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By ASHLEIGH LIVINGSTON Press-Republican
---- — PLATTSBURGH — Assemblywoman Janet Duprey has vowed to see if something can be done to keep bingo alive at Robert S. Long Apartments.
"It's certainly something I'm going to pursue," she told the crowd gathered at the complex Wednesday for an open discussion on bingo regulations.
The meeting, attended by both bingo players and representatives from the State Gaming Commission, came after the building's weekly, recreational bingo club of 40 years shut down in March after learning it did not have the proper permit to operate.
The group had been hosting games, attended by seniors and disabled individuals from throughout the area, at which cards could be purchased for $1, 25 cents and 1 cent.
Hazel Nichols, who had been the group's president, told the Press-Republican after the meeting that they had been putting half of the proceeds from their $1 cards back into the club to cover the costs of supplies and dinner outings, as well as $30 Christmas bonuses given to active members. The other half was dispersed as prize money, which could sometimes be as much as $30.
All of the proceeds from the 25-cent and 1-cent cards were given as prize money.
In addition, the club charged an annual $3 membership fee, which went into the club's account.
Duprey asked State Gaming Commission officials to come talk with seniors about the situation that led to them ending their games.
Rich Kuczynski, deputy director of the Division of Charitable Gaming, explained that his agency regulates games of chance and bingo in the state.
Current statute allows for three types of bingo: regular licensed bingo, free bingo and limited-period bingo.
Limited-period bingo, he said, allows the game to be played for a certain number of days at a festival or carnival setting and likely doesn't apply to the apartment complex's bingo club.
In order for an organization to play regular, licensed bingo, Kuczynski said, it would have to apply for a bingo ID number from the commission. If that is approved, the group could then go to the City Clerk's Office to apply for a bingo license.
If that license were approved, the group would then have to pay the City of Plattsburgh $18.75 for each occasion of bingo applied for, as well as 3 percent of net profits from each bingo date.
Free bingo, on the other hand, may be conducted without a license, Kuczynski said; however, players must not pay to participate.
"It's a free bingo game, where the players don't pay bingo admission; they don't pay a fee for their cards or the bingo paper to play.
"Once you start paying money to play, then you've got chance involved, and you've got prizes being awarded, then that brings you into the world of the penal law, and there are statutes regarding gambling," Kuczynski said.
Nominal prizes can be awarded in free bingo but must not exceed $10 in value per game or $150 in value per day.
In addition, Kuczynski noted, "you can only conduct this kind of bingo 15 times a year."
The former Racing and Wagering Board, which combined with the State Lottery to form the Gaming Commission, used to issue senior citizens bingo certificates, he explained, and general municipal law allowed senior organizations to obtain certificates to play bingo with no license or fees.
However, in 2008, the State Legislature enacted the free-bingo statue, which replaced such certificates, according to Kuczynski.
"But even back then, under the old program of senior citizens bingo, that bingo under the law was for recreational and amusement purposes, as well, and it also prohibited players from paying anything," he said.
During the question-and-answer portion of the gathering, Brenda Wemette, who has been playing bingo at the complex for 30 years, asked how the club was supposed to get money for prizes if it wasn't allowed to charge a fee to play.
Kuczynski responded that perhaps the club could get another organization to kick in money from a petty cash fund or local merchants to donate small prizes.
"If you played free bingo, and if you were able to obtain your small prize money or small prizes from some other source other than the players paying, that would be certainly in compliance with the free-bingo law," he said.
But even if the group were able to field donations, it would still be able to host free bingo only 15 times a year, not weekly, as desired.
Duprey said she didn't recall whether she had voted for the free bingo statute in 2008, as she has voted for several thousand bills between then and now.
But if she did vote in favor of it, she noted, "I'm sure that I would have thought it was something we were doing to help you.
"We can always amend bills," she added. "We can always change them."
Duprey said she will be contacting the chair of the State Assembly Aging Committee to discuss the matter and will also speak to bill drafters to see if something can be done to accommodate groups like this one.
"We want people, particularly as we all age, to be more active and be doing things and being social, and that's part of why we have invested all this federal and state money we have in these kinds of housing places."
Still, Duprey noted, while it may be possible to extend the number of days a group can play free bingo each year or allow for players to pay just enough to cover costs, it is unlikely there could be $30 prizes without violating gambling law.
"From my point of view, I'm going to be able to get somebody to change the laws just so much, and I'm not sure it's going to be enough to satisfy what you'd like to do here because it's not really the penny bingo as I thought it was," she said.
Duprey also noted that the Assembly doesn't go back into session until January, and even then, in order for the law to change, it would have to be passed by both the Assembly and Senate and signed by the governor.
"We're not going to go through that if ... it still isn't what is going to satisfy what you want to be able to do," she said, adding that she would see what she could find out and be back in touch with the bingo group.
Both Wemette and Nichols told the Press-Republican after the meeting that they would be satisfied being permitted to sell only the penny cards just to keep the group going but would also like to be able to play once a week.
"This way, it gets the seniors and the disabled out," Nichols said. "We don't even have to have an annual fee or a bank account."
She noted that offering just 15 days of bingo a year likely wouldn't be enough to keep people coming.
"I think we'd lose a lot of people," Nichols said, adding that the group used to get anywhere from 20 to 30 players, some of whom came from surrounding areas, including Keeseville and AuSable.
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2013 Midseason Review: Grade D'sBy
We've spent some time dissecting the team's performance through the first half of the year. Mike wrote about the A's, the B's, and the C's. Notice he left me with the scrubs – the D's!* Well, at least the D's aren't the F's. Am I right?
David Phelps
I know some of you might protest our decision to give Phelps a "D" grade. Whether you're lobbying to give him a "C" doesn't make much of a difference though — it doesn't change reality. He's not been great overall despite some solid starts. It's also funny, in a peculiar kind of way, how quickly the shine wears off of a guy.
Anyway, Phelps has pitched to a 5.01 ERA (3.85 FIP) and has been worth 1.1 fWAR thus far. He's struck guys out at a decent rate (8.17 K/9) and hasn't given up too many long balls (0.87 HR/9). Phelps has allowed a few too many free passes though (3.48 BB/9) and gives up more hits throughout his starts than one would ideally prefer.
Consistency has been the issue here. Despite several quality starts, Phelps has seen his numbers balloon thanks to some really awful games (particularly of late). He allowed four earned runs in 6.1 innings against Minnesota, nine runs against Baltimore (in 2.1 innings!), and four runs to the Mets in a third of an inning. On one hand you can look at Phelps a bit less critically when you consider that he is and always was expected to be a back of the rotation type of arm. One other hand, results are results. Sorry, David.
Phil Hughes
Getting tired of reading about Phil Hughes yet? Well, we all know the story here – frustrating inconsistency topped off by too many home runs surrendered (1.58 HR/9, here's the list of pitchers with the most HR surrendered — good to know the Yankees have two guys cracking the top 15). Through 102.1 innings, Hughes has pitched to a 4.57 ERA (4.48 FIP), and has been valued at 0.9 fWAR. In terms of peripherals, he's striking out 7.74 batters per nine and has limited the walks (2.29 BB/9).
Despite very legitimate concerns over next year's rotation, it seems pretty clear the Yankees are willing to part ways with the once-heralded Hughes. If they don't trade him for a bat by the deadline, they'll give him the qualifying offer after the season, which he probably won't accept. The funny thing is, as maddening as Hughes has been, he's still capable of throwing the occasional gem and should he string together some solid starts through the remainder of the season, you know some team will decide he's worth committing a lot of dollars and several years too. It's a shame it hasn't really worked out in New York but that's how it goes sometimes.
Chris Stewart
This is a tough break for Chris. He's basically producing at a reasonable level, I argue … for a backup catcher. The problem is he isn't a backup catcher. After the Yankees elected to forego Russell Martin for Francisco Cervelli, the most obvious predicament in the world occurred. Cervelli was injured and the team had to figure out where to go from there. That's when Chris Stewart stepped in as the every day guy.
So what happens to a guy like Chris Stewart when he's forced to play day in and day out? Well over 197 plate appearances he'll hit .241/.316/.306 (.282 wOBA, 77 wRC+, 0.8 fWAR). He'll take a decent number of walks (9.1 BB%) and will put the ball in play frequently (14.2 K%). He'll also hit for no power whatsoever (three home runs, 0.65 ISO). Defensively, I think he's generally regarded favorably. Again, I would argue that none of these stats are necessarily bad, they're just not good.
To put it in perspective, the Yankees catchers collectively rank twentieth in all of baseball in terms of fWAR (1.1), twenty-fourth in wRC+ (68), and twenty-fifth in wOBA (.275). Obviously, not all of this production is Stewart's doing, though he's logged far and away the most innings behind the plate. Basically, the production the Yankees have received from their catchers ranks in the bottom third of all of baseball in just about every meaningful category.
Vernon Wells
Remember when Wells hit .300 with six home runs through April? Remember when folks were wondering whether Cashman was actually a genius for taking on one of the worst contracts in all of baseball? Yep, that didn't last long. In completely predictable fashion, Wells turned back into the pumpkin he's been for years — that is to say a grossly overpriced fourth outfielder.
Overall, Big Vern has batted .238/.276/.371 (.282 wOBA, 73 wRC+, 0.1 fWAR). On the plus side, he's been generally pretty good in the outfield defensively despite a few questionable plays of late. On the down side, he's managed to hit only four home runs since April. He's also hit in the heart of order basically all season, even during his putrid May slump.
Given the amount of exposure he's seen thus far, it's not surprising he's shown noticeable splits either (batting .207 against righties). Back in late May, I wrote about Vernon and what we could expect moving forward. Long story short, the conclusion was that he most certainly wasn't the player we saw in April, and hopefully also not the guy we saw in May. I think this still holds true. Unfortunately, what we can expect is a "D grade" player who was brought to the team out of necessity. Hopefully, he'll be used more sparingly going forward when and if Curtis returns.
Travis Hafner
First, let me start by saying that I for one am shocked that Hafner has made it to this point. I was expecting Pronk to pull a Kevin Youkilis and suffer some season-ending injury after the first month or so. Surprisingly, he has generally kept himself in the lineup despite some nagging injuries here and there (most recently a foot contusion that happened during batting practice). Unfortunately (and much like Wells), Hafner has been lousy since May and he too, has shown noticeable splits as to be expected.
Overall, Pronk's batting .218/.314/.407 (.317 wOBA, 97 wRC+) and has been worth exactly 0.0 fWAR through 277 plate appearances. He has knocked 12 balls out of the park though, which is second on the team to only Robinson Cano (though Lyle Overbay and Wells are right behind him with 11). Hafner continues to take his fair share of walks (11.2 BB%) while striking out at a fair pace (26.0 K%).
Pronk was brought on board for one thing: his job is to mash. The thinking was simple. As long as he's healthy (or at least relatively healthy), he'll hit the ball. This hasn't really been the case though. He's struggled a lot. He'll need to turn it around for the rest of the season as the Yankees need some much needed depth in the batting the order.
*Mike did not stick me with the D's. It just worked out that way because of timing. Actually, I claimed the F's too.
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Phelps is closer to a B than a D for me.
Way too harsh.
Probably for me too but I can see why Mike gave a D. Overall as a team they have really been a D because while some think we are over achieving I feel a lot of guys are under achieving.
I know it's not really fair to say If you just eliminate this game… or this month… or this week, this guy would be good. That said, if you eliminate that crazy 9 Run 2 IP against the O's, Phelps ERA would be around 4.1. Considering he is a rookie, and that he has thrown some great games, I would give him a C.
I think Hafner gets an F. The guy has not been injured, which was his real downside. Considering he has managed many ABs, to post a Zero WAR is simply a total failure.
Since the AL ERA is 4.08, I guess a D for Hughes is fair. Hard to believe he is actually BELOW average. I would love to see an analysis on the HRs Phil gives up. The batter, the count and the pitch thrown. Is there a pattern? Too many high FBs? My gut tells me he throws too many high FBs, but I don't know if that's what's getting him in so much trouble.
in your dreams.
Matt said in the start of this series (the A's) that he was trying to make these not relative to what he expect from the players. Would you give an unnamed pitcher with a 5.01 ERA, a 3.85 FIP and a 1.1 fWAR a B? To me, that's not a B. D is probably about right. Maybe, being generous, I could give him a C- but those numbers are probably below average.
I didn't think Matt actually wrote this until I saw the note on the bottom. Very much improved.
I'd make the argument for both Phelps and Hughes as "C's," as I do think each has had enough plus moments to not be just a step above failing, but I'm willing to make that argument more for Phelps than Hughes.
I'm glad you showed some mercy on Wells and Hafner. April saves their asses from the abyss here, but it's still warranted.
No argument on Stewart. Just because he's seemed better than we feared at times, it doesn't mean he's been good.
He stuck you with the ass-end, Matt. Admit it. Of course, we all give Matt Warden an A+ on here.
Guess it depends on what the letter grades mean. I'd go with C for Hughes and Phelps — average performance, some good, some bad. Agree on the rest as D. Stewart can't win — he's a B back-up and a D regular.
Jayson Nix is probably an A+ 25th man. That's the way it goes sometimes when you're put in a position your level doesn't match.
Which brings to mind that Nix hasn't been rated yet, right? Too much time missed to rate? He's certainly no F.
Interesting. You're right. C/D range from me, even though I really do want to rank with a bit more context, which would raise his grade higher.
Yup, while he is no star he has been he is a good utility guy getting WAY to much exposure.
Role player getting way over-exposed–that should be the motto of this season. In the ideal 2013 Yankees line-up, Hafner is probably hitting around 7th and thus, not nearly as much pressure, not nearly as much weight to carry. Maybe he'd be performing better.
The perfect world, what-might-have-been line-up:
CF Gardner
SS Jeter
2B Cano
1B Teixeira
LF Granderson
3B A-Rod/Youkilis
DH Hafner/A-Rod/Youkilis
RF Ichiro/Wells
C Cervelli/Stewart/Romine
I don't think Pronk's performance has anything to do with where he's hitting in the line-up. He's been a middle of the line-up guy his entire career and performed his entire career when he's been healthy.
I do agree that the line-up could look a lot better if some bad breaks go the other way.
If you got a C in school, you really fucked up. If you got a D in school, you probably don't belong. I really think your grading scale is off. C is not average. B is average. Phelps and Hughes are C's, not D's. If you're a D, you might as well not even be in the majors anymore. If you're an F, you definitely shouldn't be. But F's should be very few and far between. Those two are not at the D level. Far from it.
It depends. When grading "on a curve," you're going by standard deviations, which really would put the majority of the classroom/team in the "C" range. There's also, certainly, many people who feel the way you do.
There's a few things I'd have done differently myself if I were doing the grading. I'd take a lot more factors into account, for one. This is one of those arguable points, though, that's going to come up when we're dealing with subjective lists with subjective criteria.
When I went to school the meteor hadn't yet wiped out the dinosaurs and "Gentlemen Cs" were considered average. Nowadays, at least for the brighter kids, As are commonplace, Bs are a disaster, and Cs are, like, might as well jump off a bridge. (Though a good friend who's a tenured prof at a very well-known D1 sports school has his class taken automatically by the jocks because it's an automatic C no matter what –an unspoken agreement with administration. So I suppose it all depends on your point of view.
Dr. Tilapia would love to hear about your friend's class. I'm proud to say she holds her jocks to the same standards as everyone else. I wouldn't be satisfied with C's from my own kid, but I surely hope he doesn't grow up feeling like they're jumping-off-bridge territory. We save that for when the Yankees are in third place and/or Phil Hughes starts.
I may have confused my kid with forensic's kid on one of those.
Good for her! We need more like her, even with D1 athletics being the big business it is.
Well, she's not exactly teaching at a sports-first school either. Doesn't stop the students from feeling like they're a shoe-in for whatever their sport of choice is, or for the coaches for pushing them as it they were. Huge disservice being done.
This isn't school. This is the workplace. Not everyone is a B or even a C. You do get your D's and F's, but they are expected and still play a role in the organization. When you have winners and losers, and especially when you have stars and others, you'll have far fewer A's than F's, fewer B's than D's. The majority of a winning team may fall into the A, B & C category, but my expectaion for this team, as compared to other team's starters, was that we'd see far more C's, D's & F's than A's and B's.
There will always be differeing opinions on whether someone is a D+ or a C-. Hughes and Phelps are definitely among ones that fit that argument well, but I generally feel the ranking is near correct. A couple of A's, a few more B's, but primarily a team of C's, D's and F's.
This too.
Grade inflation. If you went to school in Europe you'd have a very different outlook.
If they graded on the school curve you are referring to, we'd get almost no information from the rankings. Most of these guys are very good baseball players. Good enough to play in MLB (for the most part). You can say they all deserve higher grades, but those grades would then be pretty meaningless.
Anyway, the scale is fairly unimportant. It's just to differentiate groups of players in relevant terms. If they did as you suggest and merely raised A to A+ and every other grade one letter, what difference would that make besides conforming to your personal school experience?
Very much along the lines of my thinking. Also, when looking at 25 guys, the sample size is way to small for a normal bell curve.
Stewart is not a D. He has gotten a good number of key hits and provides capable defense. This board has been brutal on him. Should be a C.
Ichiro is a B. .283 good defense, more power than expected and durable. You can easily see that he reaches and catches balls no one else except Gardner can. Good arm as well despite slow release. Team is a B. Above average starting pitching, stellar bullpen, slightly above average defense despite last game comedy,
below average offense.
Matt, I can not argue with much of your content on these players. The only one that I believe is slightly higher is Phelps. He's really in his first full year of rotation work. But, unless he can develop another pitch to get guys to swing and miss. He looks just like St. Phil having excessive pitch counts attempting to get guys out. Thus he has a difficult time going deep in games. If Nova and Pineda are healthy Phelps has no place in the rotation in 2013.
The Yankees should DFA Hafner for any lefty down in AAA. They would be bringing up a useful position player who could give some rest to the appropriate starter.
Vernon to me still may be able to have a productive second half if he go to RF on some pitches.
Adios Phil, you are a major league pitcher but your talents are needed in other venues.
Stewart just can not drive the ball but catchers do not grow on trees. Cervelli may not be back because of the MLB probe into PEDs.
It is the situation that we find ourselves and there are not many correction available when management is looking into a different direction then the fans. To be honest I can not blame the Yankees for heading in their general direction.
If Boesch was healthy its possible Hafner would be gone already
man he's still hurt huh? i forgot completely about him
Brennan Boesch has THREE groins.
the denver broncos have 2 balls. it is fact. look it up.
Wow – the F list is going to be immense!
I was wondering where Vernon would end up. I always kind of felt the hot-start endeared him a little bit in some eyes but that his numbers would push him to the F range. I guess you could always say, "I passed! I got a D-minus!"
Both Phelps and Hughes have been valuable rotation contributors this year. Inconsistent, yes. But both have had numerous good starts and both have inflated ERAs because of the way they've been handled. Phelps should never have been left in to give up nine runs. And Hughes had his third straight excellent game marred when Girardi left him into long. I understand that he'd like to save the pen and squeeze innings out of a hot young starter. But in evaluating these two, this means their numbers need to be adjusted. Certainly, two guys who've been very useful don't deserve Ds. Even on Mike's grade-deflationary scale, I'd give both Cs. Actually, even B minus or C plus.
I think you underrate Phelps.
Averages are deceptive, especially when there are two real outliers as they are in his case. He's performed very well in half his starts, had two disasters, and been so-so to mediocre four times. I'd call that a "C".
Another way to look at this. Here is a team with one of the worst offenses in the league. And yet they're seven games over .500– obviously because of the pitching. And while the ace (CC) has been disappointing and the erstwhile #2 (Andy) has struggled, two other rotation mainstays are given Ds?? Not only that but two of the consistently efficient relievers (Warren, Claiborne) are marked down with Cs. These four guys are a big part of the reason Yanks have outperformed Pythagorean assumptions. With all due respect to hard-working Mike, these grades are really harsh and IMO off the mark.
Exactly. Warren and Claiborne are Bs and Phelps/Hughes Cs (Pettitte was rated C!??)
andy pettitte has kinda been terribe as far as Andy Pettitte goes.
0.2 bwar, 1.7 fwar 92 era+
his xfip gives hope for some leveling out at 3.97 but he has been below league average and compared to andy we know not very good.
This is a very good argument.
To give both Phelps and Hughes a D you must think, outside of Kuroda, the Yankees have a mediocre rotation. And…you may be right.
"(good to know the Yankees have two guys cracking the top 15)"
The Orioles have 2 in the top 10 and 3 in the top 25.. So at least we have that going for us.
They have a much better offense than the Yankees, which is why they can have those pitching issues, yet still be a few games ahead of them. Wish we had that offense …
(Hoping for a good trade to help there before the deadline…)
I'd argue that Stewart at least deserves a C.
Sure, he's utterly miserable as a starter, it's the Yankees being morons when they had little worthy depth at catcher this season. He got us a few key hits, I'd assume calls pitches at least average, not stupid enough fishing every so often, and he doesn't steal his teammates' gloves.
I mean, he's performing on par with what we expect out of him. We all know he lives relatively clean but can't hit .250. We all grade differently, and for me, C is for Could be Worse and D is for Disappointments. (B is for better than average and A is for Awesome) Did anyone honestly think Stewart will replace Martin?
Was it really the most obvious thing in the world that Cervelli would break his hand on a foul ball?
That said, Stewart has been a lot better than you lead on. Why are you using team stats at a position for an individual player? Stewart has not, in fact, had all that many PAs in relative terms. He's not even qualifying. He has under 200, while there are 14 Cs with 300 (299 really). He's 28th in PAs by a C. I don't know that this would change your offensive evaluation much, but it's just odd not to use individual stats.
It's easier to ignore defensive contribution, but it's not accurate. It's roughly equivalent to me arguing that we should just ignore Hughes' and Phelps' bad starts to give them both As. Adjusting for playing time, this guy is basically a league average starting C according to fWAR. And fWAR likely undervalues his contribution seeing as the guy is pretty universally praised for his defense by people who actually play(ed) the position at the MLB level and rates out as among the best in all the pitch framing surveys. Even without considering that stuff, though, he's been league average as a starter.
An analysis that awards Stewart a D is just not realistic. I know people miss Posada and PEDs era offense in general, but a league average starter is a C.
Mike did not stick me with the D's
Here are Wally's grades…. Wally himself gets an D though so take them as you will…
Rotographs did a write up of New York Penn league prospects. They have a blurb about Nick Rumbelow and Eric Jagielo, saying "He's definitely the most exciting middle-of-the-order power bat in the league this year."
You lost me when you gave Boone a B.

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Great job. I remember (and REALLY wish I could find it again) some article early in the season last year that Gardy as saying something like "they tell me he has a good on base percentage . . ." I don't know who that was in reference to at all, but it is alarming that such a simple and dominant stat is treated by the manager as something that others have to tell him about. And one can see it throughout Gardy's lineups over the years. For instance, Joe Mauer is clearly the prototypical 2-hitter in many ways and should have been placed there for most of his career so far. This year is a thankful exception. Hudson was adequate through most of 2010, but Carroll might be the best since . . . . Knoblauch (?) when he batted second? When was the last time this team had 1 and 2 hitters with .350+ OBP???
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You can use this information to determine settings for your irrigation system. For more information on setting your irrigation timers, see your timer manual or these CSU Extension publications:
Fact Sheet 7.199: Watering Established Lawns at http://www.ext.colostate.edu/pubs/garden/07199.pdf
Fact Sheet 4.722: Irrigation-Inspecting and Correcting Turf Irrigation System Problems at http://www.ext.colostate.edu/pubs/crops/04722.pdf.
CMG GardenNote #265: Methods to Schedule Home Lawn Irrigation at http://www.ext.colostate.edu/pubs/garden/07239.pdf
Remove dead trees and keep wood local to prevent insect spread
There are many dead trees in southeastern Colorado. While there are many reasons for tree death, those killed by borers should be removed and disposed of before they infect another plant.
Piñon or Ponderosa pine trees have been infested by Ips beetle and pitch mass borer. Ash and lilacs have been targeted by Lilac-ash borer. Peach trees may have peach borers. And black walnut has been hit hard by the insect-disease complex known as thousand canker.
Dead plants in the landscape may still harbor the larvae of borers, which may mature and move to still healthy trees in your neighborhood. Remember that the logs of these plants should not be moved as lumber or firewood, as the insects will be transported with the wood.
Tomato problems
Home gardeners often discover that our hot climate makes tomato production, shall we say, interesting. Or maybe the word is challenging. Heat, water, wind, soil conditions, insects, and diseases can all play a role in whether home grown tomatoes are successful or not. For information on growing tomatoes and potential problems, see Colorado Master Gardener GardenNotes #717: Growing Tomatoes at http://www.cmg.colostate.edu/gardennotes/717.pdf, #718: Tomato Early Blight at http://www.cmg.colostate.edu/gardennotes/718.pdf, and CSU Extension Fact Sheet 2.949 : Recognizing Tomato Problems at http://www.ext.colostate.edu/pubs/garden/02949.pdf.
Piñon pitch mass borer
Piñon pitch mass borer, Dioryctria ponderosae is damaging piñon and ponderosa pines in Pueblo and Fremont Counties. Damage is done by the larvae, a tan worm about ½ + inch long with a brown head. The larvae tunnel under the bark on the trunk and inner large branches, often near branch crotches, feeding on the water and food transportation system. Infested trees look stressed, with thinning or browning needles. In some cases only one branch or part of the tree may be affected.
Outward signs of larval feeding include masses of pinkish, gummy pitch near the feeding area, and cream colored dried pitch on lower branches or the trunk. When you pull the pinkish pitch away, the larvae may be pulled out with the pitch.
For more information on this insect pest, please the publications at http://wiki.bugwood.org/HPIPM:Pinyon_%22Pitch_Mass%22_Borer and http://www.coopext.colostate.edu/TRA/PLANTS/ppitch.shtml.
Pinon with both fresh and dried pitch
Photo: Sylvia Sanchez, Colorado Master Gardener
Very large pitch - fresh mass on pinon
Photo: Sylvia Sanchez, Colorado Master Gardener
Pitch mass borer photo from bugwood
Photo: Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University
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I'm interested to see how this season pans out. Three former winners are in the mix (Irina, Jeffrey, and Seth Aaron), which is always interesting. Plus there is a ton of fodder. I'm really interested to see what Elena does because her decoy collection was light years ahead of any of those actually in the competition.
Logic is in the eye of the logician --Gloria Steinem
Elena brings the drama right from episode 1.
And you know Korto has zero tolerance for drama!
It's really a good mix of contestants this season.
Jeffrey's photos of recent collection clothes are all kids!
I meant to take the high road.... but I missed the exit.
jeffrey looks like someone on a taqueria sign, 50 yrs after they posed for it
I feel like I'm in a dream. But it can't be a dream because there are no boy dancers!
Wow...Zanna was not playing in those critiques! I like her a lot better as a mentor than Joanna Coles.
Logic is in the eye of the logician --Gloria Steinem
totally jealosing over meeting debbie harry
first the hostess, now the qvc wall - they better bring some great designs to make me forget how budget this is looking
I feel like I'm in a dream. But it can't be a dream because there are no boy dancers!
i would cut a bitch for seth aaron's
I feel like I'm in a dream. But it can't be a dream because there are no boy dancers!
I'm the bitch you'd have to cut. Love it. And I missed his season completely.
"Youth and vigor is no match for age and deceit." -- Prancer
I see the top three, but the bottom three are mind boggling. Daniel's Gay Tribal Easter Basket and Mychael's High-class Hooker escaping the bottom three are amazing.
"The practice of sport is a human right. Every individual must have the possibility of practicing sport, without discrimination of any kind and in the Olympic spirit, which requires mutual understanding with a spirit of friendship, solidarity and fair play." Olympic Charter
I'm so used to it being 1.5 hours that it seemed to almost be rushed tonight to get through it in an hour.
Anyone else underwhelmed with most of the runway looks?
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ita, it seemed too short, especially with this many designers. rate the runway wasnt up when i checked so i cant even check out the gay tribal easter basket.
I feel like I'm in a dream. But it can't be a dream because there are no boy dancers!
I am confused. Didn't they JUST do a All-Stars and Anthony Ryan won?? Why does that feel like only a year or two ago?
"Michelle would never be caught with sausage grease staining her Vera Wang." - rfisher
Yeah, they did an All-Stars that ended earlier this year.
I spoke to a former contestant (who shall remain nameless) who joked that they have so many all-star editions that half of the former contestants have appeared as "all-stars." He had no desire to return.
If yesterday's show is any indication of what we are to expect, the title of this thread needs to be changed. There was no drama or excitement in the host, the contestants, or the designs.
But I do think that the designer sent home looks way better as a woman than he did a man!
I'm sure that the drama won't be long in coming; after all, Jeffrey is there!
I'm really not sure how Michayyyyel Knight and and Daniel's looks were safe. They were both terrible and clearly the bottom 2. I couldn't see anything punk or aesthetically pleasing about either.
Ari going home so soon is a shame.
Loved both Seth Aaron's look and Elena's coat.
Michayyyel's outfit looked just like a lot of what he did in the past. Way to step out of your comfort zone.
I am happy with this group in general but could have done without Elena's "DRAAAMMMA.
And I never thought Jeremy should have won his season. I was pretty certain that he cheated as whatshername accused him of. He seems to have aged a lot since his season. It wasn't that long ago.
^^^Do you mean Jeffrey...and Laura who accused him of cheating?


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The included LiveCD provides a complete Linux programming and debugging environment-all without modifying your current operating system. Use it to follow along with the book's examples as you fill gaps in your knowledge and explore hacking techniques on your own. Get your hands dirty debugging code, overflowing buffers, hijacking network communications, bypassing protections, exploiting cryptographic weaknesses, and perhaps even inventing new exploits. This book will teach you how to:
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While this book certainly isn't for the faint of heart, keep at it until you can grasp the techniques and concepts presented and you're sure to do very well for yourself! Good luck.
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Worcester, Mass. - March 29, 2013 - The WPI baseball team rallied past visiting Springfield College on Friday afternoon to pick up a 9-7 win in New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) action.
With the win, WPI improves to 8-12 overall and 3-4 in conference. Springfield drops to 4-8 and 1-5 in the NEWMAC.
Freshmen Vinny D'Ambrosio and Alex Venditti combined for six hits and five RBIs to catapult the Engineers to the league win. The duo sparked a four run inning in the top of the seventh as WPI regained a lead they would not relinquish.
Hits from Venditti and D'Ambrosio in the first two innings coupled with big triples from senior Shane Sampson and Anthony Capuano helped the Engineers jump out to a 4-1 advantage heading into the fifth.
The Pride battled back with a homer by Sean Smith that helped Springfield to a four run inning, as Springfield led WPI 6-4 heading into the seventh.
The Crimson and Gray replied with their own four-run inning with doubles from Zach Blanchard and DJ Oullette. D'Ambrosio's single sent Matt Blakeman home and Venditti's double solidified WPI's lead.
The Engineers wrapped things up in the ninth with hits from D'Ambrosio and Sean Kelly and solid pitching from closer Taylor Landry.
Sean Greene improved to 2-2 with the win, pitching for one inning and allowing no runs. Landry earned the save, his third of the year. Greg Marakovits hurled seven innings en route to the loss, giving up eight runs, five of which were earned, while striking out five.
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After two subpar outings, Barr-Reeve needed a good performance to end the regular season. They got that from Addison Wagler.
The Vikings (20-1) defeated Bloomfield (11-10) 51-39 Friday evening in its last tune up before the state tournament begins tonight. Barr-Reeve jumped out to a 10-7 lead after the first quarter. The Vikings got points from five different players with Myron Stoll leading the way with three points. In the second quarter, the Vikings continued to add to their lead by outscoring the Cardinals 17-12 to take a 27-19 lead into halftime.
Bloomfield's Ben Hays led all scorers at halftime with 10 points, while Wagler and junior Micah Bullock led Barr-Reeve with six points apiece.
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Belkin's NetCam HD+ is a fantastic option for budget-minded DIY security enthusiasts, but you'll need to pay the monthly fee to get the most from this entry-level IP camera.
The contract-free ZTE Majesty is a 3G handset sporting a 5-megapixel camera, Android Jelly Bean, and a low $170 price tag.
Volkswagen's aging tech suite gets a major upgrade with the addition of the new Car-Net telematics suite. Who says you can't teach an old dog new tricks?
The company highlights key points in its well-known position on protecting a free and open Internet. But it also offered suggestions on how to protect consumers.
Don't let the low price fool you: Nothing gets past Belkin's $130 NetCam HD+.
A surge of traffic is crashing the agency's electronic filing system, so it's bumping the feedback deadline on the controversial proposal from Tuesday to Friday.
Preliminary data on Internet congestion in the US indicates there isn't much of it -- unless Netflix is part of the equation.
In attempt to keep Net open to all, bill would require FCC to adopt rule that prevents formation of so-called "Internet fast lane."
The Western Digital My Net AC13900 HD is a good router but not good enough for it to stand out among the crowd of a handful 802.11ac networking devices on the market.
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RALEIGH — A Raleigh man is suspected to have shot and seriously wounded another man Monday on Kingstree Court.
Paul Emanuel Gainey, 23, was arrested Monday by the Raleigh Police Department.
He is accused of shooting Alshawn Martel Thomas, 28, multiple times around 2 a.m. Monday on the 3100 block of Kingstree Court, a residential cul-de-sac in southeastern Raleigh.
Thomas remained in serious condition, according to officials at WakeMeds Raleigh campus.
A preliminary investigation indicates the crime was not a random act, according to police spokesman Jim Sughrue.
Gainey is charged with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill, inflicting serious injury and with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon in connection with the incident.
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Haigh, J.M. and Meyer, E. and Smith, E.W. and Kanfer, I. (1997) The human skin-blanching assay for in vitro topical corticosteroid assessment. II. Subject- and observer-dependent variation in blanching responses. International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 152 (2). pp. 185-192. ISSN 0378-5173
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The human skin blanching (vasoconstriction) assay for the assessment of topical corticosteroids has been in use for over 30 years, the intensity of the drug-induced blanching being assessed subjectively by eye. Both arms of several male and female volunteers are used for product application and more than one observer is used to estimate the degree of induced blanching. There are, therefore, numerous variables which are inherent in the assay procedure. This investigation consisted of three identical trials performed at 8-week intervals, utilising the same 18 volunteers and the same three observers in an attempt to address the question of reproducibility of the assay. From the results obtained it is clear that the assay methodology is capable of consistently distinguishing, on a rank order basis, between preparations which show similar blanching (chemically-equivalent formulations). The similarity of the results for the three individual trials gives considerable confidence to results produced using this methodology. An experiment designed to test the reproducibility of the blanching scores showed that the observers are capable of producing identical results even though visual observation is highly subjective.
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Taste the Tradition in Every Bite. Expanding our tradition of artisanal baking, Russo's now offers a complete line of the best-tasting, gluten-free pizzas in today's market place. With our passion for freshness and quality, your customers cannow take home the authentic Italian flavors perfected by Chef Russo.


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"Life Groups are the highlight of my week. Our prayers for one another give me great support. The application of God's Word to my daily life is enriching and our meals shared together have given me closer relationships then I thought possible"
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Investigators are ruling the death of an Iowa man whose body was found in his home this week as a homicide.
A statement released Saturday by the Chickasaw County Sheriff's Department says deputies found the body of 70-year-old Kenneth Gallmeyer in his Nashua home on Thursday after the department received a request to check on his welfare.
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Nine burglaries and robberies were reported in the Syosset area last week, cops said.
Nassau County Police reported seven burglaries in Syosset, Jericho, Woodbury, and other towns across the Second Precinct.
Nearby, both commercial and residential break-ins were reported. Metro Candy & Nuts in Syosset reported an attempted burglary with nothing taken from the store.
In Jericho and Woodbury, two homes were burglarized. While just personal papers were taken in the Woodbury incident, a Jericho home was ransacked and reported the theft of an iPod and two safes.
In addition to burglaries, two robberies were reported in Hicksville and Massapequa. Proceeds from the incidents included an iPod and personal papers.
The Second Precinct reported the following burglaries:
- Feb. 21: Burglary; Cornell Avenue, Hicksville; attempted break-in, nothing taken.
- Feb. 21: Burglary; Staples Street, Farmingdale; copper pipe stolen.
- Feb. 22: Robbery; Sackett Drive, Hicksville; iPod stolen.
- Feb. 24: Burglary; Dairy Barn, Farmingdale; safe damaged.
- Feb. 24: Burglary; Rockland Drive, Jericho; rooms ransacked, iPad and two safes removed.
- Feb. 25: Burglary; Metro Candy & Nuts, Syosset; attempted break-in through front door, nothing taken.
- Feb. 25: Burglary; Kuhl Avenue, Hicksville; jewelry, cash stolen.
- Feb. 25: Burglary; Fox Hollow Road, Woodbury; personal papers stolen.
- Feb. 25: Robbery; North Broadway, Massapequa; personal papers stolen.
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Factor To Consider While Choosing Interstate Moving Companies
Moving around from one place to another has become a part of my life. I have a very good experience with interstate moving companies. Several years back, during my college days, my roommate and I were transferred from one accommodation to another; so we thought of selecting a reliable interstate moving company. Searching a precise interstate moving company was quite an exasperating and tiresome job for my roommate and me. Whether you are relocating or you have been transferred from one state to another then make sure that the moving company which you choose should be trustworthy, wary and agrees to shift your belongs and other stuffs without any damage.
Reasons for Choosing Interstate Moving Companies
From my personal experience I would like to tell you that moving companies acts in versatile manner when you are plagued and frazzled with transferring your precious goods to another place. Some interstate moving companies are engaged in transferring only residential or industrial assets while other moving companies provide residential as well as commercial property. Packaging of your valuable belongings is regarded as the vital part while you are shifting to other place. There are some companies that provide free packing service while some moving companies charge extra free for packing your valuables. Here are some factors you should keep in mind while choosing an interstate moving company:
- Before you hire a moving company, I would like to suggest that you should examine the consumer's reviews. This will help you in sorting out the best movers and the services they provide to the people.
- It would be wise for you to choose a veteran moving company that can promise to transfer your goods with complete security without any damage. Go through the records and check its profile. An experienced moving company employs eligible and proficient staffs who are responsible for transporting your belongings in good condition.
- Another vital thing that you should check while hiring a moving company is that whether the company is legal and carries a license as well as insurance policy.
- You should hire an interstate moving company that can offer you storage facility of goods. You can opt for temporary storage facility as several moving companies can provide this service.
Choosing the best and Affordable Interstate Moving Company
As far as my experience goes, reliable and professional interstate moving companies offer hassle-free transporting services. A trustworthy moving company saves your time as well as money. Transferring goods from one place to another is a tiring process if you are doing it on your own. Therefore, it be would be best if you hand over the task to the professional movers. They will do the job with full proficiency. Another advantage of choosing the best movers is that they take complete responsibility of transferring goods without any damage.
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The Kings continue to look like the NHL's most dominant team. The way they're going, they may not get a chance to extend their record road winning streak until the next round -- which, by the way, is the final round.
Los Angeles dropped Phoenix again Tuesday night, earning a 4-0 victory to take a 2-0 series lead over the Coyotes in the Western Conference finals. Games Three and Four will be in L.A. on Thursday and Sunday.
It wouldn't be a surprise if the Kings sweep. They look that good.
""We really want it right now," forward Dustin Penner told NHL.com. "We want the first goal. We want the next goal. It's that intensity and that passion that drives us. It's that good type of fear that stops you from letting games get away from you and continues to push you forward. We use that fear of losing to motivate us as opposed to shrinking to it."
The Kings are 7-0 on the road and have won their last nine away from home dating to last season.
Besides falling behind on the scoreboard, the Coyotes lost two players. Shane Doan and Martin Handzal were kicked out for boarding, and the league will review the incidents.
"There's no question there's going to be frustration, especially when you get down in a game like that, guys try to finish their checks on the edge," said Coyotes and former Sabres forward Taylor Pyatt, who had three shots and three hits. "We've got to try and find some positives and get things turned around in Game Three."
In the Eastern Conference, the Rangers hope to build off their 3-0 victory over New Jersey in Game One. The teams meet in New York tonight.
"We've got to be better," Rangers captain Ryan Callahan said. "We know that. We've got areas in the game that we need to improve on and we need to work on. We'll be ready."
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Conor Bullis was named to Coach Bob Ernst staff in July of 2011. Bullis was chosen by Ernst for his energy and commitment to excellence, along with his attention to detail. "He's proven over his career as a coach and as an administrator that he's a forward-thinker and a great organizer," Ernst said.
He is in the middle of his second year with Washington Women's Rowing after the team finished 7th at the NCAA Championships last season.
Coach Bullis is a native of Seattle, attending Garfield High School with many other superstar Huskies. A four year letter winner from Oregon State University and Captain in his Senior year, Bullis returned to Seattle and started coaching on the UW Men's Rowing team under Michael Callahan and former freshman coach Luke McGee. Bullis coached with the Men's side for 2 years before taking a job as the Head Boys Coach for the Lakeside School.
At Lakeside, Bullis grew the program from 8 boys to 42, worked to rebuild the entire boathouse and coached an open 4+ and lightweight 4+ to a 4th and 2nd place respectively at the Youth National Championship. In the summers of 2010-11 Bullis, coached the Seattle Area Rowing Association Boys Racing Camp taking his top 8+ to the USRowing Club National Championships and winning the Junior 8+ two summers in a row.
In the summer of 2012, Ernst hired Coach Bullis to take over the 1st Assistant/Novice Coach position. In his first season he took the UW Novice 8 to a 3rd place finish at the San Diego Crew Classic and a 4th place finish at the Pac-12 Championships.
During the summer of 2012 Bullis coached the USRowing National Team "Freshmen" Camp and is schedule to coach the camp again for the summer of 2013.
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A stone in the wall of Blarney Castle in Ireland. According to an Irish legend, those who kiss the Blarney Stone receive a gift of eloquence that enables them to obtain, through persuasion, anything they want.
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- Master OData programming concepts and skills by implementing practical examples and apply them in real-world scenarios
- Find simple and handy means to resolve common OData programming issues more effectively
- Explore the new OData programming features in latest and future versions of WCF Data Service
- Well-designed recipes that are organized in complete categories such as server-side programming, client-side programming, hosting and configuration, and security
Book DetailsLanguage : English
Paperback : 376 pages [ 235mm x 191mm ]
Release Date : July 2012
Author(s) : Steven Cheng
Topics and Technologies : All Books, Application Development, Cookbooks, Enterprise, Microsoft
Table of ContentsPreface
Chapter 1: Building OData Services
Chapter 2: Working with OData at Client Side
Chapter 3: OData Service Hosting and Configuration
Chapter 4: Using OData in Web Application
Chapter 5: OData on Mobile Devices
Chapter 6: Working with Public OData Producers
Chapter 7: Working with Security
Chapter 8: Other OData Programming Tips
Chapter 9: New Features of WCF Data Service 5.0 (OData V3)
- Chapter 1: Building OData Services
- Introduction
- Building an OData service via WCF Data Service and ADO.NET Entity Framework
- Building an OData service with WCF Data Service and LINQ to SQL
- Exposing OData endpoints from WCF RIA Service
- Adding custom operations on OData service
- Exposing database stored procedures in WCF Data Service
- Using custom data objects as the data source of WCF Data Service
- Using Interceptors to customize a WCF Data Service
- Accessing ASP.NET context data in WCF Data Service
- Creating a custom WCF Data Service provider
- Chapter 2: Working with OData at Client Side
- Introduction
- Exploring an OData service through web browser
- Using Visual Studio to generate strong-typed OData client proxy
- Generating OData client proxy via DataSvcUtil.exe tool
- Editing and deleting data through WCF Data Service client library
- Accessing OData service via WebRequest class
- Executing OData queries in an asynchronous manner
- Filtering OData query results by using query options
- Dealing with server-side paged entity sets from WCF Data Service
- Performing WPF data binding with OData service data
- Injecting custom HTTP headers in OData requests
- Consuming HTTP compression enabled OData service
- Using MSXML to consume OData service in unmanaged applications
- Chapter 3: OData Service Hosting and Configuration
- Introduction
- Hosting a WCF Data Service in IIS server
- Hosting a WCF Data Service in Console application
- Deploying a WCF Data Service on Windows Azure host
- Configuring WCF Data Service to return error details
- Configuring WCF Data Service to return JSON-format response
- Applying basic access rules on WCF Data Service
- Getting rid of .svc extension by using ASP.NET URL Routing
- Enabling dynamic compression for OData service hosted in IIS 7
- Chapter 4: Using OData in Web Application
- Introduction
- Building data-driven ASP.NET Web Form pages with OData
- Adopting OData in ASP.NET MVC web applications
- Building ASP.NET Page UI with OData and XSLT
- Building AJAX style data-driven web pages with jQuery
- Consuming OData service with datajs script library
- Using OData service in Silverlight data access application
- Consuming WCF Data Service in PHP pages
- Chapter 5: OData on Mobile Devices
- Introduction
- Accessing OData service with OData WP7 client library
- Consuming JSON-format OData service without OData WP7 client library
- Creating Panorama-style, data-driven Windows Phone applications with OData
- Using HTML5 and OData to build native Windows Phone application
- Accessing WCF Data Service in Android mobile application
- Accessing WCF Data Service in iOS application
- Chapter 6: Working with Public OData Producers
- Introduction
- Getting started with Netflix OData online catalog
- Manipulating Sharepoint 2010 documents through OData endpoint
- Using OData protocol for Windows Azure Table storage access
- Query StackOverflow forums data with OData endpoint
- Tracking information of NuGet packages through OData feeds
- Exploring eBay online products catalog through OData service
- Consuming SSRS 2008 R2 report through OData feed
- Chapter 7: Working with Security
- Introduction
- Applying Windows authentication for OData service
- Using ASP.NET Forms authentication to secure OData service
- Securing OData service with HTTPS transport
- Implementing OData service authentication with custom HTTP Module
- Adding custom authorization with server-side processing pipeline
- Using Interceptors to control access for individual entity set
- Implementing role-based security for OData service
- Chapter 8: Other OData Programming Tips
- Introduction
- Using LINQPad to compose OData query code
- Exploring OData service with ODataExplorer
- Using OData service in Windows PowerShell script
- Exploring OData service with Microsoft Excel PowerPivot component
- Inspecting OData HTTP traffic through Fiddler web debugger
- Using Open Data Protocol Visualizer to inspect the object model of OData service
- Consuming OData service in Windows 8 Metro style application
- Chapter 9: New Features of WCF Data Service 5.0 (OData V3)
- Introduction
- Upgrading existing OData service to WCF Data Service 5.0
- Using geospatial types in OData service
- Using Any and All operators to filter OData entities
- Updating OData entities through HTTP PATCH requests
- Resolving base URI of OData entity sets dynamically
- Exposing binary data on OData entity with Named Resource Stream
- Extending OData service functionalities with Service Actions
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Sample chapters
You can view our sample chapters and prefaces of this title on PacktLib or download sample chapters in PDF format.
What you will learn from this book
- Build OData service with relational database
- Create OData service with custom data sources
- Consume OData service with strong-type service proxy
- Access OData service by sending raw HTTP requests
- Use query options to perform advanced OData service query
- Apply dynamic HTTP compression for IIS hosted OData service
- Host OData service with Windows Azure Cloud platform
- Use JQuery for OData service query in AJAX web application
- Access OData service in Window Phone 7 applications
- Manipulate document library in Sharepoint 2010 sites through OData endpoint
- Secure OData service with ASP.NET Forms authentication
- Work with binary data stream in OData service
In Detail
Odata (Open Data Protocol) is a Web protocol for querying and updating data that provides a way to unlock your data and free it from silos that exist in applications today. OData enables data access among a variety of applications, services, and stores by adopting existing Web technologies such as HTTP, XML, and JSON. This book deals with common OData programming cases over the Microsoft .NET Framework platform and eases the learning curve for a .NET developer to start incorporating OData in data service development.
This book provides a collection of recipes that help .NET developers to get familiar with OData programming in a quick and efficient manner. The recipes cover most OData features from the former ADO.NET Data Service to the current WCF Data Service platform. In addition, all the sample cases here are based on real-world scenarios and issues that .NET developers might come across when programming with OData in application development.
This book will be your handy guide with basic to advanced walkthroughs of common OData programming cases for the Microsoft .NET Framework platform. You will learn quick solutions to necessary tasks to integrate the power of OData at both server-side and client-side.
This book will help you master the use of OData with .NET Framework by taking you through hands-on and practical recipes. It starts by talking about the common means for building OData services and consuming OData services in client applications. Then, some more specific topics like hosting, configuration and security are discussed. The book also covers many popular and interesting topics such as integrating OData in web applications, and developing data-driven mobile applications with OData. Moreover, you can also find quite a few recipes discussing real-world OData producers and new features in latest and future versions.
Within "OData Programming Cookbook for .NET Developers", all the recipes are selected based on real-world scenarios that you will commonly come across. Each recipe covers a specific topic, going from the description of the problem, through a conceptual solution, to a solution containing sample code. By following these recipes, you can acquire how to program with OData in a simple, effective, and easy manner.
The recipes in this book are easy to understand and follow as the author discusses real-world scenarios.
It is not a comprehensive reference to the whole of OData, but a practical guide that boosts proficiency when working with the various aspects of OData programming. The examples are supported by relevant background information for ease of understanding.
Who this book is for
If you are a .NET developer and you want to learn how to use OData in real-world data access application development, then this book is for you. To follow the recipes you will need to be comfortable with .NET Framework, Visual Studio IDE, C# language, and the basics of web programming like HTTP, XML, JSON.