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A shoe containing a plurality of pairs of transverse ribs provided between the mid-sole and the outer sole. All of the ribs are provided with at least one bowed or convex surface running the length of the rib. When weight is placed upon the sole, each of the ribs initially begins to deflect and then the ribs are compressed. The ribs begin to become compressed when one of each pair of the ribs would intrude upon an adjacent rib of a second pair of ribs.
1. A sole component for a shoe comprising:
an inner sole provided directly underneath the shoe;
a mid-sole provided directly underneath said inner sole, said mid-sole provided with a plurality of pairs of ribs transverse to the longitudinal axis of said shoe, each of said pairs of ribs provided with first and second ribs, said first rib of one of said pairs of ribs provided with at least one portion angled with respect to said inner sole, and said second rib of said one of said pairs of ribs provided with at least one portion angled with respect to said inner sole and angled oppositely from said angled portion of said first rib, each of said pairs of ribs initially spaced from adjacent pairs of ribs such that when a force is applied normal to said shoe, each of said ribs freely deflects until each of said first ribs of said pairs of ribs intrudes upon a second rib of an adjacent pair of said ribs, at which point said ribs begin to compress; and
an outer sole provided directly underneath said mid-sole.
2. The sole in accordance with claim 1, wherein each of said pairs of ribs contains a first bowed rib and a second rib bowed oppositely with respect to said first rib.
3. The sole in accordance with claim 1, wherein each of said pairs of ribs contains a first "S"-shaped rib and a second "S"-shaped rib facing said first "S"-shaped rib.
4. The sole in accordance with claim 1, wherein each of said pairs of ribs forms a "diamond" shape.
5. A sole component for a shoe in accordance with claim 1, wherein the spacing between said ribs is varied.
6. A sole component for a shoe in accordance with claim 1, wherein the thickness of said ribs is varied.
7. A sole component for a shoe in accordance with claim 1, wherein the width of each of said ribs is varied.
8. A sole component for a shoe in accordance with claim 1, wherein a transverse slit is provided in said outer sole.
9. A sole component for a shoe in accordance with claim 1, wherein each of said pairs of ribs substantially defines an open-ended cylinder.
For the last several years, we have witnessed a great increase in the amount of people who either run or jog as a recreational sport. However, concommitant with this increase, is a large number of injuries or conditions which are produced from utilizing athletic shoes which do not properly cushion the user's feet.
As is recognized by those skilled in the art, as well as those millions of recreational runners, good impact absorption and flexibility are two extremely important characteristics desired in athletic shoes. The athletic shoe sole should permit a great deal of flexibility at the point where the foot naturally flexes, while being sufficiently tough to withstand shock, yet soft enough to provide adequate cushioning and comfort. This flexible, yet strong feature is very useful in non-athletic, as well as athletic shoes.
The sole structure of most commercially available today is a tripartite construction including an outer sole, a mid-sole and an inner sole. The outer sole is normally formed of a tough, abrasion-resistant material, since it is the portion of the sole which contacts the ground. The mid-sole is the portion of the shoe between the outer sole and the inner sole and its function is to provide lift for the heel and cushioning for the entire shoe. The inner sole is normally used to join the mid-sole to the shoe structure itself.
Most mid-soles commercially available at the present time utilize a single layer of compressionable rubber-like or similar material. The force needed to initially compress this material is minimal, but as additional force is placed upon the material, a greater amount of force is needed to further compress the material.
U.S. Pat. Nos. 2,968,105 issued to Rizzo; 3,079,707 issued to Hack et al; 3,087,262 issued to Russell; 3,172,217 issued to Colman and PCT Application WO No. 81/01234 show the use of either mid-soles or outer soles which are provided with ribs or ridges which contain at least one portion which is slanted with respect to the normal plane of the shoe. These particular shoe sole designs initially deflect when a force is applied to the sole. Contrary to the compressive force, the force initially used to cause a deflection of the ribs or ridges is rather large, but as additional force is applied, the average amount of force needed to produce additional deflection lessens.
While it has been determined that the use of a material able to deflect when force is applied thereto provides a better cushioning surface than utilizing a single sheet of material for the mid-sole, it has also been determined that a shoe which provides even more cushioning must be developed.
Broadly, the present invention combines the teaching of the prior art single sheet mid-sole with that of the prior art mid-sole containing a plurality of ribs capable of being deflected.
The present invention accomplishes this end by providing a mid-sole containing a plurality of pairs of transverse ribs, each pair of ribs containing oppositely bowed, arcuate or convex-shaped material. These pairs of ribs are spaced from adjacent pairs of ribs such that after each rib has been deflected, it intrudes upon a rib of an adjacent pair. In this manner, each rib of the mid-sole would initially be deflected and then when it abuts an adjacent rib, compression of these ribs would take place.
Other objects and many of the attendant advantages of the instant invention will be readily appreciated as it becomes better understood by reference to the following detailed description when considered in connection with the accompanying drawings.
FIGS. 1, 3 and 5 show various embodiments of the present invention in the undeflected and uncompressed state;
FIGS. 2, 4 and 6 show various embodiments of the present invention in the deflected and compressed state; and
FIG. 7 is a cut away view showing the ribs of the shoe.
As shown in FIG. 1, a shoe 10 is provided with an inner sole 12, a mid-sole 14 and an outer sole 16. The inner sole 12 consists of a sheet of rubber or leather material. The mid-sole 14 contains a plurality of pairs of ribs 18. These ribs are transverse to the longitudinal axis of the shoe and are applied over virtually the entire length of the shoe. Additionally, in one embodiment each pair of ribs run for substantially the entire width of the shoe, or in a second embodiment explained heretofore, the ribs do not run the entire width of the shoe. Although it is not crucial for the invention, each pair of ribs is constructed from a rubber-like or similar material. As shown in FIG. 1, each of the ribs of the pair of ribs 18 is bowed oppositely with respect to one another. The outer sole 16 is also constructed from a variety of materials commonly utilized by athletic as well as non-athletic shoes. Alternatively, the inner sole 12, the midsole 14 and the outer-sole 16 can be extruded as an entire unit.
When an individual walker, runner or jogger applies force normal to the soles, as is shown in FIG. 2, each of the ribs initially deflects. As indicated hereinabove, a relatively large force is needed to initially deflect the ribs, but as the ribs are deflected to a greater extend, relatively less force is needed to deflect the ribs further. Each pair of ribs is separated from adjacent pairs of ribs such that after a predetermined force has been applied, one of the pairs of ribs 18 intrudes upon an adjacent rib 20 of a second pair of ribs at 24, while the second rib of the pair 18 intrudes upon its adjacent rib 22 of a third pair of ribs at 26. From this point on, as additional force is applied normal to the sole, the ribs will be compressed. Since a minimal amount of force is needed for the ribs to initially be compressed and a continually greater amount of force is needed to further compress the ribs, the particular configuration of the mid-sole of the present invention provides a sole in which a relatively constant amount of force is needed to both deflect and compress the sole as force is applied to the sole while the individual is running, walking or jogging.
The ultimate result of this sole which requires a relatively great amount of pressure followed directly by a relatively light amount of pressure needed to deflect the ribs coupled with the relatively small amount of pressure followed by a relatively large amount of pressure necessary to compress the ribs produces a sole which is light, inexpensive and is capable of achieving an extremely soft and even step.
FIGS. 3 and 5 show different embodiments of the present invention. FIG. 3 shows a shoe in which each of a pair of ribs 28 contains one forwardly facing contoured "S"-shaped rib and an oppositely facing contoured "S"-shaped rib. As was true with respect to the shoe described in FIGS. 1 and 2, each of the ribs is initially deflected until adjacent ribs 30 and 32 abut at 24 and 26, at which point any additional force applied to the sole would act as a force to compress the ribs 28 of the mid-sole 14, as is shown in FIG. 4.
Similarly, FIG. 5 shows a shoe 10 provided with a plurality of pairs of ribs 38, each pair of ribs forming a "diamond" design. Furthermore, as was true with respect to the shoes shown in FIGS. 1-4, this "diamond" design would initially deflect when force is provided normal to the sole until adjacent ribs 40 and 42 intrude upon the ribs 38 at 24 and 26, respectively, at which time the ribs 38 of the mid-sole 14 would compress, as is shown in FIG. 6.
Each of the outer soles 16 can be provided with one or more transverse slits 17, to reduce the effort required to flex the shoe during the normal heel-raising mode used in running or walking.
Shoes constructed according to the present invention could provide a varying degree of cushioning needed to compensate for different shock loads produced as different portions of the shoe contact the ground during athletic or other endeavors. Additionally, the spacing between each pair of the ribs as well as the thickness of the ribs and the length of the ribs can be increased or decreased depending upon the weight of the individual, or the particular activity for which the shoe is designed.
While this invention has been described with particular reference to the construction shown in the drawings, it is to be understood that such is not to be construed as imparting limitations upon the invention.
Furthermore, it should be noted that various other configurations of the mid-sole can be utilized as long as the mid-sole is initially deflected until each rib intrudes upon an adjacent rib, at which time the ribs of the mid-sole will begin to be compressed if further force is applied thereto. For example, the ribs 18 can be variably spaced from one-another or be of varying length for maximum cushioning effect, or they can be of varying thickness for specific weight loads. Additionally, the spacing and length of the ribs can be altered depending upon the particular nature of the sport or activity to which the shoe will be put to use. As shown in FIG. 7, the spacing 19 between the two ribs is less than the spacing 21 between two additional ribs. Furthermore, the length of each of the ribs can vary with respect to one another.
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Google Maps + Street Directory Australia + Geonames.org - I'll let the description from this mashup do the talking: "...Sick of being left out to dry while US, Canada, Japan and UK got their Google Maps lovin', I've decided to take matters into my own hands and create a mashup of Google Maps' sweet API, with Street Directory Aust's great street maps and with the free Geonames Web Services API."
Australia Luxury Hotels & Resorts Mashup - Luxury- Down- Under has integrated the Google Maps API on their Australian luxury travel site. The site makes use of satellite imagery to let you scope out the locations of resorts and hotels throughout Australia. Check to see if your travel agent is giving you the straight talk by checking if the place really is "on the beach". :) The site provides tons of information about each place and lets you book online - a great way for people overseas to save some money!
Google Maps API + MapData Sciences + Street-Directory - The Google Maps API has been used to create a front-end interface to two Australian street mapping layers and the Google Maps satellite layer. The tool will help to provide context to the satellite data that Google provides today. Zoom in and toggle one of the 3 optional views.
Here is a list of all of the other known Australian Google Maps mashups & resources:
- Zippy Weather Australia
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On this Easter Sunday I am smiling and thankful as I think back on what happened a week ago on Saturday, the 12th. I was in my front yard that beautiful sunny afternoon when this guy walks up and says "I found your wallet on 30-A".
I couldn't quite grasp the words as I hadn't been on 30-A, my wallet wasn't missing, and as I was feeling for it in my back pocket he held it up in his hand. In the brief exchange that followed I learned he was on his Harley riding with friends and happened to see it on the side of the road. He looked up the address on my driver's license and brought it over to the house. I say brief because he said "well, have a nice day" and walked off before I could even catch his name as I was too stunned and still trying to understand what had just happened.
Just then my wife pulls up in the driveway after a trip to Publix. As I am incredulously telling her the story and trying to figure it out we notice my car keys on the hood of her car. What?! Turns out I had placed and then forgotten my wallet and keys there earlier that day upon returning and unloading from the beach. The keys somehow survived the journey to and from the store; of course the wallet did not.
I want to say a huge Thank You to this person and I hope he reads The Sun and sees this. He did say he was plumber and was from
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First X5 xDrive40e Plug-In Hybrid video.
BMW showcases the F15 X5 M Performance Parts catalog in this new promo spot.
BMW's newest ad for the F15 X5, titled "Moonroof."
Commercial of the F15 X5. With optional Premium Package features like leather upholstery, the BMW X5 has the power to make any trip, with any person, a little more comfortable. Or at least less uncomfortable.
Results and videos from the 2015 BMW X5 (F15) crash tests, where the X5 scored an overall full 5 star rating from the NHTSA.
Justin Bell takes the BMW X5, the World's first SUV equipped with Night Vision Technology, for a drive through downtown Los Angeles. The catch – he's blindfolded.
BMW of North America, the Official Mobility Partner of the United States Olympic Committee (USOC), will tune into the Opening Ceremony of the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games tonight at 7:30pm ET on NBC, which is expected to be one of the most-watched television events of 2014. During NBC
BMW has been advertising the 2014 F15 X5 with the tagline "The Boss is Back" (seen at the end of the second ad below) and the latest commercial coming out of Japan humorously shows just how boss the new X5 is — stopping a tough biker gang and a train dead in their tracks. The boss X5 is of course given the right of way.
Another cool laser light show to show off the F15 X5.
BIMMERPOST member dencoop just took Performance Center Delivery of his new 2014 BMW X5 F15 at the BMW Performance Center in Spartanburg, South Carolina. He captured the experience in photos and videos which he now shares with the community.
Video showing the great presentation given at the official launch of the BMW X5 (F15) in Russia.
The X5 M50d is reviewed by Car Buyer. The M50d features 381 horsepower and 546 lb-ft of torque, from just three liters of displacement (with tri-turbos).
Unfortunately, like the last generation M50d, this one is available for our European members only.
The first of our members' 2014 X5 deliveries will take place imminently, with some vehicles already waiting at the BMW VPC (vehicle preparation center). For those anxious owners-to-be or just those interested in the new X5, you can learn more about some of the car's features in these instructional videos.
They includes features on the intelligent safety button, third row seating, new key fob, child safety latch, heated steering wheel, object recognition detection, park distance control, keyhold removal cap, panoramic moonroof, rear comfort seats, updated sun … CONTINUED
We have preliminary MPG figures for the 2014 X5 sDrive35i, xDrive35i and xDrive50i. They are as follows:
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We have just been through the international media launch event for the 2014 BMW X5 in beautiful Vancouver.
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This week kicks off the U.S. media launch for the all new 2014 BMW X5 (F15) [Official Thread] and we're on hand in Vancouver for the event.
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LAS VEGAS, Nev. - After a disappointing loss earlier in the day, Cal State Northridge claimed its second straight tournament by turning back the host UNLV Rebels in five sets Saturday night at Cox Pavilion.
The Matadors (6-4), who went undefeated in capturing the Sacramento State Invitational last weekend, won two of their three matches in Las Vegas, two by the slimmest of margins.
Led by the MVP performance of freshman Casey Hinger, Northridge topped UNLV 23-25, 25-23, 25-16, 22-25, 16-14. Hinger had 15 kills against the Rebels while hitting .394 and adding four blocks and three digs. Sophomore Mahina Haina, who was also named to the All-Tournament team, matched Hinger with 15 kills (.268) while Britney Graff added 12 kills (.119) and Natalie Allen chipped in 11 kills (.122). Graff and Allen both completed double-doubles by adding 14 and 13 digs respectively.
Setter Sydney Gedryn was on the verge of a triple-double by recording 60 assists, nine digs and eight kills while leading the Matadors to a .237 hitting clip. Sam Kaul equaled Gedryn with her season-high eight kills (.368) and libero Cindy Ortiz had a team-high 20 digs.
The two teams traded 25-23 wins in the first two sets before the Matadors put themselves in the drivers seat with set three's 25-16 victory. The first three sets of the match combined for a total of 17 ties and only four lead changes, while the last two frames had 19 and seven, respectively.
In the fourth frame, UNLV led by as many as three points on three occasions, the final time at 25-22. The Matadors held a slim 11-10 lead before the Rebels regained the edge 12-11 on a pair of kills. The two teams then traded sideouts until 20-20, when UNLV took control winning five of seven points down the stretch for the 25-22 win.
The fifth and final set was a see-saw affair that had 10 ties and five lead changes. Northridge held the biggest lead of the set at 12-9 following a Rebel hitting error. But three straight UNLV points pulled the Rebels even at 12-12 and the set was tied three more times down the stretch, the final time at 14-14 when Haina's kill saved one match point and pulled CSUN even. Ensuing kills from Kaul and another from Haina handed the Matadors the 16-14 win and a 3-2 match win.
The Rebels were led by Madeline Westman's match-high 19 kills (.485) while three other UNLV hitters reached double figures.
Cal State Northridge plays one more match on the road, Monday at UCLA, before returning to The Matadome to host BYU next Saturday, Sept. 17.


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The state of Illinois is encouraging people who face possible loss of their homes through reductions in their incomes to apply for help through a soon-to-expire program.
A news release from Gov. Pat Quinn's office says the Illinois Hardest Hit Program will end Sept. 30. Through it people whose incomes have been cut can apply for up to $35,000 to help with mortgage payments. The money comes from the U.S. Department of Treasury.
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A train ride to Vienna is due to the good connection from a lot of major European cities possible. The trip from Munich by train takes around 5 hours and the cheapest tickets are available from 50 Euro. The most important railway stations in Vienna are the Westbahnhof and the Südbahnhof.
The Westbahnhof is located at the Gürtel beside the Mariahilferstraße where you can also change to the metro lines U3 and U6. With the U3 you can reach the Stephansplatz (CD3) in the center in less than 10 minutes. The railway station Südbahnhof is located at the Wiedner Gürtel and the next metro station from the line U1 is at the nearby Südtiroler Platz. The metro ride to the Stephansplatz (CD3) in downtown takes only approx. 5 minutes, so you get easy and fast to the City Center of Vienna after a train ride.


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Daily Archive for December 5th, 2012
The mystery of Dinesh D'Souza's 'Obama's America 2016′
The story behind the non-fiction film "Obama's America 2016" has to be more interesting than the film itself. How something this dull and murky managed to be funded and then theatrically released by Lionsgate (the same company responsible for the "Saw" movies and the Oscar-winning "Crash") is utterly baffling. A spin-off of the Dinesh D'Souza […] [Read More]


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COLUMBIA CITY — In the near future, Whitley County's Commissioners will be meeting with Allen County Commissioners to hear what they have to say about a possible road project — coinciding with the county line.
The estimated $2.2 million project would move part of East CR 900 S., in Whitley County, to connect with Liberty Mills in Allen County.
"Those who want it will tell you the benefit is it's a dangerous intersection, and we need to cure that," said Whitley County Commissioner Don Amber.
While Amber said the project is ideal, in his approximately 30 years as a paramedic for Whitley County EMS, he does not remember working an accident at that location.
"It will cost our county $101,000 and Allen County $340,000 to do it," said Amber. "We will listen to what Allen County has to say and make a decision based on what we think is best for the county."
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There's an alternative to the same old thing, and it's Datevitation.
Datevitation is the web's first and only online custom love coupon book-and unlike previous pre-packaged coupon books available in stores-this can be customized to fit you! You wont be giving out some generic book of ideas-these are all things you want to do with the person you are giving it to. Or you know, things they'd want you to do but you save for special occasions. ;)
While most of these times these books go out to a significant other-they don't have to! The little people in the coupons can be set to boy/girl, girl/girl, boy/boy-so not only does it fit all types of love (which I am so happy about) but you can give them out to a friend, parent, sibling, or anyone you want to spend time with!
I totally customized one of these adorable books in the hope that this new thing I have will develope into enough of something to give him the book. I picked a cute V-day cover (shown below) and four activities that were easy enough for a relationship this early on. So if all goes well, this new cute boy will get these 5 coupons and I am hoping it does-because they sound like so much fun!
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I believe that WvW may benefit from an increase in the number of PvE activities on each map and this would improve the quality of the PVP.
Although it seems counter intuitive, more PVE equals more oppurtinuty for small group action in off the beaten path areas of WvW even One on ones that dont immeditaely turn into zerg fests.
THe only Caveat being that the PVE needs to be totally optional so that people who are not into pvp wont be feeling that they have to take the risk of being "ganked" while completing some required daily PvE activity.
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There's already quite a lot of PvE things on the map. For example, there are skill points you can earn. There are monsters you can help out (... and they then help you out in PvP). There's things like the weather control station, or the jumping puzzles, or the dungeon.
All PvE things that are nice to be able to do, that will naturally bring opposing characters together.
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They gotta do something, because right now most of them are nothing.
There's a neutral mob that takes -902-92-092-09039339388383 years to kill and gives nothing.
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The PVE just needs to be a little more compelling.
It doesnt even have to really tie into the PVP at all but it would be a bonus if it does.
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I believe in life before death... So dont forget to enjoy it while you still can.
In DAoC having double PvE XP in the PvP zones worked pretty well
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Taking undefended supply camps and towers with small groups gives good exp, and is a PvE activity. Until the defenders show up, muahahaha!
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It doesn't need any more PvE because then it becomes a WAR clone with PvE rotations.That's all WAR was: people avoiding others while rotating PvE fights to gain rewards and perks.
The Wx3 is mainly about player control of the map via player attacking/sieging other players. The guards in this game are even considered weaker saved for the upgraded ones. This is because players are the defenders, and the attackers.
was just thinking of ways to encourage more small group action similar to what was seen in true open world pvp in other games. The intersection between pvp and pve leads to unexpected small group and one on one situations. There design prevents this in the interest of preventing ganking and providing a consistent theme of cooperation to the world. However I do believe that a few purely PVE like DE may draw people away from the zerg and allow for a more interesting experience in WVWVW overall.
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Originally posted by hypersan
But there are plenty of PvE mechanics already in play in the Wx3 maps right now. These just require the player to discover them through exploration and travel. There shouldn't be an expectation of having Heart-like directories to tell players where to PvE in the Wx3 maps, as that's not going to happen (though there are few similar markers there).
Let's start with the supply camps. These are the tiniest of the war objectives and can be taken strategically by 2-3 players; which I've tested personally in the BWE's. With a small group of two, there's a twist of pull mechanics, CC fields, and the like that can slowly take unupgraded locations. Then agian, building a ballista and having someone tank-pull mobs while you shoot them down is also viable.
Supply camps also come with a great other Dynamic Event of Caravan Escorts. These are simply escorting caravan Yaks from the camps to the Outposts, Keeps, and Castle. During these escorts, small groups of creep mobs will try to attack the carvans and kill the Yak, making the supplies lost. These are so easy that someone post-20 can solo them (assuming they've unlocked their Weapon Skills) or small groups can do. Be aware that enemy players will try to gank these to choke off the supply lines for your World.
Time to bring up the most important PvE Dynamic Events in the Wx3 maps: NPC Army Camps. These things are a make-or-break of many battles and strategic point control. A small band of players can take these for their World just by doing enough assistance to gain World Favor. Each of the camps, once taken, will send out armies to near by Keeps and Outposts until it's owned by your world or until the camp is lost. Once your World owns a Keep that the camp relates to, a army band will post itself to the gates as extra guards. But again, these start at the DE that is for small or large groups to take.
Another Dynamic Event placed in each of the maps are the Skill Point locations. Each of these are simple touch-channel to obtain a new Skill Point, but they're surrounded by agressive mobs that will attack a player. Small groups can work their way to the SP location to obtain. Yet, if that group plays the rest of the Dynamic Event (which it is) they'll spawn a final boss to defeat for some cool rewards. Optional as it is, it's another DE that is within the Wx3 maps.
And finally we come to the finisher of the general mobs within the maps. These are location based, so mosiquettos in the swamps and stag in the woods. I remember that some of these had Dynamic Events tied to them, but I never completed them myself. The swamp one did have a DE that 3 objectives to start: Kill mosquittos, clear poisonous plants, or kill toxic ooze. This had something to do with helping so that the soldiers of the near by camps not get diseases. Again, never completed it, but I know it exists.


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June 9 (Bloomberg) -- Kevin Millwood and five relievers combined to throw a no-hitter in the Seattle Mariners' 1-0 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers.
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By Samantha L. QuigleyAmerican Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Sept. 21, 2005 The Defense Department is adopting a more customer-focused approach to acquisitions, technology and logistics, the department's top AT&L official told a group of more than 300 industry leaders at the National Defense Industrial Association's September luncheon here today.
"The customers ... expect us to prepare and provide the capabilities they will need to defend America and her interests, not just today, but into the future," Kenneth J. Krieg told the group.
He identified AT&L's customers, or stakeholders, as the secretary of defense, Congress and the taxpayers, who "wisely invest their hard-earned money in their nation's common defense."
To serve all of these stakeholders well, Krieg said, AT&L must adhere to some basic principles, including making decision based on facts, aligning authority and responsibility, balancing the costs of various choices and building processes that have both agile performance and strong oversight.
"As we incorporate these basic principles into our daily routine, we also are mindful of how business in the Department of Defense is changing," he said. "And it is changing very dramatically. Our job is less about moving paperwork and more about moving knowledge. It is less about bending metal and more about integrating systems. It is about joint and integrated endeavors."
To meet the challenge, he said, AT&L is developing a new set of business practices affecting five broad areas: supply chain, medical readiness and performance, acquisition, ordinary and strategic process integration, and DoD corporate governments.
In the review of these areas, Krieg said, three overarching guidelines are being applied: being responsive to customers, ensuring decisions are made based on facts and at the appropriate level, and redirecting work efforts. All of these are geared toward achieving effectiveness and efficiency, he said.
For example, he noted, technology such as item-unique identification and radio frequency identification that allow the tracking of both products and procedures will help to attain those goals. "The key to future success lies in working smarter, not just harder," Krieg said.
He cited performance-based logistics, or PBL, as one way to give DoD's stakeholders the best value on the roughly $80 billion the department spends annually on supply-chain activity.
"PBL helps us to work more efficiently and gather data and facts we need to measure success and uncover roadblocks to achieving our goals," he said. "Even more importantly, we're able to factually report those successes to our stakeholders and work together to remove those roadblocks."
Also, Krieg said, he intends to introduce Lean Six Sigma techniques, a widely used business strategy, to further streamline AT&L's practices. Lean Six Sigma emphasizes speed and efficiency in improving business processes and transactions.
"I intend to use its principles to consider the effectiveness and efficiency of the administrative processes of acquisition documentation," he said, "allowing our staff to streamline their procedures and free their time to focus on other customer needs." He added that AT&L will seek to apply Lean Six Sigma techniques to its business activities.
"In an era where people are devoting more and more hours to their work," Krieg said, "it's not sensible to further increase the time ... we spend. Instead, we must increase the efficiency of our business products."
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New NBC/Wall Street Journal and NY Times/CBS polls have plenty of data to worry Obamaphiles. In the head-to-head national RealClearPolitics.com averages Barack Obama's lead over Hillary Clinton is shrinking fast. (And many of these polls surveyed voters in significant part before the latest Wright eruption.)
A few tidbits from the NBC/WSJ poll: Obama has dropped 5 points in the "has background/set of values I identify with" and 48% find Obama's associations with Wright and Bill Ayers a major or moderate concern.
From the NY Times/CBS poll: Obama now is tied with John McCain while Clinton beats him in the head-to-head match ups. And things are heading in the wrong direction on other counts as the Times explains:
Fifty-one percent of Democratic voters say they expect Mr. Obama to win their party's nomination, down from 69 percent a month ago. Forty-eight percent of Democrats say Mr. Obama is the candidate with the best chance of beating Senator John McCain, the presumptive Republican nominee, down from 56 percent a month ago.
Obama still leads Clinton in both of these polls. But what will the polls say after the public has digested the latest epsiode in the Wright-Obama debacle?
The real news is now Clinton has more than Harold Ickes' hunches to discuss with the superdelegates. The Times lets on that "some party leaders and superdelegates said the Wright controversy has given them pause, raising questions about Mr. Obama's electability in the general election next fall." Imagine that. Superdelegates are precisely the type of people (elected official, professional poll watchers, scared of their constituents) who are the most likely to "pause" ( which may be Times-speak for "break out in a cold sweat") when they see a political firestorm and don't know if all the shoes have dropped.
But perhaps by Tuesday all will be forgotten and Obama will cruise to wins in Indiana and North Carolinaes with an impressive coalition of whites/women/African Americans/union voters/seniors. Why, just like he did last time he won a primary in a populous state — Wisconsin. That was on February 19.


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My two cents is that if Paterno protected a pedophile and then lied to a Grand Jury about his involvement, the statue should be taken down.
It's a bogus law that should be repealed. It fixes a problem that didn't exist. It's costing how many millions of dollars to implement. And worse, it's infringing upon people's right to vote. A completely irresponsible law from a legislature that won't pass any meaningful reform anywhere else.
What about the religious freedom of the employees of religious institutions? What if I'm a nurse at a Catholic hospital, and my religious beliefs do not have a problem with contraception? Aren't my beliefs violated if my employer refuses to offer legally mandated coverage? As employers, religious institutions should be aware that just because they don't agree with a law, doesn't mean they can just opt out of it. If they can't or won't separate their ideology from their responsibility as employer, perhaps they should get out of the employer business.
"We need to elect lawmakers that will put the needs of our families first, leaders that respect our freedoms, respect free enterprise, and respect competition."
Respect for competition and our freedoms...that must have been the motivation behind the voter id bill that Gov. Corbett just signed into law. At least the Health Care Act is about helping individuals not get raped by insurers who charge premiums but then can conveniently refuse to cover a non-qualifying ailment.
As for the burden on taxpayers, it's my understanding that we already pay millions if not billions of dollars each year for uninsured people who get health care access. Will we really see a difference in what comes out of our pockets? At least now, people will have a mandate to pay for it themselves, if they can. Is it possible we may actually save a bit after the mandate to have coverage takes effect?
People need to stop listening when Karl Rominger speaks. His client is in no position to demand anything. You're in prison; you don't have options anymore. Better enjoy the privacy before you're released into the general population at a state facility.
I'm 38 years old, and Kindergarten was a half day waaay back when I attended. I don't believe we were any the worse for wear for it, versus attending a full day. Better to have a half day of Kindergarten than none at all. I don't think it will hurt the kids' education.
The vast majority of voters do have id already. But that isn't the point. I'm still trying to figure out why the legislature passed a bill that fixed something that was not broken to begin with. And isn't this costing the state a few million dollars to implement? I thought the legislature was trying to cut wasteful and arbirtary spending? By the way, how are the budget negotiations coming along?
This bishop gets it. The old way of thinking that homosexuality is a sin, and that gays should not be able to take part fully in their faith and life, should not even be a question anymore. It's heartening to see a Christian leader actually adopt a Christ-like attitude, which is one of inclusion.
Yikes 0909, you hit the nail right on the head. Well stated.
With this letter I think the good Father proved the bioethicist's point about being theologically unsophisicated and stuck in the past.
This response strikes me as being incredibly un-selfaware. Fr. appears to be so lost in the official dogma that plain common sense is eluding him. Not surprising, but, wow....
I'm surprised by the switch to all news; isn't there enough "all news" out there already? Surprised there's a demand by the viewers for this. Disheartened that there will be less classical music; I don't listen to it much; I work during the day, but it is nice to hear it in the car when I'm going to and from places. Sad...
As long as the honorable Senator and his compatriots start with their own pensions, it may be a viable option. Fortunately for state workers, I don't think that would ever happen.
Check me if I'm wrong here, but if you take away kindergarten, extra curricular activies like sports, plus busses...do you even have a school system left?
I hear people who are very critical of the state taking over the district. Could the state really do a worse job than what is going on now?
I love the last line, about needing to show everyone they can govern efficiently. Heck, they have all the marbles, they're all GOP. It's interesting that even they have different agendas on where the money goes.
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It takes them 7 years to get this to the floor, and then they have the audacity to add an 18% surtax on wine shipments. Unbelievable! An explanation of this tax is minimal. It definitely should NOT be part of any final bill.
It's heartwarming to see the GOP care about education and social services. Must be an election year.
Nice juxtapositioning with the article, also on today's pennlive, about the legislature whining that they did not get the projected taxes from online purchases and the like. The amount of tax dollars they have been sitting on more than makes up for any perceived shortfall.
An entrenched political class...our state governing structure needs to be reformed.
Boo hoo! This is hilarious. What about all the tax payer money the legislature is sitting on and not reporting; a story that was covered on ABC27 News about a week ago.
We work for the political class...don't ever forget it.
This is the kind of law that gets passed, when you have a Republican controlled legislature and executive. Hopefully the November elections will bring the Dems back into the majority. Even if that does happen, there is plenty of time for the Repubs. to do plenty more damage while they can. Remember in November...


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OK, maybe not. They're actually costars in a Broadway show called Promises, Promises that opened this week. This set of photos intrigues me in large part because of my unhealthy obsession with Kristin Chenoweth (the video evidence is here, if you dare watch), but also because it features Joan Rivers and Katie Finneran bowing to one another, and Candy Spelling wearing what I can best categorize as "devil garb."
Many of you were kind enough to head me in the direction of where I could go watch former Glee episodes so I could catch up. Did I do that? No, not yet. Now, I've missed yet another episode with one of my favorites: Kristin Chenoweth. Folks, this weekend the iPhone and Mac are being unplugged until I catch up on this show.
Chenoweth's voice always amazes me. How does so much sound and strength come out of a person who's the size of a Pez dispenser? Anyway, last night she sang the always-hopeful "Maybe This Time" from Cabaret, accompanied by Lea Michele (Rachel Berry). You can't not be happy after listening to this song. And I could be wrong, but I think Beet really enjoyed Kristin's guest appearance too.
This is for all you Glee and Kristin Chenoweth fans out there. I have yet to catch the critically acclaimed Fox show myself, but everyone I know seems to love it, even though the last two episodes failed to deliver the goods the way the pilot did. However, things will probably start looking up for the show tomorrow night as the pint-sized woman with the huge voice made popular (haha, get it?) for her role in Wicked never fails to disappoint audiences.
Reesey looks absolutely edible at the LA premiere of Four Christmases.
Also there: Kristin Chenoweth, who looks fantastic considering her show just got canned.


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Sevier County's Will Jones holds on to win district title
Sevier County's Will Jones held on in the third set against Morristown West's Parker Ashford to win his second straight District 2-AAA singles title on Tuesday, 6-1, 4-6, 6-4.
"I'm a senior, so it's my last time trying to win it," Jones said. "It's very relieving that I was able to win it my last year."
Jones led 5-2 in the deciding set before Ashford won the next two games, including a break to move to 5-4. Jones broke his opponent to clinch the title and continue his unbeaten mark this year. He's only lost one high school singles match in the last two years and will return to the region tournament next week.
"I saw (the ball) go by him and he fell to the ground," Jones said of the final point. "I was just so relieved to finally get it over with."
Eagles add to medal haul
SEVIERVILLE — Grant Wallen and Jonathan Fintak added to their championship 2014 season, taking the district doubles title with a 6-2, 7-6 (1) victory over South-Doyle's Matt Art and Tucker Lewis.
The duo already helped the Eagles win the district team title and are now into the region individual tournament for the second straight season.
"They're pretty amazing," said Seymour coach Brandi Stallings. "They got to the first round of the region last year. ... When they finished that, they made a goal for themselves to get to this point. I'm glad to see them achieve their goal."
Pigeon Forge boys 5, Meigs County 4
The Tigers earned their fourth district title in a row with a fourth straight unbeaten season.
It was the bottom of the lineup that carried Pigeon Fore in the deciding match with the Tigers sweeping the bottom four singles matches and second doubles. Daniel Delozier (third singles), Ethan Williams (fourth), Cale Bramer (fifth) and Vince Brackins (sixth) won singles matches while Delozier and Williams won in doubles.
Sevier County 16, Morristown East 3
SEVIERVILLE — The Smoky Bears exploded for 10 in the fourth to blow the game open.
Charlie Brown finished with two doubles, two RBI and a run while Nick Osborne and a double, four RBI and a run. Kody Paul drove in three.
"Our offense played great," said Sevier County coach Casey Taylor. "We were able to put a lot of pressure on them."
The Bears play Morristown West for the District 2-AAA title today at 6 p.m.
Morristown East 9, Seymour 5
SEVIERVILLE — The Eagles had six straight hits to take a 5-1 lead in the first but that was the bulk of the offensive for coach Scott Norman's club in this season-ending loss.
"Bats went flat," Norman said. "We kind of ran out of pitching. We've been shorthanded this year. The guys threw as well as they could. We just didn't have the arms to consistently put wins together."
Seymour's second straight loss in the District 2-AAA tournament was indicative of an up-and-down season. Norman said he felt his team was hitting its stride in a win over Cherokee last Friday before one bad inning doomed the Eagles against Sevier County on Saturday.
Seymour got a big lead on Monday and just couldn't hold it.
"(Pitching) is just what dominates the game," Norman said. "Most of the time, teams hit the ball pretty well. They catch the ball pretty well. The team that has the better pitcher in general wins the game. That's what you've got to have."
The Eagles did have a strong year at the plate with four guys — Larry Kennedy, Gunner Gibson, Cade Snapp and Kevin Escalona — hitting over .400.
Seymour 9, Jeff County 4
SEYMOUR — The Eagles took a 2-0 lead in the second and just kept adding to it in this one.
Miranda Duncan pitched well to get the win while Reid Ballard had a two-run homer for the victors. Seymour resumes play today at 7:30 p.m. against an opponent to be determined.
Morristown West 10, Sevier County 4
SEYMOUR — Shelby Duke led the Bearettes in this season-ending loss, going 2 for 3 with a double and three RBI.
Laura Ratledge, Emily Lavoie and Amber Wallin each had a single.
Rockwood 2, Gatlinburg-Pittman 1
GATLINBURG — The Highlanders lost this District 3-A/AA semifinal on a penalty kick in double overtime despite outshooting their opponents 15-1.
Rockwood got both goals on set pieces, tying the game with 12 minutes to go on a corner kick. G-P coach Zach Schrandt said his team, which saw its season end, couldn't finish breakaways.
"We just missed a lot of wide-open shots," Schrandt said. "We had several opportunities. It just wasn't our night shooting."
Luke Stone had the Highlanders' lone goal in the first half. Schrandt said he was still excited about the turnaround G-P has made, finishing the year 12-5-1.
"I can't be prouder of how far we've come as a program," he said. "Hopefully we can sustain it going forward."
Fulton 2, Pigeon Forge 1
PIGEON FORGE — The Tigers saw their season end in this loss.
Pigeon Forge equalized in the first half on a Mateo Santizo goal but couldn't get a second despite a half-hour of sustained possession to close the game.
"We just couldn't finish," said Tigers coach Bill Moseley. "We had it for the last 30 minutes in their 18 and could not finish.
"We played good. They got two goals in and we weren't able to finish at the end."


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Does having a career plan make you a coward or smart?
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Before Holy Cross: Four-year member of the varsity soccer team at St. Paul's School...team captain in 2009...named All-League in 2007 and 2009...recieved All-League honorable mention in 2008...also a member of the lacrosse and track and field teams...member of the Seacoast United soccer club...club team was a Region I finalist in 2008, and Super Y National semifinalist in 2009...named to Super Y National ODP camp in 2009...played for New Hampshire ODP from 2003-2009.
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Our opinion: Plans are unveiled for the renovation of an abandoned downtown Albany hotel, next to an envisioned smaller convention center. Taxpayers need information on the broader vision for downtown. Too much is unknown. Imagine a place where a closed and deteriorating 15-story hotel stood across the street from the state Capitol and just down […] [Read More]
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Our opinion: The new plan for an Albany convention center is intriguing, but the city shouldn't forget about the old site, a major tract that would a waste to neglect. Albany's new scaled-down convention center plan seems to make so much more sense than the grander vision that never seemed quite right to too many […] [Read More]
Skip the fish, go for history
Times Union blogger Akum Norder offers an alternative to the recent Albany aquarium proposal on the downtown convention center site. She suggests making Albany a place people could associate with early American history, like Philadelphia or Boston. By embracing our history, she says, we can make Albany into a destination. [Read More]
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Our opinion: Mayor Jerry Jennings needs a sense of urgency about finding the right idea for downtown's last major open space. Whether Omni Development Co.'s plan for a downtown site that had long been targeted for a convention center is the best use of such a key property remains to be seen. But it is […] [Read More]
Albany site needs vision
Our opinion: Relocation of CDPHP jobs is one possible substitute for a convention center. But the city needs to be bolder in developing such a critical piece of downtown property. Under ordinary circumstances, it would be welcome news that one of upstate New York's leading health insurers might move to downtown Albany. More than 1,000 […] [Read More]
Is this the best for downtown?
Our opinion: Is a long-planned, long-delayed convention center the best plan for downtown? If so, get a move on. If not, then what? It's been more than eight years and four governors since Albany and New York state set about trying to create a downtown convention center. To say this project is moving at a […] [Read More]


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While in college you will need to research information for papers and other assignments.
Once you graduate, you will most likely continue to research to make informed decisions in your job and your community.
The skills you develop will make the process of finding information for your assignments, your work, and your life much easier.
The combined resources of your library and the Internet create an almost endless amount of information available to you. With all of these choices, where do you find the answers?
Module 1 focuses on various sources of information, where to find these sources, and how to choose the best ones for your research. It takes approximately 30 minutes to complete.
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Christmas is coming closer, and I was wondering if I could put some candles in my room to get in the "christmas mood".
But after a friends house burned down of christmas tree candles, I don't want to burn real candles into my room.
So why don't let the Arduino light for you?!
This Instructable will show you, how to flicker up to 6 LEDs using an Arduino Microcontroller.
For more information about Arduino visit http://www.arduino.cc/
Step 1: What you need...
-Arduino Microcontroller (or similar)
-USB cable
-LEDs (up to 6 LEDs are possible)
-Resistors (equal to the number of used LEDs)
LED resistor calculator
if you don't want to solder the circuit:
-Jumper wires
-DC power source
-Arduino IDE
Get it here!
-TrueRandom Library
Get it here! (Instructions included)
Unzip it to your "Libraries" folder.
Step 2: Wire it up!
Now connect the second "leg" of the resistor to the anode of the LED (long "leg")
Then connect the cathode (short "leg") of the LED to ground (GND) on the Arduino board.
Repeat this step for each LED you want to use.
When the wiring is done, continue to the next step!
Step 3: Code it!
//Multiple LED flicker by gotcha (2010)
int ledPin1 = 9; //Set the number of LEDs you use.
int ledPin2 = 10;
int ledPin3 = 11;
int ledPin4 = 6;
//You can use up to 6 LED pins
void setup()
pinMode(ledPin1, OUTPUT); //Sets the LED pins as output pins.
pinMode(ledPin2, OUTPUT); //Use the same pins used above
pinMode(ledPin3, OUTPUT);
pinMode(ledPin4, OUTPUT);
void loop()
{ //Sets a random value of LED voltage in the range of 0V - 5V with PWM
analogWrite(ledPin1, TrueRandom.random(0,255)); //Use the same pins used above
analogWrite(ledPin2, TrueRandom.random(0,255));
analogWrite(ledPin3, TrueRandom.random(0,255));
analogWrite(ledPin4, TrueRandom.random(0,255));
delay(TrueRandom.random(40,70)); //Limits the speed.
The question is how to add a potentiometer to Arduino, making the 6 leds dimmable. That they flicker at high or low intensity, just like when you dim an old oil lantern and leave it all night flicker at very low intensity ?? it is easy to hook a 5K pot to arduino input, but can someone suggest how to modify the sketch please ?
After reading this instructable and looking at the code it looks as if the delay between flickers comes from the written code instead of the library.
In the line 'delay(TrueRandom.random(40,70)); //Limits the speed.'
I believe the '(40,70)' are ms. It's setting a range for time between flickers. Change them for a longer delay.
thanks for the infromtation,but somehow i can't add the needed lines in the instructable.
For those wanting to use the code: put " "
after "#include"
Great little script. I am planning to use it to drive lights on a wreath. I noticed that you left out the library name in your include statement.
For those looking to duplicate this code, note that you need to download and install the TrueRandom library into your Arduino folders, then complete the include statement in the script as follows:
the library can be found here:


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George H. Estep, Jr., 81, Elizabethton passed away Sunday, September 15, 2013 in Sycamore Shoals Hospital following a lengthy illness. A native of Carter County, he was a son of the late George H. Estep, Sr. and Bessie Norris Estep. He was a retired farmer and North American Rayon Corporation. Junior served as a Water Commissioner of the First Utility District. He operated Stoney Creek Bus Line for a number of years. Junior was a member of the Dungan Chapel Baptist Church. He served in the United States Air Force during the Korean Conflict. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his wife of 57 years: Betty Jo Bishop Estep, Two Sisters: Evelyn Taylor and Grace Estep and three brothers: Porter, N.D. & Paul Estep.
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Posted by Sam on 08/14/2008
In search of a lesser expensive dinner restaurant, I found Bistro Le Steak off of Menupages. While walking there, I began to have doubts at the area it is in... not a very classy place in the city for a 'steakhouse.' We sat in the outer part of the restaurant, which was narrow and hard to maneuver around all the guests and servers. The onion soup WAS good - and very filling. The by the glass pinot noir was also good. However, the twice roasted duck was unappetizing. It was dry and tough, and took more than a minute to chew each piece. the mashed potatoes where grainy and unpleasant. the roasted pear was not as good as it should have been. My girlfriend said the shrimp was decent, but nothing special. Maybe we should have gotten steak since it was a 'steakhouse', but I can't imagine it would have been very good. My opinion: stay away from this place. Even though it is relatively inexpensive, it is noy worth the money. If you want t a good dinner, spend the extra money and go to a respected and recommended place.
Posted by mingmong on 11/11/2007
We ate here last night in spite of some reviews on this page that might have sent us elsewhere. We were pleasantly surprised - it was a good piece of meat, an good bowl of French onion soup and a substantial salad. Expensive for a 3rd Avenue eatery but inexpensive for a steak house.
Posted by Anonymous on 10/15/2007
This restaurant is wonderful. I've been there 5 times in the last month and the steaks have all been cooked perfectly to my desire except one but they were more than happy to take care of it for me. Dont forget every restaurant is different and they all have differenet interprutations about the different tempuarture. Anyways the food is great the service is great, very attentive, the hostess is very welcoming and the manager is very polite and respectable. The decor is a little old but this place has been around for 10 years or so now so it is alittle old. The bartender is also very friendly. Its the perfect retreat from a busy day at the office. It might be a little noisy but that the point. If you want quite find another restaurant, its as simple as that. Take it for what it is. Got to check it out.
Posted by Anonymous on 09/13/2007
I used to go here frequently and the last time I did it was a complete change for the worse. The steak was overcooked, the country vinaigrette lacking taste, and worst of all the halibut was not fresh at all. It had a smell when the waiter brought it to the table. When we sent it back, they gave us a hard time and insisted it was fresh. Overall, it was a poor experience and we will not be back. This place is not recommended.
Posted by girlfiredup on 09/10/2007
I had the 10oz filet mignon with non fat mashed potatoes. It was delicious! My steak was a little too rare for me (I ordered medium) so I switched with my friend who also ordered the same steak but her steak was a little too done. Maybe they switched our plates? I think for the price, they should include a side. I paid around $8 just for several spears of asparagus. The Bistro is a little run down...I had to use the washroom and noticed the stair well leading down to the washroom is showing some signs of wear...the bathroom was not very clean and the walls and floors looked dirty. Their menu was also a little grimey. A sure sign that management is slipping. The service was great and I tipped well but there are better places to have a steak in NY I'm sure. Since it was my first time at the restaurant and my first time in NYC, I will probably explore other steakhouses. I was looking for the WOW factor. Didn't happen but overall, it was a good steak.
Posted by Anonymous on 08/31/2007
Usually excellent in-house dining...don't bother to order food delivered. wet french fries and poorly cooked dishes.
Posted by Downhill on 08/28/2007
The reputation of what was once a good restaurant has gone downhill dramatically. The steak, for which the restaurant was named, is second rate. The chef either overcooked, or undercooked the meat, and what they call lamb chops, for almost $30, is not even worth mentioning.


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Posted by john m on 05/28/2013
As locals we used to like this place but it is not the same any more. We ordered catch of "the day". Mahi mahi which looked like a piece of drift wood and there was absolutely no taste in it. Fish was over grilled and super dry. Also ordered the most expensive steak on the menu and it was even worse. Must have been old. We couldn't eat that. We were so disappointed that we promised never go back there!
Posted by Boca Bro on 03/25/2011
Used to be a lot better. They had an excellent fried ravioli and the "Boca's best fish sandwich" used to be much better - with a better sauce and bread. I stopped going because everything I liked they eventually took off of the menu. This place rate higher on atmophere than food - use this to make your decision.
Posted by Anonymous on 01/02/2011
This place has great beer, and that's about it. The food is mediocre at best, and the cleanliness at the boca store is questionable.
Posted by Carla on 10/06/2009
Brewzzi is a micro brewery that also has excellent food. Their pizzas are huge and can easily be shared by two people and the skirt steak salad is out of this world! I'm a big eater and neither me or my boyfriend can ever finish it. They also have a great Ghiardelli chocolate desert that is a must try for chocolate lovers. The waitstaff is young and very helpful. I've go there about 4x a month and have never had a bad experience. Also they offer 20% the entire bill to FAU students Mon-Thurs! Definitely check it out!


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I think of Bill James more as a baseball writer than as a "stats guru."
Seen in that light, I would contend that he is the most important baseball writer of the past 50 years. Maybe ever. (Roger Angell remains my favorite.) James has not only observed and written about the game, he's changed the way it's perceived by many — and even influenced the way it's played between the lines.
What more can a guy do with a pen and legal pad?
Which is not to say that he's perfect. There was a time in the mid- to late-80s when his frustration and snark became too much for my taste. Interestingly, I believe James himself suffered from a similar distaste, since he shut down the famed "Abstract" series in 1988. My theory is that he'd gone sour and had the good sense of self to realize it. So he went off, recharged, and left the seminal Abstracts in the rear-view mirror.
Moreover, the best of James's writing is characterized by a lithe, questioning mind, a trait that accepts no easy assumptions, resistant to "conventional wisdom." He asks, "How do we know?" The irony is that in today's baseball, many of those fans most influenced by advanced statistics have simply adopted a new dogma. Like half-baked sociologists, they became rigidly conventional, predictable (and closed-minded) in a brand new way and called it enlightenment.
Anyway, I just grabbed The Mind of Bill James by Scott Gray in a used book store. I found it fast, easy, entertaining, and insightful. James always gives you something to think about. He's aged well, I think, seems older and wiser and more . . . inclusive. Moderate, maybe. He's not as interested in picking fights anymore, since I think he's come to respect (or tolerate) differing perspectives.
He's still a lively, surprising writer. That's his great gift, the thing that separates James from the dreary "analysts." He writes great sentences. He entertains. The folks at Baseball Prospectus have learned that lesson well, btw. A lot of other folks list long strings of numbers and it's slog to reach the end of the paragraph.
Gray's book is good, not particularly deep or insightful. Unfortunately, Scott Gray writes from a fanboy perspective and that limits the scope of it. There's very little real critical thought in it. At least, none of it is directed at James himself. There are times when you can imagine Gray typing the manuscript while kneeling at James's feet, after every paragraph or so looking up at the great master for approval. Nonetheless, every page is filled with an interesting thought or observation.
Here's 41 random thoughts, sometimes framed in a killer sentence, sometimes in a string of sentences.
* "I think you're better off to assume an intelligent audience and challenge people to keep up."
* "I'm a firm believer that many people get more out of going to college than they do out of going to class."
* On what he learned in the army: "The more talent you have available to you, the less respect you have for it."
* "I believe, rightly or wrongly, that low pressure is better than high pressure, young is better than old, and using the bench is better than not using the bench."
* "When people discover a little of the pattern by which things are put together, they tend to overreact, to overstate the value of the knowledge."
* "When a young player exhibits the signs of emotional instability, don't bet on a handy psychologist to pull him out of it. It's probably a good idea just to stay away from him."
* "What so many baseball fans find unacceptable about free agency is that it simplifies the formula for building a winner; instead of spending x amount of dollars here to acquire a pool of potential talent and doing this and that and the other to bring the talent around so as to win maybe five years later, you simply pay the money and get the player."
* "Dan Ford is arguably a hitter, but he plays outfield like a blind man staying overnight in a friend's apartment."
* "People who say they don't trust the records or that they are suspicious of statistical analysis are simply not thinking about what they are saying. Are people suspicious of the statistics which say that Lou Brock is a great base stealer, or of those that say he doesn't hit as well as he used to? The difference between a .275 hitter and a .300 hitter, even once a ballplayer is well established, is simply not visible. It is a difference which can be seen in the record books — an extra hit every two weeks — and nowhere else."
* "The subject is baseball. The numbers bear a relationship to that subject and to us which is much like the relationship of tools to a machine and to the mechanic who uses them. The mechanic does not begin with a monkey wrench; basically, he is not even interested in the damn monkey wrench. All that he wants from the monkey wrench is that it do its job and not give him any trouble."
* "Don't argue with me — just look at the facts."
* "Given an option, all men prefer to reject information."
* "When I say that this man [Jose Cruz] is a great hitter, I mean he is a great hitter — as good as, maybe better than, hitters like George Brett, Dale Murphy, Jim Rice, and Bill Madlock. If you look at their stats in road games over the years 1981-84, it is obvious that, as long as all players were in neutral parks, Cruz was the best hitter among that group."
* "A team with a .400 OBP and a .400 SLG would score more runs than a team with a .350 and .450, although both add up to an .800 OPS."
* "The question is not which statistic is 'reliable' and which is 'unreliable,' but rather, what degree of trust we choose to put in each one."
* "Statistical images simplify the real world. This clarifies the picture, which is useful, but the problems come when people insist that the real world is as simple as the statistical picture."
* On Cleveland OF Rick Manning: "Patience with a young player, yes, but not this much patience. There is a place for impatience in the building of a baseball team, too. All of us, baseball players included, have a tendency to coast for as long as we can, and never to find out what we can do until we have a time of crisis. If I was running the Indians, I'd create a crisis for Rick Manning in a hell of a hurry. If he finds himself, great; if he doesn't, we've got a baseball team to run."
* "I can't stand it when people say that if he does the job with the glove it doesn't matter what he hits. Of course it matters what he hits . . . . Whenever you hear that when you have one thing, this doesn't matter or that doesn't matter, and you'll hear it fifty times this year, you're listening to baseball games go flying out the window."
* On the Royals in 1992: "The Royals now must face the fact that after four years of rebuilding they have nothing going for them; they are at the beginning of a rebuilding cycle, not the middle or the end. And that is what will be hard for them and their fans — to accept that what is gone, is gone. It looked good, but it didn't work, and nothing now can be saved from it. While anyone may be a year away from a miracle, they must face the fact that they are not a year away from having a good team, but three years. They need to face the fact that they need to start over."
* "It isn't the theory that wins. It's the players."
* "To bring together a core of people who want to win and who are willing to pay the price for that; that, I continue to believe, is terrifically important, the heart of the team."
* "None of us knows exactly what the true odds are in any given game situation. None of us knows, and none of us ever will know, not a hundred years from now when they have computers that will fit on your fingernail and spit out the history of the universe at a billion words a second, none of us will know for sure what the odds are because each unique situation contains a thousand variables, at least a hundred of which will not have had enough trials to be evaluated."
* "It never really surprises me that someone can ignore everything that I believe in and still be very successful."
* On Joe Morgan: "This is not to deny that you were a brilliant player, Joe, but you are becoming a self-important little prig."
* "Picture a vast desert. A single tumbleweed blowing across the desert will attract the eye because it's the only thing moving. A runner steal bases draws attention not because what he's doing is important, but because he is moving."
* On Lou Whitaker and his perceived faults: "Give the man credit for what he is."
* "People are entitled to wrong and stupid opinions; you don't have to beat them out of them."
* "Babe Ruth was a cyclone who swept up the precious strategies of the generations before him and scattered them in ruins."
* On announcer Milo Hamilton: "He broadcasts baseball games in a tone that would be more appropriate for a man reviewing a loan application."
* "I am not saying that 'clutch ability' does not exist; I do believe it is greatly overemphasized, and that the talk about it says more about the prejudices or experiences of the speaker than it does about any player. But to take the passions and prejudices out of the game would be to take the game out of the game, and I certainly would not want to be a part of that."
* "I don't think that athletics would exist without the admiration of athletes, and I don't think it can survive without the admiration of athletes."
* "We have gotten 'less tough,' as a society, over time, and we don't BELIEVE in toughness."
* "Call up you nearest baseball fan, right now, and ask him this question: How many more runs will you score in an inning when you have the leadoff man on than when you don't? I'll bet he says 28 percent or something. The answer is 242 percent.
* If Henry Cotto is a major league ballplayer, I'm an airplane."
* Teams that are winning tend to ignore or not notice their weaknesses. Teams that are losing will (and are more free to) make needed changes."
* Good minor league talent is a far better thing to bet on than 'proven' major league talent that isn't good enough to win."
* [Whitey] Herzog is too smart to believe in building a ball club by trading, or building a ball club from free agency, or building a ball club out of the farm system. He believes in building a ball club out of ballplayers. That's all."
* "Wanting to win a pennant has everything to do with winning a pennant."
* "Knowing how to drive an automobile does not make you an adventurer, and knowing how to run a computer does not make you an analytical student of the game."
* "Whatever other people undervalue will therefore be under-priced, and can be purchased cheaply."
"The extent to which you can trust your eyes is limited, but the extent to which you can trust the numbers is limited, too. If you watched Johnny Damon hit, based on his swing and his follow-through and his balance, you would think he couldn't hit — but he can. The visual impression is not contradicted by 'analysis'; it is contradicted by the outcomes. That's pretty common. There are fielders who look bad, but get the job done. There are pitchers who look like they are quick to first base, but who never pick anybody off. There are catchers who look awkward throwing, but who don't give up many stolen bases. But there are pitchers who go 15-11 who aren't really good pitchers. There are hitters who hit .310 but don't help you, there are fielders who field .980 who don't help you. You have to be skeptical of all of it."


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