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I never really understood all the fuss about the Alsatian King Cake (galette des rois) until I tried this year's variant from Epicerie Boulud. Their new pastry chef, Mymi Eberhardt, not only hails from the Alsace region, but received her culinary training there as well—and it shows. Just don't sleep on this cake for the Epiphany, it's only available until January 19th.
The pleasure of this cake is the crust's range of textures The outermost layer has a dense, buttery crumb that beckons you to take bite after bite. A shell of crisped dark brown pastry cracks off the top like a turnover, hiding an inch-thick band of frangipane filling. And although the almond filling is softer than the pastry above and below, it blends into one integrated cake.
The frangipane is sweet but not overly so and the almond flavor is subtle--not harsh, like marzipan or an amaretto cookie. Maybe that's what separates this cake from the rest, the utter smoothness of all the layers and the easiness of the flavors. After your first bite you may blow through this in a flash. It's hard to help yourself.
The cake is available until January 19, $6 for a slice, $39 for a whole cake.
About the author: Native New Yorker Niko Triantafillou is the founder of DessertBuzz.com his photographs of desserts and pastry chefs have appeared in the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post and Dessert Professional Magazine. He is an unabashed foodie nerdling. Follow him on Twitter at @DessertBuzz.


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Spongebob "cracked" Under Pressure!
Poor Spongebob... this cake was a nightmare. It fell apart on the way to deliver it. The vibration from the truck and the fact that I only used a dowel in the center of the cake (rookie mistake) this one fell quick. Noted use more than one dowel... luckily it was not needed until the next day... so we got a redo on this one! Here is before and after pictures.

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Lester outduels Hughes as Red Sox edge Twins
Ace allows one run in 6 1/3; Holt makes acrobatic catch in CF debut
BOSTON -- As Jon Lester battled through a 33-pitch first inning, manager John Farrell's stomach churned. Already, the Red Sox would be without closer Koji Uehara, who had worked three straight days and four out of five.
An abbreviated outing from Lester probably would not be the recipe for victory for a Boston team that has had to scratch and claw for everything in recent days.
But Lester put his manager and everyone else at ease by doing what aces do. He settled down and led his team to a 2-1 victory over the Twins on Tuesday night at Fenway Park.
The lefty was still pitching when the seventh inning started. He gave his team 6 1/3 innings, allowing four hits and just one run while walking one and punching out six.
"The approach doesn't change," said Lester. "I think the biggest thing for me was a lot of foul balls tonight. You can't really change a whole lot on that. You just hope that they put a bad part of the bat on the ball and hit it at somebody or get a hit or just move on. No, I don't think your approach changes. You've just got to keep attacking and hopefully they hit it at somebody."
In the third, in perhaps the highlight of the game, the Red Sox thought the ball was hit at Jonny Gomes, who was in left field.
Amid the twilight, Gomes never saw the ball. Brock Holt, playing his first career game in center, somehow recovered in time to make a circus catch, tumbling to catch it.
The most striking part about the play was how far Holt was from Gomes when he hauled it in.
"It's one of those things where you look over and you see Gomes' arms out and try to do all you can, looking at him, looking at the ball, looking at him -- he never picked it up," Holt said. "Fortunately I was able to get over there and make a play on it. I ran to the wrong spot, that's why I had to do that. I thought the ball was going to be somewhere and it ended up somewhere else, that's why I had to kind of dive backwards for it."
The way things have been going for the Red Sox lately, they will take it.
Meanwhile, without Uehara for the ninth, Edward Mujica took charge of the ninth and notched a 14-pitch save which included two strikeouts. Though things haven't always been smooth for Mujica this season, as evidenced by his 6.04 ERA, he demonstrated that he can still serve a purpose.
"Well, he's pitched in a variety of roles, whether it's coming out of a rain delay in Baltimore to pitching in the middle innings," said Farrell. "He's used his secondary pitches a little bit more, particularly in those early innings. Tonight with the added adrenaline, it's probably the best velocity we've seen on the year. But once again, he's a valued member of that group."
Fresh off making his circus catch, Holt got the Red Sox rolling in the third with a double off the Green Monster. Holt then stole third and scored on a sacrifice fly by Xander Bogaerts to give Lester a 2-0 lead.
"In a way, he took over the inning because he leads off with a double, steals third, scores on a sac fly that ends up being the difference in tonight," said Farrell. "To his credit, he doesn't get hung up in moving to a position for the first time. He goes out and he plays as you've seen."
Offense has been mystifyingly elusive for the Red Sox for much of the season, but even more of late. Yet they generated some in the first against Phil Hughes, who allowed two runs over eight innings. Holt led off with a single to left and moved to second on a fielder's choice. Dustin Pedroia laced an RBI double to center, and Boston had a 1-0 lead.
Meanwhile, Lester settled down nicely after the laborious first and had a shutout going after five.
Danny Santana started a scoring rally for the Twins with a leadoff double in the sixth. Brian Dozier moved him to third on a bunt and Joe Mauer stung a liner to left that sunk in front of Gomes for an RBI double.
"Lester, every time out, he's capable of doing what he did. To get a run in there was nice," said Mauer. "But with the way Phil pitched, I was hoping we'd get more."
Lester simply didn't allow it.
"He somehow found a way to become a little more efficient," Farrell said. "Thirty-three pitches in the first and then I believe 50-plus after two, thinking it might be even shorter than the ability to get into the seventh inning. He found a way. He was able to induce more early outs. Not as many foul balls. And really, his performance allowed us to piece some things together in the bullpen when we had a couple of guys we were trying to stay away from tonight in [Andrew] Miller and Koji."
Ian Browne is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Brownie Points, and follow him on Twitter @IanMBrowne. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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(WMC-TV) – A special needs student was reportedly raped in a West Memphis High School bathroom. Now, three students are facing charges.
West Memphis police got the report of the rape inside West Memphis High last month. It is just now coming to light with the details revealed Monday.
The students arrested are ages 15 and 17. They are charged with battery and first degree rape of a 16-year-old special needs student.
Investigators say the three suspects were skipping class in the bathroom. When the victim walked in, the suspects tried to rob him, made fun of him, and started beating him. The victim ended up with two broken ribs.
The victim told police one of the suspects raped him in the bathroom. He said he told the principal and was sent back to class and was told it would be handled the next day. The victim's aunt called police when she learned of the incident from her nephew.
"I wouldn't want that to happen to any of my children," Marvin Woods said. "That's a bad situation."
West Memphis police reports indicate the three suspects gave different stories about what happened. All of them admitted skipping class and hanging out in the bathroom. They are all charged as adults.
Barry Adams, who is a parent of a West Memphis High student, says he is shocked something like that could happen at the school.
"My son goes to West Memphis High, and I have a lot of faith they will do the right thing," Adams said.
All three suspects are out on bond and have a court date scheduled for next month.
Investigators say the teenage suspects are no longer attending West Memphis High. They are at an alternative school. There was no comment from the school because it is Spring Break.
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OAKLAND — A man was found shot multiple times in the Trestle Glen neighborhood Sunday evening, though it was unclear where the shooting took place, police said.
Residents on the 950 block of Grosvenor Place near Underhills Road called police at 9:23 p.m. to report a man was down on the sidewalk, said Lt. Brandon Wehrly. He was found near a four-door Acura sedan suffering from multiple gunshot wounds, including one to the head, police said. No one in the neighborhood reported hearing gunshots.
Around the same time, the city's ShotSpotter technology detected gunfire in the area of 5th Avenue and International Boulevard, Wehrly said. Both incidents remained under investigation late Sunday, but Wehrly said it was possible the man could have been shot near 5th Avenue and International Boulevard and ended up in the Trestle Glen neighborhood.
The locations are about 1.6 miles apart and are directly connected by thoroughfares: 5th Avenue turns into Park Boulevard, which intersects with Grosvenor Place.
The man, who was not responsive, was taken to the hospital where he was listed in critical condition, police said.
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Music for Easter
J.S.Bach, St. John Passion,
Herreweghe II
To hear him with the musicians from the Collegium Vocale in this sublime work (which has no reason to shy from comparison with the mightier St. Matthew Passion) is a very special opportunity and it is difficult to put in words how much I am looking forward to Sunday at Alice Tully Hall. It is bound to be an event that will undoubtedly be musically gratifying – but also bring a spiritual quality with it that is extraordinary and fulfilling. It is not necessary to be of a particular creed or to believe at all: If you are open to music, the music of Bach (followed at some distance by above mentioned Bruckner) is the closest to a deep sense of – for lack of a better word – the divine that an atheist (such as I'll openly admit to being) can come.
There is not a group or conductor around whom I'd rather 'receive' this work from. With Konrad Jarnot (Christus), Christoph Prégardien (Evangelist), Camilla Tilling (soprano), Ingeborg Danz (alto), Jan Kobow (tenor), and Peter Kooij (bass) as his soloists and his fabled group, he is bound to create similar miracles that I know so well from his many records. If there are two conductors in Bach, where I'd grab anything blindly and without sampling, Herreweghe is one of them. Karl Richter is the other – which goes to show that particular 'style' is not what defines greatness in this music (Richter is decidedly not a "Historical Performance" conductor), but inspiration, dedication, and quality. Or, with an eye to the choir and orchestral forces: It's not size that matters, but what you do with it. That's what I've always been told, and it seems to be true. None of his cantata discs are less than excellent; the cantata disc titled "Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen…" is among the very finest I have ever heard of Bach on record. His St. Matthew Passion (either recording, but especially the second) must be among of the three, four top choices, and wherever there is mention of Harnoncourt, Gardiner, Richter, or Rilling in Bach, there will also be mention of Herreweghe.
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AFTER 25 years based in the heart of Bradford, local charity Cancer Support Bradford & Airedale is expanding to help more people throughout the region.
The team is opening a new satellite office on Otley Street, in Skipton which will provide face to face support to people affected by cancer. It will initially be open one day a week, but the team plans to develop the level of services over time.
Linda Howard, Cancer Support's director, said: "In 2013 we celebrated our silver jubilee year – a fantastic achievement for everyone involved in our 25 year journey to date. However, we have always been keen to build on our successes and this has resulted in us being able to support more people across the area.
"We spoke to our clients to hear how they thought the charity could develop further. There's no denying that demand for our services continues to grow, and it soon became clear that a second base, easier to reach for people in Skipton and the surrounding area, was much needed.
"So we've taken the leap and branched out. To get the keys for this new satellite office is incredibly exciting for the whole team, and the Skipton community. We look forward to providing face to face practical and emotional support in this area, and hope volunteers will come forward to enable us to do this."
Volunteer drivers and experienced therapists and counsellors who would like to donate some time to help develop Cancer Support's Skipton-based services, are encouraged to contact the charity. Businesses located in Skipton can also help support those affected by a cancer diagnosis. To get involved please call 01274 776688, email firstname.lastname@example.com or visit the website for further details.


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Excellent piece! But you left out the best part. If you are no longer a resident of your state of birth - you no longer have representation in the legislature that decides what information you are entitled to.
In New York, it's even more special.
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Here's the kicker - your doctor must be licensed to practice in New York. Born and adopted in New York and have a serious health problem that requires an updated family medical history - but you live in California? Too bad. If you really need it, you'll find a way to get a real NY doctor to sign off on your pity party. And then MAYBE the judge will grant it.
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can anyone post a reply with code for a cookbook lowpass filter with resonance/q, ive got one from [www.buzzmachines.com](www.buzzmachines.com) but i couldnt get the resonance working, i kept at it for ages and theres no errors from what i copied, its funny, the cutoff worked but as soon as i added resonance it goes into a sick distortion sweep, which i thought was cool at first but its not working, i need resonance cause im making a 303 clone. even to point me to a decent sound developing site would be good, i got lost googling looking at analogue filters couldnt find anything digital. ive got code for an iir filter and fir filter, but they dont have resonance so they are pretty much useless to me... my last program used an fir filter and a tight bandpass on top for resonance, which sounded ok, but it screws up towards the bassend. i need resonance. thankyou. i know a little bit, like i know you have to keep memory for the ins and outs, but beyond that im without knowledge.
Don't know if you will find exactly what you need there but here where I use to go:
could you show us the code that you do have? also, if you do, please use the code tags (if you didn't already know )
Have a look at winamp's DSP plugin you can see the filter alogrithms that it uses and its good to play around with for quick tests (ie no compiling).
What exactly do you mean by resonance? I've not come across that term in dsp.
I suspect you just need to properly design a filter with feedback
And a quick google search confirms my suspicions: How do i implement resonance in a filter?
maybe i should have googled for longer.... sorry dave dont you know what resonance is, it accents the cutoff freq, its awesome for techno. i figured out my problem. the filter i had was working, it was just wrapping, buzz must have an automatic clipper, so when i used it i didnt clip it and was getting short wrap around distortion, so it works anyway... i always post to early. heres the code if anyone else wants to use it, it rings really nicely, with a bit of distortion the resonance really wirrs.
its a 2nd order iir filter.
float alpha, omega, sn, cs;
float a0, a1, a2, b0, b1, b2;
omega = 2.0f * PI * CUTOFF/SAMPSPERSEC;
sn = sin (omega); cs = cos (omega);
alpha = sn / RESONANCE;
b0 = (1.0f - cs) / 2.0f;
b1 = 1.0f - cs;
b2 = (1.0f - cs) / 2.0f;
a0 = 1.0f + alpha;
a1 = -2.0f * cs;
a2 = 1.0f - alpha;
filtCoefTab[0] = b0/a0;
filtCoefTab[1] = b1/a0;
filtCoefTab[2] = b2/a0;
filtCoefTab[3] = -a1/a0;
filtCoefTab[4] = -a2/a0;
APPLYING TAPS TO SAMPLES, (x is the in memory, y is the infinite impulse memory)
temp_y = filtCoefTab[0] * IN +
filtCoefTab[1] * x1 +
filtCoefTab[2] * x2 +
filtCoefTab[3] * y1 +
filtCoefTab[4] * y2;
y2 = y1; y1 = temp_y; x2 = x1; x1 = IN ; OUT = temp_y;
dont forget to clip it, or itll wrap right around a signed short... that probably goes for any filter with Q, they boost the area way too much for a short.
ill visit all the sites... i really need to read more before i continue.
If you have code for an IIR filter (which should be enough for your needs), then take your transfer function in Laplace domain (which you probably have) and replace all s by (2/Ts)\(1 - z\\^-1)/(1 + z\\^-1) with Ts = 1/fs* being the sampling period.
You have enough with that information?
that gives resonance to a filter?
It doesn't give resonance to a filter, but it allows you to translate an analog filter (given by a transfer function in Laplace domain) to a digital IIR filter (given in Z domain).
First: the analog world ...
For a low pass filter with resonance peak, you need a second order filter. Let's do a low pass RLC filter
Vin [1/sC] Vout
Not the best ascii art, and not even genuine electrical symbols, but you get the idea. The filter consists of a resistor R, an inductor L and a capacitor C.
Pretend all the components are just resistors, and solve for Vout:
Vout = Vin * (1/sC) / (R + sL + 1/sC)
After a bit of rearrangement, we get our transfer function in laplace domain:
H(s) = Vout/Vin = 1 / (1 + sRC + s\\^2 LC)
The cutoff frequency is w_c = 1 / sqrt(LC). Well, actually, w_c is not really a frequency measured in Hertz but in radians per second. If you have your cutoff frequency f_c measured in Hertz, you need to multiply it by 2pi: w_c = 2pi * f_c
The Q factor is given by sqrt(L / C) / R.
Given this, we can rewrite the transfer function to:
H(s) = 1 / (1 + s / (Q*w_c) + s\\^2 / w_c\\^2)
So, with this you can already play: use w_c to set the cutoff frequency and use a high Q (Q > 1) to get a resonance peak. Use Q = sqrt(2) to have a 2nd order butterworth filter.
Now you have to translate this to Z domain by substituting s by (2/T_s)*(1 - z\\^-1)/(1 + z\\^-1)
After some rearrangments, you hopefully get:
H(z) = (b_0 + b_1 * z\\^-1 + b_2 * z\\^-2) / (a_0 + a_1 * z\\^-1 + a_2 * z\\^-2)
with the following taps (best to check, cause i'm not 100% sure, but it looks ok):
b_0 = 1 b_1 = 2 b_2 = 1
a_0 = 1 + 2 / (T_s * Q * w_c) + 4 / (T_s * w_c)\\^2 a_1 = 2 * (1 - 4 / (T_s * w_c)\\^2) a_2 = 1 - 2 / (T_s * Q * w_c) + 4 / (T_s * w_c)\\^2
This, you should be able to put in your digital IIR filter (possibly your IIR filter requires a_0 to be equal to 1, but that's easily done by dividing all taps by the a_0 you find above).
Using this approach, you can translate any linear passive analog filter to taps for your IIR digital filter.
Cheers, Bramz
thanks for the speed lesson, i understand. you convert the analog circuit to math equations. i definitely know a little more now... any filter ay. maths is magic. shit so thats how you make coefficients. its like going in backwards... I GET IT! if only i knew algebra was so useful back in year 8 when i flunked it. still a bit wishy washy tho... but thanks for explaining how taps work. substituting s makes it possible to make taps. so you use the transfer function combined with the z domain to make the taps. im not quite sure how it works, but thanks anyway.
Well, it is really impossible to understand z-transforms and laplace transforms without knowing complex function theory. You can use it as a tool without understanding it though, not a problem imho, it is quite hard stuff. Anyway, you can also intuitively see low pass filtering as blurring, like you blur a picture, only 1D this time. Intuition is good sometimes. You can even bruteforce make a bode plot (to get its characteristics) by feeding a sine-function into your software filter and checking the amplitude and phaseshift of your output.
By the way bramz, did you study electrical engineering / physics?
maths is so awesome, even tho im useless at it.
i dont gather how you get H(z) = (b_0 + b_1 * z\\^-1 + b_2 * z\\^-2) / (a_0 + a_1 * z\\^-1 + a_2 * z\\^-2)
from substituting (2/T_s)*(1 - z\\^-1)/(1 + z\\^-1) for s in
H(s) = 1 / (1 + s / (Q*w_c) + s\\^2 / w_c\\^2) which is the transfer equation which you insanely gathered from the analogue circuitry.
then somehow using knowledge i dont have getting the all important b_0 = 1 b_1 = 2 b_2 = 1 and a_0 = 1 + 2 / (T_s * Q * w_c) + 4 / (T_s * w_c)\\^2 a_1 = 2 * (1 - 4 / (T_s * w_c)\\^2) a_2 = 1 - 2 / (T_s * Q * w_c) + 4 / (T_s * w_c)\\^2
which is most amazingly simple coefficients applied to each sample offsetting -1 to -2 from the current sample.
but maybe one day ill understand...
Yes, I did EE, though it's been a while so it's a bit rusty =)
H(z) = (b_0 + b_1 * z\\^-1 + b_2 * z\\^-2) / (a_0 + a_1 * z\\^-1 + a_2 * z\\^-2) is just the general form of the IIR, you have to fill in all those parameters of course.
To get from H(s) to H(z) is simply by substituting s by that (2/T_s)*(1 - z\\^-1)/(1 + z\\^-1). But you get a big fraction with more fractions in the numerator and denominator, so that's not nice. You have to simplify it by multiplying numerator and denominator by (1+z\\^-1)\\^2 and simplify them until you get a single fraction of simply polynomials. Then you group the polynomials for z\\^-2, z\\^-1 and everything else, and you get the parameters from H(z).
This transformation is actually pretty basic algebra. It's all about simplifying polynomials and fractions ... i'ts a bit tedious though
Not bad at all I only had this black magic stuff a few years ago, but I barely remind it. I only remember a few buzzwords and the name Cauchy. Brrrr.
A few months ago I spend an entire day to remember me this stuff =) I needed to implement a few digital filters that were specified as analog circuits ... wikipedia can be your friend at moments like that ...
oh right. thanks man, thanks for everything.
i stumbled apon
and found three iir low pass and hi pass filters one pole one zero one zero and one pole by "bram" did you write em? theres a notch there too, and im making a 7 band eq with them. so i might put you in the credits for my music program.
No, I did not post those, there must be another Bram on this planet =)
AFAIK, a notch filter is a band stop filter with a very narrow stop band (high Q factor). So, i'm not sure how you're going to do a equalizer with that =)
You can make a notch filter with a RLC circuit, similar to the low pass filter. It looks like this:
Vin | Vout
The transfer function in Laplace domain is the following:
H(s) = Vout/Vin = (sL + 1/sC) / (R + sL + 1/sC)
See if you can get taps for your IIR filter from this =)
1) multiply numerator and denominator by sC to simplify the function a bit. 2) use w_c = 1/sqrt(LC) and Q = sqrt(L/C)/R to get a function that depends directly on w_c and Q. Notice that w_c and Q are the same as above. 3) replace s by that funky z\\^-1 stuff. 4) Simplify so that you keep a nice fraction of two simple polynomials in z\\^-1


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Sign up for a Coffee and the Campus Budget session on the CU-Boulder Events Calendar.
Sessions will be held on March 13, 17, 20 and 26 as well as April 4 and 24.
This is the second in a series of campus budget articles you will see in CU-Boulder Today over the next couple of months. As many of you know, the campus has three different funding sources – education and general funds; auxiliary funds; and the restricted budget. Today we will explore the category of education and general funds.
In FY 2014, the campus has a total budget of $1.3 billion. Education and general funds make up $614 million of that total, while auxiliary funds total $309 million and restricted funds make up $368 million.
What revenues comprise the campus education and general funds?
- State government funding is provided by the state of Colorado. The university receives this state funding to support general operations and financial aid. The amount received from the state is determined annually and is influenced by the state legislature, the Colorado Department of Higher Education, the state's economic condition and overall state budget pressures. Currently state funding is 4.4 percent of our total budget.
- Student tuition and fees is the largest revenue category for the campus and represents what students are billed to attend the university. By Colorado statute the Board of Regents, the university's governing body, annually sets tuition and fees. Tuition and fees represent 82 percent of the Education and General Funds, and 37 percent of the University's entire budget.
- Sales and services of educational activities are incidental revenues that are not directly associated with instruction. Examples include film rentals, recreation center classes and journal publications.
- Other sources include fees, fines, rental income and internal sales. There are many support services for students, faculty and staff. Application fees, library fines and room rentals for events/seminars are examples of this category. Due to the breadth of campus operations, campus departments may buy goods and services from other campus departments. For example, a student group may purchase catering services from the student union.
How does our level of funding from the state and tuition compare to our peers?
While our tuition for resident students is about on par with the average of our peer public universities, you will see by the chart below that our state funding received per student is the lowest of our peer group. That means that we are challenged to find ways to operate more efficiently and to generate revenue other than tuition, if we are not to raise tuition rapidly.
Where Does the Education and General Fund Money Go?
Across higher education institutions, the following eight categories are the common categories of expenditure types:
- Instruction is the largest expense category for the university. It includes all programs and activities that deliver instruction in our academic programs. An example is faculty and staff salaries related to teaching.
- Academic Support is for programs and activities that support instruction and the academic landscape. Departments like the libraries, information technology, dean's offices and advising are examples of areas on campus that provide academic support.
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The chart below is based on data from the most recent year available, and shows how CU-Boulder compares with our public peers in the money we spend per-student on administrative overhead – instructional and institutional support.
- On a per-student basis, CU-Boulder spends near the peer average for instruction, the campus and the core mission.
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ST. PETERSBURG -- Yankees outfielder Curtis Granderson took 15 swings in a batting cage on Wednesday in Tampa, Fla., as he continues to move toward returning to game action.
Granderson's next step in recovering from his fractured right wrist would be to take batting practice on the field, and then the Yankees could move him to action in extended spring games.
The Yankees have said that Granderson could return in the first week of May. First baseman Mark Teixeira is also rehabbing a torn tendon sheath in his right wrist and could return in May, but manager Joe Girardi said that he would expect to see Granderson return first.
"I think Curtis is ahead of him," Girardi said. "To me, I'm not surprised by that. The wrist is a tricky thing, but let's hope Curtis is ahead of him."
Girardi joked that he would petition the Commissioner's Office in an attempt to use four outfielders when Granderson returns, but he acknowledged that Granderson's return will impact the current roster.
"I try to worry about it when it happens instead of now, because there's a lot that can happen," Girardi said. "It will be a good problem to have."
Bryan Hoch is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @bryanhoch and read his MLBlog, Bombers Beat. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Mark Ellis hopes rest is enough to avoid DL trip
LOS ANGELES -- Mark Ellis is hoping a few days off can prevent a trip to the disabled list after straining his right quadriceps on Friday.
Ellis was out of the lineup for Sunday's series finale against the Brewers, the second game he's missed in as many days. The second baseman strained his quad while running to first base on a ground ball in the fifth inning Friday and was removed from the game.
"I'm still kind of day-to-day, but I'm really optimistic at this point," Ellis said.
Ellis said he is able to swing and throw without discomfort. He took swings in the batting cage Sunday morning, but has yet to start running to test his injured leg.
Ellis did not have an MRI. He said he was nervous when he first felt the injury, but felt better soon after.
"I thought it was going to be something a little bit more serious," Ellis said. "But that went away pretty quick after jogging back to the dugout."
The veteran has been one of the Dodgers' most consistent players with a .342 average, two homers and 11 RBIs. He's played solid defense and is riding a six-game hitting streak.
"You don't ever want to miss time when you're feeling good at the plate," he said. "But if I was to miss four or five days, that's better than missing two weeks."
Nick Punto filled in for Ellis at second base and in the No. 2 hole on Sunday. Skip Schumaker started at second when Ellis sat out on Saturday.
With Ellis unavailable again Sunday, how long can the Dodgers play shorthanded before deciding if a stint on the DL is necessary?
"You can go all you want," said manager Don Mattingly, "but does it cost you a game or be in a situation where you need that extra player? It either costs you a game or it doesn't."
Austin Laymance is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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This how-to article introduces you to the TravelLog application, a sample implementation of the Java Persistence API (JPA) that you can use to connect to Amazon SimpleDB. Before you dive in, however, make sure you have the following prerequisites:
Amazon SimpleDB
Amazon SimpleDB is a non-relational, cloud-based database. Because it is based in the cloud, you don't need to have local database servers, administrators, or local infrastructure to support the database. Amazon SimpleDB offers the benefits of zero administration, scalability, and flexibility.
To use Amazon SimpleDB, you need to sign up for an Amazon Web Services (AWS) account. When that's done, log in to the AWS management console, click Account, and then click Security Credentials to get your keys. You'll use them later after you download the source code but before you compile the code and deploy it to Tomcat.
Amazon does charge for the use of Amazon SimpleDB. If you just want to play around or run something like this Travel Log application to see how it works, you may be able to take advantage of the Free Tier, which provides a certain amount of time at no cost.
The JPA is a framework that allows you to quickly wire your Java objects up to a database using annotations in your Java code. Using the JPA helps eliminate a lot of the tedious work of writing database access code or custom frameworks for the database. In addition, the JPA allows you to divorce your code from the specifics of your database connection. So long as you stick to the stock JPA annotations, you can relatively easily point your Java application to a different database and run your application without a whole lot of workespecially work that is typically required because of Structured Query Language (SQL) implementation differences.
A typical class marked up with JPA looks like this:
@Entity public class User implements Serializable, UserDetails { private static final long serialVersionUID = 1629672935573849314L; @Id @GeneratedValue(strategy=GenerationType.AUTO) private String id; @Column(unique=true, nullable=false) private String username; // Snipped... }
To learn what these attributes mean, see "Understanding the JPA Code" later in this article for more information about how they work in the TravelLog application.
The JPA implementation can be any implementation that complies with the application programming interface (API). By default, many applications use Hibernate as the JPA implementation. SimpleJPA, which the TravelLog application uses, is an implementation of the JPA specification that allows your application to connect to Amazon SimpleDB. See "Resources" at the end of this article to learn more about the JPA and SimpleJPA.
The TravelLog Sample Application
The TravelLog sample application is a Java project that demonstrates how to use SimpleJPA to store your information in Amazon SimpleDB. The application runs on a Web application server such as Tomcat. You can download the application source, build it, and run it to see how it works.
Getting the Source
To get the application source, go to http://aws.amazon.com/code/1264287584622066. After you've downloaded the source and before you compile the application, update the
simplejpa.properties to include the access and secret key information you received earlier when you signed up for your AWS account.
Your version of the
simplejpa.properties file should look like this:
# You must configure the accessKey, secretKey, and lobBucketName, before # running the TravelLog application accessKey=THISISMYACCESSKEY secretKey=mf8WXumD9+Yc4bIuYHK5NTL+Lf4IoD2xmX-jThOd # Note: lobBucketName should be all lower case lobBucketName=thisismyaccesskeytravellogbucket
When you are finished editing the file, save it. You should now be ready to build the Web archive (WAR) file and try out the TravelLog application in your browser.
Building the Source
With the application source code downloaded, you use Apache Maven to build the code. Open a terminal, use
cd to enter the directory, and then type:
$ mvn compile war:war
The build process downloads all the dependencies that the application uses, compiles all the code, and builds the WAR file. The WAR file, called
TravelLog-1.0.0.war, resides in the target directory of the project.
One dependency that Maven automatically downloads is the SimpleJPA library, which is listed in the
pom.xml file. Because Maven handles the dependency for you, you don't have to download the library yourself.
When the build is complete, you will see a message like this:
[INFO] Building war: /home/user1/Projects/travellog/target/TravelLog-1.0.0.war [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] BUILD SUCCESSFUL [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] Total time: 15 seconds [INFO] Finished at: Sat Nov 20 18:57:15 CST 2010 [INFO] Final Memory: 19M/118M [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
Deploy this WAR file to the Tomcat server by copying the file to the
webapps folder in Tomcat's home, like this:
$ cp TravelLog-1.0.0.war ${TOMCAT_HOME}/webapps
If you already have Tomcat started when you copy the WAR file, Tomcat picks up the change automatically and deploys the WAR file. If you see the WAR file unpacked in the
webapps folder (it will be in the
TravelLog-1.0.0 folder), Tomcat has found the WAR and deployed it. You can be certain that the WAR has started successfully be viewing the
localhost.log file in your Tomcat's
log folder. The log file will contain an entry that looks like this if the Web application has been deployed correctly:
INFO: Set web app root system property: 'webapp.root' = [/home/ngood/local/tomcat/webapps/TravelLog-1.0.0/] Nov 18, 2010 8:06:41 PM org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationContext log INFO: ContextListener: contextInitialized()
Now that you have the Web application up and running, it's time to take a quick peek to see what it does.
Viewing the Application in Action
Open the TravelLog application by going to the Tomcat URL of the Web application. Because port 8080 is the default port for Tomcat, on your machine that URL is probably
http://localhost:8080/TravelLog-1.0.0/. The server name may differ if you've deployed the application to a different server.
If for some reason the server URL does not work but you know that Tomcat is running, check the logs again to make sure nothing is wrong with the configuration. If you've specified incorrect keys for the access keys or if the bucket name is formatted incorrectly, the application will fail to start, and you should see the error message in the logs.
When you run the application for the first time, it prompts you to set up a user name and password. These are stored in the database, so when you start the application the next time, you won't have to register as a new user. Instead, you will sign into the application by clicking the link on the home page shown in Figure 1.
Figure 1. Home page with no entries
Notice that the description that you entered before is now printed on the home page for the application.
To add a new log entry, click the Add Journal Entry link. Add the information about the travel entry in the window provided, as Figure 2 shows.
Figure 2. Adding a new entry
When you're finished, you will see the entry in the Web page as shown in Figure 3.
Figure 3. Seeing the listed entries
You can add as many entries as you'd like. As you do so, the application stores them in Amazon SimpleDB using the JPA.
Understanding the JPA Code
Because you just added an entry in the journal, let's start looking at Java annotations added for the JPA by examining the
Entry class, which resides in the
com.amazon.aws.samplecode.travellog.entity package. The class is shown here:
package com.amazon.aws.samplecode.travellog.entity; import java.util.Date; import javax.persistence.CascadeType; import javax.persistence.Entity; import javax.persistence.GeneratedValue; import javax.persistence.GenerationType; import javax.persistence.Id; import javax.persistence.Lob; import javax.persistence.ManyToOne; import javax.persistence.Transient; import org.directwebremoting.annotations.RemoteProperty; import org.directwebremoting.annotations.RemoteProxy; import java.text.SimpleDateFormat; /** * The entry class maps to a single journal entry. */ @Entity @RemoteProxy public class Entry { @Id @GeneratedValue(strategy=GenerationType.AUTO) @RemoteProperty private String id; @RemoteProperty private String title; @RemoteProperty private String entryText; @RemoteProperty private String destination; private Date date; @RemoteProperty private String formattedDate; private String snsArn; private static final SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("MM/dd/yyyy"); public Date getDate() { return date; } public void setDate(Date date) { this.date = date; this.formattedDate = formatter.format(date); } private Journal journal; @ManyToOne(cascade=CascadeType.ALL) public Journal getJournal() { return journal; } public void setJournal(Journal journal) { this.journal = journal; } public String getId() { return id; } public void setId(String id) { this.id = id; } public String getTitle() { return title; } public void setTitle(String title) { this.title = title; } @Lob //Lob annotation tells SimpleJPA to store the entry text in S3 public String getEntryText() { return entryText; } public void setEntryText(String entryText) { this.entryText = entryText; } public String getDestination() { return destination; } public void setDestination(String destination) { this.destination = destination; } @Transient public String getFormattedDate() { return formattedDate; } public void setFormattedDate(String formattedDate) { this.formattedDate = formattedDate; } public String getSnsArn() { return snsArn; } public void setSnsArn(String snsArn) { this.snsArn = snsArn; } @Transient public SimpleDateFormat getFormatter() { return formatter; } }
First, notice that there are no Amazon.com-specific or SimpleJPA import statements in the Java code. This is one of the important aspects of good JPA codethat there are only annotations from the
javax.persistence package.
Entity annotation lets the framework know that the class represents an object that will be stored in the database. For now, ignore the
RemoteProxy and
As shown in the
Entry class code, there is a property called
id of type
String that uniquely identifies the property in the database. The property is marked up with the
Id annotation. In addition, the
GeneratedValue annotation tells the framework how to automatically generate the value for the identifier, so you don't have to be concerned with creating the value yourself.
Entry class has a relationship with the
Journal class. The
Journal class represents the travel journal, so there is only one of them. Each journal will have many different entries, so the
Entry class has the relationship shown like so:
@ManyToOne(cascade=CascadeType.ALL) public Journal getJournal() { return journal; }
CascadeType.ALL annotation tells the JPA framework to cascade all changes between the journal and the entry.
Using an Entity Manager
Now that you understand how the TravelLog application's entities are marked up, take a look at the implementation of the
javax.persistence.EntityManager interface, which you use to work with the marked-up entities. Fortunately, the TravelLog application does not have to provide its own implementation of the interface: That's what the SimpleJPA library provides. However, the code inside the TravelLog application does have to create an instance of the implementation so that the
EntityManager can be used to put objects away, retrieve them, and delete them.
TravelLogDOASimpleDBImpl class, which implements the
TravelLogDAO interface, creates an instance of the SimpleJPA's implementation of the
EntityManager interface and uses it to work with the entries. The code here demonstrates an example of saving an
public void saveEntry(Entry entry) { EntityManager em = null; try { //Storage fails if id is an empty string, so nullify it if (entry.getId()!=null && entry.getId().equals("")) { entry.setId(null); } em = factory.createEntityManager(); em.persist(entry); } finally { if (em!=null) { em.close(); } } }
Using the JPA, you can also write a query to get more than one entry using specific criteria. The code that follows demonstrates the method that gets all of the query entries for a specific journal:
@SuppressWarnings("unchecked") public List<Entry> getEntries(Journal journal) { EntityManager em = null; try { em = factory.createEntityManager(); Query query = em.createQuery("select e from com.amazon.aws.samplecode.travellog.entity.Entry e " + "where e.journal=:journal and date is not null and id is not null order by e.date desc"); query.setParameter("journal",journal); return (List<Entry>)query.getResultList(); } finally { if (em!=null) { em.close(); } } }
The query is written in a language called the Java Persistence Query Language (JPQL), which is a language for selecting objects that is similar to the SQL used in relational database management systems (RDBMSs). Similar to a
PreparedStatement in Java's Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) API, you can call a method on the
Query object to set the value for a parameter place holder. This method, called
setParameter(), substitutes the value that you pass in into the query. As demonstrated in the query, you use the entity's name instead of a table name. The
getResultList() method does the final work of getting the results of the query as a Java List.
To see where the
TravelLogDAO implementation is used, see the
TravelLogController class, which is responsible for coordinating the work in the Web application. Shown here is the
doSaveEntry() method, which calls the
saveEntry() method shown earlier.
@RequestMapping("/saveEntry.do") @Secured("ROLE_ADMIN") public ModelAndView doSaveEntry (Entry entry, BindingResult result, ModelMap map) { if (entry.getTitle().length()==0) { result.reject("title","You must enter a title for this entry"); } if (result.hasErrors()) { doHome(map); map.addAttribute("popupScreen","entry_div"); return new ModelAndView("home",map); } Journal journal = dao.getJournal(); entry.setJournal(journal); //Make an initial save to get entry id populated dao.saveEntry(entry); TravelLogSNSManager sns = new TravelLogSNSManager(); sns.createTopic(entry); //save with arn set dao.saveEntry(entry); doHome(map); return new ModelAndView("redirect:home.do"); }
Looking at the Configuration
Configuration provides the application with the specifics of the implementation so that the TravelLog application code isn't littered with hard-coded classes. Because the TravelLog application code does not contain references to specifc implementations and uses only the
javax.persistence package, you can modify existing Java applications that use the JPA to use Amazon SimpleDB for the most part by changing a few configuration values.
com.amazon.aws.samplecode.travellog.dao.TravelLogDAOSimpleDBImpl implementation is defined in the
applicationContext.xml file for the travelLogDao. The entities are also defined in the
applicationContext.xml file. This
travelLogDao is then injected into the
dao property on the
In addition to the
applicationContext.xml file, the
persistence.xml file is used to list the entities that are included in the TravelLog persistence unit. This persistence unit is referred to in the
TravelLogDAOSimpleDBImpl class in the creation of the SimpleJPA's custom implementation of the
javax.persistence.EntityManagerFactory interface.
Amazon Web Services's sample application, TravelLog, demonstrates a real-world usage of using the JPA and an implementation library, SimpleJPA, to connect a Web application written in Java code with Amazon SimpleDB. Because Amazon SimpleDB operates in the cloud, it offers scalability, performance, and ease of use that is difficult to match.
This article highlights a few aspects of working with Amazon SimpleDB. Here are a few more resources available to Java developers to help you learn more:
- AWSLearn more about each Web service in the AWS suite.
- Amazon SimpleDBLearn more about Amazon SimpleDB on the AWS Web site.
- Create an AWS AccountSign on to create an AWS account.
- Developer ConnectionThe community site for AWS developers includes forums on AWS, a Solutions Catalog for examples of what your peers have built, and more.
- Resource CenterPart of the Developer Connection site, the Resource Center has links to tutorials, code samples, technical documentation, and other resources for building your application on AWS.
- SimpleJPA libraryDownload and learn how to use the library to connect with Amazon SimpleDB using the JPA.
- Java Persistence APIA Simpler Programming Model for Entity Persistence
About the Author
Nathan A. Good lives in the Twin Cities area of Minnesota. Professionally, he does software development, software architecture, and systems administration. When he's not writing software, he enjoys building PCs and servers, reading about and working with new technologies, and trying to get his friends to make the move to open source software. He's written and co-written many books and articles, including Professional Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, Regular Expression Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach, and Foundations of PEAR: Rapid PHP Development.


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WZTV Fox 17 in Nashville, Tenn., reports that the Dickson County Humane Society receives no money from the Humane Society of the United States, despite desperate need.
According to WZTV, the Dickson County Humane Society, located west of Nashville, occupies two make-shift buildings that are falling apart ― and the roof is leaking.
The National HSUS, meanwhile, is flush with cash.
"We checked the HSUS tax records Form 990. It shows the non-profit took in over $133 million in donations last year," WZTV said. "Of that, $6 million went to local shelters. We found of that money HSUS gave only about $1,000 back to local shelters in Tennessee and $0 went to shelters in Kentucky in 2011."
The CEO of the Humane Society of the United States declined an interview, the station said.
Read more and see the actual WZTV broadcast here.
This is not the first time a TV station has tackled the issue. People give money to the HSUS thinking their donations will help local animal shelters, but only a small percentage ever makes it to the shelters.
In 2009, an Atlanta, Ga., TV station reported on this. The broadcast was later pulled off YouTube but re-appeared on an Iranian video-sharing site. To see that broadcast, click here.
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Bruins beats Ducks 1-0 again
EUGENE, Ore. - Cole Irvin pitched a complete game Saturday night allowing just one unearned run but for the second straight night No. 13 UCLA handed No. 10 Oregon a 1-0 defeat at PK Park.
Irvin (7-2), who allowed an unearned run in the top of the first inning, scattered six hits while striking out three and walking just one. The freshman lefty pitched his second complete game of the season but the Ducks stranded eight runners in the shutout.
It was the first time Oregon (28-10, 12-5 Pac-12) was shutout in back-to-back games since the Ducks were blanked by Arizona State and Oregon State in May 2009.
UCLA got the only run it would need on a two-out error by freshman Mitchell Tolman. Eric Filia, who had two of the Bruins' six hits, doubled with one out in the first inning and scored on a ground ball by Pat Valaika that went off Tolman's glove.
Oregon had a chance to tie it on a number of occasions putting runners on base in six separate innings. The Ducks squandered a couple of big opportunities in the seventh and eighth innings.
In the seventh, Tyler Baumgartner reach third with one out on a double and sacrifice bunt but Ryan Hambright struck out on three pitches and J.J. Altobelli popped out to second base to end the threat.
In the eighth, Aaron Payne reached second after being hit by a pitch and stealing second, but he was thrown out at third trying to steal on ball four to Ryon Healy with one out. Tolman followed with a base hit to left.
Baumgartner also reached second with one out in the sixth, but was stranded after Shaun Chase and Altobelli both struck out.
UCLA (25-10, 9-5 Pac-12) starter Nick Vander Tuig picked up the win moving to 6-3 on the season while allowing just two hits in seven innings. David Berg got his second save in as many nights and his 10th of the season.
Tolman, Baumgartner and Brett Thomas each got one hit to lead Oregon.
The Ducks and Bruins will wrap up their three-game series Sunday at 12 p.m. at PK Park. Oregon will try and avoid the sweep sending Jake Reed (4-3) the mound. The Bruins counter with Grant Watson (5-2).


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Owning units in low-rise buildings may be increasingly where it's at for investors looking to mitigate exposure to the condo market.CREW's Jemima Codrington reports.
Video transcript below:
Jemima Codrington: The condo craze has seen investors reaching for new heights, but is it finally time for the low rise to shine. Hi, I'm Jemima Codrington and welcome Investor Insight on Crew TV.
The condo market has been on top of interest for lenders, policy makers and investors alike. So what has at least bought interest in low rise properties.
Michael Plowman, Dan Plowman Realty
Michael Plowman: The interest has shifted from high rise properties to low rise properties, it's got to be the, a lot of speculation around the condo market and the high rise market kind of softening and the people's fears on that kind of being a bubble.
Jemima Codrington: From a tenant perspective, low rises can offer that homey, neighbourhood feel that high rises sometimes can't. But what's in it for investors?
Matthew Regan, Matthew Regan Team
Matthew Regan: Investing in low rise properties has its, has its benefits as opposed to say a single dwelling condo unit. In a low rise building you may be able to get multiple tenants in there and as an investor you always want to, you know mitigate the risks.
So if you had a tenant that say didn't pay on time or maybe you had a vacancy in one of the rooms, whether it be a duplex or triplex or in a lot of cases, student housing, you are offsetting the risk there by having multiple tenants paying rent every month.
Blue Pearl Mortgage Group Inc. is expanding its footprint once again, this time with services in Ontario
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A heavy downpour of more than 2 inches in two hours caused several car crashes in the Gainesville area Monday afternoon.
A record-breaking downpour of more than 3� inches Monday caused several car crashes dealing with oil-slick roads in the Gainesville area Monday afternoon.
Florida Highway Patrol spokeswoman Sgt. Tracy Hisler-Pace said heavy downpours Monday afternoon were likely responsible for many of the numerous crashes.
"We haven't had rain for a while, and the roads are slick with oil," said Hisler-Pace, who also warned that it is important for motorists to slow down in inclement weather.
The National Weather Service measured 1.21 inches in a single hour at the airport, between 3 p.m. and 4 p.m. As of 7 p.m., the daily rain total for the Gainesville area was 3.51 inches, going well above the average rainfall for the entire month of December at 2.48 inches. And weather records indicated it may be the most rain ever to fall on Dec. 10 in Gainesville.
The rainfall Monday was the most rain for Gainesville since June 24, when Tropical Storm Debby dropped 6.95 inches. But Monday's rain exceeded the 3.47 inches that Debby brought the following day, on June 25.
Heavy rain and thunderstorms were expected to lessen overnight and then more rain is expected on Wednesday.
An urban and small-stream flood advisory was declared Monday for Gainesville and southeast Alachua County.
Flood advisories also have been issued for the following areas: south Clay, Putnam, Melrose, southeast Bradford and north Marion.
Roadways were blocked on 39th Avenue near NW 51st Street after a two-vehicle crash. No injuries occurred from the collision.
A crash on Interstate 75 at mile marker 398 blocked traffic earlier in the day. A single vehicle collided with a guardrail; the driver did not sustain any injuries.
Two were injured Monday in a two-vehicle crash on State Road 121 and Northwest 119th Avenue during the rain, Hisler-Pace said. A vehicle plowed into a stopped vehicle that slowed behind a school bus to let children off. Two sustained non-life-threatening injuries. The school bus was not involved in the crash.
Injuries also resulted from a crash on Newberry Road between Northwest 75th Street and the I-75 southbound exit.
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McAbee: Getting high with grandma
November 22, 2012
Without being hassled by the man, Colorado is now free to get loaded, publicly. One-and-a-quarter-million Coloradans or 54.8 percent of the electorate passed Amendment 64 and finally, after all these years, the counter culture has become the mainstream and mainstream has become the counter culture. Take that, Tim Leary.
The vibe here has already changed. Gone are the stereotypes, the lava lamp lit, shades drawn, hippie emporiums filled with longhaired Jeff Spicoli types and "whimsical tragical" skinny-fingered girls. Nope, over half of Colorado is high. And if I'm not high right now, then that means you are or he or she is. The guy painting my bedroom definitely is and so is that dude stopped at a green light.
Oh sure, there are still a few hurdles to get over but the people have spoken. Give them what they want. Keep Federal hands out of our weed jars. Legalization changes the conversation for good.
We'll get to talk about pot openly and honestly. You can admit to your parents that you smoke and have "for years." It will undoubtedly explain a few things and bring you closer.
A friend of mine just told me that she got a call from her stepdad this week. They are planning to visit Colorado for Thanksgiving. He wanted to know if she could get him some "reefer" for the holiday. Barriers are coming down.
You'll be able to "wake and bake" with your grandmother. You'll share a laugh when she realizes that you didn't mean biscuits and instead meant that you were going to light up first thing in the morning. When you put sugar on her eggs and salt in her coffee, you'll both laugh. She'll shake her head and call you a stoner as she grabs your cheek.
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Who knows? Maybe you can get her off Celebrex and on the sticky green buds. You'll explain to her how good it is for arthritis. She'll protest because of the smoke and you'll teach her how to use a vaporizer. Without a little thing like the law to keep her from using marijuana, she'll be free to "pull some tubes", give it a go, and run it up the flagpole. Her first coughing fit will be a bit disconcerting but she will get through that.
Soon, she'll have you out in the backyard digging up the hollyhocks and putting in six cannabis plants. Horticulture classes will sprout up everywhere as people realize that not being able to grow tomatoes is a good indication that they can't grow weed either.
Yet hundreds of thousands of pot farmers will emerge from grow light illuminated basements, from their foil lined walls, and intricate hydro systems into the light of day, freed by legalization to grow in the open air. Electricity use decreases, as does our dependence on foreign oil as growers go solar.
But if criminalization of marijuana was bad, I'm afraid of what legalization might mean.
Once Uncle Samuel gets involved, unintended consequences become inevitable. It's "all-good", as they say, when it's for education, but still.
In the Centennial State, alcohol is marked up 52 percent from the wholesale price to cover the taxes. With schools to fund, banks to prop up, and smart grid cities to rescue, a $400 ounce of Colorado kind bud will soon be going for $700 or more. Ask anyone who can remember $1 packs of cigarettes and $5 quarts of whiskey and they'll corroborate this.
At least your kids will be skilled in mass unit conversion. One ounce equals about 28 grams, you know?
Increased funding for education will produce smarter students. One of which will inevitably invent a roadside test for THC producing more revenue for the state as potheads pay millions in DUI fines, court costs, court ordered counseling, monitored sobriety and meetings with the newly formed MODS (mothers against driving stoned).
This would all be okay but big business will see how much money can be made. Large, industrial growers will get involved in all aspects of the means of production and develop a transgenic cannabis strain, THC-420, genetically modified for fast growth, drought tolerance, insect resistance and reasonably low THC levels.
Environmentalists will take to the street demanding locally grown, fair-trade, free-range weed. Of course, you'll only be able to find it in the organic section of Trader Joe's for $1,500 an ounce.
These huge corporate cannabis conglomerates will hype their products through mega-stars like Snoop Lion with massive advertising campaigns meant to build brand loyalty. I can see him rapping. The camera cuts to him standing in front of a massive audience. He sings. "Smoke two joints in the morning. Smoke two joints at night."
Cut to a party scene poolside. Two bikini clad girls flank the singer. "Smoke two joints in the afternoon, makes everything all right." This time we see the grinning singer with one arm around a peacenik flower child and one arm around a soldier in desert cammo. "I smoke two joints in time of peace and two in time of war."
When we see him again, it's in front of hundreds of thousands of his fans, waving their dope delivery device of choice in the air like they just don't care. "I smoke two joints before I smoke two joints and then I smoke two more." Brand image appears on screen, fade to black, and we hear Phil Sims resuming play by play for the Broncos game.
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SAMUEL Evans, 21, was jailed for nearly three years this week for a late night assault which left a young engineer paralysed from the neck down.
Aerospace testing engineer Matthew Edmonds, 33, faces life in a wheelchair after being punched by Evans near the Stroud taxi rank during a night out.
He is now classed as a tetraplegic, with just some limited movement in his arms, Gloucester Crown Court heard on Thursday.
Despite his limited mobility, Mr Edmonds, who is being cared for at the spinal injuries unit at Salisbury Hospital, was in court to see Evans jailed for 34 months.
Evans was already subject to a suspended jail term for a previous assault when he punched Mr Edmonds, causing him to fall and hit his head on the ground, the court heard.
Evans, of no fixed address but formerly of Devereux Crescent, Stroud, admitted inflicting grievous bodily harm.
Prosecutor Giles Nelson said Mr Edmonds had been making his way to the taxi rank with two friends at 3am on Sunday, March 25 when he encountered Evans.
Evans began 'dancing' around Mr Edmonds, asking if he wanted to 'bum' him, the court heard.
"He was moving around the group and putting his backside towards Mr Edmonds," said Mr Nelson.
Evans was clearly trying to provoke a reaction, he added, and one of Mr Edmonds' friends eventually reacted by slapping Evans on the head or neck. Evans then punched Mr Edmonds.
"He hit his head on the concrete and the injuries he sustained are absolutely devastating," said Mr Nelson.
The court heard that Evans had two convictions for battery and one for causing actual bodily harm, an offence which resulted in the suspended sentence.
Joe Maloney, for the defence, read out a letter from Evans in which he apologised for his actions, saying he had 'wrecked' Mr Edmonds' life and that he 'hated himself'.
"He is genuinely sorry for the pain and anguish he has caused Mr Edmonds," said Mr Maloney.
The judge admitted that many would regard the sentence as 'pathetic' but said the maximum term available was five years with a reduction for the guilty plea.
Speaking outside court, Mr Edmonds said: "It was quite hard being in court to hear it all and to see him but it was something I felt I had to do."


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BY the hundreds of thousands, Hugo Chavez's tearful supporters carried their dead president through Venezuelan streets still plastered with his smiling image, an epic farewell to a larger-than-life leader remembered simply as "our commander".
In a display of raw, and at times, unruly emotion, generations of Venezuelans, many dressed in the red of Chavez's socialist party, filled Caracas' streets on Wednesday to remember the man who dominated their country for 14 years before succumbing to cancer.
Chavez's flag-draped coffin floated over hundreds of thousands of supporters as it made its way atop an open hearse on a seven-hour journey to a military academy in the capital.
At the academy, Chavez's family and close advisers, as well as the presidents of Argentina, Bolivia and Uruguay, attended a funeral Mass before the president's open casket.
Later, the public slowly filed past in a show of respect expected to go on late into the night.
But even amid the outpouring of grief, questions about the country's future could not be put off for long, with worries amplified by the government's lack of regard for the letter of the constitution and the military's eagerness to choose political sides.
Vice President Nicolas Maduro, the late president's hand-picked successor, and Bolivian President Evo Morales, one of his staunchest allies, mingled with the crowd, at one point falling to the ground in the jostle of bodies pushing in every direction. Military officers and Cabinet members ringed the president's coffin, stone-faced with grief.
Other mourners pumped their fists and held aloft images of the late president, amid countless waving yellow, blue and red Venezuelan flags.
"The fight goes on! Chavez lives!" the mourners shouted in unison, many through eyes red from crying late into the night.
Chavez's bereaved mother, Elena Frias de Chavez, leaned against her son's casket, while a priest read a prayer before the procession left the military hospital where Chavez died on Tuesday at age 58. His funeral is scheduled for Friday.
People who passed by the glass-topped coffin said Chavez's body was clad in the presidential sash and the military uniform and red beret of his days as a paratrooper.
Even as Chavistas said their goodbyes, a sense of foreboding gripped the country as it awaited word on what might come next.
Many Venezuelans, fearful of possible violence, stocked up on food and fuel as the country pondered whether the former paratrooper's socialist agenda would survive him, and for how long.
The military appears to be showing firm support for Maduro, despite a constitutional mandate that it play no role in politics.
In a late-night tweet, Venezuelan state television said the defence minister, Admiral Diego Molero, had pledged military support for Maduro's candidacy against likely opposition candidate Henrique Capriles, raising concern among critics about the fairness of the vote.
Capriles, the 40-year-old governor of Miranda state who lost to Chavez in October, was conciliatory in a televised address on Tuesday.
"This is not the moment to highlight what separates us," Capriles said.
"This is not the hour for differences; it is the hour for union, it is the hour for peace."
In Washington, senior Obama administration officials said they hoped to rebuild the US-Venezuelan relationship in the wake of Chavez's death, but acknowledged that sudden rapprochement was unlikely given the Latin American country's upcoming presidential election.
They expressed displeasure with the expulsion of two US military officials in Venezuela and Maduro's accusations that the US was somehow responsible for Chavez's cancer.
"Yesterday's first press conference was not encouraging," a senior official said on Wednesday. "It disappointed us."
The US is still reviewing whether to take reciprocal action for the expulsion of the American attaches, the officials said.
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CYCLING Australia risks having its federal government funding cut if it fails to meet the 17 recommendations of an anti-doping review by the end of the year.
In her formal response to an investigation by former Supreme Court judge James Wood QC, federal sports minister Kate Lundy highlights Cycling Australia's "inadequate governance arrangements", "precarious financial position", and "less than optimal administrative structures" as factors in recent tumultuous events.
In a document seen by Fairfax Media, it is also made clear that Cycling Australia, one of the nation's most richly funded sports, lacks foresight and initiative when it comes to anti-doping practices.
After considering Wood's review, Lundy concludes this also contributed to the embarrassing situation in October when Cycling Australia lost its vice-president, Stephen Hodge, and a national coach, Matt White, after their admissions to doping as pro cyclists.
In a response to Wood's review, Lundy has ordered Cycling Australia to implement all of the recommendations within 11 months. That includes the adoption of an anti-doping declaration policy for staff and athletes "as soon as possible".
Failure to comply will jeopardise the organisation's federal government funding.
The government said it would proceed with introducing legislation to strengthen Australia's anti-doping practices more generally.
According to the government response, Cycling Australia can "substantially improve" its governance and anti-doping arrangements, and the way it identifies past or present doping.
Employment of senior staff, coaches and athletes will now depend on them signing declarations that they have never doped or been involved with performance-enhancing drugs.
Hodge and White confessed to past use of performance-enhancing drugs after the US Anti-Doping Agency tabled its case against Lance Armstrong.
Hodge essentially initiated his own resignation from the vice-president's position and Cycling Australia's board with his stunning admission.
White, who was coach of the Australian men's road team at the London Olympics and a director at the Orica-GreenEDGE team, confessed to doping after he was identified in the USADA case against Armstrong.
The highly damaging events moved Lundy to call a review into Cycling Australia.
A separate review into the sport is being carried out by the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority, and Fairfax Media understands the announcement of significant early findings is imminent.
When Wood presented his report to Cycling Australia in mid-January, there was a feeling of relief within the organisation that the discoveries weren't worse. But the government's stern response, to be released on Friday, underlines the serious implications if the sport's national federation does not shape up.


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Co-op Grants Funded Across Texas
AUSTIN, Texas — High school students developing a computer mapping system to help four state parks with search-and-rescue is one example of 14 projects across the state recently awarded grant funding through the Community Outdoor Outreach Program of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.
The CO-OP program enables tax-exempt organizations to introduce participants to outdoor recreation, environmental education and conservation programs statewide. This spring, 14 programs out of 74 applicants have been awarded funding.
"Competition for these dollars is fierce," said Darlene Lewis of TPWD state parks division. "There were still so many more great programs, just not enough dollars to go around."
The CO-OP program has two funding cycles per year. Currently, $800,000 per year is available for this program, down from the $1.25 million previously available. Below is a list of programs to be funded, listed alphabetically by the name of their home city.
- (Abilene) — Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Abilene — 250 kids and their mentors will be introduced to the Outdoors Kids program and have planned visits to more than six state parks. ($30,000)
- (Athens) — Kidfish Foundation — 21 communities around Texas as well as six Corpus Christi elementary schools will benefit from this program to encourage responsible stewardship while fishing and learning about the natural resources. ($30,000)
- (Austin) — Travis County 4H & Youth Development — Participants from Austin and Del Valle will participate in the Wild Over Texas which includes hands-on, learn-by doing activities. ($30,000)
- (Brenham) — Boys and Girls Club of Washington County — 300 area youth will be introduced to nature and learn the importance of protecting the environment. Trips to state parks, fishing and camping are part of the activities planned for this project. ($19,210)
- (Brenham) — Brenham ISD — 120 kids will experience a one-week day camp called Camp YES where activities planned will help prepare students for Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) test while encouraging stewardship of natural resources. ($20,613)
- (Brownsville)- Texas Southmost College — Nearly 500 students will experience environmental science, geology, ecology and cultural history activities. ($30,000)
- (Dallas) — Bishop Dunne High School- These funds will be used to help establish the GeoSMART unit which will directly benefit search and rescue for missing persons at four Texas State Parks. Students will go into state parks with GPS units and help create mapping systems to help state park personnel find people in trouble quicker. ($29,800)
- (Dallas) — West Dallas Community Center — Camping, hiking, and fishing for more than 400 urban inner-city youth in West Dallas. ($29,750)
- (Denton) — Changing Course Foundation — Funding will help provide more activities for Project H.O.P.E., which will teach 250 juvenile probationers leadership skills, social responsibility and teamwork. Camping, canoeing, rock climbing and more. ($15,797)
- (Galveston) — Friends of Galveston Island State Park — More than 500 students and their teachers will take part in a year-long hands-on environmental education program to help them gain understanding and appreciation of the natural environments of the Galveston Bay area. ($19,367)
- (Glen Rose) — Fossil Rim Wildlife Center — Overnight camping activities will allow 250 youth to be exposed to a new program called "Endangered Birds of Texas." The youth will study rare birds and examine the role of youth in conservation of natural resources in Texas. ($29,750)
- (Houston) — Texas Buddhist Association, Inc. — Outdoor educational field trips, overnight camping and a family gear loaner program are all part of this program targeting 1,000 participants in the Houston area. ($29,989)
- (Houston) Youth Educational Support Services — Students from community organizations, home school organizations and alternative schools will learn more about marine habitats, natural resources through offshore fishing and wilderness camping in state parks. ($30,000)
- (Three Rivers) — Three Rivers ISD — Funding will help provide hunting and fishing trips, conservation education for students enrolled in Wildlife Management and Recreation courses in the district. ($24,629)
The next available CO-OP grant deadline is Oct. 1. To find out more about upcoming workshops or download an application, visit the Web site (http://tpwd.texas.gov/grants/).
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Lambert: Villa door not closed on Dunne
Aston Villa manager Paul Lambert has said central defender Richard Dunne could still have a future at the club, despite having not played a game since last summer's European Championships.
Republic of Ireland international Dunne has been widely expected to leave Villa Park this summer after being plagued by groin and hip injuries in what is the final season of his contract.
But Lambert said no final decision on the 33-year-old - who joined from Manchester City three-and-a-half years ago – had yet been made.
"He's an international player, and I have to see how his fitness is," the manager explained. "He has been unfortunate, because this injury has been an absolute nightmare.
"The door is not closed, though, and the most important thing is to make sure he carries on playing."
Lambert has ruled out any prospect of Dunne, who last played in Ireland's 2-0 defeat to Italy on June 18, playing for his country in the summer.
He said it was inconceivable that the defender could be considered for duty with Giovanni Trappattoni's side against England and Georgia without having played any club football this season.
Of more pressing concern to the Vila boss is whether Matt Lowton, whose ever-present record in his Premier League debut season is threatened by a leg injury picked up in the win at Norwich on Saturday, is fit for this weekend's home game against Chelsea.
The former Sheffield United defender had to go off in the first half at Carrow Road and Lambert was impressed with the contribution made by his replacement, Eric Lichaj, in what was his first senior match since late January.
Lowton's fellow defender Ciaran Clark is still sidelined by a foot problem.
"We know we are in for a really hard game because Chelsea are going for a Champions League place and won the tournament last season," Lambert added.
"They are a top, top side, but winning gives you confidence to go and compete, whoever you are playing against."
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A "for rent" sign hangs on the storefront that once housed Juliebelle's Gourmet Market & Sandwich Shop in Great Neck.
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The New York City Wine and Food Festival's Mixology Masters event last night brought together some of New York's best bars into one venue; it was a rare opportunity to taste cocktails from spots like Death and Co., Little Branch, Rum House, and Pouring Ribbons without running around town or waiting for a seat.
How does a bar select a signature drink for an event like this? The majority of the cocktails were easy to sip—and easy on the eyes. "We're not here to challenge anyone tonight," said Travis St. Germain of The Clover Club. "These are drinks that are popular at our bars, and are easily drinkable; they're crowd-pleasers."
The best drinks at the festival were not just pretty and sweet, but balanced all around and offering real depth of flavor. (A few featured bittersweet Cynar, which added a nice earthiness and fall feeling to the drinks.) Our favorites included cocktails from Clover Club, The Wayland, and Death and Co. Head over to the slideshow for a closer look at everything we drank at Mixology Masters »
About the author: Eunice is a student and former Serious Eats intern living in New York. Food, coffee, and photography are her passions, and she looks to combine all three during her stay in the city.