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We shall be using a custom widget as an example, which I have called a "Service View". We plan that this widget has a content section, which is the main part, and also contains a close button at the bottom. We will use this widget as a general dockable view, kind of like a dialog which is a widget rather than a top-level window. This may seem utterly pointless, but it should be a useful component in an application that generates many different views in notebooks, like an IDE: Debugger, Terminal, Documentation Browser (etc). These can all share the same basic layout, but just replace the single main part of the widget.
First let's write a widget:
import gtk
class ServiceView(gtk.VBox):
__gtype_name__ = 'ServiceView'
def __init__(self):
self.frame = gtk.Frame()
self._bb = gtk.HButtonBox()
self.pack_start(self._bb, expand=False)
So, in this widget, we want to be able to add a single child component inside the frame, self.frame, and also to be able to set the label of self.frame.
If we add this widget to Glade3 using a catalog (in pywidgets.xml) such as:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<glade-catalog name="pywidgets" library="pywidgets"
domain="glade-3" depends="gtk+" language="python">
title="Service View"
<glade-widget-group name="PythonWidgets"
title="Python Widgets">
and support code (in pywidgets.py) which simply imports the widget like so:
from serviceview import ServiceView
(where the module serviceview.py is in the python path, and contains the widget above)
Install the catalog and module file in the right places, and fire up glade-3. Create a window, and add our custom widget to it. Immediately you will be queried with an input dialog as to the required size of the widget. Once you have answered this, the widget will be created.
Problems? Yes, it doesn't work as we would like in the following ways:
- The query asking us the size of the widget
- The grey extra sections which you can add widgets to outside our frame
- The inability to change the contents of the frame, and its label
So how can we fix these things? We need to do two things. Firstly override some properties in the catalog file, and secondly create a custom adaptor. (We might one day be able to do all these things from the adaptor, but this is not possible at the moment, and it is one problem highlighted by the glade-3 developers, that they have a "hybrid API".)
Fixing the catalog
Don't forget to read the excellent documentation at this point. Widgets in glade, and in the default catalog offer the ability to launch input windows for queries. This is not entirely necessary, as a sane default could be chosen, and then changed as required in the normal way, but it could be useful in some circumstances I guess. In this case, because we are using a subclass of the Box widget, it will ask us what size we would like it to be. Size is not a real property of the Box, it is a virtual property, and helps Glade know how to display it. If we look at this part of the default catalog, we can see this happening:
<glade-widget-class name="GtkBox" fixed="True"
<property save="False" query="True" id="size" default="3"
name="Number of items">
<tooltip>The number of items in the
Each property tag inside a properties tag inside glade-widget-class tag must have the id attribute, but the rest shown here are optional. The important one for us here is query="True" which causes the query box to be shown, and so we can replace that in our own catalog in a sort of a property "override". Note that save="False" is set on the property, because it is not a real property, only a virtual property, and so it will not be written to the glade XML file.
Not only do we want to disable the query box, but we want to:
- Set the default value of this to zero, so none of the grey areas are shown and no extra widgets can be added to the Box
- Hide or disable the size widget
So the class definition of our catalog becomes:
<glade-widget-class title="Service View"
<property id="size" query="False" default="0" visible="False"
Reinstall the catalog, create a window, and add our widget. We see that we are no longer asked for the starting size, and the size value does not appear in our property list. There are a few properties of the Box left that we don't really want here, and removing them is left as an exercise for the reader, and we shall move on.
Using a Custom Adaptor
The adaptor class should appear in your support code module, and should be referenced in your catalog, for example:
<glade-widget-class title="Service View" name="ServiceView" adaptor="ServiceViewAdaptor">
Which references a Class that registers the __gtype_name__ of ServiceView Adaptor. The class should inherit from glade.get_adaptor_for_type('SomeGTKType'), and for our case of a VBox subclass, we could use glade.get_adaptor_for_type('GtkVBox') as our adaptor superclass (which it was automatically using itself), like so:
import glade
class ServiceViewAdaptor(glade.get_adaptor_for_type('GtkVBox')):
__gtype_name__ = 'ServiceViewAdaptor'
In the adaptor code, glade is a special Python module only available within runtime glade, and it contains the glade user interface bindings. You can get it's documentation at runtime if you want to have a look, but we will be playing with this stuff in subsequent posts.
So far we have not overridden anything, and our running code should behave exactly the same as it was previously, but with our named custom adaptor (which doesn't do anything).
Now we can start adding methods to our custom adaptor. In general, the available methods that will be called are of the form:
do_something(self, to_object, *args)
Where something is the action, and to_object is the created object in the user interface. An example of this will be our first method:
def do_post_create(self, obj, reason):
# Create one of those nice-looking grey areas from Glade that mean that you can add something to this widget
At this stage, if you like, you can install your catalog and support code, and test this widget out. You will see that the grey area appears correctly inside our frame. Now try to add something to it, like a label. You will notice that the label is just added to the end of the VBox, where we really don't want it. For this to be fixed we need to override our next few methods, the child methods:
def do_get_children(self, obj):
"""Called when glade wants the children of a widget"""
return obj.frame.get_children()
def do_add(self, obj, child):
"""Called to add a child to the widget"""
def do_remove(self, sv, child):
"""Called to remove a child from our widget"""
def do_replace_child(self, obj, old, new):
Called to replace the child of our widget.
Note that this is what is called by glade when you delete,
or cut a widget since it actually replaces the widget with a
The implementation of these methods is particularly straight-forward, and they achieve our goals. The trick is knowing what does what. The get_children method needs to be in place so that the Glade widget hierarchy appears correctly with the child widget. The do_add, do_remove, and do_replace methods are for exactly those things, adding, removing and replacing widgets.
If you install your catalog and support module once more, you will notice that now it actually works. The widget is added in the correct place, and the hierarchy appears correctly with a single child on your widget. You will have a few warnings from GTK about child properties, and these are silenced by writing child_property methods:
def do_child_get_property(self, obj, child, prop):
"""Called to retrieve a property value"""
if prop in ['expand', 'fill']:
return True
elif prop == 'padding':
return 0
elif prop == 'position':
return 0
elif prop == 'pack-type':
return gtk.PACK_START
return True
def do_child_set_property(self, obj, child, prop, val):
"""Called to set a property value"""
if prop in ['expand', 'fill', 'padding', 'pack-type']:
Because our widget is behaving like a real container (although just via the adaptor), it will get queried as to how to set child properties. Most of these are not important for us, because a Frame has very little in the way of packing and expanding, and since it is a Bin, it has no spacing. So we can just return simple values. Likewise we don't need to set anything there.
Trying It Out
So now we have our fully functional widget in Glade. Try it out. Make a new project, add our widget to a window, add an example widget to the container and then load it up with some code such as (for a file called 'test.glade'):
import gtk
import gtk.glade
# Make sure this type is registered with gobject so glade can load it
from serviceview import ServiceView
How did it look? Terrible! Yes, the glade loader has put our child widget inside the VBox, rather than inside the Frame! Disaster! Except when you realise what the glade loader is doing. It is calling a method on the ServiceView object to add children.
Because it is a VBox subclass, this method behaves as it would for VBoxes (to add an object to the end). There is a slight complication. The add method that we have available in a gtk.VBox in Python is not what Glade is using. It actually uses the method that Glade uses too. To override the method that Glade uses, we need to implement the method do_add which is kind of like a way of saying "override the C add".
Once we have implemented this like so:
def do_add(self, child):
The widget loads with the child in the correct place.
For those who wish to play around with this system, you might try (now that you have implemented do_add in the widget itself, to remove the do_add method of the custom adaptor. And you will see that this does in fact work as we would want. You could furthermore use the GtkFrame adaptor as the superclass for our adaptor, and see that that has the correct effect.
This leads to a general question as to where you should implement your widget functionality, in your Widget, or in your Adaptor. We could override the entire Container Interface in our widget, and it would behave correctly without an adaptor, but that has the disadvantage of not being able to behave like a VBox any more.
In general the course you decide should be based on your own requirements, but it seems that at them moment, with Glade3 you will need a blend of:
- Catalog for Glade3
- Custom Adaptor for Glade3
- Widget Methods for the Glade Loader
- Custom widget editors
- Controlling the Glade3 UI from Python


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Users / Re: Second Hard Drive (Ogg and Flac)« on: March 31, 2007, 02:55:43 am »
I reinstalled LinuxMCE and and it recognized my hard drive. It found all (not very many) my mp3 files, but none of my ogg or flac files (which is what 90% of my files are). What did I do wrong this time?

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iohara needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 125 designs submitted by 37 freelance designers.
Green Grounds Cafe
Fun, energetic, moving forward in the green eco-friendly movement. Wanting to provide as many organic coffee, tea and food choices as possible as well as use as much recycled, eco-friendly products as possible.
Up & Coming Professionals. College crowd. Moms, Dads, Business professionals. 20-60
They are interested in quality products, that have as little impact on the environment and as few toxins as possible
My color scheme will be green and chocolate brown - with some rust. The green I want as a really FRESH green - and I don't really want a standard coffee mug in the logo - I want it to stand out in the crowd.
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Put the pizza stone in a gas oven on a rack about 8 inches from the broiler. Preheat the oven on bake at 500 degrees F for 30 minutes. Switch to broil for 10 minutes. With the dough on the peel, spoon the Bechamel over the surface and spread it evenly, leaving about an inch of the rim untouched. Sprinkle the surface with the Parmigiano. Distribute the mozzarella and prosciutto over the top. Sprinkle the peas over all.
With quick, jerking motions, slide the pie onto the stone. Broil for 3 to 3 1/2 minutes under gas (somewhat longer with an electric oven), until the top is bubbling and the crust is nicely charred but not burnt.
Using the peel, transfer the pizza to a tray or serving platter. Distribute the mint over the top. Slice and serve immediately.
In a medium bowl, thoroughly blend the flour, yeast, and salt. Add the water and, with a wooden spoon or your hands, mix thoroughly. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap or a kitchen towel and allow it to rise at room temperature (about 72 degrees F) for 18 hours or until it has more than doubled. It will take longer in a chilly room and less time in a very warm one.
Flour a work surface and scrape out the dough. Divide it into 4 equal parts and shape them: For each portion, start with the right side of the dough and pull it toward the center; then do the same with the left, then the top, then the bottom. (The order doesn't actually matter; what you want is four folds.) Shape each portion into a round and turn seam side down (see Cook's Note). Mold the dough into a neat circular mound. The mounds should not be sticky; if they are, dust with more flour.
If you don't intend to use the dough right away, wrap the balls individually in plastic and refrigerate for up to 3 days. Return to room temperature by leaving them out on the counter, covered in a damp cloth, for 2 to 3 hours before needed. Don't freeze the dough, but you can store it in the refrigerator, wrapped in plastic, for up to three days. In effect, when you're set to use it, you have your own ready-made dough.
Pour about one-third of the milk into a saucepan. Cut the butter into a few chunks (so they'll melt more easily) and add to the milk. Heat over medium-low heat, stirring, until the butter melts but without allowing the milk to reach a boil.
Meanwhile, put the flour in a medium mixing bowl, add the remaining milk, and whisk into a slurry. Once the butter has been completely incorporated into the hot milk, ladle some of the warm mixture into the cold flour mixture to warm it. Pour the contents of the bowl back into the saucepan and whisk it in. Stir in the salt.
Over medium-low heat, whisk the mixture frequently- to prevent sticking-as it cooks and thickens. The bechamel is done at about 180 degrees F, when it has reached the consistency of a runny sauce or heavy cream. Grate in the nutmeg and allow the sauce to cool to room temperature. It will continue to thicken slightly as it cools. Use the bechamel immediately or cool, cover, and refrigerate for up to 5 days; bring it back to room temperature before using.
While I'm not picky about the flour--either bread flour or all-purpose is fine--what does concern me is how the dough is handled. Treat it gently so the dough holds its character, its texture. When you get around to shaping the disk for a pie, go easy as you stretch it to allow it to retain a bit of bumpiness (I think of it as blistering), so not all of the gas is smashed out of the fermented dough. I prefer to hold off on shaping the ball until just before topping it. If it's going to sit for a while--more than a couple of minutes--cover it with a damp kitchen towel to prevent it from drying out. I offer you two approaches for shaping. The simpler one, executed completely on the work surface, is slower than the second, where you lift the disk in the air and stretch it by rotating it on your knuckles. Lifting it into the air to shape it is more fun, too. Shaping the Disk (Method 1): Take one ball of the dough and generously flour it, your hands, and the work surface. Then press it down and gently stretch it out to 6 to 8 inches. Very carefully continue the process, massaging it into a roundish disk of 10 to 12 inches, stroking and shaping with the palms of your hands and with your fingers. Don't handle it more than necessary, though; you want some of the gas bubbles to remain in the dough. It should look slightly blistered. Flour the peel and lift the disk onto the center. The dough is now ready to be topped. Shaping the Disk (Method 2): Take one ball of the dough and generously flour it, your hands, and the work surface. Then press it down and gently stretch it out to 6 to 8 inches. Supporting the disk with your knuckles toward the outer edge and lifting it above the work surface, keep stretching the dough by rotating it with your knuckles, gently pulling it wider and wider until the disk reaches 10 to 12 inches. Set the disk on a well-floured peel. It is now ready to be topped.
Reprinted with permission from My Pizza by Jim Lahey, Clarkson Potter copyright (c) 2012


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The table below is a listing of all the schools in the Poway Unified School District. Click on the school name to link to their website or simply use the drop down School Websites menu on the right. Each school in the table contains a link to their Report Card (SARC), SARC Summary, and Site Plan for Student Achievement (SPSA).
The Poway Unified School District (PUSD) is an equal opportunity employer/program and is committed to an active Nondiscrimination Program. PUSD prohibits discrimination, harassment, intimidation, and bullying based on actual or perceived ancestry, age, color, disability, gender, gender identity, gender expression, nationality, race or ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or association with a person or a group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics. For more information, please contact the Title IX/Equity Compliance Officer, Associate Superintendent of Personnel Support Services, Poway Unified School District, 15250 Avenue of Science, San Diego, CA 92128-3406, 858-521-2800, extension 2761.
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Blog | Application Virtualization for Cloudlet-Based Cyber-Foraging at the Edge
Modern mobile devices create new opportunities to interact with their surrounding environment, but their computational power and battery capacity is limited. Code offloading to external servers located in clouds or data centers can help overcome these limitations. However, in hostile environments it is not possible to guarantee reliable networks. Consequently, stable cloud access is not available. Cyber foraging is a technique for offloading resource-intensive tasks from mobile devices to resource-rich surrogate machines in close wireless proximity. One type of surrogate machine is a cloudlet—a generic server that runs one or more virtual machines (VMs) located in single-hop distance to the mobile device. Cloudlet-based cyber foraging can compensate for missing cloud access in hostile environments. One strategy for cloudlet provisioning is VM synthesis. Unfortunately, this method is time consuming and battery draining because it requires large file transfers. In this podcast, researcher Grace Lewis discusses application virtualization as a more lightweight alternative to VM synthesis for cloudlet provisioning.
Grace A. Lewis is the deputy lead for the SEI's Advanced Mobile Systems initiative and the technical lead for the Edge-Enabled Tactical Systems research team, which works on a number of projects related to mobile systems at the edge. Her main interests are mobile computing, service-oriented architecture, and cloud computing. Lewis has more than 20 years of professional software development experience, mainly in industry. Before joining the SEI, Lewis was chief of systems development for Icesi University, where she served as project manager and technical lead for the university-wide administrative systems.
Suzanne Miller
SEI Podcast Series on iTunes U
Cyber Risk and Resilience Management
Digital Intelligence and Investigation
This podcast is part of the SEI Podcast Series and is available to be played, downloaded, and more from the show page.
SEI Podcast Series: Application Virtualization as a Strategy for Cyber Foraging


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Sports Birthdays for June 8 — Lindsay Davenport and More
Here are some of the people in the sports world celebrating birthdays on June 8:
Herb Adderley
Age: 73
Profession: Retired NFL Player
Best Known For: A five-time Pro Bowl selection, Herb Adderly was a star defensive back for the Green Bay Packers and Dallas Cowboys from 1961-1972. The only player to appear in four of the first six Super Bowls, Adderly returned an intercepted pass 60 yards for a touchdown in Super Bowl II for the Green Bay Packers. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1980.
Rob Ray
Age: 44
Profession: Retired NHL Player
Best Known For: A feared hockey goon during his playing days, Rob Ray played for the Buffalo Sabres and Ottawa Senators during his NHL playing career from 1985 to 2004. Due to Ray's practice of removing his own helmet, jersey and pads to gain an advantage in hockey fights, the NHL changed its fighting rules to penalize such behavior. Ray was also featured as a thug/security guard in the 'This Is Sportscenter' commercials for ESPN. He is now a Canadian sports broadcaster.
Troy Vincent
Age: 42
Profession: Retired NFL Player/Current NFL Player Advisor
Best Known For: A five-time Pro Bowl selection during his 14-year NFL career, Troy Vincent had 47 career interceptions for the Miami Dolphins, Philadelphia Eagles, Buffalo Bills and Washington Redskins. Vincent is now the vice president of the NFL Player Engagement Organization. He instructs players on how to adapt to life after football. Vincent was formerly president of the NFL Players Association, which later investigated the former star for allegedly disclosing financial information on player agents to help build a financial services company. Formal charges were never brought against Vincent.
Lindsay Davenport
Age: 36
Profession: WTA Player
Best Known For: Lindsay Davenport is a former world No. 1 women's tennis player who won three Grand Slam singles tournaments and the 1996 Olympic gold medal in women's singles. She finished 1998, 2001, 2004 and 2005 as the world's top-ranked player. Davenport ranks fourth all-time among women in career prize money won on the WTA Tour.
Nadia Petrova
Age: 30
Profession: World Tennis Association Player
Best Known For: Russian-born tennis pro Nadia Petrova has won 28 WTA titles and was the No. 3-ranked women's tennis player in the world in 2006. She is currently ranked No. 29. In addition to her singles prowess, she is also a very successful doubles player, reaching the doubles finals of the U.S. Open in 2010.
Kim Clijsters
Age: 29
Profession: WTA Player
Best Known For: Kim Clijsters is a former world No. 1-ranked tennis player. She has won four Grand Slam singles titles, including three at the US Open in 2005, 2009 and 2010. The Belgian native was named one of the "30 Legends of Women's Tennis: Past, Present and Future" by 'Time' magazine in 2011.


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Our theme for the next two weeks is:
Chevron as been a favorite of mine for a really long time - back when I designed digital scrapbook kits, I had a chevron paper in every one! lol And that was years ago already! This past week, I even made a skirt to wear...
Cassie has offered this sweet mini kit of chevron goodies to one lucky winner here on my blog!
Paper Issues blog {you'll see another post about the hope there today!}, follow their page on facebook, and if you could, follow my blog as well - so you can keep up to date on giveaways, inspiration, and other fun stuff. Then leave a comment on this post letting me know you're all entered! I'll pick a winner by random number generator.
Don't forget that you can always use the code BLUEBIRD to get 20% off your purchase in the Paper Issues shop to grab some of these goodies!
Be sure to stop by the other girl's blogs to see what awesomeness they've created to inspire as well!
1. Leah F. {yep! That's me!}
2. Kelly Jo
3. Sarah
4. Heather Leopard
5. Aimee Maddern
Happy Sunday! And good luck!


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Even most "natural" wine producers do more, in the name of producing something that tastes authentic to the grape, the place, the season. I guess that's really what natural wine is all about. I like Joe Dressner's quote from last year's 31 Days of Natural Wine. He wrote:
"What exactly is a natural wine? For me, it's a wine that tastes like it fell off the vine and into a bottle, fermented, packed its bags and arrived in
But there it is - "and arrived in America." Why is it so much natural wine I read about on the internet is from Europe? Sure, there are lots more producers doing close to the earth stuff over there. But how natural is it to ship the thousands of miles here, presumably not on biodiesel or solar powered freighters, in reuasble packaging with a minimal carbon footprint? Not to mention their usual fragile state, with little or no sulfur dioxide that requires careful handling. Do these natural wines really travel well? Is it the point? Or does enough of the goodness in close to the earth wine production erode in transit, leaving a natural wine denatured?
Ok, no, not entirely. Natural wine can move. But what I want to write about is my passion. City wine. Natural, local city wine that I want to see happening in a much bigger way in Portland, Oregon. It's a movement for local, unpretentious wines that haven't traveled far, from producers who grow local grapes or who work with local growers to produce wines in the city (that latter more my model). To produce something here that tastes like it fell off the vine into a wine growler and didn't travel much further than my bike ride home from the city winery in my neighborhood, my winery or my neighbor's winery or any old body's winery. That's my natural wine dream. Is that crazy?


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Re: Mandalorian Club!
Because there are no picture references of those characters. Now, that may chance with the upcoming Clone Wars cartoon...but I doubt it.
To be considered a "canon" character in the 501st, you have to be able to provide 3 pictures of your costume from Star Wars movie or EU (non-novel) canon. Even then, for official LFL events I believe you an only wear movie canon costumes.
They have their reasons, and I don't think they are wrong. Each club is different for a purpose.
[url=http://mercs.firespray.net]Mandalorian Mercs Costume Club[/url]


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Ceres Announces Webcast of Fiscal First Quarter 2014 Financial Results
Jan 03, 2014, 04:05 ET
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif., Jan. 3, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Energy crop company Ceres, Inc. (Nasdaq: CERE) today announced that it will report financial results for first quarter of fiscal year 2014 on Thursday, January 9, 2014 after the close of the market. The company has scheduled a webcast and conference call for 4:30 p.m. EST (1:30 p.m. PST) to discuss its fiscal first quarter results and to provide an update on its business.
Live audio of the conference call will be webcast over the Internet and will be available to investors, members of the news media and the general public. To access the webcast of the conference call, go to investor.ceres.net. Audio of the teleconference is also available by dialing:
North America callers:
(877) 838-4153
International callers:
+1 (720) 545-0037
An audio replay of the call will be available approximately two hours after the conclusion of the live call, and remain available on the Ceres website for 30 days.
Ceres, Inc. is an agricultural biotechnology company that markets seeds for energy crops used in the production of renewable transportation fuels, electricity and bio-based products. The company combines advanced plant breeding and biotechnology to develop products that can address the limitations of first-generation bioenergy feedstocks, increase biomass productivity, reduce crop inputs and improve cultivation on marginal land. Its development activities include sweet sorghum, high-biomass sorghum, switchgrass and miscanthus. Ceres markets its products under its Blade brand.
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Author Notes: According to its residents, the mushroom capital of the entire world is a small Pennsylvania village called Kennett Square (Town Motto: Mushrooms Are Good). The people of Kennett Square take their roles as Mushroom Ambassadors very seriously, and I warn you now: if you drive to Kennett Square from out-of-state, you must always lock your car, otherwise you may return to discover a Mushroom Ambassador has placed a giant basket of mushrooms in your backseat, along with some Educational Pamphlets (did you know, for instance, that mushrooms are Nature's Hidden Resource for Vitamin D?) Seriously, every fall, Kennett Square plays host to a wonderful Mushroom Festival, complete with mushroom soup cook-offs, a 5K mushroom run (I am not making this up), mushroom cooking demonstrations and mushroom parades. I know this because we happened to be near Kennett Square on a business trip and were perplexed as to why people dressed as giant mushrooms kept crossing the street. Anyway, in the culinary tent, one of the chefs was demonstrating how to cook this amazing-looking fungi I later discovered was a hen-of-the-woods mushroom, which he prepared with Marsala, greens, and prosciutto and which inspired this recipe. As Portobello and shitake are about as exotic as my local market gets these days, I tried to jazz up the "wild" element by infusing olive oil with reconstituted dried wild mushrooms. Thanks, Kennett Square!! (Photo courtesy the Mushroom Festival) - wssmom —wssmom
Food52 Review: If I had to select one dish to represent the quintessential "umami," this would, hands down, be it. Wssmom's clever idea of infusing olive oil with the concentrated flavors of dried mushrooms (I used porcini), and her suggestion to finish the dish with a splash of Marsala (I used a dry one), really put this terrific combination of mushrooms, greens, smoky meat and aromatics over the top. Next time, which I expect will be soon, I'll build an entire meal around this, using twice as many greens, putting crispy fried slabs of polenta underneath, and a fried egg on top. I highly recommend this!! - AntoniaJames —AntoniaJames
Serves: 2-3 as a side dish or appetizer or lunch
Mushroom-infused olive oil
1/2 cup dried wild mushrooms
1/2 cup olive oil
Mushroom Saute
1/2 bunch greens, sliced into ribbons (Swiss chard was available, so I used that)
the mushroom-infused olive oil
1/2 pound cleaned, stemmed, sliced mixed mushrooms (I used portobello and shitake; if you use portobellos be sure to scrape out the dark gills)
1 large shallot, sliced into thin strips
1 clove elephant garlic, cut into thin strips
About 1 1/2 ounces Marsala
4 tablespoons pancetta, cut into tiny little cubes
salt and pepper
Mushroom-infused olive oil
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cover dried wild mushrooms with boiling water; let sit for 20-30 minutes. Drain thoroughly and squeeze out excess moisture. Place in a small baking dish or ramekin with the olive oil and roast for another 20-30 minutes or until they start to smell really really good. Pour off the oil to use in the mushroom saute and reserve the mushrooms for another use.
Mushroom Saute
- Dunk the greens into boiling water for about 30 seconds, then drain, rinse with cold water, and set aside.
- Heat a large, heavy nonstick pan over a high flame, add about two tablespoons of the olive oil and when oil is hot, add about half the mushrooms. Sprinkle with salt and pepper and saute over high heat until they start to get nice and crispy brown. If you can do the chef thing where they lift the skillet off the heat and flip the mushrooms in the air, do that; I can't, so I just shuffled them around a lot. Lower the heat a little bit and add half the shallots; cook for one minute; add half the garlic and cook for another minute. Add about 2 tablespoons of the Marsala and stir for a few seconds. (If it flames up, so much the better!) Remove the mushrooms, set aside, and repeat with the remaining mushrooms, shallots, garlic and Marsala.
- Wipe out the pan and add another tablespoon of the mushroom olive oil. When hot, add the pancetta and cook, stirring, over medium-high heat or until the pancetta is nice and crisp. Take the skillet off the heat, add the greens, return to the heat and cook, stirring, until greens are wilted and bright green.
- Add the sauteed mushrooms, taste for seasoning, and heat through. Serve as is, or on top of some grilled chicken or alongside a steak.
- This recipe is a Community Pick!
- This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Mushrooms
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Recently, Lightology attended the Dallas Market Center International Lighting trade show where Residential Lighting Magazine hosted its first-ever Showroom of the Year awards!
Lightology was one of ten nominees, and took home the Outstanding Merchandising Display award. We are thrilled to display this award and wanted to share some photos of the displays that earned us such fantastic recognition. If you are ever in the Chicago area, please come by to see it for yourself!
View the Lightology Showroom online virtual tour from anywhere, at any time.


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UFC® Live Weighin Photo Gallery
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%ice BETHEL CLARION ih e Aleaki Vol. XXIV — No. 6 December 20, 1944
Today we are glad to see Mr.
Malmsten on the campus again. He
has just returned from a trip out
West to the Columbia Conference.
Last Sunday he was in Seattle,
Washinton, and attended the First
Swedish Baptist Church. Welcome
home, Mr. Malmsten!
It won't be long now! Christmas
vacation will officially begin this
afternoon when students and facul-ty
will gather in the chapel for the
annual Christmas party which will
include a varied Christmas pro-gram,
not to mention the always
appetizing Swedish smorgasbord.
Classes will resume again on
Thursday, January 4, 1945. Final
examinations (not to put the dam-per
on your vacation) will be held
from January 22-26, and the exam-ination
schedule will be posted on
the bulletin board after the holi-days.
The fall semester ends on
January 26.
In the recent Christmas Seal
Drive against tuberculosis, Gloria
Anderson and Harris Youngquist,
in charge of this drive, have in-formed
us that approximately
$35.00 has been collected so far.
They urge each student who hasn't
already done so, to turn in his con-tribution
today! The money should
be turned in to the college office.
The newly elected representar
tives to the Student Council for B.
W. A. and Missionary Band are
Alma Iblings and Jane Larson, res-pectively.
20 Make Honors
In "Midsemesters"
Those who are registered at
Bethel Junior College for ten or
more credits and have maintained
a B average for the fall semester
through mid semester are:
Kathryn Ahlert
Gloria Anderson
Gladys Biller
Barbara Edson
Ladell Erickson
Eunice Herbold
Viola Jensen
Phyllis Johnson
Lucille Kirstein
Annella Kreuger
Jean Lindblom
Elaine Pegors
Betty Person
Harvey Rakoyv
Edna Sahl
Robert Sandin
Sam Stoesz
Robert Swanson
Lois Thomas
Eunice Wood
B VV. A. Presents
Nativity Scenes
On Thursday afternoon, Decem-ber
14, the B. W. A. Christmas
meeting was held in the reception
room of the girl's dormitory.
-Members congregated at 2:30
and having partaken of refresh-ments
which consisted ---of ice
cream, cookies, candy and coffee,
the meeting began with a welcome
by the president, Alma Iblings.
After this the program was turned
over to group three, of which Vio-let
Carlson is the director.
The coming of Christ was por-trayed
in eight different scenes
which included the following:
Voice of the Phophet, The Annun-ciation,
Mary at the Manger, Shep-herds
on the Hillside, Hark the
Herald Angels Sing, Shepherds
come to Worship, The Wisemen
pay Homage to their King, and
Joy to the World. Alma Iblings
acted as reader for the scenes.
A trio composed of Rhoda An-derson,
Greta Fredrickson, and Vir-ginia
Peterson favored the aud-ience
with several numbers. Instru-mental
numb/ers were given by
Dorothy Dahlman and Audrey
Skarp played a violin selection.
Miss Sabel closed the meeting
with prayer.
At 5:30 a Swedish Supper will be
served by the Boarding Club. The
menu will include escaloped pota-toes,
Swedish meat balls, potato
sausage, and brown beans, lingon,
fruit salad, tea rolls and butter,
milk and coffee, plus ' numerous
Christmas cookies and cakes.
Following the Swedish meal
games and other forms of recrea-tion
will be provided.
This all school party, which is
in charge of the faculty, has been
divlded into three committees:
Nels Stjernstrom, music; Betty Ny-man,
decoration; Marianne Schou-weiler,
playlet. "We urge everyone
to attend this all school program
for the last day of school. Lots of
fun for all," says Dean Johnson.
Visit Bethany
All School Party Commences
Christmas Vacation
On Wednesday, December 20, at 3:45, the annual Christmas party will
be held in the Bethel Chapel.
At this time the Arian Chorus, under the direction of Professor
Stjernstrom and accompanied by Ruth Rask will present several num-bers;
"0, Holy Night" by Adam, "O'er the World with Silence Sleeping,"
and the favorite carols, "Silent Night Holy Night" and "The First Noel."
A girls' sextet consisting of Jaunita Barfkneckt, Norma Baustian, Jean
Hamlett, Grace Jorgenson, Grace Larson, and Elaine Pegors will sing the
carols, "0' Little Town of Bethlehem," and "Away in a Manger." A
Christmas playlet, "Christmas in the South Pacific," directed by Mar-ianne
Schouweiler, will be presented.
The decoration committee, headed by Betty Nyman is working to
make the chapel Christmas-like and homey, with an "old fashioned"
Christmas tree complete with candles and cranberry and popcorn trim-ming.
The college office has been busy
sending, free of charge, 15,000 cal-endars
advertising Bethel and the
General Conference, to its mailing
The office is now using the Elliot
Addressing Machine instead of the
addressograph for its mailing list.
Formerly each drawer weighed
about twelve pounds, and under
the new system each drawer
weighs about three pounds and
holds twice as many addresses.
Dean Johnson and Ladell Erickson,
his secretary, have also been busy
sending out literature. They have
sent approximately 2,500 Christ-mas
letters to our servicemen in
this country, and about 2,000 V-Mails
to those overseas.
At a special meeting on Novem-ber
21 of committees representing
the School Board and the Boarding
Club, an understanding was reach-ed
concerning control of the Board-
-Club. The students are now assur-ed
that the Boarding Club is theirs
and that there will be a refund for
each member at the end of the
school year.
Last Sunday, December 17, again
Bethel students were entertained
at an all day Bethel Day, this time
at Bethany Baptist Church, Ter-ritorial
Road and Frela Street.
Many of the members of the stu-dent
body and faculty .attended the
services throughout the day. In the
morning worship service, Pastor
Selander, former student at Bethel
Seminary, gave an inspirational
message from the Book of Romans.
A duet sung by Ramond Larson,
from Bethel and Doris Danielson
was also heard at the morning ser-vice.
The members of the church grac-iously
entertained the students at
the noon meal in their homes and
also provided an en.. ;oyable after-noon
in fellowship and recreation.
At 5:45 the Young People's meet-ing
was held. The Junior Choir
presented an interesting Christmas
Cantata. Following this, everyone
took part in an open forum on the
theme, "Do you think the Age of
Revival is past, and if so, Why?"
Lunch was then served during a
social hour.
The evening service began with
a Scripture shower and testimony
meeting. Norma Baustian and a
girls trio gave special musical num-bers.
Rev. Selander then delivered.
an evangelistic message.
The Child ialea
tribute is
paid to the
Child Jesus
at C h ri stma s-tide.
Who • would
have thought that
"away in a manger, no
crib for a bed," in an
out-of-the-way village in
one of mighty Rome's hum-blest
provinces, the birth of a
little baby could change the
course of civilization and the des-tidy
of mankind? It was miraculous,
That day a premium was placed on
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I cannot pray for happiness,
When sorow is their lot,
I dare not pray for comfort,
While there's one starving tot.
I wil not ask for tinsel,
When boys for ideals fight,
I only pray for wisdom,
To dare and do the right.
But I can pray for surcease,
Of nations hard at war,
And I can pray for healing,
Of wounds, that leave a scar.
And best of all, this season
That each may find, I pray,
The angel's mesage, "Peace, good-will,'
As portent of the Perfect Day.
—Ethel Ruff.
Buy a Bond
By Lorene Janssen--
The approach of the Christmas
season brings thoughts to our
minds of the Star of Bethlehem,
which was-placed in the window of
Heaven, showing to all peoples that
God's Son had left His heavenly
home to come to earth and in due
time, give His life so that mankind
might be free from the bondage of
sin. In this Christmas season, there
are other stars in other windows.
They also show that sons have left
their homes to die, if necessary, to
save us from earthly, physical
Even though many hearts are sad_
here at home ,ours will be a hap-pier
Christmas than that of our
loved ones over there. Visualize
with your mind's eye an overseas,
"G. I." Christmas. Not a very happy
sight is it? Now keep that picture
clearly in mind as you do your
Christmas shopping.
Why not buy a three purpose
gift—a gift to the safety of your
country and your very home, and
most of all a gift to that doughboy
over there. Buy a bond or stamps
so that our fighting forces will
have the equipment with which to
protect us. Buy a bond so the day
may be haStened when we may
truly know that there is "Peace on
earth, good will toward men."
Chapel Nuggets
Rev. Karlos:
"There is only one miss'on - ry- to
()very 160,000 people in Spain. So
enty percent of Spanish people can
neithor read nor write."
Lest We ForgeL,
Maybe we're missing many of
the season's glories by not begin-ning
our meditations on the Beth-lehem
story on time. We engage in
the delightful occupation of wrap-ping
parcels and the friendly exer-cise
of mailing cards. But do we
pause in the midst of it to "see
Jesus who was made a little lower
than the angels that by the suffer-ing
of death He might be crowned
with glory and honor?" (Heb. 2:9).
It's not so easy to get heart and
mind set on His direction as late
as Christmas Day. We must behold
Him while we are most busy get-ting
Let us enjoy all the good things
of the Yultide to the fullest. But let
us enjoy Him most of all. We will
have the best Christmas ever if we
remember that it is not really our
day, but His.
—Winston Sherwick
Rev. Arthur Nelson:
"The Word of God is dynamite,
but more powerful."
Dr. Victor Sword:
"Christ is not a national Christ.
The cross of Christ stands far
above al other religions. Christ
can take all cur handicaps, our
faults and our personality and
make a witness for Him."
Dr. Karlson:
"There was no room for Christ
to be born in the inn because it
was preoccupied. Are we so pre-occudied,
that there is no room for
Him in our lives?"
Chaplain Edon Hadley:
"Someday we must leave Bethel,
the place of sacred glory, and un
less here we have caught a , Lion
of he glory of God, the world will
be a place of confusion for us."
By Paul Nagano
`Tis almost another Christmas day, December 25, 1944. Approximate-ly
one thousand, nine hundred and forty four years since Jesus was born
in the Bethleheria manger. I wonder what year it would be if Jesus had
not come? Here beside me on my desk is a Bible. But if Jesus had not
come it would end at Malachi—no Gospels, no Savior, no hope, no prec-ious
promises. Alas, it would be miserable if Jesus had not come!
The lot where the church stands would be vacant; the hospital, the
emblem of Christian love—would be removed; the orphanage, the way
farer's mission would be taken away if Jesus had not come.
I joined the mad throng of Christmas shoppers last night. There was
Santa, toys, treats and gifts of all sorts; but all this would be but an
empty dream if Jesus had not come.
But Jesus has come and our calendar tells us that Christmas day is
here. On yonder corner stands the giant monument whose steeple points
to the fact that Jesus has come. The hospital, the orphanage, the mis-
• sion, the throng of shoppers will verify the truth that Jesus has come.
The whole world stands as a witness that Jesus has come; nevertheless
strangely and parthetically—as it was in ancient Bethlehem—Jesus has
come but there is no room for Him. Room for Santa, room for gifts, for
laughter, fun and frolic, but no room for the Christ Child whose birthday
it commemorates. How lonely must feel the hear-t - of God. Can you not
hear the voice of the Heavenly Father amid the din of war and tumult
of strife?
There rings a challenge and a privilege for you this Christmastide.
A challenge to play the role of God by loving the world and the privilege
of reinact the manger scene in the hearts and lives of mankind. This is
the challenge at Christmas, this is the spirit of Christmas.
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By Ladel Erickson
"How's everything at Bethel? I
haven't *heard frorq, anyone for
ages'' ' '" Thus read. a recent let-ter
from Margaret ("Mugs") Swan-son,
now in Wave Yeoman School
at Stillwater, Oklahoma. Similar
quotes might be given from letters
received from Willis Wessman,
Wilbur ("Knopp") Erickson, or any
Bethelite now serving our country.
Have you ever thought as you
"patiently waited for. Margie to put
that letter from home into your
mailbox how much letters must
mean to our Bethelites who answer
Mail-Call in circumstances far re-moved
from those of our friendly
halls? Remember that lost, lone-some
feeling that comes into your
heart as you are missed in the
round of mail? Multiply that feeling
two-fold and perhaps you come
near to the experience of those we
intentionally have neglected.
childhood by an act of
God. Later, • Christ,
Himself said, "Suffer
little children to
come unto me: for of
such is the kingdom of
heaven." (Unknown.)
As we are thinking of Christmas
gifts for Mother, Dad, Bud, and Sis
it is difficult to find a suitable gift
for those in uniform. Their neces-sities
are cared for, but I think
I can suggest a remembrance they
can use and one they desire. A
long, newsy letter written by you
while you are home during Christ-mas
vacation will be as much ap-preciated
as anything you might
purchase for them.
Why not try it and see the res-ponse
you get? In the Servicee's
files in the Dean's office you may
obtain the latest addresses of all
former Bethelites and also the Ser-vicees
from most of our Swedish
Baptist Churches. We will be glad
to help you if you will agree to
giv'e these friends the best Christ-mas
gift ever—a friendly letter.
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News Editor Carl Ekstrand
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"Bye Now"
By Virginia Peterson " 'Twas the Week Before Christmas"
By Gene Nyman
In September many started out
from the north, south, east and
west of this great country and
made their CIE stination Bethel.
Three months have pased since
then. December is here and it has
a very special meaning to every-one—
Christmas vacation. Suit-cases
which have long been idle
are now dusted off and ready to
be put into active duty once again.
Excitingly preparing for their long
trip to the far West we find Dor-othy
Carlson and Gloria Anderson,
both from Portland, Oregon, trying
very hard to make those bulging
suitcases close tightly. Florence
Hedman is also headed in the same
direction to her home in Seattle,
Washington. Dagmar Jensen and
Lorene Janssen are only going as
far as Montana, Wolf Point and
Outlook respectively.
To the south among those home-ward
bound are Florence Peterson
to Enterprise, Kansas, Harold
Dark to Irwin, Iowa, Janet Walker
to North Platte, Nebraska, and
Grace Jorgensen to Newell, Iowa.
Bob Daley is taking. two guests
with him to his home in Sioux
City, Iowa; they are Schevill and
Garrett, friends of Professor C. E.
Bethel will be well represented
in Chicago over the Yuletide Sea-son
for that windy city is the des-tination
of Margaret Cary, Greta
Fredrickson, Mabel Anderson,
Gladys Finstrom, La Verne Goth-berg,
Jean Hamlett, Mary Lou Ra-demacher,
Doris J. Johnson and
Clarence Sahlin.
Peggy Peterson of Meriden, Con-necticut,
Bob Nelson from Staten
Island, N. Y., and Harold Carlson
By Peggy Peterson
Darkness has o'er shadowed the
halls of the dormitory this past
week. Rhoda Anderson fell hard
one night (and it wasn't for Ray)
and broke her left wrist. Now
which hand will Ray hold at
Christmas? We extend our sym-pathies
and wish you a speedy re-covery.
Another "dorm belle,". Joyce Gil-bert,
left for the hospital last week.
We sincerely hope and pray that
the operation will be successful
and that Joyce will be restored to
health soon.
Not all has been sorrow, for Rev.
W. C. Ericksion has come to St.
Paul from California to visit his
niece, Jackie Lundquist. He is an
alumnus of Bethel. We always en-joy
meeting those who have gone
through the • mill before us. Wel-come
back to Bethel.
Apparently the atmosphere is
better in Minneapolis than St. Paul
because Gloria Anderson hasn't
been seen around the campus late-ly.
Yes, the sailor, Doug, has been
home! No wonder there's starlight
in Gloria's eyes!
`Twas the week before Christmas,
and all through the dorm
Not a preacher was stiring (accord-ing
to form);
The clothes were hung by the bed-side
with care,
For fear the first hour soon would
be there;
Dana and Harold were snug in
their beds
While visions of roast chicken
danced in their heads;
Others like Warner, Harris, and
Lloyd and Joel ,Harold and Bill,
Conjured up a dream of a certain
young miss
Expected to share with them mari-tal
(Ed. note: It must have been late
if all of the above were home
and in bed)
For already they'd encircled third
finger, left hand,
That one day they might, add a-nother
gold band;
While I in pajamas (but without a
Had just settled myself for a short
night's nap,
When out in the hall there arose
such a clatter,
I sprang from my bed to see what
was the matter.
(Ed. note: It is customarily as
quiet as a cemetery in the dorm
halls, so ma had cause for grave
and Philip Johnson of Jamestown,
N. Y. are headed for those New
England states. Within the boun-daries
of Ohio we will find Dana
Larson in Akron and Jane Larson
at her home in Youngstown.
Then there are those who are
going to remain at Bethel to keep
-the home fires burning for us.
They are, Norma Seaquist, Neva
Liljamark, and Roland Gustafson.
We wish we could include each
one in this column, but lack of
space will not permit it. Now to
each one of you we want to wish a
very Merry Christmas and a Happy
New Year. We'll see all of you in
The lounge at the dorm has been
beautifully decorated for the
Christmas season. Last Wednesday
evening many girls were found
"dressing up" the reception room.
.Barbara Edson and Dagmar Jensen
did- a good job with the tinsel a-round
the mirror, while Mae Belle
Anderson, Norma Seaquist, Kay
Darling and Luella Erander, to-gether
with Mrs. Nylof, were busy
fixing the always traditional Christ-tree.
The spirit of Christmas is really in
the air, and in keeping with the
occasion, dorm girls had their
Christmas party Monday evening.
Santa Claus was even present, but
close observation revealed he was
an imposter—Arleth Brash!
Walking the floor was a terrible
Lumpy as a mattress, but slightly
All clad in a sheet like an unmade
And perched up on top—one might
call it a head;
Two deep-set sockets - took the
place of the eyes,
Below them a mouth a Ubanzi
would prize.
Over it all was an eerie light,
Never have I seen a more grotes-que
(Ed. note: This is poetic license—
anyone can so testify who has
seen the "sights" come tumbling
out at 6:30 A. M.)
The monster—for- such it surely
must be—
Went straight down the hall to
room two hundred three,
Opened the door and disappeared
By Bill
Well, it looks as if the cold
weather has made its appearance
to stay. Along with the change in
the elements comes a decided in-crease
in the appetite of the stoker
down in Eric's foxhole, the boiler
room. The outfit has been known
to belch forth coal smoke by the
clouds, and that was what was in
the minds of the North end boys
as they fought . their way out of
their doors and precariously made
their tracks for the outside and
safety. However, with swollen
noses, athletic eyes, and seriously
impaired sinus membranes, our
heroes finally ferreted out the
,source of the disturbance; a cof-fee
pot in Bob Swanson's room!
The shortage of men has affected
even the dorm. One man has to
answer two phones at the same
time. If you had been outside the
door the other day you would have
heard Sandin talking like this into
two mouthpieces:
"I heard a cherry malted that he
and some mouth wash has asked
while you're the girl over there
that sits my roommate right in
front is studying of the blonde his
German and with blue eyes has
such bad breath and long eyelash-es.
Boy hurry up these people and
bring some with the crazy food and
idea that don't eat girls with all
of it looks before you are the best
and the dogs for cooking on the
way if I don't I'd rather quit have
the door someone who will be can
and cook and pounded in bake so
bread I and better pies hang up
With vacation just around the
corner, the thought comes to my
mind of a certain Bethelite's "daf-fynition"
of a vacation: "one
month on the sand, and eleven
months on the rocks!"
A moment of silence, then a ter-rible
A groan, then a shriek, as Ralph
hit the ceiling,
And out came Bill Pete, laughing
and reeling;
For he it was, with a sheet from
his bed,
A potato in his mouth and a hood
o'er his head.
A flashlight with green cloth over
the end
To his distorted visage weird sha-dows
did lend.
Imagine awaking in the midst of
a dream
To find such a guest—no wonder
Ralph screamed.
I think You'll agree that this
poem's long enough
So I'll quit!
(Ed. note: The writer meant to
work in the line "Happy Christ-mas
to all, and to all a good-night!"
but the muse departed—
anyway, here it is.)
for before her I husband beaned
and with kids a club so good long
All of us are about the same
when we sleep, but you really
should see Harold Carlson wake
up. There are no maybe's about
it when he decides to open his
eyes. One hideous groan issues
forth and then his face takes on
that wild expression not commonly
seen in America. Hands and feet
go up at the same time and the
body begins to unwind. Then with
a terrifying shriek, and refuting
all normal joint performance, and
suspending all laws of gravity,
Carlson comes to a squealing stop
on the side of his bed asking what
time it is.
Now publicly, we as dormitory
fellows wish to extend the season's
heartiest greetings to ourselves
and hope that we all have a good
time. Thanks fellows!
Remember back in summer's heat
You longed for winter snow?
But now that you are shoveling,
You wish that it would go!
The Clarion Staff wishes to take
this opportunity to wish each mem-ber
of the Bethel family a very
Merry Christmas!
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Defeats Indians
On Monday evening, December
18, the Bethel Indians were defeat-ed
by Northwestern, the final
score being 41-M. Northwestern
went into the lead at the outset of
the game and commanded an ad-vantage
of from 5 to 15 points
throughout the entire contest.
Augsburger with 13 and Korbra
with 16, led the Northwestern
scorers and "Wally" Peterson with
12 was the high scorer in the Beth-el
column. This gives Peterson the
total of 48 points in four games.
New Republican
Club Otganizes
"Something new has been added"
in the way of political organization
in the state of Minnesota. Just a
few days ago a group of young
people assembled and organized
the new Minnesota Division of
CLUBS. Fred Lauerman of Olivia,
the temporary national committee.
man, predicts that the state divi-sion
will have at least two chap-ters
in evry county by 1956.
The movement started this year
in Cortland, New Work, and has
already spread over the entire
country. Plans are being made for
a national convention next July in
Pawling, New York (Governor
Dewey's) with all states participat-ing.
The association is affiliated
with the regular Young Republi-cans,
Incorporated, and its main
purpose in this past election was
to help carry on the work of this
organization during the war-time
Today its function is to interest
young people in their politics and
government, and to give them prac-tical
and interesting experience
through the distribution of litera-ture
and ideas and through rallies,
discussions, general forums, and
social meetings.
Several Bethelites are investigat-ing
the organization at present. If
their findings are satisfactory, they
may establish a local Ramsey
County chapter of the club.
Girls Fall to
Farm Campus
In a hard fought game from be-gining
to end, the heretofore unde-feated
Bethel girls, bowed in de-feat
to the girls from the Univer-sity
Farm Campus. The game was
played on Saturday, December 9th,
at the Farm Campus gym.
In the third quarter, our guards
showed some excellent playing in
their ability to stop all scoring at-tempts
by their opponents. The
game ended 23-13 in favor of the
Ag. Campus.
The Squaws- not only were ex-celed
in height, but had the disad-vantage
of having played all their
previous games on a much smaller
floor. They, however, will make-another
attempt to defeat the Far-merettes
in a game to be played a:,
Bethel sometime in the near future.
Your support is needed at this
game, so come out and cheer for
your team.
Once again the Bethel squaws
tasted victory in their defeat over
Elim on Tuesday, December 5th.
The game played in the college
gym ended with a final score of
46-17. Full of fouls and faster play:
ing than any other - opponents had
previously shown, the game prov-ed
to be full of excitement in spi,e
of the wide margin of the score.
Scores by quarters were: 10-6; 27-
8; 38-12, 46-17.
Yesterday's convocation was
highlighted by the appearance of
Governor Thye.
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How to Use the Images Photo 1
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U.S. Courthouse today
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Today, the Byron R. White Courthouse is used by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit hears appeals from cases tried within all the district courts located in the Tenth Circuit, including those in Colorado, Oklahoma, Utah, Wyoming, Kansas, and New Mexico. This room served as the law library when the building was first constructed. During the renovation in the early 1990s, GSA restored the library and also converted the room into a small courtroom.


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Reference Information
Radium (chemical symbol Ra) is a naturally-occurring radioactive metal. Its most common isotopes are radium-226, radium 224, and radium-228. Radium is a radionuclide formed by the decay of uranium and thorium in the environment. It occurs at low levels in virtually all rock, soil, water, plants, and animals.
On this page:
- Who discovered radium?
- Where does radium come from?
- What are the properties of radium?
- What is radium used for?
- How does radium get into the environment?
- How does radium change in the environment?
- How do people come in contact with radium?
- How does radium get into the body?
- What does radium do once it gets into the body?
- How do I know if I'm near radium?
- What can I do to protect myself and my family from radium?
- What is EPA doing about radium?
The Basics
Who discovered radium?
Radium was discovered in 1898 by French physicist and Nobel laureate Marie Curie in pitchblende (a uranium and radium-bearing mineral). There is about 1 gram of radium in 7 tons of pitchblende. Elemental radium was isolated by Mme. Curie in 1911.
Where does radium come from?
Radium forms when isotopes of uranium or thorium decay in the environment. Most radium (radium-226) originates from the decay of the plentiful uranium-238.
In the natural environment, radium occurs at very low levels in virtually all rock, soil, water, plants, and animals. When uranium (or thorium) occurs in high levels in rock, radium is often also found in high levels.
What are the properties of radium?
Radium is a naturally radioactive, silvery-white metal when freshly cut. It blackens on exposure to air.
Purified radium and some radium compounds glow in the dark (luminesce). The radiation emitted by radium can also cause certain materials, called "phosphors" to emit light. Mixtures of radium salts and appropriate phosphors were widely used for clock dials and gauges before the risks of radium exposure were understood.
Metallic radium is highly chemically reactive. It forms compounds that are very similar to barium compounds, making separation of the two elements difficult.
The various isotopes of radium originate from the radioactive decay of uranium or thorium. Radium-226 is found in the uranium-238 decay series, and radium-228 and -224 are found in the thorium-232 decay series.
Radium-226, the most common isotope, is an alpha emitter, with accompanying gamma radiation, and has a half-life of about 1600 years. Radium-228, is principally a beta emitter and has a half-life of 5.76 years. Radium-224, an alpha emitter, has a half life of 3.66 days. Radium decays to form isotopes of the radioactive gas radon, which is not chemically reactive. Stable lead is the final product of this lengthy radioactive decay series.
What is radium used for?
In the early 1900's, when it was newly discovered, no one understood the dangers of radium. People were fascinated with its mysterious properties, especially the luminescence produced when it is mixed with a phosphor. Industries sprang up to manufacture hundreds of consumer products containing radium. Advertisements proclaimed its special powers and unique effects in such products such as hair tonic, toothpaste, ointments, and elixirs. Glow in the dark watch and clock faces were immensely popular.
Most of its original uses have been halted for health and safety reasons, but its wide use in luminescent paints continued through World War II, because the soft glow of radium's luminescence made aircraft dials, gauges and other instruments visible to their operators at night. Radium was also an early radiation source for cancer treatment. Small seeds were implanted in tumors to kill cancerous cells. Safer, more effective radiation sources, such as cobalt-60 have mostly replaced it.
Radium is a radiation source in some industrial radiography devices, a technology similar to x-ray imaging used in industry to inspect for flaws in metal parts. When radium is mixed with beryllium it becomes a good source of neutrons, useful in well logging devices and research. Radium also has been added to the tips of lightening rods, improving their effectiveness by ionizing the air around it.
Exposure to Radium
How does radium get into the environment?
Radium occurs naturally in the environment. As a decay product of uranium and thorium, it is common in virtually all rock, soil, and water. Usually concentrations are very low. However, geologic processes can form concentrations of naturally radioactive elements, especially uranium and radium. Radium and its salts are soluble in water. As a result, groundwater in areas where concentrations of radium are high in surrounding bedrock typically has relatively high radium content.
How does radium change in the environment?
All isotopes of radium are radioactive. As they decay, they emit radiation and form new radioactive elements, until they reach stable lead. Isotopes of radium decay to form different isotopes of radon. For example, radium-226 decays to radon-222, and radium-228 goes through several decays to radium-224 before forming radon-220.
How do people come in contact with radium?
Since radium is present at low levels in the natural environment, everyone has some minor exposure to it. However, individuals may be exposed to higher levels of radium if they live in an area where there is an elevated level of radium in the surrounding rock and soil. Private well water in such areas can also be an added source of radium.
The concentration of radium in drinking water is generally low, but there are specific geographic regions in the United States where higher concentrations of radium occur in water due to geologic sources. Limited information is available about the amounts of radium that are typically present in food and air, but they are very low.
People can also be exposed to radium if it is released into the air from the burning of coal or other fuels. Certain occupations can also lead to high exposures to radium, such as working in a uranium mine or in a plant that processes ores. Phosphate rocks typically contain relatively high levels of both uranium and radium and can be a potential source of exposure in areas where phosphate is mined.
In some parts of the country, former radium processing plants exist that were highly contaminated with radium. However, most of these have been cleaned up and do not pose a serious health threat any longer.
Radium emits several different kinds of radiation, in particular, alpha and gamma radiation. Alpha radiation is only a concern if radium is taken into the body through inhalation or ingestion. Gamma radiation, or rays, can expose individual even at a distance. As a result, radium on the ground, for example, can expose individuals externally to gamma rays or be inhaled or ingested with contaminated food or water. The greatest health risk from radium in the environment, however, is actually its decay product radon, which can collect in buildings.
How does radium get into the body?
People may swallow radium with food and water, or may inhale it as part of dust in the air. Radium can also be produced in the body from "parent" radionuclides (uranium and thorium) that have been inhaled or swallowed, but this is not a significant source.
What does radium do once it gets into the body?
Most radium that is swallowed (about 80%) promptly leaves the body through the feces. The other 20% enters the bloodstream and accumulates preferentially in the bones. Some of this radium is excreted through the feces and urine over a long time. However, a portion will remain in the bones throughout the person's lifetime.
Health Effects of Radium
How can radium affect people's health?
Radium emits several different kinds of radiation, in particular, alpha particles and gamma rays. Alpha particles are generally only harmful if emitted inside the body. However, both internal and external exposure to gamma radiation is harmful. Gamma rays can penetrate the body, so gamma emitters like radium can result in exposures even when the source is a distance away.
Long-term exposure to radium increases the risk of developing several diseases. Inhaled or ingested radium increases the risk of developing such diseases as lymphoma, bone cancer, and diseases that affect the formation of blood, such as leukemia and aplastic anemia. These effects usually take years to develop. External exposure to radium's gamma radiation increases the risk of cancer to varying degrees in all tissues and organs.
However, the greatest health risk from radium is from exposure to its radioactive decay product radon. It is common in many soils and can collect in homes and other buildings.
- Radon
This fact sheet describes the basic properties and uses, and the hazards associated with this radionuclide. It also discusses radiation protection related to it.
- Radon
Home Page
This site provides information about the hazards and management of radon.
Is there a medical test to determine exposure to radium?
There are tests that can determine exposure to radium or other radioactive substances. For example, a whole body count can measure the total amount of radioactivity in the body, and urine and feces can be tested for the presence of radionuclides.
These tests are not routinely performed in a doctor's office because it requires special laboratory equipment. There is no test that can detect external exposure to radium's gamma radiation, unless the doses were very high, and cellular damage is detectable.
Protecting People from Radium
How do I know radium if I'm near radium?
You need special equipment to detect the presence of radium. However, you can buy radon detection kits at most hardware stores.
What can I do to protect myself and my family from radium?
The most effective way to protect yourself and your family is to test your home for radium's decay product, radon.
- Radon Home Page
This site provides information about the hazards and management of radon.
What is EPA doing about radium?
The U.S. Congress passes laws that authorize EPA and other federal agencies, to protect public health and the environment from radium and other radioactive materials. EPA has issued a variety of regulations that limit the release of radium and other radionuclides to the environment. For example, Congress passed the Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act (UMTRCA). EPA has established standards for cleaning up and managing leftover uranium ore at inactive ore-processing plants under the authority of UMTRCA. The U.S. Department of Energy is responsible for conducting the cleanups, and the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission oversees and manages them.
This page provides a summary and link to the full statute.
Complementing these efforts, EPA's Superfund program identifies abandoned industrial sites contaminated with radium and other radionuclides and chemicals. It then assesses the health and environmental risks the sites pose, and assigns priorities for cleaning them up based on those risks. Superfund regulations require sites to be cleaned up to the point that people living on the sites after cleanup would have no more than a 1-in-10,000 to a 1-in-1,000,000 increased risk of developing cancer from exposure to contaminants.
Other laws passed by Congress address specific environmental media. The Clean Air Act authorizes EPA to establish annual limits, known as National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants, for the maximum amount of radium and other radionuclides that may be released to the air. For radium the "NESHAP" is 10 millirem. The Safe Drinking Water Act authorizes EPA to limit the Maximum Contaminant Levels of radium and other radionuclides in publicly supplied drinking water. For 226 and 228 radium, the MCL is 5 picocuries per liter and for 224 radium it is 15pCi/l. Both the air and water standards limit the increased lifetime cancer risk to about 2 in 10,000.
- Clean Air Act
This page provides a summary and a link to the complete act.
- Safe Drinking Water Act
This page provides a summary and a link to the complete act.


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Can Caitlyn Jenner defy the skeptics again?
Her interview with Diane Sawyer was a ratings bonanza for ABC and earned positive reviews. Jenner's Vanity Fair cover made the country take notice. Her speech at the ESPYs confounded naysayers with her eloquent commitment to transgender issues.
The next test is "I Am Cait," an eight-part docu-series about Jenner's transition from Bruce to Caitlyn. The program debuts at 8 p.m. Sunday on E! and tops the weekend highlights.
The involvement of E! may set off alarms. That channel is, after all, the home to "Keeping Up With the Kardashians" and that series' tireless, self-promoting family. On...


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Academic Programs
Additional Resources
Get Involved
Research College of Nursing believes in the value of student activities and organizations as a means to facilitate attainment of our Mission and Purposes for every student. Participation outside the classroom provides opportunities for students to learn and practice organizational, interpersonal and leadership skills. The goal is for students to become better prepared to be active participants in a community of professionals and providers of service to society.
Our students have many opportunities for involvement outside the classroom. Student organizations and social and educational activities help students develop leadership skills and get to know other students and faculty. College committees and organizations provide a forum for students to express opinions and ideas about college governance, the curriculum and student life issues.
On the Rockhurst University campus, nursing students can participate in any number of extracurricular activities. Clubs and organizations focus on community service, social events, the arts, sports, recreation and many other areas. All students find something to broaden their horizons and add to their educational experience.
Rockhurst University Campus Life
Student housing is available on both campuses, thus providing many options to meet student needs.
Research College of Nursing recognizes three organizations on campus:
• Student Government Association
• Research Student Nurses Association
• Student Nurse Christian Fellowship
Students may also develop new student organizations to meet the changing needs of the community.


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DecoBreeze DBF0108 Wood Butterfly Figurine Fan
- 20-Watt Motor
- Single Speed
- Wood Butterfly Figurine Fan
- Reviews
- Description
- Specifications
- Benefits
DecoBreeze DBF0108 Wood Butterfly Figurine Fan
Bringing you a cool breeze and good looks, the DecoBreeze DBF0108 Wood Butterfly Figurine Fan is a great cooling solution for any room. This fan will add style to a tabletop surface while also providing comfortable ventilation and unique style. A high quality fan, it's one of the best ways to get pleasant personal ventilation.
1 speed design
With only a single speed to choose from, you can easily tune this fan to get the ventilation you need no matter the situation. If you just need a pleasant, quiet breeze, for those warm days or for quickly clearing stuffiness, dust or odors out of an area.
Special Features Include
- Quiet motor
- 20 watts
- No assembly required
- ETL listed
- Single speed design
- Hand painted wood
Quiet operation
Nobody likes a noisy fan, and you won't find one here. This Deco Breeze table fan operates very quietly, minimizing distractions due to noise and making for a more pleasant environment overall. Enjoy the best quality on the market with Deco Breeze.
No assembly required
This fan is ready to go right out of the box. Find a nice little spot for this fan to sit and add a little extra cooling and ventilation in a fun and stylish way. the integrated kickstand supports the fan and provide stability on any surface. This gives you extra convenience and flexibility compared to most other fans.
Compact table fan
With the perfect balance of size and strength, this fan is great to put on a table to get comfortable personal ventilation. It measures 11-1/4" L x 3-1/4" D x 10-1/2 H", making it ideal for any home, not taking up too much space but having plenty of size to keep you relaxed while adding an organic design element to any room.
Butterfly design
Deco Breeze doesn't only want to bring you comfortable ventilation. This fan also offers plenty of style, bringing charm to any room. This single speed personal fan features a butterfly design that's perfect for the butterfly lover you know, with a cheery wood grain finish and wonderful accents.
Guaranteed Satisfaction.
- 1 Year Limited Manufacturers Warranty
- Up To 30 days to return your purchase
- Money back guaranteed
- Free return shipping
- No restocking fees
- Model: DBF0108
- Product Type: Wood Butterfly Figurine Fan
- Product Dimensions: L: 11.25" x W: 3.25" x H: 10.50"
- Product Weight: 3.00 lbs.
- Application: Ventilates indoor areas
- Warranty: 1 Year Limited Manufacturers Warranty
- Type: Electric Fan , Decorative Fan
- Voltage: 120 volts
- Oscillation: No
- Usage: Indoor
- Certified for Commercial Use: No
- Energy Star Certified: No
- Certifications: ETL
- 1 year warranty
- 20-watt motor
- ETL listed
- Measures 11-1/4" L x 3-1/4" D x 10-1/2 H"
- No assembly required
- Single-speed personal fan
- Whisper-quiet
- Wood construction and durable cast metal


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Stop Bullying is a powerful series of illustrations depicting the lives of our favourite cartoon characters in the hands of their bullies.
Italian artist AleXsandro Palombo's eye-opening collection highlights the startling reality of not only verbal and physical bullying, but the rising development of online bullying too.
These startling images force us to accept that bullying is still very much alive and more so than ever with the rise of technology.
The all-star class include a helpless Alice in Wonderland, Cinderella and Snow White, struggling with the ropes around their necks.
Bart Simpson is drawn pulling at a noose around Family Guy's Chris Griffin's, while his own sister Lisa is suffering the same ordeal at the hands of her online bully Meg Griffin.
Palombo told us: "I tried to make young people ponder things through a series of familiar figures, and the cartoons are the most powerful familiar figures.
"The most important task is up to the family: educate their children. Unfortunately there is lack of education in so many families and it is one of the root cause of bullying."


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Since my join date was set to when Twilight Heroes entered public beta, that means it's been 1000 days since we went public!
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Alert 2007-40
Subject: Counterfeit Cashier's Checks
Date: June 21, 2007
Description: Oshkosh Bank
Counterfeit Cashier's Checks of Oshkosh Bank, a Branch of The American National Bank of Beaver Dam, WI
To: Chief Executive Officers of All National Banks; All State Banking Authorities; Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; Chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; Director, Office of Thrift Supervision; Conference of State Bank Supervisors; Deputy Comptrollers (districts); Assistant Deputy Comptrollers; District Counsel; and All Examining Personnel
The above-named bank has reported that counterfeit cashier's checks issued in the bank's name and using a correct routing number of 075901516 are being presented for payment nationwide in connection with a lottery scam.
The counterfeit checks resemble the authentic items but may be identified by the following: the instruments are green in color and contain the following security statement in the top border: "THIS CHECK IS VOID WITHOUT A COLORED BORDER AND Background PLUS A KNIGHT & FINGERPRINT WATERMARK ON THE BACK. HOLD AT AN ANGLE TO VIEW." The following statement follows the second authorized signature line: "SIGNATURE AREA CONTAINS..." The counterfeit items are missing the following features on the face of the check: the bank's sailboat logo, the wording "A Division of the American National Bank," and the security padlock icon above the "Authorized Signatures" lines. In addition, the counterfeit items do not include the heat-sensitive icon on the back of the instrument.
Items presented to date have been made payable in the amount of $3,750.00, include a remitter name of Karen Berger, and contain a photocopied signature of bank employee Leah McPheron. Due to possible variations in appearance of the counterfeit items, bank officials are encouraged to contact The American National Bank of Beaver Dam to verify the authenticity of the item that is being presented.
Correspondence accompanying the counterfeit items may contain the letterhead of "Odyssey Gaming Corporation, Sponsor: Readers Digest, Publishers Clearing House and Online Games, 15 Lindberg Bay, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands 00802." The letter alerts the recipient that he or she is the winner of an unclaimed prize and instructs the recipient to contact claims agent Mr. Robert Bell at 1-705-770-3985 by a specific date or the money will be forfeited. Note that this is number originates in Canada. The letter further states that the enclosed check is to be used "...to pay for the applicable taxes on the winnings..." and that the amount is to be paid using either Moneygram or Western Union. The letter may be signed by Clyde Conner, Promotion Manager.
For additional information and guidance, please contact Mark Heuer, Security Officer, 115 Front Street, Beaver Dam, WI 53916, by telephone at (920) 885-2705, by fax at (920) 885-2709, or via e-mail at [email@example.com].
Consumers who receive a counterfeit or fictitious item and associated material should file complaints with the following agencies, as appropriate:
Additional information concerning this matter that you believe should be brought to the attention of the OCC may be forwarded to:
E-mail: email@example.com
For additional information regarding other types of financial fraud, please visit the OCC's anti-fraud resource at: https://www.occ.gov/topics/consumer-protection/fraud-resources/index-fraud-resources.html.
Richard C. Stearns
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Welcome to G Bar and Kitchen
We use only the freshest and most local ingredients possible. We change our menu 8 times a year to ensure that the product we source is the best and "in season". Chef Gregg says " I buy often and just enough so that I never sit on a product for more than a couple days. This ensures that the food is always at it's height. All of our meats come fresh to us from Bianco and Sons in Revere who make multiple trips to the meat market in Boston daily. All of our fish is sourced from Northcoast seafoods a short walk from the docks in South Boston, and our produce from the market in Chelsea. "In the four years we have been in business, I have never had to send back any of my product, which means that our purveyors are sourcing us the best quality ingredients." You will see that in your first bite.
"I have a minimalistic approach to my cuisine, which means that every flavor in every dish is not overpowered. My food is simple, yet elegant and ultimately satisfying. It is my goal to see a smile on every face in the dining room. If a plate doesn't come back to the kitchen empty, it is going home for a second taste the next day! Come see for yourself.
Looking forward to serving you, Let us take you on a culinary journey!
Chef/Owner GREGG BRACKMAN


text: Chicago's Field Museum owes its existence to the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition and the help of Marshall Field, the department store pioneer who donated his good name and $1 million to the project. In the 1920s, the Field Museum of Natural History moved from its South Side home, which years later became the Museum of Science and Industry, to its current home on the lakefront Museum Campus. It supported many scientific endeavors and built up a collection of North American artifacts and has added specimens from the world over, like the African man-eating lions of Tsavo. It has dropped "Natural History" from its name, but it has stayed dedicated to the field. In 2000, it displayed Sue the T. rex, a 67-million-year-old fossilized skeleton that is said to be the most complete specimen of its kind.


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Making the Move to HTML5, Part 1
February 7, 2013 Page 1 of 3
Like any platform, HTML5 receives its share of criticism, some valid and some based on rumor or outdated information. However, HTML5 is keenly supported by some of the most successful business leaders in the space, and the games available right now on turbulenz.com are proof that HTML5 is viable for high quality gaming today. We hope the below will help explain why we have backed, and continue to back, HTML5.
HTML5 and related standards are fast making the web a viable platform for high quality games. Games written to target such web standards can run in a variety of contexts while taking advantage of the power of the underlying hardware, as well as the connectivity enjoyed by modern devices.
Turbulenz has invested a significant amount of research and engineering manpower creating a high-performance games platform for the web. With a background in game technology development on consoles, we have approached HTML5 and related technologies from a game developer's perspective with fidelity and performance in mind.
This series of articles describes some of our experience transitioning from consoles to the web: what works well, when to use it, optimization strategies and workarounds for ongoing problems.
Some of the games built using Turbulenz can be played on the turbulenz.com game network, which uses our HTML5 platform and infrastructure to instantly deliver high quality 3D games to gamers online. The company was founded in early 2009 by a group of directors and lead programmers from Electronic Arts, and the team has grown to include developers and business professionals from some of the world's leading entertainment companies.
In this first article we talk about the current state of HTML5 and related technologies for games, and give an overview of the development environment and workflow that game developers can expect.
The Browser as a Game Platform
The browser has become the new OS, bringing with it a host of problems as well as opportunities. In the past, games traditionally ran in isolation, consuming as many resources as possible to extract the full performance from the machine. Game code running in the browser will be competing with the rest of the browser's processes, including other games running in other tabs or windows (as well as whatever else may be running on the machine).
In some ways, each browser must be treated as a different platform: some interfaces are common across all browsers and some resources are always available, but for more advanced functionality, the developer must often check for features at runtime and provide multiple code paths and workarounds.
The test matrix covering Browser, Browser version, OS, OS version, and Hardware is large. Furthermore, although hardware resources cannot be accessed as directly as with native applications, developers still have to deal with graphics driver bugs as well as bugs in the browser layers that now interface with those drivers.
With the fast pace of browser updates and the fact that some browsers update themselves automatically, it can be difficult to maintain a specific list of supported versions to test against. At Turbulenz we always work with the latest version of each browser and also a list of well-known popular browser versions. At the time of writing, this includes Internet Explorer 8, 9 and 10, Firefox 3.6 and latest, Safari 5.1 and latest (on Mac OS X) and the latest version of Chrome. We test on a range of hardware from slow netbooks to high-end desktops using a selection of popular video cards from Nvidia, AMD, and Intel.
The relative market share of the browsers is always in motion and is usually not consistent across demographics. We recommend finding your target market and studying the browser stats for sites with a similar audience.
In general, when coding for the browser we recommend that developers code defensively, test with a range of browsers and regularly monitor the state of new versions.
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Get ready for a day out like no other: Staying Alive: Emergency Services and Volunteer Open Day is coming to Westfield Albany.
Day schedule:
10am-4pm: Staying Alive: Emergency and Volunteer ServicesOpen Day
6pm: Westfield Entertainment kicks off on the main stage
9pm: Westfield Albany outdoor Christmas tree is lit followed by fireworks display.
Cost: Free to attend. Gold coin donations gratefully received.
Supported by Westfield Albany, Staying Alive is a celebration of the work our NZ Fire Service, police, ambulance, and Civil Defence and emergency service rescue teams do on a daily basis. Emergency services professionals will showcase their skills at this exciting educational event which will include exhilarating displays of road crash rescue re-enactments, airport striker demos, police dog training routines, rural fire fighting shows and airport crash fire exhibitions.
Fire-fighters will be stationed on car park entrances collecting gold coin donations with all money raised going to the Burns Support Group Charitable Trust .
In the midst of all the action look out for the arrival of a special visitor from the North Pole who will be 'dropping in' to the main stage at the Council's Albany Civic Lakes from 1.00pm.
From 6pm, entertainment provided by Westfield Albany will kick off with a star-studded line up including chart-topping Kiwi boy band Titanium, J Williams and Brooke Duff.
The Westfield Albany outdoor Christmas tree will be lit at 9pm, before the grand finale; Westfield's famous fireworks display lighting up the Albany skyline for the fifth year running.
For an enjoyable dining experience book a table at one of our fabulous restaurants in the Plaza. Tables fill up quickly and are always in hot demand so book today:
Bolero: 444 0213
Caffe Massimo: 444 6944
Columbus Coffee: 441 4675
The Merchant Bar & Kitchen: 444 1076 (restaurant bookings only)
Paper Moon: 447 3237