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The performance of ASP.NET applications is a serious concern for Web application developers. There have been many improvements, though. The newer versions of .NET Framework have been optimized a lot. Added to all this, you have IIS improvements — better support for application pools, IIS compression, etc. However, we still use cache as a state management technique for storing relatively stable data. In doing so, redundant hits to databases are reduced and the application works faster. Proper usage of caching cuts down on network traffic and ensures that applications are more responsive.
The ASP.NET Caching Framework opens the door for aggressive output caching: It allows you to extend the default cache model and build your own cache providers. In this article, I discuss the basics of cache state management in ASP.NET and how to extend the ASP.NET Caching Framework to implement your own custom caching framework.
To work with the code examples in this article, you should have either Visual Studio 2010 or Visual Studio 11 installed on your system. As of this writing, the Developer Preview Version of Visual Studio 11 is available for free download. The release date of Microsoft Visual Studio 11 has not yet been announced.
Caching: The Basics
Caching is a state management technique that optimizes your application's performance by enabling you to store relatively stable objects in memory and use them as needed without having to access the database or your file system to fetch the same data. If the data in your data store changes, you still can take advantage of cache dependency to ensure that data in the data store synchronizes with that in the memory. MSDN states: "Caching enables you to store data in memory for rapid access. When the data is accessed again, applications can get the data from the cache instead of retrieving it from the original source. This can improve performance and scalability. In addition, caching makes data available when the data source is temporarily unavailable."
Types of Caching in ASP.NET
There are three types of caching in ASP.NET:
- Page Output Caching — The output of the Web page is stored in cache so that the next requests for the same page can be fetched directly from the cache rather than having to reload it again.
- Page Fragment or Partial Page Caching — As the names suggests, only fragments or portions of a Web page are cached.
- Data Caching — you can make use of the Cache API to store the frequently used objects of your application in the cache. So, the processing time of recreating such objects is eliminated.
Implementing Your Own Custom Cache Provider in ASP.NET
It should be noted that CPU and memory are finite resources. In earlier versions of ASP.NET, you were limited to using the default caching mechanism. That is, you did not have any control or any way to extend and build your own cache providers. ASP.NET 4 provides support for cache extensibility through its provider model. Why do we need this extensibility anyway? The most important benefit that you get from implementing your own cache provider is that you can have objects in the cache stored outside of the ASP.NET Worker Process.
Custom cache providers enable caching of data from various data stores that include disks, cloud storage, and distributed cache engines.
Microsoft documentation states: "The ASP.NET output cache uses an in-memory storage mechanism and, until the .NET Framework 4, it wasn't possible to override or replace the default cache with your own implementation. With the new
OutputCacheProvider type, it's now possible to implement your own mechanism for caching page output in ASP.NET."
Here's how you can specify output caching in an ASP.NET Web page:
<%@ OutputCache Duration="Specify duration to cache in milliseconds" Location="Any" VaryByParam="None" %>
You have quite a few vary parameters to choose from:
VaryByParam, VaryByHeader, VaryByCustom, VaryByControl, and
In his blog on this topic, Scott Guthrie states: "ASP.NET 4 adds an extensibility point to output caching that now enables developers to configure one or more custom output-cache providers. Output-cache providers can use any storage mechanism to persist output cached content. This makes it possible to easily create output-cache providers that store the cached content using any persistence mechanism — including local or remote disks, databases, cloud storage, and distributed cache engines (like memcached or Velocity)."
To implement your own custom cache provider class, you need to extend the
OutputCacheProvider abstract class of the
System.Web.Caching namespace:
public abstract class OutputCacheProvider : ProviderBase
OutputCacheProvider class contains several abstract methods that you can override to implement your version of custom cache provider. These methods include the following:
Add()— This method is used to add an item to the cache
Get()— This method is used to retrieve an item from the cache
Remove()— Used to remove an item from the cache
Set()— This method is used to update an item previously added to the cache
Here is how the
OutputCacheProvider class looks:
public abstract class OutputCacheProvider : ProviderBase { public abstract object Get(string key); public abstract object Add(string key, object entry, DateTime utcExpiry); public abstract void Set(string key, object entry, DateTime utcExpiry); public abstract void Remove(string key); }
To implement your own custom cache provider, override the methods of the
OutputCacheProvider just shown. It should be noted that custom cache providers support only absolute cache expiration — there is no support for sliding expiration. It should also be mentioned here that cache expiration policies can be of two types: file-based and time-based. Also, if you have multiple cache providers available, you can allow your application to select any among them at runtime depending on the application's needs and the configuration set in the application's configuration file.
System.Web.Caching namespace contains several classes, interfaces, and enumerations that help to manage your cached objects. You can find more information on the
System.Web.Caching namespace at the Microsoft site.
With .NET 4, you can leverage caching in ASP.NET, Windows Forms, and WPF applications. The
System.RunTime.Caching namespace has been enhanced a lot to facilitate this. You now can use
MemoryCache and your application can have multiple
MemoryCache instances at a given point in time. You can retrieve a reference to
ObjectCache using the following statement:
static readonly ObjectCache Cache = MemoryCache.Default;
Next, you can add, remove, or edit your objects in the cache. The code sample below illustrates how you can store your objects using the reference you just created:
public static void Add(object obj, string key) { Cache.Add(key, obj, DateTime.Now.AddDays(90)); }
The types in the
System.Runtime.Caching namespace now provide support for caching in any application that runs on top of the .NET Framework — not just ASP.NET. A great feature indeed!
In the next section, I'll discuss how we can leverage the cache extensibility feature in ASP.NET to implement the custom cache provider class.
The CustomCacheProvider Class
CustomCacheProvider class extends the abstract
OutputCacheProvider class.
public class CustomCacheProvider : OutputCacheProvider { }
The following code listing illustrates our
CacheItem class:
using System; namespace DDJ.Caching { [Serializable] internal class CacheItem { public string Key { get; set; } public byte[] Data { get; set; } public DateTime Expiration { get; set; } } }
Implementing the Methods of the CustomCacheProvider Class
At first glance, here's how our
CustomCacheProvider class looks:
using System.Web.Caching; namespace DDJ.Caching { public class CustomCacheProvider : OutputCacheProvider { public override object Add(string key, object entry, System.DateTime utcExpiry) { throw new System.NotImplementedException(); } public override object Get(string key) { throw new System.NotImplementedException(); } public override void Remove(string key) { throw new System.NotImplementedException(); } public override void Set(string key, object entry, System.DateTime utcExpiry) { throw new System.NotImplementedException(); } } }
The next step is to save your cached data to a persistent storage device, like a database or a file in the file system. There are plenty of articles available that discuss how you can write code to achieve this, so I'll skip this discussion here.
public void Save(CacheItem item, string key) { // Write your custom code here to save your cached item to // a persistent storage device. }
Now, your
CustomCacheProvider class looks like this:
using System.Web.Caching; using System.Collections.Generic; namespace DDJ.Caching { public class CustomCacheProvider : OutputCacheProvider { // Implement the Overriden methods of the OutputCacheProvider class here. public void Save(CacheItem item, string key) { // Write your custom code here to save your cached item to // a persistent storage device. } } }
Now that your
CustomCacheProvider class is ready, the next step is to configure the cache provider. The next section discusses how to do this.


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Miami Marlins rookie starting pitcher Jose Fernandez hasn't had much trouble with the Philadelphia Phillies this season and will take the mound again in this series Tuesday.
Fernandez is 1-0 with a 0.00 earned run average in two starts against the Phillies this season, spanning 13 innings. He threw six shutout innings of two-hit ball in a 2-1 win on April 13, then held the Phillies to one hit in seven frames with nine strikeouts during a 2-0 victory May 4.
The right-hander, who is 2-0 in his last four starts overall and 2-2 with a 3.48 ERA in eight outings, has no record in three starts at Marlins Park. He allowed two runs and five hits in seven innings of a 5-3 loss to Cincinnati on Thursday for a no-decision. He threw a career-high 99 pitches.
Miami has a chance for a series tonight after taking the opener of this set, 5-1, behind a strong pitching performance from Alex Sanabia. Sanabia limited the Phillies to a run on seven hits in 6 1/3 innings and outdueled Phils ace Cole Hamels, who dropped to 1-7 despite allowing two runs in six frames and striking out 10 batters.
Justin Ruggiano and Nick Green each knocked in a run, while former Phillie Placido Polanco had two hits and two runs scored for the Marlins, who have won two in a row since losing seven straight.
"We've been waiting for those hits, and tonight we were fortunate enough to get a couple," Marlins manager Mike Redmond said.
The Marlins are 2-5 on a nine-game homestand.
Philadelphia entered last night's game winners in five of seven games, and once again failed to provide Hamels with run support. Hamels did not talk with the media after ward and the Phillies are 1-9 when he takes the hill.
Jimmy Rollins, Michael Young and Domonic Brown all had two hits for Philadelphia. Brown added his team-leading eighth home run of the season.
"We have the talent and ability ... we just have to get going," Brown said.
The Phillies will be without catcher Carlos Ruiz for a few weeks after he was placed on the disabled list with a hamstring injury. First baseman Ryan Howard received a cortisone shot in his balky left knee and is day-to-day. Howard is hitting .245 with six home runs and 22 RBIs in 41 games this season.
Philadelphia fell 5 1/2 games behind Atlanta for the NL East lead and looks to get back on track on this eight-game road trip.
Phillies right-hander Tyler Cloyd was recalled from the Triple-A Lehigh Valley IronPigs for the second time this season and gets the nod tonight. Cloyd made a spot start for Roy Halladay back on May 10 at Arizona and pitched well in the no-decision. Even though the Phils lost, 3-2, Cloyd tossed 6 1/3 innings of two-run ball.
Cloyd has never faced the Marlins in his brief stint in the majors. Cloyd made six starts for the Phillies last season (2-2, 4.91 ERA) and is 2-2 with a 4.58 ERA in seven major league starts.
Philadelphia and Miami have split eight meetings this season, but the Phils have won 11 of the last 17 matchups between the NL East inhabitants.


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Racing for the second time of the day after winning the Durand Cup in the morning, the lightweight crew team fell to Cornell in the Varsity race, finishing in 5:31.4 to Cornell's 5:29.4.
In the 2nd Varsity Eight race, Cornell also defeated the Elis by the time of 5:41.3 to 5:46.. The Bulldogs won the other three races in the regatta, including the Varsity Four, Frosh--which Yale won by less than a second--and 2nd Frosh Four.
The races were sailed with strong tailwind and variable chop.
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Accelerating inflation adds to signs that the world's second largest economy is finally snapping out of its worst downturn in three years, in a gradual recovery led by strengthening domestic demand.
Analysts say price pressures will quicken in coming months, due to low year-ago comparison figures, but that the inflation outlook remains benign overall, leaving the economy in a sweet spot for now that calls for no change in interest rates.
Were growth to swoon in Europe and the United States, China's two biggest export markets, Beijing could ease policy by reducing the level of deposits lenders leave with the central bank, economists say.
"There is little pressure from inflation to move on monetary policy," said Alistair Thornton, an economist at IHS in Beijing. "There is room, nonetheless, for a reserve requirement ratio (RRR) cut over the next few months, given potential tightness in the banking system."
For 2012 as a whole, China's consumer inflation accelerated 2.6pc, comfortably below the central bank's 4pc target.
Wary of stoking inflation and stubbornly-high house prices, China has abstained from further interest rate cuts after lowering borrowing costs twice between June and July last year.
It has also refrained from lowering the level of cash deposits it requires lenders to hold as reserves since May 2012, when it reduced the ratio by 50 basis points to 20pc for China's biggest banks.
Beijing's reluctance to cut rates after July 2012 contravened widespread market calls for easier policy. Instead, it preferred to loosen policy by adding cash through open market operations, a measure analysts say is more flexible.
If China's steep home prices should take off again in coming months, defying Beijing's three-year campaign to cool the buoyant property market, some analysts predict the People's Bank of China (PBoC) may even raise rates in the fourth quarter.
Home prices are not reflected in China's CPI, which only accounts for residential costs by tracking prices for rents and utilities and the cost of renovating and building homes.
Friday's data showed residential costs rose 3pc in December from a year ago, the biggest climb since October 2011 and the second-biggest contributor to inflation for the month after food.
The National Bureau of Statistics, which released Friday's data, said the food inflation, estimated to account for around 30pc of China's CPI, ran at 4.2pc year-on-year in December. The non-food component ran at 1.7pc.
Yu Qiumei, a senior statistician at the National Bureau of Statistics which released Friday's data, said vegetable prices were the key driver of December's inflation jump.
China is experiencing its coldest winter in 28 years and the chilly weather has affected the production and transportation of vegetables, Yu said.
Vegetable prices jumped 17.5pc in December from November. Of the 0.8pc month-on-month gain in CPI - the sharpest in 11 months - nearly 60pc came from rising vegetable prices, Yu said.
Data on Thursday showed China's export growth rebounding surprisingly sharply to a seven-month high in December in a strong finish to the year after seven straight quarters of slowdown, even though subdued foreign demand means the revival may not be sustained.
Still, in a sign things may be looking up for China's corporate sector, which has been battling falling profits, Friday's data pointed to easing producer deflation.
The producer price index fell 1.9pc in December from a year ago in the 10th consecutive month of decline, but improving from November's 2.2pc annual fall. Economists had forecast a 1.8pc decline.
"We expect the central bank to keep interest rates on hold, and focus on liquidity management via open market operations, with two to three more RRR cuts throughout 2013," said Zhu Haibin, an economist at JPMorgan.


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A portfolio of 34 apartments in downtown New Canaan has been sold for $8.38 million. New Canaan Merritt Apartments, based in New Canaan, sold the four buildings to M2 Partners, also located in the upscale community.
The complex totals 39,531 square feet and is comprised of a seven-unit, 7,562-square-foot building at 17-21 Maple St.; a 9,204-square-foot, eight-unit building at 162 Park St.; a 16,385-square-foot, 14-unit building at 168 Park St.; and a 6,380-square-foot, five-unit building at 184 Park St.
The location was a key factor in the transaction, said Al Mirin, senior director at the Stamford office of Cushman & Wakefield, which represented the seller.
"The location is so perfect. You're right across from the train station," Mirin said, adding that there were a number of buyers interested in the complex. "The demand we saw reflects the overall interest in apartments."
Many real estate investors are investing in multi-family apartments rather than in office buildings in the region because of the lack of demand and instability in the market.
"Rental apartments give you the flexibility to reset your rental rates on a yearly basis, but with commercial buildings you're stuck for five years or more," he said.
The New Canaan complex, owned by a single family for multiple generations, is two miles from the Merritt Parkway (Route 15) and a short walk to downtown shopping and restaurants, Mirin said, noting its proximity to Mead Park.
Besides Mirin, the Cushman & Wakefield sales team included Kate Schwartz, associate, members of the firm's Private Capital Group, which specializes in middle market building sales ranging from $2 million to $15 million.
M2 Partners was committed to the project and, as a local real estate investor group, best understood the property's potential, Schwartz said.
Arnold M. Karp and Karp Associates provided advisory services to M2 Partners on the purchase of the property.
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Not a TestJanuary 03, 2009
It's a new year, so it's time for a slight change of direction. You may have noticed your feed reader of choice just barfed up a few dozen posts from these here parts. I'm hoping that little bit of necessary unpleasantness will be one time only.
I've come to realize that my content-creating has become a lot more distributed, which means the long-form post format of this site has been seeing less and less love in recent years. Much has been written about Twitter killing the urge to write longer blog posts, and I won't dispute that as a cause. I liked Andy Budd's take on why his site has been suffering, I can relate to a lot of those reasons.
So for the past month I've been working on a way of piecing together content I produce on other sites and funnel relevant bits into a stream that I could present on this site.
You're now seeing the result. I'm merging my traditional posts with links from Delicious and Google Reader (which is what I was up to when I wrote about the latter's API), photos from Flickr, and Twitter posts (or tweets, if you prefer). The home page, archives, and primary Atom feed all work on this new system.
Totally nuts, right? The volume will be too high, and nobody wants to see every photo I upload or hear every inane thought I come up with while out for dinner. So that's why I'm exercising editorial control and only bringing over the bits and pieces I've hash- or machine-tagged.
Photos on Flickr, for example, can be tagged as either mezzoblue:post=description or mezzoblue:post=photo. Both tags will show the photos here, in slightly different configurations (see the bottom of the August 2008 archive for both).
On Twitter I'm using a hash tag (#mb) which shows up in the original, but I'm stripping from the on-site version. Google Reader pulls in shared items tagged with mezzoblue. And I'm just throwing in everything from Delicious for now, since I got into the habit of using it for the now-deprecated mezzoblue Dailies.
I'm still not sure if I'm going to write up the scripts I built to make this happen, or package it up into some kind of actual open source release. I think the latter way would be more interesting, but there's a lot of work that would have to happen to get to something even slightly worthy of putting out there for public consumption.
Now I do realize that not everyone will want this of course, so the way this site used to work isn't gone. You can follow the clutter free post-only feed, or browse just my original posts on the traditional archive pages. Both are accessible from the main archives page, and will continue to exist. It's just the defaults that have changed, but you can go ahead and ignore all the new stuff if you want.
Expect a few bugs as I stress-test my scripts live over the next few weeks, and let me know if you find anything horribly wrong.
and first major bug has been found: the full Atom feeds weren't ready for prime time at all. For now I've backed out and made the default feed post-only again until I can figure out what's causing old items to duplicate. Sorry about the collateral damage to your feed reader.
That's similar to what I'm doing on my relaunched site, except I'm running cron jobs on the server to make the API calls (Tumblr/Delicious, All Consuming, Flickr, and Twitter in my case) and then inserting the data directly into my site database. Different RSS feeds then give visitors the choice of 'blog only' or 'blog plus links'.
The reason for importing the data into my own database is that it affords the opportunity to present the link (and my comments) in context, and invite comments (similar to how Jeff Croft's site handles his linklog).
I hadn't considered including tweets in my RSS - I don't think I've ever said anything that interesting on Twitter…
I'm not much of a developer. (Read: Scripting way outta my league)
…But I'd LOVE a way to do a daily digest of my Tumblr posts. Since I have my Tumblr reading in everything all I need is a way to do a digest of that one RSS feed.
Very cool. I've wanted to do the same for a long time now, and just recently found a tool that may make this a bit easier if anyone else is interested in checking it out.
It's still very beta, but it may be a good starting point for some enterprising php hackers:
It lets you add a bunch of rss feeds and allows post processing of the feeds, so you can have the results look any way you like, and is pretty easy to set up.
Thanks for the post-only feed! Your link, though, seems to have some draft text stuck inside the (non-functional) link.
Given my own quasi-tumblelog canoodlings I suppose I'm a bit biased, but I quite like having all the various bits you've collected in one place. Good stuff, sir.
I think all of us who have been on the web for a while are ending up doing this sort of thing in a way or another. The personal site is no longer the end-all, be-all of content it used to be, but rather a place we can use as a hub to concentrate all the bits and pieces we generate that end up scattered all over the web now. Zeldman summarized this brilliantly a while ago ( http://is.gd/9nb ).
That's precisely what I am doing on my own site as well. If you see the home page, besides the main menu and doodles, there's the latest three Twiter posts displayed, the latest 15 or so Flickr photos, and the Delicious links I personally choose to appear on the site by means of a special tag.
Since I've never been much of a programmer I'm pulling all this out by means of a few customized Wordpress plugins, and I wish I knew a way to select the tweets I want to show on the site by means of a tag as you suggest above (I'd rather not have replies and other irrelevant messages show up there). Will be interesting to see how your developments on these matters will turn out.
It sounds like this will be the first recognizable web trend in 2009. I'm in the process of making a similar conversion myself but will be doing so using Matthew's logic above. I still want Mike Industries to be permanent home for all of that stuff… not some random third party services I happen to be using at the time. You've probably set yours up so they live in your database, which is great, but I think the ability to comment on everything is essential (although some people I know feel the opposite way and are turning comments off on all of their stuff).
I like your machine-tagging approach to what goes on the site. Hadn't thought of that. I ran a poll ( http://www.mikeindustries.com/blog/archive/2008/12/what-should-go-in-a-default-rss-feed ) to see what people wanted in the default feed, and Twitter clearly *didn't* make the cut (not a surprise), but with your machine-tagging approach, you can selectively put that stuff in there which is great.
Now more than ever am I glad I made the switch to WordPress last year, as WP-O-Matic seems to do everything I need to meta-publish from RSS feeds with a simple plug-in.
@Matthew Pennell - I took a slightly different approach. I initially tried to avoid storing anything locally and run it all off RSS feeds, but realized I had to use the APIs in order to get anything past the most recent 15 or so items.
In the end I gave in and went with a file system-based cache instead of a database. Nothing's running live, unless the cache has expired (some live for 15 mins, older ones live forever). It's good enough for now, and did manage to give me enough control to write out custom Atom feeds with and without the extra stuff.
@Joey Baker - if Tumblr has an API that can return an RSS/Atom/other XML file for a specific date range (the date range is essential for the way I've got things set up) then it could fairly easily be adapted to work with the scripts I'm using.
@Geoff - hadn't heard of Sweetcron, but it looks close to what I'm doing here. Probably even closer to what Matthew Pennell describes in his comment.
@Kenneth - fixed.
@Ethan - and thank you sir. I was a bit leery that the increased volume would be a problem, but so far the response seems to be positive. Having opt-out ability is pretty key, I'd say.
@Beto - the Twitter Search API is what I used. Getting the data in from the API actually wasn't terribly difficult with a bit of PHP knowledge and a few minutes reading the documentation, it was the processing and doing something useful with it that took a bit more work. I'm using a PHP library called MiniXML to parse the query results, and then my own custom stuff to do the rest. Not sure if that helps a non-programmer, but I don't really consider myself much of one and I figured it out, so hopefully it's not that hard. I'll see what I can do about providing some more concrete code that will help you out.
@Mike D. - I thought about permalinks and comments for all the off-site content here on mezzoblue. I didn't do permalinks, but that's next on my list.
I chose not to do comments though. I used to run a linkblog (Dailies) that was first its own Movable Type blog, then lived in Delicious. In the first incarnation comments were open, but after a few hundred links there were only a handful of useful comments. So I'm of the mind that comments on links are pretty much pointless. Photo comments could be a bit more meaningful, but I'm just passing the comments through to Flickr cause it doesn't make sense to have those live in two different places. (Maybe one day I'll do some slick data back and forth to post comments to Flickr directly from a form on here, but I've thrown back enough Tylenol already for now)
Definitely a trend for 2009, And also looking for do this with cron jobs ( actually looking for a easier way, messing with the wp admin, to make it control the where everything should go, from it's own interface )
Let's how this works :)
And maybe we should start a list or something to help other to do this … even if we do not completely open our sources…
While I did frown a bit in hearing that another of my rss-ed blogs will be posting more often this new year, I'll hopefully be getting used to the idea of twitter-as-a-blog-post.
I'm sure I won't be disappointed; if the twitter, flickr, and delicious pieces pass the same quality control tests as the other posts on this site, I'll be in for an enjoyable ride.
I like that you cached it locally in the FS. I do it differently on a few sites, but I mostly cache to a local DB - allowing it to be used in connection with a bigger picture of things. Somewhat of 2 layers of caching, pulling in the API (by cron + rake task), then page/action caching different elements. Still gives me the speed factor, while also giving me the flexibility to use the data models however I see fit.
Not sure this is a new trend (per Mike D.) - but I do see more and more people moving towards pulling their content into their own domain. I like to push and pull the content, but ultimately it's about really interacting with the APIs.
I love that you go above and beyond the typical JS widgets - those seem almost useless to me. The real power comes when you can work, form, and shape that data into a bigger system. Well done :)
Another option to hash-tagging tweets is to fave your own tweets and then use the API to call in from your fave list. Either include just your tweets (or everybody's if you feel like sharing).
I'd be very excited to get ANY sort of peek behind the curtain, especially to see your technique for Flickr. I'm another of the masses who are starting to tackle this right now, and I'd hate to re-invent the wheel.
Beyond the news, though, I just thought I'd issue a more general compliment for your entire site. I've visited many times over the years, but for some reason I've never really taken in the completeness of it all. It's a very well-cared-for little home on the web.
I've been looking at doing this on my site for some time now, but scripting it from scratch seems to be well over my head. I've looked into some EE plugins, but haven't found anything suitable yet. Perhaps 2009 will be the year I get it figured.
@Spencer - that's certainly the goal. I'm planning on using them sparingly, and only if they feel on-topic and relevant for this site.
@Nate - I started out actually using a PHP caching library for the raw source, but realized that the hit of parsing XML on every page request made that a little silly. In the end I ditched the library and just wrote everything directly to PHP files.
And yeah, the JS widgets never really felt like a good solution in my mind. Tack-on content is a second class citizen, and I'd like to do it in a way that makes everything I chose to post here first class.
@Jonathan Snook - good call, never thought of that. Actually I don't think I knew you could even favourite your own, ala Flickr. The big downside I can see is that other services make assumptions about why someone Favourites (cough Favrd cough) that a) wouldn't be true in that case, and b) make me look like a self-promoting tool. Hash tags on tweets are lame, but for now seem like the best fit.
@punkassjim - alright, will see what I can do. I might write up some of the various stages (data acquisition, parsing, caching, and display) in separate posts, but I'd have to modify my source to do it in a way that each build off each other. Still, that might be the best way to get this out there. For now I'd recommend taking a look at the Flickr REST API, it's well-documented, and armed with a bit of PHP knowledge and the MiniXML library you can probably go further than you'd think in a few hours of tinkering.
@Jason Landry - yeah, I wouldn't say it's a small undertaking, there are a lot of individual little problems to solve along the way that can be head-scratching. You might want to check out the sweetcron.com tool mentioned in a previous comment, still in beta but might be what you need.
Oh, and a general note in case you missed the post update – the full Atom feed wasn't working out, so I've backed out to post-only for now. Every time a source updated, all the posts from that source refreshed in the feed, which is more than a little annoying.
Can I just say that I really like punkassjim's name? kthxbye
Hahaha, that's the first positive feedback I've gotten for my screen name in probably 10 years. Usually, I just get a leery glance from family members.
@Dave - Thanks a ton for even considering posting about it. I'll look into the REST API reference though…it'll be good to see how much of it I can slog through on my own.
Has anyone tried the lifestream plugin for Wordpress to accomplish something like this - http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/lifestream/
@Matt - It's a good resource, and it actually gets me about 80% to where I want to be. But, two things: 1) I'd like to keep the number of ready-made plugins down, and 2) since it's just based on RSS feeds, there isn't as much information to play around with, so it kinda limits the possibilities. For example, in Dave's system, with every Flickr post, it shows how many comments that photo has at any given time.
Now I'm curious: what's the behavior model for the Flickr comment links? Do you run a cron job or something to occasionally update the number of comments on all linked photos?
@punkassjim - nope, they're coming straight out of the API along with the rest of the data. You have to run two queries, one to search for photo IDs that meet your criteria, then a second to get the info from those photos. The second one is when the comments show up, then I just plug 'em in with everything else.
In terms of how often they're updated, well, that's still a problem I'm working through. Relatively recent data is being refreshed once an hour (you could cron it, or you could just check to see if the cache has expired when someone loads the page and run the request live if it has, which is what I'm doing).
But the flaw in my plan is that Twitter's Search API promises to only show results for the last six months, so older than that and if I refresh my cache to get Flickr comments (or even blog comments, though usually after six months they're closed anyway) I lose Twitter posts for that range. Right now everything older than 6 months is permanently cached. The only way I can see around this is putting it all into a database, which I so didn't want to have to do.


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"We're not gathering together to fight for a cause, we're running down Foot Locker and thieving shoes, dirty thieves," shouted a British woman, shaking her cane at the wreckage, in a video that's now gone viral.
The Daily Telegraph has identified her as "Pauline Pearce, 45, a grandmother, jazz singer and community radio activist." She told the paper of her outburst being captured, "I had to say my piece and everyone stood and listened and some people were saying 'Hear hear.' "Some people even clapped, but now I feel embarrassed." She added, "I've got a big mouth and I said, 'If you don't want you face on camera then don't come out.'"
Her speech spread via Twitter, where it was viewed more than a million times. It was retweeted by former Deputy Prime Minister Lord Prescott, who commented, "My kind of woman. Such guts."
Pearce's nickname is Lady P. A breast cancer survivor who served three years in prison on a cocaine charge (she says she was set up by someone who asked her to take pickled peppers on a flight from Jamaica), she told the Sun she was galvanized after her 18-year-old son was stabbed. Of the "youths," she said, "They need something, they need a community centre to unite all the community, because they are currently segregated by postcode and that's how the gangs start."
The other video that struck a chord was writer and radio host Darcus Howe's interview on the BBC, in which he told a clueless anchor, "I don't call it rioting, I call it an insurrection of the masses of the people. It is happening in Syria, it is happening in Clapham, it is happening in Liverpool, it is happening in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, and that is the nature of the historical moment." When she repeatedly asked him if he had taken part in riots or whether he condoned the current ones, he finally said, "Have some respect for an old West Indian negro and stop accusing me of rioting. Have some respect, I have grandchildren. You sound like an idiot."
'Hackney Speech Woman' Revealed To Be Local Jazz Singer [Telegraph]
Riot Heroine Grandma Is Named [The Sun]
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I've spent the last few months biting my nails and envious of anyone with fabulous manicure because my stubs were not manicure ready. I spent Fashion Week trying to hide my nails so no one would see how awful my nails truly were. They are still not the dream nails I'd like them to be (I got the bad nails in the family) but they are finally long enough to rock a teensy amount of color. The color I chose this week was is Betsey Johnson's Too Too Scented Lacquer from Sephora by OPI.
I think this shade would be easy to dupe with many brands but one thing drew me to this nail polish, the Betsey Johnson fragrance. I am a sucker for scented nail polishes, I scoop them up every time I learn of a new one. I think if Rescue Beauty Lounge ever put out a scented collection, I'd be done for.
With that said, there are some nail polishes that you practically OD on the fragrance (once I used a purple that smelled like Swisher Sweets and it invaded my nostrils!) and others were you can barely smell it all. This nail polish's scent is right in the middle. It is not cloying, you'll only smell if if your nails are near your nose and even then the scent is not out of place… my nails just smell clean.
You can find Betsey Johnson's Too Too Scented Lacquer at Sephora for $9.50. What's your take on scented nail polish? Yay or nay?


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I went down on my bike, fairly badly, and I am unhurt, but it was so terrifying. I didn't run into anybody. Unfortunately for me (but fortunately for everyone else) it was just between me and the curb and the hill. The wheels got in a bit of an argument, my hands forgot what to do. I did a semi wheelie going uphill and all of Gail, my Abigail, my 1966 Honda Dream, vintage and heavy with a full belly of gas left me behind, semi flipped up in the air and landed on my leg and arm. I moved out of the way fast enough to catch most of the impact on my new icon federal 1000 jacket's ce approved elbow armor and my heavy duty Harley-Davidson boots. My Harley boots kept my leg from snapping in half, for real! Thank you Harley for my leg. And thank you Icon for my elbow.
I have no bruises at all besides my bruised pride and although there is a fair amount of pain, there doesn't seem to be permanent damage. I was going to go to the emergency room but then no bones seem to be poking through my skin so I will forgo it for now. I don't like the doctor, and so even though I might be dead right now, I am just going to haunt my house and leave it at that.
It has been three days and the bike is still parked at a super awkward angle on my street. My accident happened in my driveway after a very long and satisfying ride through the city. I felt so confident from riding on the busy streets, signaling with my arms as I have no turn signals on this old girl, leaning into turns – even getting pulled over by cops, not to get tickets but just so they could get to talk to the hot girl in the bright red leather jacket and glowing white vintage bike who turned out to be an "actual movie star" (their words, not mine) that I could take the hill on my street from the opposite, steeper end. It was when I got cocky that I got dumb.
No matter how successful and joyous your ride is, it doesn't mean it will stay that way. Even when you are almost home, you could crash, like I did. The mailman was delivering mail to my house right at that moment and was there to help me out from under the bike where i was pinned. I am not going to say 'trapped' because that sounds really too dramatic. Pinned. I was pinned. I was not really sure how to get out from under a still roaring motorcycle and so just laid there until the mailman gently suggested that I kill the engine, which I did, which released me partway, and so I will not say I was 'trapped'.
Wear your gear and real quality gear if you can. Seriously. Body armor is not only for track days. Pay attention, always, even if you are in the driveway. Go to the doctor. I am not going to, but do as I say and not as I do. Really, I am just fine. Keep the shiny side up. Stay up.


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Homemade Shampoo With Rye Flour: Natural Pro-V for Thick, Shiny, Healthy Hair!
In our day and age shampoo is a necessity. Everyone has it, and everyone uses it frequently. Most commercial shampoos are made of a number of ingredients, almost all of them being chemicals, and almost none of them being natural. Shampoo is actually a detergent, rather than a soap. If you read the ingredients, you won't find soap in there at all. Many of the ingredients are questionable as far as our health goes, including potential carcinogens and developmental and reproductive toxicity such as glycol, diethanolamine DEA and cocamide DEA, methylparabens, propylparabens and formaldehyde. Shampoos contain many thickeners, artificial fragrances and colors, and known skin irritants such as sodium laureth sulphate and alcohol. If you can't pronounce the words on the ingredient list, chances are you shouldn't be pouring it on your scalp at regular intervals.
The good news is that there ARE alternatives. Many of you have probably heard about washing your hair with baking soda. This works in that it cleans the oil out of your hair, but it is also a strong base on the pH scale, and can dry out your hair if you use it long enough. Some people also complain that it changes your hair color. I used baking soda for 2 and a half years. I liked using a 1-ingredient product that I was familiar with, but eventually I started noticing it was drying out my hair, and I started using conditioner to help with that.
Then I came across an article from another green blogger. Sonya from Kanelstrand shared her experience using rye flour. This article has inspired me to write this post. In fact, it has brought me to great levels of excitement and I can't help but tell everyone I see…
Rye flour.
Yes! 3 heaping tbsp. of organic, finely ground rye flour mixed with water so that it resembles a runny paste. Rub it evenly onto your scalp and let it sit a few minutes while you finish your shower. Then rinse off very well with warm water.
It is as easy and as cheap as that.
Does it work?
Yes! Check out my pictures! It leaves my hair squeaky clean, and adds a shine and softness incomparable to baking soda, or anything else. No greasy roots, no dry ends. No stripped hair.
Why does it leave your hair shiny and healthy?
Rye flour is loaded with vitamins, proteins and minerals. You remember all those Pantene ads on TV where they talk about the Pro-V they add to their shampoo? Well, the pantothenic acid they add in synthetic form is actually present in rye flour, in its natural form. You can actually buy synthetic pantothenic acid vitamins to add to your hair to increase the strength, shine and overall health. While those versions are man-made these occur naturally in rye flour, helping restructure dry and damaged hair, boost shine and improve manageability. Click here for more information on how pantothenic acid benefits hair.
Rye flour also contains all the vitamin Bs, vitamin E, and phytonutrients such as lignans, phenolic acids, phytic acid, plant sterols and saponins which are also used to help with hair re-growth and even skin regeneration.
Rye flour is naturally perfectly pH balanced. This is a huge reason why you should use it over baking soda. Rye flour tests 5.5 on the pH scale which is the same as our hair, and so will not dry it out or strip it of its natural oils.
What kind of rye flour to buy?
I use certified organic dark rye flour that is finely ground. (ie. you can't see bits of husk in it). I have a flour mill so will likely try grinding my own soon…
Who shouldn't use it?
Those with Celiac disease should not use it since rye flour contains gluten.
Is it easy to switch to using rye flour?
As with the baking soda method, you may experience a period of time when your scalp and hair adjust to the change. If you have been shampooing every day with a regular commercial shampoo you may notice a few weeks where your hair gets greasier faster, but you may not experience it at all.
Can I use a conditioner with it?
Yes you can. Or you can use apple cider vinegar (with a ratio of 1 cup water to 1 tbsp. vinegar) as a rinse. Pour it on your hair, let it sit a moment, then rinse well. Once your hair dries, it no longer smells like vinegar. Apple Cider Vinegar works as a detangler.
- After washing with rye flour, rinse VERY WELL to make sure there is no flour left in your hair. It will itch… I have done it.
- Do not use if you have Celiac Disease.
- Make sure the flour you use is finely ground and doesn't contain bits of husk or you'll be brushing that out of your hair forever.


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Paul has already addressed the weak brothers and their tendency to judge the stronger brothers. In this passage, Paul turns his attention primarily to those that understand the liberty we have in Jesus. He explains in no uncertain terms that unity in the body is more important than our own personal liberties and preferences. We pray this message challenges you to be a uniter in your local church.


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No arrest warrant issued yet
A man allegedly caused a disturbance at a local motel Thursday and subsequently began to take off his clothes.
�This is going to be a different situation than what we normally deal with,� Kinston Department of Public Safety Director Bill Johnson said.
He later added, �Apparently he was causing some type of disturbance, for us to get a call.�
It�s believed the man, a military veteran, experienced a mental health problem at the time.
Johnson said an arrest warrant hadn�t been issued and the man was undergoing a medical evaluation at Lenoir Memorial Hospital.
Police did not have the man�s name or age as of press time.
Wes Wolfe can be reached at 252-559-1075 and firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow him on Twitter @WolfeReports.


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The Wizard, a 1989 movie starring Fred Savage, was little more than a 100-minute commercial for Nintendo.
Surf Ninjas, a 1993 movie starring Ernie Reyes, Jr., Rob Schneider, Leslie Nielsen (doing his best M. Bison impersonation) and Tone Loc, was much the same for Sega's Game Gear handheld. Only it was way better.
The film is about surf ninjas tormenting, and occasionally kidnapping, a family of surfers from LA. And the Game Gear, believe it or not, is central to the movie's plot. One of the kids in the family discovers that as he plays a game called Surf Ninjas on his Game Gear, whatever he achieves in-game is reflected in the real world.
So, yeah, this movie is about surf ninjas, who are defeated by a real ninja, who is assisted by a kid kicking everyone's ass in a video game. On his Game Gear.
Please note the movie has Tone Loc in it. As an actor. It also stars a very young Rob Schneider, who looks so much like Eminem that it's a little terrifying.
See above for video evidence. Watching the entire thing is an awesome way to waste a night.


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Updated at 6 a.m.: Schools closed Monday, Jan. 22
Many area schools in western Wisconsin and eastern Minnesota are closed Monday, Jan. 22 due to a predicted heavy snowstorm.
Ellsworth, River Falls, Hudson, St. Croix Central, New Richmond, Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College (New Richmond) and Prescott school districs in Wisconsin are closed.
The Ellsworth Elementary Open House, scheduled for Monday night, Jan. 22 has been postponed. A new date will be announced.
All after school activities are also canceled.
Plum City School District announced "Due to the Winter Storm Warning, there will be no school-related activities, games, and meetings on Monday, Jan. 22."
Minnesota schools that are closed include Hastings, st. Elizabeth Ann Seton, Goodhue, Farmington (staff must still report), Rosemount/Apple Valley/Eagan, Salem Lutheran School (Woodbury), South Washington County Schools #833, Seeds of Faith Preschool (Cottage Grove) and Red Wing in Minnesota and
Other area Wisconsin school districts closed are Baldwin-Woodville, Boyceville, Amery, Menomonie and Pepin.


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In mid March, Microsoft released version 9 of its storied Internet Explorer browser. Previous releases haven't had important implications for software developers, mostly adding new features and baubles of interest to users. But IE 9 has definite implications for programmers, focusing on the use of HTML5, the new specification of the language that defines websites.
HTML5 is widely viewed as a watershed technology that makes it easier to use multimedia and construct applications that run in the browser. These benefits hinge on the widespread expectation that complex applications increasingly will run inside the browser or the browser will function as the GUI to cloud-hosted apps. If you've used Google Docs and Zoho's online spreadsheets and word processors, then you'll understand how this scenario works.
HTML5 changes this by specifying a range of capabilities that the browser must support, including video, drawing, text manipulation, and offline storage. The applications then simply invoke them via commands, rather than sending bits over the network to run on the client or using plugins. (For a more, see HTML5 Up and Running.)
Rendering Advances
While interest in HTML5 has been growing, Microsoft's slow adoption of the spec has been a barrier to jumping in fully. Because IE is the dominant browser in the market, any HTML5 development would have an indeterminate outcome if it couldn't be tested in the Microsoft browser. Before the release of IE9, the rendering engine in IE — known as Trident — didn't fully support several standards essential to HTML5, including several HTML5 syntactical advances. The new release of Trident, version 5.0, can render much of HTML5, as well as Cascading Stylesheets (CSS) 3.0 and Scalar Vector Graphics (SVG).
SVG uses XML to specify a drawing or text. It relies entirely on the browser to take the data elements and render them as lines, curves, colors, and shapes. For years, IE has been the only browser without native SVG support. This situation accounts for the long delay in adoption of SVG as a common format for specifying 2D graphics and illustrations. The possibility that Microsoft might similarly fail to adopt core elements of HTML5 was a concern that couldn't be ignored until the Redmond giant released an official browser version with these capabilities.
IE9 gives both HTML5 and SVG a shot in the arm. Perhaps sensing the importance of the release to developers, Microsoft added other tools that expand previous capabilities to let developers go behind the scenes and explore the execution of a Web page, by viewing and stepping through the code and even profiling its activity. As Web applications become a larger part of workers' daily lives, it appears that Microsoft's browser will remain at the forefront — no longer just based on market share, but also because of its standards support and the technology with which it equips developers.
Write to Andrew Binstock at [email protected].


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Magical feeling in Tidaholm
A river of light
The small town of Tidaholm in the west of Sweden wanted to illuminate the river Tidan running through the city. The result is breathtaking. The light provided by Fagerhult and Simes creates magical effects in the river and its surrounding areas.
Tidaholm is a small town in the west of Sweden, 2 hours from Gothenburg. The city is best known for its match factory which was founded in 1868 and built on the island Vulcan in the river Tidan.
The town council wanted to create a feature of the beautiful river surroundings around the Vulcan island, making the area more attractive for visitors and inhabitants during the dark hours.
Tidaholm contacted Fagerhult and received a lighting design that enhances the running water and ads an exciting atmosphere to the area.
The idea of the installation is to accentuate the water and our beautiful walkway along the river Tidan. The reactions from the public has been entirely positive. We would like to continue our good cooperation with Fagerhult and illuminate the rest of the river Tidan and its surroundings, says Peter Eriksson, town council in Tidaholm.
Close cooperation
The close cooperation between Fagerhult and the installer was of great importance for this project. Visualisations were made and after a workshop with full-scale test lighting the customer wanted to proceed with products from both Fagerhult and Simes.
Fagerhult is always very helpful and is really good at visualisations. It is a strength for us when we communicate with the customer, says Johan Ekelund from EJ:s Elektriska.
For this project several products from Fagerhult and Simes has been used.
Minislot wall lights up the walls just by the river. Under the bridges the projectors Wip Floodlight and Minifocus spreads light over the water. The bollard Beacon* has been installed along the walkway leading to the fountain where Minipool creates cool lighting effects in the water.
When dealing with lighting in public places, it is important that the products are of high quality. We feel we can trust the products from both Fagerhult and Simes, says Johan Ekelund.
Products from Simes are distributed via Fagerhult in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, the Netherlands, Australia and Russia.
*Beacon has been replaced with Verda bollard.
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Orin Kerr at the Volokh Conspiracy responds to the Wall Street Journal column by Robert F. Turner regarding the legality of the NSA intercept program. Kerr believes, as I do, that the question of whether the program violates FISA is a difficult one, and that the answer depends on details about the program that we mostly don't know. However, Kerr contends that if the intercept program does violate FISA, it cannot successfully be defended on the theory that FISA is an unconstitutional usurpation of the president's inherent authority under Article II. According to Kerr, the question isn't even close. John, on the other hand, has argued that if FISA bars the NSA program, FISA is plainly unconstitutional.
By contrast, I continue to regard the constitutional question as an open one. Like Kerr, I have argued that just because the president has the authority to order the NSA intercepts in the absence of a statute prohibiting this action does not mean he has the authority to do so in the face of a congressional prohibition. But that's not to say that he lacks the authority under these circumstances; it just means that additional analysis is required.
Kerr doesn't appear to dispute that Congress would act unconstitutionally if it ordered the president not to attack an enemy stronghold for more than 15 days. On the other hand, the Supreme Court held that the president's inherent authority didn't extend to seizing steel mills to avoid a wartime stoppage of much-needed steel production. The NSA intercept program seems to fall somewhere between these situations — it's not a direct war command decision with no domestic implications, nor is it a decision that bears on warfare only indirectly and has wide-ranging domestic implications. Rather, it appears to be a decision directly related to conducting war that has not insubstantial spillover domestic implications (how substantial those implications are depends, again, on details we don't know). As such, I can't say that either side would have a slam dunk case if it turned out that the intercept program violates FISA.


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I'll be honest, I wasn't planning on posting this recipe.
(I'm not sure what my problem was, since this potato salad is really damn delicious.)
It's just that potato salad is a funny thing. It's not a particularly sexy dish, it's a bit kitschy and old fashioned, and it certainly doesn't look good in photographs. But good grief, it sure tastes great. But it doesn't matter how Stepford-wife I feel when I show up to a BBQ with a bowl full of potato salad, it always gets eaten. Every last bite.
My girlfriends all implored me to post this recipe on the blog, despite the fact that it photographs like an ugly, yellow bowl of mush. (It doesn't taste like an ugly bowl of mush, I promise.) I've always loved the combination of curry and potatoes, and it works just as well in this context. This potato salad somehow still tastes like the one you remember from your childhood, but with more adult flavors: curry, cilantro, and cumin.
Since Memorial Day is right around the corner, it does seem like an appropriate time to post a recipe for the ultimate BBQ side dish. Funny enough, I'm actually making this potato salad for my family's Memorial Day BBQ, which means I'll make this recipe 3 times in one week. Thankfully, I happen to really like this salad. And I kind of can't wait to eat it again.
If you're looking for something to eat alongside a giant bowl of potato salad on Memorial Day, check out my "What to Eat: Grill Edition" over at Plate & Pitchfork's blog. I posted a little bit of everything – grilled kebabs, pizzas, veggies, meats, and more!
Happy Memorial Day weekend, everyone!
6-10 small Yukon Gold potatoes (or other small waxy potato), cut into 1″ or 2″ cubes (skins left on)
1/4 cup Greek Yogurt
1.5 Tablespoons mayo (I used Kewpie mayo)
1 teaspoon red wine vinegar
2 teaspoons curry powder
1/2 teaspoon ground coriander
1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
Salt & pepper to taste
2-3 stalks celery, diced
1 small shallot, finely diced
2 tablespoons minced fresh cilantro
Bring a medium-large pot of water to a boil. Carefully add the cubed potatoes to the water and allow to simmer for 15-20 minutes, or until the potatoes are soft and cooked all the way through. (I test them with a fork or knife tip after 15 minutes).
Once the potatoes are cooked, drain the hot water using a colander or strainer. Rinse the potatoes with cold water and set aside to continue cooling. (Optional: I like to sprinkle a bit of red wine vinegar over the potatoes at this time, as it absorbs into the potatoes and gives them an extra tang.)
In a small bowl, mix together the yogurt, mayo, red wine vinegar, curry powder, coriander, cumin, and salt and pepper. Taste, and adjust seasonings to your liking. Set aside.
Once the potatoes have cooled to room temperature, gently toss them with the diced shallots and celery. Gently stir in the yogurt mixture, to coat. Once the potatoes are coated in the yogurt mixture, gently stir in the chopped cilantro. Chill in the refrigerator for at least a half an hour before serving. Just prior to serving, garnish with more fresh cilantro and a dash of curry powder.


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AGAN — Sammy E. Agan, 68, of Chico, died Saturday, Jan. 19, 2013, in Chico. Arrangements are under the direction of The Neptune Society of Northern California, Chico Branch, 345-7200.
JONES — Former Paradise resident Marjorie L. S. Jones, 97, died Thursday, Jan. 17, 2013, in Desert Hot Springs. Arrangements are under the direction Paradise Chapel of the Pines, 877-4991.


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Re-view of the Preview: Minnesota Twins
I'd rather forget this entry , but here is the original.
Predicted Record Range: 91-96 wins
Actual Record: 63- 99
So I was only off by about 30 wins. I really have no words to describe how bad this prediction truly was or how the Twins got to this point. All I can do is break down where they downgraded.
Bullpen: They definitely downgraded in the bullpen as most of their bullpen help from 2010 were mid-year acquisitions. In addition, their established set-up men like Jesse Crain and Matt Guerrier also left and their injured relievers like Joe Nathan and Pat Neshek underachieved according to what their past said they should be doing. I think that this bullpen has to be completely re-done.
Rotation: It pretty much stayed the same,but would have downgraded if Francisco Liriano did not improve like he did. The main thing with the rotation this year is that they were injured too much. Rick Anderson has his fingerprints on the organization in such a way that throwing strikes will get you to the show and any talent you have past that is just icing on the cake, but I don't think that having your best pitchers get injured is the best way to win because of the inconsistency it causes. I think the rotation is best run with the laissez faire approach because this farm system turns out consistent pitchers like there's no tomorrow.
Outfield: It was just two years ago when playing MLB 2k9 that I remarked to my dad that the Twins had too many Outfielders who would be starters one other teams. This year, (no disrespect to him) they had Ben Revere among others playing in the Outfield. Jason Kubel certainly has dropped off. He used to be a player you could count on for 30 HR and 80+ RBIs. The same coudl be said for Michael Cuddyer except when he did it this year he was an exceptional player on the Twins instead of being one of the background players he usually is for putting up his usual numbers. This needs be completely re-done with the losses of Delmon Young, Michael Cuddyer, and Carlos Gomez (yes I know he left a few years ago).
Infield: As far as defense goes, the Twins will never have major issues because they take 1,000 ground balls a day, but as far as the offensive production goes, they have fallen off. I think we can attribute this to Justin Morneau not coming back to full strength. Like Starting Pitchers, the Twins produce solid middle infielders because of the aforementioned 1,000 ground balls a game. I think they are pretty well set with Danny Valencia, but that 1st base situation must be stabilized by one way or another.
Overall, I completely failed with this prediction. The only worse thing I could have said is: " they will win the World Series." I am still trying to forget this season in general when it comes to twins baseball because as you might remember, my consecutive games streak came to a close at Target Field in August.


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Johns Hopkins has picked up oral commitments from a pair of Baltimore-area high school sophomores -- Loyola midfielder Cole Williams and Calvert Hall midfielder-faceoff specialist Bradd Atkinson.
The 6-3, 185-pound Williams scored five goals and 11 assists on varsity with the Dons and also plays for Looney's club team. Summer all-star games he made include Baltimore Summer Kickoff, FLG Summer Shootout, Freestate Top 22 and the Under Armour Uncommitted 2016 game. Other events he attended over the summer include Jake Reed Blue Chip Camp and the U15 National Championship with the Fellowship of Christian Athletes national team. He also considered Loyola, Ohio State, Duke, Maryland and Hofstra.
Last season, Atkinson won 63 percent of faceoffs and recorded 28 ground balls, six goals and seven assists. He played this summer for the Baltimore Lacrosse Club Crabs 2016 team. He also considered Maryland, Yale, Hofstra and Villanova.
Junior oral commitment
Faceoff specialist-midfielder Thomas Kidd of Magruder High in Rockville has committed to Massachusetts-Lowell, which will begin Division I play in 2015. The 5-10, 160-pound senior had 21 goals and 12 assists last spring as well as being named captain and earning All-Division and All-County honors. He attended UPLAX, MVP and Summer Sizzle.
Kidd also considered Robert Morris, Mount St. Mary's, High Point, Tampa, Connecticut College and Widener.


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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A targeted heat treatment appears to alleviate bothersome and sometimes painful plantar warts, researchers from China have found.
Plantar warts are skin growths on the soles of the feet caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV), which enters the body through tiny cuts and breaks in the skin. Plantar warts often develop beneath pressure points in the feet, such as the heels or balls of the feet.
Plantar warts can spread if not treated by over-the-counter or doctor-prescribed medications or salves, or by medical freezing, laser, or surgery. However, such treatments vary in their cure or pain-reducing capabilities.
Dr. Xing-Hua Gao, at No. 1 Hospital of China Medical University in Shenyang, and colleagues have found success treating plantar warts using a patented infrared heat-producing device, which heats warts to 44 degrees Centigrade (111 degrees Fahrenheit) without touching patients' skin.
This approach, called local hyperthermia, cured plantar wart infections in nearly 54 percent of those treated, and reduced wart-related walking pain in 80 percent of the patients who initially had such pain, Gao's team reports.
Local hyperthermia above 43 degrees Centigrade causes cell death, the researchers note in the Journal of Infectious Diseases. Local hyperthermia at 39 to 48 degrees Centigrade (about 102 to 118 degrees Fahrenheit) has been used to treat some cancerous tumors.
Gao's team noted previous plantar wart cures using their device at about 45 degrees Centigrade (under 114 degrees Fahrenheit) among patients aware of their treatment.
In their current study, they kept 54 patients "blinded" to their treatment by telling them a red spot would or would not induce heat at their most painful or largest plantar wart.
Twenty-eight patients had one plantar wart held at 44 degrees Centigrade (111 degrees Fahrenheit) on average for 30 minutes. The researchers earlier identified this temperature as bearable without intolerable burning. Treatments ran on 3 consecutive days with follow up on 2 more days 2 weeks later. Another 26 patients of similar age and plantar wart infections had sham treatments.
After 3 months, 15 of the 28 heat-treated patients (nearly 54 percent) had no remaining sign of the treated wart, compared to only 3 of the 26 sham-treated patients (less than 12 percent). Twelve heat-treated individuals with initial pain reported decreased pain while walking, compared to only 2 sham-treated individuals.
If this approach proves effective in further studies, it "might be generally available in two or three years," Gao noted in an email to Reuters Health.
SOURCE: The Journal of Infectious Diseases, published online March 3, 2010