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Comments on JavaScript MVC
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In my experience MVC is a synonym for overflowing complexity. I found it's more of a Monk thing (Adrian Monk) than a real helper in programming robust code.
While with a direct hacker approach you need usually one piece of code, with the MVC pattern you need (at least) three. And even if it sounds very well to have logic and representation divided - it's a self-deception.
You will never ever achieve that goal because you can never represent something that didn't pass your logic handlers.
So each time you implement additional functionality you will need tons of "pattern"-code. Leading to more code, more complexity, more download-time, more interfacing, harder debugging…
I don't like it. I like the agile programming of small collaborating components (some of them actually meet the MVC concept…).
Actually, this a very good article as it will introduce a lot of people to a very common programming acronym and concept and, like it or not websites are becoming more and more "programmable".
Most web-frameworks now provide transparent generation of this kind of code so you don't have to worry about it yourself but it's a very good idea to have some understanding of what's actually going on.
@proxiss - loosely coupled components are certainly preferable but I'd rather have developers working with some standard programming model rather than hacking it every which way each time. More time is spent reading code than writing it.
@proxiss - As your program grows in size, you will be forced to consolidate common code fragments, or code maintenance will quickly become unmanageable. The only sane way to do that is to generalize your code so that it's re-usable, and that is exactly what MVC accomplishes. But if your program is so small that you hardly have any common code fragments, then of course you shouldn't use MVC.
I've seen the term MVC pop up over the past few years, always wondering what's so great about it. I have yet to find an answer. I've worked with a couple of systems that implement a MVC methodology and trying to troubleshoot or debug MVC code ends up taking far longer than doing the same with non-MVC code. One idea behind MVC is that a system should be designed to be able to accommodate a large variety of recurring patterns when in fact, they rarely recur. Maybe I haven't worked with MVC enough, but from the experience that I have had with it, MVC ends up creating so much obfuscation that it becomes totally unwieldy. The time it takes to develop a robust MVC far outweighs the benefits, as the time required to maintain and debug it will trump any times it saves in writing code that uses the MVC. I agree with virtually all of what proxiss wrote earlier.
To me the real issue, or problem, lies in the fact that we're forcing people to create MVC patterns to account for shortcomings in whatever language it is that they're using. In other words, why should we have to develop such complex structures to account for patterns that have become so commonplace? Validating email? Any language by now that is used on the web should have this built-in. Using JavaScript as an example, why after nearly 15 years of existence does it not inherently do something as simple as email validation? The problem exists in the language itself not keeping pace with demand; therefore we have to come up with workarounds until it does so.
I consider objects, functions, methods, etc. all ways to reuse code quite easily. I say the problem is that the tools we are using are not updated as often as they should be which forces us to come up with these workarounds. Elegance lies in simplicity. While MVC may have its place, I'm sure we'll look back at some point and question what were we thinking. JavaScript is popular because it is dead simple to use, not because it can be bent into a framework.
@catchmyfame - What you're really arguing for is a library to handle all your commonplace patterns, such as jQuery or Dojo. A programming language itself has no place in dealing with ever-changing specifications for things like input validation. Imagine having to update your JavaScript engine every time one of the many RFC specifications change, when you could simply link to an updated library.
Try implementing a Content Management System sometime, or design a website with hundreds of dynamic pages, and you'll see where MVC really shines. But if you don't have the complexity to warrant it, then don't use MVC. It's as simple as that.
Geoffrey, I did in fact just recently implement a CMS which uses a MVC and it was a nightmare to troubleshoot. Also, how often do RFC specs change? Not often. I hardly think that something as essential as email validation is too much to ask to have in a language like JavaScript.
I agree with catchmyfame. Why bother with generalization on every single subject. I.e. PHP was encouraged enough to pack the http-post mechanism into the core engine (_POST array) - and PHP has i.e. a simple "mail()" call that does what you expect.
Seems they are not afraid of RFC changes…
On the other hand, Geoffrey, you have generalized libraries that may handle every - never needed - use case for you (like javax and javamail), but force you to write tons of code (and xml configurations) for the one simple appliance you need in 99% of all cases.
I also agree with Geofffrey - choose your tool carefully, and choose a tool that's not too much generalized.
We're wasting too much time with foreseeing things that never eventuate.
I think, the idea is very good, but in most cases the usage of a MVC principle is just an overdose of script (except in large scaled projects).
I really like the way, code is seperated in its logic functions, but in the case of JavaScript, there are better ways. I mean writing some pieces of generalized code, that give me the amount of flexibility can have nearly the same result, without making the issue that complex. (I aggree - in very large project there may be a point, you can think about the usage of a JSMVC.)
Thank you for the article. Good work.
John Resig should be mentioned somewhere in the article considering that his work alone likely accounts for 50% of the revolution in JavaScript we've been seeing in the last 2 years. I messed with other frameworks and, like everybody else, came to jQuery like, "Oh my god. I can't believe it". Without jQuery (and some help from Prototype) JavaScript wouldn't exist anymore.
I like the idea of creating HTML templates in JS and replacing using regexp. In fact a lot of JS frameworks have this functionality built-in (see String.substitute() in Mootools for example). However you're still mixing concerns. Much better in these cases - IMO - to keep most of this logic in the controller… of the web server. This keeps your views in HTML for the designers, and you'd just use AJAH to pull the rendered views in to the client. Also helps to avoid duplicating logic in the client/server. In your example JS would validate the form on the server and the server would return the HTML chunk of errors - if any. I think much more useful than MVC for JS is event delegation - a different kind of abstraction that also helps with development and maintenance in the long term.
I'm disappointed by the responses to this post from the Javascript and HTML developers out there. This kind of framework is exactly what JS needs.
I had the same initial reaction when applying MVC design patterns to Adobe Flex a few years ago. I thought it was introducing a level of verbosity and complexity that not only made development slower, but actually ran slower as well. But, in the end, the goal wasn't small and fast code. It was manageable code. And in any medium-to-large project, IMO, manageable is many times more important than small-and-fast.
I'm picking up Ruby on Rails now as well and I'm even more convinced that MVC is the right way to go for front-end web development.
1. Project Size
Everyone is correct that you can build a small project without using a framework - just like you can build a bookshelf or fix a broken pipe without going by the book. But just because you can doesn't mean you should. And as web development professionals we should be advocating the correct way to do the job, not the "good enough" way. That means not only frameworks, but testing and documentation as well.
If you're a small web development shop who builds one-off projects for clients, you probably don't need a framework. Every new project begins from scratch with a few utilities and snippets you find useful. But in my experience I've always had to maintain a site or web application over many months and years. And I've had to hand that project off to other developers to maintain even longer than that. If you're in that line of work, you need to do things right, even if the project initially seems small, because things always change.
In fact, I wouldn't even want to work with a small shop that didn't use some kind of framework, even if it was just homebrew, because that would not only demonstrate a lack of professionalism in their craft, but also a sense that they're not learning from their experience to build future projects more efficiently.
2. "Overflowing complexity"
I think it's a common mistake for people to confuse verbosity with complexity. MVC is actually a lot simpler than most of the homegrown complexity management systems I've seen used with HTML/JS code.
From a bug report, I can usually tell whether or not the issue lies in the model, view, or controller, and I structure my filesystem in such a way to make it easy to find these files. And everyone else who comes along after me, once they understand the framework, knows where things are supposed to be. (In RoR, it's called "convention over configuration")
In my experience with the "direct hacker approach", I find myself and others constantly searching through a flat file system, grepping through folders full of .js files looking for the function name or variable that is supposed to be used in some context. And once a bug is found, everyone has their own special way of fixing it, which may solve the immediate bug, but may also have some unwanted side effects which are hard to track down because the relationship between different .js files isn't explicit, either by naming convention, folder structure, or any of the other things a framework provides.
But, I'll admit, there is something annoying about the verbosity of frameworks. You do end up with a lot of template code that doesn't do much, bloats your code base, and may make your site slower. But I find template code to be more manageable. It's like carving little expansion slots into your code for that next big feature request. Everyone can agree on where to start, instead of everyone carving out their own slots wherever they like after the feature request is made. Seeing empty slots also makes it easier to see where code may be lacking in things like validation, security, or visual design. Finally, it makes it easy to scope tasks knowing that I don't have to reinvent any constructs to deal with a feature request. I can just say "I can do that, and I know exactly where to start, and it will take me 1 hour to complete". That's valuable if you're working with an agile team.
Once you've decided that you've made the correct architecture decision, verbosity is just something you manage. Most people use code generation to create templates so the only thing they have to write is the customization. But the best approach is abstraction. Assembly was powerful, but it was verbose, so we built languages on top of it to abstract away the verbosity and complexity and just deal with the stuff that matters. Ruby is a excellent case study in this overall. jQuery and prototype do this well for JS. But RJS in Rails, Google Web Toolkit, and Objective-J are the places I've been looking to for abstractions that will make MVC design patterns in JS less onerous.
I have to say that I totally agree with eddroid on this one. Following a pattern will lead to more maintainable code in most cases, and the MVC pattern is a well known pattern that many developers know how to use already. You don't even need a framework for this, as long as you are following the pattern it will help you out a lot.
We are used to patterns on the server side, and with todays javascript heavy pages, why should we not use one on the client side as well? We all know how easily javascript can get out of hand and become a mess.
Thanks for a great article.
Jonathan, your article was spot on about having an MVC framework in JavaScript. However, I have to disagree with your decision to put your validation code inside of the Model class instead of the Controller. In your example, the data validation is very simple and only deals with the format of the data, but in many cases data validation includes much more than just format checking, and can include specific business logic and view settings which all belong in the Controller not the Model.
For example, in your calendar scenario if you accepted date inputs, the validate code would be much more complex. What if you wanted to define business logic that said they could not enter dates on a Sunday? Or what if the View had a checkbox that said "Exclude Holidays"? Or what if you had to make an AJAX call to verify that you didn't have a meeting on that date? As you can see, validation code is much more than just "format checking" and can get quite complex and may require business rules. Thus instead of putting some validation in the Model and some in the Controller, make it consistent and maintainable and put it all in the Controller.
My 2 cents.
I think the problem with evangelizing MVC is that it only seems useful in very large, very complex projects. Most of those projects usually contain code that the developer/business would prefer to keep very close to the vest.
I notice that this article did not even contain a working demo.
Are there any open-source, non-minified MVC projects available to be used as good examples of MVC method and its usefulness?
To my mind the article provides an MVC model that is an example of widget-based data visualisation/control, rather than a more typical page-based visualisation that most web apps exist as today (note this includes Single Page Apps where there's plenty of widgets and AJAX hijinks .. but which ultimately must face the issue of navigating to another page/SPA once the full capability of a given page/ui is explored).
The article is great .. but it doesn't point out the huge advantage of going MVC in the browser .. and that is maintaining state client side, and reducing the server to only needing to serve stateless data. With APPLEBOX, once a UI/View is realised, it maintains it's state and is shuffled back out of view (in the iframe stack) until it is needed again. When the controller needs to return to it .. it bring it forward and the ui then retrieves whatever data it needs. This means no reloading of extensive js libs and ui widgets per page navigation.
APPLEBOX is 2 years old now, and the architecture is rock solid. Whilst its great to see frameworks such as sproutcore, JavaScriptMVC and others out there, I'd like to see dojo/jquery/yui/ext to step up into this new area, and provide some application controls (starting with mvc) rather than simplying being widget or javascript foundation toolkits.
I agree with the post above: if the likes of jQuery and Mootools start encouraging people to write mvc javascript, everybody will use it.
That is the only way!
Jonathan is right, for smaller applications it is not always worth it to type so much code. But now, the (increasingly used) frameworks make it easier to write JavaScript MVC—so I also think this could accelerate the spread of MVC.
MVC designed systems are great, but they have become all the rage in good ways and bad. I've come across quite a few projects that have way too much code in creating a proper MVC (for future development maybe?), only to have the system do something that could easily be done with a fraction of the code, yet still be completely usable for other programmers who stumble across the code. So in mu opinion, K.I.S.S., unless you know you'll be expanding the project to a decent size in the future.
I'm glad you are publishing more technical articles and less fluffy ones. Still not convinced MVC is the way to go for Javascript RIA.
It would be nice if one could port some an Actionscript framework (PureMVC springs to mind) to Javascript, but I doubt that would be worth it, or even feasible.
Interesting article, I wasn't aware of people trying to implement MVC into front-end code. I'd guess it's coming from the .net boys trying to cope with javascritped business logic.
I'm not sure what you've described is actually MVC. You're mixing templates into the javascript and using AJAX to pull data. Also, there's that whole issue of application behaviour code supplying business logic to the entire application through things like validation routines. It's the job of the back-end controller to define relationships not the 'view' behaviour code.
A much better approach would be to add the elements

 and have your behaviour logic read the content of those elements to control client event handling. Let's look at an example you describe concerning the preloading of a calendar. You load your special event days into the 'database' as a table for those months prior and ahead of what is displayed. You might call this client-side database normalisation. Your controller can then read the recieve the next click event, the model can retrieve the special event days and the view fetches and builds the template which is inserted as a widget by the controller.
For brevity. This is more like what the setup of MVC validation messages, as you've described, should look like on the page:

{loop varMessageData as Data}

1	Your email address is invalid	warning required

In any event I still think that MVC for web application development is a collective madness which we'll all look back on in ten years time and have a good laugh. MVC doesn't clearly define ORM as an inherant part of the pattern, which, makes CMS development obtuse at best.
I tend to agree with Eddroid. MVC isn't new and the fact that it has survived decades for many similar discussions such as this to be taking place today gives everyone something to think about, especially its detractors.
Even if I'm doing a small dirty project, I still find more merits doing it right. MVC patterns for smaller projects isn't going to give you that much more overhead in any case. Backtracking your codes a year later won't make much of a difference in a small project whether its done with MVC or not. But it does make a difference when you are working with a team. Your project may need to spin off to something larger, or open-source, etc from the same code base. Then I'd think your MVC foundation would do you justice.
I'd rather not be caught realizing this a year later into development.
Essentially, I look at the quest of applying MVC patterns for javascript/ajax more than just for goodness' sake, but a case of developing healthy coding habits, seeing and thinking right. A cause with more benefits than not, most certainly.
On the server side, I like codeigniter for its loosely coupled design which gives developers more flexibility. I could stray from convention where necessary. Likewise, I think in browser MVC, we should also find that balance.
It isn't too difficult to consume a fish without swallowing its bones. Great article Jonathan!
There are other patterns to separate concerns. MVP, Humble Dialog, and even Presenter First.
For me the separation helps because I test first then write my code. When I need to refactor, adding new behavior to my app, separation is what I need.
Use of JavaScript is to give a more responsive experience the user. An example of this would be if you wanted to display some markers on a google map. The addresses are stored on your server. The addresses have no geocoding. User requests data from server. Client requests geocoding from a geocoding service. Display markers on google map. The other way would be my server having to request geocoding. then sending data to client.
OBTW why not have the address be behind somebody else's API. So now all my server has to serve up is HTM, JavaScript, and CSS. Let the client pay for the bandwidth.
Now my business costs go way down. My programmers (me) don't have to invest in backend software maintenance costs. Learning PHP, Python, Ruby, DOTNET, only so far as needing to know how to get a server up and running.
Hmmm…. wonder if you could write a mongrel-like server in JavaScript. Just embed SpiderMonkey.
MVC was first put in practice in the development of the Smalltalk GUI. The latest work by the same team is the Squeak language and environment. Squeak has a GUI toolkit named Morphic which is not strictly MVC because after 30 years of trying they concluded it is just not worthwhile to separate the view from the controller, as the two are naturally very interdepedent. So for GUIs and client-side web programming the way to go is M/VC: split the model from the rest, and be happy.


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On the topic of urban planning, Joseph Riley, the mayor of Charleston, S.C., a figure associated with the movement known as "new urbanism," came to mind for Malloy, as did that of Robert Moses, the influential yet polarizing master builder in New York.
Taken together, the compilation of people who were in one way or another role models reflects the choices of Malloy, 55, a former New York City prosecutor and policy wonk who is deeply interested in sweeping ways to reform and innovate cities. It also serves as an indicator of how he might serve if he were to become governor of a state he pointed out has around 19 urban areas.
"I don't think that the most urban state in the country can make a comeback if it's not led by its cities," he said.
While that statement has urban planners nodding, the question facing voters is whether a man who reinvented a suburban city near New York can also reinvent a state facing a $3.3 billion deficit in the upcoming year.
Malloy implemented a range of initiatives over his 14-year tenure as Stamford's mayor that some consider to be textbook examples of solid urban policy -- revitalization of the downtown, encouraging smart-growth development around the train station, negotiating a $3.5 billion remediation and redevelopment of a former industrial waterfront district in the South End, starting construction on a long-imagined 28-acre urban park and luring a major company in RBS to move its headquarters to the city.
On affordable housing, the city has taken a lead compared with other cities in the state by providing not only financial support to nonprofit developers but instituting a lasting inclusionary zoning policy that requires developers in most zones to designate at least 10 percent of their units as affordable.
Under Malloy, who was not initially supportive of the policy but quickly came to see its necessity, more than 9,000 affordable housing units were approved. Of that number, more than 2,300 have been built or are under construction, according to the city's community development office.
One of the consequences of the city's intensive development and investment in infrastructure is that while the population of other cities in the state has dwindled, Stamford's grew by 9 percent during the 1990s. City officials are now hypothesizing that Stamford will become the second largest city in Connecticut when the results of the 2010 Census are released.
"Stamford is really recognized as a dynamic center," said Joseph McGee, a former Republican commissioner at the Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development who is now vice president of public policy and programs for the Business Council of Fairfield County.
The result, McGee said, is Stamford can compete for a younger work force in a state that has lost its younger members to cities such as New York, Boston and Philadelphia.
"This is really all about economic development," he said. "Malloy has to get credit for that."
But as the close poll numbers indicate, elections are not decided by policy and planning experts, and so-called "visionary" politicians may have a tougher sell during a tough economic cycle.
In Stamford, grumbling about high property taxes and overspending on capital projects grew louder toward the end of Malloy's term in 2009, when he stepped down. With the election of Republican Michael Pavia, a former preservationist and fiscal conservative who seemed to harken back to the city's pre-development past, the electorate seemed to make its preference known.
Over his 14 years in office, Malloy also drew his share of criticism for supporting controversial development projects and -- as many of his opponents charge -- for creating a "pay-to-play" atmosphere in which special interests were asked to contribute to his campaign to win city contracts.
Malloy's 2006 bid for governor was derailed by a Chief State's Attorney investigation into his use of city contractors at his family home in the Shippan section of Stamford. The investigation was prompted by a tip from one of Malloy's strongest critics, current Stamford Board of Finance Chairman Joseph Tarzia. After Malloy provided checks and volumes of information about the work at his house, the state's top prosecutor took the unusual step of publicly clearing Malloy.
Malloy recovered from a six-month setback during the investigation to win his party's nomination for governor in 2006, but ultimately lost a primary battle to New Haven Mayor John DeStefano. DeStefano went on to lose to Gov. M. Jodi Rell in the general election.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey, the median real estate taxes paid in Stamford was $5,458 among homeowners surveyed between 2005 and 2007. In the survey period between 2006 and 2008, the median figure increased to $5,818, a jump of 7 percent.
"What happened is the recession hit and the tax revenue began to dry up," McGee said, adding that the increases were not as excessive as other communities in Connecticut.
Yet the issue has loomed over Malloy, who has pledged to downsize government but not ruled out tax increases to deal with the state's projected deficit.
Though he was critical of unions as mayor, the backing he has received from labor groups has raised the question of whether he can be in a position to secure concessions needed to gain control of the more than $15 billion funding gap in pension liabilities.
Both are legitimate concerns about Malloy, said Gary Rose, a professor of government and politics at Sacred Heart University.
"When you think of Malloy, you do think of the potential of taxes and more powerful public employee unions," he said.
He added, "What you are seeing is a traditional Democrat in many ways. He's a New Deal Democrat."
But with the effectiveness of President Barack Obama's stimulus plan under attack, it remains to be seen whether a New Deal Democrat is what voters are looking for on Election Day in 2010.
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Though we seem to be through the worst of Diablo III's humiliating server outages at launch this week, who knows when those things will need to be worked on again. Logging in to Battle.net and waiting for the credential verification to time out is a long and stupid way of being told you can't play the game.
To that end, someone's drawn up a free app for Android smartphones that gives the status of the servers. Eluamous, the developer behind it, also wrote apps checking the server status of World of Warcraft and Star Wars: The Old Republic. This monitors the status of all Diablo III servers in North America, Asia, and Europe.
Diablo III Server Checker [Google Play via PocketGamer.]


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Briar needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 80 designs submitted by 22 freelance designers.
Fly Girl Fitness
Fly Girl Fitness is a female run company that runs efficient workouts for women. We create a supportive environment where women uncover their inner strength and create a lean, sculpted and powerful body. Our workouts are for those who seek a focused, challenging, and deeply motivating fitness experience. We help to create healthy bodies from the inside out.
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Women between 20-55 yrs old. They are frustrated with how they look and feel and are ready to take the necessary steps to living a healthy life free from medical and emotional barriers. They are ready to emerge, become self-confident and happy with who they are. They may be mothers, professionals, or someone getting ready to retire. They don't have loads of time to dedicate to exercise, even though they are ready to make changes. They want to work smartly and efficiently to get things done.
I am looking for some way to incorporate butterflies into a modern looking logo that will attract women but also not turn men off (I do have some male clients).
This is a fitness based business so the logo should be "sporty" and not "girly". I also want it to come across as professional and not like a cartoon style logo.
Please take into consideration that we are an upscale, private company that does caters to the middle to upper class clientele.
Please feel free to look at our website to get a better idea of what we do. http://www.flygirlfitness.com
I look forward to seeing your creations!
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This past weekend, the children's lit world received the sad and startling news that author, reviewer and blogger Peter D. Sieruta (Collecting Children's Books) had suddenly passed away in his home. Peter was a true children's lit scholar with an infectious passion for children's books, particularly young adult literature.
Since 2009, Peter, Betsy Bird (A Fuse #8 Production) and I have been researching and writing a book scheduled to see publication next year from Candlewick Press. It's been an adjustment, to say the least, for all of us involved to wrap our heads around this. Manuscript conversations without Peter will feel all wrong for us surely. But carry on we must, particularly given that Peter's solid writing and engaging stories made their way into the manuscript and that he was so eager to see the book's publication.
As a thoughtful author friend e-mailed me after she heard about Peter's passing, doing the work of writing with another soul is intimate and requires great trust and patience. For us—and others who have worked with Peter in the past, including many people formerly and currently at The Horn Book—this is a unique and poignant type of loss.
Also experiencing a great loss are the many readers of his blog. It was there that this otherwise generally reclusive and very private man reached out to an audience of fellow children's lit enthusiasts to share his passion for books and entertain with the well-researched stories—both obscure and otherwise—behind older and contemporary children's and YA novels.
Friends and acquaintances will miss his Facebook status updates, mini-memoirs about his family, and playful stories about his pie-baking experiments and attempts to learn watercolor painting. One of my favorite recent status updates was his attempt to paint a woman's face: "This morning's test painting: Let's see, the pupils of her eyes are square, her lips are about two inches left of her nose, and her chin is as big as a dinner plate. Also, she kind of looks like a man to me. (Painting can be a drag!)…"
And, not least, Peter leaves behind a brother and parents, whom I know he loved dearly and are surely still reeling from his sudden passing.
Betsy and I have each written tributes to our co-author at our sites (here and here, respectively). Today, we want to share his own words, a portion of our manuscript which we had decided back in March wouldn't make it in the final cut of our book. A longer version of this also once appeared in a 2008 blog post at Peter's site. "It was sort of the post," Betsy told me, "that gave me the idea that we could all write a book together. He had this way of combining personality, his own stories, and great authors and illustrators together in ways that I continue to envy.
So, here—for his friends, colleagues, parents and especially for his brother—are Peter's own words:
For people who share the same DNA and grew up in the same house, my brother and I couldn't be more different—especially when it comes to books and reading.
When we were very young, our mother used to read aloud to us. If, at some point, I needed a bathroom break, I'd say, "Don't read anymore till I get back!" Halfway down the hall, I'd turn around, worried that I would somehow miss the story, and remind her: "Don't start again without me!"
My brother, on the other hand, would get up and say, "I'll be right back. You can keep reading without me" and wander off to the bathroom...then into the kitchen for a snack...stop to look out the window, then into his bedroom to play with his Lite-Brite set, and listen to a record, all the while occasionally yelling back, "Keep reading. I can still hear you!"
Still, for all our differences, we usually come through for each other when times are tough. Like the time Robert Cormier came to town.
Robert Cormier, whose brilliant and controversial novels had changed the landscape of young adult fiction, was one of my personal heroes—but his bookstore appearance was scheduled for a weekday afternoon, and I had just begun my first full-time job and couldn't possibly get the day off work.
Happily, my brother volunteered to take my books to the store and have them signed...for the small price of five dollars.
The big day arrived. I advised my brother to get there extra early because "Robert Cormier is a very famous author, and I'm sure the book signing will be very crowded!"
My brother arrived early, but he was the only one there. When he walked into the store with a couple Cormier books in his hand, the store manager was so relieved that someone had shown up that she almost hugged him. "Now Mr. Cormier isn't here just yet, but if you just wait patiently, he should be here very soon. Till then, why don't you just browse for a few minutes."
Browsing in a bookstore. Yeah, my brother was going to love that.
Soon there was a small fuss at the back of the store and the manager came running over to my brother. "He's here! He's here! We're serving him a light lunch in the back room, but then Mr. Cormier will be right out to sign your books!" She dragged my brother to a chair and pushed him into it: "Now you just sit here and think of all the questions you'd like to ask him."
Soon she was escorting Mr. Cormier from the back room and pushed him into a chair facing my brother. Robert Cormier smiled and shook my brother's hand. The bookstore manager came around behind my brother and put her hands on his shoulders. "This young man has been waiting to meet you for over an hour. I think he must be your biggest fan in the world! Tell Mr. Cormier how much you like his books," she said, squeezing her fingers into his shoulders and becoming more and more desperate with each word: "Tell him which one you like the best. Go on: Tell him!"
Mr. Cormier looked at my brother quizzically and my brother responded, "Actually... actually...I've never read any of them. I'm just here to get my brother's books signed."
No wonder I never came through on the $5 I promised him.
We miss you, Peter. Thank you for being a part of the book. We can't wait to share your stories and passion again.
Julie Danielson (Jules) has, in her own words, conducted approximately eleventy billion interviews and features of authors and illustrators at Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast, a children's literature blog focused primarily on illustration and picture books.


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Four Possibilities for New Facebook Products
What will Facebook announce on Jan. 15? Whatever it is, investors are driving up the company stock ahead of the news, Ben Pimentel reports on digits. Photo: AP Images.
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Former Disney star Lee Thompson Young was found dead in his Los Angeles home Monday after he reportedly took his own life. He was 29.
According to TMZ, the actor's body was discovered by his landlord after the actor failed to show up to work Monday morning and staffers called his apartment complex to check up on him.
Young's publicist confirmed the actor's death in a statement.
"It is with great sadness that I announce that Lee Thompson Young tragically took his own life this morning ... Lee was more than just a brilliant young actor, he was a wonderful and gentle soul who will be truly missed."
Young rose to fame as a child actor when he starred in Disney's "The Famous Jett Jackson." He went to on appear in the 2004 movie "Friday Night Lights" and was currently a regular in TNT's show "Rizzoli & Isles."
TNT, Warner Bros. and "Rizzoli & Isles" executive producer Janet Tamaro released this statement regarding Young's death:
"Everyone at 'Rizzoli & Isles' is devastated by the news of the passing of Lee Thompson Young
"We are beyond heartbroken at the loss of this sweet, gentle, good-hearted, intelligent man," the statement went on to say. "He was truly a member of our family. Lee will be cherished and remembered by all who knew and loved him, both on- and off-screen, for his positive energy, infectious smile and soulful grace. We send our deepest condolences and thoughts to his family, to his friends and, most especially, to his beloved mother."


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Back in October (10/19/12), I went to the annual charity tasting for the local hospital. Wanted to share just to show that there are actually some nice wine events in Yankton. Quite a fun event, lots of local venders with excellent food too. Over 80 wines available for tasting, but I took a focused approach.
First the highlights, then a roundup of the rest.
Villa Maria, Sauvignon Blanc, Marlborough 2011
Classic Marlborough nose. On the palate, ripe fruit, but with good restraint and acid balance. 3 Stars
Forefront (by Pine Ridge), Pinot Noir, California 2010
Fruit from San Lois Obipiso, Santa Barbara, and Sonoma. Wonderful, earthy, gamey, Burgundian nose of dark fruits. Similar on palate though somewhat reticent, but succulent and promising nice dark fruit. Can age a few years, and will benefit. I like it! 3 Stars
Columbia Crest, Grand Estates, Amitage, Columbia Valley 2008
Cab Sauv, Merlot, and Syrah. Wonderful Washington nose of earth, roses/floral notes, tobacco leaf, and pleasant greeness, with elegant tone. Similar on the palate, with wonderful dark and tart red fruit; awesome body. Can go another 5 - 10 years. 3.5 Stars
Conn Creek, Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley 2007
Good Napa nose of leather, earth, tobacco, and black raspberry. Similar on the palate, with excellent tone and good density, but holding back. Needs time, but should be awesome. Give it 5 years, and might last for 10 years or more beyond that. Impressive! 3.5 Stars
Oyster Bay, Chardonnay, Marlborough 2010
Wonderful nose. Tropical fruits and flowers. Marlborough style fruit with nice aromatics. Love it. 3 Stars
Oyster Bay, Pinot Noir, Marlborough 2011
Wonderfully aromatic. Tart red fruit, floral notes, earthy, with nice depth. A little young, needs air or time. 3 Stars
Jacuzzi, Arneis, California 2010
Wonderful! Pleasant vegetal notes, creme fraiche, citrus rind, wonderful ripe pear, orange, and stone fruits. A faithful Arneis, but so rich. I love it! 3.5 Stars
Cline, Mourvedre, Ancient Vines, Contra Costa County 2011
Dark, slightly tarry fruit, with tart red fruits, and some nice floral softness behind it all. Awesome fruit density. I like it. 3 Stars
Farrier, Presshouse Meritage, Alexander Valley 2008
48% Merlot, 41% Cab Franc, 11% Cab Sauv. Pure, dark fruit with wonderful tart red fruit providing balance. Succulent body and exceptional aromatics. Outstanding. I love it. Drink over the next 10 - 15 years or more. 4 Stars
2.5 Star wines:
Pine Ridge, Chenin-Viognier, California 2010
Chamisal, Chardonnay, Stainless, Sonoma 2011
Santa Cristina, Pinot Grigio, Sicilia 2011
Cline, Cashmere, California 2011
Oyster Bay, Merlot, Marlborough 2011
Cline, Zinfandel, Ancient Vines, Contra Costa County 2011
2 Star wines:
Segehesio, Zinfandel, Sonoma 2010
Tomaresco, Neprica, Puglia 2010
Schloss Vollrads, Riesling, Rheingau 2010
J. Lohr, White Riesling, Monterey County 2011


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Right now, Target is running a promotion that lets Facebook users help their favorite schools earn gift cards for school supplies. J..S. Jenks currently has a page and 192 votes. They could use your help. Members of the Friends of J.S. Jenks tell me that they're hoping to use the money raised towards musical instruments.
According to Target, the promotion runs until noon on Sept. 8. Currently, the school has earned $175 and can earn up to $10,000. Every 25 votes earns the school $25. That means the school would need 10,000 people to vote to earn $10,000.
If you'd like to help, vote here https://apps.facebook.com/givewithtarget/schools/39463. And be sure to spread


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I mean, who besides us wants Satipo?
The 6th figure is a "best of" Ultimate Indy. Basically their best regular Indy sculpt with a pile of accessories from the 4 movies. He wasn't set yet, but they were talking Idol, Crystal Skull, Holy Grail, whip, gun, sword, etc. Derryl also confirmed for me that they plan to have both Toht heads in the set still.
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I'm guessing this and PSO2 arn't coming to the West due to bad sales of PSP1 and 2. I think PSP2 sold like a whopping 70k copies or something in the States?
The English build of it was released in Asia, actually, if I recall correctly.


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Prof. Jeff McCall '76 Thinks Transformers Series "Could Go a Few More Rounds"
June 25, 2014
"Transformers: Age of Extinction opens Friday, June 27, and will make a gazillion dollars, because, well, it's a 'Transformers' movie," writes Bill Goodykoontz in the Arizona Republic. "They come around every two or three years, like a plague of locusts or a balm for the summer box office, depending on your point of view," he writes, in a feature that includes analysis from Jeff McCall, professor of communication at DePauw University.
"In this era, there is always a market for viewers who want to see stuff blown up," Dr. McCall tells the newspaper. " 'Transformers' never disappoints in this regard. For the loyal 'Transformers' fan, the intense action and special effects overcome the plots that can be thin and predictable. I think the 'Transformers' movies could go a few more rounds, only ending when Michael Bay gets bored with directing them."
You'll find the full story at the Republic's website.
A former journalist and the author of Viewer Discretion Advised: Taking Control of Mass Media Influences, Jeffrey M. McCall is a 1976 graduate of DePauw and serves as faculty sponsor to the University's student radio station, WGRE. The professor is regularly called upon to discuss media matters in major publications and has been quoted in articles published by more than 100 newspapers. He authored a recent opinion column on the fall TV lineup which appeared in a number of newspapers, talked with Houston's KTRH about the demise of so-called "appointment viewing," and was cited in the Los Angeles Times and USA Today. He's appeared a dozen times on TV's O'Reilly Factor.
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Included with the Vornado AVH2 space heater are easy-to-use controls; a cool touch cabinet and grill; a non-glowing heating element that makes the unit safe to use around children or animals; and multiple safety features such as automatic overheat protection and a safety tip-over switch.
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I love HTC. I had a Dream/G1. I had a Nexus One. I'm dumping my Nexus 4 for an HTC One. I'd love them to be a dominant player in the future of Android, because I think they currently make the best product and would drive the best competition for Apple. However, they're struggling, badly, against Samsung right now, and this ad might, in part, exemplify why.
Say what you want about Samsung but they've successfully attacked Apple's brand perception and marketed their way to the top of the Android food chain. HTC hasn't been able to match their money, and hasn't shown signs of matching their savvy. In this case, they have Robert Downey Jr. - sizzling hot from Iron Man and Avengers - and instead of having him conflate Jarvis-style future tech with HTC One-style current phones - making their stuff look cool and compelling - they go straight for branding (good) but end up without any clear consumer call to action (bad). Not only that, the branding they do get is muddied by the way in which they get it.
Contrast this with Apple's celebrity ads to date, both Mac and iPhone/Siri, and while not their best work by any stretch, they absolutely did link the star power to the product.
Hopefully HTC has Downey Jr. for more than one spot, because right now he's just as wasted on them as Jerry Seinfeld was on Microsoft.
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Gov. Rick Scott now says Florida needs to look at more early voting days.
Scott refused to use his emergency powers to permit early voting on the Sunday before the Nov. 6 election.
He said during a CNN interview Wednesday, though, that Florida needs to consider an expansion of early voting. Scott also said the state should look at limiting the length of its ballot and giving local election officials more flexibility in the size of polling sites.
In defending his refusal to order early voting on the Sunday before the election, the Republican governor said he was complying with a new law that he signed last year. It cut the number of early voting days — including that particular Sunday, which traditionally was favored by Democratic-leaning black voters.
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The maze will pretty much look like this:
Do you have any mockups of potential maze styles? Will they be single or multi-screen? Will this game be using the SuperChip?
Looking forward to it RT! It sounds like an original!!!
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I'm sorry to hear that. My family and I will pray for you to lose your phone/Internet/cable next week.
I have some bad news. We got a little unexpected money, so we're not going to lose phone/Internet/cable TV.[...]
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I either didn't know you could do that or I forgot. I thought PF0 just added a border? Every time I'm away from bB for a while, I have to relearn almost everything.
I was wondering why you chose not to use PF0 to widen the resolution . . .
Don't think I could do that. I have the Spock's Brain problem:
You should consider keeping a development blog here at AA. How come you don't seem too interested in sharing the dev process?
Woody Allen said "Eighty percent of success is showing up." That seems to apply to just about everything, including programming. Even if you barely know what you're doing, there is some kind of magic in 'showing up'. All you have to do is work on your program. That simple action can have an almost supernatural effect. Your subconscious mind will bubble like boiling water and amazing things will happen.
~Duane Alan Hahn
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How do you do that? I'm working on an 8k superchip game that has blank space above and below the playfield. It would be nice if I could fill that in.
You can also set the playfieldpos variable to allow you to use one row of playfield for the top and bottom borders, but they'll only be half the height of normal pf pixels.
Posted Tue Oct 20, 2009 11:07 PM
I started working on mine off and on in September of 2008, so I win! You must stop work immediately or I'll sue you for trying to steal my brainwaves! Where's my aluminum foil hat? I need my hat!
This sounds kind of like the top secret game I have been working on off and on since December of last year, although the enemy would always be chasing you instead of moving around randomly (I think it would be easier to program.) I'm still not ready to release a binary form of the game, but here's a screenshot. I jokingly put in the alien from Alien Greed, cartridges, and a yellow enemy which would look like Pac-Man once it's finished. It too uses a random-maze generator. But that's OK, you can continue working on your game and me on mine.
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Posted Wed Oct 28, 2009 5:07 PM
I haven't even found the right color for the maze...
Hold the fire button to make Bloober go faster. Hit the reset switch for a new maze. Remember, there's no game here yet.
Posted Wed Oct 28, 2009 6:37 PM
The maze has three sections (middle, top, and bottom) and each section is made up of one of seven randomly selected pieces. Some pieces of the top and bottom sections can affect the middle section, so that mixes it up a bit. It's a messy version of controlled randomness.
I remember the random maze generator you made awhile back. Are these randomly drawn, or does it select from a set number of mazes? Or is it more that random quadrants are selected and assembled? Anyway, nice start.
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Just wait until I find the right sound to go with it. I think a screaming type of sound might be best.
I'll be honest.. the first time I wasn't expecting him to change red and charge at me. Scared me for a second.
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Evan Wolfson shares how we'll move marriage forward in West Virginia
March 20, 2014
This week, West Virginia University College of Law hosted Freedom to Marry founder and president Evan Wolfson for a talk on why marriage matters and how we move marriage forward in West Virginia. The event was hosted by OUTlaw, a student organization at the College of Law dedicated to opening the conversation between gay and straight communities while honing in on LGBT rights issues in law.
"Couples who live here who get married in the 17 states that do have the freedom to marry can come back home and they will be respected by the federal government," Evan explained, adding, "But West Virginia continues to discriminate."
Last year, Lambda Legal filed a federal lawsuit in West Virginia, McGee v. Cole, seeking the freedom to marry for same-sex couples in the state. As this case works its way through court, it is important to increase the conversation around marriage in West Virginia to ensure that people across the state understand why marriage matters.
He spoke specifically about how this is the most effective way right now to move marriage forward in West Virginia:
"If we can make that move and see that progress as the polls now tell us we are seeing in all parts country, including the south, we can make that progress here in West Virginia. ... Everyone has an opportunity to make a difference and be part of this. And by speaking out and talking about who the gay people are in their lives and why marriage matters and what West Virginia needs to do so that we can move the state as we're moving America towards fairness."
You can watch a full video broadcast of the talk at West Virginia University HERE, and listen to an NPR piece featuring Evan's speech HERE.
This year, Freedom to Marry launched Southerners for the Freedom to Marry, a $1 million campaign in partnership with 15 state and regional organizations dedicated to equality for LGBT people in the South. The bipartisan campaign is designed to amplify stories of why marriage matters in the South and features 13 honorary co-chairs, including U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, Congressman John Lewis, Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed, Mark McKinnon (chief adviser to President George W. Bush), musician and author Lance Bass, and TV producers Harry Thomason & Linda Bloodworth-Thomason.


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After our last impressionism paintings, I had the idea of painting with frosting. Kids are always willing to pile on the frosting! I was originally going to do this on cupcakes but realized they wouldn't be able to do a scene on such a small space.
So we baked two cakes from one box of cake mix in 9 inch pans.
After the cakes cooled completely we created a blank canvas with white vanilla frosting.
We thought about Monet's palette in many of his paintings.
We used butter knives as paintbrushes. I thought about using real paintbrushes but didn't want the little hairs in the frosting.
The kids thought about Monet's outdoor paintings and then decided on what kind of scene they wanted to create.
Goose decided on an ocean sunset.
He said, "This is fun!"
But he made it clear that he will not be eating any cake.
It's not his favorite dessert.
This masterpiece of an ocean sunset with the moon rising is by Goose.
I love the reflection of the sunset in the ocean!
I love the reflection of the sunset in the ocean!
And this masterpiece of a grassy mountain with a flowing river at sunset is by Binky.
I love how they knew exactly what they wanted to paint and then did it.
They even used smaller brushstrokes like Monet.
We also read this beautiful book to inspire us. This would be a great book for younger kids.
The illustrations are so pretty.
The above book and art playing cards are also great.
Go fish with impressionist masterpieces is my kind of card game!
We had so much fun with this project.
And after dinner we have beautiful cakes to admire and devour!


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Alterarunning had een nieuw logo ontwerp nodig en lanceerde daarom een wedstrijd op 99designs.
Een winnaar werd gekozen uit345 ontwerpen ingezonden door72 freelance designers.
Altera is an athletic footwear brand. The company was started by a couple of guys in their 20's who love running. Sick of seeing so many people get injured, they discovered that the shoes were to blame 70% of the time, they created the perfect running shoe. A shoe that allowed the wearer to run as if they were barefoot, but protected from the elements. We make a running shoe unlike any other on the market. Our shoes do not get in the way of natural (and efficient) body mechanics like EVERY other shoe on the market. The shoes are minimalistic and have a sleek, low profile. All bells and whistles were eliminated to create a shoe that is light and free. Our mission is to help people run natural.
other materials:
The book "Born to Run"
Many other news articles and scientific studies about the faults of current running shoes.
Altera: Run Natural
Everyone who runs or wants to run. Our shoe will appeal to a wide range of people, those who already love running and want to do it better and those people who have physical ailments that have barred them from participating in the past. We say that humans were born to run and our shoes will free them to do just that.
Altera: Run Natural.
What we are doing flies in the face of every running shoe company. So design accordingly.
We want the next swoosh.
Something simple and easy to place on shoes and apparel but can flourish on a billboard as well. Our concept is very natural and evolutionary, a return to the basics. We rely on the human foot to move you, not the shoe.
The bottom line:
we need a logo and it needs to look fast.
Should look natural.
Should embody quality without being overly technical.
Needs to look good in black and white or in color
You can incorporate our brand name as well, just be sure there is a logo, if you turn the A into a logo that can work as well.
Mainly though, WE NEED A BRANDMARK that you can imagine on the side of the shoe just like you see the swoosh on the side of every Nike shoe, this is far more important than an 'Altera' wordmark or anything else---we need a good, fast brandmark.
Bekijk hoe een ontwerpwedstrijd werkt of leer meer over logo ontwerpdiensten.


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In game one the Bisons led 2-1 after three innings, but an eight-run fourth sparked East Tennessee State to a 15-6 win in game one. Game two was a similar scenario with the Bisons leading 3-1 after three innings before ETSU scored four runs in the fourth.
The 15 runs allowed ties the season set March 6 against Middle Tennessee State.
Left-hander Alex Ross made his second start of the season for the Bisons. He lasted three innings and left after allowing seven runs and five runs, all earned. He did not walk a batter and struck out one. He was credited with the loss, falling to 1-2.
Right-hander Matt Bowling pitched one-third of an inning in relief. He gave up three hits and four runs, all earned. Right-hander Dannie Strable threw one inning and gave up two hits and three runs, two earned. He also walked two batters.
Right-hander Chad Fromm threw 2.2 innings. He held ETSU to one hit and one run, unearned. He walked one and struck out three. Left-hander Blake Fonfara closed out the game with three hits and two runs in two innings.
Lee Wilson led the Bisons with three hits. No Bisons player had a hit for extra bases. Zach Messer continued to drive in runs with two. Cory Hale, back in action after missing the game with ETSU Friday night, was back in action and also had two RBI. Tyler Wilson and Andrew Nickerson also had two hits as the Bisons finished with 11 for the game.
Lee Wilson extended his team-leading hitting streak to nine games. He also had his 10th multi-hit game, tops on the team. It was the third time this season he has connected for three hits in a game.
In game two ETSU opened with a run in the second. The Bisons scored three in third. But ETSU added four in the fourth to over the game. They added one more in the seventh.
Right-hander Davey Hackett pitched seven innings for the Bisons. He gave up seven hits and six runs, all earned. He walked three and struck out nine.
Right-hander Chad Fromm closed out the game. He did not allow a hit or a run in two innings. He struck out three.
The Bisons had six hits, four of them for extra bases. Messer and Hale each had triples. Wilkins and Henry both slammed doubles.
Messer's three RBI in game two marked the seventh time this season he has driven in two or more runs in a game. The Bisons travel to Murfreesboro Wednesday to play Middle Tennessee State at 6.


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Which area of your brain controls emotions?
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Marie Laywine
Born in Canada, now living and painting in Abbotsbury, Dorset, Marie worked in studios in Florence, Italy; Brittany, France, the Middle East, the Himalayas and Great Britain. Her paintings are exhibited internationally and her international patrons cover as wide as Switzerland, Australia, Canada, U.S.A., and Great Britain.Her work was included in a large, retrospective exhibition covering one hundred years of painting in Canada at the Art Gallery of Hamilton, Ontario. In the U.K. she has exhibited with The Royal Society of British Artists, The New England Art Club, The Royal Society of Painters in Water-colour as well as regularly in Bristol and with the Royal West of England Academy and her work was part of a group exhibition organized by Womens Artworks called Womanmade in Bristol. Her work was included in Just Like You, a study of people, a group exhibition in Poole Arts Centre.In 2004, her painting Flying Angel was short listed in the national art competition Big Art Challenge sponsored by the Art Council of England and Wales.
In my paintings I work from what I call the interior landscape: I use images and ideas from my dreams to help me represent visually the mountain ranges and coastal plains inside a person.