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A recent Florida Department of Law Enforcement report shows an overall decrease in reported crime in Sarasota, Manatee and Charlotte counties and across the state.
Sarasota County recorded the largest decrease of the three counties, with reported crime down 10.3 percent from January through June this year, compared to that time period last year.
Sarasota County Sheriff Tom Knight attributed the department's 12.8 percent decrease — 3,222 crimes reported — to an emphasis on intelligence-led policing. The department employs six analysts to map crime trends and track prolific offenders — when they are in and out of jail, who they associate with, where they are staying.
That change in strategy has allowed the Sheriff's Office to focus on crime prevention instead of crime disruption, Knight said.
"It gives us the opportunity to predict crime," he said. "My deputies have become hunters in the manner of hunting people who commit crimes."
By putting repeat offenders behind bars, there are fewer known criminals available to break the law. And many of the reported crimes are committed by the same people, increasing the Sheriff's Office's solve rate by 7 percent from this time last year, the report shows.
The Sheriff's Office also is working with federal agencies to garner harsher sentences for convicted felons in illegal possession of firearms.
The Sheriff's Office saw decreases in murder, forcible rape, robbery, burglary, larceny and motor vehicle theft. Its only increase was in aggravated assault incidents, the report showed.
The Sarasota Police Department saw a 3.6 percent decrease — 1,602 crimes reported — with significantly fewer robberies, aggravated assaults, burglaries and larceny cases reported.
"It comes down to our officers being super proactive," said department spokeswoman Genevieve Judge.
Officers are focused on community policing, working with residents and businesses in specific neighborhoods to decrease crime, she added.
During the first half of this year, the city recorded one more murder, two more forcible rapes and more motor vehicle thefts, the report states.
Also in Sarasota County, the Venice Police Department had a 4.4 percent decrease in reported crimes and the North Port Police Department tallied an area-high 18.6 percent decrease.
In Manatee County, the Sheriff's Office was the only mainland agency to record a decrease.
With 4,734 crimes reported during the first six months of 2013, the agency's crime index dropped 1.2 percent. Investigating a record-high number of murders last year, the department had 13 homicides in the first six months. Only one was reported during that time this year.
Dave Bristow, agency spokesman, said the Manatee County Sheriff's Office knew a decrease would be difficult after recording a 17.9 percent drop in last year's semi-annual report.
"We're holding steady and we're actually better than that now," Bristow said, referring to updated numbers.
After nearly a decade of decreased criminal offenses, the Bradenton Police Department saw a slight increase of 0.4 percent for the first half of this year.
"We knew it would be a difficult year to get a decrease because we've had so many decreases," Chief Michael Radzilowski said. "The amount of crime is what the city had back in the early '70s, but it is still too much crime. We have more to do."
Early this year, the department investigated four homicides after having none during the first half of 2012. The department has also seen slight increases in burglaries, larceny offenses and motor vehicle thefts.
Radzilowski said updated numbers show a 1.5 percent decrease in crime from last year.
The Palmetto Police Department saw one of the largest increases in the region: 36.7 percent — 361 crimes reported.
Most of those increased arrests were larceny offenses that Chief Rick Wells attributes to a strengthened relationship with the city's Walmart supercenter to catch shoplifters.
The store's loss prevention officers are detecting and detaining shoplifters, then calling the police department to make arrests.
"Someone in the store already committed a crime and we'll be outside waiting for them," Wells said. "Our clearance rate is extremely high because they're ending in arrests."
On Manatee County's barrier islands, Bradenton Beach recorded 17.4 percent fewer crimes and Holmes Beach had a 7.5 percent decrease. Longboat Key did not report semi-annual numbers.
The Charlotte County Sheriff's Office had a 6.2 percent decrease — 1,742 reported crimes — during the first half of the year.
With the exception of an 8-incident increase in motor vehicle thefts, the force had an across the board decrease in the categories of crime used to figure the semi-annual statistics.
Like the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office, Charlotte County also uses analytical data.
"By using intelligence-led policing, we are better able to predict and target potential criminal activity," Sheriff Bill Prummell said in a news release. "That helps with preventing crimes as well as with solving crimes."


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As many of you are aware, in the last few months I've been designing and developing a new Pro-FWD car for Christian Rado. This has been a dream project for all concerned. It's a chance for us to push the boundaries and create a truly revolutionary car that will spearhead a new generation of faster and safer front-wheel-drive racecars.
Chris Harrington's series of articles about the development and construction of the 2004 NORAD Toyota Celica reveal the radical nature of the new car. We're building it to the limit of the rules. Before a wrench was lifted, we examined the rulebooks of the NHRA and NDRA to ensure the new design would play by the rules. Work on the project started in August 2003, and construction is planned to be completed before the new year.
Just as the project was progressing nicely, we heard the NHRA was thinking about making a series of changes that would basically outlaw the new car. At the SEMA show in early November, meetings with NHRA officials shed very little light on what the changes would be.
On November 20, the NHRA announced the rule changes on its Web site. Unsurprisingly, the rules had been changed to address every one of our new car's radical developments....
To make the impact of the changes clear, here's a rundown of our car's design:Now for the NHRA rule changes:
- "Maximum displacement 2.8 liter (170.75 ci)."
- "Center-driver position prohibited. Driver must be located completely to the left or right of vehicle centerline."
- "DOT or racing slicks permitted with a maximum width of 11.5 inches and maximum height of 31.0 inches. Maximum rollout on drive tires 99 inches."
According to the NHRA rulebook, "In the interest of maintaining 'stock-bodied appearances' of Pro FWD vehicles, NHRA is currently evaluating body dimension guidelines and methods of enforcement. It is strongly advised that any new Pro FWD vehicles under construction should be held as close to stock dimensions as possible. In particular, oversized 'bulges' or 'humps' on front fenders are prohibited. Final approval rests with NHRA."
In one foul swoop, the entire car was banned, and months of work have been wasted as well as a substantial financial investment. After getting over our initial shock, we decided we'd already gone too far and would finish the project anyway. We'll race the new car with the NDRA and hopefully the other sanctioning bodies will realize this is the way forward for FWD racecars. Chris Rado's 2003 Celica racecar will be reworked with the same spec engine, transmission and clutch as the new car and it'll compete in the NHRA series.
At the end of the day, it will be more than competitive, even without the new developments we've been working on. Yes, it's a lot of work and a lot of money, but it's what we have to do.
At least we still have a venue with the NDRA to showcase the new car. It could have been worse; we could have spent the time, money and resources for absolutely nothing.
Hopefully, the rules will remain unchanged for a couple of years. This will give all of the racers a chance to develop the equipment and add some stability to the class structures. I understand our sport is new and still evolving, and changes are made with the best intentions, but without a stable rule book, it's impossible for us to develop and make practical improvements to the racecars.
Banning BobWe're re-running last month's Banning Bob segment with the photo that was supposed to go with it. Enjoy.
My altered Ferrari 308 BB was probably one of the wildest racecars I ever constructed. With a chrome-moly Pro-stock-style chassis, powered by a blown, flat-twelve Testarossa engine, it was slightly off-the-wall for the powers that be.
It wasn't the car I chose, as unusual as it was, or the fact that I was running a twelve cylinder, 5-liter engine against the domestic V8 crowd.
What really did the trick was my choice of supercharger.Back in 1991, the only practical off-the-shelf solution was a Roots-type blower. I was convinced there had to be a more efficient way of generating boost for my 12,000-rpm Ferrari engine.
After spending a lot of time looking at my options, I decided to create my own answer based on a massive 118mm Holsett turbocharger that would be mechanically driven rather than driven by the spent exhaust gases.
I fabricated a gear drive system that spun the turbine up to 85,000 rpm and the end result was probably a forerunner to today's popular centrifugal supercharger systems. The system generated around 50 to 60 pounds of boost and was a perfect match for the high-revving boxer engine.
When I turned up with the car at the races and ran a 7.02 E.T. on a 7.50 record, the NHRA decided to outlaw anything but Roots-type blowers and it also decided it didn't like my air-water intercooler system.
The new rule changes made the project a dead duck and the car still gathers dust in my storage unit today.
- FWD with 16x32-inch tires. More tire =more traction=better E.T.s
- Center-drive driving position. For safety reasons we built the car as a center drive. It provides better visibility for the driver and better protection in the event of an impact.
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I've come into the habit of walking into work, sitting down at my desk and getting ready for the day. The trick is, how I get ready for my day.
I go through my morning routine: some coffee, a bagel or muffin. I wipe down my desk from the overnight guy's late-night snack. I shoot the sh** with my co-workers about random stuff. After making sure the database is updated, I open up my browser, and I type www.mmo-champion.com.
I find some good stuff there. I like laughing at the Blue responses to all the forum QQ. I see how we're all getting nerfed or buffed. I'm "in the know" about which guild got the newest World First.
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Slim pickings this week as I didn't get much from my pull list. Still, there are always interesting things to talk about when you sit down and really READ these things instead of blasting through them in ten minutes.
A short reminder before we go on though: let's not forget that what I'm doing here is not reviewing these books. What I'm doing is searching through them for items of interest for someone learning the craft of writing comics. Thus, I might completely overlook major features of a particular issue to focus on something as insignificant as… well, you're going to see below. In any way, the point is that although I might declare that "I'm disappointed" by something, it in no way implies I'm about to drop a book. The same way, "loving" something about a book doesn't mean it gets a free pass to my longbox. Every comic has something to teach, whether by giving good or bad examples. My wallet decides what comes back home, but my heart determines what I keep locked away as a lesson.
I loved…
The dialogue spilling over into captions in Scott Snyder's AMERICAN VAMPIRE #24 – I didn't gush over Mr. Snyder's BATMAN #6 last week – OK, well I did slip in a mention at the end. Anyway, this month's issue of AMERICAN VAMPIRE give us a prime example of a transition device I love so very much. I'm talking about making your dialogue spill over into the following scene's first caption.
It's not a simple matter of just making the conversation go on past the point where the speaking characters are actually shown. To properly use this device, the writer has to make sure the dialogue spilling over gains a second meaning in the beginning scene while still remaining relevant in the context of the one that just ended. This makes for a nice seamless segue into a new portion of the plot.
An example?
Page 4 – Panel 5
Tight shot of TRAVIS straining to hang onto the front of the rolling car, seemingly on the verge of slipping under it.
SKINNER: You keep hanging on, kid…
Page 5 – Panel 1
Tight shot of TRAVIS lying on a stretcher and being electrocuted by DR. MALIK.
CAPTION: La Jolla Sanatorium. Six years ago.
CAPTION (SKINNER): "…hanging on to that dream."
Here, the line "hanging on to that dream" refers not only to Skinner taunting the young Travis as he hangs on for dear life but it also takes on a second richer meaning when applied to the second scene where Dr. Malik is attempting to make Travis admit that the vampires are only a figment of his diseased psyche.
There are seven scene transitions in all and only one of them doesn't use this device. In fact, the only time it's not used is because the story segues into a magnificent spread that blends different flashbacks into a single striking image. It goes to show that even when you know how to use something to its full benefit, you also need to know how NOT to use it for a greater benefit still.
I liked…
The various sound effects in Jimmy Palmiotti and Justin gray's ALL STAR WESTERN #6 – I'll admit it: this is just candy. But candy is good. You need candy from time to time if you want to keep your reader interested – vividly interested.
There's a battle occurring in the middle of this comic when the police corner a gang of slave drivers in the Gotham City sewers. Although this isn't the first fight in the book (it opens with Jonah Hex fighting a giant bat – yeah, don't ask), the writers decided to go all-out on the sound effects. What's making me smile is that instead of resorting to the same run-of-the-mill BANG-BANGs, they insert a few that wouldn't be out of place in the old cheesy Adam West Batman TV show.
Here's the rundown as they occur in the three pages the fight lasts:
SOK (This accompanies a cop in a very gentlemanly stance, knocking out a thug, all Marquess of Queensbury-style. "Sok to you, sir!")
Now tell me you can't smile when you read that KAPWEENG!
When I read it, this was the first thing I thought of:
Hehe. KAPWEENG!
I was disappointed by…
The event-driven plot of Angelo Tirotto's NO PLACE LIKE HOME #1 – There's something particularly disheartening about not finding yourself excited about a debuting indie title. There's a part of me that wishes huge success to whatever little guy throws his story in the ring, trying to tell us another kind of tale than the ones we're getting sold month after month. There is however another part of me that has to evaluate these new books using the same criteria as I would any established creator. Ultimately, to succeed in this market, you have to understand that the money used for buying your comic comes from the same pocket used to buy AVENGERS vs. X-MEN. There's no special fund for the little guy.
That's why it saddened me to finish reading this first issue and being left with a feeling of… shallowness. There was something missing and I just couldn't quite put my finger on it. After my third reading, it finally struck me like a Kansas tornado: it's an event-driven plot in a near-featureless setting. I'll explain…
There are two types of plots in fiction: character-driven or event-driven. In character-driven plots, the story goes forward under the influence of the characters' thoughts, emotions and actions. The plot goes where it goes because there are these specific people participating in the action. Shakespearean tragedies, Woody Allen movies and HBO dramas are all examples of character-driven plots. On the contrary, event-driven plots present a pre-set trajectory that no one can deviate; events follow one another in a causal chain or happen fortuitously, without any of the characters being able to influence their course. This is the domain of action movies, soap operas, situation comedies and most superhero comics. I'm not saying that one is better than the other. Action movies are good as is Shakespeare – and I happen to watch a lot more kung-fu flicks than tragedies. The key however is to choose the right engine for your plot according to the kind of story you want to tell.
Now why do superhero comics succeed with event-drive plots? Because they got the BANGs, the POWs and the KAPWEENGs (hehe) to entertain us on the ride. Fights, explosions, gadgets, alien invasions – you name it. All things that are mostly lacking in books like Ed Brubaker's CRIMINAL tales or Warren Ellis' FELL. These are character-driven plots because it's the actions and motivations of Leo the coward or detective Richard Fell that lead the story.
Now let's come back to NO PLACE LIKE HOME after a very long detour. The awkwardness I felt felt was due to the feeling that none of characters had any traction whatsoever on what happened. They were all simply passengers in the story, being taken along without much protestation. Character-driven plots need strong characters that can surprise both the writer and the reader by hijacking the story to unexpected places. Plot-driven plots usually dress up their characters and have them make funny faces while they go through the motions.
And that's worrying me about NO PLACE LIKE HOME. None of the characters seem strong or defined enough to influence the plot into going into any definite direction. They could be replaced with any other character and the plot would not change one bit. I have no doubt that we're only just beginning to peel back layers and uncovering a very clever machination. However, complexity without depth is nothing but cold clockwork parts. A beautiful machine that works but fails to move us.
In short: it's superhero plotting in a world without any colors.
That being said, NO PLACE LIKE HOME is shaping up to be a good story anyway. The premise is quite intriguing, mixing what seems like elements of a dark conspiracy in rural America with L. Frank Baum's Oz mythos. It's a twisted cocktail of noir, grit and wonder that can't help but pull me in.
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Sounds, 15th November 1980
Steve Keaton meets Noddy Holder and Jim Lea of Slade
Thankfully people just don't know when to give up. More six foot under than down and out, Slade have clawed their way back from death's dark chart-file to currently stomp about town (platform boots a-glinting) with alarming vigour. The band that time forgot.
Oh Nod, forgive me for I have sinned, carelessly packing you off to has-been limbo. Flail me and be done.
Their legacy of course is considerable. Arguably the finest singles band of the early seventies, certainly one of the most influential, they gave birth to a rowdy brood of classic tracks. Each and every one complemented by memorable telly spots.
How I remember teetering about like an idiot to 'Mamma Weer All Crazee Now', 'Cum On Feel The Noize' and 'Gudbye T' Jane' to name but three. Oh, for the days when a mirrored top hat was the height of street level elegance...
Eventually conquered peaks began to crumble under the weight of ambitions. movie, 'Slade In Flame' was released - maybe the Scala will dig it out and refresh our memories? - and the decision to invade America taken. Like a row of teeth at a Rejects' gig, they flew out of our lives. The end of an era. Supersonic died and Top Of The Pops was never the same again. Pause to wipe away the tears.
Meanwhile back in the States, Slade were working their loons off. Two years of hard graft reaped precious few rewards. They came home in seventy seven just as the punk rebellion gobbed to it's heights. The boys disembarked at Heathrow as an anachronism, no heroe's welcome, just more hard graft.
Then bingo! A triumph at the Reading Festival and the consequent release of the Live At Reading EP featuring the smashing 'When I'm Dancing I Ain't Fighting' - sledgehammer pop in the grand old tradition. A sparkling gig at the Lyceum was all I needed to be convinced that Slade were very much alive and well and on top form. So much for the potted history.
Wrapped in a decidedly dodgy old blue duffel coat, his golfball peepers swivelling above equally blue bags, Noddy Holder ain't quite the hero I'd imagined. I was kinda hoping he'd greet me in all his silly stage togs, so to be confronted with this duffel coat...a bit of a downer as you can imagine.
Still, the man himself was bright and cheery as was the wiry Jim Lea. Unfortunately drummer Don Powelland ace guitarist Dave Hill couldn't make the trip, intrigues up Wolverhampton way and all that, so I was denied the chance to ask really important stuff like 'Why does Dave persist with that truly hideous hair style?' and other burning issues. Thus limited I asked Nod (Neville really, amazing eh?) if they were getting a trifle desperate before the Reading break?
"No, it wasn't a matter of desperation," he declares, finally shedding said duffel coat, much to my relief.
"When we came back from the States the whole music scene had changed. It was a case of starting on the bottom rung of the ladder and working our way up again, which is what we set about to do really. Just slumming it around, doing gigs everywhere and anywhere. Not only in Britain but in Europe as well, making people aware that we hadn't split up and weren't sunning ourselves in the Bahamas. We've been working solid since the hit records stopped, always on the road.
"When we returned we were in a heavy vein, the album released then 'Whatever Happened To Slade' was a heavy album, and it didn't mean anything then. It was totally Americanised. Totally out of context to what was going on at the time. If it was released now it would be in vogue because it's a heavy metal orientated LP."
Were you completely unaware of the development over here then?
"No, not really. We knew that there had been changes over here - we'd read the papers. But you'd never hear any of the music on American radio. We were thinking, 'Who are these bands? What sort of music is it?' We got back and turned on the radio and it was like a revelation to us. Good God, what's happening?! It was a totally different feeling. We might as well have been in Japan."
The band took a year off then, to assess their own situation, finally lured back to the boards for a gig in Germany. That was quickly followed by one at Reading University.
"When we did that - Fantastic! We thought, 'Crike' if we can go down like that, let's do more gigs. And that's what we've been doing ever since."
Things weren't that simple though. It was hardly hip to be a Slade booster then. It seemed people just didn't want to know.
"The radio at the time just wouldn't play us. Now Nod and I can write some good tunes, but whatever went they wouldn't touch us. It was all to do with fashion. You can't be bitter about it, we understand it. We realised that the name Slade was uncool; we knew we had to overcome our own name and people's preconceived ideas as to what the band was about.
"It's taken us two years to overcome that hurdle...But we had to do that the first time round as well. People then used to associate the name Slade with the skinhead image. But we did it then and we'll do it now."
It was in fact a lucky fluke that won the group the Reading spot. If it wasn't for a certain ex-Sab, Noddy and the rest might still be slogging around the country unnoticed, as the singer explains.
"Well, Ozzy Osbourne's band pulled out three days before the show and so they asked us to do it. We weren't on any of the billings or anything, we just stepped into Ozzy's place. We hadn't been on the road for two months. We just got a quick rehearsal together and went on. It hasn't changed to us since then but it certainly opened people's eyes. They're aware of us again."
"It was rather funny really," continues Jim. "We rolled up to Reading in our Ford Granada, we got sent to the public car park. We got all our guitars and cases and that out of the car and off we went struggling through the crowd. When we got to the artists enclosure we found that we didn't have our backstage passes, so there we were asking if we could come in. And stretching off behind us was a whole line of Rolls Royces.
"Now Whitesnake rolling up in a Rolls Royce you expect, being top of the bill. But everyone had one, the whole bill! And there's us with twenty hit records under our belt struggling through the dust.
"That's the way it's always been with us. The story of our lives, everything around us always falls apart. We've never been able to be cool. God, we've tried, I'm afraid we'll always be uncool. We felt like the outsiders going to Reading, but when we got backstage everyone started asking us for our autographs. We felt good then, that's when we knew we were in with a bloody good chance. We never die on stage either. Been around too long. We knew exactly what we were going to do, never had any problems with audiences."
The entire show was recorded by the BBC for broadcasting on the Friday Rock Show. Forty-five minutes of Slade's set was aired. "We just had to release something from it, we had so many requests."
'When I'm Dancing' and 'Born To Be Wild' were the selected songs, an arrangement was struck with the Beeb and the EP appeared on Jim Lea's own Cheapskate Records label. It's currenly jostling around the top forty as well as making a fleeting though high appearance in our own HM chart. It deserves your attention.
Meanwhile Polydor are releasing a 'Slade Smashes' compilation invaluable for wretches like me who no longer possess the originals. I asked Nod if he was at all depressed at this preoccupation with past glories?
"Depressed? No. This compilation will be great for the fans, a chance to get all the hits on one record. But we don't relate to them in the same way anymore, the way we play them now is bugger all like the records anyway."
Jim : "I didn't even like some of those old ones. We all hated 'Gudbye T' Jane' when we made it, it was knocked up in half an hour at the end of one of our studio sessions. The same for our second single, 'Coz I Luv You'. It was namby-pamby to us, a throwaway for an album. It shot to number on in two weeks and we thought, 'What a pile of shit!' It was so wet.
"But they were good times. The success never changed us, because this band just doesn't have an ego - except for Dave. I remember there was this great rivalry between us and Bolan. We used to sit in the TOTP dressing room getting powdered up, with the Osmonds waiting behind us, and everyone was taking the piss out of one another. We would come out of the Beeb and there would be all these fans after autographs and stuff. Chicks would come up to Marc and say, 'Are you Marc Bolan? Ain't you fat.'
The duo chuckle happily at the memory.
"And now we're having to live down our success. Y'know it's much harder to make it the second time around. We've never, ever considered splitting up because we know that at the end of the day we can walk on stage and blow any fucker off - and that's what it all comes down to in the end.
"And that goes right back to the beginning. Like when we were skins we were outlawed. It was really bad then. No gigs, no radioplay, nothing. But we survived because we went to places like universities and that and tore the joints apart; not a skinhead in sight in the audience, it was all long haired hippies in those days.
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text: When Wired dropped by the World Maker Faire NYC 2012, we fell in love with ITP's Nerdy Derby. It's a 21st Century re-envisioning of the classic Pinewood derby and is ridiculously fun. Here's what a Nerdy Derby looks like on the ground: You sidle up to a construction station where a pile of practical and crazy construction materials, along with correctly dimensioned blocks and wheels (so many wheels!), await your attention. Under the supervision of organizers, you can build and test the car of your dreams. Once done, you take your creation to be registered. A photo of your ride is taken, and an RFID tag is attached to your car. Now the system knows who you are. Waiting vehicles are taken, three at a time, to the start gate. An Arduino triggers the start of the race and an IR sensor at the finish line registers the winner. That car's portrait is the automatically displayed on the big screen, and a new set of challengers is lined up at the start gate. It's a real spectacle and you could hear the collective cheers and moans of racers and their friends and family as cars took first place or careened off the track in spectacular wrecks.The scope and scale of the team's work was breathtaking and judging by the packed car building area and continuous line, that work paid off. We wanted to learn more about what when into making the project, so we reached out to the team to talk about their efforts. As it turns out, it takes a village to run a networked pinebox car race, so Wired ended up talking to ITP students/Nerdy Derby pit crew members Tak Cheung, Matt Richardson, Ben Light, Mark Kleback, Amelia Handcock, Surya A Mattu, Deqing Sun, and Oya Kosebay. If you're interested in hosting your own derby, you can get in touch with the team on the Nerdy Derby website.The Inspiration The project began, says Matt Richardson, with a bit of nostalgia and an upcoming deadline. "During the summer, a group of us were reminiscing about the Pinewood Derbies we would participate in as kids and joking about what ITP's take on a Pinewood Derby would look like," he says. Every year ITP participates in the Maker Faire, and knowing this students are on the lookout for ideas. The Maker Faire attracts the perfect audience for something like the Nerdy Derby, Richardson says, it's a family friendly event, so there are lots of kids around, and their parents are the kind of people who bring kids to an event about making things. To run the event at Maker Faire required 10 people on deck at all times. Seven to manage the build stations, distributing materials and tools and helping racers complete their masterpieces. One to run the registration desk, one emcee to run the races and one to set cars at the start gate. "For the two days of the faire we had over 60 people from ITP at Nerdy Derby," says Cheung.The Organization "We nearly spent our entire summer vacation working on this," says Cheung, "It was great!" To split the work, the team organized itself into departments: track design, track fabrication, track electronics, car building experience, volunteer coordination, website, and promotions. Regular meetings kept everyone on track and an internal race organized mid-summer pushed the project along. "Many late nights were spent for that event on building the track and getting the electrical hardware working," says Cheung, "It was wonderful to see for example our classmate Melissa dela Merced was building part of the track hours before flying home to see her family and build more tracks when she was back. Patrick Muth [another classmate] wanted to learn data networks and made Nerdy Derby his summer lessons."The Track When it came to the track, the team started with a classic pinewood car's dimensions for backward compatibility with the easy-to-find derby kits and then threw the rest out. "We knew that the look of our track had to be one of the distinguishing features of the Nerdy Derby," says Richardson. The track was designed digitally, and cut using a CNC router. They started with a few prototypes, to test their monorail system. "We learned a lot from these earlier models after seeing cars fly off the track," says Cheung. The final design is 40 feet long, 8 feet tall, and made up of modular parts. "This gave us flexibility to edit the track based on car performances and the ability to add different features in the future," says Cheung. A typical pinewood derby chart will be closer to 30 feet long and 4 feet high. The larger Nerdy Derby track made for a better spectacle, according to Ben Light. "Races could be seen from very far away and the extended length allows for longer races," he says, adding that a great deal of time was spent perfecting the angle. "You want to create the right amount of drama in a race (but not too much drama, you want the cars to stay on the track)."The Electronics "I think one of the biggest things that separates this from your standard Boy Scouts' Pinewood Derby is all of the 'nerdy' aspects that are built-in," says Mark Kleback, "We have the resources to track data and automate the race, so why not?" The races are started by solenoid start gate, triggered by an Arduino Mega. The finish line is monitored by three IR sensors. This gives them precise race times. With each car tagged by an RFID sticker, they are scanned in, so the system knows who is running on each track. A Processing sketch grabs that incoming information and stores it all in a Ruby database. The hardest part of keeping all of this system in place, says Kleback, was ensuring that all the parts worked in harmony on race weekend. With two computers running independent Processing sketches, posting results to a web server while also triggering races and scanning RFID, there were a lot of moving parts. "Everything had to work, and it had to be easy to use because when fifty people show up to build cars and race, there's no time for troubleshooting," he says. "You really have to think about what's going to work, and what's going to be resilient in an atmosphere like the Maker Faire."The Registration Table For a car to be part of the Derby, it needed to be introduced to the system. This was done at at the registration table. Racers gave the their name and their car's name and were given an RFID tag, says Surya A Mattu. Once that was all in the database, a Processing sketch scanned and photographed the car, creating an image indexed to the unique RFID. On the Nerdy Derby website, all of this was assembled into a profile for each car, which then waited for race finish times. "The whole process took a few seconds." The tag that the team chose for the Maker Faire was a low-cost Mifare tag, says Deqing Sun. "The most interesting feature of the Mifare tag is that it can be used as a NFC tag," says Sun, "Which means it can be accessed by your smartphone." The team has a prototype that allows compatible smartphones load the car's profile just by touching the car, but scheduling constraints meant that feature was cut for the Maker Faire derby.The Building Station Though the Nerdy Derby is compatible with a standard pinewood derby kit, Maker Faire participants were treated to a much wilder set of materials. "Since we expected about 500 cars to be made over the course of the weekend, we had to be economical about parts," says Richardson, "We found that washers made really cheap wheels and scrap foam and cardboard could be used as the car's body." The Nerdy Derby was a 'no rules' event. "We decided not to think much about rules or limits to the cars and let kids go wild," says Richardson. In order to ensure that the cars would at least start a race, every building table had a small segment of track so that builders could test that the vehicle would fit. The intention in leaving things wide open was to provide a great learning experience for the kids competing. "Our approach was following 'Constructionism - Learning by Design' principle," says Oya Kosebay. "At the end you have to have a vehicle that will go along the track without falling. The component of trying to make it work with the material in hand, design, build, test and improve is the fundamental hands-on learning experience for everyone no matter what age they would be." And build, they did. "The hardest part in making this work was keeping up with the material demand," says Cheung, "We went to the hardware store at least 10 times during the two days of the faire."The Categories To encourage as diverse a set of constructions, the Nerdy Derby team come up with a bunch of categories, such as 'The Underdog', 'The Tricked Out', 'The Delicious' (for edible entries), and 'The not-so-pretty.' "We were trying an out this old saying that limitation sets you free," says Cheung, "We wanted to have extraordinary results and have kids think about cars and things in general with a new perspective." They got extraordinary results. "Some of our tools became part of their cars, some were made with edible parts like the gingerbread cookie car, and incredibly one car didn't even have wheels and was able to make it to the finish line." To the team's surprise, a number of people showed up at the Maker Faire with cars already built. "The challenge for us was how to judge the winners of these creative categories. Because in the end it's always going to be about speed," says Cheung. "So at the faire we switched between a race of the fastest, a race of the slowest and a general exhibition run."The Look "We wanted to put on a good show and designed things beyond the track itself," says Cheung, so a team set out to design an overall look for the event. The final design focuses on big fat pixels and bright colors. "The overall look and feel was really centered around the intersection of tradition and computing, with a focus on whimsy," says Amelia Handcock, "We approached this by combining the traditional sports-jersey-logo with the 8-bit aesthetic." To create the uniforms, the team turned to classmates Jay Zehngebot and Hannah Mishin to screen-print the shirts that everyone wore and Jacki Steiner to create the website. "There were more interactive elements that we wanted to embed the logo with, like using the Kinect to interact with each pixel aesthetic and having it printed on the RFID tags," add Cheung. Maybe next time.All photos courtesy NerdyDerby/ITP.


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It's a good thing they had that notice up, because when Craig and I went on the lazy river there was a guy going around it endlessly, snoring away, and being gradually transformed into a leather handbag.
One water slide that Marie really likes turns you sideways as you go down it, and you swing back and forth between 2 high sides, gradually coming to a stop. While we were waiting in line for our 3rd time there was suddenly a loud scream, and as we watched a teenage girl came down the slide- followed a few seconds later by her bikini top. The girl was frantically trying to cover herself and hold onto the inner tube at the same time, to the great amusement of pretty much everyone. The girl didn't seem very happy about the round of applause she earned, or the multiple requests for an encore.
My kids spend all their time at waterparks doing one of 5 things:
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2. Playing apart.
3. Fighting because they are playing together.
4. Fighting because they are playing apart.
5. Whining about other topics.
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Icicles and Snowflakes with Cream and Silver...My Christmas Dining Room
And just in case you think that we Southerners don't know what icicles look like, here's the fountain at the world famous (or around here anyway) Blue Willow Inn in Social Circle, Georgia! It's a restaurant known for its Southern-style food. I had lunch there yesterday and have to say they have the best fried green tomatoes on earth!
And at home, even the staff is snuggling to stay warm...like Baby Kitty and Kitty...who are not normally very friendly!
So where are the icicles at my house? Why...on the hutch, of course! I found these at Overstock.com. Aren't they realistic? They are made of recycled glass and come in a set of 20 of them...all different lengths...for only $26!
And they are not the only sparkly things on the hutch! I pulled out my favorite old silverplate pieces, gave them a good polishing and mixed them in with my wonderful bargain set of Wedgwood Queensware that you may remember...a Goodwill bargain at $68 for 52 pieces!
I tried really hard to stick to silver and cream, but little pops of red kept sneaking in...like this fabulous red amaryllis! Isn't it gorgeous? Unfortunately, it bloomed too soon for Christmas!
So where are the snowflakes? They say we may get a few today, but in the meantime, you can find big, glittery ones on each plate! This is the same Chris Madden Felice dinnerware that I found at GW for $10 and used at Thanksgiving. I have added silver chargers to go along with my sparkly theme.
That's my mom's Silver Flutes flatware from Towle. I love it...so simple and classic!
Are you noticing that I used many of the same pieces that were used at Thanksgiving...just dressed them up a little for Christmas! Here are my Irish crystal iced tea glasses mixed with my GW wine glasses! I am loving the contrast of the glitter and sparkle with the textures of the plates and the greenery!
And speaking of texture...I used my handmade ruffled burlap table runner again, too. It has proven to be so versatile! My Red Cliff ironstone soup tureen is the star of the centerpiece for now, but will be replaced by a shorter cream three wick candle at dinner.
And do you see my little snow birds peeking out from the greenery? You might remember them from my mantel..a fun little Dollar Tree project!
On the buffet, you will see more of my Red Cliff ironstone collection...a tea pot along with a creamer bought for a song on eBay and a sugar found at GW! I love the way they are reflected in my monogrammed tray...a gift from my students many moons ago! And what's that I'm serving?
Why, corks, of course! lol They are served up with a garnish of glittery balls and holly with my favorite Rodgers Brothers Vintage cold meat fork!
And have you looked up? I have also decorated the chandelier! I have added swags of cypress and tied silvery ornaments at varying lengths.
Here is where I used those $2 mercury glass acorns that I found at Walmart a while back...gorgeous!
And there you have it...my icicles and snowflakes themed dining room all dressed up for Christmas! Now if we can just stay inside and keep warm while the real ones are glistening outside!
Thanks for stopping by! I hope you enjoyed seeing some of my Christmas decorations! Please visit these wonderful bloggers and their beautiful blogs to see what they are up to and to find a list of this week's participants!
Susan at Between Naps on the Porch for Metamorphosis Monday
Marty at A Stroll Thru Life for Tabletop Tuesday
Linda at Coastal Charm for Nifty Thrifty Tuesday
The Nester at Nesting Place for the Christmas Tour of Homes
Kathleen at Cuisine Kathleen for the White Christmas Party
Sherry at No Minimalist Here for Share the Decor
Kim at Savvy Southern Style for Before and After Party on Wednesdays
Gina at The Shabby Chic Cottage for the Holly Bloggy Home Tour and Transformation Thursdays
Susan at Between Naps on the Porch for Tablescape Thursday
Cindy at My Romantic Home for Show and Tell Friday
Artie at Color Outside the Lines for Vignette Fridays
Courtney at French Country Cottage for Feathered Nest Friday
Linda at A la Carte for Junkin' Finds on Fridays
Laurie at Bargain Hunting and Chatting with Laurie for A Few of My Favorite Things Saturday
Donna at Funky Junk Interiors for Saturday Nite Special
Stephanie Lynn at Under the Table and Dreaming for the Sunday Showcase Party
See you next time! A la prochaine!
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GORGEOUS!!! Love everything, it just sparkles!! :) Stay warm, we are getting our second winter storm as I am typing here in North!! :)ReplyDelete
I love the cream and silver combo and those dinner plates were a find. Gorgeous!!! And did you happen to notice that right now "over the ground lies a mantle of white?"ReplyDelete
Beautiful...everything is all sparkling and shimmering! I love the way you have decorated the chandelier.ReplyDelete
Have a great week, Debbie.
Oh Debbie, this is so pretty. I love all of your silver and cream. Your dishes are all just wonderful, and the centerpiece is stunning. Your hutch looks gorgeous, and the chandy is so pretty. I just love it all. So sparkly and beautiful. Thanks so much for joining the party. Hugs, MartyReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 12, 2010 at 2:47 PM
Everything is just beautiful, Debbie! I love the mercury glass acorns. I knew immediately the Blue Willow Inn fountain when I spotted it. We lived in Conyers before moving north of ATL, so we've eaten there a few times, as well. Merry Christmas!ReplyDelete
Everything looks beautiful...love how your hutch looks all dressed up for the holidays!
Your dining room is beautiful! I love the icicles. I thought I recognized the Blue Willow restaurant, I've been wanting to go while it it still decorated for Christmas.
Did you get to go on the Madison tour? if not, I have been posting some pictures on my blog this week. They allowed indoor photos this time- I must have taken 100 pictures!
Have a wonderful Christmas!
Classic silver, cream and lots of sparkle has never looked so good!!! This is beautiful...love your runner too!!!ReplyDelete
Your dining room is so pretty! Love those little snowbirds! We live in NC and were freezing all last week. This weekend its awrm in the 50's and raining. Temps are going to drop again this week. No snow though!ReplyDelete
Debbie, tres magnifique! I think that was spelled correctly. I love all the silver and white. The cypress swags on the chandy is gorgeous. Yes, it is way too cold here isn't it. Stay in and stay warm.ReplyDelete
Just beautiful. I have some the Vintage pattern that belonged to my grandmother and I have collected a few pieces. Love your silver and cream. The icicles are just wonderful1
Deb, it all looks so peaceful and frosty. I love every single element!!! YOu pulled it together beautifully. One clever lady!! Merry Christmas sweet friend,ReplyDelete
Ps thank you so much for your sweet comment on my post today. It was kind of an eye opener or should I say Heart opener!!
I love your dining room decor and I really love the toile drapery panels. Everything looks lovely and festive.ReplyDelete
Deb,this turned out so pretty. Perfect for a cold day in Georgia with snow flurries. Stay warm.ReplyDelete
Everything is so pretty but your chandelier...WOWZA!!. That is magnificent. Hugs, Deb=^..^=x5ReplyDelete
I love your decorations! I bought the acorn ornaments also. They are so pretty. I like how you have yours. Mine are on the tree. Enjoy your home and the holidays!ReplyDelete
And yet again another beautiful Debbie room...Girl this looks just awesome...You really know how to put it all together...How is your sweet family doing and How's is page holding up...Sunday Blessings my Dear friend...Hugs and smiles Gl♥riaReplyDelete
Absolutely beautiful! Everything is shiny and bright!~AmesReplyDelete
I LOVE this Debbie. The icicles are beautiful. And your table is really gorgeous. But my favorite is the chandelier, it really looks stunning. What a warm and festive home! Hugs, KatReplyDelete
Super perfect...love the cork display and ohhh that monogramed tray!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 12, 2010 at 6:38 PM
I love those acorn thingies---I noticed them MOST of all.ReplyDelete
Beautiful dining room!! I am so all over those acorns!!! Love those! That pic of the fountain is pretty cool too!ReplyDelete
How pretty, Debbie. I love the softness of the creams and the sparkle of the silver. You did a wonderful job!ReplyDelete
I jusy bought a soup tureen from Williams Sonoma and my husband is laughing that we will never use it. Well, I showed him how you have used yours as a centerpiece and he's not laughing anymore!! ;-D
I love everything!
It looks beautiful, Debbie! I hope you will link it up with my White Christmas Party this week too!ReplyDelete
Oh, son is home. Bad tip to France. Snow and they don't know how to handle it. His coat was stolen in a Paris restaurant, so no coat in a snow storm, and owners not very concerned, tough luck American attitude!
I love the icicles on the hutch. The silver touches are beautiful and the table scape-breathtaking!ReplyDelete
Everything is just gorgeous! Love the mercury acorns! And the icicles in the fountain, too cool, really cool, can't believe it's frozen solid!ReplyDelete
I have to say that chandelier took my breath away. So festive! And the Walmart acorns are very cute. Who knew Walmart would be having cute things this year!ReplyDelete
Hi Debbie, I sure enjoyed my visit to your dining room. Love the icicles, acorns, silver, everything. You really pulled it together beautifully. Pass me a serving of corks, please :) LindaReplyDelete
Love your dining room, Debbie. S sparkly. The icicles really looks so real and the mercury acorns look so pretty...ChristineReplyDelete
Everything is just beautiful - all pull together with ease. Still marvel at some of your bargains!ReplyDelete
Looks like you are set!
Oh my whiskers!!!! "She" is drooling all over the keyboard. Need I tell you that "she" is LOVING your dining room?!?! Every single element!!! From the decorated chandelier to the iciles hanging on the hutch! WOW! Of course I'm thinking the cats are the best but I know you'd expect that, being a cat myself and all...ReplyDelete
Romeo and "her"
I've always wanted to try Fried Green Tomatoes, they just sound so good.ReplyDelete
It all looks beautiful Debbie and I can't believe that fountain...WoW!
Debbie, it all shimmers with beauty. I think you are ready! Wish I were as organized as you, my friend. ;-)ReplyDelete
I followed your suggestion and went to Walmart and found some of those mercury glass acorns. I wanted to hang them in the dining room windows. Wasn't certain how to attach them so I tried using velcro with a sticky side to attach it to the widow frame. Thought it was working, but then one popped off. The acorn hit the floor and shattered. So, I changed plans. ;-)
Perhaps I'll hang them form the chandy.
Thanks for sharing your gorgeous room. It's full of inspiration for me. ~ sarah
Beautiful! My favorite part is the icicles hanging from your hutch.ReplyDelete
Debbie, you are just so creative AND FUN...but then I say that every time! :) I do mean it. I love your style. Right away I noticed that darling little Christmas tree in your silver sugar bowl (or was it a creamer? I'll have to look back) I thought that was too cute for words. Love the icicles and just how you pulled everything together so nicely. Four Stars again!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 13, 2010 at 1:01 PM
Your dining room is gorgeous, Debbie! I love those glass icicles.ReplyDelete
How beautiful! Truly stunning! And the photo of the red amaryllis is glorious!ReplyDelete
Just beautiful Debbie! Those icicles really do look real! I'm having dining room envy *winks* Oh and speaking some more about envy....You are a shopper supreme!! What amazing deals at the GW!! Makes me want to go there right now! VannaReplyDelete
Elegantly exquisite silver and white decor, darling! This is my style for sure. . .if only I could get "Mr. Ed" to agree!Perhaps I'll surprise him in the near future. Thank you for such an inspiring and romantic journey today!
P.S. Tell the staff, "Maurice has a new bed for Christmas". . .red and very warm.
I'm a transplanted southern girl living in the NW and so envious of those fried green tomatoes!!! Sounds yum :)ReplyDelete
Your dining room looks great..I'm loving the creams. I've tried to incorporate creams in our tree this year which is a switch from the reds from years past. I need to start collecting xmas accessories in cream. Your dining room is great inspiration.
Oh Goodness! When I first saw the house with the fountain, I thought "I've been there!" The Blue Willow. *LOVE* I hope that you and the staff are keeping cozy and warm. Lord have mercy, it's going down into the 20's tonight in South Florida. I cannot deal with that!!! Love the cream dinnerware and silver pieces in your dining room. It's beautiful and I love the chandy deco! I'm sort of embarrassed that you would look at my "Santa in France" post...you are tooooooo kind! You are the French-y QUEEN! Merry Christmas!ReplyDelete
I can't believe the wonderful things you've found at Goodwill! Everything is just so invting!ReplyDelete
Debbie, Your room is gorgeous!! I love the little trees and icicles on your hutch and your table setting is beautiful. Thanks for linky to my party. I'll see you there.ReplyDelete
Happy Holidays,
Your dining room looks so pretty! I just love it! I picked those acorns up so many times at Walmart to get them but then put them back (to many other presents to buy). I really love how you used them.ReplyDelete
Hi Debbie,ReplyDelete
This is just so beautiful! It's like a winter wonderland on your table! I love those plates and your ironstone is some of the neatest I have ever laid eyes on!
The icicles and greenery are like the frosting on the cake!
Silver and white is my mantra this season! Love your choices in putting together the table and hutch- it all looks gorgeous!! I am so taken with those icicles- I wonder if they are still available- so off to see! I hope you're enjoying the season, Debbie. ~ SueReplyDelete
It looks lovely and I am enjoying your Christmas music..
Happy Holidays,
Incredible! But you got me right from the first photo... that garland on your cabinet is AMAZING. That room is set up like a movie set! :)ReplyDelete
Very pretty!! Love the frozen fountain.ReplyDelete
How beautiful! Yes, I remember those sweet birds. I have to say: I'd probably serve up the same thing. I don't happen to be much of a cook anymore!ReplyDelete
Hi Debbie, thanks so much for sharing this beauty at my party and keep warm.ReplyDelete
Hi Debbie, this is so fantastic! I love everything you've used here! Doesn't the glass ice sparkle so much more than plastic? Beautiful job and stay warm!ReplyDelete
PS. Great playlist too.
What gorgeous decorations! I always loved hanging things from the chandy! Happy holidays! ♥ReplyDelete
I am doing the silver and white/cream also. You are right though,..the red always seems to sneak in there. And it is then that you notice it adds just the pop of color you didn't know you needed!ReplyDelete
Your dinning room is magazine worthy. Actually, the first picture in your post fooled me. I thought it WAS from a mazazine!ReplyDelete
What a gorgeous way to display china, silver and Christmas.
So many delightful details! The icicles are truely a treasure. They add such a rich, icy elegence to your buffet.
And what a great idea using corks in a serving dish. That is one I'm going to copy!!!! As well as the little trees in your serving pieces. They are adorable! I have a silver service and was lamenting that I wished I could do something very special in it. Well, guess what I am going to do!
I am saving this entire post. It is one of the best of the season! Beautiful and festive, my friend!
AND who would not love to live in Social Circle Ga!!! What a great southern name! Such a fa-la-la visit!
xo Yvonne
Beautiful table setting! What a blessing to find matching treasures at GW!ReplyDelete
Amazing! I am in love with those icicles! What a deal! How close are you to Social Circle? I will be coming up there next week!ReplyDelete
Debbie, Thank you for sharing your beautiful home and decorations at my party. I wish you and your family a very blessed and happy holiday.ReplyDelete
Your dining room is warm and inviting inspire of the icicles and snowflakes :)ReplyDelete
CHRISTmas Blessings!
Your table is just gorgeous. I love how you've combined some very "fine" pieces with some great GW finds. It all works so well together. You have a wonderful eye for pulling it all together. Love your icicles, too. Wish I could send you a few warmer degrees. We have been in the 80's the last couple of days--have to really use the imagination for feeling like Christmas. But I'm not complaining when I know so many parts of the country are having such cold, freezing weather.ReplyDelete
Debbie, I'm back for another peek at this gorgeous room and table. Makes my heart sing each time I see it.ReplyDelete
~ Sarah
Beautiful and elegant!ReplyDelete
Only you Southerners would think to decorate with icicles! LOL Actually, they ARE very pretty...its just that I've already had my fill of the real thing.ReplyDelete
The Felice dinnerware is delicious & I was thrilled to see your Mom's flatware. Oh & I have some serious centerpiece envy going on! That Red Cliff ironstone soup tureen is just awesome!
Dang...I keep forgetting to decorate the chandelier! Yours looks beautiful!!!
Mega Hugs & Merry Christmas!
Just beautiful! Love your hutch, what you did with the chandy, and the tray of corks is really cute! Happy Holidays!ReplyDelete
Stunningly lovely, sugar!ReplyDelete
Hi Debbie...ReplyDelete
Oooh...sooo sooo pretty, my friend! I loved the cream and silver on your mantel and it looks simply gorgeous in your dining room as well! It just looks exquisite...very elegant! Love how you decorated your hutch...the little Christmas trees in the silver is wonderful...what a grand idea! Your tablescape...gorgeous! Wow...can't believe that you found those pretty dishes for a mere $10! And of course, I love your Red Cliff tureen...it has always been a favorite of mine whenever you have shown it! Debbie, your entire dining room looks sooo very beautiful all dressed up for Christmas...thank you for sharing it with us! This has been such a treat!!!
Warmest Christmas wishes,
Chari @Happy To Design
What a beautiful setting. Those plates from GW are such a bargain and so pretty, I'm a little jealous. The acorn ornaments are gorgeous a great price also.ReplyDelete
Thanks for sharing!
Your table is just beautiful Debbie! Lovin' the icicles on the hutch and what a dramatic photo of the water fountain! Stay warm:@)ReplyDelete
very pretty room and table~ReplyDelete
Beautiful! I love the cream and silver and the acorn orniments!ReplyDelete
I love all the glimmer and shine. Your dishes are lovely and the choices you made are perfect.. I could learn so much from you!ReplyDelete
Your home looks beautiful! What a inspiration you are! Merry Christmas!ReplyDelete
Your dining room looks fabulous! Love the icicles and mercury glass. Just so elegant.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 16, 2010 at 7:37 AM
Love it, love it, love it! I have a burlap runner I just love.ReplyDelete
Your entire tabletop makes me feel very merry and bright!ReplyDelete
Seasons greetings to you.
Hi lovely lady your Tablescapes are so Beautiful for the Christmas Holidays ! You know just how to put it all Together.so cheerful and Inviting. Im your newest follower. I hope you can become one of my follower this would make me happy. Thank so much~~~ReplyDelete
Debbie, your tablescapes never fail to take my breath away...you are one that makes visiting homemaking and design blogs so exciting, and enjoyable to the max. How very talented you are and what imagination and creativeness!!ReplyDelete
I always learn something from you and never fail to wonder what I have missed. You contribute so much to all of us!
Merry Christmas, dear friend..
Debbie -- this is beyond beautiful! I love all the elements you've gathered for your wintery Christmas table. Isn't it amazing how elegant burlap can look when it's paired with white and silver! Have a lovely Christmas!ReplyDelete
Just gorgeous!!! Sorry if I drooled a little.ReplyDelete
How did I miss those mercury glass acorns at WalMart? They are wonderful. I notice the chandelier first thing as I scrolled through your post. Queensware for $68...great get! You've created a beautiful holidiay tablescape. Thank you for sharing your charming design. Cherry KayReplyDelete
Debbie, this is beautiful! Love the icicles hanging from the hutch (and they do look real!). Your table looks so pretty and all of your sparkling silver adds to the wintery, glittery feel. Thank you for linking up. Have a wonderful Christmas. laurieReplyDelete
Your table setting is soooo beautiful! I love everything! The dishes, the silver, the chandelier, the sideboard with the delightful icicles...etc. etc. etc~ love it. It is so beautiful Thank you for sharing at Feathered Nest Friday and Happy Holidays!ReplyDelete
OMG that is gorgeous! I love the silver mixed with burlap! I can't even tell you specific things I liked because I liked every. single. thing!!ReplyDelete
Thanks so much for stopping by and taking the time to comment! I appreciate my wonderful readers!... Debbie


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The Sox want young, enthusiastic, hungry players who run out ground balls, hustle offensively and defensively, and give you a good day's work for the money.
August 26, 2012
What The Red Sox Want
11 comments:
- Section 36 said...
Shouldn't "talented" make it in there somewhere?
- August 26, 2012 at 4:30 PM
- allan said...
- August 26, 2012 at 5:07 PM
- MacLeodCartoons said...
Is that a quote from like 1918 or something?
- August 26, 2012 at 6:00 PM
- Benjamin said...
This is one of those racial politics things, isn't it.
- August 26, 2012 at 6:29 PM
- Tom DePlonty said...
I knew that link was headed to a Cafardo column before I clicked on it.
- August 26, 2012 at 6:58 PM
- 9casey said...
You dont make it this level without some talent, this season had a wierd feel from the beginning. There was always some type of elephant in the room. Something that made this team hard to watch. Fans were leaving in the 7th inning, the same thing we made fun of that other teams fans did.
Today Red Sox were giving Bobby V a standing ovation for getting thrown out in a meaningless game in August.
This new direction could be quite fun, it is almost like we are underdogs now, no expectations , no SI covers.
Come April the record competion will have 70 wins guesses.
As sad as it sounds it will be nice to see a team play that no one expect to wins, and maybe something great will happen. Who knows?
- August 26, 2012 at 8:10 PM
- Ignacio Cifuentes said...
honestly... i want that too.
9casey said "This new direction could be quite fun, it is almost like we are underdogs now, no expectations , no SI covers." yes... i've been saying this since the dodgers became the greater fool, this is going back to basics, to go back to what we wrere before turning a little into the MFY, a team that care more about little things than going after the big FA... i mean, look at cody ross, a guy that costs only 3 million and little by little he has become a leader inside the clubhouse and on the field too...
i'm not a bobby v fan at all, i think i said here on another comment that he strikes me as a chess player 5 moves behind, but i think now he can manage differently, try to give a new direction to the team.
dice-k becomes a free agent at the end of this season, lackey can be traded or placed on waivers after he starts pitching again... we get rid of those two and we can really start over again.
- August 27, 2012 at 12:27 AM
- FenFan said...
Cafardo is an ass
- August 27, 2012 at 6:04 AM
- Jim said...
I give it 6 months before the mediot narrative is how cheap Henry and co. are.
- August 27, 2012 at 6:40 AM
I don't think Cafardo knows what a "fell swoop" is.
A lot of people don't, but he is a professional writer, after all.
- August 27, 2012 at 7:41 AM
- Benjamin said...
but he is a professional writer, after all.
Was that announced at the press conference too?
- August 27, 2012 at 9:06 AM


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Hello all!
I hope you have had a lovely Christmas and a smashing start to the New Year.
It has been a while since I last blogged and I do apologies in advance as I may still not blog as much as usual but I will when I can.
It has also been 4 weeks since I last did any drawing, designing and any creativity. I have missed it so much and cannot wait to start back to normal today. I am glad that I worked the extra hours in my retail job over the Christmas period as it has shown me exactly how much I want to continue working hard in my spare time to become the designer I want to be.
2013 for me brought further experience in designing and a Mon-Fri job in retail rather than just weekends. I have managed to find the right balance between both jobs in which I think now works quite well. But now it is 2014...
I will continue with my retail job and freelancing for Black Cherry but I am unsure what this year will bring. I have decided not to make any big plans to avoid disappointment. I just want to see how things go and see what happens.
Did you have a great 2013? What are you hoping 2014 will bring for you?


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Known for her starring role as Alice in her husband's Resident Evil films, actress Milla Jovovich is sporting a new look these days, torn from the graphics of one of her favorite games. Which game inspired that asymmetrical undercut?
Proving that she's not a one-game girl, Milla admitted her "strange addiction" to The Sims to inStyle during a recent event in Los Angeles.
"All my Sims wind up with this haircut, and it's always a house full of really hot chicks. I thought, 'Obviously I want this haircut because I keep picking it out.'"
I too have created houses full of "really hot chicks" in The Sims 3. Sadly, however, my hair is no longer what it once was, so unless I invest in a fancy wig it's up to Milla to carry that torch into the real world.


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Republican News
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Apr 10 2013
Murkowski Comments on ConocoPhillips' Decision to Cancel 2014 Chukchi Exploration Because of Regulatory Uncertainty
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today said ConocoPhillips' decision to postpone exploration in the Chukchi Sea because of federal regulatory uncertainty was disappointing but not unexpected.
"I'm disappointed that ConocoPhillips won't be moving forward with its Arctic program next year – Alaska and the nation need the energy and the jobs that new oil production off Alaska's coast would bring – but it's a decision that's not unexpected," Murkowski said. "Companies can't be expected to invest billions of dollars without some assurance that federal regulators are not going to change the rules on them almost continuously. The administration has created an unacceptable level of uncertainty when it comes to the rules for offshore exploration that must be fixed if we're going to end our dependence on oil from the Middle East."
ConocoPhillips on Wednesday announced it was putting its 2014 Chukchi Sea exploration plans on hold until there was a reliable and predictable regulatory framework at the federal level. ConocoPhillips has a stake in 98 leases in the Chukchi Sea.
Murkowski, as the ranking Republican on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee and the Interior Appropriations Subcommittee, holds both authorizing power and budgetary oversight of the Department of the Interior.


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It's spectacular outside today. The sky is its most beautiful shade of blue. The sun is shining brightly, sparkling as it hits the just-turning leaves. There's a cool, but not chilly, breeze.
It's totally unsettling.
It's unsettling, of course, because nine years ago today was a day just like this. I drove the same streets, walked the same paths, and soaked in the glory of the same sort of beautiful day with a heaviness that my heart had never known before. The parallels outside today make the painful memories of 9/11 even more acute.
And yet, despite the painful memories, there is no denying that today is a spectacular, glorious, gift-from-above day. It's a day that demands appreciation and gratitude.
I'm guest-posting today, as I do on the eleventh of every month, over at Hopeful Parents, and my post takes a deeper look at the kind of dynamic tension that the opposing forces of today's weather create for me. I hope you'll click here to read it.
In the meantime, Bud and I are off to revel in this glorious day.
On raising a son on the autism spectrum, progressive politics, pop culture, and coffee addiction.
Saturday, September 11, 2010
5 comments:
- Robin said...
read the fabulous post! Hope you guys had a great day outside. Here it is hot!
- September 11, 2010 5:35 PM
- Judy Jeute said...
Followed your link...Fabulous work.
- September 12, 2010 7:33 AM
- Kerri said...
What a wonderful post. Thank you for sharing it with us.
- September 14, 2010 10:28 PM
- Kathy said...
Just found you through jes! Love your posts!
- October 04, 2010 11:18 AM
Thanks for sharing your experiences!
- October 06, 2010 6:42 PM
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Review: Demi Lovato keeps it real at Honda Center
Before Demi Lovato appeared in the flesh, she appeared on-screen -- the central figure in an underwater video sequence projected above the stage at Anaheim's Honda Center.
The introduction was in keeping with Lovato's path as an entertainer, which began with work in children's television – first on "Barney & Friends" and later in a series of cheery Disney Channel properties – then moved into real-world pop stardom.
Yet the clip that opened Thursday's concert wasn't flashing back to her kiddie-sitcom past. Partially obscured by floating colored scarves, Lovato's face carried a convincingly anguished expression, a mermaid-in-distress look that prepared the audience for her first song, "Heart Attack," in which she admitted, "Every time I try to be myself, it comes out wrong, like a cry for help."
PHOTOS: See Demi Lovato's concert at the Honda Center
Cries for help are Lovato's specialty, the result perhaps of a young life that's already contained plenty of turmoil. In 2010 she sought treatment for bulimia and cutting, and her two albums since then have addressed her struggles – and her victories – with surprising candor.
In the process, the 21-year-old has distinguished herself from an increasingly crowded pack of former tween idols navigating the transition to adulthood. Compared with Miley Cyrus and Selena Gomez, Lovato puts across a seriousness of purpose; it's easy to believe recent tabloid reports that she counseled Gomez on the latter's own rehab stint.
Lovato's show at the Honda Center, one of the first few dates on an arena tour behind last year's "Demi" album, offered the kind of high-tech spectacle that every pop production does: lights, confetti, additional videos depicting Lovato in other exotic locations.
PHOTOS: Selena Gomez: Career highlights
Her performance, though, was appealingly unvarnished as she belted out hits like the punky "Here We Go Again" and the surging "Two Pieces," about the search for a place "where we could go and never feel let down again."
For a few songs she was joined by Nick Jonas, a fellow Disney Channel veteran who found fame with the Jonas Brothers and is now concentrating on a solo career. (Jonas also helped Lovato with design elements and musical arrangements for her show.)
Guitars strapped to each of them, the singers did a laidback rendition of Lovato's tune "Stop the World" that recalled John Mayer and Katy Perry's soft-rock duet "Who You Love" more than it did anything on Radio Disney. At another point, in "The Middle," Lovato seemed to be channeling Stevie Nicks doing "Stand Back" – a decidedly grown-up reference point for a crowd full of girls in elementary school.
PHOTOS: Miley Cyrus before and after Disney
Lovato's material didn't always live up to her live-wire energy. "Fire Starter," for instance, sounded like a less effective version of "Stay the Night," the German DJ Zedd's exhilarating collaboration with Paramore frontwoman Hayley Williams (whose signature hair-whipping moves Lovato borrowed with more success).
And there was something unsettling about "Skyscraper," a melodramatic piano ballad in which Lovato's triumph-over-hardship narrative took on a phony brand-maintenance vibe.
"Go on and try to tear me down," she sang, "I will be rising from the ground." That, unfortunately, was the moment when an elevating platform lifted the singer a few feet above the stage.
But hollow show business was in short supply Thursday. For the most part, Lovato was selling stronger stuff.
Eric Church gets 'back out there' with 'The Outsiders'
Hits compilation 'Now 49' tops Billboard 200 album chart
Vampire Weekend, Fiona Apple celebrate Valentine's Day for Starbucks
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YouTube comments get a bad rap, but nobody can say they're lacking in entertainment value—this is true even when a discussion is absolutely boneheaded.
Look no further than Dead Parrot's YouTube series, where grown men dramatically reenact hilarious comment threads to see what I mean. Last time, we saw a Bieber vs One Direction argument in this style. This time, they recreate a conversation where a poor YouTube commenter mourns what they thinks is the passing of Morgan Freeman. Whoops!
In that commenter's defense, though, not only were they willing to admit they were wrong, they also aren't the only one that has mixed Nelson Mandela and Morgan Freeman up.
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Last night, January 22, Eli's Cheesecake's 500 lb. Celebration Cake was the 'star of the menu' at President Obama's Staff Inaugural Ball according to Obama Foodorama. This Eli's Cheesecake masterpiece was designed and brought to life by Eli's Executive Pastry Chef, Laurel Boger, and her bakery team. After being baked in Eli's Bakery, Boger and the giant cake drove 700 miles to arrive at DC by Tuesday Monday, with just enough time for Boger to add the finishing touches. In the end, the magnificent Eli's Cheesecake had hundreds of pictures taken of it before the President even arrived, and was served, along with other Eli's Cheesecakes, to the 10,000-15,000 guests in attendance at the Ball. Eli's is honored to have been part of such an historic event & thanks Boger and her bakery team for all their creativity, skill, dedication and hard work!
Below is the article posted by Obama Foodorama:
Giant cake at the President's last inaugural party shares the spotlight with Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett…
Global superstar Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett headlined President Obama's Staff Inaugural Ball on Tuesday night at the Washington Convention Center, the final party of the 57th Presidential Inauguration. And the 500-pound cake created by Eli's Cheesecake Company of Chicago was the star of the menu: The magnificent creation had nothing else to compete with, save for pretzels and chips. The President and First Lady Michelle Obama arrived minutes before 9:00 PM, but Twitter was already abuzz with thrilled guests posting photos of the stunning cake, which was topped with a replica of the Capitol Dome that included the gold Statue of Freedom on top.
"My main job here tonight is really simple: It's just to say thank you," President Obama told his guests, who numbered between 10-15,000. "All of you have come to represent for me and Michelle our deepest hopes for America."
The crowd at the Ball serenaded the President and First Lady with one of the campaign's anthems, Signed, Sealed, Delivered, I'm Yours, and they also got a real taste of Sweet Home Chicago. The cake was so tall that Eli's executive pastry chef Laurel Boger needed a stepladder to place the Statue of Freedom on top of the Dome.
"We're very proud, since the President is from Chicago, and so many staff are too," company president Marc Schulman, son of founder Eli Schulman, told Obama Foodorama.
"It is very meaningful. There are so many events, and we're honored to play a small role."
Baked at Eli's Chicago headquarters, the gargantuan cake was covered in 100 pounds of buttercream frosting, with the layers alternating between chocolate chip and "original plain" cheesecake, Eli's most popular flavors.
The behemoth used 155 pounds of cream cheese, 50 pounds of butter, 45 pounds of sugar, 40 pounds of sour cream, 20 pounds of flour, 15 pounds of chocolate chips, 5 pounds of powdered sugar, 20 dozen eggs, and two cups of Madagascar vanilla, in addition to the 100 pounds of buttercream frosting.
The cake also featured a blue and white Presidential Seal and gold stars, and today Bolger added the words "Obama" and "Biden" to the seal as she put the finishing touches on.
Other Eli's cheesecakes were also offered to the guests, who wereWhite House and Administration staff, Obama for America staff,and Presidential Inaugural Committee staff. Proceeds from the $10 ticket sales go to a memorial fund in honor of Alex Okrent, a Campaign staffer who collapsed and died at the Chicago campaign headquarters last July.
Monday, Inauguration Day, would have been Eli Schulman's 103rd bithday, Schulman said, so he was especially proud.
A culinary icon in the Windy City, Eli's has been selling cheesecake since 1980 when the senior Schulman started offering the treat at his legendary Eli's The Place for Steak, and has provided cakes for three other inaugurations, including for President Obama's first, when they created an extravaganza for the Commander-in-Chief's Ball (that honor this year went to Duff Goldman's Charm City Cakes). Both of President Bill Clinton's inaugurations, in 1993 and 1997, featured Eli's Cheesecakes. (Above, Boger holds the Statue of Freedom)
After baking the cake in Eli's Chicago headquarters, Bolger departed on Monday afternoon and drove with the cake overnight the more than 700 miles to DC, arriving this morning to get to work at the Convention Center.
President Obama was already an Eli's fan: He proudly posed with a chocolate-covered Eli's cheesecake created for President Abraham Lincoln's Bicentennial Birthday Banquet in February of 2009, in Springfield, Ill.. The President gave the keynote, and dined on the cheesecake with the many guests. Mini versions of the centerpiece cake were topped with edible Lincoln pennies, and there was also a cheesecake in the shape of Lincoln's humble childhood home.
The other Inaugural Balls…
On Monday night, the President and Mrs. Obama attended the only two other official inaugural balls, The Inaugural Ball and The Commander-in Chief's Ball, where they had their first dance of the second term, as Mrs. Obama wore a custom-made, ruby-red Jason Wu gown, anointing the young designer for a second time. Those Balls were also star-studded, with Alicia Keys, Stevie Wonder, John Legend, fun., Chris Cornell, Smokey Robinson and a host of other stars performing. (Above, a long shot of the Staff Ball crowd as the President and Mrs. Obama stood on stage)
After, the President and Mrs. Obama partied until well after 3:00 AM at the White House at their own private, closed-press after party, where guests included Cabinet Secretaries, Members of Congress and more stars: Beyoncé, Katy Perry, John Mayer, Kelly Clarkson, Alicia Keys and her husband Swizz Beatz, actress Ashley Judd, singer Eric Benet, John Legendand his fiancee, model Chrissy Teigen.
Eli's ships their cheesecakes and other desserts around the US; the website is here.
*Photos courtesy of Eli's Cheesecake Company


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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (July 14, 2012) – A young group of players from the U.S. Men's National Volleyball Team defeated Argentina, 29-27, 25-20, 25-11 to win the gold medal at the Pan American Cup in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
The U.S. Men, some of whom could be on the U.S. Olympic volleyball team in 2016, finished the tournament with a perfect 5-0 record. Argentina finished second at 4-1. It is the fifth time the U.S. Men have won the tournament since it started in 2006.
U.S. outside hitter Taylor Sander (Huntington Beach, Calif.) was named the tournament's Most Valuable Player. Outside hitter Tony Ciarelli (Huntington Beach, Calif.) was named Best Attacker and Dustin Watten (Long Beach, Calif.) earned Best Defense honors.
The U.S. Men led Argentina in kills (46-30), blocks (5-4), aces (3-1) and digs (29-18).
After close contests in the first two sets, the U.S. Men blew the third set wide open, leading 16-6 at the second technical timeout (TTO) and scoring the last three points of the match.
U.S. opposite Carson Clark (Santa Barbara, Calif.) led all scorers with 19 points on a match-high 18 kills (62.1 kill percent, .517 hitting efficiency) and one ace. Sander added 10 points on nine attacks and one block.
Ciarelli finished with seven points on seven kills. Middle blocker Dylan Davis (Corona Del Mar, Calif.) and middle blocker Matt Rawson each scored six points and each had four attacks and two blocks.
Opposite Murphy Troy (St. Louis, Mo.) compiled four points on two attacks and two aces. Outside hitter Garrett Muagututia (Oceanside, Calif.) totaled two points on two attacks.
U.S. setter Kawika Shoji (Honolulu) was credited with 11 assists as he set the U.S. Men to a 48.4 kill percent and a .379 hitting efficiency. Argentina finished with a 30.0 kill percent and a .140 hitting efficiency.
Watten was credited with nine digs and seven excellent receptions. Sander led in receptions with eight.
U.S. Head Coach Shawn Patchell (Huntington Beach, Calif.) started Muagututia and Sander at outside hitter, Davis and Rawson at middle blocker, Clark at opposite, Shoji at setter and Watten at libero.
Ciarelli substituted in the first set for Muagututia and started the rest of the match. Opposite Murphy Troy (St. Louis, Mo.), outside hitter Jordan Dufault (Lakewood, Calif.) and setter Ryan Ammerman (Parker, Colo.) played as substitutes.
In the first set, the U.S. Men held leads of 8-6 and 11-9. Argentina came back to tie the score at 13-13 and the teams traded points. Argentina seemed to have the set in hand when it reached set point at 24-22. But the U.S. came back with a Sander kill, Argentina error and Troy ace to take its own set point at 25-24. The U.S. would take set point again at 26-25 and 27-26. Finally, the U.S. took set point No. 4 at 28-27 on a Ciarelli kill and won the set on Argentina's error.
With the score tied 9-9 in the second set, the U.S. scored four unanswered points on a Clark attack, block by Sander and two Argentina errors to lead 13-9. Argentina closed the gap at 21-20, but then stopped scoring as the U.S. scored the final four points of the set, including three Argentina errors and a Sander attack, for the victory.
The U.S. Men led 7-5 in the third set when Team USA used a 7-0 run to build a significant lead. Clark had two kills in the run while Sander, Davis and Ciarelli each had one. The U.S. Men went on to lead 16-6 at the second TTO and scored the final three points of the match for the victory.
For the U.S. Men's event page for the Pan American Cup, visit usavolleyball.org/events/10273.
U.S. Men's Pan American Cup Team
No. Name (Position, Height, Hometown, College)
1 - Dylan Davis (MB, 6-9, Corona Del Mar, Calif., UC Santa Barbara)
2 - Matt Rawson (MB, 6-7, Los Angeles, Hawaii)
4 - Carson Clark (Opp, 6-5, Santa Barbara, Calif., UC Irvine)
5 - Garrett Muagututia (OH, 6-5, Oceanside, Calif., UCLA)
6 - Murphy Troy (Opp, 6-8, St. Louis, Mo., USC)
7 - Jordan Dufault (OH, 6-4, Lakewood, Calif., UC Irvine)
9 - Daniel McDonnell (MB, 6-6, Glendale, Ariz., UC Irvine)
12 - Tony Ciarelli (OH, 6-6, Huntington Beach, Calif., USC)
13 - Ryan Ammerman (S, 6-8, Parker, Colo., UC Irvine)
14 - Dustin Watten (L, 6-0, Long Beach, Calif., Long Beach State)
22 - Taylor Sander (OH, 6-4, Huntington Beach, Calif., BYU)
24 - Kawika Shoji (S, 6-3, Honolulu, Stanford)
Head Coach: Shawn Patchell
Assistant Coach: Tim Johnson
Team Manager: Nicholas MacRae
Athletic Trainer: Chad Eichten
2012 Men's Pan American Cup Schedule and Results
Pool A: Argentina, Canada, Dominican Republic, Trinidad
& Tobago
Pool B: Brazil, Mexico, United States, Venezuela
Pool A Schedule and Results
July 9: Argentina def. Canada 25-20, 17-25, 23-25, 25-19, 16-14
July 9: Dominican Republic def. Trinidad & Tobago, 25-13, 25-19, 30-28
July 10: Argentina def. Trinidad & Tobago, 25-10, 25-18, 24-26, 25-11
July 10: Dominican Republic def. Canada, 25-23, 25-20, 25-17
July 11: Canada def. Trinidad & Tobago, 25-15, 25-22, 25-23
July 11: Dominican Republic vs. Argentina, 7 p.m.
Pool B Schedule and Results
July 9: Brazil def. Mexico 25-15, 25-15, 25-16
July 9: United States def. Venezuela 25-17, 25-19, 25-12
July 10: United States def. Mexico, 25-8, 25-126, 25-18
July 10: Brazil def. Venezuela, 25-20, 25-15, 25-16
July 11: Mexico def. Venezuela, 25-21, 25-21, 25-23
July 11: United States def. Brazil, 22-25, 25-23, 25-20, 25-22
July 12: Brazil def. Canada, 23-25, 25-16, 25-18, 25-13
July 12: Dominican Republic def. Mexico, 23-25, 25-19, 25-21, 30-28
July 13: Mexico def. Trinidad & Tobago, 25-19, 25-14, 25-14
July 13: Canada def. Venezuela, 25-18, 28-26, 25-20
July 13: Argentina def. Brazil, 25-20, 25-17, 25-27, 18-25, 15-13
July 13: United States def. Dominican Republic, 25-21, 23-25, 25-22, 25-27, 15-12
July 14 Seventh place: Venezuela def. Trinidad & Tobago, 27-25, 18-25,
25-20, 25-27, 15-13
July 14 Fifth place: Mexico def. Canada, 25-17, 22-25, 25-22, 18-25, 15-13
July 14 Bronze medal: Dominican Republic def. Brazil, 28-26, 25-23, 21-25, 24-26, 15-11
July 14 Gold medal: United States def. Argentina, 29-27, 25-20, 25-11


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Maryland False Statement Defense Attorneys
The Law Offices of Randolph Rice is a Maryland law firm that represents clients in the areas of criminal law, criminal defense, driving under the influence (DUI), driving while impaired (DWI), traffic ticket/violation defense, personal injury, car & auto accidents, truck accidents, motorcycle accidents, pedestrian injury, weapons charges, accident injury law, medical malpractice, family law, divorce, child support/custody, wills and estates.
Founded in 2009 by former Assistant State's Attorney Randolph Rice, we are passionate about the law and providing successful outcomes for our clients. Our promise to all our clients is to offer the very best legal advice and to consistently exceed your expectations.
We serve the following counties and cities in Maryland: Anne Arundel County, Baltimore City, Baltimore County, Essex, Carroll County, Cecil County, Harford County, Howard County, and Worcester County, We are widely acknowledge for our multi-faceted work in the areas of criminal defense, personal injury & medical malpractice, DUI / DWI defense, traffic ticket defense, family law, wills and estates law.
We work for the best possible outcome for all of our clients. That means answering every question and returning phone calls promptly, ensuring our clients are informed, enabling them to make the best decisions in their matter.