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The Pittsburgh Steelers made a pretty strong statement earlier this month when they decided not to tender former fifth round draft pick Stevenson Sylvester. It wasn\'t so much that Sylvester had done anything in his three years to warrant tendering, more than it was the fact that the Steelers appeared to be very thin at the inside linebacker position.
The Steelers started the offseason with only Lawrence Timmons, Sean Spence and Marshall McFadden under contract for 2013. Spence, as many of you know by now, might never play again due to the nerve damage that he suffered to his knee last preseason. Shortly after the season ended, however, the Steelers added castoff inside linebackers Brian Rolle and Kion Wilson to the roster and eventually signed re-signed Foote just over a week ago.
I have already posted my thoughts on Rolle recently, but what about McFadden? Could he be the reason that the Steelers let Sylvester just walk away?
McFadden had a tough road to travel to get where he is now. He was one of the many undrafted players that fell through the cracks during the 2011 lockout. Despite being out of the game for a full season, Dan Rooney Jr., who scouted McFadden when he was at South Carolina State, made it a point to get McFadden a workout last offseason and it led to him being signed to a futures contract as a result.
Buried on the depth chart in training camp, McFadden only saw playing time in the preseason late in games, but he made the most of his opportunities at both the BUCK and MACK positions, and also on special teams. In fact, McFadden led the Steelers in preseason tackles with 15 total, 13 of which were considered solo. He also made the defensive calls late in those games in addition.
Despite his solid preseason showing, the numbers did not allow McFadden to stick to the 53 man roster, but he was signed to practice squad immediately after the final roster cut-down. He remained on the practice squad until Week 11 when he was promoted to the 53 man roster after outside linebacker Chris Carter was placed on inured reserve with an abdominal injury. In his first NFL game against the Baltimore Ravens, McFadden played on special teams and cracked the stat sheet with an assisted tackle on the opening kickoff of the second half.
McFadden very well might have stayed on the Steelers 53 man roster for the rest of the season, but the injuries suffered by quarterback Byron Leftwich and wide receiver Jerricho Cotchery in the loss to the Ravens resulted in the linebacker being shuffled back to the practice squad the next week.
McFadden was again promoted to the 53 man roster in the final week of the season, but an abdominal injury that suffered leading up to the game against the Cleveland Browns resulted in him missing the game.
McFadden\'s ability to play both inside linebacker spots, combined with his year experience in the defense, will give him a solid shot at making the Steelers 53 man roster in 2013. He told me recently that he is currently working out in North Carolina at Velocity Sports and knows that this a big year for him.
Due to the lack of numbers at the position, the Steelers are very likely to add an inside linebacker at some point during the draft and one or two more after the draft as well. Should McFadden pick up in the mini camp practices where he left off last preseason, he should have no problem making the 53 man roster, especially if he if impresses new special teams coach Danny Smith along the way.
Should the Steelers hold off drafting an inside linebacker until the later rounds next month, it\'s likely because they have a plan already in place. A Marshall plan.


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Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Zimmerman's Backstabber Carp Fly
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Thanks for posting this McTage. Kinda reminds me of the Primordial Carp-Stew. I'm going to throw both of 'em at the carp here on my home water in Georgia this year.ReplyDelete
The Backstabber was defenitely an influence on the carp-stew. How much longer until things get going in Georgia? Cant be that far off?ReplyDelete
Dig this tie, though I have yet to catch a fish on it...we will change that on you run to OR. I haven't given it a fair shake. Like to fish the carp stew and backstabber this year.ReplyDelete
Thats always the hard part...taking the time to build confindence in a new fly when you have dozens in your box you know will work. If I ever get caught up on flies maybe I will mail you some stews.ReplyDelete
Yep,you're right McTage. Won't be long down here in GA. Saw several dark shadows on the carp flats when I drove by them this weekend.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 25, 2011 at 1:18 AM
Thanks for nice postingReplyDelete
Romantic Dinner Bruges

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Chapter 5
In the slanting evening shadows cast by the baggage piled up on the platform, Vronsky in his long overcoat and slouch hat, with his hands in his pockets, strode up and down, like a wild beast in a cage, turning sharply after twenty paces. Sergey Ivanovitch fancied, as he approached him, that Vronsky saw him but was pretending not to see. This did not affect Sergey Ivanovitch in the slightest. He was above all personal considerations with Vronsky.
At that moment Sergey Ivanovitch looked upon Vronsky as a man taking an important part in a great cause, and Koznishev thought it his duty to encourage him and express his approval. He went up to him.
Vronsky stood still, looked intently at him, recognized him, and going a few steps forward to meet him, shook hands with him very warmly.
"Possibly you didn't wish to see me," said Sergey Ivanovitch, "but couldn't I be of use to you?"
"There's no one I should less dislike seeing than you," said Vronsky. "Excuse me; and there's nothing in life for me to like."
"I quite understand, and I merely meant to offer you my services," said Sergey Ivanovitch, scanning Vronsky's face, full of unmistakable suffering. "Wouldn't it be of use to you to have a letter to Ristitch--to Milan?"
"Oh, no!" Vronsky said, seeming to understand him with difficulty. "If you don't mind, let's walk on. It's so stuffy among the carriages. A letter? No, thank you; to meet death one needs no letters of introduction. Nor for the Turks..." he said, with a smile that was merely of the lips. His eyes still kept their look of angry suffering.
"Yes; but you might find it easier to get into relations, which are after all essential, with anyone prepared to see you. But that's as you like. I was very glad to hear of your intention. There have been so many attacks made on the volunteers, and a man like you raises them in public estimation."
"My use as a man," said Vronsky, "is that life's worth nothing to me. And that I've enough bodily energy to cut my way into their ranks, and to trample on them or fall--I know that. I'm glad there's something to give my life for, for it's not simply useless but loathsome to me. Anyone's welcome to it." And his jaw twitched impatiently from the incessant gnawing toothache, that prevented him from even speaking with a natural expression.
"You will become another man, I predict," said Sergey Ivanovitch, feeling touched. "To deliver one's brother-men from bondage is an aim worth death and life. God grant you success outwardly--and inwardly peace," he added, and he held out his hand. Vronsky warmly pressed his outstretched hand.
"Yes, as a weapon I may be of some use. But as a man, I'm a wreck," he jerked out.
He could hardly speak for the throbbing ache in his strong teeth, that were like rows of ivory in his mouth. He was silent, and his eyes rested on the wheels of the tender, slowly and smoothly rolling along the rails.
And all at once a different pain, not an ache, but an inner trouble, that set his whole being in anguish, made him for an instant forget his toothache. As he glanced at the tender and the rails, under the influence of the conversation with a friend he had not met since his misfortune, he suddenly recalled HER--that is, what was left of her when he had run like one distraught into the cloak room of the railway station--on the table, shamelessly sprawling out among strangers, the bloodstained body so lately full of life; the head unhurt dropping back with its weight of hair, and the curling tresses about the temples, and the exquisite face, with red, half-opened mouth, the strange, fixed expression, piteous on the lips and awful in the still open eyes, that seemed to utter that fearful phrase--that he would be sorry for it--that she had said when they were quarreling.
And he tried to think of her as she was when he met her the first time, at a railway station too, mysterious, exquisite, loving, seeking and giving happiness, and not cruelly revengeful as he remembered her on that last moment. He tried to recall his best moments with her, but those moments were poisoned forever. He could only think of her as triumphant, successful in her menace of a wholly useless remorse never to be effaced. He lost all consciousness of toothache, and his face worked with sobs.
Passing twice up and down beside the baggage in silence and regaining his self-possession, he addressed Sergey Ivanovitch calmly:
"You have had no telegrams since yesterday's? Yes, driven back for a third time, but a decisive engagement expected for tomorrow."
And after talking a little more of King Milan's proclamation, and the immense effect it might have, they parted, going to their carriages on hearing the second bell.
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What is Chromestart5.ru
Chromestart5.ru is an infection from the family of browser hijackers that modifies the settings of web browsers such as Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Opera. Moreover, it may infect anyother browsers by changings their shorcuts, which will lead to the fact that when you start a browser, it will always be forced to open Chromestart5.ru, even as your home page has been set to a completely different web site. On curent date, the infection continues to increase the number of computers that have been infected.
Except that Chromestart5.ru changes browser's homepage, it also replaces a search engine, which leads to the fact that use of the browser's search becomes impossible. The reason for this is that the search results will consist of a large number of advertising links, links to malicious and misleading websites and only the remaining part – it's search results for your query from the other, well-known search engines like Google.
Often, the computer that has been infected with Chromestart5.ru will be also infected with an adware, which will show a lot of various ads. This may be pop-ups, text links in the web pages, banners where they never had and more, replacing legitimate ads with malicious advertising that will offer to download and install malware and unwanted programs or visit the various dangerous and misleading Web sites.
How to Chromestart5.ru infection get installed onto computer
Chromestart5.ru infection spreads with a simple but quite effective way. It is integrated into the installation package of various free programs. Thus on the process of installation, it will infect your browser and change it's settings on the Chromestart5.ru. To avoid infection, you just need to follow a few simple rules: carefully read the Terms of Use and the license, select only a manual installation mode, which enables you to make sure that the program you want to install, do not infect your computer with infection like Chromestart5.ru.
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- Uninstall Chromestart5.ru associated software by using Windows Control Panel.
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- Remove Chromestart5.ru browser hijacker related files and registry keys with MalwareBytes Anti-malware.
- Disinfect the browser's shortcuts to remove Chromestart5.ru redirect
- Block Chromestart5.ru and other similar malicious sites
- Reset Chrome settings to remove Chromestart5.ru redirect (Optional).
- Reset Firefox settings to remove Chromestart5.ru redirect (Optional).
- Reset Internet Explorer settings to remove Chromestart5.ru redirect (Optional).
Uninstall Chromestart5.ru associated software by using Windows Control Panel.
Press Windows key , then click Search . Type Control panel and press Enter. If you using Windows XP or Windows 7, then click Start and select Control Panel. It will open the Windows Control Panel as shown below.
Click Uninstall a program
It will open a list of all programs. Scroll through the all list, and uninstall any suspicious and unknown programs.
Remove Chromestart5.ru hijacker and malicious extensions from Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer and Google Chrome with AdwCleaner.
Download AdwCleaner from the link below.
Once finished, open a directory in which you saved it. You will see a icon like below.
Double click the AdwCleaner desktop icon. Once this tool is started, you will see a screen like below.
Press Start button to perform a system scan for Chromestart5.ru adware and malicious extensions. Once AdwCleaner has finished, it will open a scan report as shown below.
Review the report and then click Cleaning button. It will display a prompt.
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Remove Chromestart5.ru redirect with JRT (Junkware Removal Tool).
Download Junkware Removal Tool from the link below.
JRT (Junkware Removal Tool) download link.
Open a directory in which you saved the JRT. You will see an icon like below.
Run it. Junkware Removal Tool will try to update itself, if a new version is available. Once updating is done, you will see JRT DISCLAIMER.
Please read and press any key to continue. First, JRT creates a restore point and once complete, it will start a scan of a computer.
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Download MalwareBytes Anti-malware (MBAM) from the link below.
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Once downloaded, close all programs and windows on your computer. Open a directory in which you saved it. Double-click on the icon that named mbam-setup like below.
When the installation begins, you will see the Setup – Wizard that will help you install MalwareBytes Anti-malware on your computer.
Once installation is complete, you will see window similar to the one below.
Now click on the Scan Now button to start scanning your computer for malware that cause a redirect to Chromestart5.ru. This procedure can take some time, so please be patient.
When the scan is finished, make sure all entries have "checkmark" and click Remove Selected button. MalwareBytes Anti-malware will start to remove Chromestart5.ru browser hijacker related files, folders, registry keys. Once disinfection is completed, you may be prompted to Restart.
Disinfect the browser's shortcuts to remove Chromestart5.ru redirect
When breaking into a computer, this browser hijacker may also change the browser's shortcuts, adding "http://chromestart5.ru/i/rt5.html" into the Target field. Due to this, every time you start the browser, it will open this annoying web-site.
To clear a browser shortcut, right-click to it and select Properties. On the Shortcut tab, locate the Target field. Click inside, you will see a vertical line – arrow pointer, move it (using -> arrow key on your keyboard) to the right as possible. You will see a text http://chromestart5.ru/i/rt5.html that has been added here. You need to remove it.
When the text is removed, press the OK button. You need to clean all shortcuts of all your browsers, as they may be infected too.
Block Chromestart5.ru and other similar malicious sites
To increase your security and protect your computer against new annoying ads and malicious web sites, in addition to your antivirus software, you need to use an application that blocks access to dangerous ads and web-pages. Moreover, the software can block the display of intrusive advertising, which also leads to faster loading of websites and reduce the consumption of web traffic.
Download AdGuard program using the following link.
After the download is complete, run the downloaded file. You will see the Setup Wizard program window as shown below.
Follow the prompts. After installation is complete, you will see a window as shown in the figure below.
You can click Skip to close the installation program and use the default settings, or press Get Started button to see an quick tutorial that will help you get to know AdGuard better.
In most cases, the default settings are enough and you do not need to change anything. Each time, when you start your computer, AdGuard will start automatically and block pop-up ads, sites such Chromestart5.ru, as well as other malicious or misleading web page. For an overview of all the features of the program, or to change its settings you can simply double-click on the icon AdGuard, which is located on your desktop.
Reset Chrome settings to remove Chromestart5.ru redirect (Optional)
Open the Google Chrome menu by clicking on the button in the form of three horizontal stripes (). It opens the drop-down menu. Click to Settings option.
Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on the "Show advanced settings" link. Now scroll down until the Reset settings section is visible, as shown below and click on the Reset settings button.
Confirm your action, click on the Reset button.
Reset Firefox settings to remove Chromestart5.ru redirect (Optional)
Open Mozilla Firefox menu by clicking on the button in the form of three horizontal stripes (). It opens the drop-down menu. Click on the Help button ().
In the Help menu click on the "Troubleshooting Information". In the upper-right corner of the "Troubleshooting Information" page click on Refresh Firefox button.
Confirm your action. Click on the Refresh Firefox.
Reset Internet Explorer settings to remove Chromestart5.ru redirect (Optional)
Open the Internet Explorer tools menu by clicking on the button in the form of gear (). It opens the drop-down menu. Click on the Internet Options.
In the Internet Options window click on the Advanced tab, then click the Reset button. The Internet Explorer will show the Reset Internet Explorer settings window. Select the Delete personal settings check box, then click on Reset button.
You will now need to restart your computer for the changes to take effect.
Finish words.
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"Throughout the year La Roseraie offers peacefully relaxation"
Nestled in the foothills of the Atlas mountains just 60 kilometres from Marrakech. The Unique feature of La Roseraie is its wonderful gardens.
In January and February a winter garden surrounded by snow capped mountains. The previous seasons pomegranates are left on the tree to explode and feed wild birds. Almond tress blossom in January follwed by flowering Quince.
March is spring time in the Atlas, there are abundant wild flowers and the stunning Wisteria flowers.
April and May brings the big showing of roses with countless blossoms, the whole property is filled with the most exquisite aroma.
Early June brings the first wave of summer heat, the mountain water stream running through the property dries up from mid July until October. Selected rose varieties are in bloom every month until December.
Throughout the year La Roseraie offers peacefully relaxation, with a Spa/Hammam facilities and an outdoor (unheated) pool. There are beautiful walks in the area and the opportunity to ride out horses from the stable at reasonable prices.
The property is Moroccan owned and run with a warm and welcoming style of hospitality. Guests should be aware that the pace of life here is relaxed, service is not the quickest and the room décor is somewhat dated.
Standard room
Generous sized Cottage style rooms well spaced throughout the property each with a patio
Junior suite
Almost a small apartment with bedroom, bathroom, sitting room and fireplace. Cottage style patio and garden views
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The large domain at La Roseraie provides fresh fruits and vegetables to ensure each guest the best culinary quality.
Even olive oil is produced on site, pressed the old fashion way to preserve optmal taste and health benefits.
Lunch and dinner can be served on the terrace by the main pool, indoors in the rustic style dining room or Moroccan lounge.
True idyllic sanctuary, far away from the fast lane pace and city stress, at a 1000 m altitude with a real microclimate, fresh and vivifying, the Domaine answers to all sorts of expectations.
The High Atlas Mountains offers endless recreational possibilities on foot or horseback, rambling and trekking is organised from our grounds with guides and logistics.
Amateurs of tradition will take pleasure in visiting surrounding villages. Others will enjoy longer walks through the Ouirgane Valley to Azzaden and the culminating Toubkal summit, discovering along the way a generous Berber culture made of humility, sharing mint tea and TANOURT, bread baked in special clay ovens.
Back at the hotel, clients will lounge around one the 3 available swimming pools or take advantage of the PINEWOOD Center facilities where hammam and massages will await them emphasising the use of many local products such as soaps, clays, salts and therapeutic plants from the property.
And for the passionate ones, two clay tennis courts are at hand.
"A true paradise retreat contrasting the hub bub of 21st century western living. The hotel and its rose garden grounds are all beautiful and continuously maintained by the staff. The staff are like a team always smiling and willing to help. There is an under used luxurious spa where we had massages and beauty treatments at reasonable prices. Hamams and massages all carried out by local staff. Nothing conveyor belt or that packaged feel you sometimes get in top class hotels.
The food was local and plentiful, perhaps could become repetitive for the long stayer. We were there for 10 nights, along side mostly French guests who generally stayed 2/3 nights.
The owner Nebil was most gracious and unassuming as a host but embraced our every need. We had fresh fruit brought to the room, he even became our mountain guide one morning but most of all he became our friend. Thanks Nebil.
If you want peace, mountain walks, local food and beautiful surroundings, then this is the place for you. Worth upgrading to a suite, huge rooms all individually designed ours backed on to the river and had an 8 feet wide bed!"
Gymima from Cambridge, May 2013
"La Roseraie is a seriously excellent place for a stay if one likes beauty, the natural world, tranquility and great hospitality. The hotel accommodation is well planned and rooms are spread out over the grounds so that guests have privacy and their own space. The bar, pool and restaurant areas are attractive and encourage both good company and solitude - depending on one's preferences. The staff are terrific and will always try to predict what one needs. Food is good and drinks not too expensive.
One might get all of this at quite a few hotels in Morocco but La Roseraie trumps them all with the magnificent gardens and acres of colourful meadow, woodland and hillside. The place is quite simply stunningly beautiful in April ( when I went ) and full of resident and migrating birds. If you have an interest in wildlife then you need to go no further - this place has it all; birds, butterflies, amphibians and reptiles ( e.g. Tortoise and Chameleon ). Special mention use go to the rose gardens - are there any better in England ?
The location of the hotel makes it a good base for trips to the various sites ( e.g. Tin Mel ) and the mountain passes. There are many roads and tracks to explore at leisure either on foot or by car. Alternatively just hang out by one of the three pools and relax. Nabil, the host, takes particular care to meet and talk with all his guests and is a mine of information and advice. By the way, if you like photography this a great location and you will never tire of exploring the immediate area."
Ron S. from Ironbridge, April 2013
Situated close to the traditional small Berber village of Ouirgane, La Roseraie is well situated to access, by car, some of the best trekking in the Atlas Mountains. Ouirgane is a beautiful sleepy village with large weekly market and a traditional Moroccan atmosphere throughout. A close drive to some stunning lakes and valleys.
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Click one of the related searches and Google shows an additional box. It looks like the black box that's displayed when you click an image search result:
Here's the standard interface:
In other related news, search by subject no longer works. Hopefully, it's just a bug:
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Many condo buildings in B.C. are believed to be opting out of a provincial government directive to get a depreciation report that gives owners and prospective buyers a warts-and-all assessment of deficiencies and expected long-term expenses.
Industry insiders believe many strata councils voted by a required 75 per cent margin to exempt themselves from the requirement, which was passed by the province in 2011 and took effect last December.
Mike Laporte, a partner with property appraisal firm NLD Consulting-Reserve Fund Advisors, estimated just 20 to 25 per cent of condo buildings have commissioned depreciation reports.
"That's a guess," he said, but added he's heard similar estimates from competitors.
Buildings that have opted out must conduct new exemption votes every 18 months.
Laporte expects subsequent votes will result in more buildings eventually getting depreciation reports, putting additional pressure on holdout condo buildings to follow.
"Without the report it may appear there's something undue to hide," Laporte said.
He said some stratas think their building is in great condition so they don't need a depreciation report, but don't realize a good report can give them an edge over others when unit owners wish to sell.
The province amended the rules in the wake of the leaky condo crisis to shed more light on the physical condition of aging buildings and the preparations of their strata councils to cover the eventual cost of major repairs.
Laporte said some stratas initially worried about the cost of getting a report due to the high demand for them or that too few professionals were qualified to perform them.
Tony Gioventu, executive director of the Condominium Homeowners Association of B.C., is more optimistic about strata uptake, estimating 30 to 50 per cent of condo buildings now have at least commissioned a depreciation report.
He said the association is getting a few complaints each day from condo owners who can't sell their units because their strata doesn't yet have one.
Gioventu predicts the fallout for buildings without a report will extend to more stringent and costly terms – if not refusals – for prospective unit buyers from lenders and insurers.
While many strata councils fear bad news from the reports, he said the regulation change is good because it brings better protection for buyers and more certainty about future costs for owners.
"What we have is a rapidly aging housing stock coupled with low cash reserves, so we are seeing older buildings that have significant unanticipated special levies," Gioventu said.
A 35-year-old Burnaby condo complex he visited last month is facing a $27,000-a-unit special levy to replace its decking and siding.
"It's because they've ignored their building. They simply haven't done maintenance in the last 15 years."
A strata may not be on financial track to cover a $100,000 elevator replacement in 10 years time, he said, but at least a depreciation report will lay out what residents can expect.
"Everybody wants the same thing when it comes to real estate and that's certainty," Gioventu said. "The leaky condo issue was really about being the victim of a failure or an emergency. Depreciation reports help to eliminate that risk."
He said he believes the number of stratas actually voting to exempt themselves from the new rules is less than five per cent.
Some others stratas are on a wait list for a report, he said, or plan to get one but haven't yet raised the money.
James Balderson, a long-time advocate for leaky condo owners, said prospective condo buyers should insist on seeing a depreciation report if it exists.
The absence of a report should be a red flag, he said.
"If they don't have one and they don't want to know what the score is, why should you as a purchaser assume those risks without knowing what the risks are?" Balderson asked.
The provincial government provided more than $670 million in interest-free loans to help owners finance repairs to 16,000 leaky condos during the 2000s.
As for suggestions a second wave of leaky condos is on the way as depreciation reports expose unfunded building problems, he said the issue never really went away.
"There was only one primary wave from about 1980 to 2000, but the problem is only maybe half of them are properly fixed," Balderson said. "There are plenty of problems you can still buy into."


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Cornmeal-Soy Pancakes
Source: Vegetarian Cooking for People with Diabetes
Mix together in a medium bowl:
3/4 cup whole wheat pastry flour
1/4 cup soy flour
1/2 cup cornmeal
2 tsp. baking powder
Beat in:
2 cups low-fat soymilk
Heat lightly oiled frying pan on medium-high. When pan is hot, drop
on by tablespoons. Flip once when bubbles appear, and cook until
golden brown on bottom.
Serves: 12
Calories per pancake: 89
Carbs: 12 gm.
Fat: 3 gm.
Protein: 3 gm.


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(CNN) -- Olympic champion Usain Bolt smashed his own record to end the reign of 100-meter title-holder Tyson Gay at the world athletics championships in Berlin on Sunday night.
Usain Bolt celebrates after adding the world 100m title to the gold he won in Beijing, both in record times.
The Jamaican clocked an incredible 9.58 seconds to surpass the 9.69 he set in winning gold at the Beijing Games last year, with Gay finishing second after setting an American record of 9.71.
Former world record-holder Asafa Powell clinched a second medal for Jamaica as he finished third in 9.84. Is Usain Bolt the greatest athlete in history?
The race had been billed as the highlight of the championships, with Gay returning to form this year after failing to make the Olympic final. Watch CNN's interview with Usain Bolt. »
The 22-year-old Bolt, by contrast, had his season disrupted after needing minor surgery following a spectacular car crash in May -- but has shown no lingering effects, physical or mental, from that setback.
"I was feeling good after the semis. I knew it was going to be a great race and I executed it," Bolt told reporters. CNN's Mark McKay predicts Bolt's greatness.
"It's a great time, a great feeling. I feel good in myself and I knew I could do it. There was a big build-up, great atmosphere. It wasn't going to be an easy race but I had a perfect start and just went from there.
"I came out here to do my best, and I did what I had to do. There'll be no partying for me ahead of Tuesday. I'll rest up as always, I need to rest up for the 200m."
Gay took some solace in that he managed to run the third fastest time in history.
"I ran the best I could. I just wanted to give my best tonight, it wasn't enough but I'm happy to have the national record," he said.
"I knew I had to put out a championship performance. I gave it my best and that's all I could do."
Bolt's training partner Daniel Bailey of Antigua was fourth in 9.93, ahead of Trinidad's Richard Thompson in a photo-finish, while Britain's Dwain Chambers ran his season's best of 10.00 to claim sixth on his top-level return following a two-year ban for using drugs.
Earlier on Sunday, Bolt had few worries in qualifying fastest for the final despite suffering a rare false start.
He clocked the fastest time of the two semifinals as he came home in 9.89 seconds, again being able to take his foot off the pedal long before the finish.
Gay won the second semifinal in 9.93 as he needed to dig deeper in edging out Powell at the finish.
Bolt was clearly up out of the blocks before the starting gun -- which under next year's new rules would have disqualified him automatically.
British sprinter Tyrone Edgar was then unlucky to have been adjudged to start just 0.094 seconds too quickly and be disqualified, setting nerves jangling among the competitors.
But Bolt kept calm and surged ahead of the field, slowing down as far as 20 meters from the finish as he allowed training partner Daniel Bailey of Antigua to gain ground on him.
Bailey clocked 9.96 with American Darvis Patton third and Burns claiming fourth in 10.01 to also qualify for the final.
Powell timed 9.95 while Richard Thompson of Trinidad (9.98) and Britain's Dwain Chambers (10.04) also qualified.
Meanwhile, American Sanya Richards again dominated Olympic and world champion Christine Ohuruogu as she qualified for Monday's women's 400m final.
Richards, who also defeated the Briton in the opening round, won the third and slowest of the three semifinals in a time of 50.21 seconds, while Ohuruogu clocked a season's best 50.35 as she made a traditional strong finish.
Jamaica's Shericka Williams qualified fastest in winning the second semifinal in 49.51 ahead of Russia's Antonina Krivoshapka (49.67), with Debbie Dunn of the U.S. claiming one of the two other spots up for grabs in 49.95.
Novlene Williams-Mills of Jamaica won the opening semi in 49.88, edging out Botswana's Amantle Montsho (49.89), while Russia's Anastasiya Kapachinskaya also went through in 50.30.
Jessica Ennis claimed Britain's first world heptathlon title as she capped a dominant weekend by winning the final heat of the 800m on Sunday night to finish 238 points ahead.
The 23-year-old had led Kamila Chudzik by 171 points going into the seventh and final discipline after placing ninth in the javelin, with the Pole finishing second overall ahead of Germany's Jennifer Oeser, who kept Olympic champion Natallia Dobrynska of Ukraine out of the medals.
Olympic champion Valerie Vili of New Zealand retained her women's shot-put title, coming from fourth to beat Germany's Nadine Kleinert.
Vili managed a best throw of 20.44 meters, while Kleinert posted 20.20m to take silver ahead of China's Lijao Gong (19.89m).
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Herreshoff Buzzards Bay 15 For Sale Details
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|Herreshoff Buzzards Bay 15
|£59,995 (approx. €69,471 or $81,008)
|This Herreshoff Buzzards Bay 15 is For Sale
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|Southampton, UK
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|LOA 7.47 metres (approx. 24.51 feet)
LWL 4.57 metres (approx. 14.99 feet) Beam 2.06 metres (approx. 6.76 feet) Draft 1.52 metres (approx. 4.99 feet) Displacement 2,800 kilograms (approx. 2.8 tonnes)
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Herreshoff Buzzards Bay 15 built 2014 lying Southampton, UK. The Herreshoff Buzzards Bay 15 is intended for speed and aggressive racing – and the Herreshoff Buzzards Bay 15's are by all accounts thrilling sailing boats; fast, stiff and responsive with a hull form that creates so little turbulence the boat leaves hardly any wake – even at speed !
Herreshoff Buzzards Bay 15 'SPIRIT OF MARION' is a stunning, pure new build using authentic carvel construction to present a boat that deserves its place in the fleet of this iconic Herreshoff design.
The principal elements of the construction have incorporated some changes from the original in the light of non availability of some originally specified materials while some features have been incorporated to render the boat more robust without compromising the original concept.
- Alaskan yellow cedar planking; planks step scarfed rather than butt jointed
- European oak sheer plank, floor timbers and a single length board keel plate
- Steamed green English oak ribs
- (American white oak unavailable in a green enough state suitable for steaming)
- Siding of the ribs increased by 1/8th inch to strengthen hull construction
- Ribs 30 - 35 are epoxy adhesive laminated oak to retain the tight bends
- Ribs lock into the bed logs rather than using metallic brackets as originally specified
- Laminated iroko stem
- Cockpit seating changed from single oak planks to box construction in cedar
- Seating is wider with storage space below; this modification similar in weight to the original oak
- Seats finished in Albright
- Stringers and sheer clamps all in Douglas fir as on the original plan
- Western red cedar deck (as original specification), tongue and grooved with 440 caulking
- Deck traditionally finished with a painted canvas covering
- Transom frame added to provide a better landing for the planks
- Crewsaver bags in bow and vacuum sealed Styrene bags in the stern for buoyancy
- Small gunwale covers the end grain of the deck
- Silicon bronze fixings used throughout
- Hemple paint finished
- All fittings are HMC Co replicas by Jim Reineck & Son USA
- Ballast keel by Amat Metalplast Barcelona
- Mast and spars by Collars UK
- Rigging by John Albrecht, Gweek, Cornawall
- Sails; Club footed jib, strom jib and gaff main sail by Nathanial S. Wilson USA
- 2 x Electric bilge pumps under cockpit floor
- Separate batteries and switches under cockpit seats
- Tent mainsail / boom cover and boat trailer cover; Crusader Sails Poole
- Trailer by Lizard Trailers Cornwall
. Contact the seller of this Herreshoff Buzzards Bay 15 for more details.
It is easy to forget - because Nathaniel Herreshoff's genius achieved such success in the America's Cup resulting in commissions for large and medium sized racing classes - he also designed small boats. His Buzzards Bay 15, named after the bay off South Massachusetts was his second one design class, following the Newport 30 of 1895 – and it became extremely popular. The first 11 boats of the class were delivered to members of the Beverly Yacht Club in Marion MA for the summer racing season of 1899. In all 91 boats were to be built by the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company between 1899 and 1927. Of these 91, 32 are currently known to exist, 20 are still sailing and others are in museums or awaiting restoration.
The H-15 was designed under the then prevailing Length and Sail Area Rule, which tended to produce graceful, narrow hulls with long overhangs. The America's Cup yacht COLUMBIA had been designed to this rule and many refer to the 15 as "little Columbias" – when heeled over the waterline length increases and so does the boat's speed!
The builder and owner of this boat having developed an interest in Herreshoff designs whilst building a Haven / Herreshoff 12 ½ derivative, stumbled on the Herreshoff Registry, where many of Herreshoff's yacht designs can be found including the Buzzards Bay 15
Since the 1930s, several BB 15s and a Marconi rigged derivative called a Watch Hill 15 have been built and indeed several builders in the USA are still building them in GRP, strip plank and traditional carvel wooden construction. This boat however is the first BB15 to be built outside the United States as far as we know.
In taking on this project our builder first contacted Jim Reineck who specialises in manufacturing replica Herreshoff hardware. He in turn recommended Alex Brainerd at Artisan Boatworks who specialise in classic boat construction and build BB15s. Alex in turn advised contacting the curator of the MIT Hart Collection. It transpired they have plans for the BB15, but not all of them - although they do have the original offsets. Additional information was kindly provided by Jim Reineck.
Using Herreshoff's original handwritten offsets, I very carefully drew a set of lines which confirmed the offsets were incredibly accurate. Herreshoff worked almost exclusively from half models and this is how he arrived at the offset measurements. Academic intrigue took over and I decided to loft all 35 stations full size to confirm the accuracy of the offsets. The result was incredibly accurate and rather than let the planks take the curve using say every fourth station or so; all 35 frames were used. The stations were almost perfect. Small imperfections were associated with drafting discrepancies and frame cutting, rather than the Wizard of Bristol's offset tables!
The only remaining available plans include an elevation and plan drawing with most of the scantlings shown, including wood type and sizes. Sail plan, mast and spar dimensions are also available as are rudder and centreboard details. I have deviated a little from the scantling specification because of timber availability. The centreboard is marine ply, strengthened with bronze plates and weighted with lead.
If you are intrested in this boat please visit the Herreshoff Buzzards Bay 15 For Sale Advert for contact details and information
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Conversation about the no-huddle offense was all the rage in August and early September. The New England Patriots' "one-word" play calls and the growing no-huddle attacks of the Atlanta Falcons and Baltimore Ravens were the big growing trends for 2012.
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After 10 weeks, it's safe to say the conversation wasn't all hype.
STATS, Inc. said via The Florida Times-Union that 14.6 percent of all NFL snaps have taken place without a huddle this season. That might not sound like much, but it's up 57 percent on last year. It's more than double the total of no huddle snaps two seasons ago.
The Ravens' use of the no huddle is instructive. Occasionally, they lean on it as their primary way to run offense. In other weeks, like against the Cleveland Browns, it's barely used at all. Last week against the Oakland Raiders, the Ravens broke it out on third-and-9 in their second offensive drive. They went no huddle for the next five plays and scored a touchdown.
Two drives later, the Ravens broke it out again. In five plays and 77 yards, they had a score. It's not always that effective, of course, but the Ravens keep opponents guessing as to when they will break out the no huddle. They used it to great effect on two later drives to help build their lead to 48-17 midway through the third quarter. At that point, they slowed down the tempo for the rest of the game.
The Raiders, meanwhile, used the no-huddle offense quite a bit in the fourth quarter in an effort to stretch out the game.
It's a tool in the arsenal for many teams. New England relies on it heavily. Teams like Baltimore, Oakland and Atlanta pick their spots, but it's clearly become a bigger part of the NFL. It's on defenses now to adjust.


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SAMJ: South African Medical Journal
On-line version ISSN 2078-5135
Print version ISSN 0256-9574
SAMJ, S. Afr. med. j. vol.100 n.7 Pretoria Jul. 2010
Emergency centres lack defibrillator knowledge
Pauline LouwI; David MaritzII; Lee WallisIII
IMB ChB, MMed (EM). Division of Emergency Medicine, University of Cape Town and Stellenbosch University, Tygerberg, W Cape
IIMB ChB. Division of Emergency Medicine, University of Cape Town and Stellenbosch University, Tygerberg, W Cape
IIIMB ChB, MD, Dip Sport Med, FRCS Edin (A&E), FCEM, FCEM (SA). Division of Emergency Medicine, University of Cape Town and Stellenbosch University, Tygerberg, W Cape
To the Editor: In the emergency centre (EC), a number of essential items of equipment are needed to manage a wide variety of acute life-threatening emergencies. Their correct use depends heavily on the training and experience of personnel.
The defibrillator is part of this essential equipment and should be available in all ECs. Although defibrillators are widely available in Western Cape ECs, it is not known whether public sector EC personnel have the knowledge and skills necessary to use them safely and effectively.
Most cardiac arrests in adult patients are due to ventricular fibrillation (VF) or cardiac-related causes, and early defibrillation improves survival of such patients1,2 and is therefore an important part of their immediate treatment (combined with the other links of the chain of survival for both in- and out-of-hospital cardiac arrest).1
We aimed to assess the availability of defibrillators, and the current level of the correct and effective use of defibrillators among health care personnel in Western Cape public sector ECs, by means of a questionnaire (reproduced in an appendix to the web version of this article).
This was a prospective, cross-sectional study including all public hospitals with an EC in the Western Cape. Private hospitals and primary health care facilities (including community day centres and community health centres) and hospitals that refused to participate or failed to provide fully completed questionnaires were excluded.
Ethical approval was obtained from the University of Cape Town Research Ethics Committee.
Following agreement to participate, all full-time personnel in the hospital's EC were approached with a questionnaire comprising various questions including job description of personnel member completing the questionnaire, questions specific to defibrillators and pacing in the EC, and questions on defibrillators and pacing in general.
Data were collected on a Microsoft Excel database (Redmond, Va, 2007), on a password-protected work computer. Data analysis was performed using SAS Version 9.1.3.
In the public health sector of the Western Cape, 3 central, 4 regional and 33 district hospitals (7 in the city, 26 rural) provide ECs. All 40 public sector hospitals with an EC in the Western Cape were approached; 2 refused to participate and 11 did not return the questionnaire forms in time, so 27 hospitals (67.5%) were analysed.
Of the 378 forms retrieved, 12 (3.2%) were excluded owing to lack of signed consent and 366 were analysed. The response rate varied by institution from 11.5% to 100%; 68% of forms were completed by nursing personnel.
Of the hospitals that participated in the study, 22 (81.5%) were district level, 3 (11.1%) regional and 2 (7.4%) central hospitals. All 27 hospitals had a defibrillator present in the EC, the number varying from 1 (16 hospitals, 59.3%) to more than 3 (1 hospital, 3.7%). Defibrillator specification varied between facilities: 67% had biphasic, 15% monophasic and 18% both mono- and biphasic defibrillators in the EC. Thirty-seven per cent of hospitals had pacing capabilities in the EC - all the hospitals without pacing were district level.
Defibrillator tests occur in 67% of ECs, but frequency of testing varied widely. Although 52% of defibrillators were tested daily, only 26% of these tests were documented in a dedicated log.
Of the participants, 58% had no previous training in using a defibrillator. Only 13% of nurses and 30% of sisters had received training, compared with 88% of doctors. Of the participants 96% knew that a defibrillator was present in their EC; however, only 42% knew which type of defibrillator it was, and only 58% were correctly aware that their EC had pacing capabilities. An alarming 58% of personnel had not used a defibrillator before, although 88% had witnessed its use. Only 17% of personnel had paced a patient before.
Areas of knowledge tested were correct use of Joule settings, indications for defibrillation, and indications for synchronised cardioversion. Only 14% of EC personnel were aware of the correct Joule setting for their defibrillator, only 18% knew all the indications for defibrillation, and only 6% were aware of the correct indications for synchronised cardioversion. Fig. 1 shows the differences in defibrillator knowledge according to level of seniority of personnel.
Doctors had the best knowledge with regard to the indications for both defibrillation (49%) and synchronised cardioversion (18%).
Early defibrillation improves the outcome of patients presenting in cardiac arrest - for every minute's delay in defibrillation, survival decreases by 7 - 15%.1,3 The defibrillator plays a central role in patients presenting with shockable arrest rhythms (VF and pulseless VT); however, to have the maximum impact on patient outcomes, defibrillation must be done quickly and correctly.1 Selecting the correct Joule setting is an essential component of this process. Worryingly, in this study only 14% of personnel knew the correct Joule setting for their EC's defibrillator. This may lead to unnecessary delays or incorrect dosages and adversely affect survival.
All EC resuscitation equipment should be regularly checked to ensure its good working condition; this is especially applicable to defibrillators.4 The Emergency Medical Society of South Africa (EMSSA) recommends daily defibrillator testing as a national standard.5 The outcome of the testing should also be documented to ensure that it is working when it is required. In the absence of documentation of testing, the facility would be defenceless in a medicolegal case.
Anecdotally, in Western Cape ECs the main responsibility for the use of defibrillators lies with doctors. Comments on the questionnaires indicated that most nurses perceived that the use of defibrillators falls outside their scope of practice, although no formal documentation was found to validate this.
Defibrillators are most likely to be used in an EC or intensive care setting, or by cardiac arrest teams. In the vast majority of Western Cape hospitals, this means that EC personnel will most often make use of defibrillators, suggesting that their use of and knowledge of defibrillators should be better than their colleagues in a non-emergency environment.6 Only 18% knew the correct indications for defibrillation: even allowing for the argument that defibrillation is outside of a nurse's scope of practice, all doctors working in an EC should know these indications, but only 49% did so. This is despite 88% having received training, and indicates a serious problem with skill retention. Although training is important,7,8 retention of knowledge is more important: regular updates should occur to improve retention of knowledge and skills.9,10
There are two other standard emergency indications for defibrillator use: pacing and synchronised cardioversion. Both form part of the Western Cape Packages of Care11 at all levels, and the skills and knowledge should therefore be present.
As this was a self-reported survey, the results may not exactly represent current practices. However, it is probable that it reflects the best-case scenario, as respondents tend to overstate their answers in anonymous questionnaires. If this is the case, the results may be even more concerning, adding to the urgency for intervention.
Defibrillators are life-saving and their early use improves survival of patients presenting with sudden cardiac arrest due to shockable rhythms if they are used safely and correctly. However, adequate knowledge and skills are of paramount importance to prevent unnecessary delays that may impact on patient outcome. Most EC personnel in the Western Cape do not have adequate levels of defibrillator knowledge.
Nurse-initiated defibrillation can be life-saving, and nursing personnel must be encouraged to add defibrillation to their scope of practice as an expected rather than an extended skill. This will need a change in mind-set on the part of many nurses in the provincial setting.
To ensure maximum patient benefit from defibrillator use, hospitals should aim to standardise equipment (this needs to be driven from Government level), ensure daily testing that is logged in a dedicated log, and mandate regular updates and training in defibrillator skills for staff.
1. Bossaert L, Callanan V, Cummins RO. Early defibrillation: An advisory statement by the Advanced Life Support Working Group of the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation. Resuscitation 1997; 34: 113-114. [ Links ]
2. Peberby MA, Kaye W, Ornato JP. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation of adults in the hospital: a report of 14720 cardiac arrests from the National Registry of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation. Resuscitation 2003; 58: 297-308. [ Links ]
3. Chan PS, Krumholz HM, Nichol G, et al. Delayed time to defibrillation after in-hospital cardiac arrest. N Engl J Med 2008; 358: 9-17. [ Links ]
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(PhysOrg.com) -- MIT materials scientists have developed a new technique for growing carbon nanotubes that could replace the vertical wires in chips, permitting denser packing of circuits.
Researchers in the lab of MIT materials science professor Carl V. Thompson grew dense forests of crystalline carbon nanotubes on a metal surface at temperatures close to those characteristic of computer chip manufacturing. Unlike previous attempts to do the same thing, the researchers' technique relies entirely on processes already common in the semiconductor industry.
The researchers also showed that the crucial step in their procedure was to preheat the hydrocarbon gas from which the nanotubes form, before exposing the metal surface to it.
The transistors in computer chips are traditionally connected by tiny copper wires. But as chip circuitry shrinks and the wires become thinner, their conductivity suffers and they become more likely to fail. A simple enough manufacturing process could enable carbon nanotubes to replace the vertical wires in chips, permitting denser packing of circuits.
In a vacuum chamber, the researchers vaporized the metals tantalum and iron, which settled in layers on a silicon wafer. Then they placed the coated wafer at one end of a quartz tube, which was inserted into a furnace. At the wafer's end of the tube, the furnace temperature was 475 degrees C; but at the opposite end, the temperature varied. The researchers pumped ethylene gas into the tube from the end opposite the wafer. When the temperature at that end approached 800 degrees, the ethylene decomposed, and the iron on the wafer catalyzed the formation of carbon nanotubes.
The researchers are trying to determine whether different combinations of metals and hydrocarbon gases can lower the catalytic temperature even further and improve the quality of the nanotubes.
More information: "Low Temperature Synthesis of Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanotubes with Electrical Contact to Metallic Substrates Enabled by Thermal Decomposition of the Carbon Feedstock," Gilbert Nessim, Carl V. Thompson et al, Nano Letters, Aug. 31, 2009
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When we talk about how to create products and services for mobile, the conversation tends to focus on design and development challenges. How does our design aesthetic change when we're dealing with a smaller (or higher-resolution) screen? How do we employ (and teach) new gestural interactions that take advantage of touchscreen capabilities? How (and who) will write the code for all these different platforms—and how will we maintain all of them?
Great questions, every one. But focusing just on the design and development questions leaves out one important subject: how are we going to get our content to render appropriately on mobile devices?
The good news is that the answer to this question will help you, regardless of operating system, device capabilities, or screen resolution. If you take the time to figure out the right way to get your content out there, you'll have the freedom (and the flexibility) to get it everywhere. You can go back to thinking about the right design and development approaches for each platform, because you'll already have a reusable base of content to work from.
The bad news is that this isn't a superficial problem. Solving it isn't something you can do in isolation, by sandboxing off a subset of your content in a stripped-down mobile website or app. The solution requires you to look closely at your content management system, your editorial workflow, even your organizational structure. You may need different tools, different processes, different ways of communicating.
Don't despair. There's even better news at the end of this rainbow. By taking the time now to examine your content and structure it for maximum flexibility and reuse, you'll be (better) prepared the next time a new gadget rolls around. You'll have cleared out all the dead wood, by pruning outdated, badly written, and irrelevant content, which means all your users will have a better experience. You'll have revised and updated your processes and tools for managing and maintaining content, which means all the content you create in every channel—print, desktop, mobile, TV, social—will be more closely governed.
Mobile is not the "lite" version#section2
If people want to do something on the internet, they will want to do it using their mobile device. Period.
The boundaries between "desktop tasks" and "mobile tasks" are fluid, driven as much by the device's convenience as they are by the ease of the task. Have you ever tried to quickly look up a bit of information from your tablet, simply because you're too lazy to walk over to your computer? Typed in a lengthy email on your BlackBerry while sitting at your desk, temporarily forgetting your keyboard exists? Discovered that the process to book a ticket from your mobile was easier than using the desktop (looking at you, Amtrak!) because all the extra clutter was stripped away?
Have you noticed that the device you choose for a given activity does not necessarily imply your context of use?
People use every device in every location, in every context. They use mobile handsets in restaurants and on the sofa. They use tablets with a focused determination in meetings and in a lazy Sunday morning haze in bed. They use laptops with fat pipes of employer-provided connectivity and with a thin trickle of data siphoned through expensive hotel Wi-Fi. They use desktop workstations on the beach—okay, they really only use traditional desktop machines at desks. You've got me on that one.
Knowing the type of device the user is holding doesn't tell you anything about the user's intent. Knowing someone's location doesn't tell you anything about her goals. You can't make assumptions about what the user wants to do simply because she has a smaller screen. In fact, all you really know is: she has a smaller screen.
The immobile context#section3
Users have always accessed our content from a variety of screen sizes and resolutions. Data reported by SecureCube shows that in January 2000, the majority of users visited from a browser with an 800×600 resolution, but a significant minority (twenty-nine percent) accessed the site at 1024×768 or higher, with a smaller percentage (eleven percent) viewing the site at 640×480 (http://bkaprt.com/csm/16; fig 1.1). At that time, decisions about how best to present content were seen as design challenges, and developers sought to provide a good reading experience for users at all resolutions, discussing appropriate ways to adjust column widths and screen layouts as content reflowed from smaller to larger screens.
Fig 1.1: We have plenty of experience delivering content to a variety of screen resolutions. Why do we assume that mobile screens necessarily indicate a different context?
What you didn't hear designers talking about was the "640×480 context" and how it differed from the "1024×768 context." No one tried to intuit which tasks would be more important to users browsing at 800×600, so less important options could be hidden from them. No one assumed that people's mindset, tasks, and goals would be different, simply because they had a different-sized monitor.
Why do we assume that mobile is any different?
Mobile tasks, mobile content#section4
I recently departed Austin, Texas, traveling with three friends. Since we arrived at the airport a bit early, I wanted to lounge in the comfort of the United Club, away from the teeming masses. I felt it would be rude to abandon my friends to a similar fate outside, and so I wanted to know how many guests I could bring with me to the club.
A simple Google search should clear up this problem. Sure enough, I quickly found a link that seemed promising (fig 1.2).
Fig 1.2: Searching for "United Club Membership" shows that the content exists on the desktop site. But because the mobile website redirects the URL, users wind up on the homepage of the mobile site.
Alas, following the link to United Club Membership just took me to the homepage for mobile.united.com. When users search from a mobile device, United automatically redirects links from Google to its mobile website—without checking to see if the content is available on mobile. If the content doesn't exist on mobile, the user gets unceremoniously dumped on the homepage of the mobile website. Mobile redirects that break search—how is that ever a good user experience?
Sure, there's a link to the full desktop site, but that too just dumped me on the desktop homepage. I could try to use United's internal site search, but I'd wind up pinching and zooming my way through several search result screens formatted for the desktop. And honestly: why should I have to? An answer that should take me one tap from the Google search results should not require searching and tapping through several pages on both the mobile and the desktop sites.
I went and asked the representative at the desk. (Correct answer: two guests.)
I don't bring this up just because I want to shame United for wantonly redirecting links to a mobile URL when the content isn't available on its mobile website. (That's a terrible thing to do, but it comes after a long list of other bad things I'd like to shame United Airlines for doing.) No, I use this example to illustrate a common misconception about mobile devices: that they should deliver only task-based functionality, rather than information-seeking content.
Information seeking is a task#section5
Luke Wroblewski, in his book Mobile First, tells us that Southwest Airlines is doing the right thing by focusing only on travel tasks (fig 1.3):
Fig 1.3: The Southwest Airlines iPhone application only has room for what actually matters…if what matters doesn't involve looking up information.
Mobile experts and airline app designers don't get to decide what "actually matters." What matters is what matters to the user. And that's just as likely to be finding a piece of information as it is to be completing a task.
Eighty-six percent of smartphone owners have used their phone in the previous month to look up information—whether to solve a problem, settle an argument, get up-to-the minute information such as traffic or sports scores, or to decide whether to visit a business like a restaurant (http://bkaprt.com/csm/27). Don't believe me? Look at your own search history on your mobile device—you've probably tried to answer all sorts of questions by looking up information on your phone.
The Southwest Airlines desktop website includes information about their baggage policies, including policies for checked bags, carry-ons, and pets, as well as lost and found, delayed baggage, and a variety of other traveler information, such as what to do if you lose your ticket, need to rebook, or your flight is overbooked. It even includes information for parents looking to book travel for unaccompanied minors, and how Southwest accommodates disabled flyers and the elderly.
The mobile experience does not. Who are we to say that this content doesn't actually matter?
It's fine to optimize the mobile experience for the most common tasks. But that doesn't mean that you should exclude valuable content.
Mobile is social#section6
Have you ever clicked on a link from Facebook or Twitter on your phone? How about a link someone sent you in an email?
Fig 1.4: "No mobile content found. Would you like to visit the desktop version of the site?" asks The Guardian. Can you guess the answer?
Of course you have. Sharing content with our friends and colleagues is one of the bedrock ways we communicate these days. Users don't distinguish between accessing email, Facebook, Twitter, or other social services on the desktop or on mobile—they choose them fluidly, depending on which device they're closest to at the time. In fact, as of June 2012, nearly twenty percent of Facebook members use it exclusively on mobile (http://bkaprt.com/csm/28).
If your content isn't available on mobile—or provides a bad reading experience—you're missing out on one of the most compelling ways to get people to read it. Is your site littered with icons trying to get people to share your content? If your readers just get an error message when they tap on shared content, all the effort you put into encouraging social sharing is wasted (fig 1.4).
Designing for context#section7
"Context" is the buzzword everyone throws around when talking about mobile. At the South by Southwest Interactive conference in 2011, the panel called "Designing for context" was the number one must-see session, according to .net Magazine (http://bkaprt.com/csm/29).
The dream is that you can tailor your content for the user's context—location, time of day, social environment, personal preferences. Based on what you know about the user, you can dynamically personalize the experience so it adapts to meet her needs.
Today, we use "designing for the mobile context" as an excuse to make mobile an inferior experience. Businesses want to invest the least possible time and effort into mobile until they can demonstrate return on investment. Designers believe they can guess what subset of information or functionality users want. Everyone argues that they're designing for the "mobile use case."
Beware of personalized interfaces#section8
Presuming that the "designer knows best" when choosing how to deliver personalized content or functionality is risky. We're notoriously bad about predicting what someone will want. Even armed with real data, we're likely to make incorrect assumptions when we decide to show some things and hide others.
Microsoft Office tried this strategy in the late 1990s. Office 97 offered many new features and enhancements, which made the user interface more complex. Long menus and dense toolbars gave the impression that the interface was "bloated" (http://bkaprt.com/csm/30). (Sound like any desktop websites you know?)
In response, Microsoft developed "personalized menus" and "rafted toolbars" which showed the most popular items first (fig 1.5). Although Microsoft had good data and a powerful algorithm to help determine which items should be presented first, it turned out that users didn't like being second-guessed. People found it more frustrating to go through a two-stage process, hunting through multiple menus to find what they were looking for. Personalized menus violated one of the core principles of usable design: put the user in control.
Fig 1.5: Personalized menus in Office 97 attempted to prioritize only the options Microsoft thought users wanted. They were a failure.
Now imagine that instead of clicking a chevron at the bottom of the menu to expand it, the user has to click a link to "full desktop website" and then hunt around in the navigation while squinting at a tiny screen. If your website's mobile version only offers a subset of your content, you're giving your users the same frustrating experience. Only much worse.
You don't have good data#section9
Microsoft had a ton of data about which options people used most frequently. They developed a complex algorithm to present the default "short" menu based on the items people were most likely to want, based on years of history and research with multiple iterations of their product. And they still made mistakes.
The choices you make about which subset of content you want to deliver probably aren't backed up by good data. They might not be backed up by any research at all, just a gut feeling about which options you imagine will be most important to the mythical on-the-go user.
Even if you do have analytics data about which content people are looking for on mobile, it's not likely you're getting an accurate picture of what people really want. Today's crippled mobile experiences are inadequate testing grounds for evaluating what people wish they could do on mobile. As Jason Grigsby, Cofounder of CloudFour.com and MobilePortland.com, says:
If your vision for mobile is designing for context, then the first step you need to take is getting all your content onto mobile devices.
All of it? Really?#section10
Really. Your content strategy for mobile should not be to develop a satellite to your desktop site, showing only the subset of content you've decided a mobile user will need. That's not going to work because:
- People move fluidly between devices, often choosing a mobile device even when they have access to a desktop computer. Don't assume you can design for "the on-the-go user" because people use their mobile devices anywhere and everywhere.
- Mobile-only users want and need to look at your content too! Don't treat them like second-class citizens just because they never or rarely use the desktop. Even if you think of them as "mobile-mostly" users, remember that you don't get to decide which device they use to access your content. They do.
- Mobile supports reading content just as well as it supports functional tasks. Don't pat yourself on the back just because you've mobile-ized some key features—there's more work to do with your content.
- Context is a cop out. Don't use context as a rationale to withhold content unless you have real research and data about what users need in a given situation or environment. Unless you have that, you're going to guess wrong. (And even if you do have that—given the crappy experiences most users get on mobile today, you'll still probably guess wrong.)
Never force users to go to the desktop website for content they're seeking on a mobile device. Instead, aim for content parity between your desktop and your mobile experiences—maybe not exactly the same content presented exactly the same way, but essentially the same experience.
It is your mission to get your content out, on whichever platform, in whichever format your audience wants to consume it. Your users get to decide how, when, and where they want to read your content. It is your challenge and your responsibility to deliver a good experience to them.


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Access to steady supplies of clean water is getting more and more difficult in the developing world, especially as demand skyrockets. In response, many countries have turned to the sea for potable fluids but existing reverse osmosis plants rely on complicated processes that are expensive and energy-intensive to operate. Good thing, engineers at Lockheed Martin have just announced a newly-developed salt filter that could reduce desalinization energy costs by 99 percent.
The Reverse Osmosis process works on a simple principle: molecules within a liquid will flow across a semipermeable membrane from areas of higher concentration to lower until both sides reach an equilibrium. But that same membrane can act as a filter for large molecules and ions if outside pressure is applied to one side of the system. For desalinization, the process typically employs a sheet of thin-film composite (TFC) membrane which is made from an active thin-film layer of polyimide stacked on a porous layer of polysulfone. The problem with these membranes is that their thickness requires the presence of large amounts of pressure (and energy) to press water through them.
Lockheed Martin's Perforene, on the other hand, is made from single atom-thick sheets of graphene. Because the sheets are so thin, water flows through them far more easily than through a conventional TFC. Filters made through the Perforene process would incorporate filtering holes just 100 nm in diameter—large enough to let water molecules through but small enough to capture dissolved salts. It looks a bit like chicken wire when viewed under a microscope, John Stetson, the Lockheed engineer credited with its invention, told Reuters. But ounce for ounce, its 1000 times stronger than steel.
"It's 500 times thinner than the best filter on the market today and a thousand times stronger," Stetson explained to Reuters. "The energy that's required and the pressure that's required to filter salt is approximately 100 times less."
Lockheed is reportedly already ramping up production efforts for the filters—and trying to find a way to keep them from tearing—though there are no announced plans on when they'd hit the market. Tomorrow isn't soon enough. [Reuters via MetaFilter - Wikipedia - Image: Shutterstock/Lightspring]


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In today's Kitsap Sun you'll see a story about a well-known local couple's six-year fight to mitigate effects on their neighborhood of a planned expansion of the Bethel Avenue Walmart store.
Bill and Mary Ann Huntington, Westsound Utility District commissioner and former Port of Bremerton commission respectively, won sweeping concessions from the mega-corp, which scaled back its plans and added costly measures to reduce the amount of noise and light produced on the site.
Bill Huntington said he and his wife never used their public positions to advantage during the more than six-year legal battle. Having been in business themselves, the Huntingtons are not trying to stand in the way of progress, Bill said.
The expansion, which will turn the place into a Walmart Supercenter with grocery section, will add 50 to 100 positions to the current staff of 200, a company spokeswoman said. She also noted the whopping sales tax revenue poured into local coffers from the big box store.
Bill was wary, however, and is taking a wait and see attitude toward Walmart. "I hope they're good neighbors," he said.
The Huntington's attorney Ryan Vancil, who has handled other Walmart cases, said the couple's victory was unprecedented in his career. Typically, he said, "You're fighting the largest retail corporation in the world. You can see the writing on the wall. … Typically, they can come in and out-expert you and out-spend you on attorneys. I would consider it a significant victory."
The chink in Walmart's armor, according to Vancil was the expert they initially brought in to testify about noise levels. The county's hearing examiner deemed the Huntington's expert more credible. Walmart ultimately got a new expert.
County officials confirmed what Vancil had to say about the noise expert. Once Walmart saw it was over a fence, however, the company was prompt, complete and clear in its dealings with the county, said senior planner Jeff Smith.
Smith noted the lengths to which Walmart went to redesign its building in better keeping with the Bethel Corridor Plan, with more pedestrian friendly areas and some nice architectural details. The company also came up with a noise mitigation plan that took advantage of the natural topography and so helped for the most part hide delivery areas at the back of the store from the neighbors' view. The residents' view of the Olympics won't be marred either.
In a major concession, Walmart agreed to stop nighttime deliveries, and, according to Jeff Smith, that goes into effect as soon at the hearing examiner give the green light to the project, which it appears he will.
Construction on the store wouldn't start until 2011.
The Walmart spokeswoman said South Kitsap has been chomping at
the bit for a Supercenter. So where do you stand on Walmart?
a. I can't wait for the Supercenter to open. They have really inexpensive groceries.
b. I shop at Walmart, but I wear a bag over my head.
c. The day I set foot in that store just shoot me.


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