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The real fuel behind a company's success is its people.
Peter and Olaf Harken recognized this basic business principle almost 50 years ago when starting Harken/Vanguard in the snow and corn country of southeastern Wisconsin. Since those early days, Harken has grown from a backyard dream of two brothers to a global reality with offices and distributors around the world. Harken gear dominates events like the America's Cup, the Volvo Ocean Race, and the Olympics with blocks, travelers, winches, and hydraulics aboard everything from the smallest dinghies to the largest megayachts.
The Harken story has been full of twists, turns, successes, and reinventions, but through it all the goal of challenging the status quo and commitment to excellence has always remained the same.
Peter and Olaf Harken were born of Dutch and Swedish parents in Indonesia at the beginning of World War II.
In 1941 the Japanese attacked Indonesia. During the fighting and nightly bombings, Peter, Olaf, and their Swedish mother managed to escape to Borneo. Their Dutch father, Joe, who represented the Caterpillar Tractor Company in Asia, joined the very small Dutch army and helped fight the Japanese until his capture. Joe was imprisoned for five years and was not liberated until the end of the war. In the meantime, Peter, Olaf, and mother Ulla lived first in Borneo, were then troop-shipped to New Zealand for a year, to Australia for another year, and finally shipped to San Francisco in 1944. Here they were miraculously reunited with their father in 1946 after the war was over.
The family traveled to Peoria, Illinois, home of Caterpillar, and subsequently lived a few years in Larchmont, New York. Joe then had an offer to move to the Philippines where he would develop and supply heavy-duty, earth moving equipment to be used in the reconstruction of the badly damaged, war-torn nation.
Peter and Olaf lived in the Philippines all through their school years, attending the American International School in Manila until they left for college in the United States.
"We both received swimming scholarships due to the many years we swam competitively in the Philippines," said Olaf, who majored in industrial engineering at Georgia Tech in Atlanta, Georgia. Peter enrolled at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, Wisconsin where he first majored in engineering but finally graduated in International Economics. "It was a faster way to get out of school and get on with real life," he said.
Peter joined the UW Hoofer Sailing, Skiing, Whitewater Canoeing, and Mountain Climbing clubs. Sailing on both water and ice quickly distracted him from more studious pursuits. After squandering his father's college money on sailing, skiing, girls, and other non-academic adventures, his father pulled the plug saying, "You're on your own; I'm not going to pay for your playing." So Peter, with $50 to his name, packed up his 1951 Chevy jalopy with his skis, his dog, about 30 peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and ski-bummed in Colorado for a semester instead.
To pay for his education after his return to Wisconsin, Peter worked part-time at Gilson Medical Electronics, staying after hours to design and build his own sailing hardware for his E-Scow and iceboats. One night some of the plastic ball bearings rolled off his bench and onto the floor. "I was amazed at how high they bounced," he recalled. "The less mass, the faster things accelerate. That's what pulleys do on a boat-stop and start all the time." Peter replaced the stainless steel needle bearings in his pulleys with 1/4" nylon ball bearings. His boats became the test platform for his designs, and as competitors saw Peter's sails releasing faster and his equipment working more smoothly than theirs, word about the "black blocks with white plastic balls" began to spread.
During his freshman year at Georgia Tech, Olaf also squandered his father's money by driving to Wisconsin on breaks to help Peter and make sure he was having fun. After graduating, Olaf did a stint in the Navy for 3 1/2 years as an officer on a destroyer in the North Pacific. His ship was one of the first combat ships in the Vietnam conflict. Upon his return in 1967, the brothers and a couple of friends started a short-lived boat building/sailmaking/ball bearing block business called Scanda. However the sailing world did not beat a path to their door and Scanda was left with only one principle - Peter.
Olaf had taken an engineering job in New York City, but in 1967 he returned to Wisconsin to help Peter build boats for the college market. "Why I made that decision then I'll never know," said Olaf. Home for the newly-formed Vanguard Boats (and later Harken Yacht Equipment) was a run-down garage in Waukesha, Wisconsin. The building had a small office in front with a 60-foot long garage behind, and an overhead door in the back. Inside the office were a couple of doors on saw horses used as desktops, an old typewriter, a telephone, and a file cabinet. A plastic polyethylene sheet separated the offices from the fiberglass and assembly area. A fan jammed in a window blew out the fumes. Needless to say OSHA was dumbfounded, but amazingly didn't shut them down. Marketing consisted of all-night drives with Peter at the wheel and Olaf typing brochures in the back seat of an old Chevy wagon. That first year they made $3,800-together.
Peter and Olaf hadn't forgotten about their homemade ball bearing blocks. In a fortuitous decision, they put blocks into an old cigar box and showed them to Gary Comer, an old friend and founder of Lands' End, a marine mail-order business (now a North American clothing retailer). Gary said, "If I put them in my catalog, you'll have to make them." Gary also suggested they market the blocks under Harken rather than Vanguard because boat manufacturers might not want hardware labeled with the name of a competing boat builder.
LeRoy and Al Stippich, owners of a tool and die business (Accurate Products), had rented their first shop to Peter and Olaf, and learned that they did not have the funds to get the expensive injection molds and stamping dies built for the full-scale production of their ball bearing blocks. The Stippich's felt a kinship to Peter and Olaf. They saw two young brothers starting out like they did-with very little money. They offered to build the tooling at their expense and fabricate the blocks for them. The four made an agreement with a handshake that stood until Harken bought Accurate Products in 2010.
Gary sold some of these early blocks to Lowell North and Buddy Friedrichs who were both Gold medalists (Star and Dragon) at the 1968 Olympics. Bruce Kirby, editor of One Design & Offshore Yachtsman (now Sailing World) let Peter and Olaf run an ad about their victory and wrote a tongue-in-cheek editorial that said Harken blocks were dangerous because they let the boom out so fast. "These diabolical devices are called Harken ball bearing blocks, and in my opinion it will take years for yacht designers to come up with boats fast enough to stay under the sails that are sheeted with them." Some readers thought he was serious. The ensuing controversy got invaluable publicity and the block business took off.
The business was growing and Harken/Vanguard needed a secretary/bookkeeper/receptionist/office manager. One applicant answered the ad. Rose Sorensen was cute, had never missed one day of school, and knew how to spell. She's probably still asking herself why she accepted the job. Rose became an invaluable employee and held the title of U.S. HR Manager and Corporate Secretary until she retired in 2010.
As the boat business got busier, Peter and Olaf put an ad in the local paper for a fiberglass laminator-salary $3 an hour. Bob Gramins and Don Michaelson applied for the job and told Peter and Olaf they came as a team and wanted $5 and hour-each. They proved they were worth this big investment by building a beautiful Flying Junior from scratch in half the time it took Peter and Olaf. The "Plastic Fantastics" earned a reputation among colleges for their high-quality Flying Juniors and Badger Tech dinghies. Don stayed with Vanguard until Peter and Olaf sold the boat business.
Growth and borrowing were synonymous for the new business with small loans granted by an understanding local bank, but when Vanguard needed $10,000, Olaf (company treasurer) was told his request needed approval from the bank's board of directors. After reading Olaf's financial report, a hand-scribbled mix of fantasy and bad addition on a yellow legal pad, the bemused loan officer shook his head and said, "OK, I'm just going to wing it."
With the success of the collegiate dinghy range and the international popularity of the growing block line, Harken/Vanguard soon moved into a bigger building in Pewaukee, Wisconsin, in 1971. To pay for it they needed to build more boats and decided to try for the U.S. rights to build the International 470. They suspected the double-handed, high-performance trapeze dinghy would become an Olympic Class in 1976 (it did and still is). During the haggling, designer André Cornu announced that since the U.S. was much bigger than France, he wanted a guarantee of 5,000 boats a year. Peter explained the U.S. market wasn't that big and Cornu lowered the number to 2,000 boats a year. Peter said he couldn't promise even one boat but would work hard and do his best. Vanguard built 350 boats, in the first year, a fantastic number for the U.S. market.
Harken/Vanguard 470s focused on providing complete deck layouts for Olympic hopefuls. Young sailors like 2003 Rolex Sailor of the Year winner, Augie Diaz, arrived in droves to work on their boats and gave Peter and Olaf many ideas on improvements. The fun that typified those early days didn't stop. Peter writes, "In the hay day of the 470, our affection and respect was numbered by the amount of insults and pranks we heaped on each other during the many regattas we attended. Augie was one of the top 470 sailors and very well liked, so one dark night we rigged his boat for him. It was ready to go, sails and all. The following morning we heard a flurry of four-letter Spanish words. There was Augie's boat, floating serenely but ready, in the Davis Island Yacht Club swimming pool.
Plummeting boat sales during the gasoline crisis forced employees to take turns being laid off. To keep the fiberglass shop busy, Peter and Olaf planned to build rudders, centerboards, kayaks, and model boats to help the bottom line. At this low ebb, Art Mitchel, Peter's college roommate and VP of the Trust Department at a large bank, saw the fun his buddies were having slopping fiberglass and joined them. Mitch brought organization to the business. Now Corporate Navigator, he is semi-retired, but is still figuring out how to fully retire because no one will let him.
As boat production continued to sputter, Finn Gold Cup winner Joerg Bruder designed a Finn for sailmaker Peter Conrad and asked Vanguard to build two. They were named Blue Dog and Yellow Dog and were both exceptionally slow. Joerg was the only guy who could sail them fast. Peter scratched his head and started over. His new design combined the narrow bow of the Newport Finn (phenomenal upwind and dicey downwind) and the flat rear end of the Teal Finn (fast downwind, but slow upwind). In between, Peter kept the lines as straight as possible. He figured that when the water molecules hit the bow, they wanted to get to the stern as fast as possible. When Finn measurer John Christianson arrived to bless the new Finn, he discovered the bow was way too narrow and didn't measure in. "This is a really neat boat, a gorgeous boat," said John. "Too bad it's not a Finn." After Peter and Olaf fixed their small error, John Bertrand and Bill Allen took the boats to Southern Yacht Club for the North Americans. They were seriously razzed by competitors for their sissy hiking pads. After finishing first and second in the regatta, the orders for the Vanguard Finn poured in.
Peter and Olaf wanted to develop a line of big boat blocks to complement the successful small boat line, but they ran into a major snag. The Delrin® bearings they used couldn't handle the higher loads. "We figured somewhere in the world some crazy scientist would have the goop we needed," said Peter. "Amoco had just released Torlon® plastic for commercial use. It was the toughest plastic in the world. The material was perfect for our prototype mainsheet block."
"We were small boat builders and didn't know many big boat sailors in the U.S. We met the Swedish America's Cup team at the 1976 SORC in Florida, and asked if they would test our prototype block on the 12-meter Sverige, their entry in the 1977 America's Cup. After the series, the team told us our mainsheet block was the only one they didn't have to replace."
Harken and Vanguard were selected to provide the molds, parts, boats, and equipment for the 1980 Olympic Games in Russia. The Estonian boat building group and their Russian chaperones arrived on Halloween from the Tallinn Shipyard to learn the secrets of laminating strong, lightweight Finns and 470s. They were completely bewildered when all the employees greeted them in costume. During the visit the Russians played American football in the back forty, became Harken rock band groupies, visited Chicago, and learned all about Jack Daniels. After they left, U.S. State Department reps wearing trench coats and pulled-down hats arrived and told Peter and Olaf to make sure the group stayed in Pewaukee. Oops!
Early on only four people staffed Patrick Rieupeyrout's small office (called Barlow Marine-Europe) in La Rochelle. Specializing in Harken hardware and Barient and Barlow winches, everyone did everything-from packaging to technical service and regatta support. Today this active Harken division supplies gear and superb technical support to everything from one-designs, offshore racers, and giant multihulls, to OEM yards.
The hardware business was growing the boat business rapidly, and running both became too much. About that time Steve Clark and Chip Johns of Quarter Moon, Inc., made an offer to buy the Vanguard part of the company, and Peter and Olaf reluctantly sold the tooling and Vanguard name to them. Vanguard employees spent a jam-packed week sharing boat building information and methodology with the new owners, but to the people it was so much more than boat building. It was the comradery, the "we can do it" attitude, and the pride in building the best dinghies in the world. Boats were often shipped with a crazy note from the boys in the shop. Finns were packed up and labeled 'To Russia with Love' complete with a bottle of champagne and a message assuring a customer that HIS boat was undoubtedly the BEST boat Vanguard had ever built.
Nothing ever got out the door without the approval of Peter and Olaf. Their quality control checks were famous. Inevitably they would find something that was "not quite right" as the container was being loaded-usually late at night. The offending object was always repaired or replaced to the despair of an overworked and tired crew but never was a finger pointed.
In another providential decision, Harken acquired the Italian winch company, Barbarossa, from brothers Luca and Tony Bassani. It wasn't long before Harken aluminum winches became the winch of choice.
To celebrate the new alliance, Harken employees took Italian lessons and Italian-Pewaukanese became a new language.
The chief engineer at Harken Italy was Luciano Bonassi. He gained a reputation for hand-drawing winch designs with incredible speed, and generating more than 36,000 signed drawings during his Harken career. He was a brilliant engineer with friends on both sides of the Atlantic.
"We knew if we got into the America's Cup winch game, we'd really have to commit ourselves," said Peter. "It would be dangerous, because if we failed, the whole world would know. It's like entering the bullring. Don't go looking for praise, cheering, and backslapping because you're going to get bloodied. We told our guys here, 'Guys, the pressure is going to be horrendous. At times we'll be working 24/7. No whining.' "
A longstanding friendship between Aukland-based Harken distributor John Street and New Zealand syndicate head Sir Peter Blake opened the door for Harken. When talking with him he asked us, "Can you guarantee your winches will be successful?" We said, "We can't guarantee anything other than that we'll work our butts off around-the-clock to keep you sailing." Our winches had carbon-fiber drums (an industry first), and were much lighter than the competition's. Blake also liked the idea of our direct, honest approach and commitment to service and he took a chance. New Zealand won the Cup. It was the first time in modern Cup history that one company had provided complete deck hardware and winch packages to both America's Cup finalists.
A severe downturn in the boating market prompted Olaf and a group of other sailing industry leaders to develop a concept yacht with the hopes of revitalizing the industry. The 65 foot Amoco Procyon (named after the brightest star in the constellation Canis Minor) promoted an innovative ease-of-sail philosophy through its push-button method of operation. Many of Procyon's custom systems were designed by Harken engineers: the keel canting, dual station steering, rudder bearings, mainsail furling, and the track/car portion of the bipod mast's raising/lowering system. Although common today, these ideas were unheard of at the time. That year Procyon won the Popular Science Award for recreation.
With at least half its business overseas, Olaf Harken and Assistant Marketing Manager, Bill Goggins (now Managing Director USA) realized the importance of continuing to establish Harken subsidiaries to better support its customer base in Europe and Asia.
Harken Sweden
In 1998 Erich Hagen joined Harken as an exclusive distributor for Sweden and Norway. After a successful 12 year association, Erich retired. Today Fredrik Bergström leads the Harken Sweden team as they work toward making Harken products an even stronger presence in these marine markets.
Harken Australia
An independent distributor for many years, Harken Australia shifted status and became a Harken owned operation in 2006. "This provides us with the opportunity to control our own destiny in this important market," said Peter Harken. Industry veteran Carl Watson was appointed head of the new sales and service division. After Carl retired, Grant Pellew became managing director.
Harken New Zealand
Fosters, a Harken distributor since 1978, was also acquired and renamed Harken New Zealand in 2006. Garry Lock, a 15-year employee of Cookson Boats and an experienced keelboat and dinghy racer, became managing director of the new division. Under Lock's management, Fosters' skilled staff continues to expand the company's presence in the Pacific region.
Harken UK
In 1999, when distributor Clyde Marine restructured and sold Harken distributor Simpson Lawrence, the company's Harken connection, Andy Ash-Vie (now Managing Director), dug in his heels and said, "Enough is enough. Harken should stand on its own." He and his wife, Cathy (now commercial manager), dragged Olaf and Peter to the UK and convinced them that it was a good idea to set up a dedicated Harken company. Initially they ran the business out of the front room of their home, but with boxes full of parts all over the house, garage, and garden, they moved the operation to a larger premises. Today's home for the growing Harken UK team is a 6,200 square foot building with planning permission to more than double its size.
Sales and Service Office in Warsaw Poland
In 2009 Managing Director Magdalena Rakowicz hit the ground running as head of Harken's wholly-owned sales and service office in Warsaw, Poland. With the growth of production and custom boatyards as well as an increased interest in sailing, Magdalena was quick to firmly establish Harken in the Polish market. Today Zofia Truchanowicz is building on the solid foundation initiated by Magdalena. "With her sailing and administrative experience she has already led a very full life," said Peter. "She fits into our culture very well. A big welcome, Zofia, from everyone at Harken."
"We're planning ahead and investing in our future with our greatest asset-our people and our team's experience," explained Peter and Olaf. "With these changes we're hoping to get involved in areas where we can best serve our customers and grow our people. To do so we have promoted key leaders from within the Harken organization, and will continue our involvement in our company and the industry we love."
As the newly-named Chairmen of the Board, Peter and Olaf meant what they said. They have not backed off or slowed down, but continue to keep everyone hopping with new ideas and big plans.
The Harken Italy winch manufacturing facility was the first to build a new facility and to embrace lean manufacturing principles. Harken USA followed, purchasing Accurate Products, the company that first believed in Peter and Olaf. The brothers consolidated both the Waukesha and Pewaukee operations into a larger, more efficient, new 175,000 square-foot lean-manufacturing facility. Located on 26 acres in Pewaukee, the building's first floor holds the manufacturing, assembly, shipping, and warehousing operations; the second level is for offices. Outside, a large holding pond surrounded on three sides by plenty of rich grass and marshland is a haven for deer, geese, cranes, egrets, and ducks. "Watch out for wildlife" signs are posted along the drive.
Harken engineers have charged into a new arena-hydraulics. As always, the company reached high, using the monster America's Cup trimaran Oracle Team USA as a development platform for the systems. Each afternoon, work ground to a halt as Harken employees gathered to watch the nail-biting series.
To everyone's amazement, Team Oracle beat Emirates Team New Zealand in the wildest and longest America's Cup ever. Harken hydraulics had arrived!
Harken also decided to get serious about an area they had long dabbled in-Industrial. Harken adapted its winches, pulleys, and travelers for use in a range of industries including utility, access and rescue, wind power, architectural, and stage/theater. One of the most popular products is the PowerSeat®; the powered ascender was featured on The CBS Morning News showing workers cleaning the Grand Canyon's glass Skywalk and accessing the canyon's depths to haul out accumulated garbage.
The growing Canvas division supplies customers with boating and industrial canvas products. Harken boat covers are custom measured and fit; the popular soft luggage line is designed and handmade here. Harken Canvas ramped up its industrial production with contract cutting and sewing for commercial businesses: law enforcement, medical, drilling industries, and entrepreneurial start-ups.
The Harken Hoister is also going strong with a variety of garage storage lifting systems for canoes/kayaks, Jeep® and truck hard tops, bikes, and the popular SUP.
Robotics and expanded manufacturing capabilities have allowed growth outside the sailing industry with our in-house machine shop supplying companies with valves, shafts, plates, terminals, and a myriad of other outsourced products. In another big move, Harken block, winch, traveler, and furling systems are being adapted for use in the industrial sector. The low weight, strength, and compact sizes make these products the perfect choice when creating rope management systems in a range of industries: commercial marine, utility, rescue, wind power, architectural, and stage and theater to name a few.
As our business continues to expand, Harken has never strayed from our core values of product excellence and customer first approach-from the friendly voice that answers the telephone, to one-on-one support from our expert technical and customer service staff. These guiding principles established by Peter and Olaf Harken all those years ago will never change as Harken looks to the future.
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Larvicide operations are conducted throughout the city to attack the mosquito at the weakest point in its life cycle and to prevent adult emergence. As larval surveys are performed. Identified sites are treated throughout the mosquito season. Treatment comes in the form of 180-day Larval Briquets placed in Town known areas of stagnant/standing water. Depending on the season, it may also be necessary to later treat the same area with an additional 45-day Briquet.
The purpose of larvicide is to kill the mosquito before it becomes an adult.
Adult Controlled Spraying (Adulticide)
Adulticide operations are conducted by using ultra-low-volume (ULV) ground equipment to spray the affected area, during evening hours, to reduce the adult mosquito population. The application will cover the entire Town every Thursday, with weather permitting.


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SAN JOSE, Calif. – Barring a record-setting spree to close the year, 2013 will mark the first time in four seasons that Chris Wondolowski's name won't be at the top of the MLS goal-scoring charts.
Yet even as Wondolowski's goal total has slipped from 27 – tying the league's all-time single-season mark last year – to just 10, the San Jose Earthquakes star still leads the league in game-winning goals. Seven of Wondolowski's strikes have proven to be the difference in victories as the Quakes (13-11-8) have kept alive – and even strengthened – their playoff hopes.
"Chris Wondolowski has scored 10 goals, with seven game-winners," Quakes general manager John Doyle said this week. "That's unbelievable, to do that. . . . We always say, 'You never take him off the field, because he will get a chance, and he will score.' He misses a chance, but then he gets a chance in the 90th minute, and then he scores. For me, I think he's had a phenomenal season."
The Quakes are coming off back-to-back 1-0 wins powered by Wondolowski goals, which represent part of a 4-0-1 streak that San Jose will ride into the StubHub Center to face the LA Galaxy on Sunday (9 pm ET; ESPN).
"He does step up to the plate and make big plays when we really need it," San Jose midfielder Rafael Baca told MLSsoccer.com after Wondolowski finally pierced the defense of Rapids goalkeeper Clint Irwin last week. "The ball just wasn't going in. The 'keeper was making some crazy saves. In those times, we do need Wondo, or [other] guys up top, to step up."
Wondolowski described his season as "a bit frustrating" and feels he "definitely left some goals out there." He also said he might not have hit a more important goal with the Quakes than the one against Colorado in their 1-0 win on Oct. 9, which allowed San Jose to pull within a point of the Rapids for the fifth and final playoff spot with two games remaining.
"The only one that comes to mind is the New York playoff one [in 2010], because it's the playoffs," Wondolowski said. "This is pretty important, just a tight time of the year and a time where we need goals."
Wondolowski said the credit for his haul of game-winners belongs just as much with the Quakes' resurgent defense, which has often times made his work stand up. And there is some truth to that: in five of the seven matches won via Wondolowski goals, San Jose has posted a shutout.
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Yet Wondolowski has brought home three points in the final 10 minutes of regulation or beyond on three different occasions this year – against New York (March 10, 92nd minute), Toronto (May 8, 81st) and at Chivas USA (Sept. 29, 87th).
"Wondo's scored some big goals for us, and tonight was no different," interim coach Mark Watson told reporters after the Colorado match. "Wondo just has that knack of being in the right place at the right time, and he's a fantastic finisher."


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Jared Mitchell, OF – The 23rd overall pick in the 2009 draft had his career interrupted when he tore an ankle tendon in the spring of 2010. He wasn't the same in 2011, however was very impressive in the winter instructional league and warranted a promotion to AA. He will be interesting to follow this season as he has tons of potential.
Trayce Thompson, OF – The 2009 2nd round picked didn't really impress in 2009 and 2010. However, some of that changed after hitting 24 HRs in 2011. His batting average as awful and his K rate was extremely high. The 21-year-old remains a good talent and will get time to work out some mechanical issues in the Carolina League.
Kevan Smith, C – Mature college catcher with power to all fields. He has the bat but is still learning to be a professional catcher.
Jordan Danks, OF – Has some pop and speed. He wasn't much of a prospect and after 2 full seasons at AAA, the 25-year-old doesn't figure to be a major league regular. Still, he will have an opportunity to find himself on the bench as a 4th or 5th outfielder before the season is over.


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to mention them all
would take a lifetime.
here are just a few:
tulip, tomato, woman,
river, camel, whale,
raindrop, star, bird,
pearl, lion, cloud,
tree, beetle, moon…
if you were to search
within each one
and search within again
and again and again,
farther than any microscope
could go, you would be amazed
to find every atom swirling
around and around and around
the One. within you is a root
going back to Him that contains
the answer to every secret,
the remedy for every doubt.
the heartbeat of everything
in the universe. you, alone,
would be nothing if you knew
you are not you, but a God-seed
of the eternal Truth.
– From Sister Annie's While Kneeling Before the Rose poetry blog. Reposted with permission.
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< Development | TutorialsRevision as of 09:15, 29 July 2015 by Michael A. (talk | contribs) (→Abstract)(diff) ← Older revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff) Creating and Loading Plugins Using KService Tutorial Series Services Previous Traders: Querying the System What's Next n/a Further Reading n/a Contents 1 Abstract 2 The Text Editor Example 3 Creating a Plugin Interface Class 4 The Plugin Factory Macro 5 Loading Plugins 5.1 PLUGINLOADER.H 5.2 PLUGINLOADER.CPP 6 Handling plugins by the Main Application 7 The plugin .desktop file 8 A simple plugin example Abstract A plugin is a library of code that can be added to the program at run-time in a modular fashion. Before starting with the code let's see which advantages we can undertake developing a plugin structured application. Yes, first benefit is it sounds super cool. But the developer should think about the real advantages of this kind of development. For instance, imagine an archive manager application: the main program can delegate the creation/extraction/editing of each type of archive to specific plugins. This allows the application to support brand new archive types in the future that simply consist in writing the specific plugin instead of the whole application. If the application decides to support new experimental format, it can disable the plugin by default. Using plugins also decreases build time of a large application, instead of reconstructing a single massive binary, a change in one part only requires that the specific plugin be rebuilt. There are many benefits on top of this, and as you'll see the structure is fairly easy, so let's get to it! The Text Editor Example So, even if an archiving application would be nicer to look at, here we will examine a simple text editing application capable of plugin loading. Each plugin will simply give a specific text editing feature. Creating a Plugin Interface Class The main step in order to create a plugin structure is to define its base class. This class will be inherited by every plugin and should give access to the key resources of the main application. In this example the main plugin class will inherit a KXMLGUIClient since every plugin will give access to its features through a gui element (a KAction in this case). #include <kdemacros.h> #include <kxmlguiclient.h> #include <QObject> class KTextEdit; class KDE_EXPORT Plugin : public QObject , public KXMLGUIClient { Q_OBJECT public: Plugin(QObject *parent); virtual ~Plugin(); /** * @return KTextEdit pointing to the main application editor widget */ KTextEdit* editorInterface(); /** * @internal Used by the main application to correctly set the editor. * Do not call from within the reimplementation. */ void setEditorInterface(KTextEdit *); private: class PluginPrivate; PluginPrivate *d; }; This base class will give the useful pointers needed by each plugin in order to manipulate the main application data. In this case we only give access to the main editor interface through editorInterface(). Here follows the implementation: #include "plugin.h" #include <KTextEdit> class Plugin::PluginPrivate { public: PluginPrivate(Plugin *q): q(q), m_editor(0){} Plugin *q; KTextEdit *m_editor; }; Plugin::Plugin(QObject *parent) : QObject(parent), d(new PluginPrivate(this)) {} Plugin::~Plugin() { delete d; } KTextEdit* Plugin::editorInterface() { return d->m_editor; } void Plugin::setEditorInterface(KTextEdit *editor) { d->m_editor = editor; } Where plugin.h is the header file seen before. The setEditorInterface allows the main application to set the pointer to the main KTextEditor. This way each programmer will be able to access the main text editing interface and interact with it as well. The Plugin Factory Macro Every plugin will be made "visible and available" through the use of a macro. So we better put this macro in our own myplugin_macros.h as follows. #include <kdemacros.h> #include <KPluginFactory> #include <KPluginLoader> #define TEXTEDITOR_PLUGIN_EXPORT( c ) \ K_PLUGIN_FACTORY( TextEditorFactory, registerPlugin< c >(); ) \ K_EXPORT_PLUGIN( TextEditorFactory("c") ) This macro simply unifies two KDE macros that allow us the exportation of the plugin. Loading Plugins Now let's get prepared to make our application find and load every compatible plugin. We'll make use of a simple helper that uses standard KDE methods in order to locate and load plugins. Here follows header and implementation PLUGINLOADER.H #include <QObject> #include "plugintest_macros.h" class Plugin; class PluginLoader : public QObject { Q_OBJECT public: PluginLoader(QObject * parent); virtual ~PluginLoader(); void loadAllPlugins(); signals: void pluginLoaded(Plugin * plugin); }; PLUGINLOADER.CPP #include "pluginloader.h" #include "plugin.h" #include <KServiceTypeTrader> #include <KDebug> PluginLoader::PluginLoader(QObject * parent) : QObject(parent) { } PluginLoader::~PluginLoader() { } void PluginLoader::loadAllPlugins() { kDebug() << "Load all plugins"; KService::List offers = KServiceTypeTrader::self()->query("TextEditor/Plugin"); KService::List::const_iterator iter; for(iter = offers.begin(); iter < offers.end(); ++iter) { QString error; KService::Ptr service = *iter; KPluginFactory *factory = KPluginLoader(service->library()).factory(); if (!factory) { //KMessageBox::error(0, i18n("
KPluginFactory could not load the plugin:
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", // service->library())); kError(5001) << "KPluginFactory could not load the plugin:" << service->library(); continue; } Plugin *plugin = factory->create<Plugin>(this); if (plugin) { kDebug() << "Load plugin:" << service->name(); emit pluginLoaded(plugin); } else { kDebug() << error; } } } The code shown simply queries SyCoCa for a plugin for the TextEditor. When creating a plugin a .desktop file is provided with the Service Type the plugin is designed for. We'll see later how to set the proper Service Type for our custom plugin. We emit the pluginLoaded signal when the plugin is properly loaded so that the application will integrate it in the GUI. Handling plugins by the Main Application I'll just show pieces of code that handle plugin loading in the main window. Let's assume we have a pointer to our KTextEdit simply called editor. void MyMainWindow::loadPlugins() { PluginLoader *loader = new PluginLoader(this); connect(loader, SIGNAL(pluginLoaded(Plugin*)), this, SLOT(addPlugin(Plugin*))); loader->loadAllPlugins(); } So with this piece of code we ask PluginLoader to load all plugins and call the slot pluginLoaded we'll see now to implement the plugins in the interface. The loadPlugins method is supposed to be called at the beginning of the application in order to load everything before the user can start using it. Of course you can decide what to do with your plugins and ignore this suggestion :). void MyMainWindow::addPlugin(Plugin *plugin) { editor = plugin->editorInterface(); guiFactory()->addClient(plugin); } Since our plugin inherits KXMLGuiClient we can provide any kind of gui client supported and KDE will automagically load it into our application. So this code snippet simply integrates our plugin with the main window. The plugin .desktop file If you want to define your own kind of plugins, (instead of "TextEditor/Plugin") you will need to create a .desktop file like this one: [Desktop Entry] Type=ServiceType X-KDE-ServiceType=MyApp/Plugin X-KDE-Derived=KPluginInfo Name=My App Plugin And install it as follows (cmake syntax): install(FILES myapp_plugin.desktop DESTINATION ${SERVICETYPES_INSTALL_DIR}) A simple plugin example You can now create as many classes that inherit from the plugin interface we have previously defined (class Plugin) as you want, and each class will be found by the plugin loader and instantiated in your main application. For each of these, you will need to add a .desktop file describing it and a CMakeLists.txt that installs everything in the correct place: myplugin.desktop: [Desktop Entry] Encoding=UTF-8 X-KDE-Library=myplugin X-KDE-PluginInfo-Author=Konqui the Dragon X-KDE-PluginInfo-Email=[email protected] X-KDE-PluginInfo-Name=ktexteditortimedate X-KDE-PluginInfo-Version=0.1 X-KDE-PluginInfo-Website=http://mywebsite.org X-KDE-PluginInfo-License=GPL ServiceTypes=MyApp/Plugin Type=Service Icon=korganizer Name=My plugin Comment=A sample plugin There are important parts on this file: X-KDE-Library: will define the library that provides this plugin. It is _really_ important that this variable matches exactly the same with the actual name of the library being built. ServiceTypes: this have to match your plugin type. Type: in order to load it properly this is needed as "Service". CMakeLists.txt: find_package(KDE4 REQUIRED) include (KDE4Defaults) include_directories(${KDE4_INCLUDES}) set(myplugin_SRCS myplugin.cpp plugininterface.cpp ) kde4_add_plugin(myplugin ${myplugin_SRCS}) target_link_libraries(myplugin ${KDE4_KDECORE_LIBS} ) install(TARGETS myplugin DESTINATION ${PLUGIN_INSTALL_DIR} ) install(FILES myplugin.desktop DESTINATION ${SERVICES_INSTALL_DIR} ) Remember you will also need to call the TEXTEDITOR_PLUGIN_EXPORT macro from your .cpp file. Retrieved from "https://techbase.kde.org/index.php?title=Development/Tutorials/Services/Plugins&oldid=85490" Category: Tutorial Content is available under Creative Commons License SA 4.0 unless otherwise noted.


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Silly to talk about Rockies and Gavin Floyd. White Sox would only want Dexter Fowler and Ian Stewart.
UPDATE: From Bruce Levine's chat:
Q: Did the Sox ask the Rockies for Ian Stewert and Dexter Flower for Floyd? If so then will they talk again?
A: Unaware of that scenario. Highly doubftul the Sox trade a pitcher without getting one in return especially with the unknown status of Peavy.


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Big East Basketball is all the rave. As of tonight, the super-conference has nine teams in the AP Top 25.
Read and weep: nine of sixteen are ranked.
Some say that because the Big East has at least four more teams that most of the other power conferences, it's expected that they perform better as a whole.
The size issue may be a demerit but I feel that Pittsburgh, Connecticut, Georgetown and Notre Dame are good enough to go deep into March.
And top-to-bottom the Big East is undoubtedly the best basketball conference in the country. Imagine being Rutgers and playing #2 Connecticut, #3 Pittsburgh and an out-of-conference #1 North Carolina all in the same week. I almost feel bad for the Scarlet Knights.
Does competitiveness top-to-bottom make a better conference or is it the amount of teams that are capable of getting to the Final Four?
The argument personified is the Big Ten versus the ACC. The Big Ten is coming off a pretty weak couple of years. Purdue and Michigan State are backed by solid play from an entertaining Michigan team as well as a surprise Minnesota squad.
However, what the ACC loses in depth, the top-heavy conference makes up for in power with Duke, Carolina and Wake Forest in the AP Top 5.
So who's the second-best conference in the nation? And what constitutes a "better conference?"


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News Archives - 2012
Powwow to celebrate traditions, cultures, accomplishments of Native American students
A community powwow to celebrate the traditions, cultures, and accomplishments of Augsburg College's Native American students will be held March 31 at Augsburg College.
"The powwow is a chance for Augsburg's indigenous students to share the traditions and culture of our peoples with the community," said Jennifer Simon, event organizer and director of Augsburg's American Indian Student Services.
"It also is an important opportunity for our community to celebrate the educational accomplishments of our native students and to plant the seed in young people that education can be part of their futures. This year's program includes a special ceremony to honor our largest group to date of graduating native students."
The powwow, which runs from 1-9 p.m., March 31 at Si Melby gymnasium, is cohosted by Augsburg's American Indian Student Services and Indigenous Student Association. The event includes food concessions, arts and crafts vendors, and informational tabling about Augsburg's educational opportunities and services for native students of all ages. One program specially designed for native learners is Naadamaadiwin, an online tribal program for native teachers to earn a Minnesota Special Education teaching license or Master of Arts in Education. The College also offers an undergraduate major in American Indian studies.
Registration for drums and dancers starts at 11 a.m., and there is no pre-registration allowed. Grand entries are at 1 and 6 p.m. At 3 p.m., 15 American Indian graduates from Augsburg will be honored. More information on the powwow is available at http://www.augsburg.edu/aissp/powwow.html.
To learn more about Naadamaadiwin, attend an information session at Augsburg from 6-7 p.m. on April 18 or May 23 at Oren Gateway Center. Questions can be directed to Sophia J. Jacobson at 612-330-1458.


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I was thinking about this the other night. What was the conversation like between Obiwan and Owen Lars about taking in Anakin's child? Did Obiwan tell Owen what happen to Anakin? If he did, why would Owen put himself and his wife at risk if Vader found out his son was alive? At the end of ROTS we see Owen and Breu very happy to see Obiwan and accept the baby. What made Owen become so negative towards Obiwan? Why didn't Obiwan just raise the baby by himself or at least setup an agreement to train Luke as he grew up?
The other piece I don't understand is why they didn't change his name from Luke Skywalker to something else if they were trying to hide him. Why not call him Luke Lars until he finds out he is truly a Skywalker?
It was the AOTC novel.
I always thought it should have come out that either Sidious or Dooku (on orders from Sidious) was behind the Tuskens taking Shmi. Just like in The Empire Strikes Back when Vader holds Han, Chewie and Leia hostage and causes them agony to draw out Luke, taking Shmi and torturing her was all done to draw out Anakin, bring him to Tatooine and drive him into doing something that would draw him closer to the dark side - just like Ben and Yoda warning Luke that rushing off to face Vader would bring him closer to the dark side.
Those are good points jedijman. It also makes me wonder why they didn't change Luke's name to something completely different. I know they probably couldn't legally adopt Luke without Imperial social workers asking questions. But here is a Skywalker on Tatooine. Maybe Skywalker is a common name like Smith?
Why didn't Obiwan just raise the baby by himself or at least setup an agreement to train Luke as he grew up?
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There are two main variants to Stuffed Grape Leaves. The first one is the light version and it consists of grape leaves stuffed with rice & vegetables only, called Yalangi in Arabic (from Turkish no doubt) and Dolmades in Greek. This dish is prepared with olive oil and lemon juice and is totally vegetarian. It is easier to put together than the second recipe and is considered an appetizer or a plate of Mezza. If enough interest is generated to write another post about it I will certainly oblige. The second recipe, the topic of this post, is a main entrée and is often the centerpiece of the table.
OK, let's roll our sleeves and get at it.
-2 cups of Rice short grain
- ½ Kg ground lamb meat
-1 ½ to 2 Kg of lamb meat and bones + ¼ Kg of (optional) lamb fat (a friendly butcher is a definite plus if you live in the west).
-1 kg of fresh and tender (not too large) grape leaves. Canned grape leaves are an acceptable substitute but be warned: they don't taste the same. In this part of the world we buy the grape leaves in season and freeze them in individual vacuumed wraps of 1 Kg each. They fall in between fresh and canned grape leaves as far as their taste is concerned.
-6 sticks of cinnamon
-8 whole cardamom pods
-4 bay leaves
-½ teaspoon of freshly grated nutmeg
-1 cup of fresh lemon juice
-4 cloves of garlic
-Salt & pepper
-The ground lamb meat is cooked briefly over medium fire until light brown. Then it's mixed with the rice along with salt and pepper (as per taste).
-Individual grape leaves are stuffed with the rice & meat mixture as per attached photos (above) and kept aside.
-The lamb meat and bones are placed in a large pot of water and brought to a boil for 5 minutes. The water is thrown away and the meat and bones are moved to a new clean pot. -Fresh water is added and brought to a boil along with the cinnamon sticks, the cardamom pods, the bay leaves and the grated nutmeg. Cooking time 2 hours over low heat.
-The lamb meat and bones are removed from the sauce and evenly distributed on the bottom of another pot. The stuffed grape leaves are arranged over the lamb and on top of each other in a tight circular pattern and the cloves of garlic are thrown in.
-The sauce is added until it covers all the grape leaves. Some heavy cover is used to press the grape leaves in place so they don't get disfigured during the cooking. The top of a smaller pot is ideal along with some heavy object to keep it steady in place (how about a brick!)
- Once the sauce starts boiling (visible from the edges of the smaller top), reduce heat to minimum and cook undisturbed for 2 ½ hours. Remove top, add 1 cup of lemon juice, and cover with top again for ½ hour.
- Get a circular serving pan larger in diameter than the cooking pot and place it on top. With one swift movement turn upside down so that the lamb is on top of the grape leaves now.
- Serve and enjoy. The above quantity should be enough for 5 people with some delicious leftovers for the next day.
- In Tartous we serve stuffed grape leaves with salted yogurt on the side, green mint leaves and peeled garlic.
Eat as much as you can since you don't get this everyday. Release your belt buckle. Lean back in a lazy chair. Have some tea. Savor the after taste of garlic. Don't feel ashamed or guilty of what you have just done (you've definitely over-eaten, but so what). Think about tomorrow and the leftovers in the fridge. Smile and be happy, that's all.
Photos illustrating how to roll the grape leaves in this post are courtesy of What's Cooking America .
Photos of the actual dish and plate taken by Abu Fares. Actual plate consumed by Abu Fares. Leftovers eaten by Abu Fares. Actual dish prepared by Om Fares. This is her recipe as well.
For a step-by-step instruction on how to stuff and roll the grape leaves only (not the recipe itself), check out the photos offered by Nancy Gaifyllia at http://greekfood.about.com/od/greekcookinglessons/ss/foldleaves.htm . She uses a totally different Greek recipe with beef and pork, but the rolling is the same.


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Making Inferences18 09 2012
Hello my 6th grade students and followers!
This week we are making inferences in reading. We know that an inference is when you combine evidence from your reading (words the author uses) with your schema (what you already know-prior knowledge) to make a conclusion. Watch the video below to learn more about inference.
Making inferences can be hard. Sometimes the clues don't add up like we think.
Your Challenge!
Make an inference about the short film below by telling me an obserservation from the film(something you know), a question (something you wonder), and an inference (something you think). Use EVIDENCE BASED TERMS to support your inference. Examples of evidence based terms are…
- The boy was sad BECAUSE his dog ran away.
- Sally loved the ocean. FOR INSTANCE, she moved to a house overlooking the ocean.
- Henry loves whales. FOR EXAMPLE, he often reads stories about them.
- The force of the wind was very strong. I know because THE AUTHOR STATED that the wind could shatter a window.
- ACCORDING TO THE TEXT, the purpose of a robot is to do a job.
- FROM THE READING I KNOW THAT Jupiter is the largest planet in our solor system.


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Labor Day
No craft-related post today!
Lily had a date with the babies and I had a date with my camera. I took apron pictures for a few hours while they played.
When Lily's by herself she's as mellow as can be, but when she's with Maggie or Stinky…complete opposite. Nap time seemed like it would NEVER happen but eventually they settled.
Tuesday I had to take Smelly to the vet to get the last set of shots and a microchip. The size of that needle made me want to hurl. Everyone in the waiting room just heard a yelp followed by the vet and myself telling her, "sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry awww soooo sorry!" I didn't even realize she clawed my face until someone said, "Um…did she scratch you?" I looked in the mirror and saw two massive welts from one cheek to my neck.
Thanks to my horrendous allergies we had to wait outside before we were seen. Lily does not let her rump touch dirty pavements so she patiently sat on my shoes (1.5 hours!)


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Aunt Linda,
It's hard for me to write this letter. It's a reminder that you are actually gone. It's been so long since I've spoken to you when you were of sound and mind. I never imagined that I would be writing this letter to you. After all, it's not as if you can read it and respond.
I'm writing this letter because I used to write to you all the time when I was a child. You always responded and were so loving in your responses. I would tell you about school, my family, and my friends. It was always so nice to visit you. Visiting you was one of my best childhood memories.
It broke my heart to see you in October 2014. I wasn't prepared to see you deteriorating. You were losing your short term memory. You asked me several times when my baby was due and what the sex of the baby was. I responded gently that I was due November 24, and we wanted the sex of the baby to be a surprise. Each time you smiled and said, "that's so nice."
When we said goodbye you put your hands on my face and told me I was beautiful and said, "I still remember you". You had tears in your eyes. That was such a wonderful gift. I stood and hugged you for what seemed like a lifetime trying to remember all of the times you hugged me as a child.
I know that you're not suffering any longer. I guess my sadness stems from selfishness. Alzheimers Disease robbed you from us, and I hate that. I'm glad Jake got to meet you. He will be so lucky if he can remember you. He was only two, but I hope he remembers.
I'll miss you so much. I'm sorry I couldn't make it to your Memorial Service. I'm sure it was beautiful. I love you so much.
Sunday, June 26, 2016
Aunt Linda,
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The explosive growth of popular social media sites like Facebook and Twitter in recent years has created a daily challenge to make data move increasingly faster.
The instant voice messages, photos and videos that ordinary people take for granted are competing for space with the massive amounts of data churned out by businesses and governments.
Technology companies are now racing to install the latest server technology in a cut-throat race to meet the growing need for speed.
And while gigabytes and terabytes might sound big to computer novices, the experts are now using numbers like quintillion to describe the deluge of data.
|Apple co-founder and Fusion IO chief scientist Steve Wozniak in Sydney
David Flynnn, chief executive of the US-listed technology company Fusion IO, can keep a room silent as he explains the mind-boggling measures of data in quintillions.
"It is 18 zeros - one with 18 zeros. That is the equivalent of a billion billion or a million trillion. Why do I use this number - because today the world is generating two and a half quintillion bytes of data every single day," Mr Flynn told AM..
"If bytes were buckets of water, you're talking about it taking just 20 weeks to fill the entire oceans of the planet with data."
It's a far cry from this correspondent's first computer bought in 1992 that came with data storage of just 40 megabytes.
But apart from deeper data and lightning speeds for consumers, businesses and governments, how can better technology improve everyday lives?
David Flynn, who is visiting Australia to drum up business, uses this example of a US client who wanted faster download speeds for a one hour high definition movie.
"They figured if they could get that one hour worth of content down to 15 minutes, that it would be a total win," Dr Flynn said.
"I learned last week that the initial test results, that one hour movie, 39 seconds. They came back and said, you don't understand. This changes our whole business."
Fusion IO boasts some big global clients who need to move real time data, video and audio such as Facebook, Apple and Westpac.
The company also has a big name as its chief scientist - Apple's co founder and speed evangelist Steve Wozniak who thinks today's technology is just the start of a new love affair with mobile devices.
"Consumer products are moving more and more towards that touch of artificial intelligence and in particular speaking to your devices and having your voice sent off to the cloud, recognised and analysed on good computers there and transmitted back," Mr Wozniak said.
"That's a huge amount of data. The more and more we use voice, that's going to be the trend."
It might not be as glamorous as artificial intelligence, but David Flynn says new technology is already at work here in Australia where the supermarket giant Woolworths is getting a much faster reading of its national sales.
"It took them 17 hours to do the analytics each week of what was selling. They wanted this report every Monday morning for the executive meeting so they could look at how things are going," Mr Flynn said.
"But the problem is with 17 hours, they could not incorporate the weekend and the weekend of course was the most important part of the retailing.
"They were able to move that down from 17 hours to three hours."
It's a dry, even boring, example. But faster data processing in retail could mean a better deal at the checkout for consumers.
And the speed of information traffic - along with consumer expectations - is expected to grow once Australia's national broadband network is finally rolled out.
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Ice Cream Sandwich here! Ice Cream Sandwich is here! And in the world of Android, that can only mean one thing (besides a bunch of nerds whining about not having their update yet): Oh god I need to know what's next.
As it turns out, Gizmodo has a pretty great record of predicting new Android names and features. At least, that's what my editor (who, uh, wrote the predictions) strongly suggested I write. We've heard the name might already be settled, but for now, we're interested in what you think will be coming down the pipe in the next iteration of Android, and more importantly, what alphabeticalized dessert it'll be named after.


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"I agree with Kenny in that we have to have more attitude," Peavy told MLB.com. "We need a little more savvy and scrappiness. I'm saying in everything — pitching, defense, running bases, every aspect of our game. We have to find a way to play with a little more fire, a little more desire to win. I'm not saying there aren't guys on this team who really want to win. But we need to get it in our blood. When we are at Wrigley Field, we have to flat out want to win more than the Cubs. It's oozing out your pours. It will take a team with the talent like we have over the top."
"The bottom line is we are four games behind a very good Detroit team. We can't lay back. We have to show up every day, and for the next three hours, bust [our butts] and find a way to win. Get that mentality and attitude about us."
Other White Sox links: J.J. examines Gordon Beckham's opposite field power, James changes his blog's interface and won't put it all on JuDavid Holmberg,an Pierre and roll the dice (Thursday post), THT's Harry Pavlidis looks at Phil Humber's slider, and BTB's Dave Gershman wonders if Daniel Hudson is the most underrated pitcher in baseball. Speaking of Hudson, Baseball America looks on David Holmberg's success. That trade will keep haunting us for many years.


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HobbitCon 4 – a merry meeting!
It's hard to believe a week has passed already since HobbitCon Vier in Germany. Staffers deej and greendragon were delighted to be there, meeting fellow fans and sharing the fun. As promised, here are some tales of the weekend for those of you who couldn't be there – or who were there and just want to look back!
HobbitCon was held in the Hotel Maritim in Bonn, April 1-3. Folks started arriving on the Wednesday before, and there was an atmosphere of anticipation as more and more people, often laden with suitcases full of costumes, showed up to be reunited with friends.
On Friday the con officially got underway, and the big 'kick off' was the Opening Ceremony that evening. All the guests were invited on stage – TORn's staff had no idea they would have to speak, but greendragon dusted off her German to say a few words! Of course the crowd was really waiting to see the guest actors; in attendance this year were Mark Atkin, Dallas Barnett, John Bell, Billy Boyd, Jed Brophy, Sadwyn Brophy, Adam Brown, John Callen, Lori Dungey, Ryan Gage, Mark Hadlow, Stephen Hunter,William Kircher, Craig Parker and John Tui. Mark Ferguson was a seemingly indefatigable host for the weekend! (You can read full details of all the guests at HobbitCon's website, here.) (more…)Posted in Adam Brown, Billy Boyd, Conventions, Craig Parker, Creations, Dean O'Gorman, Events, Fans, Graham McTavish, Hobbit Cast News, Hobbit Movie, Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies, HobbitCon, Jed Brophy, John Bell, John Callen, LotR Cast News, LotR Movies, Mark Hadlow, Premieres, Ryan Gage, Stephen Hunter, Studios, The Hobbit, The One Last Party, The One Last Party, TheOneRing.net Community, WETA Workshop, William Kircher


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It looks like Kate Hudson is ready to walk down the aisle again.
The actress, who has a 7 year-old son with first husband Chris Robinson of the band The Black Crowes, revealed on NBC's "Today" this morning that she is engaged to new beau Matthew Bellamy of the British band Muse.
Hudson opened up about the engagement when host Matt Lauer made mention of the large diamond ring on her finger.
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"Is this new?" Lauer asked. "This is new!" Hudson said, before describing Bellamy as "a beautiful man and I'm very excited. "[He's] very sweet and very romantic."
Hudson had been seen on the arm of Yankees slugger Alex Rodriquez, but was soon spotted out and about with Bellamy. The relationship progressed quickly, and Hudson is currently pregnant with Bellamy's child.
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I've been wanting to make a slow roasted pork roast,
recipe compliments of Marc Vetri of Philly Vetri fame.
Axel from Lindenhof Farm provided the meat -
a gorgeous bone in pork shoulder.
Here it is after roasting according to the recipe -
I chose not to glaze the pork - why - I had other plans.
Shred the meat, set aside.
You'll only use about 3/4 pound for the recipe -
the rest you can save for leftovers
Reserve all of the roasting juices, defat.
Cook up some pasta from Vera Pasta.
In a large saute pan heat olive oil,
add a chopped shallot, 2 cloves of garlic
and a 1/2 tsp of red pepper flakes.
Saute until softened.
Add one bunch of kale cut into slivers,
toss to cook until wilted.
Add the roasted pork, pasta and the roasting liquid;
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Add a chopped tomato!
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The Vegetarian Option: Himalayan Flavors at Mustang Thakali Kitchen in Jackson Heights
Dining out meat-free.
When I ate at Cafe Himalaya a while ago, a Serious Eater recommended I check out Mustang Thakali Kitchen in Jackson Heights for a more authentic experience. So when I wanted to seek out another Himalayan restaurant to try, Mustang Thakali came to mind immediately. We sampled several different dishes, all completely vegetarian, and discovered a wide range of flavors worth ordering.
We started with jomsom ko aloo ($6.50), simple potato wedges crisped in ghee (clarified butter). The potatoes were good on their own, but were improved greatly by their garnishes. One was a slightly spicy tomato-chile sauce, and the other was a fiery chili powder that our server assured us was traditionally Himalayan. The best thing to do, I discovered, was to first dunk a piece of potato into the sauce, and then into the powder. The heat wasn't overwhelming, but made for a pleasant burning sensation in the back of my throat.
Vegetable momos ($7.25) were initially disappointing. The steamed dumplings were filled with an unseasoned mix of vegetables, and the dumpling skins were slightly thick and chewy. But once again, the sauces made the dish. There was a thick sesame-based sauce, more of the tomato-chili sauce, and an even hotter sauce. The best results were achieved by combining all three.
The best way to get a sample of lots of different foods is to order a thali plate, in this case the vegetable thali ($9.50). The plate came with a flavorful lentil soup, a pile of lightly pickled vegetables, some chili sauce, some simply sautéed mustard greens, a dollop of potato curry, and your choice of either poori (a puffy fried flatbread) or a ting momo.
A ting momo is a steamed bread dumpling, made of twists of dough shaped into a beautiful shape. You tear strips off of the ting momo and use them to scoop up little bits of everything, mixing and matching as you please.
Although the stretch of Jackson heights near the Roosevelt Avenue subway stop is best known for Indian food, there are also other cuisines to be found. It's true that Mustang Thakali also offers Indian food on their menu, but you're better off going for the Himalayan cuisine.
Mustang Thakali Kitchen
74-14 37th Avenue, Jackson Heights, NY 11372 (map) 718-898-5088
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A demographic tidal wave became a Democratic tidal wave as President
Obama won a tight but decisive re-election victory Tuesday with the help
of record-breaking support from Hispanic voters, massive turnout from
African Americans and continuing enthusiasm from young Americans.
Although Republican nominee Mitt Romney won a larger share of the white vote than any presidential candidate since Ronald Reagan scored a landslide re-election victory in 1984, the former
Massachusetts governor ended up a loser at the polls because of the
racial, ethnic and generational changes that have altered the U.S.
electoral landscape.
While it was encouraging to learn that Texas threatened to arrest UN busybodies [1]
seeking to prevent Texas voter ID requirements from ensuring an honest
election, considering the well known Texas independent spirit, it wasnt
really surprising.
Now the Obama State Department is warning Texas that UN observers have immunity from arrest. [2]
But the State Department must know Texans, because in spite of urging
by reporters, the spokesman refused to come right out and state that
Texas couldnt arrest the observers.
Dont bet on Texas being intimidated by federal pressure: twice
before the UN and two presidentsBush the Second and Obamatried to
force Texas to stay the execution of killers who were Mexican citizens.
The result: two dead Mexicans. [3]
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As promised, some photos from an outing to Michael's...
Click here if you want to see all of the other store photos I've obsessively compiled.
Saturday, July 11, 2009
Halloween Summer
As promised, some photos from an outing to Michael's...
6 comments:
- Jay's Shadow said...
i know what i am doing sunday....
- July 11, 2009 at 3:17 PM
- Michael W. said...
My wife is squealing with delight. Where region do you live in? We have yet to see Halloween merchandise on the shelves in the Pacific Northwest.
- July 11, 2009 at 3:29 PM
- Rot said...
We're on the east coast. I can't recall getting Halloween this early any other year.
- July 11, 2009 at 3:43 PM
- folkartaz said...
Ok, I'll admit it Rot....I have been a fan of yours for quite some time now. Until now have yet to comment, just lurking in the shadows. I have to tell you how great it is hearing your excitement over Halloween merchandise in July!! I have been employeed by Michaels for nearly 7 years and when I hear almost everyone groan about it being out so early, I giggle a little (to myself). I LOVE it. Absolutely the highlight of my job. My taste tends to be a little more vintage than macabre but I love it all. You have been an inspiration to me for years; your work is brilliant.
- July 11, 2009 at 9:20 PM
- Rot said...
Thanks so much.
Must be great seeing all that Halloween stuff arriving.
Can't wait for more stuff. I hope they have more foam pumpkins on the way.
: )
- July 11, 2009 at 10:31 PM
- JHMDF said...
Just started carving my pumpkins last night.
We are surrounded by Christmas crap all the time... So bring on the Halloween in July!!!
- July 12, 2009 at 6:25 AM


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UPDATE: Less than 24 hours after news broke that Nic Cage had dropped out of "Trespass," the hostage thriller to be directed by Joel Shcumacher and Nicole Kidman, the actor has returned, not just to the film, but the part he was originally cast in, reported Deadline. Deep breath, Nic, you can do this.
Just two weeks before he was to start shooting a new film with director Joel Schumacher and co-starring Nicole Kidman, Nic Cage it seems has opted instead for the beach.
Cage, who had a $7 million payday riding on the movie, was scheduled to head down to Louisiana later this month to begin filming "Trespass," but backed out at the last minute, reportedly heading off to the Bahamas, according to Deadline.
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Cage's dithering had already set the film back. He was originally slated to play Kidman's husband in the film about a married couple taken hostage and held for ransom, but then decided he would rather play the kidnappers' ringleader before backing out altogether. The role of the husband has since been offered to Liev Schreiber ("Salt"), who has yet to accept.
So now Millennium Pictures has two weeks to find a new star or will probably have to scrap the whole project, which would likely lead to a lawsuit being brought against Cage, who is already struggling to pay down a debt owed to the IRS that had reached $14 million.
There's speculation that the stress of the debt, the heavy workload that it's required of him and the massive press push for "Sorcerer's Apprentice" have left Cage burnt out. Who knows? But this hardly seems like his best play.
Cage gave a brilliant performance sending up Adam West's Batman in "Kick-Ass" earlier this year, but "Sorcerer's" was a huge disappointment, both commercially and artistically. Cage also has four more films in the can: "The Hungry Rabbit Jumps," "Drive Angry 3D," Season of the Witch" and "The Croods."
Maybe the dude does need a break.


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Monday, August 6, 2007
Presenting the Photographic Stylings of Me
My dad feeds me beer.
Hey! What happened to the flash?
Yes, that's a giant close-up of my thumb.
C'mon. Mom, is this lady for real?
Yikes! What's with the creepy red light?
Nah, nah, nah-nah-nah, you'll never get a good picture of me, you dork!
This would be a picture of the wall. Oops.
Even after half blinding him, and annoying him with my endless attempts at taking his picture, Dominick gave me the A-OK sign. Either that, or he was trying to give me another sign but just couldn't maneuver his fingers into position.
Posted by Dawn at 11:14 PM
12 comments:
He is soo cute!!
- August 17, 2007 at 10:37 PM
- Dawn Penguin said...
Tooo cute!!! I giggled at the "blank wall" picture :) Adorable nephew!
- August 22, 2007 at 1:03 AM
- A. H. said...
If I had been drinking something I would have snorted it out my nose at the blank wall picture!
Adorable baby boy!
- August 22, 2007 at 1:41 PM
- Cheryl Houston said...
In sign language, that's actually the sign for a@#hole!
- August 23, 2007 at 11:34 AM
- Claire said...
I'm crying with laughter again! I soooo wish I'd found your blog sooner.
I can see that I'm going to be spending a lot of time here catching up!
Thanks once again for...well, for being so frank!
Mum of 2 Claire, UK
- August 23, 2007 at 12:55 PM
- Jen said...
Beautiful A-Ok sign. What a cutie pie!!
- August 23, 2007 at 1:36 PM
- Unknown said...
Hi, out of curiosity, what kind of camera did you use?
- August 24, 2007 at 2:01 PM
- April said...
Okay, I can't not comment. I almost just choked on a chip. I have many, many pictures of my son when he was 1 week old. He looks like frigin' Quasimodo! After weeks of my son looking like a monster, my husband says, push this button it lessens the flash for close-ups. Nice! Oh well.
- August 25, 2007 at 1:00 AM
- Mamá said...
You have just made my day LOL
- August 25, 2007 at 12:38 PM
I also have one of those great cameras and could relate to your post. LMAO!! I LOVE your blog!! it has been a long time since I have laughed this hard! you are so talented!
- August 25, 2007 at 3:29 PM
He is too cute and the pics had me laughing. Love the comments under them.
- August 25, 2007 at 10:45 PM
- Becky said...
Now that i picked myself up off the floor and cleaned my keyboard and monitor off, I just want to say that he is a beautiful baby boy! the comments were the best!! and the wall pic is what put me on the floor!
- September 7, 2007 at 4:42 PM


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