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Sites, Applications, and Systems that are Powered By Tomcat
This page is a list of some, in all likelihood a very small fraction actually, of the sites out there that use Apache Tomcat in production. For security and other policy-related reasons, many organizations choose not to disclose the server they use. Tomcat has been downloaded more than 10 million times: assuming even a 1% production adoption rate results in more than 100000 installations. As an aside for the curious, you can see recent Tomcat download statistics on Vadim Gritsenko's page. Note, however, that these represent downloads from apache.org servers only, and not from mirrors, so they are likely to represent only a small minority of downloads: the total number is much (more than an order of magnitude) greater. Companies that support Tomcat, such as SpringSource claim more than half of the global Fortune 500 as their clients.
This page is organized by categories: sites with publications, sites added by users, independent surveys, and more. Anyone can and is encouraged to add to this page: please add your site, application, or system as you see fit. You do need to register with the Apache wiki system to edit this page: simply click the login or user preferences links at the top right of your screen to do so. Don't worry if you don't think it fits here or into any particular category: we would like to see your application listed no matter how big, how small, or how miscategorized Some of these applications are simply compatible with, ship with, or run on Tomcat. Others are specifically designed or documented with Tomcat as the container in mind.
Please note that all the corporate logos and names used below are trademarked by their respective organizations. These organizations are not affiliated with this web site or with The Apache Software Foundation, and make no claims regarding The Foundation or its products. Further, in most cases the companies are not aware of their being listed on this site at all.
1. Sites / Systems / Applications With Associated Publications
This section contains cases that publicly described their Tomcat experience or installation.
AppFuse : Raible Designs' AppFuse runs best on Tomcat. They wrote an interesting post comparing standards-compliance and performance on Tomcat and other containers.
Bonhams: Bonhams is an auction house founded in 1793, running Tomcat and other open-source software as detailed in this article from CIO Magazine.
CardinalHealth: CardinalHealth as documented by Sue Hildreth in this article.
WalMart.com: as documented by Eugene Ciurana on TheServerSide.
The Weather Channel: and a nice article from Computer World on their shift from proprietary to open source.
E*Trade : - a financial services company,
2. Other Known Sites / Systems / Applications
This section contains cases added by users without further external information, or found on the Tomcat mailing lists.
AS-ComTec IT Service : Tomcat Hosting , Telefonanlagen & DSL Zugänge Server Solution and more in Germany Frankfurt - Offenbach - Darmstadt
3ware: is a software house specialized in web based application. g.PRO is our framework based on pure HTML5/CSS3 standards for the client side and on Java/J2EE for the server side, proudly running on Tomcat application server.
AccesStream: is an open-source Identity and Access Management suite.
Agendize: is a platform that offers conversion & communication tools such as Click to Call, Live Chat and Online Appointment Booking that can easily be added to any website. Agendize has powered over 20,000,000 customer interactions and the application runs on Tomcat.
agileBase: is an open source, commercially hosted/supported platform for building lean, agile business software.
Agility Bug Tracker: from The Agile Edge.
Alfresco: is an open-source enterprise content management system.
AndroidPIT.de: is the largest German-speaking Android community and secondary Android App Store and AndroidPIT.com one of the largest worldwide with about 1.5 million page views per day handled by Tomcat 6.0.
Astradyne Systems: A front for a crime family?
The AstroGrid: project uses Tomcat for its web applications, as documented on their wiki.
Automated HomeFinder: A Colorado real estate company, used Tomcat/JBoss for their production website for years, allowing millions of home buyers to search a robust database for Denver real estate, Boulder real estate, and other real estate listings around Colorado.
Become.com: The statistics servers for this massively-scaled shopping web crawler: Read About It
Bergen Jersey Foreclosures: The most popular site for free NJ foreclosure listings has been powered by Tomcat for years since it was first deployed.
Bildergalerie: is a German site providing free hosting of Picture Galleries, developed by two students. It uses Apache Tomcat 7.
Borneosoft: Easy-to-use Web-based CRM with Form Builder and Admin Tools.
BreakBIT: Fairwizard - an integrated enterprise management system for Fair and Exhibitions.
Jakarta Cactus: A test framework for unit testing server-side java code.
CampRate.com: Online Campground Directory and Reviews; Running Tomcat 5 and Struts.
CarGurus.com: Next-generation automotive social network: where autmotive knowledge is shared!
CHADIS: is a web-based screening, diagnostic and management system that administers and analyzes pre-visit, online questionnaires completed by parents, teens or teachers and provides Clinicians with instant access to valuable clinical data and resources.
Chambres d'Hotes .org: Chambres D'Hotes .org runs Tomcat for it's proprietary Online Reservations and Availabilities system.
CiteSeerX: Scientific Literature Digital Library and Search Engine uses Tomcat among other Open Source tools. Read more about CiteSeerX
Polska Strefa - Ogloszenia: Classified ads database. Running on Tomcat 5 and Apache Cocoon
CodeCollaborator: is a popular peer code review tool from Smart Bear Software.
Cofax: Content Object Factory
Colorado HomeFinder: is the most popular real estate website in Colorado, delivering millions of page views each month through a custom high performance Tomcat/Struts solution that allows users to search and browse real estate listings in Denver, Boulder, Fort Collins, and all across the Colorado front range.
Colorado Home Helper: is a Premier Colorado Real estate site run out of Boulder and Broomfield. The site runs a complex property database and mapping system using Tomcat and other open source programs.
Delta Virtual Airlines: is the world's largest virtual airline, with over 2,200 members. This is a group of flight simulation enthusiasts using Microsoft Flight Simulator to fly the current and historic routes of Delta Air Lines.
Demeures: runs Tomcat for it's classified ads system.
Derecho.com: Spanish law page, the biggest ebook publisher, Law content provider and eLaw firm in Spain.
Diecast: Stockists of all major diecast brands.
DSpace is an open-source repository for research materials. It is installed in numerous places, including MIT and the European University Institute.
DURAMENTAL Glutathion: runs on Tomcat and is realized with JSP-Pages. The Backend is a client solution based on swing - a complete Java-App! It was implemented by the TYPO3- and Magento-Agency "björn hahnefeld IT"
Electricshopping.com: is a UK based internet retailer of home appliances and merchandise. Started in early 2001, it provides a low price guarantee along with free shipping in the UK and aims establish itself as the premier destination for electric home goods in Europe. It currently uses Tomcat for is online store.
En Buenos Aires - Apartments / Real Estate: is a free property publications web site based in Buenos Aires Argentina, we're running Apache, Tomcat on Debian Linux doing around 120K visitors / month / 1.5 million page views / month and Tomcat is working very well, keep it up!
eSage Group: A consulting company, most of our projects are built on Tomcat.
Temizlik: uses Tomcat for own production systems and development services.
eTools.ch: is a fast and transparent metasearch engine that simultaneously queries major search engines.
FarmDirectory.org: Connects producers of agricultural goods with consumers.
Farmer Guy Hams and Gammons: is a small web site offering home made hams and gammons for the christmas season, we only have a small jsp order form on tomcat but it works really well. Many thanks to the Tomcat team.
Fichedepersonnalite.com: use Tomcat for the database process of result.
Fluency is a dynamic user interface builder that uses Tomcat for its infrastructure.
Frankfurt IT-Service: offers on site support & IT services.
F.W.Davison & Co.: develops payroll and human resource software, including HRPyramid Web Edition which is an employee and manager web self-services software built on Tomcat.
The Grasshopper : Developer Zone web site is an ASP.NET application running on Tomcat using Grasshopper that ports Mono open source .NET framework to Tomcat.
General Motors: One of the largest car-makers and financiers in the world.
Hotels and Accommodation: is an Australian accommodation site. The website utilizes a hotel database system using Tomcat.
Homegevity is a National Real Estate and Rental site. The site runs a complex property database system using Tomcat.
HubSpot: is an inbound marketing system to help your small or medium sized business get found on the Internet by the right prospects and convert more of them into leads and customers for maximum marketing ROI.
Ihre-Apotheke.in: is a pharmacy finder aimed to the central european market.
IMS Neptune: is a powerful Java-based content management system built on Tomcat and PostgreSQL.
IPHOTEL Hospedagem de Sites: Brazilian Webhosting Company.
iPoint Portal: iPoint Portal is an Open Source Collaborative Portal which is compatible with JSR168 and runs on Tomcat.
itanum: delivers all Content Management solutions and Web business applications on Tomcat.
Jakarta Slide: is an open-source content repository that can serve as the basis for a content management system.
Jasig uPortal: also has a configuration guide.
Javaranch.com: A friendly place for Java Greenhorns.
JBoss: -
jobbank.com: is an employment site for job searches, posting jobs, posting resumes, and career tools. This MVC site uses Struts and Velocity on Tomcat to render its view.
KonaKart: is a free java based online shopping cart application that provides everything that store owners need to sell their products over the Internet. It runs on Tomcat and includes a Java API and SOAP Web Service interface.
LeadsAndDeals.com: facilitates a common international business-to-business (B2B) trade platform by connecting global buyers with suppliers. It uses tomcat in several day to day IT operations.
LUXMS: Luxury messaging: Wide range of wireless messaging services, including email SMS notification and delivery of important information from desktop to your phone.
Lagerverkauf-Finden: German Searchsite for factory outlet stores. Based on a custom developed lucene based nosql database and running on tomcat.
Handytarife-Finden: This ist a very fast search site for mobile phones and bundles. It works with an lucene based nosql database and running on an System consisting of nginx and tomcat.
Mhdbdb: Middle-High German Conceptual Database
Millennium Pharmaceuticals: a leading biopharmaceutical company.
Webdesign: delivers all Content Management solutions and Web business applications on Tomcat.
ngasi.com: is home to NGASI AppServer Manager. NGASI AppServer Manager automates the installation and management of Tomcat across multiple systems. It also creates and manages Load-Balanced farms of Tomcat instances.
MyOtherDrive: an Online Backup and File Sharing provider, runs on Apache Tomcat.
myWMS: is an open-source Warehouse Management System using a variety of tools including Tomcat.
n0r1sk.com: some nice open source projects! (SMS Gateway / PDF Split / ...)
Optusnet.com.au: An Australian ISP portal with multiple brandings serving over 20 million page impressions per month.
Orangepics.com: Simple, Safe Photo Sharing
Pcgesund.de: PC Gesund is the leading remote support computer helpdesk in Germany.
PopcornMonsters.com: A free movie information portal that averages 100,000 unique visitors a month.
Qcadoo.com: qcadoo MES - easy to use, extensible and open source manufacturing management system for small and medium companies. qcadoo Framework - an open source framework for rapid development of data intensive and modular business web applications
QuickCreative.net: Advertising Agency offering online ordering of business cards, brochures, logos, postcards and other printed materials.
Razuna: is the Open Source alternative to Digital Asset Management. The standalone server download comes bundled with Tomcat 6.x, also their Virtual Server Image comes preinstalled with Tomcat 6.x. Their Razuna Hosted Platform offering, a hosted Digital Asset Management solution, runs on Tomcat as well.
RecipeLand.com: One of the oldest and largest recipe web sites.
RedEndo BMX: Online Opt-in advertising BMX Journal
The ResCarta Foundation: Community Standards through Collaborative Efforts.
The Sakai Project: building a collaboration and learning environment for higher education.
Service-Repository: Registry of public SOAP Web Services and dynamic client UI
Shoppingkaiser: Global Searchsite for currently expiring eBay Auctions. Based on a nosql lucene database.
Specto Design, Inc. : delivers all ecommerce solutions and financial applications on Tomcat.
springsource : Enterprise Ready Server™ (ERS) is the most comprehensive and widely distributed solution for Apache Web and Tomcat Application Server management. ERS provides better performance and security and improves service quality, reliability and scalability by uniquely enhancing Apache and Tomcat for enterprise use while reducing the costs and complexity of sophisticated Web infrastructures. Includes multiple versions of Apache Tomcat. To download go to http://www.springsource.com/products/ers/apachedownloads.
STRABAG SE - BRVZ Gmbh IT: BRVZ Gmbh IT is the IT service provider of the Strabag Societas Europea building company. A lot of internal services are running on 150+ Tomcat instances.
Synetek.com: uses Tomcat for their LeaseEagle product.
Tixeo: uses Tomcat for their WorkSpace3D products, solutions for web conferencing, video conferencing, desktop sharing and realtime collaborative work in 3D.
Teamdev.com: uses Tomcat for own production systems and development services.
The Stocks Profit: uses Tomcat for own back bone production system.
TravPro: a web booking client for tour operators runs on Tomcat.
Trentisa: a leading consultant and software company specialized in IBM and JAVA solutions.
TrycksaksTorget: webbased print solutions.
VirtualPairProgrammers - power their E-Commerce operation on Tomcat.
Voicent Communications: Voicent uses Tomcat to Power: Call Center Software, IVR, and Auto dialer, as well as many other titles.
Volagratis.it: is an E-Commerce site.
WebShots: A large online photo service site
Wolfram Research: makers of Mathematica, recommend using Tomcat for webMathematica, and have a configuration guide available.
XWiki: is an open-source Java wiki system.
3. Hosting providers
2020Media.com: Longest established UK Tomcat host. Over a decade of Tomcat hosting expertise. Plans on shared, private and dedicated Tomcat servers. Customer has full control over tomcat, SSH access and Tomcat version choice.
A2 Hosting: Tomcat Hosting is available on CentOS, Debian, Fedora or Ubuntu VPS Hosting packages. Install Tomcat in moments with A2 Hosting's exclusive Quickinstaller tool.
AcuGIS: Tomcat hosting solutions with emphasis on GIS (GeoServer and PostGIS). Tomcat 6 and 7 options with private JVM. High performance hosting with SAS 15k disks and 1 Gb public/private network on all hosting plans.
Axon Datacenters: Axon Datacenters is datacenter offering virtual hosting, dedicated servers and cloud services powered by Tomcat and other open-source software via their servers page at Axon Servers.
Bestinweb: Bestinweb is a little hosting provider that provides, hosting apart, many other services like: Web Design, Sviluppo siti internet and Posizionamento siti.
Bjorn hahnefeld IT: björn hahnefeld IT runs on Tomcat. Hosting-Plans can be booked under Tomcat Co-Location and Serverhousing.
BODHost: Proud to be Apache Tomcat Hosting Provider
DailyRazor: DailyRazor is the leading provider of Tomcat and Java hosting solutions with fantastic support for MySQL and PostgreSQL database. Tomcat 5, 6, and 7 all supported. All plans feature Private JDK on a Private JVM.
Eapps.com: eApps Hosting has provided hosting for Java applications using Tomcat since 2000 and now offers Tomcat hosting in a reliable, economical VPS container with 24/7 support by in-house staff.
Enciva Solutions Ltd.: Enciva Solutions Ltd. offers premium U.S. and U.K based Tomcat hosting solutions. MySQL, Oracle, and PostgreSQL database options. Tomcat 5, 6, and 7. All plans feature private JVM and 1Gbps network speed. VPS and dedicated solutions also available.
Energized Hosting: Energized Hosting uses Tomcat for its Servlet/JSP hosting needs.
FutureHosting.com: A U.S./U.K./Australian managed hosting provider that operates Tomcat and JBOSS VZ-based virtual containers.
goJava.net - Java / Tomcat Hosting: goJava.net - Java / Tomcat Hosting, Dedicated JAVA / Tomcat hosting company. Private Tomcat instances, versions 5.5 / 6.0 / 7.0 supported, Linux CentOS 6.x 64bit servers, minimum 2 x Quad Core CPUs and 24-48 GB RAM. Only Private Tomcat plans. Private Tomcat Lite $7.99/pm (128 MB heap size), Pro $14.99 (256 MB heap size), extra 128 MB heap size for $5. 14 days Trial available!
Great JSP Hosting: Great JSP Hosting was created to allow for quick and painless deployment of Java applications. GreatJSPhosting offers java hosting based on Apache Tomcat 7 and JDK 1.7, and Java Xen VPS with pre-installed Tomcat version 7 and full support for Apache Tomcat servlet container. Dedicated Tomcat and Java Hosting company!
HomeHost - Hospedagem de Sites: HomeHost - Hospedagem de Sites provides webhosting with support to JSP/Servlets by using Tomcat.
HostingInCanada.com: HostingInCanada.com has been providing Java Hosting services based on Apache Tomcat since 1999. At that time only a few companies offered JSP and Java Hosting services. HiC offer: Shared Java Hosting (based on Apache Tomcat), Private Tomcat Hosting (dedicated Tomcat instance) and JBoss. 14 days trial available (only for Shared and Private Tomcat packages).
Planet-hosting.net: Hosting Planet Limited is hosting company offering Java hosting using private JVM. All hosting plans including Tomcat as JSP/Servlet container.
Hyve Managed Hosting: Hyve Managed Hosting A Mission Critical UK based hosting company specialising in Java and Tomcat hosting in the cloud. Dedicated servers and private instances available.
InnoShare: InnoShare - A full-service web design, email newsletter, web hosting and search engine optimization provider.
Infrenion Networks: Infrenion Networks - Cheap UK and US Web Hosting service provider with FFMPEG and TOMCAT v6
Java Hosting: WebApplication hosting company. We created Java Panel with Tomcat 6.
JavaServletHosting: You'll find professional-grade Java Hosting at very affordable prices. For more than 15 years, they've been a leader in commercial web hosting and n-tier application development. They are one of the original three hosting providers featured on this page back in 2005.
Java Hoster: Hosting provider fully dedicated to Java/J2EE hosting located in France with support to Tomcat 6.0.
Affordable, Automated and Rock-solid Java Hosting: Cheap Java and JSP hosting company with its own JVM and application server control panel JVMCP. All versions of Tomcat and all versions of JDK supported.
KingHost - Hospedagem de Sites: KingHost - Hospedagem de Sites provides webhosting with JSP/Servlets support using Tomcat 5.0, 5.5 and 6.0.
LocaData - Hospedagem de Sites provides webhosting with JSP/Servlets support using Tomcat 5.0, 5.5 and 6.0.
MetaWerx.net: MetaWerx.net - Australia's first and largest Java hosting provider
Hospedagem de Sites: Hospedagem de Sites provides webhosting with JSP/Servlets support using Tomcat 5.0, 5.5 and 6.0.
MIVITEC GmbH - ISP from Germany / Munich: MIVITEC GmbH - ISP from Germany / Munich - One of the leading business hosting providers in Germany, uses Tomcat and Tomcat clusters for client's sites, CMS systems like OpenCMS and Magnolia etc.
NetHosted Ltd: NetHosted Ltd Providers of high quality Tomcat hosting on our UK VPS hosting and UK Dedicated Server solutions.
NEXCESS.NET: NEXCESS.NET is now supporting JSP/Servlets using Tomcat.
olvius.com: olvius.com CMS Website Builder with HTML/CSS editors provides user-maintained hosting using Tomcat 6 / CentOS 5.
Opticalhost - Solucoes para o seu site: Opticalhost - Soluçoes para o seu site provides webhosting with JSP/Servlets support using Tomcat.
Oxxus.net Tomcat Hosting: Oxxus.net Tomcat Hosting - Offers latest Tomcat 6 hosting services on private JVM.
Merkaweb: Merkaweb - Spanish based web hosting company supporting Tomcat in all cPanel web hosting plans.
Apache Tomcat Hosting: Apache Tomcat Hosting - India based web hosting company supporting Tomcat in all cPanel web hosting plans.
Pickaweb: Pickaweb - Supporting Tomcat in all of our web hosting plans. 24x7 Support via chat, phone & email.
Revion.com Oracle and Tomcat Web Hosting: Revion.com Oracle and Tomcat Web Hosting - Revion.com is a premier provider of Oracle hosting, Tomcat, Jboss, website, database, and application hosting
RimuHosting.com VPS with Tomcat Web Hosting: RimuHosting.com VPS with Tomcat Web Hosting - provides a VPS and support for you to host your Tomcat the way you want.
Rosehosting.com: RoseHosting.com - specializes in high quality managed Tomcat Hosting. RoseHosting.com has been in service since 2001 providing reliable Tomcat Linux VPS hosting solutions to individuals and businesses.
RSHosting.co.uk UK Tomcat Web Hosting: RSHosting.co.uk UK Tomcat Web Hosting - provides Tomcat Web Hosting on our Linux and Windows servers in UK.
RSHosting.com US based Tomcat Web Hosting: RSHosting.com US based Tomcat Web Hosting - provides Tomcat Web Hosting on our Linux and Windows servers in US datacenter.
Starhost - Hospedagem de Sites: Starhost - Hospedagem de Sites Brazilian webhost provides JSP/Servlets support using Tomcat 5.0, 5.5 and 6.0.
Hospedagem de Sites STUDIOSERVER: Hospedagem de Sites STUDIOSERVER provides webhosting with support to JSP/Servlets by using Tomcat.
hospedagem de sites: hospedagem de sites Hospedagem de sites - TeHospedo.
WebAppCabaret: WebAppCabaret is the oldest JAVA Web hosting provider. Features include one-click installation of many versions of Tomcat.
WebHostUK LTD: "UK Web Hosting" WebHostUK LTD - Proud to be Apache Tomcat UK Web Hosting provider.
Web Hosting US: "US Web Hosting" Web Hosting US - Proud to be one of the best Apache Tomcat US Web Hosting provider.
Webhostinguk.com: Web Hosting UK - Tomcat Hosting offers on reliable & fast servers at WebhostingUK Limited.
Zaidsoft.net: Zaidsoft offers JSP hosting using Tomcat. All of Zaidsoft web based software applications including Zaidsoft iMLM are powered by Tomcat as JSP/Servlet container.
4. Surveys and Other Evidence of Usage
JBoss Infrastructure Survey: A survey of infrastructure tools, adoption, mindshare, and more from JBoss finds Tomcat again among the leading products.
O'Reilly On Java: Over 86% of respondents in O'Reilly's On Java 2004 Survey.
TheServerSide.com: Tomcat is among the market leaders in this survey by TheServerSide.com.
5. More Stuff
A SlashDot discussion about using Tomcat in production.
An article from The Value Manager for IT Insights on Tomcat's value.
Dan Hansen wrote an article for JavaWorld in 2004 showing how to use Tomcat to put together a build system in two days.
Get Reviews for the Hosts offering Tomcat Hosting on Shared Servers -- Web Hosting Reviews


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In our continuing effort to provide a united voice for people with chronic diseases and disabilities, today the National Health Council submitted comments to the Senate Finance Committee in response to their recent Policy Options paper "Transforming the Health Care Delivery System: Proposals to Improve Patient Care and Reduce Health Care Costs."
In responding, the NHC voiced its strong support of the Senate Finance Committee's work to enact meaningful health care reform in this Congress and strove to advance the common message of NHC member organizations by Supporting The Five Principles For Health Care Reform:
• Cover Everyone
• Curb Costs Responsibly
• Abolish Exclusions of Pre-Existing Conditions
• Eliminate Lifetime Caps
• Ensure Respect at the End of Life
Many of the policy changes supported by the Five Principles were addressed in the Policy Options paper. Our comments build upon those proposals by strongly encouraging Congress to also address long-term support and services. We also addressed areas of the paper where the Committee's efforts to improve patient care could be advanced by expanding care management options and eliminating or reducing out-of-pocket expenses for people with chronic conditions.
As envisioned by the Institute of Medicine, the ideal of any health care delivery system is to get "the right care at the right time to the right patient." Ultimately, our suggestions aim to achieve the core objectives of the patient community by putting patients first and reforming our care delivery system to realize that ideal.
•National Health Council Comments
Transforming the Health Care Delivery System
Nathan Vafaie
Manager, Federal Government Relations
National Health Council
1730 M Street, NW
Suite 500
Washington, DC 20036
Tel: 202-973-0545
Fax: 202-785-5923
The mission of the National Health Council
is to provide a united voice for people
with chronic diseases and disabilities.

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Violent Protests After School Lunch Kills Children
At least 22 children died and more than two dozen others are seriously ill Wednesday after eating food contaminated with insecticide at a public school in eastern India, according to officials and doctors. WSJ's Sonia Talati reports. (Photo: Getty Images)
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When I worked at a "Southwestern" restaurant in Madison, Wisconsin, we would sometimes offer these as a special.
If I remember correctly, we would call them New Mexican Enchiladas.
Instead of rolling the ingredients in the corn tortillas, you would build a stack.
Put down a sauced corn tortilla, add an ingredient, add another sauced tortilla, then an ingredient, tortilla on top, sauce, and cheese. Then microwave the whole shebang.
Sort of like a tortilla lasagna.
Tonight I had some leftover chicken. I bought some salsa verde, spiced it up with minced chipotles en adobo, reserved half the sauce, and then stirred the leftover chicken into the remaining sauce. Then I put down a layer of spiced salsa verde, a tortilla, some chicken, another tortilla, some more chicken, a tortilla, the remaining sauce, feta cheese, and cheddar cheese. I baked it in the oven until browned.
At the same time I had crisped some bacon, then sautéed some onions, garlic, and chile powder in the rendered fat. Added a small can of black beans, and simmered. Added the crisped bacon back in.
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PLTW Students at Walker Career Center create a VEX Claw Game
Project Lead the Way Students at Walker Career Center have recreated the popular stuffed animal claw game using ROBOTC, VEX components, custom-made parts, lumber, and lots of hard work.
From the project page:
"The Vex Claw Game was chosen as our project for the first semester because we could really use it to promote engineering throughout the community. It's not only fun and exciting, but it also incorporates each of the Project Lead The Way classes that we offer at Walker Career Center. Parts from the claw game include many skills that we have learned during out time in PLTW including constructing structures with Vex parts, programming, rapid prototyping, CO2 laser cutting, and wiring. This project took us around 3 months of in school time to complete."
To read more about the project and see how it was built from the ground up, visit their project page here.
On behalf of the ROBOTC team, job well done!


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NFL 2012 Season — Week Eight Preview
With the NFL approaching the halfway point of the 2012 season, division races are beginning to take shape, as teams anticipate the second half of their schedule. Here's a preview of this week's action:
Thursday, Oct. 25
Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Minnesota Vikings — 8:20 P.M.
Mall of America Field, Minneapolis
Tampa Bay (2-4) quarterback Josh Freeman is the 11th-rated passer in the NFL. He'll have to contend with a Vikings' defense that is tied for third in the league with 22 sacks. With quarterback Christian Ponder committing seven turnovers in his past three starts, Minnesota (5-2) may rely on running back Adrian Peterson. Peterson's 652 rushing yards are tied for third in the NFL. He'll face a Buccaneers' run defense that ranks third in the league, allowing just 76 yards per game on the ground.
Sunday, Oct. 28
Carolina Panthers at Chicago Bears — 1 P.M.
Soldier Field, Chicago
Carolina (1-5) has the worst record in the NFC. The Panthers visit a Bears' defense that yields a league-low 13 points per game. Panthers' quarterback Cam Newton must have better success than Detroit's Matthew Stafford did against Lovie Smith's team on Monday night. With quarterback Jay Cutler nursing sore ribs, Chicago (5-1) may lead with the running tandem of Matt Forte and Michael Bush. Carolina's run defense gives up an average of 120.3 yards per game.
San Diego Chargers at Cleveland Browns — 1 P.M.
Cleveland Browns Stadium, Cleveland
San Diego (3-3) may not have wanted a bye week after blowing a 24-point lead to Denver in Week 6. The Chargers offense averages 24.7 points per game, while the Browns rank 27th in the NFL in total defense, allowing 410.6 yards per game. Cleveland (1-6) figures to rely on rookie quarterback Brandon Weeden. The Browns' running game ranks 30th in the league at 79.1 yards per game, and the Chargers have the NFL's top-ranked run defense.
Seattle Seahawks at Detroit Lions — 1 P.M.
Ford Field, Detroit
Seattle (4-3) must protect rookie quarterback Russell Wilson from the fierce Lions' pass rush. Expect to see more carries for Seahawks' running back Marshawn Lynch, who is tied for third in the NFL with 652 rushing yards. Detroit (2-4) is still hoping to salvage its season against a Seahawks' defense that allows just 15.1 points and 297.3 yards per game. Lions' wide receiver Calvin Johnson needs a bounce-back game after he was held to 34 yards against the Bears on Monday night.
New England Patriots vs. St. Louis Rams — 1 P.M.
Wembley Stadium, London
New England (4-3) leads the AFC East despite several last-minute losses and often playing to the level of opponents with inferior talent. Quarterback Tom Brady and receiver Wes Welker, the NFL leader with 688 receiving yards, travel to London to face a Rams' defense ranked 10th in total yards allowed per game. St. Louis (3-4) is scoring just 18.6 points per game, which ranks 26th in the league. They should improve that output against the NFL's 29th-ranked pass defense.
Miami Dolphins at N.Y. Jets — 1 P.M.
MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, N.J.
Miami (3-3) will try to run the ball against a Jets' run defense that ranks 30th in the league, giving up an average of 147.7 yards per game. Dolphins' rookie quarterback Ryan Tannehill could see pressure when he does have to pass. With an inconsistent Mark Sanchez often struggling, New York (3-4) has the 28th-ranked passing offense. The Jets could improve against a Dolphins' defense that yields 284.8 passing yards per game, second-most in the AFC.
Atlanta Falcons at Philadelphia Eagles — 1 P.M.
Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia
The league's lone remaining undefeated team, Atlanta (6-0) visits the Eagles, who are coming off a bye week. Philadelphia head coach Andy Reid has never lost when coming off a bye. Falcons' quarterback Matt Ryan is the NFL's fourth-rated passer at 98.8. He'll face a defensive game plan from newly promoted Eagles' defensive coordinator Todd Bowles. After giving the ball away 17 times this season, Philadelphia (3-3) must cut down on the turnovers and improve on its 17.2 points per game average, which ranks 30th in the league. The Falcons' defense has 19 takeaways and will look to create more against quarterback Michael Vick.
Washington Redskins at Pittsburgh Steelers — 1 P.M.
Heinz Field, Pittsburgh
Coming off a tough, last-minute loss to the Giants, Washington (3-4) must adjust its NFL-worst pass defense, which allows 328.4 passing yards per game. Ben Roethlisberger and the Steelers hope to take advantage of open receivers. Pittsburgh (3-3) must prepare for Redskins' quarterback Robert Griffin III, who should see many blitzes from a Steelers' defense that allows just 277.3 total yards per game — the fewest in the AFC.
Jacksonville Jaguars at Green Bay Packers — 1 P.M.
Lambeau Field, Green Bay, Wisc.
Jacksonville (1-5) is in rough shape. The Jaguars are tied for the fewest wins in the NFL and will be without running back Maurice Jones-Drew, who suffered a foot injury in last week's loss to the Raiders. Quarterback Blaine Gabbert has a torn labrum in his left shoulder, but he is expected to play. Packers' linebacker Clay Matthews may add to his NFC-leading nine sacks against the NFL's worst offense. Green Bay (4-3) is fighting back into the NFC playoff picture. Packers' quarterback Aaron Rodgers is the NFL's top-rated passer with a 109.6 rating. He will face a defense that ranks 28th in the league in total yards allowed.
Indianapolis Colts at Tennessee Titans — 1 P.M.
LP Field, Nashville
Indianapolis (3-3) puts up 262.5 passing yards per game behind rookie quarterback Andrew Luck, who will challenge a Titans' defense that ranks 30th in the league in total yards allowed. Tennessee (3-4) has rallied behind quarterback Matt Hasselbeck, who will again start for injured Jake Locker. Titans' running back Chris Johnson could be key, as the Colts defend the pass much better than the run.
Oakland Raiders at Kansas City Chiefs — 4:05 P.M.
Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, Mo.
Quarterback Carson Palmer has thrown the ball effectively for Oakland (2-4), but the team ranks a dismal 31st in rushing yards per game with just 76.8 yards on average. The Chiefs' defense has given up 30.5 points per game, the third-highest average in the league. Kansas City (1-5) will start Brady Quinn at quarterback, benching turnover-prone Matt Cassel against a Raiders' defense that has just seven sacks and three interceptions on the season.
N.Y. Giants at Dallas Cowboys — 4:25 P.M.
Cowboys Stadium, Dallas
Dallas (3-3) won the opening night meeting between these teams, but the Giants have won five of their six games since Week 1. Quarterback Tony Romo looks to pick apart the Giants' secondary like he did in the first meeting. New York (5-2) must protect Eli Manning from the Cowboys' pass rush. Dallas' pass defense ranks third in the NFL, allowing just 187.3 yards per game. The running of Giants' back Ahmad Bradshaw could be the key to opening up passing lanes for Manning in this game.
New Orleans Saints at Denver Broncos — 8:20 P.M.
Sports Authority Field at Mile High, Denver
The Broncos can expect a lot of Drew Brees' pass attempts. New Orleans (2-4) leads the league with 335.2 passing yards per game, but has the NFL's worst running game at 76.2 yards per contest. Denver (3-3) is scoring 28.3 points per game behind quarterback Peyton Manning, the league's second-rated passer. The Saints allow 465.5 yards per game, the most in the NFL. They must prove they can stop Manning consistently enough to win the game.
Monday, Oct. 29
San Francisco 49ers at Arizona Cardinals — 8:30 P.M.
University of Phoenix Stadium, Glendale, Ariz.
San Francisco (5-2) has the ninth-ranked total offense in the league. Niners' running back Frank Gore has 601 rushing yards, good for fifth in the NFL. The Cardinals do not defend the run as well as they do the pass. Arizona (4-3) has lost three straight games. The Cardinals must protect quarterback John Skelton against a 49ers' defense that ranks first in the league in total yards allowed with 272.3 per game.
Bye Week:
Buffalo Bills, Cincinnati Bengals, Baltimore Ravens, Houston Texans


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Best Celebrity Halloween Costumes of 2013
Leave it to newlyweds Dax Shepard and Kristen Bell to have the most Halloween fun! Bell dressed up as Game of Thrones' Daenerys Targaryen this year, while Shepard went as Khal Drogo. And clearly, the costumes were planned well in advance. "I fully realize I'm two years late, and I'm not going to apologize for it, but I think I'm going to be Khaleesi from Game of Thrones," Bell told Huffington Post in October about her holiday dress-up plans. "It's mainly revolving around the fact that Dax wants to be something shirtless, so Drogo is his main pick."


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Polyroll Review
- Publisher: Justin Craig
- Genre: Entertainment
- Released: 9 Oct, 2012
- Size: 35.6 MB
- Price: $1.99
- Lots of interesting design elements such as the power-ups, and multiple levels of each stage.
- Great music and sound effects.
- While the controls work well most of the time, every now and then the arrow keys stop responding.
- All the sprite work is very small.
A platformer that takes some of its inspiration from Sonic the Hedgehog, and has some novel ideas.
- Full Review
- App Store Info
Polyroll is a platformer that takes more than a little inspiration from the original Sonic the Hedgehog game. The evil Kaiser Kiwi has captured Polyroll's friends, and through rolling, jumping, collecting gems, and power-ups, it's up to you as the player to save them (There is ambiguity here as I am not really sure exactly what kind of creature Polyroll is meant to be).
Graphically a lot of the game suffers from this issue. The sprite art is pretty competent and varied, and looks like a bridge between the eight and sixteen bit systems of old, but everything is so zoomed out (at least on the iPhone), that it can be tough to see every enemy and projectile as you run, jump, and roll your way through the levels.
Jumping and rolling are controlled by the two big buttons in the bottom right corner, and moving is controlled via the directional pad. Jumping on enemies will dispose of them, as well as charging up your zoom with the A button. This button also is also used when you collect power-ups such as the bomb, which drops explosives on enemies below when you're jumping over them. Other power-ups grant you such abilities as attracting all the gems towards you as you pass, or being able to walk on spikes without consequence. As platformers with on-screen buttons go, this is one of the better executed instances on the iPhone, but on many occasions, the directional buttons would not respond, especially during a jump, and this can definitely impact your game experience negatively and leave a bit of a bitter taste in your mouth.
As a throwback to 2D platformers of old, Polyroll succeeds with its pixel art, music, and mechanics that pay homage to the moves of a certain blue hedgehog. Platformer fans should enjoy themselves, but aside from being a decent enough nostalgia ride, there really isn't much more to the experience, and that makes it harder to recommend to everyone else.
Description*Game is only compatible with ios 6 and earlier*
Introducing Polyroll! A run n' roll, retro platformer!
The Evil Kaiser Kiwi has kidnapped Polyroll's friends and taken them to his frigid castle lair. As the last remaining Polyroll, you must run, jump, roll, float, and bomb your way through a variety of bizarre environments to save them and defeat Kaiser Kiwi.
What the press says:
"Finally, someone has managed to do a Sonic/Mario game for iOS that does what it promises" -Arcadelife
"Any platforming fan – casual or hardcore – can find something to enjoy in Polyroll, especially those of us who grew up blowing dust out of our game cartridges." -Apptudes
"As a throwback to 2D platformers of old, Polyroll succeeds with its pixel art, music, and mechanics" -Appspy
*28 stages of retro-platforming action!
*Defeat nefarious bosses!
*Power up with a variety of special abilities!
*Track down the hidden gold gems to open new paths through the game!


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Learning Javascript with Object Graphs (Part III)
HEADS UP! This article was written for an older version of node. More up-to-date information may be available elsewhere.
Part I of this series explained basic object graphs and visually described references, closures, and basic inheritance in JavaScript. Part II compared different styles for doing object-oriented programming in JavaScript. Now in Part III we'll get creative and look as Ruby's object model and compare it to how JavaScript works. Also I'll show how to implement some Ruby style classes. JavaScript is a very flexible language and can support about any object model you want with enough understanding and creativity.
Why Ruby
Ok, I'll admit, I used to be a ruby guy. I didn't so much do rails, but I loved the ruby language. I read the pickaxe book, attended dallasrb, tried to start my own ruby based company, failed, and finally taught ruby to home-school kids.
Also I chose ruby because I've noticed that several newcomers to the node.js community come from ruby and other languages with similar object systems. They often have a hard time adjusting to the simple, but new semantics of a language that looks like C/Java/PHP, but acts more like Lisp/Closure/Self.
What are Objects
Both languages are object oriented languages. The difference is one subscribes to the stricter and slightly more complicated classical OO style while the other has a plain prototypal object system. In both languages all values are objects (or at least act like them). A ruby class is also an object who is an instance of the class
Class. In JavaScript functions are also objects. In both primitive values like numbers and booleans are objects that contain methods/functions through their classes/prototypes. An object is simply a value that contains state and/or behavior through named channels. Objects provide encapsulation so that you can call
obj.save() instead of having to use some external function and pass around all the state
Methods versus Functions
Probably the biggest difference between the object models when you get down to it and ignore syntax is the fact that Ruby has methods and JavaScript has first-class functions. I can hear you thinking how "Wait, I thought 'method' and 'function' were synonyms!" so I'll explain what I mean.
Gotta keep them separated
In classical OO, there is this idea that you must separate function from state. The same object structure can't hold both data and executable code. So classes hold the methods and instance objects hold the data (instance variables). Ruby is no exception. The language simply doesn't allow for methods on anything other than a class. Sure you can add singleton methods to objects, but the methods aren't actually on the object itself they are on a separate singleton class created just for the purpose of holding the methods for that single object.
In JavaScript there is no concept of methods. Functions are first-class, meaning they are expressions just like
{}, and everything else you can assign to a variable or property of an object. You can emulate classes if you explicitly put all your function properties in a shared prototype object and then have your "instance" objects all inherit from that common prototype, but the fact is you're not forced to work this way. For better or for worse, JavaScript has very few rules about what you can and can't do.
Controlled Inheritance
Another side effect of this difference in inheritance. In Ruby and other classical OO languages, only methods can be inherited. Instance variables only exist on instances and instances can't inherit from instances, only classes inherit from classes. In JavaScript, any object can inherit from any object and all properties are subject to this prototypal inheritance no matter their type.
self and
Both languages have seemingly similar special variables that give you access to the current "scope".
In Ruby
self is the default receiver of all method calls that don't specify a receiver. In methods it's usually the instance object itself (or its singleton class actually). You can't get at instance variable directly via
self, but use the
@foo notation instead. Any method invocation without an explicit receiver will get looked up in
self and its superclasses. Thus calling
foo() is the exact same as calling
In JavaScript, if you call
foo() that's not the same thing at all as
this.foo(). The first,
foo() will look for a
foo local variable via the closure and set its
this to
global. But calling
this.foo() will look for a
foo property in
this and call it with the old
this as the new
Object Graphs
Ok, enough theory, now for some sample code and diagrams! I'll show some ruby code, its diagram, and then the closest JavaScript implementation I could think of and its diagram.
Most of the ruby examples are based on the MetaProgramming chapter of Programming Ruby 1.9 by Pragmatic Programmers.
A String
All values are objects, let's start out with a simple string.
animal = "cat"
Notice that every object has a class. Our string is of class
String which inherits from the class
Object. its class
String is of class
Class which inherits
Module and then
For purposes of seeing how
animal works we don't need to worry about the classes of classes. The diagram is much simpler by removing that part:
Now you can clearly see what methods are available to our
animal object.
var animal = "cat";
Remember that you can simulate classes in JavaScript using constructor + prototype pairs. That's just what the built-in object types do. The prototypes are objects and thus inherit directly from
Object.prototype and the constructors are functions and inherit from
But let's see this diagram without the constructors, they don't affect the object once it's constructed and greatly complicate the image:
That's much better. The literal
"cat" inherits from the
String.prototype which in turn inherits from
Object.prototype. You can see why you're able to call functions like
animal.trim() and see where the function comes from.
Remember that Ruby only allows methods on class objects. So what do you do if you really want to add a method to a single object? You'd have to create a special sub-class, add in the method you wanted, and then create your instance from that new class. Well, ruby has some nice syntax to make this easy and automatic:
animal = "cat"
def animal.speak
puts "The #{self} says miaow"
puts animal.upcase
# Output
The cat says miaow
Let's see the graph of this object now that we added in a singleton method and class:
Notice that it injected a new anonymous class directly in front of the object and put the new method there for you. This class is hidden though. If you call the
animal.class() then you'll get a reference to
String directly.
In JavaScript there is no need to create a new object to hold the function since the language allows functions to be stored anywhere. You simply assign the function directly to the object. There is one gotcha though. Primitives are immutable in JavaScript meaning you can't just add some properties to a string. This will work for any mutable object though so we'll use a regular expression instead.
var animal = /cat/;
animal.speak = function speak() {
console.log("The " + this + " says miaow");
Notice that we just added the
speak function in with the existing properties of the object. There is no need to separate them out into a different layer in JavaScript.
A Class
Lets start out with a simple user-defined class and slowly add in inheritance, class methods, and mixed-in modules.
First a simple user-defined class:
class Dave
In JavaScript this is simply a constructor function: (Which is really just another function)
function Dave() {}
Notice that the prototype object was created for us and the linking back and forth was built-in. This is part of the ECMA spec. All functions, no matter if they are used as constructors or not, have a prototype.
Class Methods
Since a class is an object, it's possible to give it singleton methods in Ruby and have what's known as class methods.
# Make a parent class
class Person
# with an instance method
def greet
puts "Hello"
# and a class method.
def self.create
# Create a subclass
class Dave < Person
# and test it.
puts Dave.create
puts Dave.new
# Output
You see that it inserted a new anonymous class in the chain to store the
create method.
In JavaScript you can do the same by simply adding a property on the constructor:
// Make a parent class
function Person() {}
// with an instance method
Person.prototype.greet = function greet() {
// and a class method.
Person.create = function create() {
return new this();
// Create a subclass
function Dave() {}
Dave.__proto__ = Person;
Dave.prototype.__proto__ = Person.prototype;
// and test it.
console.log(new Dave);
Here we make the constructor inherit from its parent constructor (so that "class methods" get inherited) and inherit the prototypes so that "instance methods" get inherited. Again there is no need for hidden classes since javascript allows storing function properties on any object.
Moving Forward
Originally I wanted this article to explore how to implement Ruby modules and mixing in javascript, but life got in the way. I started an awesome job at Palm working on node for webOS and moving to a new house. Also I hit a technical wall where I can't fully implement ruby style module includes because it's not possible in JavaScript. (I can't make new methods added to an already included module appear in all the prototype chains that include that module)
So instead of holding onto this useful article for ages, I'm realeasing it as is. Hopefully when things settle down I can write the next part of the series.
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Glory of Stories
October 19, 2018 @ 10:30 am – 11:30 am
Free for Members, $5 per child and one adult free for Non-Members
Glory of Stories introduces young visitors to art and the Museum through a story reading followed by an interactive tour of relevant works of art and a studio art project. This program encourages learning through discovery, exploration, and hands-on experiences. Ages 2 and up.
|April 12
|Miss Rumphius
|illustrated by Barbara Cooney
|April 19
|The Princess and the Pea
|Eve Tharlet
|April 26
|George shrinks
|William Joyce
|May 3
|The Night Circus
|Etienne Delessert
|May 10
|Where the Wild Things Are
|Maurice Sendak
|May 17
|The Magic Hat
|Mem Fox
|May 24
|Sky Color
|Peter H. Reynolds
|May 31
|Louise Loves Art
|Kelly Light
|June 7
|Up in the Garden, Down in the Dirt
|Kate Messner
|June 14
|Thunder Boy Jr.
|Sherman Alexie
|June 21
|Rainbow Fish
|Marcus Pfister
|June 28
|Starring Carmen!
|Anika Denise
|July 5
|Aaron Becker
|July 12
|Spicy Hot Colors: Colores Picantes,
|Sherry Shahan
|July 19
|Jihyeon Lee
|July 26
|Drum Dream Girl
|Margarita Engle
|August 2
|Planting a Rainbow
|Lois Ehlert
|August 9
|Flyaway Katie
|Polly Dunbar
|August 16
|Shiver Me Letters
|June Sobel
|August 23
|Rosie Revere Engineer
|Andrea Beaty
|August 30
|The Great Paper Caper
|Oliver Jeffers
|September 6
|Go, Shapes, Go!
|Denise Fleming
|September 13
|Chameleon's Colors
|Chisato Tashiro
|September 20
|Swirl by swirl
|Joyce Sidman
|September 27
|Little Blue and Little Yellow
|Leo Lionni
|October 4
|Dear Mr. Blueberry
|Simon James
|October 11
|The Tiny Seed
|Eric Carle
|October 18
|Where the Wild Things Are
|Maurice Sendak
|October 25
|Ghosts in the House!
|Kazuno Kohara
|November 1
|The Little Yellow Leaf
|Carin Berger
|November 8
|Zin! Zin! Zin! A Violin
|Marjorie Priceman
|November 15
|Babar's Museum of Art
|Laurent De Brunhoff
|November 22
|Thank You, Omu
|Oge Mora
|November 29
|The Princess Knight
|Cornelia Funke
|December 6
|Not a Box
|Antoinette Portis
|December 13
|Art and Max
|David Wiesner
|December 20
|Aaron Becker
|December 27
|Regina's Big Mistake
|Marissa Moss
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Jeff: What is it?
Nora: Should I even tell you? Because I think I'm really going to make it big with this one. Maybe you should just wait to read it.
Jeff: OK. Whatever you want.
Nora: No, I want to tell you. It's BRILLIANT.
Jeff: OK.
Nora: See, I'm going to open up saying how our son Hugo's first love was the garbage truck. And how we searched far and wide for garbage truck toys and books and found like two. And then how he was seduced by the fire truck--the shiny red engine, the woo-woo-woo. And then I'm going to say how it's so much easier to find fire truck crap--plates, rain boots, books, rain coats, you name it, you can get it with a firetruck on it.
Jeff: But who would want to eat off a plate with a garbage truck on it? That's gross.
Nora: Wait, you haven't let me finish. I'm not to THE POINT yet.
Jeff: Sorry.
Nora: And besides, who would want to eat off a fire truck plate anyway? Look! Burning building! People getting hurt! Let's have some spaghetti!
Nora: The point is, see, that the garbage truck represents public health, sanitation, infrastructure. The garbage truck keeps people healthy. Imagine if there were no garbage collection? Imagine the disease, the filth. The water supply! Can you imagine? IMAGINE!
Jeff: (silence)
Nora: But the fire truck, getting people out of buildings, cats out of trees, now that gets all the glory. It's great and all but the role of the garbage truck completely gets overlooked because it's PREVENTION, not TREATMENT. There could be garbage man raincoats and rain boots, but is there? No!
Jeff: (silence)
Nora: So remember when I was agonizing about whether to go into public health or medicine, and I really liked public health but was drawn by the glory and prestige of medicine?
Jeff: No. That was before we met.
Nora: Whatever. But see, it's the SAME THING. Public health is the garbage truck, medicine is the fire truck.
Jeff: Also the garbage truck comes more often than the fire truck.
Nora (to self): ?
Nora: So that's my idea. I'm just waiting for the inspiration to turn it into a really top-notch blog post.
Jeff: OK. Love you.
Nora: What's for dinner?
Artwork by Nora


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On Friday, June 21, 19 children and teens spent the day at the Foundation for Hospice�s 4th annual Camp Butterfly grief camp.
To the editor:
On Friday, June 21, 19 children and teens spent the day at the Foundation for Hospice�s 4th annual Camp Butterfly grief camp.
These campers, ranging in ages from 6 to 16 years old, had a full day of dealing with emotions and memories in a safe, supportive and fun environment. The beauty of this camp is that for at least one day a year, these children experiencing grief get to focus on their feelings and thoughts around other children experiencing the same without having to be on guard.
Camp Butterfly had three major therapeutic projects and many other fun and thought-provoking activities in which the children participated. Major projects this year include making a framed, personalized coat-of-arms, decorating a treasure box to stash special mementoes, and working on a Memory Catcher�s Book to help recapture the memory of the person who had died.
The day ended with a memorial ceremony where the children joined with their parent or guardians to hear a brief message about maintaining your own special memory garden. At the ceremony, each camper showed and spoke about a project they completed and its significance to him or her. As in years past, the children ended the day by releasing �live� painted lady butterflies in honor of the family member who had died.
Camp Butterfly�s therapeutic/clinical component came from the leadership of Continuum Home Care & Hospice social workers and chaplains. Many thanks go to Continuum Home Care & Hospice administrator, Cyndi Hodges, and her staff who donated their time and talents to Camp Butterfly: Aimee Kryszczynski, Eddie Phenix, Jennifer Brock, Kevin Holton, Joanne Ciampi, Joel Kettner, Letari Thompson, Lisa James-Coffman, Robyn Garrett, Sophia Crittenden, and Teresa Hagerty. These volunteers were joined by others in the community who wanted to be a part of the camp, namely, Anne Hoffman, Finley Woolston, Forrest Brown, Joan Sheridan, Katy Gillespie, Marjorie Jones, Nell Lesan, Octavio Hernandez Sanchez, Patricia Thorn, Shelley Freeman, Tammy Blanding and Danyelle Grant.
Our sponsors and supporters this year were Credos Pizza who donated pizzas and salad for lunch, American Dream Cakes Bakery which donated cupcakes, Johnson Funeral Home who once again sponsored the �live� butterflies, the City of Jacksonville who provided some items for outside activities and Trinity United Methodist Church who offered their facility to host the day-long camp.
Also, Nextmedia�s Touch 92.3FM and Rock 105.5FM drew a lot of attention to the camp with lots of free announcements. We very much appreciated all of this support and ask that others in our community support these generous organizations.
The Foundation for Hospice was able to provide Camp Butterfly free of charge to the children as a result of funding received from United Way of Onslow County and camper sponsorship donations from Bert and Diane Jones, Nell Lesan, Jim and Liz Owens, Nelda Howell, Sue Simpson, Antioch Presbyterian Church and other general donations made to the Foundation for Hospice.
The Foundation for Hospice is a nonprofit, 501(c)(3) agency whose mission is to provide grief support to individuals in addition to providing financial help to terminally ill persons. The foundation�s programs are supported solely by donations, fundraisers and grants.
I would like to thank everyone involved in making Camp Butterfly 2013 a huge success. We offer a special thank-you to the parents and guardians of the children who once again entrusted their children to us.
On behalf of the board of directors of the Foundation for Hospice, we sincerely hope that a day at Camp Butterfly will make a lifetime of a difference for every child.
Iris A. Foreman
Editor�s note: Iris A. Foreman is executive director of Foundation for Hospice.


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Services & Facilities
There are several things that set Kesmarc Kentucky apart. Our controlled all-enclosed environment – 70,000 plus square feet under one roof – ensures your horse's safety at every turn. Our staff is the most experienced and knowledgeable in the world with every therapeutic modality. We address every detail to give the horse the best possible outcome and return to training. Call for custom packages to meet your horses' needs. Credit cards accepted.
With over 20 years of experience in rehabilitation and water therapy, we fully understand the differences and application of swimming versus aquatreding. One is not better than the other, but it is important to understand both therapies and how to apply them.
Facilities Include:
Our in-ground custom Aquatred is the safest system available. The Aquatred gives a full body workout while utilizing the same muscles used above ground, but with the added benefits of buoyancy as well as water resistance. It's perfect for rehabilitation and conditioning.
Swimming Pool
Our circular swimming pool is the safest design in the industry. A great aerobic workout, swimming gives full body conditioning with no concussion. It enhances range of motion and increases circulation, thus helping to stimulate healing and reduce inflammation. Swimming is also a great way to keep horses fit during training and as a preconditioning program after a layoff.
Cold Saltwater Spa
The in-ground cold saltwater spa was designed by KESMARC Kentucky and is the safest system of its kind. Utilizing saltwater maintained at 35˚F, this treatment rapidly reduces swelling and inflammation in the limbs, inhibits degenerative enzyme production that could further damage soft tissue, provides an analgesic effect, and increases circulation.
Freestyle Walker
The horse walks freely and without restraint. This provides a safe and natural form of exercise, cool-down following a workout, and time for the horse to dry off after water therapy.
Indoor Walking and Jogging Track
Equipped with a special synthetic surface, this indoor track enables controlled exercise as the horse increases loading and prepares to return to work.
Vibrating Platform
Our vibrating platform is set safely in the ground with padded sides. Adapted from technology developed by space programs, whole body vibration is proven to promote hoof growth, enhance circulation, and strengthen bones. Vibrations are transmitted to the horse through simply standing on the platform, allowing for a safe, effective, and non-invasive treatment.
Hyperbaric Oxygen Chamber
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) is an adjunct therapy that delivers oxygen under increased pressure, improving the results achieved by traditional medicine in a safe and non-invasive manner. It can be used to treat acute injuries as well as enhance healing with more chronic conditions. Indications include:
• Recovery following strenuous exercise or competition
• Respiratory disorders (bleeders/EIPH)
• Infections • Non-healing wounds
• Post-surgical recovery • Reproductive issues
• Birth asphyxia (dummy foals) • More
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New York, NYUSA
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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 129 diseños de 27 diseñadores freelance.
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We are a dating advice site for women which has been in business for 4+ years. The goal of the site is to help women understand men, love themselves, and find true love.
We are getting ready to launch a new web site and we need a new logo to go with the new site. We are looking to move away from the cartoon imagery that we used in the past toward a more sophisticated, modern logo.
Single women
Ages 30-45
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5. Final files in layered PSD
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Friday, 17 February 2012
Paint Party Friday - Very Nearly Finished......!!!!!
' All are but parts of one stupendous whole,
Whose body nature is , and God the soul ' by Alexander Pope.
( The Banners were made from some left over Paint Squishings. If you tap the picture with your cursor it should enlarge it and be able to see it clearer )
Am typing this in the very early hours of Friday morning as fell asleep on the sofa and have only just woken up. Will link this up with the fab artists over at the Party later as had better get into my bed and try and get some more sleep..........yawn yawn.
Thank you for supporting me through my adventures into Art and will be back later on today to support you and all your terrific creations. Take care of yourselves and have a great weekend. Hugs Annette x
PS.....if its possible can you turn your word verification off as the style they are using now is nearly impossible to read. It has taken me at least 3 attempts to understand them, on others have just had to give up. So am sorry if you haven't had a comment from me.
85 comments:
- Patti J said...
Netty, I so admire you. You are talented and clever beyond belief! What an amazing piece of work! Thank you for sharing with us! Hugs....
- 17 February 2012 at 03:39
- Sandy said...
OMG Netty this is stunning.
Amazing work. Fantastic job.
Have a lovely weekend. xoxo
- 17 February 2012 at 05:48
- Helen said...
Love it - hope you are still sleeping!!
- 17 February 2012 at 07:25
- Suzi B said...
Fantastic Netty it looks amazing. Hope you slept well.
suzi b x
- 17 February 2012 at 08:32
- coops said...
wow this is looking fantastic netty.i love all the elements, theres so much to look at ;D
xx coops xx
- 17 February 2012 at 08:50
- Doreen said...
A wonderful creation Annette,just stunning.xxx
- 17 February 2012 at 08:59
- Anesha said...
Stunning creation Nettie. Love the colours and how they work together. Have a great day. Hugs Anesha
- 17 February 2012 at 10:01
- Astrid Maclean said...
A wonderful piece netty, it has just a lovely feel to it!
- 17 February 2012 at 10:18
- Pointy Pix said...
Oh Netty, I'm so glad you asked for the word verification to be turned off as I was thinking exactly the same thing this morning -I'm not a robot but I'm not able to decipher that impossible script either! I think I turned mine off a while ago but I best go check before I give off about other blogs and discover mine is the same!
I love this piece - it is so totally surreal!
- 17 February 2012 at 10:42
- Pam said...
Just an amazing painting Annette. It was fun to see the progress of it! I agree, the new word verification is terrible!!
- 17 February 2012 at 10:42
- Ephemera said...
Fabulous painting Netty, very inspirational. Have a great Weekend. xx
- 17 February 2012 at 10:57
- NatashaMay said...
Looking fantastic! :) i agree with you on word verification. It used to be just one word now there are two and very hard to read.
- 17 February 2012 at 10:57
- ArtMuseDog and Carol said...
Awesome creation! well done ~ namaste, carol (A Creative Harbor) Happy PPF ^_^
ps. I agree with you about word verification and have not found how to turn it off ~
- 17 February 2012 at 11:02
- Lesley Edmonds said...
Oh Netty this is just wonderful - very italian! I love it! Hope you got some more sleep!!
- 17 February 2012 at 11:07
- Ginny said...
Your work is so beautiful and inspiring. I look forward to seeing it each week.
- 17 February 2012 at 12:40
- kay said...
hi netty,this is amazing,am sure you are having fun making your works of art,am having trouble with the word verification also,x
- 17 February 2012 at 13:06
- Victoria said...
Wow! OH Netty..I Love this..this takes me instantly to my dreaming world and I begin to fly with fantastical imagery..so powerful..this conjures so much for me..it is very expressive..symbolic and visionary..thankyou for your magic!
Have a wonderful wkd!
and ps: yes you are right..those word verif are totally bizarre!
- 17 February 2012 at 13:09
- Healing Woman said...
This piece has such a European flair to it. I love the colors as well as the theme.
Yes, you are right about the word verification. Why oh why is google doing this to us???
- 17 February 2012 at 13:59
- Meggymay said...
Your painting is looking fantastic.
Have a good weekens.
Yvonne x
- 17 February 2012 at 14:34
- Stephanie Mealor Corder said...
Can I just say WOW? This is wonderful- and I love that I've gotten to know it throughout all it's various stages! Really, really beautiful work!
PPF Hugs,
P.S. I have a hard time reading the word verifications too- I wish blogger would come up with something better!
- 17 February 2012 at 14:46
- SHERI C said...
Great Piece Netty!
Happy PPF!
Sheri Cook
Happy Horse Studio
- 17 February 2012 at 14:59
- LindaBrun said...
Beautiful painting.
- 17 February 2012 at 15:01
- Bleubeard and Elizabeth said...
So glad you visited earlier today because it gave me a chance to visit back. I'm very impressed with your painting. It is so well done and quite colorful.
I like your idea about word verification. I turned mine off in 2008 and have never had a problem. Not once, not ever! Not even a spam post. Thanks for doing your part to get this horrible robot reminder off our blogs and out of sight!
- 17 February 2012 at 15:33
- Leovi said...
I love the evolution of painting, I see it almost finished.
- 17 February 2012 at 15:39
- Crystal said...
Beautiful work! :-)
- 17 February 2012 at 15:44
- Jingle said...
This is absolutely AMAZING! And yes...I agree on the new Captcha stuff - SO HARD TO READ!
- 17 February 2012 at 15:58
- Heather said...
this is fun!!!
happy ppf to you!
hope you had a good rest - and yes i agree word verification is too difficult, not sure how to turn it off?
- 17 February 2012 at 15:59
- *jean* said...
fantastic, netty! love using up the acrylic skins in the banner!! happy ppf and weekend to you!
- 17 February 2012 at 16:02
- Catherine Denton said...
I'm loving this piece! So many pockets of things to take in and I like the idea behind it.
Catherine Denton
- 17 February 2012 at 16:31
So gorgeous, Netty. I love the way the colors pop. I think the gold on the chair will be the icing on the cake. Your Alexander Pope quote is beautiful.
- 17 February 2012 at 16:49
- BlackPumpkin said...
Looking forward to seeing it completed!!
- 17 February 2012 at 17:00
I am loving your new art work! One could just gaze at and see different things. I agree with you on the word verifications. It's ridiculous how they changed it. Happy PPF! :-) xo
- 17 February 2012 at 17:12
- Carolyn Dube said...
So glad I clicked on it - the colors & details are amazing!!!!! Can't imagine what more you have to add, but I am sure it will be even more amazing!
- 17 February 2012 at 17:53
- 1CardCreator said...
Love your painting Annette. And I am so glad to hear someone else say something about "word verification" I am having the same problem! I have gone so far as to post a no captcha note in my side bar. It only takes a moment for someone to do their own verification and allow comments to be published or deleted.
- 17 February 2012 at 18:04
- Mary C. Nasser said...
I have loved seeing all of your progress on this painting, Netty!
You are so talented and inspiring!
Happy PPF!!
Mixed-Media Map Art
- 17 February 2012 at 18:31
- Anne said...
Annette, these colours are lovely!
Happy PPF!
ps I feel the same way about word verification, it's getting more difficult to read the letters and I'm more inclined these days to just give up...
- 17 February 2012 at 18:31
- scapmanufaktur said...
love this page, so colorful and full of ideas
- 17 February 2012 at 18:47
- Daniele said...
amazing piece of art Annette, love the colours, so unusual
- 17 February 2012 at 18:50
- Linda R said...
I always love seeing what you create my friend.. I love this..
Hugs, Linda
- 17 February 2012 at 19:27
- trisha too said...
Thank you for sharing your journey with us, Netty!
Oh, yes I know what you mean about the word verification, UGH!
- 17 February 2012 at 19:33
- Diana Evans said...
oh wow Annette!!!! I love this new piece.....what a clever painting indeed!!!! you are always so creative!!!
- 17 February 2012 at 20:11
- Jennibellie said...
Awesome! Love this work. I don't like the word verification thing either, but cest le vie blogger likes to make us work lol x
- 17 February 2012 at 20:17
- Sunshineshelle said...
Love the progression - also understand about the word verification, I was telling (suggesting LOL) to my babe MangaMem to try to turn it off this weekend when she has the chance on her blog too :)
- 17 February 2012 at 21:00
Very pretty painting, you have a wonderful, authentic style!
- 17 February 2012 at 21:17
- Tracey Fletcher KIng said...
This is amazing... I really like that background... so cool... stunning stunning work... happy ppf
- 17 February 2012 at 21:41
Interesting perspectives. The eyes have a feast to take in. Thanks for visiting my brain. I revised my family history, as my initial result had not quite captured my feeling.
Stay inspired!
- 17 February 2012 at 22:00
- Hands to Work, Hearts to God said...
Oh yes the new word verification is verry frustrating! How very interesting your painting is Netty! It has so many layers of meaning! Patsy from
- 17 February 2012 at 22:20
- Debbie said...
It's looking great!
- 17 February 2012 at 23:07
- Silke said...
Netty, this is just beautiful!! It reminds me of an exercise we had in Tam's Life Book class recently.
I'm totally with you on the new word verification - it is so hard to read! More times than not, I get it wrong.
So glad to have met you! :) Silke
- 17 February 2012 at 23:24
- Daniele Valois said...
It is so fun to watch this all come together. I love it!
- 17 February 2012 at 23:35
- Alicia C said...
What a great painting! So colorful and lively. Love the double headed person - sort of like a female Janus
OMG , completely with you re the annoying Captcha stuff----- it's been a pet peeve of mine for a while now glad to see others feel the same!
- 18 February 2012 at 02:36
- Christine said...
very pretty and interesting work! I second your plea for everyone turning word verification off! I think i'll put that in my next post!
- 18 February 2012 at 04:36
- Carola Bartz said...
What a gorgeous painting, Netty. I enlarged it and found so many things to look at. I especially like the little flute playing angel with the bird head (at least that is how it looks to me), fabulous!
- 18 February 2012 at 04:40
- Paula - Buenos Aires said...
So many details to look at. Vibrant colours, great energy.
- 18 February 2012 at 05:35
- Heidi said...
Wow this is stunning!
Fantastic work Netty:)
You are so talented.
Hugs, Heidi:)
- 18 February 2012 at 08:15
- Andrea C said...
Came for a closer look, very cool work Netty x
- 18 February 2012 at 08:49
- kat said...
Netty thanks for posting a comment, your work is fantastic! I especially like the window effects, breaking up the picture, all the best! xx
- 18 February 2012 at 09:22
- Brenda Brown said...
This has been transformed again Annette, just fabulous.
You obviously needed your sleep, hope you feel better for it now.
Have a lovely weekend.
hugs {brenda} xox
- 18 February 2012 at 11:20
- Candy C said...
Nettie, your painted piece this week is so cool! It has been so interesting and fun to watch your work develop since you started sharing your painting with us online. You are so talented! <3 Candy
- 18 February 2012 at 12:12
- Kathy Eddy said...
This is amazing annette! You are so talented.
- 18 February 2012 at 12:19
- Silvia(Barnie) said...
A fantastic colorful work.
- 18 February 2012 at 12:24
- Barbara Rosenzweig said...
I love the fact you are so adventuresome and fearless during your creative process! ...and such beautiful work results!
- 18 February 2012 at 14:13
- Martina2801 said...
An exceptionally beautiful and artistic painting, dear Netty! Really terrific!
Have a nice weekend my friend
- 18 February 2012 at 14:58
- wednesday said...
It's so inspiring see how much joy you get out of your paintings, and expressing yourself so creatively.
- 18 February 2012 at 15:26
- Linda said...
Hi Netty....sorry I'm late coming to see you. Love all your artwork, as always, especially this colourful piece! I love how you try so many different styles.
And I'm with you re: the word verification :-/ its ghastly.
- 18 February 2012 at 16:40
- Geckostone said...
Netty this is absolutely GORGEOUS!!!I love how you made the two sided faces, profound! Love the quote too, I wrote it down for my bedside affirmations!!!Hugs, Deb
- 18 February 2012 at 19:02
- inkstitch said...
Netty this is beautiful and inspiring. Thank you so much for sharing.
- 18 February 2012 at 19:24
- Sharon said...
Love the colors and your creative talent. I agree 100% with you about the word verification as I have had to give up on several cites with the same problem!
- 18 February 2012 at 21:25
- Gloria said...
So mystical and magical! I agree about word verification, I usually have to do it two or three times before it goes through.
I am enjoying seeing the project bloom!
- 18 February 2012 at 22:32
- CuddlyBunny said...
I love this piece Netty! Fantastic mix of color and image and shape!
p.s. I agree with you regarding the "secret word" security ... it's IMPOSSIBLE to figure out!
- 18 February 2012 at 22:45
- NEEDLEWINGS said...
I like your take on the painting. So wonderful! Keep up the good work!
- 18 February 2012 at 23:29
- Gaby Bee said...
Gorgeous painting, Netty! You have done a wonderful Job!
Have a lovely Sunday!
- 19 February 2012 at 07:51
- mustavcoffee, Gay Peplow said...
Wonderful painting Annette, I think you're growing as an artist everytime I visit, beautiful work:0) xxx
- 19 February 2012 at 09:52
- Sherry Edwards said...
Your painting is fabulous Netty, love all the colourful detail!
I know what you mean about the word verification thing - most of the time I have to guess the letters and am amazed it accepts them!
Hope you're having a lovely weekend - we have glorious sunshine at the moment, wonder how long that'll last! xx
- 19 February 2012 at 10:15
- Anjas-Artefaktotum said...
WOW your fabulous art work is an excellent and unique painting, colorful and expressiv!
Have a nice sunday,
hugs Anja
- 19 February 2012 at 11:56
- Dolly Daydreams said...
Hi Annette, fabulous detail on this beautiful painting and the colours wow so intense.
- 19 February 2012 at 15:10
- Sugar Lump Studios said...
Netty - this is gorgeous! lovely piece as always! Thanks for the mention of the word verification - it is ridiculous! I hope more bloggers will boycott it!
- 19 February 2012 at 15:35
- Kristin said...
Netty, first of all, you always crack me up! You are so funny - and I have done that many times - fallen asleep on the sofa only to return to bed for real sleep! I LOVE your wip - the chair is really cool and I love what it's is turning into, oxxo
- 19 February 2012 at 17:01
- Annette said...
Netty this is a fantastic piece of art x
- 19 February 2012 at 20:26
- Sue said...
This is amazing Annette, I can't believe how tallented you are! You can't beat a nap on the sofa from time to time. Thought it was just me being a grumpy old woman about the word verification - glad it's not just me lol x
- 19 February 2012 at 20:32
- Dawn B. said...
The word verification is so strange. I don't use it on mine so hopefully you could see my blog. This is beautifully painted. I just love all the colors.
- 20 February 2012 at 03:08
- joanna said...
Just gorgeous, Netty! so many details to look at, and the colours are beautiful!
- 20 February 2012 at 09:57
- EVA said...
Such a great piece. I love seeing the progress.
We'll mention the word verification again this week - I agree, I can barely read it.
- 20 February 2012 at 15:07
- JKW said...
This is different art form for me and I am enjoying it. I understand about the verification and many times my posts just don't get published. So glad I opted to NOT have verification. Blessings, Janet, PPF
- 20 February 2012 at 23:48
- Annabelle said...
Hi Netty,
Gorgeous work. Adore the co ours and telltale composition.....so in depth with feeling and emotion.The poem goes perfectly.
P.s. I thought I was the only one having a hard time reading those letters ; ) Thanks for sharing ?
- 23 February 2012 at 12:57


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The Unforgiveable Sin
Because the blasphemy of the Spirit is a willful suppression of the truth about Christ, theologians agree that Christians who worry if they have committed the sin have likely not done so. Those who willfully deny the truth would have ...Read More
The Unpardonable Sin
Are you afraid that you've committed the unpardonable sin? If you are concerned about it, you can be assured that you haven't committed it. Have you purposely called the work of the Holy Spirit the work of the ...Read More