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This is a guest post by Alessandro Federici. Alessandro is a System Architect at CODY Systems, an industry leader in the collection, analysis, and sharing of critical data for public safety, law enforcement, and intelligence agencies in the United States for over 30 years. CODY Systems specializes in integrated public safety software solutions and interoperable vendor-neutral information-sharing for First Preventers.
Occasionally we're asked by teams that are evaluating PostSharp to provide examples of organizations using it in real-world scenarios. I understand the request completely. It's one thing for teams to try a new product that's backed by loads of documentation and tutorials, but learning how companies from a variety of different industries are using it to successfully produce cleaner, more efficient, code builds trust in a way no other document can.
In the past, we've pointed to success stories such as FullArmor, Siemens Audiology, Thales Information Systems and IdeaBlade. In today's post, Alessandro shows how he and his team at CODY are using PostSharp in a variety of ways to reduce code clutter, handle errors, simplify what they write and make their code more readable.
My interest in Aspect Oriented Programming (AOP) started in 2005, approximately. At the time I was working at RemObjects Software (I was one of the two founders) and we had recently started the development of our compiler. The engineers behind it planned to natively support AOP. I didn't know anything about aspects at the time, but the moment I saw and had a chance to use them I got hooked and I realized their elegance and power. In a way, I think I had the classic "how could I live without them?" moment where you lean back on your chair, stair at the monitor and question decades of your (programming) life.
Years then passed. I left RemObjects Software and I am now System Architect for CODY Systems where we develop applications using exclusively C#. As a Delphi/Oxygene old-timer, I had my moments with C# but I came to love it. Yet, the lack of native AOP features has always bothered me. To use a parallel example, adopting aspects feels like adopting lambda expressions and Where() calls: Once you start using them there's no going back to for-i loops that embed if statements. It gets you to the same end-result, but it just feels and reads sloppy, to me.
CODY is currently working on major enhancements of the infrastructure and picked some of the best-of-breed tools for .NET. PostSharp is definitely one of them and will play a large role in our re-factoring and re-engineering efforts.
Our system is built off of different modules and follows some of the common multi-tier design patterns. We have a client tier, an application-server tier and a data-storage tier. The client-tier is made off of different client applications: Some are written using WPF, one is in Silverlight and others use MVC, depending on the need.
Our WPF and Silverlight clients are all built using the MVVM pattern where the INotifyPropertyChanged interface plays a fundamental role. This is the first place where PostSharp will greatly help us re-factoring leaner and cleaner code. Currently we have hundreds of properties that explicitly fire notification events with code such as this:
public string FirstName
get { return _firstName; }
set { ChangeAndNotify(value, ref _firstName, () => this.FirstName); }
We have put effort into alleviating the most common problem with INotifyPropertyChanged: We don't use error-prone, "magic" strings to reference property names and we have code snippets that help writing that code. Still, in the end, we continue to have hundreds of lines of code that have nothing to do with business logic and only exist to address what is, in most cases, just a user interface concern.
Thanks to PostSharp, all that baggage will go away and we will be able to use automatic properties where possible and concentrate on the business logic associated to the property.
The code above can now turn into the following:
[StringLength(1, 100)]
public string FirstName { get; set; }
This new code (which is also one line shorter) does everything the previous one was doing but also adds two new extra "business" operations. It's more readable and directly communicates the intent behind FirstName.
I also compared the amount of bytes the old code and new code took on disk: The new code is less than half of what it used to be. I could also give the new code to non-developers who would have a chance to understand what they got, finally!
But there's more we can do, thanks to the fact PostSharp aspects are implemented through attributes.
One of the modules of our system generates HTML documentation by using reflection. Any time we add a new domain object, new documentation pages get dynamically generated and provide an English description of all its properties, along with their constraints and other useful information. The data annotation StringLength displays as "The length of FirstName must be between 1 and 100". CapitalizeAspect displays as "The value assigned to this property will be automatically capitalized". NotifyAspect only displays when it's not attached to a property, as a reminder of a special case.
In other words, aspects allowed us to first add and later infer behavior through the use of simple attributes. All that without having to maintain two separate documents containing such information: the code and manual text just for help files.
This feature is critical for our application server tier. CODY's application server has been openly accessible for years, through simple HTTP calls and XML messages. It's a very important part of our infrastructure for many different reasons. The features we are now adding make this tier much easier to understand, use and test and the self-documenting aspect is of paramount importance in all this.
This brings us to the next use of PostSharp: ServiceMessageHandlerAspect. Our API layer is composed of services whose methods receive one request and return one or more responses. For instance, our sample CalculatorService is coded as:
[Description("Performs simple mathematical calculations")]
public sealed class CalculatorService
[Description("Sums two integer numbers")]
public SumResponse Sum(SumRequest request)
return new SumResponse()
Result = request.A + request.B
SumRequest is coded as:
[Description("A message that contains two operands (A and B) for a sum operation.")]
public class SumRequest : ServiceRequest
[Range(0, 1000000)]
[Description("Number A")]
public int? A { get; set; }
[Range(0, 1000000)]
[Description("Number B")]
public int? B { get; set; }
The implementation of CalculatorService.Sum() only returns a result with the sum of A and B, but ServiceMessageHandlerAspect does a lot more for us, behind the scenes. When this aspect is applied to a method, validation code ensures that all the data annotations bound to SumRequest are satisfied (e.g. A and B are not null and their values are between 0 and 100000) before letting the flow get into the Sum() implementation. If any requirements are not met, the execution of Sum() is skipped and a SumResponse containing error information is returned to the caller.
In other words, by using this aspect and by defining solid request classes with validation attributes, we can be sure that whenever our service methods are called, their request argument is well formed and contains everything that is needed for it to be processed.
Among the same lines, responses can also contain validation attributes. ServiceMessageHandlerAspect ensures that whatever output is generated by the method matches such requirements.
Finally, we have another aspect that greatly helps us in error management: The WrapExceptionsAspect.
Like I mentioned before, we picked a number of the best-of-breed tools for the development of our core. We have queuing and caching integrated in the core, for scalability purposes. While these products are very solid and unlikely to disappear from the market, we abstract them and access them only through interfaces. What we cannot abstract easily are the errors these products return. Some might have their own exception types while others might use standard .NET Exception classes. What we wanted, in our wrappers, is to be sure that whenever an error occurs in the current cache implementation, we always get back a CacheException (which then embeds the original exception).
The following code shows how we use the WrapExceptionsAspect:
public abstract class BaseCache : BaseDisposable, ICache
[WrapExceptionsAspect(typeof(CacheException), null)]
void ICache.Store(string key, object value, int? maxMinutes)
if (!InternalStore(key, value, maxMinutes))
throw new CacheException(string.Format("Cannot store item [{0}] in the cache", key));
[WrapExceptionsAspect(typeof(CacheException), null)]
bool ICache.TryGet(string key, out T value, int? maxMinutes)
return InternalTryGet(key, out value, maxMinutes);
The above could have been easily accomplished by using a try...catch block around the calls to the Internalxxx methods but that would have meant having that extra code in each of the methods above and in any of the other wrapper classes we have (e.g. Queuing, etc.).
If we were to change how exception interception worked we would have had to touch every method. With the aspect we built we can be sure that there's one place to touch and all our wrappers immediately change.
Any piece of code that performs a function can be written in infinite ways. Many of such implementations will work and will produce the same results, but I strongly believe the result is not all that matters. How you achieve your goal is, many times, just as important. If a certain implementation is hard to read, understand or modify, it will cause problems down the road. Using aspects helps reducing clutter in code. It helps simplifying what we write and, later, what we read. It's a very elegant, simple and effective way to write code that focuses on the real problem, not language or framework needs.
Join us on Thursday, September 13th, for the next PostSharp Live Webinar when our guest will be Karol Waledzik from Internetium.
Karol is the software architect and team lead at Internetium in Warsaw, Poland, and is largely responsible for building our new line of PostSharp Toolkits.
He wrote a 2-part blog post last month about the pain most WPF developers experience by having to manually implement change notifications, and how the Domain Toolkit, the latest addition to our product family, automates this for (nearly) all standard business cases.
On Thursday's live webinar, Karol will walk you through the PostSharp Domain Toolkit and show how it treats the implementation of INotifyPropertyChanged seriously and finally ends change notifications pain for WPF developers.
During the webinar you will learn:
If you're tired of having to manually implement INotifyPropertyChanged in WPF applications, and want to gain insight into how the PostSharp Domain Toolkit can end change notification pain in your own projects, be sure to watch Thursday's live webinar.
Space is limited.
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Continuing from the previous post on INotifyPropertyChanged and the PostSharp Domain Toolkit, it's now time to satisfy curiosities and share some details on how the framework works, what its limitations are and how to overcome them by using available customization.
If you looked closely at the sample classes in the previous blog post, you probably noticed they did not actually implement INotifyPropertyChanged interface, yet WPF still received the notifications.
How is that possible?
Our NotifyPropertyChangedAttribute simply introduces the interface during compilation. This is a very convenient approach in many cases, especially if you don't need to listen for the notifications yourself.
In cases where you want to implement the interface explicitly or inherit from a class that already has the interface, the toolkit will expect you to implement an OnPropertyChanged(string) method raising the PropertyChanged event, because it's impossible in .NET world to externally raise an object's event.
class Entity : INotifyPropertyChanged
public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged;
protected void OnPropertyChanged( string propertyName )
PropertyChangedEventHandler handler = this.PropertyChanged;
if ( handler != null )
handler( this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs( propertyName ) );
In the previous post I mentioned that one of the features that distinguish our solution from the competition is the ability to automatically raise notifications only at the points in time in which objects are expected to be consistent.
Recall this snippet:
public class Account
public decimal Balance { get; private set; }
public DateTime LastOperationTime { get; private set; }
public int RemainingDailyOperationsLimit { get; private set; }
public void Withdraw(decimal amount)
//... all kinds of checks ...
this.LastOperationTime = DateTime.UtcNow;
this.Balance -= amount;
Here you probably want to raise the change notifications when the full withdrawal operation has been completed and not after each property change. Our algorithm here assumes that whenever control returns from an object's method to its caller in another object the executing instance (as well as all other objects modified by the method) should be in a consistent state. The toolkit at this point will raise notifications for all modified properties except those belonging to other objects currently higher in the stack trace (these objects may still be inconsistent).
Additionally, it tracks changes separately for each executing thread and always raises notifications on the thread whose actions resulted in the property value change.
You may have figured out by now that our solution relies heavily on static compile-time analysis of the code of your property getters (and all other code they invoke directly or indirectly). This allows us to build a dependency map of all the fields and properties of the instrumented classes, which is then used during runtime for notifications generation.
Obviously, while this process is very powerful it also has its limitations. Since we perform static analysis only, there are some code constructs we cannot understand fully and automatically. We can still be ready to deal with some of those cases but from time to time we will need your help. Fortunately, we put strong emphasis on early detection of any and all unsupported scenarios and warn you about them with build-time errors (accompanied by advice on how to fix the problem).
Let's have a look at exactly what is supported and what isn't.
As you have seen in the previous post, there is a good chance we can handle your full code base automatically. Here is a short summary of the scenarios we support:
public string FirstName { get; set; }
private string lastName;
public string LastName
get { return this.lastName; }
set { this.lastName = value; }
private string firstName;
private string lastName;
public string FullName
get { return string.Join(" ", this.firstName, this.lastName); }
public string FirstName { get; set; }
public string LastName { get; set; }
public string FullName
get { return string.Join(" ", this.FirstName, this.LastName); }
public string FullName { get { return this.GetFullName(); } }
public string GetFullName()
return string.Join(" ", this.FirstName, this.LastName);
public string CustomerCity
get { return this.customer.Address.City; }
public string GetFullName()
return string.Join(" ", this.FirstName, this.LastName);
You can probably use the above list to find the missing scenarios and work out library limitations but here's a quick round-up of the most important ones in the current version of the framework:
As I mentioned before, all of these cases are detected at build-time and generate compile errors, at the same time advising you on possible workarounds.
The good news is we also provide you with a handy set of tools and APIs to effectively deal with the cases above if you should ever encounter them. Let's have a look at them, starting with the simplest ones.
Should you decide you don't need automatic change notifications for a single property in an otherwise instrumented class, be it the property never changes, or you know you'll never bind to it, or that you simply want to raise the events manually, we provide you with that option. Simply mark the property with NotifyPropertyChangedIgnoreAttribute:
public string FullName { get { return this.GetFullName(); } }
If, in some scenarios, you feel that our toolkit plays it a bit too safe, e.g. reporting errors about unsupported code constructs in your property getter when in reality those non-analyzable snippets have no influence on the property value , you can ignore the errors by using NotifyPropertyChangedSafeAttribute:
public string FullName
this.logger.Log( "FullName property getter on {0}", this );
return this.GetFullName();
Let's say you want to skip the analysis phase completely and simply define what your property depends on. Our framework supports dependencies on fields of the same class and properties of other instrumented classes. You can also construct dependencies as chains of such properties. All you need to do is put a snippet of code at the beginning of your property getter:
public string BusinessCard
if (Depends.Guard)
Depends.On(this.FirstName, this.LastName,
customer.Address.Line1, customer.Address.Line2);
The Depends.Guard statement always evaluates to false, so that Depends.On() method is never actually executed and has no performance impact. We treat the necessity of using the if (Depends.Guard ) statement as a temporary solution and plan to get rid of it completely in a future release (allowing you to write single Depends.On() statements with no performance impact).
Still, the current syntax is already fully IntelliSense and refactoring friendly and these were our most important design goals for this iteration.
In some cases you may know more about a method than our static analyzer can infer. You may know for instance that a particular method's output value depends only on its arguments, or that any other dependencies it has can be safely treated as read-only. In such cases it's not necessary for the toolkit to analyze the method nor does it matter if it violates some of the constraints.
We call such methods idempotent.
We introduced a special attribute called IdempotentMethodAttribute, which you can apply to a method to let the toolkit know that it can be safely ignored by the analyzer as long as only intrinsic types are passed as its arguments (in any other case the method's return value could depend on arbitrary fields and properties of the passed objects).
That's not to say that our library doesn't know about some idempotent methods. If you have a look at the examples in this post and the previous one, you'll notice that the toolkit automatically ignores calls to many .NET framework methods, such as string.Format(), string.Concat() or any usage of StringBuilder.
The algorithm assumes all static framework methods to be idempotent as long as only intrinsic type values are passed to them. Additionally, our solution also understands some of the often-used methods and classes, including the previously mentioned StringBuilder as well ToString() or GetHashCode().
Finally, for those of you who want to take full control and force the toolkit to raise events exactly when you need them, simply use static utility class NotifyPropertyChangedControllerand to perform one of several actions:
All in all, our Domain Toolkit works "automagically" by default, giving you a INotifyPropertyChanged package that solves most of your needs, while also letting you take full control to tweak its behavior to meet all your needs. So grab the nuget package or download the source code from github, try it out and let us know what you think. We are, as always, open to your suggestions.
Happy PostSharping!
Karol Walędzik is an enterprise software applications architect and developer at Internetium Sp.z o.o. (Warsaw, Poland), as well as a .NET Programming and Artificial Intelligence lecturer and AI researcher at Warsaw University of Technology.


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When it comes to destination weddings, Providence has it all. It boasts a cityscape with sparkling skyline after dark, plenty of history, a vibrant arts community and one of the most vital food scenes in the country. Perhaps best of all is its convenient location and the ease in which visitors can get around to the various fun sites and activities the city has to offer.
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Providence Public Library (150 Empire St.; 401-455-80000: A great place to explore archives and architecture. The library is also available for private events (weddings included!), catered exclusively by Russell Morin Fine Catering.
Governor Henry Lippitt House (199 Hope St.; 401-453-0688): This Governor's mansion, built c. 1865, features Renaissance Revival details and Italian Palazzo elements, including marble statues, colorful stained glass windows and ornately carved woodwork.
The Aldrich House (110 Benevolent St.; 401-331-8575, Ext. 149): Part of the Rhode Island Historical Society, this city estate was designed in 1822 for custom's officer Robert S. Burroughs, offering two sitting rooms, a reception area, full kitchen, ballroom and spacious grounds.
Casino at Roger Williams Park (1000 Elmwood Ave.; 401-941-5640) A landmark Colonial Revival mansion, the Casino, built in 1896, is a picture-perfect photo locale, complete with brick exterior, verandas and Ionic columns.
Article published in Southern New England Wedding Destination magazine's 2013 issue.
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Perl's scope is getting better, but still very prime, and hacked (this is one thing I really hate about Perl, Perl has too much hacked pacthes and concepts, it almost become a daily routine in Perl, why don't they think in a systematic way??? largely because Perl is building on a poorly defined foundation!)
Some examples please. Perl is pretty consistant in it's structure in my opinion, certainly not radicallly inconsistant compared to other languages. The lack of a defined foundation can be considered an advantage. Perl shamelessly steals interesting things from other languages. Perl6 is carrying on this tradition. I far prefer useful functionality to theoretical purity.
Perl's OO is hacked, which hurts modulization that is a main contributor to maintainability in all modern languages.
This is arguable. It lacks useful things like direct support for private methods/attributes. However, these can be implemented using other language features. It's rarely an issue in real world code in my experience.
Perl's OO also gives you a lot of flexibility in your OO models - witness things like Class::Delegation and Class::Contract.
You can make arguments about Java's OO too (lack of generic classes, lack of multiple implementation inheritance, non-OO base types, etc.).
Again, these are arguable points (well, except for generic classes - not having those was insane and will be fixed in the next version :-) There are good reasons for non-OO base types and interfaces - but there are also disadvantages.
perl is not a stable language, it is still RADICALLY (don't read this sentence without this word) evolving, and many times, that is done by hacking. There is a delimer for Perl, because the original design of this language is flawed, you have to either radically modify it, or to keep it familiar but with lots of
Completely disagree. Perl has been remarkably stable. I've still got perl4 scripts running unchanged in perl 5.8. It has certainly evolved, but it's kept compatability to a remarkable degree.
Java has gone through a lot of changes too since it was first released and is still having major features added (witness the proposed addition of generic classes to the next version.) I've had people working on projects where they have had to completely gut elements due to changes in the "standard" libraries :-)
Again, I beg to differ ;-)
Its language independent. I've seen a lot of terrible perl code. I have also seen a lot of terrible C, C++, Java, insert-language-of-choice code. I've seen great perl code. I've also seen great C++, C, even assembler. Bad programmers write bad code. Period.
Now, you can make an argument that it is easier to write bad code in perl than it is in some other languages. Personally I'm undecided on that issue. However, in my opinion, even if this is true it is part of the price you pay in having a flexible language that enables a good programmer to produce good code in a timely manner.
This is why many people can and do use perl for serious commercial projects.
I've not chosen to use perl for fun (well, not just for fun :-). Fun doesn't pay my rent.
I've used it because it's a useful language. I've used it because people pay me to use it. Whether that be because they have existing perl code that is doing its job very well, or because it is easier (aka cheaper) to develop a solution in perl than any other language. I've used it because some CPAN modules cut development time to almost nothing compared to Java/C++/whatever (try an API with multiple-database support as good as DBI in another language).
I don't think perl is a silver bullet. I don't use it for everything. I don't recommend it for everything. I've even regretted using it on occasion. The same applies to every other language. There is no silver bullet.
You use the right tool for the right job. Perl can be that tool a great deal of the time.
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This is to ensure that the station and surrounding network continue to work efficiently alongside the new automated controls governing the operation of the Thames Tideway Tunnel. Standard pump output testing was not plausible given site constraints, safety issues and the costs of manual data retrieval. A hydraulic modelling solution was needed.
It will be critical to accurately record, understand and replicate the manual operation of the station during a range of rainfall and tidal conditions. The updated model can then be used to assess the impact on top water levels, spill frequency, pump operation and flow rates to help optimise the Tideway connection point. We are using our Moata software to collate, interpret and assess all operational and survey information, and our modellers will undertake continuous verification of model simulation runs using the flow survey data.
We have identified a number of improvements that can be made to the modelled configuration of the pumping station and early sensitivity analysis has helped prioritise the location of long-term data collection to support continuous model calibration. This enhanced model and understanding of the sewer network will help guide future recommendations on the interaction and automatic control regime for the Tideway connection.


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Hey the last week's been crazy, so this weekend we'll be letting loose of our urban stress by camping in the Catoctin Mountains. Stay tuned for foods we're taking with us and my latest cooking outdoors experiment!
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Oh no! I just can't bear (ha ha) camping! Hope there aren't any! It's probably more the bugs and lying on the ground and nowhere to plug my tongs into!
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AkzoNobel – a leading global paints and coatings company and manufacturer of Dulux and Maxilite, unveils new upgrades in Dulux products, which help delivering best performance from inside out.
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I'm writing this post from a hotel room; I'm traveling on business for a few days.
It only takes me a few minutes to pack for these trips. Suits for meetings during the day, a casual shirt and pair of pants, toiletries, and my running stuff. I always look forward to a stress-relieving run at the end of the day. So, I was less than pleased when I realized that I had forgotten my running shorts. While the front desk clerk is happy to address your forgotten toothpaste needs, they don't offer emergency running shorts. Hence my aforementioned trip out to find an open Target, or Walmart, or Kmart, or something, to find a pair. Alas, nothing was open (it's late at night – after discovering that I was sans shorts earlier this evening, I had opted to work for a few hours and go shorts-hunting later – where are my priorities?)
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Until I was about 31 I couldn't drive. I'd never needed to get my driving licence. Suddenly, we were moving to a town where without my own car my independence would disappear and I wouldn't even be able to work. A mad few months of driving lessons, theory tests etc began. On my in-laws wedding anniversary, August 26th, I passed my test.
The first time I went out in the car by myself, it felt amazing, I felt free! Now my father-in-law has made a sensible suggestion but it is a suggestion that logically I agree with but my heart screams, "No!"
He has suggested I sell my car, I haven't used it since November and it sits at the side of the road, depreciating. A car needs to be used or it starts to have problems and mine is not used often. So logic would agree, I don't think I'll be driving it any time soon so yes it should go.
Selling it however feels like it removes my ability to be free, to be independent. I'm one of the lucky ones, I don't have severe M.E. so to some this worry will seem frivolous, they no longer worry about losing their independence because it is long gone.
However, I have already lost so much of my independence: I haven't been in a supermarket since Janurary; I can no longer even walk into town for a coffee; I can't plan my own holiday and then just wander aimlessly around when we get there; I can't leave the house whenever I want and go for a long walk; I can't spend a few days alone when my husband goes away; I can't plan my career; I can't spontaneously decide to do something social; and I can't drive.
Selling my car feels like it might be the start of a slippery slope towards those that have lost total independence. It would only be a monetary decision but it feels like so much more than that.
For me, being independent was always a crucial part of who I was. At 19 I moved to London for three months, I did the same at 20 and at 21 I moved there to do a Masters degree. I knew nobody and had to create my own life, get a job, find a flat. At 24 I moved to Poland with accommodation for a few weeks but no job, no language, no bountiful money and only one friend. Each time I faced these challenges pretty much alone and revelled in my independence. I have always loved being around people but I've never really needed them.
Today, I'm faced with needing people, not just loving being with them. It is a challenge to deal with and this is one thing I haven't quite dealt with yet. I hate to tell people that they need to bring me home because I'm tired now, I hate to tell people to get me things because I can't do it myself. My greatest hate is asking my husband after his long day at work to do jobs at home while I have spent the day on the sofa: I hate that I can't do it all!
When you read the M.E. forums this sense of dependence on others seems to have the greatest emotional reaction. People desperately need the support of others but crave their own independence.
When I was well, I never considered the importance of being independent. I never thought about my elderly neighbours, those who were unwell around me, those who through illness or age have lost their ability to be truly free.
I hope when I get well, I don't forget what the reality of losing some (luckily) of my independence was like. I hope I do something to help others retain their independence. I hope I don't become oblivious again to those that fear it's loss.
Will I sell my car? I don't know – I don't think it is a decision I'm ready to make.


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Yield: Makes about 5 1/2 quarts; 10 to 12 servings
Italian Sausage and Pasta Soup from Sunset Magazine
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Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line 2 (12-cup) muffin pans with cupcake papers.
In a medium mixing bowl, sift together the flour, sugar, baking soda, salt, and cocoa powder. In a large bowl gently beat together the oil, buttermilk, eggs, food coloring, vinegar, and vanilla with a handheld electric mixer. Add the sifted dry ingredients to the wet and mix until smooth and thoroughly combined.
Divide the batter evenly among the cupcake tins about 2/3 filled. Bake in oven for about 20 to 22 minutes, turning the pans once, half way through. Test the cupcakes with a toothpick for doneness. Remove from oven and cool completely before frosting.
For the Cream Cheese Frosting:
In a large mixing bowl, beat the cream cheese, butter and vanilla together until smooth. Add the sugar and on low speed, beat until incorporated. Increase the speed to high and mix until very light and fluffy.
Garnish with chopped pecans and a fresh raspberry or strawberry.
Cook's Note: Frost the cupcakes with a butter knife or pipe it on with a big star tip.
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1. Squeeze sausages from casings into an 8- to 10-quart pan over high heat and stir often, breaking them apart with a spoon, until browned and crumbly, 8 to 10 minutes. Spoon out and discard all but 1 tablespoon fat from pan.
2. Add carrots, onion, and garlic; stir often until onion is limp, 5 to 7 minutes. Add broth, tomatoes (including juice), beans, and basil and bring to a boil.
3. Add pasta, reduce heat, and simmer, covered, stirring occasionally, until pasta is just tender to bite, about 10 minutes. Skim and discard fat. Stir in spinach and cook just until it is wilted, about 30 seconds. Add salt and pepper to taste. Serve soup from the pan, or pour into a tureen. Offer parmesan cheese to add to taste.
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I can't believe its been a week. A week ago today I was terrified beyond words. We barely slept the night before. I cried for most of the drive to the hospital. While I sat in the prep room I calmed down as I saw the doctors, nurses and anesthesiologist getting ready I calmed down a little, but got nervous again as I left Josh and they wheeled me back into the OR.
It seemed like forever that I was in the OR without him, getting the shots to numb me from the waist down. My nurse Josh (whose wife's name is also Angela!) was fabulous, holding onto me while the shots went in. I thought there would only be one, but there were many! I was laid back down and they started to prep me, it was all going so fast that I thought Josh wasn't going to make it back there in time! Just as they were about to make the first incision - Josh was brought into the room and sat down next to me. Everyone knew we didn't know what we were having, so I asked out in the room "Any bets on what it is?" Nurse Josh very confidently said, "Its going to be a boy." Everyone chuckled and the surgery got underway.
The anesthesiologist peeked over the drape and gave us the play by play. "only a few minutes now" "I see a foot" Josh and I stared at each other, tears in our eyes. Josh told me how proud he was of me. "The baby is out" said the anesthesiologist, and nurse Josh said "I was right!" Josh wasn't sure what he was referring to and asked for clarification, and our doctor said "Its a boy!" right as Luke started crying. They gave me a quick peek over the drape before they whisked him away to the warming table. Josh followed and took pictures for us.
After he was a little cleaner, they laid him on my chest for a few brief moments. He was so close to my face, that I couldn't focus on him very well, but I knew he was perfect.
After a few moments of this, the nurses took Luke and Josh away to the nursery while I stayed in the OR and got stitched up the rest of the way. After a few minutes a phone call came into the OR with the official weight - 10 lbs 3 oz! Everyone in the room oohed and ahhed when the nurse read off his weight. Josh was in the room at the other end of the call and the nurse there remarked at how everyone reacted! The Dr remarked that with a baby that big, (not just by weight, but also nearly 23" long and a head 15.5" in diameter!) that I probably would have ended up in the same position even if he had been head down.
I don't feel like I was "cheated" out of a normal birth experience, because my birth plan from the beginning was always "get the baby out," period. But, it is weird. I wrote in a Facebook status update that I was going to be headed to the hospital to "get a baby handed to me" and thats basically what happened, and I couldn't be happier! I knew from about 5-6 months that I was going to end up getting a c-section. His head was in the same spot from the moment I could feel him from the outside, and *never* moved. He likes his head rubbed, and I have to wonder if it reminds him of me rubbing it from the outside. :)
Josh and I stayed in the hospital together for three nights. It was so nice to hang out as a family, and be taken care of for a few days before heading back to the real world.
We're home now - thank you so much to everyone for the kind words, flowers, gifts - everyone has been so wonderful!
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2 cloves garlic
1 lg. shallot
1/4 yellow onion
1 Tbs. butter and 1 Tbs. Vegetable oil
1 14.5-oz. can diced tomatoes, drained
3 fresh tomatoes, chopped
1 tsp. crushed red pepper flakes
1/2 C. Half and Half
1/4 C. vodka
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In a saucepan, brown garlic, shallots and onion in olive oil, about 5 minutes. Add canned tomatoes, fresh tomatoes and crushed red pepper. Mix and let cook on medium to high heat for 5-10 minutes. Add half and half and vodka and stir. Let cook for 5-10 minutes. If the mixture doesn't thicken, quickly stir in 1 Tbs. flour. Keep heated until serving.
Saute the shrimp in butter and garlic. Serve over cooked penne or rigatoni or pasta of your choice. I chose to put the noodles and sauce in a baking dish - cover in grated Parmesan cheese and bake in the oven for about 15 minutes, sprinkling on the shrimp with about 5 minutes left.
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Yellow Curry Chicken with Potatoes
This is one of my favorite things to get when I go out for Thai - this is the cheap and easy version :) There are LOTS of different ways to make this, many that take hours and start from scratch. This was one I found online with the fewest amount of ingredients and shortest amount of time to make! I use Chicken, but also good with shrimp - but put them in at the end when the potatoes are tender, and cook only until the shrimp turn pink and are cooked through. Serve over rice.
2 3/4 cups unsweetened light coconut milk
3 tablespoons yellow curry powder, hot or mild
1 pound boneless chicken breast or tenders, cut in big, bite-sized chunks
2 cups chicken broth
3-4 small white potatoes, cut into bite-sized chunks (about 1 1/2 cups)
1 medium onion, cut into thick wedges (about 1 cup)
1 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon brown sugar
In a medium saucepan or heavy skillet, bring 1 cup of the coconut milk to a gentle boil over medium-high heat. Cook for 2 to 3 minutes, until it begins to thicken and becomes fragrant. Add the curry powder, and cook 2 to 3 minutes, stirring to dissolve it into the coconut milk. Add the chicken and cook another minute or two, tossing to coat it with the sauce.
Add the remaining 1 3/4 cups coconut milk, the chicken broth, the potatoes, onion, salt, and brown sugar, and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to maintain a lively simmer and cook, stirring now and then, until the chicken is cooked and the potatoes are tender but still firm, 6 to 8 minutes.
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Lies. We purposefully underestimate how long something will take to make it seem more saleable. When I tell my partner that I'm running an errand at the mall and will be back in half an hour I know that I am outright lying because it will take me that long in travel time alone. But I lie regardless. When he did this to me this week, I completely lost it. Not only was I caught off-guard with his sudden departure when I was expecting his help with the kids, I felt completely disrespected -- that it was somehow acceptable to ignore my needs and devalue my time. Yes, I blew this WAY out of proportion. But the silver lining here was that it made me realize that I DO THE EXACT SAME THING. I think that my white lie eases the pain of my absence when in fact it only makes things worse because it sets expectations that will not be kept. Another opportunity to improve D. Thank you universe!
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Early Saturday morning on my weekly croissant-run, I saw this guy on the bridge.
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He's not coming from or heading to the train station.
It must be laundry day...
What else could it be?
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Bicycle and baggage
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Hah! Yup, Leiden is a student city. He must be going home for the weekend so mom can do the laundry.ReplyDelete
Corpse transport, drug trafficking, the mind boggles at an suitcase and just a slight amount of criminal intentReplyDelete
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Haha Matthew... Too many crime scene tv shows! :)
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Beat me to it!
Adding to the corpse transport theory: homework for the medical faculty? Boerhaave had no bike.ReplyDelete
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Hello everyone, This is a new continuation thread for the Ovulation Test Strips Part 5 peeps, as the original thread has become huge and now has so many pages, it's getting a bit hard to load.We've posted a link to this new thread on the old thread, so hopefully everyone will be able to find it easily enough.Enjoy!
20/07/2016 at 10:55
Another new thread!! Page 1 here we come:) x
20/07/2016 at 11:01
Yeah I know tracy just seems to be taking forever I've got more bloods on the 9th August and if my bloods say no ovulation then I'm getting refered hopefully il get Clomid
20/07/2016 at 11:02
Oh wow new thread already! That was fast! Hopefully new thread will bring about new and better news! 😊
20/07/2016 at 13:28
Omg us ladies must love to talk :)))
20/07/2016 at 14:12
Cd1 for me as well! Let's hope we get some positives this cycle
22/07/2016 at 09:53
Hey ladies im on cd3 and my periods are so light these past few months normally there heavy and I no I'm on my period but this month and last month have been light and I've forgotten I'm on my period is this why my blood test said I'm not ovulating? or is it just im having light periods now for ten years I've had heavy painful periods now i have nothing
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If your progesterone came back at 30 and positive OPKs I'd say you are ovulating??
mine is 24 with positive OPKs my gynea bloke thinks I'm ovulating but I just don't know!! My periods are medium flow for 2-3 days then lighter xxx
22/07/2016 at 20:41
Have a lovely weekend ladies:)
Im currently 4dpo forever hopeful but deep down you just think it won't happen:/
Im away from next Saturday with all the family and my AF is due during our hols unfortunately!!
Hipe you are all well:)
23/07/2016 at 04:32
Mma I'm 4 dpo also. And not feeling particularly hopeful too 😅
23/07/2016 at 07:55
Have a nice holiday mma would love a holiday Im cd4 and have bad back ache at the base of my back 😭
23/07/2016 at 08:50
Good luck missmyangles and amoeba, hope we see some bfp this month
23/07/2016 at 09:27
Good luck mma im 6dpo but not hopeful but only three weeks till gyny then I will be more hopeful, u will get caught mma just takes time after miscarriage xxx
23/07/2016 at 09:54
its been 4 months since my last mc so hoping I will get caught this month
23/07/2016 at 18:07
Emma 92 I no the feeling ifs been over two years for myself but I'm not giving up.
23/07/2016 at 18:11
Emma usually takes us 4-6 months in general and after miscarriage x
24/07/2016 at 12:23
Is anyone taking vitamins and what ones? I've been taking folic acid the last 2 months should I been taking any other vitamins?
hope everyone is enjoying to sun
24/07/2016 at 19:24
Hi mrs d folic acid is all u need to take xx
24/07/2016 at 19:37
went to a christening today and sat next to a pregnant lady made me sad 😭😭
24/07/2016 at 20:32
Can you ladies help me? Do you think this opk is defo a positive? I've never had a positive before xx
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We believe Scripture when it teaches that Adam (Genesis 3:1-7), the first human created by God, represented all of humanity (Romans 5:12) when he disobeyed God by eating from the tree of the forbidden fruit. When he disobeyed he fell into a condition that the Bible refers to as sin. It became a part of his nature, and he began passing that nature on to his descendants (Romans 3:23), who, in turn have passed it on to their children. All around us we see rampant sinful behavior, which is evidence of humanity's fallen state.
We believe Scripture teaches that, because of humanity's fallen condition (Romans 3:9-18), the only way we can get back to God is if He does something to bring us into relationship with Him. Scripture tells us in Ephesians 1 (and other places) that God took the first step and adopted some of us long before we were born; long before we could do anything to make ourselves appear worthy of His affection. When a child is adopted, he does not initiate the process. Mankind cannot initiate the process with God. God chooses him.
We believe Scripture when it teaches that Jesus' death was purposeful and intentional; i.e. it accomplished salvation for His people (John 6:37-40; 10:17-18). He did what He set out to do. He atoned for (covered over) the sins of His people. His death did not provide an opportunity for salvation, it actually provided salvation for His chosen ones. He died to pay for the sins of a specific group of people which Scripture refers to as "elect" Matthew 24:22), "chosen" (Psalm 33:12), "my sheep" (John 10:14-15), etc.
We believe Scripture when it teaches that once the atonement has been made it can only be applied by the Holy Spirit (Ezekiel 36:26). This means that God first changes the heart of the sinner so he can respond to His love (Jeremiah 17:9, 10). He gives us a new heart which enables us to respond to the good news of the gospel.
We believe Scripture when it teaches that God doesn't save part way; i.e. we do not believe we can slip from the hands of our gracious, loving Father. Some, I believe incorrectly, call this "once saved, always saved". The phrase has connotations which are misleading to many. It is more correct to say that the God who called, saved and holds you is eternally faithful; (2 Timothy 2:11-13, John 10:27-30).


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BMW and Dollar General Corp. (NYSE: DG) have been in the news recently because of their background screening policies. Like many other companies, they have faced huge fines for allegedly violating Equal Employment Opportunity Commission rules – and your company may be doing the very same thing.
In April 2012, the EEOC announced its strategic plan for the next four years, and employment background screening was a key focus. The government contends that such screening has had a disparate effect on members of certain minority groups. Screening programs typically look for ex-offenders, and larger percentages of people in those groups have criminal and prison records.
Companies pursued by the EEOC face more than just the prospect of hefty fines. When allegations are announced, their public image suffers, because the implication is that the companies are using unfair and potentially racist policies.
Even if your company isn't quite as large as any of the EEOC's high-profile targets, you could face the same liability if your background screening policies are similar. If your policies are highly restrictive or include "zero-tolerance" elements (such as a refusal to consider anyone with a past felony), you could be setting yourself up for a legal fight you'll probably lose.
The EEOC does not object to pre-employment background screening itself. Their focus has been on what you do with what you learn about applicants. When you discover that your applicant has had a criminal conviction in the past, the EEOC believes that you need to consider three questions. First, how long ago did the crime happen? Second, how does the criminal record or conviction impact the position with your company? Finally, what's the nature of the crime?
Suppose your applicant was convicted of residential burglary when he was 18. Today, he's 37, and hasn't had so much as a parking ticket in the meantime. You discover that he was accused of stealing a TV by an ex-girlfriend after a contentious breakup. Is that the same as an armed robbery? Will that affect how he serves your customers today?
On the other hand, you may run a bank, and you discover that a teller applicant served a year for felony counterfeiting and check kiting. Even if that happened five years ago, you could probably make a solid case that he shouldn't handle your customers' money. Or, if you run a school district and discover that a bus driver applicant was a convicted sex offender, you have a legitimate reason for refusing to hire her.
The basic idea is to avoid using background screening to draw lines in the sand. You need to consider each case individually, and approach what you learn about an applicant within the context of the situation and the position.
Another element of EEOC's plan is the requirement that any candidate whom you refuse to hire because of a background check have an opportunity to respond to the information. It's similar to consumer-protection laws that give you a chance to respond if you're denied credit. We recommend that our clients include a line in their adverse action letter saying "if you would like to discuss anything in this report, please let us know." The downside is that it's hard to validate whether the candidate's version of the story is truthful. However, that's not the issue here. What is important from a compliance standpoint is that you provide that opportunity to respond, even if you don't change your mind.
Some employers also look at arrest information, but that can create additional issues. While the EEOC doesn't prohibit the use of arrest information, it will expect you to be able to articulate how you correlate that information with the nature of the position, if you use it to deny employment. The concern again arises because research shows that minorities tend to be arrested at dramatically higher rates than non-minorities.
One final point the EEOC expects you to consider is how previous employers were influenced by a criminal record. For example, if someone had a misdemeanor conviction several years ago, was subsequently hired by a bank, and there were no further problems, you should put more weight on the successful employment experience than on the earlier conviction. Be sure that you document your policy, too. That way, if a rejected candidate complains to the EEOC, you can prove that your background screening policy meets their expectations.
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3. I can suspend disbelief for the vampires but not for the blood transfusions
4. I know it was 1897 and blood types weren't discovered until 1901 (according to my very in depth research) (wikipedia) but I still cannot get past it
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Dracula: the very name instantly brings to mind visions of vampires, stakes, garlic and crucifixes. But when one bothers to read the novel they may realise how twisted modern vampire fiction has become.
Vampires are not meant to exist as heroes. Go back a few hundred years and men believed truly that the vampire was a real immortal, cursed to quench his undying thirst with a living mortal's blood. The very idea of a blood drinker inspires the very image of a villain to the mind. And that is what


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