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What Goes On Behind The Scenes At The Oscars
Oscars Director Hamish Hamilton explains what YOU don't see during the show.
Feb. 28, 2014 -- On Sunday, Oscars Director Hamish Hamilton is going to walk the red carpet at the 86th Academy Awards.
But it's not to be photographed or interviewed by the media, or even to mingle with the likes of Brad Pitt and host Ellen Degeneres, yet just to "take it all in."
The 46-year-old is going to ask himself, "I'm directing the Oscars, how did this happen?"
Well, Hamilton got to this point after an almost 8-month process that started when Oscars producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron called him last summer to let him know he got the gig.
"From summer on, the Oscars is very much in your mind," Hamilton told ABC News. "You're formulating ideas, you are in constant conversation and meetings [in New York, Los Angeles], handling thousands of calls in London, [where I live]."
This is the second time Hamilton is directing the biggest night in Hollywood. He directed 2010's show with Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin hosting.
"The director's job on the Oscars is pretty unique," he said. "This show, you have absolutely no idea what names are going to be on the envelopes. You've got 24 awards. There's a hundred different things that can happen at minimum."
Hamilton said the Oscars "narrative" includes the winners and the losers, the joy and the despair, the friendships and rivalries.
"The eyes of the world are literally upon you. It's a show like no other," he said.
As the director, Hamilton's basically the "final backstop."
"Things go wrong on live TV all the time," he admitted. "If you've got an amazing performer out on the stage and they're killing it, you want to be killing it for them. You don't want them to leave stage, have brought the house down and television viewers are like "Oh really, did that happen? I didn't get that from that shot."
For months before March 2, Hamilton said there is an exchange of "videos, photos, drawings, sketches, scripts, set diagrams and plans" between those putting the event together.
"There's a marriage of the creative, the staging, the technical, the lighting, the cameras, that has to be put together in pre-production," he said.
A couple weeks before the show, everyone starts to come together at Hollywood's Dolby Theatre.
"You see the physical representation of many of the things you've been talking about," Hamilton said. "The set is there, the lighting is going up, the dressing rooms are getting built, the scripts are getting written and the music is getting composed."
Then the week before the show, people start to take the stage for rehearsals. The show as a whole starts to get assessed and the producers can still pass down notes to make sure their vision is becoming reality.
"Some things need to be tweaked, but generally everything is looking and sounding great," he said.
"It's both calm and crazy," Hamilton stresses. "If you've never been backstage at one of these shows, you would walk in and your head would explode."
Hamilton said that if you put on a pair of the stage manager's headphones backstage, you would be privy to a massive amount of information that's being exchanged every second!
"You have a few thousand people working on the show," he said. "You've got a number of kind of heads of departments in a way, a number of people on headsets talking. It's a system of many many pyramids, many many triangles. On the day, I'm probably top of the big triangle."
He continued, "Below my triangle is a million and one triangles and they are all talking. You've got the lighting triangle, the design triangle, the stage management triangle, the talent triangle. You've got heads of departments and subheads and subheads and all this information is going up and down and across and sideways. Everyone basically reacts in real times to decisions and stresses."
Hamilton said one comment or joke onstage can trigger 300 people that need to spring into action.
"If somebody goes up and cracks a joke about person X, I need to get a camera to X, get a microphone there, and get light there," he said. "Ellen [DeGeneres] and her writers have to write a joke. The prompt guys need to write the joke, it's needs to be spell-checked, bam bam bam. It all happens like that."
And that's just a small comment.
"If something big happens, woah! Can you imagine if someone jumps up on the stage?"
But while it may be chaos behind the curtain, it's control chaos, Hamilton said.
"There is no flailing around, there are no people running around like crazy, it's very focused and very controlled," he said. "Everybody has a plan. Even when things go wrong, there are plans afoot."
With all this craziness, Hamilton said somehow he will still find the time to enjoy the fact he's directing one of the biggest events in Hollywood.
"In the past, I would get so focused and so in it that I would forget what I was doing," he said. "Now, I try almost to take myself out of the situation and look down on what I'm doing and think, "Oh, this is kind of cool."


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About APMEX, Inc.
APMEX, Inc. is the leading precious metals retailer in the US and is ranked by Internet Retailer as #46 overall, #12 web-only, and #1 specialty company for 2015. Learn more at www.apmex.com/.
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The American Precious Metals Exchange (APMEX) is the leading purveyor of precious metals, serving millions of customers worldwide. Established in 2003, the online retailer is ranked as the #1 specialty commerce site. When it comes to marketing, APMEX relies primarily on digital channels. With a large social media following and an active email subscriber base, the company uses email and social cadences, remarketing, search engine optimization, paid search, and other digital media strategies to reach potential and existing customers.
Improving ROI means understanding the customer journey.
APMEX wanted more return on its digital marketing investments. It began using Google Analytics Premium to gain the insights it needed to improve marketing initiatives by better understanding the customer journey. Knowing that existing customers are extremely valuable, APMEX hoped to find ways to improve customer retention and boost revenue from repeat customers. While APMEX had a wealth of customer data, its email contacts, call logs, demographics, and behavior tables were located in isolated regions of the company's databases. The company faced the challenge of integrating disparate data sources to effectively analyze its data. Partnering with E-Nor, a Google Analytics Premium authorized reseller, to upgrade to Google Analytics Premium with BigQuery was the solution.
Making the move to actionable insights with Google Analytics Premium
E-Nor worked with APMEX to stitch together a variety of the company's standalone data assets with Google Analytics Premium and BigQuery. In this advanced implementation, adding a Client ID and UserID from the company's CRM system made it possible to connect data from outside Google Analytics Premium to enhance internal customer profiles. With Google Analytics Premium's BigQuery export feature, APMEX uses CRM and online behavioral data for predictive modeling and retargeting. BigQuery also makes it easy for APMEX to integrate Google Analytics Premium data into other sources, such as feeding it back into the CRM system.
As a result, APMEX can analyze individual journeys as well as specifically target customers or customer types. It can also empower teams to make data-informed decisions on a daily basis. Now, for example, when customers call, site usage information is available to the customer representative.
Data empowers APMEX to reduce costs and maximize customer value
Since implementing Google Analytics Premium with BigQuery in October 2014, APMEX, Inc. has maintained new customer orders while dropping the average cost per acquisition (CPA) by more than 20%. Data insights have also helped APMEX confidently make data-informed investments to improve customer retention and increase repeat customer revenue. Understanding exact paths to purchase allowed APMEX to cut spending on low-performing media. This insight alone offered a dramatic reduction in CPA. With granular data from BigQuery, APMEX could also make more informed headcount decisions. Allocating a leaner, more efficient team to run marketing efforts reduced costs still further without sacrificing performance.
Beyond customer acquisition, APMEX used Google Analytics Premium data to build a statistical model to target premium customers earlier in their life cycle. For customers identified in the model, the company has increased email open rates by 58%, email conversion rates by 62%, and revenue per email by 163% as compared to the overall business.
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About APMEX, Inc.
APMEX, Inc. is the leading precious metals retailer in the US and is ranked by Internet Retailer as #46 overall, #12 web-only, and #1 specialty company for 2015. Learn more at www.apmex.com/.
About E-Nor, Inc.
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Today's release of the status report to the President, entitled Actions to Improve Chemical Facility Safety and Security – A Shared Commitment, summarizes the Working Group's progress, focusing on actions to date, findings and lessons learned, challenges, and short and long-term priority actions. These priority actions, captured in a consolidated action plan, based on the information collected by the Working Group, focus on five specific thematic areas:
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PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh football coach Paul Chryst says he's committed to sticking with the Panthers.
Chryst issued a statement on Tuesday night saying he's focusing on getting Pitt ready for the BBVA Compass Bowl against Mississippi next month and not speculation that he could be on Wisconsin's short list to replace Bret Bielema, who left the Badgers to take the head coaching job at Arkansas.
Chryst played quarterback for Wisconsin in the 1980s and spent seven seasons as an assistant coach for the Badgers under Bielema before being hired by Pitt last December. The Panthers went 6-6 in their final season in the Big East, including an upset of then-No. 13 Virginia Tech and a triple-overtime loss to undefeated Notre Dame.
Chryst says he understands why his name would pop up for the Wisconsin job, but added he is working very hard to "re-establish" the Panthers.


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These cupcakes really aren't that wild, just the cupcake liners which I happen to find adorable. For those of you who have been following my blog for a while you know I do not like bananas. Since being pregnant that has not change one bit; I still do not like bananas at all and did not even taste these cupcakes. I do happen to know that there are a lot of banana lovers out there, Zack being one of them, and I have not been very generous to you with banana recipes. I really made these cupcakes on a whim. There was no particular reason or event, I just felt like baking and we had some bananas we did not use in smoothies (that is the only way I am willing to eat banana). I decided to pair these with peanut butter frosting and based on the rave reviews, I think that was the right choice. I took these cupcakes to one of my clients who had yet to sample Baked Perfection. Multiple people told me these were the best cupcake they ever had and much much better than Georgetown Cupcake. Like I said, I did not taste them, but based on the reactions of others I am going to assume they are delicious and you should make them.
Banana Chocolate Chip Cupcakes
recipe from Baked Perfection
makes 12 cupcakes
1 cup flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 stick butter, softened
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 cup milk (whatever type you have at home)
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 eggs
2 ripe bananas, mashed
3/4 cup semi sweet or dark chocolate chips, dusted in 1 tablespoon of flour
Preheat over to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Line a cupcake pan with paper liners.
In a medium bowl combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. In a large bowl, beat the butter and sugar until combined. Add the milk and vanilla. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition until thoroughly combined. Slowly beat in the flour mixture, until just combined. Slowly add in the bananas. Once all is combined, stir in the chocolate chips by hand. Divide batter evenly among 12 cupcake cups. Bake in preheated oven until tops are golden, approximately 17-20 minutes. Remove to wire rack and cool completely before frosting.
Creamy Peanut Butter Frosting
recipe from Baked Perfection
1/2 stick butter, softened
1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
generous pinch of salt
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 - 4 tablespoons milk
2 cups powdered sugar
Cream the butter, peanut butter, salt, and vanilla. Slowly add the powdered sugar 1/2 cup at a time alternating with the milk until you reach the desired consistency.


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Daniel345620 necesitaba un nuevo diseño de página web y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 86 diseños de 13 diseñadores freelance.
We are a startup in San Francisco that provides consumers scientific information about the health, environmental, and social impact of products they buy.
People who are interested in researching green, healthy, ethical products. We're especially targeted towards women but both genders should feel welcomed by the design.
We are looking for the design of just one portion of a page, the header of our new home page. Please see the two uploaded files. There is a box in red around the portion of the page that we need designed. The design outside of that box either shouldn't be effected by the design you provide, or only be minimally affected.
Given the parameters of working within the highlighted region, you can have a lot of freedom in how this area of the page is designed, layout, color, typography, graphics, icons. However, two things to keep in mind:
(1) We can't afford to have a module that is too tall, so if you are to expand the height of the module, don't do so by much.
(2) Your design, while it can stand out, needs to look good within the context of the larger page. If there are some minor tweaks we need to make to make your design fit, that's fine, but everything outside of the highlighted region is basically fixed at this point.
We want the design to be fun and welcoming, while conveying the scientific rigor of the information. We feel like the page is a bit boring and sterile in its current form. Also, the design should clearly convey that the web site is about product ratings.
Again, this design is focused only on the highlighted region of the uploaded files. Here are the elements in that region:
1. A product image and its rating -- other products/ratings will rotate into this slot every few seconds. There should be a way for the user to manually rotate to the next product. I included two attachments to show what a high rated product looks like versus a low rated product.
2. The header: "Find the healthiest, greenest, most ethical products and brands according to scientific research and ratings."
3. The sub-header: "GoodGuide is the world's largest source of information about the health, social, and environmental performance of the products you buy."
4. A way to "Learn more"
*Alternate variant*: Instead of including the sub-header (#3), instead include a prominent search bar labeled, "How do your products rate?"
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Lake Washington School District has a strong and active middle school band program, with classes for everyone from beginners to students with years of experience.
Administrative Employees
Administrative employees include both Certificated (school building administrators or central office directors and associate directors) and Classified (central office directors and associate directors).
How to Apply
Please note that Lake Washington School District has moved to a new application system (Frontline Recruit & Hire) effective December 1, 2017. If you submitted an application prior to this date, you must complete a new application in order to apply to jobs currently posted. Your application will be retained in active status for one school year.
Click the link below to start an application for employment. If you have an active Frontline account elsewhere, you may be able to import some of your application information. Please apply for jobs in which you either have the required prerequisite certifications, or, if you are currently completing a certificated program, you expect certification in the near future.
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- Covers 76 square miles on the east side of the Seattle metropolitan area, with easy access to mountains, lakes and outdoor activities as well as to the cultural and civic amenities of Seattle
- Serves the cities of Kirkland, Redmond and part of Sammamish, thriving suburban cities
- Serves an area that is home to many international high tech companies like Microsoft, Google, Nintendo and more
- Serves families speaking over 100 languages
- Is the second largest district in the state of Washington, serving 31,106 students (October 2019) and growing
- Is a high-performing school district, with many award-winning schools
- Serves a student population including 14.5% qualifying for free/reduced price meals
- Has 33 elementary schools, 9 middle schools, 4 high schools and 13 Choice schools and programs. (Optional schooling alternatives, created to meet specific needs and interests. They are often housed in other schools and may have students from more than one level, such as grades 6-12.)


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Although I've currently been displaced by "post-tropical" superstorm Sandy and won't be returning home until the lights come back on, I certainly didn't let her ruin my pre-Halloween plans.
I spent this past weekend in two villages on the Hudson River less than 30 miles north of Manhattan that really know how to celebrate All Hollow's Eve: Tarrytown and the village formerly known as North Tarrytown. In the late 1990s, North Tarrytown was officially renamed Sleepy Hollow in homage to its spooky literary history and most famous interred resident (next to Leona Helmsley, of course): Washington Irving.
Over two very full days, I immersed myself in everything and anything Washington Irving-related: a guided tour of Sunnyside, the author's wisteria-clad Tarrytown home; a visit to the Irving family plot at the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery complete with a sighting of the world's most famous beheaded Hessian solider; and an evening spent at Philipsburg Manor, a historic agrarian estate transformed into a genuinely scary, somewhat historically accurate "Legend of Sleepy Hollow"-themed haunted house attraction called Horseman's Hollow. I screamed at least six times (but my friends would probably claim a higher number).
In addition to a visit to the Great Jack O' Lantern Blaze at Van Cortlandt Manor, a non-Irving-related highlight of my trip was a visit to Lyndhurst. Perched dramatically over the Hudson, the 1838 Gothic Revival manse that's currently operated by the National Trust for Historic Preservation is no doubt a grand, if not grandly curious castle of a home. However, it was Lyndhurst's immaculately designed grounds — all 67 acres of them — that truly captivated me. The fact that a large swath of the estate's lawn — not too far from the magnificent, steel-framed greenhouse (the nation's first) — was covered with hundreds of colorful, crazy, student-crafted scarecrows probably had something to do with it.
Check out my photos from Lyndhurst's annual Scarecrow Invasion, below. I was actually completely unaware of the tradition when I visited. When my friends and I were coming up Lyndhurst's winding drive, spotting the assemblage of scarecrows off in the distance was a somewhat unsettling surprise. It looked like they were moving.
And by the way, Judith Beil, curator of education at Lyndhurst, points out that the scarecrows' distinctive garb is removed by volunteers at the end of the "environmental installation." If reusable, the clothing is washed and donated to local shelters. As for some of those masks, here's hoping that they get reused as well.
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Cosmoprof Asia 2012 Closes With Record NumbersNovember 20, 2012
Beauty Store Business had a number of advertisers at Cosmoprof Asia 2012, which took place Nov. 14-16 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre in Hong Kong. I also know of numerous beauty-industry executives who were there. And from all accounts on our international beauty beat, it was a great show.


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The coffee harvest is well under way around the world. Most countries harvest coffee from December to March, and it is a major source of income for many families living in poverty.
Here is an interview with Isabel, a single mother of four daughters in Ataco, El Salvador. She did not continue school beyond first grade, and coffee picking is her only livelihood to support her family.
Two of her children, Dayra and Fatima, are sponsored through CFCA. Isabel belongs to a CFCA mothers group, which has boosted her self-confidence.
Tell us about yourself.
I am the single mother of four children. I feel happy, because I have this huge benefit of sponsorship for my children. I am alone. I cannot hope for more help besides that from the project.
Thanks to Sister Guadalupe, my daughter entered the program in 2004, when she was very small.
At that time, I was experiencing a crisis in that I could not find work. There was no work at the plantation.
I earned $45 every 15 days. And one worries about buying food first. But the sponsorship benefits my daughter receives are great. They even clean her teeth.
Thanks to the generous heart of her sponsors, we can improve our lives. What's most important is the struggle and the hope we have in the project.
No matter what I need for my daughter, whether a new set of clothes or a new pair of shoes, I tell her, "Daughter, here is what your sponsors and the project do for you."
I live with my mother, my four daughters and my sister.
When my father died, it was traumatic. My sister was 10. My father was killed. We were left in shambles. We were living in different houses. We did not have a dignified house.
Sister Guadalupe came, took photos and accepted my daughters into the sponsorship program. My mother admitted she could not educate me because it was too big of a financial burden.
I am happy and motivated. I used to be very timid. It used to be hard to interact with the community. But now that I participate in the CFCA mothers group, I have improved.
I work in the fields from Monday to Saturday picking coffee. We depend on the health of the coffee trees, because if the trees are not producing, we don't have work.
I do not have a school education. At least I am able to work in the fields. At least I can do something to take care of my responsibilities. I work for my daughters.
Did you go to school?
My mother and father had 10 children. And my father worked in the fields while my mother took care of us at home. He could not afford to educate us on his wages.
I finished first grade and left after that because of the economic situation.
What a blessing it is that God has put these good people in our path. I care for my daughters because it is my responsibility.
But the sponsors ó the ones who provide nutrition, health care, shoes and education ó it is a huge help.
I could not celebrate even my daughters' birthdays. But I tell them to be grateful because they can celebrate a birthday party because of the sponsors' generosity.
How long do you work in the coffee fields?
I work eight hours, from 6 a.m. to 3 p.m., during the season. The harvest begins in November, the first harvest. The harvest gets bigger when the fruit ripens.
How have the mothers groups helped you? How did you become less timid?
Because we received training, we shared and we learned things. They coordinate our meetings. We share the word of God in each meeting. They share information about the children. Now that I am in the group, I go to the office with my friend and feel included.
We share. We decide what our children need. The project encourages us to decide what we need.
Before, we received the sponsorship benefits as they came. Now with the group, we budget for what we need. We make an agreement between the community and the project. There is more trust. This has made me more confident, less afraid of speaking up.
They do a budget for the year and plan their work for the year. For example, she (Dayra) is in middle school. The budget indicates when the project will pay the school fees so she can continue to study.
Editor's note: Fatima had a message for her sponsors: "I love you very much, and I would like to meet you in person, and may God bless you."
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Solar Rights: Access to the Sun for Solar Systems
Consumers Access to the Sun
Many solar consumers have questions about whether their neighbors can block access to their solar panels with shading, and whether Covenants, Codes, and Restrictions (CC&Rs) can limit the use of solar. State laws in California protect homeowner access to the sun for solar systems, and these laws have been in place for more than 30 years.
Many homes today are part of planned communities that require a uniform and consistent appearance within the development. According to the Community Association Institute, more than 60 million Americans live in community associations. Unfortunately, planned communities can sometimes try to limit the growth in the use of solar energy, which makes the California Solar Rights Act and the Solar Shade Act popular and important information for homeowner's considering to go solar.
Solar Rights Act
The Solar Rights Act was created in 1978 (AB 3250, 1978), and it created a legal framework for solar access. The law includes protections to allow consumers access to sunlight (and prevent shading of systems) and to limits the ability of homeowner associations (HOA) and local governments from preventing installation of solar energy systems.
The Solar Rights Act sought to promote and encourage the widespread use of solar energy and to "protect and facilitate adequate access to the sunlight which is necessary to operate solar energy systems." Even though the law is more than 30 years old, the Solar Rights Act contributes significantly to California's strong policy commitment to solar energy, and the policy rationale for the Act is relevant today and continues to support California's solar energy policy initiatives.
The Solar Rights Act balances the needs of individual solar energy system owners with other property owners by developing solar access rights.
The Act limits the ability of covenants, conditions, and restrictions, typically enforced by homeowner associations (HOA), and local governments to restrict solar installations. These are perhaps the most well known and important provisions.
But the Act also creates the legal right to a solar easement and requires local governments to preserve passive cooling and heating opportunities to the extent feasible in new development projects.
Solar Shade Act
The Solar Shade Act (AB 2321, 1978) provides limited protection to solar energy system owners from shading caused by trees and shrubs on adjacent properties. The law seeks to prevent a property owner from allowing trees or shrubs to shade an existing solar energy system installed on a neighboring property, provided the shading trees or shrubs were planted after the solar collecting device was installed.
Useful Links and Information on Solar Rights
There are two helpful Department of Energy reports, Solar Rights Act and the Solar Easement and the Solar Shade Control Act:
There is a U.S. Department of Energy Report on private land use restrictions and Solar:
Bringing Solar Energy to the Planned Community: A Handbook on Rooftop Solar Systems and Private Land Use Restrictions. You can download this report as an Adobe Acrobat PDF file (62 pages, 1.0 MB).
The DOE report notes the problem:
"The problem arises in the context of the association's architectural controls, commonly found in its declaration of covenants, conditions and restrictions (CC&Rs). The developer creates these CC&Rs to ensure the uniform appearance and preserve the 'curb appeal' of the project throughout its construction and build-out phase. After the development phase is completed, the responsibility for interpreting and enforcing the architectural controls is passed onto a Homeowner Association and its Architectural Review Committee made up of elected members of the community. In the hands of an overzealous ARC, CC&Rs can become a straightjacket to solar development."
The following link is a page on the Office of the State Office of Historic Preservation on the Solar Rights Act:


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In the comic, they scaped some SBDs by plunging into the fuel of the Invisible Hand.That was probably the scene they scrapped.
From what I can tell, the "fuel tank" sequence was to occur just after Grievous murdered Shaak Ti in front of Anakin and Obi-Wan on The Invisible Hand. Once Grievous had impaled her from behind (minds out of the gutter!), loads of droids would converge on Anakin and Obi-Wan, who would then use their lightsabers to cut a hole in the floor (similar to what Anakin did with the elevator) and drop through to the next level.
How could Grievous kill Shaak Ti when you see her in the Jedi Coucil later on in the movie?
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Welcome to PWInsider.com's coverage of WWE Judgment Day. We will be updating this page throughout the night with results from the show, so check back often for updates.
John Cena vs. JBL.
This might be a first, as I can't remember a Wrestlemania main event (well, co-main event) being rematched a few years later as the opening match on a PPV. Cena got a positive reaction coming out. They had a staredown at the bell, then locked up with Cena backing JBL into the corner for a break. Cena grabbed a waistlock, then put JBL in a side headlock. JBL backed Cena in a corner and we had another clean break. JBL hit a knee to the gut on the next lockup, then hit a forearm and applied a side headlock. Cena shoved off JBL and went for a backdrop, but JBL pounded Cena with a forearm. Cena hit a drop toe hold and went for the STFU, but JBL made the ropes. JBL crawled to the apron, then grabbed Cena's arm and yanked it down across the top rope. JBL went to work on the arm, throwing Cena shoulder first into the ringpost and then wrapping his arm around it.
JBL worked over the arm with punches and kicks, then hit a swinging neckbreaker. JBL applied an overhead wristlock, but Cena got to his feet in the hold. JBL kicked Cena in the gut and rolled him to the mat. JBL applied a jujigatame armbreaker, and Cena rolled to his feet in it and then lifted JBL up off the mat to break the hold. Cena sold the arm like crazy, and JBL rammed Cena into a corner. JBL stomped Cena. There was light JBL chant, which was quickly drowned out by a Cena chant. JBL and Cena traded punches, with Cena getting the better of it until JBL hit the arm of Cena. Cena came back with a clothesline with his good arm, then hit a shoulderblock and hurt his bad arm. Cena hit the Throwback, then went to the top rope, but missed the Rocker Dropper, as JBL moved and Cena crashed to the mat.
JBL stomped Cena on the apron, then went to suplex Cena into the ring. Cena teased reversing it, then JBL lifted Cena and dropped him gut first across the top rope. JBL shoulderblocked Cena off the apron and Cena fell into the security wall on the floor. JBL rammed Cena back first into the ring apron. JBL rolled Cena into the ring for a two count. JBL hit a kick to the head, then another, and followed with an elbowdrop for a two count. JBL applied a bearhug, then punched Cena to the mat and applied a bodyscissors, adding a full nelson to the move. Cena managed to get to his feet in the move, breaking the bodyscissors, but JBL kept the full nelson locked in. JBL then powered out of it, and lifted JBL for an FU, but he was too weak to get him up. JBL kicked Cena in the shoulder, then applied a bodyscissors with a chinlock. Cena managed to turn around in the hold, lift JBL up off the mat, and hit a spinebuster to break out.
Both men were slow to get up, then they slugged it out. Cena got the better of it, but missed a splash in the corner. JBL hit a boot to the face, then dropped four elbowdrops to Cena's back. JBL hit a short arm clothesline, then stood over the downed Cena and stared at him. JBL slapped his head, then stomped his fingers. JBL went for another short arm clothesline, but Cena ducked it and hit the FU out of nowhere for the pin at the fifteen minute mark.
Winner: John Cena.
JBL was upset with himself over the loss, shaking his head as he walked to the back. John Cena got up, selling the ribs, before leaving.
William Regal was shown watching from a skybox.
Jim Ross & Jerry Lawler introduced the other announce teams, with Michael Cole & Mick Foley and Tazz & Mike Adamle talking about the rest of tonight's car.
They showed "The Dirt Sheet" where Miz & John Morrison mocked Kane & CM Punk.
WWE Tag Team Champions John Morrison & The Miz vs. Kane & CM Punk.
Tazz and Mike Adamle get to call their one match for the night. Each wrestler had their own entrance for the match. Punk and Miz started off, with Punk hitting a shoulderblock and a back kick. Punk delivered a suplex for a one count, then applied a double underhook. Kane tagged in, and he and Punk stomped Miz down in a corner. Kane hit a kick to the gut, then put Miz in a Hangman. Kane dropped Miz to the mat, then whipped him across the ring, only to be met with a shoulderblock to the midsection. Miz shoved Kane into his corner and tagged in Morrison. Morrison ran into a Kane bodyslam, then Kane dropkicked Morrison as he sat up on the mat. Kane tagged Punk, and they hit a backbreaker/slingshot kneedrop combo. Punk applied a Tarantula variation, then pulled Morrison into a sunset flip for two before applying a reverse Stretch Plum variation. Morrison kneed out of it, and tagged in Miz for a double gutbuster.
Miz put Punk in a chinlock, then switched to a front facelock. Punk hit a kick to the head to escape Miz, then tagged in Kane, who gave Miz a side slam. Kane went to the top rope and hit a clothesline. Kane went for a slam, but Miz floated over it and made a blind tag to Kane, hit clipped Kane's leg and hit a neckbreaker. Miz hit some punches on the mat and in a corner, then tagged in Miz who hit a jumping clothesline in the corner. Miz tagged back in and kicked Kane in the chest. Miz tagged back in and stomped Kane down. Miz applied a chinlock, then hit a knee to the chest. Kane came back with a kick to the chest as Miz charged him and Kane tagged in Punk as Miz tagged in Morrison. Punk hit a flying forearm, a leg lariat and a roundhouse kick. Punk knocked Miz off the apron and powerslammed Morrison for a two count. Punk gave Morrison a jumping knee in the corner, then clotheslined Miz off the apron while bulldogging Morrison for two. Punk gave Miz a pescado, then gave Morrison a springboard clothesline for a two count. Punk went for the GTS, but Miz ran in, so Punk let go and tossed Miz to the floor. Punk lifted Morrison for the GTS again, but Miz hooked Punk's leg from the floor and Punk let go of Morrison. Kane ran to Miz on the floor and chokeslammed him on the outside. Punk was watching that unfold, then turned around and was hit by Morrison with the Moonlight Drive neckbreaker for the pin at the eight minute mark.
Winners: John Morrison & The Miz.
The events leading to Shawn Michaels vs. Chris Jericho were shown.
Intercontinental Champion Chris Jericho vs. Shawn Michaels.
Chris Jericho wore the Intercontinental Title belt to the ring, but the match was not introduced as a title bout. Both men got positive reactions from the crowd. Jericho kept going for Michaels' leg at the start, but Michaels kicked him away. Michaels grabbed a side headlock and took Jericho to the mat. Jericho got to his feet and lifted Michaels, but HBK went into a sunset flip for a two count. They went into a series of reversals and bridges for two counts, including Jericho attempting a back suplex but Michaels turning it into a bodypress only for Jericho to reverse it into his own cover. Michaels grabbed an Indian deathlock variation (JR called it a "Native American deathlock") but Jericho made the ropes. Jericho kicked Michaels leg, and Michaels slapped him in the face. Jericho threw some punches and knocked Michaels into a corner. The referee backed up Jericho, and Michaels grinned at him. Jericho looked angry. Michaels put Jericho in a hammerolock, but Jericho elbowed him in the mouth, then hit a series of punches and kicks. Jericho ran into a Michaels elbow, then put Jericho in an armbar, dropping over the top rope to yank the arm down.
Michaels continued the assault on the arm, but Jericho reversed a whip and sent Michaels upside down in a corner. Jericho stomped Michaels, then set up for a back superplex. Michaels elbowed Jericho to the mat, but Jericho crotched Michaels on the top rope. Jericho went for a superplex, but Michaels blocked it and dropped Jericho face first to the mat. Michaels went for a top rope elbowdrop, but Jericho got his knees up, and Michaels came down on them and hurt his ribs. Jericho kicked Michaels in the gut, then dropped on him with a senton. Jericho hit a back suplex, then kicked Michaels in the side. Jericho applied an abdominal stretch, then punched Michaels in the side while maintaining the hold. Michaels started to break free, but Jericho grabbed him in a gutbuster for a two count. Jericho whipped Michaels hard into a corner several times, but when he went for a bulldog, Michaels shoved Jericho off and Jericho went into the ropes, with his legs going between the ropes and his chest going hard against the top rope like a clothesline.
Michaels hit a flying forearm, then did the kip up. Michaels grabbed his ribs, and Jericho swept Michaels' legs and put him in the Walls Of Jericho. Michaels reached the ropes to break the hold. Jericho stomped Michaels on the apron. Jericho went for his springboard dropkick, but Michaels moved, so Jericho landed on his feet on the apron. Michaels, also on the apron, superkicked Jericho, who fell to the floor. Michaels picked up Jericho and rolled him into the ring, but Jericho kicked out at two. Michaels went to the top rope, and this time hit the flying elbow, but then grabbed his ribs in pain. Michaels then set up for the superkick, stomping in the corner. Jericho started to get up, then slumped to the mat, not facing Michaels. Jericho got up again, but then went down again. Michaels seemed to be getting antsy to hit the move. Jericho finally got up and turned around, and Michaels went for the superkick, but Jericho sidestepped it and hit the Codebreaker. Jericho crawled onto Michaels slowly, but only got a two count.
Jericho picked Michaels up off the mat, but Shawn Michaels took Jericho down into a crossface. Jericho struggled in the hold, and looked to be on the verge of tapping, but then made the ropes for the break. Michaels went for it again, but Jericho rolled out of it, hit two knees to the gut, then hung Michaels gut first over the top rope. Jericho set up for the Lionsault, but Michaels got his knees up. Jericho landed on his feet though, and grabbed Michaels' legs for the Walls Of Jericho. He tried to turn Michaels, but Michaels was blocking it, so Jericho tried to turn it the other way, and Michaels rolled Jericho up into a cradle for the pin at the sixteen minute mark.
Winner: Shawn Michaels.
Jericho offered a handshake to Michaels after the bout. Michaels hesitated, and they shook hands, although both seemed wary of each other. Jericho applauded Michaels as he left the ring.
William Regal was shown watching as Jericho left the ring.
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Colrain is a town in Massachusetts. It was formed in 1761. It can be found in Franklin county and is a part of the Greenfield (Deerfield) registry of deed district. For more information, contact the county at 55 Main Rd., Colrain 01340. On the attached map, Colrain is shown as 4 in Franklin county.
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How to make your own movie snacks
Watching a movie without snacks is like going to the beach without a towel – you can, but it's a terrible idea when the alternative is so much better. As a snack-a-holic, I can't sit through a movie without munching on something delicious. It just makes the experience so much better! Here are a few easy at-home snacks you can make and satisfy the craving while watching your favourite films.
Caramel-covered popcorn
¼ cup vegetable oil
½ cup popping corn
125g butter, chopped
¾ cup white sugar
2 tablespoons honey
1 cup pecans, roughly chopped
1. Line a tray with baking paper. Heat oil in a pan over medium heat.
2. Add popping corn. Cover with a firm-fitting lid. As corn begins to pop, gently shake the pot to move the kernals around and not burn corn at the bottom. Remove from heat when popping begins to slow down.
3. Move popped corn to a large bowl and discard the remaining kernels.
4. Combine the butter, sugar and honey in a saucepan over medium heat, stirring for approximately 6 minutes until sugar has dissolved.
5. Cover mixture and allow to boil for up to 8 minutes or until lightly golden in colour.
6. Stir pecans in to the mixture, then pour caramel over popcorn and stir until coated. Spread over prepared tray and set aside.
7. Break into pieces and place in a plastic container, ready to be watched with a romantic comedy.
Wasabi peas
3 cups dried whole peas
1 ½ cup Mirepoix
3 tablespoons olive oil
¼ onion salt
½ garlic powder
¼ wasabi powder
2 tablespoons tahini
2 tablespoons rice vinegar
1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
1. Soak the dried peas overnight, then rinse and drain. Place peas in a large pot, well-covered by water. Add the Mirepoix and bring to a boil for about an hour.
2. Preheat the oven to 95 degrees. Coat a large baking tray with olive oil.
3. Drain the peas and transfer onto the baking tray. Spread out on the tray and make sure they are covered in the oil. Bake for approximately 6 hours in the preheated oven, stirring every 30 minutes or so, until peas are dry. Remove from oven and season with salt, onion salt, and garlic powder.
4. While the peas are roasting, mix together the wasabi powder, tahini, rice vinegar and Dijon mustard in a large bowl. When the peas are ready, pour them into the bowl and stir to coat with the wasabi mixture. Pour them back onto the baking tray and spread them out. Return the tray to the oven.
5. Bake for another 10 minutes in the preheated oven, or until the coating is dry.
Homemade dark chocolate
1 ½ cup coconut oil
½ cup cocoa powder
3 tablespoons honey
½ teaspoon vanilla extract
1. Cover the base and sides of a baking tray with grease proof paper.
2. Gently melt coconut oil in a saucepan over low heat.
3. Stir through cocoa powder, honey and vanilla extract into the saucepan until well blended.
4. Pour into baking tray and refrigerate until cold, or approximately 1 hour.
Tip: Feel free to add extra flavours to create your own type of chocolate, like dried coconut, peanut butter, orange zest or almonds.


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WASHINGTON – On May 27, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy will announce grant awards to six universities to research cleaner technologies and fuels for cooking, lighting, and heating homes.
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Oh thank goodness it worked in the end Mary. I can't believe you actually had to change your name legally to do this. Beuracracy (sp?) is absolutely horrible. I don't think it's just Austrailia. You might have had similiar problems here.
Yes, but it's pathetic. My mother would be rolling over in her grave if she saw my birth certificate today... Mind you I am sure she would understand, but what a load of 'You know what?'
Hooray!! We finally got them!!
Now then, time to skip the country in search of a land made out of pizza!!
You deserve a vacation after all that!
Hopefully I'll find it easier...
I'm planning an overseas trip with friends, but am yet to get a passport - maybe I'll just stay put
Glad it all worked out in the end, and I'm sure your holiday will seem even more relaxing after this ordeal
It is really interesting to hear that you got it finally. And now you and your family can have a trip anywhere. Of course once a year one should manage to visit new places or else life would be dull and boring. Civil service is worse in Nepal and for getting a small piece of work one has to bribe government officials. They are very harsh on us. Most of bureaucratic officials are corrupt and they have political connections. I thought it is just in Nepal. Now I understand it is the same everywhere.
No matter how belatedly, Mary you got it finally!
Glad it worked out. Systems seem to be designed with no room for anyhting but a straight line of thinking. Hope your trip goes well. I have always heard marvellous things about your country from friends in the Air Force that were stationed there.
Why is it so easy for someone to steal someone else's identity, yet so hard to proof to be yourself? I'm glad you got your passport, I'll be waiting to read your around-the-world-in-90-days travel logs
Hey Heathcliff... Pizza land here we come.
Thanks qimissung, I so need it.
Jazz... Just go for it. If you have any issues, keep going back as I did. They will eventually put it through... Plus if your name is the same on the birth certificate, then you will have no problems.
Dear Haribol... Thanks for you kind words... Who knows, maybe one day I will visit nepal.
mtpspur... Thanks sir. The country is good, it's just some of the weirdo's that ruin it, like in every country.
I guess they have to be secure... But pick on someone else, please... I am queen of all nerds here in Oz... Really.
Congrats on finally getting em!
Thanks young lad
Glad you got there in the end. It's also quite comforting to know that bureaucratic stupidity isn't exclusively British, but that we've passed it on to someone else. I particularly like your comment about criminals with records going where they liked, shilst you were stuck at home. I sympathise.
Thanks dm, I was totally stressed by the whole thing... Time for a stiff drink.
I am glad you solved the problem Mary. Now, just in case, keep that passport in a safe place, or you may have to go through that whole ordeal again should you ever lose it
My mum was dubbed as "Betty" when she was a kid, and she even used to sign her documents with such name. Fortunately she never had any major problems, but as soon as I could raise my voice loud enough I strongly suggested she should stick to her official name. Otherwise you can always encounter trouble Luckily she finally listened to me
I know what you mean Maxi... That sort of thing happens often when one changes country, your name is changed to suit the country, then when it comes to important docs, that same country wants your other name... Go figure!
Bureaucracy is such a pestilence!
Yes... Well at least it's here. My biggest problem now, is when and where to go?
Luckily everything I have has my full name on it, although I have been called "Jazz" for as long as I can remember...
The problem of where to go is such a nice one compared to your passport fiasco - I'm sure you'll have a great time wherever you decide to go
Thanks Jazz. First we have to find the money...
Peeks under the bed... Nope nothing there...
Peeks in the milk money jar...
Maybe I should send the passport back
Don't, you'll hardly ever get it again!!
Bureaucracy is a worldwide plague. It would have been exactly the same here Unfortunately, it is a common flaw of every system


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Australia has long welcomed British arrivals with open arms ― and with well over a million UK nationals currently living here, you'll have no trouble feeling right at home.1 Whether you're taking a gap year, setting out on a working holiday or looking to create a permanent new life down under, here's what you need to know to get settled in.
Moving from the UK to Australia
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You can get a head start on your accommodation by doing some research online with popular property websites. Then, when you've narrowed down your search, we can help you further with a free, customised Property Report on your chosen location or property.
Whether you're a student, backpacker or skilled migrant, Australia has plenty of job opportunities on offer. You'll need to check your visa for any restrictions on the type and amount of work you can do in Australia.
It's easy to start your search online before you arrive. There are websites that cater for skilled workers and a variety of job boards and specialist sites geared towards backpackers. Learn more about finding a job in Australia.
Depending on where you choose to live, Australia can be even more expensive than the UK2, so it's good to be prepared.
The Australian government's Study in Australia site has a useful overview of typical living costs, along with financial requirements for student visas. You can also use our handy foreign exchange calculator to find out how much you need in UK Sterling at today's exchange rates. In general, the government recommends new immigrants arrive in Australia with at least AU$5,000 to support themselves while they settle in.3
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Things you should know
1 Australian Bureau of Statistics, Migration Australia, 2015
2 CoreLogic RP Data, Hedonic Home Value Index, February 2016
3 Deutsche Bank Research, The Random Walk, Mapping the World's Prices, April 2015
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With or without Johnny Manziel, the Browns offense looks bad
AKRON, Ohio — The Cleveland Browns fans who trekked to Akron for the team's first scrimmage saw Johnny Manziel run and they saw Brian Hoyer throw, but they didn't see any touchdowns from the first- or second-team offense.
That should be the biggest takeaway and the biggest concern coming out of the Browns' annual scrimmage at the University of Akron's InfoCision Stadium. No matter who winds up winning the starting quarterback job, whether it's stable veteran Hoyer, or the exciting but raw first-round pick Manziel, the Browns offense could be in trouble.
The Browns will say that the offensive struggles Saturday, the first unscripted practice of the preseason under new offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan, is part of the learning process, part of adjusting to a new language and roster full of new players and playing without No. 1 receiver Josh Gordon. The Browns will also say that one of the reasons the offense has not looked good is because the defense is playing pretty great.
That might all be true, but the Browns better hope the offense can pull it together quickly.
The Browns have yet to make any changes to the quarterback depth chart they established before training camp began. Hoyer runs the first-team offense, while Manziel works with the second-team. Though there were discussions last week that Manziel might have earned himself snaps with the starting offensive line and top-line receivers, it hasn't happened yet, and head coach Mike Pettine disagreed with the notion Saturday that the quarterback competition is closer now than it was when training camp began.
"When camp began, Brian was the No. 1 because we had to have someone out there with the ones, but they were truly competing against each other," Pettine said. "At some point, we will mix the units. It's all part of our evaluation process."
But this is the challenge for Pettine and his staff in the next stage of the quarterback competition. It's easier to see in practice the things that Hoyer does well, and easier to see the flaws in Manziel. In Berea, in the scripted practice setting, Hoyer can show how much more of the playbook he knows than Manziel, how much better he is at managing the offense and commanding the huddle and reading the defense.
What Manziel does best is harder to measure – his freewheeling, improvising, make-you-miss, throw-on-the run style just doesn't translate to a scripted practice setting.
That's what makes this scrimmage, and certainly the preseason games that begin next week, more valuable to the Browns than maybe any other team in the league.
There were glimpses Saturday of what Hoyer can do well. He had two third-down conversions, including a 19-yarder to Miles Austin, on third-and-long on his first series of the scrimmage, and didn't appear to struggle with the logistics of the play calling.
But he and his first-team teammates often struggled with the Browns' defense, like on a safety blitz that would have been a sack, or with consistently tight coverage by cornerbacks Joe Haden and Buster Skrine. The best play of the scrimmage came when rookie defensive lineman Jacobbi McDaniel tipped Hoyer's pass at the line of scrimmage and it was intercepted by linebacker Barkevious Mingo.
The only points from the first-team offense came on a 53-yard Billy Cundiff field goal.
"We have to remember how good our defense is," Hoyer said. "It can be frustrating at times, but it's good to have them on our side."
Manziel, meanwhile, showed glimpses of that electric playing style that made him the most popular player in college football.
Saturday's scrimmage included a pair of designed running plays for Manziel – and he turned those two runs (one in a true team scrimmage session, the other in a red zone period) into a pair of nine-yard gains, and he appeared very comfortable running bootleg plays to the right and throwing on the run. Several times, Manziel chose to throw along the sideline rather than run out of bounds.
"You can tell that's going to be a strength of his, and some of the throws that he made on the run that it certainly is playing to his skillset," Pettine said.
Still, Manziel completed only three of seven passes for 14 yards in his two unscripted possessions. He had two other sets of red zone drills. (Hoyer, meanwhile, went 7-for-11, for 56 yards, in three drives.)
"I think for me, it's to get better every day. I keep saying that, and I know it's getting old. I mean that's really the story of my life right now. I have to get better, learn the stuff, and continue to get more and more familiar with every single play in our offense," Manziel said. "Days like today help."


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Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, TN
University of Michigan Museum, Ann Harbour, MI
Imagine Museum, Sarasota, FL
Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art, Saint Joseph, MO
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"New Work" (one man show), Kavesh Gallery, Ketchum, Idaho, l992
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"New Work" (one man show) Vespermann Gallery, Atlanta, 2003, 2004, 2007
"New Work" (one man show) Brion Fine Arts, Jupiter, FL , 1996-2004
"New Work" (one man show), Pismo Gallery, Aspen, 2004
"New Work" (one man show), Stein Glass Gallery, Portland, ME, 2002 - 2004
"New Work" (one man show), Bender Gallery, Asheville, NC 2009
"Illuminations" (one man show), Pismo Gallery, Aspen, CO. 2009
"New Directions" (one man show), Bender Gallery, Asheville, NC 2011
"Explorations" (one man show) Bender Gallery, Asheville, NC 2015
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- FromSelect ATTRIBUTE METACLASS
- USING Fey
Fey::ORM::Manual::Intro - Introduction to Fey::ORM
This documentation will walk you through the steps needed to start using Fey::ORM.
You should go ahead and make sure you have Fey::Loader installed if you want to follow along with this introduction.
In these examples, we will use a very simple schema for a web forum type of application. Here is that schema, targeting SQLite:
CREATE TABLE User (
user_id integer not null primary key autoincrement,
username text not null,
email text null,
group_id integer not null,
UNIQUE (username)
CREATE TABLE "Group" (
group_id integer not null primary key autoincrement,
name text not null,
UNIQUE (name)
CREATE TABLE Message (
message_id integer not null primary key autoincrement,
message text not null default 'Some message ''" text',
message_date date not null default current_date,
parent_message_id integer null,
user_id integer not null
To do anything with Fey::ORM, you need to define a schema using Fey::Schema and Fey::Table. While you can do this by using the Fey API directly, it's much easier to load a schema from a DBMS using Fey::Loader:
my $schema = Fey::Loader->new( dbh => $dbh )->make_schema();
The loader will create tables, columns, views, and foreign key objects that match the schema found in the DBMS.
You need to define a schema class which is associated a Fey::Schema object.
Your schema class will also contain your Fey::DBIManager object, which manages your database handle(s). Fey::ORM is smart enough to connect a table-based class to your schema class automatically, and from that find an appropriate database handle when it needs to execute queries.
To define your schema class you'll use Fey::ORM::Schema:
package Forum::Model::Schema;
use Fey::ORM::Schema;
has_schema $schema;
Of course, you need to create a Fey::Schema object to pass to
has_schema(). You might as well create a Fey::DBIManager::Source object along the way.
package Forum::Model::Schema;
use Fey::DBIManager::Source;
use Fey::Loader;
use Fey::ORM::Schema;
my $source = Fey::DBIManager::Source->new(
dsn => 'dbi:SQLite:dbname=/tmp/forum.sqlite' );
my $schema = Fey::Loader->new( dbh => $source->dbh() )->make_schema();
has_schema $schema;
Now you can use
Forum::Model::Schema in other classes to find Fey::Table objects for each table in your schema.
With Fey::ORM, each of your model classes has an associated Fey::Table object. For example, the User table would be associated with the
Forum::Model::User class.
package Forum::Model::User;
use Forum::Model::Schema;
use Fey::ORM::Table;
has_table( Forum::Model::Schema->Schema()->table('User') );
When you call
has_table, Fey::ORM does a number of things behind the scenes. It defines Moose attributes for each column in the associated table and makes your class a subclass of Fey::Object::Table. It also adds a few convenience methods directly to your class.
At this point, we can start using
Forum::Model::User for basic CRUD operations. For example, to retrieve an existing user, you can simply pass any unique key to the constructor:
my $user = Forum::Model::User->new( user_id => 1 );
my $user = Forum::Model::User->new( username => 'faye' );
Fey::Object::Table knows that both of those columns represent unique keys for the associated table, and so will be able to load the associated user from the DBMS, if it exists.
You can modify existing users:
$user->update( username => 'bubba' );
When you call
$user->update(), attributes which are being set to a non-literal value (such as a the value of a function or some other SQL expression) will be cleared so they are reloaded from the DBMS when they are next accessed.
You can also delete them:
Finally, you can create new users:
my $user = Fey::Model::User->insert(
username => 'autarch',
email => 'email@example.com',
You'll notice that we didn't provide a
user_id value. When a column is auto-incremented, as is the case with
User.user_id, Fey::Object::Table is smart enough to notice and simply retrieve the value after the insert.
When your class calls
has_table(), it also gets a bunch of attributes for free, one for each column in the associated table:
print $user->username();
These attributes are only loaded from the DBMS once, and then are cached in the object.
Of course, Fey::ORM actually loads all of the columns at once, rather than once per column, since anything else would be grossly inefficient.
Fey::ORM allows you to define an inflator and/or deflator for each column. An inflator is used to convert the value received from the database into some other type, usually an object. A deflator does the opposite, turning the object into a value suitable for the DBMS when doing updates or inserts. The inflator and deflator are both declared with
package Forum::Model::User;
use Forum::Model::Schema;
use Email::Address;
use Fey::ORM::Table;
has_table( Forum::Model::Schema->Schema()->table('User') );
transform 'email'
=> inflate { defined $_[1] ? Email::Address->new( $_[1] ) : undef }
=> deflate { defined $_[1] && blessed $_[1] ? $_[1]->address() : $_[1] };
transform() above inflates the email column's value to an
Email::Address object, if that value is defined. Similarly, the deflator takes an
Email::Address object and converts it back to a string.
The inflator and deflator are both called as methods on the object or class, which is why they use
$_[1] to get at the email. The inflator has to handle the case where the email address is undefined, since the column is nullable. The deflator handles the case where it is passed a plain scalar, which allows you to pass a plain string or undef to
$user->update() or
With Fey::ORM, you can also declare has-a relationships with other tables using
has_one() or
package Forum::Model::Message;
use Forum::Model::Schema;
use Fey::ORM::Table;
has_one( Forum::Model::Schema->Schema()->table('User') );
This creates a
$message->user() attribute which returns the associated user object. If the column (or columns) which "connects" to the foreign table is nullable, the attribute may simply return false. In the case of this particular relationship, that should never happen, since
Message.user_id is not nullable.
By default, the name of the attribute created via
has_one() is simply
lc $table->name(). Depending on your table naming scheme, this may or may not work. If the two tables have more than one foreign key between them, you must specify the foreign key explicitly:
has_one 'user' => (
table => Forum::Model::Schema->Schema()->table('User'),
fk => ...,
By default,
has_one() attributes cache the result of the lookup, so that future calls to the same attribute method return the object already created.
has_many() declaration works more or less exactly like
package Forum::Model::User;
use Forum::Model::Schema;
use Fey::ORM::Table;
has_many( Forum::Model::Schema->Schema()->table('Message') );
The default name is still
lc $table->name(). In the case of the naming scheme in this example, that doesn't really work, so we will provide an explicit name:
has_many 'messages' =>
( table => Forum::Model::Schema->Schema()->table('Message') );
Now we have a
$user->messages() method (not an attribute!). This method returns a Fey::Object::Iterator::FromSelect which iterates over the user's messages.
my $messages = $user->messages();
while ( my $message = $messages->next() ) {
print $message->message_id();
By default,
has_many() creates a non-caching iterator. The reason for this is that it cannot know how many foreign objects could be created. If a large number of objects will be created, caching would use a huge amount of memory. However, you can turn caching on explicitly:
has_many 'messages' => (
table => Forum::Model::Schema->Schema()->table('Message'),
cache => 1,
In this case, a
$user->messages() attribute is created which returns a Fey::Object::Iterator::FromSelect::Caching object. Subsequent calls to this attribute will return the same iterator, and that iterator in turn caches any objects it has already created.
Fey::ORM can also handle self-referential relationships:
package Forum::Model::Message;
use Forum::Model::Schema;
use Fey::ORM::Table;
has_one 'parent_message' =>
( table => Forum::Model::Schema->Schema()->table('Message') );
has_many 'child_messages' =>
( table => Forum::Model::Schema->Schema()->table('Message') );
Arbitrary Relationships
Fey::ORM, also allows you to declare arbitrary relationships between any two tables by providing a SELECT statement to
has_one() or
has_many(), rather than a Fey::FK object. Here is a straightforward example:
package Forum::Model::Message;
use Fey::Placeholder;
use Forum::Model::Schema;
use Fey::ORM::Table;
my $schema = Forum::Model::Schema->Schema();
my $message_table = $schema->table('Message');
# FROM Message
# WHERE parent_message_id = ?
# ORDER BY message_date DESC
my $select =
->select( $message_table )
->from( $message_table )
->where( $message_table->column('parent_message_id'),
'=', Fey::Placeholder->new() )
->order_by( $message_table->column('message_date'), 'DESC' )
has_one 'most_recent_child' => (
table => $schema->table('Message') select => $select,
bind_params => sub { $_[0]->message_id() },
With this declaration, the
Forum::Model::Message class now has a
$message->most_recent_child() attribute. This attribute will return the most recent child message of the
$message object, if there is one to return. You can enable or disable caching of this data just as with the other form of
You can use this arbitrary declaration to traverse your schema in arbitrary ways. For example, we might want to find all the messages for a group:
package Forum::Model::Group;
use Fey::Placeholder;
use Forum::Model::Schema;
use Fey::ORM::Table;
my $schema = Forum::Model::Schema->Schema();
my $message_table = $schema->table('Message');
# SELECT Message.*
# FROM Message
# JOIN User USING (user_id)
# JOIN Group USING (group_id)
# WHERE Group.group_id = ?
# ORDER BY Message.message_date DESC
my $select =
->select( $message_table )
->from( $message_table, $user_table )
->from( $user_table, $group_table )
->where( $group_table->column('group_id'),
'=', Fey::Placeholder->new() )
->order_by( $message_table->column('message_date'), 'DESC' );
has_many 'messages' => (
table => $message_table,
select => $select,
bind_params => sub { $_[0]->group_id() },
It is common to want to create a method in a class which executes a specific query based on the current object. For example, we might want to know how many messages a user has posted.
query sugar function allows you to declare a
SELECT-based method.:
package Forum::Model::User;
my $count = Fey::Literal::Function->new(
# SELECT COUNT( Message.message_id )
# FROM Message
# WHERE user_id = ?
my $select =
->from( $message_table )
->where( $message_table->column('user_id'),
'=', Fey::Placeholder->new() );
query 'message_count' => (
select => $select,
bind_params => sub { $_[0]->user->id() },
This creates a
$user->message_count() method. When that method is called, the query is executed with the bound parameters returned from the
bind_params subroutine reference.
FromSelect ATTRIBUTE METACLASS
If you don't want to re-execute the query each time, you can instead associate a query with an attribute.
Fey::ORM provides an attribute metaclass, Fey::Meta::Attribute::FromSelect, which manages the details of executing the query and sticking the value in an attribute. You just provide a query object and an optional subroutine reference for the bind parameters.
package Forum::Model::User;
my $count = Fey::Literal::Function->new(
# SELECT COUNT( Message.message_id )
# FROM Message
# WHERE user_id = ?
my $select =
->from( $message_table )
->where( $message_table->column('user_id'),
'=', Fey::Placeholder->new() );
has 'message_count' => (
metaclass => 'FromSelect',
is => 'ro',
isa => 'Int',
select => $select,
bind_params => sub { $_[0]->user - id() },
When using an attribute is that the value is effectively cached after it is first retrieved. This could mean that it becomes inaccurate if something else updates the database after the attribute is populated.
You can, of course, add a
clearer to the attribute, but you still have to know when to call the clearer.
One advantage of using an attribute over a
query method is that the attribute's value can be set by passing a value to the constructor. This can be useful if you are going to fetch the attribute's value as part of a larger query.
However, the downside is the possibility of stale, inaccurate data. Think carefully about how you will handle this problem. The best approach is probably to start with a
query method, and then switch to an attribute if needed to improve performance.
USING Fey
One of the advantages of using Fey::ORM is that you can use the power of the core Fey SQL generation tools with your classes:
package Forum::Model::Message;
use DateTime;
use Fey::Object::Iterator::FromSelect;
sub RecentMessages {
my $class = shift;
my $schema = $class->SchemaClass()->Schema();
my $select = $class->SchemaClass()->SQLFactoryClass()->new_select();
my ( $message_t, $user_t ) = $schema->tables( 'Message', 'User' )
$select->select( $message_t, $user_t )
->from( $message_t, $user_t )
->where( $message_t->column('message_date'), '>=',
DateTime->today()->subtract( days => 7 )->strftime( '%Y-%m-%d' ) );
my $dbh = $class->_dbh($select);
return Fey::Object::Iterator::FromSelect->new(
classes => [ $class->meta()->ClassForTable( $message_t, $user_t ) ],
dbh => $dbh,
bind_params => [ $select->bind_params() ],
This is all a bit verbose for now, but future versions of Fey::ORM will probably provide sugar to trim it down.
Fey::ORM provides a built-in simple in-memory object caching system. This system is very handy in a persistent environment, such as a webapp, where you may end up trying to load the same objects more than once in the same request.
Fey::ORM's caching makes no attempt to expire objects, so you need to be careful to clear the object cache regularly to avoid stale data. In practice, I've found that a good way to do this is to simply clear the cache once per "request". In a web app environment, you can make this part of your request initialization.
If you are writing a daemon or other long-running application, you will need to find a similar place to clear the cache. One good option could be to clear the cache on every commit. If your application does a lot more reading than writing, this policy should still be a win.
You can turn on caching for all of your table-based classes through your schema class:
Similarly, you can clear the cache for all the table-based classes through your schema class:
You can also enable or disable caching on a per-class basis, as well as clear the cache for just one class at a time.
Caching Under Catalyst
If you were writing a Catalyst application and wanted to ensure that the cache was cleared at the beginning of each request, there are a number of places to do this. If you have a base controller class, you can do this in its
begin() method, as long as all your controllers inherit from that class:
package MyApp::Controller::Base;
sub begin : Private {
my $self = shift;
my $c = shift;
You could also provide your own
Catalyst::Request subclass and do the cache clearing in its constructor, or in a plugin of some sort.