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Yesterday I put up a post by Michael Wright that gave 15 thoughts he had about his New York Football Giants for this upcoming season. I hinted that my NFC East preview would be written in the near future so here it is. This is the third installment of my eight-part preview of the 2010 NFL season, breaking it down division by division. In each of these posts I will preview each team in the division and then at the end I will predict who will win the division and how the other three teams will end up behind them.
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In the NFC East we have had a lot of drama this offseason. A face-of-the-franchise quarterback being traded to another team within the division. Big name veteran free agency signings. A team trying to bounce back from a disappointing 2009 season. A team trying to build on their first playoff win since 1996. We had a big name quarterback get bloodied in the preseason opener. There was a prima donna receiver refusing to carry pads. You get the idea. Let's jump in.
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That question will undoubtedly wait until after the debt-ceiling negotiations have finished, but probably not long afterward. The deal signed that kept tax rates in place also extended jobless benefit funding for those who had not yet hit the 99-week maximum, a controversial decision that essentially set up yet another controversial decision. Those funds run out at the end of 2011, and Yahoo's Zachary Roth previews what the argument will be for yet another funding extension:
The recovery is weak now–but it could be headed for a major hit that will leave it even weaker.
At the start of 2012, the extended unemployment benefits approved by Congress in December 2010, which cover a maximum of 99 weeks per person, will expire. Though the benefits are hardly lavish–a little more than $300 a week for most recipients–their total impact on the economy is huge, because so many Americans are currently taking advantage of them. Moody's Analytics estimates that when the benefits expire, $37 billion will be taken out of the economy, the New York Times reports. That's enough to exert a significant slowing effect–at a time when the recovery is already a long way from robust.
Government benefits that go to poorer Americans, like unemployment insurance, tend to boost consumer spending more than other kinds of stimulus, because people living paycheck to paycheck have little choice but to spend the money, rather than saving it. So the disappearance of jobless benefits will take money out of circulation when economic growth is seeking to gain some traction.
Indeed, economists say that the withdrawal of jobless benefits will create a major ripple effect on growth as a whole. Consumer spending accounts for around 60-70 percent of U.S. economic activity, economists say. But with so many Americans having lost wealth in the housing bust, spending has been tepid for a while, preventing the recovery from gaining any momentum. Now, the end of the extended benefits will likely soon put a further crimp in spending.
A "big hit"? Not exactly. The US economy amounts to somewhere around $14.3 trillion a year. Taking "$37 billion out of the economy" (more on that in a minute) would create an impact of … 0.26% to the annual GDP. Even if one supposed that Nancy Pelosi's estimate of a multiplier effect of 1.5:1 on unemployment payments is correct, that would still amount to 0.39% of GDP over the year. In most quarters of the Obama administration, that's less than the quarterly adjustments to GDP estimates.
Calling that a "big hit" to the American economy is absurd, but so is the argument that we're taking it out of the economy by not spending it. Frankly, it doesn't exist in our economy in the first place. We're funding that program with money from other economies that we're borrowing — with interest. That produces a cost to the taxpayer that goes well beyond the 0.39% it represents in the overall economy. To the extent that the money does exist in our economy, government only has it because it already took it out of the economy. I'm not sure where Roth thinks the money originates, but taxes collected by government means less money in the private economy; money doesn't grow on trees.
Losing benefits will constitute a big hit to the individuals unemployed, which is a perfectly legitimate argument, but casting a loss of $37 billion in aid as a dark cloud on the economy is just silly, especially in an economy with so many dark clouds that this begins to look like a ray of sunshine. And, in fact, Roth even admits that it might just be that:
On the bright side, some studies have shown that when people face the loss of their benefits, they're more likely to look for a job, and to look more aggressively. So the loss of benefits could motivate some job-seekers. But most economists appear to agree that jobless benefits have a larger stimulative impact–meaning, in other words, that the benefits likely lead to more jobs, rather than fewer.
That's because "most economists" aren't figuring on the lost opportunity costs of leaving that capital in the private sector. If we're paying those funds from collected revenues, then that is $37 billion not going into job-creating expansion that would produce long-term jobs rather than month-to-month benefits. If we're paying them out of borrowed money, then we're spending future capital (at a higher price) that would have gone to long-term growth in exchange for non-growth benefit payments in the present.
Americans have largely agreed that short-term support for the unemployed has social benefits that outweigh short-term costs to economic growth, not because unemployment checks create economic growth. (If that were true, why not just pay everyone a government salary?) Stealing growth from the future on a long-term, seemingly interminable trajectory for those social benefits has never had a consensus, because it's a sure way to kill the economic engine of growth in the US.

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San Francisco politicians are rolling out the welcome mat for George Lucas' collection of American art and movie memorabilia in an effort to keep the "Star Wars'' creator from moving his proposed museum to Chicago.
The San Francisco Chronicle reports that Mayor Ed Lee had banners reading "George Lucas, please build your museum in San Francisco for the world to enjoy'' hung Friday at both City Hall and the waterfront parcel known as Seawall Lot 330 that the city hopes will be the future home of the Lucas Cultural Arts Museum.
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In September, Kentucky's John Calipari and Kansas' Bill Self were the visiting college coaches who came to the RAC to address the Brayden Carr Foundation's inaugural coaches clinic. Tonight they meet again on the biggest stage of them all. Yesterday both coaches were asked about the clinic during media sessions. Their responses:
Q. You went back to New Jersey to speak at Jim Carr's clinic. There were so many demands on your team to do that sort of stuff. How do you filter it out? More importantly, did you know anything about the affliction that took his son?
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I think that's done wonders for their families, based on what Jim's told me.
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COACH CALIPARI: Jimmy is one of those guys, when he called about it to say, Cal, can you help me? He told me that his son had passed, his wife and he wanted to start a foundation in honor of his son. I said, When do you need me there? What's the date and when do you need me there?
Again, the one thing about we coaches, when it's time to come together, we do it. Now, we fight, we're all jealous, all that other stuff, who makes this, who got what kid, all that stuff. But at the end of the day, there's only 300 of us that sit in these seats and each of us have three or four assistants that are in these positions and understand what it's like.
To have someone like Jim, who is a terrific guy, to have that. I have children. I have two daughters and a son. Just couldn't even imagine if that had happened to me. I couldn't imagine.
So we went out. Larry Brown was there. Bill Self was there. You had all the people from around the country. Hubie Brown came in to watch it. It was a neat thing. It just shows coaches coming together like that, kind of neat.
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Our good friend J.P. Pelzman of The Record is at the Final Four, and he makes some good observations about St. Anthony alum Tyshawn Taylor's crazy semifinal and Louisville gritty effort.
HH's Final Four quick-hit thoughts:
—Hats off to Louisville, which played its butt off against Kentucky. The Cardinals acquitted themselves well and Rick Pitino pushed all the right buttons to put his team in position to win. His players just didn't make enough shots (Kentucky superman Anthony Davis was the biggest reason why). The Wildcats are the superior team but certainly not the tougher one.
—Lakewood native and former Seton Hall enrollee Chris Smith scored eight points on 3-of-11 shooting for Louisville. Check out Josh Newman's pre-game feature of Smith.
—Memo to the amateurs in Lexington: Rioting after a semifinal makes you look even more pea-brained than we already thought (which is saying something).
—Glad Tyshawn Taylor's pass to nowhere didn't cost Kansas the semifinal because he made more plays to help the Jayhawks win it.
—This Kansas team has been fun to follow but Ohio State matched up better with Kentucky. Hopefully the final is competitive but we have our doubts.
Aquille Carr on CNN; UConn's shame
Seton Hall commit Aquille Carr was featured in a seven-minute segment on "CNN Presents" on Sunday night. Highlights: Statistical evidence was provided that Carr's play is in fact a "Crime Stopper" in his East Baltimore neighborhood; plus some highlight footage of the 5-foot-7 showman. Lowlights: Failure to mention that Carr has transferred to St. Pat's in Elizabeth, and mistakenly saying he signed a letter of intent to play at Seton Hall (signing week is in November).
CNN Presents led off with a 30-minute expose into the embarrassing academic performance of the UConn men's basketball program. The highlight was a grilling one-on-one interview with new UConn president Susan Herbst (Jim Calhoun made himself unavailable). The gist of Herbst's song and dance was twofold: 1) Our sport needs better academic standards, just please don't hold us to them because the most important thing is that we're eligible for next year's NCAA Tournament. 2) Calhoun is hardly at fault even though he's the only common denominator in years of abysmal graduation rates.
By contrast, Butler and Marquette were held up as models of good programs with records of consistently strong classroom performance. Interesting that Marquette flies its tutors to road games.


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A friendly tipster writes in: "is this the Gonk with 8 party girls in a Boston hotel room last night? I'll let you decide." Thank you. Short answer: No. But it does look to be Rob Gronkowski hanging out in a hotel room with five (four and a half?) girls, plus the one that took the picture, so we're pretty close to eight. As for the second claim—that this is, in fact, our Zubaz'd crusader—the tipster offers the evidence, "some girl I have on FB kept bragging about partying with Gronkowsky last night in Boston and now posted this picture," which is partly corroborated by indications that Gronkowski is in the area. Case closed! We like the soul patch.
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"We always try to create a great experience for SEMA Show attendees and this year we are pleased to recognize those OPTIMA battery users who have pushed our products' power to the limit in our Wall of Power display," said Cam Douglass, director of product development and marketing for OPTIMA Batteries. "The inclusion of OPTIMA's in-booth broadcast stage will give everyone the chance to hear from their favorite industry celebrities and leaders, and provide a platform for OPTIMA and its partners to share other exciting news with SEMA attendees and online audiences alike."
OPTIMA has received countless stories over the years of its batteries doing amazing things including a BlueTop® battery that continued to work after being submerged in six feet of saltwater during Hurricane Katrina, and a RedTop® battery that continues to work after outlasting a handful of cars over its 21-year life. The OPTIMA Wall of Power will include inductees from all over the world and from all walks of life. Some of these OPTIMA's have helped to break records, survive collisions, catastrophes or even explosions.
"I am honored to be picked as one of the Wall of Power inductees," said Steve Kopniske of Parma, Ohio. "On my way to a truck show I hit an unexpected dip at 70 mph and was forced to pull over due to debris flying past my window. When I got out I discovered my RedTop® battery had been jarred loose and was being pushed down the highway. Even though the battery looked destroyed I wired it back into place. To my surprise, the battery not only worked, but got me all the way home! I will never buy another battery."
OPTIMA's broadcast stage, built within its SEMA booth, is also sure to draw a crowd with automotive celebrities and industry experts including: National Hot Rod Association Full Throttle Drag Series racers Dave Grubnic and Jeff Arend from the Kalitta Motorsports team, OPTIMA Invitational sponsors, participants and key industry media. Bud Bretsman, producer of more than 600 hours of TV series and specials including TLC's Overhaulin' and Rides, along with Jim McIlvaine, the former contributing editor to GM High-Tech Performance and several other industry publications, as also known as 'OPTIMA Jim,' OPTIMA's eCare Manager, will conduct these exclusive interviews.
Broadcast interviews will be recorded live-to-tape on Wednesday and Thursday during the SEMA Show for airing on OPTIMA Batteries' website and other sites following the industry event. Interested viewers can visit the following during the coming weeks to find out more information and see the interviews as they become available: www.optimabatteries.com


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Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2012 7:58 pm
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Ok.. I'm back..
(nicknamed myself LensBaby since I have so much to learn) please help educate.
Lens: Non coated Tessar 3.5/10.5 cm in Compur Rapid
A coated has an advantage as it has less reflections within it, less ghosting, better contrast, as there is less light bouncing around inside the lens.
The more elements within the lens, the more chance of reflection. On a simple lens, it is not really an issue. Lenses really did not come coated before the 1940's. So being non coated, is not really an issue using it with a, '46' anniversary 3x4 speed, although it would be nice.
Question A:
This Tessar, in discussion, was made by Zeiss, and most likely composed of 4 elements, in 3 groups. If so, could this lens be considered a simple lens?
Question B:
3.5/10.5 cm? (I'm use to the nomenclature, as in my current lens, f/4.7 135mm.)
Question C:
What is: "in Compur Rapid"
Question D:
Will this work with a 3x4 as is, or only with a roll film adapter, shooting as 2.25x2.25, 6x6cm?
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Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2012 11:16 pm
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Yours is probably newer than this catalog but little or no difference.
C: compur rapid-shutter type.
A: referenced manual page 21, light enters on the left, front group-2 air spaced elements; rear group- 2 cemented elements.
B: 10.5cm=105mm=4 1/8 inch.
D: listed as covering 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 with an image circle of 4 3/4 inch. Expect soft corners to vignetting on larger formats.
The best camera ever made is the one that YOU enjoy using and produces the image quality that satifies YOU.
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Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2012 12:00 am
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uncoated work great on B&W and some work great on color but not all of
them do good on color .
coated are color corrected!!!
with an image circle of 4 3/4 inch or 120mm is about what you need for a
3 1/4 x 4 1/4 ! my 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 negtive carryer is 120mm a camera is just some biger then that .
SO you could use it JUST NO MOVEMENTS!!
most if the old Compur Rapid are good shutters Just NO flash they added flash
and changed the name Compur Rapid to Synchro-Compur I thank !?!
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peter k
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Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2012 2:02 am
Post subject:
Thanks for the replies... still got some questions..
45pps reply:
Ok got A right, but is it considered a simple lens? A telephoto of course would be more complex, but where is the 'line' drawn. Or is there one?
B: 10.5cm=105mm=4 1/8 inch.
Ok, but the 3.5/part... as in f/3.5?
I looked in the catalog Zeiss reference link you sent, and for the Tessar f 3.5 they list two. One for hand camera's and another cinematography. Neither on the pages referenced, show it covering a 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 with an image circle of 4 3/4 inch as you have stated.
So whats the link to the the 3.5/ part that is giving you this info?
1Banjo reply:
Ah ha.. so since I have gotten the roll film adapter to shoot 120 color, it would be best to get a coated lens.
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In large format photography a lens is normal unless marked otherwise, therefore if a lens is a Telephoto design then Tele or Telephoto will be in the name. I think large format lens are considered "simple" designs but I never considered it.
On page 23 of the referenced Zeiss catalog- Tessar f3.5- fifth line under that heading- 10.5cm|4 1/8 .
A cinemaphoto lens will be much smaller in diameter and should say cine on the lens label.
Focal length is usually stated in inches, centimeters, or millimeters with in, cm or mm following the number while maximum aperture may be stated with or without the f. 3.5/10.5cm is read as f3.5, 10.5 centimeters.
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Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2012 1:37 pm
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Dang.. looked right at it, and the mind was still twisted, in understanding what was so obvious, but could not see.
Feel like a kid in kindergarten, but its fascinating. Taking light and molding it to specific tolerances and format, for a specific physical environment.
I'm loving large format.
With the Classic 35mm's, took so much for granted! The smaller, narrower contained 'prison' of lenses, that where aligned, as if in a row, standing at attention! Awaiting your choice and direction, that fit your camera, not another. Exposure determined by the seeing eye, through the lens metering system, aligning light to more or less, by the turn of the hand, until a pointer was aligned to a chosen proper selection. Film format, in rolls only, 24 or 36 exposures. Shoot it all before you could see what had been taken. Take it to a store that mass developed it to a common need. A very order world.
Large format, shoot a shot of B&W, grab, another with a different ASA, or even color, for the same scene, push or pull this one, or shoot it normal, with the same camera, not needing another. Develop in a different developer, for a different result. One at a time, or as a group. Your choice! And then the lenses. Oh my. Like looking out at a crowd, in New York city. All the same and very different. Some big, some small! Some with, some without! All almost can physically fit on to what ever camera you have? But how much, and what type of light do they have, to fit the limited, physical space, of lens to film distance, of your particular bellows size to reaching the contained, four sided, flat square or rectangular captured image area awaiting?
You have to understand and look at their individual characteristics and gauge them accordingly to the need that you want to use it for.
Ha what a gas... thank you all for helping me in my discovery.
Thanks 45pps for the clarification. Will do some more digging and reading on the internet on lenses, and I'm sure I,ll be back for more clarification.
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An Australian-led group of scientists has for the first time tracked down and tagged Antarctic blue whales by using acoustic technology to follow their songs, the government said on Wednesday.
The blue whale, the largest animal on the planet, is rarely spotted in the Southern Ocean but a group of intrepid researchers were able to locate and tag some of the mammals after picking up on their deep and complex vocals.
Researcher Virginia Andrews-Goff said it was the first time acoustics have been used to lead researchers to the whales in real time, with those monitoring the whale noises working around the clock to pinpoint them.
"The acoustics led us to the whales.They are quite, almost alien-like, deep resonating sounds.They are quite intense. Very interesting to listen to," she said.
Environment Minister Tony Burke said the researchers, who spent seven weeks working from small boats in freezing Antarctic conditions, were captivated by the remarkable behaviour of the whales they saw.
"The Antarctic blue whale can grow to over 30 metres in length and weigh up to 180 tonnes, its tongue alone is heavier than an elephant and its heart is as big as a small car," Burke said.
"Even the largest dinosaur was smaller than the blue whale."
Andrews-Goff said the scientists were often out in boats only six metres in length, sitting alongside the 30-metre giants.
"I felt like an ant next to one of these massive whales. They are huge," she said.
The scientists collected 23 biopsy samples and attached satellite tags to two of the whales, giving them never-before obtained data on the animals' movements during their summer feeding season and their foraging behaviour.
"This method of studying Antarctic blue whales has been so successful, it will now become the blueprint for other whale researchers across the world," Andrews-Goff predicted.
She said while one tag stopped working after 17 days, the second was still working after two weeks, although erratically.
"We know very little about Antarctic blue whales' movement, we don't really know migration patterns, we don't really know if some animals migrate and some animals don't," she said.
"We can assume that we know where the whales feed but by using these satellite tags we can actually see where they are spending a lot of their time and if that's associated with environmental features like the sea ice edge.
"So the information that we can get from these tags is really useful."
The inaugural Southern Ocean trip of the Antarctic Blue Whale Project involved deploying acoustic buoys west of the Ross Sea to pick up blue whale songs, which can be detected from hundreds of kilometres (miles) away.
They recorded 626 hours of songs, with 26,545 calls from Antarctic blue whales analysed in real time, said lead acoustician Brian Miller.
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Enchanted Forest
For several years now, my Mom has been progressing through the stages of Alzheimers. Lately she has gotten more confused and has had to be moved from an assisted living facility to a nursing home. She has extra sitters throughout the day, but for about a week we were dealing with red tape so she was by herself for a while. We visited frequently and she seemed happy there, but there was much confusion about where she was. We would answer the same questions over and over again. "Where am I now?"
I was thinking about how frustrating it would be to know and then forget the same simple fact of where you are over and over again. It reminded me of wandering in a forest and realizing that you are totally lost. You may find the path, but loose it again.
I process things through my art and so I began making some mixed media digital collages using some of my nature photos, painted backgrounds, and pictures of Mom when she was young. I am trying to tell the story of a young girl lost in an enchanted forest. She finds places to rest and friends to help her along the way. The journey is just beginning and time will tell where it leads.


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JSON RESTful API for GORM
compile "org.grails.plugins.json-rest-api:json-rest-api:1.0.11"
grails install-plugin json-rest-api
Please note that all development (including the examples) have recently been migrated to GitHub. Please update your branches!
See GitHub for known issues.Sources: https://github.com/padcom/grails-json-rest-apiContinuous integration: http://dev.aplaline.com/hudson/job/grails-json-rest-api/
grails install-plugin json-rest-api
UsageAfter installing this plugin a subset of RESTful API is available under
/<i>context/api/domain-class-name . This means:
- GET on
/context/api/domain-class-namereturns a list of domain objects (possible arguments are the same as for the
DomainClass.list()method argument map)
- POST on
/context/api/domain-class-namecreates a new instance
- GET on
/context/api/domain-class-name/idretrieves the given instance
- PUT on
/context/api/domain-class-name/idupdates the given instance by ID
- DELETE on
/context/api/domain-class-name/iddeletes the given instance
The "context" part of the paths above is the application context (note the leading forward slash). In your case it's going to be different!
For example if your application is called "my-app" it's going to be
MappingsDomain class names are mapped using a static
expose property, for example:
becomes /context/api/person
package domainclass Person { static expose = 'person' String firstName String lastName }
becomes /context/api/person-addressAny parameter that works with the
package domainclass PersonAddress { static expose = 'person-address' Long personid String address }
DomainClass.list(params) method works out of the box so paging and probably server-side sorting work.
Domain classes and relationsSince version 1.0.6 this plugin supports list and single instances of relations. There is however one known limitations to that.
- domain classes have to have numeric id
Quering /api/book/1 will yield the following result:
{ data: { books: [1, 2, 3], name: "Author name" }, success: true, message: "", count: 1 }
If you want you can change the book-to-author assignment by sending PUT with the following payload at /api/book/1:
{ data: { author: 1, title: "Some title" }, success: true, message: "", count: 1 }
{ data: { author: 2 } }
If the Author with id=2 does not exists it will not be retrieved from the database thus a This has been a long awaited feature. If you find it useful or if it breaks please drop me a note ([email protected])
null value will be assigned to the field. If the author cannot be null then an error will be returned just like you'd assign a null directly to the field.
Changing the root for the APIChanging the root for the API is possible using the following configuration option in Config.groovy:
With this line in place instead of /context/api the services will be available under /context/json.
grails.'json-rest-api'.root = '/json'
Custom retrieval functions and field exclusionTo customize how instances are retrieved (instead of using the
DomainClass.list() method) there's a special static property called
api that by convention should contain 2 closures:
- excludedFields = list to mark certain fields as being excluded from the rendered response
- list(params) to retrieve the actual instances
- count(params) to retrieve total count of instances
params parameter is the exact same one passed on to controller. Here's an example that shows a customized api:
This is a pretty useless example but it shows the way to implement custom retrieval functions.
package domainclass Person { static expose = 'person' static api = [ excludedFields: [ "fullName" ] list : { params -> Person.list(params) }, count: { params -> Person.count() } ] String firstName String lastName String getFullName() { "${firstName} ${lastName}" } }
Please bear in mind that both functions need to operate on the same set of data so if the full list retrieved by the
listclosure contains 100 elements this is the exact number to be retrieved by the
countclosure. It's best achieved by using the same criteria for both closures.
To use those examples you need to have them cloned on the same level in the same folder as the actual plugin so that the directory structure looks like this:
grails-json-rest-api grails-json-rest-api-examples
MotivationThe main motivation behind this plugin was to make it extremely easy to use GORM and Grails with Ext JS and the
JsonStore it provides. So for example, to utilize the
JsonStore for a
Person domain class you'd normaly define a read-only store like this:
To provide writing capabilities the following store definition is sufficient for all CRUD operations:
var personStore = new Ext.data.JsonStore({ url: '/example/api/person', restful: true, root: 'data', totalProperty: 'count', messageProperty: 'message', fields: [ { name: 'id', type: 'int' }, { name: 'firstName' }, { name: 'lastName' } ] });
To provide remote pagination and sorting capabilities define your store with an additional
var store = new Ext.data.JsonStore({ url: '/example/api/person', restful: true, root: 'data', totalProperty: 'count', messageProperty: 'message', fields: [ { name: 'id', type: 'int' }, { name: 'firstName', allowBlank: false }, { name: 'lastName', allowBlank: false } ], writer: new Ext.data.JsonWriter({ encode: false }) });
paramNames property like this:
This ensures that the parameters required by
var store = new Ext.data.JsonStore({ url: '/example/api/person', restful: true, root: 'data', totalProperty: 'count', messageProperty: 'message', paramNames: { start: 'offset', limit: 'max', sort: 'sort', dir: 'order' }, fields: [ { name: 'id', type: 'int' }, { name: 'firstName', allowBlank: false }, { name: 'lastName', allowBlank: false } ], writer: new Ext.data.JsonWriter({ encode: false }) });
DomainClass.list() method match what
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- added option to exclude properties from rendered JSON
- fixed problem with response being 200 instead of 500 when it was not possible to create an instance
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'"You can still have a bright future and have the pain not be not as much," Ennis said. "We're moving in the right direction. We're looking forward to a really good 2014."'
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Sabres goalie Ryan Miller to rest tonight, happy with backup Jhonas Enroth playing regularly
'"You get a rested Ryan Miller, you're going to get a better player," interim Sabres coach Ted Nolan said.'
Tuesday's Winnipeg Coverage
Miller has been one of Sabres' few highlights (Winnipeg Free Press)
5 things to watch for as the Jets battle the Sabres (CBC Sports)
Sabres-Jets Preview (AP)
Buffalo Sabres (11-24-4) at Winnipeg Jets (18-18-5) (The Sports Network)
Jets host Sabres in search of third straight win (NHL.com)
Sabres Miller helps decide when he'll rest
'Miller hasn't played as much this season, even after Nolan said he was going to ride him. Nolan said, "If you look at the performance of Ryan last night, the rest that he had for the Christmas break and the week before if you get a rested Ryan Miller, you get a better player and the same thing with Jhonas so, it's a combination of both.'
Tuesday's Rochester Coverage
Amerks coach: 'Our team competed very well' (Rochester Democrat and Chronicle)
Miller delivers another gem as Sabres beat Caps in shootout
'The Sabres went to the dressing room for the second intermission ahead for only the fourth time in 39 games. They were 2-0-1, while Washington was 5-10-1 when trailing after two periods. The victory total was tied for most in the NHL.'
Miller plays like America's best goalie
'Miller's 49 saves were a career high, and he improved to 3-0 when facing 50 or more shots.'
Capitals tip their hats to Sabres' goalie
'"I don't think we want to do anything that differently," Ovechkin said. "We had pretty good chances to score and Miller was outstanding. They got the victory and he deserved it."'
Sabres goalie Ryan Miller dynamic in shootout win against Capitals, doesn't want to speculate about Olympics
'Sunday's dynamic performance might've been the best of his 528-game career."He better be the starting goalie for the Olympics," Sabres center Tyler Ennis said.'
Sabres' Tyler Ennis on thunderous hit: 'He really had no idea that I was coming down'
'"He really had no idea that I was coming down," Ennis said following the Sabres' 2-1 shootout win. "I had some good speed. When the game's … not going offensively, sometimes you got to lay your body out. I just tried to put all my frame into it."'


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The level of news-frenzy on some of the recent volcanic eruptions has died down, but if you're looking to see information on the many rumbling going on worldwide, look no further. Here is this week's Volcanic Activity Report put together by Sally Kuhn Sennert of the Global Volcanism Program.
Highlights - not including Pacaya, Yasur, Tungurahua and our friend in Iceland - include:
- The eruption in the Marianas apparently came from South Sarigan volcano - at least according to the best guess by folks who work in the Marianas. This submarine volcano apparently shows evidence of young lava flows, so this explosive event might have been part of that same system. The activity has waned considerably since the plume was spotted on May 31.
- Kirishima in Japan has a small eruption that produced a ~100 m / 330 foot plume. However, ash was noted as far as 6 km from the vent.
- Ulawun in Papau New Guinea was put on Stage 1 alert (the first level from the bottom) after the volcano began to show signs of restlessness, including "jetting noises", incandescence and white vapor plumes.
- Non-eruption-related lahars were spotted at Guatemala's two other highly active volcanoes - Fuego and Santa Maria. These lahars were triggered by the heavy rain from TS Agatha and are common occurrences when you mix loosely consolidated volcanic sediment with heavy precipitation.
- Lastly, back in the Kuril Islands, a thermal anomaly was spotted by satellite on Sarychev Peak. Unfortunately, there is no realtime monitoring of the volcano, so satellite images are all we have.


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Yankees hit 3 homers in win over Orioles
BALTIMORE >> The New York Yankees have overcome one injury after another this season to make a serious run at a postseason berth, so it wasn't all that surprising that they won again after losing shortstop Derek Jeter for the rest of the year.
Is there any obstacle this team can't overcome?
Robinson Cano hit a tiebreaking homer leading off the ninth inning, and New York also got solo shots from Alex Rodriguez and Curtis Granderson in a 5-4 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Wednesday night.
The Yankees moved past Baltimore and Cleveland and got closer to Tampa Bay in the AL wild-card hunt. New York has hit eight home runs in winning two of three in the four-game series that concludes Thursday night.
"That what you ask for," manager Joe Girardi said. "We have to continue to play well."
Before the game, the Yankees announced that Jeter would miss the rest of the season with an injured left ankle. The Yankees captain played in only 17 games this season and made four trips to the disabled list.
Once it became official that Jeter was lost, the team lamented his bad luck and got back to the business of earning another playoff berth.
"This group fights," Girardi said. "They're continuing to fight."
New York tailed 4-1 on Tuesday before rallying to win. In this one, Baltimore led 3-1 before Granderson homered in the fifth — New York's first hit — and Rodriguez tied it in the sixth with his 653rd career home run.
In the ninth, after Cano connected off Tommy Hunter (4-4), Granderson tripled with one out and scored on an infield hit by Lyle Overbay.
"We get down tonight and come back again," Girardi said. "We were able to take the lead in the ninth. We get a huge homer by Robbie and then a huge hit by Lyle that winds up being a lot bigger."
David Robertson (5-1) worked the eighth and Mariano Rivera gave up a run-scoring single to Brian Roberts before securing his 43rd save, tied for the major league lead with Baltimore's Jim Johnson.
Jeter's trip to the DL coincided with the arrival of shortstop Brendan Ryan, obtained one night earlier in a trade with Seattle. Although Ryan went hitless, he performed flawlessly and showed good range in the field.
Each team has won nine games this year. The series winner will be determined Thursday night.
"We play this team so evenly, it's unbelievable," Girardi said.
Orioles slugger Chris Davis drove in two runs with a double, making him the first player in team history to have 40 doubles and 40 homers in a season. Danny Valencia tied a career high with four hits, and Roberts had three singles.
Baltimore outhit New York 13-6, but lost a valuable chance to close in on Tampa Bay for the second and final AL wild-card spot.
"We control our own destiny, we control our situation," Orioles center fielder Adam Jones said. "The rest of the way we're playing against teams that are in the same situation as us, so we've got to play better baseball. That's the cool part. We've just got to play a little bit better."
Yankees starter Andy Pettitte gave up three runs and nine hits over 6 1-3 innings. The 41-year-old lefty has made 13 straight starts since September 2007 against Baltimore without losing, going 8-0 over that stretch. Pettitte has lost only twice to the Orioles since 2002 and is 28-6 lifetime against them.
Pettitte has pitched at least six innings in each of his last six starts and is 3-0 in seven outings since Aug. 5.
"It was a great game for us," Pettite said. "The bullpen came in and obviously did a great job. There were some big hits for us. It was a good win, that's for sure."
Baltimore's Scott Feldman allowed only three hits in 7 2-3 innings, two of them homers. The right-hander struck out six and walked two. His first walk came against the first batter of the game and the second was to the last batter he faced.
New York got a first-inning run when leadoff hitter Brett Gardner walked, stole second and scored on two groundouts.
The Orioles took a 2-1 lead in the third. Roberts and Manny Machado singled with two outs before Davis lined a two-run double through the shift into right-field.
Doubles by Valencia and J.J. Hardy made it 3-1 in the fourth, but Baltimore stranded runners at the corners.
NOTES: New York's David Huff squares off against Wei-Yin Chin in a duel of left-handers in the series finale Thursday night. ... Pettitte has held the opposition scoreless in the first inning over six straight starts after allowing at least one first-inning run in eight consecutive games before that. ... Granderson is 7 for 17 with four homers lifetime against Feldman. ... Feldman threw a season-high 112 pitches.


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Village Park, Damansara Utama
>> Thursday, January 1, 2009
Date: 31 December 2008, Wednesday
Venue: Village Park, Damansara Utama
Occasion: Meet up with Mabel & Mary whom I have not met for at least 1 year!
Overall comment: The food here's quite wow man! They're famous for the nasi lemak, but the rest of the food that we ordered were pretty good too! I didn't know that such a humble-looking place could offer such good food...*shame...I was wrong...* Good food, awesome company!! I'll SO miss Mabel & Mary....
It didn't look like chicken rendang to me at first, but it surely tastes good!
I must say that this is delicious :)
Pretty nice. I've eaten better soto ayams, so this passed la ;P
We met at the Jeremiah School, 4 years ago! Oh, I met Mabel way before that :)
It really felt like some Ladies' Meal Out ;)
Village Park Restaurant
5, Jalan SS21/37
Damansara Utama
47400 Petaling Jaya
Tel: (603) 77107860
Opening Hours: 7 am to 8pm daily, 7 am to 6 pm on Sunday/Public Holiday
Note: Catering Services Available
Presentation: * * * *
Price: * * * *
Environment: * * * *
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- Ruth