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Yanks in Minnesota
The New York Yankees had a workout today in Minnesota and were a happy group as you can expect after last nights thrilling victory. The Yankees will take on their former teammate if you can call him that tomorrow. I am sure they will really want to stick it to Carl Pavano and will be looking to hit him all over the ballpark. Andy Pettite will look to close out the series and send the Yankees back to NY to await the start of the ALCS. The big topic today was still the umpire missing that call down the line on Joe Mauers double that he called foul. A lot of talk has been about maybe instituting replay for other things. I am against replay, it is ok with the homeruns but this is baseball and the human element has always been a part of the game. I don't want to ruin the flow of the game by having too many replays. There really wasn't any news today from the workout, a lot of reporters were talking to A-rod and he continued to praise his teammates. A scary thing to think about though is a relaxed A-rod as he could carry the Yankees all through the postseason, he is that good. I don't know how if A-rod is hitting in the clutch and A.J. Burnett is pitching well the Yankees could lose but this is baseball and we will see what happens. If the Yankees do win they will have homefield advantage once again and open up the ALCS at the stadium next friday. The Yankees and Angels can both move on tomorrow and that would be strange having the whole week off before resuming play.
Labels: A-rod, A.J. Burnett, ALCS, Andy Pettitte, ballpark, baseball, blog, Carl Pavano, Minnesota Twins, New York Yankees, player, teammates, umpires
NFL Week 5
The New York Giants will take on the Oakland Raiders at home tomorrow and the New York Jets will head to Miami for a monday night game. The Giants will have Eli Manning it appears as he went through the walkthrough fine today and the Giants don't have a 3rd QB active for the game. If Eli wasn't playing I would still pick the Giants as the Raiders are just a bad team especially on the road and coming east. I think the Giants should win this game easily. Here are my picks for the Giants/Jets and a random game. The Jets will not have to worry about facing former teammate Chad Pennington as he is hurt. The JEts need to get a running game going but now they have Braylon Edwards which should really help Mark Sanchez. The Jets will be looking to bounce back after their first defeat of the season last sunday. Giants 24 Raiders 10 Jets 21 Dolphins 13 San Fran 17 Atlanta 14 I am 4-1 on the year and look to keep it going this week.
Labels: Eli Manning, football, Mark Sanchez, New York Giants, New York Jets, quarterback
Wow what a win for Yanks
The New York Yankees won their most dramatic game of the season by the score of 4-3 in 11 innings. Mark Teixeira hit the walkoff homerun but A-rod had his heroics in the ninth off of closer Joe Nathan. A-rod hit a game tying 2 run homerun with 1 out in the ninth. Dave Robertson was another hero of this game as he got out of a bases loaded no out jam in the 11th. A.J. Burnett pitched well tonight although he did walk 5 and hit 2 batters. The bottom line is he gave them 6 innings only allowing a run. The bullpen wasn't so great as Phil Hughes gave up a couple of runs and even Mariano Rivera gave up a hit that scored a run which was charged to Phil Hughes. Damaso Marte gave up 2 singles to the only 2 guys he faced which were both lefties. The Yankees offensively couldn't do anything against Nick Blackburn who pitched one heck of a game. The Yankees now head off to Minnesota to face Carl Pavano the American Idle and try to sweep the series and head to the ALCS. I was at this game tonight and that is why I am not writing a lot as I am exhausted. I do have to say the stadium was amazing tonight, it was so loud and sounded like the old stadium, when A-rod hit the homerun it was amazing and then just the twists and turns and Tex hitting the walkoff set the place into a frenzy. The fans were great and it really was a great game to be at. I hope to have pictures tomorrow or maybe sunday depending on when I can download them. Dave Robertson by the way got the championship belt tonight.
Labels: A-rod, A.J. Burnett, All Star game, baseball, Carl Pavano, Mark Teixeira, Minnesota Twins, New York Yankees, walkoffs, win
Twins at Yankees ALDS Game 2
The New York Yankees will try to take a commanding 2 games to none lead on the Twins tonight. A.J. Burnett opposes Nick Blackburn, it is supposed to be cool but not too windy like the other night. There are showers in the forecast but thunderstorms may hold out until after midnight. Here are the pregame notes and lineup via Sam Borden of the Journal News. A.J. Burnett will be making his first start of the postseason in his career. He has made 244 regular season appearances which made him 4th highest among pitchers who never appeared in the postseason. The guys who are ahead of him are KC's Jamey Wright, Randy Wolf of the Dodgers and the Blue Jays Roy Halladay. Wolf came off the list on Wednesday and now its A.J.'s turn. Burentt at home this season was 5-3 with a 3.51 era in 16 starts. The Yankees were 12-4 at home when Burnett pitched. Burnett is 5-5 with a 4.96 era in 16 starts with Jorge Posada. He was 5-2 with a 3.28 in 11 starts with Molina behind the plate. Mark Teixeira hit the ball hard in game 1 but was 0-4 don't bet on that happening again. He is 6 for 6 in his career with a homerun off of Nick Blackburn. Derek Jeter and A-rod have had some success as well against him. Jeter is 3 for 7 with a homerun and A-rod is 3 for 9 with a homerun. Nick Blackburn has been a big game pitcher for the Twins this season. He had a 1.65 era in his last 4 regular season starts all wins as the Twins made a late rally to take the division. He hasn't had much success against the Yankees though going 0-4 with a 5.89 era in 4 starts. Yankees Lineup: Jeter(SS) Damon(LF) Tex(1B) A-rod(3B) Matsui(DH) Swisher(LF) Cano(2B) Cabrera(CF) Molina(C)
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Labels: A-rod, A.J. Burnett, baseball, blog, Derek Jeter, homeruns, Jorge Posada, Lineups, Minnesota Twins, New York Yankees, notes, Pitching, Sam Borden, starts
Playoff excitement
The Yankees had the day off and not much was going on at Yankee Stadium. The talk today was mostly about A.J., Molina and Posada as you would expect. I know a lot of people are making a big deal out of this but the bottom line is this, if A.J. Burnett pitches a good game the Yankees will win and it won't matter that Molina was catching him and doesn't do much offensively. I also was suprised that a lot of the talk radio today were people calling in and bashing Jorge Posada. I know he isn't the best defensive catcher and he never has been but lets not get carried away. He was won several championships as the starting catcher for this team and he is the emotional leader. His bat is a big plus and he will be missed when he retires. Joel Sherman of the Post was breaking news tonight that it looks like Joba will stay in the bullpen for the entire playoffs if they get past this round and Chad Gaudin would get the game 4 start in the ALCS. I think if Joba is lights out out of the pen this is the move to make. The Yankees can have a dominate pen for the last 3 innings and really shorten the games. I would expect the Yankees to have the same lineup tomorrow and I will be going to the game but will try to post the gamepost and all of that before hopefully. It is expected to rain but it may not be enough to affect anything. The Rockies defeated the Phillies this afternoon to tie the series at 1-1 headed back to Colorado. The Dodgers defeated the Cardinals to take a 2-0 series lead. The Dodgers should of lost they had 2 outs and no one on when Matt Holliday made a terrible play turning a sinking line drive in to a 2 base error instead of the last out and then the Dodgers got a walk, wildpitch, and 2 hits and won the game. It looks like the Dodgers may sweep now although it is headed back to St Louis. The Redsox and Angels are playing game 1 right now.
Labels: A.J. Burnett, Anaheim Angels, baseball, Boston Red Sox, Joba Chamberlain, Jorge Posada, LA Dodgers, New York Yankees, Pitching, postseason, St Louis Cardinals
Yanks roll to Game 1 win
The New York Yankees defeated the Minnesota Twins in Game 1 of the ALDS by the score of 7-2. CC Sabathia wasn't his sharpest but he was good and able to battle through things, especially with a couple of crossups with Jorge Posada who had a terrible game behind the plate. It didn't look great early but the Yankees stayed patient and didn't panic and then Derek Jeter hit a 2 run homerun to tie it and it seemed to settle them down. The Yankees also got a couple of rbi singles from A-rod which was good for him and Hideki Matsui hit a 2 run homerun. Nick Swisher had a rbi double. The bullpen was good and Joe Girardi used Phil Hughes for 2/3 of an inning, Phil Coke for 1/3 of an inning and Joba Chamberlain for a 1/3 of an inning. Mariano Rivera finished up the game giving up a hit and a walk but no runs. The Yankees have the off day tomorrow so it was good to get everyone in and comfortable and now they can be used again on Friday and will be ready to go in a tight spot. Mark Teixeira didn't have a great game but he did also hit the ball hard twice but just right at people. A.J. Burnett will now take the ball in game 2 with a lot less pressure and I have a feeling he will come up big. Nick Blackburn is a pretty good pitcher but he has never pitched in the postseason. It was a great start for the Yankees and hopefully they will have many more wins to come.
Labels: A.J. Burnett, All Star game, Arod, baseball, blog, CC Sabathia, Derek Jeter, Mariano Rivera, Minnesota Twins, New York Yankees, series
Yanks at Twins Game 1
The New York Yankees were resting yesterday while the Twins were playing a thrilling 12 inning game that they eventually won. They had to take a late night flight into NY and I am sure didn't get to bed until the wee hours of the morning which is good for the Yankees. Here are the pregame notes and lineups via Sam Borden of the Journal News. The forecast tonight calls for cool temperatures and very windy conditions. The gusts could be up to 40mph and it will be interesting to see if the ball is flying out to right even more so then usual. CC has been great this season but not so good in the playoffs in his career. He is 2-3 with a 7.92 era in 5 postseason starts. He does have good career numbers against the twins though, 9-4 with a 1.91 era in his last 13 starts. A-rod has done everything right this season in staying out of the way and not doing anything stupid and producing but all eyes are on him now. He has 1 homerun and 1 rbi and 35 LOB in his last 16 playoff games. His best postseason series as a Yankee was against Minnesota in 2004. He went 8 for 19 with 3 rbi's. The Yankees were 7-0 against the Twins this season but four of the seven games were decided by one run, six of the seven were decided by 2 runs and two of the seven were extra innings. The Yankees won three in a row in May on walkoff hits. The Twins have won 17 of 21 to close out the regular season. They were 7 games out and beat out the Tigers for their 5th division title in 8 years. They used 6 relievers over the final 7 innings last night to get to where they are now. Duensing was a college teammate of Joba Chamberlain. The Yankees only saw him once in July when he came out of the bullpen. He allowed 4 runs, 2 hits and 4 walks in 2 2/3 innings. He was 5-1 with a 2.73 era in 9 starts this season. Yankees Lineup: Jeter(SS) Damon(LF) Tex(1B) A-rod(3B) Matsui(DH) Posada(C) Cano(2B) Swisher(RF) Cabrera(CF) Twins Lineup: Span(CF) Cabrera(SS) Mauer(C) Cuddyer(1B) Kubel(RF) Young(LF) Harris(DH) Tolbert(3B) Punto(2B)
Labels: A-rod, baseball, blog, CC Sabathia, Derek Jeter, lineup, Minnesota Twins, New York Yankees, notes, Sam Borden
Pitching Matchups for playoff series
L.A. vs Boston Game 1 Lester vs Lackey Game 2 Beckett vs Weaver Game 3 Bucholz vs Kazmir Game 4 Lester vs Saunders L.A. vs St. Louis Game 1 Carpenter vs Wolf Game 2 Wainwright vs Kershaw Game 3 Piniero vs TBA Philly vs Colorado Game 1 Jiminez vs Lee Game 2 Hammels vs Cook My Predictions Yanks in 4 Angels in 5 Dodgers in 5 Phillies in 4 ALCS: Yanks over Angels in 6 NLCS: Dodgers over Phillies in 6 WS: Yanks over Dodgers in 6
Labels: baseball, Boston Red Sox, LA Dodgers, Philadelphia Phillies, postseason, St Louis Cardinals
Yanks/Twins
The New York Yankees will be taking on the Minnesota Twins in the best of 5 ALDS. The Twins won a thrilling tiebreaker game last night in 12 innings and then had the prize of flying 3 hours to NY in the middle of the night to meet the New York Yankees. Here are the tentative pitching matchups, if it changes I will let you guys know. Tonight- CC Sabathia vs Brian Duensing Friday- A.J. Burnett vs Nick Blackburn Sunday- Andy Pettitte vs Carl Pavano I am going to say the Yankees are going to win in 4, tonight is a big game. If you are the Yankees you want to jump on them, don't let a underdog wake up. The Yankees offense shouldn't be shut down by these pitchers and if you are the Yankees pitchers just shut down Joe Mauer don't let him beat you and you should be fine. It looks like Freddy Guzman and Francisco Cervelli will be the last 2 roster spots but I will have that for sure later on today. Have a good day everyone and continue to check back for news and notes and playoff matchups.
Labels: A.J. Burnett, baseball, blog, Carl Pavano, CC Sabathia, matchups, New York Yankees, Pitching, postseason
Yankees workout and have announcements
The New York Yankees worked out today at the Stadium and now I am sure are lounging around watching the Twins/Tigers to see who they will face. The first thing that happened today was reported by Sam Borden of the Journal News and that was that Jose Molina will catch A.J. Burnett. Jorge Posada if you listen to the audio isn't too pleased about it and said " I just hope we win that game, thats all, that is all I have to say." If you know Posada like most of us do, he is a fiery guy and if A.J. goes out and doesn't pitch well this will be a big problem as Posada will be very displeased and there will be tension. A.J. Burnett better come up big if he is getting his way, also Joe Girardi is taking a chance but you have to give him credit for doing what he thinks is best especially knowing it isn't a popular decision. It will be interesting to see how this all plays out. Chad Jennings who is making his debut on the blog and as Yankees beat reporter replacing Peter Abraham had some notes from the clubhouse. He saw that the Yankees had 30 lockers with nameplates which means that they will carry an extra 5 guys most likely just in case. Sam Borden is now reporting that Brian Bruney has been left off the roster along with Sergio Mitre and Ramiro Pena but they will keep in shape in Tampa just in case they are needed or if the Yankees advance and change their minds. It would seem the last roster spot is down to Damaso Marte or Freddy Guzman. It would depend on who they play, it looks like if they play the Twins they will take Marte since they have more lefties and if it is the Tigers then Guzman will make it. Brian Bruney as you would expect wasn't too happy, he didn't talk for too long. Joe Girardi also did announce just a little while ago that A.J. Burnett will be starting game 2. I think the numbers show that Burnett is better at home and better with Molina but he needs to step up and have a big game.
Labels: baseball, blog, Chad Jennings, Joe Girardi, Jorge Posada, New York Yankees, Peter Abraham
Miguel Cabrera, what is he thinking?
The reports came out today that Detroit Tigers first baseman Miguel Cabrera was out partying with the opponent on friday night and when he returned home early in the morning got into a fight with his wife. He had a cut on his face and apparently said it was from his cat but turns out it was a domestic dispute and the police were called. It is bad enough that he was in the middle of a pennant race and went out partying with the opponent but then comes home drunk and gets into a fight with his wife. If he did hit her he is really really low. Here is the question I would pose, he has disgraced the franchise and would you suspend him even though you have a 1 game playoff or just go about your business and do nothing??? I think if it was me I would suspend him and show that the organization won't put up with any nonsense like this.
Labels: Detroit Tigers, domestic dispute, drunk, Miguel Cabrera, organization, police
George Steinbrenner makes a statement
The New York Yankees were home relaxing today and will have a workout at Yankee Stadium tomorrow. They will probably watch the Twins/Tigers game afterwards on the big screen inside the stadium. The Yankees owner George Steinbrenner made a statement today through publicist Howard Rubenstein. Here is what he had to say. This has been a tremendous year for our team as we have settled into our new home," Steinbrenner said in a statement issued by Howard Rubenstein. "The New York Yankees are proud of our rich history of outstanding players, and this year's team has worked hard to prove that they are worthy of the great distinction of calling themselves Yankees. "We look forward to finishing what we started this season and never losing sight of our goal -- to bring another championship to the best fans in the world and the great city of New York." It sounds great and hopefully if the Yankees make it to the ALCS the boss will be able to make it to NY. There is no news today as the Yankees will have their workout tomorrow and not finalize the rosters until they find out their opponent.
Labels: baseball, blog, George Steinbrenner, history, Howard Rubenstein, New York Yankees, opponent
NFL Week 4 in Review
The New York Giants defeated the Kansas City Chiefs by the score of 27-16. It really wasn't that close, it was 27-3 until the 4th quarter. The Giants once again were pretty methodical, there defense played well and finally got some sacks, 5 actually. The offense looked good, ran the ball pretty well again and Steve Smith had a huge game as he continues to have a breakout season. Mario Manningham didn't have a good game at all and Hakeem Nicks had a nice 58 yard TD reception. The only worrisome part of the game really was Eli Manning going down with a foot injury. It looks like he will be ok though and we will see as the week goes on if he will play this week against the Raiders. The bottom line is the Giants are 4-0 and should be able to get to 5-0 before the schedule gets a little bit tougher. The New York Jets were defeated by the New Orleans Saints by the score of 24-10. Mark Sanchez had a dreadful game as he threw a interception that was returned for a TD and fumbled one in the endzone. The Jets defense was actually very very good once again but Mark Sanchez played like a rookie and that is why they lost this game. The Jets though are 3-1 and hope to bounce back Monday night in Miami. The Jets and their fans have to expect Sanchez to have games like these though and the important thing is for him to learn from it and get better. The Jets defense is going to win them a lot of games, if they can stop the best offense then they can stop anyone. The Jets running game is still a problem and if they could get a running game going that would help Sanchez tremendously. I by the way was 2-0 with my picks and have the Vikings in tonights game.
Labels: defense, Eli Manning, football, Mark Sanchez, New York Giants, New York Jets, offense
ALDS Playoff matchups
The NL is all set with the Cardinals taking on the Dodgers and the Phillies playing the Rockies. The Phillies and Dodgers have homefield. Here is the schedule of the games. Wed- Rockies at Phillies 2:37PM Wed- Cards at Dodgers 9:37PM Thurs- Rockies at Phillies 2:37PM Thurs- Cards at Dodgers 9:37PM Sat- Dodgers at Cards 6:07PM Sat- Phillies at Rockies 9:37PM The AL will have the Red Sox taking on the Angels and the Yankees taking on the Tigers or Twins who will play Tuesday night at 5:07 to decide who will head to New York. Here is the tentative schedule assuming the Yankees pick the longer series. Wed- Twins/Tigers at Yankees 6:07PM Thurs- Red Sox at Angels 9:37PM Friday- Twins/Tigers at Yanks 6:07PM Friday- Red Sox at Angels 9:37PM The rest of the schedule will be determined at a later date as the games move along.
Labels: Anaheim Angels, baseball, blog, Boston Red Sox, Colorado Rockies, Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Yankees, Philadelphia Phillies, playoffs, St Louis Cardinals
Yanks finish reg. season with a bang
The New York Yankees closed out the regular season in style defeating the Tampa Bay Rays by the score of 10-2. The Yankees scored all 10 runs in the 6th inning led by A-rods 3 run homerun and grand slam. A-rod set a AL record by having 7 rbi's in the inning and he also finished his season with 30 homeruns and 100 rbis setting a major league record for most consecutive seasons with those marks. It was his 12th straight season with 30+ homers and 100+ rbi's. The Yankees finished the season with their most wins since the 1998 team who finished with 114 wins. A.J. Burnett pitched 5 innings giving up 2 runs on 7 hits. He struggled early and then settled down. The bullpen was brilliant giving up 0 hits the last 4 innings. Joba Chamberlain pitched a perfect inning on 7 pitches, Dave Robertson pitched a perfect inning and so did Mariano Rivera. Phil Coke pitched 2/3 of an inning and Phil Hughes 1/3 of an inning. The Yankees will now wait to see who they will play either the Twins or Tigers who will play game 163 on Tuesday night in Minnesota. Nick Blackburn will face Rick Porcello and I am sure the Yankees will choose to play starting Wed night. The Yankees got a suprise visit from the BOSS who visited with them for an hour in the clubhouse before the game. He told them he was happy and excited for the postseason and just keep doing what they have been doing. The Yankees will meet tomorrow and make up their minds about the roster but not tell the players until they have too. Mark Teixeira finished tied with the league lead in homers and finished with the most rbi's.
Labels: A-rod, A.J. Burnett, baseball, Detroit Tigers, homeruns, Joba Chamberlain, Minnesota Twins, New York Yankees, pitched, postseason
The Yankees aim for win No. 103, which would match their most since 2002. They also seek an ALDS opponent, as the Twins and Tigers begin the day deadlocked in the AL Central lead. If the Twins and Tigers both win or lose the Yankees will have to wait until Tuesday to find out their opponent. Here are the notes and lineup via the Journal News. A.J. Burnett goes for career win No. 100 today and will look to continue his turnaround. He has struck out 25, walked nine and allowed 17 hits over his last three starts (19 IP). Burnett is 3-0 with a 2.00 ERA vs. the Rays this year, and 10-4 with a 2.80 ERA vs. them in his career. I thnk for A.J. it is important for him to finish strong because with him a lot of it is mental. It will also be interesting to see Joba come out of the pen who is the same as A.J. with intensity and needs to be mentally strong to do well. Elias Sports Bureau says the Yankees haven't ended a season as MLB's outright home run champ since 1961. They will do so today regardless — unless Texas hits 19 HRs. The Yanks went homerless on Saturday and still need one more to surpass their franchise record of 242. Teixeira still needs one more to pass injured Ray Carlos Pena for the AL lead. If Tex hits another homerun he will finish first in homers and rbi's in the AL. Jeter and Cano are in the top 5 in avg. There are several other Yankees who finished in the top of the league in several categories such as CC in wins. Yankees Lineup: Jeter(SS) Damon(LF) Tex(1B) A-rod(3B) Matsui(DH) Swisher(RF) Cano(2B) Cabrera(CF) Molina(C) It looks like Posada will be the manager for the game and we shall see who his bench and pitching coaches will be in this final meaningless game of the season.
Labels: A-rod, A.J. Burnett, baseball, blog, Derek Jeter, Jorge Posada, Lineups, New York Yankees, notes
The Yankees aim for win No. 103, which would match...


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A beautifully sculpted piece of drift wood on the coffee table, a collection of sun-bleached sea shells on the bathroom counter, a faded postcard taped to the fridge.
There's something so special about bringing a little piece of Anguilla into your home, a warm reminder of Anguilla, whether you live on-island or miles away.
Caribbean Soaps & Sundries' hand-crafted soaps, candles and body care products are at the top of the list of must-have Anguilla-made souvenirs!
What began as a small hobby has bloomed into a thriving business for founder and owner Carrol Shannon who established the business in 2004.
A Clinical Social Worker by profession, she spent most of her career practicing in the United States before falling captive to Anguilla's tranquil charm. After decades of visiting Anguilla, she and her husband settled on the island.
Working with the local primary schools as a Counsellor in Anguilla (Carrol still counsels today), she began soap making as a fun after-work activity, her garage acting as her lab.
Carrol produces two types of soaps. Those made via a "cold process" and a "hot process."
The cold process begins with collecting "base oils" including palm oil, coconut oil, shea butter and even goat milk. Taking a look at her set up, I was amazed by the amount of core product she has! 420 LBS?!
Once the lye is heated, the oils are added. Producing a soft mixture, it is all then poured into moulds to set.
The number of moulds Carrol has collected boggles the mind! Sure, she could have only produced your standard rectangular moulds, but her passion led to her adding sea shells, "beach feet" and even cute goat moulds.
Once they have set (approximately one day), they are cut and put into racks to cool for about two weeks.
Once all set? Time to package... and voila!
The hot process is quicker, producing soap in a day or two. The oil-lye mixture is heated at higher temperatures (and cooked in the oven) and instead of pouring the soap into moulds, it is poured over wax paper. The result is soaps that are more textured than the those made from the cold process.
After about a day or two, they're fully formed and ready to use.
As you can see, Carrol's hobby quickly grew from a few bars of soap to a full business.
In addition to soaps, Carrol also produces nifty, sweetly scented lotion bars made of coconut and almond oils. They are the perfect size if you are on the go. Slip the slender, light jar in your pocket and pop it out whenever you need a quick, non-greasy touch of moisturize for your hands. It works well as a lip balm, too.
Carrol also has two lines of candles, both beautifully crafted and infused with tropical scents of Anguilla. One of the lines represents favorite island fragrances and the other is named after a variety of Anguilla's beautiful beaches.
The scents are long-lasting without being overbearing. Within about 20 minutes of having the candle lit, the scent of fresh mangos and papayas (depending on your choice of candle) fills the room and lasts long after the candle is blown out. Many villas and hotels on the island actually use these to bring a fresh touch inside the property!
Part of what lends such great quality to these candles is that they are made with soy flakes. They burn more slowly and with a cleaner fume than regular candles.
In a stylish container, it's a wonderful way to bring the sweet aromas of Anguilla into the home.
With a line of body care products, it was no surprise to hear that clients began calling Carrol, asking her to produce other lines of goods.
... even products for fun regional events, such as this bar of soap made specifically for the West Indies Regatta held annually in St. Barths.
A kind woman, driven by her passion, her story is inspiring!
My hat indeed goes off to Carrol and all that she has accomplished with Caribbean Soaps & Sundries. Quality products, beautifully packaged, they make terrific souvenirs and gifts.
To purchase Caribbean Soaps & Sundries products, drop into Limin' Boutique, Petals, SeaSpray, ZaZAA Boutique, Island Art Gallery (in George Hill), CuisinArt Spa and Malliouhana Spa.


After his arrest the Obama White House insisted that illegal alien Uncle Onyango would not get special treatment.
But Uncle "Omar" Onyango was released from jail a week later.
Uncle Omar giggled at his court appearance today. He's already back at work at the liquor store. Obviously, Omar's not too worried about being deported.
A giggling Onyango Obama — the president's illegal alien half uncle — made a brief appearance in Framingham District Court today on charges he was drunk when he nearly struck an unmarked police cruiser last month.
Obama, 67, was visibly amused at the media spectacle, stifling laughter several times before his 30-second court appearance where a judge set a Nov. 17 pre-trial conference.
Obama did not acknowledge a Herald reporter's question upon arrival at Framingham District Court and neither he nor his lawyer made any comment on his way out where they were followed to the parking lot by a horde of media.
His attorney, P. Scott Bratton, did, however, tell the Herald that Obama, who has been living illegally in the United States for nearly 20 years, has returned to work at Conti Liquors in Framingham.
"He has. He's doing well," Bratton said.
Obama was accompanied in court today by two attorneys and an unidentified male supporter. He and his friend giggled in the front row of the court at the media assembled for the hearing. The courtroom was packed, but mostly with other defendants hauled in for the usual round of arraignments at the county court located in suburban Boston.


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North Island TSR Regional Report - May 2019
After seven years with Farm Source, Tony Maas jumped at the chance to take on a Technical Sales Role 12 months ago. The role enables him to work even more closely with his farmers adding tangible value to their businesses.
"I'm enjoying working with our farmers, creating value. Ultimately they are the owners of our business so having the opportunity to help improve milk production through cropping and pasture efficiencies is great," Tony says.
Tony looks after 65 Fonterra Suppliers in the Rangitikei, Ruapehu and Wanganui districts – many of whom know him well from his time on the shop floor.
"I'm still new in my role but my experience in the company over the past seven years means I've built up their trust. During my time as the Marton store manager we went through regional flooding, droughts, and low payouts together," says Tony.
There's no doubt the community is a close-knit and supportive one. Under Tony's watch from 2016 to 2018 the Marton Farm Source store, in conjunction with their farmers, raised over $46,000 for local schools, through their annual auction and dinner event.
Going above and beyond for his customers is second nature for Tony.
"I was out the other day checking a maize crop for harvesting on a farmer's run-off. His heifers were standing at the fence bellowing at me. I was talking on the phone to the customer about the maize and offered to move his break fence for him. It saved him travelling to the run-off for the next few days," he says.
With a background in silage and hay contracting, Tony has a good understanding of cropping and pasture management and a highlight of the TSR role is getting to grow crops with his farmers. Tony says Farm Source are uniquely positioned to help their farmers succeed with growing grass and crops.
"We are a co-op, our role is to assist in lowering on-farm costs, improving performance and increasing outputs for our farmers. We need our crops and pastures to perform to enable our farmers to produce as much premium quality milk as possible," he says.
This month he'll be helping keep crops and new grass free of weeds and pests and like most is hoping for more rain after a particularly dry summer. March milk production was much lower than the same period last year for North Island dairy farmers.
Tony says the unpredictability and variation of the weather is one of the main challenges of the job.
"There are no more 'normal' seasons and there can be extreme variation in climates. It can be sunny in one of my regions and snowing in the other," he says.
The specialist know-how of vendor reps is a great resource to have available when the situation calls for it.
"They are a great asset to help build our knowledge in their areas of expertise. And another source of trusted advice for our customers."
In his spare time Tony enjoys skiing, fishing and looking after his 40-acre hobby farm which he has beef cattle on.
Tony is married to Alisha, a teacher at Nga Tawa Diocesan School, and is dad to six year old Georgiana and four year old Charlotte.

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Quique Setien (centre) with Barca president Josep Maria Bartomeu (left) and sports director Eric Abidal (right)Quique Setien says he could not imagine becoming Barcelona manager "in his wildest dreams".Former Real Betis coach Setien,...
Quique Setien: Barcelona boss couldn't have imagined new job 'in wildest dreams'
Quique Setien (centre) with Barca president Josep Maria Bartomeu (left) and sports director Eric Abidal (right)
Quique Setien says he could not imagine becoming Barcelona manager "in his wildest dreams".
Former Real Betis coach Setien, 61, was named Barca boss on Monday following Ernesto Valverde's sacking.
Setien, who has signed a two-and-a-half year deal, led Betis to their highest finish since 2005 and to the Copa del Rey semis before leaving in May.
"I want to thank this institution for giving me the chance," said the Spaniard at his first news conference.
"Not even in my wildest dreams could I have imagined this. I have to thank the club. I'm excited about this challenge and this project."
He added: "Yesterday, I was walking around my home town with cows around me and now I'm here at Barcelona managing the best players in the world."
After managing lower-league sides, Setien led Las Palmas to 11th in La Liga - their best finish for 40 years - and enjoyed further success at Betis, where in his first season he led them to sixth place and qualification for the Europa League.
Betis also secured wins over Barca, Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid during his two-year tenure, and he left the club by mutual consent in the summer.
Barcelona are top of La Liga on goal difference and have won four of the last five league titles.
"I thank Ernesto Valverde for leaving me with a side that is top of the league," he said.
"My objective is to win everything! Everything you can win, this club has no other path to follow.
"Year after year, to win as many trophies as possible. I think the best way to victory is by playing good football. It doesn't always happen but it's not just about one day, it's about keeping it going."
Setien has previously stated he would cry when Barca and Argentina forward Lionel Messi retires.
"I said that about a lot of players," he said. "I have enjoyed watching Barcelona for several years, watching them on television.
"To be able to manage the best in the world, and his team-mates - he has great team-mates - I have spoken to him and others.
"I have always said that the admiration is one thing but reality is different. Everyone needs to have their place. Messi is Messi, Busquets is Busquets."
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Architectural Designs Made With Gum
By Matthew Reitman
Commercial photographer Sam Kaplan has created a series of architecture-inspired sculptures made of chewing gum. In his most recent project, "Unwrapped," hundreds of sticks of gum are stacked and secured with super glue. Kaplan says he chose the medium of gum because it allowed him to easily replicate the sculptures in a uniform manner. Through his photography, Kaplan captures the mini sculptures in a way that makes them appear large than life. Enjoy his work below. For a behind the scenes look at the assembling of these sculptures, click here.
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While you're not busy picking apples, and baking pies with them, I bet you're glued to your television sets waiting to see which of your favorite baseball teams will make it to the World Series.
1. Gilroy Garlic Fries — this might be a little biased since we hail from SF (Giants all the way baby!) but whenever I walk into AT&T park, I have a one-track mind: get me my Gilroy Garlic Fries! Here's a quick make at home recipe for your own tailgate party!
2. Ice cream— Kansas City couldn't go wrong by bringing two local favorites together in Kauffman Stadium– the Belfonte Ice cream company and their very own, Kansas City Royals.
3. Tatchos— What do you get when you mix tater tots, chili spicy cheese and nachos? The culinary masterminds of PNC Park, home of the Pittsburgh PIrates, have unveiled this monstrosity earlier this year to many unsuspecting fans. The result– a clear winner!
4. Kinders Ball-Tip Steak Sandwich — According to the ScoreBlog, this smoked ball-tip steak sandwich is cooked to perfection with Kinder's award winning marinade, and served with potato salad and baked beans on the side. Kinders BBQ joint is the pride and joy of O.co coliseum of the Oakland A's.
5. St. Louis Dog — the Cardinals rep a hotdog to shame all others! The St. Louis dog is a quarter-pound frank layered with shredded Provel, Red-Hot Riplets and barbecue sauce all the while resting on a huge bun in a bed of Miss Vickie's Salt & Vinegar chips. Okay Busch Stadium, calm down over there. Calm down.
6. Carne Asada Fries — it's that West Coast flare that inspired Spuds, the fry's stand in the LA Angels stadium, to give the stadium fries a saucy, latin twist. Theres waffle fries, guacamole, sour cream, peppers, cheese and a generous helping of beef.
7. Early Bird Dog — this, according to the Baltimore Sun, is an "Esskay hot dog topped with a fried egg, shredded cheese and bacon." I can't even wrap my head around how to eat this hotdog, the cooks at Stuggys of the Baltimore Orioles got some explaining to do.
8. Lasordas Trattoria Pizza — how can you have baseball without Italian food? Fuggeddaboutit! This chewy, cheesy, $8.00 pizza will remind you of your belief in a higher power and get you pumped to watch the Dodgers play ball!
9. Poutine Dogs — The Tiger's very own Comerica Park unveiled this masterpiece just 7 months ago, and it's already a favorite. This low-key fancy hot dog is topped with french fries, cheese curds and beef gravy. The pepcid AC is sold separately.
10. Crab Nachos – crab and baseball go together like cream cheese and bagels, right? Maybe? Okay. The Chesapeake Crab Co. has cooked up your traditional baseball snacks, and added delicious, meaty crab to it. Hey D.C. I think you're on to something here!
No matter who goes to the playoffs, in our minds and in our stomachs, we are all winners. Now, let's all root for the World Series!
*Update: Looks like the World Series is on! It's Kansas City Royals versus the San Francisco Giants! This writer might be a bit biased, but go Giants!
So, who are you rooting for?


Blair Cutright enters her sixth season as the assistant coach of the men's and women's cross country and men's and women's track and field programs. Cutright primarily works with sprinters and jumpers. Previously, she served as a graduate assistant coach for cross country and track and field at McDaniel College.
A 2007 graduate of McDaniel with her bachelor degree in exercise science and physical education, Cutright was a four-time letter winner and silver medalist in the 400m at the Centennial Conference outdoor track and field championship in 2006 and ran a leg for the Green Terror's second-place 4x400m squad in 2007. She was also a member of the McDaniel record-holding squad in the 4x800m relay, and was McDaniel's most valuable female performer in track and field in 2007. Cutright earned a Master of Science in Exercise Science from McDaniel in 2009.
Cutright also serves as the Administrative Assistant to the Dean of Students office at Juniata.


Honeysuckle, black currant, Earl Grey.
Coffee flower, lemongrass, and lychee berry aromas lead into flavor notes of honeysuckle and black currant. Next, a gracious swirling of Earl Grey joins jasmine, and sweet herbs in the cup, while bright and vibrant acidity pairs with juicy body in this stellar coffee.
Banko Gotiti Cooperative is a small organization that organized in 2012 as a separate entity from the larger, better known Worka Cooperative. Banko Gotiti enables the approximately 300 small holder farmers who make up its membership to showcase their little corner of the coffee-growing world rather than having their unique terroir swallowed up amongst coffees from the larger region.
Since their inception, Banko Gotiti Co-op has consistently produced exceptional coffees, some of which can be traced down to a single farmer, which is virtually unheard of in Ethiopia. The co-op is located near the tiny village of Banko Gotiti, in the southern district of Gedeb within the Gedeo Zone, Yirgacheffe region, very near where coffee is thought to have first been discovered.
In Gedeo, Yirgacheffe, there are 15 washing stations and approximately 25,000 local coffee smallholders. Here the soil is loamy, red-brown, fertile, and coffees carry strong fruit tea notes along with crisp apple and stone fruit. Approximately 95% of these coffees can be considered as organic, though not officially certified. While farmers across the globe still practice this method of letting the coffee fruit dry like raisins around the seed, it all started in here. It's still common to see smallholder farmers drying their daily harvest on their porches or lawns across the country. Unlike much of the rest of the world, many of these farmers will then roast and grind their own harvest – Ethiopia is the world's only coffee producing country whose volume of consumption equals its export.


This high-mountain tea is known for its fruity aroma and honey orchid fragrance. Most Dancong Oolongs are named after their flavor and/or aroma. Mi Lan Xiang literally translates to "Honey Orchid Fragrance".


So You Want to Design Your Own Banner?
We welcome guest blogger and graphic designer, Jenni James of Jenni James Design, to the Copy Talk blog to share a few tips with us non-designers who want to create a banner in-house.
First things first. Do you remember what the acronym K.I.S.S. stands for? Keep It Simple Silly. This is the key for great, attention-grabbing banner design. I will go over three basic concepts, that if used correctly, will help you effectively convey your message to the viewer. Theses design concepts include fonts, color and proximity. Here we go!
We have all seen signs or banners that use a crazy font preloaded in desktop publishing software, that you can honestly barely read. This is not a good idea. Yes, these fonts do have their place, but it usually is not on your banner. When it comes to banner design, you want to use a font that represents your message as well as looks nice and legible from a distance. It is a good rule of thumb to only use one font, maybe two, but never more than three when you are designing anything. Here is a list of fonts with some common descriptive words that might help in font selection for banner design.
Designer Tip: Do NOT use Comic Sans. It is unprofessional and should not be used in a business setting. It should only be used if you are creating a look for school children.
The trick is to use a strong bold font that you can read from a distance. If you use thin fonts that are very "dainty," your message will not be seen. Sign shops use charts that show how far away you can read text of a certain inch height. We are working with an 11″ x 40″ banner in this case. The letter height should not go over 10 inches (720 pt). Depending on the font you use, you will need to adjust this height because all fonts take up different amounts of space.
Designer Tip: Learn to Kern. Kerning is the space in between letters and some fonts do not space them properly, especially in programs like Microsoft Publisher or Word. Choosing "Format" then "Character Spacing" from the menu will be your best friend, I promise.
On to concept number two, color. Color is important. There is a reason why fast food restaurants use red, yellow and blue, just like coffee houses use greens, browns and neutral tones. There are color combinations that are meant to give you a headache and shut your eyes, just as there are color combinations designed to attract a certain type of person.
After all of my years in the sign industry, red and white seem to be the most impactful and easily recognizable. Why you may ask? Those are the same colors as a stop sign. That object tells a driver to stop and pay attention. It is so ingrained into our minds that we do this with any other objects of the same colors. Yellow and black is also a great combination if you want someone to take warning, just like the signs that indicate a deer or a railroad crossing.
On the other hand, you want to use colors that are appropriate for your message. If you are designing a banner for a little girl's birthday, lots of pinks and purples would be appropriate, just as blues and greens are appropriate for a little boy. If you are going for a calming effect, muted colors should be used. Try Color Scheme Designer to help you visually apply some color to a space before choosing a color and hoping it is effective.
Designer Tip: Use a reversal; they work wonders. For example, the white text on a red background used below.
Last, but not least, let's talk about a little thing called proximity. Proximity in design is the concept of keeping things together that need to be together, such as a name and phone number on a business card. People love to fill up the entire space available with as much information as possible, when the info is really not needed. Again, "Keep It Simple Silly." If you are going to put more than one phrase on a banner, make sure it stays with the information it belongs with.
Designer Tip: Banners that have information displayed in a centered alignment tend to be read more easily.
The banner above is poorly designed. There is too much information, it is scattered around the banner and the reader does not know what they are looking at, other than something is a free offer. It is bouncing out to them like a late-night infomercial. It is not easy to read or understand.
I hope these little tidbits of information can help you on your journey to design the perfect banner to convey your message. Remember your K.I.S.S. principle, and you will create a great piece of signage. Happy creating!
For a little further reading, check out the Non-Designer's Design Book. It is a great little guide that will help you in any design situation.
We hope you enjoyed Jenni's design tips. You can find out more about her by visiting her on Facebook or JenniJamesDesign.com.
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So, 'Plus Size Modeling' started a campaign on Facebook – asking whether people think companies like Mattel should make plus-sized versions of dolls like Barbie.
Of course, it's a publicity stunt. But a publicity stunt that 40,000 people 'liked', and which has garnered a considerable amount of press, especially in the US.
The image used was nothing new – it was actually the winning entry to a 2011 Worth1000.com photoshop competition to digitally 'fatten up' celebrities. Funnily enough, the photo has been mistakenly attributed to Mattel, with some people thinking that there are plans afoot to create such a doll. Curiously, or perhaps wisely, Mattel seems to have stayed completely quiet on the matter.
More worrying is that we've even had young (and not so young) girls go to drastic lengths to make themselves look more like dolls. Valeria Lukyanova has reputedly spent $800,000 on plastic surgery to make her look more like her idol.
And yet, Barbie dolls are still on sale 55 years on, and people are still buying them. It's hardly surprising – after all, the images we see in magazines of models and celebrities are more representative of Barbie's dimensions than they are of the real female form.
But which came first, the chicken, or the egg? Did generations of children growing up being marketed the implausibly proportioned Barbie learn to love the lean, or is Barbie merely holding up a mirror to the attitudes already prevalent in society, and giving consumers what they want?
Let's be brutally honest. I'm not convinced a plus-size Barbie would be anything more than a flash in the pan. So what's the answer, I wonder?
I think it has to start with campaigns like the one above. If photographs are digitally enhanced, they should say so. And, more's the point, the disclaimer should be required to be of a size that people can actually read it.
Or even better, retailers should have the confidence to mount campaigns like this US lingerie brand. And we consumers need to vote with our feet and our wallets to support them (hell, not that I look a jot like her, but it's a step in the right direction…).
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I spent more time blogging than shooting at Bensenville and recorded tow car stories: Glenn's 1933 Chevrolet Street Rod and Ray's 1978 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz. The band in the park was Disturbia and some of the music they covered is here. I very much like shooting at night with the Bensenville Park in the background.
Glenn bought this '33 Chevy street rod in 2000 off of eBay because it had a 409 Chevrolet motor. It also has 2 Carter AFB four barrel carburetors. The transmission is a GN 700R which couples with a Ford driveshaft and 9 inch positraction rear end. The front end is a Moordrop. The body is 'channeled' (the original floor was cut out and the body dropped into the frame by raising the body to frame mounting brackets).
The original top was canvas not metal because the technology available in 1933 couldn't form the current roof line. Hot rodders bent sheet metal when they stared souping up these machines in the '50s.
Ray's dad bought this '78 Eldorado Biarritz new in July 1978 and tried to give to Mom. She wouldn't drive it because she 'didn't want a car that cost more than her first house'. Ray Sr paid it off in 11 months so there was no interest charge. Dad passed and since mom would have it, Ray Jr. got the Eldorado (and his wife does the driving !). Mom got a smaller car.
It has 27,000 original miles and power everything – windows, door locks, seats. A press of the door button turns on the interior lights! The car is all original except for paint and tires, which had dry rotted.
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Why don't they Listen to the Fishermen?
Posted on February 28, 2011 by Scottish-Sceptic
I'm extremely grateful for Orkneylad who pointed out this story to me, because I know many of the characters involved because a long while back when the Marine test centre in Orkney was still just an idea, I was lobbying various people involved in renewables trying to persuade them to carry out the kind of policies that had created such a successful wind industry in Denmark and had actually created so many jobs (unlike UK renewables which cost 3.7 jobs for each one created).
Unfortunately, I failed to convince them, or to be more precise, there were too many idiots who thought they new better and who totally misunderstood the role of the Danish Windmill test centre at Risø.
The problem was that guided by academics and renewable "experts" (whose only expertise was conning the government to give them our money), the "consensus" had developed that Risø was some research centre involved in highly sophisticated academic research. So, it was not surprising that the UK saw the way to a successful wave centre as another similarly "research" centre.
So, I was quite amazed when I actually did meet one of the original five engineers that had formed the wind test centre when it was still part of the Danish Nuclear research establishment. The first thing that struck me was his stubby hands. Whether they were ingrained with oil I can't remember, but they were the kind of hands that every time served engineer eventually gets from repeated hands-on work with oil stained mechanics. The other thing which struck me, was unlike most Danes whose English is almost impecable, his was stumbling and heavily accented, not at all like the slick Danish salespeople who normally hung around the Danish wind exhibits, in fact thinking back, he hadn't been on the stand – more kind of hidden out of the way! "Excuse me", I asked him when I finally found him. "I'm very interested to know the kind of research you did at Risø?" "Research?" Was his reply. "Research?" … "Yes, research." I said thinking he misunderstood the word "Investigations into windturbines and writing up the results in papers".
The conversation was difficult. I was convinced from what I had been told in the UK, that Risø was a research centre, but I simply couldn't find the research papers showing the research work they did at the early wind test centre. As I pressed, I began to realise that the problem was not that the engineer misunderstood the term "research" but he simply didn't know of any research. "We tested wind turbines" was all he would say. Eventually after a lot of persistent inquiry, I eventually was given the answer to my question: "Oh … we did go down to the scrap yard and try out a few second hand lorry gearboxes". And with that he was gone.
That conversation completely changed my view of the development of the Danish industry. Gone was the UK idea of some research led industry riding the wave of academic research. In came the realisation, that this test centre was actually a test centre (it sounds silly as its in the name) testing commercial windmills and trying to raise standards of commercial machines to make them more reliable for customers. Indeed, contrary to all that I had read in the UK about wind turbine design, the efficiency of the blades which seemed to so preoccupy UK academics was seen as a very unimportant problem compared to the gearbox. Yes! The key to windmill design and the key to the success of the Danish wind industry was the gearbox!
Gradually, it dawned on me, that the biggest problem of windmill design was not academic preoccupation of maximising the wind conversion efficiency of the machine, but simply keeping the machine turning. The blade tip did travel around a million miles a year, and the cost economics meant it had to do that with the minimum of servicing. Imagine if the average car was only serviced, not once every 5000, or 10,000 or 20,000 miles, but some 10x the total mileage that many cars do in a lifetime! Reliability with next to no maintenance: that was the difference between "success" and "failure".
So, armed with that knowledge, it was clear to me what was needed for a successful marine industry.
We had to have a mechanism to focus securely and firmly on reliability. Reliability, Reliability! And if the UK's past performance on wind energy was anything to go by, we were doomed to failure. The UK had been singularly unsuccessful with large wind. Every project funded a small number of very large wind turbines, which ran long enough to "prove they were a success" as the press releases proclaimed, but which ended in abysmal failure due to what the project teams span as: "some initial teething problem which can be easily ironed out when it goes into production". Well they never did get into production, because these weren't "initial teething problems" but show-stopper problems of reliability. Reliability that the academics who invariably ran the projects cared almost nothing about.
And where was the key reliability problem in marine? Looking through the projects a common cause of failure was that the marine devices were prone to break their moorings. It was the major cause of failure of projects, and whilst I couldn't say it was the biggest long term reliability problem, it was clearly at least one of the key problems to tackle if there was going to be a commercial viable Scottish Marine industry.
So, what do we hear this month?
The Orkney Fisheries Association [OFA] has expressed renewed concern this week about dangers to fishermen, after a renewables' marker buoy was ripped from it's seabed mooring in last week's storms.
The OFA secretary said: "OFA continue to have concerns that under-engineered devices & moorings failing in adverse sea conditions will pose a danger to fishermen, their gear & other users of the sea.
(source: the digital Glebe)
I hate to say I told them so, but I did! In Denmark, the successful windmill companies were agricultural machinery producers who had ruthlessly cost conscious customers who demanded low-cost reliability. Who was the equivalent for marine renewables? Fishermen!
If ever there was going to be a successful marine industry, the kind of people we should get involved were the fishermen, fishing boat builders and fishing peer builders who knew the sea and knew what would and wouldn't work. But who did they get involved? Engineers from of all places Edinburgh which must have the calmest seas in the whole of Scotland. Why don't people ever listen to the people who really know about the sea?
Mr Sinclair, who reported the loose buoy, said he did not feel that fishermen had been consulted with widely enough on the renewable sector plans.
"The fishermen feel the whole coast around Orkney is unsuitable for these types of machines."
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Dr med Michael G Koch, Sweden says:
What a great report about an early beginning! It is as the initial construction of the IPCC: friends, coworkers, committed volunteers with the searched-for ideology. That could never work.
The devil may lurk in the detail, but the Devil-in-Chief introduces from early on sloppy, careless. ill-considered and negligent methods without all the elements that are indispensible: principally cautious (including: sceptical) uncompromisingly empirical 'circumspect thoughtfulness, accuracy, honesty, and necessary diligence.
When all this is lacking, all the fatal details will inevitably follow and in the end tip the whole load.
Denmark has today the highest share of all wind turbine production worldwide (around 38 %), uses itself a record 21 % of all its consumed energy from wind power, is on top of the relative national wind power production, exports widely, has many employees in this field – but:
Denmark has also the by far most expensive electrical energy in Europe, has invested a (relative to its population) record sum of money (in parts unwittingly) paid by the consumers of all other forms of energy; it has by now a large branch in crisis, loses ca 12 billion US$ of his BNP every year by the crowd working for this recently inflated industry, loses at the stock market and har already many large enterprises near bankruptcy in spite of all official propaganda and sponsering. Their yields and values are sinking, doubts rising, and for 2014 the likewise artificially enthusiasmated Sweden har cut down its investigations for wind power by no less than 83 %!
All that would hardly be a surprise, if the decisive (yes, pivotal!) basic fact had been told in public that even the theoretical optimum, the most ideal (non-existing) form of wind energy production gives only one 800th (i.e., 1.25 promille or o,0125 %!) of any colmparable use of water turbines. That giant gap, which can never be remedied, is due to the density difference between air and water. – C'est le monde…
Just include now the adverse factors (1) weather and technical reliability, (2) maintenance and (3) repair costs, (4) unforeseen complications (for human ears, bats, birds, helikopters, and planes), (5) other environmental damages, and (6) the final dismounting, to really fathom that this unduly praised option of poor energy production will be an ever flowing source of disstressing economical fiascoes.
(To my knowledge and common sence we ought here to exempt the variant of many small wind turbines on the high roofs of houses, produced cheaply and used and repaired rather simply.) Await the impending bad news about the 'power shift' mainly from Denmark, Sweden, the UK, the US, and Germany.)
PS: Who can give me a good link to find more about Neil Craig?? There are so many with his name, but very meagre information.)


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Review of Coal Country at the Public Theater
Stanford Friedman October 6, 2022, 16:47
Twenty-nine small lights hang above the Public Theater's Anspacher stage, one for each victim of the 2010 Upper Big Branch Mine Disaster. The absence of these sons, fathers and brothers brought heartbreak to the town of Montcoal, West Virginia and that grief is palpable in the beautifully rendered, impeccably cast production of Coal Country, a documentary-style chronicle of the worst U.S. mine explosion in 50 years, and its aftermath, made up primarily of interviews from family members as well as from men who made it through the blast, only to find injustice when it came to punishing those responsible.
The husband and wife writing team of Erik Jensen and Jessica Blank, best known for The Exonerated, their play about wrongly convicted death row inmates, traveled to West Virginia in 2016 to conduct the in-depth interviews that would be edited down and interwoven to create this work, showcasing the powerful theatricality of a true story told simply. Four men and three women, each balancing their sorrow with their grit, take turns relaying the specifics of the incident, the ignored warnings, and the litigious aftermath that found the mining company's chief executive receiving a slap on the wrist sentence. The tale is at times as elemental as fire and air, and as all-consuming as the explosion itself. The design team adds to the mood, filling the theater with a light mist, a reminder of the coal dust the workers breathed in on a daily basis.
Jensen and Blank are concerned with union politics almost as much as they are with the humanity of this tight community. But none of their interviews were especially concerned with religion, one way or the other. There is nothing to suggest their subjects are not God-fearing, but church is not what the authors are here to preach. Nonetheless, to fill that spiritual gap, the work is sewn through with soulful folk music, written and performed by the magnificent Steve Earle, who haunts the stage like a scraggly bearded sage ("The good lord gimme 2 hands/Says is you an animal or is you a man?").
Directed with a big heart and a keen eye by Ms. Blank, the stellar ensemble includes Michael Gaston as the hard-working Goose, and Amelia Campbell as his wife, Mindi. Demonstrating the joys of verbatim dialog, she describes her life-changing love for Goose, "Everything was just half a click off, and when I saw him, it all fell into place." Michael Laurence is both touching and a hoot as the slightly redneck, slightly foul-mouthed Tommy while Thomas Kopache, as Gary, extolls the wisdom that comes with a life spent in the mines. Mary Bacon is the sympathetic Patti who likely would have lost her husband to black lung disease had he survived the tragedy. Ezra Knight plays Roosevelt, a proud son left fatherless and Deirdre Madigan adeptly handles the tricky role of Judy, a successful doctor who loses her brother. Though bonded to her hometown by loss she nonetheless experiences the outsider status that comes with her wealth and success. Rounding out the company, Melinda Tanner is stoic as the court judge tasked with announcing a verdict that no one wants to hear and no one is willing to forget.
(Photo by Joan Marcus)
WHAT THE OTHER CRITICS SAID
"At the very beginning of the new play Coal Country, we are told it is "a West Virginia story about 29 men and a big machine." This is an understated way to inform the audience that what follows will be devastating."
Elisabeth Vincentelli for New York Times
"Under Blank's restrained direction, the performances are gorgeously authentic and underplayed. (Michael Gaston is a standout.) Even though you know what's coming—the catastrophe was covered extensively in the media—the play's intensely personal and detailed recollections of the disaster and its aftershocks are deeply affecting. It's not just that people died that day because of corporate greed. It's that their way of life is dying, too, and no one is coming to save them."
Raven Snook for Time Out New York
"Blank directs a book that has eight actors telling us true stories about the Upper Big Branch mine explosion in 2010. Not even the trial where the surviving workers sued the mining company is dramatized. "Let me tell you" is repeated so often that you will want to scream back, "No, don't tell me!" That's the other thing about "Coal Country." The actors never stop screaming or yelling or crying or stomping their feet or slamming benches against the stage floor for dramatic effect. They're really steamed up, because they love their land and the land loved them back until that darned greedy capitalist named Mr. Blankenship came along and didn't pay them much for spewing even more fossil fuel into the atmosphere."
Robert Hofler for The Wrap
"Documentary-theater specialists Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen, best known for their powerful first-person narrative account of wrongful death-penalty convictions, The Exonerated, craft another profoundly stirring verbatim drama in Coal Country, world-premiering at The Public Theater. Shaped out of the words of survivors and family members of victims of the 2010 Upper Big Branch mine explosion in West Virginia that killed 29 men, this is a wrenching portrait of working-class American lives torn asunder and corporate greed given a rap on the knuckles in a sadly familiar travesty of justice."
David Rooney for Hollywood Reporter
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The United Church of Christ (UCC) is a mainline Protestant Christian denomination in the United States, generally considered within the Reformed tradition, and formed in 1957 by the merger of two denominations, the Evangelical and Reformed Church and the Congregational Christian Churches.
The Congregational Christian Churches trace their roots to:
The primarily reformed/Calvinist Congregational churches, whose organizational structure was Congregationalism, this separating them from the theologically similar Presbyterians. This denomination was centered in New England (essentially being the state church of both Massachusetts and Connecticut in colonial times). The church spread wherever New Englanders migrated, including significant numbers in the Great Lakes region and upper Midwest (states like Ohio, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, etc.) The Congregation churches, in turn, traced their colonial era origins to:
the separatist Pilgrims who established Plymouth Colony in 1620,
and the Puritans of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, who landed in 1629 and 1630 and settled Boston.
A portion of the American frontier Restoration Movement known as the Christian Churches. This group was comprised of a number of frontier movements that broke away from more established denominations (Presbyterian, Methodist, Baptist) because they desired less rigid requirements of doctrine and church polity/organization. They saw the Bible as their only doctrinal guide and claimed "no creed but Christ." This movement is part of the family of similar movements that generated the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) denomination
The Evangelical and Reformed Church hails from two distinct, yet related, waves of immigrant German Protestantism:
the Reformed Church in the United States, the German version of the Reformed/Calvinist movement. They looked to the Heidelberg Catechism as their primary confession and hailed primarily from areas near the Rhine River in Germany and also from parts of Switzerland. These mostly 18th century immigrants settled heavily in Pennsylvania and northern Maryland, but also in a few other scattered areas.
the Evangelical Synod of North America. These 19th and early 20th century German immigrants settled primarily in the Midwest, especially Missouri, Illinois, Wisconsin, Indiana, and Michigan. They came from the Evangelical Church of the Union, which was the result of a 1817 union between Lutheran and Reformed churches in Prussia. The group often identified as primarily Lutheran, but held a mixture of both Lutheran and Reformed beliefs and practices (so much so as to prevent this group from merging with other Lutheran bodies). They looked to both the Reformed Heidelberg Catechism and the Lutheran Luther's Small Catechism as their confessions (and eventually developed an "Evangelical Catechism", which merged views of both).
The UCC therefore unites one of the earliest Protestant denominations in the United States with various other mostly Reformed traditions that sprang up in the United States in the 1700s and 1800s.
The UCC uses four words to describe itself: Christian, Reformed, Congregational and Evangelical. The church's diversity and adherence to covenental polity (rather than presbyterian or episcopal) gives individual congregations a great deal of freedom in the areas of worship, congregational life, and doctrine.
The motto of the United Church of Christ comes from John 17:21: That they may all be one. The UCC uses broad doctrinal parameters, honoring creeds and confessions as "testimonies of faith" rather than "tests of faith," and emphasizing freedom of individual conscience and local church autonomy. Indeed, the relationship between local congregations and the denomination's national headquarters is covenantal rather than hierarchical; local churches have complete control of their finances, hiring and firing of clergy and other staff, and theological and political stands.
As a whole, the denomination is considered among the more liberal of the mainline Protestant denominations in the United States, although some individual UCC congregations can be very conservative. In its 48 year history, the United Church of Christ has taken a number of controversial progressive stances and actions. These have ranged from its ardent support of the Civil Rights Movement (including famous organization and victory against the FCC resulting in broader access to broadcast media) and its support of immigrant worker rights to its stances on human sexuality, calling for the full inclusion of lesbian, bisexual, gay, and transgender people in the life of the church.
Since the mid-1990s, the Church has been headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio. Previously, its headquarters were in New York, New York.
1 UCC Statement of Faith
2 Polity / Organizational Structure
3 Ecumenical relations
4 United Church of Christ Institutions
5 Current issues in the UCC
5.1 Branding Campaign
5.2 Items before General Synod
UCC Statement of Faith
In the United Church of Christ, creeds, confessions, and affirmations of faith function as "testimonies to faith" around which the church gathers rather than as "tests of faith" rigidly proscribing required doctrinal consent. As expressed on the United Church of Christ website, "The United Church of Christ embraces a theological heritage that affirms the Bible as the authoritative witness to the Word of God, the creeds of the ecumenical councils, and the confessions of the Reformation." The denomination therefore looks to a number of historic confessions as expressing the common faith around which the church gathers, including the Apostles and Nicene creeds, the Reformation-era Heidelberg Catechism and Luther's Small Catechism, American confessions such as the Congregationalist Kansas City Statement of Faith and the Evangelical Synod's Evangelical Catechism, and, of course, the current Statement of Faith of the United Church of Christ.
The Statement of Faith of the United Church of Christ was originally adopted in 1959 (two years after the denomination's founding General Synod) and was updated into inclusive language in the late 1970s. It is fairly unique among denominational statements of faith (or confessions) in that it describes God's deeds rather than God's attributes:
We believe in God, the Eternal Spirit,
God of our Savior Jesus Christ and our God,
and to whose deeds we testify:
God calls the worlds into being,
creates humankind in the divine image,
and sets before us the ways of life and death.
God seeks in holy loveto save all people from aimlessness and sin.
God judges all humanity and all nations by that will of righteousness
declared through prophets and apostles.
In Jesus Christ, the man of Nazareth, our crucified and risen Lord,
God has come to us
and shared our common lot,
conquering sin and death
and reconciling the whole creation to its Creator.
God bestows upon us the Holy Spirit,
creating and renewing the church of Jesus Christ,
binding in covenant faithful people of all ages, tongues, and races.
God calls us into the church
to accept the cost and joy of discipleship,
to be servants in the service of the whole human family,
to proclaim the gospel to all the world
and resist the powers of evil,
to share in Christ's baptism and eat at his table,
to join him in his passion and victory.
God promises to all who trust in the gospel
forgiveness of sins and fullness of grace,
courage in the struggle for justice and peace,
the presence of the Holy Spirit in trial and rejoicing,
and eternal life in that kingdom which has no end.
Blessing and honor, glory and power be unto God.
Polity / Organizational Structure
To quote the United Church of Christ Constitution, "The basic unit of the life and organization of the United Church of Christ is the Local Church." The ethos of local autonomy within wider interdependence characterizes the organization of the UCC. Each "setting" of the United Church of Christ relates covenentally with other settings, their actions speaking "to but not for" each other.
While the ethos of UCC organization is considered "covenental," the structure of UCC organization is a mixture of the congregational and presbyterian polities of its predecessor denominations.
Local churches are gathered together in regional bodies called Associations. Local churches often give financial support to the association to support its activities. Local churches send delegates, ordained and lay, to their associations. In the UCC, the association provides primary oversight and authorization of ordained and other authorized ministries. The association ordains new ministers, holds ministers' standing in covenant with local churches, and is responsible for disiplinary action.
Local churches also are members of larger Conferences, of which there are 39 in the United Church of Christ. Typically a conference comprises multiple associations (although a few conferences contain only 1 association). Conferences are supported financially by a portion of each local church's denominational support money (know as "Our Church's Wider Mission"). Conferences are the primary support for the search-and-call process by which churches select ordained leadership and also typically provide significant programmatic resources for their constituent churches. Conferences, like associations, are congregationally-representative bodies, with each local church sending ordained and lay delegates.
Each conference sends delegates to the denomination-wide General Synod, which meets every two years. General Synod considers both organizational legislation and resolutions on social witness. While General Synod provides the most visible voice of the stance of the denomination on any particular issue, the covenental polity of the denomination means that General Synod speaks to, but not for, local churches, associations, and conferences; these settings are therefore not bound to agree with or follow General Synod stances.
As agents of the General Synod, the denomination maintains national offices comprised of 4 "covenanted ministries": the Office of General Ministries, Local Church Ministries, Wider Church Ministries, and Justice and Witness Ministries. These structures carry out the work of the General Synod and support the local churches, associations, and conferences. The head executives of these ministries comprise the Collegium of Officers (the Office of General Ministries is represented by both the General Minister, who serves as President of the denomination, and the Associate General minister).
Ecumenical relations
The United Church of Christ is in a relationship of full communion with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, the Presbyterian Church (USA), and the Reformed Church in America through a formal declaration known as the Formula of Agreement, with the Union der Evangelischen Kirchen (Union of Evangelical Churches) in Germany, and with the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) through an ecumenical partnership.
The church is a founding member of Churches Uniting in Christ and is in dialogue about deeper relations with the Alliance of Baptists.
It is a member of the National Council of Churches of Christ in the USA (NCC), the World Alliance of Reformed Churches (WARC), and the World Council of Churches.
United Church of Christ Institutions
The following are institutions officially related to the United Church of Christ:
Catawba College (Salisbury, NC) website (http://www.catawba.edu)
Deaconess College of Nursing (St. Louis, MO) website (http://www.deaconess.edu)
Defiance College (Defiance, OH) website (http://www.defiance.edu)
Dillard University (New Orleans, LA) website (http://www.dillard.edu)
Doane College (Crete, NE) website (http://www.doane.edu)
Drury University (Springfield, MO) website (http://www.drury.edu)
Elmhurst College (Elmhurst, IL) website (http://www.elmhurst.edu)
Elon University (Elon, NC) website (http://www.elon.edu)
Heidelberg College (Tiffin, OH) website (http://www.heidelberg.edu)
Huston-Tillotson College (Austin, TX) website (http://www.htc.edu)
Illinois College (Jacksonville, IL) website (http://www.ic.edu)
Lakeland College (Sheboygan, WI) website (http://www.lakeland.edu)
Lemoyne-Owen College (Memphis, TN) website (http://www.loc.edu)
Northland College (Ashland, WI) website (http://www.northland.edu)
Olivet College (Olivet, MI) website (http://www.olivetcollege.edu)
Pacific University (Forest Grove, OR) website (http://www.pacificu.edu)
Piedmont College (Demorest, GA) website (http://www.piedmont.edu)
Rocky Mountain College (Billings, MT) website (http://www.rocky.edu)
Talladega College (Talladega, AL) website (http://www.talladega.edu)
Tougaloo College (Tougaloo, MS) website (http://www.tougaloo.edu)
Andover Newton Theological School (Newton Centre, MA) website (http://www.ants.edu)
Bangor Theological Seminary (Bangor, ME) website (http://www.bts.edu)
Chicago Theological Seminary (Chicago, IL) website (http://www.ctschicago.edu)
Eden Theological Seminary (Webster Groves / St. Louis, MO) website (http://www.eden.edu)
Lancaster Theological Seminary (Lancaster, PA) website (http://www.lts.org)
Pacific School of Religion (Berkeley, CA) website (http://www.psr.edu)
United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities (New Brighton, MN) website (http://www.unitedseminary-mn.org)
Secondary Academies
The Massanutten Academy (Woodstock, VA) website (http://www.militaryschool.com)
The Mercersburg Academy (Mercersburg, PA) website (http://www.mercersburg.edu)
Current issues in the UCC
In 2004, the UCC joined the United Methodist church and others in using paid commercial advertising to reach potential members. The "God Is Still Speaking" branding initiative featured "the comma," the colors red and black, and a quote by Gracie Allen warning, "Never place a period where God has placed a comma." In keeping with their covenental rather than authoritarian structure, individual congregations were able to opt in or out of this initiative.
In December 2004 several US TV networks, including NBC and CBS, refused to air an advertisement by the UCC, deeming it too controversial. The "Bouncers" advertisement (http://www.stillspeaking.com/resources/) showed bouncers allowing into the church building a white, well-dressed family consisting of a heterosexual couple and two children but rejecting a number of other people, including two men holding hands, an African American female, a Latino male, and person using a wheelchair. The text displayed on the screen says: "Jesus didn't turn people away. Neither do we." (CBS claimed that "Because this commercial touches on the exclusion of gay couples and other minority groups by other individuals and organizations, and the fact the Executive Branch has recently proposed a Constitutional Amendment to define marriage as a union between a man and a woman, this spot is unacceptable for broadcast on the [CBS and UPN] networks.") The President of the denomination stated that commercial communicates that the UCC welcomes all persons, speaking to the sense of alienation from the institutional church felt by many in American society.
Items before General Synod
"Matters of concern to members of the United Church of Christ may be presented in the form of formal motions for consideration by a General Synod. Formal motions are Proposed Pronouncements, Proposals for Action, Resolutions, and Other Formal Motions." (From the Constitution and Bylaws of the United Church of Christ)
[As described in the above section on organizational structure and polity, the General Synod is the United Church of Christ's denomination-wide deliberative body. In United Church of Christ polity, the General Synod speaks "to, but not for" congregations and other settings of the denomination. Each conference sends delegates to the General Synod, which meets every 2 years. The next meeting is July 1 to 5, 2005 in Atlanta, GA.]
Pronouncements: Link to: Pronouncements before this year's General Synod (http://www.ucc.org/synod/resolutions/pronouncements25.htm). A Pronouncement is a statement of Christian conviction on a matter of moral or social principle and has been adopted by a two-thirds vote of a General Synod.
Proposals for Action: A Proposal for Action is a recommendation for specific directional statements and goals implementing a Pronouncement. A Proposal for Action normally accompanies a Pronouncement. (See link above regarding Pronouncements.)
Resolutions and Other Formal Motions: Link to: Resolutions to be debated at this year's General Synod (http://www.ucc.org/synod/resolutions/)
Resolutions of Witness: A Resolution of Witness is an expression of the General Synod concerning a moral, ethical, or religious matter confronting the church, the nation, or the world, adopted for the guidance of the officers, Associated, or Affiliated Ministries, or other bodies as defined in Article VI of the Bylaws of the United Church of Christ; the consideration of local churches, Associations, Conferences, and other bodies related to the United Church of Christ; and for a Christian witness to the world. It represents agreement by at least two-thirds of the delegates voting that the view expressed is based on Christian conviction and is a part of their witness to Jesus Christ.
Prudential Resolutions: A Prudential Resolution establishes policy, institutes or revises structure or procedures, authorizes programs, approves directions, or requests actions by a majority vote.
Other Formal Motions include actions other than those provided for above by majority vote.
Churches Uniting in Christ
United Church of Christ website (http://www.ucc.org)
God Is Still Speaking website (http://www.stillspeaking.org)de:United Church of Christ
Retrieved from "http://footwww.academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/United_Church_of_Christ"
Categories: Christian denominations | United Uniting churches | Churches of North America


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package org.mobilitydata.gtfsvalidator.processor;

import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
import com.squareup.javapoet.MethodSpec;
import com.squareup.javapoet.TypeSpec;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;
import javax.inject.Inject;
import javax.lang.model.element.Modifier;
import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
import org.mobilitydata.gtfsvalidator.annotation.Generated;
import org.mobilitydata.gtfsvalidator.annotation.GtfsValidator;
import org.mobilitydata.gtfsvalidator.notice.ForeignKeyViolationNotice;
import org.mobilitydata.gtfsvalidator.notice.NoticeContainer;
import org.mobilitydata.gtfsvalidator.validator.FileValidator;

/**
 * Generates a validator class to check reference integrity for a foreign key.
 *
 * <p>A foreign key constraint is added with {@code @ForeignKey} annotation in GTFS schema.
 */
public class ForeignKeyValidatorGenerator {

  private final Map<String, GtfsFileDescriptor> fileDescriptors = new HashMap<>();

  public ForeignKeyValidatorGenerator(List<GtfsFileDescriptor> fileDescriptors) {
    for (GtfsFileDescriptor descriptor : fileDescriptors) {
      this.fileDescriptors.put(descriptor.filename(), descriptor);
    }
  }

  public ImmutableList<TypeSpec> generateValidators() {
    ImmutableList.Builder<TypeSpec> validators = ImmutableList.builder();
    for (GtfsFileDescriptor childFile : fileDescriptors.values()) {
      for (GtfsFieldDescriptor childField : childFile.fields()) {
        if (childField.foreignKey().isEmpty()) {
          continue;
        }
        ForeignKeyDescriptor foreignKey = childField.foreignKey().get();
        GtfsFileDescriptor parentFile = fileDescriptors.get(foreignKey.table());
        if (parentFile == null) {
          reportWarning("Cannot find table " + foreignKey.table());
          continue;
        }
        GtfsFieldDescriptor parentField = parentFile.getFieldByName(foreignKey.field());
        if (parentField == null) {
          reportWarning(
              "Cannot find field "
                  + FieldNameConverter.gtfsColumnName(foreignKey.field())
                  + " in table "
                  + foreignKey.table());
          continue;
        }
        validators.add(generateValidator(childFile, childField, parentFile, parentField));
      }
    }
    return validators.build();
  }

  private TypeSpec generateValidator(
      GtfsFileDescriptor childFile,
      GtfsFieldDescriptor childField,
      GtfsFileDescriptor parentFile,
      GtfsFieldDescriptor parentField) {
    GtfsEntityClasses childClasses = new GtfsEntityClasses(childFile);
    GtfsEntityClasses parentClasses = new GtfsEntityClasses(parentFile);
    TypeSpec.Builder typeSpec =
        TypeSpec.classBuilder(validatorName(childFile, childField))
            .addModifiers(Modifier.PUBLIC, Modifier.FINAL)
            .addAnnotation(Generated.class)
            .addAnnotation(GtfsValidator.class)
            .superclass(FileValidator.class);

    typeSpec.addField(
        parentClasses.tableContainerTypeName(),
        "parentContainer",
        Modifier.PRIVATE,
        Modifier.FINAL);
    typeSpec.addField(
        childClasses.tableContainerTypeName(), "childContainer", Modifier.PRIVATE, Modifier.FINAL);

    typeSpec.addMethod(
        MethodSpec.constructorBuilder()
            .addModifiers(Modifier.PUBLIC)
            .addAnnotation(Inject.class)
            .addParameter(parentClasses.tableContainerTypeName(), "parentContainer")
            .addParameter(childClasses.tableContainerTypeName(), "childContainer")
            .addStatement("this.parentContainer = parentContainer")
            .addStatement("this.childContainer = childContainer")
            .build());

    MethodSpec.Builder validateMethod =
        MethodSpec.methodBuilder("validate")
            .addModifiers(Modifier.PUBLIC)
            .addAnnotation(Override.class)
            .returns(void.class)
            .addParameter(NoticeContainer.class, "noticeContainer")
            .beginControlFlow(
                "for ($T childEntity: childContainer.getEntities())",
                childClasses.entityImplementationTypeName())
            .beginControlFlow(
                "if (!childEntity.$L())", FieldNameConverter.hasMethodName(childField.name()))
            .addStatement("continue")
            .endControlFlow()
            .addStatement("String childKey = childEntity.$L()", childField.name())
            .beginControlFlow("if (!hasReferencedKey(childKey, parentContainer))")
            .addStatement(
                "noticeContainer.addValidationNotice(new $T($S, $S, $S, $S, childKey,"
                    + " childEntity.csvRowNumber()))",
                ForeignKeyViolationNotice.class,
                childFile.filename(),
                FieldNameConverter.gtfsColumnName(childField.name()),
                parentFile.filename(),
                FieldNameConverter.gtfsColumnName(parentField.name()))
            .endControlFlow()
            .endControlFlow();
    typeSpec.addMethod(validateMethod.build());

    MethodSpec.Builder hasReferencedKeyMethod =
        MethodSpec.methodBuilder("hasReferencedKey")
            .addModifiers(Modifier.PRIVATE, Modifier.FINAL)
            .returns(boolean.class)
            .addParameter(String.class, "key")
            .addParameter(parentClasses.tableContainerTypeName(), "parentContainer");
    if (parentFile.hasSingleColumnPrimaryKey() && parentField.primaryKey().isPresent()) {
      hasReferencedKeyMethod.addStatement(
          "return parentContainer.$L(key).isPresent()",
          FieldNameConverter.byKeyMethodName(parentField.name()));
    } else if (parentField.index()) {
      hasReferencedKeyMethod.addStatement(
          "return !parentContainer.$L(key).isEmpty()",
          FieldNameConverter.byKeyMethodName(parentField.name()));
    } else {
      reportWarning(
          "Parent field "
              + FieldNameConverter.gtfsColumnName(parentField.name())
              + " in "
              + parentFile.filename()
              + " must be annotated with @PrimaryKey or @Index");
    }
    typeSpec.addMethod(hasReferencedKeyMethod.build());

    return typeSpec.build();
  }

  private String validatorName(GtfsFileDescriptor childFile, GtfsFieldDescriptor childField) {
    return childFile.className()
        + StringUtils.capitalize(childField.name())
        + "ForeignKeyValidator";
  }

  private void reportWarning(String warning) {
    System.err.println(warning);
  }
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


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