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Tuesday, June 16, 2009

The Dragon Reborn Read-through #7: Three Times Makes True

by Linda

Other Forsaken think Ishamael lies without thought to gain an inch or a second. That’s quite an endorsement coming from them.

Ishamael had hidden himself like a bat above Callandor and hovers in the air above Rand. He is wrapped in blackest shadow; this is probably the True Power. Strangely, he slowly descends hovering. This is an ability we haven't seen before or since. The other Forsaken don't show any such ability to lift themselves off the ground with the One Power. Another True Power manifestation?

In Tel’aran’rhiod, Ishamael sent/made Trollocs and Myrddraal, turned air to soot, made flames, unravelled reality to send Rand into a world of nothing, flooded the halls, changed gravity, turned air to rock, then lava then a vacuum, and made soul-eaters.

He sprang each trap and ran on; what Ba’alzamon twisted to destroy him, he made right without being aware of how. Vaguely he knew that in some way he had brought things back into natural balance, forced them into line with his own dance down that impossibly thin divide between existence and nothingness, but that knowledge was distant.

- The Dragon Reborn, What Is Written in Prophecy

The theme of balance again. Rand and his opposite Ishamael duel. Ishamael wants to upset the balance, Rand to right it. The two are pretty equally matched.

The Stone rings three times as Perrin swings his hammer Thor-like (he is a parallel of Thor) to free Faile.

Ishamael weaves balefire at Rand and Callandor parts the flow:

a blazing shaft like the one Moiraine had made shot out of the shadows among the columns, straight toward his chest. His wrist twisted the sword instinctively; it was instinct as much as anything else that made him loose flows from saidin into Callandor, a flood of the Power that made the sword blaze brighter even than that bar streaking at him. His uncertain balance between existence and destruction wavered. Surely that torrent would consume him.
The shaft of light struck the blade of Callandor - and parted on its edge, forking to stream past on either side. He felt his coat singe from its near passage, smelled the wool beginning to burn. Behind him, the two prongs of frozen fire, of liquid light, struck huge redstone columns; where they struck, stone ceased to exist, and the burning bars bored through to other columns, serving those instantaneously as well. The Heart of the Stone rumbled as columns fell and shattered in clouds of dust, sprays of stone fragments. What fell into the light, however, simply was not, anymore.

- The Dragon Reborn, What Is Written in Prophecy

Neither Rand’s weave nor Callandor was affected by balefire. Later in Winter’s Heart, Aginor expected Callandor to survive his balefiring of the hilltop where Rand’s party were cleansing saidin. A logical conclusion would be that Callandor is made of cuendillar.

Rand sees Ishamael’s black connecting cords to the Dark One:
Black lines like steel wires seemed to run off from Ba’alzamon into the darkness mounding around him, vanishing into unimaginable heights and distances within that blackness.

- The Dragon Reborn, What Is Written in Prophecy

Only Rand’s action in cutting these cords prevented Ishamael, using the True Power, from winning the fight.

Finally Rand kills Ishamael, the Heart of the Shadow, by stabbing his heart with Callandor in the Heart of the Stone in Tel’arah’rhiod. As he lies dying Ishamael still insists the Dark One cannot be defeated. Of course that could be a lie. :P

Both Ishamael and Rand materialise in the waking world Heart of the Stone. All very symbolic stuff. Compare with this verse in the Karaethon Cycle:

Soul of fire, heart of stone, in pride he conquers, forcing the proud to yield. He calls upon the mountains to kneel, and the seas to give way, and the very skies to bow. Pray that the heart of stone remembers tears, and the soul of fire, love."

- A Crown Of Swords, Opening prophecy

And this time, the third time he duels Ishamael, he kills him. The third time something happens or is attempted in The Wheel of Time series it has greater potency or is ‘made true’.

Rand believes he has killed the Dark One (even though Ishamael just finished telling him otherwise) and won the Last Battle. He aims to end the breaking and killing, and not break the nations and the world. With this on his mind, I think one of his questions to the Finns in a few days’ time is about this.

This is the third and last time that all three ta'veren are in one place and have a major win against the Shadow. Do I detect a strategy here?

With the end of The Dragon Reborn, we have the end of Ishamael masquerading as Ba’alzamon and the end of the uncertainty about whether the series would continue. The books become more complex, with (gradually) more explanation about what the Forsaken are up to (though not enough to convince us that the Shadow is way ahead of the Light in the war), and to my thinking, a lot more interesting.

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Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Yankee Candle Mans Up?

The Yankee Candle Company (YCC) unveiled a new line of fragrances this week and their target couldn’t be more blatant.

Introducing, Man Candles!

That’s right, YCC must have tired of trying to devise new monikers for all the retooled floral and beach fragrances they typically launch this time of year.

But with Riding Mower, First Down, Man Town and 2x4 (all trademarked), what is the candle maker hoping to gain?

Men don’t buy candles

Let’s face it; home fragrancing is a woman’s priority. It just is.

I feel confident in saying this, as I managed a candle store back in college and could count on one hand the number of men that entered my store on a given day of their own volition. Most were either:
·              Lost (and looking for any other store but ours)
·              Buying a gift (because, well, girls/wives/moms dig candles)

And don’t get me wrong, the new fragrances are all welcomed editions to the line.

I tweeted not two months ago that Yankee needed to get in bed with Home Depot and devise a way to bottle the rich aroma of a lumber yard (as a matter of fact, I think I promised that I’d purchase several).

But can the smell of fresh saw wood only be appreciated through the nostril of a male?

In saying these four new editions are “MAN Candles” is Yankee Candle saying all others (some quite masculine in their own right) are engineered exclusively for our female counterparts?

If 30k Feet was on the job...

...we’d steer clear of any promotion mounted on the back of rigid, traditional gender roles.

Just because you've identified 'men' as a new target demo, doesn’t mean all promotional efforts need to approach it in explicit, almost stereotypical terms. It comes across disingenuous and cheap.

I mean, ‘Man Town' is the name you give the fragrance you suggest be lit in one's 'man cave?' Could there be anything less inspired or original? Can it get more cliché?

And if you're going to devise a separate line, invest!

Time, money, and care.

When Dove recently launched their men’s line, the advertising and packaging came across radically different. They knew their core brand skewed feminine and so they made an effort to really differentiate and woo male buyers.
Can't you just feel the 'woo?'
With YCC, it's obvious no one on the team belongs to or even researched the would-be buyer of 'Man Candles.'

'Beer-themed accessories' for one to decorate their jar with?! Has there ever been a collection of words more juxtaposed?! And the photo is styled the same as any other YCC image in recent years.
"Gee, Phil - your beer stein jar cling is SO macho!"
If candles aren’t on the average (straight) guys’ radar, and the few that do make home fragrance a priority aren’t making a special trip when one from Target will suffice (we should mention YCC has a line at Target, so bases covered there), would it have been so wrong to push the new agenda without alienating the base?

Something like:
"We've got floral, fruits, and the seashore covered. This summer, Yankee is bottling a few new seasonal scents that are sure to excite the whole family" (Image of nuclear family, father featured prominently, and grinning ear to ear as his wife offers him a nose-full of “First Down”).

If you want to make a harder case for men and these candles, veil it with a 'just in time for Father's Day' promo and target women.  They’re (still) your buyer - (even when it comes to fragrancing the man cave).

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  1. Full disclosure: I worked at a chocolate store across the hall from a candle store. In my opinion, I think you're right. Candles generally aren't for men and no, these fragrances won't last long. But I'll bet ya a Strawberry Cheesecake Desert Chocolate that these men's fragrances will drive far more attention to the brand than a typical Sunflower Dandelion Dew Drops-type fragrance would. And maybe that's the point.... to get some attention, to drive some foot traction today... to just be interesting. Not every promotion has to be a long-term breakthrough, and as a boutique brand, Yankee can certainly take that risk.


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Friday, September 28, 2012

(New) MySpace set to launch in 3, 2, 1...
Will we finally hear “lift off?”

Can this social media juggernaut learn from past mistakes and finally breakthrough re-entry of the social media cosmos?

It finally looks like it may be all systems go.
Intrigued? Heck, this cynic was. I even downloaded the song (“Heartbeat” by JJAMZ). The design team at MySpace recently announced that the site is being “rebuilt from scratch,” and will soon be re-born as an entertainment-focused community.

Wait, do we really need (or even want) another social media community?

We can already connect with/grow to hate the people we know through Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr, Foursquare and LinkedIn (just to name a few).

And Facebook has the music side of things covered with Spotify.

And you can follow your favorite artists on Twitter.

Here’s why MySpace is better situated for a comeback now than ever before.

They’ve got a cool front man.
To grab attention of the masses, you need a magnetizing leader. Everyone likes J-Timberlake. Ever since “Dick in a Box,” the former N-SYNC lead has won over even the most macho of men. The musician turned actor turned MySpace majority stakeholder is just the ticket MySpace needs to bring sexy back (sorry, I just had to).

Their UI is kick-ass.
Floating tiles, translucent layers that slide, and edgeless video plugins. The MySpace dashboard/home screen is a breath of fresh air for those fatigued with the columnar design of Facebook.

But video of one user in a test environment in one thing; repetitious use in real-world another. If it proves clunky and full of glitches, sophisticated users will tire quickly and abandon.

Most importantly, (we think) they know their place.
If you can’t beat ‘em, wrap around ‘em!

A bit of humility goes a long way. Instead of asking users to open and build out YET ANOTHER social media profile and presence, MySpace lets prospect users “login via Facebook or Twitter” (Or so it seems in the video). Unlike Google+, MySpace isn’t interested in dethroning other platforms.

They’re content just filling holes.

Because we DON’T need (or want) another Social Media site.

The next big thing will be the thing that connects all things (are you following me here?).

Wouldn’t it be cool to access your now disparate social world through one central electronic gateway?  Imagine selecting a connection and having a way to open one interactive snapshot of all their social media activity (Facebook albums, Instagram captures, recent check-ins, tweets and posted videos). Imagine mobile extensions that would actually link directly to text and the lost art of placing a phone call.

Instead of simply being a new take on an already heavily saturated, matured and fatigued market; asking users to do all the heavy lifting – why not go back to internet fundamentals? Why not fill in the gaps and make connecting between platforms easy.

Could MySpace be the next big thing….again? :)
We're on the list to find out...

  1. I never had a MySpace 1.0 account, specifically because I refused to use a site with such horrible design and UI. I'm excited to see the new direction that Myspace is taking. Signed up. :)

    1. MySpace isn't articulate enough for you, my friend! ;)
      The cynic in me keeps trying to push it's way through - but I'll remain hopeful. One of the worst things a brand on the brink of failure/rebirth can do is post a teaser and delay release of the actual product. MySpace can't get people energized for nothing. If we aren't on a beta version by the end of the month, I'm afraid it might be too little, too late.


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Fell to pieces and I'm still falling

Stone Temple Pilots frontman Scott Weiland died on Thursday. Reports are he died in his sleep, though absolutely nobody on the planet didn't immediately also think "oh yeah: that's drug related". Intercepted police audio communications regarding the death do not shed any light into the mystery.

Weiland has -- or rather should say now, had -- a famous on again, off again relationship with hard drugs that almost matches his on again, off again relationship with his former bandmates.

As a big STP fan I'm sort of saddened by the news but also not particularly surprised. I missed STP on their last couple swings through Alberta and always assumed that (as usually happens) the bandmates who hate each other at least temporarily let bygones by bygones and reunite again for another moneymaking tour. Hell, that's the entire plot to Hard Core Logo. Unfortunately, I didn't factor in that (as usually happens if the first usually happens doesn't happen) the drug-addled lead singer would die.

So RIP Scott Weiland. We'll always love STP. We'll always enjoy and appreciate Velvet Revolver. And we'll always try to remember the pub trivia answer that is The Wildabouts.


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Thursday, May 27, 2010

wipers & wiring harness

In order to properly treat the surface rust under the dash I needed to remove as much of the inner workings as possible. Next up was the windshield wipers and the internal mechanism. The exterior wiper blade arm is easy to remove - as long as you know exactly what you are doing! I researched this on the VMF forum, and decided to try the claw hammer method. First you have to lay some towels or similar padding over the cowl area to prevent damage. Then position the claw of your hammer under the wiper arm and gently pry upwards.

If you take your time this is a straight forward way to remove the wiper arms.You can then remove the wiper motor and mechanism from below the dash.

Next it was time to remove the wiring harness. There are two clips in the front of the area behind the cluster which are held in by sheet metal screws.

Since most of the other components that connect to the harness have already been removed, this is just a matter of wiggling the wires loose.

I am probably going to replace the wiring harness, but in any case it is good practice to label as many connectors as possible, as this will make the re-install much more straightforward.

The dash area is now looking very bare, with just the steering column and clutch mechanism still in situ.

The under-hood wiring harness was next on the to-go list - removal is a little bit more involved, but is really just a case of undoing or removing the plastic hold-in clips below the radiator and feeding the wires through the holes in the bodywork. Again, it is an excellent idea to label every part of the harness, even if it is probably going to be replaced later.

The next victim was the radiator, which is held in by four bolts.

The fan is held on by four bolts - it is extremely unlikely that the weeny stock fan will be going back in.

Like so much of the car below the surface, the pulley behind the fan was caked in a thick layer of baked on grime which has been building up for many years.

I plugged up the radiator hose inlet and outlet with a couple of old champagne corks. At this point I'm hoping to do most of the work I need to do under the hood without pulling the motor - we'll see how successful this plan is in due course.

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Tuesday, May 31, 2011

setting up the Green Room part one

OK, so after I moved, setting up The Green Room wasn't exactly the top priority, but slowly it has been coming together. This is how it looked the day after the move:

The cabinets all down the side have been there a long time, and obviously pre-date the automatic garage door, but are otherwise all in great shape.

There were a couple of shelves that are probably surplus to my requirements, but otherwise it looks like being a great workshop.

I started by positioning and leveling my main work bench. I got the bench as close to level as I could using some shims I sliced off of a scrap 4x4.

Then I got underneath and secured the bench against the wall with some long screws; finding the first stud was a bit of trial and error, but find one, and you got 'em all.

With the bench secure, I cut some slightly oversize shims and smacked them in with a club hammer. This gives a very solid work surface, and I can hit the bench (or something on top of it) very hard without worrying about the consequences.

Onto the window. I wasn't particularly keen on having a huge window right above my bench, so I covered it over with an old sheet...but that wasn't ideal either....

The solution was to hang my peg board over the window....

Onto the second bench. Installing the drawers was the first step, and then the bench was leveled and secured in the way described above.

The slope on my garage floor is over two inches along the length of the benches:

Last thing was to put down the mats - I find it much more comfortable to stand on a mat rather than the concrete. These mats are ergonomically designed to reduce the stress on your joints that a day standing on concrete would normal cause...I'm old enough now that these things are starting to matter to me.

  1. That really looks like it's going to be quite a nifty work area when you're done outfitting. Like a brand new playground!

  2. Looks good! I hear you about the floor mats. I just started using them. Big difference.


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Saturday, April 2, 2016

"Salt The Earth," Or How The Valkyrie Junta Could Undermine American-Soviet Alliance

On the Facebook alternate history group this morning, someone posted a question about how World War II could end with Germany retaining at least some territorial gains made under Hitler--think Austria (the most morally defensible, considering this), the Sudetenland, the Polish Corridor, etc. Some people thought that was basically impossible, while others posted various scenarios about the German Resistance toppling Hitler, either in 1943 (when Germany is still winning major battles) or 1944 (when the Nazis are clearly closing the war). The latter coup attempt, for the record, is the subject of the movie Valkyrie.

To contribute to the discussion, I posted a scenario I found on the alternate history forum I've been a member of since high school (that I've had myself blocked from posting on until June due to real-life obligations) entitled "Salt The Earth."

The gist of the scenario is that the military branch of the German Resistance (the only ones that had a realistic chance of actually toppling the Nazis) manages to overthrow Hitler and the Nazis. The timing of the plot doesn't seem important--supposedly the 1943 plot would also take out other top Nazis and Hitler's cronies in the military, allowing for an easier seizure of power, while in 1944 the war is obviously lost and so there's less risk of a "stab-in-the-back" myth developing afterward.

The war ends (in Europe at least) and it's all sunshine and rainbows, right? Wrong. If the 1944 coup attempt succeeds, the US, Britain, and the Soviets have all agreed the war will go on until unconditional surrender and the policy has been in place for some time. There will be no negotiated peace, no chance for Germany to rearm and do it again in another generation. And the Soviets, given the really awful stuff that the Germans did (and what they wanted to do), are going to be absolutely out for blood.

In 1944, Germany is already clearly losing, with Operation Bagration absolutely wrecking the German army in the East (80% of the German army was defeated by the Soviets) and Anglo-American-French forces already advancing in Western Europe. Even if the Germans go totally defensive and avoid screw-ups like the Falaise Pocket, the Battle of the Bulge, etc., the sheer power of the Red Army and the coming of the atomic bomb (originally intended for use against the Germans) means that a purely military solution won't save Germany. 1943 is more favorable, but the odds are still rapidly growing against Germany and some version of the following solution might still have to be put in place.

So if the Valkyrie junta wants some kind of negotiated peace, especially a peace that leaves them with any of Hitler's gains, they're going to have to earn it. And the "Salt the Earth" scenario explains how:

*Pull back to more defensible positions. River lines like the Rhine in the west or the Alps in Italy. Put as much of Germany's remaining fighting power in the East. That's something any post-Hitler junta with half a brain would do if the Allies aren't going to negotiate. Better to be occupied by the US and Britain than the totalitarian Soviets who (as I have already pointed out) also have very, very legitimate reasons to be vengeful.

Now comes the clever parts...

*Allow the Polish Home Army to take control of much of Poland, which would put the Soviets in a position where in order to take Poland for Communism they would have to openly attack the Polish government-no-longer-in-exile. In real life the Soviets fought alongside the Home Army and then betrayed them and deliberately allowed the Germans to crush the Warsaw Uprising.

(Some have made the case the Soviets at this point were not capable of helping the Home Army in Warsaw, but that doesn't explain why the Soviets forcibly prevented American aircraft based in the USSR from dropping supplies to the Home Army, which Thomas Fleming writes extensively about in The New Dealers' War. If you don't want to read a book with an obvious ax to grind against much of Roosevelt's administration if not Roosevelt himself, the Wikipedia article has both sides.)

In this scenario, the Soviets would either have to respect the independence of Poland or openly make war upon a state that is theoretically their ally that is fulfilling one of Britain's original war aims (preserve the independence of Poland), which would be much more difficult to cover up.

*Deliberately arm Communist resistance movements in non-Communist countries. Imagine the problems that would happen if the Communist French Resistance took control of Paris before Charles De Gaulle. Ugliest and sneakiest of them all would be putting them in charge of prisons full of anti-Communist resistance members whom they might be tempted to murder. Even if Stalin orders them not to, all it might take to generate a massive PR problem is one or two incidents.

Of course, the leadership of the Big Three is going to do their best to squash this. Roosevelt insisted the Katyn Massacre had been perpetrated by the Nazis, not the Soviets, and hid the evidence gathered by the Polish government-in-exile during the war. The U.S. had press controls during WWII; although a lot of it was based on the presumption of reporter patriotism, there was still an Office of Censorship. Britain had press censorship as well. Although this was focused on keeping the enemy from finding out about military movements ("loose lips sink ships"), I could easily imagine the government attempting to cover up anything that could threaten the alliance with Stalin. And the Soviet people aren't going to know anything Stalin doesn't want them to know.

However, though absolute tyrant like Stalin doesn't have the PR concerns of a democratic leader, he was also ragingly paranoid. Convincing him the Western Allies had betrayed him is quite plausible, even if a wartime American public fed propaganda like Mission to Moscow still believes in "Uncle Joe." If the Valkyrie crew can set Stalin against the West, that alone is a significant improvement over their position even if they can't successfully turn U.S. or British public opinion against Stalin.

Even if the gambit ultimately fails to significantly change the outcome of the war, the post-war division of Europe, etc., once the soldiers start returning and spreading word of stuff that had been kept from the U.S. public, there could be political hell to pay. The Democrats might never get the Polish-American community's vote back if FDR's government successfully covered up a betrayal of the Poles far more blatant and with a much higher body count than in our history, only for the cat to get out of the bag in 1946. Depending on how things shake out in Italy, France, and Greece, that's more voting blocs whose inclinations might be different than in our history, even temporarily.

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June 15, 2016, Adrian, Michigan – The Portfolio Advisory Board (PAB) of the Adrian Dominican Sisters is sending out low-interest loans to four community service organizations. The loans – sent to organizations from Oklahoma and California to Maryland and South Carolina – were recommended by the PAB and approved by the Congregation’s General Council. The funds are scheduled to be sent out on June 15 to:

  • Staff members of the Citizen Potawatomi Community Development Corporation, located in Shawnee, Oklahoma.
    Citizens Potawatomi Community Development Corporation (CPCDC). This certified Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) provides several kinds of loans – from microloans and business loans to asset-building Individual Development Accounts (IDAs) to Citizen Potawatomi Tribal members and other Native Americans throughout the United States. The loan from the Congregation will be pooled with those from other capital investors to make small business and micro-loans to at-risk Native American households in Oklahoma. CPCDC, founded in 2003 and headquartered in Shawnee, Oklahoma, also offers financial education workshops and small business development services. The organization’s mission is to “promote, educate, and inspire entrepreneurial growth and financial well-being of the Citizen Potawatomi National tribal community.”

  • Morro Del Mar, a 21-unit tax credit rental project for seniors, is located in Morro Bay, California.
    San Luis Obispo County Housing Trust Fund (SLOCHTF). Founded in 2003, this non-profit organization makes loan funds available to very low through moderate-income residents of San Obispo County, California, filling a niche between financing offered by banks and government housing programs. The Housing Trust Fund offers more flexible and favorable terms than banks and is generally more responsive and flexible than government housing programs. The Congregation has already made a loan to SLOCHTF; the recently-approved loan will be used as loan capital to finance affordable housing projects for lower-income households. Since 2005, when the organization first offered loans, it has provided more than $17 million to finance 641 units of affordable housing.

  • Families take part in National Night Out in August 2015.
    St. Ambrose Housing Aid Center. St. Ambrose aims to “create, preserve, and maintain equal housing opportunities for low- and moderate-income people primarily in Baltimore City and encourage and support strong and diverse neighborhoods.” The loan from the Adrian Dominican Congregation – with loans from other sources – will support a multi-year, multi-phase project to preserve, stabilize, and expand St. Ambrose’s rental portfolio to provide quality affordable housing to low-income Baltimore households headed by single women with dependent children. The 310 affordable rental units owned and managed by St. Ambrose are a significant source of stability for hundreds of households in Baltimore City and County.

  • Midlands Housing Trust Fund Executive Director Brian Huskey at the groundbreaking of Phase II of Village at River's Edge, a 124-unit, multi-family tax credit development in Columbia, South Carolina.
    Midlands Housing Trust Fund (MHTF). This non-profit organization provides financing, technical assistance, and advocacy for the construction, rehabilitation, and preservation of affordable housing in the Midlands of South Carolina. While the Congregation has already invested in a low-interest loan in MHTF, the additional loan will be used to expand the organization’s service area to include 15 counties, most of which are rural with high rates of poverty. The Congregation’s loan will be used in areas which have no other funding. When formerly rent-burdened households receive access to affordable housing, they have more money to spend on other necessities, such as transportation, health care, food and clothing. Midlands places high priority on lending for the creation of permanent service-enriched housing for individuals and families who are homeless.

Founded more than 40 years ago, the PAB was a response to the Adrian Dominican Sisters’ vision for social change. Firmly rooted in the tradition of Catholic social teachings, the PAB helps the Congregation to advocate for social justice in two ways. Through Community Investments work, the PAB offers low-interest loans to non-profit community organizations that benefit low-income people and underserved communities. The PAB Corporate Responsibility arm monitors the Congregation’s investments and engages in shareholder activities on matters of justice involving corporations in which the Congregation invests.

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Understanding the JavaScript Use-API for AEM

Adobe Experience Manager offers two APIs for writing server-side code that Sightly can consume. One is the Java Use-API and the other is the JavaScript Use-API. Developers familiar with programming for Adobe Experience Manager (also known as Adobe CQ) before AEM 6.0 will have no issues picking up the Java Use-API. The JavaScript Use-API is the new kid on the block and allows developers to write server-side JavaScript.

When I first jumped into using the JavaScript Use-API, I felt a bit lost. Not because I wasn’t familiar with JavaScript, but because I was unaware of all I really had available to me. My lack of understanding of the technology behind the API made it seem really limited. The intent of this article is to clear up that confusion and give some examples of how to take advantage of this new feature.

The first and most important thing to understand is what drives the JavaScript engine for the Use-API. Behind the scenes, AEM has implemented Rhino. According to the Rhino documentation, “Rhino is an open-source implementation of JavaScript written entirely in Java.” In a nutshell, Rhino takes JavaScript and converts it to Java.

So what good does this knowledge give us? Because our JavaScript will end up being Java, we have Java libraries available to us. Having these libraries available to use makes the JavaScript Use-API much more viable. When I first started out, I assumed I would need to write a good deal of functionality to get some of the basic features that are available in the Java Use-API. I was really making things hard on myself.

With an understanding of the JavaScript engine, let’s jump into some examples. I have created a simple component called “example”. This component will be used to display the data we return from our JavaScript file. I created two files within the component, example.html and example.js. Here is the initial code:
HTML – example.html

JS – example.js

“use strict”;
use(function() {

There are a few things to note here. The JavaScript is included in the HTML by using the data-sly-use attribute. I have defined the variable name I want to use by appending it after data-sly-use; in this case it is “example”. I also define the path to my JavaScript file. The data-sly-unwrap attribute removes the <div> from the rendered output. The JS sets the scripting mode to strict and calls the use method that accepts a function as a parameter. The function will contain any code needed for the component.

There are two ways to access component properties. If we are trying to get the jcr:title property we would do one of the following:

example.title = granite.resource.properties["jcr:title"];
example.title = properties.get("jcr:title");

Two objects were available to us from the Use-API, granite.resource.properties and properties. The trick here is that they are not the same type of object. granite.resource.properties is a Plain Old Java Object, however properties is a JcrPropertyMap. Notice that these are both Java Objects (not JavaScript). Remember, in the end, because of Rhino, we are really using Java. Because these end up being Java Objects, you can rely on the Javadocs for any additional information on how to use them. For example, a JcrPropertyMap has different method signatures for the get method. In JavaScript, I could access properties in different ways using the get method:

var example = {};

// Example 1
example.title = properties.get("jcr:title");
// Example 2 - Set default value
example.title = properties.get("jcr:title", "Hello World");

return example;

As was stated earlier, Java classes are accessible through our JavaScript. In JavaScript, there is no import statement for bringing in additional classes. Instead, to access a class, simply use its classpath. For example, to take advantage of the difference method in Java’s StringUtils, I would write the following:

// JS
var cat = "siamese";
var dog = "siberian husky";

var difference = org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils.difference(cat, dog);

In addition to this, the Use-API has some common variables available right off the bat. These are familiar to AEM developers who have used the default global.jsp.

  • currentNode
  • currentPage
  • resource
  • log
  • sling
  • pageProperties
  • properties
  • pageManager
  • component
  • designer
  • currentDesign
  • currentStyle

For additional information on what each of these variables contain, see the AEM docs: http://docs.adobe.com/docs/en/cq/5-6-1/developing/scripts.html.

Remember the old adage, “knowing is half the battle.” Knowing what is available to you in the JavaScript Use-API should springboard you into development. I recommend jumping in and trying this new feature in a project. As a general rule, when using the JavaScript Use-API, stick to writing as much core JavaScript as possible. Take advantage of all the JavaScript library has; only jumping into the Java world when needed. The Javadocs and Rhino documentation are great resources if you get stuck. Also look at Adobe’s documentation for additional clarification and use case examples. Send us an email to info@aempodcast.com is you have any questions about the JavaScript USE-API. Also, feel free to check out our interview with Gabriel Walt about Sightly.

One thing to note before deciding to use Sightly and the JavaScript Use-API is potential performance issues. The following Sling ticket was pointed out to me following the writing of this article: Sling-4093. As of the creation of this ticket, there were significant performance hits when using Sightly over JSPs. Performance tests showed JSP running up to 10x faster than Sightly. Please be mindful of this, as you decide which technology stack to pursue.

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Wednesday, 23 November 2016

Seasonal Sparkle...By The Sea!

It's (almost) that most wonderful time of the year - and there's no better place to embrace the sparkly season than beautiful Pittenweem!

Invigorating walks by the harbour, past west shore and up the braes sets the scene for a coastal Christmas-time, the historic wynds lead the way to our quaint high street, market square and an eclectic mix of artisan shops...and the eye-catching, twinkly, festive window at Funky Scottish invites visitors to take a closer peek!

Beyond, discover our collection of imaginative gifts by our hand-picked designers and makers, hand-painted ceramics and kitchen-ware from our resident artist Karen Edward and a warming menu of cafe treats including nourishing soups, classic savoury rolls, home-made cakes, refreshing teas, Illy coffee and hot chocolate!

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Review: The Ordeal of Elizabeth Marsh, by Linda Colley

Pages: 361
Original date of publication: 2007
My edition: 2008 (Anchor Books)
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How I acquired my copy: LibraryThing Secret Santa, December 2010

Elizabeth Marsh was truly an interesting and remarkable woman. Conceived in Jamaica and born in 1735, Marsh literally traveled from the time she was in the womb. She visited Morocco, the Mediterranean, Florida, and India. The books covers not only Elizabeth’s story, but her family’s and, by extension, world history. Because her father and grandfather were shipbuilders, Marsh’s life was linked to the English Royal Navy and the world of the British Empire. It was a time when there was a growing awareness of and connections between various cultures of the world, and Marsh’s story in some part personalizes that experience.

In some ways, her life and adventures were similar to those of Eliza Fay, who wrote her “Letters” from India roughly a generation later. Both were lower-middle class (if you could use that term for 18th century social classes); both married and followed their husbands to India; both had unusual adventures in captivity and out of it. Marsh also kept a record of her travels, mainly from her Moroccan and Indian journeys. There is an unusually large record of Marsh’s life and the lives of her ancestors, which the authors drew from in order to write this book. Unlike Eliza Fay, however, you don’t really get a feel for what Marsh might have been like; certainly she was intrepid and adventurous, but you don’t get much of a concrete sense of her personality beyond that. I would have loved to have read actual passages in their whole from the diary.

Still, the book does a great job of tying Marsh’s story in with the larger events of the period. The book is punctuated throughout with black and white and color portraits and pictures.

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Fish and other fisheries’ productions are preferred food items in Africa due to its nutrients, rich in protein and micronutrient contents. Fish is priced reasonably (i.e. Cheaper than substitute food items such as meat) and form an integral part of traditional diets. Unfortunately, because of combined effects of rapid population growth and dwindling capture fish production, per-capita supply of fish has shown a decreasing trend in African region and many countries import a significant amount of fish annually. Latter causes food deficit and price increases in fish. Since it is not possible to increase fish catch from natural environment, Governments of African countries increased their focus on aquaculture to fill up the gap between demand and supply of fish for national food security.

The training program called “Third Country Training Program(TCTP) on Fish Culture development” helped to build capacities of local farmers through practical training and knowledge on climatic condition, farmed fish species and the farming technologies in practice. These common factors provide a platform to African trainees to benefit from the training course, exchange opinions and practices towards the application of the course contents in home countries.

It was supported by Japan International Cooperation Agency(JICA) and the government of Egypt through Egyptian Agency of Partnership for Development (EAPD) based on the agreement on ‘Japan-Egypt Triangular Technical Cooperation Program for the promotion of South-South Cooperation in Africa’.

3 months training has been implemented once a year since 2004 in Egypt. The training was delivered in Egypt, in the group format with practical exercises in the fields for 191 participants from 21 African countries. All participants have their own aquaculture pond and conduct several experiments by themselves. Country participants come from: Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Comoro, DRC, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Namibia, Rwanda, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda and Zambia.

As a result of the trainings:

  • Rapid developments have occurred in aquaculture sector of Egypt in past 20 years and now Egypt ranks 9th in fish farming production and 1st among African countries.
  • Thanks to Egyptian expertise, knowledge exchange from Egypt to neighboring countries helped to enhance their capacity and apply them for adequate development and management of the aquaculture sector in their own countries.
  • Participants could increase fish yield and income from aquaculture farming; e.g.: Malawi participant was able to increase the productivity of Tilapia from 1-2 ton/ha to 5.5 ton/ha and 8.0 tons/ ha of Catfish. Uganda participant increased the number of ponds, from 50 to 110 (60 new ponds), in his area of responsibilty. (2016)

Partners: JICA and EAPD; Technical support by Training Institute: Egyptian International Center for Agriculture (EICA) and World Fish

Budget: Training cost and Invitation cost. USD 170,000/Year

Contact details:
Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in Egypt;
Mr. Satoko Maruyama
Project Formulation Adviser, JICA Egypt Office
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Hello, lovely Mermaids and Pirates! Thanks so much for joining me for my stop on the "Sew What Do I Wear- Professional Edition!"

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'I feel rich when I have food.' Stories from the War on Poverty

It's been 50 years since America declared a War on Poverty. How would you survive at the federal poverty level?

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On the 50th anniversary of the War on Poverty, we asked Al Jazeera America readers to weigh in on what poverty means to them and how they would (and do) survive at the federal poverty level. Some readers explained how living in poverty would change their life, while others shared their personal stories of the challenges they face each day.

(Editor's note: Submissions have been lightly edited for clarity)

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Living in poverty

"I do live on the lowest income [listed by the federal government]. I was middle class, went to college, and worked for years before the surprise outsourcing of my work. Then my own business slowed due to housing loss and health problems, and now I'm caring for relative with cancer. I have now lived on my own, homeless (out of car or couch surfing) for several years. I am 48 years old. I survive by eating a lot of Top Ramen.

It is sort of a joke to hear how so many people talk about living in poverty.  Many of those people have no real clue what it is like and how stressful it is until you have to do it year after year. In my 20s, I had no idea this would occur in my life. At first, I had strength to fight back, but now I am worn down. It feels like falling in the ocean and treading water for years with no real ladder to a ship to get out and get stable and warm. It is hellish stress and very humiliating.

I pretend it is not that bad to others. I wouldn't even tell my doctor at the low-income clinic how bad things are for me. I am too embarrassed to let anyone know that I sleep in my car and have only one pair of pants left to wear. I used to have a good income. I used to go hiking and work full time and walk my dog and jog five days a week. I had what many people have in America, and I took it for granted that I would always have a home and a job and enough money to at least pay the bills and keep my clothes clean and eat healthy food. I never touched Top Ramen back in my 20s.

Yes, I do know that there are even many people worse off now than me, but until you experience this long-term poverty situation, you can't really understand how it devastates your ability to function and robs you of your health from the stress, the instability, and the lack of ability to eat healthy. I do my best, and still I am grateful for the basic things in life, even the Ramen noodles, although they have caused me more health problems. I don't see a way out of this situation at this time.

I do hope another Martin Luther King, Jr. comes along to push for help for those in this rich country who have fallen into such unstable and difficult times. Most of us have worked hard, still want to, and paid plenty of taxes in our lives, and all people deserve some basic dignity, and at least medical and housing. It is not as easy to get help in this country as some think."

-Mary Lee in Bellingham, Washington

"I am already facing this. After raising my children and going through a divorce from an abusive husband, I worked for the past 20 years at physically demanding jobs. I am currently a bus driver, and my body is giving out (I'm 63 years old). I am no longer able to work. I have filed for Workman's Compensation, was denied, now have an attorney working on that. Next will be disability, which I understand will be denied, and I will need an attorney for that.

I understand that I will be expected to live on maybe $900 a month. I clear $2000 a month as a driver and just have my head above water. I am planning to possibly move to South Dakota, get a trailer and live with my friend of 35 years. She is also struggling and helps care for her aged mother who also lives on a small fixed income."

-Virginia in Omaha, Nebraska

"Wishing I was more eloquent with my wording, but here it goes. I live off grid. I supply all of my own needs. I do not receive food stamps or federal assistance. I am getting heath insurance for the first time in a couple decades. I use solar, catchment water and wood for heating. Poverty isn't a bad thing, It just shows you what you really need, not what is to be desired. My motto: 'have what you need and need what you have'."

-Eugene in Taos, New Mexico

"I'm a single mom and I make under $11,000 a year. The only way to do well for us is with food stamps. Without it, we couldn't eat. The government reduced the amount we get so by the end of the month we ran out of milk, juices, bread, eggs. It's difficult when one child is only three. They have health insurance, but I was told I don't qualify for it. In my area, rent is high and all of my income goes to it. I don't want to become homeless again. It's scary."

-Tania Parsons

"For seven years, I lived on $500 a month. The cost of taxes on my small home was more than $200 monthly. Volunteering was the only "recreation" I could afford. I feel rich when I have food."

-  Sharon Dory in Mendocino County

Living in poverty while young

"In my 20s and 30s, I was paying off college loans and making $6,000 a year working full time, even with previous college. About a third of my take-home went for college loan payments -- I did pay them all eventually. The unemployment rate (this was in 1976 or so) was close to 10.25%, as I remember it.

Here's what I did: I lived with others in whatever places I could afford, had poor or no heat and never air conditioning, no screens, bad locks (in bad neighborhoods), barely-working stoves and fridges, iffy bathrooms, with abusive landlords. I ate a lot of eggs, peanut butter and bread. I did not own a car; it took me two hours to get to work and two hours to get back on the bus (I ended up taking two buses and and doing lots of walking). Work was only 13 miles away.

As a small female, I was often under the threat of violence and harassment by strangers. I did not have a lot of clothes and what I got was from Goodwill or thrift stores, but I was always very clean. Winter clothes and shoes were the hardest to find. When I got pretty sick, I could not afford the $50 to go to a doctor; I had insurance but only for catastrophic coverage. I had friends and we got by with each others' help.

I learned a lot in those years and would not want anyone else to go through them. Some things I faced were stunted and delayed promises, hunger, constant fear of harm, and ill health. I did much better as the years went on, I fought hard for that, but I have known ever since then that this is a country which does not care about it's people and it has gotten a lot worse."

-Jay Gee in Los Lunas, New Mexico

"Back in 2012, I was at the federal poverty level. I was a raising senior at UC Davis, and while I had a scholarship that covered my tuition and books for four years, I lost my student assistant position with the state, which paid $10 an hour. My parents have not financially supported me since I started college and for a period of time I was taking odd jobs to keep myself afloat. It was not until I started working at Costco, getting paid $11 and hour and worked some over time before I was able to stop eating canned food. I remember all my bills (rent, utilities, food) and wiping out my savings that I had built up for three years. It was a stressful time.

I don't look back on college fondly because all I remember is working and resenting all the privileged students around campus who never worked a single day in their lives."

 -Mira in Sacramento, California

"I don't need a chart. I've been on my own since I was 17, and I've never made more than the federal poverty level.

I have horrific health problems which can't be treated. I've been homeless for about a year and, all told, much of that was while I was employed but not making enough to make ends meet.

I tried to go to college. I worked 60 hours a week at minimum wage jobs and pulled a full load at college. I had a 3.75 GPA, but I to drop out to take care of younger siblings."

–Amanda in North Carolina

"Unfortunately, I spent most of the 1990s at the poverty level for two adults and as recently as 2004 lived with a total annual income of less than $12,000. This also came with the added pressure of not reaching out for assistance from welfare and food stamps, but rather, we chose to let go of the amenities - no TV, a budget telephone service ($6.11 a month) dumpster-diving for clothes (except underwear, of course) repairing our own automobile with parts from salvage yards, going to the public library to check out movies instead of renting them, and eating a lot of 'Happy Hour' bar food, stuff like buffalo wings, potato dkins, leftover sandwiches and soups that made a filling meal for the cost of a $1.50 bottle of beer. We ate a lot of chicken wings that way. It wasn't fun by any means, but both my husband and I managed to squeak by.

Could I do it again? Yes, but it would only happen if I completely stopped working as my own business finally is getting traction and it's been a long, long 22 years getting to this point.

With the economy mismanaged by the bankers that are running the government and so much of the capital diverted into the stock market accounts of the investor elites at the top, it really does behoove every person living at the poverty level to stop looking for assistance in the form of jobs creation. Business isn't going to hire and employ Americans anymore by default, so the only option is to work for yourself. Waiting on a government that is sinking in debt from the mass transference of jobs away from the taxpaying public to the workers in the Far East - who do not incur tax liabilities to that same government - is a fool's game.

As Warren Buffet said in a 2006 interview in the New York Times: 'There’s class warfare, all right, but it’s my class, the rich class, that’s making war, and we’re winning.'

So the 'poor' need to stop looking to these cretins or the government they've financially starved for help. Shuck, hustle, do what you can, but don't expect the 1% or government to help. In fact, they'll probably try to get in your way using laws and regulations."

-Deborah in New Hampshire

What I learned

"I have lived below or at poverty level for ten years now. My wife and I earn minimum wage, but due to work levels one or both of us have not worked consistently in any year. We avoid comparisons, we avoid social media, do not eat out, do not really do anything but work and love each other doing free activities: hiking, exercise, reading through library. We both volunteer a lot because that is free and helps us feel connected to our real community.

I love America but income inequality is worse stress than any job if you buy into it. The trick we found is be happy with what you have and do not compare. Just live."

-KC Mulhall in Wenatchee, Washington State

"I've lived below the poverty line for years now. There's a number of things you can do to make it: don't own a car, try to grow your own food, cook everything from scratch, don't buy anything unless you absolutely need it, couch surf with friends, barter rent for yard work, cleaning or other services, try to shop at thrift stores or garage sales.

Last year, I found a pair of shoes my size that were getting thrown away. The threads started coming off, so I fixed them with shoe glue: they were much better shoes than the cheapest ones you can find which only last a month at most. I know so many people living like this.

The idea of having things like cable TV, cell phones or iPads is so ridiculous -- many of us read books from the library for entertainment."

-George Leake in Vallejo, CA

Do you currently live below the federal poverty line? How do you survive? Share your story as part of Al Jazeera America's report on the War on Poverty.

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