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iPhone 4 won't turn on after screen replacement
Good mornin guys,
I've done many screen replacements on iPhone 4 smartphones (and others!) before, without any issues.
A while back, my phone was dropped, causing the screen to shatter, so I fitted a replacement screen (digitizer) with no issues as usual. Everything has worked fine for months and months.
After upgrading to iOS7, I accidently smashed my phones screen again. It was on and useable, but the screen was shattered.
I decided to replace the screen again (digitizer, as usual), but this time I got the apple logo "screen of death", followed by a 'connect to itunes' message.
I tried restoring the phone via itunes in every mode possible with no joy, but kept getting the "unknown error" message.
After upgrading my iTunes to v11.3, I tried again. After plugging my iPhone into iTunes, it simply said there is a problem with my iphone and I should contact apple.
Now previously, i've had the same issue ONCE before with the first 4S that I did a screen replacement on. After taking it to apple, they looked at it and said the cause was the after-market screen that the phone has detected, and that because not having a genuine apple screen the phone will no longer work and that they will not repair the phone.
Inevitably, I am led to believe they will say the same about this phone.
What options do I have!? I don't understand why it would work absolutely fine untill an after-market screen is fitted, then decide not to start up. I've tried several other screens (smashed but OEM ones too!) but with no joy. I can't believe that a phone can not work because it's detected an after-market screen. I've never had an issue before.
I am very confident with repairing the iPhone 4 smartphones, and would not believe this has been caused by myself during the repair. The only possible thought is that the fall of the iPhone damaged somethign else inside as the rear camera keeps overheating! But this was not the case pre-screen-replatement.
Any suggestions?
try this... pull the back off and press down hard on the battery connection. then try to turn it on. I just had this problem. when you take off the battery connector frequently there is a possibility that you can damage one of the prongs that connects it to the motherboard. if so the device isn't getting the right power. by holding it down this will force the connections together. if this works let me know cause there are 2 things you can do to fix it.
Hitordle, I have the same problem, iphone 4 doesnt turn on or charge or recognized - after screen replacement. Tried to press down hard on the battery connection but doesnt help. Any suggestions?
Vincent: have you tried changing the battery? Also be sure to hold down the lock button and the home button. Sometimes after replacement, the screen wont be recognized and you will have to restart it. Hopes this helps.
some screen need a newer ios to work
for example if your iphone 4 or 4s is operating on ios5
it may need to be updated to the latest ios for the screen to work.
Thank you. the only person here with a real answer. And i hate apple crap phones please buy an android. I have 5.1.1 with google maps and I will never update.
The issue is that the newer aftermarket screens don't support the pre iOS 6 software. I guess the third party manufacturers changed something in the backlight of the LCD.
I just did this,
it would not start until I plugged the phone into the actual iphone chord connected to a computer.
Once I did that it started right up.
Very odd behavior, but was a nice easy fix in the end. After it booted ( I did not update anything ) I was able to remove it, and it operated fine.
I have the same problem. I ordered a replacement and changed the screen. Then this happened , i changed back to the old screen and it doesnt work.
Did you find a solution? I'm having the exact same issue right now
Tamara ,
ive pluged it to the pc and the apple logo came up,
check your data cables as the third party one are shait..
ive been repairing iphones for years and never came across with this funny behavior
btw the on/off button didt work on the phone that time so couldnt do nothing like dfu,hard reset...


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HYDERABAD: Notwithstanding the objections raised by Tamil Nadu, the Andhra Pradesh government on Thursday decided to go ahead with the construction of the project across the Palar at Ganeshpuram in Kuppam mandal of Chittoor district.
A "conclusive stand" to this effect has been taken by the government as the Supreme Court had not issued any interim order on Tamil Nadu's plea to stop the project, sources said. Instead, the court had proposed to the Centre to settle the dispute amicably.
So far, the Centre has not convened any meeting of the officials of the two States.
Chief Minister Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy gave the go-ahead for the projects after discussions with Major Irrigation Minister Ponnala Lakshmaiah in the wake of a recent statement by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi that Andhra Pradesh had started work on the dam.
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2 Seedlings opened
I just have two to show from the same cross of GRACE AND GRANDEUR X CERISE MASTERPIECE. I started these in Jan/Feb 2011 indoors, planted out in May 2011 and already have a blooms coming on. I think I have about 10 seedlings that survived with this cross.
Not the best but interesting.
This one bloomed first. Short scape. I like bitones so hopefully this one improves next year.
Same cross but different seedling . Short scape. Thick consistency.
This one made me giggle. It looks like a curly top.Scape is short. Thick consistency.
Silverkelt: No hanging but we did have high temps up until yesterday late morning when the humidity cleared out and we started cooling down. I'm wondering if all the high temps we had made it easier for it to open?
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The obvious response to this — and don't think Jason wouldn't have brought it up — is that the audience's imagination is scarier than anything Hollywood can throw at you, but that only works to some extent. There's only so much a movie can avoid showing you before it gets ridiculous: you can't shoot around everything. Try imagining a Jaws that absolutely never showed a shark. (Also, bear in mind this strip is specifically talking about creature design, not gore, which doesn't need to be explicit to be effective.)
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In addition to playing Mr. Spock, of course, Leonard Nimoy did a lot of other things. He was on Mission: Impossible. He directed a few movies (Three Men and a Baby!). He was a photographer. He was the voice of Civilization IV. But one thing I really loved of his was Standby: Lights, Camera, Action, on Nickelodeon from 1982–1987, which provided a behind the scenes look at movies like Star Trek III, Return of the Jedi, 2010, and more. Nimoy hosted and occasionally interviewed guests like George Lucas. As a budding film nerd in the pre-Internet Dark Ages, behind the scenes specials like Standby: Lights, Camera, Action were hard to come by. I ate that show up.
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Exactly what I'm thinking. I've read coverage of this on 2-3 other sites today, and none of them indicated there was anything unusual about what was going on or that anything should be read into it. When higher-ups at Apple leave on poor terms, it's much more dramatic than this. You don't even have to look hard to find examples, since the breakups were so explosive. There's Fred Anderson, the former CFO and interim CEO who got embroiled with the SEC and made accusations against Steve Jobs (blasphemy!); Jon Rubenstein, who became the CEO of Palm and publicly made some harsh jabs at Apple while launching webOS; and Mark Papermaster, who was forced out during the antennagate brouhaha with the iPhone 4 last year.
The timing with the HTC ruling that didn't go their way is likely coincidental, since it's just one minor ruling amongst dozens of cases that they have going on. You don't oust someone that high up over something that small, and Apple wins at least as often as it loses in court, so there's no reason his departure should signal internal legal troubles at Apple. Hell, we even had an article on
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Putting a sweater together.
I have a sweater to put together. I usually crochet them together, but this is a very bulky sweater so I am thinking it will be hard to manage. Would you tell me how you put your sweaters together for the best results? Thanks in advance. Barb
Barb, I usually clip the seams together, matching them, before stitching them together with the mattress stitch. You will have to have someone else explain that to you, or google it, as I can't think of a good way to explain it to you. You do it with the right side facing you, and if done properly, it is invisible.
If you want an almost invisible seam, this is how I always sew sweaters together. Pin both sides together matching knit rows. Starting at the bottom with your tail of yarn. Sew through the knots made by knitting the last stitch. You'll notice that one side of these knots has give and one side is stable and has no give. Go through the side that has no give. Do it on every set of knots and use an overhand whip stitch. You'll notice that the seam blends right in with the knitting and leaves no discernable seam. You can fudge the seam a little if you need to and it will still look good.
Thanks, ladies for your help. I did not finish off any of the parts of this, except the sleeves, because I thought I might want to add a collar. I did find out how to do the mattress stitch. I had never heard of that. I understand that I need to block all of the parts first. What do you do to cover the knitting without putting the iron right on the sweater? Barb


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Good service reasonable prices but a bit stark in decor : Food a bit above average for area priced well... Worth a visit if staying locally
Clean friendly good food good menu. Good menu if you are a vegetarian . My hubby really enjoyed is steak.you must visit the rock pool it one of the best places to eat .
Waiting staff/owner? very rude, food was overpriced and not cooked. When wanted to complain the waiter disappeared, another guy came over, looked like I wasnt the first or last to complain, never ate food, paid bill and left. Avoid Avoid Avoid
We used to eat here loads when staying at a nearby villa as for years it was always excellent.
Sadly this year it was terrible. When we arrived at our villa we dumped our bags and walked up the hill to Rockpool to get something to eat as we were starving after a long day travelling and thought we would...
I have visited this restaurant several times in the past 5years and had some lovely meals but now that it is under new Management I was very disappointed as the service was poor had a nice starter of garlic mushrooms but I was very disappointed by my main course of garlic chicken as it had no taste to it and...
After visiting last year we went to the Rockpool with high expectations. The staff have changed. Their lack of enthusiasm at dealing with us perhaps reflects the quotidian grind of the work but it is not an attitude we found elsewhere. The food, when it arrived - despite few people being there it took an awfully long time - was...
decided to go for a little walk to find somewhere for a late breakfast and liked the look of here... it was very clean the staff were very friendly and the food was ok.. but the food took ages to arrive... not a disaster but wouldn't o back.
The first time we went we were very impressed. Service was good as was the food. The steaks were cooked perfectly and tasted delicious. We were keen to go again but the second time was disappointing. Portions seemed to smaller (perhaps because they agreed to a 10% discount?) and the food not quite as relishing as the first time. If...
Only few yards from hotel after being out all day and do not want to go to hisaranu. Food and drink was very reasonable
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How to draw flowers?
I am not sure where to post this message...it has to do with a "craft" so thought I'd try here.
Does anyone know where I could find a book that would "teach" me how to draw flowers? I would like to paint them on flower pots. (I have checked the library and there was nothing available.) I do not have an art backgound so I would need something easy to follow.
You could try buying a book on flowers and just draw what you see. It's a whole lot easier to draw a flower by looking at a flower picture rather than trying to draw it from the actual flower itself. Drawing from the pic means you won't have to compensate for space & dimension. As far as painting a flower, there again you could try painting the colors as you see them on a pic. If that doesn't help there's something called One Stroke by Donna Dewberry. She sells books on flower painting techniques & in some places, classes are available. That's your best bet. It's quick to do hence the name One Stroke but it comes out looking wonderful. Try the website or look at WalMart in the craft section. Dana
I have seen demonstrations on the "one-step-painting" and it does look very easy, something like "tole" painting, I think =) basically you load up your paint brush with dark and light shades of the same color, one shade on each side of the brush, and make curving strokes. The darker shade goes towards the inside of the petals and leaves, the light on the outside.
I am not an artist, but can draw cartoony flowers! I just draw a circle, then make little tear drop shapes all around it, with the points of the tear drops pointing in towards the circle. Then simply draw a line down for a stem, and put a leaf on each side. Try it! Want to make a tulip?? Draw a capital "U", then start at the top left point of the u, and draw the letter "W", so that the far right point of the W, meets up with the right top point of the U. Sorry if it sounds confusing. You could also look up flower clip art on the net, then find what look to be simple flowers, and try to draw them.
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New look at heretic pharaoh Akhenaton's reigntags: discoveries, ancient Egypt, Archaeology News Network, Akhenaten
Analysis of remains from a cemetery at the city of Tell el-Amarna is painting an unsettling picture of the reign of the famously monotheistic pharaoh Akhenaten.
According to researchers led by University of Arkansas bioarchaeologist Jerome Rose, the remains of bodies found in the commoners' cemetery in Tell el-Amarna -some 200 miles south of modern Cairo- show signs of a hard life which contrasts to the idyllic images of everyday life pictured in the high ranking officials' tombs.
Sometime around 1350 B.C, Akhenaten rejected the traditional pantheon of Egyptian gods and moved his capital to Amarna, where he established a religion dedicated to the worship of the sun god Aten. The new city, complete with palaces, lavish villas for all the King's men and houses for the hopeful who followed Akhenaten in his daring project, was surrounded by a number of cemeteries allocated according to the King's ideas about the cosmos. While the King and his family was to be buried in a massive tomb hewn in the bedrock, similarly glamorous monuments, decorated with reliefs showing life in the royal court had been prepared for the elite members of the society. As for the commoners (forming the 90% of the city's population) there was a special cemetery where they were to be buried in a basic way. The so-called South Tombs cemetery consists of tightly packed graves marked by piles of rocks....
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|Kent State Golden Flashes vs. Akron Zips
The Kent State Golden Flashes and the Akron Zips will both be trying to pick up a win on Friday when they battle at James A. Rhodes Arena. Kent State was a 69-61 winner in its last match at home against Bowling Green. They earned a push of the 8-point spread as favorites. Akron won its last outing, a 72-58 result against Miami (Ohio) on March 5. They failed to cover in that game as a 16.5-point favorite. Kent State:
Team record: 18-12 SU, 14-9-2 ATS
Current streak: won 4 straight games.
The total has gone OVER in 5 of last 7 games on the road
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Nothing Gold Can Stay (album)
|Nothing Gold Can Stay
|Studio album by A New Found Glory
|October 19, 1999[1]
|August 1999 at Tapeworm Studios, Miami, Florida
|Pop punk[2][3]
|Eulogy, Drive-Thru
|A New Found Glory[1]
|A New Found Glory chronology
|Singles from Nothing Gold Can Stay
Nothing Gold Can Stay is the debut studio album by American pop-punk band New Found Glory, released on October 19, 1999 through independent record label Eulogy Recordings.[4] At the time, the band was then named "A New Found Glory", but later dropped the indefinite article "A" due to some fans struggling to find their records in stores.[5][6] The original pressings of the album contained samplings from several films including The Outsiders (1983), Weird Science (1985), and That Thing You Do! (1996), as well as Robert Frost's poem "Nothing Gold Can Stay", after which the album is named.[7]
On the strength of the release, Richard Reines, co-founder of Drive-Thru Records, signed the band after paying Eulogy a $5,000 license fee in order to re-release the album.[8] Propelled by debut single "Hit or Miss (Waited Too Long)", Nothing Gold Can Stay garnered a cult following and sold in excess of 300,000 copies.[8] The record was responsible for breaking the band in the United States and has been noted for its influence on contemporary pop punk music.[2][3]
Background and recording[edit]
Following the band's underground success with the release of debut EP It's All About the Girls (1997), they soon caught the attention of independent label Eulogy Recordings, and the quintet subsequently signed in order to increase distribution of their music.[9] The album was recorded on a low budget with the members having to self-fund the sessions. Jordan Pundik recalls, "I was working in Walgreens, I remember borrowing money off my sister to pay for the recording and everybody getting on me for not throwing in enough."[2] Chad Gilbert also said that the album "wasn't recorded too well", but also praised its rawness by adding, "It sounds more real than a lot of other records".[2] Pundik worked alongside primary lyricist and rhythm guitarist Steve Klein to pen the tracks. "When me and Steve would work on the songs, he'd come and pick me up in his punk-rock station wagon, with stickers all over the back. It didn't have a stereo, just a boombox. We'd sit in his room at his parents' house, and we'd work on lyrics and melodies with sheets of paper everywhere". Pundik also said that a five-year relationship during high school inspired the lyrics to "Winter of '95". "I was with her for 5 years, she was the only thing I knew, so that played a big part. I remember listening to a Gameface record on vinyl, but was writing my own lyrics for the song at the same time in my head".[2] Gilbert reflects on the album as "100 percent, without a doubt, the most honest, simple, pure record. We were just a bunch of kids who grew up in the suburbs. We never expected to leave Florida, we were just making a record we could play locally and sell to friends. Then, eventually, it took us so many other places".[2]
Reception and legacy[edit]
|Professional ratings
|Review scores
|Alternative Press
|College Music Journal
|Modern Fix
Upon release in 1999, Nothing Gold Can Stay received positive reviews. Mike DaRonco of Allmusic gave the album a positive four star review. He wrote, "With an abundance of Lifetime/Promise Ring rip-off bands crawling out from under every suburban nook and cranny, A New Found Glory pull out all the right hooks and harmonies. Reminiscing about the days of walking to the beach, holding hands with a loved one and loudly singing Michael Jackson's "Thriller". But, they're also about trying to pick up the pieces of a shattered relationship by writing a song about it. Just sit back, listen, and relate to their heartfelt days of love lost and found."[10] Michael Dabaie of College Music Journal awarded the album a "super" four-star rating. Describing the sound as "abrasive yet extremely catchy" he also opined that the album was "pop-punk with substance and a stiff backbone."[12]
A decade after the album's release, Brendan Manley of Alternative Press covered the album in two separate articles for the magazine. Discussing the album in the "10 Classic Albums of '99" feature, he wrote, "Like its title implies, Nothing Gold Can Stay is the sonic transcript of a glorious, fleeting time for NFG, and for pop-punk. But just as gold never loses its luster, it's only fitting that 10 years later, Nothing Gold Can Stay still shines".[2] Later, during a separate article covering the band's history, Manley noted their lasting influence on modern pop-punk music; "New Found Glory are still at the forefront of the scene they helped create".[15] Gabe Saporta of Midtown also said of Nothing Gold Can Stay; "The record has so many little quirks - so many things that made you feel like [NFG] were friends of yours, who were fucking around in the studio and happened to create something magical".[2] Also, when Jared Logan was producing Fall Out Boy's debut album, he asked bassist Pete Wentz what sound the band desired for recording. Wentz responded by "handing over the first two New Found Glory records".[16]
Track listing[edit]
All lyrics written by Steve Klein and Jordan Pundik; music composed by New Found Glory.[17]
|"Hit or Miss (Waited Too Long)"
|"It Never Snows In Florida"
|"3rd and Long"
|"You've Got a Friend In Pennsylvania"
|"The Blue Stare"
|"2's & 3's"
|"Tell-Tale Heart"
|"Winter of '95"
|"Passing Time"
|"Broken Sound"
|"Never Sometimes"
|"The Goodbye Song" (includes untitled hidden track)
Total length:
The following people contributed to Nothing Gold Can Stay:[17]
- New Found Glory
- Jordan Pundik - lead vocals, lyrics
- Chad Gilbert - lead guitar, backing vocals, composer
- Steve Klein - rhythm guitar, lyrics
- Ian Grushka - bass guitar
- Cyrus Bolooki - drums, percussion
- Additional musicians
- Chris Carrabba – backing vocals
- The Boofins on the Side Crew – backing vocals
- Marisa Browne – piano ("Broken Sound", "The Goodbye Song")
- Production
- A New Found Glory - producer, recording
- Jeremy Du Bois - engineering
- ^ a b "New Found Glory - Nothing Gold Can Stay CD". CD Universe. Retrieved 24 April 2011.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Manley, Brendan (September 2009), "10 Classic Albums of '99 - A New Found Glory: Nothing Gold Can Stay", Alternative Press (Alternative Magazines Inc) (254): 65, ISSN 1065-1667, retrieved 11 September 2009
- ^ a b Ankeny, Jason. "Biography: New Found Glory". Allmusic (Rovi Corporation). Retrieved 10 March 2009.
- ^ DeAndrea, Joe (18 October 2009). "Nothing Gold Can Stays Aluminum Anniversary". AbsolutePunk (Buzz Media). Retrieved 20 June 2011.
- ^ "The Lowdown - New Found Glory". Kerrang! (Bauer Media Group). Retrieved 29 July 2009.
- ^ Ambrose, Chris (23 September 2003). "Biography for New Found Glory". Internet Movie Database (Amazon). Retrieved 29 July 2009.
- ^ "Hit or Miss by New Found Glory". Songfacts. Archived from the original on 8 September 2010.
- ^ a b Manley, Brendan (March 2010), "1999-2000: The Oral History of New Found Glory", Alternative Press (Alternative Magazines Inc) (260): 64, ISSN 1065-1667, retrieved 31 January 2010
- ^ Manley, Brendan (March 2010), "1996-1997: The Oral History of New Found Glory", Alternative Press (Alternative Magazines Inc) (260): 63, ISSN 1065-1667, retrieved 31 January 2010
- ^ a b DaRonco, Mike. "Review: Nothing Gold Can Stay". Allmusic (Rovi Corporation). Retrieved 10 March 2009.
- ^ Heisel, Scott (October 1999), "A New Found Glory: Nothing Gold Can Stay ", Alternative Press (Alternative Magazines Inc) (118)
- ^ a b Dabaie, Michael (20 December 1999), "A New Found Glory - Nothing Gold Can Stay. Pop-punk with substance and a stiff backbone", College Music Journal (219): 20
- ^ Lops, Vanessa (January 19, 2012). "Review: A New Found Glory – Nothing Gold Can Stay". Modern Fix (Drone, Inc.). Retrieved September 13, 2013.
- ^ "New Found Glory - 'Nothing Gold Can Stay' - Eulogy". Punknews.org. Retrieved 10 March 2009.
- ^ Manley, Brendan (March 2010), "It Never Snows in Florida: The Oral History of New Found Glory", Alternative Press (Alternative Magazines Inc) (260): 62, ISSN 1065-1667, retrieved 31 January 2010
- ^ Manley, Brendan (March 2010), "2001-2005: The Oral History of New Found Glory", Alternative Press (Alternative Magazines Inc) (260): 65, ISSN 1065-1667, retrieved 2010-01-31
- ^ a b Nothing Gold Can Stay (CD). New Found Glory. Eulogy Recordings. 1999. 112114. Check date values in:


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Annette Bening/Gwen Stefani, Akon
- Episode Description
Live from New York, it's... Jason Sudeikis! Sketches include "The Iraqi War Report," "SNL Movie Trailer Re-cut: Apocalypto," "Good Morning I Hate This Town," "Diddy Kiddies" (cartoon), "High School Romance," "Two A-Holes at a Live Nativity Scene," "Fast Food Pep Talk" (film), "Buyer Beware," "Monster Under The Bed," "Valtrex," "Socially Awkward Officemates," and "Stanfield & Partlow." Gwen Stefani performed "Wind It Up"; Akon performed "I Wanna Love You."
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Don Roy King
Amy Poehler
Andy Samberg
Bill Hader
Darrell Hammond
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"This baby doesn't look like Santa"
There were some funny bits but it could have been much stronger with more development of the sketches.
I have nothing to say here. And that's sad. When the episode is lacking on creativity, I lack on something clever to say here.
I smell Bagels
In this episode, the usually great actress Annette Benning reads lines with no clear enthusiam or character, and Gwen Stefani plays a grating song, as well as the mediocre Akon.
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Quotes (6)
Female A-Hole: This baby doesn't look like Santa.
Seth Meyers: It was reported that Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes will host a second wedding party this Sunday in Beverly Hills for friends who couldn't make it to their wedding in Italy. You know, Katie's friends.
Amy Poehler: Many mothers are disappointed that Yellow Wiggle, Greg Page, is leaving the children's music group The Wiggles as they see him as a major sex symbol. Also disappointing these women: their husbands.
(Rapper Diddy is deep in thought) Diddy: I'm a successful whatever-I-am.
Female A-Hole: When is "24" coming back? Male A-Hole: Jack Bauer's a pimp!
Notes (6)
Sketches cut from the 60 minute version: "Stanfield and Parlow," the Al Gore segment on Weekend Update, "Good Morning I Hate This Town," "Student-Teacher Alliance," "Pep Talk" (Digital Short), "Buyer Beware," "Valtrex" (rerun from 11/11/06), and Akon's performance of "I Wanna Love You."
NBC never reran this episode.
Sketches cut after dress rehearsal include: a sketch where Mrs. Claus (Annette Bening) has an affair unbeknownst to Santa Claus; The Showners (Fred Armisen, Maya Rudolph) receive a package in the mail; Celebrities eating (3 parts)- 1. Liberace (Fred Armisen) eating spaghetti bolognese at a rapid pace, 2. Gregory Peck (Bill Hader) eats clams at a rapid pace, 3. Julie Andrews (Annette Bening) drinks a root beer at a rapid pace; and a commercial where soap actors Michael Park and Kim Zimmer advertise their condom of choice for sex scenes.
During the "Stanford & Partlow" skit, time was running short, so they ended it with a 10 second-long bumper of Bening.
The SNL Digital Short "Pep Talk" was cut from the dress rehearsal of the Matthew Fox/Tenacious D broadcast. It was co-written by John Lutz and Fred Armisen.
Trivia (1)
Don Pardo stuttered while saying Gwen Stefani's name in the opening credits.
Allusions (2)
In the digital short "Fast Food Pep Talk," the title sequence reading "Happy Holidays" is a take off of the show LOST's opening title, with the words appearing than zooming in and fading out a bit.
The song during Weekend Update is an obvious spinoff of the 1990 Aerosmith hit "Living on the Edge."
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what brand of skylight might I have?? Odd size
I have skylights that measure 28 wide by 46" long - this is the inside- Rough measure because the tape would not stay up and the windows are too high to get at.
The roofer thought they might be Vellux because that is the most popular brand builders use. All my other windows are Anderson 200- 25 years old. I couldn't find an Anderson skylight.. These skylights open- there are two-half size screens in each skylight so you can open a screen to open the skylight.
What other brand could these be. When someone comes out with a ladder we can look closer.
ibwindows- I want to know because I am getting a new roof and want to replace the skylights.
The roofer went up yesterday and they are 'Guardian'. I know I don't want the same kind. I found 30x46 Velux at Home Depot (special order) and they gave me a price of $470 a window. I thought that was a very good price.


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- Rehearsals begin Apr. 26; production dates will be June 19, 20, 26, & 27 (8 p.m.), and June 20, 21, 27, & 28 (2 p.m.) in Riverside, CA.
- Auditions: Apr 13 in Riverside, CA
Casting "The Last Days of Judas Iscariot," a play that is an allegorical look at the sort of guilt that can trap a person in prisons of their own making. Synopsis: It is about forgiveness. Or rather, the lack of ability to forgive one's self. The setting is Hope, which ...Mar 24
- Shoots April to early-June 2015 in weekends in San Antonio, TX.
- Auditions: Apr 4 in San Antonio, TX
Casting "Running Home." Synopsis: After winning the World Series, Taylor Jensen is pulled back into his past when he receives a message that his abusive father has become ill. Leaving his new life of money, fame, and his girlfriend in California, Taylor returns to his childhood home. Upon his return, ...Mar 24
- Rehearsal dates TBD (one night/wk.) in the Hollywood, CA area.
- Seeking submissions from: Los Angeles, CA
Seeking singers to be part of a community, accompanied, rock .pop choir in Los Angeles. Weekly rehearsals. Great community. No auditions required. 3-5 part harmonies.Mar 24
- Shoots and records late-April 2015 in L.A.
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Seeking vocalists for "Rise Again," a promotional DVD for a new rock opera.Mar 24
- Shoot is TBD in Phoenix, AZ.
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Casting "Miracorp," a short film. Project description: "This film follows Tom, an 18 year old boy with a unique impairment, as he deals with his own insecurities and the self-doubt of those around him."Mar 24
- Film shoots mid-April (not all cast members will be involved in the shoot); rehearsals begin week of Apr. 19 (Tues., Wed., & Thurs. nights); opens late July (exact dates TBD) and runs for four weekends in Montebello, CA.
- Auditions: Apr 3 in Montebello, CA
Casting a version of "Julius Caesar," a play. Concept: Set in the future, where Los Angeles and the world have been ravaged by apocalyptic natural disasters, Los Angeles has broken off and become its own functioning dystopian society. Julius Caesar, hero of the most recent war, with his newfound popularity ...Mar 24
'Life After Divorce: Caleb's Apartment'
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Casting "Life After Divorce: Caleb's Apartment," a play by Cleveland O McLeish. Project description: "Caleb is recently divorced. His friend Bishop is counseling him through his loss while his neighbor Joshua is busy enticing Caleb to join him in his many exploit with various women. Caleb tries to remain grounded ...Mar 24
- Rehearses Mar. 28-Apr. 2, based on actor availability; shoots Apr. 3-5 (though actor may be only required for one day) in NYC.
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Casting "This City," a student film for NYU. Synopsis: "This City" is a brief look at a millennial's college life and his take on the changing cultural aspects." Currently casting the role of Naomi; seeking someone who will want to have fun with the character and will be willing to ...Mar 23
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We love the pocket chart calendar. It was so easy to put together, and it's fun to update with each new month, holidays and all. It includes several holiday, occasion, and event cards to put in place of each day's number. We're able to keep track of the days/months/year but also the weather each day. It's also very sturdy and washable! Love that feature!
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We LOVE this calendar! This is the great quality I expect from Learning Resources. It is sturdy and colorful. There are extra cards for writing your own holidays or weather descriptions. My kids (ages 4 and 7) love it!The only thing I would say could be changed is to have a row of pockets on the backside for storing the cards not being used. I had to put the other cards for months, seasons, years, etc in a plastic baggie and have them stored elsewhere, but sometimes I forget where. The pockets at the bottom of the calendar (on the front) are great for the number days, holidays and weather cards, but they cannot support all the extra cards. Not sure a bunch of pockets on the back would be the best option, but it would be nice to be able to keep everything together. Not a huge deal but something I thought I should mention.Overall, we love this calendar and will not go back to paper calendars again! (P.s. I home-school, so I get a lot of use out of these kind of calendars)
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Series starts 2/8
|Game 1: Friday, February 8th
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|Game 2: Sunday, March 3rd
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Coverage: FSSW
7:00 PM ET, March 3, 2013
AT&T Center, San Antonio, TX
Series starts 2/8
|Game 1: Friday, February 8th
|Recap »Boxscore »
|Game 2: Sunday, March 3rd
|Recap »Boxscore »
Coverage: FSSW
7:00 PM ET, March 3, 2013
AT&T Center, San Antonio, TX
SAN ANTONIO -- Tim Duncan insists the San Antonio Spurs are still trying to find their way on offense without All-Star point guard Tony Parker.
They sure looked smooth Sunday night.
San Antonio had one of its most efficient games this season, routing the Detroit Pistons 114-75 in its first game since Parker was injured.
Manu Ginobili scored 17 points, Duncan had 16 points and 11 rebounds, and the Spurs rolled to their most lopsided victory of the year. Danny Green added 16 points and Kawhi Leonard had 14 for San Antonio (47-14), which has won eight of 10.
Making his first start of the season, Cory Joseph had eight points, four assists and one turnover in place of Parker, who sprained his left ankle in Friday's win over Sacramento and is expected to miss about a month.
Without Parker, the Spurs spread the floor and shared the ball, picking up 35 assists on 45 field goals. Duncan and Stephen Jackson both tied their season highs with six assists apiece.
"We moved the ball really well," Duncan said. "We have to with the lack of Tony's penetration, the way he does almost every play. We're going to move the ball and use a lot of pick-and-rolls. We're going to use a lot of body movement. Hopefully we can take advantage of that and make some shots and make some passes that make easy baskets for us, because we're going to need it."
Greg Monroe scored 16 points and Jose Calderon 14 for Detroit, which has lost five of six.
The Spurs had 10 assists in the first quarter while taking control of the game. San Antonio was credited with four assists on its first five baskets, including one for Leonard on a 3-pointer by Green for a 12-10 lead with 6 minutes left in the period.
Ginobili made his first six shots, including a 3-pointer off Jackson's inbounds pass with 1.8 seconds left in the quarter. He was undercut by Khris Middleton on the shot and made a free throw to complete a four-point play.
"You know what's coming, but we couldn't stop it," Detroit coach Lawrence Frank said. "We could've done a whole lot more to put more into the game to give ourselves a chance, but we didn't and that's credit to the champs. That's what it looks like. That's the blueprint."
After scoring 65 points in the first half of a 119-109 victory over the Spurs on Feb. 8 at Detroit, the Pistons trailed 60-40 in the rematch.
"Three weeks ago doesn't matter today," Detroit guard Will Bynum said. "It's a whole different ballgame, a different story. Today, they were the better team."
Duncan's 17-foot jumper on an assist from Joseph gave San Antonio a 53-33 lead with 3 minutes left in the first half. Joseph, recalled Thursday from San Antonio's development league affiliate, the Austin Toros, did not have a turnover in the second half.
"I thought he did a fine job," Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said. "He played a good floor game. I like his defense. I like his aggressive attitude, as far as loose balls and sticking his nose in. He's a really committed, physical player and runs the show well."
The Spurs never led by fewer than 20 points in the second half, extending the advantage into the 30s late in the third quarter.
San Antonio held Detroit to 32.6 shooting, a season low for an opponent.
"I thought we played defense the way we have played it most of the season," Popovich said. "We had good focus."
MVP: Tim Duncan, The Big Fundamental, put up 16 points, 11 rebounds, 6 assists and 5 blocked shots against Detroit. It was the first game in about a month in which he looked like the early-season Tim Duncan that surprised the league.
Least valuable player: While Duncan and Tiago Splitter combined from 24 points and 19 rebounds, Jason Maxiell committed four fouls, grabbed just two rebounds and had a single point against the Spurs' front line.
That was what you'd expect without Tony Parker: With the Spurs' offensive catalyst this season out for the next four weeks, they relied on top-notch ball movement in a balanced effort. Notable were the 35 assists on 45 field goals and eight players with at least seven points for San Antonio.
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|03/06 NY 7:30pm
03/08 DAL 7:30pm
03/10 @LAC 9:30pm
03/11 @UTAH 9:00pm
03/13 @GS 10:30pm
|03/06 CHI 9:00pm
03/08 POR 8:30pm
03/11 OKC 8:30pm
03/12 @MIN 8:00pm
03/14 DAL 8:00pm
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Gaming Goes 'Old Skool'
If you prefer Atari to Wii or have dreams of getting your name on the Galaga Top Ten High Score Table, We'd like to introduce you to what could easily become your new addiction: Escape From the Slaughterhouse.
Created by Mikael Romlin, this game is for the "old skool" gamer in all of us. It has a Crystal Castles feel, but instead of collecting gems and trying to escape Berthilda the Witch, you are searching for cages in each level in order to set your friends free and trying to escape from the slaughterhouse. You'll encounter butchers along the way (whom you can defeat by jumping on their heads), and you have to be careful not to fall into the meat grinders.
I'm going to give you a heads-up and say that this game isn't easy (even our resident gaming expert, Joel Bartlett, only made it to the first boss), but the rewards are worth it. Freedom for all? Yes, please!
And for those of you looking for some gaming on the go, check out Mikael's Hunt the Hunter. It's a cell-phone game in which you take shots at fox hunters before they can shoot vulnerable foxes.
After you've played the game, how about giving Mikael a little love in the comments below for his retro games?
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Retro Games are the best !!! A game does not have to be like a realistic war game… the good old "Jump and Run" where you don' have to hit somebody's head into pieces… THANK YOU!
Oh my I can't wait to see the death sequence when the player falls into the meat grinder. Honestly isn't that a bit too graphic couldn't you stick with the generic bottomless pit?
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Bottled this today and took a quick sip...definitely had that clove flavor profile. Looking forward to cracking one open
Pretty sure I screwed this one up. I followed the extract instructions which called for 5lbs of flaked wheat (I thought it seemed strange but Im a new brewer so.....).
I can imagine this is going to turn out thick/possibly disgusting. Should I just toss it now?
Just bottled this. Being somewhat of a novice, I'm still trying to iron out my overcarbonation issues. Per TastyBrew's calculator, I used "Light Ale- Blond Ale (2.3-2.6)" as the carbonation style. I didn't see an area for "Belgian Blond." This will be fine, right?
A quick Google and I came up with 2.2-2.8. You'll be fine. RDWHAHB.
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I brewed this yesterday。tasted great going into primary。waiting will be tough。
Brewed this beer previously with great results... Def. the best beer I have made yet.
How do you think this beer would be effected if I use the Trappist WLP500 or WLP530?
I wanted to brew this beer using WLP500/530 then use the yeast cake for a belgian double or tripple. Has anyone tried something similar?


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My little potted apricot tree is blooming. I've seen six or eight flowers, opening over the last few days and don't expect any more but I'm hoping at least one or two apricots will set on so I can try them.
I've been trying to watch the weather and was thinking I would cover it if I got too cold at night. When I looked at the forecast on Accuweather today, their past weather says it got down to 26 on Saturday. I don't know how I missed that. Did it really get that cold? I may have to wait until next year to try my apricots. : (
Early next week is supposed to be cold too so cover it then. It was cold here Sat. morning. I live in a valley. Maybe you are on higher ground and were warmer than the record shows. I went to N Greene Park Monday and they had some winter damage in those new conifers that they call the winter garden. I did not go back to the conifer garden. Not much had emerged at the garden but I did notice the way the North Star cherry was pruned. The middle was pruned out and it was very open with spreading branches. I have some little cherry trees which are already beyond getting a good framework. I would like to prune mine into that open shape. I always see something at the garden.
Where is the North Star Cherry planted? I will have to check that out next time I go. I haven't pruned my cherry tree at all. I want it to have low branches so I can reach easily so maybe pruning out the middle would work for mine.
My Oscar Mulberry needs pruned badly. It's been getting some top die-back every winter and it's causing it to grow bushier. Some of the branches are rubbing. BUT at least it's alive (I think). I was concerned about that one since it gets top die-back even in mildish winters and this one was so cold. I was sure it would die and almost ordered an Illinois Everbearing to comfort myself.
Looks like Monday night is supposed to get cold. I need to check the forecast more often.
The North Star cherry was near the fence on the side closest to the new building. They have done an excellent job of shaping it and I had never noticed that before. I bought two persimmons from Stark Bros. and I don't think they made it. The graft didn't look good to me on one of them when I got it and the stems are tiny like little twigs. It looks like something broke one of them. As small as they are a dog could have broken it. A tiny twig is OK on an own rooted plant but a grafted plant can not come up from the bottom.


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I don't bother to review very many books, in part because I read a lot and in part because writing reviews takes time away from reading. However, I recently received the Kindle version of When Penguins Flew and Water Burned and wanted to quickly recommend it. The book is a recap of the career of Jim Clonts, a B-52 navigator (and, later, radar navigator) during the tail end of the Cold War. Clonts writes in an engaging style, and his tales of life on a bomber crew are absolutely fascinating if you're at all interested in military aviation. Although his crew position is navigator, he's also a pilot and so there's a fair bit of inside-baseball talk. The book is moderately heavy on jargon, as you might expect, but it's still pretty approachable even if you don't know anything about bombers or the USAF in general. Well worth a read if you're flight-minded.
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Developing apps for the Garmin ConnectIQ SDK
Early on this triathlon season, I bought a Suunto Ambit 2s. I loved the idea of having accurate workout data for my training, plus more accurate time/distance data for my races, and the Suunto has delivered. But it's missing a few things: its support for interval workouts is poor, and the Movescount website is less reliable than I'd like. Luckily Suunto added export to Strava, but you still have to use their computer-based app to transfer workouts from the watch to the computer to the Movescount site, so when the site's down you can't see your workout data. (There are also various website bugs, including one in computing swim distance that means that the results on the website don't match the results on the watch, but I digress). Having said all that, I was planning on sticking with the Suunto because I like the industrial design; it's comfortable to wear, looks good, and has all the basic functionality I need.
Then I read this: Garmin announces ability to develop apps on wearables, with Connect IQ.
Coupled with my native lust for all shiny gadget things, the availability of the SDK opened a whole range of possibilities, not only for apps I could get for the watch but for apps I could write. I immediately started pondering what kinds of useful apps I could build and came up with one that I thought would be very useful: a flight timer. There are at least two different flight times that I need to log for every flight: how long the propeller was turning (because that drives how much money I put into our engine reserve fund) and how long I was actually in the air (which is what I actually log as flight time).
The GPS in 706 can automatically calculate flight time from takeoff to touchdown… provided you remember to look at it after landing and before turning off the avionics master switch. We also have a Hobbs meter that measures the time when the propeller's actually turning. However, an app that automatically records time in flight, along with the origin and destination airports, would be useful. CloudAhoy does something similar, based on ForeFlight track data (and for all I know, ForeFlight can do this already). However, a timer that's not tied to the aircraft would have the advantage of not losing its data when you turn off the airplane, and not being tied to a phone, external GPS, or iPad greatly reduces the risk of losing data due to battery or device failures.
So, I ordered a Garmin 920XT and downloaded the Garmin SDK. On first inspection, it looks like the SDK and development model are both pretty tractable for what I want to do. I'll be blogging about my development efforts as they progress. For now, if I can get basic logging to work in the device simulator, I'll be happy. There are a few features I'd like to have in the app to make it useful: it should automatically log flight time from takeoff to touchdown, geocode the origin and destination points so that the log file reflects airports and not just GPS points, and provide a timer function for things such as switching fuel tanks in flight. If I can extend that to include automatically logging flights into Safelog, that'd be even better but that might be some time away.
The 920XT itself will be a nice upgrade from the Suunto, which I am going to loan to my pal Jay for use in his training, but it won't ship until sometime in November, so I'll be running on the simulator for a while yet (and using the Suunto to log workouts, too!)
The SDK includes a comprehensive set of API docs, the device simulator, an Eclipse plugin that runs the command-line compiler, and assorted sample apps. I'll have ore to say about it once I get my environment set up and running and start playing with the samples. Garmin's clearly thinking about this the right way, though; in addition to their own developer forum, they are actively encouraging the use of StackOverflow.
Stay tuned for updates!
Disney and Universal 2014 wrapup
A few more-or-less random thoughts about our recent trip to Disney World and Universal Studios Florida:
- Universal is a see-it-once park, I think. We enjoyed it but there was nothing so compelling that I think we'd want to go back again in five years. On the other hand, all four of us had specific things at Disney that we looked forward to doing (among them: turkey legs, the Winnie the Pooh ride, Tower of Terror, and Space Mountain).
- Having said that, the Harry Potter attractions are superbly done: decoration, character acting, costuming, and all the little touches come together to provide a very immersive experience. Just don't expect to be able to drink a whole mug of butterbeer. (And don't be surprised if the Forbidden Adventure ride leaves you nauseated for a couple of hours afterwards.) Getting early access by virtue of staying in a Universal property was well worth it.
- We didn't buy, nor did we miss, the front-of-the-line ride access benefit that Universal sells for $60+ per person, per day.
- Disney's MagicBands system works extremely well and made paying for things much easier– which, I suppose, is the point.
- The FastPass+ system takes a little getting used to because you can get multiple passes at once, but there are limits on which rides you can stack passes for. Read up on it before you go.
- We stayed at two "value" hotels: Universal's Cabana Bay and Disney's All-Star Music Resort. Both had nicely equipped, clean "family suite" rooms. Both claimed to sleep six: Universal provided two double beds and a twin pull-out sofa, while Disney provided a queen, a twin sofabed, and two single fold-out sleep chairs: not ideal for six-foot teenagers, but workable.
- Disney's on-property wifi was great at the parks, as was Universal's. However, the Disney in-room wifi was unusuable– worse even than the worst of the Microsoft conference hotels I've had to use in the past.
- EPCOT's International Food and Wine Festival was going on, so we got some primo foods when we ate dinner there. I'd like to do the festival again, but with more time to savor the food.
- Tom, Matt, and I all ran into friends at the parks. It's a small world indeed.
- We didn't rent a car, so we used Uber for the move from the Kissimmee airport to Universal, then a cab from Universal to Disney, then Uber again. Orlando's taxis are about a million percent cleaner than in most other cities, but Uber was cheaper and faster.
Overall, a successful trip (good flight, too!) but boy, am I glad to be home!
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My first real IFR trip: Decatur-Manassas and back
My trip to DC to compete in the Nation's Triathlon was my first "real" IFR flight. I say "real" because it combined flight in actual instrument conditions with busy airspace and a long cross-country—conditions I expect to encounter often as I fly around.
Earlier in the summer, I had signed up for the tri.The timing was such that I would come home from GATTS, have a couple of days to pack, and then fly up to DC, hopefully with my instrument rating. That turns out to be what happened.
Flight planning was straightforward. The DC metro area has a number of general aviation airports scattered around, but it also has significant restrictions on its airspace. Without going into all of the gory details, it's enough to point out that the airports that are closest to central DC are heavily restricted. In order to fly to the so-called "Maryland 3", you have to go to either Dulles or BWI, get fingerprinted, have security interviews with the FAA and TSA, and then get a PIN that you use when filing flight plans. I didn't have time to do that, so I settled on Manassas, which is further out but would provide a reverse commute into and out of the city—it also helped that the route from Manassas to the hotel passed right by the bike shop where I'd made arrangements to rent a road bike.
I planned an early departure Saturday morning. Because I'd been out of the office for most of the week, I couldn't leave earlier than about 5pm, and I didn't want to fly night IFR in unfamiliar, complex airspace after a full, and tiring, day at work—that's how accidents happen. My original plan was to fly from Decatur to KGEV, fuel up with avgas and diet Coke, and then continue on to Manassas. The weather at Decatur at departure time was OK, with an overcast layer about 2000', and Huntsville Approach quickly cleared me to my target altitude. The first hour or so of the flight was smooth on top, then things got a bit bouncy because there were clouds at my filed altitude—with some light rain and a fair bit of chop. Once past that, though, things were looking good until I looked at the weather at my destination airport and alternate . Both were below minimums, so instead I flew a bit further east and landed at Winston-Salem, which was nicely VFR. It turns out that the airport there has self-service or full-service fuel, with a whopping $1.69/gal price difference—but getting to the self-service pump from the FBO is an adventure that involves runway crossings and, in my case, aggravating the pilot of a Malibu who had to hold short while I taxied. Such is life.
The flight into Manassas was perfectly uneventful, just the way I like. I had filed direct from Winston-Salem to Manassas, but I didn't expect to get that routing, and sure enough, I didn't; Potomac Approach sent me direct to the Casanova VOR, then direct Manassas. It was fun watching the Foreflight traffic display en route, since I could see a ton of traffic into Reagan.
Going to CSN first wasn't much of a diversion, so it was no big deal. Manassas was VFR, but storms were expected later, so after I landed, the fine folks at Dulles Aviation hangared the plane. (I also want to point out that they provided stellar service: the rental car was ready when I got there, saving me a commute to the nearest Avis office some 12 miles away, and they treated me like I had just flown in on a Gulfstream.)
The return trip looked simple enough too. I filed direct Manassas to Greenbriar, WV. The race was on Sunday, and I needed to be at work Monday morning, so I had to leave late in the afternoon, meaning that several of the airports I would normally have considered as fuel stops were either closed, or would be. Greenbriar was reporting 900' overcast, which was fine with me, so I filed, preflighted, and started up, then called Manassas Ground to get my clearance.
Here's what I was naively expecting: "N32706, Manassas Ground, cleared as filed to LWB, climb and maintain 9000', departure frequency…"
Here's what I got instead: "N32706, Manassas Ground, cleared to LWB via the ARSENAL FOUR departure, thence the Montebello transition, then direct NATTS, then direct LWB; departure frequency…" Thus we see how ATC deals with the expectations of a novice IFR pilot. This set off a frantic burst of knob-twiddling as I tried to set up the KLN94 for that departure (which it didn't have, since its onboard database was too old). I eventually got it set up, was cleared for takeoff, and then got a series of ridiculous vectors from Potomac Approach that sent me well north of where I wanted to be. However, the flight to Greenbriar was nice and smooth between layers, and, as advertised, the weather on arrival necessitated shooting the ILS, which I did smoothly. After taking on fuel, it was off to Decatur; the rest of the flight was unremarkably smooth except for a great sunset and some tasty snacks (yay vanilla wafers!) I considered it a very successful trip!
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GATTS day 7: checkride prep, plus a race
Day 7 of my GATTS experience happened to be Labor Day. That didn't really make any difference to the flight schedule, but I did talk Peer into a later start time so that I'd have time to go run the Summer Send-Off 5K race in nearby Chapman, Kansas. The race was a lot of fun; I ran well despite getting lost on the way there and arriving literally 30 seconds before the starting gun. (Irony of the day: just as I was passing the high school demolished by a 2008 tornado, my iPod served up Flux Pavilion's "Blow the Roof").
After the race and a quick shower, I met Peter at the airport for a mock checkride. Checkrides are normally administered by people who hold the role of DPE, or designated pilot examiner. They're not FAA employees; many of them are very high-time instructors, often retired. Every instructor knows, or should, the local DPEs: what they think is important, what they emphasize in the oral and practical exams, what their habits and idiosyncracies are. Although Peter didn't attempt to imitate the DPE's mannerisms or anything, he did tell me that I should expect to take off, intercept the V4 airway westbound, return to do the ILS 31 approach at Topeka, execute the published missed approach, transition to the VOR 22 approach, and then come back to do the localizer backcourse for 13. This last was necessary because of FedEx's failure to deliver my updated GPS card on time, the dirty rats– I couldn't legally fly a GPS approach without the updated data card, so I was stuck with the backcourse.
The first part of any FAA checkride, of course, is the oral exam, so Peter quizzed me for an hour or so on weather, procedures, approaches, lost communications procedures, and pretty much everything else we had discussed at any time during the preceding week. That went well, I thought; I felt well prepared by the combination of my study and his teaching. Then we went out to the ramp, fired up the airplane, and flew to Topeka to simulate the flight check portion. The flight went very well, although it was windy and bumpy, so I had trouble maintaining the nice oval shape we all associate with a well-flown holding pattern. Part of the goal of the simulated checkride is to put the applicant at ease with the flow of the ride, and it definitely helped; despite the blustery winds, I flew within the PTS and felt good once we got back on the ground and put the plane away. I had an easy night, packing and making one last visit to Hibachi Hut for bread pudding and a sandwich, then went to bed, eager to face the DPE on the morrow…
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