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A newer version of HauteLookAliceBundle has been released and portions of this tutorial won't apply to that new version.
Fixtures, those nice little bits of data that you can put into your database so that when you're developing locally you actually have something to look at: like products or users or whatever else you want to play with. I hate writing fixtures because I use this bundle (DoctrineFixturesBundle) and it's boring and manual and you end up building really big ugly fixture classes:
// a boring DataFixtures class
// ...
class MyFixtures implements FixtureInterface
public function load(ObjectManager $manager)
$user1 = new User();
// ...
// repeat over and over...
The reason is that this library just doesn't do anything for you. It's entirely up to you to manage, persist and flush everything that you do.
So I'm going to show you a better way, in fact a much better way with a library called Alice. I prepared a small Symfony application for us which we'll talk about in a second. And I've already started our built-in PHP Web server:
Want to code along? Beautiful! Just download the code on this page.
php app/console server:run
And here's our app, it's all about listing our favorite videogame heroes. Right now we're losing because there is nothing in this table. But that's what we're going to fix with Alice.
This table is actually pulling from the
Character entity so this is what
we actually need to save to the database.
To install Alice we could do it directly but instead I'm going to use an
awesome bundle called
HautelookAliceBundle_. Let's grab the
composer require
command from it's README and paste that into the terminal:
composer require hautelook/alice-bundle
This bundle is a thin layer around the Alice library, which is something that
let's us load fixtures with yml files, and the same DoctrineFixturesBundle
that we were talking about before. This is a really nice combination because
it's going to mean that we can still run our normal
php app/console doctrine:fixtures:load.
But after that, instead of writing raw PHP code, all of our fixtures are
going to be in these really nice yml files.
And if that doesn't sound awesome yet, just hang with me. Alice is a lot more than yml files - it contains tons of goodies.
Next let's activate the bundle. In fact if you head back to its documentation
you'll see that you need to initialize both this bundle and the
in our
AppKernel. So grab both of those lines, open the
and let's put it there:
// app/AppKernel.php
// ...
if (in_array($this->getEnvironment(), array('dev', 'test'))) {
// ...
$bundles[] = new Doctrine\Bundle\FixturesBundle\DoctrineFixturesBundle();
$bundles[] = new Hautelook\AliceBundle\HautelookAliceBundle();
But since I'm only going to be loading my fixtures when I'm developing, I'm
going to go ahead and put these inside of the
dev environment block.
That way, in production I have just a little bit less in my application.
You do need one fixture class, but we can just copy it from the documentation
and put it into our application. I'll create the
DataFixtures/ORM directory.
By the way this stuff does work with the ODM or other doctrine libraries.
And I'll create a file called
AppFixtures. Copy the contents in there
and don't forget to update your namespace and rename the class:
// src/AppBundle/DataFixtures/ORM/AppFixtures.php
namespace AppBundle\DataFixtures\ORM;
use Hautelook\AliceBundle\Alice\DataFixtureLoader;
use Nelmio\Alice\Fixtures;
class AppFixtures extends DataFixtureLoader
* {@inheritDoc}
protected function getFixtures()
return array(
__DIR__ . '/test.yml',
The fixtures class is special because it's already wired up to load yml files.
Let's call ours
characters.yml and then go ahead and create that file:
// src/AppBundle/DataFixtures/ORM/AppFixtures.php
// ...
protected function getFixtures()
return array(
__DIR__ . '/characters.yml',
Now, here is how Alice works. Inside the yml file this is now pure Alice code. You start with the full entity namespace. This tells Alice what type of object it's going to create. Below that, we just start inventing keys. These aren't important yet but they will be later when we start linking two entities together. Under that we just give each property a value. Let's create Yoshi:
# src/AppBundle/DataFixtures/ORM/characters.yml
name: Yoshi
realName: T. Yoshisaur Munchakoopas
highScore: 99999
email: [email protected]
tagLine: Yoshi!
Let's cheat and look back at the
Character entity to see what other fields
we want to fill in. We now have a fully functional and armed single-file
fixture. So let's try it out.
As I mentioned earlier, this is a wrapper around the Doctrine fixtures library
so we use the same
php app/console doctrine:fixtures:load command to
run everything. No errors is good so let's try refreshing the page. Yoshi!
If this is all that Alice gave us I wouldn't be telling you about it. It actually gives us a ton more. So usually in fixtures you want a lot of things. Like five characters or ten characters or 50 blog posts or something like that.
One of the most powerful features of Alice is this range syntax:
# src/AppBundle/DataFixtures/ORM/characters.yml
name: Yoshi
realName: T. Yoshisaur Munchakoopas
highScore: 99999
email: [email protected]
tagLine: Yoshi!
name: Mario
realName: Homo Nintendonus
highScore: 50000
email: [email protected]
tagLine: Let's a go!
So, in this case we're going to be creating characters two through 10. Behind
the scenes you can see how this is basically a
for loop but the syntax
is a lot cleaner. To test that out let's reload our fixtures:
php app/console doctrine:fixtures:load
And now Mario is taking over our database!
So we have 10 characters now but since nine of them are identical they're
not very realistic. But this is where Alice gets really interesting. It has
this special
<> syntax which allows you to call functions that are special
to Alice.
For example, when you're inside of a range you can use this syntax to call
<current()> function that's going to give us whatever index were at
in that moment:
# src/AppBundle/DataFixtures/ORM/characters.yml
# ...
name: Mario<current()>
realName: Homo Nintendonus
# ...
So let's reload our fixtures again and now we have Mario2, Mario3, Mario4.
So this is better but still not very realistic. Behind the scences Alice
hooks up with another library called
Faker_. And as it's name sounds it's
all about creating fake data. Fake names, fake company names, fake addresses,
fake e-mails - it supports a ton of stuff. To use Faker we just use that same
syntax we saw and use one of the many built-in functions.
For example, one of the functions is called
firstName(). Since this is
going to return us some pretty normal names, let's put the word
in front of it so at least it sounds like a superhero:
# src/AppBundle/DataFixtures/ORM/characters.yml
# ...
name: Super <firstName()>
realName: Homo Nintendonus
# ...
Then we're going to use a few others like
email() and
sentence which gives us one random sentence:
# src/AppBundle/DataFixtures/ORM/characters.yml
# ...
name: Super <firstName()>
realName: <name()>
highScore: <numberBetween(100, 99999)>
email: <email()>
tagLine: <sentence()>
These functions are pretty self-explanatory but if you Google for "Faker PHP"
and scroll down on the README just a little bit, they have a
huge list_
of all the functions that they support. They're actually called formatters
but a lot of them take arguments.
For example you can see our
sentence and even some
things for creating random names where you can choose which gender you want.
So let's check this out. Reload your fixtures, scroll back over refresh the page.
php app/console doctrine:fixtures:load
Now we have ten super friends and no identical data.
If you want to make one of these fields sometimes empty you can do that as
well. For example, if
tagLine is optional then you may want to see what
your set looks like when some of the characters don't have one. To do that
create a percentage put a ? after it and then list what value you want:
# src/AppBundle/DataFixtures/ORM/characters.yml
# ...
# ...
tagLine: 80%? <sentence()>
So in this case 80% of the time we're going to get a random sentence and 20% of the time we're going to get nothing. So reload the fixtures, and this time you see that about 20% of our characters are missing their tag line.
So I love the random data, I love how easy this is. But one thing I don't like is that our names just aren't that realistic. We're dealing with video game heroes here and none of our names are actually of real video game heroes.
To fix this let's create our own formatter called
# src/AppBundle/DataFixtures/ORM/characters.yml
# ...
name: <characterName()>
realName: <name()>
highScore: <numberBetween(100, 99999)>
email: <email()>
tagLine: <sentence()>
Now if you try this out you are going to get the error that the formatteris missing:
Unknown formatter "characterName"
So how do we create it? With the bundle it's super easy. Just go back to
your fixtures class,
AppFixtures and create a function called
And in this function we just need to return a character name. I'll paste
in a few of my favorites and then at the bottom we'll use the :phpfunction:
function to return a random character each time Alice calls this:
// src/AppBundle/DataFixtures/ORM/AppFixtures.php
// ...
class AppFixtures extends DataFixtureLoader
// ...
public function characterName()
$names = array(
'Lara Croft',
return $names[array_rand($names)];
I love when things are this simple!
php app/console doctrine:fixtures:load
Flip back to the browser and when you refresh this time, real video game heroes!
So there's one more complication that I want to introduce, and that's relationships.
I have an entity called
Universe as in "Nintendo Universe" or "Sega Universe".
First, let's go into our yml file and create a few of these. We'll start just like before by putting the namespace and creating a few entries under that. So I'll have one for Nintendo, one for Sega and one for classic arcade:
# src/AppBundle/DataFixtures/ORM/characters.yml
# ...
name: Nintendo
name: Sega
name: Classic Arcade
Character entity already has a
ManyToOne_ relationship to universe
on a
universe property:
// src/AppBundle/Entity/Character.php
// ...
class Character
// ...
* @var Universe
* @ORM\ManyToOne(targetEntity="Universe")
private $universe;
So our goal is to take these
Universe objects and set them on the
To reference another object, just use the
@ symbol and then the internal
key to that object. So we'll link Mario to the Nintendo universe and everyone
else, for now, to the Sega Universe:
# src/AppBundle/DataFixtures/ORM/characters.yml
name: Yoshi
# ...
universe: @universe_nintendo
name: <characterName()>
# ...
universe: @universe_sega
name: Nintendo
name: Sega
name: Classic Arcade
php app/console doctrine:fixtures:load
When we check it out now, sure enough we see Nintendo on top followed by
9 Segas. So I know you're thinking, "can we somehow randomly assign random
universes to the characters?" And absolutely! In fact, the syntax is ridiculously
straight forward. Just get rid of the
sega part and put a star:
# src/AppBundle/DataFixtures/ORM/characters.yml
# ...
# ...
universe: @universe_*
name: Nintendo
name: Sega
name: Classic Arcade
Now, Alice is going to find any keys that start with
universe_ and randomly
assign them to the characters. Reload things again and now we have a nice assortment
of universes:
php app/console doctrine:fixtures:load
Because our project is pretty small I've kept everything in a single file, which I recommend that you do until it gets just too big. Once it does, feel free to separate into multiple yml files.
In our case I'll create a
universe.yml file and put the universe stuff
in it:
# src/AppBundle/DataFixtures/ORM/universe.yml
# these have been removed from characters.yml
name: Nintendo
name: Sega
name: Classic Arcade
Of course when you do this it's not going to work because it's only loading the characters.yml file right now. So we get a missing reference error:
Reference universe_nintendo is not defined
There are actually a few ways to load the two yml files but the easiest
is to go back into your
AppFixtures class and just add it to the array:
// src/AppBundle/DataFixtures/ORM/AppFixtures.php
// ...
protected function getFixtures()
return array(
__DIR__ . '/universe.yml',
__DIR__ . '/characters.yml',
Unfortunately, order is important here. So since we're referencing the
universes from within the
characters.yml we need to load the
file first. Let's reload things to make sure they're working.
php app/console doctrine:fixtures:load
And they are!
To back up, after we installed the bundle we only really touched two things.
AppFixtures class, which has almost nothing in it, and our yml files
which are very very small and straight forward. This is awesome! This puts
the joy back into writing fixtures files for me and I absolutely love it.
There are a few topics that we haven't talked about like processors and templates but I'll cover those in a future lesson.
See you guys!
Hey Diego,
Thanks for the reply! I realized that too. It turned out that I couldn't install the bundle because my virtual machine ran out of memory storage. After fixing that, everything worked!
Hey Lily
Look's like your composer didn't install the bundle, can you double check by looking at "/your/project/vendor/doctrine/doctrine-fixtures-bundle/" that directory should exists
For some reason, I keep getting this PHP Fatal error: Class 'Doctrine\Bundle\FixturesBundle\DoctrineFixturesBundle' not found in /vagrant/starwarsevents/app/AppKernel.php on line 21
I added the 2.3.0 version of the doctrine-fixtures-bundle to composer.json because it's the latest version according to packagist. Does anyone know why? Thanks!
Hey Martin Bittner!
This bundle works for Symfony 3 also, but *this* specific tutorial uses an old version of the bundle. But if you're following their GitHub documentation, yep, it should work! What's the date you have with the date() faker function?
Does this work for Symfony 3.2.8? it seems to be for symfony2 only?
When I look at the packagist.org, the description of hautelook bundle is "Symfony2 Bundle to manage fixtures with Alice and Faker.".
I tried following instruction multiple times, from here or from their respective github documentation, and I can't make it work with my symfony installation. Always having error when using date() faker.
Yo Nash!
Yep - unfortunately this screencast is for a (now) very old version of the bundle (like 0.15)! When version 2.0 of the bundle comes out (which should be very soon), we're planning on an update! For version 1.x (the current stable), we talk about it in our Symfony series: https://knpuniversity.com/s...
I got PHP Fatal error: Class 'Hautelook\AliceBundle\Alice\DataFixtureLoader' not found in /src/AppBundle/PostBundle/DataFixtures/ORM/AppFixtures.php on line 9
Hey MilanG,
Well, fixtures do generate content for you. Actually, content is generated by faker library, which has already integrated to the alice package. But, it also allows developers customize content which will be generated, i.e. how big post content should be, how many words generate for post title, which language use for user's dummy name, etc. In other words, each project has different fields with different types and different validation rules, so make something common for all possible cases is difficult, I'd rather say it impossible.
When you have written some fixtures once - you can reload these fixtures as many times as you want in the future.
Do you agree with me?
Hmm...I expected that fixtures would automatically generate content. I.e. in entity type "book" please generate 15 random peaces of content. Now, when I saw that I have to do it manually I'm disappointed. Why do I need extra bundle at all when I have to do it by hand, writing the code which will generate entity?
Hey Tael,
Good cross reference, thanks!
DONT PANIC for old version
and see https://knpuniversity.com/s...
DONT PANIC for old version
and see https://knpuniversity.com/s...
have fun!
Hey Simon!
Can you explain this with a bit more detail? I'm sorry - I don't understand what all the entities and relationships look like :).
how can i do to make a multiple relashionship ? i explain: i have a modele car table , a marque-car table and a driver table with two fields modele_car and marque. how can i do for that the modele_car generated equal the good marque-car.
Your "Edit" sounds right - iirc, the authors of the AliceBundle are working to address some "ordering" problems.
Hello , yes it works with and without quotes but noticed something strange.
While running the fixtures multiple times, only the id of the place is regenerated everything else stays the same?
Only way to create something new after the first fixture load is to drop the database and recreate it.
Edit: Fixed , it seems it's running the fixtures in the order defined in the YML , so you'd have to put the relationship childrens before the parent.
Hey, rddro !
`hautelook/alice-bundle` is a bundle for standalone `nelmio/alice` library, which ports this lib and another one (fzaninotto/Faker) for the Symfony applications. If you see its dependencies - you will find `nelmio/alice`. So if you're on a Symfony app, you probably want to use this bundle instead of standalone library.
And yes, it's still possible to use random relationships (using wildcard *) in new version 2.x. Do you have any errors using it? Try to wrap it with quotes like
place: '@place_*'.
hello ? I think I've been using a different thing ? Didn't have a problem with it yet , the nelmio/Alice one ?
Are they related ??
Another question I'm having , was looking through the documentation and not sure is it possible to select a random relationship like this ?
startat: <datetimethisdecade()>
comment: <realtext(420)>
place: @place_*
name: <city()>
address: <streetaddress()>
website: <domainname()>
$this->roles = array($roles); Indeed this was the case all good. Don't remember why I changed this was testing something and forgot to change it back >.<
Hmm - yea it definitely looks like we're ending up with an array of arrays - array(array('ROLE_ADMIN')) instead of just array('ROLE_ADMIN').
I would double-check your setRoles() method - make sure you're not accidentally wrapping the array in another array before setting it. For example, this would be a problem:
public function setRoles($roles)
$this->roles = array($roles); // this is bad, you'd end up with 2 arrays
If this isn't the problem, then I would dump the $roles argument in setRoles() to see what is being passed to you:
public function setRoles($roles)
Hello , seems it doesn't like it if i define it as an array not sure why.
If i put [] in the fixture for the role it will generate an array of array
a:1:{i:0;a:1:{i:0;s:10:"ROLE_ADMIN";}} instead of a:1:{i:0;s:10:"ROLE_ADMIN";}
If I leave it as a string like roles : ROLE_ADMIN it will generate the good array.
Maybe it had something to do with the setRoles() annotation in the entity. Cheers
Hey Simon!
I think you'll need to write a custom formatter for this (like we built in this chapter), but I'm not exactly sure how - in the formatter - you would retrieve the current "index". In YAML, there is a function called <current()> that you can use to get the current row number (https://github.com/nelmio/a.... But, you would need to be able to retrieve this from inside of your formatter, and that might be tricky.
Another possibility is this: *don't* use ranges: simply create 10 separate marque entries. I realize that you will probably now have a lot of duplication - each marquee may have a lot of similar data. But, if you use "inheritance" in Alice, you can remove this duplication: https://github.com/nelmio/a...
I hope this helps!
Yep, good call! There is a new version of the library - and it's great - but it's *totally* different now :). This tutorial covers 0.1.5.
In case someone runs into the same problem...
Since I'm taking this screencast after 2 years from its release, I had a lot of dependencies errors while loading composer repositories with
composer require hautelook/alice-bundle
I updated it with the particular version that was valid at that time (0.1.5), and it worked:
composer require hautelook/alice-bundle 0.1.5
Hello i would like to know to link a array key with an entry. By examble when i write marque{1...10}. I would like that the first equal the first value of my array etc
Hey rddro!
Basically, you want to set an array onto roles (since roles is an array field). To do that in YAML, use this syntax:
username: # ...
# ...
roles: [ROLE_USER, ROLE_ADMIN]
# ... or, if you want something random, it should be something like this
roles: <randomelements(['role_user', 'role_adimn',="" 'role_client'])="">
Update : it would seem you can echo them like so
$role= ['ROLE_ADMIN', 'ROLE_USER', 'ROLE_SUPER_ADMIN', 'ROLE_CLIENT'];
echo '['.$names[array_rand($role)].']';
but I think there might be a better way
Hello o/ Anyone have some clue how to add the user role ? Tried to set it like roles: 'a:1:{i:0;s:10:"ROLE_ADMIN";}' but it didn't work properly.
Hey Oscar!
The bundle looks in the DataFixtures/ORM directory of each of your bundles for fixture classes. If it doesn't find *any*, you'll get this error. So double check that you have the fixture class in DataFixtures/ORM. But also, this tutorial covers an older version of the bundle - so this could be from a difference with the new version! In the next few days, we'll have an updated section about using Alice for fixtures in our Doctrine tutorial: http://knpuniversity.com/sc....
Ah, thank you! It'll be covered in the new Doctrine tutorial (near the end) which will start coming out this week: http://knpuniversity.com/sc.... Here's a preview on the script (https://github.com/knpunive... (if that helps) - the actual code blocks will be at the first link soon. Cheers!
Thanks for a quick reply. Can you please drop a few lines how you use it?
BTW brilliant tutorials :)
When i try to load the fixtures i get this error:
Could not find any fixtures to load in:
- /Applications/MAMP/htdocs/starwarsevent/vendor/symfony/symfony/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBund
.... and more
Help please
Yea, I've been thinking about this! I haven't used it much, but the new version of the bundle looks harder to use. Recently, I used Alice + DoctrineFixturesBundle directly (with no other bundle) and was very happy.
Great tut!
It would be nice to update it with the latest changes to Alice (at least in the text below):
1. Using Hautelook\AliceBundle\Doctrine\DataFixtures\AbstractLoader instead of DataFixtureLoader
2. Launching update with hautelook_alice:doctrine:fixtures:load (or h:d:f:l) instead of doctrine:fixtures:load.
Anyone know if there's a way to have alice 'override' a primary key?
@weaverryan is right, Alice _simply_ hydrate entities, so the behaviour is implied by Doctrine. In fact, you probably have a primary key with an id generation handled by Doctrine himself (http://doctrine-orm.readthe.... I also play with metadata when I need predictable IDs :
// Don't forget to add a setter for ID on your entity (eg: Pokemon::setId($id))
$em = $this->getContainer()->get('manager.pokemon');
$metadata = $em->getClassMetaData('AppBundle\Entity\Pokemon');
$generatorType = $metadata->generatorType;
$fixtures = $this->loadFixtureFiles([
Yea, I've never tried it. Strictly speaking, it's fine to do this directly in Doctrine, and my impression of Alice is mostly that it is simply calling the setters on your entity methods and then persisting them - in which case there would be no issue. But I'm guessing there's something complication I'm not seeing :)
Anyone know if there's a way to have alice 'override' a primary key? I'm using these fixtures along with Behat BDD and it's a lot more convenient to say GET users/500 rather than have to deal with getting the id dynaimically each time. Doing it outside of Alice I am overwriting the metadata to do this.
I've tried to pass the @self to a custom formatter and set the metadata this way, but it doesn't seem to be working. Alice is real cool, so I'd def. like to use it everywhere I can. Thanks!
Yo Nick! It should be something like this: https://github.com/nelmio/a.... Basically, if Post is ManyToMany with Tag, then you ultimately want to call something like Post->setTags($tags) where $tags is an array of objects. By setting the "tags" property to an array of references (like in the link), I think it should work. And even better, the commenter says that it will find adder methods, which is pretty cool.
Let me know if it works out :)
How to achieve fixtures for many to many tables where there is no entity?
@Daniel - I see the issue: if you open up a clone of the standard edition that shows your code not working, then it might be faster for the maintainer to see what's going wrong. Also, be very detailed about any errors you may or may not be getting :)
I haven't been able to execute it successfully yet. There is an issue open regarding this very same point. The maintainer pointed out the test case as reference https://github.com/hauteloo... but is not working for me either
Thanks a lot!
Indeed it is! For loading in tests, you can run the commands directly (http://symfony.com/doc/curr..., though I usually try to find the "right" way to call it, which basically means doing the same thing as the command: https://github.com/hauteloo.... That may or may not be tricky - usually I'm hoping to be able to fetch just one service out and call one method on it - this looks a bit more involved (but it may not be once you look into it).
Yeah, it is more in line with symfony's way of doing things. The processors need to be defined as services with arguments and stuff. One question, how would I load alice's fixtures on my tests? I tried this $fixtures = $container->get('hautelook_alice.doctrine.command.load_command'); but didn't work. Thanks
It looks like the bundle got a nice new facelift - I'll take a look at what's been updated :).
Found the solution. I was previously using regular Doctrine Fixtures, so having a look at this excerpt https://github.com/hauteloo... found that running php app/console h:d:f:l or hautelook_alice:doctrine:fixtures:load will load only alice fixtures. The confusing part is that when running the regular doctrine:fixtures:load I see that the alice fixtures are alse executed. Thanks any way
Hello Ryan! I just installed the bundle latest version and found out the class you extend doesn't exist any longer, nonetheless in the documentation they extend the class AbstractLoader. I ran the usual command fixutures:load and my class is there but no data added to the data base. How can I debug a command? Because I thing the problem is the route where I placed the yaml file. Tried var_dump to no avail. Thanks
:thumbsup: nice work!
Thanks a lot Ryan you were right. In my last field (a string one) I used a function that returns an array (paragraphs()) Shame on me !
I'll no longer make this error ^^ Thank you for your advices
Hey there!
Ok coo. So, I *probably* know what your issue is :). Somehow, you probably have some Alice code that is setting an array of data on a field that is mapped as a string on the database. I could be wrong, but Doctrine is probably trying to convert an array (that was set on an entity by Alice) into a string while saving. I would remove the alice lines one-by-one until this error goes away (like you were doing). When you finally don't have an error - or have the above error about a null constraint - it means the saving is happening, and probably the last line you removed is the problem. You could also open the core Doctrine code where the error is being thrown, and do a little var_dump() of the value right before the error. Then you can see what array value is trying to be turned into a string, which might help debugging.
I hope that helps!
Hello, thanks for this tutorial I didn't know this cool library !
I tried to use it in my project but I always have this error in the console :
Notice: Array to string conversion
I don't have other information for debugging. I tried to remove some fields in my fixture yml file and when I run the doctrine:fixtures:load I have a SQL error like "SQLSTATE[23000]: Integrity constraint violation: 1048 Column 'registration_details' cannot be null". It means that Alice is trying to insert data right ?
Great solution! Nothing is built in to do this, so I think you solved this perfectly!
Hi! Great tutorial!
I have only one question: is there any way to make a relation with data which already exist in the database?
I want to generate fixtures for the entity Conversation which as 3 attributes:
- name
- creationDate
- creator -> this is ManyToOne with the entity User
Is it possible to say to the 'creator' attribute to take a random User from the database and not from another .yml file?
I solved creating a custom function for Alice (like the one created in the screencast for super heroes names) which return a casual user id from the ones present in the database.
Hi Sergio!
Good question! If you want, you can add it to the `require-dev` part of your `composer.json`: https://getcomposer.org/doc..., though at best, that simply means that it won't be downloaded to your disk in an environment, and disk space is cheap.
What you *really* want is to add it to AppKernel in the spot where it's only loaded in the `dev` environment: https://github.com/symfony/.... There's no downside to this, and it'll give you a very minor performance boost in the `prod` environment.
Hello, great tutorial!
Is there any way to put this dependency (hautelook/alice-bundle) in my composer.json project file and only load it for development environment ?
It's a poorly-publicized fact - I hope to make that more obvious soon :). Thanks again!
Very quickly! :)
I didn't know that code was available on GitHub, it would be better to create a pull request.
Thanks for quick fix
You're right - good catch! I just updated it :) https://github.com/knpunive...
Hi, thanks for this screencast!
I also found typo in the text. I think you wanted to write "characters.yml" instead of "test.yml" in second code block (after sentence "Let's call ours characters.yml and then go ahead and create that file:").
Thanks for reply! Yes VichUploaderBundle is very good for Uploads. Also that's exactly what I mean!
Hey Nick!
I *think* I know what you're asking, and I'm planning on covering it in one upcoming screencast. If I have a field that normally holds a value like "foo.png", and that's populated by uploading a file, then I would use processors: https://github.com/nelmio/a... to look for that file in some pre-configured directory and move it into some "uploads" directory (wherever your files normally upload to - you could even move to S3).
As far as the URL to the image, now that you have "foo.png" stored in your database and the file actually lives in the correct upload spot, it's up to you in your template to link to it correctly. Btw, I recommend using VichUploaderBundle to handle uploads and link to them.
Let me know if I hit on your question!
Is there a way to add image url(s) as well via this bundle? Maybe a field in db points to an image URL.
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Composite rates, based on an average characteristic of the group, such as the average age of the employees, will no longer be quoted by the health insurance issuer, unless required by a state. As you will see later in this course, employers may choose to use a "calculated composite premium" method to minimize the effect of the employee's age on the employee's contribution toward coverage.
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We were lucky enough to sit down and have a chat with Detroit Social Club front man David Burn while the band were in town on the 'New To Q' tour.
When we get to the Newcastle Academy, the venue for our interview with fellow townsmen Detroit Social Club, it is Geordie hospitality at its finest.
While we wait for front man David Burn to wrap up his interview with a national newspaper, we're offered refreshment's by Ross the band's tour manager, to which we decline with thanks.
Minutes later we're saying a brief hello to David who, before he pops off for a couple of minutes to quickly find out how the sound check was going again offers us our pick of the refreshments on offer in the room.
Making ourselves as comfortable as one can on the lowest sofa's in existence we patiently wait for him to return as various other members of Detroit Social Club seek refuge in the room before being ushered out so as to let us begin the interview.
Currently, when we speak with David, Detroit Social Club are on the 'New To Q' tour alongside Goldhawks and Tiffany Page. Two shows into the tour and we were curious as to how it has been thus far.
"It's been interesting," David admits "The first show in Manchester there were a lot of delays so we went on an hour late. Which is never a good thing. Not from our point of view, but people have paid for tickets and we're telling them we're on stage at 10, and we don't go on stage until 11 it looks bad on us. So didn't get off to a great start. Then Glasgow last night was weird. It was a good gig and we enjoyed it but it was like weird. I don't know, the bands are quite varied that are on the tour, so you've got a big mix of fan base. Do you know what I mean? They're not similar bands, so everyone doesn't love every band, it's been good fun anyway. A bit weird but tonight hopefully will make up for it."
Tonight's show is in Newcastle the bands home town.
"Aye, it's always class like aye." he nods looking forward to playing the home crowd "It's always great. The last one we did was brilliant it was like, it's normally the end of the tour that we're playing Newcastle but it was put at the beginning for some reason this one."
What can be expected from a Detroit Social Club show?
"Loads of noise, loads of passion, just to have a really good time."
The band's album 'Existence' is released on May 31st. Something which has by admission been a long time in coming.
"I think its more kind of relief than excitement" David explains about getting the album out to the masses "Its kind of like knowing that we've been working on it so long, and its been such a long time coming, its good to finally have like the light at the end of the tunnel finally coming into vision, and you're like there it is, its within touching distance."
"We finished our sound recording last June, and we finished it [the album] probably about February, so because we've kind of been in that flux period where we finished the album, we don't want to be doing another tour straight away after we've done the last one, so it's been a bit of an awkward period, so we're looking forward to getting that out and then people will hear the album, and they'll either like it or they won't. At least then we know either way."
Prior to the release of the album, a four-track EP was released at the beginning of March entitled 'Kiss The Sun' which allowed the band not only to gauge reaction to their forthcoming record, but also allowed the fans an insight into what to look forward to and it seemed that the EP went down well.
"Really good," David tells us was the reaction to the EP "It was it's kind of weird, when you're a new band and you do EP releases you never can go into the charts or anything like that. Its kind of just for the reviews and the bit of press that you get, and we got like 5 out of 5 in the News of The World, 4 out of 5 in The Sun, and some really good reviews. We got some shit reviews as well but I would rather polarise people then I'd rather people hated us than just thought we were all right. Because at least then we're stirring a bit of passion in them."
So with these reviews and the positive responses from people and the press, for the band themselves, do they hope the album is going to do just as well as the EP?
"Aye, I think. Obviously I want people to love it and for people to pass it on and however they do that for people to come along to gigs and obviously enjoy our music. That's as a songwriter, that's what you always hope's going to happen."
But what of the album?
"It's kind of, its quite an eclectic mix of music." David explains "Its got quite different sorts of genres in there, but we hope to see that people see that as a good thing. As a positive thing rather than thinking its putting some negative connotation to it. Its quite personal, its quite exposing, its quite revealing I suppose. But I think if music's going to be authentic and its going to be genuine; which there's not many bands doing right now, you've got to be prepared to put yourself on a pedestal a little bit and reveal a little bit about yourself."
The album 'Existence', in itself if quite a record. Very anthemic and atmospheric, it has a massive sound to it, but was that planned?
"I don't know, I don't really plan things. When we're recording stuff you kind of just make decisions like little decisions along the way and then when they're answered by the end of it you've kind of got what you've got."
"It's a bit like life. You don't plan where you want to be when you're 65 you kind of just cross bridges when you come to it. When you've got that decision to go to uni or to do an apprenticeship or to sit on the dole, and you make all these decisions and ultimately that's where you are. And its the same with music. When we started the recording there was a decision to make and we made it and it's ended up what it is, so we're quite happy with it."
With these decisions during the course of recording being made, was there or rather is there much in way of a writing process?
"Its changed a little bit recently," David admits "Actually it used to be just messing about with sounds and experimenting with different sounds, and getting in the studio and just messing about with beats and samples, and all that and then putting bass lines on. And maybe it got put to the side for a few months and then I would find it and do a little bit more, put some guitar on it and then put it away and it wouldn't get touched for a year. But recently its been a little bit more, because I've got less time, because its quite a time consuming way to do it, its been a lot more sort of traditional, sitting with a guitar and writing words like that. Just mix it up really depending on how you're feeling at the time."
Where does the inspiration come from for these grand, anthemic songs?
"It depends because there's like 2 dimensions to music. I mean there's obviously lyrical and its kind of changed, I'm into a lot of like existentialist kind of literature, but then I like romantic poets like Keats and Blake and all that sort of stuff. Because anything that sort of instigates your mind into questioning things about yourself and stuff like that is always quite like literary for me anyway and musically? I don't know I've always been in love with like [the] 60's like Joe Meek and Phil Spectre and people like that and obviously Mo-town sounds, gaudy sound so I suppose from there as well."
Could it be said that you can hear this influence coming across in the music?
"Not directly. I don't think you'd listen to our records and go he loves Phil Spectre or Joe Meek but you can definitely sit and sort of see the comparisons if they were pointed out to you, and you could understand them. I think that bombastic that kind of big anthemic full on sound probably comes from my love of the Spectre era, the Mo-town era, that kind of thing. That whole 60's movement where everything was as big as it could possibly be. So there's certainly elements and I think a kind of gospel nature on a lot of the choruses like the group vocals all of that comes from there as well."
With all of those influences and styles coming through, it would be easy to listen to the album and enjoy it as a whole entity. However, having been a main part in writing it is there a track that could be cited as a personal favourite?
"Probably 'Chemistry'. We were recording the album down in Wales and I'd been away from home for like four weeks and I've got a little 4 year old – we'll she's coming up four – year old girl. Kind of obviously missed her like mad and sat in the room one day, drunk and just let them get on with recording and wrote the song. And then the next day, the next morning I was sat working on it and one of the lads heard me and asked 'oh what's that?' and I said 'oh it's a new song I've been working on', and he kind of forced me to play it for the lad who was producing it with me, and he said we need to put it on the album because it's a great song. So that's probably my favourite."
Detroit Social Club formed in Newcastle back in 2007, consisting of David Burn, Dale Knight, David Welsh, Johnny Bond, Chris McCourtie and David Green.
"I was recording loads of songs. I had a studio and there was no one in the studio. I was just messing about with different ideas and from the back of that, done a Myspace, kind of got a lot of hype around it with local journalists and things, and of the back of that got a load of national press and got managers and record labels interested. But everyone sort of said we need to hear it live, so I got the band together to kind of play the ideas live." David explains how the band came to form, before being momentarily interrupted by someone pushing the door open and then closing it again. "They open the door and then just go straight away its like what? Why?" he states slightly frustrated before returning to what he was saying.
"So it kind of came off the back of that really it was a bit arse-over-tit. It was the egg before the chicken really.""
The six-piece have ultimately grown over the few years they've been together into something that seems likely to move swiftly onto bigger things. But for the most part they are still relatively new to many people, so for those who don't know we asked if he could tell us a little about the band.
"Music wise? Kind of big, unashamedly big." He begins "Possibly epic but I hate when people use that word because what the fuck does that mean? Believable, authentic, genuine, thought-provoking. What five words would you use?" he asks us.
Deciding after a moments pause to use anthemic, we're stumped as to what words would some them up appropriately.
"Sometimes its weird when you're put on the spot like that isn't it? Right we'll just go with anthemic then." he laughs.
Not one to be deterred we try and think, listening to the band you can definitely hear the anthemic connotation, but it must be pointed out that the album at times, we feel at least, could be compared to a film score.
"Is it? Oh well that's definitely good. What's your favourite song?"
Without blinking we say 'Prophecy', knowing it is the single, but for us being the one that we enjoy the most out of the whole album.
"The one that stands out?" he asks before nodding at our affirmative answer "Good, fair do's."
As we approach summer, the band are scheduled to play a number of festivals. Glastonbury and Japan are 2 of the ones that we know they are looking forward to. With festivals in a way being the main part of any and all bands touring schedules during this time of year, is it something that they enjoy?
"I love them aye," David nods "I think playing gigs is good, but when you play a festival its just like [more] atmosphere. Everyone's there for a good time. Everyone wants to have a good time at a gig but they've got to go to work the next day so how happy could they actually be? Whereas festivals everyone's kind of under the influence as well, everyone's just a lot happier."
"We always love playing them we don't necessarily get under the influence obviously, but I think we're suited as well. I think, like you said, the anthemic sound and the big sound and having a big stage kind of suits that. If you've ever seen like a band on a tiny little stage and there's this massive sound it just doesn't look right, does it? It's not right. So I think we suit the bigger stage anyway and it gives me enough room to walk around and throw my arms around everywhere without hitting anyone."
Have you hit people before?
"Loads of times," he nods "I've knocked guitars out of tune and all that sort of stuff."
Given that the band have played a fair number of shows in the few years they've been together, is there one that stands out as being the favourite?
"Favourite show? It's weird for no reason, it's strange." David begins to explain, "The answer I probably should give you is probably when we supported Oasis on their last ever gig, or the first festival we ever did., but just for actual sheer enjoyment it would either be my first gig that we did at The Other Rooms a couple of years ago, or weirdly and I don't know why, it would be when we supported Jet at Leeds Uni. Don't ask me why, it was just kind of you know one of those nights were everything was going for you, its like a football team. Notts County can beat Glasgow Rangers you know what I mean? Its because they're having a good day of it. And it was just a good gig, probably the most enjoyable."
In terms of touring can we look forward to another headline tour?
"We've done like three up to now. We've done one just in February, which went really well, we really enjoyed it. But I think now we've toured a lot before the album release and we haven't released that many recordings, so we've kind of outstayed our welcome a little bit. But in terms of the tour I think this tour is kind of possibly one too many before the album drops, before people can fall in love with all the songs. So, I think we'll probably be playing again probably after the festivals, maybe September or something."
With their summer playing festivals and the album out at the end of May. What's next for Detroit Social Club?
"Good question." he pauses momentarily "Who knows? Hopefully do a really good headline tour in September, release a good few singles, hopefully they'll go down well. We're getting some really really good feedback from TV syncing, there's a possibility that we're getting used on Sky Sports, like the Soccer Sunday, so just keep on getting good reviews and keep on enjoying it really that's all you can hope for. And if you try and plan for anything other than that, you're looking too much into it I think."


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text: Medical Care. 45(12):1195-1204, DECEMBER 2007 DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e3181468ca3 , PMID: 18007170 Issn Print: 0025-7079 Publication Date: December 2007 Print The Association of Registered Nurse Staffing Levels and Patient Outcomes: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Robert Kane;Tatyana Shamliyan;Christine Mueller;Sue Duval;Timothy Wilt; + Author Information From the *University of Minnesota School of Public Health; †University of Minnesota School of Nursing; and ‡VA Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Checking for direct PDF access through Ovid Abstract Objective:To examine the association between registered nurse (RN) staffing and patient outcomes in acute care hospitals.Study Selection:Twenty-eight studies reported adjusted odds ratios of patient outcomes in categories of RN-to-patient ratio, and met inclusion criteria. Information was abstracted using a standardized protocol.Data Synthesis:Random effects models assessed heterogeneity and pooled data from individual studies. Increased RN staffing was associated with lower hospital related mortality in intensive care units (ICUs) [odds ratios (OR), 0.91; 95% confidence interval (CI), 0.86–0.96], in surgical (OR, 0.84; 95% CI, 0.80–0.89), and in medical patients (OR, 0.94; 95% CI, 0.94–0.95) per additional full time equivalent per patient day. An increase by 1 RN per patient day was associated with a decreased odds ratio of hospital acquired pneumonia (OR, 0.70; 95% CI, 0.56–0.88), unplanned extubation (OR, 0.49; 95% CI, 0.36–0.67), respiratory failure (OR, 0.40; 95% CI, 0.27–0.59), and cardiac arrest (OR, 0.72; 95% CI, 0.62–0.84) in ICUs, with a lower risk of failure to rescue (OR, 0.84; 95% CI, 0.79–0.90) in surgical patients. Length of stay was shorter by 24% in ICUs (OR, 0.76; 95% CI, 0.62–0.94) and by 31% in surgical patients (OR, 0.69; 95% CI, 0.55–0.86).Conclusions:Studies with different design show associations between increased RN staffing and lower odds of hospital related mortality and adverse patient events. Patient and hospital characteristics, including hospitals' commitment to quality of medical care, likely contribute to the actual causal pathway.


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Weight Loss
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My Qualifications
What Is Hypnosis?
What Others Say
Frequently Asked Questions
Weight Loss
Smoking Cessation
Pain Management
Sports Performance
Your Commitment
Investment For The Future
Smoking Cessation
Hypnosis is an effective way to stop smoking as most Hypnotherapists will give suggestions that you will not swap one habit for another i.e No weight gain and no side effects.
The benefits of quitting
It is important to know that it is never too late to quit. The sooner you stop smoking, the faster your body will recover and your risk of developing life-threatening conditions will decrease.
Longer life expectancy
If you quit smoking by the age of 30, you could increase your life expectancy by 10 years – just think what you could do with that extra decade. Even if you are in your 60s when you decide to quit, you can still add three years onto your life. Not only will you have a longer life if you stop smoking, you should also have fewer health problems, making for a happier, more independent later life.
More energy
Carbon monoxide robs your body of oxygen, and without oxygen your body can't work properly. When you quit smoking you will be lowering the carbon monoxide levels in your body allowing your lungs and muscles to work the way they should. More oxygen to the brain will also help you to feel more alert, energised and awake. You should also find you can sleep better without that nicotine in your system.
Boosted immune system
When you smoke, your immune system is lowered making you more susceptible to colds and flu. When you quit smoking your immune system gets a boost, which means you will pick up less illnesses and generally feel healthier all round.
More money
If you have smoked 20 cigarettes a day for 10 years, you will have spent approximately £30,000 on smoking. Every time a craving hits – think about what you could do with that extra money!
Better breathing
Within nine months of quitting smoking, your lung capacity should increase by as much as 10% helping you to do simple things like climb stairs without gasping for breath. You will also get rid of that smoker's cough, and any breathing difficulties or conditions you have (such as asthma) should be dramatically reduced.
Reduced stress levels
Many smokers reach for a cigarette when they are feeling stressed and while that immediate hit of nicotine after withdrawal may make you feel relaxed at first, in the long term, smoking only increases stress levels. Studies have shown that ex-smokers are less stressed than they were when they were smoking.
Younger looking skin
Smoking prematurely ages the skin, making it dull, dry and prone to wrinkles. When you stop smoking, this effect is reversed as your skin receives the nutrients it needs. This means that in time, you should find your complexion brightens up and any lines you have may appear reduced.
Better sense of smell and taste
The chemicals in cigarettes dull taste buds and affect the way you smell, making food and drink a bit of a bore. Quitting will bring these senses to life again, helping you taste and smell things at a greater intensity.
Protected loved ones
Passive smoking can be as fatal as smoking a cigarette directly, by not smoking around your friends and family you will be reducing their risk of developing smoking related illnesses.


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Sober Thought of the Day
"I have absolutely no pleasure in (alcohol) in which I sometimes so madly indulge. It has not been in the pursuit of pleasure that I have periled life and reputation and reason. It has been the desperate attempt to escape from torturing memories, from a sense of insupportable loneliness and a dread of some strange impending doom."
Edgar Allan Poe
It's true that in the end of my drinking days there was no pleasure in it. There was compulsion and repetition and daily drinking, but I could never drink enough to achieve the high drinking had given me in the beginning. Number 9
Psalm of the Day
Responsorial Psalm PS 105:16-17, 18-19, 20-21
R. (5a) Remember the marvels the Lord has done.
When the LORD called down a famine on the land
and ruined the crop that sustained them,
He sent a man before them,
Joseph, sold as a slave.
R. Remember the marvels the Lord has done.
They had weighed him down with fetters,
and he was bound with chains,
Till his prediction came to pass
and the word of the LORD proved him true.
R. Remember the marvels the Lord has done.
The king sent and released him,
the ruler of the peoples set him free.
He made him lord of his house
and ruler of all his possessions.
R. Remember the marvels the Lord has done.
Today's Saint
"Liturgical action is given a more noble form when sacred rites are solemnized in song, with the assistance of sacred ministers and the active participation of the people." Saint Cecilia, patron saint of musicians
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"how serious we are," he said.
This new entry "holds the fate of our company" said NIS, and revealed details about Disgaea 4. It's set in hell and we need build our own political cabinet.
Ludicrous right? Good because NIS have promised "stupidity to the MAX" with Disgaea 4. It's a hardcore SRPG with comedy. "I'd love to have questionable politicians play this game," joked the studio president.
Aside from network features you will be able to invade the worlds of other players, and vice versa of course. The main focus will be a return to the more traditional art roots of the series as set out by Takehito Harada's original concepts.
"Wow, that must have cost a lot," laughed NIS. Disgaea 4 releases exclusively on PS3 in Japan February 24th, with a US date to follow afterwards. See the TGS trailer below.
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Please note that the wine bottle in our arrangement photographs is for scale and not available for delivery.
Mid-22 $135
Classic WOW! This wonderful arrangement combines late spring and early summer blooms. The flowering forsythia branches add a sentiment of renewal, offset by the calming blues of the hybrid delphinium and softest blue hydrangea. We've added gerbera daisies and hot orange lilies for eye-popping excitement. A truly wonderful assortment.
Mid-21 $110
Dendrobium or Phalaenopsis Orchids (according to availability/Dendrobiums pictured), Liatris, Birds of Paradise, and Hydrangea highlight this beautiful and tall cylinder!
Mid-20 $100
The subtle play of color, and texture is what makes this design a winner! This design includes garden roses, mini calla lillies, standard roses, spray roses, Dusty Miller, and seeded eucalyptus.
Mid-19 $100
This beautiful, full, massed design is made from a lovely mix of late summer flowers.
Mid-18 $85
A summer garden in a cube. We've used bright colors of pink, orange, yellow, and white to create this lovely design, but we can put together any combination that strikes your fancy! Just contact us, and one of our designers would be more than happy to help you put together just the right combination.
Mid-17 $85
We love the bright colors of this design!. Tall and linear are what this bouquet is all about. Brilliant blue delphinium fly high from a cluster of lilies, gerbera daisies and fluffy hydrangea. We've added kiwi vine for a little flair.
Mid-16 $85
A bright bunch of garden flowers fill this cube vase. Great to cheer someone up with! We will select the best blooms of the day.
Mid-15 $75
This is a stunning vase arrangement. The styling lends itself to either a contemporary setting or traditional home. We've clustered and braided liatris for color, height and statement, then nestled stargazer lilies and dendrobium orchids for softness. A touch of bear grass adds the illusion of movement to this graceful design.
Mid-14 $85
A garden full of choice blooms fill this cube vase. Choose your own flowers or let one of our designers create something special for you from today's fresh shipment.
Mid-13 $80
All the colors of the rainbow have been captured to fill this ginger jar vase. Call and inquire which flowers are available at this time, our designers would be happy to help you choose just the right assortment.
Mid-12 $100
This eye-popping arrangement was styled with pizzazz in mind, and it certainly delivers! We've grouped color families together for more impact, and as always the gerbera daisies and Stargazer lilies steal the show. Call to see if these flowers and colors are in stock today!
Mid-11 $75
This vase is styled in what has become a very popular arrangement for us. We start with a frilly hydrangea blossom and thread our best quality flowers throughout. This makes for a very beautiful, dainty piece. Low enough for a centerpiece at a seated party, or perfect as an accent any where!
Mid-10 $100
This wonderful design is created in a long, rectangular container to which beach sand and kiwi vine have been added for structure. We've filled the container with fresh, green hydrangea, orange, and ivory roses, green and white dutch poms. A fresh idea that results in a fresh, crisp look!
Mid-9 $70
A lovely, romantic cube design in all whites. The flowers include hydrangea, standard roses, the tiny spray roses, and mini calla lilies. If you are looking for something brighter, we could make this design for you in any color combination.
Mid-8 $65
A mixture of pastels can be so beautiful, and soothing. This lovely piece has an assortment of pinks, with a touch of white, yellow, and blue. Ask what pastels we have in, fresh, today.
Mid-7 $65
This is a great, traditional design. The base of the arrangement is foliage, and we've left the stems long to add height. While this arrangement is composed of a mixture of colors, we can create this design in any color combination you choose, or monochromatic.
Mid-6 $65
Fun! This bright bouquet is charming with it's bright summer colors of lime green, and orange. We are able to create this design year round, so give your Special Someone a taste of summer any time!
Mid-5 $65
Natural and organic. This design combines earth tones with a bright, surprise punch of blue hydrangea at the base. A wonderful curving line of willow branches frames it beautifully.
Mid-4 $65
You just have to smile when you see this little beauty. We've filled a 4 inch cube with wonderfully bright blooms!
Mid-3 $65
Bright, summery colors of plum, fuchsia, pink, red, and blue come together in this darling cube arrangement.
Mid-2 $65
Let the sun shine in! Wow your loved one with this bright, sunny bouquet of sunflowers, and yarrow. This one is sure to please.
Mid-1 $60
This darling arrangement caused quite a stir in the shop as soon as it was finished. The sunny yellows, oranges and reds, offset with the bright white hydrangea just seemed to glow. Do you need to brighten someone's day today?
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The Morgan County Commissioners approved the purchase of 6.68 acres of land located to the north of the Morgan County Landfill along MCR 22 on Tuesday. The original contract to purchase the land was dated February 1. The county closed on the deal on Wednesday.
Commissioner Laura Teague said that the property purchased will create a buffer for the landfill and also allows for expansion.
The 6.68 acres of land was purchased from Timothy and Karen Goldstein for the amount of $40,000.
In other news. the commissioners approved the purchase of two 2017 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 four-by-four pickup trucks. According to commissioner Jim Zwetzig, both of the vehicles they will be replacing have over 100,000 miles on them.
Bruce Bass, Public Works Director of Morgan County presented the vehicle purchases. The total cost of each vehicle is $29,296, which includes the $110 cost of delivery to Fort Morgan. The trucks are being purchased through John Elway Chevrolet in Englewood.
Commissioner Zwetzig also noted that Stan Gray passed away on Feb. 7. Gray had been working as the Director of the Veteran's Administration for the county.
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Former President Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday described politics as a very useless business and that when he reads what people write about him on social media, he laughs. Jonathan said this while reacting to rumors that himself and the current governor of his home state, Bayelsa, Seriake Dickson are at loggerheads. While receiving the governor at his home in Otueke yesterday, GEJ said he had no reason to be competing with a governor when in his lifetime, he had become a deputy governor, governor, Vice President and then President. Seriake was in the former president's home to pay him a condolence visit over the death of the paramount ruler of Otuoke Community, HRH King Lot Justin Ogiasa.
"Let me on behalf of the community thank you for making the visit, because of the relationship we have. You wanted to come immediately, but said it would be waste for the governor to come when the date for the burial has not been announced. For me politics is a very useless business. When I see the kind of things people write about me on the social media, I just laugh. For Bayelsa State, I feel sad because we are not many and we are not heterogeneous. It is a state that we also know ourselves. I have no reason to say that I am competing with the governor; by the grace of God, I became Deputy Governor, Governor and President. There is no way I can sit anywhere and plan anything against Bayelsa state or the governor. "When I was dreaming of becoming Governor, Dickson was among the few in the meetings we were holding. He was not in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), but he agreed to help it. He didn't want to join the PDP, but I virtually forced him. "When I became Governor, I appointed Dickson Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice and that was how he became a PDP member and later became a member of the House of Representatives and so on…There is no way I will break my relationship with the Governor." The Governor who led a high-powered state delegation for the condolence said he was part of the Ogiasa family and by extension, the Otuoke community of Ogbia Local Government Area.


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Easy Paleo Pancakes
Start your day right, whip up this healthy and delicious pancake!
1 ½ large ripe bananas
2 eggs, whisked
½ teaspoon vanilla extract
¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/8 teaspoon baking soda
Maple syrup (optional)
Fresh fruits (optional)
Method1. In a bowl, lightly mash the bananas with a potato masher or a fork.
2. Add the whisked egg, baking soda, vanilla, and cinnamon. Stir until well combined.
3. Pour about 2 tablespoons of the batter onto a skillet over medium-low heat and cook until the bottom appears set (about 1 to 2 minutes). Flip with a spatula and cook for another minute.
4. Serve immediately.
5. Top with fresh fruits and maple syrup (optional).


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Scholastic Early English is a systematic and sequential English Language Learning program that develops five key early childhood learning areas using Interactive White Board technology.
Nursery Level has 192 lessons + 48 at-home lessons (the 48 at-home lessons can also be done in class). Levels 1 and 2 contain 240 lessons, at 30 minutes each. Therefore, there will be a minimum of 120 hours of instruction per level.
Learning time blocks can be at a minimum of 30 minutes to a maximum of 2.5 hours by linking 1 to 5 lessons together. Our instructional plan is designed to be flexible, based on the specified time available for an English tutorial. Most common pacing plans are 2.5 hours, 1.5 hours and 30 minutes per session.


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|Quoting DocLightning (Reply 1):
Seriously, congrats, dude. I know you really wanted this.
|Quoting DocLightning (Reply 1):
And here's your ride:
|Quoting Newark727 (Reply 4):
Enjoy Japan, all their airports seem to have observation decks so I'm sure anyone who posts on this website will have a whale of a time.
|Quoting GrahamHill (Reply 10):
I hope you won't miss hockey too much!
|Quoting Ps762 (Reply 9):
If you come acrsoss a guy in his 30s called Ken Kitamura who grew up in the UK please could you get his contact for me!
|Quoting jetblueguy22 (Reply 12):
Congrats on your acceptance! I know how awesome that feeling is to get into your top school. I wish you the best of luck and look forward to your posts from Japan! Dont worry too much about hockey. The Wild are going to win the cup anyways .
|Quoting 2707200X (Reply 13):
This means you won't be at PHX or Ohio anymore, does this mean you have to change your name to NRT787 or HND787?
|Quoting 2707200X (Reply 13):
Congrats on your acceptance to the Facility of Liberal Arts School at Sophia University in Tokyo, you are still one country off from the K-pop girl bands but at least its a step up from University of Michigan, congrats again on your success!
|Quoting PHX787 (Thread starter):
spotting at HND or NRT
|Quoting PHX787 (Reply 2):
Also i'll hop on a JL 77W to SFO sometime!
|Quoting Darksnowynight (Reply 8):
make sure to never ever run out of cash.
|Quoting 2707200X (Reply 13):
you are still one country off from the K-pop girl bands
|Quoting Superfly (Reply 16):
Very easy to do in Japan.
|Quoting gocaps16 (Reply 15):
Congrats dude. I'll probably be eventually doing the same and will be continuing my studies here in Japan. Embry-Riddle has been a great ride, but I need to study something different.
|Quoting gocaps16 (Reply 15):
Who knows, maybe we'll accidently bump heads someday in Tokyo.
|Quoting Superfly (Reply 16):
Doesn't Singapore Airlines use their A380 on this route?
|Quoting Superfly (Reply 16):
Very easy to do in Japan.
|Quoting Darksnowynight (Reply 17):
Especially since even in major cities, they have a much higher incidence of "Cash Only" policies than what Americans are used to.
|Quoting Darksnowynight (Reply 17):
What always drove me nuts there is that most of the ATMs are located inside the bank lobbies. So if you need cash after hours, you're probably boned...
|Quoting PHX787 (Reply 18):
They do and it's an LAX-NRT route, soon to be the only route that SQ flies to LAX. But hey, its an A380
|Quoting PHX787 (Reply 18):
I never had that issue during my previous time in Japan....I always keep a minimum of ¥3000 on me.
|Quoting PHX787 (Reply 18):
LOL I know of some "secret" ATMs (one inside a 7-11, the other near a hotel in Kabukicho...suspicious ) that are open 24/7
|Quoting flyguy89 (Reply 21):
BTW, I'll be coming your way next week for The Who concert
|Quoting Darksnowynight (Reply 22):
At least they love Dream Theatre
|Quoting Darksnowynight (Reply 17):
What always drove me nuts there is that most of the ATMs are located inside the bank lobbies. So if you need cash after hours, you're probably boned...
|Quoting Pellegrine (Reply 25):
I was about to suggest a Citibank
|Quoting Pellegrine (Reply 25):
I do know Bank of America has/had?
|Quoting PHX787 (Reply 18):
Doesn't Oberlin University have a decent flight school in Japan?
|Quoting PHX787 (Reply 18):
:D A.net meeting in Tokyo? Sounds good to me
|Quoting Superfly (Reply 26):
PHX787 would be better off flushing his money down the toilet than opening an account with those crooks. Those are the two worst banks with the most and highest fees. They charge you an arm & a leg for basic banking services. I can only imagine how high their fees are when it comes to international transactions. The only large bank I'd recommend would be Wells Fargo. Other than that, PHX787 would need to look in to opening a local bank account in Japan. Usually a work permit is required but since he is an exchange student, there may be a special arrangement he can make with a local bank.
I've closed my US bank accounts since I've moved here to Thailand and only deal with local Thai banks. The transaction fees were just ridiculous every time I dealt with my US bank account.
|Quoting gocaps16 (Reply 27):
Hmmm, I'll have to research on that. I thought Oberlin was in Ohio unless they have a campus in Japan.
|Quoting PHX787 (Reply 23):
Quoting flyguy89 (Reply 21):
BTW, I'll be coming your way next week for The Who concert
to PHX or to TYO? I'm still in PHX for the next month and some change before I depart.
If you're in PHX let me know and we can do some spotting (as long as I'm not busy)
|Quoting PHX787 (Reply 14):
Hey dude there's still a sizable Korean population in Tokyo, so it's quite fine with me Thanks
|Quoting PHX787 (Thread starter):
PHX787 just learned he got accepted into the Faculty of Liberal Arts at Sophia University, in Tokyo!
|Quoting PHX787 (Reply 5):
Any ideas about what I should spot or visit?
|Quoting britjap (Reply 33):
Congratulations! Is that for one year or longer?
|Quoting PHX787 (Thread starter):
Today is a great day to be PHX787 because PHX787 just learned he got accepted into the Faculty of Liberal Arts at Sophia University, in Tokyo!
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Robin Was Robbed
Robin reported that she'd had her purse stolen on Friday while she was trying on clothes--just hours after landing in California--and was surprised by the store's helpless staff: "It was very sad to see what people do when you're in trouble. They just leave you."
Howard told Robin she could always get by without a wallet: "You've got a moneymaker right in your pants."


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We are very excited to announce that the HVFD was awarded a grant this year from the state of Colorado to purchase 12 new sets of Bunker Gear and a fill station.
The bunker gear will help to protect our volunteers when responding to the many different types of incidents that we are called to.
The fill station will make it much safer for the members to refill their SCBA bottles after using them. It will contain the bottles in the event that one of them rupture during the refill process.


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William Eggleston
Photographer William Eggleston, popularly known as the Father of Color Photography, was born on 27 July 1939 in Memphis, Tennessee. Raised on his family's plantation in Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, Eggleston attended classes at Vanderbilt, Delta State, and the University of Mississippi, though he never received a degree. While in school, Eggleston learned a great deal about modern art, particularly the abstract expressionists. He began photographing by 1957 and was soon inspired by the vision of photographers Robert Frank and Henri Cartier-Bresson.
Although his early work consisted of traditional black-and-white photography, by the late 1960s Eggleston shot almost exclusively with color transparency film. In contrast to Gary Winograd's confrontational street photography or Diane Arbus's studied portraits, Eggleston chose literally to photograph the world around him. It was as if he freed himself from photographic convention, eschewed the formulas of composition, and simply observed his environment. Images of worn shoes under a bed, a freezer brimming with packaged foods, and the interior of an oven epitomize Eggleston's curious and probing eye. Similarly arresting are his photos of the rural South. Black Bayou Plantation, near Glendora, Mississippi depicts white plastic containers that appear to have just spilled from a cardboard box across a dirt road. A portion of a wood structure appears at the right frame, beside which the road recedes into the sun-drenched landscape. As in many of Eggleston's images, there is a sense of something ominous afoot, as if calamity lurks just out of the frame.
In 1967 Eggleston traveled to New York and met Jon Szarkowski, director of the Department of Photography at the Museum of Modern Art, and the meeting led to a 1976 exhibition of Eggleston's work, the first one-person exhibition of color photographs in the museum's history and a watershed moment in photography. The vibrant images of seemingly banal subject matter both shocked and bewildered viewers. Eggleston's most arresting images are deceptively casual yet recklessly engaging in their ineffable sense of peril. Untitled (Greenwood, Mississippi), more popularly known as The Red Ceiling, is one of Eggleston's more celebrated images. From a garish red ceiling dangles a bare lightbulb from which the tendrils of white extension cords slither towards the walls of the room. "It is so powerful," Eggleston said of this photo, "that I have never seen it reproduced on the page to my satisfaction. When you look at the dye transfer print, it's like red blood that's wet on the wall. . . . It shocks you every time."
Perhaps it is no coincidence that Eggleston burst into the national consciousness as the South became increasingly urbanized. His images depict a region sliding ever closer to homogenization. "One of the first things that woke me up," Eggleston commented, "was walking into some alien place, a shopping center—one of the first ones in the country—and thinking, 'It's right here.'" Eggleston's juxtapositions of old money Delta interiors, newly constructed suburbs, and desolate rural landscapes suggest a land on the cusp of an uneasy transition. Furthermore, many of his environmental portraits are of individuals who appear to uneasily negotiate their personal spaces. A man leers sideways over his coffee cup; an elderly woman stares glumly from a household doorway, the room behind her both doleful and threatening. A restless anxiety pervades much of Eggleston's portraiture, as if the subjects themselves are wrestling with psychological turmoil.
In addition to exhibitions at major museums, Eggleston has published more than ten portfolios and numerous monographs, including William Eggleston's Guide, Los Alamos, Ancient and Modern, and The Democratic Forest. He is also the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Photographer's Fellowship and a Getty Images Lifetime Achievement Award.
Further Reading
- Geoff Dyer, The Ongoing Moment (2005)
- William Eggleston, Ancient and Modern (1992)
- Richard Grant, Telegraph (29 June 2002)
- Charles Hagen and Nan Richardson, Aperture (Summer 1989)
- John Howell, Aperture (Winter 2001)
- Mary Werner Marien, Photography: A Cultural History (2006)
- Sean O'Hagan, London Observer (25 July 2004)
- Ingrid Sischy, Art Forum (February 1983)
- Constance Sullivan, ed., Horses and Dogs: Photographs by William Eggleston (1994)


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A Community of Transportation Professionals & Practitioners Serving Utah
The Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) is an international educational and scientific association of transportation professionals who are responsible for meeting mobility and safety needs. ITE facilitates the application of technology and scientific principles to research, planning, functional design, implementation, operation, policy development and management for any mode of ground transportation. ITE promotes professional development of its members, supports and encourages education, stimulates research, develops public awareness programs and serves as a conduit for the exchange of professional information. Click here to see the ITE Canons of Ethics.
Our chapter activities include monthly luncheons with informative guest speakers, an annual one-day seminar, and a summer party and Christmas party. These events provide excellent opportunities for professional development, to network, and keep in touch with colleagues and friends.
About The ITE Utah Chapter Membership
The ITE Utah Chapter boasts a membership of nearly 200 members with diverse backgrounds including UDOT, UTA, MPOS, municipal, agencies, and private sector professionals. Membership includes traffic engineers, designers, signal technicians, GIS specialists, planners, project managers, and much more.
ITE Utah Chapter also encourages membership and attendance of the three student chapters located in Utah: Brigham Young University (Provo), University of Utah (Salt Lake City), and Utah State University (Logan). ITE Utah Chapter covers the cost of lunch for students at its monthly meetings, provides discounted admission to the annual seminar, and provides scholarship opportunities including a paper contest, and holds several ITE events that you can take part in. Many current members of ITE began participating with the chapter as student members.
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ITE Utah Chapter officers are dedicated transportation professionals who volunteer their time in developing, promoting, and managing Chapter functions throughout the year. Each individual will spend four years as an officer, starting out as the Treasurer, then stepping up a position each year, eventually becoming President. Being an officer of ITE has many benefits in networking and educational opportunities, and has proven to be a rewarding experience. We encourage all of our members to consider volunteering their time and supporting our mission.
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San Francisco is now the first city in the U.S. to offer fully paid parental leave to new parents. The debate over fully paid parental leave has gained momentum in a similar manner the issue of minimum wage hike did across the country. This move for paid leave will offer new fathers and mothers to spend time with their newborn or newly adopted child.
Under this new mandate, all new-parent Californian workers are eligible for fully paid time off for six weeks. The employees in California are already entitled to receive 55% of wage for up to 6 weeks. This policy receives its coverage from public disability insurance. The burden of rest 45% is covered by employers.
The advocates for this issue suggest the measure is necessary because there are parents who cannot afford to lose paychecks to take time off following an adoption or birth. Few government entities and big league corporations already offer such employee benefits. But for startups and smaller businesses, this issue emerges out as yet another costly mandate, which they surely cannot afford. The move consists of various implications for the startups in the city, a majority of which offer generous policies to employees already. Smaller businesses are going to get a tough time due to the implementation of this policy. They certainly cannot carry the costs on their shoulders.
Director of Human Capital Services at TriNet, Jackie Breslin says the mandate will have mixed influence on Californian startups. According to her, it will differ from the influence of this policy on smaller businesses in California. Her company handles payroll, human resource, et al for a number of startups in California among 12,000 clients of TriNet. She says the startups in San Francisco should introduce formal policies for parental leave even if they have been providing policies for unlimited time off already.
"There will be clients and companies that need to change their policies. I think that even clients that are doing something for parental leave will have to increase something."
Startups in California, which do not have provisions covering the policy of paid parental time off, may have to outsource resources from other employee benefits for this mandate.
"That will be a true budgetary impact." She notes.
For instance, in some companies, fully paid parental leave could mean cutting off perks like massages and free lunches or providing a lower amount of reimbursement for education. For a number of startups in San Francisco, especially bigger and well-established ones, the impact of this policy will be minimal. This is because they already provide similar policies to their employees.
Recently, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey announced fully paid parental leave policy of 20 weeks for his employees. Multinational giants such as Netflix, eBay, and Facebook, though not headquartered in San Francisco city, offer generous policies for parental leave to their employees.
Outside the universe of venture-backed, well-established startups, this decision welcomed by the Board of Supervisors of San Francisco city carries heavy controversy.
Dee Dee Workman, Vice President of Public Policy at San Francisco Chamber of Commerce supported the arguments offered by small business owners.
He said, "They don't necessarily have the resources, they can't absorb the increases in cost, and they feel like it's kind of relentless, it is one thing after the next."


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Doing some extreme experimenting with this one. I'm excited to see where this goes, right now I'm building a skeleton for the painting to hang on, it looks bad, but she's got good bones.
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Ugly stage, but she's got good bones
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