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Monday, April 28, 2008
Custom views
The scenario which absolutely requires custom views is the following: we have a list of alarm events and some of them requires the user's acknowledgement. There is a flashing exclamation mark beside such alarms. Like this (except that the exclamation mark is flashing:)
You can download the example program from here.
We will support the list with a custom adapter, as we have seen previously. A single row for this adapter looks like this (located under res/layout/alarm_row.xml, XML mangling because of blog engine limitation).
[?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?]
[TextView android:id="@+id/alarmtext"
TextView is our old friend but the second view in the row is our own. If you check the aexp.customview.AlarmingView class, you will see that it is a descendant of ImageView. We still have to define three constructors (one for the creation from code, 2 others for inflating from XML) but the rest of the view lifecycle handling is inherited from ImageView. The flashing effect is achieved by periodically updating the drawable resource displayed by the underlying ImageView.
There is one point worth highlighting. There is a single private class handling the periodic flashing (coded as singleton for all AlarmingView instances to save resources and achieve synchronous flashing) but that class does not use the java.lang.Thread mechanism. If you code it that way (I did first :-( ), the application is shut down with an error message that views are not thread-safe and can be manipulated only from the thread that created them. Hence, we create the private class instance when the first AnimatedView is created and therefore the Handler instance in the private class will also be created in the context of the thread that creates the AnimatedView in the first place. Then we request this Handler instance to update the state of our views periodically.
7 comments:
- Kovacs said...
I did not tried your method, but if you are manipulating your views from another thread, use context.runOnUIThread(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
manipulate here without a problem
- April 23, 2011 at 1:57 PM
- Gabor Paller said...
Kovacs, the example program uses a Handler created in the application thread's context and invokes postDelayed() to execute tasks in the context of the application thread. There is no problem here, runOnUIThread() does the same internally.
- April 26, 2011 at 9:25 PM
- Baker said...
Hi, I have a similar solution but I extend a View. Very simple implementation. When I try to include it in my layout-file, I get an InflateException :/ Any ideas why? Appreciate any help! Mattias
- September 1, 2011 at 3:43 PM
- Baker said...
Hi again, I just realized what it was: I missed the part about implementing all three constructors of View. Thanks for a great tutorial!
- September 1, 2011 at 3:53 PM
Hello, thanks for the demonstration. I'm curious if I don't want to extend a View and create a programmatic class for the customized view, is there any other ways to do it?
Thank you!
- February 22, 2012 at 10:18 PM
- Gabor Paller said...
jl, it is not easy to find a use case that cannot be satisfied with existing Android view descendant classes (buttons, lists, etc.). If you run into any such case, however, I cannot see how you can avoid subclassing a view class.
- February 23, 2012 at 11:16 AM
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Reno was introduced at a late afternoon press conference in the Champions Room at the Kenney Center overlooking Yale Bowl and the Class of 1954 Field. Nearly 100 media and supporters of Yale Football attended, including approximately 30 current players.
Yale Athletic Director Tom Beckett kicked off the press conference by presenting flowers to Reno's wife, Toni, and daughter Angelina and a goodie basket to his sons Dante and Vince. Reno and his family later posed for pictures with Handsome Dan.
Reno, the Harvard special teams coordinator and defensive secondary coach from 2009 to 2011, helped engineer last fall's undefeated Ivy League Championship team, which earned a No. 14 Football Championship Subdivision National Ranking. Three of his Crimson special teams units were ranked statistically among the nation's top 20 in 2011.
"I want to thank President Levin, Tom Beckett, the entire Yale community and alumni for this opportunity," said Reno. "I understand the honor and tradition of Yale Football. I understand the challenges at Yale, and I understand what makes Yale great."
The 37-year-old Oxford, Mass., native and a 1997 Worcester State College graduate, helped develop 10 All-Ivy players and an All-American over the last two seasons in Boston. His defensive backs enabled the Crimson to lead the league in scoring defense while earning impressive national rankings in numerous categories.
His first head coaching job – in his second stint at Yale - includes taking over a program that was 5-5 overall and 4-3 in Ivy League play last fall.
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Reno, who spent six years in New Haven and rose to assistant head coach under Jack Siedlecki, helped the Bulldogs win a 2006 Ivy title. He was Yale's wide receivers coach in 2003 and the defensive secondary leader from 2004 to 2008. His 2003 receivers played an integral role in the Blue's No. 2 national ranking in total offense. When he took over the Eli defensive backs, they helped the defense rise to new heights. The 2007 and 2008 Bulldogs were No. 1 in FCS scoring defense, while 14 of his players earned all-league honors during his Yale tenure.
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A 2002 AFLAC/Coach Magazine National Assistant of the Year Award winner, Reno served as Worcester State's defensive coordinator from 1998 to 2002. The Lancers, who made two post-season appearances and went 27-5 with Reno as defensive coordinator, were 2001 ECAC Northeast Champions and made it to the title game the following year.
Reno, whose first job was defensive assistant coach at King's (Pa.) College for the 1997 season, earned a degree in history before completing a master's of science in health education from WSC in 2000. As a player at WSC, Reno was a three-year starter at free safety, and his team was league champion his last two seasons. His 1996 team led the nation in scoring, rushing and pass efficiency defense.
"I'm thrilled to welcome Tony back to the Yale family," Beckett added. "We were looking for an outstanding communicator and an inspirational leader of young men who understands what it takes to win. We have found that man."
The energetic and charismatic new Yale gridiron leader replaces Tom Williams (16-14, 3 years), who resigned on Dec. 21. Reno becomes the first head coach of the Yale team from Massachusetts since Ted Coy '10 in 1910 and the first who left the Harvard staff to take the job with the Bulldogs.
"We will build a tough, physical, hard-nosed football program with leaders on the field and in the community. Yale has always been a special place to me and my family, and we look forward to returning to New Haven and becoming a part the Yale community," said Reno.
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"Tony Reno is a dynamic football coach who will bring a tireless work ethic, tremendous interpersonal skills and a new energy level to Yale football. He is a man of integrity, a family man and he will earn the respect of his players through his everyday attention to detail and disciplined style."
Jack Siedlecki (former Yale head coach, 1997-2008, current assistant at Wesleyan)
"Yale made a good move. Tony is good guy, has substantial Ivy experience and will bring enthusiasm and professionalism to the program."
Tim Murphy (The Thomas Stephenson Family Head Coach for Harvard Football)
"I am thrilled, both personally and on behalf of Yale football, to have Tony back in the Yale family. I am absolutely certain that he is the right man to continue the great Yale football traditions. With Tony as the leader, the future of Yale Football is, indeed, bright."
Jack Ford '73 (Former Yale player, Emmy Award Winning TV Journalist, Visiting Yale Lecturer)
- Photo Gallery: Tony Reno Introduced as Yale's Joel E. Smilow '54 Head Coach of Football
- Video of Yale All-Access' Coverage of the Press Conference: http://youtu.be/TomFHgWxZOI
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For more than two years we have watched how the Fukushima nuclear plant operator TEPCO has failed to take control of the disaster or be transparent about the real situation at the stricken plant, trying to hide problems such as leaking contaminated water.
TEPCO's mismanagement and ignorance of the facts played a key role both in causing the accident – the second worst nuclear accident in history – and increasing the severity of the disaster, according to the official Japanese government report.
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The time has come for the government and the regulator to actually step up and take responsibility for what is happening at Fukushima. Greenpeace is calling for the government and the NRA to urgently prioritise efforts to bring the Fukushima accident finally under control.
It's time for the wellbeing of the Japanese people and their wish to move beyond nuclear energy to be honoured and put ahead of the demands of the nuclear industry. It's two and a half years overdue.
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It is certainly shocking to see how TEPCO and the Japanese government have been covering up the reality of the ongoing spreading of radiation. Not onl...
It is certainly shocking to see how TEPCO and the Japanese government have been covering up the reality of the ongoing spreading of radiation. Not only endangering the people in Japan, but in the whole world. The government claims now they will intervene and take responsibility, but PM Shinzo Abe has mainly been defending and advertising nuclear power technology everywhere... trying to earn more money for his country. Other sources say that the Japanese Ministry Of Environment has secretly ordered the company Hitachi Zosen last year to build a radioactive waste incinerator in the village of Samegawa in the Fukushima prefecture, which has already been tested on July 18. The villagers are very concerned and totally disagree. Now I read that Hitachi Zosen has just appointed a new CEO, the Swiss/German Mr. Franz-Josef Mengede, who is also the president of the European Power Plant Suppliers Association (EPPSA). The nuclear power mafia knows they are in big trouble... because they put the health of the entire planet at risk without admitting it to the people. There is no solution for a MOX reactor which is melting down like happened in Fukushima and there is no safe solution for radioactive waste. The nuclear experts have been selling fairytales to the world, enriching themselves at the expense of the people everywhere. Horrible.
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It's time for the whole world to step up! Whether Japan wants it or not! We need a worldwide consortium made up of experts in the field to start ...
It's time for the whole world to step up! Whether Japan wants it or not! We need a worldwide consortium made up of experts in the field to start brainstorming solutions to what is happening in Fukushima. We need them now. Each country will also need to commit funds to this effort, since it is and will continue to affect the entire planet. Is there any action that we can take to get something like this moving? I am thinking people like Arnie, Helen, Naoto Kan, hell even Michio Kaku types, but from many countries. Not having too many (if any) politicians and nuke industry people would be a good idea...
9 August, 2013 at 4:22
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I agree,A wake-up call is deeded.
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Even if human overpopulation is most colossal of the human-driven global challenge looming ominously before humankind, it is only one of a number of w...
Even if human overpopulation is most colossal of the human-driven global challenge looming ominously before humankind, it is only one of a number of wicked problems we are called upon to acknowledge and address. The Fukushima nuclear reactors disaster is another. If Japan cannot handle it alone, then an international team needs to be assembled to confront this cataclysm. Ignoring a big problem like this nuclear wreckage only results in a bigger, ever more wicked problem to overcome. My generation is simply not stepping up to the challenges before us. The consequences of our failures appear incalculably harmful and profound with regard to prospects for a good enough future for children everywhere on Earth. The very last thing a responsible person is to do in such circumstances is consciously and deliberately choose to remain silent, I believe. Are we not participants in and witnesses to a colossal failure of nerve? When are the leaders and followers alike going to speak out in an intellectually honest way and act with a sense of moral courage? How terrible are global challenges posed by nuclear disasters, overpopulation, climate destabilization, pollution, biodiversity loss, among other threats to future human well being and environmental health going to have to become on Earth before TPTB begin to talk about and do the right things, according to the lights and best available knowledge all of them and each of us possess?
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as i read this "Only a couple of months ago a "rat-like animal" managed to knock out the Fukushima plant's cooling systems, causing...
as i read this "Only a couple of months ago a "rat-like animal" managed to knock out the Fukushima plant's cooling systems, causing the temperature to rise rapidly in the plant." well i thought the company who built the nuclear factory, would had have it made impossible for any animals to get in and solid too!! well my guess they were stupid but earthquake made matters worse
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I'm outraged that the world, and Greenpeace, is so slow in bringing this to the fore. We have radioactive water flowing into the Pacific Ocean an...
I'm outraged that the world, and Greenpeace, is so slow in bringing this to the fore. We have radioactive water flowing into the Pacific Ocean and there's not much visibly being done about it!! The Japanese government will take forever to move through their bureaucracy and act on it, if indeed they ever do. We need people on the front page of every newspaper, visible to the everyday world, demanding action. We need lawsuits initiated because of Tepco's failure to deal with it and the coverup. Let's get on with it people! What happened to the active Greeenpeace that was visible to all? The only thing I see from Greenpeace these days is people at my local health food parking lot asking people to join up.
19 August, 2013 at 19:12
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@Danee - Thank you for your call to action. Greenpeace has asked for attention to this leaking problem from the start, but I have to admit that that d...
@Danee - Thank you for your call to action. Greenpeace has asked for attention to this leaking problem from the start, but I have to admit that that did get snowed under in the vast amount of news that was coming from Fukushima in the first years. We will continue to demand international attention for this issue as well as the other important issues, like the lack of proper compensation for most of the victims of the catastrophe, the lack of responsibility taken by the constructors of the Fukushima nuclear reactors (Hitachi, GE, Toshiba), support for victims in assessing their and their environment's exposure to radioactivity. Please, continue helping the voice of the victims being made heard!
We are visible in this appeal - maybe not always in your national and local media, but certainly in the international media and there where media exposure can help making a difference, like recently in Poland during the nuclear sales visit of Japanese Prime Minister Abe and in the national discussion about the future of nuclear energy in South Korea. Plus, that most of the work of Greenpeace is not so visible - informing authorities, doing assessments for the local people in the Fukushima region, spreading information towards local communities in other countries faced with nuclear programmes and helping them with their local struggles.
Greenpeace does not accept financing from states or corporations and it is the people like the ones that join up at your local health food parking lot that help us doing what we do. Give them your support :-) Only in that way we can continue to expose how the nuclear industry is trying to frustrate the attempts to tackle global warming and continuing to expose us to unacceptable risks.
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How can I become a member of Greenpeace?
22 August, 2013 at 19:23
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@Orange Smiley - You can support us in several ways:
You can support your local Greenpeace office, if there is one (see top of this page,...
@Orange Smiley - You can support us in several ways:
You can support your local Greenpeace office, if there is one (see top of this page, click on the arrow right of the "Greenpeace International" and see if your country is there - go to the website and see how you can be involved and/or donate).
You can support us by getting involved. For that, look also at the top of this page and click the button "Get involved".
You can support us financially to be active for you. For that, click the button "Donate", also on the top of this page.
Hope this helps.
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Great tips, thanks Jan!
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31243, Hymns, O Thou Rock of Our Salvation, no. 258
1. O thou Rock of our salvation,
Jesus, Savior of the world,
In our poor and lowly station
We thy banner have unfurled.
Gather round the standard bearer;
Gather round in strength of youth.
Ev'ry day the prospect's fairer
While we're battling for the truth.
2. We a war 'gainst sin are waging;
We're contending for the right.
Ev'ry day the battle's raging;
Help us, Lord, to win the fight.
3. Onward, onward, we'll be singing
As we're marching firm and true,
Each succeeding battle ringing,
Earnest of what we can do.
4. When for all that we've contended,
When the fight of faith we've won,
When the strife and battle's ended,
And our labor here is done,
[Chorus after fourth verse]
Then, O Rock of our salvation,
Jesus, Savior of the world,
Take us from our lowly station;
Let our flag with thee be furled.
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Music: William Clayson, 1840-1887
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mnp13 wrote:oh, that's a lie. We found a dumber (and funnier) thing in an instruction manual last Thursday. "When adjusting the diaptor be careful not to stick your finger or fingernail in your eye."
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We have an eventual plan for people posting their own personal freebies in a more organized fashion in a separate location, but implementing that may be a few weeks away. Some have suggested that the freebie threads are detracting from the actual discussion threads... So, until we can make a permanent solution we can either stop the current freebie postings in the digital scrapbooking forum, or we can let them go on as is until we get more organized (this isn't a knock on anyone's freebies, but just an attempt to keep the forums as useful as possible to everyone, as we work to make things better).
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Huw Richards
July 27, 2012
Helen Clayton now manages the Hitz campaign, having won 88 caps for England © Getty Images
Helen Clayton won 88 caps for England. Maggie Alphonsi calls her "a legend". But the memories aren't as fresh in the mind as they might be. "That seems like another life to me," she said. "I have to look at pictures to be reminded of it."
Rugby is still dominates her life, but in a very different way. She now serves as manager of Hitz, the award-winning community programme run by Premiership Rugby. Pioneered in London three years ago, Hitz is set to go national over the next 12 months.
Fresh projects have been launched by Northampton, Bath and Sale, while further development is imminent at Gloucester, Leicester and Worcester, and Clayton hopes to have every club, including Premiership rookies London Welsh, signed up by the end of the season.
Each club makes an annual commitment worth £55-57,000, which funds full-time workers, kit and equipment. They are signing up to a programme that can already point to spectacular results in the Haggerston Park district of Hackney, where anti-social behaviour calls to the police have dropped by 39% during the time Hitz sessions have been running. Also, 73% of participants believe the sessions have helped them with controlling emotions and anger.
None of the 1600 participants, involved precisely because they were likely to be involved in crime, public disorder or anti-social behaviour, have been identified as taking part in the 2011 London riots.
The next wave of projects will have a slightly different emphasis, shifting from a focus on criminality to the problems of 16-19-year-olds who are not in education, employment or training, but the underlying principle remains the same.
"It works with any kids," Clayton said. "Rugby teaches you discipline and how to control yourself, but at the same time it allows you to express yourself in a way that is often discouraged - you are asked to run around, show aggression and to be proud of your size or shape. It is a great vehicle for lads and girls who are confused about their bodies and abilities."
Hitz is also at the British cutting edge of a very modern trend, albeit based on long-established ideas - the belief that rugby might have a real role to play in making a better world, particularly for the young and underprivileged.
That idea was the inspiration for the first Beyond Rugby conference, held at Twickenham as part of the Beyond Sport Summit. There were reminders of the possibilities in other sports, with Rita Benson Leblanc of the New Orleans Saints making the essential point that "sport is the common language that can connect everybody". Luke Dowdney of Fight for Peace talked of the redemptive possibilities of boxing in language very similar to that used about rugby.
Nor was the language that of a conventional rugby event. The vocabularies of business, management and therapy also proliferated. To hear Lawrence Dallaglio talk of "best practice" and "capacity building" with the fluency he used to devote to post-match explanations of the latest Wasps victory was to realize that the game is taking on a fresh dimension.
The event was topped and tailed by legendary Wasps, with Dallaglio's keynote speech outlining the work of the Dallaglio Foundation - in his own words "a small charity with a big ambition" - which has raised £4m since 2010 and was recently adopted by the Rugby Football Union (RFU) as its social responsibility partner. He was followed at the end by Serge Betsen talking about the charity he runs in his native Cameroon.
The organisers could flourish an impressive range of corporate and institutional backing. Ian Ritchie of the RFU said that the game and his organization did have a wider social obligation, Giles Morgan of HSBC argued that "sponsorship used to be a badging exercise, but now it is more of a 360 degree engagement" and Mark McCafferty of Premiership Rugby talked of the vital importance of "inspiring individuals" in driving projects. If Clayton and Ken Cowen, founder of the School of Hard Knocks showcased by the Sky television series, represent the British archetypes for such individuals, there is also an impressive international dimension.
Nobody caught the collective imagination more than Alberto Vollmer, chief executive of Venezuelan rum-makers San Teresa, and his story of how some informal justice handed out to a couple of local miscreants had grown into Project Alcatraz, a rugby-based social programme that had made immense inroads into a deep-rooted local gang culture, reducing the local homicide rate by nearly two-thirds during a period when national numbers were headed in the opposite direction.
Not the least intriguing element in the story told by Vollmer, who learnt his rugby as a schoolboy in Paris, was that rugby's obscurity to most Venezuelans had been a positive asset. "Because nobody knows it, everybody starts equal, whoever they are," he said.
Common themes emerged beyond a shared belief that rugby embodies a set of values that, in Dallaglio's words are "a compass for life and a real grounding". Among these is that shorter, more accessible forms of the game may have a more important role to play in community projects than the complexities of 15-a-side.
Dallaglio spoke of devising a form of 'rugby 4s', while Martin Hansford of the Tag Rugby Trust offered eloquent and convincing advocacy from his experience in countries such as Uganda. Nobody was quite heretical enough to suggest that rugby league's inherent simplicity might also give it a role.
Growth of course brings growing pains. Cowen expressed the fear that "we could all spend the next 10 years doing the same things in isolation". In this context, the proposal by Mark Griffin of Play USA for a 'Global Rugby Collaborative', networking practitioners and sharing ideas, appeared timely.
It remains to be seen whether, as one participant suggested, the community sections will be the driving force of most Premiership rugby clubs in 20 years' time. Old priorities have a way of reasserting themselves in commercial and sporting organisations. But that something is happening, and that it conceives of rugby in terms that take it way beyond a heritage as a ruling class pursuit, is not in doubt.
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Duck Fat Roasted Brussels Sprouts – P.H.A.T. with an "F"
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Ducks also eat a fair amount of fish and shellfish.
- January 30, 2013 at 9:11 PM
- Chef John said...
Yes, but didn't want to let facts ruin the joke.
- January 30, 2013 at 9:43 PM
- oiacob said...
Chef John.... Your Awesome!!
- January 31, 2013 at 12:59 AM
- Monica said...
And where does one find duck fat?
- January 31, 2013 at 10:12 AM
- tastycajun said...
Do you answer questions on your blog?
- January 31, 2013 at 10:48 AM
- philogaia said...
Duck fat is definitely king of cooking fats. And bacon grease is indispensable in the kitchen as far as I'm concerned. Another choice would be chicken fat believe it or not. I make chicken stock by roasting a large pan of chicken backs and necks which renders out a lot of lovely golden fat. I'll bet it would be nice here. Not as nice as duck fat, of course, but I have duck less often than I would like.
- January 31, 2013 at 11:30 AM
- Chef John said...
Cook some duck, or go to a butcher at a nice store. They can find!
- January 31, 2013 at 12:45 PM
- Food Junkie said...
You can also find duck fat on line relatively easily in convenient tubs and jars. Probably not as good as rendering your own but they seem to get good reviews.
- January 31, 2013 at 7:08 PM
- T said...
Chef John,
Love, love, love this recipe, but why not sautee them in a pan, remove, broil to carmelize, and deglaze the pan to make an awesome sauce!? I do this with bacon fat, pecans, and shallots, and deglaze with some sherry.
- February 1, 2013 at 12:42 PM
- Chef John said...
Sounds good. There are a thousand ways to make these!
- February 1, 2013 at 12:58 PM
- Unknown said...
Made these with leftover duck fat from your wonderful Duck Leg Adobo. Still can't convince me to like Brussels sprouts but my daughter and partner raved about this recipe. I let them fight over the sprouts and took an extra serving of the duck.
- March 30, 2013 at 4:44 PM
- Cliverton said...
Ducks you would buy to eat, and most in nature, are vegetarian.
The others are just nasty tasting.
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The 20,000 sq m park encloses the Palace and Villa Emilia completely with footpaths and steps that wind gently up the hill to the Belvedere, where it adjoins the gardens of Villa Carlotta, our aristocratic neighbour. Rare ancient magnolias stand among a profusion palms in this wondrously Riviera-like climate. Clouds of azaleas, tulips and geraniums, hedges of rhododendron and beds of hydrangea provide an alternating palette with expanses of pinks and reds, purples and blues that leave breathtaking glimpses of the lake beneath.
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Chestnut Hill joined in Light It Up Blue, a worldwide effort on Monday, April 2 to raise awareness of autism. Up and down Germantown Avenue in Chestnut Hill, stores and restaurants strung bright blue lights in celebration of World Autism Awareness Day (WAAD).
Five years ago, the United Nations General Assembly declared April 2 World Autism Awareness Day to bring the world's attention to autism. Autism Speaks, the world's leading autism science and advocacy organization, created Light It Up Blue in 2010. To alert the world about this growing public health concern, Chestnut Hill business joined more than 2,000 iconic structures, landmarks and buildings across the globe to shine blue lights.
Autism is the general term to describe a group of complex developmental brain disorders caused by a combination of genetic and environmental influences and are usually characterized by social and behavioral challenges as well as repetitive behaviors.
A recent report by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) stated that one out of every 88 American children (1 in 54 boys) are diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders. This represents a 1,000 percent increase in the past 40 years, which Autism Speaks explains is only partly explained by improved testing methods.
"The CDC numbers are alarming, yet they don't begin to tell the story of the real families, real individuals struggling every day," said Autism Speaks President Mark Roithmayr. "From fighting to get a diagnosis and secure appropriate educational services and therapies, to trying to manage tremendous financial and emotional burdens or find a satisfying job opportunity, families are engaged in a daily battle against this disorder."
Calling attention to the personal struggles and daily challenges of the families with children on the spectrum is exactly what local organizer Cynthia Day hopes to accomplish.
"When areas businesses show their support for this initiative, they have the ability to generate great discussions about autism and the challenges our community faces," said Day, Chair of Public Relations for Philadelphia Walk Now for Autism Speaks.
Kilian's Hardware, Artisans on the Avenues, Roots, Inc., Mango, Fiesta III, Campbell's, and O'Doodles Toy Store are some of the local retailers that participated in the World Autism Awareness Day.
Indigo Schuy, a new active wear retailer in the 8400 block of Germantown Ave., plans to do more than just raise awareness; they will be donating a portion of Monday's sales to Autism Speaks.
"We, like so many others, have friends and families whose children have autism spectrum disorders," said owner Schuy Nunn. "With the startling rise in people diagnosed with autism, we at Indigo Schuy want to join this global effort and do our part to help others facing the challenges that accompany this disorder."
Kate O'Neill of the Chestnut Hill Community Association said this commitment to others is what makes Chestnut Hill store owners special.
"Stores here are so attached to the community that they have a real feel for the shoppers," she said. "This day is just another opportunity for shops to say 'I know these people, I am these people.' It's a way for them to pay if forward."
Kilian's Hardware is selling the blue lights to shop owners at cost and O'Doodles has decorated its entire store-front window in blue décor.
Owner Fran O'Donnell said that O'Doodles offers something for families with autism every day.
"Our whole philosophy at O'Doodles is unplugged," he said. "We provide unplugged toys for kids of all abilities, whether they are on the spectrum or not. Hopefully these are things that can be used for all kids to increase social abilities and encourage interaction with other kids through play."
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quote:Originally posted by raybond: In 2004, the Act was further amended, as follows:"This section shall not abridge the right of a citizen to apply himself, or his agent, to any foreign government, or the agents thereof, for redress of any injury which he may have sustained from such government or any of its agents or subjects."Meaning: No citizen of the United States can legally carry out any communication with a foreign government to influence foreign policies without the official approval of the president. Any person violating this law can be accused of treason, and be fined and/or jailed for up to three years. The Supreme Court ruled that only the president or someone he has authorized has the power to represent the nation internationally. Although he must seek the advice of the Senate, he alone will make all the negotiations." Congress and the Senate cannot intrude in these negotiations."
quote:Originally posted by raybond: No matter what you say glass until international treaties are worked out and then brought before congress and senate to be ratified by your 2/3 vote the idea of trying to damage your countries position during the process is very bad form. There is nothing that can be done about the letter because we are not at war which is what it would take to make it a crime.Looks like your republican toadies listened to there wealthy masters this time.
quote:Originally posted by raybond: hey glass in 1799 it must have been the founding fathers that gave you logans law or some body very close to them.
quote:Originally posted by raybond: you are right and I posted that as part of a post nobody has ever been convicted as of yet seems like nobody wants to get rid of the law though.
quote:Originally posted by glassman: quote:Originally posted by raybond: you are right and I posted that as part of a post nobody has ever been convicted as of yet seems like nobody wants to get rid of the law though. it's the same for rational abortion laws too....if they settled the argument once and for all they would have to find some other BS to argue about...


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Three times as many people voted for New Artist of the Year than any other 2014 Taste of Country Awards category, and until the final days, the competition was very tight. Danielle Bradbery pulled away late however, giving her a New Artist of the Year win.
The honor will sit next to the Hottest Country Star win she scored in a bracket-style contest in 2013.
'The Heart of Dixie' singer took 40 percent of the total votes in this category. It was essentially a three-team race after the first few days of competition, with Cassadee Pope and Florida Georgia Line fans battling hard for their artists. After several lead changes, Pope finished second with 27 percent of the vote, followed by FGL at 22 percent. Parmalee was fourth with nearly six percent. Thomas Rhett, Tyler Farr, Kacey Musgraves and Jana Kramer rounded out the category.
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Finding themselves in Rainbowland, two apple-pie American kids meet a magical man dressed in red and gold robes, who sends them on a strange quest. Along the way, they are led to discover some special qualities within themselves. They learn to be courageous, to look beyond appearances, to do no harm, and to practice loving kindness.News & Reviews
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Reduced shipments have relieved some downward pressure on fresh vegetable prices from earlier in 2012, although prices for most vegetables still remain below levels from the previous year, according to the latest USDA Vegetables and Melons Outlook.
Even with the realization of a hotter and drier summer than normal, the volume of fresh vegetables remains above 2011 levels.
There were reports of reduced summer plantings in response to low prices, and the July shipment volume of many fresh vegetables eased from highs of the previous month and earlier 2012. Total U.S. planted onion acreage declined almost 4 percent between 2011 and 2012.
Although most fresh vegetable prices at the point of first sale have rebounded from lows of early 2012, they are still well below prices in the second quarter of 2011, according to the report.
Average April to June 2012 prices for broccoli, carrots, cauliflower, celery and field tomatoes are all at least 25 percent below the previous year. Still the second quarter price index for all vegetables was more than 30 percent higher than first quarter 2012 with only asparagus, celery, sweet corn, and snap bean grower prices below averages from earlier in this year.
Overall volume of fresh vegetables was down 17 percent between June and July 2012. Based on prices reported to date for third quarter 2012, projections are for a slow increase in the overall vegetable grower price index driven by relatively sharp price increases for some commodities and more modest decreases in others.
Much of the fresh vegetable production is either irrigated and/or grown outside regions most affected by the extreme weather this past summer. In some cases, warmer-than-normal weather has accelerated the production of vegetable commodities.
New York reported its harvest of sweet corn, beans and tomatoes ahead of average and many other states were reporting good yields. July sweet corn shipments fell 62 percent compared with the previous month but remained almost 40 percent above shipments from July 2011.
Shipment volume remains high in herbs, Chinese cabbage, chile peppers, and Roma tomatoes (field-grown) where July 2012 totals were up over both the previous month and July 2011. As temperatures began to cool in September, conditions improved for fall vegetables.
Onion acreage down
Consistent with the trend since the early 2000s, total U.S. planted onion acreage declined almost 4 percent between 2011 and 2012.
The decrease was largest in plantings of spring onions. Despite a modest rebound in this category for 2011, the 2012 acreage was down almost 13 percent to less than 30,000.
On average, between 2000 and 2005, almost 40,000 acres had been planted to spring onions each year. Acreage planted in 2012 was down 27 percent in Texas and almost 7 percent in
Georgia but expanded slightly (3 percent) in California when compared with 2011.
Storage onion acreage expanded slightly in California for 2012, but remains below area planted prior to 2010.
Acreage planted to storage onions in other states continues to decline. Although total acreage planted to storage onions across all states was down 1 percent in 2012, a higher proportion harvested resulted in approximately 1 percent increase in acres harvested when compared with the previous year.
Across all spring and summer onion categories (storage and non-storage) harvested acreage decreased 3 percent in 2012.
July 2012 shipments of dry onions declined from the previous month and remains well below the volumes of 2011. Third-quarter prices for dry bulb onions typically drop off from spring levels.
While 2012 NASS reported grower prices reflect this pattern with a 14-percent decrease from second quarter 2012, prices remain well above (26 percent) prices from the third quarter of 2011. The August 2012 Producer Price Index (PPI) for dry bulb onions reflects a similar 28-percent increase over August 2011.
Just as they did when grower prices declined last winter, consumer prices lag the current upswing in grower prices. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) for fresh-market vegetables fell almost 2 percent between July and August 2012 as the Producer Price Index (PPI) increased 8 percent.
The CPI for potatoes, tomatoes, and other vegetables continued to decline in August over July reports. Despite a month-over-month increase in CPI for lettuce, August 2012 saw the retail price index for tomatoes almost 5 percent below the previous year and the index for lettuce down 2.5 percent.
During the first eight months of 2012, consumer prices for fresh vegetables were down for almost all commodities when compared to the same period in 2011 (based on average retail advertised prices).
Price offerings for round field-grown, Roma (plum type), on-the-vine, and grape tomatoes remain 10 to 15 percent below the previous year. Advertised retail prices for lettuce were 7 to 9 percent lower while pepper, cucumber, and celery prices were down approximately 5 percent.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, during the first seven months of 2012, the volume of all fresh-market vegetable imports rose 5 percent over the same period a year earlier.
On the export side, 2012 U.S. fresh vegetable export volume through July increased 3 percent, continuing a modest growth trend from the previous year.
Fresh produce exports were mostly steady when compared with the previous year.
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The economics of warfare determines it is better to maim than kill. It takes one person a few hours to bury another. But rehabilitation consumes resources: money, hospitals, staff, time and prosthetics.
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