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Have you ever been in a healthcare waiting room and thought about how the organization could be more efficient? For example, have you found yourself thinking about how to reduce the amount of time spent waiting? Or do you work in a healthcare organization and find yourself thinking about how to improve the organization? If you have, this course is for you. Course content includes an overview of healthcare organizations, their administration and management, and their governance.
About this Course
Skills you will gain
Offered by
Rutgers the State University of New Jersey
Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
Lesson One: Healthcare Organizations and the Health System
This lesson provides an overview of the course as well as an overview of healthcare organizations and the health system.
Lesson Two: Healthcare Administration and Management
This lesson provides an overview of healthcare administration and management.
Lesson Three: Governance
This lesson provides an overview of organizational governance and functions.
Lesson Four: Design a Governance Structure for a Healthcare Organization
This lesson is a synthesis of the course material to design and present a healthcare organization and governance structure the way you would have things run in the best of all worlds.
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The format is different in comparison to most Coursera courses. I must say it was worth it! the readings are thorough and full of valuable information. Thank you Dr. Kilduff!
Great introductory course to the broad-based systems in which we wish to lead. The information was relevant and appropriate for the course title and objectives.
Very well laid out. The final project really helps summarize and apply all the information you learn on healthcare organizations by creating your own.
In This course all aspects of evidence based healthcare administration. Assignment also help to understand various aspects of US healthcare system.
About the Healthcare Organization Operations Specialization
The healthcare tetralogy specialization is intended for anyone interested in healthcare organization as practiced in the United States. A range of healthcare organizations are discussed (e.g., medical, dental, pharmaceutical, and public health). The specialization is particularly useful to anyone working in the healthcare industry who either has: 1) a developing interest in the issues important to the administration of healthcare organization operations; or 2) some expertise, but wishes an overview or refresher of the issues. However, those who do not work in the healthcare industry, but who interact with healthcare organizations of any type as patients/consumers will also find the specialization informative. Through the four courses in the specialization, you will cover many aspects of healthcare organization operations including the relationship between healthcare organizations and the health system as well as health care delivery, business process management, and quality improvement within healthcare organizations. Upon completion of the specialization, those who interact with healthcare organizations as patients/consumers will have a better understanding of the issues involved in the effective administration of healthcare organizations and operations. Those working in the healthcare industry, upon completion of the specialization, will be better able to contribute to the effective administration of the healthcare organization's operations.
Frequently Asked Questions
When will I have access to the lectures and assignments?
Access to lectures and assignments depends on your type of enrollment. If you take a course in audit mode, you will be able to see most course materials for free. To access graded assignments and to earn a Certificate, you will need to purchase the Certificate experience, during or after your audit. If you don't see the audit option:
- The course may not offer an audit option. You can try a Free Trial instead, or apply for Financial Aid.
- The course may offer 'Full Course, No Certificate' instead. This option lets you see all course materials, submit required assessments, and get a final grade. This also means that you will not be able to purchase a Certificate experience.
What will I get if I subscribe to this Specialization?
When you enroll in the course, you get access to all of the courses in the Specialization, and you earn a certificate when you complete the work. Your electronic Certificate will be added to your Accomplishments page - from there, you can print your Certificate or add it to your LinkedIn profile. If you only want to read and view the course content, you can audit the course for free.
Is financial aid available?
Yes, Coursera provides financial aid to learners who cannot afford the fee. Apply for it by clicking on the Financial Aid link beneath the "Enroll" button on the left. You'll be prompted to complete an application and will be notified if you are approved. You'll need to complete this step for each course in the Specialization, including the Capstone Project. Learn more.
How can certificate learners communicate directly with the instructor?
There are two ways to communicate directly with the instructor – one private (seen only by you and the instructor) and one public (seen by the instructor and all learners in the course). The private communication is via the comment feature within the course. The instructor sees all comments and will attempt to respond to each comment within 24 hours. The instructor also provides a direct email address with the response should future communication be needed or of interest. The public communication is via the course Feedback Discussion Forums. The instructor tries to respond to all comments in the Feedback Discussion Forums within 24 hours.
Why are sections of the course marked [CERT], [INFO], [PREP], and [FUN]?
Each section of the course is marked to indicate its relevance to the work required to obtain the certificate. The markings are:
[CERT]: the section contains work which you must successfully complete to obtain the certificate.
[INFO]: the section provides information relevant to the work required for the certificate.
[PREP]: the section provides practice for the certificate work.
[FUN]:the section provides either: 1) interesting additional information which is supplemental, but not needed for the certificate; 2) an opportunity to post your comments on a specified topic for discussion with course colleagues, if you choose to do so; or 3) an opportunity to provide feedback on the course, if you choose to do so. If you are not interested in the [FUN] sections, skip them.
For certificate learners, what is required to earn the certificate for the course?
The short answer is that certificate learners need to successfully complete the six course sections marked [CERT]. These are:
Quiz: [CERT] Lesson One Quiz
Quiz: [CERT] Lesson Two Quiz
Quiz: [CERT] Lesson Three Quiz
Quiz: [CERT] Synthesize Course Content Self-Evaluation
Quiz: [CERT] Generate an Effective Poster Self-Evaluation
Peer Review: [CERT] Poster Submission and Evaluation
The Lesson One Quiz, Lesson Two Quiz, and Lesson Three Quiz are each open book, open note. You can take each quiz as many times as you want.
The self-evaluation "quizzes" are your own self-evaluation of the work that you have developed for the Peer Review project. The purpose of the self-evaluations is to ensure that all of the required elements of the peer review submission are completed before submission.
The Peer Review project is the capstone project for the course. The capstone project for the course requires learners to critically synthesize the material from the course and communicate/present the synthesized material to their learner colleagues. Each project is presented to learner colleagues via the peer-review feature and each learner evaluates the project of two learner colleagues.
The peer-review feature is chosen because each project is presented from the perspective of the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of that healthcare organization. One skill required of all CEOs is the ability to communicate/present their thinking and conclusions to others and expect evaluation and feedback. Another skill required of all CEOs is the ability to critically evaluate the presentation, thinking, and conclusions of others.
What is the best way to earn the certificate for this course (specialization) as quickly as possible?
Everyone - and I mean everyone including the instructor for this (the) course(s) - who needs to pass a test or evaluation to obtain something (e.g., driver's license, specific grade, a certificate) wants to know at the beginning of the process how best to complete that process quickly, efficiently, and successfully.
This process for earning the certificate for the course is specified at the beginning of the course in a section entitled" STEP-BY-STEP FAST-TRACK PATHWAY TO THE CERTIFICATE' which is a step-by-step instructor recommended 12-step pathway to successfully complete work required to obtain the certificate as quickly and efficiently as possible.
Why is the course format different from those of other Coursera courses?
The format for the course is different from most of the other Coursera courses. Most of the Coursera courses present course content through video lectures. This course presents course content through [INFO] readings (text). Links to optional [FUN] material, including videos, external to the course are included in the text.
The primary reason this format was chosen is because it allows each learner to better establish an individual learning pathway; it allows each learner to better customize what is learned and how learning occurs. Each learner can easily see the content topics for a lesson/module and easily reorder how they are read or merely skim those of little interest.
However, for those who wish a more in-depth knowledge of a topic, the embedded links take that learner to websites external to the course with additional information. The use of embedded links makes full use of the fact that the course is delivered online – and that there is a world of interesting, useful, and in-depth information external to the course.
Readings/text [INFO] content is presented as a series of questions and answers - the Socratic Method. The philosophy behind the use of this method is that this is a better - and much more interesting - way for a learner to master content.
There are videos in the course. These are professionally produced videos (e.g., from the Smithsonian, National Archives) which are included in the course to provide interesting supplemental - optional [FUN] - content. No video-presented content is needed to complete the work for the certificate. As with the [FUN] links to external material, the use of these optional [FUN] videos allows learners to create their own learning pathway and customize their learning experience.
For those who prefer an audio, as opposed to a reading/text, version of the course, is one available?
Yes, for certificate learners. For certificate learners, a PDF of the course content is available. This PDF can be read (text-to-speech) using the Adobe Acrobat Reader DC Read-Out-Loud feature. Instructions for use of the Read-Out-Loud feature and the provided PDF are provided within the course.
Why are trivia questions and virtual field trips included within the course?
The instructor believes that almost everyone loves trivia questions and road/field trips. So included in the course are [FUN] trivia questions regarding interesting, fun facts and [FUN] "virtual field trips" to the often hidden places of interest on the web. If you are not a fan of either trivia questions or virtual road/field trips, skip these sections of the course.
What is the course goal and what are the course objectives?
The goal of the course is to enable you to think critically about all aspects of healthcare administration in disciplined, critical, and productive ways. Upon successful completion of the course, those who interact in healthcare organizations as patients/consumers will have a better understanding of the issues involved in the effective administration of healthcare organizations and operations. Those working in the healthcare industry, upon completion of the course, will be better able to contribute to the effective administration of the healthcare organization's operations.
Specifically, upon successful completion of the course, the following objectives will be achieved.You will be able to:
1. Define a healthcare organization, a health system, and their relationship.
2. Define effective evidence-based healthcare administration and management models.
3. Define the forms of organizational governance and functions.
4. Synthesize course content to create a healthcare organization and governance structure.
5. Generate an effective electronic file poster suitable for presentation and printing.
6. Judge the quality (content presentation and format) of a poster.
Who is the photographer for the photo used for the course logo and page icon?
The photographer is Dmitri Popov and the photo was downloaded from Unsplash (https://unsplash.com/).
After completing this course, what course should I complete next?
Upon completion of this course, you might want to take another course in the Healthcare Organization Operations specialization. The four courses are:
Healthcare Organizations and the Health System
Health Care Delivery in Healthcare Organizations
Business Process Management in Healthcare Organizations
Quality Improvement in Healthcare Organizations
Each course is a stand-alone course; the courses do not build on each other - they complement each other. No one course in the specialization is a prerequisite for another course. If you choose to enroll in all four courses to receive the specialization certificate, the courses can be completed in any order.
However, the course may inspire you to set a different learning pathway for yourself.You may wish to study one of the topics addressed in the course is more depth.The embedded links may lead you to a source of that in-depth knowledge.Also check the Coursera catalogue to see other Coursera courses.
For whom is this course recommended? Who would benefit most from completing this course?
This course is intended for anyone interested in the world of healthcare organization in the United States. A range of healthcare organizations are discussed (e.g., medical, dental, pharmaceutical, and public health). The course is particularly useful to anyone working in the healthcare industry who either has: 1) a developing interest in the issues important to the administration of healthcare organization operations; or 2) some expertise, but wishes an overview or refresher of these issues. However, those who do not work in the healthcare industry, but who interact with healthcare organizations of any type as patients/consumers will also find the course informative.
Upon completion of the course, those who interact with healthcare organizations as patients/consumers will have a better understanding of the issues involved in the effective administration of healthcare organizations and operations. Those working in the healthcare industry, upon completion of the specialization, will be better able to contribute to the effective administration of the healthcare organization's operations.
What background knowledge is necessary to successfully complete the course? Are there prerequisites?
No background knowledge is necessary to successfully complete the course. All that is necessary to begin and successfully complete each course in the specialization is an interest in the content and a motivation to complete the course. However, those working in the healthcare industry may find the content more interesting and relevant.
Will I earn university credit for completing this course?
No, neither Rutgers University academic credit nor continuing education units (CEUs) are earned upon the successful completion of the course.
Is this a course on healthcare insurance to cover healthcare costs?
No, this is not a course on healthcare insurance. This is course from the perspective of the healthcare organization on organizational administration and operations. This is not a course on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) which is often called Obamacare. The instructor for this course has taught courses from the patient/customer perspective on methods for paying for health care. This is not that course, however, this course is a good prerequisite for an ACA course. The patient/customer perspective on payment methods is a difficult and involved topic. If you are interested in that topic, please check the Coursera catalog or contact the instructor.
English is not my first language. Is a version of the course available in any language other than English?
The course assessments are in American English. The project submission must be in American English. All links to external resources are to resources presented in American English. The course focuses on healthcare organizations in the United States. However, some people may find it useful to read some or all course content in a language other than American English.
Translation of required course material from written American English to another language is possible using the provided PDF of the course and Google Translate. An Adobe PDF file of the course content is available to certificate learners. This PDF can be used to produce a written version of the course in many different languages using Google Translate. Instructions are provided within the course.
More questions? Visit the Learner Help Center.


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Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2003 4:41 am
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I've found slightly conflicting info on this site regarding the date of manufacture on my Century.
I have #532951 and under the track it says E5B.
So from what I read on the manufacturing codes page (http://www.graflex.org/speed-graphic/manufacturing-code.html) - this puts my model at May 1965. But another page says Century Graphics were only made until '64.
Not that it's all that critical... I would just like to know because it seems to me from what I've seen on eBay and in camera shops here in NYC that I have one of the last models of this camera.
Oh, and one more thing - I put the red bellows from #520368 on this model because I like it better in red (although you can see my other posts about my issues with this bellows). So the question is, from a collector's perspective, have I devalued the camera by modifying it? Or is it the opposite?
just curious...
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Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2003 2:17 pm
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Believe the date code on your Century bed plate. Gandolf may confirm by
the serial no.
According to Richard Paine's book "A Review of Graflex," the Century was made until 1970, so either there's a wrong date on the Board or maybe you misread?
Again according to Paine, the Century was produced in black or gray with black or red bellows. A gray body/black bellows "deluxe" version was issued in 1966 and dubbed the Century Professional.
If you happen to have one of the latter, I wouldn't mess with it. You may want to wait until Gandolf confirms your camera's date.
(Since you're new to the Board, you may not know about Gandolf---he[?] is keeper of the Graflex Co. serial number archives. When he sees your query he will no doubt post a date for your camera.)
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Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2003 4:14 am
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The serial number dates the camera to 1953...
As with most religions, the Book of Graflex often gives ambiguous answers.
Perhaps the camera went back to the factory.
Perhaps the rails are not original.
Other parts of the camera may give a clue....
A Trioptar in a Century shutter would be from te 50s, while a Graflar in an SVS Prontor would be 60s.
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Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2003 5:52 am
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OK, now I'm really confused... Or as my dad used to say in such situations - "Corn-fused!"
The info on my camera: serial #532952/E5B
The Century page on this site says: "If your camera was manufactured (roughly) 1960-1973, then it is possible to gain some manufacturing information from the manufacturing code, which is stamped in ink in a inconspicuous location."
And as I said, the stamp says E5B. Hence my assumption that I have a camera from 1965.
And on the "major products list" page, I find this: "23 Century Graphic (above Ser. No. 532884 Black Bellows) ----- 1964"
And the serial # on my camera is certainly above 532884...
Not to doubt your wisdom Gandolf. but are you "sure" of that 1953 date?
When does interest become obsession? You should ask my girlfriend...
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Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2003 6:48 pm
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A date of 1953 for your Century #520368 makes sense. Gandolf has dated my Century Graphic serial #523213 at 1954.
I think if you ask him again, Gandolf may confirm that later date for your #532951 Century.
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Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2003 2:54 am
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The 1953 date is correct....but for the camera with the red bellows...#520xxx. This would have been and early red bellows camera.
The other camera with the #532xxx dates to sometime in 1964, thus a May '65 date code is plausable.
Other times the ambiguity lies not with in the pages but between the ears.
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Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2003 6:58 pm
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....or, as the old-time HAM radio guys used to say, "a short circuit between the headphones."
As, for example, the one I suffered when I wrote the above, which should, I think, read "a short circuit between the EARphones."
Henry (a/k/a "Mush Brain")
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Happy Thanksgiving!! In case you missed my tweet about it, I highly suggest you watch this video on Crappy Canadian Thanksgiving. It's high-larious :P
Today was just what I needed. A fabulous long run, delicious dinner and some quality time in with the boy :)
I actually managed to sleep past 7am today. I had one thing on my mind – pancakes. (aka flat waffles)
I used my protein pancake recipe. For dipping, I mixed up a 1/4 cup fake syrup with 2 tsp peanut butter.
After a big mug of coffee and some digestion, I set out for my longest running distance yet – 9 miles. I was actually nervous for this one!
I did my usual 9 minutes running, 1 minute walking that I do for most long runs. The first 3 miles went by quite easily. I was going at a steady pace. The weather was brisk, 5C (41F), but the sun was shining and the scenery on the river trail was gorgeous as always.
I was pleased when I hit the halfway point at 45 minutes on the dot. I wasn't checking on my Nike+ because I wanted to go at a pace that felt natural (I tend to push myself faster when I see the numbers!). So I was happy I was naturally holding up 10:00 minute miles with the walk breaks.
I had to run into a cold and gusty headwind on the way back. I wished I'd worn gloves. After an hour I took one Clif Shot Blok in cran-razz flavour.
In the past, I've tried to get all my mid-run nutrition in one go so I get a quick burst of energy. This works really well when biking, but it cramps me up when running. So today I opted to spread out the bloks, taking one every 10 minutes for the last half-hour. It worked really well! The bloks themselves were much easier to chew than Sharkies. And breaking them up like that sustained me better to get home :)
Honestly, the run wasn't that hard. No reason to worry at all! The last 20 minutes, as always, were the hardest. I've run that route so many times now, I think I tend to pick up the pace when I know I'm getting close to the end. My heart rate goes up and I start huffing and puffing. Then there's the mandatory sprint to the end that totally tuckers me out :P Oh, and I finished in 1:29:11!!
Today was one of those days where I needed immediate replenishment after walking in the door.
- 1 box pure coconut water
- 2 scoops Vega Smoothie Infusion
- 1/2 a banana
- big scoop plain yogurt
- 2 tsp peanut butter
- ice cubes
After lotsa foam rolling, stretching, icing and beautifying, I was then off to Chris' parent's place for thanksgiving dinner. I never take pictures over there, but here's what it kinda looked like :P
White turkey meat, cranberry sauce, mashed squash, stuffing, mashed potatoes, a whack of gravy and carrots. Then cherry pie for dessert!
Looks delicious, doesn't it? :P
Chris and I decided to go for a drive after since it was such a beautiful fall day. Then I got the idea that we should drive to an apple orchard!
Finally! I found some honeycrisp!!! They're not in the stores here yet.
I've never been apple picking before, but apparently Chris is a seasoned pro! He knew how to spot all the good ones and about "twisting" it off the branch.
I love apples!! Even more, I love honeycrisp!! Favourite fruit ever.
The orchard itself is beautiful. Up on a hill that overlooks the river.
I just filled up a small bag. I have no plans to bake with these gems, so I didn't want more than I could eat up before they go bad.
Chris and I continued our drive to Mactaquac. It's gorgeous down there this time of year. The dam…
The turkey dinner obviously held me over for a looong time. We ate at 2pm, but I was feeling like I needed something at 8pm.
PB + honey sandwich.
HUGE honeycrisp apple.
Also incredibly crispy and juicy. Soooo good!
Okay, that just about wraps up this beast of a post. I've got a (hopefully) quiet week ahead. Just what I need after last week's craziness! See ya tomorrow!
Edited to add: Check out my guest post at Leftovers For Lunch on packing lunches!


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15. Re: Towards Spring Test Enricher Milesone Onedan.j.allen May 10, 2012 3:32 AM (in response to jmnarloch)
I'm glad you asked about the "embedded service container" because I've been meaning to write up a definition.
I'm introducing a new name to make a distinction between:
- a server
- a service
I'm defining a server as something that provides multiple integrated services, such as a Java EE application server or a servlet container, and supports deployments natively.
I'm defining a service as something that provides a single component model or programming model, such as Hibernate, JPA, CDI, EJB or Spring. These technologies don't "boot up" (the way a server does) and they don't accept deployments.
Granted, it's not totally black and white, but for the purpose of our thinking, we'll consider them as distinct.
Spring is a service. You add the service to the container in a different way (in the deployment) than with CDI (provided by the application server). Keep in mind, Weld Servlet provides CDI to a servlet container through the deployment in the same way Spring works. How the service gets into the server is not all that relevant to this terminology.
Here are examples of embedded service containers:
- Weld EE Embedded and Weld SE Embedded
- OpenWebBeans Embedded
- OpenEJB Embedded (special case in that it provides multiple services, but still not a container)
- Hibernate (planned)
- Spring Embedded
Here are examples of embedded server containers:
- Jetty
- Tomcat
- Resin
- GlassFish
- WebSphere Application Server
You may wonder why the distinction is important. It matters when you switch to using a server container. In those cases, services are managed using a "service deployer extension" if the service is not provided by the container. Examples are Spring (in all cases), Seam 2 (unless running on JBoss AS <= 6) and CDI (if running on a servlet container).
In other words, you mix a server with a service deployer extension. For example:
- Spring + Tomcat
- Weld Servlet + Tomcat
Interesting to note, you can combine a service deployer extension with an embedded server container. However, the classpath leakage can be problematic, as you've experienced.
Thus, there are two "modes" for testing Spring with Arquillian:
- Embedded service container (bootstraps Spring and feeds classes and resources from the ShrinkWrap archive to Spring) <= most similar to Spring TestContext framework
- arquillian-embedded-spring-3
- arquillian-embedded-spring-2.5
- Service deployer extension (packages the Spring libraries in the ShrinkWrap archive that is deployed to the server container)
- arquillian-service-deployer-spring-3
- arquillian-service-deployer-spring-2.5
Thus far, you have implemented the service deployer extension. For more rapid development, it would be good to have an embedded service container, which works almost exactly like Weld SE Embedded. The embedded service container will not be useful for Spring MVC testing because there is no web component available (though the use of mocks can be explored, like Weld EE Embedded).
Does that help clarify things. (Keep in mind, I'm still refining this myself, so I value your feedback either way).
16. Re: Towards Spring Test Enricher Milesone Onedan.j.allen May 10, 2012 3:35 AM (in response to jmnarloch)
Jakub Narloch wrote:
3. Should we use the term extension in the root package name: org.jboss.arquillian.extension.spring? Drone doesn't follow this convention, but it would be more consistent.
For example the Seam2 is defined as:
The Seam2 extension should be updated to align with whatever we decide for the Spring extension, since they follow the same paradigm.
Jakub Narloch wrote:
As I mentioned earlier, the Spring extension is the first of it's kind. It will provide:
- a packager/enricher, which I refer to as either a "service" or a "deployer"
- an embedded runtime, which I refer to as an "embedded service container"
This leads me to suggest the following artifactId for #1:
- org.jboss.arquillian.extension:arquillian-deployer-spring-3 (currently org.jboss.arquillian.extension:arquillian-spring-3)
- org.jboss.arquillian.extension:arquillian-deployer-spring-2.5 (currently org.jboss.arquillian.extension:arquillian-spring-3)
I'm not sure "deployer" is the right word here. Another possibility is "service", because it's as though you are installing the Spring service into the container. I guess "subsystem" would work as well, or "service-extension" (though that's kind of long and redundant).
In my opinion the most accurate term would be testenricher, but the "service" works for me.
After sleeping on it, I like "service deployer", which can be written "servicedeployer" or "service-deployer". We've used "testrunner" in the past, so I'm open to using the condensed form.
17. Re: Towards Spring Test Enricher Milesone Onedan.j.allen May 10, 2012 3:37 AM (in response to jmnarloch)
Great work Jakub.
Btw, org.jboss.arquillian.spring.test.annotation.Spring*Configuration is fine with me. Reads very intuitive.
18. Re: Towards Spring Test Enricher Milesone Onejmnarloch May 12, 2012 3:14 PM (in response to dan.j.allen)
Ok, it's done.
To sum up the changes:
- I've resolved the issue with optional dependencies
- Added support for registering custom context classes through arquillian.xml
- Moved the Spring*Configuration annotations into org.jboss.arquillian.spring.test.annotation
- Renamed the *Consts classes
- And last but not least, renamed the artifact names into "arquillian-service-deployer-spring-*"
Now, what next?
19. Re: Towards Spring Test Enricher Milesone Onedan.j.allen May 17, 2012 11:48 AM (in response to jmnarloch)
Great work Jakub!
I think that the next step is write up an announcement for Alpha1 (can be brief) that we'll include as part of the arquillian.org blog. It's just a matter of creating a textile file and using other blog entries as a reference and jot down some of your thoughts. I'd be happy to revise. We can shoot for Monday, the opening day of GSoC coding
(I still haven't gotten around to writing a guide for how to contriubte to blog).
Btw, I want you to feel welcome to writing a blog for arquillian.org at any time. It can be a status update or it can just be general thoughts about Spring testing. It's just a pull request away.
(Eventually we will have per-author views like Ceylon has: http://ceylon-lang.org/blog/authors/emmanuel-bernard/)
I'm hoping that Aslak will get a chance to review the code prior to the release...though I doubt it would hold up a release.
20. Re: Towards Spring Test Enricher Milesone Onejmnarloch May 17, 2012 1:15 PM (in response to dan.j.allen)
I would deffinietly would like to do that. But maybe we could wait for Marius and Aslak to do the review, maybe they will find something crucial in the implementation.
BTW. Do You think I could ask Sarah to do a little mascot for the project, something like: Ike on a Spring (- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spring_(device))
21. Re: Towards Spring Test Enricher Milesone Onedan.j.allen May 17, 2012 1:59 PM (in response to jmnarloch)
I would deffinietly would like to do that. But maybe we could wait for Marius and Aslak to do the review, maybe they will find something crucial in the implementation.
Sounds good. They both said they could get to it in less than a week's time, so we can hold out.
BTW. Do You think I could ask Sarah to do a little mascot for the project, something like: Ike on a Spring (- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spring_(device))
Yep, just file an issue here: https://github.com/arquillian/arquillian-artwork/issues You can put in some suggestions about what you might want to logo to be. Naturally, we are following an alien, space and futuristic theme.
22. Re: Towards Spring Test Enricher Milesone Onejmnarloch May 20, 2012 6:43 AM (in response to dan.j.allen)
I had just updated the showcase (https://github.com/jmnarloch/arquillian-container-spring-showcase) with three additional examples:
- Hibernate
All above demonstrate quite similar case of testing DAO layer implemented with different frameworks.
For all of the above examples the data source is being lookup through the JNDI directly from the container, but I also added configuration for switching to different data sources:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
xmlns:jdbc="http://www.springframework.org/schema/jdbc" xmlns:jee="http://www.springframework.org/schema/jee"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-3.0.xsd http://www.springframework.org/schema/context http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-3.1.xsd http://www.springframework.org/schema/jdbc http://www.springframework.org/schema/jdbc/spring-jdbc.xsd http://www.springframework.org/schema/jee http://www.springframework.org/schema/jee/spring-jee-3.0.xsd">
<!-- Embedded data source settings -->
<!--<jdbc:embedded-database id="dataSource" type="H2">-->
<!--<jdbc:script location="classpath:create.sql"/>-->
<!-- Lookups the data source form the JNDI -->
<jee:jndi-lookup id="dataSource" expected-type="javax.sql.DataSource" jndi-name="jdbc/SpringJDBCTest"/>
<!-- Settings for external data source, DriverManagerDataSource is used only for test purpose in real situation use pooling datasource like DBCP -->
<!--<bean id="dataSource" class="org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.DriverManagerDataSource">-->
<!--<property name="driverClassName" value="org.h2.Driver"/>-->
<!--<property name="url" value="jdbc:h2:mem:arquillian;DB_CLOSE_DELAY=-1"/>-->
<!--<property name="username" value=""/>-->
<!--<property name="password" value=""/>-->
<!-- Registers Hibernate Session Factory -->
<bean id="sessionFactory" class="org.springframework.orm.hibernate3.annotation.AnnotationSessionFactoryBean">
<property name="dataSource" ref="dataSource"/>
<property name="annotatedClasses">
<property name="hibernateProperties">
<!-- Scans for the beans definitions -->
<context:component-scan base-package="com.acme.spring.hibernate.repository.impl"/>
23. Re: Towards Spring Test Enricher Milesone Onejmnarloch May 21, 2012 4:10 PM (in response to dan.j.allen)
Hi Dan,
Everything is almost in place There are open pull requests for the source code, showcases and release note.
You may modify the release note as you like, I don't think I have experience in such things
24. Re: Towards Spring Test Enricher Milesone Onedan.j.allen May 21, 2012 8:44 PM (in response to jmnarloch)
Once again, great work. Way to kick off the summer!
I'll review the notes and merge them in tonight. We'll make noise tomorrow morning. Tuesday is always a good day for making noise


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Fenway magic: Shane Victorino hits grand slam, Red Sox advance to World Series
The Boston Red Sox advanced to another World Series after rallying to beat the Detroit Tigers 5-2 Saturday in Game 6 of the ALCS at Fenway Park.
It's the third ALCS title for the Red Sox in the past 10 seasons.
The Red Sox were trailing 2-1 in the bottom of the seventh inning when Shane Victorino cleared the bases with this grand slam.
This wasn't Shane Victorino's only postseason grand slam. He hit one for the Phillies in Game 2 of 2008's NLDS against the Milwaukee Brewers.
He joins Jim Thome as the only players in MLB history with multiple postseason grand slams.
Boston won the series 4-2 and will host the St. Louis Cardinals Wednesday in Game 1. The game will be televised on Fox and will start at 7:30 p.m.
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This is a simple napa cabbage recipe without excessive seasonings, so that one can taste the natural sweetness of the cabbage. The seasonings are what one can easily find in a typical Asian kitchen. It made me remember my mother's kitchen, where she constantly worked with just about 10 ingredients (namely soy sauces, oyster sauce, Chinese wine, salt, oil, ginger, garlic, sugar and 5 spice powder).
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With these humble ingredients, she created magic in the kitchen and cooked a vast repertoire of dishes. So I always try to keep a recipe as simple as possible, both in terms of method and ingredients, so as not to unnecessarily complicate the cooking process or flavours.
Stir-fried Napa Cabbage Recipe
This is a simple cabbage stir-fry recipe without excessive seasonings, so that one can taste the natural sweetness of the cabbage.
- 300g napa cabbage
- 1 tbsp cooking oil
- 3 slices ginger sliced to thin shreads
- 4 cloves garlic peeled and finely chopped
- 150g enoki mushrooms ends trimmed
(A) Seasonings
- 1/4 cup water
- 1 tsp light soy sauce
- 1/2 tsp fish sauce (if not using this, use additional 1/2 light soy sauce)
- 1/2 tbsp Chinese wine
- Slice and separate cabbages leaves from the white stem portion. Tear leaves to smaller pieces. Slice the stem portion to 3 cm length at a slant angle.
- Heat oil in wok, stir fry garlic and ginger until fragrant.
- Add the non-leafy cabbage (white portion) for a minute or two until they start to soften.
- Add cabbage leaves, enoki mushrooms and (A). Cover and let everything simmer for a few minutes until the cabbage is tender.
19 comments on "Stir-fried Napa Cabbage"
yeah, simple and homely dish. I used to see napa cabbage at supermarkets and have been wondering how to cook it. Will try it out – thanks for sharing.
i loveee how napa cabbage would absorb any flavors that we put into our sauce :) and it added a bit of sweetness too. one of my all time favorite ingredients :D
Hi, I tried this but why mine got so much water? I didnt simmer long enough. Thanks for sharing – its a nice dish.
Glad u find it nice. I just cooked it again today … not much water leh… did u use 1/4 cup? The cup used to measure rice :p
Oh… may be that is the cause and I also used 2 packets of the enoki mushrooms. I will try again following to the T. thanks
Hi Wiffy
I have posted my stired-fried napa cabbage. You may want to take a look and let me have your comments. Thanks for sharing – when I tried the second time, there wasnt' so much water as this.
Is napa cabbage also known as wongbok?
some supermarkets label them interchangeably, while some say they aren't the same. If you are looking for napa, look out for the paler and elongated leaves.


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Team Canada has four round-robin games remaining to secure a top-two finish and a berth in the Page playoff one-two game, which gives participants two cracks at reaching Sunday's gold-medal game.
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Pzizz Relax is simpler and has fewer customization options than its bigger-box version, which is understandable (and forgivable) when you consider the price difference ($3 vs. $40 for Pzizz Energizer, the "daytime" version of the Mac/PC program), and, well, the processing capabilities and memory capacity of a full-fledged laptop or desktop computer compared to an iPhone. What you can do is choose your nap length (10-90 minutes), and separately adjust the volume of the voice and music/sound effects that combine to make a soundtrack. What Pzizz Relax does nearly as well as the full-fledged computer program is make unique relaxation soundtracks, and, as the company claims on its Web site, these soundtracks do sound "seamless."
However, in my very enjoyable and relaxing tests, Pzizz Relax seemed to be obviously less "robust" than the Mac/PC versions, in that the spoken word phrases seemed more repetitive, and the composite soundtracks a bit less variable. I'm using the term "seemed" here quite purposefully, as I admit to having been half-asleep when noticing these things.
For a low price, though, Pzizz Relax makes good on its promise to provide you with a variety of customizable, positive, and soothing soundtracks that would cost a whole lot more than if you, say, decided to purchase a bunch of different relaxation CDs. I like relaxation CDs (which, if you're looking, usually fall under the "meditation" or "hypnosis" categories), and some of them stand out as superior in quality than any given Pzizz Relax soundtrack. (Personally I'm fond of Paul McKenna's soothing British tones on his "I Can Make You Sleep" CD; your preferences will almost certainly vary.)
That said, even sleepyheads can get bored of the same old same old, and for those who need some sounds to bring them down, repetition is sometimes counterproductive. That is what makes Pzizz Relax most impressive—it provides plenty of variety in a small package, and it works. You can even test it out for yourself before buying: Pzizz Technology provides a form on its Web site that allows you to request some free sample MP3 soundtracks.
[Jeff Merron is a freelance writer and editor living in North Carolina.]
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Revit/BIM: Design and document projects ranging from 1,000 sq. ft. to 100,000 sq. ft. in Revit.
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Graphic Design: Worked as an independent graphic designer since 2007 focusing on print collaterals, branding, poster and website designs.
Blogger: Started the Just an Intern blog on Archinect in June 2012, which has since been a top 10 blog on Archinect.
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KSS Architects, LLP, Princeton, NJ, US, Junior Architect
+ Develop design and construction documents under tight deadlines and numerous revisions for a $18M high-rise mixed-use apartment building (81 units) as the film's first housing project.
+ Conduct feasibility study of adapting a 1.3M sq. ft. warehouse into a 700-unit multi-family building while working directly with clients to develop design intent.
+ Perform design and construction documents for higher education, industrial and interior projects ranging from 1K to 100K sq. ft. in Revit.
+ Research material selection and specifications to meet LEED criteria.
+ Attend clients and consultants meetings to coordinate and finalize clients' needs and design requirements.
lwdmrARCHITECTS, Jersey City, NJ, US, Junior Architect
+ Led a 2-person team on construction documents and consultant coordination for a 5-story 45-unit condominium building.
+ Handled an 11K sq. ft. supportive housing project in close collaboration with non-profit organizations and neighborhood community to create affordable design solutions.
+ Prepared permit set and construction document for a 54K sq. ft. historic church to a senior housing adaptive reuse project.
+ Developed exterior technical details for a high-rise 120-unit mixed-use condominium.
+ Implemented a cohesive graphic presence of the firm to support business development and attended 2+ marketing interviews with potential clients.
Rutgers - NJIT Theatre Arts Program, Newark, NJ, US, Graphic Designer
+ Designed posters and event collaterals for 15+ shows based on 8+ directors' theatrical concept.
+ Executed show management including budget report, scheduling and communication.
JZA+D, Princeton, NJ, US, Intern Architect
+ Created 3 conceptual designs, renderings, diagrams and presentation booklet for a transportable shipping container sound theatre.
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New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), Newark, NJ, US, BArch, Architecture
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Newer, budding music acts sell out top venues
In just two years, English singer Ed Sheeran has gone from the small stage to the big league.
The 22-year-old earned a gold album with his 2011 debut, "+," and his Top 20 hit, "The A Team," was nominated for song of the year at the Grammy Awards, but his biggest achievement comes this week: He is performing three shows at the famed Madison Square Garden.
Sheeran is part of a breed of newer and lesser known acts who are able to sell out top venues, even if they aren't pushing millions and millions of albums and singles like Eminem and Justin Timberlake, or dominating with chart-topping tracks and radio airplay like Katy Perry or Rihanna.
Pop-rock band Passion Pit, who released their sophomore album last year, sold out MSG earlier this year, and the Weeknd, the eerie, reclusive R&B singer, performed two sold-out nights at Radio City Music Hall to a feverish crowd this month. Gotye, though he had last year's biggest hit with "Somebody That I Used to Know" and a gold album, performed at the 9,000-seat Radio City after playing NYC's Terminal 5, with a third of that capacity, six months prior. And the English indie band the xx, critically acclaimed but fairly unknown outside of the music industry, performed two shows at Radio City last month.
"We played the Mercury Lounge like a year and a half ago, and to go from like a 150-capacity venue to, I think it's 18,000 at MSG - it's cool," said Sheeran, who will play his first sold-out MSG on Tuesday.
For that he might thank his fans on Twitter - where Sheeran has more than 8 million followers - and the support of Taylor Swift and One Direction, whom he opened for and collaborated with.
"With social media playing an increasing role, it's possible for an artist to go from totally unknown to significant enough popularity to sell an arena like Madison Square Garden," said Gary Bongiovanni, the president and editor-in-chief of concert trade magazine Pollstar.
Omar Al-Joulani, Live Nation's vice president of touring, echoed Bongiovanni's theory.
"(It) definitely feels like artists can have a quicker run to selling out more venues mostly because it's easier to get noticed these days because you can go straight to your fan base," he said. "Whether they have radio or not, (these artists) have very big online followings."
Al-Joulani added that while other emerging acts have sold top venues in the past, "it just seems to be happening more often now."
Imagine Dragons and fun. - whose mainstream breakthroughs are recent though they both formed in 2008 - have gone from small theaters to top-billing venues in a year, aided by back-to-back hits and platinum-selling albums. Imagine Dragons, whose hits include "Radioactive" and "It's Time," will launch an arena tour in February that includes dates at the American Airlines Center in Texas and the IZOD Center in East Rutherford, N.J.
Moderate ticket prices are another reason these musicians are able to sell out venues: Imagine Dragon's tickets won't price higher than $70 - and that includes service and facility fees. In comparison, upcoming shows for Justin Timberlake and Cher at the IZOD can go as high as $224 and $174, respectively.
"The hardest thing to do as an artist is when you try to sell an appreciable number of more tickets than you have in the past while taking the ticket price to a new level," said Al-Joulani, who books shows for Imagine Dragons, Jay-Z and Swedish House Mafia. "What we've done with Imagine Dragons is we've upped the venue size, but we haven't gone crazy with the ticket price."
Sheeran, who is working on his sophomore album, will also perform at MSG on Friday and Nov. 7; the most expensive ticket is $64.10 with fees. While the singer-songwriter is charting his own success, others have given him a boost: He was the opening act on the North American leg of Swift's massive "Red" tour and collaborated with the country-pop star on the recent Top 40 hit, "Everything Has Changed." Sheeran also co-wrote songs on both of One Direction's albums and has hit the road with the boy band.
"In (Sheeran's) case, for everyone - the promoter, manager, his agent - it was a gut instinct. The time was right," said Melissa Ormond, the entertainment president at the Madison Square Garden Company, which owns MSG and Radio City.
While these budding acts have the opportunity to play large venues, Bongiovanni advises caution.
"They can demonstrate the commercial potential and sell tickets, but can they do a show that will leave people satisfied and wanting more?" he said. "You get offered a lot of money to play these big halls and it really takes someone with good management and good instincts to say, 'I'm not ready at this point.'"
Imagine Dragons' manager said he and the band have had conversations about where and when to play particular venues and territories.
"We're not trying to play the biggest rooms we can and we wouldn't do it because we know we can sell it out. It's not about trying to make as much money as we can," said Mac Reynolds. "It's about looking at the trajectory and where we're at and what feels appropriate."


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Cookbook:Hard Boiled Eggs
Cookbook | Ingredients | Recipes | Breakfast
- Unwashed eggs will keep 4-5 weeks in the coldest part of the refrigerator
- Boiled or washed eggs will only keep about a week-the protective cover over the shell is gone.
- Look at your eggs BEFORE you put them in your grocery cart! Never buy cracked or even dirty eggs.
- Hard-boiled eggs left out too long should not be eaten, i.e., hard-boiled Easter eggs should not be eaten unless the contents of the egg are blown out and cooked separately.
- Put the eggs in a pot.
- Fill pot with water. Make sure that the tops of the eggs are covered by at least 25 mm (one inch).
- Bring to a rolling boil.
- Reduce heat to a low boil.
- Cook for 10 to 15 minutes -- depending on the size and number of eggs.
- Drain the pot.
- Cool eggs immediately by running cold water over them or putting in iced water.
- Crack and peel the eggs under very cold running water, starting by cracking the large (air pocket) end, then taking off the largest pieces first.
Lowering the eggs' temperature keeps the shells from sticking, and prevents the greenish tinge sometimes seen on hard-boiled eggs. (The greenish tinge doesn't affect taste or safety, and does not indicate decay or toxicity. Instead, it is due to the reaction between iron and sulphur from the egg white and yolk.)
Tips, Notes, and VariationsEdit
- An alternate method is to turn off the heat, cover the pot, and let stand 15 or 18 minutes.
- Salt in the water can help keep egg white from seeping out of a crack.
- Multiple layers of eggs in the pot are more likely to crack: use only a single layer and do another batch.
- Older eggs will be easier to peel, as the air space is larger.
- If the peeling becomes tragic, you can always make egg salad or bird food!


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Superfast: Griesar gets his due
The only man to leave the Dave Matthews Band has just received a jolt of national publicity in the November 27 issue of Rolling Stone.
The magazine that waited nearly a decade to feature the mega-band that Peter Griesar left in 1993– just before it hit the big time– has now discovered the reclusive keyboardist at his day job, as a lift operator at Heavenly, a Lake Tahoe ski resort.
While Griesar, 33, didn't make the cover of Rolling Stone, he did earn 643 words in the venerable rock mag– as well as a pronouncement on his new album, Superfastgo, slated for release in February.
"Superfastgo is clearly the work of a man with a twisted pop vision that would leave the average Dave-head a bit speechless," writes Rolling Stone's Gil Kaufman. "Produced by pal Brian Kehew (Hole, Beck), the album mixes the sinister groove of Scary Monsters-era David Bowie with the homebrewed drum machine/keyboard pop of early Beck."
Griesar returned The Hook's phone call from the top of Heavenly's "Comet Express" chairlift. The former Dave pal and collaborator on the 1996 hit "So Much to Say" didn't have much to say to the Hook, claiming he's still smarting over a characterization in the paper that his music is "Grateful Dead-inspired."
The new release comes from Offset Records, a small Tappahannock-based label owned by occasional Hook contributor J. Tayloe Emery. "Just remember," cautions Emery, "Peter's music is not Dead-inspired."
LeRoi Moore, DMB saxophonist, and Tim Reynolds, occasional DMB touring guitarist, perform on three of the album's twelve tracks.


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Five Things Airlines Won't Tell You
Airline passengers have been conditioned to nickel and diming by the industry in recent years, but it's only getting worse, says MarketWatch's Thomas Bemis and discusses five things the airline industry won't tell you. (Photo: AP)
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Christmas tree farm sees few customers after winter storm
Greg Eckart says sales down 40 percent
Many business owners welcomed warmer temperatures and sunshine Thursday after days of freezing winter weather kept customers away.
Until Thursday, business had been frozen for Greg Eckart and his Pine Grove Christmas Tree Farm.
"We had a whole week here where no one could buy a tree essentially because they were all covered in ice and snow," Eckart said.
Remnants of the winter storm a week earlier still covered many of the trees. Eckart said this was one of the worst winter storms he has seen in 35 years he has been in business.
"Sales are down probably 40 percent," he said.
With less than two weeks until Christmas, Eckart said he hopes warmer weather will heat up business.
"I hope to see a lot of folks coming out," Eckart said. "We need to make up for the lost sales that the weather costs us. Here, it's more of like a family outing. It's more of something for the whole family to do instead of dad just running out and grabbing a tree and bringing it home."
Eckart said the good thing about the winter weather is it means there is a good selection of trees to choose from at the Christmas tree farm.
Eckart said the last time they had winter weather that hurt business as badly was during the ice storm of 2000.


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May 25, 2013
Off Road Racer Ryan Beat & Dave Arnold of Lucas Oil
Off road racer Ryan Beat joins us to talk about driving in the Lucas Oil Off Road Racing series. We hear about his start in racing and the injury that forced him out of motocross. We also talk to Dave Arnold, an announcer for the off road series and a former racecar, jet ski and motocross rider. Then we go outside to check out Ryan's off road racing truck.
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Producer: Jeff Fox
Audio Engineer: Chris Laxamana
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I NOTICED THAT TOO!!!!Angel wrote:Could we have a place where we noticed some mistakes in the movie.
I've seen it 9 times now and just yesterday I noticed Emmet was eating while in the cafeteria?
Now I now these guys don't eat and just make on that they do, but I really don't think they would go as far as taking a bite of the food to look so convincing.
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I was so mad!! He was CHEWING ON FOOD!
AND I thought I saw Rosalie take a bite of something!
Jeez, couldn't they wait until their break to snack? Why do it on film?