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Mary Berry's Family Sunday Lunches by Mary Berry (Headline, £20)
This excellent book is great to flick through to get some ideas for Sunday lunches.
There are all the usual roasts, complete with useful cooking times, but also less traditional Sunday lunch dishes like paramasan and herb frikadellers, salmon and spinach bake and Oxford meatballs with pepper sauce.
Unlike some cook books, Mary Berry's keeps it simple - you never sense her recipes are striving for effect, just classic, beautifully-cooked food.
There are suggestions for starters, main courses and a range of cold desserts and hot puddings, plus plenty of tips on how to cook vegetables in a way to bring out their best qualities and flavours.
The winter curry and summer buffet sections offer some imaginative alternatives to the usual lamb, beef and chicken roasts.
All the recipes include tips on how to prepare the dish in advance and whether or not it freezes which, as the author points out, helps you keep one step ahead and make the best use of your time.
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DETROIT - The Detroit Tigers announced their 2013 lineup of special events that will include a tribute to the 1968 World Championship team on Saturday, May 25.
Members of the '68 World Series-winning team will be honored in a pregame on-field ceremony. The first 10,000 fans in attendance will receive a commemorative '68 team coin, a keepsake to remember the team's tremendous accomplishments.
Returning fan favorites include: the 19th Annual Negro Leagues Tribute Game (April 27); 43rd Annual Polish-American Night (May 24); 3rd Annual Classic Car Show (June 8); Christmas in July (July 31); 8th Annual Fiesta Tigres (August 3); and the ever-popular Stars Wars Night (September 14). Visit tigers.com for the complete 2013 home schedule, special events and promotional lineup.
Individual game tickets for the 2013 Detroit Tigers season go on sale Saturday, March 2 beginning at 10:00 a.m. Fans will have the opportunity to purchase single game tickets at the Comerica Park Box Office on Witherell Street, online at tigers.com, by calling 866-66-TIGER (84437) and at Hockeytown Authentics in Troy.
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Friday, April 5 Opening Day
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Saturday, April 27 Negro Leagues Tribute Game
Saturday, May 11 Pre-Game Clinic
Friday, May 24 43rd Annual Polish-American Night
Saturday, May 25 1968 45th Anniversary Celebration
Saturday, June 8 3rd Annual Classic Car Show
Sunday, June 9 On-Field Photo Day
Saturday, June 22 Country Night
Wednesday, July 31 Christmas in July
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FLORENCE, Ala. – The No.19-ranked Saint Leo men's tennis got back on the winning track as they swept a pair of regional foes in North Alabama and Delta State, 9-0, Saturday afternoon from the UNA Tennis Complex.
In a rare doubleheader, the men's tennis team did not drop a single match as they recorded straight-set victories in all but one contest.
Eight Lions recorded at least one win, including Victor Lozier who anchored a quartet of Lions who went 4-0.
Against North Alabama, Antoine Raffaelli highlighted the Lions early match with an impressive 6-1, 6-0 win
After jumping up on No.41 Delta State 3-0 after doubles, the Lions saw another solid singles effort as sophomore Jake Fleischer keyed the win with a 6-3, 6-2 win.
The Lions will continue their three-match road swing with a trip to Samford University where they will challenge Gulf South Conference opponent Alabama-Huntsville. First serve is set for 10 a.m.
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The ASCLA "Library Accessibility –What You Need to Know" toolkit series of fifteen tipsheets was developed to help librarians in all types of libraries understand and manage access issues. These issues include but are not limited to: patrons who have cognitive, mental, or emotional illnesses; patrons with learning and/or developmental disabilities; patrons with service animals; patrons needing assistive technologies; and, patrons with physical disabilities. Each tipsheet addresses a specific concern, and was updated in 2010.
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silky tofu chocolate pudding or mousse photo by vsimon
Pudding, mousse, or "moose." Which is it?
Whayever you want. It is the texture of pudding when it is served right away. It firms to mousse consistency when it is chilled for a few hours. How much liquid you add factors in too.
This recipe is very malleable. The only two constants required are silken tofu and chocolate. Liquid and sweetener choices are yours to make.
Kid friendly or upscale?
Either. Call it pudding or "moose" and serve it unadorned in simple bowls to please the kids. Heck, they can help make it.
Or call it mousse, elevate it in stemmed glassware, and add a fancy garnish. Say, fresh fruit, orange zest, a mint sprig. Now we are talking downtown! Also think Valentine's Day for your babe. Very easy to make ahead.
Tofu? Isn't that alien goo?
No, it is not. Tofu is made from soybeans, possibly grown in soil right here in the Midwest. Be sure to use silken tofu. When it is blended, you will not find anything that feels smoother in your mouth.
It comes in several varieties-soft, firm, extra firm, organic, lite. Any kind will work. Add less liquid when using soft tofu, more with extra firm.
I use extra firm lite because it has fewer calories, something this 50 something body doesn't need too many of.
Gluten free chocolate.
Several brands come to mind. I favor Ghirardelli semi sweet chocolate chips. There are others too. Read the labels, visit the FAQ sections of company websites. And call them if you have further questions.
Low lactose? Dairy Free? It can be.
I use strong coffee for the liquid. You could use any kind of milk- soy, almond, hazelnut, hemp, rice. These would all make a dairy free delight.
You could even use cow milk, but then it would not be dairy free. It would still be much lower in lactose than "regular" pudding though.
And be sure to use dairy free chocolate if you need absolutely dairy free chocolate pudding. Enjoy Life is dairy free. Ghirardelli, even the very dark kinds, are not.
Sweetener, any issue can be accommodated.
First- type.
Most will work. Sugar-white, brown, dark brown, palm, date. Honey, maple syrup, agave. Even artificial sweeteners if that is your wish.
Some of these will change the flavor, but they will work.
And liquid sweeteners will thin the mousse a bit. You could cut back on the liquid to make sure you get the consistency you like.
I used dark brown sugar.
Second- amount.
The amount in the recipe is not overly sweet. Some folks may want more.
Make it your own
So mix and match your ingredients, choose the name, and how it is served. Any way, this is a foolproof recipe you will love to make again and again.
Silky Tofu Chocolate Pudding (or whatever you want to call it)
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In a microwave safe bowl, heat chips at 30 second intervals, stirring until smooth.
Put tofu into blender and process until smooth.
It is important for the tofu to be room temperature here, not chilled. Otherwise the melted chocolate may seize up into tiny, crunchy bits. And you will not achieve silky, satiny enlightenment.
Add melted chocolate, your choice of liquid, and sweetener. Process until smooth.
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Palm Beach, Fla. (July 23, 2007) - Saint Leo University incoming 18-year-old freshman softball player Amanda Buckley's body was found by Palm Beach County sheriff's investigators inside the home of 26-year-old Jason Shenfeld on Ardel Drive near Jupiter last Saturday after his parents called 911. An autopsy revealed the softball star had been strangled.
Shenfeld was accused of strangling the Palm Beach Gardens High School graduate, and made his first court appearance Sunday morning in front of Judge Stephen Rapp, according to the Palm Beach Post.
Rapp denied bail and said he found probable cause and will leave it at that, according to a story in the Palm Beach Post. Sheriff's officials and federal marshals arrested Shenfeld on a warrant for first-degree murder, sexual battery and false imprisonment Saturday night.
State records show previous arrests as far back as 2000 for Shenfeld on charges of robbery, battery and drug and alcohol offenses, as well as an arrest last year on charges of sexual assault with a weapon and kidnapping.
Former Palm Beach Gardens High School teammates wore Buckley's number scrawled on athletic tape at their summer travel game in Davie on Sunday.
Buckley, who was an only child, knew Shenfeld, meeting him through friends, according to the Palm Beach Post. A friend of Buckley's said Amanda's parents had met Shenfeld once, but did not know him well and never met his family.
Buckley made newspaper headlines last year when she pitched a no-hitter with 15 strikeouts against Palm Beach Lakes during her senior year in high school. She was an outstanding player for the Gators for four years on the varsity as the starting second baseman. The daughter of Troy and Barbara Buckley helped lead her team to the Class 6A state championship in 2005 and again in 2006.
Buckley will be remembered for her outstanding defense in both state tournaments. She helped her team make the regional finals as a senior. Buckley was chosen defensive player-of-the-year every season for the Gators.
"Words can not describe how I feel at this point," said Saint Leo softball Coach Christi Wade. "I was looking forward not only to having her as a member of our team and the Saint Leo community, but
getting to know her on a personal basis and interacting with her over the next four years. She had a tremendous personality. She was a winner and had a tremendous career ahead of her as a Lion."
Hundreds of people gathered around second base at the municipal baseball field in Palm Beach Gardens Sunday night to honor her. Friends who played with her and against her in softball remembered how Buckley's magnetic personality energized both teams in a game. Sarah Harmes, who played against her for 10 years in travel ball and high school said one couldn't help but become friends with her rival, because after every pitch, she would turn around and smile, or make someone laugh, the Palm Beach Post reported.


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Beneath tropic seas; a record of diving among the coral reefs of Haiti, by William Beebe ... with sixty illustrations.
By: Beebe, William, - New York Zoological Society.
Publication info: New York,G.P. Putnam's Sons,1928.
Holding Institution: MBLWHOI Library
Subjects: Birds Deep diving Description and travel Haiti Marine animals Scientific Expeditions
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Dahlak: with the Italian National Underwater Expedition in the Red Sea, by Gianni Roghi and Francesco Baschieri. Translated from the Italian by Priscilla Hastings. Edited by Eleanor Brochett. With 11 full colour and 40 monochrome photos.
By: Roghi, Gianni, - Baschieri Salvadori, Francesco,
Publication info: Fair Lawn, N.J.Essential books1957
Holding Institution: MBLWHOI Library
Subjects: Deep diving Marine biology Red Sea Spedizione nazionale subnequen in Mar Rosso, 1952-
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Half mile down / by William Beebe.
By: Beebe, William, - Barton, Otis. - Crane, Jocelyn. - Hollister, Gloria. - Tee-Van, John. - New York Zoological Society.
Edition: First edition.
Publication info: New York :Harcourt, Brace and Company,[1934]
Holding Institution: MBLWHOI Library
Subjects: Bermuda Islands Deep diving Diving bells Marine animals Nonsuch Island (Bermuda Islands)
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Sea diver; a quest for history under the sea.
By: Link, Marion Clayton.
Publication info: New York,Rinehart[1959]
Holding Institution: MBLWHOI Library
Subjects: Caribbean Area Deep diving Santa María (Ship) Shipwrecks
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Under sea with helmet and camera; experiences of an amateur, by A. Felix Du Pont, with illustrations from photographs taken by the author.
By: Du Pont, A. Felix (Alexis Felix),
Publication info: New York,Dodd, Mead & company,1940.
Holding Institution: MBLWHOI Library
Subjects: Bahamas Deep diving Marine biology Underwater photography
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The underwater guide to marine life [by] Carleton Ray and Elgin Ciampi.
By: Ray, G. Carleton. - Ciampi, Elgin.
Publication info: New York,Barnes[1956]
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Subjects: Deep diving Marine biology
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How can I link from web page A to a specific place on web page B?
On web page B, give the element that you want to jump to an ID, eg
(You can achieve the same effect by adding , but that is very old-fashioned and not recommended)
Then, on web page A, you add that onto the link with a hash, eg
Then, on web page A, you add that onto the link with a hash, eg
Thanks for that help. It worked successfully.
Then I tried another link, from lower in the page to the top of that same page, using this code (without success):

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When I select the Learn More, I am directed to the home page.Any additional help will be appreciated.
From what you've told us, that shouldn't happen. Your code looks exactly right, apart from being 10+ years out of date, so either your code doesn't say exactly what you've written here or there's something funny going on. Double check that you're looking at the right version of the page and clicking on the right link, and if it's still giving unexpected behaviour then post a link to the problem page here and we'll have a look at it.
Edit: just a thought, you haven't got a <base> element on the page or anything like that, have you?
Yes, you should use the same code as you used in the previous scenario. If you just want to link to the top of the page, choose an element at the top of the page and add an ID to it, such as
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Sometimes the top element (or the body) has some fee space under the top of the page.In that case, you can set the id="top" on the  tag, and you will go just to the border of the viewport, whatever margins or paddings are used.
Should work, got mine set like this. If you can't even click on link, make sure no borders of any blocks are overlapping the link(Had that happen to me, absolute position block element border was larger then the containing content and was invisible to the eye without the border: CSS style added.
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Lady Gaga & The CFDA Fashion Awards
The CFDA Fashion Awards were held in New York last night giving celebrities a chance to wear weird, expensive shit and pretend it doesn't make them look like androgynous butlers from the future and/or the walking dead. So, armed with that information, of course Lady Gaga was the main event and regaled everyone with her ability to wear a blue wig AND hold an invisible wine glass. I hear Miranda Kerr almost gasped until she remembered gasping is so last year. Although, GaGa would later be upstaged at the after-party by drunk Kanye and his backwards baseball cap with diamond strap, the perfect fusion of form and function. "DIAMONDS MAKE MY SHINY HAT NOT FALL, YO!!!!"
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Surrey mulls building plan for eco-sensitive area
A huge pastoral neighbourhood in South Surrey almost half the size of Stanley Park is being eyed for development as city council considers an ambitious plan for Grandview.
The environmental values are so significant, the city is looking for the first time to charge a "green space levy" to all residential development within the plan to purchase the sensitive spaces.
The neighbourhood concept plan (NCP) for Grandview 4, is currently home to some high-valued wildlife corridors, stream networks and acres of protected trees on 92 separate parcels of land.
Because of the high environmental values, city staff are proposing to take extraordinary steps to save it.
The proposed wildlife hub and corridor to be saved in the plan include 15 hectares (37 acres), with another 50 hectares (120 acres) of green space, such as parks and riparian areas.
The plan estimates it will cost $45 million to acquire those green spaces.
City staff are hoping the green space levy, which would average between $9,600 to $14,000 per dwelling, will cover the cost of that property.
The 201-hectare (497-acre) tract of land – almost the size of Green Timbers Urban Forest – in the NCP is also home to the residence of Mayor Dianne Watts.
As such, Watts said she'll be absenting herself from voting on the plan, which recommends allowing 15 homes per acre on her multi-acre lot.
On Monday, city council reviewed a draft of the plan, which will go to the public before coming back to council.
The odd-shaped NCP stretches to 20 Avenue to the south, 32 Avenue to the north, 176 Street to the west and 184 Street to the east.
The plan is home to a wildlife corridor stretching north from Redwood Park in the south to the angular swath of Agricultural Land Reserve to the northeast.
Staff say wildlife travel at night, so it should be safe from traffic.
The draft plan calls for a neighbourhood centre at 177 Street and 24 Avenue, which would be the primary commercial centre for the NCP.
It anticipates between 3,274 and 4,680 residences, with a population of up to 11,887.
Deb Jack, president of the Surrey Environmental Partners, said Thursday she's happy with the plan as she sees it, and thinks the acquisition of the $45 million in green space is quite ambitious.
That said, she would like to see underpasses for wildlife at the road crossings.
However, the city's own Environmental Advisory Committee (EAC) had a different opinion of the development plan 18 months ago. After the initial draft plan was unveiled, the EAC said it completely contravened the city's own Ecosystem Management Study (EMS).
"If there is any credibility to the EMS then this development should not happen," the committee said in the minutes of its May 25, 2011 meeting. "This NCP is 100 per cent opposite to the EMS."
The next public meeting regarding the plan will be held Wednesday, Feb. 6, 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. with a presentation at 6:30 p.m.


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Investigators seek possible victims of ATM card skimmer
Published: Monday, February 25, 2013 at 2:23 p.m.
Last Modified: Monday, February 25, 2013 at 2:23 p.m.
Authorities are looking for anyone who may have used an ATM in Jonesville last week because they could be victims of a card-skimming device.
Alachua County Sheriff's deputies arrested three people on Feb. 18 who were seen removing the device from an ATM outside the Publix supermarket at 14130 Newberry Road in Jonesville.
The device was believed to have been on the ATM from 6 to 10 a.m. that day. Anyone who used the Presto ATM machine at this location during that time should contact Detective Billy Beck at 367-4166.
Detectives are working with other agencies throughout the state as well as federal law enforcement agencies in uncovering this network of criminals.
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Newcastle, currently in 14th, have endured a series of off-field dramas in 2014 which have derailed the campaign of last season's preliminary finalists.
Their annus horribilis began with the jailing of Russell Packer and reached a low point with a serious neck injury suffered by Alex McKinnon in round three.
They have also had to contend with the exit of owner Nathan Tinkler, Bennett quitting with a year remaining on his contract and marquee player Darius Boyd taking indefinite leave to seek treatment for depression.
Stone said their were shoots of green beginning to show, such as the NRL debuts of local juniors Sione and Chanel Mata'utia and memorable wins over title contenders Sydney Roosters and Melbourne over the last three rounds.
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After taking over following Brian Smith's sacking, he had two years and a half years in the top job, before stepping down to serve as Bennett's assistant for the last three seasons.
There had been calls for the club to sack Bennett so the Knights could begin rebuilding.
Stone said he was well placed to see out the year as the club's NSW Cup coach and take the reins to start planning for next season.
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Stone was widely tipped to earn the top job after Penrith assistant Garth Brennan dropped out of the race two weeks ago and CEO Matt Gidley said the club considered six candidates for the position.
Stone, 47, joined Newcastle in 2006 as an assistant to Michael Hagan and has also served as the coach of rugby league minnows Fiji at last year's World Cup.
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Darwin becomes Lyell's disciple: During his time on the Beagle (1831 – 1836) Charles Darwin read lawyer Charles Lyell's book Principles of Geology. After returning to Britain, Darwin wrote to a friend and colleague about the effect of Lyell's writings on his own research and writing:
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With interest I read the article regarding the trial with the electric bus in St. Albert (Gazette, July 2). Although it is understood that a major driver of exploring this option is to help decrease carbon emissions, it seems to me that we are looking at a high cost alternative that won�t efficiently meet the needs of St. Albert commuters.
I find it strange that we haven�t started with the basics before we start looking at the higher end solutions of pollution control before we look at systems that would have a significant fiscal impact on the St. Albert taxpayer. For example, take notice of the near empty 40 plus foot St. Albert buses travelling around the suburban routes, one can almost guarantee that the load factor of that bus (percentage of seats occupied) is lower than 25 per cent even during peak hours. This suggests that the city has opted to go with the more fuel inefficient vehicles rather than purchasing smaller, lower cost yet more fuel efficient vehicles such as the airport shuttle buses. It can be argued that smaller buses would continue to meet the occupancy needs of St. Albert suburban routes without risk of maximizing the load factor for at least the next ten years. It is important to note that I am not referring to the buses that are coming out of the depots during peak hours that support intercity transport thus typically having a higher load of occupancy at least during peak hours.
So it seems that the city is once again leaping before they think. First, electric buses offer a significant number of problems that I am not confident have been considered as part of this review process. Electric buses are just that. They should not be confused with hybrid buses. Electric buses are solely powered by batteries which are typically high maintenance. Given that they don�t have a diesel or gasoline back up as a hybrid offers, these buses present what is known as �range anxiety�. Just like an electric car, they can only go so far on a single charge and that charge is considerably lower than the range of a fossil fuel engine. This means there will have to be recharging stations set throughout the city at considerable cost so the buses can regularly recharge. Evidence in other cities is already demonstrating that the time for recharge is mandating additional buses to ensure schedules are met. Also, what if a bus is behind schedule. Right now a bus arriving late can immediately start the leg of its next route to make up for lost time. The requirement for an electric bus to frequently recharge suggests an inability to make up time thus leading to poor schedule reliability; something that is already problematic. I would also be curious of the reliability given the extreme cold weather we experience in Alberta. I would suggest that running the trial during the warmer period of summer is flawed and that these trials should be conducted during the colder weather. As many of us can attest, batteries do not perform well in cold weather.
It is my contention that the city should consider taking baby steps. For example, using more reliable natural gas or hybrid engines. These would offer the benefits of helping the city reduce its carbon emissions and operating costs while ensuring an equitable balance of service reliability. This would be deemed a short term solution while waiting for the system to design more reliable and longer range electric buses that the city could then migrate to should a future business case warrant. At this time, the electric bus is no more economical overall than the current buses, whereas natural gas or hybrid options are beginning to demonstrate higher cost savings for other transit systems throughout North America. Given that the city of St. Albert has one of the highest (if not the highest) tax brackets in all of Alberta, dare I say Canada, I believe it behooves our city council to find the happy medium of controlling our carbon footprint while reducing, not just maintaining, the already high operating costs of our transit system.
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Sunday, December 30, 2012
~r & r~
20 comments:
- Lisa @ Fern Creek Cottage said...
So glad you had a wonderful time! It sounds like the perfect winter get a way!!
- December 30, 2012 at 11:01 AM
- Alexis Gradwohl said...
My husband LOVES that place! He has taken lots of fly fishing classes there.
- December 30, 2012 at 11:09 AM
- Simply Me said...
Looks wonderful and really really cold!!!! but Beautiful ... Hope you enjoy your time.... Its 52 here in Florida and my heat is on...Dont Laugh!!!
- December 30, 2012 at 11:38 AM
- Sandy said...
That lodge looks beautiful. Can you tell me what the name of it is? We have been going to Asheville and want to try a new place.
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- December 30, 2012 at 12:24 PM
- Pieced Pastimes said...
Glad to hear you enjoyed your after Christmas vacation. The lodge looks beautiful as does the location. Wishing you a Very Happy New Year!
- December 30, 2012 at 12:31 PM
- Alicia@ eco friendly homemaking said...
Sounds like an awesome trip! I hope this New Year brings you and your family an abundance of God's blessings!!
- December 30, 2012 at 12:35 PM
- Sheila said...
I'm curious about the location. My family wants to go on a getaway. We're in the greater Seattle area. Thanks!
- December 30, 2012 at 5:45 PM
- Stephanie said...
This looks amazing! I would love to know where you went and the name of the resort???
- December 30, 2012 at 5:56 PM
- The Tablescaper said...
We're doing something similar for new years. After all of the holidays, some r&r are definitely in order.
- The Tablescaper
- December 30, 2012 at 8:30 PM
- Monica Hart said...
Oh, Melaine, Picture postcard perfect! You deserve the r & r...
Looks like a wonderful time was had by ALL!
xxo and looking forward to seeing you in 2013!!
- December 30, 2012 at 9:02 PM
- Art and Sand said...
We always go away for Christmas - usually skiing. This year we chose Kauai and had beautiful weather. Seeing your snow pics make me wish we were skiing.
Happy New Years
- December 30, 2012 at 10:47 PM
- dogwalker said...
who doesn't love beautiful snow and kids with rosy red cheeks.
happy new year.
- December 31, 2012 at 3:24 AM
- Donna White said...
So pretty! We love trains and snow and mountains! What a trip! Where is this?
- December 31, 2012 at 8:25 AM
That place looks like a slice of heaven, kind of reminds me of another place I've been.... You're house :)
Happy New Year!!
- December 31, 2012 at 8:31 AM
- Melaine Thompson said...
Hi friends! It was in Ellensburg Wa. is called Canyon River Ranch!
- December 31, 2012 at 10:52 AM
- Between You and Me said...
what a glorious trip!
It totally looks like the polar express!!!
We went to DC together....amazing trip!!!
love your pics, friend.
- January 1, 2013 at 6:01 PM
- T said...
What a fabulous getaway. Drooling at all those windows. Great pics of snow play.
Great choice.
Happy New Year to you and yours.
- January 2, 2013 at 2:57 AM
- Mary Ann at classic•casual•home said...
So beautiful. Amazing place and darling kids!
- January 5, 2013 at 2:49 AM
Hi Melaine
I'm a faithful follower, you are such an inspiration. I am trying to go back and read your blog for 2010, but I can't seem to get the archive button to work. What am I doing wrong? I can click on the month, but it doesn't go anywhere. (I'm too lazy to keep going to the bottom and work my way back! Thanks for your help. My email is firstname.lastname@example.com
- January 8, 2013 at 9:50 AM
- Milk & Cookie Party said...
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Awhile back he posted some steaks that had been marinated in balsamic vinegar and olive oil, and they looked so good that I had to give it a try.
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"It's very possible they could come home to some sad news," said Lieutenant Colonel Melvin Clawson who commands the 1-230th Air Cavalry Squadron based at McGhee Tyson Air Base.
In January, the Tennessee Department of the military announced the Army is looking to reorganize and phase out the OH-58D Kiowa Warrior helicopters. The 1-230th is the only guard unit in the country flying the armed "scout aircraft" designed to gather intelligence and protect troops on the ground. State leaders are pushing back against the Army plan to eliminate the helicopters, pilots, and mechanics, but commanders readily admit the future of the unit is in limbo.
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We'll by the time iOS 8 comes out idk why anyone would wanna be on ios6
Maybe the evaders should've made the jailbreak. They could've used the same exploits that they used for iOS 7.
iOS 6.1.3 is the end of the firmware line for them. To have a JB for that firmware is invaluable, as it allows endless restores.
Not everybody has money to burn and needs to have to latest Apple product in order to put it into a cupboard for month until a JB has been found.
I thought they (ih8snow and winocm) said the exploits they were using for this were closed in iOS7? Wasn't that the whole point of them even doing it? Why move forward with it and burn a whole other exploit? Doesn't make sense to me, unless they didn't realize it hadn't been patched in iOS7 after all, in which case...oops lol.
Correct my thinking here..if I'm missing something.
I just think the reporting of it is perpetuating the rift amongst the jailbreakers. This is twitter name calling and mud slinging, that if exacerbated WILL lead to some news worthy of reporting (not good). I just think its very gossip column, and maybe MMI should wait to post things that may prove to be detrimental to progress, depending on how people react when they are obviously on edge ATM. Do you really want to rally up the entitled, ignorant, demanding sect of the jailbreak community and make them aware of this? We all know that those idiots get under the devs skin, it alienates those thankful, patient, and helpful members of the community who are vastly outnumbered by the idiots. I just think maybe the mud slinging should be ignored in hopes that it doesn't get worse. Maybe it's just the anxiety I'm getting from all this twitter feuding.
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This is why communication is required, even if you aren't working together. You are both doing a similar project but Evad3rs are just better and newer. They should've talked to those bafoons to make sure they didn't do anything stupid like that. Why would those newbies be allowed to even work on JailBreaks anymore? I understand you're new but seriously, at least talk to people who know what they are doing before doing such a thing like that. Not to mention, why are people still worrying about iOS 6 so much (not counting the people who can't get iOS 7)? It's not great. iOS 7 is, in my opinion, the only actually great iOS they've ever created. iOS 6 was only just starting to go into the right direction. And if you say looks and you're worrying about jailbreak, you can just use WinterBoard to change the look back. Don't use that trash excuse cause it ain't gonna work.
Maybe they coulda shoulda woulda used a different exploit... I don't know what exploit was used, what exploits could've been used, but I'm glad they made it happen for those rockin older generation idevices... There will always be a hole somewhere, more exploits will always be found... And to think that these Devs do all of this outta fun, in their spare time and with no pay other than donations...


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- The near-collapse of the bank Monte dei Paschi di Siena has caused some to question the economic competence of Italy's centre-left Democratic party and threatens to cost the progressive coalition around Pier Luigi Bersani an outright win in the forthcoming general election.
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Did Fidel Castro's perspicacity enable the man to see back in 1959 where the rest of the planet was heading, a planet contaminated by cars, tours ships, wars, manufacturing, the oil industry, toxic food and water, the worship of concrete, not to mention polluted rivers, lakes and oceans, and a tourist industry that can turn a country into a dumpster in exchange for a few dollars?
The historical truth is that Castro wanted to protect his pretty precious island from aggressive and powerful forces including money hungry oil companies and investors who were the destroyers of any clean healthy environment, powers that can crush any green economic and/or healthy human growth.
So the man with deep love for his country in a desperate attempt to save the pretty island, like a mother lioness fiercely fight to protect her cubs, Fidel had no other choice but to partner with the Soviet Union for safety.
After the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1990 Cuba, among many other things, was lacking in chemical fertilizers and so was forced to adapt organic farming and organic gardening so much so that now there are thousands of organic home gardens, and several organic farms on the island.
Since pesticides and herbicides are harmful to both the soil and the consumer the organic farming and gardening is having a positive long-term impact on the health of Cubans, not to mention marine and land wildlife.
Obviously Cuba has been though hell in the last five decades yet like boot camp training that can transform a person into a skilled disciplined soldier, the agony Cuba has been through in the last half-century were needed lessons that would eventually turn the island into an environmental role model for the rest of the world.
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Absolutely beautiful, I guess the "forced isolation" has worked for thr best for the echology.
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Well I've just read a series of PHP articles on devshed about building a service layer. However, even after reading all these articles I still do not find much practical benefits of using a service layer, especially when you already have a data mapper that can pretty much do the same thing. Here is the class of Service and UserService from that article:http://www.devshed.com/c/a/PHP/PHP-Service-Layers-User-Services/1/
namespace MyApplicationService;
use MyApplicationMapper,
abstract class AbstractService
protected $_mapper;
* Constructor
public function __construct(MapperAbstractDataMapper $mapper)
$this->_mapper = $mapper;
* Find an entity by their ID
public function findById($id)
return $this->_mapper->findById($id);
* Find all the entities
public function findAll()
return $this->_mapper->findAll();
* Insert a new entity
public function insert(EntityEntityAbstract $entity)
return $this->_mapper->insert($entity);
* Update an entity
public function update(EntityEntityAbstract $entity)
return $this->_mapper->update($entity);
* Delete an entity
public function delete($id)
return $this->_mapper->delete($id);
namespace MyApplicationService;
use MyApplicationMapper,
class UserService extends AbstractService
* Constructor
public function __construct(MapperUserMapper $mapper)
* Save a user to persistence layer
public function save(EntityUser $user)
return $user->id === null ?
$this->insert($user) :
* Fetch all users in XML format
public function toXML()
$users = $this->_mapper->findAll();
$xml = "<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>n<users>n";
foreach($users as $user) {
$xml .= "<user>n<fname>$user->fname</fname>n"
. "<lname>$user->lname</lname>n"
. "<email>$user->fname</email>n</user>n";
$xml .= "</users>";
return $xml;
As you see, the service layer pretty much is just an adapter interface for the mapper, nothing more nothing less. Although the author stated that in the subclass UserService you can add some additional functionality such as save() and toXML() to distinguish it from a data mapper, but dont you think its perfectly fine just to write these methods inside a UserMapper class rather than create a UserService class? The usage of a Service Layer may work out for Active Record, but I seriously dont understand how it helps much when you already have Data Mappers. Anyone mind elaborating?
One reason might be that DataMappers are well known objects with a fairly specific responsibility i.e. they transfer data between objects and a database. If you started adding additional methods then you would violate the ever popular single responsibility principle.
A second reason might be that inheritance should generally follow the IS_A notion. Is a UserService a DataMapper? Not really. The article does a poor job of defining exactly what all the UserService is supposed to do but in principle the UserService might not use a data mapper at all. Might consider asking the author.
A third reason is testing. You can mock up a data mapper and then write some tests without having to actually hit a database.
I see, thanks for your explanation. Perhaps I should design a service layer in the next version of the script I am working on, still hesitating right now but it can be an option. XD
I can imagine the UserService being the place to put a register method, for example. This might deal with things such as firing off a welcome email (via an injected mail service), which wouldn't belong in the mapper. Alternatively, the author might be thinking more of the repository pattern, which would be used to encapsulate query logic and keep it separate from the mapper [See Fowler's description of the repository pattern].
In any case, I don't agree with the inclusion of the toXML method, as this relates to output and should be in it's own class, otherwise the UserService is violating the single responsibility principle.. imagine at a later date you want to add JSON as an output format, now you have to modify UserService. Far better to keep the output transformations in separate classes I think.
It's funny, because I'd started using a service layer myself a while before I realised there was a term for it. The problem I had at the time was that lots of my business logic was going straight into my models. It made sense to me at the time, but it turns out that when you do this, you end up with quite complicated models with coupling between function calls all over the place.
The primary reason I started taking business logic out of my models and sticking it into separate classes (I called them "processes" at the time, because I didn't know what term to use) was to encapsulate the logic and make my models cleaner. It made a really big difference. It turns out that by doing this, you can also unit test your service objects as well, which gives you another great reason to do it.
Nowadays, my models (or "entities", because I tend to work with Doctrine a lot now) are very clean and simple - I have nothing more than getters and setters in them really now. Anything that actually uses the models to do stuff is put into service layer objects, and it's made a big difference to the cleanliness and quality of my code.
It's a good thing to do. Once you start doing it, you'll really start to see how clean your models stay, and how easy it is to isolate the logic for any given service (because that logic will exist only once, and in a clearly defined place). I'd also highly recommend unit testing your service objects as well.
You know, I use the repository model a lot now because Doctrine recommends it - but I have to say, reading Fowler's description is like trying to read ancient greek to me. I know a lot of people really respect that guy, but I find his writing almost impenetrable. Is it just me?
What about model validation, do you usually put that in a service too?
I do the same thing but it's actually frowned upon by many "experts". It's called the "anemic domain model" anti-pattern.
I have often struggled with how to make my domain business objects actually do something but keep coming back to just putting most of the functionality in domain services. Oh well.
There is an interesting article here by the creator of Doctrine: http://www.whitewashing.de/2013/07/24/doctrine_and_domainevents.html
He basically added a Domain layer to doctrine which basically allows your domain (business) objects to send messages when they change their states. This in turn can allow listeners to do things like sending welcome mail.
It's perhaps the first tiny step to creating "bloody" (as opposed to anemic) business objects.
This is an interesting one. Until the project I've just started working on (literally started on it this week), I would typically put my validation directly inside my model. I'd do stuff like:
class User{
if ($email is not a correctly formed email address){
throw new InvalidArgumentException($email . ' must be an email address', xxx);
Obviously I removed the logic for checking the email here (xxx is whatever error code I'm assigning to the exception).
However, in Symfony 2, there's actually a validation service that will validate entities based on certain rules you pass to it: http://symfony.com/doc/current/book/validation.html
One thing I like about this model is the fact that you can have validation groupings, which means you can have different validation rules for the same model dependent on the context: http://symfony.com/doc/current/book/validation.html#validation-groups
I also like the fact that you can stick your validation rules into an external yaml file (although you can use other methods if you wish - annotations, xml or plain php), which makes it quite easy to see all your validation rules in one place.
It's early days for this method for me, but I like the idea in principle. The one downside that I can think of is that you could in theory bypass all validation if you just tried saving the model directly.
Interesting. I didn't know some people consider it an anti-pattern. I will have to read up on the reasons for that.
I can tell you that so far I've had nothing but success with it - it's made my code easier to read, maintain and test. I'll have to have a read up on why some people consider it an anti-pattern...
Just read this now: http://www.martinfowler.com/bliki/AnemicDomainModel.html
Now object-oriented purism is all very well, but I realize that I need more fundamental arguments against this anemia. In essence the problem with anemic domain models is that they incur all of the costs of a domain model, without yielding any of the benefits. The primary cost is the awkwardness of mapping to a database, which typically results in a whole layer of O/R mapping. This is worthwhile iff you use the powerful OO techniques to organize complex logic. By pulling all the behavior out into services, however, you essentially end up with Transaction Scripts, and thus lose the advantages that the domain model can bring. As I discussed in P of EAA, Domain Models aren't always the best tool.
The thing is, the entity/model relationship I was describing is something I use with Doctrine. Doctrine's entity manager takes care of mapping these anemic models to the database, so this actually isn't a problem for me at all.
I've got to say, I actually disagree with him here. I've not noticed any of these problems at all (but then, as I say, I'm not having to take care of mapping anything to the database as this problem has been solved for me by Doctrine, so perhaps the argument isn't quite so straight forward).
Regarding the "anemic domain model" anti-pattern, my understanding was that most people are assuming domain model == entity, whereas you can have domain services, which are considered part of the model layer (at least, that's what the DDD stuff I've read seems to say). It makes sense when you think about it, as aaarrrggh pointed out you're violating the SRP in your entities otherwise.
Edit: reading that last link to Fowler's article, this does seem to be what he's saying.
I just had a word with some of the Java guys in work. They're all saying they prefer the Service Oriented Architecture for the same reasons I described. As I say, I actually kinda "discovered" the pattern myself after encountering the problem with complicated models that were hard to manage and change.
I'm going to continue using this method for the time being, because I cannot see the disadvantages. If anyone reading this can point further disadvantages out, feel free
Don't want to hijack this thread too much, but I found myself agreeing with the comment by "Kishore" on this article:
His comment:
I agree, I've been using the Anemic Domain model for a while now and do prefer it for many of the reasons listed:
Regarding #6 Above think of all the various "Services"/Functionality that can go into a Rich Domain Model.1. Security2. Validation3. Data Massaging4. Persistance5. Import / Export6. Serialization7. Event Handling8. Resource/Localization
This can easily get quite complex.
I'm using the Anemic Domain Model and various re-usable components that are part of an open-source library I'm building. And so far this approach is working quite well.
Finally, I just want to say…. simply put.. things change. And what may be good in one-scenario may not work in another. Patterns change them selves.Regards,
Oh yeah I remember this anemic domain model debate. I try to avoid anti-patterns, but I do agree there are times that you find the temptation in using them. Singleton is a well-known anti-pattern and I do not use it for database class like examples from many online articles, but I do have a registry class that applies part of the Singleton principles. Now Id say that in a general sense anti-patterns are to be avoided, but there may be circumstances that you will actually end up using it. I like writing elegant codes, but I also need flexibility for rare occasions.
Can you think of any reasons as to why the anemic models are actually a bad idea in practice though? Other than what seems like academic theory from people like Fowler, I can't see any actual real world drawbacks from using this method - in fact, I can only see benefits, and negatives from having models that also process business logic rules. Perhaps I am missing something?
Take a look at this article and the associated gist from the man himself: http://www.whitewashing.de/2013/07/24/doctrine_and_domainevents.html
$item = new InventoryItem('Cookies');
$item->rename('Chocolate Cookies');
There are no generic getter/setters in InventoryItem. Each of the public methods actually do something for a reason.
Consider the rename method. It's pretty obvious that by calling this method you are deliberating changing the name of your item. The semantics are very clear.
Furthermore, after flush is called, a InventoryItemRenamed event is dispatched allowing anyone who happens to be interested to take further action. Equally important, if the flush fails for some reason then no events are dispatched.
Basically, a bloody (non-anemic) object can support real operations.
Can you do a rename from a service? Of course. But by letting the object do the work you can see exactly what operations an object can and exactly what the rules are. With services, there is no central place where you can see what an object actually do.
Unit testing actual behavior is easier.
Sorry for bumping a thread that is already dead for about 2 weeks(hopefully this does not break the rules against bumping old threads). I was wondering though, in the article series on Devshed the Service Layer has lots of adapter methods to the DataMapper to some extent(for instance these CRUD operations, which it simply uses its mapper property and call the same method on the mapper), but this means a large increase in the number of method calls. Is there gonna be a serious performance penalty for writing this many adapter methods? If so, how much is the performance cost compared to standard database operations?
Wrong question. You should be asking: If so, how much will the performance cost impact my application?
It's a CRUD app right? Throw an entity or two up on the screen, let the user makes some changes and press submit. Think the user will really notice if the response time is reduced by some tiny fraction of a second?
But I let my users change hundreds or entities at time? Is that really a good user interface design? You really think a bit slower persistent layer will be notices after your hundreds of entities make it through the validation and sanitation process?
But what if I had millions of users? You really think a simple crud app persisting to a single database will scale regardless of how you persist the data?
But still, I want absolute maximum database performance. Then don't use auto generated crud. But consider the performance difference between a working auto-generated crud application and a non-working hand crafted application which was never finished because too much time was spent on optimizing the persistent layer.
I see, good point, thanks for your answer, I guess going for a database adapter or a service layer isnt gonna cost much on the performance compared to the actual database connection and query execution after all. XD


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Parmelee hits solo homer; Vargas debuts with two-run double
CHICAGO -- Ron Gardenhire liked his team's chance after scoring five runs off of Cy Young candidate Chris Sale in the third inning on Friday night.
"I bet Las Vegas would take those odds," he said.
But the Twins' pitching woes continued, and led to a pair of blown leads in the White Sox come-from-behind, 10-8 win at U.S. Cellular Field.
Trailing, 7-6, in the eighth, Chicago scored four runs on six singles, then held off the Twins' rally in the ninth as Jake Petricka picked up his seventh save.
Paul Konerko brought home the tying run and Alexei Ramirez followed with the go-ahead tally, capping three consecutive hits with Jose Abreu, who has hit in 39 of the last 40 games, including 21 straight.
"Abreu, I had success with my cutter with him. Once I got strike one, I was just going to cutter him to death," said reliever Casey Fien, who allowed four runs and was charged his fifth loss. "But he got me before I got him."
The Twins scored runs in the seventh and eighth innings, including a go-ahead homer by Chris Parmelee on a full-count in the eighth. Brian Dozier tied the game at 6 after reaching on a challenge by Gardenhire in the seventh. Dozier advanced on consecutive groundouts, then scored on a single by Kurt Suzuki, who is hitting .447 against the White Sox this season.
"He has those quality at-bats pretty much it seems like every time up," Gardenhire said of Suzuki. "He goes deep in counts. With RBIs out there, he has a tendency to knock them in."
Minnesota forced 70 pitches from Sale through three innings, and scored via five consecutive hits -- three straight singles followed by a pair of doubles, including a ground-rule double by Kennys Vargas in his Major League debut -- before Sale was able to retire two straight to end the frame.
Sale allowed no runs and two hits the rest of the way, and threw just 37 pitches over the next three frames, finishing six innings with four earned runs, eight hits, one walk and seven strikeouts.
"He's filthy," Gardenhire said. "The guy is really tough. We were a little more aggressive today. He was a little more in the zone and we didn't chase out of the zone, so a little bit better for us tonight than it was the last time"
"I just was kind of erratic," Sale said. "Fastball command wasn't really there at all the whole night. But [catcher Tyler Flowers] knowing me better than I know myself really got me through that one inning and got me through six, which wasn't going to be a very good guess at the beginning of the night, and the third inning.
Twins starter Logan Darnell left after 81 pitches over four innings, giving up four earned runs on five hits, four walks and four strikeouts.
Suzuki had an RBI groundout in the ninth, but the Twins couldn't get any more after loading the bases with no outs.
Vargas, on his 24th birthday, finished 1-for-5, and had an error at first base that led to a White Sox run.
"Drove in a couple runs and competed out there well for us," Gardenhire said of the rookie. "Once he slowed down a little bit [and] the game got going, I think he looked a little more comfortable."
The White Sox took a 2-0 lead in the second when Moises Sierra lined an RBI triple to right and scored on an Adam Eaton bunt single.
Every White Sox starter had a hit and only Gordon Beckham went without an RBI.
Daniel Kramer is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.