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Our Little Joe came to us in October 2004, just a couple of weeks prior to our 5th year wedding anniversary. He was the tiniest little thing. It's hard to believe that he was small enough at one time to sit inside a mug. At first it took some getting used to having such a small creature around. We were always worried about stepping on him because he wanted to be so close. When you looked for him you would never find him until it dawned on you to look straight down at your feet. He would sneak in to our standing shower when you were in there, undeterred by the droplets of water sprinkling his face. That was just the beginning of him being unfazed by things that would otherwise bother most pets. I will always remember his lack of fear and reaction to the riding lawn mower. He would sit, unmoving, eyes squinting and head ever so slightly averted, as grass flew and the mower moved very close along the side of him. As we saw what was happening, it was shocking, scary and funny all at the same time. It was like he was holding his ground and wouldn't budge – such a character, all 10 lbs of him!
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I used the OB office that had I used for my other female stuff-I really liked them and they had been recommended years ago to me. I actually saw the midwifes in their office for delivery.
I knew I wanted a home birth, so it really came down to finding a midwife that would do that. That leaves very little choice in my area. I had two to choose from, one local and one about an hour away. I really liked the local one, but she wanted to be paid 100% upfront and then have the insurance company reimburse me later. The second one asked for $650 by 36 weeks (to cover expenses that the insurance co can't be billed for), but would bill the insurance company for the rest, which for us worked out better. According to our VOB (verification of benefits), my insurance co should pick up the rest of the tab.
I do like/trust my provider as well, which I think is super important, no matter who one chooses.
The practice I go to is attached to the gyno I see; just in a different suite down the hall. They have a set of midwives and a set of doctors. I chose to see the doctors, just based on the care friends have received while having their babies. I don't regret it! I love them... and it's a good thing, because since I developed high blood pressure I have seen a LOT of them lately. lol
I chose which provider would give me the best possible natural birth on my terms in a hospital setting (homebirths were basically unheard of in my area until very recently and there are no birth centers in my state - boo).
This last time I did a home birth. I met with one of the midwives in the area and we clicked so well I didn't feel the need to search elsewhere. I also read up on reviews of hers. With DD3 & 4 I just used who I was assigned to on the base and if I didn't like them I tried a diff provider. With My first I picked a provider from the "book" and I liked her so much I used her for my 2nd as well.
I just moved, so I wrote a list of the closest hospitals/offices, and called and talked to them. I chose the office that was friendliest. As it turned out, not only was the office really close, but it's also IN the hospital I'll be going to , and literally right next door to my daughter's school. My doctor is completely and totally AWESOME! We actually just discussed birth plans, and she agreed with everything i want. She told me i need to go ahead and print up my plan so she has a copy, but she'll do everything how I want. She's sweet, understanding, listens/responds to all of my concerns and makes me feel comfortable. I told my boyfriend we can't move til we're done having children, because I don't ever want a different doctor, lol.
I didn't get a choice. I went to my doctors and they assignmed me a midwife.
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1. avengedfo7ld (Posts: 14; Member since: 25 Sep 2009)
first we get swype and now this! it really is christmas! works great!
2. crappypunk (Posts: 131; Member since: 15 Aug 2009)
I like it
3. *HOVA* (Posts: 564; Member since: 11 Dec 2008)
Can't wait to hear all the negative banter for this comment, but WTF is so great about this? iPhone has been doin it for years ladies. I love how you Droid lovers get all giddy about things the iPhone that you loathe has been doing for years *YAWN*
5. VZWtrainer (Posts: 50; Member since: 24 Jul 2008)
Yeah *HOVA* it's kind of like when iPhone owners got all excited this year when they could finally send mms on their toy when everybody else in America has been able to do it on basic flip phones for over 5 years.
6. *HOVA* (Posts: 564; Member since: 11 Dec 2008)
I've been doing it for years, nice try.
11. phoneguy (Posts: 193; Member since: 08 Jan 2009)
hey douche troll, carrier supported. BTW I have worked for VZW and I dont work for ATT. VZW does a good job training all their employees to be arrogant ignorant assholes.
17. SamTime (Posts: 253; Member since: 07 Nov 2009)
How is it that you justify giving the iPhone credit for something JAILBREAKERS do? So what if you've been sending MMS for years? It still doesn't mean the iPhone is the shit. Just like guys who take their Honda Civics and make them run 11-sec quarter miles; it doesn't mean Civics are the shit in the first place.
19. *HOVA* (Posts: 564; Member since: 11 Dec 2008)
Soooo what you're trying to say is modifying a phone with more/better features doesn't make it a better phone... Tell me how that make sesne. Are you a ratard?
21. VZWtrainer (Posts: 50; Member since: 24 Jul 2008)
Yeah but you had to jailbreak your phone to do it. Even though you (and others) were able to do this, a vast majority of people were not. This was publicly stated as one of the limitations of the phone until the 3Gs came out. Hell, even Apple/AT&T touted it as being one of the big upgrades of the 3Gs over the 3G. The iPhone has had many updates since it first came out; the DROID will as well. I am using SWYPE on my DROID (which I love) but it won't be officially available for a few months. So, for the average consumer, that is an advantage that the Samsung Omnia II has over the DROID. I'm not so in love with my phone that I try to claim that my phone is better than every other phone in every way imaginable, because there is NO phone on the market that is llike that.
4. remixfa (Posts: 14605; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
you can "swipe" on the cliq.. lol. hey hova, ever wonder why people dont like ibots? lol.. hey how are those widgets on the iphones customizable interface? oh wait.. lol.
7. *HOVA* (Posts: 564; Member since: 11 Dec 2008)
I can download apps and arrange my home screen and diff pages anyway I want, what's your point?
8. lilmoney30 (Posts: 7; Member since: 14 Sep 2009)
andriod is light years ahead of the icrap! The only thing the icrap has over android is about 10,000 more fart app's I love the fact that android lets YOU do what YOU want and not what THEY want! Im not trying to bad mouth HOVA, to each their own. HOVA go play with a android phone and see how you like its openness, Thats all Im saying.
12. *HOVA* (Posts: 564; Member since: 11 Dec 2008)
No bad mouthing here either. I have friends that have the Droid, I've used it, don't see what the deal is I guess. I get you guys hate the iPhone, but 98% of you have never owned one. If the Droid came out before the iPhone, maybe I'd have some more respect, but it does a lot of things the iPhone has been doing so that's where I'm lost about the hype. It's the first great phone for Verizon, but not the first great phone.
13. vzw fanman (Posts: 1976; Member since: 11 Dec 2008)
and i can say the same thing about the iphone... it's too simple and boring. i dont know how people have kept it for over 2 years.
14. *HOVA* (Posts: 564; Member since: 11 Dec 2008)
So you're agreeing the Droid is boring... Interesting. And I would agree in regards to the iPhone until you jb it. There's HUNDREDS of different themes you can pick from in Cydia. Not only themes but a neverending supply of modifications you can make to the phone. If it wasn't for Cydia, I probably wouldn't own an iPhone. I'm surprised Android hasn't caught on to this, I'd be much more inclined to consider it if they did.
15. vzwman (Posts: 385; Member since: 26 Oct 2009)
A hova, DROID DOES your mommy!
16. *HOVA* (Posts: 564; Member since: 11 Dec 2008)
Nah she thinks it's as lame of a phone as I do, no joke.
18. SamTime (Posts: 253; Member since: 07 Nov 2009)
Dude stop talking about Cydia. In no way is Apple responsible for that. That credit belongs to the jailbreaking community. Maybe you should be touting the jailbreaking community and not the phone? It would make a lot of sense right? They're the ones making up for iPhone's deficiencies. All smartphones are going to have deficiencies of some sort. If you weren't so enamored by Apple, you'd realize that. Call me when iPhone (without the help of the jailbreaking community) gets free turn-by-turn voice navigation, message notifications that don't get in your way all the damn time, wireless contacts sync without the need for mobileme, proper multitasking, and widget and background app support. Android phones get all those right out of the box (although DROID is the only one that gets Google Nav currently)!
20. *HOVA* (Posts: 564; Member since: 11 Dec 2008)
Wow it's someones time of the month. I'm not saying Apple is the greatest company in the world. I'm saying having an iPhone with the capability to modify every little thing about it is amazing. I've yet to see any Android phone that even remotely resembles the capabilities a jb'ed iPhone has. Sorry I didn't realize I was dealing with a bunch of ignants who can't grasp the endless possibilities of a jb'ed iPhone.
9. lilmoney30 (Posts: 7; Member since: 14 Sep 2009)
The Gallery app is beautiful! and if you root your phone, you can get rid of the other gallery app or hide the icon!
10. vzw fanman (Posts: 1976; Member since: 11 Dec 2008)
i love it!
22. chuck (Posts: 4; Member since: 31 Dec 2009)
Hova the iPhone is good but so is the Droid. The iPhone just got cut and paste? Its far from perfect. No removeable memory. And no removeable battery. It just got mms last year. No navigation. I like the iPhone but the motor Droid can go toe to toe with it. The bad thing is u don't have to jailbreak a Droid to do all the stuff u talking bout. Both phones are good but the Droid world is taking over. Apple is gonna have to come out with something new
23. beric08 (Posts: 2; Member since: 02 Jan 2010)
Hova I know one point you made was most of current Droid users never used an iPhone. Well having moved from Florida to Wyoming recently I had to do just that back in November because no gsm network covers up here. Anyway I have astonishing news for both of sides of the issue, both devices are fantastic. They both have their pros and cons but I will tell you the Droid has my ultimate vote on this one. I have actually designed apps for both the droid and jb'd iPhones and it seems to me development can be much more rapid on the Droid over the iPhone. I will say for the iPhone I miss the smooth music interface for the gym and also the pinch zoom browsing (moto Droid issue only). At the same time I do not miss the home screen layout on the iPhone. Sure you can move your icons around but I can add interactive widgets, hide any apps I don't constantly use, and make folders and shorcuts to specific people in my contact list. And with the app Home++ I am not limited to the three homescreens like most Droid users. Also another droid pro, NO DROPPED CALLS!!! This was epic! Clear, crisp quality. And the 5MP camera ain't too shabby either. The other thing you need to remember is that every phone has a target demographic. I happen to fall under both but have a preference between the 2. Hova I really think you would like the Droid but if you are content with your iPhone then keep it. Also lets not dog on people for liking the Droid because it is a safe choice considering they are so fast to have updates out and take care of problems so quickly. I think we should just all be happy with the phones we want unless we hate them :-P. Any way, Happy New Year


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I am always talking about my beloved flip-flops. They are a sign of summer, they are comfortable, and they make me happy. They're everything good about the Jersey shore wrapped up in a beautiful, yet simple type of footwear. They are my friends. And now they are gone.
This past weekend, I was getting out of my car, and when I tried to walk across the driveway, the top of the right flip-flop separated from the bottom and folded under. I'll be the first to admit, this wasn't my smoothest moment.
I honestly didn't know why I was feeling driveway under my foot instead of flip-flop, so I tried to lift my foot, but the folded flip-flop got caught and I started hopping around the driveway. The best way to describe it is stubbed toe meets icy sidewalk. Not pretty.
When I regained my balance and had a chance to look down, I saw it. My flip-flop had seen it's last day. I thought about Krazy Glueing it, but decided it deserved to go out with dignity. So now it's time to break in a new pair. When I go out with my new flip-flops for the first time, I know I'll talk about my ex flip-flops. It's wrong, but I'm not over them yet. Hope my rebound flip-flops understand.


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The legendary blues band face a huge fine for exceeding London's live music curfew limit during their O2 Arena concert.
Looks like The Rolling Stones are not going to get off the hook that easily. From estimates set out by tabloid The Sun, the legendary rockers are facing a huge $320,000 fine after failing to keep on track of London's strict live music curfew limit during their November 25 anniversary concert at O2 Arena.
According to reports from another site The Telegraph, the Stones were slammed with the fine for ending their Sunday show past 11 P.M. The current curfew demands that Sunday shows end at 10.20 P.M. and performers must be off the stage by 10.30 P.M.
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Shillong, July 17 (IANS) A top leader of the outlawed Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council (HNLC) escaped Wednesday from a hospital where he was admitted and two policemen who were supposed to keep an eye on him were arrested, police said.
Phyrnai Swer, a former Meghalaya constable-turned-lieutenant of the HNLC, escaped from the North East Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences Wednesday morning, a police official said.
A massive manhunt has been launched to recapture the rebel.
"We have arrested armed branch constables Meytush Sangma and Sanborlang Shylla for facilitating the escape of Phyrnai Swer from the hospital," Mariahom Kharkrang, the district police chief of East Khasi Hills, told IANS.
He said the duo will be presented before a court Thursday. "We are interrogating the constables and we hope they will spill the beans," Kharkrang said.
Phyrnai was arrested Jan 24 from his wife's residence at Iawmusiang in Jowai town after he sneaked into India from Bangladesh.
Before joining the HNLC, Phyrnai was the chairman of a Meghalaya-based Retrieval Indigenous United Front outfit. He was arrested with all his other founding members.
The Khasi outfit is fighting for a sovereign Hynniewtrep homeland in the eastern part of Meghalaya.
The HNLC stages hit-and-run operations from hideouts in Bangladesh. Meghalaya shares a 443-km border with Bangladesh, part of which is porous, hilly and unfenced and thus prone to infiltration.


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Craving Mexican? Mapping Little Mexico in Santa Barbara
January 18, 2011 - Julia Austin
If you live in California - anywhere from San Francisco to Long Beach - you're probably something of a Mexican food elitist. Which particular city has the most authentic fare is a pretty heated debate here - and most locals know it's kind of like religion - you don't bring it up at a dinner party.
on left: The Los Arroyos Burrito
However, I'm going to go out on a limb here and say Santa Barbara is "it" when it comes to the real deal. About a two-hour drive from LA, the seaside town is a city that embraces the coral-tinted, stucco architecture of actual towns in Mexico. It only makes sense that a lot of the local fare is inspired by the same culture.
Without further a-do: here are my favorite eats in Santa Barbara.
Los Arroyos
The downtown eatery - one of two locations - is basically stuffed in a wall between a deli and a smoke shop. Los Arroyos became wildly popular for it's hard-to-believe reasonable prices, the most extensive salsa bar in town, and food so flavorful you are a little confused when you leave NOT feeling sickly full….
That's because Los Arroyos doesn't use the sodium-saturated refried beans or sweet-like-candy margarita mixes that bigger chains do. Everything—including the fluffy tortillas and addictive chips—is made in house. Nothing on the menu exceeds $25, unless of course you are splurging on the wine list, which features mainly local grapes.
One of my favorite dishes is The Carne Campestre. You get to try a little bit of everything in this one. A tender, juicy steak is accompanied by corn or flour tortillas (or both!) grilled onions, beans and rice, fresh sour crème and guacamole. And for breakfast, don't miss Johnny's burrito. It's not your usual Huevos Rancheros - the textures in this tightly wrapped concoction are so smooth and comforting (just what breakfast food should be) with warm, soft red potatoes, pinto beans, piping hot cheese and sour cream. Simple and satisfying.
The restaurant gained such a crowd (one that could no longer fit on the street outside as wait time to be seated grew to 45 minutes to an hour DAILY ) that the owner—Tony Arroyo, who worked his way up through multiple Santa Barbara restaurants before opening his own—opened up a second location in the star-studded neighborhood of Montecito. Among others, Oprah, Michael Douglas, Steve Martin and Paul McCartney can be found choosing Los Arroyos over the over-crowded and over-priced Lucky's steakhouse across the street. Even the celebrities seem to appreciate the low prices…
By the way, your meal comes with entertainment Friday through Sunday night, with either a live Harp or Spanish Guitar player sitting under the Palm Tree archway in the front.
El Paseo
Maybe you have been to (or at least seen on one of the hundreds of movies about vacations in Mexico) one of those breathtaking restaurants within a beach resort, where the waitresses are adorned in typical, old world, off-the-shoulder blouses and full floral skirts, moving between lush palm trees and fountains. Well you don't need your passport to find such a place.
Off the beaten path, El Paseo is one of those places the locals have to tell you about. Just off of the ever-buzzing State Street (where Old Navy, Starbucks and College Bars sit, so you get the picture) El Paseo is tucked within an alleyway of shops that does for a moment make you feel that you are in Mexico. When you step off the narrow path of Cobble Stones and into the large heavy doors of the restaurant, you'll see why the entrance feels the need to make such an impression—you are transported when you get inside. Boasting two levels of seating (it's so great to people watch from the upper level) the restaurant has a half-outdoor feel with trees bursting out of the ground sporadically around the room, twinkling with tiny white lights. A trickling fountain sits in the middle, and a generously sized Cantina-style bar is situated just off to the side of the main dining room.
You will forget that just outside the doors of this dream-like destination the first language of the citizens is English…
Another vacation-invoking detail, the tableside fresh guacamole. The tamale-flipping chefs in the back are happy to have an audience, so go say hello!
I'll be honest though, you come to this place for the atmosphere. The food is merely satisfactory—all the traditional dishes like Taquitos and tamales—but nothing above your seaside, tourist town meal. Appetizers are priced at around $12, Entrees $15-$25. But really, do go for the atmosphere! It's truly an experience in itself.
La Superica
We've covered the cute and well-priced, we've done the elegant, hopefully you trust me enough now to be open to the idea of a slightly tilted, green and broken down shack in one of Santa Barbara's reputed "dangerous" areas. It's really not dangerous, by the way. So few places in Santa Barbara are - it just doesn't have mansions lining the streets!
You don't have to take my word for it though. Julia Child reviewed this joint and called it one of her favorite taco spots. Whoa.
La Superica will regularly have a line around the block, but it is SO worth it. This is authenticity at it's…well…most authentic. Located on Milpas Street, the restaurant sits in the neighborhood most Santa Barbarians refer to as "Little Mexico." The food can only be so good because the nearby inhabitants would not stand for any place commercial.
Get ready for plastic chairs, a sun-patio, over-crowded seating area, and ordering at a window - cash only! Possibly feeling guilty for the less-than-elaborate décor, prices are cheap, cheap, cheap! A plate of tacos goes for about $5.
But, you won't be disappointed. My favorite item there: Horchata. A surprising chilled beverage made with rice milk and cinnamon. It's actually the perfect drink to temper any spice. Other Mexican restaurants in town offer this drink, but none come close to La Superica's recipe. When sediments of real cinnamon cake at the bottom of your cup, you know you're drinking the real deal.
The options for Mexican restaurants in Santa Barbara are as dynamic as the inhabitants. But tourists, locals and celebrities alike frequent these three I've listed. The bikini-clad girls on roller skates by the Pier may allure you closer to the Seafood restaurants, but don't leave Santa Barbara without a serving (or 3) savory, South of the Border fare. Hey, at least you'll be able to join in on the heated debate over which California city does it best.
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BOLTON duo Old Bolts and Castle Hill both won 3-1 to maintain a big points gap between them and the rest of the Premier Division.
Julian Stevens' Bolts, who are looking stronger title favourites by the week, dispatched bottom club Hesketh Casuals 3-1 with a professional performance.
Rob Rostron's Castle did likewise at lowly Old Blackburnians, but continue to look over their shoulder due to having played more games than the chasing pack.
Old Bolts never looked like dropping points on Saturday, even after Hesketh – who only had 11 men – pulled it back to 2-1 on 80 minutes.
On another day, Matt McClellan could have had a double hat-trick. As it was he had to settle for an assist in dummying Nick Holt's cross for Tom Whittaker to break the deadlock after 25 minutes.
Paul Wheatcroft prodded home the second from close range 10 minutes later after Darren Dalton's shot had been parried by the visiting keeper. Dalton completed the scoring on 85 minutes after slotting home a Rob Taylor centre.
"It was nothing spectacular, but we were always in control and it was a job well done," said Stevens.
Castle Hill are seven points behind Old Bolts having played two games more, and five ahead of third-placed Failsworth Dynamos having played four more.
"It's tight but we're still hanging on to that second spot," said Rostron. "We've just got to keep winning our games and see where we finish.
"Second would be great, but we finished third bottom last season so finishing third or fourth this time will be a good reward for our rebuilding job and we can go on and continue to build for next season."
The Tonge Moor men, who won the title two years ago then lost their whole team en bloc, went ahead on Saturday when Lee Smith fired through the keeper's legs after good work on the break from Saul Rostron.
Then Carl Henry scored two carbon copy goals in between an Old Blacks reply, getting his head on to shots from Neil Holmes and Jason Perry to change the direction of the ball.
"We were totally in control," said Rostron. "Their keeper was incredible, without him it would have been seven or eight easy."
Little Lever, who are two places down in fourth, dropped points at Bury GSOB but almost pulled off the comeback of the season.
They were 4-0 down well into the second half before pulling it back to 4-3 with goals from Scott Bingham, Lee Valentine and Ash Williams.
Howe Bridge Mills edged the clash with fellow mid-table Horwich Victoria 2-1.
Without seven first-team players unavailable due to a stag party, Howe Bridge took the lead through a Dominic Shinks penalty after Rick Trew had been brought down on 20 minutes.
Sean Farrimond made it 2-0 on 55 minutes with a rasping drive from 35 yards.
Horwich never gave up, and in an incident-packed injury time Connor Hicklin headed in a consolation in a goalmouth melee and they had Chris Ashton and Ross Crompton sent off for second yellow cards.


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VAN WERT, Ohio — Doris R. Scott, 87, of Van Wert, died at 12:05 p.m.
Sunday, March 16, 2014, at Van Wert Inpatient Hospice Center.
She was born April 6, 1926, in Paulding County, Ohio, to the late Emma (Myers) Smith and Harley Smith.
Her husband, William H. Scott, died Oct. 28, 2013. Their anniversary is May 28, 1949.
Survivors include children: Judy (David) Mead of Columbus, Ohio,
Susie (Harvey) Stoller of Van Wert, and Nancy Garibay of Maumee, Ohio,
four grandchildren: Zach (Heather) Stoller, Nick (Chrissy) Stoller, Alex
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She was preceded in death by brothers: Earl Smith and Clare Smith, and a grandchild: Becca Mead.
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Hot off the presses, and new to ASP.NET MVC (Preview 5) is an awesome capability that (in my opinion) revolutionizes the way we design web applications. This feature is being touted (by me) as "the ViewState for MVC".
A common challenge of web applications is passing complex types and (more difficultly) stateful objects from one page to another. This difficulty is due to the disconnected nature of the web. There have been many attempts to solve this problem (sessions, ViewState, etc), but ASP.NET MVC's new "Model Binders" functionality definitely takes the gold medal for being the cleanest, simplest and most powerful.
We're going to build a couple of simple MVC pages, one that display a list of customers and the other displays their address details. You can download the solution at the end of the article (compiled for Visual Studio 2008 SP1 / ASP.NET MVC Preview 5).
ASP.NET MVC Model Binders give you the following benefits:
The idea of using a ModelBinder to pass tokenized objects that live in your data model is not the typical usage. You could use them to define how other complex objects that aren't serialized into the query string get passed into your methods, but purpose of this article is to show a more extreme example to demonstrate it's power and capabilities.
A more common usage for ModelBinders would be to build your complex object from a form post. Example:
By the end of this article, we'll see how easy it is pass complex "Customer" objects around our application and we'll talk about how to create unit tests to ensure the quality of our methods. Our customer information will be stored in a SQL database, and the customer class will be generated by the LINQ to SQL as a concrete representation of a record in our database.
Before we dive into our application, let's take a look at a snippet of code and see how MVC model binders make a difference.
To demonstrate this functionality simply, consider the following scenario. You're looking at the "List" page for your users. The list of users is in an HTML <table>, and the first column is a link to that user's "Edit" page.
Let's assume our link will produce the following URL: "/Users/Edit.aspx?UserID=123". In traditional ASP.NET, we would probably have the following code at the top of our page.
This may not seem that bad, but if you think about it, we'll have to re-write this code in every page that we want to pass a user object to and for every parameter that we need to have passed to the page. This approach isn't very object oriented, and you're constantly reminded of the fact that you're just grabbing data out of the query string.
Now, notice the difference between what you have to do in traditional ASP.NET, and ASP.NET MVC (thanks to Model Binders):
Notice how much simpler that was? OK, so you might be wondering "where is the code?"... "How is the 'currentUser' parameter being passed in?" Now it's time to see the magic.
Because ASP.NET MVC is designed to make things simple and easy to use, creating and registering your own Model Binders is a quick task. There are really only two things you have to do to handle the 'serialization / deserialization' part, and there is one simple line of code to register your custom model binder with the MVC framework. Let's break it down here.
First of all, we need to decide how we want to 'tokenize' our object (meaning, what string representation do we want to make so that we can get our object back later). You currently have three options here, but I would like to see a fourth one by the time MVC goes live (I'll explain in a minute).
Essentially, the three choices you have all boil down to the same thing:
I'm going to use this third approach because it's simple, but you certainly could go with one of the above. In some cases, it would be best to use the first choice (the IConvertible). You may want to choose this so that you can free up your "ToString" method to provide a user-friendly looking string representation of your object, and then use the ConvertTo method to provide your memento.
Example: 'ToString()' might return "Khouri, Timothy", and 'ConvertTo()' might return 'ID:1234'.
I mentioned that I would like to see a fourth option soon, and this one I think is the most powerful. As you will see below, ModelBinders give you the option to "restore" your object from the string token that is provided. I would like to also see the code that converts *to* that token in this same model binder.
There are many great reasons for this, but the most important I can think of is to give you (the developer) the ability to convert classes that you didn't write into whatever format you want. i.e.: DateTime to serialize as "yyyyMMdd".
Because my "Customer" class is being auto-generated by LINQ-to-SQL, I'm going to create a class file that extends it a little to provide my own "ToString" method. This is not an "extension method", but rather just a partial class file. Here's my code:
Basically, this will convert any instance of a Customer class to a string that looks something like "CwAAB0__". Now, I need to make my ModelBinder that will take that string, convert it back to the ID of the Customer, and then re-create the Customer object (which in this case, will be a simple task for LINQ-to-SQL).
As was mentioned before, creating our own custom ModelBinder is very simple. We're going to inherit from "DefaultModelBinder", and then override the "ConvertType" method. The 'value' object that gets passed in could be a string, or an array of strings, so I'll have to check for that. Here's the code:
That's it! We've now created a ModelBinder that will tell MVC how to convert that token back into a real, tangible Customer object. Next we'll see how to register and use our custom parameter converting model binder.
In our global application file (Global.asax), we are already registering our routing information for MVC (which tells the framework where to look for our Controllers and Actions). Now we're going to add this simple line of code that tells the MVC framework to how to reconstitute our Customer class. Here's the code:
There is no better way to fully appreciate what is happening here other than seeing the result for yourself. In my 'list customers' page, I'm building the link to the details page in a very object-oriented way:
Here's is what our page will look like:
And here is the details page. Notice the URL. If you scroll up you'll see that I never told MVC to call the parameter "targetCustomer", but MVC automatically figured that out because that's what the parameter is named in my "Details" method.
As I stated above, I wanted to mention why this approach is good in terms of testability. Basically, because this bit of functionality is so small and specific, it is fully testable. You can use your favorite 'mock' framework to create a FakeHttp request with your token in the query string, and see if it correctly creates the Customer class.
As a side note: don't forget that my model binder is hitting the data access layer, so if you are going to create unit tests you'll want to also mock the DAL as well.
And now, here is the solution (compiled for Visual Studio 2008 SP1, ASP.NET MVC Preview 5): SingingEels_MVC_ModelBinders.zip
For a more indepth explaination of testing, including a demo project, continue reading here: Test Driven Development with ASP.NET MVC.
Timothy, I am almost certain you've completely missed the mark in extending DefaultModelBinder the way you have. Model binding, or data binding in general, is used to sync the properties of one object to another. For example, you would sync the value of a text field to a model property.
Not only that, but you should be using more restful-style URLs, so you would have Customer/Details/1 instead of what you have.
One last point, and it is major--you wouldn't every want any database interaction going on during the binding process.
Ugh.. it is a nice article in spirit, but the risk is people are going to make these mistakes in real code...
Good points - I'll address them in order of easy to more lengthy :)
1) About the URL's - You're absolutely right, I basically cut that corner for the sake of time (not much time, I know).
2) Regarding the database interaction during binding: This one is difficult for me to address, because I think it would take a 3 hour conversation in front of a white board. In many ways, and in many circumstances I would agree with you. I think that in time, MVC will have a more expressed way of doing what I'm trying to achieve in the article, and using a ModelBinder may not be it.
Lastly, I might have missed the original intent of the extending the DefaultModelBinder... but all that is in the release notes on the subject is "Custom binders allow you to define complex types as parameters to an action method." - again, I think more clarity will come in time, and I'll jump all over that when it does.
I really appreciate your comments. I'm always worried that my articles won't be clear on what I was thinking, and I would hate to see someone doing bad code based on what I said.
I thought the whole point of ModelBinders was to create objects from fields in the form. The only responsibility of the binder would then be to match form fields to properties on the object.
In your example I think the action method should take an integer as a parameter and fetch the customer from the database there. That would play nice with restful url's.
Hi Timothy,
Overall nice job describing custom model binders, I think comparing model binders to ViewState is a bit of a stretch though. Model binders are about mapping form fields and their values to your server side objects, something the ViewState has no role in doing.
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Dive Tribe - Busy 3 Months
It's been a little while since we last posted, but this is not to say we are not busy here at DT. The very fact that we haven't posted gives you an idea of our work load over the past 3 months. Clownfish releases, artificial reef installation, Starting a Seahorse Survey Site and installing steel cabled mooring system to one of our wrecks here in Pattaya are just some of the projects we have been involved in this year. So lets start with the Seahorse Project, since Dr Lynn's visit to our seahorse site , we have decided to make it easier to survey. The problem with the site is it would be almost impossible to run a straight transect line through the site and get the data required, it would be just too random. The Reason ? The site is between 50 to 60 concrete cubes scattered across the sea bed, some of these cubes may be piled on top of each other. So as you can see this makes it a little difficult for a fixed transect. Dive Tribe developed what they believe is the best method to count seahorses and also to help facilitate accurate mapping of the site using a system of small mooring buoys numbered and attached to each cube. So far 30 buoys have been installed with our good friends at Seafaris Dive Centre in Pattaya and we have had a few practise runs with volunteers on collecting seahorse data from the site and the system works quite well. One thing we did notice was although the buoys worked well, unfortunately in just under a month they are completely encrusted with barnacles.Rather than removing them we will be just adding small waterproof numbers to the buoys. Lesson Learnt !! In the not too distant future we will be offering a seahorse speciality through Dive Tribe, that our customers can come and learn about the ecology of these cool little critters and learn how to collect the data we require to help with their conservation. We are also hosting a Sea Horse Workshop in Pattaya at the end of the month with Dr Tse-Lynn Loh and we will give the dates on our facebook page over the next few days so keep an eye on our page. Meanwhile if you do have any seahorse data, photographs or information remember to go and share it with the good people at iSEAHORSE. Your information can greatly help the team protect these creatures from possible extinction ...Thanks Team at DT


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A DINGHY capsized in Portland Harbour.
Coastguards were alerted but before the RNLI lifeboat could be sent to the scene just before 5pm yesterday, 400 metres off shore, a vessel from the Sailing Academy was able to recover the dinghy and two men aboard.
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168 Little Collins Street Melbourne, Victoria 3000
|Opening hours
|Mon-Sat noon-3pm, 6pm-late
|Accepts bookings, Bar, Business lunch, Gluten-free options, Groups, Licensed, Long lunch, Romance-first date
|Expensive (mains over $40)
|David Dellai
|Diner's Club, eftpos, AMEX, Visa, Mastercard
|03 9654 6778
ROMANCE, CAME THE ORDER from on high. Find a restaurant bursting with romance. A place where hope can assume a higher form than a rose wrapped in cellophane. A place to woo, and be wooed.
So where to choose? Come Thursday, arts undergraduates will be crossing chopsticks at I Love Pho while condemning the day's heteronormativity, and the European car set will be comparing diamonds at Stokehouse. Going regional, the Healesville Hotel has more romance than you can poke a stick at, but I'm a little biased, thanks to having become engaged there - in the car park, next to a dumpster. Long story. Let's move briskly along.
The Italians. It's got to be the Italians, and Il Bacaro has it all sewn up. Last time I ate there, the couple at the next table devoured each other between courses. The waiter just shrugged and said it happens all the time. I believe him - it's that kind of place. And if you're determined to go the floral route on St Valentine's Day, I highly recommend one of their fried zucchini flowers oozing with crab and ricotta. Not bad value for $9, either, although I'd prepare for bill shock, especially if your beloved wants to go steady with a wine list that offers Old World temptations that you should expect at a restaurant named after the god Bacchus.
Plates of lightly fried pale calamari on rocket are an indication of the client base the kitchen is careful not to alienate. Chef David Dellai flits easily between simple Italian bistro classics and setting the dial to contemporary with an Italian accent. They coexist nicely, the bonding process aided by waiters (all male - what is it about Italian restaurants and their masculine normativity?) who can be charming without getting all overbearing about it, and a dining room that channels the lively sophistication synonymous with the city's Latin power-eating hotspots.
Dellai has been there 11 years, which has clearly been time enough to nail exactly what the diners want. Things like the very modern crudo of kingfish and ocean trout, for example - laid out on slate, the jubes of fish are dressed conservatively but with elements that come at the dish from different angles - pickled cucumber, sweet red grapes, bottarga mayonnaise and whole pink peppercorns. It's the way the bottarga adds a salty dimension and the minty crunch of the whole peppercorns that lingers.
And he's never more successful than when he takes one of the benchmarks of Italian cuisine - like his pasta, semolina tagliolini with lemon worked into the springy, elastic ribbons - and does a bit of forward thinking, tossing it with parsley and lemon rind, little dried tomatoes, plenty of oil and butter, with glistening red swatches of sashimi tuna laid over the top and the salty staccato of salmon roe. There's really not much to it but - dio mio! - it's a sexy dish.
Roast capretto - roast goat - flies the flag for unfussed Italian classicism a la nonna. It's a Roman-style wet braise, all white wine and tomato with soft kipflers and crunchy green beans, truffled pecorino lifting it above the domestic. The ribs make for good nibbling, although it's slightly underseasoned.
The venison gets more art direction: salt-sprinkled loin, medium-rare, in a foie gras-intensive mustard-coloured puddle; a tartare, rich and gamey, lifted by bitter nibs of cocoa. There's a busy support cast - parsnip crisps, tiny cubes of pickled beetroot and beetroot puree - but it doesn't fall off the cliff into frippery.
The signature dessert stands out from Il Bacaro's dignified repertoire. A steamed cheesecake made with agave nectar, it has a texture like putty and provides the elegant eye of a kiddie storm of fairyfloss, popping candy, honeycomb, crystallised violet and violet ice-cream. This frantic assemblage apparently sells its socks off. Deployed against such youthful high jinks is a sour sheep's yoghurt panna cotta on the verge of collapse, berries at their summer best and crunchy meringue.
Il Bacaro remains physically unchanged from when it opened in the mid-1990s. Timber venetians, richly honeyed walls of wood veneer, a white marble-topped horseshoe bar. No need to change the template when it works so well.
Same goes for the package as a whole. Il Bacaro isn't about pushing boundaries. It's deliriously comfortable in its own skin. And isn't that what attraction is all about?
The best bit Italian charm
The worst bit Wine prices
Go-to dish Kingfish and ocean trout crudo
Wine list A lovely, lengthy (and pricey) ode to Italy
Vegetarian One entree, one pasta
Noise An enveloping babble
Service Smooth and charming
Value Middling
Parking Street or paid
Outdoors No
Wheelchairs Yes
How we score
Of 20 points, 10 are awarded for food, five for service, three for ambience, two for wow factor.
12 Reasonable 13 Good if not great 14 Solid and enjoyable 15 Very good 16 Capable of greatness 17 Special 18 Exceptional 19 Extraordinary 20 Perfection
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Thor: The Dark World is just weeks away from hitting the big screen, and the anticipation has naturally been rising in recent months.
Shane Black's Iron Man 3 was a brilliant start to Phase Two for Marvel, and Alan Taylor's next entry in the studio's Cinematic Universe is sure to be a lot of fun too.
Following the extended trailer that landed online this week, teasing snippets of new footage, Marvel has released a new character poster for Natalie Portman's Jane Foster, via Pop Sugar, along with releasing a character poster for Jaimie Alexander's Sif hitting the battlefield.
Marvel's "Thor: The Dark World" continues the big-screen adventures of Thor, the Mighty Avenger, as he battles to save Earth and all the Nine Realms from a shadowy enemy that predates the universe itself. In the aftermath of Marvel's "Thor" and "Marvel's The Avengers," Thor fights to restore order across the cosmos…but an ancient race led by the vengeful Malekith returns to plunge the universe back into darkness. Faced with an enemy that even Odin and Asgard cannot withstand, Thor must embark on his most perilous and personal journey yet, one that will reunite him with Jane Foster and force him to sacrifice everything to save us all.
Chris Hemsworth is of course front and centre once more as the eponymous Thor, with Portman and Alexander heading up another stellar ensemble, alongside Tom Hiddleston, Idris Elba, Christopher Eccleston, Anthony Hopkins, Stellan Skarsgård, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Kat Dennings, Tadanobu Asano, Ray Stevenson, Zachary Levi, Chris O'Dowd, and Rene Russo.
Taylor (Game of Thrones) is directing from a script penned by the studio's go-to scribes, Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely (Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Captain America: The First Avenger), who co-wrote it with Christopher Yost (The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes).
Thor: The Dark World will be released in 3D and IMAX 3D on 30th October here in the UK, with its US release date following on November 8th.


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Vergara v. State of California, No. BC484642 (LA Sup. Ct. 06/10/2014), a trial decision made final on August 28, holds that specified California statutes relating to teacher tenure are violations of student equal protection and State Constitutional provisions regarding the creation and maintenance of a public education system.
As the trial court anticipated, an "intense public debate" has begun. U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan issued a modest Statement:
"For students in California and every other State, equal opportunities for learning must include the equal opportunity to be taught by a great teacher. The students who brought this lawsuit are, unfortunately, just nine out of millions of young people in America who are disadvantaged by laws, practices and systems that fail to identify and support our best teachers and match them with our neediest students. Today's court decision is a mandate to fix these problems.
This elicited a parry from American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten: "[T]eachers across the country are wondering why the secretary of education thinks that stripping them of their due process is the way to help all children succeed."
For some, the focus will be on further examining our public school education system, and for others, the subject of the opinion are rules questioning "guild" rules governing a profession.
The statutes in question are Education Code section 44929.21(b), dealing with permanent employee status or tenure; sections 44938(b)(1) and 44938(b)(2), 44934, and 44944, relating to dismissal of teachers; and section 44955, specifying that "Last-in-First-Out" will govern reductions in force.
Section 44929.21(b) prescribes that after two consecutive years, employees shall be given permanent employee status at the beginning of the following school year. Employees are notified the March prior to the end of their second year, which means that in effect, they teach for about one and a half years before administrators decide to grant them tenure. The system "does not provide nearly enough time for an an informed decision to be made."
Sections 44938(b)(1) and 44938(b)(2), 44934, and 44944 require that in proceedings for the dismissal of a teacher, the State cover at least half of the administrative costs, including lawyers' fees; travel, meal, accommodation, and facilities costs for the hearings; and the teacher's salary if he or she has been removed from the classroom. The requirements are too time-consuming and too expensive to implement in all cases.
Section 44955 mandates that when a teacher lay-off or other reduction in staff occurs, school districts will dismiss the most recent hire first, and the oldest hire last. Thus, date of hiring is the only criteria for order of layoffs, unless the administrator can prove that another teacher's specific skill or certification is absolutely essential for students' learning needs.
These statutes were found unconstitutional because they permit a significant number of "grossly ineffective teachers," estimated from 2,750 to 8,250, to retain their positions and undermine the effectiveness of public education for all students in a "direct, real, appreciable, and negative" manner that "shocks the conscience." This is particularly true because these teachers disproportionally affect poor and minority students.
No legally cognizable or compelling reason underlies the teacher early tenure provision. The dismissal provisions represent "uber due process" that is unnecessary given the standard Skelly dismissal rules for public servants. The lay-off rules are "unfathomable."
The trial court established that education is a fundamental right in California. Section 1, Article IX of the California Constitution States:
"A general diffusion of knowledge and intelligence being essential to the preservation of the rights and liberties of the people, the Legislature shall encourage by all suitable means the promotion of intellectual, scientific, moral, and agricultural improvement."
This provision has been in effect since 1879.
Brown v. Bd. of Education, 347 US 483 (1954) stated that "it is doubtful that any child may reasonably be expected to succeed . . . if he is denied the opportunity of an education [and] where the State has undertaken to provide it, [it] is a right which must be made available to all on equal terms."
The State bears the burden of showing that distinctions drawn in fundamental areas of education are supportable under the Constitution. If the State differentiates between students, the differentiation is a suspect classification for which there must be a compelling justification. (Serrano v. Priest, 5 Cal.3d 584 (1971) and 18 Cal.3d 728)
In Butt v. State of California, 4 Cal.4th 668 (1992), the California Supreme Court stated:
"[T]he California Constitution makes public education uniquely a fundamental concern of the State and prohibits maintenance and operation of the public school system in a way which denies basic educational equality to the studenst of particular districts."
The court's decision to utilize constitutional law to gainsay teacher "guild" rules was hedged with its explicit limitation of its decision to the evidence before it and acknowledgement that the decision would be the subject of "intense political debate . . . "
However, each point in the discussion was directly or implicitly buttressed by substantial evidence and the bottom line was that the State had failed to meet its burden of demonstrating a "compelling interest justifying a suspect classification."
On appeal, the decision, issued after trial, will be governed by the substantial evidence rule. Substantial evidence is evidence "of ponderable legal significance, … reasonable in nature, credible, and of solid value." (People v. Johnson (1980) 26 Cal. 3d 557, 576)
When a trial court's factual determination is attacked on the ground that there is no substantial evidence to sustain it, the power of an appellate court begins and ends with the determination as to whether, on the entire record, there is substantial evidence, contradicted or uncontradicted, which will support the determination.
When two or more inferences can reasonably be deduced from the facts, a reviewing court is without power to substitute its deductions for those of the trial court. If such substantial evidence be found, it is of no consequence that the trial court believing other evidence, or drawing other reasonable inferences, might have reached a contrary conclusion. (People v. Johnson, supra, 26 Cal. 3d 576-577)
Given the parameters of the substantial evidence rule, the statement of State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson, one of the defendants, "that the Court's ruling is not supported by the facts or the law," may not be a particularly fruitful approach on appeal.
After all, the State had the opportunity to introduce evidence to meet its burden of proof under strict scrutiny and necessarily left the decision to the judge. The process of appeal on this ground essentially reduces itself to a careful examination of the trial transcript and the logic of the trial court in teasing a decision from the facts.
The Notice of Appeal is hardly more informative than Torlakson's statement as to the State's strategy on appeal. The Attorney General argued that a decision of such scope needed to be made by a higher court and that the judge in this case had failed "to provide a detailed statement of the factual and legal bases for its ruling."
However, decisions of great scope are often made by trial courts, being courts of general jurisdiction, and appellate courts exist only to correct them on matters of law. As to the latter ground, the decision is what it is, and whether it is detailed enough is not necessarily a basis for reversal.
All these suggested bases for appellate action probably represent only the State's desire to technically initiate the appeals process without being especially concrete. Reference to the State's April 10 Post-Trial Brief might be a better source for what will be argued on appeal.
The Brief, not having even the benefit of the June 10 trial court's tentative ruling, does address some of the key issues picked as significant by the trial court. The Brief claims that the "grossly ineffective" teachers are not identified and that there is no basis for stating that the plaintiff students were ever affected by them. A fortiori, the plaintiff students were never affected by the "guild" statutes in question which permitted the bad teachers to be retained.
Therefore, the plaintiff students had not been harmed in a substantial way as had the students in Serrano or Butt. In those cases, the defaults in financing those students' school districts necessarily must have negatively affected all of them.
Unfortunately, the Brief evidenced no prescience of the trial court's decision to review the matter under the strict scrutiny test and we have no indication in it of the State's approach towards countering this key legal ruling. The more the State argues that the evidence does not show harm, the more an appellate court will ask why the State didn't definitively prove the lack of harm. Any defects in the "harm" argument are arguably the result of the State's misreading of its burden of proof or its tactical decision to defer its admission of evidence on this point.
The State might more productively address not the sufficiency of the evidence on appeal but rather legislatively examine whether the statutes in question adequately balance the rights of students to an adequate education against the myriad employment rights now accorded to teachers. Such "political discourse" is a rational response to "the current intense political debate over issues of education" such as teacher tenure and the State's uncertain prospects on appeal.


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Clock Changes in Pangkal Pinang, Bangka-Belitung, Indonesia (Pangkalpinang) in 2012
Daylight Saving Time (DST) Not Observed in Year 2012
Pangkal Pinang observed Western Indonesian Time (WIB) all year.
Daylight Saving Time has not been used since our records start, in 1970.
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Classic winners repeat as Denver moves into lead at NCAAs
MIDWAY, Utah — Second time was still a charm for the University of Vermont's Anja Gruber and the University of Colorado's Rune Oedegaard, who both repeated as NCAA title winners in their respective classic races at Soldier Hollow Thursday (March 6). Senior Gruber and Junior Oedegaard did what they could to give their respective teams a leg up in the overall standings, but Denver still punched into a 51-point lead over host school Utah.
Although some skiers opted to start in short sleeves and even a few brave souls wore shorts, the warmer weather didn't diminish speed on the women's 5km and men's 2-lap 10km course which was fast and in great shape for the top collegiate racers from around the country.
"Last year it was incredibly exciting and I never really expected it. I was so pumped. I think I knew this year that I was in really good shape and my classic skiing has been working well, but it's one thing to have a good race and it's another thing to win. … This is really pretty amazing right now. I would have not bet on myself that I could do this again," said Gruber. "Everybody's just really tight on our team this year, and it helps so much. You could never do this by yourself."
Although many competitors questioned if warming temperatures would deteriorate the track, Gruber was impressed by what she found on the race course.
"It was way better than I expected. We skied here yesterday … and it was amazing, but we expected it to be like two days ago when it was soft and slushy and the pole tracks were kind of breaking in. I was really excited when I went out," added Gruber. "It held up amazingly and the people here did a fantastic job. The course was awesome."
Denver freshman Sylvia Thorson Nordskar from Norway, this season's RMISA MVP, posted a time just over nine seconds off Gruber's winning pace to finish in second despite the fact that she has been battling a fever and flu-like symptoms.
"I have been sick for two weeks and I had a fever (last) night, so I'm not in my top shape which is sad, but I'm very happy with this result. I pushed so hard, so it worked out well," said Nordskar. "Everyone can get through 5K, even if they're sick since it's so short. … But since I felt so bad this morning and last night, I wasn't sure how it was going to be but I'm really happy with second place."
Hoping she would be able to find some strength for the freestyle race in two days, Nordskar admitted the classic event took its toll on her.
"I don't feel very good now. I have to go home and rest and get healthy and hopefully get a good race on Saturday."
University of New Mexico Lobo Eva Severrus rounded out the podium in third. In a demonstration of the spread of talent, the top six skiers in the race all represented different schools. In addition to Nordskar's second-place effort, Denver had Makalya Cappel in seventh and Silje Benum 13th to win team scoring with 80 points.
With the forecast calling for rain and temperatures climbing into the low 50's by early afternoon, the start time of the men's race was moved up 40 minutes to 10:20 a.m. even though the final women's competitors were still on course at the time.
Oedegaard, a junior from Molde, Norway, also successfully defended his title from last March and claimed his 13th career win to set the new Colorado nordic skiing record and keep his team within 58.5 points of Denver.
"This has been a big goal for me the entire season," said Oedegaard. "Obviously the biggest goal of the season is to win, to be the top at NCAAs. It's good because it means so much for my teammates too, all the guys who are back at Boulder. We have a really strong team. … Unfortunately there are only three people who are allowed to ski here, so there are five guys back in Boulder who mean a lot for us. So I have to thank them too for the effort today."
Denver had all three of its racers finish in the top eight, led by runner-up Pierre Guedon, Moritz Madlener in fifth and Trygve Markset eighth.
"I had some trouble in the second lap; it was hard to finish this race. I was fighting with Niklas Persson, so we helped each other and it was very nice," said Guedon. "We always try to do our best (as a team). We knew that if we were racing like we did all season long that we could take the lead. That's what we did, and it's just great for the whole team. But it's just half of the work now, there's still one race for alpiners and one race for us still."
Guedon's race partner, Utah's Persson, rounded out the podium in third. However, none of his men's teammates were able to finish inside the top 25, and the team's scoring took a hit as a result.
Utah accumulated a combined 83 points in the men's and women's classic events, allowing them to hold onto second place as Colorado, the defending national champion, closed the gap on the Utes, who they trail by only 7.5 points.
Although Gruber claimed the women's title, there was a noticeable lack of Eastern skiers represented in the top end of both races. Dartmouth's Annie Hart in 11th was the next fastest EISA skier behind Gruber. In the men's race, Dartmouth's Silas Talbot was the top-ranked Eastern skier in 14th. There were no audible grumblings about missing the wax, but some skiers did note the altitude, over 5,000 feet at the venue, may have played some role.
The leader at the midway point of NCAA championships had won six titles in a row until last year, when Vermont led Colorado by 21.5 points through four events only to be upset by a Buffalo rally on the last day. Still, the team in the lead at the halfway mark has claimed 10 of the last 13 championships.
The 2014 NCAA Skiing Championships continue Friday with the men's and women's slalom races at Park City Mountain Resort. The scheduled start time is 9:00 a.m. MT
See the gallery that accompanies this article here.
Susan Theis and Claire Abbe contributed on-site reporting for this article.
Day Two recap video (courtesy of NCAA)


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The Olympic gold medalist says he's never invited to play strip pool by the Prince and he's 'kinda happy' that he missed the game.
Ryan Lochte, Prince Harry's pal in Las Vegas swim race, has offered his thoughts on the royal game of strip pool that happened after their impromptu match. In an interview on "Today" show, the gold medalist said he's relieved that he was never invited to the afterparty.
"After our race we went our separate ways," Lochte said. The 28-year-old athlete, who was in the Sin City to celebrate his Olympic win and birthday, then admitted that he was "kinda happy" that he didn't participate in the strip billiards. "I don't need that," he reasoned.
Of how he met the Prince, Lochte recalled, "We were at the same pool party, and his people came over to my table and said, 'Hey, Prince Harry wants to meet you'." He added, "He was like, 'You want to race me in the pool?' I was like, 'All right, let's go'."
Talking about Harry, the swimmer gushed, "You know how he's a part of the royal family and everything, but he's really a nice guy. He's really talkative and he really wanted to meet me and honestly wanted to race me. I thought that was the coolest thing."
Prince Harry jumped into the pool with his jeans on, but later took off all his clothes when playing billiard with some female guests inside his VIP suite. Soon after the photos of his naked self made their ways out, he got an offer to pose in the buff for Playgirl.
"I think what we all started to decide right away was just how much money the offers would go out for him," Playgirl publisher Vincent Stevens told E! News. "There's no way in the world that he would ever consider this but you're talking about numbers in the six figures right off the bat."


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