text:
Q: Code First - Retrieve and Update Record in a Transaction without Deadlocks I have a EF code first context which represents a queue of jobs which a processing application can retrieve and run. These processing applications can be running on different machines but pointing at the same database.
The context provides a method that returns a QueueItem if there is any work to do, or null, called CollectQueueItem.
To ensure no two applications can pick up the same job, the collection takes place in a transaction with an ISOLATION LEVEL of REPEATABLE READ. This means that if there are two attempts to pick up the same job at the same time, one will be chosen as the deadlock victim and be rolled back. We can handle this by catching the DbUpdateException and return null.
Here is the code for the CollectQueueItem method:
public QueueItem CollectQueueItem()
{
    using (var transaction = new TransactionScope(TransactionScopeOption.Required, new TransactionOptions { IsolationLevel = IsolationLevel.RepeatableRead }))
    {
        try
        {
            var queueItem = this.QueueItems.FirstOrDefault(qi => !qi.IsLocked);

            if (queueItem != null)
            {
                queueItem.DateCollected = DateTime.UtcNow;
                queueItem.IsLocked = true;

                this.SaveChanges();

                transaction.Complete();

                return queueItem;
            }
        }
        catch (DbUpdateException) //we might have been the deadlock victim. No matter.
        { }

        return null;
    }
}

I ran a test in LinqPad to check that this is working as expected. Here is the test below:
var ids = Enumerable.Range(0, 8).AsParallel().SelectMany(i =>
    Enumerable.Range(0, 100).Select(j => {
        using (var context = new QueueContext())
        {
            var queueItem = context.CollectQueueItem();
            return queueItem == null ? -1 : queueItem.OperationId;
        }
    })
);

var sw = Stopwatch.StartNew();
var results = ids.GroupBy(i => i).ToDictionary(g => g.Key, g => g.Count());
sw.Stop();

Console.WriteLine("Elapsed time: {0}", sw.Elapsed);
Console.WriteLine("Deadlocked: {0}", results.Where(r => r.Key == -1).Select(r => r.Value).SingleOrDefault());
Console.WriteLine("Duplicates: {0}", results.Count(r => r.Key > -1 && r.Value > 1));

//IsolationLevel = IsolationLevel.RepeatableRead:
//Elapsed time: 00:00:26.9198440
//Deadlocked: 634
//Duplicates: 0

//IsolationLevel = IsolationLevel.ReadUncommitted:
//Elapsed time: 00:00:00.8457558
//Deadlocked: 0
//Duplicates: 234

I ran the test a few times. Without the REPEATABLE READ isolation level, the same job is retrieved by different theads (seen in the 234 duplicates). With REPEATABLE READ, jobs are only retrieved once but performance suffers and there are 634 deadlocked transactions.
My question is: is there a way to get this behaviour in EF without the risk of deadlocks or conflicts? I know in real life there will be less contention as the processors won't be continually hitting the database, but nonetheless, is there a way to do this safely without having to handle the DbUpdateException? Can I get performance closer to that of the version without the REPEATABLE READ isolation level? Or are Deadlocks not that bad in fact and I can safely ignore the exception and let the processor retry after a few millis and accept that the performance will be OK if the not all the transactions are happening at the same time?
Thanks in advance!

A: Id recommend a different approach.
a) sp_getapplock
Use an SQL SP that provides an Application lock feature
So you can have unique app behaviour, which might involve read from the DB or what ever else activity you need to control. It also lets you use EF in a normal way.
OR
b) Optimistic concurrency
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/data/jj592904
//Object Property:
public byte[] RowVersion { get; set; }
//Object Configuration:
Property(p => p.RowVersion).IsRowVersion().IsConcurrencyToken();

a logical extension to the APP lock or used just by itself is the rowversion concurrency field on DB. Allow the dirty read. BUT when someone goes to update the record As collected, it fails if someone beat them to it.   Out of the box EF optimistic locking.
You can delete "collected" job records later easily.
This might be better approach unless you expect high levels of concurrency.

A: As suggested by Phil, I used optimistic concurrency to ensure the job could not be processed more than once. I realised that rather than having to add a dedicated rowversion column I could use the IsLocked bit column as the ConcurrencyToken. Semantically, if this value has changed since we retrieved the row, the update should fail since only one processor should ever be able to lock it. I used the fluent API as below to configure this, although I could also have used the ConcurrencyCheck data annotation.
protected override void OnModelCreating(DbModelBuilder modelBuilder)
{
    modelBuilder.Entity<QueueItem>()
        .Property(p => p.IsLocked)
        .IsConcurrencyToken();
}

I was then able to simple the CollectQueueItem method, losing the TransactionScope entirely and catching the more DbUpdateConcurrencyException.
public OperationQueueItem CollectQueueItem()
{
    try
    {
        var queueItem = this.QueueItems.FirstOrDefault(qi => !qi.IsLocked);

        if (queueItem != null)
        {
            queueItem.DateCollected = DateTime.UtcNow;
            queueItem.IsLocked = true;

            this.SaveChanges();
            return queueItem;
        }
    }
    catch (DbUpdateConcurrencyException) //someone else grabbed the job.
    { }

    return null;
}

I reran the tests, you can see it's a great compromise. No duplicates, nearly 100x faster than with REPEATABLE READ, and no DEADLOCKS so the DBAs won't be on my case. Awesome!
//Optimistic Concurrency:
//Elapsed time: 00:00:00.5065586
//Deadlocked: 624
//Duplicates: 0

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaStackExchange


We value feedback from our customers! It helps the Epoxy Flooring team constantly improve our processes, and lets our crew know when they've done a great job. Each and every member of our team strives to exceed your expectations. We ask that you share your experience on one (or all) of the review sites below.
If for any reason you feel that we deserve less than a five star review, please call us so we may address your concerns.
Thank you for choosing Epoxy Flooring LLC!
Choose a site below to leave a review!
Links will open in a new window. You may be asked to log in or create an account.


text:
Q: Stop Jupyter auto-indenting new lines a large, non-integer amount of tabs? Running Jupyter (core:4.4.0, notebooks:5.7.8) python3 notebooks on OSX.
The notebook seems to get easily confused about how to auto-indent new lines. Specifically, my more complex cells that have nested indentations for defs, ifs, whiles (etc) cause Jupyter to use a weird 4.5-tab auto-indent that doesn't match any of my indentation levels and leads to lots of wasted keypresses to fix the indent on EVERY. SINGLE. NEW. LINE.
To be clear, I'm not asking how to change the default tab spacing, I'm asking how to stop jupyter autoindenting to something insane when I hit 'return' to make a new line.
One potential source of error is my use of f-strings; Jupyter sometimes screws up the syntax highlighting for hashes and nested quotes eg. print(f"Output for #{myNum} | {myDict['namedItem']}").
Any tips on what might cause the issue would welcome.

A: Answer: Yes it is f-string literals. Nested quotations in an f-string will screw up the indentation in cell, setting the new line default to start of the quote in the f-string.
eg.
print(f"Output for #{myNum} | {myDict['namedItem']}")
                                      # Newline starts here
                                      # and here
# Manual de-indent here for readibility.
x=5 # and manually force python code to an indent where it actually runs
                                      # Default newline is still here though
                                      # And will stay here for the rest of the cell

f-strings generically break the CodeMirror syntax highlighter underlying jupyter notebooks, known since Jan 2017.  There have been some minor fixes to make it break less badly, but the problem is not fixed -- see recent Git issues
EDIT: Since Jan 2020 jupyter 6.0.2, this should be fixed via an update to CodeMirror 5.48.4.


As well as our windows, Lochinvar in Edinburgh also offers an extensive choice of high security doors. All our doors are bespoke and are available in a wide range of styles and colours to suit your home.
All our bespoke doors come with security in mind with fully reinforced door panel as standard. Also incorporated is our 5 point locking system with our extended shoot bolt system to ensure maximum possible security. All glass fitted to our door comes as standard with LOW-E and is toughened.
Once you have decided on your door, you can fully also choose the small details. Pick from our wide range of hardware which can provide your home with the lasting quality, slim line door knocker, spy hole with letterbox and also incorporating letters and numerals if required.


This is a placeholder page for Anthony Aiello, which means this person is not currently on this site. We do suggest using the tools below to find Anthony Aiello.
You are visiting the placeholder page for Anthony Aiello. This page is here because someone used our placeholder utility to look for Anthony Aiello. We created this page automatically in hopes Anthony Aiello would find it. If you are not Anthony Aiello, but are an alumni of Wilbur Cross High School, register on this site for free now.


When your application fails, Chip Camden suggests creating a Small Test Program because it will help vendors and developers help you. Here's what is involved in creating such programs.
It's happened again. No matter how carefully you've tested each capability of the language, the library, or the framework you use. No matter how religiously you've built unit tests for each component. When you finally brought it all together into an application masterpiece, you get a failure you do not understand.
You try every debugging technique you know; you rewrite and simplify the most suspect passages; you stub out or eliminate entire components. Perhaps this helps you narrow the failure down to a particular region, but you still have no idea what's going wrong or why. If you have the sources to the language or the library, you may get a lot further than if they're proprietary, but perhaps you still lack the knowledge or the documentation to be able to make enough sense of the failure to solve the problem.
It's time to get some help. You post questions on the fora, or you contact the author/vendor directly, but they can't reproduce the problem. (Somehow, you knew that would happen.) They want you to send them a reproducing case. You direct them to your entire application, and the problem never gets resolved, because it's just too much trouble. The end.
Okay, we don't like that ending. How can we rewrite it? In the case of paid support we can stomp, yell, and escalate to force the vendor to spend time on the problem; but if it turns out to be too difficult to get the entire app running and debuggable, then they can still plead "unreproducible." There is only so much that a vendor can do. Even if they stay on the problem, it could take a very long time to get to the bottom of it. Fortunately, there's something we can do to help the vendor help us: It's called the Small Test Program (STP).
"Whoa! Wait a minute! We already removed everything extraneous when we were attempting to debug this!" I hear you cry.
Remove reliance on a specific configuration. No doubt you've customized your development environment with all sorts of shortcuts and conventions to save yourself time; every one of those costs time, though, for someone who isn't familiar with them. You either need to remove those dependencies and create a more vanilla example, or provide an instant setup for them that won't be invasive. For instance, if you need the user to set certain environment variables, provide a script that does that and then launches the app. Preferably, eliminate the dependency on environment variables altogether — dependencies can add to the confusion by being set in more than one place, or not getting exported properly.
Eliminate all custom or third-party components that you can. You should have already done this, but it becomes even more important when submitting a failure. External components attract the finger of blame — as they should, because they often cause unforeseen problems. Rule them out. Furthermore, if the external components require installation and setup, that delays the developer from being able to look at the problem. Developers often have trouble getting these components to work on their system, which is all wasted time if they didn't really need them to begin with.
Reduce the number of user steps required. If you think that one or two runs through the test case will reveal the problem, then your name must be Pollyanna. If they have to run your test a thousand times, every minute of elapsed execution time costs two work days. It's actually more than that because people are human — every time the developers have to restart a long, arduous set of steps, they need a pause to sigh and wonder where they went wrong in life.
Clearly document the steps required. I don't know how many times I've received something claiming to be the steps to reproduce a problem that reads "Run the app." Unless the app is so simple that it requires no setup or interaction, and the failure is so obvious that not even [insert archetypal clueless person here] could miss it, this instruction will fail to reproduce. No matter how apparent it may seem, include every step — every setup command, the command to launch the app, and every input required. If you followed the previous steps, this shouldn't be much.
Reduce the number of lines of code executed as much as possible. Maybe the entire program runs in two seconds, but if it executes 30,000 lines of code, then that's at least 30,000 possible causes that the developer may have to rule out. Furthermore, it complicates debugging. If you can get the entire program down to "step, step, kaboom!" then you're gold.
Include clear indications of failure. Don't presume that the developer will recognize immediately that your Weenie Widget is 10 pixels too short — tell them so in the steps. Ideally, the application should scream out "Here's where I'm failing!" when it's run. Use assertions, or at least a printf or message box.
Include clear indications of success. How many times have I solved a problem presented by a test program, only to run into another failure immediately afterward? Did I fix a problem that they weren't reporting, and now I'm seeing the one they meant? Usually, they know about the second one, but they just didn't bother to prevent it since they had reproduced a failure with the first one. This is bad form. Ideally, you want your test program to be tailor-made for inclusion in a test suite so the same problem doesn't get reintroduced. For that to happen, it needs to cross the finish line with flying colors. Let there be no doubt that it was successful.
Test your test. Run through the test as if you were the developer assigned to work on it to make sure you didn't forget anything. Don't run it on your development system, because your environment might be set up in a way that the developer's isn't. Use a virtual machine with a vanilla configuration to run the test and make sure it fails in exactly the way you intended. It could save you a few email round trips and avoid giving the impression that you don't know what you're doing.
Why should you put the extra effort into creating an STP? It's their bug, after all. Let them find it and fix it.
Most of my clients are software developers, so I've looked at this issue from both sides. I've been the recipient of hundreds (perhaps thousands) of failures to solve over the last 20 years, and I've had to submit my share of them to numerous software providers. I can tell you from my experiences that more than anything else — more than whether you pay the vendor to support the product or how much, more than all the screaming and yelling you can muster, more than the all the flattery you can lay on them, more than any reputation they may have for responding in a timely manner — the single most influential factor in determining how quickly the developers will resolve your problem is how clearly and concisely you've demonstrated the failure.
So, the next time you need to submit a problem report, remember the immortal words of Steve Martin: "Let's get small."
Note: This TechRepublic post originally published on January 10, 2011.


text:
Der Healy: 119th President Of The Irish Rugby Football Union
A notable piece of club rugby history will be made at the Irish Rugby Football Union's annual Council meeting at the Berkeley Court Hotel, Dublin, on Friday. When Der Healy takes over the role as President, he will become the first ever member of the 75-year-old Highfield club in Cork to have held the prestigious office.
Munster regional sales manager with Irish Fencing and Railings Ltd, specialising in perimeter security of schools, business and sports grounds, Der Healy has been nominated for the top position in Irish rugby following a distinguished playing and administrative career.
A product of the renowned Cork city hurling nursery at North Monastery CBS, he did not play rugby until finishing school when joining Highfield RFC in 1964.
A measure of how well he adapted to the game and became a noted second row forward was underlined in the success of captaining the Highfield 1st XV in successive seasons when they won the Arklow Oval Trophy during the 1972/73 season and the Cork Charity Cup in 1974/75. He was coach of the Highfield senior team between 1978 and 1981 and became the club President for the 1987/88 season.
Married to Nuala, with two children, Orla and Brian, the 119th IRFU President turned to administration in 1991 when he became his club's delegate to the Munster Branch. In 1997 he was elected Chairman of the Branch Management Committee and the following year he assumed the role as Chairman of the Munster Provincial Team Management, holding that office until 2001.
Meanwhile, he had been elected to the IRFU Committee in 1999, from which point he has made a significant contribution as Chairman of the Youth Committee, Chairman of the Domestic Game Committee and as a member of the IRFU Management Committee.
In his role as Domestic Game Chairman, Healy has overseen the introduction of three notable landmarks in the club game – the launching of the IRFU-AIB Community programme, the introduction of the AIB All-Ireland Senior and Junior Cup competitions and the inauguration of the club internationals for all non-contracted players.
The new IRFU President said: "The honour of being President of the IRFU is a particular one for me and my family and I especially thank my wife Nuala for all her support. My Presidency is also a great honour for my club Highfield whom I thank warmly for giving me a great grounding in the game not having played rugby in my schooldays.
"As I look forward to the season ahead and the anticipation of Ireland's challenge in the 2007 Rugby World Cup, as well as the fortunes of the provincial teams in the Heineken Cup and Magners League and the full domestic programme of games at all levels, my thoughts are in line with those expressed by each of our immediate past Presidents since the IRFU's Strategic Plan was launched three years ago. I fully support the aims of this project and reiterate that the welfare of the game at club and school levels will be a top priority of mine."
Previous Story Bishop And Young Join Doncaster
Next Story IRFU Tag Venue News for Thursday 28th June

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


See Firsthand the Difference Your Support Makes.
Interested in visiting our shelter, kitchen or one of our five supportive housing facilities? We'd be pleased to give you a personal tour of any of our locations, from downtown to Kanata.
To request a tour, please complete our Tour Request Form or call us at (613) 789-8210.
Tours are recommended for individuals aged 13 and up.


text:
Looking for Blood
Blood does not factor into what's generalized as "American food" — but why?
by Mark Hay Feb 13, 2020, 12:14pm EST
Illustrations by Rachel Wada
Share All sharing options for: Looking for Blood
Eating blood just makes sense: Mostly made up of protein, it's packed with iron, vitamin D, and other nutrients, and comprises as much as 11 percent of an animal's body weight. That is likely why most human societies that eat meat, save those with religious or cultural injunctions against eating blood, have at least one blood recipe in their culinary repertoires — from the blood "tofu" of China to pepitoria, the goat's blood–cooked rice of Colombia, to the blood sausages (some savory, some sweet), sauces, soups, and even pastas and pastries of most European cultures.
Granted, as meat historian Roger Horowitz notes, these are rarely everyday items. Most were only made, historically, right after an animal was slaughtered, or during the winter, when cold northern climes could preserve blood. Yet blood is still, thanks to practicality, tradition, and taste — many do appreciate its thick earthiness — an active part of most nations' foodways. In some regions, like the British Isles or Germany with their blood sausages, or Scandinavia with its tradition of blood pancakes, blood as an ingredient is not only commonplace, but beloved.
It's odd, then, that blood does not factor at all into what's now generalized as "American food" — not in any of the items that populate fast-food menus (perhaps the most American of inventions), in common dishes descended most directly from European traditions (like meatloaf, pancakes, and various meatballs), or even in dishes closely associated with meat byproducts (like hot dogs, scrapple, and livermush).
"Blood is toward the end of the spectrum of stigmatized and taboo foods" for Americans, says Amy Bentley, a professor of food studies and expert on culinary taboos at New York University.
"It's a reminder of the animal nature of ourselves and how close we are to the things that we're eating."
Most Americans, of course, do not only, or even mostly, eat the purely "American" food that's exported abroad via fast-food menus or through our popular culture. Recent immigrant communities, especially those from East and Southeast Asia, have brought dishes like Filipino dinuguan, Vietnamese bun bo hue, and coastal Indian sorpotel, all blood soups or stews, stateside. One can find frozen blood in many Asian markets (although its quality varies radically by store). It's still prevalent in German butcher shops in parts of Illinois, says food historian Bruce Kraig. The same holds true at some Polish, Mexican, and other butcher shops in historically immigrant neighborhoods, he adds. Potawatomi chef and Native American foodways historian Loretta Barrett Oden notes that various Plains peoples today continue long-standing traditions of drinking blood during buffalo or other large-animal harvests. And many Diné (or Navajo) chefs make, or grew up making, blood sausage as a matter of traditional practice fairly regularly. The National Center for Native American Aging at the University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Science's Center for Rural Health lists a Diné blood sausage recipe in its publication Healthy Traditions: Recipes of Our Ancestors.
Still, these important elements of modern and historical American foodways don't factor into most popular conceptions of "American" cuisine or tastes. And recent attempts by prominent chefs and food scholars to introduce blood to many unfamiliar North Americans — as an interesting new flavor, an element of a national culinary heritage, a vital part of responsible and low-waste meat consumption, or even a healthy alternative to eggs, low in cholesterol and high in protein and iron, in baked goods — have fallen flat. "I haven't seen much evidence of broad interest" in blood of late, says Margot Finn, a scholar of U.S. food beliefs, "even with the niche popularity of nose-to-tail and ethnic eating that includes offal." So why, exactly, does American food contain so little blood?
It's hard to say whether pre-Columbian Native American cultures consumed blood, and if so, how much and in what contexts. Early colonists and the U.S. proper explicitly tried to eradicate indigenous history and foodways to displace or eradicate entire peoples. Many Native American culinary traditions were, and are, fluid — and their modern iterations have often been shaped by the experience of colonization. When I asked Barrett Oden about this, she told me, "Everyone I could find says, 'We don't know because all of our ancestors are gone.'" As part of culture, pragmatism, ritual, or for other reasons, though, she believes there was likely "significant blood use" in pre-Colonial North America "from the Mayans to the Plains."
Some food historians argue that America's colonizers, however, never ate much blood. Sarah Wassberg Johnson, an expert in American food history, claims that British colonizers did not, by and large, bring their native blood sausage traditions to their new homes because they found so much open and farmable land that they didn't have to engage in the scrupulous nose-to-tail eating common in contemporary Europe. Blood, Finn argues, is not "inherently delicious or appealing the way some things like sugar or fatty meat seem to be," so it would have been something many folks might never eat unless necessitated to do so by scarcity.
For the most part, historians like Johnson believe, blood was an occasional subsistence food, mostly consumed in rural areas but not in urban settings. More often than not, even on farms, it would be discarded as waste. It may be true that some colonists did find they no longer needed to eat blood dishes, stopped doing so as a matter of preference, and so their progeny had no chance to develop a taste for it.
Yet colonial cookbooks include many blood pudding recipes, and 17th-century blood consumption was apparently common enough that preachers saw fit to puzzle out a justification for eating it, given Old Testament prohibitions against doing so. (The same injunctions prevent some observant Jewish groups from eating blood.) Blood may not have been a standard home ingredient, says Horowitz, but it would have been in use by many butchers in sausage making. And it would have been fairly available, argues Amy Fitzgerald, an expert on animal slaughter history, off of farmsteads, in urban settings, as local butchers often did the work of slaughtering animals. Historical accounts of Chippewa and Cree communities from the 18th century also describe a blood-based haggis, blood potages, and the consumption of fresh blood from ungulates, and at least some accounts of 19th-century Blackfoot Confederacy communities detail blood pudding and soup.
The tide of blood in America likely started to meaningfully turn with the rise of industrialized slaughter. "This was part of a more general process" starting in the 16th century, Fitzgerald says, "of demonstrating human superiority over animals," in part by distancing the public from the visceral nature of meat production.
Dive into science and history of offal with Gastropod
Hosts Nicola Twilley and Cynthia Graber interview historians, scientists, and a butcher... and try some testicles and lungs for themselves.
Blood, bones, and other offal "remind us that we are animals," argues Bentley, channeling the theories of many psychobiologists. "Blood from an animal looks like blood from a human. It's a reminder of the animal nature of ourselves and how close we are to the things that we're eating."
The first large-scale commercial slaughterhouse opened in Massachusetts in 1662, explicitly to remove slaughter from public view. But industrial slaughterhouses hit critical mass from about the mid-1860s onward, especially with the rise of Chicago's meatpacking industry. Around this time, most Americans, undergoing a process of rapid urbanization alongside this slaughter industrialization, started to lose touch with the process of raising and killing animals, and to see meat as just a slab of deracinated tissue in a butcher's shop.
Industrial slaughter made it harder to access blood, which is best used fresh and unfrozen. Theoretically, big slaughterhouses could still have tried to preserve blood using anticoagulants (like salt or vinegar) and cooling. But "collecting and keeping fresh blood clean for processing was simply too much effort for too little return," argues Johnson. Slaughterhouse operators soon realized they could make more by selling blood to other industrialists for use in things like animal feed and fertilizer. As historian Maureen Ogle notes, big slaughterhouses 100 years ago usually made more selling blood and other byproducts to pharmaceutical firms and similar buyers than they did by selling meat proper. "So," says meatpacking historian Joshua Specht, "the Chicago meatpackers had no reason to make it accessible to consumers," at least on a large scale.
Around the same time, writers in the American media started to openly disparage butchery generally, and blood cuisine specifically. "There are racist articles about German immigrants in particular liking blood sausage," says Specht. "Similarly, there are some stories about poorer Americans consuming as much of, say, pig as possible."
In the late 19th century, Americans with economic, cultural, and culinary power were distancing themselves from slaughter and its byproducts in favor of more civilized (and often more expensive) meat cuts, labeling offal as animalistic and crude. They were also defining themselves in contrast to Central and Eastern European immigrants, and poorer rural Americans, who still consumed those products. The idea of blood-eating as a "backwards" and "barbaric" practice was deployed as evidence of the baseness of dirty immigrants and the poors, cementing it as a marginal to un-American behavior.
But industrialized slaughter was not necessarily a death knell for blood dishes, especially if it was decoupled from racist and classist tirades against them. To wit, much of Europe has developed industrial slaughter systems — albeit in different arcs and at different speeds and levels than America — while maintaining connections to edible blood. Even in America, Horowitz acknowledges, in rural areas where people still slaughtered animals and had access to their fresh blood, they kept on using it in their cooking well into the 20th century. "German settlers and their descendants in the Midwest," Kraig points out, "ate blood sausage as a regular part of their diets" until sometime around, or maybe just after, World War II.
The real end to American blood eating likely came in the mid-20th century, courtesy of modernity — specifically an amorphous, optimistic belief in the power of industrial science to improve the world in every imaginable way, especially by one-upping nature. That often came part-and-parcel with a belief in the value of uniformity and perceived sterility. "This idea of modernity is very important for people coming of age in the 20th century," argues Bentley, who has written about the birth of the baby food industry in this era. The logic of that industry, she explains, was that industrial societies "don't breastfeed our babies because we don't have to. We have technology. We have science. We can make the formula and the bottles. We can make better food for babies than human bodies can, and certainly better than people in developing who are breastfeeding."
Many notions advanced in the spirit of modernity were, we now know, bullshit. Modernity might scream that blood is a messy natural product that spoils easily. But modern slaughter, food packaging, and distribution, which seek in part to distance us from icky blood and promise to keep us safer and healthier by doing so, are arguably even worse for public health because of their potential to spread zoonotic disease and foodborne illnesses. And obsessions with sterility led to the development of non-nutritious foods, like Wonder Bread (invented in 1921) and overprocessed milk, whose health benefits are now in question.
Wrongheaded notions about the value of sterile uniformity and pre-preparation got flash-frozen into many societies, not just America. They just took especial root in American food and culture because, argues Bentley, "we came of age in the age of industrialization" as a nation. Many of the national myths still referenced in American culture and politics were forged in the hypermodern 1950s, as supermarkets and prepackaged foods and all they represented were spreading and reshaping even many rural lives. Modernity has only been reinforced in recent years by things like food safety and larger public health scares.
Sociologist George Ritzer coined the concept of "the McDonaldization of society," referring to a unique, mostly American obsession with "cleanliness, standardization, quantity over quality." According to Bentley, this concept plays into our aversion to foodstuffs that seem messier, or more potentially dangerous, like blood. It also helps to explain the very mid-20th-century (and, in many corners of the country, enduring) American obsession with hockey-puck-overcooked steaks. Many Americans seem to want any trace of blood (by the by, the red in "bloody" red meat isn't blood, but myoglobin, the protein that delivers oxygen to muscle tissue) broiled out of existence in the name of perceived safety, and in the service of the entrenched 20th-century American cardboard palate.
Ultimately, all these historical forces dovetailed into America's modern, bloodless state of affairs. And it created a vicious circle, in which low demand for and high skepticism of blood make it almost impossible for most people in America to encounter it, even if they go looking for it, keeping demand low and skepticism high.
At most, the food history and culture experts I've spoken to about blood largely agree, there's potential for blood to seep back into some mainstream American dishes — if its taste is well hidden, if "blood" doesn't end up in the final name, if it is promoted by well-known chefs or health experts, and if it comes with strong head-to-hoof ethical messaging. Diners could also, perhaps, be convinced to eat a protein bar made of powdered and flavorless blood (like the Soviet Union's Hematogen quasi-health bar), much as they have been convinced to eat cricket bars and powders as arguably sustainable sources of (largely invisible, tasteless) protein. Still, the population of Americans who could get over the ick factor many associate with blood would likely be slim.
"People can get over an ick factor" in general, says Finn. "That seems to have happened on a pretty wide scale with raw fish in sushi, and before that with garlic and other pungent alliums. But I'm not sure there are sufficient incentives to do so with blood," she says, especially relative to the long build-up and scale of this ick factor in particular. "I don't see any reason why the factors that have made blood unpopular for at least the last century in America are likely to change soon.
"Then again," Finn almost shrugs, "stranger things have happened. So, who knows?"
Mark Hay is a Brooklyn-based freelance writer who has reported on food history and culture for outlets ranging from Atlas Obscura to Food52 to VICE. Rachel Wada is a Vancouver, Canada-based freelance illustrator whose airy artwork often reflect the melting pot of her cultural heritage.
Fact-checked by Andrea López Cruzado.
Eater at Home


text:
In This Article Expand or collapse the "in this article" section Romance
General Overviews
Gender and Genre
Romance and Theory
Romance and the Novel
Romance and Drama
Databases, Catalogues and Manuscript Digitizations
Early Modern Romance
Romance in the 18th and 19th Centuries
Antiquarianism and Literary History
Victorian to Modern
Verse Satire from the Renaissance to the Romantic Period
Helen Moore
LAST REVIEWED: 26 July 2018
LAST MODIFIED: 26 May 2016
Western European romance (understood in its broadest outlines as a vernacular narrative of love and war, often with a supernatural dimension) emerged in France in the 12th century. It arrived in England via Anglo-Norman romances and their translations and was swiftly naturalized, flourishing in the 14th century in the works of Chaucer and the Gawain poet as well as in popular forms, and developing in the 15th century in prose, of which Malory's Morte Darthur (1485) is the high point. This pattern of translation and naturalization continued through the 16th century, with the rediscovery of the ancient Greek romances and the importing of peninsular prose romance. During the 17th century, English romance—again reinvigorated by French in the form of the heroic romance—coexisted with the early novel; often characterized as conflicted or supplanting, this relationship was actually one of mutual engagement. As noted in The Cambridge History of the English Novel (Caserio and Hawes 2012) the novel has always been, and remains, entangled and engaged with romance. A similarly close and cross-fertilizing relationship is evident between Romance and Drama, especially in the early modern period. Romance has also played an important role in many periods as both the spur to and a mechanism of political retrospection and resistance. Unrestrained in its matter (exotic, fantastic, military, political, allegorical, erotic, religious, and so forth), romance has provided ample opportunities for the articulation and performance of multiple identities, and so has been hospitable to modern engagements of critical and theoretical variety, from structuralism and Marxism to feminism and postcolonialism. A core component of the antiquarian researches of the 18th century, romance has always drawn attention in its material aspect, as witnessed by the strong presence of romances among the volumes of the Early English Text Society, and in the 21st century in online resources.
The early period of romance is much better provided with general overviews than later periods; Arthurian romance commands particular attention, as Pearsall 2003 shows. Often approached according to the classification of its 'matter' (Beer 1970, Barron 1987) or national or linguistic affiliation (Krueger 2000), Medieval Romance has also been considered from the point of view of its self-designation (Strohm 1977) or form (Purdie 2008). Cooper 2004 has been highly influential in arguing for the continuation of medieval romance across the boundaries of medieval/Renaissance and manuscript/print. Fuchs 2004 provides the best modern overview, addressing both the literary-historical and theoretical complexities of the genre, while the period-specific chapters of Saunders 2004 provide many helpful points of entry.
Barron, W. R. J. English Medieval Romance. London: Longman, 1987.
Providing a detailed and linguistically wide-ranging survey, with plentiful attention to the continental inheritance, this volume considers English Medieval Romance according to its 'matter' (England, France, Rome, or Britain).
Beer, Gillian. The Romance. Critical Idiom 10. London: Methuen, 1970.
Like other studies of romance published in the 1970s, Beer's survey of the genre is conditioned by a belief in its continuities of matter (love, magic) and attitude (nostalgia, wish-fulfilment) across historical periods. Abstract notions of idealism and desire feature strongly in her account, which nonetheless contains many perceptive and still valuable observations on the transformations of romance tropes and strategies across English literature.
Caserio, Robert L., and Clement Hawes, eds. The Cambridge History of the English Novel. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2012.
In their introduction to this survey of the English novel, the editors return repeatedly to the entanglement of the novel and romance.
Cooper, Helen. The English Romance in Time: Transforming Motifs from Geoffrey of Monmouth to the Death of Shakespeare. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004.
A wide-ranging study examining the perpetuation of romance motifs (or 'memes,' as Cooper terms them) from English Medieval Romance into early modern works by, primarily, Sidney, Spenser, and Shakespeare. The romance 'memes' discussed by Cooper are the quest, the rudderless boat, "magic that doesn't work" (p. 137), fairy monarchs, desiring women, calumniated women, the rightful heir, and the unhappy ending.
Fuchs, Barbara. Romance. New Critical Idiom. New York: Routledge, 2004.
DOI: 10.4324/9780203337646
This volume dramatically updated Beer's conception of romance by considering the writing and reading of romance as acts of cultural appropriation, consumption, and transformation. Beginning with an overview of major interventions by Frye, Jameson, and Parker on the theorization of romance, Fuchs provides an historically detailed and critically original account of romance as manifested in the interlocking literatures of ancient Greece, England, and continental Europe.
Krueger, R. L., ed. The Cambridge Companion to Medieval Romance. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2000.
Addressing the major vernaculars of western Europe, this study provides a wide-ranging overview of the matter and manifestations of romance in the medieval period. Cast in ambitious and thought-provoking terms, it exemplifies the importance of gender, society, and material culture in current romance studies. It looks backward to antiquity and forward to the novel in the form of Cervantes.
Pearsall, Derek. Arthurian Romance: A Short Introduction. Malden, MA: Blackwell, 2003.
Focused on the English and later the American tradition, this accessible introduction begins with chapters on the historical Arthur and the continental underpinnings of Arthurian romance in English.
Purdie, Rhiannon. Anglicising Romance: Tail-Rhyme and Genre in Medieval Literature. Studies in Medieval Romance. Cambridge, UK: D. S. Brewer, 2008.
Detailed examination of tail-rhyme romance, the twelve-line stanza form that developed uniquely in England. Looking back to the Anglo-Norman tradition and outward to the role of scribes and their practices, this book considers the relationships of genre and "Englishness," with particular attention to the 14th-century Auchinleck manuscript.
Saunders, Corinne, ed. A Companion to Romance: From Classical to Contemporary. Malden, MA: Blackwell, 2004.
Covering a very wide range of texts and traditions, this introduction to the genre is organized chronologically, from ancient romance to the present day. While its primary focus is on English romance, there are individual chapters on Anglo-Norman Romance and on America. The interactions of romance with politics, gender, history, and the novel are addressed throughout.
Strohm, Paul. "The Origin and Meaning of Middle English Romaunce." Genre 10.1 (1977): 1–28.
Detailed survey of the origin and application of romance as a generic term and its relationship to other medieval categories such as "conte" and "lay."
About British and Irish Literature »
Alfred (King)
Alliterative Verse
Ancrene Wisse, and the Katherine and Wooing Groups
Anglo-Irish Poetry, 1500–1800
Anglo-Saxon Hagiography
Beckett, Samuel
Behn, Aphra
Bowen, Elizabeth
Brontë, Anne
Browne, Thomas
Burgess, Anthony
Burney, Frances
Butler, Hubert
Byron, Lord
Carter, Angela
Ferrier, Susan
Ford, Ford Madox
French Revolution, 1789–1799
Friel, Brian
Gascoigne, George
Gay, John
Golding, William
Goldsmith, Oliver
Gosse, Edmund
Gower, John
Gray, Thomas
Gunpowder Plot (1605), The
Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey
Highlands, The
Hogg, James
Holmes, Sherlock
Hurd, Richard
Ireland and Memory Studies
Irish Crime Fiction
Irish Famine, Writing of the
Irish Gothic Tradition
Irish Life Writing
Irish Modernism
Irish Poetry of the First World War
Irish Short Story, The
Irish Travel Writing
Johnson, B. S.
Johnson, Samuel
Jones, David
Kelman, James
Kempe, Margery
Lamb, Charles and Mary
Law, Medieval
Literature, Neo-Latin
Literature of the Bardic Revival
Literature of the Irish Civil War
Literature of the 'Thirties
Lyly, John
Mabinogion
MacDiarmid, Hugh
MacPherson, James
Malory, Thomas
Marvell, Andrew
McEwan, Ian
McGuckian, Medbh
Medieval Lyrics
Medieval Scottish Poetry
Middleton, Thomas
Miéville, China
Morality Plays
Morris, William
Muir, Edwin
Ní Chuilleanáin, Eiléan
Nonsense Literature
Novel, Contemporary British
Novel, The Contemporary Irish
O'Casey, Sean
O'Connor, Frank
O'Faoláin, Seán
Old English Literature
Piers Plowman
Pope, Alexander
Post-War Irish Drama
Post-war Irish Writing
Prosody and Meter: Early Modern to 19th Century
Prosody and Meter: Twentieth Century
Quincey, Thomas De
Ralegh (Raleigh), Sir Walter
Ramsay, Allan and Robert Fergusson
Richardson, Samuel
Rise of the Novel in Britain, 1660–1780, The
Robin Hood Literature
Romance, Medieval English
Ruskin, John
Shaw, George Bernard
Sidney, Mary, Countess of Pembroke
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Sonnet and Sonnet Sequence
Sterne, Laurence
Swift, Jonathan
Synge, John Millington
Thomas, Dylan
Thomas, R. S.
Tóibín, Colm
Trollope, Anthony
Tudor Literature
Utopian and Dystopian Literature to 1800
Vampire Fiction
Webster, John
Welsh, Irvine
Welsh Poetry, Medieval
Welsh Writing Before 1500
Wilmot, John, Second Earl of Rochester
Wollstonecraft, Mary
Wollstonecraft Shelley, Mary
Wordsworth, William
Writing and Evolutionary Theory
Wulfstan, Archbishop of York
Wyatt, Thomas
Yeats, W. B.


text:
Willem-Alexander becomes new Dutch king
The generational change in the House of Orange-Nassau gives the nation of nearly 17 million a moment of celebration as it struggles through a lengthy recession.
By Mike Corder and To Sterling / The Associated Press
AMSTERDAM — Willem-Alexander became the first Dutch king in more than a century Tuesday as his mother, Beatrix, abdicated after 33 years as queen.
The generational change in the House of Orange-Nassau gave the Netherlands a moment of celebration, pageantry and brief respite as this trading nation of nearly 17 million struggles through a lengthy recession brought on by the European economic crisis.
Dutch King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima appear on the balcony of the Royal Palace with their children, from left: Catharina-Amalia, Ariane, and Alexia in Amsterdam, The Netherlands on Tuesday. AP
Dutch Queen Beatrix, left, looks down as she prepares to sign the Act of Abdication in favour of her son, Prince Willem-Alexander, center, who sits next to his wife Princess Maxima in the Mozeszaal or Mozes hall of the Royal Palace in Amsterdam, The Netherlands on Tuesday. A million people were expected to descend on the Dutch capital for a huge street party to celebrate the first new Dutch monarch in 33 years. AP
Queen Maxima, right, signs the Act of Abdication after it was signed by King Willem-Alexander, centre, and Queen Beatrix, left, in the Mozeszaal or Mozes hall of the Royal Palace in Amsterdam on Tuesday. AP
Visibly emotional, the much-loved Beatrix ended her reign in a nationally televised signing ceremony as thousands of orange-clad people cheered outside. Millions more were expected to watch on television.
King Willem-Alexander gripped his mother's hand and looked briefly into her eyes after they both signed the abdication document in the Royal Palace on downtown Amsterdam's Dam Square.
Beatrix looked close to tears as she then appeared on a balcony overlooking some 20,000 of her subjects.
"I am happy and grateful to introduce to you your new king, Willem-Alexander," she told the cheering crowd, which chanted: "Bea bedankt" ("Thanks Bea.")
Moments later, in a striking symbol of the generational shift, she left the balcony and King Willem-Alexander, his wife and three daughters — the children in matching yellow dresses and headbands — waved to the crowd.
"Dear mother, today you relinquished the throne. 33 years moving and inspiring years. We are intensely, intensely grateful to you," the new king said.
The former queen becomes Princess Beatrix and her son becomes the first Dutch king since Willem III died in 1890.
The 46-year-old king's popular Argentine-born wife became Queen Maxima and their eldest of three daughters, Catharina-Amalia, who attended the ceremony wearing a yellow dress, became Princess of Orange and first in line to the throne.
Els Nederstigt, 38, said she got up at 5:30 a.m. to travel to Amsterdam and sat on a camping stool close to the Royal Palace wearing an orange cowboy hat and tiara.
"It's a special moment. I was a very small girl when Beatrix came to the throne so this is the first change in the monarchy I can really experience," she said. "We were here when Willem-Alexander and Maxima got married and what you remember is that you were there — you forget how early you had to get up and how tired you were."
The square was overwhelmingly orange, but one blue and white Argentine flag being held up in front of the palace was emblazoned with the Dutch language text: "Netherlands thanks for loving and having faith in Maxima."
The day is expected to be a huge party culminating in a boat trip by the new king and queen around the Ij waterway, but security also was tight with thousands of police — uniformed and plain clothes — and an untold number of civil servants assisting in the logistics.
Police said one man was arrested on Dam Square shortly after the abdication for not following officers' orders.
The airspace above Amsterdam was closed Monday for three days. Dutch police swept Dam square for bombs, with assistance from German agents with sniffer dogs.
Royal guests from 18 countries are attending, including Britain's Prince Charles and his wife, Camilla, and the Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito and Crown Princess Masako. Charles was also in attendance when Beatrix was crowned in 1980.
Observers believe Beatrix remained on the throne for so long in part because she was seen as a stabilizing factor in the country that struggled to assimilate more and more immigrants, mainly Muslims from North Africa, and shifted away from its traditional reputation as one of the world's most tolerant nations.
In recent years, speculation about when she might abdicate had grown, as she endured personal losses that both softened her image and increased her popularity further as the public sympathized.
Her husband Prince Claus died in 2002; and last year her youngest son, Prince Friso, was hit by an avalanche while skiing in Austria and suffered severe brain damage. Friso remains in a near comatose state.
NHL notebook: League fills Olympic break with makeup games
Tell Us: Do you support the creation of a consumer-owned electric utility in Maine?
Marijuana delivery bill would allow access throughout Maine


text:
Lanett es una ciudad ubicada en el condado de Chambers en el estado estadounidense de Alabama. En el censo de 2000, su población era de 7897.

Demografía
En el 2000 la renta per cápita promedia del hogar era de $26,197, y el ingreso promedio para una familia era de $36,481. El ingreso per cápita para la localidad era de $15,614. Los hombres tenían un ingreso per cápita de $28,066 contra $22,101 para las mujeres.

Geografía
Lanett se encuentra ubicada en las coordenadas  (32.863424, -85.199684)

Según la Oficina del Censo de los EE. UU., la ciudad tiene un área total de 5.40 millas cuadradas (13.97 km²).

Referencias

Enlaces externos

Ciudades de Alabama
Localidades del condado de Chambers (Alabama)

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaWikipedia


text:
Home Newsroom News and press releases Kazakhstan takes over OSCE Chair, seeks to strengthen Organization and advance dialogue on future European security architecture
OSCE Chairmanship
Kazakhstan takes over OSCE Chair, seeks to strengthen Organization and advance dialogue on future European security architecture
ASTANA 1 January 2010
ASTANA, 1 January 2010 - Kazakhstan took over the Chairmanship of the OSCE today and reaffirmed its commitment to uphold the fundamental principles and values of the Organization, to proceed according to the interests of all participating States and to strengthen the role of the OSCE as a significant platform for dialogue contributing to security in the wider Eurasian space.
"Kazakhstan is the first Central Asian and former Soviet State to chair the Organization. This is evidence that the principle of equality among the participating States remains valid, as well as recognition of the increasing role of Kazakhstan in a strategically important region and in the OSCE generally," said the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Kazakhstan's Secretary of State and Foreign Minister Kanat Saudabayev.
"As OSCE Chair, Kazakhstan will seek to bring closer the positions of participating States both west and east of Vienna, based on the principles of impartiality and balance, and to advance the Organization's role in strengthening security and deepening co-operation in the area from Vancouver to Vladivostok."
He added: "We will continue the Corfu Process, and will try to give new impetus to OSCE efforts to stabilize the situation in areas of protracted conflicts, and to seek their resolution; develop international transport corridors; and promote tolerance and mutual understanding. Kazakhstan intends to work actively with all partners in the OSCE on preparing and holding an OSCE Summit in the year of the 65th anniversary of the end of the Second World War, the 35th anniversary of the Helsinki Final Act and the 20th anniversary of the Charter of Paris for a New Europe."
Saudabayev took over the Chairmanship from Greek Prime Minister and Foreign Minister George Papandreou, whose country chaired the OSCE in 2009.
"I would like to express my gratitude to Prime Minister George Papandreou for the excellent conduct of the OSCE Chairmanship," Saudabayev said. "I should also like to welcome Lithuania and Foreign Minister Vygaudas Usackas to the Chairmanship Troika," he said.
The new Chairperson-in-Office will outline the Kazakh Chairmanship's priorities in a speech on 14 January in Vienna to the Permanent Council, a key OSCE decision-making body.
Communication and Media Relations Section
press@osce.org


text:
package org.kuali.rice.krad.uif.view;

import java.io.Serializable;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;

/**
 * Provides cache objects for KIM authorization during a single request
 *
 * @author Kuali Rice Team (rice.collab@kuali.org)
 */
public class RequestAuthorizationCache implements Serializable {
    private static final long serialVersionUID = 4773874972787299349L;

    private Map<String, Boolean> permissionResultCache;

    public RequestAuthorizationCache() {
        permissionResultCache = new HashMap<String, Boolean>();
    }

    /**
     * Map that can be used to cache results of permission checks for a request
     *
     * @return
     */
    public Map<String, Boolean> getPermissionResultCache() {
        return permissionResultCache;
    }

    public boolean hasPermissionResult(String resultKey) {
        return permissionResultCache.containsKey(resultKey);
    }

    public Boolean getPermissionResult(String resultKey) {
        Boolean result = null;

        if (hasPermissionResult(resultKey)) {
            result = Boolean.valueOf(permissionResultCache.get(resultKey));
        }

        return result;
    }

    public void addPermissionResult(String resultKey, boolean result) {
        permissionResultCache.put(resultKey, Boolean.valueOf(result));
    }
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


Apple latest strategy seems backfiring Apple and causing iPhone to sold less and lower in quantity. Is this the end of iPhone?
Back on WWDC 2018, Apple announced and released iOS 12. Despite all the issues and bugs, iOS 12 proven to make older devices as old as iPhone 5S (and up) to run much faster than the previous iteration of iOS. To me personally, it's the best iOS since long time ago.
Also earlier on late 2018, as part of Apple iPhone XS Max launch event, Apple gave away a very good-to-hear message to the audience attending and to the rest of the world that Apple is committed to give long term support (aka iOS updates and features) for its devices, including iPhone for as long as 5 years.
Fast forward to today, as a result, many people are keeping whatever iPhone they have today. They are not buying new iPhone.
New iPhone is too pricey and kind of boring.
Well, there's plenty reasons for why people are not buying new iPhone. One could say: it could be due to the new iPhone was boring – despite all the latest, fastest and greatest A12 processor processing power in the market and bunch of other features packed into the iPhone but it's pretty much similar to last year generation; another reason that one could also say: people are switching over to different alternatives since iPhone nowadays is very pricey.
While iPhone being pricey and boring are valid reasons but what I do personally believe as an Apple user myself, there's should be a portion or fraction of those people – not sure how big is the portion or fraction here but I do think it's big enough and I'm one of them – who currently is using older version of iPhone and prefer not to upgrade to a new iPhone because of the immediate results of Apple commitment they promised as part of WWDC 2018: giving long term supports to the users.
Well, these on top of issues and tension between US and China that makes iPhone less favorable there in China. Few Apple promises that we could see having immediate results are by releasing iOS 12 that manage to make older devices running faster – much faster than the previous iOS 11 and by giving cheaper battery replacement for limited period of time (this is due to Apple mistakes throttling down iPhone performance).
I am one of those people who didn't upgrade to a new iPhone due to getting a faster iOS 12. My iPhone model is from 2 years back – the iPhone 7+. A few of people I know closely who are also iPhone users also did the same, instead of buying and changing to a new iPhone, they bought and changed only the battery and upgrade to iOS 12.
While short-term results of Apple latest strategy seemed to backfire Apple itself, but if Apple can continue to do so and get a hold of all the hits and noises it is taking right now (bad press about poor iPhone sales and all) and investors are patient enough, the long term result could have good results for Apple.
More people will know, see and believe themselves (through marketing and mouth-to-mouth) that Apple gadgets are good specifically in terms of duration of supports given and mainly for keeping users privacy. As more people believe, the more likely people to get converted into Apple ecosystem. The more people converted into Apple ecosystem means more revenues for Apple – if Apple can capitalized on other things beside iPhone as their money making machines.
Apple Next Big Money Making Machine. It's not iPhone. Check here for the full article.
Cloud is the new king!
Today, everybody is leaning more towards to cloud. Hardware is and should be no longer a big issues since most of the computational requirements are now shifted to cloud.
Portable Cloud in Action! Use and access it anywhere anytime. Plus its just the size of your palm. How convenient is that! Check here for details how you can make yours.
See Google latest cloud attempt called Project Stream which (trying to) enables cloud gaming on minimum hardware. Using Project Stream, you can play CPU and graphics-intensive game like the latest Assassin's Creed game on a Chromebook. Do check here for more details on Google Project Stream.


For details, please see http://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/h6/hist/.
On March 23, 2006, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System ceased publication of the M3 monetary aggregate and its components. For more information, please refer to http://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/h6/discm3.htm.
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (US), Overnight and Term Eurodollars (DISCONTINUED) [EURONS], retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/EURONS, April 23, 2019.


text:
Submit a Counterpoint
HSXtra
ACCXtra
Rockingham Now
Manage Greensboro Subscription
Manage Rockingham Subscription
REBELS, HOGS FIGHT FOR FIRST
The Associated Press\
Feb 9, 1991 Updated Jan 26, 2015
March Madness comes early. Just about a month early and in the form of what could be one of the best college basketball games in recent years: No. 1 UNLV at No. 2 Arkansas.
The rankings alone make today's matchup a treat so rare that there have only been nine games between Nos. 1 and 2 in the last 10 seasons.Now add in some other factors:
UNLV's 30-game winning streak, 19 this season, and the Runnin' Rebels' national championship defense that was taken away and returned amid some hard feelings.
Arkansas' 23-1 mark that includes 20 straight wins and the Razorbacks' determination to make their farewell season in the Southwest Conference a rousing success.
It gives you a game worthy of the attention and hype it has received.
``This has been a bigger buildup than the Final Four,' Arkansas coach Nolan Richardson said. He should know about Final Fours since the Razorbacks joined the Runnin' Rebels there last year.
``There's never been a regular-season game with so much hype and expectation. I think it's great for the people here to bring a game of this magnitude to Barnhill.'
That's Barnhill Arena, Arkansas' homecourt with a capacity of 9,000, half of the crowd to watch these teams last season at UNLV's Thomas & Mack Center. Barnhill crowds are among the loudest, staunchest and toughest in the country, but the Runnin' Rebels thrive on that and even play up to the road crowds.
This crowd appears ready for the challenge.
``The students started camping out today for the first-come, first-served seats,' Richardson said Tuesday. ``It's like we don't have another game left after this. The people think this is something they have to be here for. This is what's happening. It's been a hectic week.'
It was for Jerry Tarkanian as well. The coach of the Runnin' Rebels was being besieged by callers, some from the media, the rest looking for a ticket.
``They're crying for tickets,' he said. ``They only gave us 30 and there are a lot of people who want to go. All they have to figure out is how to get a ticket.'
What will be harder to figure out is which will give first - UNLV's swarming pressure defense which turns instantly into its offense or Arkansas' frantic pace at both ends of the court.
It's hard to imagine either team changing its style in any way.
``We don't ever talk about the other teams,' Tarkanian said. ``We prepare ourselves physically, mentally and emotionally and play the way we can and the way we talked about.'
That means averaging 104.1 points per game, while holding opponents to 38 percent shooting and forcing an average of 20 turnovers per game.
``They are number one for a reason,' Richardson said. ``They have a great team and they can do so much.'
Arkansas, which lost to Arizona in the preseason NIT final, averages 100.3 points per game and has also turned turnovers into points, forcing 22 per game.
``We know their team from last year and we know how tough they can be,' Tarkanian said.
Last year's game, the first ever between the schools, was won by UNLV 101-93 and what happened then could be a key to Sunday.
Most of the scoring came from the guards on both teams, but UNLV managed to get some help from the frontcourt.
Arkansas has to stop forwards Larry Johnson, who leads UNLV at 22.7 per game, and Stacey Augmon, next at 17.4. The bulk of the defensive responsibility for the Razorbacks up front falls to Oliver Miller, a 6-foot-9 junior known for his bulk and blocks.
``No question Big O will be a key factor and we have to keep him in the game,' Richardson said. ``He helps us on defense because we can afford to take chances trapping with him blocking shots. This is a big game for Big O, but he has gone against some of the bigger and better players in the country.'
Of the last nine 1-2 matchups, five were played on homecourts and the visitors won three. The top-ranked team managed a 7-2 record in those games.
You get the feeling no statistic can do this game justice.
``Every game is the most important game in the world,' Richardson said. ``I got on the scene late and every one is important to Nolan Richardson, every one of them. But I'd be lying if I said I haven't thought about this one a little more.'
Guilford County adds COVID-19 vaccine appointments after getting 1,500 extra doses
Registration, which opened at 5 p.m. Friday, is online only and will remain open until all slots have been filled.
Man dies in one of two shootings that injured two other people in Greensboro overnight, police say
A Greensboro man is dead after he was found shot in the 2500 block of West Gate City Boulevard, authorities said.
Greensboro coliseum to host COVID-19 vaccinations starting next week
People can begin registering for vaccinations at the coliseum, which are by appointment only, starting at 10 a.m. Friday. Vaccinations begin on Tuesday.
N.C. A&T lands yet another multimillion donation. This one is $5.5 million, with most going to scholarships.
The latest donation is from Corning Inc., the materials science company famed for its glass products.
Telling it Straight: Reidsville doc talks COVID-19 facts, necessity of vaccination
Funeral services for former N.C. A&T chancellor James Renick to be livestreamed Thursday
James Renick was A&T's ninth chancellor. He led the Greensboro university through a period of tremendous growth from 1999 to 2006.
Amid rise in COVID-19 cases, Guilford County restricts delivery, curbside pickup, and to-go ordering after 10 p.m. to outside of restaurants and bars
"Delivery, curbside pickup, and to-go ordering must remain outdoors," after 10 p.m., Skip Alston, chairman of the Guilford County Board of Commissioners, said in a news release.
Two Guilford care facilities experiencing COVID-19 outbreaks
It's unclear if either site has current cases of the highly contagious respiratory disease, according to a recent state report.
Cone's top two executives plan departures this year; Sentara acquisition projected for mid-2021 close
The announcement comes five months after Cone agreed to merge with Sentara Healthcare of Norfolk, Va., in a transaction projected to close in mid-2021.
© Copyright 2021 Greensboro News & Record, 3001 South Elm Eugene St. Greensboro, NC | Terms of Use | Privacy Policy


December 7.2015 – Country Grammy Nominees 2015 Announced Today!!!
Sam Hunt, Chris Stapleton, and Meghan Trainor landed Grammy nominations in major categories on Monday morning (Dec. 7).Hunt and Trainor will compete for Best New Artist, while Stapleton's Traveller is up for Album of the Year.
Hunt's Montevallo and Stapleton's Traveller are joined by Little Big Town's Painkiller, Ashley Monroe's The Blade and Kacey Musgraves' Pageant Material in the Best Country Album category.
Contenders for Best Country Song are: "Chances Are" (written by Hayes Carll), "Diamond Rings and Old Barstools" (written by Barry Dean, Luke Laird and Jonathan Singleton), "Girl Crush," "Hold My Hand" (written by Brandy Clark and Mark Stephen Jones), and "Traveller" (written by Chris Stapleton).


Despite the improvement, the Black jobless rate is still double the unemployment rate of White workers, which has remained flat since February at 4.7 percent.
Valerie Wilson, the director of the Program on Race, Ethnicity, and the Economy at the Economic Policy Institute, a progressive think tank focused on low- and middle-income families, said that said that the gradual decline in the Black unemployment rate is the result of strong job growth over the past year.
As the economic recovery in the United States continued its slow, uneven climb in April there were still clear disparities, even among adult Black workers.
Wilson said that, since December, Black men have enjoyed most of the larger employment gains compared to Black women.
The unemployment rate for Black men over 20 years old was 11 percent in December 2014 and 9.2 percent in April 2015, while the unemployment rate for Black women increased 0.6 percent over the same period.
Since last April, the labor force participation rate, which is the share of the population that is either employed or looking for work, increased from 66.5 percent to 68.7 percent in April 2015 among Black men. The labor force rate for Black women only increased 0.7 percent since April 2014.
Wilson said that a renewed focus on targeted jobs programs and infrastructure investments would enable the economy to get closer to full employment, but cuts to public sector employment, especially at the state and local levels, may prolong the sluggish recovery.
According to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a nonpartisan research and policy group that designs policies aimed at reducing poverty and inequality, the economy has shed nearly 570,000 government jobs, more than 360,000 jobs in local government alone, since February 2010.
"The other part of that is that wage growth isn't anything to cheer about," said Wilson, adding that wage growth is still below any indication that the economy has really heated up.
According to the Labor Department, average hourly earnings have only increased 2.2 percent since April 2014.
This recovery is different, Wilson said, in part because there's still a decent amount of slack in the labor market.
The national unemployment rate was 5.4 percent in April down from 5.5 percent in March and the economy added 223,000 jobs in April for a three-month average of 191,000 jobs per month.
In a recent blog post for EPI, Josh Bivens, the research and policy director at EPI, wrote that returning the labor market to pre-Great Recession levels is too unambitious a goal.
"After all, 2007 could hardly be described as a year with the kind of high-pressure labor market that would boost wages across the board," said Bivens.
Follow Freddie Allen on Twitter at @freddieallenjr.


text:
Volleyball »
Legendary UCLA Volleyball Coach To Retire
Andy Banachowski, the head women's volleyball coach at UCLA since 1965 (except for two seasons), will retire June 30. Banachowski has won six national titles and has as record of 1,106-301 in 43 years.http://articles.latimes.com/2010/jan/12/spo...
Hawaii's Shoji Is AVCA Coach of the Year
Dave Shoji has been named the American Volleyball Coaches Association Division I National Coach of the Year. The U of Hawaii coach earned the same honor in 1982. Hawaii went 16-0 in WAC play this year and Shoji became the second coach to reach 1,000 ...
Future Of Beach Volleyball As NCAA To Be Decided Today
Today, the NCAA will decide whether beach (sand) volleyball will become a sanctioned sport for NCAA Division I collegiate women. Beach volleyball is an approved sport in Division II.http://www.ncaa.org/wps/portal/ncaahome?WCM_GLOBAL_CONTEXT=/ncaa/nca...
Alabama Volleyball Coach Greene To Retire
Judy Green, who led her University of Alabama women's volleyball team to its first NCAA Tournament selection in 2005, is going to retire at season's end. She has coached the Crimson Tide for 15 seasons.http://www.tidesports.com/article/20...
Person to Person: John Dunning
John Dunning has guided Stanford to two NCAA titles in four years Interview By Cody Cassidy Coach John Dunning COACH: How were you introduced to volleyball? DUNNING: I was a 26-year-old high school math teacher and basketbal...
January 18, 2019 : Two reasons coaches need to continue to improve
January 17, 2019 : Texas high school volleyball coach resigns after parents gripe about playing time
September 20, 2018 : Arena video boards benefit CCHS curriculum
June 18, 2018 : Cutting-edge video technology boosts connections with parents, fans
December 31, 2017 : Track, volleyball most popular sports among U.S. high school girls
April 19, 2017 : Ankle braces add comfort, confidence for athletes of all ages
High School Coaching Academy: Defense & Blocking
Brain Games for Better Volleyball Play
Visit the Store »


text:
Вербе́на буэнос-а́йресская () — вид травянистых растений рода Вербена семейства Вербеновые, распространён в Южной Америке.

Ботаническое описание

Вербена буэнос-айресская — многолетнее травянистое растение высотой 120 см.

Стебель прямостоящий, к верху разветвляющийся.

Листья ланцетовидные, удлинённые, по краю зубчатые, расположены супротивно.

Цветки мелкие, аметистовой окраски, собраны в колоски, которые в свою очередь образуют многочисленные зонтиковидные соцветия. Цветёт обильно и продолжительно до глубокой осени. Массовое созревание семян наступает во второй половине сентября.

Плод — орешек.

Примечания

Вербеновые
Флора Южной Америки


text:
La Belgian Civil Aviation Authority (BCAA) (en français Direction générale du Transport aérien (DGTA) et en néerlandais Directoraat-generaal Luchtvaart (DGLV)) est une division du Service public fédéral Mobilité et Transports belge ayant notamment pour mission l'enquête lors d'accident aérien mais également l'émission de licenses pour les pilotes belges.

Notes et références

Voir aussi
Service public fédéral Mobilité et Transports

Bureau d'enquête sur les accidents aériens
Transport en Belgique


text:
Stephen Hawking on Exploration - Confused or Misquoted?
By Keith Cowing on June 13, 2006 9:32 AM.
Hawking Says Humans Must Go Into Space, AP
"The survival of the human race depends on its ability to find new homes elsewhere in the universe because there's an increasing risk that a disaster will destroy the Earth, world-renowned scientist Stephen Hawking said Tuesday. The British astrophysicist told a news conference in Hong Kong that humans could have a permanent base on the moon in 20 years and a colony on Mars in the next 40 years."
Hawking's cosmological riff, CNet (Nov 2005)
"When asked about his thoughts on President Bush's proposal to put a man on Mars within 10 years, Hawking simply replied: "Stupid."
\"The survival of the human race depends on its ability to find new homes elsewhere in the universe because there's an increasing risk that a disaster will destroy the Earth, world-renowned scientist Stephen Hawking said Tuesday. The British astrophysicist told a news conference in Hong Kong that humans could have a permanent base on the moon in 20 years and a colony on Mars in the next 40 years.\"
\"When asked about his thoughts on President Bush's proposal to put a man on Mars within 10 years, Hawking simply replied: \"Stupid.\"
This page contains a single entry by Keith Cowing published on June 13, 2006 9:32 AM.
Another Majestic Image from Saturn was the previous entry in this blog.
Michael Dornheim Has Died is the next entry in this blog.


text:
All The Time Series
Being the Best Me!® Series
Best Behavior® Series
Everyday Feelings Series
Everyday Mindfulness Series
Happy Healthy Baby® Series
Jamie Is Jamie Series
Kids Are Important Series
Kids Can Cope Series
Laugh & Learn® Series
Learning About Me & You Series
Learning to Get Along® Series
Little Laugh & Learn™ Series
Middle School Confidential Series
Our Emotions and Behavior Series
Real Kids, Real Stories Series
Safe & Caring Schools® Series
Sometimes When Series
Survival Guides for Kids
Teens & the Law Series
Toddler Tools® Series
Together In Our World Series
We Say What's Okay Series
Weird Series
Zach Rules Series
Caring Community & Diversity
Challenging Behavior
Movement, Learning & Play
Safety & Body Awareness
Social Skills & Empathy
Transitions & Routines
Behavior & Self-Regulation
Bullying Prevention & Conflict Resolution
Character Education & Leadership
Community Learning & Civic Engagement
LGBTQ & Non-Binary
Mindfulness & Wellness
Social Skills & Friendship
Special Needs & Mental Health
Trauma, Depression & Grief
Gifted & Special Education
ADHD & LD
Behavior & Learning Supports
Differentiated Instruction
Gifted & Advanced Learners
Ages 13&Up
Leader's Guides
PLCs/Book Study Guides
ASCA Standards
Head Start Framework
Resources/Books
Home | You are viewing: Survival Guides for Kids > The Survival Guide for Kids with Autism Spectrum Disorder (And Their Parents)
The Survival Guide for Kids with Autism Spectrum Disorder (And Their Parents)
Elizabeth Verdick, Elizabeth Reeve
Nick Kobyluch
Trim Size 7" x 9"
Help autistic kids understand their unique gifts and needs and learn strategies for daily living in a neurotypical world.
This positive, straightforward reference book offers kids with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) their own comprehensive resource for both understanding their condition and finding tools to cope with the challenges they face every day. Freshly updated, the content reflects changes in the understanding of ASD since the book was first released, including clarification that Asperger's syndrome is no longer a specific diagnosis and what this means for readers. The book also features new stories of young people with autism and an added chapter, "Tech Talk."
Some children with ASD are gifted; others struggle academically. Some are more introverted, while others want to be social. Some get "stuck" on things, have intense interests, or experience repeated motor movements like flapping or pacing ("stims"). The Survival Guide for Kids with Autism Spectrum Disorder covers all of these areas, with an emphasis on helping children gain new self-understanding and self-acceptance.
Meant to be read with a parent, the book addresses questions ("What is ASD?" "Why me?") a(more...)
School/Library Price: $14.99
Add to Cart Buy eBook
Praise for The Survival Guide for Kids with Autism Spectrum Disorder:
"A 'must-have' for every family with a young ASD member."—Children's Bookwatch
"With a kid-friendly format featuring brightly colored text and cartoon drawings, The Survival Guide for Kids with Autism Spectrum Disorders (And Their Parents) is a well-organized, go-to resource packed with solid information and advice for kids and adults."—Curriculum Connections, School Library Journal
"Finally, a book that relates to kids on the spectrum because it incorporates actual stories from their lives in their own words! I loved the format, readability, and the content . . . [a] big thumbs up to [the] authors for tackling a tough subject and giving voice to the very group it impacts—kids with autism."—Louise Sattler, school psychologist, contributor to Education.com
"Verdick and Reeve's guide manages to skillfully balance on the edge between information-heavy academic books and too-simplistic books for young children. They have produced an informative, practical guide for late elementary and middle school students that neither talks down to them nor floats above their heads."—VOYA
"Pick it up for its emphasis on self-acceptance and its A-to-Z nature."—Scholastic Parent & Child
"A treasured resource for families looking for help in successfully working through some of the problems faced by higher-functioning children with ASD. Buy two copies; one is sure to get worn out with use."—School Library Journal
"This book is designed to be a resource for the entire 'team of helpers' rooting for every child trying to reach [his or her] full potential, including parents, teachers, friends, and support staff. The overarching tone is one of openness, making no social or physical facet of ASD taboo. Real problems are answered with real solutions shared by kids. Interesting anecdotes and cartoon illustrations are presented alongside invaluable tools . . . [T]he authors lay a strong foundation in giving kids the ultimate skill of self-advocacy."—Booklist
"With so many children being diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders, numerous new advice books are becoming available. This is one of the more useful ones . . . It explains in clear language strategies children can train themselves to employ to improve functioning in the neurotypical world and why these might be useful. Generally useful and easily readable . . . with lots of practical advice, especially appropriate for grade-schoolers and their caregivers."—Kirkus
"Filled with useful, accessible advice; appealingly colorful, and jauntily illustrated, The Survival Guide for Kids with Autism Spectrum Disorders should be one of the first books a family buys after a diagnosis. I wish it had been around when my own son was the right age for it, but I'm glad it's here now; it will be invaluable to so many children and their families."—Claire LaZebnik, coauthor of Overcoming Autism and Growing Up on the Spectrum
"Gosh, but I did love this book! The authors did an excellent job writing in an easy-to-understand style for spectrum kids while addressing core issues about the disorder and how to live with it and through it."—Veronica Zysk, coauthor of 1001 Great Ideas for Teaching and Raising Children with Autism or Asperger's
"I found the success stories, solutions, and strategies to be uplifting. This book will give kids and parents reason for hope."—Kimberly Klein, Ph.D., pediatric neuropsychologist with Fraser Child and Family Center
"An excellent resource, and it's also a survival guide for parents!"—Mary Stefanski, parent of a son with autism
The Survival Guide for Gifted Kids
For Ages 10 and Under
The classic and essential guide to growing up gifted
The Survival Guide for Kids with ADHD
Age:8-12
Help kids with ADHD succeed in school, get along better at home, and form healthy, enjoyable relationships with peers
The Survival Guide for Kids with Behavior Challenges
How to Make Good Choices and Stay Out of Trouble
Up-to-date information, practical strategies, and sound advice for kids who struggle with behavior challenges
The Survival Guide for Making and Being Friends
Every kid's must-have primer for being a good friend.
The Survival Guide for Money Smarts
Earn, Save, Spend, Give
Practical advice and ideas every kid can use to set and reach responsible money goals
Bullying Is a Pain in the Brain
Updated full-color edition of a Free Spirit classic helps kids get and stay "Bully-Proof"
Cliques, Phonies & Other Baloney
Revised classic provides a humorous take on cliques, exclusion, and real friends-updated to include online clique-tivity.
Don't Behave Like You Live in a Cave
Fun, encouraging tips and strategies for kids to make better behavior choices.
Dude, That's Rude!
(Get Some Manners)
Get Organized Without Losing It
Popular how-to guide offers practical, humorous help for kids who want to manage their tasks, time, and stuff.
How to Do Homework Without Throwing Up
Revised classic provides a humor-filled take on a sickening subject—homework—updated to address modern issues such as technology
How to Take the ACHE Out of Mistakes
A fun and funny way for kids to learn about mistakes and how to recover from them.
How to Take the GROAN Out of Grown-Ups (and Get Along!)
Communication skills for kids that help them build stronger relationships with adults.
How to Take the Grrrr Out of Anger
Help kids learn to tame tempers and get the GRRRR out!
A Kid's Guide to Protecting Our Oceans, Lakes, Rivers, & Wetlands
Service learning expert Cathryn Berger Kaye and environmental advocate Philippe Cousteau give kids the knowledge, ideas, and inspiration to take action and care for the planet's water.
Mindset Power
A Kid's Guide to Growing Better Every Day
Positive, practical, you-can-do-it advice to help kids of all abilities achieve their goals and build a growth mindset.
Name and Tame Your Anxiety
A Kid's Guide
Help kids understand and manage anxiety to boost their mental health and well-being.
Welcome to the new Free Spirit Publishing website!
On November 30, 2021, Teacher Created Materials (TCM), a Huntington Beach, CA-based company acquired Minneapolis-based Free Spirit Publishing (FSP).
We are pleased to announce that we are launching a new and improved website experience for you!
Here are some of the benefits:
Besides physical books, you can now buy eBooks directly from this website.
Many payment type options available (Amazon, PayPal, Credit Card).
You can make purchases with a Purchase Order (PO).
Earn 5% cash back on all purchases to use on future orders.
Much more to come!