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Not following your logic here Rene. I run a couple of Apple TV's and the main issue I have with them is that everything has to be converted to iTunes/AppleTV format before I can view it.
The functionality, in terms of getting content - TV shows, movies, photos - from my computer to my TV, is very simple and reliable. It must be as my wife can use it without complaining!
I don't see Apps being useful or relevant to a "media centre". Maybe games, but you then have the issue of interface. I guess you could use your iPhone as a controller. Personally, I much prefer AppleTV to the xbox interface.
Should Apple TV Switch to the iPhone OS?
Should Apple TV switch to the iPhone OS? The Apple TV was introduced in late 2006 but debuted alongside the iPhone at the Macworld 2007 keynote. Since then, the iPhone has become a huge, mainstream success and the Apple TV... well it reamins just a "hobby".
Technically, Apple TV is included under Apple's iTunes + iPod offerings, and it's been referred to as a big iPod for your TV. While low end iPods continue to run their embedded OS, the iPod touch and upcoming iPad run versions of the iPhone OS, Apple TV, by stark contrast, originally used a special version of Mac OS X Tiger. Though it has been updated to 2.x and 3.x over the years (and gotten a price cut to boot!), it remains in a sort of no-mans land, with more functionality than an iPod nano but far less than a proper Mac OS X machine like the Mac Mini.
The set-top box market is nebulous at best, but Apple chose to engage it -- much as it has the equally nebulous tablet market with the iPad, so we wonder if they wouldn't do better engaging it on the same terms -- with the iPhone OS and its 150,000 apps.
There would be problems to be sure. Right away the Apple TV's 1280x720 screen resolution is much greater than the iPhone's 480x320, and wider if shorter than the iPad's 1024x768. Ideally, the Apple TV should go to 1920x1080 to match other, modern display resolutions as well.
Apple is using optional pixel-doubling to let iPhone apps run "full-screen" on the iPad, and these were reportedly blurry and jaggy in early demos. Pixel-quadruplers would likely be even less kind. True resolution independence could be an answer to this, but we'll have to wait and here if Apple addresses that with iPhone 4.0 (perhaps in March).
The bigger problem would be control. The iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad all handle interactions via capacitive multitouch input -- you use your finger on the screen. I don't think there's a single 52" multitouch capacitive HDTV on the market. Apple has patents for Wii-mote style motion controllers that could fake fingers (if not touch) but they also have the iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad -- all of which could (and already do via the Apple Remote app) serve as pretty good controllers. Hey, if your house has multiple devices, it could even handle multiple controllers...
So where does that leave us? Right now the Apple TV is an okay bridge to iTunes Store media -- music, movies, and TV content -- but leverages not at all the massive App Store ecosystem. Right now the Apple TV can do the equivalent of the iPod and YouTube apps on the iPhone, but can't show you your Calendar or Contacts, doesn't have Safari or Email, doesn't even have widgets like Stocks or Weather. And it doesn't have 150,000 other apps -- including games! -- that running the iPhone OS could bring it. Really, it's little more than a souped-up iPod classic tethered to your TV.
Sure there would be problems implementing the iPhone OS on the Apple TV, but there would be benefits as well.
So what do you think, should Apple TV be switched to the iPhone OS?
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Should Apple TV Switch to the iPhone OS?
Not following your logic here Rene. I run a couple of Apple TV's and the main issue I have with them is that everything has to be converted to iTunes/AppleTV format before I can view it.
YES. even if we don't get the app store access, I think that the iphone os is more stripped down and efficient. I'm okay if apple just uses the mobile finder, and makes very specific apps themselves for Apple TV, at least for this generation and this hardware, as a proof of concept for a future device.
I've been wondering about this (especially in relation to the possibility that Hulu will start a paid service via the iPad) and don't see the point of making Apple TV entirely compatible with the iPhone OS, for many of the reasons mentioned in the article. Only certain forms of content make sense for the Apple TV, like the iTunes LP format and video content from services like Hulu. I could see an app environment of a kind being supported for the Apple TV, but due to the differences in interfacing, full iPhone OS app compatibility would be more of a problem than anything else.
I suspect that MS will have to figure this issue out as well, with its new smartphone OS, Xbox, Live Marketplace, Zune, etc.
I had a similar thought - basically take the iPad hardware/OS and repurpose it as an AppleTV replacement:
However, I think it'd be a mistake to connect it to the iPhone/iPad App store, instead a new section of the App store should be opened for AppleTV apps/plugins*. Even if there were no app store component, adapting the hardware and underlying OS of the iPad would solve a lot of issues I have w/my AppleTV, and I'd instantly add it to my 'must purchase' list.
- for one I'd like to see AppleTV have a iTunes-like Visualizer, with ability for user to add plug-ins. great for parties
I have one Apple TV and for what it does, it does the right thing.
The only thing I really miss is the ability to sync from more than one source at the same time: i.e. my itunes library AND my wife's one. That, and the ability to 'just put stuff there' which isn't present in any itunes library. (i.e., renders from imovie or video slideshows from iphoto that are cool to be on the ATV but take innecessary space on my desktop.
Besides this, and I'm for upgrades and re-thinking things, I don't see the iphone o/s necessity...
I'm not so worried about the OS. I doubt I'll be running Quickoffice or Line2 on my Apple TV. I was recently looking at getting an Apple TV until I realized it only did 720p. I'd be much more interested in making it 1080p.
I guess Apple just isn't very concerned with modern screen resolutions- albeit on my phone or on my HDTV, eh? :)
so this is the apple tv blog as well. Might as well call it the Apple Rumors Blog
This is something that has been haunting me ever since the first games appeared on the App Store. It could have made for great 'you can play games on it too' functionality, could have made it a sleeper console.
In many respects, Apple seems to get quite myopic in these regards.
I think that by switching to ARM and PowerVR hardware that they would lower their cost. That should be enough motivation for switching hardware.
I agree that they should go to 1080P.
I want an ATV, but I think there are larger issues, and none of them are solved with that os.
Resolution, Open-ness, DVR ability, Tuner, etc
Why buy a "restricted" piece of proprietary hardware without more upside?
Yes, but not for the reasons of turning it into an ipod touch. The AppleTV still runs more of a Leopard-based system than anything, down to using QT7 for playback (allows for 3rd parties to hotwire other codecs, for example). A transition to the iPhone OS is something I'd like to see simply for the sake of a streamlined experience for the underpowered hardware (1GHz mobile x86). On the surface, change nothing, but underneath, use QTX, and slimdown the overhead in general to make it a media-oriented ipod, rather than a stripped down Mac. Effectively update it to Snow Leopard to get some of that new efficiency from a few years of development the Mac inherited from the iPod/iPhone line (QTX is a big one).
In the category of unification of the software, recall this new form of syncing supposedly coming to itunes. The obvious method is wifi, because you shouldn't have to plug in your ipad to USB to get your movies, photos, books and calendars. Which, for the media, the AppleTV already has had for years.
I think the only reason it hasn't been done is because the software overhaul isn't justified since the current software works. Remember the AppleTV came out around the time of the original iPhone, which is before it was called "iPhone OS". Apple has experimented with scaling for different hardware now, so maybe with the next software redesign, the AppleTV will see some of the benefits finally. Probably if/when 2.0 hardware arrives.
I just doubt games will be on it. Without multitouch or real controls, who'd want to think of the AppleTV as a multi-viewer version of the single-viewer iPad. Maybe as a server/hub to many iPads/iPods, but not a client itself. Using iPods as controllers would work... but are there any real purposes for that Apple considers worth pursuing?
No. . the iPhone OS is for touch devices. No wii or other controller is going to provide the same control as you get from an iPod Touch/iPhone/iPad.
And more screen resolutions for Apps? . . Nope, not going to happen.
Now, a AppleTV remote control touch app, that's a possibility.
Interesting new position open at Apple which I think is pertinent to this discussion:
Also, I'd like to clarify that moving the AppleTV to iPad-based hardware/iPhone-based OS is more about streamlining the product line, and reducing costs. The user would never realize that the device was a touchscreen-less iPad, and the if apps were available they'd be AppleTV only apps. But I do think this move would allow lower prices, 1080p output AND fix the numerous performance issues we have with the current crop of devices.
@Paul - You should clarify that content not purchased from the iTunes store needs converted.
@Jorge - It sounds like you would better off not using syncing. Rather stream the content to your ATV from both your Mac and your wifes. Once setup on each Mac it will show up under "Shared Movies", "Shared Podcasts", "Shared TV Shows", etc. on the ATV
@awmyhr: Interesting link. If they're talking about building up systems from such a low level ("low level platform architecture, firmware, core drivers"), then making a new Apple TV that has apps as well as other downloadable content from the iTunes Store and the App Store, compatibility with a multitouch controller (like the new Apple mouse and/or the iPod Touch itself), notifications, etc. would probably constitute a need to build an "iPhone OS." Apple definitely needs to do something with Apple TV to increase its demand and to add to the Apple home entertainment line-up, IMO.
how many times can apple sell you the same exact thing in a different package.. Fanboys
@ruben - You mean like virtually every PC out there ? Like every single Win 7 based tablet forthcoming ? Fanboys seem to come in all shapes, sizes and OS
The one thing I dislike about other things using the OS is that the main usesrs of have to wait for updates to it because of furthering them all at one time. With them being on different time cycles it's going to keep getting worse. Honestly the only reason iPhone users are waiting now is because of the iPad and personally that really sucks. It's coming to a point where we are getting major updates that are really minor once a year.
Indeed, that's what i actually do. But the fact us that, as I tried to explain, there's a lot of stuff that simply I don't want to have on my computer that, in the other hand, makes perfect sense for it to be on the ATV.
I just think that the unit is underdeveloped. Don't get me wrong, I'm quite a happy user, but wouldn't call it 'Best Of Apple' by its current status.
The shame us that, even from a 'user friendly' perspective (not complicating it too much) it could do so much more with little effort...
If you used an iPhone/iPod touch/ipad as the "remote", games would be pretty cool. Especially racing games. You wouldn't even have to look at the phone/ipad/iPod touch, just use it to control.
@Terry Yes, you are quite right. Stuff purchased/rented from the AppleTV or from the iTunes store will play fine. My usage revolves around the occasional rented movie, but much more viewing of 720p HDTV content which typically is .mkv encoded. Also, any existing DVD content needs to be ripped and encoded.
As to the comments about convergence of the OS's, I don't see that as a problem provided it keeps the AppleTV as a media centre rather than a games console. The major benefit compared to having used a Windows Media Centre in the past is its simplicity.
The Apple TV does do 1080p.
This actually makes no sense. If you understand what the iPhone OS is from a developer perspective there is absolutely no advantage to using it over the current OS X version included on the AppleTV. Now that isn't to say that it couldn't benefit from frameworks in iPhone OS. But those same frameworks are available in OS X. To get them they just need to update to a newer/existing (sort of since it is modified) copy of OS X. Besides that they would just need to open it up for devs. I suppose u could have an argument for doing the whole app store with controlled apps as opposed to the current plugins and .apps system that can be used on the AppleTV (after hacking)
The iPhone and iTouch OS seems to only be a touch screen interface. Having the iPhone OS seems like it would be hard to navigate and wouldn't be much different then the current OS.
@Keith - No it doesn't. It only identifies the capability of your TV as 1080p. All of the iTunes HD content is 720p or 480p
On a somewhat related note, I think Apple should have used ATV 3.0 UI for all of the media (sans eBooks) functions of the iPad. At some point the inconsistency in UI between ATV and pretty much everything else needs to be addressed
The obvious way to do this would be to support something like Intel's WiDi technology to allow you to put the iPad display on your HDTV. Let the Apple TV act as the receiver, and the iPad as the transmitter. Then I can play games, or use apps, or browse to Hulu and watch videos... oh, wait...
After seeing some articles about how the A4 chipset includes the PowerVR SGX GPU (which I and many others suspected), and that the A4 will be in other devices (also makes sense) ... I would guess that, if Apple is going to put the A4 into a future version of Apple TV (also makes sense), then they're going to call the OS for the A4-packing Apple TV an "iPhone OS." At least while it's still in development, as the job posting would suggest. Obviously the A4 is already compatible with the existing iPhone OS for the most part.
Absolutely agree. I could even see this device taking the place of a desktop computer in many households. Lots of people use their computers solely for web browsing & social networking. If Apple put bluetooth in the ATV & developed their own bluetooth touch pad they might have a real winner on their hands. I bought an ATV on a gamble that they will someday realize this potential, though I fear it's fruition is probably some 2-3 years out.
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Originally posted by Karteli
It IS an interesting article, what I'd read before was much more of a, Simutronics was at E3 shopping for potential licensees for their game engine as much, or moreso, than they were showing off the game they were making with it. That article makes it out to be more of a, Simutronics was at E3 showing off their upcoming game, and the engine they were using to make it, in hopes of licensing it to other developers after the game's release. But what I said before still stands, why they went to E3 is irrelevant. They sold it, therefore that is release. The fact that they knew it wasn't an actual release canidate just makes them more culpable reputation-wise.
If you're working on something and a potential customer comes up to you and says "Hey, that looks great already! I'll give you X for it right now and finish it up myself later!" and you know you're nowhere near done, but you sell it to them anyway, you've sold your reputation for X. It's common sense, don't rely on your customer to do your work for you.
Oh and pretty much everyone has left EA/Bioware one way or another since SWTOR. It really was like a black hole for talent. It got drawn in, but it could not escape.... except at the poles where there are vortices of ejected.... talent? Okay that simile sucks.
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Completly voicing games makes them much more difficult to make changes on. Requires a lot more work, organization, and cost than having someone go in and change some text box. Especially when too many speed demons are going to be tabbing through it anyway. Makes adding that extra needed content that much more troublesome. And choosing an untested engine? How could they even know how 'cost effective' that was going to be?
They also seemed to have real inaccurate ideas about how the game would be consumed. I know they also said they thought that people would play it through 8 times to get each class story. Sigh.
EA must have thought they had the magic WoW dethroner: Major IP, respected developer, big budget w/ adverstising, the mechanics of WoWappeal. Oops.
A load of bad decisions, compounded, that once made, lead them into one titanic iceberg disaster. Probably most of the people responsible have already jumped ship, or found suitable scapegoats.
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The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over while expecting different results.
I said for a long time the game engine was crud, and how it limited the game. This entire thing just goes to prove that the game engine behind stwor is what has and still is causing this games problems.
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Originally posted by taus01
They did not in any way copy WoW, or make the game WoW in space.
Copying WoW would have ment the game launched with a /roll command, combat log, macros/mod support, actual working raids, and a dungon finder.
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it was/ is a copy of WOW, a very poor copy .
some of the talent trees in fact were a allmost identical copy.
crafting is the same, except you que a companion and wait minutes not a second or two.
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Originally posted by Pongo_
Having 1/4th of WoW's features/functionality does not = a copy.
A "poor copy" implies it copied it, just did it poorly. SWTOR left out the majority of WoW's features and functionality. Let me rephrase that, it left out the majority of MMO features and functionality. SWTOR was a poor MMO, not a poor "WoW clone".
Case in point? DCUO launched with a /roll command, dungon finder, and combat log. Rift actually copied wow for the most part, and was not only a success, it was a damn good WoW replacement.
Everyone needs to stop implying that the reason most MMO's fail, is because the copy wow.....the reason they fail is because they are poorly made. If their goal is to copy WoW, and they actually do it, they would have a damn fine themepark MMO on their hands.
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I wonder, how hard would it be to port to another engine? I mean, the models are done, the logic is all written, is it really that difficult?
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Originally posted by birdycephon
Yes, at this point is like they are developing a new engine inside the hero engine, makeb will have some of the new tech. But we all agree that the Hero engine was an huge problem for BW and swtor, it will be fixed and improved, but it will take time.
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Switching engines is more than reimporting art and code. Hero uses it's own scripting language so its not at all an easy copy. Not to mention that all of the worlds would have to be rebuilt.
I can believe that using Hero did save them on expenses in the short term in order to get started quickly. Also the cost to have teams of engineers wrestling over the Hero Engine does sound a lot more expensive than the 60+ some hours of voice work.
Damn, that's really something that the engine is a lot to blame for the not so massively multiplayer design choice. Well.. combined with the BW story requirement there wasn't much option.
Originally posted by birdycephon
It would be a huge, impracticable, and prohibatively expensive undertaking to outright switch from one engine to another.
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Originally posted by tiefighter25
I guess they already passed the point of no return in 2008.
It's impossible that the BW engine will ever catch up with other major MMO engines, Forgelight by SOE, Dreamworld engine by Funcom and other great MMO engines with all technical bells and whistles.
A realistic Star Wars environment in Cryengine 3 for example would have been amazing
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Originally posted by FromHell
Aye, Cry 3 with huge seemless living worlds, capable of atmospheric / planatary flight..
If EA was throwing 300 people at fixing all the engine problems .. imagine how great the game would have launched with those 300 people working on features instead. I guess that's one reason why John Riccitiello apologized and took responsibility for all the failures before stepping down as CEO.
It's still mind blowing how mismanaged SWTOR was / is :/
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Originally posted by tiefighter25
well, Final Fantasy XIV is undergoing such a change with a realm reborn.
They will be finished sometime this summer, making the relaunch take around 2 years.
They halted the sub fee for nearly 1 year and even had a 2nd team which was making content for the 1.0 version of the game ( whose content will be obsolete, but they did it anyway)
They do it because they want to regain the trust of the fans and to revitalitze the final fantasy brand.
It would take this much, not less, for swtor to shine again but it will never happen since swtor is in "cash cow" mode for like 6 months already.
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Blaming everything on the Hero Engine as though some other engine would have magically fixed everything is pure ignorance. Unless you're trying to make a really generic clone, no engine will have all of the capabilities that you want built in. Every game engine will want to do things a particular way, and sometimes the way that the game engine wants to do it won't be the way that you want to do it.
Licensing a game engine rather than building your own certainly lets you get started on a project a lot faster. But it can easily lose its advantages by launch day. If you build your own game engine, everything in the entire engine will be built around exactly the way you want to do things. If you license an engine that wants to do things a different way from what you want, you can change it. But what you change might interact with other portions of the game engine in ways that you don't realize, and thus break other things. This can quickly force you to change a lot more than you expected. Building your own game engine avoids this entire category of problems.
That's not to say that you games should never use or license code written by someone else. But you have to do so more selectively. If someone has a good chunk of code that is built to do exactly what you want and the licensing fees are reasonable, then sure, use it. But if the code that you're considering buying doesn't do what you want, then maybe you shouldn't buy it.
And you should never buy access to an entire engine and figure that you'll just do whatever the engine wants to do without needing to change anything. No matter what game engine you pick, that will cause all sorts of problems for you. The details of exactly what problems it causes will differ from one engine to the next, but not the fact that it won't be set up to do exactly what you want.
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Originally posted by birdycephon
Suppose that you write a book in English, and then later realize that it should have been in Spanish instead. How hard is it to change it? Easier than writing a new book from scratch, certainly, at least if you're fluent in both languages. But hardly a trivial matter.
Or if you have some computer programming background, what if you have a game programmed in Java and decide that it should have been in C++ instead? How hard is it to change it? Or pick any other pair of languages.
Every game engine will want things done in a very particular way. The way that models need to be formatted will depend on the particular game engine that you're using. Converting from one to another can easily mean that the new engine requires data that the old engine didn't and you have to fill in new data for every single model in the entire game. Or that the new engine has no use for some of the data that the old one needed, and some details of your old models will be lost if you switch.
Newer graphics APIs give you a lot more versatility than older ones used to. But that means that what one engine does to produce a given image on the screen can be radically different under the hood from another engine does.
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Heh, I had serious doubts about the Hero engine from the very start, but kept getting shouted down by supposed "armchair expert programmers" on this very site. I had read previously that the Hero engine was not well suited for MMOs. In fact, many of the current engines meet that sad criteria, such as the one that keeps getting regurgitated by Cryptic Studios.
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Originally posted by Karteli
Sometimes I wonder if it really is mis-management and not something more insidious such as the prevailing stupidity of cutting corners and maximizing profits at the cost of quality and retaining patronage that pervades current business practices and ethics.
Mr. Ohlen says Voiceovers weren't expensive. He is really deflecting criticism of the original concept for the MMO.
He later states that the production costs related to the voice overs were expensive.
In other words, voice acting isn't expensive, but interweaving those cut-scenes into your MMO are expensive. (No wonder he recommends that his copetitors give it a go.)
Word games.
And as ususal, deeds speak louder then words, so to speak.
If the voice-overs aren't expensive then why: http://www.polygon.com/2013/3/25/4133266/star-wars-the-old-republic-rise-of-the-hutt-cartel-preview
does Mr. Hickman say,
"For one thing, the expansion won't feature unique quests for each of the game's eight classes; a process which would be "very, very expensive,""
and furthermore:
"Hickman said the team is still deciding which direction it wants to expand the game with its next full add-on. However, a new starting class (or even two, one for each faction), complete with its own full storyline, would probably be too big of a task to take on.
"A completely new storyline from level one to level 55 would be ... I don't think that's a part of the future of the game," Hickman said. "
Ohlen also tries to imply that it wasn't Bioware's fault, but rather 120 hour a week content locausts.
You often see this argument in ToR's official forums.
Remarks such as, "You have to take it slow and enjoy all the class stories.", "Of course players who burn through all the content are going to be bored", etc.
If people complain that rolliing an alt is boring due to 90ish% of the content being the same each time, they are usually berated on the ToR forums that it isn't; it's exciting eaxh and every time.
Again, deeds.
As part of the FTP change, alt-rolling subscribers got an XP boost. The cartel market sells XP boosters. The most popular promotion ToR has run has been their double XP weekends.
Not actions that are taken by a company concerned about content locausts.
One of the annoying things about Bioware since launch is the things that they say, and then procede to do the exact opposite.
I appreciate that certain things are sometimes out of their control, but I wish they wouldnt take such liberties with the truth.
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There is some play on words, with their alternate meanings under varying circumstances.
SWTOR may be operating at below the 500k subscriber base, with the cash shop filling the gap for the needed revenue to avoid closure. Features were not too expensive during development, since SWTOR was determined to be a 1 billion dollar a year game to rival Blizzard's WoW. Since that never came to pass, those new storylines / voiceovers are too expensive (currently).
Too big a task could refer to the multiple waves of layoffs from EA's BioWare division. They seem to be spread thin as it in, having lost people, then retraining others. Old bugs can't seem to be fixable, while new ones keep cropping up. Maybe thats not the case at all - maybe the code is just a complete mess. Either way, something is wrong.
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You can't have it both ways.
Either the voice-over approach is not practiable, or the game hasn't been saved by FTP and cartel-shop.
I realize a company isn't normally going to say either it f'ed up, or it's in a sticky situation; but don't make two contradictory statements in the same week.
*EDIT* To be fair, Mr. Ohlen hasn't been seen of heard of for a long time before the GDC event. He maybe on a personal crusade to excuse his past mistakes, and not on board with the official company party line as presented by ToR's new figurehead Mr. Hickman.


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Wednesday, April 22, 2009
The first brilliant rays of light stream through the window and beat on the wood floor after a long winter of gray discontent. The first breath of warm breeze shuffles through the budding leaves on the tree outside our window and blows our hair into our eyes as we stroll to the boulangerie, no longer rushing through the icy mist hoping that our fingers don't fall off. Both hubby and Marty are perkier, both have that glint in their eyes, one glowing with pleasure seeing his cushion placed in the sunshine, knowing that he can crash there all day, the other thinking of the weekend walks in the local vineyards.
Yes, Springtime has once again come upon us, settling in and calling our names, arms open wide. We stretch our legs and shake off the gloom, and picnic season is here.
A lifetime of picnics: I loved eating outside in the Florida sunshine, either sitting in the crook of the tree branches in our front yard with a book and a sandwich or the Fourth of July fetes in Wickham Park, fun and games, children and dogs and every family laden down with their own basket. Picnics on the beach or on Girl Scout campouts, picnics followed by a swim in the lake or by marshmallows roasting over the open fire. And as I have grown up, a good picnic never failed to amuse me; Fairmount Park in Philly, Prospect Park in Brooklyn, Parco Sempione in Milano. My husband, being a lover of the outdoors, fresh air and sunshine, he never misses the chance to organize a good picnic in the closest park, forest or vineyard. A romantic tête-à-tête or a joyous day out with family or friends, there is always a wonderful lunch, a bottle of chilled white and a dog. A light impromptu bread, cheese and fruit snack for two tucked into a backpack or something more consistent if we happen to be bringing along a couple of young men just strong enough and just game enough to lug heavy coolers and baskets weighed down by roasted chickens, bags of chips, summer fruit and homemade desserts.
Living in France, picnics are a breeze; we wake up Sunday morning, grab a basket, walk to the market and buy a fresh cheese or two, vine-ripe tomatoes, a baguette and maybe some tiny pastries, a chilled bottle of wine, fresh fruit and whatever grabs our fancy, even pre-made seafood salads or deep-fried spicy fish balls served up in little plastic containers, or a hot-off-the-spit roasted chicken. Hop into the car and in twenty minutes we find ourselves spread out in the sun, fingers greasy, tossing bits and pieces of this or that to the dog, chugging wine right out of the bottle. Or doing it the French way, handing out knives and forks and plates heavy with food, pour a red or a white into wine glasses, slicing off chunks of sausage or bread. Ah, oui, c'est la vie!
And now an on-line food blogger picnic, larger than life, spread across borders, around the world. My friend Zorra of kochtopf.twoday.net created Bread Baking Day, a monthly food blog challenge to get us all baking. This months challenge, BBD #19 is hosted by Cindystar just in time to celebrate spring her way! She has offered to host a virtual picnic and has asked each of us to bake a picnic bread.
The very first thing that crossed my mind was picnic = sandwich = chicken, veg, cheese, fresh herbs in between two layers of fresh, dense bread. How about mix it all up and bake it in one loaf? Follow by fresh fruit, but instead of pulling out squished berries from the cooler, juice dripping down your arm as you savor the ripe berries, how about the season's first strawberries all wrapped up in a muffin?
And that is exactly what I did for BBD #19!
2 onions + 2 Tbs (30 g) butter, large couple of pinches of brown sugar and a slug of balsamic vinegar to caramelize
2 leg + thigh sections smoked or roasted chicken
3.5 oz (100 g) comté or gruyere cheese, the real thing if possible
1 small bunch fresh basil
2 – 3 Tbs sun-dried tomato caviar (or puréed)
3 large eggs
1 cup (150 g) flour
2 tsps (10 g) baking powder
½ cup (125 ml) warm milk
3/8 cup (100 ml) vegetable oil
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
Preheat the oven to 350°F (180°C). Lightly grease a loaf pan.
Cut each onion in quarters, then slice thinly. Chop the basil. Cut the chicken off of the bone, pull off and discard the skin and any fat. Cut into bite-size chunks. Grate the cheese.
Melt the 2 Tbs butter in a large frying pan. When melted and bubbly, add the sliced onions and cook, stirring occasionally over medium-high heat, until soft and translucent, about 5 – 6 minutes. Sprinkle on a teaspoon or two of light brown sugar and stir to coat all of the onion slices and continue to cook for another few minutes. When starting to brown around the edges, drizzle on about a tablespoon of balsamic vinegar, stir and cook until the onions are nice and caramelized. Remove from the heat and allow to cool.
(* This is Kate's method of caramelizing onions and I decided to try it here. Fabulous! The onions had a full, sweet and sour flavor, just like the little onions that I used to buy in Milan.)
In a large mixing bowl with an electric mixer, beat the eggs until frothy and starting to thicken. Add the flour and the baking powder and beat for just a minute until thick and blended.
Add the milk and then the oil, a little at a time, beating continuously. Beat just until well blended. Beat in the grated cheese.
Fold in the cubed chicken, the chopped basil and the caramelized onions until well blended.
Pour and spread 2/3 of the batter into the prepared loaf pan. Glop on teaspoonfuls of the puréed sun-dried tomatoes around the surface and swirl with a sharp knife (not very easy to do).
Spread the rest of the batter over the top making sure all the tomato caviar is hidden underneath.
Bake the loaf in the preheated oven for 45 – 50 minutes until a tester inserted in the center comes out almost clean.
Allow to cool in the loaf pan before turning out onto a platter.
This bread was fantastic! All the flavors popped out, the smoky chicken, the sweet/sour onions were fabulous, the hint of nutty comté cheese. Really truly a fabulous bread! Perfect not only for a picnic, but I would definitely serve this for a brunch. We had this for a light dinner with a salad.
And once you have made the basic bread batter, fold in what you will: smoked or roasted chicken can be replaced with crispy fried bacon bits or lardons, slivers or roasted, peeled red pepper or caramelized cauliflower flowerets. Toss in any cheese you please, drained, jarred artichoke hearts or slivers of sun-dried tomatoes. As you please!
Adapted from a quick bread recipe from The King Arthur Flour Baker's Companion
2 oz (about 50 g) chopped pecans
1 ½ cups (180 g) flour
1 cup (200 g) sugar
½ tsp baking soda
¼ tsp salt
¼ tsp nutmeg
½ tsp cinnamon
½ tsp vanilla
2 large eggs
1 ¼ cups (10 oz / 300 g fresh whole) mashed strawberries
½ cup (125 ml) vegetable oil
Preheat the oven to 350°F (180°C). Lightly grease a 9 x 5 inch loaf pan or line 15 muffin tins with paper liners (I made 12 regular-sized muffins and 9 mini muffins with this recipe).
In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the chopped pecans, the flour, sugar, baking soda, salt, nutmeg and cinnamon.
Mash the strawberries by hand (I used an old-fashioned potato masher, leaving some chunks) in a medium-sized mixing bowl.
Add the eggs, vanilla and vegetable oil to the mashed strawberries and whisk until well blended.
Pour the wet ingredients into the bowl with the dry and stir or whisk together until well blended.
Pour the batter into the prepared loaf pan or spoon into the muffin cups.
Bake in the preheated oven until puffed, lightly browned and set in the center (when gently pressed in the center the bread will spring back), 55 – 60 minutes for the loaf, 40 – 45 for the muffins, but check often.
This can also be made with 1 ¼ cups unsweetened stewed rhubarb (starting with 2 ½ cups sliced fresh rhubarb), increasing the sugar in the bread recipe to 1 ¼ cups (250 g), or replace the strawberry pulp for the equivalent amount applesauce. Walnuts can replace the pecans.
The muffins were wonderful, full of strawberry flavor with the pecans offering the right amount of bite under the teeth. It is the perfect picnic dessert or breakfast muffin, sweet without being overly sugary or cloying, just enough sugar to bring out the best in the strawberry flavor without overpowering it. And just the perfect moist yet light muffin texture.
18 comments:
- Mindy said...
I love this idea of a savory bread! We're in picnic mode too, but we usually just buy sandwiches from the local bakery. I'm going to have to try this next time!
- April 22, 2009 at 3:07 AM
- Jamie said...
Mindy, you make me laugh! You posted a comment about 3 minutes after I posted!
This bread didn't quite hold together well, but that was due to the fact that I packed it with ingredients. And you should try it with these flavors because both hubby and I were blown away by the taste! The muffins were delicate and very tasty, too.
- April 22, 2009 at 3:11 AM
- Rosa's Yummy Yums said...
Aaahhh, I love picnics... What a beautiful post! That bread looks fantastic and tasty, and the muffins must be really delicious!
I still have to try making marshmallows at home...
- April 22, 2009 at 3:18 AM
- My Carolina Kitchen said...
The French love their picnics and you've written beautifully about them. I recall seeing a family having a picnic on the side of the road and they had set up a table and chairs complete with tablecloth and they were having a great time. I sure wish I was in France enjoying your beautiful springtime.
Your savory bread with the chicken sounds great. I've never put chicken in a bread before. I'll have to give this one a try.
Thanks for bringing a spring breeze into my morning and taking me back to France.
- April 22, 2009 at 3:33 AM
- Jamie said...
Sam - :-)
- April 22, 2009 at 3:55 AM
- Muriel said...
We love picnic here too...Especially at the seaside...
Apres avoir tout prepare je me repose avec un bon livre pendant que Mike joue avec les garcons,pure bliss...
- April 22, 2009 at 4:09 AM
- Jamie said...
Muriel - I'm not a seaside kinda girl as I grew up there. I prefer the green calm of a vineyard. But give me a good meal and a good book and let the guys go off together to play and I'm there!
- April 22, 2009 at 4:16 AM
- Natashya said...
I am loving that picnic loaf! I will join you in the grass, drinking wine straight from the bottle... then we can nap under a tree as the geese pick at our leftovers.. sounds heavenly!
- April 22, 2009 at 5:48 AM
- Jamie said...
Natashya - join the picnic fun but do not mention geese! Our Marty was attacked by the goose that lives near where we usually picnic! And I won't even tell you what their horse did!
- April 22, 2009 at 5:51 AM
- kateinthekitchen.org said...
I just posted about muffins today too.
Once I made a pizza bread with pizza style toppings mixed into the dough. It was so tasty. This combination looks amazing. Once again Jamie, you rock the house
- April 22, 2009 at 6:08 AM
- Mary said...
This was such a pleasant read. Your savory bread is something that must be tried. I do one that uses salami so it is more strongly flavored than yours. I think it's time for a change.
- April 22, 2009 at 7:03 AM
- shellyfish said...
I love that it's picknic time again! I haven't done DDB in so long, I need to get back in the baking zone.
Those muffins look so good - and super easy to veganize!
- April 22, 2009 at 10:36 AM
- asiangrrl said...
Jamie, this bread blows me away. It looks so fantastically yummy. I would be willing to suffer the coming of spring if I could just eat a loaf of your bread every day.
P.S. The muffins look tasty, too.
- April 22, 2009 at 3:37 PM
- Dragon said...
I love savoury breads. Yum!
- April 22, 2009 at 6:03 PM
- Daily Spud said...
What excellent picnic fare! And, of course, there's something about having a picnic that just makes everything taste better :)
- April 23, 2009 at 5:34 AM
- Cindystar said...
Jamie, you really did a great job!
I wouldn't say which one is the best, and I'm happy you both brought to our pic-nic!
Lovely black&white pictures and your words about spring and pic-nic mood!
Thanks for participating!
- April 23, 2009 at 12:56 PM
- Barbara Bakes said...
I had fun exploring your great blog this morning! Sounds like you've lived in some fabulous places!
- April 24, 2009 at 6:28 AM
- Chef E said...
Call me, no do not call me what I was about to type...but I have not seen quick bread like that before...now I have to try that, and yes I have two picnic baskets I got for gifts and they need to get used immediately! Did that on a road trip through Ireland...cheese, bread, strong tea, and cadbury fingers tucked under my seat! Stop along the green hill side and sheep gaze...
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Askren (12-0) initially gave a "no comment" via text message when contacted just hours after an earlier interview with MMAjunkie about his release from Bellator, which came this morning."No interest," he today told MMAjunkie when asked about Askren. "Bellator doesn't even have interest in him. He needs to get some wins and go from there. I feel bad for these kids (from Bellator)."
White's latest comments come three months after he said the UFC would talk to Askren, who ended his Bellator contract with a TKO win over Andrey Koreshkov and then entered a restricted free agency period. The UFC executive later railed at Bellator when its chairman and CEO, Bjorn Rebney, offered to unconditionally release Askren from his contract if he were to be granted an immediate shot at the UFC welterweight title.Moments later, after digesting White's latest comment, Askren wrote, "(Dana) said he was interested two months ago, nothing had changed. We will see what happens."
At one point, Askren, a two-time NCAA Division I national champion wrestler and 2008 Olympian, gave hints that he might hang up his gloves if caught in a protracted battle to become a free agent."They're playing f—ing games," White told MMAjunkie.com. "I don't care what they're doing. It doesn't matter to me."
Despite previously expressing interest in the fighter, White has derided Askren as a boring fighter and questioned his ability to beat UFC fighters with the smothering, wrestling-centric style he's used to dominate in Bellator.
Earlier today, Askren downplayed the seriousness of White's previous criticisms.
The 29-year-old fighter also labeled himself the No. 6 170-pound fighter in the division and said he'd be happy with a fighter ranked higher than him. His ideal scenario, however, is to fight immediately for a title."Dana's a businessman, so I'm sure he sees the value that I can bring to the organization because they haven't brought in a high-level 170-pounder in a while, so I think it would bring a lot of new and exciting matchups to the division," Askren said.
Askren said his management company this morning sent paperwork to the UFC confirming his unconditional release, which cancels a matching period that followed the expiration of his contract."But if they offer me someone else good, (Carlos) Condit, (Jake) Shields or whoever, I'm good with that," he said. "Obviously, I don't want to have to fight a couple of scrubs."
The particulars of what led to the unconditional release from Bellator remain between Rebney and the fighter. Askren declined to discuss details of his negotiations with his former boss, saying only that Rebney's offer "wasn't the contract that fit me right, that I thought was fair."
Askren commended Rebney for taking the necessary step so he may pursue his goal of being the No. 1 welterweight in the world. He admitted, however, to being surprised when he got his walking papers.
"I think it's a situations where both sides win; they don't have to waste time with a long, drawn-out negotiation with me, and they can get on and crown a new champion, and I can go my way and try to negotiate my own contract," he said. "I think this is a good move for both parties."
Asked whether a move to the UFC was in the back of his mind during talks with Bellator, he said, "It's always in my mind that I want to be the No. 1 fighter in the world, and however I can accomplish that, I'll accomplish that."


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A47 Heartlands Spine Road Car Sharing Lane
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Be part of the solution!
We can increase the number of people in each vehicle quite simply by car-sharing.
Birmingham City Council is actively promoting car sharing as a real alternative choice when making a journey.
About Car sharing
Car sharing is an informal arrangement between two or more people to travel together in one vehicle instead of each travelling in their own vehicles. There are significant benefits to be had by car sharing, you can:
- save money on fuel and running costs,
- reduce mileage and wear and tear on your vehicle,
- help the environment and reduce your carbon footprint, and
- enjoy a more sociable and less stressful way to travel.
The car share lane runs between Spitfire Island and Ashted Circus and operates along the inside lane of the A47 heading towards Birmingham city centre, however the lane will stop at junctions where vehicles need to turn left.
The car share lane applies only to traffic travelling towards the city centre and operates from 7am - 10am, Monday to Friday. Signs and road markings clearly mark out the lane; please familiarise yourself with these signs:
For the first 36 months of its operation we monitored the effects of the car share lane on traffic on the route and on other nearby roads:
We found that:
- the car share lane has successfully moved more people along this route in the same number or fewer vehicles than before;
- the number of vehicles has not reduced as much as we thought it might – this is because new developments have opened near the A47 since the car share lane started and so more people want to travel along the route;
- journey times along the route have not really changed – car sharers have slightly quicker journeys than other traffic;
- because more people are travelling in the same number or fewer vehicles, emissions of carbon and other pollutants per person have reduced;
- there has not been any change in the number of people or the number of vehicles on nearby roads such as Tyburn Road or Washwood Heath Road – this suggest that the changes we've seen on the A47 are due to the car share lane rather than other things that might affect all roads;
- most of the vehicles that use the car share lane are allowed to do so, but there are some locations where higher numbers of vehicles not carrying passengers tended to use the lane – when enforcement of the lane takes place it in future in can focus on these locations; and
- we did receive some negative comments about the scheme, but compared to the number of people that use the route every week the numbers of people complaining are very small.
Who can use the Car Share Lane?
The following vehicles are allowed to use the lane:
- cars, vans and light goods vehicles (under 7.5 tonnes) carrying at least one person in addition to the driver,
- all buses and coaches,
- pedal cycles,
- motorcycles,
- emergency vehicles,
- heavy goods vehicles (over 7.5 tonnes). and
- hackney carriages – whether carrying passengers or not
Vehicles NOT allowed to use the car share lane are:
- cars, vans and light goods vehicles (under 7.5 tonnes) carrying only the driver
The car share lane will be enforced by the Police and fines will be given to people driving in the lane who are not allowed to use it.What Happens Next
Following the 36 month trials, the Lane became permanent on 18 November 2010. We will continue to monitor its use and work with West Midlands Police to look at locations where we need more enforcement. In the longer term we will be looking at whether the lane can be opened up to vehicles that use clean fuel technologies such as electric or hydrogen powered cars.
How people can car share
Even if your journey does not take you onto the A47 car-share lane you can still gain real benefits from the car share scheme.
Our TravelWise team have set-up a fantastic easy to use website for potential car-sharers to make contact with other car-sharers within the same company or organisation. This website is only available to employees of companies or organisations that have signed up to the carshareBirmingham scheme, so if your company is not a member, encourage your boss to take part - www.carsharebirmingham.org.uk.
(Please note that any personal details given in order to find a match will be stored securely)
Alternatively, people can make their own arrangements with each other. You don't need to be registered with the database to use the car-share lane.
It is advisable to meet potential car-sharers before starting to participate. Please remember, you are under no obligation to go ahead with any car-sharing arrangements if you are not completely comfortable.
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CRESTVIEW — Crestview High School baseball coach Tim Gillis had something extra to be happy about Thursday night.
Not only did Crestview Red beat Fort Walton Beach High School 1-0 in the Justin Richards Scholarship Tournament's second day, but also his son, Matthew, picked up the complete game win.
The younger Gillis was impressive in keeping Viking batters off balance as he mixed his pitches and stayed in the strike zone most of the night.
Gillis finished the night with eight strikeouts to go along with four walks while allowing four Fort Walton Beach hits.
The Bulldogs scored the game's lone run in the bottom of the sixth inning when Zach DeGraaf scored from third on a Jared Gaszak sacrifice fly to center field.
DeGraaf led off the sixth with a single up the middle. He then stole second and took third as Alik Whited grounded out to third for the first out of the inning and moved into position to score on Gaszak's long out.
"I thought it was an excellent game," Tim Gillis said. "The guys battled. I thought Matthew did a super job out there.
"He had a couple of pitches working for him tonight. We pitched a little bit backwards (behind in the count) and the guys did a super job behind him. We got a timely hit to lead off that sixth and were able to get him over, and Jared Gaszak got a big RBI."
The Vikings mounted their biggest threat of the night in the fifth inning when they had runners of second and third with nobody out.
Gillis wasn't rattled and proceeded to strike out the next three batters to got out of the inning.
"I was just hoping we could limit the damage so we could come back," the senior Gillis said. "Matthew buckled down and got three straight punch-outs, and that was a big inning. He had been on a pretty good rhythm all night, but that one right there got him feeling a lot better about things."
The game remained scoreless through five innings as the Bulldogs had just three hits heading into the bottom of the sixth before DeGraaf and Gaszak teamed up for the game's lone run.
Fort Walton Beach threatened in the top of the seventh inning with runners reaching second and third, but Gillis ended things with his eighth and final strikeout of the night to seal the win.
"I tell people all the time I'm a lot more concerned with what kind of young man Matthew is than what kind of player he is," Tim said. "But he made me proud on both ends of that tonight."
The Crestview Red team beat Northview 13-0 on Saturday to finish the tournament with a 3-1 record.
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The PlayStation 4 will launch in 32 countries this holiday season according to Sony Sony (NYSE:SNE).
The next-gen video game system also has an official release date: November 15th in North America and November 29th in Europe.
Sony's Andrew House took several shots at Microsoft Microsoft in the Sony gamescom conference today, pointing out that unlike certain competitors Sony has been consistent in its policies.
The release date announcement was yet another jab at Microsoft. The company recently announced delays for the Xbox One in a number of regions.
Where it is releasing, the Xbox One is also slated for a November launch.
Both systems promise strong launch lineups with more news promised before release.
House's jabs at Microsoft didn't have quite the sting they had at E3, and I wonder if the rivalry card has simply been played out at this point. Old jabs are like old jokes. We've heard them before and hearing them again they don't seem quite as good.
Microsoft may deserve a dig or two for flip-flopping on used games and an internet connection requirement, but their policy reversals have certainly helped inoculate the company from this sort of attack.
Or at least that's how I see it—you can watch below and judge for yourselves:
Sony also announced a price-cut for the PS Vita and a $199 12GB PS3 today.


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Nov. 15, 2013
Full Men's Results
Full Women's Results
WACO - Matt Johnsen sealed his fourth consecutive trip to the NCAA National Championships, and this time he'll have company as the Lamar men's and women's cross country teams competed at the NCAA South Central Regional on Friday at Cottonwood Creek Golf Club.
Johnsen, who finished fifth with a time of 29:59.7 for the 10,000-meter course, will be looking to repeat his performance at the national meet last season, where the Broulee, Australia, native ended 33rd and earned All-American honors from the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association.
Ash Harrell will be joining Johnsen on the flight to Terre Haute after finishing 11th with a time of 30:28.1. He and Johnson mark the first Cardinal duo to earn a trip to the final meet of the season since Samuel Kosgei and Francis Kasagule accomplished the feat in 2008.
"I thought we did really well on the men's side today, and I think we did about as much as we could," cross country coach Darren Gauson said. "We had some really big performances and some other people step up. Any time that you can have two people qualify for the National Championships, it's not a bad day, and I'm very happy for those guys."
Overall, the LU men placed third, marking the best finish for the program since 2010. The LU women finished seventh, the best showing since 2007.
"The women have come a really long way since last year," Gauson explained. "We had seven new girls out there competing. We're trying to get into that zone of teams that qualify for nationals, and moving from 15th last year to seventh this year is a big step in the right direction. We'll hopefully continue to make those strides."
Arkansas' Stanley Kebenei and Kemoy Campbell finished at virtually the same time, with the former earning top honors, to lead the Razorbacks to a team championship. Texas finished second.
Texas' Marielle Hall won the individual race on the women's side, and Arkansas picked up the team title.
After missing most of his training over the past several weeks due to injury, Ryan Saunders made his return on Friday, finishing 27th at 31:10.8. Sam Stabler was the fourth-best LU finisher, coming in 29th at 31:14.2, and Mike Kershaw rounded out the scoring, ending 38th in 31:36.1.
Ryan Creech placed 97th at 33:22.7.
Leigh Lattimore led the effort for the LU women, and placed 14th with a time of 20:50.2 for the 6,000-meter race. Unfortunately, it wasn't enough for the England native to earn a trip to the national meet.
"Leigh came in and competed a really high level for us, both in training and in meets," Gauson said. "She's a good leader for the other girls out there, and she was a very important part of the team this year."
Louise Webb was the second-best finisher for the Lady Cards, coming in 19th at 21:08.3, and Rachel Robinson was 40th at 21:52.4. Kayla de Bondt and Claire Arnold were the final two scorers, finishing 56th and 63rd, respectively, with times of 22:17.1 and 22:26.0.
Megan Flanagan was 84th at 22:59.4, and Belinda Aguilar finished 94th at 23:19.9.
Following the meet, Johnsen, Harrell, Lattimore and Webb were each named All-Region by the USTFCCCA.


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Having listened to the show at the time, and having just found the tracklists, can anyone give me any more info on the intro track that is heard at the begining of the shows, as below
808 State Show, Sunset 102 FM, 28th Aug 1990
1. Intro track (made by Andy 808)
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Besta Home for my Snakes
Materials: Besta 192cm, some glasses, and reptile materials
Description: I needed a big terrarium with 4 cases for my snakes. So Ikea was my solution.
An old hack but I think it's already good
~ David, Marseille (FRANCE)
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That looks really good. Just wondering if you have locks on them? If not do you think it would be fairly easy to install some locks? In Australia we have to have locks on all reptile enclosures.
thanks for all
Anonymous, I've got heat cables under plexiglass on the bottom of each terrarium.
Just some LEDs fot the lighting and that's great
do you have under the tank heaters installed or is it top light heating?
I agree. Really great design, cool landscaping, and gorgeous snakes! They look happy and I can't blame them because I would be too!
"Snakes. Why'd it have to be snakes?" – Indiana Jones
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New Movie Releases: January 28, 2011Thursday, January 27th, 2011
The are the movies opening in this Friday, Biutiful starring Oscar Nominated Javier Bardem opens in 57 theaters and The Rite starring Anthony Hopkins opens in 2,985 theaters.
MPAA Rating: R for disturbing images, language, some sexual content, nudity and drug use.
Running time: 148 minutes
Synopsis: Biutiful is the stunning fourth feature from acclaimed Mexican filmmaker Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu (Babel, 21 Grams, Amores Perros). Displaying the hallmarks of his unique, humanist brand of filmmaking, his latest work once again portrays and tackles the eternal dialogue of mortality. Academy Award winner Javier Bardem (No Country for Old Men) is simply sensational as Uxbal, a small–time grifter trying to find his way through the moral maze of contemporary Barcelona while supporting his two young children. Biutiful is a moving tale of life, loss and the eternal love that exists between a father and his children. As compassionate as it is hard–hitting, this is Inarritu at his most direct and assured. Powerful, provocative and intensely personal, Biutiful will get under your skin and stay there.
Cast:Javier Bardem, Guillermo Estrella, Eduard Fernández; Directed by: Alejandro González Iñárritu
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MPAA Rating: PG:13 for disturbing thematic material, violence, frightening images, and language including sexual references.
Running time: 112 minutes
Synopsis: "The Rite" is an upcoming exorcism drama horror film directed by Mikael Hafstrom. The Rite centers on a disillusioned young American who studied to become a priest. In the Vatican, he learns to carry out exorcisms and finds his faith through encounters with demons.
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Colin O'Donaghue, Alice Braga, Ciarán Hinds, Rutger Hauer; Director: Mikael Håfström


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Alliance for National Defense (AND)
P. O. Box 184, Alexandria, VA, 22313
Website: www.4militarywomen.org
Principal Staff: Capt. Pat Gormley, JAG, USN (Ret.), President
Lt. Col. Sherry de Vries, USMCR (Ret.), Executive Vice President
Cdr. Darlene Iskra, USN (Ret.), Secretary/Treasurer
Type of Organization: National Grassroots/Advocacy
Founded: 1999
Mission Statement:
We are concerned veterans: active and retired, officer and enlisted, in the regular forces, reserves, and guard as well as civilians interested in military issues who strive to serve as a positive voice for military women.
Subject Expertise:
Women in the Military
Total Members:
550 supporters
Annual Meetings/Conferences:
Bi-annual Women in the Military conference with Women's Research and Education Institute


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The Kalani Crib by Da Vinci offers an elegant and timeless design that would make a perfect centerpiece for any nursery. With the classic, curved features of a sleigh bed, the Kalani Crib is as beautiful as it is solid. Although the Kalani Crib features a static side with no moving parts, the crib's design is low enough to allow parents to take their little ones out with ease. The Kalani also includes a four-level mattress spring system to adjust to your child's growth.
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The Tug Valley Road Runners Club (TVRRC) will sponsor another 5-K race on Saturday, October 27, starting at 10 a.m. The race will start at 201 Central Ave. in South Williamson, Ky.
This will be a Halloween themed race. More details will be released at a later date. The course map is on-line. The registration fee is $15 for Adults and $10 for kids.
It is the same course that was ran in July and August. The course map can be found on-line. Registration fee is $15 for adults and $10 for kids at David Hatfield's house. "Dress your best for this Halloween Race," says Alexis Batausa of the TVRRC.
"All of us will walk down from David's house to the starting line of the course on the South Williamson flood wall," Batausa said. "From there, you'll see the starting line already been painted since the last 5K in August. We will run/walk down the flood wall, through the door, past the playground/park, past David Hatfield's house, up the sidewalk, and up the bridge into old 52, West Williamson.
You won't get lost at all especially running up and around the cemetery loop and back down to finish at David's house. Can't miss the finish line at all! There will be blue arrows and mile markers marking the course. Tough course but it'll be real fun especially Halloween theme. A night race would be ideal but safety, of course."
Also, join Run for your Life and Williamson ARH Hospital in recognizing National Breast Cancer Awareness month by participating in the 5K Walk/Run. Donations will be accepted for the 2013 Relay for Life event.


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Black Women in Sports Foundation
4300 Monument Avenue, Philadelphia, PA, 19131-1690
Phone: (215) 877-1925 ext. 320 | Fax: (215) 877-1942
Website: http://www.blackwomeninsport.org/
Principal Staff:
Tina Sloan Green, president/executive director
Alpha Alexander, vice president
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Founded: 1992
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The Black Women In Sport Foundation, founded in 1992, is dedicated to facilitating the involvement of Black women in every aspect of sport in the United States and around the world, through the "hands-on" development and management of grass roots level outreach programs.
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