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One year. I know it's been said, and sounds awfully trite, but it doesn't seem like one year at all. It seems both much more and much less. Much more because my life before this seems so very far away. Much less because I feel like this first year, with all its adventures, sped past me no matter how hard I tried to pull the reins in a bit.
So we are returning to the island where this all started…without the dress (although I do have a less bridal little number to take its place), without the guests, without the photographers. Just us and the beach…
Before I go, I leave you with (as promised) the first dish I tried from Chocolate & Zucchini. I was drawn to this dish as it showcased only a few flavors, letting each shine and complement the other. I had also come across some French beans in the market that were calling my name!
This isn't Clotilde's exact recipe as I reduced it to feed only two (something I usually have to do with most recipes). I also didn't have any parsley (the original does and I'll be sure to add it in next time). I didn't have any pecans either, so I substituted walnuts (which Clotilde indicates is a fine substitution).
French Bean Salad with Walnuts and Dry-Cured Ham
(adapted from Salade de Haricots Verts, Noix de Pécan, & Jambon Cru, from Chocolate & Zucchini by Clotilde Dusoulier)
- 150 grams French beans, trimmed
- 2 teaspoons extra virgin olive oil
- 1 teaspoon cider vinegar
- Fine sea salt and freshly ground pepper
- 2 thin slices jamon Serrano, shredded (Clotilde uses jambon d'Ardèche, but other dry cured ham, like prosciutto or Parma, will work as well)
- 1/8 cup walnuts, toasted and roughly chopped
– Steam the beans for 8-10 minutes, until just cooked through and still crisp. Plunge in cold water (to stop cooking) and drain.
– In a salad bowl whisk the oil and vinegar together. Add salt and pepper (remember that you will be adding ham later, which is also salty, so don't overdo it).
– Add beans (and parsley if you are using it) and toss gently to coat with dressing. Adjust seasoning.
– Arrange ham and nuts over the beans.
– Serves 2 as a side dish.
You may serve this immediately or refrigerate for a day, just remove it from the fridge half an hour before eating. I was rushing around so I removed it only right before we were going to eat, so we had it chilled. In this heat it was actually perfect that way. Cool and crisp and refreshing. This salad is so easy to whip up, but its taste is much more luxurious then its simplicity belies. The fresh crunch of the beans with the zing of the dressing just barely clinging to it, the earthy walnuts, and the silky-salty rich jamon…the combination is delicious!
I'm off to get ready and pack…see you all when I get back! 🙂

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I have developed an extensive spreadsheet of calculations in an effort to address to issue of brownies that aren't bad for you, and what I have discovered is that brownies are bad for you. The problem is the chocolate. Chocolate on its own doesn't taste good, as you're probably aware. It needs sugar to taste good. Fat is nice too. Sugar and fat aren't good for you.
Sure, the internet is rife with recipes for black bean brownies, in which beans replace the flour, cocoa powder is the only source of chocolate, and, in Cara's recipe, avocado adds some fat, but the healthy kind. I made Cara's recipe, exchanging 2 tablespoons of cocoa for 1 ounce of bittersweet chocolate to add oomph to the chocolateliness in a compromise between health and flavor that I thought was worthwhile. The brownies were very, very edible. They didn't taste like beans or like avocado. They also didn't taste much like chocolate.
This is when I started calculating calories, trying to see how much chocolate I could add to black bean brownies before it defeats the purpose of making a healthier brownie. I started by looking at Cook's Illustrated's Lighter Brownies recipe, replacing the flour with beans and the butter with avocado. I also added some ground almonds, because the original brownies needed something dry to absorb some of the moisture and bulk up the batter.
Once you add more chocolate and fatty nuts to the recipe, it has just as much fat as Cook's Illustrated butter-containing light brownie recipe. It has twice the fat of Cara's recipe – but half the fat of my favorite regular brownie recipe (for the same size square). It has about the same amount of fiber and protein as Cara's recipe, and two or three times the protein of a regular brownie recipe. (Regular brownies don't contain any fiber to speak of.)
What these brownies have going for them is that they're chock full of fiber, high in protein, gluten-free, and full of good fats. What they have working against them is that they still have a significant amount of refined sugar, and they have more fat and therefore more calories than other black bean brownie recipes. They also have more flavor, more chocolate flavor, that is; in fact, so much chocolate flavor that this won't just satisfy a chocolate craving, but it'll cause a craving – for black bean brownies.
first batch (all other photos are of second batch)
One year ago: Great Grains Muffins
Two years ago: Butternut Squash Macaroni and Cheese
Three years ago: Tofu Croutons
Four years ago: Potstickers
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Black Bean Avocado Brownies (adapted from Cara's Cravings and Cook's Illustrated's Lighter Brownies)
12 medium squares
¼ cup almonds
½ cup (3.5 ounces) sugar
⅛ teaspoon table salt
1 (15-ounce black) beans, rinsed and drained
2 ounces avocado flesh (about ½ an avocado)
3 ounces semisweet chocolate, coarsely chopped
2 tablespoons Dutch-processed cocoa powder
1 tablespoon boiling water
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
½ teaspoon instant espresso powder
½ teaspoon baking powder
2 large eggs
1. Adjust an oven rack to the middle position and heat the oven to 350 degrees. Coat an 8-inch square baking pan with vegetable oil spray.
2. Process the almonds, sugar, and salt in a food processor until the almonds are finely ground, about 2 minutes. Add the beans and avocado; process until the beans are smoothly pureed, 4-5 minutes (some flecks of bean skins may remain).
3. Set a heatproof bowl over a saucepan containing one inch of simmering water. Add the chocolate; stir frequently until the chocolate is smooth, then remove from the heat. In a separate small bowl, whisk the cocoa, water, vanilla, and espresso powder together. Add the chocolate, cocoa mixture, and baking powder to the bean mixture in the food processor; pulse to combine. Add the eggs; process for 30 seconds, stopping twice to scrape the sides of the bowl.
4. Pour the batter into the prepared pan and smooth the top. Bake until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 25 minutes. Cool completely on a wire rack, at least 1 hour. Store leftovers, tightly wrapped, in the refrigerator for up to 5 days.


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Kanye West Gives Blistering Performance of 'Blood on the Leaves' at 2013 MTV Video Music Awards
Kanye West left fans in the dark -- figuratively, at least -- with his unique performance at the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards. The rapper-producer performed 'Blood on the Leaves,' one of the standout tracks from his latest album, 'Yeezus.'
A shadowy Yeezy performed his blistering verses behind a picturesque image of a wooded landscape. Throughout the performance the only thing you could see is West being emotive with just his body.
West, who was dressed in all-black outfit, didn't perform his polarizing song 'Black Skinhead,' as it was originally reported by the media.
Nevertheless, West's 'Blood on the Leaves' is a powerful song about the urban violence that's erupting in the inner-city, particularly, in his hometown of Chicago.
West, who is now is a proud father of Baby North West, knows all too well the importance of families and children.
The performance and the song probably went over the heads of the audience at the VMAs who were there to party, but at least Yeezy brought some urgency to the stage tonight.


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Whether you're buying or selling a home, understanding the role of an appraisal in the home buying process is important. An appraisal can have a significant impact on your real estate transaction, so here are some common questions about the process:
What is a property appraisal?
A property appraisal is a professional assessment of a home's value conducted by a licensed appraiser.
What does an appraiser do?
An appraiser evaluates a home's value by considering various factors such as the home's features and location, current housing market conditions, and comparison to the sale of similar homes in the area.
How do appraisers provide an unbiased assessment of a home's value?
An appraiser is a licensed, independent service provider who has no affiliation with a home's buyer or seller. Appraisers are paid a flat fee for their service rather than a commission so they are unprejudiced when determining a home's fair market value. There are also federal laws that require the appraiser to be unbiased in the performance of the appraisal.
When does an appraisal take place?
Once a buyer and seller both sign a purchase agreement for a home, the buyer can complete their loan application and continue with the home financing process. During that time, the buyer's mortgage lender will order the home's appraisal. An appraiser is assigned to assess the home's value and will submit an appraisal report back to the lender once the appraisal is complete.
What if the appraisal of a home's value is lower than expected?
If a home's value is determined to be different than the contract price, and the buyer feels that the estimate is inaccurate, then the buyer may authorize an appraisal reconsideration process. The buyer, real estate agent or lender may ask an appraiser to:
What can be included in the appraisal reconsideration?
To reexamine a home's value, appraisers may consider:
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Guest Services Desk
The Guest Services Desk and a dedicated Guest Services phone line are available to you 24 hours a day. Crew members stationed at both are knowledgeable and committed to assisting you with your questions and requests. Foreign currency exchange and personal check cashing up to $100 are also offered.
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If you require medical assistance during your vacation, nurses and doctors at the Health Center are available to assist with your concerns and medical needs while onboard or when the ship is in port.
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Crew Members are on hand to answer your questions and provide you with detailed descriptions of available shore excursions. They can help you make reservations for your desired excursions here, too.
Laundry Services
Take advantage of full-service laundry and dry cleaning (paid service), available with pickup from your stateroom for next-day return or sooner. 24-hour self-service laundry areas and ironing equipment are also provided.
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Offering you convenient ways to stay connected to your friends, family and the rest of the outside world during your days at sea. Check email, keep up with your favorite sites and place calls to the mainland with incredible ease. Options like onboard wireless Internet connectivity, our Internet cafe, ship-to-shore calling and innovative Cellular At Sea phone service let you share your amazing vacation experiences as they happen.
Wave Phones
Portable Wave Phones enable Guests to contact members of their party while onboard the ship or ashore at Disney's Castaway Cay. All staterooms offer two phones (four phones with suite categories) for complimentary use during the length of the cruise. Guests can rent an additional phone from Guest Services for $3.50 per day. The Wave Phones are also used by Youth Clubs. Parents with children participating in activities are now never more than a text message or phone call away. All Guests are encouraged to utilize the Wave Phones for staying connected with their party. However, Guests can opt out and have service disconnected in their staterooms.
Disney Cruise Line photographers are ready to capture your cruise memories from the moment you board the ship. From custom studio portraits to spontaneous family pictures and meet-and-greet photos with some favorite Disney Characters, you'll find plenty of opportunities to strike a pose, then purchase and share amazing vacation pictures. For complete information on photography locations and schedules during your cruise, please check your Personal Navigator or visit the Guest Services Desk on Deck 3, Midship. While onboard, Guests can find their photos at Shutters on Deck 4, Aft. Photos taken during the day are generally on display starting at 5:00 p.m., while pictures taken after this time will be available the following day.
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Because space is extremely limited, booking as soon as possible is recommended.
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This nursery for children ages 12 weeks to 3 years immerses young Guests in a peaceful environment where soothing sea-blue walls adorned with seahorses, clams and bubbles mesh with an aqua floor of ocean waves and the sounds of calming music. This venue invites parents to enjoy more adult-oriented activities during the cruise while children are safely cared for by trained Disney counselors. The facility consists of 2 rooms, one for active play and one for a relaxed atmosphere.
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Inspired by the classic attraction, this nursery provides a colorful and soothing environment for infants and toddlers ages 12 weeks to 3 years. The nursery's décor is a stylized patchwork of colorful shapes with 3 distinct areas: An acclimation zone (designed to help youngsters adjust), a main play area with a facade of interactive features and a separate room for naps. The play area includes kid-sized tables and chairs for crafts, games and books. Plus, movie time and story time programs are sure to entertain.


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Early in November 2010, Ekkehard Hübschmann investigated the fates of 15 Jews from Franconia in the archive of the International Tracing Service (ITS). "I could discover new facts for about half of the people largely drawing them from the documents on displaced persons' camps", Hübschmann is happy to report. The...learn more
Eight pupils of the "Christian Rauch" secondary school at Bad Arolsen have spent a project week at the International Tracing Service (ITS). Their main topic was the "Organisation of the Holocaust". The concrete subjects they attended to were the deportation and expropriation of the Jews and survival after the...learn more
On a two-day visit in mid-October, Annemieke van Bockxmeer, Petra Links and Tim Veken from the National Dutch Institute for War Documentation (NIOD) viewed the documentary holdings and database of the International Tracing Service (ITS). The institute is interested in having access to the digital database of the ITS....learn more
Seven members of the French organization "Orphelins de Résistants" paid a one-day visit to the International Tracing Service (ITS) and its French Liaison Mission in Bad Arolsen. The members of the association are the children and grand-children of women and men involved in the French Résistance during the Second World...learn more
A map kept in the archive of the International Tracing Service (ITS) has contributed to ultimately clear up the fate of a prisoner from Concentration Camp Dachau and paved the way to the scholarly conclusion: the Hungarian Jew Laslo Schröter, in fact, had died on a death march in Bavarian Antdorf. "Until now, his fate...learn more
On the occasion of the historians' workshop dealing with the subject of death marches, Tomas Fedorovic from the Theresienstadt memorial could hand back to the International Tracing Service (ITS) 418 original cards from the Central Name Index. "Presumably the index cards were made available to the Czech tracing service,...learn more
Jean-Luc Blondel, Director of the International Tracing Service (ITS), and Jürgen van der Horst, Mayor of the town of Bad Arolsen, invited the participants of the first workshop for historians the ITS organised on its own to an evening reception. "The goal we pursue with this workshop is to further, and give impetus...learn more
Nine employees of the International Tracing Service (ITS) in Bad Arolsen took part in a workshop offered by the District Museum in Wewelsburg on the subject of "Identifying groups and individuals of either outright right-wing extremism or suchlike tendencies". Thanks to the opening of the Arolsen archive and the...learn more
Leo and Henk van't Hul also received personal effects belonging to their father Gerardus at the Amersfoort Memorial yesterday. They have been researching his fate since 2004. "Our mother seldom spoke about his imprisonment and death," said Leo. "Not until a nephew phoned about the family tree did we find out about our...learn more
"Many emotions have been stirred up inside me," said Arnold van Dam. "It is very moving to hold my father´s personal possessions in my hands. "Sixty-five years after the end of the Second World War, the International Tracing Service (ITS) in Bad Arolsen returned a wallet to the Dutchman yesterday containing...learn more


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During the mid-to-late eighties, the team of Russ Howard, Glenn Howard, Tim Belcourt and Kent Carstairs were a dominant force in Canadian and world curling. Leading the list of accomplishments is the world championship in 1987. In the same year, the Howard team was recognized as Ontario Team of the Year. Russ and company were runners-up at the 1986 Labatt Brier and a semi-finalist in 1989.


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"Many 'keen minds' have worked toward a better understanding of disease to enable improved diagnosis and treatment. Indeed, the history of pathology at the MGH has witnessed many events, discoveries, and remarkable individuals."
The year is 1909. The MGH Pathology laboratory is considered so cutting-edge that when medical societies meet in Boston, physicians tour the department in order to model future labs after it. A black and white photo of this lab is featured on the cover of Keen Minds to Explore the Dark Continents of Disease: A History of the Pathology Services at the Massachusetts General Hospital. Its story is one of hundreds that fill the 25 chapters of the 411-page book, which includes 200 photographs.
"This is a detailed account of the history of the department, but it is also a general history of the field of pathology and a unique view of the history of the MGH," says David Louis, MD, chief of Pathology, who co-authored the book with Robert Young, MD, MGH pathologist. Louis says the book demonstrates how vastly things have changed over the years – today, nearly 800 employees perform more than 10 million clinical laboratory tests annually.
Keen Minds is available for purchase through Pathology.
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Mary Jo Bang was born on October 22, 1946, in Waynesville, Missouri, and grew up in Ferguson, which is now a suburb of St. Louis. She received a BA and an MA in sociology from Northwestern University, a BA in photography from the Polytechnic of Central London, and an MFA in creative writing from Columbia University.
Bang is the author of several books of poems, including A Doll for Throwing (Graywolf Press, 2017), The Last Two Seconds (Graywolf Press, 2015), The Bride of E: Poems (Graywolf Press, 2009), and Elegy (Graywolf Press, 2007), which won the 2007 National Book Critics Circle Award in Poetry and was a 2008 New York Times Notable Book. Her books Louise in Love (Grove Press, 2001) and Elegy both received the Poetry Society of America's Alice Fay di Castagnola Award for a manuscript-in-progress. Her first book, Apology for Want (Middlebury College, 1997), was chosen by Edward Hirsch for the 1996 Bakeless Prize.
About her collection Elegy, which traces the aftermath of her son's death, Wayne Koestenbaum writes: "Mary Jo Bang's remarkable elegies recall the late work of Ingeborg Bachmann—a febrile, recursive lyricism. Like Nietzsche or Plath, Bang flouts naysayers; luridly alive, she drives deep into aporia, her new, sad country. Her stanzas, sometimes spilling, sometimes severe, perform an uncanny death-song, recklessly extended—nearly to the breaking point."
Bang's work has been chosen three times for inclusion in the Best American Poetry series. She is the recipient of numerous awards, including a "Discovery"/The Nation award, a Pushcart Prize, a fellowship from the Guggenheim Foundation, and a Hodder Award from Princeton University.
Bang was the poetry coeditor of the Boston Review from 1995 to 2005. She lives in St. Louis, Missouri, where she is a professor of English and the director of the creative writing program at Washington University.
A Doll for Throwing (Graywolf Press, 2017)
The Last Two Seconds (Graywolf Press, 2015)
The Bride of E: Poems (Graywolf Press, 2009)
Elegy (Graywolf Press, 2007)
The Eye Like a Strange Balloon (Grove Press, 2004)
The Downstream Extremity of the Isle of the Swans (University of Georgia Press, 2001)
Louise in Love (Grove Press, 2001)
Apology for Want (Middlebury College, 1997)


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Miley Cyrus Shares Shower Selfie [PHOTO]
Miley Cyrus shared a shower selfie. Say that 10 times fast.
She posted it to Instagram and Twitter, writing: "I got that shower time showerrrrrr time selfiiiie. (A la lana del ray) #happyemas."
So hear the melody of Lana Del Rey's hit single, which Cyrus so cutely references, in your head while you admire this Cyrus selfie.
Miley's hair is fashioned into pigtails and she has major false lashes, so we are thinking that this might be a post-shower selfie, since she's dry and probably doesn't want to mess up those lashes with water.
She's also wrapped in bling around her neck. Most people don't get washed with more necklaces than Mr. T. Just sayin'.
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Elements (元素, Genso?) are the basic substances that shape the World and play an important role in Magecraft.
Depending on the teachings of Magecraft schools, one could classify everything of reality into different sets of Elements. The four classical elements (Fire, Water, Earth and Wind) are said to came from Arche in ancient Greece. The Mage's Association adds in Void (Ether) and some other elements to make their classification more practical. Besides, there are the Five Elements in oriental philosophies (Water, Fire, Earth, Wood and Metal) and Twelve Constellations.[1] In the Mage's Association, they call Fire normal and Wind noble.[2]
Elemental AffinityEdit
A Magus normally has the capacity to manipulate at least one of the Elements. However, there are cases of those who can manipulate Elements that are completely different from any of the ones specified above. Within the Mage's Association, individuals like these tend to either very selective houses or not be part of the Association at all. Cases of a magus who possesses more than one Elemental Affinity, and even affinity to Compound Elements, are also known. Usually said individuals try to master spells that make use of more than one Element at the same time (ex: "liquid manipulation" through the use of Water and Wind Elements). Those capable of manipulating all the five Elements receive the title of Average One and are highly valued by the Mage's Association. Methods to change one's Elemental Affinity exist, but they are very painful and dangerous.[3]
Known Elemental Affinity by characters:
- Aozaki clan: Wind.[4]
- Cornelius Alba: Fire.
- Barthomeloi Lorelei: Wind.[5]
- Flat Escardos: Void.
- Forte: Wind.[4]
- Gray: Earth.
- Heine Istari: Fire and Water.
- Jean Rum: Wind.[6]
- Kayneth El-Melloi Archibald: Wind and Water.
- Kiritsugu Emiya: Fire and Earth.
- Lainur Gusion: Imaginary Numbers.
- Luviagelita Edelfelt: Earth.
- Matou clan: Water.
- Paracelsus: All five.
- Rin Tohsaka: All five.
- Sakura Matou: Imaginary Numbers, Water (as a member of the Matou clan; at birth, Sakura lacked any elemental alignments.[7])
- Shirou Emiya: Sword.
- Tokiomi Tohsaka: Fire.
- Trisha Fellows: Imaginary Numbers.
Known ElementsEdit
Five Great ElementsEdit
Fire (火, Hi?) – One of the Five Great Elements (五大元素, Go Dai Genso?).[3] Spells of the Fire element are related to consumption, heat, entropy, fuels, energy transfer and thermodynamics. This Element has Warm and Dry features. Paracelsus assigned a red color to it following Tattva.[8]
Earth (地, Chi?) – One of the Five Great Elements.[3] Earth element spells relate to grounding, cultivation of energy and energy embedding. This Element has Cold and Dry features. Paracelsus assigned a yellow color to it following Tattva.[8]
Water (水, Mizu?) – One of the Five Great Elements.[3] Related to flows, forms, cycles, combinations and manipulations. This Element has Cold and Wet features. Paracelsus assigned a silver color to it following Tattva.[8]
Wind (風, Kaze?) – One of the Five Great Elements.[3] Deals with air, kinetic forces, static energy, free energy and directed movement. This Element has Warm and Wet features. Paracelsus assigned a blue color to it following Tattva.[8]
Ether (エーテル, Ēteru?) or Void (空, Kū?) is one of the Five Great Elements[3], and also the Fifth Imaginary Factor (第五架空要素, Daigo Kakū Yōso?) according to the teachings of the Mage's Association. It combines itself with any of the other four Elements in order to actualize the mysteries of Thaumaturgy.[9] It is artificial magical energy that forms the basis of modern magecraft, although it did not exist during the Age of Gods. Although amorphous and incapable of materializing by its own power, it is what allows shapeless bodies to take a material form. Paracelsus assigned a black-purple color to it following Tattva.[8]
Ether ClumpEdit
Ether Clump (エーテル塊, Ēteru Kai?), also known as Liquid Clay, is a failed materialization attempt of Ether through the combination with one of other Elements.[9] Under normal circumstances Ether can only be materialized after combining itself with one of the other Elements. In some cases however, mainly when there is some sort of failure on the part of the Magus, it will take the physical shape of a clay-like substance. Other than serving as a conductor of magical energy, it is completely useless. Whatever the shape it is given by a magus, if left inactive for long enough (i.e. without magical energy running through it) it will eventually return to its original clay-like form. Known uses include True Assassin's Zabaniya, the first suitcase puppet of Touko Aozaki, Cornelius Alba's slime familiars and the main component forming Leysritt's body. Somewhat related to the First Magic.[9]
Imaginary ElementsEdit
Hollow (虚, Kyo?), also called Imaginary Numbers (虚数, Kyo Sū?), is one of two Imaginary Elements (架空元素, Kakū Genso?).[3] Those who have this Element as their Affinities can use Imaginary Number Space. Lainur used it as a time capsule and Trisha put her head into it when killed to keep her killer from using her Mystic Eyes. As a Sorcery Trait, it is a power highly effective against spiritual beings, but not so potent against those whose body is not made out of Ether.[10] When the Matou clan restraining spells are used along with this, it is possible to imprison and skewer the target into a separate dimension composed entirely of shadows. Furthermore, when Angra Mainyu power is imbued on Sakura Matou, she is able to use this ability even against normal humans.
Known FactorsEdit
Human's FactorsEdit
Factors of human beings are Body, Mind and Soul. Alchemists of Atlas can set all three Factors of theirs as an arithmetic unit to accelerate themselves.
The Fifth Imaginary Factor (第五架空要素, Daigo Kakū Yōso?). See the above section 'Ether'.
True EtherEdit
True Ether (真エーテル, Shin Ēteru?), otherwise known as the Fifth True Theoretical Factor (第五真説要素, Daigo Shin Setsu Yōso?), is magical energy from the Age of Gods. It is also described to form the nine heavenly bodies that gave birth to the planet. Although it does not exist in modern times, True Ether, which was of a far higher quality than ether, permeated the Earth in ancient times. Gods, as well as nature itself, were formed out of True Ether. The natural enemy of the Fifth Imaginary Factor (Ether), bullets of Black Barrel are composed of this substance.
Grain (ジン, Jin?, Gin), or Space Dust (宇宙塵, Uchū Jin?). The general term given to the toxic particles overflowing in the Earth of Over Count 1999, after the world lost its capacities to sustain life. Also called "ether" because even though poisonous, it promoted the surface of mutated life forms: the A-Rays, Liners and the Ether Liners.
The rate of energy transfer within the Grain-rich atmosphere is astonishing. A factor that resulted into the arise of a new method of combat that would not be possible in the old world. In a battle between A-Rays capable of absorbing Grain and Ether Liners wielding Knight Arms made of crystallized Grain, the power of conventional weapons is rendered useless.
Supposedly, Grain is the base component of all heavenly bodies. Therefore, the closer is the connection between a life form and its mother planet the greater will be the amount of Ether in their bodies. The greatest example of this would be the Ultimate One, the supreme existence of each respective's planets and true avatars of their will.
Its antithesis is the True Ether or Black Barrel, which destroys Grain and anything containing Grain on contact.
The Sixth Imaginary Factor (第六架空要素, Dairoku Kakū Yōso?), also known as Daemons , is a force that reacts to the desires of humans for a wish. It needs a form, invented by humans, similarly to how it happens to higher-level spirits, in order to materialize itself, as a passive existence. This passive existence is an individual daemon and not a true daemon.
But regardless of the result, as a rule, daemons are gentle. They are the Imaginary Factor that understands one's pain and attempts to remove it. Depending on perspective, one can say that they are allies to humans. They use Reality Marbles as the Alien Common Sense.
Medusa's Mystic Eyes are made from the Sixth Imaginary Factor.
- ↑ Lord El-Melloi II Case Files Vol.1
- ↑ Fate/stay night Fate Route - Day 12 Permit
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6
[] Fate/complete material III: World Material - Theory of Magic - Magecraft: Magus, p.041
•Magic circuit
Magic circuits are the pseudo nerves that a magus has inside himself. These are paths that generate magic energy and access the magic foundation engraved in the world. Magi make magic energy with the magic circuits and use the magic energy to run the magic foundation and thus put magery into effect. To do either of these, the magic circuits are necessary.
As suggested by the description pseudo nerves, these are split into cores and lines joining these together and are spread throughout the body.
The number of magic circuits are fixed at birth and the number won't increase by other than external factors.
•Magic crest
The product of stamping the anchored mystery that a magus had spent his entire life building up. Can be said to be mystical inheritance that defines the magus line as a magus line. While the inheritor is young, it is necessary to implant this little at a time while at the same time having the body adjust to the magic crest by medicine and rituals. The magic association also has technology for extracting just the magic crest from the body and storing it.
•Magus alignment
What determines what kind of attributes a magus' magic is going to be likely to have, or what kind of magic the magus is going to have good chemistry with, is going to be the element aligned with the magus.
In addition to the five great elements of earth, water, fire, wind, and sky, there's the imaginary elements of Hollow and Nothing, for a number of seven.
Some of the five elements will differ according to the school of magic. A famous one is a style in which the five great elements are formed from wood, fire, soil, metal,and water.
Basically, one magus has one alignment, but sometimes there are magi with two alignments (like fire and earth, wind and water) and there are also those called "Average Ones" who have all the five great elements.
Matou Sakura normally would have been a holder of the imaginary element of Emptiness. However, through her magic training, hers had been changed to the water alignment of the Matou line, so she couldn't exhibit her true talent.
Normal alignments
Five great elements Earth One of the two alignments of Kiritsugu. Kiritsugu exhibited his attribute of combining and used magic which combined the wounds of an enemy in a different form than normal, and made them unhealable.
Five great elements Water The alignment that the Matou magi have had for generations. Matou exhibit the attribute of absorption and have passed it on. Sakura's alignment changed from Emptiness to water.
Five great elements Fire The alignment of Tokiomi and also one of the two alignments of Kiritsugu. It is the symbol of life and death and has good chemistry with destructive magic.
Five great elements Wind One of the two alignments of Kayneth Elmelloi Archibold. There are few magi with wind as an alignment
Five great elements Sky An element which makes up celestial bodies that is newly added as a fifth element to the four great elements of earth, water, fire, and wind. This is, in other words, Ether.
Imaginary Elements Hollow The alignment that Sakura was born with. Defined, in magery, as that "which is possible but is not in the physical plane". Also called imaginary numbers.
Imaginary Elements Nothingness Like Hollow, the alignment of an imaginary element. In magery, defined as that "which is not possible, but materializes". Has a different meaning that the "nothing" of physics and math.
•The absoluteness called Origin
If alignment determines the root of one's magic, then even deeper than that, is the origin which determined the root of one's existence. The origin is not only for magi, but is the orientation that all things are born with and it's existence itself is thought absolutely necessary.
Those magi with an origin that is strongly expressed outwardly are sometimes removed from the normal alignments and there are times that the origin itself becomes the alignment. Most of those magi exhibit their talents as extreme specialists.
Because of that, it's said that they can reach higher grounds than normal magi.
•Noble Colors
Of the alignments, wind is called "noble" and fire is "normal". By the way, the term "Noble Colors" is used to refer to special and innate things where he workings of the magic circuit are close to the movements of a celestial body (normally they're closer to the movements of the crust), and is innate and special.
Noble Colors are often used to refer to mystic eyes, and Rider's petrifying mystic eyes are also a noble color.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1
[] Tsukihime Dokuhon PlusPeriod - talk. Glossary: Forte [Name • Colloquial Term], p.200
Forte [Name • Colloquial Term]
A magus of the Association.
A rare magus who experienced gruesome melees such as protecting Seal-Designed Magi and recovering grimoire.
Forte favoured spells called Aero Strikes, and the sword acted as the magical staff.
There were three orifices on the body of the sword, thus the sword was not quite fit for slashing. The purpose of the orifices was to generate sound. Slashing the sword generated a resonant effect, producing an invisible impact on the target.
She looked like a blade-wielding swordsman, but this swordsman performed her swordplay hundreds of meters away from her opponent.
The oldest daughter of a mage lineage of many generations. It seemed like she encountered Aozaki, who also shared the Wind Element, several times.
- ↑ Character material, p.16
- ↑
[] Fate/Apocrypha material - Encyclopedia: Jean Rum [Person's name], p.169 [T]
Jean Rum [Person's name]
One of the people whose should have been a Master of the Red Camp. Female. Known as the Gale Wheel, she uses chakrams and possesses Wind-affinity magecraft just as her title implies. You really are exactly what you seem like, aren't you? She's a bibliomaniac, and according to rumor she searched for the library of Ivan the Thunder Emperor.
Her skill is definitely first-rate, but regretfully, she was easily subdued by Semiramis' poison. The relatives of the Red Masters, excluding Shishigou and Shirou, make a stealthy appearance in "Fate/strange Fake" (Author: Ryohgo Narita, from Dengeki Bunko).
Well, things ended in massive failure for them in various ways, so even after being freed their positions have become precarious.
- ↑
Fate/Zero - Volume 4, Act 12, Part 3
One of them [Rin] has all elements, having five multiple elements as her alignment. The other [Sakura] has no elemental alignments, having Imaginary Numbers only. Both sisters have a rare potential that can be equated to miracles.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 Fate/Grand Order material III, p.55
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2
[] Kara no Kyoukai Special Pamphlet - Encyclopedia: Ether lump [Others], p.027 [T]
Ether lump [Others]
Ether, the Fifth Imaginary Substance as coined by the Association. It is a necessary medium that gives shape by mixing with the Four Elements.
It is shapeless, but it is a critical element in the functioning of magecraft.
Ether is bound to become one of Earth, Water, Fire and Wind, but in the hands of a novice, it would fail to become one of the Four Elements and materialize. This is ether lump.
Ether lump is completely useless. In some sense, creating ether lump is analogous to creating "Nothingness". Looking at it from this perspective makes it sound like "True Magic" In fact, ether lump is originally the First Magic's ----------
- ↑ Fate/hollow ataraxia - Last Interlude
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Defense attorneys for former New England Patriots star Aaron Hernandez rested their case in his double murder trial Wednesday afternoon.
Attorney Jose Baez and his team of lawyers called just two witnesses in Suffolk County Superior Court in Boston on Wednesday. One of the witnesses included a forensic pathologist who suggested that a victim's arm was raised, as if he was pointing his own weapon in a shootout.
Closing arguments and jury instructions will occur Thursday, meaning jurors could begin deliberations Thursday afternoon or Friday morning.
Hernandez has been charged in the June 2012 shooting deaths of two men.
Prosecutors say Hernandez felt disrespected when one of the men bumped into him at a nightclub. Hernandez has pleaded not guilty.
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Research has shown beyond a scientific doubt that eating red meat is a serious risk factor for breast cancer. Many studies have shown that women who eat the most red meat have an 88 to 330 percent increased risk of this deadly disease. The numbers were even higher in premenopausal women.
There are four major sources of health dangers in red meat:
The meat of animals is composed primarily of muscle protein, which is made up of smaller subunits known as "amino acids." It also contains creatine, an important substance that muscles use for energy. As you know, protein and amino acids are essential to health, and so is creatine. However, when animal protein is cooked, especially at high heat, structural changes occur in the protein, amino acids, and creatine—changes that create dangerous new carcinogens. A study from Uruguay found that red-meat protein is associated with a 220 to 770 percent increased risk of breast cancer!
Saturated animal fats (a type of lipid) from red meat and dairy products are poisonous to your body. These lipids make the cells in your body more resistant to insulin. As a result, your insulin levels go up. High insulin levels are lethal. In fact, they are one of the biggest risk factors for breast cancer. Research shows that women with the highest insulin levels have a 283 percent greater risk of breast cancer.
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breast cancer, as well. First, saturated animal fat is converted into a carcinogenic substance by the bacteria in your colon. Second, oxygen free radicals have a tendency to attack and damage these types of fats, changing them into powerful stimulators of inflammation, and inflammation fuels the growth of breast cancer. Worse yet, inflammation and oxygen free radicals engage in a deadly dance with each other, each one increasing the numbers and power of the other. Inflammation produces more oxygen free radicals, and oxygen free radicals, in turn, spark the fires of inflammation.
Red meat is a storehouse of concentrated toxins including pesticides, antibiotics, hormones, and growth stimulators. In the United States, livestock are regularly fed and injected with growth hormones and stimulators to make them grow bigger and faster and to increase their production of milk. When a cow is injected with rBGH, its body produces large amounts of insulin-like growth factor–1 (IGF-1). At higher concentrations, IGF-1 is extremely dangerous because it becomes an extraordinarily potent stimulator of breast cancer. In fact, scientists believe it may be the most potent stimulator of breast cancer known. Women with the highest levels of IGF-1 in their bodies have a 700% increased risk of breast cancer! Eating conventionally raised beef and dairy products is the principal way that excessive amounts of IGF-1 get into your body.


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Can Young People Make Government More Accountable?
Video: Opening Governments, Boosting Shared ProsperityOn a rainy Friday morning during the first week of this month, a young woman got on the stage of the auditorium in Queen Elizabeth Conference Center in Central London to talk about open government.
Even though it was windy and dark outside, Vivien Suerte-Cortez was smiling and full of energy on the stage. Suerte-Cortez is an accountability and transparency expert from the Philippines. Dressed in her gray jacket, she started to talk about Citizen Participatory Audit (CPA), a project in the Philippines that encourages citizens to participate in the audit process for government projects and explores how to ensure efficient use of public resources by the government.


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The competition was stiff—300 prominent nominees, in fact— but when the 170,000 votes were tallied, Martha Jefferson Hospital was ranked as "America's Most Beautiful Hospital for 2012" by Soliant Health, a leading national health care staffing provider. Hundreds of decorative features contribute to Martha Jefferson's award-winning design, not the least of which are the facility's floors. Armstrong LinoArt LINORETTE Linoleum and MIGRATIONS BBT Bio-flooring are used in the new hospital's in-patient corridors, emergency department and staff areas. Interior designers Jessica Dellenbach and Kelly Stueber, Kahler Slater, say, "Armstrong was the original specified product. We were looking for a product that offered warmth, variety and sustainable aspects and linoleum was a win."
Martha Jefferson relied on "evidence-based design" to incorporate features in the hospital to improve patient comfort. The approach uses credible data about healing rates, stress levels, the need for medication to control pain and length of stay because countless studies show patients heal faster when they feel more comfortable. Putting this approach into play at Martha Jefferson involved bringing the outdoors inside with an abundance of windows for viewing the hospital's beautiful exterior landscape including ponds, walking trails and a labyrinth with a background of the nearby panoramic Blue Ridge Mountains. Positive distractions such as original artwork and revolving art exhibits adorn the public corridors. Flexible furniture arrangements are available to suit individual patient taste, and each patient room offers sleeping accommodations for loved ones to stay the night. The building itself is easy for staff, guests and patients to navigate, facilitated by an efficient layout, artful wayfinding and signage.
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It's important to note that evidence-based design need not be expensive. Martha Jefferson's design team worked with a midrange budget and met the rigorous review process of the State of Virginia Certificate of Public Need. In other words, America's Most Beautiful Hospital was not America's Most Expensive Hospital!
Dellenbach says Martha Jefferson's executives are passionate about creating a welcoming hospitality experience for patients, staff and visitors. "Supporting that passion is their love of whimsy and cheerful color. It was important to Martha Jefferson to carry that experience through the entire facility, even into staff spaces , and as a result, not leaving one white wall in the entire facility. The warmth of color greets visitors and staff at the front door and becomes more colorful as you progress into the hospital. The abundant range of colors selected offers variety while simultaneously creating a balanced application to create a timeless but cheerful palette," she explains.
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Sickle Cell Program
What is sickle cell anemia?
Sickle cell anemia is part of a group of conditions called hemoglobinopathies. Hemoglobinopathies are conditions that occur when a person has abnormal hemoglobin. A person's blood cells use hemoglobin to carry oxygen from the lungs to other parts of the body.
When a person has sickle cell anemia, his or her blood cells change shape. Instead of being round and flexible, the red blood cells become curved and stiff. These cells resemble the "sickles" that farmers used to use to cut grasses, which is how sickle cell anemia got its name. Instead of passing through the body's blood vessels easily, sickle cells get "stuck" in the blood vessels. As a result, the body's tissues don't get enough oxygen.
Sickle cell anemia is an inherited (passed from parent to child) condition. Everyone inherits two copies of the sickle cell gene (one from our mothers and one from our fathers). A gene is a set of instructions that tells our bodies how to grow and develop. Sometimes, these genes have changes (also called mutations) that prevent the gene from working correctly. People with sickle cell disease have two sickle cell gene changes. People with sickle cell trait have one sickle cell gene change.
People with sickle cell disease can have health problems including pain, infections, and damage to the body's organs. People with sickle cell trait usually do not have any of these health problems, but have a higher chance of having a child with sickle cell disease.
How is newborn screening for sickle cell anemia done?
Indiana state law requires that all babies in Indiana be tested for sickle cell anemia as part of newborn screening. Newborn screening must be done before the baby leaves the hospital. Babies born at home must have newborn screening within one week of birth.
Before every baby goes home from the nursery, he or she has a small amount of blood taken from their heel. This is called a heelstick. The blood from the heelstick is used to test for a specific group of conditions, including sickle cell anemia. If anything concerning is found, the Newborn Screening Laboratory contacts the baby's doctor.
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The new service let Amazon customers keep their music library in the cloud as a rival to Apple's iTunes Match. Users can access the Cloud Player from a number of devices including Android, iOS and web browsers on PC or Mac. See also: Audio reviews
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Any music purchased on Amazon's MP3 store will be automatically added to the Cloud Player on first use. User can also scan their iTunes or Windows Media Player libraries and songs matching Amazon's 20 million track library will be added to the Cloud Player in 'high-quality' 256Kbps audio.
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Pope Francis celebrates Mass in remembrance of Bishops and Cardinals who died during the past year on November 4, 2013. Credit: Alberto Chincilla/CNA.
.- At a special Mass honoring all of the bishops and cardinals who have died during the past year, Pope Francis emphasized that nothing can separate us from the love of our merciful God.
"It is not by chance that Jesus wanted to preserve the wounds on his hands to make us feel his mercy. This is our strength and our hope!" the Pope said during his homily at a Nov. 4 Mass at the Altar of the Chair inside St. Peter's Basilica.
In the month of November, "which is marked by the memory of the faithful departed," reflected the Pope, "we remember our brother Cardinals and Bishops from around the world who have returned to the Father's house during the past year."
Turning to the day's readings, Pope Francis centered his homily on the words of St. Paul to the Romans, in which the apostle affirms that "neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither our fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow – not even the powers of hell can separate us from God's love of God, which is in Jesus Christ our Lord."
Saint Paul, he reflected, refers to the love of God as "the deepest, most invincible motive for our trust in Christian hope," especially in listing those things which can oppose and threaten our faith.
However, continued the pontiff, the apostle "states with confidence that even if our entire existence is surrounded by threats, nothing will ever separate us from the love that Christ himself gained for us, giving of himself completely."
"Even evil powers that are hostile to man are powerless in the face to the intimate union of love between Jesus and those who welcome him with faith."
The reality of God's faithful love for each of us helps us to face our daily lives, which are often "slow and tiring," with "serenity and strength," the Pope stressed.
He pointed out that the only thing capable of breaking this bond is our sin, but that "even in this case God will always go in search for him to restore that union that lasts even after death."
This certainty of God's love, he explained, gives "a new and full meaning to earthly life and opens us to hope for life beyond death."
Each time that we face the death of a loved one, we naturally ask what will become of their life, work and service to the Church, noted the Holy Father, emphasizing to those in attendance that Scripture assures us "that they are in God's hands!"
These pastors, "who have dedicated their lives to the service of God and to their brothers are in the hands of God. They are well looked after and they will not be corroded by death."
"All their days interwoven with joys and sufferings, hopes and labors, fidelity to the Gospel and passion for the spiritual and material salvation of their flocks, are in the hands of God," observed the Pope, reflecting that our sins too are in the hands of God, "those merciful hands with their 'wounds' of love."
"This reality, which is full of hope," said the pontiff, "is the prospect of final resurrection, of eternal life, to which the 'righteous,' those who accept the Word of God and are obedient to His Spirit are destined."
With this hope, the Holy Father called to mind "our brother" Bishops and Cardinals who are deceased as "men who were devoted to their vocations and to their service to the Church, which they loved as one loves a bride."
"In prayer, we entrust them to the mercy of the Lord, through the intercession of Our Lady and of St. Joseph, so they be welcomed into his kingdom of light and peace, where the just and those who have been faithful witnesses to the Gospel live eternally."
Pope Francis concluded his homily by praying that the Lord prepare each one of us for this encounter, stressing that "We do not know the date, but that encounter will take place!"
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Once upon a time there lived a little, named Snow White. She lived with her aunt and uncle because her parents were died.
One day she heard her aunt and uncle talking about leaving Snow White in the castle because they wanted to go to America and they didn't have enough money to take Snow White with them. Snow White didn't want her uncle and aunt to do this. So she decided to run away. The next morning she run away from home when her aunt and uncle were having breakfast, she run away into the wood.
In the wood she felt very tired and hungry. Then she saw this cottage. She knocked but no one answered so she went inside and felt asleepMeanwhile seven dwarfs were coming home from work. They went inside. There, they found Snow White woke up. She saw the dwarfs. The dwarfs said; "What is your name?". Snow White said; "My name is Snow White".
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3. Resolution; the crisis is resolve: the dwarfs permitted Snow White lived in their cottage lived happily
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The 2011-12 Hope College volleyball team has been named a recipient of the Team Academic Award by the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA).
The award, earned by 90 of the estimated 400 NCAA Division III programs, honors teams that displayed excellence in the classroom by maintaining at least a 3.30 cumulative team grade-point average on a 4.0 scale. This is the fourth consecutive year that Hope has been presented the AVCA recognition.
The Flying Dutch, coached by Becky Schmidt, maintained the highest GPA among Hope's 18 athletic teams during the 2011-12 school year, at 3.739.
This honor brings to nine the number of Hope athletic teams named to national academic honor rolls in 2011-12, joining men's and women's cross country, men's and women's swimming & diving, women's basketball, men's and women's tennis, and women's golf.
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With the autumnal wind comes the season of politics, and the weeks ahead will be filled with know-your-candidates fund-raising parties. Beginning on Saturday, opportunities abound for Republicans, Democrats, the uncommitted, and the undecided to meet and mingle with the movers and shakers of the community.
Gloria Prager will host a cocktail party for Democratic candidates and their supporters from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, at her house in Montauk, 5 North Farragut Road. The entire Democratic slate is expected to attend: Zach Cohen, who is running for East Hampton Town Supervisor, Sylvia Overby and Peter Van Scoyoc for the town board, Scott King for highway superintendent, Stephen Grossman for town justice, and Jeanne Nielsen for town assessor. Running for town trustee on the Democratic ticket are John Chimples, Sima Freierman, Ray Hartjen, Rona Klopman, Debbie Klughers, Samuel E. Kramer, Nanci LaGarenne, Steve Lester, and Loretta Sears.
Tickets, which will be available at the door, are $100.
The Republicans are holding a party in support of Stephen K. Lynch, who is running against Mr. King for highway superintendent, on Saturday from 6 to 9 p.m. at Wolfie's Tavern on Fort Pond Boulevard in Springs. Mr. Lynch is an East Hampton native, who, according to a G.O.P. release, has 28 years of experience in excavating, draining, and building driveways and parking lots, in addition to having owned his own trucking company. Tickets are $45.
Friends of Richard Haeg, a Republican running for the town board, will throw a cocktail party for him next Thursday evening from 6 to 8 at Rugosa restaurant on Route 27 west of East Hampton. Mr. Haeg is a Marine Corps veteran and a former Suffolk County police officer and detective.
Hot and cold hors d'oeuvres will be served, with complimentary beer and wine and a cash bar. Tickets cost $75 in advance or $100 at the door.
The next night, Friday, Sept. 23, will see all the Republican candidates gathering from 6 to 8 for a reception at Betty Ann Becker's house, 25 Dune Alpin South in East Hampton. From the top down, they are Bill Wilkinson, running for a second term as supervisor; Richard Haeg and Steven Gaines for town board, Mr. Lynch for highways, Lisa Rana for another term as town justice, and Jill Massa for another term as town assessor. The trustee candidates include Diane McNally, Stephanie Talmage Forsberg, Timothy Bock, Joe Bloecker, John Gosman Jr., Lynn Mendelman, Kevin Byrne, Sean McCaffrey, and Nathaniel Miller.
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JBoss.orgCommunity Documentation
Narayana JTS works in conjunction with the rest of the Narayana suite. In addition to the documentation here, consult the Narayana JTS documentation, which ships as part of Narayana JTS and is also available on the Narayana website at http://www.narayana.io .
This manual uses several conventions to highlight certain words and phrases and draw attention to specific pieces of information.
In PDF and paper editions, this manual uses typefaces drawn from the Liberation Fonts set. The Liberation Fonts set is also used in HTML editions if the set is installed on your system. If not, alternative but equivalent typefaces are displayed. Note: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and later includes the Liberation Fonts set by default.
Four typographic conventions are used to call attention to specific words and phrases. These conventions, and the circumstances they apply to, are as follows.
Mono-spaced Bold
Used to highlight system input, including shell commands, file names and paths. Also used to highlight keycaps and key combinations. For example:
To see the contents of the file
my_next_bestselling_novelin your current working directory, enter the
cat my_next_bestselling_novelcommand at the shell prompt and press Enter to execute the command.
The above includes a file name, a shell command and a keycap, all presented in mono-spaced bold and all distinguishable thanks to context.
Key combinations can be distinguished from keycaps by the hyphen connecting each part of a key combination. For example:
Press Enter to execute the command.
Press Ctrl+Alt+F2 to switch to the first virtual terminal. Press Ctrl+Alt+F1 to return to your X-Windows session.
The first paragraph highlights the particular keycap to press. The second highlights two key combinations (each a set of three keycaps with each set pressed simultaneously).
If source code is discussed, class names, methods, functions, variable names and returned values mentioned within a paragraph will be presented as above, in
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File-related classes include
filesystemfor file systems,
filefor files, and
dirfor directories. Each class has its own associated set of permissions.
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This denotes words or phrases encountered on a system, including application names; dialog box text; labeled buttons; check-box and radio button labels; menu titles and sub-menu titles. For example:
Choose Mouse Preferences. In the Buttons tab, click the Left-handed mouse check box and click to switch the primary mouse button from the left to the right (making the mouse suitable for use in the left hand).→ → from the main menu bar to launch
To insert a special character into a gedit file, choose → → from the main menu bar. Next, choose → from the Character Map menu bar, type the name of the character in the Search field and click . The character you sought will be highlighted in the Character Table. Double-click this highlighted character to place it in the Text to copy field and then click the button. Now switch back to your document and choose → from the gedit menu bar.
The above text includes application names; system-wide menu names and items; application-specific menu names; and buttons and text found within a GUI interface, all presented in proportional bold and all distinguishable by context.
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Whether mono-spaced bold or proportional bold, the addition of italics indicates replaceable or variable text. Italics denotes text you do not input literally or displayed text that changes depending on circumstance. For example:
To connect to a remote machine using ssh, type
sshat a shell prompt. If the remote machine is
example.comand your username on that machine is john, type
ssh email@example.com.
mount -o remountcommand remounts the named file system. For example, to remount the
/homefile system, the command is
mount -o remount /home.
To see the version of a currently installed package, use the
rpm -qcommand. It will return a result as follows:
Note the words in bold italics above — username, domain.name, file-system, package, version and release. Each word is a placeholder, either for text you enter when issuing a command or for text displayed by the system.
Aside from standard usage for presenting the title of a work, italics denotes the first use of a new and important term. For example:
Publican is a DocBook publishing system.
Terminal output and source code listings are set off visually from the surrounding text.
Output sent to a terminal is set in
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package org.jboss.book.jca.ex1;
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public class ExClient
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Object ref = iniCtx.lookup("EchoBean");
EchoHome home = (EchoHome) ref;
Echo echo = home.create();
System.out.println("Created Echo");
System.out.println("Echo.echo('Hello') = " + echo.echo("Hello"));
Finally, we use three visual styles to draw attention to information that might otherwise be overlooked.
Notes are tips, shortcuts or alternative approaches to the task at hand. Ignoring a note should have no negative consequences, but you might miss out on a trick that makes your life easier.
Important boxes detail things that are easily missed: configuration changes that only apply to the current session, or services that need restarting before an update will apply. Ignoring a box labeled 'Important' will not cause data loss but may cause irritation and frustration.
Warnings should not be ignored. Ignoring warnings will most likely cause data loss.
The Stand-alone Quick Start Guide contains information on how to use Narayana JTS.
This guide is most relevant to engineers who are responsible for administering Narayana JTS installations. It is intended for those who are familiar with transactions in general and the OTS/JTS and JTA in particular.
This chapter will briefly cover the key features required to construct a basic OTS application using the raw OTS interfaces defined by the OMG specification. It is assumed that the reader is familiar with the concepts of the JTS/OTS and has read the relevant ORB specific portions of the Narayana JTS Programmer's Guide. Further topics and the advanced facilities provided by Narayana JTS will be described in subsequent sections of this manual; references to chapters in the other manuals of the document set will be given in the relevant sections.
The key Java packages (and corresponding jar files) for writing basic OTS applications are:
com.arjuna.orbportability: this package contains the classes which constitute the ORB portability library and other useful utility classes.
org.omg.CosTransactions: this package contains the classes which make up the CosTransactions.idl module.
com.arjuna.ats.jts: this package contains the Narayana JTS implementations of the JTS and JTA.
com.arjuna.ats.arjuna: this package contains further classes necessary for the Narayana JTS implementation of the JTS.
com.arjuna.ats.jta: this package contains local and remote JTA implementation support.
com.arjuna.ats.jdbc: this package contains transactional JDBC support.
All of these packages appear in the lib directory of the Narayana JTS installation, and should be added to the programmer's CLASSPATH.
In order to fully utilize all of the facilities available within Narayana JTS, it will be necessary to add the some additional jar files to your classpath. See bin/setup-env.sh or bin\setup-env.bat for details.
Narayana JTS has been designed to be highly configurable at runtime through the use of various property attributes, which will be described in subsequent sections. Although these attributes can be provided at runtime on the command line, it is possible (and may be more convenient) to specify them through the single properties file Narayana JTS-properties.xml. At runtime Narayana JTS looks for its property file in the following order:
a location specified by a system property, allowing the normal search path to be overridden.
the current working directory, i.e., where the application was executed from.
the user's home directory.
the CLASSPATH, which normally includes the installations etc dir
A default set of properties embedded in the .jar file.
Where properties are defined in both the system properties e.g. -Dfoo=bar and in the properties file, the value from the system property takes precedence. This facilitates overriding individual properties easily on the command line.
It is important that Narayana JTS is correctly initialized prior to any application object being created. In order to guarantee this, the programmer must use the initORB and initBOA/initPOA methods of the ORBInterface class described in the ORB Portability Manual. Using the ORB_init and BOA_init/create_POA methods provided by the underlying ORB will not be sufficient, and may lead to incorrectly operating applications. For example:
Example 2.1. Initialize ORB
public static void main (String[] args) {
ORBInterface.initORB(args, null);
// . . .
The ORBInterface class has operations orb() and boa()/poa()/rootPoa() for returning references to the orb and boa/child POA/root POA respectively after initialization has been performed. If the ORB being used does not support the BOA (e.g., Sun's JDK 1.2) then boa() does not appear in the class definition, and initBOA will do nothing.
In addition, it is necessary to use shutdownOA and shutdownORB (in that order) prior to terminating an application to allow Narayana JTS to perform necessary cleanup routines. shutdownOA routine will either shutdown the BOA or the POA depending upon the ORB being used.
Example 2.2. Shutdown ORB
public static void main (String[] args) {
// . . .
No further CORBA objects should be used once shutdown has been called. It will be necessary to re-initialise the BOA/POA and ORB in such an event.
In the rest of this document we shall use the term Object Adapter to mean either the Basic Object Adapter (BOA) or the Portable Object Adapter (POA). In addition, where possible we shall use the ORB Portability classes which attempt to mask the differences between POA and BOA.
Narayana JTS requires an object store in order to persistently record the outcomes of transactions in the event of failures. In order to specify the location of the object store it is necessary to specify the location when the application is executed; for example:
java DObjectStoreEnvironmentBean.objectStoreDir=/var/tmp/ObjectStore myprogram
The default location is a directory under the current execution directory.
By default, all object states will be stored within the defaultStore subdirectory of the object store root, e.g., /usr/local/Arjuna/TransactionService/ObjectStore/defaultStore. However, this subdirectory can be changed by setting the ObjectStoreEnvironmentBean.localOSRoot property variable accordingly.
Transactions can be created within one domain (e.g., process) and used within another. Therefore, information about a transaction (the transaction context) needs to be propagated between these domains. This can be accomplished in two ways:
Explicit propagation means that an application propagates a transaction context by passing context objects (instances of the Control interface or the PropagationContext structure) defined by the Transaction Service as explicit parameters. Note, for efficiency reasons it is recommended that the PropagationContext be passed, rather than the Control.
Implicit propagation means that requests on objects are implicitly associated with the client's transaction; they share the client's transaction context. The context is transmitted implicitly to the objects, without direct client intervention.
OTS objects supporting the Control interface are standard CORBA objects. When the interface is passed as a parameter in some operation call to a remote server only an object reference is passed. This ensures that any operations that the remote object performs on the interface (such as registering resources as participants within the transaction) are performed on the real object. However, this can have substantial penalties for the application if it frequently uses these interfaces due to the overheads of remote invocation. To avoid this overhead Narayana JTS supports interposition, whereby the server creates a local object which acts as a proxy for the remote transaction and fields all requests that would normally have been passed back to the originator. This surrogate registers itself with the original transaction coordinator to enable it to correctly participate in the termination of the transaction. Interposed coordinators effectively form a tree structure with their parent coordinators. This is shown in the figure below.
implicit transaction propagation does not imply interposition will be used at the server, but (typically) interposition requires implicit propagation.
If implicit context propagation and interposition are required, then the programmer must ensure that Narayana JTS is correctly initialised prior to objects being created; obviously it is necessary for both client and server to agree on which, if any, protocol (implicit or interposition) is being used. Implicit context propagation is only possible on those ORBs which either support filters/interceptors, or the CosTSPortability interface. Currently this is JacORB and the JDK miniORB. Depending upon which type of functionality is required, the programmer must perform the following:
Implicit context propagation:
set the JTSEnvironmentBean.contextPropMode property variable to CONTEXT.
set the JTSEnvironmentBean.contextPropMode property variable to INTERPOSITION.
If using the Narayana JTS advanced API then interposition is required .
The Current pseudo object can be obtained from the com.arjuna.ats.jts.OTSManager class using its get_current() method.
It is implementation dependant as to how long a Control remains able to access a transaction after it terminates. In Narayana JTS, if using the Current interface then all information about a transaction is destroyed when it terminates. Therefore, the programmer should not use any Control references to the transaction after issuing the commit/rollback operations.
However, if the transaction is terminated explicitly using the Terminator interface then information about the transaction will be removed when all outstanding references to it are destroyed. However, the programmer can signal that the transaction information is no longer required using the destroyControl method of the OTS class in the com.arjuna.CosTransactions package. Once the program has indicated that the transaction information is no longer required, the same restrictions to using Control references apply as described above.
By default, Narayana JTS does not use a separate transaction manager when creating transactions through the Current interface. Each transactional client essentially has its own transaction manager (TransactionFactory) which is co-located with it. By setting the com.arjuna.ats.jts.transactionManager property variable to YES this can be overridden at runtime. The transaction factory is located in the bin directory of the Narayana JTS distribution, and should be started by executing the start-transaction-service script located in <ats_root>/bin.
Typically Current locates the factory using the CosServices.cfg file. This file is similar to resolve_initial_references, and is automatically updated (or created) when the transaction factory is started on a particular machine. This file must be copied to the installation of all machines which require to share the same transaction factory. CosServices.cfg is located at runtime by the OrbPortabilityEnvironmentBean properties initialReferencesRoot (a directory, defaulting to the current working directory) and initialReferencesFile (a name relative to the directory,'CosServices.cfg' by default).
It is possible to override the default location mechanism by using the OrbPortabilityEnvironmentBean.resolveService property variable. This can have one of the following values:
CONFIGURATION_FILE: the default, this causes the system to use the CosServices.cfg file.
NAME_SERVICE: Narayana JTS will attempt to use a name service to locate the transaction factory. If this is not supported, an exception will be thrown.
BIND_CONNECT: Narayana JTS will use the ORB-specific bind mechanism. If this is not supported, an exception will be thrown.
If OrbPortabilityEnvironmentBean.resolveService is specified when the transaction factory is run, then the factory will register itself with the specified resolution mechanism.


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No Senate run for EMILY's List chief
EMILY's List President Stephanie Schriock will not be running for Senate in Montana, dealing another blow to Democrats' hopes to retain the open seat in 2014.
"I would love to say yes, but this is not the right time," Schriock said in a statement Tuesday. "There is so much work to be done all over the country fighting on behalf of women and standing up against a concerted effort to roll back the clock on our freedoms and opportunities."
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However, the Montana native did not close the door to a future run in the state. "Montana is my home and I will always want to be a part of its future," Schriock said.
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Democrats have been scrambling to find a candidate to replace Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.), who announced in April that he would not seek reelection in 2014. The biggest blow to the party's hopes came earlier this month when former Democratic Gov. Brian Schweitzer opted not to run.
The Republican field is fluid, but many are looking to Rep. Steve Daines as a potential frontrunner for the GOP. State Rep. Champ Edmunds and former State Rep. Corey Stapleton, both Republicans, have announced bids.


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