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Rockies' Sunday night appearances prompts lineup changes
The Rockies' Monday night lineup looks more like the Sunday afternoon version.
With the team's chartered flight having landed in Denver at 2 a.m. following an ESPN telecast in St. Louis, manager Jim Tracy gave some players the day off.
Jason Giambi is at first base in place of Todd Helton, and Jonathan Herrera is at second instead of Mark Ellis. Those are just two changes prompted by the Rockies' appearance on ESPN's Sunday night game.
Here's a look at the lineups for tonight's juego against the Marlins:
1. Eric Young, Jr., LF
2. Dexter Fowler, CF
3. Carlos Gonzalez, RF
4. Troy Tulowitzki, SS
5. Jason Giambi, 1B
6. Eliezer Alfonzo, C
7. Chris Nelson, 3B
8. Jonathan Herrera, 2B
9. Kevin Millwood, P
1. Emilio Bonifacio, SS
2. Bryan Petersen, LF
3. Mike Stanton, RF
4. Greg Dobbs, 3B
5. Gaby Sanchez, 1B
6. John Buck, C
7. Dewayne Wise, CF
8. Alfredo Amezaga, 2B
9. Clay Hensley, P


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December 15, 2011
Name of Cake: Well, I can't think of a G-rated name for my cake
Occasion: Crashing the doula meeting
Constituents: Gluten-free chocolate cake rolled up with chocolate-almond ganache and covered in chocolate fondant
The original recipe is NOT gluten-free, but as there are doulas who are celiacs in the group I decided to convert the cake. The cake is a souffle-like cake, baked in a half sheet pan. It is leavened by eggs and doesn't have much flour to begin with, so it is an easy cake to convert. I don't have a pre-made gluten-free flour mix right now--I'm out of potato starch flour and keep forgetting until I need to bake something GF--so I just made it up. I would recommend using a GF flour mix--here's the Gluten-Free Girl's mix, Thomas Keller just came out with Cup4Cup, and I've mentioned the super basic mix over here in this post. There are lots of pre-made GF baking four mixes out there in the markets and internets, so you've got LOTS of options. I remember back in the early 2000s there were almost NO options, so today's GF scene looks pretty damn great.
Anyways, back to the cake. I regret I have no process photos; this is one of those cakes where all the construction would benefit from some process pics. Alas.
The cake is a simple roulade. There are several of them in RHC and it involves some tricky egg organizing. In one mixer bowl all the yolks and half the whites and all but a tablespoon of sugar are mixed until thick and fluffy. The flour(s) are sifted and folded in, then the cocoa paste, and this bowl is set aside. In the second mixer bowl, the remaining egg whites are beat until soft peaks, the tablespoon of sugar is mixed in, and then all is beat to a stiff meringue. The meringue is folded into the other stuff, the batter is spread out in the half sheet pan, and baked for about 7 minutes. When the cake is finished baking, it needs to be rolled up while it cools.
The ganache filling is a basic ganache, with the addition of chopped toasted almonds. The recipe calls for whole almonds that you roughly chop, but I had slivered so that's what I used. Like most ganache, it needs several hours to set up. I put it back in my unheated storage room to hasten the process.
Once the ganache is ready, you spread most of it over the unrolled and cooled cake. Then you roll the cake back up and at an angle, you cut the sides of one end so that the roll comes sort of to a point (but not so severely). Those two cut pieces are spackled onto the other end of the roll to make the cake more like a triangle than a log, or rather more like a pinecone than a log.
|this slice is from the top of the pinecone--look closely and you can see the two spackled-on pieces on either side of the actual roll
The rest of the ganache is spread over the top and sides of the cake, and your naked pinecone looking thing goes into the refrigerator to firm up.
The last ingredient of this cake is the chocolate fondant. I have been avoiding making fondant since I read Rose's recipe for chocolate fondant in The Cake Bible almost ten years ago. It just seemed so foreign, and once I tasted a cake draped in (regular, not chocolate) fondant I decided there was no need to learn how to make such unappetizing stuff. Face it people, I don't care how pretty that shit looks on a cake; if you have to peel it off to actually enjoy said cake it doesn't belong there in the first place. So it was that I would have continued to avoid making fondant for the rest of my life if I hadn't joined the Rose's Heavenly Cakes bake-through and then got all serious about truly baking every single cake in the book. Why do I have to be so literal?
So late last night I took a huge breath and tackled chocolate fondant. First up, gelatin is softened in a little bit of water in a 2-cup glass measuring cup. The cup is then placed in a pan of simmering water so that the gelatin can dissolve. Then corn syrup and glycerin are added, except I didn't have any glycerin so I skipped it. The shortening is added to this cup and stirred around until it melts. After this, the measuring cup of stuff is pulled from the simmering water and the vanilla is added. In another bowl, a ton of powdered sugar and some cocoa powder are whisked together and the cup of stuff is poured in. Rose says to stir with a wooden spoon which is a good idea because this mix is stiff, but all my wooden spoons smell like onions so I used a silicone spatula.
The fun part comes when you get to put on a pair of food prep gloves and knead the fondant until it becomes a smooth, pliable, shiny mass. I added some extra water because the fondant seemed a little dry but otherwise it came together pretty well. The fondant prefers an overnight in the refrigerator to evenly distribute the moisture, so I wrapped it up and put it to bed. This morning, I rolled it out between plastic wrap and draped it over the cake. I didn't do the most fabulous job of rolling out the fondant as it didn't cover the ends of the cake, but a patch job got the ends covered adequately. Then the fondant needs to be cut into Vs and the ends curled up to mimic the spikes on a pinecone. This takes some time but one you get a rhythm going, and once you remember that the doulas don't care what it looks like because it will be chocolate and they will eat it, the spikes move along pretty quickly.
I gave it a quick dust of powdered sugar then it was time to head out. I got there a little late so the meeting was already in progress, but the news of chocolate cake spread like wildfire around the room. Soon the meeting deteriorated into minor chaos as doulas were getting up left and right to get cake and have little side conversations. I felt a little bad, but also quite amused. Never come between a doula and chocolate cake. Eventually the meeting got back on track and everything was fine. The celiac doulas were happy to have cake. I was happy to be amongst some of my favorite people, and to be able to pass another Heavenly Cake onto others.
The cake is deeply richly chocolaty, and like most roulades, the cake component gets lost amongst all the ganache. The chocolate fondant was not only easy to make, but it tastes pretty decent. This was a good chocolate bomb, but next time I want to make the traditional yule log instead.
I mentioned to the doulas how grateful I was that they let me still crash meetings, and the general reply was, "its because you bring cake." That is a small price to pay to spend time with such wonderful women.
Marie has the funniest post about her pinecone cake, plus all the process photos you'd want. Please go take a look! Here's the Last Cake, Next cake roundup; only eight bakers including Marie tackled the Pinecone, and we gave Lois a hearty welcome!

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The folk at Blurb got in touch recently and asked if I'd like to try making my own custom photobook. I was already aware of their service so it was good to have a go at creating my own book.
The process is really easy: upload your photos, choose your book format, drag and crop your pics and send to be published. But of course if you want to spend more time on it, you can also upload InDesign files for a completely custom design. A few days later you have a lovely hardback book of your photos: much smarter and easier than a regular photo album.
I went for a mini-size square book, which I filled with photos of me and Josh for our anniversary. The print quality is great and the matte paper I picked makes the pages nice and tactile. I think this format would also be brilliant for immortalising your Instagrams: I like the idea of taking something ephemeral and sealing it in print.
But it's not just photos, you could also upload illustrations or text and make a recipe book, notebook or portfolio.. the possibilities are endless. Prices are surprisingly reasonable too, with my baby book clocking in at about 20 quid.
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No-hit master Ryan: 'I thought Yu would get it'
Nolan knows no-hitters.
No way around it.
Texas Rangers CEO Nolan Ryan has thrown more no-hitters (seven) than anyone else in Major League history. He also has had more potential no-hitters spoiled in the ninth inning (five) than anyone else in history.
And with that type of a history, Ryan admits, he honestly felt Rangers right-hander Yu Darvish was going to finish off a perfect game at Houston on Tuesday night once Darvish took the mound in the bottom of the ninth.
"The difference in a perfect game and a no-hitter is that if you don't have the perfect game, it means you have walked a few guys, so in that ninth inning you are facing the key guys in that other's team lineup for the fourth time," said Ryan. "The odds are they are going to get a hit.
"In a perfect game, you are facing the end of the lineup, unless there's a pinch-hitter, and the fact the Astros had no left-handed bats on the bench, I thought Yu would get it."
He didn't.
After Jason Castro and Carlos Corporan grounded out for the first two outs in the bottom of the inning, Marwin Gonzalez drove a fastball up the middle, between Darvish's legs into center field for a hit.
"That pitch was a bit up and out over the plate," said Ryan, who watched the game on television from his home in Georgetown, Texas. "I really thought [Darvish] was going to get it."
Instead, Darvish became the 11th pitcher in history to lose a perfect game with two outs in the ninth, according to the research of SABR member Stew Thornley. There have been 23 official perfect games in MLB history.
It was the 36th time a pitcher lost a no-hitter with two outs in the ninth in the expansion era, which dates back to 1961, the year of the addition of the Los Angeles Angels and Washington Senators, who later moved to Texas and became the Rangers.
Ryan's five ninth-inning no-hitter misses are one more than former Toronto pitcher Dave Stieb, whose struggle to get a no-hitter included back-to-back starts in 1988 at Cleveland on Sept. 24 and against Baltimore on Sept. 30 in which he did not give up a hit until there were two outs in the ninth. As a team, Toronto, since its inception in '77, has had 10 pitchers lose no-hitters in the ninth.
The Rangers have had four complete-game no-hit efforts end in the ninth. In addition to Darvish, Charlie Hough lost a no-hit bid against the Angels on June 16, 1986, and Ryan lost two in the ninth inning in '89 -- at Toronto on April 23, and against Detroit on Aug. 10.
Ryan lost five no-hit bids in his career in the ninth, all with one out. The one that he remembers most vividly was with the Rangers against Detroit. Tigers first baseman Dave Bergman singled with one out.
"Bergy had been a teammate of mine [with Houston]," said Ryan. "I knew him. I should have gone right at him with a fastball, but for some reason I felt like I needed to show him a curveball. I did, and he pushed it to the left side."
But then sometimes surprise is the ally.
Ryan closed out the fourth no-hitter of his career on June 1, 1975 against Baltimore by throwing Bobby Grich a 3-2 changeup. Grich dropped the bat as the ball crossed the plate, and shook his head.
"I'm sitting on a fastball," Grich said two years later when he and Ryan were teammates with the Angels. "He's got a 1-0 lead, a 3-2 count on me and throws a curveball. I never expected that."
Darvish took care of a lot of the outs on his own. He struck out 14 of the first 23 batters he faced.
There were two plays in the fifth that were a bit out of the ordinary to help Darvish get into the ninth inning with the perfect game. Chris Carter led off by driving a ball to left-center field that left fielder David Murphy caught up against the wall. Next up was Rick Ankiel, who hit a soft liner that first baseman Mitch Moreland made a nice play on.
"When that ball that was hit to left-center got caught, I thought it maybe was going to work out for him," said Ryan. "You usually get a play or two like that, but those last nine outs are tough because everybody has seen you two or three times that night. They know what's going to happen."
But then sometimes those last few outs are easier for the pitcher to get because those hitters have seen the pitcher two or three times, and realizes there is no chance to get a hit.
Norm Cash made the final out in Ryan's second no-hitter at Detroit on July 15, 1973, but not before a moment of humor. Cash walked to the plate carrying a table leg instead of a bat. Home plate umpire Ron Luciano asked Cash what he was doing.
"Can't hit him with a bat," Ryan remembered Cash told Luciano. "What's the difference?"
After trading in the table leg for a bat, Cash popped to shortstop, and the no-hitter was complete.


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Day 2 Avalanche camp update
Today's practice update is here, talking about the intensity of the two-hour camp. In Tuesday's paper and online, we will have a story about first-year center Mike Sgarbossa, 20, and a notebook that begins with young defensemen Tyson Barrie and Stefan Elliott.
After practice Monday, coach Joe Sacco told me he's leaning towards keeping 13 forwards and eight defensemen, instead of the traditional 14 and seven. Sacco is no stranger to keeping two extra D, or dressing seven for a game. And no question, the Avs must get more offensive production from the back end. As Peter McNab reminded me today, Jan Hejda led the Avs' D with five goals last season. They need at least four D-men to reach that number, and Erik Johnson, Barrie and Elliott have the most potential.
Finally, if you haven't been following me on Twitter, the Ryan O'Reilly saga could get ugly. Word is he's making $4 million prorated in Russia right now, and wants a long-term deal worth at least $4 million annually in the NHL (hearing five years). The Avs are more than $16 million under the cap, so you'd think a $4 million cap hit on a $20 million deal isn't a "big deal," considering Factor's production and leadership. A couple other folks say Factor is being unreasonable, demanding more than $5 million annually. We really don't know, so don't take sides based on the above. What's obvious is, the Avs are not going to open the vault for the kid, and the longer he's not with the club, the more the team will be seeking a trade.
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Bruins goaltender Tim Thomas traded to NY Islanders
The New York Islanders have acquired Boston Bruins goaltender Tim Thomas for a conditional 2nd rounder in either 2014 or 2015, Bruins General Manager Peter Chiarelli confirmed.
Thomas told the Bruins last June that he would sit out the 2012-2013 season to spend more time with his family.
Thomas, who captured the Vezina and Conn Smythe Trophies during the Bruins Stanley Cup championship run in 2011, elected to take the 2012-13 season off and was suspended by the club after he did not report to training camp.
The 2012-13 season marked the final year of a four-year contract with the Bruins.
The 38-year-old is a two-time Vezina Trophy Winner who played in four straight NHL All-Star Games from 2008-2012. He was also a member of the silver medal winning United States team at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics.
Thomas must play in one game for the Islanders for the Bruins to get the draft pick.


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It took more than a year - and more than 900,000 pounds ($1,400,000) - to get his supercar up and running after a 2011 crash in which he badly injured a shoulder.
The car makes extensive use of carbon fiber and needed specialist care.
Ben Stagg, with insurer RK Harrison, said Friday that repairing a carbon fiber vehicle is time-consuming. The gold used in the engine bay adds to the costs, he said.
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If smartwatches are going to become essential accessories, they have to deal with the thorny issue of battery life.
Apple is aiming to overcome that hurdle by packing its much-rumoured iWatch with innovative charging technology – which could include a flexible solar charging screen, according to the New York Times.
Sources "close to the efforts" have revealed that Apple has been working on an iWatch screen with a solar charging layer – though the technology is reportedly some way off being a practical reality. Apple has already filed patents for a solar charging screen, while Alcatel has shown off its own solar charging screen technology.
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Apple is working on other charging methods for the iWatch; it has experimented with wireless inductive charging similar to that found in some Nokia Lumia smartphones. A 2009 patent reveals that Apple has also experimented with motion charging, using the kinetic energy of the wearer's swinging arm to top up the iWatch's battery.
Battery life is the single biggest challenge faced by wearable tech manufacturers – where the Pebble smartwatch has got around the issue by keeping things simple, more sophisticated smartwatches like the Samsung Galaxy Gear require daily charging.
If Apple's planning to bring an innovative, feature-packed iWatch to market, it needs to crack the issue of how to keep it charged for long periods of time – and we may have some time to wait before we can wrap it around our wrists.
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Nanny cam home invasion suspect pleads not guilty
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) -- The man charged in a northern New Jersey home invasion and beating that were captured on a nanny cam has pleaded not guilty to attempted murder, robbery, burglary and child endangerment.
Forty-two-year-old Shawn Custis was ordered held Tuesday on $750,000 bail. He was arrested Friday in Manhattan.
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I was looking forward to Christian Tetzlaff's violin recital scheduled for Friday evening, April 8. Not only was I anxious to hear this acclaimed musician, but I was intrigued by his unusual and daring program—all unaccompanied violin works. But a week before the program, the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society sent out an email announcing that, due to the impending early birth of Tetzlaff's child, violinist Benjamin Beilman, along with pianist Andrew Tyson, would perform in his place. The substitute program, works by Mozart and Janacek, looked less interesting, but with an open mind, I was there for the recital.
The change in artist and program yielded two benefits: the first opportunity to hear this highly regarded 26-year-old Curtis graduate in recital, and my first chance to hear a distinctive and gorgeous work, Leos Janacek's Sonata for Violin and Piano.
Janacek's Sonata—written in 1914 and revised in 1921—is a four-movement work that sounds unlike any other composer. It strays from conventional tonality and harmony and structure, but not that far. With its folk touches, appealing melodies, and intricate interplay between violin and piano, it is a work that instantly engages the first-time listener. Beilman and Tyson performed the work with great passion as well as subtlety.
Another Janacek piece appeared after intermission. Entitled Dumka, it was written much earlier than the Sonata. I've seen the term Dumka defined as a sort of Slavic Blues, and that description fits this work. It's considerably shorter and less distinctive than the Sonata, but nonetheless enjoyable.
The recital began and ended with Mozart. First, two rather early Sonatas, in G Major, K. 301, and in E Minor, K. 304. Both are two-movement works. To these ears, the E Minor was the more memorable of the two but I will admit that, in general, Mozart's relatively rare excursions in minor keys tend to be my favorites among his works. At times in the first Sonata, Tyson's piano overwhelmed Beilman's golden but less than penetrating tone. I noted that the piano lid was all the way up, which seemed unnecessary for a violin and piano recital and especially unnecessary in the intimate setting of the Perelman Theater in the Kimmel Center. But as the evening progressed, there was a better sound balance between the two musicians and, interpretively, they were always in sync.
The program concluded with Mozart's Sonata in A Major, K. 526. This work is more substantial in length (it's a three-movement work) and more sophisticated in content than the earlier Sonatas. The concluding Presto movement provides a virtuosic platform for both violinist and pianist, and Beilman and Tyson delivered a brilliant performance.
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Tetzlaff's paternity leave also affected the Brahms concert Barney attended recently. The word is that it's a girl and she's doing fine.
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Huawei Y6 hard reset using buttons
1. Turn off your Android Huawei Y6 / Huawei SCL-L01 phone and remove battery and reinsert it after a few seconds.
2. Press and hold both Volume UP + POWER buttons. Release Power after a few seconds and press Vol UP until Andorid recovery menu comes up.
3. Select Factory reset /wipe data. (scroll down with VOL down.)
4. Select with Vol UP.
5. Scroll down to Yes -- delete all user data. Press Vol UP to confirm.
After all is done press Volume UP to reboot system now.
After data wipe has completed you are done. reset Huawei Y6 done.
Huawei Y6 factory reset from menu
Restoring Factory Data
If you reset your phone to its factory settings, all of your personal data stored on the phone, including information about your Google account, any other accounts that you have configured, your system and application settings, and any applications you have installed will be erased. Resetting the phone does not erase any system updates you have downloaded.
Using the check box provided, you can also select to erase all the data stored on your SD card or on the phone's internal SD card, which includes files that you have downloaded or copied there, such as music or photos.
1. On the Settings screen, touch Backup & Reset and then Reset > Factory data reset.
2. When prompted, touch Reset phone, and then touch Erase everything. The mobile phone resets the settings to the original factory settings, and then restarts.
Or if your phone is responding to screen input, then open Settings from the Applications menu. Tap Backup & reset > Factory data reset; click Reset phone and then Erase everything to format your phone.
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Power off your phone. Copy the dload/update.app in the root directory of the microSD card. Insert it. Press the VOLUME UP and VOLUME DOWN key, and then press the POWER key to power on the phone and enter the Software Upgrade Mode. After the progress bar stop, the phone will restart.


text: Minutes of the regular meeting of Tuesday, September 3, 2002 (As approved October 1, 2002.) The San Francisco Public Library Commission held its regular meeting on Tuesday, September 3, 2002 in the Koret Auditorium, Main Library. President Higueras called the meeting to order at 4: 01PM. The following members were noted present: Commissioners Coulter, Higueras, Streets, and Strobin. Commissioner Bautista was reported excused attendance. Commissioner Chin's arrival was expected to be delayed. President Higueras announced that he was reordering the taking of the agenda items and moving approval of the August 6th Minutes first followed by the City Librarian's report and then the rest of the agenda. AGENDA ITEM #1 APPROVAL OF THE AUGUST 6, 2002 MINUTES Public comment on AGENDA ITEM #1 APPROVAL OF THE AUGUST 6, 2002 MINUTES An anonymous member of the public found the minutes lacking citing a number of omissions and in particular calling attention to remarks attributed to Commissioner Coulter. This individual provided a partial transcript of comments attributed to Deputy City Attorney Chris Hiyashi that this individual felt mis-stated the City Attorney's remarks regarding the fairness and legality of the process used to consider and choose as new ILS (Integrated Library System. Mr. Ed Regan commented that his remarks had been accurately reported. Commission comment on AGENDA ITEM #1 APPROVAL OF THE AUGUST 6, 2002 MINUTES The Commission Secretary called the Commissioner's attention to a mistaken listing of former Commissioner Swig reported as casting a vote instead of Commissioner Strobin who had cast the vote. In response to Commissioners' questions in response to the public comment Deputy City Attorney Catharine Barnes noted that the Minutes provided a summary record of meeting discussions and all actions taken and that while she could not speak for Deputy City Attorney Hiyashi, who was unavailable to comment on the views attributed to her, it was the Commission's prerogative to accept the Minutes as reflecting their understanding of Ms. Hiyashi's observation that the process had been done properly. MOTION: by Commissioner Coulter, seconded by Commissioner Strobin for approval of the Minutes of August 6, 2002 as amended. ACTION: AYE 5-0 (Aye - Coulter, Higueras, Steiman, Streets, and Strobin) AGENDA ITEM #2 CITY LIBRARIAN'S REPORT City Librarian Susan Hildreth provided the Library Commission with an update on recent exhibitions and programs in September. The City Librarian then gave the Commissioners a report on the highly successful beginning of the Library's online reservation system currently available at the Main Library, Eureka Valley-Harvey Milk Branch and at the Richmond Branch. Ms. Hildreth lauded the hard work of Assistant Chief of the Main library John Kenny in overseeing the phase in of the new system. She noted that complaints were reduced and that there were no longer long lines waiting to use the computers at the Main Library. Additionally, the City Librarian informed the Commission concerning the planned closing of the Golden Gate Valley Branch to allow for an electrical infrastructure upgrade similar to that being done at the West Portal Branch. Ms. Hildreth noted that this was the last planned electrical upgrade to be done outside the Branch Library Bond Program work. Ms. Hildreth then informed the Commissioners of the details of the California Council for the Humanities statewide LSTA supported program of reading John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath. Ms. Hildreth called attention to special programs highlighting the availability of the work in Spanish, and pointing out that this was the first such translation into Spanish. The City Librarian then introduced a presentation of a KRON-Channel 4 video clip on the how the public could gain free access to subscription databases through the Library. Public comment on AGENDA ITEM #2 CITY LIBRARIAN'S REPORT An anonymous member of the public commented that they were pleased to learn that the Library was not becoming obsolete and remarked that the Library's online reservation system was not a book reservation system. This person expressed the hope that the Library would continue to support computers solely dedicated to providing access to the catalog. This anonymous member of the public observed that the Golden Gate Valley Branch was being closed for three months for work that should not require that the branch be closed. In addition this person commented that everyone should read The Grapes of Wrath and found this to be a positive program. Commission comment on AGENDA ITEM #1 CITY LIBRARIAN'S REPORT None offered Commissioner Chin joined the meeting at 4:27PM. AGENDA ITEM #3 RECORDS RETENTION POLICY The City Librarian explained to the Commissioners why the Library was proposing a revised format for the Records Retention Policy adopted by the Library Commission in May 1998. Ms. Hildreth noted that the Library had been one of few City departments that had adopted a formal records management policy and that the Library's Records Retention Policy was among the most detailed. She noted that as a result of revisions in the Sunshine Ordinance, the City Administrator's Office had directed all city departments to adopt records retention policies based on a standardized format, thus requiring a redrafting of the Library's current policy to meet this new standard. Ms. Hildreth observed that the proposed revised Records Management Policy was substantially the same as the existing policy but reformatted to conform to the requirements of the standardized model. Ms. Hildreth called special attention to skillful work on this project done by Ms. Mary Hudson, her Executive Assistant. The City Librarian then turned to Deputy City Attorney Catharine Barnes who gave the Commissioners an overview of what was required in the policy. The City Librarian noted that there was no change in the records retention schedule in the proposed revised version and pointed out that management of the Library's business records was the primary focus of this policy. Ms. Hildreth called attention to inclusion of the card catalog in records to be retained and noted that the many listed categories of library materials listed in the current policy had been simplified to a single category of Books and Materials. Ms. Hildreth then noted that records retention policy varied as required by law when involved with state or federal documents that had their own mandated records retention requirements. Deputy City Attorney Catharine Barnes noted that the first part of the revised policy constituted a recap of the requirements of Sec. 8 of the San Francisco Administrative Code and discussed details of the record retention schedule, calling particular attention to the extension of retention of personnel records to 50 years or the lifetime of the employee and contract records to 20 years. Ms. Barnes reiterated that there were no reductions in the retention period in the current policy and that that the primary reason for this change was to have the Library's policy conform to the mandated template. Ms. Hildreth noted that the policy would be posted on the Library's and the City's website. Public comment on AGENDA ITEM #3 RECORDS RETENTION POLICY An anonymous member of the public suggested that the policy was in fact a records destruction policy, thus destroying the evidence. This individual commented that it was their belief that the intention of the Sunshine Ordinance was not the creation of a uniform template but that each department should have its own records policy. This person expressed a preference that everything be retained and expressed concern that Commission records could be stored in an offsite location after three years, making ease of retrieval an issue. Commission comment on AGENDA ITEM #2 RECORDS RETENTION POLICY In response to questions by President Higueras, the City Librarian confirmed that the new format would entirely replace the existing policy and discussed where the details were to be found of what kinds of records and how long various kinds of records would be kept. Ms. Hildreth noted that the Collection Development Policy also addressed some of these issues. In addition in response to other questions by President Higueras, the City Librarian noted that while City Archivist Susan Goldstein could most thoroughly answer his question, that under the revised policy the Library would continue its role as set out in Section 8.7 of the Administrative Code as the repository for City Archives and that all of these archival records were to be permanently retained. The City Librarian next described how the categories in the revised policy matched categories of City records created by the Office of the City Administrator so that someone looking for a certain type of record could more easily locate them in various City departments. Vice President Steiman noted that this would simplify searching for records and inquired if the policy included drafts of documents. Deputy City Attorney Catharine Barnes noted that generally only final documents were included in a records retention policy. In response to a question by Commissioner Streets, the City Librarian reported that retrieval of stored documents would not be difficult because library records were stored in Brooks Hall. In answer to a question by President Higueras, Ms. Hildreth confirmed that the policy was ready for adoption. In response to a question by Commissioner Chin, the City Librarian reported that the historic school district records transferred to the Library several years ago were included in the permanent City and County Archives. MOTION: by Commissioner Chin, seconded by Vice President Steiman moved for approval of the proposed revision of the Library's records retention Policy. ACTION: AYE 6-0 (Chin, Coulter, Higueras, Steiman, Streets, and Strobin) AGENDA ITEM #4 FRIENDS & FOUNDATION REPORT Ms. Danielle Kern, Special Projects Manager of the Friends & Foundation, called the Commissioners' attention to the Friends & Foundation's Great Annual Book Sale, this year occurring on September 8-12 at Fort Mason and outline its scheduled events. Ms. Kern then brought the Commissioners up to date concerning the schedule of this fall's City Arts & Lectures series and invited them to attend any of a series of five meet the author receptions to be held prior to scheduled lectures. Ms. Kern lastly informed the Commissioners that representatives of the Friends & Foundation would be attending upcoming Branch Library Bond program related meetings. Public comment on AGENDA ITEM #4 FRIENDS & FOUNDATION REPORT An anonymous member of the public looked forward to receiving invitations to the author receptions and noted that they could become passive meetings should Commissioners attend. This person then commented concerning a concept paper found at the rear of the auditorium that this person attributed to the Friends & Foundation and suggested that it highlighted this person's concerns about the relationship between the Library and the Foundation and its philosophy concerning money. This person remarked that the lesson of modern life was that money never solves anything and that understanding and commitment should get attention instead of money. Commission comment on AGENDA ITEM #4 FRIENDS & FOUNDATION REPORT (none offered) AGENDA ITEM #5 LABOR UNION REPORT None offered. AGENDA ITEM #6 NEW BUSINESS Commissioner Coulter requested that a discussion of the concept paper San Francisco Neighborhood Hall of Fame be calendared for discussion at the Commission's September 19th meeting, noting that the ideas put forward in the paper were not developed by the Friends & Foundation but the result of conversations with more than 30 individuals. Commissioner Coulter noted that holding a formal discussion of these ideas would allow for a wider discussion of how the Library might fulfill this important role in San Francisco's neighborhoods. Public comment on AGENDA ITEM #7 NEW BUSINESS An anonymous member of the public offered an apology if they had misunderstood the source of the concept paper. This person expressed apprehension that there had already been an extensive discussion of it and suggested that it should be discussed in a wider circle, noting that previously the Commission had discussed such matters in a committee. AGENDA ITEM #8 PUBLIC COMMENT An anonymous member of the public informed the Commission of their record of continuous regular attendance at Library Commission meetings recalling that in the past the Commission had often taken an August break, returning after labor Day. This person then discussed what had become of an art festival that had formerly been held in the Civic Center during the Labor Day weekend, suggesting that while it had been a volunteer community sponsored event it had thrived but after accepting corporate sponsorship it had changed and ultimately ceased to occur. This person felt that this was the result of giving money the highest value. Mr. Ed Regan suggested that Library public service hours be expanded from 6AM until Midnight seven days per week. Mr. Regan additionally recommended that the Fuhrman Fund be tapped to add more books on politics and economics to the Library's collections. Ms. Sue Cauthen, urged the commissioners to take up a suggestion by Commissioner Coulter and convene a wide-ranging group to discuss the issues involved in weeding the library collections. Ms. Cauthen expressed a perception that branch library renovations would lead to reductions in the size of collections and that loss of book space could become a political issue. AGENDA ITEM #9 ADJOURNMENT MOTION: by Commissioner Coulter, seconded by Vice President Steiman that the meeting be adjourned Public comment on AGENDA ITEM #9 ADJOURNMENT (none offered) ACTION: AYE 5-0 (Chin, Coulter, Higueras, Steiman, and Strobin) The meeting was adjourned at 5:11PM. Michael Housh, Commission Secretary 9/12/02 Minutes of the regular Commission Meeting of September 3, 2002 Appendix A The Public Comment Summary Statements included in these Minutes are authorized by San Francisco Administrative Code Section 67.16.. These summary statements are provided by the speaker. Their contents are neither generated by, nor subject to approval or verification of accuracy by, the San Francisco Public Library Commission. The number of members of the public who spoke anonymously at this meeting. 1 Public Comment (PDF) available for viewing in pdf format.


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1) Invesco Announces Variable Rate Preferred ETF
Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC has announced the coming launch of the PowerShares Variable Rate Preferred Portfolio (VRP) on May 1. VRP is based on the Wells Fargo Hybrid and Preferred Securities Floating and Variable Rate Index and will generally invest at least 90% of its total assets in preferred securities that make up the index.
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2) Emerging Global Advisors Launches EGShares Blue Chip ETF
Emerging Global Advisors has announced the launch of the EGShares Blue Chip ETF (BCHP), designed to provide investors with exposure to a group of 30 developed market (DM) companies with measurable growing revenue in their emerging market (EM) operations.
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3) AAM Launches UIT
Advisors Asset Management has announced the launch of the NASDAQ Q-50 Index Portfolio, Series 2014-1Q (NQFNAX), a unit investment trust (UIT) seeking to provide investors with capital appreciation potential.
The UIT seeks to invest on an ongoing basis in the 50 stocks that comprise the NASDAQ Q-50 Index, a market-capitalization-weighted benchmark tracking companies that are next-eligible for inclusion in the NASDAQ-100 Index. This group of firms, known as the Q-50, includes nonfinancial companies from a variety of industries, such as computer hardware and software, telecommunications, healthcare, biotechnology and retail/wholesale trade. Approximately 70% of the NASDAQ Q-50 Index's current companies are based in theU.S.
4) WMSI launches Small Business Retirement Plan Comparison Calculator
Wealth Management Systems Inc. has announced the launch of its small business retirement plan comparison calculator within Pershing's NetX360 retirement resource center.
The tool helps advisors to support small business owners in evaluating retirement plan options, choosing a plan to meet their needs and calculating the owner's maximum contribution towards retirement.
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W&S Financial Group Distributors, Inc. has announced the launch of its 2014 tax reference app, a mobile application for federal tax information.
The app is available in major app stores. It allows financial professionals to access tables for income tax brackets; AMT exemption amounts; estate tax rates and exclusions; IRA and pension plan limits; calculations of RMDs, marginal tax rates and estate tax liabilities; links to related W&S Financial Distributors' information on retirement planning scenarios; and electronic updates.
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There was no change in the status of respect for religious freedom during the period covered by this report. The Government placed some restrictions on the practice of religion by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) and members of Jehovah's Witnesses, most of whom are foreign workers employed by the government-owned Nauru Phosphate Corporation (NPC).
There were no indications of general societal discrimination against particular religious denominations; however, economic problems resulting from declining income in the country's important phosphate mining industry have led to some social strains, and there has been resistance by some elements of the Nauru Protestant Church (the country's dominant religion) to religions perceived as foreign, in particular to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and Jehovah's Witnesses.
The U.S. Government discusses religious freedom issues, including restrictions on religious freedom, with the Government in the context of its overall dialog and policy of promoting human rights.
Section I. Religious Demography
The country has a total area of approximately 10 square miles, and its population is approximately 10,000. Christianity is the primary religion. Approximately two-thirds of Christians are Protestants, and the remaining one-third are Roman Catholics. The population as a whole is 58 percent Nauruan, 26 percent other Pacific Islanders, 8 percent European, and 8 percent Chinese. Some of the latter group may be Buddhist or Taoist.
Foreign missionaries introduced Christianity in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. There are a few active Christian missionary organizations, including representatives of the Anglican, Methodist, and Catholic faiths.
Many foreign workers in the country's phosphate industry practice faiths different from those of native-born citizens. Both the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and Jehovah's Witnesses have won converts among such workers, some of whom hold religious services in their Nauru Phosphate Corporation (NPC) owned housing. Practitioners of "foreign" religions thus are concentrated in the area used by the NPC for workers' housing, known as Location.
Section II. Status of Religious Freedom
Legal/Policy Framework
The Constitution provides for freedom of religion; however, the Government restricts this right in some circumstances. Under the Constitution, the rights to freedom of conscience, expression, assembly and association may be contravened by any law that "makes provision which is reasonably required . . . in the interests of defense, public safety, public order, public morality or public health." The Government has cited this provision as a basis for preventing foreign churches from proselytizing native-born citizens.
There is no state religion; however, Nauru Protestant Church officials hold influential positions in both the Government and the Nauru Phosphate Corporation.
Officials of Jehovah's Witnesses and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have been informed that, under the provisions of the Birth, Death and Marriage Ordinance, their churches must register with the Government in order to operate in an official capacity (i.e., to build churches, hold church services in the multinational facility owned by the NPC, and otherwise practice freely their religion). The legal counsel for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has asserted that, while the ordinance in question permits the Government to recognize a religious denomination, it only requires such recognition if a denomination's ministers wish to solemnize marriages. The Church reported that it submitted a registration request in 1999; however, the Government did not respond either to the original request or to follow-up inquiries. As of the end of the period covered by this report, officials of Jehovah's Witnesses had not submitted a request for such registration.
Christmas and Easter are official holidays.
The Government has not taken specific actions to improve interreligious relations.
Restrictions on Religious Freedom
The Government has prevented officials of both Jehovah's Witnesses and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from visiting the country in their official capacity and on occasion has prevented them from visiting the country at all. While in the country, these officials have been prevented from practicing openly their religion, and have been discouraged from making contacts with native-born citizens. The Government has cited, as a justification for such restrictions, concern that outside churches might break up families through their proselytizing activity.
On two occasions, the Government detained visiting Mormon officials and confiscated their passports and airline tickets. On the first occasion, in January 2001, an immigration officer informed the church officials as they were attempting to leave the country that they were in violation of the requirement that a citizen sponsor their visit, and that their passports were being taken for photocopying. However, on the second occasion, in May 2002, no such explanation was given; in that instance, church officials had obtained the required sponsorship and visas. Intervention of a senior immigration official was required in both instances before the passports were returned and the officials were allowed to leave the country. In May visiting Mormon officials were allowed to enter and exit the country, in an unofficial capacity, without incident.
There is a multidenominational religious facility for foreign phosphate workers in the area known as Location; however, Mormons and members of Jehovah's Witnesses are not permitted to use this facility for religious services or meetings. Members of both of these religious groups, who are drawn largely from the Filipino, Tuvalan, and I-Kiribati communities, also have been threatened with revocation of their work visas if they hold religious services in their NPC-owned living quarters.
There were no reports of religious prisoners or detainees.
Forced Religious Conversion
There were no reports of forced religious conversion, including of minor U.S. citizens who had been abducted or illegally removed from the United States, or of the refusal to allow such citizens to be returned to the United States.
Section III. Societal Attitudes
No evidence exists of general societal discrimination against specific religious denominations; however, economic problems resulting from sharply declining income from the country's phosphate mining industry have led to some social strains, and there has been resistance by some elements of the Nauru Protestant Church to religions perceived as foreign, in particular to the Mormons and members of Jehovah's Witnesses.
Section IV. U.S. Government Policy
Although the U.S. Government does not maintain a resident embassy in the country, the U.S. Ambassador to Fiji also is accredited to the Government of Nauru. Representatives of the U.S. Embassy in Suva, Fiji have discussed religious freedom issues, including restrictions on religious freedom, with representatives of the Government of Nauru in Suva.
The Embassy actively supports efforts to improve and expand governmental and societal awareness of and protection for human rights, including the right to freedom of religion.


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'Tree Fu Tom' is set in an enchanted world where movement creates magic. Tom appears to be a normal eight-year-old boy but putting on his magic belt and performing a special sequence of magic action-movements (known as Tree Fu) transforms him into a tiny but mighty magical super-hero.
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Lesson Plan: information on JoEllen Ambrose's method of teaching the lesson on controversial public policy issues, the national standards this lesson addresses, additional resources, and her teaching materials, including:
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Johnson and Johnson have pioneered research on cooperative learning. In this article they provide further guidance on the debate method used by JoEllen Ambrose in this lesson.
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A new market research report titled Global Organic Cosmetics Sales Market Report 2018 has been added to the database of Trusted Business Insights (TBI).
In this report the Organic Cosmetics Market is valued (valuation provided in sample report) million in 2018 and is expected to reach USD (forecast provided in sample report) million by end of 2025, growing at a CAGR of (percentage provided in sample report) annually between 2018 and 2025.
Geographically the leading manufacturers, exporters, and retailers(if applicable) around the world are analyzed for this research report. Below are the business entities covered in the report:
L'Oreal International
Estee Lauder
Origins Natural
Aubrey Organics
Procter & Gamble
Avon Products
Johnson & Johnson
Nature's Gate
Dabur India
Hain Celestial
Benefit Cosmetics
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Chapter 7: Southeast Asia Organic Cosmetics Market(Volume, Value and Sales Price)
Chapter 8: India Organic Cosmetics Market(Volume, Value and Sales Price)
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Chapter 10: Organic Cosmetics Manufacturing Cost Analysis
Chapter 11: Industrial Chain, Sourcing Strategy and Downstream Buyers
Chapter 12: Marketing Strategy Analysis, Distributors/Traders
Chapter 13: Market Effect Factors Analysis
Chapter 14: Organic Cosmetics Market Forecast (2018-2025)
Chapter 15: Research Findings and Conclusion
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New African Studies Reading Room Opens in Butler Library
NEW YORK, December 11, 2003 - Columbia University Libraries opened the new African Studies Reading Room on the 6th floor of Butler Library at an event, "A Celebration of African Studies" on December 4, 2003. The African Studies Reading Room is a special noncirculating collection of materials on African history and humanities, and is part of the expansion of reading rooms in the renovation of Butler Library.
Guests were welcomed by Jim Neal, Vice President for Information Services and University Librarian, and by Joseph Caruso, African Studies Librarian. The evening included a talk by Dr. Frances Vavrus, Assistant Professor at Columbia's Teachers College, about her new book, Desire and Decline: Schooling Amid Crisis in Tanzania. Malian music was performed by guest artist Balla Kouyate on the balaphone and Columbia graduate student Ryan Skinner on the kora.
The event was cosponsored by the Friends of the Columbia Libraries, the Columbia University Seminar on Studies in Contemporary Africa, and the Institute of African Studies in the School of International and Public Affairs.
Columbia University Libraries is one of the top ten academic library systems in the nation, with 9.2 million volumes, over 65,650 serials, as well as extensive collections of electronic resources, manuscripts, rare books, microforms, and other nonprint formats. The collections and services are organized into 25 libraries, supporting specific academic or professional disciplines. Columbia Libraries employs more than 400 professional and support staff to assist faculty, students, and researchers in their academic endeavors. The Libraries' website at http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/ is a gateway to its print and electronic collections and to its services.
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Lisbon's açorda, or bread soup, is made with fresh seafood—usually prawns (large shrimp)—and tends to have a risotto-like texture. Although city folk traditionally prefer the elegance of white bread, cornbread makes a particularly good seafood açorda, as the sweetness of the crumbled cornbread works well with crustaceans.–Elisabeth Luard
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Portuguese Bread Soup with Shrimp
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- 1 pound (about 1/2 loaf) dried-out broa (Portuguese cornbread), or any sturdy rustic loaf of bread
- 2 large onions or leeks
- 2/3 cup olive oil
- 4 pounds tomatoes
- 1 whole head garlic, separated into cloves and peeled
- 1 teaspoon black peppercorns
- 1 teaspoon coriander seeds
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1 pound raw jumbo shrimp, shelled or not, depending on what you please
- 4 ounces chouriço or chorizo, roughly sliced (optional)
- 1 tablespoon anchovy paste, or 2 to 3 canned anchovy fillets, crushed (optional)
- A small pat butter (optional)
- Plenty of chopped cilantro leaves
- 1. Tear the bread into bite-sized pieces. Place them in a bowl with enough salted water to cover and set aside for a couple of hours.
- 2. While the bread soaks, thinly slice the onions or leeks and heat them gently in a large skillet over medium heat with 1/3 cup of the olive oil until softened and golden, 30 minutes or so.
- 3. Meanwhile, roughly chop the tomatoes, toss them in a large, roomy pot with the rest of the olive oil and the garlic, and let them cook down over medium heat until they're about half the original volume.
- 4. Crush the peppercorns and coriander seeds in a mortar and add them to the tomatoes in the pot along with the oregano. When the tomatoes have cooked down, push them through a strainer and return them to the pot. Then use your hands to squeeze the bread dry. Stir the soaked, squeezed-out bread and 4 cups cold water to the tomatoes in the pot. Let it bubble up and cook gently for another 20 minutes, then stir in the onion or leeks and their cooking oil along with the shrimp, the sliced chouriço, if using, and the anchovies, if using (the anchovies really accentuate the seafood flavor)
- 5. Cook the soup for another 20 minutes, until the bread is perfectly amalgamated into—you know, melded with—the broth. Stir in a pat of butter, if desired, and finish with a liberal scattering of fresh chopped cilantro.
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As far as I know, astronomy is generally an observational science. We see something and then try to explain why it is happening. The one exception that I know of is black holes: first it was thought of, then it was found.
Einstein's relativity is middle ground to me, he thought of light beams at the speed of light but obviously could observe gravity's effects.
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Within the last year, I have purchased an 80+ year-old house. The house has a sealed blacktop driveway that runs parallel to the house. The house has an integrated garage with swing-open (horizontally opening) doors. The garage floor is about 2-3 inches lower than the driveway, with the bottom of the doors being below the drop-off where the driveway meets the garage floor.
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LOS ANGELES — Fox TV's "American Idol" has a shortage of judges at the moment, but it's doing fine with would-be contestants.
Nearly 50,000 people have turned out in the first four cities where tryouts have been held, according to series producers. Auditions for the singing contest's 10th season started July 15 in Nashville, Tenn.
The crowds of 16,000 in Nashville and 17,000 in East Rutherford, N.J., are among the biggest the show has ever seen — eclipsed only by the 22,000 that auditioned in Washington, D.C., for season four, a show spokeswoman said.
Earlier this year, "American Idol" expanded the pool by lowering the age eligibility a year, from 16 to 15 years old. The maximum age to audition remains 28.
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"American Idol" also is in search of new judges for its January return. Simon Cowell and Ellen DeGeneres have exited, with Jennifer Lopez and Steven Tyler reportedly the front-runners to join the panel. Fox hasn't addressed the status of judges Randy Jackson or Kara DioGuardi.
Nigel Lythgoe, the "So You Think You Can Dance" judge and co-creator who is rejoining "American Idol" as an executive producer, told Fox News he thinks there is more talent to be discovered and hopes to "find the next Michael Jackson."
He's also ready to have attention shift from judges to singers, Lythgoe said.
"Really, we should be talking about the contestants, and that's what I want to see happening again. Focusing on their talent. Even if it's Sanjaya (and) we're talking about his ... hair, for goodness' sake," Lythgoe told Fox, referring to former contestant Sanjaya Malakar's eye-catching hairdo parade.
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Over the past few blog entries, I've been looking at parsing TSQL scripts in a variety of ways for a variety of tasks. In my last entry 'How to prevent 'Select *' : The elegant way', I looked at parsing SQL to report upon uses of SELECT *. The obvious question leading on from this is, "Great, what about other code smells ?" Well, using the language service parser to do that was turning out to be a bit of a hard job, sure I was getting tokens but no real context. I wasn't even being told when an end of statement had been reached.
One of the other parsing options available from Microsoft is exposed in the assembly 'Microsoft.SqlServer.TransactSql.ScriptDom', this is ,I believe, installed with the client development tools with SQLServer. It is much more feature rich than the original parser I had used and breaks a TSQL script into intuitive classes for analysis.
So, what sort of smells can I now find using it ? Well, for an opening gambit quite a nice little list.
Now, lets not argue the point that "It depends" as smells on some of these, but as an academic exercise it is quite interesting.
The code is available on codeplex http://tsqlsmells.codeplex.com/
All the usual disclaimers apply to this code, I cannot be held responsible for anything ranging from mild annoyance through to universe destruction due to the use of this code or examples.
The zip file contains a powershell script and my test cases. The assembly used requires .Net 4 to run, which means that you will need powershell 3 ( though im running through PowerGUI and all works ok ) .
The code searches for all .sql files in the folder hierarchy for the workingpath, you can override this if you want by simply changing the $Folder variable, and processes each in turn for the smells. Feedback is not great at the moment, all it does is output to an xml file (Smells.xml) the offset position and a description of the smell found.
Right now, I am interested in your feedback. What do you think ? Is this (or should it be) more than an academic exercise ? Can tooling such as this be used as some form of code quality measure ? Does it Work ? Do you have a case listed above which is not being reported ? Do you have a case that you would love to be reported ?
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In a recent interview with Complex, Atlanta rapper Future aired out his thoughts on some artists in the music industry copy-catting his style and use of Auto-Tune for their music. He differentiated himself from those who've used Auto-Tune in the past for their own music.
"When I first used Auto-Tune, I never used it to sing. I wasn't using it the way T-Pain was. I used it to rap because it makes my voice sound grittier. Now everybody wants to rap in Auto-Tune. Future's not everybody. The people who are taking my style are like my babies. I've got a tribe of kids that want to be like me... But I understand why people want to imitate the things I do. They're dope. It comes naturally to me. My fans can expect greatness. If I wasn't me, I would want to be me."
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'Ag Gag' Bills Would Stop Undercover Animal Abuse Investigations
Iowa law could be template for seven other states.
Feb. 29, 2012 -- Iowa's governor is set to sign a bill that animal rights activists say could cripple their efforts to expose cruelty on factory farms, and that agricultural interests hope will serve as a template for new laws around the country to protect farmers from undercover cameras.
Recent undercover investigations of animal abuse on factory farms, including an expose of an Iowa egg producer by "20/20," have relied on hidden camera video from activists who have taken jobs at the farms. The so-called "ag gag" bill that passed the Iowa Senate Tuesday makes it a crime for anyone applying for a job at a farm to lie about being a member of an animal rights group. Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad is expected to sign the bill before the end of the week.
WATCH a '20/20' report on Sparboe Farms eggs.
Mercy for Animals, which has shot undercover footage at chicken, turkey, pig and dairy farms around the country, has joined with 26 other groups, including the ASPCA and the Humane Society of the U.S., to oppose the Iowa bill and similar laws under consideration in seven other states. A statement from the coalition called the "ag gag" bills "a wholesale assault on many fundamental values" and a threat to health, safety and freedom of the press.
"This flawed and misdirected legislation," said Nathan Runkle, executive director of Mercy for Animals, "could set a dangerous precedent nationwide by throwing shut the doors to industrial factory farms and allowing animal abuse, environmental violations, and food contamination issues to flourish undetected, unchallenged, and unaddressed."
An ABC News investigation that aired last November showed video recorded by a Mercy for Animals activist who worked undercover at one of the nation's largest egg producers, Sparboe Farms, located in Iowa. Wearing a hidden camera, he recorded unsanitary conditions and repeated acts of cruelty on chickens.
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After the investigation, which aired on "20/20" and "World News with Diane Sawyer," Sparboe's major customers – McDonald's and Target – cancelled contracts with the egg producer. Several grocery chains followed suit and the Food and Drug Administration launched an investigation into conditions found there.
"Without undercover investigations, there are oftentimes no effective watchdogs protecting animals from egregious cruelty in these facilities," said Runkle. "Iowa legislators should be ashamed of themselves for bowing to pressure from corporate interests while turning a blind eye to American consumers and animal abuse."
Supporters of the Iowa bill said it would promote "transparency." In a statement, Iowa Farm Bureau Federation President Craig Hill said, "In a post 9/11 world, transparency is important for farmers and consumers alike. Responsible farmers take good care of their land and livestock and want to employ honest, hardworking people that have the welfare of their livestock as their top priority."
Sen. Joe Seng, D.-Davenport, who helped write the bill that passed the Iowa Senate 40 to 10 on Tuesday, told ABC News the bill would help protect animals from outsiders who could bring in disease. "Here's a commercial enterprise intent on bio-security and here comes someone (who gets in) under false pretenses and screws up your whole system. That should be criminal."
Law Would Not Ban Recording at Farms
The bill makes it a criminal offense for a potential employee to answer untruthfully if a farm owner asks whether the applicant is a member of a certain group, such as an animal-rights organization. "I can sleep at night," said Seng, a veterinarian, "knowing we are protecting an industry."
Seng also said he hoped the Iowa bill could be "a template for the whole United States." Similar legislation is also pending in New York, Minnesota, Illinois, Missouri, Indiana, Nebraska and Utah.
A version of the bill that passed the Iowa House in 2011 made it illegal to possess or distribute undercover audio or video recordings. The Iowa Attorney General's office advised legislators that the ban on recording would make the law vulnerable to Constitutional challenges. The laws under consideration in some other states, however, still contain language banning recording.
Animal rights groups said the actual purpose of the bill is to protect factory farms. "The intent of this bill is simple: shield animal agribusiness from public scrutiny by punishing whistleblowers and protecting animal abusers," said Wayne Pacelle, president and CEO of The Humane Society of the United States in a letter urging Gov. Branstad not to sign. "By signing this bill into law, animal agribusiness will have unbridled and unchecked power over worker safety, public health and animal welfare."
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, which is not part of the coalition that includes Mercy for Animals and the Humane Society, also opposes the "ag gag" bills. Actress Katherine Heigl, a longtime supporter of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), sent a letter to every member of the state senate in Utah, where she now lives, pleading for defeat of the bill pending before that legislature.
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