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constrain 0.2.8
Constrain: Object Constraints for Dart #
Introduction #
Provides a constraint based Validation library inspired by Java Bean Validation but leveraging the superior language capabilities of Dart. In particular:
- much more powerful annotations
- functions and
- an extensive matcher library
Warning: Runtime Mirrors Used.
Features #
- Class level constraints for cross field validation
- Property constraints (also via getter)
- Constraint Inheritance
- Cascading validation
- Constraint Groups
- Constraints can be specified with:
- Dart functions
- matchers from the matchers library
- Detailed constraint violation model
- with json support
- Constraints on function parameters and returns
- Constraints on method parameters and returns with inheritance
- A core set of common constraints such as Min, Max and Pattern
Usage #
Key Concept - Mandatoriness #
One of the most important concepts to remember is that all constraints on a property (other than
@NotNull) are only applied to a property when its value is not null.
So for example, you may have a constraint that defines what makes an email address valid. You can apply this to optional properties as well as mandatory ones. So for example if you have a mandatory home email and an optional work email you may have something like
class Contacts {
String homeEmail;
String workEmail;
In effect constraints are applied as follows (illustrative only):
- if the
@NotNullconstraint is present apply that
- if the value is not null apply all other constraints
So in the case of
Contacts the
homeEmail property must have a value and it must satisfy
isValidEmail. However,
workEmail is valid if it is null, but if it does have a value it must also satisfy
Define Constraints On Your Objects #
Note: It is recommended that you use one of the core constraints when one exists for your need. This will allow you to take advantage of packages that may be built in the future such as code generators from JSON schema that support them. See the section on Core Constraints below
The following (rather contrived) example illustrates several features of constraints, which are described below.
class Primate {
int age;
description: 'Must be either older than twenty or have at least two adresses')
class Person extends Primate {
int get age => super.age;
@Ensure(allStreetsStartWith15, group: const Detailed())
List<Address> addresses;
description: "A person cannot be their own parent")
Set<Person> parents;
String toString() => 'Person[age: $age, addressses: $addresses]';
class Address {
String street;
String toString() => 'Address[street: $street]';
Matcher Constraints
The first constraint we see is on the Primate's age property
int age;
isPositive is a const matcher that comes with the matcher library. In short a primate's age will satisfy this constraint if it is greater than 0.
Using matchers is a common way to specify constraints. When matcher based constraints are violated they provide details about what went wrong.
Constraint Inheritance
If you look at the Person class you will see that it extends Primate. This means that it will automatically inherit the age property and the isPositive constraint on it. That is, Persons will also be subject to this constraint.
You can also see that Person has a getter on age as follows
int get age => super.age;
It simply redirects to the primate's age and exists soley so that we can further constrain age (admittedly with a rather silly constraint). isBetween10and90 is another matcher but this time not a const so we must use a function to wrap it as follows
Matcher isBetween10and90() =>
allOf(greaterThanOrEqualTo(10), lessThanOrEqualTo(90));
Note there is no NotNull constraint on age. This means it is allowed to be null and the other constraints (isPositive and isBetween10and90) will only be applied if it is non null.
Next we can see that the addresses property has two constraints
@Ensure(allStreetsStartWith15, group: const Detailed())
List<Address> addresses;
NotNull indicates a property is mandatory.
allStreetsStartWith15 illustrates two more features.
Constraint Groups
Firstly it specifies a group called Detailed. This means that this constraint will only be validated when that group is validated (as covered in the Validation section below).
Boolean Function Constraints
Secondly, it is an example of a boolean expression based constraint
bool allStreetsStartWith15(List<Address> addresses) =>
addresses.every((a) => a.street == null || a.street.startsWith("15"));
In addition to matchers, you can also use plain ol' Dart code for your constraints. Note: as Dart does not have null safe path expressions you need to check each segment or risk an NPE
Note that even though this constraint depends only on a single field of the Address class it is not defined on the Address class's street property. The reason is, that it is not intended to be true for all uses of Address, just those that are owned by Persons. Keep this in mind when you decide where constraints should live.
The parents property illustrates yet another two features
description: "A person cannot be their own parent")
Set<Person> parents;
Constraint Descriptions
Firstly, it contains a description named argument. This controls how the constraint will be referred to (e.g. when it is violated).
Boolean Expressions with Owner
Secondly, it is another form of boolean function constraint
bool cantBeYourOwnParent(Set<Person> parents, Person person) =>
Note the second argument person. This is the Person object that owns the parents field being validated. As you can see, this was needed to express this constraint. Most constraints don't need it but it's very useful at times.
Class Based Constraints
If we jump back to the Person class you will notice a constraint on the class itself
description: 'Must be either older than twenty or have at least two adresses')
This is where you put cross field constraints. In other words, constraints that require more than one field of the class to express.
Matcher eitherOlderThan20OrHasAtLeastTwoAddresses() =>
Note that class based constraints are also inherited.
Lastly, we come to the Address class and the constraint on street
String street;
There is nothing terribly interesting about the constraint itself. What's interesting is in the context of validating a Person.
In order for the addresses property of Person to be considered valid it requires that each Address object is also valid. This means that the street property of each address must be at least 10 characters in length.
Validate your Constrained Objects #
Now you can create instances of your objects and validate them.
final Person person = new Person()
..age = -22
..addresses = [new Address()..street = "16 blah st"];
Validator v = new Validator();
Set<ConstraintViolation> violations = v.validate(person);
This prints
Constraint violated at path Symbol("addresses").Symbol("street")
Expected: an object with length of a value greater than or equal to <10>
Actual: '15 x st'
Which: has length of <9>
Constraint violated at path Symbol("parents")
A person cannot be their own parent
Constraint violated at path Symbol("age")
Expected: (a value greater than or equal to <10> and a value less than or equal to <90>)
Actual: <-22>
Which: is not a value greater than or equal to <10>
Constraint violated at path Symbol("age")
Expected: a positive value
Actual: <-22>
Which: is not a positive value
Constraint violated at path
Must be either older than twenty or have at least two adresses
Expected: (Person with age that a value greater than <20> or Person with addresses that an object with length of a value greater than or equal to 'two')
Actual: Person:<Person[age: -22, addressses: [Address[street: 15 x st]]]>
Note, depending on the audience you may not simply print the violations like this. Just like in Java the ConstraintViolation class is a structured object so in addition to a message you can get lots of details about exactly what was violated where.
When integrating with UI frameworks like polymer, you would typically use the structured information to provide better error messages. Specifying Constraint descriptions provide you complete control the wording of a constraint and is typically what you would want to show to the user.
Validating Groups
The model contained a single group called Detailed that was applied to the addresses property.
It was excluded from validation in the previous example which was validating against the DefaultGroup
To include this constraint too specify the groups as follows
final violations = v.validate(person, groups: [const Detailed()]);
Core Constraints #
Core constraints are useful to simplify adding common constraints and also for integrating with external constraint defintions (for example JSON Schema, XML Schema, HTML / Polymer Input Fields).
Constrain provides a core set of constraints. Currently this includes
Min and Max
@Max(40.7, isInclusive: false)
double foo;
Min and Max can be applied to any
Comparable that has a meaningful sense of ordering and can be made a
This includes all
nums (
Unfortunately DateTime doesn't have const construcutor. New constraints will likely be created for the DateTime equivalents of Min and Max in the future (like
Before and
Min and
Max provide a
bool property called
String id;
Pattern allows you to constrain a
String field with anything that implements the
Pattern class. By default it assumes you give it a
RegExp and does the conversion (because
RegExp does not have a
const constructor)
You can prevent the conversion to RegExp with th
isRegExp parameter
@Pattern('a plain ol string', isRegExp: false)
String id;
Note: dart:core defines a class called
Pattern. Using
constrains Pattern will result in a warning that it is hiding the dart:core version. To get rid of this warning you need to add
import 'dart:core' hide Pattern; or else import constrain with a prefix like
import 'package:constrain/constrain.dart' as c;.
To avoid this name clash
Pattern will likely be renamed in the future
JSON Encoding #
The rich model for constraint violations can be converted to JSON, for example to send it between a server and client.
The detailed information allows clients to be intelligent about how they report the errors to the user
final Person person = new Person()
..age = -22
..addresses = [new Address()..street = "16 blah st"];
Validator v = new Validator();
Set<ConstraintViolation> violations = v.validate(person);
prints (abbreviated)
"constraint": {
"type": "Ensure",
"description": null,
"group": "DefaultGroup"
"message": "Constraint violated at path age\nExpected: (a value greater than or equal to <10> and a value less than or equal to <90>)\n Actual: <-22>\n Which: is not a value greater than or equal to <10>\n",
"rootObject": {
"type": "Person",
"value": {
"age": -22,
"parents": null,
"addresses": [
"street": "16 blah st"
"leafObject": {
"type": "Person",
"value": {
"age": -22,
"parents": null,
"addresses": [
"street": "16 blah st"
"invalidValue": {
"type": "int",
"value": -22
"propertyPath": "age",
"details": {
"expected": "(a value greater than or equal to <10> and a value less than or equal to <90>)",
"actual": "<-22>",
"mismatchDescription": "is not a value greater than or equal to <10>"
"reason": null
Function Constraints #
You can add constraints to function parameters (positional and named) and return values
@NotNull() String bar(@NotNull() int blah, String foo) => '$blah';
Similarly you can add constraints to class methods. Constraints will be inherited from:
- super classes
- interfaces
- mixins
class Foo {
String bar(@NotNull() int blah, String foo) => '$blah';
class Blah extends Object with Foo {
@NotNull() String bar(@Ensure(isBetween10and90) int blah,
@NotNull() String foo) => '$blah';
Validating Parameters
validator.validateFunctionParameters(bar, [1, "foo"])
or for methods
validator.validateFunctionParameters(new Foo().bar, [1, "foo"])
Validating Returns
validator.validateFunctionReturn(new Foo().bar, "some return value")
Details #
Constraints #
The Constraint Class
All constraints must implement (typically indirectly) the
Constraint class. It's key method is
void validate(T value, ConstraintValidationContext context);
It is passed the value to be validated and a context. If the constraint is violated then it creates a
ConstraintViolation by calling the contexts addViolation method
void addViolation({String reason, ViolationDetails details});
optionally providing details and a reason.
Typically you will not use Constraint directly or subclass it directly. The only two subtypes currently (and likely to remain that way) are:
- NotNull and
- Ensure
If you do directly subtype Constraint then you will need to deal with a possible null value being passed to validate. This is not the case with Ensure.
The NotNull constraint indicates the field is mandatory. It is somewhat special as it directly subclasses Constraint.
Ensure is the main constraint subclass that the vast majority of constraints are likely to use.
Ensure delegates the actual validation to it's validator object. Note that the validator will only be called if the value passed to Ensure's validate method is not null.
The validator can be any of the following:
1. A ConstraintValidator function
The ConstraintValidator function is the same signature as the validate method on Constraint. It is defined as
typedef void ConstraintValidator(dynamic value,
ConstraintValidationContext context);
This is best used when you want control over the creation of the ConstraintViolation object. Note the owner of the value is available via the context
2. A SimpleConstraintValidator function
This is a simplified form of validator function which is just a boolean expression indicating whether the constraint is valid.
typedef bool SimpleConstraintValidator(dynamic value);
This is typically used in preference to ConstraintValidator.
3. A SimplePropertyConstraintValidator function
Contains the owner of the value as an additional argument.
typedef bool SimplePropertyConstraintValidator(dynamic value, dynamic owner);
4. A Matcher
Any const matcher can be used such as isEmpty.
5. A function that returns a Matcher
Specically a function that adheres to
typedef Matcher MatcherCreator();
This is the more common way to use matchers as most matchers take an argument and are accessed via function. These cannot currently be const in Dart so the workaround is to use a function that returns the matcher.
Constraint Groups
ConstraintGroups are used to restrict which constraints are validated during a validation. The ConstraintGroup is defined as
abstract class ConstraintGroup {
bool implies(ConstraintGroup other);
Matching for ConstraintGroups is done via the implies method. This method should return true to indicate that the constraint should be validated.
To define your own simple group extend SimpleConstraintGroup and make sure you inclued a const constructor.
class Detailed extends SimpleConstraintGroup {
const Detailed();
To compose a group out of other groups extend CompositeConstraintGroup
class GroupOneAndTwo extends CompositeGroup {
const GroupOneAndTwo() : super(const [const GroupOne(), const GroupTwo()]);
Looking up Constraints
If you want to do something fancier, for example, integrate with some library (like Polymer, Json Schema etc.) then you may need to directly work with the constraints.
final resolver = new TypeDescriptorResolver();
final typeDescriptor = resolver.resolveFor(Person);
// now you can tranverse the descriptor to get all the constraints on this class and as transitively reachable.
Further Reading #
See open issues
0.2.8 #
- added logging
- increased lower bound of sdk version
0.2.7 #
- allow description and group to be overridden for core constraints
0.2.6 #
- increase upper bound on quiver package
0.2.5 #
- fix issue with reflecting on generic classes
0.2.1 #
- ported to option version >1.0.0
- unittest replaced with test
0.2.0+2 #
- increased upper bound of quiver dependency
0.2.0+1 #
- increased upper bound of collections dependency
0.2.0 #
- Ignore private members
Note: private members cannot be accessed (when in different libraries). This release is only backwards incompatible if you put constraints on private members
0.1.4+3 #
- Fixed bug when running dart2js. Thanks to Robert Akerblom-Andersson for the contribution
0.1.4+2 #
- Fixed bug in core constraints that stopped them validating without a group. Thanks to Robert Akerblom-Andersson for the contribution
0.1.4+1 #
- Exported Pattern from constrain.dart
0.1.4 #
- Added Min, Max and Pattern as core constraints
0.1.3 #
- Added ConstrainedFunctionProxy as a reflective wrapper for validating functions
0.1.2 #
- Added support for constraining functions and methods
- both parameters and return values can be constrained and validated
- methods inherit constraints from super classes, interfaces and mixins
- parameters and return values will be deeply validated, including all constraints on type
- for example
class Foo {
String bar(@NotNull() int blah, String foo) => '$blah';
class Blah extends Object with Foo {
@NotNull() String bar(@Ensure(isBetween10and90) int blah,
@NotNull() String foo) => '$blah';
0.1.1+1 #
- Bug Fix. Ignore static fields and methods
0.1.1 #
- JSON support. Constraint violations can be converted to JSON, for example to send to the client
0.1.0+1 #
- Fixed bugs with mirrors
0.1.0 #
Implemented most features. Should be highly useable now. Added
- Class based constraints
- handling of collections
- validator functions
- groups
- much more
0.0.1 #
- Basic strawman
Use this package as a library
1. Depend on it
Add this to your package's pubspec.yaml file:
constrain: ^0.2.8
2. Install it
You can install packages from the command line:
with pub:
$ pub get
Alternatively, your editor might support
pub get.
Check the docs for your editor to learn more.
3. Import it
Now in your Dart code, you can use:
import 'package:constrain/constrain.dart';
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Bemidji State University's student electronic music ensemble, Voltage, will perform on campus. The band is composed of six Bemidji State students and is conducted by Dr. Del Lyren, professor of music.
The concert will take place on April 15 at 7:30 p.m. in the Thompson Recital Hall. Admission is free.
The group will perform "Dracula Suite" by Anthony DiLorenzo, a selection of three or four original pieces composed by members of the group and "Crisis" by Freddie Hubbard.
For more information please contact the BSU music department at (218) 755-2915.
Voltage students are listed below by hometown:
Bemidji |56601| Ben Schreiber, freshman, undeclared
Bemidji |56601| Katrine Stewart, senior, music
International Falls |56649| Judah Chezick, junior, business administration
Maple Grove |55311| Josh May, freshman, music
Slayton |56172| Molly Bass, freshman, music teacher certification
Victoria |55386| Jesica Lindquist, sophomore, music teacher certification


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text: I use GTD with Tracks, an open source and web-based Getting Things Done implementation. The new version, 1.5, is particularly awesome. http://www.rousette.org.uk/projects/ Once I can persuade my Neo1973 to access the internet, my own Tracks site will no doubt be the most frequently visited site on the device. I always have a Firefox tag open with Tracks in while I'm at my computer. Hosted options exist, and the 1.5 version includes a mobile interface (that I haven't tried out yet). Justyn. On 19/04/2008, Hans L <thehans at gmail.com> wrote: > I've been reading a book lately called Getting Things Done(henceforth > abbreviated as GTD) which basically proposes a strategy for > organizing/managing your work and life to be more productive with less > stress. Instead of me attempting to explain it any more, a summary of > the ideas behind GTD can be found on the author's website: > http://www.davidco.com/what_is_gtd.php > and a wikipedia entry for good measure ;-) > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Getting_Things_Done > > I'm still working on fully implementing these ideas (been setting up > my filing/reference system lately), but it seems to me a device > running Openmoko would be the perfect place to do much of this > organizing/planning/management. And while I'm certainly not holding > out for my Freerunner before trying these methods, I do think it could > make a great addition to this system. > > So I've basically been thinking, what would the ideal("killer") > application for GTD look like? Since I'm still a newbie to GTD, it's > not even completely clear to me what this app should be. What > specific features would be required? Are there currently any > applications for Openmoko that come close? Would it be good to start > a project for a GTD-specifc app? > I will explain some of the ideas I have in mind, but hopefully some > other people on this list have read the book and been using this > system for a while and they can chime in with some more input. > > One thing that I think is emphasized in the book is that whatever > implementation you use for GTD, it should strive to be simple and even > fun to use, because you want to make a habit of using it and staying > organized, rather than finding yourself loathing and avoiding it. > > I can think of at least two main things that could be useful for GTD > on Openmoko: > 1) Calendar reminders (this is already available in Openmoko from what > I've read :-D ) > > 2) Lists: specifically *Context Sensitive* Lists > It seems large part of GTD is simply about making lists: > > One aspect is listing all projects you are committed to, and defining > the next action steps required to push each project towards > completion. > > Another aspect of GTD is that you need to be reminded of things to do, > but only in the appropriate context. > Depending on the situation you are in, you need to be able to see a > list of relevant tasks that need to be completed: > At your phone, you might want to check a list of calls you need to > make(calls might also go on a calendar if they need to be at specific > times). > In your car, you might want to check a list of errands you need to run. > At home, you might want to check a list of things that can only be > accomplished at home. > At a computer, ... > etc. > > What do you think? > > -Hans Loeblich > > _______________________________________________ > Openmoko community mailing list > community at lists.openmoko.org > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community >


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Over and over I read blogs and hear comments about how evil standardized tests are and how they are designed to "trick," "fool," and "trap" test-takers. I say that's hogwash and poppycock!
It's the invention of the test prep industry so they can sell you their "miracle cures." This isn't to say that all test preparation companies take this line. A few companies, Bell Curves among them, pride themselves on providing test prep that speaks to the knowledge, insights, and strategies needed to conquer the test, rather than play into the notion that these tests are designed to trick test-takers. My gripe with the other, more popular position is that it seems designed to make the test out to be a big scary mysterious unknowable boogie man designed to jump out of the dark and bop the unwary, and thus force test-takers to get help from someone else to defeat the unknown and unknowable. However, if the test is just a test, a test of content, a test of information, a test of factoids presented in a very particular way, then you might be able to prepare on your own. It's got to be easier to sell a course or tutor if "only SAT experts" have the key to this very special lock.
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Prep Time: 10-15 minutes
Total Time: about 45 minutes
1 lb. hamburger meat
1 tsp. salt
1 (16 oz.) can pork and beans
3/4 cup barbecue sauce (any flavor)
2 tbsp. brown sugar
1 tsp. instant minced onion
1 can refrigerated biscuits
1 cup grated cheese
Brown hamburger meat and drain.
Stir in salt, pork and beans, barbecue sauce, brown sugar, and minced onion.
Cook until bubbly.
Pour into a casserole dish.
Cut biscuits in half and place cut-side down around edge of casserole.
Sprinkle with cheese.
Bake at 375 degrees for 25 to 30 minutes or until biscuits are golden brown.
Servings: 4
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A New Jersey man was arrested after his toddler was found with dozens of heroin packets at day care.
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The inspiration for today's Sepia Saturday post comes from a photo of a lady in traditional costume posing with a baby in a vintage pram.
Here's me in my "now vintage" pram – cool wheels in March 1965. This is one of my favourite photos of my Mum 🙂
This pram is probably responsible for my interest in sports cars. Note the piece of string hanging over the edge. Teddy was tied to it for easy retrieval when I launched him over the side. My pram even had a fancy canopy to keep the sun off – back in the days when you could wheel your baby outdoors and leave it.
Inevitably, you sometimes have to share your wheels –
but I seem quite happy sharing the pram with my little brother. Here we are again looking a bit bigger, with our granddad, Douglas, and Teddy. I still have Teddy although he is now a bit bald, cross-eyed and mis-shapen 🙂
Now, burn some rubber and go and see what everyone else has been inspired to write.
Jo 🙂


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Round II:
Sometimes I really can't believe this thing called life. There are days when the external, the tangible, the natural seem so real, so alive, so pressing. And then there are the times when this all seems but a dream, a dream directed by or in spite of all that exists within me.
My insides have melted into this AmeriLife, finally. I love it here in Louisiana. I love the hot air. I love the way the rains come so suddenly out of the blue sky, flooding the streets without anywhere to flow. I love falling onto my mattress at night in a cluttered one room trailer filled to its max with bunks. I love tying chicken necks to strings, tossing them into the water, and catching big blue crabs crabs crabs. I love driving the government van up and down 210.
I love building houses.
I haven't been able to run (something funky is going on with one of my knees) and in a way I think that's been really good for me. It's made me slow down, breathe, chill out. I don't need to run away from anything. It's okay to be in something you can't get out of. I don't have to feel stuck. Finally easing into this understanding has so significantly changed my experience here. I'm okay.
I really love my team. I really, really love them. This is the first time I've really been able to say that. They're rediculous, extreme, insane (truly) at times. But they're wonderful, and these ten months of my life would not be what they are without every single one of them. I've never lived SO closely with this many people before. I never imagined I would like it as much as I do.
Get my loans paid off by June 2011. Drive out to California to Bethel's School of Worship. I cannot shake the need to be in the presence of God... deep in the heart of the Spirit. There's a lot that frustrates me about the "christian world", but I cannot shake my affection for Jesus Christ... hah! I cannot shake him! And I don't want to. I want to love him more and more and more.. the real Jesus.. the one I know... the one I love..
I'm tired of stuff. It's been building in me for a couple years now, this weariness with all the stuff. Stuff everywhere. All kinds of stuff. Churches full of stuff. Land full of stuff. Closets, barns and buildings full of stuff.
Sometimes I feel beautiful in men's pants and sweat-soaked t-shirts.
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Hey there everyone! Been a while, but I decided to write a little again. I was not lucky enough to get in on the first wave of Hearthstone Beta invites. Lucky is debatable however; at least I didn't have to go through the wipe. Stop ( The Stoppable Force ) was awesome enough to give me an extra beta key he received recently and I was able to get in on the ground floor when pretty much everyone else was shuttled back down (or should that be dropped.. ).
I have been watching live streams of many different people playing Hearthstone so I already had a pretty good idea what was going on and some of the strategies, etc. Because of this, getting through the first 5 mandatory tutorial games was pretty easy even if I had never actually played before. I was finished quick and moved on to unlocking the races, play and arena mode. I won't bore you with the details but I spent quite a bit of time playing (not surprising). My first foray into the Arena got me 2 wins before I lost 3 times. I ended up picking the Druid in Arena out of the three offered (don't remember which the others were) purely on a whim and it worked out ok.
For play mode, I've won quite a few games (including 2 ranked games so far). Possibly not surprisingly, I am really enjoying the Hunter style of play using beasts and buffing said beats. I've put together a pretty nice "Beastmaster" deck that I've been using. I've been also trying to level all the other races to unlock their basic cards.
That's it so far. Still playing WoW. Enjoying the 5.4 patch. Finally raiding again (even if it is Flex mode for now) and enjoying it quite a bit. Thanks everyone who's stuck with me through the lack of updates. I can't promise that I'll most any more often than I have been but.. Thanks!


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Here at Only Natural we tend to emphasize nutrition, and rightly so because it truly is the foundation of good health. However, one of the other great cornerstones of vibrant health and long life is exercise. Moderate, regular exercise will help keep your pet at a healthy weight and keep the joints flexible. It also provides mental stimulation, which is important for all pets, but especially those who spend most of their time indoors.
Big dogs make great hiking companions, especially here in rugged Colorado, where we've joked for years about the Labrador Retriever being the "state dog." Most medium-sized and large dogs seem able to handle all kinds of weather. But it's easy to let a smaller dog become a couch potato, going out only to answer the call of nature and hurrying right back in. They're not built for long treks, and they can disappear completely in a foot or two of snow!
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Cats need exercise too, and while it's possible to train a cat to walk with a cat harness and leash, at-home interactive play is the best way to keep your cat's mind and body engaged and resilient. A 15-minutes session once or twice a day is ideal.
To help your cat get the most from these interactive toys, the key is to "BE the prey." Use your imagination, and have fun! If you're a mouse, run, jump and hide; if you're a bird, flutter and dive. Always let your cat catch the prey in the end, and follow up with a high-protein treat such as canned food. This not only exercises your cat's physical side, but also satisfies the mental/emotional "hunter" part—an important consideration in multi-cat homes to prevent aggressive behavior. It's also a terrific way to help chubby kitties lose weight, as well as to prevent
boredom and the unwanted behaviors that sometimes go with it!
When you start an exercise program for your pet, use the same common-sense precautions you would with any other new activity. Don't go hog wild all at once; your pet can get sore muscles and even cause damage to joints, because they don't know when to stop and will usually keep going as long as you can. Build up your pet's endurance gradually, and watch for signs that he's had enough – wanting to lie or sit down, or showing any degree of labored breathing.
You'll notice that all of these suggestions have one thing in common – you! Sure, you can leave toys out for your pets to play with, but their greatest joy is to play with you, so even though the holidays can be hectic, please make room for that quality time with your best buddy.


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In the two years we've had this particular version of the Pfhorums running, the older members have witnessed more than a couple of topics that were fun to read, participate in, and talk about. They were usually out-of-control flame wars, which made things all the better: even those who started out as coolly detached trolls got involved quite heavily by the end. In after-days, I would speak to W'rkncacnter, Ryoko, and Wolfy about these threads as though they were part of a golden age, long-forgottenm even though they often exhibited our nastier sides. The good news is that every couple of months, a new legendary topic appears. I decided we needed a home for these fine pieces of literature.
Some of them were simply buried under the many other things in normal forums. Others I had to recover from deletion. In my opinion, all of them are worth reading. Topics included here are subject to change, so enjoy them while you can before they sink back into the muck. While they're here, feel free to rate them!
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Conservation and Environment in Peru: Monthly Updates
With a new year comes new challenges and as our volunteer numbers rose quickly after the festive break it was straight back to work. This time of year is difficult because the weather can be unpredictable and last year's historical flooding was at the back of all our minds. Of course the probability of the worst flooding in over half a century repeating was unlikely but with the heavens opening in January we were all very relieved that the river stayed comfortably within its banks and allowed to us to carry on our efforts muddy but not swimming!
Bio-diversity Research
The wet season is a time of plenty in the forest and many of the jungle animals and birds coincide their breeding cycles with this bounty. Huge troops of squirrel monkeys (Saimiri boliviensis) come together for safety in numbers often 300 strong; white-lipped peccaries (Tayassu peccari) merge into groups of more than 100 individuals and birds flash through the forest carrying food to hungry nestlings. The heightened activity brings the jungle alive and it is a good time to get out on the trails albeit dealing with deep seasonal swamps and muddy paths. Over recent weeks we came across an elusive three-toed sloth (Bradypus variegatus) lazily feeding behind the volunteer bungalows, a family of tayras (Eira barbara), members of the weasel family, feeding on ripe palm fruits along the trails and even a sighting of the rare jaguarundi (Puma yaguaorundi), a small black cat, skirting along one of the nearby forest clearings.
Whilst the heavy rains are inconvenient at times we have also been hanging our mist nets at the different stations we monitor all year round. At this stage of our research catching new species for the area is very unlikely but we did have some great captures. Both the streaked flycatcher (Myiodynastes maculatus) and fork-tailed flycatcher (Tyrannus savana) have been registered in the reserve but never photographed up close and the heightened activity I mentioned above meant that we caught nearly 20 birds each session we worked. This is a great number and reflects the health of our protected ecosystem.
Animal Rescue Centre
Continuing the theme of birds, this month we received a very unusual and rare arrival at the rescue centre- a maguari stork (Ciconia maguari). About four years ago I was walking the river edge with Mauricio Ugarte our consulting ornithologist from Arequipa when we spotted a group of three strange stork-like birds flying overhead. The size and flight pattern was inconsistent with the larger jabiru species (Jabiru mycteria) and the smaller wood stork (Mycteria americana) and after a closer inspection with binoculars we concluded that it must have been the maguari stork. This bird had never been confirmed in Peru before and I kept an eye out every year during their supposed migration season but with no luck of a further sighting. Our stature as recognised ornithologists meant that the sighting was accepted and the Birds of Peru modified accordingly but I still wanted affirmation! Now we have it as we were called in to rescue a large wading bird from just outside Puerto Maldonado. It was a juvenile maguari stork that had been unable to complete its first migration. It was undernourished and very weak. At Taricaya this is recognised as a challenge!
We quickly built a netted tent over the unoccupied turtle pool in the rescue centre and quickly incorporated daily fishing activities in the creek. The volunteers have become excellent fishermen and the stork is already putting on weight and the shine is returning to its plumage. My only concern is its future release as the species is not resident to the area and as I mentioned they are very rare in Peru. We must think of a solution to this problem but in the meantime it is fantastic to watch the youngster grow and recover.
Elsewhere at the centre we have been hard at work changing the last of our old wooden cages for metal ones. The process is long and takes a lot of hard work but the final enclosures are so much better. They are safer for both the animal and we who look after them, maintenance is only required internally (decoration etc.) and aesthetically they look so much nicer and cleaner. We have taken down the penultimate cage and are busy working on the modifications and construction of the new one.
Agroforestry Project
The rainy season is an ideal time of year to plant young trees as the weather fluctuates from heavy rain to blazing sunshine and this is the perfect combination for plants to grow quickly. Our second farm plot down river has been chosen as the site for our on-going mahogany project and volunteers and staff have been working hard digging over 500 hundred holes on the one side of the farm in preparation for planting mahogany saplings next month. After the one side is finished we shall prepare a further 500 holes for the other one giving us an impressive plantation of 1000 plants. As with our first successful mahogany plantation nearly ten years ago we are going to continue our research on growth rates, infestation from the parasitic moth (Hypsiphyla sp.) and plantation density.
It is a testing time to work in the forest with heavy rains having left many depressions full of water limiting our access to certain areas of the reserve but the jungle is so alive with the chirping of frogs, the howling of monkeys and singing of birds. As the weather subsides and water dries up we shall evaluate the effects of the stormy season on the reserve and will no doubt be out in force clearing trails and reopening points of access. Our research will continue and the rescue centre tended to…I will bring you the latest news next time…
Stuart Timson
Conservation Director, Projects Abroad
13th March, 2015


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This Blog focuses on Ancestor Stories, both the stories themselves about my family's ancestors and discussions of where they come from and how to prepare and share them. These stories may be non-fiction or fiction – we will always tell which is which, of course. Also see my KINNICK blog and The HOMEPLACE Series Blog, left sidebar, scroll down.
Monday, November 19, 2012
National Day of Listening - Friday, 23 Nov 2012 upcoming
I recently published this lens about the upcoming National Day of Listening, 23 Nov 2012.
Now, I've become aware of a neat Genealogy Community Blog Carnival on the same subject. Click on this link for more detailed information on participating.
Story Corp's National Day of Listening theme for 2012 is Thank a Veteran, and I encourage you to use that theme, if it is available to you. I fully support oral history projects, and this is a good one. [A while back, my grandson interviewed me for his family history boy scout project - that was really fun!] I did several oral history interviews, a few years ago, when I was working an Oral History Project in the Kansas Flint Hills!
My personal emphasis for the 2012 Holiday Season, is to talk to your aunts and uncles.
Here is a summary of that request:
Talk to aunts and uncles this holiday season about their family stories
I frequently write of learning and sharing the stories of my and your family history and genealogy. This year, as we approach the holiday season of family gathering, I want to encourage each of us to reach out to some additional key persons to better gather, record, understand and share these family stories: aunts and uncles (including great aunts and uncles, of course).
These are the siblings, brothers and sisters, of your parents and grandparents, and their spouses. I have mentioned this before when I discussed "Follow the Women" in talking about sources of family information. Most of us are fortunate enough to have heard stories from our parents and/or grandparents of the 'old days.' Aunts and uncles were there in the times of those stories, too, but they were a little older or a little younger, and you will get a different slant on those same stories. Have you found that to be true? I sure have. And, you'll get some stories your parents and grandparents may not choose to tell you - or 'just forgot!" Give it a try this holiday season. Talk to them one-on-one, as well. You may get more and better stories.
An added benefit you may also discover, by talking to an aunt or an uncle, especially ones you don't see too often, may be that you discover they love family history and genealogy, as well, and become an outstanding continuing source of new information for you. They may not realize you have an interest, especially if you are, in fact, relatively new to it yourself. Much of my paternal side information had already been compiled by my Dad's sister, my aunt. Since that surname was SMITH, I was especially appreciative of the work she and her sister had done. There was plenty left for me to work on, but I'll be eternally grateful for her outstanding groundwork!
I hope you will come back and leave me a comment, here, on Facebook, or at one of my blog sites, with the new stories you find this year at your holiday family gatherings! ;-)
Families are Forever! ;-)
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Your post makes me think about all the missed opportunities I had to learn about the past when I was a teenager in the late seventies. My Grandmother Jen was born in the late 1880s. She lived in Boston until the 1960s. I wished I had talked with her about the great pandemic of 1918 or what she thought of the Sacco and Vanzetti trial.ReplyDelete
The list of golden moment to learn but not taken is long. Thank you for reminding people to take the time to listen.
- AnonymousNovember 19, 2012 at 8:45 PM
Hi Bill,ReplyDelete
I really enjoyed reading this post. Your suggestion of talking and listening to Aunties and Uncles is right on time for the holidays.
Oh, wait a minute! I'm the Uncle!I better get my stories in line should the phone ring (or I get texted by the nephews and nieces)!
Peace & Blessings,
"Guided by the Ancestors"
Some of my best stories are those I heard from my Aunts and Uncles.ReplyDelete
Now I'm the Aunt and Grandma who sometimes gets the call for information about the family.
Thanks Bill for sharing...I have to get on the ball and get the youngsters to listen to me now LOLReplyDelete
I am going to be spending some quality time with my Uncle and one of his friends that knew my parents very well and know a lot about their lives in Los Angeles in the 50's and 60's. This is a great post. Thank you.ReplyDelete


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The Book of Ruth is named for the Moabite woman who commits herself to the Israelite people by an oath to her mother-in-law Naomi and becomes the great-grandmother of David by marriage to Boaz of Bethlehem. Thus she is an ancestor in the messianic line that leads to Jesus (Mt 1:5).
The book portrays the love and loyalty of human beings in working their way through tragic circumstances to participation in the community of the faithful people of God. The key is responsible and loving decision-making: Ruth's loyalty (2:11), her generosity (1:15–17; 2:2, 7) and her willingness to take risks for the sake of righteousness set in motion a chain of beneficial events, while behind the scenes God blesses each step in the developing drama. Ruth is so frequently designated "the Moabite" in the book that the audience of the story is constantly reminded of the universality of the embrace of salvation.
In the Greek and Latin canons, Ruth follows Judges, to which it is related by its opening time reference ("Once back in the time of the judges…"), and precedes Samuel, serving as transition from Israel as tribal union to monarchy. In the present sequence of the Hebrew canon it is placed among the "Writings" immediately after the Book of Proverbs, which ends with a powerful portrayal of "the woman of worth" (Prv 31:10–31; cf. Ru 3:11). Ruth is the primary liturgical text in Judaism for the celebration of the feast of Weeks (Shabuot).
The beauty of the story's construction, its use of dialogue (nearly two thirds of the text), and the sheer drama of its content mark it as one of the classic short stories of world literature. Based on the recollection of an historical figure, a story is developed which grips its audience with profound insight into divine and human relationships. The story is presented from a point some time after the course of events, as is indicated by the explanation of an obscure custom in 4:7. Wherever and whenever it was told, its claim of God's universal concern for humankind and the attractiveness of caring human responsibility shines forth.
The date of composition is disputed. Many authors date it early in the monarchy, and valid arguments can be presented for that position. Others argue for a postexilic date; they see the favorable presentation of a Moabite woman who became David's grandmother as a counter to the stringent measures of Ezra and Nehemiah against marriage with Moabites and other non-Jews (Ezr 9–10; Neh 13:23–29).
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Investment Philosophy: Alternative Strategies Fund
The Alternative Strategies Fund was created based on the following fundamental beliefs:
First, Litman Gregory believes it is possible to identify investment managers who will deliver superior long-term performance relative to their passive benchmarks and peer groups. This belief is based on Litman Gregory's extensive experience evaluating managers and mutual funds on behalf of their clients. The five managers in this fund were chosen for their specialized and demonstrated expertise, as well as for their complementary, non-correlated investment approaches.
Second, not only do we want high-quality managers, but we want to offer access to them at an acceptable cost. We spent the last couple of years engaged in research to find the right mix of managers we believe can deliver on both fronts.
Third, this fund doesn't seek to simply replicate what each manager is already doing elsewhere, but to bring investors additional value-add through flexibility, concentration, and the ability to be more opportunistic.
The Litman Gregory Masters Alternative Strategies Fund Concept
The Alternative Strategies Fund is a multi-manager fund that combines alternative and absolute-return-oriented strategies chosen based on Litman Gregory's conviction that each individual strategy is compelling and that collectively the overall fund portfolio is well diversified. This fund is intended to complement traditional stock and bond portfolios by offering diversification, seeking to reduce volatility, and to potentially enhance returns relative to various measures of risk.
This fund will contain many risk-control factors including the selection of strategies that seek lower risk exposure than conventional stock or stock-bond strategies, the risk-sensitive nature of the managers, the skill of the managers, and the overall strategy diversification.
Typically, each manager will run approximately 17% of the portfolio, but Litman Gregory may tactically alter the managers' allocations to attempt to take advantage of particularly compelling opportunities for a specific strategy or to further manage risk. We will have a high hurdle for making a tactical allocation shift and don't expect such top-down shifts to happen frequently.
Selection Criteria — What Makes a Manager an Alternative Strategies Fund Candidate?
The managers in this fund were chosen for their specialized and demonstrated expertise, as well as for their complementary, non-correlated investment approaches.
We looked for skilled managers who either 1) ran strategies that we believed were low risk and not strongly correlated with traditional financial assets (especially stocks) or 2) had the ability to take on more risk but had a strongly risk averse mindset and approach with an emphasis on preservation of capital and a track record consistent with that objective. We also wanted managers willing to be opportunistic and take somewhat more risk at times when valuations suggest that risk should be well rewarded. Other factors we considered included enthusiasm for being part of this fund, how the strategies complemented each other, a long history, and reasonable fees.
We narrowed our list down to five managers/firms who ran different types of strategies and who each had a combination of experience, expertise, performance track record, a risk-averse mindset or investment philosophy, strong focus on risk management, and reasonable fees. We then did intensive additional due diligence on these managers to assess whether we could gain confidence that they would be able to deliver on their risk/return objectives for these strategies and what they would bring to our fund that would be different and value-added. We believe we have achieved that goal with each manager.
Investment Philosophy: The Equity Funds
Our equity funds are based on two fundamental beliefs:
First, it is possible to identify investment managers who will deliver superior long-term performance relative to their passive benchmarks and peer groups. This belief is based on our extensive experience evaluating stock pickers and mutual funds on behalf of our investment management clients.
Second, that most stock pickers have an unusually high level of conviction in only a small number of stocks and that a portfolio limited to these stocks will, on average, outperform a more diversified portfolio over a market cycle. However, most stock pickers typically manage portfolios that are diversified beyond these highest-conviction holdings in order to reduce risk and to facilitate the management of the larger amounts of money they oversee.
The Concept Behind Our Equity Funds
Based on the above beliefs, these funds seek to isolate the stock-picking skills of a group of highly regarded investment managers. To meet this objective, the funds are designed with both risk and return in mind, placing particular emphasis on the following factors:
- We only choose stock pickers we believe to be exceptionally skilled.
- Each stock picker runs a very concentrated sub-portfolio of not more than 15 of his or her "highest-conviction" stocks.
- Although each manager's portfolio is concentrated, our equity funds seek to manage risk partly by building diversification into each fund.
- The Equity and International funds offer diversification by including managers with differing investment styles and market-cap orientations.
- The Smaller Companies Fund brings together managers who use different investment approaches, though each focuses on the securities of smaller companies.
- We believe that excessive asset growth often results in diminished performance. Therefore, each fund may close to new investors at a level that Litman Gregory believes will preserve each manager's ability to effectively implement the Litman Gregory Masters Funds concept. If more sub-advisors are added to a particular fund, the fund's closing asset level may be increased.
Selection Criteria — What Makes an Manager a Candidate for Our Equity Funds?
Litman Gregory believes that superior investment managers exhibit most of the following characteristics.
- Consistently above-average intermediate and long-term performance relative to an appropriate benchmark index and peer group. Litman Gregory maintains its own database and has developed proprietary software to measure and analyze performance over various periods.
- A well-defined investment process that is executed with discipline. Discipline refers to the commitment to in-depth research to support each and every decision and also to an unwavering commitment to the manager's process and circle of competence. This combination of sound process and discipline helps to minimize decision errors by the manager.
- The confidence and ability to think and act independently.
- The intellectual honesty to realize a mistake, learn from it and move on.
- A passion for stock picking that results in the drive to work harder and more creatively in order to gain an edge.
- A focus on the job of stock picking and portfolio management. Litman Gregory seeks investment managers who have attempted to mitigate non-investment distractions by delegating most business management and marketing duties.
Litman Gregory and its affiliated companies have extensive experience evaluating investment advisory firms using the above criteria, and they believe that each of the investment managers selected for the funds exhibits most of the qualities mentioned above. Moreover, specific to Litman Gregory Masters Funds, Litman Gregory evaluates each manager's ability and inclination to run a concentrated portfolio and his or her enthusiasm for the opportunity.


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Tagged: Diana of Themyscira
The Gripes of Wrath
In our contemporary blogosphere, it's becoming commonplace for opinion pieces to spark galled backlash. With these internet ripostes in mind, allow me to start by addressing a point that's heated "Jezebel" and "The Gloss" writers alike. I am now and have always been of the opinion that skinny female characters and the actresses who portray them can most certainly be strong. Some examples of this reality include Jada Pinkett Smith as The Matrix trilogy's Niobe: a skinny woman who's physically buff and whose on-screen presence as captain of the Logos packs a commanding wallop. Jennifer Lawrence as The Hunger Games' Katniss Everdeen: a skinny woman who exudes strength in controlled stoicism, perseverance, deft reflexes, and cunning. Emilia Clarke as Game of Thrones' Daenerys Targaryen: a skinny woman who commands dragons, the most powerful weapons in all of Westeros… when she can find them. In fact, my list of skinny badass women could go on for the duration of this entry because, quite frankly, skinny badass women proliferate the action genre. In some cases, the tiny but strong physiques that parade across theater screens are totally warranted, such as Katniss Everdeen's lifetime of meager rations and near-starvation, which produced not only her precision in archery but also her emaciated frame.
These rare cases of justified slenderness aside, last weekend I begrudgingly sat through an aspiring blockbuster which reminded me all too blatantly that in most cases Hollywood's coveted runway-ready action heroines possess slender builds that go without explanation, or outright contradict their characters' backstories. Said film that I knew I would execrate from the first teaser trailer was 300: Rise of an Empire.
Now in a continued effort to keep the peace, let me apologize henceforth to anyone who adored the second installment of the 300 franchise and warn anyone who's optimistically awaiting the DVD release that these next paragraphs aren't for you. I would hate to rain on anyone's pending parade but in my effort to lay down the skinny, an explanation is in order.
Perhaps my seventh grade history reenactment of the Battle of Thermopylae gives me a sense of personal connection to the story, or perhaps sneaking into the sold out premiere after enduring Wild Hogs and being forced to sit in my friend Davin's lap in the front row made it all the more exhilarating, but 300 is one of my all-time favorite movies. A hyper-stylized, Greco-fetishism action film whose place in my heart outlived my teenage affinity for violent, adrenaline-fueled cinema, 300 is like a classical painting injected with testosterone and set to a mashup of choral hymns and industrial guitar performed in a Mediterranean arena. Couple this with my Frank Miller phase sophomore year of high school, during which all my paintings suddenly looked like Sin City and all the dialogue in my stories had the private investigator timbre of a film noir revival, and it's a shoo-in that 300 would have me hooked.
As such, from the minute my ear registered the first inklings of a possible sequel, I knew I was in for a pile of sepia-toned, slow-motion dog crap. And when I broke down and saw the film as an escape from last Sunday's heatwave, my expectations were not disappointed. Seven years ago when it was released, 300 was something we hadn't seen yet. Sure Neo's back-bending, decelerated bullet dodge in The Matrix ushered in the stylized fight sequences that pervade action films to this day, but as far as I'm concerned 300 was a new form of visual gluttony that was candidly cool. From the sheer mythos of ancient Spartans, to the absorbing narration, to the gritty and simultaneously painterly aesthetic, to the machismo choreography, to Gerard Butler and his conical beard, and to the archetypal characterizations–every facet of this narrative oozed cool.
Zack Snyder may have taken the M. Night Shyamalan route and fallen quickly from a laudable perch in film esteem to directorial leper, but based on the utter disaster that is 300: Rise of an Empire, upcoming director Noam Murro could do with a touch of Shyamalan. Where 300 was fresh cinematic confectionery, 300: Rise of an Empire came seven years too late, after a horde of fanboys reproduced its aesthetic to death in both film and television, à la The Immortals and Spartacus. As if this latency weren't enough, 300: Rise of an Empire then took everything that was impressive about its predecessor and lamed it past the point of entertainment. Where 300 presented us with hardcore-by-definition Spartans, it's sequel centralized around the farmers and poets of Athens, and expected us to believe that men of these dispositions would possess the same chiseled and airbrushed abs of life-long, fanatical warriors. Where 300 brought us iconic dialogue to rev up battles of hand-to-hand combat and impossible feats of flight and strength, Rise of an Empire gave us horrendously convoluted and unimpressive speech, generally followed by tedious ellipses, before merely smashing their CGI ships into one another. Where 300 brought us powerful archetypes, such as the inexplicably behemoth god-king Xerxes, the sequel squandered said mystique with inane, humanizing backstories. Where 300 brought us bizarre, prosthetic monsters that served a purpose, the new release tossed in a couple half-attempts at poorly animated creatures that did nothing but hiss, spit, and disrupt deep sea dreams. And where 300 brought us female dynamism in Queen Gorgo's plight to aid her husband and her people by whatever means necessary, Rise of an Empire brought us Eva Green.
Prior to seeing the film, I read a review in the Los Angeles Times written by a woman who ranted and raved about Eva Green's magnetism as the Persian navy's most formidable commander. While it's nothing against Green's acting skills, I found both the writing and choreography for Artemisia dry and unimpressive, and the casting of waif-like Green (who attributes her paper-thin mien to her French affinity for "cigarettes and laziness") really got my goat for the very reasons I started this blog entry.
Artemisia is a Greek woman betrayed by her countrymen and hot on the trail of vengeance, and as such she's been training with the Persian herald (of all people) in combat since childhood. Her lifelong vendetta builds her up to be one of Darius' and Xerxes' most vicious soldiers, and when she's pitted against the Athenians at sea, her skill with a sword makes her a killing machine amidst the onslaughts of unexplainably robust seafarers.
With a backstory and profile like that, you're not pulling one over my eyes this time Hollywood. If Artemisia was a real woman who'd devoted her entire life to Greek-Decapitation Boot Camp, she would at least have arms like these female Adonises:
(And look Hollywood, you could even keep the cinched waist for sex appeal!)
For some reason, despite the beautiful, muscular women like the afore-pictured 1905 "circus strong woman" and 1890's Vulcana–a woman who actually looks like she beats foes to a pulp for a living, Hollywood insists on ignoring the characters' profiles and casting the Gal Gadots of the industry as Diana of Themyscira.
Occasionally Hollywood does get it right, utilizing Gwendoline Christie's striking height of 6'3″ to create a totally believable warrior in Brienne of Tarth, or casting stunt woman-turned-lead-lady Zoë Bell for her genuine physical prowess and ability to literally kick butt. More often than not, Hollywood makes feeble efforts at best, tailoring B-movies to women like mixed martial artist Gina Carano, whose leg locks far supersede her abominable acting. That, or they bypass accuracy altogether in favor of sex appeal.
As a girl who's been a limp noodle far more times in my life than that period of lopsided racquetball strength and that one year track and field made me muscular, I completely understand the argument that thinness does not equate to weakness. After all, there are numerous fighting styles out there that enable a narrow figure to bring down someone twice their size. Plus, there's always the fact that a thin actress can bulk up for a role. But I'm not going to kid myself into believing that Hollywood's decision to cast skinny women as beastly characters is an attempt to emanate female empowerment. Rather than utilizing low-weight modes of combat to their advantage or following in the BBC's footsteps and casting actors that realistically look the part of their roles, Hollywood is clearly only concerned with selling tickets via sex, and the current mainstream definition of feminine attractiveness is runway model thin… with breasts if she can manage to pull off that Victoria's Secret feat.
Thus, until the the media's interpretation of desirability begins to morph towards something of Polynesian proportions, I'll have to buckle down and swallow my gripes, watching adequately muscular film and television contenders get passed by in the casting hunt for the fiercest commanders of the shitty-remake sea.


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Authorities in Florida are tearing down the home covering the huge sinkhole that swallowed a man in his bedroom, NBC's Gabe Gutierrez reports.
Crews began demolishing a Florida home Sunday that is perched over a huge sinkhole, after deeming it too dangerous to keep searching for the man swallowed up from his bedroom.
Rescue workers on Saturday had called off their search for 36-year-old Jeffrey Bush, who had not been heard from since the hole appeared at about 11 p.m. ET Thursday in Seffner, near Tampa.
"Unfortunately we have not been able to determine the whereabouts of Mr. Bush," Hillsborough County Administrator Mike Merrill said. "With all the equipment that we brought in and specialized help, we have just not been able to locate Mr. Bush, and so for that reason the rescue effort is being discontinued."
Authorities have said the hole, which was originally about 30 feet deep, was "seriously unstable." A 100-foot safety zone was set up around it Friday and homes near the hole were evacuated for fear of a sudden collapse.
Scott Audette / Reuters
Demolition crews and Hillsborough County Fire Department watch as the house, where Jeffrey Bush was swallowed by a sinkhole, is demolished in Seffner, Florida March 3, 2013.
The sinkhole now poses a safety risk to the residence next door, said Hillsborough County Fire Rescue public information officer Ronnie Rivera at a noon press conference on Saturday. Family members would be allowed to enter briefly along with emergency personnel to recover belongings, Rivera said.
The demolition started at around 8:30 a.m. Sunday, and wrapped up for the day at about noon. It was expected to resume again on Monday.
Related: A broken home full of memories
Authorities were able to retrieve a few personal belongings from the destroyed house for the family, including photographs, a Bible and even the wood address marker from the front of the building.
A second family in an adjacent home began moving their possessions out on Saturday afternoon as authorities struggled to get an accurate read on just how large the sinkhole is.
Authorities brought in heavy equipment to demolish the home from outside the perimeter of the sinkhole, which Merrill said extends down as much as 50 to 60 feet.
"We're dealing with a very unusual sinkhole," Merrill said. "It's very deep, it's very wide, it's very unstable."
Hillsborough County, Florida officials lay out their plan going forward at the site of a sinkhole that appeared beneath a home and is believed to have killed one of the residents.
On Friday, Jeremy Bush spoke tearfully about how he tried to save his brother.
"I couldn't get him out," he said. "All I thought I could hear was him screaming for me and hollering for me, but I couldn't do nothing."
Jeremy Bush was saved from the hole by Hillsborough County sheriff's Deputy Douglas Duvall, NBC station WFLA reported.
'Really shocking'
Neighbors told NBC station WFLA.com of their surprise.
"It's just really shocking," said Kevin Charles, who lives two houses down from the Bush's house. "It kind of worries me because … it could have been any one of these houses along this side over here."
"I think the issue now is everyone in the area is going to sit back and wonder whether should get sinkhole insurance," said neighbor Steve Hamlyn. "Because we really didn't see a need for it until now."
One man is presumed dead after being sucked into the earth as he was sleeping, and now other families in the neighborhood are on edge. NBC's Gabe Gutierrez reports.
While some in the neighborhood did not know of the risks, sinkholes are common in Florida, The Associated Press reported, and home insurers are required by law to provide coverage for the sudden disaster.
Florida's geological makeup increases the likelihood of sinkholes, and more than 500 have been reported in Hillsborough County since 1954, the state's environmental agency told the AP. A monster 400-foot sinkhole that sucked in a house, five sports cars, two businesses and part of a swimming pool appeared near Orlando in 1981.
"You can almost envision a piece of Swiss cheese," Taylor Yarkosky, a sinkhole expert from Brooksville, Fla, told the AP. "Any house in Florida could be in that same situation."
At a press conference at 8 a.m. ET Saturday, fire officials announced they had set up an email address, accessible at www.firefighter-relief.com, for anyone wishing to send message of condolences or donations to the family.
NBC News' Gabe Gutierrez and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Luis Echeverria / AP
A look at some of the most amazing sinkholes around the world.
Massive sinkhole swallows Florida man — and it's still growing
The science of sinkholes: Common, but rarely catastrophic
Florida home crumbles under sinkhole pressure
This story was originally published on Sun Mar 3, 2013 9:58 AM EST


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End GameSchwartz also has this brief follow-up on one point.
Curt Schilling set out to build the greatest video-game company the world had ever seen, and to get rich — Bill Gates rich — doing it. Instead, the whole thing exploded in his face. Drawing on exclusive interviews with the Red Sox legend and his former employees, Jason Schwartz takes us inside the chaos, arrogance, and mistakes that led to the destruction of 38 Studios and the loss of $75 million in taxpayer money.
(P.S. In late May, when the company went under, there were various columns criticizing Schilling for grabbing taxpayer money, a liberal evil he had railed against time and time again when talking politics.)


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Pictured: Linda Hunt (Henrietta "Hetty" Lange). The NCIS: LA team investigates the tragic death of a U.S. senatorial candidate's staffer who is run over crossing the street. The high-profile case becomes a matter of national security as the agents must determine whether it is an isolated tragic incident or a politically connected plot that might put others in danger. Photo: Ron P. Jaffe/CBS © 2012 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.


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