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2012 Style Resolutions
Better late than never...
what personal style resolutions are you making for the year ahead?!...
anything new you want to try...
old habits you want to break...
"It is not money that makes you well dressed: it is understanding."
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As always, great post Softgrey!
This 2012 I´m going to try to keep my wardrobe MINIMAL, that is resist the temptation to add more of the same thing. This works like this, when I like something I tend to get too much items more or less identical. Bottom line, I end up bored of the look I started loving.
So I´m telling myself: You already HAVE a piece like this, wear it!!
Of course it´s only logical to have some rotation on clothing but sometimes too much is a waste of money and also, unnecesary, because you can, yes I CAN wear the same thing many times in different ways. I really don´t need 5 jeans sooooo similar I can only discern. One or two is just enough.
So, my resolution is RESISTING the urge of buying lots of similar pieces. And also, don´t be afraid to repeat clothes, nobody cares, nobody notices. If I like something, why "save" it why wear another one, similar, but not the same.
I have a lot of clothes I like, and I gotta urge myself to add only when there´s a gap, and not to hoard clothes that are more or less the same.
It´s like I fear I´ll never find any other piece like that, a fear that´s ABSOLUTELY ridiculous, because every year million of clothes are thrown to the market. Only once in a while you can be sure that an item is unique and it´s wortwhile to lay hands on an extra.
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What fresh hell is this.?
I agree great thread.
First of all, I want to clean my closet, I have too many things that I never wear, and know I never will wear again. I also have too many things that needs to be customized.
Secondly I'm on the lookout for nice tops, preferably blouses or shirts. That means no t-shirts but no fancy things either, just nice ones for everyday use. I don't really have enough of those.
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i'm almost ready..
i think my style resolutions are to continue to build a sense of 'uniform' with my wardrobe....to buy less cheap items and more investment pieces...to take better care of my clothes....and to once in a while try something new (i just bought a plaid shirt - something i thought i'd never wear - and i love it).
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Similar to the posters before me I hope to edit my wardrobe down to the pieces I love, give or take a few fancy "Art pieces". I have already found a uniform that varies slightly each season so my style can only be added upon by more men's staple pieces necessary for the minor occasions where sneakers are better than shoes, suit superior to leather jacket. I do hope to buy more Geller and other "American Designers" as I rein in my spending I find that European and Japanese designers are hurting my savings.
1. Do more second-hand shopping. I don't know why I slowed down so much, my favorite pieces that I wear all the time are all vintage finds.
2. Wear more feminine dresses.
3. Learn how to wear rings (sounds so silly but I always get so anxious I take them off anywhere I can and consequently lose them, I can't even remember the last ring I bought..).
4. Make a top or a dress myself. I've realised I will never find the perfect white linen top and white/printed dress, so I decided I should buy some fabric, watch some tutorial and try my luck.. but I'm so scared of being horrified by the result that I keep leaving it for another day, and I really want to try it!.
5. Buy more eveningwear. I don't go out much so I've stopped adding fun pieces to my wardrobe and when I really need to go out, I'm always turned off by my lack of choices or the idea of thinking hard on what to wear.
6. Find the perfect white/cream/black leather tote where I can fit my laptop.
7. Last but probably the more important one and related to how I feel when dressing up: t-o-n-e u-p!.
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Due to my previous resolutions to stop spending so much on clothes and to wear what I already have, combined with the physical deterioration over time of much of said existing clothing, I am currently looking to perfect a new amalgamated style from the remnants of the three motifs most present in my wardrobe (metaphorically speaking, since I don't have an actual wardrobe).
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tangerine, isnt vision street wear supposed to be making some sort of hipster come back? i used to think the line was cheesy faux skater back in the day - but who knows the brand could ressurect itself in a cool way. so could some other cool skater brands.
here are my style resolutions:
1, like mulletpproof, i need to wear more jewelry. i got my ears pierced for the first time at 24. (i'm a late bloomer, LOL) since then i only wear earrings occasionally. sometimes i dont have time to put them on in the morning before work. i need to make time. this is an easy way to complete my look and look more polished.
2. stop clinging to the same items again and again. too often in the summer time i resort to a "screw it-its too damn hot out-i'm going to wear cutoffs and tanks" sensibility (then again i dont have AC in my hot-as-hell house)
3. wear the designer runway stuff i actually have. otherwise its a terrible waste.
4. this is silly, but i'd like to go vegas or texas and find some sort of western outfit.
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"It is not money that makes you well dressed: it is understanding."
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My resolutions:
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1. Like most here, cleaning out my closet even more until I only have perfect pieces that really suit my style.
2. Stop buying black as a neutral color and buy more navy, grey and camel. They've proven to be way easier to combine - plus they look softer and more flattering on me.
3. Buy one piece with a print. I'm usually a girl of solid one color pieces but I'd like to have a print for a change. It has to be small scale though and should fit my color scheme. Oh, and I don't want to go overboard with prints though. I don't think I'll jump the combine-print-with-print-bandwagon.
4. Buy less colorful nail polish. I get tired of it so easily. I'll focus more on nudes and Rouge Noire.
5. Try to follow my style rules in at least 95% of my pieces, even if they are LOTS of things I feel attracted to
My style resolutions are the same every single year - less black, more skirts, learn how to accessorize - and year after year I fail miserably
I recently saw the Dries van Noten Spring collection is store and my goal is to own everything from that collection because every piece is stunning beyond belief. So if my budget allows me to buy a few of those pieces I suppose my motivation to break out of my all black urban gothic comfort zone a bit would increase a lot :p
I must say I find my style has evolved a lot in the last 2 years, which I believe is mainly due to me doing all my shopping in the sales in London and discovering fantastic online shops, and I feel great and always very much myself so it's not like I'm in for any drastic changes this year. I'll just continue adding nice quality pieces to my wardrobe that I get a lot of wear out of and make me feel good and I will try not to follow trends or be held back by what other might think about my outfit and look
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Love this post! I guess my biggest style resolution is to buy more causal options rather than wearing the same tshirts and shorts all the time so I literally don't look as though I rolled out of bed...I need to look my best at all times even if it is going to the grocery store!
Best wishes to everyone in 2012! <3
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-Find a pair of jeans that I like. I have an ongoing feud with denim pants (not jackets oddly)
-Wear more separates rather than dresses all the time!
- Experiment with different textures and materials rather than colour or print (I have plenty variety where this is concerned)
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To dress more like the 20 something adult that I am and less like a teenager.
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First of all, I wouldn't refuse to do anything. While this new task may have nothing to do with your current job description, it doesn't mean that you won't be required to do it. Job descriptions and responsibilities change, and everyone has to be flexible. Your co-worker took a voluntary lay-off, there is no guarantee there won't be more. Myself, I wouldn't want to take the chance of painting a bulls-eye on my back.
"Hey boss, got a sec? When we talked I said I could take on SmallTask, but yesterday Gail seemed to indicate she needed at least an hour of my time today to train me on BigTask. Did you intend for me to take that on?" Make your boss tell you "yes" directly before you start in on a counter-argument: "I wish you had mentioned that to me when we talked before. I am fine with SmallTask because it deals with graphic design and it does fall within my skill set, but BigTask doesn't have anything to do with the work I'm already doing and - quite frankly - I'm already swamped and under deadline. If you don't have anyone else to take on BigTask and you're truly stuck I'll do it, but I'm going to have to cut back on something else because I just don't have enough hours in the day to get my other projects done [name some things that are part of your normal job specifically] AND to do BigTask. Also, Gail said it would take more than an hour to train me on BigTask, but if I take an hour to do that today, this CurrentProject is not going to be done by the deadline. Is there someone else she could train in BigTask?"If your boss says everyone is swamped, you could maybe agree to take on some small task someone else already does (try to think of something graphic design related, or at least something specific to suggest!) and hint that maybe that person could do BigTask and you could do their little task instead. Don't outright refuse to do BigTask, but make it very clear that something's gotta give and if your boss wants you to do BigTask, he/she needs to also give you permission to let something else drop.
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Jordan said he's seen more patients with the flu over the past few days -- almost double the number he typically sees this time of the year.
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There are now 149 confirmed cases of Influenza in Michigan, up from 63 cases two weeks ago. Doctors say it's not too late to get vaccinated.
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I am setting up my old laptop for the grandchildren its running 98se but in the course of its life I;ve had to replace the cdrom drive, I managed to get a dvd drive that fitted and worked ok. However because its a dvd drive its not recognised in the bios and will therefore not boot from that drive, Does anyone know of a programme that I can put on a floppy that will let me boot from the dvd drive so at least I can reinstall the OS when they destroy it. I have tried smart boot manager but the cd won't boot the recovery disc. machine is a ibm thinkpad.
I have used the 98se boot disc but still cant boot the cd I can navigate to the cd and on it are:
bootcat bin
bootimg bin
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dft bat
dft4psg exe (ibm diskchecking untility)
hkr98mb ver
hwusmc0 imz
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recovery dir
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Hitachi carb upgrade or Weber replacement?
Posted 17 January 2009 - 10:57 AM
Which is considered better...a Hitachi carb upgrade or a Weber carb
Replacement? Which has more bang for the buck?
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Or, do they all work with the carb style ECUs?
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On the stock subaru carbs, don't they respond to the ecu preferentially? Like they need the ecu for that type of carb? If you did the stock carb swap would you need to swap the ecu for best gain? Pins are different arent they as well?
Or, do they all work with the carb style ECUs?
Don't know about matching ECU's with the carb, but you can definitely eliminate all that crap with a non-feedback hitachi or weber. My soob now has a weber 32/36, and when the ECS light comes on...NOTHING happens!
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Model. Just a little apprehension because of emissions here in Texas...the thought of
Unplugging hoses and cleaning up the engine bay sounds nice but not if I have to
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WASHINGTON -- A former head of the Environmental Protection Agency said Tuesday the Bush administration's Clear Skies initiative to cut power plant emissions could leave children vulnerable to mercury exposure.
"Unfortunately, the Clear Skies proposal would allow mercury emissions to continue at their current levels," said Carol Browner, EPA head during the Clinton administration. She added that enforcing current regulations would reduce pollution to a much greater extent than Clear Skies would.
Under current controls, the nation is implementing rules that will reduce by 90 percent the mercury emissions from municipal and medical waste incinerators, which account for about 30 percent to 40 percent of the nation's mercury pollution, Browner said.
"That very same law, the 1990 Clean Air Act, can be used to address the largest portion of the problem, which are the mercury emissions from coal-fired power plants," Browner said. "If you were to follow the schedule started in 1998 when we sent a report to congress on the impact of coal power plant emissions and the schedule that we then agreed to by 2004, it is believed that the agency would have a rule on the books for mercury from power plants that would have to be implemented by 2007."
Clear Skies, proposed last summer, would reduce mercury emissions from coal power plants to an aggregate 26 tons a year by 2010 and to 15 tons by 2018. Estimates of total mercury emissions from these power plants hover around 48 tons annually.
If Clear Skies is enacted, the first round of reductions would occur by 2010 and final reductions could be as late as 2025, Browner explained.
The impetus to reduce mercury in the environment is primarily the effect it has on children. A report by the Environmental Protection Agency called "America's Children and the Environment" was released Monday and outlines the potential harm mercury can pose to children.
The report said "prenatal exposure to methylmercury can cause adverse developmental and cognitive effects in children, even at low doses that do not result in effects in the mother."
Children can develop palsies, have seizures, learning problems and even structural abnormalities because of mercury exposure, said Robert Goyer, former chairman of the National Academy of Sciences.
Goyer explained when mercury from coal-fired power plants is released into the air, some returns to the surface, enters the water system and accumulates in fish. About 60,000 children born annually are at risk for methylmercury poisoning, he added.
"While no levels are set, if the EPA uses its full authority, mercury emissions could be reduced by 90 percent," said Felice Stadler, national policy coordinator at the National Wildlife Federation.
The non-profit organization, Clean Air Trust, translates this into reducing mercury emissions to 5 tons a year by the end of 2007.
"Now the Bush administration wants to roll back the current Clean Air Act and replace it with delays and permission to emit more mercury in coming decades," Stadler said. "Since when have we put utility power plant profits ahead of our children's health?"
The EPA's report on children "appears to be something that was being suppressed" until it appeared in the Wall Street Journal, said Frank O'Donnell, executive director of Clean Air Trust. However, he added, "mercury is the poster child for what's wrong with the president's (Clear Skies) plan."
Some stores have been putting up warning signs on fish counters about swordfish, shark and tuna, which have higher mercury content than others such as salmon, O'Donnell said.
Long-term consequences of mercury poisoning could be more extensive than discussed in the EPA's report. Goyer said in addition to developmental problems, mercury exposure has been linked to high blood pressure and heart rate abnormalities.
Because of the potential harm of mercury poisoning, "44 states have issued fish consumption advisories in 2001," Stadler noted, adding that millions of acres of water contain mercury in the United States.
Women who are pregnant should minimize their fish intake and get omega-3 fatty acids from other sources such as flax, a grain that can be found in some cereals, Stadler said.
Because of the risks to health mercury poses, Browner said if the White House and Congress want effective changes, "the test should be cleaner air sooner, not special deals for special interests."
Others who follow emissions regulations, however, had a different perception of what the Clean Air Act sets forth.
Although it might pre-empt stricter regulations, "Clear Skies would put more of a limit on mercury than the Clean Air Act," said Roberton Williams, fellow in economic studies at the Brookings Institution in Washington. If specific figures under the 1990 law have been cited, Williams added, they would be based on its general mandate, which is anything that is a threat to human health must be regulated.
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Bud Para, director of legislative affairs at the Jacksonville (Fla.) Electric Authority, agreed the CAA language was fuzzy.
"My understanding is that the Clean Air Act does not say mercury would be reduced to 5 tons," he said. "What it does say is the EPA will look at it and set standards based on health findings."
According to the EPA's Web site, Clear Skies, overall, would reduce air pollution more than laws already in place.
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That may be part of it. When he knows he is right he will not let it go.
That's good in places with a competitive atmosphere, but in ones where they just want you to do what they tell you, not so much.
After getting laid off from competitive mega-corp and going to a smaller company ... he may be a little extra. He is used to being able to argue with a supervisor.
Don't get the wrong idea, he isn't obnoxious or anything. Tenacious, maybe; but in a field that attracts a lot of hot heads he is actually pretty unflappable. Even if he were there is no excuse for your boss to slam things around on your desk, poke you in the shoulder, and yell, "What's wrong with you?" People he doesn't even work with directly have asked why he is the department whipping boy. As for not being as good as his coworkers...maybe i am biased but the opposite is more likely true. He is doing the same thing as at the last company, except whereas former company did items 1-10 with 1 being simple and 10 being crazy complex stuff this one does only 1-2. Polishing up the resume seems like it might be the best option. I just really don't know what to tell him that he can say to his boss to let her know she is talking to him in an unacceptable way. I really just don't know. My boss talks to everyone like that, and looks at you like you have three heads when you ask a question. That is just his way. For me, i have flat out told my boss he makes me nervous, and once it was out there we had a much easier time working together. Now it is kind of a joke. The difference is he is not toxic or unreasonable, does not bring his personal life to work, and it is *my* issue - not to mention i work for a mega-corp. Gish's situation is a little different. I feel so bad for him.Thanks for the excellent advice.
I'm coming in late on this, but I'll give you a different perspective, that only Gish can answer. Is she talking to him like he's stupid, or is she explaining more thoroughly so he will understand her reasoning and learn how to lead? She may be cultivating him.
This happens in other places in life, too, so I'm hanging on to this thread to find out if anyone knows how to handle it.Electronic salepeople, medical personnel, cashiers - they all treat me as if I'm senile and hard of hearing. Not yet, guys. I know you are trying to make compensations , but it makes me tired.
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(Neb.)-Unemployment Costs Drop Again For Businesses Throughout The State
By: Roxie Graham-Marski Posted at: 12/24/2012 10:43 AM LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Nebraska employers will see their unemployment costs drop for a second year in a row.
The state has paid out less in unemployment benefits this year because fewer people are out of work.
Nebraska's unemployment rate was 3.7 percent at the end of November, down from 4.3 percent a year ago.
As a result, the state's unemployment trust fund has grown. The average rate that employers pay for unemployment insurance is expected to fall 32 percent in 2013. This year, employers saw a 25 percent decrease from the rates they paid in 2011.
Nebraska Department of Labor Commissioner Catherine Lang says the trust fund is in much better shape this year.


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South Tama County High School students in the ALL4ONE group are using High Five Friday this week to remind Elementary students to do their best on the upcoming Iowa Assessments Tests, which are scheduled for the week of April 8-12. "I think it's terrific that we get to see all of the elementary students on their way to school," says senior ALL4ONE member Jared Douglas, "and when we can encourage them to do their best on the Iowa Assessments at the same time, that works out great!" Along with words of encouragement and high fives, ALL4ONE students will also be handing out fun #2 pencils for students to use on the tests.
Students at the high school know a lot about doing their best on Iowa Assessments. Not only do they take pride in what they know and take pride in their school, but they are also aware of how their Iowa Assessment scores impact the classes they can take, including college classes they are able to take while in high school. "One of the best parts of doing well on Iowa Assessments is getting to take PSEO classes in high school," says sophomore Ericka Dunning. "Every PSEO class I take is free and by the time I get to college, I will already have enough college credits to be a sophomore."
The ALL4ONE group hopes to be good role models for the younger students, reminding them to be well-rested before the tests, to eat a good breakfast, and to try their best on every test they take. "Learning these good habits early is important," says senior Leah Mann. "I wish high schoolers would have done this with us when we were in the elementary."
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Teachers at all the schools in the district have been working with students throughout the year about doing their best in their classes and to use that same philosophy when they take their Iowa Assessments. "Teachers are a key component when it comes to emphasizing the importance of Iowa Assessments," says ALL4ONE sponsor Dan Lopez. "Having high schoolers from our ALL4ONE group reiterate the same information is just another piece of the puzzle. Younger students model older students and when elementary students see high schoolers emphasize the importance of the tests, they will take their own tests more seriously."
Mary Sherwood, Elementary Assistant Principal, sums it up, "We are so pleased with the involvement we have had with the high school this year. Our elementary students really look up to the high school students and having them send a positive message to our younger students about the importance of academics and doing their best on the Iowa Assessment is very powerful. Our High Five Fridays is a great way for us to start the day!"


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Wednesday, January 09, 2008
No Dice
I did manage to finish my Noro socks today, yet another fraternal pair:
Pattern: a variation on my standard stockinette recipe
Yarn: Noro Kureyon Sock Yarn (70% wool, 30% nylon), colorway S92, one skein (with a good 35 grams leftover)
Needles: two 12" US 1 (2.5 mm) Addi Turbo circs
Started/Completed: December 30, 2007/January 9, 2008
Mods: cast on an additional stitch to allow for a 3x2 rib in the longer cuff (later decreased away) and continued slip-stitch pattern of heel flap through the heel turn for added durability
I've got to be honest with you, folks. I am not impressed with this yarn. The only thing that I like about my experience knitting with it was the color and its subtle changes. The actual knitting experience was not what you'd call pleasurable. First of all, this yarn is rough. As in gave me calluses rough. It's also a singles yarn, so there were fuzzy thick bits near every color transition, and it constantly twisted up on itself. I was also not very pleased to encounter two knots in the skein while knitting the second sock alone; it's because of the second knot that the second sock I knit is actually two rows shorter than the first (I did not want to have to weave in two more ends right at the end of the toe). I know that three knots are the so-called industry standard, but I've only ever encountered one in a skein before. There's still a full third of this skein left, so who knows how many more knots might still be inside.
If I had to pick a word other than rough to decribe this yarn, I'd probably call it sticky -- as in it sticks to itself. This might be good if you're knitting a colorwork sweater with steeks, but for a sock, not so much. The stitches in the knit fabric are not even; there are even places that look like holes or ladders where the stitches decided to stretch out in the middle. The socks are soaking in a sink full of lukewarm water right now, so it remains to be seen whether the fabric will even out.
I'm afraid that I can't give a full review of this yarn until I've worn the socks a few times and can tell you how it holds up, but I promise to do so when I'm able to. In the meantime, I can convincingly say that I am not in any rush to run out and buy more of this sock yarn, or any other Noro yarn, for that matter. I'm going to thank my fingertips for putting up with me during these socks by finally knitting with my Jitterbug. Can you guess what pattern I'm returning to once again?
11 comments:
- ~Kristie said...
ummm.... ohhh... this is so difficult .. hmmm.. what pattern, what pattern....
Embossed Leaves?
Thank you for the thorough review of the Noro sock yarn. I will definitely not be purchasing that. Sticky, rough and knots ... that's the tricrapta!
- DPUTiger said...
yeah. I'm really not in a rush to buy this yarn, even though Bloomin Yarns carries it. My reasoning is that I'm a TIGHT knitter and that won't play so nicely with a singles yarn that goes as thin as the Noro sock yarn. Plus, I have too much nice soft awesome sock yarn in my stash to want to jump right in with scratchy wool. Oh well. More for other shiny things. Like a second sock club. What was I thinking??!!?!!? (qpaymy ... two words in one verification!)
- Jenn said...
So were there bits of crap in the Noro sock yarn like there are in other Noro yarn? If I wanted bits of crap in my yarn, I'd go kick it around the back yard and then knit with it!
- Anna said...
Ah, once again you've confirmed what I suspected about this yarn. It's a shame because of the colors.
- The_Add_Knitter said...
Thanks for the heads-up! I've been thinking about doing a chevron with mine, and your post is really encouraging me in that direction. I never knew that there was an industry standard regarding knots, that's fascinating!
- Yvonne said...
First of all, I'm betting you knit some no-purl monkeys. Secondly, thanks for the review on the Noro yarn. It's sooo pretty...but so gross to the touch.
- Pat said...
I've read 3-4 other reviews and they all said the same thing - I'm glad I held off on getting it - the colors are so beautiful that I have been very tempted! I bet that Jitterbug feels heavenly!
- Rebecca said...
Thanks for the yarn review. You confirmed all my suspicions. Callouses? WOW!
- Jen said...
I'm not surprised about the scratchiness, due to the fact that it's Noro, but they sure look purty.
I am currently knitting with the Noro sock yarn and hoping that the rough bits will soften out after washing (please say they do!) I love the colors and have used other Noro yarn to knit and felt bags which turned out great. The colors are awesome.
- Cheryl :) said...
See now I am currently knitting socks with my Noro Sock Yarn and do love it. THe colors are luscious! I would recommend using a ball winder first to anyone rather than straight from the pull skein. It is skeined very tight and the color changes came out in a blob. Now if you knit like gangbusters it would probably be a pain, but for me, a putzer, not so much. Trekking wound back on itself when I used it and so did Opal, so I think just the nature of sock yarn is to be wound so tight. But I am a NORO lover and that might be the difference in whether you love it or like it or hate it.


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Support Groups in Indiana
There are a limited number of support groups in Indiana which offer people with visual impairments and their families the chance to share experiences, information, and advice and the opportunity to participate in a variety of social activities.
If you have information on other support groups please contact The Indiana State library Special Services Division at 800 622 4970.
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John Stroot 765 832 9275
The Low Vision Support Group of Vanderburgh County
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Program for the Visually Impaired
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Adults meet the second Wednesday of every month except January from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Family Service Association. The support group is a social/educational group with monthly speakers. For more information contact:
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As 23 News brought you two weeks ago, the Rockford School Board is considering closing Rock River Elementary school.
Sources inside the school district tell 23 News that more than one school may have to close. Now, Jackson, Dennis and Stiles Elementary Schools names are being tossed around.
Interim Superintendent Dr. Ellen Bueschel has made several recommendations to the board on how to reduce a $30 million deficit. Cuts for 2004-2005 include closing Rock River and giving rift notices to over 100 employees, but more than one school may have to shut its doors for good.
There's been talk of turning Dennis Elementary into an early childhood school, or Dennis, Jackson and Stiles could close altogether. Stiles is under consideration due to low enrollment numbers.


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Brendan Morrison is back on the injured-reserve list due to "inadequate rehabilitation of ACL knee surgery," and will be replaced by centre Paul Byron.
Anton Babchuk had his left hand had been fractured blocking a first-period shot Tuesday against the Minnesota Wild — and T.J. Brodie is back in the National Hockey League.
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Like a good wine, Christophe Jallet just gets better with age. Indeed, since his first professional outings with Niort in 2003, the 29-year-old, from Cognac in the south-west of France, has improved year on year to become one of the best defenders in the country.
Jallet now finds himself a key figure at Paris Saint-Germain and recently won his first international cap for France, scoring on his debut in a 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil 2014™ qualifier against Belarus in August. The former Lorient man has had a sip of success, and now he wants to start quaffing titles.
"You should be proud of what you achieve, for sure, but perhaps I'll be a bit prouder of my own achievements once I've finished playing," Jallet told FIFA.com as he reflected on his professional journey to date. "At the moment it's not really sinking in. I'm trying to take things day by day."
The son of a winemaker, Jallet originally dreamed of becoming an oenologist but twice narrowly missed out on obtaining the necessary diploma. Fortunately, his hard work and efforts to succeed as a professional footballer have proven to be much more fruitful.
From little-known forward to infallible fullback
Jallet began his senior career with Ligue 2 side Niort in 2003, before stepping up to Ligue 1 to play for Lorient from 2006 to '09. From there he joined another top-flight outfit, Paris Saint-Germain, where he is now enjoying life in the UEFA Champions League.
It has been onwards and upwards for Jallet's career since those early days. On the pitch, however, it has been more a case of backwards and sideways. Indeed, having starting out as a forward, the Frenchman dropped back into midfield before becoming, as PSG coach Carlo Ancelotti described him, "the best right-back in France."
Jallet said: "It's easier to listen to a compliment like that than it is to take criticism. It's obviously nice to hear. Afterwards, you try your best to return the favour."
The most important thing now is to make sure I stay there, because once you've tasted international football you don't want to give it up.
A right-sided defender by trade, Jallet is a lively presence on the flank and has earned admiration for his strong tackling and pin-point crossing. His PSG team-mate, Salvatore Sirigu, described him as "a very good player" and "a pillar of the team: a senior player with a lot of charisma who is always ready to help his team-mates."
Those qualities earned Jallet the captain's armband at the start of the season, and he seems to have taken the responsibility in his stride. "Being captain at PSG is no more difficult than being captain anywhere else," he said. "There's nothing dark or unusual about it: it's about being a mediator. It just means you have a bit more responsibility towards the group."
The PSG squad in question is full of stars, including, among others, Thiago Silva and Ezequiel Lavezzi. But, with ten goals in ten Ligue 1 outings, there is one man in particular who stands out from the pack.
"He's a top-class player," Jallet said of Zlatan Ibrahimovic. "Playing alongside him is both an honour and a pleasure. It's also an extra source of motivation, and something that helps all the players around him to improve."
Jallet's own competition for a place in the side comes in the shape of Gregory van der Wiel, a FIFA World Cup runner-up with Netherlands in 2010, who joined PSG in the summer. "Competition [for places] pushes you to better yourself," he explained. "And the more good players we have in our group, the better chance we'll have of winning titles."
PSG made several big-name signings in the summer, and Jallet hopes those players will help deliver plenty of champagne-popping moments for the club this season:
"It's true that we have quite a large squad, and some players obviously get a bit less playing time than others. But that's how it is at the big clubs and we're working together to win as many titles as possible this year."
"As far as the Ligue 1 title is concerned, we [the PSG players] will be our own biggest rivals this year. If we can improve our performances, we will make it possible."
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Jallet, for his part, does not see himself as one of the stars at PSG: "I'm just a simple footballer trying to do my job as well as possible – just like any other professional in any other line of work. It's true that we [footballers] get more media exposure than other people, but that's all."
"Being an international player has not changed my life," said the newly capped French star. "It gives me fewer days at home, but it's a great pleasure because it's something you always hope for when you're a player. The most important thing now is to make sure I stay there, because once you've tasted international football you don't want to give it up."
Now nearly 30, Jallet has finally come of age. And, if he continues in his current vein, 2013 may just turn out to be a vintage year for both PSG and Les Bleus.


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The worst snowstorm in 20 years brought Jerusalem to a standstill on Thursday (January 10).
Views across the historic Old City showed landmark sites like the Dome of the Rock layered under a blanket of snow.
Most people stayed indoors during the unusual weather, but some saw it as an opportunity to enjoy.
Israeli President Shimon Peres made a snowman at his residence in Jerusalem.
"Jerusalem has many colors, in the morning in the sunshine, she is a little bit gold-ish. In the sunset, she is a little bit blue-ish but when she is white it so rare, so beautiful, so unifying. Whatever happens in Jerusalem is a blessing. This time is a blessing in white," Peres told reporters.
Elisha Peleg, an official in charge of emergencies with Israel's municipality for Jerusalem, urged the city's residents to remain at home and stay off the streets, telling Israel Army Radio the area had overnight seen its greatest snowfall since 1992.
He said 10 to 15 centimeters (4 to 6 inches) of snow had piled up in the city center and more than that in outlying areas.
In the West Bank city of Ramallah, residents playfully held a snowball fight in Arafat Square.
Across the West Bank, rooftops and streets were covered in snow as bulldozers made efforts to clear passageways.
Particularly proud Palestinians in Bethlehem planted a flag in a snowman they built in front of the Church of the Nativity.


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JDO vs. Entity Beans: A Modest Proposalby Marek Mosiewicz
When Sun introduced the EJB 1.1 spec (including Entity Beans) two years ago, it was a revolution in enterprise computing. Experience revealed, however, that it was not perfect. The remote interface is slow and it makes creation of fine-grained objects difficult, in many cases.
The Java Data Objects (JDO) interface was later introduced as a new interface for storing objects to a data store, which in many cases could be a replacement for Entity Beans. At first glance, JDO seems to be a solution for Entity Beans' performance problems. In most applications, data operations are retrieving and setting field values. Most JSP pages simply display or change data from databases. In this case, the remote interface is huge overhead; remote getters and setters are unnecessery, especially if you would like to call the same getter many times. (With remote methods, you can't afford to call a remote getter many times.) In this case, it is much more reasonable to retrieve data so that the client can manipulate it locally, and then send it back to the server.
JDO realizes this approach. In fact, it could be considered an object-oriented JDBC interface. For many developers, it seems to be the perfect solution, but it is not enough.
The real power of Entity Beans is in their server-side business logic, which is not available in JDO because of its client-side orientation. This is not easy to see, given the current status of Entity Beans, which have poor support for object-oriented design patterns. There are no real virtual methods or inheritance. But let's try to imagine EJB with all real object features (in fact, this is not easy to do, and probably will take a long time to achieve). Then, server-side logic becomes a powerful tool for the application designer. For example, a customer entity with a
getCreditLimit() method can be implemented differently for different types of cutomomers. With such Entity Beans, it becomes possible to create real object-oriented frameworks for business applications. But is there any way to make EJB more efficient in simple get-set operations?
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EJB Interface Improvement
In EJB 2.0, there are plans to introduce dependent objects. This solution would provide some improvement in EJB performance; however, it is not perfect. In many cases, treating objects as dependent usually cannot be known at design time. One object must be an entity in transaction; so it would be enough to have a local copy when we only want to display it.
Therefore, here's a solution, which allows for decisions in runtime. There are proposed interfaces; first is a data object interface, which stores only data:
interface EModel extends
PossiblySomeKindOfResultSetNavigationInteface ???{
This is the Entity Bean interface:
interface ERemote extends EJBObject{
setField1(); //equivalent to EModel methods
EModel getModel();
void setModel(EModel)
void doSomeServerSideBusiness();
The home interface could also have the special
findByModel(EModel model) method to get an entity object, if we have only a data object (if EModel would hold the EJB handle or ID). We could do even more. There is no need to define a single EModel. We can have serializable objects, which are held by a given model getter or setter. This could be achieved by introducing something like this into the remote interface:
Object getModelWith(Object modelGetter,
Object getterHintsOrMapper);
void setModelWith(Object modelToSet,
Object modelSetter, Object setterHintsOrMapper);
This would give us incredible flexibility. There could be pluggable mapping extensions to our EJB container for XML, JDO, or SQL ResultSet.
Some of these extensions would have to be written by developers on an individual EJB basis. Many could be more generic, written with mapping tools like Castor. There could be many XML mappings for one EJB. This would give us a chance to handle many XML messages. For example, an entity invoice could handle many invoice messages.
Developers, not application server providers, could introduce the interfaces shown here. If introduced by a server provider, mappings could be created automatically. These could also be faster, if containers offer some special API. For example, a RDBMS persistence provider could generate and execute SQL directly from an XML message.
Also, when using finders, it should be possible to decide what is needed: entity or data. Then finders could also have a mechanism to retrieve only selected fields for the client, if data has been chosen. Otherwise, it would be annoying to retrieve collections of large data objects if we only need their names.
As I remember, the early IBM San Francisco framework followed a similar approach. There was a special transaction demarcation mode, which indicated objects could not be persistently modified. This allowed us to receive, copy, and operate on them locally, as long as the client had implementation.
Marek Mosiewicz is a senior software developer in TALEX S.A.
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Cultural Significance of Reindeer:
The reindeer, "Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, and Blitzen," made their way into numerous hearts in 1823 by a poem from Clement C. Moore originally entitled "A Visit from St. Nicholas." The poem became more popularly known in the 20th century as "The Night Before Christmas." The Patron Saint of Giving, St. Nicholas, became more commonly known as Santa Claus with the introduction of his red-nosed reindeer, Rudolph, who flew into many hearts in 1939.
Fun Fact:Before Santa had a team of reindeer to pull his sleigh it was pulled by a horse. Prior to his flying sleigh, Santa used to deliver gifts riding horseback. Several European cultures in the 21st century still depict him as riding a white horse.
The small Artic Reindeer became extinct in the 1900s from uncontrolled hunting. Its larger cousin, the Peary Caribou are the inhabitants furthest north and are considered Santas fabled reindeer sleigh team. The Peary Caribou face imminent extinction from starvation and low birth numbers as a direct result of planetary warming.
United States political bodies openly argued the validity of climate science in December 2011. The accuracy of the science was refuted in an attempt to apply pressure on the Obama administration to push through the approval of the expansion to the Keystone Pipeline. These political naysayers would be wise to take a long hard look at the Peary Caribou findings and listen, learn, and acknowledge empirical scientific data. In 1961, the Peary Caribou had a population of approximately 40,000. By 2009, their numbers were down to 700 and steadily declining, putting Santas reindeer on the fast track towards extinction.
Cultural Significances of the Elephant:
On Bodhi Day, held the 8th day of the 12th lunar month, people adorn their trees with decorative elephant items and prominently display statues to pay tribute to the wisdom of this animal. It was written that the elephant was the first to acknowledge the presence of Buddha and not man. Therefore, the wise elephant is shown respect each year for sharing its knowledge.
Solstice Festival of Ganesha is a Hindu festival held December 21 - 25 to celebrate new beginnings and love. The holiday honors the deity Ganesha who was fashioned with the head of an elephant. Each year people design clay models of Ganesha and festively decorate the clay to pay their respects. They wrap themselves in colorful garments and gently chant to imbue the spirit of Ganesha into the clay models.
Fun Fact:Some versions of lore depict Ganesha riding a lion while others stories mention that fastened to the end of one of his arms sits the head of a lion denoting strength and courage.
In 1930, Elephants enjoyed an abundant population of about 10 million members. However, due to habitat encroachment and poachers slaying elephants for their ivory tusks, they were listed as an endangered species in 1989 when their total population dropped to approximately 600,000. By 2011, it was estimated that 35,000 remain in the wild. These numbers tell a story of rapid extermination for the species if people do not learn to control themselves.
While observing your chosen holiday, take an extra moment and focus on how animals have enriched your celebration experience. Inside that moment, imagine how the world would forever change if it were absent of those familiar animal icons. When we embrace and hold onto that thought we find a doorway towards understanding the importance of preserving animals and wildlife.
For those interested, share in the Spirit of Heightened Animal Awareness.


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March 24, 2012
MINNEAPOLIS – The No. 1 Oklahoma men's gymnastics team capped another dominant regular season by taking down No. 5 Minnesota and No. 6 Ohio State on Saturday night in Minneapolis.
While Oklahoma improved to 15-1 overall, it wasn't easy. After going back and forth all meet, the Sooners totaled a 353.100 to edge the Gophers' season-best 350.600, while the Buckeyes (344.500) took third.
The meet came down to the wire with Oklahoma and Minnesota tied at 294.900 heading into the final rotation before the Sooners posted a 58.200 on high bar to seal the victory.
"We did a decent job," said OU Head Coach Mark Williams. "Being on the road was an adjustment after having our last four meets at home. We definitely left the door open in terms of not having the best performance I thought we could've had. Our hit percentage was down, our sticking of landings was down. We just didn't improve from the past two meets we've had."
The Sooners claimed event titles on floor, pommel horse, rings and high bar with Jake Dalton taking event titles on parallel bars and high bar and Raymond White claiming the floor title. Dylan Akers took the all-around title with an 83.100.
With the nation-best 15-1 record, the Sooners finished the season with one or less loss for the 11th time in the past 12 years.
Oklahoma's one loss of the season came to then-No. 2 Illinois on Jan. 28 in Champaign, Ill. Since the lone loss, OU has gone 9-0 over a stretch of six meets, defeating seven top-10 opponents, including three in the top five.
Oklahoma started the meet off strong with four Sooners posting career highs on floor exercise to total a 61.100, its third-highest score of the season. Dalton, the nation's top gymnast on floor and gold medalist in the event at last week's Pacific Rim Championships, did not compete in OU's floor lineup.
The Sooners were led by White's career-high-tying 15.500 along with career bests by Dylan Akers (15.300), Presten Ellsworth (15.000) and Chris Stehl (14.900). Senior Patrick Piscitelli scored a season-high 15.100.
Oklahoma, the nation's top-ranked team on floor, won the event title in all nine of its regular-season meets, scoring over a 60 in seven meets. The Sooners have claimed the floor title in 27 straight regular-season meets, dating back to 2009.
After struggling to surpass a 57 on pommel horse for two consecutive meets, the Sooners scored a 57.300 in their weakest event. Rubin scored a 14.800 followed by Michael Reid's 14.400 and Troy Nitzky's 14.300.
After two rotations, the Golden Gophers narrowly led Oklahoma 118.700-118.400.
Oklahoma's woes continued in third rotation with a 58.600 on rings, an event it normally scores over a 59 in. Nitzky posted a team-best 15.100 and Stehl scored a 14.600.
Minnesota posted a 58.700 on parallel bars to extend its lead to four-tenths of a point, 177.400-177.000.
The Sooners picked it up on vault with a 59.400 to retake the lead, 236.400-235.000. Piscitelli led Oklahoma with a season-best 15.200 followed by William Clement's career-high 14.800.
Through four rotations, the Sooners hadn't seen action from Dalton, the nation's top all-around gymnast. The junior captain sat out on four events to help rest before the start of the postseason.
Dalton scored a 15.200 on parallel bars to help the Sooners score a 58.500 on the apparatus. Freshman Danny Berardini collected a 14.700 and Ellsworth totaled a 14.500.
Even with Dalton back in the lineup, the Gophers would not quit. Minnesota scored a 59.900 on floor and with one rotation remaining, the meet was tied at 294.900.
The Golden Gophers ended the meet on pommel horse, notching a 55.700 behind Ellis Mannon's team-best 14.000.
With the meet on the line, Dalton pulled through for the Sooners in the clutch with a 15.100 to push Oklahoma to a 57.800 in the event, retaking the lead and clinching the win.
"Going into my high bar routine, I knew the meet was close but I had to put the scores of the meet out of it," said Dalton. "The team has been working really hard and were behind me the whole way. I wanted to go out there and do the best I could for them and trying not to think about the score that much.
With the conclusion of the regular season, the Sooners now turn their eyes to the postseason, starting with the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) Championships on April 7 in Colorado Springs, Colo.
Oklahoma is chasing its eighth conference crown in the past 10 years and 10th under Williams.
"We get a good week of training prior to the conference championships," said Williams. "Hopefully we can correct those errors we've been making and get back on track to a point where we can confident enough to win the conference title."
The MPSF is a hybrid conference that features Oklahoma, Air Force, California and Stanford.


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LOS ANGELES — Randy Newman is now a hall of famer.
The singer-songwriter kicked off Thursday's 28th annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles with a performance of "I Love L.A." He was joined by Jackson Browne, John Fogerty and Tom Petty.
"I didn't think it would happen until I died or something," the 69-year-old said backstage after his induction.
Newman is among this year's eight inductees, which also includes rockers Heart and Rush, rap group Public Enemy, disco queen Donna Summer, bluesman Albert King, and producers Quincy Jones and Lou Adler.
Adler was inducted during Thursday's extravaganza by Richard "Cheech" Marin and Tommy Chong before being serenaded by Carole King with "So Far Away." Jack Nicholson was among Adler's fans in the crowd who gave the producer-mogul a standing ovation.
With his guitar around his neck, John Mayer inducted the late King into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame before joining Gary Clark Jr. for King-tinged jam session.
"Albert King is why guitar-face was invented," said Mayer.
The event marks the first time since 1993 that the Cleveland, Ohio, institution has held its induction ceremony on the West Coast. It will be broadcast May 18 on HBO.
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What do you use your lemons for? We all know about the wonderful ways it can enhance the taste of your food and drinks, but what about some uncommon benefits of having a few extra lemons lying around? Here are some reasons why if life gives you lemons, there's much more you can do with them than make lemonade!
Lemons are great for keeping ants out of the kitchen. A couple squirts of lemon juice around the doors, windows and any holes where ants are getting in should do the trick. They are also useful for getting rid of fleas and roaches because they hate the lemony smell. It should make it clear that they aren't welcome!
Lemon juice is also great for your skin. It naturally exfoliates, removing dead skin cells and oiliness. It is also a natural treatment for acne by helping to heal scars, remove blackheads and prevent future breakouts. Many people leave the juice on their skin overnight and rinse thoroughly in the morning.
As you may have noticed, soap and water doesn't really do the trick on wooden cutting boards but lemon juice does! As a natural cleanser it works wonders. Sprinkle some salt on your board and scrub it with the flesh side of a lemon half. Afterward, rinse with warm water. This is especially great if you use cutting boards for raw meat.
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Ever consider a patch? I imagine there are a number of us that has space available on our: packs, hats, etc.
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With the possibility of a WB bridge in the works I wonder if the superfly will work well or need to be modified in someway. If I don't wait for WB bridge and go with JRB bridge will superfly work well with the JRB.
Just got my new DL 1.1 BB and a t-shirt, size XL. I'm 6'-6" tall and about 230 right now and it fits great, to give people a comparison...
Moski, who no longer feels the Secret Ninja Ski emptiness..............
B/C he got them now
Makes me chuckle...
We're so used to Brandon, Dutch, Stormcrow et al coming up with new shiney innovative products (and Shug for showing us how it all goes together in the most entertaining ways possible), that as soon as anything new is in the pipeline or has been announced - we're all like rabid dogs frothing at the mouth with sheer excitement!
Each announcement is met with "Oooh yes, I want one" or "can we have a special XYZ gizmo added to it as well?" or "does it come in XXXXS to XXXXL size?".
I don't know anywhere else that ideas are given so freely for vendors/hangers to incorporate into their set-ups or anywhere else where customers feel so much part of what's going on in the development side of a business. It's just brilliant! It's like we've always been pals with our cottage vendors and we all greet each other like long-time friends. Everyone is so friendly and willing to help EVERYBODY else - if only the whole planet did that huh?? Honestly, it wouldn't be out of place to find pics of the Dalai Lama lounging in a hammock somewhere in the piney woods in here!
Man I love this place so much!!
Two of my girlfriends bought Travel Nets this week from Brandon after they saw mine. The sock will be for next fall...for all of us.
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How's it for us "full figured" types (say 275 lbs)?
Wider for us "full figured" types (say barrel chest and wide shoulders)?
Or is this yet another hammock for smaller hangers only?
Will my Incubator work with it?
I am thinking of a bridge for my Judy (so the weight/size stuff does not apply...wheew, dodged that bullet ) but also would like to be able to borrow it.


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RIVERVIEW, FL- The Tony and Bertha Saladino Tournament began on Friday, pitting together 28 schools from the Tampa area. This prestigious and well-run tournament is in its 29th year and as one could imagine, many a future big leaguer has come through.
There are again plenty of good players coming out of Tampa in 2009, with shortstop/righthanded pitcher Mychal Givens (ranked #13 overall in the draft) at the top of the list. I blogged on Givens after watching him play shortstop on February 28th. On Monday (April 6th), I finally got to see him at his "other" position. Givens pitched against Plant City High School in a 4:00 match-up at Riverview High School.
Givens threw hard from the beginning. With his unique low three-quarter delivery, there were a lot of 93s and 94s in the first and he sat 90-94 MPH the rest of the way in his seven inning start. (In past PG events, he's sat 93-95 MPH for shorter appearances and actually topped out at 98 MPH at the AFLAC All-American Game.)
In the end, it was a one-hit shutout with 7K, 1BB, and one hit batter.
Strangely, however, quite a few balls were hit hard off of Givens by a fair Florida high school team. And considering his velocity, seven strikeouts are not much.
A lot of it has to do with Givens's arm-action, which lacks deception because it's long in back and he shows the ball the whole way. Coming at such a low angle makes it difficult to hide. And unlike a lot of low-slot pitchers, Givens doesn't get plus movement. I graded it average "running" action, but it's not like a Kent Tekulve or Dan Quisenberry fastball as far as movement is concerned.
Givens was also up in the zone a lot with his heater. His slider is a tight biter at 82 MPH that has a rising Frisbee action similar to B.K. Kim's. It can become an average to solid-average pitch, but he has to locate it better down in the zone. When it flattens out, it's very hittable by low-level pro hitters.
Givens showed an 87-88 MPH two-seam fastball which he could throw low in the zone and worked almost like a change-up. His change-up is in the low-80s and he has some feel for it; Givens keeps his arm-speed and gets fastball-like movement on his change. So he has the potential for several average offerings in addition to his fastball.
He's obviously an outstanding athlete, given his abilities at shortstop. But Givens's delivery has some effort, even though it looks smooth. He doesn't rock back and incorporate his lower-half or core muscles a whole lot. Givens has a lightning quick arm and that's where the velocity comes from. But in the long term, you'd like to have the body absorb more of the punishment especially for a starter.
Givens showed an exceptional pickoff move which partially made up for his very slow times to the plate (1.8 seconds compared to MLB average of 1.3). Still, he'll have to speed up the delivery considerably to keep from getting run out of the park at the next level.
I would actually lean to Givens as a shortstop, if it were my call. He obviously has something to work with on the mound and those velocity numbers get your attention. But there is so much more to pitching and I don't think he's nearly as safe a venture as he would be at shortstop, where he's shown me he can play very well at the highest level. At about 6-0, 190 (my estimation from the stands), he has the athletic build that will work at both positions. Givens is strong in his lower-half with broad shoulders and a good taper. I suspect he'd get to 210 as a position player.
Givens went 2-3 with a homerun and two walks on Monday. He actually looked tentative on the curveball and he made a baserunning blunder, getting picked off at first base. But he showed his ability to handle the bat and use the field, going the other way on a single where he did nicely to stay inside the ball. I don't see Givens as a middle-order hitter in the big leagues, but believe he could be a #2 in the lineup guy who hits for average and steals 20+ bases. That combined with plus defense at short makes him a very good major league player if he reaches his ceiling.
Most every scout I've talked to has him dead even between shortstop and pitching, or has him higher as a shortstop. Either way, he has a good shot at going in the first round to somebody.
OTHER SALADINO TOURNAMENT NOTES: I drove over to nearby Brandon High School where Sickles HS was playing. They have three players who've gotten some attention from scouts. Third baseman Josh Dunn (committed to Florida Gulf Coast) is a 6-2, 215 righthanded hitter with raw power and some actions for the hot corner. He doesn't handle the bat real well now and has some holes to fill, but there is upside and a chance someone pops him in the first ten rounds. Shortstop Chris Velez is a live-bodied 6-3, 180 player who has some actions, but is crude at the plate and on the infield. He's a likely college or juco player who scouts will follow at that level. RIghthanded pitcher Gregg Cooke is a 6-7, 180 stringbean with good over-the-top arm-action and a fairly smooth delivery. He only throws in the mid-80s now, but is plenty projectable and has the makings of an average curveball in the long run. He seems likely to end up at Central Florida, where he has signed.


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The "sort-of sequel to 'Knocked Up'" is how Universal marketed Judd Apatow's comedy "This Is 40," a perfect slogan for a movie about which many of us felt ambivalent.
"This Is 40" is of course Apatow's latest attempt to marry sweetness with raunch. Marry is the key word: As with his 2009 underperformer "Funny People," Apatow's new film explored the skim milk–dipped ennui of modern marriage, or at least modern marriage in a tony West Los Angeles neighborhood to a woman who looks like Leslie Mann. Moviegoers have not responded: With a $12-million opening, the film had the lowest first-weekend total for any Apatow directorial effort.
As many others have been pointing out, Apatow has been striking out a lot lately. "40" is part of a corps of movies dating back nearly five years that, with one exception (more on that in a moment), have been neither buzzy moneymakers like "The 40-Year-OId Virgin" nor cult sensations like his TV show "Freaks & Geeks."
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This list of Apatow box-office disappointments is not short, and it is surprisingly not monolithic. It includes movies he's produced as well as those he's directed. It includes genre-busting comedy ("Year One") and straightforward romantic dramedies ("Wanderlust"). It features movies with something more serious on its mind ("Funny People"), movies with not much on their mind ("Get Him to the Greek"), movies which had something on their mind before deciding to forsake those things before eventually returning to them later ("The Five-Year Engagement").