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Cautious Optimism, Wild Hope
These last few days have certainly been packed with emotion. First, the heroic ditching of an airliner in the Hudson River, and the breathtaking rescue of its passengers. Then, a terrible apartment house fire in Danbury, leaving at least 30 people homeless—but with the quick response of firefighters, the Red Cross, Danbury residents, and members of our own congregation.
All this, and it's only Sunday! We haven't even gotten to the remarkable convergence of events taking place this coming week: Tomorrow, the 80th anniversary of the birth of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and on Tuesday the inauguration of America's first black president, Barack Obama. The thought of it sends shivers down my spine, and brings tears to my eyes.
It's natural for us to wonder, "if Dr. King had lived, what would he be thinking this week?" I imagine that he'd be thrilled at Mr. Obama's election. In my mind's eye, I can picture him as a special guest at the inauguration—perhaps invited to give the invocation! I can see him on the platform, his hair turned white, a few lines etched on his face, tears glistening on his cheeks. And he wouldn't be the only one shedding tears of joy and gratitude.
At the same time, Dr. King would almost certainly be prophetic. He would be challenging the new president, and the nation, to make good on its promises of "liberty and justice for all." He would remind us—and Barack Obama would surely agree—that the election of a black president does not by itself eradicate the systemic evil of racism. He would urge the new administration to go way beyond addressing the current financial crisis—and to do something about the terrible, chronic poverty that afflicts 13 million children in America, and 23.5 million adults.
Marian Wright Edelman points out, in the current issue of Sojourners,
[Dr. King] would be pushing our new leaders, and all of us, to achieve long overdue health care for all, beginning with all children and pregnant women; to end the 'Cradle to Prison Pipeline' that will afflict 1 in 3 black and 1 in 6 Latino boys born in 2001 unless we act together with urgency to dismantle it…to create a public school system that expects all children to learn and provides them supports needed to succeed and compete in our globalizing world. ("We Know What to Do," Sojourners, January 2009, p. 13.)
Seaking personally, I find myself with two sets of emotions as the inauguration approaches. They're not conflicting, exactly, but they run on parallel tracks, never meeting. On the one hand, I feel a certain cautious optimism—that Barack Obama's promise of change will be realized, at least in part. I am cautiously optimistic that—although I know this new administration will not be perfect—there will be noticeable improvements over the last one: in civil liberties, in the handling of the economic crisis, in the treatment of environment, in international affairs.
On the other, there's this wild, buoyant hope, something I've felt ever since Election Day. This is not optimism, and it's not based on logic—rather, it's "the thing with feathers, that perches in the soul," in Emily Dickinson's words. This wild hope has to do with seeing barriers crumble—seeing happen what had been thought impossible, not that long ago.
This wild hope took flight for me even before the election results were known; it overwhelmed me Election Day morning, as I prepared to vote. As I walked into the polling place at Pembroke School, I suddenly realized that this was the 40th anniversary of my first vote for President—back in 1968, not long after Dr. King's death. Memories of that time washed over me. And then my breath caught in my throat, as I realized that I was about to walk into a voting booth and mark my ballot for an African American president. Could I have imaged this was possible, back in 1968? Probably not.
In thinking about Martin Luther King, and about the meaning of this year's momentous inauguration, I find myself drawn to a story:
The date is December 1, 1955. The place is Montgomery, Alabama. Rosa Parks, a respected, law-abiding citizen of Montgomery, is riding the bus home from work. She's sitting in the middle section of the bus, known as "no-man's land." She's an African American, so Alabama law forbids her to sit in the front, so-called "white" section.
Pretty soon, the bus fills up, so that some white people are standing. The white driver orders four African-Americans in "no-man's land" to relinquish their seats, and move to the back. Three of them comply. But Mrs. Parks doesn't move. The driver repeats his demand, but Mrs. Parks stays right where she is. He threatens to arrest her, but still she doesn't move. Finally she's taken to the police station, where she's booked, and fingerprinted, and jailed.
This ignites sparks, which in turn ignite other sparks. For a long time now, E.D. Nixon, who heads up the local NAACP, has been itching to go to court. Ever since the Supreme Court overturned school segregation, he's wanted to challenge Alabama's bus segregation law. All he needs is the right plaintiff, and Rosa Parks is perfect.
Jo Ann Robinson, head of the professional Women's Political Council, also gets the word about Mrs. Parks' arrest. For some time, the Council has been looking for a cause to rally them, and they quickly decide: This is it! Late at night, the women meet at Ms. Robinson's office at Alabama State College. They work at drafting a letter of protest. But suddenly an intriguing idea pops up: What if every African American in Montgomery were to stay off the buses for a day?
The women call E.D. Nixon, who in turn makes other calls. One of these is to the 26-year-old pastor of Dexter Avenue Baptist Church. Would he endorse a bus boycott? And could 50 community leaders use his church for a meeting?
Before E.D. Nixon's call, this young pastor had been getting restless in Montgomery. Not enough was happening, he thought. He'd even gone and interviewed for a university faculty position in another state. Not long after Nixon's call, however, he decides that maybe Montgomery's not so boring after all—maybe he'll stick around for a while.
The rest, as they say, is history. The meeting of 50 leads to a meeting of thousands. The daylong boycott becomes a yearlong boycott, through massive and painstaking organizing. The legal case goes all the way to the Supreme Court, and the bus law is overturned. And the young pastor is catapulted into the spotlight, and into the great stream of history. His name, of course, is Martin Luther King, Jr.
This story reminds us of the power of community. It's easy to become transfixed by a few towering figures, easy to subscribe to "great man" or "great woman" theories of history. But Dr. King didn't appear out of nowhere. What he achieved, he could not have done by himself.
Great leaders don't arise in isolation. They exist in relation to great currents in history—and in relation to communities. Without Rosa Parks, without E.D. Nixon and JoAnn Robinson, without Dexter Avenue Baptist Church, and without the fortitude of all those working people who stayed off the buses and walked for a year, Dr. King would have remained a talented parish pastor, or maybe a gifted university professor. We might have heard from him from time to time—but would he have become what he is for us now? Probably not.
Similarly with Barack Obama. Like Dr. King, he's an exceptional human being. His intellect, temperament, emotional intelligence, and oratorical skills give him the potential to be a great president, if he charts a bold enough course. But of course he didn't come out of nowhere, either. As a community organizer, he'd be the first to acknowledge that his victory was impossible without "We the People." Posted on his web site is this quotation from one of his speeches: "I'm asking you to believe—not just in my ability to bring about real change in Washington…I'm asking you to believe in yours."
In other words, the election of a new president doesn't let us off the hook. Recently, the New York Times asked 200 people in 14 states to say what they hoped Barack Obama would accomplish during his presidency. From these interviews, they derived 29 different "hopes," and I found myself agreeing with 22 of them! To achieve our hopes for this country—to create a society that respects the inherent worth and dignity of all—we'll have to stay engaged, as people of faith and as citizens. No one else, not even the president, will do it for us.
You've no doubt heard this story about Franklin Delano Roosevelt. During his presidency, a group of reformers approached him and asked him to take action on an issue that they were passionate about. His response was, "I agree with you. I want to do it. Now make me do it."
So how do activists "make" a president do things? The answer boils down to what UU ethicist James Luther Adams called "the power of organization and the organization of power"—something he names as one of the fundamental principles of liberal religion. Such organization of power comes from the voluntary association—people coming together to create the political will for change. This, I believe, is the real source of hope for the long haul—though I admit it's fueled, in part, by the wild, euphoric hope that so many felt on election day.
One of the most hopeful books I've read in a while is environmentalist Paul Hawken's Blessed Unrest: how the largest movement in the world came into being and why no one saw it coming (New York: Viking, 2007). Hawken, through research, has come to an estimate—that there are one to two million organizations, all over the world, representing tens of millions of people, working for social justice and the healing the planet. Most of these groups have sprung up spontaneously; no central authority coordinates them. A few of the organizations are large and well known. Others are small, local, and very effective.
Together, Hawken suggests, these organizations represent Earth's "immune system" coming to life. As such, they represent a great source of hope. As Hawken notes, "When asked at colleges if I am pessimistic or optimistic about the future, my answer is always the same: If you look at the science that describes what is happening on earth today and aren't pessimistic, you don't have the correct data. If you meet the people in this unnamed movement and aren't optimistic, you haven't got a heart."
Let me close with the words, slightly altered, with which Dr. King ended his last Sunday sermon, in the National Cathedral in Washington:
"May we be participants in this newness and this magnificent development. If we will but do it, we will bring about a new day of justice, and sister-brotherhood, and peace.
"And that day the morning stars will sing together, and the children of God will shout for joy."


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I've been getting deeper into this big gaming world and loving it! My adventures of venturing off Platform gaming has been going well. I still love and miss my Wii and DS games but I needed more of a challenge , so my PS3 was a good purchase. I'm currently playing Tomb Raider and Dota 2, both in which I love. I never thought I would get into PC gaming but here I am obsessed with Dota 2. The game play seems to be easy if you understand every aspect of the game but its alot to learn, which makes it a little overwhelming at first. It's been 2 months of noob horribleness and I'm still a noob 😦 . One day I will phase out of being a noob and just be great!!! LMAO
This pass weekend I went to Pax East 2013. Its was a lot bigger than I thought it would have been. There were all kinds of games; ranging from video game consoles to board games, card games and PC games. I had the opportunity to meet new people and try out good games. One in particular, Never Winter, was pretty good. PC Games' Setup stole the show with their awesome display booths. Damn you PC games I will never have a Social Life!

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Rangers Assign J.T. Miller to Hartfordby New York Rangers @NYRangers / NYRangers.com
New York Rangers President and General Manager Glen Sather announced today that the club has assigned forward J.T. Miller to the Hartford Wolf Pack of the American Hockey League (AHL).
Miller, 20, has registered two points (one goal, one assist) in 15 games with the Rangers this season. He recorded his first point of the season with a power play assist on October 31 against Buffalo, and notched his first goal of the season on November 10 against Florida. He returns to Hartford where he has registered four goals and a plus-two rating in three games this season. He led the Wolf Pack and was tied for second in the AHL in goals, and ranked second on the team in points at the time of his recall on October 15. He has tallied at least one goal in each of his three contests in Hartford, including a two-goal performance on October 6 against Albany.
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Baseball Edged by Vanderbilt in 10 Innings
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BATON ROUGE -- Vanderbilt second baseman Tony Kemp provided a 10th inning RBI single Sunday to lift the Commodores to a 5-4 victory over No. 3 LSU in Alex Box Stadium.
Vanderbilt improved to 26-25 and 13-14 in the SEC. The Tigers dropped to 39-13 and 17-10 in the conference.
LSU has clinched at least a tie for the SEC Western Division title as the Tigers have a three-game lead over Ole Miss (14-13). LSU owns a tiebreaker over Ole Miss, so the Tigers have clinched at least the #2 seed in the SEC Tournament.
The Tigers are one game behind Kentucky (18-9) and a half-game behind South Carolina (17-9) in the overall SEC standings. LSU concludes the regular season at South Carolina beginning on Thursday night.
The Tigers' next game is Tuesday night, when LSU plays host to Nicholls State at 6:30 p.m. in Alex Box Stadium.
"This loss stings a lot; it's our toughest loss of the season," said LSU coach Paul Mainieri. "We have to rebound from this, get back to practice tomorrow and start building the players up again. We didn't really swing the bats well all weekend, and a lot of that is due to the arms Vanderbilt sent to the mound. But, there are no excuses - we just have to play better as we head into the final week of the regular season."
Vanderbilt rightfielder Mike Yastrzemski tied Sunday's game at 4-4 on a ninth-inning solo shot off of LSU closer Nick Goody.
Kemp plated pinch hitter Andrew Harris with a single to center field in the 10th inning and LSU was retired in order in the bottom half of the frame. Goody (1-1) was charged with the loss after allowing two runs on four hits in two innings of work.
Vanderbilt reliever Will Clinard (6-2) picked up the victory after entering the game in the eighth inning. Clinard worked 2.2 scoreless innings, allowing no hits with no walks and no strikeouts.
LSU took a 4-3 lead in the bottom of the eighth inning after shortstop Austin Nola drove home second baseman JaCoby Jones with a sacrifice fly to deep center.
Nola reached base four times and added a pair of RBI in his first game in the leadoff spot. Centerfielder Arby Fields added three walks and a run and rightfielder Mason Katz added an RBI single.
Vanderbilt leftfielder Jack Lupo collected three singles and drove in a run, centerfielder Connor Harrell added two hits, including a triple, and Yastrzemski smacked a double in addition to his ninth-inning homer.
LSU starter Ryan Eades fired 4.2 innings, allowing three runs on seven hits and with one strikeout. Vanderbilt freshman starter Tyler Beede allowed three runs on five hits and five walks and three strikeouts.
The Tigers' Chris Cotton turned in an excellent relief outing. The left-hander entered the game in the sixth inning with two runners in scoring position and ended up working 2.1 scoreless innings.
Vanderbilt scraped together a pair of runs in the top of the second to take a 2-0 lead. Conrad Gregor led off the inning with a double just inside the left field line, Eades plunked Spencer Navin and Harrell reached on an infield single to load the bases. Third baseman Vince Conde plated Gregor on a sacrifice fly and Lupo scored Navin on a single to center.
LSU plated a pair in the bottom of the third. Katz scored Nola on an RBI single and first baseman Tyler Moore plated Fields on a sacrifice fly.
Nola drove home designated hitter Grant Dozar to increase LSU's lead to 3-2 in the bottom of the fourth.
Gomez tagged an RBI single to tie the game at 3-3 in the fifth. The score would remain the same until the bottom of the eighth inning when the Tigers took a 4-3 advantage.
Vanderbilt 5, LSU 4 (May 13, 2012 at Baton Rouge, La.)
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Questions remain about Midway greenhouse projects
On the surface it looks like the Midway City Council has taken steps to protect its citizens from commercial greenhouse projects within the city limits. But have they really? They have conducted several public hearings on the subject and requested that the Planning Commission study and make recommendations regarding a " Code Amendment" that would more specifically address stringent language defining purpose, intent, and requirements for commercial greenhouses. The Planning Commission has done an exemplary job of following through with this assigned task by also conducting several open workshops and public hearings on the subject. Consequently, Proposed Ordinance 2012-20 Amending Title 16 (Land Use) of the Midway City Municipal Code regarding greenhouses was recommended by the Midway City Planning Commission.
At the March 13 Midway City Council meeting, the staff made a presentation describing in detail what the Planning Commission had accomplished. Once again, the council opened the floor to receive comments from the citizenry. Their transparency on the subject is to be admired and commended.
After reviewing the various requirements and restrictions recommended by the Planning Commission, any potential commercial greenhouse entrepreneur would find it extremely difficult to make a profit from such a business venture. No decision has been made by the council and another public hearing will probably be scheduled prior to a final decision in April.
Many citizens have brought up valid concerns such as: (1) Should the ordinance require a comprehensive "Environmental Impact Study" at the expense of the applicant prior to accepting an application for a commercial greenhouse proposal? (2) Should a substantial bond be required by the applicant to ensure that the city is not held liable for abandoned projects which may result in water and soil contamination, impacts from irrigation run-off on adjacent properties and/or any other unknown environmental crisis that is subject to sediment and erosion control measures? (3) Most importantly, Midway is no longer an agriculturally driven community. Over time, it has evolved into a beautiful rural residential, resort and recreational setting. The vast majority of citizens feel that the integrity of the majestic surroundings and the natural ambiance of Midway should be preserved as long as possible.
At this point, all of the attention has been focused on "land use within Midway City limits," but the real elephant in the room is: What about the property that surrounds Midway city limits? More specifically, the acreage adjacent to Wasatch Golf Course. It contains geothermal hot springs which are most beneficial to operating a greenhouse complex that conducts hydroponic and aquaponic procedures. That land is presently under the jurisdiction of Wasatch County. The questions before us are: What restrictions does the county require for land use? What protection do the citizens of Midway have regarding the use of that acreage? Can the county do whatever it wishes regarding its development? Will they consider property values, environmental issues, and topographical changes to the area before allowing an applicant to make a specific proposal?
I ardently urge all Midway citizens to attend the next Wasatch County meeting and express their concerns before it is too late!
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Okay so those of tu from the YJ OC's club...I'm turning Aisling into a wolf!! Sorta. Well if tu don't know her already that's fine. I'm using the same account though, so......
Name: Ash
Age: pup/adolescent
Gender: female
Appearance: dark brown pelaje, piel blotched with gray, bright blue-green eyes, cream underbelly, a little bit of cream on the tip of her tail
Personality: quiet, can be sarcastic o sassy, wants to be accepted por the older lobos even though she isn't sure she's good enough, sometimes self-doubting, doesn't like to mostrar weakness, can get hyper...
Age: an mid aged pup.
Color: gray with a dark red streak down his back.
Has black eyes.
Info: Lenney was found por himself badly wounded in the midle of the forest, he was taken por a human and nursed back to health. He now dosnt like other wolves, and he loves his master, untill the drop off.
Is friendly when your his friend. Is a skilled escaper. Knows how to get out of any situation.
Is a lone lobo looking for a pack before he was horibly injured.
Name: Xana pronounced (Ex - on - uh)
Appearance: Silver eyes, Black back and around eyes, white belly and hind legs. And tip of tail is white.
Past: captured at the tender age por Humans, she was raised to fight. One día she was put up a against a human, and killed it. They took her away and sent off over seas. Xana was no dumb lobo and wanted to get home. She killed another human gaining her a flight back to her home. She ran into the forest away from man, and will kill any human that dares to approach her.
name: dean
Hes a wolf/fox breed dont make fun of his to tails
he doesent like to bea missout ar kicked out because he is a dead lobo most dont like o exsept him.
his parents were kiled and onle he and his brother and a lost sister remane of his family no one even knows what happend to his brother and sister
he has a scar under his right ear that bleeds when he uses his dead lobo viros with is a demon in side of him
Name: Kira
Personality: Easy going, EASILY distracted.
Appearance: Black/grayish pelaje, piel with spots of blue and white.
Past: Kira's been trained to be a hunter and tracker, but, because of her personality, she's never been able to keep her mind on one thing long enough to do so. Kira stalks around, so if she follows you, don't be suprised if tu see her. Most of the time she stays hidden not letting tu know she's there.
Name: Aquamarine Bane
Age: 13 (in dog years)
Physical Description: Aqua has light blue and white pelaje, piel with beige on her ears, over her eyes, and on the toes of her back paws. Her eye are a light blue. There's a tuft of hair that is always falling into her eyes.
Personality: Aqua is sassy and acts tough. She wants badly to be accepted into a family, but it's difficult for her to trust others. She hates being referred to as a child o mostrando weak was in any way.
Name: Kratos
Aparance: he hase balk pelaje, piel with red markings and red eye's
Personalaty: a hod head with a soth temper, will always protect his pack and friend's.
Histaory: Kratos was born to be a worior, his dad thoud him to hunt, and he loved it, the killing of his pray, the exitmand of the hunt, it fuild his anger and ruthlesness, he is willing to do evrything to protect his pack.
Note: whe he is in rage, his markings and eys will
-glowe red, and he get's super strengt, and get rally resistance, making him abel to take on olmoste ever enemy.
Name: Blaire
Age: 10 months (dog/wolf years)/ 13 years old
Personality: Easy going, excited, eager, acts very young, naïve, easily distracted, a little too brave
Appearance (wolf): caramelo colored fur, curled white zorro, fox looking tail
Appearance (human): Long, light brown hair, red eyes, zorro, fox tail and ears
Clothing: tan/caramel hoodie, matching shorts, red/brown striped knee socks and tan boots
Powers: shape shifting into a human. She can't control this very well, so it's rare that she ever does it.
Appearance: White, with purple paws, some of her tail and under her eyes.
Creaon Form: Black, with purple "sheild"(chest area), tail, and wings.
History: Sarah was a friendly lobo when she was a pup. She was a very good hunter, tracker, and had much stamina. She was sentanced to death when she spoke out of line. She escaped, but she was hunted down, and attacked, beaten to death. She was reborn, and she has no memory of what happened in her past life.
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From an IT manager's perspective, the applications that run the business are important, very important. In fact, many RISC/UNIX migration discussions focus on application support, performance, and availability. With a growing number of customers transforming their IT practices and economics by migrating off RISC/UNIX platforms to Cisco UCS, we have introduced Cisco Validated Designs (CVDs) for business-critical applications which also contain a RISC/UNIX migration element.
The first migration focused CVD is Oracle PeopleSoft on Cisco UCS. The goal of this CVD is to provide sufficient information to run an Oracle ERP application like PeopleSoft on Cisco UCS. ERP applications are the backbone for many organizations to run their business functions and robust performance is a requirement. With that in mind, we measured the online performance of Oracle's PeopleSoft Enterprise Human Resources Management System (HRMS) 9.1 using Oracle Database 11g on Red Hat Enterprise Linux ( RHEL) 5.6 operating system. The solution was comprised of a standard 3-tier technology stack of web, application and database servers. The web and application servers were run on Cisco UCS B200 M2 blade servers and the database server was run on a Cisco UCS B250 M2 blade. This benchmark measured client response times for up to 2500 concurrent users which represents a small to medium-sized company profile.
The response time and scalability of the Cisco UCS solution was outstanding. Click here to go directly to the Oracle PeopleSoft CVD and see table 12 for a summary of the performance results. From a resources perspective, there are numerous CVDs, white papers, and case studies located on the RISC/UNIX migration page. Hence, there is no time like the present to start planning that migration project. This is just the beginning so stay tuned for more business-critical application proof points that have a RISC/UNIX migration twist.
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Arcade Claw Machines are Rigged — Please Fake Like You're Shocked
An arcade owner and operator in central California admitted, in an IAMA session on Reddit, that those addictive claw machines — wherein you endlessly attempt to grab a plush toy, fake sports jersey or other random goodie with a three-pronged claw that you maneuver via a control on the outside of the glass — are fixed! Our world is crumbling!
The owner, who goes by the user name TheDJTec, explained that the machines are only required by law (in California — laws vary by state) to allow for a 1-in-12 chance of winning. Various factors, such as changing the claw's PSI, can be adjusted. PSI is "pound per square inch" – a unit of pressure measurement – which explains why sometimes the claw seems like it's grabbing like flaccid fingers and other times magically lift your prize.
"Yes. Indeed they are!," TheDJTec readily offers to the question: "Are the claws rigged?"
"Under California law my claws are set to 1/12 which means 1/12 players will have a chance to win. The example I used before is a 'toy' requires 10 PSI to lift. My claw during 11/12 tries will apply 4-6 PSI, or just enough to shuffle it or barely pick it up. During the 1/12 tries the claw will apply 9-11 PSI, sometimes picking it up and dropping, some successful."
We guess the way to beat the system is to watch eleven other suckers try to grab something, then swoop in and claim your toy (which never adds up to the amount of change you insert anyway).


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Author Notes: I don't know when it came to be that chefs and cooks decided that your veggies needed to be cooked al dente. While I know they retain more of their vitamins when cooked a minimal amount I also know it's not like the vitamins just vaporize into thin air but instead I am pretty sure, and take note I am not a scientist, that they wind up in the cooking broth.
Either way and no matter how you slice it I like veggies that can stand up to multiple cooking methods giving me choices as how best to enjoy them. I like green beans blanched then sautéed al dente but then I also like them long cooked. That doesn't mean I want mush because I want something that still has character and a bite.
So after cooking green beans and eating green beans pretty much all my life with potatoes or onions, and even bacon and onions I was looking for a change. This last summer I found a wonderful recipe for okra that was stewed and I liked the recipe so much I made it two or three times.
The other night I was thinking how good that recipe would be with green beans and, actually, even easier and less time consuming then the okra. The original recipe is from the New York Times' Recipes for Health by Martha Rose Shulman just in case you have any interest in the original okra recipe which I will make again this summer. —thirschfeld
Serves: 4
cup extra virgin olive oil
cups yellow onion, thinly sliced
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garlic cloves, minced
teaspoon pomegranate molasses
juice from half a lemon
teaspoon allspice
ounces can chopped tomatoes
teaspoons tomato paste
kosher salt and fresh ground pepper
- Place a large heavy bottomed pot over medium heat. Add the olive oil and once it is hot add the onions. Season the onions with a pinch of salt and some pepper. Sweat the onions until they begin to soften trying not to brown them.
- Add the garlic and once it becomes fragrant add the allspice and sugar. Then add the beans and stir them to coat with the oil.
- Now add the rest of the ingredients and stir to combine. Cook on medium until you hear the pot sizzling then reduce the heat to low, cover, and cook for an hour remembering to stir about every twenty minutes. They may take longer the an hour but not much.
- Taste, adjust the salt and pepper and serve.
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Cognit needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 49 designs submitted by 19 freelance designers.
Cognit is a new internet-based strength and wellness based educational and treatment approach to recovery from addiction and mental health challenges. Our programs are used in group sessions, one-on-one sessions and independent study. Cognit employs avatars to assist in the treatment process. Cognit quantifies a clients comprehension and progress using state of the assessment and clinical tools. Counselors are freed to spend more time providing therapy. We provide access to the latest programs 24 X7 from anywhere there is internet access.
Our treatment partners are treatment centers, hospitals, government agencies and other addiction and mental health treatment providers. We also want our treatment partner clients to easily recognize our logo. The logo should be suitable for display on our treatment provider websites.
A few things to think about:
- A graphic or icon that conveys the idea of Cognit ( to understand, self-awareness, simple to use, available anywhere any time, a continuum of care that extends beyond treatment, promotes a persons strengths and wellness.)
- Graphic or icon can be used separate from the text "Cognit".
- Very simple and distinct.
- No shadows, cartons, animals, gradients or flipped letters
- Nothing too elegant - we do not want to come across as being too complex
- No stock images.
- Is equally effective in color as well single color or black and white.
- The typeface must be clear, simple and bold.
We want something that stands out. Again keep it simple.
We would like to use a shade of blue similar to IBM Blue.
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Co-Mentorship: Working for Equality Across Age
Suzanne Pharr February 25th, 2008
A few years ago, people in nonprofit organizations and foundations suddenly faced the idea that older activists were "aging out" and younger people would be needed at the heart of movement work. What followed were countless gatherings to discuss "intergenerational work," "transitioning leadership," "youth organizing and leadership development," etc., etc. The funding followed the trend.
My take on this situation in general has been that too much talking is taking place between people who have not worked across generations, side by side. For two generations, young people have told me that there were few opportunities for them to grow and have leadership in social change organizations. They complained that older activists began most conversations with references to "back in the day." Older activists told me that this new generation is not engaged, is unwilling to work hard, looks for entertainment instead of the development of ideas and strategy. As one solution, people began putting an emphasis on youth organizing as well as adjunct youth groups in organizations led by older people.
Neither approach has worked well as a means of multi-generational work.
What has worked best for me, as a 68 year old organizer, is the practice of co-mentorship. Because those of younger generations grew up in very different conditions from those I experienced in rural Georgia in the 40s and 50s, I am educated daily by hearing about their life experiences and the skills they acquired. In return, I share what I know to be true as viewed through a different generational (and perhaps race/class/gender) lens. We mentor each other through this moment, this present day that requires complex understanding and skills. Here's what I know; tell me what you know—how can we figure this out together?
This co-mentorship works for me both in my large, multi-generational family as well as in my social change work. A large number of the people I strategize and organize with are under 30. Were it not for this co-mentorship, I would not be writing on a blog at this moment. It was smart young activists who, over a period of several resistant years, pushed me to do it. And how else would I have learned what I know about trans lives, issues and concerns? About the shifting forms of race and gender? And what would ever have motivated me to do text messaging on a regular basis?
Co-mentorship is a gift that is offered all of us every day. It requires only the fundamental belief that we are all people of worth, possessing a wide variety of experiences and skills. Its methods are asking questions and listening intently and respectfully for the answers. Where it leads us is toward the sometimes illusive dream of equality and justice—which can contain all our best ideas without requiring an age i.d.


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May is National Celiac Awareness Month and sadly it is coming to a close in just a few days. There have been so many great people raising awareness this month including, but definitely not limited to, Erica of Celiac and the Beast, Brandy Wendler (Mrs. Northwest) of A Spoonful of Wellness, National Foundation for Celiac Awareness, Rebecca of Pretty Little Celiac, Mr. Dude of Gluten Dude, and EA of The Spicy RD. Again these are just a few of the wonderful bloggers and organizations out there that have shared delicious recipes, informative posts, and have been advocates for Celiac Disease not just during the month of May but all year-long.
There is so much that I wanted to accomplish on CCGF this month but sadly, life got in the way. I finished up another trimester of school and now only have one year left! I was awarded The Feinstein "Enriching America Award" for the community service that I completed while doing my internship and AmeriCorps, from The Feinstein Community Service Department at JWU. Our club, Sans Gluten was awarded Best New Club of the Year – there were 11 new clubs this year, and we have over 60 members with bi-weekly production meetings that consist of recipe research and development. I also completed my AmeriCoprs Scholarship For Service and in addition to that was awarded the Founders Award from JWU (with a lovely 5,000.00 scholarship!!!), and was inducted into the Alpha Beta Kappa National Honor Society. Plus, B graduated from law school!! So on top of final exams, the award ceremonies, and family in town for his graduation this month just got away from me. With that said, I do have some wonderful products and cookbooks that I will be reviewing and posting about soon – I promise!
Every year I stress out so much on how I am going to pay for school for the following year but thankfully I don't have to do that this year. I was awarded over $20,000.00 in scholarships and grants for next year alone! This is possible by some very generous people and my hard work and dedication. Some of my favorite quotes that have gotten me through all the stress, long hours, and sacrifices (not seeing family much) are:
"Your dream is not big enough if it doesn't scare you." (Matthias Schmelz)
"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. "(E. Roosevelt)
"Cooking is like love. It should be entered into with abandon or not at all." (Harriet van Horne)
"Each morning we are born again. What we do today is what matters most." (Buddha)
With all of that going on, I still wanted to raise awareness this month especially as an Udi's Campus Ambassador. In order to do so I had to incorporate it into my school schedule so for my term projects for Anatomy & Physiology and Technical Writing, I presented about…you guessed it…Celiac Disease! Both projects included a written paper and a PowerPoint presentation. In one PowerPoint I included an amazing infographic on celiac disease symptoms that Gluten Dude posted – everyone in the class thought it was great (well done Gluten Dude!). For the A&P project we had to research a disorder, discuss which systems of the body it affected, signs, symptoms, treatments, etc. and then do a 5 minute PowerPoint presentation to the class. My Technical Writing project was a bit more intense. My project was on Celiac Disease vs. Wheat Allergy. The final project was a total of 37 pages and included 2 appendices one of which was a sample menu to be used in our culinary labs on campus that lists the top eight major allergens plus gluten and also included resources for substitutions. In addition to the 37 written pages I also had to present a 15 minute PowerPoint Presentation to the class. I also handed out samples of Udi's Gluten Free Granola and Red Apple Lipstick to my classmates.
I will also be volunteering at Hasbro Children's Hospital with one of my professors in the Allergy and GI clinic. My professor asked for me to send her my research report on Celiac Disease vs. Wheat allergy and we will be going over it and refining it over the summer while we are working together.
Also, back in April I was asked along with the former President of our Sans Gluten Club and one of our Chef Advisers to film some gluten-free segments for the cooking show that JWU does called Cooking With Class (Check your local listings). I was BEYOND nervous to do this and on top of it my seasonal allergies kicked in and I had almost no voice but I did it anyway. You can view it online (please ignore the credit information – it is incorrect and they were supposed to be fixing this. This is my original recipe that I shared). Below are the links to all five our of segments for Celiac Week which aired the first week of May. Chef Lavornia does not have Celiac Disease however his wife and children do and has been creating delicious gluten-free recipes for years. We hope to do more videos for next year's awareness month and will be hosting cooking demos for local families who have been diagnosed with Celiac Disease.
Island Coconut Shrimp by Chef Michelle: http://www.turnto10.com/story/22171946/island-coconut-shrimp
Sweet and Spicy Chicken by Chef Jenny: http://www.turnto10.com/story/22171995/sweet-and-spicy-chicken
Raspberry Crumble Bars by Chef Lavornia: http://www.turnto10.com/story/22172217/raspberry-crumble-bars
Lemon Pound Cake by Chef Lavornia: http://www.turnto10.com/story/22172258/lemon-pound-cake
Dinner Rolls by Chef Lavornia: http://www.turnto10.com/story/22172063/gluten-free-dinner-rolls
You can also view my video below (Thanks to B for putting my site on there):
Cooking with Class from Jenny Manseau on Vimeo.
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Thank you Tron.
Defense wins championships; look at the Spurs and the Pistons.
Guys like Dungheap should play for coaches like Don Nelson or Gene Shue.
Discuss anything related to Golden State Warriors basketball here
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Its hard to find dominant defensive forces such as Ben Wallace and Tim Duncan. Their defensive dominance just rubs off onto the teammates thats why they say defense wins championships. Can't find many top of the line defenders in the league. Gotta go wit what you have and win your way.
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broe wrote:yea and the spurs won a championship with Brent Barry
....and Duncan, Bowen, and Horry. Are you expecting to win the championship with only offense? It sure blew up in Phoenix's face against the Spurs. They couldn't make any defensive stops. Im not saying we should be so quick to trade Jr. but at the same time we need some better interior and team defenders. If Mully stuck with the team we have now though I wouldn't be disapponted at all. Im just excited to see how good we really are. I dont know about you guys but I cant ****ing wait until the season starts. Thank god for league pass....


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Confession Tuesday: The HodgePodge Edition
Dear Reader,
It's already Tuesday again and my mind is hodgepodge, a mess of wrappers and chewed gum.
Inspired? I have been, though when I attempt to write here, to confess the things I need to confess, I am a bread bag empty of its bread.
So this edition will be mix of all the extra stuff overflowing from my brain. Hope you find something useful, interesting, or entertaining...
To the confessional--
I confess last night I had a dream I was onstage with Elvis Costello holding his hands and singing "Everyday I Write The Book." Afterwards he gave me his address and personal email with a handwritten note inviting me to the Grammys in Tennessee in April.
I have no idea what any of this means. Feel free to interpret as needed.
I confess hearing people's dreams is among the terrors of the breakfast table. I stole that quote from someone. But it's true.
I confess I get distracted when riding in the car and it's hard for me to finish a sentence as I'm so visually distracted.
I confess this happened yesterday while mountain biking.
We came across these mushrooms (what I call "storybook mushrooms").
I was so visually taken by the beauty of the forest I wanted to stand there and cry.
And then meditate.
Then sit down and have a picnic.
I wanted to take it all in a way I know isn't possible.
So I took this photo. Which is like seeing God and instead of embracing him, I ask for his autograph.
I confess I enjoy texting, but I'm always texting people the wrong things.
Sometimes people get my grocery lists. Sometimes a strange photo (not that kind of photo...heads out of gutter please.) Sometimes long notes to the wrong friends. Or xoxo, sweet names.
I worry what people will get from me. Then I remember life is temporary and feel better.
I confess there is a whole generation that doesn't know this song, and it makes me sad.
(King Harvest: Dancing in the Moonlight)
I confess I love looking at old photos of couples in love. Or in like. Or in lust. Or in maybe. Or in friendship.
And I like it best when they handwrite something on their photograph (I'm not crazy about misspelled words, but I look past it for this type of thing...):
I confess when I read the above, I wished it had just said, "You better save me."
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A Jewish neighbor of mine talked to me early this spring about how he could explain Passover to his inquisitive 4-year-old daughter without either making it sound too grisly or papering things over.
I was confronted by a similar situation at church last month.
My family's pew is in a transept where there is a large crucifix, one much larger than the one in the sancutary. My 5-year-old daughter asked me why Jesus was on the cross — including "Why did he die?"
Mentally, I took a big breath, then explained that Jesus knew he had to die for us, but that Jesus was wrongly arrested, falsely tried for a crime he didn't commit, and that back then, when the government killed people it didn't like, it put them on the cross.
My daughter thought for a brief moment. "Were you around then?" she asked. "No, no," I said.
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Foundation Stories: Gloria Barnett
Gloria Barnett recently earned her Child Development Associate credential in February 2013.
She has a passion for helping children learn and has a gift for following a child's interests and making learning opportunities from them. She delights in using every day experiences like thunderstorms and bumblebees to show children a new skill or a new joy.
"I have always been in the background but now I tell myself 'Gloria, it is your time! You are on fire and will make a difference for children! Thank you to TECTA and the Women's Foundation for a Greater Memphis so I could learn I had this in me and I just needed to let it out!"


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Interest Rates
In December, the Federal Reserve announced it would begin to curtail its purchases of non-traditional assets, also known as quantitative easing. As the Fed tentatively draws back its level of asset purchases, mortgage rates will likely continue to slowly increase. Currently, Freddie Mac reports the following, figures: 30-year fixed-rate, 4.48%; 15 – year fixed-rate, 3.52%; 5/1- year adjustable rate, 3.00%.
Queens NY Home Sales
According to the Long Island Board of Realtors, the seasonally adjusted rate of home sales increased 6.9% from last year to an annual rate of 773 homes. The rate of home sales is also up 5.2% from the rate reported in November. As banks begin to implement new lending regulations, credit tightness is likely to hamper home sales in Queens, however, due to the fact that inventory is still shrinking, demand is growing and may continue to do so in the beginning of the New Year.
Queens NY Home Prices
Median home prices rose slightly from November to December, rising 1.3% from $380,000 to $385,000 according to LIBOR. Year-over-year home prices continue to show fairly modest gains with prices up 2.7% from last December. This is consistent with the price gains of 2.4% over the course of the last twelve months.
Queens NY Housing Inventory
The level of total housing inventory in Queens county dropped in December to 5,190 homes, down 9.3% from the previous month. Month's of supply of inventory also dropped slightly due to the high pace of sales this month. The number of months of supply represents how many months it would take the current level of inventory to sell given the current sales pace if no other homes were added to the market. Supply in December represented 6.3 months, down 8.7% from the previous month. A sign that demand is very high and inventory is still scarce in many areas around Queens.
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Hope College will award Richard Haworth and the late Gerrard W. Haworth honorary degrees during the college's Commencement ceremony on Sunday, May 5, in recognition of their leadership of Haworth, Inc. and commitment to the community and education, including significant impact on Hope across decades.
"Haworth, Inc. and the Haworth family have been helpfully engaged with Hope College for many years. The vision of G.W. and Dick for both design and function in the furniture industry has been widely recognized, and their generosity to education and community is likewise exemplary. Hope has been the recipient of their commitment and wise counsel. It is entirely appropriate and fitting that we honor them with Hope's highest award, the honorary doctorate degree," said Dr. James E. Bultman, president of Hope College.
Each will receive the Doctor of Humane Letters (L.H.D.). Matthew Haworth, who is chairman of Haworth, Inc. and also Richard's son and G.W.'s grandson, will accept G.W.'s award.
The college's Commencement will be held at the Ray and Sue Smith Stadium if outside, and at the Richard and Helen DeVos Fieldhouse in the event of inclement weather. Tickets, which were distributed to participating seniors in advance, will only be required if the event is held at the fieldhouse.
G.W. Haworth, who died in October 2006 at age 95, was the founding chairman of Haworth, Inc. Dick Haworth is chairman emeritus of the company.
The Haworth family and Haworth, Inc. have both made a priority of supporting the community, with a deep commitment to education and helping young people in particular, making major donations to Western Michigan University, which named its college of business The Haworth College of Business, Western Theological Seminary, and the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Holland, among others.
At Hope, the family and company have had a lasting impact on the college and students in a variety of ways. Among other examples, the college's new Haworth Engineering Center, scheduled to open in the fall, is named in honor of a lead gift from the family and company; the Haworth Inn and Conference Center, which opened in January 1997, was named in honor of a major combined corporate and family donation toward the college's endowment; and in 1990, G.W. Haworth and his wife, Eddie, who is a 1947 Hope graduate, established the Gerrard W. and Edna Haworth Endowed Scholarship Fund at Hope for students who have demonstrated financial need and show promise of making a positive difference in the world.
G.W. Haworth was born in Alliance, Neb., and moved to Benton Harbor to finish high school. He graduated from Western Michigan University in 1937 with a B.A. in education and received an M.A. in educational administration from the University of Michigan in 1940.
He began his career as a high school industrial arts teacher in Holland in 1938. In 1945 he began supplementing his income by building special order wood products on a part-time basis. His endeavor became so successful that three years later he left his teaching position and formed his own company, Modern Products.
Dick Haworth, who received a bachelor's degree in business from Western Michigan University (WMU) in 1964, began his career in 1964 when he joined the family-owned business as an assistant sales manager. At that time, Modern Products Inc. employed 79 members with sales of $1,285,000 in the partition and moveable wall business. In 1967, Dick was drafted into the U.S. Army. He was honorably discharged as a first lieutenant in 1969.
He returned to the company as executive vice president in 1969 with responsibility for manufacturing and new product development. He was instrumental in developing the Modern Office Module system--introduced in 1971 and later known as the UniGroup® Office Interior System. That same year, sales exceeded $5 million and employment reached 118 members. Modern Products Inc. changed its name to Haworth, Inc. in 1975.
In 1976, Dick became the company's president and chief executive officer, with G.W. Haworth retaining his role as chairman of the board. Dick's love for new ideas kept him involved in product development and market introduction, resulting in exciting new products. For example, Dick led the development and introduction of the industry's first electrified, panel-based office furniture system, ERA 1, which earned the second largest intellectual property settlement in the history of the Patent Office in 1994. He holds 17 patents for the company.
In 1994, Dick was named chairman and chief executive officer of Haworth. Over the next 14 years, he continued to build the company into a global, multi product line company with sales of $1.65 billion and more than 7,300 members worldwide. Today, Haworth has manufacturing plants and showrooms in most major American, European, and Asian cities as well as a worldwide dealership network. The company is a global manufacturer of office furniture environments, including furniture systems, desks, files, seating, movable walls, raised access floors, and institutional furniture.
Dick continues as Haworth chairman emeritus and a Board member while remaining engaged with customers, product development, engineering, and community projects – his areas of special passion.
Honors that G.W. Haworth received through the years included being named Manufacturer of the Year by the Michigan Manufacturers Association in 1995; being named Entrepreneur of the Year by the University of Michigan's School of Business Administration in 1993; an honorary doctorate from the Kendall College of Art and Design in Grand Rapids in 1987; and a Distinguished Alumni Award from Western Michigan University in 1986.
Dick Haworth also received the WMU Distinguished Alumni Award, and served as a WMU Trustee. He sits on the board of advisors for the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, is a member of the Business Leaders for Michigan and is involved in many community initiatives. In November 2010, he presented the address "From Garage to Global Enterprise: The Haworth Story" at Hope through the college's Meijer Lecture Series.


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Anything related to water to include boats, barges, watercraft, all the way to inner tubes.
On CandleWood Lake in New Milford CT
The HMS Bounty and Lynx were at Portsmouth Harbor over Memorial Day weekend, so I went down early Sunday morning before the 20 + thousand crowd that was expected. Wish I could have gotten closer.
USS Carter Hall docked at the Portsmouth NH Naval Shipyard on Monday, The USS Carter Hall is a landing ship dock whose routine mission is to transport Marine personnel, landing craft, vehicles and cargo and launch them using landing craft and helicopters in support of military or humanitarian...
Little post of views while out on our island tour...
On Monday morning I caught the USS Hartford (SSN 768) being assisted into the slips at the Electric Boat shipyard for repairs. Back in May, the Hartford was involved in a collision with the USS New Orleans in the Straits of Hormuz. Here's a couple shot of her being brought into EB.
Was on Ellis Island a couple of weeks ago with my sons 6th grade class trip. All us country mice had a good time in the big city.:) This was shot from Ellis Island as ferry arrived.
Local canoe/kayak store was having a sale so a lot of people trying things out.
A sailing we will go.
Fun on the River
Rafting or Surfing?????
A tugboat assists a US Navy Virginia class fast attack sub as they head back to the sub base in Groton, CT. Now what would have made this shot perfect is if the New England Central Railroad was running on the tracks in the background... :D
One of the US Navy's newest Virginia class fast attack submarines passes by the USS Nautilus, the first nuclear powered submarine, on her way to her berth at the Sub Base in Groton, CT
A gas tanker coming in to Portsmouth Harbor
Some of the crew of the USS North Carolina ride on the top of the sail as the sub heads past downtown New London, headed for the US Navy Sub Base at Groton, CT.
U.S.S.N.C. in wilmington N.C.
Yep, the Navy's newest Virginia class fast attack sub, the USS Hawaii, was brought from the Sub Base to Electric Boat for some inspections (faulty welds in non-nuclear piping in the modules produced by Newport News Shipyard - the Viriginas are co-made by EB & Newport News). Here the boat is just...
The Adirondac is the newest vessel on Lake George, built in 2004. Beside her is the Horicon, built in 1988.
Caught a 688 class fast attack sub heading back to the Sub Base on my way into work last week (actually, it's a 688I, or improved, class - identified by the lack of dive planes on the sail). Here's one shot of her passing by with downtown New London in the background.
Some scenes from the annual Tugboat Festival
in Waterford NY; confluence of the Mohawk-Erie
Canal and the Hudson River.
Artistic treatment applied on the first couple.
Coastal cruise ship American Star leaving Belfast Maine.
Didn't have enough time to go myself/a bit windy for me anyway, so I went to take some photos.
I was shooting with my 50 1.4 (only other lens atm is a 10-22) so it was pretty tough getting any real pics from the beach, but I was able to crop some down to decent web size photos. I should be...
"The calm before the storm"
This sailboat sits on Congamond Lake in Southwick, MA. A severe thunderstorm looms in the background and will toss this vessel like a toy within five minutes.
went to the hydro races yesterday, my camera wasnt focusing correct with my polarizer on so the first half of my shots where botched. between that and the boats being out a ways making it hard to reach with a 200 i didnt get tons of good shots. here are a few i think turned out ok.
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From this page, you can see build results, download jars and view java doc.
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Lastest jars are available at these
Lastest jars are available at these
Revision as of 17:13, 5 November 2013
Nebula uses Maven Tycho to run its build
Maven / Tycho
Building with Maven and Tycho requires Java and Maven3 to be installed on your computer and a POM file (pom.xml). A POM file is a project definition and must be located at the root of each module. This file contains everything maven needs to build, package, test, run reports, ... the project.
Each Nebula widget needs this file, but in order to reduce the amount of configuration required, we use a parent POM which contains all common configuration. This special project must be installed locally before building a widget.
checkout org.eclipse.nebula.nebula-parent and run maven in this project's folder :
mvn install
Note : when running a complete build, this project is automatically installed.
A widget pom content :
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd"
xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<parent> <artifactId>nebula-parent</artifactId> <groupId>org.eclipse.nebula</groupId> <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version> <relativePath>../org.eclipse.nebula.nebula-parent</relativePath> </parent>
<groupId>org.eclipse.nebula</groupId> <artifactId>org.eclipse.nebula.widgets.gallery</artifactId> <version>0.5.3-SNAPSHOT</version> <packaging>eclipse-plugin</packaging>
The only values which require modification are groupId, artifactId and version
Note : that the version number must match the version in MANIFEST.MF. Snapshot means developement version and requires an ending .qualifier in the plugin version.
Building a widget only requires a single command :
mvn install
jar files are then available in the target folder.
Tests bundles use the same pom with only a different packaging type (see gallery test plugin).
Note : tests run in an osgi environnement which is different from running the tests in PDE. As a result tests may have to be modified to run correctly on both Maven and PDE.
Nebula has 2 builds : Release for stable widget aiming for a 1.0 release (org.eclipse.swt.nebula.nebula-release) and Incubation (org.eclipse.swt.nebula.nebula-incubation) for widget which are work in progress.
Running these build requires to check-out the full nebula repository, to go into the selected build folder and run
mvn install integration-test
Note: integration-test runs tests from test-bundles
Adding a new widget to one of these build is easy. Once the widget builds with Maven, just add an additionnal module to the build pom :
These jobs are set up to run on Hudson every 5 hours if the repository has changed
From this page, you can see build results, download jars and view java doc.
Lastest jars are available at these urls
Email notifications : Every Nebula committer has write access to builds configuration on Hudson. Most settings do not need to be changed but email addresses can be added for build event notifications (failures, return to normal)
- Job that triggers Sonar analysis: https://hudson.eclipse.org/sandbox/job/Nebula-Sonar/
- Sonar reports: https://dev.eclipse.org/sonar/dashboard/index/org.eclipse.nebula:nebula-release


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The Wordsworth-Coleridge Association is sponsoring two sessions at the 2004 meeting of the Modern Language Association in Philadelphia, and a lunch with the generous assistance of Pickering and Chatto Publishers.
Cash bar at 11:30 a.m., banquet at 12:00 noon to 1:15 p.m. on Tuesday, December 28 in Maggiano's Little Italy Restaurant, 1201 Filbert Street, Philadelphia. This lunch is open to members and non-members of the Association and the MLA. A vegetarian alternative is available. For reservations, send $25.00 (or $35.00 in Canadian currency), payable to The Wordsworth Circle, by December 10 to Marilyn Gaull, Department of English, New York University, 19 University Place, Room 536, New York, NY 10003. For further information, email: email@example.com
Session I: Wednesday, December 29
12:00 noon-1:15 p.m., Grand Ballroom Salon K, Philadelphia Marriott.
Presiding: James C. McKusick, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
"Radical Romanticism and the Science of Life," Sharon Ruston,
University of Wales, Bangor
"Dissent and Ontological Space in Literature and Science,"
Stuart Peterfreund, Northeastern University
"Wordsworthian Science in the 1870s," Robert M. Ryan,
Rutgers University, Camden
"Berkeley, Blake, Bohr, and Beyond," Mark Lussier, Arizona State
Session II: Thursday, December 30
1:45-3:00 p.m., 411-412, Philadelphia Marriott
Presiding: Alan Richardson, Boston College
"Romanticism and the Sciences of Perversion," Richard C. Sha,
American University
"The Romantic Cow: Animals as Technology," Ron Broglio,
Georgia Institute of Technology
"Shelley and the Poetics of Glaciers," Eric Glenn Wilson, Wake Forest
Respondent: Marilyn S. Gaull, New York University


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It's March, but it feels like the depths of winter. All I want to do is fill my belly with hot soups and stews in a bid to stay warm.
A double whammy of chilli heat and steaming broth is guaranteed to keep the chills away and one of my weapons of choice is the Korean dish sundubu jjigae aka soondubu jjigae.
Sundubu jjigae is a hot and spicy stew (jjigae) made with super-soft uncurdled tofu (dubu), seafood, mushrooms, onions, kombu (kelp) and gochujang (a Korean savoury chilli pepper paste).
Made in a special earthenware bowl called a ddukbaegi which can be heated directly on a stovetop, a raw egg is cracked straight into the jjigae just before it's time to eat, and then the jjigae is served in the same bowl while it's still bubbling away.
The combination of barely poached egg and cloud-like tofu dancing together in the intense broth is obscenely good, especially when you break into the egg and the soft golden yolk melds with it all. I'm addicted.
Jjigaes can also be made in a normal saucepan and decanted into bowls, but this isn't half as exciting, since you don't get that cauldron effect.
Jjigaes always come with a bowl of white rice and little side dishes called banchan - out of laziness I often just serve kimchi.
- 2 Korean earthenware bowls (optional)
- 1 sachet of kombu dashi or 10g kombu flakes
- 20g dried or 4 fresh shiitake mushrooms
- 6 cloves of garlic
- 1 medium white onion
- 8 dried anchovies
- 2 tbsp oil
- 2 tbsp gochujang (red pepper paste)
- 2 handfuls of small clams in the shell or cleaned prawns
- 1 pack of extra soft tofu (sundubu)
- 2 spring onions
- 1 red chilli
- 2 eggs
- Kimchi and rice to serve
Top up with water if necessary and then bring to the boil.
Eat the jjigae while it's still bubbling like the fiery depths of Hell and try very hard not to burn your mouth.
Watch and listen to my sundubu jjigae in all its seething glory:


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Cancer Inquiry
The goal of the cancer inquiry (CI) process is to work with individuals or communities in exploring the nature of their cancer concern, provide health education on cancer risk factors, and, when appropriate, provide epidemiological information. DHSS staff, in consultation with the chronic disease public health epidemiologist and the CI committee, works with the local public health agencies and the communities. Staff or regional cancer coalition members may give educational presentations in locations with a cancer concern and may help to address the specific needs of that community.
The CI process focuses on determining if a perceived excess is real. If a true cluster is identified, then the CI staff will assist in the implementation of epidemiological studies, notify agencies responsible for remediation of an environmental hazard (if one exists), and educate residents in the area of concern regarding the risk and the response of state government and other agencies concerning cancer in their community.
General Notes About Cancer and Cancer Clusters
- Cancer is not one disease. Different cancers, like other chronic diseases, have different causes and risk factors.
- Cancer is very common. More than one in three women, and nearly one in two men will be affected by some type of cancer in their lifetime.
- Age, family history (genetics) and lifestyle factors (diet, exercise, alcohol or tobacco use) are usually more important risk factors for cancer than environmental contamination.
- Clustering can still be a random occurrence, even when statistical tests indicate that cancer cases are higher than expected.


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A shallow, meandering tributary to the New River (PDF), the North Fork is a remnant section of the eastern Everglades and flows through the northwest section of the City of Ft. Lauderdale and a portion of unincorporated Broward County. While a number of native species and picturesque vistas can be found along its historic riverbanks, the North Fork has extensive environmental challenges. This water body has been impacted by hydrologic alterations and the urbanization of surrounding land uses. Additionally, because this section of the river bisects an urban area that is undergoing neighborhood revitalization initiatives, restoration efforts are especially needed for both the river's natural and urban communities. Current and future multi-agency restoration efforts to improve water quality include the establishment of a more consistent flow regime, improved management of stormwater runoff, sediment dredging, shoreline revegetation, and trash and debris removal.
Technical Reports relating to the North Fork can be obtained by calling 954-519-1270.
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President Obama pledged last week that he would take "specific steps" to reform U.S. surveillance policy. This week, he proved unable to keep his word for any longer than a weekend.
What was the latest Barack-and-switch? Here's what Obama said Friday to reassure Americans about the NSA, with my emphasis:
... We're forming a high level group of outside experts to review our entire intelligence and communications technologies. We need new thinking for a new era. We now have to unravel terrorist plots by finding a needle in a haystack of global telecommunications, and meanwhile technology has given governments, including our own, unprecedented capability to monitor communications.
So I'm tasking this independent group to step back and review our capabilities, particularly our surveillance technologies, and they'll consider how we can maintain the trust of the people, how we can make sure that there absolutely is no abuse in terms of how these surveillance technologies are used, ask how surveillance impacts our foreign policy, particularly in an age when more and more information is becoming public. And they will provide an interim report in 60 days and a final report by the end of this year, so that we can move forward with a better understanding of how these programs impact our security, our privacy and our foreign policy.
Got that?
An independent group of outside experts, whose tasks include ensuring that there is no abuse and assessing the impact of surveillance on privacy. That's what he promised the American people.


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That's the color we're painting our house. Actually, it's Yellow Lotus from Benjamin Moore, which we're getting at Catalina Paints on Oxnard Street and Van Nuys Boulevard. It used to be a Magic Muffler shop, meaning it was purple, and they were able to cover that up just fine. And it's not as overrun as Dunn-Edwards on Sepulveda Boulevard.
And yes, we're doing it ourselves. Upon first scrape, I can tell you that our house, which is 57 years old, has been painted a grand total of … twice. First color: Mylanta Green, if such a color exists. Second coat … a generic off-white/tan.
As Ilene says, there's a lot of politics involved in painting your own house, especially if the color you choose is not Navajo White and you're not treating the exterior of the dwelling as if it's a 17th-century sideboard.
We're going to do it in stages — one side at a time. First the front, then the west side, then back and east side.


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A TV fishing host in New Zealand was pulling in an estimated 600-pound swordfish when suddenly an even bigger mako shark happened on the scene and started to attack the swordfish. At first, fishing host Matt Watson of "The Ultimate Fishing Show" didn't know what was happening. When the swordfish did a complete out-of-the-water leap, he believed the swordfish had cut the line and was trying to shake the bait. But when the TV fishing crew approached the scene, Watson excitedly discovered "the biggest mako I've ever seen" claiming the swordfish for itself. "The Ultimate Fishing Show" captured once-in-a-lifetime video of the scene, as Watson narrated (warning for a minor expletive):
The battle occurred earlier this week off the coast of Northland, New Zealand, as Watson and his TV fishing crew were filming a swordfish episode.
As Watson was hand-lining the swordfish to the boat, the fish suddenly took a speedy run, no doubt trying to escape the jaws of the mako shark.
It wasn't until the fishermen raced over and put a research tag into the swordfish that they realized what was occurring.
"Look at the size of that swordfish, and it's getting ravaged by an even larger mako shark," Watson is heard saying on the video.
With the swordfish mortally wounded by the shark bites, the fishermen attempted to land what was left of the swordfish, much to the dismay of the mako shark, which at one point briefly bumped the boat.
"That is the biggest mako shark I've ever seen; that is massive," Watson says. "He's trying to keep his catch from us. He is trying to keep us at bay from what he thinks is his kill.
"This is 'Old Man and the Sea' stuff."
Watson was recalling Ernest Hemingway's best-selling novel about a fisherman who catches a giant marlin only to lose it to a group of hungry sharks.
In this case, the fishermen were victorious, and have one heck of a fish story to tell.
"Mako sharks actually predate swordfish, and there's been lots of well documented eyewitness accounts of this happening," Watson told 3 News, New Zealand, in a Thursday night interview. "But to see it right there up close, and to get it on film was something pretty special."
Photos of Matt Watson with the swordfish courtesy of "The Ultimate Fishing Show." Photo of the mako shark is a screengrab from the video.


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Children of all ages love the chance to be creative at the Sarratt Youth Art Institute! There is a lot of fun and learning as children explore clay, painting, sculpture, drawing, printmaking, sculpture, textile arts, while making new friends and learning about the wonderful world of art. Voted Best Kids Camp of Nashville 2012 in the Nashville Scene's readers poll, we're looking forward to another busy and exciting summer of art in 2018.
For Summer 2018, SYAI will be touring the globe with our theme "A Wonderful World of Art". Through art we will travel the world to explore the art and cultures of the major continents and regions around the world.. Ages 5- 6 and 7 – 12 will use a variety of materials to create their own versions of art based on traditions and influences that have been passed down for years in these various countries and regions. Ages 13 – 16 will have focused lessons on particular mediums and we've listed the studio techniques such as darkroom photography, fiber arts, pottery on the wheel and printmaking.
8 week long sessions are planned for the summer beginning June 4, 2018.
More information, schedules and registration are available on our web site.
An Early Bird Discount is available through April 1, 2018. Come travel the world with us through art!
Through the exceptional capabilities and caring spirit of its people, Vanderbilt will lead in improving the healthcare of individuals and communities regionally, nationally and internationally. We will combine our transformative learning programs and compelling discoveries to provide distinctive personalized care.
Vanderbilt University is committed to principles of equal opportunity and affirmative action. Copyright 2019 © Vanderbilt University Medical Center.


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DOVER, NH -- It appears the World has become too much to handle for one Planet.
Planet Fitness, which two years ago bought World Gym for around $10 million, is putting World Gym up for sale, Planet Fitness CEO Mike Grondahl confirmed Tuesday.
Within the last two months, Planet Fitness, Dover, NH, was approached by two groups with offers to buy World Gym, Grondahl says. One of the groups was from Asia, and the other group was led by Mike Uretz, the former World Gym CEO and president who sold World Gym to Planet Fitness in 2006. Planet Fitness has not been able to come to an agreement with either group, but negotiations are "very much alive," says World Gym President Ben Midgley.
Uretz says he has a meeting scheduled for next Tuesday with potential buyers, after which he should know more about the possibility of World Gym returning to his fold.
"I have a very strong attachment to World Gym, and if the opportunity presents itself to where I can make a difference in the company on some level, I'd be very interested in it," Uretz says. "Is there anything happening as we speak? No. Could there be? I'll know in a few days."
Uretz acknowledged that some World Gym franchisees have contacted him about buying back the company.
"I don't want to make it seem like they've come to me like I'm some messiah," Uretz says. "It's not like that at all. They just want to have a clearer picture of where the company is going. The guy who bought it [Grondahl], in my opinion, is one of the smartest guys that ever opened a gym. I haven't changed my mind a bit about that. But I don't know whether or not all the moving parts are fitting together. I'm going to know very soon."
Grondahl would not disclose the asking price for World Gym, but he says, "We won't be making any money on the deal." Despite the talks with the two groups, Planet Fitness does not have a formal book out on World Gym and has not been actively shopping it around, Midgley says. However, Grondahl says Planet Fitness will be marketing World Gym soon.
The main reason for selling World Gym is its "less-than-stellar performance," Grondahl says. At the time of Planet Fitness' purchase, 295 World Gym clubs were open, but now just 190 are open, Grondahl says.
"A handful changed over to Planet," Grondahl says. "The bulk of them we got rid of for different reasons, whether they owed us money or weren't paying for the right amount of franchises. The organization was very loose when we bought it, and when we tried to tighten it up, I think that caused a lot of the contraction."
Grondahl adds that he misread World Gym franchisees, many of whom did not fully comply with the philosophy of Planet Fitness. That was never more evident than at an information forum held last year in Las Vegas, attended by both Planet Fitness and World Gym franchisees, in which some World Gym franchisees left frustrated that their questions were still not answered.
"I think that a lot of the [World Gym] franchisees—not all of them—are more interested in owning a business than they are in making money," Grondahl says. "Right from the very beginning, we misread the situation by thinking that the World Gym franchisees would be as excited about us as we were about them, and it turned out not to be the case."
One of the franchisees who was at the conference in Las Vegas was Manny Kaye, who owns a World Gym in Monrovia, CA. Kaye was not aware that World Gym is up for sale but says he's not surprised to hear the news, adding that he has had trouble communicating with the corporate office.
"They know how to do Planet Fitness," Kaye says. "They don't know how to do World Gym. They're two different entities. That's why a lot of people were showing a lot of frustration."
The World Gym 1440 All Axcess 24-hour key-card clubs have provided a boost to the company. Grondahl says about 40 of the All Axcess clubs are in operation.
"That's a very promising proposition," Grondahl says. "It's really too bad that we don't have the time to really develop that market. There's a lot of money to be made on that side of the game."
The potential sale of World Gym could mean a shift in responsibilities for Midgley at the company. Midgley, hired last year from 24 Hour Fitness, says he could serve as an executive vice president at Planet Fitness. In the meantime, he'll maintain his focus on World Gym.
"You'd be nuts to leave this company," Midgley says. "It would just be a simple reorganization."
"We're not walking away from World on any level," he adds. "We're going to support these guys as much as we can until, when and if a transaction happens. It just depends on when that time comes. Long term, World's got a great future. Internationally, the brand has tremendous value."
After the sale of World Gym, which Grondahl says he hopes will occur by the end of this year, the company would then focus its attention back on its bread and butter, Planet Fitness. Grondahl says about 230 Planet Fitness clubs are open and another 600 clubs are pre-sold. During pre-sale in February 2007, the Planet Fitness in Middleton, NY, sold 1,206 memberships in one day, 548 of them online—both company records.
Last year, Planet Fitness generated $48 million in revenue, a 58 percent increase from 2006, according to numbers the company provided to Club Industry's Fitness Business Pro for the magazine's annual Top 100 clubs list. Planet Fitness did not provide financial numbers for World Gym, however.
"Planet Fitness is just growing through the roof, and World Gym has become a distraction for us," Grondahl says. "Nobody likes to lose money. It certainly didn't work out the way we had hoped. Sometimes you learn more by your losses than by your wins. At least that's what they say."