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FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. (AP) — Falcons general manager Thomas Dimitroff has been testing the market for a possible NFL draft-day trade and said Wednesday he won't be reluctant to make a deal.
Dimitroff's record supports his claim. Atlanta has made at least one trade in each of Dimitroff's six drafts.
"We don't sit on our hands," he said.
The Falcons have 10 picks, including the No. 6 overall selection, in next week's draft.
Dimitroff said he has been gauging the trade market to clear the path for more detailed discussions during the draft.
"I've talked to many teams about many things and obviously trade situations come up," Dimitroff said. "... I think the biggest thing is getting an idea what compensation would be if in fact something should ever come to fruition during the draft."
Dimitroff moved up eight spots to select cornerback Desmond Trufant at No. 22 last year. His most famous deal came in 2011 when he sent five picks to Cleveland so he could select receiver Julio Jones with the sixth overall pick. Some critics said Dimitroff gave too much for one player — even though Jones made the 2012 Pro Bowl before suffering a broken foot last season.
Dimitroff said he stands by the Jones trade.
"I would never question what we did in '11," he said. "I'm completely at ease with what we did as far as adding one of the most explosive players in this league and what he can do for us. Julio was fantastic."
Dimitroff sounded ready for a similar deal.
"What we've learned about reaching on a player or going after a player — excuse me, let's put it that way — is what we know about this organization," he said. "... We're aggressive with what we think can truly help our organization rise to the upper levels in this league, and we'll continue to be very aggressive with what we deem are very helpful individuals."
There have been reports Atlanta might try to acquire Houston's No. 1 overall pick to draft South Carolina defensive end Jadeveon Clowney.
Dimitroff wouldn't say if he has talked with Houston.
The Falcons, who had the third-fewest sacks in the league, need Clowney's pass-rush skills. They also need help on the offensive line. The offense ranked last in rushing, and quarterback Matt Ryan was sacked a career-high 44 times as the Falcons finished 4-12, ending a streak of five straight winning seasons.
Falcons coach Mike Smith said last week the top priority of the offseason is for the team to "get bigger and stronger."
"We need to have big, strong men because the core of the game the game is about controlling the line of scrimmage," Smith said. "Yes, it's a quarterback-driven league. Yes, it's a passing league. But you still have to win the line of scrimmage. That's something that's going to be a major focal point as we prepare for the 2014 season."
Dimitroff said three offensive tackles are regarded as high first-round picks: Auburn's Greg Robinson, Texas A&M's Jake Matthews and Michigan's Taylor Lewan.
"They're all big, they're all strong, they're all athletic, they're all really good football players with upside," Dimitroff said. "They all come to the table with something a little bit different.
"Those three tackles are obviously being touted as top-10 players. That's an amazing thing because rarely does that happen. Usually there are one or two but to have three that are being considered, that's a positive."
The Falcons have signed eight free agents, including offensive linemen Gabe Carimi and Jon Asamoah. Other free-agent additions include three-time Pro Bowl return specialist Devin Hester, defensive end Tyson Jackson, defensive tackle Paul Soliai and three defensive backs.
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US OPEN 2014: Capsules on top women's players
Women to watch at the U.S. Open, which begins Monday:
Seeded: 1
Ranked: 1
Age: 32
Country: United States
2014 Match Record: 38-6
2014 Singles Titles: 5
Career Singles Titles: 62
Major Titles: 17 — U.S. Open ('99, '02, '08, '12, '13), Wimbledon ('02, '03, '09, '10, '12), Australian Open ('03, '05, '07, '09, '10), French Open ('02, '13)
Last 5 U.S. Opens: '13-Won Championship, '12-Won Championship, '11-Lost in Final, '10-Did Not Play, '09-SF
Topspin: At majors in 2014, lost in fourth round at Australian Open, second round at French Open, third round at Wimbledon. ... Two-time defending champion at U.S. Open; trying to win three consecutive titles at one of tennis' major tournaments for first time. ... Last woman with a "three-peat" in New York was Chris Evert, who won four trophies in a row from 1975-78.
Seeded: 2
Ranked: 2
Age: 23
Country: Romania
2014 Match Record: 38-11
2014 Singles Titles: 2
Career Singles Titles: 8
Major Titles: 0 — Best: F, French Open ('14)
Last 5 U.S. Opens: '13-4th, '12-2nd, '11-2nd, '10-1st
Topspin: Made only one third-round run in her first 13 career Grand Slam appearances, but starting with last year's U.S. Open, hasn't lost before the fourth round in her last four majors. ... Not much power to her game; relies instead on angles and court coverage.
Seeded: 3
Ranked: 4
Age: 24
Country: Czech Republic
2014 Match Record: 28-12 (Playing in Connecticut Open)
2014 Singles Titles: 1
Career Singles Titles: 12
Major Titles: 2 — Wimbledon ('11, '14)
Last 5 U.S. Opens: '13-3rd, '12-4th, '11-1st, '10-3rd, '09-4th
Topspin: Trying to become the first woman other than the Williams sisters to win Wimbledon and the U.S. Open in the same year since Martina Hingis in 1997. ... Tough draw includes first-round match against up-and-comer Kristina Mladenovic, possible third-rounder against big-hitting American Madison Key, and possible fourth-rounder against past major champions Victoria Azarenka or Svetlana Kuznetsova.
Seeded: 5
Ranked: 6
Age: 27
Country: Russia
2014 Match Record: 38-9
2014 Singles Titles: 3
Career Singles Titles: 32
Major Titles: 5 — U.S. Open ('06), Wimbledon ('04), French Open ('12, '14), Australian Open ('08)
Last 5 U.S. Opens: '13-DNP, '12-SF, '11-3rd, '10-4th, '09-3rd
Topspin: Missed last year's tournament with an injury to her right shoulder, which has given her trouble off and on over the past several seasons. ... Winning 46.2 percent of her return games this season, fifth-best on tour.
Seeded: 7
Ranked: 8
Age: 20
Country: Canada
2014 Match Record: 37-17
2014 Singles Titles: 1
Career Singles Titles: 1
Major Titles: 0 — Best: F, Wimbledon ('14)
Last 5 U.S. Opens: '13-2nd, '12-DNP, '11-DNP, '10-DNP, '09-DNP
Topspin: Only woman to reach at least the semifinals at all three Grand Slam tournaments in 2014, including first major final at Wimbledon last month. ... Only 1-3 on hard courts in run-up to U.S. Open. ... Does not rank in top 10 of WTA this season in any of 10 significant serve or return statistical categories.
Seeded: 8
Ranked: 9
Age: 26
Country: Serbia
2014 Match Record: 47-13
2014 Singles Titles: 3
Career Singles Titles: 14
Major Titles: 1 — French Open ('08)
Last 5 U.S. Opens: '13-4th, '12-QF, '11-4th, '10-4th, '09-1st
Topspin: Leads WTA in match wins this season. ... U.S. Open is only Grand Slam tournament where she hasn't made at least one semifinal appearance. ... Two of her three losses at hard-court tuneups came against the No. 1-ranked Williams.
Seeded: 19
Ranked: 20
Age: 34
Country: United States
2014 Match Record: 24-11
2014 Singles Titles: 1
Career Singles Titles: 45
Major Titles: 7 — U.S. Open ('00, '01), Wimbledon ('00, '01, '05, '07, '08)
Last 5 U.S. Opens: '13-2nd, '12-2nd, '11-2nd, '10-SF, '09-4th
Topspin: Making her 64th career Grand Slam appearance, most among active players and tied for third in the Open era, behind Amy Frazier's 71. ... Run to final in Montreal in August — which included victory over younger sister Serena — showed that she can still summon hard-court success.
Seeded: 21
Ranked: 22
Age: 21
Country: United States
2014 Match Record: 20-18
2014 Singles Titles: 0
Career Singles Titles: 0
Major Titles: 0 — Best: SF, at Australian Open ('13)
Last 5 U.S. Opens: '13-4th, '12-3rd, '11-3rd, '10-DNP, '09-DNP
Topspin: Considered "next big thing" in U.S. tennis, has taken a step back this season, including first-round loss at Wimbledon that ended streak of six second-week appearances at majors. ... Tends to enjoy big stages, and game works well on hard courts, so could make a move at Flushing Meadows, if able to get past potential third-rounder against 2008 runner-up Jelena Jankovic.
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Sir Paul McCartney performed at the Ericsson Globe in Sweden's capital Stockholm, as part of his On The Run tour.
It was McCartney's first show in Sweden since the 04 Summer Tour stopped at the Ullevi Stadium in Gothenburg in 2004.
There were minor setlist changes from his previous show at the O2 Arena in London. He opened with Magical Mystery Tour instead of Hello, Goodbye, and played Got To Get You Into My Life rather than Drive My Car, I've Just Seen A Face instead of I Will.
I'm Looking Through You was played instead of I've Just Seen A Face, and And I Love Her rather than I Will. Nineteen Hundred And Eighty-Five and Come And Get It were also swapped around in the set.
McCartney's band was Paul 'Wix' Wickens (vocals, keyboards, guitar, percussion, harmonica), Brian Ray (vocals, guitar, bass), Rusty Anderson (vocals, guitar) and Abe Laboriel Jr (vocals, drums).
- Magical Mystery Tour
- Junior's Farm
- All My Loving
- Jet
- Got To Get You Into My Life
- Sing The Changes
- The Night Before
- Let Me Roll It
- Paperback Writer
- The Long And Winding Road
- Nineteen Hundred And Eighty-Five
- Come And Get It
- Maybe I'm Amazed
- I'm Looking Through You
- And I Love Her
- Blackbird
- Here Today
- Dance Tonight
- Mrs Vandebilt
- Eleanor Rigby
- Something
- Band On The Run
- Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
- Back In The USSR
- I've Got A Feeling
- A Day In The Life/Give Peace A Chance
- Let It Be
- Live and Let Die
- Hey Jude
Further On The Run tour dates:
- 12 December: Hartwall Areena, Helsinki, Finland
- 14 December: Olimpiisky Arena, Moscow, Russia
- 19 December: MEN Arena, Manchester, England
- 20 December: Echo Arena, Liverpool, England
Also on this day...
- 2009: Paul McCartney live at Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris, France
- 1969: George Harrison live at Falkoner Theatre, Copenhagen with Delaney & Bonnie
- 1968: John Lennon rehearses for The Rolling Stones' Rock And Roll Circus
- 1965: Live: Odeon Cinema, Hammersmith, London
- 1964: Ringo Starr leaves hospital
- 1963: Live: Gaumont Cinema, Doncaster
- 1962: Live: Cavern Club, Liverpool (lunchtime)
- 1961: Live: Hambleton Hall, Liverpool
- 1961: Live: Blue Gardenia Club, London
- 1960: John Lennon leaves Hamburg
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August 22, 2012
"Beloved, while I was very diligent to write to you concerning our common salvation, I found it necessary to write to you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints"– Jude 1:3
The Bible is complete. God is not giving further revelation today. Perhaps this sounds like an elementary teaching to you but it needs to be powerfully emphasized. All of our doctrine and practices in our lives and churches must be founded on God's Word today and it alone! The faith…the only faith…was "once for all delivered to the saints". This supernatural revelation of Scripture ended the moment John sat his pen down from writing the Book of Revelation.
There is an ever so active movement today to ascribe the inspiration of God to various teachers today. Some would at least imply that their "new revelations" are as much God's Word as Isaiah, Ezekiel, Paul or Luke. Others would even lead us to believe that songs today are as inspired as the Psalms. This simply is not true. Certainly, we are to be lead by the Holy Spirit of God as we teach, preach and sing. But, our words must always be based on God's Word. He simply is not giving new revelation outside of His revealed Word today!
The apostle Paul said "for we know in part and we prophesy in part. But when that which is perfect has come, then that which is in part will be done way" (1 Corinthians 13:9). "That which is in part" refers to supernatural revelations given through prophecies, unlearned languages and new truths (1 Corinthians 13:8). God ceased speaking to man in these ways when the perfect Word of God was completed. There simply is no need for it anymore. God has completed His Book, the Bible.
The Bible is simply all man needs. 1 Timothy 3:17 says it is enough to thoroughly equip the believer "for every good work." So again, we do not need additional revelation. In fact, we fail miserably at keeping the instructions contained in the Bible. Why would we want to add more to it? Of course, we all know that adding to the revelation God gave is condemned in God's Word (Revelation 22:18-19). This warning was given in the last verses of the last inspired book. This is because God had completed that which was "perfect". Now, those things which brought us knowledge "in part" have been done away.
So, why do men flee to such teachers today? Simply, we are living in an age of sign seeking. However, this is not new. The Pharisees were constantly seeking after a sign as proof of Christ's ministry. To which He replied, "An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah" (Matthew 12:39). Jonah's time in the belly of the great fish was symbolic of Jesus' time in the grave. And just as sure as Jonah came out after three and a half days, so Jesus has been resurrected. What further sign do we need than the resurrection of Christ?
Child of God, let us return to the study of God's Word and our reliance on it. It is all we need today. Test the messages you hear each and every week by God's inspired Book. It will always do to base every belief on.
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Peaches Geldof Does Not Know Why Everyone Thinks Her Book Is for Children
Brit scenester queen and amateur porn-poser Peaches Geldof doesn't understand why everyone thinks she's writing a book of short stories for children. She is writing a book of short stories, yes. But who added "for children"?
The story of Peaches' children's book first emerged in The Telegraph, which quoted her as saying,
I'm writing a book of short stories for children. The stories aren't like Roald Dahl, though, more like Bret Easton Ellis.
But Peaches tweets that this is not true. Her writing is for grown-ups. The hard-partying heiress does not know why anyone would think her forthcoming literary works would be intended for anyone other than intelligent adults.


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San Jose Mercury News: Summer camp disparities widen achievement gap
SAN JOSE, CA - July 29, 2014 - In the summer, some affluent kids shoot hoops at a $69 two-hour basketball session with the Harlem Globetrotters, ride Arabian horses for $525 a week or visit Costa Rica for a $3,500 two-week study of sea turtles.
But many more students are like Christopher Leon-Sanchez, of San Jose, who has never traveled out of state or even attended a summer camp. "It's always been the money," said the James Lick High senior.
The stark contrast between the summer activities of the Bay Area's have and have-not children not only highlights ethnic and class differences but also distinguishes who is likely to succeed -- and who may struggle in school and later in life.
Studies say that what children do in June, July and August dramatically affects their skills, knowledge and capacity to learn. A 2013 Rand Corp. study found wealthier students often gain ground in the summer while low-income students fall back, and that this summer slide is cumulative. "It may be that efforts to close the achievement gap during the school year alone will be unsuccessful," the study said.
Last spring, Leon-Sanchez applied to a summer Stanford University program that appealed to his interest in medicine and would enhance his college resume. But his family couldn't afford the $3,000 price tag.
So instead, the 16-year-old is doing a community-organizing internship and washing dishes in a restaurant.
"In my family, it's all work, work, work," Leon-Sanchez said.
And among his acquaintances, he said, "a good 80 percent are doing absolutely nothing this summer."
Such idleness worries parents. Josefina Ramirez, of San Jose, said that even her neighborhood library is often closed, leaving mothers few options aside from walking in parks, going shopping and occasionally eating at McDonald's. She and her husband would love to take their three children on a trip, but said,"We can't give them the luxury of traveling."
Research shows only one-third of low-income youth participate in any summer learning program.
"There's a huge learning loss," said Gaylynne Hudson, who teaches English learners in Oakland. That's particularly true of immigrant children who don't hear English or have many books in the home. "The listening skills they've learned drop way off. It's really hard for them."
The widespread disappearance in California of summer school for both enrichment and remediation has many worried.
A Johns Hopkins University study in 2007 found two-thirds of the achievement gap between rich and poor ninth-graders is linked to disparities in summer activities -- not just academics, but also sports, travel and camps.
In the Bay Area, public and community programs are striving to narrow the gap.
About 1,000 students boosted their math skills this summer at a free six-week program run by the Santa Clara-based ALearn. The program seeks to prepare low-income sixth- and seventh-graders for algebra and to make sure incoming ninth-graders who struggled with algebra master it during the summer to avoid a remedial class in high school.
Julissa Hernandez, 14, will be heading into geometry at Los Altos High, thanks to ALearn. While she was sad to miss a relaxed summer, she liked her teacher, Jared Darby, 33, an actuary-turned-math-teacher and an expert at engaging students in a subject that many think isn't for them.
"I'm creating an environment that they can be present in," he said. Once he has their attention, he said, students learn.
The summer before freshman year is crucial, ALearn founder Kathryn Hanson said. Thus, ALearn students spend the afternoons preparing for the rigors and culture of high school.
Her children, now grown, attended summer programs like those offered by NASA and Johns Hopkins. "There just wasn't anything for kids whose families didn't have those capabilities. Students need that preparation for real academic work."
Groups like BELL (Building Educated Leaders for Life) aim at younger children. BELL runs a five-week program in various cities that combines academics with fun classes like art, sports and Zumba. It has a long waiting list. "They're typically kids from families who can't afford to send them to the Y," said Naomi Eason, executive director of BELL in California.
But with 260 students in San Jose and 120 in Oakland, programs like BELL touch only a small portion of the vast pool of students with limited access to an enriching summer.
Educators long have recognized the value of summer programs, whether exotic or homegrown. Parents, too, see the impact.
Martha Kokes' two daughters have attended a theater camp in Boulder Creek for several summers. The camp is taught by actors working on Broadway, in Hollywood and on tours. The Young Actors' Theatre Camp offers songwriting, Disney dancing, screenwriting, set designing and even personal voice coaching.
"I cannot say enough good things about it," said Kokes, of Burlingame. When her daughters return from camp, "they walk a little taller, they shine a little brighter."
It's the kind of camp many students would love to attend.
Christina Truong, 16, of San Jose, had no summer school options offered by her school district, East Side Union, which referred her to community college. But the textbooks are costly, and she had no transportation to Evergreen College.
With free programs nearly impossible to get in and other programs running up to $6,000, she said, "My family can't handle it."


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Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2008 1:06 pm
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oh oh oh and a thousand more ohs...how I would have loved to have been a part of this!
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Madame, there was a spontaneous mass pillow fight that filled one NY street a few years ago. The account of it on NPR made me cry - so much fun & goodwill in one place.
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The group who did this brilliant act has done many other clever, creative collective pranks. Their link will tell you more about the Grand Central prank as well as some of the others they've done. I think you might be able to sign up for announcements to be included in future pranks. There are also clips of various pranks on YouTube.
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What an inspiring act of creativity and radical human revolution against the ordinary and expected!
Thanks so much for sharing it.
My son took part in the giant pillow fight in San Francisco recently.
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Rainey, did he post pictures anywhere?
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That was so cool. I love acts of expression that go against the norm.
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How about we all secretly meet in Paris somewhere...Griffin to organise methinks...we'll certainly all be in boots! .....now what mass something or other will he plan
perhaps we could assemble at the Musee d'Orsay...find a spot and with quills in hand write poetry...in various languages....
so glad you all enjoyed the clip..
"I've never accepted the external appearance of things as the whole truth. The world is much more elaborate than the nerves of our eye can tell us." - James Gleeson
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This was a beauty, for sure. Hard to say if it would be more fun to participate, or to witness, an event like this. And
challenging to come up with a "play" that is simple enough to involve dozens (hundreds!) of hastily recruited players. Without causing fear (we live in sickening times) or inconvenience to the public. Must be cheap, minimum props. (Remember "streaking"?)
Makes me think of a person looking up at the sky--soon everybody is looking up!
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How fantastic! Flash mobbing grows up.
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Very, very impressive. If only because I know how hard it is to stay that still for that long!!! Being a life model you have to hold a pose for over ten minutes and it's extremely difficult. You are suddenly aware of every twitch in your muscles and the gentle sway of your body as it tries to keep balance with the earth's motion.
And yes, oh, oh, oh!!! Wonderful and especially the expectations of people wondering what this was for...'A protest or an acting class' was interesting. But not a gathering art event! I suspect that in Paris it would be more understood - I am surprised it wasn't quite so understood in NY as an art event.
I was also thinking... imagine if aliens made certain people freeze for five minutes... and then those people carried on as if nothing had happened. Oh the number of variants of stories that could be written!!
If it were me... well not necessarily boots, but possibly strange clothes involving interesting footwear. Perhaps a co-ordinated reading of a sonnet by several people who were standing in the same area but not together...
One artist asked for thousands of people to pose naked in the North East of England (Newcastle) and got them to do it too! It must have been so cold!!!!
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GP - about that "made you look" phenom, I was in the train station yesterday with my daughter. We noticed an official sign on the ceiling that read, "Caution - do not walk on ceiling." Seriously! So I gave her my camera to go take pictures and before I knew it, she was surrounded by ceiling-lookers and other picture-takers. It was too, too funny.
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sweetbabyjames, there must be some agile commuters in your area!
I've heard of classfuls of kids who shave their heads to show support for the one kid undergoing chemo... or is that just an urban legend?
Since Barack Obama's middle name is Hussein, and some are trying to embarrass him about this, it's been suggested that ALL Democrats change their middle names to Hussein for the duration of the campaign
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I am still imagining walking through Grand Central Station and witnessing it happening unprepared for the surprise. Cristo's umbrellas come to mind because I imagine an enormous number of people ordinarily immune to their expected surroundings being instantly forged into a community of people bewildered and needing one another to validate the extraordinariness of the circumstances.
And just think of the ripple effect however many weeks or months later and the impact still making its way around the world! I love it!!!
God writes a lot of comedy... the trouble is, he's stuck with so many bad actors who don't know how to play funny. -- Garrison Keillor
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I don't have a middle name, so I'd gladly be a Hussein. Better to overwrite the Sadam connotation with something positive anyway. Imagine a slew of new American Husseins. For that matter, if he turns out to be one of the good presidents, maybe the next generation will see a bunch of baby Baracks.
Christo is one of my favorite artists, though many (if not most) of my peers scoff at his work. I love works that alter the normal surroundings or somehow impinge on personal space to create a new feeling. The Gates and those lily pad things at Biscayne are breathtaking. He compares his installations to rainbows, like ethereal events that you have to go see while they last, which adds another level of excitement. Rainey, that's a really good point too - how the memory of those experiences continue to change perception of the space.
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Thank you for that video clip, Madame! I like that idea of a group of C&Zers converging in Paris. I can write something in Tagalog (the Philippine language).
Griffin, as long as you don't let me kneel like that guy with the camera - I'm sure to fall flat on my face!
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Music, song, dance and storytelling all will be part of the Gathering of the Ohlone Peoples on Oct. 7 at Coyote Hills Regional Park in Fremont, where a 2,000-year old Indian village site is preserved.
Scheduled from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., the annual event showcases the culture of age-old Native American tribal groups and histories of local tribal people. The Ohlone will demonstrate basket, jewelry, brush and string making and discuss their contemporary cultural involvements.
Visitors can try their hands at matchless firemaking, playing Ohlone games and making miniature tule boats, models of the ones on which the Ohlone once traveled the Bay. You can also taste native plant teas, manzanita cider and acorn soup cooked with heated stones in a basket.
Coyote Hills is located at 8000 Patterson Ranch Road off Paseo Padre Parkway in Fremont. Parking costs $5 per vehicle. The gathering is free of charge. For information, call 510-544-3220.
If you want to learn more about some of these ancient skills, you can sign up for any of three programs at Coyote Hills led by naturalist Dino Labiste.
From 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Oct. 6, Labiste will teach firemaking for ages 16 and older. From 2 to 4:30 p.m. that day he'll lead a rope-making clinic for ages 9 and older. And from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 13, he'll show how to make tools out of obsidian flakes for ages 18 and older.
All three of Dino's programs are free, but registration is required. For information or registration, call 888-327-2757. Select option 2 and refer to program number 30137 for fire, 30138 for rope, and 30145 for stone tools.
GENERAL PLAN MEETINGS: The next in a series of public meetings to present the East Bay Regional Park District's draft general plan will be from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday at the Fremont Community Center, 40000 Paseo Padre Parkway.
Another is scheduled from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Dublin Unified School District board room, 7471 Larkdale Ave.
The general plan is a policy document that will guide the district's park acquisition, management, operation and other public services for the coming decade. The plan itself and the meeting schedule can be viewed online at www.ebparks.org.
SUNOL NIGHT WALK: The nighttime is the right time for increasing your knowledge of the natural world, learning survival skills, and reducing your impact on the environment. That's the theme of a nature walk planned by naturalist Cat Taylor at Sunol Regional Wilderness in southern Alameda County.
Cat will lead a family hike for ages seven and older from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Friday. It's free of charge, but registration is required and you have to bring a flashlight.
For registration and information, call 888-327-2757. Refer to program 30238.
ANTIOCH HIKE: How do wild animals cope with the scarcity of food and water this time of year? Naturalist Eddie Willis will show you how during a rugged two-mile hike from 9:30 a.m. to noon on Sunday, Sept. 30 at Black Diamond Mines Regional Preserve in Antioch.
Because it's steep, the hike is for ages 8 and older. Meet at the uppermost parking lot at the end of Somersville Road, four miles south of Highway 4 in Antioch.
The hike is free of charge. Black Diamond has a parking fee of $5 per vehicle when the kiosk is attended. For information, call 888-327-2757, ext. 2750.
PARK CONSTRUCTION: At Pt. Pinole Regional Shoreline in Richmond, construction continues through October on the first phase of a bridging project that will create a new main park entrance at the end of Atlas Road.
From 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. on weekdays, trucks are hauling fill dirt from Berkeley to Point Pinole through the existing park entrance on Giant Highway. The dirt will be used to construct a parking area, a ramp for the bridge and other future improvements.
During construction, the park remains open, but some trails may be closed temporarily while trucks are operating.
TILDEN EVENTS: There's a lot going on in the Berkeley hills at the Tilden Nature Area this coming weekend and beyond, centered at the Environmental Education Center and Little Farm, both at the north end of Central Park Drive.
From 10:30 a.m. to noon Sunday, naturalist James Wilson and the interpretive staff will show how to make a batch of jam, for ages 5 and older.
Then on Tuesday from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., the Over The Hills Gang will explore the Tilden Nature Area, led by supervising naturalist Dave Zuckermann. It's an informal group of hikers 55 and older interested in nature study, history and fitness. All are welcome.
Tuesday also is World Farm Animal Appreciation Day, so from 2 to 3:30 p.m. naturalist aide Morgan Rani Evans will introduce visitors to the Little Farm's cows, pigs and sheep. Bring celery and lettuce to share.
All these programs are free. For information, call the center at 510-544-2233.
midweek meanders: The Wednesday Walkers will take on a five-mile hike between Sibley and Huckleberry parks in the Oakland-Berkeley hills starting at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, led by naturalist Chris Garcia.
The Walkers are a friendly, informal group that explores a different regional park almost weekly on hikes of varying difficulty. All are welcome. The Wednesday hike is moderate, with one long hill climb in it. Meet at Sibley Volcanic Regional Preserve on Skyline Boulevard just south of the intersection with Grizzly Peak Boulevard. For information, call Chris at 510-544-3282 or email email@example.com.
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It's been nearly one year since Dell said it agreed to acquire Boomi, whose AtomSphere service is designed to simplify integration between cloud and premises-based applications. The new release, dubbed AtomSphere Fall 11, is aimed at addressing more complex integration requirements.
"The interesting trend here is that the integrations that we're seeing that our customers are using Boomi for are increasing in complexity," said Rick Nucci, founder and CTO of Dell Boomi, during a briefing with press and analysts. "The average number of applications connected today across Boomi's customer base is 11, which is a nice indicator of increasing complexity in integration that Boomi is helping to simplify."
Boomi Suggest, launched last year, allows customers to share an anonymous index of every data map built by Boomi users. Nucci said while customers have the option of opting out, so far no one has done so. The index suggests how developers should be mapping their data fields. When Boomi Suggest was launched, there were 5,000 maps in the index; now there are 50,000. And within those 50,000 maps, over 1.5 million individual data mappings are in that index, Nucci said.
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I have a situation where a foster is leaving the country and can no longer take care of a dog that i picked up from an abuse situation. I currently have my dog and another foster at my place. My dog just had knee surgery at Christmas. The foster i have just had knee surgery last week. The 3rd dog, Sadie now needs a place to stay while we wait/hope for an adopter. Sadie: http://www.petfinder.com/petdetail/28814769/
Sadie is bigger than the two i have at home and built like a tank. We had her for one night and all of our fences and gates and various contraptions are easily defeated by her. I am afraid to bring her into our house right now but i may not have any choice. The two i have at home now are "free range" meaning they don't get crated because they behave themselves. Sadie broke out of the crate she was in about 20 minutes after we put her in.
Long story short my plan (tell me if im crazy) is to find a boarding/training facility that i can enroll Sadie in for 2-4 weeks. She will have a place to live and learn to behave herself. Right now shes the typical 8 month old bundle of no training pitbull crazy. Even if we found another foster or adopter i fear they will be bringing her right back.
I had a boarder/trainer in mind but he just informed me that hes totally full with 2 waiting. Does anyone have a recommendation for a boarding training facility near 60073 (Volo, IL). Willing to travel 45 minutes in any direction. Prefer positive reinforcement. No choke or electronic collars.
Boarding/Training 60073 Area?
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Communicating between MXML components
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This sample project shows you how to break an application up into multiple MXML components that broadcast custom events. To look at the code, right-click on the SWF in the browser and select View Source or download the sample files and follow the instructions to import the Flash Builder FXP. Multiple application versions are provided: an XML version that does not require a server as well as versions using Flash Remoting with PHP, Java, and ColdFusion servers.
As your application gets larger and more complicated, you should break out your logic into packages of ActionScript classes and your views into multiple MXML files (called MXML components). This will allow multiple developers to work on the application at once, make your application easier to maintain and scale, and enable reusability of the different classes and components.
This sample application has the same functionality as the last sample project with an interface to view and modify employee data from a database. It has been re-architected to consist of five separate views: an Employees view to display the employee master list, an EmployeeDetails view to display details for a selected employee, an EmployeeForm view with a form for updating or adding an employee, a Departments view to display the department information, and finally, the main view that has the main navigation buttons and controls the display of the other views.
Keep in mind when looking at this sample application that there is no one correct way to architect an application; there are infinite ways. The purpose of this sample is to illustrate one example of a refactored application and illustrate the main concept behind creating reusable application building blocks: by creating custom components that broadcast custom events.
To create a new component in Flash Builder, you select New > MXML Component and in the resulting dialog box, you choose what to name the component, where to store it, and what component to base it on. The new MXML file looks just like the main MXML file except that the root tag is not the Application tag but some other component that the new component is extending. A component can only be included in an application, not run on its own.
In the sample application, take a look at the Departments.mxml file in the com.adobe.samples.xyz.views folder. It defines a class called Departments that extends the Group class. It contains a DataGrid and a bindable, public variable called
departments that is used as the
dataProvider for the DataGrid.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<s:Group xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009"
xmlns:mx="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/mx" >
import mx.collections.ArrayCollection;
[Bindable]public var departments:ArrayCollection;
<s:DataGrid dataProvider="{departments}" requestedRowCount="6">
<s:GridColumn headerText="Name" dataField="name" width="180"/>
<s:GridColumn headerText="ID" dataField="id" width="40"/>
<s:GridColumn headerText="Manager" dataField="manager" width="180"/>
<s:GridColumn dataField="budget" headerText="Budget" width="85"/>
<s:GridColumn dataField="actualexpenses" headerText="Expenses" width="85"/>
To use this component in the application, you add a tag with the name of the class, just as you do for the components in the Flex framework.
When the compiler sees this tag, it needs to know what class to make an instance of. You make this association by defining a namespace that associates a new prefix with a location of classes so when you use an XML tag with that prefix, the compiler can locate the class. In this application, a namespace called views has been defined for classes located in the com.adobe.samples.xyz.views package. Using a reverse domain name structure for organizing classes is common to guarantee uniqueness of namespaces.
<s:Application xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009"
xmlns:views="com.adobe.samples.xyz.views.*" ...>
You now use the views prefix in tags to create instances of classes that are located in the com.adobe.samples.xyz.views folder.
The main application file, the main view in this sample, controls the instantiation and layout of the different views by including them in or excluding them from different states.
<s:Application ...>
<s:State name="XYZEmployees"/>
<s:State name="XYZEmployeeDetails"/>
<s:State name="XYZEmployeeForm"/>
<s:State name="XYZDepartments"/>
<s:VGroup top="35" left="35">
<s:Label text="XYZ Corporation Directory" fontSize="20" fontWeight="bold" color="#1239E3"/>
<mx:Spacer height="15"/>
<s:Button label="Employees" id="empBtn"
enabled.XYZDepartments="true" enabled="false" .../>
<s:Button label="Departments" id="deptBtn"
enabled.XYZDepartments="false" .../>
<views:Departments includeIn="XYZDepartments".../>
<views:Employees excludeFrom="XYZDepartments" .../>
<views:EmployeeDetails includeIn="XYZEmployeeDetails" .../>
<views:EmployeeForm id="form" includeIn="XYZEmployeeForm" employee="{employee}" .../>
In order to build loosely coupled components, those that can be used independently with no dependencies on other components, you define a public application programming interface (API) for the component that consists of public properties, methods, and events that can be used to interact with and use this component.
The Departments component we just looked at has a bindable, public variable called
departments that the DataGrid control inside it is bound to. When using this component in an application, instead of "reaching inside" it and setting the value of the DataGrid's dataProvider directly, the component's API is used to interact with the component; its public departments property is assigned a value.
<views:Departments includeIn="XYZDepartments" departments="{departments}"/>
Because the DataGrid inside is bound to this variable, it is updated whenever the value of this public property changes.
In this code, the
departments property is set equal to the bindable departments property of the main application, which in this sample, is our central repository for the application data. (This data could also be encapsulated in a separate ActionScript class.) Because
departments in the main application is also bindable:
[Bindable]protected var employees:ArrayCollection=new ArrayCollection();
... whenever its value changes, the data displayed in the Departments view is updated.
The same mechanism is used to display data in the EmployeeDetails component. It has a bindable, public variable called
employee of type Employee that all of the Label controls inside it are bound to.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<s:HGroup xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009"
import com.adobe.samples.xyz.valueObjects.Employee;
[Bindable]public var employee:Employee;
<s:Form width="275">
<s:FormItem label="Last Name">
<s:Label id="lastnameLabel" text="{employee.lastname}"/>
<s:FormItem label="First Name">
<s:Label id="firstnameLabel" text="{employee.firstname}"/>
When this component is used in the application, its
employee variable is assigned a value and that is the data the component displays.
<views:EmployeeDetails id="details" includeIn="XYZEmployeeDetails" employee="{employee}"/>
employee property is set equal to the bindable
employee property of the main application:
[Bindable]protected var employee:Employee;
... and whenever the data model's value changes, the data displayed in the EmployeeDetails view is updated.
Although only public properties were defined in these views, public methods could be defined as well. You can also define events, which is what we'll take a look at next.
The two views we looked at so far were non-interactive display views. In other cases, the user will be able to interact with the component and events will occur inside the component. In order to make this component reusable, we want it to contain only view code and no business logic. The logic it contains should be just for managing itself. The application logic should be handled in other classes. In this application, all the business logic is centralized into the main application. (As the application gets larger, business logic is separated out into separate ActionScript classes.)
The question is, then, how do you have the main application do something (execute some business logic, update some data, change states, or do whatever needs to be done) when something happens inside a component. One way would be to just "reach inside" the component again by registering to listen for an event of one of the object's inside it.
This breaks encapsulation again and makes the components tightly coupled and the code brittle. If the component was moved to inside another view or the control inside it changed to a different one with a different event being broadcast upon user interaction, the code would break.
What you want to do instead, is define a custom event for the component and have the component dispatch that event when something happens inside it. The code using this component can then register to listen for that event and respond by executing its own code when that event is broadcast. That's the idea, so now let's see how it's implemented.
Inside the component, the
[Event] metadata tag is used to define the event as part of the component's API and specify what type of event object it will broadcast for this event.
The goal is for when some event occurs in the component (for example, when a button is clicked or the selected item in a DataGrid changes), the component creates an instance of the flash.events.Event class (in this case) with a type of customEventName and broadcasts it. The component's
dispatchEvent() method is used to broadcast an event into the Flash Player event stream.
this.dispatchEvent(new Event("customEventName "));
A new instance of the flash.events.Event class is created and dispatched. The listener will receive this Event object instance. Event is the base class for all event classes and has a type property that holds the type of event that occurred (like
click or
change or
customEventName) and a
target property that is a reference to the object that broadcast the event.
type property is set when the Event object is created; the Event class constructor has one required argument, a string equal to the type of event being broadcast; it is used to set the event object's
type property. This should match the name of the event declared in the event metadata tag. In this example, this string is
The code that instantiates this custom component can now register to listen for this custom event and register an event handler.
<views:SomeView customEventName="onCustomEvent(event)"/>
Loosely-coupled components like this that define and broadcast custom events are the core building blocks for Flex applications. In fact, this is how the components in the Flex framework itself are built.
The component does not have to broadcast an instance of the flash.events.Event class. Any type of event object can be created and broadcast. If you want to pass some data with the event object (for example, some information about the event that occurred like what employee was selected in a DataGrid), you define a custom Event subclass with a custom property or properties to hold this data. The data will then be available in the listener as a property of the event object it receives.
The Employees and EmployeeForm components in this application broadcast instances of an EmployeeEvent class which has a public property called
package com.adobe.samples.xyz.events
import flash.events.Event;
import com.adobe.samples.xyz.valueObjects.Employee;
public class EmployeeEvent extends Event
public var employee:Employee;
public static const EMPCHANGE:String="empChange";
public static const EMPADD:String="empAdd";
public static const EMPUPDATE:String="empUpdate";
public static const EMPEDIT:String="empEdit";
public static const EMPDELETE:String="empDelete";
public function EmployeeEvent(type:String, employee:Employee){
Inside the constructor, the constructor of the parent class (Event) is called using
super(). As discussed, the parent's constructor has one required argument,
type, and so we also make type a required argument for this class so it can be passed to the parent's constructor. We add a second required argument to the constructor of type Employee so when an instance of this class is created, an Employee object must be passed to it and this value gets assigned to the event object's public
employee property.
A number of static constants have also been defined in this class, one for each of the events that are going to broadcast this type of event. That way instead of using a literal string when specifying the event type:
new EmployeeEvent("empChange",employee);
... which can have mispellings that won't be caught, you can use constants that can be selected from code-hinting and for which you get compile-time checking.
new EmployeeEvent(EmployeeEvent.EMPCHANGE,employee);
Now we're ready to go take a look at the other two views, Employees and EmployeeForm, which both dispatch EmployeeEvent objects when events occur inside the component.
Let's first take a look at Employees.mxml. Like the Departments component we looked at earlier, it has a DataGrid bound to a bindable, public property. Here, it is bound to the
employees property. It also contains an HGroup with three buttons, Update, Delete, and Add which are enabled or disabled depending upon the state of the component. The component has three states, MainEmployees, MainEmployeeDetails, and MainEmployeeForm. Although the component itself does not display the details or the form, it has different states because the buttons need to be displayed, removed, disabled or enabled based on the user action.
<s:VGroup xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009" ...>
[Bindable]public var employees:ArrayCollection;
public var employee:Employee;
<s:State name="MainEmployees"/>
<s:State name="MainEmployeeDetails"/>
<s:State name="MainEmployeeForm"/>
<s:DataGrid id="empDg" dataProvider="{employees}" requestedRowCount="6"
selectionChange="empDg_selectionChangeHandler(event)" editable="true"
gridItemEditorSessionSave="empDg_gridItemEditorSessionSaveHandler(event)" .../>
<s:HGroup width="100%" horizontalAlign="right">
<s:Button id="updateBtn" label="Update"
<s:Button id="deleteBtn" label="Delete"
<s:Button id="addBtn" label="Add "
click="addBtn_clickHandler(event)" enabled.MainEmployeeForm="false"/>
The component also has five events declared.
These events are broadcast when the user selects a row in the DataGrid, edits the data in a cell in the DataGrid, clicks the Update button, clicks the Add button, or clicks the Delete button.
Let's look at the handlers for each of these events. When the user selects a different employee in the Data Grid, the
employee variable is set equal to that for the selected item, an instance of the EmployeeEvent class with a type of
empChange is created and dispatched with the
employee variable., and the component's state is changed to MainEmployeeDetails in which the Update and Add buttons are displayed.
protected function empDg_selectionChangeHandler(event:GridSelectionEvent):void{
employee=empDg.selectedItem as Employee;
this.dispatchEvent(new EmployeeEvent(EmployeeEvent.EMPCHANGE,employee));
The application logic, what to do when this action occurs, is not contained in this component. It just notifies the main application that this happened, so the main application can do something.
When the user edits a cell in the DataGrid, an instance of the EmployeeEvent class with a type of
empEdit is created and dispatched with the
employee variable.
protected function empDg_gridItemEditorSessionSaveHandler(event:GridItemEditorEvent):void{
this.dispatchEvent(new EmployeeEvent(EmployeeEvent.EMPEDIT,employee));
When the user clicks the Add button, an instance of the EmployeeEvent class with a type of
empAdd is created and dispatched with a new Employee object and any selected row in the DataGrid deselected (so one user is not selected while adding another in a form) and the state changed.
protected function addBtn_clickHandler(event:MouseEvent):void{
this.dispatchEvent(new EmployeeEvent(EmployeeEvent.EMPADD,new Employee()));
Similarly, when the user clicks the Update button, an instance of the EmployeeEvent class with a type of
empUpdate is created and dispatched with the selected employee and the state changed:
protected function updateBtn_clickHandler(event:MouseEvent):void{
this.dispatchEvent(new EmployeeEvent(EmployeeEvent.EMPUPDATE,employee));
... and when the Delete button is clicked, an instance of the EmployeeEvent class with a type of
empDelete is created and dispatched with the
employee variable and the state changed.
protected function deleteBtn_clickHandler(event:MouseEvent):void{
this.dispatchEvent(new EmployeeEvent(EmployeeEvent.EMPDELETE,employee));
The Employees component only contains view code and no business logic. It does not directly manipulate the application data (by changing
employees) or make calls to the server (to delete an employee). Instead when something happens in the component, in this case when the Add, Update, or Delete buttons ar clicked or when a row in the DataGrid is selected or edited, it broadcasts an event so that the application using it can respond and act accordingly.
Now, let's look at the code in the main application handling these events dispatched from the component. First, an instance of the view is created and event listeners registered for the events.
<views:Employees id="main" excludeFrom="XYZDepartments"
Inside the
empChange handler, the
employee object that the EmployeeDetails component is bound to is updated and the state changed to one that displays the EmployeeDetail component.
protected function main1_empChangeHandler(event:EmployeeEvent):void{
Inside the
empEdit handler, the
employee object is updated and this new value passed to the server to be saved in the database using a CallResponder to handle the
result or
fault. In the
result handler, the application state is changed to display the EmployeeDetails view (in case this update came from a form instead of the DataGrid) and the public
currentState property of the main view, the instance of the Employees component, set so the correct buttons are displayed and enable or disabled.
protected function main1_empEditHandler(event:EmployeeEvent):void{
//for CF
//for Java and PHP,employeeService.updateEmployee(employee);
protected function
You see similar logic inside the
empDelete handler, except a different method of the service object is called and then the local
employees property is updated in the
result handler and the state is changed to only show the Employees view.
protected function main1_empDeleteHandler(event:EmployeeEvent):void{
deleteEmployeeResult.token = employeeService.deleteEmployee(employee.id);
protected function deleteEmployeeResult_resultHandler(event:ResultEvent):void{
The same function handles the
empAdd and
empUpdate events. For both, the
employee property is populated from the event object and the state changed to show the EmployeeForm view.
protected function main1_empUpdateHandler(event:EmployeeEvent):void{
Next, let's take a look at the EmployeeForm view and follow the events it broadcasts. Like the Employees component, its controls are bound to a public, bindable
employees property but instead of a DataGrid, it contains a Form. It has two states so the "submit" button can have the appropriate label.
<s:HGroup xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009" ...>
[Bindable]public var employee:Employee;
<s:State name="FormAdd"/>
<s:State name="FormUpdate"/>
<s:Form width="275" defaultButton="{button}">
<s:FormItem label="Last Name">
<s:TextInput id="lastnameTextInput" text="{employee.lastname}" width="160"/>
<s:FormItem label="First Name">
<s:TextInput id="firstnameTextInput" text="{employee.firstname}" width="160"/>
<!-- more form items -->
<s:Button id="button" label.FormAdd="Add" label.FormUpdate="Update" click="button_clickHandler(event)"/>
The component has two events declared.
These events are broadcast when the user adds or updates an employee. The button has a single
click handler (for either state) and inside it, the employee object is updated with the values from the form fields and an
empAdd or
empUpdate event is broadcast.
protected function button_clickHandler(event:MouseEvent):void{
employee.lastname = lastnameTextInput.text;
employee.firstname = firstnameTextInput.text;
//other fields set
this.dispatchEvent(new EmployeeEvent(EmployeeEvent.EMPADD,employee));
this.dispatchEvent(new EmployeeEvent(EmployeeEvent.EMPUPDATE,employee));
In the main application, an instance of the EmployeeForm view is created and included in the XYZEmployeeForm state, and event listeners are registered for its events.
<views:EmployeeForm includeIn="XYZEmployeeForm" employee="{employee}"
Inside the
empAdd handler for this component, the new
employee is sent to the server and in the CallResponder
result handler, the new employee is added to
employees and the state changed to show the details.
protected function employeeform1_empAddHandler(event:EmployeeEvent):void{
//for CF
createEmployeeResult.token = employeeService.createEmployee({item:employee});
//for Java and PHP, createEmployeeResult.token = employeeService.createEmployee(employee);
protected function
employee.id=event.result as int;
Inside the
empUpdate handler for this component, the edited
employee is sent to the server and the same
result handler is used that was used to handle the update results when the DataGrid was edited.
protected function employeeform1_empUpdateHandler(event:EmployeeEvent):void{
//for CF
//for Java and PHP, updateEmployeeResult.token=employeeService.updateEmployee(employee);
protected function updateEmployeeResult_resultHandler(event:ResultEvent):void{
The application has two remaining events to take a look at. The EmployeeForm view has a listener registered for its
addedToStage event.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<s:HGroup addedToStage="hgroup_addedToStageHandler(event)" ...>
When this view is added (whever the main application switches to the XYZEmployeeForm state that includes it), the view can set its state based on the value of the
employee variable. This way it can manage its own display and set the button's label to Add or Update as appropriate.
protected function hgroup_addedToStageHandler(event:Event):void{
Lastly, the Employees view has a listener registered for its
currentStateChange event.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<s:VGroup currentStateChange="group_currentStateChangeHandler(event)" ...>
This view changes state when a user interacts with it (by clicking the Add, Update, or Delete button or selecting a row in the DataGrid) and it is also changed programatically in two handlers in the main application after an employee is added or updated in the database. Here is one of those handers again where
main is the
id of the Employees view instance.
protected function updateEmployeeResult_resultHandler(event:ResultEvent):void
A listener has been added to the Employees component so that whenever its state is set programatically it can execute some code. In this case, if a new employee has been added to the database, it is selected and scrolled to in the DataGrid. This is the same code that was used and discussed in the previous data sample project , but now it is inside a view and the view is managing changes to itself.
protected function
if(currentState=="MainEmployeeDetails"&&employee!=empDg.selectedItem ){
As your application gets even larger and teams of developers work on it, you may want to use some consistent methodology to organize its files, centralize the application data and data services, and handle communication between all the components. Flex applications can be built using all the design patterns that have proven useful over the years in enterprise application development. Many Flex specific microarchitectures have been and continue to be developed. The oldest and most established is Cairngorm, an open source microarchitecture that uses commands and delegates, front controllers, a singleton data model, a singleton service store, and an event dispatcher. Other popular frameworks include Pure MVC, Mate, Parsley, Swiz, and Spring ActionScript. For more information about these and other frameworks, see Flex Architecture on the Adobe Developer Center.


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NOT OPTIONAL takes a quick weekly look at five essential releases, some recent, some not.
"Rage" by Laura Bogart
Laura Bogart's autobiographical essay "Rage" has all the qualities associated with the emotion—it's terse, boiled-down, and powerful—combined with something more: eloquence, touched with a streak of dark humor. "For years," she writes, "I would say that my father gifted me with rage. This may sound like 'I tripped into the door again' dressed up in riot grrl bravado. But I am never sugar and spice and everything nice. I am piss and vinegar and what the fuck do you think you're looking at?" Bogart describes how her father's "gift" enabled her to stand up to him—"When I am thirteen years old, I tell my father that if he lifts his hands to me again, I will kill him. I haven't had my first period, but I have a plan."—and finally, to her sorrow, gave her the strength to reject his pleas that they soften up enough to reconnect. It's the kind of thing that can make you almost wished you'd experienced what the author had lived through, if it's the price to pay for writing something like this. [Phil Dyess-Nugent]
The Three Paradoxes by Paul Hornscheimer
I still support my local brick-and-mortar comics store, but I do monitor the "new" releases on the Comixology iPad app to see if any interesting older graphic novels get added to the digital catalog. Last week, Paul Hornscheimer's autobiographical book The Three Paradoxes popped up, and I'd heard good things. It didn't disappoint. I was hooked as I read an early scene where Paul asks his father a question that he knows will elicit a long, dull answer. Paul uses the time to brainstorm an ending to his latest comic, so we bounce between Paul's dad and the creative iterations that are happening in Paul's head. It's a novel duality of action—novel because there's hardly any action on either side of the scene, yet it's engrossing just the same. That's only one of the moments where the story juggles Paul's real-world ennui with the frustrations of his fiction. These threads converge toward the end of the book, and they even hint at the prospect of resolving each other. But as the title suggests, this isn't a story about resolutions. It's about holding up life's prosaic unsolvable problems and examining them from a variety of angles. [John Teti]
Someone Could Get Hurt: A Memoir Of Twenty-First-Century Parenthood by Drew Magary
I couldn't really recommend Drew Magary's dad-book to the childless, but those of you with young'ns might feel better about your own parenting skills after reading about his. Which isn't to say the Deadspin and GQ writer is a shitty dad—he's just a regular guy who gets frustrated with his flock and makes some marginally bad decisions. There's a story in which he can't get through to his tantrum-ing daughter, so he tries in vain to spank her, then ends up putting her in a cold shower. (This isn't something he read in a parenting book, but more of a spur-of-the-moment decision.) He's far from irredeemable—Someone Could Get Hurt isn't a guy bragging about being selfish; it's more about a guy coming to terms with redefining his own selfishness once more important people entered his life. [Josh Modell]
Tenth Of December
We're about halfway through the year, and still the best book I've read so far in 2013 is George Saunders' latest short story collection Tenth Of December. A lot has been said about Saunders' work in the wake of its release, and the book is a rather unexpected bestseller, though may be due to an unusually overzealous marketing campaign and all the digital ink spilled proclaiming Saunders as the "writer of our time." But damn it if Saunders isn't worth that attention after nearly two decades grinding out some of the best short stories in recent memory. It's a bit like the book equivalent of The National breaking through on High Violet after gradually building up to that point. Tenth Of December doesn't have Saunders' absolute best stories—"CivilWarLand In Bad Decline," "Sea Oak," and others are in his previous collections—but it has stunning pieces like "The Semplica Girl Diaries" and "Victory Lap," stories that question the real world by holding up a funhouse mirror with a comically altered reflection. "Escape From Spiderhead" has grown into my favorite story in the collection, a commentary on crime, pharmaceuticals, and sexuality, all tempered by a biting black humor. Slate's Audio Book Club recently did an in-depth discussion of Saunders' work, particularly the stories in Tenth Of December, that devotes an appropriate amount of time to digging into what's so appealing about this particular concentrated array of Saunders' talent. [Kevin McFarland]


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Tuesday, 13 December 2011
Gold-Dust Star Cookies
Gold-Dust Star Cookies
90g soft butter
100g caster sugar
1 large egg
1 teaspoon ground ginger (or vanilla extract)
200g plain flour, plus more for sprinkling
½ teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon fine salt
Edible gold dust or glitter flakes
Preheat the oven to 180oC/gas mark 4 and line a baking sheet or two with baking parchment or Bake-O-Glide.
Cream the butter and sugar together until whipped soft and pale, then beat in the egg, followed by the ginger (or vanilla), flour, baking powder and salt and continue mixing until it all comes together to make a soft dough.
Form into 2 discs, wrap each one in clingfilm and let it rest in the fridge for 20-30 minutes.
Sprinkle a suitable surface with flour, place a disc of dough on it and sprinkle a little more flour on top. Then roll out to a thickness of about 5mm.
Cut into shapes, dipping the cutter into flour as you go, and place the biscuits a little apart on the lined baking sheet/s. Keep the scraps of the first disc, to mix with the scraps of the second and roll and cut, re-roll and cut, until you've used up the mixture. This is wonderfully pliable dough, which makes it an unstressful joy to work with.
Bake in the oven for 18-12 minutes: this depends on their shape, how many sheets are in the oven at the same time, and whether on the upper or lower shelf, though you can swap them around after 5 minutes. When they're ready, expect them to be tinged a pronounced pale gold around the edges; they'll be softish still in the middle, but will harden on cooling.
Take the sheets out of the oven, remove the cookies, with a flat, preferably flexible, spatula to a wire rack and leave to cool.
Using a small (unused) paintbrush or eyeshadow brush, dip in the edible gold dust or glitter flakes, and give each cookies its gilded coating.
8 comments:
- Please Do Not Feed The Animals. said...
Love the sparkly cookies - lovely idea!
- 14 December 2011 at 18:03
- The Caked Crusader said...
Glitter makes everything awesome. These are lovely biscuits and a touch of glitter makes them sooooo festive.
- 18 December 2011 at 18:13
- Kelly-Jane said...
I love these too, I do mine as hearts for some reason! Happy Christmas when it comes Maria. xx
- 18 December 2011 at 20:54
- Jo said...
These look so cute and definitely very moreish! I bought some edible glitter last week and am excited about using it soon.
- 18 December 2011 at 22:18
- Mandy@Withmilkandflour said...
Thats weird, I made some star shaped cookies today too! The shimmery gold dust on your cookies look lovely and festive!
- 18 December 2011 at 22:26
- Nickki said...
I really love the glam look of these cookies Maria and they really do look so festive. Perfect for this time of year xx
- 19 December 2011 at 09:42
- Anna's kitchen table said...
Maria, they look so pretty!
- 20 December 2011 at 00:01
- Choclette said...
Well what a brilliant idea to use glitter - they look lovely. I made some star biscuits and ran out of time to ice them (although I was a bit dubious at my skills in that department anyway), but I could have used glitter. Wish I'd seen your post earlier.
- 22 December 2011 at 18:30


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The first thing to keep me happily busy was the official launch party for the new Tatty Devine book, "How To Make Jewellery With Tatty Devine".
I received a tweet from Team-Tatty inviting me to the event, so I got together with my lovely Tina and headed over to the event on Wednesday evening. The launch party was held in Drink, Shop & Do (a lovely boutique that I must make a cycle return on the Pashley to at some point), and the atmosphere was fabulous. The order of the night was a Tattytini Cocktail, which carried all the hallmarks of TD: glitter (which I'm still finding on my person days later!), pretty colours and of course a unique fashionable edge... the Cocktail Stirrer doubles-up as a hair pin...! I get the feeling I'm going to turn mine into a brooch :)
Tattytini in hand, we headed though to the workshop which had been set-up in the very well decorated back room. It was lovely to finally meet Sonja (who gave me the honour of being Customer of the Month earlier this year) & chat with the other wonderful ladies of TD. The Workshop Agenda was to make your own Tape Measure Rosette Brooch - something which I was really looking forward to!
Getting to grips with making the Brooch was rather fun - we both got the hang of it (and thanks to a lot of help from Lucy which I admit I needed!) I produced my 1st very own piece of Tatty!
Of course, the main event of the evening was The Book and finally having the chance to meet Rosie and Harriet, who are a huge inspiration to me as a young woman trying to make my own way doing what I love. Without doubt, they looked as stylish as ever & have given me yet more inspiration for my cycle wardrobe - and the accessories that will go with them...
With my copy of their book to hand, I headed over to them to say "Hello" and get my book signed. Now, you can call this my geek-out moment if you must, but I was absolutely gob-smacked when Rosie asked "Should this be made out to Lady Vélo then?" Goodness me - they knew who I was!
That was HUGE for me & I think my reaction must have told Rosie and Harriet that too. It's incredibly touching and an honour to know that two women who I admire so much knew who I was and what I do - and for that I will forever have this smile in my mind.
As I said, I had a specific reason for making more than one of the Rosettes... of course they make a fabulous edition to my wardrobe, but why stop at adding them to your clothing?
I love how these look on the Basket and making these, along with reading through the book, has given me more inspiration for a project that I'm working on... more on that later.
Thanks Tatty Devine for a fantastic evening... and if Lucy remembers what I said about The Boy and his Cupcakes, we're working on that for you all... ;)