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Rated 5 out of 5 by discoOwl Gorgeous tray, very high-end looking I stopped in my tracks when I saw this at the store today. Had to have it. Looks like something other high-end stores would sell. I bought it with the intention of using in my master bedroom on the sink, but now that i know its intended purpose is for bar/drinks, i am wondering if i should sit it out on our coffee table instead with my nice whiskey decanter on it. :) It's very versatile and could really go anywhere. It would also be beautiful on a bedroom dresser to hold jewelry and other miscellaneous items. I can't make up my mind where to put it now, maybe I should have bought two or three! September 13, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by donnaboo Versatile Tray This tray is great in any room! You could have it on a coffee table, on the kitchen counter, on a dining room table, on a bathroom counter, on a nightstand, etc. Beautiful! I bought one from the store for my sister-in-law, but the ones in the store were stacked up and they all had slight scratches on the mirror. I bought myself one later online, and it arrived without any scratches. The tray has an old, rustic look, and I really love the look of the antique mirror in the bottom of the tray. July 3, 2013
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Head coach Todd Graham
On beating Wisconsin:
"I am proud of our players. I am so proud of our fans coming out and blacking this thing out. They were rocking all night long. I can tell you it is great, we just beat the defending Big Ten champions but we made so many mistakes. We didn't play very well. I mean we had huge breakdowns in the kicking game. I thought we played very poorly there, even though Alex Garoutte had a great night and so did Zane Gonzales. This senior class, they have something special. I have seen some things tonight that I haven't seen since I have been here; character, toughness. They didn't come in here and run that power or lead zone over us, they ran the speed sweep but obviously we have to do a better job with that. We were putting a lot of stress on our secondary, we wanted them to run to the perimeter, but I am really proud. I think our defense played really, really good. We didn't give up any cheap, long touchdown runs. We gave up some long runs but I thought the guys played well. We only gave up 15 first downs. Marion Grice had four touchdowns. We had so many opportunities. I thought Jalen [Strong] was awesome. We turned the ball over one time and if we don't do that we win by two scores."
On the intensity of the game:
"They were top-four in the country in plays last year but I will tell you this the way our guys battled they got their moneys worth out of me tonight because I coached harder than I have coached in a long time, I think I weigh about 180lb right now."
On the coaching staff:
"I don't think it was our best outing as a coaching staff. I think they did some really good things you got to give them credit. They do a great job but our guys found a way to win and I think they were definitely the most physical team on the field and I was just really proud of how they played and proud to be a Sun Devil."
On the Sun Devil defense:
"I would like to see what they had yardage wise on the power. That is their signature play in Wisconsin for the last 50 years and they could not run that play today and I think it is because of those guys upfront getting off on that football. I do think we controlled the line of scrimmage and then they started running stretch and zone and cutting us and all that stuff, and that is fine but you know, heck, they had five first downs in the first half and we were behind so that was crazy. I think our guys were battling their tails off and I think this was kind of a first game for them because they had a lot of new things that they had not shown and our guys had made good. I thought Osahon Irabor played like a warrior. I thought [Alden] Darby and [Irabor] were solid. Osahon Irabor up front played well. I thought our linebackers played well. Anthony Jones played his best game of his career. I was really proud of him and pointed him out in the locker room."
On ASU's tough schedule:
"We looked forward to this schedule and we have just talked about just focusing and winning the next game. We knew that we had to face the defending Big Ten Champion in week two and we can check that one off our list. Now comes the Pac-12 Champion and is that more important, darn right it is! It is 10-times more important. The next two games are both conference games and obviously they are very, very critical to our success and none more than Stanford. I want to really call to all our fans. 'I need you to pack up get on the road and go to Stanford. We need your help there this is going to be the biggest game of the year for us.'"
Quarterback Taylor Kelly
On tough win:
"I thought we played well. We made some critical errors. Holding onto the football is a big one. We have to get better. We have to come to work this week. We have two wins under our belt. Now we're playing Stanford, a great football team. We have to bring our A game. We have to have a great week of practice."
On the Pac-12 not losing a game today:
"It's a great conference. We got a lot of powerhouse teams. The Pac-12 is doing their thing on weekends and going to work."
On second and third quarter adjustments:
"We just have to convert on third downs. We had a lot of dropped balls. We just have to convert on those third downs. At halftime, we made some adjustments and started attacking the run. Marion did a great job tonight."
On Wisconsin getting tired:
"They were getting tired up front. We were switching it up and kept pounding it down their throat."
Safety Alden Darby
On final seconds of the game:
"We just jumped on it and I guess time ran out so we won. I was confused back there."
On the tough win:
"Faith was on our side. God was on our side. We had some mistakes there at the crucial part of the game."
On big win against Wisconsin, a team that went to the Rose Bowl:
"They're a great team of course. Big Ten champions and they went to the Rose Bowl. For a win like that, it's a great win for the university, for the city, for the fans and for our football team."
On being able to overcome in crucial moments in the game:
"It starts with the leadership. I've never played on a team in my life that has so much leadership. The seniors, the underclassmen. We all believe in each other and think we can get it done. When adversity struck, we were prepared for that. We practiced situations like that. We just all pulled together. Nobody had their head held down. We were down and we still expected to win."
Cornerback Osahon Irabor
On tonight's ending:
"The way it ended like that, we were trying to get a stop on defense, trying to bear down for the team. Wow, I just used a U of A reference – go Devils! That was a crazy ending, I'm happy it ended the way it did."
On ASU's last meeting with Wisconsin:
"I remember that game like it was yesterday. We should've won that game, but didn't. It's senior year – a new program, a new attitude to stick together as a team. There was no quit on either sides of the ball. I'm just really proud of my guys, and proud of the way we kept battling till the last second and just kept fighting."
On ASU's defense overall tonight:
"I think we did a good job, especially in the first half. We had a lot of miscommunications though. We have to do a better job of communicating as a defense. That usually happens early in the season – guys are still trying to figure everything out. I think we could've played better, if we had communicated better."
On what they expected from Wisconsin tonight:
"Coach Graham is a genius. He does a great job of scouting the opponent and working on executing our game plan. Everything we saw today, we expected."
On going forward from here:
"You never like to look ahead, but we know what's ahead on our schedule. We know what's coming up next week – the Pac-12 champions. We definitely have to play better if we want to win that game. We have to watch the film tomorrow, put this game behind us, get ready for the next opponent, and just focus on ourselves and get better as a team."
On moving forward from here after a win like tonight's:
"I think it's huge for us as a program to show that we're here to play with the big boys, that we're ready for any challenge, and that we're going to rise to any occasion that comes in front of us. It was a huge performance by our front seven. I think our defensive line and our line backers did a great job."
On Wisconsin's last drive:
"As a defense, we're just worried about field position. We're just trying to make sure that they can't kick an easy field goal – that'd be a shame to lose a game like that. We were thinking about attacking and getting second and long. Then coming on third down, getting third and long. We were just thinking 'bring pressure as a defense,' which is what we always do."
Wide receiver Jaelen Strong
On the key touchdown drive that retook the momentum of the game:
"Taylor [Kelly] did a great job trusting me three-straight times, just giving me a chance. I went up and made the play. It starts with Taylor. If it wasn't for him, I wouldn't have made those plays."
On getting up to speed and learning the offense:
"I'm still not where I need to be, I have a lot of work to do. In practice, we're working on getting me to where I should be. It's taking a little bit longer than I expected, but Coach Alexander and Coach Norvell are doing a great job of getting me up to pace."
On the receivers tonight:
"It all starts with being poised. We had some adversity in the beginning of the game. At halftime we talked about those key drops. I think we had too many drops out there – the game wouldn't have been close if we had caught all those passes. But we held our heads high – short-term memory, just work on the next play. That's what we did."
Wisconsin head coach Gary Andersen
On the game:
"I don't have a lot to say, I'm proud of my kids and they played hard. ASU is a good team. It is a shame that it went down that way. If there is 18 seconds left we teach the kids to spike it and of course he slipped but that is what we practice. We were worried we would have a kickoff our way."
"I was very proud of them; I am unbelievable proud of the football program, they kept battles on both sides. These kids were resilient. Its emotional for me to be in a position with my kids to play that hard and then they lose."
"It hurts it's a close game. The senior class will have a hard time absorbing that. We will get on the plane and take some deep breaths and get ready for the Big Ten. The key is to not let ASU beat you twice."
"We have to be respectful to our opponent, which we absolutely do. I can handle the other stuff, I'm a big boy and that's my job to deal with all the other things on the side and what I think is right. It is hard to lose a game like that and well move forward and take care of our business. The lesson is don't let ASU beat you twice."
On Arizona State:
"My kids played that hard, their quarterback has come a long way and played very well. It was a big challenge for us. They got good wide receivers; they got good skill all over the place. Both teams were full of skill and it was a very big challenge for us on the defensive side."
On ASU's defense:
"They play hard and are an aggressive defense. They gave us a lot of different looks, and they changed their looks up a bit without question and there was an adjustment we had to make."
On what he said to the team:
"I told the kids at the beginning of the year the difference between a good team and a bad team is 10 plays and we missed one of those opportunities in the game today. But it wasn't just the last three plays, there were a lot of opportunities where somebody makes a play and some where somebody doesn't make a play."


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ZF-4908: testFriendsTimelineStatusSinceTwoDaysAgoReturnsResults(Zend_Service_TwitterTest) unit tests failure
{panel} 1) testFriendsTimelineStatusSinceTwoDaysAgoReturnsResults(Zend_Service_TwitterTest) Failed asserting that is true. {panel}
The problem is caused by data stored at twitter.com.
Test expects some entries updated in last two days, but they become out-of-date at some moment.
Test is marked as incomplete.
A similar problem exists for the following failures:
{panel} 1) testFriendsTimelineWithPageReturnsResults(Zend_Service_TwitterTest) Failed asserting that is true.
3) testUserTimelineStatusShouldReturnTwentyResults(Zend_Service_TwitterTest) Failed asserting that
Additional failure:
{panel} 1) testUserTimelineStatusWithPageAndTwoTweetsReturnsResults(Zend_Service_TwitterTest) Failed asserting that is true. {panel}
It's all you, Jon. :)
Fixed in r13029: Reordered the tests and created a helper method to insert test data into the test friends tweets to we can test specific functions


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An item that appeared in last week's Police Beat should have said Christopher Crittenden. 26, of Jonesville, was charged with public intoxication/controlled substance at 3:58 a.m. Aug. 13. He was lodged in the Grant County Detention Center.
The News apologizes for the error.
Grant County Sheriff's Office
Deputy Lee Jacobs investigated an accident at 3 p.m. Aug. 12 on Warsaw Road. The drivers involved were John Kennedy, no age given, of Dry Ridge, driving a 2008 Dodge and Becky Clise, 36, of Dry Ridge, driving a 1997 Ford.
• The Williamstown Kiwanis will meet at noon Sept. 2 at El Jalisco Mexican Restaurant in Williamstown.
• The Order of the Eastern Star No. 301 will meet at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 3 at Masonic Lodge No. 85 in Williamstown.
• The Corinth Women's Club will meet at 6 p.m. Sept. 1 at Noble's Restaurant.
The following building permits were issued in Grant County in June and July 2009:
June 4:
Grant County Industrial Development Authority, amphitheater, 115 Baton Rouge Road, 2,016 sq. feet, estimated cost $97,000; permit fee $411.64
June 8:
Helen Roland Trust, new roof, 23 Taft Hwy., 1,104 sq. feet, estimated cost $5,000; permit fee $57.76
Rex Benson, temporary tent, 101 Spears Lane, 1,500 sq. feet; permit fee $35
Rex Benson, temporary tent, 11 Taft Hwy., 1,500 sq. feet; permit fee $35
Two detectives from Kentucky State Police Post 6 in Dry Ridge were recently honored.
Detective Kevin Flick was named Trooper of the Year at Post 6 and Detective Scott Lengle was awarded a Citation for Bravery.
Scott Lengle
Lengle was given a citation for bravery for his actions on May 6, 2007 when he responded to a residential fire near Falmouth.
Lengle was the first on the scene at 2:48 a.m.. He entered the burning home and pulled the occupant to safety. He gave aid to the victim until emergency services arrived.
The Grant County boys' golf team has started their season strong, but know they still have room to improve as they work to make it to the state tournament as a team.
The team played at the Bullitt East Invitational at Heritage Hill Golf Course in Shepherdsville, finishing 14 out of 22 teams on Aug. 5.
"It was a good measure of where we are at the beginning of the year," coach Lance Robinson. "Some of the golfers realized they weren't in as good as shape as they should have been and it motivates them to do better."
Just when the weight of the world nearly embeds me into the suffocating depths of dust, something comes along and gives me strength to stand up again.
Into my office comes Kayla Eversole.
I met Kayla earlier in the summer. This young lady was with her mother, or possibly young grandmother, at the front desk. I initiated a conversation. Usually these conversations begin with me saying something like, "Hey, why aren't you in school?"
While the Grant County boys' soccer team struggled with the heat in their season opener, scoring was not a problem.
The Braves scored three goals in the first half against Covington Latin, coming away with a 3-0 win on Aug. 18.
Senior Anthony Clouse scored two goals and senior Phillip Clough added the third goal.
"It was a good starting game for us," coach Dempsey Schlueter said. "We started to wear down and it gave us a chance to get the younger players some experience."
When Grant County schools started their school year on Aug. 13, 308 freshmen started their first day of high school.
Brittnie Seibert had expectations for the start of her high school career.
"I knew the classes would be hard but it would be more fun because we would have opportunities to do stuff we didn't do in middle school," she said.
Last year, the eighth grade class came to the high school to look around the school, learn their way and meet the teachers.
Feet were pounding the bleachers, hands were clapping in rhythm, student sections were screaming and Williamstown walked away with a win.
In the team's first matchup of the season, Williamstown's volleyball team came away with a three-set thriller over Grant County on Aug. 20.
"It was a tough win and we had to work for every point," Lady Demons coach Wes Staff said. "We didn't play strong at the net on defense, we were confused and our passing was not the best all night long."
Agnes Dawalt Straub and Donnie G. Straub are pleased to announce their engagement and forthcoming marriage.
Agnes is the daughter of the late Leo and Thelma Dawalt of Covington and Donnie is the son of the late Earl Straub of Portland and Hazel Straub of Demossville.
The wedding is planned for 6:30 p.m. on Sept. 4 at the Falmouth Baptist Church.
A reception will follow in the church's fellowship hall at 4th and Maple Avenue in Falmouth.
The bride is a caseworker for Pendleton County Child Support.
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June 1, 2002
MESA, Ariz. - Behind a stellar seven-strikeout, complete-game victory from starting pitcher Carlos Arguello, the No. 2 seed Arizona State Sun Devil baseball team staved off elimination from the NCAA Tournament with a convincing 11-1 victory over San Diego Saturday night at Hohokam Stadium.
The Sun Devils tagged USD for 14 hits and will now meet top-seeded Houston in the regional tournament finale. The Devils, who lost to the Cougars 8-4 Saturday afternoon, must beat Houston twice to advance to the Super Regional. The first game will begin at 1 p.m. with pitchers yet to be announced.
With the victory the Sun Devils improved to 37-20, equaling their win total from last year. San Diego ended its impressive season with a 39-23 record, making its first NCAA Tournament appearance in school history.
Arguello, a last minute announced starter, had a career night, bettering his previous career high of three strikeouts by fanning seven Toreros. He scattered seven hits and walked only two, adding ASU's second complete game of the day and fifth of the year. Sophomore Mike Esposito went nine full innings in the 8-4 loss to Houston earlier Saturday.
USD starter Aaron Wilson took the loss in the USD season finale, falling to 5-6 on the year. He yielded six hits and three early runs in three and a third innings. Reliever David Dunn was greeted with four hits and five runs (all earned) in just one full inning.
The Sun Devils jumped out to the early lead with two runs in the top of the second and never looked back. Allen plated the first run with a double to the left field gap to score right fielder Andre Ethier. Senior Sergio Garcia gave ASU the 2-0 lead with a soft single to center field to score Allen from second.
After a Jeff Larish solo home run in the third, the Devils threatened again in the fourth, but left the bases loaded. ASU capitalized with a big five-run fifth inning to extend its lead to 8-0. Allen sparked the rally with single to start the inning and Garcia started the scoring with a RBI single to right field. Senior catcher Cesar Castillo also plated a run with a single and sophomore Jeremy West capped the five-run inning with a two-out, two-run single to center field.
San Diego finally solved the crafty ways of Arguello with a run in the home half of the fifth. A two-out single from leadoff hitter Mike McCoy pushed home catcher S.C. Assael.
Allen led the offense with a 3-for-4 game, and Pedroia, Larish and West each finished with two hits. West, Ethier and Allen all contributed a pair of RBI in the win as well. Pedroia leads all ASU hitters in the regional with a .533 average (8x15) with three RBI. Allen is hitting .417 in regional play with a team-leading 11 total bases.
The Toreros seven-hit attack was led by the multi-hit games from McCoy and Assael.
Arizona State 11, San Diego 1 (Jun 01, 2002 at Mesa, Ariz.) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Arizona State....... 021 050 003 - 11 14 0 (37-20) San Diego........... 000 010 000 - 1 7 2 (39-23) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Pitchers: Arizona State - Arguello. San Diego - Wilson; Dunn(4); Oseguera(5); Warlop(6); Coy(9). Win-Arguello(5-1) Loss-Wilson(5-5) T-3:11 A-1004 HR ASU - Larish (3).


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April 8, 2011
CORVALLIS, Ore. - A late inning rally by Oregon State ended Arizona State's six-game winning streak, as the Devils fell to the Beavers 5-3 on Friday night in Corvallis. Oregon State scored four runs off starter Brady Rodgers in the seventh, allowing the Beavers to erase a Sun Devil lead and get the win. The loss drops ASU to 22-7, 5-2 in Pac-10 play.
The game was a pitcher's duel between Rodgers and OSU starter Sam Gaviglio until the seventh inning, as the two teams combined for three runs through the first six and a half innings. But then the Beavers finally figured out Rodgers, taking a lead they would not relinquish. Rodgers went 6.2 innings, allowing five runs on nine hits. All five of the runs he allowed came with two outs in an inning. He fanned nine but was saddled with the loss, dropping him to 4-2.
The Devils jumped on Gaviglio early on, plating two runs in the top of the first. Johnny Ruettiger led the game off with a base hit then moved to second on a sacrifice bunt by Zack MacPhee. Riccio Torrez would bring him home with a single up the middle. Torrez would score himself on a Joey DeMichele single to left that made it 2-0.
Gaviglio settled down after allowing the two first inning runs, keeping ASU off the scoreboard until the eighth inning. He went the distance for the Beavers, allowing three runs on nine hits and struck out six to improve to 6-1 on the year.
The Beavers would scratch a two-out run across in the fifth to cut the ASU lead in half. A two-out double by Ryan Dunn would be followed by a single to center by Tyler Smith that made it 2-1. Smith was thrown out at second by Andrew Aplin to end the inning.
The Oregon State bats would come alive in the bottom of the seventh off Rodgers, scoring four runs in the inning to take a 5-2 lead into the eighth. All the runs came with two outs, eventually chasing Rodgers after he had allowed five hits in the inning, including three straight hits before giving way to Trevor Williams.
The Devils would draw a run closer in the eighth on a Zach Wilson sac fly that scored MacPhee to cut the lead to 5-3, but that would be as close as they would get. Johnny Ruettiger, Zack MacPhee and Matt Newman each had two hits in the loss, with Joey DeMichele, Newman and Zach Wilson each collecting an RBI.
The Devils and Beavers will face-off again on Saturday afternoon in the second game of the three-game Pac-10 series. First pitch is scheduled for 1:05 p.m. from Corvallis.


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Scallop Salad + Sweet Vanilla Chili Dressing
Submitted By: Steamy Kitchen
20 dry-packed scallops
salad greens - (sweet pea leaves, napa cabbage and bass vines were used in the salad pictured here)
Sweet Vanilla Chili Dressing
1 tablespoon bottled sweet chili sauce (I use Mae Ploy brand)
1 tablespoon tomato ketchup
1 teaspoon olive oil
1/2 teaspoon sesame oil
1 tablespoon sugar
1 tablespoon water
1 tablespoon lime juice
1 teaspoon minced cilantro
1 pod vanilla or 3 drops vanilla extract
Slice open the vanilla pod and scrape out seeds. Combine with the rest of dressing ingredients.
Pat scallops dry. Season with salt and pepper. In hot skillet with cooking oil, sear scallops over high heat for 1-1/2 minutes each side. Remove from heat immediately.
Serve scallops on top of salad greens and Sweet Vanilla Chili Dressing.


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Volume on my SGP5.0 is pretty decent. Netflix is fine with volume 20-30. If I am outside, that's another story. Sound is dispersed and much more volume is needed.
I really would not put more volume into my earbuds (Klipsh S4)-30 is WAY too loud! I'm not a classical purist wither; I've got a bunch of Zappa, Zep, Aerosmith, Floyd as well as a lot of blues, indie, jazz and classical. I've been to may shows and sat near the stacks in the 70's and 80's...With my 5.0, Never felt like I needed to get more volume. My ears would be wrecked! And if you're going into a PA, stereo or another amplifier, setting the output to somewhere between 20-30 drives most amps front ends just fine.
I have not used anything other than the stock music player but it seems fine. I do notice that compared to my fuze version 1 the sound is more flat, without the same presence or detail. But of course this is stuff that you only really notice when A-B'ing side by side. And after all, we're talking about mp3 files here for the most part, which obviously degrade sq.
And absolutely no hiss for me into my S4's with volume at 30.
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Alright ABI peeps!
I'd like to thank all of you crazy audiophiles (I am a budding one myself) for your very helpful forum. Was hooked on iPods for the past 6 years and have sworn by them but I feel it's time to move on. Went through 3 iPods last year - their built quality is deteriorating rapidly and I cannot ignore this however much I love the UI.
Having read through this entire discussion, I've come to the conclusion that the Galaxy 4.0 with the Steve Voodoo kernel is the way to go for me. I did consider Cowon but I cannot get it easily in my area and WiFi is a welcome feature.
What do you think of this conclusion? Should I look into other players - perhaps Sony?
I'd appreciate someone's 2 cents.
@BoggyB: As a prior Cowon owner (best sounding mp3 players you can buy), I too was worried over the fact that going from a best sounding player to something else might cause me to be disappointed in the fact of losing something extremely special. The Samsung Galaxy Players with the same wolfson dac as Cowon devices are the ones to grab - preferably the 4.0 and 4.2. Despite the better screen size on the 5.0, the yamaha dac inside that is not as great as a wolfson.
Luckily for me, I have friends at Best Buy, they allowed me to load my music on each player (5 of my favorite songs). After testing, I'll come out and say beforehand that the yamaha (5.0) sounds just fine with music but does not have the sharp clarity and added oomph of bass the wolfson (4.0/4.2) provides. Paired with poweramp or voodoo (or even added Equalizer) improves the sound ten fold - so just because the player is not super expensive, it does not equal to a bad sounding player.
The Samasung Galaxy Player 4.0/4.2 sound extremely great with those above pairings actually, pop in a good headset with good quality bitrate songs and I'm sure you'll come to a happy medium for your ears. I and many others here have, a 8gb Samsung Galaxy Player w/ expandable memory up to 64gb (yep, it accepts the 64gb SDXC [formatted]) and Android freedom not provided by "those other guys" will open your eyes to what you have been missing my friend. If you grab one, you won't be disappointed. If you grab one, well... welcome to the family !
Prior MP3 Player | Cowon J3 32gb w/ 32gb Memory Stick
Current MP3 Player | Cowon z2 32gb w/ 64gb Memory Stick
Accessaries | Yuin PK1 150ohm Earbuds w/ Fiio E5 Portable Amp
Thanks for your comment man, I've ordered my 4.0 and will edit this post with my review once I get it. Can't wait!
OK people. I've just gotten around to testing my 4.0 more extensively and here's my short review:
Excellent. Keep in mind though that all the MP3 players I've owned were iPods, most recently the iTouch 2g. Sound quality was not impressive before flashing the SteveS kernel, but has improved audibly since then. The stock music player is ok, but the equalizer is quite poor. Poweramp is of course better.
A VERY interesting note however! Before I flashed the hacked kernel, I tried out Poweramp and was impressed by the quality of the equalizer however, the battery drainage was a big turn-off for me. The app would use upto 45% of the CPU according to the task manager and on average used 25%. BUT! When I flashed SteveS kernel and installed Voodoo sound, the CPU usage never went above 9% and usually stayed at 7.5%!! This is great. Consequently, the battery life when using either music player is improved with Voodoo sound.
Pretty damn happy with this purchase.
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Big fat bump
Come on people, this thread deserves a bump. Still so happy with my 4.0 that I came back to this forum. Took the time to tweak my Poweramp equalizer to mimic the iPod Treble Reducer setting and now it sounds like my old iPods used to, but richer and deeper... It's great. Loving this thing.
Make sure to set your buffer size to the max - 10mb. Sometimes - very rarely - but sometimes the songs can start stuttering on low battery if the buffer size is not big enough.
Well I have the 5.0 and not sure if this buffer size you mention is a setting in the player or has to be done when you are putting your music on your computer? please explain
I haven't farted around with any software changes on the two SGP 4.0's that my wife and I bought, but the Klipsch S4A earphones were a big improvement. I never used the Samsung earphones (but did try my wife's), and went right to the Klipsch. My wife thought I was crazy to spend so much, but then she tried them. She declared, "I NEED THESE!", and we bought a set from amazon for $60. I looked at a few sites that mentioned Klipsch products are widely counterfeited, and also sold by dealers that aren't authorized (no warranty). I called Klipsch, and they walked me through the telltale signs of counterfeit Klipsch S4's*, and told me that the amazon dealer was authorized.
I did use some cheaper Sony earphones on the SGP 4.0, and the SoundAlive settings didn't do a whole lot. With the Klipsch, the SA settings are still fairly worthless, but the "Concert" setting is now very good. The user custom settings work well with any phones.
*The Klipsch logo rubs off within a week; there's a seam along the side of the jack; the jack is L shaped; the box is missing the "CE" etc markings on the bottom; the metal security strip on the plastic packaging is absent.
Is the sound quality on a Samsung Galaxy as good as a Cowon player ?
You do not need anything more. No Tweak, engine, or player or equalizer.
If your system is GB then you have to test possibilities. Originally my Player 5 came with Froyo. I did update to GB but after testing all possibilities to make the sound like what I have in Froyo, I gave up.
EQ and effects in GB and even other players and equalizers, engines, mods, third party never arrived to the sound of the Stock Froyo.
I tested everything until I get tired and comply with Froyo, but very happy with the sound.
Remember that to see media, browsing and other things, Froyo makes no problems. So it's not big loss leaving GB.
I went back to Froyo and say that the EQ and effects Stock make the sound as good or better as any good player.
And until today I did not understand why Samsung can not make a sound in GB perfect as it did in Froyo.
But as what most i use the Galaxy Player is listening to music, then I do not mind staying on Froyo.
It seems to me that in some countries, including USA, Player 5 came with GB.
So they never knew the sound of the Sound Alive in Froyo.
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I'm hardly the only exerciser in a rut—lots of people find their comfort zone and settle in long term. The problem: Never changing the program not only sets you up for being bored out of your mind but also yields fewer and fewer fitness returns. "Many of your physiological systems adapt to a workout program within six to eight weeks, so if you don't modify your routine, you quickly reach a plateau and stop seeing improvements in strength and cardiovascular conditioning," says exercise physiologist Jessica Matthews, a spokeswoman for the American Council on Exercise. When you mix things up, your muscles adjust to different kinds of stimulation, which makes them grow stronger.
Novelty is one of the best ways to combat boredom, since struggling toacquire a skill demands your attention. Here, I test-drive four great ways to liven up your exercise routine.
TRX Suspension Training
Best if . . . you're tired of lifting weights but want to get buff.
What it's like: In a gym class, you grab on to the handles of two yellow nylon straps that are suspended from hooks attached to either the ceiling or metal bars high up on the wall. With one or both feet planted on the ground, you hold on to the foam-covered handlebars for balance and lean back or move forward to squat, lunge or twist to either side. These fluid motions make working out feel less regimented and predictable than simply lifting weights. And, yes, the program—developed by a Navy SEAL—can be pretty hard. But don't be intimidated. In the class I took at the Personal Fitness gym in Syracuse, New York, the lunchtime crowd was made up of people who, like me, seemed to be at a normal, not an advanced, level of fitness.
An expert weighs in: "Suspension training uses basic principles of physics to provide just the right challenge for every different muscle group," says Neal Pire, a certified strength and conditioning specialist and a fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine.The way you position yourself allows you to adjust the difficulty of each exercise: The more upright you are, the less gravity you fight; the farther you move your feet out from under you, the more unstable you are, and the more challenging the exercise becomes.
The verdict: It's a definite "do." My favorite part of the workout—and what sets it apart from traditional strength training—is the way every movement cues you to tighten your core. It's like doing a ton of crunches without actually doing any crunches.
Find a class: Suspension training is popping up at more and more gyms, but if it hasn't yet come to one near you (check at trxdirectory.trxtraining.com), you can buy a portable set of suspension-training straps with a door anchor and a DVD of basic moves for $200 at trxtraining.com (click on "Shop").
Challenge rating: 2–3 (out of 4).
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Best if . . . you crave the relaxing effects of yoga but are tired of bending yourself into strange positions.
What it's like: This mix of yoga, Tai Chi, martial arts and meditation aims to stretch and strengthen your body while sharpening your brain. There is an emphasis on helping ki (internal energy, in Korean) circulate through your body via breathing exercises, meditations done while you're in motion (called moving meditations) and self-massage of the pathways through which energy is believed to flow.
Some of Dahn yoga's moves resemble actions we perform naturally when we're trying to energize ourselves or de-stress. During the moving meditations, for instance, you reach your hands overhead for a big stretch, then rub your face with your hands.
An expert weighs in: "The deep breathing that's central to Dahn yoga expands the diaphragm and the lungs' air pockets, which helps to invoke the relaxation response," says Matthews of the American Council on Exercise. "That's one reason this practice can reduce stress and mental tension and may even help you deal with anxiety and depression."
The verdict: This workout reminded me of a massage: a little bit of digging deep and a lot of tension-releasing aahs. You walk out after class feeling blissful and energized.
Find a class: Plug in your zip code at dahnyoga.com or try the DVD Dahn Yoga Essentials ($20; amazon.com).
Challenge rating: 1 (out of 4).
Best if . . . you are bored with the same old, same old cardio routine, are motivated by competition and don't mind having others watch you work out.
What it's like: Each session of these fast and furious boot camp–style workouts is unlike the previous one: Different exercises, equipment, goals and muscles are emphasized. The class I attended, held at an indoor soccer field, started with a cardio session that included running with knees high, doing laps carrying 14-pound medicine balls on our shoulders and crawling around the field like Spider-Man. Then Colin, a local police officer who moonlights as a CrossFit instructor, hit go on a big red stopwatch, and the "athletes" (as we were called) sprang into action for the workout of the day. As quickly as possible, we did reps of kettlebell swings, overhead presses and pull-ups—all movements that engage a lot of muscles, including those in the core. When we finished the routine, we each yelled "Done" so our time could be recorded on a giant whiteboard. It was a noisy, encouraging crew. The entire group gathered around the athlete who finished last and cheered as she pushed out her final reps.
An expert weighs in: Expect a high--calorie burn. "CrossFit and other hard-core workouts like P90X activate a lot of muscle groups and keep you moving with minimal rest," says Fabio Comana, an exercise physiologist and director of continuing education at the National Academy of Sports Medicine. These kinds of sessions can burn as many as 15 calories a minute—about 50 percent more than you can expect from your run-of-the-mill weight-machine routine.
The verdict: As someone who gets a thrill from running in races, I got really pumped up by the competitive, rah-rah atmosphere. Just make sure you don't let an enthusiastic instructor goad you into doing more than your body can handle.
Find a class: Some CrossFit programs operate in gyms, others in athletic facilities. To find an affiliate in your area, enter your location at map.crossfit.com.
Challenge rating: 4 (out of 4).
Barre Classes
Best if . . . you're burned out on Pilates but still aiming for a dancer's body.
What it's like: These low-impact classes use ballet barres to help you maintain your balance as you alternate reps of tiny, controlled toning movements with stretching. The goal is to produce the long, lean musculature of a ballerina as well as a tight, uplifted butt. At the Figure 4 barre class I took at Pure Yoga studio in New York City, an essentially easy exercise—such as a tiny leg lift—was repeated and repeated, with the instructor guiding students into subtle changes of position until they got what's known as the barre shakes, signaling that the muscles are working in overdrive.
An expert weighs in: "Although these classes are low impact, they tone muscles just as well as the higher-impact activities that many of us can't do anymore," says Sadie Lincoln, founder of Barre3, based in Portland, Oregon.
The verdict: I finished the class feeling a little bit wobbly but with a sense of accomplishment. And my sore muscles the next day showed just how tough it is to work out like a ballerina.
Find a class: Look for the word barre (or bar) in the name or description of classes at gyms in your area or search Google with the name of your city. You can also do the workouts at home with DVDs like those from Core Fusion and Pure Barre (go to collagevideo.com to order). You don't actually need a barre in your living room to do this workout—the back of a chair will do fine.
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ZF-2428: Patch to make line and file information available in log events
I personally find it hard to track down where log entries are originating from sometimes, so I wanted to add line and file info to my log format like this:
$format = '%timestamp% %priorityName% (%priority%): %message% at line %line% in file %file%' . PHP_EOL;
$formatter = new Zend_Log_Formatter_Simple($format);
However, "line" and "file" are not currently available in Zend_Log's $events array. So I wrote a patch to provide it. Hope it might be considered for inclusion.
Regards, Mark Maynereid
diff Log.php LogNew.php
< $this->log(array_shift($params), $priority);
> $this->log(array_shift($params), $priority, array_slice(debug_backtrace(), 1));
> // obtain line and file from where we have been called
> if (func_num_args() > 2) {
> $backtrace = func_get_arg(2);
> } else {
> $backtrace = debug_backtrace();
> }
< 'priorityName' => $this->_priorities[$priority]),
> 'priorityName' => $this->_priorities[$priority],
> 'line' => $backtrace[0]['line'],
> 'file' => $backtrace[0]['file']),
I've since added "class" and "function" which seems to need the index set at 1 so for in my sub-classed version I've added:
$this->setEventItem('function', isset($backtrace[1]['function']) ? $backtrace[1]['function'] : '');
$this->setEventItem('class', isset($backtrace[1]['class']) ? $backtrace[1]['class'] : '');
which lets me:
$format = '%timestamp% %priorityName% (%priority%) %class%::%function%: %message% at line %line% in file %file%' . PHP_EOL;
I only found out about svn diff today (as opposed to plain old diff) so here's the patch reworked to include all useful backtrace items:
Index: library/Zend/Log.php
--- library/Zend/Log.php (revision 7698)
+++ library/Zend/Log.php (working copy)
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@
$priority = strtoupper($method);
if (($priority = array_search($priority, $this->_priorities)) !== false) {
- $this->log(array_shift($params), $priority);
+ $this->log(array_shift($params), $priority, array_slice(debug_backtrace(), 1));
} else {
throw new Zend_Log_Exception('Bad log priority');
@@ -128,12 +128,26 @@
throw new Zend_Log_Exception('Bad log priority');
+ if (func_num_args() > 2) {
+ $backtrace = func_get_arg(2);
+ } else {
+ $backtrace = debug_backtrace();
+ }
// pack into event required by filters and writers
- $event = array_merge(array('timestamp' => date('c'),
- 'message' => $message,
- 'priority' => $priority,
- 'priorityName' => $this->_priorities[$priority]),
- $this->_extras);
+ $event = array_merge(
+ array(
+ 'class' => isset($backtrace[1]['class']) ? $backtrace[1]['class'] : '',
+ 'file' => $backtrace[0]['file'],
+ 'function' => isset($backtrace[1]['function']) ? $backtrace[1]['function'] : '',
+ 'line' => $backtrace[0]['line'],
+ 'message' => $message,
+ 'priority' => $priority,
+ 'priorityName' => $this->_priorities[$priority],
+ 'timestamp' => date('c'),
+ ),
+ $this->_extras
+ );
// abort if rejected by the global filters
foreach ($this->_filters as $filter) {
One note about the backtrace stack. You'll need to detect which trace in the stack to use. Because if someone calls the "priority magic function" ex: $log->info('test'); it will add another trace in the stack from the logger. I've worked around it by detecting the class name, ex:
// Detect what trace to use
foreach ($backtrace as $number => $trace) {
if (!isset($trace['class']) || $trace['class'] != 'Zend_Log') {
// Find the file and line from previous trace
$line = $backtrace[$number - 1]['line'];
$file = $backtrace[$number - 1]['file'];
// Find the calling info
$function = $backtrace[$number]['function'];
// etc...
Ignore my previous comment. I noticed that the backtrace stack is passed from __call() as well which is another solution.
Is any of the other backtrace info usefull? Ex: type, args
I've just started messing with Zend_Log and I think that trace information would be a very valuable addition. (My ideal is Java's Logger class.)
I'd suggest that in addition to timestamp, priority name, message, etc:
- Filename
- Line Number
- Method name (if applicable)
- Class name (if applicable)
- Full trace data (arrays) that a custom formatter can access
Function arguments? Probably not: If those were important I would expect that to be part of the log message the developer chooses.
Lastly, there needs to be a way to turn this on or off for performance purposes (debug_backtrace can be expensive) and possibly on or off depending on the priority level.
It seems the recent Zend_Log_Writer_Firebug class supports it's own tracing, but that's done in the Zend_Wildfire stuff rather than Zend_Log. I'll mess around and see if I can come up with something.
This is a diff against the 1.5.3 release tag.
It adds support for toggling "tracing" for various priority levels. When enabled on a certain level, all messages in that level are accompanied by call-stack information.
Patch attached. OOPS! Leftover var_dump() call in there on line 203, my fault.
Had to modify Zend_Log_Formatter_Simple to keep it from choking on non-string data.
Added Zend_Log_Formatter_Tracer to allow formatting trace output as text.
Tracing on a given level is off by default.
No "getTracing()' function at the moment.
Revised version
I may have an off-by-one error in there, will test some more.
But I realize there's a conceptual problem:
(A) In this patch, backtraces are made at the instant that the log message is generated, but suppose they're all filtered out later? That could be a big way to lose performance in a high-log environment, with some time-consuming operations (debug_backtrace()) that you can't bypass it with a filter.
(B) On the other side, what if you want to make a filter which filters based on the stack trace or a file whitelist/blacklist?
I think (A) is more likely, myself.
I would agree that (A) is more likely and the trace should be more informational than anything. What if the filter is applied at time of event creation? I know it could be changed during runtime but that would be an option.
I'm afraid I don't have access to the code anymore, but I did successfully test a version where the backtracing was done immediately after logger-level filters were applied. (Before writer-level filtering.)
The idea of using the backtrace is genious i have to say.
What i personally think of this patch, how much performance impact does debug_backtrace() have? its a debug function and many people use the logger on production systems, so its an important question how performance is impacted by say 100-1000 debug_backtrace calls.
So i wrote a little performance checking script, looping 100000 times and doing syslog in the one case and syslog + debug_backtrace in the other case. there was no huge impact in performance, so i guess this should be added in the future.
Performance is surely a potential concern here.
Perhaps the best answer is to have this additional information functionality enabled/disabled by a flag on construction? That way in development one could typically have it on and in live mode off, but could override either as required. And it would be off by default.
This is a great feature that I think many would find useful. We (the ZF team at Zend) also have concerns about performance, but we can also mention features like this that may affect performance in the performance guide. The one change we suggest is moving this functionality over to Zend_Debug, where not only people can use it for Zend_Log and any other component/applicaiton code, but it also fills out our relatively weak Zend_Debug component with functionality that would be useful in any PHP 5 application.
I'm postponing this since we don't have the resources to implement it in the next few weeks. Any community member can volunteer to implement this (if the code above is used, the author must sign a CLA) and provide appropriate unit tests. If a community member commits to implementing this, I will re-assign the issue to him/her.
I see Benjamin above has done some speed testing suggesting there is no huge impact (apols I missed the post before). That's encouraging :)
I am hopefully still on record as having signed the CLA if anyone wants to push this patch forward. Am still a novice at SVN and unit testing and a community contribution virgin. If I can get time to get up to speed more safely I'll return to this and have a crack at Will's invitation, but anyone more capable is welcome to advance it in the meantime as far as I'm concerned.
I note the mention of backtrace args above. I deliberately thought to exclude them from the patch as it struck me as mission creep and personally that kind of (core dump like stuff) seems more to do with Zend_Debug to me. In fact I wonder if Zend_Debug ought to become a singleton issuing unique IDs in managing PHP var dumps (like 'core dumps' to disk). Perhaps Zend_Log and Zend_Debug could plug into each other in some way but keep their roles nicely separated? eg. log message "Critical error blah bla in file:class:function:line blah blah, var core dump ID: (MD5 hash of file:class:function)". I like that because it seems to me it could facilitate automated bug logging/recurrance counts with vardumps dumped tidily to disk, a third party bugs DB entry made/updated and a lovely message to the user "Sorry but an unrecoverable error has occurred. This error is caused by a (new|known) bug and is logged for attention of the The Support Team. Please accept our apologies for the inconvenience rhubarb rhubarb.."
Well returning to the patch, as a stopgap and if anyone finds it useful, here's my own sub-classing version:
class Mm_Log extends Zend_Log
public function log($message, $priority)
if (func_num_args() > 2) {
$backtrace = func_get_arg(2);
} else {
$backtrace = debug_backtrace();
$this->setEventItem('function', isset($backtrace[1]['function']) ? $backtrace[1]['function'] : '');
$this->setEventItem('class', isset($backtrace[1]['class']) ? $backtrace[1]['class'] : '');
$this->setEventItem('line', $backtrace[0]['line']);
$this->setEventItem('file', $backtrace[0]['file']);
parent::log($message, $priority);
public function __call($method, $params)
$priority = strtoupper($method);
if (($priority = array_search($priority, $this->_priorities)) !== false) {
$this->log(array_shift($params), $priority, array_slice(debug_backtrace(), 1));
} else {
throw new Zend_Log_Exception('Bad log priority');


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The ONLY mock drafts I personally put ANY stock into are those done by NFL beat writers.
Guys like myself spent hours, weeks, years….and sometimes decades….studying a particular franchise's history and habits.
I can tell you the 53th best player on the Dolphins roster, and break his game down. I can also share with you how the team feels about Mr. Long Shot, guys like Julius Pruitt. Most fans can't do that, and other analysts certainly can't.
Beat writers also study the habits of executives like General Manager Jeff Ireland, the prototypes of coaches like Joe Philbin and Mike Sherman, and tracking the word on the street regarding the team's we cover, and the prospects they might like.
It's unrealistic to think the Mike McShay Jr's of the world – yes I combined their names – know what's best for all 32 teams. That's why having a beat writer pick for the team he covers during a mock draft makes the most sense.
I once did a first-round mock with every beat writer, but I stopped because it required too much work (and for me to be too friendly).
However, I do participate in a few on-the-beat mocks, which an executive from one team told me they actually monitor just to get a pulse of what's the buzz.
This week I'll be making the Miami Dolphins' selection at No. 8 for Pro Football Weekly, which I believe produces the best draft guide (no offense to any other draft guides out there. I read them all. But PFW gives me the dirt, and I cross check it with the stuff I know about prospects on my own, and it is usually on-point).
For the PFW mock I'll be on the clock once the seven teams ahead of Miami make their selection. I have no clue how long that will take, but it shouldn't take THAT long considering the first two picks of the 2012 draft (Andrew Luck and Robert Griffin III) are already written in pen.
Here's what I'll be considering as the fill-in for Jeff Ireland.
1. The Dolphins have four MUSTS when it come to team needs, which is how Ireland usually attacks the draft. The Dolphins must add a pressure player because the only way to beat Tom Brady is to get pressure on him, and Miami doesn't have enough pass rushers.
Miami must also add a big receiver with deep speed, a starting caliber offensive lineman (either tackle or guard for the vacant right side), and a quarterback suited to play in the west coast offense, and has the potential to become a franchise player.
2. Will QUALITY draft prospects be available in the second round for WHATEVER position I decide not to selection in the first. If Miami doesn't select Tannehill at No.8, how comfortable are they with the quarterback options – Brandon Weeden, Brock Osweiler and Kirk Cousin – available at pick No. 42. If Miami doesn't take a pass rusher, how certain are we that a player like Marshall's Vinny Curry or Syracuse's Chandler Jones will be there at 42?
3. Does the franchise's lust for a first-round quarterback overshadow Ireland's desire to stick to his draft board. This decision will become a factor if Tannehill isn't selected by the Cleveland Browns with the No. 4 pick. Could/should the Dolphins pass on Tannehill to take one of the elite pass rushers?
4. Even though Stanford guard David DeCastro is a top 10 prospect, and does indeed fill a major need for Miami, he won't be considered because the Dolphins have already invested a great deal of assets (four first round picks this decade) in the offensive line, and Miami needs young impact players. Impact players are those who produce touchdowns, sacks or turnovers.
5. As enticing as drafting a receiver early might be (think Ted Ginn Jr.) the difference between Notre Dame's Michael Floyd and LSU's Rueben Randle, who might be there in the second round, isn't much. Therefore, it is better to wait on a receiver.
The Dolphins have taken few chances early in the draft since the Trifecta arrived in 2008, and as a result they'll landed solid players, but no stars, no difference makers via the draft.
It is time for Ireland to make a bold move, putting his stamp on this franchise because that's the only way he'll silence his critics, which already have their stones in hand and are prepared to throw it no matter the selection.
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OMAHA, Neb. - The UCLA baseball team won its first-ever National title on Tuesday night with an 8-0 victory over Mississippi State in the second game of the College World Series. It was the Bruins' nation-leading 109th NCAA championship.
"We worked extremely hard all season and they believed in each other and that's what great teams do," UCLA head coach John Savage said. "We have to congratulate a great Mississippi State team. They had a great year. I just think it was one of those situations where it was our time. Nick (Vander Tuig) threw the ball great for eight innings and kept them off balance and then (David) Berg did his job."
Vander Tuig picked up the win with eight innings of scoreless work while allowing just five hits. Vander Tuig ended the season with a 14-4 record. Luis Pollorena took the loss for Mississippi State (51-20), giving up a run in one of inning of work for the Bulldogs.
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UCLA spotted Vander Tuig an early lead in the bottom of the first, starting when junior Brian Carroll got hit by a pitch to lead off the inning. The Bruins again took advantage of their opponents' mistakes, as on the next at-bat sophomore Kevin Kramer laid down a bunt, attempting to sacrifice Carroll over to second. Pollorena mishandled the ball on the mound before hurrying the throw to first. Bulldog first baseman Wes Rea then dropped the ball, allowing Kramer to reach base and Carroll to move to third. Sophomore Eric Filia then stepped in and hit a sacrifice fly to right, bringing home Carroll to make it 1-0 Bruins.
"I thrive for this," said Filia, who drove in seven of the Bruins' 11 runs in the CWS. "We just stayed with our approach and stayed small. They have great pitching. Mississippi State has one of the best bullpens and starting pitchers out here. We just kept battling and came out with the win."
Vander Tuig kept the Bulldogs off the board in the early going, retiring 10 of the first 11 batters he faced through three innings. Then in the bottom of the third, the Bruins tacked on two more off of Mississippi State reliever Ross Mitchell. Carroll walked with one out and then moved over to third when Kramer singled through the right side. Filia once again came to the plate with a man in scoring position, and this time brought him home with a perfectly executed safety squeeze, giving UCLA a two-run lead. In the next at-bat, junior Pat Valaika smacked a single down the right field line, scoring Kramer to bring the lead up to three.
Mississippi State looked to cut into the lead in the top of the fourth, getting runners on first and second with one out via a single and an error by Pat Gallagher. As has been the case for UCLA all postseason though, the starting pitching worked out of it, as Vander Tuig got Rea and C.T. Bradford to fly out to left to hold the Bulldogs scoreless.
UCLA continued to put runs on the board in the bottom of the fourth, scoring two to give themselves a 5-0 lead. Williams led off the inning with a hit by pitch, moving over to second on a sacrifice bunt by Shane Zeile. Senior Cody Regis then came to the plate to face Ben Bracewell and singled home Williams to give the Bruins a four-run advantage. Junior Brenton Allen doubled in the next at-bat to put runners at second and third before Carroll got hit by his second pitch of the game to load the bases for Kramer. Kramer put together another quality at-bat for the Bruins, fouling off three two-strike pitches before coming through a sacrifice fly to center to score Regis, making it 5-0 in favor of UCLA.
Filia added another run for the Bruins in the bottom of the sixth, knocking in Regis with a two-out single up the middle to increase UCLA's lead to six.
The Bruins added two more runs in the bottom of the eighth inning to make it 8-0. Freshmen Christoph Bono singled to center field with one out. Then Carroll singled to left field, advancing Bono to second. Kramer made it three straight singles to load the bases for Filia. who drove in his fourth and fifth RBIs of the game with a single to right, scoring Bono and Carroll. Will Cox then came in and struck out Valaika for the second out of the inning. Junior Pat Gallagher flied out to right field to end the inning.
Berg then entered in the ninth and set the Bulldogs down in order to cap an unbelievable season for the sophomore from Covina, Calif. The final out came when Matthew Britton grounded out to Gallagher at first, who promptly tossed the ball to Berg at first to seal the title.
"This championship means everything," Savage added. "This is for all of the Bruins. All of the Bruin baseball players and all of the guys who were here before I was and set the tone. I'm just so proud of the program and our coaches and players and everybody involved. We're a family and we did it together."
The Bruins finished the season with a record of 49-17 and tied a school record with 21 wins in Pac-12 play. UCLA capped off the season on an 11-game win streak, including 10 straight in the postseason. UCLA will hold a NCAA Championship celebration for the team on Thursday, June 27 at 2 p.m. at Jackie Robinson Stadium. Admission and parking to the event is free.
Game Notes: Junior Adam Plutko was named the College World Series' Most Outstanding Player...Pat Valaika, Nick Vander Tuig and Eric Filia were also named to the All-CWS team along with Plutko...Nick Vander Tuig won his 14th game of the season tonight, tied for the second-most single-season wins by a UCLA pitcher all-time (Mike Magnante, 1988)...Nick Vander Tuig (27) and Adam Plutko (29) have combined for the most pitching wins by two teammates in UCLA history with 56 wins, breaking the previous record of 55 held by Trevor Bauer and Gerrit Cole from 2009-11...David Berg tied the NCAA single-season record for most appearances in one season with his 51st appearance tonight (Connor Falkenbach - Florida, 2005)...UCLA went 19-2 on the season when scoring in the first inning...UCLA's opponents went just 1-27 with runners in scoring position in the College World Series....the Bruins went a perfect 41-0 when leading after seven innings this year...UCLA's 12 sacrifices in the CWS finished tied for the most in CWS history (Santa Clara, 1962)...UCLA had the lowest ERA in the aluminum bat era of the College World Series at 0.80...the Bruins outscored their opponents 44-14 in the postseason...UCLA became just the third team to finish 10-0 in the postseason (2011 South Carolina, 2012 Arizona)...UCLA was the first team to go through the College World Series without allowing more than one run in every game.


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Set foot in almost any property at Canyons Resort, and you'll find yourself struck by one of Rebecca Buchan's well-orchestrated designs. From Talisker on Main to The Farm restaurant and global projects as far as Berlin, Buchan and her interior design, architecture and graphics firm, Denton House, exhibit an impressive resume of projects accompanied by a chic aesthetic.
Even as a high school student in SLC, Buchan knew she wanted to be an interior designer. "My mom worked for a large interior design firm," Buchan says. "She got me an afterschool job as an assistant for one of the top designers, Walter Cowie. I learned so much from him and got the bug early." After completing her degree at UCLA, Buchan worked in Southern California before returning to Salt Lake, where she founded Denton House in 1996.
At any given time, Buchan and her team of 15 designers and architects have their hands in as many as 20 projects, ranging from government and commercial work to resort and high-end residential design. For Buchan, that means gathering inspiration everywhere she goes. "I love to travel," she says. "I am always seeing something, whether it's a shape of something that inspires me in signage or branding, or colors, or modern architecture in the midst of ancient buildings."
With the holidays just around the corner and the hustle of party planning at the threshold, Buchan offers design-savvy advice on how to set the perfect ambiance. "I like to start outside because I want an impact to be made upon arrival," she says. Buchan sets that tone with flickering LED candles, glass hurricane lamps filled with ornaments, fresh fruit and garlands of balsam, and hundreds of glowing glass tea lights along the front walkway. The lights continue onto the stoop, where an oversized wreath or bow hangs on the front door. "First impressions are everything," she says.
Once inside, wow guests with a console table with framed family holiday photos surrounded by ornaments, family heirlooms, scented candles and natural materials like evergreen and birch branches. Add to the drama by dimming lights or replacing fluorescents with regular bulbs 60 watts or lower. "Sprucing up your entryway for the holidays is just as important as styling your living and dining rooms," she says. "Stay within a color scheme—and don't forget the sparkle."


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I'm Felicity, and I blog at Felicity Quilts. I live in Vancouver, Canada. I'm Mama to G, my 4½ year old daughter, and I've been married to my husband Kevin for going on 12 years. A banker by day, quilter by night, I started quilting about 11 years ago, but discovering the online world of quilt blogs, Flickr and whatnot (heavy on the whatnot) re-ignited my passion. I try to stitch every day - those minutes add up, you know! - it's my "me time" when I can let my cares and worries take a backseat while I just create.
Okay let's get down to business, shall we? I had a great week so I'm only to happy to
Nothing - I was resting on my pouch-making laurels. I was totally the Mayor of Pouch Town last week. Seriously: many pouches.
But That's OK Because I Made Great Progress On...
Heather's memory quilt.
It's all basted and ready for quilting. I will quilt in the ditch in the patchwork and do something interesting (TBD) in the wide borders. Then I plan to appliqué some large flowers in that centre area with fabrics that pick up the colours from the border. The back is pieced, and making it took up the whole morning of my full-day Krista/Poppyprint retreat this past Saturday. (You will see it when I do the Grand Reveal (hopefully soon)).
Charity/Siblings Together quilt.
(Learn more about Siblings Together here.) It started with some squares I cut up with the leftover fabric from Wonder Wheel (which, coincidentally, I won from Lee!). I pieced them all together in a nice orderly square arrangement.
And then I turned my mind to borders and realized that a square quilt isn't all that practical. Whoops! So I did a little surgery on the centre seam and inserted a strip of Kona Amber. Muuuch better!
I have a Layer Cake of Wonderland curing in my stash, so the cornerstones plus the two squares at the ends of the centre strip came from there. I am very pleased with the result (I had no idea the line included some cheater fabric)! Thankfully, I thought of the Layer Cake piece strategy before cutting the border pieces so I could make sure the full LC pieces fit. It's about 60"x70" (ish) so a good lap quilt for a kid.
No Progress On...
Stacked Strips (does taking it out and looking at it count? No? Dang.)
New Wave
Bee quilt (Jewel Squares)
Bee quilt (Circle of Geese)
But I'm happy with what I accomplished - thank you, all day sewing retreat PLUS a bonus Mama Day today when my husband took my daughter to see his Mum and then to the swimming pool.
This Week's Stats
Completed Projects - 0
New Projects - 0
Currently In Progress - 7
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U.S. Postal Service management has repeatedly told Congress that it needs greater labor flexibility to reduce costs. Despite increased automation and workforce reductions, labor continues to account for 80 percent of the USPS's cost structure.
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Paul Krugman and Regime Uncertainty
Paul Krugman is dismissing concerns that the Obama administration's fiscal and regulatory policies are fostering uncertainty in the business community, and thus inhibiting job growth and an economic recovery.
LIHEAP Fraud
The Low-Income Home Energy Assistance program provides $5 billion annually to the states, which distribute the funds to businesses, nonprofits, and homeowners. Unfortunately, the states do a poor job making sure the money isn't lost to fraud and abuse.
NASA's Feel Good Mission
NASA administrator Charles Bolden says that his "foremost" mission is to improve relations with the Muslim world. This head-scratching statement is made more bizarre by Bolden's claim that he received this instruction from the president himself.
USPS Wants Rate Hike
The long-term prospects for the U.S. Postal Service monopoly are bleak. To help stem the flow of red ink, the USPS intends to seek a rate increase. Only a government monopoly would try to raise prices when the demand for its services is plummeting. The rate increase will only push its already declining customer base to use cheaper, more efficient electronic alternatives.
Fiscal Commission Testimony
I testified to President Obama's National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform today on Capitol Hill. The Commission is tasked with creating a package of specific budget reforms by December to be considered by the House and Senate.
Selling Government Property
The federal government's real estate portfolio is massive: 1.2 million buildings and other structures with a total annual operating and maintenance budget of $19 billion. That's quite a carbon footprint.
Growth in Government Employment
The 1990s were a decade of rapid private sector expansion and federal government restraint. The 2000s are a decade of government expansion at all levels and private sector retrenchment.
Homebuyer Tax Credit Follies
When the 2008 economic stimulus bill created an $8,000 homebuyer tax credit to prop up the ailing housing market, the outcome was predictable: fraud and economic distortions.
Uncertainty More Than Anecdotal
During a recent CNBC debate on federal spending, I argued that government policies are creating uncertainty in the business community. Businesses are reluctant to invest or hire because they're concerned that the president's big government agenda will mean higher taxes and more onerous regulations.


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ZF-8027: No getAdapter() to parallel setAdapter()
Zend_Http_Client contains a setAdapter() method, but not a getAdapter() method. This makes various activities such as debugging (i.e. you need to figure out which adapter class is being used) more difficult.
getAdapter method added.
Is this issue's type a "bug"? (Maybe "Improvement".)
And, I fear that bug may be caused by getAdapter(). Adapter's method is not intend to using from other component.
If there is necessary to debugging, I suggest to doing write a Extend-Class.
I created new issue.
I updated Issue Type, Affects Version and Fix Version.
I don't think this patch is quite right:
Direct references to "adapter" in request() should instead use the new getAdapter(). (Or do $adapter = $this->getAdapter() to create a local copy, etc.)
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I have been offered a 1937 model U, which have not run since 1997. The owner claims its a kind of rarety as it has a single downtube frame.
So im questioning if this indeed a special bike, or just a Model U in a single dowtube frame. (And what is the story about change between single and double downtubes.)
And then the question is if this model U is worth almost 15.000 USD when I havent heard the engine. (Its police gray)
He claims that if I want to buy it, he will garantee that he can fire it up for me, but for the moment its in a display room, and have been there for quite some while.
The original owner who sold it to the dealer came with the traditional "If It doesnt start on the first kick its for free - otherwise its for my price, and apparently he bourght it"


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Fluidigm and 454 Life Sciences have agreed to co-promote their respective and complementary sample-preparation and sequencing platforms, worldwide. The firms say Fluidigm's Access Array™ system enables automated processing of 48 samples against 48 different amplicons, resulting in PCR products ready for PCR amplification and sequencing using 454's GS Junior or GS FLX sequencing systems. They suggest partnering their technologies will minimize the number of manual steps required for targeted sequencing applications, including genotyping and rare variant detection.
"We believe that the Access Array system and the GS Junior system are extremely complementary, allowing analysis of large numbers of sample/amplicon combinations in an affordable workflow, without the need for complicated liquid handling," remarks Christopher McLeod, president and CEO at 454. "In essence, a single Access Array plate on a single GS Junior System run generates as much data as hundreds, even thousands, of 96-well plates analyzed on a capillary sequencing system."
Fluidigm's Access Array is a microfluidic chip that allows the user to amplify 48 specific amplicons from 48 unique samples, effectively preparing 48 libraries in just a few hours. In addition, each sample can be differentially barcoded and tagged at the amplification step, allowing for multiplexing at the sequencing step and completely eliminating the need for traditional library preparation, Fluidigm claims. As an open platform, Access Array is suitable for any PCR-based sample-preparation application using the reagents and the primers of choice.
In April the firm released a protocol for the Access Array system to enable the sequencing of amplicon libraries using GS FLX Titanium Series reagents on the 454 GS FLX sequencing system.
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Keaton the Renaissance Woman
It's cocktail hour in the lounge of Shutters, an oceanfront hotel in Santa Monica, California, that's ordinarily a model of gentility. But today, Shutters' lobby has become the ad hoc headquarters for the American Film Market — the convenience-store equivalent of the Cannes Film Festival. B-movie producers from around the globe are in full hustle mode, looking for distributors. So preoccupied are they with The Deal, in fact, that they fail to notice Diane Keaton picking her way toward the hotel's restaurant. It's not as if she has come incognito either. From her attire alone, you can guess her identity: She wears a full-on Keaton uniform — a black beret jammed down to her eyebrows, tinted blue glasses, black fingerless gloves, a black turtleneck sweater, a fat black belt, black Marc Jacobs flats, a black flared skirt and…a pair of straight-legged blue jeans. ("It's easier to throw a skirt over jeans than to have bare legs," she says later when asked about the genesis of this farm-girl touch. "And I like the way it looks.")
The aspiring film moguls at the hotel might do themselves a favor by heeding the showbiz veteran in their midst. Denim leggings included, Keaton, now 61, is a study in star charm, acting versatility, and professional longevity, the latter made all the more remarkable by the fact that she has forged a unique path in life and work. "If she had wanted to, she could have been as big a comic star as Lucille Ball, but she is so creative that she has got a dozen other interests that occupy her attention," is how filmmaker Woody Allen sums up his onetime flame via e-mail, perhaps referring to the fact that Keaton is the director of short films, rock videos, and feature movies; a photographer; an art book editor; an adoptive single mother of two — a girl, Dexter, 11, and a boy, Duke, 6; a model for L'Oreal anti-aging beauty products; and a tireless celebrity spokesperson for the Los Angeles Conservancy, an architectural-preservation organization. In her spare time, she has been known to restore sagging landmark residences, such as the Colonial Revival-style home in Bel-Air that she bought for a reported $6 million, returned to its vintage hacienda-style glory, then flipped for a reported $17.2 million.
But Academy Award geeks prefer to think of her less like a Renaissance woman and more like the only leading lady to be nominated for best actress in each of the past four decades. Conveniently, those particular performances seem like touchstones in an ideal career trajectory for a woman in the movies: the girlfriend whose quirks are funny and whose seriousness is heartbreaking (Annie Hall); the committed, brainy, passionate lover (Reds); the selfless caregiver (Marvin's Room); and the smart, sexy older woman who gets to choose between two men, one younger and one age-appropriate (Something's Gotta Give). Mandy Moore, who costars as the teen daughter to Keaton's interfering mom in this month's Because I Said So, a romantic comedy (with both Moore and Keaton having romances), says it's hard not to take mental notes regarding on-set conduct when working with an actress with such an illustrious track record.
"It's quintessential Diane to make everything seem off-the-cuff, sort of fun and spirited," Moore says. "She makes it look like she's just coming up with it on the spot. But part of her process is putting in all this hard work. She's on her game: She knows her lines, what she's doing — she shows up on time. There's no phoning it in."
Moore also recalls a moment during filming when Keaton picked up on her costar's insecurity about a just-finished take, and suddenly the man calling the shots from behind the camera, director Michael Lehmann, had a collaborator.


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Biochemical genetic testing involves the study of enzymes in the body which may be abnormal in some way. They may be deficient or absent, unstable, or have altered activity which can lead to clinical manifestations in a child (i.e., birth defects). These types of disorders are usually called "inborn errors of metabolism" since they are present a birth and affect how the body's metabolism works. Metabolism is a term which describes how the body converts food to energy, and then gets rid of the waste products.
There are more than 200 enzyme defects that can be studied in humans. Sometimes, rather than studying the gene mutation which is causing the enzyme to be defective in the first place, it is easier to study the enzyme itself (which is the product of the gene). The approach depends on the disorder. For example, mutations in the gene which causes Tay Sachs disease can be studied. Although DNA mutation testing is available, the current studies do not detect all possible mutations. By performing a laboratory test for the enzyme that is deficient in Tay Sachs, you can pick up more cases than through DNA testing. Biochemical genetic studies may be done from a blood sample, urine sample, spinal fluid, or other tissue sample.
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I know it was mentioned how the players were arrogant and cocky but I didn't see anything about the fans. I was on the southwest hill and the fans in the WV section were arrogant, cocky, and some were just plain stupid. A WV fan yelled at some ISU fans about how we are a 6 win team and 6 wins sucks, a drunk old man was rubbing it in to some 10 year old ISU fans every time WV got a first down, and when someone on the hill yelled about how Geno was not in the Heisman race anymore someone yelled back "Neither is Knott" and was serious about it...I don't know...just some of the things I noticed today, didn't know if anyone else noticed it either...
I think some ISU fans seriously need to develop a thicker skin.
"That's what I do. I drink, and I know things." - Tyrion Lannister
"Success is just failure that hasn't happened yet." - life advice from Latrell Spreewell
One thing I can't stand is people who cheer for their own team. That simply has to stop.
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I thought their fans were really good. I didn't like the players as much but their fans were pretty nice. After what had heard before they can to the big 12 I've been plesentely surprised
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I thought their fans were really good. I didn't like the players as much but their fans were pretty nice. After what had heard before they can to the big 12 I've been plesentely surprised
Seriously, not a one of these players on any college football team would have made it to this level without a little arrogance. Don't confuse arrogance for being obnoxious or cheap. This is a difficult sport, where you get banged up mentally and physically.
The fans on the other hand have no reason to be arrogant, obnoxious or ******** on any team! Nothing wrong with cheering your team on but lay off the little kids. If you really want to pick a fight then at least target an adult not a child.
Fans were good. Players were bad. End of thread.
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ISU wins this thread doesn't exist. UNLESS Rex is in Morgantown next year, then he can have beef
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One thing I can't stand is people who cheer for their own team. That simply has to stop.
I agree. Unbelievable.
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On Nov. 23, Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs (BPOA) Commissioner Basil L. Merenda was sworn in by Secretary Pedro A. Cortés as the Department of State's deputy secretary for regulatory programs. Deputy Secretary Merenda continues to serve as the commissioner of BPOA.
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GOHCR released a draft strategic plan on Nov. 30 and announced a 30-day public comment period that has now concluded. The comments received are being evaluated in revising the plan. Comments are available at www.ohcr.state.pa.us, along with an overview document used for public presentations and Frequently Asked Questions.


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General Admission only (bring your best pic-a-nic basket) at $49.50 (steal); children 2 and under are free.
Tickets still available at Smith's Tix Outlets or call 801-467-TIXX, 800-888-TIXX or order online at smithstix.com. Tickets can also be purchased at Deer Valley Signatures, located at 625 Main Street, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., daily.
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5) Think you're the only one who's churlish and quick and funny and *gasp* ironic, think again Millennials. Interview footage in SF ('65)
4) Dylan and Ginsberg at Kerouac's grave (yes the Earth opened up and swallowed them whole)
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Coach McNeill Post-Practice Interview
GREENVILLE, N.C. - For the fourth consecutive day, warm and humid conditions greeted East Carolina at the Cliff Moore Practice Complex as head coach Ruffin McNeill guided his squad through a two-and-a-half-hour session in shells Monday morning.
Beginning Tuesday, the Pirates will enter another phase of preseason camp by wearing full pads for the first time and continue preparations for the camp's first of three scheduled two-a-day workouts Wednesday.
"We started out a little inconsistent, but I thought we finished with some good energy," McNeill said. "One of the things we're striving for is to have that energy each play and each series. We've had a very strenuous first three days with the conditioning that's been involved and the high tempo we're trying to create during practice. However, I like the way the guys finished today and the competition I saw out there."
Similar to Sunday's agenda, Monday's practice featured coverage skills, reads and ball security as points of emphasis for both the offense and defense. The final 25 minutes before the Pirates' conditioning work was spent in a team-on-team segment that pitted the top three units on both sides of the ball against each other instead of scouts.
True to McNeill's preseason pledge of creating a deep running backs corps, Pirate rushers were actively rotated in and out during an up-tempo team period. Redshirt freshman Chris Hairston perhaps turned in the most notable highlight with a 47-yard touchdown run during the latter portion of the drill.
"As I've said before, I'd like to be in a position to use a plethora of running backs or utilize a running back by committee of sorts," McNeill added. "Lincoln (Riley, offensive coordinator) and his staff have already starting utilizing certain guys in certain ways, whether it's Reggie (Bullock) or Torrance (Hunt) or Hunter (Furr) or Michael (Dobson) on particular plays. Chris Hairston is another who has stepped up and we should have Vintavious Cooper in the next few days as well."
NOTES: DB Nate Mays (Huntersville, N.C./Hough HS) replaced freshman OLB Dayon Pratt (family commitment) on the 105-man roster Monday ... Pratt is expected to join the Pirates when the roster expands to 125 when classes start Aug. 21. ... Preseason two-deep members OT Grant Harner (left ankle), OLB Jake Geary (left leg), OWR Antonio Cannon (illness), OLB Maurice Falls (left leg) and TE/RB Zico Pasut (concussion) were held out of drills or experienced limited action Monday because of injuries or illness ... All are listed "day-to-day" by ECU's Sports Medicine staff ... Tuesday's Practice Time: 8:45 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.; Season Opener: Sept. 1 vs. Appalachian State in Greenville (12 noon).


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Paulina Guzman and Annika Lenz made the 1-Meter finals on Thursday at the NCAA Zone E Diving Meet.
Three Bruins are represented at the NCAA Zone E Diving Meet, which run Thursday through Saturday.
Ten swimmers will make their way to Minneapolis at the end of the month for the NCAA Championships.
Noelle Tarazona finished second in the 200 Fly, while Katy Campbell placed third in the 1650 Free.
Freshman Annika Lenz led a Bruin contingent which made Championship Finals on Friday at Pac-12's.
Sophomore Katy Campbell and freshman Linnea Mack broke school records on Thursday at Pac-12's.
Quah, Senko, Loper and Dornick booked their ticket to the NCAA's. (Photo - Chuckarelei Studios)
The Bruins travel to Federal Way, Wash. for the four-day Pac-12 Swimming and Diving Championships.
Seniors Lauren Baker and Ting Quah each set Spieker Aquatics Center pool records on Monday.
Seniors Lauren Baker and Ting Quah each had two wins on Saturday at Spieker Aquatics Center.
Seniors Ting Quah and Paulina Guzman got #17 UCLA into the win column on Friday against #4 Stanford.
The Bruins will be on Pac-12 Networks twice this weekend when they host Stanford and California.


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Local fashionistas, maybe we are not the Big Apple, but Utah has been spreading its fashion wings and learning to fly high lately.
With the fall fashion season beginning, Fashion Place Mall participated in Vogue's Fashion's Night Out last night, showcasing five amazing fashion displays, along with runway models strutting their stuff.
Created by Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour in 2009, Fashion's Night Out started in New York and has already spread to 19 countries.
After I left the event, I felt like buying everything I saw, especially the hats. Although summer is almost over, hats are still hot. Don't worry if you didn't have time to go to Fashion Place to check it out. We went there to bring you some of the best runway shots. Take a close look at the cute dresses, gorgeous shoes and amazing hats that were the highest points of the show.