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Saturday, October 31, 2009
Super 7 Florida Halloween Extravaganza!!!
As traditional at Super 7, there will be a Halloween bash at the Super 7 Florida store with exclusive toys and lots of goodies to be had. Anyone near the St. Pete area needs to drop on by....right now!!
Super7 Florida will be hosting a shindig to help commemorate the holiday and celebrate the arrival of the new Mummy Gator in his first colorway. Festivities will begin at 3 p.m. on Halloween day, snacks and refreshments will be provided. Those who arrive in costume will receive a special Trick or Treat goodie bag.
The Swamp Muck Mummy Gator has been spotted rising from a nearby watering hole, so we are advising all but the most confident gator wrestlers to proceed to tomorrow's Super7 Halloween Party with Extreme Caution! Those brave enough to risk life and limb are advised to arrive incognito and in disguise, so as not to perturb the ornery reptilian mascot.
Store doors open at 11 a.m., food and refreshments will be served starting at 3 p.m.. Remember, those who show up in a costume get extra goodies, and those who spend 20 bucks get an extra special Super7 Halloween Mystery Bag.
Any remaining Mummy Gators from the show will be made available by phone order at noon eastern on Sunday 11/1.
Friday, October 30, 2009
Custom Adfunture x Mishka Bootleg by L'amour Supreme
Ever since this "Bootleg" figure came out in collaboration between adfunture and Mishka NYC, i've always wanted one painted by the man who designed it himself, L'amour Supreme. I got my chance last weekend at his Custom Toy and art show at Super 7. There was a lot of great stuff to choose from, but this was my #1 pick. Since he comes complete with a Mishka Bear head plus a Simon head, it's like it's two toys one!
Subaru Kickboxer Concept Bike by Ian McElroy
Geebus, will you look at this thing?
What you see below is the work of one Ian McElroy. It's a render, done in SolidWorks, of a concept motorcycle that has a Subaru WRX motor at its core. With twin-intercoolers, underseat turbocharger, and a hub-steering chassis, the KickBoxer, as McElroy calls it, is an impressive looking machine, but what's most impressive is that Ian didn't know a lick of SolidWorks before he set out to make this design.
Learning as he went along, McElroy painstakingly had to battle with not only fitting a car motor into a bike chassis, but also with operating the SolidWorks software. The result is a tasteful and eye-catching design that promises some punch (couldn't resist that) when you twist the throttle.
Surprisingly in the concept, the motor & transmission from the Subaru don't look nearly as looming as one would suspect. In his design, McElroy uses both front and rear single-sided swingarms, with perimeter rim disc-brakes. Reminiscent of the Confederate Wraith, the overall effect of the KickBoxer is a sportier, and probably better handling street shredder
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Mondo Mecha Godzilla Collection by Smo9monster
I've got a soft spot for all things Mecha Godzilla so when I saw this amazing collection from Skullbrain board member Smo9monster, I had to take note. There are some versions i've never seen before. quite impressive. Above: Marmit Vinyl Paradise.
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Marmit, Bandai Yamakatsu
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M1, US Toys and Charatics Minis
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Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Introducing RESTORE by Junnosuke
Introducing RESTORE by Abe Junnosuke. We first spied these at Wonder Festival earlier this year. Looks like resin pieces only around 4 inches tall. The gimmick is that pieces of the toy come apart to form a ring for example. Junnosuke has many commercial accomplishments under his belt. Most notably with Marvel and ArtFX. I like these two figureS, COMPASS which is the Jesus Christ look-alike below and KINGDOM MIND which is the catholic dead priest. Interesting... I like them and you can pre-order all of them at Lulubell Toys for $40 each. Retail is 3,000 yen so with exchange rate, it really sucks. I'd like to see him apply his notable sculpting skills to other subject matter. Keep the skulls and go with a death Samurai? man, his work is detailed...!
Butanohano Thrashman and Trashcan by Bwana Spoons
This Friday at noon pacific I will have two new releases here Bwana Spoons
Trashcan. This is the first release of trashcan. Jessie the wanderers super alter ego. When distressed or threatened Jessie turns into the ultimate power of Trashcan. Super powers to be disclosed at a later date. Small handpainted edition comes with trashcan lid (which will tumble trashcan over with it's mighty resin weight), and original Thrashman head.
Rootbeer Thrashman. Thrashman is Gargamel's mascot. This sculpt was done by my most favorite toy company ever, uh... After gargamel- Buta No Hana.
So it's a collab between gargamel/butanohana/bwana as it is my colorway and painted by me. Rootbeer vinyl, purple, neon red, yellow, green, and smoke spray with blue eyes.
Super 7 Hijacks Thrashout Show on Halloween!
Super7 is apparently hijacking Gargamel's Thrashout on Halloween. Good thing there will be some toys as a result!! How about the debut of Itokin Park's Monster Family Garuru above?
Bloody Mini Hollis by Le Merde
Hold on to you bandages....Pocket Mummy Boy??
The long awaited Flower Zag originally designed by Pickleloaf.
Mummy Boy with spiders...
Dead Presidents x Onell Customs Corps 2.6
All set for release, Custom Corps 2.6 will be up for sale tomorrow (October 28th) at around 7PM EST. We are trying something a little different this time and offering our first Custom Corps set. In the past few releases, a large majority of the orders we received consisted of 2 Custom Corps per person, so we thought it might be time for a combo twist. This is a chance to get the duo of Hades Pheyden and Cerberus Gobon (I have Greek mythology on the mind) plus one Phase Arm and Gobon Blaster all in one swoop (plus a secret bonus). The cost will be $55 for the set and the run is more limited than usual. These two characters have an important connection to Phanost and stand together in all that they do. Whether it's saving those in need or hastening the demise of their enemies, their bond cannot be broken. Huge thanks to Matt Walker aka Dead Presidents for his dedication to making every piece look top notch and to Jesse aka Callgrim for creating a new killer painting to bring all the elements together. We are lucky bastards to get to work with these masters. Hope you guys enjoy this mini release.
Better get to the Onell Store early!!
SIC Kiwami Tamashii Lucky Draw Prizes
New images of S.I.C. Kamen Rider Kamen Rider Ryuki and Hibiki Clear Color Ver., which are the special prizes for S.I.C. Kiwami Tamashii Summer Lucky Draw Campaign:
1,000 of each figures to be won. Participants are required to obtain three bar code stickers from selected S.I.C. Kiwami Damashii releases (listed below), paste them onto an official postcard with all necessary information filled in, and send it to Bandai.
The corresponding merchandises are:
* Kamen Rider Hibiki
* Kamen Rider Ryuki
* Kamen Rider Knight
* Kamen Rider Zanki (斬鬼)
* Kamen Rider Todoroki (轟鬼)
All already released.
This campaign will end on November 2nd. Prizes to be released in late December.
Info via Ngee Khiong
pics via GA Graphics
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Copyright © Isabelle Santiago, 2012
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We first held hands in the singing gardens on a bright, cloudless afternoon. The sunlight piercing through the forest reflected off of the melting snow, bathing the world in brilliant white. I closed my eyes and breathed in the crisp, cold air. The flowers slept, as they were prone to doing during the frost, leaving us on our own to fill the infinite silence.
Thankfully, Maddox was never at a loss for words. "'Twas undoubtedly the ugliest contraption I've ever seen," he said excitedly, "in that most gaudy crimson that she so prefers."
I bent my head to hide my smile. "I doubt it was as awful as all that. Your father made it, after all. And I have yet to see him make something less than astounding."
"For you, maybe. Yours is a quiet elegance. But Edana requires a certain level of pomp to satisfy her vanity. Her hat bent in angles and curled to the sky as though it would sprout legs and jump right off her head."
I snickered then, unable to contain it any longer. "How is it, do you think, that my sister and I can be so different?"
"It is a mystery I myself have often pondered. Surely, you are an exception. Much more your mother's child than your father's."
"Surely," I repeated, deep in thought, keeping step alongside him. "How different our world would be then, had they never married. Had the truce never been struck."
He kept his gaze fixed upon the ground, tightened the clasp of his hands behind his back. "But then I wouldn't be able to enjoy the pleasure of your company."
"And the world would be spared the pleasure of Edana's."
"One learns to take the good with the bad. Without the truce, we would still be fighting the Great War, locked in a stalemate. 'Tis truly best that it is over. We could not have afforded any more bloodshed."
"Edana says that blood is the price necessary for greatness. She often reminds me that the willingness to spill it is what separates the weak from the mighty." I brought our leisurely gait to a sudden halt. "What I am about to tell you, I tell you in confidence. You must never repeat it to anyone."
He nodded, ever so slightly. "You have my word."
"Mother and Father do not know, but late at night I hear Edana escape. She searches for the Jabberwocky, following its howls into the darkened forest. I fear what she will become if she ever finds it."
He shuddered beside me. "A fearsome thing, no doubt."
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Wednesday 4 December 2019
7:00pm - 8:00pm
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[REMINDER] Queering the Caribbean panel (NeMLA April 7-11, 2010; due 9/30/09)
Queering the Caribbean: Towards an Open Discussion of Queerness in Caribbean Literature (NeMLA April 7-11, 2010; due 9/30/09)
41st Anniversary Convention, Northeast Modern Language Association (NeMLA)
April 7-11, 2010
Montreal, Quebec - Hilton Bonaventure
"Where are the gay Jamaican voices?" asks "Jamerican" writer, critic and activist Thomas Glave in his essay collection WORDS TO OUR NOW (2005). This panel seeks, not to answer that question, but to expand upon it: What is the state of queerness in Caribbean literature and criticism in the early twenty-first century? Do Caribbean writers now find it possible to explore a more diverse range of sexual identities and experiences than formerly; is there a new wave of voices breaking the silence that Michelle Cliff both acknowledged and challenged in the 1980s? This panel will examine queer presences (gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, androgynous, hermaphrodite) in Caribbean literature. It seeks both discussions of texts that explicitly present queer characters and engage queer experience, and interesting re-readings of texts not commonly placed within this rubric. Papers (in English) on texts from the francophone and hispanophone Caribbean particularly welcome. Please send max. 300-word abstracts in body of email to Rachel Mordecai, email@example.com.
Deadline: September 30, 2009
Please include with your abstract:
Name and Affiliation
Email address
Postal address
Telephone number
A/V requirements (if any; $10 handling fee)
The 41st Annual Convention will feature approximately 350 sessions, as well as dynamic speakers and cultural events. For details and the complete Call for Papers for the 2010 Convention go to www.nemla.org.
Interested participants may submit abstracts to more than one NeMLA session; however panelists can only present one paper (panel or seminar). Convention participants may present a paper at a panel and also present at a creative session or participate in a roundtable.
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NONONO - "Scared"
Unfortunately, the Scandinavian electropop trio NONONO are dropping their new track "Scared" the day after Halloween, but that's okay - it's a fun, catchy listen that's pretty appropriate any time of year. Singer Stina Wappling's airy, light voice hovers over her band's of-the-moment electronic backdrop, all shimmering textures and deep waves of underlying bass. Check out the track below - it'll figure on Kitsune Maison's new compilation, 15.


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Megan BradBury/Picador
This debut novel about time, art, photography and how our environment moulds us, blew our minds. A love letter to New York and its surroundings across time, the book meditates on the fictionalised lives of four real people: photographer Robert Mapplethorpe (1967), poet Walt Whitman (1891), city planner Robert Moses (1922) and the author, Edmund White (2013). Often in tight, short sentences and sections, this spellbinding book covers a variety of themes, central among them the tension between art and pragmatism. It is also about the chemistry of a city as it evolves and how progress comes with losses as well as gains. It is amazing just how present the sense of consciousness of Bradbury's subjects are, particularly Mapplethorpe. Megan Bradbury has this astonishing ability to capture a lifetime in a line and to evoke the tangibility of longing in the human heart. Everyone Is Watching is an exquisite orchestra of lyrical narratives that deserves book-prize recognition.


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Want a Driving Ticket? Wear Google Glass
Google Glass users, be sure to remove the device before you drive. California police recently issued the world's first ticket to a driver for wearing the headset. Michael Kofsky tracked down the history-making driver.
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Yes ... the Annual Catalogues have arrive at my house!
If you have purchase from me during the last 12 months you will receive a copy either at my next card class or in the post (via straight from the Stampin' Up! warehouse, which I have not used before but was a lot cheaper than me sending them individually but I will be sending a little welcome pack separately to you.
If you would like a copy and you don't already have a demonstrator, email me firstname.lastname@example.com today and I will pop one in the post for you.


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#WhereInTheWorld /// Collingwood, Ontario for Coffee, Sandwiches and Mountain Biking
We're back in Ontario and I've finally had a week to settle in to living in one spot (for a few weeks, anyway), but it's been so long since I've been here that it feels new again. I've gotten to explore some new-ish trails, and our good friends just opened an amazing little market a few miles outside of town in Singhampton—and it's a perfect stopping point for cyclists.
Ride // Three Stage Trail System
I ran into a woman on the trails this weekend, and she said she'd been hearing about how great Collingwood was for riding for years. She's not wrong. If you're into technical, rocky, root-y mountain biking, check out Three Stage. There are so many different trails to choose from, and it's both easy to get lost and easy to find a road, so it's not too terrifying to ride in there alone without a plan. (One sidenote: you will want to bring bug spray. It is intense in there.)
Eat // Scotch Hollow Market behind Mylar and Loretta's in Singhampton
My ridiculously talented and productive friend Kate had a baby last week and seven days later, re-opened their new Scotch Hollow Market, serving sandwiches, pastries, coffee and their own farm-fresh pork. I have no idea how she managed to put it all together (and open it while pregnant!) but it's amazing. I spent a few hours in there on Saturday and a dozen or so cyclists popped in over the course of the day, and I expect it to get even busier now that the weather is getting better. Summer in Collingwood just got even cooler!
So this is the next six weeks for me, and I could not be happier. If you're a cyclist, especially in New England or Southern Ontario looking for an easy weekend getaway, the town of Collingwood is a great spot. Tons of shopping, eating, fabulous spas and holistic practitioners for those who dig massages, riding—the road riding is amazing, there's the mountain biking I mentioned, and we even have a downhill park!—and a bunch of other activities (SUPing, there's a beach 20 minutes away, every watersport you can imagine, tons of gyms, rock climbing at Metcalfe, and a million great hiking and running spots).


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Issue Date: December 1, 2008
Facing The Giants
THE RULES of the game are changing in the pharmaceutical industry. A number of antagonistic pressures are bearing down on big drug firms, forcing them to adopt new business models aimed at preserving profit levels that have long been the envy of other industries. High on drug companies' list of concerns are regulators' increased scrutiny of their products and escalating competition from generic drug producers, which are pouncing on markets that patent expirations of blockbusters are opening up.
This year alone, an estimated $18 billion of branded products will have lost patent protection, according to IMS Health. They include Johnson & Johnson's Risperdal for schizophrenia; Merck & Co.'s Fosamax for osteoporosis; Abbott Laboratories' Valcote for epilepsy, bipolar disorder, and migraines; and Pfizer's Norvasc for high blood pressure and angina.
Generics competition is becoming "more aggressive and more serious," says Ludwig Hantson, head of Novartis' pharmaceutical business in North America. "We are seeing challenges to patents earlier in the product life cycle. In addition, more generics are being launched at risk, before patents expire and while litigation is still pending," he says.
That's not to say that generic drug firms are having a field day. Despite their aggressive moves, sales growth of generic drugs slowed somewhat this year, says Diana Conmy, corporate director for market insights at IMS Health. In the top eight global markets—the U.S., Japan, France, Germany, Italy, the U.K., Spain, and Canada—generics sales grew only 2.1% in the 12 months ending June 2008.
In 2009, generics sales will grow 5 to 7% to about $70 billion in the top eight markets, down from 8% sales growth in 2007, IMS Health predicts.
The staid growth is the result of increasing penetration and competition in the larger, more mature generics markets like the U.S. and U.K., Conmy says. The trend is bringing prices down even while sales volume continues to rise, she adds. "As a result, I think you'll probably see more consolidation of generics companies" beyond the deals that have recently occurred, she adds. For example, in July, Jerusalem-based Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, the world's largest generic drug company, agreed to acquire Montvale, N.J.-based Barr Pharmaceuticals, the fourth largest generics company, for $7.5 billion and the assumption of $1.5 billion in debt.
Through such deals, generics firms are positioning themselves to take advantage of the wave of drug products with patents that will expire soon. An additional $24 billion of branded products—including antiepileptics, proton pump inhibitors, and antivirals—will lose their market exclusivity in the top eight markets in 2009, according to IMS Health. Among the leading products slated to go off patent next year are Takeda Pharmaceuticals' Takepron ulcer treatment and GlaxoSmithKline's Valtrex herpes treatment, Conmy says. Perhaps the most widely anticipated patent expiration is for Pfizer's statin blockbuster Lipitor, which will lose protection in 2010.
In total, about $137 billion in drug sales are at risk due to generics competition from patent expirations from 2008 through 2012, according to IMS Health.
In addition to fending off generics competition, pharmaceutical companies have had to deal with increased scrutiny from regulators around the world, Conmy says.
This year, several high-profile drugs have stalled in the approval process due to regulatory action. In April, Merck received a nonapprovable letter from the Food & Drug Administration for Cordaptive, a combination of niacin and laropiprant for treatment of hyperlipidemia and cardiovascular disease. Merck plans to file a complete response to the FDA letter no earlier than 2010.
In another move in April, FDA issued a nonapprovable letter for an allergy drug that is a combination of Merck's Singulair and Schering-Plough's Claritin. The companies later withdrew the application and terminated the joint venture they formed to develop the product.
In addition, Wyeth Pharmaceuticals received two letters from FDA for two different New Drug Applications for Viviant: one in December for the prevention of postmenopausal osteoporosis and another in May for the treatment of the disease. Both requested analyses concerning the incidence of stroke and venous thrombotic events. Wyeth plans to submit a complete response for both NDAs in the first half of 2009.
FDA approved only 18 new drugs in 2007, compared with 22 in 2006, according to the agency. And Novartis' Hantson believes that the agency is on pace to approve no more than the 18 it has to date this year. That would make 2008 another one of the slowest years for new drug approvals in the past five years, he says.
At least in the near term, new product approvals are expected to remain at historically low levels, with only 25 to 30 new chemical entities slated for launch worldwide in 2009, IMS Health says.
Some already-marketed products are coming under fire, too. For example, in January, FDA said it was continuing to review Vytorin. The product combines two cholesterol-lowering drugs: Zocor, made by Merck, and Zetia, made by Schering-Plough. The companies agreed to conduct another trial to evaluate adverse health effects. Meanwhile, worldwide third-quarter sales of Vytorin were $567 million, down 18% compared with third-quarter sales in 2007, according to Merck.
Given increased scrutiny from regulators, intensifying generics competition, and other outside pressures, "there's no question that the pharma landscape has changed dramatically in recent years," Hantson says.
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- Measured Metamorphosis
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TMBJon wrote:Getting excited for the final round between the winners of all 14 albums.
Heds wrote:Get back to work!
TMBJon wrote:Heds wrote:Get back to work!
What should I be doing at work that I'm not doing now?
Heds wrote:TMBJon wrote:What should I be doing at work that I'm not doing now?
Umm... I thought you said you were working on Decker. Did Jonny get fired from Abso Lutely?
Heds wrote:Then stop looking at WOWAY on your phone during a meeting! I'm sure nobody there would go and assume you'd just look at your crotch and smile, eh? Because YOU'RE OBVIOUSLY BROWSING WOWAY and I'm sure during a meeting is NOT A GOOD TIME TO BROWSE WOWAY. Just get back to work. Nobody has time for YOUR antics, Jon.
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Transitioning to Event Sourcing, part 9: additional tools and patterns
Une version française de ce billet est disponible ici.
I will pass briefly on topics of interest and additional features a CQRS / Event Sourcing infrastructure could implement. Each of those topics would probably deserve their own post or even a book. If you need more information, there are a lot of material on theses subjects in discussion groups. Greg Young will also soon release an entire book on these subjects. So here are brief introductions:
Obviously, pure event sourcing like we implemented in part 8 has its limitations. It is fine for aggregates with few thousands events, but after that, we need to implement snapshoting.
The idea is to allow the aggregate to create a snapshot. When loading an aggregate, we only fetch a snapshot and the events that occurred since the snapshotting. Snapshots are stored in a table that is containing both the latest version of the aggregate, the snapshot data, and the snapshot version.
You should delegate the snapshoting process to a standalone process. The application itself do not have to manage snapshot creation. The event store will just "consume" snapshots created by the snapshotter. The snapshotter just need to query the snapshot table for aggregates that had, say, 100 commits or more since their last snapshot. It can simply load the aggregate in question and ask it for a new snapshot.
What happen when you need to change an event? In most cases, you don't want to change the events already committed in the event store. You simply create a new event version (for example CustomerAddressCorrectedv2), and make the aggregate consume this event instead of the old one. You then inserts a converter at the output of the event store that will convert the old ones to the new ones before passing it to the aggregate constructor.
How do you convert an old event to a new one? Let's say you have a new field in the event. You will have to take the same kind of decision as when you insert a new column in a table: you have to calculate a default value for that new field.
What happen when this is completely impossible? As explained by Greg Young, this probably means that the new event is not a new version of the same type of event, but actually a new event type. In that case, no upconversion is possible.
Rinat Abdulin is covering a few examples and more details in his versioning bliki page.
View model
Now that you are not tied to the transactional model for your views, you have much more liberty. In particular, why not store directly the object you will need to display in a page instead of trying to do a cumbersome paradigm shift from and to a relational database? Databases that are storing unrelated object trees are called document databases. On .NET, I would highly recommend RavenDb. On other platforms, there are numerous choices like MongoDb. Some of them are even producing JSON output, so you could transfer the object directly to your AJAX application, without any transformation taking place in your application layer.
Again, Rinat Abdulin is providing an interesting read on the subject.
Smart merging strategies
So far, our concurrency strategy has been quite dumb: we retry the entire command when we detect a conflict. And this is fine for most of the applications. But if we need, we could also get the events that have been committed in between and look at them. We may be able to commit the events even if the command has been raced by an other one. That is, if the other events are not incompatible with our commit. Since events are capturing a detailed and very high meaning of what happened, this is usually simple to creates compatibility rules between pair of events. A good starting rule is, if there are one instance of the same kind of event in the 2 commits, we consider that as a real concurrency issue. But we can add smarter rules that actually look at the content of events.
This is particularly useful for highly collaborative applications. But it also opens to additional possibilities in deconnected systems. This is the case in the domain of mining prospection or in the police. For those cases, the client can embark a copy of the event store, and work from it. When the client reconnects to the server later, the commits are merged. Only conflicting events are merged manually by the user. By the way, this is how most of the relational database systems are implementing replication, through their transaction log.
Service integration
This is a big topic. I will here only scratch the surface. An immense amount of money is spent worldwide integrating services within companies and across companies. There are multiple reason why integration is hard. Most of the time, applications are not designed to be integrated, and are implemented as if there we an isolated component. Fortunately, with the trend in SOA, integration becomes more of a concern now. An other problem are that most of today's integration technologies are synchronous by default: REST, web services, CORBA, RMI, WCF and so on. All this synchronous communication does not scale. First, network latency kicks in. So if a service needs to call an other service that needs to call an other service that… You get the idea. And then, the more components you add to the chain, the more likely you will get a failure along the way. And I am not talking about the maintenance nightmare that such a web of interconnected services are producing.
Event sourcing is allowing for a very clean approach. Combined with publish / subscribe, applications becomes disconnected in time, and decoupled in responsibilities. If other applications need to integrate with yours, just ask them to subscribe to your event stream. You can publish your event stream with components called Service Buses, that precisely allow that. Once you are publishing to a service bus, you don't even need to be aware that a new application is now integrated with yours. All that application has to do is to download the history of your event stream, subscribes to the stream, and then derive whatever information they need from it, or react to events in your application in very little time:
This is solving the "always up" issue. If one or the other application goes down, the events can be queued in the service bus until the consumer system goes back up.
If you choose a serialization format carefully, it also solves most of the maintainability issues. The source application can create new types of event without impacting the consumer applications. Since the applications are responsible for projecting what they need from the event stream, they will be responsible for taking into account (or not) the new types of event. Finally, consumer applications will not need new features or data from your application, since the event stream already includes everything that ever happened in your system.
Eventual consistency
Eventual consistency is when there is a delay between the commit of the aggregate and the corresponding refresh of your view model. Or more precisely, when those 2 processes happen in different transactions. Concretely, you only commit events at commit time, and a different process is picking them up to execute the view model handlers. If you already have a service bus (see "Service integration"), you can use it. And indeed, the view model can be viewed as a separate service, almost a different bounded context if you will.
However, most of the applications don't need such a separation. Until you need it, you should commit the changes to your view model along with the events.
When do you need to split things that way? One reason is scalability, and we will talk about this one later. One other factor could be performance. Your view model might be huge, or have parts of it that are slow to update. You may want to isolate the update of those parts in a separate process, in order to keep a good performance when executing commands.
Scaling the query side
Once you have eventual consistency, it is quite trivial to scale the read side. This is good news, because most applications have usually a lot more reads than writes. All you have to do is to put a copy of your view model on each web node. Each of those view models would subscribe to the event stream:
That way, you have an almost linear scalability of your read side: just add more nodes. The other benefit is the gained performance due to the local access to the view model. You don't need a network call anymore because your web layer sits on the same node as its view model.
Now, if you want to scale at very large levels, your problem is reduced to scaling the publish / subscribe middle ware.
Scaling the write side
For scaling this one, you will first need to process commands asynchronously. The UI would need to send the command and not wait for the result. This usually triggers a very different kind of user experience. Think of it as ordering something on Amazon: what you get when you are clicking on the "submit" button is not a success or failure statement, but something more along the lines of "Your order has been taken into account. You will receive a confirmation email shortly".
If you need it, there are however ways for the UI to asynchronously fetch a command result.
Once you are sending commands to a queue, you can have competing nodes treating those commands. But that is only scaling the business logic treatment, not the event storage. Luckily, by its structure, it is also quite simple to shard events by their aggregate id. Since commands contains the aggregate id, you can route your commands to the right queue:
Transitioning to Event Sourcing posts:
- Part 1: the DDD "light" application.
- Part 2: go CQRS with DTOs for the read side.
- Part 3: define commands explicitly.
- Part 4: track state changes.
- Part 5: use events for updating your domain database.
- Part 6: store events.
- Part 7: use events to build a view model.
- Part 8: remove the domain database, go event sourced.
- Part 9: a brief word on versioning, smart merging strategies, eventual consistency, scaling the read side, scaling the write side.
Yan permalink
Vraiment très intéressant cette série de billets!
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Great series of post, but I think you sort of missing one part. Transitioning to event sourcing is not that hard if you don't consider the existing data. What would have changed if the existing database was a data with lots of data? How would that data be considered when transitioning to event sourcing since that data is the base of many of the aggregates. Do you keep the old database as a baseline for the event store? Or do you have a migration phase where you migrate the existing database creating events from it and inject in the existing database, not that those events are probably events that will only be used in this scenario.
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Just some comments about the framework if you ever want to improve it.
I post this for others that might be tempted to use the framework here.
1 ) Castle Windsor implementation : you need to readjust the lifecyle of the components properly. Having components on demand and hacking via do not track is not the best option (although it still works in principle). The newer versions of Windsor have better helpers to help you out.
2 ) DTOMapper : There are some special cases where nullref would fire, based on the nVentive.Umbrella dependency. You might want to remove it and implement the thing with classic reflection. I did the change and it took me 5 minutes with no issue at all. There are no so many references in the whole solution.
3 ) ControllerController factory : The getControllerInstance does not handle the 404s properly. Here is my implementation, which stills inject the dependencies on your controller classes in a MVC project (sorry for the bad formatting). This this implementation, you get a 404 instead of a 500 :
protected override IController GetControllerInstance(RequestContext requestContext, Type controllerType)
if (controllerType != null)
var controllerInstance = CurrentContainer.Container.Build(controllerType);
if (controllerInstance == null)
return base.GetControllerInstance(requestContext, null);
return controllerInstance;
return base.GetControllerInstance(requestContext, null);
Dypso permalink
Hi, I know that'a a quite old post but I have just a question about the read side scaling :
– how to be sure that the different nodes remains synchronized?
=> May be some view model could be malfomed for any reason and then , we should be notified of the error and the nodes have to be re-synchronized …
Anyway thanks for a great series.


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Ectopia cordis is an extremely rare congenital heart malformation that remains very difficult to treat. Occurrence is .79 in every 10,000 births. In ectopia cordis, the heart forms outside of the chest wall, so it is not protected by the skin or sternum. Other organs may also have formed outside the skin.
To further complicate this difficult presentation, the heart itself is generally improperly formed. It may have defects like Tetralogy of Fallot, pulmonary atresia, atrial and ventricular septal defects, or double outlet right ventricle, among others. Along with heart malformations, children with ectopia cordis may also have cleft palates. The spine can also be formed improperly, causing kyphosis, too great of a C curvature in the thoracic spine.
There is some slim evidence that ectopia cordis may be related to Turner Syndrome. Chromosomal anomalies like Trisomy 18 have also been observed in some children with ectopia cordis. In general, however, there is no recognizable cause for this condition. In one way, this may be comforting to parents who have had a child with ectopia cordis. The condition is unlikely to repeat in future children.
Sadly, most cases of ectopia cordis result in stillbirth or death shortly after birth. A few cases of ectopia cordis have been treated successfully, but this defect still poses the biggest challenge and rate of failure for pediatric cardiothoracic surgeons.
Most cases of ectopia cordis are identified through routine prenatal ultrasound. When a case is suspected, the mother will be referred to a pediatric or fetal echocardiologist who will confirm the diagnosis. To give the child the best possible chance at survival, the baby will be born at a Level 3 hospital, where experienced pediatric cardiologists and surgeons are on hand to immediately address the problems. Birth may be vaginal or Caesarian, as indicated by the high-risk obstetrician.
Parents who receive early diagnosis of ectopia cordis have the option to induce labor early or to have a therapeutic abortion performed. Parents who choose induced labor expect fatality, but may find comfort in naturally giving birth to a child, having a chance to see and hold that child and to say goodbye. Other parents prefer to end the child's life without holding or seeing him or her. They find this option less painful than continuing the pregnancy. This difficult decision should be carefully weighed with the help of a skilled counselor.
When parents choose to wait and see if their child can be treated, success of treatment depends on the severity of other heart defects, as well as other related problems. In most cases, cardiothoracic surgeons attempt repair of the heart defects before covering the heart and organs with prosthetic skin. Unfortunately, the valves leading to the heart, once replaced inside the chest wall, can kink and cause death. An overwhelming number of birth defects in a child with ectopia cordis can also make repair impossible, and parents may simply choose to do nothing, called compassionate care, rather than subject their child to serious medical interventions with little hope of success.
Those parents who elect treatment may feel a sense of relief even when treatment fails. Treatment can offer parents a sense that they have done everything possible to save their child. With any option, the death of a child is a weighty emotional burden. Seeking help from organizations like Hospice and working with grief counselors can assist over time with the overwhelming feelings of loss.
Though very rare, treatment of ectopia cordis clearly needs greater research to improve outcome. Fetal surgery is still relatively new, but attempting repair prior to birth may be beneficial, and this should be studied for potential value.
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And our doctor has said our beloved has the same case, with her heart located outside. I can't help but cry and I feel sadness at how she might have once delivered, but I haven't lost hope now, and I pray for a miracle from up above.
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It is sad to hear about any baby passing away. My son now five, almost six, was born with the same condition: ectopia cordis. We were told he might not make it, but he lived three days and thanks be to God, we still have him blessing our lives each day.
It hasn't always been this good. Naseem didn't come home until he was 15 weeks old and he has had several operations to fix something or another. There is no real research on this condition, well not at least when I first found out about it (a month before he was born). Naseem was born at Jackson Hospital in Miami, Florida and I owe it to the grace of God through the medical staff at that hospital that he's made it as far as he has. He's going to school this year. There is hope and with early detection there are ways to prevent another sad outcome.
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Seven days ago, a boy was born with ectopia cordis in sabalan hospital in ardabil, iran. He died on the third day.
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With the second season of "Arrow" fast approaching, more information continues to surface on what to expect from the CW drama's second year. TV Guide has posted a first look at Michael Jai White's portrayal of villain Bronze Tiger. The photo shows Oliver Queen locked in combat with Bronze Tiger, who has aligned himself with China White and the Chinese Triad.
"Michael Jai White is playing Bronze Tiger and he is such a badass," executive producer Marc Guggenheim told TV Guide. "His performance, our kick-ass stunt department, our incredibly talented costumer designer, and our very gifted props master...they've all combined their A-games to create a really great representation of this DC Comics character. ... If you're a fan of the character from the comics, you are going to really happy with his 'Arrow'-fication."
The original Bronze Tiger first appeared in the 1970s, and went on to become a member of the Suicide Squad -- a membership reflected during the upcoming season of "Arrow." The character is set to recur during the course of the season, according to TV Guide.
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Gerald Roger's Advice after a divorce – A feminine Response 4
Part 4
16. Drop the Mask
Share everything with your partner and listen to him. It takes courage for him to admit that he is not perfect. Listening to his dark side does not been you are condoning bad behaviour, it only means he trusts you enough to let you know him for what he is. Try not to snap or condemn because that may make him clam up and you don't want that.
17. Common Grounds
Grow together by finding something you both enjoy and make out time to do this thing together. Appreciate what he enjoys that you don't. Find out why he loves it so much maybe then you can see what he sees.
18. Money Fight.
Money they say is the root of evil and if you were not careful, it would make you two great enemies. Always look at the bigger picture when it comes to money. Look at what you are trying to achieve and work with him to get there. Consider each other's suggestion and detach yourself from the issue.
19. Freedom of Forgiveness.
Learn to forgive each other as fast as you can but don't forget to forgive yourself too. Talk through issues, trash it out, forgive and let it end there. Grudges have a way of eating at you without you noticing.
20. Love Rule
Let love guide every of your action. Love with all your heart and let him love you. Open your heart to receive the love he offers you and let this be the principle behind all your actions.
After all said,
Marriage needs constant re-evaluation; it evolves and changes because it is a state involving two individuals from different background. Values changes, situations changes, accidents happen and the shape of marriages are affected.
Marriage is an everlasting tree but it needs water, nutrients, sunshine and a lot of loving. You need to check its position constantly, see if it needs more water, sunshine or loving and adjust as appropriate. Without proper monitoring and hard work, it would wither away.
Having said all these, let me remind you that I have never been married and while you may not see me as an authority on this matter because of that fact, I can tell you that if I land myself a King, I sure will try all best to be a queen. It would not be easy but I am sure my King would see my effort and help me to be his Queen.
Goodluck Queens, be all your King needs you to be.
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11. Don't Zone out.
Between shopping that needs to be done, children's homework, bills to be paid, cloths to be watched, it is easy to be there without being there. When your partner clears his calendar as well as his head to really be with you, don't zone out on him. Let him enjoy your presence.
12. Sexual Healing.
Women are good at faking it. According to female orgasm fact, while 85 percent of men thought their partner had an orgasm during their most recent episode of sex, only 64 percent of women reported having an orgasm." Don't fake it because you'll end up resenting him. Let him know where you weak spots are so that he can please you.
Give it to him, as he wants it. Be open to experimentation and changes. If he wants you down, go down like lightening. If he wants to go down, open wide like a hungry fish. Let him take you to places of fireworks and explosions. Let him lead you to far away land you have never been before.
13. Mrs Right
Your man would make mistakes, do not try to dwell on it or tell him the famous "I told you so" Let's face it, sometimes they don't listen to us but they come back crying when it all goes wrong, just as we warned it would. He is already having a hard time admitting his foolishness; please don't rub it in if you don't want a permanent dent on his ego.
When you make mistakes and he decides to let it go, don't beat yourself over it again.
14. Day off
These days do not come often so us them wisely. Hang out with the girls, go to the spa or go watch a film do whatever you need to do for you. Do not feel guilty for this day off but enjoy it without worrying about a thing in the world. I think laying in a bath with music to my ears would be nice.
15. Open Book.
Listen when he opens himself to you. Don't mock him, empathies with him, calm his fears, encourage him, reason with him.
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Most people know their less than wonderful qualities, such as too much ambition (or too little), a weakness for wine or cookies, something of a temper, or an annoying tendency to rattle on about pet interests. We usually know when we make mistakes, get the facts wrong, could be more skillful, or deserve to feel remorseful.
Some people err on the side of denying or defending these faults ( a word I use broadly here). But most people go to the other extreme, repeatedly criticizing themselves in the foreground of awareness, or having a background sense of guilt, unworthiness, and low confidence.
It's one thing to call yourself to task for a fault, try to understand what caused it, resolve to correct it, act accordingly, and move on. This is psychologically healthy and morally accountable. It's another matter entirely to grind on yourself, to lambaste your own character, to fasten on the negative and ignore the good in you, to find yourself wanting – in other words, to beat up yourself. This excessive inner criticism tears you down instead of building your strengths; it's stressful and thus wears on your mood, health, and longevity.
Nor does beating up yourself help others. Most of the time, they don't even know you're doing it, and if they do, they usually wish you'd stop it. Harsh self-criticism can also be a way to avoid feeling genuine remorse, taking responsibility, making amends for the past, and doing the hard work of preventing the fault in the future.
Further, the charges and scorn we throw at ourselves are often based on nasty scoldings, shamings, rejections, and humiliations experienced as a child: bad enough that they did this to you back then, and even worse that you're doing it to yourself today.
Pick a small fault – such as being a few minutes late, interrupting, or having too much dessert – and then try on two approaches about it. First, talk to yourself about it like a supportive but no-nonsense friend, coach, teacher, or therapist. Notice what this feels like, and what the results are for you. Let's call this the encouraging approach. Second, talk to yourself about it like an alarmed and intense critic – maybe like your dad, big sister, or a minister or teacher talked to you. What's this approach feel like, and what are its results?
Let the differences between approaches sink in. How do you feel inside when you're "listening" to each one? What's your sense of the influences in your life that have created each approach? What are the distortions or fixations on the negative in the critical approach?
Let a real conviction form as to which approach is better for you – and a real resolve to truly use the one that's best for you.
Then, when you find a fault in yourself – no need to go looking, they appear on their own! – really try to use the encouraging approach. Name the fault to yourself and admit the facts of it unreservedly. Open to any appropriate remorse. Commit to skillful corrections for the future.
And then take a big breath and very deliberately name to yourself three strengths or virtues you have. Let the sense of them, and of your natural goodness, sink in.
And then take another big breath and move on.
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Often I listen to others talk to themselves and shake my head because their self talk is so cruel. I believe your message is for everyone to be accountable and kind to themselves.
much easier to be kind to others that to yourself sometimes. Why is that?
I suspect it's because we can. When people are allowed or encouraged to be cruel, they often will be. There's some inherent cruelty in all of us (to varying extents) and this is kept in check by social norms. The Standford Prison Experiment and other similar studies shows that that cruel streak is there and can easily be brought out to the surface.
Those social norms are reduced in the family home, which is a "private space" somewhat separated from society. You can do thing there with less inhibition (pick your nose, wander around naked). One of the things you can do, free from normal social expectations, is act unkindly to family members. This sometimes spills out into public behavior, so that you see parents treating children very unkindly. Listen to the way parents talk to each other and to their children in public, and compare it to how friends and strangers talk to each other. There's little restraint — despite their actually being in public.
And inside our heads? That's the most private space their is. There's no one to remind us that there are more civilized ways to behave.
Fortunately we have a way to change our inner culture, and to lear to talk and act more kindly toward ourselves internally. That way is meditation and mindfulness.


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There is so much text in our lives, we are practically drowning in it. Fortunately, there are innovative tools and techniques for managing unstructured information that can throw the smart developer a much-needed lifeline. You'll find them in this book.
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When to use text-taming techniques
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How to build text-processing applications
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Another good posting by Valeria Maltoni of Coversation Agent. Her blog title was "Sometimes Innovation is no More Than Doing Something Old … Better". She gives several examples of what she means:
- Apple's new thin notebook computer, same computer, just thinner
- Google as the search engine of choice instead to the old powerhouse Altavista
- MS Word instead of Wordstar
In his book Human Resources Champions , Dave Ulrich talks about the skills that effective and progressive HR professionals need to have. But one of the key points he makes is that to be considered a "partner" you must do the basics of the job well. You must be an administrative expert. His steps for being an administrative expert include:
- Reengineer HR work through use fo technology, process engineering teams, and quality improvements.
- Define the HR role in creating value for the firm.
- Creat a shared services HR delivery mechanism.
- Measure HR results in terms of efficiency (cost) and effectiveness (quality).
Administration has been what HR/Personnel has been about from its inception. Many, many companies do it poorly. So how about being an "innovative" HR department by taking Ulrich's and Maltoni's advice and do something old … better.
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Somewhere over the rainbow, there is the perfect rug waiting for you. Rainbow rugs are a colorful, happy addition to any room. What you may not realize is that rainbows are not just for little girls and Care Bears anymore. These rugs are more than just colors in the shape of a rainbow they are designed in a variety of ways to fit your own tastes.
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What are the duties Planning and Zoning Commission?
The Planning and Zoning Commission (PZC) is the advisory arm of local government on planning issues. The primary duty of the plan commission is to develop and recommend to the legislative body a plan for the future of the community. This plan should form the basis for the commission's decisions and recommendations. Under Indiana law, plan commissions are responsible for the following (IC 36-7-4-405):
- Preparing a comprehensive plan
- Preparing a zoning ordinance and subdivision control ordinance
- Making recommendations to the legislative body on proposals to amend the text of zoning ordinances or subdivision control ordinances
- Making recommendations to the legislative body on proposals to amend the zoning map (rezoning)
- Approving or denying proposals to subdivide land, based upon compliance with the subdivision control ordinance
- Approving development plans
It is important to remember that the zoning ordinances are distinct from the comprehensive plan.
The planning commission may hold public hearings as deemed necessary or when required by law. When public hearings are held, the plan commission must arrive at a decision or recommendation. All decisions or recommendations made by the Planning and Zoning Commission must be presented to the Corydon Town Council for final approval.
While discouraged, planning commission members are not required to refrain from engaging in outside discussions ("ex parte communications") with applicants, proponents or opponents of a matter pending before the commission. Plan commission members may not participate in a "zoning matter" in which they have "a direct or indirect financial interest". The comprehensive plan, by statute, is not considered a zoning matter.


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Send Money to Kenya with M-PESA
What is M-PESA?
M-PESA is an electronic wallet service that lets an account holder store, send and receive money on their mobile phone. People can also use M-PESA to transfer cash or buy products and services in stores.
Once there is money in a user's M-PESA account, the cash can be withdrawn by visiting an agent (typically in a corner shop) or transferred to others using a menu on their phone.
That makes it a quick, safe and simple way to make payments and handle money, saving people time and allowing them to focus on other things rather than making trips to the bank.
Why use M-PESA to send money to Kenya?
- Money is added instantly to M-PESA accounts once payment is approved.
- Your recipients don't have to carry large amounts of cash with them, which can be unsafe.
- There is no need for your recipient to travel to a pickup location, they will have the money delivered right to their phone. It couldn't be easier!
What do you need to send to M-PESA accounts?
- Please check that the recipient already has a M-PESA mobile money account.
- You will need the recipient's mobile money number.
Select the service "Mobile Money Transfer" and indicate the amount you'd like to send and we will make sure your effort pays off even more.
Is it safe to send money to Kenya via M-PESA?
Money that's transferred to family or friends in Kenya via M-PESA is stored safely in a ring-fenced account, also known as a trust account. This account is linked to the mobile phone of each customer. A central platform also securely tracks the value of an individual's account. That means the money will still be in their M-PESA account even if the phone or SIM card is lost.
What are the benefits of M-PESA?
Sending money to Kenya via M-PESA is a low-cost, fast and safe way to pay, transfer, receive and store money. M-PESA works digitally and in real time, which means your friends or family members living, working or travelling in Kenya will receive the money much more quickly than a traditional bank transfer. Every transaction is also protected and signed with a PIN, which helps to keep the whole process secure.
There are also no service charges on an M-PESA account. Instead, the user pays on a pay-as-you-go basis every time they perform a transaction. There's also no minimum amount that can be held in an M-PESA account, so it remains open even when it's empty.
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In Keycloak versions before 1.2.0.CR1, we had two separate entities representing client applications. These were Applications, which didn't require consent from user after authentication and OAuth Clients, where the consent was always required.
In Keycloak 1.2.0.CR1 we simplified this and we merged both Applications and OAuth clients to single Client entity, which has on/off configuration switch in Keycloak admin console specifying if consent should be required or not.
When consent is not required from the user, then after user authenticates, the client application will automatically receive access token with all the personal info and permissions of the user. However if consent is required, Keycloak will display consent screen where user needs to confirm all the permissions required by particular Client.
From this release, the granted consents are persistent. This means that user doesn't need to confirm consent for particular client more times. Also each user has possibility to see all the available Client applications in Keycloak Account management and see:
- Permissions he has for particular application
- Granted personal info to particular application
- Granted permissions for particular application
He can also revoke previously granted consent, so next time he authenticates to the application, the consent screen will be shown again.
Also it's possible to view and manage consents from Keycloak admin console. Admin can see the available consents for every user and he can revoke them.


text: Being a geek, I've been very interested in getting a Droid, and in anticipation, have been following this forum since day one. I've been to the Verizon store a few times to play with the Droid, and was comparing it to the Eris today when an employee came over and started chatting with me. He had a Droid, so I asked him how he liked it, etc, etc. I mentioned how I knew quite a bit about the device just from reading up on it online. I asked him about the keyboard, and what his take was. He mentioned the lack of raised keys, etc., and then said his main complaint was that there was no way to 'lock' the Alt key so he could type numbers - and he proceeded to show me how you had to hold the Alt key down, and type with the other hand. Then I mentioned to him that I thought all you needed to do was double-tap the alt key to lock it. He did that and was amazed that it was that simple, and thanked me for the tip. Perhaps this forum should be mandatory reading for all Verizon employees?


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In the last four seasons, senior infielder Brandon Collins has been a solid and explosive player by increasing his performance on the baseball diamond.
Collins started his first two collegiate baseball seasons at Moraine Valley Community College. He recorded a .400 batting average with 58 base hits, two home runs and 20 stolen bases during the 2012 season with the Cyclones.
Collins transferred to Lewis in August 2013, where he struggled during his first year and started in only six games, having six hits and two runs before suffering injuries that ended his 2014 season.
"I have come back from two ACL surgeries and redshirted twice throughout my years in undergraduate," said Collins. "I have been relentless and have overcome quite a bit of adversity. Those surgeries have been the main source of my drive to become the best."
Collins would eventually have a better season in 2015 when he appeared in 40 starts out of 42 total games.
Collins led the Flyers in triples, doubles and stolen bases that season. He also finished with a .327 batting average and recorded .344 for the 2016 season, leading the team in 16 stolen bases while starting in 33 games.
His stats earned him a spot on the All-GLVC second team after the 2016 season.
"To be a top player on the team, it takes a lot more than talent. It takes confidence, positivity, mental toughness, and hard work," said Collins. "To be a top player on any type of team, you must not be overconfident or cocky."
He's currently placed as sixth in the GLVC with the highest batting average of .396 and has the highest individual stats on the team this season.
"The reason I am performing so well this year is because I realize that you can never take this game for granted," said Collins. "It can be taken away from you in a split second. This has caused me to play loose and have fun. When it comes down to it, this is just a game."
Collins is ready to graduate after this spring semester with a bachelor's degree in athletic training and psychology. He plans to become an athletic trainer in the future.
"Being a part of the Lewis baseball team has been such a blessing for me," Collins said. "The people have made this experience great. I have made so many friends and connections because of this. My coaches and teammates have affected my life in such a positive way, and I wouldn't trade this experience for anything else."


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Monochromatic Teapot LampFebruary 26th, 2011 in member junk
I don't have process photos for this piece. It was made a couple years back.The hardest aspect of this project is trying not to demolish the porcelain while drilling through it. Broke a few. PATIENCE while drilling porcelain. It is VERY hard compared to bisque or china, or hand thrown pottery.
Inspiration for this came from none other than one of my Favorite stores, Anthropologie. Must give credit where credit is due!
The sell a similar lamp for $198. Mine cost about $30 and a spot of time.
All pieces are reclaimed, except the socket. White metal lamp parts alternate between the pottery to give the piece more texture.
Pattern or design used: Anthropologie
posted in: member junk, vintage, tabletop, metal, cottage, artwork, country, farm, fabric, chic, table, traditional, lamp, ceramic
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Our Mission
The mission of Communities In Schools of Philadelphia, Inc. is to surround students with a community of support, empowering them to stay in school and achieve in life.
Our Principles
At Communities In Schools, everything we do is guided by the "Five Basics." Developed by our founder Bill Milliken, the Five Basics are a set of essentials that every child needs and deserves.
1. A one-on-one relationship with a caring adult
2. A safe place to learn and grow
3. A healthy start and a healthy future
4. A marketable skill to use upon graduation
5. A chance to give back to peers and community
Communities In Schools of Philadelphia's vision is to create communities within our schools to address the whole child, adhering to the five basics of CIS, by having a positive impact on their values, self-esteem, job skills, and life focus.
Our Story
Communities In Schools of Philadelphia, Inc., (CIS of Philadelphia) a charitable 501 (c) (3) nonprofit organization, is one of 131 independent affiliates of Communities In Schools, Inc. (CIS), the nation's leading dropout prevention organization. The Communities In Schools idea was conceived in the hearts and minds of a group of young men and women motivated by a growing concern for the plight of under-served urban youth. CIS was created by founder and President Bill Milliken in 1977 as a grassroots program devoted to working with youth confronted with a challenged, overburdened and under resourced school system; CIS worked with the schools and communities to put young people back on track for high school graduation."
Since its inception in 1986, CIS of Philadelphia has worked with schools, legislators, community groups and corporations to address the needs of students and families throughout Philadelphia and its surrounding counties. Annually, over 11,000 students in grades 1-12 enroll in a Communities In Schools program. All programs were specifically designed to help young people remain in school. CIS programs build academic skills, increase post-secondary awareness. CIS of Philadelphia coordinators connect youth and their families, with critical community resources, tailored specifically for their needs.


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Construction update
The 46.828-acre NBAF site is on the north end of the KSU main campus. When the Manhattan site was selected in 2009 after a 3-year national competition, there were animal facilities on the site that had to be removed prior to NBAF site preparation. Notably, in 1908, the KSU College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM) began producing antisera for Hog Cholera (Classical Swine Fever; CSF) on Serum Plant Road (crossing the NBAF site below); CSF is one of the foreign animal diseases projected to be worked on in NBAF.
The NBAF main entry on Denison Avenue is next to the KSU Biosecurity Research Institute (BRI) at Pat Roberts Hall (PRH) — where research has already begun on CSF and 3 other NBAF diseases. CVM is just south of the BRI on Denison. In 2014, the Kansas Department of Agriculture (KDA) relocated from Topeka to KSU Research Park on Manhattan Avenue east of the NBAF site.
Construction of the NBAF central utility plant, or CUP, seen in the flyover above and photo below, began in June 2013 and reached "substantial completion" in October 2015.
Excavation for the NBAF laboratory began in July 2015 and was completed in December 2015. Four tower cranes were erected and concrete work began on the 580,184 square-foot NBAF research laboratory in December 2015 as well. By November 2016, concrete work below ground was nearing completion and concrete work above ground had commenced as shown in the photo below.
NBAF laboratory construction advanced significantly over the next year. By November 2017, steel plate was being added to the exterior walls of the high-level biocontainment spaces to protect the lab from tornados, and construction of the Biotechnology Development Module (BDM) was underway. Two tower cranes (noted below) were taken down in November 2017; one in February 2018; and the last one in April 2018.
The most recent construction photos are below. Additional construction photos, design details, and other background information can be found in the monthly NBAF Update (a downloadable PDF) on the "Documents and Resources" page of the website.


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STASINOPOULOS BROS FRUIT AND VEGETABLES is active in the business of import - export, wholesale, distribution and trade of fruit and vegetables, agricultural products, dill, fresh fruits in season, Watermelons, Melons, Oranges, Apples, Kiwi, parsley, celery, cucumbers, broccoli, Herbs and Spices and actively exporting our products throughout Europe.
Via our distribution network we constantly supply retailers (green grocers markets, mini markets, farmers' markets etc.,) throughout the Peloponnese with quality agricultural products and as Ship chandlers as well we supply to Air-planes, Air-crafts, Hotels and throughout Greece.
Although small, we are a dynamic team of professionals with main focus on exporting quality fruits and vegetables with customer service. All our products are certified in accordance to the international quality protocols (GLOBAL GAP, EUREPGAP, and AGRO 2.1 2.2)and ISO 22000 from TUV AUSTRIA HELLAS.


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|tomatoes, green beans, peaches, marmalade, sauerkraut
A coupon in the Sunday paper had me thinking about the recipes I've shared over the last several years for jam making, pickling, fermentation and other forms of "keeping" your bounty ready to use now AND later. So I decided to give you a set of links to the best of the recipes using different techniques.
Use Glass Jars To preserve and store your food, not plastic! I use my mason jars for storing everything from homemade broth, to preserved jams, to my dried herbs.
Ball/Kerr Jars (mason jars) is now known as Fresh Preserving. Here is the coupon code for use online. According to the newspaper the coupon is good through December 31, 2016. Click on the "Ball" picture to take you to their website.
I've mentioned that I have been canning for a number of years. But I've also just made versions which require refrigeration instead of water bath or pressure canning.
Let me point out some differences.
Lacto-Fermentation - do not can: If you decide to make sauerkraut or old fashioned dill pickles (and other "pickled" vegetables) using salt brine instead of vinegar, the good bacteria would be killed if you can the jars. The lacto-fermentation process creates good bacteria - as in live culture yogurt. If done properly once the sauerkraut or pickles reach your preferred taste, capped and refrigerated the product will last many months in your refrigerator as long as you use safe handling procedures (no cross contamination).
Refrigerator Pickles: If you choose to make these types of pickles you have the choice of canning after you add the boiled liquids. You would use the water bath method according to canning directions for size. Here is the link to the national canning center.
Lacto-Fermentation is not discussed in the national canning site. For more information on using lacto-fermentation go to this link.
Canning: Canning means using a boiling water bath or Pressure Cooker to preserve foods which are shelf stable - meaning they do not need refrigeration until opened. FYI all of my "Canning" recipes use no additional preservatives, so once you open a jar, you need to 1) refrigerate it and 2) use it up within about 3 weeks.
Real Marmalade -- I fell in love with this recipe because it uses the whole fruit and is delicious. Also the recipe means you can multiple the recipe by the number of fruit you have not by pounds. (If using small fruit like lemons or limes, just double the quantity of fruit but not the other ingredients per batch.)
Lemon Curd, Whole Cranberry Sauce, Pineapple Guava Jam. Our pineapple guava fruit is ready in November and I grabbed bags of fresh cranberries to make my own sauce.
Real Old Fashioned Sauerkraut - this is the fermented type and tastes just like it should without a "vinegary" taste, just a nice briney flavor.
My homemade pasta sauce with tomatoes and herbs fresh from the garden. Maybe one of the nicest foods you can make for your family from the garden.
Quick Pickles or any vegetable. These are "refrigerator" type pickles meaning they are ready in 4-24 hours. Chefs use this method a lot.
More Quick Pickle with Green Beans and Leeks
Pickled Baby Peaches. When we had to do the heart-breaking process of thinning our peach trees each year I thought there had to be something we could do with these tiny immature peaches. I found a great recipe, from Europe where this is a common way to use up everything. Why it works -- when you pick the baby peaches 3/4 of an inch or smaller, the "seed" is not former, so what you have is an "olive" type fruit waiting to be pickled. The recipe I shared is for a fruity type pickle but you can also adjust the spices to be more savory.
I posted a video on my youtube channel on thinning peaches. Check it out for when you need to thin your peaches (usually late Feb or early March).
I hope these recipes inspire you to save some of your garden bounty for later. The beauty of living in the valley here is the ability to preserve as we go through the seasons and not be limited to a major all-at-once harvest in the fall.
-- Catherine, The Herb Lady
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