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- In a large skillet, cook sausage over medium heat until no longer pink; drain. Stir in the tomatoes and cream cheese; cook until cheese is melted. Serve warm with crackers. Store leftovers in the refrigerator. Yield: 3 cups.
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S&P Upgrades Family Dollar to Accumulate
Family Dollar (FDO ): Upgrades to 4 STARS (accumulate) from 3 STARS (hold)
Analyst: Karen Sack
The discount retailer's February quarter earnings per share were better than expected, rising 6% to $0.37. Same-store sales rose 8%, and sales of high-margin apparel improved. S&P is raising its fiscal 2002 (Aug.) EPS estimate by $0.03, to $1.25. Family Dollar is on track to open 525 new stores annually over the next few years with more high-traffic urban locations. New systems and better inventory management should boost EPS by 18% in fiscal 2003. S&P sees 20% annual EPS gains in years ahead, with no long-term debt and ample cash flow to fund its $200 million capital expenditures program.
Gemstar-TV Guide (GMST ): Downgrades to 3 STARS (hold) from 4 STARS (accumulate)
Analyst: Howard Choe
The company's outlook for the first quarter is weak, and the president and co-COO Boylan resigned. Gemstar's fourth-quarter results were modestly better than expected, with sales down 4% and EBITDA up 18%. However, the company is not providing 2002 guidance and the first quarter outlook for its technology and interactive segments are weaker than previously expected. Growth of these segments is the key to the company's future growth. S&P views the departure of Boylan as a major blow, since he was the key negotiator for program deals. Still, positive news for Gemstar may emerge on Thursday, as the results of the International Trade Commission patent trial are due. Since acquiring TV Guide in 2000, Gemstar has been working to patent its interactive program guide and other products.
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Analyst: Ephraim Eisenstein
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Analyst: Howard Choe
The diversified company stated at an investor conference Tuesday that it expects to exceed the higher end of first-quarter EPS guidance range ($0.50 to $0.53) versus S&P's $0.51 estimate. Higher than expected sales are due to an especially strong demand in home and hardware, and spirits and wine businesses. S&P is raising the 2002 estimate to $3.02 from $2.97. Fortune is is well positioned for an economic recovery with home and golf businesses. Coupled with a strong balance sheet and free cash flow growth, Fortune is a rock-solid investment opportunity. The stock is still very appealing, with shares trading at 16 times S&P's 2002 EPS estimate.
Brooks Automation (BRKS ): Upgrades to 5 STARS (buy) from 3 STARS (hold)
Analyst: Robert Tortoriello
The semiconductor factory automation hardware and software maker stands to benefit from an upcoming move to next-generation 300mm (12-inch) wafer fabs. With the acquisition of PRI Automation, which is expected to close this month, Brooks will provide end-to-end automation solutions. S&P expects that 300mm wafer fabs will be fully automated, as larger wafers are heavier and more expensive and the yield is more critical. At 3.1 times sales and 2.3 times the book value, Brooks is attractive relative to historical valuations and the rest of the group.
Charles Schwab (SCH ): Downgrades to 2 STARS (avoid) from 3 STARS (hold)
Analyst: Robert McMillan
Shares are trading at about 32 times S&P's 2002 $0.45 per share earnings estimate, significantly higher than the multiples accorded to larger rivals with more diverse businesses. Although S&P expects that the company's trading and mutual fund business will eventually benefit as the markets rebound, S&P thinks the shares are likely to underperform the market given their high valuation and concerns about the sustainability of any increase in trading activity.


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Rita Ballou joins Radio Texas, LIVE! each week to keep us up to date on all the happenings in the Texas and Red Dirt Music scene. This week we talked about a couple Texas ladies up for an ACM, Ray Wylie Hubbard's and Eli Young Band's late night television appearances plus she even worked in J WOWW and Snooki, some how. Here's All the Dirt in Red Dirt.
Texas Ladies at the ACM's.
The ladies of Texas are well represented at the ACM's this year. Lone Star State natives Kacey Musgraves and Sunny Sweeney are up for top New Female Vocalist of the Year honors at the Academy of Country Music Awards. Fan voting for the award begins January 21st at GAC.com. So be sure to go online and vote, good luck ladies!
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Eli Young Band was on Fallon, and I know doing a national late night television show is quite the big deal, but I would have been so damn giddy getting to meet JWOW and Snooki! In my mind they smell like pickles, Valtrex, self tanner and silicon.
Ray Wylie Hubbard's Late Show Appearance.
While I was doing "SlumBallou" interviews at Steamboat last week, Ray Wylie Hubbard was busy doing Letterman. No biggie! Ray even called into the "Slumballou" Party after his performance and we chatted about Biff, the food in the green room and about his rock star entourage.
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The Journey to Pre-K Starts with Festivals and Parades
At the Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival in Flushing earlier this month, there were dragon kites, dragon flags, and dragon dancers. And there was also George Zhuo, an outreach worker with the New York City Department of Education, trying to get parents of 4-year-olds to sign up for pre-kindergarten.
Mayor Bill de Blasio has promised to provide pre-k for 53,000 4-year-olds this fall, more than twice last year's number. Two weeks before school, many new pre-k programs still have openings. Thirty-five outreach workers are working six days a week to fill those spots.
"How old is your little one?" Zhuo asked, approaching a man with a child.
"Almost 4," the man said.
That's just the age Zhuo was hoping to find. He got a phone number and promised to call on Monday to tell the father about pre-k openings in his neighborhood.
Zhuo approached parents at the festival speaking Mandarin or Cantonese. Many asked if the Department of Education web site is in Chinese (it is), and if the schools have teachers who speak Chinese (sometimes yes).
Zhuo asked a woman with a stroller her son's age. Yan Fei Li said the boy is only 2, but she hopes in a few years he'll learn English in pre-k.
"When they stay home, they speak only Chinese, and then when they go to school and they speak English," she said.
The Department of Education has sent outreach workers to the Mermaid Parade in Brooklyn and to march with de Blasio in the Fourth of July parade on Staten Island.
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Kodak has unveiled two new camera products for 2012, adding a model to both its EasyShare and PlayFull lineups. While certainly not the "reboot" the company might need to get it back on track financially, both products bring some minor additions to an already popular lineup.
For the digital camera line, the EasyShare Wireless is a Wi-Fi-equipped ultracompact capable of transmitting captured stills and videos to a nearby computer or wireless printer, without plugging in a cable or swapping out memory cards. iPhone tethering is also possible, which will allow remote data transfer from almost anywhere. Essential specs include a 16-megapixel sensor, 5x optical zoom, ISO sensitivity up to 1600, and a full suite of in-camera picture effects and scene modes. A three-inch capacitive touchscreen display will dominate the rear panel. And although this might make some users nervous, Kodak claims the interface has been overhauled for intuitive touch control.
Kodak is also making an addition to its PlayFull lineup of compact video cameras, with a new model called the PlayFull Dual Camera. This iteration will be aimed squarely at one of the series' most common criticisms: sub-par still photography. The PlayFull lineup is known for convenient video capture, but has always lagged behind when it comes to shooting regular photographs. Kodak hopes that its 1080/60p video will be well paired with the addition of 12-megapixel still photography.
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Word of the Day, February 7, 2014
" I want to sing a song for You, Lord. Lord, for You I want to sing a song. And I want to lift my voice to Heaven. And listen to the angels sing along. A song of Your faithfulness. A song of Your grace."
Psalms 1:1-6
1 Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.
4 The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.
5 Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
6 For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.
A word that comes to mind as a main theme of the book of Psalms is blessed and another one is praise. (another Word of the Day) It serves as a promise to man, a certain kind of man. A man that is blessed or a happy is the righteous man. A blessed or happy man avoids evil, bad deeds, and bad attitudes. He delights in the word of God, therefore God causes him to prosper. The opposite is true of the ungodly man, he is like chaff blowing in the wind.
Have you ever noticed a tree next to a river, it is alive with green leaves, fruit if it is a fruit bearing tree. Christ is the river to us, if we plant ourselves in Christ we shall prosper.
These verses are showing us the contrast between a Godly life and a ungodly life. There is to be a difference between believers and non-believers, night and day. Saints and sinners. A true separation.
Ultimately, the fall of the wicked will cause separation, and their evil ways will be known. For the LORD will know our ways and the saints will be known and the end of the wicked will be completed. Parish is the word chosen by the writer here. Do we want to be the tree that is full of fruits and alive for Christ or a piece of chaff blowing in the wind.
Have a blessed weekend. Get to a Bible preaching church and Shake, Shake, Shake, a brand new look on you because of Christ, so Shake like you been changed. Take someone to church with you this Sunday and give God all the glory.
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Hello Fellow Focus Owners!
I ordered my 2013 Focus TI (Ruby Red, Auto, MFT - basically loaded except park assist) and I have been told that it will be ready for pick up this Friday. I want to prepare a "to do" list for myself of things I should do before signing receipt of the vehicle. After creeping the forums since my purchase I know well enough to take the car for a test drive first to check for any trasmission noise but I figured I would use one of my life lines and "ask the audience" for their help so I don't miss anything. Let me know what I should have on my list.
Thanks in advance for all the advice/input provided!
Congrats! Here's a quick run down of some important stuff:
-Test drive, as you said
-Check panel alignment (If a hatchback, take special note of the hatch and tail lights)
-Try all buttons/toys (especially MFT)
-Check it in the sun - Look for light/dark spots in the paint, swirls and scratches, rock chips too
-In short, check everything to be in perfect working order and in new, mint condition.
I probably should have included in my post that it is a hatch and not a sedan!
BEFORE you sign they will bend over backwards to do whatever it takes to get you to sign.
AFTER you sign, you are on your own, aside from the warranty.
You need to inspect every inch of the car. The paint.. Is it free of 'orangepeel? is it evenly painted. (Some of the blue candy was poorly/unevenly painted, Check for scratches. tiny dents. check it in bright lighting. If the have it outside in the dark, or covered in snow. make them move in inside! At least into a brightly lit area.
Check hood, doors, hatch/trunk movement. are the seams OK, any wide or bits hitting on doors, hood, trunk/hatch?
Look at the wheels, any dings scratchs? Check the glass for scratches. The roof. If you have a moonroof open and close it. Check the seats, do the move OK? the steering wheel, move it around up down in out. move the electrical mirrors. try the parking brake.
Look at the interior seat fabric or leather, for marks, cuts, bad seams.
When you test drive it before you sign!! (they may say you have to sign first. no way. you get a test drive BEFORE you accept it. Check how the tranny behaves. Check the parking brake by leaving it on and trying to move (gently! just see if the car sort of bunches up.. do not drag the rear wheels!)
Check how the steering feels, the gizmos. scroll through the left steeringwheel screen. (in between speedo) Scroll through the right steering wheel screens (middle of dash screen) try various buttons in middle dash.
Make the salesman connect your phone to the system for you !!!
ANd show you how ,and make them show YOU so you know how to do it yourself.
When you are on the 25 mile test drive.. yeah make it more than a few blocks. This is $25,000 you are spending.!!
Check the handling and more than anything check the transmission behavior. See if it makes you happy.
If no problems then sign.
If problems you HAVE to get them IN WRITING to say how they are going to fix whatever, and the manager or service manager has to sign it, not the salesman.
Then.. after all that, sign.
If there is clear physical damage. walk out.
If they do not want to allow you a pre sign test drive walk out.
If the ywill not bring the car to a brightly lit area, walk.
Tell them you will come back when you CAN see the car and make the inspection and test drive.
Hope it never turns bad.. and you get a great car.
Great advice all the above.
I just picked up a 2013 SE, and my salesman did exactly all that, he took my wife through the car with a fine tooth comb, every button, every seat knob, front to back. By the time we left I can't think of almost anything that hadn't been tested and verified working. He even synced the iPhone :)
I got my '13 Titanium hatch the saturday before Christmas. It was the 4th car I bought from the dealer, so they treated me great.
Congrats on your new ride.
Here's a check list I compiled when I picked up my Escape, maybe not complete, but it helped me:
New Car Check List
Fit of leather/cloth on seats
Seat stitching
Power seat functions/memory
Rear seat fold flat function
Read headrest function
Steering wheel stitching
Shift knob stitching
Gaps where interior pieces meet
Dash fit/finish
rear cargo area
Carpet fitted properly
Check under seats
Check under seat air vents
Check spare & jack
Perimeter alarm
Ambient lighting/interior lighting
Passive key function
Remote start function
Rear tailgate function
Windows, one touch up/down
Speaker vibration
Side-view mirrors, function/memory
Heat/air-conditioner fan motor settings
Surfaces are clean
inside doors and hatch
under hood
Doors, hood and panel gaps
Headlight and tail-light gaps
Hatch and door alignment and hang
Exterior plastic/chrome trim fit/gaps/finish
Body lines match up
Engine Compartment:
Oil level
Coolant level
Loose or missing clips
Loose screws
Under Car:
Check wheel wells
Check tires and wheels
Check under body air dams
Be sure to post lots of pictures when you bring your Focus home!
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The Seattle Department of Transportation is working to make streets in North Beacon Hill safer and more comfortable for everyone. As part of that effort, SDOT is planning to construct pedestrian transportation safety improvements in 2014 and 2015 along 23rd Avenue S from S Waite to S College streets, as well as along two block of S College and up at S Walker Street.
Many of these improvements were recommended in community plans including the Southeast Transportation Study (SETS). Most importantly, these types of pedestrian facilities improve safety for all roadway users. Projects include:
One final component is a new open space for the community to enjoy, on the east side of 23rd Avenue S, at, and just north of, S Bayview Street. The space may have landscaping, grass and native flowers, etc., based on what the surrounding community envisions.
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TADA! YOUTH THEATER presents, in conjunction with the now-playing world premiere musical UP TO YOU, IT'S UP TO YOU, a open forum event on Sunday, May 6, 2012 at 11am to discuss bullying through leadership, moderated by Miss New York Kaitlin Monte and featuring a special opening number from BROADWAY SINGS FOR PRIDE (http://bwaypride.org). The event is free, and parents and kids are especially encouraged to attend. Miss New York Kaitlin Monte has spent the year engaging discussion in schools and working with State Senator Klein to create legislative reform. Reservations can be made at www.tadatheater.com.
BROADWAY SINGS FOR PRIDE cast members slated to sing in the opening number will include:
Ken Alston Jr. (Off Broadway's Three Mo' Tenors), JR Bruno (West Side Story, The Book of Mormon National Tour), Michael Cusumano (Chicago), Lauren Elder (Hair Revival), John Edwards (Jersey Boys), Russell Fischer (Jersey Boys), Andrea Frierson (Lion King, Once on This Island), Calvin Grant (Rent), Tony Gonzalez (Mamma Mia), Cody Scott Lancaster (Rock of Ages), Rebecca Larkin (South Pacific, Avenue Q), Michele Mais (Rock of Ages), Anthony Lee Medina (Spring Awakening National Tour, The Capeman at The Public), Michael Munoz (Off Broadway's Naked Boys Singing), Fred Ross (Jesus Christ Superstar National Tour), Arbender J. Robinson (The Book of Mormon, The Lion King), Saycon Sengbloh (The Color Purple, Wicked, Fela!), LaQuet Sharnell (Lysistrata Jones), Allison Siko (Kathleen Stabler on NBC's Law & Order: Special Victims Unit), Courter Simmons (Jersey Boys), MJ Rodriguez (Off Broadway's Rent Revival, Showtime's Nurse Jackie), Amy Lynn Zanetto (Radio City Christmas Spectacular-NY, Grease National Tour). Broadway vocal coach Michael Lavine will serve as musical director. This portion is being produced by NealB.tv (www.NeaB.tv).
Shortly following the forum will be 2pm performance of TADA! Youth Theater's World Premiere of UP TO YOU, with book and music by Eric Rockwell, lyrics by JoAnne Bogart and directed by Janine Nina Trevens. Like all TADA! musicals, UP TO YOU is a professionally produced off-Broadway musical performed for kids, by kids; and dealing with topics relevant to kids and their experiences. UP TO YOU takes place in 1977 during elections for the student council at Hamilton High. It examines several relevant issues facing young people today including – peer acceptance, verbal bullying, stereotyping based on activities you take part in, and wanting to be popular. Through the course of the musical the narrator, Eric, is bullied because of rumors about his sexuality and because he won't go along with the "in" crowd. The story, loosely based on some of Mr. Rockwell's own high school experiences, emphasizes the idea that each individual can make a difference for themselves and the community at large in a fun, entertaining, age-appropriate and approachable way.


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"My overall impression of the entries was very positive, they reminded me of how a good illustration can be boundless, the only limit is the imagination of the illustrator," said juror Hollis A. King.
"The editorial section had the most interesting pieces, but it could just be that's the world I live in," said juror Joe Kimberling. "Sadly, we're seeing less and less illustration being used in editorial."
When asked what they saw, juror Judi Oyama replied, "Back to its roots, hands-on drawing and painting with pencil, pen and a paint brush. Slower, more personal interpretations of imagery."
"More and more illustrators are merging hand and computer skills," King said. "In the successful amalgamations, you do not think about the tools. In the unsuccessful ones, all you think about is the computer."
Many jurors expressed disappointment that some of their favorite illustrators did not enter. "I hope it was because they were either too busy or just forgot and not that they think the Annual is irrelevant," said juror Mike Benny. "It is important to enter because the Annual is a calling card to the illustration buyers and it demonstrates the type of quality work that can be done if commissioned."
"Don't try to do art just to please some art director. I think you might be surprised at what we like." —Judi Oyama
What other profit centers could illustrators explore besides commissioned work? "Illustrators should look into creating and pitching their own ideas to companies, like photographers are doing now," King said. "Make limited-edition, quality prints and sell them at an attractive price point. Create illustrated movies on the computer using motion graphics. The future is wide open. It's exciting."
This year's jurying began on Sunday morning, April 2nd. We worked in two large conference halls, each equipped with projectors for slide and digital entries and six rows of tables for tear sheets and proofs.
The jurors worked in two groups of three with Jean Coyne acting as the sixth judge during the screening. All categories had been divided so each team screened half of the entries submitted. The judges alternated between viewing a carousel of slides or projected digital files and then a set-up of print entries. Any juror could place an illustration in the finals by handing a printed piece to a member of the CA crew. Slides and digital files were screened by checking the "in" or "out" column on prepared scoring sheets.
"It is important to enter because the Annual is a calling card to the illustration buyers and it demonstrates the type of quality work that can be done if commissioned." —Mike Benny
The final voting took place on Monday with all five jurors working together. Print entries were again spread out on the tables. Two paper cups, one white for "in," the other red for "out," with slots cut in the bottom, were placed upside down to the right of the pieces. The jurors voted by putting a different colored tile into the bottom of the appropriate cup. The different colored tiles allowed us to make sure that every entry was voted on by every judge. Finalists submitted on slides or as digital files were again voted on by each juror checking "in" or "out" on scoring sheets. A simple majority was required for acceptance.
Judges were not permitted to vote on projects they were directly involved in. When a judge's piece was in the finals, either Jean or I would cast the fifth vote.
I would like to thank each of the judges for their conscientious efforts in selecting our 47th Annual Exhibition. —Patrick Coyne ca
Mike Benny is an illustrator working in Austin, Texas. A graduate of Chico State University with a Graphic Design degree, he worked for three years as a designer before moving to illustrating full-time. His work has appeared in Playboy, Time, Sports Illustrated, GQ, New Yorker and Texas Monthly magazines. Among his clients are: Arena Stage, Major League Baseball and the NFL. He has received two Gold and two Silver medals from the Society of Illustrators and his work has also been in American Illustration and Society of Publication design Annuals. Focusing more on children's books, Benny has just completed his second book, Oh Brother, written by Nikki Grimes for Greenwillow Books. Benny is also working on a long-term project of illustrating Hall of Fame Ballplayers from the first half of the 1900s with plans to turn it into a book.
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Tor/Forge/Starscape Books
Irene Gallo graduated from The Cooper Union in 1992. In 1994 she became the art director at Tor/Forge/Starscape Books. Gallo is an advocate of original illustration. She serves on the executive board of directors at the Society of Illustrators and the advisory board of Spectrum: The Best in Fantastic Art. Gallo was instrumental in putting together the Spectrum Exhibition at the Museum of American Illustration at the Society of Illustrators in 2004. Tor book covers have won medals from Spectrum, the Society of Illustrators in New York, the Society of Illustrators Los Angeles, the Association of Fantasy and Science Fiction Artists, and have been shown in Communication Arts and Graphis. Gallo is a four-time recipient of the Chesley Award for best art director.
vice president and creative director
Verve Music Group
Hollis A. King is vice president and creative director at the Verve Music Group, the largest jazz record label in the world. He is responsible for art direction of all CD packaging, logos, advertising, point-of-purchase and signage. King moved from his native Trinidad and Tobago to New York where he studied advertising and design at New York City Community College. He later transferred to the School of Visual Arts where he studied with Milton Glaser, his greatest influence and inspiration. King worked at several design studios before entering the music industry in 1994 as a graphic designer at GRP records, becoming creative director in 1997. Two years later, he joined the Verve Music Group in the position he holds now. King has received numerous achievement awards and citations from Communication Arts, How, Print, AIGA and the Society of Illustrators, as well as Grammy nominations in 1995, 1999, 2000 and 2005.
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Los Angeles magazine
Joe Kimberling is currently the art director at Los Angeles magazine. Prior to that, he worked as an editorial design consultant at Roger Black, Inc. He was also the managing art director of Entertainment Weekly, where he worked from 1991 to 2000. Joe received his master's degree in marketing communications from Northwestern University in 1990 and received his bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Kansas in 1998. He has received numerous design awards from the Society of Publication Designers (SPD), the Type Director's Club, Print and the City and Regional Magazine Association (CRMA), who named him "Designer of the Year" in 2003 and 2004. Kimberling grew up in Omaha, Nebraska, and he's the proud parent of a four-year-old pointer named Boo.
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Judi Oyama has been the art director at Giro for the past six years, working on all bike and snow printed materials which include catalogs, packaging, point-of-purchase and tradeshow graphics. Oyama loves working on all the Lance Armstrong Lone Star Series projects and continues to work on his LiveStrong/Giro collaborations. Oyama graduated from San Jose State University with a BS in Graphic Design, with an Illustration concentration. She founded her small design company Maximum Impact Design in 1987, a unique action-sports graphics powerhouse that has designed graphics for surf, snow and skateboard brands world-wide for over twenty years and still works on select projects depending upon fun factor and time frame. She is a professional slalom skateboard racer, has been skateboarding for over 33 years and is currently ranked fourth in the world.


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"When our grand-children come over, usually with friends, they often request this easy snack. It's speedy to put together and can be used as a light meal too." —Ruth Peterson, Jenison, Michigan
Recommended: 66 Recipes for Super Bowl Snacks
- 2-1/2 cups cubed cooked chicken breast
- 1 can (16 ounces) refried beans
- 1 cup salsa
- 3/4 cup chopped onion
- 2 cups (8 ounces) shredded cheddar or Colby-Monterey Jack cheese
- Tortilla chips
- In a large saucepan, combine the chicken, beans, salsa and onion; heat through. Transfer to a serving bowl; sprinkle with cheese. Serve with chips. Yield: 4 cups.
Originally published as Chicken Nacho Dip in Taste of Home August/September 2008, p62
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"Used a can of chicken breast and shredded it. Combined all the ingredients and actually used it as filling for burritos. Everyone like it!"
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"I adjusted this recipe by using medium salsa and a few dashs of hot sauce..fantastic"
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"It's a very good dip. The only thing we changed was to add more salsa and a 4 oz can of diced green chilies. I also served with a large dollop of sour cream on top."


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John Madden
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For the retired ice hockey player, see John Madden (ice hockey).
John Madden was the coach of the Oakland Raiders for 10 years.[1] He never had a losing season. As head coach his teams won seven division titles and one Super Bowl.[1] He has used his commentary on many football games, including video football games. He is also known for his award-winning play, "The Bootleg." Madden has been inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.[2]
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "John Madden: More than a game". ESPN. http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/page/greatestcoach12/greatest-coaches-nfl-history-john-madden. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
- ↑ "John Madden". Pro Football Hall of Fame. http://www.profootballhof.com/players/john-madden/. Retrieved 19 February 2016.


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Just found this site and I have a question. My 2003 Silverado has developed a drain on the battery. I really have no idea why other that a couple weeks ago I had to replace the passenger side mirror which is power with the turn signal but not heated.
Could the new mirror be the culprit?
It's not blowing fuses but it is draining the battery. Any Ideas?
It kills the battery in in 24-36 hours depends on how well charged it is.
It also has power seats and heated seats.


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Took a walk along Fish River Tuesday. Came across this and thought of Chad and Patti. All these sixes make me jittery whenever I'm in the south. But the Mardi Gras bows, now those cheer me. What can I say? It's so classic Alabama I simply had to share it with you. Brambles, vines and [Read More…]
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I'm going to be in the following cities soon. I'll be swinging by other cities enroute, so I've specifically built in some visiting time that includes stops in Tennessee. Would you be in prayer as I prepare for these engagements?And if you are in the neighborhood, please join us: – Books Alive, Panama City Florida. [Read More…]
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Christ United Methodist Church Womens Conference, Feb. 12, 2011. Creative people thrill me. So imagine my delight when the ladies at Christ United Methodist Church in Mobile sent me the above logo for an upcoming conference. I was so tickled at their adaptation of the topic I provided them that I wrote and asked [Read More…]


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Lime Green 1M Coupe - Love it or Hate it?
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Hate it.
Well, I don't actually hate it, since it's not like it's offending me to look at, but I just don't think it looks good.
-Anybody can respray a car in a crazy color, so I can't really give it much admiration just for that. It might be a different story in the rest of the US, but cars repainted in bright and flashy colors is very common in some parts of Oakland. Also, while the color is crazy, the overall shape of the car is not, and because of this, not very fitting. The car still has the relatively tall and bubbly greenhouse of a standard 1 series, and the overall very mundane, car-like shape. Contrast this to a lamborghini murcielago, with it's incredibly low roofline and wedge like shape, and then you have a crazy car with a matching crazy paint job.
-The contrasting black wheels and roof look pretty good with the lighter color.
-The tow hook arrow looks stupid on what is obviously a street/show car, and far from a professional level track car.
-Not a fan of the rear lip spoiler though, as to me, the design is very Mercedes-Benz styling.
-Love the pictures done in the room with the skylights and the large barrel.
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'Tropp was also selected in the third round (89th overall) by the Buffalo Sabres. Tropp was the leading scorer for the Herd last season, posting 62 points (26g, 36a) in 54 games. He also led the Herd in playoff scoring with 13 points (4g, 9a) in eight games while leading the Stampede to their first ever Clark Cup Championship. He will attend Michigan State University this fall.'
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NYPD Forced to Apologize Publicly to Rape Victim for Downgrading Her Attack
Last week, the Voice revealed that a cop had audiotaped his superior officers during roll calls at the 81st Precinct in Brooklyn for more than a year.
Those tapes show vividly that NYPD street cops are told by superiors to "downgrade" crime reports whenever possible, such as convincing a victim to file a "stolen property" complaint even after being physically assaulted in a robbery.
Now, the Voice has learned that the NYPD downgraded a felony sexual assault in a park in upper Manhattan earlier this year to a misdemeanor.
The incident was only reclassified and upgraded to a felony after the victim, journalist Debbie Nathan, protested and the Manhattan District Attorney took the extraordinary step of interviewing the police officers involved and confirming her account. The commander of the 34th Precinct, Deputy Inspector Andrew Capul, was forced to apologize publicly to Nathan in a community hearing. Capul was recently transferred from the precinct.
The Voice contacted the NYPD for comment, but received no response.
Harriet Lessel, the director of the New York City Alliance Against Sexual Assault, an association of a wide variety of groups involved in sexual assault treatment and prevention, says that NYPD downgrading of sexual assaults from felonies to misdemeanors has become a growing problem over the past 18 months.
"We have been hearing that this is something that has been happening more frequently," Lessel says. "We feel that these programs are the canaries in the coal mine and we have brought it to the attention of the Police Commissioner. We are trying to figure out how to do something about it."
In an interview Sunday, Nathan, 59, described the sequence of her attack. She says she was walking in Inwood Park on the northern tip of Manhattan on the evening of February 21. She says she was grabbed by a young man who pushed her off the path and into the woods.
She couldn't free herself of him. Twice, she says, he told her he
wanted to have sex with her. He grabbed her from behind and pinned her
arms at her sides. He began masturbating against her, for a couple of
minutes, had an orgasm, and then fled.
"I was terrified for my safety and my life," Nathan says.
Nathan quickly made her way out of the park to a café and called 911. She knew that her attacker had entered the woods, and there were only a couple of ways out of the park. She figured if the police arrived in time, they would be able to catch him.
Thirty minutes passed, and no police arrived.. She went home, and dialed 911 again. Another 45 minutes elapsed, and the police still hadn't arrived, she says. It took two hours and three 911 calls for the cops to finally reach her apartment.
Six officers went over her complaint. She told them her attacker told her his name was Michael, and he was 17. He was wearing a tan jacket. She told them about being pushed into the woods. She talked about what he said and what he did.
"I stressed that I was at all time overpowered," she says. "The female officer, I thought she was acting weird. She wasn't writing anything down."
The officers interviewed her for two hours. At some point, one of them said they didn't know how to classify the crime, so they called the Special Victims Unit, and spoke to them without Nathan being able to hear what they were saying.
After awhile, the Special Victims unit told the officers that the crime was misdemeanor "forcible touching."
Nathan insisted that it was an attempted rape, a felony. "I argued that the force used against me, the masturbation, and the veritable kidnapping constituted far more than a misdemeanor," Nathan says.
The officers ignored her protests and left.
On February 22, Nathan called the Inwood Safety Patrol, a citizens group which monitors neighborhood safety. That group called the local state assemblyman, Adriano Espaillat, and the 34th Precinct commander to complain.
After that, Nathan's complaint was upgraded to felony attempted rape. At a packed community meeting, the precinct commander apologized to Nathan, and promised an investigation.
"There were some breakdowns," Deputy Inspector Andrew Capul, the precinct commander said at the meeting, blaming miscommunication and inexperienced officers. "It should not have happened. We are conducting a more detailed investigation, and following through on this matter."
Capul on May 2 was transferred to Patrol Boro Manhattan North.
Nathan was in for a second shock when she got her complaint report. "My story had been scrubbed of everything except the fact that the perp grabbed me, pushed me, and mentioned sex," she says. "Almost every detail of the crime was missing from the report."
The officers had left out her being overpowered and pushed into the woods, the duration of the assault, the masturbation. The report, she says, even said she had reported no sexual assault.
"After special victims downgraded my crime to a misdemeanor, an officer from my precinct tweaked my report so it described a misdemeanor," she says. "They had written non-report to conform to a misdemeanor. They were so sloppy, they forgot to rewrite the report to conform to felony."
Nathan says she was told by Assistant District Attorney Lisa Friel, chief of the Manhattan District Attorney's sex crimes unit, that there was no question that the crime she described was a felony.
Friel, Nathan says, interviewed the police officers involved and learned that they admitted to omitting many details from the report. "It is difficult to believe the omissions were accidental," Nathan says.
Nathan says she spoke with rape crisis advocacy groups, which told her that her case is not unique, that it has been happening across the city over the past year-and-a-half.
"The difference here was that I was a well-educated journalist, someone who knew how to get action," she says.
Lessel, the director of the New York City Alliance Against Sexual Assault, tells the Voice that her group met with Police Commissioner Ray Kelly about three weeks ago.
She says the commissioner pledged to look into the issue, and created an internal task force to study the problem."We're seeing it as both a patrol and a special victims problem," she says. "This is something that is going to take time. Things aren't going to change after one meeting. And it's in everyone's best interest to have accurate statistics about rape, even if the numbers go up. How can we do what needs to be done if we're not getting the right information from the start?"


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Luck and the Irish: A Brief History of Change, 1970-2000
Clair Wills writes:
It is the baffling, 'fast-forward' nature of these changes that Roy Foster seeks to capture in this pacey narrative, which brings his 1988 history, Modern Ireland 1600-1972, up to date. Rather than offer a straightforward narrative account, Foster tracks the transformation of contemporary Ireland in a series of essays, originally given as the Wiles Lectures in Belfast in 2004. The format allows him to range beyond a dutiful treatment of politics and the economy to discuss the mass media, the Church, social life and developments in music and literature. In each area Foster's attention is caught by the speed with which the country has put its mind to catching up with – or outstripping – the rest of the West:
'Much as the sheer lack of accumulated industrial encumbrance enabled the Irish economy to leapfrog into the microelectronic age, the sudden embrace of revised moral codes allowed the new Irish laws on homosexuality to become, at a stroke, more liberal than those in Britain. Perhaps because so much of the Irish stereotype (and the tourist brand-image) conjures up an unchanging land where time stands still, the Irish faculty for changing practices or expectations with bewildering rapidity has been underestimated.'


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I began the meditation by thinking about how other people appear to me. They come in all shapes and sizes, and they also come with a very tangible sense of being 'good' or 'bad'. If they are good, then I like them. If they are bad then I don't like them. This quality seems to be very real and associated with them, rather than coming from any other source.
But I know that people can change – sometimes people have entered my life and I have taken an instant dislike to them, only to find later that they have become good friends to me. If my initial assessment was correct, and this dislike was due to a definite quality the person has, then how can it change later? And if we say, 'well, they changed, so I changed my view of them', how do we decide which view is the right one?
It might be reasonable to propose that we alter our view of others, based on how they treat us that day. But what does this mean for us and our experience? When we dislike someone, we are filled with uncomfortable feelings. We dread seeing them. We want to be away from them when we are with them. It ruins our peace of mind. But letting our mind be dictated to by others, we are completely at their mercy. Our mind will change from happy to unhappy constantly, because it is reacting to external appearances, which are also constantly changing.
A better approach will be to view people as equal. How? They are all equal in the sense that how they appear to us is simply a projection of our own mind. This projection is wrong and wavering. Instead of relying on these appearances, we should recognise every person's fundamental nature – they are all suffering beings trapped in the prison of samsara.
I went over the logic of these points for a while before letting the conclusion arise, that I should regard everyone with a warm and friendly feeling regardless of how they appear. I rested on this warm and friendly feeing for the rest of the meditation.
May all living beings develop the realisation of equanimity, and achieve enlightenment for the benefit of all.
Practice in the meditation break.
I am at Manjushri Kadampa Meditation Centre today. I will be surrounded by happy smiling people who are so kind. I could not wish for an easier place to practice equanimity!


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TV Reminder - Rolex Sports Car Challenge race from Daytona International Speedway
Just got this reminder from TMS and wanted to pass it along.
TV Race Reminder: Daytona, Tomorrow at 1PM ET
Don't miss tomorrow's televised Rolex Sports Car Challenge race from Daytona International Speedway, starting at 1:00pm eastern. Still riding high from a fresh win in Ohio, the Turner Motorsport BMW M6 will be looking to make it 2 in a row for BMW. Play the Video The TMS team will try to combine the momentum of the recent victory with their experience from January's "Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona" to make another strong showing. You won't want to miss this racing action, so if you 've got a 4th of July cookout or other holiday weekend plans, be sure to set your DVR or Tivo.
Don't get SPEED TV? Be sure to call your cable or satellite TV provider and have them activate SPEED TV for this race. The Rolex Sports Car series GT class is a fender-to-fender battle between BMW, Mazda, Ford, Porsche, Chevy, and more.
Text Your Vote and Make TMS and BMW #1
Grand Am Racing wants to determine which team is the "Fan Favorite" at at each race. Make Turner Motorsport the most popular team in the Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge by texting "GS96" to "20123". Supporters are encouraged to vote as many times as they want, and there's no extra charges (only standard text messaging rates apply).
About Turner Motorsport
Turner Motorsport is the leading BMW tuner in North America, bringing technology and expertise from the racetrack to the street. Turner Motorsport is not about clever marketing tricks or gimmicks. Racetrack results speak themselves. The Turner Motorsport team has won five professional racing championships in two different series since 2003. This storied success is passed into every component that Turner Motorsport designs and sells through their website catalog. Our race team, R&D engineers and Sales team work together, allowing practical knowledge and state-of-the-art engineering to flow in both directions. Few companies in North America can claim such a close relationship to what they sell and what they race.
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Hi all. My name is Jim Gibson and I'm 49 years old and live in Central Florida near the beginning of the Turnpike.
I have been disabled with spinal arthritis for 22 years but still like to work as much as possible so that I don't completely freeze up.
Usually when I have a project, I get a do-it-yourself book, read it, and have at it. This way of doing things was originally born of necessity (when raising three kids on a fixed income you learn to fix it yourself) and now I just love to fix or build things.
I am presently trying to rennovate a one bedroom frame house that my wife and I moved to a site near us. It is quite a project and it is slow going for me. I really appreciate all the advice I get here and everyone seems genuinely interested in helping each other out.
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It's not often you find a jeweler who cares more about the customers than making the next big sale. Troy Lob, vice president of Liberty Diamonds in Irvine, runs the business with his father and places his focus on maintaining relationships with his customers. He knows the power of referrals and has the ability to make everyone who enters his shop feel comfortable. Whether you're working within a tight budget or have an endless money supply, Liberty Diamonds manages to have that something perfect for everyone's budget. Once you enter this modest jewelry store, tucked away in an office park, you can browse, unhurried. From engagement rings to wedding bands, know that you're getting the highest-quality, GIA-certified diamonds and lasting service. You can even take a peek into the workshop as they cut and shape the diamonds.
Hope you held onto those Donnie Wahlberg posters: Another decade from the past has become all cool and retro, and this time, it's the 1990s (la vida loca?). Eighties nostalgia is so 10 years ago. It seems like everyone has jumped in on the craze. MTV brought back Beavis and Butt-head and—get this—music videos. The Backstreet Boys and New Kids On the Block got back together to perform for swarms of once-tweens (Justin who?). Newt Gingrich has considered a presidential run. Teen witches replaced teen vampires. Christina Applegate is still hot. It's easy, we suppose, to long for the days when the now-legal, pouty Olsen twins chirped adorable one-liners ("You got it, dude!"), and the only terrorists we worried about were dinosaurs destroying theme parks. Yes, we love the '90s! Now, if only we can bring back the Clinton-era economy and Metropolis in Irvine. . . .
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Located in a former auto garage, the Captain's Helm exudes hipster chic, yet it skews more thrift store than vintage store. There's a nice selection of graphic tees and polo shirts, some with interesting graphics such as Reagan's face twisted in all sorts of grotesque contortions accompanied by nasty, lovable captions; these run anywhere from $8 to $12. And don't miss the selection of Captain's Helm T-shirts featuring obligatory line drawings of a crusty rowboat guy. Included in the mix are shoes, boots and jeans, as well as—bizarrely—surfboards. And like any forward-thinking secondhand store, there's also a sizable collection of used vinyl. All of which gives the savvy shopper plenty of reasons to check this spot out.
This place offers nearly all the creature comforts the eco-conscious soul could desire, except for organic produce. Like a subspace passage to Portland, Seed People's Market touts "products with a purpose" and carries countless handmade and recycled items arranged artfully about the shop on whimsical art-installation-like displays. The result resembles a miniature Patchwork Festival operating seven days a week. You'd be hard-pressed to find another establishment in Orange County from which you can walk away with Patagonia outerwear, a package of hand-printed stationery and a pair of decorative bear-eared headbands. Nestled in the heart of the Camp in Costa Mesa, not only does the store offer an array of guilt-free gift-worthy items, but it also has a café and a second-floor crafting studio, with regularly scheduled classes. So if you're feeling particularly productive, you could roll over to Seed, get your birthday shopping done, learn how to repurpose old copper wire into a new birdhouse, grab some coffee and wrap up by chilling out on the patio while shooting the shit next to a campfire.
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Back when this chump was appointed, I knew he was a loon. I didnt have anything to hang my hat on at the time, but there was something about him I could not stand.
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The more time that passes, the more accurate we can see the W presidency without the spin from both sides of punditry. I think it's safe to say W is going to get a solid grade of "D" for his appointments. For conservatives like myself, the only ones that were worth a damn were Alito and Roberts.


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I guess I shouldn't say new program, because I haven't really been following one. I know shame on me, but I am getting more and more sluggish and I know that if I don't get my butt in gear now, it is going to be very very hard for me to lose the baby weight and get back into shape after I have the baby. Plus I really do want to be healthy throughout my pregnancy. I have read that people who stay active during their pregnancies have an easier time with labor and delivery. Obviously, if you are in better shape you will be able to endure labor better.
Please excuse the mess that is our basement right now..
Now that I am in full second trimester mode, I have a lot more energy and I am starting to feel more like myself… a much larger version of myself but myself nonetheless. I have been going on walks with Ella almost every day; but I don't feel like that is enough, considering how active I was before I got pregnant. So I started looking online for a workout plan that I could actually follow. After hitting a dead end on pinterest (the workouts are so lame), I headed straight to bodybuilding.com. I really love the Jamie Eason LiveFit trainer when I was doing it, so I thought maybe there was something out there for me.
I settled on combining a few of my favorite moves from a few different sources… I have only planned my first week of workouts so far, I want to see how I feel after this week to see if I need to increase or decrease the workouts. I am currently using an app on my phone called JEFIT (I have the free version), which has an online component. You can use their premade workouts, or design some of your own. I chose to put one together. *note I am not a personal trainer or doctor of any sort, I have been doing some research and putting together a plan that suits ME*
I will most likely be following this routine for the duration of my pregnancy, I think four days a week seems reasonable. We started going back to the gym last Thursday, but I started this workout routine yesterday. So far so good, I do get some funny looks at the gym, but hey what can you do.
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Running Aground West coast vs East coast
In another thread, Sawingknots said "there are 2 types of sailors,those that have on occasion "run aground" and those that lie...". I have not found that to be true. On the West coast, specifically in Southern California, we have deep water harbors and no rivers. Running aground down here is a major issue. The only person I know who ran aground hit the rocks on the breakwater and had major damage. He was in the fog and missed the opening.
The tidal range in Channel Islands harbor is about 8 feet at maximum. At low low tide, my slip is 10' deep. The main channel is 20' deep. Just outside the breakwater, the bottom drops down to 50' and more. I know that in the Chesapeake, the water is very shallow.
My question is how many of you have run aground? Where was it ? How much damage? What happend to cause the grounding?
Thanks for the info.
I thought the quote was something like "those that have, or those that are waiting to do so"
Reality is, one can run aground on either coast or where ever you may be depending upon your draft. There is one channel up in the san juans, that during a -2.9 tide we had around July 4 last year, puts the channel in at 2.1' in depth, it is 5' with at 0 tide. max is usually about 9' in that area, or 14' max depth at the most. I went in at about the earliest I thought I could last summer, got too much into the middle/east part of the channel at 1-2 knots, I bumped! Fortunetly I was not given toooo much sheet from the other 40 some odd members of the YC up there. They asked about my draft ie 6', they shrugged, then all thanked me for the email saying 0tide is 5' depth, if you come in at the low.....most of them would have grounded out their PB's! Of course I am also on the radio telling another sailboat with 8' draft waiting for the tie to get higher where not to go, as I bumped.......
Otherwise, I'm the same, lowest the marina is is around 8' with a -3.x tide, with a 12.x, I am in the 20+ range. Southern puget sound, ie olympia, they are a big bigger in tide shifts IIRC. I've also run aground in a big shoal south of the marina a couple of times, ground is soft, so nothing major......
Look up artbyjody if you want to read about grounding and some damage........the again, he lost and anchor rode last december during a gale....he is still fixing that repair right now with a hole in the boat!
Here in Long Island sound we have almost everything. Deep water, shallow water, rocks, mud, sand, 6 knots current to 0 knots, no wind to monster wind and everything in between.
So yes I have done my share of underwater gellcoat-barcoding.
Most of the time, especially in channels you just get stuck in mud or sand.
Only once did we bugger the boat, that's what insurance is for.
If you don't pay attention to what you are doing you can run into a rock really easy. There are many of them and while most are well marked it is easy to get complacent and think you know where you are, and end up the wrong side of something and go boom.
I have sailed an Irwin 25 with 3' draft and an Endeavor 32 with 4' draft for several years in the Keys, and have touched bottom with both. Luckily, the three times when I have gottten into too shallow water and hit the bottom it has beeen on the bay side, and the bottom has been soft and sandy. The worst was the day after I had gotten the bottom painted on the Endeavour.....I got outside the channel leaving the yard and ended up burrowing into a sand bar. No realy damage other than expediting the ablation of the bottom paint and significant bruises to my ego. I always paid much more attention to depths on the ocean side of the Keys, because the bottom there is mostly jagged coral and a grounding would likely cause significant damage.
In the last 7-8 years of fairly frequent sailing trips on a progression of boats from 18-29 feet I have gotten my self grounded probably close to a score of times. The 18-foot Buccaneer, the 20-foot Hunter, and then more recently the Seafarer 24 (coming in at around 2 tons) were still all fairly easy to get ungrounded even singlehanding as is often the case with me.
The Seafarer 24 ...well... I got aground pretty well once where I was fortunate to have a experienced sailboat yacht delivery couple help me and my crew of 6-7 teenagers (another story) but we were camping on an island and the boat also became "encamped" on the adjacent grass flat let's just say...
Well anyways, the captain of that sailboat helped us to free our halyard (by jumping aboard and shimmying to the top of the mast and grabbing the halyard end that had migrated there with a bit of help). He then directed several of us to pull on the end of it from a about 40 feet to one side abeam of our boat while some pushed from the sides of the stern and one of us gunned the 9.9 Merc sailpower outboard....we were only about 20-25 feet from a channel by then but we were gassed getting her there by then until that couple came along....
My current boat is an old Columbia 29 of over 4 tons and 4 foot draft and a couple months ago a kind local crabber helped me the last 20 feet back into the channel by towing my main halyard with his little crab boat and popping me over to the channel toward the end of high tide in about 20 minutes or so...I had been stuck for close to a day and a half...my efforts had only succeeded in pointing her back towards the channel by myself by pushing her bow during each high tide (4 am or so but cell phone alarms are amazing useful things)....I had been singlehanding at night and not paying enough attention with the spotlight in a long and narrow stretch of channel in Northern Sarasota bay...
I got stuck alot in the first three boats...but SW Florida's sands are very forgiving and they were all 2-foot draft or less boats and I guess it's tempting to try and get away from SW Florida's "ditches" with all the big powerboats and their wakes when one is in these smaller boats.
However, my Columbia is not a "smaller" boat anymore at close to 5 tons loaded with gear and I must get "my head out of the sand" and be more responsible...I will be doing my best to not get her stuck from now on...I have never called Seatow before that time and as I wasn't a member...the 700 dollars they quoted me was a shock...though kindness is certainly it's own reward...I still owe that Cortez crabman bigtime...and that sailing couple too....they saved the camping trip it could well be argued...
Even here in the 'deep' west coast there are plenty of opportunities to kiss the dirt.. or rock, however it goes.
We're fortunate to have excellent nav aids and for the most part hazards are well marked. Still, uncharted lumps can be found, either the easy way or the hard way.
Our worst case was seeking a decent shore tie spot in Princess Louisa ( the dock was 'full', but have the footage was taken up by tenders, small and large - typical). It was near dusk, high tide and we were poking along at idle 150 feet off the shore (charted as a clean drop-off) showing 20-30 feet of clearance under our six foot draft. Watching the sounder and not seeing less than 20 feet at any point we came to a jarring stop with a terrific bang. Shaken, this ruined an otherwise splendid day (our first visit to this wonder of a place)
We did find a spot, anchored by which time it was dark and all I could do was fret about it. The next morning the culprit was in clear view in the low tide. This had been covered by about 3 feet of water when we struck it from the opposite side the night before (you can see the high tide mark on the rock on shore). We saw at least two other largish nuggets nearby. Likely tumbled from the steep terrain at some point - not recently either...
Anyhow we did suffer some tabbing separation (repaired days later after hauling out in Nanaimo) and some keel fairing was required too, of course. No 'serious' damage beyond that.
Earlier that same season in Barkley Sound we anchored in a small cove and woke to find a rockpile partially blocking the entrance, also uncharted but fortunately missed by us that time.
Nearer Vancouver there are extensive sandbanks that seem to be magnets for boaters looking to take the 'clear path'.. in some areas the shoals extend 5 miles or more offshore. "Spanish Banks', "Sturgeon Banks", "Sandheads".... all appropriate names.
It's all about keeping your head out of the boat, properly using the charts and aids that are available and, once in a while, having to rely a bit of luck...
As to When or If... yes... I was crew on a small race boat, keel in the mud on Spanish banks, three guys leaning on the boom trying to heel her off, a Tanzer 22 sails INSIDE us, one guy asks "how deep is it there".... and promptly came to his own stop.... "About 3 1/2 feet", I replied...:rolleyes:
Blakely Rock seems to get one or two scrapes per race around it ea and every year, someone trying to cut to close, or gets hemmed in........
I ground mine quite regularly. But it's a swing keel and likes the beach. :)
No dinghy or wet shorts for me.
The closest I have come to unintentional grounding so far is at night during the Xmas cruise I bumped the rudder on a submerged log. I knew where it was but not where I was. I didn't drop the keel because we were motoring it didn't occur to me that the rudder drafts quite a bit...I only usually worry about the keel.
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My central display has been having issues as soon as the weather started going over 80-85 degree's outside.. Principally the backlight stops functioning or the display will start blinking until the car cools down. So where I live, I pretty much have issues 6-7 months of the year... no navigation, phone or any other display for 10-15 minutes of every drive.
The warmer it gets the worse the central display gets. (meaning the longer it stays off)
Additionally: The service manager did tell me that the identical vehicle on there lot had the same issues
The only repair the dealer did was replace the CD of all things, which of course did nothing of course)
Service Manager, and service advisor both tell me the behavior is normal ... incredible. Its only my 3rd BMW in this state... (there response literally came from the data returned from BMW)
I contacted BMW Customer relations. The told me after several days, and contacting the dealer, it was OK and normal behavior. Escalation yielded the same results? I can't actually imagine BMW has taken formal steps to tell me they would not service my vehicle...
Has anyone heard of the issue, or know of a solution? The dealer has absolutely no concept how do deal with the issue, and BMW has turned there back on the solution. (literally)
So at this stage, if anyone has any input, it would be appreciated.. (or an attorney that specializes in this may be helpful)... seriously.
It hasn't happened to my 2014 535i GT and it's been over 85 degrees plenty of times since I got it in October.
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Ours is a 2010 and the vehicle has seen plenty of 100+ days last year without this problem arising. Perhaps try another dealer to save yourself some angst (if that is an option).
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2014 - 535 GT Display backlight won't function when hot
It can even get hot here in the Great White North (Canada) and I have not seen this. As Ernset and daders have also not seen this it suggests a local problem in your GT. I suspect that a component in the backlight circuit has become sensitive to heat at the value that you citedncausing the symptoms that you have described.
I can't believe that the CD player was identified as a cause. All it does is send information from a CD for the display to use whether or not the display is working properly. The same applies to the radio, any external device and the nav system There is no direct link to the backlight from those components. I also cannot understand why was no test for the diagnostic computer to use to help determine the cause.
I would replace the backlight first and then the holder in which it is installed (assuming that is possible. If the backlight is integrated into the display module, then that module likely needs replacement. It is not rocket science.
That said, daders' suggestion about going to another dealer for a second opinion is a sound one. We have two dealers here and my dealer is overloaded with work, a certain amount of it from owners who bought from the other dealer.
Good luck and keep is all informed as you progress toward resolution.
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This is making me angrier by the minute. The fact that you have a $60k+ luxury vehicle and the dealer/BMWNA is claiming this is not an issue or is normal is utterly asinine. Make their life difficult and let us know where not to purchase/service our vehicles...at the end of the day, our money is the only way we get through to jokers who think they can give us a line of BS.
There's no need to panic until it is time to panic.
You have a warranty issue. They need to fix it. If they refuse, contact your state's attorney general.
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I thought everyone should see this email from the service advisor... it is absolutely incredible (after a BMW Tech from BMW looked ... or so they claim)
Good morning Corey, Keith our shop manager has been getting readings from the vehicle, dash temp which was at 205 degrees, screen temps, interior temps, and has driven the vehicle to note how long it takes the screen from going dim to normal. This is us doing research and data gathering,
BMW is not going to attempt anymore repairs and have said it is normal operation at this time.
Let me know when you are coming back into town and I will have it cleaned and ready for you.
I went on to ask about the other vehicles which would have the same issue (which there are none)... BMW is claiming its normal... you know...
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There is good news for city schools in the executive budget that Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg will unveil on Thursday, Gotham Schools reports.
As Chancellor Dennis M. Walcott had promised, the budget will not include cuts to schools, reversing a trend in the last several years of reductions that led to layoffs of support staff last year and a reduction in the teaching staff.
Under the new $68.7 billion budget, which the City Council has to approve by July 1, the size of the city's teaching force will not be reduced through attrition -- quitting, retirements, deaths or promotions.
It was a relief to many who had feared a further reduction of staff -- and perhaps a continued rise in class sizes, Gotham reports.
In each of the last two years, the city has narrowly avoided teacher layoffs but has still seen the number of teaching positions drop because of attrition, last year by 1,800 spots. For next year, a hotly debated line in the mayor's preliminary budget called for the city to leave about many teaching spots unfilled. The city pegged the reduction at about 1,100 positions, but City Council members said the real shortfall would have cost 2,500 jobs.
The Council speaker, Christine C. Quinn, said council members tried to draw a line in the sand, Gotham reports: "In the Council's budget response, we articulated very significant concern about the level of proposed attrition within the department of education," Quinn said.
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The Council sources could not say whether deep cuts slated for after-school programs would be rolled back. Advocates have been pressing the city to restore some of the proposed after-school cuts, including with a barrage of phone calls this week, and are planning a rally on the steps of City Hall for moments after the executive budget presentation on Thursday.
But Michael Mulgrew, president of the United Federation of Teachers, reveled for the moment in the budget news related to teachers, Gotham Schools says: "We've lost thousands of teachers over the last three years to attrition, and class size is higher than it has been for decades. As the city stabilizes its teacher losses — and ideally starts hiring more — we should be able to start bringing those class sizes down."
Education is likely to be a decisive issue in next year's mayoral elections, and The New York Times is reporting that a high-profile -- albeit controversial -- figure in New York City education is seriously considering stepping into the ring.
Eva S. Moskowitz, leader of the Success Academy charter schools, has been mentioned by some city Republicans as their possible candidate. But Ms. Moskowitz has thoughts of her own:
Ms. Moskowitz said in an interview that she was still considering a bid for mayor and would decide in the next month or so, but that she would run as a Democrat. Among the factors that would determine her decision, she said, was whether any of the Democrats expected to run — Christine C. Quinn, the City Council speaker; Bill de Blasio, the public advocate; William C. Thompson Jr., a former city comptroller; and Scott M. Stringer, the Manhattan borough president — articulated what she considered strong policies on education.
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Besides the mayor's budget announcement, here are some events related to education going on around the city on Thursday:
From 9:30 to 10:30 a.m., Public School 197 John B. Russwurm in Harlem will hold an event to promote healthy eating. Dr. Jeff Gardere, a TV personality, and Susie Q., a fitness expert, along with the Touro College Children's Health Education Foundation, will help students "launch a citywide school-based initiative to teach their parents the value of substituting water for sugary beverages." The school is at 2230 Fifth Avenue at 135th Street, Manhattan.
The Fiver Children's Foundation, an organization that provides support and services to under-served city schoolchildren, will hold its 10th annual Fiver Benefit at Bridgewaters at the South Street Seaport. Current and former Fivers will be present and will partake in the program.
And, teachers, you are invited to a SchoolBook event on May 8 at the Greene Space/WNYC -- a workshop on incorporating real-life events into the classroom. You can reserve a free ticket here and learn more about the topic under discussion from the Learning Network here and here.