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Wrapper: Brazilian
Binder: Dominican Republic
Filler: Dominican Republic, Nicaraguan, Peruvian
Brand: Suriel Cigars
Factory: Kelner Boutique Factory
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Suriel Day and Night – First Thoughts
I received this cigar from a Cigar of the Month deal from Cigar Federation. Having zero knowledge of this company, I reached out to Uriel to provide some insight into their history and a little about him. Please check back soon to see the Q&A here.
The foot is very aromatic, providing notes of raisin bread, vanilla, and hints of warm christmas spices. The wrapper fragrance is like smelling straight cocoa butter from the Domestic Engineer's closet. A reddish hue coats the brazilian wrapper as well.
I'll be reviewing this cigar with water unless otherwise stated.
Suriel Day and Night – First Third
Leather, Cream, Earth, Orange, Spice, Cedar, Graham Cracker
First puff? A marriage of leather, cream, subtle hints of tangy earth, and an interesting citrus zing on the tip of the tongue. Very faint spice is present in the mouthfeel. Within moments, creamy leather with undertones of orange ride to the top of the profile. Silky smooth smoke, excellent burn line, and engaging flavors are my first few impressions of this stick.
A retro hale brings out a little more spice, emphasizing leather and adding soft cedar accents. This would be an excellent cigar for someone newer to cigars to learn how to retro hale with, it's so smooth that there's almost no risk and only reward.
Around the one inch mark, spice begins to tickle the back of the throat while cedar makes it's presence known. The addition of graham cracker solidifies this as a winner in my book. Maintenance free cigar with plenty of flavors to draw from.
Towards the end of the first third, the creamy nature of this cigar begins to coat the palate more and more. Citrus notes continue to stay with us through the entirety of the first third. Different nuances of leather and cedar battle it out for the top layer tasting notes at this stage in the game.
Suriel Day and Night – Second Third
Leather, Citrus, Cocoa Powder, Iced Latte, Grilled Meat, Chocolate Chip Cherry Ice Cream
Rich, vibrant leather begins the second third. A couple more puffs and citrus reemerges along with hints of cocoa powder and espresso over a savory finish. Generic woodsy notes rise to the surface just moments later. And, as the ash builds, cream is layered on top of these flavors.
Taking my first sip of black coffee, I find the Suriel Day and Night to have a roasted quality to it. Coffee accents the cocoa and espresso (obviously) flavors but it also brings out sweeter sensations like cane sugar. Delightful for sure.
Near the halfway point, our previously mentioned cocoa powder transitions into rich chocolate notes. If I slow down and take it easy, I'm rewarded with milk chocolate. Taking successive puffs yields dark chocolate.
Orange and other citrus notes have disappeared, leaving us with something akin to an Iced Mocha Latte. Surprisingly, the finish is still savory, like grilled meat, making this cigar both the entree and the dessert.
I've not had a cigar burn like this since we started doing reviews late last year. If the first third is perfect, dropping the ash usually adds some complications in the second third. Nothing major, usually, but a little correction needed from time to time. Suriel Day and Night? Light it and forget it. If it continues, it'll be the first ever 10/10 burn rating.
Towards the end of the second third, hints of cherries are introduced amidst a creamy background. Now we're talking chocolate chip cherry ice cream! Dayum.
Suriel Day and Night – Last Third
Dark Chocolate, Cream, Cherry, Charred Meat, Dried Fruit, Mixed Nuts, Walnut
The last third begins with prominent notes of dark chocolate, less noticeable cream, hints of cherries, and a charred meat finish. The finish, like in the second third, seems out of place but is enjoyable nonetheless. It adds more character rather than seeming discordant or unruly.
Cherries depart fairly quickly in this third, but other hints of dried fruit and an unidentified sweetness emerge to take its place. Mixed nuts also introduce themselves to the party in this segment, spanning the gambit of nuts to the point that we'll just say it's Mixed Nuts. Lots of subtle flavors weaving themselves into the profile at this point.
With barely over an inch left, Suriel Day and Night loads up on the dark chocolate notes along with dark chocolate bitterness. Cream leaves us altogether, and walnut takes the passenger seat. Faint notes of fruit and other sweet experiences come and go intermittently.
The ash in each third has held on until I dropped it to begin the next segment. The hand feel is still firm and springy down til the end, refusing to become spongy. My only knock against this cigar is I find myself wanting more body – more depth of flavor from time to time. It's great as is, I just want more.
Immaculate Burn
Enjoyable Flavors
Great Med-Bodied Cigar
Draw was a little Snug
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A person who uses the elements of art to communicate a business message. A graphic designer's work is seen every day in the different kinds of ads found in newspapers, magazines, online, and so on. These skills are needed not only in marketing, but also in packaging, software user interfaces and consumer product design.
Education is usually achieved through a bachelor's degree, or design school training.
Computer skills, artistic skills and creativity are all utilized in graphic design. It is also critical a designer is sensitive to deadlines and has the ability to manage time in such a way that client and project objectives are completed on time.
While the wage level of graphic designers is in the middle range for entry level positions with similar education, the potential of graphic designers making money entrepreneurially is also available. Many small businesses and organizations do not need full time designers, but they do need project work. These organizations often tap freelance (self employed) graphic designers to assist in these projects.
Building a portfolio of work and making it available to potential employers or clients on line, is an important way for most graphic designers to get work.

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At Arya Samaj Mandir, we believe in solemnizing of marriages in a very simple and dignified way, helping the couples in entering the married life without any hindrances. Our requirements of documents are few, which means that the bride and groom need to prove their date of birth and two witnesses from each side to start the wedding ceremonies. The guidelines for marriage at Arya Samaj Mandir are easy to follow in order to accommodate every willing couple for performing of the marriage ritual.
Arya Samaj Mandir solemnizes marriages of Hindus, Buddhists, Sikhs and Jains. Those couples from different religions, namely Islam and Christianity need to first convert themselves into Hinduism before a marriage ceremony is performed for them.
The Mandir sermonizes Arya Samaj marriages, love marriages, court marriages and arranged marriages. During the marriage ceremony, the sacred fire and other things are the sole witness to the ceremony. This is because Arya Samaj has no faith in idol worshiping. Hence, no pooja ceremonies and rituals are held in this way of the wedding.
The marriages conducted in Arya Samaj Mandir are genuine and have legal sanctity. All the marriages are performed under the Arya Marriage Validation Act XIX of 1937. This means that no one can challenge these marriages in a court of law and socially. There is no financial burden on the couples as they pay only a nominal fee and no other payments for marriage.


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J'ai trouvé, dans deux nouvelles de Poe (A Dream Within A Dream et The Fall Of The House Of Usher), de courtes définitions de la poésie.
For my own part, I have never had a thought which I could not set down in words with even more distinctness than that which I conceived it. There is, however, a class of fancies, of exquisite delicacy, which are not thoughts, and to which as yet I have found it absolutely impossible to adapt to language. These fancies arise from the soul – alas ! how rarely ! – only at epochs of most intense tranquility, when the bodily and netal health are in perfection. And at those weird points of time will the confines of the waking world blend with the world of Dreams. And so, I captured this… fancy… where all that we see, or seem, is but a dream, within a dream…
Shadows of shadows passing. It is now 1831, and as always, I am absorbed with a delicate thought. It is how poetry has indefinite sensations, to which end, music is an essential. Since the comprehension of sweet sound is our most indefinite conception, music when combined with a pleasurable idea is poetry. Music without the idea is simply music. Without music or an intriguing idea, colour becomes pallor, man becomes carcass, home becomes catacomb, and the dead are but for a moment motionless.
Et pour une adaptation musicale de ces pensées, allez écouter l'album Tales of Mystery and Imagination d'Alan Parsons Project !


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Bezmozgis, David. THE FREE WORLD: A NOVEL. New York City, NY: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2011. Hardcover. First Edition/First Printing. 360 pages. Fine/Fine.
The author's breakthrough debut novel. One of the most sensational novel debuts of our time. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. The dazzling DJ design is by Dean Nicastro. Presents David Bezmozgis' first novel. Born in Latvia, Bezmozgis grew up during the waning days of the Soviet Empire before emigrating to the West, the "Free World" of the title. His book is an unabashedly "Russian" novel, unable to break free of homeland. "Its strength is in the language. The voices speak a new Frankenstein tongue, its seams purposefully showing. Though written in English, the dialogue has the distinct rhythm and tone of Russian that has been translated, almost word-for-word, without an interpreter's laborious task of adjusting for context. As a storytelling device, it's perfect. It immerses the reader in the Krasnansky household and lest he forget, reminds him that the place he has entered is very Russian, not Russians among Americans, as he may be used to, or even Russians among Italians" (The New York Observer). Migration, that is, the pull of Home versus the push of the World, is the central narrative of the modern novel, whether it's Vladimir Nabokov ekeing out a living in Paris while longing for and cursing Mother Russia at the same time or Roberto Bolano desperately fleeing Latin America by travelling restlessly everywhere only to find the continent wherever he went and ended up. As its admirers have noted, Bezmozgis' novel is worthy to stand favorable comparison with such recent "migration" novels as Jeffrey Eugenides' "Middlesex" and Junot Diaz's "The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao". A "must-have" title for David Bezmozgis and contemporary American literature collectors. This copy is very prominently, neatly, and beautifully signed in black pen on the title page by David Bezmozgis. This title is now collectible. This is one of few signed copies of the First Hardcover Edition still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. A very scarce signed copy thus. David Bezmozgis was selected as one of "20 Writers Under 40" of the decade by The New Yorker Magazine. One of the most brilliant living American writers. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER DAVID BEZMOZGIS TITLE IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0374281408. $50.00


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It feels like new apps are being added to the Play Store every day that support Google Cardboard. Some are simple passive viewers, some are action-packed space shooters, and some are simple educational apps you can share with your kids. There's no shortage of incredible ideas for this platform right now, and that's why we decided to ask you which apps were your current favorites.
It turns out everyone is using VR in a slightly different way, and that's fantastic. Here are some of your favorites that are worth checking out right now.
YouTube (Free) — While it's a little on the barebones side, the Cardboard mode on the YouTube app makes it easy to watch any video through Cardboard. It's a whole lot more enjoyable when you watch videos that were recorded to take advantage of this particular feature, like 360 videos, but it works for anything and works with a simple button tap.
Cmoar Roller Coaster VR ($1.99) — There are plenty of free roller coaster VR apps in the Play Store, but there aren't a whole lot of good roller coaster VR apps in the Play Store. Cmoar has several tracks for you to check out, and each is impressively well assembled. This should absolutely be one of the first things you show someone new to Cardboard.
End Space VR ($1.09) — Tilt your head around to control a space ship in the middle of a massive combat scenario. Fly around to grab power-ups and blow up everything to move on to the next level. Simple, straightforward, and remarkably addictive. Add this to your arsenal if you aren't already playing it.
Sea World VR2 (Free with ads) — Underwater experiences are some of the coolest things you can do with a child in VR, because it creates the illusion that you can reach out and touch a world these kids only see by going to large aquariums and theme parks. Sea World VR2 isn't associated with the park in any way, but it gives you a cool way to share an underwater landscape and its inhabitants.
Google Cardboard Camera (Free) — What better VR experience could there be than one you've created yourself? Google's Cardboard Camera records a massive 360 panorama with audio and then lets you play it back in VR. The end result is an impressive still image that includes the audio from whatever you were doing at the time. It's fun to take, and fun to share, so you should probably give it a shot.
There are hundreds more Cardboard apps out there for you to try, but these are the ones picked by the readers. If you've got a Cardboard app you love, toss it in the comments below!
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A Hartland medical products manufacturer ceased production Monday after the U.S. Marshals Service arrived to seize materials.
H&P Industries, which makes alcohol wipes and other products distributed by Triad Group, has been under investigation by the Food and Drug Administration for bacterial contamination issues.
Triad Group has been sued by a Texas couple who blame the firm for the death of their 2-year-old son.
In the lawsuit, filed in federal court in Houston, Shanoop and Sandra Kothari say an alcohol wipe from the company was the likely source of bacterial meningitis that killed their son, Harry, in November.
Last week, the FDA asked H&P Industries to voluntarily stop production of its drug products.
A company spokeswoman confirmed that production was shut down, voluntarily, on Monday after U.S. Marshals arrived with orders to seize materials that might have included products.
H&P officials were not available for comment, according to spokeswoman Christy Maginn.
It's rare for the FDA and U.S. Marshals to seize materials at a medical products plant.
In 2010, there were 10 seizures in the food, drugs and medical-device industries, 3,799 product recalls, and 673 warning letters, according to the FDA.
Normally, problems are resolved well before there's a plant shutdown or product seizure, said Mark Kramer, president of Fox Point-based Regulatory Strategies Inc., a consulting firm for companies that make medical devices. Kramer is not involved in the H&P investigation.
FDA inspection reports have revealed numerous issues at the H&P plant, including employees packing acne pads into product containers with their bare hands and children's multi-symptom cold medicine made without a necessary active ingredient.
Inspectors also said they found examples of equipment and utensils not cleaned, maintained and sanitized at appropriate levels to prevent contamination that would alter the safety, identity, strength, quality or purity of a drug product.
In the most recent inspection report, released Monday, the FDA said it found problems at the H&P plant, including a water system that was susceptible to contamination because of plumbing problems.
Drains did not have an air break, or other mechanical device, to prevent back siphoning when the drain is connected directly with a sewer.
Several leaks were found in a high-purity water system, including one that dripped at a rate of several drops per second.
Most drug products are made with water.
"If your water is not good, it's the heart of the issue," said Frances Lee, a microbiologist who headed up Triad's quality/regulatory/product development unit for three years, ending in 2002.
The latest inspection report noted that H&P had not done enough to investigate contamination problems, including the recall of iodine prep pads due to bacteria found in sample results reported on March 11.
"No investigation has been conducted to identify the source of this contamination. The potential impact to similar drug products, including iodine swab sticks and iodine scrubs has not been assessed," the report says.
H&P investigated the source of bacteria contamination of sterile and non-sterile alcohol prep pads and found that pad material and foil were identified as potential contamination sources. But the impact to other products manufactured with the same or similar pad and foil was not assessed, according to the inspectors.
The company failed to keep adequate records for the sanitizing of equipment, the inspection report notes.
"Procedures for the cleaning and maintenance of equipment are deficient . . . including, where appropriate, sanitizing schedules."
The company also lacked written guidance for the maintenance of air filters and its air system in an environmentally controlled room, according to the inspection report.
"Equipment for adequate control over air pressure and dust is not provided when appropriate for the manufacture, processing, packing or holding of a drug product," the report says, noting that there was not adequate separation, procedures or pressure differentials to prevent cross contamination between products.
A previous 30-page inspection report, dated Nov. 29, documented numerous issues at the plant, including a bucket labeled as "purified water" that was actually deionized water used to rinse equipment after cleaning. A rubber neoprene wheel that had debris on it touched every medical prep pad. The bars on which prep-pad material passed under had debris built up on them.
Also, there was microbial contamination of water pipes leading to vats that made batches of mouth rinse and glycerin suppositories.
The inspection reports paint a picture of widespread problems at the H&P plant, according to Lee, who said she quit her job at Triad Group over issues in the manufacturing process.
"It's an onion. You just keep peeling back the layers," she said.


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Pulsin' Orange Choc Chip Fruity Oat Bars 6 x 25g
Pulsin' Kids' Fruity Oat Bars, are the new deliciously wholesome oat bars made with real fruit and natural ingredients which are getting the thumbs up from kids. Made by award-winning Pulsin', best known for making nutrition products for adults, the bars are a healthy on-the-go snack for kids and a tasty way to liven up lunchboxes and snack times. Pulsin' Kids' Fruity Oat Bars have reduced sugar and only contain natural sugars. Lovingly created for kids aged three to nine years, the bars are made with a nut free recipe, count as one of their five a day, are gluten free, dairy fee and soya free with no artificial ingredients. Pulsin' Mission: To only ever use the highest quality natural ingredients in all products. To never compromise on taste or quality and to never add any nasties.


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Jewish Family Service of MetroWest New Jersey is one of 13 Jewish Family Service agencies in seven states to have signed on to participate in an initiative that responds to the escalating number of seniors struggling to put food on the table. The initiative, Solutions to Senior Hunger TM is sponsored by MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger in partnership with the Association of Jewish Family and Children's Agencies (AJFCA). The program is designed to help low-income, food-insecure seniors to get the nutrition assistance they need. The program, which is funded by the Walmart Foundation, will reduce the barriers that keep vulnerable seniors from enrolling in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance program (SNAP).
With support from MAZON and AJFCA, JFS MetroWest will conduct SNAP outreach and education to senior populations, administer SNAP application assistance for eligible clients, and act as a liaison between the client and their local government agency managing SNAP.
JFS MetroWest will be recruiting volunteers to assist in a broad outreach effort to assist seniors throughout Essex, Morris and Sussex as well as parts of Union and Hudson counties.
"Mazon informed us that JFS MetroWest was chosen because there are about 1.5 million adults aged 55 and older who are eligible for supplemental nutrition. That number is staggering. We are proud to be involved in a project to address such a pressing need that ensures adults in New Jersey are feeling food-secure," said Reuben D. Rotman, Executive Director.
To volunteer, or to find out more about SNAP eligibility at any age, please call 973-736-9050.
Jewish Family Service of MetroWest is a comprehensive social service agency providing mental health counseling and support services on a non-discriminatory basis. With a presence in the community since 1861, JFS today delivers an expanding number of programs to increasing numbers of people. For children and families, JFS provides individual, couple, child and family counseling, play therapy, support groups, adoption services, school and synagogue based social work services, family life education and other assistance needed to support healthy families. Rachel Coalition, a division of JFS, provides domestic violence services for all members of the family affected by domestic violence. JFS also offers a wide range of services for older adults and their families including case management services, counseling, caregiver education, volunteer friendly visitors and specialized programs for Holocaust survivors.
For more information, call 973-765-9050 or visit jfsmetrowest.org.


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Are you in the Christmas spirit yet? After all, there's only 328 more shopping day until Christmas! Haha!! Okay, I officially have FIVE Christmas cards ready for Christmas 2013! Woot! As you may be able to tell, I'm super stoked! Here's my latest creation
I'm kind of on a roll with the Silhouette cards lately. The Silhouette store just has so many gorgeous Christmas cards available, it's hard to choose. This one is called the Accordion Fold Christmas Tree card. I cut it with some cardstock that has a different shade of green on each side of the paper, and turned the frame so that it would show the lighter green.
I covered the tree and the star in Stickles. I LOVE me some Stickles!! I used Lime Green And Yellow. I may decide at some point in the future to stamp a sentiment somewhere on it, but for now, I just love it's simplicity.
How many Christmas cards have you made so far this year?
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Phoenix Court in South Holland, Illinois has received a Type "A" Violation and a fine in the amount of $20,000 after the nursing home failed allowed a client to sustain a decubitus ulcer. The nursing home was also cited for failing to develop written plans for residents as part of a total habilitation plan.
The Illinois Department of Health produces quarterly reports on nursing home violators. To access the violation website, please click the link.


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THIBODAUX -- The words were hard for the shepherd to say and even harder for his flock to hear.
"We must pray for Derrick Odomes," said the Rev. Ed Robertson, pastor of St. John Episcopal Church, during the second of two services Sunday morning.
Robertson�s words contained the sort of compassion generally reserved for a sick church member, not someone accused of killing a former pastor.
Authorities arrested Odomes Tuesday on charges that he robbed and killed the Rev. Hunter Horgan III on Aug. 13, 1992, in the church rectory. Just 14 when he allegedly committed the crime, Odomes is now 28. He�s being held without bail at the Lafourche Parish jail on charges of first-degree murder and robbery. His next court appearance is set for Oct. 26.
Horgan�s sister, Kay Horgan Hardee, and her husband, Roger Hardee, were among the 70 or so people who attended the second service, which Robertson said was both a memorial and a time for healing.
Church members applauded Horgan�s family, as well as Sheriff Craig Webre and members of his office during Sunday�s service.
Representatives from the Thibodaux Police Department weren�t at the church Sunday, although Robertson said he tried to invite them.
After the service, Horgan�s sister said her brother believed forgiveness and true healing can only begin if people apply his teachings to their own lives.
"We�re just beginning to find closure," Hardee said. "It�s important for our family and the community to move on."
But many questions remain.
After the church service, Roger Hardee spoke of a book he has been reading called "Heaven" by Randy Alcorn, which led him to ask an uncomfortable question.
"I was reading the book, and I turned to (Kay) and said, �Would this mean Hunter�s murderer would go to heaven, if he accepted Christ?� " Roger Hardee said as he fought back tears.
The answer is yes according to the Bible, which tells of a criminal who ascended to Heaven after his death because he accepted Christ as his savior.
Odomes will remain an alleged killer until a jury finds him guilty, Robertson told his congregation.
He also asked them to pray for Odomes, citing a verse from the first chapter of Timothy that says "pray for them all without distinction."
"It might be a bitter pill to swallow, but that which saves our enemy saves us too," Robertson said.
Nyada DeGravelles, a member of St. John�s for 60 years, said she struggled with Robertson�s message.
"I still have a long way before I can forgive," she said, adding that Horgan and his wife often watched LSU football games at the DeGravelles� home.
Rosemary Lovell remembers hearing of Horgan�s death on a local radio station while returning from Walt Disney World.
Lovell, who joined St. John�s in 1963, said Sunday�s service offered a sense of closure and peace and she is already forgiving Odomes.
The arrest also brought closure to members of the local law-enforcement community, who spent 15 years working the case.
As a show of gratitude, Robertson asked leaders from both the Lafourche Parish Sheriff�s Office and Thibodaux Police Department to attend Sunday�s services.
Webre sat by Rick Murphy, the Sheriff�s Office investigator who worked on the task force that gathered evidence in the case.
"There were people who lived with the case every day of their life," Webre said of investigators.
"In a sense, I am a symbolic representation of the real heroes who never gave up," he added.
One man on the task force, sheriff�s Lt. J.P. DeGravelles, held the distinction of investigating a murder that occurred in the same church he attended as a teenager.
"It was strange," DeGravelles said of the days following the murder. "There was a sense of loss, but at the same time everyone had their theory as to who did it. It just created an atmosphere of mistrust between some people. This brings a lot of that to an end," he said.
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Hi Sweets! There's something peculiar & strangely drawn to this inspire board! It must be the color - the showcased emerald green that makes us so magnetised to these...and the added vintage touch makes it more interesting & whimsy. Perhaps it's the rich color of green, with so much depth, and paired with pale green-tinted aqua blue- makes it ever perfect for a whimsical garden wedding. A lively romanced fairytale on a modern era - such dreamy yet full of sophistication.
Mood: whimsical garden romance, with a vintage twist, dreamy sophisticated, strangely drawn
Season: Winter, spring
Colors: emerald green, aquamarine, persian green, teal, pine green, jungle gree, turqoise
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Cabernet-Braised Short Rib and Chanterelle Cobbler
By PineyCook
- For the braised short ribs:
- 2 pounds thick-cut short rib meat, bones removed
- Salt and pepper, to taste
- 4 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil, divided
- 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
- 4 carrots, roughly chopped
- 3 celery stalks, roughly chopped
- 1 yellow onion, roughly chopped
- 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
- 3/4 pound fresh chanterelle mushrooms, roughly chopped
- 1 cup Cabernet Sauvignon
- 1 tablespoon tomato paste
- 2 cups beef stock, plus more as needed
- 1 bay leaf
- 4 fresh thyme sprigs, plus more for garnish
- For the thyme biscuit topping:
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 6 tablespoons frozen butter
- 3/4 cup milk, plus more if necessary
- 3 sprigs fresh thyme leaves, plus more for garnish
Adapted from food52.com
Step 1
Pat the short ribs dry with a paper towel and season liberally with salt and pepper on all sides. In a 3 to 4 quart dutch oven over medium-high heat, pour 2 tablespoons of olive oil and add the short ribs a few at a time. Brown on all sides, taking care not to overcrowd the meat. If the bottom of the pan looks like it's getting too dry while the short ribs are browning, add more oil, one tablespoon at a time.
Transfer the browned short ribs to a plate and sprinkle them with 1 tablespoon of flour. Set aside.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees°F.
In the same dutch oven over medium-high heat, add the remaining 2 tablespoons of olive oil. Working in batches, cook carrots, celery, onion, garlic, and mushrooms until soft and translucent, and slightly browned. Set aside the cooked vegetables with the short ribs as you work through the batches. Deglaze the pan with Cabernet Sauvignon and cook until reduced by half, about 5 minutes. Stir in tomato paste, beef stock, the bay leaf, and thyme sprigs and return short ribs and vegetables to the pan. Cover and cook in the preheated oven for 2 1/2 hours.
Meanwhile, begin work on preparing the topping (recipe below). After 2 1/2 hours, remove ribs from the dutch oven and set lid aside. If you notice the liquid has mostly evaporated, add more, about 1 cup, and stir. Form the biscuit dough into balls, about the size of a golf ball, as best you can. The dough will be sticky, so they will likely be more like dollops. Place each ball of dough on top of the short ribs until they are covered. Return the dutch oven to the oven and cook, uncovered, for another 30 to 45 minutes, or until the topping turns golden.
Spoon the cobbler into shallow bowls and garnish with fresh thyme.
For the thyme biscuit topping:
Sift the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cream of tartar, and kosher salt into a large mixing bowl. Use a box grater to grate the frozen butter into the flour mixture. Toss gently with your hands, making sure not to over mix the butter into the flour (it should resemble small pebbles or gravel).
Add the milk and thyme and mix until a sticky dough forms. Cover bowl and set it in the refrigerator until you are ready to add to the short ribs. Note: The amount of topping needed to cover the braised meat will vary based on the diameter of your dutch oven. If your dutch oven is wider than 8 inches and you want the topping to cover the entire thing, double the topping ingredients above.


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He has learned basic commands through touch, and Braille has also learned how to play the piano.
When a dog with the color pattern known as merle is bred to another with the same pattern, it often produces genetic defects, including blindness and deafness. But because the exotic coloring is popular, irresponsible breeders will mate two merles in the hopes of producing more.
Fortunately, Braille has a wonderful human on his side who has taken him in and trained him to the point where he has won the Novice Trick Dog title from the American Kennel Club. Now he's working on his Intermediate title.
Double merle dogs born with disabilities are often killed or abandoned by breeders, says Braille's owner, Rose Adler of Ypsilanti, Michigan. Thankfully, a rescue group spotted on him on Craigslist, where he was listed for free by a breeder.
"I meet a lot of people who are like, 'Why don't you euthanize that dog?' Or they say, 'Aww, he's blind. Look at him'," Adler told the Detroit Free Press. "He doesn't know he's blind. He's happy. He's worried about what he's going to have for dinner."
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Republican candidate Donald Trump defeated Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton to win the presidency in the 2016 election. Mr Trump's victory was one of the biggest upsets in US political history, confounding the opinion polls and putting an end to eight years of Democratic control of the White House.
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On the 12th of July, Isabel turned four years old. Isn't she cute covered in ketchup?
Isabel got a birthday phone call from "Grandma Liz", Chris's mom, that struck me as incredibly ironic. She had just returned from "The Twelfth" parades. It's the Protestant Northern Irish national holiday, celebrating the victory of Protestant King William of Orange over Catholic King James II. The Protestants in Chris's hometown celebrate by burning an effigy of Robert Lundy, who aided the Catholics in the war, in giant bonfires.
Chris's family was thrilled that Isabel was born on this day. Our little Catholic girl. She's been baptized Catholic. She crosses herself when she prays. She hardly mentions Jesus, but she wants to include Mary. She picks out prayer cards and crucifixes for herself at Catholic bookstores, and already believes and takes great comfort in the communion of saints. It's as if God, in His infinite humor, looked at this day celebrated in Protestants in Northern Ireland and said in response, "This day is what I make it." He took a Protestant from Northern Ireland, made him Catholic, made his family Catholic, and brought a little Catholic girl into the world on this day. Coincidence? Or Divine Irony?


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Kinsale was the first destination for the Munster Rankings held over the weekend of the 17th & 18th September. West Cork took up a squad of 13 players with a number entering for the first time. The U15s kicked it off in the morning with Erik Olsson and Jasmine Kelly up for West Cork. They both put in a solid performances after working hard during the summer months. Erik lost out to eventual winner Ciaran O'Donoghue in the semi final and he returned to the table with a 3/0 victory over the U18 Finalist John Gould to claim 3rd. Jasmine narrowly lost out 2/3 for a 3rd place finish with Alannah O'Flynn and had to settle for 4th.
There were once again 2 West Cork players in the U11 event with Eli Reynolds finishing 5th overall and Seamus Riordan 9th. This was a great result from the Bantry lads and we look forward to seeing them progress this season.
We had 6 players entering the U13 boy's event with Daniel Collins and Cathal O'Driscoll both reaching top 10 places. Donal Riordan knocked out Odhran Sommers in the Plate and went on to reach the Final. Eli reached the ¼ finals while Ben Horgan made it to the last 16.
It was a great day out for the youngsters and we are looking forward to a few more trips this season.
The Sunday saw the U18, U21 and Senior events with our 4 U18 Boys and U21 Woman in action. James Kelly once again dominated the U18s only dropping 2 sets on his way to the title and one of them was against Tom Walsh who is back in action this season with a 5th place after defeating both Isaac Leahy and Conor O'Callaghan. Niall O'Driscoll had a poor start but recovered top win the Plate and revenged his first match defeat against Donagh Griffin. Oisin Barrett playing in his first ever rankings was knocked out by Niall in the ¼ finals.
Meanwhile Mair Kelly was tearing up a strip in the U21s Mixed giving Shane O'Connor a hard time in her opening group. She eventually went onto win the plate against former West Cork and Bantry player James Heap and finish as the top girl on the day.
The Seniors in another mixed event with two Bands. James had a fine match against Sophia Wawrzniak coming out on top 3/2. He reached the ½ finals against Philip Shaw and went 2/0 down. He recovered to draw level 2/2 and the final set was once again a closely fought affair but he had to settle for joint 3rd on the day. Tom Walsh had a good win in the Band 2 Semi Final 3/2 vs Darragh Boyd and went onto win the Final against Gary O'Mahoney. Niall O'Driscoll finished 5th seeing off the challenge of Kevin Browne in another 5 setter and Oisin Barrett was 9th on the day.
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So part of the reason I haven't been online much the past few weeks is I took an utterly lovely trip to Italy. El Husbando speaks Italian, so we didn't book any tours but just got a room in Florence, took a day trip to Pisa while we were there (including a visit to the towns of Sienna and San Gimignano), then had a room in Venice for the rest of the trip.
Since we didn't do an official tour, I don't have a lot of information on the stuff we saw, so here's a pic-spam post showing you some of the highlights. It might be more fun this way!
This is the Arno river on the night we arrived in Florence
In Italy, the insides of churches are like classical art galleries.
The front of El Duomo, the cathedral in Florence
More of El Duomo in Florence
Pretty building in Florence
Rooftops in Florence
A pretty building in Florence
I believe this is a courtyard that is part of the Uffizi Gallery; it's certainly right beside to the building where the gallery is housed, but I'm unsure whether they're officially part of the same complex.
Across the Arno river, the city gets a bit more rural (and less touristy; it's nice!)
Another scene while we were across the Arno river (there is city there too, but green spaces like this one also.)
A parade in Florence. These fellows were tossing their flags high in the air as they walked.
The start of our day trip to Pisa: This is in the main square of the town of Sienna, which was rich enough at one point that they tried to rival Rome. Then the black plague came along and left everybody either dead or broke--usually dead.
This is the fountain in the main square of Sienna.
This is the bell tower for Sienna's cathedral, which we were going to see. (Note the swallows and the moon!)
This is the front of Sienna's cathedral
The bell-tower of Sienna's cathedral
The inside of Sienna's cathedral
A painted roof inside the library in Sienna's cathedral
A view of wine country as we're driving toward San Gimignano
San Gimignano is a medieval city that is preserved but still has people living in it. Very quaint and cute place!
The cathedral at Pisa with the leaning tower in the background. And here, you see why El Husbando froths about my tendency to take crooked shots. Yes, the tower is supposed to be leaning--but the cathedral is not!
The leaning tower of Pisa--leaning slightly more than usual due to my incompetence with a camera.
The inside of Pisa's cathedral
The inside of Pisa's cathedral
A door at Pisa, possibly on the cathedral
Okay, we're back in Florence! El Duomo is the main cathedral in Florence, and we walked right up to the top of the dome. That's a bit less than 600 steps, and most of them are in these tiny, claustrophobic spiral staircases or along steps where you have to crouch because the dome is curving right over your shoulder. It was cool! Well--sweaty and a lot of work, to be accurate--but you know what I mean!
This image is of the paintings on the inside of the dome, which you get to see right up close when you do the walk-up to the top of the dome. The daylight you see at the top is the level where we ended up.
View of El Duomo's bell-tower from the top of the cathedral's dome
View of Santa Croce from the top of El Duomo
Here's what half the stairwells looked like when you climbed to the top of El Duomo in Florence
Now we're in Venice! It was the height of tourist season, so some of the canals looked like conveyor belts of gondolas at certain times of the day. No, we did not take a gondola ride--it works out to being about $150 (100 Euro) for a 40 minute ride. We knew we would enjoy it, but that much...?
San Marco in Venice; there seemed to be a lot of work being done (cleaning? restoration?), so unfortunately quite a few of the landmarks in this piazza had plastic sheeting up over them.
A detail on the cathedral of San Marco in Venice
The Doge's palazzo (Duke's palace) in Venice
A view from inside the Doge's palazzo (where you're not actually supposed to take photos--shh!)
The gold-and-glass mosaic tiles of the ceiling inside San Marco's cathedral--where, um, you're also not supposed to take photos.
The ceiling in one of the museums that rings San Marco piazza, where...look, as far as criminal behaviour in foreign countries is concerned, taking photos when you're not supposed to ain't that bad, okay?
View along the grand canal in Venice (where you are allowed to take photos!)
View across the grand canal in Venice
The inside of one of the cathedrals in Venice. They have SO. MANY. CHURCHES.
Inside a completely different church in Venice
A Venetian mask in a store window. You can also see some glass beads; Venice is famous for its blown glass.
This is a public sculpture on nearby Murano Island, which is famous for being where all of Venice's famous blown glass comes from.
The view coming back to Venice from Murano Island on the vaporetto (ferry.)
And finally--I don't usually post photos of myself on the internet--but here's me eating a meringue cookie that's nearly as big as my head!


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Wet bags I find are an essential piece to cloth diapering, however, when you're first starting out there can be a lot of information to take in. There's a variety of bags you can use with your diapers (or just a grocery sack if you're going super cheap) and today I'll help you decide which one is best for you and your family!
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Like the Smart Pail above, these "Smart Tote" bags offer the same ease as I mentioned above, but they're a little smaller and more ideal for on the go use! These are 14 inches tall by by 13 inches wide and fit nicely in a diaper bag or even your purse when you're out and about. Some people like to carry two bags, one for clean diapers and one for dirty diapers, because they're nice and organized and kept together. If you know you'll be out of the house for several hours or going to family's, these bags are nice to keep the smell hidden while being able to have comfort in using cloth diapers outside of the home. If you have a small diaper stash you can use these in the home as well because they also offer a snap handle to hang from door knobs or what have you.
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Despite their 14 months in the war zone, the 1st Maine Cavalry troopers had "never met the enemy's cavalry in any force" by spring 1863, said 2nd Lt. Charles W. Ford, a 27-year-old shipmaster from Bristol when he enlisted in autumn 1861 as a sergeant.
Until his late January sacking as commander of the Army of the Potomac, Ambrose Burnside had treated his cavalrymen as errand boys, useful as convoy guards, orderlies, and pickets, the last duty wearing out men and horses and exposing them to easy capture by Confederate cavalry fighting on its home turf.
Rather than fighting enemy soldiers, 1st Maine troopers escorted "commanding officers" and acted "as orderlies for every officer of rank sufficient to entitle him to such luxuries," Ford groused. Fed up with frittering men and horses away on headquarters duty, officers finally told "orderly sergeants to fill such details from the poorest men in the companies."
Ford believed the 1st Maine lads, as well drilled as any Union cavalry regiment, "were biding their time, confident that some man … would give them their opportunity" to fight. When Joseph Hooker pulled together the diverse regiments "into a cavalry corps," Ford realized Hooker was "the man."
Preparatory to outflanking Robert E. Lee and his Army of Northern Virginia in the campaign that disintegrated at Chancellorsville, Hooker ordered Maj. Gen. George Stoneman to take sufficient cavalry across the Rappahannock River, plunge deep into enemy territory, and create such havoc that Lee must detach large troop contingents to catch the Yankee riders. The Army of the Potomac's hard-hitting infantry would face fewer Confederate troops and would (or just might) obliterate the Army of Northern Virginia.
Commanded by Col. Calvin S. Douty of Dover in Piscataquis County, the 1st Maine Cavalry rode forth from Camp Bayard on April 13 with the 1st Brigade of Col. Hugh Judson Kilpatrick (his first name vanished in wartime usage). An ambitious schmoozer of politicians and a lustful womanizer, Kilpatrick so callously sacrificed his men and horses to win personal glory that Union troopers soon nicknamed him "Kill-Cavalry."
Many officers detested Kilpatrick, yet his men still adored him that spring. "We think everything of …Kilpatrick, he is as smart a man as there is in the service," a Co. D, 1st Maine Cavalry trooper informed his father.
Comprising half of the 3rd Division led by Brig. Gen. David McMurtrie Gregg, the 1st Brigade also fielded the 2nd and 10th New York cavalry regiments. Raised in summer 1861, the 2nd New York took the nickname "Harris Light Cavalry" to honor New York Senator Ira Fish for his crucial role in organizing the regiment; Kilpatrick was its first lieutenant colonel.
British soldier-of-fortune Col. Sir Percy Wyndham commanded the division's 2nd Brigade.
Slated to cross the Rappahannock River on April 15 "at Beverly Ford and at other fords above and blow," the Union cavalry collided with nature, according to David Gregg. "During the night the rain began to fall," substantially raising the river until "it was evident that a crossing was impracticable for the artillery and pack-trains.
"The rain continued to fall during the entire day, converting mere rivulets into torrents, making the roads quite impassable even for cavalry," Gregg noted.
The devout Lee might have credited God for stalling the cold front that subsequently drew Gulf of Mexico moisture north to Virginia. "Saddled and packed before daylight" on Wednesday, April 16, the 1st Maine boys "remained ready to move at an instant's warning" until 2 p.m., said Corp. Edward Parsons Tobie Jr. of Co. G. Men and horses endured "about a mile of hard, heavy marching" on "very muddy" roads to "camp in some clean oak wood."
Barely had Douty deployed some pickets when orders came for the regiment to relocate to "the rockiest place the boys had seen in Virginia away from the mountains," Tobie spat.
Trying again on Sunday, April 20, Stoneman had the orders read to the dismounted 1st Maine troopers. Unfit horses and men and the regimental baggage must stay behind "as the cavalry was about to show an indulgent government that the money and pains taken to render this arm of the service efficient was not thrown away," Stoneman crowed.
Expecting "to move at midnight," the Maine troopers stood to horse through the night, missed their sleep, and finally rode out around noon on Monday, according to Tobie.
"A drizzling rain commenced falling in the morning, which before night was considerably more than a drizzle," he noticed. Slopping along roads "paved with a deep coating of thick, sticky mud," horses sprayed the muck high.
"And the rain and the mud made the second hitch in the programme laid out for the cavalry," he realized.
If you enjoy reading the adventures of Mainers caught up in the Civil War, be sure to like Maine at War on Facebook and get a copy of the new Maine at War Volume 1: Bladensburg to Sharpsburg, available online at Amazon and all major book retailers, including Books-A-Million and Barnes & Noble. —————————————————————————————————————–
Next: Stoneman's Raid: 1st Maine troopers discover their moxie
Sources: Capt. Charles W. Ford, Charge of the First Maine Cavalry at Brandy Station, War Papers Read Before the Commandery of the State of Maine, Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, Vol. 2; Daily Whig & Courier, June 24, 1863; Brig. Gen. David McM. Gregg, OR, Series 1, Vol. 25, Part I, Chap. XXXVII, No. 5; Edward Parsons Tobie, Tobie, History of the First Maine Cavalry, 1861-1865; Maj. Gen. George Stoneman, OR, Series 1, Vol. 25, Part I, Chap. XXXVII, No. 1
Brian Swartz can be reached at email@example.com. He enjoys hearing from Civil War buffs interested in Maine's involvement in the war.


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After having abdomen surgery in June and spending 11 days in the hospital, Prince Philip is set to hand out medals at The Royal Society of Edinburgh on August 12, reports BBC royal correspondent Peter Hunt. After his engagement, Prince Philip will go to Balmoral in the Scottish Highlands for summer holiday with the Queen. Queen Elizabeth II's husband, who is 92, was said to be making "good progress" and is "in good spirits," mentions BBC.
- This past weekend, Prince William and Prince Harry played in a charity polo match in support of charities SkillForce and the Royal Marsden Cancer Charity. It was Prince William's first public appearance since the birth of Prince George, and he was presented with a small polo mallet for his son. The Prince mentioned that his son "likes to move around a lot, he wriggles a lot, he keeps us on our toes," reports BBC.
- The Royal Collection Trust has produced official commemorative china in honor of the royal birth, which has recently gone on sale. The china, made by Stoke-on-Trent, features the coronet of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, supported by a unicorn and lion, as well as oak leaves from the Middleton coat of arms and gold-edged scrolls with Prince George's official name and date of birth.


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While S and I were on our road trip through Scotland we stopped at Malliag for a meal as we had been recommended to eat in this town as it was the harbour from which all fish was distributed from. We choose to eat at The Fishmarket after a quick wander through the town.
After looking at their menu along with their specials board, S and I both settled on the same dish of Grilled Salmon with sweet potato puree (£18.50). The dish came beautifully presented and I almost did not want to touch it but I am glad I did as the salmon was beautifully cooked. I was not expecting it but they also brought out a dish of vegetables to go along with the dish and it made for the perfect accompaniment to the dish.
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I just finished reading Rework, by the guys from 37signals. This was an absolute joy to read and really inspiring. I won't go into a lot of detail, since the book is a really quick read, and I don't want to give a ton of stuff away. I will say this. If you're like me, and come from and Agile background, I think you will really enjoy the book. It's also inspired me to get of my ass and do some of the things I've been putting off, like writing on this blog. Do yourself a favor and pick this book up and give it a read.
Monday, March 22, 2010
Must Read Book: Rework
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It's Been A While
Well, it's been over a year since I've written anything on this blog, so I figured I would put a few tidbits out there and hopefully it will lead to some posts of substance in the future.
First off, I've switched gears and have been working for Localbase Inc. for the last 9 months building a small business platform for the social web. We're pretty excited about the project and we are looking to launch in about 3-6 months. Until then, here's some stuff I've been doing over that time.
- If you've read my posts before, you'll know that I was heavy into Java, and really into Groovy. I'm still a fan of Groovy, but since joining Localbase I've had the absolute pleasure of working with Python and Django. Our platform is being built on the Django framework, and I absolutely love it. I'm also really liking Python, although I do like Groovy's syntax a little better.
- I'm beginning to love Javascript. For those of you that now me you're probably shocked right now. Nine months ago, I absolutely hated Javascript and would often volunteer to write tests or do documentation just so I didn't have to mess with it. Now, I find myself volunteering to do the client side work for our platform. Part of this is due to Dojo. The documentation isn't stellar, but I still love it anyways. The other part is this sweet little Javascript framework that we (I say we, but it was really Rob) created for Localbase. It makes my life very easy. Hopefully we can find some time in the future and contribute it back to the community.
- I still love REST. During my time in the Java world, I worked with Jersey a lot, and absolutely loved it. I can't say that I've found the equivalent in the Python/Django world, but we have found won that works great and I really like it a lot. If you're in need of one for your Django project, check out Piston. Decent documentation, and really easy to use. Testing your REST services is super easy as well.
- We switched from using Subversion to using Mercurial about 8 months ago. So much faster than Subversion. If you're thinking about switching to a distributed version control system, I would highly recommend it. We are using Bitbucket, and it's worked out great for us.
- Yes, my Hawks lost to UNI in the second round. No, I haven't jumped of a cliff yet.
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Monday, November 10, 2008
Happy Birthday Marines
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Thursday, October 23, 2008
Creating RESTful services with Jersey and Groovy
It's been a while since I have put anything of substance on here, so I thought I would get back to it. I've been doing a lot of development with Groovy as of late, which I absolutely love. I wanted to combine that with another API that I really like, Jersey. Jersey is the open source JAX-RS (JSR 311) Reference Implementation for building RESTful Web services. So, for a simple service to create I decided on an Announcements service. This service when invoked would look for a file located in the User Home directory and create some HTML to return that would get rendered in the browser. This example also shows why I might want to use Groovy and Jersey together, as I will leverage Groovy's MarkupBuilder to generate the HTML that gets returned. I won't get into the details of how to setup Jersey as they have lots of samples that you can find here, and instead I'll just jump right in to what the source code would look like for my announcement service.
import javax.ws.rs.Path;
import javax.ws.rs.GET;
import javax.ws.rs.Produces
class AnnouncementService {
def announcements = "announcements.txt"
def errorReadingFileText = " - Error reading Announcements, Announcement File may not exist."
def noAnnouncementsText = " - No Announcements for Today"
@Produces (value=["text/html"])
String getHtmlResponse() {
// Return some cliched textual content
return getAnnouncements()
String getAnnouncements() {
def announcement = new File(System.getProperty("user.home") + File.separator + announcements)
def writer = new StringWriter()
def result = new groovy.xml.MarkupBuilder(writer);
result.html {
body {
h1(align: "center", "As of ${date()}")
table(width: "100%", height: "100%") {
td {
if (!announcement.exists()) {
} else if (announcement.text.length() <= 0) {
} else {
announcement?.eachLine {
tr(" - $it")
return writer.toString()
As you can see from the code above that we annotate our class with the
@Path annotation. This basically defines your jersey resource. So if you wanted to invoke this resource you URL would be something like http://localhost:8080/sample/announcements where sample is the name of your war you deployed to your application server. In the code you can also see that our method
getHtmlResponse() has been annotated with
@GET which tells Jersey to call this method when the HTTP Request is a GET Request. So given the same URL noted above, you could type that into a browser and hit enter and it will invoke the announcement resource with a GET request and invoke our method. One other thing to note is the
@Produces annotation. This annotation defines the mime type to return your result. In our case we want the result to render as html so we set the type to text/html. This annotation is one that I had to do a little diffrent with Groovy. In Java the annotation would look like
@Produces("text/html"), whereas in Groovy I have to specifically call out the value property and enclose the value in brackets like this,
@Produces (value=["text/html"]). If I didn't enclose the property in the proper way I got this error when compiling:
Annotation list attributes must use Groovy notation [el1, el2]
The good thing is my IDE (I was using Netbeans) caught this before compile time, and I refrenced this issue to figure out how to get around it.
So, as you can see from my source code that the bulk of the work is taking place in the getAnnouncements() method. This was the reason that I wanted to use Groovy, I could very easily read a file, and based on the content create some html markup that would be returned to the browser. Not much to discuss here, except that MarkupBuilder is very cool. Alright, I think that's it, Good Luck. One last thing is I used Jersey 1.0 and Groovy 1.5.6 to work this example.
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Thursday, June 26, 2008
Rapid Web Application Prototypes with Maven and Groovy
Utilizing both Maven and Groovy you can rapidly prototype web apps, and in this blog I'll walk you through exactly how to do that. First we are going to create a simple Maven web app project using the Maven Web App Archetype. If you don't have Maven installed already, go ahead and install it. Now let's create a directory called sandbox, and cd into that directory. Now let's create our project by issuing the following command:
mvn archetype:generateWhen prompted to choose a number enter 18 (The Java web application archetype) and hit enter. Next you will be prompted for the groupId, enter com.sample and hit enter, for the artifactId enter sample and hit enter, for the version enter 1.0 and hit enter, and for the package name enter com.sample and hit enter. Confirm you project by entering "Y" and hitting enter. Once finsihed you will have a maven project ready to go for deployment. You should see a sample diretory that was created in /sandbox with a pom.xml file. The pom.xml file is what we will look at next.
Next we need to add the dependency for Groovy to our pom, as well as the Maven Groovy Plugin. We do this by adding the following inside the
<build> element in the parent pom:
Now that we have the Groovy Plugin added, lets add the Groovy dependency to the pom as well by adding it inside the
<dependencies> element of the pom:
Ok, let's save all that and make sure we can build everything. From /sandbox/sample issue the following command:
mvn clean installYou should now have a successful build, and you could actually deploy the war that gets created (in /sandbox/sample/target you will have sample.war) to an application server such as JBoss. Ok, lets get onto the cool stuff. Groovy has a concept that lets you write normal Java servlets in Groovy, called Groovlets. Groovlets are really easy to work with and have some nice features like implicit variables (e.g. request and response which are bound to the ServletRequest and ServletResponse). So what we are going to do is configure our webapp so that it can handle Groovlets and then create our first Groovlet. We are first going to edit our web.xml which is located at /sandbox/sample/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/, go ahead an open that up and add the following between the
<web-app> elements:
This configures your webapp to compile your .groovy files to bytecode and execute your script when called. Next we need to create our Groovlet and then we are done. So, in /sandbox/sample/src/main/webapp create a file called Sample.groovy. We are going to create a simple Groovlet that accepts an HTTP GET request and has a parameter called username. We will process the request and just print out the response. So, go ahead and open up the Sample.groovy file you opened and add the following:
That's it. Rember that the request variable is implicit, meaning it's already bound to the ServletRequest and ready for use. Now we can compile our war, and deploy it to your favorite application server and you are ready to roll. Once deployed navigate to http://localhost:8080/sample/Sample.groovy?username=Chad in your web browser and you should see the print out "Hello Chad".
def username = request.getParameter("username")
println "Hello ${username}"
This is a really nice way to rapidly prototype webapps. I first started looking into this when I needed a servlet that could access the file system and return XML based off my lookup. Obiously using Groovy's nice features that have been added to the JDK for working with Files, and the MarkupBuilder, this task was trivial. Give it a spin and let me know what you think.
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Eurovision 2015 Entry: Portugal — Leonor Andrade — Há um Mar que nos Separa
Country: Portugal
Song Title: "Há um Mar que nos Separa"
Artist: Leonor Andrade
Semi-Final: Second, Position 8
Last year's entry: "Quero Ser Tua" – Suzy (DNQ – 11th Place, SF1)
After taking a year off in 2013, Portugal stopped by a half-off sale for the standard Eurovision elements (cheesy synths, nonsense backing vocals, giant drums), bought everything, and shoved it on stage. The resulting entry, Suzy's "Quero Ser Tua", was one of my least favorite of the entire competition. Thankfully, Europe agreed with me enough that it finished just outside of qualifying for the finals in 11th place in its semifinal. Seemingly learning from what did score high last year (one singer, more authentic instrumentation) they're back with "Há um Mar que nos Separa". How does it stack up against its competitors?
There's some division here at WEIO Eurovision HQ1: we seem to either really like this song or really hate it. I'm in the former camp – the song has a nice sense of dynamics, and Leonor's vocals are certainly more competent than Suzy's were last year. I also really like Portugal's commitment to singing in Portuguese – so many of the other nations automatically go for English (or switch to it from their native tongue like Iceland) that it's nice2 to see something different. The more mid-tempo nature of the song seems like it will stick out over the slower entries from Norway and the Czech Republic.
Portugal doesn't always have enough friends in its semi-final to secure the votes it needs. I'm hoping a slightly more dynamic performance from Leonor tips them over the edge in the final – a little more crowd interaction would go a long way. I'd love to see this one make the finals since it seems to have some real emotion behind it, but it's all in the show for this one.


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Before you read this post, consider the following question: what do you think terrorists want to achieve with their actions?
Is the world a more dangerous place after 9/11? Perhaps. Now there are wars in Afghanistan (good idea) and Iraq (bad idea), which have increased (and will continue to increase) the polarisation between extremist muslims and liberal democratic governments. There will be more violence to come. But does that mean that citizens in the West should be afraid?
Whether or not they should be, they are. The CBC called the United States "a nation still bleeding from the wounds it suffered five years ago… and millions of Americans still live in fear." Who is bleeding? American soldiers, prisoners in Guantanamo Bay and the families of the 9/11 victims. That's it. The rest of the people have nothing to worry about. Yeah, there could be another terrorist attack, but there has only been one in the US in five years. Why are we so afraid of terrorism when all but the most irrational of us know we're more likely to die of cancer, AIDS, car crashes, gunshots, heart attacks and anything else you can think of?
Now the Canadian and American governments are working hard to restrict everyone's access to airlines, slowing down traffic across the border and using billions of dollars of public money in order to provide the illusion of security. Taking away our freedoms and money are backward ideas designed either to scare us more or make us safer from terrorist attacks, but there is no evidence we're any safer. If you don't think it's all an illusion, answer me this: do you really think you couldn't find a way to kill a bunch of people and scare everyone? Of course you could.
So we're not much safer, in spite of all the freedoms taken away, all the money spent, all the racist suspicion and all the killing. Do you have an answer yet for my initial question? What do terrorists want to achieve? Terror! Well, congratulations Mr bin Laden et al., you are successful.


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Emergency Budget: The axe falls
By Ian Dunt and Rebecca Burns
Britain faces tough times ahead following an emergency Budget which raised VAT and ended a raft of welfare payments.
The emergency Budget, a long-promised part of the Tory campaign, saw VAT shoot up 2.5% to 20% from January next year. The chancellor said he expected to raise £13 billion by the end of the parliament through this measure alone.
From midnight tonight those earning above the basic rate of income tax will pay 28% capital gains tax (CGT).
Opinion Former News
Emergency Budget as-it-happened
CGT had caused consternation among right-wing Tory backbenchers, who said it discouraged entrepreneurism and achievement.
But the moderate reform, which fell far short of making it equivalent to income tax, was intended to settle some nerves on the benches behind George Osborne.
The chancellor insisted the lower level was a result of "dynamic" Treasury calculations, which suggested it would get less money through a higher rate.
Sketch: Pallid Osborne's horror Budget
Lib Dem arguments that CGT allowed for tax avoidance seemed to be vindicated by forecasts which suggested most of the extra revenue expected would actually come from income tax.
The welfare system will be radically overhauled. Several payments, including infant tax credits, health and pregnancy grants and surestart maternity grants after the first child, will be cancelled. Middle class benefits will be scrapped.
Even more controversially, child benefit will be frozen for the next three years.
Disability allowance will be overhauled, with a medical assessment replacing forms in a bid to reduce the cost of the service and get more people into work.
Housing benefit is also for the chop, with £1.8 billion of cuts expected by the end of the parliament.
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Public sector pay has been frozen for two years - one year longer than previously announced - but those earning £18,000 or under will get assistance.
The chancellor confirmed the British government would push ahead with a bank levy, despite Labour arguments that it should not be adopted unilaterally.
In a significant victory for the chancellor, he announced that the French and Germans were backing the plan and releasing a joint statement in support of it.
Emergency Budget: Political responses
"We must remember this was a failure that started in the banking sector," he said.
Lib Dem plans to take people on lower incomes out of income tax altogether were confirmed, with 880,000 people taken out of income tax.
There were no new increases in duties on alcohol, cigarettes and fuel.
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Council tax is frozen for a year, as per Conservative election promises.
Corporation tax is being cut by one per cent, from 28% to 27%, next year, and then by one further per cent every year for the next consecutive four years, giving Britain the lowest rate of corporation tax it has ever had, Mr Osborne said.
The chancellor admitted that "everyone will pay something" but insisted that those on the bottom of the income scale will pay less than those at the top.
"It's a progressive Budget," he told the Commons.
"The richest paying the most and the vulnerable protected."
But shadow work and pensions secretary Yvette Cooper said the Budget would "push people on the dole".
"It's really destructive for jobs, for families across the country," she told politis.co.uk.
"It would be bad for growth and also I think the VAT increase, something that they promised not to do, is a broken promise but it's also deeply unfair - particularly on pensioners.
"They've cut hundreds of thousands of job and training places for the unemployed so what they're doing is pushing people onto the dole and that means there's going to be more people on benefits, not less, as a result of their proposals."
Responding to the statement, Labour leader Harriet Harman branded the Budget unnecessary, counterproductive and unethical.
"It's a Tory Budget that will throw people out of work, hold back economic growth and harm public services," she said.
"It's his first Budget but it's the same old Tories.
"This is true to form for the Tories, but it includes things the Lib Dems have always been against. Surely they cannot vote for this," she added.
"How could they let the Tories so exploit them? Can't they see they are just a fig leaf? The Lib Dem leaders have sacrificed everything they ever stood for to ride in ministerial cars."
Yesterday, prime minister Nick Clegg tried to head off any rebellion in his own ranks by firing off an email to party members admitting the Budget was likely to be "controversial".
"Without action on the deficit, we will carry on racking up unaffordable debts our children will have to pay off," he argued.
"And we will undermine the economic growth needed to create jobs and opportunities for all of us. There is nothing fair, liberal or progressive about any of that."
But Labour MP Margaret Hodge insisted the Budget had discredited him.
"Nick Clegg was utterly clear that he wouldn't put up VAT a few weeks ago," she told politics.co.uk.
"He's done such a turnaround that i don't know how any Liberal Democrat will now face the electorate. They really were elected under a false prospectus."
Immediately after the Budget, bookmakers William Hill put the chances of the coalition collapsing at 10/1.
"Although the coalition is currently presenting a united front there are rumours that it wouldn't take much for cracks to begin to show and if that were the case an election may not be far behind," said spokesman Graham Sharpe.
Green party leader Caroline Lucas described the Budget as "devastating".
"I thought it was pretty devastating to be honest, I thought the whole approach was wrong and we're in great danger of precipitating a double dip recession by having such swinging cuts at this point in the economic cycle," she told politics.co.uk
"I think we should also have been looking far more at progressive taxation rather than the kinds of cuts we're talking about here to public spending. When you add to that the VAT increases then I think any idea that this is a genuinely progressive budget is simply fantasy."
The Budget will now be debated in the Commons for the next few days.


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Easter Egg Hunt at Molasky Park
April 18, 2014
In support of strengthening the community, Siegel Cares participated in the Easter Egg Hunt @ Molasky Park. The purpose of this event was to help underprivileged families that could not afford an Easter Celebration of their own. We assisted in bringing families together to enjoy the special celebration of Easter and making it a memorable one.
Date of the Event: April 2014
Description of the Event: Easter Egg Hunt for Underprivileged Families
Property Associated with the Event: Siegel Suites Twain 2, Cambridge, Swenson, Twain I
Siegel Partners
Shade Tree
The Shade Tree is a Las Vegas based shelter for women, children and pets that are victims of domestic abuse.theshadetree.org
After-School All-Stars Vegas
After-School All-Stars Las Vegas provides free comprehensive out-of-school programs that keep children safe and help them achieve in school and life.asaslv.org
Hope Link
HopeLink's mission is to build a better community by preventing homelessness, keeping families intact, and promoting self-sufficiency.link2hope.org
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Greater Las Vegas
The Ronald McDonald House Charities of Greater Las Vegas creates and supports programs that directly improve the health, education, and well-being of children in the community.rmhlv.org/
U.S. Vets
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Salvation Army
The Salvation Army offers healing to those who need mental health counsel, freedom from addiction, shelter, support, and more.salvationarmysouthernnevada.org
Boys and Girls Club
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Tag Archives: technology
Thomas Jefferson had a copy machine?
I communicate to Congress, for their information, a report of the Surveyor of the public buildings at Washington, stating what has been done under the act of the last session concerning the city of Washington, on the Capitol and other public buildings and the highway between them.
To the Senate and House of Representatives of US, February 22, 1804
Patrick Lee's Explanation
Smart leaders embrace new technology.
The content this letter, reproduced in its entirety, has no particular significance. How it was written does. The notes accompanying this letter in the Founders Archives relate this was Jefferson's "first recorded use of the polygraph machine."
The polygraph was a copy machine. A wooden frame suspended two ink pens over two sheets of paper. The pens were held together by a series of wooden arms and hinges. When the writer wrote with one pen on one sheet, the other pen followed along, making an identical copy on the other sheet. Some polygraphs had three ink pens, some four. Jefferson found those difficult to keep in adjustment and used one with just two.
Jefferson, always intrigued with machines and inventions, loved the new device! He referred to it as "the finest invention of the present age." Since he kept copies of all his correspondence, some 20,000 letters over a lifetime, the polygraph represented a major advance over the letter press. This letter was written on a borrowed polygraph. It would be 1806 before he owned one of his own.


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The Global Coworking Unconference Conference
GCUC pronunced "Juicy"
The Global Coworking Unconference Conference(GCUC) is pronounced "Juicy" and it's a big, juicy wave of awesomeness that's changing the face of work as we know it. We're coasting on a wave of accelerated serendipity, making the future of work happen in a whole new way. Founded in 2011 by Liz Elam, GCUC has become a major coworking conference worldwide. GCUC has taken place in America (5 times) and expanded China, Canada, Australis, Brazil!
GCUC's Influence in China
In 2015, GCUC announced its entry to the Asian market and performed the initial show in Shanghai. Attracted extensive attention and support from the industry and society, GCUC has established a platform for business communication and cooperation, marking the birth of coworking industry in China. Based on domestic development status of coworking, 2016 GCUC will be held in Beijing to focus more on collaborative sharing and value innovation. It will not only attract creators worldwide to create and learn from each other, but also gather pioneers and leaders from all walks of life to share and exchange as well as jointly discuss the depth and breadth of coworking industry. The range will involve various fields, such as coworking, design, science & technology, community, market, brand, real estate and finance. The industry's current situation and growing trend can be understood here, helping to uplift the coworking industry in China and Asia to a new height.
September 8th -10th, 2016
751 D•Live, Beijing (total area: 3,000 square meters) Host by GCUC CHINA
Camp Occupational training by lecturers from China and the U.S.
Speech Experience sharing from leaders at home and abroad
Forum Roundtable dialogue by professionals from various fields
Release Authoritative industry information and exclusive media release
Exhibition Display of domestic and overseas cutting-edge products and services
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The Time of Cleansing was a month long custom that the Bajoran people follow which requires the individual to fast in order to abstain from wordly pleasures.
In 2372, the Time of Cleansing aboard Deep Space 9 reduced Quark's profits. (DS9 episode: "Bar Association")
In 2376, the Bajorans decided to celebrate Bajor's admission into the United Federation of Planets after the Time of Cleansing. (DS9 - Mission Gamma novel: Cathedral)
External linkEdit
- Time of Cleansing article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
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