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Dissection of an Application Frameworks
With this material, we will dive deeply into the details of a framework. We will look specifically at what is in a framework, how we can develop a framework for our application, and what object-oriented techniques we can leverage in developing the framework.
To better understand how we can develop an application framework, we need first to understand what goes in an application framework and its relationship to other parts of the system.
Framework Layers
In chapter one of my book, Developing Application Frameworks in .NET from Apress, that an application framework is a "semifinished" application that can act as a starting point for a business application. Applications that are built on top of the framework consist of two layers: the application layer and the framework layer. The framework layer may consist of numerous components, which can be again grouped into domain-specific components and cross-domain components. Figure 1 illustrates the different participants in an application and their relationship to each other.
Figure 1. Multiple layers within an application
The following is a brief description of what each layer represents and what role it plays in the overall system.
The Business Application
The business application represents the custom application that developers are responsible for. It implements the detailed business knowledge for the specific application under development. Developers build the business application according to the particular scenario described by business analysts. As the business logic and rules change, it is this level at which changes will mostly likely occur, particularly when such changes are minor and isolated.
The Application Framework
The application framework represents the semifinished application that architects have developed as a basis for developers to use to construct their business applications. The application framework can be broken down into two layers: a domain-specific framework layer and a cross-domain framework layer.
The Domain-Specific Framework Layer
The domain-specific framework consists of specialized framework components that target a specific business domain. In comparison to the business application layer, the domain-specific framework layer implements knowledge that is common to all applications of a particular business domain, in contrast to the business application layer, where the business knowledge and logic are targeted to a particular application.You can think of a domain-specific framework as corresponding to a country's constitution and a business application as analogous to the laws of a particular state or local government. The constitution doesn't describe the specific laws that the state has to implement, but instead it describes the principles under which the system of laws should be framed. Each state may pass its own laws, but all those laws must be based on the principles set out in the constitution. However, as long as the state law is in conformity with the constitution, the state is free to create laws that are best suited to that state. Like the constitution, a domain-specific framework doesn't mandate how each business application should be built; instead, it provides a set of components that encapsulate the core business characteristics and processes of a particular business domain. For example, a shopping cart component describing a customer's selected product items, the quantity of each, and the time of selection can be considered a domain-specific framework component for the on-line B2C business domain. Different business applications (an on-line shopping site in this case) may use the shopping cart component differently in separate scenarios, but they all share a common trait: They all need an object that provides information on the customer's product selection, quantity of each selection, and time of the selection.
Unlike the business application, where developers are in charge of design and implementation of the actual application, the domain-specific framework layer is designed and implemented by persons who have expertise and deep understanding of a specific business area and know how to encapsulate and abstract business-domain knowledge in a form that can be easily adapted by developers in building the actual business application. Although software architecting skill is important in developing a business-specific framework, the business expertise is especially critical in the success of this layer of the framework.
The domain-specific framework layer contains business-domain knowledge that is much less volatile than that in the business applications and it expects few or no changes as the business rules change throughout the application.
The Cross-Domain Framework Layer
The cross-domain framework represents framework components that contain no business-domain knowledge. Because the business-domain knowledge is absent from this layer of the framework, it can be shared among multiple applications in different business domains. In other words, this layer hosts the components and services that are commonly found in most applications, regardless of their business domain.
There are many common themes among applications of different business domains that we can "package" into the cross-domain framework layer. For example, every application needs some way of managing the configuration information used by different parts of the application. A configuration service and architecture greatly reduces the development effort of numerous applications, regardless of the business domain of the application. In a distributed application environment, one application often needs to talk to another application residing on a different system, so an event notification service will also benefit the development effort of such applications by presenting a ready-to-use system that transmits information among the different applications. As you can see, if we can identify the common themes among different types of applications and develop services and components to take care of such common requirements, we can significantly increase code and design reuse throughout the applications.
Those who develop cross-domain framework layers are individuals who have developed a large number of applications and have a good understanding of software design as well as a knowledge of the features that are common to many applications. These individuals don't have to know a great deal about particular businesses, but they must have good object-oriented skills so that they can build the framework in such way that application developers can easily plug in their custom business logic to solve application-specific problems.
Since the cross-domain framework layer contains no specific business-domain knowledge, it may be thought of as generic to most applications. It is thus unaffected by changes to business rules and requirements. However, this layer will be affected by the recognition of new common themes that arise during the development process, for such themes will be implemented in this layer. Moreover, if it turns out that certain aspects of the framework's design interfere with the adaptation of the business application, the cross-domain framework will have to be modified.
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September Activity ContestITKE, ITKE Contests
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Even though summer is almost over, here's a great way to cheer you up: Another activity contest! For September, we will have a total of three winners. The first three community members who reach 1,500 ITKE points will each receive a $50 Amazon gift card. It's that simple to win. Good luck to everyone.
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- Why don't we hold the government – or do we – to the same data security standards that we do private organizations?
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- Why can't they keep our info safe – especially when they presumably have info that nobody should ever be privvy to? Kennedy assassination, Area 51, NSA and CIA records.
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Where did May go? Not only do we just have a week left in the month but also in our activity contest too! Here's what our current standings look like:
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- Original/early Windows 10 builds expire today, quit booting after 4/29 – Ed Tittel (Windows Enterprise Desktop)
- Fixing two Windows 10 build 10049 gotchas – Ed Tittel (Windows Enterprise Desktop)
- Gone independent – Justin Rohrman (Uncharted Waters)
- EMC: Information glut will change what storage looks like – Carol Sliwa (Storage Soup)
- No escape from the black hole of a police database – Sharon Fisher (Yottabytes: Storage and Disaster Recovery)
- IT's hidden issue: Copy data – Kristen Lee (TotalCIO)
- A look at Apple's iOS 8.3 enterprise updates – Colin Steele (Modern Mobility)
- Advice to product teams – Think "API first" – Brian Gracely (From Silos to Services: Cloud Computing for the Enterprise)
- Two weeks working from home – Justin Rohrman (Uncharted Waters)
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FRANKFURT, Germany — Official figures are expected to confirm that Europe's recovery from recession gathered pace in the first three months of the year.
But the recovery is filled with worries, so much so that the European Central Bank is poised to deliver stimulus measures that are more usual for economies mired in recession rather than those on the upswing.
Figures on Thursday are expected to show that the economy of the 18 countries that use the euro expanded by 0.4 percent in the first quarter from the previous three-month period. That's double the rate recorded in the previous quarter and would mark the third straight quarterly expansion.
The recovery is clearly a source of hope for a region that's spent most of its time since 2008 in the midst of crisis. The global financial crisis, which threatened the banking system, exposed the weak underbelly of the whole euro project — the shaky state of the public finances of many of the currency's users, including Greece, Portugal and Italy.
Growth, even if shaky or uneven, is key to moving past those troubles.
Positive signs of late include:
— Five straight months of modest declines in the number of unemployed people. A year ago there were fears that unemployment in the eurozone would breach the 20 million mark. It's now fallen to around 18.9 million and the rate has declined to 11.8 percent from the record 12 percent.
— Surveys of purchasing managers have pointed to a pick-up in sentiment among business executives at levels indicating solid expansion.
— Buoyant growth in Germany, Europe's biggest economy. The country and its high-value exporters have benefited hugely from the rebound in world trade.
— Glimpses of recovery in those countries hardest hit by troubles over too much debt. Spain, which needed a 41 billion-euro ($56 billion) bailout loan from other eurozone countries to rescue its banking system, has already reported growth of 0.4 percent for the quarter, its highest in around six years. And Greece's output may have halted its plunge, though its economy is some 25 percent smaller than its peak in 2008.
Yet, amid all that, European Central Bank head Mario Draghi all but promised more stimulus measures when the bank's rate-setting council next meets on June 5. Draghi said last Thursday that the council was "comfortable with acting next time."
Measures could include an interest rate cut, as well as unconventional steps such as charging banks a negative interest rate for money deposited with the central bank — in the hope they opt to lend to businesses and consumers instead.
These sort of measures are more common when central banks are dealing with a deep recession or crisis such as the one following the collapse of U.S. investment bank Lehman Brothers in 2008 — not during a rebound.
Here's why the eurozone recovery may need more help:
— Inflation is dangerously low at an annual rate of only 0.7 percent. That's well below the ECB's goal of just under 2 percent. Low inflation makes it harder for countries to pay down excessive debt levels they have built up. There's still a risk the eurozone might fall into outright deflation, a downward price spiral that has the potential to choke off growth if consumers delay spending in the hope of bargains further down the line or businesses grow reluctant to invest or innovate.
"The reason why the ECB is still thinking about stimulus is that deflation could push the eurozone back into the kind of crisis we had a couple of years ago," said Tom Rogers, senior adviser to the EY eurozone economic forecast. "The ECB is trying to provide a little extra momentum to get the eurozone up to what you might describe as escape velocity."
— Unemployment, while falling slightly, is still painfully high, particularly in those countries most afflicted by the debt crisis — 25.3 percent in Spain and 26.7 percent in Greece. Sky-high unemployment gives workers little bargaining power for higher wages. Flat wages contribute to low inflation and mean less spending on the goods made by businesses.
— A strong euro is also threatening to hold back exports by making them more expensive in overseas markets. Draghi's comments last week helped contain the damage, sending the euro down from a near 2-½ year high around $1.40 to around $1.37. The prospect of lower interest rates can weigh on the value of the currency.
The ECB might go farther, and use newly created money to purchase corporate or government bonds on financial markets. That pushes money into the hands of banks, in hopes it will be loaned to companies or invested in ways that expand the supply of money in the economy. Expanding the money supply could help increase inflation.


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The 17-year-old celeb daughter gets modeling tips from a real pro: her mother
Ireland Baldwin promised she was ready to work, and she wasn't kidding: the 17-year-old daughter of Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger has already cranked her modeling career into high gear.
"I'm getting into it. Doing it right," Baldwin told reporters at the Avion Espresso-sponsored N.Y.C. premiere of The Company You Keep. "I want to know where it's going to take me!"
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Baldwin listed models that inspire her, including Miranda Kerr, Kate Moss — "Oh! And my mom, of course!" — adding that Basinger is playing modeling coach on the photoshoot sets.
"My mom's very happy she can finally give me tips," Baldwin said. "She's always there, so she'll stand in the back and say, 'Turn your head this way, or do this!'"
And we thought it was only our moms telling us to stand up straight!
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Roll call and acknowledge the "Nebraska Open Meeting Act"
- Review and action on the draft minutes of the April 25, 2013 Technical Committee meeting.
- Review and action on a recommendation regarding 2013 Self-Certification review that the Transportation Planning Process for the Lincoln Metropolitan Area complies with applicable federal laws and regulations.
- Review and action on the proposed FY 2014 2017 Transportation Improvement Program.
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As promised, Apple has set OS X Mountain Lion loose on the world — and it's now emphatically "OS X," no "Mac" in the name. Mountain Lion represents Apple's latest attempt to innovate its desktop platform while bringing features it pioneered in its iOS mobile operating system "back to the Mac" — and this time, OS X is actually a little ahead of the curve, premiering some things that won't make it to Apple's portable devices until iOS 6. With Mac OS X 10.7 Lion, Apple's desktop and mobile worlds were an uneasy blend. Does Mountain Lion successfully bridge the two worlds? And what else does Apple's latest "big cat" bring to the table? Find out in our in-depth first impressions.
Getting Mountain Lion
Right now, OS X Mountain Lion is only available through Apple's Mac App Store for $20. Customers have to have an Apple ID and either credit (such as iTunes gift cards) or payment information on file with Apple to purchase a license to the new operating system. There's no walking into an Apple Store to pick up a copy, and you can't have a handsome delivery guy turn up with one overnight. With Lion, Apple offered a version on a USB stick for recovering machines that had crashed or suffered drive failure — presumably they'll do the same with Mountain Lion, but for now, it's download-only.
Before buying, make sure your Mac is eligible: that generally means any Mac with an Intel Core 2 Duo processor or newer — but not all machines qualify. Check our OS X Mountain Lion installation guide for full details, as well as other things folks should consider (like making a bootable backup!) before jumping on Mountain Lion.
Mountain Lion weighs in at 4.3GB. Even if you have a high-bandwidth Internet connection, simply downloading Mountain Lion from the App Store is going to take a while. And that's just the beginning of the process. Once the download is complete a Mac will zip through some reassuringly fast tasks, report the installation is complete and that the Mac needs to be restarted. Anyone familiar with Apple's update-in-place process for system updates knows that's just the beginning.
The Mountain Lion installer truly kicks in after the restart. In our experience, the installer typically reports it needs anywhere from 25 to 60 minutes to complete the installation. We've never found it to take less than double the amount of time the installer estimates, and that usually includes some stalls midway through that can look suspiciously like a crash or hung machine. However, we've also never seen the Mountain Lion installer fail. There are bound to be exceptions, but our experience is to give it plenty of time and have faith.
There are no custom installation options with the Mountain Lion: users must accept the license agreement (or not). You'd think with 4.3GB, Apple could pack pretty much everything into the Mountain Lion installer, but that's not really true: users may still find they'll be selectively connecting to the Internet to download components, including things like third-party printer drivers and online help guides. Be ready for occasional delays as you get started with Mountain Lion if the default components don't include everything your particular Mac needs.
Mac OS X 10.7 Lion was mostly complete when Apple introduced iCloud, so integration was limited. Mountain Lion, however, is truly the first version of OS X designed with iCloud in mind, and nothing makes this clearer than when Mountain Lion (finally) starts up: it immediately requires users to sign in to iCloud. If folks don't already have an AppleID, they can create one on the spot. No pressure, right?
Users can choose to synchronize contacts, calendars, notes, reminders, and email via iCloud, as well as bookmarks and (with Safari 6) even Web browser tabs. This has obvious advantages for folks juggling multiple Macs, or a Mac and one (or more!) of Apple's portable iDevices: change or add a calendar item in once place, it's immediately synchronized to all a users' devices. Email, messages, photos, and documents can be immediately synchronized: no more sending multiple versions of things to yourself via email, futzing with USB drives, or trying to find your phone because the message you want to reply to isn't on your Mac. iCloud doesn't put an end to services like DropBox, nor third-party email services like Gmail, but iCloud's transparency and near zero-configuration makes it tremendously easy to use for folks willing to embrace the Apple ecosystem — and there are millions upon millions of those every week.
With Mountain Lion, Apple is exposing more of iCloud's "Documents in the Cloud" feature, which enables users to store documents on Apple's servers and access them from any iOS device or Mac. Built-in apps like Preview and TextEdit now support Documents in the Cloud, and Apple has also released new versions of its iWork apps (Pages, Numbers, and Keynote) to support Documents in the Cloud.
Unlike the Internet-based storage Apple used to offer with iDisk (part of the now-defunct .Mac and MobileMe services) or similar offerings like DropBox, Mountain Lion users can't just pop open a Finder window and peruse the contents of Documents in the Cloud. Instead, Documents in the Cloud manifests as a feature of Save dialog boxes and a new modeless Open window for opening documents — and users' iCloud documents are managed on an app-by-app basis. For instance: say you use Apple's Pages word processor on the iPad, and save documents to iCloud. If you use Pages for the Mac, all those documents will be immediately available in the Open dialog box using iCloud, with the most recently-used documents shown first. (There's also a sortable list view.) However, the only way to see those iCloud documents will be through Pages' Open dialog box. If you try to find those documents with another iCloud-savvy app — like, say, TextEdit — they won't be listed because those documents weren't created by TextEdit.
In some ways, this approach makes sense. Many folks think of documents as belonging to a particular app, and (perhaps more importantly) most everyday computer users — Mac, Windows, or otherwise — want nothing to do with the file system. That's a mentality that's been emphasized in recent years by mobile devices (like the iPhone and iPad) that totally divorce users from the file system, and it's hard to argue that it's a good idea when you see even seasoned computer users struggle to navigate and find things in a directory hierarchy. For everyday folks, simply showing a searchable list of documents created by a particular application is enough to meet most needs.
However, the Documents in the Cloud approach rapidly falls down with power users or savvier folks who routinely pass files between a variety of applications. Maybe you take screenshots, crop and and save them in Preview, but later want to open them in an iCloud-savvy image editor? That won't work. Maybe you create a quick text document in TextEdit and later want to spruce it up in Pages? Pages will open text documents just fine — but it won't be able to see anything you've stored in iCloud using TextEdit. So that's off the table.
The old school isn't dead yet, and Apple does know many folks will want to move documents stored in iCloud to different apps. The official method is moving (or copying) the documents from iCloud to your local Mac: documents stored in iCloud can be dragged (and option-dragged to copy) in and out of the new Open window to and from the Finder. Making that TextEdit document accessible to Pages via Documents in the Cloud means dragging or copying it out of the Open window to your Mac, then dragging (or copying) it into the Open window for Pages.
Managing documents via iCloud is certainly awkward…but it's probably a glimpse into the future. The only way iCloud makes sense going forward is if users are eventually able to keep most of their information — contacts, mail, calendars, photos, media, and personal documents, and everything else — in iCloud, and simply access them from whatever device — a computer, a phone, a tablet, a television — that they happen to be using at the time. Apple is serious about putting iCloud at the center of its entire technology ecosystem — and Mountain Lion is the first time OS X makes it difficult to avoid. Everything comes full circle: this is kind of how mainframes and dumb terminals used to work, albeit on a much smaller scale.
So: is Documents in the Cloud workable? Right now, the answer will vary from person to person, but my sense is that it's straightforward enough for folks with a relatively small number of items to manage — I can't see the interface or current capabilities scaling well to dozens (let alone hundreds) of items per application or truly sizable items. Apple gives each iCloud user 5GB of storage for free; folks who need more need to pay $20 to $100 per year for 10 to 50GB additional storage. Apple says 5GB is plenty for most people — and for documents and app data (since purchased apps, books, music, and media — as well as Photo Stream — don't count against the total) that's probably true. But as the universe of iCloud-savvy applications expands, more users will find it tougher to squeeze into 5GB.
Third-party applications can also integrate direct support for Documents in the Cloud, but to do so they have to comply Apple's new sandboxing and be sold through the Mac App store. (More on that below.) Other new Mountain Lion features are also limited to apps approved by (and sold through) the Mac App Store.


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Developing Portlets with Apache Pluto
Portal Driver Tag Libraries
The Pluto Driver implements custom tag libraries as a means to invoke the portlet container and other portal services. These tag libraries make it easy for portlet developers to customize the portal without needing to know the portal and portlet API. All tags within the Pluto library accept both runtime expression values and expression language attributes.
|Tag Library
|Used to include a specified portlet (including any portal decorations). This tag acts as a context for all other tags within the Pluto tag library. The tag accepts a single portletId attribute that identifies the portlet to be included.
|Renders the currently included portlet's title. This tag may only be used within the context of the portlet tag.
|Renders a window control URI. This tag allows the user to specify both a window state and a portlet mode to which the portal should modify the portlet whenever the rendered URI is invoked. This tag is valid only within the scope of a portlet tag invocation.
|Used to render the content of the encapsulating portlet. The render tag outputs only the content directly retrieved from the portlet container and does not include any decorations. The tag must invoked from within the context of a portlet tag.
The Pluto Driver Controller Servlet
org.apache.pluto.driver.PortalDriverServlet implements a simple controller that is the center piece of a the Pluto Portal Driver. The servlet translates HTTP requests into an invocation plan by matching the requested page and portlet invocations with the configuration components defined by the configuration service.
The Pluto Portal Resources
|Provides the Web application configuration needed to utilize the portal driver.
|Provides the driver configuration as described above.
|Provides the portal services configuration. This configuration allows for the inclusion of custom services such as an RDBMS portlet registry.
|The user interface component that provides the default look and feel for the portal.
|The user interface component that provides the page layout for portal pages.
|The user interface component that provides the portlet decorations and layout for each portlet present on a page.
Pluto Utilities
In addition to the Container, Portal Driver, and Portal subprojects, Apache Pluto project has developed various utilities that can ease the development of portlets.
Reading and Writing Portlet Descriptors
Pluto's descriptors libraries are developed and published as separate modules to ease the development of code that must read and write the portlet descriptor (portlet.xml). The descriptor-api libraries provide domain objects representing the elements of the descriptor as well as standard service interfaces for reading and writing their contents. The descriptor-impl module provides a default implementation of the services. This implementation uses castor to read and write portlet.xml files.
The TestSuite
The Pluto TestSuite is a compliant portlet that exercises many of the functions of the Pluto Portal and Pluto Portlet Container. Specifically, the TestSuite aims to provide as many end to end portlet tests that exercise specification requirements as possible. The purpose of the TestSuite is two-fold. Primarily, it provides a visual means for verifying that Pluto is conforming to the specification. Secondarily, it is a great source of reference by portlet developers. Because the portlet aims to be as comprehensive as possible, it is likely that any questions a portlet developer may have concerning standard portlet tags or APIs would be implemented within the portlets.
The Pluto Utilities Subproject
The Pluto utilities subproject contains utilities for building and installing the Pluto portal. It also contains the tools needed to deploy Pluto. These utilities are addressed in detail in the following sections.
Developing and Testing Portlets with Pluto
Pluto 1.1 is currently under development. It provides many enhancements over its predecessor (1.0) that allow for simplified installation of the portal and deployment of portlets. However, it has not yet been officially released. The first binary (alpha) release of Pluto 1.1 is expected in Q4 of 2005. In the meantime, individuals may build Pluto 1.1 from source.
Checking Out the Pluto Source Code
All Apache Software is readily available in the ASF Subversion repository. The following steps can be followedto check out the Pluto 1.1 source code.
- Install a Subversion Client.
- Check out the Pluto 1.1 repository from the following URL.
svn.apache.org/repos/asf/portals/pluto/branches/pluto-1.1/When using the command line interface client, this is done by executing:
svn checkout <target-url> <local-directory>
Investigating and Building Pluto
Apache Maven is used as Pluto's project management and build tool. (Click here to learn more about Maven 2). You must have Maven 2 installed to build Pluto 1.1 from source and to use the utilities subproject.
In addition to some licensing information and build files, the source distribution of Pluto 1.1 contains several directories. Each of these is a module of the Pluto project. The following listing describes each of the modules:
- maven-pluto-plugin—A maven plugin for Pluto. The plugin is used by the utilities subproject to install the Pluto portal and deploy portlets.
- pluto-container—The Pluto Portlet Container libraries
- pluto-deploy—Deployment libraries for the Pluto Portal Driver
- pluto-descriptor-api—The domain model and services interfaces for the Pluto descriptor library.
- pluto-descriptor-impl—The default implementation of the services interfaces of the Pluto descriptor library.
- pluto-portal—The user interface components of the Pluto Portal.
- pluto-portal-driver—The Pluto portal driver libraries.
- pluto-site—The Pluto Web site and documentation.
- pluto-testsuite—The Pluto Testsuite portlet application.
- pluto-util—The Pluto Utilities.
All modules of Pluto are built by executing the install Maven2 lifecycle.
cd <pluto-home> m2 installThis command will build a single artifact for each module and place it within the local Maven repository. Artifacts also may be found in <module-root>/target.
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Scott has rushed for 434 yards and two touchdowns on 53 carries this year. Behind Scott, sophomore running back I'Tavius Mathers has 370 yards and two touchdowns on 60 carries, while fellow sophomore running back Jaylen Walton has 329 yards and five touchdown on 70 carries.
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This roasted vegetable lasagna is so full of flavors and healthy ingredients, it takes the guilt out of eating this usually calorie-packed Italian favorite.
I used almost every veggie I had in the refrigerator for this lasagna, and I would have used more if I had them, believe me. There's spinach and coriander in here, melded into a smooth, creamy, tofu sauce, along with eggplant, red and orange peppers and juicy tomatoes. Zucchini would have been great here, or even mushrooms.
The tofu made for a delicious sauce, adding healthy protein to an already nutritious dish. I added some vegan mozzarella cheese to the lasagna, but if you can't find it, leave it out. I'd advise that you whip up some extra tofu sauce instead and use that to smother the top layer, instead of the cheese. Do cover the noodles in the top layer with something, though, or they will harden up when baked.
There's some work involved in making this lasagna because you do have to roast all the vegetables first and make the sauce. But believe me, it is not a lot compared to the work you'd put into making any other lasagna. And the flavor's so gorgeous, it is totally worth any effort.
I used no-boil lasanga noodles which are shorter, so I ended up layering them widthwise into the pan, rather than lengthwise as one would do with the more regular, longer version of lasagna noodles. This was my first time using no-boil noodles, and I must say they worked quite well and took away the fuss of first boiling the lasagna noodles before you can layer them.
I have been having a busy week, so I'll say goodbye for now. Enjoy your weekend, dear folks, and if you have some time on hand for an incredible meal– try this one!
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1 package no-boil lasagna noodles. If using the regular noodles, cook first according to package instructions.
2 cups vegan mozarella cheese (I used Vegan Gourmet), crumbled
3 large bell peppers (any color), roasted directly on an oven rack, with the oven preheated to 350 degrees. Turn occasionally until the skin has charred and wrinkled uniformly all around the pepper. Remove, and when the peppers are cool enough to handle, peel off the skin and discard along with the seeds and stalk. Chop into thin strips and put in a bowl.
1 large eggplant, sliced into 1/3-inch-thick slices, set the slices down on a lightly oiled baking sheet. Sprinkle salt and pepper on the slices and drizzle a little bit of olive oil on each. Place under the broiler and let the slices broil for three minutes until they are turning golden. Flip the eggplant slices and broil another three minutes until the eggplant is quite tender. When cool enough to handle, slice the eggplants and place in the bowl along with the peppers.
3 large beefsteak tomatoes, halved. Place the tomatoes, cut side up, on a lightly oiled baking sheet. As with the eggplants, season with salt and pepper and drizzle some olive oil on the tomatoes. Bake in a 425-degree oven for about 30-40 minutes or until the tomatoes are turning golden and are quite soft. Remove, slice when cool to the touch, and add to the bowl containing the other roasted veggies.
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Saute in 1 tsp olive oil:
1 large onion, sliced
5 cloves of garlic, thinly sliced
When the onions and garlic soften, add 1 10-ounce package of thawed frozen spinach. Squeeze the spinach first to remove almost all the water you possibly can from it. Saute the spinach with the onions and garlic until cooked, about 3-4 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.
Place the spinach-onion mixture in a blender along with:
1 package silken soft tofu, like MoriNu
1 cup soy milk
1/2 tsp nutmeg powder
1 cup coriander leaves, chopped
Salt and pepper to taste
Blend until you have a fairly smooth and thick but spreadable sauce. Add more soy milk if the sauce is too thick, but don't let it become watery.
Set the sauce aside.
Lightly oil a 12 X 9 inch rectangular baking dish.
Layer lasagna noodles in the bottom of the dish, overlapping them slightly so there are no gaps in between. If you're using the small, no-boil kind like I did, you'll need around 5-6 noodles in each layer. If you're using the regular lasagna noodles, you will need to layer them lengthwise, in which case you'll need around 4 in each layer.
Spread one-third of the tofu-spinach sauce evenly on the lasagna noodles.
Now layer one-third of the roasted vegetables on top of the sauce, spreading them evenly.
Spread a small handful of the crumbled vegan mozzarella, if using, on top of the vegetables.
Now add another layer of noodles, and repeat the layering process with the sauce, the vegetables and the cheese. (You should end up with four layers of noodles, and three layers of veggies and sauce.)
By the time you get to the fourth layer of lasagna noodles, you will be out of the sauce and roasted vegetables. Crumble the remaining mozarella cheese evenly over the top. You can also sprinkle on 1 cup of breadcrumbs (optional. I didn't use any).
Cover the lasagna pan with aluminum foil.
Bake in a 375-degree oven for 40 minutes.
Now remove the foil and continue baking for another 5 minutes or until the cheese on top gets bubbly and starts to turn golden.
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Authorities warned boaters, who are expected at Coralville Lake in large numbers over the weekend, to use caution because of heavy debris. Boating has been banned on the Iowa River below the lake.
The Corps of Engineers, which manages the lake, opened the gates Thursday to increase the outflow of water to 18,000 cubic feet per second, near its maximum.
The lake, six miles north of Iowa City, is rising as a result of heavy June rainfall. The Iowa River upstream has reached record levels in some places, and those waters are flowing into the reservoir at a rate of more than 30,000 cubic feet per second.
The lake's water levels were at nearly 704 feet on Thursday and expected to crest July 10 or July 11 at 711.3 feet, below the top of the 712-foot spillway. In 2008, the water reached 717 feet.


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Horton Foote, who died at 92 in 2009, was one of the most prolific and respected screenwriters and playwrights of recent times. His most famous work was the screenplay for the great movie, "To Kill a Mockingbird."
Among his works for the stage were "The Trip to Bountiful," "The Young Man from Atlanta" and the People's Light and Theatre Company's current offering, "Dividing the Estate."
His stories are all set in the South and deal with the interaction among people facing crises in their lives. In the case of "Dividing the Estate," the characters are members of Stella Gordon's family or the people who work for her.
Stella (Carla Belver) is the matriarch of a large Harrison, Texas, estate that is land-rich and cash-poor. Her three children — Lucille (Marcia Saunders), Lewis (Graham Smith) and Mary Jo (Kathryn Petersen) — all face different challenges. Lucille is a widow who lives with her mother and manages the house; Lewis is unmarried and occasionally drunk; Mary Jo is a nitwit whose family has financial problems.
All of them are beholden to Stella's estate, managed by Lucille's son, "Son" (Christian Pedersen), who is engaged to Pauline (Amy Hutchins), a local school teacher who is apparently much better suited to him than was his first wife.
In this mix we also meet Mary Jo's fast-talking husband, Bob (Greg Wood), and their two daughters, Sissie (Elena Bossler) and Emily (Victoria Frings). The household has a three-person staff led by the ancient Doug (Lou Ferguson) and also including Mildred (Cathy Simpson) and Cathleen (Aimé Kelly).
The family's main concern is the estate, what to do with it, whether or not to divide it up now, before Stella dies, and what to do after she's gone, which she conveniently is three-quarters of the way through the play.
Like the other Foote works with which I'm familiar, this is pretty talky. The talk is interesting, and the characters are fully drawn. While there is some action, this is a play about the inter-personal relationships among the characters.
The People's Light production, directed by Abigail Adams, is basically a sound one. The always reliable and impressive Carla Belver, Marcia Saunders and Greg Wood give terrific performances, as do Graham Smith and Kathryn Petersen, the latter as a most unappealing character.
The rest of the cast is OK, although Elena Bossler and Victoria Frings make Mary Jo and Bob's two twenty-something daughters into really unattractive caricatures.
As the old black retainer, Doug, Lou Ferguson is magnificent.
The physical production is a thing of beauty. Tony Straiges has designed a stunning interior for the mansion, which is lighted beautifully by Dennis Parichy. Colleen Muscha's costumes and Christopher Colucci's sound are both very good.
"Dividing the Estate" is in many ways an old-fashioned play, one in which interesting people talk about interesting subjects. It's not going to wow you but it certainly should satisfy, and that really makes this a play and a production worth spending time with.
For tickets to the People's Light and Theatre Company production of Horton Foote's "Dividing the Estate," which plays through June 5, call 610-644-3500 or visit www.peopleslight.org


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Hart of Dixie Wraps Up Season Two in Style — Shop the Looks!
Did Zoe leave Bluebell for good? Will the Rammer Jammer bring success for Lemon and Wade? Hart of Dixie's season two finale left us with a slew of unanswered questions, but thankfully, our favorite Bluebell residents didn't disappoint on the style front. This season, HOD's style setters supplied us with an array of gorgeous looks to take from the small screen to real life with ease. Leading ladies Rachel Bilson and Jaime King showcased their different — but equally chic — signature styles through printed knits, luxe textures, and ladylike looks. Before we bid adieu to our favorite belles, take a trip down memory lane, then shop a few — or all — of your favorite pieces from season two.
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Beginning mid-April 2019, all licensing will be completed online
except for Reinstatement of a Pharmacist.
More licensure information will be available soon!
- Change of Name or Location Form
- Application for Reinstatement of Pharmacist
- Registration by NAPLEX Examination
Application for Registration as a Pharmacist by NAPLEX Examination as defined in SDCL 36-11-11 and 36-11-16 through 36-11-18; and ARSD 20:51:01. Initial certification of license is $35; yearly renewal is $125.
- Registration by License Transfer (Reciprocity)
Pharmacists Registration by Reciprocity as defined in SDCL 36-11-19 and ARSD 20:51:04. Official application form and information is found at the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy website, https://nabp.pharmacy/. Fees to reciprocate: $350 to NABP; $150 to SD Board of Pharmacy; $35 for initial certification.
- Foreign Pharmacists – Check List for Applicants Applying for Licensure in South Dakota
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- the Foreign Pharmacy Graduate Equivalency Examination (FPGEE)
- the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL)
- the Test of Spoken English (TSE)
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- Verification of internship in the United States
- You may apply for internship in South Dakota after successfully completing the FPGEC.
- A transcript showing graduation from a college of pharmacy located outside the United States
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- A completed Application for Registration as a Pharmacist by NAPLEX Examination or NAPLEX Score Transfer with the $35 initial certification fee (payable to the South Dakota Board of Pharmacy)
- NAPLEX Application materials (the Registration Bulletin may be obtained at NABP's web site https://nabp.pharmacy/)
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Ascension stands 10'H x 8'W x 26'L and is built from 3 tons of forged stainless steel and iron. I am very thankful that it was chosen by The City of Duluth and the GAPC for the Duluth Gateway Art Project through a generous donation from the AGCO corporation. It is situated in the heart of Duluth, Ga. in the roundabout intersection of McClure Bridge and W. Lawrenceville.
My goal in developing a design for this project was to create a piece that speaks to Duluth's history as a farming community, its current values, and vision for the future. Mirroring AGCO as a world leader it captures their spirit of progress and hope for the future as they transform the agricultural industry.
Images of the model for my proposal.
I would also like to share a bit more of the process that went into the construction of this monumental public sculpture. It will come as no surprise that I am a tool hound! My fascination with old machines was instilled as a child growing up in a midwest farming community where if something broke "you" had to fix it. Also learning about old cars and motorcycles from my Pop set me on a path to work with my hands. Today, my studio/shop has many pieces of equipment that I use to build my creations.
Ascension began as hand drawings that were engineered for structural code. From these specifications, I was able to develop a plan to begin the build. First was to oxyacetylene torch cut then roll form four tons of 1" steel plate. This was one of the only processes I did not undertake in my shop, the roll forming took 150 tons on the 10' wide piece of plate. Since there were only a few places this can be done, Cain Steel in Tuscaloosa, AL was a great choice (thanks guys!) These photos shows the plate in their shop and back at my shop.
I was then able to finish cutting, drill holes for riveting and weld the halves together. I brought in a good friend and master welder Rob Babcock from Utah for the welding. Kyle Livingston also helping as the the jack hammer riveter.
At this point, I started to focus on the construction of the stainless steel bird body. A framework was made as a template, then shapes were cut using my optical tracing machine with a plasma cutter. The pieces were then forged under my 500lb. mechanical hammer and stamped with pattern dies under my 100 ton friction screw press. The body was then welded and work on the wings followed.
The wings were forged, textured and shaped from stainless steel that was later welded and bolted together.
The bird was then assemble and I could get my first look at it together.
After seven months of construction, blasting and finish work was complete the sculpture was then loaded on a trailer.
Installation day brought favorable weather and friends. 90 minutes, two crane picks, and ten bolts later the work was installed!
Duluth unveiled the sculpture April 9th. Duluth's Mayor Nancy Harris, council members, and the GAPC, AGCO with president Martin Richenhagen, community members, friends, family all made for a grand day. Thank you all that made Ascension possible!
Special love to Lauren, Rose and Jake


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Connecticut's freshman Sen. Chris Murphy publicly dissed the National Rifle Association via Twitter this afternoon over its support of arming teachers in the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre.
"I would honestly not be surprised if the NRA proposes next that all school children be armed. These guys are unreal," Murphy Tweeted.
Murphy's Twitter beef with the gun lobby comes in response to the release of a controversial new NRA television ad that attempts to paint President Obama as an "elitist hypocrite" for sending his two daughters to school with armed guards while the children of most Americans do not get the same benefit.


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AT&T's proposed takeover of DirecTV is a bad deal for consumers in a landscape littered with other bad deals.
Announced Sunday, the multibillion-dollar deal would combine the nation's second-largest pay television company with the nation's second-largest broadband and wireless provider. In the process, it would leave some 27 million American households — including hundreds of thousands here in the Bay Area — with one fewer choice for pay TV service and would further entrench an already powerful company in AT&T.
The deal comes on the heels of another proposed mega-merger in the telecommunications space, that of Comcast and Time Warner Cable, and of a third deal that is apparently being discussed between wireless carriers Sprint and T-Mobile. And it follows about two decades worth of consolidation in the industry that has winnowed the number of players — and more importantly, consumer choices — to a handful of giant companies.
"For consumers, they're seeing the universe of providers continue to shrink," said Harold Feld, a senior vice president at Public Knowledge, a consumer advocacy group. With the three potential deals under consideration, "This is a really defining moment" for the industry.
To acquire DirecTV, AT&T proposes to pay about $48.5 billion in cash and stock and to take on nearly $19 billion in the satellite TV company's debt. AT&T plans to come up with the cash by using some of the cash it has on hand, selling some of its assets — and taking on additional debt.
From the standpoint of the company or investors, the deal makes a certain amount of sense. It would make AT&T the nation's largest pay TV operator and would instantly give it a national footprint; right now, the company's U-verse service is only available in about 27 million households scattered within the regions where the company offers local service. In the process, the deal would eliminate a competitor, meaning that AT&T would likely face less price competition for its service.
Meanwhile, the deal would secure a future for DirecTV. The company has seen its subscriber growth slow in recent years. And its inability to offer a phone, broadband or wireless service puts it at a potential disadvantage to other competitors who can offer deals on triple or quadruple-play bundles.
But the deal makes little sense for consumers. Think about it: Is your chief complaint about pay TV that you have too many choices? Do you really think that the customer service you receive or the prices you pay will get any better if one of the main competitors goes away — and the remaining company has billions of dollars in debt it needs to pay off?
One of the few successes in telecommunications policy over the last 20 years has been the encouragement of competition in the pay TV industry. Twenty years ago, consumers' only choice was the local cable monopoly. Today, they can also choose from two satellite providers and many can also choose TV service from the local phone company.
This deal has the potential to undo that success. From four choices, many consumers would now have just three. Instead of encouraging AT&T to fully build out another competitor, it would allow the company to simply rely on an existing one. And you've got to believe that AT&T's rivals would start sniffing at DirecTV-rival Dish Network next, potentially shrinking the choices further.
To be sure, AT&T has promised to throw some bones to consumers if the deal is approved. For three years after the deal closed, it would continue to offer both standalone broadband and standalone satellite TV service instead of forcing consumers to buy them as part of a larger service bundle.
It also said that it would abide for those same three years by the net neutrality rules that were thrown out by a court earlier this year, regardless of how the FCC ultimately decides to replace those rules. And it promised to build out or enhance its broadband services to 15 million additional households, mostly in rural areas.
While those promises may seem enticing, they're hollow under scrutiny.
You don't need to merge AT&T and DirecTV to be able to have standalone broadband or satellite TV service. You can get both of those today, when the two companies are competitors. And there's no indication that those standalone plans would go away in the next three years without a merger.
Assuming that the FCC puts in place net neutrality rules later this year, AT&T would be governed by them anyway without the need for a merger-related promise. And those rules would be permanent, not subject to a three-year expiration date.
And $67 billion is a heck of a lot of money to pay to bring broadband to just 15 million more households. By contrast, AT&T's ongoing "Project Velocity" initiative envisions spending $6 billion over three years to bring broadband services to 8.5 million additional households. At that rate, AT&T could reach the 15 million additional customers it proposes with the DirecTV deal for less than $11 billion — about a sixth the cost of this deal.
Contact Troy Wolverton at 408-840-4285 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow him at www.mercurynews.com/troy-wolverton or Twitter.com/troywolv.


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WWW Investigates: The Appeal Of The French Fashion Editor
Achieving the mystique of a French fashion editor is no easy feat, but thanks to our long-term crushes on Parisian insiders like Carine Roitfeld and Emmanuelle Alt, we've discovered the key qualities to exude, should you wish to emulate. Click through for a Francophile-friendly roundup of tailored blazers, crisp button-downs, and worn-in t-shirts, and find out what gives these women their je ne sais quoi.
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Tasteful sexuality is an essential part of French appeal, which is best illustrated in the fashion world by Roitfeld. The 59-year-old former Editor-in-Chief of Vogue Paris and creator of CR Fashion Book continues to emanate erotic-chic in the clothing she wears and the way she wears it. Slim pencil skirts, sheer panels, and her signature smokey eye are all vital to the French fashion editor look, so take note!
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All it took for us to fall in love with this six-foot Parisian wonder was her role in Paris Vogue's music video remake of Wham!'s "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go", which conveniently illustrates the next French fashion editor element: effortlessness. Even in a t-shirt and skinny jeans, Alt's confidence and simplicity never fail to leave us swooning.
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As assistant stylist to Emmanuelle Alt, Saglio's look is (naturally) rich with Parisian charm. Whether donning a shearling bomber jacket or dressed in head-to-toe black, the way she executes balanced outfits is simply impeccable. For example: if you're wearing embellished jeans and pointy-toe pumps, opt for a slouchy t-shirt instead of a structured blouse. Facile!
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Part of what makes French fashion editors so unattainable, yet so approachable, is their timeless appeal. Vogue Paris' Fashion and Market Editor has an arsenal of wardrobe staples that re-instills the oh-so-French idea of a "uniform." Plus, why wouldn't you want to make your (sartorial) life easier?
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The effect of an all-black outfit is powerful. Case in point: this model-turned-accessories editor for Vogue Paris often mixes and matches her noir separates and the results are consistently on-point. When in doubt, wear black!
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The half-Senegalese, half-French Editor-at-Large for CLM skillfully experiments with bright colors, loud prints, and bold shapes on a regular basis. Perhaps slightly more adventurous than the average French editor, Sarr-Jamois still strongly maintains a laid-back appeal that is essential to the look.
Black & Ecru Striped Mariner Sweater ($220)
No French editor would be complete without her striped top.
Floppy Hat in Wool and Leather ($108)
Because a sunburn is the opposite of chic.
Downtown Colored Stretch Skinny Jeans ($350)
Swap your printed jeans for a pair with some serious embellishments.
Holden Sandals ($510)
Word has it that the slip-on sandal is having a moment.
Tulip Skirt ($422)
A pop of red is always a good idea.
Skinny Blue Jeans ($277)
Skinny jeans will pair perfectly with all of your French editor staples.


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October 24, 2012 9:54:16 AM
There is a lot about this election season that's easy to explain.
Mitt Romney won the first debate by a lot, and President Obama won the second and third, but by smaller margins. Romney's victory meant more because it established that he was a credible candidate, which is a threshold a challenger can't fail to meet.
The race is close because -- unless you're in the middle of a war -- it's always the economy.
If the economy were better, Obama would have this race nailed. As I used to say about some of my (losing) candidates, they had no problem that two points of unemployment couldn't solve. If unemployment were two points lower, the fat lady would be singing.
There's not a lot of enthusiasm out there. I ran into a woman on the day of the last debate -- a politically savvy, usually engaged Democrat -- and she said to me, "Aren't you sick of the whole thing?" Actually, I'm not. Actually, as a former Hillary supporter, I think the president has done more to keep his promises than I expected. I'm a lot less disappointed than the people who convinced themselves four years ago that Obama could walk on water, much less do it in the swamp that is Washington, D.C., figuratively and literally.
The absence of enthusiasm on the Democratic side is not much different from what I'm seeing on the Republican side. Some Republicans tell me Romney is actually a better candidate than they thought he'd be, which is another way of saying he's not as bad as they feared he'd be. I expect that if he wins, conservatives will be all over him from Day One for not being conservative enough. Some already are.
So what will decide this election?
Probably Ohio.
The ground game. Field operations and GOTV don't mean much when you have a five-point lead -- or are losing by five points. A point or two is the difference they generally make. Right now, a point or two probably decides the election.
A spike of news, good or bad, between now and the election, either personal (remember that last-minute drunk driving story that dropped on Bush) or economic. It's a little late, and a little obvious, for either side to manufacture an October surprise, but it's still October.
What will the candidates do in the final days? Visit the same six or seven states they've been visiting. Probably go positive while the Super-PACs go negative. Obama will try to hold his lead among women and cut Romney's among men. Reverse for Romney.
What about these polls that are all over the place? Which ones should you believe? The ones in the middle tend to be the most reliable.
Which campaign did the better job? The one that wins. Those folks will be credited with pulling off a close race. The ones who lose will be second-guessed and will second-guess themselves until the cows come home, because any small thing done differently might have changed the outcome. Losing a landslide is in many ways easier.
Will this election produce a mandate? No. You don't get a mandate when you win by a point or two. Obama isn't likely to get his tax increase on the wealthy. Romney isn't likely to get a big increase in defense spending. Unemployment will probably keep inching down no matter who wins, and whoever does will take credit.
But it still matters. It matters in terms of who is on the Supreme Court, environmental regulations, accessibility to health care and a host of other issues, most of which haven't received the attention they deserve during this campaign.
Many of the people who will decide this election may have been watching baseball or football during the debates while the rest of us rooted for the candidate to whom we're already firmly committed. But the election matters more.
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WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — Consumer prices ticked up slightly in March pushed up by higher costs for shelter and food.
The Labor Department said the consumer price index increased 0.2% in March after a 0.1% gain in February.
Excluding volatile food and energy prices, so-called core prices ticked up 0.2%. Economists surveyed by MarketWatch had expected the overall CPI and core rate to both increase by 0.1%.
Analysts said that overall inflation remained quite weak but they also detected early signs of some inflation pressure building.
"On a three- and six-month basis, prices are creeping higher, which is something to keep an eye on, but with wage growth still modest and lots of retail competition, inflation should remain in check for now," said Jennifer Lee, senior economist at BMO Capital Markets, in a research note.
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Prices rose 1.5% for the 12 months ending in March. That is up from February's year-over-year reading of 1.1%.
Core prices moved up 1.7% over the 12 months, up from 1.6% in February.
Economists had expected this bump as a 0.2% drop in consumer prices in March 2012 dropped out of the calculation.
Treasury prices held losses Tuesday after the data was released. After the data, the 10-year Treasury note yield US:10_YEAR , which rises as prices fall, was up 2 basis points at 2.657%.
Paul Dales, senior U.S. economist at Capital Economics, said he sees signs that longer-lasting trends will push inflation closer to the Fed's 2% annual inflation target.
The Fed's favorite inflation measure is the personal consumption expenditure index. Adjusted for the CPI, the Fed's target would be in a range of 2.5%.
With the economy expected to strengthen and the unemployment rate falling, low inflation is a major factor keeping the Fed from hiking short-term interest rates.
The central bank is slowly tapering its bond-buying program with an eye towards ending it in the fourth quarter. The Fed is not expected to begin to raise short-term interest rates until the middle of next year.
A major factor in both headline and core CPI in March was a 0.3% increase in shelter costs. On an annual basis, shelter costs were up 2.7%, the fastest pace in six years.
Food prices rose 0.4%, with several major grocery store sectors showing large increases. Read: Backyard barbecues just got more expensive.
Energy prices declined 0.1% in March as lower costs for gasoline and fuel oil more than offset gains for electricity and natural gas.
The indexes for medical care, used cars and airline fares also increased in March. Apparel prices rose for the first time this year.
Household furnishings and recreation prices dipped in the month.
Real or inflation-adjusted hourly wages, meanwhile, fell 0.3% in March to $10.31. Real wages have risen 0.5% over the past 12 months.
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The Seattle Seahawks announced Tuesday they have released wide receiver Charly Martin.
Martin has served primarily on special teams for the Seahawks this season and has recorded just four catches for 42 yards. The move gives Seattle an open spot on their 53-man roster that has yet to be filled.
Cornerback Walter Thurmond has been practicing for the last two weeks after missing the first six weeks on the physically unable to perform list. Seattle has until next Monday to make a decision on whether to put Thurmond on the active roster. Thurmond broke his left leg last October and again during the rehab process early this year. The release of Martin could be the precursor to finally getting Thurmond back on the field.
In addition, the Seahawks released receiver Lavasier Tuniei from the practice squad. He had been added last week.


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Most of the posters we sell are "Original US One-Sheet Posters" anything else is clearly stated in the description (reprint, daybill, half-sheet or insert).
One-sheet posters are 27x41" for most movies made prior to 1990 and 27x40" for most movies made after 1990. The transition was from 1989-1993 from 27x41" to the 27x40" of today.
The Posters we sell can fit into the following four categories:
Near Mint to Mint - A poster in about the best condition you can find it. Not displayed, only the most minimal of wear, no fading, rips, tape etc.
Very Good - Basically a NM poster that may have something preventing it from being NM like an extra fold, perhaps a single pin hole in the corners, a bit of storage wear or scuffing, pencil marks in the border, etc. This is what we notice most other people call "NM to Mint" condition.
Good - Pretty much an average everyday poster from the collection of any average collector. May have been displayed, theatre used, tacked to somebody's wall etc. Can have prominent fold lines, small border rips or tears, some writing on the poster (front or back), a crinkle, slight fade or anything that may keep it from being considered better than just "good". Still desirable and worth adding to your collection - especially if it's a rare or hard to find poster to begin with. We will also use a good+ or good - rating.
Fair or Poor - Just that, a "Fair" or "Poor" condition poster. If it's listed in our catalog as fair or poor, it will say why in the description. We don't generally bother with any thing considered fair or poor, but you never know what kind of really rare stuff may pop up, and you can repair even the most damaged poster, so hey, maybe from time to time, a fair or poor poster may show up in our listings.
1986 German concert poster. Rolled 33x46" B&W poster for the Afterburner / Eliminator world tour. Minor dings in the border would frame out. Otherwise in good+ to Very Good condition.
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