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Marlins Park: Take 2 (9/1/12)
We woke up at the downtown Miami Hilton on the morning of Saturday, September 1, 2012, with 8 hours of kill before our second and final game of the weekend at Marlins Park. We threw on our beach clothes, hopped into the Crown Vicky, and headed off to nearby Miami Beach.
We parked along Ocean Drive. As I was paying for parking people were taking pictures in front of the building right across the street from our car. Turns out that it was Gianni Versace's house (left below):
Some bad stuff happened on the sidewalk in front of that house back in the 90s. Check out that Versace Wikipedia link to read about it. After Colleen got a picture with the Versace mansion, we had some fairly unimpressive breakfast at a sidewalk restaurant. That big thermometer (above right) was right across the street from our breakfast table and people kept getting pictures in front of it. So after breakfast, Colleen and the boys joined in the fun.
And then it was off to the beach:
I am not a beach person at all. But South Beach is awesome! The water is warm and there are hardly any waves at all. Lots of fun.
I splashed around a bunch in the water with Kellan, but Tim spent most of his time searching for sea shells…
…and then he posed with a rescue waver runner before we headed out.
After we had our fill of the beach, we headed back to the hotel so Kellan could get a quick nap. But he had no interest in it. So we headed to our hotel's rooftop pool:
The pool at the Miami Hilton is really cool. And you can see Marlins Park from the deck.
Around 3:45, we packed up and headed out to Marlins Park. This time, the Cook Family was at full strength. And, for the record, Marlins Park was Colleen's 14th MLB stadium (old Yankee Stadium, Memorial Stadium, Veterans Stadium, Safeco Field, Camden Yards, Citizens Bank Park, PNC Park, Fenway Park, Citi Field, new Yankee Stadium, Nationals Park, Progressive Field, Rogers Centre and Marlins Park).
We parked at the CVS again. In fact, the parking attendant remembered us and intentionally had us park in the exact same spot as the night before. These pictures should be flipped, but here are a couple views of the Marlins parking garages as we approached the stadium:
The picture above to the right is the view across NW 7th Street as we approached the mid-block crosswalk. The picture above to the left is the end of that same parking garage from the little street approaching the ballpark, and that is a big art piece on the side of the parking garage.
The day before we turned to our right and walked toward the home plate gates. At this game, we turned left, and headed toward the left field corner. As we circled the corner, we walked by a "Boletos" window…
…and found some bamboo trees around the corner.
There is a big side walk area behind the LF side of the ballpark, and the sidewalk is littered with the artistic *remnants* of the words "ORANGE BOWL" sunken into the sidewalk. Tim and Kellan decided to pose with ever letter that was accessible to foot traffic:
Along the left field outer wall of the stadium, there is an entrance for the Clevelander Night Club:
If we had Clevelander tickets, we could have entered the ballpark already, but we didn't. The sad thing is that we could see the Marlins inside taking BP. Only the select few with Clevelander or certain other "premium" tickets ever get to see the Marlins take BP in Miami. That's too bad.
As we approached what I will call the Centerfield gate, I turned around and took a picture of the boys and Colleen with several of the sunken letters behind them:
Amazingly, while there were a lot of people milling around outside of the Clevelander, there were zero people in line at the CF gate. So I hopped in line, and Tim and Kellan played with some green lights set into the sidewalk:
I didn't realize this until working on this blog entry, but the gates are colored (signs, etc.) and feature lights set into the ground. And those colors all match the colors of the concourse corresponding where you will enter the stadium. For example, Tim and Kellan were playing with green lights and the signs on the CF gate were green, and when we ran into the ballpark, we entered the green section of the ballpark. And if you look at our last entry, you'll have to take my word for it that we exited the ballpark in the yellow section of the ballpark and there were yellow lights on the ramp down to the ground level outside. That's pretty cool. Well thought out, Marlins. Good job!
We had ten or so minutes to kill, so Tim and I played catch at the gate:
Check out this nice catch by Tim:
He's chalk-full of good catches these days.
As we stood at the front of the line, this was our view through the gates:
This is a much better entrance than the RF gate. In RF, you have to slowly wind your way up a spiral walkway (sorta spiral, at least). The CF gate gives you a straight shot right up some those steps and into the CF concourse.
So, Tim, Kellan and I headed right down into section 36. Almost immediately, a groundskeeper walking through the outfield tossed a baseball up to Tim.
Thanks, Groundskeeper!
And just a few minutes later, another baseball was hit to the warning track near us. Tim got Josh Edgin's attention and Edgin tossed the ball up…
…and Tim made a great grab. The ball from the groundskeeper was thrown over Tim's head and we picked it up off of the ground. But Tim gloved the ball from Edgin cleanly, and it marked the very first Tim that Colleen had ever seen Tim catch a baseball completely on his own at a baseball game. By the way, she had stayed up at the top of the section and took three of those pictures from behind us.
Thanks, Josh!
Right after Tim caught the baseball from Edgin, Kellan got all excited and stood on the wall with his glove over his head yelling for more baseballs:
It was pretty cute.
We had only been in the park for a few minutes by this time, ten at the most. During that time, one of the Mets hit a homerun into section 40 along the RF line. Section 40 was completely empty and I thought it might be a good spot to go to try to catch a BP homer on the fly, so we all headed over there.
As Tim, Kellan and I walked into the section, there was an usher standing on the stairs right along the foul line…
…he pointed to two different spots in the empty rows of seats and lo-and-behold there were two baseballs just waiting to be found. We grabbed them and then headed down to the front row to watch more BP. I thought that was really cool of the usher, and quite fan friendly. We have found very few "easter eggs" at MLB games. It seems like most teams have their ushers clear out easter eggs before fans can find them. So it was really cool that this usher kept tabs on the baseballs and then pointed them out to us.
Thanks, Usher!
In addition to pointing out the baseballs, the usher was a really nice guy. He chatted with us a little more as we hung out in his section.
Colleen followed us into the section and several other fans, maybe 10 or so, followed her. There actually ended up being a decent little gathering of fans down there.
Several Mets pitchers were running from the RF foul line to CF and Kellan was still hoping that someone would toss him a baseball:
Ready for the blurriest picture I've ever posted on this blog? Here we go:
This shot was taken during possibly the 3 most interesting seconds of BP. A Mets batter hit a homerun to our right (closer to the bullpen). It was going to land 10 feet to our right and a row or two behind us. There were several fans right where it seemed like the homer was going to land. I didn't even make a move for it. There was no chance of me getting over there. But then, magically, it slammed untouched into a folded up seat between all of the fans and took a crazy ricochet toward the foul pole. I flung my hand up and – BOOM! – barehanded the baseball as it tried to whiz by my head. Immediately upon catching the baseball, I turned around (as shown in the picture above) and looked at the ball and another baseball whizzed by me. As you can see in the picture above to the left, right as I barehanded that homerun ball, Tim was calling out to Jon Neise. Neise tossed a ball up to Tim but threw it over his head. It hit the seats right in front of me. The ball rattled around on the floor for half a second before we scooped it up.
So, we very quickly got four baseballs in section 40. I figured that was good enough. So we did a little exploring.
First, we took Colleen up to the upper deck seats above section 40. Colleen though the "concourse" up there was quite bizarre so she snapped our picture:
We took a stroller through the upper deck seats. Here is what Marlins Park looks like from section 140:
While we were up there, I noticed something I had not noticed the day before – there is a "Marlins Park" sign above the RF upper deck seats:
I found out later that Colleen took our picture as me and the boys walked across the upper deck seats:
Before heading down from the upper deck, I got a panorama from the SRO behind the seats in section 134:
After we got our fill of the upper deck, we headed down and over to the SRO area behind the homerun statue. There were three Mets standing down below us but we only recognized one of them, Chris Young. Like Tim in t-ball this season, Chris Young wears number 55. So that made Tim happy. Tim decided to try to get Young to toss a ball all the way up to us. But it was clear it wasn't going to happen. So we swung around to the LF seats.
Here was our view from the end spot in the first row of section 32:
We were right above the Clevelander, but you wouldn't really know it. All we could see below the LF bleachers were a bunch of blue awnings:
We were still relatively close to Chris Young and Tim was still hoping that Young would toss a baseball up to him. But Eric Langill beat Young to it:
Thanks, Eric!
Young did eventually *try* to toss Tim a baseball…
…but things were a bit complicated. First off, where we were in the front row it was only about two feet deep. We were past the last seat and there is just a little extra space that is…just sorta *there* The point is, there was a big bright lime green wall directly behind us. Plus, most of Tim's body was behind the front wall of the section – you know, the wall that keeps people from falling down into the Clevelander.
All this meant that Tim was a really small target for Young to hit. Add to that fact, the fact that Tim really likes to makes catches on his own. He doesn't like me swooping in to make a catch when he thinks he can make it on his own. So, when Young air mailed the ball over Tim's head, although I could have easily stepped forward and caught it right above Tim's head, I hung back and hoped Tim could reach the ball. When it flew over Tim's outstretched glove, I tried to play the ricochet off the wall, but it bounced oddly off the wall and the family a couple seats down from us snatched up Tim's Chris Young baseball.
Tim was pretty bummed out about it because he really wanted to catch a baseball from Young. I felt bad for Tim not being able to catch the baseball from a fellow number 55. But, assuming Tim was going to catch the baseball from Young, I was going to give the Langill baseball to that family anyway. So at the end of the day, missing the baseball was a wash.
As BP started to wind down, we headed over to the LF corner. It looked a little like this over there in section 29:
There were a couple BP homers scattered in the Marlins bullpen. I figured we would hang out there until someone wandered out to the bullpen. As Randy St. Clair made his way down the LF line, an usher came through and told everyone they had to leave unless they had tickets for that section. I pointed out St. Clair and mentioned we were hoping he would toss up one of the baseballs in the bullpen. The usher gave us the blessing to stay put.
And when St. Clair passed by below…
…he stopped and tossed the one baseball right below us to a kid just down from us. He then disappeared and five seconds later reappeared holding up a baseball and calling out to Tim. It took St. Clair a couple attempts to get the baseball up to us. His first toss wasn't high enough and actually bounced out onto the foul warning track. But St. Clair ran over and grabbed it and made a better toss.
Thanks, Randy!
Before heading out, I snapped a picture of the smaller scoreboard behind section 29:
An usher had told Colleen that some Marlins would be signing autographs behind the LF seats prior to the game. We had noticed them doing this before the game the night before. Unless it was Mike Stanton…I mean, Giancarlo Stanton, I had no interest in waiting around on them. We never did end up seeing any Marlins signing autographs over there, but we did see these guys:
Those guys were hanging out taking photos right by the "Taste of Miami." Colleen wanted to check out the T.o.M. While doing so, we noticed that there was a door leading out to a little landing outside. We headed out there to get a picture of Colleen and Tim with the city behind them:
And then we headed up the big escalator…
…to the upper deck.
We were essentially just walking around so Colleen could see the stadium and we could kill some time before the game started. But I did have one thing I needed to do up in the upper deck. I had not got a panorama all the way out by the RF corner. So we walked all the way around the upper deck so I could get this panorama from section 302:
We were getting really close to game time. Colleen and Tim wanted to grab some food and Tim wanted to show Colleen the bobblehead museum so we split up. While they did those things, Kellan and I headed to our seats.
As I surveyed the area and took some photos, Kellan snuck some of daddy's diet pepsi and guarded my seat:
Here was our view of Marlins Park from section 3, row E:
By the way, I should point out that row E is the third row off the field in section 3. The front row (row C) has only two seats. Row D is four seats wide. And Row E is eight seats wide. We had the four seats right on the aisle (seats 8, 7, 6, and 5). The face value of these tickets was (I believe) $35/ticket, but we picked them up on stub hub for $13/ticket. I could have actually got the seats directly one row behind us for $11/ticket, but I opted for being a little bit closer to the field.
The was one reason and one reason alone that I picked these seats: they were the closest we could get (well, closest without spending a lot of money) to the ball boy. My goal was for Tim to get a live game foul tossed up to him from the ball boy.
Here's a nice view of the Marlins homerun statue:
Colleen got some food at the Taste of Miami and Ti got a big trough of fries, and then they headed over to the Bobblehead Museum:
When they reached our seats, Tim shared his fries with Kellan and Colleen took tons of pictures of it:
For the second day in a row, Tim was pulling for the Fish. On the hill for the Marlins was Tim's number counterpart, Josh Johnson:
Johnson pitched a gem for eight innings. And this was our view from section 3:
Colleen took lots of pictures during the game, like this…
…and this…
…, and this:
The Marlins took the lead in the bottom of the third inning when Bryan Peterson hit an RBI double – 1-0 Marlins.
Around the fourth inning, Tim wanted to explore a little bit. So we all took to our feet and hit the concourse. Heading toward home plate through the 1B side concourse, we past a Guest Services booth and a bank of escalators leading up to the club level:
Just past the Guest Services booth there was a random bar…
…and some equally (nee…more) random art on the wall above the concourse.
Remember those buried "Orange Bowl" letters outside the stadium? Well, in the concourse down the LF line, the Marlins pay tribute to the Orange Bowl on one of the stadium's support beams:
You know what else they have on lots of the support beams circling the field? Marlins Park signs:
Down the LF line, we found an escalator heading down below the field level concourse. I asked the usher guarding the top of the escalator what it was all about, and she explained it was the entrance to the Clevelander. You need a Clevelander ticket to enter the Clevelander, but not simply to ride the Clevelander escalator. This is what the Clevelander entrance looks like from the escalator:
When we resumed our walk around the field level concourse, we saw something hilarious:
Aye, aye, aye…
We continued walking single file from LF toward CF:
In that last picture, Colleen is wearing Kellan's hat.
We stopped in RCF so I could get a panoramic shot from the concourse behind section 35:
Before returning to our seats we stopped by several concession stands, and all of them had computer error dialogue boxes displayed on the menu boards:
Most of the menu boards had that error box and no prices for any of the food. I guess that is one potential drawback of technology; an old fashioned manual menu board never has an error that prevents it from doing its one and only job.
Anyway, the menu board errors did not prevent us from getting some tasty ice cream for the boys:
There was some more scoring in this game. In the top of the fifth, the Mets tied the game up at 1-1 on a Josh Thole groundout.
In the bottom of the sixth, Jose Reyes and Carlos Lee hit singles and then Giancarlo Stanton followed with a single of his own, but his single was of the RBI variety. So that put the Marlins up 2-1.
Stanton got stranded on base, but that didn't prevent me from getting some Giancarlo base running photos…
… while he was making a mad dash for 3B as Donovan Solano flew out to CF for the third out of the bottom of the sixth inning.
Before the top of the seventh inning, I noticed that the Marlins employ a umpire-look-a-like usher whose job it is to run out to shallow CF to deliver between-inning water to the actual umpires:
Lucas Duda led off the top of the seventh with a ten pitch at bat, which included five foul balls. This, I believe, was the first of those five foul balls:
Duda hit that foul ball right down the 1B line. It evaded the fans down the line and was snared by the ball boy in fair territory right down below us. The ball boy no-look tossed the baseball into the crowd and I just barely caught it while reaching up as high as I could over my head.
I won't lie. I was pretty darn excited about this foul ball toss-up. I bought these specific seats with the specific goal of getting a foul ball tossed to us from the bat boy, something that we've never got before. I actually could have got the seats immediately behind our seats for $2 less per seat. But I went for the slightly more expensive seats that were just a little closer to the field, and it paid off big time. It is doubtful we would have got this foul ball if we were one row further back from the field.
And, hey, bonus! Since the baseball was used in the game at Marlins Park, it was a Marlins Park inaugural season commemorative baseball! Hooray!
Thanks, Lucas and Ball Boy!
Here's a random picture for you:
Throughout our two games at Marlins Park, I kept wondering what the heck that yellow line was for on the LF foul wall. The line is ten feet into foul territory. If a ball hits just behind it on the green wall, its foul, not a homerun. I just don't get it.
Heading into the bottom of the eighth inning, things were looking pretty good for the Marlins. Josh Johnson had given up only three hits all night and the Fish had a 2-1 lead. But they weren't satisfied.
With one down in the bottom of the eighth, former-Met Jose Reyes drew a walk off of Ramon Ramirez. While Carlos "El Caballo" Lee stood in, Reyes swiped second. And then El Caballo dinked a little hit into RCF:
Neither Mike Baxter nor Andres Torres could come up with the ball, and Reyes motored right around third and crossed home for a seemingly valuable insurance run:
Everyone was happy about the Marlins' lead, including Colleen and Kellan:
I was stilling waiting for a Giancarlo Stanton long ball…
…unfortunately, he followed Lee with a double-play grounder, instead.
The Marlins win was seemingly in hand. So many of the Marlins *faithful* headed for the doors, which was nice because almost the whole row behind us opened up for Kellan:
Here's another random shot:
How weird is it that you can see the legs of the people in the front row through the fish tanks?
At 105 pitches for the night, Ozzie Guillen (who we never really noticed while we were at Marlins Park) in decided Josh Johnson had done enough. He turned the game over to his non-Heath Bell closer, Steve Cishek. Unfortunately, it was not Cishek's night.
Daniel Murphy lead off with a single to RF. David Wright followed with a single to LF. After Ike Davis struck out swinging, Lucas Duda hit a single to CF.
All of Josh Johnson's hard work was erased: Murphy and Wright both scored on Duda's single and the score was all knotted up at 3-3.
I missed all of that nice action with my camera. Instead, after the Mike Baxter fouled out, I got an action shot of Cishek pitching to Andres Torres:
It looks like Lucas Duda is stealing 2B on that pitch, but he's not. He waited for Torres to collect four balls, and then he walked to 2B.
And that brought Kelly Shoppach to the plate. On the second pitch he saw from Cishek…
…, Shoppach sent a hard grounder back up through the box. The ball quickly made its way out to Marlins CF Justin Ruggiano who was running hard ready to scoop the ball up and throw home, but…OOPS…Ruggiano ran right by the ball and it kept rolling DEEP into CF.
I thought it was going to result in an error-assisted in the park homerun. But Shoppach doesn't have the wheel, he only made it to 3B. But Duda and Torres had no trouble finding the plate.
Ruggiano's body language told the story:
Aye, aye, aye…
The Marlins were two outs from a 2-run win, and now they trailed the Mets 5-3.
Randy St. Clair came out to deliver the bad news to Cishek:
"Hit the showers, kid!"
And in sprinted former-closer, Heath Bell:
Bell struck out the only batter he faced (Scott Hairston).
As the Mets warmed up for the bottom of the ninth inning, I took this picture of Mike Baxter playing catch with the ball boy:
I took the picture because that is essentially right where the ball boy was standing (although he was running in the general direction of the 1B dugout) when the ball boy tossed the Lucas Duda foul ball up to us.
Speaking for foul balls, the ball boy got another during the bottom of the ninth and he flipped it up to no one in general. It was going to land right on the other side of the railing between section 3 and section 4 (to our left). Tim hopped up and reached over the railing. I thought he had a chance to catch it…that is, he had a chance until a 20-ish year old fan sitting in the front row completely leaned over Tim…
…and crushed Tim's arm against the railing. Amazingly, (although he too missed the ball) this guy was totally oblivious to the fact that he crushed Tim's arm on the railing (and, just in general, smashed into Tim).
Way to go, cool guy!
Frank Francisco took over for the Mets in the bottom of the ninth and he set the Marlins down 1 (Greg Dobbs), 2 (Donovan Solano), 3 (John Buck).
Game, set, match: Mets.
After the game wrapped up, we made our way down to the front row corner spot and got a nice family picture:
But our night wasn't over.
We relocated over to the front row behind the 1B (visitors) dugout…
…and watched Billy the Marlin entertain the crowd a bit.
Then the Marlins opened up the roof…
…and BOOM GO THE FIREWORKS:
It was a decent little fireworks show (nothing compared to an Indians Rock'N'Roll Blast) with a really strong finale.
After the fireworks wrapped up and we prepared to head for the exits, I snapped a picture that I had meant to take earlier in the day:
See how that green wall comes down to a point just past the visitors' bullpen in RF? Well, it looks like the aisle running up the left and right sides of that wall connect at the point of the wall. Yeah, it *looks* like that…but looks can be deceiving.
In fact, the aisles to meet at the point of the wall, but a railing blocks off the passage way. So to get from one section to the other, you have to go up to the concourse and then walk 50 feet or so down to the next stair case.
Anyway, it was finally time to leave.
People were heading up the stairs to the concourse. But I sensed an opportunity for one last Marlins Park exploration. I noticed there was a tunnel leading down below the field level seats at the back of the moat (between sections 5 and 6). So we stayed in the first row and walked across toward section 6).
We were the VERY LAST fans to leave the seats down there in the moat, and an usher rewarded Tim for this accomplishment in the form of our final baseball from Marlins Park:
Thanks, Usher!
We headed into the tunnel under seats and it looked a whole lot like this:
That tunnel took us back to the main tunnel that circles under the ballpark. We turned right in that main tunnel and found a bunch of big colorful pictures of (mostly) current Marlins:
Tim posed with the best of them – Giancarlo Stanton!
And then we were funneled out of the ballpark through a little bar area that is open (I think) to people with 1B-side premium seats:
When we finally made it outside the ballpark, there was a concert in progress (just like the night before):
I gotta give credit to the Marlins. They've created a very fun post-game atmosphere with these little outdoor, post-game concerts.
As we walked toward our car, I noticed an entrance to the main Marlins Team Store. The "team store" (and that really has to be put in quotes) at Sun Life Stadium was light years beyond pathetic.
But the team store at Marlins Park is a legit Major League TEAM STORE (worthy of all caps):
Not wanting our Marlins Park experience to end, I continued to take pictures as we walked toward our car. Here is Tim and the Marlins Park roof:
Here is a view from the northwest corner of the ballpark:
And, finally, a night time shot of Marlins Park from the CVS Pharmacy parking lot showing the roof rolled back over in the *open* position:
Here is my official assessment: Marlins Park is an 80,000,000,000% improvement over Sun Life Stadium.
Good job, Marlins!
We really had a great time at our two games in Miami.
2012 C&S Fan Stats
|23/21 Games (Tim/Kellan)
|18/17 Teams – Tim – Mariners, Rockies, Phillies, Mets, Marlins, Athletics, Orioles, Nationals, Diamondbacks, Blue Jays, Twins, Cubs, Cardinals, Royals, Red Sox, Rays, Pirates, Braves; Kellan – Mariners, Rockies, Marlins, Nationals, Athletics, Orioles, Mets, Diamondbacks, Blue Jays, Twins, Cubs, Cardinals, Royals, Red Sox, Rays, Pirates, Braves
|37 Ice Cream Helmet(s) – Mariners 5, Phillies 4, Orioles 5, Mets 2, Twins 2, Cardinals 3, Royals 2, Rockies 3, Red Sox 2, Pirates 3, Nationals 2, Marlins 4
|1 Ice Cream Glove! – Nationals
|129 Baseballs – Mariners 22, Marlins 7, Mets 21, Nationals 8, Phillies 7, Umpires 6, Orioles 13, Athletics 2, Diamondbacks 4, Blue Jays 1, Twins 1, Cubs 7, Cardinals 1, Royals 6, Red Sox 6, Rays 10, Pirates 3, Rockies 2, Braves 1
|22 Commemorative Baseball(s) – Marlins Park 2, Mets 50th Anniversary 2, Camden Yards 9, Dodger Stadium 4, Fenway Park 1, Shea Stadium '08 2, Nationals Park '08 2
|12/12 Stadiums – Tim – Safeco Field, Citizens Bank Park, Nationals Park, Camden Yards, Citi Field, Target Field, Busch Stadium, Kauffman Stadium, Coors Field, Fenway Park, PNC Park, Marlins Park; Kellan – Safeco Field, Nationals Park, Camden Yards, Citi Field, Target Field, Busch Stadium, Kauffman Stadium, Coors Field, Fenway Park, PNC Park, Citizens Bank Park, Marlins Park8/1 Mascots Photos – Tim – Mariners Moose (2), Sluggerrr, Teddy Roosevelt, Abe Lincoln, George Washington, Oriole Bird (2); Kellan – Fredbird
|7/2 Player Photos – Tim – Ricky Bones, Willie Bloomquist, Jeremy Guthrie, Evan Scribner, Stephen Pryor, Shawn Kelley, Scott Cursi; Kellan – Willie Bloomquist, Stephen Pryor
|2 Batting Gloves – Ronnie Deck
|9 Autographs – Willie Bloomquist 2, Tim Byrdak, Brian Roberts, Munenori Kawasaki, Evan Scribner, Felix Hernandez, Shawn Kelley, Steven Pryor, Josh Kinney
On 9/2, we spent a bunch of time in South Beech, where we did some swimming at the beach and saw some cool birds:
And some more cool birds and a Lambourghini:
On 9/3, the big event of the day was our trip to the Miami Seaquarium, where we got to hold some really cool birds:
But best of all, we hung out with a dolphin:
Hooray for dolphins!


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Miranda Kerr: Hot Dog!
Aussie native Miranda Kerr cuddles with a dog during a photo shoot Sydney, Australia on Thursday.
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No sighting of actor boyfriend Orlando Bloom have been made down under yet but Australia's Herald Sun has a quote about Miranda talking about Orly.
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Trail Rig Roundup Readers RidesPosted in Features on December 1, 2011
A few months ago, Editor Phil Howell issued a call for 4WHEEL DRIVE MAGAZINE readers to submit their rigs. We were pleased to receive replies from all over the place. Better yet, it's obvious that there's some nice 'wheeling hardware on the trails. You guys and gals are building some great stuff! Instead of featuring one or two a month, we decided to showcase a bunch all at once. Response was great. In fact, we got more rigs than we have room for in a single story.
Got a rig you'd like to share with the world? Submit it! We'll be doing this again.
Owner: Alexandre Saey
Lives in: Quebec, Canada
Rig: 1977 Jeep CJ-7
Key parts: Fiberglass body, heavy-duty replacement frame, 4-inch suspension lift, 2-inch body lift, PSC steering box, 350 small-block Chevy V-8, two Detroit Lockers, ARB differential covers, Warn hubs, 35-inch tires.
'Wheeling spots: In addition to the trailside action shown here, Alexandre has crossed Canada from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean not one, but four times.
Owner: Al Handy
Lives in: Blairstown, New Jersey
Rig: 2006 Jeep TJ Rubicon
Key parts: Rusty's Off-Road long-arm upgrade kit, Currie upper front bushing kit, front OME 2.5-inch Jeep ZJ front coils on JKS ACOS spacers, stock JK rear springs perched on Nth Degree spring relocators, 35-inch BFG Mud-Terrain tires on black steel wheels, NVG 241 OR transfer case.
'Wheeling spots: Rausch Creek, PA, various Jeep Jamborees
Cool tidbit: Al installed 99 percent of the upgrade parts himself. Al's canine Jeepin' buddy, Mo, is always along for the ride.
Owners: Carl and Sandi Youngstrom
Live in: Hart, Michigan
Rig: 1988 Jeep YJ Wrangler
Key parts: 4.2 inline-six rebuilt by Carl, bored 0.020-over with Comp Cams 254 camshaft, Motorcraft 2150 carburetor, Pacesetter header, 4.10 Yukon gears, Lock-Rite front locker and Trac Lok limited-slip rear differential, Tom Wood's drive shafts, Skyjacker 4-inch lift springs, Pro Comp 32-inch mud terrain tires on stock alloy wheels.
'Wheeling spots: Colorado and Utah, especially Moab. For their 25th wedding anniversary (congrats!), Carl and Sandi drove the YJ on a camping trip through their aforementioned favorite 'wheeling states.
Owner: Curt Wright
Lives in: Cadillac, Michigan
Rig: 2007 Jeep JK Wrangler Unlimited Rubicon
Key parts: Full-Traction six-inch long-arm suspension, Off-Road Evolution EVO Lever rear shock system, Mastercraft Baja RS seats, Sway-A-Way coilovers and hydraulic bumpstops, Pro Comp 17x9-inch wheels with OMF beadlocks, 40-inch Pro Comp Xterrain tires, AEV heat reduction hood, Warn 9.0 RC winch, Currie Anti-Rock rear sway bar, PSC steering, J.E. Reel drive shafts, Optima batteries.
'Wheeling spots: Silver Lake dunes in Michigan, and big-name rockcrawling trails everywhere else. Curt is a member of the Cadillac Jeepers, who put on the annual Blessing of the Jeeps.
Owner: David Kincaid
Lives in: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Rig: 2007 Jeep JK Wrangler Unlimited Rubicon
Key parts: Stock front and rear lockers, Warn 9,000-pound winch, 35-inch Dick Cepek Mud Country tires, Misch arm rests, ARB compressor, Currie front axle housing reinforcement kit, Magnaflow exhaust, Xenon fender flares, Cargo Master roof rack, Bilstein shocks, American Racing wheels, and finally David's favorite feature, a homemade hot shower system using a heat exchanger and an RV pump.
'Wheeling spot: Whipsaw Trail in British Columbia
Zeitgeist: "The Jeep works well, although the engine is a pale imitation of the straight-six I had in my Cherokee. Any idea why we can't have a small-displacment turbo diesel in this vehicle?"
Owner: Del Albright
Lives in: Mokelumne Hill, California
Rig: 1997 Jeep TJ Wrangler
Key parts: Rubicon Express long-arm suspension kit, Advance Adapters 5:1 Atlas transfer case, Poison Spyder Access Army Ricochet Rockers, Poison Spyder Crusher Flares, Metalcloak frame-built bumper, Currie Ford 9-inch rear axle, Currie Dana 44 front axle, West Coast Differentials 4.88 gears, Premier Power Welder underhood welder, CTM U-joints.
'Wheeling spots: Moab; Death Valley, California; Hump n' Bump in Logandale, Nevada; Sweetwater Mountains near Bridgeport, California; Colorado trails run with the Mile Hi Jeep Club.
Land Access Hero: Del calls his Jeep "Seein' Red" and uses it to help keep our collective trails open. Del started Friends of the Rubicon and the Access Army. He's active in many other pro-access groups as well, including the BlueRibbon Coalition. ""Red' is a fully capable trail rig that allows me to 'wheel all over the country, on all types of trails, providing an example of responsible recreation to enthusiasts nationwide," Del writes. We appreciate his efforts.
Owner: Doug Farrar
Lives in: Chester, Virginia
Rig: 1990 Jeep XJ Cherokee
Key parts: Dynatrac Dana 44 front axle with ARB Air Locker and 4.10 gears, Dynatrac Dana 60 rear axle with ARB Air Locker and 4.10 gears, Atlas II transfer case with 4.3:1 low range ratio, NV 4500 five-speed transmission from JB Conversions, Tom Wood's drive shafts, Rubicon Express 4.5-inch lift system, 33-inch Xterrain tires on 15x10 Pro Comp wheels.
'Wheeling spots: Rausch Creek, Pennsylvania; attended Camp Jeep several times; Moab; and Hatteras, North Carolina.
Impulse sale: Doug Farrar and Rose Marie Reese were 'wheeling at the Rausch Creek Off Road Park when Doug out-drove his front Dana 44. He broke a ball joint and a U-joint on the left side. Getting un-stuck and getting the wounded rig back to the trailer took several sets of hands and tools. Doug had had enough and announced that whoever wanted to could have the XJ and the trailer for $5,000. The hardcore 'wheeling was fun, but Doug and Rose enjoy the mellower side of the sport these days in a 2000 XJ that's built more mildly.
Owner: Francisco Martinez
Lives in: Richmond, California
Rig: 1988 Chevy K5 Blazer
Key parts: De rigueur GM 1-ton axles, Dana 60 front, 14-bolt full-floater rear, both fitted with 4.56 gears. Rear axle features a homebrewed anti-wrap bar. Entire interior is sprayed with Line-X. Drivetrain is a TBI Chevy 350, TH700-R4 transmission, and an Atlas II transfer case. Six-inch Superlift leaf springs clear the way for the 35- to 37-inch tires Francisco likes to use.
'Wheeling spots: Rubicon trail, Hollister OHV area, Winter Fun Fest. Francisco is a member of the Diablo 4 Wheelers club.
All's well that ends well: Francisco broke down on the Rubicon and had to use 2WD and a winch to make headway. The trip took a couple of days longer than he originally planned, so his wife sounded the alarm. CALSTAR Rescue helicopters found Francisco's group safe and sound and about three hours away from cell phone service. Satellite phone next time?
Owner: James Drake
Lives in: Huntsville, Alabama
Rig: 2004 Nissan Xterra
Key parts: 3.3L supercharged V-6. Spencer Low Racing front upper control arms; Shrockworks skidplates for the front end, engine, and transmission; custom steering using Rockhumper Fabworx centerlink; Bandit 4x4 bushings; Total Chaos idler arm brace; AC heavy-duty tie-rod ends; Kennesaw Mountain Accessories winch bumper; and 33-inch Cooper STT tires on 15x8 Cragar steel wheels.
Active 'wheeler: James is a member of Rocket City Rock Crawlers, Nissan Offroad Association, United Four Wheel Drive Association, and BlueRibbon Coalition.
Owner: Jeff Intemann
Lives in: Vacaville, California
Rig: 1972 Air Force Jeep CJ-5
Key parts: Jeff's '72 is indeed a CJ-5 and not an M38A1. It is stock, but has undergone a complete nut-and-bolt restoration. The process took two years, "with some long hours and a few busted knuckles."
'Wheeling spots: Jeff's first drive in a Jeep was in the U.S. Air Force in Vietnam in 1968. Ever since, he's wanted to find and restore an Air Force Jeep just like the one he drove way back when. A nostalgia piece that's fully functional, this Jeep gets driven in local parades and on burger runs.
Owner: John Bowers
Lives in: Phoenix, Arizona
Rig: 2008 Jeep JK Rubicon Unlimited
Key parts: TeraFlex 3-inch suspension system, Bilstein 5100 shocks, Currie sway bar links, Pro Comp wheels, BFG Mud-Terrain T/A KM2 tires, ARB diff covers, Hella lights, Banks intake, headers, and Monster exhaust, Airaid throttle body spacer, Hypertech tuner, TeraFlex front and rear bumpers, and Warn Powerplant.
'Wheeling spots: Arizona dirt
Owner: John King
Lives in: Santee, California
Rig: 1983 Toyota 4x4 pickup
Key parts: Custom cab 'cage, Mastercraft seats, Diest five-point harnesses, 5.29 gears, locked rear end, limited slip front end, Bilstein shocks at all four corners, 22R four-cylinder with a header, five-speed transmission, 32-inch BFG Mud-Terrain tires.
'Wheeling spots: Truckhaven Hills and Ocotillo Wells OHV area, California
Owner: Justin Harris
Lives in: Aurora, Colorado
Rig: 1996 Jeep ZJ Grand Cherokee
Key parts: Herculiner virtually everywhere, "open air" mod, 2-inch lift, 31-inch Bridgestone Duelers, Flowmaster mufflers, KC lights, K&N intake, JKS sway bar disconnects.
'Wheeling spots: Justin's fortunate to live in Colorado with trails in virtually every direction
Owner: Ken Maxwell
Lives in: Evergreen, Colorado
Rig: 2006 Jeep XK Limited Commander
Key parts: Superlift 4-inch lift system, factory installed 5.7L Hemi, custom Deaver coil springs on Bilstein struts, Getlost 4x4 winch bumper and skidplate combo, Smittybilt XRC winch, JK Rubicon Moab 17-inch wheels, 285/70R17 BFG Mud-Terrain KM2 tires, Spidertrax wheel spacers, Rola roof rack.
'Wheeling spots: Moab is Ken's favorite, but Colorado trails such as Red Cone, Radical Hill, Spring Creek, and Red Elephant Hill are also high on his list.
Owner: Lisa Riker
Lives in: Fontana, California
Rig: 2011 Jeep JK Wrangler Unlimited Rubicon
Key parts: TeraFlex 3-inch suspension lift, JKS ACOS spacers, Rancho 9000XL shocks, 35-inch BFG Mud-Terrain KM2 tires, Pro Comp 8179 wheels, Garvin Wilderness bumper, Hi-Lift jack, Hella lights, Delta windshield light brackets, Smittybilt rocker guards, Cobra CB, Optima yellow top battery, Banks intake. Rick and Paul at 4West 4 Wheel Drive in Colton, California, were the wrenches behind the build.
'Wheeling spots: Calico mountains, specifically Bismark Canyon.
It all started when: Lisa and her husband Mike attended off-road shows and were impressed by the parts available for and by the performance of Jeeps, so their Mercedes E350 was ditched in favor of the Wrangler. Good move!
Owner: Mark Schurkens
Lives in: Phoenix, Arizona
Rig: 2007 Jeep JK Wranger Rubicon two-door
Key parts: TeraFlex 3-inch lift system, TeraFlex drive shafts, 35-inch BFG Mud-Terrain KM2 tires on American Racing "Thug" wheels, Airaid intake, Hypertech performance chip, Edelbrock cat-back exhaust.
'Wheeling spots: Charouleau Gap near Tucson, Arizona as well as winter 'wheeling in the White Mountains.
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Bill Bryson is awesome.
Another terrific book by Bill Bryson. I had no idea so many memorable events and people made history in 1927. Includes Charles Lindbergh, Henry Ford, the dawn of talking movies, carving Mt. Rushmore and the greatest baseball team of all time - the 1927 New York Yankees with Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig. And many more. Very entertaining and well researched. I also really enjoyed listening to the audio CD version.
This is, for the most part, a witty, amusing read, as most books of Bryson's are -- he has a gift for spotting (and lampooning) the most absurd bits of historical trivia, as those familiar with his travel books know quite well. And this was an interesting topic for a book -- 1927 was, indeed, a rather remarkable summer, given that it included, among many other things, Babe Ruth's home run record, Lindbergh's solo flight across the Atlantic, and the filming of "The Jazz Singer". However, I think the overall feel was a bit too anecdotal. There needed to be a stronger thesis tying all of these events together to really make this book feel like it had something to say other than, "Look at these things that happened one year." You'll enjoy reading it nonetheless -- but you'll come away feeling ever-so-slightly dissatisfied.
Unlike most of Bryson's other books, this is a heavy historical doorstop. It took me ages to get through it; it's well-written and thorough, but not really what I was thinking of when I picked it up. Fault of mine? Maybe a fault on both sides, really, since that doesn't change the fact that although the book is /interesting/, it's still a lot of work to read. I had to set aside two weeks and renew everything else I had out.
A romp theough only one summer in the history of the U.S., but written in a humorous way that makes me want to know a LOT more about American history. A great read!
Amazing that one year could have as many historic events as 1927 - Charles Lindberg crosses the Atlantic and becomes an international hero; Al Capone becomes the legend that he is; Jack Dempsey and Gene Tunney have the still controversial fight of the century; Henry Ford becomes rich and famous with his Model T, then completely flops with his Model A, which allows GM to take over as industry leader; the Mount Rushmore carvings begin.
Bryson manages to skillfully weave all these stories and many more in a fascinating and entertaining account of 1927. He does jump around a lot but manages to do so quite skillfully. Overall an enjoyable book!!
Good, but not my favorite (At Home) with his facts for the unusual. He narrates with his great sense of humor, very dry.
Disappointing - a very selective history, exaggerated in some instances to buttress his point that he believes the summer of 1927 to be singular in its remarkable events. Offers no citations to read more about the points the author makes. Slightly 'snarky' humor about many historical figures.
Interesting book. Effective narrative that uses the focus on a single year, that cumulatively characterizes the 1920s.
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If you have ever asked questions like:
"Who cut their hair on the couch? Why does the dog have one blue paw? Where did all the kitchen chairs go?"
You may have bored kids.
My experience as a mother of three children, including twins has taught me that it is easy to entertain a child, but not so easy to keep them busy. Allow me to explain the difference.
It's easy to put on a movie for your toddler or allow your tween all the computer time they want. On the other hand, it takes a lot more effort to give them opportunities to grow and develop into independent, well-rounded, active young people.
Here are a few of my tips for keeping your child actively engaged in things that will benefit them and the family over the summer.
My first tip is Early to bed, early to rise, even during summer break.
Allowing your kids to set their own sleeping schedule in the summer, doesn't do anything for them in the long run. If anything it will teach them to be disappointed adults. Sleeping-in isn't a regular part of any productive adult's life.
Our regular wake-up call has only been pushed back by a half-an-hour and a decent bedtime is still enforced. Everyone still enjoys a full eight hours of sleep and nobody sleeps the day away.
My second tip is Fun first, then work. Really?
Adjust your chore schedule so the kids aren't helping in the house during the cooler parts of the day. Save the indoor chores for when the temperature climbs, that way when the work is done, they don't refuse to go outside because it's too hot.
We eat breakfast and then play outside or exercise, while the temperature is still enjoyable. When it gets to hot outside, that's when we get the chores done in the cooler, more comfortable house. It may sound like putting the cart before the horse, but it's worked for us.
Finally, Let the kids know what is expected and what they can expect.
A willy-nilly, plan-less summer doesn't benefit mom or kids. Make chore charts and plan your day. Kids are much happier when they know what they can expect. Avoid couch haircuts and boredom, by letting your kids in on the planning of their day.


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One day, all children in this nation will have an opportunity to attain an excellent education.
When is that day?
One day, all children in Mississippi will have an opportunity to attain an excellent education.
When is that day?
One day, all children in Jackson, Greenville, Clarksdale, Tupelo, Meridian, Hattiesburg, Biloxi and your community will have an opportunity to attain an excellent education.
When is that day?
Today, 20 to 30 percent of all Mississippi students do not graduate from high school. Today, students from lower socio-economic backgrounds on average are three to fours years behind in academic achievement. Today, 57 of the state's 152 school districts are rated as performing at "D" or "F" levels.
Similar low graduation rates, high achievement gaps and school failings exist nationwide.
So when is that day when we will successfully level the playing field in all schools, in all communities, with all kids?
It is time. It is past time. It is possible.
I joined the staff of Teach For America (TFA) in the Mississippi-Arkansas Region eight weeks ago after 34 years in the private sector. TFA's vision is to make "one day. . ." a reality in our nation, our state and our communities.
Let me share what I have learned and am still learning about TFA while I still have fresh eyes and can provide unfiltered impressions:
>> TFA in our two-state region recruits and supports almost 600 teachers (also called corps members) in 55 school districts, primarily in the Delta area.
>> Nationally, TFA has 10,000 corps members teaching in 48 regions, mostly urban and some rural areas.
>> TFA is like a domestic Peace Corps that attracts some of the "best and brightest" college graduates for an initial two-year commitment to teach in our most challenging school environments.
>> TFA corps members typically achieve 1.5 to two years in student academic growth during a nine-month school year with students historically identified as at-risk.
>> TFA is a non-profit organization with 70 percent of its funding from individual, corporate and foundation donors.
My observation is that there is no magic to what TFA is attempting to do. Our most basic formula is great teaching. I have never witnessed such idealism, passion, energy and youth as when I met the 300 new corps members who converged on the Delta this summer for the first time.
These young men and women were college majors in the disciplines of science, math, engineering, English, history, pre-med, pre-law, foreign languages, accounting and numerous other rigorous academic areas. They come to our region from great universities in California, Illinois, Texas, Virginia, Massachusetts, Georgia, Michigan, Colorado, Mississippi and all points in between.
TFA is analogous to a significant economic development initiative. We have recruited great talent to our state and are exposing them to southern culture, hospitality and history with an eye toward keeping them in our state and region. We are like a new industry with a continuous 600-person workforce which is growing.
As importantly, TFA is helping establish a culture of achievement. We are complementing and supplementing the local education staff and are helping to transform schools. Our corps members really believe all kids can be successful and have the resolve and commitment to demonstrate that.
Wendy Kopp, as a Princeton senior in 1989, founded TFA 23 years ago with a compelling vision. Ron Nurnberg, executive director of TFA Mississippi-Arkansas for the past 17 years, has nurtured and implemented that vision in practical and dynamic ways establishing one of the largest and leading regions in the nation.
Our nearly 600 corps members execute an education model that is transforming lives and has implications and potential in all Mississippi schools for closing the achievement gap, improving graduation rates and increasing college entrance rates.
TFA is a movement to transform educational outcomes and achieve education equity. TFA is an important piece of the education reform puzzle and is demonstrating what Gov. Bryant and other policy makers are saying need to be done to improve our human capital and thus our education performance and economy.
One day, all children in this nation will have an opportunity to attain an excellent education.
It is Mississippi's time to lead the nation. "One day" starts today.
Billy Crews is the former publisher of the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal in Tupelo and longtime public education advocate. He recently joined Teach For America and is located in its regional office in Oxford. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com
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When U.S. Olympic skier Lindsey Vonn won her ESPY last night, she used her speech time to beg Justin Bieber to pose for a pic for her Facebook page ... and backstage, BIEBS DELIVERED!!!
Vonn -- who won Best Female Athlete at the event -- posed with her trophy .... and her ESPY award backstage ... and then posted it to her FB page with the caption, "I finally got my Justin Bieber pic!"
Bieber ... such a pleaser.
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We couldn't be more thrilled with Matt's decision. As I've said many times before, he's the best in the business, and there is nobody I would rather have in the 'Today' anchor chair than Matt. —NBC News President Deborah Turness
NEW YORK — Matt Lauer, a fixture on NBC's "Today" show for two decades and a co-host since 1997, will remain on the show for a few more years as it tries to recover the dominance lost to rival "Good Morning America."
The network said Friday that Lauer had agreed to a contract extension for multiple years, although it would not specify how long. Lauer's last extension was announced in 2012. Terms were not disclosed; as the longest-lasting host in the most profitable time of day for broadcast news divisions, Lauer is certainly one of the highest-paid people in TV news.
Lauer's future was the biggest question hanging over NBC's news division. Last week Lauer told NBC's bosses that he had decided to stay, and an agreement was reached quickly. He told his "Today" colleagues on Thursday that he'd be staying, said an NBC executive who spoke on condition of anonymity because the network doesn't talk publicly about contracts.
"We couldn't be more thrilled with Matt's decision," said NBC News President Deborah Turness. "As I've said many times before, he's the best in the business, and there is nobody I would rather have in the 'Today' anchor chair than Matt."
Lauer, 56, said in a statement that "I consider this the best job in broadcasting. I love the people I work with every day and I have such respect and gratitude for the people I work for. I couldn't be happier to be staying."
Lauer began as a news anchor on "Today" in 1994 and replaced Bryant Gumbel as co-host three years later.
Lauer has worked with Katie Couric, Meredith Vieira, Ann Curry and now Savannah Guthrie as co-hosts. "Today" spent an unparalleled two decades at the top of the morning ratings before losing ground to ABC's breezy "Good Morning America," a downfall exacerbated by the negative fallout from Curry's removal in 2012.
"Today" has gained ground in the ratings over the past several months, particularly among younger viewers. But ABC still holds a solid lead: During the week of June 2, "Good Morning America" averaged 5.4 million viewers to NBC's 4.6 million, the Nielsen company said.
The contract extension was first reported in The New York Times.
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The quintessential atheist is a high IQ, upper class, urban, white (or Asian), young, liberal Democratic guy with a doctorate. Firm belief is pretty much the norm across the board and a plurality just about anyway one broadly slices it, but the further one moves away from the quintessential atheist, the more theistic things become.
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* For intelligence, respondents are broken up into five categories that come to roughly resemble a normal distribution; Really Smarts (wordsum score of 9-10, comprising 13% of the population), Pretty Smarts (7-8, 26%), Normals (6, 22%), Pretty Dumbs (4-5, 27%), and Real Dumbs (0-3, 12%).


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|In the hope that she too may be a juror in
a US patent trial, Merpel shows that she too
is capable of understanding complex technology
|Samsung's latest and non-
infringing challenge
to Apple: the William
Tell-aphone ...
|Smoking crack
|In the hope that she too may be a juror in
a US patent trial, Merpel shows that she too
is capable of understanding complex technology
|Samsung's latest and non-
infringing challenge
to Apple: the William
Tell-aphone ...
|Smoking crack
So who is benefiting here?
This has been litigated in South Korea, (to their credit, a great result: whatever is Korean legalese for why don't you both drop dead?) the UK and California.
That's a lot of lawyers, a lot of lawyers fees, a lot of Court costs, a lot of expert witness fees and so on and so forth.
The eventual winner will attempt to take monopoly rent from the market, the eventual loser will do a combination of attempt to recover costs from its customers and sack a few workers.
And what's in the mix? rounded corners, software that emulates a ball rebounding off a wall, the metaphor for a toilet door lock?
Whatever. Is this innovation? Is this what the legal system is supposed to be all about?
Nothing comes of nothing, neatly illustrated here:
Meanwhile, having failed to get software patents through the front door in Europe, lobbyists are now trying to do it through the administrative tidying exercise "unitary patents"
The quality of the political debate is best described by analogy: the LibDem representative arguing that because something was in all three manifestos everyone voted for it...
Never mind democracy, what actually happens is described here:
When the case is eventually decided in Apple's favour by the CAFC (would anyone seriously bet otherwise, given that it's the CAFC?) and Chief Justice Rader writes the unanimous decision focusing on the design patent, trademark and trade dress claims regarding rectangles with rounded corners, perhaps he will try to outdo the legendary literary leaps of his brethren Judges Posner and Kozinski on those "other" appellate courts and, with a great flourish, call his judgment:
"Raider of the Last Arc"
Just an idea…
My rant, more elegantly expressed: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2012/08/apple-v-samsung-what-does-1-billion-verdict-really-mean
Well the 'market' came to a different figure - shares in Samsung Electronics fell by more than 7 percent Monday morning, wiping nearly $12 billion off Samsung's market value.at
It is laughably cynical to suggest that the American populace has been "indoctrinated" into buying Apple products over Korean-made ones. It's a market. Remember that vast trade deficit that the US runs with Asia? It arises because Americans overwhelmingly prefer the price-value point of goods made in Asia to that of those made at home. Just as do Britons.
I expected better from the IPKat than a lazy characterisation of American consumers (or jurors) as mindless nationalists.
Thank goodness for Merpel. she is only saying what many of are thinking.
During a presentation by a US patent attorney last year it was observed that the further West you go, the more likely the jury are to find in favour of a US litigant. It would therefore have been surprising had the verdict gone the other way.
Dear Anon at 6:51
California is a lot further west than the Eastern District of Texas....
Looks like California is competing with the Eastern District for patent tourism litigation...
Bidding now starts at a billion USD.
Plus you get jurors who are so knowledgeable about patents and high tech that they don't even need to read the judge's instructions or review evidence to get to a speedy and just verdict....
Very efficient....
Some of the Jurors were interviewed after the decision. One of them stated that the level of costs awarded was made sufficiently high to "punish" Samsung. Doesn't sound like the jury really grasped the idea that the damages were to compensate for lost profits.
As the previous comment states, some, including the head juror, have spoken out. Quoted in The Guardian, he says many were unsure of procedure. They were also swayed in particular by the minutes of meetings where, what has been termed in the UK 'winking at' Apple's technology was discussed by Samsung. Probably a natural jury reaction but it does it equate to infringement ?
And then there's this: http://intellectualip.com/2012/08/29/apple-v-samsung-and-awards-of-defendants-profits-the-potentially-for-overcompensatory-damages-in-design-patent-infringement-cases/
It appears to be a strange anomoly of the US system (surprise, surprise) that a plaintiff is not entitled to request an account of profits in respect of utility patent infringement, but is statutorily entitled to an account of the entire profit made in the event of design patent infringement.
This explains the observation I made on my own blog earlier this week, before I read the above article, that the damages awarded for design/trade dress infringement seemed disproportionately high compared with the damages awarded on devices where there was only utility patent infringement found (see http://blog.patentology.com.au/2012/08/billion-dollar-jury-verdict-blow-to.html)
And once you know this, it is easier to find the relevant jury instruction - no. 54 on page 72 - and quite possible to conclude that the jurors did exactly as they were instructed.
If the layman jury is so bad at calculating damages, one would expect an expert Kat in this field to provide some evidence that this number is totally unreasonable. So far, there are no indications that the jury awarded damages are unreasonable given the size of the market and the market share of the Samsung products.
After reading an interview given by the jury foreman, I am reminded that "a little knowledge is a dangerous thing".
'Merpel listened as the AmeriKat recounted the valiant attempt of Judge Rader to defend the jury system in patent cases in the face of some trade mark provocation by Sir Robin. Judge Rader, who has tried "as many patent jury trials as anyone", argued that juries "do as well as judges" and, when interviewed afterwards, explained that the juries showed that "they do understand complex technology". But, asked the AmeriKat, do they understand complex technology and damages calculations?'
This to me reads like the old 'appeal to authority' logical fallacy: 'this subject is too complicated for ordinary people, so it is best left to us, the experts'.
The following quote is instructive:
"If anybody ever tells you anything about an aeroplane which is so bloody complicated you can't understand it, take it from me: it's all balls."
— Spitfire designer R. J. Mitchell, advice given about his engineering staff to test pilot Jeffrey Quill during prototype trials.
He is of course absolutely right. Ultimately, all law is founded upon straightforward philosophical principles, and property is 90% of the law. If an intelligent and educated lay person cannot understand the concept of property, even when it is somewhat occluded as with intellectual property, then the legal argument being presented is probably an ass.
The arguement is not that these matters are too complex for a lay jury, the question is how did a jury decide on infringement of numerous IP rights and the level of damages as a result in a mere 2 days after 3 weeks of arguement? Not even the quickest legal mind could do that....but anyone's gut, of course, could.
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10 Ways to Traumatize Your Kids This Halloween — The Funnies
Halloween isn't just about candy and haunted houses—it's about creating lifelong memories with your kids. You can take them to a pumpkin patch and carve a pumpkin, you can pick out a design together and then build the best costume ever. There are so many wholesome activities to share with your darling children.
Or … you could traumatize them. Let's not forget, Halloween is also about playing magnificent pranks against your naturally unsuspecting kids. Here are 10 ways to traumatize them this Halloween:
2. Convince them that Great Aunt Martha is actually a vampire.
3. Hide under their beds and jump out when they're getting ready to go to sleep.
4. Take some ground beef and tell your kids it's human meat, then force them to eat "people tacos."
5. Carve your pumpkin to look like their homeroom teacher.
6. Tell them you need the family cat for a "special Halloween stew."
7. Tell them the mailman got bit by the family dog, then turned into a werewolf.
8. Peel a bunch of grapes, blindfold your kids, then make them stick their hands into a "bowl of eyeballs."
9. Make them watch 'Twilight' every day.
10. Tell them you ate all of their Halloween candy.


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HBO Hooks Up Nordic Cord Cutters; Offers Standalone Streaming Service
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In a move sure to please certain Europeans, HBO is now offering a completely cord-free option.
The service, named HBO Nordic AB, will allow customers in Sweden, Norway, Finland, and Denmark to stream subtitled versions of the same content available in the US. Original series like Game of Thrones and Boardwalk Empire, as well as movies that are featured by the channel, will be streamable at HBONordic.com.The service is cheap ($6-12.50/month) and gives Nordic viewers a fairly good selection of the channel's offerings. As Ars Technica points out, this move may be a reaction to Netflix's announcement that it would be offering its services in the same region. No doubt HBO would be happier placing further down the "Most Pirated" charts and Netflix has been proven to be one of the better "pirate killers." Offering a reasonably priced streaming option with all normally-attached strings detached is a good start.
In addition to cordless service, HBO will also be shredding its usual timetable. Currently, weeks or months pass between original airdates and the programs' appearance in countries like Norway and Sweden. With HBO Nordic AB, programs will be available to stream within a few hours of the original airtime.
Providing a desirable service at a good price and with a minimum of windowed "scarcity" is one of the only ways to put a dent in filesharing. Hopefully, HBO recognizes this and considers expanding this service into other countries. Here in the US, unfortunately, the symbiotic relationship between the movie studios, cable companies and premium offerings like HBO is too far ingrown to imagine this has even the slimmest chance in hell of becoming a reality. But, if it knocks HBO off the "Sharing Is Caring" lists, who knows? Maybe everyone involved (or at least, two-thirds) will see the potential, rather than morosely counting the "potential" losses. I can't see an offering like this making US cable companies happy, but really, does anyone care if Time Warner, Comcast, Cox, etc. find themselves on the business end of "The Shaft" for a change?


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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (Jan. 21, 2006) - Gardner-Webb overcame a 13-point second half deficit to slip past the Lady Bucs, 72-68, Saturday afternoon in Brooks Gym. With the win, Gardner-Webb improves to 7-9 overall, 6-3 in the Atlantic Sun, while the Lady Bucs fall to 11-5, 7-2 in conference.
Trailing 66-63, with just remaining the in the second half, Gardner-Webb got a crucial basket from Brittany Harmon to bring the deficit to one with to go. GWU earned its first lead of half at the mark, as Trisha Bennett drained a three to give the Runnin' Bulldogs the 68-66 advantage.
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The Lady Bucs looked to be in control early on, rattling out to a 13-point lead with remaining in the second frame. Leading 35-30 at the break, ETSU came out on fire, engineering a 9-1 run to start the half. Gardner-Webb failed to net its first field goal until the mark. But the Bulldog offense woke up after that, ending the game on a 41-24 run, and outscoring ETSU 42-33 in the second half.
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Converts the specified object to the current object's type. This method is effective when you utilize the Client API IntelliSense feature provided by DevExpress.
function ASPxClientSpreadsheet.Cast(
obj : object
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The Cast method is implemented as a part of the JavaScript IntelliSense support for DevExpress ASP.NET controls and MVC extensions. So, using the Cast method is sensible when you intend to use IntelliSense during writing JavaScript code at design time with the help of the DevExpress client API.
A call to the Cast method (which is a static method) casts the specified client object to the ASPxClientSpreadsheet type. As a result, the object's type is now known and ASPxClientSpreadsheet type specific IntelliSense information can be displayed for this client object, facilitating your coding.
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Converting the event source object passed to a client event's handler:
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Converting a client object accessed by using the value of the ClientInstanceName (or ID) property. For instance, if a web control's ClientInstanceName property is set to 'ASPxClientSpreadsheet1', the object can be type cast in the following manner:
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Revel Officially Files for Bankruptcy
Revel, the casino many hoped would turn around Atlantic City's struggling casino market, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
Under Monday's so-called pre-packaged bankruptcy filing, most of the casino's debt will be converted into equity for its lenders. The deal would wipe out 82 percent of Revel's $1.5 billion in debt, leaving it with a much more manageable $272 million in debt.
A majority of Revel's creditors has agreed to the filing's terms.
Revel plans to continue operating normally, promising that employees and vendors will continue to be paid.
The company hopes to have the plan approved by a judge and wrapped up by early summer.
The $2.4 billion resort opened April 2 but has lagged near the bottom of Atlantic City's 12 casinos in terms of gambling revenue.
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In a past post, it talked about Microsoft wanting admin rights to your box as found in this article. Now, under the new EULA, MS is asking to automatically update your box for you (and we all know why this is happening). Here's the story: http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/26517.html
This is interesting, because in the past, users had a choice as to when or where updates would be applied. Now, there is no choice. MS just downloads it for you. Not that is a bad thing, but what if it was in some critical or bad time (especially for 56k users)? Now this does not apply to corporate editions of WinXP... and curiously enough, I have to agree:
I have no idea, but this is sure to make many wonder because ofConsent-based push, then. And pretty similar to what you already get in Windows Update, for sure. But what's it doing in the installation sequence?
and that is not good. And furthermore, in this article, it points outAnd as he points out, this could be back door for future DRM technologies. Such a clause was smuggled into a security patch in June.
Hm. Everybody is probing and prodding in your OS now. What makes me wonder is the new proposal Bill Gates calls "Trustworthy Computing" as found in this article: How can this be trustworthy computing when there are so many fingers doing the things we are supposed to do in the first place? Can they just leave us alone and let us choose when we apply updates and better yet, not tell the whole world?"Reasonable efforts to post notices" somewhere on the Web. I think it's clear from the wording that MS has absolutely no intention of bringing this behavior to our attention.
I have no idea. This is Microsoft.