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28 7 / 2013
Lunatic Fringe (2011) Allison Moon
Lexie Clarion's first night at college, she falls in with a pack of radical feminist werewolf hunters. The next morning, she falls for a mysterious woman who may be among the hunted. As Lexie's new lover and the Pack battle for Lexie's allegiance, the waxing moon illuminates old hatreds, new enemies, and a secret from Lexie's childhood that will change her life forever.
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27 7 / 2013
Out of the Pocket (2008) Bill Konigsberg
Star quarterback Bobby Framingham, one of the most talented high school football players in California, knows he's different from his teammates. They're like brothers, but they don't know one essential thing: Bobby is gay.
Can he still be one of the guys and be honest about who he is? When he's outed against his will by a student reporter, Bobby must find a way to earn back his teammates' trust and accept that his path to success might be more public, and more difficult, than he'd hoped. An affecting novel about identity that also delivers great sportswriting.
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26 7 / 2013
Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List (2007) Rachel Cohn and David Levithan
Naomi and Ely are best friends. Naomi loves and is in love with Ely, and Ely loves Naomi, but prefers to be in love with boys. So they create their "No Kiss List" of people neither of them is allowed to kiss. And this works fine - until Bruce. Bruce is Naomi's boyfriend, so there's no reason to put him on the List. But Ely kissed Bruce even though he is boring. The result: a rift of universal proportions and the potential end of "Naomi and Ely: the institution." Can these best friends come back together again?
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25 7 / 2013
Freaks and Revelations (2009) David Wills Hurwin
Two teenagers-one, a Mohawk-wearing 17-year-old violent misfit; the other, a gay 13-year-old cast out by his family, hustling on the streets and trying to survive. Acclaimed author Davida Wills Hurwin creates a riveting narrative told in alternating perspectives of their lives before and after the violent hate crime that changed both their futures. This tragic but ultimately inspirational journey of two polarized teens, their violent first meeting, and their peaceful reunion years later is an unforgettable story of survival and forgiveness. This story is inspired by the real lives of Matthew Boger and Timothy Zaal, who have shared their story on The Oprah Winfrey Show and NPR.
24 7 / 2013
It's Our Prom (So Deal With It) (2012) Julie Anne Peters
When Azure's principal gives her the chance to turn the school's traditional (and boring) senior prom into an event that will appeal to everyone, not just the jocks and cheerleaders, she jumps at the opportunity. Soon Azure manages to convince her best friends, Luke and Radhika, to join the prom committee as well.
Facing heavy opposition and admittedly clueless about prom logistics, the three friends are nonetheless determined to succeed — if Luke's and Azure's secret crushes on Radhika don't push the committee members, and their friendships, to the breaking point first.
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20 7 / 2013
Hard Love (1999) Ellen Wittlinger
Since his parents' divorce, John's mother hasn't touched him, her new fiancé wants them to move away, and his father would rather be anywhere than at Friday night dinner with his son. It's no wonder John writes articles like "Interview with the Stepfather" and "Memoirs from Hell." The only release he finds is in homemade zines like the amazing Escape Velocity by Marisol, a self-proclaimed "Puerto Rican Cuban Yankee Lesbian." Haning around the Boston Tower Records for the new issue of Escape Velocity, John meets Marisol and a hard love is born.
While at first their friendship is based on zines, dysfuntional families, and dreams of escape, soon both John and Marisol begin to shed their protective shells. Unfortunately, John mistakes this growing intimacy for love, and a disastrous date to his junior prom leaves that friendship in ruins. Desperately hoping to fix things, John convinces Marisol to come with him to a zine conference on Cape Cod. On the sandy beaches by the Bluefish Wharf Inn, John realizes just how hard love can be.
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19 7 / 2013
Wide Awake (2006) David Levithan
In the not-too-impossible-to-imagine future, a gay Jewish man has been elected president of the United States. Until the governor of one state decides that some election results in his state are invalid, awarding crucial votes to the other candidate, and his fellow party member.
Thus is the inspiration for couple Jimmy and Duncan to lend their support to their candidate by deciding to take part in the rallies and protests. Along the way comes an exploration of their relationship, their politics, and their country, and sometimes, as they learn, it's more about the journey than it is about reaching the destination.
18 7 / 2013
Dramarama (2007) E. Lockhart
Two theater-mad, self-invented fabulositon Ohio teenagers. One boy, one girl. One gay, one straight. One black, one white. And SUMMER DRAMA CAMP. It's a season of hormones, gold lame, hissy fits, jazz hands, song and dance, true love, and unitards that will determine their future —and test their friendship.
17 7 / 2013
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe (2012) Benjamin Alire Saenz
Aristotle is an angry teen with a brother in prison. Dante is a know-it-all who has an unusual way of looking at the world. When the two meet at the swimming pool, they seem to have nothing in common. But as the loners start spending time together, they discover that they share a special friendship—the kind that changes lives and lasts a lifetime. And it is through this friendship that Ari and Dante will learn the most important truths about themselves and the kind of people they want to be.
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16 7 / 2013
Dare Truth or Promise (1999) Paula Boock
Willa and Louie could not be more different. Louie wants to be a lawyer and is an outstanding student. Willa lives in a pub and just wants to get through the year so she can graduate and become a chef. But they are completely attracted to one another when they first meet at a fast-food restaurant. Soon they fall in love fast and furiously, and everything the girls are sure of — their plans, their faith, their families, their identities -– is called into question…
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - The state attorney general says the Ohio Lottery's plan to replace illegal video raffle machines with new gambling devices at veterans posts and fraternal lodges is unconstitutional because the amount of net proceeds it would yield for education would be too small.
Lottery proceeds must go to education under state law, though it doesn't specify an amount.
Attorney General Mike DeWine tells The Columbus Dispatch that the proceeds going to schools under the proposal would be much smaller than the percentage provided by existing lottery games.
Members of the Ohio Veterans and Fraternal Charitable Coalition have said they don't want the next-generation electronic games because the arrangement wouldn't let posts generate enough for charity.
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For many years, Cabernet Sauvignon from Block 8 has contributed to Opus One and Robert Mondavi Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve and this Block 8 Cabernet proves no less worthy. From vines situated on thin stony clays, the wine was aged for 21 months in French Oak, resulting in a rich body with layers and layers of complex flavors of black cherry, black berry, sweet red pepper, black olive and bay. The tannins are supple and accessible. A stunning and delicious wine to enjoy now or for the next ten years. (Alcohol 14.2%) 1800 cases produced.
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Um… new Jack White album anyone? Yes Please! Lazaretto out 6/10!
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Um… new Jack White album anyone? Yes Please! Lazaretto out 6/10!
I love Third Man Records and they just keep doing more and more awesome stuff. Check out their new/old Recording Booth. It allows folks to record themselves to vinyl… it's so cool! If I could sing and play guitar at the same time I would totally do this…
Jack White's new video for Shakin' from his solo album Blunderbuss. See my previous post to hear the original version of the song.
Shakin' by Little Willie John. This song was recently covered by Jack White on his solo album Blunderbuss.
In honor of Jack White's solo album,Blunderbussbeing released today, check out this video interview with him discussing the making of the album. I think it's fascinating how he talks about the different dynamics that are created in the studio with male and female musicians. Also, his thoughts on record labels is pretty interesting.
Just fyi, the album is great!
I love vinyl, I love Third Man Records, I love Jack White, I love Record Store Day, 'nough said.
New Jack White solo track, "Sixteen Saltines."
Here is Jack White's second performance on SNL in which he plays the song "Sixteen Saltines" with an all male backing band.
Jack White performed on SNL last weekend to promote his upcoming solo album. At the end of both performances White exudes an air of attitude and confidence that says, "I'm a badass and I know it!" Normally that would turn me off but with White it totally works for me. The first song he performs is "Love Interruption" and is performed with an all female backing band.


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Scottish poet Don Paterson will give a free reading at next week.
Paterson will visit Emory on Wednesday, April 11 at 6 p.m. at the
Paterson is the author of several award-winning poetry collections, including the recent "Rain" (winner of the Forward Prize), "Orpheus" and "Landing Light."
"He's a great poet. He can write in traditional forms with ease, while crafting his own; he also can connect with deep emotion and convey that," English and creative writing professor Kevin Young said in a release. "His poetry is heartfelt and musical and makes terrific use of meter and rhyme, reminiscent of Derek Walcott, Robert Frost and Seamus Heaney."
If you go: Free poetry reading, Wednesday, April 11 at 6 p.m. in the Jones Room on Level 3 of the , 540 Asbury Cir., Atlanta, GA 30322. A selection of books and a limited-edition broadside will be available for purchase and signing. Light refreshments will be served following the reading.


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Miami • Workout partners, NBA Finals foes, and in a few weeks, Olympic teammates.
LeBron James and Kevin Durant were together from the delayed start to the quick finish of this shortened NBA season, sharing a lengthy embrace moments after James' championship chase was finally complete.
Humbled last year in his first attempt in Miami, James allowed himself only a couple of weeks off before returning to the gym. He invited Durant to join him, not realizing they would be on a much bigger stage than his Ohio home so quickly.
"I envisioned it, but I didn't know it was going to happen," James said. "But to see a few months later that we was going to meet each other in the Finals, it was a great moment for myself and for him."
Get used to it.
The Heat and Oklahoma City Thunder are likely to be back here again, perhaps as soon as next season, when James gets to see how it feels to defend a title and Durant inherits his role as the best player without one.
"You know, this is not the last time we'll see Oklahoma City," James said. "I wouldn't be surprised — this won't be the last time we see them in the Finals."
The Heat were too good in this one, finishing off the Thunder with a 121-106 victory in Game 5 on Thursday night. James had 26 points, 11 rebounds and 13 assists, then picked up all nine votes in balloting for the MVP award and one tip of the cap from Durant.
"Like I say, I'm not one for giving guys credit during the season, but it's over with, and that guy is an unbelievable player and an unbelievable person," Durant said. "I enjoyed working out with him this summer. It was fun playing against him in the Finals, but you could just tell he was very focused from the beginning of the season."
The Heat have reached both Finals since James and Chris Bosh joined Dwyane Wade in Miami two summers ago. They had to experience Finals failure their first time, a path the Thunder will have to take.
"Well, they're going to gain a lot," Wade said. "You know, it's scary to see those young guys, man, and to be in this position. They're so talented. They have an unbelievably bright future here. But one thing I've learned, nothing is promised. You have to seize every moment."
Wade won a title in 2006, then needed six years and a historic free agency haul before the Heat could add a second. With their Big Three in place, it seems unlikely the wait for another will be as long, especially if James remains as driven as he was this season.
They will have to continue finding supporting players such as Mike Miller, who signed on shortly after the All-Star trio.
In Durant and Russell Westbrook, the Thunder have their two All-Stars locked up long term. Their difficulty will be in retaining fellow 23-and-under core pieces James Harden, the Sixth Man of the Year, and Serge Ibaka if they become free agents after next season.


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I wish I had the time to deep condition my hair every week with this product.It makes my wavy, frizzy hair smoother and softer. After I use a straightener I use this to fix the damage. So far my favourite.
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Current Exhibitions
Current exhibitions at the Helen Day Art Center.
The Appearance of Clarity: Works in Black and White
June 20 - August 31, 2014, Amy Rahn, Curator
Opening Reception: Friday, June 20th 6:00 pm
Curator's Talk: Friday, June 20th 6:30 pm
This exhibition explores the subtle, double, and hidden meanings the apparent clarity of black and white might obscure. The show includes, among its ten contributors, an artist who makes paintings from redacted government documents, a sculptor who forges metal into unreadable script, and a painter who rendered a portrait in the form of a novel. With its visual and conceptual twists and turns, the exhibition invites viewers to encounter these works in all their lucid complexity.
Featuring Louis Cameron, Sharan Elran, Marietta Hoferer, Jenny Holzer, Sarah Horne, Chelsea Martin, Lynn Newcomb, Suzy Spence, Andreas Rentsch and Nan Tull.
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Gallery Hours: Wednesday through Sunday. 12:00 pm - 5:00 pm.
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Italian designer Valentino Garavani has shaped haute couture fashion for five decades.
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For seven consecutive years Louis Vuitton has been named the world's most valuable luxury brand.
American fashion house Ralph Lauren doesn't just sell clothes; it sells an aspirational lifestyle.
Versace has established itself as one of the world's leading fashion houses.
Fashion house Dolce & Gabbana favours bright colours, clashing patterns and animal prints.
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One of the longest-running British labels, Burberry embodies tradition, exclusivity and durability.
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Room, 1 King Bed, Non SmokingMax Occupancy: 3 guests (up to 2 children)
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Longview motel with a seasonal outdoor pool
Situated in Longview, this motel is close to LeTourneau University. Area attractions also include Kilgore College Longview and Gregg County Historical Museum.
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Knights Inn Longview offers a complimentary continental breakfast. Other amenities include complimentary wireless Internet access, free self parking, and a 24-hour front desk.
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Televisions come with cable channels. Guestrooms also feature kitchenettes, complimentary wireless Internet access, and refrigerators.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!
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Guests can enjoy a complimentary breakfast each morning. Public areas are equipped with complimentary high-speed wireless Internet access. This Longview motel also offers a seasonal outdoor pool, complimentary newspapers in the lobby, and room service (during limited hours). Onsite self parking is complimentary.
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Hessen on final for runway 25L after flight Lufthansa 741 from KIX at 14:09 hrs local time.
1600px. Landing in perfect evening light!
1600px. Breaking 3000 photos on jp.net with this arrival at FRAnkfurt in perfect evening light!
A guy at El Dorado comes up to me and asks wheres the A380? Laughing at him(on the inside) I tell him they downgraded it for summer. Seriously the 747 is so much better, such a beautiful plane.
"Hessen" as LH 462 from Frankfurt on final approach for Runway 27 whilst a Dassault Falcon 900 is on finals for Runway 26L.
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Accident or not, San Diego fireworks orgasm was brilliant. I mean, really, as busy as we all are, who has 20 straight minutes of attention for anything anymore?? And, fringe benefit: now we have this priceless picture. (Just somebody tell me it's not that Higgs Boson thing.)
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KA-BUST City officials in San Diego, CA were forced to apologize after a "computer glitch" caused all of the fireworks at their annual 4th of July spectacular to explode almost simultaneously. The company responsible has offered to put on another show. (Handout photo: Reuters via MSNBC)


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This program offers Wisconsin underprivileged children the opportunity to purchase Christmas gifts for their family. We depend on free-will offerings and donations to support this program. Unfortunately, space is limited and not all children who qualify can participate.
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The affidavit in the case against Agostino Samson, who was arrested in Windham on March 4 and charged in the murder of Raymond landscaper Scott Libby, was released by the Oxford County District Court judge who ordered it sealed following Samson's arrest.
The affidavit, which serves as justification for a search warrant and arrest, was released Wednesday and details a bloody and violent altercation the night of Libby's death in Bethel, including details of a potential murder weapon.
State Police Detective Herbert Leighton testified in the affidavit that on the night of Libby's death, Libby, 25, told his mother that he was going to meet Samson in Bethel so he could collect $400 owed to him and that he was holding jewelry as collateral.
Samson, 23, who was staying with his grandparents in Windham when arrested, had been living at the Bethel Hostel and working at the Matterhorn Restaurant, near Sunday River Ski Resort, according to the document.
Libby's body was found in his car following a collision with a train, and that accident was reported in a phone call to Bethel Fire and Rescue at 2:43 a.m. on Feb. 20 by one of the people on the train. An autopsy later in the day by the State Medical Examiner's Office determined Libby's death was
"the result of asphyxia due to strangulation and blunt-force trauma to the head. (The medical examiner) observed pictures of the decedent's vehicle at the scene and determined his injuries were not consistent with the damage documented to the vehicle. The manner of death was determined to be homicide."
The affidavit states that as police were attempting to locate Samson, he called Libby's mother and told her that he had heard of the accident. She told police that Samson had cried "quite hard" during the telephone call.
Police caught up with Samson at the Bethel Hostel that night, less than one-quarter of a mile from the railroad tracks where Libby's body was found.
Samson said he and Libby communicated by telephone the previous night and agreed to meet at the hostel after Samson got off work.
In the affidavit, Samson said he and Libby talked for around 40 minutes in the common area of the hostel without incident and the two would speak again about Samson working for Libby's landscaping business in the spring, something he had done the previous year. Samson also said the money and jewelry were exchanged to complete the transaction.
While interviewing Samson, Detective Leighton stated in the document that he requested to photograph Samson
and observed contusions on his hand. Samson explained a box of puree fell on his hand at work, but in a later interview he told detectives that he had punched a refrigerator at his job.
Samson agreed to allow detectives to search his room at the hostel. One of the detectives observed a belt that appeared to have been damaged according to the affidavit. After a brief interview, Samson was read his Miranda rights, but waived them.
The trio left the room and other members of the State Police entered to gather evidence. Detective Bill Ross, the affidavit states, observed red-brown staining "which appeared to be blood on the outside door-knobs of both sets of main entry doors." After letting Leighton and the other detective know, Samson was told of the discovery of the staining.
At this point, Samson said there was an altercation between he and Libby, and that after their business transaction took place, Libby made sexual advances toward him, so he punched Libby in the face, causing Libby's nose to bleed.
Despite the bloody nose, Samson told police Libby continued to make sexual advances, including offering money. Libby finally left the hostel and as far as Samson knew, according to what he told police, got in his car and left. Samson said he then went to his room and went to bed, never venturing outside the hostel.
On Feb. 25, Libby's car was examined at the State Police Crime Laboratory. A small, broken cast-iron skillet was recovered with red/brown stains present, according to the document released Wednesday. A DNA analysis showed the stain to be blood matching that of Libby.
During searches at the Bethel Hostel, a detective found another cast-iron pan. The hostel's owner said two pans had recently "gone missing" according to the affidavit.
Samson was arrested without incident at his grandparents' Windham home two weeks later and has remained in Oxford County Jail without bail since his initial court appearance. It is expected the case will go before the Grand Jury at some point in April.
Following his arrest in early March, The Independent spoke with Carina Brown, who attended high school with Samson and was on the track team with him.
Although she hasn't seen him in some time, she said it's hard to believe her teammate could have committed the crime he's charged with.
"He was always kind, sincere and energetic," recalled Brown.
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The Products of Animal Origin (Third Country Imports) (England) Regulations as amended (which implemented Council Directive 97/78/EC) require pre-notification of the arrival of a consignment containing Products of Animal Origin at any European Seaport Border Inspection Post (BIP), including Southampton. In practice this means presenting the relevant paperwork of a CVED and Health Certificate to this office in advance of the consignment arrival.
Common Veterinary Entry Document (CVED)
These are standard forms based on EU requirements. The agent/importer must complete all the relevant details on Page 1 of the CVED and present it to this office along the health certificate and other specific documents. A CVED must be completed for each part of the consignment that has a public health certificate. Once the consignment and documents have been inspected the CVED is completed, signed and stamped by an Authorised Officer/Official Veterinary Surgeon, and the original and the copy are returned to the agent/importer. A copy must remain with the consignment until its arrival at the premises of destination stated on the health certificate or documentation. NB. 1 CVED per Health Certificate: which identifies a consignment. The CVED must be original and double sided.
For a CVED to be issued, the following original documents must be submitted to the Port Health Office:
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Health Certificates are obtained from the competent authority of the country of origin. They must contain specific pieces of information as listed in the relevant EU Decisions and Directives:
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Where Health Certificates fail to comply with any of the above requirements, the consignment will be refused entry into the EU.
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Invoices must relate to the consignment, be dated in relation to the date dispatch and preferably be in their original format. It is advisable that the following information is included: container number, consignee and consignor, details of species of fish or meat/types of product, percentage of fish or meat, net weight.
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We are required by EU legislation to make a charge for Veterinary Checks. As Southampton this is based upon the gross weight of the consignment. Further to these charges, your consignment will be subject to charges for the transportation of the consignment to the inspection facility by Southampton Container Terminal or demurrage charges. You will need to contact the individual shipping lines for their scale of charges. Payment for the veterinary checks must be received with the documents, failure to do so will result in delays in clearance; consignments cannot be released until the payment is received.
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A helmet is more than protective gear for a goaltender. Just ask Michal Neuvirth. After practice last week, the Czech goalie talked about his new gear, which literally express both sides of his identify.
Neuvirth came up with the basic idea, which he commissioned from an artist in Sweden. "It was my idea," he said. "I talked to them on the phone and email. He sent me pictures, and I told him what I like and what I don't like."
The mask is spilt into two parts with one side featuring images of Washington, DC and the other with images of Neuvirth's native Czech Republic. The top of the mask features the Capitals wordmark and the chin displays Neuvirth's nickname "Neuvy".
"We are always doing half and half," he said. "You know the first half is my country and the other half is about Washington and Capitals."


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Pelee Island 2011 Shiraz Wine Review
December 19, 2012 by mysterymaiden
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Pelee Island
Shiraz – 2011
The first sip began with the fruity taste of sweet plum with a surprisingly mischievous, peppery kick and a dangerously comfortable finish. We enjoyed this Shiraz with a homemade, wonderfully garlicy roast, potatoes and roasted vegetables.
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A Flapper Murder at the 1920′s Speakeasy. This little Shiraz is sweet and spicy, just like the Flappers of the 20′s! It pairs well with the devilishly foxy atmosphere of a Roaring 1920′s...
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Generation Seven Red Wine Review
October 5, 2012 by mysterymaiden
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Generation Seven
Red – 2009
VQA Niagra-On-The-Lake
The story of Generation Seven wines and The Bosc Family is truly special. Seven generations of their family have made wine in Europe, Africa and North America. But this line of wine from Chateau Des Charmes is about much more than rich history. They also believe it is their responsibility to consider the next seven generations. They practice sustainability in every aspect of their wine creation, from using thinner, lighter bottles and recyclable...
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Apothic Red Wine Review
March 10, 2012 by mysterymaiden
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Apothic Red
Winemaker's Blend – 2010
We love a wine with a crafty, mysterious name. Apothic Red has just that. From their website:
"More than 800 years ago, vintners blended and stored their most coveted concoctions in a mysterious place called Apotheca."
The first sip of Apothic Red is surprising, to say the least – surprising and delectable. A few sips later and you realize why: this wine combines most of your favourite things. Smooth, spicey and sweet,...
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Xanadu Next Of Kin Shiraz Wine Review
February 24, 2012 by mysterymaiden
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Xanadu Next Of Kin Shiraz – 2009
At the first sip of Next of Kin shiraz, the taster is met with a spicey flavour, which ebbs slightly to reveal a distinct hint of cherries as surprising as a last-minute heir at the reading of a will.
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The Getty Affair. The victim Samson Getty's deceptive family, his controversial will and his stash of uncut diamonds casts a shadow of suspicion on this man's Next of Kin. Like Xanadu's shiraz, The Getty Affair provides...
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April 9, 2011 by mysterymaiden
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Misterio Malbec – 2010
Mendoza, Argentina
The first sip is a tangy shock, but it finishes nicely with fruity essences and a smoky aftertaste. Like any good mystery, this wine delivers a multi-layered sip, and lingers long after the final swallow.
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The multi-tiered plot of The Masquerade Murder, where the suspects are also not as they originally seem! Add it to your mystery dinner menu or give your mingling guests a glass to sip as they investigate.
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- In 1970: Love me but don't touch me.
- In 1980: Touch me, but don't kiss me.
- In 1990: Kiss me, but don't do anything more.
- In 2000: Do everything, but don't tell anyone.
- In 2010: Do everything, otherwise I will tell everyone you can't do it.
- In 2012: Shut up and kiss me, but don't you dare fall in love with me.


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Chicken with Barbecue-Bourbon Sauce
Yield: 4 servings (serving size: 1 chicken breast half and 2 tablespoons sauce)
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Amount per serving
- Calories: 294
- Calories from fat: 26%
- Fat: 8.4g
- Saturated fat: 2.6g
- Monounsaturated fat: 3.3g
- Polyunsaturated fat: 1.7g
- Protein: 40.3g
- Carbohydrate: 2.9g
- Fiber: 0.2g
- Cholesterol: 106mg
- Iron: 1.5mg
- Sodium: 384mg
- Calcium: 26mg
- 4 (6-ounce) skinless, boneless chicken breast halves
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 1 tablespoon canola oil
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1/3 cup minced shallots
- 1/4 cup bourbon
- 3/4 cup fat-free, less-sodium chicken broth
- 2 teaspoons tomato-based barbecue sauce
- Place each chicken breast half between 2 sheets of heavy-duty plastic wrap; pound to 1/2-inch thickness using a meat mallet or rolling pin. Sprinkle chicken evenly with salt and pepper.
- Heat oil and butter in a large nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add chicken; cook 6 minutes on each side or until done. Remove chicken from pan; keep warm.
- Add shallots to pan; cook 1 minute, stirring constantly. Add bourbon to pan; bring to a boil, scraping pan to loosen browned pits. Cook until bourbon mixture is reduced to 2 tablespoons (about 5 minutes). Add broth and barbecue sauce; cook until broth mixture is reduced to 1/2 cup (about 3 minutes). Serve sauce over chicken.
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You gotta watch it, to judge it.
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thoughts on Ashton's mind- I know I play a total baffoon on T.V. and then came out with a reality show where I only showed everyone that I don't have to act to be a baffoon- nor marrying a hot milf to express it- but I hope playing the greatest mind of the recent decade would change all that- besides my agent says the role of Mother Theresa has to be a woman...
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COLUMBIA, Mo. - The University of Missouri Men's and Women's Cross Country teams have announced it's 2012 schedule, with their opening meet at home slated in just under 3 weeks on August 31st at A.L. Gustin Golf Course. The Missouri Cross Country Open will be the only home contest of the season for the cross country teams.
With this fall being the opening season of SEC competition for the Tigers, hopes are high for both teams. The women return six of their top seven athletes from last years fourth place conference performance, including All Big 12 and All Midwest Region honoree Bailey Belvis (Prosper, TX) and former NCAA Cross Country individual qualifier Kaitie Vanatta (Littleton, CO). The men also return a good portion from their seventh place NCAA Midwest Regional showing, led by 10,000 meter school record holder Max Storms (Kansas City, MO) and All Midwest Region runner Hayden Legg.
After hosting their home contest, the Tigers will travel north to former Big 12 foe Iowa State in Ames, IA for the Iowa State Cross Country Invitational on September 15th. The next two meets on the schedule will feature some of the best competition in the NCAA. On September 29th, the Greater Louisville Classic will serve as a course preview to the 2012 NCAA Cross Country Championships for Missouri, as the teams will look to be back there in mid November. Two weeks following on October 12th, the Tigers will travel to Madison, WI to race in what's expected to be the top meet in the country again this fall at the Wisconsin Adidas Invitational.
"We feel we have put together a great regular season schedule for our student-athletes this fall," commented Head Men's and Women's Cross Country Coach Joe Lynn. "The middle of the schedule features a couple of the country's top meets which have historically been very competitive. We're looking forward to putting in the work one day at a time to prepare us for these."
On October 26th "championship season" will kick off as the teams will travel to Nashville, TN to compete in the programs first SEC Conference Cross Country Championship, hosted by Vanderbilt University. The Tigers next turn their focus towards the NCAA postseason as the NCAA Midwest Regional Championships will be at Missouri State University in Springfield, MO on November 9th, with hopes of qualifying for the NCAA Championships in Louisville on November 17th.
"We're extremely excited to compete in the SEC for the first time this fall. The teams are eager to race our new competition and see how we stack up," said Lynn. "Being ready for the Midwest Regional and NCAA Championships is our focus of course, but we want to take full advantage of some great competition along the way and get out of the meets what we need to."
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While tending Kouga's wounds, Kagome discovers the brutal reality about InuYasha's feelings.
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Kouga barely suppressed a moan as Kagome dressed his wounds. If excruciating pain was the price to pay for Kagome's touch then he'd willingly be gored by a boar demon every day.
Inu Yasha growled as Kagome's soft hands gently brushed against Kouga's bare torso while she cleansed the deep gash across his chest. When Kagome turned away to reach for some more of her special medicines, Kouga stared Inu Yasha straight in the eyes and grinned his cockiest smile.
"Kagome," growled Inu Yasha, "We have shards to find; leave the Fleabag and let's go!"
"Inu Yasha, it's my fault Kouga was injured in the first place. I can't leave him to bleed to death!" Kagome dabbed some antiseptic onto a clean cloth. Turning toward the Wolf Prince she said, "Kouga-Kun, this may sting a little but will help fight infection."
Kouga couldn't prevent a small hiss of pain when Kagome applied the burning antiseptic. Seeing Inu Yasha's malicious smirk Kouga replied, "My sweet Kagome, you worry over nothing. Unlike that weak puppy, I'm all demon. Tomorrow this'll be a scratch."
Inu Yasha flexed his claws as he took a menacing step toward the injured wolf demon. Without glancing away from Kouga's wound, Kagome sweetly said, "Sit." Knowing it would have hurt like hell if he laughed, Kouga settled for a pained chuckle.
"I know you heal quickly, Kouga-Kun. But, I'd feel better if I could ease the pain."
Kouga grabbed Kagome's hands and held them against his chest. She could feel his heart beating beneath his warm, naked flesh. Kagome held her breath as Kouga's impossibly blue eyes gazed deeply into her own and pierced her very soul. Raw masculinity tinged his voice as Kouga seductively declared, "Kagome, this pain is nothing compared to your absence. You are my woman. Stay here. Please. Allow me to cherish you."
Inu Yasha furiously spit dirt out of his mouth as he stood up. The aggravated hanyou sneered, "Do you have any more of that pink stuff for upset stomachs, Kagome? I feel sick."
"How dare you mock my love for Kagome, Dog Breath!"
"Dog Breath! You mangy wolf, all you've ever desired have been the shards. When you first met Kagome you kidnapped her because she could sense fragments of the Sacred Jewel. Kagome may be dumb but she isn't that stupid. So don't sit there telling us you would choose a weak, human girl over the power of the Jewel of Four Souls!"
"Don't you dare call my woman weak and stupid! She's strong and smart and kind. You're a fool if you think otherwise, but then I always knew you had shit for brains."
In his fury, Kouga forgot his pain and jumped up to stand nose-to-nose with the half-breed. Neither incensed demon noticed the heart-broken miko crouched on the floor of the cave silently crying.
"The jewel's power is nothing compared to my Kagome's goodness. Only someone as strong and pure as she could prevent the Shikon jewel from becoming tainted. Not even the first Guardian of the Shikon no Tama could do that."
"Keep Kikyo out of this! Kikyo is twice the priestess Kagome is or ever could be!"
"You're a bigger ass than even I imagined, Dog Turd. How can you choose that walking pile of clay over my Kagome? Are you truly that stupid?"
"Shut your damn mouth, Wolf!"
"Which miko helps you gather the shards and patiently puts up with your bullshit? And which one gave your hard-won shards to Naraku and keeps trying to drag you to Hell?"
Inu Yasha's golden eyes flashed red. "I said shut up!"
"I've changed my mind. I don't think you're stupid; I think you're a greedy bastard! If you really thought my Kagome was that worthless you wouldn't care whether she stayed or not. Truth is, you need her. She's the only miko capable of detecting shards that's also willing to give them to you."
As the last shred of Inu Yasha's control snapped, the enraged Inu demon shoved Kouga and pinned the injured wolf demon against a cave wall. Too angry to be terrified, Kouga stared into the blood red eyes of a fully transformed Inu Yasha.
Fearing for Kouga's life and Inu Yasha's sanity, Kagome threw herself at Inu Yasha. The frightened miko pounded his back with her fists and yanked tufts of his hair from his scalp but nothing she did brought the enraged demon back to reality. In a desperate attempt to prevent Inu Yasha from choking Kouga to death, Kagome grabbed one of Inu Yasha's arms. Without removing his hands from Kouga's neck, Inu Yasha roughly shook her loose and Kagome fell to the ground.
Rage fueled Kouga's strength as he fought to pry Inu Yasha's hands from his throat. Forcing Inu Yasha's hands back far enough to strike, Kouga head-butted the dog demon. As Inu Yasha staggered backwards, Kagome screamed, "Sit!"
Inu Yasha crashed to the cave floor and was knocked senseless by the sheer force of the emotion behind Kagome's subduing command. The miko's anguished cries had alerted the pack to danger and several wolf demons led by Hakkaku and Ginta charged into the cave. Inu Yasha's hanyou self regained consciousness as two of Kouga's pack members hoisted him out of a deep hanyou-shaped crater.
Kouga stared at Inu Yasha in disgust. "I admit I was first attracted to Kagome because she could sense the shards. But it was her loyalty and compassion that made me love her. Who else but Kagome would risk death to spare a demon fox child? Or assist the very demons who abducted her? You don't deserve her. Neither do I."
Kouga removed the shards from his legs and threw them on the ground in front of Inu Yasha's feet. "Knowing Kagome has changed me. Take the damn shards. I hope I'm never weak enough to rely upon artificial strength again."
"Your loss, Wolf. Let's go, Kagome."
"No, Inu Yasha." Kagome handed Inu Yasha her remaining shards. "Kikyo can find the rest of the shards for you. I'm staying here, at least till I sort some things out."
Inu Yasha growled. "Kagome."
"Tell the others I'll miss them but my part in the quest is over. I'll visit as soon as I can."
"Don't be stupid, Girl."
"You heard my woman. Now get the fuck out of our den!"
Inu Yasha stared at Kagome. Resolutely, she held his gaze. Inu Yasha smirked, tossing
Kagome's shards up and down in one of his clawed hands. "Kikyo'll find them quicker."
"Inu Yasha," sweetly said Kagome.
The arrogant half-demon flinched expecting to be sat into oblivion.
"Go to Hell."
Slowly, Kagome walked away from the former love of her life and toward Kouga. Quietly she said, "Come on, your bandages have come loose."


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Jews and Booze, a fascinating new history of Prohibition-era bootleggers, barmen, rabbis, and cops, picks up where HBO's Boardwalk Empire leaves off
A devoutly puritanical FBI agent and his Jewish partner, staking out a suspected marine bootlegging operation, stumble instead onto a rural black church's river baptism ceremony. The Christian agent, Nelson Van Alden, whose monomaniacal enforcement of Prohibition is animated by evangelical zeal, ends up drowning his Jewish partner, Eric Sebso, after calling him into the river to be baptized in the presence of the stunned members of the Shiloh Baptist Church. This spectacle of a Christian government agent enforcing the 18th Amendment to the American Constitution by cleansing a Jew of his perceived sins by murdering him in a primal act of religious fanaticism—Van Alden forcibly holds the struggling Sebso's head under water for what seems like an eternity while incanting Christian liturgical promises of eternity—is horrifying. It is, thankfully, also fictional, one of numerous sensational scenes featuring Jews, crime, and violent death from the first season of HBO's hit series, Boardwalk Empire.
Prohibition—the catastrophically misguided national experiment with legally enforced temperance that began with the ratification of the 18th Amendment (commonly known as the Volstead Act) in October 1919 and ended with its repeal in December 1933—has been brought back to life brilliantly over the past two years by Boardwalk Empire. While its main protagonist is the corrupt Prohibition-era gentile treasurer of Atlantic City, Nucky Thompson (based on the historical crime boss, Enoch L. Johnson), numerous colorful Jewish characters, both historical and fictional, have played prominent roles in the series. Given the notoriety of Jewish bootleggers and gangsters during the Roaring Twenties, this should come as little surprise.
The baptismal murder of Agent Sebso, together with other scenes featuring Jews, illuminates important undercurrents to Prohibition that historians have not adequately explored. Among them are the disproportionate presence of Jews in the alcohol trade, bootlegging, and organized crime, as well as the major roles played by puritanical Protestantism, anti-immigration nativism, and blatant anti-Semitism in advancing and reinforcing America's temperance laws. There were countless Prohibitionists who, like the fictional Van Alden, believed that for Prohibition to prevail, not only did the demon of alcohol need to be vanquished, but its Jewish manufacturers and purveyors needed to be purged as well.
The appearance, so soon after the conclusion of the second season of Boardwalk Empire, of Marni Davis' new history, Jews and Booze: Becoming American in the Age of Prohibition, is just short of providential. This fascinating, academically sophisticated, and superbly written exposition of the intricate, often precarious, role that Jews played in every aspect of the American alcohol industry—from production in industrial stills to retail sale in bars and speakeasies across the land, and finally to bootlegging, a crime that created the fortunes of some of North America's most prominent Jewish philanthropic families—turns out to be a wonderful historical companion to HBO's most explosive series since The Sopranos and to the recent PBS airing of Ken Burns' documentary Prohibition. More important, Jews and Booze is a major contribution to the economic history of the Jews in the United States. The book also offers an original and rich exposition of the social and political importance of alcohol—particularly the puritanical fear and loathing of it—in the development of anti-immigration and anti-Semitic sentiments in late 19th- and early 20th-century America.
While Sebso, the fictional Jewish FBI agent, is depicted in the series as half-hearted, inept, and ultimately corruptible, Davis' study brings back to life the amazing career of the colorful, and incredibly successful, Jewish enforcer of the dry laws, agent Izzy Einstein, whose astonishing record—4,932 arrests in five years, with a 95 percent conviction rate—made him by far the most prolific agent of the Prohibition era. Described by Time magazine as a "fat little Austrian Jew," Einstein, together with his partner Moe Smith, employed a large and comical array of contrivances—from blackface to drag—to enforce the law, all wonderfully culled by Davis from Einstein's sensational autobiography, Prohibition Agent No. 1.
The narrative arc of Jews and Booze is astutely limited, beginning with the rapid rise of Jews in the American whiskey trade in the late 19th century to the repeal of the Volstead Act in 1933. The establishment of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union in 1874 serves Davis well as an opening point of reference in her exploration of the inherent tensions between the puritanically motivated advocates of a "dry" America and American Jews' cultural values, political convictions, and economic interests. Davis competently, if at times too superficially, records the religious role played by wine in the practice of many of Judaism's rituals, as well as the historical involvement of European Jews in wine production and the liquor trade going back almost a millennium, from medieval Franco-Germany to the late 19th-century Russian Empire. This deep historical Jewish involvement with alcohol combined with liberal modern Jewish political sensibilities, especially American Jews' dual commitments to both religion-state separation and free-market enterprise, did not sit easily with the Prohibitionists' deeply conservative agenda of Christianizing America. Davis makes it obvious why Jews—as a vulnerable immigrant group and religious minority, as adherents of a religion whose rituals require the use of wine, and as a community with a highly disproportionate representation in the alcohol trade—aligned themselves with the "wets" in their decades-long battle to keep alcohol legal and available.
The book's first half focuses on the surprisingly prominent role played by Jewish immigrants to America in the production, wholesale distribution, and retail dispensation of alcohol, all across the land, from the industrial stills of Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio, and Illinois to the barrooms of crowded, lower-class neighborhoods of America's major cities, from Atlanta and Charleston to Manhattan's Lower East Side and Newark's Third Ward. Davis' depiction of the numerous alcohol industrialists from among American Reform Judaism's leading philanthropists during its initial period of development in the United States is particularly rich. That the fortunes made by Jewish whiskey distillers—particularly in Cincinnati, home to this day of the world Reform movement's flagship rabbinical seminary, the Hebrew Union College of America—endowed some of the country's most important institutions of Jewish higher learning, including the greatest Judaica research library in the Diaspora, is illustrative of how respectable the alcohol industry was before the agitations for temperance by evangelical Christian polemicists began to take root in the final decade of the 19th century.
Davis culls from the sermons of America's most distinguished Orthodox and Reform rabbis, such as Marcus Jastrow and Isaac Mayer Wise, in fashioning a compelling portrait of the regnant Jewish position in the increasingly heated political debates about alcohol regulation. The title of her chapter on Jewish attitudes to alcohol during the pre-Prohibition period, "Do As We Israelites Do" (a quotation from an essay by Rabbi Jastrow), succinctly captures that position, namely that alcohol ought to remain legal and widely available, while those who partake of it should practice moderation, as the Jews have done from time immemorial.
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Neighbouring countries rarely get along well. From competitive rivalry to full blown wars there are examples all over the world. Canadians joke that Americans are "Cowboy Conservatives", India and Pakistan are constantly in military exchanges, Greece and Turkey disagree on just about everything, I could go on and on. Believe it or not Japan and Russia still haven't signed a peace treaty over the end of World War II, because after 60 years they are still in dispute over the control of a handful of small islands. Whatever happened to the sentiment from the bible "Love your neighbour as yourself." The relationship between the English and the French is, too say the least, competitive.
Corruption on a small scale
Obviously, before I even came here to live I was aware of the tension in the region between the neighbouring countries. I didn't take me long to come in contact with the neighbours. In fact if you live in Dubrovnik you can't travel anywhere without being in contact with them. When I came to live here I drove my car across Europe. Under The English Channel (sorry I can't call it La Manche) and then after passing through several EU borders I thought I'd seen the end of customs control, until I came within one hour of my destination and to my surprise another border and my first unplanned visit to BIH. Just about all of my other visits to Neum in the future would turn out to be shopping trips. Many people, myself included, would make the weekly pilgrimage there to stock up on cheap oil, cigarettes and Cedevita. One thing that amazed me the first time I went there was a small shop in a basement openly selling illegally copied CD's and DVD's. Copies are extremely illegal in England and if you are caught selling them you face a financial fine and even time in prison. A man in Manchester was recently sentenced to six months in prison for selling 18 copied CD's. Even though this shop was small it was totally full of copies, so working on the previous calculation this guy would be in prison until his 300th birthday. I walked down to the shop and peered through the window and saw a Bosnian policeman talking to the shop owner. I could see it was a heated discussion and imagined that the policeman was in the process of fining the owner and shutting down the shop. Curious as I am I gingerly entered to listen to them. "If I buy five films will you give me the new Mate Bulić CD for free?" – "No problem, my friend" answered the shop owner. Desperately trying to stop myself from laughing I snuck back out of the shop before the two of them even noticed.
Donald Duck calls prayers
My next trip to BIH was a few years later and this time further inland to Mostar. I took my parents with me as they remembered the bridge from before the war and wanted to see it. As we drove from the border near Metković to Mostar I had never seen so many Croatian flags in my life. It seemed that every house was flying at least one. My father noticing all the flags asked me "I thought we already crossed the border?" Already dreading what he would ask next I said "Yes, we did." – "Then why are they flying the Croatian flag here?" I hate even beginning these conversations with my father as trying to explain the ultra complicated history of BIH could last for days. Luckily we arrived in Mostar so I quickly changed the subject. The old part of the city and the new/old bridge was fascinating and then we read in the guide book about an old minaret on the eastern side. Arriving at the mosque a kind man showed us around and explained that the minaret was destroyed during the war and was only rebuilt a few months ago. He went on to say that every morning at six o'clock a megaphone on the top calls people to pray. In a flash I asked if we would be allowed to climb to the top. "With pleasure, in fact you will be the first foreign people to climb it since it has been rebuilt" he replied with a toothy grin. What seemed like a good idea soon proved to be a terrible one. Climbing the spiral staircase inside a minaret brings on two emotions, claustrophobia and dizziness. Until you reach the top and vertigo sets in. With my mother refusing to go out onto the tiny balcony we hung on to the low wall and admired the view. Feeling braver my father lifted his head to get a better view and with a crash bumped his head into the megaphone. The megaphone broke away from the wall and swung on its cables until one broke. We tried frantically to put it back up but it was useless. Leaving it swinging like a yoyo we descended and shamefully sought our guide to explain and apologise. He was nowhere to be found and not only him, the mosque was deserted. With visions of the people of east Mostar being awoken by a megaphone sounding like a strangled duck the next day we hurried back across the bridge. So to all the people who were late for prayers for the following morning I apologise.


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Arquillian gets Spring in step
Arquillian enters new territory with Spring Framework Extension
The Arquillian team don't appear to be letting up since last month's 1.0 release, adding in a raft of new extensions for the JVM testing platform over the past few weeks. We've seen an Arquillian Portal Extension and a Jacoco one too, now the big hitter comes onboard with 1.0.0.Alpha1 release of the Arquillian Spring Framework Extension component.
Built-in support for Spring applications testing is completely new territory for Arquillian but a shrewd decision to welcome those developers into the fold. Jakub Narloch revealed on the Arquillian blog that the Spring Framework Extension would be his Google Summer of Code 2012 project - an initiative that the Arquillian have more than warmed to, with two slots alloted to them in JBoss's 8.
This first milestone indicates that the rock solid foundations for the Spring Framework have been put in place. Dependency injection, custom context classes, artifact packaging and intuitive configuration have all been touted in the highlight reel and from the looks of things, it's an exceptionally strong first effort.
Here's an example of a basic Spring test with Arquillian:
@RunWith(Arquillian.class) @SpringConfiguration("applicationContext.xml") public class DefaultStockRepositoryTestCase { @Deployment public static JavaArchive createTestArchive() { return ShrinkWrap.create(JavaArchive.class) .addClasses(Stock.class, StockRepository.class, StockService.class, DefaultStockRepository.class, DefaultStockService.class) .addAsResource("applicationContext.xml"); } @Autowired StockRepository stockRepository; @Test public void testSave() { Stock acme = createStock("Acme", "ACM", 123.21D, new Date()); Stock redhat = createStock("Red Hat", "RHC", 59.61D, new Date()); stockRepository.save(acme); stockRepository.save(redhat); assertTrue("The stock id hasn't been assigned.", acme.getId() > 0); assertTrue("The stock id hasn't been assigned.", redhat.getId() > 0); } }
Not bad eh? Head over to GitHub for more examples of this nature. We're eager to see the next alpha release for this and it becoming an Arquillian stalwart component in the longrun.
Arquillian is named after a small alien in Men In Black, and you'd expect both to be summer blockbusters. Yet again, Arquillian has simplified Java middleware testing.


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|Local members of the roofing industry gather at the Lakewood, Wash. campus of Clover Park Technical College for a reception in honor of the Roofer's Apprenticeship Program now hosted at CPTC.
When Joint Base Lewis-McChord needed to use the space it was renting to the Pierce County Roofer's Apprenticeship Program the organization was in need of a place to continue its hands-on training or it would be the end of the program. The opportunity to create a bigger, better partnership arose and now, on the Lakewood Campus of Clover Park Technical College, the program is thriving.
The two-year apprenticeship program requires 288 hours in a combination of classroom and hands-on training in addition to 4,900 hours of continued employment in the industry."This program ensures that apprentices can learn while you earn," said Eva Avalos, director of apprenticeship training.
The organization held a reception today inviting members of the roofing industry to visit the training site. The intent was to invite them to use the location for both their own training and their apprentices.
|Dr. John Walstrum, president of Clover Park Technical College, speaks to members attending a reception in honor of the Roofer's Apprenticeship Program at the Lakewood, Wash., campus of Clover Park Technical College Oct. 26.
The Pierce County Roofer's Apprenticeship Program was started in 1968 according to those who attended today's reception. The program covers Pierce, Thurston, Grays Harbor, Lewis, Wahkiakum, Cowlitz and Pacific Counties.The apprenticeship is available to anyone over the age of 18 who has a high school diploma or GED, according to Avalos. For more information on how to apply contact the program at (253) 474-0528.
Clover Park Technical College is focused on training needed by employers to build a skilled workforce within our community. The college uses hands-on training to provide the knowledge, skills and values necessary to succeed in today's workforce.


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I picture Sergei Bobrovsky sitting at a dimly lit bar table surrounded by attractive women as the deep voice of a narrator cuts in. "He's never played the puck behind the net" "He only knows two words in English and one of them is Bob" "He is the most interesting goalie in the National Hockey League"
It can't be denied that Bobrovsky's potential is limitless. The 22-year-old raw ball of flexibility and athleticism simply known as "Bob" around Philadelphia is the stuff goaltending coaches drool over. At the same time though, in the definition of potential, there is no guarantees that the possibilities will be reached. Goaltenders with all the potential in the world seem to be a dime a dozen in the modern NHL.
The first time I saw Bobrovsky not doing splits across the mouth of the net, it was a video of him being interviewed by a Santa in between periods of a Flyers game around the Holidays. Smile wide across his face, he repeated the word "Bob" over and over again as the Santa asked how he liked Philadelphia and about his jumping rope before games. It was comical, a quirky foreigner who didn't understand English and possibly even the concept of Santa Claus.
But now this once comical non understanding of the English language seems to be holding back Bob's development on the games biggest stage. When there is a hard forecheck or a puck careening around the boards, players need all the help they can get to start a breakout or make a play, especially from the watchful eye and clear communication of their goaltender. Right now, that's just another language that Bobrovsky is struggling to speak.
"There are communication difficulties," Explained Flyers defenseman Kimmo Timonen "It's his first time here so he's going to take time to get better. He has to feel comfortable to go behind the net and stop the puck. That's the first thing. Then it comes down to talking, what you're going to do with the puck.
"It's not easy and it's going to take time. We all understand that."
Stopping the puck behind the net may seem like a trivial skill learned at the youth level. But for even the most talented goaltender, if you have never ventured into that trapezoid black hole behind the net, it doesn't matter how good you are at making saves. You are a fish out of water.
"From what I heard, he hadn't come out of the net once over in Russia," defenseman Sean O'Donnell said referencing Bobrovsky's three years of play in the KHL. "I think any one of us, if we tried to pick up something new at this level, would have a bit of a learning curve."
Now for whatever reason, whether it be the European game or Bobrovsky's former Russian goaltending coaches, the Flyers goalie is an all too real version of the fictional Cleveland Indians catcher Rube Baker from Major League II who couldn't throw the ball back to the pitcher. A promising rookie who struggles to grasp one of the fundamental tasks of his position regardless of how trivial it seems.
"It's gonna make it harder for us to make a good first pass and if you look at the good goalies who can stop the puck behind the net, it's gonna help the defense a lot – more than you think," Timonen said. "There's so many teams coming with a lot of speed, if the puck goes around, they can create their forechecking and turnovers and everything. But if you're able to stop the puck behind the net and maybe break out right away. It's a simple thing but it makes a huge difference."
With all the questions and what seems to be lack of confidence in Bobrovsky's ability to handle the puck, the youngster is showing his willingness to do as much as he can with little experience behind the net. The only issue there is that one goal games in the third period aren't usually the best time to try new things. This showed when Bobrovsky recently gave the puck away behind his own net to an Islanders player which turned into a goal to tie the game with 27 seconds left to play.
"He's learning, on the fly, in the best league in the world," Flyers goaltending coach Jeff Reese explained. "The players are so fast here, they're in on you in a hurry. In the minors, it's a little bit slower. He would have had a chance to learn better there. Personally, I think he's done an admirable job."
He's got the talent, and seems to have the willingness to learn from scratch. From here where Bobrovsky goes is essentially up to him.
Will he be the Flyers next Ron Hextall, or just another Euro band-aid for the Philadelphia's goaltending issues like Roman Cechmánek? Regardless of his troubles, Bob seems to understand the language of making saves as well as any other goalie in the league which is the best start he could have.


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By Diana Clement, MSN Money expert
Mortgage payments can severely dent your wallet. But there are ways of making those payments less painful. One is to let rooms in your property to flatmates or even buy a "home and income" property.
It makes sense to buy a first home larger than you need for your own purposes. That way you can make money from the spare bedrooms.
Some homeowners move walls to add extra bedrooms or build sleep-outs or "minor dwellings" on their properties to house more people and earn more money. Always make sure you contact the council before doing something like this.
Some of the disadvantages of letting rooms out are that your lovely home isn't fully your own and in theory flatmates or boarders could damage the place. But it's a small risk to take if you need the money to make your mortgage payments in the early years.
If you are looking to buy a "home and income" property, get your lawyer to look over the paperwork well to ensure it is fully legal. If you buy a property with illegal renovations or additions, you could run into trouble with the local council for breaching the Building Act or Building Code. Tenants can also apply to the Tenancy Tribunal for an order to terminate the tenancy, seek compensation and punitive damages if you let a property that doesn't comply with all building and health and safety laws.
If you do buy a property with a sleep-out that can't be let as a separate tenancy, you may be able to let it legally to flatmates, boarders, or international students, treating it as an extension of the main home.
The Residential Tenancies Act now applies to flatmates and people boarding in your home. And the building laws still apply as well and if you're caught by the council, illegal renovations made by you or a previous owner may need to be ripped out.
Finally, don't forget to tell your insurance company if you have a boarder or tenant on the property because they may affect your cover.
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