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Peet's buys Diedrich, coffee stocks stay hot
Is it too late to get in on these coffee stocks? And what about Starbucks?
The big merger headline this week came from Warren Buffett's huge buyout of Burlington Northern Sante Fe (BNI), which sent BNI shares up 20%.
But this is not the merger story I'm watching. The merger with the real profit opportunity for investors is much smaller. And instead of trains, it's coffee.
Peet's Coffee & Tea (PEET) announced late Monday that it's buying out tiny Diedrich Coffee (DDRX) for $26 a share. When I say Diedrich is tiny, I'm not exaggerating. The company has a total of just 149 employees. By comparison, Burlington Northern has 40,000.
In March, Diedrich made the smart decision to sell off its Gloria Jean's stores and focus instead on K-Cups, the single-cup coffee pods that fit into Green Mountain Coffee Roasters' (GMCR) popular Keurig system. With the increasing demand for specialty coffees in homes, restaurants and offices, this has proven to be a savvy strategy.
Indeed, the Keurig single-cup brewing system for office and home use is one of the reasons I also recommend Green Mountain Coffee Roasters stock. The way Amazon (AMZN) liberated consumers from going to the bookstore, Keurig has liberated folks from going to their local Starbucks (SBUX) to buy over-roasted and overpriced coffee. This is changing the entire business model.
Due to report earnings next Wednesday Green Mountain has a nice habit of creaming Wall Street's earnings estimates and seeing its shares jump on the news.
Wall Street currently expects 33 cents a share, which is a big increase from last year's Q3 net of 19 cents a share. GMCR has told investors to expect 30 to 34 cents a share. Personally, I would be surprised if GMCR made anything less than 36 cents a share. Green Mountain is an outstanding buy.
More Earnings From Strong Coffee Companies
Starbucks has the name recognition in the coffee business, and it's impossible to have a discussion about coffee without including this company. SBUX is due to report fiscal fourth-quarter earnings on Thursday.
Starbucks ran into some problems over the past few years. The company simply over-expanded. For five straight quarters, Starbucks experienced declining year-over-year earnings, which was unthinkable just a few years ago.
The good news is that Starbucks has worked to close many stores and keep costs down. In July, Starbucks said that it expects to earn 74 to 75 cents a share for 2009. That means that company sees this earnings report coming in at 19 or 20 cents a share. The Street expects 21 cents a share, and that seems right to me.
The question for Starbucks is: What does the future hold? The company has said to expect 13% to 18% growth for next year. That's very good in this environment, and I continue to rate Starbucks a buy.
Another big name in the coffee business is Caribou Coffee (CBOU). Caribou reports after the market closes tomorrow and is another coffee stock I have rated as a strong buy. And between you and me, I also think it's possible that this will be the next buyout candidate.
The company had been hemorrhaging money, but lately Caribou has turned into the black. Last year, Caribou lost 45 cents a share for the third quarter, which was more than twice the loss Wall Street was expecting.
The last three quarters have shown profits, and so should this one. Wall Street expects a penny per share, but I lean towards a modest earnings surprise. Shares traded as low as $1.10 last November, but are well above $8 a share today.
Even after this incredible run of more than 600%, CBOU is an excellent buy right now.
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President Obama on Tuesday spoke with German Chancellor Angela Merkel about their response to Russia's annexation of Crimea.
White House press secretary Jay Carney said they discussed "the collaboration that the two leaders have engaged in with our shared allies and others to ensure that the actions in Ukraine and Crimea, the transgressions by the Russian government, are not viewed as legitimate by the international community."
Carney said that Merkel's stance on the crisis in Crimea had been "quite clear and strong" and that she had publicly stated her support "on the need for further steps to be taken in response to Russia's actions."
The phone call between the two leaders came hours after Russian President Vladimir Putin ignored the west and signed a treaty annexing Ukraine's Crimean peninsula to Russia. While the treaty must still be ratified by Russian lawmakers, the Kremlin insisted that Crimea was already a formal part of Russia.
The region, which has been under Russian military control, voted in a referendum on Sunday to secede from Ukraine and join the Russian Federation.
The U.S. and allies warned Putin ahead of the referendum not to allow it, calling it a violation of Ukraine's constitution and international law.
Efforts to punish Russia, though, have failed to de-escalate the situation. The U.S. and European Union on Monday separately announced sanctions that would target a number of Russian and Ukrainian officials, but many analysts said those measures would do little to block Putin's power grab.
Vice President Joe Biden, visiting Eastern Europe to reassure worried U.S. allies, vowed Tuesday that further sanctions were coming and slammed Putin's "blatant disregard" for international law.


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Re: You Get What You Ask For
2007-07-31 19:04 • by anon (unregistered)
Now I know how to get free coding done ;)
Re: You Get What You Ask For
2007-07-31 19:08 • by gwenhwyfaer
Generosity is a virtue too, but if someone gives away so much that he can no longer afford to eat, one has to question his ability to look after himself.
Re: You Get What You Ask For
2007-07-31 19:14 • by gwenhwyfaer
In fairness, he might have decided that he was going to be totally honest, rather than pretending to know an answer he'd had to look up. And in a face to face setting, his answers would be exactly that.
The other possibility, of course, is that he decided to write his answer according to his opinion of the questioners. In which case, he has just had very much the last laugh...
Re: You Get What You Ask For
2007-07-31 19:28 • by gwenhwyfaer
Here it is.
Re: You Get What You Ask For
2007-07-31 19:40 • by gwenhwyfaer
I grew up in Norfolk. People don't have family trees there. They have family sticks.
What the WTF? I would rank the answer for first question pretty good, second is admittedly a bit lazy, and third question doesn't make much sense. So, so compared to average responses I would expect for this kind of quiz, I would not say those to be WTF responses. Instead - Word documenent - hey come on!
The questions #2 and #3 are ambiguous enough to make the questionnaire itself a WTF. #2's <i>text</I> says "...print all the courses" and "print 'committee' if more than two". Then the 'suggested output' goes on to print a dynamically extended table. "Confusing? Our best systems designer wrote these questions himself!" Would you take the job? I wouldn't.
Your objective in #2 is to "create a query which will print out...". With cases. The traditional way for non-wizards would be to make a generalized query, then use another language (say, PHP or Java) to actually sort and print out. And how the hell can you make a SQL (okay, we don't *know* it's SQL) query that "prints out" anything, anyway? In my experience SQL queries just return the data to whatever application that wants it.
To answer #2 I'd just make a script in a random language (they seem to like Java so pick that). If they complain, just ask THEM to make "a query" that prints out anything. On the spot. If they manage to do that, you'll have at least learned something. If not, you'll get to watch your interviewer squirm. No wait, their usual answer would be "I don't work with that" or "I don't actually write code".
Moving on to #3. You have to "locate the original object via the contains method on the HashSet". Okay, contains(Object o) as defined in HashSet returns true if o is in the hash. And you're not allowed to use the original object as an argument. The only function you're allowed to use is contain() so just make a new object (coincidentally containing the same information), use that to get 'true'. Bingo, you've found that o is in the hash. Sure, it's retarded, but so is the question.
That said, I also agree with the view that the candidate should have approached the problem more in the sense of "There are many possible answers, here's one:" instead of "There are many possible answers." In any case, he most certainly deserves an interview. He's honest in admitting that he doesn't have enough experience to create a cased query that (apparently) uses ERQs to print out stuff and he can actually spot inconsistencies in design even when he's not familiar with the methods. How are any of those bad qualities in an interviewee?
All in all, the original WTF article was totally unfair to the guy. He did his best, was honest and provided the most important answer "If I don't know it, I can look it up". I seriously don't see how he can be qualified as "clueless".
Rethinking #3, let me back up a bit. Yeah, the point *would* be to have some sort of identifier in the object, so that it returns true when a certain *type* of object is passed. It's a tricky question and easily reveals if the candidate has actual experience in either HashSets or general information flow.
It still doesn't excuse the horror that is #2.
In a face to face setting, he wouldn't have his computer, Google, and several hours/days to do the research and provide an answer. In this situation, he did have those things. They asked for product, not an assurance that product could conceivably be delivered if the deliveryman deemed it important enough to warrant his time and effort.
Only if he didn't need or particularly want this job, in which case we're left wondering, "Why even bother to apply, then?"
Re: You Get What You Ask For
2007-08-01 11:31 • by Jeremy Weiskotten (unregistered)
Granted that question #3 could be worded a bit better (such as "determine whether an object is in HashSet without using the same instance that was added to the HashSet") to indicate that perhaps equals (as well as hashCode) should be overridden...
But how do you excuse the following gem?
"To actually "locate" (i.e. get the reference pointer) to the object in the HashSet instance, you would need to get its iterator and then iterating through the Iteration."
Re: You Get What You Ask For
2007-08-01 13:39 • by nightkhaos (unregistered)
Eclipse is quite good, but I am not sure if there is a Windows port for it. If only I did more Java coding I would be able to give you more than "it works well for me" and actually tell you some of the useful features. :)
Re: You Get What You Ask For
2007-08-01 14:06 • by gwenhwyfaer
*sigh* Once again, I'm reminded that if you decide to imply something in a forum, at least one of its members will go on to state it explicitly in terms which make it clear that they think you too stupid to have figured it out yourself...
It's just not worth trying to have half a conversation online, I swear.
Re: You Get What You Ask For
2007-08-01 15:10 • by StickyWidget (unregistered)
There is a windows port for Eclipse, and it is the best free Java IDE I've ever used. My preference though, when I can afford it, is IntelliJ.
And yes, I should have overridden hashcode() too. But in my defense, I would never USE a hashSet for storing a simple string and int. Using the equals(..) method would be quick, simple, and would demonstrate the level of familiarity with OOP that a interviewer is trying to ascertain(I hope).
Also, "override" is the proper terminology. As the intention is to extend Object() to create a String&Int() object, the "contains(Object .. )" method will allow the passing of the String&Int object natively without having to create a special "contains(String&Int ..)". If I had to create a special contains(..), then it would be overloading.
Besides, contains() is a part of the hashSet class, overriding it would require extending and modifying hashSet, which I think would be against the intention of the question. But to each his own.
Overloading - multiple methods of the same name, but different input and/or output declarations
Override - in a new class where an existing class is extended, substitutes the existing method with a new method, while preserving the same input and output declarations.
Mmmm. Waffles...
Re: You Get What You Ask For
2007-08-01 15:14 • by Mario (unregistered)
Yes, very good, but who says the writer of the question knows about the difference. Is it theoretically possible (ok, except for the word 'tree' -sheesh) for there to be more than 1 parent? Yes. If you are so incredibly smart, you could at least think of that option, and write a little note that you did not consider that option because it is not a 'tree' but a 'Dyslectic Asymptotic Grape'.
All I was saying is here's a question about children and parents. Think before you blindly answer the question with the example answer from 'Programming Microsoft Access for Idiots' and consider the possibilities this situation could create. And think further than the length of your nose. What if the question is correct, but the client later finds out 'you don't understand, more than one parent is possible'. What good is your grape then?
Conclusion: code monkeys like grapes.
I'm not sure what's set you off, but your post certainly was not implying what I stated. Your implication was simply that it was acceptable for him to answer as he did because he would have to do so in person. One likes to give the benefit of the doubt, but that "last laugh" part raised questions about how much thought went into your post.
If this is all it takes to get you in a state, then you're right that you should probably give up trying.
Re: You Get What You Ask For (the full answers)
2007-08-01 17:43 • by Lee Burch (unregistered)
I am actually the Lee Burch that originially submitted the crazy answers to the questions I got. Actually the post made on WTF was heavily edited the original is much longer and in my optinion far funnier.
Interesting. At what point in the interview process did you give up on getting hired and opt for comedy?
Re: You Get What You Ask For
2007-08-01 18:09 • by Lee Burch (unregistered)
Just to be clear I wrote the questions *not* the answers.
We do the written questions first to weed out folks like him. So I never spoke to the guy. People may feel this is not generous but I have seen dozens if not hundreds of these, at a certain point you can tell with fairly high certainty if someone is a waste of time or not.
There have been those that have said an IT architect does not need to demonstrate such skills on a daily basis, and I would say they are sometimes right (although I as an architect will often need to explain in detail the finer technical points with more junior resources). However at my company we belive IT architects much still be able to function at a basic level in their technology of choice, after all this was not a closed book test he had 24 hours and all the web resources in the world with with to solve these simple problems.
How would you feel if you went to the doctor with a problem and upon examing you he stated that how to fix what was wrong was in a book and left it at that.
Re: You Get What You Ask For
2007-08-01 19:09 • by Ren (unregistered)
[quote user="Lee Burch"]Just to be clear I wrote the questions *not* the answers.[/quote]
Okay, I'd like to see you write a database query that prints stuff out.
[quote user="Lee Burch"]We do the written questions first to weed out folks like him. So I never spoke to the guy. People may feel this is not generous but I have seen dozens if not hundreds of these, at a certain point you can tell with fairly high certainty if someone is a waste of time or not.[/QUOTE]
While I agree that the applicant discussed is not *exactly* prime material, I could (and will, if someone wants to) make a serious case that this while exact applicant may not have fulfilled the weird requirements that this test might have had, that he *at least* deserves an interview for at least pointing out the problems. If not, I claim that your evaluation criteria are unfair. Please see my previous post for details.
[quote user="Lee Burch"]There have been those that have said an IT architect does not need to demonstrate such skills on a daily basis, and I would say they are sometimes right (although I as an architect will often need to explain in detail the finer technical points with more junior resources). However at my company we belive IT architects much still be able to function at a basic level in their technology of choice, after all this was not a closed book test he had 24 hours and all the web resources in the world with with to solve these simple problems.[/QUOTE]
Yes, but that's not really the problem. The problem is that you or someone directly under you sent the problem to TheDailyWTF, without addressing the horrible inconsistencies and ambiguities in the original questionnaire. No matter how big and high and mighty you are, we all started from that unenviable position of trying to apply.
You decided to ridicule someone who made an honest effort. Honestly, I don't like that. You *burned* a fellow geek who was trying to get a job, who was 100% honest. Okay, he didn't give an actual response. So what? You still burned him.
[quote user="Lee Burch"]How would you feel if you went to the doctor with a problem and upon examing you he stated that how to fix what was wrong was in a book and left it at that.[/quote]
How would you feel if you were the doctor, and someone came to you saying that he had *these exact symptoms* and he required *this particular treatment* while both assumptions were completely false? You're again being unfair to your applicant.
Re: You Get What You Ask For (perhaps you are a little *too* defensive)
2007-08-01 20:16 • by Lee Burch (unregistered)
Your the guy who originally submitted those answers aren't you! Kidding! (maybe)
If you happen to be the sort of fellow that reads "create a query which will print the all the courses" and can't get out of it that the task is to write a SQL query and instead gets caught up in arguing the semantics that the query you create does not print anything but instead it is the tool that executes the query that does the printing then I also thing you are not the sort of fellow I would like to put in front of a client. If instead you *provide an answer* and make a note at the end of it that technically it is the tool which displays the result of a query that does the printing that might be a little better approach.
I will mention this because I tend to think you might not be too familiar with the recruiting process, it is a game of numbers. With tens of thousands of posted resumes, thousands with relevant skills, you need a way to narrow down the field. If you happen to not like to answer simple questions or perhaps if you like to argue semantics than try and meet the expectations of the interviewers then likely you are not the right man for the job.
Also, His name was removed so I am not sure I see how anybody got burned here. Anyway you are on WTF, did you really expect the posts would all praise the glory of the programmers? Have you read any of the other posts here?
Ren... let it go. You're embarrassing yourself.
Re: You Get What You Ask For
2007-08-01 20:43 • by Ren (unregistered)
Well, as I said in my first post, I agree that he should have provided at least one answer. I was mostly annoyed by the amount of posts ridiculing the applicant, and I lashed out. I apologize, you weren't a part of it and I shouldn't have lashed out.
However, you should be the first to agree that the questions themselves are ambiguous. Sure, you're looking for the people who can see through the fog, but... okay, I've never tried to weed out the few people in the several hundred emails I get, I guess I overreacted. I guess seeing through the fog is enough.
You're also right about the name being withheld. If he reads this article, he might get slightly embarrassed, but that'll probably encourage him to write better resumés in the future, and that'll be better for everyone. Meh, no one loses.
But I still maintain that he did try to answer the questions (okay, the long generalization about work applications was a bit thick, I'll agree) and that he provided a reasonable thought progress for someone with little experience in the matters.
Also, if you read my posts, you'll probably find that while I argued the semantics, I offered to create varied examples. While I didn't write them out, I wasn't applying for the job and was mostly following the feel of previous posts. If you'd like, I'd be happy to paste in two java classes that fulfill #3, but I still maintain that #2 is better answered with a mediocre query within context (say, PHP or Java) than one brilliant query.
Re: You Get What You Ask For
2007-08-01 20:48 • by Ren (unregistered)
I don't like people ganging up on someone who's just trying to get a job. I maintain that he was honest, if not competent. I also belive I put out two points: The questions were ambiguous but he still *should* have given a proper response to the questions. When applying for a job, the applicant is always wrong. Do you think that's right? Or fair?
If you think that standing up for the one who made a fool of himself, but was being totally honest and at least *trying* is embarrassing, I feel sorry for you.
I give up. Who's ganging up on who? The interview is over; the dude is no longer competing for the job. We're just having a good laugh at his naivete in having blown his chance. Although the major thrust of the thread is "Look at what this fool did", the underlying sentiment of both this thread and the whole website is, "Look and learn... take notes. Here is what NOT to do!" In that sense, then, consider it a free lesson contributed by one who hires, and who did not hire in this case. "Want to get hired? Don't do this." There's nothing ambiguous about it.
I'll say it one more time: they wanted product, not the promise that product could conceivably be delivered if he deemed it necessary. He didn't deliver product; he delivered a promise. Ahhhnk! Ahhhnk! Ahhhnk! (Red lights start flashing) Honesty has no place here. Either you deliver, or you don't. If you can answer the question, don't talk about how you can do it... do it.
That's what I just said.
I have no idea what you're talking about, but when my company does an interview, everyone comes in on equal ground. We know what we're looking for, and the applicant either will or will not meet those needs. Those who don't will not be hired; those who do will be hired. How much more clearly do you need it explained to you?
Hang in there, little one. A few years down the road you'll begin to understand.
On the query (question 2), I came up with:
select CourseNo,
when (select count(*)
from dbo.courseinstructors c3
where courseno = c1.courseno) < 3 then Instructor
else 'Committee'
end as Instructor1,
when (select count(*)
from dbo.courseinstructors c4
where courseno = c1.courseno) = 2 then (select max(instructor)
from dbo.courseinstructors c5
where courseno = c1.courseno
and not instructor = c1.instructor)
else null
end as Instructor2
from dbo.courseinstructors c1
where instructor =
(select min(instructor)
from dbo.courseinstructors c2
where courseno = c1.courseno)
I tested it, and it gives the desired results. Execution plan is a mess, but the test table I created only had 6 rows in it, and I didn't bother with indexes, primary keys, etc. But the sample table structure was pretty bad for that kind of thing anyway (it's got serious normalization issues unless each instructor only deals with one class, for one thing).
Re: You Get What You Ask For
2007-08-01 23:18 • by Simmo (unregistered)
God help us - are these people for real?
Talk about completely missing the point. I think there are plenty more such 'candidates' out there, by the look of this.
I really hope I never have to apply for a job where ThePants999 et al are the interviewers.
Re: You Get What You Ask For
2007-08-02 00:02 • by Simmo (unregistered)
And another comment had this too.
Problem with this is that if you try to store a derived class (one that extends Dude) in the HashSet, this will return false, even though you may want to return true if the rest of the equals code is true.
Have you observed the activity of the Bush Administration over the past seven years?
Addendum (2007-08-02 00:21):
Impeach Bush
Impeach Cheney
Addendum (2007-08-02 00:23):
Can't edit? Darn... Well, try this one.
Re: You Get What You Ask For
2007-08-02 08:59 • by Jeremy Weiskotten (unregistered)
That's not true. The "instanceof" check will return true for any subclass of Dude, because the subclass "is-a" Dude. Proof: Any Java object is an instanceof Object.
You may be confusing this with:
This would return false for subclasses of Dude, because the instance would be of a different class. Sometimes that is what you want. In this particular case it's moot because I intentionally made the class "final" to preserve its immutability -- you can't extend Dude.
Re: You Get What You Ask For
2007-08-02 16:21 • by anon (unregistered)
Except the question was for a TREE
Hey. There are two big idiots. First one is a person who created those stupid questions. And second one is a person who didn't told to first one to kiss his ***.
I would never work with a company like that. Guy who is searching for Architecht is totally insane.
Re: You Get What You Ask For
2007-08-05 22:05 • by Alexander (unregistered)
Hey Valdimir, you looking for a job? We have been looking for someone who combines your good attitude and superb language skills for months!
Tree in relational database? How about:
PrimaryKey Stuff Parent
1 null
2 1
3 1
4 2
5 2
where Stuff represents data about the record and Parent is the unique id of the parent node with a null value if this is the root.
Re: You Get What You Ask For
2007-09-03 18:13 • by Steven Joseph Adams (unregistered)
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To the people saying "word document, wtf?".. I think that is the point.
This should work (I hope...):
case (select count(*) from courseinstructors where courseno=c.courseno)
when 0 then null
when 1 then (select instructor from courseinstructors where courseno=c.courseno)
when 2 then (select top 1 instructor from courseinstructors where courseno=c.courseno order by instructor)
else 'committee'
when 0 then null
when 1 then null
when 2 then (select top 1 instructor from courseinstructors where courseno=c.courseno order by instructor desc)
else null
from course c order by c.courseno
I wish I could guess to answer the same to those students who have interviewed me the last time. The problem is that having 15+ years of programming experience I have never designed a tree. Believe me or not, never! Especially a balanced binary one, which I was asked to design in C# during this interview. All the time I'm dealing with sending documents from BizTalk to MOSS, handling transactions, tracing SOAP calls etc. There are no trees on my lawn. Surprise eh?
Loving the Transit SQL post from the recruiter!! Sometimes recruiters just don't know anything about technology. I once was trying to explain to a recruiter that I had good knowledge of Analysis Services 2000 and 2005. He was like, yeah, but do you know SSAS?! I'm like it's the same friggin thing, don't you wonder what all those acronyms mean?!
Re: You Get What You Ask For
2008-07-10 03:42 • by ???????? (unregistered)
When u sign in on MSN wot happens if it keeps not responding i get so annoyed with it can u help me i dunno wot to do!!!
Re: You Get What You Ask For
2008-09-25 18:52 • by Capt. Obvious (unregistered)
[quote user=You Get What You Ask For"]Damn thats a hard image to read! Just what I need to see when trying to read black text on a white background.. a bunch of rainbow-looks-like-an-anti-aliased-jpeg garbage image.[quote]Why don't you just buy an LCD monitor?
It reminds me of one applicant I interviewed.
This person was unique in such a way that he answered ALL my questions with a SINGLE sentence.
"I don't know the answer right now, but if I was in front of a PC I can Google the answer in 5 minutes"
Re: You Get What You Ask For
2014-08-22 08:13 • by Nasty Nick (unregistered)
Stop using computers, you stupid cunt.
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Detroit firefighters are under siege. They're under-manned, under equipped, and now the guys at Ladder 19 say they've been violated by thieves in their own fire station."We feel violated because it's our home," said Ladder 19 Battalion Chief Robert Zygmontowicz.They're some of the bravest men and women in the city. They rush into burning buildings and save lives. However, what happened inside an east side fire house proves there are some that see them not as heroes, but targets.Zygmontowicz got the call Monday morning. Someone had broken in through the basement window and treated the fire house like a free for all."They busted into some of the lockers, got a few radios," he explained.Radios that cost hundreds, if not thousands of dollars, but the thieves didn't stop there. They stole tools off the fire truck, a computer, a television, microwave and food that firefighters paid for themselves."Our job is to protect the citizens' property and lives, and when we're missing equipment it makes our job a lot harder," said Zygmontowicz.So where were the firefighters when the thieves made their move? They weren't at the fire house and haven't been there for weeks because that station like others across the city is closed most of the time. It's firefighters are sent to work in other houses. They leave the lights on and try to make it look like there is someone there, but as expected, some nearby opportunists figured it out.Commissioner Don Austin released a statement saying in part, "Breaking into a firehouse and stealing from firefighters is a crime committed against the neighborhood and the people who depend on these first responders. We will be more vigilant about taking safety precautions and interacting more closely with police officers who patrol fire stations within their precinct's area of responsibility."How is the city going to replace the items that have been stolen? The firefighters I spoke with said they don't expect the city to do it. They think they will have to do it once again on their own.
UPDATE: Detroit's fire commissioner says firefighters won't have pay to replace their things. That's because the existing labor contract between the city and the firefighters' union allows the city to replace the missing gear and compensate each firefighter for their stolen belongings.
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One of the most revered guitar reverb effects reinvented.
For years the Holy Grail pedal has been the musician's choice for reverb. The Holy Grail Plus Pedal from Electro-Harmonix adds room reverb and a multifunction decay/damping/modulation speed control. The Grail just got even more divine.
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Comments about Electro-Harmonix XO Holy Grail Plus Variable Reverb Guitar Effects Pedal:
I bought an EHX Memory Boy and really loved the surfy tremolo-effected delay, but I still felt for something roomier. I love the warmth I get for this pedal for leads and un-distorted chords, but this pedal FATTENS UP all of your tones without making it bassy (as Phasers and Flangers tend to oscillate into a bassy boom sometimes). You will burst when you hear your leads through this!
I did a lot of research for guitarists whose Reverb tone I liked, and almost all directions pointed to EHX. Mind you, I'm aware that some of these players use digital reverb during recording, but I looked at player's live setups too (and I've seen these guys live.) For example, Foals and Tame Impala (Tame Impala's Kevin Parker incoporates a Nano and regular HG. I chose the Plus because I like options!)
Don't be afraid to throw the Amount (of Reverb) on full. It will still sound tasteful, but it's up to you and your preferences.
At 27 years old, playing guitar for 15 years, and playing live shows with bands for 12 years, I really respect and revere the sound that this is capable of. Play with it for a while and then without it, and you'll see. It gives a more mature character to your playing. I fool you not.
You may think, "wow, over 100 cold ones for a REVERB pedal?" but if you can afford it then you WILL be thankful for what this can do for your tone, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU PLAY LOUD!
If you can't afford to buy this pedal new, BUY IT USED! JUST GET ONE.
The flerb is a really cool effect, but like another user reviewed, I haven't yet thought of a way to use it tastefully. It's a bit wacky, but cool nonetheless!
Spring gives you that light instant-bounce reverb.
"Hall" gives you that epic, full, vintagey sound that I (and maybe others?) really characterise as that paradigm Reverb sound.
"Room" gives you a neater, but still full and cozy, Reverb sound. Really great for the lightly fuzzy, twangy post-punk indie chords (think Bloc Party/ the Hives). At least that's what I've used it for so far.
I ADORE these different types of Reverb on this pedal. If the Reverb doesn't fit the music you're playing, try another one (of the 4 Reverb types!) and I'm sure you'll find a fit.
Who knows, maybe you're that lucky dude who can pull off the Flerb!
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So I was tired of using just my amp reverb. I wanted something extra to help get a super erie sound out of my rig for a couple songs, and i thought this pedal would do the trick. And it absolutely did. Here is the problem though. Stand alone, this reverb is great, but when you add other effects with it, it's a MAJOR tone sucker. I tried putting it in the front of my signal train, in the middle, at the end, nothing helped. I tried turning off my amp reverb to use just this, that didn't help either. Long story short, this pedal is not worth the money unless you really dont care about tone. That's it in a nutshell.
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So I wanted an easy to use versatile pedal to make me sound like I'm in any sized room I wanted, but I got more. This pedal is so simple, I was using it wrong the entire time (Amount to full, blend to full) but it still sounded sick.
It's spring reverb gives you an awesome clean bounce while the hall can make you sound like your in anything from a hallway to a cathedral. It also has "Flerb" which is a flanger and reverb mix, which is a strange feature, so far I've only found one place to use it, but it's still a really interesting effect. The only thing I can find that I don't like about this pedal is that it has a bit of white noise that comes out, on or off, especially if the batteries dying, but I don't usually use batteries.
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I have an older version of this pedal. Its the version with the single very large amount control. That, the footswitch and reverb switch. Spring, Hall, Flerb.I never believed in reverb, thought that many guitar players lost there tone and edge by adding to much. this ped changed all that. No I am in love with the erie sounds that can be achieved with this ped. the added depth the massive space you can create.the only disadvantage to my version is that I can not blend the dry and wet signal. That would make it perfect.the draw back to this version is that the knobs are to small. With the large one on my version I am able to change the amount of reverb on the fly. awesome for dynamic changes. I picked up mine used, it had some issues, had to be ran on its own plug to work probably. It would not work well on the power plus 2 with my other pedals. Not because the pedal is faulty, it just draws a lot of juice. Give then a try
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This pedal sounded magical when I first purchased it. There are so many ways to tweak the sound of the different types of reverb that it seemed like the skies were the limit. After treating it very gently for a few months, it just stopped working one day. I've asked around and this seems to be a common problem with this pedal. EH doesn't make quality products like they used to. I switched to the T-Rex brand reverb pedal and plan on never purchasing any EH products again.
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I have no idea how this pedal can get such good reviews. I does have a reletivly good reberb effect BUT beware of the backround sounds when you add some drive to your signal, like a humming, even when the effect is not engaged !!!! Also, I added this to my effect board and all of a sudden ALL my amps sounded crappy...I finally pulled this off my board and everything went back to normal. This is my second attempt at buying/using EH effects....you can keep them!!!!! There will not be a third time...
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A rig without reverb is pretty sterile and lifeless to me, and this pedal is exceptional and sounds very natural. I went with this model of the Holy Grail because of the blend and amount adjustments. There's so much more control over the output. I use the spring setting pretty much all the time, although the hall is very lush. The flerb is quite weird but interesting, but I don't think there's a real practacle place for me to use it quite yet. There's a lot of fun to be had playing around with just the full wet signal on the hall and flerb settings. It works well and sounds awesome with my #1 Echo in front of it. Seems tough and reliable. It doesn't seem to alter the tone and there's no added noise to speak of. I only knocked it down a point because it's sorta spendy.
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O.K. I guess I'll be the first to review the Holy Grail Plus since no body chose to do so. This should answer any questions that you might have about the HG+. I own both the HG and HG+ and will give you my honest opinion of both.The HG+ trumps the original Holy Grail. The HG+ has the same lush, natural tone as the HG, but goes a step further. It gives you the ability to control both the amount of reverb(length), and how much of the effect you want mixed with your dry signal. The HG only has one knob to control the level and length of the effect. I run my reverb pedal through the effects loop. I found that I could only use a tiny fraction of the reverb, almost to the point where the effect was practically non existent. Using larger amounts would muddy my tone. Not what I want from a reverb pedal.The HG+ allowed me to increase the amount of reverb to my taste and blend that signal to my dry signal without degrading my tone. It's just what I've been looking for. Now I have that great reverb tone that I got from the HG without it washing out my tone. Another advantage, the HG+ has a lower profile which makes navigating around the pedal board much easier. The casing seems to be more durable as well. If you are looking for an easy to use reverb pedal that is flexible and sounds great, the HG+ is for you.
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I already have the Holy Grail, and it's the best reverb I've ever used. The only problem I have with it is that, the similar styled Small Stone, it tends to cut the volume level of your amp. I was building a separate pedalboard for my AC-30, and was looking at different reverbs when I saw this. I basically just use the hall reverb, and for the most part, I tend to leave my control knobs at the halfway point on all of my effect settings. It's nice to have some more variables though. This pedal is built sturdier than it's sibling, and takes a standard 1/4" input jack.
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Usually, horror filmmakers end up descending into the work-for-hire world of television direction after their career has waned a bit and the studios are no longer calling. In the case of Adam Green, he began in television, made his segue to the big screen, and used that clout to go back to television for the most popular work of his career.
Nine consecutive weeks on tour with only two days off. For those doing the math, that adds up to sixty-one shows in sixty-three days. That's the type of grueling tour schedule we're talking about. It's nearly unprecedented to put together a calendar like that, because who would believe it could be done? Even the most mundane of desk jobs requires more than two days off in a two-month span.
There's a lot to be said about a movie that goes down the same path as dozens of other horror films and still manages to keep the viewer entertained. "Creature" happens to be one of those movies. It's chock full of gore, a ridiculous back story, tons of nudity and Sid Haig. Within the first 10 minutes you're seeing so many similarities to the "Hatchet" films that you start to get a little dizzy. The film does a good job of keeping you entertained though, seriously there's a ton of nudity, and really only seems to fault when it tries to differentiate itself from the pack.
I have no idea why anyone would want to visit Russia when their greatest commodity is already dancing at Private Eyes up on 45th and 8th, but the movie "The Darkest Hour" tells the story of a group of travelers stuck in Moscow during an alien invasion. A new poster for the flick has popped up online and it looks like all hell is breaking loose in Mother Russia. I hope this doesn't make people lose their place in line for bread.
Everybody hates clowns. Unless they're slutty clowns on Halloween, most people are on board with that. But an undead clown, that changes everything. The movie is titled "Stitches" and it tells the tale of a clown who returns from the grave to take out his vengeance on a group of teenagers who caused his death some years ago. It's a horror comedy and it's British so that means there's going to be a lot of bad teeth gags and Spam jokes. I assume. Most of what I know about the UK comes from Austin Powers and Monty Python.
"Hatchet" director Adam Green has confirmed "Killer Pizza", a new romp about a teen who takes a summer job at a pizza parlor that turns out to be the front for a monster hunting agency. The good people at MGM will be putting out the film so it might actually have some money behind it. God willing that doesn't mean they'll leave out the Kane Hodder sex scene.
If there's one thing Rob Zombie's witch revenge flick "The Lords Of Salem" has been missing it's sex appeal. Well good news you ornery little skanks, Sid Haig has officially joined the project as one half of a witch hunting duo. Boner time!
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A threesome can ruin any relationship. Sure you want to see your wife go to sexy town with another woman now but once things start to actually happen you get to thinking about how this might effect the long term relationship. So it's understandable that this guy in Florida might have freaked out a little when his wife brought another women into the bedroom. What isn't understandable is that he took out his frustration on the two women by going all Ike Turner on them. That's going to probably cause more damage than the hot action.
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In "Frozen", the new film by "Hatchet" director Adam Green, "A typical day on the slopes turns into a chilling nightmare for three snowboarders when they get stranded on the chairlift before their last run." The trailer debuted online today, and the film is gearing up for a limited release February 5th.
Maryland based Edgar Allen Poe fans have reason to rejoice as the LA based stage play "Nevermore" starring Jeffery Combs as the man himself is heading to Baltimore on January 23rd and 24th. Here's hoping we get more locations out of this little road trip!
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A few years back Adam Green set the horror hype machine ablaze with his self-proclaimed "old school American horror" film "Hatchet". The film was breathlessly awaited with many expecting it to herald the second coming of the slasher film, but upon its release audiences were treated to a fairly entertaining but ultimately only middling slasher film remarkable only in that it wasn't as brain-gougingly terrible as most of its competition.
As part of our on-going bid to simultaneously pimp our Netflix affiliation and help you out with finding horror gems to watch, I'm here with today's streaming horror recommendation, "Hatchet". This underground slasher sensation directed by Adam Green took the internets by storm last year. So here's your chance to check it out in case you missed it, or see it for the first time if you're a slacker.
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BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Canada's Brayden Schenn was named the most valuable player and the top forward at the 2011 world junior hockey championship, while teammate Ryan Ellis received top defenceman honours.
Schenn scored a tournament-high 18 points (eight goals, 10 assists), tying Dale McCourt's total in 1977 for most points by a Canadian at one championship.
He had a goal and an assist in Canada's 5-3 loss to Russia in the gold-medal game even though he was playing with a separated shoulder suffered in Canada's quarter-final win over Switzerland.
On the way, Schenn passed Wayne Gretzky and Eric Lindros, who each had 17 points at a championship.
Ellis, Canada's captain, took top defenceman honours with three goals and seven assists, including the opening goal in Wednesday's final.
Both Schenn and Ellis were also named to the tournament all-star team, along with Canadian forward Ryan Johansen (three goals, six assists).
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A bill making it mandatory to tell women what type of breast tissue they have was signed into law Monday by Governor Brian Sandoval. That's important because dense breast tissue is a risk factor for breast cancer. And mammograms don't always pick up tumors in dense breast tissue.
I know all too well how difficult it is to find a tumor in dense breasts. My mom was diagnosed with end stage breast cancer six months after getting a clean mammogram. She had a clean mammogram and in actuality, there were four tumors in her left breast. The cancer had been there for so long, it had time to spread to her neck and 38 lymph nodes.
I truly believe my mom didn't die of breast cancer. She died because of dense breast tissue.
40 percent of women have dense breast tissue.
I testified on behalf of AB 147 several times. And Monday, my children and I attended the signing of the law with Governor Brian Sandoval, Assemblyman James Ohrenschall, Assemblyman Randy Kirner and lobbyist Audrey Damonte.
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OAKLAND, CA (WTAQ) - The Milwaukee Bucks backcourt combined for 57 points in a 103-93 win over Golden State Saturday night.
Brandon Jennings scored 31 and dished out 10 assists, while Monta Ellis chipped in 26 points.
J.J. Redick scored 15, including some big buckets in the fourth quarter.
The Warriors started strong and led after one period, but Milwaukee dominated play the rest of the way, winning for the 5th time in the last six games.
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Wanted to let you know that I'm still having the horrid headaches that tylenol doesn't phase. Talked to my Dr's office again this morning they are thinking of prescribing me a med that helps with headaches.
They did say that they wanted to test blood again- probably tomorrow to see if they have changed at all since last week. I'm glad they are staying on top of it.
I am still swelling- hubby made the comment that I really don't have much of a knee anymore. I can tell my clothes are fitting tighter- I'm afraid I have gained more weight.
The headaches are really beginning to drive me crazy- b/c I have had 1 every day for 3 weeks now.
Saw floaters again today and I have noticed my eyes are real sensitive to light.
I wish something would tell my Dr why I am feeling this way I hate this hurry up and wait game.....[:(!]
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SOUTHWEST ASIA -- Staff Sgt. Desirae Lambrecht and Tech. Sgt. Stephen Powell, 332nd Expeditionary Maintenance Group weapons system controllers, communicate with various members of the base March 7, 2012 in the Maintenance Operation Center at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia. The MOC is a hub of information that functions 24/7. Lambrecht and Powell are deployed from Shaw Air Force Base, S.C. She is a native of Harvest, Ala., and he is a native of Illinois. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Melanie Holochwost/Released)
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-- A small group of maintainers at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia have a pretty unique set of tools they use to perform their jobs. Instead of wrenches and screw drivers, the Maintenance Operations Control Center's tool box consists of phones, radios and computer monitors.
The MOC is constantly communicating with a variety of different units across the base, according to Tech. Sgt. Stephen Powell, 332nd Expeditionary Maintenance Group senior weapons system controller, who is deployed from Shaw Air Force Base, S.C.
"We are always on the phone," he said. "Sometimes, we can be juggling two or three different conversations at once."
The MOC is a hub of information, which is instrumental to flightline operations.
"Pilots, maintainers, leadership and various other individuals on base are always giving us information," Powell said. "It's then our responsibility to pass the information on to everyone else that needs to know about it."
The MOC is aware of everything that has happened, is currently happening, or is about to happen on the flightline.
"We keep track of an enormous amount of details, which keeps the flying mission going," Powell said. "For example, pilots give us updates throughout their flight, like when they are expecting to land. Maintainers keep us updated on their work as well, like if they need to order an aircraft part and when it arrives. They also let us know the moment they lose a tool. And, then they call us when they find it."
And, that is just the tip of the spear of the MOC's responsibilities, said Master Sgt. Kenneth Howell, 332nd EMXG Maintenance Operations Control NCO in-charge, who is deployed from Moody Air Force Base, Ga.
"Weapons system controllers monitor aircraft status, perform emergency response checklists and coordinate with numerous agencies to ensure the mission is successful," he said.
The MOC serves as a link between flightline workers and wing leadership, Howell said.
"We attend wing meetings and brief leadership about the status of our F-16s," he said. "We keep them informed about our aircraft located elsewhere. We also report the health of the entire fleet to U.S. Air Forces Central."
Howell said the MOC is a team-focused, 24/7 operation.
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Unlike most career fields, there isn't any formal training for the MOC, Powell said.
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In addition to continuing the progress made during the Renaissance and the Age of Enlightenment, the nineteenth century produced its own historic movement, this time away from the rigidity of classical forms and expectations. Artists began to question and often dispense with tradition, producing wildly expressive art, and setting the groundwork for modernism.
Maurice Ravel's String Quartet in F Major (1903) stands at an inflection point in the history of music. Unlike some of Ravel's later chamber works, the instrumentation of the piece - a string quartet - is unmistakably traditional, as is its rhythm. The sound of the piece is however clearly on the precipice of something new. Full of rich, four part harmonies and moments of wild dissonance, this piece would probably sound completely alien to a seventeenth century audience. Apparently it wasn't a hit with twentieth century audiences either - the piece was considered a flop by both critics and Ravel's teacher, composer Gabriel Fauré. Despite a cold initial reception, the piece is now widely celebrated and loved. In fact, the second movement accompanies the introduction of the cast of characters in Wes Anderson's "The Royal Tenenbaums".


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Twenty years ago and we wouldn't be having this discussion. The rules of sneakers were pretty simple; the moment you hit sixteen, leave them on the basketball courts. They were for sports and the fashionably impaired.
Then, Chuck Naylor's started rearing their heads around shopping districts. Actresses were donning the Vans under a pair of rolled-up chinos while they sauntered around Beverly Hills. Suddenly, sneakers were everywhere.
That's not to say that sporting sneakers is a free-for-all. There are still some do's and don'ts that you might want to consider before stepping out in your new Nike Air Max's with a black pencil skirt. Just, no.
Baby steps, people, baby steps. Jeans are bar-none the easiest way to wear sneakers. It's time-tested, easy-going and comfortable.
To stand out, you'll want to have a game plan. Jeans are a good excuse to flash the 'big' shoes; we're talking blazer suedes, concealed heels and high tops. You also have a little more free reign with colours, since jeans aren't particularly risqué. Try experimenting with electric pinks and purples, maybe throw a little green into the mix.
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Converse offer a nice punky style along with a pair of black leggings, while Vans look sweet sockless complimenting a patterned design. The important thing to remember is that leggings work as a centrepiece of the outfit, so keep the sneakers simply duochrome, soft tones – ultimately, a classic style.
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Mini and Jerome Griffith, CEO of luggage label TUMI have unveiled in Beijing, China, earlier this month, a special car developed specially for the Chinese market.
This new model is called the "Mini goes Tumi" and will combine design, along with art and technology. It seems the concept will be offered in two versions: one painted in Black (or Alpha) and the other one painted in classic Hunter Green (or Alpha Brave).
You might say this is just another art-meets-technology creation, but the truth is it is more than that. It used to further explore Tumi's potential and thus increase the brand's awareness. MINI goes Tumi will travel around the world during the coming year in order to serve as inspiration for potential partnerships in the near future.
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A fresh look at patterns
Via Aaron I found a slide entitled "'Design Patterns' Aren't" by someone called M. J. Dominus. My first reaction was that he's gotten it all wrong, but his argument for taking a fresh look at Christopher Alexander's patterns appealed to me and I want to find out more about it. But first I want to address what I feel is a misundersting about design patterns.
Dominus says that the book Design Patterns (often called "Gang of Four" or "GoF") is equivalent to a library of C++ code, from which snippets can be copied and pasted into your own code. This is not true. A design pattern is a form for documenting a recurring solution to a design problem (I know he quotes this phrase). It's not tied to any specific programming language and as a matter of fact, most of the patterns in the book doesn't even lend themselves to being expressed as reusable code. This is particularly true of patterns such as Decorator and Facade. The code snippets in the book are sample implementations. It's the idea, if anything, that is reused!
I also get the feeling that he tries to bring down design patterns by making it look ridiculous, saying for example that Perl's
foreach statement renders the Iterator pattern useless and that design patterns encourage the use of obsolete languages. The point with Iterator and many other patterns is to keep objects from knowing about the internals of other objects – or, in this case, collections and aggregations. If you have ten types of collections, you would only have one Iterator interface, albeit ten concrete Iterator implementations, each knowing how to traverse that specific collection. I don't know much about Perl, but I'm sure that
foreach doesn't solve this problem, although he's right that there is less need for it in a more dynamic language such as Perl.
Design patterns can be specific to a language, though. Common Perl idioms and recurring solutions that exploit features specific to Perl, could be documented as design patterns and thus be helpful to lots of (perhaps less experienced) Perl programmers. And design patterns are very effective for conveying design ideas and will hopefully be more broadly adopted in the future – not as a cookbook, but as a way to improve people's design skills and to facilitate discussion among programmers.
But, as Dominus says in the postscript, his point is that we need to take a fresh look at Christopher Alexander. On slide nine he explains Alexander's motivation for patterns as being a format for delegating design decisions to the "users of the design" (that is, the people that will use the building). "Suppose you want to design a college campus[, you must then] delegate the some of the design [decisions] to the students and professors".
On slide twelve he describes the difference between Alexander's patterns and GoF patterns. The former "does not tell you how to design anything[, it] helps you decide what should be designed". The main difference being that with the Alexandrian way, you "get to make up whatever patterns you think will lead to good designs" whereas with GoF the "idea is to discover existing patterns of software development". I'm not so sure that Alexander meant that patterns are to be always made up. Although that might happen, I think the norm is to look for proven solutions (such as "alcoves" and "ceiling height variety"), which is what GoF says too. It is easier for people to talk about something with which they can relate, such as alcoves. If a new pattern were to be created, my bet is that it would be a combination, or variation, of already existing solutions ("patternized" or not), such as an "alcove with ceiling height variety"; or, an aggregation of several patterns (which would in effect be a higher-level abstraction).
I do agree that these two approaches are different, and I find that difference very interesting. The fact that I have read lots of articles and books on software patterns (but none of Alexander's) and never have heard about this aspect of patterns, suggests that Dominus is right in his claim that GoF "obstructs this niche".
What's interesting about the intent of Alexander's patterns (to make it easier to involve the "users" in the discussion) is that it reminds me of the System Metaphor in Extreme Programming (XP). The metaphor aims at creating a vocabulary that both the programmers and the customers can use when discussing the system being built. The metaphor is perhaps the most misunderstood part of XP and perhaps it would benefit from being "cross-bred" with the Alexander's intention with patterns?
Cross-breeding patterns with the metaphor would probably make the metaphor more formal, which I think would be a good thing. I have the feeling that most people approaching XP only vaguely understand what the metaphor is about, and although they are convinced that it is a good idea, they are still clueless as to how you "create" a metaphor.
I think I will have to nominate Alexander's Timeless Way of Building and A Pattern Language for inclusion in our company library.


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