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How to mountain bike article by BetterRide founder Gene Hamilton
Your imagination is more powerful than you think it is and it can help you greatly improve your mountain bike skills! As a young snowboard racer I thought that the strongest/bravest/most naturally athletic person won, imagery was hocus pocus bs! Turns out, imagery is one of the most powerful learning tools that you are equipped with. Fortunately as a mountain bike racer I started to use imagery and it played a big role in helping me to not only mountain bike better but also consistently perform at my best.
If you are one of our skills progression students you know how much we stress imagery and have read the article I wrote on imagery. If you haven't read the article or are still doubtful of the benefits of imagery please watch this short video and read the article below! (recommended by BetterRide student, Gregg Austensen)
Imagery article:
Imagery or visualization is a great way to improve your riding and/or racing. Imagery has been proven in many studies to be more effective than actual practice in improving skill in sports. When using imagery you have no fear, can practice absolutely perfectly, can practice without fatiguing and simply rewind and correct any mistakes. Other than the fact that you won't be physically tired from imagery your body can not tell the difference between imaging and actually doing. Consistent imagery will make a bigger difference in your riding than actually doing the drills I teach if you spend 20 minutes twice a week working on it. So add 40 minutes a week of imagery to your training program
Imagery can also help you improve and keep a positive attitude when weather or injury prevents you from riding.
I'm sure you have noticed that the most skillful or strongest rider doesn't always win. This is because at the higher levels of competition most competitors have about the same skill. Winning races is a mental war and often a more prepared, focused and confident competitor will beat someone with slightly more "skill". I have a few friends who are amazing bike handlers, definitely better bike handers than I, but I usually manage to beat them on race day. The key to winning any competition is being able to have a "peak" performance during competition. Consistently performing at your peak is easier said than done. One way to improve your consistency is to imagine or "visualize" you runs. Imagining is a very important skill and just like any other skill the more you practice it the better you get. If you haven't imagined before or your imaging needs some improvement work on the information below.
What to Imagine (this isn't just for racers if you don't just substitute the word ride for race in the exercises below).
1. How you feel mentally in the start, during the race, as you cross the finish line and when the race is over: excited, strong, confident, fast, elation after winning, etc.
2. How you feel physically at the start, during the race, as you cross the finish line and when the race is over: muscles relaxed your breathing, lactic burn in legs, steering and balance movements, absorbing shocks, etc.
3. What your eyes are focusing on when you are at the start, during the race, as you cross the finish line and when the race is over: looking ahead, reference points, course conditions, etc.
4. What you hear (or don't hear) at the start, during the race, as you cross the finish line and when the race is over: wind rushing by, crowd noise, bike noise, and announcer screaming that you have just taken over the lead! (I recall Myles Rockwell saying that he imaged the announcer saying that prior to winning the Kamikaze years ago), etc.
5. Imaging can also be used to master a new skill and break bad habits. To do this imagine doing the particular skill perfectly using both first person and third person views. Start by imaging riding on a easy, predictable surface such as pavement then an easy trail, working your way up to doing it on a challenging section of trail.
How to Imagine
1. Imagine from 1st person, you are actually racing the course.
2. Imagine from 3rd person, you are watching yourself.
3. Imagine flawless runs, if you make a mistake back up and correct it.
4. Imagine in slow motion to learn new skills or master a difficult section.
5. Always imagine positive performances, feelings and thoughts.
How to Get Started
1. Imagine riding the 1st "section" (the 1st fourth or fifth of the trail, start new sections at major changes in terrain) of your favorite trail. Practice until your experience everything you experience on an actual run. For skills work on one skill three times then work on another skill three times (use the rule of three when visualizing too)
2. Start adding sections until you can imagine an entire 5-6 minute run.
3. Time your imaging sessions and compare their times to actual times on course. If your imaging is faster than real life you may being using to few reference points (physical features such as big rocks, stumps, ruts, or trees that you use to keep your bearing on the course (more on the use of reference points in my course inspection article) and skipping parts of the course or you might not be imaging all the steps it takes (braking, shifting, pedaling, jumping gaps) to get down the course. If your imaging is slower than real life you either have too many reference points and you're getting bogged down on details that you don't notice when racing or you don't have enough RPs and are getting lost on the course. Figure out why you are not getting similar times and make corrections so you can image a perfect, fast race before race day.
Don't be discouraged if you struggle with this at first. Imaging is a learned skill and gets better with practice. Mastering imagery will greatly improve your riding and/or racing.


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As advertised back in 2010, in June, Disney will begin airing a new cartoon series based on Tron. Not the old Tron. The new one.
Seeing as the last movie felt like a gorgeous cartoon that went for a bit too long, breaking the art style down into 23-minute animated shorts seems like a no-brainer.
Shame Olivia Wilde won't be in it. On the upside, some other very talented people are featuring, such as Bruce Boxleitner, Mandy Moore, Lance Henriksen and Elijah Wood.

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Former Electric Boat analyst sentenced for stealing, pawning shipyard equipment
A former employee of Electric Boat who stole two expensive devices from the shipyard and pawned them locally was sentenced Monday to 30 days in prison.
Alexander T. Taylor, 29, whose court files indicate he has lived recently at addresses in Quaker Hill, Groton and New London, had pleaded guilty in New London Superior Court to third-degree larceny. He also pleaded guilty to driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs in an unrelated case involving a crash on Interstate 395.
Taylor had worked as a quality assurance analyst at Electric Boat, earning a salary of more than $67,000 a year when he stole two Niton X-ray analyzers, which are used to determine the composition of various metals, in June 2012. He pawned the devices, which are valued at $40,000 each, for $2,000 and $2,500 at pawn shops in Groton and New London.
"I had a great career," Taylor said to Judge Hillary B. Strackbein before she imposed his sentence. "I made the conscious decision to do it and regret my decision every day."
Taylor had left high school early to go to work and had been employed at EB since 2003, according to his attorney, Peter E. Scillieri, who said the incident was out of character for Taylor, who was going through a divorce and may have been suffering from depression. He said Taylor has a new job and his employer is willing to take him back when he is released.
Confronted by Groton Town Police after they discovered he pawned one of the X-ray analyzers at Gold Star Pawn in Groton using his own name, Taylor said he had been having money problems and used the money to catch up on his rent, according to his court file. He said he had sold his motorcycle in an attempt to get the device back from the pawn shop and return it to his employer. The police subsequently learned that Taylor pawned the other X-ray analyzer at Yankee Peddlar & Pawn in New London.
Prosecutor Lawrence J. Tytla said many people who embezzle say they planned to repay their employer. He said pawning the devices locally was "brazen" of Taylor, which lends some credence to his claim that he planned to retrieve the devices from the pawn shop.
In the drunken-driving case, Taylor had been drinking heavily at Sunset Ribs in Waterford on April 24, 2013, when he lost control of his GMC Yukon on Interstate 395 north near Exit 82, according to his court file. The car crossed from the left lane into the right, struck a curb and traveled 100 feet up a hill before flipping onto the roof and landing in the right travel lane. Blood tests indicated that Taylor had a blood alcohol content of .200. His 30-day sentence includes a mandatory 48 hours for driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs. He will be on probation for three years following his release.
Strackbein told Taylor that a lot of his decision-making has been "significantly flawed" and that it's possible he is one of those people who can't drink alcohol. She ordered him to attend a victim impact panel, make a charitable contribution and undergo substance abuse evaluation and treatment if necessary.


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Africa's natural wealth can be the basis for its economic transformation, provided the right policies are in place: the African Economic Outlook (AEO) 2013 shows how a more efficient and equitable use of energy, mines and agriculture can generate gainful jobs and promote competitiveness.
The African Economic Outlook 2013 was launched on 28 May in Marrakesh, at the annual meetings of the African Development Bank. As with previous editions, the report assesses the performance of virtually every economy on the continent and provides fresh, 2-year macroeconomic forecasts. The outlook remains positive as Africa´s economy is projected to grow on average by 4.8% in 2013 and accelerate further to 5.3% in 2014.
The full report is available free-of-charge at www.africaneconomicoutlook.org
This year's Forum, jointly organised with the IDB and the French Ministry of Economy and Finance, convened over 450 participants for a day of lively debate by policy makers and experts. One of the main messages to emerge from the 5th edition of the LAC Forum was that now is not the time for complacency. The relatively positive outlook presents an opportunity to undertake a number of pending reforms, with the final objective of a more sustainable and inclusive economic model. Reforms should be adopted to strengthen areas such as infrastructure, labour markets, innovation, education, fiscal systems, and the organisation of the State, among others.
SMEs represent one of the areas where policies can have a strong impact. Increasing their productivity, as well as fostering competitiveness, promoting their integration into global value chains, and favouring their access to credit, are some of the main areas where policies should focus. Access to finance for SMEs in the region is relatively low, and public institutions should adopt measures to facilitate access to finance and to provide both financial and technical support.
The OECD Perspectives on Global Development 2013 – Industrial policies in a changing world was presented in Madrid at the Annual Meeting of the Association of European Development Finance Institutions (EDFI) hosted by COFIDES. The report acknowledges the renewed and increasing role of development finance institutions in facilitating access to finance and enhancing innovation in developing countries. The total commitments of International Finance Institutions to the private sector in developing countries grew significantly over the past decade from about USD 10 billion in 2002 to about USD 40 billion in 2010.
The report was also presented during a seminar at the Secretaría General Iberoamericana (SEGIB), that gathered experts from diverse international and Spanish organisations including the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Telefonica and Banco de Espana. The debate centred on the new features of industrial policies and on how to make them effective in the new global economic landscape. Discussions were led by José Antonio Alonso, Professor of Applied Economics from the University Complutense and Member of the Committee for Development Policies (UNECOSOC) and Antonio Merino, Director of Environmental Studies, Repsol.
Over the last two decades, Viet Nam has achieved rapid economic growth, resulting in an impressive reduction of poverty. However, fast growth has also led to rising inequalities across population groups and territories, reinforcing circumstantial factors of poverty such as inherited poverty, parents' education, ethnicity and location. Many households are vulnerable to falling back into poverty and access to public services remains uneven. Little is known on the links between economic growth and social mobility, both in terms of income and jobs.
At the request of the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, the OECD Development Centre will carry out a Social Cohesion Policy Review of Viet Nam. Based on the conceptual framework of the 2012 Perspectives of Global Development: Social Cohesion in a Shifting World, the Review will be articulated around the following key inter-related questions: 1) How cohesive is Vietnamese society? 2) Who benefits from Viet Nam's fast economic growth and who is left out? 3) What are some of the major policy gaps from a social cohesion perspective? 4) Which directions should public policy take to support social inclusion, facilitate social mobility and enhance social capital? The yearlong Review SCPR was officially launched in Viet Nam at a workshop, organised by MOLISA and the Institute of Labour Science and Social Affairs with the financial contribution of Hanns Seidel Foundation on 8 May 2013.
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… EDFI invested around Euro 24 billion in around 4000 private sector development projects in 2011.
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The "Scream" franchise has always been known for being a self-aware genre critique. The original's clever script and rising-star cast turned it into a modern horror classic. The sequel was a worthy one, continuing the "meta" trend by turning the commentary to sequels. The third, however, was an abominable disappointment, drawing scorn from critics and underperforming the previous installments. Essentially, "Scream 3" ended the franchise… til now.
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A Passion for Excellence, by Tom Peters and Nancy Austin
As a supervisor or department head faced with a department that's about to implode, take a candid look at either reinventing the structure of the group or replacing certain key individuals within it. You'll want to conduct departmental structural and workflow analysis with your direct reports to determine areas of overlap as well as areas where resources might be needed. That's often the best time to launch training workshops on leadership and communication in conjunction with formal weekly meetings to ensure that all voices are heard in the effort to make "fixing the crisis" a shared goal.
In a fairly short amount of time, and with the right help and guidance, you can determine if you have the right players in place to move your department forward and meet the immediate challenges ahead.
Phase 1: Structural Audit
A simple organizational analysis is typically the best place to start…keep it simple: Map out your entire workflow, from inception through end result. Map all contiguous areas where your employees touch the process and add value. Your rudimentary organizational analysis should quickly indicate where people and processes overlap or conflict.
Next, weave in the roles of ancillary support by collaborating with senior members in other departments as well as with external vendors, customers and key stakeholders. Finally, overlay areas where conflict and staff complaints seem to converge so you can physically see areas of tension.
The next day, roll out your workflow draft to the rest of your staff and ask them to comment on your senior team's initial insights. Drill deeper until the majority of your staff members agree on the pressure points that squeeze productivity, and ask for suggestions on how to reinvent the workflow to ensure smoother operational processing.
Finally, ask for internal leaders to volunteer to assume responsibility for fixing the smallest and most manageable parts of the dysfunction. Such "stretch assignments" should be accomplished within a week and will result in concrete, positive outcomes that all can see.
Phase 2: Training
Propose three or four 90-minute meetings to discuss leadership and communication. Your organization may have "canned" training on hand or you may invite an external training organization to establish your new expectations in terms of leadership and communication. Leave plenty of time to discuss the topics raised, relate the rules and lessons to your group, and tailor the materials to your needs. This becomes your platform for group interaction and peer reinforcement. Two meetings per week during a two-week period will get your team off to a solid start in terms of outlining expectations and providing group leaders with the basic tools necessary to excel in their roles.
Once you see that regular and open communication occurs on an ongoing basis, you may choose to "kick off the training wheels" of weekly meetings and allow employees to revert to a less formal communication and leadership structure and direction.
Phase 3: 'Fit Factor'
Watching employees behave in their new environment with heightened expectations may go a long way in helping you determine who "fits" and who may be out of place. Some people naturally resist change and self-select out of the change process. Others "get it" and rise to the occasion, demonstrating discretionary energy and effort to accomplish the predetermined goals.
First, working with your HR team, consider exploring opportunities to assist individuals who may be gossiping, driving a wedge between the other staff members, and/or significantly eroding departmental progress.
Then focus your attention on the employee group who perform adequately but who may "struggle to the minimums."
You have the opportunity to grow and build on your team, and then recruit new players who demonstrate increased engagement and overall job satisfaction. The business cycle gets reviewed anew. Rising to the occasion may be the greatest way to move from the brink of failure to the edge of ultimate success.
Paul Falcone is a human resource executive and a best-selling author of five AMACOM books, including 2,600 Phrases for Effective Performance Reviews.


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Suzanne E. Zimmer
Madison – On October 3, 2012, Suzanne Zimmer passed away, just one day after her 66th wedding anniversary. She was truly a blessing to all who knew her, but especially her husband, her children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and friends.
Suzanne was born Edith Suzanne Peters on December 13, 1925 to Perry Peters and Helen Tracy Peters in Gregory, South Dakota. In 1932 she moved with her family to Marshfield, WI. She graduated from Marshfield High School in 1943 and went to the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she studied home economics. It was there she met Lowell D. Zimmer, also from Marshfield, as they rode the bus back and forth from Madison to Marshfield. She and "L.D." were married on October 2, 1946. They were proud to tell of their early year's together living in Badger Village while L.D. finished school and where they started their family.
Suzanne's "career" was her husband and five children. She was always there for them, their spouses and her grandchildren, who lovingly called her "Granny," a name and role she cherished and filled so beautifully. Her love for her family was inspirational!
Suzanne loved people and entertaining and they loved her in return. Her Happy Hours at her home, at their cottages and in Florida truly brought people within the neighborhood and area together into a unit of friends. Her second home in Ft. Meyers Beach Florida was a haven of joy and sunshine for her and Zim for six months out of every year for over 30 years. There they enjoyed establishing a second community of friends, many of whom they stayed in touch with even after they were unable to continue their annual stays there. It was a delight having family and friends come to her home(s), especially for "happy hour" and made all feel welcome and comfortable there. Her hospitality was surpassed only by her generosity and kindness.
Her loving care of her Mother, Helen, ensured Helen lived out her days as the lady she always strived to be, even when Helen's health necessitated she be in a nursing home. Even then Suzanne visited or called her daily. And when Suzanne couldn't visit, she ensured Helen was being cared for by having one of her five children check on Granny Peters.
Suzanne's other passion in life, after her family, was garage "saleing", taking family lists of needs and wants in hand each season. Many a kitchen was equipped and home decorated due to her eye for quality and shrewd negotiation skills.
Suzanne is survived by her husband, Lowell. Her five children, Greg (Sue) of Verona; Kathy (Chuck) Zastrow, Madison; Mary Miller (Roger McNiel), Middleton; Thomas (Judy), Madison; and Michael ( Mary Abalos), Mt. Horeb. Twelve grandchildren Joe Miller; Katie (Luke) Black; Jay Sachtjen; Dan (Melissa) Zimmer; Bridgette (Gregg) White; Ryan Sachtjen; Nicholas (Leah) Zimmer; Harry, Gus & Sam Zimmer; and Lindsay & Delany Zimmer. and eight great-grandchildren Olivia, Reese & Clementine Miller; Caden Black; Josephine & Noah Zimmer; and Penni & Hendrix White; and a very special caregiver, Courtney Moore; and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, her sister, Jeanne and Jeanne's husband, Gerry Boos; and her brother Richard and his wife Bea Peters and their son Mark.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at ST. THOMAS AQUINAS CATHOLIC CHURCH, 602 Everglade Dr., Madison on Tuesday, October 9, 2012, at 11:00 a.m. with Monsignor Donn Heiar presiding. Burial will follow at Resurrection Cemetery. A visitation will be held at ST. THOMAS AQUINAS CATHOLIC CHURCH, 602 Everglade Dr., Madison, on Monday, October 8, 2012, from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. and at church on Tuesday from 10:00 a.m. until the time of mass.
The family wishes to give a special thanks to Holly of St. Thomas Aquinas, for all of her visits and prayers, and to Agrace Hospice Care.


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The legendary Ron Burgundy inspires an intense fandom. One that revels over his one-liners, rush to his midnight premiere, clamors for apparel baring his monumental mustache, and hungers for a taste of his Scotchy Scotch Scotch. If you count yourself as a fan who cannot get enough of Ron Burgundy, then Alamo Drafthouse has got just the ticket for you. Literally.
Alamo Drafthouse and Paramount Pictures have joined forces to unleash a special edition movie pass called the Anchorfan Pass that will entitle holders to unlimited screenings of Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues for a one-time fee of $15. The pass is valid for the day of purchase, and any Anchorman 2 showing in the coming year at a variety of Alamo locations, including Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas in Austin, Texas; Kalamazoo, Michigan; Houston, Texas; San Antonio, Texas; Winchester, VA; Kansas City, Missouri; Denver, Colorado; Ashburn, VA; Yonkers, New York and New Braunfels, Texas.
You can buy the Anchorfan Pass and check showtimes HERE
While most moviegoers might not consider seeing a film - even one they liked a lot - more than once in theaters, I'm with Paramount and Alamo in assuming Anchorman fans are of a different breed. Hell, it's been nine years since the first film and its quotes are still popping up in our daily conversations. ("60% of the time it works every time!") Aside from suspecting its sequel has this same kind of staying power, I can say I totally see the appeal of seeing Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues again and again.
For one thing, it's a great movie to see with a group of friends, full of WTF moments and cameos. Plus, with nine years to craft this follow-up to Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, Will Ferrell and director Adam McKay had plenty of time to layer Anchorman 2 with visual gags and witty one-liners, clearly meant to reward rewatching. Lastly, if the audience you see (or have seen) it with is anything like mine, you're definitely going to miss some of what was said because little can be heard over the uproarious laughter that the comedy quartet that is Ferrell, Steve Carell, Paul Rudd and David Koechner bring out of moviegoers!
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Dining with Dara: Oatmeal for dinner? Twin Cities chefs say yes
What's for dinner? It's an age-old question, and one that an increasing number of local chefs are answering with an unexpected reply: Oatmeal.
Tom Crann: Oatmeal for dinner? Yes, but there's no cinnamon and maple syrup involved. Our regular food and dining correspondent Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl, senior editor of Minneapolis St. Paul magazine, is here to tell us all about it.
Oatmeal for dinner. Why?
Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl: Why indeed! There seem to be two main answers. One, nutrition. Nutritionists have given a lot of conflicting information over the past 30 years — eggs are bad and now they're good. Pasta is good and now it's bad. But through it all, a body of evidence has been amassing that certain things are really, truly good for you — broccoli, apples, and, yes, oatmeal. It's a high-fiber whole grain that the body digests slowly. It's full of vitamins and is associated with improvements in blood cholesterol levels.
Crann: Nutrition, you're saying is the first part.
DMG: And the second part seems to be a big old: Why not? Wheat is served in the morning and at night. So is corn. Why not oats? There's nothing inherently breakfast-like about oats aside from the fact that for the last hundred years we've been used to having oatmeal in the morning.
In olden times, really olden times, say, a thousand years ago, it wasn't unusual for people to eat oats as often as people in Japan eat rice, that is, with every meal. In the British Isles, for instance, it was the basic food from about the 9th to 17th century, as far as culinary historians can tell. You'd make a big pot of oat porridge over a wood fire, maybe once or twice a week, you'd let it cool. There was actually a special drawer in a lot of cottages called a 'porridge drawer', you'd pour your porridge in there to set, I've read that you'd put any babies you had above the drawer so they'd be warmed by the rising heat.
Crann: I'll ignore the bit about the baby. But why put porridge in a drawer at all?
DMG: So you could slice off an inch like it was a meatloaf, and later fry it in a pan. If you're interested, you can find all sorts of savory versions of oat-and-meat traditional dishes based on this idea, like scrapple, haggis, goetta, and knipp.
In any event, there's ample historical basis for oats at dinner, and Twin Cities chefs and food luminaries are running with it. I'm going to tell you how they do it, but first I need to do a little explaining about oats. They're a cereal grain. The whole, right-off-the-plant version are called groats, oat groats. If you cut the groats into smaller pieces, they're called steel cut oats. If you take those steel-cut oats and smash them with a steel rolling pin, they're called rolled oats. Chefs tend to like the steel-cut oats, they're nutty, and retain a good texture. Whole oat groats take a very long time to cook, and rolled oats get mushy.
Crann: Okay, steel-cut oats are the ones chefs are using. And what are they doing with them?
DMG: So much. At Cafe Levain in south Minneapolis, chef Adam Vickerman toasts his steel-cut oats in a skillet with olive oil and onions, and then adds mushroom stock, what results is a very earthy, nutty tasting and, I think, delicious base that works the same way polenta does: as a great base for sauces or add-ins.
He grills ramps, which are wild onions, or asparagus, puts them on the savory oatmeal, and grates truffled pecorino cheese over the top.
At Heartland, in St. Paul, chef Lenny Russo makes oatmeal pancakes, and tops them with creme fraiche and smoked trout. Stewart Woodman, the chef at Heidi's and the upcoming vegetarian-friendly restaurant Birdhouse, combines oat groats with purple rice as a sort of whole-grain risotto.
The whole foods cookbook author Robin Asbell recommends that you make toasted oatmeal with onions and garlic and stock, pour it into a loaf or pie pan, chill it, and then fry or grill it the way you would a polenta cake.
Crann: Grilled oatmeal? Are you sure this isn't a late April Fool's joke?
DMG: I'm sure! But you're not the only one who reacts that way. Adam Vickerman at Cafe Levain told me he mainly does his savory oatmeal as a special, because people will not order it if they see the words printed on a menu card, but they love it when they taste it. I've actually made savory oatmeal a few times at home myself, it's cheap, it's easy, it's local — it's good! I wouldn't bet money on it, but I really can envision a world where Starbucks and McDonald's have their morning oatmeal cups with fruit, and their evening ones with onions and parmesan.
Crann: If it happens, we'll have to have you back to talk about it.
Oat Groat Porridge
By Stewart Woodman of Heidi's and (the forthcoming) Birdhouse
Oat Groats — the whole, uncut, essentially untouched grain — are gaining in popularity.
"I think of them like boiling peanuts," said Stewart Woodman, chef of Heidi's. "They have this crunchy exterior, and creamy inside. I like to soak them for a day or two, you can really push this step. After they're soaked, the key is rinsing them because they can get a slimy film.
"Then, cook for an hour, or an hour-and-a-half, with a little bit of salt in the water. This can be added to sweated onions and purple rice as a sort of whole grain risotto, or served for breakfast with almond milk, toasted hazelnuts, and some shaved chocolate over the top. It's so good it makes your toes curl."
Savory Oatmeal
By Adam Vickerman of Cafe Levain
Steel-cut oats are the best for risotto-like applications. Steel-cut oats are the whole oat groat, cut into bits; they retain the bran, germ, and endosperm. (Endosperm is the inside of the grain, the part that is most tender. It can be removed and milled into pale flour.)
For Vickerman's savory oatmeal, he starts with steel-cut oats, and toasts them in a skillet with onions.
"I start some onion first in olive oil, and saute it 'til it is golden. Then, add in the steel-cut oats and toast until it starts to get some color. I deglaze the pan with a little white wine, then add mushroom stock, or another stock. I usually pair that with things that make sense with mushrooms — asparagus, pea tendrils, ramps, or grilled scallions.
"To serve, grate a little truffled pecorino cheese, or another hard cheese like parmesan, over the top."
Oat 'Polenta'
By Robin Asbell, Minneapolis-based cookbook author of "Big Vegan," "Sweet and Easy Vegan Treats Made with Whole Grains and Natural Sweeteners," "New Vegetarian," and "The New Whole Grains Cookbook."
"You can simply cook steel-cut oats in stock instead of water, and season as you would a corn polenta. You can then chill your oat mixture in a pan until it's set, then slice to grill or saute. The underlying flavors of whole oats are wonderfully sweet and mild, and pair just as well with savory dishes as with sweet."
Oat Blini with Freshwater Caviar or Smoked Trout
By Lenny Russo of Heartland
Chef Lenny Russo recommends making a standard oat-pancake recipe.
Omit the sweet spices of cinnamon and nutmeg for savory applications. Make small, silver-dollar-sized pancakes, and top each with a dollop of creme fraiche, a bit of smoked trout or freshwater caviar, and a garnish of freshly snipped chives or scallions.


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An animal keeper whose bear mauled another man to death was found dead, chained to his waterbed and choked by a sex toy.
Sam Mazzola, 49, of a Cleveland, Ohio, suburb, was wearing a mask and had his arms and legs restrained, Dr. Frank P. Miller III, a pathologist at the Lorain County coroner's office, told The Associated Press. He had choked on a sex toy, Miller said.
Mazzola's body was found on Friday at his home in Columbia Township, about 15 miles southwest of Cleveland.
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Someone else was present during Mazzola's fatal sexual role playing, but left before he died, Miller told The News-Herald of Willoughby. Sheriff's officials ruled out suicide and homicide but are still investigating the manner of death, the newspaper reported.
Last summer, Brent Kandra, 24, was killed by a bear after opening its cage on Mazzola's property for a feeding. Kandra's death was ruled a workplace accident. The bear was later destroyed.
Mazzola still had exotic animals in his care when he died, according to the paper. They were being cared for by his brother. Mazzola said in a bankruptcy filing in May 2010 that he owned four tigers, a lion, eight bears and 12 wolves, according to the AP.


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A story usually hidden behind a more glamorous front, Harvest Season probes the lives of the multigenerational Latinos, temporary laborers, and permanent residents intimately connected to the production of premium wines in the Napa and Sonoma regions of Northern California — in the midst of one of the most dramatic grape harvests in recent memory.
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- Federal politics: full coverage
- PM's 'great big spotlight' to use on unions
- Nick McKenzie: Woeful record bodes ill for prospect of clearing the decks
Wads of cash, a hot rod and free air travel have emerged as the latest kickbacks given to union officials and company managers, as the federal government moves to order a royal commission into union corruption.
Amid growing political despair at police and regulatory failings to tackle building industry corruption, Fairfax Media can also reveal that:
■ The kickback scandal has spread to a second building union, with former plumbing union national president Tony Murphy implicated in a kickbacks for contracts racket.
■ Convicted terrorist Khaled Sharrouf has been linked to the Sydney gangland violence that erupted over attempts by criminals to collect a disputed $9 million construction industry debt from billionaire property mogul Harry Triguboff.
■ A building company owner has alleged he was encouraged by a senior CFMEU official to become a major sponsor of the South Sydney Rabbitohs in return for "beneficial" backing by the union for job tenders.
■ The CFMEU is seeking to urgently interview building union whistleblower Brian Fitzpatrick about his claims he received a death threat from a colleague after he fought against the union's support of a crime figure.
Fairfax Media can also reveal that building union organiser Terry Kesby wrote to the NSW CFMEU last September warning it that Mr Fitzpatrick's whistleblowing had prompted a campaign to "assassinate" Mr Fitzpatrick's character and force him out of the union.
"If a rope was available, he [Fitzpatrick] would have been strung up over the tree in the car park," Mr Kesby warned.
On Friday, the CFMEU asked Mr Fitzpatrick to be interviewed as part of an internal union corruption probe being run by barrister Tony Slevin.
The fresh cases of kickbacks and bribery uncovered by Fairfax Media involve construction companies in NSW, Victoria and Queensland and are in addition to the kickbacks and corruption revealed last week by Fairfax Media.
Among the newly implicated companies is the Lack Group, which provides labour hire and traffic management services in NSW and Queensland.
A leaked letter written by CFMEU national secretary Michael O'Connor states that the union has asked Mr Slevin to investigate allegations made by a second union whistleblower that the Lack Group "paid for" a NSW CFMEU official and his family to stay on the Gold Coast in return for getting union support.
The internal inquiry will also probe allegations that the Lack Group provided other inducements to CFMEU officials, including "funds … not properly accounted for".
Sources aware of Lack Group's operations have confirmed that the company provided expensive gifts, hospitality, flights and cash bribes to a small number of CFMEU officials in an effort to win union support in winning contracts. The Lack Group refused to comment.
The new revelations of kickbacks aren't restricted to union officials.
Documents seen by Fairfax Media implicate a senior manager from the large civil construction firm Winslow in receiving bribes worth at least $60,000 in return for rigging multimillion-dollar contracts and leaking tender details to subcontractors.
The bribes include cash payments and luxury goods, including a hot rod. The implicated manager did not respond to phone calls while a Winslow spokesman said the company was satisfied no corruption had occurred. It is understood Winslow has conducted no forensic or independent investigation into the manager's alleged corruption.
Winslow has won major civil works projects, including road and sewerage building and maintenance contracts, at urban fringe developments in Victoria.
In a further widening of the scandal, Fairfax Media can also reveal that the former national president and Victorian assistant secretary of the Plumbing Trades Employees Union, Tony Murphy, sought kickbacks from several subcontractors in return for helping them win work on sites across Victoria, including the state's massive desalination plant.
It is understood that law enforcement agencies have evidence that Mr Murphy demanded payments as part of a cash-for-contracts racket.
Senior plumbers' union officials in Victoria removed Mr Murphy from his role in early 2012, after hearing allegations of his improper behaviour. However, an internal audit later commissioned by the union was unable to verify the concerns about Mr Murphy, who could not be reached for comment.
Mr Murphy was one of several senior building unionists who developed close ties to underworld figure and union "fixer" Mick Gatto.
In 2008, Mr Gatto helped to broker a $1.5 million Melbourne land deal between the plumbers union and a developer the underworld figure represents, the Banco Group.
Mr Gatto confirmed the arrangement, saying: "The plumbers [union] are friends and I do work for Banco. Certainly I made a phone call and I put them together [to do the land deal]," he said. The land was used to build a "green" plumbing training industry centre.
Fairfax Media is not suggesting the land deal was corrupt. But some senior union figures have queried the wisdom of using plumbers union members' money to finance a deal with a Gatto-linked company.
The corruption and organised crime scandal enveloping the construction industry has prompted federal cabinet members to question why Australia's policing and regulatory agencies aren't combating the industry's problems. Senior police privately say that additional government support is needed to finance the complex and resource-intensive investigations needed to break the industry's code of silence.
Victoria Police assistant commissioner Stephen Fontana has defended his force's handling of scandal.
NSW detectives are gaining more intelligence into the role of organised crime in the building industry through gangland murder probes.
Police are also probing whether convicted terrorist Khaled Sharrouf, who recently fled Australia on a false passport, was among several crime figures involved in efforts to collect a disputed $9 million construction debt from property developer Harry Triguboff.
Mr Triguboff and his company Meriton have no connection to the underworld violence that erupted last year in connection to attempts to obtain the funds, which a Sydney building firm owner claims he is owed.
The building firm owner was taken in for questioning by the NSW homicide squad last week, only minutes after he met with Fairfax Media.
"It's [the involvement of organised criminals and the violence] got nothing to do with me," he said. "And the police believe that, too."
The building company owner had met Fairfax Media to raise allegations about being approached by senior CFMEU officials in 2006 and told he would receive "backing for jobs everywhere" if he agreed to sponsor the then struggling South Sydney Rabbitohs.
He said he gave $130,000 in sponsorship funds to the club. In return, he says CFMEU officials "thanked" him by helping him secure a contract for a large development in Sydney's eastern suburbs. The CFMEU has dismissed the allegations.


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Democrats: Using band-aid remedies to "cure" systemic failures
One of the mantras to emerge from feminist side of the Leftist swamps during the late 1960s/early 1970s was notion that "the personal is political." As used by the feminists, it meant that, when suburban women got together to burn their bras, examine their genitals in mirrors, and gripe about patriarchal oppression, they weren't just engaging in the updated version of coffee klatches. Instead, this "consciousness raising" was a political act because the conclusions they reached would drive their politics.
As is so often the case when it comes to manipulating the political process, the Leftists were onto something. No matter what they say, most people don't approach issues through education and analysis, nor do they abandon ideas just because those ideas actually fail when they finally leave the analysis phase and become operational. Instead, most people are driven by emotion: Do I feel like a good person when I do this? Is the beneficiary of my political act a good person? And the contrary is true too: Am I punishing an "evil" person if I vote or act in a specific way (since punishing an "evil" person elevates my "goodness" quotient).
I'm not saying anything all of you haven't already figured out. The only reason I mention this is because I'm struggling with the way in which I can counter a compelling, hard Left HBO documentary that my daughter saw, one that has left her inclined to believe that the welfare state is the answer. The documentary is "Paycheck to Paycheck: The Life and Times of Katrina Gilbert."
Maria Shriver, who produced the documentary, chose well when she and her team selected Gilbert as the poster child for single mothers, since Gilbert is a very sympathetic woman. She got married at 19 (no out-of-wedlock children here) and had three children with her husband. Unfortunately, her husband was addicted to prescription drugs (no tawdry illegal meth addiction here), wrecking the family finances and destroying their marriage. The show picks up with Gilbert now in her mid-20s, working hard for $9.49 an hour at an assisted living center for the elderly. She's able to do this work because her children attend a government-funded pre-K daycare center in their hometown of Chattanooga. Further, this loving mother puts food on the table only thanks to the food stamps.
As Alfred Doolittle would have said, Gilbert is definitely among the deserving poor. When you see Gilbert — who did the right thing when she married her children's father — struggling to cope with sick children and a flooded house (her boyfriend's house), you can't help but feel sympathetic. You want to help her. You want her to earn more money considering how hard she works and you want her to have better childcare opportunities. And you think to yourself, "Heck, if she lived in Denmark, none of this would be a problem. (In part, of course, because Denmark's young people aren't having children to begin with.) Gilbert would get free child care, a high living wage, all the benefits in the world, and be able to take endless sick days for her kids, as well as for herself."
When the documentary ends, by which time you're firmly rooting for Gilbert, the film hits you with the real numbers. Gilbert, we're told, isn't an anomaly. She's part of a crowd: According to the documentary, Gilbert is the living embodiment of the 42 million women in America who live at or below the poverty line, along with (I believe) 28 million children. The documentary doesn't have to say what we need to do. It's quite obvious that we ought to raise the minimum wage, make free childcare available to all American children, and provide comprehensive welfare for food and housing.
In case you're too dim to reach this conclusion by yourself, HBO helpfully provides a guide for you to read alone or discuss with a group. Some of what you're supposed to discuss involves smart choices women can make. Other discussion ideas, though, encourage Big Government as a solution, and advance a highly partisan Progressive agenda:
The Chambliss Center [pre-K childcare] is very important for Katrina. When she picks up her children she says, "The kids are learning so much here. If I went to a normal day care center, it would cost me $300 per week for all three of my children …that's a whole paycheck." Child care expenses for families with working mothers can range from 20 to nearly 50% of the mother's monthly salary. How do you think Katrina would function if her kids weren't at the Chambliss Center? Do you know anyone who is struggling with childcare needs? What can we as a society do to help? How important is it that the Chambliss Center operates 24/7?
Numerous studies have shown the long-term benefits of high-quality early education for young learners. However, fewer than 30% of American 4-year olds attend high quality preschool programs. President Obama expressed his support for universal high-quality preschool and many states have been developing universal pre-K legislation and programs. What do you think are some of the advantages and disadvantages to government sponsored universal pre-Kindergarten programs?
What did you know before about federal programs like Head Start, food stamps and the Earned Income Tax Credit? Has this changed after viewing the film?
What are the social services in your area for families in need of financial assistance? Do you think it's not enough, or too much? How are they affected by budget decisions at the State and Federal level? Do you think people are aware of what government programs provide? How do you think people feel about receiving assistance? Can you think of other programs that could be helpful to women on the brink?
The study guide ends with a list of resources, the second of which is the hard Left Center for American Progress, which some describe as the "shadow Democrat party," and which sets the agenda for many of the Obama administration initiatives. People troubled by the hardships Gilbert faces will quickly learn that Big Government is the only thing that can save her.
After my daughter saw the show, she was pretty sure that we ought to have more free education for the pre-K crowd, more free daycare, more free food, and mandated higher wages. She was certainly correct that each of these things would have been an immediate benefit to Gilbert. My task was to get my daughter to see that these are all band-aid remedies that might staunch small individual wounds, but will not stop the fatal hemorrhaging in the American economy.
The problem I had is that there's nothing sexy about free market fixes. They're abstract and the benefits fall randomly, rather than on specific, targeted people, such as Gilbert. It's this last fact that means that market reforms cannot guarantee immediate — or, indeed, any — aid to sympathetic figures such as Gilbert.
People who watch the documentary want Gilbert to be fixed immediately and her personal life becomes an overarching political argument. When I said that single motherhood is the biggest dividing line between rich and poor, my daughter pointed out that Gilbert had her children within a marriage. When I said mothers should stay married if at all possible, she pointed out that Gilbert's husband was a drug addict who destroyed finances, so staying together was not an option. When I said that education is important, she noted that Gilbert was trying to go back to school, but could do so only with government help.
My prescriptions were a free market (as opposed to the over-regulated market we now have), which has proven repeatedly to provide increased economic opportunities for everyone, not just government cronies; education, marriage, and children, in that order; and sticking with a bad marriage, provided that it's not violent or otherwise abusive, because that is the best way to avoid poverty for both women and children. My daughter's prescriptions after getting a close-up look at Gilbert's sympathetic struggles were Big Government.
I didn't increase my sympathy quotient when I explained to her that there will always be poor people, no matter the system. (In North Korea, outside of government circles, everyone is poor.) In a strong, free-market, capitalist system, fewer people will be poor and even poor people will do better than in non-capitalist countries. For example, I said, while Gilbert is struggling by American standards, the reality is that she shares a big house with her boyfriend, complete with a modern kitchen and nice electronics; she has government-subsidized food; she owns a car; and she has a smart phone, as do all the other adults in her low-income world. It's almost ludicrous to call her experience "poverty" when one looks at poverty in Brazil or India or Cuba or North Korea or large swathes of Africa. Yes, she's struggling, but life is struggle.
It would be lovely to give an economic band-aid to the hardworking Gilbert. But when the Democrats demand 42 million band-aids for all the other single mothers, you've got a problem. If the body politic or body economic really were a body, this would be the scenario: The American body (we'll call it Sam) gets entangled in economic brambles, and poor Sam ends up bleeding from millions of scratches on his arms and legs. He looks at the scratches and thinks, "Yikes, I need some band-aids." Fortunately for him, a mobile blood bank rolls by and offers to buy almost all of his blood in exchange for 42 million single-use band-aids.
Sam is delighted with this offer. He'll be able to stop the blood flow, even though he's probably giving to the bank almost as much blood as he's losing to the cuts. What Sam ignores is that, when the bandages are applied and the mobile blood bank rolls away, he'll still be stuck in those brambles.
Economic reality says that, if you're mired in brambles, you don't sell all your blood for band-aids, while remaining deep in the thorns. Instead, you first get out of the brambles. Only then do you deal with the worst cuts, ignore the rest, and get down to the business of regaining your health and staying away the brambles that got you into trouble in the first place.
None of the above is sexy. Advocating a free market capitalist economy so that there will be fewer poor people is not sexy. Encouraging marriage, even unhappy marriages, for the sake of the children is not sexy. Acknowledging that there will always be poor people and they will always suffer is not sexy. And trying to explain that, in a healthy economy, fewer people are poor and fewer people remain poor isn't sexy. Appearing to turn your back on the Gilbert's of the world isn't only un-sexy, it appears downright sadistic. And explaining that economic reality means that it's impossible to be, simultaneously, both a comprehensive welfare state and a thriving free market is un-sexy too. (Not to mention the fact that you have to explain that Europe managed to have a welfare state with a capitalist gloss only because America paid for Europe's defense during the long Cold War years.)
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In many Windows applications, it could be useful to add some kind of print functionality. The DataGrid included in Windows Forms does not include any support for this. In this article I will show how to use a custom DataGrid I wrote in Visual Basic .NET inheriting from the class System.Windows.Forms.DataGrid to implement an application with a print preview and obviously print support. If you already have a window with a DataGrid, you can go directly to the section Using the Custom DataGrid.
The custom DataGrid also has other useful features such as the possibility to print column headers using more then one row (enabled by default), export data in XML and HTML formats, and send data by e-mail.
This code is written in Visual Basic mainly because I was writing it for a true application in VB .NET. There is no reason why you cannot use it in a C# or a J# application. The following code is also written in VB .NET but with some minor changes (mainly because the syntax is different); it will work fine also in other .NET languages.
The Basic Application
The first thing you have to do is to create a new Windows application project with a form hosting a standard DataGrid and a MainMenu object. Then you can add (using the designer or with code if you like) some menus to this form. Normally, the main form can have a Sizable FormBorderStyle. The DataGrid will have the Dock property set to Fill.
Now you can add a Database connection, a DataAdapter, and a DataSet (typed or untyped) that you will use to fill the DataGrid (for the sake of simplicity, this code is omitted here).
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In the demo project you will find a test file called Demo.xml used to fill the DataSet with its data. In the sample application in the form constructor, I simply use the method ReadXml to read a table named orders in a DataSet named dsOrders.
Sub New()
'This call is required by the Windows Form Designer.
'Added Code
objDataGrid.DataSource = dsOrders.Tables(0).DefaultView
End Sub
If you compile and run your project now, you will obtain a basic Windows application showing some data in a DataGrid.
Using the Custom DataGrid
The first thing to do is to add to your project a reference to the library hosting the custom DataGrid (customcontrols.dll) or to add to your solution the existing project with the DataGrid (customcontrols.vbproj). If you choose this second way, you must add a reference in your main project to the second project you just added.
To transform the normal DataGrid in my custom DataGrid, the simplest way is by using the Search and Replace feature in Visual Studio. Open your form in Code View and then use the Replace function (CTRL+H). As source text, insert System.Windows.Forms.DataGrid and as replace text, insert CustomControls.DataGridEx.
There is another way to use my custom DataGrid if you start by scratch with a new form. You can customize the Visual Studio toolbox, adding my custom DataGrid (the class name is DataGridEx and is hosted in customcontrols.dll). Then, instead of dragging in the designer the standard DataGrid, you will drag the DataGridEx control. The result will be the same as in the previous approach.
If you try to compile and run the application now, you will obtain a runtime exception. This is because to obtain print preview support and to support column headers using more then one row you have to create a TableStyle with information about every column (especially the column width). Looking in MSDN, you can find this kind of information but this can be a long and extremely tedious process. To skip this in the form constructor, you can call the method AdjustColumnWidths of the DataGrid (this method evaluates an optimum column width for each column based on the table data). Alternatively, you can invoke the method AdjustColumnWidthToTitles (that evaluates column widths based on column header text). This code can also be placed in the form Load event handler. If you call either of the two methods, you also have some interesting features like the possibility to display boolean columns in colored cells or to use custom cell controls.
|Public Sub
End Sub
To use custom column header text, you can use the method SetColumnName as in the following example.
|Public Sub
objDataGrid.SetColumnName(dsOrders.Tables(0), "OrderID", "Order Number")
objDataGrid.SetColumnName(dsOrders.Tables(0), "OrderDate", "Order Date")
End Sub
To add the Page Setup code, you simply invoke the PageSetup method (a static/shared method) of the PageSetup class contained in the CustomControls namespace.
sender As
System.Object, _
ByVal e As System.EventArgs) _
End Sub
To add Print and Print Preview support, you can simply call the methods Print and PrintPreview of the DataGrid. The following code is more complex because it works also if the DataSource used is a DataTable and not only if it is a DataView.
Sub mnuPrintPreview_Click(ByVal
sender As System.Object, _
ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles mnuPrintPreview.Click
Dim obj, obj2 As Object
obj = objDataGrid.DataSource
If TypeOf (obj) Is DataView Then
obj2 = CType(obj, DataView).Table
obj2 = obj
obj = Nothing
End If
Me.objDataGrid.PageSettings = CustomControls.PageSetup.PageSettings
objDataGrid.PrintPreview(CType(obj, DataView), CType(obj2, DataTable), _
CType(Me.BindingContext(objDataGrid.DataSource), CurrencyManager), _
25, "Do you wish to continue?")
End Sub Private Sub mnuPrint_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, _
ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles mnuPrint.Click
Dim obj, obj2 As Object
obj = objDataGrid.DataSource
If TypeOf (obj) Is DataView Then
obj2 = CType(obj, DataView).Table
obj2 = obj
obj = Nothing
End If
Me.objDataGrid.PageSettings = CustomControls.PageSetup.PageSettings
objDataGrid.Print(CType(obj, DataView), CType(obj2, DataTable), _
CType(Me.BindingContext(objDataGrid.DataSource), CurrencyManager))
End Sub
Adding Custom Columns
To add custom columns in a DataGrid, you have to create your own ColumnStyle class inheriting from the class System.Windows.Forms.DataGridColumnStyle (or other classes inheriting from it).
In the CustomControls library, you can find two sample classes usable in your applications. The first one is DataGridBoolColumnEx (a normal boolean column with a background painted in a custom color if the value in its cell is true) and the second is DataGridPushPinColumn (a boolean column with custom painting). In the sample application, after calling AdjustColumnWidths, I added a call to a private function called AddOtherColumns. This function in the first 11 rows simply obtains a reference to the table loaded from the XML file and add two new boolean columns initializing their values. Then two new ColumnStyles are created and initialized supplying the column header, the column name in the DataTable, and the column width in the DataGrid. Finally, these column styles are added to the table style used by the DataGrid.
Sub New()
End Sub
Private Sub AddOtherColumns()
Dim myType As System.Type
myType = System.Type.GetType("System.Boolean")
Dim tbl As DataTable
tbl = dsOrders.Tables(0)
tbl.Columns.Add(New System.Data.DataColumn("BoolColumn", myType))
tbl.Columns.Add(New System.Data.DataColumn("PinnedColumn", myType))
Dim i As Integer
For i = 0 To tbl.Rows.Count - 1
tbl.Rows(i).Item("BoolColumn") = IIf(i Mod 3 <> 0, True, False)
tbl.Rows(i).Item("PinnedColumn") = IIf(i Mod 3 = 0, True, False)
Dim tst As DataGridTableStyle
tst = objDataGrid.GetTblStyle(tbl)
Dim cs As New CustomControls.DataGridBoolColumnEx(Color.Blue)
cs.HeaderText = "Sample Boolean Column"
cs.MappingName = "BoolColumn"
cs.Width = 50
Dim cs2 As New CustomControls.DataGridPushPinColumn()
cs2.HeaderText = "Pinned Column"
cs2.MappingName = "PinnedColumn"
cs2.Width = 100
End Sub
The following two images show the form when the application is started and when the print preview is invoked.
Low-Level Details
As mentioned earlier, the class DataGridEx inherits from the standard .NET DataGrid. It offers some more functionality and these new features are spread among classes contained in a DLL called CustomControls.
The DataGridEx class offers many new methods. Mainly there are methods used for Print support, to extend basic functionality, and to work with table styles.
I will not explain every method and its functionality but I will cite only the most important and useful ones. If you look at the code, I think you will find many other features.
There is a method called HitCellTest usable to raise an event called CellHitTest. This event is fired based on mouse position and tells the user what the cell under the mouse pointer is. A property called MouseOverNotificationEnabled is usable to enable or disable the notification of the current cell based on mouse pointer position. If the notification is enabled, every second the mouse position is checked and an event called MouseOverNotification is eventually fired (this can be useful to display custom tooltips based on mouse position).
When you call the method AdjustColumnWidthToTitles, a new TableStyle is created and for each column in the table passed as parameter a ColumnStyle is created. The column width is evaluated based on the header font. The method AdjustColumnWidths simply calls AdjustColumnWidthToTitles and then makes a cycle on the table for each row and each column, eventually enlarging the column width. These methods create column styles based on the datatype hosted in the columns. They try to create extended column styles (the ones I wrote), so if there is, for example, a boolean column, a DataGridBoolColumnEx is created.
The class PrintPreviewDialogEx inherits from the standard Print Preview dialog. The code in this class is quite interesting because the standard PrintPreviewDialog has a private Toolbar. If I simply inherit from this class, I cannot obtain a standard reference to this toolbar, so I couldn't add any more toolbar buttons. The solution to this problem was to use the features of .NET Reflection to obtain a reference to the private variable. The true print preview dialog usable by users is TablePrintPreviewDialog. It inherits from PrintPreviewDialogEx and adds some functionality as the export of data in XML or HTML and the possibility to send the data by e-mail.
Please e-mail me for upgrades, questions, bugs found, and so forth. Thanks.
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Move the frozen pie crust to the fridge a day before you plan to use it.
Cut into desired sizes.
With a fork poke small holes in the crust.
Line toaster oven tray with aluminum foil.
Bake until pastry is golden brown.
Cover the pastry with another sheet of aluminum foil to prevent it from burning and bake until it swells. ( about 10-15mins)
To make mille-feullie, You can just spread pastry creme between the layers of pies. I made the creme from soy milk this time! It tastes like custard creme.
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soy milk 300g (1&1/2cup)
grated *yamaimo 90g
agar 1/2tsp
Maple Syrup 75g (1/4cup)
*(nigari 1/2tsp) - if you have.
corn or potato starch or arrowroot 2tbs dissolved in 3 tbs water
almond oil 60g (1/3cup) (5tbs)
vanilla extract 1/2tsp
*Yamaimo is called Japanese Yam. It is a root vegetable that is viscous in texture like okra.
*nigari is the most common tofu coagulants used. It is composed mainly of magnesium chloride and other minerals found in seawater.
You can find both nigari and yamaimo at Japanese grocery stores.
place the top 6 ingredients in blender and mix well.
move the mixture to a large skillet and brig it to a boil.
Add the cornstarch/water mixture and stir well.
Reduce heat and simmer about 10 mins.
Let it cool and put in fridge over night.
Place the mixture into the blender and mix well.
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Add vanilla extract and blend well.
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