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BASEBALL: Mike Fabiaschi returns to speak at Torrington Rotary Club
TORRINGTON >> Groundhogs have their place, but signs of baseball are the biggest harbinger of spring.
Torrington's Rotary Club called that play twice in its Tuesday meeting this week.
Ed Gadomski introduced himself as the new Torrington Twister general manager.
Then Torrington High School graduate Mike Fabiaschi welcomed the club to a fantasy fest that's real for him -- the life of a minor league baseball player.
Fabiaschi was a high school baseball and basketball star, then chose baseball in another star turn at Division I James Madison University (Harrisonburg, Virginia).
In 2010, he was drafted in the 38th round by the Oakland As as a great-fielding second baseman.
"The biggest area of my improvement has been mental," he said after describing his baseball life to the Rotarians. "I've learned to believe in myself."
Professional baseball can be a long trip to that destination.
In three years with the As organization, Fabiaschi has been based in British Columbia, Vermont, Arizona, California, Texas and Iowa, sometimes multiple times, while bouncing up and down the minor league rungs.
Playing exhibition games as high as Triple A, but more often Double A, Fabiaschi's longevity in his fourth year is a good sign in itself.
"The whole reason for minor leagues is to prepare people for the major leagues," he said.
There's surprisingly little feedback on particular areas of game development. The nature of the process is its own form of mental development.
"At the end of the day, I remind myself it's a dream I've had since I was a little kid," Fabiaschi smiles.
The reality began in Vancouver.
"I was spoiled because it's my favorite place I've ever been," said Fabiaschi. "We played in Washington, Oregon and Idaho."
The next year, he moved to Vermont in the New York Penn League, playing in Vermont, Massachusetts and Connecticut, within earsy striking distance of relatives for the first time since high school.
He hit his only professional homer -- a grand slam -- in front just such a group.
Last year, the moves came fast -- three times in Arizona, twice in Texas, then single tours in California, Vermont and Iowa.
"My defense is a strong point. I can play any spot in the infield," he assesses. "I need to develop offensive consistency."
In the off season, September to March, Fabiaschi works odd jobs while working out and coaching through former major leaguer Darrin Bragg's Hit Club in Thomaston.
The highest paid minor leaguers make $2,500 a month compared to the minimum for major leaguers, $6,500.
In Iowa last summer, Fabiaschi slept on a four-inch mattress pad in a two-bedroom apartment with three other players.
He reports March 6 to the As' Phoenix training camp along with 100 other minor leaguers. Occasionally, he sees Washington's Evan Scribner, a pitcher who's made several trips to the majors, most notably in the As' playoff run last year.
Fabiaschi has played with Mike Trout, Barry Zito and Manny Ramirez. He's been coached by Ricky Henderson.
"Major leaguers are just like everyone else you play with," he said. "Some are great guys; some are jerks, with everything in between."
Once he gets to Phoenix, he'll join one of three rosters in low A, high A and triple A. The roster mix changes daily.
He'll get up at 6:30 a.m. to report to the complex of four fields and several more half-fields. Over 100 players share two locker rooms. Once they're dressed, there's an organizational meeting, discussing finances, insurance, drug testing and the like.
Then it's on to drills in the fundamentals of baseball; lunch; and a spring training game against another organization, followed by a workout.
The official day is over at 5 p.m.
"I try not to take a nap, so I can be in bed by 10," grins Fabiaschi.
On April 1, four final rosters go up. Four days later, everyone's on his way to a new (or familiar) team.
Mike Fabiaschi is living the dream, but cuts come at any time.
"I take it day by day," he says.
Many of us do that, just waiting for spring -- and baseball -- to arrive.


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A program of Audubon's Coleman and Susan Burke Center for Native Plants
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Bird-friendly landscaping provides food, saves water, and fights climate change.
Doing a little prep and research before you go to the nursery will save headaches and ensure you build the best habitat possible.
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Kerr selected as Blue Jays' rep for Heroes
CLEVELAND -- Nicholas Kerr of the Canadian Army has been named the Blue Jays' representative in the Tribute for Heroes campaign at the upcoming All-Star Game in New York.
Kerr is a Medal of Bravery nominee for saving a civilian's life after a car accident. He's a member of the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry and has won several Canadian Forces National Sports Awards.
After Afghanistan, the artillery chose the decorated infantryman -- a first -- to join Avalanche Control Operation Palaci (AVCON). His howitzer training was put to use supporting Parks Canada's Rogers Pass, BC, program.
The Tribute for Heroes campaign is a national initiative that recognizes veterans and military service members and which builds upon both organizations' commitment to honoring heroes in the United States and Canada.
All of the winners, each representing one of the 30 MLB clubs, will be included in All-Star Week festivities and will be honored during the pregame ceremony leading up to the 2013 All-Star Game at Citi Field, Tuesday, on Sportsnet beginning at 7:30 p.m. ET.
Along with MLB and People, a guest panel including General Peter W. Chiarelli (retired) and General John M. "Jack" Keane (retired), alongside MLB players Justin Verlander of the Detroit Tigers, Nick Swisher of the Cleveland Indians, Barry Zito of the San Francisco Giants, Jonny Gomes of the Boston Red Sox, Brad Ziegler of the Arizona Diamondbacks, Chase Headley of the San Diego Padres and Craig Stammen of the Washington Nationals assisted in the selection process for the 90 finalists, who were then voted on by fans to select the 30 winners.


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Hater: The App You'll Love to Hate
Why does the Internet 'like' everything? What about annoying things like traffic or homework? Hater CEO Jake Banks discusses Hater, an app for things you dislike. Photo: Hater.
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Let the Good Times Roll
How many times in the past six months have you walked into your favorite tobacconist, hankering after your favorite smoke, only to find that the brand is out of stock? The retailer throws up his hands and says, "try me again next week. I'm expecting a shipment." You are lucky if this scene hasn't been repeated every time you've been out on a cigar-buying trip. The truth is that unless there's a dramatic downturn in demand, it's going to happen again and again for at least the next couple of years.
The old-timers in the cigar business are unanimous: they've never seen anything like the recent boom in cigar sales. Sales of premium, handmade cigars are up, not just 1 or 2 or 3 percent, but 20 percent or more in the first four months of this year versus 1993--and that's after some retailers experienced sales increases of 50 percent or more in 1993 over 1992.
It would be nice if there were a way to make the reason sound less self-serving. But here it is. The sales boom coincides with the debut of Cigar Aficionado. If you really investigate, you can find retailers and manufacturers searching for other explanations, but they all agree on one thing: the magazine has forever changed the way they do business.
But how exactly has the market changed? In the past, good retailers counted their blessings if they had a 3 percent sales increase each year. Manufacturers could predict sales trends for years in advance. And it wasn't hard to guess how much tobacco needed to be planted because the year-to-year changes in demand were minimal. Now retailers are witnessing huge percentage sales increases. Manufacturers are having to increase production as much as 20 percent. And tobacco growers are under extreme pressure to increase production.
Austin McNamara, president and CEO of General Cigar, the makers of Macanudo and Partagas, says that the company's inventories are based on crop decisions made up to three years ago, before the boom in cigar sales. "Demand is higher than expectations," says McNamara. "The tobacco in the pipeline is less than the demand." He says that even though its vast inventories offer some flexibility in stepping up production, the company's strict quality standards, especially for brands like the Partagas Limited Reserve, prohibit meeting demand. "There's always a tension between standards and demands."
Back orders have become a fact of life for cigar manufacturers. ProCigar, the association of cigar makers in the Dominican Republic, estimates that as of last January, there were more than 8 million cigars on back order. By May, some companies had begun to catch up. Consolidated Cigar Corp. reported that its back orders had decreased significantly, but H. Upmann was still behind by 125,000 cigars and Don Diego by 80,000. Ashton (made by Arturo Fuente Inc. in the Dominican Republic), however, had back orders of 200,000 cigars, and the total was rising. At Matasa in the Dominican Republic, three brands it makes also have significant back orders: Fonseca, 100,000; Romeo and Julieta, 225,000; Licenciados, 125,000. And factories in Honduras were also reporting back orders, especially on large cigars.
Total exports of cigars to the United States rose about 11 percent last year to 109 million, according to statistics provided by the Cigar Association of America. That follows an approximate 5 percent increase in 1992. However, Dominican cigar exports to the United States rose by about 18 percent last year to more than 55 million. Demand continues to climb this year, too. "It's not going to get any better for some time," says McNamara. And Robert Levin, of Holt's Cigars in Philadelphia, who markets Ashton cigars, says simply, "every factory in the Dominican Republic is maxed out." If there is no letup in demand, some experts estimate the total increase in cigar exports from the Dominican Republic alone could climb 20 percent this year.
Richard DiMeola, CEO of Consolidated Cigar, the makers of H. Upmann, Montecruz, Dunhill Dominican, Royal Jamaica and others, says that his daily reorder sheets are often as long as three pages, up from just a page a couple of years ago. "We've done a great job catching up, but we're not out of the woods yet," says DiMeola, who estimates his factory was nearly 3 million cigars behind at one point. He notes that H. Upmann sales were ahead 45 percent in the first four months of this year over 1993 and Henry Clay was showing an 80 percent increase.
Catch-up is not easy. Manuel Quesada, the owner of Matasa, says that it takes time to train new rollers and make them productive enough to increase output. Unusually shaped cigars--pyramids and torpedos--are especially difficult to produce because the shapes require unique skills and a long apprenticeship. And Quesada says he keeps running out of those shapes.
The other major problem, according to Carlos Fuente Jr., the president of Arturo Fuente, also the maker of Ashton, Cuesta-Rey and others, is that oversized wrapper leaves for big cigars are in short supply, especially Cameroon wrappers. (It's not just Cameroon wrappers either; one non-Dominican producer says he has 4,000 boxes of large Connecticut-shade-wrapped cigars on back order.) So even though Fuente is about to open a third factory in the Dominican Republic this year and increase total exports to nearly 23 million cigars, he says there still won't be enough tobacco to make all the cigars people want to smoke.
Of course, the manufacturers' problem is a problem that any producer of a luxury good wants to have--more demand than product. But the producers are one step removed from the consumer. Retailers are out front every day, opening the locks on their stores and awaiting customers who always seem to want what isn't on the shelves. Oscar Boruchin of Mike's Cigars in Miami can't keep up. "We were here until 11 o'clock last night filling UPS orders, and we didn't catch up. We didn't even do half of what we have on order."
"They've been blaming me," says Bruce Goldstein, the owner of Arnold's, a retail shop in midtown Manhattan. "I can't do anything about it. [The consumer] still doesn't understand that cigars are a handmade product and they take time to make. They just think I'm not doing my job." Goldstein says that even when an order arrives from a manufacturer or distributor, it is usually incomplete. In any given brand with 15 different sizes, even for a big company like General Cigar, there will be four or five sizes on back order, Goldstein says.
Trendy cigars, such as La Gloria Cubana, are almost impossible to find, even in stores like Goldstein's that get some deliveries. "They are simply not for sale to anyone but my regular customers," says Goldstein. In a recent development over the past two years, Goldstein even has waiting lists for Wavell and Torpedo sizes of La Gloria Cubana. "There are hundreds of customers' names on those lists," says Goldstein.
The quick rise in popularity of some cigars is also laid at the feet of Cigar Aficionado. DiMeola says cigar brands used to be built by "wearing out shoe leather," but now, he says, a peripheral brand can get a write-up in the magazine and everybody wants to try it.
A brand's sudden popularity represents a different challenge for retailers. Joe Howe of Jack Schwartz Importers in Chicago says he used to carry about 40 cigar brands. "I could more or less dictate to customers. If I wanted to pick three Dominican Republic, Connecticut-shade-wrapper cigars, I could do it and decide for my customers what was worthy of smoking. Today I have to carry everything. They want to experiment and they want it now. I don't even know how many brands I'm carrying today. I added three last week alone."
Last May, standing in an inch of water from an early-morning pipe rupture, Howe was outwardly calm about having at least 3,000 damaged cigars in his display cases. "I'm not worried about the money. There's insurance. But at least 25 percent of these cigars I won't be able to replace right away because they are not available." It's a day-to-day problem for him now. "It used to be I had six-to-eight items on back order, and now it's a rotating list with over 40 items on it." Howe says he not only keeps a waiting list for scarce brands, but if "I get 10 boxes of La Gloria Cubana in, I have 20 people waiting. At no time in the 17 years I've been in the business have I broken open boxes and allocated cigars to people. But that's what I do now, so everybody gets some cigars."
Another factor is affecting the marketplace, too. For the first time in nearly 20 years, there are new cigar markets overseas for non-Cuban-produced cigars and new cigar outlets opening up in the United States. These both put increased pressure on the production pipeline. Lew Rothman, the owner of J.R. Tobacco, which sells more than 40 million cigars a year, says he is shipping 600,000 cigars to Europe this year--the number was zero less than two years ago. In addition, Rothman says, "there are nontraditional outlets that are calling up asking for premium cigars." Instead of selling a box or two, Rothman says, "you have new vendors ordering thousands of cigars."
One of those new vendors is the Gold Standard liquor-store chain in Chicago owned by Harold Binstein. Binstein sold cigars more than 30 years ago but had abandoned the business to concentrate on his wine and liquor trade. After Cigar Aficionado began publishing in September 1992, Binstein decided to get back into the business. He expects to do more than $1 million in sales this year. Mike Trella, Gold Standard's cigar buyer, says the bulk is in cigars costing $3 and more, usually bought by people "who haven't normally smoked cigars in the past." As Binstein says, "We made a huge commitment and it wasn't big enough."
The combined stresses on manufacturers and retailers only reflect what's happening on the street--there are new cigar smokers joining the ranks. That's right, there are more people competing for the output. The entrance of younger smokers into the market is the most likely explanation, but there's also been a change in the way regular smokers are buying. According to most people, older smokers had a brand, they'd buy a box weekly or every two weeks or whatever and that was that. Now they walk in and buy some of their favorite cigars, but then they also will want a half dozen brands to experiment with.
Sherwin Seltzer, vice president of marketing and sales for Villazon, the makers of Honduran Hoyo de Monterrey Excalibur, Punch, Bances and other brands, says the real reason for the surge is new, younger smokers. "The crowd at a smoker dinner is much younger than I ever remember," says Seltzer. He says that Villazon's cigars are generally perceived as stronger and "we didn't get guys smoking our brands until they were older. Not now." Retailer Goldstein agrees and notes that if he were to guess the average age of cigar buyers, he would venture that it has dropped by 10 years, below the fortysomethings into the thirtysomething group.
Lionel Melendi, the owner of De La Concha cigar store in Manhattan, says the younger smokers are ready to try anything. "They come in here and they want suggestions. It's easy to introduce a new brand to them," says Melendi. The crush of younger smokers has Melendi's business up in the double digits this year after setting records in 1993. "It's been like Christmastime in April and May," says Melendi, noting that in his 31 years in the business, he's never seen anything like it.
Levin of Holt's Cigars says that he has seen an upsurge in cigars on college campuses in the Philadelphia area and has watched a cigar club get its start at the University of Pennsylvania. In addition, he says there are more and more women trying and enjoying cigars. "With this number of new smokers, the only thing holding us back is not enough places to smoke." But he's even seeing a change in restaurateurs' attitudes. "I'm getting more and more calls from restaurants and a lot more are allowing cigar smoking. If that happens and we get more places to smoke, the roof will really blow off sales."
Of course, the critics are already beginning to look for the end to the boom. It will happen. That's the nature of booms and cycles. But for the time being, there's no end in sight. Factories don't have enough capacity to make the cigars that are in demand. And even if the number of smokers levels out soon, it will still take up to three years to have enough tobacco to meet their needs. So when you see cigars you like in the store, buy as many as you can. There's no telling when you might see them again.


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- Smoky eyes
Give eye makeup a bedroom-y kind of sex appeal by working in layers and smudging it along the way. First up, creamy black pencil—wedged into the upper and lower lashes and softened by gently rubbing with your finger or cotton swab. Trace over that with black shadow and smudge with the swab. Then sweep shimmery gray shadow over the upper lids and blend it up beyond the crease (the more tangled it is with the black, the better).
There's no simpler way to get a sex-kittenish pout. Choose a nude that's slightly pink or flecked with shimmer (they're the most flattering), and concentrate the gloss on the center of the lips (that's the most fattening).
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Fake a glow with powder highlighter: a champagne shade if you have fair skin, a golden tone for medium or olive skin, or copper for dark skin. Dust it over your cheekbones, then dab some at the inner corners of your eyes, on the centers of your lids, and on the bow of your lips.
- Red lips
The trick here is to pick a formula that looks moist (that's sexy), but not superglossy (that can verge into slutty territory). Look for lipsticks with "moisturizing," "creamy," or "butter" in their names, and select one that has a little brown in it.
- Gold shadow
The key to making eyes glisten with gold: Choose a shimmery shade, and don't be skimpy with it. Spread a layer or two of gold over the lids and up beyond the creases, and don't forget to dab some at the inner corners of the eyes. When it comes to adding liner to the look, a smudgy chocolate brown looks way better than your usual black.
- Full lashes
Create the effect of huge doe eyes by gluing on a few clusters of fake lashes before you layer on the mascara. Grab each cluster at its base with tweezers, dip the root in glue, wedge it into the outer corner of the upper lash line, and hold it in place for 15 seconds so it stays put.
- Flushed cheeks
We all know what a vibrant pink glow evokes. What we don't all know is how to duplicate one believably: First, brighten skin all over with a slightly shimmery foundation—you can make it yourself by adding a few drops of liquid bronzer to your normal base. Then rub rosy cream blush on the apples of your cheeks and blend it back along your cheekbones using a few fingers—the heat of that skin-on-skin contact will cause the blush to melt beautifully.
- Rose-bitten lips
Give lips a juicy, just-been-kissed look by dabbing them with sheer strawberry-colored lipstick or balm. Concentrate the color in the middle of the mouth and blend outward—that gives the most natural effect.
- Strong brows
Think Brooke Shields next time you tweeze your brows. Pull out only the strays that fall well outside your brow line, and then get to work filling with brow pencil and powder. The pencil is for bald spots: Use short, light strokes to draw in missing hairs. The powder is to make brows look thicker: Load some on an angled brush and gently stroke through the entire brow. Finish by running a spooley brush through to blend all your handiwork.
- Kohl-rimmed eyes
It's the signature look of vixens and rock goddesses—and all it takes is black liner and some subtle blending.
- Choose a waterproof pencil, so you can darken even the inner rims. Run the liner just inside the upper lids, then close your eyes tightly—this will smudge just the right amount of liner on the inner lids on the bottom.
- Trace the upper and lower lashes with more black liner, and don't worry about neatness—your mistakes will disappear once you start blending.
- Smudge the pencil outward with a dense eye-shadow brush or sponge—softening all that black liner will create the illusion of larger, deeper-set eyes.
- Bronzed skin
The first trick to using bronzer: Choose powder (it's actually easier to apply than cream), and be sure the shade is more golden than brown and without a speck of shimmer. Second trick: Swirl the brush not just over your cheeks, but along your hairline and jawline and down the bridge of the nose. Make it look authentic by topping it with rosy blush on the apples of the cheeks.
- Winged liner
Flicking liner just past the corners of your eyes creates a flirty effect. For the least theatrical take on the look, extend the line just a quarter inch past the corners and give it a soft curve upward.
- Soft peach makeup
Peach may not spring to mind when you think "sexy," but consider this: It combines the warmth of bronzer with all the innocence and ease of pink. The best peach shades have hints of pink (when you're talking lipstick and blush) or tones of brown (for eye shadow).
- Contoured cheeks
If you weren't born with sculpted cheeks, you can paint them on (trust us, you won't look like a Falcon Crest throwback). First, sweep a matte powder blush under your cheekbones. (Suck in your cheeks to find the spot we're talking about.) If you're fair, use a soft beige blush; for medium skin, try a bronze shade; on dark skin, go with a brown one. Then, blend a powder highlighter along your cheekbones—pick one that nearly matches your natural skin tone.
- Shimmery brown shadow
Blended along the lids and under the lower lashes, this spicy shade adds just enough color to enhance eyes, without screaming "I'm wearing makeup." Stick with warm shades—think anything in the toffee, caramel, or tobacco families. For night, brush the color over the lids and up above the creases of the eyes.


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Adrianza surprises in Giants' first live BP
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Giants manager Bruce Bochy used a simple standard to judge Thursday's beginning of live batting practice, with genuine hitters facing genuine pitchers.
Nobody was injured.
"It does tell me that guys weren't overamped and were ready to do well," Bochy said. "Usually you get a couple of guys hurt."
Ehire Adrianza provided one of the session's highlights. Competing for a backup infielder's job, he startled onlookers by homering off Yusmeiro Petit. Adrianza has sparkled defensively at shortstop during eight years in the Giants' farm system, but he'll have to gain competence at second and third base to win a job.
"It's no problem for me to play second," said Adrianza, who has taken ground balls there during the early days of workouts. He said he'll soon begin practicing at third.
Adrianza has no Minor League options remaining, so he'd be exposed on waivers if the Giants attempted to return him to Triple-A. He addressed this situation the way most players do.
"I can't control that," he said. "The only thing I can control is to play baseball."
Rookie left-hander Edwin Escobar yielded a pair of long drives to Michael Morse, including a home run, but looked mostly smooth. Escobar is the most experienced among the Giants' legion of pitching prospects and thus has the best chance of arriving in San Francisco first.
"He has a great changeup, he keeps the ball down and he works both sides of the plate really well," Morse said.
Bochy was enthused about left-hander Jeremy Affeldt, whose 2013 season included a pulled right side, a strained left groin and a sports hernia. Affeldt threw pain-free, prompting Bochy to say, "It was a good day for him."
Affeldt, who pitched in pain throughout 2013, felt enthused.
"If I was flying open [with his front shoulder] or not flying open, it didn't matter," he said. "It felt free and easy and I felt strong."


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Woodside Sports Complex in Wisconsin Dells has 6 synthetic turf multi-purpose fields & 4 synthetic turf baseball & softball fields. By 2015 there will also be an additional 2 grass soccer/multipurpose fields, an onsite retail/concession stand, official's locker room, 2 separate meeting areas & a spectacular VIP viewing area.
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There's a new tower ride at Mt. Olympus Theme Park & Water Park and it's called Manticore (that's a legendary creature similar to a sphinx for all you mythology buffs). This vertical swing stands more than 140-feet tall, has 12 arms and 12 double seats, and is lit up with a barrage of LED lights. You'll get a spectacular view of the entire Mt. Olympus Park on this one.
It's a first-of-its-kind for Wisconsin Dells as the area's first aerial adventure park, Heightened Adventures, opens at Chula Vista Resort, taking up six acres in the woods between the resort and adjacent golf course. The attraction will have a zipline with aerial obstacle course, with obstacles at varying levels of difficulty, making it family-friendly for grade-schoolers through grown-ups. Plan to set aside at least two hours for the full experience, from gear-up and instruction through self-guided experience. Guided adventures are also available by request. The course is mapped at heights from 10 to 40 feet off the ground, affording terrific views of the forest and the Wisconsin River. This eco-adventure is open to the public year-round, weather permitting.
There's something so naturally fun about jumping around on a trampoline that kids take to it like ducks to water. The trampoline park at Knuckleheads Trampoline Park ● Rides ● Bowling, entering its first full year, includes a monster jumping pillow plus every configuration of trampoline imaginable. It's not unusual to see little kids making some big-time trick dunk shots on the basketball-themed trampoline area.
Those who venture over to BigFoot Zipline Tours this year will be in seventh heaven with the addition of zipline #7 known as Zipzilla. It stands 120 feet tall and takes you careening above treetops at 55 mph. The bird's-eye view of the city alone is worth the price of admission.
Now on to entertainment news. Palace Theater enters its first full year. This 800-seat dinner theater was completely renovated with all new sound and lighting equipment plus major architectural and interior design updates. The schedule includes Broadway-quality American musical revivals as well as favorite Disney classics, with cast and crew hailing from New York, Chicago and other entertainment hubs of the U.S. They'll also have a line-up of nationally known bands and comedians for concert engagements. A full meal is included in the ticket price too. In 2015, shows include Pinkalicious, Ring of Fire, The Little Mermaid, Lombardi, A Christmas Carol and The Nutcracker.
Take a step back in time with the new illusion at the well-established, 550-seat Rick Wilcox Magic Theater. Master illusionist and star of the show, Rick Wilcox, will send a youngster from the audience back in time 30, 40, even 50 years. Rick and the grade-schooler will step into a clear octagon glass box with wife Suzan Wilcox at the controls setting the dial for time travel. Rick and the child magically fade away. When Rick reappears the child isn't with him – makes sense since he or she technically wasn't born yet. When the child reappears, Rick is gone. The illusion ends with a surprise. Yes, you'll have to see it to find out just what that surprise is. He's spent three years working on it, ever the consummate perfectionist.
Cold Water Canyon Golf Course at Chula Vista Resort is debuting a new clubhouse this year. The Clubhouse includes a 200-seat restaurant and outdoor veranda with firepits, TVs and great views to the bluffs. The resort has 65 years under its belt, so to speak, of perfecting the Friday Night Fish Fry, so that menu item should be a big draw. The resort is also getting into agri-tourism in an even bigger way this year with the expansion of their corn maze to a full 12 acres. The resort owners actually farm this land across from the golf course entrance, and they'll be planting in excess of 700,000 seeds of corn to make the maze before harvesting the crop at the close of the season. Along with the maze there will be a farm market, hayrides, a potato slinging catapult and inflatable slides.
Woodside Sports Complex in Wisconsin Dells knows how to keep the ball rolling when it comes to expansions. In 2015 they open two new grass soccer/multipurpose fields, adding to the six synthetic turf soccer fields and four synthetic turf baseball/softball fields opened just last year. There's also a retail and concession stand plus meeting rooms and a VIP viewing area. Woodside also has a huge facility in nearby Mauston and owns and operates the Wisconsin Dells Center Dome.
Spring Brook Sports Bar & Grill is now sporting 26 flat-screen TVs in a new private dining room and bar area, making it a great hang-out for sports fans.
Ambers Resort & Conference Center gets Most Improved Player honors for its $4 million renovation. The 228 rooms are refreshed and there are now two indoor pools and two outdoor activity pools. Their hospitality rooms are great for teams looking to hold an all-team potluck. This property is a hop, skip and a jump from JustAgame Fieldhouse, which, by the way, is hosting the 2015 Wisconsin Collegiate Conference Men's and Women's Basketball Final Four.
Wollersheim Winery opens its new 25,000 square foot distillery this summer, featuring its own cellar and retail space. The fruits for the brandies are grown in Wisconsin and the grains for the whiskey and gin come from a farm just one mile down the road from the distillery. An intriguing factoid: both wine and brandy were made on the property nearly 100 years ago. Post-Prohibition regulations made a return to these roots impossible, until 2009 that is, when a change in Wisconsin law once again allowed wineries to distill spirits. Wollersheim Winery sits on a hillside overlooking the Wisconsin River in nearby Prairie du Sac.
The Meat Market, an old-fashioned butcher shop where the meat is sourced from local farms and cut fresh daily for the meat case, recently opened. What's really tempting is the huge variety of brats – no question you're in Wisconsin when there are more than 20 varieties of brats from which to choose.
Mr. G's Chicken Shack in downtown Wisconsin Dells has the kind of carry-out and delivery food that you can't help but associate with words like mouthwatering and yummy. Their specialty is something called "chic on a stick," thus bringing new meaning to the term grab-and-go food.
Driftless Glen Distillery on the banks of the Wisconsin River in Baraboo is opening a restaurant with seating for 200 inside and outdoor dining for 55. Given their stock in trade as a distillery, it's no surprise the owners will be serving up "distillery cuisine," with the majority of dishes using the handcrafted spirits in creative ways. How interesting that they are also using the spent grains used in making the spirits to feed the cows they source for their beef dishes. Talk about farm to glass to plate! The restaurant will be open for lunch and dinner plus Sunday brunch. Tack on a tour and tasting while you're there. By the way, their neighbor is Circus World and if you time your visit right you might see circus animals crossing the river while you dine.
Spa Serenity, just a short drive away in downtown Baraboo, has become even more serene with the addition of new treatment rooms, quiet lounge areas, and a pretty manicure and pedicure station in the front of the building with huge windows looking out onto the quaint city center.
The Ivy Cottage is a great find for purse fanatics, jewelry lovers and those who fancy themselves interior designers of their own abodes. It's located downtown in a 1930s cottage-style home with loads of architectural charm and, of course, the requisite climbing ivy on the outside to add to the curb appeal. The shop offers some upscale resale items too.
150 Years for H.H. Bennett Studio
Can Wisconsin Dells' fame be traced back 150 years to a single person? The answer to that tourism genealogy question is a resounding "yes," and the person is Henry Hamilton Bennett. His exquisite images of the Wisconsin River with its towering sandstone cliffs and mystical caverns, raftsmen risking life and limb to ferry timber, the Ho-Chunk nation and their life along the dells of the river, and even his own family members standing in as models proved fascinating photojournalism. Bennett was an early marketing pioneer as well, arranging for his photos to be displayed in train stations between Wisconsin Dells and Chicago. Visitors began arriving to experience the natural beauty of the Dells and naturally needed places to stay, places to eat and boat guides to take them on tours of the river. Thus, the tourism industry here was born. In nearly every Bennett bio you'll see the phrase, "the man who made Wisconsin Dells famous."
Bennett, and later his family, ran the historic photography studio in downtown Dells for 135 years before donating the studio and the extensive photographic collection to the Wisconsin Historical Society. It is the oldest continually operating photography studio in the United States.
The sesquicentennial is being marked with a season-long anniversary gallery exhibit, "150 Years of Dells and Studio History," plus a weekend of celebrations including activities in the studio and adjoining outdoor courtyard the weekend of June 13-14. Don't miss the all-new 3-D stereo viewer station in the studio – it's the best way to see the river as it was in Bennett's day. On August 22, the Crystal Grand Music Theater will be the site of "Stand Rock Indian Ceremonial Reawakened," a program of Native American song, dance and historic Bennett photos produced by Friends of H.H. Bennett Studio and Little Eagle Arts Foundation.
Ducks Live to Be 70
The Original Wisconsin Ducks®, the WWII land-to-water vehicles repurposed for tours of the Dells, start their 70th season this year. To mark the occasion look for 10 of the 92 Ducks to be painted in a retro color scheme reminiscent of the 1950s and '60s.
Here's some interesting Duck trivia: Upwards of 500 people have been Duck drivers since the '50s and it remains one of the most coveted jobs in the Dells, not only for the chance to be outdoors but also because it looks good on a resume. Today, along with three generations of visitors to the Dells, there are even three generations of Duck drivers, with the youngest being 18 and the oldest 77.
Yogi Bear Camp-Resort & Water Playground Goes Retro for 45th
For their 45th anniversary this year, the owners of Yogi Bear™ Camp-Resort & Water Playground are one-upping the concept of "throwback Thursday" by staging a full-scale throwback with the renovation of their 50 family lodges to now include avocado and gold color schemes in all the kitchens. They've also purchased a foam machine to add a layer of frothy fun to their waterslide activity area for special events. While today's little ones may not know the original cartoon, they are still bound to enjoy appearances by the lovable cartoon characters and the parades through the camp resort.
25th Anniversary for Dells Mining Co.
Dells Mining Co. turns 25 this year. How serendipitous that it's the silver anniversary - after all, they provide pretty sterling silver mountings for the sparkly gemstones you "pan for" by sifting through gem-rich soil to find treasures. They'll even custom design jewelry for you. Gold mountings are also a choice (gold is for 50th anniversaries, just in case you were wondering). Dells Mining Co. has two locations – the original one is on the Wisconsin Dells Parkway and is open seasonally while the second location, right downtown on Broadway, is open year-round – and they'll be having anniversary specials all year-long.
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Our University has received a re-accreditation by EQUIS for the next 5 years. The presence among less than 200 universities in the world, which can place the accreditation mark next to their logo, is a positive distinction and a reason to be proud.
We would like to invite you for the Online Leothon Recycle AI, hackathon for business organised by Kozminski Venture Lab in association with Microsoft and Polpharma. It will be the first completely online event. Recrutation starts on 11th of May.
"Geoeconomics will constantly merge with geopolitics. Great dangers will arise, because China and the USA will compete more. Friendly competition is fine, but hostile confrontation – catastrophic" – writes prof. Kołodko in "China Daily Global".
Kozminski University starts cooperation with eight international universities in the research project "Trust in Governance and Regulation in Europe" (TiGRE). The EU-funded project aims to analyze trust relationships with regulatory policies in Europe.
Warsaw is a thriving economic metropolis that is quickly becoming Central Europe's "city that never sleeps". Pioneering Poland's economic growth in the 21st century, Warsaw is currently seeing unprecedented investment from global powers like the EU or the United States, and many of the word's biggest corporations have major offices in the city's center. In Warsaw, business is life, and on any given day the city hosts an eclectic mix of the business world's elite. Since the end of communism in Poland 30 years ago, Warsaw has taken off as a financial powerhouse and shows no signs of slowing down. For an up-and-coming CEO and for a budding business student trying to find his niche. Warsaw is without a doubt an enthralling place to be.
The city is teeming with social life of all sorts. The memory of the Warsaw Uprising during World War II still rings deep in the hearts of many Varsovians, who hold it deat as a symbol of fighting for what is right, no matter the odds. This lively spirit is certainly evident today, and the city has a uniquely creative character to show for it. Art, music and culture all show a haunting mix of traditional and modern characteristics, offering something that appeals to everyone.
Warsaw, boasting over 400 years of pride as the country's capital, is Poland's largest city and a major economic, political, and cultural center. The symbol of the city is the Fighting Mermaid, featured on the city seal. A city where a fourth of the terrain is covered by parklands, and a city of culture for all tastes and budgets. It is really good to spend a few days here to experience the city's memorable atmosphere. Historic palaces and churches meet modern architecture, and cozy cafés compete with fashionable music-filled clubs. Regardless of the goal of your visit, Warsaw is bound to make a good impression on you.
It is a city with the tallest four-faced clock tower in the world. Its faces are 6 m in diameter, making it the largest clock of its kindin Europe. The tower sits on one of the youngest, yet one of the most prominent, symbols of socialist architecture – the Palace of Culture and Science built in 1956.
Paradoxically, Warsaw's Old Town is only 50 years old. After World War II it was proudly and laboriously reconstructed to its present form. In 1980 it was placed on the UNESCO's list of World Heritage Sites.
Getting to Warsaw
By air
If you come to Poland by plane, we strongly recommend you a direct flight to Warsaw's Frederic Chopin International Airport, in Okęcie district. Direct flights from many major European cities are available, as well as, from cities placed outside of Europe. Chopin airport is situated 10 km from the city center. The transportation is very good - in order to get to the city center you may take a bus or taxi from the arrival zone or take a train from the train station built-in into the airport.
Flight to Modlin Airport might turn out cheaper but the distance from Warsaw's city is much greater - in order to reach city center you'll need to take a bus from the airport to the train station and then by train you reach the city of Warsaw.
By train
Poland has a good network of rail lines. The fastest and most expensive are 'express trains' - Eurocity - connecting Poland directly with major European capitals (Berlin, Vienna, Prague, Budapest, Bratislava, Minsk, Kiev). Standard 'passenger trains' reach almost every big city around the country.
For detailed information please see the official website of Polish State Railways.
By coach
Many travel agencies offer tickets for international coaches running to a variety of destinations across Europe. These buses are equipped with toilets, air-conditioning, reclining chairs, tea/coffee bars and other facilities. "Polski Bus" offers buses from and to Warsaw to 6 different international locations at reasonable price: Berlin, Prague, Brno, Bratislava, Vienna, Budapest. Students under the age of 26 and holders of Euro26 or ISIC cards are offered discounts.
For further information please contact your chosen travel agency.
Moving around Warsaw and Poland
Warsaw city is serviced with multiple bus companies, but the most common and easiest to catch is Public Transportation of Warsaw's city, the "ZTM" company. These buses are referred to as "Yellow buses", because of their recognizable paint job. Their range covers most of Warsaw's premises and suburbans. Tickets are available in most of the shops, kiosks and in ticket machines. Some of the buses carry a ticket machine on board, so it is possible to purchase a ticket on the bus, but it is strongly recommended to obtain the ticket before entering. Tickets must be validated on entrance to the bus. All of "ZTM" buses are air-conditioned, suited for disabled and mothers with children.
You can reach other cities of Poland by bus - "FlixBus" offers 26 locations on the territory of Poland, the most important being: Kraków, Wrocław, Zakopane, Gdańsk. Most of long distance buses are available from Warszawa Zachodnia and Wschodnia stops (Warsaw West and Warsaw East station).
All of the Warsaw's trams are operated by above mentioned "ZTM" - the Public Transport of Warsaw City company. Trams uses the same kind of tickets that are valid on the buses, same rules of validating tickets apply. Their range is limited compared to the buses, but travel time is far superior, especially during rush hours. Most of the trams are suit for people will limited movement capabilities.
Warsaw is currently supporting 2 metro lines. M1 line is complete and travels north-south of the city, while M2 is incomplete (planned completion in year 2022) and travels east-west, passing under the Vistula river. It is the fastest way to get across the river and from district to district, especially to Ursynów district. Metro accepts public transport tickets. Tickets are validated at the gates to the stations.
See the MAP of Warsaw's metro lines.
As mentioned above, Poland has a decent network of rail lines that is constantly developed and upgraded. You can travel both short and long distances using trains. In Warsaw, you can use SKM (Szybka Kolei Miejska), KM (Kolei Mazowiecka) and WKD (Warszawska Kolei Dojazdowa) train to travel short distances around city's districts, as well as suburbans. SKM accepts public transport tickets on the same basis as buses and trams. Other companies use their own tariff and usage of public transportation tickets is limited - make sure you have the right ticket.
To travel to different major cities of Poland you'll need a ticket with seat reservation. Most of them will departure from (1) Warszawa Wschodnia, (2) Warszawa Zachodnia or (3) Warszawa Centralna ((1)Warsaw East, (2) West and (3) Central stations).
You can choose between "express trains" or "standard trains". The major difference will be the price, comfort and time of travel. Standard "TLK" trains are old-timers, time of travel is long. Express trains will be more expensive but the travel itself will be much more comfortable. Express "Intercity" trains also include routes done by the Pendolino - currently the fastest train on stock of Polish State Railways. Tickets bought very early can turn out very cheap for students - you can even find tickets for 49 PLN, if you decide early enough.
For detailed information please see the official website of Polish State Railways.
Multiple taxi companies are available through Warsaw. Average cost of 1 kilometer is around 1,80 PLN (day tariff). There is a starting fee of around 8 PLN. Most of the company require to be ordered by phone call, some of the companies support designated mobile apps (Taxify, myTaxi, iTaxi).
Uber is currently still available to use in Poland.
A reasonable total monthly budget would be about 2000 - 2500 PLN (excluding travels outside Poland as well as the tuition). Although some students live on a much tighter budget. Note, that the students are often offered various discounts (shops, transportation, theater, cinema, museums, bookshops). Always remember to present your student card. Examples below are based on good standard of accommodation:
|Accommodation in a students dormitory ~ 500-1000 PLN/month
|Accommodation in a shared flat or apartment ~ 1500-3500 PLN/month
|Approximate cost of living ~ 700-1200 PLN/month
|Other, unexpected expenses ~ 500 PLN/month
Examples of prices for products and services in Warsaw in 2018 given in PLN. Usually the exchange rate for EURO is about PLN/EUR = 4.2-4.3/1
Student ticket refers to Public Transportation Company (ZTM) tickets. Those tickets are valid to use in buses, trams, metro and selected railway company's trains as well (SKM, limited usage in KM and WKD).
|0,5 bottled water
|coffee in a cafe
|cinema ticket
|fast-food meal
|dinner in an average restaurant
|20 minutes student ticket
|1 month/3 months student ticket
You should expect additional expenses which may occur during your stay. Those might be:
More details about cost of living in Warsaw click here.
Poland is a place with great history, spaning on a period of over 1000 years. Warsaw, de facto capital of Poland since 1611, is an ideal place to discover some of Poland's most recent history as well as much more distant times. Mentioned below are places worth seeing during your stay in Poland, as they will provide you with an overview of Polish culture:
Also, in and around Warsaw you'll find multiple places to spend your free time, if you are not a museum type. Those mentioned below are definetely worth your time to check it up:
If you rather spend your time actively here are some examples of places that you can do just that:
Warsaw is the host city to multiple regular and periodic events. Just to name a few:
And if you are not keen on sightseeing or on visiting any of the above mentioned attractions, here are some of places worth even a second of your time:
If you need any basic needs products you can visit one of below mentioned shoping centers. The variaty of shops available makes them the best place to buy all the necessities that one might need.
Shoping Centers in Warsaw:
Travelling around:
In order to move around Warsaw and other major cities it is advised to use "jakdojade" website or mobile app - an online timetable of all of public transport in 44 cities, like:
Public Transport:
Before entering any mean of public transport (buses, trams, metro, trains) you should obtain a ticket. Ticket selection is wide, so you should make sure you buy correct one. Range of the buses is divided into two ticket zones - if you are not planning on leaving Warsaw's premises you can buy zone-1 only tickets, as zone-2 are sububrans only. They are much cheaper, compared to both-zones tickets.
Tickets available are:
time limited (20 minutes, 75 minutes, 90 minutes)
short-time (1-day, 3-days, weekend)
long-time tickets (30-days, 90-days)
All those tickets allow for unlimited number of rides, on all of the means that accept above mentioned tickets. Here you can see complete list of tickets and their costs.
Time limited and short-time tickets come in paper form, while long-term tickets must be coded on special, personalized cards. Your students ID can take the role of such personalized card - meaning you can use it as your travel card. It is recommended for students to buy 30- or 90-days tickets as it turn out much cheaper overall, if you will be using public transport everyday.
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Legal assistance:
If you need a legal assistance, you may contact the Information Center for Foreigners in order to get it free of charge (http://interwencjaprawna.pl/cic/information-centre-for-foreigners/).
Address: Siedmiogrodzka st. 5/51
Tel. (+48) 22 629 56 91
In order to call an emergency service via public phone, please dial:
999 – Ambulance
998 – Fire Fighters
997 – Police
986 – Municipal Guard (Straz Miejska)
In order to call an emergency service via mobile phone, please dial:
112 – All the above services.
Calling any of emergency numbers is free of charge.
Emergency Services (by city districts):
• Śródmieście - Poznańska st. 22
• Praga Południe - Grenadierów st. 34
• Wola - Górczewska st. 27/35
• Mokotów - Puławska st. 120
• Żoliborz - Wrzeciono st. 41
• Marymont - Słowackiego st. 52/54
• Praga Północ - Brzeska st. 12
• Ochota - Joteyki st. 9
• Ursynów - Jastrzębowskiego st. 22
• Wilanów - Morszyńska st. 33
• Ursus - Sosnkowskiego st. 18
• Bemowo - Kartezjusza st. 2
• Białołęka - Marywilska st. 44
• Targówek - Łojewska st. 6
• Międzylesie - Dzieci Polskich st. 20


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The Arctic Culture Forum is an educational initiative dedicated to increasing awareness of the Arctic, its people and their culture by hosting public events and programs in and around Charlottesville, VA.
The Arctic Culture Forum will host a series of events and programs focused on increasing awareness about cultural, environmental, and political issues concerning the Arctic and it's people. Initiated by Judith Varney Burch and Beatrix Arendt, the Arctic Culture Forum intends to bring the beauty and mystery of the Arctic to UVA and Charlottesville. By sponsoring undergraduate and graduate research, educational events, and art exhibitions, the Arctic Culture Forum seeks to make Arctic culture more accessible, while documenting the struggle of Arctic communities to cope with changing weather conditions brought on by global warming.
The objectives of the Arctic Culture Forum is to
1) Coordinate, plan, and execute public events that educate American audiences about climate changes in the Arctic, as portrayed in Inuit art and culture;
2) Promote research and scholarship on Inuit/Arctic culture and art;
3) Encourage stewardship of Inuit/Arctic culture locally and globally.
See Events and Programs for details on current and past events, and visit the comfortable study gallery on Elliewood for your own arts and culture experience!


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Stress-what impacts on our health? What solutions?
Originally, the stress factor is mainly physical. It is because of the stress that we can react quickly in a dangerous situation (fire, accident of the road…), we talk about stress called « saving ». At the moment, the evolution of our way of life puts us in the face of more and more constraints; We are faced with a permanent overwork: to work for a living, to care for the children, to take care of his home, to do the errands, to pay the bills, the major events of life (mourning, sickness, family difficulties, etc.), our state of health And the list is still long… In the end, the time spent for oneself remains minimal, see, for some, non-existent. So when our daily life...Zie artikel


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Portlets Plugin
compile "org.grails.plugins:portlets:0.9.2"
Generate JSR-168 compliant portlet war.
This plugin is designed as an "abstracted" plugin, and shouldn't be installed as a stand-alone. See portlets-liferay and portlets-pluto for the installation.
Portlets plugins source code has migrated from svn repo https://svn.codehaus.org/grails-plugins to github https://github.com/grails-portlets-plugin. If you plan to improve the codebase, please create a JIRA ticket to request github access with your github id. If you join the team, you can update the codebase directly rather than creating a pull request.
Current lead of this project GPPORTLETS no longer actively maintains the plugin. Please create a JIRA ticket and let him know if you're interested in to take over the responsibility. Thank you.
Portlets Plugin
Please create an issue in JIRA under the Grails-Portlets component if you find problems or come up with ideas for enhancements.
OverviewThis plugin aims to provide a simple (grails) way of developing JSR-168 portlets using well known Grails conventions that can be deployed to compliant Portal servers. Currently Liferay 5.2, Liferay 6, GateIn 3.1 and Pluto 1.1.7 are supported.Portlets plugin consists of "grails-portlets-plugin" generating JSR-168 compliant configuration files, "grails-portlets-liferay" for Liferay specific configurations, "grails-portlets-gatein" for GateIN specific configurations, "grails-portlets-pluto" for Pluto specific configuration, "grails-pluto", which adds pluto runtime to grails and launch the container with "run-app" command, and "grails-liferay-exploded", allowing a dynamic reloading of classes and GSPs on a stand-alone Liferay server.
"grails-portlets-plugin" doesn't provide a container specific support so it won't work unless implementation specific plugin such as "grails-portlets-liferay" or "grails-portlets-pluto" is installed. "Portlets" plugin is automatically installed by installing those plugins.You can generate container specific portlet war file by installing "portlets-liferay", "portlets-gatein" or "portlets-pluto". "liferay-exploded" or "pluto" allows to test with those portal container from grails environment.
InstallationPortlets plugin should be implicitly installed by installing a container specific portlets plugin.
Liferay portletsPlease see portlets-liferay and liferay-exploded for the details.
For LF6 grails install-plugin portlets-liferayFor LF5 export LIFERAY_HOME=/your_path_to/liferay-portlet-5.2.2 grails install-plugin portlets-liferay grails install-plugin liferay-exploded
Pluto portletsPlease see portlets-pluto and pluto for the details.
grails install-plugin portlets-pluto grails install-plugin pluto
GateIn portletsPlease see portlets-gatein for the details.
grails install-plugin portlets-gatein
Create a portlet
The command generates a portlet file "grails-app/portlets/com/company/MyFirstPortlet.groovy" as following.
grails create-portlet com.company.MyFirst
com.mycompany import javax.portlet.*class MyFirstPortlet { def title = 'Portlet Title' def description = ''' Description about the portlet goes here. ''' def displayName = 'Display Name' def supports = ['text/html':['view', 'edit', 'help']] //uncomment to declare events support //def events = [publish: ["event-1"], process: ["event-2"]] //uncomment to declare public render parameter support //def public_render_params = ["prp-1","prp-2"] // Used for liferay // @see http://www.liferay.com/documentation/liferay-portal/6.0/development/-/ai/anatomy-of-a-portlet // def liferay_display_category = "category.sample" def actionView = { //TODO Define action phase for 'view' portlet mode portletResponse.setRenderParameter("prp-1", "value-1"); } def eventView = { //TODO Define event phase for 'view' portlet mode. def eventValue = portletRequest.event.value } def renderView = { //TODO Define render phase for 'view' portlet mode. //Return the map of the variables bound to the view, //in this case view.gsp if it exists or render.gsp if not ['mykey':'myvalue'] } def resourceView = { //TODO define resource phase for 'view' portlet mode. //Render HTML as response render { html { head() body { "Render me" } } } } def actionEdit = { //TODO Define action phase for 'edit' portlet mode portletResponse.setEvent("event-1","event-1") portletResponse.setPortletMode(PortletMode.VIEW) } def renderHelp = { //TODO Define render phase for 'help' portlet mode //Return the map of the variables bound to the view, //in this case help.gsp if it exists or render.gsp if not ['mykey':'myvalue'] } def doResource = { //TODO Define handling for default resource URL handling method, independent of porlet mode //Return the map of the variables bound to the view, //in this case resource.gsp ['mykey':'myvalue'] } //invoked by setting 'action' param in resourceURL (as an example) to 'doSomethingAjaxy' def doSomethingAjaxy = { //render JSON render(contentType:"text/json") { example(mykey:"myvalue") } } //invoked by setting 'action' param in eventURL (as an example) to 'handleThisEvent' def handleThisEvent = { //render thisEvent.gsp render(view:"thisEvent") } }
Portlet Request Action MappingFor a particular portlet, the plugin delegates to a *Portlet.groovy closure according to the following rules (by order of precedent):
- Look for an 'action' parameter on the request and see if the Portlet has a closure with the same name.
- Construct a name using the request type (i.e. 'resource', 'event', 'render', 'action') and the portlet mode (i.e. 'view', 'edit', 'help'), e.g. 'renderView', and see if the Portlet has a closure with the same name.
- Construct a name using only the request type, e.g. 'doEvent', and see if the Portlet has a closure with the same name.
View GenerationTo generate views, run the following command.
It generates edit.gsp, help.gsp, and view.gsp under "grails-app/views/myfirst" directory. View.gsp looks like this. Please note
grails generate-portlet-views com.company.MyFirst
portletRequest and
portletResponse are bound to the GSP.
<%@ taglib uri="http://java.sun.com/portlet" prefix="portlet" %>

View Page
 The map returned by renderView is passed in. Value of mykey: ${mykey} <form action="${portletResponse.createActionURL()}"> <input type="submit" value="Submit"/> </form>

View MappingFor those request types that support it ('resource', 'render'), a model can be returned by having the portlet action closure return a map. The model will be passed to a view using the following rules (in order of precedent):
- 'XXX/xyz.gsp' where 'XXX' is the name of the portlet (e.g. XXXPortlet.groovy) and 'xyz' is the value of the 'action' parameter on the request
- 'XXX/MODE.gsp' where 'XXX' is the name of the portlet (e.g. XXXPortlet.groovy) and 'MODE' is the current portlet mode (e.g. 'view')
- 'XXX/render.gsp'
Deploy to containerYou can generate portlet war file just same as a servlet war file.
Please follow the instruction of the portlet container to deploy the portlet war file.
grails war
PlutoIf you install "grails-pluto" plugin, you can run Pluto and deploy the portlet and hot reload the modifications in place. For the details, see Pluto Plugin.
GateIN 3.1Copy war into Jboss deploy folder or upload it via jboss admin console
Liferay 6Copy your war to liferay auto-deploy folder or upload it via administration console.
Liferay 5If you install "grails-liferay-exploded" plugin, you can deploy an exploded war file to Liferay, and dynamically reload and reflect your changes in the grails project.
- Run a deployment command. It generates a war, expand, and copy context.xml
grails liferay-deploy
- Monitor the console output, and confirm the servlet is successfully
Once you deploy, you can change the code in the grails projects, and reflect the changes to the running Liferay server by invoking the following command.
(liferay1 is the name of a sample portlet war file) … 21:33:16,176 INFO [PortletHotDeployListener:219] Registering portlets for liferay1 21:33:18,050 INFO [PortletHotDeployListener:303] 2 portlets for liferay1 are available for use ...
For the details, please refer to Liferay exploded plugin.
grails liferay-update
"liferay-exploded" plugin is designed for development purposes only. It utilizes tomcat's hot deployment feature, but due to a memory leak on reloading, you will get OutOfMemoryError after four or five executions of "liferay-update". For production, please deploy the packaged war through Liferay's deploy directory or administration GUI.
Unit TestingYour portlet groovy classes can be unit tested as per normal Grails controllers.
Functional TestingThe Portlets Plugin includes an embded apache Pluto portlet container (Version 1.1.7) which will be deployed during grails run-app, f you install pluto plugin. Browse to localhost:8080/pluto (login as pluto/pluto). Your portlets will be displayed on the default tab labeled 'Home'. This allows basic functional testing via the WebTest plugin.
Known IssuesTODO
ConfigurationStandard property names are used to generate the portlet.xml information for each portlet. They should be defined at the class level and initialized. e.g.
There are portal container specific properties too. Please consult portlets-liferay and portlets-pluto plugins for the details.
def title = 'HelloWorld' def displayName = 'Grails Hello World Portlet' def supports = ['*/*':['view', 'edit']] def events = [publish: ['event1','event2'],process:['event3']] def public_render_params = ['prp-1','prp-2']
|the title of the portlet (normally appears in the title bar when the portlet is displayed)
|a description of the portlet
|the name of the portlet when displayed to the user
|a short title for your portlet
|keywords that describe your portlet
|a map containing mime types and a list containing supported window modes. Standard modes available (According to the spec) are view, edit and help
|a map containing custom window modes and their descriptions. Any custom modes referenced in supports need to be declared here.
|a map defining the portlet preferences supported by your portlet. The key is the parameter name, the value is the default value for the preference. Multiple values can be supplied as a list and will create a multi-valued portlet preference.
|a list or map that specifies the roles required to access this portlet. It is either a list of role names or a map wher the key is the role name and the value is the role link (see the Portlet spec for more details on what how these fields are used). These values are used to generate <security-role-ref> elements.
|a map containing custom window states used by this portlet and their descriptions
|a map containing two keys, 'publish' and 'process', each key is mapped to a list of strings, each string is the name of an event that is either published or processed (or both) by this portlet.
This defines the events supported by this particular portlet, the events also must be declared in the Config.groovy, see below
|A list of supported public render parameters.
This defines the public render parameters supported by this particular portlet, the parameters also must be declared in the Config.groovy, see below
Portlet injected propertiesThe following properties are provided for use inside actions to access common objects provided by the Portlet API.
|the current PortletRequest. It will be of the appropriate request type sub-class.
|the current PortletResponse. It will be of the appropriate request type sub-class.
|It is an instance of HttpServletRequest of the underlying portlet container. You should use portletRequest instead of request for normal portlet operations. It is available only when you need to something special with the underlying servlet request and use at your own risk.
|It is an instance of HttpServletResponse of the underlying portlet container. You should use portletResponse instead of response for normal portlet operations. It is available only when you need to something special with the underlying servlet request and use at your own risk.
|the current PortletSession.
|the PortletPreferences object for the current user.
|the current WindowState.
|the current PortletMode.
Event DeclarationEvents are declared in the Config.groovy
liferay { events = [ "event1": [:], "event2": [type:"com.mycompany.events.Event2"] ] }
Public Render Parameter DeclarationPublic Render Parameters are declared in the Config.groovy
liferay { public_render_parameters = [ "param-1":"com.mycompany.public-param-1" ] }
0.9.2 (12/06/2012)
- now compatible with grails version > 2.x
0.9.1 (10/24/2011)
- fixed typo in Portlet example code
0.9 (10/10/2011)
- added resource URL support
- added event URL support and syntax for declaring published/processed events
- added public render parameter syntax for declaring supported parameters
0.8 (6/1/2011)
- Update to for Grails 1.3+
- Support for LifeRay 6 and GateIn 3.1
- JSR-286 is supported as uses spring-mvc-portlet 3.0.5
0.7 (11/4/2009)
- Got rid of unused Jetty import statements.
0.5 (09/22/2009)
- Added commons-logging-1.1.1.jar to fix the deployment issue on liferay-5.2.3 with tomcat-6 due to listener registration failure.
0.4 (06/30/2009)
- Fixed unbalanced curly bracket in gsp template files.
0.3 (05/28/2009)
- Updated gsp template so that submission works on both pluto and liferay.
- Added
liferay_display_categoryfield to the template so that you can generate


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Interesting facts about Da Nang
The gleaming riverfront city of Da Nang is quickly becoming an exciting destination in Vietnam. Featuring stunning beaches and spectacular bridges across the river, the city is a natural wonder, with plenty of fine dining and culture too. Book your flight to Da Nang with Cathay Dragon and enjoy comfortable reclining seats, personal entertainment, and best-in-class service.
Da Nang attractions
Da Nang's coastline features 30 kilometres of calm, cool waters. Visit Lang Co Beach, a quiet and almost untouched peninsula. For more natural beauty within Da Nang's city limits, head to the Marble Mountains, which feature unique Buddhist temples built inside the caves and grottoes. At night, stroll to the iconic Dragon Bridge, which crosses the Han River, and experience a fun, spectacular display.
Travel tips in Da Nang
Da Nang is a large and spread-out city, so getting around on foot is good for particular neighbourhoods. Hire a taxi to reach other areas in the city; they are affordable and convenient. If you are staying for a while, consider renting a motorbike, although you must obtain a Vietnam license. Start your trip on the right note – book your Da Nang flights with Cathay Dragon today.
Plan ahead for your trip to Da Nang
Toronto(YYZ)toDa Nang(DAD)
Best fares on flights found by others in the last 48 hours. (Please note that some fares may only apply when there are multiple travellers.)


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Hello Nameispending,
Sorry for the delay in response time - I've been in France for five weeks and haven't kept up with my postings. We still have room, especially for someone who can be here consistently. We're playing first edition, i.e. AD&D, although modified to include some other handy tools - draw cards for initiative, story points/x.p., etc. Am thinking about developing a Savage Worlds campaign, but on own world for now. I would like to play again at some point. Finally, we moved into a new house since I last posted, and the stone-walled basement is a gamer's heaven.
We have a Tuesday night game from 6 to 10 that might interest you. The current game is 14th level 3.5 edition. We are mostly in our 30s and prefer players around our age. How old are you?


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Estelle Arpels and Alfred Van Cleef, 1895
H.S.H. Prince Rainier III and H.S.H. Princess Grace of Monaco wearing her Van Cleef & Arpels' wedding set, 1956
The Duke and Duchess of Windsor after their mariage at the Chateau De Candé in France, 1937. The Duches of Windsor is wearing her Van Cleef & Arpels Jarretière bracelet and Eventail clip
From the beginning, Van Cleef & Arpels has marked the most fascinating love stories of the day with its seal. It all began in 1895 with the founding love story of Estelle Arpels and Alfred Van Cleef. Their enthusiasm, devoted commitment, and passion for beauty led to the creation of Van Cleef & Arpels. In 1906, they opened the first boutique in Paris, in the heart of the city of love: Place Vendôme.
Ever since then, Van Cleef & Arpels and its clients have shared a wonderful love story. The most demanding personalities, the greatest aesthetes, have chosen the jeweler to express their passion.
Van Cleef & Arpels' creations beautifully adorn legendary actresses, celebrate the union of kings and queens, and honor the exalted passion of two lovers.
In 1937, the Duke of Windsor gave Wallis Simpson the Jarretière bracelet in sapphire and diamond, which he had commissioned from Van Cleef & Arpels, to commemorate their "Marriage Contract" wedding. His abdication of the British throne to marry her ensured their story would become a legend.For their engagement in 1956, H.S.H. Prince Rainier of Monaco gave Grace Kelly a Van Cleef & Arpels jewelry set in pearls and diamonds.
One of the Maison's most loyal customers, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, was given Van Cleef & Arpels engagement rings for both of her highly publicized marriages in 1953 and 1968.During their epic romance, Richard Burton provided Elizabeth Taylor with the majority of her Van Cleef & Arpels jewels.


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Chanel has launched a new campaign for its Chance fragrance with a series of four fun and beautifully shot spots, created in partnership with production company BRF (B-Reel Films) director Eva Michon. The series highlights the four scents in the Chance collection, with each being brought to life by a group of diverse young female talent -- Angela Yen, Selah Marley, Belen Chavanne and Lily Newmark.
The shoot was set in the picturesque cityscape of Venice, Italy. Each video looks into the individual muse's narrative through a circular lens, which mirrors the shape of a bottle of Chance. The campaign plays off these narratives, encouraging consumers to "Choose Your Chance" and enter a world where anything is possible.
Represented by Selah Marley, the daughter of singer Lauryn Hill, the original Chance is an optimistic scent that blends pink pepper, jasmine and ambery patchouli.
Director: Eva Michon
Post-production: Therapy Studios
Editor: Lenny Mesina
Additional Editors: Amy Bostrom, Thomas Tedesco
Assistant Editor: JT Bowers
Mixer: Eddie Kim
Audio Assistant: Dillon Cahill


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Basic Science, Business Education and Outreach
Welcome to the IGERT Environmental Aquatic Resource Sensing Site
News & Announcements
This Integrative Graduate Education and Research Training (IGERT) program (funding by the National Science Foundation) represents an interdisciplinary, dual-institution (Kent State and Miami University) program focused on Environmental Aquatic Resource Sensing (EARS). The theme of EARS is training of doctoral students in environmental sensing, focused on freshwater resources, accentuated with business experiences, to develop professionals equipped for diverse careers. This program started in July 2009 and runs for five years. We are actively seeking applicants; please use the links on the right for more details and to complete an application.
What is EARS IGERT?
Why Sensors?
The Cutting Edge of Sensing
Join us on facebook
IGERT EARS Flyer [pdf] - More Information about the program.
Human dependence on freshwater ecosystems is absolute. EARS will prepare graduate students for future careers relevant to freshwater resources through training in environmental science, sensor design & use, and business methods. Data will be disseminated to stimulate K-16 and public interest in environmental science. Development of a diverse research community will be facilitated via a combination of recruitment and ongoing program connections.


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Spanish director Victor Garcia has been confirmed to direct the big screen adaptation of the graphic novel "Crawl To Me". The story follows a family living in a remote town during a harsh winter and the events that make them question their family ties. The series was created by Life of Agony bassist Alan Robert who I hold partially responsible for me not getting laid in High School so I plan on being pretty rough on this one. Oh god no one loves me.
I've always enjoyed Cliver Barker's "Nightbreed" but to be honest watching a 2 hour and 45 minute version of the film sounds like hell on earth. Still, people seem to go nuts for the film and cry out in anger at the thought of the hour shorter version that was in theaters and released on home video. Well thanks to the folks at Scream Factory the extended version, being called "Nightbreed: The Cabal Cut" will see the light of day sometime next year. Really I don't understand why in this day and age any move would be over an hour and 15 minutes.
Remember how awesome the original "Robocop" was? All the killing, blood and swearing? It was everything that was good about movies in the 80's. Well the makers of the remake are pushing for a PG-13 rating so it's not going to be awesome. In fact it's not going to have anything that made the original awesome. In fact, remember the "Robocop" cartoon? Picture that, but with less cool stuff.
A lot of people like that "Dead Space" game. I played the demo for 5 minutes and got confused so I refused to ever give it another go. That's a good story huh? Anyway EA is planning on making a big screen adaptation of the game. No real word on when or if the film is really going to happen but at one point John Carpenter had eyed leading the charge on the film. Of course at one point I though a Poison tattoo would be really cool so who knows how this will go.
The folks over at Warner Bros, or The WB as we call it in da hood, have wrapped their well manicured hands around a new futuristic action flick currently titled "Law Zero". Bruno Zacarias and Miguel de Olaso are the masterminds behind the concept and are ready to roll on production.I have no idea who those two guys are but they sound Al sol que más caliente. I have no idea what that means either. I just found it on Google.
If I had to rank the Wilson brothers in order I would for sure put Owen in the top 5. And apparently the Dowdle brothers, who brought us "Quarantine", feel the same way because he's rumored to be taking the lead in their next film which is titled "The Coup". The movie is about a American family who find themselves caught in the middle of a coup trying to escape with only their wit and the talents of their adorable talking dog, Marmaduke. I might have that last part wrong.
The big screen adaptation of Alan Robert's graphic novel "Crawl To Me" has found itself a pair of writers in the form of David White and T.J. Cimfel. The book tells the tale of a family living in an isolated country during a harsh winter that makes them question their relationship and their existence. Some of you might know Alan Robert as the bassist of the band Life Of Agony. I mention that only because their lead singer decided he wanted to be a woman and now looks hideous and I think that's hysterical.
Ray Stevenson has signed on for the next season of "Dexter", playing the leader of a Russian organized crime syndicate. Stevenson previously graced the tiny screen with his role of Titus Pullo on "Rome" and i freakin loved that show. I didn't understand 75% of it but I loved it none the less.


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On this week's show, we welcome back Lee Garnett, the brilliant mind behind the social media-conscious online comic, ncomment. Lee guides us through the final chapter of his magnum opus, War, an epic three-part series about Digg, Reddit and the fractious conflicts between social communities.
But first, the headlines: Apple's head designer Jonathan Ive is knighted, Netflix launches a new series (and double the delay on Warner Bros. content), Yahoo names PayPal's chief as its CEO, An Android App that helps you fight SOPA, Reddit goes black to protest SOPA, Lenovo launches an Android-powered TV, Nokia launches the Lumia 900, Kinect comes to Windows, and Google adds personal results to search.
For our Final Word, we ask whether Internet access should be classified as a human right, or a facilitator of human rights.


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TomTom International has upgraded its route-finding software for its latest GPS (Global Positioning System) devices because the previous generation picked the fastest route only about half the time. The software also offers drivers more guidance on which lane to choose at complex junctions, displaying images of the road signs they should follow.
The software will make its debut in three new models, the TomTom GO 530, GO 730 and GO 930, from the end of April, the company said at the Cebit trade show in Germany.
Advanced Lane Guidance is TomTom's name for a feature that provides more realistic representation of the road ahead, including information about which lane to take and which road signs to follow through complex junctions.
The new route-finding software, IQ Routes, draws on historical data about observed traffic speeds on roads, rather than just the maximum speed limit that applies, in order to calculate the fastest route. This resulted in improvements in journey time on almost half the routes tested, the company said.
TomTom gathered the traffic speed information by compiling data collected anonymously from users of its products. The company collects over 500 million such measurements each day, information that will be most useful in urban and mountainous areas where it is often not practical to drive at the maximum speed legally authorized.
The company also unveiled a way to gather that traffic data -- and give drivers more up-to-date information to avoid traffic jams. The TomTom HD Traffic Receiver plugs into a mini-USB socket on the new GO models (and some older devices), and is powered by the car's lighter socket. It contains a GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) modem for sending and receiving live traffic data over the mobile phone network.
The US$151 price tag includes six months' access to the live traffic data service. After that, the service costs US$15 a month. TomTom will initially offer the service in the Netherlands, with Germany and the UK to follow this year, and France in 2009.
The new GO devices will replace the existing range. They have a 4.3-inch screen, from 1G byte to 4G bytes of flash memory, an SD Card socket and a Bluetooth radio interface, and will run for up to 5 hours on one battery charge. The company did not announce pricing.