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My name is Steven Nenzel. Along with my wife, Tracy and brother, Richard, we are the owner's of Rock-It Surfaces. I hope you take the time to enjoy this short video and explore our website.
Breathe life into your kitchen with granite countertops... the natural choice.
We carefully select granite from around the world. We have over 80 colors in stock. Some are so unique that the supply is such we may never see it again... you certainly won't see it in your neighbor's home. Drop by with your sketch and we'll provide you with a price for every color we carry. You can then walk the slab yard with your price list and discover just how affordable granite is.
Click the image above to view our inventory!
Our competitors use thin 2cm (3/4") granite with a double up edge to save cost on stone. The results are usually less than desirable. At Rock-It we only process thick 3cm (1 1/4") granite! Yes, the granite costs us more but the labor savings of not gluing on an edge offsets the added cost and adds value to your granite countertops. The results speak for themselves. If you are going to go with stone....go with the good stuff!
Not a pretty
picture at all!
Thick granite is stronger and seamless.
Thin granite doubled up makes for ugly edges!
I'm Steven Nenzel, president of Rock-It Surfaces a San Diego granite countertop company. I have been in the granite business for over 11 years and in those years I have seen some pretty unbelievably bad granite work.
Within our industry there are no standards to which a consumer can point and say, "This is how it is supposed to be". So I decided to publish an insider consumer guide to help inform consumers BEFORE they purchase granite.
This guide will help you avoid potential pitfalls and recognize good and bad work when you see it. It will give you insight into how granite is priced, fabricated and installed. It will also expose some, which I consider to be less than ethical practices.
Granite countertops are an investment....invest wisely
What is granite? (and why this is important)
Granite is a common and widely-occurring group of intrusive felsic igneous rocks that form at great depths and pressures under continents. Granite consists of orthoclase and plagioclase feldspars, quartz, hornblende, biotite, muscovite and minor accessory minerals such as magnetite, garnet, zircon and apatite.
Granite is very common and has hardness properties and stain resistance that make it ideal for countertops.
Most of the stone sold in granite slabs yards is technically not granite. While not technically granite, most of these stones are perfectly good for kitchen countertops and will outlive you and your home. However, there are some stones sold that I consider less desirable for the average kitchen.
What is NOT granite, and what you should avoid!
One of the most problematic stones is called Comos. This stone is not even close to granite and has a foliated structure. It can be difficult to fabricate (we will not touch it) and it scratches easily. Your heart will sink after you slide that porcelain serving plate across the stone and discover the result. Unfortunately, the sales person at the slab yard did not inform this customer of the nature of this stone. Reputable slab yards will provide a disclaimer on stones such as these but many do not... so buyer beware. Do a scratch test on the corner of a slab. I use a razor blade to see if it will scratch. Of course if you use enough pressure any stone will scratch. If it scratches with light pressure it will not make for a durable countertop surface.
Here are a few stones that may have characteristics not suitable for your kitchen countertops:
Cosmos also known as Asterix and Saturnia is classified geologically as a phyllite. It is a slate based material with various types of minerals and quartz in it.
Blue Bahia is a very expensive stone that is hard yet fragile. The sodalite (refers to the sodium content in the stone) in the stone will etch from acids (lemons, limes, apple juice, etc.). It has been know to fade when exposed to UV light.
Absolute Black also known as Zimbabwe Black and Premium Black is a basalt. While it shares some qualities of granite it has calcite in the stone which will etch when exposed to acids (lemons, limes, apple juice, etc.). The density of the stone can make it either a good stone or problematic. The problem is, you nor the slab yard will know how dense the stone is. In my opinion, there are other blacks out there that are free of any problems so why bother with this one. I much prefer Black Pearl.
Quartzites are becoming more common in the market and you need to be sure the stone your are considering has the durability you desire (some quartzites are extremely strong and very resistant to acidics and others are soft and easily etched). The nature of Quartzite is a hard, non-foliated metamorphic rock which was originally pure. Sandstone is converted into quartzite through heating and pressure usually related tectonic compression. Pure quartzite is usually white to gray, though quartzites often occur in various shades of pink and red due to varying amounts of iron oxide. Other colors, such as yellow, green, blue and orange, are due to other mineral impurities.
Moon White is a quartzite that has all the known characteristics of a soft marble (scratches and etches easily) while White Macaubus is harder than granite and resistant to acids. Be sure to do a scratch and lemon juice test on the quartzite you desire. They are not all the same!
What are resined slabs?
15 years ago there were virtually no resined slabs. Now nearly all slabs I purchase are resined as they often have a superior finish and are difficult to stain.
Natural stone comes in many different colors, shapes and textures and is made of varying minerals. Many of these stones have natural occurring fissures, micro-fissures, fractures and superficial holes and pits. After the granite slab is cut an epoxy resin coat is applied that fills the naturally occurring fissures, pits and voids. After the resin is cured the slab is ready to be polished. The polishing process removes most of the resin leaving the micro fissures and pores filled. The polished granite surface is an all natural shiny easy to maintain surface.
A few granites are not resined. Giallo Ornamental is one of those stones. Often slabs that are not resined have very small pores that you can feel. The best advice I can give is to carefully look at the stone from an angle where you can see the micro fissures and pores. If the finish looks too pitted or spotty for your tastes, then consider another color. I will be happy to help you choose the right color for your project.
3CM (thick) VS. 2CM (thin) stone
There are two different thicknesses of granite sold; 3/4 inch and 1 1/4 inch. Within the industry we refer to the thickness in centimeters: 2cm and 3cm. At one time most of what was sold was 2cm but over the last 15 years a transition has taken place and now most of the market in the US is 3cm.
San Diego and most of California has been slow to transition. A 2cm kitchen countertop has a laminated (glued) edge that hides a plywood sub-deck. The 2cm needs extra support over the span of the cabinets. A 3cm countertop sits directly on the cabinets without a plywood deck and there is no laminated edge. It is one solid thick piece of stone.
Being in the stone industry I have a bias towards 3cm. I prefer not seeing a seam on the front edge and I like the thick looking edge on sink cut-outs. In addition since I provide a long warranty period I want to eliminate potential future issues a glued edge may have.
Choose an average or below average fabricator and your laminated edge will look like the one in the picture on the right!
Thick stone looks great!
Not a pretty
picture at all!
Thin stone has ugly seams!.
High quality seams are very important to the look and feel of your countertops.
First and foremost, the quality of a seam cannot be determined solely by the color and grain match. You can have a perfect color match but a horrible looking seam. A well fabricated and installed seam will be very tight at less than 1/64 thick and will be relatively chip free on the top. It is not always possible to have a completely chip free seam as some stones are very brittle and even with the best milling method will chip. A properly colored epoxy will do a good job in hiding any chips.
Great seams are not produced with a saw cut, they are milled with progressively finer grits and take time to produce. Companies that have CNC (computer numeric controlled) stone machines and know how to use them can consistently produce tight seams that are relatively chip free.
On the right you can see the results of unprofessional hand fabrication. At Rock-It Surfaces we have the machines and technical know-how to give you a great seam every time.
Getting the veins to line up on you granite countertops.
Color and grain matching are critical components to nearly invisible seams. However, even the best fabricator cannot always produce invisible seams as it is dependent on how closely the two or three slabs match in color and grain and if the consumer has purchased enough slabs to obtain near perfection. Know what you are getting before the installation by requiring your approval of the slab layout before the stone is cut.
We use a program called SlabSmith that allows me to digitally nest the countertops onto high resolution photographs. We can send an e-mail you with an actual picture of the countertops....seams and all.
Granite is an investment....invest wisely
Seam locations and seaming in a sink cutout.
Often fabricators put seams on sinks in order to make the seam shorter (and supposedly less visible). Within the stone fabrication industry there is much debate about this and some think it is fine and others not. I think it is a bad idea. By putting a seam in the sink cut-out you have just made a potentially fragile area more fragile. Most sinks are located at window openings. Placing the seam where it can be seen the easiest in the reflected light is a bad idea. Worse yet, you have very small areas holding very large pieces of stone together.
We have had more service calls to repair seams on sinks installed by other shops than any other type of call. We normally will not put a seam on a sink cut-out and if a customer insists, I will exclude it from our warranty.
The location of other seams is dependent on slab and countertop size, number of slabs purchased for the job and grain direction of the stone. It is impossible to give any real guidance other than common sense; try and avoid them on peninsulas and islands. Usually, but not always the grain direction should flow one way in the kitchen. There are exceptions to both these rules but they are rare. One of the nicest islands we have ever installed had a booked matched seam running through the middle.
A good seam will be hard to see and feel
Most people want sinks that mount under the granite (undermount sinks). I always make the cut follow the shape of the bowl but I have seen lots of track homes with cuts that follow the edge of the flange of the sink and not the bowl. It is easier to make a rectangular cut by following the flange of the sink than it is to cut to the shape of the bowl. Following the shape of the bowl looks much nicer and adds more granite area around the bowl which adds strength to the area; it is a double win. I consider following the flange of the sink a short cut. When cutting to the flange, I have seen my competitors put 4 seams on the sink cut-out; two in the back and two in the front. They did this to save time and material without much regard for the home owner. I replaced the countertops shown above.
The is no excuse for a poorly polished edge on your granite countertops.
I have seen many jobs where the edge is duller than the countertop. Some fabricators have been known to use wax or rouge to brighten the edge but the shine will quickly wear off. That is unacceptable!
A polished edge takes more time and skill to produce, so it is easy for me to spot a "hack." I've hired experienced fabricators who have, on their second day of employment, used their trick of the trade. After spending the first day trying to polish a black granite (usually the hardest to polish) and not finding any wax or rouge in our shop, they bring their bag of tricks the second day. That next day was their last day in our shop. I can teach them how to properly polish, but it is too late to teach them character.
Quality is important to me. You have to look at your granite countertops for as long as you own your home.
It matters.
Quality edge work is critical.
How your sink is installed is critically important
A large percent of the service calls I
receive involve improperly installed sinks.
A properly professionally installed sink will
have a bead of 100% silicone between the
granite and the flange of the sink and will be
mechanically fastened to the underside of the
granite. There are various ways to accomplish
this and different sinks and the available room
inside the cabinet will require different methods.
For stainless steel and composite sinks I usually
drill holes 5/8" deep in the underside of the
granite. I insert grommets into these holes
to provide screw holes in which we can use clips to fasten the sinks directly to the granite. Before we install the sink we run a bead of 100% silicone around the flange. When the sink is pushed to the granite the bead of silicone flattens out and provides a solid seal.
Make sure 100% silicone is used to seal your sink. I have seen many sinks where the installer used regular caulking and the result is not pretty. Caulking does not resist mold as well as silicone and does not adhere to the sink and granite as well. The reason less reputable companies use caulking is it is less expensive and easier to clean up.
When using 3/4" thick stone many companies will sandwich the sink flange between the granite and the plywood deck. I personally don't like this because if moisture gets to the plywood it can swell up and rot. If this happens the sink will eventually drop away from the granite. The moisture can come from the sink not being properly sealed or from a faucet, soap dispense, water spigot or dishwasher vent. If you are using 3/4" thick granite do not allow them to sandwich the sink. There are better methods of fastening the sink to the granite.
A properly installed sink will not fail!
What is the difference between hand fabrication and using a CNC milling machine?
Five years ago I purchased a Computer Numeric Control (cnc) stone milling machine. We produced top notch hand fabricated countertops but I must say not as good as our cnc is able to produce. A cnc will use an autocad drawing of the countertop and will mill the edge to exact size. When it mills a 6 inch radius, it is an exact 6 inch radius. A kidney shaped island is a cake walk. Undermount sink cut-outs are produced exactly to the drawing and consistently follow the shape of the bowl.
Hand fabrication is not as precise and is prone to more error. Hand fabrication depends solely on the individual doing the work. If the individual takes pride in his work and is very detailed he can produce nice results. However, I found that even my best guys had their off days and they are only human. When we switched to cnc machining we found that not only did our quality go up but we dramatically reduced errors. Now only one or two at the most make any substantive decisions about work to be performed on the kitchen countertops. This insures that few errors are made and our turnaround time faster. On a scale of 1 to 10, my stress level went down to a 2 from an 8 after we deployed this technology. Day in and day out the machine produces the same high quality and never calls in sick. Our countertops fit in kitchens with absolute precision. That is the Rock-It difference.
How you measure the kitchen for granite countertops matters!
When choosing a granite fabricator you should consider the technology they are using to create your countertop. Although some hand fabricators can produce decent results you are taking a greater chance finding one that will. As we all have come to know as a sad reality, there are fewer people today that take pride in their work than in days past. Trying to keep a shop full of those fewer people is a challenge I won't take up again.
Part of the process of using cnc machines is the required deployment of a digital measuring process. When hand fabricating we would create templates of the kitchen cabinets using strips of wood and hot glue. Although this worked for the time it is nothing like a laser measure that can scribe to the bows in the walls.
We never have to adjust countertops out in the field to make them fit... they fit perfectly and with tighter tolerances. That is precision.
Understanding how stone overhangs the cabinet.
As a standard I use 1 1/2" off the face frame of the cabinets which shows approximately 3/4" overhang off the door fronts. It is common to use 1 1/2" and you can do more or less just make sure it is agreed upon at the time of templating. The overhang can vary slightly and some tolerances should be expected. A large tolerance would be 1/4" variance, however, keep in mind that your cabinets may not follow a straight line. If the two cabinets on the end of a run were set out 1/4" or more from the cabinets in the center, you would not want granite to take a dip in the center; it would look horrible.
When extending out from cabinets and pony walls for bar tops and seating areas, the Marble Institute of America states the maximum unsupported overhang for 3cm stone off a 24" cabinet is 10" , for 2cm stone with a plywood deck it is 6". 3cm granite extending off a 5" pony is more difficult to answer because it depends upon other factors including cantilever issues. I have a general rule (but not always followed) that anything over 4" requires support.
When extending overhangs beyond 16 inches on islands and peninsulas, the support issue needs attention as there is a point at which a leg of some kind will be required to properly support the countertop. No one is going to pay the huge expense for an hire an engineer to construct the load factors, etc. to determine at what point and where legs need to be added. The homeowner, the fabricator and the contractor (if one is present) need to discuss this issue and act conservatively. There is no way I could begin to cover the complexity of this issue considering all the different scenarios there could be.
How are granite slabs priced and sold?
The cost of the stone varies dramatically and is primarily supply and demand driven. The quarry where the stone is mined determine what they are willing to sell the blocks of granite to the polishing factories. If they have a hot color that everyone wants and they control the supply, they can demand a higher price. If there are many quarries producing a similar color and the color is not as desired, the price will be much lower. Once purchased form the factories, the slab yards determine their mark up on the stone. Again, the mark up they charge is cost and supply/demand driven.
Many slab yards will not sell directly to the consumer. They sell to the fabricator who sells it as fabricated countertops to the consumer. Many slab yards categorize their stone into groupings from A to F (A being the least expensive). They do this it to give consumers an idea of price range without telling them the exact price. Most slab yards will not disclose the price to the consumer. When they do, it's at an artificially high price so that the fabricator has an opportunity to mark up the granite to the customer. When they do it is often at a higher price.
If you are purchasing slabs from a slab yard keep in mind you have to purchase the right number of slabs to insure your seams look good. If your kitchen is small, say 45 sf, you may think you can get away with one large slab and you may be right if you choose a stone that has no grain direction or color variation. Your cabinet configuration will also play a role. As a general rule I use a 15% to 20% waste factor on granite that has no color variation or grain direction. I use up to 50% waste factor when using exotics that have movement and color variation. I've found many consumers make the mistake of believing there is no color variation or movement in a slab. If they did not see it before the slab was cut they certainly will see it when the seam is put together; color variation and grain direction will present itself like a sore thumb.
These pictures show the layout of a 74 sq. ft. kitchen that we installed. In order to get the right color matching and maintain the same grain direction in the kitchen, we had to cut into 3 slabs. We could have done it in two slabs if we put another seam to the right of the sink but I really did not want to do that and I'm sure the home owner would not either. Since I import and carry all our slabs it is easier for me to rationalize cutting into 3 slabs as the third slab is usable with the remaining slabs I have.
You can avoid all this hassle and save money by choosing a granite fabricator that imports his own stone; a one-stop-granite shop. Since they import the stone they eliminated the mark up from the slab yards. In addition, a good one-stop-shop is not as concerned about material waste; the left over can be used with the remaining granite slabs. This is how I set up our company. If I have to cut into a third slab to make that seam right, I'll do it, no big deal. I am not forced into trying to make it work with two slabs. Over all there is less wasted stone because I buy bundles of granite and can yield more kitchens per bundle. That is a win for me and a win for the customer.
What does it cost to fabricate and install the granite countertops?
Before you even consider whether or not a price is good or bad, investigate the fabricator. Hare are some key questions to consider:
1. Do they offer a written warranty period and are they likely to be around to service that warranty? A warranty is worthless if the company will not be around to service it. Less than 45% of new businesses make it beyond their 5th year. However, a company that provides a long term written warranty is more likely to deliver a quality job than one that does not. I offer a 10 year warranty.
2. Is the fabricator licensed and insured to do the work? In California if you have an unlicensed trade do work in your home you have no recourse other than the court if something goes wrong. In addition, if a trade does not carry the proper insurance and one of his employees is hurt in your home, he can sue the employer and the home owner.
3. Is the fabricators shop and place of business clean, neat and organized? This is an obvious sign of how they view themselves and their work. A sloppy shop will likely produce sloppy work. If they cost $300 less than they fabricator down the street that is clean, neat and organized, are you really going to take the gamble to save $300? In my mind, and knowing this industry, it is no gamble at all. You will get a job worth far less than the $300 you saved.
4. Get the last 3 jobs the fabricator has completed and call the home owners. You will be amazed how forth right a happy and unhappy customer will be. Don't put any value in a reference that is 6 months old other than it tells you everything you need to know! Run!
Fabrication is most often quoted by the per square foot with added charges for labor intensive edge work, sink cut-outs and other miscellaneous items. The per square foot rate will vary from region to region as the cost of doing business varies (rent, labor, regulations, etc.). Get 3 quotes and do not base your decision on price alone. If you think all tradesmen are equal, then you have never had any work done in your home. Consider the overall value.
The question you might ask is: What am I getting for this price? If Company A is $300 more than Company B, is the quality of work from Company A likely to be better? Does Company A use CNC machines, can you approve slab layouts before they cut, were their references glowing, do they provide a lifetime permanent sealer on the stone, etc? Also, how comfortable are you with the people at Company A and B? What does your gut tell you?
Buying granite is not that much different than buying most other things manufactured by people. Who are the people behind the company and are their values similar to yours?
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won't be offended btw just couldn't find the enthusiasm to do a snog title today
I don't see why not
some mornings I can't be @rsed to think of a title for a thread in which no-one is going to post
morning btw
been to Almost-a-shame... Man, shopped, dropped off laundry and scored some eye-drops
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ok so there was no difference between the warm down and the plod but you get the drift
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Though to be honest, I've never seen the training thread.
I'm not feeling great. Will be going home for tea and a kip once I have finished a report I am writing. And I don't care if it is our department's AGM and BBQ this afternoon and that everyone will think I am anti-social if I don't go. At least they'll be thinking the right thing for a change.
Flr - that's even more impressive than seeing the pogeons on my balcony
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but you're our second Womble
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"This Paris apartment could not be more perfect! A little bit of tradition, a dash of rock-and-roll, and copious amounts of good taste make this home feel modern, but still balanced and graceful. I'll have dreams about that insanely gorgeous moulding for years to come!"
—Jenny Komenda, Little Green Notebook
"This flat is what my Parisian dreams are made of! Original paneling, gray herringbone oak floors, sky high ceilings, and windows that let the light stream in. All of these gorgeous details paired with the sleek furniture and contemporary art makes me want to pack my bags and jet off to France tomorrow. Au Revoir!"
—Rebecca June Stringham, Designer & Blogger, Sea Island Drive
"Paris apartments have become something of a joke on my blog, because they are all just TOO good! This one, a Nouvelle Athènes flat designed by French-American design duo Kelli Wilde and Laurent Champeau is that perfect French-Modern space. It's airy
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Paul was just as big an arsehole as anyone in the Beatles. Didn't Paul secretly go behind the backs of the other Beatles to purchase more shares in Northern Songs in '66? When confronted by the other Beatles who merely asked to be in on it too, he shrugged them off nonchantly as though he did't think the others would have cared.
Wasn't he an arsehole to George Harrison in the studio from '65 onwards?
I mean Paul is great and we all love him but c'mon people there's two sides to every coin.


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Dark chocolate lowers risk of either heart attack or stroke 39 percent
From this article Small Doses Of Chocolate Could Help Heart these quotes:
From this article Small Doses Of Chocolate Could Help Heart these quotes:
From this Science News article, High-Intensity Interval Training Is Time-Efficient and Effective, Study Suggests:
Twenty years ago John Kelly, the owner of Kelly's Austin Personal Training and New Orleans Ultimate Fitness Trainers, had been living with chronic back pain for three years. Sitting was painful; he avoided long trips and going to the movies.
From this BBC article 'Good fat' cuts heart risk by a fifth, study shows:
Experts said cutting down on saturated fats, found in butter and meat, was just one part of a healthy diet. It is recommended that adults get no more than 11% of their energy from saturated fats. This is because the fats raise the levels of bad cholesterol that block the arteries to the heart. In comparison, polyunsaturated fats have the opposite effect by increasing the levels of good cholesterol.
From this article, High vitamin D levels, lower colon cancer risk? :
"Higher levels of vitamin D in the blood may help protect both men and women from cancers of the colon and rectum, confirm results of the largest study ever conducted on the topic.
From this NYT article Even More Reasons to Get a Move On:
This blog is primarily concerned with health, fitness, diet, personal training, and human performance. Not unrelated to health is the environment where you live and the opportunities presented.
For years now I have taken a low dose of aspirin in hopes of reducing the chance of a heart attack or stroke. It seemed like a safe bet. It appears that there may be a new downside. Add to the possibility of ulcers the possibility of hearing loss.


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I have tried nearly all of the green teas at Adagio. I am somewhat new to tea and looking to expand my options. I haven't had many teas from other sources. The two teas that I like most at Adagio are Green Anji and Mei Hua. Dragonwell was also good. I did not like Sencha Premier or Gyokuro.
Please recommend other teas for me to try that you think I may like. Other vendors are fine too. Thanks.


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It is Saturday already ... and only one thing to get excited about...it is TeaDay. I cannot think of anything better to do than to visit TeaChat and share tea all weekend with TCers!
Newbies, oldies, come and post as often as you want throughout the entire weekend!
It's been a while since I brought up the subject of today's poll.
So, how old are TeaChatters anyway???
So answer the poll ... and instead of discussing our ages (unless you want to), tell us your gender if you please. Are you a TeaMan or a TeaWoman?
And since we are on the subject of demographics, why not take it a step further, please feel free to share your ANCESTRY, your family or ancestral descent; lineage.
Do not feel obligated to discuss anything but your TEAS of the day, but it will be interesting to learn a little something about everyone.
I am looking forward to sharing this TeaWeekend with everyone. Bottoms up!


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@ www.sourdo.com, they have 15 different cultures... I will go with the Italian culture... Has anyone experimented with the other starters? what is the difference?
Tweaking each one to bring out the best flavor is a blast.
How do you tweak each one...
Bill,It sure seems like a lot of notes and tasting details to keep track of for a non-professional. Also it sounds like you have a bunch of separate cultures running at the same time? I think my head would explode keeping them all straight!


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Motorola MBP33 Wireless Video Baby Monitor
About this item
- Clear sound and strong signal
- Room temperature monitoring
- Infrared night vision
- Extended range allows you to move without worry
The MBP33 is a wireless video baby monitor by Motorola. It is equipped with 2.4 Gigahertz FHSS technology to prevent crossed signals and to promote sound clarity. The 2.8" color LCD screen with 25 FPS refresh and infrared night vision will allow you to easily monitor the room environment, even in the dark, to ensure your child's comfort.
The MBP33 is also equipped with impressive features like: room temperature monitoring, five polyphonic lullabies, additional camera capability, and five LED alerts for noise level. This monitor also has a range of up to 200 meters and out of range warning, allowing you to move around the house or yard comfortably knowing you will hear when your little one is awake.
The MBP33 digital video baby monitor by Motorola is the perfect choice for any parent or caregiver.
- Wireless technology - 2.4 GHz FHSS
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Puccini's final opera is a fitting finale to an astonishing career – epic, exciting, full of drama and packed with melodic ingenuity. Written for a cast and orchestra of over 160, this huge work perfomed here in a one-off concert performance features some of the most thrilling music in Italian opera, including 'the' tenor aria made so famous by Luciano Pavarotti: 'Nessun dorma'.
Princess Turandot is beautiful but cold-hearted: wanted by all men but with no desire for a husband. To please her father, she promises to marry whoever can solve her three riddles. To try and fail means execution, and many fail, but to Turandot's horror, an unknown prince gives three correct answers. He swears to go willingly to his death if she can but guess his name. With the whole city under threat of death unless they reveal his secret, it falls to Liù, a slave girl harbouring a secret passion, to save him from the baying crowd and teach them all the true nature of love.
Bringing the Company to Edinburgh's Usher Hall for the first time since 2010, Turandot features a wealth of international talent including tenors José Ferrero and Ryland Davies, leading British soprano Claire Rutter and world-famous bass-baritone Sir Willard White. Former Scottish Opera Music Director Francesco Corti conducts.
Turandot was performed at:
Usher Hall, Edinburgh
Sun 30 Mar 2014
Listen to extracts from Turandot:
Popolo di Pekino!
Signore, ascolta!
In questa Reggia
Straniero, ascolta
Nessun dorma!
Tu che di gel sei cinta
Principessa di morte
Courtesy of Decca Classics www.deccaclassics.com
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta
Joan Sutherland, Luciano Pavarotti, Montserrat Caballé, Sabin Markov


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A/I GAIM Setup
As we are writing this howto, Gaim lacks some functions for IRC (SSL) that may prevent your privacy from being violated. We therefore advise you to use XChat unless you want to spend a lot of time in fixing the problem by compiling Gaim from scratch :)
Download gaim (windows and linux).
Once you've installed the program (if you use Windows, look for Win32 Installer), launch it and you'll see this window:
Click 'Accounts' and a new window will open.
Click 'Add' and the window 'Add Account' will open.
In the 'Add Account' window, select 'IRC' in the pull-down menu.
Enter your nick in the 'User Name' window, and ai.irc.mufdh0.net in the 'Server' box. In the 'alias' box write the name you prefer to chat with.
Finally click 'Show more options' and enter 6667 in the Port section. Save your settings by clicking on the 'Save' button.
You'll now see the first window again and you'll just have to click on the 'Online' box in order to connect.
Every time you run Gaim, you'll see this window.
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Topic: CSS vs Tables in Rails [The Debate]
I have seen many sites that do not render CSS/DIV's properly the first time you hit the site. You have to refresh the page to get the page to display correctly (what a pain).
I don't see this problem using tables.
Which is better to use in Rails for web sites? CSS or Tables?


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Tertulia is serving these traditional Spanish dishes in the West Village.
Seafood lovers will gather round when you make this delicious stew.
Ben eats a chowder in Rhode Island that makes him question his own version.
Watch Bobby Flay take on the Brooklyn Chowder Surfer in this competition.
Fodder takes a look at clam chowder on The Most Average Thing I Ever Ate.
Fodder presents The Most Average Thing I Ever Ate: Clam Chowder.
Have a Long Island seaside clam feast with Tyler Florence.
Where better than Venice to make a dish celebrating the bounty of the sea?
Ben hosts a clam bake and lobster boil on an island off the coast of Maine.
These clam bellies are battered and fried and will melt in your mouth.
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Cáceres Classical Theatre Festival
Practical information
- When?: To be confirmed 2017
- Where: Cáceres
- More information : http://www.granteatrocc.com/clasico/
- Autonomous region: Extremadura
- Province/Island: Cáceres
- Activity: Festival
- Theme: Theatre
The Cáceres Classical Theatre Festival has been held in this Extremaduran city since 1990.
This event aims to showcase quality products and performances of the best classical texts with prestigious companies on the contemporary dramatic scene, and highlight the conjunction between Golden Age theatre, music and dance. Texts by Lope de Vega, Calderón, Shakespeare are brought to life, as well as the works of other playwrights from the 16th century down to the present day. There is also a series of parallel activities, including workshops, exhibitions and small free shows which have become an essential part of this festival.
Practical information
- Date: To be confirmed 2017
Cáceres (Extremadura)
Contact details
Tel. +34 927010884
Fax. +34 927010887
Schedules and prices
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ANNE, MD. – (May 30, 2014) – Michael J. Taylor got a
graduation gift this past spring few could match for its emotional impact.
Michael's mother secretly tracked down three of her
adopted son's long-lost brothers and invited them to a
post-graduation party she threw at a Salisbury hotel.
"I don't know how to put in words how I felt," Michael
said several days after word spread across the UMES campus about the reunion.
Michael only has memories of his oldest brother,
Christian. They last saw one another in 1997 when Michael was five.
"I never forgot Michael. I kept him in my heart all
this time," said Christian, 29. "I cried tears of joy. It takes a lot for me to
Michael, now 22, was so overwhelmed by the surprise
guests that he never touched his plate of food.
"I couldn't even tell you what was on the menu," Michael
Joining Christian at the surprise party were Elijah,
18, and Antonio, 17, who were infants when Michael and a fifth brother, Saleen,
21, moved with Norma Taylor Palmer from the Philadelphia area to nearby Eden
just north of UMES.
Norma Palmer contacted a social worker this past
spring seeking help finding three of Michael's brothers she believed were
living in Philadelphia. The social worker passed along the inquiry to
the family with whom Elijah lived, and Elijah then shared the message with
Antonio and Christian.
Christian occasionally did Internet searches looking
for Michael, but always came up empty. "I was starting to give up hope," he
said, until Elijah's phone call came on April 30.
"I've always believed in God and this just proves
you should never give up hope," Christian said
Michael, a Washington High School alumnus, earned a
sociology degree from UMES May 16, graduating with honors. He was a member of
the Richard A. Henson Honors Program and participated in the prestigious (2013)
Summer Humanities Institute held at the Ralph J. Bunche Center on the campus of
the University of California at Los Angeles.
It was the first time Michael had ventured that far
from home.
Michael is the first in Norma Palmer's immediate
family and in his own biological family to earn a college degree.
Peers and professors characterize Michael as
grounded, focused and mature beyond his years. He is admired for his
attentiveness toward his mother, who has battled health problems.
"I'm so proud
of Michael – what he has been able to accomplish," Norma Palmer said. "I've
been truly blessed to have him in my life."
Her surprise party not only has enabled Michael to
reconnect with three of his brothers, but a younger sister as well that he had
never met until traveling to Philadelphia to give Christian a ride back home.
"All the boys are together now, at least in their
hearts," Norma Palmer said. "Family has always been important to us, and I
wanted Michael and Saleen to know a little something about theirs.'
"Unbelievable," Michael said. "Unbelievable."
Added Aundra Roberts, assistant director of the
Henson Honors Program, said, "it couldn't happen to a nicer, more deserving
young man."
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Of cars, booze, guns and angry mothers
Years ago, when I was much younger and dumber, I sometimes drove after drinking too much, occasionally even with a beer in hand. Once a state policeman stopped me leaving the small town of Joseph, Ore., and asked me to count backwards, touch my toes and walk a line. Fortunately, he knew me, and so he just suggested gently that I get in the passenger seat and let my wife drive home.
There was also the time after a full and fabulous day at the ski run, when, sipping that last beer as we headed for home on the back roads, I hit a patch of ice and slipped into the barrow pit. Again, fortunately, the only damage was to my ego, and all my law-breaking and stupid behavior took place at low speeds on quiet roads.
Then along came Mothers Against Drunk Driving with its memorable acronym, MADD. Mothers across the country stood up and screamed at the press, at lawmakers, and at law enforcement agencies to do something about the rash of young deaths on our roads caused by drunk drivers. I remember a dance sponsored by a group I was a part of -- we organized a team of sober drivers to get people home -- and the body shop owner telling me with great pleasure that there were fewer horrendous accidents to clean up.
I can't remember the specific laws that MADD helped enact, but I do remember hearing about the stiff laws in Scandinavian countries; a driver there who got one ticket for Driving Under the Influence lost his license forever. Here in America, we also stopped feeling tolerant toward drunk drivers; MADD's campaign worked.
I've been thinking about this as we stew over gun laws and deaths -- mostly young deaths -- caused by guns and the people who misuse them. It seems to me that there are clear parallels. First, we are not going to get rid of guns any more than we were going to get rid of cars or alcohol. Second, there are laws already on the books. Third, there are cars with speeds too fast for safety, just as there are guns too powerful for civil society. Fourth, registration and insurance are already in the picture. Finally, no reasonable person thinks that gun deaths can be eliminated entirely, but just as with drunk drivers, everyone thinks we can do better.
I think the parallels might give us a starting point. First, we could start enforcing existing laws. Second, let's be reasonable: Can we agree that private individuals should not own or use rocket grenade launchers, any more than workday commuters should drive Indie cars on the highway? Let's work our way back down the line, and agree that there is a place for "public gun racks," confined places where sportsmen and women can fire weapons that are too dangerous to shoot out in the open. Such guns would have to be registered and kept there.
As for constraining the users of guns; Yes, it would be good to ferret out the mentally unstable. Theoretically, we could make everyone get a license, just as we do with the owners of cars. But that's too radical for some. I understand that people who have concealed weapons permits, the folks who have jumped through legal hoops and are licensed, tend to be the safest gun owners and users around, as safe as most law enforcement officers. But it seems to me that the mentally unstable guy with a gun trick up his sleeve (and yes, this is mostly a male problem) might have trouble passing a competency test. We seem to do pretty well with cars and drivers' licenses, taking tests, registering when we buy and sell: Why not do the same with guns?
We might even create safe places for people to store their guns if there is a fear of instability in the family, suicide threats or threats of violence -- safe places that anyone could use without explaining why. Is that too hard? One thing is clear: What we have now is not working.
Tragically, most gun deaths come at the hands of people the victims know. The most unfortunate ones are children who find a loaded gun at home and play their way to death. Maybe parents or responsible guardians deserve jail time when such things happen. Maybe guns would be watched more carefully, given such a law.
It seems to me that this kind of close watching by friends, family and community is especially necessary. After all, that's just what MADD made us all do –– and amazingly enough, it worked to change dangerous behavior -- behavior that had once been considered normal by everyone.
Richard Wandschneider is a contributor to Writers on the Range, an op ed service of High Country News (hcn.org). He writes in Joseph, Oregon.
Note: the opinions expressed in this column are those of the writer and do not necessarily reflect those of High Country News, its board or staff. If you'd like to share an opinion piece of your own, please write Betsy Marston at firstname.lastname@example.com.
* I agree with John Pence in the previous comment.
* The only RPG's in the US are owned by the military.
* I doubt that Mr. Wandschneider owns a firearm.
* Automatic weapons have been illegal in the US since 1936.
* The right to own an automobile is not provided for in the Constitution.
* Every new firearm sold in the US comes with a keyed lock that will render it inoperable for safety purposes.
* The Department of Justice does not prosecute individuals who falsify information on the FBI background check form. Even those with a mental illness.
* The term "Assault Weapon" is a military name for a class of weapons. Civilians are not allowed to own such weapons. (There are very few exceptions with a Federal Firearms License)
* The solution to a problem comes from those who understand it best. The lawful gun owners and law enforcement understand the problem.
Tell ya what. Let's let everybody carry a gun - shotgun, hunting rifle or a Colt 45 or equivalent, six rounds max. If your skill is so poor that you can't hit your target with a shotgun, rifle or six shooter, a responsible adult should take that thing away from you.
Those who seek to limit the right of the public to arm themselves always seem to suffer from a failure of imagination. They look at conditions today and extrapolate the future from that. Works great until it doesn't. Those who can imagine a future where the financial system fails and police and military can't be paid, where might becomes right, are labeled "survivalist" or "nut." Deb and Linda seem to share this lack of foresight. For instance, what if your "target" is a gang of twelve?
Here's the rub, though. Imagination does not seem to extend to failures of government. No one involved in the current discussion of mass murder wants to imagine what would happen during a financial crisis where the government failed, chaos ensued, and personal and family protection devolved to the provider of last resort: me.
I take that obligation seriously, and with an All-Hazards approach. Preparation is key, as the magazine ban demonstrates. Just for curiosity, I shopped for a 15-round magazine for my handgun. Sold Out. Sold Out. More Sold Out. Surprised?
No one should be surprised. Our economy supports manufacturing to need. If you make more than is needed your business fails. So don't expect to be able to buy your emergency supplies during an emergency.
So here is a situation that I can imagine: Congressional foo poisons the bond market and the Treasury Bond yield soars, Fed intervention shrinks the value of the dollar, capital dries up as investment stops. The government defaults and no one wants dollars. A well-organized criminal element goes after things of real value: food and water and living goods, which, as a CERT, I have stored for just such an emergency. No longer being paid, the police and military return to their own homes to protect their own families. After they clean out the supermarkets, gangs head to the suburbs and target occupied houses, reasoning that those sheltering in place will have stockpiled food and water. Since there are three of them, each with two gats with ten shots each, they know that they can overpower the mag-limited homeowner.
That my legislators can't imagine this scenario I find implausible. That they won't imagine it I find realistic. They don't want it to happen; neither do I. But, to me, it illustrates why the discussion takes on meaningless arguments. Even "The Thinking Gunfighter" misses possibility: "The perceived need for massive quantities of ammo, reloading, and precision shooting at distance is largely a figbar of people's imaginations. There is simply no evidence to support the contention that any of those conditions occur during armed confrontation involving the Private Citizen."
The Armed Citizen - A Five Year Analysis http://thinkinggunfighter.blogspot.com/[…]/self-defense-findings.html
American citizens have the right to arm themselves to defend against the possible, not just the probable.


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Craig,Congrats on reaching perfection. That pie looks great! I am still working on perfection over here. Can't seem to get the dough right every time. I think I also need to get more creative with toppings. You seem to get it all right all the time!Scott D.
Gorgeous, Craig! Even the basil has received just the right amount of heat and wilt, and not too much... Always to me the sign of a master (or getting close!)How long did these bake for?
This spicy Margherita (Aleppo pepper on the sauce/under the cheese + Calabrian chili oil drizzled on post bake) is the closest I've come to perfection since I began my quest about four years ago.CL
AKA The Hot Queen?
Thanks Norma. I ate a couple extra for you!
Craig,Thanks for eating a couple of slices for me, but that is nothing like me tasting them. Norma
So, when are you coming to Houston?
Craig - That is a perfect pizza. It is amazing the amount of burden we put into our pizza making to reach what we consider perfection. My guests always love pizzas I just want to throw into the trash immediately, knowing the dough did not get enough oven spring or the leoparding was not even or the cheese went slightly over or the f'ing oven is running too hot and the bottom is burning. I am not sure if the pursuit of perfection is just obsessive behavior or the thrill of the game, at least in my case.John


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Saturday, March 10, 2012 - Pictures by Badmintonphoto (LIVE)
China's Lin Dan won the battle of wills against Taufik Hidayat while his arch rival Lee Chong Wei cruised into the Yonex All England semi-finals after beating another Indonesian on Friday.
Lin Dan and Taufik (left), present and past Asian, world and Olympic champions were engaged in a tight first game which the Chinese superstar won 21-18. The effort took a lot out of Taufik, who then fell tamely 21-8 in the second as his search for the elusive All England title continues.
"The first game was a good one and interesting (to watch). In the second, I was down, but it is OK. I'm happy today maybe the next time I know how to beat him," said Taufik who will now prepare for next week's Swiss Open.
Lin Dan said: "Of course I'm pleased with performance against Taufik as he is a good player. It will be a big loss when he retires."
In the top half of the draw for the final OSIM BWF World Superseries Premier tournament in the Olympic qualifying period, world No. 1 Chong Wei hardly broke sweat as he crushed Indonesia's Dionysius Hayom Rumbaka 21-9, 21-11
Liew Daren's challenge came to an end when South Korea' s Lee Hyun Il beat him 21-13, 21-13, thus, preventing an all-Malaysian semi-finals.
In the other semi-final, Lin Dan, whom Chong Wei beat in last year's final to win the prestigious crown for a second time, will face Kenichi Tago of Japan, the player Chong Wei beat in the 2010 final.
Tago stunned Chen Long 22-24, 21-12, 21-14, but will face a much harder contest against Lin Dan.
In the men's doubles competition, the top three seeds marched into the semi-finals and were joined by eighth seeded Japanese duo Hirokatsu Hashimoto-Noriyasu Hirata, who ousted Fang Chieh Min-Lee Sheng Mu 21-15, 17-21, 21-12.
They will now play top seeds Cai Yun-Fu Haifeng, who crushed Indonesia's Mohammad Ahsan-Bona Septano 21-19, 21-8 in 31 minutes.
Second seed Jung Jae Sung-Lee Yong Dae and defending champions Mathias Boe-Carsten Mogensen (above), will meet in the second semi-final.
South Koreans Jae Sung-Yong Dae booked their ticket to the final four when they got revenge for their loss in Sunday's German Open final by beating China's Hong Wei-Shen Ye 21-15, 21-15.
The third seeded Danes were given a slight scare before overcoming fifth seeds Chai Biao-Guo Zhendong 21-12, 21-19.
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text: Jo, Wayne is not there any more.he got old and retired :) Zoran Vujasinovic Twin Works Factory 775-786-4881 www.twfracing.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jo Rhett" <jorhett at fastlizardracing.com> To: "Suzuki SV650 Mailing List" <sv650 at micapeak.com> Cc: <wmontoya at znet.com> Sent: Monday, March 17, 2008 11:28 AM Subject: Re: Torque values GSXR > On Mar 16, 2008, at 2:38 PM, wmontoya at znet.com wrote: >> blame who you want for the reasons you want, but it's plainly >> FOS for any >> of you who knew there was a legal issue w/ a particular class & mod >> and who >> didn't act when the time was right (e.g. when '08 rule changes or 650P >> class rules were being solicited and finalized). > > Wayne, I would to point out something -- nobody understood the rule > properly. Why do I say this? Because as you know I was at every > rules meeting except the first this last year. I brought up the > issue of fork mods several times, and was told that anything which > didn't change the fork tubes are allowed. I also talked the issue > over with Tech, and confirmed with them that anything which didn't > change the fork tubes was acceptable. > > Then I went out and spent $5k purchasing a proddy-legal bike. One > which had suspension changes, but retained the stock fork tubes. > Which I can't run. Because *NOBODY KNEW* that this bike was illegal. > > So yes, I agree with most of your statements. The rules were written > clearly, but nobody understood the significance of them. I read them > carefully and missed that. So did Kevin, our president. So did Ed > Shaimas, chief tech inspector. And for evidence we can look at... > what, 70-something production class bikes on the grid today that > violate this rule? > > In short, what we have is a massive misunderstanding of the rule as > written. This rule has never been enforced (confirmed by Tech). So > the real-life, honest effect of this ruling is a rule change, first > published with less than 9 days before the first race. > > I don't have either the time or money to purchase stock fork tubes > and upgrade the springs inside them to field this bike within 9 > days. It's just not possible. And it's not fair for you to sit on > the sidelines and point fingers and blame all of us for not reading > the rulebook more carefully than the sitting board. > > -- > Jo Rhett / velociRaptor Racing > #553 WERA / AFM > > > > >


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Another snowshoe race, felt like carp, still I managed to qualify for the US Snowshoe Assoc National Championships (I'll accept donations). That and about 6 hours of driving took up most of my Saturday.
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Another snowshoe race, felt like carp, still I managed to qualify for the US Snowshoe Assoc National Championships (I'll accept donations). That and about 6 hours of driving took up most of my Saturday.
Sorry MSP but I won't be making a trip to Vermont this year, I'm going to Boston to see the Brewers play in April and while I could spring for another trip East I don't think doing two in a month is the best idea.
Oddly enough what you said you'd like to do is exactly the type of plan that I had for myself. As far as never being on snowshoes in short you don't go as fast as you would running but you're working just as hard. I haven't totally figured out the effort to speed thing. Also, if you look for my name in the list of athletes who have qualified I'm not listed under Jim Jam Bonds. :devilish:
I think I figured out your name a while back from some other race you did, so I was able to find your name on the qualifier list.
Snowshoeing is fun, its tough, a good workout, but a good way to be able to get out there so to speak. Since you live in snow country I recommend giving it a whirl (if possible).
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- Slept in.
- Ran sprinklers.
- Did crossword.
- Washed few loads of laundry.
- Realized USA/Russia hockey was on live; only saw 3rd period, OT, & SO.
- Walked down to get a haircut.
- Graded my stuff throughout the day.
- Planned coming week's lessons.
- Drove out to get potting soil, replacement mailbox numbers, maps.
- Watched various TV programming.
- Made meatloaf, potatoes, peas as dinner.
- Read some of an interesting author's so-far-uninteresting historical book.
For the 3rd Saturday in a row I was in a snowshoe race (a 5k in Milwaukee), when the gun went off I was instantly in second which is where I was for the entire race.
After that I went to REI then hit up Boston Market and then a AWESOME local place for ice cream.
First part of the day: quite effective and efficient (watched the USA/Finland hockey game early, laundry, recycling [approaching $200 on the school year], visited a local museum [I'd never been to in all my years living in this area] with a Comics & Pop Art exhibit, graded a fair amount). Latter part of the day: not much, aside from making dinner, then TV and the couch.
Worked out, went to a historical trade fair, then a outlet mall (both duds), hit up some good pizza on the way home then the usual...interwebs, laundry, reading.


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John Lennon's sons are speaking again
Half brothers Julian and Sean Lennon have begun speaking to each other again.
Their reconciliation follows Julian's eight-year feud with Sean and Sean's mother, Yoko Ono, the widow of the men's father, Beatle John Lennon, the New York Post reported in Sunday's editions.
The rift stemmed from comments Julian made about Yoko Ono, he told the Post. Julian's mother is John's first wife, Cynthia.
"I thought it time to make big changes in my own life," Julian, 44, told the Post in what the paper said was his first interview since 1999. "Part of that has been to get Sean back into my life, because I love him so much."
After contacting Sean's tour manager this year, Julian surprised his half brother backstage after a show in Prague. "We just hugged and held each other," Julian recalled.
Julian joined Sean, 31, on the tour bus, sleeping on the floor and travelling through Croatia and Slovenia, he said.
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By GARTH PEARCE Post Correspondent
June 24, 2007 -- PARIS - Julian Lennon has finally given peace a chance after an eight-year feud with half-brother Sean (far left) and Yoko Ono, the widow of his Beatle father, John.
This comes as Yoko revealed recently that she considered an abortion to be rid of Sean, now 31, "because maybe John didn't want it."
Julian, 44, can appreciate the problem.
He and his mother, Cynthia, John's first wife, were kept secret when the Beatles were first topping the charts in the early 1960s.
"Dad had his own way of doing things and his own beliefs," he says.
In his first interview since 1999, Julian confessed, "I thought it time to make big changes in my own life. Part of that has been to get Sean back in to my life, because I love him so much."
He secretly turned up on Sean's tour of East Europe earlier this year.
"I got in touch with Sean's tour manager without him knowing, and was sitting backstage when he came off a gig in Prague. He . . . said, 'Jesus, you look just like my brother.'
"I said, 'I am your brother.' He looked really closely at me, and it scared the s - - t out of him. We just hugged and held each other.
"We had been out of touch because of comments I had made about his mother. So he said: 'How long are you staying?' I told him: 'I am coming on the tour bus with you.' So I slept on the floor . . . as we traveled through Croatia and Slovenia."


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NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- The recent deals for Dell(DELL) , Heinz(HNZ) , American Airlines (AMRPQ) and Virgin Media (VMED) may indicate to some a return of the mega-deal, after years of post-crisis C-Suite caution.
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I personally do not see why so many people are "up in arms".. or scared to have movie charaters (fictional or otherwise) talk about Jesus.. it's baffeling to me...
'Soul Surfer' opens after fights over depicting faith
By Eric Marrapodi, CNN Belief Blog Co-Editor
"Soul Surfer," the feature film based on the true story of surfer Bethany Hamilton being attacked by a shark and her journey back to surfing, opened last weekend in the fourth spot on the box office charts - partly a testament to its appealing family-friendly message and a marketing campaign that heavily targeted religious groups.
But even though Hamilton's and her family's faith play key roles in the film, many audiences would be surprised to learn that the question of how to show the family's religion in the film caused huge debate on set.
"I think to get anything in the film was a battle," said Sarah Hill, who was Hamilton's real-life youth group leader at North Shore Christian Church and who was played by Carrie Underwood in the movie. "Basically, what you're doing is you have all these people who want to make a movie about Bethany and they don't know the Lord and they don't have a personal relationship with Jesus. For what we have in the movie it was such a battle."
In one scene, Hill's character is shown counseling Hamilton as she struggles with living as an amputee. She reads from Jeremiah 29:11 " 'For I know the plans I have for you,' declares the Lord, 'plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.' "
The morning they went to shoot that scene, said Hill, who was on set often, "Twelve producers, me and the director were all sitting at the table and they all are just adamant about the Scripture not being in the movie. And they were saying at least let's not have the reference in it."
"For me it was a hill worth dying on to keep God in the movie," she said.
"Sony (Pictures, the film's producer) was afraid to throw in the word Jesus. They said you can have God but not Jesus. They were worried about that," said Kevin Sorbo, who plays Holt Blanchard, the father of Hamilton's best friend, in "Soul Surfer."
Sorbo said Sony wanted to take out another scene in which Hamilton wakes up the hospital. Her father, played by Dennis Quaid, is shown reading a Bible. He reads to her from Philippians 4:13: "I can do all things through him who gives me strength."
Sorbo said the Hamilton family, which was on set every day, fought to keep that in the movie.
"The studios, you can't really fight them," he said. "Hollywood screams for freedom of speech but only if you agree with them. It's a very two-faced industry."
Rich Peluso, the vice president of AFFIRM Films, a division of Sony Pictures, said the studio made no efforts to whitewash the Hamilton family's faith for the movie. He points out that Jesus is mentioned twice in the film and that the family's faith is central to the plot.
On set, he said, "There were certainly lots of discussions," specifically about the inclusion of Hill's character quoting Jeremiah.
"There were some that voiced the opinion that may have made it sound too faith-focused," Peluso said. "The counter-argument was, 'Well, if her character uses those words and doesn't attribute them to the Bible it seems like she's stealing them.' We came to the agreement the best thing to do was to use the Scripture there."
The biggest question the movie's producers were trying to determine was, "How do we have it come off (in a way) that is authentic to the family's faith and doesn't push it too far so that it appears to the viewer to be forced in?" he said. "We didn't want it to appear we were pushing in faith to appeal to the faith community."
The studio made a big push to attract faith leaders to the project, setting up screenings for pastors and ministry leaders. But it's hard to characterize "Soul Surfer" as a Christian movie.
Like the hit movie "The Blind Side," though, "Soul Surfer's" characters are decidedly Christian. The movie opens with Bethany rushing into a beachside church service because the Sunday morning waves were just too good to pass up.
"It's not that it's a Christian movie, it's an American movie," Peluso said.
In 2003, when a tiger shark in Kauai, Hawaii, attacked the 14-year-old Hamilton, the story gripped the nation. Just three weeks after the attack, Hamilton was back in the water learning how to surf with one arm. A year later, she won a national surfing title.
Battles over how to portray religious themes in movies are becoming more common, as Hollywood becomes more open to addressing faith and marketing movies to religious audiences but worries about alienating nonreligious audiences or viewers from other traditions.
After all the back and forth - and theres always back and forth - its always best to air on the side of authenticity, said Michael Flaherty, the president of Walden Media, which has helped produced the Chronicles of Narnia franchise and other Christian-themes movies.
It actually is not in your commercial interest to secularize something like that, people will reject it, he said of Soul Surfer. People think they are making these decisions to broaden their audience but what they end up doing is narrowing it.
But Flaherty said he thought that Soul Surfer struck the right balance. To see a movie where she wasnt talking about her faith It would have flopped, he said. Its silly to narrow (the familys faith). Its like someone saying, Lets make a movie about Bethany but not talk about surfing.
Today, Hamilton is a professional surfer. In 2010 she was ranked 23rd in the world. "The shy kid has gone on to have a legit pro surf career despite her massive physical impairment," Joel Patterson recently wrote in Surfer Magazine, "and, in the process, she's inspired uncountable people struggling against cruel twists of fate."
Hamilton has long been outspoken about her Christian faith and the positive role it played in her recovery.
"We work with a lot of films, but the Hamiltons have to live with this for the rest of their lives, so that balance was important to us," Peluso said. "I think we threaded the needle after a lot of work."
Sorbo and Hill said the Hamilton family was happy with the film in the end.
"Would we have liked to see more, yes of course," Hill said. "The reality is God is so important to Bethany and her family. We had to meet halfway. (The studio) met us halfway and we were able to meet them halfway."
Sadly, they are making progress. You know the murders in Afghanistan that took place after that idiot in Florida burned a Koran? A Time Magazine editor said that the Koran was directly the word of God, while the bible was just written by man. The left has swallowed this PC propaganda hook, line and sinker!
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This is just one of the most recent examples of marginalizing our Christian faith and values.
For pretty much the same reason that the year in which Mel Gibson released his portrayal of "The Passion of The Christ" during Holy week of that year...no less then THREE Graphic Horror Movies were released at the same time in an attempt to eclipse it.
It wasnt planned in terms of deliberately releasing anti-christian films at the same time, it just happened to happen that way by sheer cooincidence...that is..of course if you believe it WAS cooincidence and not something all together more sinister.
It shouldnt be baffling to you at all. We are at War...We are in hostile country, and the enemy is not afraid to use the heathen as pawns, without their knowledge, to try and get their way. If This Surfer has lots of fans...the last thing Lucifer wants is for those fans to be exposed to Jesus by his story...I doubt that any of those producers were anything more then skeptical that it would sell, or that it would cause offence to someone...but then Demonic Whispers would abound in their heads "are you sure thats markettable?" "Who cares about religion?" "This is not supposed to be a religious film" "dont want to offend all the non Christians who might be watching" Those thoughts invade unprotected and unaware minds that believe they are their own creation. The problem with a great many christians, and its an attitude I see displayed on this forum by those considered most scholarly or Christlike, is their inability to see the ave everyday evil, because in every spiritual matter they are looking for a battle of armageddon type proportions. Whilst Christians remain divided on whether its alright to burn Qurans in protest, or worry about the future invasion of another faith, because they believe thats Evil...they completely miss the director who decides to cut Christ out of a film. They get distracted. They forget how Evil works...Evil is sly, Evil is manipulative, Evil is so close to truth its missleading, Evil is the betrayal by your best friend...its not really the advance of Islam, or the worry of immigration, or how bloody much your evil politicians lie to you. If we could only tackle Evil on the little level, we would then be far more united on a larger level. Every single time, its always the little blessings and the little problems that get missed out...whereas the big and contriversial issues neverend...try looking back over the last four months in this section...and compare the subject matter which gets the silent views...and the subject matter that goes on for thousands of pages...you will find the simple Christian scripture threads practically dead...and those about abortion, or Roman Catholicism, extremely long. You'll find the prayer requests few and far between, you'll see the vast majority of testimonial threads ignored and classed as irrelivent. Even in a place thats quite the church, full of good Christians...we are still showing we have the wrong priorities. So im not suprised that you, and probably a VAST number on this forum, just dont understand why this sorta smallish example is an issue. The war is being fought on a local level. Remember that, your probably hearing voices in your head right now on reading this, "who does he think he is" "shyte stirring as usual" "why dont I reply to him an really embarris him" "this makes me angry" "he's lucky I read such a long post" Ask yourself...why so hostile...why is the first impulse to shut me down...and are you absolutely sure your not taking up demonic suggestions that would like you to ignore the true issues, and blindside you, exactly like they managed to do with the whole Islam thing....or the whole Roman Catholic thing...Thing subjectively, and question EVERY THOUGHT with logic...and its possible to discern what is YOU and what IS NOT
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PRINCESS ANNE, MD-(September 28, 2010)Refueled by a spring trip to the Ocho Rios International Jazz Festival in Jamaica, the University of Maryland Jazz Ensemble prepares for their traditional opener to the fall semester—the Jazz Ensemble Concert.
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