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I wrote a blog a few days ago about the joy of feeling slimy.
The topic making me squirm is the selling my new book, "Can I Just Say Something?"
It's not so fun, marketing one's self. It involves acting humble, yet spunky, trying to make people believe a book review or signing will be good for business. Like I'm sort of a portable party or three-hour special.
Every doubt I've ever had about myself is flying around, waiting to roost.
I thought the hard work came with choosing what to include and then proofing that sucker over and over. I felt great relief when we finally shipped the draft to the printing company (not for long, however -- I saw some tiny mistakes almost within the hour. Dang it).
But, no. That wasn't that hard part. Not even the years of writing those columns was the hard part.
Come to think of it, going over all these years in a micro-time fashion has been sort of sweet. Yep, I totally cried reading my own words about David ... His theatrical sense of romance and habit of getting himself into hot water.
I laughed over the robeless rescue when I was choking, not to mention the no-more-barbecues dance. And the Trans Am debacle? Still managed to seethe a little. Lucky for him I can't get to him just now.
What has been really delicious is listening to my kids. All of them were too young to care when I began this column. It was just what Mommy did and no one better bother her more than once when it was "Deadline Day."
Not even the eldest realized I was chronicling their lives while immunizing them word-by-word for having our home life exposed to the public eye.
We have a proof copy of the book on the kitchen counter these days. As I hurry to make something that qualifies as dinner (if I ever remodel the kitchen, I am creating a place for the crockpot that will not fail to catch my eye in the mornings), I listen with the ears on the back of my head.
The baby is the most entranced. She was, um, actually the baby when this all began. Now she's in seventh grade and using face cleanser and a tiiiiny bit of make-up on special occasions. She has no memory of life being lived out from underneath the microscope.
I love to hear her discover new things about herself and her siblings. "Mom, did I really say 'Dada, go go?'"
"Yes, you did."
"But how do you know for sure? Maybe I was saying something else. Did you record me?"
If this child does not become a lawyer it will be society's loss, that's all I'm saying.
"I know because I was there, honey."
And it goes on. Even the older kids are learning what Mom was really thinking about this or that. Like when the twins asked for "boy" haircuts and came home looking like kindergarten convicts. On the outside I was using terms of encouragement -- "Oh, you two look really, really cute!"
On the inside, though, I was writing furiously. "I noticed a few folks looking askance at boys in pink shorts and baby doll shirts ... Cowlicks, previously tamed by the weight of much longer hair, were suddenly freed of all constraint and able to stand up and announce themselves in places we hadn't even known about."
My now 24-year-old is going to realize just how terrible I felt on the day I somehow remembered to clean the house but didn't remember her award ceremony at the middle school.
"It was one of those moments that make you long for a time machine. I stood there feeling like a completely inadequate mother, knowing I had no defense that was going to get me through the next hour of 'You didn't come! Everyone else's parents were there (which they weren't)! My stuff isn't important to you (which it is)!'
"Therefore I had no choice but to let it rain down upon me. Yes, I agreed, I blew it."
Our oldest and only son will, perhaps, take the time to truly read what I wrote on his 27th birthday, a deeply restrospective moment.
"I knew everything, of course. No one had ever been pregnant before me. I was expecting an angel to show up any day to inform that I was carrying, well, you-know-Who. I inspected every label of every morsel that went into my mouth. I grilled each new mother I met about which products she'd chosen and why."
That boy -- now 34 -- just better get it, this time, how much the world suffered when I got pregnant with him.
And the middle child? The one I am forever assuring she is wonderful, smart, beautiful and talented? May she gain peace when she reads this book, knowing I completely respect her for many things, but the one I told readers about is public knowledge.
It was a middle-school talent show. She was asked by a friend to be a last-minute fill-in for his act. I nixed the plan, but she took her own action.
"Upon my return, I read my program. There, on top, was the first act featuring my kid and the bass player, My heart stopped. Unprepared and the opening act...
"They stood on the stage for an eternity as sound glitches were worked out and sponsors were thanked and -- well, minutes seemed like hours. Finally the house lights dropped and the duo began. My daughter's clear, sweet but tremulous voice sang along to the thunking of the electric bass. No background music filled the gaps. The adolescents faces a room full of armchair judges.
"Then I saw my daughter's very best talent, Despite being told 'no' by her mother, she was unwilling to bail on someone in need. And will to be half of an imperfect act in order to be a complete friend. And that's some talent."
Yeah. It's stuff like that I hope my children absorb when and if they read this book.
Can I just say something? Selling this thing is no fun, but getting the chance to hand my children a nicely bound piece of their past?
I can live with that.
Sheila Hagar can be reached at email@example.com or at blogs.ublabs.org/fromthestorageroom or by calling 509-526-8322.
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Glee's Becca Tobin Wears Neon Blue on the Red Carpet: Hot or Not?
Becca Tobin (Kitty) wears a cheer uniform pretty much every moment on Glee, so it's hard to know what her character's real style looks like. It's easier to discern what the real Becca wears in, um, real life — or, at least, on the red carpet.
From what we've seen of the rising star, she likes to keep things edgy and unexpected. At the December 2 CNN Heroes event, Becca hit the red carpet in opaque black tights, black heels, a turquoise and black geometric Native American-inspired print dress, a loose braid, and blackberry lips. Along with her full-finger ring and dark nails, she made quite an impression.
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No. 5/4 UK Hoops Returns to Memorial Sunday vs. LSU
Jan. 25, 2013
LEXINGTON, Ky. – The No. 5/4 Kentucky women's basketball team looks to get back on the winning track when it returns to the friendly confines of Memorial Coliseum on Sunday, Jan. 27 to face LSU at 3 p.m. EST. The game will be televised live on SportSouth, FS Southwest, Sun Sports and Fox Sports South. It also will be available on ESPN3 and the UK IMG Sports Radio Network with Neil Price.
Fans can follow the UK Hoops team on Twitter at @UKHoopCats and use #UKHoops to comment on the game.
Single-game reserved tickets cost of $9 for all ages. General admission tickets for adults are $8 while single-game general admission tickets for seniors and children (ages 6-18, 65 and over) are only $5. UK faculty, staff and children ages five and under are admitted free in the general admission seating area, while supplies last.
The Wildcats (18-2, 6-1 Southeastern Conference) also look to snap a two-game losing skid to the Lady Tigers and extending their school-record home winning streak to 34. The streak, which began with a win over LSU on Feb. 13, 2011, ranks second nationally behind Baylor's 49-game home winning streak. Kentucky has won a school-record 14 straight home games vs. SEC opponents.
"We have a big challenge ahead of us with LSU on Sunday," UK Hoops Coach Matthew Mitchell said. "They are a very aggressive team. They have some explosive weapons offensively and they really get after you on defense. It's clearly an important game for us. We need to protect the home court and see if we can get another SEC victory, but it will be a tough game."
Against the Gamecocks on Thursday, UK struggled to get its offense going as it shot just 32.8 percent from the floor (19-of-58) for an SEC-low 50 points. It was the fewest points scored by the hot-streaking Wildcats since netting 48 vs. Louisville on Dec. 2, 2012. In a very physical battle, the Gamecocks capitalized on 27 trips to the free throw line, hitting 13 of them, while UK was 7-of-11.
Redshirt sophomore point guard Jennifer O'Neill (Bronx, N.Y.) led UK with 17 points, on 4-of-9 shooting from beyond the arc. Senior A'dia Mathies (Louisville, Ky.) added 12 points and junior center DeNesha Stallworth (Richmond, Calif.) recorded her second straight double-double with 12 points and 10 rebounds in just 26 minutes of action.
Overall this season, Mathies leads UK and ranks second in the league (conference games only) in scoring, averaging 15.2 points per game overall and 18.7 in SEC games. She currently ranks in the top 10 of 12 career lists at UK, including third in steals (282) and fourth in scoring (1,739).
In the front court, Stallworth and junior forward Samarie Walker (West Carrollton, Ohio) are giving Kentucky a dynamic inside presence. The duo combine to average 23.1 points and 14.7 rebounds per game and both are shooting over 50 percent from the floor.
The Cats' "40 minutes of dread" defense has them leading the nation in turnover margin (+9.9), limiting the opponent to 52.0 ppg (2nd in the SEC), 37.3 percent shooting (7th in the SEC), including 27.8 percent from beyond the arc (6th in the SEC), and averaging 12.2 steals (4th in the SEC) and 5.1 blocks per game (T-2nd in the SEC).
LSU, which is coming off a bye week, is 12-7 overall, 3-3 in SEC play after a win over Vanderbilt last Sunday at home, 54-51.
Overall, 6-foot-5 junior center Theresa Plaisance leads the Tigers in almost every statistical category, including scoring (18.3), rebounding (7.9), field goal percentage (.463) and blocks (2.9). She ranks second in the SEC in scoring and eighth nationally in blocks per game.
Three other players average in double-figure scoring - freshman guard Danielle Ballard (13.4), senior guard Adrienne Webb (13.4) and senior guard Bianca Lutley (10.7).
Nikki Caldwell is in her second season as head coach of the Lady Tigers. Caldwell reached the 100-win mark for her career on Dec. 13 against ETSU. Prior to LSU, Caldwell served as the head coach at UCLA.
"They're athletic, they have some good athletes, they have some good skill players, too," Mitchell said. "They are well balanced and can score a lot and are capable of putting points on the scoreboard. I think they're a really good SEC team with good athletes, good players, very well-coached so it will be another tough one Sunday afternoon in Memorial Coliseum."
Sunday will mark the 41st meeting between the teams. LSU leads the all-time series 30-10, including a 10-4 advantage when playing in Lexington. The Wildcats are looking to snap a two-game losing skid to the Tigers and chart their first win at home over LSU since Feb. 13, 2011.
UK fell in both meetings against the Tigers last season, falling 61-51 in Baton Rouge and 72-61 in the semifinals of the SEC Tournament.
Five of the last seven matchups with LSU have been decided by 10 points or less. UK went 3-2 in those games.
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Man's nose broken as thugs raid home
Posted: April 08, 2014|
THREE masked men caused these injuries to a man during a break-in at his home in Hucknall.
The attack happened at a house in Auckland Avenue, at around 8.30pm on Tuesday, April 1.
The intruders forced their way into the house, punching the 64-year-old man and throwing his 63-year-old wife to the ground, before fleeing empty-handed.
The man suffered a suspected broken nose and cheekbone and a fractured hand in the attack.
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The man, who has not been named, said: "We are getting CCTV and a fence around the house after what happened.
"People like this go for those who they see as vulnerable. What concerns me most is that if they hit someone in their 80s like they hit me, they could quite easily kill them.
"What if it was your elderly parents or your grandparents? If you know who did this then please call police, so that it doesn't happen to anyone else."
Detective Inspector Rich Monk of Notts Police said: "We hope this picture might play on someone's conscience.
"This couple were going about their normal routine at home on a Tuesday evening when their peace was shattered by intruders.
"This man did what he could to protect his home and family, managing to throw a few punches himself. But one against three is no contest and he came off the worse for wear.
"I would appeal again to anyone who knows anything about this violent, unprovoked attack to call us."
Anyone with information is asked to call Notts Police on 101, quoting incident number 853 of April 1. They can also call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.


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Vintage Orvis fly fishing rod "99″ VERY NICE in caseSaturday, October 23rd, 2010
|Vintage Orvis fly fishing rod "99" VERY NICE in case
This is a 1958 "99" bamboo "impregnated" rod. It is literally like new. judging by the cork it looks like nobody's ever even touched it. It still has the original clear orvis stickers for the labeling and model #. It also comes with the original green felt and aluminum tube. I'm also putting it together with a Beaudex fly reel. if you read the original 1958 invoice that comes with this auction, you will see that these two items were sold together from orvis then so we're going to sell them together again. There is also a letter to the original owner about the type of line to use which is included in the auction. the reel comes in the original box and there is a manual or packet that is in the box with the reel. I can't express enough how great of condition this item is in. I almost never use the word MINT but am very tempted to here.
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2005-06: Competed in the 1,500 meter run, the 5,000 meter run and the 800 meter run during the outdoor season ... Won the Southland Conference championship and posted a season-best time in the 1,500 meter run with a 4:36.60 performance ... Ran to a seventh place finish at the SLC outdoor meet in the 5,000 meter run, posting a season-best time of 17:54.20 ... Posted a season-best time of 2:16.66 in the 800 meter run at the Houston Invitational ... Ran the mile, the 3,000 meter run and the distance medley relay during the indoor season ... Ran to a second place finish in the mile with a season-best time of 4:58.73 at the SLC indoor championship ... Grabbed a third place finish in the 3,000 meter run with a season-best time of 9:57.58 ... Helped Lamar to the SLC championship in the DMR, in a time of 12:02.15.
2004-05: Competed in the 1,500 and 3,000 meter runs during the outdoor season ... Posted two of the top five fastest times for Lamar in the 1,500 ... Best time in the 1,500 came at the Michael Johnson Classic with a 4:40.25 ... Finished fourth in the SLC Outdoor Championships in the 1,500, running a 4:40.39 ... Posted the third fastest time of the season for Lamar in the 3,000, running a 10:12.23 ... Competed in the Mile and the 3,000 meter run during the indoor season ... Posted the fourth fastest time in the mile for Lamar last season with a 5:09.33 at the Hyatt Regency Invitational ... Took fifth place in the Mile at the SLC Indoor Meet with a 5:10.34 ... Picked up a top 10 finish in the 3,000 at the SLC Indoor Meet with a 10:30.15. CC Fall, 2004: Ran in all six cross country meets during the fall ... Had three top 20 finishes ... Top showing was fourth at Lamar/McNeese State Dual Meet ... Placed 11th at SLC Championships with a 6,000-meter time of 22:11.95 ... Helped the Lady Cardinals win their first-ever SLC title ... Placed 87th at the NCAA South Central Regional with a 6K time of 23:19.
High School: Ran for Coach Lisa Lohman at Anacoco HS in Louisiana ... Won 17 individual state championships ... Individual titles included four in cross country, three indoor and 10 outdoor championships ... Also helped AHS earn one team state title ... Was a member of championship mile relay team ... Ran for the Lake Area Express and earned a USATF 1,500 meter intermediate championship ... Had personal best of 2:19.06 in the 800 meters, 11:32 in the 3,200 meters and 5:10 for the outdoor 1,600 meters.
Personal: Major is exercise science ... Hobbies include playing sports, spending time with family and friends ... Born June 23, 1986 in Monroe, La. ... Daughter of Edwin and Leslie Koenck.
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They say a picture is worth a thousand words and that axiom is no more applicable than at this moment. For the strange and unknown creature that washed up on a Russian beach almost 5,000 miles east of Moscow, there are few words to describe its mysterious and unsettling appearance. Read on and try not to look.
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Perhaps Simone Racheli doesn't even know that bacon scarves are a craze and that the bacon scarf designers wish that their creations looked as realistic as Racheli's sculptures. What he has created, though, are sculptures of inanimate objects, that have animal (and human) insides, like fat, meat, guts, bones... And, like animals prepared for consumption, their skins have been removed.
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Prep football kicks into gear at Skyline tournament
June 17, 2015
When high-school spring sports like baseball, soccer and track end, it marks the start of the season for football teams, who began their offseason workouts last week.
For 11 teams around the region, the first competitive event of the 2015 season was June 13 at Skyline High School's eighth annual Skills and Drills on the Hill event, which featured a seven-on-seven passing competition for quarterbacks and receivers.
Area athletes chosen as all-conference picks
November 26, 2014
KingCo Conference coaches recently announced their all-conference selections for all sports during the 2014 fall season. Listed below are the selections from Issaquah, Skyline and Liberty high schools.
Defensive MVP: Cameron Saffle, Skyline
Skyline routs Eastlake, 40-10
November 4, 2014
Head coach Mat Taylor preached resiliency to his Skyline High School football players after they suffered a 56-0 blowout loss Oct. 17 at the hands of top-ranked Bothell.
The Spartans proved they had thick skin in the next two games. They rolled past Inglemoor on Oct. 24, and then walloped rival Eastlake, 40-10, Oct. 31 to clinch second place in the KingCo Conference and a home playoff game this week.
"After Week 7, we just said it was going to have to be a thing of the past," Taylor said. "This is the beset possible outcome we could've had after losing to Bothell."
Bothell Cougars humble Skyline Spartans, 56-0
October 21, 2014
If there were any doubts about Bothell's ability to win a big football game on the road, the Cougars destroyed those theories in the opening minute of their Oct. 17 game at Skyline High School.
Bothell, the top-ranked team in Class 4A, scored on its first two plays from scrimmage and went on to thoroughly dominate the Skyline Spartans, 56-0, clinching the KingCo Conference title in the process.
"We couldn't ask for anything better — score on the first play, score on the second play of offense," said senior Sam McPherson, the Cougars' star running back and defensive back.
Smash and grab — Spartans win the Coal Bucket in 48-21 trouncing of Eagles
September 9, 2014
If there were any doubts about the Skyline Spartans' determination to start the 2014 season on the right foot, those concerns were shattered on the first play from scrimmage against the Issaquah Eagles.
Quarterback Blake Gregory threw a short pass to running back Rashaad Boddie, who shed a couple of tacklers and raced down the left sideline for an 81-yard touchdown.
Skyline had a 7-0 lead after only 19 seconds, and it set the tone for what turned into a dominating, 48-21 victory for the Spartans in a Class 4A KingCo Conference football opener Sept. 5 at Issaquah High School's Gary Moore Field.
Skyline Spartans look to avenge disappointing 2013 finish
September 2, 2014
When Skyline High School kicks off the 2014 football season this week against rival Issaquah, it will mark the culmination of a nine-month process for the Spartans as they try to return to the elite echelon of Class 4A programs.
Skyline's players indicate they haven't forgotten their 26-20 loss to Federal Way in the first round of the 2013 state playoffs, and it has served as motivation for this season.
"We took it to heart," junior Rashaad Boddie, a running back and linebacker, said of last year's early exit at state. "Everyone was in the weight room with our trainer, coach (Kevin) Chiles, every day of the week, strength training and getting ready for the next season."
Skyline seeks new team identity
June 24, 2014
After winning back-to-back state championships, the Skyline High School football program didn't have the glorious ending it expected for the 2013 season.
The Spartans cruised to an 8-1 regular-season record and the Class 4A KingCo Conference Crown Division title, but lost to Federal Way in the first round of the state playoffs.
Practices are underway in preparation for the 2014 campaign, and the Spartans are hungry for redemption. But seventh-year head coach Mat Taylor wants his players to establish their own identities, and not just look to replicate the program's seven state title-winning teams.
Skyline uses run game, defense to stop Eastlake
September 24, 2013
The Skyline High School Spartans have traditionally featured a pass-happy, wide-open offense, but last week they showed they can also play bruising, run-between-the-tackles football.
Skyline amassed 286 rushing yards, including 151 from sophomore running back Rashaad Boddie, and played stellar defense to earn a 21-6 victory against the rival Eastlake Wolves on Sept. 20 at Spartan Stadium.
A dominant first half proved to be enough for Skyline (2-1), which didn't score in the second half after Boddie was sidelined with an ankle injury.


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- Shotgun is an automatic reloading version of the rackup command that's shipped with Rack.
The Golden Gate Ruby Conference is now accepting proposals for talks.
Rails by default stores its session in a browser cookie as an encrypted string. If you want to get the contents of that cookie from within Rails, you can call "
session.dbman.send :marshal, session.data". If you want to get that value from tests, you'll have to use an integration test, as functional tests mock out too much of the session store.
Ian McFarland and I spoke to Priya Ganapati of Wired this morning about the Palm Pre, webOS and Mojo Application Framework. It was a follow-on interview to Mitch Allen's Webcast this morning. (Check http://developer.palm.com for the webcast; it will be posted soon.)
Check out the Wired blog post at:
Tim Carroll at Palm Infocenter recently spoke with Chris Sepulveda, our VP of Business Development, to ask some questions about the developer experience working with Palm's new platform.
The interview (http://www.palminfocenter.com/news/9688/webos-developer-interview-with-pivotal-labs/) provides some early glimpses of the new platform, and puts it into context in the wider mobile space.
We're looking for more information about Taste or other similar kinds of suggestion engines. What kind of experiences have people had integrating these tools into Rails applications. Are there other useful engines worth looking at?
Direct uploads to Amazon S3 service can be serviced by EC2 servers; however, there might be more direct ways of doings this with S3.
Newer versions of RubyMine have been reported having problems running the gem version of rspec but a solutions has been found. The problem comes from the way gems are specified in RubyMine. You need to add the rspec gem you are using to the Project Structure >> Ruby SDK and Gems.
Using Desert and exception notifier can cause some slow startup times. If you are seeing this problem try moving exception notifier's sender_address inside your environment's post-load block.
The scene: Pivotal NYC
Jeff Dean walks up to Dan Podsedly, manager of Pivotal Tracker development.
Jeff: Hey Dan, you asked what features we wanted in Tracker. How about a way to automatically mark all my "Finished" stories as "Delivered", all at once?
Dan: (with a sly smile) Well, we have an API call for it …
Thus was born my humble capistrano task which marks all your "Finished" stories as "Delivered". Hook it into your demo deploy task and save yourself some time.
As an added bonus, if you have Paul Dix's sax-machine gem installed (it's a SAX object parser that uses nokogiri, which I co-wrote with Aaron Patterson), you'll even get a brief summary report of the delivered stories in your cap output.
The code is below (you'll need to generate a Tracker API key). Now go deliver some stories!
# To use this task, simply set the following variables:
# set :pivotal_tracker_project_id, PROJECT_ID
# set :pivotal_tracker_token, TOKEN
# Then, inside the task for your demo platform, add
# task :demo do
# ...
# after :deploy, 'pivotal_tracker:deliver_stories'
# end
namespace :pivotal_tracker do
desc "deliver your project's 'finished' stories"
task :deliver_stories do
require 'rubygems'
require 'activeresource'
class Story < ActiveResource::Base
self.site = "http://www.pivotaltracker.com/services/v2/projects/:project_id"
Story.headers['X-TrackerToken'] = pivotal_tracker_token
puts "* delivering tracker stories ..."
response = Story.put(:deliver_all_finished, :project_id => pivotal_tracker_project_id)
require 'sax-machine'
class Story
include SAXMachine
element :name
element :story_type
element :estimate
element :description
class Stories
include SAXMachine
elements :story, :as => :stories, :class => Story
doc = Stories.parse(response.body)
puts "* delivered #{doc.stories.length} stories"
doc.stories.each do |story|
puts " - #{story.story_type}: #{story.name} (#{story.estimate} points)"
rescue LoadError => e
puts "* stories delivered."
In my last article I ask you to visit Blabs and participate in a simple split test. A few hundred of you were nice enough to humor me and we were able to collect some statistically significant data. It turns out you like pictures of us, and love blink and marquee tags.
To elaborate, I started with a goal of driving traffic to our "Who" page, with the idea that this would be a good proxy for how well we're getting readers of our blog interested in Pivotal (people are our secret sauce). I then created two new versions of the Blabs page (below), one that added Pivots' pictures to their posts, and a second that added pictures and a big blinking "click me" button.
Control Page: The Current Blabs Landing Page
Variation 1: The Blabs Landing Page With User Images
Variation 1: The Blabs Landing Page With 'Click Me' Link
Web Optimizer requires that each of these pages be at unique URLs, so I added a query parameter to my controller 'p' that could be set to 1 to create the first variation and 2 for the second, e.g /blabs?p=2. You may have noticed this if you visited the page and weren't in the control group. Here's what the Web Optimizer (WO) summary screen looks like:
I wont get into configuring WO as it's pretty dang easy. So, without further ado onto the code…
I started with a simple base class to take care of the JS and conditional logic around it (web_optimizer_test.rb). WO requires a specific bit of JS on the control page that does not appear on the variation pages, which web_optimizer_test takes care of for me.
I then created a subclass that contains functionality specific to the two permutations I was testing:
class BlabsSplitTest < WebOptimizerTest
def initialize(id, control, plea=false)
super(id, control)
@plea = plea
def show_images?
def shameless_plea?
With this done the controller code became pretty simple. I just needed created this object with the test id (created when making the test in WO), and the parameter onfo (e.g ?p=1) from the request:
class BlabsController < ApplicationController
before_filter :setup_ab_test
def setup_ab_test
@profile_image_test = BlabsSplitTest.new('2726898050',
params[:p].nil?, params[:p] == '2')
@profile_image_ab_testing_control_js = @profile_image_test.control_script
@profile_image_ab_testing_tracking_js = @profile_image_test.tracking_script
The second and third arguments to BlabsSplitTest.new are a bit confusing. The second (control) is true if we request the page with no p param. If p is defined we're on a variation page. The second argument is necessary because I have two variations, and is true when we're on the "shameless plea" version of the page (p=2).
Since all the logic for what to do is encapsulated in this object, the blabs template is pretty easy to understand:
<!-- images -->
<% if @profile_image_test.show_images? %>
<%= image_tag(user_img)%>
<% end %>
<!-- sidebar -->
<% if @profile_image_test.shameless_plea? %>
<div class="sidebar-node alarming">
<marquee>Split Test in progress!</marquee>
<%= link_to "please click here", '/who' %>
<% end %>
That's all there is to setting up the test. All that's left is to track conversions, which we do on the "Who" page, which happens to be served up by the User controller. Here I could've used a BlabsSplitTest, but since I apways print out the same JS (and I refactored to BlabsSplitTest) I just use the WebOptimizerTest directly with the same test id:
class UsersController < ApplicationController
before_filter :setup_ab_testing
def setup_ab_testing
@profile_image_test = WebOptimizerTest.new('2726898050')
@profile_image_ab_testing_conversion_js = @profile_image_test.conversion_script
and include the JS in the corrisponding template:
<%= @profile_image_ab_testing_conversion_js %>
That's all there is to it. In terms of results, WO provides a running summary of the test and can be turned on/off without a redeploy whixh is very nice. Here's my final summary:
which indicates we should add blinking marquee tags to all our pages, so stay tuned….
In terms of my opinion having implemented a simple test, I like WO overall and recommend it for simple tests and/or new testers. The reports kept me from having to bust out my stats book, and I didn't have to keep the data myself, which was a plus and would be great at scale.
That said, WO seems limited in some key ways and I expect to outgrow it rapidly. For example, the Blabs controller and our "Official Blog" controller have a common ancestor, so it should be easy to have a parallel test there with one line of code. I would have loved to do that, however the conversion script uses a global variable to track which test it's for so — as far as I can tell — you can't have multiple tests end on the same page (e.g eight tests that all convert when a user registers).
This was fun for me, I hope y'all found it useful as well.
A problem I had as a git newbie, and one I've seen others struggle with, is the problem of how to conveniently stage the deletion of files which are already deleted from disk, but aren't yet reflected in the index? That is, without 'git rm'ing them one at a time or using some other hack (e.g. 'git ls-files –deleted') to do so.
The answer is 'git add'
Specifically with the following options:
-u, --update
Update only files that git already knows about, staging modified content
for commit and marking deleted files for removal.
-A, --all
Update files that git already knows about (same as --update) and add all
untracked files that are not ignored by .gitignore mechanism.
Also of note: the very handy –patch options, which allows you to selective stage change changes on a change hunk or whole-file basis. –interactive is a more involved version of this. It's a great way to untangle disparate changes for commit. More here.
-p, --patch
Add modified contents in the working tree interactively to the index.
Pair programming is the subject of endless discussion and debate. How often should we pair — 25%, 50%, 75%, or even 100% of our development day? Should we pair on remedial tasks as well as feature development? What about infrastructure work or research? Is pair programming valuable at all, or should we kick that hippie kumbaya crap to the curb, put on our headphones, and get some real work done?
Personally, I'm somewhere in the 95%-pairing range. Simple stories and bug fixes have a way of becoming complicated (or implemented sloppily) when soloing. Infrastructure is a notoriously siloed realm and spreading that knowledge around can only help everyone. Investigating production database issues, estimating stories, writing CSS, chopping up images using Fireworks — share the love!
So what is the last 5% for? Futzing.
I'm "futzing around" when I'm not doing anything important, maybe even wasting time, at least from a pure productivity perspective. Interestingly, while I'm not implementing features or fixing bugs, I'm expanding my mind. I'm learning in a way that is not conducive to pair programming or any interaction at all with other people: I'm exercising my personal way of learning that that is unique to me. Here's an example:
On my current project, we're using very advanced, powerful CSS selectors that blow my mind. While I understand what we are implementing and can see the immediate affect upon the application, it is impossible for me to grok the enormity of these techniques even though my pair is a master and great teacher. I'm learning, but not necessarily understanding. Collectively we are not in a teaching mode, we're in a cranking-out-awesome-stuff mode. Now, I am not suggesting that we are hacking or moving too fast to learn — on the contrary, we are both learning much, and I often ask my pair to slow down and explain what the hell
.div:first-child:not(.row) + .row is doing. Our joint mission, though, is to get stuff done, not to explore every CSS pseudo selector. I'll futz around with that later.
When I'm learning something new, especially when it's complicated, I eventually need to futz with it by myself, with nobody looking over my shoulder. I need to flip all of the switches, break it, fix it, break it again the same way, fix it, throw in a little salt and pepper and try again. I need to try every parameter individually, then try to combine them. I need to hack and not feel bad about it. I need to do stupid stuff that could never possibly work because, even if I'm told such, I need to try it myself. Finally, I need to do this for 30 minutes until the "ah ha!" moment hits me and all of the tumblers fall into place in my mind.
Why don't I do this with a pair? Because I must be in the driver's seat the entire time with no consideration for pair programming etiquette: talking things through, taking turns, letting my pair try his ideas — no way. I need those brain cycles to figure this stuff out, to make the mental connections that are shorting out. I don't know what I don't know, and I need to find out for myself, in my own dumb way, by futzing around and making mistakes. Finally, I need to more than learn: I need to understand. When I'm done, I will use that new understanding during the other 95% of my development time to help my team build the best products we possibly can, and encourage them to futz around a bit on their own, too.
"Need help overriding some of ActiveScaffold's css properties."
The general census around the room is that ActiveScaffold has been painful and we should think about replacing it with normal "scaffolding" functionality. Short of that, if anyone has experience with ActiveScaffold, please step forward.
On a clean project, setting up RubyMine 681 (possibly 535 as well?) with RSpec 1.12 only worked when RSpec was installed in the vendor/plugins directory. Others have had luck with RSpec installed only as a gem.
RubyMine 681 file renaming is broken.
Two cool new features in RubyMine 681 are the Gem Manager and Extract Method Refactoring.
Running gem env from a terminal on Mac OS X often has two GEM PATHS: a sudo'ed one and a non-sudo'ed one. It's helpful to delete the non-sudo'ed one and only install gems using sudo (or geminstaller -s).
At Pivotal we are all about rapid iteration and continual feedback for our code, and try to get our clients to get excited about this same mode of thinking with respect to their products. To make that a bit easier, I've been working on a simple ruby wrapper for the Google Website Optimizer that allows you to perform split tests with just a few lines of code.
To get my feet wet I've set up a simple experiment on this blog — http://pivotallabs.com/blabs — and need a few more participants to get interesting data. If you get this is an RSS feed (you know who you are) and haven't been to the site in a while c'mon by and check it out. In addition to a silly split test, we've been working on the site in general and there are some cool new updates.
I hope to follow up with the code and results of this test in another post. Meanwhile, I'm interested in experiences other folks have had with split testing. What kinds of tests have you done? What tools did you use, or did you roll your own? What kinds of patterns did you discover for managing multiple tests from a development and deployment perspective?
"I am getting spam from working with rails site about once a week asking me if I am looking for work. I'm not, how do I make it stop?"
Besides the obvious, check the "I don't want email" box, nothing comes to mind.
If you are running your site on Engine Yard and you want your site's "heartbeat" monitored, install the fitter_happier plugin. See EY's notes here.
Be careful when calling #id on an object that's a Fixnum (especially if you think it's something other than a Fixnum, like say a user object). It will return (value * 2) + 1. Most likely this will go away in the next major revision of ruby given the "warning: Object#id will be deprecated; use Object#object_id".
Josh Susser is giving a talk at Ruby Meetup tonight. Topic, Iterations and Blocks.
[mysqld] innodb_buffer_pool_size = 64M innodb_log_buffer_size = 8M table_cache = 512 query_cache_size = 8M
The theory is that our local dev boxes have so much ram that the disk reads are cached while the CI box is swapping out to disk often.
One possible solution is to use the underlying database (e.g.. MySQL SAVEPOINT and ROLLBACK TO SAVEPOINT) to save and reload the fixtures. Another possibility is to group your tests in a less-nested fashion.


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RIVERSIDE, Calif. - The Cal State Northridge women's soccer team (7-8, 3-2 Big West) defeated UC Riverside, 1-0, Friday night at the UCR Soccer Stadium. Freshman Cynthia Jacobo started her second-straight match in goal for the Matadors, making six saves for her second-straight shutout.
Jacobo, who started the season as the fourth goaltender on the depth chart, has stepped into the position well over the last two contests and has yet to allow a goal. On Friday, the six saves represented a new career high and helped CSUN emerge with a crucial road win and three points in the league standings.
In the 21st minute, Northridge broke through to score the game's only goal. Following a free kick, Sydney Vermillion won a ball in the Riverside 18 and slipped a pass up the wing to Katie Fox. She then fed a cross from the right side of the goal to a streaking Farryn Townley, who smashed the ball past the Highlander goalkeeper to give CSUN a 1-0 lead.
The goal was Townley's team-leading eighth of the season, one shy of the school record for a single year, and her fourth against a league opponent. The assist was Vermillion's second of the year and Fox's first helper of the season.
The Matador defense withstood several quality chances by the Highlanders throughout the second half. On offense, Niki Connolly and Nicole Cruz had good looks at the Highlander net in the second half, but could not put the ball away. Jessica White made eight saves for UCR in the loss.
"Tonight was a great win for us and a total team effort," head coach Keith West said. "We had a lot of players out tonight and players who hadn't played a lot earlier in the year are stepping up and playing important roles."
The win helped Northridge record back-to-back shutout conference victories on the road for the first time in program history. Northridge was whistled for 12 fouls compared to 15 for UC Riverside. Two Highlanders saw the yellow card in the match.
The Matadors remain on the road for their next match, a meeting with Cal State Fullerton at Titan Stadium on Sunday at 6 p.m.


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Sounds like an interesting beer.
Sounds like an interesting beer.
My dad got to enjoy 3 Reds World Championships by the time he was my age. So far, I've only gotten to enjoy one. Step it up Redlegs!
"....the two players I liked watching the most were Barry Larkin and Eric Davis. I was suitably entertained by their effortless skill that I didn't need them crashing into walls like a squirrel on a coke binge." - dsmith421
I've never heard of it either. Is it any good?
Of course it will only be sold in the upper deck behind 3rd base on day games on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
The Rally Onion wants 150 fans before Opening Day.
A wheat ale in the heat is a good choice, not heavy and not an american lager.
Portland's big on those in the summer, they are served in a tall glass with lemon
An American wheat ale brewed with Saaz hops. Spicy and fruity, Oberon is the color and scent of a summer afternoon.
You sound like J. Peterman.
Smells like a summer afternoon, huh? I'm not sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing.
The Rally Onion wants 150 fans before Opening Day.
After Ravenlord turned me on to Blue Moon, I love wheat ales.
My dad got to enjoy 3 Reds World Championships by the time he was my age. So far, I've only gotten to enjoy one. Step it up Redlegs!
Oberon is Bell's Oberon, right? It's pretty good. I'm not a big fan of wheat beers generally, but it's got a good flavor and is pretty light.
I've never heard it called just "Oberon" though, people always say the Bell's before it, but it has to be the same thing.
There is no such thing as a pitching prospect.
I'm a huge fan of wheat beer so I am anxious to try this at a game now. Blue Moon is my favorite well-known beer.
5.8% alcohol volume sure beats Coors Lights 4.2%
"Boys, I'm one of those umpires that misses 'em every once in a while so if it's close, you'd better hit it." Cal Hubbard
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The Rally Onion wants 150 fans before Opening Day.
Bell's Oberon. Yum.
"I'm a Cucumber, I'm a cucumber. I'm a cucumber, I'm a cucumber. I'm a cucumber, I'm a cucumber. Please don't send me to the pickle farm, bum." - Brak
Record In Games Attended, 2007: 2-1 (1-0 GAB, 1-1 Jake)
Man.... I love beer. Too bad beer at the stadium is so darn expensive. I guess I'll just stick to High Life and PBR.
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Jack Cleaver (with microphone) sings "God Bless America" alongside Dave Parsons, the announcer for the annual parade. Cleaver sang "God Bless America" at the Pittsburgh Pirates game on Sunday, July 14 while the Concert Choir of Elk County sang the national anthem. Cleaver treated the hometown faithful to an encore of "God Bless America" at the start of the parade Saturday.
JOHNSONBURG – Corporal Greg Agosti, a state fire marshal at the State Police barracks in Ridgway reported Friday afternoon that the cause of the fire at Domtar paper mill Friday, July 12 is still under investigation.
Sara Kucenski, a 19-year-old Ridgway native, recently began leading a youth group at St. Leo Magnus Roman Catholic Church in Ridgway.
EMPORIUM – The Emporium Borough Police Department report Anthony William Eckenroad was apprehended shortly after 10 p.m. Thursday night after obtaining an arrest warrant for the sexual assault of a 13-year-old female juvenile.
ST. MARYS – The Wapiti Roost Chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation will be hosting a Women in the Outdoors event on Sunday, Aug. 4 at the St. Marys Sportsman's Club beginning at 8:30 a.m.
CLEARFIELD COUNTY – Kelly J. Shaffer, 20, of St. Marys, who was charged last month with placing pipe bombs at two separate locations in Elk County in May now faces charges in Clearfield County for setting a pair of fires during that same timeframe the DuBois-based State Police announced Wednesday.
Samantha and Jeremiah Reed enjoy a ride during the 2013 Ridgway Firemen's Carnival.
After receiving certification from state officials, Elk County commissioners on Tuesday honored members of the Elk County Hazardous Materials Response Team for exemplary service to the region.
WETMORE TWP. – A Wilcox man died Tuesday morning after his vehicle flipped on state Route 6 in Wetmore Township.
JOHNSONBURG – With the cause of Friday's marathon fire at Domtar paper mill in Johnsonburg still unknown, investigators will have even more hurdles to contend with as the tunnel where the fire reportedly originated is still deemed unsafe.


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It might not have been glamorous, but the Oliver Springs Bobcats battled back after nearly blowing a six-run lead to take an 11-5 win over Oakdale Saturday afternoon.
It wasn't pretty, but the Rockwood Lady Tigers overcame six fielding errors Monday to knock off visiting Greenback, 12-7, at Rockwood's Mike "Brillo" Miller Sports Complex.
There will be a golf tournament this Friday at Emory Golf Course in Harriman.
Tee time for the first nine holes is 5:30 p.m. There will be a cookout after the first nine holes then the second nine holes will tee off at 8:30 p.m. for nighttime golf.
A longtime dream finally became reality for David Gooch on March 19. The Harriman resident made a hole-in-one at the Rockwood Golf Course.
"Oh my gosh," Gooch said. "It was exciting."
The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Commission voted to amend regulations in regard to smallmouth bass fishing on Norris Lake during its March meeting.
When it comes to rivalries, it's hard to top the one that occurs at least twice every year when the Harriman Blue Devils and Rockwood Tigers meet up on the baseball diamond.
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• Harriman Industrial Development Board will meet at 6 p.m. in Harriman Municipal Office Complex.
• Rockwood City Council will meet in special-called session at 7 p.m. in Rockwood City Hall. Purpose of the meeting is consideration and possible action on a resolution to appoint five members to the Rockwood Water, Sewer and Natural Gas Board.
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This story is told in chapters of varying points of view. Your heart races, it aches, and it loves while you are brought into the world of lovable but flawed characters.
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KENDALLVILLE — Lt. Gov Becky Skillman has awarded a $600,000 Community Focus Fund grant to the town of South Whitley in collaboration with the Region III-A Development and Regional Planning Commission, according to a press release issued by the commission.
The grant, according to the commission, will be used to fund a sanitary sewer improvement project.
The Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs (OCRA) administers the grants, which are funded through the federal Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program.
FORT WAYNE — Jo Ann Blake, 76, a resident of Fort Wayne past away at 2:35 p.m. Saturday, June 25, 2011 at her home surrounded by her loving family.
She was born June 21, 1935 in Columbia City, a daughter of the late John and Jesse (Laukhart) DeBolt.
Surviving relatives include four daughters, Lisa, Cheryl and Jonni Blake, Fort Wayne and Lynne Blake of Clearwater, FL; three granddaughters and four great grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by a son, John Blake, Jr.; six brothers, five sisters and John H. Blake.
Joseph A. "Joe" Harris, 64, of Pierceton, passed away at 6:45 p.m. on Thursday, June 23, 2011 at his home. He was born on June 19, 1947 in Fort Wayne to William J. & Elsie (Wagoner) Harris.
He was a United States Army veteran, served during the Vietnam War and was married Oct. 3, 1970 in Fort Wayne to Phyllis D. Knox who survives.
He is also survived by daughter, Tanya (Martin) Johnson of Delaware, Ohio; a son Kevin Harris of Fort Wayne; five grandchildren; and brother James (Sandy) Harris of North Webster.
He was preceded in death by his parents and sister, Billie Sue Baker
COLUMBIA CITY — There was no end to the enthusiasm from the crowd and the participants as event after event took center court during the inaugural Highland Games at the Whitley County 4-H Fairgrounds on Saturday.
Although the Highland Games is in its 25th year, it is the first time the event was held in Columbia City.
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Unit 1: International Relations: Conflict and Peace in the Twentieth Century 1: The Origins of the First World War 2: Peacemaking, 1918-1919, and the League of Nations 3: Hitler's foreign policy and the origins of the Second World War 4: The Origins of the Cold War 1945-1955 5: Development of the Cold War 1955-1970 6: Failure of Detente and the collapse of communism 1970-1991 Exam focus for Unit 1 Unit 2: Twentieth Century Depth studies 7: Russia and the USSR, 1914-1941 7.1: How did the Bolsheviks take control and keep power? 7.2: Stalin's Dictatorship in the USSR, 1924-1941 8: Germany 1918-1939 8.1: The Weimar Republic and the rise of the Nazis 8.2: Hitler's Germany, 1929-1939 9: The USA, 1914-1941 9.1: The USA in the 1920s 9.2: Depression and the New Deal, 1929-1941 10: The USA and Vietnam: Failure Abroad and at Home, 1964-1975 Exam focus for Unit 2 Unit 3 Historical Enquiry 11: The British People at War 12: Britain at War 14: The changing role and status of women in Britain since 1900 Exam Focus for Unit 3 Acknowledgements Index


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The pool and I are having a disagreement.
I believe a swimming pool should be a crystal clear place of refreshing dips and a producer of delightful childhood memories.
My pool believes it is a murky, mysterious pond, one where kids dare not venture lest they be eaten by the inevitable swamp beast lurking beneath.
Needless to say, this has been a trying pool year. I've had this pool for 13 years, and each year I have my occasional pool snafu. Usually once, sometimes twice a year, the pool decides it will go to a lovely greenish color. At this point, I solve the problem thusly: A full-on chemical assault that immediately clears it up and lets the pool know who is in charge.
This year, apparently, the pool revolted. It decided chemical warfare was no longer something it would comply with and decided it was, in fact, easy being green. I spent the vast majority of my free time this summer vacuuming my pool, adding chemicals to the pool, vacuuming the pool some more and then adding some more chemicals. Toward the end of the summer, I started wondering if I could save time by just throwing cash directly into it.
The rain is getting a lot of credit for the algae. And while it has rained a good bit this summer, I see other folks' pool, and they do not look like pool tables.
Fortunately, kids really don't care about the color of a pool, at least when it's just them splashing around. And, as I would often tell my wife, "Hey, they swim in the lake. How is that different?" Her somewhat valid point – it's a lake, and we are not paying lots of money to put chemicals in said lake in an effort to clear it up.
Plus, it's nice to have a good-looking pool. It doesn't matter how much effort you have put into your pool. If folks see it's green, they immediately think you do not tend to your pool and have possibly abandoned your home.
I did learn one little trick to masking an almost clear pool this year. We were having a pool party and expecting quite a few folks. Because I did not want them to think we were sneaking into an abandoned home to have our party, I did my level best to get the pool as clear as possible leading up to the party. I added chemicals. I vacuumed. I added more chemicals. I let my wife vacuum after she decided it was not good for the neighbors to hear me having animated and occasionally threatening conversations with the algae in my pool.
As the party approached, the pool was looking the best it had all summer – not crystal clear, but not emerald green either. It was a bluish haze now, but you could at least see all of the bottom. How to finish the deal of a sparkling clear pool illusion? $10 in beach balls. Blow 'em up, throw 'em in – voila! Look at all the summertime color filled fun! Lemonade anyone!?!?!
Alas, a few short days after the party, we were back to square one, which, by the way, is a green square.
The folks at the pool place are a little flummoxed, too. A few times, they have checked the chemical levels, noted that they are all perfect, and the looked at me as if I was possibly insane. "Are you sure it's green?" I now take frequent pictures of the pool with my phone. I'm like proud father with his brand new 20,000-gallon green child.
I continue to hope that this is a fluke season and that eventually I will get the right combination of chemicals, vacuuming and patience needed to get the water back to its see-through splendor that we all strive for. Granted, based on how this year has gone, that should probably take place juuuust in time for winter.
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RASC Hamilton Centre—1932 EclipseScanned by Colin Haig These slides are from the August 31st, 1932 solar eclipse expedition in Acton Vale, Quebec. There was an 8mm film that somebody (no idea who) transferred key frames to 35mm slides. I am not sure when actually that transfer was done or when the slides were developed. I scanned these (2006-02-11 through 2006-04-06) using a NIKON Coolscan V ED at highest resolution.
Eclipse as the moon starts to withdraw across the sun's face.
End of totality.
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Totality! Time 3-24 P.M. lasting 100 seconds.
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Expansion will see Cornwall fudge firm up output
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A Cornish chocolate and fudge producer is planning to double production and to create 26 jobs thanks to a £500,000 investment.
St Ives-based County Confectionery is extending its kitchens and adding a second production line to meet levels of customer demand. The expansion will give the company the capacity to double fudge production at its kitchens on the Penbeagle Industrial Estate, where it employs 56 people.
Operations director Chris Brian said: "Our growth is being constrained not by a lack of demand but by our capacity to produce our products. This second fudge production line will significantly improve our manufacturing capacity and enable us to sell more product both at home and abroad."
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Christie signs Internet gaming bill into law
Posted By Bob Ingle On February 27, 2013 @ 7:20 am In Uncategorized | Comments Disabled
[1]Gov. Christie signed Internet gaming into law only hours after it received bipartisan approval in the Legislature. Licenses will be limited to casinos in Atlantic City and require those companies to keep most of the equipment to run the operations on site. Earlier, Christie conditionally vetoed the bill, calling for changes, which the Legslature agreed to. It's not clear when the online betting could start. But it can only be done from New Jersey. Sen. Michael Doherty was the only member of the Senate to vote against the measure. He said a lot more needed to be done, including, moving casinos closer to larger cities. "Voting for this today is just allowing a bad policy to continue."
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#1 Comment By Lone On February 27, 2013 @ 12:49 pm
Does this open the door to being able to purchase NJ Lottery tickets online?
#2 Comment By Shoregrrl On February 27, 2013 @ 2:19 pm
I am not knowledgeable on this issue as I'm not interested in gambling, but having said that, the whole idea of "licensing" certain entities seems to smack of politics. Why are only existing casinos allowed to engage in online gambling? Why can't I set up a server in my basement and open my own online gambling business?
#3 Comment By common sense On February 27, 2013 @ 2:24 pm
make one floor of Monmouth Park Racetrack all sports betting (on none track view side) or add poker tables…instant money maker….or build childrens waterpark across the street in one of many empty parking lots….parents have kids and need some fun too….and if they dont get moving in Meadowlands on doing something with the empty MALL before SB time…we will lose out millions of dollars in spending and jobs we coulds create…..all on Christies watch if he can get his peoples act in gear….
#4 Comment By dan'l On February 27, 2013 @ 7:45 pm
Shoregrll- You can't set up your servers because most governments have exceeded the constitutional barriers that were originally established. In their never ending quest for more money, you lose your liberty. What a sad state of affairs when governments get to a point that they have to rely on more sophisticated variations of the old shell games for revenue. Let's sequester Trenton.
#5 Comment By Chris On February 28, 2013 @ 9:23 am
What is this going to do for hotel employees & hotel rooms in AC ? The government, replacing your local bookey & drug dealer .Is state run prostitution next ?
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Climb big holds to a rest then swing left and up to a pumpy finish on some chipped pockets. The name Mille de Besso is written on the rock at the start. Not in current guidebook.
The only "warm up" Route but still no picknick - gets always harder to reach the top!


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Tribal Curriculum
The National Resource Center for Youth Services received a DHHS Children's Bureau grant to develop and evaluate a competency-based training curriculum to strengthen tribal agency staffs' intervention skills in New Mexico and Oklahoma. The project also included conducting a literature review, maintaining a Project Advisory Group, enhancing collaboration between tribal and state child welfare agencies, and developing a trainer of trainers component. (download curriculum)
Tribal Approaches to Transition
One component of a four-part Monograph Series published by the National Resource Center for Youth Development is the Tribal Monograph. A collaborative study, coordinated by NRCYD, sought information on various independent living and transitional living programs across the country. The Tribal Monograph provides examples of programs across the United States that show promising practices in serving Indian youth by embracing the core principles of cultural competency, youth development, collaboration, and permanent connections. (download monograph)
Tribal Youth Transitioning to Adulthood: Current Status of Independent Living Services provided to tribal youth
Since passage of the Foster Care Independence Act (FCIA) and implementation of the John H. Chafee Foster Care Independence Program (CFCIP) in 1999, services focused on preparing youth for a successful transition from foster care to adulthood have become a critical component of child welfare service delivery for both States and Indian Tribes. The report provides information on the efforts of States and Tribes in providing independent living activities to tribal youth and offers strategies for improving these services. (download report)
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Maddox, C., Pontin, D., Kenny, G. and Feetham, J. (2007) Work based learning: The meeting place for poetry, philosophy and practice in a children's nursing curriculum. Nurse Education in Practice.
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Ford, L., Maddox, C., Moore, E. and Sales, R. (2010) The safe management of medicines for children medicines in practices in children's nursing. In: Trigg, E. and Mohamed, T., eds. (2010) Practices in Children's Nursing. 3rd. UK: Churchill Livingstone, pp. 417-445. ISBN 978-0-7020-3160-1
Furze (see Hamilton), C., Maddox, C., Ford, L. and Sales, R. (2006) Chapter 1. In: Trigg, E., ed. (2006) Practices in Children's Nursing. 2nd. London: Elsevier. ISBN
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Maddox, C., Pontin, D., Kenny, G. and Feetham, J. (2006) Poetry and work-based learning in an undergraduate children's nursing curriculum. In: RCN Practice Development, Action Research and Reflective Practice 6th International Conference, Herriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK, 19th October, 2006.
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In Cellphone Wars, Movie Chain Uses a Violator's Words
Executive Director of the Fair Use Project Anthony Falzone spoke with Andrew Adam Newman in this Sarasota Herald Tribune article on whether using an irrate customer's phone call in a public service announcement could be deemed as defamation.
BRANDS increasingly monitor the Internet for negative product reviews, and contact reviewers to remedy complaints, persuading some to revise reviews with higher ratings.
But when Tim League, the chief executive of Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, a movie chain based in Austin, received an irate voice mail message from a young woman recently, he did not want to change her opinion.
He wanted to publicize it.
After reviewing the video, Anthony Falzone, an intellectual property lawyer and lecturer at Stanford Law School, concurred. Even if the caller were to come forward now, she could not claim she was defamed, "because defamation must always be based on a false statement of fact" and, "unless they manipulated the recording," the recording is truthful, Mr. Falzone said.


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He says my blood pressure is at the 90th percentile among men like me. That means I'm better off than about 90% of men. How should smart wife reply?
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Having a blood pressure reading in the 90th percentile means that 90% of all men have a lower pressure reading than yours.
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Boundary-scan controller supports PXIe/Compact PCI-express slot format
Eindhoven, the Netherlands, August 21st, 2012 -- JTAG Technologies announces a further extension to its line of high-performance boundary-scan IEEE Std. 1149.1 controllers. Known as the DataBlaster JT 37x7/PXIe the new unit offers support for the increasingly popular PXIe/Compact PCI-express slot format that now features in some of the latest Automatic Test Equipment based on the PXI(e) standards.
Keeping pace with industry demands, JTAG Technologies has developed the new boundary-scan controller to satisfy the growing requirements for high-speed In-System Programming (ISP) of flash memories, serial memories and CPLDs as well as complex digital circuit testing. The new DataBlaster JT 37x7/PXIe offers users sustained test clock speeds of up to 40MHz by use of JTAG Technologies' proprietary ETT (Enhanced Throughput Technology) system and features an on-board flash image buffer memory.
Supplied with the complementary QuadPOD system, the new DataBlaster/PXIe offers four synchronised TAPs (Test Access Ports) able to support multi-TAP test targets (UUTs) or gang programming of four single TAP targets. QuadPOD™ can also house the full range of JTAG Technologies' SCIL modules, allowing the user to deploy custom test interfaces (BDM, I2C etc..) or the mixed signal DAF (Digital, Analog Frequency) measurement module.
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When I came back to RIFT last month and started a new character, I had a choice as to how I would level back up through the game. There was the traditional questing path, pursuing dynamic events, running endless streams of dungeons, engaging in (shudder) PvP, or queuing up for instant adventures. I decided to blend them all together like premium yogurt and use the achievements system as a guide.
I don't tether myself to achievement systems in all MMOs I play, but RIFT's makes it fun and natural. It's easy to parse what's left to be done on a zone by zone or system by system basis, and the little noise and graphic that pops up makes me feel like a good doggy, indeed.
It's turned out to be an incredibly good decision. I've had so much more fun this time around than the first, greatly in part to achievements nudging me off the path well-traveled.
RIFT's achievement system is as straightforward and streamlined as most every other part of the game. Zones, PvP, dungeons, crafting, and other systems all have their own categories, and within those are achievements tied to specific accomplishments. Some are ludicrously easy to get (whee, I got a pet!), while others might be out of my grasp until the end of time.
A majority of achievements do nothing more than give you a "well done, mate!" notice and a few more points for your score when you trigger them. A few, however, offer up more substantial rewards, such as planar achievement points and titles. The latter are usually top priorities for me (just ask me about the week that I spent repeatedly trying to master the bugged Mushroom Soup achievement due to "the Shroomer" title), but all are fun to get.
Maybe achievements are seen as fluff by some, but I think they work hand-in-hand with RIFT's dynamic content toward the same goal: to break us of bad habits and stale routines that have been cultivated in MMOs over the years and to help us see that there's more to gaming than rushing to the next quest hub.
A Dwarf in Silverwood
My adventures in achievements began with a lowly Dwarf Cleric in Silverwood. Armed with my previous experiences in the game and some additional research as to all of the new changes, I set out to make my fortune and glory.
Beginning with Silverwood, I adapted to a different way of going about my business. Once I was out of the tutorial, I pulled up the achievement list and took note of everything I wanted to accomplish before moving on to the next zone. This amounted to pretty much everything on the list except hunting down rare spawns (way too time-consuming) and completing artifact sets (ditto).
I didn't want to be obsessive about this from the get-go, but I figured it helped to have in mind the achievements that were easier to accomplish along the way than back-track to finish later. One example of this was the Spelunking in Silverwood achievement. This requires you to go to the bottom of four different caves. So I just kept my eye out for caves, and if I saw one, I tackled it right then and there. A little work along the way paid off in spades later.
By the time I finished up all the quests and the major storyline, I turned my attention to unfinished achievements. This turned out to be one of the most enjoyable times of any zone because the possibilities were numerous. It was a big scavenger hunt, and I was hot on the trail.
So as a level 42 Dwarf, I've finished most of the achievements in Silverwood, Gloamwood, Searing Gorge, and Scarwood Reach (I'm taking my time, OK?). Out of all of the ones I've done, here are my favorites and my reasons:
- A High Point (Silverwood): One of the things that I love about RIFT is how accessible the world is. The mountains aren't just there to be impassable barriers; they're challenges for the aspiring platformer. In Silverwood, you can actually navigate your way to the mountain range that separates the zone from Moonshade Highlands. Without a guide, you'll just have to run up and down the tippy-tops of the mountains to find the single highest point in the zone. When I found it, I really did feel as if I were on top of the world. And bonus: There's another achievement nearby!
- So Much Fun, I Did It Twice (Silverwood): This is an incredibly easy one to get. You just have to go to the Sanctum bridge and jump off the left side, then the right side, landing in the water so you don't take damage. For a couple of minutes' worth of effort, you get the feeling of being a daredevil as well as a nifty "Base Jumper" title.
- Trophy Hunter (Gloamwood): I kind of stumbled upon this one when I killed a mob that dropped a quest item. It turns out that there are seven such mobs in the zone, and each one drops a trophy to be returned to a game hunter in town. Happily, none of the mobs is a rare spawn, and I quite enjoyed trying to find these on my own.
- Lovers Leap (Scarlet Gorge): There are a lot of achievements that involve jumping from high places in this game, but this one is kind of charming. At the top of Scarlet Gorge is a little sign (it's among the spiders) telling you that you've found Lovers Leap. If you jump just right, you'll plunge down into a pool, take no damage, and nab this achievement. I do so love suicidal jumps.
- A Barrel of Laughs (Scarlet Gorge): All of the zone puzzles have achievements tied to them, and this one stands out more than others because it is a tricky little sliding puzzle that you can't cheat your way through. It just takes a bit of time and perseverance, and you get a title and a goodie bag as a reward.
- Give 'Em Enough Rope (Scarwood Reach): Whew, this one almost had me. Basically, you have to do a high ropes walk across many, many spans -- and not drop. For those in the class with vertigo and a phobia of heights, like yours truly, it is not the easiest thing in the world to do. I actually made it on my first try, to my stunned disbelief.
- Bare Knuckled (Scarwood Reach): Here's an excellent example of how achievements have broadened my horizons over my first run-through of the game. I had no idea there was a pit fighting area in the zone, mostly because no quest had led me there. But with the achievement in mind, I went down to engage in a series of one-on-one battles with humorously themed characters.
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