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This work is developed by Tasktop Technologies and sponsored by Ericsson in the context of the Modeling Platform Industrial Working Group
- 1 Status
- 2 Users
- 3 Developers
- 4 Project Details
- 5 Original Proposal
There are a few remaining usability related tasks, but basic implementation is complete. Currently, Mylyn for Modeling supports EcoreTools diagrams and Project Manager integration as well as Papyrus UML2 class diagrams. The supporting modeling bridge is designed to be relatively easy to extend to support arbitrary GMF supported diagram editor.
There are a number of additional extensions contemplated, including support for EMF Tree Editors.
Schedule (dates tentative)
We're hoping for an 0.9.0 release sometime in September.
Currently, the features can be installed from:
Select Mylyn for EMF and GMF, along with Ecore Tools for Ecore and Ecore Diagram support and/or Papyrus for UML Class diagram support. (Mylyn for modeling has the minimal dependencies on those tools, so you should probably install the target tools separately if you don't already have them.) The tools should work with the Indigo Ecore Tools and Papyrus modeling components.
Please note that the project has not yet been contributed to Eclipse and so has not passed formal review. We don't anticipate any issues with this.
Known Issues
Current issues (if any) can be found by clicking this link.
We've tried to design the modeling bridge so that it is easy to make your own GMF and other EMF-based editors and views Mylyn savvy. There are a number of artifacts to take care of but much of it is boiler-plate. (It would be straightforward to support this with a simple meta-model and code generation -- let us know if you'd like to participate in or support that effort!) And please let us know if you have any difficulties or improvements for the below steps.
Users aren't interested in the diagram objects, they're really interested in the underlying domain or model objects. In the Mylyn Java integration, for example, Java classes and methods are tracked, and then revealed in various ways in different editors. So for an EcoreTools model for example, we don't want or need to keep track of the diagram Node objects or any other reference in the various foo.gmf.. files for, we want the domain object itself, e.g. EClass, EPackage, etc.. in the corresponding foo.ecore resource. What we need to do is to define what the user might be interested (or not interested) in and then map that to the diagram editors and other editor types.
Integrating Mylyn for Modeling with custom GMF editors
Copy Existing Project
The best thing to do is just start with one of the two existing projects. We'd recommend org.eclipse.mylyn.modeling.papyrus.ui. org.eclipse.mylyn.modeling.ecoretools.ui will give you some ideas about how to work with a more complex scenario.
Refactor Artifacts
Rename files and other artifacts with the appropriate names. For example in your GMF "Foo" Diagram tool:
- Uml2DiagramDecoratorProvider -> FooDiagramDecoratorProvider
- In Plugin.xml
<decoratorProvider class="org.eclipse.mylyn.internal.modeling.papyrus.Uml2DiagramDecoratorProvider">Becomes:
<decoratorProvider class="org.you.foo.FooDiagramDecoratorProvider">
- etc..
Define Model Specific Behavior
Here's where the non-boiler plate stuff is.
Structure Bridge
In FooStructureBridge, you'll define domain objects which should be managed by Mylyn. This is how it is implemented in UML2StructureBridge:
@Override public Class<?> getDomainBaseNodeClass() { return Element.class; } @Override public Class<?>[] getDomainNodeClasses() { return new Class[] { Classifier.class }; } @Override public Class<?> getDomainBaseEdgeClass() { return Relation.class; } @Override public Class<?>[] getDomainEdgeClasses() { return new Class[] { Relation.class }; }
See DomainModelContextStructureBridge for API details .
Diagram Bridge
In FooUiBridge, you'll define diagrams and views which should be managed by Mylyn. In UML2UiBridge, the important bits are:
@Override public boolean acceptsPart(IWorkbenchPart part) { return part instanceof PapyrusMultiDiagramEditor; } @Override public boolean acceptsViewObject(Object domainObject, Object part) { if (domainObject instanceof Classifier) { return part instanceof ClassEditPart; } if (domainObject instanceof Package) { return part instanceof PackageEditPart; } //Edges if (domainObject instanceof Relationship) { return part instanceof ConnectionNodeEditPart; } return false; }
See DiagramUiBridge for details.
Project Details
Release bug:
All related bugs:
Bug Reports
- Product: Mylyn Incubator
- Component: Experiments
- Deescription: Include "[modeling]" as keyword.
Git Repos
URL: email@example.com:MilesParker/mylyn.incubator.git
This is a temporary home only, we hope to contribute it to Eclipse git soon.
Projects: org.eclipse.mylyn.modeling.*
Automated Build
Please use: mylyn-incubator-dev. Discussion also on EMFT-dev.
Related Documents
- Blog Post by Miles Parker on the current effort.
- Blog post by David Green, Tasktop's VP of Engineering, for model-driven development diagrams based on a model similar to, but not based on, EMF.
- Mik Kersten's PhD thesis on Mylyn. See especially Section 5.4.1.
- Miles Parker for Tasktop
- Benjamin Muskalla Tasktop
Original Proposal
Context Bridge for EMF Models
In order to bring the productivity benefits of the task-focused interface to engineers using Eclipse-based modeling technologies, Tasktop will create a "Context Bridge" for EMF-based models and diagram editors. The result of this will be a focused mode for diagrams that shows only the elements related to the task-at-hand, dramatically reducing information overload for engineers working on large models. In addition, the task-focused interface extensions will provide Mylyn's one-click multitasking facilities for working with models, ensuring that engineers can instantly recover from interruptions, and share model-specific expertise, when working with models in addition to what Mylyn already provides for engineers working with source code.
This feature is a new technology, that to date has only been discussed in Kersten's PhD thesis and implemented by David Green, Tasktop's VP of Engineering, for model-driven development diagrams based on a model similar to, but not based on, EMF.[1]
High-Level Tasks
EMF Context Bridge
Integration between the EMF Ecore model with the Mylyn Context degree-of-interest model.
- EMF-1: identity of Ecore elements is integrated with task context
- EMF-2: relationships and containment are mapped to the degree-of-interest graph
- EMF-3: degree-of-interest model elements updated on refactoring of model, for active task
- EMF-4: contexts with refactored model elements are updated when loaded, eg, using refactoring history
GEF Diagram Focusing
Support for user interface focusing and one-click multitasking facilities for models and diagrams[2] .
- FOCUS-1: creation of figure filter, highlighter and layout for focused diagrams
- FOCUS-2: degree-of-interest based view updated and model change notification integration
- FOCUS-3: Ecore model focusing for Common Navigators
- FOCUS-4: APIs for GEF figure focusing for downstream editors
- FOCUS-5: usage tracking for Ecore model and GEF diagram editing and navigation
- FOCUS-6: editor mementos are restored on task-reactivation
- FOCUS-7: quick/in-place view of model elements in context
- FOCUS-8: focus support for EMF models in GMF for UML models in Papyrus.
- ↑ http://greensopinion.blogspot.com/2008/12/mylyn-context-driven-domain-diagram.html.
- ↑ Degree-of-interest diagram highlighting can be applied to arbitrary diagrams, while degree-of-interest filtering only applies to diagrams where positioning does not have a semantic relevance (eg, works for UML class diagrams, but not for a pipe-and-filter diagram without additional support for displaying elided elements). For more information see 5.4.1 and related sections of Kersten's PhD thesis: http://www.tasktop.com/docs/publications/2007-01-mik-thesis.pdf


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Harris accuser's mother gives evidence
The mother of a woman who claims she was indecently assaulted by Rolf Harris says she was "completely amazed" when her daughter revealed he had abused her from an early age.
The mother told a London court on Wednesday she had trusted Harris, which was why she had let him visit her teenage daughter alone upstairs at their family home.
The main complainant claims the Australian first assaulted her when she joined the Harris family on an overseas holiday in 1978. She was 13 at the time and a friend of Harris' daughter, Bindi.
The court heard on Wednesday the alleged victim only told her mother about the assaults 20 years later in the mid-1990s when confronted about her drinking.
"She said she had been abused all her life, which made me very angry," the mother told Southwark Crown Court.
"I was completely amazed. She said she'd been abused by a schoolfriend's father."
At first, her daughter would not say who was responsible, but the mother would not budge until she did.
"She then said 'Rolf'."
The alleged victim told her mother the abuse started when she was much younger, but she had not said anything because she did not think she would be believed.
The victim's mother said she spoke to Harris' wife, Alwen, a few weeks or months later on the telephone. Alwen was not in court on Wednesday.
The mother said she allowed Harris to visit her daughter upstairs at the family home - where the crown alleges the entertainer twice assaulted her - "because I trusted him".
"You don't suspect those sort of things," she told the court.
Defence lawyer Sonia Woodley QC suggested Harris never went upstairs at the family home but the complaint's mother insisted: "He did."
The court also heard on Wednesday from a friend of the main complainant, who said about 1980 the victim told her Harris was a "dirty old man" who had "touched her up".
During a conversation when both girls were about 16, the alleged victim revealed for the first time she had been assaulted by Harris, the witness said.
"She did mention to me she described him as a bit of a dirty old man," the complainant's friend told the court.
"He used to get her to sit on his lap and then touch her up."
The friend said the alleged victim did not go into more detail. She said the talk, which took place at her friend's house, was a "shocking conversation" because Harris was a much-loved celebrity.
The two friends subsequently had a conversation on the phone when the witness was living in New Zealand in 1996.
The complainant revealed she had been receiving counselling to deal with her drinking problem.
She was, as a result, willing to speak more openly about Harris abusing her through her teens, the witness said.
"(The alleged victim) said Rolf Harris had sexually abused her over many years," the friend said on Wednesday.
"It was obviously quite distressing."
On the telephone from New Zealand, the friend advised the victim to go the police, but she did not want to because she was worried it would become "a media circus".
The alleged victim has previously given evidence that years of abuse transformed her from an "excruciatingly shy" but happy child to a teenage alcoholic.
But the defence this week suggested the "determined and obstinate" woman in fact instigated a consensual relationship with Harris after she turned 18 because there was "sexual chemistry".
Harris is accused of indecently assaulting four girls, one as young as seven or eight, between 1968 and 1986.
The 84-year-old denies the charges.
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It's been a lovely summer and autumn of eating in my vege patch. Every day since November I have been harvesting herbs, rambling for raspberries, slurping shockingly sweet strawberries and, when the alliteration got too much, unearthing spuds from mulch, snapping leaves of kale and silver beet and devouring zucchinis. The only disappointment of the season was the tomatoes, which resented the foot of rain we got in one weekend in January and sulked throughout the extended warm dry period we enjoyed until yesterday. I'm not bothered. That wet summer and long autumn made growing everything else easy. I still have strawberries!
Easy is good, because I am not diligent in the garden (or many other places, if you really want to know). I am prone to fits and starts and sometimes ignore things. I'm not always cooking so I don't get to things in time. In the garden, this forgetfulness can have spectacular results.
These Hollow Crown parsnips looked so pretty in the vege patch that I was loth to dig them up, but maybe I shoulda done it sooner, because they got a bit … large (that's a full size 1940s sink they are sitting on). Notice the rather ladylike limbs on the top one? I did wonder if these were really mandrakes (or ladydrakes), but luckily they did not scream when cooked. Parsnips get a bad rap, as this story about Don Burke ripping Donna Hay a new one for daring to promote them reveals. He is wrong. Parsnips are delicious. Which doesn't explain why I ignored them so comprehensively they grew legs.
But then my marrows got into a similar state, as you can see with this cucumber, modelled by my lovely assistant Aaron, who adores cucumbers but is not sure about this one.
I've blogged about the advantages of overgrown zucchinis before, but I love baby beets and slender parsnips, roasted with brown sugar and balsamic, so there's really no accounting for letting things go to this extent.
Yet this neglect has had benign – nay, wonderful – results. OK, if you ever saw a parsnip the size and shape of the ones above in a shop, you would never buy it, and neither you should. It would be tough, woody of heart and bitter of taste, because it would have endured long periods in transit and storage. But when taken straight from the earth (with a giant fork and a lot of grunting), even massive parsnips are sweet, juicy and yielding. I casseroled some with a jointed chook, a cup of white wine, preserved lemon and a bit of sage and tarragon and the result was a sauce that looked like I'd added a cup of cream to it. I nearly died of pleasure eating it. I also made them into a vegan soup with vege stock and white wine – they smelled apple sweet.
Same goes for the beetroot, which were so overgrown they stood up out of the ground but united heaven and earth when cooked into a soup with coriander and served with a dollop of tart yoghurt. But again, you wouldn't buy beetroot like that in a shop. You'd surmise it would be past its peak of perfection, but you would be wrong.
It's made me think a lot about how aesthetic notions of shop-ready produce lead to waste. What do the farmers do with the produce that does not meet Coles-Woollies specifications because it is too big, too small or looks like mandrake? I suppose some goes to canneries, but precious little would be returned to the earth via compost.
Growing to order can also afflict home gardeners, to their cost. If we only eat when vegetables reach a defined size, we miss the early tenderness of baby vegetables and shorten the eating season. If you cut the head off a cabbage or silverbeet or lettuce you kill it, but if you harvest outside leaves as you need them it will bear for months and months – over the course of a year a bunch of kale will become a palm tree. Peas and beans produce longer if harvested constantly, so it makes even more sense to pick early and often. If you leave things in the ground there is always something to salvage when you are hungry. And although most gardening books would tell you beetroots and parsnips take a lot of space, the fact is I've gotten almost six months of eating from stuffing a couple of dozen plants into a square metre of garden, and have not tired of either food. You see, even the instructions on seed packets guide you to producing shop-ready vegetables.
My slack gardening habits have led me to an epiphany. It's time to break free from supermarket values. Don't follow the directions on the seed packet but overplant and eat as you thin – the plants left over will fatten in the extra space and be there when you want them. Eat the leaf the caterpillar has chomped on, grow the artichokes to see their beauty, let the beets and parsnips stay in the ground until you are good and ready for them and save your harvesting energy for turning summer peaches into bellinis or racing the autumn frosts to tuck the tender things into the really deep freeze.


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OTTAWA (Reuters) - A top legislator in Canada's ruling Conservative Party on Tuesday made public his fierce opposition to a bid by China's CNOOC Ltd for Nexen Inc, underlining the political challenges facing Ottawa as it studies the takeover.
The comments from James Bezan, chair of the House of Commons national defense committee, were among the harshest attacks any Conservative has launched on the landmark $15.1 billion bid.
The government last week extended the review period until December 10 amid widespread unhappiness among Conservatives about the idea of selling a Canadian energy firm to a Chinese state-owned enterprise. Many in the party also have cited China's human rights record as a reason to be cautious.
Although Prime Minister Stephen Harper is keen to sell oil to China and attract more foreign investment, he must also address increasing domestic unease about the deal.
iPolitics, a website reporting on Canadian politics, on Monday said Bezan had criticized the CNOOC bid in an e-mail to a constituent.
"I am strongly opposed to this deal, and I have raised my concerns directly with Cabinet as well as with the Prime Minister ... due to China's dismal record on human rights and freedoms, I take particular exception to allowing a state-owned company from China to purchase a Canadian company," he said.
"The Communist Chinese government continues to fail to grant even the most basic of human freedoms to its citizens, as they strip away their national wealth to invest around the world. CNOOC's past possible human rights abuses and failure to report oil spills is something I am also very concerned about."
Industry Minister Christian Paradis is responsible for studying the bid to see if it is of net benefit to Canada.
Bezan sent an email to Reuters on Tuesday confirming that he had sent the email to the constituent.
"I stand by my comments on the CNOOC purchase of Nexen and have expressed my concerns to Minister Paradis," he said in his email to Reuters.
Harper has said that when the government releases its decision on the CNOOC bid it will also unveil new guidelines for foreign investment, in particular takeover bids by state-owned enterprises.
Ottawa shocked markets on October 5 when it unexpectedly blocked Malaysia's Petronas from buying Canada's Progress Energy Resources Corp.
Canada, the single largest exporter of energy to the United States, says it needs C$650 billion ($657 billion) in investment in the energy patch over the next 10 years alone and concedes much of the money will have to come from abroad.
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Andrew Strauss believes England would be capable of winning without Kevin Pietersen but sees him as an automatic selection.
In an exclusive interview with GiveMeSport, the former England captain spoke of the Surrey batsman's importance to the hosts going into this summer's Ashes series, which begins at Trent Bridge on Wednesday.
"I think if Pietersen is fit and healthy then yes, he is an automatic selection for the Ashes," he said.
"But, nobody will want him there if he's not fit, least of all the man himself, so we will see how it goes. England have never been a one-man team and I don't think they are incapable of winning without him."
Pietersen was dropped from the team during the test series against South Africa last summer for disciplinary issues.
The main reason for his exclusion from the team included his alleged use of bad language to describe Strauss in text messages sent to South African players - but this has not changed the former Middlesex player's view on his former teammate.
Damien Martyn, who made 67 appearances for Australia, shares Strauss' sentiments.
He said in an interview with BBC Sport: "Pietersen's got that X-factor. He hasn't played much cricket but he's like Shane Warne - he loves the big moments and Ashes series."
Pietersen will be playing in his fifth Ashes series this time around - having made his test debut against the Aussies in the 2005 series at Lord's - and went on to score 158 against them at the Oval to help secure England's first Ashes win in 18 years.
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The Dingle Peninsula came to a halt on Tuesday as the Kingdom of Kerry buried Gaelic football king Paidi O Se.
The eight-time All-Ireland winner was laid to rest in his homeland at Ventry after dying of a heart attack on Saturday morning.
The former Kerry player and manager was just 57 and leaves behind his wife Maire and three children.
O Se died suddenly after enjoying a Friday night card session in his Ventry pub with family and friends.
O Se's brother Tom revealed, "It was quite sudden, we were not expecting it at all. He had been in good form the night before.
"He got up earlier and was complaining of indigestion -- he didn't know it was his heart."
Best friend Micheal O Se played cards with Paidi and friends in his Ventry local Quinns on Friday night
Micheal revealed, "He was in terrific health and on his last night he looked better than I have seen him in years.
"He was off the drink and playing cards and drinking tea. He looked 20 years younger.
"I believe he got a pain in his chest and asked his wife Maire for Gaviscon. When she came back with it he was gone."
O Se's funeral attracted hundreds of mourners as Kerry and the sporting world remembered one of the greats.
Current Kerry star Colm Cooper summarized the shock within the Irish sporting community at O Se's unexpected death when he said, "It was devastating news. I just couldn't believe it to be honest. It is horrible.
"It is horrific really for Maire and the kids. He is a big loss to Kerry, a big loss to the GAA and I think his character and his rogueism, everybody will definitely miss him.
"I started playing in 2002 with Kerry and Paidi was the manager at that time. He was just an inspirational figure having won everything there was possible to win.
"To work with him and see his character, the inspiration I got from him was absolutely incredible. I'm still just in total shock."
Former Kerry footballer and broadcaster Dara O Cinneide described O Se as "an exception to every rule" in a tribute to his former mentor.
O Cinneide told RTE, "They say Paidi O Se broke the mould. There was no mould. He was an exception to every rule. He was an exceptional man in every single way.
"In terms of GAA, they talk about people that win medals and if medal are a measure of a man, there is a statement in that itself. Eight All-Ireland medals; it is unsurpassed.
"There were all the individual awards he won but it was his contribution really after the game as well as that.
"For a number of years he resurrected Kerry football from the doldrums. He deserves so much praise for that, and that might be recognized now that he has departed."
O Se's prowess as a manager brought success to Kerry and Westmeath, but his first of two
All-Ireland wins as boss in 1997 with his native county was probably his greatest achievement.
"I remember when Paidi O Se took over the Kerry team in late 1995. He made one statement -- he was going to put the spirituality back into Kerry football," added O Cinneide.
"It was at a low ebb at that time and he certainly did that. For a number of years after it, he contributed hugely. There is no need to talk about his prowess as a player. He achieved so much.
"As a manager, that is how I'll remember him. He looked after us, he looked out for us, he shaped the way we played and thought about football. He was an amazing, amazing manager. He was a gregarious character, full of fun and he'll be sorely missed."
Fellow Kerry legend Mick O'Dwyer also paid tribute to O Se.
O'Dwyer told the Irish Independent, "Paidi was as good a defender as ever wore the Kerry jersey -- there's no doubt in the world about that.
"He was a great captain when we won the All-Ireland in 1985, a great man to motivate lads and to say the right thing at the right time.
"He did a lot of talking that year. He loved the whole captaincy thing. You'd know well he'd be back as a manager later on."
Armagh's 2002 All-Ireland winning boss Joe Kernan said, "The reaction to his death up here in Ulster has been incredible. Every GAA man, woman and child in any part of the country felt they knew Paidi. He was just one of those great characters that people loved. It's hard to believe he's gone."
Dublin hero Paddy Cullen said, "He was a one-off. If you take him as an overall package he was the probably the GAA's biggest diamond because he was a great promotional guy for the game.
"Everywhere he appeared he epitomized the game. He was a Gaeilgeoir, almost a historian, nearly a politician. He knocked on every door. I don't think he could have achieved much more in his life."
GAA President Liam O'Neill led the association's tribute at Tuesday's funeral.
He said, "There was hardly a person on the island of Ireland, never mind in the GAA, who did not recognize or know of Paidi O Se, such was his contribution to the association and to Irish life over a prolonged period.
"His excellence on the field of play in what was the greatest football team of all time still stands out to those of us who saw it and his passion for the game in no way ended with the completion of his playing days.
As a player in the great Kerry team, O Se won eight All-Ireland medals and played in 10 finals, conceding just one point from play to a direct opponent.
He also won 11 Munster football championships, four National League titles, four Railway Cups, five All Stars and two County Senior Championships.
An online book of condolence has been opened on his website www.Paidiose.com.


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(CNN) -- Manchester City thumped Arsenal and then downed Liverpool at home this month in the English Premier League so not many expected relegation threatened Crystal Palace to put up a fight at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday.
But the Eagles, rejuvenated under Tony Pulis, did just that and it took Edin Dzeko's goal midway in the second half to finally put the visitors away.
City won 1-0 to improve to a perfect 10-0-0 in the league at home this season and, without its closest rivals playing until Sunday, overtook Arsenal by two points atop the division.
Defending champion Manchester United also struggled -- though not as much as City -- as it played without the injured Wayne Rooney but edged Norwich City 1-0 to collect a sixth successive victory in all competitions.
City manager Manuel Pellegrini made six changes to the side that doubled Liverpool 2-1 on Boxing Day, naming the likes of Alvaro Negredo, Yaya Toure and Samir Nasri to the substitutes' bench.
Even though City bossed possession -- at 77 percent -- Crystal Palace matched the host in shots on target.
And it was the first time City hadn't scored at least twice at home in the top flight this term.
"We didn't have a fresh team," Pellegrini told Sky Sports. "And it's very difficult when you have one team that wants to play and the other wants to defend.
"That was the game we saw today. That's not what we're used to doing at the Etihad."
Although Pellegrini essentially said that Palace parked the bus, recently reinstated City goalkeeper Joe Hart made a string of good saves -- after sustaining a cut under his eye in a collision with Cameron Jerome -- before and after Dzeko broke through in the 66th minute.
Welbeck winner
Rooney, in fine form, missed United's trip to Norwich due to a lingering groin strain but Manchester United said he should be available for Wednesday's clash against Tottenham.
United manager David Moyes didn't start Danny Welbeck, either -- he has enjoyed recent success -- but the striker came off the bench to net the winner in the 57th minute.
The Red Devils, who rallied to beat Hull 3-2 on the road Thursday, remained seven points behind Manchester City but climbed to sixth.
"To win back-to-back games in the Premier League in three days away from home is really difficult," Moyes told Sky. "Some teams don't play until tomorrow.
"We had two games in three days, and I have to say the squad coped really well.
"I was delighted to get the result. I thought Norwich played really well."
Elsewhere, Cardiff City conceded deep in injury time and had to settle for a 2-2 draw against last-place Sunderland; Hull rebounded from the loss to Manchester United, routing poor traveler Fulham 6-0; and West Ham and West Bromwich Albion produced six goals in a 3-3 draw in London.
Aston Villa snapped a four-match losing streak although didn't beat Swansea at home, drawing 1-1.
Cardiff looked set to claim all three points in its first game since manager Malky Mackay was fired, taking a 2-0 lead. But Steven Fletcher pulled a goal back for Sunderland in the 83rd minute and Jack Colbeck equalized on a deflected effort in the fifth minute of added time.
Arsenal travels to surging Newcastle on Sunday and Chelsea hosts Liverpool in a battle of third versus fourth.


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Monday night saw the inevitable take place as Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi was crowned the best player in the world for 2012 in winning the FIFA Ballon d'Or for a fourth time in a row.
He was the bookmakers' hot favourite as soon as the nominees were announced and the record-breaking 91 goals in 2012 meant those arguing against the Camp Nou talisman were hard pressed.
Before this week Messi was level with one or two others on three trophies but his fourth took him past some of the most vaunted names in the history of world football, names that GMF bring you below.
These kinds of awards were a bit muddled until recently, as there were a few different gongs being handed out before FIFA combined the Ballon d'Or created by France Football with their own World Player of the Year.
French magazine France Football conceived the award in 1956 but it was limited to European players only, before including all players playing in Europe and finally including all of world football.
At that point it was rivalling FIFA directly and the governing body decided to buy the rights in 2010 and create an award that is now regarded as the most prestigious individual award in the game.
Some more grand names from further in the past do not appear – e.g. Pele, Maradona, etc. – because the early rules restricting the award of the Ballon d'Or to Europeans and FIFA's gong only being founded in 1991.
Below are the players that are on a par Messi whom have won the Ballon d'Or or FIFA World Player of the Year three or more times and we are sure you'll agree it is quite a list.


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Bethesda Softworks, a ZeniMax Media company, and Best Buy Co., Inc. have announced that in response to huge demand for Bethesda's award-winning upcoming game, Fallout 3, there will be midnight openings at Best Buy stores across the country the evening of October 27. Best Buy customers at select stores in the Washington, DC, New York, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, Dallas and Chicago metropolitan areas will be among the first to play one of the most anticipated videogames of the year.
"Fallout 3 has been a labor of love for the team at Bethesda and we can't wait to get the game into the hands of consumers," said Todd Howard, Game Director for Fallout 3. "We're looking forward to celebrating the launch of Fallout 3 with the fans."
The Fallout 3 team's hometown Best Buy in Rockville, MD will serve as the flagship location of the midnight events, with special festivities including game kiosks, giveaways, contests and a live broadcast from the event with DC 101 FM. Game director Todd Howard will be on-hand along with other key members of the development team to sign copies of the game and chat with fans. In addition to the Rockville event, 11 Best Buy stores across the country will be hosting special midnight sales events.
Midnight sales event lines will begin forming at 3 pm local time, October 27 at the following Best Buy locations:
Washington, DC area
Rockville, MD - 1200 Rockville Pike
Tysons Corner, VA - 8449 Leesburg Pike
New York Area
New York, NY - 44th And 5th
Westbury, NY - 1100 Old Country Rd.
Los Angeles area
Glendale, CA - 2909 Los Feliz Blvd.
Pasadena, CA - 3415 E. Foothill Blvd.
Chicago area
Chicago, IL. - 1000 W. North Ave.
Downers Grove, IL - 1432 Butterfield Rd
Dallas area
Plano, TX - 2800 N. Central Expy.
Fort Worth, TX - 6750 West Fwy.
Minneapolis area
Roseville, MN - 1643 Country Rd. B2
Richfield, MN - 1000 W. 78th St.
Fallout 3 will be available on store shelves and online in North America on October 28, in Europe and Australia on October 30 and in the UK on October 31. Developed at Bethesda Game Studios - creators of the 2006 Game of the Year, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion - Fallout 3 is slated for release on the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation 3 computer entertainment system, and Games for Windows.
Fallout 3 features one of the most realized game worlds ever created. Set more than 200 years following a nuclear war, you can create any kind of character you want and explore the open wastes of Washington, D.C. however you choose. Every minute is a fight for survival as you encounter Super Mutants, Ghouls, Raiders, and other dangers of the Wasteland.
Hailed as one of the most anticipated games for 2008, Fallout 3 has already won numerous awards including Best of Show from the official Game Critics Awards at E3 2008 and a perfect 10 out of 10 from Official Xbox Magazine.
Fallout 3 has been rated Mature by the ESRB. For more information on Fallout 3, visit www.BestBuy.com/Fallout3, http://fallout.bethsoft.com and www.prepareforthefuture.com.
About Bethesda Softworks
Bethesda Softworks, part of the ZeniMax Media Inc. family of companies, is a premier developer and worldwide publisher of interactive entertainment software and has produced numerous award-winning titles, most recently with 2006 PC and Xbox 360 Game of the Year and RPG of the Year, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, and the 2002 PC and Xbox Game of the Year and RPG of the Year, The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind. Among Bethesda's more popular franchises are The Elder Scrolls series and Fallout, as well as its licensed properties, such as Star Trek. Its product line spans the sports, racing, RPG, strategy, and action genres. For more information on Bethesda Softworks' products, visit www.bethsoft.com.
About Best Buy Co. Inc.
With operations in the United States, Canada, Europe and China, Best Buy Co., Inc. (NYSE: BBY) is a multinational retailer of technology and entertainment products and services with a commitment to growth and innovation. The Best Buy Co., Inc. family of brands and partnerships collectively generates more than $40 billion annual revenue and includes brands such as Best Buy, Audiovisions, The Carphone Warehouse, Future Shop, Geek Squad, Jiangsu Five Star, Magnolia Audio Video, Pacific Sales Kitchen and Bath Centers, and Speakeasy. Approximately 150,000 employees apply their talents to help bring the benefits of these brands to life for customers through retail locations, multiple call centers and web sites, in-home solutions, product delivery and in our communities. Community partnership is central to the way we do business at Best Buy. In fiscal 2008, we donated a combined $31.8 million to improve the vitality of the communities where our employees and customers live and work. For more information about Best Buy Co., Inc., visit www.bestbuyinc.com.


text: I know it's normal for EBF babies to go a long time without a poop, but is this still normal after solids? We're going on day 12 with no poops. My ds has been having some solids for a couple weeks. We are trying to do BLS, so I know he isn't getting much in that way but I have also been giving him some purees. I just load the spoons and let him put it in his own mouth. He is a pretty good aim so he gets a lot of it in, but I only give him maybe 1/2 - 1 tbsp. He doesn't seem to be in pain and there are no hard lumps in his stomach. I just figured if some food is going in then something should be coming out.


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This number? 1-800-222-1222
*Reader Tip: Also add it to your contacts in your cell phone. (Thanks, H.T.!)
Damn it. Damn two-year-olds.
While trying to tamper down my panic (I kept reminding myself that I needed to think, not flip out) eventually it dawned on me to go wake up Nate (he's not lazy like me; he works late shifts) and ask him if he knew how many were originally in the bag. He didn't know exactly, but determined that there had been, at most, just a few more. We decided that Brandon probably had eaten no more than 3 pills, if he had actually eaten any at all.
Even though each time, the person on the other end of the line has always been extremely nice and sounds completely without judgment.
So put that number in a handy place, you really never know when you might need it.
Also, when in moments of extreme stress, constantly remind yourself to think. Remind yourself that your kid needs you to think and needs you to take action. By constantly telling yourself that, it forces you to focus on thinking about what to do, instead of losing your mind to panic. The second you start to feel your focus slipping and the helplessness set in, remind yourself to think.
Trust me, it works. When Brandon was a baby, about 8 or 9 months old, I had been holding him for about five minutes when he suddenly started doing these convulsive gags and stopped breathing. My first impression was that he was choking, but I had been holding him for the previous five minutes and he had put nothing in his mouth. While I was trying to figure out what was wrong with him and what to do, he was turning grayish blue. It was clear that my baby's life was in extreme danger, and I was on the verge of flipping out but kept reminding myself to think about my options, to think about what to do. After each option as to what could be wrong with him was rapidly considered and discarded in my mind (Virus? Seizure?), as the hopelessness built, I just kept reminding myself to keep thinking or he was going to die.
I wanted to call 9-1-1 but my instincts told me that to take the time to do that would be fatal because help wouldn't get there in time. He needed me to do something right now, but I still needed to get help on the way. Even though I hadn't seen Brandon put anything in his mouth, I flipped him over on his belly so that my hand was pushing into his diaphragm, angled his body head-down, and started whacking him on his back, all while yelling at Ethan to go wake up Daddy. As Ethan ran down the hall, Brandon started throwing up, and the vomit was mixed with blood. Nate came out of the bedroom and I was starting to tell him to call 9-1-1 when a jagged chunk of plastic that had broken off of a cheap toy came out with some vomit and Brandon started breathing again.
Hole. E. Shit.
Brandon had kept that piece of crap in his mouth for over five minutes, then suddenly decided to swallow it and nearly choke to death. And cut up his throat, too.
So, the bottom line: Remind yourself to focus and to take action. Over and over until the situation is resolved. It may seem like reminding yourself over and over would be distracting but it's not; it's focusing. Just keep
And then when all is well again, drink some wine or take a shot to calm the massive post-adrenaline-rush shaking.
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|2005-12-23, 04:47
|Link #42
Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Portugal
Age: 38
I'll be back on 27th or 28th... so I wanted to make a few questions...
- How do we convert h264 to xvid? I haven't tried coz I lacked the codec so mkvtoolnix-0.9.2 and VirtualDubMod_1_5_10_1_All_inclusive wouldn't allow me to extract the video from the mkv. Dunno if they are going to complain... anyway I'll go download the lastest version just in case.
- If it doesn't work a simple full encoding using just those simple steps in vdub then what do I need to do the convertion? I have read some posts behind and just a note I dont like avisynth. CMD lines are not for me...
BTW, I got a athlon xp 2200+768 ram+GF4MX. I know it's good but it's good enough to watch anime and to do my school work. It's not a pc for games. But for christ sake... the h264 files chock on my most of the time. They chock 100% when in full screen. So I want to convert some of the h264 I have to xvid. Yep no other version available.
|2005-12-23, 04:56
|Link #43
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Hamburg
Age: 49
Tiberium, I'd rather see to it that we fix your playback. With your CPU specifications, you should be able to play back h.264 encodes easily. If you can't, something is broken or misconfigured.
Come to #cccp on irc.chatsociety.net to get some help.
|2005-12-23, 06:44
|Link #45
Excessively jovial fellow
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: ISDB-T
Age: 32
Don't. That won't solve it. Let us help you instead... Either post in the playback help forums here, on the CCCP playback help forums on cccp-project.net, or, best of all, join #cccp on irc.chatsociety.net.
BTW, mkvtoolnix 0.9.2 is far too old to let you extract h264. But even using the latest version, you can't extract h264 to anything useful - what you get is the raw bitstream.
|2005-12-23, 07:08
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I'll go over there next week... now xmas at home with no net.
|2005-12-23, 20:11
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|2005-12-24, 21:48
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@Tiberium Wolf:
or just try installing ffdshow & Haali's splitter manually
hell, try VLC works for (most) h.264 encodes by fansub groups.
(cccp pimps, dont start bitching now "ZOMG vlc no good softsubs!" cause i said _MOST_ :P )
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saying "sauce" makes you look (cause its typed ) even more dumb... dont turn these forums into another 4chan -_-;
even if the post was meant sarcastic or w/e...
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|2005-12-24, 23:31
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@ Subcool I don't see a reason for personal jabs/comments. It's not helping the cause of keeping this thread from becoming another 4chan. I don't know if you two have personal issues or whatnot but there's a pm system/irc for that.
|2005-12-25, 10:28
|Link #53
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Join Date: Dec 2005
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(offtopic) I thought it was fairly obvious that the entire post was a parody of a 4chan comment/random IRC newb style. It WAS very exaggerated, and that was the point. It was meant as a stupid joke. I don't care very much if you like it or not (mostly since I rate your opinion very, very low due to past offences), and I have a hard time seeing how it's related to this thread.
On topic: Apparently XviD AVC started off as a decoder. If it's good, it might finally kill the "ZOMG I HATE FFDSHOW SO LET'S NOT USE H.264 KTHX" argument... The encoder doesn't seem as good as x264 (yet?), however.
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|2005-12-25, 13:06
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L33t Otaku M45t3r
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: in a cave which you never want to venture
Age: 31
Seriously I don't mind this codec since I have a good PC and it gives me no problems. However looking at it from a distribution perspective it's not a good choice after all not everyone who watches anime has a fast PC that can run the CPU intensive coding it uses. My personal complaint is that I can't use the DivX player to watch files using this codec since FFD show doesn't work with it. Don't get me wrong using the windows media player 2 (version 6.4) isn't bad (I used to use it only) it's quick to respond simple and effective but it doesn't have any controls you can use while in full screen mode. I would personally stay away from this codec for personal reason and distribution reasons.
I can understand This containers advantages but I can not understand why anyone would want to use it at all. The cons out weight the pros here. My main complaint is that I have to use Windows Media Player 10 which I don't like at all. Cripe WMP10 has no easy access controls and the space bar dose not play and pause the movie not to mention those annoying top and bottom borders that take oh so long to disappear and cover subs in the process of being sluggish. Also MKV is not very size friendly I have Comic Party Revolution (5-13) on my HDD and its sucking up 2.28g because of the extreme file size the MKVs generate (I'm waiting for someone to release AVI copies of the episodes). I find MKV to be the least desirable form of encoding for any video file.
This is a codec to end all codecs it's supported by the basic free DivX bundle and only at the cost of a slightly darker tone in the video it compresses large moves into a manageable size of under 700mb usually. It plays in all media players and has no problem decoding on slower machines. This is the perfect codec to meet desires distribution and personal, it's small and clean! Exactly what you want in a file compression right?
It's a good codec but the compression is bad though the quality is good and clean. Compatible with all media players I have ever used with no problem. Problem is that annoying logo in the corner all the time. It can't compete with the XviD codec ever because of being the same with better compression and it plays if you can play DivX. On a side note has anyone noticed that XviD is backwards for DivX? Like sisters but the older one is less practical in terms of distribution.
I don't think that anything is better than XviD but that's my opinion and judgment based on stats I have seen and compression rates I have worked with. Feel free to tell me if I'm wrong regardless of what I have said.
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|2005-12-25, 13:42
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Next time, you should do a better homework than you did. You just made about 20 people who read that post want to jump on top of you, strangle you, and scream "MKV IS NOT A CODEC, it's a container, for 100,000,000th time!" The particular example you posted, those people can easily guess from the filename "Comic_Party_Revolution_05v3_[yu][WMV9-4C0B63F8].mkv" that it's WMV9 encoded. That video was simply put inside of MKV container. Yes, container - just like AVI and MP4 and ASF. It has absolutely NOTHING to do with the file size. It was the encoder's choice to make it so big.
Also, people in here will show you how to make 1GHz PC play back 99.8% of the h.264 encoded fansubs currently being released. 1GHz isn't fast at all for today's standard. "It requires too much CPU power" argument is quickly getting old. And with fast media players such as Media Player Classic (Not WMP6.4) and ZoomPlayer, that klunky media player argument isn't very convincing either.
|2005-12-25, 14:36
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L33t Otaku M45t3r
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: in a cave which you never want to venture
Age: 31
ok so i said some things that are wrong MKV is not a codec it is a container but the MKV file size is still larger than a typical AVI i find. Aside from that i stand by the fact that ffdshow refuses to work with many video players and usually activates when using MKVs.
Also maybe i'm thinking to main stream for my own good but i understand and follow the general rule that the easier something is to use the more appealing it is to use and return to. So if you have to do something special for your PC to get it to run a file properly, some people will rather just look for another simpler file format. Staying with the easy to use idea, DLing another player is a little coumbersome and the classic WMP (i meant WMP2 vesion 6.4 my mistake i fixed it now) like i said has no on screen controls in full screen.
heck i don't care if you think i'm wrong i don't care if you like MKV or h.264 better i'm just saying that XviD is the easiest thing to use with the smallest work for everyone if you wnat to hunt for codecs or what you think are better options go on i do that myself. However like i said easy and simple for all is usually the bet way to go. but like i said before myabe i'm thinking to mainstream for my own good since this is not mainstream.
|2005-12-25, 14:44
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What I'm saying is that there are ways for slower PCs to play these files without much problems, like turning off as many programs running in the background as possible (yes, even your firewall, antivirus software). Perhaps a disconnect from the internet will do the trick too for the time you'll spend watching your anime. Of course, using a fast player is the key here.
|2005-12-25, 16:29
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Taking bets.
|2005-12-25, 18:42
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Join Date: Dec 2005
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/me looks at Linkthe1st's location... "They have a cave troll!"
Seriously, that post is about 95% wrong, and the 5% that aren't are mostly very badly expressed.
1. MKV is not a codec, just a container. The file size and the codec is up to the encoder. Generally, people who puts their stuff in MKV are fond of quality and lots of extras, hence the filesize gets bigger.
2. MKV has about 236347137 advantages over AVI. Anamorphic encoding, VFR, supports modern codecs (like H.264 (not supported in AVI, except by evil hacks), Ogg Vorbis, AAC etc. etc.), lots of different softsub possibilities, linked files, chapters... the list goes on for an eternity.
3. You can use any DirectShow player for MKV. Your forced use of WMP10 (which just plain sucks, BTW) is only caused by your incompetence. WMP 6.4 works as well. Personally I like Zoom Player and Media Player Classic the best, though.
Now on to something completely different - namely the relative suckage of the evil player known as VLC. LytHka is, as we've seen many times before, talking in his sleep or something. I cannot verify this much lower CPU usage in any way. I did some experiments, comparing VLC 0.8.4a against ffdshow-20051208-gcc4.0.2-sse-x264.nl/Haali 2005-11-25.2/VSFilter 2.37 plus either Zoom Player 4.51 standard or MPC 126.96.36.199. The results:
Spoiler for the results of the test:
Note: This test is in NO WAY scientific. I've just taken screenshots of the task manager while playing the stuff. The "CPU usage" things are kind of "average" values - I've tried to choose a value that is some kind of median. My impression by looking at the graphs and the CPU usage meter is that VLC jumps around more. The spikes are higher than Zoom's or MPC's, but on the other hand the valleys are deeper, too. The average usage seems about the same for all the players. I see NO evidence whatsoever for VLC nor any other player being faster. However, for some weird reason ZP seems more heavily single-threaded. I have no idea why, so I'm writing it off as randomness for now.
Test clips used were F-B's Mahoraba 12 (the OP) and ZX's Starship Operators 04 (the OP here too - one of the most CPU-intensive DVD-resolution clips I have). SSO04 has softsubs, but there are no lines on screen during the OP. VSfilter is thus being loaded but not used. The test CPU was my Athlon X2 3800+.
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South Africa BackpackersAccommodation for Backpackers in Mpumalanga
Hostels and Mpumalanga Backpackers Lodges offer excellent value for money, hospitality and a safe and friendly, laid-back environment for tourists travelling on a budget. Besides the financial "perks" of choosing a backpackers lodge, they are also a great way to meet like-minded travellers and your friendly hosts will share secrets known only to locals.
Most backpackers lodges also arrange adventure tours, group trips to the must-see attractions in their region and transport for guests, but confirm this with your chosen hostel before arrival.


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Soba to Sukiyaki: A Roundup of Authentic Japanese Dishes
I've talked about Japanese cooking quite often here on The Kitchn. It is one of my favorite cuisines, and although I do enjoy eating out in restaurants now and then, I can't afford to do it every night. I started teaching myself Japanese cooking for several reasons. One, to know how to do it myself and save money on eating out. Two, to help me understand both the cuisine and the culture - I strongly believe one of the best ways to learn about a culture is through its food. Here is a roundup of the Japanese dishes I've posted about here on The Kitchn.
Takoyaki - delicious street food made of a flour batter filled with octopus and seasonings, and fried.
Pork Gyozas - little pot stickers of thin dough sheets filled with yummy pork and garlic, and then fried.
Dashi - the basic soup stock for many Japanese dishes, made from dried kelp and bonito.
Dobin Mushi, a clear soup with mushroom, ginkgo nuts, seafood, and meat, and served in a special teapot. Accompanied with yuzu.
Soba noodles - thin noodles made with buckwheat flour and dipped in soy sauce. Traditionally served on New Year's Day.
Nabemono, a heart hotpot filled with meats, seafood, and assorted vegetables
Sukiyaki, a savory hotpot cooked in a shallow iron dish tableside. Meats, vegetables, and noodles are added, and the sauce is thickened to a gravy-like consistency.
Oden, a hearty winter stew with potatoes, fish cakes, and assorted seafood.
Other Dishes:
Buta no Kakuni, a dish of pork belly that is slow-braised in a mixture of soy sauce, fish sauce, sake, and dashi for three hours until it falls apart.
Okonomiyaki - a savory and filling Japanese pancake filled with your choice of meats, seafood, and vegetables. Cooked on a griddle and topped with mayonnaise, fish flakes, seaweed, and okonomi sauce. Try it!
Simmered Kabocha - the Japanese way to cook a winter squash.
Yakikuri gohan - rice and chestnuts cooked together with soy sauce and sake.
Matsutake gohan - rice cooked with matsutake mushrooms and ginkgo nuts.
Japanese pickled cucumber - a very easy to make palate cleanser.
Dango - sweet rice flour balls that are grilled and topped with a sweet sauce.
Umeshu - make your own plum wine. It is super easy.
(Images: Kathryn Hill and Kirk McKoy/LA Times)


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England v Australia - Women's Ashes - Day 2
Australia end day 2 with a first innings lead
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Women's Ashes highlights - 2nd ODI Lanning century helps Australia win the 2nd ODI in the Ashes series.
Peter Moores on Australia defeat England coach analyses Australia loss, Taylor knock & next World Cup game v New Zealand
Finch delighted with 'special' ton v England Explosive batsman hits 135 to help Australia to opening World Cup win over England
'Australia outplayed England' - Eoin Morgan Captain admits England were second best in World Cup opening defeat to Australia
'Every cricketer wants to play in a match like this' - James Anderson England paceman James Anderson believes England are ready for the cauldron atmosphere against Australia
Australia captain George Bailey wary of England threat in ICC Cricket World Cup opener Stand-in Australia captain George Bailey believes England are "dangerous" opposition and pose a threat to the co-hosts in the opening match in Melbourne
Highlights - England v Australia, Cricket World Cup 1992 Watch the best of the action as Ian Botham inspires an England victory
"We can't wait to get started," says Morgan England captain previews World Cup opener against Australia
Stuart Broad ready for 'one of biggest games' Paceman pleased with progress since return from injury & braced for World Cup opener
Mo 'loving every minute' for England All-rounder Ali relishing role in side and says it is a 'privilege' to play for England in World Cup
Tour of the famous Sydney Cricket Ground Quick look round the famous SCG - where England will be playing two World Cup warm-up matches against the West Indies and Pakistan
England Down Under in 2015 - the Tour so far Look back at England's tour Down Under so far, including match action from two warm-up games in Canberra and England's run through to the Tri-Series final
England are ready for Tri-Series final - Jos Buttler Batsman looks back at match-winning stand with James Taylor & previews Tri-Series final
'England are dangerous' says George Bailey Stand-in Australia skipper wary of England threat ahead of Tri-Series final in Perth
'I have no doubt we will bounce back' - Eoin Morgan Captain confident England will recover from Tri-Series loss & remain positive
Peter Moores on Tri-Series, progress & selection England coach reflects on Tri-Series campaign & pleased with progress Down Under
Batting hero Taylor 'delighted' with win Top run scorer excited to help England reach Tri-Series final against Australia at the WACA
'A good day for England' - Eoin Morgan Captain praises character of team & James Taylor knock to book Tri-Series final berth
England through Google Glass in the nets Coach Paul Farbrace dons our Google Glass & works with batsman Gary Ballance in the nets
Stuart Broad ready to hit peak form England pace bowler happy with injury-free knee and ready to return to his best form
England training session in Perth Squad complete tough fitness and net session in heat at the WACA ahead of India ODI
England eye 'huge opportunity' in Tri-Series Assistant coach Paul Farbrace says showdown v India has come at good time for England
"Every game is important' - Ian Bell In-form opener pleased with his role in the side and England's progress in the Tri-Series
Morgan praises 'class' Bell ton Captain delighted with opener's century in narrow three-wicket Tri-Series loss to Australia
Peter Moores delighted with strong team unity England coach praises squad, the form of Ian Bell & discusses Tri-Series Perth preparation
Wicket-keeping spotlight with Jos Buttler Behind the scenes agility and catching work with England wicket-keeper in Brisbane
Five-fer hero Steven Finn happy with bowling Paceman pleased with performance and England Tri-Series win over India in Brisbane
Eoin Morgan delighted with 'strong team performance' Captain says side has belief to play their own brand of exciting cricket after win over India
'There's belief in the dressing room' - James Anderson Paceman reflects on 4-18 haul v India, mood in camp and Tri-Series clash with Australia
James Taylor takes wonder catch in training Batsman claims stunning low diving catch in training at the Gabba
Joe Root targeting big runs Batsman wants England to make high scores & take inspiration from AB de Villiers' knock
Andrew Flintoff takes part in England practice Ashes-winning hero joins squad for boxing and bowling drills in the Brisbane heat
'It's great to learn from Fred' - Jos Buttler England wicket-keeper happy to practice with county teammate Andrew Flintoff in Brisbane
Chris Woakes confident England can bounce back In-form paceman believes England can get back to winning ways against India on Tuesday
Eoin Morgan 'disappointed' with England defeat Captain wanted more from his team but 'proud' of batsmen for digging in
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Marion cooked for me on our first date. I cooked for her on our second date (which was the next night – was I moving too fast?). We only learned much later that cooking for someone this early in a relationship (is it even a relationship on the second date?) can be pitted with minefields. Somehow we survived. Thousands of home cooked meals later, when we want a romantic dinner, home cooking often wins out over restaurants. For this Valentine's Day dinner, I'm turning the kitchen over to Marion.
When you are thinking about a romantic dinner, presentation is as important as taste. You want to create something that is delicious, but that also honors the beauty of the occasion. And it helps to have something that is easy to assemble, and that you can put together beforehand – no sense fussing around in the kitchen when you could be enjoying time with your guest.
That's the great thing about Cornish hens. There is something elegant about having an entire little bird on your plate. And when the recipe is this one, with the hens prepped way in advance and then slipped into the oven to roast to a golden brown, and your home slowly filling with a wonderful aroma, and the thin lemon slices barely visible through the translucent skin, well, the effect can be more than a little decadent.
The inspiration for this dish was sweet, fragrant Meyer lemons, which seem to be everywhere this winter. They are suddenly so ubiquitous that this weekend we found them at a neighborhood grocery store, six in a bag for $2.50, a record low for the Midwest. They are so beautiful, with their thin skins and their lovely scent, that I don't know how anyone can resist them.
This recipe is easy to assemble – a lot of the work may be done early in the day. You can prepare the bed of vegetables and the hens hours beforehand, then hold them over in the refrigerator until an hour before you intend to start roasting them. After you slide them into the oven, serve a simple starter, just some cheese or toasted hazelnuts. Start this dinner with a green salad, if you like, and serve the hens with a little rice on the side.
If you don't like olives, you'll still like this dish. You don't have to eat the olives, in fact, to enjoy their presence. They meld with the garlic and lemon to impart a beautiful flavor to the hens, without punching you with total olive flavor.
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Cornish Hens with Meyer Lemons and Olives
Serves 2
2 Cornish hens
3 Meyer lemons
8 small garlic cloves or 4 large ones
3 small leeks
1-1/2 cup olives [see Kitchen Notes}
Black pepper
Olive oil
Take the hens out of the refrigerator about an hour before you intend to roast them so they can come to room temperature.
Slice one of the lemons very thinly. Cut the other two into eight wedges each. Peel the garlic cloves. If they are large, cut them in half lengthwise. Clean and prepare the leeks. Slice off root end and most of the green tops. Slice leeks in half lengthwise. Rinse under running water, fanning layers to wash out any trapped grit. If the olives are standing in their brine, drain them.
Coat a roasting pan (not a deep one – I used the shallow glass baking dish you see in the photo) with olive oil. Place the leeks in the pan, cut side down and spaced evenly; then pour in the olives so they are evenly spaced around the dish. Scatter the lemon wedges and garlic cloves around everything. The idea is to create a bed on which you will roast the hens.
Loosen the breast skin on each of the hens. Slip lemon wedges under the skin so the breast is completely covered with slices. If you have any left, put them in the hen's cavity. The same goes for any tag ends of the lemon.
If you are doing advance prep, at this point, cover the hens and put them back in the refrigerator, cover the baking pan and put it in the fridge too. Take them both out an hour before you want to start roasting, so everything can come up to room temperature.
When you are ready to start the hens, preheat the oven to 425 degrees F. Arrange the hens on the bed of olives, lemon, leeks and garlic. Paint them well with olive oil, give everything a good grinding of black pepper, then salt the hens lightly.
Put the pan in the hot oven and set a timer for 20 minutes. At 20 minutes, lower the heat to 350 degrees F. and set the timer for another 25 minutes. At that point, check the hens. They should be golden brown and the little legs should move easily. Check the temperature with an instant read thermometer in the thickest part of the breast (I know – trying to find a thickest part on these tiny things is not so easy). The hens are ready when they reach 165 degrees F.
At that point, take the pan out of the oven. Let it sit for five minutes. For the presentation, place a hen in the center of the plate, arrange a couple of leeks to one side, and a little mound of rice, if you are serving it, on another side. Simple, elegant, delicious.
Kitchen Notes
What makes them Cornish? Their names, not their origins.These little all-white-meat chickens were first bred in Connecticut in the 1950s.
Why are you telling me to use garlic on date night? You won't smell all horribly garlicky from this – the big chunks and slow cooking just add to the mellow deliciousness.
What kind of olives? Good cured ones. Make sure the olives are pitted. We used a mix of tiny niçoise and bigger brine-cured green olives, like Nafplions, lucques or picholines. As for those pallid things that come in cans, don't use those. They don't taste like much of anything, and they were probably "cured" with lye. They do have diverting names, though. Super Mammoth is the largest, but Extra Jumbo is, well, medium, but smaller than Giant, yet way larger than Superior. I may not love canned olives, but I love their names.
Terry Boyd, and occasionally his wife, Marion, blog at Blue Kitchen.
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SEATTLE, May 3 (UPI) -- A single gene mutation may have started the evolution of large human brains 2.5 million years ago as humans diverged from early cousins, U.S. researchers say.
Scientists at the University of Washington say the effect of a single gene that made two copies of itself was, paradoxically, to slow down individual brain development -- but this created time for neurons to develop more and better connections with one another, NewScientist.com reported Thursday.
Gene duplications do not happen often, geneticist Evan Eichler said, and only about 30 genes have copied themselves since humans split from chimpanzees 6 million years ago.
The duplication of the gene in question, SRGAP2, helped drive development of the neocortex, which controls higher-order brain functions such as language and conscious thought, researchers said.
SRGAP2 duplicated itself 3.5 million years ago, well after humans and chimps diverged, they said.
One million years later, this "daughter" of the original gene underwent its own duplication and created a "granddaughter" copy.
Those duplications, Eichler said, would have changed brain development immediately and dramatically, and human ancestors with two, three, or even more copies of SRGAP2 -- with consequently significantly differences in their cognitive abilities -- could have been inhabiting Earth together at some point.
"That's fun to think about," he said.


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'Dallas' (TNT)
It's not a reboot or a re-imagining. TNT's new "Dallas" will pick up the stories of the Ewing clan 20 years after the conclusion of the original series in 1991. That means we'll get to see rascally J.R. again (Larry Hagman, left) along with his wife, Sue Ellen (Linda Gray), brother Bobby (Patrick Duffy) and lots of new faces like Brenda Strong, right. The show is scheduled to launch in summer 2012.
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Just in time for Superbowl Sunday, we wanted to share a favorite party dish! This is a simple and tasty treat that will please your guests, especially the vegan ones! This has been a family favorite for years in my family and since going vegan I have made it every year! So grab your Organic Tortilla Chips and dive in. Goes great with beer too!
Vegan 7 Layer Bean Dip
2 Cans Organic Refried Beans
3 Medium Ripe Mashed Avocados
2 Tbl Lemon Juice
1/2 tsp Salt
2 Chopped Tomatoes
1 Chopped Bunch of Green Onions
3 oz Sliced Black Olives
8 oz Shredded Follow Your Heart Cheddar Cheese or Daiya
In a casserole dish spread Organic Refried Beans across the bottom. In a separate bowl mix the avocados, lemon, and salt into a smooth mixture. Layer this on top of the beans. Next, pour the Tofutti Supreme Sour Cream into the dish to make another layer. Sprinkle the tomatoes, olives, and green onions on top of this, each in their own layer. Top off with the layer of shredded vegan cheese. Now you are ready to dig in! To spice it up a bit try added jalapenos or spicy salsa.


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Ricardo Falcon
Caracas, Venezuela
Class Year:
Prior Education:
2003, MSc In Financial and Commercial Regulation, The London School of Economics and Political Sciences
2001, LL.B., Universidad Catolica Andres Bello
What I Did Before Law School:
As a foreign lawyer, I came to Penn Law after little more than 9 years of law practice, most of which I spent as an in-house attorney at an international corporation, with significant industrial and commercial operations in Venezuela and the Andean region. As part of a legal team, I came to be in charge of all contractual relationships and assisting management in the negotiation and drafting of contractual relationships, as well as many other corporate matters.
Why I Chose Penn Law:
Penn Law is an easy selection for a lawyer with my interests and background, with an interest in practicing law in areas that have deep underpinnings in other fields of knowledge as economics, political science and other related areas.
In my experience, a lawyer's ability to understand the context and realities of its clients is what makes his advice actually meaningful.
The complex world that we live in requires lawyers to use their legal reasoning to provide creative solutions as well as accurately assess risks. Therefore, the interdisciplinary approach to legal education that Penn Law stands for is a definitive edge.
My Best Experience at Penn Law:
As it is hard to pick a particular experience, I would highlight the various public debates, lecture and conferences that are promoted by student groups as well as by specialized institutes within the Law School.
I had the opportunity to witness firsthand the arguments for and against particular legal propositions as well as to enhance my understanding of these topics by witnessing the brightest minds in their legal fields of expertise deliberating in the most constructive scholarly fashion that in my view is at the top level in world academia.
Having that said, I value the opportunity I had to be present at the farewell address given by Honorable William b. Chandler III, after stepping down as Chancellor of the Delaware Chancery Court.
I cannot forgo the opportunity to say that I also participated in the Pub Crawl, a tradition that involves running and having a quick beer every couple miles, that is rigorously kept by the Law School Running club. An experience on par with those already referred and that, surprisingly enough, was occasionally remembered by foreign LLMs that came to Penn Law almost 20 years ago!
Professor Who Influenced Me Most:
I honestly can't give a definitive answer, as all of the professors to which courses I've had the opportunity to attend are frontrunners in their fields and mind provoking in their approaches to Law.
If you allow me to spell a singular strength of some of them, I would say that Professor William Ewald is capable improving your understanding of 18th century legal writings and related literature by keeping your focus on the era/period and its main developments as well as in the characters, interests and social context surrounding and influencing each particular writer. Professor Michael Wachter has an unparalleled depth and experience in the corporate world that brings real meaning to the subjects covered. Professor Reed Shuldiner is kind of a wizard in the way he masters each and every topic addressed, and the way he relates previous topics covered and current issues related to Income Tax and tax policy in general to the topic under discussion, that actually takes the most out of you in order to keep to his mental pace, what is at the end very rewarding. Professor Harry Reicher masterfully links recent world history and crises with human rights law in a way that gives coherence to the many sources that conform the current system of human rights and exposes its weaknesses and how can they possible be worked out.
My Favorite Course:
By narrow margins, I would be inclined to choose Federal Income Tax, only because it incorporates economic policy issues and the law. I would have to praise the attention to detail that Professor Shuldiner devotes when discussing cases as well as his critical view of the tax opinions set in the judicial and administrative precedents, being able to persuade about the weaknesses or flaws of many propositions that are generally taken as correct.
My Favorite Philadelphia Moment:
When we brought our daughter to the Penn Caring Center, where she is attending pre-k, after some thought she happily and expressively said that we were both going to Penn!
What I'm Most Proud Of:
Although I would expect many personal accomplishments to come true in the near future, I could bring to attention the very detailed work that I've done with the Journal of International Law in reviewing and perfecting the quality of some high caliber research with Spanish sources.
My Extracurricular Activities at Penn Law:
I contribute as International Editor/Translator in the Journal of International Law and participate in the student running club, (With All Deliberate Speed!).
I will definitely be involved in one of our many pro-bono activities in the next semester, with special interest in finding a way to serve the Hispanic community in greater Philadelphia.
My Favorite Place or Activity on the University Campus:
Lunch at Houston Hall food fair is a must. Lots of quality alternatives, at reasonable prices.


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EFF Explains Why You Should Be Allowed To Sell Promo CDs
from the first-sale-first-sale-first-sale dept
Universal Music Group claimed that these CDs remained its property because of that stamp. However, that goes against the entire first sale doctrine concept -- which has always allowed individuals to resell copyrighted products that they possess. Universal's claim was that the stamp meant that it continued to own the CD, even though it never asked for such CDs back. If allowed, this would effectively let any company create their own copyright laws by simply stamping the content with the rules. So, forget the current, already ridiculous, term for copyright. New authors or musicians could just stamp every product with "Property of the content creator" and you would never actually own the product.
Luckily the court disagreed... but Universal has appealed, and the RIAA has filed a brief siding with UMG as well. The EFF has now filed its own brief, noting the ridiculous consequences of any ruling where Universal wins. Allowing Universal to win would effectively mean that all of the extremely important (and already diminished) limits found on copyright today no longer apply. That would be a travesty and go against everything that copyright was originally designed to represent.


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Ashley Judd is becoming my favorite feminist -- not to mention my favorite Judd. Last week she lashed out at the media for picking at her appearance. This week she took on Rick Santorum and pretty much the whole extreme pro-life universe in a Funny or Die video. She and her sisters in comedy have a special message just for Rick: He has to wait 72 hours before terminating his candidacy.
Take Rick Santorum's announcement that he's putting off terminating his presidential campaign and plunk it into an abortion clinic and -- oooh, a dozen or so hilarious/squirmy parallels hatch like so many fuzzy, provocative little chicks.
Okay, depending on where you are on the whole pro-choice/pro-life debate, this is either the funniest thing ever or the kind of video that confirms your suspicion that we are all just one more wicked joke away from The End of Days.
I think it's only fair to invite Rick Santorum to share some of the shame he wants to inflict on, well, pretty much every woman out there who wants full control over our reproductive lives.
More from The Stir: Rick Santorum's Beliefs About Women Should Terrify You
Some of my favorite moments: Scary doom-and-gloom music, candidacy ultrasound, "the law requires me to tell you that as early as six weeks a candidacy can have living, breathing supporters," and that amazing pamphlet Ashley's holding there. It kind of flashes by quickly but it reads, "Planned Politics Guide to Never Running for President Again." ELL OH ELL -- I love it.
More from The Stir: Ashley Judd Gets Called a 'Bitch Whore' for Cheering on a Bastketball Team (Because of Course)
The ladies all play it straight for laughs except for one moment when Ashley looks sincerely pissed: "I mean, you're a grown man running for president! And I'm just a woman who's never worked in politics and couldn't possibly understand what you're going through." Yeah, I wonder how she feels about male politicians inserting themselves into the whole birth control/choice debate?
Do you think the abortion clinic/presidential campaign comparison is funny or inappropriate?
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Reflective Practice for Educators: Professional Development to Improve Student Learning
SAGE Publications, Apr 8, 2004 - Education - 212 pages
Over the past ten years, the term reflective practice has become imbedded in the language of education, as a growing number of districts adopt the principals of reflective practice to create effective schools. The Second Edition of Reflective Practice for Educators stresses the need for effective implementation of new programmes in order to provide an opportunity to explore the ways of thinking, seeing, and believing that affect what we do and how we do it. Without this consciousness, even the best programme will not be sustained in the face of continual demand for newer and better solutions. The authors believe that the most enduring changes will take place in schools as teachers, administrators, and parents ponder how students learn and how the adults responsible for their learning can best support them. The most successful schools in creating change are those functioning as learning organizations.
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