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This Summer 'Glamping' is Coming to Governors Island
The Trust for Governors Island announced it has partnered with Collective Hotels & Retreats, to offer 'glamping' excursions.
The New York City Fair Is Coming to Belmont Park in September
The New York City Fair will be held Sept. 1-4 at Belmont Park in Elmont, and feature rides, games, and kid-friendly guest appearances.
Giant Water Slide Takes Over Manhattan Streets on Saturdays in August
The 10th annual Citi Summer Streets runs from Central Park to the Brooklyn Bridge on Saturdays from August 5-19.
Mars Rover to Make Final Landing at the Intrepid Museum's Space and Science Festival
See a Mars rover concept vehicle, visit a massive NASA expo, meet astronauts, and more at the sixth annual Space and Science Festival at the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum.
Kids in Larchmont Are Rewarded for Wearing Bike Helmets This Summer
Skull Patrol is an initiative created by the Larchmont Recreation Department and Larchmont Chamber of Commerce to encourage children to wear bike helmets.
Yonkers Public Library Offers Free Admission to New York Museums
The Yonkers Public Library is offering residents free admission to 11 museums and cultural centers in New York, including seven Manhattan museums, as part of its Museum Adventure Pass Program.
Dry & Secondary Drowning: This Is What Parents Need to Know
It's possible to drown hours or even days after leaving the pool. Here's what to watch out forl
Empire State Fair to Make First-Ever Appearance on Long Island
Empire State Fair will make its first-ever appearance on Long Island when it comes to the Coliseum in Uniondale for 11 days from July 20-30.
Come Out & Play Festival Returns to NYC This Summer
The Come Out & Play Festival will return to New York City for its 12th year this summer from July 21-22.
Beat the Heat With Ice Cream Tours in NYC
Sugartooth Tours is gearing up for its Ice Cream Sundays Frozen Treats Tour for the fourth summer in a row.
Staten Island FunPark to Open in April
Staten Island FunPark, formerly known as Staten Island Go Karts, will open on April 1, the new name a reflection of the park's improvements and future new attractions.
Governors Island to Open Early This Year
Governors Island will open one month early for the 2017 season.
Fun Summertime Activities to Do With Your Kids This Winter
There are so many fun summer activities we must forgo when the weather is too cold. But in fact, you don't have to wait for warmer weather to enjoy some summer fun. Gather the family and check out these great summer activities you can do in winter, swimsuits required—seriously!
Camelback Resort: Tips for Visiting in the Summer and Fall
Camelback Resort may offer ski slopes and an indoor water park in the winter, but you can visit the outdoor water park, zip line, and rides during warm-weather months.
Visiting Storm King Art Center with Kids
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"The Worst Form of Violence Is Poverty"—Arun Gandhi
Recently, Mahatma Gandhi's grandson, Arun Gandhi, visited the Alton Park community of Chattanooga, Tennessee to encourage the people there in their efforts toward peace and nonviolence.
"It is a forgotten community," as Dr. Elenora Woods, D.D.S., and Executive Director of the Alton Park Community Development Corporation calls it. "But we have big plans for Alton Park."
While the rest of the city of Chattanooga, Tennessee is being revitalized all around, Alton Park seems to have missed the efforts and is organizing in a call for help as they try to emerge from the devastation left by the city's "industrial revolution."
Poverty. Illiteracy. Lack of Jobs. Respiratory Illnesses. Cancer. Gang Violence. These are all challenges Alton Park residents are working together with Alton Park Development Corporation to address through environmental revitalization.
Gandhi reminded the community members that "The worst form of violence is poverty" and that if they can work together to address issues of poverty offering residents education and job opportunities, and developing the community gardening program, as they are now doing, these are the first steps toward building peace and nonviolence.
Alton Park Development Corporation is currently working with permaculturalists Jason Hurd and Rushelle Frazier and a master gardener Horace Hatcher to develop a plan for 8-acres of "Regenerative Agriculture" including community gardens, box gardening classes for children and their parents, fruit and nut trees, cash crops, and the newest urban gardening method—aquaponics—developed by the U.S. government to address issues of hunger in third world countries and now taking off in America's own urban environment.
Ultimately, Dr. Woods wants to see the agriculture skills acquired by community members not only to feed themselves and their children but also to become sources of income through farm stands and produce wagons.
Alton Park Development Corporation is one of three local partners of GAIA (Global Action Initiatives Alliance), including nationally recognized boys school McCallie which partnered with GAIA's Boyz Inc. for their community service during a boys leadership camp last summer and recent Gandhi Visit for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. GAIA also partners with Washington Alternative School which participated in "Season for Nonviolence" workshops in 2013 and a recent Gandhi Visit and visioning for peace and nonviolence. Ultimately, GAIA hopes to connect all three local partners in work across the county, in what GAIA calls "Communities of Concern."
Gandhi Global Center for Peace is a core initiative GAIA will be working with Arun Gandhi to develop. GAIA CEO Missy Crutchfield says the vision for the Global Center for Peace is to partner with schools and community centers around the world to further Gandhi's legacy of peace and nonviolence. "Why not start here, in my backyard?" she added. "That's where real peace work has to begin anyway."
Arun Gandhi shared as his visit in Chattanooga concluded, "When working for peace you need to look at all the aspects of violence and what contributes to it. Economic depression is part of the culture of violence we as a society have created. All of these issues comprising the culture of violence will be addressed by the Gandhi Global Center for Peace."
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I woke up the first morning to a cool light seeping through the windows. Sure that I had spent the night at a spa, I ran my fingers over my soft hair and smooth skin. They had spent the night soaking up all of the moisture the air had to give. I tip toe through the quiet house to the kitchen window and peer out at the marine layer drifting over the street. Its a thick, salty fog. I switch on the mini coffee maker and listen to it drip as I stare at the morning dew collecting on the leaves. This use to be my every day, and now it felt like a dream. I left most mornings after coffee for a long distance run. Breathing deep, my lungs welcomed the increase of oxygen going from the mountains to the coast. Scott would most likely go surfing or body boarding while I ran to the back bay, meeting up together after for lunch. We hit all of our usual spots during our stay, and fell back into the normal rhythm of life we know so well.
Time was spent seeing friends, eating good food, visiting the farmers market, finally seeing the new Star Wars at our favorite movie theater, drinking all of the good coffee, going on all of our favorite walks, and hanging on the beach. We even got to spend a day at Disney Land, something we've really missed. It only took two back to back rides on California Screamin' in the front row to make me feel like a yeti had sat on my head, but that didn't stop us from running in a very dizzy, not-so-straight line to Space Mountain to get rocked once more. Oh Disney, you get us every time with your magic! I could write paragraphs on the little things and places we love and enjoy back home in California. If you are ever in the area and looking for ideas, shoot me an email and we can chat. For now lets move onto this jar of sunshine I bottled up for you one sunny morning before we left. I couldn't bring myself to be there an entire week and not shoot a recipe in the California "glow". This breakfast tastes like sunshine and makes you feel all sorts of bright inside. Pop down to read more about the recipe and a special maker I've fallen for recently – Dona Chai.
Let's talk about this sunshine breakfast jar. Its sunshine. For breakfast. In a jar. Okay just kidding there is more than that – but those are the important details right? We went for a sunny trip to the farmers market and picked up some tasty oranges (and organic, local blackberries in January – because California is amazing like that). Oranges equal sunshine to me, and I think its the greatest gift that they are in season in the winter. Bringing some sunshine into otherwise gloomy days. Blended with frozen banana they become a creamy, frothy smoothie. And since I'm a whole foods crazy pants, I had a jar of homemade granola I whipped up before our trip on hand (it safely traveled in my checked luggage, wedged between my sweater and running tights). So assembling these breakfast jars was kind of a no-brainer. Lets chat about this granola. Crunchy, sweet, with plenty of clumps and the aroma of chai. Cue a major happy dance because this is the granola of my dreams. Thanks to sweet Amy of Dona Chai for taking an already stellar granola recipe to the next level. Let me tell you why I love Dona Chai. Are you ready to hear a bunch of my favorite hippy-dippy words that get me totally jazzed about food? She and her brother Peter make this delicious chai tea concentrate themselves, grinding the spices for each batch by hand, in small quantities, using locally sourced ingredients, with fresh pressed ginger juice. Throw a few tablespoons in your granola recipe like I do here, mix it with your favorite plant milk to enjoy hot to iced, or incorporate it into your baked goods (did I hear chai pancakes?) – this stuff is the real deal. Another amazing maker introduced into my life by Hatchery. Grateful. Now go make some sunshine today, folks!
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Makes 2 servings.
1 1/2 cups rolled oats
1/2 cup raw buckwheat groats
1/2 cup almond flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 cup pure maple syrup
2 tablespoons Dona Chai (optional)
orange smoothie
2 frozen bananas
1 fresh naval orange
a few tablespoons of plant milk (optional)
Fresh fruit for serving (I use blackberries here).
Begin by making the granola. Preheat the oven to 325F. Line a baking sheet with parchment and set aside. In a medium mixing bowl combine the dry ingredients for the granola and toss to combine. Add the maple and Donna Chai, mix well. Spread the granola in an even layer on the lined baking sheet and bake in the oven for 45 minutes. Halfway though baking, remove the sheet and carefully flip the granola using a spatula. Return to the oven to finish baking. Once done the granola should be a nice golden brown. Set on the counter to fully cool before serving and storing leftovers in an airtight container in the pantry. (Best enjoyed within one week.)
To assemble the breakfast jars, take two 16 ounce jars and place 1/4 cup granola in each. Set aside. In a blender or food processor, combine the frozen bananas and orange (pealed and broken into pieces) and puree until smooth. If it is too thick, or if you prefer your smoothie creamier, add 2 to 4 tablespoons of your favorite plant milk and blend again. Divide the smoothie between the two jars, top with additional granola and your choice of fresh fruit (I love blackberries here). Enjoy right away and get ready to shine!


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Missy Franklin's sunny outlook on life
Updated 12:04 am, Saturday, August 4, 2012
London --
Missy Franklin blew off the Great Phelps.
"Advice?" Franklin said to Michael Phelps, but not in words. "Nah, I'm good, dude."
Before the swimming started in London, Phelps said he had reached out to Franklin, offering her advice on handling the Olympics.
"I've always said to her if she ever needs advice, don't hesitate to ask, about anything," Phelps said. "She hasn't asked, so I don't force things into her ears."
Phelps mentioned Franklin's famous ebullience, how she was bouncing off walls at the team-uniform distribution, and the 27-year-old vet sounded downright parental when he warned that the 17-year-old Franklin had no idea the minefield she was about to swim through.
Franklin, asked why she never took Phelps up on his offer, looked sheepish. She said she got plenty of advice from U.S. coach Teri McKeever and Missy's female teammates. But sure, she'd check in with Michael at some point.
Was Franklin being clueless? Naive?
No. Just quietly confident and, in her own way, as smart as the Great Phelps.
Franklin bounced off walls for eight days, loosened up her older teammates, lit up the pool with her smile, and acted like a teenager who had won a free trip to the Olympics.
Friday night, Franklin won the 200-meter backstroke in world-record time for her third gold medal. Earlier she won the 100 backstroke and was on the winning 400 freestyle relay. She also grabbed a bronze for the 800 freestyle relay.
Maybe Phelps should have gone to Franklin for advice. He won two individual golds himself, but Phelps didn't get untracked until he kind of loosened up, got into more of a don't-worry-be-happy Missy-like mode.
Teammates say she gets serious about 20 seconds before a race. Of her win Friday, Franklin said, "I knew I was going to take it out and have fun, and that is what I did. I am the happiest girl alive!"
Yes, she always speaks with exclamation marks. Yes, she always smiles. It's her default expression and comes in various sizes. Does she wear people down? Apparently she pumps 'em up.
"Her personality is contagious," said U.S. teammate Elizabeth Beisel, who took the bronze Friday. "In the ready room I was pretty nervous, and just watching her have so much fun, it really made me relax, and I have to thank her for that."
Franklin isn't the first teenager to arrive at the Olympics carrying the weight of potential greatness. In Beijing it was Katie Hoff, 19, who was going to be the female Phelps.
Hoff has said, "I had a good amount of press (in 2004) and didn't know how to handle it. In '08 I had double the amount of press, and I knew how to handle it, but I didn't enjoy it."
In Beijing Hoff won one silver and two bronze. Hardly Phelpsian.
Franklin is the anti-choker. She handled the press in London by not handling it, rather by talking to it like it was real people. And she certainly did enjoy the experience.
Franklin wasn't the only teen sensation in the pool this week. Chinese 16-year-old Ye Shiwen astounded everyone with her finishing kick in the 400 IM. London's Daily Mail newspaper sent a reporter to Ye's hometown to interview her parents.
They told of their only child being selected at age 6 to be schooled in an elite full-time swim program. At 11 she turned "pro" and entered what was basically a work camp for kiddie phenoms, one of 20 selected from a pool of 20,000 candidates.
Between ages 11 to 14, Ye was allowed one brief visit with her parents each week and one brief phone call home, many of them very tearful.
The parents talked of missing their daughter terribly, but Ye's mom said, "In the West, you pay a coach to turn you into an athlete. But in China, the state pays, so you have to sacrifice something in return."
That one story doesn't mean that every Chinese athlete is groomed on an athletic chain gang. But it's kind of nice to know that it's not the only way a champion can be built.
There is, thankfully, the Missy Franklin model. She is self-motivated and driven by love of the sport, and actually has a life outside the pool. It includes proms and pillow-fight sleepovers and goofy high-school stuff.
Friday she talked about going home to Colorado, to her family and pals.
"My high school is so incredible," Franklin gushed. "They all see me as Missy, and I don't think that's going to change at all. When I get back there, I'm just going to be regular old Missy again."
Franklin admitted that she hit an occasional physical wall in London.
"I had a few times," she said, "where it was hard not just to sit down and go, 'I'm exhausted, I'm so tired.' Those are the times when it's most important to keep a smile on your face. To get up and say, 'You know what? So many people would kill for this opportunity.' "
What's worth more? Gold medals, or that kind of outlook and perspective? Well, Franklin's medals will get put away. The smile, she'll wear wherever she goes.
Scott Ostler is a San Francisco Chronicle columnist. E-mail: email@example.com Twitter: @scottostler


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Today, there are thousands of outlets selling acoustic guitars. This makes the selection process a little bit complicated. However, with the knowledge on what to look for as you buy a guitar, it will no longer be a hassle. Below are things to consider when buying an acoustic guitar.
Look at the body style
This is the first thing to consider in your selection process. Some of the varieties you are likely to come across in your selection process include half -size guitar, slim guitar, dreadnought guitar, and jumbo guitars among others. The sound you get while playing your guitar is influenced by the body style of the guitar. As such, if you are not shopping online, have a taste of how it feels to play the guitar to ascertain the sound produced. More to this, body style also influences your comfortability. As such, make sure that the one you opt for fits your hand and body preferences.
Have a friend accompany you in your selection process
Once you settled on the body style, that best suits your preferences the next thing is making a purchase. However, it is advisable to tag a friend along shopping process. This is because you have to understand the sound of your guitar. A friend will help you have a better understanding on the projection part, which you can never feel on your own.
Questions to ask yourself as you have a friend play the guitar
Do not make a purchase if you are not impressed by the sound the guitar of choice produces. As you have your friend play the guitar, ask yourself these key questions. Is the guitar projecting its sound clearly when played loudly? What is the sound projection if the guitar is played softly? Are the high and low tones close to what I want? If you feel comfortable, with these three aspects, go ahead and make a purchase.
Buying acoustic guitars
Today, a majority of the acoustic guitars are the electronic type. As such, shedding some light on a few aspects to consider when making a purchase is important. Ideally, there are two major things to consider before buying the best affordable acoustic electric guitar. One, accessibility of the battery. The guitar of choice should allow you access the battery without having to move all guitar strings. Two, the guitar should come with an on-board tuner. If these two aspects miss in the acoustic, electronic guitar, do not bother making a purchase.
Final exam
In your selection process, you may end up being emotionally attached to a given guitar. This is not bad. However, it may obstruct you from looking at key guitar aspects. That said, make a thorough inspection to ascertain everything is functional. Ensure you check for cracks or splits, rising or sinking top face, and the body joint as these are commonly affected by poor storage.


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Look hard. There's a small place on the neck of a dog you can find by starting at the tip of the chin and traveling those gentle inches back to the throat. Find it when the dog is asleep, and it will be a relaxed maze of soft fur, interesting and intricate as an aerial map of steep and twisting mountain roads, unexpected ravines and valleys, lovely and sensuous.
Find this place when the dog is asleep and, if you're quiet and careful, you can just kiss each ridge of it without waking the pup, softly. You can trace your fingers almost touching the velvet of the animal. If you're quiet, you can nuzzle and inhale that wonderful doggy smell, made of mushrooms and wet earth.
Careful, don't wake him. Be quiet and simply watch. Admire this animal: a partner who feels when you think, runs wonderfully and fearlessly ahead while you hesitate, who appreciates every joyful moment, moments that you spend in doubt, worrying, fretting about the moments yet to come.
Now look with admiration at your cat, more beautiful than ever, even as she ages and grays and begins to somehow fade, ancient, preparing to leave, too soon. It's too painful for you to consider. Instead, simply look at her and find that lovely little spot where her pointy ear is attached to her sweet little face. Study the way her ear lifts away from her scalp, how that one hard and almost bald spot exposes pink skin tight and rigid over cartilage, designed to capture the slightest sounds. Contrast this to the way luxurious fur covers the rest of her muscular body. Try to count the oddly long hairs irregularly scattered across the base of that silly, pointed ear, scattered as if by the most clever engineers to help channel any noise long before you or I could even get a hint of it.
You will not be able to study her unnoticed because, after all, this is not a dog who sleeps with the same abandon that he brings to eating and play. This is a cat, alert and ready to notice predator or prey, even near the end of a happy, quiet life. But if she loves you, as surely she does, she'll barely change her breathing as you touch this little spot, not even open an eye. Just stretch one leg and a paw a little to tell you that she is not quite asleep and that she is happy for your attention.
Look for these places. Look for them with your eyes and with your heart. Honor these dear friends. Promise to deserve the trust they put in you, to live up to the honest expectations that they bring as members of your family. Perhaps, just perhaps, they will find some remarkable place on you to study when you too are asleep, unaware of their watching and reflections, oblivious to their purposefully quiet breathing as they watch you, knowing things about you that you do not know or even suspect.


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Last month, I wrote Manual Code Generation, an article which shared, in my view, the pros and the cons of code generators. In this same article, I took sides and expressed that "I am not a fan of code generation." My stance came as no surprise to some — particularly my buddy (read archenemy) Jon Galloway. We've gone back and forth on this topic for a few years now so, of course, Jon replied to my post with arguments in favor of code generation. Along with arguments, he also offered a few suggestions; the best of which was to check out SubSonic. Actually, Jon simply asked, "Have you checked out SubSonic?" but I know this was just his polite way of asking me to please check it out before I continued to publicly embarrass myself by making bold statements about things which I have fairly little exposure simply because I effectively dismissed them years ago.
I have now checked out SubSonic. In an effort to get in the last word, here's my review:
First Impressions
The SubSonic project is hosted on CodePlex. If you are not familiar, CodePlex is Microsoft's open source project hosting web site. You can use CodePlex to create new projects to share with the world, join others who have already started their own projects, or use the applications on the site and provide feedback. Through CodePlex your project team may manage news feeds, releases, discussions, issues, source code and licensing. I know this is a review of SubSonic, but CodePlex is worth talking about (especially since it helped make a good first impression.)
Nearly Everything You Need To Know
The project's main page has nearly everything one needs to get started:
Product Overview
The overview provides a very quick description of the product's core feature list. To be honest, I wish more detailed information was provided here, but I think I got the gist. At its essence, SubSonic includes:
- A Data Access Layer (DAL) Builder which generates CRUD-enabled objects (which, in turn, represent selected database tables) and complementary strongly-typed collections.
- A complete utility toolset complete with Rails-like scaffolding which effortlessly builds admin-like web pages, migrations or DB versioning and code generators.
- A dynamic query tool that lets one use SQL Server, mySQL and/or Enterprise Library without having to know the underlying SQL syntax.
- An object-relational (OR) mapper which extends to stored procedures and views.
My one recommendation would be to elaborate on the feature set and tell a little more about the product in the overview. Answer questions like "Why was this effort undertaken?" and "What problem does SubSonic solve?" That sort of thing. I will get into this a bit more in the Webcast section, but I think the "Welcome to the ActionPack for .NET!" content found on the sample website default page would be a nice addition to the project main page.
Source Code Download
SubSonic 1.0.5 was recently released on 10/24/2006. It's a 1.3 MB .zip file download which includes the complete SubSonic Actionpack, Sample Website and Dependencies. A double-click on the unzipped solution file, a quick update to the Northwind connection string and I was up and running. You can't beat that.
Starter Site Download
Latest version of the starter site project was released on 10/24/2006 as well. It came packaged up as a .vsi (Visual Studio Content Installer) file which, unfortunately, failed when I attempted to run it [1]. As I mentioned previously, the Sample Website source code was provided which I'm guessing is what would come along with the Starter Site so I was still in business.
This demo was a treat. I am so pleased I spent the time to watch it. Not only did the webcast walk through highlighted functionality, but, in my opinion, it gave the product a "story." You see, when I am at a gallery or museum, I tend to spend more time reading about the art/artist then actually admiring the work itself. I have a hard time appreciating a painting until I understand its background. I really like to know what the piece represents and what drove the artist to create it. That's what the 20-minute webcast gave me. It gave SubSonic a personality. It also more deeply shared the philosophy behind the product which is Rails. Though the written overview touched upon elements of Rails (scaffolding), the demo touched upon one of its guiding principles (Convention Over Configuration) and base architecture (MVC, model-view-controller) in the words of the author. If you are interested in trying out the SubSonic ActionPack you should absolutely watch the webcast.
Now that SubSonic was running on my machine, it was time to start playing around. I started with the basics which was basically everything which was discussed in the demo.
BuildProvider Class
If it hasn't been mentioned already, SubSonic takes advantage of a new feature in .NET 2.0, the System.Web.Compilation.BuildProvider Class, to generate the DAL at compile time. There's good reason why I'm placing a lot of emphasis on the use of the BuildProvider: First, you are generating and working your code within the same tool — Visual Studio. Also, your code is generated automatically when you build your application. This means your application code and generated code will never be out of synch again. Finally, I wasn't previously familiar with the BuildProvider class, thus it made SubSonic a great learning tool.
I should mention that the generator is wired up really nicely and you don't actually need to know a thing about the BuildProvider. All you need to know is classes/collections will be generated for tables listed in the App_Code/builder.abp file. You can even keep the default (not touch a line of code) and generate classes for all tables.
Additional Documentation
I built the project and clicked through the Sample Website. Again, I really like the content on the default page so be sure to spend some time here. I then breezed through the short tutorials found in the "Setup" and "CRUD" sections since the WebCast had already provided me with the basics.
Data Access Layer
My main interest was working with the generated DAL. Therefore, I spent the majority of my time in the "Query the DB" section. I did encounter an issue with the "Use a Collection" example, but otherwise the samples provided for a great testing grounds [2].
At first glance, I personally thought the provided examples were dumbed down a little too much. Sure, they were enough to get one started, but they didn't go beyond the bare essentials.
For example, what if one wishes to filter their result set by more than one criterion. How is this done? After fiddling around a bit, I discovered this is as easy as making more than one call to the Query object's AddWhere() function, but I wouldn't have known without some experimentation.
Actually this is a nice segue.
Knowing SubSonic
I've commented in the past that generated code is difficult to write and maintain unless you have a firm, working knowledge of the code generation tool itself. What I mean by this is the generated code (in this case the exposed functions and methods available in the SubSonic DAL) uses custom syntax which one can only learn through using the tool and generated objects.
The Query object's AddWhere() function acts a good example. Though it's easy to query on multi-parameters, you have to learn SubSonic's language before knowing how to do so. This makes for an interesting point. The documentation states that SubSonic "lets you use SQL Server and the Enterprise Library without having to know SQL." Though this is true, instead of learning SQL, you need to learn SubSonic's language.
Sticking to Conventions
To the creator's credit, it appears that time was dedicated to making the tool and, in turn, the DAL consistent and intuitive. SubSonic is a working example of "Convention Over Configuration" which makes learning how to use the product a lot easier. There are numerous examples of this throughout the code, but most glaring is the decision to use singular, rather than plural, forms of object names. Even if the underlying database table is named Products (plural), SubSonic is configured to generate a ProductCollection rather than a ProductsCollection. Once you start understanding SubSonic's conventions and patterns, you can start to navigate around the codebase with more confidence.
(Of course, I had to look at the PluralToSingular utility function. It will work in most cases, but the ever-present Octopi table is going to cause problems.)
Writing SubSonic
One big code generation con, in my opinion, is that someone has to spend time writing the code. Though my point holds water, Jon argued that someone has already written SubSonic so this shouldn't be a problem for me. Well, maybe I'm too picky, but I've found that most software doesn't do everything that I want or need and I wind up at least tweaking the generated classes/collections.
For example, I like to be able to access collection items by key as well as by index. The CodeSmith implementation, which I mentioned in my earlier write-up, didn't provide this functionality. Additionally, functions like Exists() weren't available either. If I recall, these custom collections were inheriting from System.Collections.CollectionBase which isn't fall that full-featured. SubSonic's generated collections are a bit more robust (they inherit from System.Collections.Generic.List ) but I still can't access, add or remove an item from the collection by key. In the end, even though someone has already written the code, I will also need to spend time writing code if I would like this functionality.
Code Regeneration
With this said, I wouldn't necessarily have to modify the code generator itself. Since SubSonic takes advantage of partial classes, I could easily maintain app-specific collection code with no concern that it would be over-written with the code generated by the next compile. Along these lines, as Jon pointed out, SubSonic does support handcrafted code very well. Subsonic also supports database changes as the DAL is safely regenerated when the project built.
DAL Focused
If you use the provided scaffolding model you will find it can quickly generate admin pages based on a database table and the associated DAL objects. In the example project, scaffolding is in place to administer the Products table. What one gets out-of-the-box with this example is a list of all products along with a link add or edit. On the edit page, one may modify any of the field values (with the exception of an identity column. Item deletion is done on the edit page as well.
Though scaffolding is in place to quickly generate admin pages, the presentation layer is not the ActionPack's focus. SubSonic's bread and butter truly is the DAL which I consider a very wise approach to code generation. In fact, in the demo, it even suggests that CRUD scaffolding should be considered for developer use only as it is presumably non-performant. I have to give SubSonic's team a lot of credit for making scaffolding available yet sharing the limitations openly and not pushing this feature down the throats of end users. I also really respect the decision to focus heavily in one area (the DAL), making it really solid, and not get distracted by other not-as-important features.
Keep It Simple, Stupid
SubSonic's DAL architecture follows the KISS principle which I admire. For example, though the Northwind EmployeeTerritories table establishes an obvious relationship between Employees and Territories through foreign key constraints, the DAL doesn't. One might assume the Employee object would own an internal Territories Collection, but it doesn't. SubSonic generates separate objects for each database table and they are managed completely separate in the DAL. Period.
I may be wrong, but I believe this means one would have to do the following in order to display the names of all Territories for Employee with the last name Griswold.
- Fill an EmployeeCollection where last name = Griswold
- Fill a EmployeeTerritoryCollection reference for each Employee.EmployeeID in the EmployeeCollection.
- Fill a TerritoryCollection for each EmployeeTerritory.TerritoryID in the EmployeeTerritoryCollection.
You may be thinking, "That's not exactly simple." Well, you are right and you're wrong. The object model is simple and for 90% of what needs to be coded in a given application this is more than adequate. Again, SubSonic keeps it simple and it's objects are generated to meet the most-likely conditions — not the exception.
That being said, one might consider using SubSonic's Query Object to build the necessary SQL to populate the TerritoryCollection right off the bat, I'm not sure this is possible since the query would require joining at least two tables.
On the surface this appears that we're ina quite the predicament about 10% of the time, but SubSonic has an answer. Which bring us to potentially my favorite feature…
Using Stored Procedures
In the cases where you aren't able to use Query Object and you aren't able to leverage the Fill methods exposed in the collections, you can fall back to using stored procedures. This will help you do whatever is needed.
I thoroughly appreciate SubSonic's stance on the use of stored procedures. Basically, if you want to use them, the DAL provides ample support. (Each stored procedure in the database is wrapped in their own custom, publicly available function.) If you don't want to use SPs, that's fine too. Make no mistake about it, however. This product's concentration is on building dynamic queries which is smart for a performance and usability stand point.
I've used code generation tools which attempt to generate a stored procedure for every CRUD condition which could be dreamed up. I found that most of the routines performed just fine. After all, it is difficult to slow down a query which pulls back a single row filtered on a clustered index. However, other stored procedures tried to do too much. For example, the routine which accommodated for filtering results on one or many fields through the use of "like" and "coalesce()" abused the SQL Server. It is this type of performance nightmare which SubSonic cleverly avoids by, first and foremost, generating SQL and but also by making existing SPs available.
One comment about the generated SQL: Dynamic SQL has raised a lot of red flags because of SQL injection concerns, but SubSonic is actually leveraging parameterized queries which are a safe "dynamic" SQL implementation. For example, "select productname from products where productid = @productid;" is generated. Prior to execution, the @productid parameter value is provided to the Command object. This technique is as safe from SQL injection as a properly coded stored procedure simply because there is no room for injection. Try to maliciously hack code into the @productid parameter and the command will fail entirely.
I had a chance to take a look at the algorithm to build SQL strings. It is far less code than I expected and, as a matter of fact, it is here where I stumbled across a couple lines of code which made this entire review worth while. Per the comment, the author really liked it too.
1: //the following line is my favorite... Moe, Larry, Curly...
2: foreach (Where wWhere in qry.wheres) {
3: ...
4: }
Wrap Up
After spending a few hours with the SubSonic, I don't think its name does it justice. I'm not saying the tool deserves to be called SuperSonic just yet, but Sonic seems perfectly reasonable. If one were to draw a line in the sand, you still won't find me on the side with the code generator advocates. Maybe I'm straddling the line? After all, I'd have to be a fool not to at least keep my eye on a tool which could potentially decrease my coding (and troubleshooting) time. For now, let's say that SubSonic has definitely gotten my attention.
1: Installation of StarterKit Failed: Installation stopped because the directory for the ProjectType value did not exist. The project type is invalid for your installation of Visual Studio.
2: Query the DB > Use a Collection Error: Disallowed implicit conversion from data type varchar to data type money, table 'Northwind.dbo.Products', column 'UnitPrice'. Use the CONVERT function to run this query.


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Ordered some wheels from PYSpeed over Black Friday, not shipping them out? Input?
So I went ahead and ordered some sick looking wheels AGEN10, from PYSpeed, but unfortunately am having a headache of an experience.
So here's the background story
Tire tread at wear bar, good time to buy a new set of wheels just in time for Black Friday
Find AGEN10 wheels off PYSpeed from "Bobby" (Sales Representative) for about 900 shipped AFTER informing them that I would need these wheels ASAP because my tread is nearing minimum
Everything seems dandy after order is placed, but have not received a tracking #. Shot Bobby a quick email inquiring about it, was then informed that it would be sent out in less than a week.
Over a week later, still no tracking #. Send another email and was informed that it would be about a month from order date because he was "just informed" by his "boss" (later to be known as Eric) that the wheels would be sent out by sea to cut down on shipping costs.
I send a reply making sure that it will be no more than just over a month and receive another email telling me that they actually will not be sending the wheels out until at least 10 more people buy the set of wheels so they can get in on a "group buy"
Kind of frusterated at this point now that it's been over a couple weeks till he tells me this, and kind of thought it was a joke that they didn't tell me that they were going to make it into a "group buy." Told Bobby that I didn't opt for the buy and ordered through their website for the Black Friday specials. (Is it just me or is that bad business practice?)
Then they send me another email telling me that I should just buy another set of wheels off of them. I reply back saying that Black Friday deals are all over now and if I knew how much of a hassle this was going to be I would of took my business elsewhere and that I only bought from them because of the specific wheels they carried. (Maybe I'm just taking this too seriously)
I asked Bobby to be transferred to Eric/Manager or the "boss" and he told me that I could only email him. When I asked for his email address Bobby proceeded to provide me the "firstname.lastname@example.com" email address. Not even a direct email? I don't get it. Emailed for Eric two separate times and got no response.
I then got an email from Bobby saying that they were going to cancel my order if I didn't order a different set of wheels from them.
I mean I wouldn't be taking this too seriously if
a) My tire tread wasn't at a minimum
b) Bobby wouldn't lie to me about shipping out the wheels so I could of just bought another set off a more reputable vendor while the Black Friday deals were on.
I hope PYSpeed sees this.
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Very good, like the music. Oh, and ninjaman, I dropped a nuclear bomb on Las Vegas but nothing happened. Soon, I lost by panic.
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great game, very hard but i won by vaccination :D
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Good...but eh
Played through for quite a while, and it just feels kinda blah. Like a lot of others, it was an odd transition from 'kill everyone' to 'save most.' Still, the biggest things I noticed were a few minor details. An entire state would be immune, then all of the sudden 200 people would get infected in a second, with no surrounding states infecting it. Also, 1 resilient person refusing to get the shot. I sat there for nearly an hour real time of sending the vaccine to Georgia, with 1 person still not becoming immune.
It was an alright game, just these little things definitely inhibited it becoming as much of a hit as the others...still, good effort.


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Getzlaf questionable for Ducks vs. Starsby Curtis Zupke / NHL.com
ANAHEIM -- Ryan Getzlaf will be a game-time decision for Friday night, but Anaheim Ducks coach Bruce Boudreau reiterated his captain's lower-body injury is "definitely not a serious thing."
Getzlaf got tangled up with Jamie Benn of the Dallas Stars on Wednesday. He returned and scored a goal in the third period before Boudreau rested him the rest of the night. Getzlaf did not skate Friday morning and is still sore heading into Friday's game against Dallas.
"If he doesn't feel comfortable today, then he'll probably play Sunday," Boudreau said.
This is the third straight game between Anaheim and Dallas. Getzlaf has a goal and four assists with a plus-three rating in the two previous games.
Matthew Lombardi will make his Ducks debut and could slide into Getzlaf's spot on the top line.
"I haven't thought that far ahead because I'm always thinking Ryan's going to play," Boudreau said. "When it comes time, and we'll know, I'll put some combinations together this afternoon. I've been known to change the lines every now and again. If they don't work in the first five minutes, something else will have to take place."
Ray Whitney – Jamie Benn – Alex Chiasson
Loui Eriksson – Cody Eakin – Matt Fraser
Eric Nystrom – Erik Cole –Vernon Fiddler
Lane MacDermid – Antoine Roussel – Ryan Garbutt
Trevor Daley – Stephane Robidas
Brenden Dillon – Alex Goligoski
Scratched: Tom Wandell
Injured: None
Notes: Coach Glen Gulutzan moved Chiasson up to the top line as a shakeup. Gulutzan has some new young faces to work with and he likes the 6-foot-4, 187-pound player with Whitney and Benn.
"We knew he did well watching the game, but when we watched the game [on film], he did a lot of things well," Gulutzan said. "For us, changing the lines now was a matter of we're playing a team three times in a row and we want to not only spread out some our young guys but this is also change things up a bit."
MacDermid scored his first NHL goal on Wednesday, 31 years to the day his father, Paul, scored his first NHL goal for the Hartford Whalers in 1982.
"I talked to my parents yesterday and my mom had to research it herself to see if it was true, and it was," MacDermid said. "That's pretty cool."
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Scratched: Peter Holland, Brad Staubitz, Toni Lydman
Injured: Ryan Getzlaf (lower body), Nick Bonino (lower body)
Notes: Fasth is expected to make a third straight start against Dallas. He has stopped 49 of 51 shots in two meetings. Hiller did not skate and Boudreau said he has a cold and will likely serve as backup.


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The shame of New York festers in tiny prison cells from one end of the state to the other. Too many inmates are wasting away in the barbaric confinement of "The Box," the name given to the solitary confinement that should be reserved for the most menacing of inmates under the most egregious of circumstances.
The state persists in its excessive reliance on such brutal punishment for some 4,300 inmates, almost 8 percent of the prison population. Gov. George Pataki vetoed a bill to ban mentally ill inmates from being sent to The Box. Gov. Eliot Spitzer thought he'd banned the practice — only to be stymied now, under Gov. Andrew Cuomo, by a Department of Corrections and Community Supervision that's too rigid in its definition of mental illness.
But there are other ways to fight. The New York Civil Liberties Union has sued the state in federal court over its use of The Box. It argues that solitary confinement is too often discipline of the first resort, even for nonviolent violations of prison rules.
The lawsuit was filed on behalf of LeRoy Peoples, whose 26 months in The Box were for such offenses as filing false legal documents and unauthorized possession of items, like multivitamins and amino acids, that are available in prison commissaries.
Now, Mr. Peoples is in prison for a good reason — specifically two rape convictions. Yet his incarceration could serve another valid purpose, if it's because of him that New York has to curb its use of one of the most severely punitive measures imaginable.
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The Vikings didn't make the playoffs last season, but last weekend they were able to one-up the Super Bowl champion Indianapolis Colts. Sort of.
Brian Robison, the defensive end from Texas the Vikings chose with their fourth-round draft pick, also was sought by Colts coach Tony Dungy.
"The Vikings beat us to the punch on one guy I really liked, Robison," Dungy said Monday. "I was teasing (new Vikings defensive coordinator) Leslie Frazier about that. I told him Robison is the kind of guy we look for. I think he's going to be a real, real good player for them."
Dungy will be in Minneapolis on May 8 as keynote speaker for the Minnesota Alumni Association Annual Celebration before what is expected to be a capacity crowd.
"I'm excited; I don't know how many times you get to speak to a group at your alma mater," the former Gophers quarterback said. "It's something I'm looking forward to."
Dungy said he's still working on his presentation that will be held at Mariucci Arena.
"I haven't finalized it, but I'm going to talk about what it means to be a University of Minnesota alum, some of the responsibilities we have and things that go along with it," he said. "I'm still working on how I'm going to tailor it. It's going to be fun, and it's a thrill for me."
Dungy said he's excited about new Gophers coaches Tim Brewster in football and Tubby Smith in men's basketball.
"I've talked to Tim Brewster a couple of times on the phone," he said. "It's rare that you start two new coaches at the same time, but I think those guys are going to bring a lot of momentum and energy to the athletic department."
Dungy follows his alma mater closely and said he was thrilled that Minnesota won the recent NCAA wrestling championship.
"I'm pumped up about that national championship," he said. "I know how tough it is to win championships, so I'm very proud of them."
Dungy has two former Gophers playing for him: tight end Ben Utecht and defensive end Darrell Reid.
"Both have played well for us," he said.
Dungy liked another former Gopher, tight end Matt Spaeth, who went to Pittsburgh in the third round.
"We liked Matt Spaeth a lot," he said. "But we have three pretty good tight ends on our roster, so it wasn't a real high priority position."
Indianapolis used three of its draft picks on Ohio State players, including wideout Anthony Gonzalez in the first round.
"We're pretty pumped up about the draft; we got some people who should bring the right kind of spirit that we need," Dungy said.
Dungy said the Vikings got a "great player" when they chose running back Adrian Peterson of Oklahoma in the first round.
"I know Leslie (Frazier) was hoping to maybe get a defensive player at that spot," Dungy said. "But when Peterson got to them, he's a can't-miss guy that you had to take."
Twins general manager Terry Ryan is scouting in Rochester, N.Y., where right-handed starters Kevin Slowey and Scott Baker continue to impress for the Class AAA club. Slowey is 3-0 with a 0.96 earned-run average and has allowed just one walk in 18 innings while striking out 20.
Baker is 2-0, 1.57, with just three walks and 23 strikeouts in 23 innings. Fellow right-hander Matt Garza is 0-1, 2.84, with 18 strikeouts in 19 innings. But he has walked 10.
Woodbury's 6-foot-4 Max Hintz has committed to a basketball tender from Winona State for next season.
Minnehaha Academy's new boys hockey coach will be Doug Johnson, replacing Mark Hultgren, who is retiring after nine years at the Minneapolis school.
Cretin-Derham Hall's Ryan McDonagh is the highest-ranked (No. 9) Minnesotan eligible for June's NHL entry draft, according to the McKeen's scouting survey.
Don't be surprised if Dana Warg, who used to manage Target Center, is soon named to oversee operations of the Detroit Tigers and Detroit Red Wings.
Gophers senior outfielder Mike Mee, son of ex-Gophers outfielder Tom Mee Jr., leads the team in hitting (.445) and seems a cinch to be drafted in June.
Former Minneapolis Roosevelt basketball star Stavon Williams averaged 20 points over the final six games for perennial national junior college power San Jacinto (Texas), coached by Duluth native Scott Gernander, who has signed Santino Clay from Richfield for next season.
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Vikings fans can thank Arizona in large part for allowing Minnesota to pick running back Adrian Peterson of Oklahoma at No. 7 in Saturday's draft.
When the Cardinals made a surprising reach for Penn State offensive tackle Levi Brown (who few people figured would go within the top five picks) at No. 5, that left Peterson, primarily because Washington couldn't trade out of its No. 6 spot. The Redskins chose safety LaRon Landry of Louisiana State.
Had the Redskins been able to find a taker for Peterson, that would have eliminated him from Minnesota's grasp. Now, the critical question is whether Peterson's once-fractured collarbone can stay intact with the beating he'll take in the NFL.
Arizona, stuck with aging Edgerrin James, had to be tempted to take Peterson at No. 5. But the Cards' offensive line is so pitiful that they were forced to take Brown.
Had Arizona taken Peterson, the Vikings probably would have had to take cornerback Leon Hall of Michigan.
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Eupora Elementary School officially kicked off the Project Fit America program with a ribbon-cutting ceremony Friday morning.
The school was selected last spring for the program, which is funded through a grant in excess of $26,000 from the Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi Foundation.
Through Project Fit America, Eupora Elementary students will have access to new exercise equipment that is installed on the playground, as well as curriculum and indoor physical education equipment.
A select group of students will also be tracked over a two-year period based on body mass index and performance on fitness tests using the equipment.
To officially kick off the program, EES welcomed special guest Sheila Grogan from the BCBS MS Foundation as well as Jack Treloar, superintendent of Webster County Schools. EES Principal Trey Rolison welcomed all students and guests as well as gave opening remarks.
Sixth-grade students Emily Hawes and Jalan Potts welcomed students with a prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance. Sixth-grade students Lauren Lusk and Savannah Horn read a poem titled "Fit Kid."
EES Assistant Principal Sue Anne Boatman, organizer of the event and the coordinator of receiving the grant, introduced and welcomed Grogan.
EES physical education teacher Richard Pittman led Angela Gray's fifth-grade students through a fitness demonstration on the new PFA exercise equipment.
Treloar gave closing remarks to the student body of Eupora Elementary School as well as guests to give his wishes and encouragement for a healthy, fit future for the students of EES.
The faculty and staff, as well as students at EES, said they are excited and are eager to use all facets of the Project Fit America curricula. The school gave a special thanks to Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi Foundation for continued support of its students and their healthy future at EES.


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After this excellent guest post by veteran recruiter Natasha Thomas of Archetype Style, I received a few inquiries about how this guidance can and should be applied by the full-figured job applicant. Sure, you have to wear a suit (or do you? ;)), but are there any other guidelines to follow?
As not only someone who wear plus-size suits in my professional life, but also as someone who has been across-the-table as the interviewer of curvy gals in business attire, THE most important thing you can do is wear something that fits properly. If I'm trying to find out about your experience and credentials, I don't want to be distracted by the bits of flesh bulging out of your shirt. (I don't think you want that either!)Also, you definitely don't want to get caught wearing something that you will be tugging at every time you move. (So yeah, no short skirts or peek-a-boo tops.)
I am sure there are other pieces of advice - wear dark, conservative colors; dress one step - not two - above the dress code of your prospective place of employment - but honestly, anything I could say is trumped by two simple words: PROPER FIT.Dear readers, what are your thoughts on this topic?


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Tampa Bay Walks for Talk, to Benefit Children with Apraxia of Speech
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Hunter to bear brunt of health cuts
The New South Wales Opposition says it has new evidence health job cuts will target frontline positions in regional hospitals and the Hunter New England district will be hardest hit.
The Opposition leader John Robertson is in Newcastle today to discuss the O'Farrell government's cuts to the health system.
Mr Robertson says a freedom of information request has revealed 900 jobs in the sector will be slashed this financial year, with 80 percent to come from local health districts.
He says the biggest cuts are slated for the Hunter New England local health district where an estimated 103 positions are likely to be axed.
Mr Robertson says it will put hospitals like Newcastle's John Hunter under even more strain.
"I'm very worried that we'll see Emergency Department waiting times blow out further, elective surgery waiting lists will blow out further," he said.
"We're seeing the busiest hospitals in New South Wales like John Hunter, like Westmead, Campbelltown, and Nepean hospitals are all being hit hard by these funding cuts."
Opposition Health spokesman, Andrew McDonald patients at Hunter region hospitals will notice the job losses.
"They will notice their wards aren't as clean," he said.
"It will take forever to get an appointment, because we're already got people waiting up to 30 minutes on an advice line just waiting to make an appointment.
"There will be less cleaners, less wardspeople it will just take longer to get things done.
"The patients will be the ones to suffer from these cuts."
Chief Executive of Hunter New England Health Michael DiRienzo says although the number of job cuts could be as high as 103, the major focus is on reducing staff costs.
He says efforts are already underway to cut the high number of expensive locums, or casual positions, and employ permanent medical staff instead.
"And look, it's starting to work already, we've got much better permanent recruitment," he said.
"We're starting to see in terms of medical staffing more of the medical student placements becoming doctors and then coming through the system.
"So we're relying less on locums, so that means that significant cost is basically halved."
"The actual reductions of staff who may wish a voluntary redundancy are quite limited, and I think the numbers being put forward are again, estimates and they're basically not where the major focus will be.
"The major focus will be on reducing what is at the moment a high premium cost. "
Topics: health-administration, states-and-territories, newcastle-2300, cessnock-2325, muswellbrook-2333


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As a former Multi Level Marketing (MLM) distributor from several companies in Singapore, I admit that I was not successful running this type of business from home. While it's nice to think of the 'opportunities' I could make, I find myself struggling to keep up with my team members.
I am required to attend meetings, courses and appointments. Although I am able to do everything at my own time and own target, it's hard for a mother of 2 (below the age of 9) with not-so-supportive husband, no driving license and low on pocket money to be running from one end of the island to another.
Because I've chosen the road less traveled, I find it hard to make appointments according to my time – because majority are working office hours! Add that to my tiny list of friends and my shy + introvert personality – Multi Level Marketing does not work out for me. Period.
But i'm not saying that you will fail too! There are people who are successful in Multi Level Marketing like Gurmit Singh and Suria Mohd.
Multi Level Marketing is also known as direct sales. This is because their business model involve direct selling to consumers via Independent Salesperson. In Singapore, most distributors arrange home parties, one-to-one meetups and discretely promoting products and memberships in their workplace.
That brings me to today's topic – How to know if a health product is from a multi level marketing company?
The 'friend' who called you request to meet
Of course! Why not? So you meet up somewhere, you talked, drink, laughed. Then as it gets warmer, he/she talks about life, money and how you shouldn't be depending on your spouse, spouse's income and your current income entirely. He/she explains further about retirement, unemployment, retrenchment, falling ill or having chronic diseases. Hmm ok. So should I be depending on his/her income then? This is when you should decide. Be clear, be firm but don't get aggressive. Use your own words but don't be rude. If he/she has taken out products or application forms, decline nicely.
Photos of money
Who doesn't want money right? It's because of money we all work our a$$ out. Don't be deceived by empty promises. Lots of money means lots of work, time and energy are put into it. Money doesn't drop on your lap because your friend succeeded. That's her/his money. You don't know what he/she went through. If you have questions, this is the time to ask him/her. If still in doubt, go back home and do your own research. Find out reviews online.
Look out for keywords
Yes. You can definitely tell that the services or products are from MLM companies just by reading their offers. But how?
Here are some tips:
- Hardcore MLM distributors do not post prices online and via private messages.
- You are requested to attend free workshops, free demo, free facial, free this free that, complimentary this, no obligations that – but all u asked for was the product price.
- Items are sold in sets or in pairs or in groups – and you are required to buy them all. No such thing as Buy One Only.
- Product names are replaced by more pleasing, nice to hear, sounds good or simply 'very chim' terms – For example Japanese Magic Facial, Japanese Detox, Sakura Facial etc.
- Products are natural, organic, vegan, non-gmo, no chemical, harvested once a year, probably drop from the sky – therefore they are VERY expensive.
- You cannot find their products at normal retail shops because it is an offence to do so. You must find a registered/certified distributor in order to buy.
Primary Target
If you've found something that is hard to resist, make you feel like signing up immediately or buy the item asap, ask yourself: Why is this deal too good for me? Read the offer again. Usually they are sales-trained to specifically target the market. Which category do you fall under? Housewife? Working Moms? Self-employed? Tired dads? Dads with loans? Suffering from chronic illnesses? Think about it again.
For now, the above pointers may help you deter future sign ups from Multi Level Marketing members of any company. If I have more to update, I will do so on this post. Meanwhile, here are some links that might help:
- General Advise by CASE Singapore : https://www.case.org.sg/consumer_guides.aspx
- Consumer Guide by HSA : http://www.hsa.gov.sg/content/hsa/en/Health_Products_Regulation/Consumer_Information/Consumer_Guides.html
- Halal Consumer Guide by MUIS Singapore : http://www.halal.sg/Consumer/general.html
To check whether a particular Company is using a Multi Level Marketing business model, you can make use of this link:
Direct Selling Association of Singapore : http://dsas.org.sg/members/company-listing/


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Clearly, it is enough to show that , that is, .
So, according to my notes, , which I understand perfectly well. However, apparently this is just because . I don't get why that is true!
My thought is perhaps that the action of on elements of a (finite) normal subgroup perhaps induces a unique element of ? That is to say, for , then for ?
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FunCycled was thrilled to partner with Hope International in October 2014 as a financial advocate. We were motivated by the call to serve and invest in entrepreneurs in developing nations. Our fundraising provides money for small business loans – a loan as small as $100 can change a family forever. This is called Hope Rising!! John and I are passionate about empowering the poor to provide for themselves and their families through the life changing power of Christ-centered microfinance. It's our heartbeat and we hope to show you enough that your heart will be encouraged to help in this way too.
During 2014-15, on the 31st of those months that have 31 days, FunCycled will auction off a piece of furniture and donate the proceeds to HOPE. Here are the rules:
1. All bidding will take place on the FunCycled blog. You can bid by commenting on this blog post, utilizing the comment box below. Bids placed on Instagram or the FunCycled Facebook page are invalid.
2.The starting bidding price is listed under the picture, and bids must go up in increments of at least one dollar.
3. Bidding will be open for 48 hours. It will open at noon on the 31st, and close at noon two days later. Once bidding has been closed, I will announce the winner and contact them with payment instructions. The winner has 24 hours to respond before the piece is offered to the runner up.
4. The purchaser will be responsible for all shipping fees (or can pick up at our store – 272 River Street, Troy, NY 12180). (If you live out of state – please check shipping pricing with uship.com before purchasing to ensure you can afford the out of state shipping costs)
You get beautiful furniture, and a family trapped in poverty has a pathway to income and a sustainable future. That sounds like a win to us!t
Please help spread the word by sharing. Thank you for your support!
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Retail Value: $105
Starting Bid: $30
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Let us make your event memorable no matter what the size!
Charlie Offers:
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Be happier with a hand painted ukulele!
Be healthier too. Benefits from playing a ukulele include:
Welcome to Ukes Make You Happy! As a formerly slightly unfulfilled person, I accidentally bumped into a ukulele fan, went to a Victoria Vox concert, bought a ukulele, and am living happily ever after.
Ukuleles are hot. Major artists play them. Kids play them. Anyone can play a ukulele. Learn 3 chords on four strings, and you're good to go. Lightweight and portable, they go anywhere without hassle. Forget the TV, and have some real live fun after dinner. Play any kind of music on a ukulele, from blues, jazz, folk and rock, to lullabies and carols. They are great conversation starters, and have a rich and interesting history. Increase your popularity and get invited to more parties. Collect them!
My hand painted ukuleles are each one-of-a-kind, and can be customized. (For more about customization, click the "Want one?" link on the left). They make unique gifts, especially for a collector. No two are alike, and each one has it's own personality. At present I have a small selection, but check back, more to come. Feedback is very welcome.
Happily yours, Roxy


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bill-swift - January 8, 2014
Put a bum in a suit and he'll look like a million bucks. Put an average dude in a suit and he'll look closer to a billion. Frankly, well-dressed people make better impressions. Not only with future bosses, but with the ladies too. Unfortunately, they're uncomfortable and restrict movement, especially around the joints.
That's true for most suits...except for the Commuter Suit! The suit is every bike rider's dream, as it's tailored using breathable fabric and has zipped vents so you can bike and break out a sweat and still feel at ease. The fabric is uber stretchy and the pants have a button cuff sown on so you can roll 'em up and ride in comfort.
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U. S. Department Of Education Requests Proposals For 'What Works Clearinghouse'
In an effort to provide education decision-makers with the tools they need to
make choices that are guided by the best available scientific evidence, the
U.S. Department of Education is seeking proposals to award a contract to develop
a national clearinghouse that summarizes programs and strategies proven to be
effective in improving education. The use of research-proven strategies is one
of the key principles of No Child Left Behind.
"The What Works Clearinghouse will allow users to determine which programs
and practices have the strongest evidence of effectiveness based on solid, reliable,
scientific research," said Grover "Russ" Whitehurst, U.S. assistant
secretary for the office of educational research and improvement. "Educators
will have easy access to evidence regarding a variety of programs and practices
that could help enhance student achievement."
The clearinghouse will be an accessible and searchable online database of evidence
on the programs, practices and products that are intended to enhance academic
achievement and other important educational outcomes. The new tool will contain
reviews of scientific research evidence relative to claims of educational effectiveness.
Specifically, the Department will be asking the contractor to develop and maintain
five databases for the clearinghouse:
An educational interventions registry that identifies potentially replicable
programs, products, and practices that are claimed to enhance important student
outcomes, and synthesizes the evidence related to these interventions.
An evaluation studies registry, which is linked electronically to the educational
interventions registry, and contains information about the studies constituting
the evidence of the effectiveness of the program, products, and practices reported.
An approaches and policies registry that contains evidence-based research reviews
of broader educational approaches and policies.
A test instruments registry that contains scientifically rigorous reviews of
test instruments used for assessing educational effectiveness.
An evaluator registry that identifies evaluators and evaluation entities that
have indicated their willingness and ability to conduct quality evaluations
of education interventions.
For more information on the request for proposals for the What Works Clearinghouse,
visit the Department of Education's Web site at: http://www.eps.gov/spg/ED/OCFO/CPO/ED-02-R-0009/listing.html
Contact: Dan Langan
David Thomas
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BUCKHANNON – The West Virginia Wesleyan Lady Bobcat team is on a two-game winning streak after dispatching of the Ohio Valley Fighting Scots tonight in a non-conference clash at Rockefeller Center.
The Lady Bobcats won in four sets – 25-15, 25-17, 25-27 and 25-18.
The win lifts Ashley Ziegle and her Lady Bobcats to 3-9 overall as they begin Mountain East Conference play this Friday.
"It was nice to finally win one at home before we head into conference play," Ziegle remarked.
Wesleyan never trailed in the first set as they won it going away.
Ahead by a 12-10 score in the second set, Wesleyan outscored Ohio Valley by a 13-7 margin the rest of the way for their 25-17 win.
Wesleyan wasn't able to close out Ohio Valley in straight sets. The Lady Bobcats were up 25-24, but Ohio Valley scored the final three points for the 27-25 win.
Wesleyan fell behind by a 10-8 score in the fourth set, but dominated from that point onward as they outscored Ohio Valley by a 17-8 margin for the win.
Hannah King led the team in kills with 19 while Stacie Baumann had 10.
Paulina Nottingham had 45 assists and two service aces.
Kirsty Lawrence had 28 digs while Baumann had 20.
Ohio Valley dropped to 4-10 with loss.
Wesleyan will host Fairmont State this Friday at 7 p.m.


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Caring for your skin is very important to have that fabulous and flawless looks making many heads to turn towards you. Though it sounds like a distant dream for many it is not that hard protect your skin. Apart from the beauty aspect, it is very necessary to maintain a good skin as it actually reflects your health and mood and it also reflects what you eat. Dry patched skin might be an indication of a disorder inside the body. A high-glycemic diet, one that's heavy on pizza, bread, and desserts, can change the texture of your skin and heavy salt consumption can make the face look puffy, particularly around the eyes. Too much alcohol and caffeine intake can lessen the elasticity of the skin disposing it to breakouts.
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A group of former Timberwolves players have company to share their futility.
The Wolves' 1991-92 team — a distinguished alliance that includes Oklahoma City Thunder coach Scott Brooks, former NBA coach Sam Mitchell, Randy Breuer, Pooh Richardson, Felton Spencer and Doug West — no longer is alone in finishing a season with the worst record in team history.
The current edition of the Wolves — led by Al Jefferson, Corey Brewer and Darko Milicic — couldn't keep their distance from the group after suffering a 103-98 loss to the Detroit Pistons on Wednesday night in front of 15,790 at Target Center.
The loss was a somber conclusion to a miserable Wolves season and left the team with a 15-67 record, matching the franchise mark set by the 1991-92 team coached by Jimmy Rodgers. The Wolves also ended the season with a seven-game losing streak and had just two victories since Feb. 23.
"This loss was the story of our season," forward Damien Wilkins said. "We played well for a couple of quarters, then we had a lot blown coverages on defense."
Coach Kurt Rambis spent most of the season criticizing the team's inconsistent play. He was hoping he wouldn't have to take that memory into the offseason. Before telling reporters he was "extremely disappointed" with the outcome of Wednesday's game, he took extra time in the locker room to thank the players for holding together during a difficult season.
Rambis also told the players that the dismal season wasn't their fault — that he and Wolves president of basketball operations David Kahn are responsible for the Wolves finishing with the NBA's second-worst record behind New Jersey (12-70).
"We didn't put them in an environment that was conducive to getting wins," Rambis said. "It was going to be an uphill battle regardless of what was going on. That's our fault, and we absorbed the blame for that, not the players."
Kahn and Rambis made personnel decisions before the season that gave the Wolves $15 million to $20 million in salary cap space for free agency this summer, but the moves left the club with critical shortages in talent and depth. The Wolves had losing streaks of 15 and 16 games and finished the season 2-29 after a four-game winning streak in early February.
Detroit (27-55) rallied to erase a 13-point deficit late in the third quarter and a seven-point spread early in the fourth. Reserve forward Charlie Villanueva scored 13 of his 16 points in the fourth quarter, including 11 straight, to give the Pistons an 83-82 lead with 8:38 remaining.
Even though Brewer hit a three-pointer to put the Wolves up 87-83, the Pistons had no trouble regaining control. DaJuan Summers' three-pointer put Detroit up 90-87 with 5:32 left, and the Wolves never regained the lead. Tayshaun Prince led Detroit with 20 points.
"We gave it up at the end," said Brewer, who led the Wolves with 27 points. "Being 15 and whatever, it's good to start over. We've been losing like this all season."
Noticing that Kevin Love wasn't playing with intensity, Rambis kept him on the bench for the entire fourth quarter — something Rambis had done with the second-year forward several times this season.
Rambis said the team could have used Love down the stretch, but the first-year coach apparently wanted to send a lasting message on the final night of the season.
"Kevin got down on himself again," Rambis said. "I will accept a player playing poorly if he plays hard and gives the effort. There's no excuse for not playing hard."
The Wolves already were without point guard Jonny Flynn, who missed his first game of the season with a hip flexor suffered Monday night at San Antonio. Backup point guard Ramon Sessions played 40 minutes and ended up with a bloody nose.
Sessions had 14 points and five assists.
The best number for the Wolves at this point is 18 — as in May 18. That's the night of the NBA draft lottery at which the Wolves hope to land the No. 1 pick. A win that night could ease the misery.


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George Steinbrenner passed away on July 13, 2010, and it was a devastating loss for the Yankees organization. Since Steinbrenner's death, the Yankees have shown resilience (2010, 2011, 2012) and mediocrity (2013, 2014) and during their years of mediocrity, you'd have to wonder what The Boss would think if he were here today.
I grew up a New York Yankees fan, and judging by Steinbrenner's fiery personality, he hated losing. I'm sure every Yankees fan could agree they hate seeing the Bronx Bombers get into a funk and I sometimes ponder how Steinbrenner would react to the underwhelming achievements of the Yankees. Would he trade or someone on the spot? Would he go into the free agent market and get the most shiniest bats money could buy? Would he throw the coaches under the bus and fire them due to not getting results?
Well, I'm not sure, but Yankees manager Joe Girardi has an idea on what The Boss would think if he were alive today.
"I think he'd be frustrated with the inconsistencies of our club."
To say the Yankees have been inconsistent is an understatement; they've been consistent for all the wrong reasons. They've gotten on consistent losing streaks, they've gotten consistent offensive non-production and the bullpen is "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde"; you never know which bullpen you're going to get.
The Boss left behind a dynasty, and to see the Yankees are struggling is a saddening thing. There are moments where you sometimes wish The Boss could come up from the grave and give the Yankees a good talking to, maybe even pull a Paul O'Neil and break a water cooler. The fans have been disappointed with the Yankees this season–and if George Steinbrenner was around to see this team, he'd be furious with the results.


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Centerpoint Energy Gas Transmission Company
Sixth Revised Volume No. 1
Contents / Previous / Next / Main Tariff Index
Effective Date: 08/26/2009, Docket: RP09-843-000, Status: Effective
First Revised Sheet No. 476B First Revised Sheet No. 476B
Superseding: Original Sheet No. 476B
14. PAYMENTS: (continued)
update or confirm in writing the prior information
provided to Transporter related to Shipper's
creditworthiness. Such update should include any
event(s) that Shipper believes could lead to a
material change in Shipper's creditworthiness.
(ii) After Transporter's receipt of Shipper's request for
re-evaluation, including all requested information
pursuant to this section, within five (5) Business
Days, Transporter should provide a written response to
Shipper's request. Such written response should
include either a determination of creditworthiness
status, clearly stating the reason(s) for
Transporter's decision, or an explanation supporting a
future date by which a re-evaluation determination
will be made. In no event should such re-evaluation
determination exceed twenty (20) Business Days from
the date of the receipt of Shipper's request unless
specified in this Tariff, or if Transporter and
Shipper mutually agree to some later date.
15.1 Waivers
(a) If Transporter waives any of its rights hereunder and
compliance with the provisions of this Tariff for the term
of a Service Agreement, such waiver shall be considered a
"material deviation" from the Form of Service Agreement and
any Service Agreement for which a waiver has been provided
for the term of the Service Agreement will be filed with the
Commission. Any such waivers will be provided on a basis
that is not unduly discriminatory. Transporter shall record
any such waivers in a log, which log shall be available for
public inspection, and, to the extent required, posted on
Transporter's Internet Web Site, in accordance with Part 358
of the Commission's regulations.
(b) Transporter may, from time to time, waive any of its rights
hereunder and compliance with the provisions of this Tariff
for periods of time less than the term of a Service