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I'm standing on a podium, with an enameled wand cocked between my fingers and sweat dampening the small of my back. Ranks of young musicians eye me skeptically. They know I don't belong here, but they're waiting for me to pretend I do. I raise my arm in the oppressive silence and let it drop. Miraculously, Mozart's overture to Don Giovanni explodes in front of me, ragged but recognizable, violently thrilling. This feels like an anxiety dream, but it's actually an attempt to answer a question that the great conductor Riccardo Muti asked on receiving an award last year: What is it, really, I do?
I have been wondering what, exactly, a conductor does since around 1980, when I led a JVC boom box in a phenomenal performance of Beethoven's Seventh Symphony in my bedroom. I was bewitched by the musicthe poignant plod of the second movement, the crazed gallop of the fourthand fascinated by the sorcery. In college, I took a conducting course, presided over a few performances of my own compositions, and led the pit orchestra for a modern-dance program. Those crumbs of experience left me in awe of the constellation of skills and talents required of a conductorand also made me somewhat skeptical that waving a stick creates a coherent interpretation.
Ever since big ensembles became the basis of orchestral music, about 200 years ago, doubt has dogged the guy on the podium. Audiences wonder whether he (or, increasingly, she) has any effect; players are sure they could do better; and even conductors occasionally feel superfluous. I'm in a bastard profession, a dishonest profession, agonized Dimitri Mitropoulos, who led the New York Philharmonic in the fifties. The others make all the music, and I get the salary and the credit. Call it the Maestro Paradox: The person responsible for the totality of sound produces none.
My guides through this mystery are Alan Gilbert, the music director of the New York Philharmonic, and James Ross, who with Gilbert runs the Juilliard School's conducting program. I'll be leading a student orchestra in a half-hour rehearsal of Mozart's six-minute overture to Don Giovanni. Throughout the fall, I drop in on Gilbert and Ross's course, in which four students take private lessons and meet for seminars, attend Philharmonic rehearsals, and conduct the school's lab orchestra in weekly two-and-a-half-hour sessions.
Pianists can work through their failures in solitude; conductors live each one in public. As the students take turns on the podium, Gilbert prowls the room, giving cues from the sidelinesYou're not showing that pizzicato!or sneaking up and grabbing a proto-maestro's wrist. Ross stays behind the violins and lobs little flares of wisdom: A lot of great conductors are shy, even though you wouldn't know that from how they handle large groups of people. That shyness can actually help in intimate music. You have to let people see what's inside you, even if you don't do that in the rest of your life.
I'm not a naturally demonstrative person, so I find this idea both consoling and counterintuitive. Not only am I letting the musicians in on my own inner life, I'm also asking them to express it for me. The idea of conducting as a kind of emotional ventriloquism helps deal with one especially thorny bit of the Maestro Paradox: Leadership requires confidence that is difficult to acquire and impossible to fake. Orchestras are psychic X-ray machines. They judge a new chief within minutes, and once scorn sets in, forget it. I'm going to have to project the sense that I am entitled to be there, and first, I must convince myself.
Knowing the scorethe expression implies mastery, but it doesn't suggest the sustained and solitary study that's required to achieve it. There are a few miles of roadway that I have driven often enough to navigate them faultlessly in my mind: I know every pothole, every deer crossing. A conductor needs similarly detailed recall of an enormous musical terrain. In the weeks I spend fussing over just my six minutes of Mozart, Gilbert conducts Schoenberg's Pelleas und Melisande; symphonies by Mahler, Brahms, Dvorák, and Beethoven; and assorted pieces by Webern, Bruch, Berg, Bach, Corigliano, Dutilleux, Haydn, Sibelius, Wagner, Janácek, and Mozartdozens of hours, millions of notes, pieces he has performed for years and pieces he's never seen before. During one session, Gilbert demonstrates for a percussionist how to get the right sound on the triangle, corrects a bowing in the violin part, sings the bassoon line, and points out a subtle harmonic shiftall without glancing at the score. I haven't looked at this piece in five years, he says, but it's still in there somewhere. If the entire symphonic tradition were incinerated, a team of conductors could write it all out again.


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SPOKANE, Wash. – The Whitworth defense never let visiting St. Scholastica get untracked offensively, leading to a 36-7 season-opening victory for the Pirates on Saturday afternoon at the Pine Bowl.
First Half Highlights on Lukens at Large.
Led by De' Hall's two interceptions and solid tackling across the front seven, Whitworth's defense held the Saints to 200 yards of total offense and set up the Pirate offense in good field position all game long.
After Whitworth was held on downs deep in CSS territory on its first possession, Sean McNeally set up the Bucs deep in the Saints' half of the field again when he returned an interception 21 yards to the CSS 29. Whitworth scored six plays later on Griffin Hare's six yard run.
Hall, who led the Pirates in interceptions last season with four, picked off his first pass of the game on the next CSS series, setting Whitworth up at the Saint's 14 yard line. It took one play for DJ Tripoli to run into the endzone for a 14-0 Whitworth lead in the first quarter.
Tripoli carried in from one yard out early in the second quarter for a 20-0 Whitworth lead after the extra point went wide. That play finished off Whitworth's first extended scoring drive of the game – 68 yards in 10 plays.
The Pirates finished the half by executing a picture-perfect two-minute drill. Junior QB Bryan Peterson drove the offense 90 yards in nine plays, completing passes of 12 and 27 yards to Kekoa Turbeville along the way. On third down he hit Devon Lind, who made an acrobatic catch back across his body, from 16 yards out with 10 seconds to play.
The 27-0 halftime score was reflected in the stats as Whitworth outgained St. Scholastica 289-58 over the first two quarters.
Neither team scored in the third quarter as the Saints defense turned the Pirates away on two occasions deep in CSS territory. The first time was on downs at the 31 yard line and the second came after a missed 40-yard field goal.
Early in the fourth quarter Hall picked off his second pass of the game and appeared to return it 47 yards for a touchdown. But that TD return was called back by a holding penalty. Peterson wasted little time, however, hitting Lind for a 33-yard gain and Tripoli scored his third touchdown of the game three plays later from one yard away.
St. Scholastica got on the scoreboard with just under five minutes to play in the game. Backup QB Ian Papenheim hit Cory Gebhard from 19 yards out, capping a 64-yard possession.
The Pirates' defense got the final points of the game on a safety when backup linebacker Neil Wagner sacked Papenheim in the endzone with 2:04 to play.
Grant Livingston led the Pirate defense with seven tackles, while Jarrell Norman, Fernando Noriega and Trevor Cooper had five stops each.
Peterson completed 15 of 24 passes for 259 yards with one touchdown and no interceptions. Michael McCune, who played most of the fourth quarter as the Pirates' QB, was 1-6 for 13 yards. Lind caught six passes for 113 yards and a score. Drew Clausen added three catches for 63 yards.
Tripoli led the rushing game with 75 yards on 14 attempts with three touchdowns. Hare, a freshman, totaled 48 yards on 11 carries and the first TD of his career.
Tyler Harper, the starting QB for St. Scholastica, completed 14 of 24 passes for 72 yards with three interceptions. Papenheim finished 4-7 for 53 yards and a touchdown. Gebhard was the Saints' leading receiver with five grabs for 55 yards. Nick Murphy added four receptions for 21 yards.
Jake Jensen carried 13 times for 34 yards as Whitworth bottled up the CSS running game throughout the day. Chris Gassert added 25 yards on seven attempts.
Alex French led the Saints' defense with 10 tackles, which Tyler Zurn was in on two sacks for 15 yards.
Whitworth finished the game with a 407-200 edge in total offense and a 4-1 advantage in turnovers.
The Pirates will host Whittier College next weekend in the second of three straight home games. CSS returns to Duluth to open its UMAC schedule against Iowa Wesleyan.

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Travelers who enjoy Scotch are raising a glass to celebrate the opening of Johnnie Walker House, a new upscale whiskey center in Beijing.
The four-level club, which the company calls "the world's largest embassy for luxury Scotch whiskey outside of Scotland," offers rare whiskeys, personalized whiskey blends and culinary fusion pairings provided by in-house chef Phoebe Cleland.
The Beijing House is Johnny Walker's second in China; another opened last year in Shanghai.
"The Johnnie Walker House in Shanghai has been our most successful experiment in marketing and commercial innovation in Asia to date," said Gilbert Ghostine, president of Diageo Asia Pacific. (Diageo is the liquor company's parent corporation.) "This experience has brought new energy to Johnnie Walker's century-long story of progress in China."
The Beijing center includes a historical re-creation of founder John Walker's 19th century grocery shop in Scotland, a blending room, a "whiskey constellation wall" that provides an index for single-malt Scotch whiskeys, and a distillery bar, where nearly 10,000 copper pipes have been used to simulate a working distillery.
"Johnnie Walker House Beijing is a multisensory experience," said General Manager Lawrence Law, who described it as a showcase for Scotch whiskey culture, a luxury boutique, a private club and an artistic space.
The Johnnie Walker House Beijing, which is in the Dongcheng district, is open Tuesdays through Sundays.
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There are many ways to participate. You can create a theme camp or build an art installation. You might put on a performance or build a stage for others to perform on. Check out examples of Playa Events which participants created. Not everyone is an artist or performer, but there are many options for participating. You can volunteer to help build the infrastructure of Black Rock City, both on the playa and year round, including donating your unwanted items. We couldn't do any of it, if we didn't care about our environment and worry about our garbage. Lastly, or perhaps firstly, you can create your own form of participation.
The sticky posts are the top of each Volunteer area could just provide a link and/or text provided by the burningman.com site. examples:
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5 Healthy Food Menu Every Day
Menu healthy food for everyone is very important. Since food is the principal source of energy for day-to- day of activity . For men who work every day to be thinking about food as a priority in order to undergo well. And for women is also very important because they do so much homework . Nutrient intake and energy needs to be balanced for all . With the menu of healthy meals can be represented by four of five perfectly healthy , including:
Carbohydrates . Carbohydrates are here on rice , wheat , cassava, and others. Carbohydrates are the main energy source for the body, but in pernggunaannya harbohidrat langgung can not be used , but through a process of digestion for approximately 2 hours to complete the energy used for activity.
Protein . Next is protein. Protein is found in some foods like tofu , tempeh, eggs , meat , and much more . Protein itself can be an instant energy or can be used directly by the body . In other words, their digestive process is very fast .
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Vitamin . Vitamins are abundant in fruits. All kinds of fruits have vitamin content vary. Because the fruit is highly recommended for everyday consumption .
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Four of five perfectly healthy food so that the body can absorb up , it must use a healthy diet as well. In day-to- day meal regularity and precision in the food consumed can be likened to a natural diet . So no need to bother to undergo a diet program that can decrease your appetite . And it is worth our attention in the selection of food will we eat is , because lately a lot of dishonesty going from merchants in order to benefit as much as possible . Let's remove the dishonesty that by consuming healthy foods and without containing harmful substances . And so this review on healthy food menu , Have a good and useful thanks for your attention.


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On 23rd May 2013, le coq sportif made history by launching its first UK store ever, in Seven Dials, Covent Garden.
The opening of the London concept store follows a monumental year for the brand which celebrated its 130th Anniversary in 2012, along with a return to the Tour de France as official supplier of the leader jerseys. This year also marks the 100th edition of the Tour de France for which le coq sportif has created the limited edition 'Centième Collection', and of course a 100th edition of the Winners Jersey.
The store carries le coq sportif apparel, footwear and accessories for men and women, as well as limited edition ranges; including the Tour de France 'La Grande Boucle' range and the le coq sportif x Heimstone collaboration showcasing one of the brand's many specialities; retro running sneakers.
Party goers were treated to a melee of French culture and music with the sounds of DJ Manaré - signed to dance label ClekClekBoom who recently played as a collective at Fabric - and served with an array of canapés, drinks including popular French beer Gallia, French wine, champagne and blue, white cocktails.
And for the pièce de résistance, British design duo, The Wilson Brothers, were asked to create a sculpture that epitomised le coq sportif, its connection with cycling and this historic event.
Le coq sportif ambassador the 1980s tennis super star Yannick Noah still stands by the brand and made his appearance in the new Covent Garden store as did 1980s Tottenham Hotspur football legend Ossie Ardiles proving that le coq sportifs credible 131 year old heritage is deep rooted in sport, today more than ever.
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I've been asked if the EclipseFP debugger could provide stack traces. Links to great presentations about the subject were even presented! Simon Marlow's explanation of what can be done now regarding stack traces was great, but doesn't solve my problem: the debugging session in EclipseFP uses the GHCi debugger, basically sending GHCi commands and parsing the ouput, and Simon's new solutions require -prof flags, and hence don't work with GHCi.
For the time being I've done something that is not stack traces, but can provide some context when debugging, using the GHCi history. If when invoking a function in GHCi function, you start with :trace, then the :hist command gives you the last 50 evaluation steps. EclipseFP now calls :hist automatically on reaching a breakpoint and parses its output. It represents them as stack frames in the debug view, even that's not what they are. This way, clicking on them opens and select the relevant code, so hopefully you can get an idea of where you are and what you code is doing.
A screenshot showing the history on the program given as an example in the debugging article of the Monad Reader (PDF warning!):
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Buy quality whole beans from a reliable purveyor (preferably a roaster). If you don't have a grinder at home, ask a salesperson to grind whole beans for you rather than settling for pre-ground.
Purchasing bulk (unpackaged) beans from a specialty shop is okay as long as the bins or jars are relatively small and refilled regularly. Large vats hold a lot of beans and therefore don't need frequent filling. That means that beans can hang around for a long time being exposed to light and air. That can mean stale beans, and staleness is not a desirable attribute.
Purchase pre-packaged whole beans only when sealed in a foil-style bag featuring a one-way valve. The dime-shaped plastic valve is usually integrated into the packaging so that it will be as unobtrusive as possible, so check carefully. The absence of a valve means that the coffee probably sat and "gassed out" before it was packaged. That means it could be stale. Stale, again, is not a good thing. And remember: paper bags with twist tops are temporary transportation vessels, not storage devices.
Try to purchase only a week's worth of beans at a time. If you live where this is impractical, purchase several small sealed packages rather than one large one. Unopened one-way valve bags will keep coffee fresh for approximately three months. If you buy bulk coffee (not sealed with one-way valves) in large amounts, divide into weekly batches, seal in Mason-style jars and freeze. Transfer these small batches to counter top storage as needed (see below) .
Store opened or bulk coffee in an airtight, opaque container and store at room temperature for up to a week.
Grind coffee as close to brewing time as possible. For drip method, grind in blade style grinder for 15 to 20 seconds. For French presses, grind for only 10 to 12 seconds.
Regardless of method, brew using 2 heaping tablespoons of coffee for each 6 ounces of clean (filtered or bottled), cool water. If you prefer a milder cup, brew to full strength (between 190 and 205 degrees F), and then dilute with hot water. Brewing with too little coffee will result in over-extraction, and that means bitterness.
If you really want to taste the subtle nuances of regional coffees, consider a gold mesh filter.
When purchasing a coffee maker (either manual or electric), look for a model that brews into a thermal carafe rather than a glass pot designed to sit on a heating element. Continuous heating of coffee leads to bitterness.
Quality decaffeinated coffees usually cost more than regular beans.


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How are you? Another week is almost over. Yay!
Can't believe Summer will officially be over in two days.. time went by so fast! Luckily I have another month of vacations and then back to reality, my third and last university year starts. And here comes the panicking part, I have one month to find tickets to UK, fly back to UK and get my accommodation room ready (excited about the last one!).
The weather got a little better with the weather being at 30 degrees instead of 37! I could finally wear a shirt without any problem.. Mint is probably one of my favourite colours for Summer as it makes your tan colour more visible, and after all what's better than a tanned body for Summer?! I paired it with my white denim shorts and my favourite wedges.. Wedges are definitely the most comfortable shoes to walk in. And finally some brown detailing.
I am wearing:
Shirt - Primark
Shorts - Bershka
Bag - Parfois
Belt - H&M
Shoes - Prague
Bracelet - Gift
Do you like mint colour for Summer?
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Boomboxx brings bring an EDGE and ENERGY to every song. They are not your average cover band!!
BoomBoxx has quickly and humbly established itself as one of Wisconsin's highly requested premier variety rock bands. Amazing lead vocals and solid gold harmonies are backed by musicians from the top talent in the state. Their high energy show is supported by professional sound and light production to round out this talented lineup.
From Billy Joel to Pink, from The Doors to Heart and Alice and Chains, you'll never guess what genre is coming up next . They cater to your audience knowing what people love and they bring it with a huge kick!
Their vocals and guitar playing have been known to bring goosebumps! The band loves crowd interaction and they will give a show you will not forget!
The BoomBoxx crew comes from the diverse musical genres of musical theater, country, blues, classic to modern rock and pop, which is seen in the influence of past and present members. These members have come from Wisconsin's monster rockers "HYDE, and many more.
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Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Something New
Something new.
The Plucky Knitter MCN fingering
First, meet the swatch. One thing I learned at sock camp, I must swatch more. And I must swatch more efficiently. Previously, I would swatch in the round, making a mini-sock...maybe 40 stitches or so. I'd try something, then knit it a bit more, work it out, and then..eeek! rip it all back. I mean, what am I going to do with an odd-size sock. Well, I'll elaborate more on this in future posts, but Anne Hanson is the queen of swatching and has inspired me to be more efficient. The swatch on the left was a bust. Well, the ribbing worked out, but the "dots" on the swatch didn't pop in this yarn. In the swatch on the right, I played with gradually adding an additional stockinette stitch row in between the purled eyelets.
That led to this. A new sock design, where the "dots" gradually spread apart down the leg.
This will be my new sock, Dotty. Named after my Grandma. Its time that in addition to Cotty, Winnie, and Uncle Frank, there should be a Grandma sock. Then the Woods Family Collection will be complete.
I started with this yarn, The Plucky Knitter MCN fingering, because the colorway name was Dotty. Perfect. I'm very curious to see how this knits up in a variegated yarn too.
Which leads me to test knitters. I think I'm at the point where I may need a few more test knitters. I've got quite a few more patterns (some socks, some accessories) in the works for the next few months and if you're interested, leave me a comment or send me an email (irishgirlieknits AT gmail DOT com). And if you're interested in test knitting Dotty (its a quick knit!), please let me know. I would need a quick turnaround on this one though, since I'm hoping for the pattern to be released soon.
Now for another something new.
Sock yarn.
Jill from Studio June Yarn wasn't able to make it to sock camp, but she sent this with Erica for me. Just gorgeous!!! I hadn't heard of her yarns before and just love love love the vibrant colors!
Now, when you ask what came first, the design, the colorway, etc., well, my answer is it varies. But in this case, this vibrant red combined with lots of Twilight and New Moon watching late at night at sock camp, how can these not become some type of Volturri-inspired pattern?! The name is "Here Comes Trouble" afterall. I can't wait to swatch this. Thank you so much Jill!
And for those of you who made it through this post, something new from Bailey. I think I have conditioned her to "sit" for the camera. Yesterday, all I did was pull the camera out and she ran right to me. She knew she'd get a treat!
This is especially for you Jen. Oh, and don't click that link unless you want to be tempted by Piddleloop's sale!
Happy Knitting!
xoxo Irishgirlieknits
23 comments:
Test knitting, you say... I'd be glad to volunteer my services.
- May 4, 2010 at 3:20:00 AM PDT
- Caffeine Girl said...
LOL! Bailey is adorable!
I certainly think of you as a designer. You're downright famous for the cotty sock!
I'm not the fastest knitter, but if you're desperate for tests knitters, I'd certainly do my best!
- May 4, 2010 at 4:01:00 AM PDT
- Jennifer said...
Doggie love!! If mine thinks she is going to get a treat, she starts doing every trick she knows in rapid succession! Makes my heart swell....
- May 4, 2010 at 5:49:00 AM PDT
<3 bailey and puddles!
i also like this new sock pattern a lot! can't wait to purchase it.
- May 4, 2010 at 6:10:00 AM PDT
- JelliDonut said...
You are so right about the importance of a swatch. Silly me--I used to think they were an annoyance. Now I love to swatch. Dotty is adorable!
- May 4, 2010 at 7:02:00 AM PDT
- Channon said...
Adorable Bailey!
Lovely new DESIGN too. Since my first name is also Dorothy (shhhh!), I'll have to get around to knitting that one, but not as a test knitter. I am not dependable.
- May 4, 2010 at 7:19:00 AM PDT
- Laura said...
Your Dotty sock is so lovely! (My mom is Dorothy, but never a Dotty.) I'd love to test-knit for you but I'm afraid I'm backed up with projects right now that have deadlines.
- May 4, 2010 at 8:51:00 AM PDT
- Scrabblequeen said...
LOL...love the pink tongue pic! I wonder why it is so difficult to think of being a designer, when clearly you've been busy designing things for a while...perhaps you are feeling not worthy? If that's it, you'll have to get over it. We already love you and your designs!
- May 4, 2010 at 9:03:00 AM PDT
- weezalana said...
I don't have time at the moment for Dotty, but I'd love to test knit for you sweetie! I knitting schedule (:P) should open up in a couple of weeks. All you need to do is ask. :)
- May 4, 2010 at 9:33:00 AM PDT
- cupcakefaerie said...
Look at you go with the swatching. Love the new design!
I am totally here for you for test knitting... in times of total desperation. :)
- May 4, 2010 at 9:40:00 AM PDT
I can certainly test knit for you, what a cute pattern!
- May 4, 2010 at 10:22:00 AM PDT
- Becky said...
I'd be interested in test knitting for sure. I think I'm on my fourth pair of Cotty's - need to add some new patterns to my repertoire. Especially ones that work well with STR!
- May 4, 2010 at 10:24:00 AM PDT
- Jocelyn said...
You got my email about test knitting for you right?
- May 4, 2010 at 10:59:00 AM PDT
- Knitting Kris said...
Great new pattern, and wonderful tribute to your family as well! Test knitters, schmitters. I'd be willing to try it. Let me know if you are so inclined.
And nice post about designing. You are WAY too modest!
- May 4, 2010 at 11:08:00 AM PDT
- Katy said...
I'd be interested in test knitting. :) I'm not super-duper speedy, but I'm an almost-monogamous knitter, which helps with turn-around. You can take a look at my Ravelry projects here: Katinka's stuff
- May 4, 2010 at 12:03:00 PM PDT
- hearthead said...
You are my favorite designer!!! Love the Dotty!!!!! Love You!
- May 4, 2010 at 12:32:00 PM PDT
- gaylen said...
Oh Carrie thanks so much for sharing the process. I'm interested in hearing more about the swatching. And I'd be happy to test knit for you. I'm pretty quick! g
ps - your dogs are freakin' adorable. I can't stand it!
- May 4, 2010 at 6:56:00 PM PDT
- dianne said...
Pretty new pattern idea. I'd be happy to test knit for you. Just let me know when you need me. I love the look of those box project bags. I've been looking at patterns to make myself some, but it would be so much easier to just buy one. I love her fabric combo's!
- May 5, 2010 at 4:57:00 AM PDT
- Jodi said...
The Dotty socks are just great! And what a cute doggy.
I'd love to do some test knitting -- I'm more of an accessories/sweater knitter than a sock knitter, though.
- May 5, 2010 at 5:19:00 AM PDT
- calcairns said...
I would love to test knit your socks; I have knitted Cotty and have just finished my Slip Jigs (loved!). I have test knitted for Anne Hanson and enjoyed it. I just did her Chicklets socks; you can see them on my Ravelry page (calcairns). Let me know if I can help.
- May 5, 2010 at 5:54:00 PM PDT
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Dotty, Dotty, Dotty! Can't wait for this pattern. Sorry honey, I'm wayyy too slow of a knitter to help you out other than shout outs! Awww love the Bailey shot!
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- Zonda said...
Oh and thanks for sharing about the process/swatching too!
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- Marisol said...
I'd like to test knit --accesories would be cool. Let me know:)
Love all your new designs!
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The IRONMAN 70.3 Italy weekend is characterised by the unique atmosphere that you will experience from Friday, where the NIGHT RUN, a beautiful 10km non-competitive run race, is now a must for 600 enthusiastic participants. On Saturday the day belongs to the youth as just like the IRONMAN heroes, children between 5 and 15, get to experience the thrill of the big event with IRONKIDS.
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Half of public employers and about one-third of private companies now offer plans that limit their workers' access to expensive hospitals and doctors, but many are confused about how these plans work, according to a survey and focus groups commissioned by Boston Children's Hospital.
Children's, which has been tagged by insurers as one of the most expensive hospitals, has long been concerned about the impact of "limited'' and "tiered'' networks on its business and patients.
A limited network restricts employees from getting medical care from the most expensive providers, usually in exchange for lower premiums. Tiered networks rank hospitals and doctors based on cost and sometimes quality; consumers are charged higher co-payments if they choose a more expensive provider.
Children's Hospital, which has been placed in the high-cost tier in some of these networks and closed out of others, argues that it is not always fair because insurers don't have good ways to measure the quality of pediatric hospitals. The hospital also argues that its costs should not be compared with those at adult hospitals because children are more expensive to care for.
Access is part of the equation as well, Sandi Fenwick, Children's president and chief operating officer, said in an interview Wednesday.
"Can the patient get to where they need to go for definitive treatment when they need it? The place with greater experience and volume,'' she said. "These products could push people to places where they could end up spending more money" on tests and doctor visits that could have been avoided if patients went to Children's in the first place.
Fenwick said Children's hired MassINC to survey 225 Massachusetts-based employers and Plan-It Marketing to conduct focus groups so it could understand what type of information employers are using to make coverage decisions. You can read the report on Children's website here.
"There is a tremendous amount of confusion,'' Fenwick said. "People don't understand how to evaluate (these plans) and what to buy and what they are buying when they buy it.''
The survey also found that premium cost and employee out-of-pocket costs are the top two factors in choosing a health plan, but that the quality of a health plan's network of physicians and hospitals follows closely. Nearly 45 percent of employers are relying on plans with high deductibles and co-insurance to lower costs.
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One of the most impressive things about the Kent Denver Dining Hall is that after serving 750 lunches, it produces only one bag of trash that can't recycled or composted. Designed by the Denver-based Semple Brown Design, the LEED Platinum dining hall was renovated and expanded in order to meet the increasing student population. A myriad of sustainable design strategies work together to create an energy efficient and environmentally friendly building, all with the goal of creating a holistic dining experience. Rain gardens, solar power, recycled materials, a living herb wall and an orchard are just a part of Kent Denver School's educational program.
Located in Englewood, Colorado the Kent Denver School is home to almost 700 middle and high school students. The 210-acre campus is home to a variety of environments including native grasslands, lakes, wetlands and a variety of wildlife. The dining hall was renovated and expanded in order to accommodate all of the students and overlooks the entire campus. Besides increasing the capacity of the dining hall, the goal of the renovation was to increase the students' connection with their surrounding environment and help educate them about their food. To that end, the dining hall also boasts 2 bee hives that help pollinate an orchard that provides fruit to be incorporated into meals. Inside, a 16 sq foot living wall grows 576 plants and herbs that can be used for cooking.
Multi-purpose by design, the dining hall is flexible for a variety of uses beyond the lunch service. Operable windows and sliding doors open the space up to encourage natural ventilation, while a natural daylighting scheme eliminates the need for artificial lighting except on overcast days. A high albedo membrane roof keeps the building cool, and the angled roof lines direct rainwater to three drip chains that flow into landscape features before flowing into natural treatment and the school's wetlands. Waterless urinals, low-flow toilets and faucets reduce potable water, and a 27 kW roof mounted solar photovoltaic array provides 50% of the building's energy.
Materials were chosen to be economical, durable and environmentally friendly, like the brick and recycled content copper shingles on the exterior of the building. During construction, the contractor was able to reduce construction waste by 85% and then once the hall was in operation, waste is kept to a minimum. After lunch service and when everything has either been recycled or composted, there is only 1 bag of trash.
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But how can you tell which one's the Sportsmen Caucus and which one's the Mental Health Caucus?
OK, you had to be there at the Capitol to get the joke, which was funny as both caucuses were meeting at the same time in rooms off the same hallway.
The Mental Health Caucus, designed to bring legislators together to talk about mental health issues and legislation that impacts those issues, was hosted by Mental Health America of Colorado and the Colorado Behavioral Healthcare Council.
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DEKALB — Tears were fought back, and words like "sting" and phrases like "hurt that'll never go away" were used.
But pain and sorrow were not all that came out of Stillman Valley's back-to-back losses to end the regular season.
Now that the Cardinals are back in the Class 3A state final game, scheduled to kickoff at 4 p.m. today at Huskie Stadium in DeKalb, head coach Mike Lalor has become a true believer that those losses made this team a championship contender.
"Those two losses had us all refocusing. In the long run, I don't know if we get here if we won those games," said Lalor, coaching in his sixth state-title game since 1999. "This year, it was those losses that got us going. It took awhile to realize it, but we're here, and that's a big reason why."
Stillman Valley fell 33-28 to Rockford Lutheran on Oct. 18. Then a week later, with a chance to earn a share of the Big Northern Conference West Division title, the Cardinals fell 26-20 to eventual-champ Winnebago.
They got a chance to avenge their first loss to the Indians in 17 years, and they rolled to a 34-20 quarterfinal win to end Winnebago's perfect season. Lutheran saw its own demise come last weekend in the 4A bracket, when star running back James Robinson and starting quarterback Kendall Lawson both went down with injuries in their semifinal loss.
But the Cardinals? Well they've been picking up speed as they look for their fifth state championship in the past 15 years.
"It's tough to say, but yeah, sure, losing those two games, and to those two teams, really re-charged this team. We're better than ever now," fullback Zac Hare said. "You can't always figure out where it took off for you, but for us, it was right after those two losses, for sure."
Hare has powered the Cardinals' rushing attack all year with 1,548 yards and 29 touchdowns, and halfback Tristan Elliott, who has been key in the postseason run, has racked up 662 yards and six TDs. The Cardinals have only attempted 46 passes, but they've leaned on their defense.
"One of the biggest things to come out of those losses was on the defensive side," Lalor said. "Those guys, especially on the defensive line, they took it personal.
"I'm just really proud of how they've done it this year. We were at our lowest moment after that Week-9 loss, and we pulled it together. It almost got away from us, and we reeled in back in."
Now they'll have to reel in St. Joseph-Ogden, another team that has two losses headed into the title game. Stillman Valley has allowed 17 points per game throughout the postseason, but St. Joe's has outscored its four playoff opponents by a 160-72 margin.
The Spartans, also in their fifth title game, roared out to a 32-0 lead before handing Greenville its first loss of the season last week, forcing the home team into eight turnovers en route to a 44-21 blowout. Running backs Connor Janes (34 carries for 191 yards) and Chase Gadau (9-114) both went over 100 yards last week, and quarterback Dalton Walsh braved the elements and threw for 97 yards with three of his eight completions going for touchdowns.
The balanced Spartans team also appears to be peaking at the right moment.
"Obviously, no one expects anything to get any easier at this stage," said Lalor. "But we lost the last time we got this far (22-20 to Illini West in 2010), and we don't want to do that again. The way the regular season ended, we know what it feels like to lose. We don't want that feeling again.
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Mayor Chris Beutler today urged the public to support the efforts of local firefighters to raise funds for the fire relief efforts of the Cornhusker Regional Chapter of the American Red Cross. A chili feed and silent auction will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, February 25 at the Firefighters Reception Hall, 241 Victory Lane. Sponsors include the Lincoln Firefighters Association, the Lincoln Firefighters Benefit Association, Lincoln Fire and Rescue and rural fire departments in Lancaster County.
"When fire strikes a Lincoln area family, the Red Cross is there to provide food, shelter, clothing and emotional support at no cost," said Beutler. "You cannot put a price on the important services they provide to families during these difficult times, but the funds to support this assistance are running short. I urge the community to support this important fund-raiser so the Red Cross can continue to serve fire victims in our community."
Randy Jones, CEO of the local Red Cross chapter, said his agency has responded to 63 residential fires since July 1, the beginning of its fiscal year. That compares to 51 fires in the previous 12 months (July 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010). In its 2009-2010 fiscal year, the Red Cross exceeded its $22,000 fire response budget by $6,000.
"In the last seven months, we've helped 166 people, including 58 children," Jones said. "March is typically our busiest time of the year for fire assistance, and we expect the need to exceed our resources. I appreciate the help of our firefighters in helping to raise the funds for this important service."
"We see the value of the Red Cross assistance first-hand, and we don't want any family to face this situation alone," said Dave Engler, President of the Lincoln Firefighters Association. "Like firefighters, these Red Cross volunteers are on call 24 hours a day, every day, and they deserve our support."
Based on the family's needs, the Red Cross issues debit cards to fire victims for necessities; provides shelter at local motels; and helps to replace prescriptions and other medical needs. The agency also may help develop a recovery plan and makes licensed mental health professionals available to family members.
The Cornhusker Chapter serves Lancaster, Fillmore, Otoe, Saline, Seward, Thayer and York counties. About 97 percent of the chapter's workforce is made up of volunteers, and more are needed to train for fire and disaster response. For more information on the local Red Cross chapter and to make a donation, call 441-6392 or visit cornhuskerredcross.org. Donations also can be sent to American Red Cross, P.O. Box 83267, Lincoln, Nebraska, 68501.
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The trend in the British pound is higher, as slightly better than expected economic news recently has kept the Bank of England off the accelerator as witness on Wednesday when the central bank met to decide the state of current interest rates. Interest rate differentials continue to favor pound futures, which also assisted in keeping sterling buoyed.
Prior to the BoE releasing its decision on interest rates, the U.K. reported a 0.7% increase in March industrial production, which happened to be above the 0.2% estimate forecasts by analysts. The positive release enhances February's 0.9% increase. Manufacturing growth, which is a sub-component, was the bulk of the increase climbing 1.1% compared to the .3% expected.
The Bank of England finished their two day meeting on Thursday and decided to keep their benchmark interest rate unchanged. The BoE stated that they would not add to their current gilt purchase program.
The banks decision was solidified by the hawks that outnumber doves on the MPC. Current Governor King, who served over his second to last meeting, continues to be an advocate of additional accommodative measures. His replacement, Carney, currently heads Canada's central bank, and will take over as the head of the BoE after Carney resides over his last meeting.
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Sterling futures since the beginning of May have been caught in a tight range, which seems to be indicative of the path of the rebound since mid-March. The CME Pound futures contract has rebounded 50% of the decline that began in January and ended in mid-March. The retracement is a Fibonacci level, and the market could continue to move higher testing the 61.8% retracement of the move, which would target 1.5700.
Historically, volatility, as reflected by the Bollinger band width, is toward the middle of the range between the highs in March and the lows in mid-April. The Bollinger band width is calculated by subtracting the Bollinger band high (2-standard deviations above the 20-day moving average) from the Bollinger band low (2-standard deviations below the 20-day moving average), which gauges the change in standard deviations.
Momentum, as reflected by the MACD (moving average convergence divergence) index, has been sapped. The MACD index level is hovering near the zero range which reflects the short term consolidation in the British Pound futures contract.
The RSI (relative strength index), which gauges overbought and oversold levels, is printing near 57, which is in the upper end of the neutral range, but the trajectory of the index is lower after failing to break through the recent highs near 70, which topped out on the first trading day of May.


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Quote from: TexasLady on August 08, 2010, 06:55:57 AMYou've come to the right place!! This next season looks like it is going to be even better than the first one. Welcome to RFF GreenNegg! Haha I know! I have been reading the posts as a Guest. I can't wait! Thanks for the welcome!
You've come to the right place!! This next season looks like it is going to be even better than the first one. Welcome to RFF GreenNegg!
Anyone seen it? I have seen the first three episodes and I swear it's like High School Musi-crap without the crap. I really like how they managed the concept. The characters are credible and there's a perfect balance between drama, comedy and psycho characters.
Has Glee jumped the shark? Last night was not particularly interesting although I loved the duets. I'm tired of the religion aspect and I thought the Rachel/Finn duet was unnecessary and offensive which it was meant to be. I wish the writers would get the show back on track. It's GLEE club, not a soap opera.
Was it nice, TL?! I have to wait till tomorrow to watch it
I loved that everybody got to sing. Almost everybody got a solo this time and even though Rachel sung twice, I barely noticed her. I'm not sure whether Emma or Mercedes stole the episode because they were both great. There were good and unusual combos in this eppy. Tina & Brittany should sing together more often. I also loved Kurt/Quinn and Mercedes/Brittany/Santana
Quote from: GreenNegg on October 26, 2010, 07:48:44 PMWas it nice, TL?! I have to wait till tomorrow to watch itI really enjoyed it, it was good! I'll be interested to know what you think of it.
Sue is a hoot. She tries so hard to sabotage Will but usually falls flat on her face but she's always entertaining.
As far as today's episode goes...I was completely shocked I didn't see that coming...good music, I was glad we got a lot less Rachel and more story for other characters. I'm kinda missing Mercedes a bit. I think Season 2 will be mostly about Kurt now, so I'm wondering if that will last for the whole season or just the first half. Now, was it me, or is Tina suddenly portrayed as a very superficial girl?
I'm still utterly shocked from the kiss between Karofsky and Kurt.
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Past Habits ? Would / Used to
"I would have a lot of fun when I was younger. (It is wrong) Is it?
1-When I was a student, I would often have a beard.
This suggests that the state was repeated several times over a period of years, but it is a highly restricted use of 'would'.
2-When I was a student, I would often have a beard.
3-She would be the most popular girl on the beach when she wore her bikini. (after, before, while) What is this supposed to mean?
4-She would have an amazing tan by the time summer ended. This is OK.
I have seen these sentences in that internet site, Which internet site? but some other English grammar books say that we can't use the stative verbs with would. Instead of this, this site say that we can use the stative verbs with would with some adverbs, preposition such as often, while. I would like to ask if it is OK or not.
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What is Robocode?
Robocode is a programming game where the goal is to code a robot to compete against other robots in a battle arena. The player is the programmer of the robot, who will have no direct influence on the game. Instead, the player must write the AI of the robot telling it how to behave and react on events occuring in the battle arena. So the name Robocode is a short for "Robot code".
The game is designed to help you learn Java, and have fun doing it. Robots are written in the JavaTM Programming Language, and the Robocode game can run on any operating system supported by the Java Platform, which includes all common operative systems like Windows, Mac OS X, Linux etc.
Robocode's battles take place in a battlefield, where small automated 6-wheeled robots fight it out until only one is left. Please notice that Robocode contains no gore, no blood, no people, and no politics. The battles are simply for the excitement of competition that we love so much. There are explosions, however, but these can be turned off if they are offending. :-)
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If you have not done so already, the first step is to download and install Robocode. Once you have installed Robocode, you should run a few battles to see how it works, then move on to building your First Robot.
Brief History of Robocode
The Robocode game was originally started by Mathew A. Nelson, aka Mat Nelson, as a personal endeavor in late 2000 and became a professional one when he brought it to IBM, in the form of an alphaWorks download, in July 2001.
In the beginning of 2005, Robocode was brought to SourceForge as Open Source with Robocode version 1.0.7. At this point, the development of Robocode was somewhat stopped. In the mean while, the Robocode community began to develop their own versions of Robocode in order to get rid of bugs and put new features into Robocode, the Contributions for Open Source Robocode and later on the RobocodeNG project by Flemming N. Larsen.
As nothing seemed to happen with Robocode in more than a year, Flemming N. Larsen took over the Robocode project at SourceForge as administrator and developer in July 2006. The RobocodeNG project was dropped, but the Robocode 2006 variant, which contained a lot of contributions from the Robocode community was merged into the official Robocode with version 1.1. Since then, a lot of new versions of Robocode have been released with more and more features and contributions from the community.
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Competitive nature ingrained in Harbaughs' DNA
SAN FRANCISCO - Typical Harbaugh approach: Prepare maniacally, outwork the competition, find something to fuel your competitive fire.
Not 49ers coach Jim. Not Ravens coach John.
No, we're talking about younger sister Joani. When she was in second grade.
Passed over for the lead of Dorothy in the "Wizard of Oz," snubbed in her pursuit of Glinda the Good Witch, Joani was cast instead as a munchkin.
"I was highly, highly offended that I was not Dorothy or Glinda," Joani said. "So I decided to memorize the entire play in case anybody went down with the flu or something. Then they could put me in there."
The Harbaugh family dynamic - hard work, enthusiasm, chippy loyalty - was on full display earlier this week. In another first in Super Bowl history, the NFL arranged a conference call with the parents and sister of the two competing coaches. They fielded questions from the media, including one from "John in Baltimore."
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"Is it true that both of you like Jim better than John?" said the caller.
In the nano-second before Joani recognized her oldest brother's voice, mother Jackie was ready to jump through the phone and throttle the rude questioner.
Brothers are different
Jim Harbaugh, it should be noted, did not get on the call and seems decidedly less playful about the whole Harbaugh Inc. nature of the Super Bowl than anyone else in his family. On Thursday, dad Jack told amusing and detailed stories of Harbaugh lore and seemed more similar to John's easier-going attitude. Mom Jackie prefers controlling the message, appearing closer in nature to son Jim.
And sister Joani, six years younger than John, five years behind Jim, tried to offer perspective. When told that John had described her "Oz" rehearsals as taking over the house for a year, she scoffed, "I don't think we have to be that dramatic with it."
But it is hard to stay even-keeled on the wild ride her family is on. Not only are her siblings - big brothers whom she grew up idolizing - coaching in the Super Bowl, Joani's husband, Tom Crean, is coaching the No. 7-ranked Indiana Hoosiers. Indiana has three key upcoming games: home against Michigan State, at Purdue and against Michigan, when "ESPN Gameday" will come to Bloomington, Ind., the night before the Super Bowl.
"It's been pretty exciting," Joani said.
Family to be neutral
But Joani predicts the Super Bowl itself will be the most emotionless game she will watch in years. After a lifetime of cheering for family, she and her parents will be neutral. Jack remembers that Jackie was stone-faced during the first matchup on Thanksgiving of 2011. Joani, however, notes that one family member has a vested interest in the game: her 17-year old daughter, Megan, is pretty excited about seeing Beyonce.
When asked by one reporter if they favored John because he's had a tougher road than "blessed" Jim, Joani gave an impassioned defense of the middle brother's hard work.
"I strongly disagree," she said.
The loyalty runs deep between siblings. Her brothers always let Joani tag along. She was the designated runner in their games of pickleball. They bossed her around and were overprotective. When she was in college at the University of Pittsburgh and got stellar grades in her first semester, Jim advised her they were too good and she needed to have fun. When she had fun her second semester, he reprimanded her for not getting good enough grades. They both advised her to never go on spring break - it was too wild for baby sis. Though the boys famously divided their Ann Arbor bedroom down the middle with masking tape to mark their territory, Joani was allowed in to sleep on the extra bed.
Taking after dad
The Harbaugh children grew up in the coaching world, going to practice in the afternoons so they had a chance to see their dad. Joani remembers coloring his scouting reports at the kitchen table and, at age 10, learning to splice film - making sure to get the film right side up so that the player's numbers weren't spliced in backward.
"She was the best hot-splicer we ever had in our program," Jack said. "The old celluloid 16 millimeter film had to be cut with scissors, cutting the offensive plays and the defensive plays in so that you had a training film. Joani would come into the office on Saturday and hot splice: boom, boom, boom, 'Here Dad.' "
The family moved 17 times in Jack's 43-year coaching career. Jack calls his wife "the rock," and Joani said her mother was "a master juggler, back in the time when coaches didn't make great salaries." Now Joanie finds herself raising three kids - ages 17,13 and 7 - and juggling a coaching life.
Joani, like her brothers, has adopted father Jack's trademark sayings, including warning her kids not to take any wooden nickels when she drops them off for school and asking, on occasion, "Who's got it better than us?"
Sister enjoyed the perks
Who had it best in the Harbaugh family? Probably the little sister. As any girl with two big brothers knows, it's a position of privilege.
"I'm sure I had great entitlement as the baby," Joani said. "I'm sure I took advantage of it."
When the family went on a car trip, Joani would sit in the front seat between her parents. If she sat in the back, Jim would shove her over toward John and she would complain about being carsick.
"So I thought it'd be nice if they could get a little more room, and I sat up there in the middle of mom and dad and had the air conditioner blowing on me so I wouldn't get sick," Joani said.
Her mother interrupted: "Wait a minute," Jackie said. "We didn't have air conditioning."
It's not surprising that Joani remembered a luxury that wasn't there. That was the gift her parents gave them: spinning their world to make everything seem wonderful and special. When Joani was a toddler, they lived in a tiny two-bedroom house in Iowa City. Jack convinced his sons what a privilege it was for them to share a tiny bedroom, so they could talk philosophy and share each other's dreams.
Perpetually positive
"Who could possibly have it better than you two guys?" Jack told them.
"We did have everything," Joani said. "We had popcorn and movies. We made an ice skating rink in the backyard - I remember holding the hose."
Once when Jack looked at the two boys in the backseat on their way to elementary school in Iowa, freezing cold with their hats pulled down over their ears and long, sad faces. the father rallied them by saying, "We will attack this day with an enthusiasm unknown to mankind."
The catchphrases were repeated over the years. The lessons were learned.
"The message was always that things that don't come easy are really a blessing," Jim Harbaugh said last season. "If it's harder, it makes you better in the long run. That's what my dad was selling."
All three of his kids bought what Jack was selling: enthusiasm, hard work, chippy loyalty.
On Thursday, when Jack told his oldest son that his mom was ready to go after the caller who thought one son might be favored, John laughed appreciatively.
"She's got that fighting spirit up," he said. "That's the way it should be. That's all I needed to hear."


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Lifeline Theatre will stage a new adaptation of "The Woman in White," the 1899 English ghost story by Wilkie Collins that previously became the main source of an Andrew Lloyd Webber musical, as the opening production of its fall season. Robert Kauzlaric's adaptation, which is not a musical, will open in September.
Lifeline, which specializes in original dramatic adaptations, will then present "The City & The City," based on the novel by China Mieville. Christopher M. Walsh's new stage version opens in February. Set in Eastern Europe, this science-based fantasy story draws on string theory and other metaphysical ideas.
Another world premiere, "Bridge of Birds: A Tale of Ancient China That Never Was," follows in May 2013. Adapted from the 1984 fantasy novel by Barry Hughart, this adaptation will be the work of ensemble member Chris Hainsworth.
Lifeline, which has a separate season for children, performs in its own theater at 6912 N. Glenwood Ave. in Chicago's Rogers Park neighborhood. This is its 30th year.


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I'm actually quite conscious of cons-ing, but I also believe that obsessing about cons-ing leads to premature optimization and far greater numbers of bugs.
We are fortunate to have the benefit of his wisdom and it occurs to me that we can keep talking past each other enjoyably for weeks like this so i will not suggest we try to establish a concrete example where he would code append and I would code nconc and ruin all the fun. But it is a good question especially if we agree (we do) that as a rule the functional paradigm utterly Rocks the Casbah so how on earth am I going to get a list back from some function I call and not be free to nconc it? The moral being I am right (will it never end?): if we try to find a point of Actual Disagreement(tm) we will fail so let us not.
Getting back to the fun abstract theoretical conflict, the problem is a policy of copying which leads straight to the solar power objection aka death by a thousand cuts which in turn leads us back to the simple question of why we do not just code the right operator at every turn? Genius is in the details which means we are always on our game bringing me to Mariano Rivera.
For those who do not know Mariano plays baseball and is starting to be called the best ever at his position, namely "closer" which means we won the first eight innings and do not want to lose the game please do the rest and he does. Even in the seventh game of the World Series that he lost every hitter broke their bat but the three balls involved known in the game rather morbidly as "dying quails" found their way to the grass. Hard to feel bad about shattering three bats. I digress, Mo is good.
Genius. Details. The great Nconc vs Append War, Roberts-Tilton III, nothing like this since Ali-Frazier, Affirmed and Alydar.
It was Just Another Game. The Yanks had won, Mo had saved. They always collar some poor sod and keep him from his shower and car service home to make those of us who pay to watch baseball on cable TV feel better and tonight poor Mariano's number (42!) came up and by the grace of God I pulled my face out of a carton of cold noodles with seame sauce just in time to witness a perfect moment in sports broadcasting and as well a master class in excellence any time any where.
The announcer on the field for the interview went for a home run question, something way more astute than the usual "How did it feel getting the big out?" and he came up with a beaut:
"Billy Bob is a rookie and you have never faced him before, there must not be much of a book on him," the announcer observed. "Was it tougher facing an unknown quantity?".
"No," Mariano replied. "I went out during batting practice to watch him hit."
Mariano's disclosure that as a Hall of Fame shoe-in and multi-millionaire perennial All-Star participant he had looked down at the lineup and seen an unfamiliar name and broken off his clubhouse routine to go watch some ridiculous kid take batting practice had no small effect on our seasoned, professional, expert baseball announcer:
"You did that?!!!!!!". He blurted out, hopping a little in the air, lurching towards Mariano. "You went out to watch him take batting practice?!!"
Now it was Mariano's turn to be amazed, leaning back a little to create a margin of safety.
"Of course," he replied. "I get paid a lot of money."
Doodleoodleoodleoodleoodleoooo. Game over. The announcer (and I, I confess) had been seriously schooled.
We sit at home and watch these athletes precisely because what they do is so wonderful to us and we endow them in our minds with magical and wonderful qualities because at an early age we were robbed of angels and dragons and Santa Claus and even monsters in the closet and trolls beneath the bridge and then every once in a while we learn that the miracle strikeout we saw with the bases loaded happened because a multi-millionaire punched the time clock, checked his glove for broken laces, sharpened his spikes, and checked the opposing team's roster for any names he did not know.
I say learn the damn language.


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A rash of bad construction project surety bonds in three states and American Samoa landed at Memphis International Airport this summer with plans to demolish the Regency Hotel on the grounds of the airport.
Road construction projects such as the current one at Interstate 240 and Walnut Grove Road are the types of public projects that have governments taking pause.
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In September, the Memphis-Shelby County Airport Authority announced it would rebid demolition of the airport hotel because of problems with the surety bond of the previous low bidder, Nelson Inc.
The problem with the $485,000 bid that caused it to be tossed involved surety bonds bearing the name of Chubb Insurance. It has prompted the head of the West Tennessee branch of Associated General Contractors of Tennessee to call on the government agencies overseeing the projects to be more vigilant.
The surety bond is submitted when a company bids on a publicly funded or finance project.
The backing of the bond company insures that if the contractor gets the contract and defaults or goes out of business that the bond company will find another contractor to finish the project.
"It's not an insurance policy. But what it does is the surety company will then come forward and they will complete the project," said Terry Lotz, executive director of the West Tennessee Associated General Contractors branch. "There's a lot of different ways they can go about it. It takes the additional financial burden off the public entity that is the owner of the project."
That happens at no cost to the public entity and the contractor in default forfeits up to 5 percent of the bond cost.
"There's an involved process here," he said of the claims process when a public entity contacts the insurer. "They are going to look at it. They are going to talk to the contractor. They'll figure out what's going on. … They will find a new contractor to take over the job, finish the job."
Then the contractor in default and the insurer work out how the insurer will get its money without involving the government entity.
Chubb is among several hundred insurers who offer surety bonds that are on a U.S. Treasury list that by Tennessee law is the required list issuers of surety bonds must be on for public projects in the state.
The contractors association was instrumental in getting the state law changed recently to move away from individual sureties.
"There had been reports over the last many years where they went back against the individual sureties and the assets that supposedly were there underwriting these individual sureties – they weren't there," Lotz said. "They really weren't in business with that distinct purpose in the first place."
The Treasury list also makes it easier for architects and engineering firms who often set the specifications for bids to check the legitimacy of surety bonds before the bids are ever opened and a contract awarded.
"The way that you stop that is I look at the bond and they are on the list. I only have to take one more step," Lotz said. "Based on the national headquarters number, I pick up the phone. There's a bond number on every bond. I call their bonding office. I give them that number and I only say, 'Is this a good pay performance bond number?'"
Within the phone call, Lotz said the insurer should be able to verify the number of say it is not legitimate.
"Our public officials aren't doing that," he said. "I don't even know that they know to do that. That is what we want to get accomplished is to get everybody on the same page, so that they understand what is involved and the process they can take. It's minimal at best."
Lotz is also working on setting up meeting with local engineering and architecture associations to raise awareness.
The problems in the other states involve fraudulent Chubb bonds that small contractors are paying premiums on and losing the premiums on as Chubb discovers the fraud and tells the contractors they are not authorized.
One of the cases was a $5.5 million Navy museum and visitors center in St. Mary's County, Md.
That case and others outside Memphis are being investigated by the FBI, according to Engineering News-Record, a trade publication that is where Lotz learned of the problem.
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In fact, jumping in to get things on the agenda immediately, councilman McKeown has tacked the Ciclovia proposal onto the end of the agenda for tonight's council meeting. This the same evening that earlier in the day McKinnen will be hosting another meeting, this one specifically to form the committee for the Ciclovia proposal specifically. To work out the various logistics and who will be on board to help manage it. A number of the people behind managing the Santa Monica Independence Day parade have already stepped in to support the idea, and have experience with blocking down Main St. to automobile traffic. The Santa Monica Daily Press has also just put out an article on the brewing Ciclovia idea.
(Temporary event parking with the bike valet has proven Santa Monicans will ride bikes. Concept proven. Now is the time to start seeing permanent facilities for cycling city wide.)
Momentum is building, the more we can keep pressing the issue, the better. I feel Santa Monica has a lot of potential to become a world class cycling city, it certainly has some of the best weather and terrain for cycling on planet earth. When bikes are accomdated, people will ride. At last Thursday's Twilight Dance series event, I saw hundreds if not thousands of bikes crammed into the bike valet corrals. I think we are getting very close to the tipping point beyond which cycling becomes a constant and serious consideration of cross departmental city planning and services. There is still a ton of work to be done to make needed changes, and some changes will be harder to make than others, but I think some of the work put in by advocates is starting to pay off. Let's keep it going.


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Can you resist giant baskets of cherries at the farmers' market? If so, you are a stronger person than me. I bring home as many as I can carry and mostly eat them fresh, as I prefer raw cherries to cooked, unless they are sour cherries. That's a whole other story for next year, as I missed them at the market this summer. Anyway, to use up some cherries, I made this ice cream and it was a big hit. And it was much better than the photo indicates, trust me!
Cherry Ripple Ice Cream
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Makes about 2 litres/quarts
500 ml/2 cups milk (I used 2%)
6 large egg yolks
375 g sugar
450 g/1 pound cherries, pitted and quartered
30 ml/2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
500 ml/2 cups whipping cream
almond extract to taste, I used a scant ½ teaspoon
- Bring the milk to a boil in a heavy saucepan. Meanwhile, beat the yolks and 200 g sugar together until pale and fluffy, a few minutes. Gradually stir in the milk, then return the mixture to the saucepan and stir constantly over medium-low heat until it thickens enough to coat the back of a wooden spoon. Pour into a bowl, cool, cover and chill thoroughly, preferably overnight.
- Combine the cherries, lemon juice and remaining sugar in a saucepan over low heat and let the sugar dissolve to make a syrup. Simmer for 25 minutes, or until the cherries are very tender. Scoop them out and boil the cherry liquid for a few minutes to thicken and reduce it. Add the cherries back in and chill. It should be thick and jammy.
- Add the cream to the ice cream base along with the almond extract. Freeze the mixture in an ice cream maker. Once ready, transfer the ice cream to a freezer-safe container. Dollop the cherries on top and swirl in with a spoon or spatula. You can decide how much rippling you want. I didn't swirl too much, as it was so hot the day I made this that it was melting incredibly quickly. Place in the freezer for a few hours to firm up.


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Farm-state congressmen have received their first look at legislation that may help the Senate bridge the gap between the budget baseline and the "wish lists" of farm and conservation groups for the 2007 farm bill.
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, D-Mont., announced he plans to offer an agricultural tax package that would create a permanent trust fund for disaster relief programs and create tax credits and other incentives for conservation and rural development efforts.
"America's farming and ranching families give their all to grow food, fuel and other necessities for our nation, and our agriculture legislation will offer real support to hardworking producers," said Baucus.
He said the Finance Committee would act in the next weeks to report out $8 billion to $10 billion in new agriculture-related tax proposals.
Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin, chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee, said he welcomed Baucus' announcement, adding that as a member of the finance and agriculture committees Baucus understands "our difficult budget situation."
Harkin has said the budget issue is the primary reason his committee has not yet met to mark up a new farm bill even though the House passed its version of the legislation at the end of July.
"We are continuing discussions regarding both the details of the finance committee's ideas and the level of funding help they would provide toward the farm bill," he said in a statement.
"We still have a way to go in these discussions in order to meet crucial needs for farm income protection and investments in conservation, nutrition, energy, rural development and specialty crops initiatives."
Last April, Congress approved the fiscal 2008 budget resolution that included a $20 billion reserve fund for new farm bill spending over the next five years. The resolution also said any new spending — above the baseline — must be deficit-neutral, meaning it would have to be offset by spending cuts in other programs or increasing taxes.
The Congressional Budget Office, whose baseline budget serves as the benchmark for the fiscal 2008 budget resolution, projected spending for commodity support payments to be $42.4 billion for the 2008-13. That figure is about $30 billion lower than the last six years.
Harkin has said he may need as much as $20 billion to fund a bill that will win enough votes to pass the Senate Agriculture Committee and the Senate. He said ag committee members have been meeting for two months to discuss ways to obtain the funding.
Baucus' tax package would include a permanent agriculture disaster relief trust fund that could help ranchers and farmers and encourage banks to extend credit as needed. It would provide an ongoing program to offset farming income losses not covered by the crop insurance program.
Harkin and Baucus reportedly disagree on the disaster assistance trust fund proposal with Harkin contending that a revenue counter-cyclical program tied to crop insurance would provide a better safety net for producers.
"We've run the numbers on this and, frankly, it's better for every state," Harkin said, referring to payments that would be made when farm revenues drop below state-level figures. The current counter-cyclical payments are tied to crop prices.
Also in the Baucus proposal:
• Tax credits for conservation programs. Participants in farm bill conservation programs, such as the Wetland Reserve Program, the Grassland Reserve Program and the Farm and Ranchlands Protection Program, currently receive cash payments. The finance committee proposal would allow participants in some conservation programs to choose to receive tax credits instead, freeing up "significant" funds for other programs.
• Rural development bonds. The proposal would create a new category of tax credit bonds for projects such as rural electric and telemedicine, rural broadband and other rural community projects.
• Energy conservation tax incentives. The finance committee-approved Energy Advancement and Investment Act of 2007 included several provisions, including tax incentives for wind energy and other alternative energy sources and to encourage growing alternative crops used to make ethanol, biodiesel and cellulosic fuels.
The bill would also clarify that Conservation Reserve Program payments made to certain farmers participating in mandatory conservation activities are rental income, and not subject to self-employment taxes.
Speaking on his weekly telephone conference call with reporters, Harkin said he was disappointed farm groups had not been more supportive of his efforts to increase funding for conservation programs.
Baucus said he expects the finance committee to act on the tax proposals in the next few days. That may not be soon enough for Harkin, who had scheduled a mark-up session for the Senate ag committee the week of Sept. 17 and then canceled it.
Harking indicated that if the Finance Committee does not act quickly, the agriculture committee would meet in late September to draft a farm bill with little additional funding.
"We will have to jiggle some things around," he told reporters, noting that some savings could be achieved by revamping federal crop insurance and passing tighter payment limit rules.
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