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Looking for reasons to tell your boss why your organization needs to join the Oracle Usability Advisory Board (OUAB)? Or why you need to attend one of its meetings (see the customer and partner requirements)? Well, try phrases such as "UX matters for our apps return on investment (ROI)", "That announcement from the <your company's name> AGM about increased productivity", "Happy Workers going home early" or even "Oracle, the Apple of the Enterprise, er, why don't you come along, too?" Or show your boss this meeting report.
With OUAB your participation is about realizing and sustaining ROI across the entire applications life-cycle: from early input to designs and beta access to implementation choices that makes for great usage and task completion on the road or office, sure. Then, there's stakeholder involvement that goes beyond end users, including integration and performance, as well as measuring improved onboarding, adoption and support experience to show your decision makers and investors. It's all going on at OUAB...
If you think OUAB is a boring meeting of old people sitting around moaning about the grief of desktop order entry forms, shaking their heads when somebody mentions "Facebook" as they scroll through texts from the accounts department on their BlackBerries, well think again! Read about about the latest meeting's rich agenda: all designed to engage the audience in a thought-provoking and feedback-eliciting day of swirling interactions, contextual usage, cultural relevance, mobility, consumerization, gamification, and the tailoring your apps implementation to reflect real users doing real work in real environments in your country or region.
Foldable, rollable e-reader technology provides a newspaper-like UX for electronic reading (e-reader) devices. Electronic reading devices and technology featured at OUAB Europe meeting in December 2012, but not as a way to wrap silicon chips! Nom! (Photograph from Terrace Restaurant in Oracle TVP by Ultan O'Broin)
At the 7 December 2012 OUAB Europe meeting in Oracle Thames Valley Park (TVP), in the United Kingdom, Oracle partners and customers from all over Europe and Oracle staff from worldwide locations, stepped up to the mic and Microsoft PowerPoint decks with a range of facts and examples to astound any C-level UX skeptic.
Over the day we explored how to deliver great UX in the enterprise (mobile or desktop workers, too natch); it was all part of a theme of a new contextual, flexible, simplified, never too fast or too usable, yet inherently personal way of engaging with users worldwide to enable them to deliver results for business: that means design stops only when the business problem is gone (so it's iterative then!). OUAB is about customers and partners knowing more about Oracle UX but also their own users and their tasks so that design and ICT can together transform work into a productive activity that users and bean counters will all be excited by.
The sessions together really gelled for me into a value-packed, engaging, cohesive event. For example:
1. Mobile design patterns: A powerful proposition for customers and partners already on entering the mobile UX space is now offered by using our design resources, implemented with Oracle ADF Mobile. Customers' and partners' developers existing Oracle Application Development Framework (ADF) developers are now productive, efficient mobile developers too, applying proven UX guidance using Oracle ADF Mobile components and other Oracle Fusion Middleware in the development toolkit. You can find the Mobile UX Design Patterns and guidance on building mobile apps on the Oracle Technology Network (OTN).
2. Oracle Voice and apps: Now, this medium offers so much potential in the enterprise and offers a window in Oracle Fusion cloud web services, Oracle RightNow and Nuance technology. Exciting science now stuff, customizable for your UX, and demoed live on a mobile phone. Stay tuned for more Oracle Voice features and modalities and how you can tailor your own apps user experience for your workers.
Oracle Voice demo. Voice makes perfect sense in the enterprise. Maybe more than in the personal world only: how many times can you ask Siri about the weather! See the Usable Apps YouTube channel for an Oracle Voice demo too. (Photograph by Ultan O'Broin)
3. Oracle RightNow Natural Language Processing (NLP) technology: Wow! Discover how contextual intervention and learning from users sessions delivers a great personalized UX for users interacting with Ella, a fifth generation VA that uses real conversations to solve problems and prevent others.
Meet Ella. Demoing contextual NLP-based customer experience, an example of great Oracle RightNow technology solving real business problems in real-time using real context and learning from the user, ready for the next interaction too. (Photograph by Ultan O'Broin)
4. Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) keynote: A balanced keynote address contrasting Fujitsu's explaining of the concept, challenges, and trends and setting the expectation that BYOD must be embraced in a flexible way, with the resolute, crafted high security enterprise requirements that nuancing the BYOD concept and proposals with the realities of their world of water tight information and device sharing policies. Fascinating stuff, as well providing anecdotes to make us thing about our own BYOD deployments. One size does not fit all.
BYOD is a hot topic in UX and the enterprise: whether to embrace or tolerate though?
A keynote delivery at OUAB, you can download your own killer artwork poster here, explaining the concept and exploring the challenges, solutions, and emerging best practices.
5. Icon cross-cultural research and design insights: Ever wondered about the cultural appropriateness of icons used in software UIs and how these icons assessed for global use? Or considered that social media "Like" icons might be unacceptable hand gestures in culture or enterprise? Or do old world icons like Save floppy disk icons still make sense to users, worldwide?
Well the survey results told you. Challenges must be tested, over time, and context of use is critical now, including external factors such as the internet and social media adoption. Indeed the fears about global rejection of the face and hand icons was not borne out, and some of the more anachronistic icons (checkbooks, microphones, real-to-real tape decks, those famous 3.5" floppies for Save) have become accepted metaphors for current actions. Importantly, the findings brought into focus the reason for OUAB: to engage with customers and partners and understand their needs and issues so we can make great usable apps for them. We must obtain feedback though working groups and Board members, and others, before we build anything.
The Save icon is accepted now, despite its original inspiration no longer being in use.
But what would you replace that icon with? Or do you even need to? OUAB discussed!
6. E-Readers and Oracle iBook: What is the uptake and trends of e-readers? And how about a demo of an iBook with enterprise apps content? Well received by the audience, this session included a live running poll of e-reader usage and revealed a lot about enterprise adoption of the technologies on offer and customer and partner plans for same.
7. Gamification design session: Fun, hands on event for teams of Oracle staff, partners and customers, actually building gamified flows, a practice that can be applied right away by customers and partners.
8. UX Direct: A new offering of usability best practices, coming to an external website for you in 2013. Find a real user, observe their tasks, design and approve, build and measure. Simple stuff to improve apps implications, no end. You can do it with our investment in UX Science turned over to you in plain language. No special tools, resources, or PhDs needed (we have those so you don't need to).
9. Simplified and Modern UX (FUSE): FUSE is an internal Oracle term really, but since it's out there it means Fusion Simplified Experience). Learn about, and see for real, the new Face of Fusion Applications: lightweight, simple to use, social, personalizable and fast. We saw three great live demos from HCM, CRM and ICT use cases on how these flexible, thoughtful UX designs brought to life in 100% Oracle ADF can be used in different ways to excite and delight users on different devices and deliver productivity to benefit your entire business.
The New Face of Fusion Applications (HCM). Demoed live at OUAB.
So, a powerful breadth and depth of UX solutions and opportunities for customers and partners to engage with and explore how they can make their users happy and benefit their business reaping continued ROI from those apps investments. And what a fun day too. Catering provided, superb TVP conference facilities, and a wonderful meeting host (me!). What more could you want as reasons to joining OUAB and attending!
Find out more about the OUAB and how to get involved here ...


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Exploring Broadband Seismic Data in the ClassroomAccess data from the Broadband Seismic Data Collection Center
The Dataset
Use and Relevance
Use in Teaching
This data can be used to teach the following topics and skills in Geophysics and Structural Geology:
- Understanding the collection and transmission of seismic data
- Interpreting earthquake data parameters, including location, depth, and magnitude
- Using seismic data to map plate boundaries
- Using seismic data to make predictions about where an earthquake might occur
- Examining relationships between earthquake parameters and the underlying rock structure
Exploring the Data
Data Type and Presentation
Accessing the Data
This section provides data for the ANZA network in Southern California and for the IRIS Broadband Array deployment in Venezuela. Maps can be generated for local, regional, and global events. Maps display seismic activity as squares that are color coded to represent temporal information. Square size correlates with earthquake magnitude (ranging from <2 to 8). Event tables provide further data parameters including location, depth, time, and magnitude.
This section provides data for recent earthquakes and aftershocks are shown on maps. Event parameters including location, depth, time and magnitude are shown and a graphical representation of waveforms is provided.
This section provides realtime data as seismograms showing 1 hour of waveforms for stations in the ANZA network.
Manipulating Data and Creating Visualizations
Tools for Data Manipulation
About the Data
Collection Methods
Limitations and Sources of Error
References and Resources
Scientific References that Use this Dataset
- A bibliography is available highlighting publications from the Broadband Seismic Data Collection Center.
Education Resources that Use this Dataset
- 'Education and Outreach Based on Data from the Anza Seismic Network in Southern California' is an article from Seismological Research Letters that describes collaborations amongst scientists and the community to provide earthquake education for the public and local school communities.
Other Related Scientific References
- 'Earthquake prediction: A seismic shift in thinking' is a article from Nature that discusses the debate regarding accuracy in predicting earthquakes.
- 'Mantle Convection and Plate Tectonics: Toward an Integrated Physical and Chemical Theory' is an article from Science that reviews the physics of plate tectonics.
Other related Education Resources
- The Broadband Seismic Data Collection Center maintains an education section with activities of relevance to students and teachers.
- The Earth Exploration Toolbook has two chapters Investigating Earthquakes with ArcVoyager GIS and Investigating Earthquakes with ArcExplorer GIS that use USGS and IRIS data to conduct GIS analyses. Users interpret earthquake distribution and activity and analyze the potential for predicting future earthquakes.
Related Links
- The Seismological Society of America website contains information on earthquakes and a collection of issues related to teaching about earthquakes.
- The USGS Earthquakes Hazard Program provides earthquake data and educational activities.
- Earthquake preparedness information is available from FEMA.

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Sentimental Valentine™ Barbie® doll wears a crimson, velvety-rich gown, trimmed with delicate lace. She's a vision of love with her sweet face and beautiful hair, accented so exquisitely by a drop-"pearl" headpiece. Created to celebrate the centuries-old tradition of exchanging valentines on February 14th, the Be My Valentine Collector Series™ dolls wear gowns modeled after the fashions of the 1830s, which reflect the motif of the elaborate, lace-embellished greetings of this time.
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Summit County Community Notes: 4-20-2013
Celebrate Earth Day this year with the High Country Conservation Center at its Party for the Planet at Pug's from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Monday. Join the HCCC at Pug Ryan's Brewery in Dillon for live music, good food and drinks! Entry is $10 and you receive appetizers and two beers. All proceeds benefit High Country Conservation Center's new Summit Community Garden Network supporting five community gardens across Summit County. For more information, visit http://www.highcountryconservation.org.
Whether you like it or not, they're still there. Where? Afghanistan. Who are they? People, the sons and relatives of Summit County residents, who are serving our nation in our all volunteer military. They live under poor conditions, especially if they are serving in FOBs, Forward Operating Bases. They love receiving our packages filled with goodies and necessities, which although addressed to one soldier, are shared with their buddies.
We need your support in brightening the days of these brave, young people. Please get out your check book and send a donation to the Summit County Rotary Charitable Fund, PO Box 4401, Frisco, CO 80443. Put for "Troop Support" on the check, please. Please note that contributions are tax deductible as the SCRCF is a 501(c)3 non profit organization. Thank you so much. For further information, contact (970) 453-4778.
Open Arms Childcare and Preschool has a limited number of openings in both the infant and preschool rooms. Parents are welcome to visit our center, located at Christ Lutheran Church, 16072 Hwy. 9, Farmers Korner. For more information please call (970) 237-3229, visit our website at http://www.OpenArmsChildcareAndPreschool.com, or follow us on Facebook.
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ok im back again lol but i have searched all over and couldnt really find what i wanted to do so i need some suggestions on how i could do this.
i have 2 jcomboboxes and i want to make it so when the user selects the item they want from the first combo box the second one adjusts to what they selected how could i go about getting this to work?
Combobox1 has choices 1 2 3 4
Combobox2 waits till users picks
user picks 3
combobox2 loads list of items 3
i made an array for combox1 choices and put it in the combobox so now i just need a way for combox2 to know that a selection has been made and then how i could make combobox2 update according to what the user chose in combox1
i tried to put in the action event that if user choses 2 then it would make list 2 = another variable but it tells me cannot change string to string[] and then i tried to put it as an object instead but it just puts unwanted stuff in the combobox (some [L]Java stuff)
everything i tried has given me problems so i thought i would ask here incase someone had a better idea before i kill myself lol thanks as always anything is much appreciated


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Another Obamacare problem: Not all the people in the operating room are going to be covered by your policy
The Marin Independent Journal is something of a joke as an investigative paper. People in Marin read it, not to get high-end analyses about news and policy, but, as is true for all small community newspapers, to find out what's going on in their neighborhood. Sometimes, though, what's going on in the neighborhood is a sufficiently important issue that it deserves to be broadcast widely. It is to the IJ's credit that it's bringing to its readers' attention yet another problem with Obamacare, and not one I've heard discussed elsewhere; namely, the fact that, when you go in for surgery, even if your doctor is on your insurance plan, the anesthesiologist, whom most people first meet only within a couple of hours of surgery, may not be.
The IJ's report starts with the story of Marianne Michael, a local Marin woman preparing for back surgery. More savvy than many medical consumers, Michael knew that the anesthesiologist wasn't actually part of her surgeon's practice group, and that she would receive a separate bill. Before surgery, therefore, she decided to do a little investigation to find out if her insurance would pay her the anesthesiologist:
Much to her surprise, Michael discovered that Anesthesiology Consultants of Marin was not in her network. Michael has also attempted to determine whether other medical groups serving Marin General are covered by her insurance, without much success.
Michael said information on Anthem Blue Cross's website indicated that the Marin Hospitalists Medical Group was also outside Blue Cross' network of providers for Covered California customers.
The dawning of Obamacare has resulted in confusion over which medical groups supplying ancillary services to the hospitals — anesthesiologists, radiologists, pathologists and hospitalists — have contracted with Blue Shield and Anthem Blue Cross to serve their new Affordable Care Act customers. The insured with these plans must pay substantially more for any service provided by a doctor outside their insurer's network of providers.
Once the confusion is lifted, it's clear that Obamacare's newest customers are screwed (emphasis added):
In fact, Blue Shield's exclusive provider organization (EPO) customers in Marin must pay 100 percent of the cost for out-of-network services.
To recap: People in Marin, like most previously insured Americans, are accustomed to the fact that, if they're insured and if they have surgery, their insurance pays for it all: surgery, hospital, and anesthesiologist (subject to whatever deductible they owe). In the new regime, though, they'll be lucky if their policy pays for the surgeon and hospital. In addition to the deductible (usually higher under Obamacare than before), they'll find themselves out-of-pocket, often to the tune of tens of thousands of dollars, for the anesthesiologist and other independent service providers affiliated with their surgery. Surprise!!!
Moreover, thanks to Obamacare, this disastrous, expensive, stealth change isn't limited just to new "Covered California" (i.e., Obamacare network) customers. Instead, it applies to everyone, regardless of whether they purchased insurance in the remaining marketplace or through Obamacare:
It isn't just people who purchased insurance through Covered California, the state's health care insurance exchange, that stand to be affected by the coverage muddle. Under the Affordable Care Act, insurance companies were required to offer plans that mirror their Covered California plans. These plans have the same network of providers as the Covered California plans. Michael said she purchased her insurance directly from Anthem Blue Cross.
(One presumes that the sole exception to this is those lucky enough not to have been amongst the 160,000 people kicked off of California's Kaiser network. If you're a Kaiser member, Kaiser offers everything in-house.)
Bad as the above is, according to the IJ, it doesn't stop there but, instead, gets even worse for Californians (the vast majority of whom enthusiastically supported both Obama and Obamacare). Thanks to an Anthem Blue Cross snafu, customers pursuing the list of networked doctors were misled to the tune of almost 1000 doctors who were erroneously identified as being part of the Anthem Blue Cross Obamacare-compliant network. In other words, vast numbers of those who signed up with Anthem Blue Cross because they were trying to keep their doctor (and didn't Obama promise that they could?), ended up with a policy that probably costs more; that almost certainly has a higher deductible; that, through fraud or negligent misrepresentation, doesn't allow them to keep their doctor; and that doesn't cover significant parts of their costs.
Obama was boasting about the 8 million who signed up. He's going to regret that boast, because it appears that America is soon going to have 8 million dissatisfied customers, not to mention the millions more who, even though they didn't sign up, have been left with insurance contracts that, by law, must be just as bad as those offered under Obamacare.
One wonders how much longer Marinites and other Blue Californians can maintain the cognitive dissonance that tells them that Obama is the best president ever and that Obamacare has bent the cost curve down, bringing affordable, high quality health care to everyone. On a daily basis, the reality of their own lives is proving that all of this is a lie. Also, one wonders just how craven (stupid? corrupt? evil?) Congressional Republicans are when they say that Obamacare is here to stay, and that they are powerless to revert America's health care back to a free market dynamic.
(And please don't get me started on the House GOP's promise to pass amnesty. Just let me say that, if I had a Republican representative in the House, I would be on the phone to his office every single day letting him know in the strongest possible terms that I would do everything within my power in his district to destroy his political career and to make sure that, should he ever set foot in his district again, he couldn't get a job as dog catcher, street cleaner, or McDonald's clerk, all of which forms of employment are way too honorable for him.)


text: Global Politics As Toronto prepares for Pam Am Games, some critics decry huge budgets The World June 14, 2012 In just three years time, Toronto will play host to the Pan Am Games -- a sort of mini Olympics. Putting the thing on will cost more than C$1 billion in new facilities and infrastructure, but it's only projected to bring in a few hundred million in revenue. Proponents say the facilities will get a life-time of use. Critics say these specific facilities won't.


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How gorgeous is this green? This was made by Romina from Madrid, Spain. I have to say...Romina totally inspires me. Check out her blog http://damelalata.blogspot.com/. She is amazing
I also love the neutral colors used in these...
These look so much like my own version, but made by Sophie, from France, http://figuierdesophie.canalblog.com/
and this one ...made by Stof, http://kneutsel.blogspot.nl/ Go on over and check this blog out...there you will find a tutorial on how to recycle t-shirts or sheets to create yarn
these colors look so autumny;D...you know what I mean. This one was made by Carol from Wakefield, MA.
and these were made by my dear Meredith, http://mereknits-mereknits.blogspot.com/. She added some pretty embellishments
this one by the creative Ali, http://www.ravelry.com/designers/ali-green
this altered version is so cool, made by Simona from the Czech Republic. She's giving me some ideas here
Today I'm finishing a pattern to post tomorrow so check back with me then.
Oh, and by the way, has anyone seen Sandra K, the winner of the slippers? She hasn't claimed her prize.
Sandra K if you find this post please send me your info so I can send your slippers to you;D


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Chris Benz and Dave Shireley will be filing dispatches from the Rugby World Cup in New Zealand, in the odd moments that they are sober. For a rugby glossary and position guide, click here.
WELLINGTON, N.Z.—Lesson learned at the Rugby World Cup 2011:
When in possession of the butt ends of a loaf of bread and a nearly empty jar of Sanitarium Peanut Butter (the actual brand name of Kiwi peanut butter), this is what you do: You find the prettiest girl in the room and ask her if she'd like some. Don't mind the fact that she has a full plate of breakfast sitting in front of her. Good things will happen.
Kendra will happen.
A recent Thursday found your boys at Deadspin Down Under in a Wellington backpackers' hostel ahead of that night's USA vs. Australia Pool C matchup. More accurately, it found Benz comfortably sharing an eight-bunk room with snoring Frenchmen and a German with what had to have been clinical body-odor problems, and it found me passed out on a chair in the lounge, having had just enough free South African beer to lose my room key at some point between the entrance of the hostel and the fourth floor.
So while I lay unconscious, media credentials hanging off my neck, Benz was enjoying the restorative powers of peanut butter and manuka honey—enjoying them so much that he decided he wanted to share.
Bypassing the smelly Germans and the neck-chain-wearing Frenchmen, the ponytailed Austrians and the cig-rolling British teenagers, your unfailingly patriotic correspondent Chris Benz made for the American girl with the hair and the boobs and the fanny pack. I will describe this fanny pack for you. It was a red, white, and blue fanny pack, puff-painted with two hearts and her name, which we will not use here. We will instead call her Kendra.
Obvious to everyone but Chris, Kendra didn't need breakfast. But thus introduced, we found out she did need a place to stay after the game, not to mention a ride to the airport the next morning—two things we could offer. We were only too glad to write our phone number on her arm and make vague plans to meet either before or after or during the game. She bought a liter and a half of cider and headed out into town.
We headed to the South African supporters' lounge at the very posh Amora Hotel on the Waterfront, home of both the Argentine and South African rugby teams. We had somehow convinced representatives from RSA's Department of Sport that we were journalists, and therefore they welcomed us to use their lounge—free wi-fi, free lunch and dinner, and during games, an endless and also free supply of Castle Lager (official beer of the Springboks, South Africa's rugby team) and biltong, which is like beef jerky, but way better, and possibly made from wildebeest.
After hours of neither writing nor drinking—one of these activities is becoming rarer than the other—who strolls into our swanky home base? Kendra. Apparently we'd tried to impress her not only with our press passes but with our South African access. She'd been drinking since we last saw her, and she was in fine form, decked out in true California Gurl style—lowrider jeans, flip-flops (called "jandals" in this strange land), a tank top, and an American flag visor. After informing us as to her relative level of sobriety (low), she also mentioned the likelihood that a star-spangled spandex bikini would make an appearance at game time (high). We made plans to meet at the stadium.
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This is the part of the article where we turn from proud supporters of American girls in American flag bikinis into proud supporters of the USA Eagles and serious(ish) rugby writers. Feel free to scroll down to the photos. But for those of you here for the rugby (hello former coaches), a brief (or not) dispatch from the USA-Australia game.
We arrived at Wellington Regional Stadium surprised by all the red, white, and blue in the crowd. Perhaps we shouldn't have been. Several times during our stay in New Zealand, Kiwis have informed us, nearly without prompting, that they support two teams: the All Blacks and anyone playing Australia. The rivalry between the two countries is akin to USA-Canada, with the Aussies playing the role of the mighty Americans, and the Kiwis in the part of their "eh?"-saying little brothers. That is, of course, if anyone in America actually gave a shit about Canada. So every neutral Kiwi in the crowd was an honorary American that night, and we were glad to have them. Wellington is also a big college town, and so many American undergrads were showing off their imported tailgating skills. We ran into an Elvis, various drunken Uncle Sams, and of course, Kendra, in the American flag bikini. We Yanks, both native and adopted, did ourselves proud that chilly night in Wellington. Real proud.
The boys on the pitch did the same for half an hour against the mighty Australian Wallabies, despite being huge underdogs. Having gotten the one we wanted against Russia, and mindful of the three days' rest before our last pool match against slightly more vulnerable Italy, the Eagles' coach, Eddie O'Sullivan, had changed 14 of the 15 starters run out in New Plymouth a week before. Meanwhile, the Aussies had something to prove after being well and truly beaten by Ireland. There was idle talk in the Wellington pubs of the Wallabies putting 100 points on the U.S. The prediction was met with only token resistance from your reporters.
Let's skip ahead to the 17-minute mark, when the U.S. began its most exciting passage of play so far this tournament. This second-choice side, up against the No. 2 team in the world, showed for a brief moment that it could control a game and compete with any team, anywhere.
It was here that tonight's captain, Tim Usasz, made the most of a busted play and pounced on a loose ball near the halfway line, breaking down the near touchline, untouched for a scamper of 30 meters. After that, the forwards kept possession, marching more across the field than down it. Fly-half Nese Malifa, seeing his first significant minutes of the World Cup, changed the angle of attack and dropped an inch-perfect cross-field kick from his right boot to the right touchline, into the arms of winger Colin Hawley, who rose to the ball like a wide receiver in the corner of the end zone. For the first time in this World Cup the back line showed some swagger and creativity, and it nearly ended in a famous and brilliant try. Only a heroic two-man tackle by Cooper and winger Drew Mitchell stopped Hawley from scoring.
Five meters out from the tryline, five meters from the right touchline, the U.S. continued to put the pressure on the Aussies, running the ball off the ruck through the forwards for 10, 12, 16 phases before swinging it back out to Nese at 10. This was the longest passage of sustained aggression the U.S. had shown with the ball in hand so far, and the Aussies were on the back foot. Malifa then changed it up again, dropping a cheeky grubber behind the Aussies, looking for Hawley again in the corner, only to be foiled by the quick hands of the truly exceptional Will Genia. It looked as if all the U.S. pressure would amount to nothing as the Wallaby captain shaped a clearance kick, but the charging Americans, refusing to give up, forced him to bring the ball down and he was tackled behind his own tryline. Five-meter scrum to the Americans, and chants of "U-S-A!" rang out again into the Wellington night.
The Aussies had gotten the best of the big boys up front at scrum time in the game's first 25 minutes. In fact, the U.S. scrum has been a weakness all tournament. The 16 men came together with that familiar grunt, the U.S. stood strong for a moment, and then the bigger and more experienced Aussies began to push them backward. A great hook by hooker (obviously) and freestyle rapper Phil Thiel got the ball quickly to the back of the scrum. Just before the physically superior Aussies drove the Eagles back over their own ball, No. 8 J.J. Gagiano reached in, and in one motion picked the ball from the back and darted down the short side, squeezing between the touchline and Australian No. 6 Elsom. Before the Aussies could react, he was over the line in a swan dive, and the Eagles had a famous try. Australia 10, USA 5.
The pro-America crowd went absolutely mad and all of a sudden the Eagles were within a score of the Wallabies. For a second, we all seemed to believe that something truly shocking and spectacular might just be possible. The boys were having fun out there—loose, even. Near midfield the U.S. got a penalty advantage, and Usasz again looked dangerous around the ruck. The Eagles were threatening. Another score looked on for just a moment as winger Kevin Swiryn found daylight inside the Wallaby 22. But No. 8 Wycliffe Palu came from behind and delivered a hit that not only crushed Swiryn, but any U.S. hopes for an upset.
Palu's shoulder crashed into the U.S. No. 11's ribs and the ball popped out. Swiryn looked like a quarterback who'd spent a half-second too long in the pocket. The white oval hung in the air for a long moment, and then took one hop straight into the arms of Australian flanker Rocky Elsom. Rocky immediately pointed his shoulders upfield, rampaging through the American defenders. The ball passed between three more pairs of hands, and Kurtley Beale touched down under the sticks. Just like that, the Eagles went from looking like tying the game or taking the lead to trailing 17-5, wind absent from sails. Some of the best USA Rugby this World Cup had come to an end. And for all money, so had the game. The rout was on.
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Chris and I had more important duties in the stadium than watching the Australians pour in eight tries in the second half. (Which they did, including a natural hat trick by winger Adam Ashley-Cooper.) Between Pat McCabe's try in the 48th and AA-C's in the 54th, our shared phone rang. We don't have that many friends in New Zealand (or America), and the ones we do have should have known better than to call during an Eagles game, no matter how one-sided. Chris and I looked at each other, puzzled. Chris picked up the phone.
"Yeah, this is Chris and Dave's phone. This is Chris."
The he was quiet. For awhile. He got up from our press seats and walked to the concourse. He took his notebook out of his pocket. He scribbled.
After a few minutes, and another Australian try, he returned to our seats in the press box.
"What was that?"
"What about her?"
"That was Constable Ferguson."
"What Ferguson?"
"Constable. The cops."
"The cops?"
"Kendra's in the drunk tank. She gave him our number. I think it's the only one she has. I had to assure him that we knew her and that she had a place to stay tonight. They want us to go get her out."
"But there are still 20 minutes left."
"I know."
We both burst the fuck out laughing.
I can assure you, loyal Sin Bin readers, that we, Chris Benz and Dave Shireley, must be the only two accredited members of the World Rugby Media to be called in the middle of the match to bail a belligerent, barely clothed girl out of the Drunk Tank. You should be proud of us. We are. [Editor's note: For Kendra's version of events, please click here.]
But we are also members of the World Rugby Media, and appearances are important. So we stuck out the last five or so Australian tries. Full-time score: Australia 67, USA 5.
Drunk American Girls 1, Wellington Constabulary 1.
It could only be called a draw.
It was decided that Benz would go to the drunk tank, and I would go to the pressers. While I was nodding and taking notes and generally trying to fit with the Serious Rugby Journalists of the world, Chris was bailing Kendra out of the drunk tank. Finally freed, it wasn't long before she bolted Benz's responsible arms out onto the field and scored what was only the second U.S. try of the night. Nearly as impressive of Gagiano's, really.
Chris showed a lot of heart during the mixed-zone press session keeping her from bursting past security to talk to rugby players. Girl was nothing if not insistent.
We headed out of the stadium without further incident, briefly mentioning to Usi why we had to run. He's our boy, and he appreciated it. We bade him farewell with a handshake and a roll of our collective eyes and headed into the crowded Wellington streets.
We'd made the mistake of telling a more sober Kendra that we had a lead on where the Eagles would be headed after the match. And she wasn't going to go anywhere else. Though she'd now emptied an afternoon's worth of liquor onto the holding cell floor, she was no more appropriate, alternately yelling "I can't believe I missed the game! I can't believe I was in the drunk tank!" and "Go the Eagles" to anyone we passed who was dressed in Aussie colors.
We got to a Wellington drinking establishment that will remain nameless. Kendra ordered herself more cider. I ordered her water. While she was busy being distracted by the dudes at the bar she was distracting, I drank her cider and ordered her even more water. But whether it was the spandex, the drunk-tank adrenaline, or the afternoon's lubrication, she proved to be extraordinarily slippery, and we kept losing her, only to find her again chatting up an American in a panda suit, then another in a cowboy hat-flag cape combo. Then she would yell out, "Where are the Eagles?"
A few Eagles had in fact arrived, and as much as we would have liked to have shared a beer with the boys, some of whom were now openly referring to us as "The Deadspin Guys" (which is awesome), it was getting dangerous. I stepped out onto the patio and found our dear drunk Kendra in the lap of a large and easily 40-year-old Australian dude with hairy, wandering hands. It was time to go.
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So I rang Hadyn, our Wellington journo friend, the closest thing New Zealand has to a hipster. He writes about rugby and beer, which is almost as cool of a gig as we have. The three of us were staying at his place that night, and Kendra and I were meant to leave for the airport at 5:15 the next morning. I was headed to Auckland to try to score New Zealand vs. France tickets. Benz was getting on a bus to go wild-boar hunting. It was already nearly 2 a.m.. Hadyn was, as could be expected, at the local trendy craft beer pub, an easy half block away. I gave Benz the heads-up, gathered Kendra's clothes, wrestled her from the creepy Australian and the two of us got the hell out.
One of us was severely underdressed for the occasion, but we got into the brew pub and I ordered a lovely Imperial IPA from our friends at Mike's Brewery in Taranaki, and a couple more waters for my countrywoman. There were roller-derby girls. One introduced herself as "Damned." It was awesome. We hid in the corner of the back booth that Hadyn had procured, as Kendra told her story for at least the 20th time that night. I still wasn't tired of hearing it.
After half an hour, I got up to piss and get another beer. When I returned, she was passed out in my corner of the booth, sound asleep, using her backpack as a pillow and her American flag visor as an eye mask—her spandexed American-flag ass pointing straight up to the ceiling. It was then I noticed for the first time, written in Sharpie on each ass cheek, the phone numbers of boys she must have met earlier in the evening. "Simon" and a number scrawled on one cheek, and even more incoherent scribbling on the other. I've never been prouder to be an American.
So dear friends, down Chris, plus a passed-out co-ed, we left the bar and went to the Amora to get our bags. For propriety's sake, I convinced Kendra to wait outside for the cab. Loaded with my backpack and Chris's, 100 pounds of gear in all, we piled into a taxi and headed for Hadyn's. We got her in the cab, out of the cab, and into bed (alone). When the alarm went off two hours later, she was still only wearing the American flag bikini. She threw on a pair of jeans and a fleece, and within five minutes we were in the cab on the way to the airport. She insisted she was good for the cab fare. As we pulled into the terminal, she reached into that famous fanny pack, and pulled out $7 for a $29 fare. I left her in the back seat, apologized to our cab driver, and went to the airport ATM. Cab fare paid, by me, we checked in for our flights. Somehow we'd made it.
I left her at security as she got on her flight to Queenstown, fanny pack and visor still in place, that infamous bikini still visible under her fleece. I hope she made it. I trust she did. God bless America.
[Also: The Drunk Girl In The Bikini Responds]
Dave Shireley is a Deadspin rugby correspondent. He arrives in New Zealand with 1.5 TBs of downloaded rugby matches on three hard drives and with zero girlfriends. During his otherwise undistinguished career at Colorado College, he was a hooker for three years. That's a rugby joke.


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Two Time Pushcart Prize-Winning Poet Terrance Hayes Gives Public Reading at 'BergAuthor of Lighthead appears as part of the Living Writers program
Friday, November 1, 2013 02:03 PM
Pushcart Prize-winner Terrance Hayes will give a reading at Muhlenberg College on November 4, 2013 at 7:00 p.m. in Miller Forum, Moyer Hall. This event, part of the Living Writers series, is free and open to the public.
Hayes is the author of four books of poetry: Lighthead, which won the National Book Award for Poetry, Wind in a Box, winner of a Pushcart Prize, Hip Logic, winner of the 2001 National Poetry Series and a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Award, and Muscular Music, winner of the Kate Tufts Discovery Award. His poems have appeared in literary journals and magazines including The New Yorker, Poetry, The American Poetry Review, Ploughshares, Fence, The Kenyon Review and Jubilat Harvard Review. His poetry has also been featured on "The NewsHour" with Jim Lehrer.
He writes about his art: "The dimensions of culture remain at the center of my professional and personal goals, permeating not only the themes of my work, but my relationships with audiences, colleagues and students."
He has been a recipient of many honors and awards, including two Pushcart selections, four Best American Poetry selections, and fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship and the Guggenheim Foundation.
Living Writers, established in 1994, is a course offered once every three years that brings six established and emerging writers to Muhlenberg College. The students read their recent works and then interact with the authors directly as they visit campus for a day. The writers come to class, have lunch with students and then give a public reading of their work in the evening.
The final reading of the series will be given by writer Chris Ware on November 18, 2013.
For more information please visit Living Writers on the English Department website.


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CLEARWATER, Fla. – The former U.S. solicitor general under President George W. Bush will serve as the debate partner for Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan, the Romney campaign announced with just three weeks to go before the only vice presidential debate before the November election.
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Ted Olson
Ted Olson has argued 58 cases before the Supreme Court, including a case that put him at odds with many Republicans: overturning the state of California's ban on gay marriage, known as Proposition 8.
Olson was originally highly praised at the start of the decade by the Republican Party as he successfully argued Bush v. Gore --the ruling that determined the outcome of the 2000 election -- before he was selected as Bush's solicitor general.
"Mr. Olson is one of the most skilled, intelligent, and successful litigators in America -- just the kind of opponent needed to prepare the Congressman for Mr. Biden," Ryan spokesman Brendan Buck said.
Olson will join Rep. Ryan for preparations leading up to the Oct. 11 match up with Vice President Joe Biden in Danville, Ky. The campaign says Olson and Ryan had one practice session this past week.
"Joe Biden has been in elected office for more than 40 years. There are few people in politics with more experience debating the issues than Joe Biden, so we are taking this process seriously," Buck said.
Ryan held his only full day of debate prep in Oregon last Sunday but Olson did not join.
Saturday morning's announcement of Olson is the final debate partner to be released.
President Barack Obama has John Kerry (D-Mass.) standing in as Mitt Romney, while Romney has picked Ohio Sen. Rob Portman to play Obama.
Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) will aid Biden with his debate prep and play Ryan. Van Hollen and Ryan serve on the House Budget Committee together.
Former Attorney General John Ashcroft told the Romney campaign of the selection that "Ted Olson possesses the extraordinary intellect, judgment, and character to be a strategic asset in any endeavor. Few lawyers have prevailed in as many of the country's most challenging battles to protect our national interest as Ted has. I, along with many other conservatives, welcome his increased participation in the Romney campaign."


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Panama on the Discovery- Part I
A wonderful 7 day cruise with Panama Marine Adventures on the brand new Dicovery catamaran vessel. We traveled from Panama City to the Pearl Islands, the Darien Jungle, Panama Canal locks into Lake Gatun, Barro Colorado Island, Chagres River, Portobello and back to the city of Panama. Contact http://www.pmatours.net or me to find out more about the tours they offer in fantastically diverse Panama!Read More


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Kids 'N Shape fitness play open sessions feature an exclusive combination of interactive fitness attractions designed to improve your child's motor skills and engage them in safe, open physical activity.
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With the NFL facing criticism both from those who say the sport is dangerous and from those who say player safety rules have gone too far, Commissioner Roger Goodell is contacting fans directly.
In an email sent to fans, Goodell highlighted some of the ways the league is trying to make football safer.
"Within the NFL, safety-related rules will always be clearly defined and strictly enforced, and we will continue to work with our players, coaches, and others to identify new and safer ways to play the game," Goodell wrote.
That may be the NFL's intent, but the NFL still has a ways to go before it can truly say the rules are always clearly defined and strictly enforced. The new rule restricting players from delivering blows with the crown of the helmet has been incorrectly enforced multiple times this year.
Goodell is viewed by many fans as making fundamental changes to the game, but he tried to frame the recent rules changes within the context of an always-changing sport.
"There have been numerous safety-related rules changes going back decades: from the 1970s when we eliminated the head slap, to the 80s when we eliminated clubbing, to the 90s when we increased protection for defenseless players, to the 2000s when the horse collar tackle was made illegal. When we identify dangerous techniques, we adopt rules to eliminate them," Goodell wrote.
Goodell may have been motivated to send this email now because of publicity for League of Denial, the book with a companion PBS documentary that accuses the NFL of intentionally covering up evidence that football leaves players brain damaged for life. In his email, Goodell said the NFL takes its players health seriously.
"One of the most important aspects of safety is providing players with the best possible medical care," Goodell wrote. "We work closely with the NFL Players Association to ensure our players have access to the finest doctors and most cutting edge technology. In fact, a large part of our current Collective Bargaining Agreement with the players is devoted to health and safety protections."
Many of the fans who received that email will no doubt say Goodell hasn't done enough to ensure health and safety protections. Many others will say he has done too much.


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Recipe Summary
Recipe Servings: 4 portions
Recipe Preparation Time: 15 minutes
Recipe Cook Time: 0 minutes
36 baby artichokes, remove outer leaves, stems; snip ends; trim bottom
1 quart cold water
3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
1/4 cup shaved Lucini™ Stravecchio Organic Parmigiano Reggiano
4 tablespoons Lucini® Premium Select Extra Virgin Olive Oil®
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
Kosher salt and ground black pepper
1 cup mache lettuce or field greens
Place the trimmed and cleaned artichokes into ice cold water and lemon juice. You can leave the artichokes in this manner for 5 – 6 hours.
Using a sharp Japanese mandoline, begin to shave the raw baby artichokes into paper thin slices.
Place the artichoke shavings into a bowl and add the Lucini™ Parmigiano-Reggiano, Lucini® Premium Select Extra Virgin Olive Oil®, lemon juice and season.
Gently toss the salad and arrange the mache onto a plate. Top with the shaved artichoke salad and serve at once.
Since artichokes can be enjoyed during the Spring and Autumn seasons, you have a large window of opportunity to share your passion for artichokes with family and friends. Once you taste this raw artichoke salad, I am sure you will become just as addicted as I have. – Chef John Coletta


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Hiring a freelancer for Angular jobs can be a scary undertaking, especially when filling a hole in your team's existing skill set. Whether you're hiring a freelancer to take ownership of an existing AngularJS web development project, to pave the way with a new greenfield project, or to augment an existing team, you'll need to know what to look for and what to avoid.
Pitfall No. 1: AngularJS vs. Angular
It's just "Angular."
Even though it sounds straightforward, not all "Angulars" are created equal.
The team that built Angular has specified in its Branding Guidelines for Angular and AngularJS that "AngularJS" should be used when referring to versions 1.x, and "Angular"—without the "JS"—should be used when referring to versions 2+. That means even Angular 4 is just referred to as "Angular."
Why does this matter?
It's important for you and your freelancer to be on the same page and use the right name. While AngularJS and Angular may sound similar, they are in fact distinct frameworks. And just as you wouldn't expect a React specialist or a Vue.js specialist to hit the ground running with your Angular app, you shouldn't expect an AngularJS specialist to be an expert in Angular, or vice versa. This isn't to say they can't take it on—they'll just require more ramp-up time.
When hiring for an existing project, be sure to know if you need an AngularJS or Angular specialist. If you're planning a new project, use Angular!
Pitfall No. 2: Hiring a Developer Who Isn't Fluent in TypeScript
Angular was written in TypeScript, and it is by far the preferred language for Angular apps. This means that the ecosystem (e.g., libraries and documentation) around Angular is predominantly written in TypeScript.
When hiring an Angular expert, you'll want to make sure that you're hiring someone who knows TypeScript and can take full advantage of its amazing features. They should be familiar with tools like Atom and VSCode, which support TypeScript and will highlight errors and provide autocompletion.
Hiring an Angular specialist means hiring a TypeScript specialist, so test their chops!
Pitfall No. 3: Lead or Follow?
Are you looking for someone to augment your existing Angular team? Maintain an existing application? Lead or bootstrap a new project?
An Angular lead should know how to set up a new project. This is an incredibly important part of your project lifecycle.
A professional Angular lead should know how to set up a new project. This is an incredibly important part of your project lifecycle! Think of it like a building—you wouldn't want to build a skyscraper on top of a shaky foundation. Likewise, your Angular lead will be setting up the foundation for themselves and all future developers working on your project, so it needs to be rock-solid.
A good setup will:
- Follow best practices (for Angular or AngularJS).
- Reduce bugs.
- Make it obvious how to add new features and extend your application.
When hiring a lead, make sure to ask them about best practices, directory structure, and how to set up a single page application (since it requires special routing).
Pitfall No. 4: Your Angular Specialist Doesn't Really Know Angular
You wouldn't hire a chef without tasting their food, and you shouldn't hire someone for Angular or AngularJS development without testing their Angular knowledge. (A great starting point for this is our list of AngularJS interview questions.) Both Angular and AngularJS code come with their own set of peculiarities that you'll want to talk about.
Data Binding and Component Communication
An Angular specialist should know their way around data binding and component communication.
An AngularJS expert in particular should know the different ways to pass data to a component:
for raw text
for a function
for two-way data binding
for optional two-way parameters
Conversely, an Angular specialist should know when to use:
Your specialist should also be able to tell you how to do parent-child or child-parent component communication, for Angular or AngularJS.
Services, Directives, and Pipes
Your Angular specialist should be able to explain to you what services are (hint: they're singletons!), and when to use them. Services are a great way to provide common utilities to many components, simplify components by pulling out complex logic, and share state throughout your app. Angular makes it easy to control the scope of this shared state through the use of providers (e.g., app-, module-, or component-level state).
An Angular specialist should also know when to use directives and how to set them up. Directives are an amazing way to extend HTML by attaching custom behavior to elements in the DOM. For example, you could set up a directive to add on-hover tooltips to an element, set up hotkey event handling, or register when a user clicks outside of your element (to close a dropdown, for example).
Any non-trivial application will most likely have its own custom pipes, so your specialist will need to be versed in these, too. Pipes (or filters for AngularJS) are specifically used to transform your displayed data. Angular comes with many built-in pipes, and AngularJS comes with many built-in filters. Ask your specialist about these handy tools, and make sure they won't repeat the same transformations across the app when they could use pipes or filters!
Promises and Observables
While not strictly Angular-specific, promises and observables are paradigms that are common in the Angular world, and your specialist should be familiar with these as well.
Thanks to promises, we no longer have to live in fear of callback hell, and your specialist should know when and how to use them (such as wrapping REST API requests). Additionally, Angular introduces the use of ReactiveX's Observables, which provide an awesome way to stream data.
Pitfall No. 5: Not Doing a Code Review
You can talk the talk, but can you walk the walk?
So, your prospective specialist sounds like they know what they're talking about, but can they actually break down a problem and write quality code?
Do a code walkthrough of some of their existing code that they can share with you. It doesn't need to be perfect (but if it isn't, they should be able to explain to you how they'd improve it). Additionally—or if they don't have any open source code to share—have them code an example component within your problem domain (e.g., a checkout shopping cart, a web form for teachers to add lesson plans, or a to-do list). Alternatively, you can set up some example code and have them explain it and identify bugs and cleanups.
Checking their code can really give you an insight into not only their competency, but also their style. Good style goes a long way in keeping code maintainable and bug-free, and is just a good general indication of their seniority.
Things to look for:
- They follow best practices (for Angular or AngularJS).
- Consistency in their style (casing, format, etc.).
- They use TypeScript for Angular.
- They can explain how their code works and defend their decisions.
Read up on good code, common JavaScript mistakes, and common AngularJS mistakes. And if you're hiring someone who has yet to be vetted, you should also test their general programming skills (there's a reason FizzBuzz weeds out so many freelancers).
Pitfall No. 6: Proceeding without a Testing Strategy
Tests are an essential part of every code base. They're like a warm, snuggly security blanket for your engineers, giving them confidence that they aren't breaking anything and costing the company money. Good tests and a good testing strategy will boost your technical wealth, while bad tests, or lack of strategy, will be a constant source of frustration and major code debt.
A good freelancer will advocate for tests and understand their benefits:
- Guarding against regressions (preventing "What do you mean users can't sign up anymore!?").
- Acting as codified documentation of your codebase, making it easier for other developers to understand, maintain, and extend it.
- Validating functionality and preventing bugs in pesky edge cases.
If you don't understand testing, you'll likely fall into the "We need tests!" trap. This can lead you to hire someone who doesn't truly understand tests, but will happily write tons of less-than-useful or incredibly fragile tests.
When considering Angular consulting, you'll want to explore your potential hire's understanding of tests and determine how they'd go about testing your app.
Things to look for:
- They understand the fragile nature of front-end testing and how to use constructs like page objects to DRY up test upkeep in the face of template changes and refactorings.
- They can explain how AngularJS's digest cycle works, or how Angular's asynchronous change detection works, and how that impacts testing. (Hint: You need to explicitly resolve asyncs or use wrapping functionsto wait for them.)
- Mocking! They should know how to use spys and stubs/test-doubles in order to isolate tests and remove their dependence on any network calls.
- An Angular specialist will know that services and pipes are ripe for unit testing. Components are also unit-testable, but with a bit more boilerplate. This is why it is recommended to move complex logic into a service.
- End to end (E2E) tests will depend on your back-end framework, but an Angular specialist should know about Protractor (although other tools like Nightwatch.js will also work).
To aid in your probing of their abilities, you could provide an example component, service, or directive and ask them what they'd test—maybe even have them write up the "it should (blank)" descriptions of all of the tests they'd write for it, and also write one of them up.
When hiring a professional Angular specialist, don't superficially ask about tests. Instead, explore their understanding of what to test and how to test it.
Pitfall No. 7: Having Only Non-Developers Interview Your Freelancer
When hiring a freelance developer for Angular(JS) web development, you'll want to make sure that a developer interviews them. Just because a freelancer is confident, it doesn't mean they are competent, and a non-developer has a higher risk of making a costly mis-hire. A good developer will be able to recognize someone who knows what they are talking about. Your developer should also validate that the freelancer can walk the walk, through interview questions and challenges.
If you don't have a senior developer, you can ask a friend or stick with vetted developers.
This Up-Front Effort Will Save You Time and Money in the Long Run
Exploring AngularJS development services can seem like a difficult, opaque, and potentially costly process. After all, if you're looking for a freelancer to contribute to your existing project or team, it's incredibly important to find someone who is a good fit and whose chops are up to par. And if you're building a new project from scratch, in many ways, your project's future success will depend upon the early-stage decisions made by your specialist.
But don't panic. By taking the precautions discussed above, you can ensure not only that you'll be hiring a skilled developer, but also that your project will be on the right track to succeed and to take advantage of all the powerful features that Angular has to offer.
This article is originally publisheed at Toptal.


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Everybody's saying the same thing: Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit is like Burnout. Of course they are - the game is, after all, made by Criterion. It probably uses the same game engine. The slick speed, the way the car sits on the track, the spectacular crashes - it's Burnout Paradise on the interstate freeway. But everyone's wrong. The reason the latest Need for Speed is going to be a return to form is because it's actually much more like something else. Yep, Need For Speed Hot Pursuit 2.
'But how can it be more like its own sequel?' I hear younger readers ask, incredulously. 'It's not even out yet'. Well, of course you'd be right. But I'm talking about the forgotten game of the Need For Speed franchise. The last game in the series before it went all 'street'. Before Carbon. Before Underground. Back when it looked like this:
Yep, the almost completely forgotten Need For Speed Hot Pursuit 2 on PS2 is clearly the game Criterion wanted to remake for current-gen systems (the clue was in the name, surely). With good reason, too - the PS2 game still stands as one of the most action-packed racers ever. EA managed to make the humble PS2 draw huge forests without breaking sweat, before filling the environment with deliciously OTT special effects and unusual gameplay elements.
You've got forks in the road which offer shortcuts. Forest fires that limit visibility. You've even got player-triggered special moves like fireballs which race up the track to show you what's ahead, exploding barrels called in from helicopters and spike strips to stop your target getting away.
Above: The new game (left) next to the PS2 classic. Same scenery, same concept, same awesomeness
One look at the Gamescom gameplay demo will show you that (fireballs aside) the new game embraces these sensibilities, adding all the sprinkles that current-gen tech can add to this already rich racing cake, in particular social networking and 'always on' online integration. Check it out:
The reason everybody loves Trials HD and Geometry Wars 2 is because they like seeing how well their mates did when they played the current level. It gives every race genuine meaning that you simply cannot achieve from racing AI cars alone. Even if you're not racing your mates on the same track at the same time, they'll always be there, taunting you with another ten seconds of being better than you. It's arguably everything Burnout Paradise tried to be, only with more structure and therefore more meaning in-game. Who cares if you're slower down some backstreet in Paradise City? This time it really matters.
Above: Even the cars look more like classic, road-huggingHot Pursuit vehicles than Burnout's jalopies
So everything's looking great. It's crisp, solid, packed full of incident and drama... In fact, at this stage, the only thing that worries me is the lack of corners. The PS2 game had plenty of turns to navigate - never so sharp you had to slow down, but still enough to keep things interesting. There was barely a turn in the Gamescom stage demo.
Even that was probably a conscious PR decision to show the game's speed in the few minutes they had to demo it to the world. If Codies' F1 2010 and DiRT 3 weren't enough to satisfy your need for speed, then (oddly, considering the name) Need For Speed almost certainly will. I'm in - are you?
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My stock brakes were horrible on my car. These calipers look great and have excellent stopping power when you need to. The Core Exchange wasn't worse sending back in it cost me nearly $46 USPS it. Wasn't worth my time or effort to send back. So I'll just keep them. But overall the price was still unbeatable from a local part store. And powder-coated red.
these calppers are really strong
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The girl, a student at Colorado State University, was with three men when they decided to hop onto the moving train. One of the others, a 17-year-old, tried to jump on and was dragged for a short distance before falling safely to the wayside, said Longmont Police Detective Cmdr. Jeff Satur. The third man pulled the injured woman to safety and did not try to hop the train, Satur told the newspaper.
The girl "kept telling me her parents were going to be pissed at her," Ellwanger said. Police were trying to reach her parents, who live in Utah.


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Since 2003, the United States has reported obligating about $708 billion for U.S. military operations in Iraq and has provided about $25.5 billion for training, equipment, supplies, facility construction, and other services for Iraqi security forces.[1] In its fiscal year 2012 budget request, the administration requested more than $2.4 billion in U.S. funding to support the training and equipping of forces under Iraq's security ministries. The fiscal year 2009 National Defense Authorization Act instructed the U.S. government to take actions to ensure that Iraqi funds are used to pay the costs of training, equipping, and sustaining Iraqi security forces.[2] In December 2011, the United States withdrew all U.S. forces from Iraq. However, the U.S.-Iraq Strategic Framework Agreement affirms the desires of the two countries to establish a long-term relationship of cooperation in the economic, diplomatic, cultural, and security fields, among others.[3] Iraq's large oil reserves offer the Iraqi government the potential to contribute to the country's current and future security and stabilization requirements. Oil revenues account for over 50 percent of the country's gross domestic product and about 90 percent of the government's revenues. As GAO previously reported, Iraq reported substantial budget surpluses.
[1]Iraqi security forces include the Iraqi army, navy, and air force under the Ministry of Defense and the Iraqi police, federal police, and border enforcement under the Ministry of Interior.
[2]Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009, Pub. L. No. 110-47 (Oct. 14, 2008).
[3]Strategic Framework Agreement for a Relationship of Friendship and Cooperation between the United States of America and the Republic of Iraq (Nov. 17, 2008), effective January 1, 2009.
GAO analysis of Iraqi revenue and expenditure data through the end of 2009 showed that Iraq generated an estimated cumulative budget surplus of $52.1 billion. This estimate is consistent with the method that Iraq uses to calculate its fiscal position. Adjusting for $40.3 billion in estimated outstanding advances reduces the amount of available surplus funds to $11.8 billion. For 2010, Iraqi Ministry of Finance and Central Bank of Iraq data show that the Iraqi government generated a $600 million cash deficit (rather than the $19. 6 billion deficit budgeted) due to higher-than-predicted revenue and less-than-planned expenditures. In addition, during the first 6 months of 2011, the government of Iraq collected $7.9 billion more in oil revenue than it originally budgeted. GAO does not have more recent data on outstanding advances that would allow for an update to the amount of available surplus. The International Monetary Fund, however, has determined that the Ministry of Finance should review the outstanding advances as a benchmark the government of Iraq needs to achieve under its current stand-by arrangement.
Iraqi government data indicate that security spending under the Ministries of Defense and Interior increased from $2.0 billion in 2005 to an estimated $8.6 billion in 2009. In addition, these ministries set aside about $5.5 billion over this period for the purchase of equipment, training, and services under the U.S. Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program. In certain instances, the United States has provided an incentive for these ministries to increase their security spending by leveraging U.S. funds to supplement Iraq's FMS purchases. The Iraqi government also funded the Iraq-Commander's Emergency Response Program and assumed responsibility for the salaries of almost 90,000 Sons of Iraq—nongovernmental security contractors hired by U.S. and Coalition forces to help maintain security in their local communities. While security spending has increased, GAO's analysis of data for the Iraqi government, the Department of Defense (DOD), and the Trade Bank of Iraq showed that the ministries did not spend or set aside between $2.5 billion and $5.2 billion of their 2005 through 2009 budgeted funds—funds that could have been used to address security needs.[1] Department of State (State) and DOD officials cited overly centralized decision making and weak procurement capacity as reasons for the ministries' inability to spend these funds. In April 2010, Ministry of Defense officials received Ministry of Finance approval to use $143 million of their unspent 2009 funds for FMS purchases. Ministry of Interior officials planned to use more than $300 million of their unspent 2009 funds for similar purposes.
In its fiscal year 2012 budget request, the administration requested more than $2.4 billion in U.S. funding to support the training and equipping of forces under Iraq's security ministries. Specifically,
[1]The range that GAO estimated reflects uncertainty regarding what portion of funds set aside for FMS purchases and paid as letters of credit has been recorded as expenditures by the Ministry of Finance and is therefore included in expenditure totals.
[2]Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012, Pub. L. No. 112-74, Dec. 23, 2011.
Iraq generated an estimated cumulative budget surplus of $52.1 billion through December 2009. Adjusting for outstanding advances, at least $11.8 billion of this surplus was available for future spending. In light of these resources, Iraq has the potential to further contribute toward its security needs, even as it addresses other competing priorities. GAO recommended in September 2010 that Congress should
Additional clarity is needed on Iraq's outstanding advances to determine the financial resources Iraq has available for future spending. To this end, GAO recommended in September 2010 that the Secretaries of State and the Treasury should
The information contained in this analysis is based on findings from the products listed in the related GAO products section. GAO analyzed relevant data, reviewed documents, and interviewed Iraqi officials in Baghdad, Iraq, including the Ministers of Finance, Defense, and Interior; the Governor of the Central Bank of Iraq; the President of the Trade Bank of Iraq; and the Deputies General of Accounting at the Rafidain and Rasheed banks, which are Iraq's two largest state-owned commercial banks. GAO analyzed data on Iraq's reported revenues and expenditures from the Minister of Finance for 2005 through 2010 and from Iraq's financial statements prepared by Iraq's Board of Supreme Audit for 2005 through 2007. GAO also analyzed similar data on Iraq's advances through September 2009. GAO also interviewed U.S. and other officials in Washington, D.C., and Baghdad, Iraq, including officials from DOD, State, and the Department of the Treasury; the World Bank; the International Monetary Fund; and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. GAO conducted a site visit in Baghdad, Iraq, in April 2010, to interview Iraqi officials and to obtain additional information on Iraq's fiscal position. To report on the President's fiscal year 2012 budget request, GAO reviewed the President's fiscal year budget request for international affairs, and past and current transition and interagency planning documents for the transition to a civilian-led U.S. presence in Iraq. GAO also interviewed officials from the Departments of State and Defense in Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Embassy Baghdad.
GAO provided a draft of its September 2010 report to State, Treasury, DOD and the International Monetary Fund for review and comment. State, Treasury, DOD, and the International Monetary Fund provided technical comments, which were incorporated as appropriate. State and Treasury agreed with GAO's recommendation and agreed to work with their Iraqi counterparts to identify available financial resources. Treasury also agreed in principle that, while Iraq's fiscal accounts are not well ordered, Iraq potentially will have financial resources to engage in greater cost-sharing. State, Treasury, and DOD stated that the Iraqi government's available funds are closer to the low end of GAO's range, and that Iraq needs to maintain a fiscal reserve. GAO believes that it is premature to determine that Iraq's available resources fall at the low end of the range until Iraq has completed International Monetary Fund-required review of outstanding advances, particularly in light of the substantial shortcomings associated with Iraq's accounting for advances. This review will clarify the total resources available for government spending. GAO agrees that it may be prudent for Iraq to maintain a fiscal reserve.
DOD also commented that it believes the overall message of the draft report—that the Iraqi government had significant cash reserves that would have allowed it to pay more of its security costs—is inaccurate. GAO disagreed. In its report, GAO noted that Iraq ended 2009 with at least $15.3 billion in financial deposits. Moreover, when completed, International Monetary Fund-required review of Iraq's outstanding advances will clarify the total funds that are available to the government for spending.
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Since 2003, the United States has reported obligating $642 billion for U.S. military operations in Iraq and provided about $24 billion for training, equipment, and other services for Iraqi security forces. To assist Congress in overseeing efforts to encourage the Iraqi government to contribute more toward the cost of securing and stabilizing Iraq, this report provides information on (1) the amount...
To assist the 111th Congress, this report presents a series of issue papers for consideration in developing congressional oversight agendas and determining the way forward in securing and stabilizing Iraq. These papers are based on the continuing work of the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and the more than 130 Iraq-related products we have issued since May 2003. Since fiscal year 2001...
Iraq has an estimated 115 billion barrels of crude oil reserves, the third largest in the world. Oil export revenues are critical to Iraq's reconstruction, accounting for over 90 percent of the Iraqi government's revenues. In June 2008, GAO reported low 2007 spending rates by the Iraqi government for some critical sectors in the face of declining U.S. investments in these sectors. This report exam...


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Thursday, April 29, 2010
A Few Shots of My Pizzas
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That looks fantastic! Nice charring pattern there. I was pretty disappointed with the underside of my crust the other night... but that tends to happen when I make more than three pizzas.ReplyDelete
No commercial yeast, eh? How long was your rise? looks like you got a good amount of spring in that crust.
Beautiful, beautiful pizza Adam! Are you using the all-broiler method? Cold or warm rise? What strain of sourdough? So many questions!ReplyDelete
I've been getting closer to hitting a quality level on my pizzas to allow me to blog and share, but I'm not quite there yet.
Looks like you're on to something out there!
Thanks for the interest, guys! Here's some answers to your questions:ReplyDelete
Sourdough recipe basically involves leaving a cheesecloth bag of grapes in flour and water for two weeks (see Nancy Silverton's book on breadmaking for instructions). Once I mix the dough, I let it rise at room temperature for about 3 - 4 hours, then stick it in the fridge for 1 - 3 days. On baking day, I take the dough out of the fridge a couple hours before I plan to cook it. An hour before cooking I leave my cast-iron pizza pan on the rack directly under my broiler and let it absorb the heat from the broiler for the full hour; this gets the pan to roughly 700 degrees F. Pizza goes under the broiler for 3 minutes on the dot.
At this point I'm anxious to get my hands on a true pizza oven that can offer the high heat I'm looking for (and I'd love to try making a sauce from freshly-canned heirloom tomatoes, if only I could find them). As pleased as I was with these pizzas, they're still nowhere near as good from those served at Ken's, Apizza Scholls, Motorino, Di Fara, etc. I'd love to taste my pies with the smoky flavor a wood-burning oven imparts. I'm looking at you, Will!
Oh, and while there may not have been much "char" on the underside of your pies the other day, I really didn't think it mattered. The dough was cooked perfectly, not underdone at all, and had a great crispness to it. Plus, it tasted awesome.
What's the flavor like from your sourdough? Is it similar to your typical bakery sourdoughs?ReplyDelete
I will definitely keep you posted on my progress w/r/t the wood-burning oven. The refractory cement is due to be delivered next week. My calendar for May is super busy, but my hope is to have it up and running by mid-June... probably optimistic, but y'never know...
As for my pizza's bottom crust, it was just a bit disappointing since I've had better-looking results in the past. Next time, I guess... sigh... I dream of leopard-spotting...
@Flushy: It's funny, I feel like the sourdough flavor is much more pronounced when I make bread with the starter than when I make pizza dough with it. It's not an especially SOUR sourdough by any means. Just kind of a slight tangy flavor.ReplyDelete
Purty. Except that basil should go on after cooking. ;-)ReplyDelete
@extramsg: Your mom should go on after cooking! Er...sorry, that's my knee-jerk reaction to any criticism. But yes, I made two pies, one with the basil cooked in the oven with the pie (as seen in the photo of the single slice), and one with the basil added afterward (as seen in the whole cooked pie above). I like it both ways, but I agree that basil added afterward is better.ReplyDelete
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Would you be willing to share your crust recipe. I've bake bread with Silverton's starter for about 5 years now, but haven't used it for pizza.ReplyDelete
Thanks Adam. You did not list dry yeast as an ingredient but is in directions. Amount?ReplyDelete
Whoops, good catch, Lisa. I used to use dry yeast along with the starter, but I've since upped the starter and scratched the dry yeast entirely. I'll try to fix it here.ReplyDelete
Okay, the fixed version:ReplyDelete
(for three 10-12" crusts)
*11.6 oz. water
*18 oz. bread flour
*0.6 oz. sea salt (get the good stuff)
*6.3 oz. sourdough starter
1. Add about 3/4 of the flour and all of the water, salt, and starter to a stand mixing bowl.
2. Mix on lowest speed for 1-2 minutes or until completely blended
3. Cover bowl and let sit for 20 minutes.
4. Return bowl to mixer and mix on low speed for 8 minutes. 5 minutes into this, start gradually adding more of the flour.
5. After the 8 minutes, slightly increase the speed of mixer, but not past 1/3 of the dial. Continue to add the rest of the flour, but don't feel forced to add all the flour if you feel the dough's too dry.
6. When the dough becomes firmer and forms a ball, mix one more minute.
7. Let dough rest for 15-20 minutes.
8. Knead the dough by hand about ten times, then form into a ball.
9. Brush a bowl with olive oil and place the entire ball of dough into it, rolling the dough in the oil to coat the entire surface.
10. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and let it sit at room temperature for 3 to 4 hours, until it swells by 50 - 100%.
11. Pour dough onto a floured surface and cut into three equal balls.
12. Place each ball of dough into a plastic container that has been lined with a very thin coating of olive oil, and seal with lid.
13. Let dough sit out for 1 hour, then place into refrigerator for 1-6 days.
thanks for the recipeReplyDelete


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Just wanted to say a big thank you to the band for the RDLS gigs this year, I attended the gigs in Glasgow and Rome and had hoped for Antwerp but with that being cancelled hope to get to that in 2012!
Simply put nobody does it better than Jamiroquai, a better live act you will struggle to see, they are simply sublime and masters fo their craft. I have been a fan of the band now for 20+ years, ever since the Acid Jazz days and remember playing their 12" vinyls in my bedroom before hitting the bright lights of the nightclubs in Aberdeen! RDLS in my opinion takes the band in another superb direction and is almost worn out now as I play it every day, no better album released this last year.
Like Jay Kay I also celebrate a birthday in December, this Friday to be exact, and will raise a glass to celebrate with my fellow Capricornians, referenced Black Capricorn Day as the age I am at now I don't celebrate that much as I turn 41 on Friday, where does the time go ?
Anyway, keep on funking throughout the festivities fellow Jam Party People and for those of you who like me who don't have a Facebook account please keep using this site! Hope to see the band and some of you again in 2012 and wait with anticipation for the next album offering from the band which will be superb, I will have worn out RDLS by then - anthem for this New Year Party - All Good in the Hood. Will also throw on Live in Montreaux on Blue Ray and pretend that we are all in Sydney for when the band take to the stage there!


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