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Reading 1: The King of Prussia Inn
The history of the King of Prussia Inn begins in 1719, when William Rees, Sr. purchased 150 acres of land from his father. The Rees's, like most families in 18th-century Pennsylvania, were farmers. There is evidence that the Rees dwelling was a small, frame, two-room, 1½-story structure, typical for farmers of that period.
When William Rees, Sr. died in 1756, his estate passed to his son, William, Jr. Unlike his father, the younger William Rees was not interested in agriculture. He rented out his farmland and began a tavern business in 1769, having constructed a large new stone addition to his parent's farmhouse. William, Jr. was actively involved in running the inn for only three years, after which he turned his tavern license over to someone else. Rees died in April 1776, leaving his family in considerable debt.
By 1770, the place was referred to as "the Sign of Charles Frederick Augustus, King of Prussia." There are several stories about how the inn received its name. One story said that the name was in reference to Frederick the Great of Prussia who assisted the British in defeating the French in the Seven Years War (known as the French and Indian War in North America). Another story said the inn was named for King Frederick the Great for his support of George Washington during the American Revolution. A third account states that a sign was hung outside the tavern honoring the German king to attract the German contingent participating in the American Revolution.
Over the years, there has been considerable speculation about the role of the inn during the American Revolution, particularly during the Valley Forge encampment. In September 1777, Sir William Howe and 15,000 British troops invaded Pennsylvania and quickly captured Philadelphia after defeating George Washington's army at the Battle of Brandywine. That winter, the Continental Army went into camp at Valley Forge, which was very close to the King of Prussia Inn. According to James Thomas Flexner, in his biography on George Washington, he made the decision to move his troops at an inn about a mile from Valley Forge.
Considering how close it was to the encampment, the assumption that Washington, his officers, and their men spent time at the inn is logical. Local tradition states that George Washington and a number of his officers ate and slept there. The inn was also reputed to have hosted British officers and loyalist spies. Masonic lodge meetings (Masons are part of a universal brotherhood of men dedicated to serving God, Family, Fellowman, and Country), presided over by Washington, are also said to have taken place at the King of Prussia Inn. There is unfortunately no documentary evidence solidly linking the inn to any of the famous names associated with Valley Forge.
The known connections between the King of Prussia Inn and the Revolution are more ordinary than what tradition passed down through the years. James Berry, who managed the business during the war, was in fact an officer in the militia, and Griffith Rees, William Jr.'s son, served as a private and was wounded in a skirmish with British forces near Darby, Pennsylvania, in October 1777.
The family struggled to keep the inn and the farm going, but to no avail. Two years after the official end of the Revolution (1783), the Rees family sold the King of Prussia Inn and surrounding farmland to John Elliot, Sr., who made a series of improvements to the property. Elliot demolished the original log or frame dwelling and constructed a 2½ story stone addition onto the east end of the building.
Elliot and his wife Sophia ran the inn and its supporting farm for the next 35 years, and it was then that the inn reached its height as a social center for the surrounding community. In addition to its role as a place of entertainment, the inn served as an informal town hall where meetings were held and as a collection point for U.S. taxes.
John Elliott, Jr. and his wife also farmed the property and operated the inn, which, by the 1860s, was known as the King of Prussia Hotel. The change in name most likely came about because of pressure from the temperance movement, which sought to restrict the consumption of alcohol. The term "hotel" served to distance the King of Prussia from its less temperate past.
James and Madeline Hoy acquired the property shortly after Elliott died in 1868. They turned the farm into an up-to-date mechanized agricultural operation. The Hoys possibly added the two-story veranda to the front of the building and the porch built onto the rear of the western half of the inn.
James Hoy died in 1886, and for the next 20 years his widow, Madeline, ran the farm and presided over the hotel. After Madeline Hoy sold the place in 1906, the King of Prussia went through a period of relatively short-term occupations until Anna Heist bought it in 1920.
Anna Heist took advantage of the American's newfound love of the automobile and interest in their colonial past, by turning the King of Prussia Inn into a modest tourist attraction. Anna Heist continued to operate the King of Prussia Inn until 1952 when the Pennsylvania Department of Highways acquired the property. Ironically, the automobile, which saved the inn from possible oblivion earlier in the century, now proved to be a threat. The rapidly growing suburbs outside of Philadelphia required improved highways, and Route 202, like many other roadways, was widened and divided to handle the increased volume of traffic.
For nearly 50 years, the inn slowly fell into a state of decay despite local efforts to perform maintenance. By the early 1990s it became clear that additional improvements to the local roadways were necessary to ease traffic congestion and improve safety. Such improvements would clearly impact the historic inn and options to move, demolish, or retain the building were investigated. Because of its connections with the American Revolution and the inn's role in the development of the community, it was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. This listing required PENNDOT to assess the affects of the proposed highway improvements. After careful consideration, public meetings, and engineering studies, PENNDOT and the Federal Highway Administration determined that the best way to minimize damage was to conduct both archeological and architectural investigations of the inn, and then actually pick it up and relocate it!
While PENNDOT developed engineering plans to move the inn, found a suitable new location, and identified a new owner; researchers investigated the architectural history and archeology of the inn. The hope was that those investigations would provide some insights into the development of the property and shed some light on the daily lives of the people that lived and worked at the King of Prussia Inn.
Questions for Reading 1
1. What primary function did the King of Prussia serve over time?
2. When was the inn most historically significant? Why?
3. What are some of the legends surrounding the inn and its name? Which ones are true, false, or unknown?
4. What part does hearsay and local tradition play in the history of this inn? Much of the inn's history is not factually documented, does this make its history any less important? Why or why not? Can you think of alternative ways of discovering a site's history when not much documentation is available?
5. Why was the King of Prussia 's name changed from "inn" to "hotel?"
6. What was ironic about the role that the automobile played in the history of the inn?
7. How did listing the inn in the National Register of Historic Places help this endangered site?
8. Growth and "progress" have many times endangered historic sites around the country. Have you witnessed such a problem in your own community? If so, how was the issue resolved?
Reading 1 was adapted from Richard M. Affleck, "At the Sign of the King of Prussia," Byways to the Past, published by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission for the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, 2002.


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It might not be a popular opinion, but I think the companies could stand to scale back the number of titles a little bit. Much like collecting, you only have to buy what you like, but the number of titles (especially for a struggling business) is unreal these days.
And get the subscription option going again...I remember getting so psyched to check the mail. A subscription could also help offset the high costs, which is really the only barrier for kids.
I'm looking forward to checking out the other Batbooks and GL this week/next.
Have you heard about the ending to Catwoman #1 yet, Brian? I can't wait to see how the comic world in general reacts to that...
There would have been many mad people... but those people are already mad about there being no Wally and a demoted Dick now. At least this way Wally would have had a nice send off instaed of 'book cancelled, character deleted' ending he got now.
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Violet Alama appeared in all 30 games during her sophomore season, making 22 starts ... finished second on the team in scoring on a career-high 10.9 points-per-game ... also was team's second-leading rebounder with 174 boards, an average of 5.8 per game and a new career high ... rebounding average placed her 10th among all league players for the season ... ranked sixth in free throw percentage (.790; 98-of-124) among all league players for the season ... named to All-Tournament Team at The Jack in the Box Rainbow Wahine Classic for her performances in CSUN's three games ... scored a career-high 32 points and 12 field goals against Eastern Michigan on Nov. 21 ... also posted season-high 11 rebounds against the Eagles, the first of three times she would match the total ... scored 16 points and had eight rebounds against Hawai'i on Nov. 19 ... had eight points and nine rebounds against Oregon State on Nov. 20 ... also set several new career highs throughout the course of the season ... had a career-high three 3-pointers at Long Beach State on Feb. 9 ... knocked down a career-high eight free throws on three different occasions ... dished out a career-high eight assists against Cal State Fullerton on Feb. 12 ... blocked a career-high four shots at Cal Poly on Jan. 22 ... had a career-high four steals in two different games ... played a career-high 38 minutes against Eastern Michigan on Nov. 21 ... finished the year with four double-doubles ... second double-double came on 20-point, 11-rebound performance against Long Beach State on Jan. 5 ... nearly posted a triple-double by recording 17 points, 11 rebounds and eight assists against Cal State Fullerton on Feb. 12 ... fourth double-double came in win over Cal Poly on Feb. 17 courtesy of 14 points and 11 rebounds ... opened season with 20 points against Pepperdine on Nov. 17 ... finished season with career-high 61 assists and 32 steals ... also had 20 blocked shots.
Alama appeared in 28 games for CSUN, making six starts in her freshman season ... averaged 4.1 points and 5.3 rebounds for the season ... averages jumped to 5.6 points and 5.8 rebounds in Big West Conference play ... finished second on the team with 26 blocked shots ... posted a season-high 17 rebounds and seven field goals in season finale at Pacific on Mar. 6 ... tied a season high with 15 points in game against Tigers, posting her first career double-double ... also scored 15 points vs. Long Beach State on Feb. 6 ... pulled down 10 rebounds vs. Seattle on Feb. 10 ... blocked season-high four shots against Cal Poly on Jan. 23 ... recorded season-high three steals vs. UC Riverside on Feb. 4 ... dished out season-high three assists vs Pacific on Jan. 2.
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Born on Dec. 9, 1991 ... daughter of Barbara and Yale Alama ... has a sisters, Rose ... lists the late Heath Ledger, actress Jessica Biel, Jack Johnson and acai bowls as some of her favorites ... chose her number because it is shared by Sebastian Telfair of the Los Angeles Clippers ... heads to the beach to surf when she has time to relax ... can't imagine going a week without orange juice ... majoring in Kinesiology.


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Install F5 BIG-IP LTM VE Trial In VMware
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In particular I am curious if the values of the rest masses of the electron, up/down quark, neutrino and the corresponding particles over the next two generations can be defined as constant or if there is an intrinsic uncertainty in the numbers. I suppose that since there is no (as of yet) mathematical theory that produces these masses we must instead rely on experimental results that will always be plagued by margins of error. But I wonder does it go deeper than this? In nature do such constant values exist or can they be "smeared" over a distribution like so many other observables prior to measurement? (Are we sampling a distribution albeit a very narrow one?) Does current theory say anything about this? (i/e they must be constant with no wiggle room vs. no comment)
I am somewhat familiar with on-shell and off-shell particles - but I must confess I'm not sure if this figures into my question. I'd like to say that as an example I'm talking about the rest mass of the electron as could be determined by charge and charge/mass ratios. But perhaps this very number is itself influenced by off-shell electron masses? Perhaps this makes no sense. Needless to say I'd appreciate any clarification.


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PORT JERVIS — New Jersey's Montague School District plans to pull all of its students out of Port Jervis secondary schools by 2018.
PORT JERVIS — New Jersey's Montague School District plans to pull all of its students out of Port Jervis secondary schools by 2018.
The loss in tuition revenue to Port Jervis will be about $1.8 million by 2018, said Debbie Jackson, Port Jervis school district spokeswoman. Jackson said the district plans to spread that loss out over several years.
As of 2013, 128 students in grades seven through 12 from Montague attended Port Jervis schools. Several messages left for Montague's chief school administrator, Janice Hodge, were not returned.
In December, the Montague school board agreed to begin discussing sending students in grades nine through 12 to High Point Regional High School in Wantage, N.J. Talks are ongoing between Montague and the Frankford Township school board to take-in Montague seventh- and- eighth-graders.
In January, Montague told Port Jervis that it will pull about half of its students out of Port Jervis schools by the 2014-15 school year. Montague will keep reducing the number of its students in the Port Jervis schools over the following two years until 2018, when none from Montague would attend, Jackson said.
Montague parent Tasha DeGeorge said she was willing to explore other school options after she learned that Port Jervis's graduation rate was 73 percent in the 2011-12 school year compared with High Point's 95 percent graduation rate, according to a report in the New Jersey Herald.
Port Jervis Superintendent John Xanthis defended the district's academic programs, saying Montague students in Port Jervis had an 82 percent graduation rate in the 2011-12 year.
"The Port Jervis School District has a long-standing history of providing a quality education to generations of Montague students," Xanthis said.
The Montague district educates elementary students at the Montague Township School, then sends most of its secondary students to Port Jervis.
It's about 12 miles from Montague to Port Jervis High School and about 10 miles to the Port Jervis middle school. The High Point school option has been explored in the past, but foundered on transportation problems. It's about 15 miles from Montague to High Point High School by Deckertown Turnpike, a steep road that cuts through High Point Mountain, the highest elevation in New Jersey.
During bad weather, the road can be treacherous.
John Mannion of Montague is the parent of Port Jervis senior Sarah Mannion and 2012 graduate Joseph Mannion.
He said he was happy with the education his children received at Port Jervis and felt the Montague district wasn't being transparent enough with parents about its intentions.
"There's nothing wrong with this arrangement," Mannion said. "Why fix it if it's not broke?"


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Second Half Comeback Leads Rams Past Mount Saint Vincent
Farmingdale State - 69, Mount Saint Vincent - 68
New Rochelle, N.Y. - The Farmingdale State women's basketball team continued their pursuit of perfection this weekend with a 69-68 win over Skyline opponent Mount Saint Vincent. The Rams improved to 18-0, 12-0 in the Skyline Conference, while the Dolphins fell to 10-8 overall, 7-5 in conference play.
Farmingdale State fell behind early, trailing Mount Saint Vincent 24-9 midway through the first half. The Rams pulled within 15 at the 3:56 mark, before Mount Saint Vincent closed the half on a 10-0 run, extending their lead to 48-23 at the break.
Trailing 54-32 with 13:29 remaining in the game, Farmingdale went on a 17-0 run over the next 4:43 to pull within five. A layup and free-throw by senior forward Courtney Heesemann (New Hyde Park, N.Y./New Hyde Park) put the Dolphins ahead 61-54 with 7:17 to play. A quick 7-0 Farmingdale spurt, highlighted by a Kimberly Blakney (Brooklyn, N.Y./Benjamin Banneker) three-pointer, evened the game at 61-61. Trailing 66-65 with 2:19 remaining, the Rams forced a turnover and converted it into two points as senior guard Tiffara Steward (Elmont, N.Y./Sewanhaka) hit a jump shot, giving Farmingdale a 67-66 lead. After a Mount Saint Vincent timeout with 28 seconds to go, Blakney forced a turnover and was immediately fouled. She converted at the free-throw line, putting the Rams on top 69-66. Senior guard Lauren Percodani's (Staten Island, N.Y./St. Joseph by the Sea) three-point attempt with two seconds remaining was no good, Jill Brady (Rockaway Beach, N.Y./Bishop Kearney) grabbed the offensive rebound for the Dolphins and hit a jumper as time expired; however, they fell one point short.
Blakney, who played all 40 minutes, scored a game-high 24 points, had 11 rebounds and four steals. She was a perfect 10-for-10 from the free-throw line. Steward added 11 points, shooting 5-for-6 from the field.
Mount Saint Vincent was led by Hessemann who had a team-high 20 points and 10 rebounds. Percodani shot 63% from the floor and was second on the team in scoring with 15 points.
Farmingdale State has over a week off until they travel to NYU-Poly for a Skyline Conference game on Tuesday, February 9th at 6:00 p.m.


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Note: This press release is a 1:1 copy of the original issued by BMW Group in Germany. No adaptations have been made to cater for the Australian market and may not be representative of local models or specification.
Safety experts at the European testing institute rate the camera-based system a pioneering innovation in the field of accident avoidance – Special award presented to BMW for the second time since 2010.
Pedestrian Warning with City Braking function is the second driving assistance system from BMW ConnectedDrive to win the Euro NCAP Advanced award. The camera-based safety system, available for a large number of BMW's current models, helps reduce the danger of collisions with pedestrians in urban traffic. This award from the Euro NCAP (European New Car Assessment Programme) safety assessment institute is granted annually to honour particularly pioneering innovations in the area of accident avoidance and occupant protection. At the inaugural presentation of the Euro NCAP Advanced award in 2010, the accolade went to BMW ConnectedDrive's Intelligent Emergency Call with automatic location and accident severity detection.
The award complements the assessment system with its top five-star rating – recognised Europe-wide – while taking into account innovative safety features whose function exceeds the requirements of the Euro NCAP crash test. As the latest model in the portfolio of the Munich-based premium brand, the BMW 2 Series Active Tourer (fuel consumption: 6.5 – 3.8 litres [43.4 – 74.3 mpg imp]; CO2 emissions combined: 152 – 99 g/km)* was only recently granted the maximum five stars in the Euro NCAP crash test. Now comes the Euro NCAP Advanced award on top of that. The BMW 2 Series Active Tourer, for example, is equipped as standard with a camera mounted on the windscreen in the base of the rear-view mirror, along with Collision Warning with City Braking function. Specifying the optional Driving Assistant adds to this Pedestrian Warning with City Braking function – likewise camera-based – as well as the Lane Departure Warning system, High Beam Assistant and the Speed Limit Info system with No Passing Info display.
The Driving Assistant is also available in model-specific configuration for many more vehicles in the current BMW range. The Pedestrian Warning with City Braking function honoured by Euro NCAP can be used at speeds of between 10 and 60 km/h (6 and 37 mph) and is therefore ideal for reducing accident hazards in city traffic.
The system analyses the traffic situation based on the images generated by the camera. As soon as a potential collision with a pedestrian is registered, the driver is given an optical warning via the instrument cluster and is prompted to take action by a supplementary acoustic signal. At the same time the braking system is primed for maximum deceleration. Following the warning the system initiates automatic medium-force braking, which in many situations is sufficient to avoid a collision. At the same time, the braking action prompts the driver to react to the critical situation. As soon as he touches the brake pedal, full braking power is available to ensure the shortest possible stopping distance.
Pedestrian Warning with City Braking function was extensively tested by safety experts from an independent Euro NCAP test lab. The conferral of the special award emphatically corroborates the effectiveness and reliability of the system, which is available for virtually the entire model portfolio – from the BMW 1 Series all the way to the BMW 7 Series.
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Hi there,I found the article on blogs very useful, but the link to Bees blog is rather old. The last post is 2005.There are some great elt blogs out there though ...
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It gives an overview of blogging websites, suggests why you might want to use them, and gives some practical advice on setting up blogs for use with your own classes.
What is a blog?
A blog (short for weblog) is a frequently updated website that often resembles an online journal. It's so easy to create and update a blog - it requires only basic access to the Internet, and a minimum of technical know-how. Because of this, it is one of the easiest ways to publish student writing on the WWW. It's almost as easy as sending an email.
Nowadays, blogs can also display photos and some people are using them with audio and even video, but this article will concentrate on the basics, showing how a simple text-based blog can be used to great effect with your English language learners.
Types of blogs used in language teaching
Aaron Campbell (2003) has outlined three types of blogs for use with language classes:
Of course, teachers who decide to use blogs often use a combination of Tutor or Class blog and Learner blogs, with hyperlinks connecting them.
Why blog?
So, why should you blog with your students? There are many reasons why you may choose to use weblogs with students. One of the best reasons is to provide a real audience for student writing. Usually, the teacher is the only person who reads student writing, and the focus of this reading is usually on form, not content. With weblogs, students can find themselves writing for a real audience that, apart from the teacher, may include their peers, students from other classes, or even other countries, their parents, and potentially anyone with access to the Internet.
Here are some other reasons for using blogs:
Where to start
There are lots of sites where you can set up a blog for free, but perhaps the best known and one of the most reliable and simple blogging tools to use with students is Blogger (http://blogger.com). It takes only fifteen minutes from setting up an account to publishing the first post using this valuable tool.
The teacher sets up the tutor blog or a class blog. With a Class blog, students will need to be invited to participate by e-mail. Learner blog accounts can either be set up beforehand by the teacher, or done at the same time with a whole class in a computer room. The former gives the teacher more control of student accounts, but some advantages of the latter is that learners are given more choice (of username, design of the blog, etc) and a greater sense of 'ownership' of their new virtual writing space.
Tips for managing learner blog settings
Keeping students interested
Many teachers who start to use blogs find the novelty factor is enough to create student interest in starting to use them. However, blogs work best when learners get into the habit of using them. If learners are not encouraged to post to their blogs frequently, then they can quickly be abandoned. A failed experiment. Here, the teacher in the role of facilitator is vital for maintaining student interest. Here are some ideas to how this can be done:
Some ideas for activities
Pitfalls to watch out for
Advanced feature
The easiest way to keep track of a lot of learner blogs is to use the 'Site Feed' feature. You will need to use another piece of software called a newsreader or aggregator to read site feeds. Using a newsreader means your e-mail in-box won't become cluttered with posted messages from students publishing their weblogs. One of the most popular, free web-based newsreaders is Bloglines http://www.bloglines.com.
The BBC and British Council are not responsible for the content of external web sites.
Further reading
Blog-efl. My own blog with information and comments for teachers of EFL/ESL interested in using blogs http://blog-efl.blogspot.com
'Weblogs for use with ESL classes' Campbell AP (2003) http://iteslj.org/Techniques/Campbell-Weblogs.html
If you have any suggestions or tips for using blogs in the class you would like to share on this site, contact us.
Graham Stanley, British Council, Barcelona
irene cros replied on Permalink
Hi there,I found the article on blogs very useful, but the link to Bees blog is rather old. The last post is 2005.There are some great elt blogs out there though ...
Ankita01 replied on Permalink
Reading is good "Passive" way of improving vocabulary, but when you are resorting to making lists, that is "Active" method. Problem with active method of learning words is that it is cumbersome and boring, and you doing retain and unless you use it in writing sentences to apply the word, very little chance is that you increase your lexical size.
Improve Your Vocabulary - VocabMonk is an active learning tool which is personalised and makes sure you grasp the learnt words by applying it. It is lot of fun too as you can play vocab challenges with your friends.
Give it a shot!
swacham replied on Permalink
Keeping students interested is the main thing
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I was never safe with these family people from the very beginning, all of them people are against me. they been that way towards me for several yearsl. 1 the people dehumanized me and they set me up for other people turning their backs on me 2 the so called mother isolated me from other people. 3 taken me out of my kindergarten class and I was not allowed to complete kindergarten. 4 they kept me nearly 3 years behind in school grade and I lost peers. 5 the man who denied me had guardianship over me and he really hated my guts and he didn't have no love for me at all because I was nothing to him. 6 the so called mother she always blamed and fault me for everything that was wrong between her and her husband that is because she didn't want me for her child I wasn't their darling daughter to them I am an object not worth living that is very strange why all their venomous hatred against me? 7 The family people always did treat me like I am an outcast and an outsider, they never did treat me like a blood line relative no they did notl and they always treated both my children like an outcast and an outsider, they never did treat none of my children like a blood line relative at all and they don't have albinism in their family at all, some of the so call mother side people told me that, I DON'T LIKE THE FEELING , THEY CONTROLLED MY LIFE LIKE I AM AN ANIMAL AND THEY FOLLOW ME EVERYWHERE I MOVE AND RELOCATE TO AND THEY HUNT AND TRACK ME DOWN ON PURPOSE LIKE I AM AN ANIMAL, I GOT A RIGHT TO LIVE MY LIFE THE WAY I WANT TO AND THEY VIOLATED ME ON PURPOSE AND OTHER FAMILY PEOPLE FOLLOWED AND THEY ALL JUMPED ALL OVER ME AND THEY DID ATTACKED MY CHILDREN TOO BEHIND MY BACK AND IF ANY ONE OF MY CHILDREN GO BACK TO ANOTHER HOSPITAL AND ANOTHER NURSING HOME THE PEOPLE WILL KILL HIM THAT IS JUST TO GET BACK AT ME FOR SEVERAL YEARS OF VIOLENT CRIMINAL CHILD ABUSE I SUFFERED FOR NOTHING I EVEN DID. ALL OF THIS BECAUSE Nelson and Carmella Barber took me home. ALL EVERYBODY DID WAS TALKED ABOUT ME LIKE A DOG. Some of those people spat on me too and I should not have had to dye my hair brown and I should not have been forced to wear brown wigs for several years them people are trying to change my physical image they did not have no damn right to do that to me and they did try to change both my children physical images, I been called far too many ALBINO S AND WHITE BITCHES FOR FAR TOO MANY YEARS
September 20, 2012
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The Corsa has the performance of the Pista GP and the characteristics of a helmet for road use.
The carbon-fibre/glass-fibre/aramid SSL (Super Super Light) shell was designed using FEM techniques (Finite Elements Analysis) and features EPS internal ducts in the shell to provide a small, light helmet which is both comfortable and extremely safe. The result is a helmet that is significantly superior than the limits set by ECE standards and that weighs just 1350 g (refers to MS size ECE 2205 version).
Unlike the Pista GP, the Corsa comes with a system for opening and closing the air vents which makes it a less extreme, more versatile helmet. The entire ventilation system was designed using computational fluid dynamic modelling and wind tunnel tests. This helmet is highly efficient at removing heat and moisture from the rider's head. Thanks to its large rear spoiler, the Corsa boasts first class performance in terms of aerodynamic penetration and high speed stability. Overall, the visor aperture is 9% bigger meaning a 15° improvement in vision which obviously enhances the active safety factor.
The fit of the Corsa was developed using "Human Engineering" whereby the design starts from the surfaces in contact with the wearer's head. The inside of the helmet starts with a concave 3D structure that is pre-shaped to match the contours of the rider's head and any surfaces in contact with the head are stitch-free. The Lycra® and Shalimar® sanitized internal components are fully adjustable due to the fact that the position and depth of the crown pad can be modified as can the thickness of the cheek pads.
The combination of these solutions, which are covered by three separate patents, make the Corsa fit the different cranial shapes as never before.
Technical Information - Corsa
Shell: SSL (Super Super Light) in composite fiber, aramid and Carbon Fiber
N° of shells: 4 shell sizes
Fabric: Breathable Lycra® lining and shalimar fabric with sanitizing treatment
Liners: Fully removable and washable inner liners
Ventilation system: IVS (Integrated Ventilation System) with wide ducts hollowed into the shell
Air vents with open/close mechanism
Visor mechanism: XQRS (Extra Quick Release System) in metal with roto-translation opening. Visor front micro-lock system that reduces the risk of accidental opening in the event of an accident. Quick release system for tool-free removal and replacement of the visor in seconds
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Muhammad Ali was exhausted as he clambered from a plane on a tarmac in Tanzania as the waiting throng exploded with enthusiasm. "ALI, ALI, ALI," the crowd chanted. By all appearances, the former champion's arrival in Dar es Salaam looked familiar enough: exactly like the humanitarian missions to which the boxer had become accustomed. But this was different, and Ali—who had been doing charity work in India the day before—was groggy. Worst of all, he was unsure about why he was even there.
In a plan that seemed like a good one when it was hatched, U.S. State Department officials were dispatched to India in January 1980 to convince the boxing legend and Olympic gold medalist to help them lobby African countries to support a proposed American boycott of the Summer Olympics in Moscow. The boycott had been ordered by President Jimmy Carter in response to the recent Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, but the White House knew that a failure to get other nations to similarly boycott could embarrass the U.S. and render its move to sit out the games ineffective. Now the president was in bad need of assistance in selling the plan abroad—and the boxing legend was needed in Africa. Ali, offended by the Russian invasion himself, agreed to lend a hand.
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The night before he left for Tanzania, the first stop on the diplomatic tour, Ali had a late-night meeting with the Soviet ambassador to India, Yuli Vorontsov, who tried to convince Ali not to make the trip. Vorontsov failed, but the exhausted boxer spent his flight sleeping and arrived in Africa poorly informed and was quickly rebuffed. Tanzanian President Julius Nyerere, insulted that Carter had sent a mere athlete to discuss the boycott, refused to meet with the special envoy. Ali was hustled into a press conference that quickly became combative. The boxer was stunned when asked if he was a puppet of the White House. "Nobody made me come here and I'm nobody's Uncle Tom," he said.
When Carter called to get an update, the news was not good. "Ali began to talk about jumping ship," one member of the delegation reported to the president. In a meeting with the Tanzanian minister of youth and culture, Chediel Mgonja, someone slipped him a note, calling him a stooge of Jimmy Carter. The mission limped along, though it never recovered from the bad press. Sports columnist Shirley Povich of the Washington Post declared, "The whole fiasco was not all Ali's fault. Much of the blunder can be traced to the White House." An editorial in the Economist dryly noted: "It seemed, no doubt, like a good idea at the time." As a metaphor for the larger American struggle to initiate a boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics, the Ali trip was a good one.
The sight of Soviet tanks rumbling into Afghanistan in December 1979 can easily be regarded as the moment the stage was set for the U.S. boycott. But conditions had been developing for years as the 1970s, a period of managed competition between the two superpowers, came to a close. It was a time when the Cold War was supposedly less dangerous, but still ongoing. While Americans saw themselves making economic concessions in return for good Soviet behavior and negotiating from a position of equality with Moscow, the Kremlin considered the concessions a reward for its military buildup.
It was against this backdrop that Kremlin leaders decided to make their move in Afghanistan. The invasion was the Soviet Union's first grab of new territory since the end of World War II. Where Washington saw communist aggression, the perspective was significantly different in Moscow. Soviet leaders wanted to bolster a flailing regime in their backyard, a short-term maneuver of no real importance to any other country. They expected few international repercussions. It never occurred to them that it would spoil the Olympic party they planned to host the next summer.
I'm as patriotic as the next guy, but the patriotic thing to do is for us to send a team over there and whip their ass."
Perhaps nobody saw the Soviet intervention in Afghanistan in more dire terms than Zbigniew Brzezinski, Carter's national security adviser and a hard-line cold warrior. "Afghanistan is the seventh state since 1975 in which communist parties have come to power with Soviet guns and tanks, with Soviet military power and assistance," Brzezinski told Carter.
Brzezinski also saw an opportunity for Carter to assert himself on matters of foreign policy. But what could the United States hope to do? Carter began to realize he had few levers to pull. Rolf Pauls, the West German ambassador to NATO, suggested an Olympic boycott. The White House was intrigued. In a meeting of the National Security Council, Lloyd Cutler, the White House counsel, argued that the United States should boycott the Olympics only if it were combined with other strong action. Vice President Walter Mondale was enthusiastic, claiming that a boycott "could capture the imagination of the American people." Cutler, despite his reservations about the boycott, said he saw no problem in implementing one; seizing passports of the athletes would be a simple way to keep them from traveling overseas. As for the president, according to White House notes of the meeting, Carter said the idea sent "cold chills" down his spine.
Almost instantly, the press supported a boycott. On Jan. 10, the Washington Post's Robert G. Kaiser, a former correspondent in Moscow, wrote, "There should be no underestimating the significance the Soviets themselves put on their selection. They have been treating this Olympiad as one of the great events of their modern history." A boycott, he argued, "would be a tremendous blow to Soviet prestige; but perhaps more significant, the collapse of this Olympiad would send a genuine shock through Soviet society."
CIA Director Adm. Stansfield Turner disagreed, and passed along an agency finding that a boycott would have limited impact on the Soviet Union. It could even backfire on the United States, he warned. "The Soviets would also be able to play the role of an aggrieved party before a partially sympathetic international audience and to utilize international disagreements over the boycott to exacerbate tensions between the U.S. and non-boycotting (or reluctantly boycotting) states, probably including some close U.S. allies."
A boycott was popular; 55 percent of the American people supported the idea. But Olympians fervently opposed it. "Any boycott isn't going to change the Soviets' mind and isn't going to get troops out of Afghanistan," complained Julian Roosevelt, an American member of the International Olympic Committee. "I'm as patriotic as the next guy, but the patriotic thing to do is for us to send a team over there and whip their ass." Al Oerter, a four-time gold medalist in the discus who was trying to make a comeback at age 42, agreed: "The only way to compete against Moscow is to stuff it down their throats in their own backyard."


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March 23, 2012
Taupe Madness: INGLOT Pearl #435
Among the three of us here at So Loverly, I think I've developed quite a reputation of being taupe mad. (I've also developed a reputation for being mad about many other things *cough blush cough*, but you already knew that.)
Every time I look at eyeshadows, my eyes are inexplicably drawn to taupe and brownish shades. Can't be helped.
So today I'd like to introduce you to a shade I met while shopping with Kahani at INGLOT earlier this year - the Pearl #435.
It's a gorgeous taupe shade that I usually use either as a wash, or for the outer corner of my eye, if I'm pairing it with a lighter shade. Applied over a good base (these days it's usually my Sephora Jumbo Liners or MUFE Aqua Creams), it lasts the whole day without budging. Love.
This eyeshadow is pretty value for money too. At RM50 (or was it RM55) for 2g, this trumps even MAC at RM60 for 1.5g. It's a huge pot that will last, last and laaaast.
Also, I don't think this shade is available in their square pans, so if you really like this, it's only available as a standalone shade.
As you can see, the colour swatches beautifully. It's very pigmented and applies very smoothly, and the quality is very impressive. Just beautiful.
Have you tried INGLOT eyeshadows before? If you haven't, I suggest you do. I get the feeling that INGLOT is going to give it's pricier counterparts a run for its money.
(At the moment, the only INGLOT store I know of is at Sunway Pyramid. If you know of INGLOT stores anywhere else in Malaysia, do let me know in the comments!)
7 comments:
- Annette said...
Ah, this post is just evil. Syen is evil. You guys are waving a temptation in front of a recovering taupe fiend who has a SHAMELESS amount of taupe shades under the sun. Ahhhh!! *runs away*
- 23 March 2012 at 16:10
- Kahani said...
Annette... so I should hold off on that L'oreal Infallible Bronze Taupe post then?
- 23 March 2012 at 16:35
- Syen said...
Annette: Haha. Sorry, we're not very good at trying to make people not-buy stuff. Unless it's stuff we really think is not worth your buck.
Fellow taupe fiend, embrace yourself. You are who you are. *cackles away*
Kahani: Get it out already, will you? I want to see it! =P
- 23 March 2012 at 16:49
- Luthien said...
Greetings from up North - there's another INGLOT store in Queensbay mall, Penang! ;)
- 24 March 2012 at 15:47
- Syen said...
Luthiens: Greetings! Awesome news! Thanks for the heads-up. =)
- 25 March 2012 at 10:13
- Annette said...
Hahaha... it's inevitable, isn't it? I do love the fact that you guys post stuffs you truly feel is worth it in terms of quality and price. Keep it up! ;)
- 26 March 2012 at 14:34
- Kahani said...
Thanks Annette!
Syen bought me an Inglot palette for my birthday/christmas pressie and I loooove it. Will review it once I have the guts to lever the palettes out of their magnetic base and see what shades I'm slapping on.
- 26 March 2012 at 14:45


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A day after Gov. Rick Perry wrote a rather scorching letter to U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius — and after other Republican governors also have stood against key parts of the federal health care reform law — Sebelius sent a letter to governors saying the federal government is committed to giving as much flexibility as possible to states.
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Rush Hour Rewards automatically adjusts temperatures around rush hours. Depending on what Nest has learned from you and your home, Nest might raise the temperature by a few degrees during the afternoon and/or pre-cool a home before the rush hour begins to make sure you're reasonably comfortable while using less energy during the rush hour. The customer is always in control. To override the temperature, simply change the setting during a rush hour and Nest will keep the temperatures you set.
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Over time, everyone gets settled into a schedule. We get used to the temperatures we've set and can miss easy opportunities to decrease our bills. It's possible to save a lot of money by making minor temperature adjustments to your schedule and Seasonal Savings is designed to do that automatically for you, fine-tuning your schedule over several weeks so you don't notice a difference in comfort.
Seasonal Savings can appear twice per year: early in the heating and cooling seasons. It uses everything Nest has learned about your home and temperature preferences to identify ways that you can save energy without compromising comfort. Nest slowly adjusts temperatures over several weeks – never more than a few degrees total. This allows you to get used to the change gradually to make sure you don't feel too hot or too cold. Changes could include moving a temperature so that it's a little bit earlier or later in your schedule, adjusting temperatures a few degrees, or even adding or getting rid of temperatures in your schedule. Actual savings will vary by weather, your usage, and your provider's rate plan, but Nest studies show plan participants can use 5 to 10 percent less energy when heating or cooling. You can change the schedule at any time, but if you stick with Seasonal Savings' tuned-up schedule, it will reduce your energy use for the season while still keeping you comfortable. In Nest trials, 80 percent of participants kept their new schedules after the Seasonal Savings service was completed.
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This article is the first in a series of three articles. It's sole purpose is to introduce you to domain events and commands.
This article is the first in a series of three articles. It's sole purpose is to
introduce you to domain events and commands. The next article will show how,
with almost no effort (thanks to Griffin.Decoupled) you can get started with the
command/event type of applications. The series will end with an article showing
how you can use the DDD domain model together with the command and event
handling. Introduction
When we start our profession as developers we complete applications very quickly.
We giggle a bit for ourselves and look at the older programmers which finish
just half of the application in the same amount of time. Our applications look
good and work great. But in fact they are just lipstick on a pig:
The problems don't surface until you have to start maintaining the application.
You change the code in one place and suddenly a new bug appears in another. This
is one of the most common problems when developing applications. The problem is
really that you have high coupling between your classes. It might be because of
leaky abstractions or violated layer boundaries. It's a menace.
Another typical problem is that we have to hard-code the application flow as a
fixed sequence: public void Register(email,
string userName, string word)
// 1. create var user = _repository.Create(email, userName,
// 2. notify user var email = new
email, "Account created",
"Welcome DUUUDE!");
var client = new SmtpClient(); //configured in app.config client.Send(email);
// 3. Notify admin var email = new
"Account created",
"User registered");
Which will force us to make changes that will affect the entire sequence.
Consider the following: after a period of time you get a new requirement: The
customer wants to audit all new users. To be able to do that we have to modify
that code above. Changing the code breaks the Open/Closed principle (one of the
SOLID ones). Why is that? Because every code change is a potential new bug. No
modifications also means that we do not have to test it either. No changes = No
new bugs (a bit simplified, but anyhow...).
To avoid changes we need some way to act upon actions/events.
Enter domain events
Domain events are one of the answers to our prayers.
Domain events are a concept which I've borrowed (shamelessly stolen) from domain
driven design. A domain event is a change (which is most often) driven by a
user. It can be upon user login, when an administrator locks a user account or
when a user posts a new forum reply.
Events are named like UserRegistered, ReplyPosted or OrderPayed. Events should
be defined in a way that the average client would understand. An event named
OrderUpdated is far to broad and doesn't really say anything (compared with
OrderPayed, ItemAddedToOrder or OrderPaymentMethodChanged).
As you've might have figured out the domain events should always be named in
past tense (it's just part of the best practice). Let's define a small event: public class ReplyPosted
: DomainEventBase
public ReplyPosted(string
threadId, int postedById,
string comment)
ThreadId = threadId;
PostedById = postedById;
Comment = comment;
public string
ThreadId { get; private set; }
public string
PostedById { get;
private set; }
public string
Comment { get; private set; }
Notice that we always use IDs instead of entities/objects in the domain events.
We also keep the number of properties at a minimum. Only include information
which is important to identify the entities in question and the information that
describes the change in the system.
Keeping the events lightweight makes them less likely to change in the future.
Trust me, you do not want to have to change all your event subscribers when your
application has grown. Compare the ReplyPosted event with an OrderUpdated event
and the amount of information that it would have had to contain (and the amount
of logic that all subscribers would have had to have).
Let's examine how the previous code snippet would look like when we are using
domain events: public void Register(email,
string userName, string word)
var user = _repository.Create(email, userName, word);
// publish the event, the
method is implementation specific DomainEvent.Publish(new
The event is simple enough; see: public class UserRegistered
: DomainEventBase
public UserRegistered(int
if (userId < 1)
throw new
userId, "Specify a valid user id");
UserId = userId;
public int
UserId { get; private set; }
Our event is lean enough and will be published for us. Now we only need to act
upon that event. That's done with the help of subscribers. Let's create two (to
handle the code in the original method). public class
WelcomeEmailSender : ISubscribeOn<UserRegistered> //read it as "I Subscribe On
UserRegistered" {
public void
Handle(UserRegistered domainEvent)
var email = new
email, "Account created",
"Welcome DUUUDE!");
var client =
new SmtpClient();
//configured in app.config client.Send(email);
public class
UserRegisteredEmailSender : ISubscribeOn<UserRegistered>
public void
Handle(UserRegistered domainEvent)
var email = new
"Account created",
"User registered");
var client =
new SmtpClient();
//configured in app.config client.Send(email);
You should always create a new class for every handler. It keeps them
lightweight and easier to read/maintain. If you are using an IoC container you
can also inject dependencies into them.
Let's also add support for the new client requirement: To be able to audit new
users. public class AuditNewUsers
: ISubscribeOn<UserRegistered>
IForbiddenWordsRepository _repository;
IUserRepository _userRepository;
AuditNewUsers(IForbiddenWordsRepository repository, IUserRepository
_repository = repository;
_userRepository = userRepository;
public void
Handle(UserRegistered domainEvent)
var user =
if (_repository.Exists(user.UserName))
var email =
new MailMessage("email@example.com",
"Action required",
"You might want to inspect user #" + user.Id);
var client =
new SmtpClient(); //configured in app.config client.Send(email);
As you see we only had to create a new event.
I hope that you've got the grasp of domain events and how they help you to write
more decoupled applications. Command me, sire!
With the introduction of domain events we've got smaller classes which is more
SOLID. It also means that we've captured the essence of what the user intended
to do (the use case) by moving out all non-essential actions to event handlers.
That's a good start. But we can decouple our architecture even further.
A traditional layered application looks like this (may or may not be using
multiple tiers):
That design is great since it's very easy to follow what happens and when. The
problem is that the service classes tend to get fat and changed often. And as
you might know by now, every change of existing code is a potential bug. The
solution for this is to retire those service classes and instead introduce
commands. Task based UIs vs CRUD UIs
But before we get into commands we'll have a prerequisite that we have to
fulfill: Our UIs must be task based. A typical CRUD based UI looks something like this:
CRUD applications are often data-centric. That is, our application is modeled
from the database perspective. We just create UIs to allow the user to edit
everything. The problem with that is that there is not really a way to validate
that the correct combination of fields are properly validated.
Task-based applications are user-centric. The tasks are not something that you
make up by yourself but something which is defined by your client. They most
often correspond to a use case/story.
The corresponding task based UI looks like:
The change is really that we define a set of actions that the user can take.
Each of these actions are defined by your client. Your client probably doesn't
say "I want to be able to edit all fields" but more likely "I want to
be able to assign a case to a user". So you have a task named
AssignCaseToUser. That my dear ladies and gentleman is a command.
With this approach it's much easier to validate the information since we have a
specific action. For instance, it doesn't make sense to change the title when
assigning a task. So we can exclude that field from the action. Also, we know
that we should always update the AssignedAt field. Hence we do not expose that
field but just update it our-self. What is a command?
A command is a use case, not a database operation or something technical. The
command is what the user (your client) wants to achieve. That also means that
you should not try to write/design commands for reuse. That will come back and
haunt you every night. Design a command to do what the user wants. Nothing more
and nothing less.
RegisterUser, AssignTask, LockForum are use case driven commands while
UpdateUserTable is more of an operation (and should really be part of a
This distinction is important if we want to be able to re-factor or scale our
systems. The distinction makes our commands agnostic of the actual
implementation. Commands are always in a valid state
A command should always make sure that it's information is valid. You've
probably seen commands that look like this: public class DelegateTask {
public int
TaskId { get; set;
public int
UserId { get; set;
The problem with that is that the command will fail if one of the fields are not
specified. Always validate the information when it's assigned, not later. We should use the following convention:
Command validation vs UI validation
Command validation does not replace view model validation or similar. The
command validation is used to increase the chance of success when the command is
actually executed while the UI validation is used to ensure that the user
entered all information correctly (and instantly provide the user feedback).
The difference is subtle but important. When you enter information into the
command you've probably already validated it once.
The UI validation might be done by a different team/developer than the command
validation (or by the same developer but in different time periods). It's
therefore important that the validation is made in both places so that we catch
any changes early (instead of getting failing commands). Commands do not return anything
Commands should not return anything. EVER!.
This is probably the hardest thing with commands to get accustomed to. Today we
are so accustomed to giving the user feedback directly. And that isn't really
possible with commands since they will be executed in the future (and not
Here is a solution for most common problems: Need to act upon the generated ID Switch to GUIDs
GUIDs provide the worst performance when looking up information in the database.
But they are implementation agnostic and can safely be generated by the code.
There are however GUIDs (not really GUIDs if we should be anal, but similar
enough) that provides you better performance. Google "sequential GUIDs". Many
database engines have similar GUIDs. Act upon the generated domain event instead
We have our domain events now, right? Use them to handle additional processing
if possible. Need to present the result to the user
That page/message will provide our system a
chance to process the command before the user does something else.
The code
The customer has moved to a new place. Thus we need to change the delivery
address: public class ChangeDeliveryAddress {
public ChangeDeliveryAddress(int
userId, string street,
string zipCode, string city)
if (userId < 1)
throw new
userId, "Specify a valid user id");
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(street))
throw new ArgumentException("street",
"Street must be specified");
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(zipCode))
throw new ArgumentException("zipCode",
"ZipCode must be specified");
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(city))
throw new ArgumentException("city",
"City must be specified");
//assignment here }
public string
UserId { get; private set; }
public string
Street { get; private set; }
public string
ZipCode { get; private set; }
public string
City { get; private set; }
// State may be null public string State
That was only the command request. We also need something that handles the
command. public class
ChangeDeliveryAddressHandler : IHandleCommand<ChangeDeliveryAddress>
//"I Handle Command
ChangeDeliveryAddress" {
IUserRepository _repository;
ChangeDeliveryAddressHandler(IUserRepository repository)
_repository = repository;
public void
Invoke(ChangeDeliveryAddress command)
var user = _repository.Get(command.UserId);
user.ZipCode = command.zipCode;
// [...]
DeliveryAddressChanged(user.Id, /* and all changed
fields */));
Do note that the command in this case is just a data source wrapper. That may
not be in the future. The important thing today is that the event is generated
and we can therefore act upon the command in a decoupled way. What belongs in the command?
Now that we have obtained the domain events and commands there is still an issue
to address. And that is, what belongs in the command or in the domain event
The answer is that it's quite easy to solve. Ask your client. For instance:
"Should we abort the user registration if the welcome email can't be sent? Or is
it enough if we notify your support department so that they can contact the new
Everything which is not fatal in a usecase / userstory should be placed in
domain event handlers. Handling customer feedback
We'll have to have a new way to interact with the users, since we should treat
all commands as some asynchronous handlers which won't give us a result back.
The easiest way to do that is to introduce a notification system. Simply create
a new database table where all notifications are stored. Read it every time a
new page is displayed.
The notification system should of course be a command and a domain event too. If
you're writing a native client you can simply subscribe to the
NotificationCreated event to be able to display it to the user. Let me entertain you
To entertain you a bit, here is a command handler of mine (from my upcoming web
startup). It subscribes to some domain events to capture the entire task
delegation flow in the same place.
Look at the subscribed events and think of when they happen. When you get it
you'll understand that the logic handles several different application flows. So
it's more complex than it looks .
(Note that the domain events are published from within the domain models since I
try to follow Domain Driven Design.) public class
RequestTaskDelegationHandler :
private readonly
ITodoItemStorage _todoItemStorage;
private readonly
IUserStorage _userStorage;
private readonly
IFriendDataStore _friendDataStore;
private readonly
ICommandDispatcher _commandDispatcher;
RequestTaskDelegationHandler(ITodoItemStorage todoItemStorage, IUserStorage
userStorage, IFriendDataStore friendDataStore, ICommandDispatcher
_todoItemStorage = todoItemStorage;
_userStorage = userStorage;
_friendDataStore = friendDataStore;
_commandDispatcher = commandDispatcher;
public void
Invoke(RequestTaskDelegation command)
var item = _todoItemStorage.Load(command.TaskId);
var delegatedBy = _userStorage.Load(command.DelegatedFromUserId);
var delegateTo =
command.DelegateTo.Contains("@") //userIds do not contain @ ? _userStorage.LoadByEmail(command.DelegateTo)
: _userStorage.Load(command.DelegateTo);
var isNotFriend = delegateTo ==
null || !_friendDataStore.IsFriend(command.DelegatedFromUserId,
if (isNotFriend)
item.RequestDelegationToInvited(delegatedBy, delegateTo !=
null ? delegateTo.Email : command.DelegateTo);
MakeFriendsAndThenDelegate(command, delegateTo);
item.RequestDelegationTo(delegatedBy, delegateTo);
/// <summary> ///
Hmm. No relationship between the users. Start by a friendship request. /// </summary> /// <param name="command"></param> /// <param name="delegateTo"></param> private void
MakeFriendsAndThenDelegate(RequestTaskDelegation command, IUserLink delegateTo)
// Not a user yet, hence
we need to connect using an ID, // email can't be used since the user may loging with another
one. if (delegateTo
== null)
var inviter = _userStorage.Load(command.DelegatedFromUserId);
var invited = _userStorage.GetInvitedByEmail(command.DelegateTo);
if (invited ==
invited = new
InvitedUser(command.DelegateTo, inviter);
var pendingDelegation =
new PendingDelegation
ActivationKey = invited.ActivationKey,
FromUserId = command.DelegatedFromUserId,
TaskId = command.TaskId
else {
DelegatedToUserId = delegateTo.Id,
FromUserId = command.DelegatedFromUserId,
TaskId = command.TaskId
var inviteCmd =
new MakeFriend(command.DelegatedFromUserId, command.DelegateTo);
/// <summary> ///
Accepted our invitation, now let's make that delegation request for real. /// </summary> /// <param name="e">The
event</param> public void Handle(InvitationAccepted e)
// need to convert to
using user id var
delegations = _todoItemStorage.GetPendingByAcceptanceKey(e.ActivationKey);
foreach (var
delegation in delegations)
var newDelegation =
new PendingDelegation
DelegatedToUserId = e.InvitedUserId,
FromUserId = e.InvitedByUserId,
TaskId = delegation.TaskId
/// <summary> ///
Friendship requested, now we can request delegation /// </summary> /// <param name="e">The
event</param> public void Handle(FriendRequestAccepted e)
var delegations = _todoItemStorage.GetPendingByUserId(e.AcceptedBy);
foreach (var
delegation in delegations)
var item = _todoItemStorage.Load(delegation.TaskId);
var to = _userStorage.Load(delegation.DelegatedToUserId);
var from = _userStorage.Load(delegation.FromUserId);
item.RequestDelegationTo(from, to);
/// <summary> ///
Need to remove a pending request. /// </summary> /// <param name="e">The
event</param> public void Handle(FriendRequestRejected e)
var delegations = _todoItemStorage.GetPendingByUserId(e.RejectedBy);
foreach (var
delegation in delegations)
var item = _todoItemStorage.Load(delegation.TaskId);
var user = _userStorage.Load(e.RejectedBy);
item.RejectDelegation(user, e.Reason);
} Summary
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GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) Davion Berry scored 21 points and Frank Otis had 20 points and 12 rebounds as Weber State defeated North Dakota 66-51 Thursday night.
The Wildcats (14-5, 9-2 Big Sky), who opened conference play 9-0 before being swept last week at Montana State and league-leading Montana, got back on the winning track by shooting 46 percent and outrebounding North Dakota 40-28.
Josh Schuler had 12 points for the Fighting Sioux (8-12, 5-6), who had won four of their past five games.
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The Beijing city government has decreed that real-name registration will be required for microblogs, according to a news report on CCTV, China's state broadcaster. The move comes amid a crackdown on "Internet rumors", which the government has likened to drugs.
The CCTV report said the real-name requirement would be effective immediately. Registering a new account on Sina Weibo, China's most popular microblog, now requires verification via a text message sent to mobile phone. Official regulations require that personal identification is required to purchase a mobile SIM cards in China.
The real-name requirement is effective immediately for new accounts. Existing users are required to register with their personal identification number within three months or will lose the ability to post messages. The full list of 16 new requirements have been published in Chinese.
Analysts were already concerned that increasing censorship could reduce the vibrancy of discussion on microblogs, and real-name registration is certain to further heighten concerns. The popularity of microblogging is in part due its ability to provide an alternative to state-controlled newscasters in television, radio, and official online news channels. The most widely-discussed topic of the year on Sina Weibo was the deadly Wenzhou train crash.
Sina Weibo and Tencent Weibo are China's top two microblogs. Yet the move may also have implications for other Chinese firms with social networking properties, most of which are based in Beijing, including Sina, Netease, Sohu, and Renren.
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At long last, proof of Darwinism - on honey bees and hornets
Here's a hilarious "proof" of Darwinism (how honeybees "evolved" to defend themselves from hornets). But to appreciate the joke, you must be able to consider that Darwinism might not be true.
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This months choice for Dinner and a Movie hosted by Susan of Sticky, Gooey, Creamy, Chewy and Marc of No Recipes is one of my all time favourite movies- "Shirley Valentine."
This first came out in 1989 (really? 20 years ago?..where DID the time go!?..yikes… eeek!!!) I was in my 20s when I first saw it and now I'm closer to Shirley's age. But its message is timeless. Altogether, I've probably watched it about 40 times since I first saw it in the theatre. I know most of the dialogue by heart and quote from it fairly often:
" I like chips and egg ..on a TUESDAY – today is THURSDAY… Where's me steak?!"
"I enjoy a glass of wine while I'm preparing the evening meal-don't I wall?"
"He's not bad, my fella- he's just no bleedin' good!"
"She's that type Gillian, – I'm not saying she's a braggart but if you've got a headache- she's got a brain tumor- if you've been to paradise- she's got a season ticket!'
This is a feel good movie about reclaiming your inner girl when you've turned into "The Wife" or "The Mother" and most of all about bravely choosing a new path when the one you are on doesn't suit anymore. Full of quirky British humour and the beautiful scenes of Mykonos in Greece -it' s a holiday you won't want to return from either. Pauline Collins, Tom Conti, Bernard Hill, Julia McKenzie, Alison Steadman and Joanne Lumley are a stellar, lovable, brilliant cast.
* Updated* One thing that is funny is that it took a while for this movie to come to DVD in the USA (I was on the Amazon waitlist forever and about wore my VHS copy out) and they put both an UK audio track and an USA audio track. I could find only 5 times where it is different- watch the UK version and see if you can catch them- I'll send a nice prize to the first person who emails me (or leaves a comment here) with at least 3 of the correct changes.
"Chips and egg" appear several times throughout the movie -in Britain as a pivotal meal that seals Shirley's determination to take advantage of a windfall trip to Greece and then later in Greece she meets "Dougie and Jeannette" and says: "They're that type you know- if they'd been at the Last Supper they'd have asked for chips and egg." After she decides to stay in Greece she offers to cook chips and egg for xenophobic British travelers at Costa's bar who are too afraid to try any lovely Greek offerings such as Kleftika.
lemon balm and oregano in the garden
For my version I baked sweet potato chips and added a "gremolata" of fresh oregano, shallot, garlic, salt and Feta cheese- just to pull Britain a bit closer to Mykonos. I used fresh Oregano from my garden- don't use dry if you can't find fresh-skip it or change to a real gremolata with parsley. Alexia is a good brand of pre-made sweet potato chips or simply cut some sweet potatoes into batons and toss with a bit of olive oil, salt and pepper and bake for about 30 minutes at 400F, turning often and finishing off under the broiler for crispness.
I made scrambled eggs with Feta for Rick as he doesn't like fried eggs- but I had mine over-medium- fried in one of my favourite Griswold cast iron skillets. They, along with the chips, some chile sauce and a couple of Rick's homemade cream biscuits, made a divine meal.
Oregano "Gremolata"
- 1/4 cup fresh, washed Oregano
- 1 large shallot
- a few grindings of garlic salt and pepper
- crumbled Feta cheese
Mince the Oregano and Shallot together finely, add the salt, pepper and Feta and toss over the chips and egg.
Opa! Wow! Check out all the other great Greek offerings from the Dinner and a Movie crowd at Susan's roundup here!