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- Plugin version: v3.3.1
- Released on: 2017-06-23
- Changelog
For questions about the plugin, open a topic in the Discuss forums. For bugs or feature requests, open an issue in Github. For the list of Elastic supported plugins, please consult the Elastic Support Matrix.
This Logstash input plugin allows you to call an HTTP API, decode the output of it into event(s), and send them on their merry way. The idea behind this plugins came from a need to read springboot metrics endpoint, instead of configuring jmx to monitor my java application memory/gc/ etc.
Reads from a list of urls and decodes the body of the response with a codec. The config should look like this:
input { http_poller { urls => { test1 => "http://localhost:9200" test2 => { # Supports all options supported by ruby's Manticore HTTP client method => get user => "AzureDiamond" password => "hunter2" url => "http://localhost:9200/_cluster/health" headers => { Accept => "application/json" } } } request_timeout => 60 # Supports "cron", "every", "at" and "in" schedules by rufus scheduler schedule => { cron => "* * * * * UTC"} codec => "json" # A hash of request metadata info (timing, response headers, etc.) will be sent here metadata_target => "http_poller_metadata" } } output { stdout { codec => rubydebug } }
Using the HTTP poller with custom a custom CA or self signed cert.
If you have a self signed cert you will need to convert your server's certificate to a valid#
.jks or
.p12 file. An easy way to do it is to run the following one-liner, substituting your server's URL for the placeholder
MYURL and
openssl s_client -showcerts -connect MYURL:MYPORT </dev/null 2>/dev/null|openssl x509 -outform PEM > downloaded_cert.pem; keytool -import -alias test -file downloaded_cert.pem -keystore downloaded_truststore.jks
The above snippet will create two files
downloaded_cert.pem and
downloaded_truststore.jks. You will be prompted to set a password for the
jks file during this process. To configure logstash use a config like the one that follows.
http_poller { urls => { myurl => "https://myhostname:1234" } truststore => "/path/to/downloaded_truststore.jks" truststore_password => "mypassword" interval => 30 }
This plugin supports the following configuration options plus the Common Options described later.
|Input type
a valid filesystem path
a valid filesystem path
a valid filesystem path
a valid filesystem path
a valid filesystem path
Also see Common Options for a list of options supported by all input plugins.
Username to use with HTTP authentication for ALL requests. Note that you can also set this per-URL.
If you set this you must also set the
password option.
Password to be used in conjunction with the username for HTTP authentication.
- Value type is number
- Default value is
How many times should the client retry a failing URL. We highly recommend NOT setting this value
to zero if keepalive is enabled. Some servers incorrectly end keepalives early requiring a retry!
Note: if
retry_non_idempotent is set only GET, HEAD, PUT, DELETE, OPTIONS, and TRACE requests will be retried.
If you need to use a custom X.509 CA (.pem certs) specify the path to that here
If you'd like to use a client certificate (note, most people don't want this) set the path to the x509 cert here
If you're using a client certificate specify the path to the encryption key here
- Value type is number
- Default value is
Timeout (in seconds) to wait for a connection to be established. Default is
Enable cookie support. With this enabled the client will persist cookies across requests as a normal web browser would. Enabled by default
Should redirects be followed? Defaults to
- DEPRECATED WARNING: This configuration item is deprecated and may not be available in future versions.
- Value type is number
- There is no default value for this setting.
How often (in seconds) the urls will be called DEPRECATED. Use schedule option instead. If both interval and schedule options are specified, interval option takes higher precedence
Turn this on to enable HTTP keepalive support. We highly recommend setting
automatic_retries to at least
one with this to fix interactions with broken keepalive implementations.
If you need to use a custom keystore (
.jks) specify that here. This does not work with .pem keys!
Specify the keystore password here. Note, most .jks files created with keytool require a password!
- Value type is string
- Default value is
Specify the keystore type here. One of
JKS or
PKCS12. Default is
- Value type is string
- Default value is
If you'd like to work with the request/response metadata. Set this value to the name of the field you'd like to store a nested hash of metadata.
- Value type is number
- Default value is
Max number of concurrent connections. Defaults to
- Value type is number
- Default value is
Max number of concurrent connections to a single host. Defaults to
If you'd like to use an HTTP proxy . This supports multiple configuration syntaxes:
- Proxy host in form:
- Proxy host in form:
{host => "proxy.org", port => 80, scheme => 'http', user => 'username@host', password => 'password'}
- Proxy host in form:
{url => 'http://proxy.org:1234', user => 'username@host', password => 'password'}
- Value type is number
- Default value is
This module makes it easy to add a very fully configured HTTP client to logstash based on [Manticore](https://github.com/cheald/manticore). For an example of its usage see https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-input-http_poller Timeout (in seconds) for the entire request
- Value type is boolean
- Default value is
automatic_retries is enabled this will cause non-idempotent HTTP verbs (such as POST) to be retried.
- Value type is hash
- There is no default value for this setting.
Schedule of when to periodically poll from the urls Format: A hash with + key: "cron" | "every" | "in" | "at" + value: string Examples: a) { "every" ⇒ "1h" } b) { "cron" ⇒ "* * * * * UTC" } See: rufus/scheduler for details about different schedule options and value string format
- Value type is number
- Default value is
Timeout (in seconds) to wait for data on the socket. Default is
Set this to false to disable SSL/TLS certificate validation Note: setting this to false is generally considered insecure!
Define the target field for placing the received data. If this setting is omitted, the data will be stored at the root (top level) of the event.
If you need to use a custom truststore (
.jks) specify that here. This does not work with .pem certs!
Specify the truststore password here. Note, most .jks files created with keytool require a password!
- Value type is string
- Default value is
Specify the truststore type here. One of
JKS or
PKCS12. Default is
- This is a required setting.
- Value type is hash
- There is no default value for this setting.
A Hash of urls in this format :
"name" => "url".
The name and the url will be passed in the outputed event
- Value type is number
- Default value is
How long to wait before checking if the connection is stale before executing a request on a connection using keepalive. # You may want to set this lower, possibly to 0 if you get connection errors regularly Quoting the Apache commons docs (this client is based Apache Commmons): Defines period of inactivity in milliseconds after which persistent connections must be re-validated prior to being leased to the consumer. Non-positive value passed to this method disables connection validation. This check helps detect connections that have become stale (half-closed) while kept inactive in the pool. See these docs for more info
The following configuration options are supported by all input plugins:
- Value type is codec
- Default value is
The codec used for input data. Input codecs are a convenient method for decoding your data before it enters the input, without needing a separate filter in your Logstash pipeline.
Disable or enable metric logging for this specific plugin instance by default we record all the metrics we can, but you can disable metrics collection for a specific plugin.
Add a unique
ID to the plugin configuration. If no ID is specified, Logstash will generate one.
It is strongly recommended to set this ID in your configuration. This is particularly useful
when you have two or more plugins of the same type, for example, if you have 2 grok filters.
Adding a named ID in this case will help in monitoring Logstash when using the monitoring APIs.
output { stdout { id => "my_plugin_id" } }
- Value type is array
- There is no default value for this setting.
Add any number of arbitrary tags to your event.
This can help with processing later.
This is the base class for Logstash inputs.
Add a
type field to all events handled by this input.
Types are used mainly for filter activation.
The type is stored as part of the event itself, so you can also use the type to search for it in Kibana.
If you try to set a type on an event that already has one (for example when you send an event from a shipper to an indexer) then a new input will not override the existing type. A type set at the shipper stays with that event for its life even when sent to another Logstash server.


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Accountability Frequently Asked Questions
What type of involvement should I report?
- Undergraduate involvement in UW-sponsored PUBLIC SERVICE
UW-sponsored public service is defined as participation in UW-sponsored service learning, volunteer experiences, or public service internships sustained for at least one quarter. The goal is to capture the number of students involved in these activities as part of their undergraduate learning, either through a course, an academic department, or an official UW program.
- Undergraduate involvement in UW-sponsored RESEARCH
Undergraduate research experience refers to student research projects ("research" as defined by your discipline) closely guided by faculty (staff, or graduate students) and/or contributing to faculty research. The goal is to capture the number of students working on projects that are considered to build students' research capabilities and contribute new ideas, data, or creative work to a field of study.
There are undergraduates and graduates in the same class. Can I report that course?
Yes. Our system will automatically remove graduate students when the final statistics are tallied. As long as the undergraduates in the class are engaged in university-sponsored public service or research, you can report that course.My department collaborates with another department on a program/project. Who should report that involvement? Both departments should report the students separately so that both departments are credited with the involvement. Our system will automatically handle the duplicate entries for that student when calculating the overall statistics for the entire UW.
What happens if a student is reported more than once per quarter?
Our system will only count one activity in each category per student per quarter. If a student is reported as having multiple activities in a certain quarter, our system will only count the activity with the higher number of hours when calculating UW-wide statistics. Additionally, when calculating department-specific aggregates, the system uses the same duplicate processing at a department level.
Additional questions should be sent to firstname.lastname@example.com.

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Top travel destinations for Connecticut residents
Summer is upon us, and for many people that means vacation. So where will people be traveling to?
If Orbitz.com's 2014 travel trends in Connecticut continue throughout the summer, it looks like most residents will be flying to Forida.
Florida cities have dominated the top five Orbitz.com flight destinations for Connecticut residents since January. Orlando is the top city, followed by Tampa, Fort Lauderdale, Miami and Fort Myers. Top hotel destinations tend to be more local with New York City and Boston at the top.
Nationwide, the top destination for both flight and hotel has been Las Vegas.
Take a look at the top flight and hotel destinations for Connecticut residents in April (the most recent statistics available), and visit Orbitz.com for more information.


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Hunger-striking Guantanamo detainees are being force-fed at night during Ramadan
Here's a new twist in the U.S. military's Islamic sensitivity effort in the prison camps for suspected terrorists at the Guantanamo Bay Navy base:
Military medical staff are force-feeding a secret number of prisoners on hunger strike between dusk and dawn during the Muslim fasting holiday of Ramadan.
The prison camps spokesman, Navy Cmdr. Bradley Fagan, says it is U.S. Southern Command policy to no longer reveal the exact number of detainees being shackled by guards into restraint chairs for twice daily feedings.
Instead, he said, "less than 10" captives among the 176 held for years at Guantanamo were last week counted as hunger strikers.
"Detainees who are fasting get their meals before dawn," he said Wednesday, disclosing only the hours of that day's feeding "in observance of the Ramadan schedule" -- before 5:26 a.m. and after 7:28 p.m.
"Please note,'' he added, ``that not all hunger strikers are enteral feeders."
As prison camps spokesman, Fagan has clamped a new level of secrecy on the Pentagon's practice of pumping protein shakes into the stomachs of captives who refuse to eat meals catered to the prison camps by Defense Department contractors.
A fact sheet dated June 28 on the Guantanamo website disclosed some other figures: "Each detainee receives 5,500-6,000 calories per day and has six menus to choose from. Feast meals are served two times per week."
It put the price of meeting the captives "cultural and dietary needs" at approximately $3 million a year.
Fagan's predecessors had scrupulously referred to a complex matrix that calculated the number of skipped meals and weight loss to disclose the numbers of hunger strikers versus those being shackled to a chair and fed twice a day by tube.
On Feb. 11, 2009, for example, the prison camps reported that 41 of the 245 captives held at Guantánamo at the start of the Obama administration were classified as hunger strikers. That day, 35 were getting twice-a-day, one-hour feedings.
Guantánamo detainees have turned to hunger strikes across the years as a method of both protest and challenging authority in the remote prison camps in southeast Cuba. The military has responded with a range of methods to try to disrupt the strikes -- introduction of the feeding chair, segregation and isolation of those who take part, banishment from the most communal of camps where captives can pray and eat together.
Prison camps commanders have argued the procedure was painless and two admirals said they had personally had Navy medical staff nourish them through ``enteral feedings'' to check it out.
Fagan did say that the prison camps is hewing to past practice of using military medical staff for feedings.
To demystify it a bit, Navy prison camp hospital workers some years back created a display of different flavored supplements and let visiting reporters handle a sample yellow rubber feeding tube.
By last summer, staff were pointing to Butter Pecan flavored Ensure as popular with the chair-shackled captives. Flavor made no difference going down, one nurse explained, but a captive could taste it if he burped later.
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Saturday saw a very early start for both of us. I met Deborah at some far flung Tube station in West London and we set off along the M40 for Alcester in Warwickshire and the 15th(?) Annual Independent Shoemakers' Conference.
The information for this organisation is found at www.shoemakers.org - a loose collection of shoemakers from around the UK (and a few from abroad).
The conference is organised each year by a different member and this year it was the turn of Bill Bird Shoes. They did a fantastic job, so a great big thank you to them. It was very interesting and a great opportunity to meet other shoemakers, pattern makers and closers.
It is a combination of lectures and networking, so we started the day with a demonstration of hand stitching techniques for uppers by Dominic Casey of Cleverleys - raised lakes, split stitched seams(?), plait stitch and a bit of thread making - very cool indeed.
|Plait Stitch Being Done
|The Plait Stitch Which Uses Two Stitching Threads And Two Thicker Plaiting Threads
|Dominic Casey In Action
Next came lunch where we chatted to a chiropodist from the Isle of Wight who had an affinity with Crocs - obviously not a passion we share.
|Mock Croc Crocs Anyone?
We then moved to an area which was a bit of a revelation to us both - how to make shoes for women with problem feet and make them look fabulous. That classic mismatch between how a woman sees her shoes in her mind's eye and the actual shape that her lumpy, painful feet require the shoes to be.
This involves detachable accessories like straps, buckles, clips, bows and flowers. Very clever and creative in fact. The talk was given by Carina Eneroth of Swedish shoemakers Framat, shoemakers to the Swedish Royal Family.
We even had a go at making a bow with varying degrees of success - I think I will stick to the day job.
The penultimate talk of the day was from Bill Bird himself who talked us through the ins and outs of hand carving wooden heels - very interesting and challenging.
And finally, came a technical exploration of the properties of leather, from the raw materials to the finished product. This was by the head of Leather Studies at Northampton University. She went through the structure of leather from different animals and the way they are tanned and coloured. It was very interesting and explained why we use certain leathers for certain jobs - for example, did you know that the reason pig skin is so tear resistant is that the hair follicles and sweat glands go all the way through the thickness of the skin? Whereas in calf, goat and sheep, they are only in the surface layer. Fascinating stuff!
We also had time to chat and catch up with old friends and colleagues and we generally had a great day.
For those of you who live in the UK, this is a thoroughly recommended day out. You will meet other shoemakers who might be able to help and we are a very friendly bunch. So make sure you come next year.
Until next week, happy shoemaking!


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By: J L.
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One sad day Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan disappeared. They disappeared in 1937 on an island.Amelia said, '' I have been waiting for this trip.'' This happened because the plane crashed. People went to look for them, but they did not fimd them. That was a sad day.
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By Senator Charles Grassley
Q: How is The World Food Prize tied to Iowa?
A: Two Iowans were behind creation of the World Food Prize, the international award recognizing individuals who improve the quality, quantity and availability of food in the world. Dr. Norman Borlaug (1914-2009) - an agronomist, humanitarian, Nobel laureate (the only recipient to receive this honor for working in agriculture), and recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Congressional Gold Medal - grew up in rural Cresco. He was the father of what's called the Green Revolution when, from the 1940s to the 1970s, research, development and new technologies increased agricultural production around the world. Dr. Borlaug was involved with the development of high-yielding varieties of cereal grains, expansion of irrigation infrastructure, modernization of management techniques, and the distribution of hybridized seeds, synthetic fertilizers and pesticides to farmers. Dramatically increasing crop yields saved hundreds of millions of people from starvation. Dr. Borlaug's leadership and tireless work gave the world's poorest people access to food. It's said that he saved more lives than any other person in history. Dr. Borlaug envisioned a prize as a means of recognizing and inspiring achievements in fighting world hunger. His vision was realized in 1986, when The World Food Prize was created. In 1990, the first sponsor of the prize withdrew, and Iowa businessman and leading philanthropist John Ruan (1914-2010) stepped forward to endow the prize, making it possible to continue Dr. Borlaug's vision. The World Food Prize organization is located in Des Moines.
Q: Who is considered for the prize?
A: Contributions by individuals in any field that's involved in the world food supply including food and agricultural science and technology, manufacturing, marketing, nutrition, economics, poverty alleviation, political leadership, and the social sciences are recognized by The World Food Prize. The prize values a nutritious and sustainable food supply for all people. Outstanding individuals from Bangladesh, Brazil, China, Cuba, Denmark, Ethiopia, India, Mexico, Sierra Leone, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, the United Nations, and the United States have received the prize. It's most fitting that this prestigious award is given each fall in Iowa. Iowa farmers are blessed with some of the best soil in the world, and our state's productivity and agricultural abundance have made significant contributions to global food security, humanitarian relief, economic growth, job creation and national security.


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In some cases guests will be notified in advance by email that they can check in online and proceed directly to the Rental Property.
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Guests are required to check out by 11am. Departures after 11am may incur additional charges.
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Wednesday, March 7, 2012
30 Jays in 30 Days - Darren Oliver Gets Better with Age
Who: Darren Oliver, No. 38. Left-Handed Relief Pitcher. 6'2, 200 LBS. 41 years old.
Provenance: Kansas City, MO. Drafted in the third round of the 1988 amateur draft.
Contract Status: Signed one-year, $4.5 million deal in offseason. Jays hold an option year for 2013 at $3 million, with a $500,000 buyout.
(Ancient) History: 18 MLB seasons. 654 games pitched, 229 games started for Texas, St. Louis, Texas, Boston, Colorado, Florida, Houston, New York (NL), Los Angeles (AL) and Texas.
Career Stats: 4.60 ERA, 1.46 WHIP, 1167 strikeouts and 690 walks in 1810.0 innings pitched.
Late Career Stats: 2.85 ERA, 1.15 WHIP, 273 strikeouts and 87 walks in 322 innings from 2007 onwards.
2011 Stats: 2.29 ERA, 1.14 WHIP, 44 strikeouts and 11 walks in 51.0 innings with Texas.
Bullpen Connections from the Distant Past: In Darren Oliver's first MLB appearance on September 1st, 1993, he came on in the 10th inning of a tie game in relief of a Texas Rangers closer named Tom Henke. He walked Mike Greenwell on four pitches and was summarily dispatched.
Looking Back: Darren Oliver has been around so long that he predates most of the nerd stats on Fangraphs. Which is fine when you consider that his career only really began to take off in 2007. (Life begins at 36, as the saying we just invented goes.) Oliver's career looked to be finished in 2005, when the Colorado Rockies released him after Spring Training, and he sat out the entire season. But a decent comeback season with the Mets in 2006 led to three stellar seasons with the Angels and two with the Rangers.
So how did Oliver go from staring into the abyss to being a key bullpen arm for World Series contenders? There are two notable changes that you find when picking through the data from 2007 onward: First, he stopped throwing a cutter. In 2006, he mixed it in 19% of the time, but by the time he arrived in Anaheim, he'd dropped it completely from his arsenal.
Secondly, Oliver found some extra heat on his fastball, jumping up from an average of 86.1 M.P.H. in 2006 to 88.6 in 2007, a level that he's maintained or improved upon in subsequent years. That increase in velocity might not look as monumental as it actually is. Usually, pitchers will be able to touch a few miles per hour above their average, and a lefty reliever who can get above 90 M.P.H. in a tight spot with their fastball is a valuable piece for a manager to play late in games.
Over the past two seasons, Oliver has stripped down his repertoire essentially to two pitches, the fastball and a slider. That might not be ideal for a starting pitcher, but for a reliever, you can be very effective if you can work with your two strongest pitches and throw them consistently for strikes.
Looking Forward: Oliver has shown the ability to get both righties and lefties out, so he won't necessarily be limited to "left-handed one-out guy" (LOOGY!) duty. Depending on how effective he is early in the season, and how the back end of the bullpen shakes out, it's likely that he'll get the ball in the seventh and eighth innings, especially with runners on.
It will be interesting to watch how Oliver performs now that he's moved out of the AL West and into the teeth of the toughest division in professional sports. Oliver posted decent numbers last season against the Yankees (.567 OPS against in 18 plate appearances) and Rays (.308 in 13 PAs). The Red Sox touched him up for three runs on a homer and three walks and a .748 OPS against in 18 PAs. The Jays actually gave him his roughest ride in the division, with an .813 OPS against in three games, and three runs scored.
2012 Expectations: With a lot of added arms in a new-look bullpen, the Jays' ultimate success or failure doesn't hang in the balance of the 50-odd innings that Oliver will pitch this season. If this year turns out to be the year that it all goes askew and his age catches up with him, there will be other options to carry the load.
But given Oliver's steady and solid performance over the past four years, we expect that he will at the very least provide a reliable matchup arm in tight spots for manager John Farrell. With the number of tough left-handed hitters on the teams that matter, having an effective answer to those hitters could be worth a couple of wins over the course of the season.
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I'm really loving the in-depth look you do for each player!
- March 7, 2012 at 9:58 PM
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Thanks...I'm glad that you find them entertaining.
Sometimes, I feel like I'm just rambling on to myself here. It's nice to know that someone's reading along.
- March 8, 2012 at 4:09 PM
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IECA prepares you for a wide variety of careers in many international arenas, from positions in international business (banking, import/export, marketing, and sales), to work in government departments or agencies involved in international matters, to jobs in non-governmental organizations involved in humanitarian, educational, or cultural services. About 50% of IECA graduates go on to do some kind of graduate work: they enroll in law school, in MBA or MIBS (Master's in International Business) programs, and graduate programs in political science or public policy, to name a few. Browse the alumni profiles to get an idea of specific positions IECA graduates have held.
If you've graduated with an IECA degree, we invite you to complete the IECA Job Questionnaire.


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Explore Science At the Biodiversity Institute, we study the changing life and cultures of the planet — their composition, their evolutionary history, their geographic spread, their physical, genetic and behavioral characteristics, and their vital ecological systems.
Our archaeological investigations document and reveal the cultural history of Great Plains peoples. Worldwide survey and collecting expeditions discover and document our fantastic diversity of animals and plants, many of which are threatened or endangered. We invite you to explore our biodiversity science and museum exhibits.


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Reported Cases of Catholic Priest Abuse Lowest in 8 years, Audit Shows
Reported cases of priest abuse from last year have been the lowest since 2004, according to an annual compliance audit of Roman Catholic Church dioceses in the United States.
In 2012, there were six credible cases of abuse found of 34 claims, with 15 of those allegations still under investigation, reported the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate (CARA).
The audit itself was performed by StoneBridge Business Partners, a multinational organization founded in 1994, on behalf of CARA.
The audit further found that nearly all of the dioceses who took part in the audit were found in compliance.
Sister Mary Ann Walsh of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops told The Christian Post that the findings "offer hope and inspire confidence in the church's programs of Safe Environment."
"The findings show that the intense effort in dealing with this sin and crime of child sexual abuse has paid off. While sexual abuse of minors is a human problem that we must always be on the lookout for, the Safe Environment programs that are in place in parishes nationwide are shown to be effective," said Walsh.
"The outreach to those who have been abused in the past is also effective as numbers [of people] reporting having been abused even decades before is on the decline. The decline shows the effectiveness of vigilance in the matter of keeping children safe from sexual predators," she said.
The data for the report came from the onsite audit of 71 dioceses and the reviewed documentation submitted by 118 dioceses and eparchies. A small number of dioceses and eparchies either refused to be audited or did not respond by the report's deadline.
Founded in 1964 and affiliated with Georgetown University, CARA's stated mission is to "increase the Church's self understanding", "serve the applied research needs of Church decision-makers", and "advance scholarly research on religion, particularly Catholicism," according to its website.
The recently published report is not without its critics. Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP) provided The Christian Post with a statement by SNAP Director David Clohessy.
Referring to the report's findings as "misleading numbers", Clohessy stated that he believed the findings failed to consider age as a factor in the likelihood of abuse reporting.
"The sad, simple truth is that it has always taken child sex abuse victims decades to speak up, and that is not likely to change," said Clohessy.
"Catholic officials know this. Yet they disingenuously put out this self survey…knowing it will be good public relations for them, but will recklessly lead to increased complacency by the very people who should be vigilant."


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HOUSTON - A woman was found naked and eating ice cream inside a drug store after leaving three children alone in a car after a wreck, investigators said.
Stephanie Dillard, 34, has been charged with endangering a child.
Houston police said Dillard's children, ages 5, 12 and 16, were in the car with her when her vehicle collided with a METRO bus near South Post Oak and Orem on Friday.
All of the children were shaken up and suffered minor injuries. The 5-year-old had a large gash over one eye, officials said.
Detectives said that after the wreck, Dillard got out of the car and walked away, leaving her children alone at the scene.
Dillard then went to a nearby CVS store and began taking off her clothes as she ate ice cream, police said.
Investigators said Dillard put up a fight when officers tried to arrest her.
The children have been turned over to a grandmother.
Police said they have not yet figured out what caused Dillard's strange behavior.
Dillard is being held in the Harris County Jail with bond set at $2,000.
Dillard's past criminal history includes a 2009 robbery charge.
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Paul Mayewski
My primary research interests are climate change and change in the chemistry of the atmosphere. I have pursued these interests by collecting snow samples and ice cores from throughout Antarctica, the Arctic, Andes, New Zealand and the Himalayas and Tibetan Plateau.
Some of my current research activities include: The International Trans Antarctic Scientific Expedition, a reconstruction of Antarctic climate and chemistry of the atmosphere over the last 200 years. Ice coring activities on Mt. Everest, Mt. Logan (Yukon Territory) and Patagonia. Calibration of ice core records using instrumental records of sea level pressure to investigate the past behavior of ENSO, the North Atlantic, Oscillation, the Indian Monsoon and the Antarctic Ocilation.
To read more about Paul and his work, see "The Ice Man" article from UMaine Today by Nick Houtman.
Popular Books:
The Ice Chronicles: The Quest to Understand Global Climate Change
Paul Mayewski and Frank White: University Press of New England (2002).


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More proof of what I've been harping on about the NDP and their total lack of direction. Reid Scott, the original NDP member from the Danforth riding now occupied by Jack Layton, is now set to join Stephane Dion in his Green Shift crusade.
Susan Delacourt has the scoop here. Reid Scott was instrumental in the selection of today's Canadian flag. As for the NDP? No direction known.
12 comments:
- Deb Prothero said...
Dion would be well served if he dropped that membership application off in person!
- Jul 12, 2008, 11:18:00 AM
- Blogging Horse said...
Reid Scott was a remarkable politician. His role in giving us the flag Canadians love today should never be overlooked nor forgotten (which incidentally it was during the 40th anniversary ceremony overseen by then-PM Paul Martin in 2005, to the anger of many New Democrats).
But let's be honest: that someone whose name hasn't been on a ballot for over 40 years – and whose role in history Liberals couldn't even remember to mention only 3 years ago - is taking out a $10 party membership is hardly newsworthy.
What is far more interesting are Thomas Mulcair and Francoise Boivin - ex-Liberals of the contemporary era - who have united with Jack Layton to take on Stephen Harper while Stephane Dion makes pathetic excuses for irresponsibly allowing Harper to enjoy the longest minority Conservative government in history!
- Jul 12, 2008, 11:59:00 AM
- RuralSandi said...
Blobbing Horse - you said the exact same thing on another site, but you just don't get it.
This guy was a devoted NDP'r, part of the principled Tommy Douglas group and when a man who has been devoted to a party for so many years changes - it's BIG.
Thomas Mulcair - was a Liberal and got mad so became an NDP'r - for how long now - 10 minutes. Same for the other one - she was new to politics as a liberal. They are "opportunists".
- Jul 12, 2008, 12:13:00 PM
- JimBobby said...
you said the exact same thing on another site
Whooee! The exact same thing. Copying and pasting identical comments saves time, I reckon. I do it once in a while but I always tell the second one that I already said this somewhere else. Otherwise, I'd feel like a comment spammer.
If Bob Stanfield or Marc Lalonde joined the NDP, they'd be shoutin' it from the rooftops. It's newsworthy, even if party memberships are only $10.
- Jul 12, 2008, 12:33:00 PM
- leftdog said...
I'll tell you Liberals here what you should do! Run the old timer against Jack in Danforth and let's see who wins! LOL!
Watching Libs get all giddy over an 81 year old who is experiencing political twinges ... is laughable and extremely entertaining!
'Rock on'! (or should I say ...) 'Charleston on'!!
- Jul 12, 2008, 2:12:00 PM
- Greg said...
I just have to wonder about someone who says he is leaving the NDP for betraying its principles, only to join the Liberal Party. I guess since the Liberal Party has no principles to abandon, he has no worries there. It makes sense in a cut off your nose to spite your face kind of way.
- Jul 12, 2008, 2:25:00 PM
- James Curran said...
He'd beat Jack Layton...similarly, Mulcair's days are probably numbered.
- Jul 12, 2008, 2:25:00 PM
- leftdog said...
"He'd beat Jack Layton" ... are you kidding me?! Run him ... seriously, let's go for it!
He wouldn't have a hope in hell!
- Jul 12, 2008, 3:34:00 PM
- janfromthebruce said...
Reid Scott was instrumental in the selection of today's Canadian flag.
Right, and 3 years ago the Martin Liberals didn't remember that in celebration of our flag anniversary and didn't include him. I guess Mr. Reid forgot about that "little slight."
Anyway, we will see how this plays out in the long run!
- Jul 12, 2008, 6:08:00 PM
- Babylonian777 said...
"He'd beat Jack Layton...similarly, Mulcair's days are probably numbered."
Mulcairs impecible language skills, charisma, and profesionalism would give Dion a good challenge, Mulcair is someone to watch out for.
I think he will be the next leader of the NDP...........which may alienate some in the party because of his Catholocism, not sure how steeped he is in the faith.
- Jul 12, 2008, 9:01:00 PM
- James Curran said...
Hard to be a leader if you cant win back your seat. And, unlike the rest of you, judge Scott gets it. The NDP have become irrelevant and found wanting.
- Jul 13, 2008, 9:48:00 AM
- Mala Fides said...
I know a lot of people who like Jack as a person and respect his contibutions to Toronto and to his various causes.
However, reading this post and about Scott Reid makes me think back to the 2004 televised leadership debate and Jack Layton's 'performance'. I remember thinking that he ought to have been wearing a bright multi-coloured checked suit and have been flogging used cars. He was all noise and little substance, which is a shame because I do think the guy has something to offer.
His time in Parliament has been little different than his debate performance. Layton has taken what was once appreciated for being a principled party and sacrificed its core relevance.
He had a chance with Paul Martin to put into effect important NDP policies, but didn't. Now maybe a good share of the blame for that should fall at the doorstep of Paul Martin's goon-squad staff, but Jack had an opportunity to make a difference and he didn't. He sacrificed principle for political gain.
Fast forward four years and he still believes that he can toppled the Liberals and instead of realizing that at best, the NDP are an agent of change when they work WITH the Liberals, he continues to practise drive-by smears and all the while continues to prop up a government whose policies should be repulsive to all NDP.
Jack's leadership is furthering the Reform agenda.
It is that simple.
And this is why people like Scott Reid are not staying on board with the NDP.
When you look at the policies that are being put out by the Liberals, it makes no sense at all that the NDP are not cooperating with the Liberals to bring down the Harper government. We have a unique opportunity to work together and of all the Liberal leaders, Dion should be a guy that Jack can work with.
Keep on flogging your used cars Jack.
- Jul 13, 2008, 11:45:00 AM


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Buying a Car for Your Teen
Reliability, economy, style and, above all, safety: There's a lot for parents to consider when putting their teen behind the wheel. Our guide will help you navigate the choices.
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Our 17-year-old son, Jordan, had a simple plan for when he got his driver's license: He'd get a job and buy a cheap, sporty little car. My wife and I had a simpler plan: He'd get a job and we'd let him drive our even cheaper, dismally dull 11-year-old Dodge Caravan, which we would replace with a new Toyota Sienna for our personal and family use. Jordan's savings would go toward college. So far the adults have prevailed, but there's no denying Jordan's groaning disappointment. And truth be told, we've had doubts of our own: Is a rusting relic from the Clinton Administration with 125,000 miles on it really the safest choice for a young driver?
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Give preference to midsize cars, which have enough heft to protect teens in a crash but don't ride so high that they're difficult to control. Avoid vehicles that weigh more than 4,500 pounds, but size isn't everything: Design and safety features also play a role in crash-worthiness, and some small models score well on front, side and rear crash tests. To check safety ratings for individual vehicles, go to iihs.org/ratings.
Basic or Loaded?
While a kid needs bare-bones transportation, not luxuries, it's worth considering models or option packages that include the latest safety technologies. One key breakthrough is electronic stability control (ESC), which senses when the car isn't going where the driver is steering and selectively applies antilock brakes or reduces engine power to individual wheels to prevent skids. "ESC is stunningly effective at controlling conditions that can lead to a rollover," says Joe Wiesenfelder, senior editor at cars.com. "It's the most significant safety feature to come along in recent years because it actively prevents accidents from happening in the first place." According to the IIHS, ESC lowers the risk of a single-vehicle crash by about half and the risk of a fatal rollover by up to 80 percent. Side curtain air bags that protect the head during a side impact add yet another important layer of protection that may not be available in older models or lower-priced trim lines.
"I wouldn't buy a car for a teen, especially a small car, unless it has at least both front and side curtain air bags," says Wiesenfelder. If you're considering an SUV, budget about $600 extra to get one with ESC. (Neither air bags nor ESC can be retrofitted into older vehicles that don't already have them.) "ESC isn't cheap, but if it saves your child from just one crash, it's worth it," says Wiesenfelder. For a list of vehicles that offer ESC as standard or optional equipment, go to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration at safercar.gov.
New or Used?
The newer the car, the more likely you are to find advanced safety features. For instance, in some newer vehicles "pretensioners" rapidly take slack out of the seat belt and hold the body tighter in a crash, after which "force limiters" play the belt out slightly as you press into it to avoid pressure injuries. Most cars older than five years don't have these features. In general older cars are also less reliable. "That's a safety issue too," says Jennifer Stockburger, program manager for vehicle and child safety at Consumer Reports' Auto Test Center, in East Haddam, Connecticut. "You don't want a teen stranded on the side of the road." Yet buying new is the ultimate in poor economy. "The biggest cost of ownership is depreciation," says Stockburger. As soon as you drive a new car off the lot, the vehicle's price — what the dealer would pay to buy it back — drops from retail to wholesale. On top of that, cars lose about 20 percent of their value every year.
Look for used cars that are exceptionally reliable — and therefore hold their value longer. Japanese brands stand out: Seven-year-old Toyota and Honda cars are on par with three-year-old vehicles from most other makers in terms of mechanical problems, according to Consumer Reports. When trolling used-car lots, identify cars with ESC (those made within the last decade) by checking window stickers for system brand names that play on the words "stability," "track" or "control," such as StabiliTrak (General Motors), Dynamic Stability Control (Mazda), or Vehicle Dynamics Control (Subaru). Look on the steering column to make sure a used car is actually equipped with the front air bags the dealer says it has. For side curtain air bags, check the top of the pillars framing the side windows for the word "air bag" or the letters SRS (supplemental restraint system). Give preference to certified vehicles with a dealer warranty (manufacturer warranties don't always transfer to second owners), and get an inspection from an independent mechanic before sealing the deal.
Dull or Dream?
Safety experts insist the best cars for teens are "big and boring." "If your child's friends don't think the car is cool, that's the one you want," says Nason. But automotive aficionados like Wiesenfelder say it's possible to find safe cars that are also fun. What's more, some dull vehicles may be more exciting to teens than you might expect. "Minivans, for instance, can carry up to six passengers, which makes them too much of a party car," says Stockburger. "Distractions from passengers are a major contributor to teen crashes."
To strike a balance between safe and outright embarrassing, look first for reliable cars with good crash ratings from the IIHS or NHTSA. Then check edmunds.com and Kelley Blue Book (kbb.com) to search for cars by price, model, or year; read reviews and find local dealers with vehicles you like. "Style is your last consideration, but you'll find plenty of options for under $20,000," says Wiesenfelder. Consider a midsize coupe with two doors: The right size and weight, it will look sportier than a four-door yet will discourage teens from piling in. Look up online reviews for cars that take 8 to 11 seconds to accelerate from 0 to 60 mph. "You want the car to have power but not move too fast," says Stockburger. Whatever you choose (even if your teen groans), your child should appreciate it.
Originally published in the October 17, 2008, issue of Family Circle magazine.


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SEVIERVILLE, Tenn. – The King University men's golf team wrapped up their season opening tournament with a team score of 306 in the second round of the Smokey Mountain Intercollegiate. The Tornado had a tournament score of 615 to place 12th while Leennawat Numpituckchaikul carded a second round of even-par 72 to finish ninth in field of more than 90 golfers.
After shooting a 74 in the first round, Numpituckchaikul improved upon that with an even-par 72 in the final round to move up nine spots on the leaderboard. He finished the tournament with a stroke total of 146 to earn the second top-10 finish of his career. John Scott and Ross Maietta followed Numpituckchaikul with second round scores of 77. Paired with his 78 from round one, Scott finished the tournament with a total of 155 while Maietta finished at 158 after shooting 81 in the first round.
Mathias Buanes followed a 76 in round one with final round score of 80 for a two-day total of 156. Michael Chua rounded out the squad with an 80 in the final round, and 163 for the tournament.
The Tornado shot 309 in the first round, and followed that with a second round 306 to finish 12th with a two-day total of 615. Clayton State University won the tournament with a two-day total of 578 while Queens University (N.C.) finished second at 585.
King will be in action again on September 16-17 at the Kiawah Island Invitational at Cougar Point Golf Club in Kiawah Island, S.C.


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Three years after it split Massachusetts voters in the 2010 special U.S. Senate election, the debate over President Barack Obama's health care law has lost little of its political punch.
Of the five candidates vying to fill the seat left vacant by John Kerry's resignation, just one has offered a full-throated defense of the law. Democratic U.S. Rep. Edward Markey has described his vote for the Affordable Care Act as "the proudest vote of my career."
Markey's primary opponent, fellow Democratic U.S. Rep. Stephen Lynch, voted against the bill and continues to point to what he says are serious flaws. But Lynch has stopped short of calling for its repeal.
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Sullivan and Gomez say they support repealing the law; Winslow says he'd push to give states a chance to opt out of it.
The jousting is more vigorous on the Democratic side.
Lynch has described the 2010 law as a giveaway to the insurance industry. He said the decision to abandon a proposed "public option" that would have created government insurance plans that could have competed with private plans ended up benefiting insurance companies even as the law requires tens of millions of Americans to obtain health insurance.
"What the insurance companies wanted, they wanted 31 million new customers. We gave them everything they wanted," Lynch said in a recent debate. "It was like a hostage situation where we not only paid the ransom, but we let the insurance companies keep the hostages."
Lynch also said the law includes so many new taxes that employers "are running away from their health care obligations."
Markey said that when Lynch had a chance to cast a vote for the broadest expansion of health care in generations — a decades-long Democratic quest — he sided with Republicans.
"(The law) ensured that if a person has a pre-existing condition that they cannot be denied health insurance, that every child in America would have health care, that if a person in a family became ill that family did not become bankrupt," Markey said. "Steve, when that vote came up you were wrong when you were needed most."
Of the three Republicans, Sullivan is perhaps the law's harshest critic.
Sullivan said Obama failed to understand that Americans value top-notch care and easy access, while they fear rising costs.
"The one problem we didn't like, Obamacare didn't fix. Costs are going up considerably," Sullivan said. "The two things we like best about health care — quality of care and access — are going to continue to decline based on the way that they provide reimbursements to (health care) providers."
He also said the law isn't needed because "people that are poor and uninsured have access to the quality of care and they have access to good doctors."
Gomez said he would vote to repeal the law, but he agreed with what he called its "overall theme" of universal and affordable high quality care.
"I don't think he went about it the right way at the federal level," Gomez said of Obama. "I think it should have been out of the state level, just like we did here in Massachusetts when Gov. Romney was governor."
Gomez, who was referring to Massachusetts' landmark 2006 health care law, also conceded that repealing the federal law is unlikely.
Winslow said the federal law was bad for Massachusetts, imposed unnecessary taxes and is costing jobs, but he didn't say if he would vote to repeal it.
Instead, Winslow said he supports an initiative he dubbed "Excel and Exempt."
"If a state has met the level of excellence that the federal government has specified, the state is automatically exempt from Obamacare and automatically exempt from all of the taxes under Obamacare," he said.
Even Markey concedes the law has some elements he would change.
Markey said last week he would have sided with a majority of senators in voting to strip away a key element of the law — a 2.3 percent sales tax on medical devices such as catheters and pacemakers. Medical device companies employ nearly 24,000 people in Massachusetts
The Senate voted 79-20 earlier this month to repeal the tax. Among those voting to eliminate the tax were Sens. Elizabeth Warren and William "Mo" Cowan, both Massachusetts Democrats.
Markey said he could support changes to the law "as long as those repeals do not in any way harm poor people or (the) middle class."
But Lynch said Markey is trying to have it both ways.
"More and more people who voted for (the law) are now picking all these bad sections out of the bill and saying we didn't like those really, but we voted for them," Lynch said.


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Get your holiday season off to a wonderful start at the Winnipeg Art Gallery's third annual holiday tree-trimming party from 2 to 5pm on Sunday, December 2. The event is free (regular pricing applies to visit exhibitions).It's a fun-filled afternoon for the whole family. Warm up with a hot cup of cocoa and cookies. Bring your camera and take your picture with Santa. Play a host of holiday games. Enjoy live jazzy holiday tunes. Best of all, the WAG elves will be on hand to help you create your own artful Christmas and Hanukkah ornaments to hang on the tree. Make trimming the WAG's tree part of your family's holiday tradition!
"The WAG is always looking for new and exciting ways to connect with youth and families in our community," says Art Educator Rachel Baerg. "Youth Programs at the WAG are continually growing and expanding and include quality art classes, Family Sundays, children's Birthday pARTies, as well as week-long Art Camps for kids during the Summer and Spring Break. This unique tree decorating event is yet another way of drawing families in to experience all that the WAG has to offer."
Be sure to take time to visit the Gallery Shop. It's full of seasonal items—glass and fabric tree decorations, candles, cake-decorating kits, and one-of-a-kind gifts. The Shop also has a limited edition WAG100 clothing line—t-shirts, hoodies, tanks, and sweats, for adults and children—screen-printed with past WAG exhibition posters. Celebrating the Gallery's 100th anniversary, the WAG100 line also includes travel mugs, pencil crayons, sketch kits, tote bags screen-printed with Drum Dance by Inuit artist Luke Anguhadluq, and decadent chocolate bars commissioned from Winnipeg chocolatier Constance Popp.
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Why Serenade.js?
This post was originally published on the Elabs blog, before Elabs and Varvet joined forces.
Yesterday I opened up the repo for Serenade.js to the public, and discussion ensued on Twitter and Hacker News. A lot of people are asking why we would need yet another client side framework, so I thought I would write down why I think Serenade offers something we haven't really seen yet.
A lot of the popular client side frameworks today claim to follow the MVC pattern. But the way the MVC pattern was originally envisioned is very different from what any client side MVC framework is doing today. This paper outlines the MVC pattern used by the Smalltalk-80 interface, developed at Xerox PARC. It's that old, and still very relevant.
The paper outlines the responsibilities of the MVC triad as follows:
Views: Present data from the model and update it if it changes, notify controllers of user interaction events.
Controllers: React to user interaction events by instructing the model to perform certain actions.
Models: Handle business logic and persistence, notify the view of any changes to the data.
A notable difference to how most MVC frameworks today handle this is that it is often the controller's responsibility to present data to the view, and make sure that that data is up to date, giving the controller much bigger responsibility than it would otherwise have. Oftentimes the controller is also responsible for rendering the view, and as in Backbone, for placing it in a particular location on the page.
By clearly defining the role of the controller as only reacting to user events, we can isolate it from a lot of concerns. We are following the single responsibility principle, and as an added bonus, we've made it possible to test our controllers without even involving the DOM.
I tried to follow the Smalltalk-80 style of MVC very closely in Serenade. The almost unexpected side effect of this was that neither models, nor controllers needed any kind of special logic. In Ember.js for example, all objects you want to use inherit from
Ember.Object. In Serenade you can use any JavaScript object as a controller or a model, which means you can use it in an existing application or in just a fragment of an application without having to bend your entire app around it.
The template language in Serenade.js is very carefully constructed so that binding data to both attributes and text is possible, without a lot of additional code in the templates, and without any additional markup. Consider the following example:
h1[title=@name] "His name is " @name
The resulting markup from this would look like this:

His name is Jonas

No additional markup at all! And yet, when I update
name to "Peter", the markup just magically changes to this:

His name is Peter

And it does this without changing anything that doesn't need to change. The text "His name is" for example is not affected at all by this update.
I came to the conclusion that doing this is only really possible by writing a purpose built template language.
Let's look at this:
- collection @comments
li @title
Which would generate something like this:

Just adding another comment by pushing it onto comments
post.comments.push({ title: 'It works' }) would append it at the end:

It works

With no additional markup, with nothing explicit needed to make this dynamically update. It's all simple, clean and efficient. Without writing a custom template language this would simply not have been possible.
In contrast, frameworks like Ember and Batman need to add a lot of additional markup for similar functionality, and it's much more difficult for them to do these kinds of things without unexpected side effects.
I'm not a huge fan of jQuery. It does what it does very well, and I use it on a majority of projects, but sometimes I want to use something else. I really intensely dislike the fact that pretty much all client side frameworks depend on jQuery. It stifles innovation because it makes it impossible for competitors to have a chance. I wanted to use MooTools for a project recently. It would have been a better fit. But I couldn't, because my framework forced me to use jQuery, and I didn't want to use more than one library.
As far as I can see, Batman is the only framework that is usable without jQuery, using Batman.Solo. Kudos to the Batman.
Serenade has no dependencies. It achieves everything it does by using normal DOM manipulation. This means we probably have to give up on ever supporting IE6, since it has too many weird quirks to work around, but all other browsers in use today, yes even IE7, work without needing a lot of tweaking.
And as an added bonus, if you are using jQuery, just call
Serenade.useJQuery() before rendering any views and Serenade will use jQuery for event bindings, instead of its own custom code.
Clear point of entry
In the end we want to use frameworks client side to dynamically manipulate the DOM. I found that most frameworks didn't start at this point though. There are routers, controllers, dispatchers, and all other kinds of things that you would need to add in order to actually get to the point where DOM nodes are created.
Serenade turns this whole concept on its head. We start off by generating DOM nodes. No routers, no dispatch, nothing. Just render a view and insert it into the DOM:
var element = Serenade.view('h1 "Hello world"').render();
Want to put some data into this?
var model = { name: 'Jonas' }
var element = Serenade.view('h1 "Hello" @name').render(model);
As you can see you can use Serenade like a template engine. In fact you could use it together with a framework like Backbone, just to render templates. You could specify your Backbone views as the controller in Serenade, and bind events from the view. Cool stuff. Serenade is extremely flexible in how you can use it, and that's because it has a single, simple, point of entry.
Serenade is just 9k gzipped, so it doesn't require a huge download. By comparison, Ember is 37k gzipped. That's more than four times the size! Plus it depends on jQuery, which is another 31k.
But aside from being small in file size, Serenade is also small in concept. It tries to solve one single problem, abstracting away DOM manipulation, and very little else. The model layer abstractions it provides are just helpers to simplify the communication between models and views.
The one other feature Serenade provides is caching, which I've found to be incredibly hard to implement and maintain, and really wanted the framework to take of for me. Transparently and automatically caching stuff in local storage is a huge win, especially for mobile applications.
Some of the comments on HackerNews complained about the use of CoffeeScript and especially its classes. I think that's kind of unfair. Serenade is written in CoffeeScript and internally makes a lot of use of CoffeeScript classes. But you're not forced to use them in your application at all.
Let's first clear up that CoffeeScript classes are nothing else than fancy syntax for JavaScript's prototypal inheritance, and the fact that they are called classes, is just calling them what prototypal inheritance is used for in 99% of cases.
As I mentioned before, you can use any JavaScript object with Serenade. The first few examples in the README show how to extend regular JavaScript objects with
Serenade.Properties, so that you can get dynamic view bindings without using any constructors. This was very important to me. I didn't want to force people to use constructors if they didn't want to. I didn't want to impose how to create objects at all. Using
Serenade.Model is definitely the path of least resistance, but you don't have to use it if you don't want to.
I think that Serenade is a lot more conservative in pushing you towards a class-based way of writing your apps than any framework currently out there. Maybe this doesn't come across very well in the documentation, I'll happily accept suggestions for improvements.
Unit tests are still unpopular in JavaScript land, but for those that do love them, Serenade makes it incredibly easy to test your application logic. Since templates are logic-less, unit testing them is unnecessary. Instead you can focus on testing controllers and models. Since neither of them interact with the DOM at all, you don't need the DOM to test them, which means you can test them completely in isolation. That's a huge advantage.
Serenade is not radically different from other options out there, I am well aware of that. But the devil is in the details. I hope that people who have had experience writing Backbone or Spine apps or have used other frameworks, will appreciate how simple Serenade is, and yet how it solves a lot of problems which are incredibly annoying and difficult and tedious to solve otherwise. It's not a revolution, it's an evolution.


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SANTA CLARA, Calif. - The Santa Clara University men's and women's tennis teams will participate in the West Coast Conference Championships this weekend to close out the 2003 seasons. Pepperdine University is hosting the women's tournament in Malibu, while the men's matches will be hosted further south by the University of San Diego.
The Bronco women are 9-9 on the season, with five of those losses coming to nationally-ranked teams. Santa Clara is led by a quartet of seniors and enters the tournament 4-1 in league play.
"Our team set a big goal this year," women's coach Aby Ryan said. "They would like to come home with the Championship and move on to the NCAA Tournament.
"I hope to end the season strong for the sake of our four seniors, Ashley Campbell, Christine Limbers, Mariko Kawakami and Pati Ruiz," she continued. "They have given their hearts to this program for the past four years and I hope they end their careers with great success."
The Bronco men are 8-13 overall, 3-5 in conference action, but also played a strong schedule, with nine matches against teams ranked nationally by the ITA. Santa Clara is led by the senior duo of Michael Bruggemann and Federico Mattioli.
"This weekend is our version of 'March Madness,'" men's head coach George Husack explained. "We've always looked forward to the tournament, as it offers a compelling prize for the winner, with a berth in the NCAAs. Rankings and records are thrown out the window; it's all about willpower, and we feel very good about our preparation going into the weekend. We're ready to get it on."
For both tournaments, seedings and match times will be determined Thursday night, with the championship beginning Friday and continuing through Sunday. The league champion will earn the WCC's automatic berth to the NCAA Championship.
The women will play at the Ralph-Straus Tennis Center, with four matches played daily, at 9 a.m., 11 a.m., 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. The winners' bracket matches will be played in the afternoon. The host Waves are ranked 50th by the ITA, while Loyola Marymount is listed No. 57. San Diego is ranked 69th.
The men will play a similar schedule at the renovated USD West Courts, with two matches at 9 a.m., followed by two contests at 1 p.m. Pre-tournament favorites will be Pepperdine, who is ranked 26th nationally, and the host Toreros, who are currently 43rd.