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Hug's all-league center will provide mismatches all year and he showed why from the start, knocking down back-to-back threes to score the first six points of the game.
Sparks hung early with one of the favorites to win the Division I North's High Desert League, but the second quarter saw the Railroaders' engine stall on offense, giving Hug enough separation to claim a 72-49 non-league victory at the Brickhouse.
Sparks closed the gap to 14-8 with 31 seconds to go in the first quarter on Bobby Brown's third basket of the game. That's how the score remained heading into the second quarter.
The Railroaders scored almost immediately in the second period, closing the margin to four, 14-10, on a bucket down low by Mike Albior.
Following a pair of free throws by the Hawks, Keiffer Putman swished a 3-pointer from the top of the key at the 6:41 mark of the second quarter. That made it a 16-13 Hawks edge. However, Sparks didn't look the same after that.
"We talked a lot about playing until the three or four-minute mark, staying close so we could strike, knowing that their shooting legs would be gone and their legs to run would be gone so we could make our run," Sparks boys basketball coach Dan Schreiber said. "We looked at that like this is our moment and we didn't capitalize. We're going to play better teams throughout the year. We have to play our game plan. We know what we want to do when and where. We got there, and now we have to finish."
Hug outscored Sparks 16-4 over the final 5:41 of the first half. The Hawks went up by double digits, 26-15, on two free throws by Rian Narra with 3:31 to go before halftime.
Back-to-back buckets by Felix Cox closed out the first half's scoring, leaving the visitors in a 30-17 lead after one half of action.
For a non-league game during a Saturday of Thanksgiving break, the atmosphere was electric at SHS.
Unfortunately for the Maroon and Gold, that didn't translate to enough sustained momentum in the second half to complete a comeback.
Williams scored the first four points of the second half on a free throw and 3-pointer, extending Hug's edge to 34-17.
The Hawks increased their cushion to as much as 18 when Williams converted a three-point play three minutes into the third quarter to make it a 41-23 score.
Williams' 10th point of the third quarter increased the margin to 46-31, but Hug didn't score during the last 1:35 of the third quarter.
The Railroaders cut the deficit down to 10 on a Brown follow of his own miss and a Geo Vasquez trey that hit nothing but net for a 46-36 score at the end of the third.
But it was all Hawks to start the final eight minutes as they scored the first six points of the fourth quarter.
Brown stopped the Hug run with a pair of free throws, but the Hawks continued their spurt by holding the hosts with a basket from the field for the first six minutes of the fourth quarter.
A 3-pointer from the corner by Jeremiah Williams pushed Hug ahead to what was a game-high 19-point lead to that point, 57-38, with 6:02 to play in the game.
Midway through the fourth quarter, DJ Devine ended Sparks' shooting drought from the field. He followed his bucket underneath the basket with a pair of free throws to slice the deficit down to 61-42 with 3:44 to play.
But the damage had been done. Jeremiah Williams slammed down his second dunk of the quarter and Hug never led by less than 19 the rest of the way, outscoring the Railroaders 26-13 in the last quarter.
Sam Williams was the lone Hawk in double figures, leading his team with 26 points.
Brown and Campbell were the bright points for the Sparks offense, pouring in 16 and 13 points respectively.
Sparks (0-1) is off until it takes on Reed on the first day of the Capital City Classic Dec. 6.


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June 15, 2009
Are Lawyers Competent to Construct Keyword Searches?
This issue raises its head every now and then in the context of electronic discovery. One of the latest opinions on this comes from Magistrate Judge Andrew J. Peck in the Southern District of New York. The case is William A. Gross. Constr. Assocs., Inc. v. Am. Mfrs. Mut. Ins. Co., 256 F.R.D. 134 (S.D.N.Y. Mar. 19, 2009). It involves delays in the construction of the Bronx Criminal Court Complex. The Dormitory Authority of the State of New York (DASNY) owns the project and agreed to produce emails from non-party Hill International, the project construction manager, as part of the discovery. The parties could not agree on keywords for locating the relevant emails. DASNY proposed one set of words that were specific to the project, but possibly too narrow to give comprehensive results. The other side proposed terms that were broad, and almost generic enough to include the entire email archive.
The opinion, and others quoted in it, suggest that the problem here is more than simply a dispute between litigants. Judge Peck thinks it may be that lawyers simply don't have a handle on what they are trying to find. That includes more than the information in the relevant electronic archive. The context is an archive of emails. Searching it should take into account how individual emails were created, their purpose, how they are stored, and the form of the documents. Practically every vendor of e-discovery systems offer contextual search using Boolean style connectors. One would think that with some 30 or more years using a similar and sophisticated search strategy with Westlaw and Lexis that constructing keyword searches in document sets wouldn't be that much of a problem. Apparently it is.
Westlaw and Lexis are really misleading in this regard, and it's not their fault. It's easy with practice and experience to extract relevant documents from Westlaw and Lexis once an individual masters the search strategy. There is a combination of knowing the terminology of the legal subject, what kinds of documents are in an individual database, and some thought in the use of language as to how these legal concepts appear in text. The misleading part is that these massive collections of documents have similar structure. Cases have captions, docket numbers, counsel lists, authors, and a stylized language that uses consistent terms of art. Statutes, law review articles,long-form commentary such as treatise, and even newspaper articles have enough of a regular structure that makes searching within them relatively easy for an experience searcher. An archive of emails or irregular documents is another matter entirely. Westlaw and Lexis carefully run their additions through editors to eliminate misspelling's and other typographic issues. Even then problems crop up. Raw archives present problems with typos, short form language (LMAO anyone?), incomplete sentences and other off the cuff communication syntax.
Judge Peck bluntly lays it out:
This case is just the latest example of lawyers de-signing keyword searches in the dark, by the seat of the pants, without adequate (indeed, here, apparently without any) discussion with those who wrote the emails.
He quotes from Judge Grimm in the Victor Stanley case:
While keyword searches have long been recognized as appropriate and helpful for ESI search and retrieval, there are well-known limitations and risks associated with them, and proper selection and implementation obviously involves technical, if not scientific knowledge.
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Selection of the appropriate search and information retrieval technique requires careful advance planning by persons qualified to design effective search methodology. The implementation of the methodology selected should be tested for quality assurance; and the party selecting the methodology must be prepared to explain the rationale for the method chosen to the court, demonstrate that it is appropriate for the task, and show that it was properly implemented. Victor Stanley, Inc. v. Creative Pipe, Inc., 250 F.R.D. 251, 260, 262 (D.Md. May 29, 2008) (Grimm, M.J.).
And from Judge Fasciola in the O'Keefe case:
Whether search terms or "keywords" will yield the information sought is a complicated question in-volving the interplay, at least, of the sciences of computer technology, statistics and linguistics. Given this complexity, for lawyers and judges to dare opine that a certain search term or terms would be more likely to produce information than the terms that were used is truly to go where angels fear to tread. This topic is clearly beyond the ken of a layman and requires that any such conclusion be based on evidence that, for example, meets the criteria of Rule 702 of the Federal Rules of Evidence. United States v. O'Keefe, 537 F.Supp.2d 14, 24 (D.D.C.2008) (Facciola, M.J.).
Judge Peck suggests applying some thought to conducting searches, and that counsel cooperate. He also suggests using sampling techniques to see what's there and then refining the search. This is a technique that librarians and other information professionals use all the time. Sometimes one has to get a sense of what the archive contains before constructing specialized searches within it. That means finding out about what is being searched. Competent information management in discovery may mean that lawyers may need to hire an expert when necessary. Judge Peck noted that in passing through other cases he cited. He also endorsed the principles of the Sedona Conference, available on the Internet. Ironically, the site address in the opinion was malformed. The correct address is http://www.thesedonaconference.org. (Judge Peck, or at least the editors of F.R.D. used spaces to separate elements of the domain name.)
From the site description:
The Sedona Conference® is a nonprofit, 501(c)(3) research and educational institute dedicated to the advanced study of law and policy in the areas of antitrust law, complex litigation, and intellectual property rights. Through a combination of Conferences, Working Groups, and the "magic" of dialogue, The Sedona Conference® seeks to move the law forward in a reasoned and just way. The Sedona Conference® succeeds through the generous contributions of time by its faculties and Working Group members, and is able to fund its operations primarily through the financial support of its members, conference registrants, and sponsorships. See "About Us," "Working Group Series," and "Sponsorships" for further details.
Electronic discovery and best practices associated with it are one of the areas covered in detail at the site. Much of the information there is free with registration.
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Probably the best question to ask, before navel-gazing and dreaming up your next worthless law review article, would be "Why doesn't the claimant have enough information in its own project files to prove critical path delay damages were caused by someone other than themselves?" The rules of evidence and procedure are not intended to remedy every single sh!tty business and recordkeeping practice.
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Almora did play Thursday night, so he is definitely not on the Taxi Squad. He is listed as the Cubs representative in the Bowman Hitting Challenge on Saturday night. Supposed to be one player from each of the six teams in some type of hitting skills contest?
Wes Darvill is on the Taxi Squad. Normally taxi squad members can only play on Wed. and Sat., but an exception is this week, where they will be able to play on Friday since there is no game on Saturday due to the Hitting Challenge thing.
At the game on Thursday, Soler and Bryant did not play. Almora played RF and had two hits including a 3 run triple in the ninth. His first hit was a soft infield topper that could have been an error (wide throw, a good would have had him for sure). On the base paths, he scored from 3rd on routine grounder to first, but it was a risky move by Albert. The fielder looked him back (he was almost half way home) and just as Almora turned and headed to third, with the first baseman turning to tag first, Almora spun around and sprinted home, just beating the throw. A perfect throw gets him, but chalk up a good and exciting running play by Albert. The more you see him, the more there seems to be to like!
Armando Rivero pitched a scoreless 9th with no walks or Ks.
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Mike Henderson Band with Michael Rhodes and Kevin McKendree, no cover Mike Henderson. Talented singer, songwriter (If The Jukebox Took Teardrops, Harder Cards), multi instrumentalist and multi band member. Is there anything he can't do? It would seem, based on the aforementioned evidence, that the answer to that question is simply "no." Plus, he obviously fronts the Mike Henderson Band (hence the name) and they play some of the best blues this side of the Mississippi. Seating is first come, first served.
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It is Chris's last day at work and mum Emma still does her best to cover her upset in the face of her son's excitement.
Emma's still unhappy with the idea of Chris moving to Australia and, trying her best not to let on, she tells Mandy she's already planning on downsizing.
Howard's still rattled by his experiences with Gill, the breastfeeding mother yesterday; his attempt to get on with his day is interrupted when he sees Gill back in reception, again breastfeeding
As Chris has one last final meal with his mother before turning himself in to the police, Emma begs him to reconsider but Chris's mind is made up.
Emma is petrified that Jimmi will report Chris to the authorities and hopes to try and convince him not to but he dashes off to the Campus to do some paperwork.
Knowing that Chris's guilt is becoming overwhelming, Emma begs her son to stay away from work but he refuses.
Jimmi attends to Lee, who's been brought into the station, having been severely beaten and close to losing an eye.
Kevin bumps into a woman at reception; she's delighted to see him but Kevin's utterly confused, he's never seen this woman, Lally, in his life.
Having stayed out all night, a bedraggled, hungover Chris heads to work with blood on his knuckles - has he been in a fight? A worried Emma seeks Chris out but rejects her concern.
Determined to win Rob back, Karen heads to the house wearing hardly anything under a long fur coat but her not-so-subtle methods of seduction are completely lost on Rob.
Howard's surprised to see so many students at the Campus but Mrs Tembe points out they aren't potential customers - they are hoping to see some graffiti.
Karen arrives at work and announces that she and Rob are going their separate ways.
Barry delights in telling Mrs Tembe that his 'counter enforcement measures' have got rid of their graffiti problem.
Mandy sees Chris wincing in pain and is told he came off his bike and has bandaged himself up.
Rob's Aunty Ag is visiting and takes the liberty of inviting herself and Rob over for lunch with Karen.
Emma's a little concerned about Chris who isn't having any lunch.
Howard, Zara, Emma, Mrs Tembe, Al and Heston are all worried about Mandy and can't decide what to do to help. Some think someone should go and see her... and that someone ends up being Al.
Emma is working at the Police Station when she's called to treat a tricky detainee who won't leave his cell - it's a clown, whose hand is covered in blood.
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Transient Electromagnetic-Thermal FE-Model of a SPICE-Coupled Transformer Including Eddy Currents with COMSOL Multiphysics 4.2
H. Neubert[1], R. Disselnkötter[2], and T. Bödrich[1]
[1]Technische Universität Dresden, Institute of Electromechanical and Electronic Design, Dresden, Germany
[2]ABB AG, Forschungszentrum Deutschland, Ladenburg, Germany
Current transformers are used to measure currents in power grid systems. They are characterized by strong interactions between external electrical sources and loads respectively and the magnetic subsystem. Self-heating due to losses has to be considered because of the temperature-dependent material behaviour. The paper presents a transient 3D FEA transformer model which includes a H(|B|) ...
Fluid-Structure Interaction Modeling for an Optimized Design of a Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting MEMS Generator
I. Kuehne[1], A. van der Linden[2], J. Seidel[1], M. Schreiter[1], L. Fromme[2], and A. Frey[1]
[1]Siemens AG, Corporate Research & Technologies, Munich, Germany
[2]Comsol Multiphysics GmbH, Göttingen, Germany
This paper reports the design of a piezoelectric energy harvesting micro generator for an energy autonomous tire pressure monitoring wireless sensor node. For our design we use a piezoelectric MEMS generator approach without additional mass. The intrinsic mass of the cantilever is in the microgram region and the resulting acceleration forces are very small. The generator has a triangular ...
Design of Electrochemical Machining Processes by Multiphysics Simulation
M. Hackert-Oschätzchen, S. F. Jahn, and A. Schubert
Chemnitz University of Technology
Chemnitz, Germany
The principle of electrochemical machining (ECM) is the anodic dissolution of a metallic workpiece at the interface to a liquid ionic conductor under the influence of electric charge transport. This erosion principle works independently from the mechanical hardness of the workpiece and is free of mechanical forces. The design of electrochemical machining processes is still performed ...
Modelling of a Differential Sensor in Eddy Current Non-destructive Evaluation
A. Rosell[1], and G. Persson[2]
[1]Volvo Aero Corporation, Trollhättan, Sweden
[2]Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg, Sweden
Interaction between the probe and a defect in eddy current non-destructive evaluation is studied. Evaluation of sensor signal response is the basis for the calculation. In this work a differential sensor is considered and the problem regarded here is problem 8 from the testing of electromagnetic analysis methods (TEAM) workshops. The truncation, referring to the position of the outer ...
Thermal Performance of the New Bioclimatic Hall of the Historical Hospital in Florence
C. Balocco, and E. Marmonti
Dipartimento di Energetica "Sergio Stecco"
Università degli Studi di Firenze
Firenze, Italy
The main aim of the present work is the study of the thermal and energy performances of the new hall of the Old St.Maria Nuova Hospital in the center of Florence (Italy). Transient simulations were carried out of the 3D model of the hall to analyse the air flow patterns, distribution and velocity, provided by an existing typical fan-coils air system. The present study highlights the importance ...
Computational Fluid Dynamics Simulations of an Innovative System of Wind Power Generation
S. Carcangiu, A. Fanni, and A. Montisci
Department of Electric and Electronic Engineering
University of Cagliari
Cagliari, Italy
In this work an innovative wind power generation in urban areas is proposed. The generation system substitutes the roof of the building and it consists of a static part, the stator, and a moving part, called impeller, which is a centripetal turbine with vertical axis of rotation. Since the objective is to conveying the air flow in the stator, the logarithmic spiral has been chosen as the shape ...
Near-fields in Arrays of Triangular Particles: Coupling Effects and Field Enhancements
M. Goncalves[1], T. Makaryan[2], G. Papageorgiou[3], U. Herr[3], and O. Marti[1]
[1]Ulm University - Inst. of Experimental Physics, Ulm, Germany
[2]Yerevan State University, Yerevan, Armenia
[3]Ulm University - Institute of Micro and Nanomaterials, Ulm, Germany
Surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) investigations of silver and gold triangular nanoparticles reveal strong field enhancements at the corners of the particles. Though the measurements were done at wavelengths far from the surface-plasmon resonance of the particles, large field enhancements can be generated by near-field coupling between the triangular particles and smaller metal ...
Verification and Validation of Flow and Transport Processes in Fractured Porous Media
J. Perko, S. C. Seetharam, and D. Mallants
Belgian Nuclear Research Centre
SCK-CEN, Belgium
Knowledge of the effect of fractures on fluid flow and transport is of great interest in many fields. In radioactive waste disposal the interest in fractures within concrete structure is because they are mostly more permeable than the matrix, there is less or no sorption and because long-term chemical concrete degradation could progress faster. Assessment of long-term transport processes is ...
Design and Characterization of a Novel High-g Accelerometer
S. Heß, R. Külls, and S. Nau
Fraunhofer Ernst-Mach-Institut
Efringen-Kirchen, Germany
The Fraunhofer Ernst-Mach-Institute (EMI) developed a novel, high-g accelerometer, which is an undamped MEMS device, containing self-supporting piezoresistive elements. The main requirements for such a sensor are high sensitivity, high resonant frequency and a solid mechanical design. Due to the fact, that pure analytic analyses cannot cover all multi-physical aspects of such a complex device the ...
Thermal Modelling of a Solar Water Collector Highly Building Integrated
F. Motte, and C. Cristofari
University of Corsica
Laboratory of Vignola
Corsica, France
A new concept of solar water collector, highly building integrated has been developed and patented. This collector is hidden into a drainpipe and is totally invisible from the ground level. The drainpipe keeps its water evacuation function. Each installation is composed of several modules serial connected. An experimental wall has been build to test the thermal performances of the instalation ...


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Romance Novelist Shiloh Walker Answers Questions
Advice on Writing Paranormal & Fantasy, E-Books, & Getting an Agent
Mar 31, 2009 Jennifer Jensen
http://images.suite101.com/2068793_com_swalkerthe.jpg "The Missing" by Shiloh Walker - Berkley Trade
Romance novelist Shiloh Walker answered questions about her writing life in an interview with Suite101 writer Jennifer Jensen. Here, she shares thoughts on finding and getting a literary agent, choosing e-book or print publication for her work, and some of the challenges of writing fantasy and paranormal romances.
About Shiloh Walker
Shiloh Walker is a best-selling author of fantasy and paranormal romance novels. She has 32 print books published, most recently Fragile, a romantic suspense novel. Her 50th e-book, My Lady, will be released in April from Samhain. (Some books are available in both formats.)
Is a Literary Agent Necessary?
It depends on where you plan on submitting to. Some publishers pretty much require an agent. E-book publishers are different, but regardless of whether you sign with an agent, make sure a lawyer reviews any contract before you sign. Signing without somebody looking it over is a chancy thing.
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What Were You Looking for in a Literary Agent? How Did You Find Yours?
I wanted somebody to help push me higher, and to push me to push higher. Somebody that was honest and upfront.
I hooked up with Irene Goodman last in 2008. Basically, I talked with friends, did some searching around and found the agents I wanted to query. Irene and I pretty much hit off from the start, although I did talk to a few more before I signed with her. It's always a good idea to talk to more than one person, I think.
How Can a New Writer Find the Right Literary Agent?
One of the first things I'd suggest is hanging around industry blogs -- a lot of agents do that. Or visit blogs and you can get a feel for them. Plus, you can also learn if there are certain agents you might want to avoid. Once you figure out who you think you like, make sure you read their submission requests - ignoring them is a fast way to end up with a rejection.
Read on
- Romance Novelist Celeste Bradley Gives Advice
- Romance Writer Virginia Henley Answers Questions
- Interview With Novelist Robin D Owens
E-Book or Print Publication?
The length/complexity of the book is the number one deciding factor. My contracts with my mainstream publishers specify that they have first right options [on] any books over a certain length with my erotic romances, my paranormal romances and my romantic suspense stories.
But regardless of the contractual obligations, if I know a book is going to be more time consuming and more in-depth, I'm going to try and get in with New York. If the story isn't right for my current contracts, then I'll put aside until I have time to pursue it more.
Currently, I'm only writing novellas or shorter stories for my e-pubs.
Challenges of Writing Fantasy/Paranormal Novels.
Fantasy and paranormal aren't all that different to me - they both require world building and that world building should have some basis in logic: it should make sense, even though vamps and werewolves and dragons are fictional creatures. When I write, I try to make their worlds make sense. The 'rules' of my worlds are something that come together as I write and making sure I establish those rules for the readers as well can be challenging. Plus, trying to write fantasy or paranormal in a way that non-fantasy/non-paranormal readers would possibly enjoy the story as well.
Do You Start with a Character or a Plot? Why?
Characters. I'm lousy at plotting and it's a struggle for me. The characters drive the story. So for me, the characters are better. But that's not going to be the same answer for other writers.
Additional Reading:
- Read about Shiloh Walkers writing methods and schedule, the story of getting her first book published, and her advice for new writers in Interview Romance Writer Shiloh Walker.
- Read more writing advice and publishing tips in interviews with other romance novelists.


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Took the wife to see the movie Bridesmaid late this morning. We arrived 20 minutes early and were sitting there watching the advertisements, 4 seats in front of us was a gay couple who where being quiet and enjoying each others company in a romantic sort of way(need I give details??)
A guy and his wife who were sitting right behind us were obviously uncomfortable with their PDA when the guy said in a raised voice directed to them we did not pay $18 dollars to watch you two have a disgusting display of affection in front of us and the other 35 people here...then he followed up with see this is what happens when the socialist vote in a person who's was born in another country,we just lose control of our of our MORALS...
Well the couple was trying to ignore the A$$wipe and he got louder and said I guess your tongues must be in each others ears cause you cant hear me.... I could not help but turn around and tell the A$$ where in the your belief system is it against the law for them to have a PDA,if they are bothering you why don't you tell the management and let them handle it.......He then said I guess you are one of those socialist that voted in the immigrant President, I said excuse me sir you have now crossed the line I then asserted to him that what he perceived as socialist once was what made America great when we all used to help those with less than us with a helping hand, and then followed up and said today's CONSERVATIVES are modern day COMMUNIST as you conservatives are working at creating a TWO CLASS society....
Then.... KAAAAABOOM he went with gibberish that was unintelligible language I could not hear then two usher came in and asked us to step outside into the hall....I gave one usher my point of view as did the other A$$Wipe to the other....well after the two ushers met with management to share their findings the guy got an earful from the manager telling him that he was out of order and disruptive and was handed a gift card and ask to leave, the A- tossed the card on the floor and screamed his rights were being violated,the manager informed him he gave up his rights in effect buy buying the ticket because their is an agreement in effect that you will either behave or leave..he refused to leave so mall security was called and they called in the local authorities and they were briefed while the A- kept yapping away...the guy bulked while being handcuffed and elbowed the officer in the chest...the officer looked to his wife and said you can pick him up on Monday as he will now be charged with felony assault,public disobedience and verbal assault towards the gay couple...
The manager asked my wife and I leave which we respected and gave us a $100.00 gift card and a refund for today's movie and said come back another day when things cool down.....then he said CONSERVATIVES are COMMUNIST????...He said he could not have said it better.
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Perfect Pancakes
Author Notes: I love pancakes. I have tried many different recipes but I always come back to the one my mother made for me as a child. She altered the fruit with the season: blueberries in the summer, apples in the fall and winter. You can skip the fruit altogether and the pancakes will still be perfect. I use a cast iron pan, which requires extra butter for cooking the pancakes, rather than non-stick cookware. Don't forget the bacon. - sweet enough
Food52 Review: A pancake shouldn't always depend on syrup, and here's a terrific example of one that does not. You begin by browning a couple of tart apples first in butter, second in maple syrup. Then you fold these right into the batter, creating a delicious one-stop-shopping pancake. All you need is a slick of good salted butter. Sweet enough uses a handy technique for the batter, beating it in a mixer until it's as frothy as an ice cream soda – whether it's imaginary or real, the bubbles seem to lift the cakes to ethereal heights. - A&M - A&M
Serves 4
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 4 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 3/4 cup whole milk
- 1/4 cup plus two tablespoons melted butter (plus more for the pan)
- 2-3 granny smith apples, peeled, cored and thinly sliced
- 1 tablespoon maple syrup
- melt the two tablespoons of butter in a pan. when the butter just starts to bubble, add the apples. cook over a medium heat until they start to release their liquid. add the maple syrup and cook until the apples start to caramelize. remove from heat and set aside.
- sift the dry ingredients together and set aside. put the eggs, vanilla extract and milk in a mixing bowl and beat at a high speed with an electric mixer or whisk for a few minutes until the liquid looks frothy. add the flour and mix on the lowest speed until the large lumps disappear. gently blend in the melted butter and apples. do not over mix.
- melt a tablespoon of butter in a heavy skillet over a medium high heat. the pan needs to be hot. test it by putting a drop of batter in the pan. if it sizzles, it's hot enough. using a soup ladle, add as many pancakes to the pan as it will hold without crowding. when you start to see bubbles forming and the edges starting to harden, flip the pancakes over and cook for a few minutes on the other side. serve with warm maple syrup.
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9 months ago Malena
these were AMAZING! so fluffy, but not airy.. so delicious and i really wish i had bacon right now!
about 1 year ago beccaoco
I used half whole wheat flour and half white flour-perfect combo to add some depth to these delicious pancakes! I only had one granny apple on hand and it added a bit of flavor and texture without over powering the pancake. I also added a few more splashes of milk (half being 2% and the other skim) so the batter wasn't so thick. Very fluffy and tasty and I consider myself a pancake snob!
about 1 year ago Trena
This is a really tasty pancake recipe. I've made it with and without the apples depending on what I have on hand and it's great despite my tweaking.
about 1 year ago Ceege
This recipe brings back childhood memories. My Mom made what she called "apple fritters". The only difference was she would dip apple slices into batter, place on griddle, then add a bit more batter to completely cover the apple. With this recipe I am wondering if "each" pancake ends up with some apples in them.
over 1 year ago Mianna
Very good, I only had 1% and fuji apples, it still worked. I also mixed 50/50 whole wheat/ap flour. Thank you!
over 1 year ago Tigerlillyblu
Glad to have found this recipe. I have a couple "go to" pancake recipes, however, my husband didn't seem to love them .. until now. He loved these pancakes. Like the previous reviewer, I used skimmed milk and omitted the apples. They were easy to whip up, fluffy and light. They tasted great with raspberry jam and drizzled maple syrup. I will definitely try them again with the apples. Thank you for sharing.
over 1 year ago Tigerlillyblu
Glad to have found this recipe. I have a couple "go to" pancake recipes, however, my husband didn't seem to love them .. until now. He loved these pancakes. Like the previous reviewer, I used skimmed milk and omitted the apples. They were easy to whip up, fluffy and light. They tasted great with raspberry jam and drizzled maple syrup. I will definitely try them again with the apples. Thank you for sharing.
about 2 years ago Suzy Samba
I made this recipe tonight with the following changes: 1) subbed almond extract for vanilla to get a nuttier flavor, 2) used skim milk instead of whole for lower fat content and 3) omitted the apples. It was still delicious! Next time, I'll try with fruit!
about 2 years ago PCusack
Perfect pancakes were a hit this morning. Can't wait to try then with different seasonal fruits.
over 2 years ago durun99
I made these with my daughter for dinner last night. She loves using the all-in-one peeling, slicing, coring machine we have so this was a good fit. These were probably the best pancakes I've ever had. More importantly, my whole family loved them, including the two boys who don't usually like anything but chocolate chips in their pancakes. By the way, we made extra apples that we put on top of the pancakes as well as inside, and that worked out well.
over 2 years ago Rivka
Made these this morning, and they were delish. They were a bit heavier than I expected, though. I think it's important to let the apples cool completely before adding them to the batter; we added them while still warm, and I think that activated the baking powder too quickly. The batter was really bubbling up by the time the first ladle went in the pan, and I think that diminished its power to keep the pancakes light. Flavor was fantastic though - will definitely be making them again soon.
almost 3 years ago gingerroot
I made these tonight with my two children for dinner...they are amazing! I love how they are so light and fluffy with the caramelized apples inside. YUM! These are a winner in our book, thanks for a great recipe that we are sure to make again and again.
almost 3 years ago juliya
i just made some. they were delicious. these pancakes win!
about 3 years ago emilyv
These look great!
I really enjoy making hearty pancakes to freeze and take for lunch, but usually without fruit. Any thoughts on how these would hold up given the standard office toaster oven/micro combo?
over 4 years ago richard corio
I also made them for dinner. light but satisfying. great recipe.
over 4 years ago April
I made these for my 2-year old daughter this morning and they were wonderful. I pre-made the batter last night and decided to leave the apple mixture for a topping rather than an add-in to the batter and they still turned out great. Light, fluffy, and with this wonderful diner-style flavor I have been trying to replicate for years.
over 4 years ago Noma
Really delectable and 1-2-3 to make. I love a cast iron pan, too.
over 4 years ago Nina Collins
i love this recipe. totally easy and yummy.
over 4 years ago Rob
i'm a total novice when it comes to pancakes. they seem so simple, but somehow i always screw them up. not so with "perfect pancakes." i've now found the perfect recipe to make morning pancakes a delightful and delicious experience.


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NORTH FORK VALLEY – One aspect of the secrecy surrounding oil and gas leasing in America is being challenged by a local group.
Activists with the Hotchkiss-based Citizens for a Healthy Community and their law partners, the Western Environmental Law Center, filed suit on June 26 in U.S. District Court, in Denver, to force the Bureau of Land Management and its parent, the Department of the Interior, to release the names of those who nominate public lands for oil and gas development.
BLM policy is not to release the names of nominators, those individuals and energy companies who file Expressions of Interest, the process used to place lands into quarterly lease auctions, until after the auctions are complete. Residents of the North Fork Valley and the three towns of Paonia, Hotchkiss, and Crawford, were facing the lease sale of 30,000 acres in 22 parcels, many of them adjacent to the towns and their water supplies, at the sale this August. When the parcels were announced in December of last year CHC asked, through the Freedom of Information Act, who had nominated those parcels. But the BLM, citing "competitive harm" to nominators, refused to divulge their identities.
As it happened, the BLM's Uncompahgre Field Office made a surprise announcement on May 5, 2012 withdrawing all 22 North Fork parcels from the August sale. The only reason given was to allow the agency time for "additional analysis." (Press statements from CHC cited "overwhelming public opposition" to the leases as reason for the BLM's change of heart.)
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According to CHC Director Jim Ramey, the suit aims not only to help his organization in its effort to protect the North Fork's organic farming, recreation, real estate and other economies, it also seeks to change the BLM confidentiality policy nationwide.
"The public has a right to know which companies are nominating our public lands for oil and gas development," Ramey said. "This is just another example of how the government bends over backwards to protect the interest of an industry with deep pockets instead of the interests of the public."
WELC Attorney Kyle Tisdel said in a CHC release: "The public is not allowed to know who these ghost entities submitting the EOIs are until after the lease sale is held – depriving the public and organizations such as Citizens for a Healthy Community from engaging in the BLM's decision-making process in a fully-informed basis. As Justice Brandeis once wrote, 'Sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants.'"
The Taos, New Mexico attorney handling the case for CHC, Megan Anderson, told The Watch she is not aware of any earlier challenges to the secrecy built into the nominating process. "I don't know why," she said. "It may be that the focus has been on the developers of the leases after they have acquired the leases." Sometimes the bidders are the energy companies themselves; sometimes they are speculators looking to sell the leases to drillers at a later time.
Anderson pointed out that "some of the biggest developers in the [North Fork and Gunnison County] area do not have the best track record of fair bidding." Gunnison Energy Corp., and Texas-based SG Interests VII Ltd., each paid $275,000 in fines this year for conspiring to rig a lease sale in the Ragged Mountains.
"It would be nice to know if it was BP, or Encana (Enron Canada), or Gunnison Energy that had nominated your parcels," Ramey said.
When CHC asked in December for the North Fork nominators' names, the BLM sent copies of the EOIs with the names redacted, blacked out, citing their 1995 policy of "competitive harm."
But neither the CHC's Ramey nor attorney Anderson understands the BLM's reasoning. "The lease sales are, by definition, competitive," Anderson wrote in an email. "BLM seems to be arguing that disclosure of the names will somehow cause substantial competitive harm to the nominator because other parties will know that the nominator is interested in that parcel. However, at the lease sales, the bidders must bid on the parcels against one another (thus disclosing their identities) . . . So we are not sure how disclosure of the name of the nominator beforehand would result in substantial competitive injury to that party."
Ramey even suggested that revealing the nominators' names ahead of time could potentially result in more competitive bidding, and thus a better return for the owners of the mineral rights, the American public.
CHC's lawsuit seeks to "establish that Defendants [BLM and Department of Interior] have violated the FIOA and Administrative Procedure Act[s]." And asks, first, that they provide the requested EOIs and, second, that the court "enjoin Defendants from relying on an invalid regulation."
If successful the suit could force a nationwide change in the way public lands are nominated for energy development.
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Bird Bits: Cardinals slip late in Atlanta
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Matt Ryan threw a career-high five interceptions and the Falcons (9-1) didn't hold a lead until midway through the fourth quarter, but Michael Turner's touchdown run with 6:40 remaining proved to be the difference, as Atlanta handed the Arizona Cardinals (4-6) their sixth-straight loss 23-19.
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The Cardinals defense came up big most of the afternoon, forcing six turnovers, including three first quarter interceptions that helped build an early 13-0 lead.
LaRod Stephens-Howling also had an impressive day on the ground, rushing for 127 yards to go along with a first quarter touchdown. Stephens-Howling had two runs of 40 and 52 yards respectively -- the longest rushing attempts of his career.
The Bad:
John Skelton was just 2-of-7 during the first quarter, including a bad miss to Larry Fitzgerald in the right corner of the end zone. Skelton was replaced by rookie Ryan Lindley during the Cardinals' first drive of the second quarter.
The Cardinals offense did not complete a third down on their final six drives. During two short-yardage situations in the fourth quarter, Arizona predictably elected to run the ball with Stephens-Howling and the Falcons defense snuffed out both attempts.
While Ray Horton's unit kept Arizona in the game for most of the afternon, during Atlanta's 70-yard touchdown drive the Cardinals defense failed to get pressure on Ryan and the former No. 3 overall pick made them pay -- completing four passes for 64 yards.
� In his first career NFL appearance, Lindley went for 9-of-20 for 64 yards.
� Cornerback Patrick Peterson suffered a hamstring injury in the second half and didn't return after going to the locker room.
� Arizona's 13 first quarter points were the most the team had scored in the first 12 minutes of play all season.
� The Cardinals' quarterback issues once again limited the effectiveness of Larry Fitzgerald. Arizona's star wideout had just one catch for 11 yards.
� Six-game losing streaks are nothing new for the Cardinals. Last season, Arizona dropped six consecutive contests from September 18 to October 30.
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I've searched through the forum and there isn't a thread about this amazing drummer from New Orleans,so here we are.
He's the drummer of the Dirty Dozen Brass Band!
New Orleans Monster Drummer Terence Higgins
New Orleans is known for it's great music and culture,and it is also known for spawning some of greatest drummers in the world. Every serious drummer has been influenced by New Orleans style drumming at some point in there developement. With a unique blend of slinky street beats, New Orleans funk, R&B, zydeco, blues, traditional jazz, and swing, gives New Orleans Drummers that thang!!!.....But don't get it twisted, "New Orleans style of drumming is not method book friendly, It's all about the feel of it, It's a feeling thing and It's part of the fabric of New Orleans".
Terence was born in New Orleans in 1970 and was raised in the suburb of old Algiers. He was introduced to the drums at a very young age by his great grandfather and he has been playing ever since. In high school he was one of two students chosen from the state of Louisiana to perform in the McDonald's All-American band, after high school he enrolled in music studies at Southern University, after a few years he decided to pursue a career in the music business.
Specializing in New Orleans grooves and keeping in touch with the Crescent City's second line tradition and early New Orleans funk and R&B, he draws his influences from the legends of New Orleans drumming such as: Baby Dodds, Earl Palmer, Smokey Johnson, Charles "Hungry" Williams, Shannon Powell, James Black, Herlin Riley, Zigaboo, Joe Lastie, Idris Mohammed, Ricky Sebastien, Herman Ernest, and Mean Willie Green and also his peers: Adonis Rose, Brian Blade Gerald French, Donald Edwards, Troy Davis, Stanton Moore, Russell Batiste Jr., Jeffrey "Jellybean" Alexander, Doug Belote, Alfred Salvant, Raymond Weber and many other drummers around the world.
His professional career has taken him all over the world and his unsurpassed skills on the drums has allowed him to play with an eclectic group of musicians.Terence credits George Porter Jr of the Meters for taking him under his wing and introducing him to the vast repertoire of New Orleans music. Terence has performed with artist like Dr. John, Earl King, Marva Wright, Kermit Ruffin, Snooks Eaglin, Johnny Adams, George Porter Jr., The Wild Magnolias, Dave Badie, Ivan Neville & Dumpsta funk, Jon Cleary, Donald Harrison, Allen Toussaint, Michelle Shocked, Norah Jones, Renee Mcrary, John Scofield, DJ Logic, Bobby Jordan, Ed Perkins, Theryl "Houseman" Decluet, Micheal Ward, Robert Randolph, Widespread Panic, The Black Crows, North Mississippi All-Stars, Treme Brass band, Fats Domino and many other New Orleans artist. He is now touring and recording with one of New Orleans premier groups the Dirty Dozen Brass Band as well as his own band Swampgrease. Growing up in New Orleans has exposed him to some of the greatest music and culture the world has to offer, Terence is no exception, as the next generation continues the legacy of the musical heritage of the city of New Orleans.
Terence Higgins & Swampgrease " In the Bywater "
Terence Higgins, internationally known as drummer for the Dirty Dozen Brass Band , is as well versed in the churning New Orleans funk style as any man can be. Born and raised in NOLA, Higgins has performed with everyone from Widespread Panic to Dr. John to Norah Jones, and has even gained his own set of peers in other drummers such as Brian Blade, Russell Batiste Jr., and Stanton Moore . Higgins appears on dozens of albums, but with his first solo CD his own ideas have become a force to be reckoned with.
In The Bywater is named after the neighborhood in which the cd was recorded, one of the most historic in New Orleans. Just down the Mississippi River from the French Quarter, Bywater's colorful, diverse history seeps through into the sounds contained on the disc. But with that history comes a marked modern slant full of synthetic sounds and forward-thinking musical interplay. Higgins is joined by many of his NOLA compatriots here, including sibling keyboard and sax players (Andy and Scott) with the impossibly Cajun surname of Bourgeois. Also featured on the album are DDBB guitar craftsman Jamie McLean, trombonist Sammy Williams, bassist Calvin Turner ( Jason Crosby , Marc Broussard), and noted funk guitarist Renard Poche. Together they display the stuff that makes New Orleans music not only irresistible, but a worldwide curiosity and essential cultural edifice.
Terrestrial Landing gets the disc hopping, with a blast-off of funk and synthesizers that give way to the neck-breaking funk of Gotta Get Swamp Jiggy. Poche's vocoder provides digital vocals to get the track going while Higgins' seems to have at least four arms, finding a beat at every nook of the song's loose groove. Williams dazzles with a gliding, creative trombone solo, and Bourgeois serves up a dirty clavinet solo. This song just floors you with hard-hitting breaks and distorted, teeth-clenching melodies interspersed with tricky jazz passages.
The title track shuffles off via a neo-traditional rhythm from Higgins and caterwauling slide guitar from McLean. This is an electrified brass parade through the JazzFest crowd on a 100-degree day at the Fairgrounds, sweaty and sauntering. There's no groove that the soloists on this album can't handle, as they lace Higgins' second-line-influenced beats with all kinds of musical chatter. Turner achieves the elusive goal of having the bass be just that the base. Only when the listener truly needs a reference point does the bass bubble up through the foundation, and Turner manages to provide the perfect layer every time. Barber Shop is a concrete old-school funk jam that is spiced with joyful melodica. If Higgins was trying to provoke images of Afros being neatly trimmed in a downtown barbershop during the 1970's, he succeeded! Wah-wah and a strolling, steady beat make this a highly visual instrumental. This is The Meters on a perfect Saturday afternoon in the city. Then it picks up steam and careens into a dance-jazz tune with a sprightly sax solo before disintegrating into a big, noisy rock ending.
The carefully constructed 100mg. Is one of the more moderately paced tunes on the disc, and each band member has an equal voice here. Somehow each instrument manages to pop into the spaces left by the others, creating a roiling circus of funk. Catharsis is a smooth ride with synth-flutes and resounding organ backdrops. The band's propensity for tight jazz/funk breaks and melodies is on high volume here, as this song skips between cocktail jazz and roughneck funk.
The disc ends with the improvised madness of Past Neptune, which starts as a free-association jam but eventually gains a makeshift theme. It is at this point of the listen that you realize how enjoyable of a ride this album is. The whole smorgasbord of virtuostic playing comes back to the listener during this moment of relaxation. The patience, dedication, and skill displayed by Swampgrease are what sets In The Bywater apart from the multitudes of other fusion/funk outfits.
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Valparaiso opened Horizon League action on Sunday afternoon in Indianapolis, Ind., but was defeated by Butler 6-1 at the Butler Bubble.
Christine Antrobus (Fort Wayne, Ind./Homestead H.S.) earned Valpo's lone point on the afternoon, defeating Kahfii King 6-2, 6-1 at number six singles. The Bulldogs won the other five singles contests in straight sets.
Natali Jaimes downed Kim Sajevic (Woodbury, Minn./Woodbury H.S.) 6-2, 6-3 at the top of the lineup while Gabriella Bobrowski was a 6-1, 6-0 winner against Molly Keifer (Richmond, Ind./Richmond H.S.) at the second spot. Molly Casperson downed Jenny Schwartz (Aurora, Ill./West Aurora H.S.) 6-2, 6-1 at number three singles while Becky Jenkins was a 6-0, 6-0 winner against Katie Bilyeu (Terre Haute, Ind./South Vigo H.S.) at the fourth spot. Cam Thompson added a 6-4, 6-1 win over Stephanie York (Elkhart, Ind./Jimtown H.S.) at fifth singles.
Butler (6-8, 0-1 Horizon) also swept all three doubles matches on the afternoon. Casperson and Jenkins were 8-3 victors against Schwartz and Keifer at the top of the order while Jaimes and Bobrowski were 8-2 winners against Lindsey Gustafson (Naperville, Ill./Benet Academy) and Julie Wingstrom (Dallas Lake, Ind./Westview H.S.). Ashley Breitenbach and Thompson topped Camill Burden (Richmond, Ind./Richmond H.S.) and Jackie O'Reilly (DePere, Wis./DePere H.S.) 8-0 to round out the lineup.
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Now in its sixth year, the Northern Nevada AIDS Walk was founded in memory of Steven Hendrix, who died in 2006 after a 13-year battle with AIDS. Hendrix was dedicated to his friends, family and community and served others tirelessly. In 2004, he was honored as volunteer of the year by Spectrum for his work in AIDS education, addiction and recovery and in the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) community.
"When Steven Hendrix died, a group of friends realized he had done so much for this community that we wanted to honor him," said Barbara Williamson, secretary and founding member of the Northern Nevada AIDS Walk.
Williamson said during the past five years, the Northern Nevada AIDS Walk has raised $80,000 for the community agencies that provide education, prevention and treatment for AIDS in northern Nevada: Advancing Community Cultivation and Enhancing Progressive Transformations (ACCEPT), Northern Nevada HOPES, Frontline of Northern Nevada, Center for Behavioral Health (CBH Reno), Nevada Urban Indians and Northern Nevada Outreach Team (NNOT).
Walkers holding an arch of red balloons led the AIDS walk around the Sparks Marina Saturday while bystanders cheered, walkers rang red bells and a local radio station played upbeat tunes.
"All proceeds from the walk will benefit the wonderful organizations that exist solely to serve the individuals infected and affected by HIV/AIDS and educate the public on the very important topic of AIDS prevention," the Northern Nevada AIDS Walk website, renoaidswalk.org, states.
The Rev. Glenn E. Taylor Sr. of Greater Light Christian Center, who founded ACCEPT, offered a prayer Saturday morning to kick off the AIDS walk.
"We pray that we find a cure for this deadly disease before it devastates not just another country, but another single person," Taylor said in his prayer.
Taylor said he started ACCEPT in 1995 because he saw a great need for AIDS education and prevention services, especially in the African-American community. The agency's mission, according to www.acceptonline.org, is "to provide HIV specific prevention services to date, as well as substance abuse prevention, support and care services for individuals living with HIV or AIDS, and much more."
When Taylor started ACCEPT, he said founding such an organization was an unpopular idea.
"It was when churches and everyone bought into the myth that AIDS was only in the gay community," Taylor said. "It was back when people were acting like it would just go away."
ACCEPT serves people of every ethnic background, but was formed specifically with the African-American population in mind. Taylor said although African-Americans make up a small percentage of the U.S. population, 12 percent, they account for about half of all HIV/AIDS infections.
"I'm really thankful for the people out here fighting this disease," Taylor said. "People know that if it impacts one person, it impacts us all."
Northern Nevada HOPES, a non-profit organization dedicated to serving the needs of individuals and families infected or affected with HIV/AIDS, provided free HIV/AIDS testing during Saturday's event.
HOPES is just one of many agencies that provides such a service, and getting tested is a good idea since more than 7,000 Nevada residents are currently living with HIV/AIDS.
According to the Northern Nevada AIDS Walk website, in 2003, 462 Nevadans were newly diagnosed with HIV/AIDS, giving Nevada the second highest AIDS case rate in the western U.S., second only to California.
The message of prevention was abundant at Saturday's event. One Reno woman, Kelly Penfold, sported a red T-shirt from the AIDS Health Care Foundation that said, "Love yourself, love your partner, love condoms."
"I bought this from an agency in California," Penfold said. "They also sent me this necklace that says, 'I got tested, how 'bout you?' "
Penfold serves as a board member for the Northern Nevada AIDS Walk and said she was participating in the walk this year for the first time.


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By Alex Konrad, reporter
FORTUNE -- Consumers love Google's Android operating system: Some 50% of U.S. smartphone subscribers now use a device that runs on the Android platform, according to a recent Comscore survey. But software developers? Not so much.
Make no mistake, developers are building plenty of applications for Android; 450,000 apps are available on Google Play, the company's digital content store. But Apple's (AAPL) iOS operating system, with 30% of consumer market share, has the upper hand in apps. The App Store boasts over 585,000 titles, and some software makers confess they prefer Apple's platform because it is easier to use—and they need to make their wares work for only Apple's small family of devices.
So Google (GOOG) is working hard to romance the developer world. Three years ago the company tapped Billy Rutledge, a developer first hired to work with the search engine's advertising source code, to lead a three-person developer-relations team. Today that group has 28 employees, and it is growing. Part of Rutledge's job is a bit like running a business incubator: His team offers developers advice on how to build apps and meets with them to discuss business models. In rare cases the team will even court developers that have a big idea but no Android expertise, bringing them to the Google campus in Mountain View, Calif., for workshops.
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The staple of keeping developers happy has traditionally been live events such as industry conferences. There, Google and its competitors can give presentations and office hours with a high concentration of members of the industry. Rutledge says Android attended 75 such events last year. Even with his team deployed around the world, Rutledge notes that it's an ongoing challenge to reach developers closer to, say, Siberia than they are to Mountain View. That's led his team to set online interactions unbound by geography as a top priority for 2012. The team plans to roll out fifty online training courses per quarter compared to its current eleven; it's also scheduling more virtual office hours using the Google+ Hangout group video capability.
Just as its market is increasingly global, Android's broad reach across devices causes one of its pain points with developers: More than 1,000 devices worldwide use the Android operating system, which means software needs to take into account multiple screen sizes and the like. Trying to accommodate all those permutations is a strain on—or a deterrent to—smaller development shops. CRVN Interactive, a boutique app developer, says its clients often ask for their product to appear on both iOS and Android but back away from the Google offering upon hearing such development takes 10-30% longer, meaning a corresponding higher price tag. Much of that price can come from the burden of having to code and test across a slew of devices compared to the iPhone and iPad. Even large app makers such as Yammer and Evernote say it is a burden to code and test their Android offerings for a slew of devices. Rutledge says Google is working with Netflix (NFLX) to emulate the movie site's testing model. Google is attempting to group the wide field of Android devices into 10 or so buckets. Testing a representative of each group, developers can build compatible apps for the broad ecosystem without having to constantly order a new sample device.
Android disputes the notion that its development takes inherently longer than comparable projects over iOS, and Rutledge argues that Android-proficient developers can code faster than they would when switching to iOS. But with Apple as the standing benchmark, companies must decide whether to commit to such specialization. At Evernote, independent teams develop for each platform. "We almost like them to compete with each other," says, Phil Constantinou, the company's head of product. The engineers at Yammer try another tack: the company devotes equal resources to Android and iOS, and developers specialize more when a platform requires a unique solution. The popular travel website TripAdvisor has two teams, but split to cover each of its two major apps, not to focus on one system. Members of each team with more experience on a platform can then provide some customization to the final product.
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"Android users really dislike it when their app looks like an iPhone's," explains TripAdvisor product chief Adam Medros. "They bought an Android for a reason."
Android users need not fret that they will soon have iPhone clones.. But according to Rutledge, Android's development offerings will be taking a baby step toward Apple's highly curated approach. While other mobile operating systems, including Apple's, offer developers basic tools, like blocks of code, that can save software engineers time and money, Google traditionally has taken a more laissez-faire approach. Rutledge says that is about to change. He says his team plans to share coding "best practices" that developers can copy for formulaic functions such as navigation. Such building tools would ease the developing burden for app makers of all sizes, but can especially help small companies focus resources on the functionality that might set their app apart in the marketplace.
"We don't want to go to the far extreme of cookie cutters, where all apps look the same," Rutledge says. "But shortcuts can help developers get to market." It might not sound all that romantic, but that's how a tech giant woos.
A shorter version of this story appeared in the April 30, 2012 issue of Fortune.
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