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Hard and Sugar Free Cotton Candy Kit
Create fluffy cotton candy from the included flossing sugar packet of Pink Vanilla or the Crystal Light or Country Time Lemonade hard candies. For use with the Nostalgia Electrics PCM-805 Hard and Sugar Free Candy Cotton Candy Maker.
Kit Includes:
- (30) Assorted Country Time lemonade-flavored hard candy
- (30) Assorted Crystal Light sugar-free fruit-flavored hard candy
- (1) 4-oz Pink vanilla cotton candy sugar
- (24) paper cones
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MI CASA, SU CASA: In an attempt to reduce the country's bloated stock of unsold homes, Spain is set to offer permanent residency to any foreigner provided they buy a house or apartment worth more than ⿬160,000 ($200,000).
PRICED TO SELL: Spain has more than 700,000 unsold houses following the collapse of its real estate market in 2008 and demand, with unemployment in Spain around 25 percent, remains stagnant. Thousands of houses have been repossessed by banks and their owners evicted because they cannot pay their mortgages.
WELCOME TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD: Spain's residency offer would top others already out there from Ireland and Portugal, where residency papers are offered to foreigners buying houses worth more than ⿬400,000 and ⿬500,000, respectively. However, Latvia on the Baltic coast offers a cheaper deal, with property buyers eligible to receive residency permits if they purchase real estate in the capital Riga worth ⿬140,000 or ⿬70,000 in the countryside.
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A plane landing at the Taylorsville Airport Saturday morning hit and seriously injured a man who was mowing the grass landing strip, authorities said.
The accident severed 74-year-old John Rufty's left hand, said Sgt. Brian Owenby of the N.C. State Highway Patrol, who said the pilot of the single-engine plane was not hurt.
The victim was taken by helicopter to Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, according to Russell Greene, director of Alexander County Emergency Services.
The pilot was taxiing eastbound, said Owenby; Rufty was mowing in the same direction, with his back to the plane. The pilot had circled the airport before coming in, but didn't see the mower until the last second, Owenby said, and the impact flipped the plane over onto its top. Greene said the mower also flipped over.
Greene said the pilot was from Tennessee. The pilot has not been identified yet by authorities.
Greene said the National Transportation Safety Board had been notified about the accident.
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Through a collaborative effort between the Clemson Extension Service and UPIC Program, Carolina Clear, the Center and the Water Resources Program Team, are working with undergraduate students on projects across the state. Meet our 2014 interns below!
Sadaris Benjamin, Senior, Clemson University
Joining us from Gadsden, SC, Sadaris is a senior majoring in wildlife and fishery biology.
Project: Sadaris will be organizing a video contest. He will be researching a video contest held in the past and then will be planning his own contest focusing on stormwater issues. His internship supervisor is Jolie Brown.
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Austin Cole, Senior, Clemson University
Originally from Lawrenceville, GA, Austin is majoring in Environmental & Natural Resources with a minor in Crop & Environmental Soil Science. He has worked with Georgia Department of Agriculture as a summer intern in the Seed Laboratory and as a volunteer with the Gwinnett County Schools teaching students about seed testing and germination. At Clemson, Austin is involved with outreach efforts through the Center for Watershed Excellence and Carolina Clear. His internship supervisor is Katie Giacalone. Austin is also working with Dr. Jennifer Tsuruda on a Pollinator Stewardship program.
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As with Specialty, we are encouraged by Commercial's rate increases and premium growth. Commercial rates increased 5% with renewal retention down 1 point to 78%. The rate gains were broad-based with some lines achieving substantially higher rate gains. As we have said on previous calls, we are willing to accept lower retention to improve our margins and are pleased with the trade-off as well as the differentiated mix.
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Discussing 2015 Trends with George Crump and Greg Knieriemen
by Hu Yoshida
on Dec 16, 2014
December 10 I had a webcast discussing IT trends for 2015 with George Crump of Storage Switzerland and Greg Knieriermen Technology Evangelist for HDS who is known outside of HDS for his podcasts "Speaking in Tech' which is distributed by [...]
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Business Defined IT Will Drive the IT Trends in 2015
by Hu Yoshida
on Nov 15, 2014
For the past several years I have published top ten IT trends for the coming year, based up on my observations of the current year. Next year the trends will be an extension of this year's trends, but with more [...]
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on Oct 17, 2014
At VMworld Europe 2014 in Barcelona, VMware executives announced that Hitachi Data Systems has joined the EVO:RAIL partnership. EVO:RAIL is a hyper-converged, VMware powered appliance that is designed for low cost and out of the box deployment. It comes in [...]
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Signatures, PINs and Finger Veins
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on Oct 03, 2014
According to the Business Insider "The cost of global payment card fraud grew by 19% last year to reach $14 billion. The cost of U.S. payment card fraud grew by 29% to $7.1 billion." Last week I was in the [...]
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VMworld – Exciting New and Expanded Capabilities from Hitachi and VMware
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on Aug 22, 2014
VMworld 2014 at Moscone Center in San Francisco, August 24 to 28, has many new products and capabilities to help our customers achieve greater efficiency and availability with infrastructure virtualization. Some solutions that HDS will highlight in our booth include [...]
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Global Storage Virtualization with GAD is GA!
by Hu Yoshida
on Aug 19, 2014
The global active device (GAD) feature that we announced with our VSP G1000 storage array on April 23 of this year has been released for General Availability after extensive testing of its use for both block and file storage by [...]
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VMware Virtual Volume Integration with Hitachi Storage Virtualization – A Winning Combination
by Hu Yoshida
on Aug 04, 2014
Continuing from my last blog where I shared my views on the passing fad of stand alone storage solutions, like all-flash-arrays and file sync and share solutions that are not integrated with enterprise systems, I see tremendous adoption for new [...]
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on Jun 12, 2014
"A logical partition, commonly called an LPAR, is a subset of computer's hardware resources, virtualized as a separate computer. In effect, a physical machine can be partitioned into multiple logical partitions, each hosting a separate operating system." from Wikipedia The [...]
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Where are the performance specs for VSP G1000?
by Hu Yoshida
on May 23, 2014
In my blog post that supported the announcement of the VSP G1000 with SVOS, Storage Virtualization Operating System, I described VSP G1000 as a unified storage platform that can provide approximately 4 million random reads for 8KB blocks or more [...]
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on May 19, 2014
As servers increase their number of cores and memory performance, VMware is able to scale up additional virtual machines and drive more applications almost indefinitely. Unfortunately, each virtual machine adds additional random I/O workload, and the storage systems become a [...]
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Modernize IT or Fail
by Ravi Chalaka
on May 13, 2014
IT can be a weakness or a strength to its business. Almost every industry is witnessing dramatic changes in its business, and IT has a critical role to play in the business' growth and in some cases, even its survival. [...]
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on May 13, 2014
Hitachi Data Systems announced a new global active device capability within the new Storage Virtualization Operating System (SVOS) and the new Virtual Storage Platform G1000 (VSP G1000) storage system. This enables a virtual device to span two VSP G1000 storage [...]
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World's Most Ethical Company
by David Karas
on Mar 21, 2014
By David Karas "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act, but a habit." ― Aristotle Last night, in New York City, several of the world's top companies, including Microsoft, Intel, Google, Adobe, Ford Motor Company and [...]
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Storage security must be designed in from the beginning
by Hu Yoshida
on Mar 12, 2014
Storage security is getting more attention as I outlined in my top 10 trends post in December. In that post I talked about the availability of data encryption in the backend directors of Hitachi storage systems, VSP, HUS VM and [...]
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Avoid Buying More Storage Than You Need Today
by Hu Yoshida
on Mar 03, 2014
Many data centers purchase storage infrastructure on a 3 to 5 year depreciation cycle. The problem with buying storage this way is that you have to buy more than you need for the first few years. These data centers have [...]
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Controlling your explosion of copies may be your biggest opportunity to reduce costs
by Hu Yoshida
on Feb 06, 2014
Laura DuBois of IDC has been calling attention to the explosion of data copies problem since 2012 and I have blogged about this several times, including my top ten trends for 2013 and 2014. Her latest report on January 31 [...]
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Storage Magazine Midrange NAS Quality Award – And the Winner is….. Hitachi!
by Hu Yoshida
on Jan 21, 2014
In past years, when customers were asked to name the leader in midrange NAS; Hitachi was probably not on the top of the list. Hitachi has long earned a reputation for enterprise scalability, availability, and performance, but never made an [...]
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Top Ten IT Trends for 2014 – Summary
by Hu Yoshida
on Dec 19, 2013
By now the major analyst firms have published their trends for 2014, and there is pretty common consensus over the macro trends that will be drivers for opportunities and threats in the years to come. While there are many variations [...]
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Top Ten IT Trends for 2014- Trend 10
by Hu Yoshida
on Dec 18, 2013
Trend 10: The Transformation of IT Operations Skill Sets, Roles, and Responsibilities As we look back at the IT trends that I described throughout this series, it is not surprising that the skill sets, roles, and responsibilities of IT operations [...]
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Top Ten IT Trends for 2014- Trend 9
by Hu Yoshida
on Dec 17, 2013
Trend 9: Encryption of data at rest becomes table stakes Recently, I had a discussion with a customer about capacity-on-demand who said he had a rolling lease program where he continually refreshed his storage every three years. When I asked [...]
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It was fitting that for a match in which no side had run away with a clear advantage, the end of Day 3 left it still wide open, with a result certain and both team's having a chance to win. The side that should go in marginally happier with the day's events though will be Australia - a very different feeling than what they'd have had just a day ago at close. First Session What India needed at the start of the day was for Rahul Dravid to stay at the crease, maybe build some resistance with Ishant Sharma and then have a familiar partnership with VVS Laxman that shut Australia out of the game. They got one of those three - Ishant Sharma showed some resistance. Dravid was out to the second ball of the day, Laxman went after scoring just 2, and India's hopes of a large first innings lead were quickly revised to ensuring the first innings deficit was as little as possible. Virat Kohli let slip a golden chance to cement the Number 6 spot in Tests, falling to a fatal poke, while MS Dhoni's fortunes as a Test batsman continued to be a polar opposite to those as an ODI batsman. For Australia, Peter Siddle and Ben Hilfenhaus were magnificent. Siddle lost none of his aggression from yesterday, while Hilfenhaus found a good length and stuck to it assiduously. That, coupled with movement, ended up giving him a maiden 5-wicket haul. R Ashwin showed some resistance that pushed India to 282 all out, conceding a lead of 51 runs. From 214/2 before Tendulkar's dismissal, India had scored 68/8 in 29.5 overs. Second Session Just as Dravid and Tendulkar had wrested the initiative from Australia on Day 2, Australia's veterans - Ricky Ponting and Michael Hussey - did the same. India had a dream start, reducing Australia to 27/4, with Umesh Yadav picking up 3 wickets and Zaheer Khan and Ishant Sharma both hostile. Warner, Cowan, Marsh and Clarke all fell and Ponting and Hussey had to survive some testing times. Survive they did though, and the best part of their stand was that they did not go into a shell after the flurry of wickets. Instead, they upped their naturally attacking games by a calculated gear. It paid rich dividends for Australia. Not only did Ponting and Hussey rebuild the innings, the pace at which they scored meant that the pressure shifted right back to India much quicker than a score of 27/4 would have warranted. Third Session Ponting and Hussey continued their superb stand, and as they went on, India started to wilt a little in the field. The early chanciness in their batting was gone, and both batted with the focus that only comes to those who know that there will be loud cries for their heads if there is one more failure. It of course helped that both men were vastly experienced too. In the minds of Indian supporters, visions of the English summer started to make an unwelcome return. There was one thing India had now though, that they didn't in England - Zaheer Khan. It was he who made the breakthrough, getting Ponting for 60 to end a century stand. He then quickly added the scalp of Haddin, to re-ignite Indian hopes. By the end of the day, Siddle had become Umesh Yadav's fourth victim, while Lyon fell to Ashwin. The only blip was that Rahul Dravid dropped a fairly easy chance off Ashwin to reprieve Michael Hussey. Hussey's might still turn out to be the costliest drop of the match since he was batting on 79 (the highest individual score of the match) at stumps with Australia 179/8, leading by 230 runs. Given that Laxman has seen a somewhat inexplicable downturn in form abroad this year, that Kohli and Dhoni don't inspire much confidence as Test batsmen yet, and that most importantly Virender Sehwag's second innings record is generally uninspiring - a lead of 230 with 2 wickets in hand gives Australia a slight edge. As three days of this match have shown though - a slight edge for one team quickly metamorphoses into a big advantage for the other team in a matter of overs. What India need on Day 4, is for that to happen; what Australia need is to hold on to that edge - and subsequent others that come when India bats - for dear life.
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PSNH's Schiller Station in Portsmouth generates 150 megawatts of power in three boilers. Two burn coal or oil, the third burns wood chips. (COURTESY PSNH)
In his 20-page response, Bersak writes that the PUC report glosses over 10 years of legislative mandates that resulted in PSNH retaining coal-fired plants in Bow and Newington; "trivializes" the region's overreliance on natural gas and the safety net the plants provide; and was surprisingly adversarial in tone.
Bersak suggests that regulators have bought into that argument without the in-depth economic analysis that should have been conducted before reaching conclusions that reverse a decade of legislative and regulatory history.
The report assumes natural gas will remain available at low cost for the foreseeable future, that customers will continue to abandon PSNH at current rates, that the fixed costs of the power plants will stay high forever, and that gas pipeline capacity into New England will be expanded by 2016. Bersak challenges each of those assumptions, dedicating significant space to an analysis of the natural gas market.
"Merely shuttering the plants will not eliminate the on-going costs, such as taxes, security, insurance, etc., and the remaining book value of the plants would have to be recovered from customers," he writes. "Instead of mitigating costs, retirement would merely exacerbate costs and is not worthy of further consideration."
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The New England Power Generators Association, a trade association representing competitive electric generating companies in New England, issued its own comments on the PUC report on July 1, suggesting a process that would lead to divestiture by December 2014.
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A Cornelius doctor has sued Lake Norman charter boat operator Cliff Champion, accusing him of failing to repay a loan of about $350,000.
Champion used the money to buy the 2003 wide-body Summerset house boat named N Too Deep, Dr. Mike Miltich says in his lawsuit in Mecklenburg County Superior Court.
Miltich told the Observer on Wednesday that he went to repossess the boat on Dec. 13 at All Seasons Marina on Langtree Road in southern Iredell County. Miltich said Champion happened to be there and pleaded with him not to take the boat until Champion hosted his stepsons wedding on it the next day.
Miltich, who is a secured lienholder on the boat, said he agreed to hold off repossessing N Too Deep until the day after the wedding so as not to disappoint Champions wife on her sons big day.
But two hours after Miltich confronted him that Friday, Champion drove to the federal courthouse in Charlotte and filed for Chapter 13 bankruptcy, meaning Miltich could no longer seize the boat without a court order, said Miltichs attorney, Michael Elliott of Huntersville.
Miltich had a legal right to seize the boat on Dec. 13 under the federal Uniform Commercial Code, Elliott said.
Champion on Wednesday declined to say why he filed for bankruptcy or answer questions about the lawsuit. He said his lawyers are working to resolve the case.
A hearing on Champions bankruptcy filing was scheduled for Tuesday, but a judge agreed to postpone the hearing to give Champions attorney more time to prepare their case, Elliott said.
Elliott said he plans to file a motion with the court requesting that N Too Deep be taken out of the bankruptcy proceedings so Miltich can repossess the boat. A hearing on the motion could be held by months end, he said.
A judge hasnt yet heard Miltichs lawsuit, although an assistant clerk of court ordered Champion not to move the boat until the case is resolved, court records show.
Champions two-level charter boat can accommodate up to 140 guests and 10 staff members. The boat is 18 feet wide and 86.8 feet long.
Miltich, an ear, nose and throat surgeon with Charlotte EENT Associates, said he agreed to loan Champion the money in 2009 after he received an email from an acquaintance saying Champion is a good guy and can anybody help him with a loan for the boat. Miltich said he agreed to the loan after meeting Champion and his then-fiancee.
Miltich said at one point over the years he even agreed to reduce Champions interest payments from the original 12 percent that Champion offered to pay him, down to 8 percent. Miltich, who ran unsuccessfully for the Cornelius Board of Commissioners last year, said Champion owes him $3,000 a month in interest alone.
An Iredell County District Court judge, meanwhile, is scheduled on Feb. 3 to hear a complaint filed by the Lake Norman Marine Commission that Champion has operated N Too Deep without a permit. Champion faces up to a $500 fine. He was originally scheduled to appear in court on Jan. 7 but couldnt attend because he was recuperating from surgery to remove a kidney stone, Champion said.
The case is the first time the commission has filed a complaint against a charter boat operator since enacting its charter boat ordinance in 2002, Executive Director Ron Shoultz has said.
Champion has told reporters he hosts only family and friends on the boat.
Shoultz said the commission lacked the proof to file a complaint against Champion until it obtained a copy of a contract he signed with a woman who wanted to host a wedding reception on his boat. The commission also obtained a copy of the $500 check that Champion took as payment, Shoultz said.
Correspondent Bill Kiser and Staff Researcher Maria David contributed.
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Making Sense of the Troubles
Penguin Adult, Nov 29, 2001 - History - 368 pages
By far the clearest account of what happened in the Northern Ireland conflict - and why. The troubles rolled grimly on for almost thirty years from the late '60s until the onset of the current shaky peace process. In that time they never strayed far off the news schedules of the world's media. But behind the wall of information and opinion there was a straightforward and gripping story, demanding to be told in an accessible way. Award-winning Ireland correspondent for the Independent David McKittrick and historian David McVea at last tell that story - clearly, concisely and above all fairly.
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Review: Making Sense of the Troubles: The Story of the Conflict in Northern IrelandUser Review - Ann - Goodreads
A bit too brief an overview but when you only use a little more than 200 pages to explain 80 years of cobflict you're going to cut things short. It was a good starting point for me though. Read full review
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an excellent starting point for a clear, concise and insightful view of the troubles. the updated edition is best with the extra chapters on post good Friday northern Ireland Read full review


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Directv could scrap NFL Sunday Ticket
Then what will us out of towners do?
Maybe having a bill that would be over $100 anyways then adding a $400 sports package for 6 months was not economically feasible for the client base...
Contract doesn't expire until 2015.
A lot can happen between now and then.
Sounds like to me that all Directv is doing is starting the negotiations a little early. They think they are going to get hosed by the NFL when the contract is up in 2015, and rightfully so, so they are just starting the game now to send a message.
Should just go pay per view..10 bucks a game
Great. Hopefully the cable companies can eat that **** up. That is how they get 1/2 of their customers anyway. Heck I almost got Direct because I am in a Chicago sports area. I won't touch satellite though. That 2 yr contract **** is bogus when I can get no commitment offers and sell them at the same time.
NFL Sunday Ticket won't get shut down. What will likely happen is the NFL pricing exclusivity too high for DirecTV to keep it. Then the NFL will give them a non-exclusive license, use that same model to shop it out to all their competition (Dish, various cable companies) and then the NFL will likely set up their own online/media box streaming system like MLB.TV, cutting out the middle man on the future of distribution.
This makes the most money for the NFL and DirecTV has already all but killed Dish. Sunday Ticket isn't going to help them beat cable particularly effectively, a lot of other ramifications go into those local market battles. It isn't worth the premium pricing.
NFL Ticket is something that will be around forever. The question is whether it will be exclusive to one vendor, available through multiple providers, or delivered direct through NFL.com.
Speaking only for myself, I would personally prefer to get it through NFL.com. I cancelled Directv, and despite the complaints of my family, I don't really want it back. My kids spend more time watching Netflix than anything on Directv, plus we have a media manager that they watch for all the stuff we have on hard drive. (I spent a couple months ripping every DVD in our house and organizing it on a 2TB drive).
In any case, I could do without it being on Directv. But, I will admit that wherever it goes, I will go. God doesn't roll dice with the universe, and I don't roll dice on whether I get to watch the Broncos on any given week.
I was always curious why the NFL, the kings of getting every dollar they can, would automatically re-up with DTV exclusively instead of selling the Ticket to the cable companies as well. By design, they are the only sport that doesn't have a cable TV package. Why wouldn't they want to expand to a more national audience, and increase revenues like they've never seen before?
Taco is right on this, in the article they mention about making it a non exclusive deal. This would be the best case scenario as it would force all of the providers to get involved and get involved at a cheaper price, meanwhile the NFL gets more profit by selling the rights individually to every provider including xbox, ps3, apple tv, roku, dish, local cable, etc...
If they got the price down to $100 bucks for the year or something like that I could definitely see getting the games. As it stands at $300 or higher and the Broncos with a Manning that gets tons of spotlight games I'd much rather grab some delicious wings at the local bar and see if there is another couple Bronco fans there to watch with.
I think they should have Team Specific Sunday ticket. For $99 you can get every out of market game for the team of your choice.
Sweet my direcTV contract is up end of 2014 so I am all set for the NFL contract expiration.
Frankly, as long as they don't make it exclusive to Direct, but instead sell it through all providers I will be happy, but not if they raise the price. I have comcast right now and with the Red zone I at least get updates, and can try a web feed or listen to KOA ( which strangely is about 5 seconds AHEAD of any TV feed .)
Direct would sell it to a lot more people if they didn't try to screw the customers by raising the price so much after the promotional 1st year prices. If they would just say X is the price and keep it there they would probably not lose so many. But once that promo price expires they try to stick it to people, and so they cancel or switch providers..
Great news if it actually happens. I refuse to get DTV (bad experiences in the past). The lure of unquestioned access to every Bronco game is strong but **** them. If I didn't have to put up with crappy quality firstrow streams life would be just a little better. I would gladly pay $10 per game if I had that option.
At this point I think it is just posturing by DTV. I also agree with Drek, the current business model is on it's last leg. I see a non exclusive deal in the works.
Nice misleading thread title. Article says "if" prices get to high they might get rid of it.
Smart takes guys. I look forward to getting the games on NFL.com!
It'll be around, after a very expensive bidding war, of course.
And I too couldn't go w/out watching the Broncos (from PA). I can't go back to waiting for the "10 minute Ticker" to go across the bottom of the screen of a Jets/Browns game to know what the Broncos' score is.....
Ah yes, not-so-good times.......
I could see the NFL splitting up the tv/streaming content after 2015 contract expires. And maybe like mlb tv the nfl will do it on it's own.
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This pump has saved my butt several times on the trail when my Co2 cartridges fail. Solidly made, super easy to use valve that works with both schrader and presta valves without having to change anything in the pump head. The gauge is great for fine tuning pressure on my mountain bike. It also has a switch to change from low volume action (for road) to high volume (Mountain). All in all, nicely made, nicely thought out product that has a permanent spot in my backpack.
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Let me preface this review by saying I've always been a die hard shimano fan when it comes to pedals, both road and mountain. They just work, and keep on working. I was given these as a demo to try and convince me that crank brothers have figured out their problems, and I was about 50% convinced.
They are definitely better than the eggbeater, the cage surrounding the clipping mechanism is great, and the retention system itself is substantially better than the flimsy wire on the eggbeater pedal. They've taken quite a few rock strikes which would have broken the eggbeater, and they're still working great. The bearings still spin true, although they have developed a little bit of play in them after about 2 months of hard riding.
The downside of them however, is the release. The step in is fine, almost an identical feel to shimano. The release however, leaves much to be desired with me. I like the positive click and release from shimano, and the crank brothers have a more mushy release with a lot more float in the pedal. I prefer to feel solid and secure in my pedal, and these pedals just don't give me that (same reason why I don't like speedplay on the road). That being said, this is more of a personal preference thing, so definitely give them a try. For 80 bucks they're definitely a good value pedal.
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I've had this tool for about 6 months, and I can say that it's one of the better multi tools out there. it has everything you might need on it, from a full set of allen keys to two sizes of both philips and flat screwdrivers. It also has T25 and T10 hex keys, which is useful, because a lot of modern componentry is starting to switch to those sizes. I'm a mechanic, and I leave my full set of tools at the shop I work for, so this has actually turned into my "home tool set". I've done everything from install stems, to adjust cleats, pedals, even sized and removed a chain with it. Still holding up strong. It's not a bad idea to put a couple drops of chain lube on the pivots of the tool to keep it running smoothly, especially in dusty climates. It's a bit on the heavy side, which some people may get bothered by, but it doesn't bother me at all since I ride with a backpack full of all sorts of things. A couple extra grams here and there isn't a big deal. Well done crank brothers, now fix your dropper posts and pedals and we'll be talking.
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I've been a loyal Fox customer for quite a while. I loved the bombproof quality of the forks, but I always thought they required a bit more tuning and maintenance and a much longer break in before they really felt optimal.
Enter the Pike. I had heard about this fork, and after demoing it at a local event, I was blown away by the smooth, buttery feel of the travel. My initial thought was "well, these are demo bikes, so they've had tons of time to let the oil cycle and the seals break in, which is why they feel so awesome". Even so, I decided to give it a go on the new Ibis Mojo HDR 650b I was building up.
I went with the 27.5 inch 150mm SoloAir platform, because I've never used a travel adjust and never found it necessary. I installed it, and was shocked at how good the fork felt right out of the box. Cycled it a couple times, set up the sag and compression, and got moving.
The 35mm stanchions give such a precise, stiff platform, that the fork really only moves in an up and down manner, there's no tweaking or torsion side to side. The action is buttery smooth, and with 20% sag, there is no brake dive or hyper squishiness when standing up and mashing on the pedals. Rebound is easily tuneable, and it's super simple to get the fork dialed, it took me about 3 rides whereas it took me an average of about 5-10 for the fox forks.
Maintenance is super easy, simply drop the lowers with a 24mm socket and a 8mm socket. The oil change intervals are also less frequent than with fox, which I like.
Overall, super super impressed, I would recommend this fork for any all mountain/trail/enduro rider, it really is a game changing fork like Nate said below.
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The shift cables are amazing, they really do make a difference in the lightness and crispness of the shift. The brake set is also VERY good, much lighter action at the brake lever, and much more power resulting.
The only downside that I've found is that the brake housing is VERY stiff, and also wider than normal housing. You're going to need to cut it with a dremel or something simmilar, as regular housing cutters will crimp the housing and cause it not to work well. Also, because of the stiffness, its vital that you get your housing lengths exactly right otherwise the stiff housing will push the brake caliper to one side, causing uneven braking.
Other than that, solid cable set that will really increase the performance of both shifting and braking.
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Super durable, bearings spin smooth, threaded interface is the simplest to deal with maintenance wise. Matched up to my XT crank, works like a charm.
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Got this for my Ibis Mojo HDR 650b. The quality and precision of the headset are legendary in the bike industry, and it certainly shows in the headset here. I loved how tight the tolerances are on the headset, and the peace of mind in knowing it won't creak or loosen is a huge relief.
Bearing quality is some of the best in the industry, and plus I like the polished silver look of the headset, gives my bike a bit of bling.
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I always wanted to fit into sidi shoes, and aside from the arch support, they fit me almost perfectly. Then I stumbled upon these, and the fit width wise and in the toe box is identical to the sidi, but the insole that they come with has a higher arch support, which I like.
The shoe seems to be more suited for someone with a low volume foot. I've used mine for 2 seasons, varying from light XC riding all the way to heavy duty lift access riding at Deer Valley here in Utah. They've held up great, with no rips, tears, or separation of panels. The carbon sole is still holding strong, even after many near bail outs with me scrambling to clip back into my pedals.
The sole is STIFF. When I say stiff, I mean it. I wouldn't recommend this shoe for someone who does a lot of cyclocross or does a lot of hike a bike sections, as I found my heel was coming up a bit because the sole was so stiff.
Overall, I'd definitely recommend this shoe to any mountain biker who spends more time on the bike than running with it/carrying it.
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I spec this cassette on all of my 10 speed shimano mountain bikes without a doubt. GREAT durability out of this cassette (as long as you change your chain before it stretches too much) and awesome shift performance. Matched up with a XT 10 speed chain, the shifts are always super crisp. At the price point, you really can't beat it.
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I've always been a huge fan of the 26" wheel platform, and was never sold on the 29ers. When 650b came out and started pushing forward with full force, I had a chance to demo 3 of the main offerings. The Pivot Mach 6, the Santa Cruz Bronson, and this bike. I ended up picking the HDR, for several main reasons.
This bike is by far the most fun, playful, active bike out of the three that I tested. The Pivot was a close second. I've always been a big fan of DW-Link bikes, and so have Ibis, so they've had the chance to really refine and fine tune their suspension design to optimize their pedaling efficiency. At the same time, they maintain enough plush in the suspension for even lift access/downhill trail riding. You definitely sit a bit higher in the travel than you would on a VPP or a CVA suspension setup, but the return of that is you have more travel to work with on bigger hits.
I noticed that I am spending a lot more time in the air on this bike than I did on my previous, a 2012 Cannondale Jekyll carbon. The Jekyll felt more grounded, this definitely felt more playful and flickable, which I prefer completely.
I set the bike up with a full shimano XT build kit, and a rockshox Pike 150mm fork. The build comes in right around 29 pounds, but I could easily drop plenty of weight with a lighter groupset (think xx1).
Overall I love the bike, and I also like the fact that if you use the different limbo chips and a different rear shock, the bike works as a 150mm travel 26" bike, which would be great to have for the lift access trails around here in Salt Lake City. I'm very happy with the bike, and would recommend it to anyone.
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I've ridden a Reverb, a Doss, and a Specialized Commandpost. This KS post is by far the best one I've ridden. The cable routing is much nicer, with the cable attaching at the seat collar as opposed to under the saddle. Less cable clutter, and cleaner appearance.
It's a SUPER smooth actuation, and it is an infinite adjust height, like the reverb, but it uses cable and not fluid, which is lower maintenance IMO. Super easy setup (took me 20 minutes) but I would reccomend using your own shift housing, as the housing supplied with the post is pretty junky. Overall, I'm super happy with it.
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Great grip, nice and fat so it's good for guys with slightly larger hands. Locks in place, and the nice thing is if you have a KS dropper post, the lever integrates nicely on to the grip to keep a super clean handlebar set up.
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Really eliminates chain slap. Clutch is tuneable, and is nice and burly, feels more substantial than the equivalent offering from SRAM to me, but I've always been a bit biased towards Shimano for MTB.
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These things are awesome. The only reason SPD pedals aren't the gold standard in the mountain pedal world is because their mud shedding capabilities aren't as good as Crank Brothers or TIME. These things have handled hundreds of rock strikes, and still click in and out perfectly, and bearings are still spinning smooth and crisp. I never want to worry about my pedals on my bike, I just want them to work, and these definitely fulfill that wish.
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Super grippy, but so much padding on it that I actually preferred to hold the bar tape as opposed to the hoods. Also synthetic material, so really easy to wash off at the end of a nasty race. Great for CX/gravel grinder bikes.
Make SURE you listen to the instructions and don't stretch this tape when you install it, or it will rip, like what happened the first time I tried to install.
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The first reaction I always get when people see this hub on my bike is "Damn, that thing is expensive!"
Yes, it is, but it is expensive for a reason. The bearing quality in the Chris King is the absolute best you can get without going ceramic, while at the same time, more durable for a mountain application than pretty much any ceramic bearing hub out there.
The ringdrive is also so precise and provides such tight engagement, that it has legitimately bailed me out of more than one super slow technical section with the instantaneous nature of its engagement.
Yes, it's pricey, but it's a hub that you install, adjust once after the bearings "settle" into their places, and then never have to touch again. Plus, the freehub sounds like you have a billion bees following you which I think is awesome.
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I have these on both of my mountain bikes, and as a mechanic with quite a bit of experience, I tend to be a bit picky with my mountain bike componentry. That being said, these brakes are extraordinarily reliable, and some of the most powerful brakes I've ever experienced. I've had a set of them on my trail bike for two years, and i have not had to bleed or adjust them once except for installing new pads. They are not the lightest brakes in the world, but I've always preferred a bit heavier to get a bit more durability, especially with brakes. Go for them if you can, but if they're a bit too pricey, the SLX versions of them have the exact same features and stopping power, with just a bit more weight.
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School car lines drive many parents crazy, it seems
Orlando Sentinel
One of my friends posted this on Facebook last week: "Love car line on the first day of school....said no mother ever." Granted, the first day is usually the worst, but the school car line seems to be a source of widespread, year-round aggravation for many parents.
The process itself - idling in your car or inching forward - can make anyone impatient, but what seems to drive most people crazy are other parents, the ones who don't follow the car line rules.
They are parents who stop the car and get out, have their children exit on the wrong side (creating safety hazards as well as traffic snarls) and seem to use the pick up line as the time to search for homework, lunches or shoes. There are also those who don't follow the school's rules, thinking they can enter and exit the line freely when and where they want.
The mother who made an illegal left turn into the parking lot at my daughter's school - and therefore cut into the line ahead of those waiting where they should - earned a special sort of scorn from my on-drop-off-duty husband.
There is no shortage of online outrage about the car line.
One post on "Ten Commandments of Car Line" offered gentle, but pointed reminders on how navigate the weekday hell.
"Thou art not special," it read. "Thy children shall know the word 'hurry' and move accordingly." And also, "Honor thy school rules."
This post on "School Loading and Unloading Etiquette 101" offered its own suggestions: "I realize that some parents may see folks they know while waiting in the school parking lot. That's great. Why don't you guys meet for coffee and play catch up. Let's not do it in the driveway, K?!"
Another post on "student drop-off etiquette" veered into full-on profanity, but I think I can safely share a little of writer's outrage.
"When you pull into the drop-off area, your child should be ready to get the (bleep) out of the car....I'm sure you are very busy. I bet you are even too busy to wait in this stupid car line. Guess what (bleep)? We all are."
Need more proof of car line angst? Try "Why the School Car Line Made Me Lose My Faith in Humanity" or "Navigating the dreaded school car line".
And yesterday I saw this comment on Twitter: "The school car line makes me wanna shoot myself and crash into half of u people."
I wish I had some solution. But the parents who commit car line sins (probably a tiny slice of the idling crowd) already ignore car line information issued by their child's school. So I'm not sure they pay any attention to the frustration, and even bile, sent their way via the Internet.
Still, four years ago, Georgia East, a writer for our sister paper, the Sun Sentinel, made a promise to change her car line behavior.
"I pledge not to hold up the car line at my daughter's school. I will not brush my daughter's hair, search for her socks or sign permission slips while other anxious parents waiting to drop off their kids are behind me," she wrote.
So maybe there is hope. Maybe.
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