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A few years ago I wrote an application using custom entity objects to pass information between my DAL and BLL layers. The object architecture was very basic and was almost a 1-1 relationship to my database schema. My design is getting somewhat complex so I'm going back to do some refactoring. I'm wondering if creating custom container classes for some of my objects is worth the effort or even necessary.
For instance, I have a Player class in my BLL that contains all of the properties and methods related to a Player:
but I also have lots of methods which seem like they may be suitable for a container class
Is there any value in creating a container 'PlayerBin' class or something similar to contain all of the methods which just return collections of Players, or even the CRUD methods for a Player? Outside of better organization and intuitiveness, would there be any other advantages to splitting this Player class into 2 separate classes?
I like to look at it from a separate view and usually ask myself, would I test these methods differently than the others?
If my answer is yes, I break them out into a container class because then the tests at least for that class would all be similar, same with the object.
Keep in mind a container class is useful from a testing/mocking standpoint (and dependency injection), so you can swap out the logic for getting players from a different data source without having to modify your Player object. So to have that ability, you would need to make sure your Player object has no dependency to a database, it doesn't interact with one in any way, shape or form. The container class would handle all interactions, so if you switch from SQL Server to No SQL or MongoDB, or Oracle, you just have to create a new container class.
"Container" is really the way to go here -- much better to have something with the sole responsibility of database interaction rather than embedding that function into entities or strewing it about the app.
I'd agree with wwb here. Though I wouldn't call it a container, but rather a repository.
The difference between the two sets of methods you listed is that the first two methods act upon the player instance they are part of, the others are crud operations that operate on one or more players. Methods like GetX, Inset, Update and Delete, don't truly belong on a singular entity because you will run into problems with batch processing. If placed on a singular entity, calling insert on several entities at once would involve a loop, and multiple calls. This results in multiple db calls. Place your crud operations in a separate class, so that you can act upon entire lists of objects, and wrap the call in a transaction.
Is there some type of pattern for how I should create a custom 'Players' repository class in C#? Essentially these would be collections (Lists preferably) of Player objects.
I guess where I get confused is in the grey area. For instance what if I already have an instance of a Player object and I need to update one of this parameters in the database? For even a single instance you're saying I should pass this object to the repository class for update:
public class PlayerRepository { public bool UpdatePlayer(int playerID, string firstName, string lastName, etc...) {}
I guess this also eliminates the ability to call an instance member of the player to update, i.e. myPlayer.Update().
From the level of your questions, I am going to assume you are not using an object relational mapper (ORM). Therefore, here is a really simple example using a base class and a proxied repository.
oops... sample code deletd, I forgot which forum I was in. LOL
But to answer your actual question: yes, calling player->Update defeats the purpose of encapsulation and separating the concerns of your business logic (the player class) and those of persistence (the repository). Your business entities should have no knowledge of how or where they are being persisted.
No, no ORM. I'm using custom entity/domain objects. I guess where things get a little tricky is that almost all of the methods in my domain objects either read or write to the database, so creating collection objects for everything seems like overkill.
So let's say I need to bind a collection of Players to a grid based on a particular Sport. Essentially I need to query the database for all Players, pasing in the sport, and return a collection of Players. This seems to me like a repository request, so in this scenario should the UI skip the Player business object altogether and call the PlayerRepository class to get this data? Or, should the UI always call business objects which would subsequently call the repository classes to retreive the data?
I would likely go through the Sport Business Object. Passing in the sport name, the business object validates it is a valid sport name (or at least is an acceptable string that could be a valid sports name), then it passes the sport name to the Repository object to get the collection.


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By any measure, the fledgling global holiday for doing good already has been wildly successful, lifting contribution levels and focusing attention on charitable acts over the last two years.
U.S. stock futures were flat after markets closed at record highs Thursday. Investors are looking to the U.S. jobs report, to be released before the opening bell.
Former industry executive and current Harvard professor, Leonardo Maugeri, in 2012 predicted the recent drop in oil prices. Now he sees little hope for a rebound.
Exxon reduces its capital and exploration expenditures for upstream operations 11.1% for the third quarter of 2014 from the year-ago quarter. Oil production overall dropped 6.1%.
The explosion calls into question NASA's plans to send astronauts to the International Space Station via commercial outfits like Elon Musk's SpaceX.

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A PET shop in Poole received more than 170 entries after running a photo competition focused on residents' favourite companions.
Marshalls Pet Store, in Station Road, Ashley Cross, launched the competition with artist Katherine Cromwell, from Whitecliff, which simply involved people choosing their best picture of one of their pets.
The finalists will now be put forward for a Facebook vote, following the closing of the competition on Friday, and a first, second and third prize winner will each be selected. However, Katherine says that the response has been overwhelming, with entries coming in from as far away as America and New Zealand.
She said: "I've done a few craft fairs before and wanted to get my name out to more people who live in the area, so suggested to Marshalls about a competition and they were happy to help with the idea. We've had pictures of different dogs and cats, a farmed hedgehog, rats, and a couple of pet sugar gliders.
"I'm always up for a challenge, but I didn't expect this response.
"So, now I will look through the entries and choose the top 10, which will be uploaded to my Facebook page, where people can choose one favourite photo to 'like'."
Katherine says that she originally got into creating pet portraits, which each take a couple of days to do, after receiving commissions from people when they saw the drawings she did of houses as a hobby. "I do try and capture the eyes of the animal, and hope to portray the special relationship between the animal and its owner," she said.
To vote, go to facebook. com/katherinespaintings


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CAUSEWAY United's Daniel Scarr could be out for another two week's at least after limping out of Saturday's 2-2 draw at Walsall Wood.
Scarr suffered a recurrence of a hamstring injury and is expected to miss Saturday's game at home to Coventry Sphinx and the trip to face Midland alliance leaders Quorn on Tuesday.
Boss Andy Mole also saw Sam Beasley come off with a dead leg, although he expects to have him available for selection. United had led 2-0 at Wood through an own goal and Todd Evans but were pegged back just before half time, with both sides having been reduced to ten men, Alex Cowley red carded for the visitors, and a late penalty denied them maximum points.
Mole said: "They were a very good side but a little frail defensively when we got at them so I was disappointed not to come away with all three points.
"We'll go to Quorn and give them some respect because you don't top the league without being a good side but I've seen nothing this year that says to me they'll win the league and there are four or five sides who could yet still win it."
However, Saturday's game with Sphinx is dependent on some drying weather but the forecast for the remainder of the week is not good, especially Friday.
Tuesday's game at home to Alvechurch was also postponed due to a waterlogged pitch.
"We could really do with a drying out day on Friday," said Mole.
"Then I think we'll be OK. Fingers crossed.
"All these postponements are not good, people hanging around but if can aim to finish in the top six that would be a platform to build on for next season.
"We have virtually had to build a new team from scratch this season so we've done quite well but next season I'd like us to be ready earlier so we can have a tilt at the FA Cup and Vase which we weren't really in a position to do this year. To a certain extent we're still building now."
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The weekend is here, which can only mean one thing at thepacket.co.uk - it's time for a look back at the week in news, to catch-up on the headlines you might have missed.
Perhaps the news with the most far-reaching consequences came on Tuesday, when Cornwall Council decided it was going to go ahead with its plans to fill a blackhole in central government funding by taxing the poorest people in the county.
Read the full story here - and have your say in our comments section
On the same day as the decision was made to tax everyone of working age, it was also announced that a large chunk of staff at the Citizen's Advice Bureau in Cornwall would be losing their jobs.
Read how the 'majority' of Citizen's Advice staff are to be made redundant - just when they're needed most
The Cornish jobs market was dealt two further blows this week as it was revealed that more than 770 jobs could be for the chop at the Royal Cornwall Hospital at Treliske, while Sir Tim Smit's Eden Project will have to let go up to 70 staff.
Read the reasons for the jobs misery below:
Jobs axe hangs over Royal Cornwall Hospital, Truro
It wasn't all doom and gloom however. On Thursday the Packet brought you an update on Josh Mills, the Helston schoolboy with cerebral palsy who is set for life-changing surgery in Bristol to help him walk again - but his family could still use your help.
Click here to read Josh's family's 'thank you' and how you can still lend a hand
In a boost for Falmouth's high street, a town centre building was sold for an eye-watering sum this week.
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There was more good news for Falmouth as the new owners of the former biggest nightclub in town Remedies announced their plans to reopen the popular hotspot.
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Elsewhere in planning news was the announcement by a Falmouth hotelier that he planned to create a multi-million pound four star hotel in Truro's Old County Hall.
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Next up is the sad story of Mark Robinson, a 21-year-old biker who died in a crash at Carnon Downs at the weekend. He recently moved from Falmouth to St Agnes with his partner and was "just beginning the next chapter of his life."
Read: 'Tributes paid to Carnon Downs death crash biker'
No week would be complete without a political U-turn and this week saw plans for a controversial cross-border MP demolished (for now, at least.)
Read 'No 'Devonwall' MP after Commons defeat'
There were strange rumblings down on Goonhilly too, where one of the iconic antennas is on schedule to spring back into life.
Read about the resurrection of Lancelot (a.k.a Goonhilly-4)
Our penultimate story this week is the ongoing bust-up between residents and the university over its plans to expand the Woodlane Campus site with a revamped building.
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Finally, Falmouth Town Council are looking into ways to stop those annoying bin-raiding seagulls ripping up everyone's rubbish on collection day.
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An apologetic armed robber who has hit five service stations in two weeks could be living nearby.
Police said the man had robbed businesses in Sunbury, Woodend and Sydenham over the past fortnight.
Detective Senior Constable John Cheyne said the man had been armed with a 30 centimetre kitchen knife during the first four robberies, and a plaster saw of a similar length during the last robbery on Friday.
Detective Senior Constable Cheyne said the man had not made violent threats and was polite and apologetic during the robberies.
The offences occurred:
♦ At Horne Street in Sunbury shortly before 1am on January 27.
♦ At Gap Road in Sunbury about 5.45am on January 27. This was the only armed robbery where there were two offenders.
♦ At High Street in Woodend about 11.15pm on January 30.
♦ At the corner of Nelson Highway and Overton Lea Boulevard in Sydenham about 1.05am on February 2.
♦ At Gap Road in Sunbury, the same service station that was robbed in the second offence, about 3.30am on February 8.
Fawkner Embona Taskforce detectives have released a CCTV image of a man they would like to speak to in relation to the incidents.
He is described as being Caucasian and around 180 centimetres tall with a solid build.
He was wearing a grey hooded top with maroon sleeves during one of the robberies.
Anyone with any information is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or www.crimestoppers.com.au.


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PEOPLE in Worcestershire are being urged to follow a few simple steps to help them avoid the winter vomiting bug.
The illness, or norovirus, causes vomiting and diarrhoea, and is highly contagious.
But ways to avoid the bug include washing your hands, not sharing towels and flannels, disinfecting surfaces and objects, washing clothing and bedding that could be infected, avoiding raw, unwashed food and unreliably sourced oysters and if you do become ill stay away from public places for at least 48 hours after the symptoms have stopped.
Dr Martin Lee, medical director for NHS England in Worcestershire, said: "Norovirus, although not very pleasant, is not usually dangerous and most people make a full recovery within a couple of days without having to see their GP.
"If a child, or baby, gets norovirus it is very important to make sure they drink plenty of fluids in order to prevent them from becoming dehydrated."


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Orioles held in check by ex-teammate Saunders
Britton surrenders six runs over six innings in season debut
SEATTLE -- Orioles pitcher Zach Britton was standing on the mound Monday night, rubbing the baseball in his glove when he got hit in the left shoulder with a new ball from home-plate umpire Alan Porter.
"The umpire smoked me," Britton said of Porter's toss in the sixth inning, which came because he mistakenly thought the pitcher signaled for another ball. "I was looking down at the ball and all of a sudden another ball hit me. I had no idea what was going on, but it didn't feel great."
The bizarre play -- which came during a three-run frame -- epitomized the entire evening for the 25-year-old Britton, who wasn't hit particularly hard but surrendered six earned runs on 10 hits and two walks in the Orioles' 6-2 series-opening loss to the Mariners.
The high-flying O's, fresh off a series win in Oakland, snapped an eight-game win streak against Seattle and dropped their first game at Safeco Field since July 3, with wins in their previous five meetings. And while Britton played a hand in the Orioles' undoing, former Baltimore lefty Joe Saunders did plenty on his own in a dominant complete-game effort.
"I don't look at it as a gloom and doom, that bad of a start," manager Buck Showalter said of Britton's outing. "The problem was tonight we didn't do anything off their starter. That's a whole different ballgame if we can put a little more pressure on him.
"So it is magnified if you are just looking at numbers by what we scored. You look at starts differently. If we win 7-6, we'd be having different conversations. I try to keep reality in mind."
And the reality is facing Saunders at Safeco Field is a tough task. Saunders, who was the Orioles' winning pitcher in the their first playoff win since 1997 in last year's American League Wild Card game, was on cruise control for most of the evening.
The 31-year-old, who improved to 8-0 with a 1.74 ERA in 12 career starts at Safeco Field, gave the Mariners their first complete game of the season and his first since April 27, 2012, with the D- backs.
"I enjoyed my time there a lot," Saunders said of a Baltimore team he spent a 1 1/2 months with down the stretch. "We did some great things over there, but I'm here now and it's time to beat them. That's my job. I knew them a little bit, but you've still got to watch video and see what they're doing. I just tried to keep this as plain Jane as I could and just keep my normal routine."
Saunders held the Orioles to four hits, with three of those coming in the fourth inning. Catcher Matt Wieters' two-out, two-run homer put the Orioles on the board, also scoring Chris Davis, but it didn't generate any momentum as Saunders -- who signed with Seattle as a free agent over the winter -- retired the next seven straight.
"We knew what Joe was going to do," Wieters said. "Everyone sort of knows what Joe is going to do. That's why he's good and that's why he's pitched for so long. He's able to make the ball move late and get ground balls and get weak contact. Anytime you can get the ball to move late and get bats to miss barrels, you are going to have a successful career. And we knew what kind of pitcher we had with Joe and he threw the ball well tonight."
Britton staked Saunders to an immediate lead, serving up a homer to Michael Saunders on the second pitch he threw. He retired nine of 11 after that, before running into trouble in a two-run fourth that gave the Mariners back the lead.
After Michael Morse singled and Britton walked Jesus Montero, Jason Bay ripped a one-out double down the left-field line, past diving third baseman Manny Machado to even the score. Former Oriole Robert Andino, traded to Seattle this winter, pushed the go-ahead run across with a right-field single.
Britton escaped further damage, leaving the bases loaded, but three more runs scored in the sixth. After Justin Smoak opened with a hit, Britton was hit in the shoulder by Porter's throw and play was halted while he was checked on by the team's trainers. He remained in the game and Bay singled, with Andino's sacrifice bunt putting the pair in scoring position for No. 9 batter Brendan Ryan. Ryan singled in a run and after the O's failed to turn a double play on Michael Saunders' grounder, Kyle Seager tripled to right field to extend Seattle's lead.
"Definitely don't like the results," Britton said of the 101-pitch outing. "I like the fact that I was getting ground balls, it shows that what I was doing there [in Triple-A] translates up here. It's just a matter of fine-tuning it and locating it so maybe they hit it softer or at guys. And it's that one pitch to get out of that inning."
"He went through some periods there where he was good," added Showalter, who was non-committal when asked if Britton would get another start. "I don't really feel like they really centered him up a lot other than the home run. But they had some good at-bats off him, something we weren't able to do off Joe."
Britton, who is coming off a season in which he went 5-3 with a 5.02 ERA in 12 games, issued a pair of walks and a wild pitch and was replaced by right-hander Tommy Hunter -- who threw two scoreless innings.
"He just had a couple innings, a couple stretches there where he got up in the zone or they got a free base," Wieters said of Britton. "For the most part his stuff was good. I just think the main thing he wished he had was to be able to locate on the inside of the plate to some of their right- handed hitters.
"There was a few balls that just found the holes and that's the life of a sinkerball guy."
Brittany Ghiroli is a reporter for MLB.com. Read her blog, Britt's Bird Watch, and follow her on Twitter @britt_ghiroli. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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MIAMI SHORES, Fla. – In an intense, back-and-forth battle decided in the third three-set singles match, fifth-seeded Saint Leo rallied from a 4-2 deficit to beat fourth-seeded Rollins, 5-4, in the South Region semifinals at Barry University's Buccaneer Tennis Center Sunday night.
After Rollins Malte Christesen won the final two sets in a 4-6, 6-3, 6-1 No. 2 singles victory over Bruno Sisti to move the Tars (13-11) within a point of clinching, the Lions (16-5) responded with unbelievable fortitude a week after nearly pulling off the rally in the SSC Tournament.
Saint Leo's 28th-ranked Matt Nicholson-Lewis won his No. 4 singles match over Sebastian Hafner, 7-6 (8-6), 6-2 to pull the Lions within one. After dropping the first set, 18th-ranked Aloua Adjenak came back to beat 29th-ranked Will Kwok, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, at the No. 1 flight to tie the match at 4-all.
Then with all eyes turned to the final singles match on Court 6, Saint Leo's Jacobo Gonzalez rallied from a third-set deficit to defeat Jacobo Herrero, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4, at No. 6 singles. Gonzalez trailed 4-3 in the third set, but survived a ton of long rallies and extended games to send the Lions on to the region finals.
Ranked No. 15 in NCAA Division II, Saint Leo will play No. 2 Barry (24-0) at 10 a.m. Monday for the South Region 1 Championship.
Rollins, which was ranked sixth in the country entering the match, won the top two doubles flights. Seventeenth-ranked Kwok and Jason Alabaster cruised to an 8-1 triumph over Adjenak and Jake Fleischer at No. 1 doubles. Christesen and Robin Marchione defeated Saint Leo's Nicholson-Lewis and Victor Lozier, 8-5, at No. 2 pairs to put the Tars ahead 2-1.
Sisti and Ismail Lemtouni picked up the Lions doubles point with an 8-6 win over Adrian Di Felice and Cooper Maxwell at the third doubles spot.
Marchione, the 34th-ranked singles player in the nation, defeated Lozier, 6-4, 6-3, at No. 3 singles. That gave Rollins a 3-2 lead. Lemtouni's 7-5, 6-2 win over Di Felice tied the match at 2-2.
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#15 Saint Leo 5, #6 Rollins 4
04/28/13 at Miami Shores, Fla. (Buccaneer Tennis Center)
|Singles competition
|1. #18 Aloua Adjenak (SLM) def. #29 Will Kwok (RC) 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
|2. Malte Christesen (RC) def. Bruno Sisti (SLM) 4-6, 6-3, 6-1
|3. #34 Robin Marchione (RC) def. Victor Lozier (SLM) 6-4, 6-3
|4. #28 Matt Nicholson-Lewis (SLM) def. Sebastian Hafner (RC) 7-6 (8-6), 6-2
|5. Ismail Lemtouni (SLM) def. Adrian Di Felice (RC) 7-5, 6-2
|6. Jacobo Gonzalez (SLM) def. Jacobo Herrero (RC) 6-3, 4-6, 6-4
|Doubles competition
|1. #17 Will Kwok/Jason Alabaster (RC) def. Aloua Adjenak/Jake Fleischer (SLM) 8-1
|2. Malte Christesen/Robin Marchione (RC) def. Matt Nicholson-Lewis/Victor Lozier (SLM) 8-5
|3. Bruno Sisti/Ismail Lemtouni (SLM) def. Adrian Di Felice/Cooper Maxwell (RC) 8-6
|Match Notes
|Saint Leo 16-5; National ranking #15; Regional ranking #5
|Rollins 13-11; National ranking #6; Regional ranking #4
|Order of finish: Doubles (1,3,2); Singles (5,3,2,4,1,6)
|NCAA South Region Semifinals


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Psychic canine Roy Dog-son has predicted Italy, not England, will win tomorrow's Group D fixture.
Mr Dog-son, who lives at the Riverside Animal Centre in Beddington, made the unpatriotic forecast earlier this morning.
We were hoping the four-legged football expert would predict England will win-a-lot in the tournament, but sadly that does not appear to be the case.
Mr Dog-son thinks Jack Woof-shore will have a good game, bur Ross Bark-ley will give the ball away allowing Italy to score.
The part-greyhound part-rhodesian ridgeback was faced with two bowls, one with an Italy flag and one with an England flag.
By devouring the food in the Italy bowl he made his prediction known.
The future-seeing pooch proved his psychic abilities in the past when he guessed the Liberal Democrats would win the Sutton local elections.
Mr Dog-son was unavailable for comment when pressed to change his prediction, saying only he refused to roll over.
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BlackBerry App World applications more profitable than Android apps
0. phoneArena posted on 07 Feb 2012, 09:05
Here's another shocker from BlackBerry's DevCon event in Amsterdam - RIM execs brought clarity about the BlackBerry App world saying apps on it are actually more profitable…
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1. antmiu2 (Posts: 384; Member since: 19 Jun 2011)
lol, nice try..
2. McLTE (Posts: 922; Member since: 18 Oct 2011)
Sure.. have you seen the prices for apps on in the App store??? GAWD!!
I find the selection to SUCK and unless I'm buying utilities to make my BB more useful, there isn't anything really that catches my eye.. without spending too much $$!
3. bigdawg23 (Posts: 462; Member since: 25 May 2011)
Couldn't have said it better myself. RIM's App World is a joke along with the prices.
4. Socalvenom (unregistered)
I used to love blackberry's back when I bought my first 8820 curve best phone I ever had then I upgraded to a 9000 and I really didn't like the keyboard it just felt to small and cramped for my taste I agree the app store is a funny joke. Unless RIM does something mind blowing I give the Company till September before they file for bankruptcy, everyone that I know ether owns an Iphone an Android or a windows 7 phone.
5. AndresJ (Posts: 48; Member since: 06 Feb 2012)
They won't profit for long if BB's phone sells drop even more than now
6. taz89 (Posts: 2014; Member since: 03 May 2011)
rim rim rim lol really are desperate
7. beefsupreme (Posts: 32; Member since: 07 Dec 2011)
30 apps per user? i wouldn't be close to that even if app world worked on my phone.
8. nb2six (Posts: 298; Member since: 27 Apr 2011)
Wasn't there an article just like this one stating the exact same thing like 2 months ago? Are articles being recycled just to cause an uproar?
9. paynekiller (Posts: 152; Member since: 24 May 2010)
Ya cause what's free on Android Market is like $4.99 on Blackberry. RIM is a joke.


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West Valley residents can tour the new Banner Health Center in Goodyear from 8 to 11 a.m. on Saturday, June 29.The Center is designed to support high quality, convenient health care for the entire family.
Attendees will hear remarks by Banner Medical Group CEO Jim Brannon and Goodyear Mayor Georgia Lord at 8:30 a.m., followed by a celebration including food, tours, giveaways, children's activities and information about Banner Health facilities and services. Community members are invited to meet physicians and staff and even make an appointment.
"We want to become part of the fabric of the community by becoming the medical home residents look to for help in keeping their families healthy," said Jim Brannon, chief executive officer of Banner Medical Group. "This Banner Health Center is designed to provide primary care to the entire family in one space. We want it to be the place you would choose for prevention, wellness, basic and complex medical care and the advice you need to thrive with chronic health conditions."
At opening on July 10, staff physicians will include family practitioners and pediatricians. Banner Health Centers accept most insurance plans. The Center will be open extended hours from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday. Same-day appointments will also be available. Laboratory and X-ray services are also on-site.
Banner Health Center in Estrella will also be the gateway to the incredibly comprehensive services offered throughout Banner Health system, including Banner Estrella Medical Center and specialty facilities such as Banner MD Anderson Cancer Center, Cardon Children's Medical Center and Banner Concussion Center.
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Tell Me What to Eat If I Have Irritable Bowel Syndrome: Elaine Magee, MPH, RD
By Elaine Magee, MPH, RD
Reviewed By Kathleen Zelman, MPH, RD, LD
The opinions expressed herein are those of the guest's alone. If you have questions about your health, you should consult your personal physician. This event is meant for informational purposes only.
Moderator: Welcome! Our guest today is Elaine Magee, MPH, RD. We will be talking about what you can eat when you have IBS (irritable bowel syndrome). Welcome Elaine. How are you today?
Elaine Magee: Feeling great!
Moderator: Before we begin taking questions, Elaine, can you please tell everyone a little bit about your background and area of expertise?
Elaine Magee: I have a degree in nutrition and a master's from the University of California at Berkeley in public health nutrition, and I am a registered dietician and my job, so to speak, is helping people make better food choices and I do that by writing books. I have written 18 books so far, and I have a national column called the Recipe Doctor. I do consulting for two magazine and food companies.
Moderator: You are most famous as the Recipe Doctor, helping people reduce the fat in their favorite recipes. Why did you decide to write about IBS?
Elaine Magee: Great question! I am in the middle of a nutrition series called Tell Me What To Eat. In that series, there are books on menopause, helping to prevent breast cancer, type II diabetes, and the publisher wanted me to do one on irritable bowel syndrome. I was happy to do that because I am a third-generation IBS sufferer.
Moderator: So the information in the book not only comes from your professional expertise, but also your personal experience?
Elaine Magee: Yes, and I also interviewed many IBS sufferers while I was writing the book. I also interviewed dieticians on what works and what doesn't for people. I have the most common type of IBS and that is what they call diarrhea-predominate IBS, so it really helped me to write the book, and I actually give personal stories and tips when appropriate.
Moderator: Speaking of tips, let's talk about your 10 Food Steps to Freedom.
Elaine Magee: Yeah! Yeah! People don't like to see this: The first step is that people keep a diary of their food intake and their stress and symptoms from day to day. Nobody likes to keep a diary, but it's so important because you begin to understand the links between diet, stress, and symptoms for yourself. It also helps you manage your symptoms.
Moderator: So the first step is to keep the diary, and the next step is to increase fiber. Why is fiber so important when you have IBS?
Elaine Magee: It gets a little bit tricky. There are two types of fiber: water-soluble and water-insoluble. It's the soluble type like oat bran, beans, apples, psyllium seed, and flaxseed that tend to be the most helpful for people with the diarrhea-predominate IBS. So while fiber is important, depending on the type of IBS you have, you might need to gear yourself toward some different fiber sources because of it. But generally, people have said that having high-fiber foods throughout the day and drinking plenty of liquids, water mainly, is very helpful for them, particularly if they have constipation-type IBS.
Moderator: The next step is to drink eight or more glasses of water each day. Could you please explain why this is important?
Elaine Magee: Yes. Healthy bowels need plenty of water to be able to do their job right and drinking more water goes hand-in-hand with eating more fiber-rich foods.
Moderator: Why should IBS sufferers avoid caffeine?
Elaine Magee: That morning cup of "Joe" gives your intestines a jolt along with your brain. We all know it's a stimulant, and maybe it's no surprise that it also stimulates the intestines. The No. 1 caffeine source in the U.S. is coffee; No. 2 is cola and other caffeinated soft drinks.
Moderator: Your next step might be difficult for some people: avoiding high-fat meals and snacks.
Elaine Magee: The reason is because fat in food is known to exaggerate the gastrointestinal-colonic response. Keep in mind, fat is better tolerated when eaten in small amounts throughout the day, rather than all at once. So enjoy your potato chips, just have a handful, not the bag! Actually, people with IBS should probably avoid the kind of potato chips with artificial fats like olestra (sucrose polyester). With people who are irregular, the effect is loose bowels and an accident waiting to happen! This one of my favorite food steps, because although people think it would be difficult to do, it's not as bad as you think. My favorite cookbook that I've done is The Recipe Doctor, and you'll find all your favorite dishes in this book. The recipes are lightened in such a way that most people will not even miss the fat that is cut out. In fact, most people will like these recipes better.


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A DEVELOPER has unveiled ambitious plans for a new shopping plaza in the centre of the city.
The Salmon Harvester Opportunity Fund wants to "remodel" the Cathedral Plaza, at the bottom of the High Street, and has unveiled the ambitious plans to the public.
The group showed off the plans on Thursday during a special exhibition ahead of submitting the proposal to the city council later this month.
If approved, the scheme could create 100 jobs and boast seven restaurants across two floors in the building, part of which formed the former Russell and Dorrell department store, new retail space and a new public square, which will include remodelling the roundabout outside Worcester Cathedral.
"We're excited about our proposals for Cathedral Plaza and the possibility of creating a new public square for Worcester, and we hope the city is too," said Nick Webb from Salmon Harvester which owns the plaza, having bought it in February 2013.
The plans will remain in Unit 20 of the plaza until Wednesday (May 7) for the public to view.
The group says feedback received in the next week will be considered by its development team prior to the final scheme being agreed for submission to Worcester City Council.
Should plans be approved the building could be up and running by spring 2016.
Yesterday, visitors to the exhibition gave their thoughts on the plans.
"I think this would be a good thing for Worcester," said Vicky O'Connor, who runs the Books for Free charity in the Lychgate shopping centre.
"It looks good and the concept is right.
"I think the building as it is at the moment is a bit of a white elephant."
Meanwhile Jules Wells, who runs Blow Your Top gents hairdresser in nearby Friar Street, had doubts over the traffic in the area.
"I hope it will be a good thing and bring people to the area but the traffic is already bad here, particularly during rush hour," she said.
Meanwhile one women, who didn't want to be named, questioned the need for so many eating places.
She said: "We need the high end shops, yes, but we also need the low end, too.
"I think it''s a brilliant idea but we need more balance."
As previously reported by your Worcester News, the plans for Cathedral Plaza include seven new restaurants overlooking an extended public square in front of the cathedral.
Talks have already been held between Salmon Harvester and Worcestershire County Council over the roundabout, which would reduce in size, with a pedestrian crossing close to the current Elgar statue.


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I'm transferring a site over to wordpress and I'm having ie7 problems with the navigation. It works everywhere else. I'm not quite sure how to fix it. I'm not sure if wordpress is adding styles and stuff to mess it up because the non-wordpress version of the site works fine and I pretty much used the styles they had.
Site is still in progress. Just trying to get the header going.
Mixers Lounge | Just another WordPress site
Any ideas?
Thanks so much!Daniel
Don't specify a width on the anchors or list but make sure the main parent has a width.
*+html #navArea_1{width:675px}/* ie7*/
* html #navArea_1{width:675px}/* ie6*/
That seems to fix it although you seem to have several levels of nestings that aren't used there.
Thanks so much!
Hi I'm back.
Yes the navigation is working but some pages are not loading at all. One of the pages is the About page.
Page just won't load. IE7 only. Any ideas?
You can't really add position:relative to elements in IE7 unless you also give them haslayout as they become unreliable.
This should do the trick.
Hi Sorry I posed in the wrong thread. I just want to confirm that the change you suggest is for ie7.css That's where it was last time...
Never mind. I stuck it in and it works! Thanks again for your help


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Hampshire's county darts hopes were dealt a massive blow in their home game with Surrey in Fareham as they blew a six point lead.
They got off to a great start with the Ladies B winning 4-2 which included Sam Pike beating Tania Blake 3-2 in the fifth leg decider.
The Men's B continued the winning streak with a 7-5 win over Surrey B but unfortunately lost four matches from the first six where Stephen West, Andy Mitchell, Brad Hatch and Andover's Richie Ford had an off day missing vital doubles.
Richie scored quite well overall but lost his match 3-2 in another five leg decider to Mark Budd. With Hampshire still in front by two they fought back by taking the next five matches out of seven with Andover's adopted godson Sam Rooney Phil McDonnell 3-0.
Mark Thorne played his part this month after missing the last match at County Durham with a 3-0 win over James Kent and Thorne also collected man of the match for the second time this season as Hampshire were four in front overnight on Saturday , Sunday Morning was looking very bright after the Ladies A got off to a fantastic start winning 4-2.
Tara Power played superbly beating Sarah Emsley 3-0 and Sue Lowther also had a great game beating Sharon Cullip 3-1 Wendy Reinstadtler narrowly lost 3-2 to England international Tricia Wright and Gemma Hayter won comfortably 3-0 over Aplee Jones but it was Hampshire's Jane Monaghan who got Lady A player of the match and weekend not only collecting her trophy but also winning £50 for her efforts against Sue Shefford.
So Hampshire were in a commanding lead of six going into the Men's A matches only to win two from the first six which included Portsmouth's Martin Stead beating Paul Wenham which was a fantastic match to watch.
Alton's Ian Jopling played well again with another final leg decider against the brilliant Graham Hollis but Hampshire then lost four out of the next five to allow Surrey to pull back and receive a draw.
Men's A man of the match and the £100 went to the Welsh international and Hampshire's Mike Gillet with a fantastic 28.60 average and a 4-1 win over Tony Hammond to claim a draw 18 points each and a bonus point.
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HOUSTON - The defense in the Jessica Tata murder trial claims an electrical malfunction in a kitchen appliance started the fire that killed four children.
Tata, 24, is charged with felony murder. Prosecutors said she left several children home alone with a pan of grease heating on a stove while she went shopping in 2011. When she got home, the house was on fire, officials said.
The first witness for the defense took the stand on Wednesday. Richard Bonyata was hired by the defense to inspect the evidence found after the fire.
Bonyata suggested that the burner switch on the stove may have been faulty. He said similar switches on other stoves had caused burners to turn on or jump in temperature on their own.
Bonyata also said that an electrical malfunction in the refrigerator could have also caused the fire. He said there was heavy fire damage to the refrigerator and the area around it. He testified that a damaged electrical relay was recovered after the fire and records showed that someone tried to repair the refrigerator a week before the fire.
The prosecution had arson experts in court to listen to Bonyata's testimony. Earlier in the trial, the prosecution's engineering expert testified that he examined the stove after the fire and determined one of the burners had been on. He said that there were no problems with the stove's switches.
Susan Lahmeyer with the Texas Department of Family Protection Services took the stand on Monday. She testified that Tata took a six-hour orientation course in June 2009 that included instruction on state requirements, codes and best practices for child care. She applied for a permit to operate a home day care on Feb. 4, 2010.
Tata's home was inspected on Feb. 23, 2010, and two deficiencies were noted, Lahmeyer said. Inspectors said there were no fire extinguishers and carbon monoxide detectors in the home. Those problems were corrected and Tata received her permit on March 1, 2010.
Lahmeyer told the jury that Tata was only permitted to take care of six infants or toddlers and six school-aged children. Tata was caring for seven children under 3 years old at the time of the fire.
Tata's license was revoked after the fire. The agency found her guilty of neglect.
Tata has been charged with four counts of murder, three counts of abandoning a child and two counts of reckless injury to a child.
Prosecutors said Tata put the children in harm's way by leaving them alone and going shopping. While she was at Target, a fire broke out in the kitchen when oil in a frying pan on a stovetop burner ignited. Three children were also seriously injured in the blaze.
Tata's attorneys said she didn't intend to hurt the children. Defense attorneys said murder charges are excessive and that when the fire broke out, she tried to save the children, who ranged in age from 16 months to 3 years old.
After the fire, Tata fled to Nigeria but was captured after about a month, returned to the U.S. in March 2011 and has remained jailed. She was born in the U.S. but has Nigerian citizenship.
Shomari Dickerson, 3, Elizabeth Kojah, 20 months, Kendyll Stradford, 20 months, and Elias Castillo, 16 months, died in the fire at Jackie's Child Care on Crest Park at Waypark Drive shortly before 1:30 p.m. on Feb. 24, 2011. Three other children were injured. Tata is standing trial for felony murder first for the youngest of the victims -- Elias Castillo.
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Short video worth watching… single game running across multiple screens… more info from Charlie Schulze and Jens Loeffler.
Simple story — delivering to a new form of device should require minimal redrawing/layout/interaction work, and delivering to a new brand of device should require even less work than that. It's still early days, but Charlie's experience shows that this is a reasonable and attainable goal.
Is this the story in the popular press? No… the goal of techpress is to earn revenue, and attracting the clicks is the main need. They don't disclose their private communications with companies, and feature pseudonymous comments which could well be from marketing-agency personas. When they write of privacy their own pages will usually call assets from Google, Facebook, and other cross-site trackers. Even when the New York Times writes of a superquake and mega-tsunami in Japan, they'll sensationalize the nuclear angle despite all science to the contrary. The chattering-class is often offbase in what they choose to discuss.
Please take a look at the video yourself. That cross-device delivery is the way things should be, and is increasingly the way things really are. And in the end, this reality will trump lame talk.


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AN 85-year-old woman from Swanage has sustained serious injuries following a car mounting the pavement on Station Road earlier this morning.
A call was made to Dorset Police at 9.50am with reports of a RTC involving a pedestrian and a vehicle, which has resulted in the victim being taken to hospital by ambulance.
The incident involved a Suzuki Grand Vitara, registered to a woman from Swanage, which was being driven by a male from Swanage in his 50s.
Shore Road is also closed while emergency services, including Dorset Fire and Rescue Service attend the scene.
The 85-year-old woman has suffered serious leg injuries and is understood to have been the only pedestrian injured.
Police are trying to establish how many people were involved in the incident.
One onlooker, who works in Golden Girl boutique, said: "The car missed the shop window by inches. I heard an almighty crash and then screams, and so I immediately went out to try and help."
She said that she spoke to a woman, who said that it was her mother who was in collision with the car.
"I sat the daughter down and got some blankets to wrap around her, as she was in a state of shock.
"I saw the ambulance service put a drip in the man's arm, and then they put him in the back of the ambulance."
Another onlooker, who asked not to be named, said: "I arrived at work at 9.55am just after the accident must have happened.
She added: "At the moment, the fire service are trying to remove the car from the pavement, which it mounted, and then hit a bollard.
"The woman who was hit by the car is elderly and I heard that she her leg was broken. She was lying on the pavement with her head about an inch away from the wheel.
The accident took place outside the Purl n Lace shop.
A police spokesman told the Daily Echo that an 85-year-old woman from Swanage had been seriously injured and has been taken to hospital.
The spokesman said there were no reports of any other pedestrians being injured.
The driver of the car, a man in his 50s from Swanage, has also been taken away in an ambulance.
Purbeck Police tweeted: "Due to a road traffic accident which has occurred this morning outside of Budgens, Station Road, Swanage there are currently serious traffic congestion problems.
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To hold composure, even in the stickiest of situations; to be a juggernaut with grace 100 percent of the time...every time. It may be used at times when someone may be feeling doubt, fear, anger, sadness, nervousness, agitated, shame, or like a pussy; generally among friends. It is the only appropriate remedy when the speaker finds their friend or acquaintance at their lowest state of being.
I opened the door one day to find my best friend soaking wet and crying, and he tells me that he has just lost his job, his wife has left him, his dog ran away, his car was stolen, and he's broke. I had never seen a man look so shockingly, depressed before. After a long pause, the only helpful words that I could think of were "Just maintain." The next day, my friend went big on the stock market and bought a new car, found his dog, got a job with a bigger firm, and had a Victoria Secret model offer to run away with him.
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hello all,
My 1 year old daughter has a habit of banging her head every time she gets upset. Can you please help me what can I do to make her stop in doing this? I'm really worried that it may cause a more serious problem.
hello all,
My 1 year old daughter has a habit of banging her head every time she gets upset. Can you please help me what can I do to make her stop in doing this? I'm really worried that it may cause a more serious problem.
Thank you for your post and I'm sorry to read about your worries with your daughter's tantrums.
Please could I ask you a couple more questions to try and understand this issue fully? What does your daughter bang her head on (e.g. the floor, wall, her hand)? Is there a particular occurrence which seems to set the tantrum off?
It would be ideal if we could pinpoint the main causes for the tantrums and work to remove this (so that your daughter has a lot less tantrums). Perhaps some tantrums will always occur with some children but it is good to try and avoid situations/ circumstances which are more likely to result in a tantrum. For example, children often become very upset in busy supermarkets particularly when mum or dad is perhaps feeling stressed about getting the shopping done. In this situation one could consider swapping to an online shop or going to smaller, less busy shops more frequently.
Other likely causes of tantrums include: toddler is over-tired or late for a nap, toddler wants mum's attention (and how much better is it to attend to a little one's needs then allow a tantrum to occur), toddler is hungry or thirsty.
However, if a tantrum does still occur then a good tactic is to stay very close to your toddler. Move anything dangerous (e.g. hard toys she could bang herself on) out of her way. In your daughter's case it may be best to move her to a soft matted area if possible (try to have this set up ready for now whilst you are working to reduce the tantrums) so she cannot hurt her head against the floor or wall.
Try laying a hand on your daughter; sometimes simple touch can calm a child down. If this makes things worse then remove your hand but frequently tell her that mummy is here and you are ready to cuddle her and play with her.
Have a read of this article: Toddlers, Tantrums and Time-Ins by L Knost. In particular, I like the idea of a 'calm me' jar to help to avoid/ reduce tantrums.
I hope some of this helps,


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DETROIT - Many Lions fans are expecting more this coming season.
After all, the Lions went 10-6 and finally got back to the postseason for the first time in a decade. The idea is that the Lions are heading in the right direction and it's only normal to expect them to take the next stop, winning the NFC North and ultimately having a shot at their first Super Bowl.
There's only one little reason non-fans aren't as convinced. It's the defense, especially the secondary.
Everybody knows the Lions' offense is elite, even without a real-threat running game. That's because Calvin Johnson is considered by many as the best receiver in the NFL. It's hard to argue with his stats last season. And quarterback Matthew Stafford was able to stay healthy all season and threw for over 5,000 yards.
But most NFL experts have not predicted the Lions to make it to the postseason this season, which starts on Sunday afternoon against the St. Louis Rams at Ford Field. While the Lions are expected to win the opener, they will start four new starters in the secondary -- two because of injuries to Louis Delmas and Chris Houston.
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Still, the Lions aren't willing to pass the buck when it comes to the defense being the key to a successful season.
"You're not about to get me to say anything bad about my defense," Johnson said on Thursday after practice in Allen Park. "Nothing that can be twisted around. We definitely has confidence in them. We have some serious talent. We brought in some more guys over there on the defensive end. I'm looking forward to seeing them guys on the field."
Kyle Vanden Bosch believes the Lions' defensive line should be the best in the league and should record the most sacks up front. Unlike most, Vanden Bosch is high on the defense.
"There's a lot on continuity with our front seven," he said. "We've got the people. We've got the talent. And I feel like we've made some tweaks, scheme-wise. So we will be able to give teams different looks."
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"We we're fine as far as the run game," said Schwartz, whose team gave up five yards a carry in 2011. "We saw too many of those (the long runs). big chunks. We have to do a better job plugging stuff up. More importantly, tackling and being in the right spots in our secondary."
Tough Division
It's not just all about the Lions when it comes to them being shut out from the playoffs. The Packers, who won the division at 15-1 last season, have improved defensively. Plus, many believe that as long as Aaron Rodgers is healthy, the Pack will always be in the hunt for the top spot. That's how good Rodgers has been over the last few seasons when the Packs have posted a 21-2 mark in their last 23 games.
Many also see the Bears as having moved past the Lions with some key pickups in the offseason, including big-time receiver Brandon Marshall. He has re-connected with Jay Cutler. The Bears also added another running back to help Matt Forte. And the Bears defense was already good.
"That's why every week is going to be important in this division," center Dominic Raiola said. "I don't think you can look at any week and think it's an automatic win. You have to concentrate every week and win every week because you never know what game is going to be the one that catapults you or sets you back."
2012 Prediction
The Lions' schedule doesn't look too bad. There are some games that look like layups, including the Rams, Colts and Jaguars. Still, some can't get past the defense in the final two games of the season in which the Lions gave up 45 points to the Packers in the season finale and 45 points to the Saints in their playoff game.
That's 90 points against a secondary most believe has been weakened this season.
Look for the Lions to go 8-8 and not make the playoffs. It will be a step back for Detroit.
PARKER'S PRO PICK -- Lions 27, Rams 20
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could someone help me with this gmail python script
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#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: UTF-8 -*-
import sys, imaplib
port = 993
server = 'imap.gmail.com'
username = ''
passwd = ''
imap_server = imaplib.IMAP4_SSL(server, port)
imap_server.login(username, passwd)
print('?? New')
sys.exit( 1 )
typ, data = imap_server.select ('Inbox', True)
if typ == 'OK':
total = int(data[0])
typ, data = imap_server.search (None, 'SEEN')
if typ == 'OK':
seen = len(data[0].split())
print('{}/{} New'.format(total, total - seen))
if typ != 'OK':
print('?? New')
What i want to do?
just to colour the part after slash eg: 40/0 New
here it is the code to be coloured: print('{}/{} New'.format(total, total - seen))
can anyone help me, i have read and tried many code on the Internet but I can not fix
really appreciate much some help,


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Plugin Information
This plugin allows you to set up a job in Hudson for building specific revisions of a project.
Here is a screenshot of this project configured to use the plugin.
Today it uses a copy of SubversionSCM named SubversionReleaseSCM, but would only require a small change to SubversionSCM.CheckOutTask to work with the core code.
Here is the change that is needed. Just look for the java comments that start with EDIT.
SubversionSCM.java CheckOutTask
/** * Either run "svn co" or "svn up" equivalent. */ private static class CheckOutTask implements FileCallable<List<External>> { private final ISVNAuthenticationProvider authProvider; private final Date timestamp; // true to "svn update", false to "svn checkout". private boolean update; private final TaskListener listener; private final ModuleLocation[] locations; //EDIT (1) next line added by piascikj for building specific revision private String revision; public CheckOutTask(AbstractBuild<?, ?> build, SubversionSCM parent, Date timestamp, boolean update, TaskListener listener) { this.authProvider = parent.getDescriptor().createAuthenticationProvider(); this.timestamp = timestamp; this.update = update; this.listener = listener; this.locations = parent.getLocations(build); //EDIT (2) next line added by piascikj for building specific revision this.revision = build.getEnvVars().get("REVISION"); } public List<External> invoke(File ws, VirtualChannel channel) throws IOException { final SVNClientManager manager = createSvnClientManager(authProvider); try { final SVNUpdateClient svnuc = manager.getUpdateClient(); final List<External> externals = new ArrayList<External>(); // store discovered externals to here //EDIT next line removed by piascikj for building specific revision //final SVNRevision revision = SVNRevision.create(timestamp); //EDIT (3) next 6 lines added by piascikj for building specific revision SVNRevision revision = SVNRevision.create(timestamp); try { if (this.revision != null) revision = SVNRevision.create(Long.parseLong(this.revision)); } catch (NumberFormatException e) { listener.getLogger().println("Unable to parse revision number from value: " + this.revision + ", checking out HEAD revision."); } if(update) { for (final ModuleLocation l : locations) { try { listener.getLogger().println("Updating "+ l.remote); File local = new File(ws, l.local); svnuc.setEventHandler(new SubversionUpdateEventHandler(listener.getLogger(), externals,local,l.local)); svnuc.doUpdate(local.getCanonicalFile(), l.getRevision(revision), true); } catch (final SVNException e) { if(e.getErrorMessage().getErrorCode()== SVNErrorCode.WC_LOCKED) { // work space locked. try fresh check out listener.getLogger().println("Workspace appear to be locked, so getting a fresh workspace"); update = false; return invoke(ws,channel); } if(e.getErrorMessage().getErrorCode()== SVNErrorCode.WC_OBSTRUCTED_UPDATE) { // HUDSON-1882. If existence of local files cause an update to fail, // revert to fresh check out listener.getLogger().println(e.getMessage()); // show why this happened. Sometimes this is caused by having a build artifact in the repository. listener.getLogger().println("Updated failed due to local files. Getting a fresh workspace"); update = false; return invoke(ws,channel); } e.printStackTrace(listener.error("Failed to update "+l.remote)); // trouble-shooting probe for #591 if(e.getErrorMessage().getErrorCode()== SVNErrorCode.WC_NOT_LOCKED) { listener.getLogger().println("Polled jobs are "+ Hudson.getInstance().getDescriptorByType(SCMTrigger.DescriptorImpl.class).getItemsBeingPolled()); } return null; } } } else { Util.deleteContentsRecursive(ws); // buffer the output by a separate thread so that the update operation // won't be blocked by the remoting of the data PipedOutputStream pos = new PipedOutputStream(); StreamCopyThread sct = new StreamCopyThread("svn log copier", new PipedInputStream(pos), listener.getLogger()); sct.start(); for (final ModuleLocation l : locations) { try { listener.getLogger().println("Checking out "+l.remote); File local = new File(ws, l.local); svnuc.setEventHandler(new SubversionUpdateEventHandler(new PrintStream(pos), externals, local, l.local)); svnuc.doCheckout(l.getSVNURL(), local.getCanonicalFile(), SVNRevision.HEAD, l.getRevision(revision), true); } catch (SVNException e) { e.printStackTrace(listener.error("Failed to check out "+l.remote)); return null; } } pos.close(); try { sct.join(); // wait for all data to be piped. } catch (InterruptedException e) { throw new IOException2("interrupted",e); } } try { for (final ModuleLocation l : locations) { SVNDirEntry dir = manager.createRepository(l.getSVNURL(),true).info("/",-1); if(dir!=null) {// I don't think this can ever be null, but be defensive if(dir.getDate()!=null && dir.getDate().after(new Date())) // see http://www.nabble.com/NullPointerException-in-SVN-Checkout-Update-td21609781.html that reported this being null. listener.getLogger().println(Messages.SubversionSCM_ClockOutOfSync()); } } } catch (SVNException e) { LOGGER.log(Level.INFO,"Failed to estimate the remote time stamp",e); } return externals; } finally { manager.dispose(); } } private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L; }
Change Log
Version 1.2 (2010-11-03)
Version 1.1 (2010-03-01)
Version 0.2 (2009-12-29)
Version 0.1 (2009-03-27)
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Jan 22, 2010
Jay Blanton says:Can you explain if this revision is the Subversion revision or is this related t...
Can you explain if this revision is the Subversion revision or is this related to a tag/branch in subversion?
I installed this plugin and don't see the releases link.
Is that because I need to make code changes suggested above?
Apr 23, 2010
John Carter says:Note that the example screenshot has a typo - "Prodution" should be "Production"
Note that the example screenshot has a typo - "Prodution" should be "Production"
Jun 19, 2010
Krishnan says:Hi I am supposed to build a svn revision using subversion release manager. I ha...
I am supposed to build a svn revision using subversion release manager. I have configured a build parameter for the revision number. I would like to set a default value so that SVN head is built when the revision number is not specified/changed. 'HEAD' does not seem to be working. I see the following error:
Location 'http://<mySVNLocation>/trunk@HEAD' does not exist.
any workarounds? Thanks.
Jun 28, 2010
Salman Awan says:Hey Jesse, Great plug-in, worked a charm, thanks a lot as it resolved a pressing...
Hey Jesse, Great plug-in, worked a charm, thanks a lot as it resolved a pressing issue on my part.
Just a question, when selecting 'Subversion Release' instead of 'Subversion' as SCM, two additional options that are available with 'Subversion' SCM are not available any more i.e. 'Use update' and 'Revert'.
Is that by design, or you might consider adding them in future?
Thanks again, Regards, Salman Awan
Jul 30, 2010
Robert Redd says:In addition to the issue mentioned by Salman above, I can also no longer browse ...
In addition to the issue mentioned by Salman above, I can also no longer browse or see the diff in files modified when looking at the project's change history using the Repository Browser option. I use ViewSVN with the repository URL specified. It worked when the SCM was the original Subversion type, though.
Aug 04, 2010
Frank Keller says:Hi, this is a nice and very usefull plugin, but i have one problem. I have a jo...
this is a nice and very usefull plugin, but i have one problem. I have a job with additional parameters for environments, this paramter is ignored from the plugin when building a release from the release overview. is there
a way to use release manager and seperatly configured parameters?
Aug 16, 2010
Oliver Korpilla says:Hello, Jesse. I saw that you largely replaced Subversion SCM plugin for this an...
Hello, Jesse.
I saw that you largely replaced Subversion SCM plugin for this and had some trouble because you use your classes instead of installed ones. I see you do this because you want to be able to use a specific revision upon checkout.
Reading the trunk sources of the "subversion" SCM plugin I saw that you can now add a "RevisionParameterAction" that will override the Revision to be checked out in the CheckOutTask. This might make your fix obsolete. I'll try if I can get a version together that uses this mechanism - I just need a way to construct a SVNRevision object in the doBuild action and then I can add this parameter to the build to be scheduled in your doBuild() method.
Aug 17, 2010
Oliver Korpilla says:I tested it, it works fine with the RevisionParameterAction. I'm just fiddling w...
I tested it, it works fine with the RevisionParameterAction. I'm just fiddling with the doBuild() and the associated stapled form, but the code can work with the given SubversionSCM and the plugin is then very lean.
Aug 18, 2010
Oliver Korpilla says:Hello, Jesse. I have a finished version here that just uses the regular subvers...
Hello, Jesse.
I have a finished version here that just uses the regular subversion plugin plus your few extra files and it works fine. How do I commit it back to you?
Oct 22, 2010
Dan Fuller says:Hi Oliver Any word on the update? If you're unable to update this plugin,...
Hi Oliver
Any word on the update? If you're unable to update this plugin, any change of submitting an alternative?
Oct 26, 2010
Oliver Korpilla says:Yes, maybe that's the way to go. I just hoped we could fix it here. We have my ...
Yes, maybe that's the way to go. I just hoped we could fix it here.
We have my fix in use. It really makes it nice and clean, and the subversion maintenance is left to the subversion plugin.
We find this plugin useful.
Oct 27, 2010
Michael Bender says:Oliver, I'd love to have your fix too. When install this version and try to run ...
Oliver, I'd love to have your fix too. When install this version and try to run I get the following error. Any idea why this might be happening?At revision 2098
hudson.util.IOException2: revision check failed on https://infusedindustries.springloops.com/source/infusedpalermo/trunk/esofthead/php
at hudson.scm.SubversionReleaseChangeLogBuilder.buildModule(SubversionReleaseChangeLogBuilder.java:133)
at hudson.scm.SubversionReleaseChangeLogBuilder.run(SubversionReleaseChangeLogBuilder.java:75)
at hudson.scm.SubversionReleaseSCM.calcChangeLog(SubversionReleaseSCM.java:276)
at hudson.scm.SubversionReleaseSCM.checkout(SubversionReleaseSCM.java:376)
at hudson.model.AbstractProject.checkout(AbstractProject.java:1038)
at hudson.model.AbstractBuild$AbstractRunner.checkout(AbstractBuild.java:479)
at hudson.model.AbstractBuild$AbstractRunner.run(AbstractBuild.java:411)
at hudson.model.Run.run(Run.java:1257)
at hudson.model.FreeStyleBuild.run(FreeStyleBuild.java:46)
at hudson.model.ResourceController.execute(ResourceController.java:88)
at hudson.model.Executor.run(Executor.java:129)
Caused by: org.tmatesoft.svn.core.SVNException: svn: No such revision 2100
svn: REPORT of '/source/infusedpalermo/!svn/bc/2099/trunk/esofthead/php': 500 Internal Server Error (https://infusedindustries.springloops.com)
Dec 06, 2010
Oliver Korpilla says:Hello, all. Please help me out. I could provide a version that uses the subver...
Hello, all.
Please help me out.
I could provide a version that uses the subversion plugin for Hudson, so that the normal subversion plugin can be used again as SCM plugin.
What would be the best way to release it back to this website? The original contributor of this plugin has not responded, and I would like to share it.
My only problem is how. Can anyone of you either walk me through the bugfix process or through the process of registering a plugin?
Thank you,
Dec 11, 2010
wwDevil says:Hi Oliver. Why Subversion Release Manager skip 'This build requires parameters:'...
Hi Oliver.
Why Subversion Release Manager skip 'This build requires parameters:' page when i click build link(for example: http://localhost:8080/job/test/releases/build?revision=3) in releases page? This page is displayed when i click build link(for example: http://localhost:8080/job/test/build?delay=0sec) in jobs list page.
Feb 28, 2011
John Mohan says:Hi, Agree with all, would love to have the "use svn update" & "this build r...
Agree with all, would love to have the "use svn update" & "this build requires parameters" feature with the subversion release manager. Is this on the cards?
Sep 08, 2011
Tatyana Tvardovskaya (aka salmira) says:Great plugin! Unfortunately, it ignores "This build is parameterized" configurat...
Great plugin!
Unfortunately, it ignores "This build is parameterized" configuration and runs always with default parameters


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THE SQL Server Blog Spot on the Web
Cumulative Update 3 for SP1 for SQL Server 2012 caused a number of problems with SSIS packages. This also applies to database maintenance plans as they are also SSIS packages.
After applying the update, you could get this error when opening an SSIS package:
The type initializer for 'Microsoft.DataTransformationServices.Design.SharedIcons' threw an exception.Value of 'null' is not valid for 'stream'. (System.Drawing)
If you edit a maintenance plan, you could get this error:
Provide value on 'System.Windows.Markup.StaticExtension' threw an exception. (PresentationFramework)Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation. (mscorlib)The type initializer for 'Microsoft.SqlServer.Graph.Extended.HighContrastSupport' threw an exception. (Microsoft.SqlServer.IntegrationServices.Graph)
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Surprisingly large download for this patch - 600+MB.
Thanks for publicising this - I wasn't aware of this patch. Fortunately I hadn't yet run in to the issue since I had not opened any maintenance plans or SSIS packages, but I sure would've been frustrated if I had done so :)
I posted the other day about a hotfix that's needed after you apply SQL Server 2012 SP1 CU3, to still


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September 21, 2012
SANTA CLARITA, Ca-- Paced by Austin Michelson's four-point match and a stingy defense, The Master's College men's soccer team closed out non-conference play Friday afternoon with a 4-0 beating of La Sierra on Reese Field.
The win broke a two-match losing streak for the Mustangs, returned the club to the .500 (4-4) mark, and prepared them for the opening of GSAC play next week.
Typically, Michelson, a senior defender from Scotts Valley, California, is too busy keeping the opposition from scoring at his sweeper position. However, on this afternoon he not only succeeded at that but had the time to produce at the other end, too, scoring a career-high four points. He struck first at the 31:47 mark of the first half, taking a pass from freshman Ryan Dolan (Newhall, CA) and putting it by Eagle goalie Wade Dixon for his second tally of the season and a 1-0 lead.
Thanks to some strong play from the Mustang defense and keeper Andrew Bussell, that slightest of advantages lasted through halftime and well into the second half before the Mustangs added some insurance in the form of three more goals.
The first of those tallies came just over 25 minutes (70:31) into the final period when Taylor Shahi (Santa Rosa, CA) booted the ball by Dixon, doubling the advantage with his second goal of the campaign.
Then, just over four minutes later at the 75:34 mark, the Mustangs extended their lead to 3-0 when senior Peter Martin (Dayton, OR) scored his first goal in the Mustang blue and gold off passes from Michelson and freshman Austin Rochow (Canyon Country, CA).
Michelson was on the front end, too, of the Mustangs' final tally of the day, assisting with Kevin Scheunemann (Malang, Indonesia) on Rochow's team-leading fourth goal of the season with 2:02 left to play.
From then on, it was just a matter of preserving the shutout which the defense and Bussell did quite nicely. The blanking was the senior's third of the year and the ninth of his TMC career.
Back at .500, the Mustangs now turn their attention to the opening of conference play next Wednesday when they host No. 18 Biola in a 4:00pm start on Reese Field.


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Jennifer Aniston makes me no longer hate ties and says more stuff about Angelina Jolie
Jennifer Aniston posed nude for the latest cover of GQ and also talked some more about her private life despite publicly yelling it's "none of your fucking business." I guess she's more comfortable in the buff. Who knows? (Besides Brad Pitt, John Mayer and Vince "King of the Rebounds" Vaughn):
On Angelie Jolie confirming she snagged Brad on set of Mr. & Mrs. Smith:
""Well, you know, that was definitely a confirmation for me of something that wasn't quite confirmed at the time. But listen… You sit there and you… No. No daggers through the heart. I laugh. Am I surprised? Well, how do I say this? Considering the source, nothing surprises me."
On her relationship with the Pitt-Jolies:
"The funny thing is, people don't realize we all go away to The Hamptons on the weekends. That'd be hysterical: I've got Zahara on my hip, and Knox …"
On John Mayer:
"Honestly, did not know much about him before I met him. I'd heard … you know, uh 'Your Body' – that song. But what I can say is that I had no idea what an extraordinary musician he is. And it's just great to sit and be witness to that. It's kind of like, Whoa!"
On playing an "aspiring cougar" in a female version of Wedding Crashers:
"It is so a comment on the sexual double standard, and what's been ironic is how hard it's been to get this movie made. Studios want it, but they are afraid of Middle America…. There are too many movies out there that don't empower women, movies in which their only way of being happy is finding a man. And you know, that's not my favorite theme."
So, basically, Jennifer Aniston wants to kidnap Angelina Jolie's children then bang a bunch of younger dudes. I'll call that a wash – and not just because I'm under 30, Ms. Aniston?
Thanks to SaraDevil who's a [insert awesome jungle cat here].


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The ELLE Generation: The Survey Says…
When the ABC laugh riot Modern Family debuted last fall, creators Steven Levitan and Christopher Lloyd revived the family sitcom by making often pallid material—raising children, maintaining a marriage—new again. (Effeminately gay dad Cameron might just be the most hilarious homemaker archetype we've seen since Carol Brady.) This season, FOX's Raising Hope continues to push the genre forward with politically incorrect jokes and its expertly cast uncouth brood: Martha Plimpton is at her best as a chain-smoking, foul-mouthed mom, and Cloris Leachman amuses (and horrifies) as a semisenile grandma who can't keep her bra on.
Modern Family, September 22, 9 p.m. EST on ABC; Raising Hope, September 21, 9 p.m. EST on FOX
FOX phenom Glee returns for season two, giving lovable but lobotomized ditz Brittany (Heather Morris) her moment at the mic in a—what else?—Britney Spears–themed episode. Creator Ryan Murphy, who developed the Britney-Brittany story line after Gleeks launched a Twitter campaign championing the idea, has already dubbed it hallucinogenic. If that's not enough to make you want to go Gleek, John Stamos makes his debut this fall as Emma's dentist/love interest (Justin Timberlake, as rumored, will not), and the cast will pay tribute to the campiest musical comedy of them all, The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
Glee, September 21, 8 p.m. EST on FOX
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>Racing>Extreme drowsiness late on in marathon?
I ran my fastest ever marathon on Sunday in Frankfurt, and got my dream target time, but the last 4 miles or so were utterly grim because of something strange going on with my brain. Here's how I described it in another thread:
"I had carb loaded very meticulously for a couple of days before, but something went wrong, either with the carbohydrates or the hydration, because for the last 3-4 miles I was feeling increasingly, oppressively drowsy, overpoweringly sleepy, making me just want to lie down on the road and go asleep. It was the strangest and most unpleasant experience - by the end I felt almost unconscious, and all the time I had to just tell my legs to keep going, whatever my brain was doing. I hardly knew where I was at the end - I just knew that I'd got my target time."
It happened once before to me late on in a marathon, but much less seriously than this time (and later on). At the time I put it down to nutrition, not having had that gel I should have done at 20 miles. I thought it was a curious manifestation of 'the wall', which, fortunately, I've never run into in its normal guise. This time, though, because I'd carb loaded well, and because I'd got in gels earlier and was knocking back jelly babies (like jelly beans in macabre baby form), it didn't seem so likely that this was the cause, and my suspicion was dehydration instead. At the water stations they only had plastic cups quarter full of water, which I was not able to drink while running (I normally try to pinch the cup into a shape which allows me to slug it all down in one, but these cups just splintered), and I think I probably build up a fluid shortage (which may, in fact, have been made worse by the gels/ jelly babies).
I'd dearly love to avoid ever having this happen again and I'm wondering whether this experience is familiar to anyone, and if so, have you pinpointed what it's caused by. If I knew whether it was nutrition, or hydration, I may be able to prepare a bit better.
Sounds a lot more like a bonk than dehydration to me.
Sounds a lot more like a bonk than dehydration to me.
But what was surprising was that I actually sped up towards the end. Wouldn't it be odd if this 'bonk' did not cause me to slow down?
I think the marathon can be as challenging mentally as physically. It's one thing to keep going and not bonk, but that doesn't remove the mental challenge of not just wanting it to be over so you can stop running and sit down. I don't think what you experienced is all that strange.
i used to get very sleepy when running, but now my asthma is better controlled that doesn't happen anymore.
i find the sunshine beckons me to open up the gate and dream and dream ~~robbie williams
I think the marathon can be as challenging mentally as physically. It's one thing to keep going and not bonk, but that doesn't remove the mental challenge of not just wanting it to be over so you can stop running and sit down. I don't think what you experienced is all that strange.
Well, this was my 12th marathon, so I've become kind of familiar with the mental stuff which happens from mile 20 onwards. For me this clearly felt like some kind of physical problem, quite distinct from the "Please, let this be over" feeling we all know and love . I've had rough marathons before, where my legs were in a good deal of pain and I felt utterly exhausted, but this was different from that. This was a fast one for me (just under 3 hours), 9 minutes faster than my previous best, so maybe some other stuff came into play there I wasn't familiar with.
i used to get very sleepy when running, but now my asthma is better controlled that doesn't happen anymore.
Interesting! What's the link between asthma and sleepiness? I hadn't heard of that before. I do get cold induced asthma, and this was a cold day (just above freezing), but I'd taken a couple of puffs of an inhaler before I started and didn't get the shortness of breath I sometimes get in the cold.
My son once had this exact symptom on a 100km run- he said the concrete sidewalk looked so soft and comfortable he wanted to lie down and go to sleep.
Quite why this happened I do not know, perhaps physical fatigue leads to mental fatigue- I often sleep after a really long run.
PBs since age 60: 5k- 24:36, 10k - 47:17. Half Marathon- 1:42:41.
10 miles (unofficial) 1:16:44.
I don't care what you were eating along the way, it was a bonk. When you are pushing hard and your heart rate is at 85% or better, your body is not taking in those carbs as fast as you need it to. This has happened to me on quite a few runs over the years. I would run past houses and want to curl up on the front porch and go to sleep, just for 10 minutes. In that moment it feels like the right idea even though you know it's nuts. It was an urge strong enough that I had to consciously fight it and talk myself out of it. It happened to me a couple of months ago on an easy long run as I was ramping up my mileage after Grandma's, and I pulled over, grabbed a blueberry Nutri-grain bar, and in 5 minutes I was a brand new me. I was running a nice easy 8:30 pace though, so my heart rate was pretty low. It has happened during a marathon as well, and all you can do is eat a gel and gut it out.
RA's cranky old teenager
I've never run a marathon, but something similar happens to me during interval workouts. I just want to lie down and go to sleep right on the track or the course or where ever I am. It usually comes on in the second or third repeat, then subsides and I feel fine towards the end, unlike your marathon situation.
I don't know what it is. Luckily, I'm able to push through and come out of it and finish the workout.
That's probably maybe mostly true.
I haven't experienced drowsiness while running, but it makes sense that when the brain begins to feel glycogen-deprived, one of its defenses is to make you sleepy so you'll quit the running nonsense.
Well at least someone here is making relevance to the subject. - S.J.


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