel uncomfortable while you are trying to sleep.
Because there is so much misinformation about bed bugs and getting rid of them, here are several things you shouldn't do to get rid of bed bugs:
Bug Bombs and Foggers
- While many pest control companies use this method to deal with bed bugs, it is far from being completely effective. Although the chemicals in bug bombs and foggers will kill bed bugs, they also cause bed bugs to flee. As a result, bed bugs can burrow into cracks in the wall, and then simply return after the fog has worn off. So, while this option may work, it is far from being the most effective
- Many people believe that if you spray a mattress with diluted bleach, or simply pour straight bleach inside a mattress, it will kill the bed bugs that are living there. However, this is simply not true. Not only does it not work, but it can also damage your mattress. And even worse, sleeping on a surface that has been exposed to bleach can cause irritation to your skin.
- If it is at least 120 degrees Fahrenheit in your home, it will kill bed bugs. However, not only is this unrealistic, but it is almost impossible to uniformly get your entire home to this extreme temperature.
- Bed bugs will die in an environment of 32 degrees Fahrenheit or colder, but for the same reason as heat, this is not a practical way to get rid of bed bugs.
Lavender Oil
- There are plenty of companies that will sell you various lavender oil products as a natural way to get rid of bed bugs. Unfortunately, there is no proof to support the claim that lavender oil will get rid of bed bugs. If you purchase a lavender oil product for this purpose, the only thing it is guaranteed to get rid of is the money in your wallet.
Black Walnut Dust
- While this solution may be somewhat effective, look below to "Food Grade Diatomaceous Earth" for the same type of solution, but one that is much more effective.
Now that you know what not to do, here are several methods that will actually help get rid of bed bugs:
Seal Entrance Points
- You can use caulk or other sealants to block entrance points like cracks and holes. Read here if you want to learn more about sealing off bed bug entrances.
- Thoroughly vacuum all floor surfaces, as well as using an attachment to vacuum on and in furniture.
Food Grade Diatomaceous Earth
- Unlike lavender oil, this is a natural method that actually works. You can purchase diatomaceous earth powder to sprinkle around any infested areas, including your bed. Because this solution requires the bed bug to walk on it, this may not eliminate every single bed bug in your home, but it can significantly reduce the size of your infestation. In powder form, it sticks to bed bugs and acts like glass, cutting them up.
Mattress Encasement
- A mattress encasement is like a mattress cover, but it goes completely around the mattress, and zips up to fully enclose the mattress. By using a mattress encasement, you can seal off all of the existing bed bugs inside of your mattress, and because they won't be able to feed, they will all eventually die. Just keep in mind that while this will take care of all the bed bugs in your mattress, you will have to employ additional methods to deal with any other bed bug infestations around your home. If you are concerned about bed bugs in your pillows, you can get the same kind of encasement for each of your pillows.
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The Chicago Sun-Times is reporting that the city's first case of meningitis is also Illinois' first case resulting from contaminated steroid shots. To date, 15 people nationwide have been killed by this outbreak.
The unnamed Chicagoan underwent an epidural steroid injection with the drug coming from one of the three known contaminated pharmacies in the New England Compounding Center, according to Illinois Department of Public Health. The New England Compounding Center is a Massachusetts pharmaceutical factory which manufactures the injections. It has since been stripped of all licenses, and indeed, has been forced to shut down all operations altogether.
"The Illinois Department of Public Health continues to work with local and federal officials investigating the multi-state meningitis outbreak," IDPH Director Dr. LaMar Hasbrouck said.
As indicated above, this fungal meningitis outbreak is linked to contaminated epidural steroid medications. According to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) outbreak investigation update October 13, there are 198 cases reported to date.
One case, however, is actually an infection of a peripheral joint, according to CDC. Indiana reports an additional fatality making a national total of 15 deaths.
Illinois (Chicago) is the 13th state to report a case associated with this outbreak.
The CDC fungal laboratory is attempting to isolate the mold, Exserohilum using clinical specimens taken from people with meningitis. So far, only one case has been confirmed to be the mold, Aspergillus.
Clinical Team Leader of the Multistate Meningitis Outbreak and Director of the Office of Health Associated Infections Prevention Research and Evaluation with the CDC, Dr. John Jernigan says, "Given that fungal infections of this kind have never been seen before, the doctors caring for these patients are going to need guidance....The CDC has brought under one roof the nation's top clinical fungal experts to develop diagnostic and treatment regimens for this disease."
Finally, the CDC is offering clinical guidance for treatment of fungal meningitis infections.
Now that this disease is beginning to hit large, crowded, urban areas, it is even more imperative that an effective treatment and cure be found – and found quickly. Meningitis is highly contagious. It is most easily spread through respiratory secretions. Children who are not yet toilet trained and their caretakers may also contract and spread the disease.
Meningitis is inflammation of the protective membranes surrounding both the brain and spinal cord. That covering or membrane is known collectively as the meninges. Inflammation may be caused by infection with viruses, bacteria, or other microorganisms, and less commonly by certain drugs. Sterioids are the suspected culprit in the instant cases. Because of the extremely close proximity to the brain and spinal cord, meningitis is always considered life-threatening.
Infection, however, does not always lead to the disease. Common sense should guide one in avoiding infection. Do not allow people to cough, sneeze, or yawn directly in your face. Also, frequent handwashing and cleansing of surfaces with chlorine bleach mixed with water will usually keep these particular bugs at bay.
Symptoms of meningitis include headache and neck stiffness associated with fever, confusion or altered consciousness, vomiting, and light intolerance (photophobia) or sensitivity to loud noises (phonophobia). Children may only have generalized or nonspecific symptoms -- irritability and drowsiness.
This particular form of meningitis is generally active only in the summer and early fall.
Preliminary (and leaked) results of various investigations and reports indicate that this pharmaceutical combine has been known to cut corners in the past. It's owners have called for less rather than more regulation of the pharmaceutical industry. As the video accompanying this report indicates, at least one family who has allegedly been victimized by this company and this industry is calling for greater regulation of this essentially wide open industry.
Yes, whether its called a "breakout" or "outbreak," this soon-to-be epidemic may quickly reach pandemic proportions. It is, therefore, as much a political matter, question, and issue as it is a health or medical care concern.
As a lifelone resident of Chicago, the rest of the country (if not the world) must consider the red flag raised.


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After 11 years of marriage and two daughters together, the Big Shots star and his wife, Shiva Rose, separate
In the summer of 1992, Dylan McDermott walked into a Venice, Calif., cafe and laid eyes on a Persian-Irish beauty named Shiva Rose Afshar. Love at first sight led to marriage and two daughters. But on Sept. 27—the day he returned to TV in the ABC drama Big Shots—his rep confirmed to PEOPLE, "They are separated."
"A shock," says one friend of McDermott's. "They seemed happy." As recently as July 16, McDermott, 45, and his actress wife, 38, attended the L.A. premiere of her romantic comedy, David & Layla, all smiles. But a month later, Shiva arrived on another red carpet alone—and without her wedding ring. The couple won't say why they split. But don't expect a bitter divorce. The McDermott pal says, "They're the type who will remain close and stay friends."
Owen Wilson
Recovery loves company: Owen Wilson took an ocean dip with former girlfriend, dancer Carolina Cerisola, 27, in Malibu on Sept. 30. Back on dry land, the two played towel tug-of-war with Wilson's dog Garcia before zipping off on matching motorbikes. Weeks after his apparent suicide attempt, the actor is "doing great," says friend, director Wes Anderson. "He'll speak for himself when he's ready." Jerry Stiller, Wilson's Zoolander costar and father of friend Ben Stiller is confident Owen will "put his life together."
Yikes! Rosie's on a roll—yet again! In Celebrity Detox, the former daytime queen slams Barbara Walters ("I sensed a raw place in Barbara right from the start; I could practically see it, the haze of her heart"), complains about her View dressing room ("My whole life was ruined because there was not a private bathroom") and gushes about reincarnation ("My kabbalah teacher ... says in my next life I will ... come back as a dog"). But one of the book's shocking revelations? She would break her own bones as a child with a wooden hanger or baseball bat ("My hands and fingers usually. No one knew. My secret").
Following Jennie Garth's quickstep tumble Oct. 1, the actress got a hug from hubby Peter Facinelli and daughter Luca, 10. Said a weepy Garth: "To have my daughter here, see me make a mistake and get back up is a good lesson for her." ... Jane Seymour headed to England Oct. 2 to attend the funeral of her mother, Mieke Frankenburg, 92, who passed away a day earlier. Seymour's dancing partner Tony Dovolani tells Scoop, "Jane was dancing in honor of her mother; now she'll dance as a tribute. Instead of watching from a hospital bed, she'll be an angel on Jane's shoulder."
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Just weeks after her John Mayer summer sizzle fizzled, Cameron Diaz has been out with the newly single Bradley Cooper, just divorced from Jennifer Esposito. In the wee hours of Sept. 30, the two chatted at the Saturday Night Live afterparty held at the steak joint Primehouse New York. "She was really bubbly all night long!" one source dished. The next evening the two were spotted walking toward Central Park, and they later caught a New York Giants game at the Meadowlands with Demi Moore and Diaz's What Happens in Vegas ... costar Ashton Kutcher.
According to Internet chatter, Nicole Richie and beau Joel Madden are getting married Oct. 13 in Laguna Beach, Calif. Putting a major crimp in that news is the touring schedule of Madden's band Good Charlotte, which places him in Melbourne, Australia, that day. "They are absolutely not getting married on the October date," says a source close to Madden. Not that he's avoiding wedding the mother of his future child (Richie is due late 2007). "Marriage is in our future," the singer told Ryan Seacrest last month. Besides, Richie has plans too—she enrolled Sept. 26 in an 18-month alcohol program stemming from her DUI arrest last year.
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Just how serious is the relationship between John Mayer and Friday Night Lights star Minka Kelly? "He's been sending her roses," says a pal of the singer's. On Sept. 28 the couple shared a romantic dinner at Giorgio Baldi in Santa Monica before stopping for drinks at Sofitel's Stone Rose Lounge and the Whiskey Bar. "When they're together, they're always kissing," says a friend.
Budgeting time is hard for any working couple, but try squeezing in meetings with world leaders, launching a New Orleans housing project and picking the kids up from school. Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie—who spent a week in the Big Apple doing just that—made it look easy.
Angelina and Shiloh visit Brad on the Brooklyn set of Burn After Reading, the Coen brothers movie he's filming with George Clooney.
Brad, Pax and Zahara leave Kidville, where the family spent the afternoon playing.
Angelina takes Shiloh shopping at toy superstore F.A.O. Schwarz.
After the kids are in bed, Mom and Dad sneak out to attend a Hurricane Katrina benefit.
At the three-day Clinton Global Initiative, Brad implores leaders to help rebuild New Orleans, then picks up Maddox from school (above). Meanwhile, Angelina (with President Clinton and Sudanese activist Valentino Achak Deng) launches a worldwide education initiative campaign for children in conflict regions.
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Three young women find stardom making pop music for Disney
With their new album TCG, and Sabrina's rising status on Dancing with the Stars, this girl group is super busy. They found time for a little girl talk with PEOPLE's Jessica Herndon.
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Sabrina Bryan: You can look at any one of us and see that we come from completely different backgrounds, and yet we accept each other.
Adrienne Bailon: Our tastes in music; our styles of clothing.
Kiely Williams: The thing is, we're all very understanding of each other and each other's moods.
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Adrienne: Adrian Grenier from Entourage. Oh my gosh. He's a cutie, and I'm obsessed with that show.
Sabrina: Channing Tatum. The hotness. He's a dancer. Or any one of the hot pro football players.
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Sabrina: I go to Chapman University, studying advertising and PR.
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Another year, another NCAA Football release. Much like the Madden series and Call of Duty, NCAA Football fans get to enjoy the annual release of a new title, with over half a million copies sold every year. So far the yearly release system has brought with it waves of criticism from players who feel that EA's drive to release a new version every year comes at the expense of new quality gameplay and innovation. As the debate rages on between fans as to whether it is necessary to keep releasing entire games rather than updates, the latest instalment, NCAA Football 13, hits the shelves.
One of the bigger changes to this years iteration is likely going to cause a bit of a difficulty increase depending on how you play. Those passes have become more realistic and consequently more difficult. This new passing system adds a whole new dimension to the gameplay, which is a welcome challenge for seasoned NCAA players.
There have also been some tweaks to the graphics (such as the addition of motion blur) which, far from improving the overall presentation, actually gives the distinct impression of a rushed job. Although the game is more immersive as a whole, the numerous graphical glitches and commentary errors make for a disappointing overall presentation.
The Heisman Mode
Without a doubt the biggest change this year is the addition of the Heisman Mode, which elevates the game from being a simple rehash of NCAA 12. The Heisman mode allows you to play a season as any one of the 10 former Heisman winners with any team you choose. That's right…you can make some truly hideous combinations such as putting Carson Palmer with Notre Dame! The Heisman mode makes heavy use of the new reaction time feature, which slows play down to allow for tactical moves. Perhaps this makes it a little too easy to beat the records set by the Heisman winners themselves. Overall this new element to the game is a definite success, especially as practically no new changes have been made to Road to Glory or Dynasty modes.
Freezing in Dynasty
The only major flaw I have noticed is that a few hours into playing Dynasty mode on the XBOX the screen freezes up and you have to reboot. This is incredibly frustrating, and judging by other user's experiences it is a common problem with the NCAA 13. Hopefully EA will recognise this flaw and patch it quickly.
Is NCAA Football 13 a good game? Yes. Should you wait for Madden NFL 13 and buy that instead? Probably.


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"Todd understands success in our program requires a sincere commitment to excellence on and off the floor. I'm extremely disappointed he's put himself in this position, but he has the full support of our program as he works to improve," said Williams.
The Huntington, W.V., native appeared in 35 games for the Golden Eagles in 2011-12, averaging 7.9 points and 2.7 rebounds per contest.


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About Us
FAMILYConnections is itself a growing family of more than 30 programs delivering professional counseling, skills building, and prevention services to over 4,000 children, adults, and families each year in Essex and surrounding counties. Licensed by both the New Jersey Division of Mental Health Services and Division of Addiction Services, we deliver many programs on-site in preschools, schools, community centers, and directly in the home.
FAMILYConnections' overall goal is to serve the complex needs of our communities. Our Core Values call for us to insure every day that our work is:
In the past decade, FAMILY Connections has tripled in size and quadrupled the number of children and families we serve. This growth has been driven by our Core Values and a deep commitment to expand evidence-based services in three interlocking strategic areas: 1) Strengthening Parents & Families; 2) Early Childhood Development, and; 3) School- and Community-Based Prevention. The success of this growth is due in part to our expertise in collaborating with preschools, schools and other community partners. It is also due to our commitment to rigorous utilization of Evidence-Based Practices. All told, we have now delivered nationally-recognized evidence-based programming to more than 4,800 local children and families. For a sample of the positive outcome data collected from these programs, please click here.
Our success has been aided by a robust Quality Assurance (QA) program which requires that all of our services define and measure their Outcome Objectives. QA has also spearheaded the creation of our Cultural Competence program to ensure that all staff are culturally competent both with each other and with our consumers.
But the first and most important factor in FAMILYConnections' success is the courage of the people who come to us for help. Their strengths, their hopes, their hard work are THE most important contributors to growth and change.
And too, we succeed because of the commitment and passion of our staff -- the relationships they build with our consumers, their belief in families' capacity to grow, their willingness to bring both their skills and their hearts to work every day.
Finally, we succeed because of our highly dedicated Board of Trustees and our donors, whose contributions help children develop empathy and impulse control; help teenagers stay away from gangs and drugs; help families heal and reunite; and help seniors remain independent.
FAMILYConnections, Inc., formerly Family Service and Child Guidance Center is the result of the merger of two organizations. The Family and Children's Service Agency, which was established in 1959, was originally founded in 1879 as the Registry Society. The Child Guidance Clinic was established in 1948. The mission of both of these agencies was similar; to serve the needs of children and families in the communities of the Oranges, Maplewood, and Millburn-Short Hills.
The merger of these two agencies in 1969, created the Family Service and Child Guidance Center, which provided the community with a rich array of programs and services. The primary focus of the agency continued to be on strengthening family life and supporting the family system. Thus, in 1997, the Board of Trustees changed the name of the agency to FAMILYConnections, Inc.


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Your best friend and/or boyfriend/girlfriend. Someone you can be close to to get warm, cuddle up with when your sad, mad, flirty etc. Someone to sit down with and watch a movie with.
she was missing her snuggle buddy so she called him so they could watch a movie together.
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someone that is always there for you, and gives you the best snuggles whenever you need them.
you most need a snuggle buddy when your feeling really bad and when you need someone to talk to. So you can cuddle up to them.
Beküldő: dannyb = ] 2008. október 15.
A snuggle buddy is a close friend who you sometimes cuddle up to when you're feeling down or need comforting. There's no sex involved and it never goes further than a cuddle, but they're always there for you when you need that extra bit of comfort.
Person 1: So did you hook up?
Person 2: Nah, we just cuddled watching a movie. She's my Snuggle Buddy
Person 2: Nah, we just cuddled watching a movie. She's my Snuggle Buddy
Beküldő: Fallenbear 2013. január 5.
Step 1. You get someone to be your snuggle buddy, next thing you know you're crushing some guts.
OHHH hey becky, I'll be your snuggle buddy (makes appoint next morning at abortion clinic)
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The Daily Treat: Prince William & Duchess Kate Tap into Their Animal Instincts
The royal couple's tour of New Zealand and Australia has been filled with frequent furry meet-and-greets in the form of puppies, sheep and a wombat.
At the Sydney Royal Easter Show on Friday, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were on hand for a sheep shearing display where a ram named Fred made them smile by welcoming them with a gentlemanly bow. The royals fed Fred some yummy apples (above), and the press ate up Kate's playful joke: she suggested that her handsome husband cover his bald spot with a wig made of alpaca wool.
Earlier in the week, a rainy day turned into a dog day afternoon for the canine-loving duo, who were all smiles as they cuddled two cuties – German shepherd police dog pups – during a visit to the Royal New Zealand Police College in Wellington.
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Income Inequality and Redistribution Policy in Japan
Politics of the Economic Crisis Speaker Series
Naokatsu Hikotani (Japan Ministry of Finance)
Date/Time: 04/25/11 at 4:30 pm - 04/25/11 at 6:00 pm
Naokatsu Hikotani is currently a visiting professional specialist at the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies. He joined Japan's Ministry of Finance in 1990, serving most recently as staff secretary to the Minister of Finance. Prior to that he worked in the tax bureau where he was involved in policy discussions related to raising the consumption tax and creating tax exemptions for basic-needs good. Hikotani was also in charge of financial regulation during Japan's 1997 economic crisis. His research at Princeton involves comparative studies on income inequality and redistribution policies and an examination of policy implications and policy options for the fundamental reform of social policy and tax policy in Japan. M.A. Columbia University.
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I come from a long line of meat-and-potato-eating cowboys. I think that my dad, brothers, grandpa and husband would be happy with a plain hamburger and a baked potato every day of the week.
I, on the other hand, like some variety in my diet, so I'm always on the search for creative recipes that won't scare off my cowboys. When I found this recipe for broiled pizza burgers, and got approval from my cowboy husband, I knew it was a keeper.
My mom, on the other hand, wasn't so sure about it.
A few years ago when my folks, brothers, grandpa, and husband were working some calves I offered to plan and cook lunch for the crew. I was excited to debut my new recipe, but my mom felt a little worried about it. She was most concerned about how well my grandpa — the ultimate meat and potatoes man — would like it. In fact, if I would have thought things through a little more, I probably wouldn't have risked trying the new recipe. My grandpa doesn't even like pizza.
That day I didn't have another recipe plan though, and our small-town store was 10 miles away, so I went ahead and cooked the pizza burgers.
I was nervous when I brought the meal to the table that afternoon, and anxiously waited to see how my grandpa would react. To both my mom's and my surprise, my grandpa had three servings.
In fact, my whole family liked the recipe and my mom has regularly cooked it for years.
Broiled Pizza Burgers
1 lb. Ground beef
1 Tbsp. Onion, chopped (optional)
2 t. Cornstarch
1 (14.5 oz) can Diced tomatoes, un drained (I like the petite diced)
1 t. Dried oregano
1/4 t. Salt
1/4 t. Onion salt
1-1/2 c. Cheddar cheese, shredded, divided
4 Hamburger buns, split (you can also use sliced bread or rolls )
In a large skillet, cook beef and onion over medium heat until meat is no longer pink; drain.
Sprinkle with cornstarch; stir until blended.
Stir in the tomatoes, oregano, salt and onion salt.
Cook, uncovered, for five minutes or until slightly thickened.
Add 1 cup of the cheese; cook and stir until cheese is melted.
Place hamburger buns cut side up on a baking sheet lined with foil or parchment paper.
Spoon about 1/4 cup meat mixture onto each bun half.
Sprinkle remaining cheese over meat mixture.
Broil 6- to 8-inches from the heat for 3-4 minutes or until cheese is melted.
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It's no surprise this year's Natural Products Expo West, the largest natural products convention, was busier than ever considering that sales of natural/organic products reached $81.3 billion in 2012, up 13.5% from the previous year (source). By many estimations that growth is just the beginning, as consumers increase their focus on what goes into the foods they eat and other products they use around the home.
With over 2,100 exhibitors, Natural Products Expo offered a natural or organic solution for almost every home need. 360PR combed (and ate our way through!) the aisles, chatted with brands, including many of our own clients, and spotted the following trends:
- Chia – If you thought chia's moment had passed, think again. From chips, like Late July's new Restaurant Style Tortilla Chips (a 360PR client), to drinks to breads, chia popped up in almost every food category at the show. Maybe next year we'll even see chia in the beauty aisle!
- Flavor – Tired of being perceived as bland and maybe a little boring, natural and organic food brands are bursting with flavor this year. Look for Asian-inspired sriacha popcorn and increased usage of seasonal ingredients, like pumpkin and butternut squash, across a broad spectrum of foods.
- Protein – As consumers look to sustain their daily energy in this 24/7 world we live in, many brands, such as Vans Foods, are offering protein-enriched recipes.
- Paleo Party – Catering to the popular diet trend that shows no sign of slowing in 2014, many brands were talking about how they adhere to Paleo guidelines which include a back to basics focus on ingredients like fish, grass-fed pasture raised meats, eggs, vegetables, fruit and nuts, and excludes grains, legumes, dairy products, potatoes, refined salt, refined sugar, and processed oils. We're even keeping an eye on a new packaging label – Certified Paleo – that will make it easier for consumers to spot products that meet the criteria.
- Convenience – Making it easier to serve or take all those healthy foods with you, packaging innovations were definitely party of the buzz at Expo. Check out the new Stonyfield and Happy Family yogurt pouches to go (from 360PR client Stonyfield).


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Bright and early Sunday morning of August 12, Selway-Bitterroot Frank Church Foundation (SBFC) Lead Wilderness Steward Rachel Kaufman met with an all-women group of Sierra Club volunteers from across the country at the Lolo Peak Trailhead. The women were doing last minute preparations and safety talks before spending the next week clearing the One Horse Lakes trail south of Lolo Peak in the Bitterroot National Forest. The women that were gathered at the trailhead represented a spectrum of ages, professions and strengths. They also represented several different geographical regions of the United States. However, despite their differences, it was clear in their determined faces that they were coming together to accomplish a common goal. Volunteers from the Selway-Pintler Backcountry Horsemen were hefting loads of kitchen gear and food on pack mules. Mack and Connie Long from Bob Marshall Wilderness Outfitters volunteered to pack out the group gear on August 18.
The SBFC relies on volunteer collaboration to accomplish the majority of their service projects. The SBFC focuses on connecting the community to the Selway-Bitterroot and Frank Church River of No Return Wildernesses through stewardship projects. The One Horse Lakes clearing project was unique because it was also a service project with the Sierra Club. While most of the SBFC's projects engage local community volunteers, they also try to engage volunteers from across the country in order to introduce them to Montana wilderness areas and the local environmental issues. The more people that experience and spend time in these wilderness areas, the more likely they will be to protect them in the future. The project was also unique in that it was composed of all women volunteers. Elaine Stebler, the Sierra Club trip leader from Ripley, Oklahoma, said that all-women trips are an excellent and important way for women to discover their physical and mental strengths in a supportive and encouraging environment. She added that many women will participate in these trips, realize that they are strong and capable, and then go on to participate in co-ed trips with confidence and ease.
Rachel Kaufman, the project leader for the trip, has led all-women trips for the SBFC in the past and knows that it is important to have plenty of challenging work to do. All women crews work hard and long hours. They also work smarter.
"I make sure to encourage them to use levers and gravity to their advantage to move large fallen trees and rocks off of the trail," says Kaufman.
Most of these women have done service projects and trail work in the past and Rachel finds that she learns more from volunteers then she teaches on projects like this.
Over the course of the week the women used a variety of hand tools including cross cut saws, hand saws, loppers and pulaskies to clear over 470 downed trees, remove rock and brush from over 3.5 miles of trail and to build about 50 feet of new trail.
Kaufman observed, "It's amazing how powerful 12 sets of hands, bodies, feet and legs can be. One person may push and heave with all of their might to move a downed tree, but you combine the strength of 12 women and the tree rolls off the trail and crashes down the hillside as if it were a toothpick!"
The SBFC orchestrates volunteer stewardship projects all summer long. For more information on the SBFC Foundation, to donate or to sign up for a volunteer trip, visit the webpage at http://www.selwaybitterroot.org/ or contact Rachel Kaufman at email@example.com.


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SAN FRANCISCO — Google is giving more people a chance to pay $1,500 for a pair of the Internet-connected glasses that the company is touting as the next breakthrough in mobile computing.
The product, dubbed "Google Glass," will be offered to "bold, creative individuals" selected as part of a contest announced Wednesday. Participants must live in the U.S. and submit an application of up to 50 words explaining what they would do with the Google Glass technology. Entries must include the hash tag "ifihadglass" and be submitted through Google Plus or Twitter by next Wednesday. Google did not say how many glasses it will sell this way.
Winners will receive the "Explorer" version of Google Glass, a forerunner of the product that is expected to be released to the mass market next year. Google Inc. already sold an unspecified number of the glasses to computer programmers who also paid $1,500 apiece at a company conference last June.
The people picked to buy this next batch of glasses will be notified in mid- to late March. They will have to travel to New York, Los Angeles or the San Francisco Bay area to pick them up.
Google Glass is supposed to perform many of the same tasks as smartphones, except the spectacles respond to voice commands instead of fingers touching a display screen. The glasses include a tiny display screen attached to a rim above the right eye and run on Google's Android operating system for mobile devices.


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ILO's New Global Jobs Pact Urges a Shift to a Low-Carbon Economy
19 June 2009: The International Labour Conference of the International Labour Organization (ILO), which took place from 3-19 June 2009, in Geneva, Switzerland, concluded with the adoption of a new "Global Jobs Pact," which underlines the need to include green jobs and green technologies in the recovery packages and policies.
The Pact stipulates that the "decent work response to the crisis" should contribute to "a fair globalization, a greener economy and development that more effectively creates jobs and sustainable enterprises, respects workers' rights, promotes gender equality, protects vulnerable people, assists countries in the provision of quality public services and enables countries to achieve the Millennium Development Goals." In order to accelerate employment creation, jobs recovery and sustaining enterprises, the Pact recommends increasing investment in "green" production and services. In order to shape a fair and sustainable globalization, it further urges a shift to a low-carbon, environmentally-friendly economy that will help accelerate a jobs recovery.[The Global Jobs Pact][Meeting Website]


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Passwords 101: How to Protect Your Company's Data
In July, Matt Blalock's mind was on massage oils, soft robes and scented candles when he got a rude awakening.
An intruder had accessed a proprietary database of luxury items that Blalock's fledgling 13-person e-commerce company, Tickle Industries LLC, was considering selling. At that moment, Blalock realized that far too many people, including data-entry clerks and temporary workers, knew the database's single, shared password. The not-so-secret code? "Password."
"It scared us. We became very conscious of what we were doing and the security of everything," says Mr. Blalock, who immediately hired a local IT-services firm, at a cost of less than $5,000, to set up an access-control system. Now, employees must use strong passwords and change them monthly. "We thought it might happen again, but with something more important."
Passwords are both vital and painful for small companies. A tiny firm's data can be just as sensitive as that of a large company – and a breach of security just as damaging – but it typically has far less computer-security expertise and money to tackle the problem. Learning how to control insider and outsider access with good password practices is critical.
Doing the basics
Unfortunately, the basics aren't easy. Employees should use passwords that are hard to guess, are long – at least seven characters – and that include numbers, capital letters and symbols. They ought to have a different password for each company application and for each Web site they use. And they should change these passwords at least every 90 days, if not every 60 or 30 days.
Employees' lists of regularly changing passwords must not be recorded in documents in their computers, sent around in emails or jotted down on sticky notes and stuck onto their monitors. "Just think about how many people walk into an office" -- clients, partners, cleaning people, says Jim Lippie, president of Staples Inc.'s Staples Network Services by Thrive, which provides IT-department services to small companies.
Shared passwords are also a no-no. Each employee needs to have their own, and the whole system needs to be controlled by an administrator. That way you not only cut off former employees, but control which current employees may access what types of data.
"You shouldn't provide more access to an employee then they need to do their job," Mr. Lippie says. A non-managerial employee, for instance, doesn't need access to sensitive financial data. "These are the things that businesses have to think about," he says.
Finding the tools
Technology can help you manage all this and enforce good habits among your employees. But to choose the right approach, you need to start by taking an in-depth look at your company.
"There is a risk-management process that every business should go through," says Todd Chambers, an executive at Courion Corp., an access-management company that works primarily with large organizations. Do you have a lot of sensitive data, such as personal information about customers or valuable intellectual property? How badly would your business be hurt if data were stolen?
If your data aren't sensitive, it can be enough to have a competent IT person set up basic network access controls. Many small businesses bring in a local tech firm that helps them on an as-needed basis or rely on their own tech staff. Some put it in the hands of a managed-service provider that will run their network soup to nuts.
But if you do have sensitive data and a breach could wreck your company, consider hiring experts to help you set up and maintain an appropriate security system. If you're a retailer that stores personal information about consumers, credit-card companies may require you to meet certain security standards. Health-care and financial-services firms often face federal regulations around data security. And companies with personal data that suffer security breaches may be legally required under state law to notify affected customers.
Verity Credit Union of Seattle, which faces myriad regulatory rules, uses a password-management product from Imprivata Inc. that lets its 110 employees securely log into the corporate applications they're authorized to use while only having to remember one very strong password. The tool reduced the headache for employees and allowed Verity to shrink its helpdesk staff, offsetting much of the product's cost, says Jon Wu, a senior engineer at Verity.
Industry analyst Gregg Kreizmann, of Gartner Inc., IT -0.40 % says small companies are increasingly turning to such "single sign-on" tools, which are also made by TriCipher Inc. and Arcot Systems Inc., to help manage and control access to popular software-as-a-service applications such as Salesforce.com CRM 0.15 % and Google Apps. These single-sign-on tools typically cost $1 to $3 per employee per month, and can make it easier for small companies to move from passwords to stronger access methods, such as one-time codes that are sent to mobile phones, which TriCipher provides using technology from VeriSign Inc. VRSN -0.76 %
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Middle name for Ava
I think Ava Grace is sooo common these days. Each and every time I meet an Ava, her middle name is Grace.
I like Ava Rae/Rhea, Ava Lynn, Ava Corinne.
Ava Michelle, Ava Annabelle, Ava Olivia, Ava Joy, Ava Rielle, Ava Marie, Ava Louise, Ava Adele, Ava Amelia, Ava Cecilia, Ava Alexis, Ava Claire, Ava Kristine/Kristina, Ava Violet, Ava Savannah, Ava Charlotte....good luck!
Ava Jocelyn, Ava Maxine, Ava Nicole, Ava Desiree, Ava Renee, Ava Elise, Ava Tatiana
I know way too many Ava's but I don't know what their middle names are.
Personally Ava has become the new chloe every second girl has the name.
Ava Grace
Ava Lily
Ava Sage
Ava Rose


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GRAND HAVEN TOWNSHIP, MI -- A 12-year-old driver who lost control of the car he was driving south of Grand Haven today was taken to the hospital with nonlife-threatening injuries.
Firefighters extricated the boy after he became trapped in the vehicle by his seat belt, Gerencer said. The fire chief called for AeroMed to stand by, which he said he often does when an accident victim is trapped.
The medical helicopter wasn't needed, and the boy was transported to North Ottawa Community Hospital with nonlife-threatening injuries, Gerencer said. The boy complained that he couldn't feel his legs, according to dispatch radio traffic.
"Even though he made a poor decision to get behind the wheel of the car, he made a good decision to put his seat belt on," Gerencer said.


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In article
, "Robert Jarratt" writes:
>I have recently acquired one of these drives for my VAXstation 3100 (M38).
>It powers up OK and VMS show it as online and wrtlck. However when I try to
>mount a CD the error count goes up and the command eventually gives up with
>a "%MOUNT-F-MEDOFL, medium is offline" message.
Is this an original CD or a selfburned one?
Older drives like this quad-speed (?) one are very picky with the medium.
It seems the reflection of modern material is too less to work reliable.
Use a more modern drive or an original CD instead...
Peter "EPLAN" LANGSTOEGER
Network and OpenVMS system specialist
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We want your loved ones to be able to maintain their independence and be safe at home in familiar surroundings. As one of the largest and most experienced names in home care in Phoenix, Good Neighbor Support Services understands your concerns.
Throughout the Phoenix area we are:
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Good Neighbor Support Services is dedicated to providing those in need of non-medical home care with the assistance to live fuller, more independent and dignified lives. To help your loved ones achieve the life they desire, we provide personal care services, attendant care, and homemaker services.
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Succeed is a digestive supplement formulated to aid and maintain a horse's healthy digestive tract. A palatable daily supplement in crumble form. 1.79 lb (30-day supply). Read more...
Succeed is a daily nutritional supplement designed to support complete equine digestive tract health. Intended for horses with a stressful lifestyles, high grain diets, intermittent feeding situations, stabling, travel, training and competition. Also breeding and early development. Crumbles. 1.79 lb (30-day supply).
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SNL Celebrity Jeopardy 5-9-98 – watch more funny videos
Via Funnordie.com
First and foremost, I do not own this effing hilarious video. NBC does, like we didn't know that.
Do y'all even KNOW how hard and long ("That's what your mother said, Trebek!") I've looked for my favorite SNL "Celebrity Jeopardy" skit?
Ohhhh. Good times. Could David Duchovny been any funnier? I think not.


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There are fighting games that seek to capitalise on the sexier aspects of girl-on-girl fighting, and then there's Skullgirls, where characters like Double trade sexy for scary with a twist of Gradius.
Reverge Labs and Autumn Games' Skullgirls is not your ordinary 2D fighter. Crafted by fighting game professionals and rendered in a visual style that's completely unique to the genre, it's chock-full of fabulous fighting females that won't find their way into a nude "Girls of Gaming" style pictorial any time soon.
The closest thing the games comes to the perfect female form, at least in my opinion, is Double here, and really that's only because she can transform into a moai statue. What, that's totally hot.
It's also coming out this week, in case you missed that.


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UNECE Inland Transport Committee Highlights Measures to Address Climate Change
25 February 2010: The 72nd annual session of the UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Inland Transport Committee, held from 23-25 February 2010, in Geneva, Switzerland, recognized that measures including better infrastructure planning, efficient border-crossing and transit procedures, technologically progressive vehicle construction norms and a greater role for environmentally-friendly modes, such as rail and inland navigation, are necessary steps to improve current and future transportation systems, with less pollution, in the pan-European region.
The session included a roundtable on inland navigation, which has the potential to relieve congested roads and provide better value for money with less pollution. Participants representing industry emphasized the need for strategic investment and regulatory reforms to unlock the potential economic and environmental benefits of inland water transport. The Committee was also informed that the UNECE's World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations will start developing a new global technical regulation on emissions of pollutants, as well as carbon dioxide emissions.
The session brought together high-level officials from the 56 UNECE member States, the EU, international and European transport organizations and non-governmental organizations (NGOs). Other issues addressed include: inland transport security; developing Euro-Asian transport links; road traffic safety; transport of dangerous goods; and operational assistance to countries with economies in transition. [The Press Release] [The Inland Transport Committee webpage]


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Our Fantasy Knights Swirls Compact Mirrors have a black swirl design with a red wax seal and ribbon accent. The Fantasy Knights Swirls Personalized Compact Mirror can be customized with your wording to match your event. All the ladies will love to take home a Fantasy Knights Swirls Compact Mirror.
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The deadline deal that sent Stephen Jackson to San Antonio surprised everyone. While it was no surprise that the Warriors—who had just acquired Jackson—wanted no part of him, few could have predicted his landing spot would be with the Spurs.
Since arriving, Jackson has made it clear that there is no team or coach that he would rather play with than Pop and the Spurs. His true NBA career started with the Spurs, and this was the location, team and coach with which he won his first and only ring.
However, Jackson can promise the organization whatever he pleases, but nothing will be accomplished until he proves himself on the hardwood. And if he truly wants to bring the Spurs to glory, he will have to provide a spark immediately.


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Part 1 of this two-article series covers several basic best practices for Hibernate and object-relational mapping (ORM) tools in general. Through common base domain classes and interfaces, centralized auditing, and a generic data access object (generic DAO), your applications can have a more concise and maintainable domain model and persistence tier.
Applying the concepts in Part 1 can open new opportunities for code reuse. We'll start by presenting ways you can use Hibernate and polymorphism to incorporate behavior in the domain model. Next, we'll build on Part 1's discussion of the generic DAO. Once you incorporate and use a generic DAO in an application, you'll encounter more potential operations that are common across applications. We'll show how you can reduce code by incorporating paging of data and querying in the generic DAO. We finish with strategies for enhancing performance with the domain model. Without these strategies, incorrectly configured associations in the domain model can cause thousands of extra queries to be executed or can waste resources by retrieving records that are not needed.
Revisiting the model: Letting the ORM select behavior
Because database tables by themselves do not have behavior, it's tempting to put the behavior of domain-model entities in services or the view layer. This is undesirable because it violates a fundamental rule of object orientation: Objects have behavior and data. If the behavior is removed from the object and put into a service, the object then becomes a mere holder for data. And putting entities' behavior in services or the view layer scatters the entities' core logic throughout the application, causing maintenance problems. Tools like Hibernate make it much easier to put this behavior in the model along with their data, and in general gravitate toward a more domain-driven model.
Continuing the employee example used in Part 1, Figure 1 shows an object model that defines pay-rate functionality:
Figure 1. Object model for pay-rate calculations
Assume that the database has an
Employee table that's related to a
PayRate table. The pay-rate table has a column named
employeeType with two possible values:
Hourly and
Salary. The algorithm used to calculate an employee's pay depends on that column's value, because pay calculation for hourly employees differs from pay calculation for salaried employees. Salaried employees receive the same pay from week to week regardless of the number of hours they work. Hourly workers must be paid for each hour worked, with the added possibility of an overtime calculation.
Putting the pay-calculation code in the domain entities leads to a more cohesive domain model, and the logic isn't scattered through the tiers. The pay-rate example uses single-table inheritance, for which you first need to define a discriminator — a column in the table that tells Hibernate the type of object to instantiate to represent the data in the database. For this example, the
employeeType column acts as the discriminator. Next, you must define the superclass that serves as the base class for these entities — the abstract
PayRate class in the example. Listing 1 shows the annotation and class declaration for the superclass:
Listing 1. Annotation and class decoration for superclass
@Entity @Inheritance(strategy=InheritanceType.SINGLE_TABLE) @DiscriminatorColumn( name="employeeType", discriminatorType=DiscriminatorType.STRING ) public abstract class PayRate extends BaseEntity{//...}
Finally, you need to create the implementations for each of the possible subclasses. Listing 2 defines the subclasses for salaried employees and hourly employees:
Listing 2. Subclass definitions
@Entity @DiscriminatorValue("Salary") public class SalaryPayRate extends PayRate {//...} @Entity @DiscriminatorValue("Hourly") public class HourlyPayRate extends PayRate {//...}
When querying the
PayRate table, Hibernate automatically creates an instance of
SalaryPayRate when
employeeType="Salary" or an instance of
HourlyPayRate when
employeeType="Hourly". The application code can then call the
createPayCheck method with the assurance that the correct algorithm for calculating pay is being used. Hibernate is acting as a kind of factory for these classes, creating the correct instance at the correct time.
Hibernate is also aware of polymorphism when writing queries. When it writes a query to find all salaried employees, Hibernate appends the
employeeType="Salary" line to the query to achieve the desired results. Listing 3 shows an example of a polymorphic query; note that there's nothing special or different about it:
Listing 3. Polymorphic query
Criteria crit = session.createCriteria(PayRate.class); crit.add(Restictions.eq("jobRole", "Programmer"); ... Criteria salaryCrit = session.createCriteria(SalaryPayRate.class); salaryCrit.add(Restrictions.eq("yearlyRate",50000.00));
Sometimes an entity's discriminator isn't as straightforward as a single column. Perhaps more than one column should be factored into the logic of the discriminator, or the logic is different from the basic when column A equals X logic. It's also possible to define a formula for determining the instance to create. One example is to create an instance of one class if a value in a column is null and to create a different instance if it has some value. These types of strategies are generally signs that the data model should be refactored, but that may not be an option for legacy data models.
Polymorphism for information hiding
Using Hibernate to select the behavior of an entity in the model is good, but often you also need different sets of data for different entities. If fields make sense for one subclass but not the other, you can remove them from the superclass and push them down into the subclass they belong to. This could prevent future maintainers of the code from inadvertently using a field that doesn't belong to that instance.
For example, there's a piece of information needed for calculating an hourly employee's pay that isn't needed for calculating a salaried employee's pay. Overtime pay doesn't make sense in the context of a salaried employee, so it can be pushed down from
PayRate into the
HourlyRate class. Likewise, the
yearlyRate field does not belong in the
HourlyRate class and can be pushed down into the
SalaryRate class.
PayRate defines fields common to both hourly and salary employees, as shown in Listing 4:
Listing 4. The
PayRate class
public abstract class PayRate extends BaseDomainEntity{ public String getJobRole(){//...} @OneToMany(cascade = CascadeType.ALL) @OrderBy("payPeriodBeginDate") public List<PayCheck> getPayChecks(){//...} @OneToOne(cascade = CascadeType.ALL) public Employee getAssociatedEmployee(){//...} }
Then the
SalaryRate class inherits those fields and adds a
yearlyRate field, as shown in Listing 5:
Listing 5. The
SalaryRate class
@Entity @DiscriminatorValue("Salary") public class SalaryPayRate extends PayRate { private double yearlyRate; //... }
Advanced generic DAO
As more and more applications use your generic DAO, you'll identify more commonality in the data access tier. You can reduce code duplication by abstracting the common behavior and including it in the generic DAO, where all users of the class will have access to the functionality.
Two common operations that occur frequently are querying based on search parameters and database-level pagination.
Almost all persistent entities require some type of query functionality. The query is typically specified by entering search text (sometimes with wildcard functionality) for one or more of the fields in the object to be searched. One approach to querying is to create an instance of the persistent object and populate the fields on which to search with the search criteria. Hibernate supports this approach through example queries.
Figure 2 shows the
BaseDao interface, which has been extended to support query-by-example functionality:
Figure 2. The extended
BaseDao interface
Before we show you an implementation of this interface, let's consider how such a DAO would be used. Consider the following code, which illustrates the process of executing a query for a particular persistent entity:
Employee example = employeeDao.getNewInstance(); example.setLastName("Smith"); List<Employee> results = employeeDao.getByExample(example);
In a Web application example, the search parameters would probably be the backing object
for a search form, and the query's results query would be presented in a user interface.
Listing 6 shows the way the
getAllByExample() method might be implemented using Hibernate:
Listing 6.
getAllByExample implementation
List<B> getAllByExample(B example) { Criteria criteria = getCurrentSession().createCriteria(getQueryClass()); Example hibExample = Example.create(example); return criteria.add(hibExample).list(); }
The power of this approach is that it enables considerable code reduction. Not only is the DAO code reduced through the use of the generic DAO, but it is also possible to create generic UI plumbing code that is agnostic about the type of data being queried and displayed. It simply knows that it needs to collect some data from the UI, use it to execute a query, and present the results to the user.
When database queries that produce large result sets are executed, it's common to break the result set into pages and then require the user to navigate among the pages. There are two approaches to accomplishing pagination. The first is to execute the query, retrieve the entire result set from the database, and then simply display the results to the user one page at a time. This approach incurs the cost of transferring the full result set and storing it in the user's session.
An alternative approach is to push the paging all the way to the database. This is
effective in reducing resource consumption but requires a somewhat more complicated programming model. Luckily, you can make much of this functionality generic by extending the generic DAO. The
BaseDao interface is extended once more in Figure 3:
Figure 3. The
BaseDao interface, extended for pagination
Figure 3 introduces the
PageInfo class, which identifies the page of data that should be retrieved. The implementation of the
getPageAll method is shown in Listing 7:
Listing 7.
getPageAll implementation
public List<B> getPageAll(PageInfo pageinfo) { return getCurrentSession().createCriteria(getQueryClass()). setFirstResult(pageinfo.getFirstRow()). setMaxResults(pageinfo.getMaxResults()).list(); }
The example code included with this article shows you yet more functionality that can be added to the generic DAO (see Download).
Improving data-retrieval performance
When you performance-tune Hibernate applications, you'll spend the most development time tweaking how Hibernate deals with entity relationships. You'll want to minimize the amount of data pulled into the application and at the same time minimize the number of queries that need to be executed. Hibernate gives you two main ways of dealing with relationships: lazy fetching and eager fetching.
Lazy fetching
Lazy fetching minimizes the amount of data queried from the database. Instead of querying all data from an association when an object is loaded, queries for associations marked as lazy are deferred until that association is actually used. For example, the
Employee object has an
Address object associated with it. Whenever an
Employee is loaded, Hibernate does not automatically load the
Address because the association between these objects is lazy. Instead, when the
Employee object is loaded, Hibernate creates a proxy instance of the
Address. When accessed for the first time, the proxy asks the Hibernate session to query the
Address object and then defer all future calls directly to the queried instance. If the
Address object is never used during the
Employee object life cycle, then the
Address query never needs to execute. Using this feature ensures that Hibernate loads the data only when it is needed.
Lazy fetching should almost always be used as your default association-fetching strategy. Real-world object models have large numbers of highly complex object associations; not using lazy evaluation could easily result in the entire database being loaded into the session any time a single object is loaded. Enabling lazy evaluation is simple but varies slightly depending on the association type. Collection-based associations (
OneToMany and
ManyToMany) are set to lazy evaluation by default, so no configuration is necessary to benefit from lazy evaluation. Single-object associations (
OneToOne and
ManyToOne) are not lazy by default. To use lazy evaluation with these associations, specify it on the association's annotation:
@ManyToOne(fetch=FetchType.LAZY) public void getAddress() {
Issues with lazy fetching
Although lazy fetching should be the primary fetching strategy for most applications, it does add a few complications. The most serious is the
LazyInitializationException. A lazy association can be traversed (and the associated entity retrieved) long after its parent object was initially loaded. However, to query the association's data, the Hibernate session needs to be available and attached to a database connection from the pool. This error can occur if the Hibernate session and associated database connection is closed after the object was retrieved, but before the association was accessed. Hibernate throws a
LazyInitializationException because the query is executed for the lazy association, and no connection to the database is associated with it. Many strategies for dealing with this issue are available, but that topic is beyond this article's scope (the "Open Sessions in View" entry in Resources links to a relevant discussion).
Another issue to consider is how many queries are executed when traversing lazy associations. The first time an instance of a lazy association is traversed, a query is executed. This isn't much of an issue with single instances of objects, but iterating over lists of objects can easily cause a large number of queries to be executed. Consider an example of a program that prints out the address associated with 10 employees. By default, if lazy fetching is used, 11 queries will be executed — one for the list of employees and one for each employee's address. This obviously can lead to serious performance issues. The problem is common enough to have been given its own name. Hibernate calls this the n+1 Selects Problem. (Martin Fowler calls it ripple loading.).
Eager fetching
Eager fetching is essentially the opposite of lazy fetching. When an object is loaded, any
associations marked as eager are immediately loaded as well. When a single object is loaded, no fewer queries are run than if lazy association is used. But because the query runs immediately, there's no chance of a
LazyInitializationException. Eager evaluation can also help with the n+1 Selects Problem. If the
Employee object's
Address association is eager, and a query is executed to retrieve ten
Employee instances, two queries will fire: one for the list of
Employee instances and one for a list of
Address instances associated with the
Employee objects. Hibernate then seamlessly merges these lists together.
As a default, eager fetching is probably not a good idea. If you use it too frequently, it's easy to load large trees of unneeded data. But sometimes an association is always needed, in which case working with eager evaluation can make sense. Enabling eager fetching is essentially the same process as enabling lazy fetching. Simply specify it on the annotation:
@ManyToOne(fetch=FetchType.EAGER) public void getAddress() {//...}
Best practices and querying associations
Hibernate does have an elegant solution to addressing the issues with lazy fetching while still maintaining lazy fetching's positive attributes. Hibernate lets the definition of a query override the default fetching strategy for associations. You can use lazy fetching during normal traversal of the object tree, but in special cases — when the association is known to be needed at query time — you can set a query parameter that flags the association as eager. For example, the Employee example program might need to write a query that retrieves all employees who worked a certain number of hours during a pay period, in order to generate mailing labels. The query in Listing 8 can accomplish this:
Listing 8. Overriding the default fetching strategy
Criteria addressCrit = empCrit.createCriteria("payChecks") .add(Restrictions.eq("hoursWorked", hoursParam)); empCrit.setFetchMode("address",FetchMode.JOIN); return empCrit.list();
The query in Listing 8 starts out by building a normal criteria query, but the
interesting part is the call to
setFetchMode. This code overrides the default lazy fetching strategy for the employee's address association.
FetchMode.JOIN retrieves the
Address instances as part of the search query, using joins to pull all of the data back in a single query. In many cases, this is exactly what you want and will outperform any other strategy.
FetchMode.JOIN does have some caveats. When used with collection-based associations, the query can return a different number of rows than would be returned in the default fetching strategy. The reason is that a single returned parent object can have multiple returned child objects. Hibernate seamlessly hides all of this at run time, properly parsing the result set and returning the proper list of objects. But this behavior can be an issue if
setFirstResult or
setMaxResults is also used in the query. Normally Hibernate uses a database-specific SQL statement to implement these features, but because the raw SQL query is returning the incorrect number of rows, database-specific techniques cannot work. Instead the entire data set is pulled from the database, and Hibernate manually extracts the window of data it needs to fulfill the request. As a result, a simple performance tweak intended to fix the n+1 Selects Problem ends up causing thousands of unused rows to be pulled into the application layer.
Hibernate also provides a second fetch mode setting you can use in queries.
FetchMode.SELECT overrides eager evaluation on an association and instead uses lazy evaluation. But there's no way at query time to override an association to use the default eager evaluation techniques (second but immediate query).
Batching lazy loads
Another solution to the n+1 Selects Problem is a hybrid approach of lazy and eager fetching through the batching of lazy load requests. This approach still lazily loads the data, but instead of lazily loading one association at a time, it loads multiple associations. Many of the ORM frameworks have implementations of this basic idea. Hibernate calls this setting
BatchSize, and TopLink calls it batch reading.
Using the preceding example, suppose a query retrieves ten
Employee instances. The
Address instance associated with the
Employee is lazy loaded and has a batch size of five. One query would be used to retrieve the
Employee instances, and no query would be issued for
Address instances. Later when one of the
Address instances is accessed, Hibernate retrieves that
Address and the next four that are marked to be lazy loaded. Assuming all of the
Address instances associated to the
Employee instances are accessed, this results in only two queries to retrieve all of the
Address instances, rather than ten.
To use this strategy, the
Address class needs the
@BatchSize annotation, as shown in Listing 9:
Listing 9. The
@BatchSize annotation
@Entity @Table(name="ADDRESS") @BatchSize(size=5) public class Address extends AuditableEntity {//...}
Note in Listing 9 that the
Address is being annotated, not the
Employee class. Once the annotation is in place,
Address instances automatically get pulled five at a time (or less if fewer than five records are available for lazy loading). You can also batch load collections of entities by annotating the collection with
This series has outlined many approaches to common problems within the persistence tier. Through solutions as simple as refactoring primary keys into a base class and changing fetching strategies in the model, adapting Hibernate and a domain model to the task at hand makes for a more maintainable application. A more expressive and reusable domain model can emerge when you transfer common object-oriented concepts such as inheritance and polymorphism to the database via a framework like Hibernate. We hope many of the best practices we've outlined here can be molded to fit into the context and domain in which you work.
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- "Don't repeat the DAO" (Per Mellqvist, developerWorks, May 2006): Build a generic typesafe DAO with Hibernate and Spring AOP.
- "Generic Data Access Objects" (Hibernate Community Wiki): Creating a generic DAO without Spring.
- Hibernate Reference Documentation: Hibernate from A to Z.
- Hibernate Annotation Reference Guide: Learn more about Hibernate annotations.
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