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GOMES, Eliane Carneiro; ELPO, Eliane Rose Serpe e NEGRELLE, Raquel Rejane Bonato. Tea storage in the supermarket sector. Ciênc. Tecnol. Aliment. [online]. 2007, vol.27, n.4, pp.675-680. ISSN 0101-2061. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0101-20612007000400001.
This paper presents the results of a survey conducted in the supermarket sector to evaluate the quality and adequacy of tea packaging and storage areas, considering the current legislation. In addition to providing a general view of tea storage practices, this survey aimed to generate a basic instrument to develop sanitary inspection in this market sector. The data were collected in April 2001 during visits to six supermarkets, when their dry goods department and attached warehouse were inspected. In addition, interviews were held with staff responsible for the aforementioned sectors to clarify and check the storage practices. The overall quality of tea storage was classified as good at four stores and excellent at the other two stores. The warehouses presented good (3) to regular (1) quality. A detailed analysis of the questionnaire indicated that the most frequent problem at the supermarkets and warehouses involved the lack of proper temperature and humidity control (none of the supermarkets had controlled environments). Another frequently mentioned problem had to do with the minimum spacing required. Less frequently reported problems were inadequate cleaning and lighting of storage areas, proximity to toxic products, and type and quality of stacking.
Palavras-chave : medicinal plants; storage; quality.


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Sex Rocks, But...It complicates things entirely too much. And right now, in my life, I really do not need complication. I need simple. So giving up sex is one way to do that. Sort of. It's not easy. Especially since there is one person that I very much enjoy having sex with. But sex with him really does complicate things even more. So I'm giving that up. Or at least trying to. This is an ongoing process, the whole celibacy thing. Not a pass/fail thing, but more of a do it better next time sort of thing. At least for me.
It's not about belief that sex should only be reserved for marriage or commitment or whatever. I have no problem with casual, no-strings-attached sex. Of course, I also thing that casual, no-strings-attached sex is much more difficult to come by than most people realize. Most people are hard-wired to form attachments, especially attachments where sex is concerned. Those one of the reasons I'm giving up sex. Because I've had the wrong people get attached to me way too many times; and I've gotten attached to the wrong people one too many times.
So here I am, trying to give it up. Working on it. Not easy, but still trying.
Oh it's funny to hear the other side of the coin. I have a partner with which the sexual situation shouldn't be complicated but I can't have sex or any intimacy for that matter. I'm married and my wife and I are working through issues. Resolving those issues is my priority but the lack of sex is very difficult for me both physically and emotionally. I refuse to cheat on her and I don't believe in casual sex or one-night-stands. I am definitely one of those 'hard wired' people so I'm stuck in a very unhappy, and lonely situation.

I agree with you. If you don't want complications, I would avoid casual sex completely. But please consider that if you do have casual sex, make sure your partner is truly a believer in it, otherwise what is a mere complication for you ends up as emotional pain for them.
it does have a way of complicating things, i agree. as far as casual encounters, if that's what others want to do, fine but i got very bored with it.

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One of my favorite sayings is that it doesn't matter that you fall; what matters, is how get back up.
When reigning World Champion Gymnast, Jordyn Wieber, failed to qualify for the coveted all-around gold medal in the 2012 Olympic Games on Sunday, the world watched, broken-hearted, as tears streamed down the seventeen-year-old's face.
Because international rules prohibit more than two gymnasts from one country in the finals, and two Americans were ahead of Wieber, she was left on the outside looking in, despite finishing fourth overall.
The scene exemplified the agony of defeat, and people all over the globe felt Wieber's pain as her Olympic dreams faded quietly away.
However, two days later, Wieber has also shown us what it means to persevere.
Many wondered how she would respond. Would she be able to return from such an emotional setback?
Now, we have the answer.
On Tuesday morning, Wieber helped the USA Women's Gymnastics team capture their first team gold since the 1996 Olympics when the famed "Magnificent Seven" led by the injured Kerri Strug and her now-famous vault, won the top prize .
Though the Americans did indeed come to London as the favorite to win the gold, you never know what can happen. In fact, the USA entered the last two Olympic Games as favorites, only to bring home the bronze and the silver.
Unfortunately, Wieber knows too well how things don't always go as planned.
Yet Wieber, though still so young, was somehow able to put her pain and disappointment behind her, and come out and put on a spectacular performance.
Team USA, comprised of gymnasts Gabby Douglas, Aly Raisman, Kyla Ross, and McKayla Maroney along with Wieber, held a 1.299 lead over Russia heading into the final rotation.
In the last round, Franklin, put on a brilliant performance as Wieber looked on, cheering and encouraging her teammate and friend.
When it was Wieber's turn, she too was once again, outstanding.
By the time Raisman finished her routine, the gold was secure.
Perhaps Jordyn Wieber wasn't able to bring home the gold as the all-around champion, but she achieved something possibly even greater. Now, she will forever be remembered for her amazing perseverance in the face of disappointment.
When it mattered most, she put the past behind her, stepped up for her teammates, performed nearly flawlessly, and helped USA gymnastics bring the gold back home.
Jordyn Wieber may have fallen, but she got back up.
And now, because of her inner amazing strength, she is an Olympic gold champion.


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Hi guys, I thought a thread like this is still missing! So I'm so free to add it to the list.
I'm currently searching the internet for something like this:
But I can't find it anywhere! Any Ideas? (without the yellow sole would be fine too)
Thanks a lot!
Maybe in a slightly lighter form, you can find many things like that at Scarosso (and you can also customize your shoe).


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Two high school baton twirlers, who were cut from the majorettes program at North Haven High in Connecticut, haved filed a lawsuit suing the coach, the athletic director and the high school principal, claiming the majorette coach violated their civil rights by cutting them from the team without just cause.
The mothers of the twirlers hired a lawyer to argue that, under the 14th Amendment, being a majorette is a noncompetitive activity that shouldn't exclude anyone. "We're just protecting our rights," said one of the mothers.
A West Virginia convenience store worker was awarded a whopping $2,699,000 in punitive damages after she injured her back opening a pickle jar, this according to a report in the Charleston Daily Mail.
The 'injured' worker also received $130,066 in compensation and $170,000 for emotional distress.
A State Supreme Court Justice, Spike Maynard, called this award an "outrageous sum." In his dissenting opinion, he wrote, "I know an excessive punitive damages award when I see one, and I see one here."
The court, however, upheld most of the punitive damages. Net result: $2.2 million.
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I have the chance to sue a hospital right now for messing up on my last surgery. Instead of suing the hospital, my wife and I wrote a letter to the doctor in charge of the Neurology clinic that scheduled the surgery and did a bullet style list point-by-point of all the screwups. Their lawyers have been evaluating it for 6 weeks now, and I got my first reply from them just a few days ago.
My doc told me at my last appointment that I really shook up the admin of the hospital, and even he walks on egg shells around me. I wasn't nasty about it, but I was very direct in detailing what the problems were, what I suggested to correct the problems and that I did not want an reoccurance of the same in the future.
Yes, I could have sued, but I didn't feel it was the "right" thing to do. I may be out some money, but I can sleep at night. And my wife was part of the decision so she is comfortable with it too.
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Overall Score 6.73 out of 10. Skill Level Tendency I. Strength is availability of kits, types of vessels available and completeness of kit. Weakness is after sales service, price and instructions.
In the early 50s Ed Billing, a former RAF pilot during WWII, was working as an Architect in the town of Esbjerg in Denmark. His wife was running a Hobby shop called Vestjydsk Hobby and Mr. Billing was proudly displaying his build up model of a Danish Fishing Boat. At that time there were no actual model boat kits around, from which you could make a boat. One day a Danish magazine saw this beautiful model in the window of the Hobby Shop and were very interested in buying 50 build ups of this Fishing Boat for a competition the upcoming summer. Mr. Billing was very keen on the idea, but it was a huge undertaking making 50 models, so he came up with the idea to make the model as a kit, exactly the same way you would build a real ship. This was when the concept plank-on-frame was invented by Mr. Billing, which is now used by all model boat manufacturers around the world. Up until 1958 the kits were produced under the name VHT Vestjydsk Hobby Teknik, but this changed as Mr. Billings products became known outside Denmark. During the 60s, 70s and 80s the kits were improved, and gradually made easier for consumers to build. The frames were precut or die cut, and in the 60s ABS-hulls were introduced for the people that wanted to go out sail with RC. In 1989/90 the first laser cut machine was brought in, and everything became easier to produce, but also to make for the model builder. August 2008 was the 50th Anniversary of the Billing Boats brand name. Retailer is serviced through distributors in Canada and the US.
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- Place of Origin: China (Mainland)
- Brand Name: ZC
- Model Number: Customized
- flow rate:Customized: Controller:Manual type or Automatic
- Model number: RO 12000GPD: Frame Material: Stainless steel
- Pump Brand: CNP: Membrane Brand: Vontron Dow Optional
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UF (Ultrafiltration) Equipment, the using advanced technology to purify tap water. Combination of well-designed filtration and adsorption systems, which can effectively remove all kinds of bacteria, residues, heavy metal ions etc harmful substances, specially remove the chloroform, fluorine etc carcinogenic material, which conventional means can not be removed. If domestic tap water conductivity were ≤ 1000us/om, use this machine to produce water, must pay attention to the raw water quality, and in strict accordance with the instructions operation, maintenance and repair.
The equipment will improve the formal set of clean drinking water production process as whole, counter rack open design, process clear, easy to maintenance. Could serve as the core equipment of community, industrial zones, oil field water house, also can be used as food, beverages, chemicals, hospitals, electronics industries water treatment equipment.
2. The most important parts of the system are high price ratio international and domestic top brands, with stable and reliable performance;
3. We has many years of successful experience in the field of water treatment, and our technology is getting more mature and perfect;
4. 3D construction drawings and 3D effect drawing design make the project clearer;
5. Rigorous process design and excellent equipment selection, to ensure a longer service life and lower maintenance costs;
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* The detection of water sources can be provided to ensure that the system design is scientific and accurate.
* Provide the design for system water balance.
* Utilize the "tailored" method to provide the design consulting services for the customers. Provide the most economical and viable technical proposal.
* For OEM and ODM customers, we can provide a full range of technology service and bidding support.
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* Provide 24-hour service. After receiving the notice from the customer, our technicians will be at the scene in 12 hours for the project.
* Provide free cost service to the project within the warranty period.
* Spare parts and chemical agent is supplied in a long time with a preferential price.
* The spare parts in urgent need can be supplied in 1~6 days.
1. Q: Are you a factory or trading company?
A: We are Stated owned Trading company ,and own many professional water treatment equipment manufacturer source with over 10 years experience.
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A: We located in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China. You are warmly welcome to visit us!
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A:1 year warranty after receipt check upon delivery. And we will comprehensively provide you all kinds of technical support services after-sale !
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1). We have a professional team which can provide you best service of design, manufacture, installation delivery etc.. Also you can entirely rest assured that we only provide you the best equipments and satisfied service, furthermore our engineers are available to provide oversea services to make you ease.
2). As a professional team, we have about 10 years experience in this field, our products have been widely exported to more than 40 countries and regions.


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Yesterday was uplifting, difficult, moving, painful, spiritual and full of joy, all wrapped into one. As many of you know, I have been involved in the Rhode Island division of Crayons for Cancer along with a friend of mine until recently. We recently had to cease working on this non-profit because of my friends' family health issues and lack of a committee (lots to be done!). However, I still hope to be able to garner enough people to help get the campaign going again soon.
There are many people who worked hard this year to raise money for the Tomorrow Fund at Hasbro Children's Hospital and numbed their fingers sorting crayons then peeling and melting, then pouring wax etc. Before I go any further, read more about Crayons for Cancer and The Tomorrow Fund. During 2010, we raised $1,000 and were finally able to present the game show sized check yesterday.
My friend Kate and I went to the Hasbro Children's Hospital and met the founders of Crayons for Cancer, Tim and Cheryl and their daughter Emily who actually conceived the idea. The $1,000 was then presented to Barbara who runs The Tomorrow Fund. As we were posing for photos a lovely young, brave teenager and his mom were just leaving the young man's latest round of treatment.
They wondered what was going on and stopped to inquire. His mom was moved by the crayons for cancer donation and campaign and shared her story of having an ill child (uh, the pain) and how much The Tomorrow Fund has been able to help them. They have had help with meals, daily hygienic essentials, parking fees, travel etc. Some of us had tears running down our cheeks (moi) while we all listened and found ourselves looking at each other and knowing we have the same thought in our minds: we are lucky and fortunate. In addition, this occasion was another reminder of all we have and how one person can help and touch others.
See, we all touch other, hopefully in a positive way, every single day. Keep that in mind next time you make eye contact with someone and simply smile.


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We had some lovely carrot cake, moist and spicy, at Borde Hill yesterday.
Great Dixter was wonderful, loads of colour and lots of poppies. Sunken garden full of those ladybird poppies with black spots on them. There were so many plants for sle and so many I hadn't heard of that I got totally confused and didn't buy any of them! Oh was shocked! They even had 2 of the clematis I wanted but they were so big I don't know how we'd have put the cover over the boot to hide them from customs.
Took lots of photos, including lupins for Matty!


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My 97 malibus tachometer will not work then wen it starts to work the engine starts to hesitate and dies on me even going down the road. Sometimes it starts back and sometimes it don't. I had test ran and trouble codes p0300, p0336, p0102, p0341 show up. I've replaced the crankshaft sensor put new plugs and wires new pcv valve and lines to the valve and new fuel filter and the problem still remains
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Today, Rep. Joe Crowley (D-Queens, the Bronx) criticized the House Committee on Education and the Work Force passing of Republicans' anti-union legislation, H.R. 3094, on a strict party line vote. This measure is designed to curtail labor organizing rights by repealing a National Labor Relations Board proposal to streamline the union election process and increase fairness for American workers. The legislation will now go to the floor for a full vote by the House of Representatives.
"I am deeply dismayed by the Republican-led Education and the Workforce Committee's decision to roll back common-sense regulations issued by the independent National Labor Relations Board. The party-line vote on this legislation makes it more difficult for workers to organize into labor unions in a fair and transparent manner, at a time when middle class Americans can't afford to have the deck further stacked against them.
"The right to form a union is a fundamental right, and Republican efforts to chip away and dismantle these rights are not only wrong, they are bad for the economy.
"It's been 297 days and House Republicans have yet to offer a legitimate jobs bill. The lack of action demonstrates that they are more concerned about implementing their own ideological agenda than giving the American people the tools they need to get our economy moving."
Congressman Crowley is the seven-term representative from the 7th Congressional District of New York, which includes sections of Queens and the Bronx. He is a member of the powerful Ways and Means Committee and serves as a Chief Deputy Whip in the House of Representatives.
Source: http://crowley.house.gov/press-release/rep-crowley-criticizes-republican-anti-union-measure


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I guess it is OK to share this on freerepublic, we are all trustworthy patriots that can keep our security concerns secret, and only among ourselves.
I developed a code that I think is unbreakable, I even tried it with a special operations radio operator and he could only roll his eyes when he was totally baffled by it's complexity.
To use it, the first consonant (or consonant cluster) is moved to the end of the word and an ay is affixed (for example, computer yields omputercay or truancy yields uancytray). The objective is to conceal the meaning of the words from others not familiar with the rules.
With practice, skilled operators can use it to quickly share information, safe from the prying ears of the NSA, and others.
That's a real thigh-slapper, Ansel.
I used to work as a crypto-linguist for NAVSECGRU and wrote histories for NSA. There isn't an encryption that can't be broken given enough time, effort and money!


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Guacamole Hummus
This mash-up combines the best of both dips — chickpeas add protein, while the avocado, lime, and cilantro contribute fresh, vibrant flavors.
Level: Easy
- 1 tbsp. olive oil
- 1 tbsp. water
- 1 medium avocado
- 2 tbsp. lime juice
- ½ tsp. onion powder
- 1 c. loosely packed cilantro leaves
- 1 tbsp. diced and seeded jalapeño
- ¼ tsp. salt
- Leave out the tahini and lemon juice from our Classic Hummus recipe, and use only 1 tablespoon each olive oil and water.
- Add avocado, lime juice, onion powder or (chopped red onion), cilantro leaves, jalapeño, and an extra 1/4 teaspoon salt (1/2 teaspoon total).
Looking for party-ready recipes? Try our top guacamole recipes, birthday cakes, or punch recipes.
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Rhum Food + Grog is an establishment that the city of Portland has been desperately in need of. Thanks to the King of Yum, Jason Loring and his new restaurant group, the city of Portland now has a hidden tropical oasis right in the heart of the city.
Filled with immensely satisfying food and drink, it's hard to know exactly where to start because everything is so very,very good! The line up of drinks is classic tiki, but updated with high end twists and served with flair. All can be ordered in single serve size, many in locally crafted mugs. They also have several cocktails that can be ordered in three shareable sizes:bowl(serves 2-3),oil can(serves 4-6,and super cool), ginormous custom mermaid (7+). My favorite to get in the bowl size is the wonderful house Mai Tai, which is potent, very well balanced and served on fire! If you are feeling like a drink with a bit of a bite, try the Junglebird made with blackstrap rum and Campari or my very favorite Blood and Sand made with scotch, cherry heering,grapefruit, and orange. You really can't go wrong with any of them.
The menu is filled with creative versions of classic tiki dishes taken to the ultimate level,plus unexpected menu items that surprise and delight. For example, I was blown away by Rhum's version of beef tartare. Served with a galbi vinaigrette and apple prawn chips, this Korean inspired dish was spicy,crunchy and oh so satisfying! Another innovative and plate-licking worthy dish is the Loco Moco Inari, a smaltzy-good combination of foie gras,spam, quail egg wrapped in all wrapped up in a beautiful package. Of course they have an insanely good pupu platter filled with such goodies as riblets,edamame and chicken liver toast! More unexpected they have a full raw bar to order from and seafood towers in multiple sizes! Putting all these wonderful foods and beverages together makes this tiki lounge a must try spot if your are looking for a drink and a Nosh.


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Standard Dimensions:
- Hole Diameter: 9/16" (14mm)
- Hole Spacing (From End): 13/16" (21mm)
- Hole Spacing (On Center): 1-7/8" (48mm)
- Width: 1-5/8" (41mm)
- Thickness: 1/4" (6mm)
When used for mechanical supports, load capacities of brackets and fittings should be in compliance with the American Standard Code for Pressure Piping.
Fittings, unless noted, are made from hot-rolled, pickled and oiled steel plates, strip or coil, and conform to ASTM specifications A575, A576, A635, or A36. The fitting steel also meets the physical requirements of ASTM A1011 SS GR 33. The pickling of the steel produces a smooth surface free from scale.
Many fittings are also available in stainless steel, aluminum and fiberglass. Consult factory for ordering information.
All parts drawings illustrate only one application of each fitting. In most cases many other applications are possible. The channels shown in the illustrations are P1000, 1-5/8" square, except where noted otherwise.
All 9/16" diameter holes use 1/2" x 15/16" hex head cap screws and 1/2" nuts - P1010, P4010 or P5510 - depending on the channel used. Nuts and bolts are not included with the fitting and must be ordered separately.
Imperial dimensions are illustrated in inches. Unless noted, all metric dimensions are shown in millimeters.
Design Load:
Design load data, where shown, is based on the ultimate strength of the connection with a safety factor of 2.5, unless otherwise noted.
Beam Clamps:
Clamps are designed to be used with W, M, S and HP Shape beams, Standard C and Miscellaneous MC Channels, Angles and Structural Tees.
Clamps must be used in pairs where indicated.
For beam clamps with HG finish, standard hardware is EG finish. For optional stainless steel hardware, please contact the factory for availability.


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Sword Active Risk congratulates Downer on winning Australasian Rail Safety Award 2015
Downer, a client of Sword Active Risk, has been voted winner of the Safety Award at the Australasian Rail Industry Awards 2015, held on Thursday 9th July 2015, at a Black Tie Gala Dinner at the Four Seasons Hotel, Sydney. The Safety Award recognises world class safety strategies and technologies used by organisations in the rail industry in Australia and New Zealand. Downer won the award for its approach to safety and use of Sword Active Risk Manager for its Rail business. The event, sponsored by Laing O'Rourke, was an opportunity for industry colleagues to celebrate achievements across key fields including engineering; sustainability; safety and innovation, and was hosted by TrackSAFE Patron and Former Deputy Prime Minister, Tim Fischer AC.
Five Active Risk customers scoop top honours at IRM Global Risk Awards 2015
Sword Active Risk congratulates Dubai Roads and Transport Authority, Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC), Network Rail, OMV Petrom and Horizon Nuclear on winning prestigious Institute of Risk Management Awards
Sword Active Risk, a supplier of specialist risk management software and services, has congratulated five of its customers including Dubai Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) and ENEC, both winners at the recent IRM Global Risk Awards 2015. Clients Network Rail, OMV Petrom and Horizon Nuclear were also presented with top awards at the event, known as the Oscars of the risk industry. Over 400 risk professionals representing twenty countries attended the ceremony, held this year at the Hilton Hotel in London"s Park Lane on 19 February 2015 and hosted by British actress Joanna Lumley.
IRM is the world's leading professional body for risk management and the Global Risk Awards provide unique international recognition of excellence. Judged by a panel of academics and specialists from across the world, the Awards represent the pinnacle of achievement for risk professionals, teams and organizations.
Global Risk Awards, February 2013
Active Risk Manager (ARM) was recognized in the 'Risk Management Solution' category at the inaugural Global Risk Awards (presented by the Institute of Risk Management). ARM customer, Crossrail, also received a "Highly Commended" award for Partnership of the Year.
Congratulations also go to ARM customers Transport for London and Network Rail who were shortlisted for awards.
The judging was very rigorous, with a panel of 29 drawn from different sectors and from countries across the globe where the IRM is represented. Judges included 'The Risk Doctor' – Dr David Hillson and Professor Stephen Carver of Cranfield School of Management.
ARM users CH2M Hill, Network Rail, Crossrail and Amey joined the Active Risk table at the awards ceremony in London. The event was attended by 500 risk professionals from around the world.
CIR Risk Management Awards, November 2012
ARM Customer Skanska, the project development and construction group, won the overall 'Award for Outstanding Contribution' to the Risk Industry and also picked up the top award in the 'Major Capital Projects' category at the CIR Risk Management Awards dinner on November 20th, 2012.
In addition, the Skanska/Balfour Beatty Joint Venture won the 'Major Capital Projects Award' for their work to enhance the UK's road infrastructure. Skanska were also 'Highly Commended' in the Transformation category and Kevin Morecroft, Risk Manager at Skanska Civil Engineering, was shortlisted for Risk Manager of the Year.
Risk Management Awards 2011
Several Active Risk customers were winners at the global Risk Management Awards 2011, which were presented at a ceremony in London on November 16th. The awards, run in association with the Institute of Risk Management, attracted over 400 of the most influential players in the risk industry to the awards dinner hosted by Risk Management Professional magazine and TV celebrity Ruby Wax. In addition to winning their awards, the Active Risk customers were also shortlisted in numerous categories. Other ARM users shortlisted for awards included Network Rail and Eurocopter.
- EADS won Risk Management Team of the Year (Commercial)
- Amlin won ERM Strategy of the Year
- Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) won the Major Capital Project Award


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About Us
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Arthur S. Wolcott
Mr. Wolcott founded the Company and has served as a director and as the Chairman of the Board since 1949. His leadership experience and extensive industry knowledge provide valuable insight to the Board of Directors in formulating and executing the Company's strategy. In 2008, Mr. Wolcott received the Forty-Niner Service Award, the food processing industry's highest award in recognition of his career spanning six decades in the food processing industry. Mr. Wolcott graduated from Cornell University with a B.A. degree in Economics and is currently on the President's Council of Cornell University. He is the father of Susan W. Stuart, a director of the Company.
Kraig H. Kayser
Mr. Kayser is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company and has served in that capacity since 1993. From 1991 to 1993 he was Chief Financial Officer of the Company. He has served as a director of the Company since 1985. Mr. Kayser has served as an officer and/or director of the Company for over 25 years, providing continuity of executive leadership through all phases of the food processing industry and economic cycles. Mr. Kayser is also a director of Moog Inc. where he serves on the Audit Committee and the Nominating and Governance Committee. He received a B.A. from Hamilton College and an M.B.A. from Cornell University.
Arthur H. Baer
Mr. Baer has served as a director of the Company since 1998 and is currently serving as Audit Committe Chariman. He is a Legislator in Columbia County, New York and previously served as the Chairman of the Board of Supervisors of from January 2008 to December 2009. Mr. Baer's business background also includes experience in managing businesses, senior leadership development and the evaluation of strategic opportunities and challenges. He was President of Hudson Valley Publishing from 2003 to 2008 and also held the position from 1998 to 1999. He was President of Arrow Electronics Europe from 2000 to 2002 and President of XYAN Inc. from 1996 to 1998. He holds a B.A. and M.B.A. from Columbia University.
Peter R. Call
Mr. Call is President of My-T Acres, Inc., a vegetable and grain farm. He has been President of Pro-Fac Cooperative, Inc. since 2003 and a member of its board of directors since 2000. Mr. Call also serves as president of Farm Fresh First, LLC, and has done so since 2007. Farm Fresh First, LLC, is an agricultural business that manages fruit and vegetable production and marketing. Mr. Call also served on the Board of Directors of Birds Eye Foods from 2002-2009. He has served as a director of the Company since 2011. Mr. Call received his Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree from Cornell University in 1979.
John P. Gaylord
Mr. Gaylord has operating and management experience in manufacturing and distribution businesses, including experience as President of Jacintoport Terminal Company since 1992. He currently serves as a director and member of the conflicts committee, audit committee, nominating committee and compensation committee, along with being a general partner of Martin Midstream Partners L.P., a publicly traded limited partnership with a diverse set of operations focused primarily in the United States Gulf Coast region. Mr. Gaylord holds a B.A. from Texas Christian University and an M.B.A. from Southern Methodist University. He has served as a director of the Company since October 2009.
Susan A. Henry
Dr. Henry has served as a director of the Company since 2007 and has extensive experience in the management and administration of a large non-profit organization. She is Dean Emeritus of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Cornell University and a professor in the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics. Prior to her appointment at Cornell, Dr. Henry was dean of science of the Mellon College of Science at Carnegie Mellon University. Dr. Henry also has experience serving on the boards of other publicly-traded companies including as a member of the Board of Directors of Tompkins Financial Corporation and Agrium, Inc., where she serves on the Human Resources and Compensation Committee, and as Chair of the Environmental Health and Safety Committee. Dr. Henry received her B.S. degree from the University of Maryland and her Ph.D. degree from the University of California at Berkeley.
Samuel T. Hubbard, Jr.
Mr. Hubbard was elected President and Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Genesee Corp., a NASDAQ listed company in 1999. He was subsequently elected Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Genesee and in late 2000 led a management buyout of Genesee Brewing Company which later became High Falls Brewing Company, LLC. He served as Chairman and CEO of High Falls from 2001 through 2007 and subsequently as Chairman until 2009. Mr. Hubbard has served as CEO of Alling and Cory Company from 1986-1998. He served as COO of Homewise, Inc., a not-for-profit provider of affordable housing services including real estate development until 2011. He has served on the public boards of M&T Corp., RGS, Inc. and Genesee Corp. He has served as a director of the Company since 2011. Mr. Hubbard received a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree from Denison University and his Master of Business Administration (M.B.A) degree from the University of Rochester.
Thomas Paulson
Mr. Paulson has served as a director of the Company since 2004. He has significant experience in financial reporting and financial controls as a chief financial officer. Mr. Paulson has been the Chief Financial Officer of Tennant Corporation, an industrial cleaning company, since 2006 and he was Chief Financial Officer of Innovex, Inc., a supplier of flexible circuits and assemblies, from February 2001 to March 2006. In addition, he was Vice President of Finance of The Pillsbury Company from 1998-2000. In these roles, Mr. Paulson was involved in numerous merger and acquisition transactions and financing transactions. Mr. Paulson serves on the Board of Directors of Merisant Inc. and also serves on their Audit Committee. Mr. Paulson received his B.A. and M.B.A from the University of St. Thomas.
Susan W. Stuart
Ms. Stuart is a marketing consultant and private investor. In her role as a consultant, Ms. Stuart brings her knowledge from a broad range of marketing experience. Ms. Stuart is the daughter of our founder and Chairman, Arthur S. Wolcott. In addition to her extensive knowledge of the Company, Ms. Stuart controls a significant shareholding interest in the Company. She has served as a director of the Company since 1986. Ms. Stuart received her M.B.A. from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College.


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I noticed no one ever skates the DIY Park. Probably cause its vert, and no one really skates vert much. That and its one of the hardest parks to skate in the entire skate series. So I thought it would be awesome to make a community collab there.
Featuring: M.seven, Mark_The_Sith, Valleyboy, Luftwaffe, Ferf, Noodlezer, Briden,RastaRipss, Ladd279,Twig4233 and Cerebus
I was honestly blown away by all the amazing footy these guys sent me. The vid really has a unique look due to my edit style and the attitude of the DIY park AND the type of skating you have to do at the DIY park.


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The question is: how stressed are you and should you be doing something about it?
Many people suffer a lot of stress before they admit to themselves they have a problem.
Very often, their partner, friends, colleagues will notice a change before they do.
It's probably because admitting you are stressed would appear to be a weakness (whether you are stressed at home or stressed at work).
We want to be able to 'take the pressure' and show everyone we remain in control however hard things get. But, when the pressure is just too much and sustained over a long period of time, we don't just suffer mentally but we suffer physically too and, unintentionally, we make our entourage suffer as well.
OK, So How Can I Tell If I Am Stressed?
If you suspect you might be stressed or if you have been told by others that you are stressed, don't ignore it. Take our simple test below to ascertain whether you are stressed or not.
Simply go through the list below and tick, honestly, each bullet point that applies to you.
- You feel less eager to go to work after the weekend
- You are less patient with others
- You often are moody
- You discourage conversations with others
- You are less fun
- You take less care of your friendhsips
- You find it difficult to concentrate
- You seem to have lost your sense of humour
- You feel almost constantly tired
- You feel trapped
- You take less care of yourself (bad diet, less exercise)
- You feel no dedication or motivation at work
- You feel less or no sense of responsibility in life
- You do not feel like making efforts to change the situation
- You muscles are stiff
- You do not sleep well or have difficulties falling asleep
- You feel drained
- You have stomach problems (pain, cramps, heartburn, diaorrhea)
- Your blood pressure is higher
- You have lost a lot of weight
- You have gained a lot of weight
If you have ticked less than 4, you might just be exhausted rather than stressed.
If you have ticked more than 4, there's a high chance you are stressed.
Now that you know if you are likely to be stressed or not, let's try and find out how much stress you're under.
How Can I Tell How Bad It Is? What Level Of Stress Am I Under?
This time, rather than looking at mental and physical signs of stress, let's look at potential causes. The higher number of stressful situations you are faced with, the higher your stress levels are likely to be.
Once again, go through the list below and tick, honestly, each bullet point that applies to you.
- You are going through a divorce or a separation
- A close family member or friend has died
- You have a grave illness
- A close family or friend has a grave illness
- You have lost your job
- You are starting a new job
- You are getting married
- You have just had a baby
- Your children are leaving home
- You have relationship problems and regular arguments with your partner
- You have relationship problems and regular arguments with your children
- You have relationship problems with your family / in-laws
- You have relationship problems at work with your boss
- You have relationship problems at work with your colleagues
- You have been given responsibilities without the resources or the authority necessary to fulfill them
- You are constantly overworked
- You are being 'managed out' of your work / your company
- You have taken a new mortgage or new loan
- You are short of cash
What's your score?
If you have ticked 3 or more, your stress levels are likely to be high.
What Do I Do Now?
Take a step back and analyze honestly the situation.
Untreated stress has many consequences:
– it is unhealthy for you (it will destroy your health)
– it is unhealthy for people around you (it will weigh on your relationships and might destroy them)
You do not need to admit to being stressed to your boss or colleagues but you can
admit it:
– to yourself
– to your partner
– to your friends
If you have a strong support system in place, you are more likely to overcome it and find solutions.
Take Action
Next, push yourself to take action to solve the problem.
Causes of stress will always appear and rather than trying to avoid them, it's best to learn how to face them.
There are many ways to tackle causes of stress.
The best thing you can do is to learn to manage your stress and turn it into a positive source of
challenge and motivation for you. You can do it by yourself or, if you feel you need more help and structure, contact a Life Coach or take a look at our new Stress Management e-Course.
Whatever you decide, act now. Don't let stress overtake your life.


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During Tuesday's fireside forum titled "Young, Frustrated, and Mad: Global Youth Unemployment and Unrest", two guest speakers discussed issues regarding youth unemployment and its effects on modern society.
James Causey, a columnist from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and Nicole Goldin, owner of the D.C based consulting firm NRG Advisory joined Doug Savage, the producer of UWM's Institute of World Affairs public television show "International Focus," in the nights discussion.
According to Goldin, youth between the ages of 15 and 24 make up roughly 17 percent of the world population and also roughly 40 percent of the worlds unemployed people.
Nearly 85 to 90 percent of the world's young people live in the worlds developing economies and fragile states, said Goldin.
Goldin believes these figures represent the importance of including young people in political and economic conversations.
1/3 of the populations in what Goldin termed "hot-spots" such as Syria, Nigeria, and Afghanistan are young people. It has been suggested that population bulges like those evidenced in these "hot-spots" can lead to social unrest.
According to Goldin, having large numbers of unemployed young people can have serious financial and social impacts on society. These trends can lead to lost trend revenues and can place a financial burden on society as the youth see their economic prospects dwindling. Goldin said it is currently being noticed that youth unemployment is having a dramatic emotional impact on the world's population that is currently coming of age.
A recent study of sixty three countries found that roughly 20 percent of suicides annually among young people can be attributed to unemployment said Goldin.
He says these global trends of youth unemployment and unrest have led to large numbers of the world's young people feeling disenfranchised, and subsequently has pushed them to join "underground economies" such as gangs and extremist movements.
Causey spoke about the lack of job opportunities for urban youth, specifically in the minority communities, contributes to a disconnect between young people and the concept of work. He believes that in communities where jobs are scarce that even the parents are out of work, the kids left wanting for things that could otherwise be provided by a job. He believes this is a major factor in rising crime rates and gang activity.
"When you don't give a kid an opportunity to work and learn how to be self-sufficient, learn how to become a man or a woman, what do you think they're gonna do?" asked Causey. "They're gonna take it. They're gonna take it, and they're gonna do it by any means that they have to."
Causey believes that today's society is so dramatically divided that too many people either don't care or are unaware of the impact that mass unemployment is having on the black community.
Causey expressed his exhaustion with the rhetoric that America's unemployment problem is due to citizen's lack of motivation to work. If every job in America was filled there would still be 6 million people unemployed, said Causey.


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Silk suit by Lore Maria Wiener
This green silk dress and cropped jacket were made by Vancouver designer Lore Maria Wiener. A native of Bremen, Germany, Mrs. Wiener began apprenticing as a dressmaker at age sixteen. In 1940, Wiener moved to Shanghai with her father, a converted Jew, to flee the Nazis' occupation of her homeland. In China she met her husband, a native of Vienna, with whom she later moved to Vancouver to escape the Chinese civil war. Upon her arrival on the Canadian west coast, Mrs. Wiener started her own dress design business which flourished. She attributed its growth to her European accent, which was received by Vancouverites as a sign of expertise. The high quality material, perfect construction and fine detailing of this piece are examples of the elegant and timeless designs which were more likely to have been the root of her success. This piece was donated to the museum by one of Vancouver's best known textile artists, Penny Gouldstone.


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BUCKSPORT, Maine — A group of seven University of Maine Nursing students are hosting a literacy awareness event from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, March 17, in the gymnasium of the Jewett School. This event will be geared toward Bucksport area children ages 3-6 years, and their parents. The event will consist of an informational open house for parents to gain awareness of the importance of early childhood literacy, along with story time and literacy-based activities for the children. Each child who participates will receive a coupon from Book Stacks in Bucksport for a free Early Reader book. Light refreshments will be provided.
As a result of this event, the nursing students hope to increase parents' awareness of the positive effects of reading, as well as inspire the children in the area to enjoy reading. A more long-term goal would be to see increased literacy rates of the children entering Kindergarten in Bucksport.
We strongly urge Bucksport parents, and anyone else who may be interested, to come and take advantage of this time to come learn about the positive effects of reading, while your kids participate in the fun activities we have to offer.


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iStoryTime (iOS) Childrens' Books Pre-Christmas Sale at USD 0.99 Each!
The folks at Zuuka are celebrating Christmas in a really big way, with a pre-Christmas sale of its entire 130-plus library of iStoryTime mobile children's book. Originally priced between $2.99 and $8.99, all storybooks are now just $0.99. This includes nine No. 1 hits from 2011 as well as other popular storybooks for the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, including:
Following the original plot of the Puss In Boots feature film, the storybook unveils the backstory of Puss before he met Shrek. The storyline starts when the suave and furry feline hero goes on a swashbuckling ride and teams with mastermind Humpty Dumpty and the street-savvy Kitty Softpaws to steal the famed Golden Goose that that lays the Golden Eggs.
This story brings Author Alyssa Satin Capucilli's wonderful and popular book to life. The book is about the little yellow puppy Biscuit, who goes on an adventure to find the perfect gift for everyone he loves. More importantly, he finds out the true meaning of sharing.
Follow the magical little creatures Papa Smurf, Grouchy, Brainy, Clumsy, Gutsy, and Smurfette on their exciting and unimaginable journey to a faraway land called New York City. Fleeing the Evil Wizard Gargamel and his sneaky cat Azrael, the six Smurf friends end up in the apartment of a young couple that is equally surprised by their arrival. With their special humor and a great heart, the Smurfs turn their world upside down and bring fun and action to their everyday routine.
A dream is about to come true for Mika: For the first time in his life, he sets out to accompany his granny on one of her expeditions. On the day of their first joint exploration, the two have discovered a forest no one knew about to date. They anchor their airship- the Albatross – in the top branches of the highest trees and make their slow descent into the emerald green thick brush.
Follow Po living his dream as the Dragon Warrior protecting the Valley of Peace alongside his friends and fellow kung fu masters, the Furious Five – Tigress, Crane, Mantis, Viper and Monkey. But Po's new life of awesomeness is threatened by the emergence of a formidable villain who plans to use a secret, unstoppable weapon to conquer China and destroy kung fu.Powered by Sidelines
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Background about the jBPM project
In this section, we will talk about where the jBPM framework is located inside the JBoss projects. As we know, JBoss jBPM was created and maintained for JBoss. JBoss is in charge of developing middleware "enterprise" software in Java. It is middleware because it is a type of software to make or run software, and "enterprise", as it is focused on big scenarios. This enterprise does not necessarily mean Java EE. It is also interesting to know that JBoss was bought from a company called Red Hat (famous for the Linux distribution with the same name, and also in charge of the Fedora community distribution).
In order to get the right first impression about the framework, you will need to know a little about other products that JBoss has developed and where this framework is located and focused inside the company projects. At this moment, the only entry point that we have is the JBoss community page, http://www.jboss.org/. This page contains the information about all the middleware projects that JBoss is developing (all open source). If we click on the Projects link in the top menu, we are going to be redirected to a page that shows us the following image:
This image shows us one important major central block for the JBoss Application Server, which contains a lot of projects intended to run inside this application server. The most representative modules are:
- JBoss Web: The web container based on Tomcat Web Server
- JBoss EJB3: EJB3 container that is standard EJB3 compliance for Java EE 5
- Hibernate: The world-renowned Object Relational Mapping (ORM) framework
- Seam: The new web framework to build rich Internet applications
- JBoss Messaging: The default JMS provider that enables high performance, scalable, clustered messaging for Java
On top of that, we can see two frameworks for Web Interface design (RichFaces/Ajax4jsf and Gravel) based on the components, which can be used in any web application that you code.
And then, on top of it all, we can see three important blocks—Portal, Integration, and Telecom. As you can imagine, we are focused on the Integration block that contains three projects inside it.
As you can see, this Integration block is also outside the JBoss Application Server boundaries. Therefore, we might suppose that these three products will run without any dependency from JBoss or any other application server.
Now we are going to talk about these three frameworks, which have different focuses inside the integration field.
JBoss Drools
Drools is, of late, focused on business knowledge, and because it was born as an inference engine, it will be in charge of using all that business knowledge in order to take business actions based on this knowledge for a specific situation. You can find out more information about this framework (now redefined as Business Logic integration Platform) at http://www.drools.org.
JBoss ESB
It is a product focused on supplying an Enterprise Service Bus (ESB), which allows us to use different connectors to communicate with heterogeneous systems that were created in different languages. These use different protocols for communication. You can find out more information about this project at http://www.jboss.org/jbossesb/.
JBoss jBPM
jBPM has a process-centric philosophy. This involves all the APIs and tools that are related to the processes and how to manage them. The framework perspective is always centered on the business process that we describe. Also, the services available inside the framework are only for manipulating the processes. All the other things that we want or need for integration with our processes will be delegated to third-party frameworks or tools.
Now, if we enter into the official page of jBPM (http://www.jbpm.org), we are going to see all the official information and updates about the framework. It is important to notice the home page, which shows us the following image:
This is the first image that developers see when they get interested in jBPM. This image shows us the component distribution inside the jBPM framework project. Understanding these building blocks (components) will help us to understand the code of the framework and each part's functionality. Most of the time, this image is not clearly understood, so let's analyze it!
Supported languages
One of the important things that the image shows is the multi-language support for modeling processes in different scenarios. We can see that three languages are currently supported/proposed by the framework with the possibility to plug in new languages that we need, in order to represent our business processes with extra technology requirements.
These supported languages are selected according to our business scenario and the technology that this scenario requires.
The most general and commonly used language is jBPM Process Definition Language (jPDL). This language can be used in situations where we are defining the project architecture and the technology that the project will use. In most of the cases, jPDL will be the correct choice, because it brings the flexibility to model any kind of situation, the extensibility to expand our process language with new words to add extra functionality to the base implementation, and no technology pluggability limitation, thereby allowing us to interact with any kind of external services and systems. That is why jPDL can be used in almost all situations. If you don't have any technology restriction in your requirements, this language is recommended.
jBPM also implements the Business Process Execution Language (BPEL), which is broadly used to orchestrate Web Services classes between different systems.
To support business scenarios where all the interactions are between web services, I recommend that you make use of this language, only if you are restricted to using a standard like BPEL, in order to model your business process.
PageFlow is the last one shown in the image. This language will be used when you use the JBoss Seam framework and want to describe how your web pages are synchronized to fulfill some requirements. These kind of flows are commonly used to describe navigation flow possibilities that a user will have in a website.
Web applications will benefit enormously from this, because the flow of the web application will be decoupled from the web application code, letting us introduce changes without modifying the web pages themselves.
At last, the language pluggability feature is represented with the ellipse (...). This will be required in situations wherein the available languages are not enough to represent our business scenarios. This could happen when a new standard like BPEL or BPMN arises, or if our company has its own language to represent business processes. In these kind of situations, we will need to implement our custom language on top of the process' virtual machine. This is not an easy task and it is important for you to know that it is not a trivial thing to implement an entire language. So, here we will be focused on learning jPDL in depth, to understand all of its features and how to extend it in order to fulfill our requirements. Remember that jPDL is a generic language that allows us to express almost every situation. In other words, the only situation where jPDL doesn't fit is where the process definition syntax doesn't allow us to represent our business process or where the syntax needs to follow a standard format like BPMN or BPEL.
Also, it is important to notice that all these languages are separate from the Process Virtual Machine (PVM), the block on the bottom-left of the image, which will execute our defined process. PVM is like the core of the framework and understands all the languages that are defined. This virtual machine will know how to execute them and how to behave for each activity in different business scenarios. When we begin to understand the jPDL language in depth, we will see how PVM behaves for each activity described in our process definitions.
Other modules
Besides the PVM and all the languages, we can also see some other modules that implement extra functionality, which will help us with different requirements. The following list contains a brief description of each module:
- Graphical Process Designer (GPD) module: It is the graphical process designer module implemented as an Eclipse plugin.
- Identity module: This module is a proof of concept, out-of-the-box working module used to integrate business roles for our processes. This module is focused on letting us represent people/users inside the process definition and execution. This module shows us a simple structure for users and groups that can be used inside our processes. For real scenarios, this module will help us to understand how we will map our users' structures with the jBPM framework.
- Task ManaGeMenT (TaskMGMT) module: This module's functionality involves dealing with all the integration that the people/employees/business roles have with the processes. This module will help us to manage all the necessary data to create application clients, which the business roles will use in their everyday work.
- Enterprise module: This module brings us extra functionality for enterprise environments.
Now that we know how the components are distributed inside the framework, we can jump to the jPDL section of jBPM's official web page. Here we will find the third image that all the developers will see when they get started with jBPM.
Let's analyze this image to understand why and how the framework can be used in different platforms. This image tries to give us an example of how jBPM could be deployed on a web server or an application server. Please, keep in mind that this is not the only way that jBPM could be deployed on, or embedded in, an application, because jBPM can also be used in a standalone application. In addition, this image shows us some of the BPM stages that are implemented. For example, we can see how the designed processes will be formalized in the jPDL XML syntax in Graphical Process Designer (GPD)— here called the Eclipse jPDL Editor. On the other side of the image, we can see the execution stage implemented inside a container that could be an Enterprise Container (such as JBoss Application Server) or just a web server (such as Tomcat or Jetty). This distinction is made with the extensions of the deployed files (war, for Web Archives, and ear, for Enterprise Archives). In this container, it is important to note the jpdl-jbpm.jar archive that contains the PVM and the language definition, which lets us understand the process defined in jPDL. Also, we have the jbpm-identity.jar as a result of the Identity Module that we have seen in the other image. Besides, we have the hibernate.jar dependency. This fact is very important to note, because our processes will be persisted with Hibernate and we need to know how to adapt this to our needs.
The last thing that we need to see is the Firefox/Internet Explorer logo on top of the image, which tries to show us how our clients (users), all the people who interact and make activities in our processes will talk (communicate) with the framework. Once again, HTTP interaction is not the only way to interact with the processes, we can implement any kind of interactions (such as JMS for enterprise messaging, Web Services to communicate with heterogeneous systems, mails for some kind of flexibility, SMS, and so on).
Here we get a first impression about the framework, now we are ready to go ahead and install all the tools that we need, in order to start building applications.
Tools and software
For common tools such as Java Development Kit, IDE installation, database installation, and so on, only the key points will be discussed. In jBPM tooling, a detailed explanation will follow the download and installation process. We will be going into the structure detail and specification in depth; about how and why we are doing this installation.
If you are an experienced developer, you can skip this section and go directly to the jBPM installation section. In order to go to the jBPM installation section straightaway, you will need to have the following software installed correctly:
- Java Development Kit 1.5 or higher (This is the first thing that Java developers learn. If you don't know how to install it, please take a look at the following link: http://java.sun.com/javase/6/webnotes/install/index.html.)
- Maven 2.0.9 or higher
- A Hibernate supported database, here we will use MySQL
- You will need to have downloaded the Java Connector for your selected database
- JBoss 5.0.1.GA installed (If you are thinking about creating Enterprise Applications, you will need JBoss AS installed. If you only want to create web applications with Tomcat or Jetty installed, this will be fine.)
- Eclipse IDE 3.4 Ganymede (Eclipse IDE 3.4 Ganymede is the suggested version. You can try it with other versions, but this is the one tested in the article.)
- An SVN client, here we will use Tortoise SVN (Available for Windows only, you can also use a subversion plugin for Eclipse or for your favorite IDE.)
If you have all this software up and running, you can jump to the next section. If not, here we will see a brief introduction of each one of them with some reasons that explain why we need each of these tools.
Maven—why do I need it?
Maven is an Apache project that helps us to build, maintain, and manage our Java Application projects. One of the main ideas behind Maven is to solve all the dependency problems between our applications and all the framework libraries that we use. If you read the What is Maven? page (http://maven.apache.org/what-is-maven.html), you will find the key point behind this project.
The important things that we will use here and in your diary work will be:
- A standard structure for all your projects
- Centralized project and dependencies description
Standard structure for all your projects
Maven proposes a set of standard structures to build our Java projects. The project descriptor that we need to write/create depends on the Java project type that we want to build. The main idea behind it is to minimize the configuration files to build our applications. A standard is proposed to build each type of application.
You can see all the suggested standard structure on the official Maven page: http://maven.apache.org/guides/introduction/introduction-to-thestandard-directory-layout.html.
Centralized project and dependencies description
When we are using Maven, our way of building applications and managing the dependencies needed by these applications changes a lot. In Maven, the concept of Project Object Model (POM) is introduced. This POM will define our project structure, dependencies, and outcome(s) in XML syntax. This means that we will have just one file where we will define the type of project we are building, the first order dependencies that the project will have, and the kind of outcome(s) that we are expecting after we build our project.
Take a look at the following pom.xml file:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://
www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.
apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
We are basically defining all the mentioned characteristics of our project. All this information is deduced from the packaging attribute, which in this case is:
The standard structure of directories will be used in order to know where the source code is located and where the compiled outcome will be placed.
Maven installation
Getting maven installed is a very simple task. You should download the Maven binaries from the official page(http://maven.apache.org). This will be a .zip file, or a .tar.gz file, which you will only need to uncompress in the programs directory. You will also add the bin directory to the system Path variable. With that, you will be able to call the mvn command from the console.
To test whether Maven is working properly, you can open the Windows console and type mvn. You should get something like this:
This output shows us that Maven is correctly installed. However, as it is installed in C:Documents and Settingssalaboy21 (the installation directory) where there is no project descriptor, the build failed.
I strongly recommend that you read and understand the Getting Started section in the official Maven documentation at http://maven.apache.org/guides/getting-started/index.html.
Installing MySQL
In most situations, we will need to store the current state of our processes and all the information that is being handled inside it. For these situations, we will need some persistence solution. The most common one is a relational database. In this case, I chose MySQL, as it's free and easy to install in most of the operating systems. Feel free to try and test jBPM with any of the other Hibernate-supported databases.
Installing MySQL is very easy, you just need to download the binaries provided on the official page (http://www.mysql.org), then run it and follow the instructions that appear in the wizard window. The only things that I chose, but are defaults, are the type of installation Developer Machine and MySQL as a Windows service.
This will help us to always have a running database for our process and it will not be necessary to start it or stop it at the beginning or the end of our sessions.
Downloading MySQL JConnector
In order to connect every Java application to a relational database, we will need a particular connector for each database. This connector, in this case, will be used by Hibernate to create a JDBC connection to the database when it needs to store our processes' data.
Almost all vendors provide this connector in the official page. Therefore, for MySQL, you can look for it on the MySQL official page.
You will need to download it and then put it in your application class path, probably right next to Hibernate.
Remember that this MySQL JConnector (JConnector is the name of the MySQL JDBC Driver) is only a Java library that contains classes— it knows how to create and handle connections between our Java programs and the MySQL database server. For this reason, like any other dependency, you can use JConnector with Maven, as it's only a JAR file. Depending on your database and its version, you will need to add the correct dependency to your project descriptor (in the pom.xml file).
In this case, because I'm using MySQL 5, I will need to add the following dependency to my project in the dependency section:
Eclipse IDE
In these scenarios where we will handle a lot of different types of information—for example Java code, XML files, business processes, configuration files, and so on—it's very handy to have a unique tool that handles all of these kind of files and lets us build/compile, run, and debug all our applications. For this, we have the Eclipse IDE that provides us a lot of tools for our development work. Of course, we can install other IDEs such as Netbeans or IntelliJ, but in this case, the jBPM plugins are only for Eclipse. This could be a very interesting contribution if you want write a plugin for the Netbeans IDE (another open source IDE) and the community will be very happy. This doesn't mean that you can't use any other IDE, but probably, you will need to write your processes in XML format from scratch.
Installing Eclipse IDE is also very easy, you just need to download the IDE binary from the official page (http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/). Then uncompress the zip file inside the programs directory and when it's done, you will find the eclipse.exe executable that you could run inside the bin directory. The only thing that you need here is to have your JAVA_HOME variable set and the Java JDK binaries inside your PATH variable.
Install Maven support for Eclipse
This is an optional plugin that can make our life easier. This plugin will allow us to invoke and use Maven inside the IDE. This means that now our IDE will know about Maven and give us different options to handle and manage our Maven projects.
This plugin, like any other plugin for Eclipse, needs to be installed with the Software Update Manager. You will find instructions about how to do that in each plugin's official page (http://code.google.com/p/q4e/wiki/Installation). In this case, the quick way will be to add the update site (you need to go to Help | Software Update inside Eclipse IDE). In the Available Software tab, click on the Add Site button and enter http://q4e.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/updatesite/. Then choose the site and wait for Eclipse to get all the information about this site and choose the plugin for the list. This will install all the components in the list and all this functionality will be turned on by the IDE.
SVN client
It's very important for you and your projects to have a right source version system. In this case, we will not version our projects, but we will download the source code of the framework for the official JBoss SVN repositories. For this task, you could add an SVN plugin or an external tool to do the same with the Eclipse IDE.
I chose Tortoise SVN, which is a much-used SVN client and will let us manage all our versioned projects by integrating with the Windows environment.
For this, you only need to download the binaries from the official Tortoise Page, run it, and then restart your machine. This is because some major changes will be needed for integrating the SVN client with the Windows explorer.
Starting with jBPM
At this point, we are ready to download and install the jBPM framework into our machine to start building up applications, which will use the framework.
jBPM is a framework like Hibernate. Why do I need to install it? Hibernate doesn't need an installation. "Install jBPM" doesn't sound good at all. Like every other framework, jBPM is only a JAR file that we need to include in our application classpath in order to use it.
So, the idea in this section is to find out why we download a jBPM installer from the jBPM official page as well as what things are included in this installer and in which situations we need to install all these tools.
Getting jBPM
Basically, as developers, we have two ways to get the framework up and working. We can download the installer from the official site of jBPM or we can download the source and build it with our hands. None of these two ways are complex, but always getting the source code of our frameworks will help us to debug our applications by looking at how the framework behaves at runtime. We will analyze these two ways in order to show which is the quickest way to have the framework ready for production, and also what we need to do in order to extend the framework functionality.
From binary
Just download the framework binaries from the jBPM official page and install it, you will see that the installer asks you for some other installed software, such as JBoss Application Server and the database which you will use.
This binary file (the installer) contains the framework library archives, a graphical process designer (Eclipse Plugin), and a JBoss profile that contains everything you will need to start up a JBoss Application Server instance and start using jBPM deployed inside it. Also, it contains the framework sources that will help us to have the framework code that we need in order to debug our applications and see our processes in action.
Here we will see the results of this installation and the directory structure that contains jBPM files.
As you can see in the image, we will have the directories as described in the following sections:
config directory
This directory will contain XML files with the configuration needed for the database that we choose. We will use the file called hibernate.cfg.mysql.xml. You will need to choose the file for your corresponding installed database. If you open this file, you will find something like this:
This file, by default, configures a JDBC connector to use for jBPM persistence. I know that the persistence usage has not been introduced yet, but then when I talk about that, you will know where the configuration is.
In the first section of the file, you will find a tag called <session-factory>. With this information, jBPM can create two types of database connections—JDBC or Datasource connections.
These two types of connection will be used depending on the environment that we use. If we are building an application that will run outside a container, we will need to configure the JDBC connector as shown in the image, where we specify the dialect that Hibernate will use and the driver corresponding to the database we choose. Pay close attention to the com.mysql.jdbc.Driver class, because this class will be inside the JConnector in MySQL. So, it will be necessary that this jar is in the application classpath. The other properties used here are the common ones to set up a connection to a database.
For a DataSource connection, meaning that our application will run inside a container like JBoss (an Enterprise Application container) or any other application server, we will need to uncomment the line that specifies the DataSource connection and comment the lines that specify the JDBC connection. With this DataSource connection, all the access to the database will be handled by a connection pool that will be inside the container that we will use—this is the reason why we only need to specify the name of the DataSource, and then the container will handle all the connection details for us.
database directory
This directory is very useful, because inside it, we will find the schema definition that jBPM will use. The idea is to have the generation script for each database to create each of them. If you open the file called jbpm.jpdl.mysql.sql, you will find all the tables used by jBPM. The important thing to know here is that all these scripts will need to be reviewed by your Database Administrator, because these tables are not optimized for a production environment. What does this mean exactly? This is only a recommendation, because jBPM generates a lot of data, and if you are in a production environment where 1,000 users have access to your defined process, this structure will generate and log a lot of information by default. So, take a look at this file; you could also execute it inside a MySQL database to see the tables that are created.
designer directory
This directory will contain just one ZIP file that has the structure of an Update Site for Eclipse and contains only the plugin that will turn our IDE into a Business Process Designer. If you want to install this plugin in your current Eclipse installation, you only need to go to Help | Software Updates. When the Software Updates and Add-ons window opens, you should switch to the Available Software tab, click on the Add Site… button followed by the Archive button, and locate the ZIP file placed in this directory.
Then you should select the newly added feature, jBPM jPDL GPD, and click on the Install... button. This will install all the software needed to start using the jBPM plug-in inside Eclipse, but you will need to restart Eclipse before you can use it.
docs directory
This directory contains all the Javadoc for all the code of the jBPM different modules. It also contains the HTML user guide. This is very important documentation that will also help you to understand the framework.
examples directory
This directory contains a Maven project that includes a lot of tests that show us how to use the jBPM APIs. If you are starting with jBPM, this example project will help you to see the most common ways to use the jBPM APIs.
lib directory
This contains all the jars needed by the framework. You will need to add these jars to every application that use jBPM. These libs will be necessary if we don't use Maven. If you choose to build your applications with Maven, these dependencies will be resolved automatically. These jars will be needed in our application classpath to compile and run our project that is using the jBPM framework.
src directory
This directory contains jar files that include the source code of the framework, which is very useful for debugging our projects. You should notice that all of the code cannot be modified or rebuilt. These libs with source code are only helpful to see what the current executed code is. To build the framework from scratch, you will need to download the code from the official JBoss SVN repositories, which will also contain all the projects' descriptors needed to build the sources. This topic will be described in the following section.
From source code
This section is focused on introducing the "common way of doing things" of the community members. You could take this way of building the source code that is downloaded from an SVN server, as one step towards being a part of the community. Remember that jBPM, as all the projects hosted on the official community page of JBoss, is an open source project. So take advantage of that—as an open source developer, you can get involved with the projects that you use and help the community to improve them. This is not as difficult as you assume it to be.
That is why, you always have the chance to get all the source code from the official JBoss SVN repository. With these sources, you will be able to build the binaries that you can download from the jBPM official page from scratch.
You can take advantage of this when you need to modify some or extend the base code of the framework. This is not recommended for first time users, modifications and extensions will need to be extremely justified.
This is just a quick way to do it. First of all, we need to get the framework sources from the official JBoss SVN repository server. We do that with the SVN client (Tortoise SVN that we have downloaded and installed earlier). We just need to check out the source code from our framework version.
The official JBoss SVN repository can be found at http://anonsvn.jboss.org/repos/jbpm/jbpm3.
You can see three directories in this repository: branches, tags, and trunk.
In branches directory, you will find different sub-directories that contain code for testing new functionalities that will be added to future framework releases. Also, branches are used to patch existing versions that are in the maintenance mode.
In tags directory, you will find all the released versions from jBPM, to which you will need to point, in order to perform the framework sources checkout. In this case, you will need to check out the sources located at http://anonsvn.jboss.org/repos/jbpm/jbpm3/tags/jbpm-3.2.6.SP1/.
These sources were used to build all the binaries of the 3.2.6.SP1 version that is uploaded to the official page.
Finally, in the trunk directory, you will find all the code, which is used by the community members that continuously add and improve the code of the framework.
In order to get the code from the official repository, you only need to do a check-out with your SVN client as shown in the following screenshot:
By right-clicking on every directory, you will see the Tortoise SVN options. You just have to click on SVN Checkout. This will pop up a window like the following one:
You should set the repository URL to the JBoss Official SVN repository and the Checkout directory to where your working copy will be located. I created a new directory inside software directory called projects. Here we will locate all our projects from now on, because jBPM framework is just another project we will put in there. When you click on OK, the check out of the source code will begin. When the check out command finishes in order to get all the repository code, you will have all the sources of a major Maven project in the directory that you specify.
Now you can build this project by running the following command from the console:
mvn clean install -Dmaven.test.skip
The -Dmaven.test.skip flag is only used here to make the build faster. Supposing that if the code downloaded is a stable release, all the tests in the project will be passed. But, probably, running all the tests for the whole project could take a long time. You can try without this fl ag if you want.
These Maven goals will build the framework by skipping all the tests and then move/install the resulting jars to the local Maven repository. The local Maven repository will contain all the compiled artifacts that you build. This will mean that we will have a local directory in our machine that will contain all the jars that we compile and all the jars needed by our applications (dependencies). The default location of this repository is <UserHome>/.m2/respository/.
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On May 8, the Oklahoma House rejected the Senate's amendments to HB 2134, and asked for a Conference Committee so that both houses can agree on a common version of the bill. HB 2134 is the bill that lowers the number of signatures for a newly-qualifying party from 5% of the last vote cast, to 2.5%. The Senate had agreed with that idea and both houses had passed the bill. But the Senate, when it passed the bill, added some amendments, which the House does not agree with.
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In Memory of
Gertrude Lorene (Mangis) Brown
July 5, 1918 - June 1, 2012
Brown, Gertrude "Lorene"
(Age 93)
Long-time Creston resident Gertrude "Lorene" Brown passed away on June 1, 2012 at the Cheney Care Center in Cheney Washington. She was 93. Lorene was born to Fred and Mae Mangis at their farm east of Creston on July 5, 1918. She attended school in Creston and graduated with the class of 1937. On August 31, 1939 she married Tony Brown, Jr. and began her married life at their home on Main Street in Creston which would be her home for the next 71 years. Lorene spent much of her life as a homemaker. She loved Creston and was a member of most of the women's organizations in Creston and Lincoln for a time. She was a life-time member of the Creston Christian Church. Her community activities were the Christian Women's Fellowship, Civic Club, and for eight years a Cub Scout den mother. Her hobbies included: scrap booking, cooking, gardening and card playing ---Pinochle & Rummy. She particularly enjoyed many hours maintaining her yard and flowers. She never lost her farm girl roots. She greeted people with her broad smile and gentle nature. In the early 60's she began an eighteen year period as a waitress at various places in Creston, Davenport and Wilbur.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Fred and Mae Mangis, husband Tony Brown, Jr., son Larry Brown, granddaughters Adair Brown & Wanda Brown, brothers Jerry Mangis & Jess Mangis, sisters, Doris Douglas & Ethel Sterett.
Survivors include daughter Beverley Vaughan of Creston, son Darrel Brown of Creston, granddaughter Wendy Olson of Chewelah, grandson Chris Brown and wife Colleen of Northglenn, Colorado, great grandson Josh Brown of Chateau, Montana, great grandson Tony Brown of Spokane and great granddaughter Brittany Silver and husband Shawn of Deer Park, WA , great great granddaughters Paige Brown & Zoey Silver and great great grandson Cole Brown; brother Gale Mangis of Grandledge, MI and numerous nieces and nephews.
Interment services will be held at the Creston Cemetery on June 9, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. with Memorial service following at the Creston Christian Church at 11:00 a.m. with Pastor Guy Schmielau officiating.
Memorials may be made to the Creston Christian Church or the Creston Alumni Association.
Strate Funeral Home, Wilbur, WA is caring for the family.
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When a natural disaster strikes, it is almost guaranteed that there will be yet another uproar about price gouging. Media pundits will take to the airwaves to virtue signal against people who would dare to exploit disaster victims. Government officials will use the crisis to score political points by portraying themselves as defenders of the common people against greedy capitalists. But how accurately does this reflect reality? Let us explore the nature of price gouging to see the economics of such a situation and explain the behavior of journalists and state agents.
Economic Forces
In order to intelligently approach the concept of price gouging, one must first define it. Price gouging is a sudden, sharp increase in prices that occurs in response to a disaster or other civil emergency. Though this defines the act well, it does not explain the mechanisms behind it. When a disaster approaches, there are certain goods that people wish to acquire in greater quantities than normal, such as clean drinking water, non-perishable foods, wooden boards for protecting windows, and so on. If supply is held constant, then this sudden increase in demand for such goods will produce a sudden increase in their prices.
If left unhindered by the state, this upward pressure on prices will produce important benefits. First, it serves as a signal to producers and distributors of those goods that more supply is needed. The producers and distributors thus learn where their goods are most urgently in demand, allowing them to engage in mutually beneficial transactions with disaster victims. This is how free markets are supposed to function in order to meet the needs of customers.
Second, price gouging encourages proactive preparations. A potential business model for a firm is to invest in equipment that allows it to operate when a disaster would otherwise force it to close, and use the proceeds from price gouging to amortize the cost of the equipment. This helps consumers by allowing them to purchase goods at higher prices rather than be left without essential items during a crisis.
Third, price gouging provides an important benefit by conserving the fixed amount of resources which are present before more deliveries can be made to the disaster area. The higher cost of scarce goods disincentivizes people from buying up supplies that other people need, thus helping to keep the items in stock. This keeps scarce resources from being wasted on marginal uses, directing them toward their most valued uses and the people who most need them instead.
Markets And Malice
Unfortunately, not every instance of price gouging is so benevolent. Business owners who seek to exploit vulnerable people in order to make money do exist. But engaging in such behavior in a free market produces a short-term gain followed by a long-term loss. In a pure capitalist environment, reputation is everything for a business. Whatever profits may come from gouging disaster victims in the present will be more than outweighed by the sales that one will lose in the future because of the damage that this does to one's brand. After all, most people would view such behavior as adding insult to injury and vote against it with their wallets. Though it is impossible to accurately count sales that do not happen, to dismiss this effect as nonexistent is to commit the broken window fallacy.
Enter The State
Most people are economically illiterate, so they tend to focus on the malevolent type of price gouging and be unaware of the benevolent type. In a democratic state, this has predictable results. Politicians and other government agents will frown upon price gouging and seek to punish anyone who they believe to be engaging in it. But it can be difficult to distinguish the natural effects of demand spikes and limited supplies upon price from the efforts of greedy exploiters of disaster victims, especially for government officials who are too far removed from the disaster area to be intimately familiar with the economic dynamics there. Thus, all price gouging is suppressed by the state, and while this may protect a few people from exploitation, it causes more harm than good by disrupting the market signals which would have informed producers and distributors that their goods need to be sent to the disaster area. The end result is that scarce goods are depleted and not replaced, leading people to once more blame the market for failing them when the actual cause of their shortage was a government failure.
Suppression of price gouging has several deleterious effects. First, by placing price controls on goods, the state deprives entrepreneurs of the profit motive to bring additional supply to the disaster area. Without state inteference, people who live outside of the disaster area and are willing to travel there in order to bring supplies could charge enough for their goods to recover their travel costs and be compensated for the inconvenience of spending time in a disaster area, all while making enough profit to make such a venture more attractive than other economic opportunities. Price gouging laws remove such action, leaving only state agencies and altruistic private groups to provide aid. Note that like all government regulations, price gouging laws are subject to regulatory capture by the largest businesses.
Second, removing the incentive for proactive preparations makes untenable the business model for operating during a disaster described above. Third, removing the conservation effect of price gouging forces business owners to sell goods below their market-clearing price. This incentivizes hoarders to buy more than they need and scalpers to buy goods for resale. The existence of scalpers also makes desired goods more difficult to find, as resellers will be more difficult to locate than established stores. Thus, laws against price gouging do not eliminate the practice, but rather shift it from primary markets to secondary markets and cause a different set of people to profit. Taken together, these effects result in artificial scarcity that makes conditions in a disaster area even worse.
A Pair of Razors
Given the clear case in favor of price gouging, one may wonder why so many people in positions of political power rail against it. Reece's razor suggests that we look for the most cynical explanation when attempting to determine a motive for state policy. No other possibility prioritizes the self-interest of politicians and their minions over the lives and properties of citizens quite like the idea that government officials want to suppress the natural response of markets in order to make government disaster relief agencies look effective and necessary, thus justifying their existence and expansion, so Reece's razor selects it.
However, it is not in the rational self-interest of elected officials to increase the suffering of disaster victims who are capable of removing them from office in the next election. A better explanation is offered by Hanlon's razor, which says that one should not attribute to malice what can be explained by stupidity. In this view, government officials are not trying to increase the harm done during a disaster; they simply know no better because they are just as economically illiterate as the electorate, if not more so. This razor is a better fit for the available logic and evidence.
It is clear that price gouging has an important economic role in ensuring that goods both go to those who need them most and remain available in times of emergency. Market prices are important signals that tell producers and distributors where their goods are most urgently needed. When the state interferes with this process by imposing price controls, it turns off the signal and incentives for market actors to send aid, encourages hoarding and scalping, and discourages conservation and farsightedness. These effects mean that laws against price gouging harm the very people that they are ostensibly supposed to help. Therefore, price gouging should not be punished by the state or demonized by the press.


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The computer is quickly challenging the TV as the ultimate media distraction in our homes. We're always attached to it, and the laptop makes it just that much easier to allow the computer to follow us wherever we go. So, when we saw 43 Folders' post entitled "How To Divorce Your Laptop," we chuckled, but quickly took note of some wise (albeit obvious) tips to remind ourselves of from time to time. Our favorite tip, institute a laptop curfew. That is, an hour at night when you no longer allow yourself access to the computer, no exceptions. Do you have a time in your home when the laptop (or computer) goes to bed and your household becomes an internet-free zone?
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I have a tomato plant growing sadly I don't know what it is but all the tomatoes it produces are heart shaped !...I really would like to know if it is possible to save seed or something in order to reproduce it next year???? is it possible?
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02 Aug 2014 16:04
I have a tomato plant growing sadly I don't know what it is but all the tomatoes it produces are heart shaped !...I really would like to know if it is possible to save seed or something in order to reproduce it next year???? is it possible?
02 Aug 2014 16:20
02 Aug 2014 16:46
Hi Debbie, As long as the tomato plant isn't a hybrid, saved seeds should come true if you didn't grow other varieties close by. If it was an F1 variety, that won't be the case but some of the plants grown from saved seed may be similar. Have a look at the realseeds site below which encourages you to save seed. Look at the panel on the left under 'Seedsaving' for lots of great tips:
02 Aug 2014 16:47
Debbie........if it is an F1 variety, it won't necessarily come true from seed you collect.
Worth a try if you don't know the variety but be prepared for a disappointment. Best to check it out and see if you can determine which it is that you are currently growing
02 Aug 2014 17:11
There are several heirloom tomatoes producing heart-shaped fruits, including the Pink Oxheart and Anna Russian.
I grew Anna Russian last year - a fabulous tomato http://tatianastomatobase.com/wiki/Anna_Russian
02 Aug 2014 18:48
I've been putting seeds onto a piece of kitchen roll and the cutting around them. Do you think that'll be okay as a method of saving tomato seeds?
02 Aug 2014 18:53
They're pretty robust Clarington. The realseeds site recommends fermenting them to get rid of the gluey bit around the seed to make them easier to handle. The less tomato material left stuck to them the less likely they will rot. I have dozens of them appear all over my garden from those damaged ones I throw into the compost heap, so they certainly don't need mollycoddling!
02 Aug 2014 19:21
A lot of sites do a lot of faffing about, all I did was hooked them out washed them off dried them on kitchen paper and as it was March, put them straight in a pot,
For next year, just leave them on the window sill to dry and store in a paper envelope. Everything simple and easy for me.
I sowed 4 and they all germinated, they are lovely little cherry ones, straight from the supermarket.