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A rare nice read from this writer! Credit where credit is due.
CORTLAND, N.Y. -- When Mark Sanchez sat down to evaluate his performance in Saturday night's intrasquad scrimmage, he started by dividing his notebook paper into three columns:
Footwork. Decision. Throw.
With quarterbacks coach Matt Cavanaugh leading the session, Sanchez was graded -- plus or minus -- in each category on every pass play, their usual postgame routine. He was grilled by Cavanaugh, who hit him with rapid-fire questions as they broke down each play into sequences.
Are you ready to throw the ball here? Are your eyes where they need to be? Is this a read that requires a hitch and reset or two hitches? If you step up in the pocket, how much does that affect your time clock?
Sanchez passed the test easily, earning unsolicited praise Monday from Rex Ryan.
"The thing that I'm impressed with about Mark is his presence in the pocket," he said. "I think it's so much better. ... The way he moves in the pocket, this is the best that I've seen him."
An early-August scrimmage won't make or break his season, but it was a positive step for Sanchez, whose mechanics were a mess by the end of last year. He worked hard during the offseason on his fundamentals -- footwork, in particular -- and he believes it will make him a better quarterback.
"We've had a good feeling in this building for a while," he said, reflecting on the offseason.
The process started immediately after the season, when Sanchez met with Cavanaugh. It was a difficult time for Cavanaugh, whose future was up in the air. He didn't know if he'd be retained after Ryan decided to revamp the offensive staff, but he wanted to leave his quarterback with a message.
"He said, 'I might be here, I might not be here, just don't forget you're judged on footwork, decision and throw,'" Sanchez said.
When Sanchez returned for the start of the offseason program, he and Cavanaugh -- retained by new coordinator Tony Sparano -- broke down every dropback from the past two seasons, analyzing his footwork. There was some good, some bad. Obviously, it was bad at the end of last season, when he threw seven interceptions over the final three games.
Footwork is vital for quarterback play. Everything on offense is timed -- the quarterback's dropback and the receivers' routes -- and if the quarterback takes a seven-step drop on a pass play that calls for only five steps, the entire play is out of whack.
So they studied it. And drilled it, literally taking it step by step.
"It's so technical," Sanchez said. "Once you get those reads and concepts down, it should look like a teaching tape to Cav. It's an intense deal. It takes a lot of work on his part, so you know he's not getting a lot of sleep."
Here's an example of a practice drill for one particular play:
Sanchez takes a seven-step drop. He sets his feet. He looks to his first read, the tight end. A teammate, playing the tight end, yells "No!" Meaning he's covered.
Sanchez resets his feet, looks to the second read, the flanker. The flanker yells, "No!"
Sanchez resets again, looks for his No. 3 read, a running back -- and throws the checkdown pass.
Bang. Bang. Bang.
Over and over and over.
In the mid-1980s, Cavanaugh was a backup quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers, where he learned a lot of his football from the legendary Bill Walsh. The 49ers' offense was based on precision and rhythm, and Joe Montana orchestrated it to perfection.
"His feet are taking him to his throws," Sanchez said of Montana. "He didn't have the strongest arm in the world with Montana, but his feet were so fluid and he had such a good base under him that everything flowed."
Proper footwork is easy when the pass rush isn't "live" -- i.e. the scrimmage. The trick is maintaining the fundamentals when you're getting hammered, play after play, which is what happened to Sanchez at the end of last season. It was chuck and duck.
It's only natural to get antsy in the face of an intense rush, but Sanchez said, "You have to be supernatural." He used a military analogy, saying you can't deviate from the plan no matter how the circumstances change.
"You have to be robotic," he said.
Cavanaugh is a tough grader. He believes every pass play should be evaluated in three stages -- the footwork, the decision and the actual throw. One "minus" grade can ruin a play.
To improve, the key is repetition, which is why the quarterbacks begin every practice with bag drills, an agility test that simulates movement in the pocket. They also use soft baseball bats to help with ball security -- a drop-back drill in which the quarterback gets whacked with foam bats. The idea, of course, is to force him to keep two hands on the ball.
That has been a problem for Sanchez, who has 29 fumbles in three seasons.
Sanchez also has placed an emphasis on learning Sparano's pass-protection schemes. Some are man-to-man, some are slide-protection schemes. It's important for the quarterback to know what's happening in front of him. If he knows where the windows are located, he can find room to slide in the pocket and deliver an unobstructed pass.
"I feel like he's made strides in that area," Sparano said of Sanchez's footwork. "You have to realize that if there's a problem, you have to be open to criticism. Mark, from day one, has been very open that way and allowed us to coach him."
Sparano said they took a back-to-basics approach in the offseason, adding, "Sometimes you have to go back to go forward."
There was a moment in the scrimmage when all the hours in the classroom, all the drill work on the practice field, reaped a dividend. Under pressure, Sanchez slid to his left to buy an extra second, knowing exactly where his No. 3 read would be. He found running back Bilal Powell for a 5-yard touchdown pass.
Sparano liked that play.
"It's still early in the process," he said, "but I've seen the improvements with Mark."
A rare nice read from this writer! Credit where credit is due.
I'm surprised the headline wasn't, "Sanchez compares himself to Joe Montana"
Good article...although I find it agonizing to read Cimini sometimes, he's still a better writer than the douches over at Profootballtalk.com
Some Jenny Vrentas must've rubbed off on him for a day. Shocking
The problem I have with this "awakening" is that Mark Sanchez previously admitted that his footwork went awry last season resulting in bad play.
Why did Cavanaugh not identify those mistakes in-season and move to correct them then ... when it could affect change while the Jets still had a chance of making the play-offs ?
Why was Cavanaugh re-hired; Sanchez was clearly not responding to any remedial coaching, the Jets only managed to win three of the last eight games of the season ?
I understand footwork analysis is a nuanced thing that takes time and focus to correct but these explanations offered to Cimini seem all too convenient for last years p*ss poor qb play.
Nice article but for a NFL QB going into his 4th season I have a hard time feeling good about him going back to basics and it paying off by him actually hitting a check down to a RB.
Mark needs to show real progression this season or else were in trouble.
It's difficult to maintain proper footwork when your getting hit halfway into your drop. His pocket presence was wrecked last year by our o-line.
This should be the aura around the entire team! Quietly and humbly looking for ways to improve as an individual and team.
As much as I cant understand Matt Cavanaugh's position with this team, this is a POSITIVE step forward.
I remember immediately after the hiring of Sparano how Sanchez inquired about a one on one meeting with Chad Pennington to learn from him about Sparano's system. Great move by Sanchez! It was a mature and winning approach his career growth. It is 1000 X more than what rex or any of his staff has done for him.
Sometimes I believe the JETS could write a book on how to not support a highly drafted young QB.
Absolutly great to read about Sanchez and Cavanaugh taking steps to improve.
QB's are taught those fundamentals at a very early age.
If footwork and pocket presence is an issue for a QB in the NFL, it is a result of one of two things:
1) Laziness/Sloppiness
2) Lack of focus/discipline
All NFL QB's know what to do, it's just a matter of doing it on a consistent basis.


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The Harp Inn, 130 E. 17th St., Costa Mesa, will be starting St. Patrick's Day with an Irish-style breakfast service and Irish bands playing from 10 a.m. and on.
Patrick's Pub, 2645 Harbor Blvd., Costa Mesa, will be serving green beer, hosting bagpiper visits and giving away free items from noon to 2 a.m. Sunday.
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Pretend City Children's Museum, 29 Hubble, Irvine, will be hosting its free, third annual Family Fun and Wellness Fair from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., which includes child developmental screenings mixed in with fun activities themed around St. Patrick's Day. For more information, go to pretend-city.org.
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Brahms Concert at OCC
The Orange Coast College Symphony performs Max Bruch's Violin Concerto No. 1, with guest artist Wes Precourt, and Brahms' Symphony No. 1. The concert is at 8 p.m. in the Robert B. Moore Theatre at OCC, 2701 Fairview Road, Costa Mesa. Tickets cost $10 and be purchased by calling (714) 432-5880.
'Play It Again, Sam'
The Pacific Symphony will play the score of the classic film "Casablanca," which will be shown on a big screen. The performance will take place at 8 p.m. in the Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts, 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa. For more information, call (714) 755-5799 or go to http://www.PacificSymphony.org.
'The Final Countdown'
Students in the Orange Coast College Repertory Theatre program have been given 24 hours to write and produce a show, "The Final Countdown," under the supervision of OCC theater alum Sean Wellengard. Performances will take place in OCC's Drama Studio Lab Theatre at 7:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, and 2:30 p.m. Sunday. Advance tickets, which cost $5, can be purchased by calling (714) 432-5880 or going to occtickets.com. Tickets are $7 at the door.
'Pastrami on Rye with Mayo'
Comedy Central comedians Ross Bennett, Tom Cotter, Cory Kahaney and Brad Zimmermann will perform their show "Pastrami on Rye with Mayo," at 8 p.m. Saturday and 4 p.m. Sunday at the Merage Jewish Center of Orange County, 1 Federation Way, Irvine. For more information, call (949) 435-3400 or go to http://www.jccoc.org.
30th Anniversary Special
Royal Khyber Fine Indian Cuisine at South Coast Plaza Village celebrates its 30th anniversary with a special three-course dinner, which includes a glass of wine. The cost is $30 per person. For more information, call (714) 436-1010 or visit http://www.royalkhyber.com.
Caregiver Support Groups
The Orange County Chapter of the Alzheimer's Assn. offers caregiver ssupport groups every month. In Costa Mesa, meetings are every third Sunday at 2 p.m. at Silverado Newport-Mesa. For more information, call (949) 631-2212. It also meets every first and third Thursday at 1 p.m. at Harbor Trinity Church in Costa Mesa. For more information, call (714) 593-9630. In Newport Beach, support groups meet at 7 p.m. every first Monday at Our Lady Queen of Angels. For more information, call (949) 640-1750.
Buddhism 101
The Zen Center of Orange County, 120 E. 18th St., Costa Mesa, offers a three-week course, its ninth annual program on Buddhism, from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m., and at the same times on March 25 and April 1. The registration fee is $125. For more information, go to http://www.zcoc.org, or call (949) 722-7818.

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"Mobile First!", is the new cry of web designers worldwide. But how do you do it? Do you have to scrap all of your current web skills? Is it magic created by wizard-like designers which could never be understood by mere mortals? Believe it or not with the combination of jQuery Mobile and CSS3 Media Queries, you can easily create a site which looks good on phone, tablet, or desktop.
General Responsive Web Features
The web began as responsive. Now admittedly, the web didn't do very much, so being responsive when the Internet was mainly documents was easy. HTML documents naturally wrapped to the next line and flowed down the page.
Along the way things changed. Developers began designing sites in tools like PhotoShop and wanted pixels perfect renderings of those designs. Problem with pixels is that they are not very flexible. It has always been possible to use percentages instead of pixels, but they were clumsier to work with, so pixels remained the favorite.
With the HTML5 and CSS3 there is more support for responsive design. Lets
Meta tags
Meta tags have been the favorite of the SEO crowd for sometime. Meta tags are used to define keywords, descriptions and even redirects. Here are some rules about meta tags:
They always go in the section of the page
They are never displayed
They consist mostly of key/value pairs: name = key and content = value
The viewport is a special type of meta tag which defines the screen of a mobile device. In the example program the viewport meta tag looks like:
The attributes above mean:
width=device-width – converts the pixels to CSS pixels
initial-scale=1 – sets the scale level
user-scalable=no – turns off scaling
If initial-scale is some other value than 1, the zoom can be smaller or larger. If user-scalable is set to yes, then the user sets the zoom level by tapping, pinching, or whatever zoom gesture the browser supports.
Media Query
Media Queries are the workhorse of responsive design. A media query is a media type and at least one expression that limits the style sheets' scope. Here is an example:
@media screen and (max-width: 1024px) and (orientation:portrait)
The above media query means:
For a screen media type
Define the classes only if
The width is less that 1023
AND the orientation is portrait
The media query begins with @media then a media type, in this case, screen. Other types are: all, braille, embossed, handheld, print, project, speech, tty, and tv. You can compose complex media queries using logical operators like not, and, and only.
not – is used to negate an entire media query
and – used to combine multiple media features together into a single media query
only – used to apply a style only if the entire query matches
Finally there is the comma-separated list which behaves like an or operator. If any media queries return true, the style sheets gets applied.
One pattern for applying the media queries is to define the query for the narrowest device first, then define for a tablet, and finally a desktop. Now all of these definitions are pretty loose and open to interpretation. You may need to adjust them to fit your needs.
If you run the demo on a high pixel phone like a Nexus 4, which has a display 1280×768 resolution, why doesn't it display like a desktop? The key is the viewport meta tag. This tag which read by mobile browsers, redefines the pixels as CSS pixels. The precise number of CSS pixels varies by device, but on the iPhone it is 320 and the Nexus 4 it is 384, both of which are less than the minimum of 480 pixels to be defined as a tablet.
jQuery Mobile Features
So far we haven't looked at jQuery Mobile features. From the get go jQuery Mobile has had responsive features. Some of which are:
grid – a simple way to build CSS-based columns that can also be responsive
tables – selectively hides or shows table columns based on the display width
panels – creates a hidden page which slides left or right to reveal itself
Grids have been with jQuery Mobile since the beginning. They are essentially self sizing columns which dynamically resize themselves when the size of the page changes. The number of available columns ranges from two to five. To change the number of available columns simply change the class on the root div then add or remove a div from the collection.
ui-grid-a = 2 columns
ui-grid-b = 3 columns
ui-grid-c = 4 columns
ui-grid-d = 5 columns
Tables were added with the release of jQuery Mobile 1.3.0. They allow for the responsive display of tabular data. There are two basic types of tables: reflow which is the default and column toggle. Reflow tables lay the table data horizontally until it reaches a minimum size, then all of the data for each row is grouped together and it re-flows down the page.
In column toggle mode, each column of a table can be given a separate priority, when the data can no longer fit horizontal, the column with the lowest priority number which is still visible is hidden. This continues until a minimum size is reached or there is only one column remaining.
A panel is a hidden page which reveals itself by sliding from the left or right on to the page. On it can nearly any support jQuery Mobile widget. When the panel is displayed, clicking any where else on the page will close it.
Best Practices
Design styles beginning with "mobile first", then go wider
Use "min-width" to constrain styles
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MADISON, Wis. – Judge William M. Conley of the federal district court in Madison has entered a consent decree resolving a lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission against Biewer Wisconsin Sawmill, Inc. (BWS) of Prentice, Wis. The EEOC had charged that BWS, a major Midwestern lumber supplier, violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 when it did not take immediate and appropriate action to stop a supervisor's sexual harassment after learning that he had repeatedly exposed his genitals to female employees over several years.
The decree provides that BWS will pay employees Verna Weber and Patricia Stade a total of $55,000, prohibits future sexual harassment and requires that BWS provide anti-discrimination training to its managers and human resources personnel.
Wisconsin court records indicate that on November 12, 2009, several months after the EEOC filed its civil lawsuit, the supervisor, Billy J. Decker, was convicted in a criminal case (Case No. 08-CM-106) in Price County Circuit Court of two counts of lewd and lascivious behavior for twice exposing himself to Weber in 2008.
"The Supreme Court has ruled that when an employer learns of sexual harassment, it must take immediate, appropriate, and effective action to stop it," said Regional Attorney John C. Hendrickson of the EEOC's Chicago District Office which is responsible for EEOC litigation in Wisconsin, Illinois, Minnesota, Iowa, North Dakota and South Dakota. "Here the EEOC contended that supervisors were aware of the harassment but did not take immediate action, and women suffered as a result. We appreciate BWS's willingness to work with us to provide relief for the victims and to ensure that harassment does not recur."
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HOLLAND - Longtime Hope College softball coach Karla Wolters has announced her plans to retire from the faculty and from coaching at the conclusion of the current school year.
"It is with bittersweet feelings that I announce my retirement at the end of the 2009-10
school year," Wolters said. "I have truly enjoyed living my dream of working for my
alma mater. The students, staff, colleagues and administration have blessed my life
with wonderful memories and I will treasure their friendship forever. I look forward
with great anticipation to this school year and to what the Lord has in store for me after my career in education is over."
Wolters has coached collegiate athletics for 36 years, the past 22 years at the helm of the Flying Dutch softball team. She holds the academic rank of professor of kinesiology.
"Karla's service to Hope College as an outstanding teacher, coach,
scholar and mentor will long be remembered," said Dr. Mark Northuis,
chair of the department of kinesiology. "She has supported the mission
of the college by investing in the lives of young people on a daily
basis as they seek to become effective and caring physical educators.
Her versatility as a coach is reflected not only in her numerous wins
in several sports, but also in the affectionate praise of her
Wolters has coached an amazing 1,754 athletic contests over 57 seasons
in softball, volleyball, basketball, field hockey and tennis. Her
records by sport thru the 2008-09 school year are: softball (664-380),
volleyball (375-194), field hockey (40-26-7), basketball (24-21) and
tennis (14-9). She has coached teams with winning records in a season
45 times compared to nine losing campaigns and three .500 marks.
Wolters has brought a new level of success to the Hope softball
program. She has led the Flying Dutch to five NCAA Division III
tournament appearances (1991, 1992, 1995, 1996 and 2006). The 1991
Flying Dutch finished third in the nation and the 1995 team tied for
fifth. Wolters was named the Region softball coach of the year in
1991, 1992 and 1995. The Hope staff was honored by the MIAA in 2006.
Her career collegiate coaching record over 31 seasons is 664-380. Her
22-year softball record at Hope is 495-302. She is ranked the fifth
winningest NCAA Division III coach all-time.
Wolters introduced the sport of korfball to Hope and western Michigan
through a class she taught. In the fall of 2005 Hope entertained a
Korfball team from Europe and the next summer a team comprised of Hope
students and recent alumni traveled to Europe for a series of games.
Wolters served on the governing board of USA Korfball and in 2007 was
an assistant coach on the USA team that competed in the World
Championships in The Czech Republic.
She has a passion for the history of sports and a special interest in
the history of the Olympics and women in sports. She enjoys sharing
this historical information and her collection of antique sports
equipment with her students and community members.
Wolters taught and coached for 13 years at Calvin. She led the Calvin
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Calvin to the NCAA Division III playoffs on four occasions
Wolters is a 1973 Hope College graduate. She was a standout
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TALLAHASSEE — Confronting an industry costing motorists $1 billion a year in higher premiums, lawmakers this week will turn their attention to reining in costs for an increasingly controversial coverage that was supposed to save money by keeping people out of court.
Personal injury protection, commonly referred to as PIP, is a required coverage on all automobile insurance policies. It provides up to $10,000 in coverage for medical treatment following an accident.
The premise behind the coverage was simple: Provide injured motorists with some medical coverage instead of requiring that they sue the driver who caused the crash. Attorneys stay out of the picture, injuries are taken care of and drivers without other insurance are guaranteed at least a modicum of medical coverage.
Simple enough. The fact is most injured motorists who tap into the system do so honestly and receive appropriate treatment from equally honest providers.
But the coverage has become increasingly expensive and controversial, thanks to a combination of American ingenuity and outright fraud. The $10,000 carrot has spawned entire industries both legal and illegal to tap into that ready pool of cash.
Radio commercials for lawyer referral services flood the drive-time radio airwaves. Meanwhile, a shadowy world of staged crashes, bogus medical clinics, massage therapists, MRI offices and "patients" employed in an organized scheme to rip off the system $10,000 at a time.
Following a report released last month, the state's insurance consumer advocate told Gov. Rick Scott and the Cabinet that the only thing panel members could agree on was that the premiums for personal injury protection are skyrocketing as the number of claims filed continues to rise while the number of accidents remains the same.
"It's lawyers, providers and insurance companies fighting over a pot of money the consumers paid in and keep paying in at an extraordinary level," said Robin Westcott, Florida's insurance consumer advocate. "Each day seems to be worse."
Westcott led a working group set up by lawmakers to develop a slate of recommendations to curb rising costs in the program. Florida is one of about a dozen states that continues to require motorists to pay for such coverage.
After a series of meetings, however, the working group made up of representatives from health care providers, insurance companies, law enforcement and other affected parties concluded its work without reaching any set of recommendations.
"Nobody agreed on anything," Westcott said.
A report by the Florida Chamber of Commerce asserts that despite decreases in the number of crashes and steady population growth, PIP claims have risen from under $1.5 billion in 2008 to nearly $2.5 billion last year.
The number of staged crashes also appears to be rising based on the number of claims that have been referred to fraud investigators, which has more than doubled since 2007. Companies have responded by raising PIP rates anywhere from 35.5 percent to 72 percent since 2009.
This week, committees in both the House and Senate will discuss ways to rein in those costs. What remains to be seen is if the players whose representatives failed to reach agreement earlier this year will continue to thwart changes that raise the cost of insurance for average, law abiding motorists, a constituency that seems to be the only voice not amplified in this debate.


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US Sizes: 4,5,6,7,8,9,10,10.5 and 11 (3.50mm, 3.75mm, 4.00mm, 4.50mm, 5.00mm, 5.50mm, 6.00mm, 6.50mm, and 8mm)
2 each of 24" and 32" lengths
9" x 5" snapped clear vinyl needle case, 8 end caps and 2 cable keys
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"Can needles be called sensual? Absolutely, yes. Harmony Wood Knitting Needles look and feel as great as they look… You may love them at first for their striking appearance (oh the colors!) but Harmony Wood Needles are very practical. Laminated birch makes them strong and stable. The stability allows for sharp points, particularly nice for lace knitting…" Knit 'N Style, June 2008.
"It is interesting that the idea for these beautiful multicolored needles came from gourmet kitchen utensils. The layers of laminated birch give these needles a strength that is missing in regular wooden needles…Time was spent testing these needles with real knitters who were especially enthusiastic and thrilled to keep the needles." Creative Knitting, March 2008
"The newest addition to the Knit Picks Options line of interchangeable circular needles is this collection of laminated birch tips. These Harmony needles are ultra smooth and extra strong due to the many layers of wood that make up the tips…" Knit Scene, Winter 07/Spring 08
"Function and beauty combine in these colorful birch needles by Knit Picks. Lamination adds strength to wood and make it possible to create sharp points perfect for lace and fine knitting for the Harmony Wood Needles." XRX Knitter's, Winter 2007
"These needles are close to perfect. Good points even for lace knitting. The gorgeous coloring makes it easy to see even the finest yarn with no glare…" Planet Purl, March 2008
"These needles are made of laminated birch. The tip, as with the metal Options Interchangeables, is enjoyably pointy. The shaft of every needle in the kit is smooth and inviting in ways I usually see only on handmade wood knitting tools. They feel hand polished. The needles are light and the join is nearly invisible to my fingers. I am gobsmacked. These things are incredible." Knitty, Fall 2007
"Laminated birch needles are beautiful, light and strong, with a sharper point and more durability…These needles also have sharper points than most wooden needles, making them a good choice for lace knitting and other work that requires precision." www.About.com, March 2009
"I keep one of those Knit Picks interchangeable sets (with both wood and metal) in my suitcase for knitting emergencies." www.Yarnharlot.com, February 2009
"I heart Knit Picks! The Harmony Options set is so beautiful! It comes with needle tips size 4-11 and two each of the 24' and 32' cables. It also came with a little bag to carry it all in, 8 end caps, 2 keys, and a vinyl case for the cables. I love love LOVE it!!! I'm telling ya, Knit Picks has a customer for life!" www.knittingdodo.wordpress.com, February 2009
"I just received my new Harmony Wood Needle tips and cables. I had read on several sites how nice these needles were. They didn't exaggerate at all. I have used aluminum, plastic and bamboo needles. Until today, I always preferred the bamboo needles. Today, I am a convert to Harmony Wood needles. The wood feels fabulous to hold. The yarn moves along easily. And they are so lovely and colorful. I can't wait to replace my others with more Harmony. I am already 1/2 way finished with a new hat since opening the package. Thank you for a great product" Cheryl L., Knit Picks Customer
"In my knitting needles I look for special qualities, they have to lie smoothly in my hands like the Harmony woods from Knitpicks do, because they are made of a natural material. They are made of wood, of layers of birch, and that means that you have a living material in your hand which bends with your movements slightly and that's very good, in my opinion. The second very important thing is that the Knit Picks Harmony Wood needles have such sharp points, long points, which make speed knitting much easier." Miriam Tegels, World's Fastest Knitter
"I LOVE the harmony needles. They are so smooth, sharp, and warm feeling. Metal needles make my hands hurt (because of arthritis), but the wood stays warm, and I can knit for hours with them. And they are much slicker than the bamboo ones I have tried." Lisa B., Knit Picks customer


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LARAMIE, Wyo. (AP) Leonard Washington had 17 points and eight rebounds and keyed a second-half rally as Wyoming beat Southern 67-60 on Friday as the Cowboys won the Global Hoops Sports Showcase.
Larry Nance Jr. had 12 points and 12 rebounds for Wyoming (4-0), while Derrious Gilmore also had 12 points and Luke Martinez added 11.
Malcolm Miller led Southern (1-4) with 14, while Jameel Grace scored 11 and Derick Beltran 10.
Washington scored eight points during a three-minute stretch as the Cowboys clawed back from a 46-38 deficit. His two free throws with 2:56 to go tied the game at 58-all.
After a missed 3 by Grace, Martinez's two foul shots gave Wyoming a 60-58 edge, and moments later, his steal set up his own 3-pointer to make it 63-58 with 1:45 to play.


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Blasting a home run onto Eutaw Street, just shy of the Warehouse past right field at Camden Yards, is a big deal, akin to a splash landing in McCovey Cove at AT&T Park. An asphalt landing on Eutaw Street earns players a commemorative plaque along the street with the player's name, team and the date and distance of the home run.
In the ballpark's 21-year history, 68 players have accomplished this feat. Only one has had his plaque feature a misspelling.
And it's a two-time Orioles All-Star, no less.
USA Today intern Matt Slovin (a former Baltimore Sun intern) noticed yesterday that catcher Matt Wieters' plaque reads "Matt Weiters."
Per the report, after being shown a picture of the misspelling, Wieters immediately informed Jay Moskowitz, the team's coordinator of baseball information, of the error.
"I can't believe that," Wieters told USA Today.
A team spokeswoman said Monday that Wieters' plaque will be fixed.
It wasn't the first time the Orioles misspelled a player's name on one of the baseball-shaped plaques. Mickey Tettleton hit the first Eutaw Street homer on April 20, 1992, but the plaque spelled his first name "Micky."
There have been many other instances of notable misspellings in sports.
Kris Versteeg, a member of the 2010 Stanley Cup champion Chicago Blackhawks, had his named engraved on the Cup as "Vertseeg." The typo has since been fixed, but Versteeg wasn't the first player to have his name misspelled on the Cup. Adam Deadmarsh (1996 Colorado Avalanche), Manny Legace (2002 Detroit Red Wings) and Eric Staal (2006 Carolina Hurricanes) also had their names butchered during the engraving process.
Names of individual players aren't the only ones engravers have botched. The Toronto Maple "Leaes" won the Cup in 1963, the "Bqstqn" Bruins in 1972 and the New York "Illanders" in 1981.
The Mid-Atlantic's other baseball team is also familiar with grammatical shortcomings. In April 2009, Washington's Adam Dunn and Ryan Zimmerman sported jerseys that read "Natinals" during a home game against the Florida Marlins. The players changed into jerseys with the correct spelling during the game.


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SAN BRUNO — PG&E ratepayers will receive slightly reduced bills for natural gas, starting next year, the utility said Tuesday, because of lower-than-expected expenses for a pipeline safety improvement program undertaken in the wake of a fatal explosion in San Bruno nearly four years ago.
In a new regulatory filing, the utility said it expects a reduced expenditure — and less revenue required from ratepayers — for what is called the utility's Pipeline Safety Enhancement Program, or PSEP. The state Public Utilities Commission would have to approve the proposal.
San Francisco-based PG&E, the PUC's Office of Ratepayer Advocates and The Utility Reform Network, a consumer group, had been engaged in a dispute about the amount of revenue PG&E would require from ratepayers. The three parties have settled their dispute and jointly filed a proposal for the reduced revenue requirements.
"The settlement, if approved this year, would lower average residential bills next year a little more than 1 percent, between 50 and 60 cents a month," said Greg Snapper, a spokesman for PG&E. But other cases pending before the PUC could have unforeseen effects on gas and electricity rates, he added.
The average residential natural gas bill at present is $44.56 a month, though rates oscillate greatly because of peak demand for gas usage during the cold winter months.
The utility's original proposal had required $299 million in revenue from ratepayers for the pipeline safety and upgrade effort, but that was lowered to $223 million in the latest proposal.
PG&E will undertake less pipeline work than it had first proposed, according to the regulatory filing. From 2011 through 2014, it will have replaced about 143 miles of natural gas pipeline, less than the original proposal of 185.7 miles. The utility also will undertake high-pressure strength tests on 658.1 miles of pipeline, down from the original plan of 783 miles.
The new proposal comes before a soon-to-be disclosed proposed punishment for the utility by the PUC that could be as high as $2.25 billion.
In addition, PG&E faces criminal charges, including an allegation of obstruction of justice, in a separate federal felony case that could result in a fine of up to $1.13 billion.
"The lower rates are welcome, but the big problem is PG&E is trying to use customers' fears of its incompetence to justify rate hikes," said Mindy Spatt, a TURN spokeswoman. "We don't want PG&E to shirk its responsibility to maintain a safe gas and electricity system. But customers should not be held responsible for PG&E's mistakes."


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Town Sports International (TSI), New York, had a decrease of $1.1 million, or 0.9 percent, in first quarter 2011 revenue compared to the same period last year, according to financials released by the company today. The decrease was mostly driven by promotion costs and a decline in membership dues revenue, which was due to the introduction of several restricted memberships at lower rates, according to TSI.
Revenue in first quarter 2011 was $116.7 million compared to $117.7 million in first quarter 2010.
Ancillary club revenue was $23.5 million this quarter compared to $21.8 million in the same period last year. The majority of that ancillary revenue was from personal training. Personal training revenue increased from $14.7 million in first quarter 2010 to $15.7 million this past quarter.
Member count rose 17,000 in the first quarter to 510,000. That was the biggest member increase since the first quarter of 2008. It compares to a 9,000 member count increase in first quarter 2010. Attrition decreased to 3.2 percent in the first quarter compared to 3.5 percent in first quarter 2010.
"We believe that the initiatives we have put in place over the past year to drive more member sign-ups, continue to reduce attrition and streamline the sales process to make it more productive and more profitable are now being reflected solidly in our results," Bob Giardina, CEO of TSI, said. "We expect that these and other initiatives, combined with an improving economy, will continue to benefit our bottom line."
The company expects its second quarter 2011 revenue to be between $117 million and $118 million compared to $117.4 million in second quarter 2010. The company expects net income to be between $2 million and $2.5 million.
TSI plans to invest $29 million to $32 million in capital expenditure through the end of the year. This amount includes approximately $7.5 million to $8.5 million related to two planned club openings in the second half of the year.
Approximately $15.5 million of the capital expenditures would be for upgrades on existing clubs, $4.3 million will be used for major renovations at clubs with recent lease renewals and to upgrade its in-club entertainment system network. TSI also plans to invest $2 million to $3 million to enhance its management information and communication systems.
One thing TSI is doing to increase that revenue is introducing a personal training membership in which members get one personal training session each month for 50 percent of the normal personal training cost.
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SETX Mavericks leaving ABA...NBA-D League next?
The Southeast Texas Mavericks announced today that they will be leaving the American Basketball Association immediately.
Three seasons as a member of the ABA, the Mavericks won their division each year, had a 30-game win streak and won consecutive ABA league titles.
"It has just become apparent to us that we need to be in a pro basketball league that gives us a greater challenge on a consistent basis," said Mavericks general manager/head coach Steve Tucker.
The Mavericks will contact the NBA D-League Office in New York to begin the process of becoming a member. The easiest way to become a member would be to purchase an existing franchise and according to the NBA D-League, three franchises are for sale.
Of the 16 teams currently competing in the league, three are located in Texas including Austin, Rio Grande Valley (McAllen) and Texas (Frisco).
The 2011-12 season begins in November.
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WASHINGTON -- Top congressional Democrats on Sunday stood by President Obama and the flawed rollout of the government's healthcare website, expressing confidence the problems would be fixed and the issue would not drag down the party in next year's mid-term elections.
"I don't think you can tell what will happen next year, but I will tell you this -- Democrats stand tall in support of the Affordable Care Act," House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco) said on NBC's "Meet the Press."
Pelosi downplayed the defection of 39 House Democrats on Friday who voted to help pass a Republican bill, opposed by the White House, to address the millions of people facing cancellation of their health insurance policies. The bill, which passed 261-157, would allow insurers to continue selling individual policies that do not meet new federal standards under the law.
The number of Democrats who defied President Obama and House Democratic leaders on the vote was about the same as those who have joined with Republicans on other bills to alter the healthcare law, Pelosi said. On one such vote in July, to delay the employer mandate in the law, 35 Democrats joined with Republicans.
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Rep. James Clyburn (D-S.C.), the assistant House Democratic leader, said many of his colleagues who voted for the Republican bill Friday did so to protect themselves politically.
"Maybe nine people had real serious concerns," Clyburn said on CNN's "State of the Union. "The fact of the matter is, about 30 of them, and I've talked to them, were insulating themselves against sound bites."
Clyburn criticized the legislation because it would allow insurers to continue to sell what he called "substandard" and "junk" policies.
But Republicans said Democrats were trying to gloss over the problems with the controversial law.
"No matter how much Congresswoman Pelosi tries to spin this, this is a mess," Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.) said on "Meet the Press." "My constituents are very unhappy with the notices they're receiving and higher premiums."
Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) said the law needed to be scrapped.
"It's time to start over. This healthcare law is terribly flawed," he said on CNN. "The president did not need to destroy a good healthcare system to try to make a better one."
Obama tried to address the problem of policy cancellations last week even as administration officials scrambled to try to get the healthcare.gov website running correctly by the end of the month. On Thursday, Obama gave insurance companies permission to renew policies that were to be canceled for not meeting the law's new standards that require, for example, coverage for prescription drugs, hospitalization and maternity care.
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But companies do not have to renew the policies and would need permission from state regulators to do so.
"Keep in mind, it is a suggestion. It is not a ruling, and it certainly is not a law," Ben Nelson, chief executive of the National Assn. of Insurance Commissioners, said on "Fox News Sunday." A former Democratic senator, Nelson said insurance commissioners are concerned Obama's proposal could disrupt the healthcare market and lead to higher premiums.
Insurance industry officials have the same concerns. They met with Obama at the White House on Friday and are working with the administration to try to address the issue of policy cancellations, said Karen Ignagni, president of America's Health Insurance Plans, an industry trade group.
"We have the same goals. We're going to work together to try to get people into affordable coverage," she said on "Fox News Sunday." "We have work to do, there is no question. But we have an interest in doing it together and working together on that."
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(Step1) Make a Grocery Delivery Reservation (Step 2) Add Grocery, Platter and Beverage Orders (Step 3) Enjoy your Vacation!
In case you didn't know... our mountain grocery stores often run out of bread, milk, oatmeal and other popular grocery items during ski season. If you don't get to the grocery stores early in the morning when they open you will see many empty shelves due to the crowds shopping. That's why it makes sense to have our Bears do your shopping... before the store shelves are Bare. Why spend your precious ski vacation time standing in crowded lines at the Breckenridge grocery store? Instead, just make a grocery delivery reservation and let our "Shopping Bears" brave the crowded grocery stores before all the shelves are bare. Then, our "Driving Bears" will whisk your food to your vacation home in Breckenridge or anywhere else in Summit County! We promise... as tempting as your groceries may look to our Bears, they will deliver them to you (unlike the other bears we have in Colorado).
We stock kitchens after the cleaning staff has finished preparing your vacation rental and try to stock as early as possible. So if you check-in early to a bare kitchen, don't worry... That just means our grocery delivery Bears are busy filling other reservations like yours. Go get your skis, site see in Breckenridge or hit the hot tub. We will make sure all your Breckenridge groceries are put away and waiting for you when you return to your vacation home that night.
Why use a grocery delivery concierge? Here are just a few reasons.
Additionally, consider the process of getting your groceries from the grocery store to your rental like carting bags on slippery snow covered sidewalks and up stairs from garages (or) trying to keep bags from falling off those bellman suitcase carts while steering them into elevators and down long hallways to your room.
Don't spend your precious vacation time dealing with getting groceries. Instead, make a delivery reservation and plan your vacation meals ahead of your trip so you can enjoy all the things you came to the Colorado Rockies to do!
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As defined in many modern algebra books, a homomorphism of unital rings must preserve the unit elements: $f(1_R)=1_S$. But there has been a minority who do not require this, one prominent example being Herstein in Topics in Algebra.
What are some of the most striking consequences of not requiring ring homomorphisms to be unital? For example, what aspects of algebraic geometry would need to be reworked if we no longer required it? What interesting theorems or techniques arise in the not-necessarily-unital theory which do not apply (or are degenerate) for unital homomorphisms?


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Hey Guys Here is one of my newest songs. I posted a link to you tube so you can hear it as well. It was written over The Memorial Day Holiday in 2014. The video features myself and an Old Skimmer Puke Buddy of mine D.W. Butcher on harmonica, and his wife Anne on tambodrum. I've known him since 1974. We played in a Bluegrass Band together in Charleston in the 1970's. We were The Carolina Moon Band...We were up in Fredericksburg getting our "Party On" and these words just popped out in about 10 minutes. Make sure you follow the link at the bottom to hear it played at the kitchen table...Next Morning...Hangover and all...
I'm just sitting here listening to a new CD,
Of some old songs recorded in the 1960's,
Brings back memories of you, and a time gone bye,
A time that was simple with unlocked doors,
And kids didn't get paid to do their chores,
And God was the center of the home and the USA.
We have gone to hell in a hand basket,
I never thought we would ever forget,
The men and the women who have died to make us free.
But that is America, Free because of the brave,
Still the world's greatest country, Let our proud banner wave.
Yeah this is America, it's the land that I love,
I gave her my blank check, for my life and above,
What's wrong with America? We've grown soft and grown fat,
We have wasted the blessings, God laid in our lap,
I love you America, and I wish it could be, Like it was in the 60's...
And we could leave it to Beave...
God Bless you America, you have shown the whole world.
That men can live freely, because of your love,
Please wake up America, I'm talking to you.
Make Sure that you don't lose your Red, White and Blue
It takes all kids America, every color and creed,
There is bountiful blessing, if you will kneel at His feet...
God Bless you America, you have shown the whole world
That men can live freely, because of your love,
Please wake up America, I'm shouting at you,
Make sure that you don't lose, your Red, White and Blue...
Your, Red, White and Blue...
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K.J. Great lyrics and great singing on the UTUBE video... I loved it, you guys killed it - Didn't notice the hangover at all. Maybe you should do a few more on the day after... !!!!!!!!!!!!
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The only kind of browsing preferable to looking at amazing houses is looking at amazing hotels. They seem that little bit more attainable, because one day we actually might be able to book a stay at them, but that dream house in the Hollywood Hills isn't going to be ours anytime soon. This hotel in Nesjavellir, Iceland is definitely one we'd want to stay in. Santa Monica-based design studio Minarc took on the task of renovating this abandoned building in the middle of the Icelandic wilderness. The hotel has been built with prefab-panel construction and makes use of nearby hot springs for geothermal heating, also taking care to incorporate sustainable materials. If the architecture wasn't enough, the hotel connects travelers with the landscape through access to the hot springs and glaciers, as well as the magical glow of the Northern Lights.
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On a day when cotton prices struggled in the high 40 cents a pound range, Virginia grower Mike Griffin showed no signs of cotton being anything other than king on his farm near Suffolk, Va.
Griffin's success in growing cotton is exceeded only slightly by his exuberance and optimism for farming in general and cotton farming in particular.
He points with pride to what he calls his Wall of Fame. The wall currently consists of four cotton variety signs. Each of these Stoneville varieties (4892, 5599, 5242 and 4575) has performed above expected standards in a previous cotton growing season.
"To get your sign on that wall requires some doing," he laughs. On a slightly more serious vent the Virginia grower provides some insights on cotton varieties — good and bad — and how those few made it to the wall in his farm headquarters.
"The first sign on the wall is Stoneville 4892, which performed over the years on a multitude of soil types and growing conditions. It was our bread and butter. Unless there was some totally unexpected occurrence, 4892 would make you a satisfactory cotton crop," Griffin says.
Griffin's farm is located near Virginia Tech's Tidewater Research and Extension Center in Holland, Va, and he works closely with the researchers there and with various seed companies to do variety testing.
"When a variety works well in our variety tests, we try it on the farm. If it performs well on the farm in a large acre planting, over multiple sites, it has a chance to make it to the Wall of Fame," he explains.
Griffin is a non-discriminatory cotton fanatic — on his farm they test seed that any cotton company wants to provide. In the past two years he has looked at cotton varieties at two on-farm sites from Phytogen, Stoneville, Deltapine, Fiber Max and Americot. Prior to that, they tested varieties at one site on the farm for six years.
"The technology changes so fast and doing these variety tests is a lot of fun for us, but it also provides some valuable information we feel helps us do a better job of growing cotton," the Virginia grower adds.
"You can plant cotton in five different fields over an 8-10 mile radius, and you go look at these varieties and think — well it's fruiting up okay, its internode length is okay. At the end of the day it's really difficult to detect subtle differences in these varieties until you see them side by side.
The first test we did was in a 100 acre field near my home. Every day I would walk through the field and look at the different varieties throughout the whole growing season. That's when I knew the only way to see those subtle differences was to look at them over the whole season and side by side.
I learned a lot about cotton and how cotton varieties responded under different weather conditions, under different pesticides and different growth regulators.
Joel Faircloth, who was the Virginia Extension Cotton Specialist before leaving to taking a job working with Dow on Phytogen cotton varieties, started extending official variety testing conducted by Virginia Tech to larger plot (field size) tests with farmers. Griffin was one of the first selected to participate in the on-farm testing.
"The field we use for our on-farm cotton tests is about 20 acres. In the past couple of years we have had from 11-19 varieties, so each variety is grown on more than an acre. It gives us a good side-by-side comparison. The samples from the eight-row test usually end up being three-fourths of an acre," Griffin explains.
Of the varieties tested, Griffin planted only five varieties in 2008 and plans to plant only four varieties on about 1,000 acres of cotton in 2009.
"In the global environment in which we grow cotton today, quality is a big, big issue. It's not just a matter of which variety produces the most cotton. In addition to looking at which variety takes best advantage of the inputs we use to grow the crop, we have to look at the quality factors that will make our cotton more desirable to foreign buyers," Griffin stresses.
"Let's face the truth, more and more of our cotton is going to China," he says. "Chinese mills like either real coarse, low grade cotton or real high grades of cotton used to make clothes and other high value products. Typically, U.S. growers have produced middle grades of cotton, which remains the choice of U.S. mills. The problem is U.S. textile mills are a vanishing breed and less than a fourth of U.S. grown cotton is used in U.S. textile mills.
"I didn't understand the importance of fiber length to Chinese textile mills until a couple of years ago. I went on a Cotton Incorporated tour to Parkdale Mills in North Carolina — one of the best tours on which I have attended. It became clear that no matter how much cotton you produce, if it's not what global textile mills want, it doesn't have much value," he says.
"The new varieties we are seeing are being bred to fit into the demands of the world market. Producing the right kind of cotton in the future is likely to be more important than how much cotton you produce," Griffin explains.
In 2008, Griffin planted almost entirely with the flex program. "With all the first generation varieties going away in 2009, we decided to go ahead and familiarize ourselves with Widestrike and Bt flex varieties. We had not grown flex varieties except for one small area," he says.
The only exception to flex varieties in 2008 was Phtyogen 375. "We had such good luck with that particular variety in 2007, we couldn't leave it off. The yields were exceptional and the quality was good in some conditions that were not very good for growing cotton," he says.
In 2008, the top yielding varieties included Phytogen 375, Stoneville 4427, and Stoneville 4554. "Phytogen varieties performed well, but that's only one year," Griffin cautions. "To make the Wall of Fame a variety has got to prove itself over a number of years," he laughs.
"We fertilize for a little better than a two bale crop, and that's what we shoot for when we plan what varieties we will plant. In the past couple of years the new varieties have performed so well. Five or six years ago it was a bonus to pick a thousand pound cotton crop. Now, if I pull into a field and we pick 800-900 pounds, I'm a little disappointed."
With the high costs of inputs and the year-to-year uncertainties on price, it's almost essential to grow two-bale cotton, the Virginia grower contends. Seed companies have done a good job of giving us the tools to continually increase yield without sacrificing quality, he adds.
"All the varieties we planted in 2008 (Phytogen 375, 370 and 315 Stoneville 4427, Stoneville 4554 and a small quantity of Stoneville 4498) and the four we will plant in 2009 give us the genetic capability to produce better than two bales of high quality cotton. Of these varieties, Phytogen 375 and Stoneville 4427 and 4554 were really impressive last year," he notes.
Phytogen 375, for example, looked very, very bright. It was probably in the 31 range, which is really unusual and really good for Virginia cotton. This particular variety also graded really well," Griffin concludes.
The Virginia grower remains upbeat and says he is looking forward to growing cotton in 2009. Commitment, optimism and a good sense of humor are critical in any business — cotton is no different, he adds.


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Alan Wake could still get a proper sequel.
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Can Quantum Break's TV experiment work?
Quantum Break's looking like an interesting action game, but can Microsoft and Remedy's desire to combine play and passive viewing work on Xbox One? Dave Cook ponders the issue.
Quantum Break hits Xbox One in 2015, watch the new trailer
Quantum Break developer Remedy Entertainment has confirmed that its Xbox One shooter will hit Microsoft's console in 2015. There's also a new gameplay trailer and screens to look at with your eyes.
Quantum Break's episodic narrative was inspired by TV dramas, says dev
Quantum Break developer Remedy Entertainment looks to perfect game narrative by taking many cues from TV dramas like Lost, which employ cliffhangers to keep people hooked into the next episode. Head of franchise development Oskari Hakkinen has explained how the studio nailed the formula.
Quantum Break will have TV episodes on the Xbox One disc that shift via player choice
Quantum Break developer Remedy Entertainment has confirmed that the Xbox One shooter will also house episodes of the accompanying TV series on the disc.
Quantum Break: "junction points" will have players switching between the heroes and the villain
In Quantum Break, Remedy's interactive transmedia exclusive on Xbox One, the player will not only step into the shoes of the protagonists, but the antagonist as well. As previously reported when the game was announced, players will alternate between playing a part of the game and watching an episode of the series.
Quantum Break - Remedy explains how the game and TV show tie into one another
Remedy has explained a bit how Quantum Break, its Xbox One exclusive which "blurs the line between gaming and TV".
Remedy to "create something new for Alan Wake when the time is right"
Remedy Entertainment boss Sam Lake has posted a video over on Humble Bundle, discussing why the team decided to create a new experience with Quantum Break instead of revisiting the Alan Wake IP for Xbox One.
Marvel produced Max Payne 3 digital comic "Hoboken Blues" now available for download
What's better than Max Payne 3? A Max Payne 3 comic written by Sam Lake and produced by Marvel.
Remedy's Sam Lake teasing new Alan Wake? "It will happen again in a town called Ordinary"
Remedy lead writer Sam Lake's either gone and lost it on Twitter or he's started teasing a brand new Alan Wake.
Rockstar took Max Payne's past "very seriously" for Marvel comic line
Rockstar and Remedy teamed up to ensure the Max Payne 3 Marvel comic series stayed true to Max Payne's character and canon.
Final Alan Wake's American Nightmare dev diary features Mr Scratch
IGN's gone live with the third and final dev diary for Alan Wake's American Nightmare, this time focussing on Wake's alter opposite Mr Scratch and his ongoing desire to kill his wife Alice. He also kills creative writer Sam Lake in the video too. What a bad man. Watch and see below the break. Alan […]
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text: Summary: This report studies the global Catering And Food Service Contractor market,analyzes and researches the Catering And Food Service Contractor development status and forecast in United States,EU,Japan,China,India and Southeast Asia. This report focuses on the top players in global market,like Compass Group Plc Sodexo Aramark Corporation Elior Group Delaware North … Market segment by Regions/Countries,this report covers United States EU Japan China India Southeast Asia Market segment by Type,the product can be split into Food Service Contractors Caterers Market segment by Application,Catering And Food Service Contractor can be split into Medical institutions Educational institutions Commercial organization OthersMarket Overview:Foodservice, generally known as the catering industry defines those types of companies, institutions, and businesses which are responsible for any type of meal which is made outside home. This industry comprises catering operations, hospital cafeterias, school cafeterias, restaurants, and several other formats in different fields. The companies that source foodservice operators and services are known as foodservice distributors. Many of these companies produce products in both foodservice and consumer versions. The foodservice version is known for being packaged in comparatively large industrial sizes and they often lack colorful labels as in the consumer versions. The consumer versions generally are individual sized packs with elongated and colorful labels. The research report is an amalgamation of market understandings regarding the growth course and performance of the Global catering and food service contractor market sizestatus and forecast 2025 market in the mentioned forecast period. The research report presents information on factors that are likely to have an immediate or delayed impact on the progress of the market and can also have a short or comparatively long-term impact. It is anticipated to have a short as well as long term effect on the growth of the market during the forecast period. The study further puts focus on the flight of the markets growth in the coming years. The authors of this report have thoroughly inspected and explored facts pertaining to the Global catering and food service contractor market sizestatus and forecast 2025 market. Many diverse aspects such as government strategies and procedures in the regional and global divisions, inflow of raw supplies and outflow of end produces, assembly capacity of the manufacturing facility, products circulated and sold, and the profit earned from it have been highlighted in the report to present readers with a transparent picture of the market. The research publication in addition puts connotation to the readers experience by contributing with a meticulous transcript of the regions and the progress of the Global catering and food service contractor market sizestatus and forecast 2025 market in those regions. It also offers an informative overview of the cream of the crop companies present in the market and their market shares, strategies, latest developments, and publicity policies. The competitive landscape has been minutely scrutinized and presented before the reader to gain a wide understand of the Global catering and food service contractor market sizestatus and forecast 2025 market. If you have any special requirements,please let us know and we will offer you the report as you want.


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Fairfield forecast: Sunny, but snow likely later
Today promises to be sunny in southwestern Connecticut, but there is snow on the horizon, according to the National Weather Service.
The daytime high temperature is expected to rise to the upper-40s, with a west wind 6 to 13 mph.
Overnight, there is a slight chance of snow after 3 a.m., as clouds move in and the temperature drops to a low in the low-30s. There will be a northwest wind around 5 mph, becoming calm in the evening. The chance of precipitation is 20 percent, the NWS says.
Tomorrow, snow is expected before noon, then likely changing to rain later as the temperature rises to a high of about 40 degrees. Chance of precipitation is 80 percent.
Tomorrow there is a chance of snow, mainly before 9 p.m. Skies will be cloudy, with a low temperature in the upper-20s. Chances of precipitation are about 30 percent.
On Wednesday, it will be partly sunny, with a high temperature near 40 degrees. Nighttime will be partly cloudy, with a low temperature around 30 degrees, the NWS says.
Thursday should be mostly sunny, with a high temperature near 40 degrees. Skies will turn partly cloudy by night, with a low temperature in the mid-20s.
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SAN DIEGO – A 17-year-old Torrey Pines High School senior is expected to appear in Juvenile Court Wednesday morning to face charges in connection with a drunken-driving crash that killed a classmate and seriously injured another.
The lacrosse player, who was booked into Juvenile Hall after the crash early Sunday, will not be charged as an adult, officials with the District Attorney's Office said Tuesday.
It is the policy of The San Diego Union-Tribune not to name juvenile suspects.
The specific charges filed against the teen will be determined at Wednesday's hearing by Judge George "Woody" Clarke, who will also decide if the boy can be released to the custody of his parents.
The California Highway Patrol has recommended charges of felony driving under the influence and gross vehicular manslaughter, said CHP Officer Eric Newbury.
Killed in the crash was Alex Capozza, 17.
Three other boys, also 17-year-old seniors at Torrey Pines, were riding in the 2008 Mazda 3 when it crashed at 1:45 a.m. on La Granada, near Rambla de las Flores in Rancho Santa Fe.
A witness, Patrick Frantz, told KGTV/Channel 10 that he came upon the accident just after it happened. He said the driver ran up to him and asked him to tell authorities he (Frantz) was behind the wheel of the Mazda. Frantz said he told the person no and called 911, the news station reported.
Authorities did not release the names of the three surviving passengers, but students identified two of them as Jamie Arnold and Josh Mendoza. Jamie remains hospitalized.
The CHP said the group had been drinking at a party, and the driver was speeding when he lost control and the sedan overturned several times. Investigators say drugs also may have been a factor in the accident, the CHP said.
Accident investigators are working with the state Department of Alcohol Beverage Control to determine where the alcohol was obtained and whether older relatives or parents were involved.
"Right now we haven't definitively determined where the alcohol came from," said Gerald Ackley, a sergeant with the ABC trace unit.
Ackley said there were at least 10 to 15 people at the house party, and more than one person could have supplied the alcohol.
He said he expects the investigation to take about two months.
Toxicology results from Alex's autopsy are not yet available, according to the Medical Examiner's Office. The boy was thrown from the car and suffered blunt-force head injuries.
Both Alex and Jamie were not wearing seat belts, the CHP said. Authorities said the driver walked away from the crash unhurt.


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Using a new technology that relies on thousands of synthetic molecules to fish for disease-specific antibodies, researchers have developed a potential method for detecting Alzheimer's disease with a simple blood test. The same methodology might lead to blood tests for many important diseases, according to the report published by Thomas Kodadek's group at the Scripps Research Institute in the January 7th issue of the journal Cell.
The new method relies on the notion that many diseases lead to the production of modified proteins. At some point, the adaptive immune system might begin to recognize those proteins as foreign and mount a response. If tests could be developed to recognize those disease-specific proteins or the antibodies that recognize them, it could be the basis for early diagnosis. But in most cases, researchers have had little luck identifying those abnormal proteins.
Kodadek's team decided to take a different tack. They used a large library of randomly selected, unnatural molecules known as "peptoids" to screen for antibodies found in the bloodstream of animals or patients with specific diseases and not in healthy controls.
Their method uncovered three peptoids that appear to discriminate between healthy and Alzheimer's disease blood samples with high accuracy. Three of them reacted strongly to the blood of six patients with the condition, but not that of 16 healthy individuals used as controls. Although this is encouraging the findings must be corroborated by further studies to demonstrate that antibodies can indicate whether the attack opens a picture for diagnosing the disease.
* Reddy MM, Wilson R, Wilson J, Connell S, Gocke A, Hynan L, German D, Kodadek T. Identification of candidate IgG biomarkers for Alzheimer's disease via combinatorial library screening. Cell 2011 January 7;144:132-142.
Michael S. Rafii, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Medical Core Director, Alzheimer's Disease Cooperative Study
This post originally appeared in Alzheimer's Insights, an ADCS Blog.


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Stuffed Tinda
My husband and Mom's favorite- Tinda. It is also called the round gourd or apple gourd or Indian Pumpkin. As a kid this was not my favorite; nevertheless I ate it- however making it the way my Mom in law makes it- you are bound to fall in love with this dish.
6/8 Tindas
2 tbsp Gram Flour (Besan)
2 tsp Coriander Powder (Dhaniya Powder)
1.5 tsp Dry Mango Powder (Amchoor)
1/2 tsp Garam Masala
1 tsp Cumin seeds (Zeera)
1/2 tsp Turmeric Powder
2 tsp Ground Fennel (Saunf)
Red Chilli Powder & Salt as per taste; 2 Tbsp Oil
Chopped Cilantro
Slit the tindas vertically (like a cross) keeping them intact at the base. When you cut open it, you will see the seeds- usually they are tender however if they are hard you can remove them.
Mix the Besan, Coriander powder, Amchoor, Garam Masala, Cumin Seeds, Fennel Powder, Red Chili Powder, Salt and chopped Cilantro. Now stuff the above mixture into the vertical cross cut made on the vegetable.
Heat oil in a pan; add 1/4 tsp cumin seeds and a pinch of turmeric powder. Put the stuffed tindas in the pan, cover the lid, and let them cook for some time. Turn the sides carefully. Let it cook- checking at intervals. When the tindas are tender and cooked, garnish with chopped coriander serve with hot Chapattis.
You can also add crumbled Paneer/ginger paste/anardana (dry pomegranate seeds) and hing (asafetida powder) to the masala for variation.


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'Add Reference Dialog' Improvements in Visual Studio 2010
I have been exploring Visual Studio 2010 for some time now. While lots of new features have been introduced, there are a number of areas where Visual Studio 2010 shows marked improvement compared to its earlier counterparts.
One of the major improvements in Visual Studio 2010 IDE is in the 'Add Reference Dialog'. The Add Reference Dialog is used to add .NET assemblies or components into your existing project. The major drawback of the Add Reference Dialog in the earlier versions of Visual Studio is its slow performance due to the synchronous scan of the .NET Global Assembly Cache to retrieve the assembly information and then populate the list of the ready-to-add .NET assemblies.
Note that GAC scan was done using the User Interface thread in the earlier versions of Visual Studio. This resulted in slow responsiveness as GAC scan often takes a lot of time and you have had to wait for quite some time for the dialog to respond. In essence, the major bottleneck in the Add Reference Dialog in the earlier versions of Visual Studio was that you were constrained to wait until the scan was complete before the Add Reference Dialog would respond again. The Global Assembly Cache is a central location in your system where the .NET assemblies are stored. Such assemblies also have globally unique identifiers called string names. This is the reason why these assemblies are also called strong named assemblies.
With Visual Studio 2010 things have changed. In Visual Studio 2010, the .NET and COM tabs now load asynchronously and as a result, the User Interface thread is not blocked while the list of the ready-to-use assemblies and components is being populated. So, now you can switch between tabs in the Add Reference Dialog (as they no longer load synchronously) without having to wait for long.


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Tragic Mistakes When Adopting Test-Driven Development (TDD)
Test-driven development (TDD) is likely the most commonly discussed agile practice, probably because it offers the single biggest opportunity for productivity improvement on software delivery teams. With TDD you write a single test, then write just enough production code to fulfill that test, refactor where needed, and then iterate. With this approach your tests do double duty in that they represent a just-in-time (JIT) specification for your code and perform confirmatory validation on it. Sadly, over the past few months I've run into several organizations that were struggling to successfully adopt TDD. Actually, I've seen this problem for a long time now, but as luck would have it I've just happened to see it a lot lately and that's motivated me to write this article.
There are two forms of TDD:
- With "developer TDD"you typically use a xUnit tool, such as JUnit for Java or VBUnit for Visual Basic, to write developer tests. Developer tests, which include unit tests and simple integration tests, specify and validate the design of your code.
- With "acceptance TDD" you use more sophisticated tools, such as the Fitnesse framework, to write what's often referred to as agile acceptance tests or story tests. These tests specify and validate your code.
The 2008 Dr. Dobb's and Ambysoft Test-Driven Development (TDD) survey found that developer TDD is more common than acceptance TDD within the agile community, perhaps because of the greater technical focus of agile developers.
You will face several challenges when adopting TDD.
- First, developer TDD requires programmers to have testing skills and acceptance TDD requires analysts to have testing skills. In other words, TDD pretty much requires people to break out of their traditional specialties and move towards becoming a generalizing specialist.
- Second, TDD requires significant discipline on the part of practitioners. It's easy to say you're going to consistently write a single test before writing just enough production code to fulfill that test, but not as easy to actually do so.
- Third, for most organizations TDD requires new tooling, albeit tooling that is often available via open source.
So why go to all the hassle? As I said, there are significant benefits to TDD. With TDD you're writing executable specifications on a just-in-time (JIT) basis, which reduces the documentation burden on your team and thereby potentially lowers project cost. Traditional project teams invest an significant percentage of their budget creating, reviewing, and maintaining interim specifications which often do little more than gather dust once the project is completed. Another obvious benefit of TDD is the potential for increased quality -- agilists do more testing and do so earlier in the lifecycle, providing greater opportunity to address defects when they're easy and inexpensive to fix. A third benefit is improved time to market because you can avoid most of the up-front specification effort which plagues traditional teams and because it's easier to work with high-quality code than it is to work with low quality code (think about how much time you spend debugging code on traditional projects) which speeds up development. Before you scoff at these claims, the Dr. Dobb's 2008 Project Success survey found that agile teams were in fact perceived as being more cost effective, able to produce higher quality systems, and able to deliver faster than traditional teams. These benefits clearly can't be attributed solely to TDD, but I suspect some percentage would be.
There are several reasons why organizations are struggling to adopt TDD effectively. First is a lack of investment in opportunities for individuals to learn the technique, perhaps because organizations underestimate the complexity of the required skills or more likely due to a lack of funding. The TDD survey found that for both acceptance and developer TDD that pairing with an experienced person and mentoring were rated as the most effective means of learning the technique. Training came in a distant third followed by other techniques such as pairing with another learner, reading, and online forum discussions. My experience is that even with training and mentoring it can take a few months before someone gets good at TDD, so a bit of patience is required. So few organizations promote the practice of pair programming, typically because of fears that their productivity will drop if they do so, that it's pretty much futile to even suggest it any more. I've found that organizations which give pair programming a fair try, my suggestion is to have a team decide that for the next month they will not tolerate solo programming at all and then afterwards decide whether pairing works for them, discover that pairing leads to greater overall productivity over time.
Another serious challenge is that many organizations are still writing detailed specifications, what I like to refer to as detailed speculations, on their projects even after adopting TDD. Remember that TDD isn't just a validation technique, it's also a specification technique. The implication is that if you're doing just-in-time (JIT) requirements and design specification via acceptance TDD and developer TDD respectively that you can reduce, often dramatically, the amount of detailed speculations that you write at the beginning of project. Yes, you'll still need to follow Agile Modeling techniques of high-level requirements envisioning and architecture envisioning to provide overall direction for your project, but the details can and should be captured via TDD.
Similarly I see organizations that are still supporting comprehensive testing by independent testers, either in parallel to development or at the end of the life cycle, even though the development team is doing TDD. With TDD the developers do the majority of the testing, in particular they should be doing most if not all of the confirmatory testing, alleviating the need for a comprehensive testing by your traditional testing/QA group. There will, however, may be a need for some parallel independent testing, particularly at scale which focuses on more complex forms of testing such as investigative testing, systems integration testing, usability testing, security testing, and more. The implication is that when you adopt TDD you can and should reduce some of your existing testing efforts.
The fundamental mistake that organizations make is that they assume that when they're adopting a new practice that all they need to do is add new techniques, not realizing that the new practice often alleviates the need for other work currently being performed. A contributing factor, often the primary factor, to this problem is an unwillingness to deal with the political ramifications. The perception is that if you reduce the amount of detailed speculations that you write it reduces the need for people, such as business analysts and data analysts, who specialize in that sort of activity. Similarly, the perception is that if you reduce the amount of independent testing being done it reduces the need for testing and quality assurance people who focused on that. The reality is that TDD is removing the need for some of the more tedious aspects of analysts and testers jobs, freeing them up to focus on value added activities. This often implies that these people need to choose to become active members of development teams, sharing their exiting skills with other team members while picking up new skills from them. In other words, they need to move away from being narrowly focused specialists to more productive generalizing specialists.
Another common mistake that some organizations make when adopting TDD is doing so in too extreme of a manner. They believe that with TDD you don't need to do any modeling or independent testing at all, but nothing could be further from the truth. Numerous DDJ surveys, particularly the 2008 Modeling and Documentation survey, have found that the vast majority of agile teams do some sort of up front modeling and that they model throughout the project. TDD addresses detailed specification but isn't very good at high-level specification, that's what agile modeling practices are for. Similarly, the TDD survey itself found that agile teams were still doing some sort of independent testing even after adopting TDD. TDD only addresses confirmatory testing issues, you'll still need other techniques to address the full range of agile testing issues.
If your organization is thinking about adopting TDD, or is currently struggling to do so, I hope that this article has given you a few insights into the challenges that you face. TDD is about working smarter, not harder, and that requires that you change the way you're you organize teams, the skills that your IT staff have, and the tools that you work with. This can be painful at first, but the benefits of TDD more than seem to make up for this. Many organizations are in fact succeeding with TDD and so can your's.