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Cease-fire ends in Gaza and fighting resumes, but at slower pace
Egypt urged Israel and Hamas to halt hostilities in the Gaza Strip after fighting resumed there on Friday as a 72-hour cease-fire expired without agreement on extending the lull.
Militants fired rockets at Israel, which responded with airstrikes, after indirect truce negotiations in Cairo mediated by Egypt reached a deadlock after night-long talks.
The return to hostilities appeared to be measured, however. Responsibility for the rocket fire was not claimed by Hamas but by other militant factions, and many of the Israeli strikes hit open areas, according to police in Gaza.
Five Palestinians were reported killed, and two Israelis were injured by a rocket strike.
Hamas had said earlier that it would not renew the temporary cease-fire unless it obtained agreement in principle to its demands to lift a blockade on the Gaza Strip and enable the opening of a seaport there.
Israel had informed Egypt that it was prepared to extend the cease-fire for an additional 72 hours, said an Israeli official who, under Israeli rules, cannot be identified.
But Hamas officials said Israeli negotiators rejected their terms for a broader truce. Those include lifting Israeli and Egyptian border closures imposed on the Gaza Strip, opening a seaport and airport, removing fishing limits off the Gaza coast, and allowing access to areas near Gaza's border with Israel that have been declared no-go zones.
Hamas is also demanding the release of former prisoners re-arrested by Israel during a crackdown on the group in the West Bank in June after the kidnapping and killing there of three Israeli teenagers. Israel blamed the abduction on Hamas, though the group did not claim responsibility for the episode.
Egyptian officials, talking separately with a delegation of Palestinian factions and an Israeli team, had been working to extend the three-day cease-fire to allow further truce talks.
In a veiled criticism of Hamas, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry said that agreement had been reached on most issues and that "some limited points remained undecided . . . which should have led to agreement to renew the cease-fire."
The statement called on both sides to "return immediately to the cease-fire commitment and seize the opportunity available to resume negotiations on the very limited (unresolved) points that remain, as soon as possible."
Sami Abu Zuhri, a Hamas spokesman, said that although Israel had rejected the group's demands, "we did not close the door and will continue with the negotiations."
However, Mark Regev, a spokesman for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, said: "There will not be negotiations under fire."
The Israeli army said that since the expiration of the cease-fire at 8 a.m. Friday, 57 rockets and mortar rounds had been fired at Israel, injuring two people. One rocket hit a house in the southern town of Sderot, and two were intercepted near the southern coastal city of Ashkelon, the military said.
The renewed Israeli strikes in Gaza killed a 10-year-old boy and wounded five others near a mosque in Gaza City, local health officials said, and three other people were reported killed near the town of Khan Yunis.
The army said it had targeted three "terror operatives" and struck 51 "terror sites" across the Gaza Strip, including concealed rocket launchers, military compounds and headquarters.
As rocket attacks on Israel resumed, the army's civil defense branch reinstated a ban on gatherings of more than 1,000 people in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and other areas within 50 miles of the Gaza Strip.
Should broader truce talks continue, a potentially major point of contention would be Israel's demand that Hamas be prevented from re-arming as a step toward demilitarizing Gaza, ridding it of rockets and preventing construction of attack tunnels dug across the border with Israel. Hamas says it will never give up its weapons and that the subject is not up for discussion.
Egypt has indicated that it is not willing to open the Rafah border crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt to free movement of people and goods _ a key Hamas demand _ as long as the Gaza side of the terminal is controlled by the militant group. Instead, Egypt wants border control to be handed over to the West Bank-based Palestinian Authority led by President Mahmoud Abbas.
The Egyptian government under President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi has been hostile to Hamas and its parent organization, the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, a stance that has hampered its effort to mediate a long-term truce with Israel.
The renewed fighting in Gaza sparked fresh protests Friday in the West Bank, and a Palestinian was killed in a confrontation with Israeli forces near Ramallah, medical officials said. The army said that in the clash near the Israeli settlement of Psagot, dozens of Palestinians hurled stones at troops, and when they reached the settlement fence, soldiers used live ammunition to repel them.
In the city of Hebron, a stronghold of Hamas support, hundreds marched in support of Palestinians in Gaza, and dozens were reported injured in clashes with Israeli troops. The army said it used riot-control weapons and live ammunition to repel the protesters.
More than a dozen Palestinians have been shot and killed by Israeli troops in the West Bank since the start of the Israeli offensive against Hamas in Gaza on July 8. The fighting in Gaza has claimed the lives of more than 1,800 Palestinians, most of them civilians, according to United Nations figures, along with 64 Israeli soldiers and three civilians killed by rocket strikes in Israel.


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BOSTON -- The drama was building at Fenway Park on Monday afternoon, and it seemed like the Red Sox were on the verge of once again delivering an epic comeback against the Orioles.
This time, however, they fell just short in a 7-6 loss to Baltimore on Patriots' Day.View Full Game Coverage
BOSTON -- The drama was building at Fenway Park on Monday afternoon, and it seemed like the Red Sox were on the verge of once again delivering an epic comeback against the Orioles.
This time, however, they fell just short in a 7-6 loss to Baltimore on Patriots' Day.View Full Game Coverage
Considering they once trailed, 6-0, the Red Sox could not have asked for a better situation in the ninth inning. Down by just a run, Boston had the based loaded and one out, with the dangerous Mike Napoli digging in against Orioles closer Tommy Hunter. And this was coming on the heels of Sunday night, when the Sox came back from a 5-0 deficit to pull off a 6-5 win in walk-off fashion.
It was also Napoli who delivered the Red Sox a walk-off win on Patriots' Day last year with a double off the Green Monster.
This time, after working the count to 3-1, the slugger tapped an RBI groundout to second base, making it a one-run game and putting the tying and winning runs in scoring position. Hunter then got Mike Carp on a slow roller to first to end the game.
"I was just trying to get on base," said Napoli. "We were down a couple runs. I was just trying to stay short to the ball and get a pitch up I could handle. I wasn't going up there trying to hit a home run. I was just trying to stay short to the ball and get on base."
Despite the loss, it was a special day for anyone connected to the city of Boston. It was last year on Patriots' Day that tragic bombings marred the Boston Marathon.
This time, on a glorious spring day, the Marathon returned to normalcy. Runners dashed through Kenmore Square just beyond the ballpark, giving Fenway its typically festive Patriots' Day feel.
If Napoli or Carp could have delivered a walk-off win, the day would have been perfect. But one loss did little to tarnish an important day for a tight-knit community.
"Yeah, I mean, special day," said Napoli. "Of course, we wanted to go out there and win. We got down early. Our bullpen kept us in the game, kept chipping away, and we had a chance to win that game at the end of the game. So we fought hard, but it fell short. But we've got a big series [vs. the Yankees] coming up. We'll take it one day at a time and try to get on track."
Clay Buchholz is also looking to get on track. The righty was rocked for the second time in four starts, and he slipped to 0-2 with a 7.71 ERA.
Buchholz lasted just 2 1/3 innings, giving up seven hits and six runs.
"He was a little bit flat," said Red Sox manager John Farrell. "Couldn't seem to stop the momentum in that third inning. We get behind by those six runs and got in a hole. We did a great job of coming back. The bullpen did an outstanding job once again. But the six-run deficit in that third inning proved the difference."
After enduring shoulder problems in the middle of last season and then fatigue in the postseason, Buchholz is still regaining his arm strength.
"Not quite there," said Buchholz. "It feels like it's getting better. I feel like later -- well, there wasn't really 'later' in the game today -- but later in the past two games, if I wanted to reach back, there were 92s and 93s there. That usually comes pretty easy. I'm struggling with that a little bit right now. But that'll come together. It's still pretty early. We still have a lot of time left in this first half to pull it all together and go from there."
Reliever Burke Badenhop was a big bright spot for the Red Sox in this one, firing 3 2/3 shutout innings out of the bullpen to buy his team time to make a comeback.
In the fifth, the Boston bats, stifled early by Wei-Yin Chen, came to life. Jackie Bradley Jr. got Boston on the board with an RBI double to right. Brock Holt followed with a sacrifice fly, Dustin Pedroia ripped an RBI double to left, and it was suddenly a 6-3 game.
David Ross nailed a solo homer to left in the sixth against lefty reliever Zach Britton, and the deficit was down to two runs.
When Napoli launched one over the wall to open the eighth, it was a 7-5 game. And after singles by Xander Bogaerts and Daniel Nava, the Red Sox had a promising chance.
Jonathan Herrera was sent up as a pinch-hitter for Ross, but that didn't end well. Bogaerts was caught trying to steal third as Herrera struck out on a 3-2 pitch.
After nearly getting picked off second on the previous pitch, Bogaerts didn't make it very far toward third when he was caught in a rundown, unable to retreat to second because Nava was already there after an attempted double steal.
"It was a miscommunication," said Bogaerts. "Can't get an out there, you know? I mean, first and second, can't get an out right there. I guess I saw something I didn't really see."
But the gaffe by Bogaerts seemed forgotten when the excitement mounted in the ninth. Holt reached on a one-out infield single. Pedroia then cranked a double to left, and Orioles manager Buck Showalter ordered an intentional walk to David Ortiz.
Hunter ultimately got the job done, retiring Carp on a groundout with the tying and winning runs in scoring position. He certainly made it more interesting than the Orioles wanted.
"I was pretty calm," said Hunter. "I thought I threw some pretty good pitches. Make a mistake to Pedroia. These guys give you a little cushion, and the job's to go in there and close them out in the ninth. And that's kind of what happened."
Now, the 9-11 Red Sox get ready for a three-game showdown with the Yankees, which starts Tuesday night at Fenway.
"It seems like we go out one night and we hit and we don't pitch, and when we pitch, we don't hit," said left fielder Jonny Gomes. "For us, it's not clicking on all the cylinders. I think we're still doing all right."
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|Statement by H.E. Ambassador Li Baodong, Permanent Representative of China to the United Nations, at the Security Council Open Debate on Somalia
(March 10, 2011)
The transitional period in Somalia will come to an end in August, which will usher in a new stage in the settlement of the question of Somalia. It will present daunting challenges while also providing significant opportunities. The many problems facing Somalia are interlinked and mutually reinforcing, and therefore require an integrated response. China believes it is necessary to formulate and
implement a comprehensive strategy for the early realization of peace, security and development in Somalia. That comprehensive strategy should reflect Somalia's ownership and give full play to the important role of the United Nations. In our view, that important strategy should comprise five pillars.
First is the effective promotion of political reconciliation in Somalia. We hope that the Transitional Federal Government will work within the framework of the Djibouti Agreement, complete its constitutional process and other transitional tasks as planned and enter into dialogue as soon as possible with the relevant national parties and international cooperation partners on post-transitional arrangements, with a view to reaching consensus at an early date. We hope that the various Somali parties will seize this opportunity to effectively promote national political reconciliation.
Second is strengthening capacity-building in the security sector. We call on the Transitional Federal Government, with the assistance of international partners, to step up efforts to strengthen the security sector so as to establish at an early date a professional army, capable of maintaining national peace and stability and of protecting the security of the Somali people. We urge the parties concerned to continue to provide donations to the Somali Security Sector Institutions Trust Fund.
Third is the promotion of economic and social development. Supporting the people is a decisive factor in the future of Somalia, and the key to winning the people's support is to show the Somali people the prospect of a good life so that they can have confidence in their country's future. China calls on the United Nations and donors to mobilize more financial and material resources to help Somalia to bring about development. Somalia should have a greater say on questions such as the distribution and implementation of financial assistance.
Fourth is fighting piracy off the coast of Somalia. China calls for deep reflection by the international community on its strategy to combat piracy. Greater attention should be paid to effectively addressing the land-based origins of piracy through political, economic and judicial means.
Fifth is support for the leading role of the African Union. China highly values the important role ofregional organizations, such as the African Union, and of the African Union Mission to Somalia, and calls on the international community to provide more support to the African Union. We support the Security Council in responding positively to the relevant requests of the African Union and in giving favourable consideration to the deployment of a peacekeeping operation in Somalia at an appropriate time.


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Kara DioGuardi entered the collective consciousness of American pop culture when she was cast as the fourth judge on the reality show "American Idol" during its eighth season. Though well known within the music industry, DioGuardi remained a bit of a mystery to the American public even after two seasons on one of the biggest shows on television. Now, with the release of her first book and memoir, A Helluva High Note, she introduces herself to readers.
The bulk of the narrative is sandwiched between DioGuardi's experiences with "American Idol," beginning with the news that she was being fired from the show in 2010 and then ending with her reflections on her two seasons. It's a smart move since, despite a résumé of industry names that would make even Randy Jackson envious, "American Idol" is what made DioGuardi a household name.
The actual experiences of those in the spotlight are rarely the fairy tales they are made out to be. DioGuardi walks us through the highs and lows of her "American Idol" journey, though truth be told, it comprised mainly lows, especially in her first season. DioGuardi writes, "As far as I am concerned, American Idol Season 8 might as well have been called Survivor. Every moment was mentally, physically, and emotionally challenging."
According to DioGuardi, she was thrust into the spotlight with staggeringly little preparation, a fact that – along with her lifelong struggle with "extreme stage fright" – she claims contributed largely to an underwhelming debut season. But, she says, she was not the only one who was unprepared for her arrival on the show. Although Simon Cowell interviewed her in June 2008, she says that fellow judges Randy Jackson and Paula Abdul were unaware of the addition of a fourth judge until the day before auditions began.
DioGuardi describes her struggles to fit into a judging panel that had seven years of experience working together. Through her retellings, Cowell comes across as every bit the prima donna the public suspected he was. In addition to giving her the cold shoulder, Cowell often criticized DioGuardi both on camera and off, making a challenging situation nearly unbearable for the new judge. Although she was a successful music publisher in her own right, she recounts her desperate attempts to gain Cowell's approval, stating that, "the key to gelling with the panel was Simon." DioGuardi believes that it wasn't until the finale of Season 8 that she gained that approval.
In that show, DioGuardi took to the stage to outsing and ultimately upstage Katrina Darrell, better known as "Bikini Girl," by flashing her own bikini body. Though DioGuardi says that everyone outside the show urged her not to perform the skit, fearing it would damage her credibility, she eventually acquiesced after continuous pressure from Cowell and the producers. DioGuardi looks back on her performance in the finale fondly, calling it "a good thing" because it had shown America that she had a sense of humor and earned her a second chance. She writes, "Simon Cowell and the show's executives had been right!"
DioGuardi, though stating that she believes a woman needs to use her talent rather than her body to get ahead, seems genuinely unaware that her attainment of a "second chance" and Cowell's approval came at the cost of her own integrity. But as the memoir shows, this was not the first time that DioGuardi compromised herself with men in an effort to gain acceptance and success.
As a child, DioGuardi's domineering father would force her to sing at a variety of family dinners and functions. Afraid to put more strain on an already frail parental relationship, DioGuardi would oblige, despite her anxiety and stage fright. Later in life, she quietly endured sexual harassment and misconduct by a famous performer, as well as date rape by a producer. In both cases she made the decision not to report the incident for fear of being ostracized in the business.
The decision to ignore violation for the "greater good" was likely a lesson taught to DioGuardi by her own mother. Though she does not draw the parallels, DioGuardi writes of being sexually molested by a close friend of the family. She finally gained the courage to report the abuse to her mother. But her mother, a subservient woman by all accounts, chose to ignore the situation. Though DioGuardi admits to feeling hurt and betrayed by her mother's inaction, that willingness to look the other way is a habit that seems to have stayed with DioGuardi throughout her own life.
The memoir, in addition to these experiences, walks us through her life from childhood as a timid child, to young adulthood as a Duke University student struggling with an eating disorder, to a career as a successful record executive. She also offers interesting stories of her work with some of the most notable names in the business including Steven Tyler, Christina Aguilera, and Carrie Underwood, to name a few.
Bursting with statements like, "I believe there is a star in all of us," and "If you tell me I can't do it, just watch me," it is clear that DioGuardi intends her book to be inspirational. Perhaps in some ways it is. Though readers might question some of her decisions, she herself views them as a means to an end: her impressive success and acceptance in an industry dominated by men.
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Firsthand exposés about the personal lives of North Korea's leaders can put the lives of their authors at risk, even if they are far away.The latest tell-all, published in Austria by two journalists to whom former Army Col. Kim Jong-ryul told his story, is a case in point.
By his own account, Mr. Kim – who describes the dozens of villas and beautiful furnishings included in the lavish lifestyles of Kim Il-sung and his son Kim Jong-il – says he realizes the danger.
"Maybe I'll be shot, killed in the next few days," Kim Jong-ryul, who escaped North Korea in 1994 and now lives at a secret address, told reporters in Vienna after the book came out. At least, "now I can die with a clear conscience," he said. But "without [publishing] this book, I didn't want to die."
The book adds to a growing body of evidence of the selfishness of the North's Kim Il-sung, who ignored the suffering of his people while focusing on his own comfort and safety. An engineer, Kim Jong-ryul said he was asked to design a special filtration system for the shelter in which Kim Il-sung and his family could hide in order to survive a nuclear attack.
The Great Leader, as Kim Il-sung was routinely called, placed special agents in Europe just to buy the fancy items he wanted. An agent in Romania, for instance, bought a small Cessna plane for him, as well as hunting rifles. Kim himself sometimes spent months at a time looking for all the goods, big and small, on the shopping list.
To go public with such juicy tidbits is enough to invite the death penalty – even for those who manage to flee the country. Activists agree such fear is not the stuff of paranoia. "It's very dangerous to write about North Korea," says Peter Chung, who runs an organization in Seoul called Justice for North Korea, which is dedicated to helping defectors.
"In the Dictator's Service," written in German by Austrian journalists Ingrid Steiner-Gashi and Dardan Gashi, reveals the dietary cravings and demands, the parties and the lovely surroundings, in which Kim Il-sung existed for much of the 49 years that he ruled North Korea. He died in 1994 after ensuring that his son, Kim Jong-il, would succeed him.
A crime to have known anything
It may be even more dangerous to write about the man who's known in the North as the Dear Leader.
The nephew of Song Hye-rim, a woman who became either Kim Jong-il's second wife or longtime consort, and bore his oldest son, was assassinated in Seoul in 1997 after writing memoirs about the dictator. Lee Han-young had been living in Seoul since defecting in 1982 until a pair of gunmen killed him outside the apartment of a friend.
"Kim Jong-il's private life is not normal," says Mr. Chung. "It is a crime to speak out about it."
It is even a crime to have known anything about it, according to a book published here by Kim Young-seung, a schoolgirl friend of Ms. Song.
Ms. Kim, held for nine years in one of North Korea's infamous prison camps for the worst political offenders, says she never was told the charge against her but came to know during months of torture that her offense was that she had been "a friend of the second wife of Kim Jong-il, and I knew about his private life."
Her closest relatives were imprisoned as well. During her imprisonment, her parents starved to death, one of her sons drowned, another was shot trying to escape, and her husband "disappeared."
"Even the beasts would be ashamed to be there," Kim says.
Her story provides remarkable fresh clues into the private life of Kim Jong-il, who left Song for his third consort, Ko Young-hee, a dancer and mother of sons No. 2 and 3. The latter is the heir-apparent Kim Jong-un, who is in his 20s.
After being freed from prison around 1989, Kim escaped to China in 2001, a year before Song died in exile in Moscow, and then to South Korea via Vietnam. Ms. Ko, who was diagnosed with breast cancer, died two years later.
Kim Young-seung knows she may be at risk but does not feel afraid. "This is my story," she says, smiling slightly and pulling a copy of her book from her handbag.
Villas and luxury cars amid poverty
Kim Jong-ryul's story provides still more glimmerings. Kim Il-sung "only ate foreign food" and had his chefs study in Vienna, he said. He had a passion for high-priced foreign cars, ranging from Mercedes-Benz and Citroens to Cadillacs and Lincolns, made in the lairs of his worst enemy, the United States.
The leader's shopping lists for Europe included luxury goods ranging from carpets to gold-plated guns.
The former colonel's account, says Peters, the activist, "highlights the perverse contrast between the lives of the Kim family dynasty and the tens of millions of beleaguered North Korean peasantry."
Kim Il-sung died just as North Korea was entering a famine in which 2 million people are estimated to have died.


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A memorial service for Joe Heath of Florence will be Sunday afternoon at the American Legion building in Florence, after his ashes are spread at 2 p.m. at the tree farm on the east side of town.
Heath died on July 11 after living in Florence since the early 1980s.
He is survived by his wife, Linda, of Florence; two sons, Rodney of Newton and Elmer of El Dorado; a daughter, Neva Kreutziger of Hillsboro; a sister, Anna Schwarzin of Heppner, Ore.; a half brother, Melvin Gilchrist of New Mexico; seven grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.


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LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Alyssa Thomas scored a career-high 33 points and grabbed 13 rebounds as fourth-seeded Maryland upset No. 1 seed Tennessee 73-62 on Sunday in the Louisville Region semifinal.
The Terrapins (27-6) reached their ninth regional final and first since 2012. They did it against a program the Terps had beaten only four times previously and never before in the NCAA tournament. Maryland improved to 5-10 against Tennessee (29-6) with a little revenge for their previous tournament loss in the 1989 Final Four.
The Lady Vols' self-titled "GrindFor9" in their chase for a ninth national championship is over. They will miss the Final Four for a sixth straight season. This hurts even more with the national championship game being played April 8 in Nashville just 179 miles from their home in Knoxville.
Meighan Simmons scored 31 points for Tennessee.
Shoni Schimmel scored 19 points, Tia Gibbs added five 3-pointers and third-seeded Louisville rolled seventh-seeded LSU to reach the regional final of the NCAA tournament.
Facing an injury-riddled Tigers squad that dressed just eight players, the Cardinals (33-4) rung up another rout highlighted by a season-best 12 3-pointers with the two seniors leading the way. Schimmel was 3 of 5 from beyond the arc and three other Cardinals contributed.
LSU (21-13) on the other hand went 31 minutes with just Danielle Ballard (24 points), Jasmine Rhodes (eight) and Theresa Plaisance (seven) scoring before other Tigers chipped in. By then the game was out of hand and the Tigers shot just 24 percent from the field.
Louisville moved on to host Maryland on Tuesday night, matching Cardinals coach Jeff Walz against Terrapins counterpart Brenda Frese, whom he worked under from 2002-07.
STANFORD, Calif. — Chiney Ogwumike had 29 points and 15 rebounds, Mikaela Ruef produced a career performance on both ends, and second-seeded Stanford rey to reached the regional final on its home floor.
The Cardinal (32-3) built a big first-half lead and rolled against the third-seeded Lady Lions to move into Tuesday night's regional final against either No. 4 seed North Carolina or top-seeded South Carolina.
Ruef recovered from getting poked in the eye early to contribute 11 points, 13 rebounds, five assists and two steals. She was cheered at every chance by the raucous home crowd at Maples Pavilion. Amber Orrange added 18 points in Stanford's ninth straight NCAA tournament home win.
Ariel Edwards scored 22 points for the Lady Lions (24-8), while leading scorer Maggie Lucas was held scoreless in the second half and finished with six.
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Grilled Spicy Tuna
I used frozen Ahi tuna steaks from Costco, a great source for frozen fish if you aren't lucky enough to live where fresh fish is easy to obtain. If you can't find tuna, I think this would taste great on mahi mahi, swordfish, or halibut.
Grilled Spicy Tuna
(Recipe created by Kalyn. This made enough marinade for 2-4 pieces of tuna)
thick cut pieces of tuna, one per person
Marinade ingredients:
1/4 cup olive oil
2 T red wine vinegar
1 T soy sauce
1 tsp. garlic powder
1 tsp. fish rub or seafood seasoning
(I used Pride of Szeged Fish Rub. Trader Joe's also makes a good seafood seasoning. See note below if you don't have seafood seasoning in your spice collection.)
1 tsp. hot pepper flakes (like the kind you sprinkle on pizza, or use your favorite hot sauce)
Combine marinade ingredients. Put tuna in zip loc bag and pour marinade over. Marinate in refrigerator 1-3 hours. (As a general rule, don't marinate fish too long or the acidy ingredient in the marinade starts to "cook" the fish.)
To cook, oil your grill with a piece of paper towel dipped in olive oil, then preheat charcoal or gas grill to high. (You can only hold your hand there about 2 seconds when the grill is high.) Drain marinade and grill fish 4-6 minutes on each side. (Use this as a guide: 4 minutes per side for medium rare, 5 minutes per side for medium, six minutes per side for well done.) If you want those lovely grill marks, be sure grill is very hot, lay tuna diagonally on the grill, wait three minutes, rotate, wait three minutes and cook less time on the other side.
Note: For those who don't have seafood seasoning, the Pride of Szeged Fish Rub contains paprika, pepper, salt, lemon juice, and spices. Trader Joe's Seafood Grill and Broil has brown mustard seeds, lemon peel, black pepper, onion, lemon, thyme, chile pepper, celery seeds, bay leaves, basil, fennel, oregano, and red pepper. Choose the ingredients you like and make your own spice rub for fish.
(Thanks to Rick Rodgers, who I met when I attended the Kingsford Barbecue class for the tip about oiling the grill with a paper towel dipped in olive oil before cooking fish. Watch for his book, Kingsford Complete Grilling Cookbook, coming out in early 2007.)
South Beach Suggestions:
This is a perfect dish for any phase of the South Beach Diet. For phase one, serve with Mary's Perfect Salad or or any green salad with a South Beach Friendly dressing. For phase two or three you could add 100% whole wheat bread, Lake Powell Spicy Rice, or Curried Rice and Red Lentils.


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ORIENTAL � Early in 2014, three of Pamlico County�s most talented and gutsy women present the premiere of �Who Do We Think We Are?�
ORIENTAL � Early in 2014, three of Pamlico County�s most talented and gutsy women present the premiere of �Who Do We Think We Are?�
The show was created by Oriental residents Wendy Osserman, Nancy Hiller, and Marilyn Arnone in support of the Old Theater�s upcoming 70th anniversary year.
The box office opens at 6:30 p.m. and the doors open at 7 p.m. The performance is at 7:30 p.m.
General admission is $15. Tickets go on sale today at Nautical Wheelers in Oriental and they will also be available at the Old Theater box office on performance night.
On the web: oldtheater.org
Hiller wrote songs for the production, and all three seasoned performers contribute their diverse gifts.
Osserman, Hiller and Arnone explore the insecurities of childhood, teenage angst, and the opposing pulls women experience as they juggle family responsibilities with their professional lives.
Through dance, song, words, and puppetry, these multi-talented women reveal their stories in ways that are accessible to all ages and genders.
�Exposing the multiple and often contradictory sides of our personalities evokes humor and pathos as we recognize ourselves in each other,� said Osserman. �The audience is invited to consider the question, �If we all wear many masks, can we choose the real me?��
Formed in 1976, the New York City-based Wendy Osserman Dance Company has performed and taught internationally. Osserman now spends most of the year in Oriental, where her architect husband designed their home, which includes a spacious dance studio.
She enjoys teaching and performing in the area. She was an assistant coach for Girls On The Run; leads the Chinese Dragon on New Year�s Eve and dances in Lou Mac Park with the Drummin� Dragons in the summer.
She recently collaborated with visual artist Jane Horner and musician, Jane Tigar on �TIDE� for the Bridgeton Riverfest.
Since childhood, Arnone has delighted children and adults with her puppets and ventriloquism. At the age of 11, she had her own TV program in Boston. Today, she is a research associate professor and Professor of Practice in the School of Information Studies at Syracuse University. She serves as co-director for the university�s Center for Digital Literacy. She teaches future teacher-librarians and has authored and co-authored numerous publications.
Hiller trained in voice and piano at The Manhattan School of Music and studied at the Actors Studio in New York City. In Los Angeles, she acted at the Theatre at Anaheim, the La Jolla Playhouse and the Huntington Beach Theatre.
She acquired her real estate license before graduating high school and worked and consulted in real estate. She has been coaching, writing, teaching, practicing music and doing theater since moving to Oriental. She is currently working on her master�s degree in anthropology in Human Consciousness Studies.


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SYNOPSIS "Hide Your Identity" is a 2015 South Korean drama series. It follows four elite homicide detectives who use the most extreme methods to go deep undercover to capture dangerous killers. Cha Gun Woo (Kim Bum) is a trained SEAL and SWAT officer who is secretly after his girlfriend's killer. Jang Moo Won (Park Sung Woong) is the highly skilled leader of the special investigative squad. Jang Min Joo (Yoon So Yi) is the master of disguises, psychoanalysis and martial arts, and Choi Tae Pyung (Lee Won Jong) uses his shady back-alley connections to gather the information he needs for investigations. Catch the exciting highlight clips from this thrilling new drama series!
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I decided to attend this game after checking Saturday's iffy weather forecast. I left right after work, so I didn't get to the stadium until just before 5 PM.
I had missed the first 25 minutes of batting practice, which is never a good thing, but I would get on the board soon.
I was checking for any easter eggs that some folks may have missed when Shin Soo Choo hit a home run that landed in the trees in Heritage Park. I tried to reach in and grab it so I could count it as a hit ball, but I couldn't reach it.
I pulled out my Cleveland Stick and used it to nudge the ball closer to the wall so I could get it. It was ball #1.
The next round, Travis Hafner also hit a home run into the trees in Heritage Park, so I ran back over again.
This ball would be a bit trickier because it was lodged in the branches of one of the trees.
Game: 7 balls (3 hit, 4 device)
Season: 192 balls (101 hit, 51 thrown, 17 device, 23 found)
Games: 31 games
Average: 6.19 balls per game
2010 Game Balls: 3
Career: 770 balls
Streak: 127 consecutive games attended with at least 1 ball snagged.
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It was a big month, full of contests, recipes, events, and even our 300th post! (We got some great feedback which I'll share soon, as well as picked the winners from our drawing, but I just realized I can't post the winners names because I only have their email addresses -- but congrats to our winners!)
I am keeping this short because today is a special day for me...my golden birthday...thirty-one on the thirty-first. While my friend Karla (who first told me about "golden birthdays") wanted to celebrate her golden birthday by being on Deal or No Deal, I am off to celebrate in a simpler way -- with cake and ice cream -- perfection!
Thanks to Anisha Palmer for the yummy photo above.
[Scoopalicious is celebrating National Ice Cream month with a Post-A-Day throughout the month of July!]


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MADRID (MarketWatch) -- Apple Inc. AAPL, +0.42% is unlikely to pay a special dividend because most of its cash overseas, said analysts interviewed by Bloomberg in a report that published online Tuesday. Brian White, of Topeka Capital Markets Inc. noted that much of its $121.3 billion in cash is outside of the U.S., and the company is more likely to boost its current dividend, which sits at $2.65 a share. And unlike announcements from other companies this quarter, the potential rise in taxes isn't going to push Bloomberg to a special dividend either, White told Bloomberg. Abhey Lamba, an analyst with Mizuho Securites USA said in the report that investors should expect Apple to boost its quarterly dividend by at least 10%. An Apple spokesman declined to comment on the Bloomberg article.
Analysts see no Apple special dividend: Bloomberg
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It seems that "America's Watercooler" – Twitter – has decided to put its money where its tweets are. The social media giant has purchased Bluefin Labs, a company that measures and analyzes social media mentions of television. That's right – the watercooler is watching us.
Television has always been a social experience, long before social was a measured medium. But now that social is mainstream, it stands to reason that Twitter would want to gain insights into their symbiotic relationship with traditional media – and probably monetize it.
The fact that there are companies – not a company, but companies - that specialize in monitoring social media chatter about television should tell you something about the dominance of traditional television in our culture. After consulting with several digital research specialists, it turns out that television is the only category that has specialized social media tracking services just for a single industry.
So what does this suggest? Well, first and foremost, it indicates that Twitter certainly knows that television drives an awful lot of the social conversations in the digital space. During any big event (i.e., the Super Bowl, Oscars, Grammys, etc.), mentions of those events dominate social media outlets. Posts about standard content rise to the top as well, as noted by the latest Idol vote or perhaps a Bachelor or Bachelorette – or even a couple of Broke Girls.
The point is that Twitter understands that they – along with Facebook, Pinterest, Google+, etc., have become this generation's word-of-mouth conduit. Some of us of a certain age might recall the 1970s spot for Faberge Organics shampoo ("…and she told two friends, and so on, and so on…"). Twitter and their digital brethren automate that, exponentially.
So it makes sense that this would be information that Twitter would like to exploit. Their place within the social conversation can be much better legitimized with their own custom analytics.
Like the late 2012 Nielsen acquisition of SocialGuide, this is another strong indicator of the industry's desire to mine as much information about the viewer's engagement with a show as possible – along with their subsequent social influence in building an even larger audience. Could it be an indication of the new medium's dependence upon television?
Just think about how different Twitter would be without TV. It would probably be much more of a news feed – although quite a large percentage of tweets come from news that people have seen on TV, so that brings us right back to the start. Twitter just wouldn't be the same without TV.
We already know that television is the dominant medium of choice for audiences. These recent additions by Nielsen and Twitter underscore just how important people's online relationship with TV is as well.
Twitter, Facebook, Google+, et al – they are our mountaintop, our Midnight Ride, our watercooler.
The synergistic beauty of it is that Americans will never stop watching TV, and we will also never stop shouting about it. It's just the way we're all connected.
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I picked up this recipe at the reknowned store Peppermill. The nouget cream was so delicious, I made it to use on other cheesecakes as well. This is one cheesecake that is a "must have" at your next milchige simcha !
2 cup graham crackers (1 ½ pks)
4 oz butter, melted
8 oz nouget powder
8 oz milk chocolate - chopped
8 oz heavy cream
1½ lb unwhipped cream cheese (room temp)
1½ cup sugar
3 eggs
2 tsp pure vanilla extract
Grease a 9" springform pan. Wrap outside of pan with 2 layers of (extrawide) heavy duty foil. Prepare a roaster pan large enough to fit the 9" pan for a water bath. Combine butter & crumbs. Press into the bottm & up 1" around the inside of springform pan. Freeze while preparing the ganache:
Ganache: Bring cream to simmer in large saucepan. Remove from heat. Add chocolate & powder. Let sit for 1 minute. Whisk mixture (pref electric hand mixer/whisk) until smooth & combined. Pour 2/3 ganache over crust. Place in freezer. Reserve the other 1/3 for garnishing top. Preheat oven to 350^.
With electric mixer, beat cheese until light & fluffy.Add sugar & vanilla until fluffy. Add eggs one at a time. Pour cheese filling over cold ganache in crust. Place cake in roaster pan. Add boiling water halfway up around the sides of pan. Bake 1 hour. Cool. transfer to wire rack.
Heat remaining ganacge over double boiler & drizzle over cold cake. (Note: The picture was taken with a 10" pan. Use the 9" as per recipe instructions for higher cake.)


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Christians Embrace, and Debate, a Modern Show of Faith's Place on Ash Wednesday
CHICAGO—Gaby Driessen stopped by St. Peter's Church here and a priest put a thick smudge of ash on her forehead—a traditional way Catholics and other Christians physically show their commitment to the faith on Ash Wednesday, the first day of the season of Lent.
Then she did what many 24-year-olds would. She took a self-portrait, or selfie, with a friend and they posted it on Instagram.


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Suffolk Bancorp Announces the Retirement of Karen A. Hamilton as Chief Credit Officer and the Hiring
Suffolk Bancorp Announces the Retirement of Karen A. Hamilton as Chief Credit Officer and the Hiring of James P. Gay as the New Chief Credit Officer
RIVERHEAD, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Suffolk Bancorp (the "Company") (NAS: SUBK) today announced that, effective March 4, 2013, Karen A. Hamilton will be retiring as Executive Vice President and Chief Credit Officer of Suffolk Bancorp and its banking subsidiary, The Suffolk County National Bank (together with Suffolk Bancorp, the "Company"). Ms. Hamilton has indicated she will be transitioning to a financial advisory role, utilizing her areas of expertise in this capacity. Ms. Hamilton served as Chief Lending Officer of the Company from May 2011 to March 2012 and then as Chief Credit Officer of the Company from March 2012 through the present.
The Company also announced that it has hired James P. Gay as Executive Vice President and Chief Credit Officer to replace Ms. Hamilton, subject to normal approval by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.
Howard C. Bluver, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, remarked, "I am very grateful to Karen for her extraordinary performance during a challenging period for the Company. The fact that we were able to aggressively put the legacy credit issues behind us in 2012 is due in no small part to Karen's efforts. I also thank Karen for agreeing to stay on through a transition period to our new Chief Credit Officer so we don't miss a beat."
Mr. Bluver continued, saying, "I am very pleased that Jim Gay has agreed to join us as our Chief Credit Officer. I have known Jim for a long time and we could not have found a more seasoned and experienced credit professional to guide us into the future. As President and Chief Credit Officer of National Bank of New York City, as well as through senior positions at Gold Coast, Signature Bank and Citibank, Jim has the expertise and knowledge of our local markets that will help us grow and diversify our loan portfolio."
Suffolk Bancorp is a one-bank holding company engaged in the commercial banking business through Suffolk County National Bank, a full service commercial bank headquartered in Riverhead, New York and Suffolk Bancorp's wholly owned subsidiary. Organized in 1890, the Bank has 30 offices in Suffolk County, New York. For more information about the Bank and its products and services, please visit www.scnb.com.
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This press release includes statements which look to the future. These can include remarks about the Company, the banking industry, the economy in general, expectations of the business environment in which the Company operates, projections of future performance, and potential future credit experience. These remarks are based upon current management expectations, and may, therefore, involve risks and uncertainties that cannot be predicted or quantified and are beyond the Company's control and are subject to a variety of uncertainties that could cause future results to vary materially from the Company's historical performance, or from current expectations. These remarks may be identified by such forward-looking statements as "should," "expect," "believe," "view," "opportunity," "allow," "continues," "reflects," "typically," "usually," "anticipate," or similar statements or variations of such terms. Factors that could affect the Company include particularly, but are not limited to: a failure by the Company to meet the deadlines under SEC rules for filing its periodic reports (or any permitted extension thereof); increased capital requirements mandated by the Company's regulators; the Company's ability to raise capital; changes in interest rates; increases or decreases in retail and commercial economic activity in the Company's market area; variations in the ability and propensity of consumers and businesses to borrow, repay, or deposit money, or to use other banking and financial services; results of regulatory examinations; any failure by the Company to comply with our written agreement with the OCC (the "Agreement") or the individual minimum capital ratios for the Bank established by the OCC; the cost of compliance with the Agreement; any failure by the Company to maintain effective internal controls over financial reporting; larger-than-expected losses from the sale of assets; potential litigation or regulatory action relating to the matters resulting in the Company's failure to file on time its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2011, June 30, 2011, and September 30, 2011 or resulting from the revisions to earnings previously announced on April 12, 2011 or the restatement of its financial statements for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2010 and year ended December 31, 2010; and the potential that net charge-offs are higher than expected or for further increases in our provision for loan losses. Further, it could take the Company longer than anticipated to implement its strategic plans to increase revenue and manage non-interest expense, or it may not be possible to implement those plans at all. Finally, new and unanticipated legislation, regulation, or accounting standards may require the Company to change its practices in ways that materially change the results of operations. We have no obligation to update any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this document. For more information, see the risk factors described in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Bacteria able to linger long term.
However, they say, the results of this study do set the stage for controlled laboratory research investigating potential therapies for persistent Lyme disease infections. "Lyme disease is a tough nut to crack. The bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi has evolved to evade the body's immune system, so it's not surprising that it can also evade antibiotics" explains Stephen Barthold, lead researcher on the study.
"It's important to note that the numbers of residual bacteria identified in this study were very low and there was no evidence that they were causing inflammation. Their presence shouldn't be misconstrued as a sign of chronic disease"
Borrelia burgdorferi, the corkscrew-shaped bacterium that triggers
Lyme disease, is transmitted to humans and animals through bites from infected deer ticks. In the U.S., Lyme disease is most prevalent in the northeastern and Great Lakes states, and is present to a lesser extent in Northern California. Other high-risk Lyme disease areas are scattered throughout the nation, usually in shady, moist deciduous forests where the carrier ticks and their wildlife hosts flourish.
Symptoms of Lyme disease are highly variable and may include fever, headache, fatigue, and skin rash. If the infection is not treated, it can spread to the joints, heart, and nervous system. Usually, Lyme disease can be treated successfully with about four weeks of antibiotics. Treatment is most successful during the early stages of infection. A few patients, particularly those treated during late infection, may experience persistent or recurring symptoms after the antibiotic treatment is finished, in which case a second round of antibiotics may be prescribed.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, antibiotic treatment above and beyond one repeat round has not been shown to be beneficial and has been linked to serious complications, including death. Many of those involved with Lyme disease--including patients, physicians, researchers, and health insurance companies--are divided over how to treat the ailment when it persists beyond a second round of antibiotics. Some patients with persistent or recurrent Lyme disease symptoms report experiencing fatigue, joint pain, extreme headaches, facial paralysis, and memory loss. Much of the controversy revolves around debate over whether symptoms reflect continued infection after treatment.
There has been minimal scientific evidence to support this claim that infection with the Lyme disease bacterium can persist in a chronic state following antibiotic treatment. As a result, treatment guidelines recommend against prescribing long-term antibiotics for persistent Lyme disease symptoms. Many physicians and health insurance companies refuse to prescribe or pay for extended antibiotic treatments.
Barthold and colleagues studied antibiotic treatments for Borrelia burgdofferi infection. DNA analysis showed that small numbers of the Lyme disease-causing bacteria remain in the tissues. Ticks allowed to feed on this infected tissue also are able to acquire and transmit the infectious bacteria. Curiously, despite the apparent viability of the bacteria, they could not be detected by standard laboratory cultures.
The findings support the theory that the bacteria remain viable and that some bacteria evade antibiotic treatment by taking refuge in collagen-rich tissues, skin, ligaments, and tendons. "Our theory is that these remaining bacteria are in a metabolically dormant, nondividing state," Barthold concludes. "This would explain why we were unable to culture them.
"In future studies, we need to look at the long-term fate of these bacteria. They seem to be nondividing. If so, are they permanently crippled by the antibiotics and eventually would die out, or would they grow back over the long term and cause a recurrence of the disease?"
While the residual bacteria do not appear to cause disease, they may contribute to the persistence of Lyme disease symptoms, the researchers suggest. 'q-his may explain why some Lyme disease patients recover slowly following antibiotic treatment, exhibiting what has been termed 'post-Lyme disease syndrome,'" Barthold points out.
The existence of a small number of sequestered bacteria should not come as a surprise, he adds, noting that, with disease-causing agents like herpes virus and the bacteria that cause tuberculosis and syphilis, it is not unusual for the infectious organisms to persist at levels that do not actually cause symptoms. "This is just part of our world of microbes. Antibiotics are designed to kill large numbers of bacteria--to knock them down to the point that the body's immune system can get control of the infection."
Bacteria have evolved the means to survive antibiotics in the natural world. Furthermore, if disease-causing organisms such as Borrelia have evolved a way to escape clearance by the immune system, it is not surprising that the bacteria that survive antibiotic treatment would not be eliminated.
In the case of Lyme disease, the research findings do not suggest that continued use of antibiotics would succeed in getting rid of the lingering bacteria. "I suspect that, if the initial round of antibiotics hasn't eliminated them, it's not likely that a longer regimen of antibiotics would be any more successful," Barthold indicates. "It's more likely that a completely different class of antibiotics would be needed to accomplish that."
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Office Staff Complete
Ruben Amaro Jr. has filled the last baseball administration office opening with the hiring of Scott Proefrock as assistant GM. Scott's been involved in player development and scouting since 1989 with the Pirates, Braves, Rays and Orioles, where he's been the Director of Baseball Administration the past three years.
So, Ruben has surrounded himself with three assistants Scott, Benny Looper and Chuck LaMar. LaMar was with the Phillies for the past season but his role has expanded. And, Pat Gillick remains as a consultant. Lots of solid baseball background from which to draw.
Still on the drawing board is rounding out Charlie Manuel's coaching staff. Ruben and his staff are in Clearwater where they are interviewing candidates. Minor changes may be forthcoming in player development and scouting, too. One change in player development came today with the reinstatement of Mike Compton as the Minor League Field Coordinator, replacing Bill Dancy, whose contract was not renewed.
Ruben also continues working on player issues. The deadline for the 40-man winter roster is Thursday.
Free agent hunting season has begun. Ruben's indicated adding pitching depth is the priority. Pat Burrell has filed for free agency and he's free to begin fielding offers. We've had discussions with Pat's agents and that will continue. But, left field is an area that may need attention, too.
The entire free agent market may be a drawn-out process, according to various news reports. Some of the free agents require compensation (giving up a first-round draft pick next summer). That could change December 1, the last day for teams to offer salary arbitration to their former players who became free agents.
There are some big-time free agents who will get big-time bucks. That's a given.
The market can expand with the December 7 deadline for tendering contracts. A new batch of players may be looking for jobs then. News reports also indicate payroll issues on several clubs may mean the market will be strung out through January.
Ruben's also held initial trade discussions with several clubs. Idea is to see if there is a fit for future discussion. Other clubs have made moves. More will follow.
Ruben and his staff will be at the Winter Meetings in Las Vegas, December 8-11. Things will heat up there. Agents will be parading their horses, ponies or donkeys.
It has been and will continue to be a news-filled offseason for the World Champions.


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Dwight Freeney will be reuniting with Peyton Manning in a different way this season.
With the Broncos ultimately dismissing Manning's effort to get his former Colts teammate to Denver, Freeney will now spend one-eighth of the 2013 season chasing Peyton around.
Freeney officially is a Charger, where he'll remain a 3-4 linebacker for the second straight year.
"It's great to add a solid veteran who brings valuable experience to our defense," said coach Mike McCoy said in a team-issued release. "His proven pass-rush ability is a perfect fit for our defense."
The term "perfect fit" seems a bit strong, given that Freeney has 10 years in the 4-3 and told PFT Live in February that he wants to return to that alignment. "I'm not sure [Freeney] is well-suited for a 3-4 team," former Colts coach Tony Dungy told Chris Mortensen of ESPN. "I think Dwight needs play at right end and as a third-down pass rusher."
Chances are Freeney will essentially do just that, putting his hand in the dirt and taking on the left tackle in passing situations.
He'll get to do it twice against Ryan Clady, the unsigned lineman who protects Peyton Manning's blind side. And Freeney will do it against his former team in Indy, along with the other teams he faced every year in the AFC South, starting with the opening Monday night of the season, against the Texans.
He'll also chase around the quarterbacks of the NFC East (including Peyton's brother Eli, Tony Romo, Robert Griffin III, and presumably Mike Vick).
In other words, a relatively mundane offseason for the Chargers suddenly has become far more interesting.


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The best part has been people's insights for improving Signals. I'm been rapidly integrating them as you can see in my commits for the last two days. A special thanks goes out to Richard Lord for helping me understand AS3 event bubbling and how to implement it in Signal.
Connecting EventDispatchers to Signals
[EDIT: I renamed EventDispatcherSignal to NativeRelaySignal]
I received a very clever idea by Jacob Wright for relaying EventDispatcher events to Signal listeners. I implemented it in a new EventDispatcherSignal NativeRelaySignal class. It lets you easily wire, say, a Sprite to send native events through your own signals. The same goes for any object that implements IEventDispatcher.
Here's how you could create a Sprite subclass that uses a Signal for the click event:
public function MySprite() { click = new NativeRelaySignal(this, 'click', MouseEvent); } // listen elsewhere function onClick(e:MouseEvent):void { ... } mySpriteInstance.click.add(onClick); // fire a MouseEvent manually to test mySpriteInstance.dispatchEvent(new MouseEvent()); // onClick is fired
The implementation of wiring the Signal to the IEventDispatcher is very simple:
[EDIT] I added listener count checking to avoid bugs (thanks to Richard Lord).
// in NativeRelaySignal.as override public function add(listener:Function, priority:int = 0):void { var prevListenerCount:uint = listeners.length; // Try to add first because it may throw an exception. super.add(listener); // Account for cases where the same listener is added twice. if (prevListenerCount == 0 && listeners.length == 1) IEventDispatcher(target).addEventListener(_name, dispatch, false, priority); }
Also, Jacob's twin Tyler sent me some mind-bending ideas for radical memory efficiency. He takes lazy instantiation to a whole new level. I'm still reeling from thinking about things like Signal inheriting from Array and using a getter's arguments.callee as an index into a Dictionary. We'll see how this evolves.
Github vs Google Code
Question: Who would prefer using Github for the Signals project, rather than Google Code? I've used Git a bit and would be open to moving to it if contributors preferred that.