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Chapter 1: App structure. Next.js. HOC. Material-UI. Server-side rendering. Styles.
The section below is a preview of Builder Book. To read the full text, you will need to purchase the book.
We are currently refactoring and updating the code in Builder Book. To reduce confusion, we have temporarily disabled the buy button. You can follow our progress here: https://github.com/builderbook/builderbook/issues/359
You can still buy our second book, SaaS Boilerplate: https://builderbook.org/books/saas-boilerplate/introduction-project-structure
In Chapter 1, you'll start with the codebase in the 1-begin folder of our builderbook repo and end up with the codebase in the 1-end folder. We'll cover the following topics in this chapter:
Setup - Node and Yarn - package.json
Code editor and lint - VS editor - Eslint - Prettier
App structure - Next.js - Document - Project structure
Index page
Header component
Layout HOC
Material-UI integration - Add styles on server - Remove server-side styles
Server-side rendering
You've read about the motivation for writing this book and building a web application. Motivation aside, this book will teach you how to build a modern-stack, production-ready web application from scratch. Together, we will go from 0 to nearly 4,000 lines of code in 9 chapters of this book.
In this very first chapter, we have multiple goals:
- set up our coding environment
- create our app structure
- get familiar with Next.js (Next)
- create our first page and component
- create a higher-order component
- integrate Next with Material-UI
- learn about server-side rendering
- add global and shared styles
link Setup
We work on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. We skipped the 17.04 release and decided to wait for stable 18.04. Thus, we provide installation instructions specific to a Linux-based OS (for example, Ubuntu and MacOS). we use the Visual Studio editor (VS editor), which we find easier to use and automate than any other popular editor. The web application that we build in this book will allow you, via integration with Github, to use VS editor for writing documentation and books.
The core technologies of the Builder Book app are React, Material-UI, Next, Express, Mongoose, and MongoDB. By the end of this chapter, we will create a static web app (no server and no database yet). To do so, we will install and integrate the first three technologies - React, Material-UI, and Next.
link Node and Yarn
We are building a Node app, and many of the tools that we use in this app also require Node.
I suggest using Node with the help of nvm (Node Version Manager). On Linux, press Ctrl+Alt+T to open your terminal (alternatively, use the search bar to search for terminal).
Run the command below to install nvm:
curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/v0.33.11/install.sh | bash
Check the nvm version to confirm successful installation:
nvm --version
Trigger nvm:
. ~/.nvm/nvm.sh
Install Node 12.14.0:
nvm install 12.14.0
Make it default:
nvm alias default 12.14.0
Check Node version to confirm successful installation:
node -v
Node version should be 12.14.0.
Once Node is installed, we can install Yarn, a manager for third-party packages (also called dependencies or modules). Whenever we need to use code developed by other developers - we add the package name and version to a
package.json file and run
yarn in the app's directory. More on
package.json in the next section.
If you're using Ubuntu:
- Configure the Debian package repository for Yarn by running the following two commands in your terminal:
curl -sS https://dl.yarnpkg.com/debian/pubkey.gpg | sudo apt-key add - echo "deb https://dl.yarnpkg.com/debian/ stable main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/yarn.list
- Then install Yarn with:
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install yarn
- Check Yarn version to confirm successful installation:
yarn -v
If you're using another operating system, find specific instructions here on yarn's official website. Select your OS from the "Operating system" dropdown menu.
In this book, the Yarn version is
link package.json
package.json is a required file at the root of any Node application. This file contains the app's metadata: app name, app version, scripts, and dependenices (described by name and version), among other properties. Read about working with a package.json file to learn more about metadata. Some parameters are optional (
license), but some are required (
Open the
1-begin folder located at
builderbook/book/. Take a look at our
package.json file:
package.json :
"name": "1-begin",
"version": "0.0.1",
"license": "MIT",
"scripts": {
"dev": "next"
"build": "next build",
"start": "next start",
"dependencies": {
"@material-ui/core": "4.8.0",
"@material-ui/styles": "4.7.1",
"next": "9.1.6",
"prop-types": "^15.7.2",
"react": "^16.12.0",
"react-dom": "^16.12.0",
"devDependencies": {}
You can see required metadata like
name and
version (version format is
The section of
package.json called
scripts contains shortcuts for commands. At the end of this book, the
scripts section will contain the following command:
"dev": "nodemon server/server.js --watch server"
This command (shortcut) allows us to run our app locally by typing
yarn dev in the terminal instead of manually typing:
yarn nodemon server/server.js --watch server
It's ok if you don't understand the above command. We will discuss it detail in Chapter 2 when we write our first server-side code. In this chapter and part of Chapter 2, since there is no server to start, you will run your app locally with
yarn next or
yarn dev (
"dev": "next").
Also in Chapter 2, we'll introduce the dotenv package, which will manage most of our environmental variables (over a dozen in total) in our app.
Inside the
scripts commands, you may choose to pass environmental variables. You would set it up by adding
NODE_ENV=production to one of the commands in the
scripts section. Let's consider an example. At the end of this book, we will start our app locally using
yarn dev, which has the following shortcut in the
scripts section:
"dev": "nodemon server/server.js --watch server"
We don't pass any environmental variables inside this command. Thus,
NODE_ENV and
ROOT_URL default to
development and
http://localhost:8000, respectively.
We are able to pass environmental variables by prepending them to the command. For example, to build our app on a remote production server, we may use
yarn build with this shortcut:
"build": "NODE_ENV=production next build"
In this case, the value of
NODE_ENV is explicitly set to
production. Next.js will build the production app properly with
NODE_ENV equal to
production. In Chapter 2, we will discuss how to manage server-side environmental variables. In Chapter 8, we will discuss how to manage universally available (available on client and server) environmental variables.
The next section in our
package.json file is
dependencies. This section contains a list of third-party packages that we need in production and development environments. To install all packages from
package.json, simply run
yarn in your terminal while inside the app's directory.
To check if Yarn successfully installed the packages, look for a newly generated
node_modules folder and
yarn.lock lockfile at the app's root directory. The former folder contains the code of third-party packages, and the latter file contains the exact versions of packages and their dependencies.
In the
scripts section, you can specify a combination of commands or run the scripts directly from your files. From our
package.json file, if you run
yarn dev in your terminal, you will first run
yarn next.
devDependencies are dependencies that our app uses in development but not in production. Typically, developers use packages in
devDependencies to run tests, compile code, or lint code locally.
If you ran the
yarn command inside the
1-begin folder, then you successfully installed all packages we need for Chapter 1. We will discuss each installed package later in this chapter.
link Code editor and lint
In this section, we will set up preferences for Visual Studio Code editor (VS editor) and discuss/install two extensions that help us format code: Eslint and Prettier.
link VS editor
I prefer the Visual Studio code editor, because it easily integrates with Github and Eslint (which formats code), and it comes with Terminal (this allows you to stay within the editor while running commands). Here is a typical view of the editor with terminal. A list of staged changes is one click away, and you can see that we have 2 staged changes:
In addition, VS editor has many optional settings that may increase your productivity. VS editor has 2 types of settings: User settings and Workspace settings. Read more in Visual Studio's docs.
The User settings are specific to your machine and will apply globally to any project you work on unless you configure Workspace settings. Since we only want to create settings for our builder book project, and not affect any settings you'd like on your own machine, we will modify the Workspace settings.
You can access Workspace Settings by going to
Workspace Settings. Then click the left icon at the top right of your screen to select
Open Settings (JSON). Here is a list of our Workspace Settings:
"window.zoomLevel": -1,
"files.autoSave": "afterDelay",
"git.enableSmartCommit": true,
"editor.formatOnSave": true,
"editor.codeActionsOnsSave": {
"source.fixAll.eslint": true
"window.zoomLevel": -1sets the zoom level to 80% - our personal preference, since we like to scroll less, especially when writing a tutorial or book.
"files.autoSave": "afterDelay"saves files automatically for you, so you don't need to save your files manually.
"git.enableSmartCommit": truestages changes automatically, so you don't need to stage your changes manually.
"editor.codeActionsOnSave": {"source.fixAll.eslint": true}detects formatters, such as Eslint, and formats your code on each save event. To format code on a save event, you have to manually save the file.
Below, we will discuss the remaining setting that is related to the ESLint code formatter.
To format code, we use the ESLint extension by Dirk Baeumer in Visual Studio. We configure this extension with dependencies for Prettier by Esben Petersen:
link Eslint and Prettier
Eslint lints code, i.e. it checks code for potential formatting problems and fixes them. After you install the Eslint extension on VS editor, you will see new settings. Read the full list of settings here. One setting that we want to set to true is:
"eslint.autoFixOnSave": true
This setting makes Eslint apply fixes to your code when you save a file manually.
Prettier is also a code formatter. Rather than install the Prettier extension in VS editor, we will use Prettier installed as a dev dependency with Eslint. We chose this set up because it is compatible with VS Editor, Sublime Text 3, and Atom, in case you prefer one of the latter two code editors over VS Editor.
Before we jump in and test Eslint and Prettier out, we need to create a configuration file and install missing dependencies. Eslint requires a
.eslintrc.js file that contains a list of formatting rules. Formatting rules can specify the type of quotes and commas to use, the maximum length for a line of code, and more. Our
.eslintrc.js file is at the root of our builder book directory, and all book chapter codes inherit the formatting specified in this file.
.eslintrc.js :
module.exports = {
parser: 'babel-eslint',
extends: ['airbnb', 'plugin:prettier/recommended'],
env: {
browser: true,
jest: true,
plugins: ['react', 'jsx-a11y', 'import', 'prettier'],
rules: {
'max-len': ['error', 100],
'no-underscore-dangle': ['error', { allow: ['_id'] }],
'no-mixed-operators': 'off',
'prefer-destructuring': [
VariableDeclarator: {
array: false,
object: true,
AssignmentExpression: {
array: true,
object: false,
enforceForRenamedProperties: false,
'import/prefer-default-export': 'off',
'jsx-a11y/anchor-is-valid': 'off',
'react/react-in-jsx-scope': 'off',
'react/jsx-filename-extension': [
extensions: ['.jsx'],
'prefer-arrow-callback': 'error',
'prettier/prettier': [
singleQuote: true,
trailingComma: 'all',
arrowParens: 'always',
printWidth: 100,
We included the
.eslintrc.js file with all necessary rules in the main builder book folder.
To make Eslint and Prettier work properly, we need to install the missing packages that they rely on.
Add the following dependencies to your
package.json file and run
"devDependencies": {
"babel-eslint": "10.0.3",
"eslint": "6.8.0",
"eslint-config-airbnb": "18.0.1",
"eslint-config-prettier": "6.7.0",
"eslint-plugin-import": "2.19.1",
"eslint-plugin-jsx-a11y": "6.2.3",
"eslint-plugin-prettier": "3.1.2",
"eslint-plugin-react": "7.17.0",
"eslint-plugin-react-hooks": "2.3.0",
"prettier": "1.19.1"
A list of all Eslint rules is in the official docs. Check out, for example, the max-len rule; though note that the official example specifies a max-len of 80, while we are specifying a max-len of 100 (just personal preference).
You may have noticed that we installed the
eslint-config-airbnb package and extended Eslint with
extends: 'airbnb'. In addition to rules that we specified in
.eslintrc.js, we use rules from the
eslint-config-airbnb package.
Now that you've properly installed and configured Eslint and Prettier, let's test them. We'll start with testing Eslint.
Create a
pages/index.jsx file inside your
1-begin folder, then paste the following code:
pages/index.jsx :
[1, 2, 3].map(function (x) {
const y = x + 1;
return x * y;
Eslint will highlight this code, and when you hover over the highlighted code, you will see a description of the error(s):
[eslint] Unexpected unnamed function. (func-names)
[eslint] Unexpected function expression. (prefer-arrow-callback)
This type of Eslint error is a result of Airbnb's format rule for arrow functions. To fix this error, simply save the file manually with
Ctrl+S, and the code will be edited into:
pages/index.jsx :
[1, 2, 3].map((x) => {
const y = x + 1;
return x * y;
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Here is what's happening on the Willamette Queen this month:
August 6th; 7-9pm: David Hastings
Join us for dinner, a two-hour cruise, and the great music of David Hastings. David entertained a full boat on the 4th of July and was truly a hit. Come listen and enjoy his music with us on Saturday the 6th.
August 12th; 7-9pm: Garland 'Ole Soul' King
Garland has performing for over 18 years with various gospel and secular groups
and has a "Marvin Gaye" kind of sound. His website is http://papaking.web.officelive.com/default.aspx
August 19th; 7-9pm: Cwerks Theatre Group of Dallas, OR
Cwerks will be on board to perform one of their great interactive
murder mysteries. Their website is www.cwerksinteractivetheatre.com.
August 26th; 7-9pm: Hart Keene
The absolutely fabulous, stupendous, and amazing Hart Keene, magician
extraordinaire, will return for another great show. Magic done right at your
table and then a room show at the end of the cruise. He gets great reviews every
time he performs and we are so excited to have him back. Hart's website is
Our Sunday Brunches are on the verge of a huge change...
We are going to start by changing our menus for the summer. Instead of heavy, calorie laden buffet items; such as biscuits & gravy, blintzes, omelets, and potatoes, we are going to offer items ranging from "Queen Burgers" (meat, chicken, or salmon), with Richelle's famous Potato Salad (our guests ate 150 lbs on the 4th of July) and cold salads: Asian Chicken Salad, Tostada Salads, Trio Salad Plates (Chicken,Fruit, and Vegetables) with rolls and butter. These will also include a light dessert.
We've also decided to change our cruising time. The cruise will still depart at 12:30 pm, but return to the dock at 2pm, shaving a half an hour off the cruise time. With the lighter fare and cruise comes a special price... $30 per person.
Remember, we can also accommodate any special food or dietary restrictions; gluten free breads and pastas, diabetic desserts and salad dressings, etc. We also can do meals for kids; macaroni & cheese, corn dogs, burger sliders, and more. Just let us know in advance.
Specials and holiday brunches will remain the same.

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Very Nice animation by Jacques Khouri
2009 September 8th
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"Vice Versa" is an animated short film where twins have a debate on how they change the environment, but in the end they find a way to share both of their views.
The short fim was created by Jacques Khouri, an animator and teacher from Montreal, Canada. (From the animator:) "This project was completed during my free time from teaching at SCAD and was produced with a small portable computer."
vice versa from jacques khouri on Vimeo.


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You won't be alone after your little one arrives...a birth package includes postpartum support, so I can check in and see how things are going... everything from breast/chestfeeding guidance to being on the lookout for PMAD symptoms. I am also a postpartum doula, however, and can be your Gal Friday for as long as you need after you get home, in whatever capacity works best for you...sort of like a new family's fairy godmother.
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Skills Needed to Fish
Top Contributors: Amber Gabrio, Hector Madrigal, Sofiadawson17 + more
Fishing at night requires fluorescent bait. Fluorescent baits are strictly for nighttime fishing and are very ineffective if used during the daytime.
Fish are much harder to catch in the dark! The fish caught at night tend to be smarter then other fish and are known to use their skills to trick unwary fisherman.
When a fish uses a float cheating skill, you can see a spray of water around the float, and the color of the fish's health bar changes, from red to blue.
While the fish's cheating skill is being used, reeling and pumping should be reversed.
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Better Luck Tomorrow Justin Lin
Published Jan 01, 2006Better Luck Tomorrow revolves around Ben Manibag (Perry Shen), a suburban, Asian-American obsessed with getting straight As, overbooking his timetable with extracurricular activities and memorizing the dictionary, all to sweeten up his Ivy League application. He's also into stealing computers and selling cheat-sheets with his friends, mostly as a relief from the pressures of "being perfect." But it's when Ben's buddy Daric (Roger Fan) pulls a gun on a bunch of racist jocks that this crew of seemingly passive, overachievers shift gears on their illegal pranks and redesign themselves as an ultra-violent Asian-American mafia. The style of the film borrows a great deal from Requiem for a Dream and City of God: staccato visuals, subverted angles, self-reflexive narrative and an edgy indie-electronica soundtrack. However, Better Luck Tomorrow is not as disturbing. Its characters are a far more compassionate bunch and none of them try to sell their stories on the basis of cultural authenticity. We are never told of the actual ethnic makeup of Ben's crew, whether they're Korean, Chinese or Philipino. Equally muted is the parental presence behind the boys' descent, making Better Luck Tomorrow a teen film quite unlike any other. Its angst and aspirations are deeply psychological, but culturally rooted within a contemporary Asian-American (and probably not too far from an Asian-Canadian) experience. Hollywood could do with more of this. Plus: commentary. (Paramount)


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COLLEGE STATION – Fifty-eight new firefighters graduated on June 26 from the 147th Recruit Fire Training Academy. The graduation ceremony at the H.D. Smith Complex at Brayton Fire Training Field marked the culmination of the 12-week academy.
The graduates are from the U.S. and Canada. The TEEX Recruit Fire Academy meets or exceeds the requirements in most states and countries for preparation and/or certification of municipal firefighters. Through its academy, TEEX has trained nearly 4,400 entry-level firefighters since 1971.
The academy prepares students for certification as a professional firefighter through classroom and hands-on field training applications. The new firefighters sat for the ProBoard Firefighter I and Firefighter II national exams. The program is also eligible for college credit through the Fire Science Technology degree program at Blinn College.
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It's almost to be expected, but the PlayStation Network has gone down after day one midnight PS4 users hopped onto the network to download the firmware update, games and play online. Some users report receiving the error code NW-31453-6 or NP-3500-8 and the message "The network connection has been lost."
Of course, the PS4 has only been out for just over an hour in only a part of Northern America, so the servers will likely get even more crowded when the rest of the continent is able to get their hands on one of the consoles.
Should we put up with down times like this at major launches, or now that we have to pay for online, should Sony prepare better? Sound off in the comments below, and don't forget that you can update the PS4 by USB.


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America complicit in Saudi political assassination
BY EMRY DINMAN | Evergreen columnist
January 28, 2016
Early this January, Saudi Arabia beheaded then crucified the corpse of Nimr al-Nimr, a prominent cleric who acted as spiritual leader for the autocratic kingdom's unrepresented Shia minority, with a style of execution more commonly associated with the terror group ISIS.Though the Saudi government and ...
Sheryl Crow comes to Pullman
Stephen M. Dowell | MCT Campus
April 10, 2015
Nine-time Grammy award winner Sheryl Crow will perform for Washington State University students and their mothers for Mom's Weekend. Crow will sing songs from her new album "Feels Like Home," as well as fans' favorites from previous albums. The concert will take place in Beasley Coliseum, Saturday...
Preparing for the worst
Zack Briggs, Evergreen reporter
October 7, 2013
When dealing with an active shooter, individuals should know what to do and how to respond. Locator map of school shootings in the U.S. this year.


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The Ecosystem Partner Program (EPP) is focused on delivering customer value through complementary technology solutions. By growing our Partner ecosystem, we aim to create value for customers leveraging the ThingPark platform and our partners' technologies. Together we simplify the adoption of IoT use cases by extending the capabilities of our LoRaWAN(TM) network server.
As an ecosystem partner, you benefit from a greater brand visibility. Setup of your products is simplified with the implementation of product profiles and decoders. Products can be easily provisioned in just a few clicks. We got rid of all technical complexity.
End customers looking for high quality partners benefit from the ThingPark Connected label which certifies that products (devices, gateways, and applications) are correctly integrated on the ThingPark Platform. ThingPark Connected products are directly accessible from our ThingPark Enterprise solution.
Partner name and logo
Product name and logo
Product type: Device
Device profile creation
Payload exposure to 3rd party application
Product type: Gateway
Gateway profile creation
Product type: Application
Server integration allowing single click configuration
Number of ThingPark Connected products
Eligibility to ThingPark FOTA Service
Eligibility to Activation service for secure device manufacturing
Actility and ThingPark Connected logo usage
Web partner listing
Social media blogging
Newsletter to service provider and distribution channels
Co-branded collateral
Flyer 1 page
Powerpoint deck
Joint webinars
Joint demo * exposure at IoT events
Joint success stories
Press release
Technical support
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5 hours
LoRaWAN roadmap and training
ThingPark roadmap and new features
Technical support
Gateway (free access: 1)
Devices (free access: 5)


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Trachurus declivis (Common Jack Mackerel)
Trachurus murphyi (Peruvian Jack Mackerel)
Two similar species are marketed as Jack Mackerel, T. murphyi grows larger and has more bony, enlarged scales extending from the base of the tail along the midline of the body.
Available wild caught they are free-swimming marine fish found from bays and harbours to depths of about 500m, mainly schooling over the continental shelf, and caught mostly off southern Australia as bycatch of demersal and midwater trawls, as well as in Tasmanian coastal waters by purse seine. They are a similar size and shape to their close relative, Yellowtail Scad.
Cowanyoung, Horse Mackerel, Scad.
Carangidae (Trevallies).
Supply is limited with peaks in December - February.
Commonly 25-40cm and 200g-600g, but can grow to at least 64cm and 1.6kg.
Low priced.
Trevallies (including Bigeye, Black, Bluefin, Bluespotted, Diamond, Giant, Golden and Silver Trevallies), Black Pomfret, Darts, Queenfishes, Samsonfish, Turrum, Yellowtail Kingfish, Yellowtail Scad.
Sold whole (gilled and gutted); look for lustrous skin, firm flesh, and a pleasant, fresh sea smell.
Make sure fish is scaled, gilled, gutted and cleaned thoroughly. Lay in a single layer on a plate and cover with plastic wrap or place in an airtight container. Refrigerate for up to 3 days or freeze for up to 3 months below -18ºC.
Average yield is 35%. Has a strong flavour, oily, dry, medium-textured flesh with fine flakes. The scaled thin skin can be left on.
Deep-fry, pan-fry, bake, grill, barbecue, smoke, pickle. Marinating prior to cooking helps prevent drying out, as does wrapping in foil or banana leaves if baking or barbecuing.
Basil, caraway, chilli, coriander, cumin, curry, fennel, garlic, ginger, herbs (such as coriander, dill, French tarragon, parsley, sage, thyme), lemon, lime, olive oil, onion, oregano, sesame oil, soy sauce, tamarind, teriyaki sauce, tomato, vinegar, wasabi, white wine.
Australian Salmon, Blue Mackerel, Mullet, Yellowtail Scad.
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Happy Wednesday, foodie friends! We've made it to mid-week and it's time for a little something different. What a whirlwind of a fall it's been… and a delicious one, with all the baked goodies I'm churning out and sharing with friends and family. I always feel extra giving this time of year, and no wonder since Thanksgiving is right around the corner! I hope the beginning of your holiday season has been calm instead of crazed, full of inspiration and joy, and of course, good food. If I could share my holiday table with you all, I would! But instead, from me to you, here's a roundup of my favorite food finds, fun ideas for the holidays ahead, and head-scratching articles you've just gotta see.
1. I haven't been able to stop thinking about these oatmeal buttercream pies since Kevin & Amanda posted them! Soft, buttery cookies sandwiching sweet and fluffy frosting? UH YES.
2. Forget the trays of take-and-bake biscuits – these pumpkin rolls are surprisingly easy and so cute for Thanksgiving dinner.
3. Say hello to your new slow cooker bible! Fifty scrumptious, unique recipes for your CrockPot can be found here, including my Honey Sesame Chicken and Chicken Taco Chili.
4. This is the ONLY the pie crust recipe you need. Flaky, golden and perfect for my cranberry apple pie… coming soon!
1. For holiday decorating or a little something creative to spruce up your nest, fill a large vase with any of these smart (and thrifty) filler ideas! I love the combo of cranberries and candles.
2. Austin has my heart, and this is the perfect art to show it off! Get a custom print with your city – or a friend's to give as a gift.
3. In between cooking prep, get crafty with these adorable and easy rosemary wreath place cards!
4. Soaps. These are SOAPS… Which I would have no trouble eating a whole batch of, until I realized they don't taste like cinnamon rolls at all.
everything else
1. What a week of groceries looks like around the world – an eye-opening peek into unique pantries from 20 different countries!
2. Sweet and sensible marriage tips you may have never heard, from longtime married couples.
3. I love my kitchen but am really drooling over these 50 stunning dream kitchens. I could spend a whole day baking cookies by the fire in #41… so cozy!
4. What your facial features say about your personality. Foreheads, eyebrows, chins and lips can say a lot about someone – Who knew?


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*Repost from 12/16/14 But great ideas are always in style!
Last week Lovely Lisa was over and she asked if we would "Guinea Pig" a recipe for her – Oreo Truffles.
I had to taste-test these 3 or 4 times – you know, just to be sure.
I guess this pin is all over Pinterest, but seeing as I'd never seen it, I thought perhaps some of you might not have either.
Lisa had a cookie exchange last week and was kind enough to photograph her process so I could share it with you.
You will need:
1 package Oreos
1 package cream cheese
chocolate chipits or chocolate melts
Crush up the entire package of oreos – including the centres. You can use a food processor if you have one or, what we did, was use a meat tenderizer to crumble them up.
Mix in softened cream cheese and thoroughly combine.
Roll them into balls and place on parchment paper. Put them in the freezer for 10 minutes or so to harden them up a bit.
While they are chilling, melt your chipits or chocolate melts in a double boiler.
Dunk the oreo balls into the melted chocolate and return to the cookie sheet.
I had to try making these myself, so I made two batches of Oreo truffles on the weekend – approximately 80 truffles – I gave out about 2 dozen to a few friends….
Which reminds me! I should warn you – these things evaporate if left unattended.
Fifty-six truffles disappeared SAME DAY! (I didn't do it, honestly – it was the other wolves in this house)
I didn't even get a chance to photograph mine, they were gone so fast.
These are Lisa's little beauties:
They really are THAT good!
Lisa, thank you so much for introducing me to these magical bites and thank you even more for taking the time to document it for me!
Have a great one!
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Bank of America Reports Earnings Today. Here's What to Expect.
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Bank of America is due to report fiscal first-quarter earnings on Tuesday morning before the market opens.
Bank of America stock (ticker BAC) is up 21% this year, topping both the S&P 500 index, which has gained 16%, and the KBW index of 24 bank stocks, which is has risen 15%.
Here is a snapshot of Wall Street's expectations and some recent history.
Update: Bank of America Beat Earnings Expectations
• Bank of America is expected to earn 66 cents per share, up from 62 cents per share in the year-earlier quarter.
• Expectations for the quarter have come down by three cents in the past month, reflecting anticipated weakness in trading revenues.
• Bank of America's fourth-quarter earnings of 70 cents, reported in January, topped expectations by about 10%, and the stock rallied 7% to $28.45.
• Most major bank stocks were down Monday—after rallying Friday—on disappointment with Goldman Sachs' first-quarter results. Bank of America stock closed down 1.1% on Monday, to $29.84 per share.
• Investors will be focused on Bank of America's loan growth, trading revenues, net interest margins, expense trends, and buyback activity.
Bank of America will report earnings at about 6:45 a.m. E.T. on Tuesday. A conference call is scheduled for 8:30 a.m. E.T.


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So New Orleans is bringing back its streetcar system.
"In 1964 the streetcars were removed from Canal Street and were replaced by buses. The new streetcars will look just like the old ones, complete with reversible wooden seats. The difference is that the new cars have heating, air conditioning and are ADA compliant," said Elmer von Dullen, New Orleans RTA superintendent/vehicle assembly. "We are building a part of New Orleans' history."
Can we expect that one will be named "Desire" for the benefit of the tourists? Well, does a bear . . . you know.
In honor of this unlooked-for blessing, here are some quotes from Tennessee Williams' play, proving that it is just as timeless as it ever was (or something like that).
"I don't want realism. I want magic! Yes, yes, magic. I try to give that to people. I do misrepresent things. I don't tell the truth. I tell what ought to be truth."
"Deliberate cruelty is unforgivable, and the one thing I've never been guilty of."
"I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I said I was sorry three times."
"Straight? What's 'straight'? A line can be straight, or a street. But the heart of a human being?"


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China's Censorship Powers Are Bigger And More Dangerous Than You Know
China's wealth enables the Chinese government to control information flow, promote propaganda, and monitor and suppress dissent efficiently and effectively.
Black Graduates Do Themselves And Americans No Favors By Booing Betsy DeVos
It does not matter what your opinion is of Betsy DeVos, booing her during a speech is disrespectful and intellectually lazy.
All Of A Sudden It's No Longer Bigoted For Businesses To Refuse Service
My new position is simple: if a client doesn't have the identical ideological, political, religious, and social views as I do, I'm going to refuse to do business with them.
A Customer Outed This Trump Supporter, And He Lost 15 Percent Of His Business
If liberals are horrified at Donald Trump's emergence, they have their own team's behavior to thank for lending Trump support.
Meet The Intolerant Vulgarians Of The Dirtbag Left
In the wake of Donald Trump's victory, some on the political Left are lashing out, loudly proclaiming just how intolerant and illiberal they really are.
Liberals Should Stop Ranting And Seek Out Silent Trump Voters Like Me
I am an urban, millennial woman, and I voted for Trump. Now, I'm afraid to explain my reasoning to an angry, vitriolic left that will not listen to me.
Turning Colleges Into Democrats' Playgrounds Makes Students Weak And Whiny
Universities have contributed to this breakdown of intellectual and political discussion by making sure that nobody expresses dissent against 'progressive' ideals.
Donald Trump Just Made These 10 Things Cool Again
Dissent, executive restraint, gridlock, you name it. Now that Donald Trump will be president, stuff that used to be treason is suddenly cool again.
What's Worse Than Government Banning Speech? Making You Say Things You Don't Support
When we refuse to acquiesce in a state policy, we remind the world that not everyone agrees. In compelling speech on these subjects, the state forces that disagreement into the shadows.
Europe's Show Trials Are Where America's Anti-Speech Regime Is Going
Progressives are prosecuting conservative dissenters for 'hate crimes.' Criminalizing politics not only crushes diversity—it's just plain wrong.
Bill Cosby, Speech Criminal
A judge unsealed Bill Cosby's criminal record to punish him for saying things the judge doesn't like.
Post-Obergefell, Dissent Is Now The Highest Form Of Bigotry
With six simple words, a Pennsylvania newspaper turns dissent into sedition. Six simple words justify anything in the name of the state.
The Closing Of The Liberal Mind
As the Left attains hegemony in areas such as law and higher education, beliefs harden into orthodoxy, and dissent is treated as heresy.
Don't Dare Vote 'Feminist' Off The Island, Or They Will Eat You
Apparently no one's allowed to express displeasure with the term 'feminist,' according to a deleted poll item from Time Magazine.
- The Biden Corruption Scandal Isn't About Hunter, It's About JoeThe Hunter Biden scandal indicates that Joe Biden, whilcontinue reading >
- Chris Cuomo: Get In The Closet, Serious Christians, Your Kind Aren't Welcome In Public LifeThe left believes Christians should be free to worship continue reading >
- The Biden Emails Prove Impeachment Was A ShamThe New York Post story shows once and for all that Trucontinue reading >


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The Greater Vergennes Rotary supports the VUES Craft Fair. Come and see us there.
We also support the Food Shelf, Homeward Bound, and other charities that assist those (animals and humans) who need help.
Here are some pictures from our latest District Governors visit.
Photos include:
Jay Polimeno, District Governor, Rotary District 7850
Susan Burdick, Club President
Scott Gains, Club Historian and Foundation Chair Person
Singer/Songwriter Josh Brooks visited us today and graced us with stories and laughter and music. Seven days called josh the Johnny Cash of Vermont. He has 5 CD's that have been published and has just come back of a year rest due to strained vocal cords.
We had a great time listening to Josh and were sure you will too!
Check him out at https://www.facebook.com/joshbrooksmusic/
Check out his opening song here...
Our speaker today was Kerry Kurt. Kerry owns and runs Sentinel Farm which is where she also runs the Unbound Grace riding academy program for youth. This program is open to all youth not just those with addiction issues or suffering for a difficult personal situation. The program is an arts, agriculture, and equestrian summer camp that gives confidence building through physical activity and helps develop problem solving skills. It is a day camp that allows youth to spend a week on a farm. being responsible for farm duties plus learning to ride a horse. Sentinel Farm also raises and sells grass-fed beef. For more information go to their website www.unboundgrace.org
in the picture above she was sharing an artists rendering of what her completed farm will look like.
Bob Donnis and Jessica Doos visited our club as representatives of Addison County Committee on Opiate Addiction. They also brought Kerry Kurt along with them. She runs the Unbound Grace program that helps our youth who face many challenges due families with addiction problems. Sofie (the labradoodle) also made sure they felt at home.
They brought awareness of the collaborative efforts focused on the problem of addiction in our county. Also sharing a list of items that are common in most homes that can lead to opiate addiction.
See more at http://addictionhelpvt.com/ and also at http://healthvermont.gov/adap/treatment/opioids/
Our speaker for Tuesday, April 26th, 2016 will be UVM President Thomas Sullivan. Come and join us to learn more about Tom and UVM.
Tom Sullivan became the 26th President of the University of Vermont in July 2012. Prior to becoming President, he served as Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost at the University of Minnesota from July 2004 and through January 2012.
He served as the eighth dean of the University of Minnesota Law School from 1995 to 2002. Upon finishing his term as dean, he returned to full-time research and teaching. In June 2003, he received the J. William Elwin, Jr., Award from the American Bar Association Section for leadership and contributions to law school development. At the University of Minnesota Law School, he has received the Stanley V. Kinyon Teacher of the Year Award for Excellence in Teaching. He has chaired the ABA Section of Legal Education, and has chaired the Association of American Law Schools Section on Antitrust and Economic Regulation. On several occasions, he has been a consultant to the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on judicial nominations to the Supreme Court, and to the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee on mergers. In 2015, he received the Robert J. Kutak Award from the American Bar Association for his contributions to the legal academy, the judiciary, and the Bar.
He is a nationally recognized authority on antitrust law and complex litigation, having authored eleven books and over 50 articles. He and co-author Professor Richard Frase published Proportionality Principles in American Law: Controlling Excessive Government Actions (Oxford University Press, 2009). He is the co-author, with Professors Herbert Hovencamp, Howard Shelanksi, and Christopher Leslie of Antitrust Law, Policy, and Procedure (7th ed., 2014) and co-author with Professor Jeffrey Harrison of Understanding Antitrust and Its Economic Implications (6th ed. , 2014). Most recently, he published Complex Litigation with Professors Richard Freer, Doug Floyd and Brad Clary (2nd ed., 2014). He also published Private Antitrust Actions (Little, Brown & Co., 1996) with Douglas Floyd. In 2013, he published The Arc of Due Process in American Constitutional Law with Toni Massaro by Oxford University Press.
On two occasions he has been a visiting faculty member at Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, D.C. He twice has been a visiting scholar at Cambridge University in England. During the fall semester 2002, he was a visiting professor of law at the University of California, Berkeley (Boalt Hall) and in 2012 he was a visiting faculty member at New York University. Before coming to the University of Minnesota, Sullivan served for six years as dean of the University of Arizona College of Law and as associate dean at Washington University in St. Louis. He began his career in higher education as a faculty member at the University of Missouri, Columbia. He graduated magna cum laude from law school at Indiana University in 1973, where he served as an editor on the Indiana Law Review. After law school, he clerked for a federal judge, in Miami Florida, and thereafter was a trial attorney in the U.S. Department of Justice in the Attorney General's Honors Program. Before entering Law School teaching in 1979, he was an anti-trust litigator with the New York and Washington, D.C., firm of Donovan, Leisure, Newton, and Irvine. In 1984, he was elected a member of the American Law Institute. Throughout his career he has continued to serve as a consultant on antitrust, complex litigation, and Federal Court matters.
The Greater Vergennes Rotary is hosting their annual Valentines Day Dance. It will be held on Saturday, February 13th, 7:30 PM at the Vergennes American Legion Post #14
There will be live music by the "HitMen", a Cash Bar, Snacks, and a Silent Auction. Tickets are just $15 each. You can also reserve a table for 8.
Purchase your tickets here, at Classic Stitching, or from a fellow Rotarian.


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Ronnie Ellenblum is Professor of Historical Geography and Environmental History at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He is the author of Frankish Rural Settlement in the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem (Cambridge University Press, 1998), Crusader Castles and Modern Histories (Cambridge University Press, 2005), and The Collapse of the Eastern Mediterranean: Climate Change and the Decline of the East, 950–1072 (Cambridge University Press, 2012). He heads the Vadum Iacob and the Historic Cities research projects.
Following the publication of his previous 'Collapse' volume, Ellenblum began developing a comprehensive theoretical approach to 'Fragility', claiming that a decade long climatic disturbance (drought, untimely rains and severely cold winters) in the magnitude of one and even half a standard deviation affecting a certain region, could lead to scarcity of food or even famine, societal upheavals and transformations.
His present project examines the opposite phenomenon: the affects of amelioration of climatic conditions for a comparatively long period of time (from several decades to several centuries).
Ellenblum's theory of Fragility is based on a thorough reading of a wealth of well-dated textual and archaeological evidence, pointing to periods of Collapse (in the eastern Mediterranean during the Medieval Warm Period), and relatively long periods of affluence (the entire Mediterranean Basin during the Roman Optimum.
Ellenblum is involved in the creation of several data bases dealing with the history of Jerusalem together with al-Quds University www.jerusalem-library.org ; with the maps of Jerusalem www.jnul.huji.ac.il/dl/maps/jer
Recently he initiated a new DB that enables sophisticated search in the entire compendium of Crusader documents and charters. The compendium was created by the late Prof. Jonathan Riley-Smith, relying on an international committee of experts and the Data Base itself was created by our doctoral candidate Anna Gutgarts.


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Please make sure it has not passed its "use by date".
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The Green Collective Goodie Bags
- 3x bags per pack
- They weigh only 16gms
- Stretch to fit 3kg
- Durable, washable fabric – tested by Oeko-Tex Standard 100
- Drawstring close
- Industrial thread, accessory climbing cord
- The bags are the same size 23cm x 28cm or (9" x 11").
The Green Collective have created funky, colourful bags that stretch to fit lots of produce (we have been known to have 3kgs of blueberries in one bag and at least 8 oranges in another).
These bags are also incredibly versatile. Our customers use Goodie Bags to wash, scrub and store their produce – as well as make cheeses and nut milks, wash delicates, organise clothing when travelling or hiking, store toys or craft goods – the possibilities are endless.


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March 2011
Badenhop optioned to New Orleans
The Florida Marlins finalized their pitching staff on Tuesday night, optioning right-hander Burke Badenhop to New Orleans.
Badenhop had a strong spring for Florida, pitching to a 2.13 ERA, but was the victim of having a remaining minor league option, while the other contenders for bullpen jobs did not. Edward Mujica and Brian Sanches, both out of options, made the club.
"Hopper" has pitched in 14 games with the Zephyrs over the last two seasons, including 12 last year, when he had a 2.81 ERA in 16.0 innings.
In another move Tuesday, outfielder Dewayne Wise opted out of his contract after being informed he would not make the Major League club. Wise was on track to make the team before suffering a toe injury last week, and the Marlins decided to keep Scott Cousins as the fourth outfielder. Wise's departure opens another spot on the Zephyrs' roster, which should be known in the next 24 to 36 hours.
The Z's are off today, and will begin the final three-day stretch of spring training tomorrow with a game against the Memphis Redbirds. Anibal Sanchez is expected to make the start, to keep him on track to pitch Florida's fourth game of the season on Tuesday against Washington.
Dominguez sent down, Raynor released
The Marlins' top-ranked prospect, third baseman Matt Dominguez, will open the season with the New Orleans Zephyrs.
Dominguez was sent to minor league camp on Thursday, after hitting .190 (8-for-42) in the Grapefruit League. Known as an excellent defensive third baseman, Dominguez was given a chance to skip Triple-A and earn Florida's starting job in the spring if his bat was up to par. He will instead open the year in New Orleans, with Emilio Bonifacio and Donnie Murphy expected to log most of the playing time at third base in the majors.
In other moves, outfielder John Raynor, who was sent down earlier in the week, asked for, and was granted, his release from the Marlins organization. Raynor spent all of 2009 with the Zephyrs, leading the club in at-bats, hits, runs and stolen bases. Following the season, he was selected by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the Rule V Draft, but played sparingly in the first month of the 2010 season and was returned to the Marlins. He injured his hamstring shortly after rejoining the Zephyrs, and missed much of last season.
The Zephyrs roster added four more players on Thursday, as pitcher Frank Mata, outfielder Josh Kroeger and infielders Joe Thurston and Ruben Gotay were assigned to minor league camp.
Villanueva, Raynor sent down
Right-hander Elih Villanueva and outfielder John Raynor were among the four players reassigned to minor league camp by the Marlins over the weekend.
Villanueva had an impressive run in the Grapefruit League, going 1-0 with a 1.38 ERA in four games, including one start. The reigning Marlins Minor League Pitcher of the Year allowed just 10 hits in 13.0 innings. He is in line to join Shawn Hill, Sean West, Tom Koehler and Alex Sanabia in the Zephyrs' starting rotation.
Raynor also had a solid spring, going 6-for-18 with two doubles and three RBI in 14 games. He figures to join Bryan Petersen in the Zephyrs' outfield.
Also sent down were Tim Torres, who is seeing time in the outfield to give him added defensive flexibility, and catcher Clint Sammons.
Spring training notables:
All eyes have been on Florida's top prospect, Matt Dominguez, to see if
he is ready to assume the everyday third base job in the big leagues,
but the 21-year-old has slumped over the last 10 days, with his batting
average plummeting to .175. If the Marlins decide he isn't ready, he
will open the year in New Orleans.
The battle for a spot as a backup outfielder with the Marlins is heating up heading into the final week of spring training. Scott Cousins has struggled, hitting .209 with 13 strikeouts in 43 at-bats, while veteran Dewayne Wise has come up with some timely hits and is batting .244.
Thanks to a bevy of offseason moves, the Marlins' bullpen is overcrowded. Leo Nunez, Clay Hensley and Ryan Webb are locks at the back end of the 'pen, with free agent signee Randy Choate serving as the left-handed specialist. The candidates to comprise the rest of the relief corps include Edward Mujica (7.27 ERA), Mike Dunn (8.10), Burke Badenhop (3.00) and Brian Sanches (3.68). Mujica and Sanches are out of options, meaning the Marlins would have to pass either through waivers before sending them to the minors.
Starting rotation taking shape
The Florida Marlins sent 11 players to minor league camp on Wednesday, including several pitchers who will make up most of the club's starting rotation to begin the season.
Right-handers Alex Sanabia, Shawn Hill and Tom Koehler were sent to the minors along with lefty Sean West. Sanabia and West have already been assigned to New Orleans, and it is expected that Hill and Koehler will also end up with the Zephyrs.
The fifth spot in the rotation could go to Elih Villanueva, if he doesn't make the big league club. Otherwise, Adalberto Mendez has already been sent to the Z's, and would be the likely fifth starter.
Relievers Steve Cishek and Dustin Richardson have been added to the Zephyrs' bullpen, which already includes Jose Ceda. Bryan Petersen, who played in 91 games with the Z's last year, will begin 2011 in the New Orleans outfield.
With the team taking shape, the Zephyrs will take to the field as a unit for the first time tomorrow afternoon, when they host the Buffalo Bisons, Triple-A affiliate of the New York Mets. We'll have coverage of each spring game on Zephyrsbaseball.com.
Ceda, Mendez optioned to Z's
The first round of spring cuts have been made in Marlins camp, with right-handed pitchers Jose Ceda and Adalberto Mendez being sent to New Orleans.
Ceda, who is listed at 288 pounds, showed up to camp about 10 pounds overweight, and allowed two runs on one hit and three walks in two-thirds of an inning in his only spring appearance. He is a candidate to close games with the Zephyrs.
Mendez was one of the most consistent Zephyrs pitchers last year while shuffling between the starting rotation and the bullpen. The nine-year veteran made a splash in his Major League debut last September, blanking the Phillies on just one hit over six innings. The Marlins sent Mendez outright to New Orleans, meaning he was removed from the 40-man roster.
One of the pitchers opening eyes in camp is Elih Villanueva. There's speculation he could be fighting for a spot in the starting rotation if ailments to Javier Vazquez and Anibal Sanchez don't clear up before Opening Day.
Marlins' spring games on TV
Spring training is underway, and tomorrow marks the first of five Marlins games shown live on MLB Network this month.
All times are Central:
Saturday, March 5th: Marlins at Red Sox (12 p.m.)
Saturday, March 12th: Marlins at Red Sox (12 p.m.)
Monday, March 14th: Marlins at Twins (12 p.m.)
Thursday, March 17th: Marlins vs. Cardinals (12 p.m.)
Wednesday, March 30th: Marlins at Mets (11 a.m.)
Notable spring performances thus far:
Scott Cousins and Bryan Petersen are battling for a spot as a reserve outfielder are on the Marlins, and both are off to hot starts. Cousins is 6-for-10 with two doubles, two RBI and three runs scored, while Petersen is 3-for-9 with a double, an RBI and two runs scored.
Top prospect Matt Dominguez is considered the favorite to open as the Marlins' starting third baseman, and homered in his spring debut, but otherwise has gone 0-for-5. If he does not make the big league squad, Dominguez will open the year with the Zephyrs.
Elih Villanueva, the Marlins' Minor League Pitcher of the Year in 2010, gave up one hit and walked one in two scoreless innings in his spring debut. Adalberto Mendez also tossed two scoreless frames in his first game, while Steve Cishek has not allowed a hit in three innings, fanning three and recording a save.


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The original song came out a while ago and I always liked Damian's part but I just couldn't stand listening to the Skrillex part. So I decided I would remake the song and do a dub version of it and, little did I know, Skrillex had a remix contest and released the stems of this song months before I decided this. So everything in this song (vocals aside obviously) was recreated by me. I figured out all the notes for the dubstep wobbles and played them on more normal reggae instruments.
This was the first dub remix I ever really tried so it's a little... crazy at times but was one of the few tracks I was able to release that used the Tape Delay VST I downloaded from this site.
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Marrickville Cricket Club's Constitution
The Canterbury & Western Suburbs Cricket Association (CWSCA) sets the rules of the competition after very extensive discussions before each season with affiliated clubs including MCC.
The Mode of Competition covers:
Junior Mode of Competition
Senior Mode of Competition
C&WSCA Code of Conduct
C&WSCA Constitution
C&WSCA Level 0 Umpire Course Outline
At MCC we pride ourselves on setting and maintaining the highest standards of conduct, amongst players, club officials and spectators.
Players, coaches, parents and others present at games or training are expected to adhere to the spirit of cricket at all times. The central and simple principle of the spirit of cricket, as set out in the Laws of the game, is RESPECT.
Coaches and officials are entitled to raise any concerns about behaviour with players or parents in an appropriate manner, and if necessary with the Club.
Parents or players are likewise entitled to raise concerns with coaches in an appropriate manner, and if necessary with the Club.
Concerns should be raised promptly, politely, and preferably not in front of young players.
The following is a guide to behaviour that will NOT be tolerated either at games or training:
Players and parents should be aware that coaches are authorised to take conduct into account in rostering players for games, and in determining batting orders. Conduct can be, and is, also taken into account in selection for representative cricket.
Parents and players are entitled to expect that coaches will treat every player with respect and consideration.
Parents, please remember that coaches are unpaid volunteers giving up their time at games and training (and in hours of administration in many cases) for YOUR children.
Concerns can arise from time to time, but please: think first about how to raise them respectfully and what YOU can do to help.
The club is not "them" - it is "us" - it is you.
The best way to have a positive influence on how your child's team runs is: step up and help run it!


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City hosts world-leading researchers
On 9th May 2016, City University London's Centre for Fluid Dynamics hosted a Mini-Symposium on 'Flows over Non-Smooth Walls'.
Organised by Dr Mohammed Omidyeganeh and Professor Alfredo Pinelli, the full day of presentations in the Mini-Symposium featured the research of world-leading scientists in their respective fields.
The ability to understand, control, and manipulate the flow over surfaces by passive or active elements is in great demand from researchers and within engineering and manufacturing industries .The range of interest and possible applications ranges from the design of aircraft wings, poro-elastic cover on ships, vegetation in rivers, and cilia cover on ependymal cells in human bodies.
The presenters at the event were: Professor Christoph Bruecker, Professor Alfredo Pinelli and Dr Mohammed Omidyeganeh (City); Professor Alex Bottaro (University of Genova, Italy); Dr Shervin Bagheri (KTH, Sweden); Professor Heidi Nepf (MIT, USA); Dr Ricardo Garcia Mayoral (University of Cambridge); Professor Javier Jimenez (Polytechnic University of Madrid); Dr Bharathram Ganapathisubramani (University of Southampton); and Dr Julien Favier (Aix Marseille Université).
A consortium of researchers on Flows over Non-Smooth Walls has also been formed.
Fluid dynamics is a sub-discipline of fluid mechanics that deals with fluid flow - the natural science of fluids (liquids and gases) in motion. It has several sub-disciplines itself, including aerodynamics (the study of air and other gases in motion) and hydrodynamics (the study of liquids in motion).


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Much has been made about Gloria's Kovach's inability to answer even a simple question such as the Stephen Truscott issue on compensation without referring it to the PMO press office – a sign that she is already taking direction from Harper's PMO on what answers she should give to the media, which some of us in the progressive and Liberal blogosphere and from some voters of Guelph – judging by their reactions in the Guelph Mercury's letters to the editor – say raises serious doubts about her ability to fight for Guelph issues in Ottawa under such a control-freak Prime Minister as Harper is.
Well, it isn't just bloggers and readers of the paper who've noticed this. Yesterday, an op-ed in the Guelph Mercury newspaper titled "Phoning a friend not always best" took her task for the exact same reasons. The relevant parts of the op-ed:
How would-be politicians handle unanticipated questions can tell you a lot about how they would perform in the job. Generally they handle themselves well..But sometimes they don't. Sometimes candidates give answers or explanations while sounding an awful lot like someone with a mouthful of their own foot. That mumbling you heard earlier this week was Conservative candidate and current city councillor Gloria Kovach, offering just such an unsatisfactory answer…
By shrugging the question off to Harperville, Kovach simultaneously showed a lack of knowledge — or, perhaps worse, acknowledgement — that Steven Truscott and what happens to him is very much an issue to those she hopes to represent, and hinted at what kind of independent thinking she would bring to the office on Cork Street… before I cast my ballot Sept. 8, I want to know how some of the people on the slip feel about these issues. And, more importantly, I want to be sure when I ask their position they won't have to call Ottawa first to find out what it is.
As I have previously said on here, the Conservative Kovach campaign is looking a lot like how Dianne Cunningham tried to run her campaign in London a couple of years ago – or rather, how Harper and the PMO tried to run it – as a stealth campaign. Hopefully, Guelph voters will note the same thing and wonder if this is what she's going to do over a relatively "slam-dunk" issue, as the op-ed in the Mercury stated the Truscott question was, what about more controversial issues?
At this rate, the media and the voters of Guelph will have to go to Harper and his PMO press office directly to ask what Gloria's opinion is today on such-and-such an issue. Guelph voters need to question if that's the type of MP Guelph voters want representing them in Ottawa – on top of whether they really approve of Harper's style of governing and neo-conservative policies that he has done while in power.


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Image Zoom Effect in Flex 4
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[ADOBE DEVELOPER CONNECTION] [ codedependent () ; ] [Chet Haase - Flex SDK Team] Today on CodeDependent, I'm going to talk about a nifty little image effect that a friend asked me about. He was writing an application where tons of thumbnails were going to be presented to the user, and back behind those, there were larger, high-resolution images, but he didn't want to bring in all the data for the high-res images--instead, let's just display the thumbnails, and then if they click on a particular region in the thumbnail, what we want to do is then bring in the data from the large image and zoom in to the place in the image that they clicked on, right? So we've got the thumbnails for low footprint operation-- don't need to bring in all that data-- but then when they actually want to zoom in, thumbnails aren't appropriate for zooming in on a particular location because the resolution simply isn't there, so then we need to bring in the larger data, and then we need to zoom in on that area in particular. So the simplest way to do this--well, don't use thumbnails to begin with. Just use the high-res ones--that didn't work. The next simplest way is--okay, well, when they click on it, then you go to the high-res version and you start out at the same view as the thumbnail, and then you zoom in from there. But that doesn't work either, because the thumbnail--due to the way it's sampled or whatever resolution you happen to be running at or whatever-- is not necessarily going to look the same as that large image resampled to the same size, so instead, I sort of hacked around with it, to come up with an approach that could be used. This may not be appropriate for your situation, but it was kind of a nifty effect that I thought was worth talking about. The effect is basically start with the thumbnail and have the backing data of the larger resolution image, and crossfade between them at the same time. Right--so what you want to do is when they click on part of the image, you want to zoom in, and you're going to be zooming in on the thumbnail, and in the mean time, you're going to be cross-fading to the higher-resolution image so that by the time you get fully zoomed in, you're actually looking at a zoomed-in view of the large image. And then, when they zoom out, you then cross-fade between them so that you get the thumbnail there, so you can get rid of the footprint of the larger image. So let's take a look at the application. So we have here a sample image. Sitting down here, a little thumbnail--maybe I want to see what her hands look like or maybe--I've always wondered about that smile, so we can see a little closeup of it there. All right--and you can see over time that we cross-fade between these different versions, so although the thumbnail has this very sort of blotchy look to it, as thumbnails will, by the time we actually fade--zoom in to the point that we were interested in-- we're looking at a zoomed-in view of a high resolution image instead. So how does that work? Okay, so first of all, we have our canvas with just these 2 images in it. This is obviously a simplified model where I'm not bringing in backing data from high-res images. I've got them both declared already. I have the thumbnail, which is called image, and the larger image, which I called imagelg, and it's going to be false on visible at first, so we're not going to actually see the large image. And then when you click on the image, we're going to zoom in and that is going to use the effects that are declared above in our declaration section. So we have the zoomer-in effect, which is a parallel, which is going to do a cross-fade between the two, so this is going to fade the thumbnail out while it's fading the high resolution image in. And then, we're going to do a resize at the same time on both targets, and a move on both targets. Now, notice we're not simply scaling in on a high-res one and moving the high-res one to the point of interest--instead, we're doing it on both of them. We're treating both images as the same image, so we're running the same exact effect on them, but we're going to be cross-fading between them so as we're zooming in on what starts out as the thumbnail, we're going to be cross-fading over to the high resolution image at the same time. And then, when we click on it--we do the zoom in operation. That's going to removeEventListeners, so we're not going to listen for clicks while we're running the nifty little animation. We're going to make the large image visible. We're going to set up our x and y and width and height information according to the point that they clicked on and what's the location that we actually want to center around when we zoom in. Then we're going to set the information about x and y and the resize information on the effects appropriately. Then we're going to play the effect, and when the effect ends, we're going to call our EndHandler, which then sets the thumbnail to be invisible. It's also going to set its alpha property to be completely opaque so that the next time we play with it, at least it will actually exist and it won't be transparent. And then we're going to add our EventListeners back in because we want to listen for clicks in the future. Similarly, when we zoom out, we're going to be clicking on the large image, we're going to remove the EventListener so we're not getting intermediate clicks while the animation is playing. We're going to make our thumbnail visible and we're going to set the width and the height and the x and y information to basically go out to the fully zoomed-out view on these things. And those effects are declared up here as well. We have a parallel running all of these things at the same time. We have, again, a cross-fade operation--I actually noticed as I wrote this that while it was really good to cross-fade simultaneously on the zoom in operation, it was actually good to wait a little bit on the zoom out. We do want the thumbnail to be natural in the transition. We don't want to zoom out on the high res and then snap into thumbnail because we'll get a snapping artifact at the end as we get to this sort of blotchy view that-- but we can wait a little bit on that so that half the zoom out information is actually using the high-res image so you get this really nice quality image being used for half of that zoom, and then we start the cross-fade for the second half of the animation. So that's why we have a duration of half the time and a startDelay that starts halfway through. Now we do our cross-fade, and then we have the resize and the move operation that are going to be zooming out to the full view of--and then the thumbnail image. If you want to see the code for this application and other related applications, check out my blog at graphics-geek.blogspot.com. [ADOBE DEVELOPER CONNECTION]
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Book buying theory: you get the one that fits your mood, your life really, at that moment in time. It's not incredibly complicated. (Or you buy it because you need to read it for book club.) We all have a method of choosing what book we need. A system we use to whittle down the choices. Stories come in all shapes, sizes, and styles. We might go big, It might be small. Slow moving. Or rocket fast. Spicy or sweet. Happy. Sad. True. Or complete fantasy.
I need at least one book on the go at all times, for sanity sake.
So…I was in the bookstore the other day looking for some epic reads for our camping holiday. As I scanned the tables of books at Chapters (my local bookstore) I noticed a book I'd seen on Twitter by an author I follow. A suspense kind of book, which I love. Very interesting title. Attractive cover. I picked it up to read the blurb and goodness gravy the thing had to weigh 5 pounds. Not quite, but close. but it was Big. BIG, I tell you.
Not even Stephen King's reassurance that it was a fantastic read and one should not be put off by the sheer number of pages convinced me to buy it. And it turns out it was the second in a trilogy so I need to read the first book, well…first.
Still, I feel kind of wimpy for basing my decision on page length instead of whether I'd enjoy the actually story in those many pages. I mean I read big books. Because hello, Kristen Ashely. She writes long stories and it's kind of nice knowing you're in it for the long haul. That you're going to be engaged for awhile and you don't have to worry about the story ending too soon. I've read Exodus by Leon Uris. Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugnenides. I read Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follet. Heck, I was probably qualified to build a catherdral after that one. And I thoroughly enjoyed every one of them. I love picking up a Nora Roberts' book because I know I'm going to sink in, relax, and enjoy.
I just don't like them all the time. I've gotten into the habit of reading shorter books. Past paced, moving quickly, lots happening all at once kind of books, which I also love. And some big stories come in shorter books. I wasn't in the mood for lengthy. I was looking for something else.
I made my selections that day and here's what I ended up with: a romantic suspense (I think it was – warning; there is a lot of sex in this book. A LOT. Just so you know.); a colouring book which I adore; and 2 young adult books, one of which I've started.)
Do you read big books? Do you care how long the story is if it's something you think you might want to read? How do you pick books?


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Marketing positions have been pretty static over the past 5-10 years. We have however, seen a slight shift that has matched our marketing efforts, the rise of online and digital marketing managers and execs for example, but these job functions require a similar skill set to their predecessors', only they are doing it online, rather than off.
But it's 2013 that will see a new breed of marketing professionals escape nomalville, with the introduction of the CMM – The Content Marketing Manager. In my opinion, the CMM will be one of the most important members of any marketing team moving forwards, they will be pivotal to a true multi-channel marketing strategy and without them, you'll be doing 1 of 2 things; either paying an agency over the odds, or really missing a trick.
So what does the CMM do? It's all about recycling. some of you may have read my post on 4D marketing, the theory that you can take a single piece of content, (a company overview PDF for example) and then spin the content, audience and media an almost infinite amount of times to create next-generation comms and collateral that engages audiences and yields incredible results. The CMM will sit right at the heart of this process, creating recycled content and providing your agency or your marketing team with fresh content like never before.
Who currently manages your 'content'? Imagine them as an ice-cream man. You approach their van and what you get is vanilla, that's your lot, the only option, no flake, no sprinkles, no raspberry sauce, no choice of the 3,000 different flavours and infinite number of combinations that *could* be available, just, well, vanilla. That is how your customers feel when they are reading your collateral… Shit isn't it?
To put the possibilities into context, think about the following. I have based the below on a typical IT reseller but this model applies to any business:
Take your company overview PDF, tweak the messaging to make it relevant for the 8 vertical markets you sell to (for example, retail, pharma, manufacturing, healthcare, automation etc etc), then tweak it again for all (6 in this instance) of the job functions you want to hit (for example, IT, Customer Services, Finance, C-Level, Marketing, HR), then tweak it again by the media used, in this example I will push this content out in 6 ways – PDF, Infographic, Video, Blog, Whitepaper, Tweets) So, lets run that through…
1 piece of content x 8 verticals x 6 job functions x 6 forms of media = 288 pieces of content from a single source. and that's assuming we only write 1 blog post and tweet once to each audience.
The end result? Highly targeted, multi-channel, relevant comms and collateral for your customers and prospects. The person responsible for creating this? The CMM. The great thing about this new marketing function is that a number of people already in your team are able to take it on right now. I see aspiring PR Execs moving into this world, or Comms Managers, or even Marketing Managers with limited resource and budget looking to take their communications strategy to the next level. Fancy giving it a go, or a member of your team the chance to show you the value?
Now, go and get yourself an ice cream from the new guy in town. Vanilla is gone, welcome to the world of double choc, triple fudge, giant coned, full of sprinkles heaven. Served with a cherry on top.


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04 The Art of Creating Our Heaven On Earth – Hanna
"It is often in times of quiet reflection where I find my own inner core and the ocean of appreciation for the magnificence of life that is waiting for me there.
That is when I come back home to my temple of thought and feeling, to sensing being alive and everything that it means. In my quiet space I never feel alone… on the contrary I feel connected to all that is more than at any other time. I feel Life within me seeking to be known and experienced. I feel Beauty wanting me to accept its invitation to a slow and deliberate dance. I feel Truth knocking on the doors of my awareness, welcoming me deeper and deeper into its universe of peace.
Then, faced with the realities of human life, I often feel the desire to learn to take that inner temple of mine with me wherever I go. To be able to access it at any time, anywhere, in any situation. My dream has always been to be able to inhabit that temple of peace and nourishing graciousness in simple everyday life even when outer quietness is not available. To make my inner world come alive on the outside, so they can be together in harmony. To make the night and the day part of the same whole, not as opposites but as natural friends and allies.
To integrate the "nothing's" and "always's" and "good's" and "bad's" and make room for more stability and discernment. To evolve from judgement to acceptance, to appreciation, and from there to inspiration and finally, to creation.
I have come to regard creativity as one of the highest purposes of being alive. Building awareness, opening perception and going deeper into the experience of life are certainly up there with creativity for me, but I feel creativity to be the fruit that those others are wanting to grow in me.
In fact, I believe that it is Life's Magnificence that is wanting to experience itself through our constant creativity of more of itself in everything we do, feel and think. I believe we are all actors in a big play where perhaps some is planned, some improvisation, and some born out of the joy of the moment. That all of us are in principal role creating the heart of the play. And from whatever angle I look at things, I end up with the same conclusion: that there is a purpose for our desire to create a good play.
So how can we create our Heaven on Earth, a continuous inner experience of greatness, joy and awe? It is an inside process that translates into outer circumstances, events and tangible goods that in turn feed us with a double experience of greatness. A positive loop that nourishes our soul.
Over the years I have examined my own creative process as a creative professional, and seen that the greatest work I produce always follows me going through three steps. They are, in the right order: appreciation, inspiration, creation.
And as creativity is about being an open channel for something to take form through us, we do well to focus on some clarity and direction-building groundwork briefly before starting... well, anything really - since I've seen that this process works for creating anything we desire.
I have found that I am able to leave most room for life to do its magic, at the same time as preparing myself for the creative process, by imagining myself in awe after the cycle of creation has been completed.
Sometimes it is suitable to be specific about what we want, but what I have found to work best is to go general and let the Magnificence of Life surprise us in the best possible ways. Often our imagination is limited to what we already know, whereas the intelligence of the universe is boundless.
By imagining ourselves in awe after having completed the experience that is about to start we can immediately take ourselves from wanting something to change or improve, or having a need or a want, to an inner state of power, sweetness and connection. We go from wanting or needing to being open for a creative flow to come through us and transform itself into giving and contributing.
I've found that when starting in this manner, the final end result is likely to be awe-inspiring no matter what happens during the 3-step creative process.
I like to think of the first step - appreciation - as a study of beauty. Like children who have an incredible ability to connect to the awe of observing life, our adult memory of how good it feels like does also get lit up on those occasions when our attention is drawn to things that move us. When we get lit up, is when we get closer to our true creative nature.
Appreciation is to notice, to take count, to let something permeate our consciousness in such a way that we get in touch with sweetness and a nurturing vibration, a constructive energy. To appreciate can simply be to notice the full existence of something that is, instead of taking it for granted. Appreciation is to notice the uniqueness of something.
Appreciation is a giving energy. Giving our attention, our interest, our consideration.
Sometimes appreciation comes from a place of not needing everything to suit our liking, but appreciating the fact that we are all part of a huge ecosystem of a universe where everything plays an important part.
If it is for someone else that we are creating, the road to a place of appreciation can be fairly easy. When we are creating something for ourselves, the road to appreciation may require more work. In order to create for ourselves we must honour ourselves and the gifts of that what we want to create. However, we are our own strictest judges, and therefore in order to appreciate ourselves we often have to get past layers of limiting feelings and beliefs of our own goodness before reaching appreciation. Often the road goes through unwinding our pain.
The second step in the process of creating greatness - inspiration - is a very pleasurable one. During this step all of the effort we have given to get to a place of appreciation is paid back to us by a flood of a growing sense of inspiration, ideas, and positive energy. Something inside of us is moved by what we have observed and come to appreciate, and gets a flow of excitement going within us. We are moved to wanting to make creation a step more concrete. Our will and willingness to participate in constructive creation is heightened to a level where we are able to touch the field of infinite possibilities from where all creativity originates. We become excited and energised. Positive expectation is born in us.
When inspiration arises in us, we do well to get into action - to step three: creation - immediately, in order to grow the most delicious fruits of it. This final step is the only one where our effort is directed outward. Whatever our inspiration has brought to us as ideas, now is the time to realise and materialise them. Time for action to bring the object of our creation to full life.
I've seen that practicing this full cycle process of creativity allows us to honor our focused energy as a precious resource that, when used with truth-infused intention, has the power to create miracles in our lives.
To me, the incredible joy and awe of witnessing this process working brings a sense of magic and gratitude for the intelligence with which the magnificent universe of ours operates to yield us with an ever-expanding experience of our own Heaven on Earth.


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Parallel universe 2016 explains what went wrong
The year 2016 has re-emerged from a parallel universe where it has been in an induced coma since 9 January and apologised for everything that has gone wrong in his absence. He also offered to reinstate the scheduled events of the last eleven months. [read...]


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Wale left Atlantic Records last year after releasing three albums on the label. The last one, Shine did not fair well commercially, peaking at just #16 on the Billboard 200. His last few songs and EPs have been released independently but Wale has now re-signed with a major label, Warner Bros. Records.
"I am delighted that Wale has joined Warner Bros. Records," said Tom Corson, Co-Chairman & COO, Warner Bros. Records. "He is a pillar in the hip-hop community and beyond; with his cultural relevance and lyrical prose, he continues to elevate the game. Wale is truly a force to be reckoned with and we look forward to a successful partnership for years to come."
Under the new deal, the DMV rapper will release his upcoming sixth studio album, due later this year. It's interesting to note that Wale has had a deal with Warner Bros. before when they released his second album Ambition in 2011 in a joint venture with MMG. Moreover, Atlantic Records is part of the Warner Music Group system as well.
"This is an exciting step for me. I am thrilled to be at a company that is willing to showcase my artistry, while supporting my entrepreneurial spirit," said Wale. "I felt their passion, commitment, and enthusiasm from day one. They believed in my vision whole heartedly, and I am ready to show and prove."


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I used to (naively) believe that training was the only way to prevent workplace injuries and fatalities. If I did a great job training workers on the hazards of a particular task and demonstrating and explaining how they could eliminate the risk of injury or fatality, I believed they would follow my advice.
However, after more than 25 years experience, I now understand that while training is important, it is not the complete panacea I was hoping for. I could provide a great training session and get lots of positive feedback from those participating, only to observe unsafe procedures and unsafe work practices by these same employees several weeks or months later. So more recently, I have been rethinking the chemistry/engineering aspect of worker safety and have been thinking that if I really wanted to impact worker health and safety, that perhaps I should go back to school for a behavioral psychology degree! I have come to realize that technical information and training alone does not prevent workers from taking risks.
So imagine my excitement when I read an article recently on breaking the chain of fatalities and near misses in the "would-be rescuers" in confined space entry. The article addresses the psychology behind those who rush in to confined spaces to rescue victims even after being trained not to do so. The article is written by another confined space trainer who is apparently equally interested in figuring out the psychology behind the phenomenon of such risk takers. The article in the American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) journal the Synergistprovides references to several fascinating articles written by psychologists on how humans may be "hard wired" to be altruistic. The articles indicate that humans derive pleasure from "heroic" acts that they perceive show compassion and empathy.
So what do we do with this information? The author recommends that as trainers we may need to point out and discuss the human behavior aspect to our students, explaining that this "impulse" may occur at the time of an emergency. The student will have to remember that they are fighting a natural human response when the urge to rush in and save the individual who is down in the confined space kicks in. The author also recommends reminding the student that the act of rushing in not only could make him/her the next victim, but it also may rob the current victim of an opportunity for a viable rescue.
I encourage you to read the article! If you have any other thoughts on how to prevent the "would-be rescuer" from jumping into a confined space I would love to hear your suggestions!
The National Fire Protection Association is developing a Best Practices Document http://www.nfpa.org/aboutthecodes/AboutTheCodes.asp?DocNum=350for confined space entry. This document will address gaps in existing standards and will be more prescriptive in describing things like how to identify potentially toxic atmospheres and select the proper gas monitor for entry and how to include the evaluation of adjacent spaces into your confined space entry program. This is a document that is looking to go beyond the minimum standards and will provide those looking to develop a "gold star" confined space entry program with the information they need to do so. Please email me at firstname.lastname@example.com for further information and/or leave a comment below for discussion. I look forward to hearing from you!