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Another beautiful weekend. I got out with some friends on two hikes to places I haven't been before around here. One is called Duncan's Cove. Beautiful granite cliffs and it was a tad windy so some nice waves. Beautiful houses around there, and a bunch of old WWII bunkers.
Second hike was less of a regularly frequented area, so the trail was a bit more confusing. Near Purcell's Cove, in around Purcell's Pond (also called Tea Lake). More granite hills, scraped by glaciers. Awesome views though. At some point a forst fire went through the area, and because there isn't much soil above the granite it killed pretty much everything. It looks apocalyptic walking through there.
Thanks! Sometimes I think I take better pics with my iphone because it's just point and shoot. Less thought process, and no real adjusting (until afterward).
Wish I'd taken more pics of the trees in Purcell's Cove with my other camera. I had it stuffed in my backpack most of the time as there wasn't much to take pics of until we got up there.
Here's my favourite from the day thus far I think. Duncan's Cove. We were not at all close to the water - it's kinda forced perspective as he's standing on a rock ledge. The waves were pretty huge.1 Reply
yeah, my town's not exactly close to the ocean either. we're surrounded by other towns.
yet, we have a harbormaster.
tried to figure that one out, but it seems their claim is that it's via connected streams to the "major" waterways from those neighbors (we practically have 1 pond or so). so, really, it's more of an environment department of the mini bridges and their surrounding areas. I think it's elected position, but hey - sounds like a job anyone could do.


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Epic memento: Schoolteacher gets second chance at poster
It was only a poster, but it meant everything to Wendy Marsters.
The Northern California high school teacher has been listening to Dave Matthews Band since 1995, and she catches the band's show every time they happen near her home. But for the final show on the final tour before a fan-freaking hiatus, she decided to cross the continent.
"I knew it would be epic–- " she says in a phone call from Chico, "epic in Dave Matthews Band-ness."
And she even found an epic seat in Charlottesville. As the 20th person in line for the November 20 show at John Paul Jones Arena, the 41-year-old parlayed her 12-hour wait into primo, second-row seats.
"I had the best seat in the house," says Marsters "And I wanted a poster as a symbol of this trip."
Every DMB show has a different, limited edition poster, and Marsters paid $40 for one of the 650 Methane Studios posters printed just for the Saturday event.
"There's key shows that sell out and are important and people collect the posters," explains Marsters. And because the Charlottesville show was the last one until 2012, there's one offered on eBay for $400.
After the three-and-a-half hour concert, Marsters went to the nearby McDonald's restaurant while the Arena traffic cleared. She started talking to a young man from Richmond who'd also been at the show, and who asked how much she wanted for the poster and offered her $250, she says. No way, responded Marsters.
"It's priceless to me," she says she told the blond fellow who appeared to be 18 or 19 years old.
When it was her turn to order, she put the rolled up poster tube under her arm. And then it happened.
"I feel it yanked from under my arm," says Marsters. "And this kid I've just told my whole story to is going out the door. I tried to chase him with three other people," she recounts, but the teen escaped with the purloined poster.
"I've never had anything stolen," says Marsters, who felt her trip–- which included jaunts to Monticello and Blenheim, the Matthews-owned winery–- suddenly disintegrating.
"I was distraught," says Marsters. "I couldn't stand that this kid had taken away my whole experience."
"She came back so beside herself," says innkeeper Jim Stern at the Inn at the Crossroads, where she stayed. "You travel across the country and get stuck up."
Marsters acknowledges that she was very upset, but in a power-of-positive-thinking testimonial, "I tried to focus on the show," she says, adding that it was one of the best she's seen. "That's what snapped me out of it."
The next morning while serving breakfast to Marsters and 15 fellow concert-goers, Stern was astounded that she didn't mention her traumatic experience. "I didn't want it to be a crappy concert experience for everybody else," she told him.
Yet Stern was so appalled at what had happened to Marsters that he told her story to an acquaintance at MusicToday, the ticketing and merchandising company built on DMB merch. The MusicToday employee requests that his name not be mentioned in this story because he's not authorized to talk to the press, but after he heard the tale, another copy of the rare poster was soon on its way to Marsters.
"I'm just floored," says Marsters. "I'm completely blown away."
She's also blown away by the support she's gotten from DMB fans, who have denounced the poster thief on FaceBook, declaring that Dave Matthews' fans don't behave that way.
"The outpouring of love from Dave Matthews fans has overwhelmed me," says Marsters. "Even if I never got another poster, I'm overwhelmed by the love and support I've gotten from this.
And the robbery didn't sour her on Charlottesville.
"Everyone I met was wonderful," she says. "It's a beautiful area. I would definitely come back with my family."
Updated noon 12/9/10 with the correct spelling of Marsters' name.
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Did anyone see the Cville N2 poster that was supposed to end up with me? I think this Marsters chick got shipped my poster!
Confused Easily, you are quite obviously living up to your name. Wendy Marsters was not the one who engaged the 18 year old in conversation. He approached her, and after elaborately explaining why the poster meant so much to her, and why it was not for sale, the dim-witted twit still had the nerve to swipe it from her when she wasn't looking. How dare you make her sound like the bad person in this situation, especially when she is the victim of theft!
As for Wendy Marsters herself, she is the last person in the world who deserves to have something like this to happen to her. She is nothing but friendly, and good hearted towards anyone she meets. I feel so fortunate to know Wendy. She is one of the most supportive and friendly people that i have ever met. And I am personally disgusted that someone would do something like this to her. Sadly, it seems that you have not had the privledge of knowing someone so amazing as Wendy Marsters, otherwise you would have at very least sympathized with her in this situation, and been proud to see that she has had such a positive outcome when someone took such negative actions towards her.
I'm sorry to see that you have such a dismal view on the matter. But please, next time don't even bother leaving a reply if it is going to be filled with ignorant accusations and spiteful remarks.
confused easily,
I don't know what makes you think you know so much about what makes a good teacher, but clearly you are wrong. Wendy Marsters is an amazing teacher and a wonderful person. She makes all of her students feel like someone cares about them and for many kids that's all they need. Her interest in the academic well being of her students ensures that none of them will be working at McDonald's. It is clear that you don't know Wendy because any person that does knows she is not to blame and she did not deserve to have anything stolen from her. I also don't see why you are being hateful to the victim in all of this instead of the person who committed the crime.
Furthermore, I feel sorry for you because you couldn't just read her story and think something positive. Instead you felt the need to go out of your way to spread negativity in the world.
During the XMAS break with the Wahoo's away do locals think there will be more gray fax sightings? While in C'ville for two day last week I saw a Red Fox around 2 in the afternoon running around the area of route 20 north where you turn left from 250 W up around the Wendy's. Wondered if those Sreckers on the lawn stired up any wildlife??
Somebody, they didn't even hire a decent graphic artist. Certainly could have afforded to though, but taste obviously isn't a characteristic of that particular demographic.
note to Marsten - you are 41 years old. Quit hanging around 18 year old punks at the local McDonald's.
note to confused easily - the punk followed her she was not hanging out with anyone. Hope you don't get robbed next time you grab a snack.
hey Roger - the story says "She started talking to a young man from Richmond who'd also been at the show". If she hadn't chatted up this loser then maybe she wouldn't have gotten the poster stolen.
Sounds like she is 41 going on 14. She should spend more time teaching high school and less time befriending high schoolers.
Kim, she might have been waiting in line, but I don't think I would call it "food" if this was at McDonalds. :)
Most people don't realize how easy and quick it is to become a victim of crime. With crime on the rise, some of the posters above may find out for themselves soon. And criminals pick their victims obviously. Had there been 3 or 4 football playing size guys standing around or with Wendy, the spineless coward wouldn't have grabbed anything and ran with it. They go for the easy target.
To confused easily, I don't know who you think you are to be such a hater. It takes a lot of energy to be so negative and "spread" hateful, inaccurate statements. Life is much easier when kindness is shared between people. You have no clue what you are talking about; hence, the name "easily confused". Wendy Marsters (the author misspelled her name) is a kind, gregarious person and a very inspiring teacher who was just having a casual conversation with someone while waiting in line for some food. You must be "easily confused" to make the statement that she was "hanging out with this 18 year old punk." And to blame her for someones elses choice to break the law just for simply having a conversation with him about the show is absurd and idiotic, much like you obviously are.
"I was distraught," says Marsten. ââ?¬Å?I couldn't stand that this kid had taken away my whole experience."
Since there are no formatting functions for comments, let the asterisks * in the following article quotes function as indicators of bolded words....
ââ?¬Å?She came back so *beside herself,*" says innkeeper Jim Stern at the Inn at the Crossroads, where she stayed.
[...]Stern was astounded that she didn't mention her *traumatic experience.*
"Yet Stern was so *appalled* at what had happened..."
I'm hoping this article is meant as tongue in cheek? Traumatic experience? Beside herself? Appalled? Over a stolen poster? You've gotta be kidding me?
In a world where billions go to bed hungry every night and people are dying every day in various wars and skirmishes, where children are illegally trafficked around to be sex slaves for pedophiles, along with the other endless myriad of atrocities that confront the various residents of Planet Earth, both human and otherwise, on an unrelenting daily basis, and we have these people talking about the "traumatic experience" of having a.....Dave Matthews band poster stolen? Really?? Hanh??
It sounds to me like these people have never gone through anything in life. Go to bed hungry a few times, not knowing where you're going to sleep when the temps dip down to the single digits. Or better yet, fly overseas and go insert yourself into the middle of a war zone. Then get back to us.
Or this:
'ââ?¬Å?I was distraught," says Marsten. ââ?¬Å?I couldn't stand that this kid had taken away my whole experience."
Sounds like this woman needs to find new and better experiences.
Oh, but hey, at least we have this:
"Marsten acknowledges that she was very upset, but in a power-of-positive-thinking testimonial, ââ?¬Å?I tried to focus on the show," she says, adding that it was one of the best she's seen. ââ?¬Å?That's what snapped me out of it."
Yay! clap clap clap! :/
(Sorry for my snarky sarcasm, I couldn't help it with this story.)
Btw Hook writers, you may want to take a closer look at this sentence:
"I've never had anything stolen," says Marsten, who *suddenly* felt her tripââ?¬â? which included jaunts to Monticello and Blenheim, the Matthews-owned wineryââ?¬â? *suddenly* disintegrating."
"Suddenly" is used twice, redundantly....
confused easily,
You should really know the details before you go on spreading negativity. Wendy Marsters is a great teacher, I know personally. She is the kind of person who will start a conversation with anyone about anything, especially music. She teaches each and everyone of her students in a way that can be understood. No one who has been in her class will end up working at McDonalds. She keeps in contact with her students, only to be sure they are doing the best for themselves.
The conversation with the 18 year old was not initiated by Wendy, but by the 18 year old. The poster meant so much to her, because it personified the whole experience. She flew from California to Virginia, waited in line for 12 hours, just to see her favorite band. This poster, though only a piece of paper, would remind her of the trip to Virginia for the rest of her life.
So confused easily, next time you form an opinion of someone, please do your research, instead of judging after reading one article
Confused Easily.
Next time, Look it up before you start spreading stuff. I know Mrs. Marsters VERY well and she is an amazing Teacher, and Person. She is a very open person who would stop and say even a hello to anyone or to even anything. She makes and have many students to be successful. I do no appreciate your attitude and opinion and judgment of this GREAT Teacher.
ââ?¬Å?Everyone I met was wonderful," she says. ââ?¬Å?It's a beautiful area. I would definitely come back with my family."
Just be careful where you park downtown. :-)
must be a verrryyy slow news day at The Hook......
Wendy is a huge DMB fan. She had just attended an amazing DMB show. It makes perfect sense she would chat with another fan who was at the same restaurant right after the show. How weird that "confused easily" was so confused by that.
As for me, I love an uplifting story. Kudos to Wendy for focusing on the power of positive thinking!
(Please disregard the extra quoted excerpt at the very beginning of my previous comment. Got a little "copy and paste" happy and an extra one wound up pasted willy nilly at the beginning. ;) )
He offered her two hundred and fifty bucks for it first! It should be a crime to have a sentimental connection to a stupid poster that would cause someone to turn that kind of money up! It's not the Mona Lisa or anything. It's not even a real painting!
The kid was from Richmond, Im so ashamed of my town:<
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Some of the smartest people I know are students to marsters(they, by the way, are most likely smarter than you) and if you have nothing better to do then criticize a school teacher who enjoys music and had her poster taken away. Then go get a job at McDonalds (but then again they might not hire you they do have limits to how low the intelligence level can be there)
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the poster was worth about a thousand dollars anyways
Stinks having anything stolen much less a memorable poster. I do find this bad practice by the Warehouse Fan Club. The posters were already sold out on the poster company website and the Warehouse. Someone elses order had to be canceled for this to happen. Shame on them.
First of all if your name is confused easily, you shouldn't even think you have an opinion that matters to anyone but yourself. That being said, I happen to be a past student of Wendy Marsters and I do not in fact work the register at McDonald's, nor do I work at any other fast food restaurant for that matter. If any of her students past, present, or future do find themselves in such a position it would be no fault of hers. She is an amazing teacher, one that I'll never forget. In fact I she is the type of teacher and person that I know I can still count on, even though I graduated 10 years ago.
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hey Kim - if Marstens is the teacher then i bet plenty of her students will wind up working the register at mcdonald's.
Maybe next time leave the poster in the car instead of carrying it into a McDonalds at midnight after people at the show were fighting each other for it :dunno
easily confused
at least she didn't end up murdered a few miles down the road on a farm.
It sounds like every teen who ever had Wendy Marsten as a teacher got on here to post a defense. Hillary, Bryanna, Jenine, sboy, Whitney, Jessica, all teen student sounding names. Sorry kiddies, but what Confused Easily said wasn't that bad. Chill out. No need to round up the teen gang to get on here and be the defense.
The weird part is not one of them know how to spell her name correctly. They all spelled it Marsters. Coincidence? Or is it the same person pretending to be six different people?
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Level of the game? You clearly have no idea what you are talking about. No they didn't print extras. Methane Studios HAS extras, they just sold one last night at a premium price. The Warehouse gets 25-30 posters..once they are gone they are gone. And they will likely arrive damaged at that. If what you say is true, then printing a few extras does not make sense to "create demand". Demand is made by the fans who want them and the flippers that shill bid on eBay. So in sense a fake high price which makes it seem more desirable than it is.
The way this situation in the story handled was very bad business practice. Sorry the poster was stolen, but it should have been left in the car.
I agree jabba. By th way it was nice meeting you in the front row at a few shows this year...I'm glad you got your McDonald's fix prior to the show so your poster was safe. Unfortunately it took until dmbs 3rd song before you waddled your way up to the standing position. Hopefully we can do it again soon. Congrats to teach martsen...this is a feel good story.
Jabba, get a clue. Sold out just means sold out to folks at your level of the game. You really think they didn't print a few extras? Scarcity of that particular commodity has nothing to do with production and everything to do with creating demand, which to the smart folk who sell them means more $$$ per unit. Do that enough times and a poster sellin' fella can make enough money to "invest" in a state park or two.
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The era of unlimited mobile data is coming to an end. Say hello to tiered pricing and monthly usage caps.
AT&T is announcing that it is ending its unlimited plans for new smart phones as well as the iPad and replacing it with tiered pricing plans that will be cheaper for most users but will cost more for a small number of power users. Tethering plans are also covered by the changes and will come to the iPhone this summer with the new iPhone 4.0 update.
Starting June 7, if you buy a new smart phone data plan, you have the choice of paying $15 a month for 200 megabytes a month or $25 a month for 2 gigabytes. These replace the existing $30 a month unlimited plan, which AT&T customers can keep if they have an account prior to June 7. June 7, by the way, is the day Apple is expected to unveil the next generation iPhone.
AT&T is framing this as a win for mobile data users, many of whom overpay for simple data usage. The company said 65 percent of users would be able to fit under the new 200 megabytes per month cap while said 98 percent would be able to fit under the 2 gig monthly cap.
How much data are we talking about? Here's what AT&T says:
DataPlus — Provides 200 megabytes (MB) of data – for example, enough to send/receive 1,000 emails (no attachments), plus send/receive 150 emails with attachments, plus view 400 Web pages, plus post 50 photos on social media sites, plus watch 20 minutes of streaming video
DataPro — Provides 2 gigabytes (GB) of data – for example, enough to send/receive 10,000 emails (no attachments), plus send/receive 1,500 emails with attachments, plus view 4,000 Web pages, plus post 500 photos to social media sites, plus watch 200 minutes of streaming video
If you go over the limit, DataPlus users will be charged an additional $15 for 200 more megabytes that month. DataPro users will be charged $10 more for an additional gigabyte of data.
AT&T will send users reminders via text message and email when they reach 65 percent, 90 percent and 100 percent of their monthly allotment. AT&T also offers a mobile application that lets users check on their mobile data usage.
These new prices will also be instituted for new iPad 3G users after June 7. So if you buy one after that date, the $30 unlimited plan goes away and is replaced by the $25 2 gigabyte plan.
AT&T said tethering is finally coming to the iPhone with the iPhone 4.0 update, expected to come out around the same time as the next iPhone. If you use your smart phone as a modem for your laptop, expect to pay $20 more over the cost of the $25 DataPro plan.
These changes will not be popular with tech pundits and critics, many of whom hate the idea of networks ending the unlimited data party. AT&T, for its part, has been hinting for some time that this was coming.
AT&T believes this will encourage potential smart phone owners to take the plunge when they know there are cheaper data options than the current $30 plan. This is also a way to ensure that the networks don't get bogged down by a small number of bandwidth hogs.
But this could be a bummer for many iPhone users, who may end up paying more for data. Many users may actually spend less in the short term, but as more people use their iPhones and other smart phones for more things, data usage will only go up. Staying on this side of the 2 gigabyte per month limit might prove harder and harder going forward.
The big question is will these limits change as the usage goes up and the networks get more upgrades? If not, this could be affect an increasing number of users and could throw some cold water on the mobile data revolution going on.
Even if the limits change, just knowing there are limits could stifle some usage. That might be good for network reliability. But it still feels like the end of an era.
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Buzzfeed is coming under fire for the methodology of its Facebook exposé.
The presidential election proved to be fertile ground for the growth of fake news stories. As people became annoyed by tall tales such as Pope Francis Endorses Donald Trump for President popping up in their Facebook feeds, the mainstream media decided it was time to fight back. As calls for action from Facebook grew louder, Buzzfeed released a bombshell report: Fake news outperformed real news on Facebook in the final months of the election. This was then widely taken as fact, but it turned out to be, well, untrue.
As Tim Carney reports at the Washington Examiner, Buzzfeeds research methodology was a mess:
The BuzzFeed study looked only at the top 20 election stories, in terms of engagement, by fake websites and compared it to the top 20 election stories from a tiny list of mainstream sites. The list included left-leaning opinion-heavy outlets like Huffington Post and Vox. . . .Buzzfeed narrowly defined real news to exclude widely read sources such as Yahoo News, Reuters, the Daily Mail, Associated Press, and all newspapers outside New York, Los Angeles, and Washington, D.C. This skewed sample undermines Buzzfeeds claim that fake news outperformed real news on Facebook, since it hides the total amount of traffic that real news sources received, furthering the idea that mass exposure to false stories led to Donald Trumps election.
So the Real News numbers are from an incomplete, odd, and unexplained subsample of the media.
Since Buzzfeed published the story, its author Craig Silverman has acknowledged that the data are not perfect, and he stated on Twitter that no one should conclude fake news won the election for Trump. But he stands by the conclusion that fake news saw bigger engagement than real news during the campaign. This narrow definition of engagement is misleading, to say the least.
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Kinder Morgan is considering seeking orders from the National Energy Board to access land to test a new tunnel route under Burnaby Mountain for its Trans Mountain pipeline, a sign of how contentious the $5.4-billion project is in Burnaby.
The company announced last week the tunnel is its preferred route because recent public consultations showed it was least disruptive to residents.
However, Kinder Morgan Canada president Ian Anderson said Tuesday the City of Burnaby is preventing the company from going onto city lands and doing the necessary geotechnical work to determine if tunnelling is possible.
The previous preferred route would have directly affected four homes, while the new route affects no residences and could also potentially be used as a location for the existing pipeline, noted Anderson. The existing pipeline was built in 1952, but the city has since expanded around it.
The company proposes to triple capacity of the pipeline to nearly 900,000 barrels a day by building a second pipeline along a similar route, and bring about another 400 tankers to its Westridge Terminal in Burnaby on Burrard Inlet. The project is meant to open new markets in Asia for bitumen from the Alberta oilsands.
"The focus on Burnaby that I've taken at this stage is to make every effort to listen and understand the concerns of the residents in and around the pipeline," Anderson said in an interview.
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But he noted the next step would be "us seeking an order of the board to gain access to do the necessary preliminary work" for the tunnel.
The National Energy Board Act allows companies to have access to Crown and private land for surveys and other examinations along proposed pipeline routes.
The NEB has issued orders in the past to force land owners to allow access, but it's relatively uncommon, said NEB spokeswoman Sarah Kiley.
The NEB has only received one such request this year, she noted.
Corrigan said to co-operate with Kinder Morgan implies support, so the city won't.
Asked if the city would fight an order from the NEB, Corrigan said yes.
"We're fighting them every inch of the way," Corrigan said in an interview. "We've made it clear we are opposed to the pipeline, and they've made it clear they want to impose it on us whether we want it or not."
Corrigan said Canada must develop a national energy strategy that outlines how its natural resources should be developed and contend with climate change and renewable energy before it can be determined whether projects such as the Trans Mountain expansion is in the public interest.
While the Trans Mountain pipeline project is facing a barrage of concern from Lower Mainland municipalities — over everything from spill effects and response, contribution to climate change and susceptibly to earthquakes — Burnaby has been the most vocal critic.
The four homeowners that were affected by the previous preferred pipeline route had refused to let Kinder Morgan inspect or survey their properties and the City of Burnaby has asked about 1,700 questions of Kinder Morgan as an intervener in the federal review led by the NEB.
They are among more than 10,000 questions that overwhelmed Kinder Morgan, and on Monday the company was given a two-week extension by the NEB to answer them by June 18.
Corrigan also criticized Kinder Morgan for the late change in the preferred route — the fourth change — after interveners already had provided their questions. "At some point someone has to step back and say these guys couldn't organize a two-car parade," said Corrigan.
It appears the NEB is also concerned about the route changes in Burnaby. On Tuesday, the federal agency issued a letter asking Kinder Morgan to clarify which route in Burnaby they were proposing to use.
Anderson said he believes Burnaby's questions are an attempt to antagonize Kinder Morgan, but they will answer them nevertheless.
Burnaby's slate of questions are blunt and somewhat provocative. For example, they include: Will Trans Mountain build this pipeline and expand the Burnaby Terminal tank farm and Westridge Marine Terminal without the consent of Burnaby or its citizens?
In another query, Burnaby threatens to hold back its emergency services if there is a spill incident and asks Kinder Morgan to calculate how much resources and people it would need to carry out emergency operations by itself.
Anderson noted that Kinder Morgan intends to hire an outside firm to conduct polling within the next month of Burnaby residents' thoughts on the project. Anderson said they will release those results publicly, noting that he believes there is support for the project in the community.
Karl Perrin, a spokesman for Burnaby Residents Opposing Kinder Morgan Expansion, said that for residents affected by a 2007 pipeline rupture, a tunnel would be a better option.
However, he said there remains other significant issues including what would happen to oil in the tunnel if there was a leak, slope stability on Burnaby Mountain and pipeline integrity during a big earthquake.
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It's impossible to add more minutes to the day so exercise must become a priority on your to-do list. Research continues to support that three bouts of exercise lasting at least 10 minutes each are as effective as exercising for a full 30 minutes at one time. Climb the stairs for 10 minutes before work, take a 10-minute walk on your lunch break, and do a combination of squats, push-ups, and crunches for 10 minutes at night.
Don't get sucked into the idea that you need special gear or a gym membership to commit to exercise. Many quick, high-intensity circuit workouts require no equipment and they can be done for free in your living room. If you would like to have a few tools around the house to alter your routine, there are plenty of inexpensive equipment options for home exercise.
Starting a new activity can be intimidating, but there is so much information available to help build your knowledge for safe and effective exercise. Take some time to read about proper warm ups, cool downs, exercise form, and selecting the right activity for your fitness level. The exercise section of the MyFoodDiary blog is a great place to start.
If you are uncomfortable with your body or you feel awkward and uncoordinated when exercising, being active around others may make you self-conscious. Don't let a concern for how you look lead to skipped workouts. Remember that those exercising around you are there for the same reasons you are, to get healthier. Start by exercising at home until you feel more comfortable being outside or going to the gym. Stick with beginner groups until you can join more advanced exercisers.
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It's rare that you will find an activity that you never get tired of. It may happen after a few weeks or it may be many years, but if you start feeling burned out, switch things up. Pushing through an activity that you are truly tired of will only lead to poor excuses and skipped workouts.


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Today all of our pictures come from Flickr member ardelclaveria, who is currently in Manila. Isn't it great to be able to look through so many photos from all over the world on Flickr? It still blows my mind. Just a teeny tiny little thumbnail of this image jumped out of our Fresh New Spaces pool and bowled me over:
This is such a great way to make the most of a small dining area. The bench keeps the view open, the banquette hugs the wall, and the shapes of the furniture and the fabrics are gorgeous choices.
A clear coffee table adds visual space, the tablescapes are brilliant, and the shaggy rug defines the sitting/lounging area. Note the way the bench straddles the two spaces and can be used in either area for seating.
Finally, I just really love ardel claveria's photography skills. Taking interior shots that look this beautiful takes so much skill and talent. Thanks so much for adding them to our group!
All photos from Flickr member ardelclaveria.
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Congressman Joseph Kennedy III Marries Lauren Birchfield
The newly-elected politician tied the knot in front of family and friends on Saturday
Happy news for the Kennedy family: Congressman-elect Joe Kennedy III is a married man.
The newly-elected politician wed fiancée Lauren Birchfield on Saturday at the Community Church in Corona del Mar, Calif., his office tells NBC News. The ceremony was officiated by her father, the Rev. Jim Birchfield.
Kennedy, 32, and Birchfield, 28, met at Harvard Law School, and they were married in front of family and friends.
"The bride and groom are extremely grateful for all the well wishes and for the outpouring of support and friendship they have received this year," the newlyweds say in a statement to NBC News.
Kennedy III, the son of former Rep. Joseph Kennedy II, and Robert F. Kennedy's grandson, represents Massachusetts's 4th Congressional District.


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Summitt stands alone; earns milestone 1,000th victory
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Pat Summitt didn't bother to brush the glittering specks left by the orange and white streamers from her hair. Her voice wavered as she thanked her players, coaches, administrators and fans for all their support over the decades.
The coach known for her searing glare could only smile. She had reached 1,000 victories, an unprecedented height even she finds dizzying.
"Wow," the Tennessee coach said. "This may be a little hard for me."
Summitt became the first Division I basketball coach -- men's or women's -- to win 1,000 career games Thursday night as her Lady Vols (No. 17 ESPN/USA Today, No. 12 AP) beat Georgia 73-43. It was their second chance in four days at giving their coach her latest and one of her greatest milestones.
And she's got a new contract to go along with it.
These baby Lady Vols (17-5, 6-2 Southeastern Conference), with seven freshmen on the roster, are nothing like the squads that brought Summitt her seventh and eighth national championships in the previous two seasons. This is an inexperienced group that had Summitt joking about whether they would even be up to the task of winning the 17 games she needed to reach 1,000 this season.
"It's a time to reflect on a number of things, the administration saying yes to women's basketball and giving us an opportunity to play on the biggest stage in the women's game. I appreciate that," she said.
The landmark win came on the court named for Summitt, 56, who just keeps racking up achievements for others to chase. All the fans in the arena began standing with about a minute left, and they clapped to "Rocky Top" as orange and white streamers fell from the ceiling.
Summitt gave Georgia coach Andy Landers a hug on the sideline. Landers said it meant something to be the first to congratulate her on a remarkable accomplishment.
"You just don't see the bar go that high and stay that high very often in anything. Think about it a minute. They've been able to do that for 35 years. Holy cow," Landers said.
The Lady Vols were given T-shirts with "1000" on the front in orange, which they pulled on before a celebration on the court. School officials gave her a bracelet, necklace and painting to commemorate this historic win. They also announced Summitt had signed a contract extension through 2014 earlier this week and earned a $200,000 bonus with this win.
Summitt became emotional as she talked.
"I feel like I've been extremely blessed, and I thank God for the many opportunities I've had to be your coach and work with these young ladies, and so I want to thank all of you. I want to thank every person who's been a part of my staff. ... They gave their absolute best," Summitt said.
She wanted to win 1,000 on this court, especially with a road trip to No. 11 Florida on Sunday.
She didn't get to celebrate on Tennessee's homecourt Jan. 29, 2006, when Summitt won her 900th game in Nashville. She won her first game at home, and Nos. 300, 800 and 880 -- the one that pushed her past North Carolina's Dean Smith for most wins by a Division I coach -- came in Knoxville. The night she passed Smith, Tennessee renamed the court for Summitt.
"I grew up watching the Lady Vol program play," said Tennessee senior Alex Fuller of Shelbyville, Tenn. "I've always wanted to play here. I was a part of her 900th win, and that was a big deal for me."
One fan confident of the win flashed 1,000 on a sign behind the bench as photos of Summitt over her 35 seasons flashed on the videoboards during timeouts.
Summitt had former Tennessee football coach Phillip Fulmer cheering her from a luxury suite with men's basketball coach and close friend Bruce Pearl also on hand. Billie Moore, who coached Summitt in the 1976 Olympics, and Southeastern Conference commissioner Mike Slive also were in the stands.
Neither Summitt's mother, who has been ill recently, nor the coach's son, who had his own high school basketball game to play, were in the arena to celebrate with her.
Tennessee lost 80-70 to No. 2 Oklahoma on Monday night in Summitt's first try at 1,000.
Summitt is not only the first to 1,000 Division I victories, but she might be the only one for a long time. The only coaches with at least 900 are Bob Knight (902), the former men's coach at Indiana and Texas Tech currently working in TV, and retired Texas women's coach Jody Conradt (900).
"Everyone who has been involved in athletics knows every once in a while it may take a couple of generations you get to see something very unique and very special," Moore said. "It's probably not ever going to happen again, at least not in your lifetime. This is one of those moments."
Summitt joked that her reaching 1,000 might be why Knight may be thinking about coaching again.
No coach has beaten Summitt more than Landers, whose hometown is a short drive away from Knoxville and who used to scrimmage the Lady Vols when he was at a nearby community college. His Lady Bulldogs came in having won four straight in a streak that included wins over Vanderbilt and Auburn after those teams had beaten Tennessee.
The Lady Vols erased any doubt that this would be the night to celebrate by grabbing the lead in the first half of a sloppy game and pushing the lead to double digits on the first bucket of the second half, a layup by Glory Johnson.
Johnson finished with a career-high 20 points to lead the Lady Vols. Alex Fuller had 13, Kelley Cain added 12 and Angie Bjorklund 11.
Georgia (15-8, 5-3) went cold for nearly seven minutes in the first half and couldn't recover. Christy Marshall led Georgia with 16, Ashley Houts had 11 and Porsha Phillips 10.
"She's one heck of a coach," Marshall said.
Summitt won her 40th overall against Georgia and improved to 16-4 in this series in Knoxville even in a game the banged-up Lady Vols took a few more lumps.
Vicki Baugh, who tore her left ACL against Oklahoma, is out for the rest of the season. Then Shekinna Stricklen pulled a groin muscle and had to leave briefly with Alicia Manning bruising her left quadriceps muscle.
This team has been a challenge for Summitt, not like the dominant ones she's used to coaching. That doesn't mean the ultimate goal isn't the same.
"We may be young and we may be inexperienced, but our goal is to be in St. Louis at the Final Four. And that is something that we talk about," she said. "I think you've got a vision, you have to talk about that vision. We have a vision, and that's where we want to be."
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Over 30 college basketball teams to play in Mohegan Sun bubble
Mohegan Sun is finalizing plans to host more than 30 teams in a modified bubble for early-season games.
Former Minnesota Golden Gophers standout Destiny Pitts eligible to play for Texas A&M Aggies this season
Former Big Ten standout Destiny Pitts received a transfer waiver from the NCAA and is eligible to play for Texas A&M this season, the school announced.
Women's Cancun Challenge basketball tournament canceled
The Women's Cancun Challenge has been canceled, eliminating one of the more familiar recurring Thanksgiving-week tournaments on the women's college basketball calendar. No specific reason was given for the cancellation.
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Until about 15 years ago, the Village of Springs was largely populated by a very tight- knit group of people known as the Bonackers. They were the descendants of working class Englishmen who had come here accompanying the first English settler back then, an upperclassman named Lion Gardiner. The year was 1639 and the King had given Gardiner a royal land grant asking that he settle here. He settled on an island just offshore of Amagansett. Many of those who worked for him settled on the mainland and they called the place Springs. They also called themselves Bonackers, so named after an Indian word meaning root vegetables. The Bonackers did plant potatoes among other things. Mostly they were known for clamming and fishing, though.
I kind of miss the Bonackers. I live among them, or in this community among what is left of them. I confess to having been fascinated by them when I decided to move here. It was the early 1970s. I found them to be straightforward, gentle, funny and hardworking. What you saw is what you got. And they spoke in this strange English dialect that I had never heard before.
They were also, I think, fascinated with me to some degree. I was a Jewish boy from New Jersey. They were, well, they went back 300 years. I was told by one of them at Damark's Deli one day that they would put up with me, but no funny business. Couldn't prevent me buying a house if that's what I wanted to do. Looked me straight in the eye. Gave me a little smile. I got it. Me and my young family would be safe here. [expand]
Of course, I soon embarked on a little funny business. Right across the street from my house there was this narrow sandy beach where about a half dozen Bonackers kept their clammer boats. These were old wooden rowboats, attached by pulleys to a metal stake on the ground at one end and another metal stake in four feet of water just offshore. They'd pull them in to go off clamming.
I bought myself an old rowboat and kept it there. There was no law saying I couldn't do it. I didn't clam but I did take my kids out for a row around the harbor from time to time. The Bonackers just ignored that I did that.
There is so much to tell you about the Bonackers, now almost gone; I almost don't know where to begin. Perhaps at the end. They lived here and their culture thrived here from 1640 until about 1990. I got here in the 1970s. Now they are mostly gone. They left, or I thought they left, more about this later, because the value of their homes went through the roof, because laws made it difficult to clam and fish in the old traditional ways, and because of overfishing and pollution, their fish stocks declined. I long believed they moved—this was a population of about 1,500 people—almost en masse, to a new place they found off in the wetlands of North Carolina. I believed that until I learned differently just this past week, from one of the remaining Bonackers living in the old ways, Stuart Vorpahl.
Turns out that most of them are still here. But the new generation doesn't embrace the old clannish ways. They are of the world of Twitter, videogames and cellular phones, just like everybody else. They've left the area, and so, as the older Bonackers die out with the kids off doing other things, so goes the culture. It's an old story.
Here's some history about the Bonackers. There's a place at the end of Springs-Fireplace Road up by Gardiner's Bay known as Fireplace. It's called that because back in the 17th century when the Gardiners, living on their island offshore—it's about three miles offshore—wanted the workmen to send a boat over with supplies or whatever, they'd build a wood bonfire at the beach on the island, and, in response, the Bonackers would build a bonfire at the beach here in Springs. They'd got the message.
According to Wikipedia, the Bonackers lived isolated among themselves without much contact at all with the outside world until the 1950s. They got along fine farming and fishing, raising chickens and ducks, taking care of the Island. Their unusual English accent persevered. "Goin' downstreet," one of them might say, meaning he was going to ride a horse to downtown East Hampton. "Yes, yes, bub," might be a reply. Bub was what they called one another, bubbies, the plural. Upstreet meant they were coming back home. "Fines' Kind" was a compliment. Their kids walked the four miles to the East Hampton High School every day and back.
By the 1970s, when I got here, the Bonackers drove pickup trucks that had haul hitches on the back to bring their fishing boats down to the ocean beaches. They'd cast nets into the surf and crank them back in by an ancient method they called "haul seining." It was a trademark of the Bonac clan that if you had a pickup truck then you had to have at least one black lab dog accompanying you with it. He'd sit in the back bed of the truck and run excitedly around. He was going to the beach.
Imagine this. In the 1980s, haul seining was made illegal by the authorities. Took too many fish in too short a time. Billy Joel, also a friend of the Bonackers, went haul seining anyway with them. And he got arrested with the others. Next thing, in the 1990s, was a rule passed by the town that if you had a black lab or any other dog in the back of your truck running around, you had to have him "secured" with some sort of leash or bungee cord to keep him from falling out of the truck. None of the labs had ever done so that I ever heard of. But the summer people, driving their Porsches, who sometimes found themselves late for the club behind a Bonacker truck driving slow with the dog jumping around in the back, feared for the dogs' lives.
No damn wonder they left. Or the kids decided this was not worth pursuing.
It's not a total loss. The Bonac dialect is being preserved on tape at the East Hampton Library and at other libraries around the country. And I still remember them fondly.
When I first moved here, I had a farming story passed on to me by a Bonac friend. It had been told by an elderly and much-loved Bonacker named Ferris Talmadge Jr. a few years before. Talmadge was blind by that time. But he was still a wonderful story teller and someone with a tape recorder one day asked him to tell his Big Potato story, which he'd been telling for years and years so they could write it down. He did. And now I had it. And now you have it too.
In the fall of 1890, Ferris' father Ferris Talmadge Sr., who owned a potato farm in the Springs, received a letter from the promoters of the Chicago Worlds Fair of 1893. They had heard of him and his accomplishments, they wrote, and they wanted to ask if he would, for a fee, grow the largest potato in the country so it could be brought to Chicago and go on view for the visitors there. Of course, Talmadge said yes. The fee would be big, though.
In the spring of 1891, Talmadge took a special cutting out to one corner of his farm and planted it on a low hill there. This was a considerable distance from his regular potato field. He would need lots of room for it to grow.
During that summer of 1891, Talmadge had his farmhands rake into the soil a special kind of potato food he had created. When the potato plant popped up, he had a special kind of water ready for it.
The potato grew in the ground all through the summer of 1891 and Talmadge could see that the height of the hill was rising and he was pleased. But that fall, when he harvested all the rest of his potatoes he left this one in. To grow it really big, he knew, he would need another growing season.
The Promoters of the Chicago Worlds Fair called him that autumn and asked him how things were going and he said right on schedule. He expected to have it ready to harvest in the autumn of 1892. It would be ready in plenty of time for the Chicago World's Fair of 1893, scheduled to open in April of that year.
The next autumn, however, Talmadge felt the potato still wasn't quite ready. When the promoters called him that fall to arrange for shipping he told them that he wanted to leave it in the ground for one more winter. He would have it out at the end of March, at the beginning of the thaw. He knew this was cutting things close and he knew the promoters would be panicky about this but he asked they trust him with it. They said they would.
In late March of 1893, on a warm Monday morning, Talmadge went out to the edge of his field, kicked at the ground and said his potato was ready. He brought in six farmhands with picks and shovels and they labored for an entire day just to uncover the top of the potato. It was big all right. From end to end, it was a little more than 23 feet.
The workmen dug for the rest of the week and into the next. By the following Thursday, they had dug all around the big potato and it was completely visible there, sitting free deep in a big hole. Half the townspeople of Springs came out that Thursday afternoon to have a look.
How was Talmadge going to get that potato out of there? the people wanted to know. It was going to be a problem. Talmadge put ropes around the potato and tied them to a team of six horses. But the horses pulled and pulled and the potato would not move. They pulled all day until they were bathed in sweat. Nothing happened.
That night, Talmadge got a brainstorm. In the morning, he asked for the strongest wagon in the village and he had it brought up to the big hole and then pushed down into it and arranged right next to the potato. Then he got a team of 12 horses, tied them with ropes to the potato and after 20 minutes of mighty pulling they had raised the potato up about seven feet, just high enough for Talmadge's men to
push the wagon under it.
And so that's how they got that potato out of there. The farmhands got behind the wagon with the potato on it, the team of 12 horses tugged on the ropes tied to the front of the wagon and they pulled that potato up the side of the hole in the ground, out into the pasture and down to the rocky beach there at the end of Fireplace Road.
There the potato stayed. It took about 10 days for Talmadge to come to the conclusion that there wasn't a boat owner on eastern Long Island willing to try to haul that potato to Chicago. Finally, with nothing done, Talmadge called the promoters and told them he had the potato but he couldn't get it out of there. The promoters said they would take possession right there.
Six days later, a big ocean-going ferry from Manhattan arrived off the coast of Fireplace and dropped anchor. Ropes were secured to the wagon, the wagon cranked out through the surf toward the ferry where, lo and behold, it was found that the wagon and potato floated!
Then the tug towed it away.
Nobody ever heard of the potato after that. And Talmadge never revealed what the promoters had paid him to grow this giant potato. But for years afterwards, every March, Talmadge would hand out big bonuses to his farmhands. It came, he said, from the annual check he was getting from Chicago. It was certainly quite a windfall for this community. [/expand]


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Emblems, badges and logos are the icing on the cake for every scooter. They round off the appearance of not only classical, but can also show witch model you have. If your badge faded out over the years and became brittle, than it is time for a new badge on your scooter!
Anyone whose importance for the original appearance must be very careful in the selection, partly because the logos have changed even within the individual model series. So that you can be sure to find the inscription that was originally fitted on your scooter, we take this procedure very carefully and arrange all the badges and writings to their given chassis numbers.
Side panel badge: The more recent models such as PX and PK also bear on the side cover badge in different colours, depending on the version that you have you can pin it on (there for you need the corresponding number of lock washers for the bedge art. no. 18190900) or stick it on.
Conclusion: Whether as a finishing touch for the restoration job or just as an eye catcher for your tuning scooter. Badges are an absolute must have!
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10 iPhone Apps to Get You Back to School
As August nights get cooler, we begin begrudgingly counting down the remaining summer days. Once Labor Day passes, it's back to school time for millions.
The best part of going back to school is clearly the shopping. Even though a new notebook can go a long way in preparing you for the new year, the iPhone also has a ton of apps that will help to get you organized and in the right mind-space to focus and learn.
From the college-bound to those who are still lucky enough to enjoy recess, here is a PowerPoint presentation and a video of the best back to school apps for iPhone.
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15 bizarre items left behind by travelers
Need a bigger suitcase, a 42-inch LCD TV or a spare wheel? Get them all in one unclaimed baggage auction.
Just be thankful to the forgetful owners.
Every day, millions of items are orphaned by travelers at airports and hotels. Some weirder than the others.
We talked to hotels and airports worldwide -- these are the weirdest forgotten items they've found so far.
Have you ever left something weird, wonderful or valuable behind? Tell us about it in the comments section.
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1. Kate Middleton
After the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II, British budget hotel chain Premier Inn found a bounty of unwanted "royal products."
They included: 18 masks of Queen Elizabeth II, 12 masks of Prince Philip, 36 Union Jack flags and a life-size cut-out of Kate Middleton.
2. A botanical garden
A hotel staffer at Jumeirah Frankfurt tells a story about working for a hotel in Doha.
"When we came to make up the room of a guest who had just checked out, we were more than surprised to find a scenario that reminded us more of a botanical garden than a hotel room.
"The room was filled with large palms, plants and flowers. On the bedside table we even found a small water fountain. Obviously someone had made a great effort to prepare a very special evening for someone special."
3. False teeth
Both Premier Inn and the Royal Cliff Hotel have found leftover dentures.
Let's hope the owners had spares.
4. Live turtle
"A guest left behind a turtle in their room and it ended up wandering the guest corridors where a room attendant almost stumbled on him," says a staffer at Banyan Tree Macau.
"The room attendant immediately brought him down to the housekeeping office where we found a glass vase to serve as a turtle tank.
"We named it after the Banyan Tree Green Imperative Fund's turtle, Felly. It now serves as the housekeeping mascot. We even bought another turtle to accompany him so that he will not be alone."
5. Lots of luggage
Miami airport hosts at least two unclaimed baggage auctions every year. In each auction, up to 500 pieces of luggage go under the hammer.
That means 60 to 80 pieces of estranged luggage per month.
6. Ironman and Hawkeye
Among the sea of unclaimed suitcases, Miami Airport has discovered an iron bust of a man and a high-tech bow, with arrows.
7. Nun's habit
In London, Premier Inn's team members found a number of uniforms this summer -- including a flight attendant's uniform, nun's habit and Olympic volunteer's uniform.
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8. Wedding gown
After a newlywed couple checked out of Jumeirah Dhevanafushi in the Maldives, a housekeeper found a wedding gown had been left behind.
Surprisingly, the guests were not concerned and the dress was still with the hotel.
Staff suspect the dress was brought along only for the wedding photos, a common practice among Asian guests.
Or maybe the honeymoon didn't go as well as planned.
9. Tickets to the Olympic men's 100-meter final
The guest who left behind tickets to one of the hottest events of the London Olympics: a) was forgetful, b) had more money than brains (some tickets sold for more than £1,600 or US$2,577) c) was in more of a rush to get somewhere than Usain Bolt.
Or all of the above?
10. Cash
A maid at London's Jumeirah Lowndes Hotel found £500 (US$805) in a guestroom.
The hotel managed to track down the guest and return the cash. The guest was ecstatic and decided to tip the honest maid with ... £500.
Staff at Hong Kong International Airport once found HK$100,000 cash (US$12,900) in an unclaimed bag. It was later returned to the careless but fortunate owner.
11. Golfcart wheel
Cleaning staff at Hong Kong International Airport found a golfcart wheel at a boarding gate. An airline representative later claimed the wheel for a client.
And to beat that -- Miami Airport once auctioned an unclaimed automobile engine.
Some travelers only understand the oversize and overweight baggage charges when they check in.
Staffers at both Changi Airport in Singapore and Hong Kong International Airport say they've found abandoned LCD TVs. Changi Airport staff have also found folding bicycles, surfboards and bird cages.
13. A leg
At the Chisos Mountain Lodge in Big Bend National Park, Texas, a guest checked out without his prosthetic leg.
Lodge staff tracked the man down while puzzling how he made his way out of the hotel. It turned out the man had two spare legs. They nicknamed him the "three-legged guest."
14. Handmade handkerchief
A guest left a hand-sewn handkerchief at one of the desert villas in Banyan Tree Al Wadi.
The guest called and said the handkerchief was a beloved gift bequeathed to him many years ago and he could not travel without it.
The guest was reunited with his hankie soon after. Happy ending.
15. Thai bathing bowl
What would you expect to find inside a Jacuzzi in a hotel room? One Royal Cliff Hotels Group staffer found a traditional Thai bathing bowl.
The small metal bowl was never claimed by its owner.
Have you ever left something weird, wonderful or valuable behind? Tell us about it in the comments section.


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Van Halen was pretty much all business Friday at the sold-out United Center, and that's saying something when that eternal hedonist, David Lee Roth, is involved.
The '70s metal giants are back with three-quarters of their original lineup, with Eddie and Alex Van Halen joined by Eddie's 20-year-old son, Wolfgang, on bass. They were an impressive power trio, throwing up a brick wall of sound with the youngest Van Halen in particular stepping up his game. On a 2007-08 tour, Wolfgang was an understandably timid teenager replacing band cofounder Michael Anthony. On Friday, his vocal harmonies were strong and sure, and his bass playing was agile enough to slip between Alex's stampeding kick drums and Eddie's slaloming guitar leads.
On a spare stage, backed by a wall of amplifiers and an IMAX-style video screen that essentially blew up the on-stage proceedings to Godzilla proportion, the band slammed out 24 songs in two hours. No fuss, few frills, only a confetti shower for the closing "Jump." With the exception of some piped-in keyboards and a rhythm guitar track on one song, the band did all the heavy lifting itself. This was the kind of ballad-free heavy that suggested a grand piano being dropped from a 20th-floor window, closing in on the pavement with intimidating size and speed.
Sometimes it looked a little too much like work, especially for the normally flamboyant Roth. He entered with a scarf-and-glitter outfit befitting a circus barker and a broad grin. But he was soon complaining about the weather conditions ("There's some kind of blower … shut it off!"), his microphone, the need for a water bottle – he was distracted presence for most of the show. Once a showman who was as much about acrobatics as singing, Roth focused exclusively on the latter this time.
He moved stiffly, without much bravado. No jumping, strutting, preening – compared to his former jive-talking, jive-walking self, he was positively inert. Instead, he tried to point his voice in the right direction, and about half the time he nailed the high notes. Otherwise, he sounded ragged and strained. It's early in the tour, but you have to wonder how well his voice will hold up two months down the road. Or his attitude. In the future, he might try spending more energy on his performance than chewing out the band's roadies.
Only a handful of tracks from the quartet's latest album, "A Different Kind of Truth," infiltrated the classics-heavy set list. With their shout-along choruses, "Tattoo" and "She's the Woman" sounded pretty much like the old Van Halen, and why not? Several of the "new" tunes were recycled from the band's early demos. What the fans paid to hear were the likes of "Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love," "Runnin' With the Devil" and "Panama," which endure as flashpoints for a generation on familiar terms with shag carpets and boogie vans. Not everything has aged as well, though. "Hot for Teacher," for example; it's difficult to defend that one remaining on the play list now that Roth is no longer in spandex.
Still, even the tritest songs had Eddie Van Halen playing on them, and that's almost always a good thing. After a decade of health problems and intra-band struggles, he looked and sounded rejuvenated.
Near the end of the set, he commanded the stage by himself for seven minutes. First he flopped down on the stairs leading up to the drums like a kid in his bedroom: a boyish grin, jeans, gym shoes, and his guitar. He tap-danced on the strings, then drifted off into a space odyssey that suggested a soundtrack for an unmade science-fiction movie. He swiveled, wielding the guitar like a weapon, emitting a low, moaning chord that reverberated around the arena. He's that rare '70s guitar icon who still sounds like the future.
Van Halen set list Friday at the United Center:
1 You Really Got Me (Kinks cover)
2 Runnin' With the Devil
3 She's The Woman
4 Romeo Delight
5 Tattoo
6 Everybody Wants Some!!
7 Somebody Get Me A Doctor
8 China Town
9 Mean Street
10 Oh, Pretty Woman (Roy Orbison cover)
11 Drum solo
12 Unchained
13 The Trouble with Never
14 Dance the Night Away
15 I'll Wait
16 Hot for Teacher
17 Women in Love
18 Girl Gone Bad
19 Beautiful Girls
20 Ice Cream Man (John Brim cover)
21 Panama
22 Guitar solo
23 Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love
24 Jump


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Susquehanna Financial Group semiconductor analyst Christopher Caso, who covers Apple (AAPL) suppliers such as Qualcomm (QCOM) and Broadcom (BRCM), this morning offers an update to the note he put out Monday, in which he claimed that Apple seemed to have cut production rates on the iPhone for the March quarter, Apple's fiscal Q2, to perhaps 35 million to 40 million units, lower than the 40 million to 45 million he had been expecting in early December.
Of course, a possible shortfall in March has been much discussed already, with Citigroup's Glen Yeungon Sunday cutting its rating on Apple shares to Neutral from Buy, cutting his iPhone sales estimate for March to 35 million from 40 million.
Despite the cuts in estimates by Citi and others, Caso today thinks that the Street has not fully appreciated the implications of the apparent production cuts, as "it appears that iPhone sell-through for 4Q, Q1 (or both) will miss consensus expectations."
Caso thinks lower demand is the reason:
In short, we don't really have visibility about how well iPhone 5 has sold-through to consumers, and given that iPhone is sold in over 90 countries, we're skeptical about those claiming otherwise. And the cuts were on the order of only 5 mln units, so we don't think it's a cause to panic. But we are confident that something did change in the production forecast over the last week, and the most plausible explanation is that demand is below prior expectations.
He goes through an assessment of what might be happening,
Our checks suggest the production cuts were more than just one or two component suppliers who overbuilt inventory. Our production forecast is based on checks that are consistent across a wide range of suppliers. Indeed, we do hear that some excess inventory was built during the quarter. Unfortunately, consensus expectations were based on the 45-50 mln 4Q production forecast that we and others had been seeing for some time. When we met with suppliers in early December, they had expected a production pattern similar to last year, with a very mild sequential decline in 1Q. When we spoke with the same suppliers over the past few days, their view had changed […] In addition, since the cuts occurred before the China launch, we don't think this had anything to do with China. A strong China launch could help the 1Q build plans improve, but that doesn't answer the question about what happened during 4Q […] We haven't seen any signs of a new phone in production either. We did hear some talk about a lower-priced iPhone, which we think could be launched when AAPL refreshes the iPhone 5 (the high screen cost of iPhone 5 could make it difficult to bring that phone into lower price points). But we don't think a new phone launch explains the recent production cuts […] Often, the most obvious answer is indeed the answer. We think the most obvious answer is that demand has been below Street expectations. Recent price cuts by WMT could possibly support this view. WMT is now offering the iPhone 5 (16Gb) for $127 (normally $189.97) and the iPhone 4S (16Gb) for $47 (normally $87.97) […] This certainly could be an effort by WMT to drive store traffic, and AAPL discounts would be a good vehicle for doing so. But is also could be a sign that WMT has some excess inventory to move, and wishes to do so before Christmas.
Bottom line, it seems to Caso, from a review of last year's production and sell-through data for the iPhone, that there is no way Apple can meet current expectations for the March quarter:
The data shows that 4Q production was closely in line with sell-through last year (iPhone 4S was launched at about the same point in the calendar as iPhone 5), which meant that they exited 2011 with very little inventory. That caused them to keep production fairly flat Q/Q in 1Q12, and sell-through was only down slightly, due to a strong international launch. The data from this year tells a different story. While we saw a bigger production ramp in 4Q12, consensus expectations are of course higher as well. Consensus now expects sell-through of about 47.5 mln units in 4Q, close to our 49 mln unit production forecast. But consensus is well ahead of our 35-40 mln unit production forecast for 1Q. Based on what we believe has been produced since 3Q12, we don't see any way that AAPL can meet consensus sell-through numbers in the near term.
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Sigh. A wise man once said, "You can fool some of the people all of the time, but the rest of the people are online calling you a turdburglar." Such is the nature of the masses. Get them online, with enough anonymity and a situation of conflict, and suddenly the hoi polloi becomes the Jerk Patrol. Or at least to the sensitive ears of frail elderly gentlemen like us. The combination of youthful vigor, Neo-like reflexes and a catalog of swears, humps and insults is often a frightening prospect for 30-something plus gamers.
So we were tremblingly excited to discover a safe, warm place for the terminally bewildered, Cadillac-driving classes. The old gamer. That place is
Geezer Gamers
. We talked to Jamey Tisdale, one of the founders of this halcyon haven, and in the interests of full disclosure, a full time Microsoft employee.
Tell us a little about
Geezer Gamers
, what it is and who it's for.
We're a collection of octogenarians who get a jones going for an afternoon Parcheesi match. Nah, actually we're a group of gamers in their thirties, forties and sometimes a little older who band together to play on Xbox Live, and generally give each other a well intentioned hard time while having fun. At the time of this interview there are around 200
registered on our site.
Our generation is the one weaned on Atari 2600. Pong forms a core part of our religious and philosophical beliefs. We poured more quarters and squandered more hours of sunlight into arcades to get our Galaga, Pac Man and Berzerk fix than Madonna's had boyfriends. Xbox Live is a sort of homecoming for us, back to the arcade of our youth.
We don't have time to memorize all the special sniper positions on every map. We don't spend hours attempting to perfect glitches for an upcoming clan match. We generally play to have fun.
Given a choice between playing with others like us and playing against a screaming, voice-masked kid who clearly has missed his Ritalin dose we choose the older crowd every time.
But how do you find other Gen X'ers who have lives and want to play? This is where
comes in.
Basically it started out as a bunch of around 16 guys who've continued to play on Live every Friday night since launch. Some were playing together during the Beta. We shoot the breeze and shoot each other. After a little while we put up a Website to get organized. This has grown a bit into an online and offline community. In fact, after a year of this we decided to finally meet face-to-face. So last March, nine of the original crowd flew to Orlando and spent five days playing Halo and paintball. We're going back in February to do it again. As the community grows on the Web it's easy to see how we could expand this in the future.
What are the main gripes you and your Geezers have about playing whippersnappers?
Wait a second, I've gotta take a swig of my Geritol. Ok, gripes? Where we tend to get cranky is with folks who scream, are abusive, use voice masking, grief, and smell funny. Ok, maybe we're the ones smelling funny, so strike that one. I'm not saying that the twelve and under crowd do this more than our age group. Actually, yes, I am. And before the middle and high-school set decides to flame me, Yes, I'm sure that you as an individual are completely as mature and wise in your ways in the 7th grade as I am in my "middle ages".
What kind of atmosphere can you offer, more distinguished, mature gamers?
Well the virtual disco ball and shag carpeting on the Web site is sure to bring loads of flashbacks. Besides that, we're just a bunch of folks with lives (translated: wives/ex's, kids, mortgages, gaining medication/losing hair, etc). I certainly will never claim that we all act mature but we do usually have a blast playing each other on Live and conversing on the Website.
What, if any are the disadvantages of being a 30+ something gamer?
Reflexes. Yep, those are going. Mental acuity. Damn, that one's certainly slipping as well. Time is the biggest disadvantage, however. If we play Halo 2 for eight hours a day, it usually means we've been handed papers of an unfortunate sort: divorce or severance. So for the few precious minutes we can squirrel away to play between diaper changes, we typically choose to play with other Geezers.
We have experience as an advantage, though. Though the decades of playing Pong, Pitfall and Pac Man may not show in our overall skill level, it comes in handy for a sense of moral superiority. "That's nothing; I had to walk up hill both ways in the snow to play Space Invaders"
Does your ability to buy beer provide any advantage?
Oh God yes. Knowing that because you're usually drinking (or could be) is one of the best plausible excuses for why the other guy or gal just kicked your butt. It's right up there with (1) I was distracted by my twin two-year olds climbing on me (2) I had to change a diaper (3) getting read the riot act by your wife (which in all defense to her I would only deserve).
What kind of community do you guys (and gals) foster, and how does it relate to Xbox Live and Halo 2?
You know what they say, "It takes a village to burn a witch". We're built around Live and at the moment are completely dominated by Halo 2. I guess we would accept PS2 players into our midst. But only if they buy an Xbox, play on Live and refuse to ever mention anything about that other console.
More than any other game, Halo 2 really emphasizes the size of your Friends List. We seek to help folks like us have a more pleasurable experience on Halo 2 by increasing the size of their friends list. Evidently, size really does matter.
Don't you think there are plenty of 30+ gamers who CAN hold their own against "teh punks?"
It's never really a case of us not holding our own. Lots of us venture into the random violence that can sometimes be the matchmaking system in search of honing our skills and hearing the latest craze in put downs and offensive behavior. It's just that when we want to relax after a hard week of world domination we tend to want to relax and play with each other.
Plus, in team games we tend to actually, well, play as a team. We might lose pitifully as a team but we're typically not capping the flag carrier in the back of the head so we can be the one to cap the flag.
There is an upper limit to the age of a
Geezer Gamer
known as "Carousel" or, the "Wu Principle."
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Looks like the Xbox LIVE team has yet to flip the switch. Halo 2 is still online and operational. If you're looking to get some last minute games in, now's the time - there's no telling when it's going down!
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"This is the amazing Walshy's second montage on youtube. No description needed, but I'll give one anyway. Walshy is an amazing Halo 2 player, and is on one of the best teams, Final Boss, with players like him, Ogre 1, Ogre 2, and Strongside. This montage is a very honest montage with great editing and gameplay. Many snipes, sticks, multikills, and no scopes etc. I hope you enjoy it and leave a comment for me to read!?"
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