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Friday, October 21, 2005
York Pinkermint Patties
Name: York Peppermint Pattie (Special Edition - Miniatures)
York Peppermint Patties hardly need a review from me. They're a dense/fluffy minted center with a thin dark chocolate coat.
The reason I bring these up is that instead of the regular market-testing Limited Edition, these pink-centered patties are to raise awareness and money for the Young Survival Coalition.
(Here's the press release from YSC.)
They've been out since this summer, but I've yet to see them in any store on the West Coast (okay, I've only looked on the coast of California from San Francisco to Los Angeles), these were sent to me by a friend of my sister-in-law in NY. If you find them, grab them. They're no different than a regular YORK, except for the color. Eat them in the dark if the pink squicks you.
Rating - 10 out of 10 (cancer is bad, breasts are good ... actually I love Peppermint Patties, the miniatures especially)
Thursday, October 20, 2005
Name: Chick-o-Stick
These have always scared me. I think because they're called Chick-o-Sticks and look like they could be chicken legs. Not something I'd consider to be a sweet treat. And let's face it, the orange color is pretty freaky. The Atkinson site doesn't really say why they're called that except that that's what they've always been called.
What they really are is a peanut butter toffee crisp covered in coconut. Pretty simple. A lot like the inside of a Butterfinger bar, but a bit more solid (as you can see in the close up if you click on the photo).
The taste is good, sweet with a nice hit of salt and a really good roasted peanut butter flavor. Even though the coconut looks pretty minimal, the taste is pretty significant. Unlike some of the other crisped peanut butter candies, this one contains no trans fats, in fact the only fat in it comes from the peanut butter itself. They're much easier to carry around than some chocolate candies because it doesn't melt, so I can see this being a good treat for hiking or shipping long distances (the Atkinson website mentions shipping them to Iraq).
I know, I need to get a hold of a Clark bar and Zagnut to round out my tour of peanut crisp.
Rating - 7 out of 10
Related: Butterfinger & 5th Avenue head-to-head
POSTED BY Cybele AT 1:41 pm Candy • Review • Atkinson's • Coconut • Peanuts • 7-Worth It • United States • 99 Cent Only Store • Comments (26)
Wednesday, October 19, 2005
Ritter Sport Assortment
Name: Ritter Sport
Ritter is a German brand of chocolate that offers these squares of chocolate (large and small) in 18 different varieties. I picked up this mini-assortment at Cost Plus because I haven't been able to find some of the more obscure ones in the 100 gram size.
The little bars are about 1 1/2 inches square and sectioned into quarters. Overall, their chocolate is smooth, milky without tasting too much like powdered milk and the quality of the ingredients it top notch. They're mass production candy, not frou-frou high-end stuff, but they offer some good variety to their line.
Here's what I tried:
Marzipan - well, it's sad that out of the 10 bars in the box, two of them were marzipan. I'm not fond of marzipan, but the texture was good and the almond paste fresh. The chocolate wasn't the light dairy milk, but a mild semi-sweet. 6 out of 10
Jogurt - the other sad thing was there were two of these as well. Covered in the dairy milk chocolate, the center was a dense yogurt cream. A little sour, a little odd. Not unpleasant, but not really my thing. 6 out of 10
Knusperflakes - a corn flake crunch in milk chocolate. This is super, I will definitely buy this one again if I see it by itself. Better than a crisped rice bar because the corn actually has its own flavor to add. Rocks my world. You get the picture. 8 out of 10
Vollmilch - milk chocolate, rich, sticky and dairy-rich taste. Sweet and smooth. 7 out of 10.
Knusperkeks - a butter biscuit covered in chocolate. Simplicity. The biscuit is soft and crumbly, but not grainy like a graham cracker. Buttery undertones and lightly crumbly, it works well with the chocolate. 7 out of 10
Nugat - not really nougat in the sense of a whipped sugar, but more of a hazelnut paste. Sweet and very nutty. Not as smooth as a Baci. 7 out of 10.
Haselnuss - crushed hazelnuts in milk chocolate. Sweet dairy milk chocolate with good nutty crunch and flavor. 7 out of 10.
A fun thing to share with people. Each little bar is a nice snack, not as big as a whole candy bar and easy to section and share.
Rating - 7 out of 10 for whole package.
Tuesday, October 18, 2005
All the Pretty Mint Horses
Name: Milk Chocolate filled with Dalecarlian Polkamint Truffle
I got these little cuties as a gift from fellow webmaster, Russ, from NaNoWriMo last month. (Unfortunately the box only had three little minty horses left!)
Inside the box are little individually wrapped candy horses. Made with a molded milk chocolate shell, they're filled with a pink mint cream:
The detail on them is really nice, the proportions are good (nobody likes to eat what looks like a deformed animal). Not just an ordinary horse, they're Dala horses, which are a common symbol for Sweden. The chocolate is rather in between a milk chocolate and a semi-sweet. It's not heavy on the dairy milk notes, which is just fine with me. The chocolate is smooth and the cream filling is not too sweet. It has a nice mild peppermint hit to it that doesn't overwhelm the chocolate.
The packaging is obviously for the English-speaking market and I think they probably should have consulted some English-speaking folks to comment on their catch phrase of "A Nice Taste of Sweden!" I'm not sure if other tastes of Sweden are foul and they're trying to differentiate themselves or if perhaps it's a catch phrase from their popular culture that just didn't make it in translation. I think they could also work on the name of the candy. I like to know what to call the things in conversation ... Dalamints? Horsetruffles? Milk Chocolate filled with Dalecarlian Polkamint Truffle, well, you've already dozed off reading that, haven't you?
That aside, it's nice stuff and if someone gave me a full box of these, I'd be pleased. I was pleased to get 3/10ths of a box ... it can only get better than that!
Rating - 8 out of 10 (I'm a fan of mint and chocolate)
Botticelli Chocolatte
Name: Chocolatte
My husband brought this back from Canada for me. I know it was a while ago, but if you picture the candy blogger with piles of candy all over her house and office, well, you're not far off from the truth. I was a little skittish about it because of my experience with the Botticelli Bites last summer. (I have other thoughts on that, but I'll post about that separately sometime.)
The bar is milk chocolate sections filled with a buttery cream. The chocolate is creamy and smooth albeit a little too sweet to let the dairy or chocolate flavors really shine. The center is smooth, sweet and has a good flowing caramel texture but not really any flavor that I could figure (caramel, vanilla, chocolate?).
It's a rather ordinary bar with no oomph. The sections divide quite nicely to make the bar look like boxed chocolates instead of a candy bar, so it definitely has an upscale feel but just doesn't deliver any sensory satisfaction for me. I feel so bad about this post that I'll try to do another one later, if only so I can have something more exciting to eat (good or bad).
Rating - 5 out of 10
POSTED BY Cybele AT 10:03 am Candy • Review • Botticelli • Chocolate • 5-Pleasant • Canada • Comments (9)
Monday, October 17, 2005
Hershey's Cookies
Name: Hershey's with Almonds & Reese's Cookies
So, the Almond Joy cookies were nice. I loved the York cookies, but haven't been able to find them again. What I have found are the Hershey's with Almonds and the Reese's (finally!).
Can I just say this about the Hershey's with Almonds? OMIGOD! Awesome. Really. I wasn't planning on reviewing them so close to the Almond Joy one ... but I wanted to photograph them, and once I opened the package and take a bit for the photo ... eek! They're soooo good. I wanted to run down the hall and share them with someone else. I didn't want to share them with someone else! They're mine! I only have four!
The cookie part is light and crunchy with a good cocoa flavor like the cookie part of an Oreo, but lighter. The creamy chocolate topping has nicely roasted almonds in it. Not a lot of them, but enough for a good nutty flavor and texture. The chocolate is good and sweet and provides a good creamy balance to the slightly salted cookie. I wish they weren't so hard to find and expensive as cookies go, but then again, I don't want them in a larger package lest I eat more than four at a time. (I did share one.)
The Reese's didn't do much for me. They were peanutty, but lacked a creamy quality that the peanut butter cups have. I still think they're a solidly good cookie - better than a Nutter Butter if you like chocolate with your peanut cookies.
Ratings: Hershey's with Almond Cookie - 10 out of 10
POSTED BY Cybele AT 12:56 pm Candy • Review • Hershey's • Chocolate • Nuts • Peanuts • 7-Worth It • 10-Superb • United States •
Friday, October 14, 2005
Inside Out Junior Mints
Name: Junior Mints Inside Outs
I got an instant message from a former colleague the other day about these. I hadn't seen them, but sure enough they were just waiting for me at the 99 Cent store last week.
The Inside Outs are a white chocolate shell with a dark chocolate minted cream filling. They're not at all like Junior Mints, except for the fact that they're junior sized and minty. Where a regular Junior Mint has semi-sweet chocolate and an oozy mint filling, the Inside Outs have no real chocolate taste. Where Junior Mints are rather low in fat (for a chocolate candy), the Inside Outs don't have that much more fat but their second ingredient (after sugar) is Partially Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil ... yes, the dreaded trans fats.
Even the description on the box is a little uninspiring "Dark Chocolatey Mints in a Smooth White Coating." Mmm, don't you just love white coating? And the word "chocolatey" screams "I have no real chocolate in me!"
If you dig Junior Mints, stick to Junior Mints ... they can hardly be improved. They're usually a good value (the standard single serve box is 1.84 ounces) and pretty easily understood ingredients. There are real white chocolate mint candies out there and I advise seeking them out - real white chocolate uses cocoa butter which is not only a monosaturated fat it's just smoother. The Inside Outs are a limited edition, so if you want to give them a try, you'd better hurry.
Rating - 4 out of 10
POSTED BY Cybele AT 9:48 am Candy • Review • Tootsie • Limited Edition • Mints • 4-Benign • United States • 99 Cent Only Store • Comments (16)
Thursday, October 13, 2005
Sport Beans
Name: Sport Beans
If you were to take out the brand awareness of Jelly Bellies and introduce a product called Sport Beans, I think you're looking at a surefire flop. However, Jelly Belly seems to know what they're doing and they've recognized that there were folks out there popping jelly beans for energy while exercising, so why not give them the stuff that they're getting in a sports drink or gel.
Tangerine Jelly Bellies are far and away my favorites however Sport Beans only come in two flavors, Orange and Lemon-Lime. Could have been worse, they could only come in chocolate and buttered popcorn, so I think I lucked out. I was worried that it would taste salty and sweaty like Gatorade, but it didn't. They tasted like really zesty orange jelly beans with a slight salty cast to them. The electrolytes provided are not nearly at the levels you'd find in a dietary supplement, but at comparable levels according to the chart on the website to GU plus added vitamin C & E. They're actually more flavorful than regular Jelly Bellies, which I think is a good feature, as the tartness gets the salivary glands going so your mouth isn't as dry.
The only drawback I see to these is eating them when you're not working out. After all, they're salted up, and if you're someone who should be avoiding sodium these probably aren't something you should have around. But, having had Gatorade and Powerade before, Sport Beans are far easier to carry around and meter out how much you want. Putting an open packet of Cliff Shots in your pocket or bag is a surefire sticky disaster in the making.
Rating - 8 out of 10
POSTED BY Cybele AT 9:44 am Candy • Review • Jelly Belly • Jelly Candy • 8-Tasty • United States • 7-11 •
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A few months ago, we shared a few challenges that customers have with today's personal cloud storage services. College students in particular have unique needs that today's services do not satisfy. While we continue to improve SkyDrive to meet their needs, today's SkyDrive can already help students work together more efficiently. To spread the word, we're showcasing what students can do with SkyDrive and Office, and we're sponsoring a $50K Collaboration Challenge for students at 10 universities across the U.S. who are participating in business plan competitions.
This blog post includes a few power tips and FAQs to help you get the most out of SkyDrive and Office for full-powered collaboration.
Let's say you're working on a business plan competition (or another group project) with a few other people. Your teammates are across campus, across town or even across the country. Some use PCs. Some use Macs. You want to put your best foot forward with a compelling pitch deck, smart business plan, and sound financial analysis. How can you easily work together and create something great?
You could use web-based apps like Google Docs. While they may work well for simple tasks, they may not have the features you need to create professional documents. You can also have formatting issues when you move between these apps and Office. You could also use a "file cloud" like Dropbox, but these tools aren't really designed for collaboration, and they don't let you work simultaneously with others on a document.
Faced with these choices, many people decide to work independently and email files back and forth. This makes it hard to know if you're working on the latest version of a document, and sometimes you can run into attachment limits. It also can take a lot of time to piece together different Word documents or PowerPoint presentations from multiple email messages.
With SkyDrive, you have a better option. You can store all your files in one place, so everyone can access the latest version. You can also use free Office Web Apps for basic editing from any browser.
But what most people don't know is that SkyDrive and Office Web Apps integrate with the Office apps installed on your PC or Mac so you can work together on documents in the cloud right from your desktop apps. With the right setup, you can work together on a Word doc or PowerPoint presentation with your teammates at the same time.
Working this way, your team gets the powerful authoring and formatting tools that you're used to in Microsoft Office, while also being able to take advantage of cloud-based collaboration. Everyone can work from the latest version and even work on the doc at the same time. You won't have to convert your document into a different format that could lead to formatting problems.
Also with tools like OneNote Web App and PowerPoint embedding, SkyDrive can save your team time by being the one place to brainstorm, create, collaborate and publish.
Here are 7 tips for full-powered collaboration in the cloud—across PCs and Macs. Please also see the FAQs at the end of the blog post.
If you have a PC, you can pin SkyDrive to your Windows 7 taskbar using Internet Explorer 9 for quick access to files and sharing options.
If you have a Mac, you have a few different options. Apps like Fluid or Automator bring SkyDrive to your Dock along with a nice SkyDrive icon (download one here). However, using these can interfere with the plugin that SkyDrive needs to open Office apps on your Mac (see the FAQ below). We recommend a simpler approach:
There are two ways to create a shared space for your team on SkyDrive. You can create a SkyDrive group or you can share a SkyDrive folder with team members.
With the latest sharing updates, sharing a folder is a better option for many projects, particularly ones that are short-lived. Now you can go from creation, to collaboration, to publishing—keeping your files in one place without extra versions.
To get the most out of the experience:
SkyDrive works with OneNote so you can organize notes and brainstorm in a virtual notebook that's shared with your entire team. Instead of sifting through old email threads, everyone can get up to speed on the project history in one place.
To start, create a new notebook using OneNote Web App in your shared folder. Then, everyone on your team can easily access it from that folder.
OneNote Web App works great across Mac and PC, and you can easily access it along with the rest of your shared files from your SkyDrive bookmark. If you have OneNote 2010 on your PC, sync your notebook locally to work offline and use additional features like screenshot capture, inking and more. You can also access your notes on a Windows Phone, iPhone, or iPad.
Once your team is up and running, you may find that you're working on a couple of documents frequently, such as your pitch deck or financial model.
With Windows 7 and Office 2010, if you've opened these documents from SkyDrive at least once, you can then pin them to your taskbar just by right-clicking Word, Excel or PowerPoint. Then you can edit and automatically save changes back to the cloud.
Also, within Word, Excel or Word 2010, you can use the File/Recent menu for even more pinning options. You can pin additional files, as well as the entire shared folder.
If you have a Mac, you can access any SkyDrive document that you've opened recently from the File/Open Recent menu of the Office app that you're using.
And if you're offline, you may still be able to access your SkyDrive docs. On your PC, run Microsoft Office 2010 Upload Center from the start menu or from the tray. You can view recently uploaded files that have been cached for offline use. On the Mac, access Upload Center through the Finder.
If you and your teammates use Word 2010 for PC, Word 2011 for Mac, or Word Web App, you can work together on the same Word document on SkyDrive at the same time. If your team's style is to "divide and conquer", co-authoring will help your team see the paper as it comes together, so each person can make sure that their piece fits with what the rest of the team is doing. You can even see everyone who is working on a doc at a given time.
To get the most out of the experience, use Track Changes for edit rounds. Track Changes lets you review any change your teammates make to the document. If you turn on Track Changes, keep in mind that you won't be able to edit the document using Word Web App until you accept all of the changes.
SkyDrive works with PowerPoint 2010 for PC and PowerPoint 2011 for Mac so you can work together on the same PowerPoint at the same time. This can be a huge time saver compared to emailing around individual slides, and it lets you keep your formatting consistent. To take advantage of this:
For Office documents that you edit online or on your PC, SkyDrive keeps track of different versions automatically, storing the last 25 versions online. These additional versions do not count towards your storage limit on SkyDrive.
Versions are really helpful because they can recover your file from a bad change, and they also let you go back in time and see how far your project has come!
Click on any Office document to view its version history, and then choose to restore or delete any version. If you decide to restore a previous version, SkyDrive will not overwrite your current file. Instead, it will take a snapshot of your current file and save it as another version.
Do I need a Hotmail account to use SkyDrive?
No. If you use Gmail or another account, you can easily sign up for an account at SkyDrive.com using your existing email address. Once you sign up, you can add contacts from Gmail or Facebook for easier sharing.
Why can't I open docs from SkyDrive.com using Office apps on my PC or Mac?
We're working hard to make sure SkyDrive and Office Web Apps are built using HTML5 and modern web standards to work across browsers.
But to be able to open cloud-based files with Word, Excel, or PowerPoint on your PC or Mac, SkyDrive requires a browser plugin that's currently available for Internet Explorer and Firefox on the PC or Safari and Firefox on the Mac. If you use these browsers and still have issues opening docs, here's a quick way to troubleshoot the problem:
NOTE: You need Office 2003, 2007 or 2010 on the PC or Office 2008 or Office 2011 on the Mac to open files from SkyDrive.
I can't upload more than one file at a time to SkyDrive. What's wrong?
You should be able to. If you have Silverlight installed and use IE or Safari for Mac, you can upload up to 200 files at the same time. If you use Firefox or Chrome, you can drag and drop multiple files from your desktop to the folder of your choice.
We hope these tips are helpful for any type of group work. And for students participating in a business plan competition, we encourage your team to try SkyDrive, check out these helpful tips / templates from Guy Kawasaki, and enter our $50K Collaboration Challenge.
We're constantly working to improve the SkyDrive experience. We'd love to hear from you, whether you have additional tips, suggestions or just want to share with us something that you've created using SkyDrive.
Anand Babu
Product Manager
Hope that SkyDrive will have its own app for iPad too.
Live Mesh Beta what you are asking for right. Microsoft essentially split LMB in two with Windows Live Mesh for desktop synching and Windows Live SkyDrive for cloud-ONLY synchronized storage. This is still a self-inflicted fracture that Microsoft is continuing to ignore.
Will we be able to buy extra storage soon on SkyDrive? I ran out a while ago and it's becoming a real problem.
PLEASE build a command button to create a desktop SkyDrive folder into the SkyDrive web site.
I have the Office Suite 2010 and being able to open and save files to SkyDrive in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint dosen't help me because I am using Access and Infopath. Search Bing using "SkyDrive desktop folder" and you get "1-10 of 595,000 resultsresults" (google returns "About 884,000 results (0.26 seconds)") so there are a lot of us out there trying to find some way to simply use SkyDrive as a desktop folder.
PLEASE do something to make a desktop connecton to SkyDrive. We need to be able to access multiple SkyDrive folders from the desktop. I have a SkyDrive under my email and my wife has a SkyDrive under her email.
Thank you.
From my experiences with using the Office Live web apps, the product looks great and works well for the most part except for the fact that it's missing one major feature and that's the auto save function which Google Docs has. Microsoft should also consider making the Skydrive app and other Office apps available for all major mobile operating systems such as Android and BlackBerry not just iOS and Windows Phone 7.
My Live.com Excel spreadsheets open in the Skydrive App very, very tiny and I have to expand the screen to be able to read the spreadsheet. The same spreadsheet in Skydrive in iPhone's native Safari browser is has much larger type and I can read immediately on opening. I don't like the new App.
To Anand:
In IE9, I entered https://skydrive.live.com, logged in with my ID and Password and get to my SkyDrive account.
However, the little icon still shows the IE logo. When I pin the tab to my Windows 7 Task bar, I still only get the IE logo and not the SkyDrive logo.
Is there a way to change this?
Thank you
Is Windows Live suddenly requiring -- with no warning to users -- a mandatory password change for all accounts? I ask because starting today, when I go to the www.hotmail.com URL, I am asked to "provide account information" and change my password before I can go to my Hotmail account. I already have a strong password, and Hotmail sent no advance notification of this change, which makes me highly suspicious it's a phishing scam. If Hotmail has indeed made this change, it has made a terrible PR and customer service blunder by failing to announce it to users and to the media. And if this is indeed a scam or a hack where users are diverted to a rogue URL, then Hotmail needs to get the word out ASAP or risk a different type of customer service and PR blunder. I've looked all over the Internet, all over the alleged Windows Live "help" site -- where there is no way to get an answer without signing in -- and there is zero information -- again, making me suspicious! If someone could please respond to me, that would be great -- happy to provide you the rogue URL if it could be a scam... but also need to know if it's legit, since I'm unwilling to take the risk of divulging my password just because a web page says I should. Thanks!
To clarify, not only enable folder uploading, enable folder synchronization, enabling at any possible point of access any new files added to the folders and changes made to any files contained therein, whether changes are made online in the Office Web Apps or if changes are made on the PC.
(Please read "spivonious"'s comment above before you read the rest of this comment)
[RE: Tip 4: Access SkyDrive docs right from Word, Excel or PowerPoint—online or offline]
Wouldn't it be BEST to cure the disjointed nature of storage between SkyDrive and Mesh instead of encouraging unnecessary, obligatory steps EACH TIME a user wants to open a file stored in SkyDrive (arstechnica.com/.../windows-live-sync-is-frustratingly-bad-it-could-be-awesome.ars)?
Windows Live's cloud storage quality and ease of use has regressed from Live Mesh Beta when all you had to improve it any further was make it so that Office Web Apps could open files synchronized in the cloud via Live Mesh Beta and desktop based Office programs could open the same files with no problem because those files were set to ALREADY synchronize to your PC. None of this opening an Office program, THEN connecting to SkyDrive, THEN locating your file was necessary. There was not of this unnecessary pinning nor was there a requirement that the document be opened "at least once" on the computer you were using just to be able to open the document just because it was within a folder that automatically updates changes to files stored within to the cloud. There was an activity feed for those folders as well so you know when and who changed something that had priveleges to do so. Why that changed makes no sense and why that STILL has not been fixed makes no sense. Like "spivonious" mentions above, folder uploading makes FAR MORE SENSE than single file retrieval for most users. You guys got it right the first time with Live Mesh Beta and didn't listen to your users who did not want Live Mesh Beta done away with and were even willing to PAY for the measly 5GB. Why is the 25GB not accessible and why not just merge the SkyDrive and Mesh properties so that they are one and the same and so that users may maximize use and connection to cloud storage with their locally stored files, even if at an annual cost? You guys are making it easy for your competitors (DropBox, iCloud, etc.). Stop it! There needs to be a real-time solution for constant synchronization of files stored to a user's Live account. Folder-based synchronization like what Live Mesh Beta did and Windows Live Mesh sort of does now is the solution. The SkyDrive-only way is cumbersome.
I use SkyDrive for sharing, saving and synchronizing data with Windows Phone and PC. I have few suggestions related to SkyDrive and overall Windows Live experience, which might provide value to the improvement program of these platforms:
[Windows Phone]
1. Please provide the ability to download SkyDrive files on phone memory (esp from OfficeHub).
2. Let the users delete or rename files/folders and create/delete folders on SkyDrive from phone.
3. We need XPS document support on SkyDrive (view xps as html) and Windows Phone natively.
[Windows Live Messenger]
4. During the chat on live messenger, in "Share content from the web" under "Your Content" we have the SkyDrive section. Besides pictures, it should enlist all the files including documents (docx, pdf etc) and videos saved on my SkyDrive account other than just pictures.
[Windows Live SkyDrive]
5. On SkyDrive website: Unlike copying file from one folder to other folder, copying file from root directory to some folder and vice versa is not allowed! I can upload a file in root folder but I cannot move it or copy it from there. It should be fixed.
6. It would be a great feature if we have option to synchronize the favorite or bookmarked sites and folders (categories) between SkyDrive and IE, so my favorites are always accessible wherever I go via IE built-in support and Bing bar (if using some other browser or platform). Also provide a simple web-based CRUD app (using MVC, with categories and search) which acts like a webapp for SkyDrive and webservice for IE and BingBar to manage, organize and synchronize my favorties.
[Windows Live Hotmail]
7. Besides having files, docs, images and emoticon attachments options, please provide us with a feature to attach emails or the entire conversation from any email folder (Inbox, Sent, CustomFolders...) without leaving the page. Like we have this ability in Office Outlook: drag-drop the selected emails in the compose window and they will be attached to the message. Other than the Outlook client, this feature is not yet incorporated in any web based email solution till date. An implicit way is by opening the desired emails individually one-by-one and copy-paste the content, download all the attachments in system and attach them.
8. While composing the message in Hotmail if you press Spell check, you will get this message at the top "The spelling checker found some words for you to look at. If you write more, check again". Notice that the phrase "check again" is a link, but there is no link to turn off the spell check once its on. Something like "finish checking" or "finish" link would be great to remove the remaining highlights.
9. When we delete the emails using the "sweep feature", the "Also block the future messages" option doesn't work if any of the sender is in the person's contact list. But there is no notification from the system for this. To avoid it to happen, the system should display the appropriate, friendly success and failure messages at the end of the XMLHttpRequest. Lets say:
- Sweep operation completed successfully!
- Apologies, sweep operation was not successful. Please try again later!
- Sweep operation completed successfully, and the future messages from the selected senders would be blocked!
- Sweep operation completed successfully, but the following sender couldn't be blocked because they are in your contact list:
[checkbox] "Guy 1 Name" email@example.com
[checkbox] "Guy 2 Name" firstname.lastname@example.com
Select to remove the contacts and try again
[Windows Live Photo Gallery]
10. Would be wonderful, if we have magic tool to remove the picture background!
[Windows Live Movie Maker]
11. Please provide us frame level access, so I can extract, delete and replace a frame from movie.
12. Besides WMV there should be other video formats while saving videos. (asf, avi, mpg... and since so forth!)
Thank you and keep improving the Windows Live ecosystem! 8-)
SkyDrive works pretty well for me now; and I have stored a lot of files in it. Due to the importance of the data, I have some suggestion on the security of the service: 1), implementing a true 2-step verification in login step, like Gmail; at least, making this an option; 2), when a Live ID is created with other email addresses like gmail, it is very easy to be deleted if the password is stolen; can you add another protection in addition to the password when deleting an account, such as entering a verification code sent to the recovery email or cell phone? 3), to delete an alias in Hotmail, also add one more step verification like 2). Thank you.
There are only two small reasons I don't completely use skydrive office web apps and unfortunately forced to use Google Docs. 1. the ability to send people an edit link where they can click the link and edit a document or spreadsheet WITHOUT having to login using a windows live ID. Skydrive will even generate the view/edit link however when you click "edit in browser" they make you login. This lack of feature is killing skydrive and can't tell you how many people I personally know would use it if it offered this simple feature Google Docs already has. 2. online forms. It would be in Skydrive's best interested to offer users a simple way to create online forms similar to Google Docs. Online forms used to collect data in a spreadsheet is the main reason I (and many others) use Google Docs. I really hope Windows Live listens because the lack of these two features is keeping many people away. I'll keep checking back. I'd love to switch everything over.
Great post! If I was still a student, this would be a great tool for working on projects.
I did want to leave one suggestion for Skydrive in general: Please enable folder uploading! This is the one feature that is preventing my dad from switching to Skydrive for his cloud file storage. He has photos organized into folders and would love to be able to upload them all in one action instead of manually recreating the folder structure online and selecting 200 files at a time to upload. Windows Live Mesh would work for him, but it has a 5GB limit and isn't kept in the same space as Skydrive. 5GB isn't big enough, but the 25GB of Skydrive would be plenty.
So, to summarize: add folder upload support, merge Mesh and Skydrive, and allow users to purchase more space if needed..
@Anand Babu and @Limitless -
Frankly, I don't understand what either of you are saying. I have Office 2007, and there is no plugin available that will allow my to save my documents to Skydrive. When I try to open a OneNote web document in OneNote 2007, I get an error message saying that I need both OneNote 2010 AND a plugin for IE.
I tried Bing to look for a solution, and all I found was this Microsoft thread saying IT CAN'T BE DONE...
So thanks for leaving us Office 2007 customers behind...
@fqpc, @danielgr - We like SkyDrive groups. But as SkyDrive and OneNote have improved / added support for different platforms, we agree that SkyDrive groups haven't kept up. We know we have work to do, and it's on our radar. In the meantime, shared folders work great for many projects.
@tdemerse, @controlz – Thanks for the feedback. We're listening.
@Ajay M – You are right :) Was aiming for brevity.
@limitless – Which link are you referring to? If you have Office 2003 or 2007, you should already have the right plug-in installed (for IE). It needs to be active though.
If you don't have the right plug-in, installing Office 2010 trial is currently the only way to get it - across both IE and Firefox. We agree this could be simpler.
I'll work with you on this over email.
If I may grab the attention of a Manager re a problem I am experiencing with Windows Live Hotmail. . .when I sign into WLH, I am getting a yellow notification bar across the top of the page that reads:
"We've updated Hotmail, so please refresh your browser or close it and sign in again. If you are composing a message, make sure you save it as a draft."
I have been receiving this message for the past two days (January 16 - 18). I have refreshed my browser, closed IE and cleared the cache and still the same message.
When I attempt to compose a message, I receive an error message within the HTML Editor that reads:
"Server Error404 - File or directory not found.
The resource you are looking for might have been removed, had its name changed, or is temporarily unavailable."
Not quite sure or understanding why I am receiving these error messages.
I have not seen any new changes to WLH for me to be receiving the yellow notification bar across the top of the page. With regards to the Server Error Message I am receiving within the HTML Editor, I cannot explain why I am receiving this error message.
Thanks kindly,
Open docs from SkyDrive.com:
I can't believe how unclear and incomplete your instructions are for users on Office 2003 and 2007!!!
Everywhere you try to push people to install Office 2010, but (sometimes) also mention that it is possible to open docs from the browser with Office 2003 / 2007, but never really explain how. At least this article helped me to figure out that I need to install a plugin. Also when I try to open a doc from skydrive the error info tells me to install Office 2010 ...
BUT it is actually super simple, just install the plugin from the download center. I had to Bing it! Why is it so hard to post a link???
Just tell the people: you need either Office 2010 (you can try it for free) or install the plugin (you can get it here) for Office 2003 / 2007!
The title says - SkyDrive and Office: 7 tips for full-powered collaboration in the cloud across PCs and Macs.
This should not be PCs and Macs as Macs are also a PC. You should say - PC with Microsoft Windows OS and Apple Mac PC with whatever OS.
Are you accepting that Mac is no longer a PC? Or Are you saying that PC now means Windows OS?
fpqc - I agree about Groups being dead. Shared folders now replace it.
On a different topic, PLEASE can we have the ability to upload whole folders to SkyDrive? Thanks.
@fpqc It's not just the iOS app, Groups are a dead end for everything Microsoft does on mobiles, and that includes WP7 phones, which are unable to access groups be it from the Skydrive App or from the standard Office App. Talk about integration...
Not only that, until the last update it was possible to see when one of your coleagues had modified a shared file on skydrive through social messenger (a social feed that was available not only in the phone's "what's new" thread), but also on every single Windows Live program/website. Now modifications made to files go unnoticed unless you go and check by yourself.
And that's how live goes with skydrive for years now... they give some new great features, remove some previous great features... Is it getting better? I guess it would be unfair to claim the contrary..., but it hurts that it could be so much better than it is...
A drop in folder system similar to Dropbox would help greatly. I don't like that program, but friends seem to be used to it now.
I honestly did not realize multiple people could edit at the same time. That was the only reason for ever using gdocs.
My only problem is the whole "save to sync changes" bit. With gdocs you see the text fly in in near-time. Still better than emailing around 28492 versions of the same doc!
This is a great post for a great product. I really like how the video pokes holes in Google Docs since the Office web apps are far superior. Keep up the great work!
From what I have been experiencing so far, this works great!
I do have a comment on using Groups though. At the beginning of tip #2, you mention that with the new sharing updates, it might be easier to share folders than to use Groups. In fact, Groups seem to have lost all their advantages:
* files in the Group folders are not visible on the SkyDrive iOS app
* the Group's OneNote notebook, which is very useful, is not visible in the OneNote iOS app.
* the Group's feed which was informing others of file updates is now disabled.
So if we were using a Group, should we now get rid of it and move everything to shared folders in personal account?
Otherwise I am pretty impressed with all the great work done by your teams.

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She was born in Dorchester, April 13, 1946, daughter of Myron Sorenson of Plaistow, N.H. and the late Mary E. (Comeau) Sorenson.
Besides her father, her survivors include a son, Andrew Currier and his wife Jenna of Haverhil; a sister, Bobbie Kirlis and her husband Chris of Plaistow, N.H.; four grandchildren, Emma, Madison, Justin and Debbie; her former husband David Currier of Haverhill; a niece, Tina Pomon; a nephew, Nick Kirlis; and two dear friends, Sheila Codding-Fitzgerald of Plaistow, N.H., and Linda Bellerose of Kingston, N.H.. Linda was also the aunt of the late Mike Kirlis.
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China's Healthcare System Thrives Despite Slowing Economy
China's economic growth is slowing, but the country is well on the way to increasing access to healthcare.
Mr. Hahn is director of economics at the Smith School, University of Oxford and chief economist at the Legatum Institute. Mr. Passell is a senior fellow at the Milken Institute and the economics editor of the Legatum Institute's Democracy Lab. They are co-founders of Regulation2point0.org, a web portal on regulatory policy.
As has been widely reported, China's economy has stumbled in the last few months, with Beijing struggling to sustain 8-percent-plus growth in the teeth of falling demand for its exports and an overhang of domestic debt that has exposed the inefficiency of its capital markets. Less reported—but probably as important to the stability of Chinese society and the political legitimacy of its self-perpetuating leadership—the government is busy juggling priorities to manage inequality in a country that is now home to over 100 billionaires.
To this end, it has quietly embarked on ambitious healthcare reform designed to reconcile old notions of social justice with the realities of China's hybrid mix of cowboy capitalism and lumbering state-owned enterprise. While it's a bit early to say for sure, the tea leaves suggest that China will pull it off.
[See a collection of political cartoons on the economy.]
Public health, ironically, constituted one of the few unqualified successes of Maoism. Mao's "barefoot doctors"—minimally trained medical workers with secondary school educations—offered vaccinations, the occasional antibiotic, and lessons on how to keep microorganisms out of the drinking water to hundreds of millions living at the margins of subsistence. The payoff: Chinese life expectancy at birth increased by a quarter-century between the revolution and 1980—the most rapid improvement ever documented.
But the system was largely abandoned after Deng Xiaoping (allegedly) declared that "to get rich is glorious." Urban healthcare, organized around politically protected state-owned enterprises, largely remained intact in the market reforms of the early 1980s. However, most of the hundreds of thousands of government-run clinics in rural villages were shuttered or privatized.
Judging by the numbers, public health did not go to seed along with the system. Rural households with access to treated drinking water rose from 56 percent in 1990 to 85 percent in 2010, while access to improved sewage systems rose from 15 percent to 56 percent. Meanwhile, the reduction in infant mortality nationwide from 50 per thousand in 1980 to just 16 per thousand in 2010, and the parallel increase in life expectancy from 67 years to 73, would have been arithmetically impossible without great improvements in the countryside. Rural incomes increased sufficiently to cover the costs of better care without aid from the commissars.
[See a collection of political cartoons on healthcare.]
But the fact that the rising tide carried all boats doesn't mean that some boats weren't carried a lot higher than others. Employees of state-owned enterprises have always enjoyed the benefits of medical insurance, along with easier access to far-superior urban hospitals. More generally, living standards are much higher in cities than in the countryside, meaning that urbanites can buy better care when they need it. And as the rural-urban income gap (along with the even more pronounced gap between the bottom and top ends of the national income distribution) has widened, the pressure for reform has grown.
Beijing has come through—or at least is en route—with an approach to healthcare that borrows from both single-payer systems (think Canada and the United Kingdon) and U.S.-style private care. Over the last decade, it has ordered provincial governments to fill in the holes in the delivery system left when Deng exorcized Mao. In practice, that means clinic-based primary care is organized like a British-style national health service for 1.3 billion, while more sophisticated services are financed through a combination of voluntary (but subsidized) insurance and the mandatory insurance that already comes as a perquisite of employment in the shrinking (but still large) state-owned enterprise sector.
Universal coverage, incidentally, is no mere dream. More than 95 percent of Chinese are already insured—presumably because provincial officials offer both the carrot of subsidies and the stick of official displeasure for the uncooperative.
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China's hybrid medical care is still a work in progress. Insurance coverage is broad, but very shallow—kidney dialysis and MRIs won't be coming to the sticks anytime soon. And the delivery system is riddled with inefficiencies. Costly hospitals are way too often used when cheap clinics would do, and the government has yet to figure out how to convince patients to change their behavior. Meagerly-paid Chinese doctors prescribe far too many drugs because they get a piece of the action. Perhaps most important, the government doesn't seem to have found the will or way to prevent the predictable increases in chronic diseases as longer-lived, increasingly affluent citizens smoke more, eat more, and discover the joys of the sedentary life.
But think about it. China's per capita income (in terms of purchasing power) is just $9,000. Yet it already has a healthcare system that delivers better care to a larger portion of its population than a dozen countries with twice the living standard. No wonder the tough old commies who still run the place have managed to keep their jobs.


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The University of Maryland School of Nursing (UMSON) Office of Global Health (OGH) emerged from UMSON's 2003-2006 Strategic Plan, which called on the School to "establish a global health initiative in education, research, and practice." In January 2009 the OGH was officially established with Dr. Jeffrey Johnson as director to lead the School's effort to integrating and fostering global health activities, developing meaningful opportunities for students and faculty, and building sustainable partnerships that focus on strengthening the critical role of nurses in the global health workforce. The Office of Global Health is deeply committed to serving local and global communities through the lens of social justice.
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The center worked on a qualitative survey of the mental health nursing workforce in Latin America with the goal of better understanding the context, content, and conditions related to the practice of mental health nursing in Mexico, Central and South America, Canada, and the Caribbean. In August 2010, a final report was submitted to PAHO/WHO to assist their efforts in addressing the region's mental health human resource needs.
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allimama Posts: 2I am new here, and just browsing...but I have a strong opinion against driving in the snow...I live in VA right outside of DC, and I bought an RX8 manual last December... the second day I owned it the weather turned suddenly from rain to snow and froze over in less than 10 minutes. My husband and I will NEVER drive that car again in ANY inclimate weather...there was no control what so ever, we were 'sliding' backwards down a hill into on coming traffic...and that is just the half of it. we had to abandon the car and get someone to pick us up.
DO NOT buy this car if you live and a wintry-area and dont have another alternative!! Luckily we have another car, and I love it for the summertime.
I have never had to add oil, and always use premium - although who knows with the rising gas prices...i may put it up on bricks for it's bad mileage!
You shouldn't blame the car. It comes with "summer performance" tires. As has been posted here and on other boards frequently, if you don't change these for winter driving, anything bad that happens is your own fault. The stock tires are dangerous even on bare pavement when it's cold. Use winter tires and the car is very capable, even on ice - we use Nokian WR "all season performance" tires in the spring, fall and winter. They are awsome!
I'm Canadian. The Nokians are made by Fins. You have to know all season tires made by people who live in their or our climate have to be good on ice and snow!
They don't make that size. We used 225.45/17 and AR 5 spoke aluminum replacement wheels (wheels cost about $100 each). That gave us more ice clearance in the wheel wells. You could use 235.40/18, which Nokian make. See http://www.nokiantires.com/newsite/tires_popup.cfm?id=6 for a list of sizes they make.
Talk to a Nokian dealer for your options. The replacement wheels don't have the tire pressure monitors, but all that means is you will have a light on during the winter driving season.
0514 Posts: 1The Pirellis have really helped. The factory installed Bridgestone are great on dry hard pavement, but are like riding a sled on even the lightest snow. The Pirelli Snow Sport 240 works well on my rear-wheel drive RX8, and it works better when you turn off the Dynamic Stability Control in the car. The 50-50 weight distribution of the car with two 40 pond bags of kitty litter in the back allowed me to travel more than 550 miles in snow packed highways (Pennsylvania Turnpike and NJ Turnpike) last winter during the January storms. Hard braking on slushy snow is not bad, but nothing like a steady pace (I did pass many other cars) and gentle braking (this is highway braking, not your neighborhood braking at lower speeds).
The Pirellis are significantly less costly than other brands, Maxda would do well to sell these tires as factory installed tires on the RX 8 which has a notorious reputation for winter driving capabilities. The wide profile may be a disadvantage, however the cost may be prohibitive if you also invest in thinner wheels- however this would disable the computer controlled Dynamic Stability Control.,
reidswitch Posts: 3Picked up my 06 RX8 last month. Grand Touring package, Nav, you name it... I noticed rattles commming from the dash and in the head liner above the B piller. The rattles are loud and the dealer said it is normal for the car. They pulled out the dash and all the panels and put in foam to control the noise but didnt help much. Is any one else having this problem. also the door handle where the lock makes noise and moves when it gets hot outside. Please let me know.
rz22g Posts: 1My sister-in-law has a 2005 Mazda RX8. Recently a warning light has come on. She described it as a 3/4 round circle with a line that starts inside the circle and extends out. She cannot find her manual and I have searched the internet with no results. Can anyone advise what this light is?
GET NEW TIRES!!! stock 18's on my Shinka are wonderful on dry roads!! Drove it a little 3 days after a snow storm, roads were pretty clear by then, and the traction control was on almost all the time. Horrible tires in the snow. I would encourage you to check snow tires or at least all seasons. Sam's Club can order snow tires about $60 cheaper (per tire!). If you go with all season tires, make sure you research them online BEFORE you buy them. Like cars, not all tires are created equal. Have found excellent reviews for Avon Tyres and Conti's AS
trispec Posts: 305My Avon, from tirerack.com have been awesome so far 18K. I drove the original equipment, but when the first snow traction issue scared the crap out of me and my wife, I went for the all seasons Avons.
The all season Avon's have 90% of traction of the performance tires and 90% of the traction of the snow tires. They cost less than half as much, and the tread wear on the Avon all season is 360 vs 180 for the performance originals or the non-rated snow tires which simply melt away it seems.
All seasons are very quiet compared to the performance, so on the highway at high speed, on good road, there's very little tire noise.
longcat Posts: 1This is my first experience with a Mazda and I love my RX8! What a car! We got this one, '07 with 17,000 miles on it. The performance is great and it is a pleasure to drive. I had a little hard time getting used to the reverse.... noticed others have had that problem too. But it does shift like a dream once you are comfortable with the car. I have owned Jags, Alfa GTV, MG's and Eclipse (s) and we had considered buying an another Eclipse, but the 2009's just didn't have it. It has all the power that one could ever want and it is definitely a head turner.
I use premium gas (why skimp?) I generally drive in city traffic and get around 19-20 mpg. I am not hard on the car, but I give it a run once in a while.
rx8diva Posts: 2It is a high maintence car and it is rotary egine so you should def. use preium gas espcially with all the problems rx8's already have you don't want to bring another problem upon yourself cuz you are not using the right gas! High gas price was a concern of mine as well before I purchased but that is just a sacrafice you have to be willing to take to own a beautiful car! :shades:


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- Cream butter or margarine, sugar and vanilla until mixture is light and fluffy. Slowly blend in the flour.
- For each cookie, shape one level tablespoon of dough around a cherry. Form each cookie into a ball and place them on an ungreased cookie sheet 1 inch apart.
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These were absolutely delicious! I made half as directed by the recipe, using one cherry per cookie, and for the other half I chopped up the cherries and added them to the dough along with a little cherry juice and flour (they were pink, and very cute!) Both ways work equally well. However, I don't think a 10-oz jar of maraschino cherries is enough, especially if you use one cherry per cookie as the recipe directs. I used a 16-oz jar easily. I will definitely make these cookies again, perhaps experimenting with almond extract instead of vanilla, just for fun! This recipe would be a real beauty on a party platter.
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I dribbled a frosting made from Confectioner's sugar and water over the top of these cookies, so it tasted a lot like those cherry cordials. Several people came to me later and told me that these were the best cookies they've ever had!
With a few changes, this was great! They look so pretty too. I chopped up cherries and added them to the batter. My family likes nuts so I added walnuts as well. Before putting them in the oven, I mixed sugar and walnuts together and dipped the up side of the balls to the mixture. They look very festive! :)
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Amount Per Serving (18 total)
- Calories
- 273 cal
- 14%
- Fat
- 15.6 g
- 24%
- Carbs
- 30.6 g
- 10%
- Protein
- 2.3 g
- 5%
- Cholesterol
- 41 mg
- 14%
- Sodium
- 110 mg
- 4%
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Professor Steven L. Goldman, whose Teaching Company course on Science in the 20th Century was praised by customers as "a scholarly achievement of the highest order" and "excellent in every way," leads you on a quest for the nature of scientific reasoning in this intellectually pathbreaking lecture series, Science Wars: What Scientists Know and How They Know It.
Those who have taken Professor Goldman's previous course, which is an intensive survey of the revolution in scientific knowledge from 1900 to 2000, may have wondered: if what counts as scientific knowledge can transform so dramatically within only 100 years, what exactly is scientific knowledge? Science Wars addresses this surprisingly difficult question.
Five Centuries of the Science Wars
In 24 half-hour lectures, Science Wars explores the history of competing conceptions of scientific knowledge and their implications for science and society from the onset of the Scientific Revolution in the 1600s to the present. It may seem that the accelerating pace of discoveries, inventions, and unexpected insights into nature during this period guarantees the secure foundations of scientific inquiry, but that is far from true. Consider these cases:
What Is Reality?
"Fasten your seatbelts," says Professor Goldman at the outset of Lecture 21—an advisory that applies equally to the whole course, which covers an astonishing array of ideas and thinkers. Throughout, Professor Goldman never loses his narrative thread, which begins 2,400 years ago with Plato's allegorical battle between "the gods" and "the earth giants"—between those for whom knowledge is universal, necessary, and certain; and those for whom it cannot be so and is based wholly on experience.
The problem of what constitutes scientific knowledge can be illustrated with one of the most famous and widely accepted scientific theories of all time, Nicolaus Copernicus's heliostatic (stationary sun) theory of the solar system, which has undergone continual change since it was first proposed in 1543:
Although we still call the conventional picture of the solar system Copernican astronomy, there is effectively no resemblance between astronomy today and Copernicus's 1543 theory of the heavens. The same is also true of other theories, such as the atomic theory of matter. All scientific theories are in a state of ceaseless revision, which raises the question of what reality "really" is.
As the contemporary philosopher of science Mary Hesse has pointed out, the lesson of the history of science seems to be that the theories we currently hold to be true are as likely to be overturned as the theories they replaced!
Sharpen Your Understanding of What Science Is
The uncertainty about the status of scientific knowledge and about the objectivity of the scientific enterprise led to a broad assault on science in the late 20th century by sociologists, philosophers, and historians, many connected with the postmodern movement. The lectures covering this attack and the ensuing counterattack by scientists are some of the most thrilling in the course and involve a number of figures whom Professor Goldman knows personally.
Of one of the firebrands in this conflict, the late Viennese philosopher of science Paul Feyerabend, Professor Goldman says, "I myself took a seminar with Feyerabend when he was teaching at Berkeley in the early 1960s. … Feyerabend was not really off the wall, although he was often depicted that way. … He too recognized, as everyone must, that after all, science does work and science is knowledge of a sort. It's just not the absolute knowledge that scientists and philosophers have historically claimed that it is."
By the time you reach the end of this course, you will understand exactly what science is, and you will be enlightened about a fascinating problem that perhaps you didn't even know existed. "There have been a raft of popular books about what scientists know," says Professor Goldman, "but to the best of my knowledge, there is not a single one of these popular books that focuses centrally on the question of how scientists know what they know."
This course serves as that book.
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Professor Goldman has received the Lindback Distinguished Teaching Award from Lehigh University. A prolific author, he has written or edited eight books, including Science, Technology, and Human Progress, and he has an impressive list of scholarly articles and reviews to his credit. He has been a national lecturer for the scientific research society Sigma Xi and a national program consultant for the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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---- — PEABODY — There was plenty to celebrate on before the game on Senior Night at Coley Lee Field in Peabody. The new scoreboard was dedicated and Nancy Krouse won the Pride of the Neighborhood Score Big contest that was promoted by Freihofers Bread and WROR.
Lynn Classical spoiled the festive mood by returning the opening kickoff 78 yards to jump out to a 6-0 lead and went on to score the first 40 points of the game in a 40-7 decision that leaves the Tanners 0-9 for the first time in school history.
Brad Scuzzarella had the first four touchdowns, racing 45 yards up the left sideline late in the first quarter after the long kickoff return, and then adding a 46 yard run. Scuzzarella also hauled in a 27-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Justin Brown to stake the Rams to a 28-0 lead with 8:43 still remaining in the first half.
"Whenever something goes bad we tend to lose focus," said Peabody coach Matt O'Brien. "We wanted a squibb kick, but instead it went deep, and they ran it right down the field for a touchdown in the opening seconds. We really have to focus on the second half of tonight's game when we moved the ball, made good plays, and had hard hitting. Those things are all positives; that's what we hope to build on."
Coming off a bye week, O'Brien had hoped his team would show improvement right from the start.
"We've got one game to get it right," he said of the team's finale against Saugus on Thanksgiving.
"It would be great to end with a win, but that's not the most important thing. We want to have our seniors go out on top, and to do that we need to be competitive throughout the game. The morale on this team is great; our younger guys haven't been around that long to get discouraged, and they are getting a lot of experience."
Classical improved to 7-2 with the win. Tino Fernandez scored on two short runs late in the first half to give the Rams a 40-0 lead at intermission.
"Our kids came out ready to play," said Classical coach Tim Phelps. "This was a good win, and our boys showed maturity. I told them before the game not to think about Peabody's record, but to do the things they needed to do for us to win the game. We have three good backs, and Scuzzarella has been there for us all year."
Peabody had the ball for almost nine minutes in the third quarter and drove to the Rams 26-yard line before Cody Wlasuk's pass was picked off by Brown near the goal line. The Tanners managed to get on the board on their next possession, aided by a short punt by Lynn.
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Make plans to attend the Madison County Beef Cattle Association "Forage Workshop" on Thursday, May 2, at the Thomas Farm, 2370 Union City Road, Richmond. The workshop will begin at 5 p.m. and run through 7:30 p.m.
Presentations will be made by UK Extension Forage Specialist, Dr. Ray Smith; UK Beef Cattle Specialist, Dr. Jeff Lehmkuhler, and will include No Till drill set up and demonstration as well as a tub grinder demonstration using alfalfa/orchardgrass baleage and hay.
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Woodward, Okla. — Chris Waterman, 42 year old Woodward resident, passed away Sunday, May 5, 2013 in the Woodward Regional Hospital. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Friday, May 10, 2013 in the Billings Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Shane Rackley officiating. Interment will follow in the Elmwood Cemetery in Woodward.
Chris Brian Waterman was born August 22, 1970 in Charleston, South Carolina to William and Diane (Meador) Waterman. Chris graduated high school from Senior High School in Vallejo, California in 1988. Chris spent many of his early years in Vallejo, California. He had many hobbies that included NASCAR, fishing, spending time at the lake with his dogs and especially spending time with his family.
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The days of dropping a line and hooking a large flounder, pulling it from the teeming waters of Rollover Pass may soon be a thing of the past.
The Texas General Land Office applied for a permit to close the Pass following Hurricane Ike in 2008 due to the heavy erosion suffered by surrounding beaches and ongoing issues.
However, after the permit's approval, two groups emmerged crying foul at the actions of the GLO, the Gulf Coast Rod, Reel and Gun Club and the Gilchrist Community Association bringing forward a lawsuit in an attempt to save the favored fishing grounds.
The suit brought against Commisioner of the GLO Jerry Patterson, the GLO and the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers states that the GLO has no authority to take action against the property currently owned by the GCRRGC. It alleges the GLO lied to obtain the permit necessary for the closure and will violate the Americans With Disabilities Act by closing the Pass, on grounds that it would eliminate the easily accessible location without guaranteeing the creation of an equally reachable replacement.
"The accessibility it provides is unmatched," Ted Vega, president of the Gilchrist Community Association said. "They (those with disabilities) only have to get out of their car and enjoy the fishing."
Vega expressed frustration at what he feels is a failure of cooperation from the state, leaving him feeling as though they only want to "talk at" those concerned with the Pass' future and not "with."
"There were five alternatives, (and) they've made no attempts to address that," Vega said, adding that he wants to work with the state utilizing technology available today that may not have been in the past.
The GLO has countered the claims that closing the Pass could negatively impact fisherman by creating the "Rollover Pass Recreation Amenities Plan" — a proposal to construct a $6 million, 1,000-foot public T-headed fishing pier built by Americans with Disablities Act Accessibility guidlines.
This plan also includes the possibility of a boat ramp and several attached buildings that can be used as bait shops, food stands or bathrooms, offsetting the economic impact the area would experience and improving the location, according to a proposal released by the GLO in December 2011.
Those who visit the Pass say they don't want to see any changes. They are fond of the cut and say a pier just won't do, and they don't trust that the state will hold up their end of the bargain.
Just ask Jim Linder, a resident of High Island that moved about nine years ago from Austin.
"It's crazy (the closure), there is no justification and it'll deprive a lot of people of a unique fishing opportunity" Linder said. Linder continued by saying the dredging that the state cites as being so costly will occur regardless. "They dredge the entire stretch constantly."
Fisherman William Alford, of Houston, echoed Linder's concerns.
He was visiting the Pass for the first time in 25 to 30 years but used to come regularly with family. He said that a pier seemed like an interesting offer from the state but also had reserve as to whether it would truly be built.
"You don't have anything engraved in stone," Alford said. "They don't have to do what they say they will."
Alton Thorpe, of Conroe, hoped the pass will stay open for future fishing trips, eagerly showing off a large glistening redfish he caught from the Pass just the day before.
"I've been coming here my whole life," Thorpe said. And it's this lifestyle of fishing that many fear will be lost if the Pass is closed.
But the problems with Rollover have been known almost from the very beginning according to Jim Suydam, press secretary for the GLO, and though he acknowledges the Pass has substantial history, he said at this point it's about the future of the beach and bay.
"The erosion began as they were doing the initial dredge job," Suydam said. "It sucks the very precious beach sand and dumps it right into the Intracoastal Waterway."
A study in 1989 identified nearly 290,000 cubic yards of sand being deposited into the waterway — that's the equivalency of 29,000 dump trucks. This reportedly leads the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers to dredge the channel every nine months at a price tag of nearly $1 million each time.
The sediment deposits aren't the only concern for the the Pass . East Bay's oyster reefs and estuary system have suffered due to saltwater saturating the bay, Suydam said.
But James Blackburn, Jr., lawyer for the plaintiffs, doesn't agree. According to Blackburn, Rollover was initially created to relieve problems associated with East Bay, expressing a great concern for the effects a drainage canal from Jefferson County could have on the ecosystem once the Pass is closed.
Drainage District 6 in Jefferson County created the Needmore Diversion to channel water into the bay during times of heavy rain. Blackburn states that he isn't aware that the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers ever did the proper studies to register the impact of that amount of freshwater streaming into the bay.
He's accused Jerry Patterson and the GLO of being bullies bent on closing the Pass without giving any other options true consideration.
"It's a nasty situation, I think it should be offensive to anyone," Blackburn said. "We'd simply like to see Rollover Pass restored."
But according to Suydam, the pending litigation will simply reduce funds available to improve the already highly visited site.
"We know it's popular," Suydam said. "No one wants to be the guy to shut down the party."


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The misdemeanor charge stemmed from Bennett's actions last year resulting in the forced retirement of then-Mineral Wells Police Chief Mike McAllester.
Last December, an inquiry panel consisting of Mayor Mke Allen and Ward 2 Council member Tammy Underwood found Bennett violated Section 28 of the city charter through a series of events culminating with his meeting with City Manager Lance Howerton and a group of Mineral Wells police officers prior to Howerton's decision to remove McAllester from his position.
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Christopher Reed Faunce of Cumby went to be with his Savior on April 5, 2013. He was at home, surrounded by his wife, daughters, sons, grandchildren and other loved ones. He fought a two-year valiant battle against cancer with courage and determination. He found joy and humor at every opportunity, even up to the last days of his life.
Because of his loving spirit, in March he walked his daughter Amy down the aisle for her wedding!
Chris was born on June 19, 1943, in Boston, Mass., to his parents, Janet Raser Faunce and Wendell Winslow Faunce Jr. He has one sibling, Wendy Johnson of Weston, Vt.
As a child, he grew up in New England, and at 8 years old his family moved to Dallas, where he graduated from Highland Park High School.
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He met Patricia Routson in Spokane, Wash., and they married on July 6, 1970. Chris and Patty have four daughters, Lari Eaton (Fred Eaton), Buffie Murphy (David Murphy), Amy Shaw (Kevin Shaw) and Christine Overstreet (Michael Overstreet). Chris and Patty have 21 grandchildren, Lari and Fred Eaton (Baton Rouge, La.), Christopher Spurgeon, Monty Spurgeon, Patrick Spurgeon, Aaron Eaton, Heather Eaton and Caleb Eaton, Buffie and David Murphy (Commerce), Roy Henly, Nolan Henly and Megan Murphy, Stephen Murphy, Ryan Murphy and Caitlyn Murphy, Amy and Kevin Shaw (Commerce), Alexandria Worley, Lacey Worley, Skyler Worley, Samuel Gossett, Betty Gossett, Camdyn Shaw, Cadye Shaw, and Cayson Shaw, Christine and Michael Overstreet (Chillicothe), Mikayla Overstreet, Brianna Overstreet, and Garrett Overstreet.
Chris was a foreign car mechanic for 35 years, later using his troubleshooting skills to work for the United States Postal Service at the Dallas Bulk Mail Center in Dallas.
Chris loved tinkering in his shop, camping and boating, the Pacific Northwest, music of all genres, fly-fishing, gardening, HO trains/track design, car modeling, NASCAR races, carpentry, Apple gadgets, computers, solitaire, Sudoku and games with his family.
He enjoyed nature, clean pristine rivers and lakes, the smell of fresh cut wood, a campfire, the sound of rustling trees and ocean waves while at the Oregon coast, and exploring the mountains of the Northwest. He truly loved taking his family on road trips while pulling his RV.
Chris' greatest passion in life was his relationship with Jesus. He was sincerely grateful for his wife and family, loving any opportunity to be near them.
He will be remembered with music in the background, a cup of coffee in his hand, a big smile on his face, and ready for big hugs, jokes, and conversation.
Chris and Patty Faunce are members of Family Fellowship of Greenville.
A celebration of Chris' life will be held in the Family Fellowship's chapel on Saturday at 10 a.m.
Ingram Funeral Home of Quinlan is in charge of arrangements.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to: In support of overseas missions, please donate to Family Fellowship, 401 Division Street, Greenville, 75401 or to Gentiva Hospice Foundation, 7801 Mesquite Bend Drive, Suite 105, Irving, 75063 or call 972-373-3824.