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This is the second post in our review of Java web frameworks (last week we covered Vaadin). Today's hero is Grails, a web framework by Pivotal, who is also responsible for Spring Framework and a bunch of other valuable technologies. Grails accounts for 7% of all Java Developers according to our Developer Productivity report.
Framework Description
Grails is a full stack framework. It is not just an MVC, but also includes ORM, GSP view technology and a build system. According to the official website:
Grails is an Open Source, full stack, web application framework for the JVM. It takes advantage of the Groovy programming language and convention over configuration to provide a productive and stream-lined development experience.
I want it! How can I get it?
Obviously, you go to the website and download the latest version (2.2.2 for me) http://grails.org/download. Grails comes with a console – just like Play! or Ruby on Rails. Using this console you can create a project (creates directory structure and configuration files, installs the default plugins), start the application (uses Apache Tomcat/7.0.39) and create scaffolds for a lot of classes: domain model, controller, service etc. It does not feel like a classical Java enterprisey development. There is a Grails plugin for Eclipse, IDEA and NetBeans. Tooling includes some fancy features, such as jumping from a class to a corresponding service/controller/domain class. Console can also be integrated into the IDE.
To start using Grails you also need to learn Groovy, so it's two new technologies for most of the new users. The good thing about Groovy is that it's nearly a superset of Java language, i.e., almost any valid Java code is also valid Groovy code. If you don't know how to write something in Groovy – write it in Java.
Grails comes with a reloading mechanism out of the box, but it has some limitations and you may still want to use JRebel if a part of your project is in Java.
Grails in action
After installing Grails and an Eclipse plugin I have created a new Grails project. The actual creation is delegated to the Grails console. After this is done you can already run the project from within Eclipse and see the Grails welcome screen with the application status, installed plugins and available controllers. Right click on the project – Grails Tools – and you can create a whole bunch of stuff using scaffolding. Lets create a domain class Rebel and add two fields: String name and Integer redeploysPrevented. Next step is generating the view and controller which is done by a single command which takes a fully-qualified name of the domain class as an input. Here is an extract from the generated controller:
class RebelController {
static allowedMethods = [save: "POST", update: "POST", delete: "POST"]
def index() {
redirect(action: "list", params: params)
def list(Integer max) {
params.max = Math.min(max ?: 10, 100)
[rebelInstanceList: Rebel.list(params), rebelInstanceTotal: Rebel.count()]
def create() {
[rebelInstance: new Rebel(params)]
def save() {
def rebelInstance = new Rebel(params)
if (!rebelInstance.save(flush: true)) {
render(view: "create", model: [rebelInstance: rebelInstance])
flash.message = message(code: 'default.created.message', args: [message(code: 'rebel.label', default: 'Rebel'), rebelInstance.id])
redirect(action: "show", id: rebelInstance.id)
Now lets look at an extract from the generated GSP:

<g:message code="default.list.label" args="[entityName]" />

<g:if test="${flash.message}">

${flash.message}

<g:sortableColumn property="name" title="${message(code: 'rebel.name.label', default: 'Name')}" />
<g:sortableColumn property="redeploysPrevented" title="${message(code: 'rebel.redeploysPrevented.label', default: 'Redeploys Prevented')}" />
<g:each in="${rebelInstanceList}" status="i" var="rebelInstance">

<g:link action="show" id="${rebelInstance.id}">${fieldValue(bean: rebelInstance, field: "name")}</g:link>
${fieldValue(bean: rebelInstance, field: "redeploysPrevented")}

<g:paginate total="${rebelInstanceTotal}" />
As you may note, the main difference from JSP is the default Groovy
taglib with
g namespace and the Groovyfied EL.
If you want to understand more Groovy take a look at our review of Groovy in our Adventurous developers guide series.
A test class with 8 fully functional unit tests will be also autogenerated. A link to the controller appears on the main page and we can already perform CRUD operations. This scaffolding can even deal with one-to-many, but not many-to-many relationships.
What if we need something more complicated in the UI? Then either create it yourself in GSP with a possible addition of Javascript or find a specific plugin, that will do your job for you. Plugin manager is also available from IDE.
Decided to add authentication with Spring Security? Or started using some NoSQL solution like MongoDB or Neo4j? Or want to add caching capabilities? There is a plugin for that! Actually a lot of them (OVER 900): http://grails.org/plugins/. Plugins provide a Groovy API for a lot of well-known Java libraries. And they are super easy to install – just add
compile ":lib_name:lib_version" line to your build script.
What's under the covers?
Grails' MVC functionality is covered by Spring MVC, GORM is actually a facade for Hibernate. Both of the technologies are very mature and functionality-rich, thus one may assume that Grails user will also benefit from them while enjoying the simplicity provided by Groovy. Groovy's build system Gant is a Groovyfied version of Ant and GSP's are Groovyfied versions of JSP's.
My Feelings about it
Grails' simplicity rocks. Next time I will need to implement some small-to-medium CRUD application I will consider using Grails. The setup is very fast and scaffolding saves a lot of time. But once you need to implement something more complex, it is questionable, whether I would recommend Grails. On one hand Grails have powerful Spring and Hibernate under cover. On the other hand – will Grails make it more simple to implement a huge project or will it just just add another layer of abstraction which may cause some problems itself. Need to try before answering this question. That's why we ask you, Grails users to share your thoughts in the comments.
Want to know more?
There is a huge amount of information out there. Documentation section is actually a wiki, which can be modified by any logged in user http://grails.org/edit/Documentation. It has an official manual http://grails.org/doc/latest, tutorials http://grails.org/tutorials, screencasts http://grails.org/screencasts, a sample app https://github.com/grails-samples/grails-petclinic/archive/master.zip and more. If that is not enough, then look through the mailing list http://grails.1312388.n4.nabble.com/ or search through nearly 12k grails-tagged questions on SO http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/grails
What does it cost?
Grails is free and open-source, though you can buy enterprise customer support http://www.springsource.com/services/enterprisesupport or consulting services http://www.springsource.com/groovy-grails-consulting from Pivotal.
How can I contribute?
You can raise and review issues in JIRA http://jira.grails.org/browse/GRAILS, edit wiki and the user guide, provide code fixes and create plugins.


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|Transient Ischemic Attack
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Observational Model: Cohort
Time Perspective: Cross-Sectional
|Official Title:
|Markers in the Diagnosis of TIA
- 'Definite' Diagnosis of TIA [ Time Frame: After 6 months of follow-up ]Determined by expert panel consisting of 3 neurologists
- Ischemic stroke and other cardiovascular events [ Time Frame: During 6 months of follow-up ]Assessed in the medical records of the GPs
- Time delay to GP consultation and start of treatment [ Time Frame: 1 day of home visit ]
Biospecimen Retention: Samples With DNA
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|September 2013
|Estimated Primary Completion Date:
|March 2016 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Patients suspected of TIA by the GP
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A Transient Ischaemic Attack (TIA) does not cause permanent damage of brain tissue, but the risk of a subsequent ischemic stroke in the short term is high. Timely recognition of TIA would result in early treatment and reduce the risk of ischaemic stroke, and other adverse cardiovascular events.
To improve the management of TIA adequate diagnosis is of imminent importance. However the diagnosis is notoriously difficult, for both GP and neurologist.
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- To assess the time delay and factors related to delay in patients suspected of TIA.
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350 adult persons suspected of TIA from primary care.
Recruitment of patients will be performed at the general practices of 200 GPs in the vicinity of 4 to 5 participating hospitals. During a home visit a research nurse collects a blood sample, and takes two health-related questionnaires. Participants will be referred by their GP to the regional TIA outpatient clinic for additional investigations, including brain imaging. The diagnostic accuracy of a set of biomarkers will be assessed with the 'definite' diagnosis of TIA by a panel of neurologists as the reference standard.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
|Sampling Method:
|Non-Probability Sample
Inclusion Criteria:
- Being adult (18 years and older)
- Presenting to the GP with a new episode of symptoms suspected of TIA and the GP considering further investigations to confirm or exclude TIA at the TIA outpatient clinic.
- A blood sample can be collected within 72 hours after onset of symptoms.
Exclusion Criteria:
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- Valid history taking is impossible because of severe cognitive impairment or insufficient knowledge of the Dutch language.
- Patient with a life expectancy of < 6 months.
- Patient is not willing or able to give written informed consent
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01954329
|Contact: Louis Servaas Dolmans, MD
|Julius Center UMC Utrecht
|Utrecht, Netherlands, 3508 GA
|Sub-Investigator: Faas LS Dolmans, MD
|Principal Investigator: Frans H Rutten, MD, PhD
|Sub-Investigator: Marie-Louise EL Bartelink, MD, PhD
|Sub-Investigator: Jaap LJ Kappelle, MD, PhD
|Sub-Investigator: Arno W Hoes, MD, PhD
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Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
|Responsible Party:
|F.H. Rutten, MD, PhD, UMC Utrecht
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01954329 History of Changes
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|Study First Received:
|September 26, 2013
|Last Updated:
|June 12, 2015
Keywords provided by F.H. Rutten, UMC Utrecht:
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Ischemic Attack, Transient
Brain Ischemia
Cerebrovascular Disorders
Brain Diseases
Central Nervous System Diseases
Nervous System Diseases
Vascular Diseases
Cardiovascular Diseases
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Liquidnet Names New COO in Bid to Boost Revenues
Liquidnet, a firm that enables institutions to anonymously trade large blocks of stock, is looking to give revenues a shot in the arm through two executive appointments.
The company announced the hiring of John Kelly as chief operating officer, tasking him with driving revenue on a global basis across each of its trading networks. It also named Lugene Forte as its head of sales and trading operations in the U.S. She'll now have complete oversight of the company's domestic equities business and will report to Kelly.
Before joining Liquidnet, Kelly worked alongside former Goldman Sachs president John Thornton, providing advisory services to private investors and management around the world, the company said. Meanwhile Forte was a senior vice president at Investment Technology Group, where she presided over its algorithm trading service, Liquidnet added.
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Sam's Club will join the tenant lineup at Stirling Bossier Shopping Center in Bossier City, La., according to an announcement by Stirling Properties.
Garrison Investment Group of New York City announced it has acquired Louisiana Boardwalk, a 562,520-sq.-ft. open-air, mixed-use development on the waterfront of Bossier City, La.
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a resident of Alamo
on Sep 28, 2008 at 1:49 pm
It is wonderful that the mayors of Danville, San Ramon, Dublin, Livermore and Pleasanton can all get together, share information and solve transportation and traffic problems.
But where or where is Alamo in this article? We have no voice.
Sharon Burke
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on Oct 6, 2008 at 9:48 am
Dear Editor,
Iron Horse corridor neighbors in the greater Walnut Creek area including Alamo are asking for an explanation of why our area is considered part of Tri-Valley transportation planning. Tri-Valley residents predominantly used the 580 corridor and 680 south for access to commercial and recreational interests and have little reason for northern access via 680/24. This, according to a CalTRANS report, illustrates the issue of Tri-Valley residents using 680 North/24 as alternative routings and a significant needed role by the City of Walnut Creek in representing the impact on the 680/24 exchange among Tri-Valley governments.
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"Dragon Ball Z Bio-Broly" In Which Toei Fires Their Human Writers in Favor of Monkeys
You know, with all the filler Toei has created over the years you figure they'd be good at it by now. Sure, sometimes the writers get lucky, but more often than not, they fail miserably. The 11th Dragonball Z movie, Bio-Broly, could've used a four-leaf clover or twelve.
It's been a while since Broly was defeated by the Son family (Goku, Gohan, and Goten) in the last movie, but of course the Legendary Super Saiyan wouldn't die for good. He's a featured movie villain! Unfortunately, Goku's still dead, Gohan and Vegeta are… busy… so the only ones who can stop Broly this time are Trunks, Goten, Krillin, and 18. And Hercule, who's here to put off giving 18 the 20 million zeni he owes her for throwing the World Martial Arts Tournament Battle Royale in the series (the only way you can put this into anime continuity is if you pretend Buu and/or Babidi never existed).
Unfortunately, Broly's just as strong as ever, and this time he's covered in green goop. So not only do our heroes have to defeat an angry Super Saiyan with no shred of personality left, but they have to deal with a Swamp Thing reject as well!
There's a reason fans call this the worst Dragon Ball Z movie ever. You've got a reused villain in a crappy get-up, Goten and Trunks being annoying as always, plus some really forgettable one-timer humans. You'd think that this movie might make a nice change of pace, since Goku, Gohan, Vegeta, and Piccolo are nowhere to be found (Goku appears in the last few minutes, and Vegeta and Gohan appear in the credits, but that's it), but it seems nobody can write a good story without Goku somewhere in there. To make matters worse, the film's ending is unbelievably anti-climactic, with the heros' chosen takedown move sure to be an object of derision.
The actual designs aren't even all that new. The mutated warriors here aren't nearly as interesting as the bio-fighters in The World's Strongest (now that was a DBZ movie!), the main villain is even more mindless than the last film, and the humans look like a bunch of random citizens out of the original Dragon Ball. The entire movie has a sci-fi B-movie feel to it, akin to a Frankenstein rip-off you'd see on Mystery Science Theater 3000. Maybe making two DBZ movies a year was too much on the Toei design crew. Heck, the only good points about this movie are some scenes with 18 and Hercule and the end credits with Gohan and Vegeta taking care of Baby Goten and Baby Trunks.
Animation is pretty much the same as any other DBZ movie, that is, only slighter better than the series. Heck, the actual animation isn't even used as well as in Super Android 13 or even the first Broly flick.
The music is also more of the same. The soundtracks in both versions are not all that different from anything else heard in DBZ. The English version sounds like the previous movies (composed by Mark Menza) rather than the series (composed by Bruce Falconer), but you get my point. Voices are, again, pretty much the exact same as before. You either love one of the versions, or you don't. No standout performances here. In fact, 18 even sounds a bit off, as if Meredith McCoy had been away from the role for so long she had trouble getting back into it. One thing that did irk me was that the dub had Jaguar and the shaman know Broly's name as well as the fact that he was the Legendary Super Saiyan, when they should know nothing about all that stuff.
FUNi has finally realized that no one reads the character bios and nixed them. Unfortunately this leaves the disc without any special features. Dearly as I love Fullmetal Alchemist and Samurai 7 trailers, they're not extras. We don't even get the Japanese commercials with this. On top of that FUNi still includes un-skippable commercials, and there's really no excuse for that.
This movie is for DBZ die-hards and completists only. If you want to get started on this series, I recommend Dead Zone, The World's Strongest, or Super Android 13. Thankfully, this is the last of the crappy DBZ movies. I guess after this disaster Toei hired some writers.


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AUSTRALIA'S Mark Webber will start from the second row of the grid in today's Bahrain Grand Prix, with Red Bull teammate Sebastian Vettel grabbing pole.
Defending double world champion Vettel claimed his 31st pole of his career but first of 2012 when he outpaced McLaren's Lewis Hamilton by just 0.098 seconds during qualifying last night.
Hamilton's McLaren teammate and fellow Briton Jenson Button will start on the second row with Webber.
The other Australian in the field, Daniel Ricciardo, was sixth for Toro Rosso, giving him his best qualifying spot in his fledgling career.
The speedy top four were able to push last weekend's maiden formula one victor Nico Rosberg down to fifth with a thrilling final flurry of laps. His Mercedes teammate, seven-time champion Michael Schumacher, was dumped out of qualifying in Q1 when he also was restricted to one run only by a technical problem with his Drag Reduction System.
''We are back at the front and I owe it to the guys in the team,'' said a relieved Vettel, who had scraped unconvincingly through both Q1 and Q2 before shining in the top-10 shootout. ''They have worked so hard, put in the hours and not had much sleep in these first four weekends this year.''
Webber said he, too, felt satisfied and confident. ''We are back at the front and that is the place to start races from,'' he said.
The desert circuit produced much slipping and sliding, with the air temperature at 32 degrees and the track temperature at 43.


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Cranes could rise above the Channelside district this fall if a developer wins approval to build a multifamily residential project.
The Miami-based Related Group hopes to construct 360 apartments on vacant land just north of the Towers of Channelside. The four-story units could eventually be switched to condominiums.
The firm sees long-term potential in the Channelside district because of it's proximity to many downtown jobs, said Steve Patterson, president and chief executive of Related Development LLC.
Rents would range from about $1,250 to $2,200. The four buildings and two parking garages would take about two years to build. Patterson said the project's cost will not be determined until plans are finalized.
Although the project is in the early stages, the company would like to break ground in the third quarter. Patterson said feedback from district residents has been favorable.
"We feel good about this," he said.
The firm bought the land, 5.8 acres, from Regions Bank for $6.5 million in December.
The project would border 12th Street, Whiting Street and Meridian and Cumberland avenues.
The city has been working with the company to shape its plans, said Mark Huey, Tampa's economic development administrator. The project has the potential to draw hundreds of residents to the district and attract even more retail and service operations, he said.
"We're excited that they believe in the progress of this district," Huey said. "It is very positive news."
The public, Huey said, can learn about the proposed plans at the Florida Aquarium on March 23 at 5:30 p.m.
Multifamily buildings are the hottest commodity in the real estate market, and experts expect the sector to be the top performer in commercial real estate this year. Very few apartment buildings have been built recently in Tampa Bay.
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The program 'A day at the Acropolis Museum' invites visitors to spend a day at the Museum enjoying a range of activities such as music events, gallery talks, films and much more. It's a great way to spend your weekend on one of the most visited places in Athens. More info here
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Grid Computing, IEEE/ACM International Workshop on (2004)
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DOI Bookmark: http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/GRID.2004.48
Renaud Wanschoor , University of New Brunswick, Canada
Eric Aubanel , University of New Brunswick, Canada
Mesh-based applications, such as those that involve the numerical solution of partial differential equations, may be able to take advantage of the performance of computational grids. To do so will require mesh partitioners that take the heterogeneity of the computational platform into account. Recent work in our group led to the creation of a heterogeneous mesh partitioner, PaGrid. We present a redesigned version of PaGrid, which uses estimated execution time as a cost function in all levels of multilevel refinement. It takes into account the characteristics of the application (computational complexity and size of messages) and of the computing platform (processor and network speeds), and balances the estimated execution time of processors. This results in partitions with up to 60% lower estimated execution times than METIS, a homogeneous partitioner, and similar improvements over JOSTLE, a heterogeneous partitioner. PaGrid achieves this in a reasonable amount of time, taking only two to three times longer than METIS.
Renaud Wanschoor, Eric Aubanel, "Partitioning and Mapping of Mesh-Based Applications onto Computational Grids", Grid Computing, IEEE/ACM International Workshop on, vol. 00, no. , pp. 156-162, 2004, doi:10.1109/GRID.2004.48


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US Ambassador to Israel Martin Indyk said on Friday that the Jewish state should "share" Jerusalem with Christians and Muslims as Israeli and Palestinian negotiators in New York grappled with possible solutions to the dispute.
"Yerushalayim, a city so sacred and special to Jews, yet holy to Christians and Muslims too. There is no other solution but to share the Holy City," Indyk said using the Hebrew name for Jerusalem while receiving an honorary degree from its Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion.
Palestinians backed off their demand Friday for full sovereignty over all of east Jerusalem, suggesting that a consortium of Islamic states take ownership of the area's disputed holy sites as separate US-mediated negotiations with Israel were due to resume in New York.
"It is possible to envisage solutions to all of the issues before us, even the toughest ones like Jerusalem and it is possible to reach a historic agreement that will put an end once and for all to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict," said the US ambassador.
Israel captured east Jerusalem along with the rest of the West Bank and Gaza Strip in the 1967 Middle East war.
The Jewish state nonetheless claims all of Jerusalem to be its "united and eternal" capital, despite UN resolutions.
The Palestinians hope to make east Jerusalem the capital of their future state - JERUSALEM (AFP)
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By Leo Paik
From: Westminster, Colorado
Nov 20, 2001
|Don't lick your picks or eat the ice from the aqueduct from Clear Creek. I got Giardia from this across by doing this from some routes across from the 1st tunnel last year. The worst part about it was that I didn't get symptomatic until I was just below Chasm Lake on the way to do Alexander's or Smear.
By rich purnell
Nov 27, 2001
|Went up to Clear Creek today wishing for some steep ice but only found some choss rock to drytool on and is it good!!!!www.m9ice.com
By Leo Paik
From: Westminster, Colorado
Jan 1, 2002
|Matt says it's "bone dry"
By J. Thompson
From: denver, co
Mar 22, 2002
|Climbed in Clear Creek yesterday. Everything is still there and in fairly good. The second tier of the flow just west of Little Eiger had the best ice. It's not visible from the road.
By Anonymous Coward
Nov 5, 2002
|For those who can't quite get up to the Park, we'll save ya the look see. Clear Creek's traditional flows uphill (Mickey's?) and downhill (Coors?) from Little Eiger are virtually dry. Couple of icicles on the downhill one. There is a bit of ice at the 1st tunnel making for a couple 25-30 foot TR dribbles (M5 and a bit ice to a rock overhang) but it won't tolerate too many ascents. Unfortunately, it seems all the water is diverted from the aqueduct into the creek upstream from the climbs.
By Furthermore
Nov 17, 2002
|I went rock climbing on 11-17 in Clear Creek and I was able to check out the ice climbing spots. What I saw was very little ice and that it was mostly wet rock.
By Leo Paik
From: Westminster, Colorado
Jan 23, 2003
|1/23/3 update: With Matt's report, was itching to see Clear Creek. Believe it or not there is some ice up on the N side just past the 1st tunnel. Not worth the effort, mind you. The 1st flow (WI2-) in the trees is actually in. The ice is not solid over the river. The long flow (unknown name) from a number of years back is not in. The 2nd flow (Coors...) is meager. Matt told me he did play on some dry tooling heinous (for me) stuff up on the upper pitch about 2 weeks ago. The 3rd flow (Mickey's) has ice. However, pitch one is not in good lead condition. Perhaps a delicate TR. Yeah, and that boulder with the 2 bolts does not seem well anchored/frozen in. The 2nd pitch is in much better, as a wide flow tapering to a runnel. Not like 2 years ago where it was a fat curtain. WI3-. Oh yeah, next one up there should bring a link or two. One of the anchor rings has a crampon or tool chunk taken out of it. Didn't notice til I had to rap.Maybe a bolt anchor would be better (if anyone out there has a decent drill).
By Tom Walker
Feb 20, 2006
|Climbed Coors Lite today. The bottom was really fat probably the fattest I have seen, the short middle section was wet, and the upper section was not in great shape - pretty beat up and old, brittle ice. The left side is not really in and the right side can be hooked. Be careful not to break off the few remaining ice cycles on the left side of the upper section.
By Kyle Kunkle
Jan 26, 2007
|Lots of ice up Clear Creek Canyon!!! Have fun.
By Darren Mabe
From: Flagstaff, AZ
Sep 3, 2008
|They are probably a little thin right now.
By Dave Weaver
Dec 3, 2008
|Anyone been up to Boulder Canyon to see if there's ice?
By jessecrock
Dec 17, 2008
|Anyone looked at Clear Creek for any ice yet?
By Mark McConnell
Jan 7, 2009
|I went up last night and discovered that the pipe is gone?!? No more farmed ice above Mickey's??? Anyone know why? It's just the original cascade again.... It's in enough to climb... but it's not as fun as it used to be with the pipe pouring water everywhere!
By Phil Magistro
Dec 3, 2009
|Does anyone know what conditions are like here now?
By Tom Walker
Feb 20, 2010
|Climbed Clear Creek this morning. The ice is filling back in with snow melt. The water was running pretty good on the left side of the upper falls and was very brittle on the right side. DId 7 pitches before the third group showed up.
By Bob Daigler
Dec 26, 2012
Any ice yet up Clear Creek?


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I've always been a little bit of an oddball, even among my family members. Didn't help that I'm a leftie, didn't help that it used to be a tremendous struggle for mum to get me to eat the same food as the rest of the family (hated vegs). Didn't help that both my elder sisters were relatively easy to take care of, and I had to be the one getting into trouble with
– lighters (burned my finger medium rare),
– pencils (stabbed myself at the right sideburn, the broken lead is still in there to prove it),
– crochet needles (stabbed myself in the right knee–that was truly a freak accident)
Just a few childhood misfortunes to recall.
I solemnly swear that I do not have masochistic tendencies…I think.
It also proves a point: Mums are still the best; it's a tough job trying to keep their kids alive. Especially so in my case, because given the amount of trouble I got myself into, I know that she had on many occasions very much wanted to do me in herself.
Thank god she didn't, because I am sometimes convinced that my primary purpose in life is to clear the fridge for my mum. Some time back, she bought a bagful of granny smiths, because "SALE" is a very dangerous word. The beautiful thing about my mum is that she loves apples in general, but of all the apple varieties out there, she doesn't fancy granny smiths.
Sale. Dangerous.
I know she doesn't mind granny smiths that much if they turned up in the form of tarts. I also suspect it was her ploy because days after I ignored the apples, she promptly hinted, "The apples and my efforts of lugging them back are going to waste. Heavy, you know?"
But apple tarts don't appear on their own, you know? Good thing I had some leftover sweet tart dough in the freezer, recipe courtesy of Pierre Hermé! I could produce pumpkin pie spice apple tarts in a snap :D I didn't glaze it or anything–just a simple, healthy version to ease mum's conscience about eating anything that contains butter. Couldn't help sprinkling some sugar for luck, though.
So there, apple tarts for the apple of my eye! Thanks mum, for keeping me alive, for your apples, for the ordeals and arguments. At least I know we could both agree on apple tarts :))


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Feeding the post is an underrated aspect of basketball, but NC State perfected the art in feeding sophomore center Tracy Smith the ball to the tune of a career-high 31 points Wednesday in rallying for a 88-68 win at the RBC Center.
Smith came off the bench and dominated the lane going 10 of 15 from the field and an astonishing 11 of 11 from the free-throw line, all in just 23 minutes of action.
"I just feel good," Smith said. "I was just jumping up and down because I was wide open in the back every time, and they found me.
"I just tried to come in and step up the energy. I think I did that and we stepped the game up."
Smith crushed his previous career-high of 14 points against North Carolina Greensboro on Nov. 30 this season, and also set a new career-high in rebounds with seven. The 6-foot-7, 232-pounder scored most of his baskets near the rim or by dunks. The 100 percent accuracy from the foul line might be the most important long-lasting impact from his breakout performance.
Smith shot only 52.4 percent from the line last year, and though his shot seems more fluid this season, he only has connected on 33 of 63 free throws for the same identical 52.4 percentage coming into the game.
"I actually liked both of them [scoring 31 points and going 11 of 11 at the line]," Smith said. "I'm getting my touch back at the free-throw line. I'm just concentrating and shooting. I just work on them in practice. I try to make 100 out of 125 before I leave."
Towson shooting guard Josh Thornton came out firing to start the game, making four three-pointers in the first 7:08 of the game to build the lead up to 21-11, but toward the tail end of his shooting spree was when Smith checked in.
Smith scored his first points with two free throws with 14:03 left in the first half to cut the lead to 18-9. Smith went on to score 15 points out of the Pack's 21, against Towson's 1-3-1 zone. However, Towson (5-8) still led 31-27, despite Smith's scoring binge. He later returned to add four points to close out the first half, giving NC State (9-2) its first lead since they were up 5-3 with 18 minutes left in the half.
Brandon Costner's nice drive down the left side of the lane resulted in a three-point play to tie the game 41-41, to set up Smith's final first-half flurry to take a 46-41 lead into halftime. Smith ended the first half going 5 of 9 from the field, 9 of 9 from the line for 19 points.
Costner helped the Wolfpack get off to a strong start in the second half, working well with Smith. The 6-9 redshirt junior power forward made a pass that he thought would lead to an easy Ben McCauley dunk, but a Towson defender snuck in to pick it off.
Costner's body language was full of surprise on the play, but he responded by dunking on a nice pass from McCauley, and then stampeding his way to the bucket with a powerful dunk over Towson's 6-8 Junior Hairston to give the Wolfpack a 52-46 lead.
"That kid should have been playing football because that was a good pickoff," Costner said. "I just needed to be more sure of my passes and I did that."
When Smith entered the game, Costner found him twice in a row, one for an easy dunk and another for a layup, and the Wolfpack were off and running, whether the Tigers' played a 1-3-1 or 2-3 zone.
"Brandon gave me like six assists, and I told him I would recover from the last game," Smith said. "He would throw me passes and I was fumbling them, so I gave him three turnovers. I just tried to come out and tried to catch everything and finish."
Costner's sharp passing led to a career-high 10 assists, eclipsing his prior mark of seven, which he achieved against Western Carolina and Boston College last year. He also added 15 points, one of five Wolfpack players in double figures.
"Costner made some great passes," NC State coach Sidney Lowe said. "He knew exactly where his receivers were. He kept it simple. Those 10 assists were huge. We executed the offense well and didn't care who got it."
NC State also finished with 21 assists on the 28 made baskets and shot 53.8 percent from the field, while Towson struggled at 37.7 percent.
"We were just way too passive with the zone, but once we started attacking and got Tracy some easy baskets, it opened up things for everyone else," Costner said. "I want to see a shot chart [on Smith's baskets]."
Thornton cooled off a little, but finished with a team-high 22 points, going 6 of 12 from three-point range, and Jarrell Smith added 20 points and 11 rebounds for Towson.
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"Look, I made a bet with the producer of the film that if Amendment 64 passed (I did not think it would) that I would smoke pot," he said through his research and education institute, the Rocky Mountain Foundation. "I will therefore smoke pot under circumstances we both agree are legal under Colorado law. Hey, it's better than having to do a stupid dance as (Denver) Mayor (Michael) Hancock must perform as a result of losing a bet on the Broncos beating the Ravens.
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This week's electronic conversation between Sports columnists John Romano and Gary Shelton:
JR: Gary, don't you just love the idea of a Bucs throwback day? It's like a bunch of travelers throwing on their pearls and life jackets and celebrating the Titanic.
GS: Or, in this case, the S.S. Minnow, starring Raheem Morris as Gilligan. Either way, the life rafts are all filled by failed placekickers.
JR: Things have gotten so bad around here, the Bucs can take a week off and still manage to look worse. Another placekicker? To replace the one who only attempted one field goal in a month? Who replaced the one who barely made it out of September? Who replaced the one who held all the team records? It's as if they're trying to prove Darwinism by retracing Charles Darwin's steps.
GS: John, I am concerned. You have mentioned the Titanic and Darwin in conjunction with the Bucs. Did someone hit you with a history book? Or, as you used to call it, "that throwback manual."
JR: If it makes you feel better, I was burping and scratching myself at the time.
GS: Ah, multitasking. Seriously, though, you can look at placekicker as a microcosm of this entire offseason. The Bucs get rid of a familiar fan favorite. They make a mistake in bringing in a replacement. They throw that guy overboard and now bring in another guy. And that's the problem. There have been too many mistakes and not enough progress. And there are nine games to go.
JR: Nine games. Sheesh. How long do you suppose before Josh Freeman tries to re-enroll at Kansas State?
GS: K-State? Let's see. When Freeman was there, he had no receivers, a bad defense and shaky coaching. This situation is entirely different. Here, they wear orange instead of purple.
JR: So how are we supposed to grade young Josh? Wins can't be the barometer. And QB rating should not be the determining factor. What would you like to see from the man who would be savior?
GS: I want to see composure. I want to see competitiveness. I want to see flashes of the ability that made the Bucs draft a quarterback when they had other pressing needs. I want him to look like a kid who belongs. Does that sound fair?
JR: Paula Abdul couldn't have said it better. Well, maybe she could, but it would have been all slurred. The real danger is letting the circumstances influence our opinion of Freeman. If the Bucs keep falling behind, and the running game is continually abandoned and the opposing defenses keep … ah, you've seen the first seven games. You know what will happen.
GS: Absolutely. He'll get Vinnied. The problem is, Tampa Bay can't afford to protect him until they're good again, because by that time, he may be 47 and playing against the Sydney Wallabies.
JR: So let's all agree right now. No criticism of Freeman today. Unless, you know, he throws five interceptions. Or holds the ball too long. Or we have nothing else to write. Ah, who am I kidding? Josh is about to become a piñata for our pleasure.
GS: To be fair, Josh has been criticizing you for some time now. And if he hasn't, he should have been.
JR: Tell him to get in line. He can have the spot behind my wife and in front of my boss. So tell me, how are things going to turn out today? Will the week off help? Will the Packers be Favre-ized? Will the characters on Glee ever go to class?
GS: The Packers will have a throwback day of their own. They'll jam the stadium in Tampa, and they'll win. The week off might have helped if the Bucs had spent a little more time practicing. And the characters of Glee will be too busy playing on the Bucs defensive line to bother with class. Here's my question, John. In their own attempt to move back the clock, should Bucs fans wear leisure suits and boogie shoes?
JR: Trying to make your wardrobe relevant again?
GS: Hey, it costs a lot of money to dress like Starsky.


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At a wedding that he and my family were invited to <i was not able to attend> my ex went up to my Mom <talked with her for awhile> mentioned he made a lot of mistakes and wish there was a second chance... no thanks, I have moved on.
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Mine did, but I don't wear underwear twice........ So I wouldn't do an ex again
Holy crap! LMAO!!!!!!!!
more than once.. even told his wife he and I never should have divorced. I told her not to worry because that ship has sailed and I'm happy it did.
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WHEN Gary Alexander first introduced his son Jack to shooting with an air rifle and small homemade targets in the back garden of their Broad Hinton home, he couldn't have known it might one day have cost him a place at the Commonwealth Games.
Both father and son were in the running for the Northern Irish full bore rifle shooting squad, but the selectors have plumped for youth over experience for July's Games in Glasgow.
Jack, now 21, is likely to be the youngest competitor in the entire competition and takes one of only two available spaces in the Northern Irish squad.
"I was so chuffed when I found out," he said, "it's the biggest competition of my career, by some distance and I'm delighted to be going. "I think that going and competing in an event as big as the Commonwealth Games is going to be fantastic. I'm looking forward to the whole experience.
"My dad and me have good competition between us, we always have. There were probably six or seven in contention for selection, including me and dad."
Gary, 53, himself an international class shooter and coach, has come close before: "I still think that I'm the best shooter in the family," he jokes. "The selectors have made a mistake. I was fourth in the selection for this Games. I was third for the Games in Delhi and fourth again for the Games before that. I've been trying very hard to get into the top two, but I've just missed out."
The sport involves shooting 7.62mm, around the size of an AA battery, calibre rounds at a static black circle on a white background from distances varying from 300 to 1000 yards. The sights are 'iron' and contain no magnifying lenses, the heavy rifles are held by the shooters and do not rest on any equipment.
Competitors shoot in the 'prone' position, lying forwards with the rifle resting against their shoulder. Shooters are awarded 5 points for each shot in the bullseye, four for the next ring out and three for the outer circle.
If scores are equal after three days of shooting, competitors are divided by the amount of 'veebles', a smaller circle within the bullseye, registered.
Given the safety implications of shooting with live rounds, there are only a few places in the country that full bore shooting can take place. Today, Jack has come directly from Bisley, the legendary shooting range in Surrey, where he has been training with the Great Britain under 25 squad.
"I'll be going down there every second week, up until the Games," he says. "It's the only civilian range we can use, but it's only an hour away."
Full bore shooting represents some of the most fierce competition in the entire Games; more countries are represented in the sport than in any other event.
That is unlikely to faze Jack, who finished second in the qualification event, which attracted competitors from all the Commonwealth nations, last year. He was only edged out by world champion David Luckman on veebles after finished on equal points.
"I won the Irish Open Championship last year and that's the biggest win of my career so far," says Jack. "But it's been my consistency which has helped me to be selected.
"I started when I was about 12 in the Army Cadet Force. My dad took me abroad with him when he was on shoots, he coached me as well in the Cadet Force.
"When I was 18, I was selected from all of UK Cadet Forces and private schools to join the Athelings (the Great Britain Under 19 squad). The squad is only made up of between 12 and 16 members and we went to Canada for a month to shoot against their best cadets.
"I'd already shot for Ireland, but that was my first selection for an international competition. That was when I realised I might have something."
Gary says that his own career has undoubtedly benefited Jack.
"I, too, started in the Army Cadets about 40 years ago and I've been shooting for Great Britain and Ireland for the last 20 years," he said.
"When Jack was about 14, I started taking him abroad to competitions. He gained an awful lot of experience of different ranges in a whole host of different conditions, at a much earlier age than most people would."
"The most important thing," Jack tells me, "is to stay calm, collected and relaxed."
Easier said than done when firing live ammo at a target up to 915 metres, the length of almost 9 football pitches, away.
"I make sure I'm comfortable and relaxed," he said. "If you're tensed up in any way in your left shoulder, it's not going to go in the middle. If you flinch on the trigger, it's not going to go in the middle.
"Then you have flags all down the range, which is how you read the wind. That's one of the most difficult elements. It's all well and good, being able to shoot at the middle, but if you can't read the wind you won't stand a chance.
"Then you come to take the shot. You want to be relaxed in the hand, so that you release a good calm shot and follow through correctly and hopefully you'll get it in the middle."
"The mental side of things is the most important. It's the biggest block and what people struggle with the most. When you start to over-think things, and you know you're on the end of a good shot, your mind can run away with you.
"You start to think about what will happen if you put your last three in the centre. You think about the trophy and once you do that your pulse goes up, your heart starts beating faster and it'll affect your shooting hugely. That's how most people lose competitions. You need to stay calm and collected."
Though Jack will be the youngest shooter, he'll have two experienced stalwarts to help him settle on the largest stage of his career. First is the other member of the Northern Ireland squad, David Calvert, one of the most decorated Commonwealth Games champions of all time, who will be taking part in his 10th Games.
Calvert, 63, made his debut in Edmonton in 1978, and has picked up eight medals, including four golds, in his nine Games so far. He has picked up at least one medal in all but one Games since 1990, and will partner Jack in the paired contest before the individual competition starts.
Gary won't miss out completely, as he has been appointed team manager for the trip north of the border.
"It'll be great to have that experience around me," says Jack. "It's good that Dad's been appointed team manager. I've always had him there as a coach, so this won't be any different.
"I owe him as much as the Cadets really. He'll be there to take care of any matter like disputes on the range so that we don't have to worry about it. We can just focus on shooting.
"Me and David should have a good bond by then.We'll be training together as much as time allows and it'll help me to have that good relationship there. I think it's very important and we need to feel comfortable with each other. The bond will be very important. The pairs come first so having that support will be very important for me, being on that stage for the first time."
Though Jack is on good terms with his fellow Britons, he knows that when he takes aim, former teammates become competition. "All of the full bore shooters know each other, on first name terms," he says. "When I'm training with them, I often have one of the English team coaching me."
"It's certainly a very friendly sport, but at times we all get extremely competitive, because we all want to win."
The shooting village will be located at Barry Buddon, a military base between Dundee and Arbroath. The individual competition takes place over three days and those who make the final day will be separated by their total score, out of a maximum of 405.
"The format is taken from the most famous tournament, the Queen's prize," says Gary, who also coaches the Wiltshire Army Cadet Force. "The first round is seven rounds to count from 300, 500 and 600 yards.
"Then the second day is 10 rounds to count from the same distances. If you make it to the final day it's 15 rounds to count from 900 and 1000 yards."
After the Commonwealth Games, Jack has his keenly trained eyes on the next target, the World Championships which will take place in America in 2015.
"I want to be selected for the Palmer squad, which is probably the hardest Great Britain squad to get into. It's quite rare for somebody under 25 to get into that squad, but I'm hopeful. It depends how I do this season."
UPDATE: We have been asked to point out that though Jack has made it into the top two of the long list, it is now a matter of waiting for the final selection of all of the athletes and the offical announcement of the full team in April by the Northern Irish Commonwealth Games Committee.


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Athletic shoe and apparel maker Nike Inc. has sued rival Reebok International Ltd. over its sales of apparel featuring NFL quarterback Tim Tebow, who was recently traded to the New York Jets.
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Confusing symptoms??
I am a 28 year old previously fairly healthy White male. In January 2007 I developed pericarditis that advanced to tamponade, requiring a pericardial window with drainage. The pericardial fluid was described as chyleous and bloody, but was negative in all regards (negative for granuloma, neoplasm, fungus, bacteria, or viruses), and the tissue itself just showed "chronic" changes. I had a CT scan at the time (in the ED) that showed mild left hilar and multiple mediastinal lymphadenopathy, a nodule in the left middle lung, and some streaking in the left lung base. During my hospitalization for the pericardial drainage, I had moderate fevers, shortness of breath (Sp02 88% on RA), and an elevated ESR and white count.
I felt somewhat and slowly better over the course of the month following, and a repeat CT scan about 5 weeks out showed no hilar or axillary lymphadenopathy, but did still show mediastinal lymphadenopathy, right paratracheal adenopathy, and a left lingular node enlargement (largest was 1.6 x 1.8 cm I think). About 6 weeks out from surgery, my constitutional symptoms returned and have been fairly steady since then. Five months out, I still have low grade fevers (i.e., hot flashes) that last a few hours, some low level shortness of breath, and occasional pain across my anterior chest and sometimes between my shoulders posteriorly. I also have erythema across my arms and hands which sometimes looks less red and more purplish in nature. A battery of blood work (protein electrophoresis, ANA, ESR, CRP, ACE, CBC, LFT, CMP) has all been normal. My serum histoplasma CF yeast titer is elevated at 1:64. My cardiac echo is normal, and my EKG is normal. My cardiologist has pretty much dismissed me as my heart seems no longer a problem (though I do still have some pericardial-like pain).
My father has sarcoidosis but is essentially asymptomatic. My pulmonologist was concerned at one point with sarcoidosis with me, but the elevated histoplasma titers confuse things. I have been taking itraconazole 200 mg twice daily for three weeks, with no significant improvement. I did have a bizarre illness about 6 years ago with mostly peripheral neurological findings (slowed nerve conduction velocities, paresthesias, fatigue, etc.) which a neurologist diagnosed as a mild mostly sensory Gullain-Barre syndrome. In thinking back, many of those symptoms could have been attributed to sarcoid.
I am wondering if all these things could be related to sarcoid? I haven't been able to find a case where sarcoid caused pericarditis "peripherally" (i.e., while not actually in the heart) simply by proximity to enlarged inflamed lymph nodes (like which can occur with histoplasmosis). Also, is mediastinal sarcoidosis without hilar enlargement usual? Could this all be histoplasmosis that may take longer than 3 weeks to resolve? I am confused. My docs are not at a University, but at a large medical center.
Sarcoidosis is a diagnosis of exclusion and it is very difficult at times to differentiate histoplasmosis (infections) from sarcoidosis, which is presumably non-infectious. In fact, we have reported one case in the medical literature (see link to abstract below) wherein a patient clearly progressed from histoplasmosis to what can only be described as sarcoidosis after a long course of appropriate treatment (itraconazole).
Thus, I believe it is possible that infections can progress to sarcoidosis. How this happens is a subject of research and is not known. I would encourage you to continue treatment for histoplasmosis, but you may require alternate therapy if there is no sign of active infection (based on repeat biopsies of affected tissues, urine histoplasmosis antigens, etc.) and if granulomas typical of sarcoidosis are observed.
Elliott D Crouser, MD
Associate Professor of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine
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Police: Man causes power outage in New Haven while trying to steal wirePosted: Updated:
A 24-year-old man was arrested after police said he was cutting through charged electrical wire at the former power station in New Haven, which led to thousands of United Illuminating customers being without power for a brief period of time Thursday night.
Officers were called to a home on Mill River Street at about 4:12 p.m. where they found Sammy Gonzalez of New Haven suffering from third-degree burns.
Gonzalez was taken to Yale-New Haven Hospital and then airlifted to the Bridgeport Burn Center, where he was listed at critical condition.
According to firefighters, Gonzalez was shocked when he crossed nearby train tracks.
Police were able to determine that Gonzalez caused the power outage in the hour, and investigators reviewed surveillance video at the old substation on Grand Avenue.
Initially, there were 3,300 UI customers without power, and as of 7:30 p.m., power was fully restored to all UI customers.
Gonzalez is expected to be charged with several crimes including burglary, criminal attempt to commit larceny and first-degree breach of peace.
The incident is under investigation by the New Haven Police Department. Anyone with information is asked to call police at 203-946-6316 or the New Haven Police "Tips Line" at 203-946-2875.
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