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Who Olivia Wilde And Ashlee Simpson Should Date Next
As of yesterday, two lovely famous ladies are once again on the market. First, Olivia Wilde separated from her husband, Tao Ruspoli, the son of an Italian prince. Honestly, we didn't even realize she was married, but apparently the two met when she as 18. He proposed at Burning Man and they got married on a bus. "We were hippies," she once told Playboy. "We lived on that bus for months." Sadly, the party is now over. [LA Times]
And then there's Ashlee Simpson, who filed for divorce from her husband of two and a half years, Pete Wentz of Fall Out Boy.
After the jump, we pick who these two should date next. Our top picks for Olivia:
- Olivia was apparently seen chatting with Ryan Gosling at the Golden Globe Awards. We'd be way happier if Ryan were dating her rather than Blake Lively.
- She played a doctor on TV, while he played a serial killer. Maybe she would hit it off with Michael C. Hall?
- Megan Fox once famously said, "Olivia Wilde is so sexy she makes me want to strangle a mountain ox with my bare hands." Maybe Megan would ditch Brian Austin Green for her?
- Ta da. Jake Gyllenhaal is available. With their sexiness combined, they could rule planets.
- Since she's into princes, might we suggest Prince Harry?
- Since Olivia likes her men a little older, perhaps she'd be into "Black Swan" director Darren Aronofsky, who is also recently single? They both have a certain edge to them.
Our top picks for Ashlee:
- Deryck Whibley of Sum 41 is a rocker like Pete, and happens to be Avril Lavigne's ex-husband. I think they might be able to get each other.
- Normally, we would tell Ashlee to stay far, far, far away from John Mayer because he would get far too much pleasure out of bagging both the Simpson girls. But maybe a romance with John could get Ashlee writing music again?
- Maybe what Ashlee needs is someone who is the opposite of Pete. I'm thinking she could go a little cougary and go for Zac Efron. They only have a three year age difference.
- Ashlee doesn't mind a guy who likes to photograph his private parts. Might I suggest Ray J?
- Ashlee looks pretty glamorous these days. She and Ryan Reynolds would look super hot together. Plus, he likes blondes.
- We always liked Ashlee with Ryan Cabrera. Maybe now that he and Audrina Patridge are done, they could give things another try?
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- Build quality is everything you'd expect from McIntosh. Fit 'n' finish is about as good as it gets without being over the top (not a gilded lilly, this one). No noises or pops with any controls. No hum - none - either electrical (through the speakers) or mechanical. Everything works smoothly and predictably. And I love those blue meters.
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Who will prevail in Sri Lanka?
Sri Lanka struggle to 244-5 against India, but rain forces the ICC Champions Trophy final to begin again on Monday.Disclaimer: The BBC will put up as many of your comments as possible but we cannot guarantee that all e-mails will be published. The BBC reserves the right to edit comments that are published.
Who will win Sunday's final?
Sanath Jayasuriya and Kumar Sangakkara both hit half-centuries as Sri Lanka stuttered to 244 for five in the ICC Champions Trophy final in Colombo.
But the match was abandoned after heavy rain began to fall two overs into the tourists' reply.
Earlier, Harbhajan Singh took three wickets as India's spinners put the brakes on Sri Lanka's blazing batsmen, and struck whenever they looked to up the tempo.
Who are you tipping for victory?
Sri Lanka will win because crowd support really matters in the final. I also want Sri Lanka to win as they really deserve it after beating Australia in the semis.
Beating the mighty Australian team so easily was a great achievement for the Sri Lankans. They certainly have a more balanced team than India with a better bowling line-up. However, if India play Srinath and Agarkar instead of Kumble and Laxman, they will also have a very balanced team.
Their batting line up is far superior to Sri Lanka's. Muralitharan has been a nemesis of India in the past. So if the Indian batsmen can handle Murali well, they will pick up the trophy.
India should prevail. Although Sri Lanka have the home advantage, so did West Indies and England in the last two one-day series which India won. India's batting is unmatched even by the supposedly world conquering Aussies.
I certainly do not agree India lack quality bowling: Zaheer, Harbhajan, Kumble and Srinath have records as good as anybody in the world.
If India leave out Kumble, India will win.
I think it's gonna be a keenly contested final. Both the teams have played some good cricket over the past few weeks. I feel Sri Lanka would back themselves to beat India, because they are playing at home and are familiar with the pitch and the conditions.
Secondly, I felt Sri Lanka had a more convincing win over Australia then India had over South Africa. But the current Indian side is super charged and no one can under estimate them.
Invincible Aussies no more! Great work by the Lankans. Hopefully, the finals will be an intriguing contest, as befits this entire competition.
All the Australians, South Africans and Pakistanis have seemed to have gone a bit quiet. Well done Sri Lanka for thrashing the Aussies, and as for India, I believe that Ganguly's boys are the most exciting one day team in the world. I couldn't think of two more worthy finalists.
Oh, dear what happened to the Aussies who were supposed to adapt to any given condition? It's just the same old story - No one likes to believe that a tiny island on the Indian Ocean can win a major tournament.
An unnecessary vacation in the middle of an important tournament led to a rare Australian collapse, and they themselves are to be blamed for the debacle. Overconfidence is not what I expected from such a professional side.
Sri Lankan batting is fragile, and I think India will win this tournament, but they have to watch out as wicket is worn out. They should keep both Kumble and Laxman in the team for final. Kumble is still a class spinner and Laxman, though not a good fielder, is in fine form with the bat.
Well it looks like the overconfident Aussies have been cut down by the Lankan Magic. This is what happens when you take a vacation during an actual tournament.
Instead of doubling up on the practice turf and getting used to the climate, the over confident Australians head for the beach in the Maldives - oh how the mighty fall!
India v Sri Lanka should be a good final, and India should win it - provided their bowlers bowl a tight line and length.
The spin magician will be too much for the Aussies to handle. Jayasuriya and De Silva are at their best, and will rip the Aussie bowling apart, regardless of spin of Warne or fast ball of McGrath. Lankans all the way.
I am pretty sure that India will make it to win the ICC Champions Trophy. They are in form, and their huge batting line-up will surely bring them success.
Wow - a spectacular Australian collapse! Now there's a rare sight! Full credit to Sri Lanka for reminding us all that the Aussies are not invincible after all. Watch out India, the Sri Lankans are coming!
India at this point of time is the best team, and deserve to win the final. They have proved against England that 350 is achievable too. With such a batting line-up, no team can be a threat to India.
India have an excellent chance of winning the trophy provided they show discipline in all the departments of the game.
I am amazed at the kind of stuff Mr Saunders writes in his columns. And Englishmen, stop complaining about heat and weather. We never complain about the typical English weather, do we? And then, what is this story about heat with Proteas. Since when has the temperature in South Africa started to drop below zero?
Mr Saunders and, for that matter, the entire BBC team feels that SA threw the match away. Why, you guys still can't believe India can snatch victory? Wake up!
If you still do not - see the Natwest matches. No wonder England produces the most boring cricket teams. And please do not forget, every time the rules of the games were changed or modified was because England and Australia exploited them - the Bodyline-underarm-one bouncer per over!
India are at present the best sides in the world. If they pick this ICC Trophy, they will surely go on to win the WC next year.
If Sri Lanka manage to beat Australia today (a distinct possibility on their home turf), then their home advantage will once again take them past India in the final.
Admittedly, the Indian bowling is pretty ordinary, with the exception of Zaheer and Harbajan. The selectors and the team management are not helping their cause by playing Kumble.
It is very evident to all watchers that he is hardly threatening these days, and does not deserve his place - it should be taken by a genuine spinner who could exploit the conditions.
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DOES Australia have talent? As we gear up for another season of Australia's Got Talent, that is the question Channel Seven simultaneously asks and answers: of course it does! And the reason we know Australia's got talent is that we saw it on television. The proof was right up there, in the marvellous abilities of the performers who braved that stage.
And the existence of Australia's talent has been confirmed by AGT's three wise monkeys, Kyle Sandilands, Brian McFadden and Dannii Minogue. And if there were ever three people who know talent when they see it, it's those three: Dannii's sister actually has some, while Brian used to be engaged to someone with a bit, and Kyle … probably met someone with talent in a corridor at the radio station once, I guess. So if they say Australia's got talent, who are we to argue?
And, of course, the great thing about Australia's Got Talent is that it covers such a broad range of talents. It's not like Australian Idol, which was purely about singing, or So You Can Think You Can Dance, which was purely about self-delusion. On AGT any kind of performer can win, from singers and dancers to instrumentalists or, in the case of 2011 winner Jack Vidgen, Hayley Mills impersonators. The variety is just stunning and it's an excellent way to demonstrate that Australia has talent, not just in a narrow sense but all over. As a nation, we are well-rounded.
Of course, there might be other ways for us to find out whether Australia's got talent or not. We could go see some live music, or check out comedy nights, or attend the theatre, or the opera, or wherever it is that gum leaf blowers get together.
We could do these things but television, with its mass audience and neatly packaged portions and perky, three-foot-tall hosts, makes it a lot more convenient for us. Which is why if you want people to know you've got talent, TV is the way to go, or you may labour in the shadows forever.
Look at MasterChef. We are told the finalists are ''the best amateur chefs in Australia''. Now we know that's not strictly true: they are actually just the best amateur chefs who want all of Australia to see close-ups of the sweat dripping off their noses while George Calombaris yells puns at them. Which is a smaller subset of ''amateur chefs''. But if there are better amateur chefs out there, they're not on TV, so why should we care? We can't go over to their house for dinner - their skills are useless to us. It's only when they summon up the guts and/or stupidity to step in front of the cameras that their talents matter.
So it is with Australia's Got Talent. Maybe these are not the most talented people in Australia. Maybe their performances will be nightmarishly cringeworthy. Maybe the judges are a bunch of tools who should be slapped with fish until they wake up to themselves. But if we want to know just how talented our country is, we can't rely on pubs and clubs and leaf-blowing seminars to provide us an accurate measure. It's too haphazard - we need TV.
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For the second straight year, Western Washington University journalism students won the sweepstakes award at the Washington Press Association journalism contest.
The award, given to the school with the most awards in the college category, was announced this past weekend at the Museum of Flight in Seattle.
Western students won 29 out of the 58 awards given in the collegiate category for writing, photography and design. Thirteen were for first place, eight for second place and six for third place. Two students won honorable mention awards.
Students won the awards for their work in the WWU student publications The Western Front, Klipsun Magazine and Planet Magazine; students also won for work they did as interns for several professional news organizations, including The Seattle Times and the Skagit Valley Herald.
Western journalism alumni also were well-represented among the winners. Winning five awards each were 2010 Western journalism grad Jeremy Schwartz, now a reporter for the Peninsula Daily News, and Gina Cole, a 2012 graduate, for her work at the Skagit Valley Herald. Cole now works at The Seattle Times. Olivia Henry, a 2013 graduate, shared two awards with colleagues for their work at Investigate West, where she was an intern in the summer of 2013. James Andrews, who graduation from WWU in 2010, won three awards for his reporting in Food Safety News.
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Third: Genevieve Iverson, Klipsun magazine (WWU), "From Enlistment to Enrollment"
Features – personality profile
First: Francine St. Laurent, Western Front (WWU), "Think Positive..."
Second: Alisa Gramann, Klipsun magazine (WWU), "People First"
Third: Mindon Win, Klipsun magazine (WWU), "Unconventional Sleuthing"
Features – food
First: Brooke Warren, Klipsun magazine (WWU), "Older is bolder"
Features – arts and entertainment
First: Hannah Leone, WWU, Seattle Times, "Thresholds marks the unmarked at Kent cemetery"
Second: Hannah Leone, WWU, Seattle Times, "Rock-camp girls to rock Neptune"
Photography – general news
First: Nick Gonzales, WWU, Skagit Valley Herald, "Camp Phoenix"
Second: Brooke Warren, WWU, Skagit Valley Herald, "A patriot's son"
Third; Brooke Warren, WWU, Skagit Valley Herald, "Washington parks birthday"
HM: Margaret Degman, The Western Front (WWU), "Fred Meyer construction"
Photography – breaking news
First: Nick Gonzales, The Western Front (WWU), "Flashing the cops"
Second: Nick Gonzales, The Western Front (WWU), "Bellingham riot"
Photography – feature
First: Brooke Warren, WWU, Skagit Valley Herald, "Last minute adjustment"
Second: Nick Gonzales, Klipsun magazine (WWU), "Mount Baker"
Photography – portrait
First: Evan Abell, The Western Front (WWU), "Kiana Gandy"
HM: Margaret Degman, Klipsun magazine (WWU), "Robert Yaple"
Photography – sports
First: Brooke Warren, WWU, Skagit Valley Herald, "Bullriding"
Graphic design/editing – cover art
First: Nick Gonzales, Klipsun magazine (WWU), "Speed"
Third Nick Gonzales, Klipsun magazine, "Blend"
Graphic design/editing – page layout
First: James Rogers, The Planet (WWU), "Recovery" issue
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Daily newspapers
News – Breaking news
First: Jeremy Schwartz, Peninsula Daily News, "Neighbors tell of bulldozer rampage"
News – general news
Second: Gina Cole, Skagit Valley Herald, "Coal trains: what's the impact?" (WWU 2012)
HM: Jeremy Schwartz, Peninsula Daily News, "Gales neighborhood rebuilding"
News – government/politics
Second: Gina Cole, Skagit Valley Herald, "Population without representation"
Third: Gina Cole, Skagit Valley Herald, "Scales of justice"
HM: Jeremy Schwartz, Peninsula Daily News, "Peninsula businesses"
News – health/medicine
First: Gina Cole, Skagit Valley Herald, "A healthy merger"
Series of stories on single subject
First: Olivia Henry (WWU 2013), Kate Martin, InvestigateWest, "Exhausted"
Second: Gina Cole, Skagit Valley Herald, "Williams homicide-by-abuse trial"
Features – general
Third: Jeremy Schwartz, Peninsula Daily News, "Mysterious Affliction"
Second: James Andrews, Food Safety News, "Beef Research Money ..."
HM: Jeremy Schwartz, Peninsula Daily News, "Photographer on treasure hunt for flowers"
News – investigative/watchdog
First: Robert McClure, Olivia Henry, Jason Alcorn, InvestigateWest, "Boeing"
News – agriculture/environment
HM: James Andrews, Food Safety News, "As California begins regulating fracking, agricultural concerns arise"
Features – personality profile
First: James Andrews, Food Safety News, "Keene remembered"


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Loren K. Redwood
Bothell Campus
Various topics designed to respond to curricular interests and needs for first-year students. Offered: AWSp.
Class description
Title: "The Ideology of White Supremacy and the Construction of Race" In this course, students examine how contested discourses of racial, ethnicity, and national difference have shaped ideas about racial identities and "whiteness" in the U.S. The course will focus on the relationship between the discourses of the social, economic, and political practices/policies which have had a role in how race is imagined and constructed in the U.S. How do race and ethnicity come into play in discourses of "whiteness" over time? This course will examine how concepts of race, ethnicity, and "whiteness" have been socially constructed, scientifically studied, and institutionally created in the United States from European colonization to the present, in the context of contemporary discourses
Student learning goals
Students will demonstrate an understanding of the historical contexts and constructions of race and "whiteness" in the United States.
Students will demonstrate an understanding of the interplay between ideas about "whiteness" and the process of racialization in the United States.
Students will demonstrate the ability to practice textual analysis as a method of research into the expression of ideas about race and ethnicity in American culture
Students in this course will acquire and demonstrate the ability to conduct research in order to successfully undertake a research project.
General method of instruction
Instruction will include lecture, large and small group work, and multiple activites that will allow for application of course concepts.
Recommended preparation
The course has no prerequisites. Students are expected to prepare by obtaining course materials in advance of the start of the course.
Class assignments and grading
Critical readings of multiple texts, engagement in research activities, and participation in a social justice activity will comprise the methods by which we will study this topic.
All assigned work must be turned in on time in order to be accepted. Grades will be assigned based on rubics which will be provided for each assignment.


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Lions say thanks for support on the Fourth of July
To the Editor:
The Lake Oswego Lions Club would like to thank the Lake Oswego community for making this year's Fourth of July Pancake Breakfast one of the best ever. This year over 2,500 enjoyed a hearty breakfast while visiting with neighbors and making new friends. The weather was perfect, the music delightful and the crowd was gracious while waiting in line. We look forward to seeing everyone again next year!
Special thanks go out to Wizer's Foods, Alpenrose Dairy, Starbucks Coffee, Glenmore Farms, The Stafford and Lakeridge Summer Baseball. Without their support, this year's event would not have been possible.
The money raised on the Fourth of July this year will help local charities such as the Lake Oswego Adult Community Center Meals Network Program, Boy Scouts of America, Campfire Council and the Salvation Army. Donations will also be made to Lions International, Oregon Sight and Hearing, Guide Dogs for the Blind, Gales Creek Camp for Diabetic Children, Clackamas Women's Shelter and Special Olympics.
Our motto is 'We Serve' and we are delighted to be a part of such a caring community.
For those interested in learning more about the Lake Oswego Lions and how you can participate in the next Fourth of July Pancake Breakfast, please call Barbara Buckley at 503-635-4649 or Dave George at 503-579-5108. You are also invited to visit our weekly meeting at the Oswego Heritage House on Wednesdays at noon.
Eric Weberg
Lake Oswego Lions Club
Duo from Ace went above and beyond call of duty
To the Editor:
One of the joys of living in a small town is getting to know the merchants you deal with.
Recently Gary and Steve at Lake Oswego Ace Hardware, across from Albertson's on State Street, went above and beyond the call of duty to make sure the new drip system for my planters worked properly.
First, Gary spent an hour and a half with me to select the various components for the system and boost my confidence that I could, in fact install this system. I did, but there were some parts that leaked, so he made a housecall - on the Fourth of July no less - to check it out. He came back after work the same day, with Steve, his boss. They then made yet another trip the next day with a different part to complete the work.
This is the kind of service that makes for a strong community. Thanks guys!
Jan Castle
Lake Oswego
Thanks to Bryan T. Robinson for fundraising story
To the Editor:
Thank you so much for the lovely article in (last Thursday's) Review and Tidings about bridging communities though art and agriculture. I believe that we are going to have a well- attended event in large measure because of this piece.
Bryan (T. Robinson) was a very good interviewer and his writing is exceptional. A tip of the hat to Bryan and I hope that his career in writing takes him to his highest goals.
Thanks once again for the support,
Roberta Schwarz
West Linn
Editor's note: Schwarz is referring to Bryan T. Robinson's story, 'Fiala Farms bridges the community' from the July 21 newspapers).


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Dragline's 1st Cruise - Constellation 2/26/2011 - 3/12/2011: Celebrity Constellation Cruise Review by dragline
Overall Member Rating
Dragline's 1st Cruise - Constellation 2/26/2011 - 3/12/2011
Destination: Southern Caribbean
Embarkation: Fort Lauderdale (Port Everglades)
About Us - The infamous Party of Eleven (henceforth referred to as the PoE). We are late-40's to mid-50's, all healthy and active. Four married couples and two gal-pals in 5 CC2 cabins on Deck 9 and our solo man down in an inside Deck 2 cabin. All had previous cruise experience but me. Mostly we would do our own thing during the day and get together for cocktails and dinner.
Embarkation - My wife and I got on our hotel-to-dock shuttle at 9:50 am and by 11:20 we were enjoying lunch at Bistro on Five. Thanks to CC for that tip, we were the only people there. The process was as smooth as smooth could be, and I would estimate we were among the first 100 people to get on the ship.
Stateroom - CC2 #9054. We loved it. No complaints at all. Our stateroom attendant Lourdes and her assistant Rodino (?) kept everything spotless. Ice in More the ice bucket twice a day without asking for it. Good fresh fruit every day. I didn't mind the dreaded overhang one bit, it kept our cabin nice and cool. The only thing I didn't like about the overhang was that it got into all the pictures I took from the balcony...so I would walk up two decks to Deck 11 for photos. No noise from the Lido deck, except for some faint rumblings now and then. No balcony smokers. On the second day, we had the canapes changed to the cheese plate...the canapes were not good, the cheese and crackers were much better. They did NOT take away the binoculars and umbrellas on the last night. We didn't use room service for any meal.
Overall Ship Condition - Very very nice. If you went looking for it you could find some rust here and there. There were always lots of staff cleaning, polishing, painting, and washing windows everywhere. There were some stains on the carpet in the Lido buffet area...not surprising considering the traffic and the amount of food handled.
Cruise Critic Stuff - Meet 'n Mingle on the first sea day in the Reflections lounge on Deck 11. Capt. Pagonis, CD Sue Denning and some other marketing officer were there. I was light-headed from not eating yet that day and had to leave early, but it was a very nice affair. Thanks Terry/Theresa/Terpla for the Roll Call. On the second sea day my wife and I attended a bridge tour courtesy of CC, it was fascinating. Again, thanks to CC, being on the Roll Call really paid off there.
Dining and the Dining Venues/Experience - Yeah, let's get right down to it!
MDR - Select Dining for all of the PoE. We had some teething problems with our Select maitre d, who we nicknamed Simon Bar Sinister. We had thought we had arranged for a 7 pm reservation for the PoE, but we experienced the mainland/ship disconnect there. On the first night, we were split between two tables. OK, it was the first night. I thought dinner was fine, but some fish entrees were returned. On the second night, we were all seated at a big round 12-top table, but were informed we couldn't do that again. Again, some fish entrees were returned. After some haggling, we reached a compromise where two 4-tops and a 2-top were put together for us, and we had a 7 pm reservation every night. Apparently Simon Bar Sinister thought we were demanding a 12-top...but we weren't...we just wanted to be seated together. On the third night, it all turned around and all for the better. We had the same servers every night and the food was very good to great in my opinion. Only two entrees were returned for the rest of the cruise. Waiter Dewa, assistant waiter Abdullah, wine guy Anthony Fernandes and drinks guy Vladko kept all the plates and the glasses full and kept us laughing. The ladies' orders were always taken first, and the ladies were always served first...very classy. All the courses came together at the right time, we never had any long waits. Our wait staff made us all look forward to dinner every night. We all dressed appropriately and to be honest, I thought everyone else I saw did too. MDR coffee was very good indeed.
Bistro on Five - We had our embarkation lunch there, and one other lunch. I had the sweet and sour steak crepe twice and my wife had the beef pannini twice, they were so good. The Italian crepe was killer, it's the one with nutella and bananas. Server Robert was great. Nobody was ever there, it seemed...too bad, the food is really good.
Lido Buffet - My wife and I had breakfast there every morning, it was OK, not great. I refused to wait for the omlette guy, so tray western scrambled eggs, sausage and fruit were good with me. I was amazed at the huge variety. The coffee...it is best not to drink the Lido coffee. Starbucks Via is the way to go. We didn't have many lunches there. I had pasta and meatballs once, and it was very good. I didn't try the waffles, but they were there. I even had good reports about the pizza from a few of the PoE.
Cafe al Bacio - Olga and Natalie fixed our Americanos every morning, very good coffee and fun girls. The pastries in the morning and the afternoon sandwiches are delicious.
Sea Day Brunch - Ohmigod. I missed the first one but was able to take some pictures. I was ready for the second one, and had my eating game face on. It's hard to describe, you've just got to go. So much wonderful food...I overate for the only time on the cruise. Belgian waffles AND crepes suzettes after two plates of food...shouldn't have done that but couldn't resist.
Gelateria - It was very good but I felt so sorry for the girl there. NOBODY went there, she just stood smiling at everyone walking by all day... It's hard to put over for-pay gelato when there are six flavors of free ice cream up on the Lido deck, I guess. There was always a line for the free stuff.
Ocean Liners - Very classy, just a wonderful experience and well worth the extra money. The maitre d' had an impossible name (Srdjan?), but was great. They were excited to have the entire PoE and we were seated at a huge table and had five-six waiters hovering around all the time. They'd put the plates down all at once and then lift the big silver covers all at once, choreographed service that really impressed us. Go there.
And now there's the worst experience of the cruise. Our waiter was serving dessert, something with six tall shooters of all different goodies. The cherry one fell off the tray and went all over my blindingly white pants, my new (but not blue) suede shoes, and my wife's brand new dress. We weren't happy at all, but we put game faces on. The maitre d freaked out, I thought he was going to have a heart attack. He apologized until we got tired of it, and gave us dry cleaning coupons and said he would do whatever it took to make it right. The next day our clothes/shoes were returned and you couldn't tell it had happened. Classy.
Tuscan Grill - Every time members of the PoE would see Mustafa on board he would tell us how much he was looking forward to the appearance of the PoE. How he knew about us or who we were, I don't know. Once again, a wonderful dinner and much more relaxed than Ocean Liners. Mustafa and his crew kept us laughing the whole time. The filet mignon (sp?) was fabulous, and everyone loved whatever was ordered. So much wonderful food! Don't pass on the Limoncello digestif! The Tuscan Grill experience was well worth the money.
That's it for the food section, let's move on to...
I had the Premium Alcohol Package and so did many of the PoE. I never experienced anything but great service.
Sunset Bar - Favorite venue for sailaway/morning/after-dinner drinks. Sonjay and Katut took good care of us.
Martini Bar - Gilario and Igede put on a show every night. After the first night, my wife and I and another couple from the PoE would gather here at 6 pm without fail. Gilario stopped taking our cards after the third night, he knew our numbers. My wife had a different martini from the menu every night, and on the last night Gilario invented a cocktail for her. It was quite the sight to see Gilario pour twelve martinis at a time and never spill a drop. Lots of fun in a swank atmosphere.
Cellar Masters - Very lightly used, but that was fine with us. After the Martini Bar, we would head here and Memet would set us up with a glass of wine to take into the MDR. One of the ladies is a beer drinker, and after the first night Memet had her brands stocked. Very nice experience.
Mast Bar - My favorite afternoon hangout. Rosemarie makes a mean Bloody Caesar! Her cohorts Kevin and Colin were no slouches either. A fun place to watch the shennanigans down on the Lido Deck.
Reflections - I didn't spend much time there.
Rendezvous - I just walked through it on the way to other places. It seemed awfully dark in there.
Also a special shout out to somellier Sheldon. I and others of the PoE did the Riedel wine tasting with Sheldon, and he really knows his stuff. We would run into him around the ship, he always remembered our names and wanted to know if we were enjoying ourselves.
Entertainment -
CD Sue Denning literally seemed to be all over the place, I would bump into her or see her at least two-three times a day. A real fun, high-energy person.
Celebrity Theater - My wife and I never went to a show, not once...just not our thing, I guess. Many of the PoE did go. I heard good reports about the comedy shows and the juggler got very good reviews.
String Quartet - Four lovely young ladies that could really play too. You would see them at various times around the ship, and they played at the sea day MDR brunches. Very classy.
A Capella - These guys were very good. Again, they just seemed to appear randomly...but if I had bothered to read the dailies I'm sure they were scheduled. We did go up to Reflections for their 50's show, but were disappointed they only did four songs and turned it over to...
Full Tilt - I've played guitar and bass in a lot of cover bands and, while technically competent, these guys (and gal) just churned it out without much enthusiasm. Pretty ho-hum.
Perry Grant - I'd read a lot, I thought I'd try it. I lasted ninety seconds. Fart noises? Enough said.
Overall Impressions - I thought, with the possible exception of Simon Bar Sinister, every single crew/staff member worked very hard to provide a first-class experience. I can't say as much for my fellow passengers (PoE excepted, of course!). I'll just say that 25-35% of my fellow passengers didn't deserve the respect and service that they received...and leave it at that.
My wife and I would get up most mornings and do sixteen laps around the Deck 11 track. This gave us ample opportunity to observe the cunning habits and strategies of the Lido Deck Chair Hogs. We are not lie-in-the-sun people, so it didn't bother us a bit, but it was very interesting to watch. Every day we would see people lay out their belongings, even to the point of putting upturned drinks tables on the lounges to snag those too. Invariably, we would then see them in the buffet lounging over breakfast. To Celebrity's credit, I did hear reports from members of the PoE that the pool butlers would make regular sweeps of the Lido and remove belongings.
I learned not to bother with trying to use the Deck 9 forward elevators when trying to get down to the Martini Bar at 6 pm. They were full of drunken Elites coming from their drinks party on Deck 11. Once was enough for that.
Disembarkation - We had an eight pm flight so we booked the Everglades airboat tour to kill time. We gathered in the Gamma Room on Deck 3 at 8 am and we were on the bus leaving the dock at 9 am. Smooth as smooth can be.
So, It was my first cruise ever. Would I go again? We had a wonderful time and ate and drank to our heart's content. The weather was fabulous, the ship was slick and clean, the service was almost perfect. But, with all that said...maybe not. I just don't think my wife and I are cruise people. Maybe a barefoot cruise or Azamara. We're already planning our next big trip, but it will be a week in Paris and a week in Rome. We may consider another cruise after that. The PoE (minus us) go an a cruise every other year and they're talking Tahiti. That does sound good.
Port/Excursion Reviews:
St. Martin - We walked around the area of Phillipsburg nearest the cruise terminal in the morning. It was interesting to see/smell the shopkeepers preparing for the day by smoking a little ganja first.
In the afternoon, we went on the Celebrity-sponsored Golden Eagle Sailaway. Clean boat, great crew, beautiful day on the water. Then they anchored for snorkeling...over white sand. Any snorkeler knows the fish are at the reef. We saw no fish. Big disappointment. Not recommended for snorkeling.
Antigua - We went with Creole Cruises to a small island for a lobster barbeque and snorkeling. Capt. Glenn has a big clean speedboat with 2 300-hp engines and he wasn't afraid to use them! A wonderful day out on the water and a truly delicious meal. Highly recommended.
St. Lucia - Another Celebrity-sponsored excursion, the Coastal Cruise to the Pitons. We felt this was a total mess. We got packed aboard the catamaran Carnival II like sardines. The boat was dirty and beat. The crew couldn't care less. They ground the port stern into the concrete pier as we were leaving, you could see and hear the fiberglass splintering. Four gas gauges, none of them worked. One of the two tachometers didn't work. When they stopped for a swim break, they didn't count the numbers leaving the boat...someone could have easily been left behind. On the way back some of my fellow passengers (all from the Constellation) got hammered on the rum punch. That's OK, but there was no place to go to get away from them. Stay away from this excursion. Others of the PoE took a private tour and loved it. Really too bad, that Carnival II ride was a total waste, and we were told St. Lucia is beautiful. We didn't get a good impression.
Barbados - We went snorkeling on the catamaran Calabaza. A clean, wonderful boat, they limit the passengers to twelve. Capt. Danny and crew took good care of us and the snorkeling was great, lots of fish and turtles. Highly recommended.
Grenada - All of the PoE except for me and our solo man went on the Celebrity-sponsored Adventure Tubing and they all enjoyed it very much. We had made arrangements to eat lunch at Boot's Cuisine up in the hills. We walked out of the cruise terminal and were immediately besieged by derelict locals who wanted to be our friends. It got a little scary. Finally I asked a policeman where the car park was, and the derelicts scattered. We found our ride and had a fabulous lunch at Boots. Boots and Ruby are local people who converted their house verandah into restaurant seating and serve local food. Watch out for the rum punch, they make it from the rum from the distillery around the corner and it is 138 proof!!! Highly Recommended.
Aruba - All of the PoE rented three jeeps and we spent the day touring Aruba. We got lost several times...be sure to get a GOOD map, ours were very poor. We had lots of fun, swam, etc. When we were hungry, the only place open (because of the Carnivale holiday) was Senor Frog's. All the way to Aruba to wind up at Senor Frog's? We had to laugh about that. But, the lunch was pretty darn good.
Curacao - One other couple and my wife and I walked into Willemstad and spent the day walking, shopping, and appreciating the amazing colors of the city. The Floating Market was a lot of fun. We took a cab to the Curacao distillery...kind of a non-event. We ate lunch on the water at a place called The Grillings. Looking right over the rail we could see eels and lots of fish. A very nice place. Try the Amstel Bright beer, very good.
Bonaire - Saving the best for last. Most of the PoE went with us aboard the catamaran Woodwind for a two-hour drift snorkel. It was flat-out amazing, the best snorkeling we have ever experienced. Cannot recommend the Woodwind highly enough, a great crew and the snorkel of a lifetime.
Fort Lauderdale - We went on the Everglades Airboat tour. Lots of fun but LOUD!! Two V-8's with open pipes on each boat. We did see alligators. After the boat ride, we saw the alligator wrestler. I was having doubts, but the guy was an absolute crack-up, so funny...and he actually did wrestle a HUGE alligator.
I remain - Dragline Less
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jQuery vs. Prototype: OO JavaScript with or without training wheels
After brushing up on jQuery via a little light reading, I've started to play with the framework in code. I'm demoing a scrolling news ticker and decided to write it using jQuery and its Interface plug-in. Future iterations will probably include the history and easing plug-ins, too. In the meantime, though, it's been two steps forward, one step back. I really dig the elegance of the jQuery API and its concise method-chaining. But there's one integral element of the Prototype/Script.aculo.us framework that I miss: The Class object and the OOP training wheels it provides.
For developers like myself - long-time UI folks who have used JavaScript's Object datatype for years but lack significant experience writing in a strongly typed, truly object-oriented language like Java - Prototype has been a revelation. It doesn't enforce OOP principles, but it encourages them. And its source code is like a Rosetta Stone for how to implement them in the dynamically typed, prototype-based world of JavaScript.
There's been lots of discussion over the past year about the deficiencies of Prototype's inheritance scheme. A lot of the syntax is ugly, and Object.extend is easy to overuse or misuse. The new 1.6.0 release candidate appears to address some of those weaknesses by augmenting the Class object's API. Regardless of your position on this debate, though, it's hard to ignore the fact that Prototype has helped a lot of front-end folks improve their half-assed understanding of OOP. Personally, I wouldn't even be in a position to follow the discussion if I hadn't spent the last 18 months or so writing Prototype-backed JS classes. Thanks to the patterns to which this library has exposed me, my grasp of JavaScript - and of software engineering in general - has grown by leaps and bounds.
Once I started using a different library, though, Class.create was suddenly useless. I had to figure out different inheritance and encapsulation strategies. The training wheels were off, and I had to find my own of balance. My first hurdle was figuring out how to organize my jQuery procedures into reusable methods. I felt totally adrift without the built-in ability to bind functions to their execution environment; the this keyword was always assigned to a DOM node. I thought about simply porting Prototype's Function.bind and Function.bindAsEventListener methods, but that seemed at odds with the design of jQuery's own API. Finally, I turned to Douglas Crockford's module pattern for JavaScript. Now I had a new way to organize my objects and methods in a reusable way that worked well with jQuery. By defining private methods inside of a closure, I could access those methods with simple function calls, no binding necessary. As with Prototype, a whole new world opened up.
Simon Williamson's recent post on jQuery for JavaScript programmers does a good job of explaining how jQuery encourages good OOP techniques. The walled-off namespacing represents a different conceptual model from Prototype's. Until you understand both, it's difficult to see all the strenghts and weaknesses of either. As with other tool, the key to these frameworks is learning what tricks and tradeoffs each one supplies, and why. Up next: YUI and Ext.
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I like the qooxdoo way of OO. They also have features like Interfaces (Java) and Mixins (Ruby). Looks like a really advanved solution, but the implementation is quite easy to understand. Have a look yourself at: http://qooxdoo.org/documentation/0.7/class_declaration
Once I started using a different library, though, Class.create was suddenly useless. I had to figure out different inheritance and encapsulation strategies.
Yes, exactly. Prototype (and jQuery, to a lesser extent) attempts to rewrite Javascript and turn it into something else. Javascript is not, fundamentally, a C-style language. It's the ugly duckling of the Lisp/Scheme/Haskell crowd. Turning it into Ruby or Java is a misguided notion that short-circuits what Javascript is fundamentally all about.
Doug Crockford's "Module Pattern" is just what Javascript gives you for free. Like most things in YUI, it's just showing off effective use of the language, rather than showing off how the language can be transformed into something different.
It's interesting that Javascript is the only language to suffer this sort of abuse on a regular basis. You don't see Java frameworks that aim to make it more like Ruby, or C++ frameworks that emulate Ada. I think Javascript got a bad rap–guilt by association with flickering doodads in the 1990s, perhaps. For whatever reason, it seems that the software development crowd seems to be largely of the opinion that Javascript is too hard, badly designed, and not "really" OOP, but at least it can be transformed into a "real" language with the proper framework.
I wrote about this a few weeks ago in response to a post by Matt Snider:
I have a new framework – JLJ (Just Learn JavaScript).
What about mootools' class structure? Have you tried out that library?
> Simon Williamson's recent post
That's "Willison".
You should give mootools a try.
for community support jquery/prototype wins
but for elegance Object orientation in javascript, and the overall design philosophy. Mootools is far more cleaner
at the end of the day, it is just depends on how your brain works, mootools inherit many to all prototype goodness.
for OO purist/software design freak like myself, mootools is additive and inspiring
prototype and jQuery
a small piece that compares the two frameworks, with some nice links to follow..
I agree with Andrew; for far too long, it has taken way too long to push out good Ajax GUI, and componentization is here to stay folks; and the thing that makes Jquery really exciting is that you get the plugin library and EXT to work with for free, as well as the Jquery UI widgets.
That's 3 widget sets, and I love widgets. Almost anything I do, I start with an existing widget, and extend it a bit to do all the things I need. Works great, and often I don't even have to touch it, already does what I need entirely, even with the world-class, super-fussy UI designer I work with..
Prototype can use Ext too, but I have seen nothing in the prototype arena that can compare to the jquery plugin library. The Jquery plugin lib appears to me, to be growing exponentially. The Ajax community is really coming together around Jquery.
Scriptaculous does not even come close as far as I can tell…
Am I missing something?
Could you elaborate on how you found "a new way to organize my objects and methods in a reusable way that worked well with jQuery. By defining private methods inside of a closure, I could access those methods with simple function calls, no binding necessary. As with Prototype, a whole new world opened up."
I still haven't found a way to have a Jquery callback function wrapped in a reusable custom Javascript class that allows me to read/write the class' private variables.
customClass = function () {
this.doJquery = function (){
$("element").click(function (){
this.foo = bar; // wanting to set myObj.foo
x = this.foo; // wanting to get myObj.foo
myObj = new customClass();
y = myObj.foo; // doesn't work
It looks like Tyson asked this same question elsewhere, and already received an answer in the comments:
The only thing I'd add is that, by convention, when creating a custom class, I use that to alias this:
var myObject = function() {
var that = this;
I then use that within callbacks and interior functions to reference the top-level object:
var myObject = function() {
var that = this;
this.foo = "foo!";
var innerFunction = function() {
this.publicMethod = function() {
This convention, which helps obviate the need for Prototype-style Function.bind(), comes from Douglas Crockford.
Great article Brian!
On the topic of OO JavaScript, have you looked at or heard of Ajile – http://ajile.iskitz.com/.
It's a Namespacing library for JavaScript that extends the language with missing functionality without imposing new ways of writing code. Most OO developers already understand the power and convenience of namespacing, but it's a concept that's only now emerging as needed for JavaScript in this age of mashups and ajax mania.
Ajile's namespacing and accompanying Import, ImportAs, Include, and Load directives (mimicked via functions) also support the OO Model View Controller (MVC) design pattern by automating the linkage and inclusion of JavaScript logic to HTML views. That allows developers to safely separate their server-side business logic from their front-end views, view manipulation, and client-to-server data transfer.
I'm interested to hear what you have to say about it and the concepts it introduces to the oh so flexible JavaScript language 🙂
"A lot of developers worry that Ajax frameworks make for lazy programmers, but in my experience the opposite is true."
I agree with this statement, and to take it out of context for a second (OOP or not) is this not the direction we are taking? Allow the *competent* developer knowledgeably jump from one implementation to another without a glance to the documentation. As well as making it increasingly more efficient to develop these applications that keep food on the table.
It would seem as though we are moving in this direction albeit 'slowly but surely'. I can hardly wait for the day when open source unifies 🙂
Great post, thanks.
Trying to do the classic OOP style using jQuery is like trying to peg a round hole with a square cover.
jQuery embraces a functional style which is closer to home in a language like JS which has its roots in Scheme.
Java/C++ style can be done but is a force fit.
> You don't see Java frameworks that aim to make it more like Ruby […]
Sure you do, it's just that Java makes it extremely difficult, by working actively against the developer.
JavaScript sees these attempts because it *allows you to make them*.
JavaScript is prototype-based scripting language. Use it for what it was build for until ECMA 4 is in place. This, however, is a great article. Cheers.
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do we play Denver next year?
damn good hire for them and i am glad he is far far away from us.....what we would play them once every 4 years?
LOL well the Broncos will get some more Running this year. My only worry is that he may sway Dwill to Denver. Never know how players feel about there coaches and he prob will hire skipper.
I'm so sorry Denver
If they keep the scheduling system the same way for the new CBA, we'll play the Broncos in 2012.
By the way, how funny is it that Fox ran to be with The Golden Calf of Bristol, the quarterback closest to Prime Jake Delhomme out there?
I am excited to announce that John Fox has agreed to terms to become the 14th head coach in Denver Broncos history.
Coach Fox is a great fit for us not only with his coaching ability but also with his personality.
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Asked about what it means for his Origin chances, Ennis said: "I've got no idea on that side of things. My mindset tonight was just Cronulla and this weekend.
"We got a good hearing in there, but things didn't go to plan. It's just disappointing I won't be there on Sunday with the boys, but I'll be back for the St George [Illawarra] game in a fortnight.
"My focus tonight was all about Cronulla and trying to be available to play there at Brookvale on Sunday."
The panel heard submissions from Ennis and his legal counsel, who argued the initial contact was made by the hooker's right pectoral on Wright's shoulder before a "whiplash" motion forced Ennis' upper arm to contact the head.
Ennis' legal representative, Nick Ghabar, described the tackle as being worthy of a penalty, but claimed the initial contact was "innocuous and glancing ... it wasn't forceful".
"I think he's more stunned by the force of my pec on his shoulder than what my little biceps could do to him," Ennis said. "I was trying to manage the tackle carefully. My intended point of contact is the ball and I strongly believe there was nothing else I could have done in the situation.
"I make an average of 40 tackles per game and 90 per cent are these types of tackles. That technique I've used for 13 years and I feel I've mastered it."
The former Bulldogs skipper also asked the judiciary counsel to consider the immediate reaction of referee Gavin Reynolds, who was shown on one of the camera angles to clearly tap his shoulder after pleas for a penalty from the Cowboys players.
The decision was later reversed after the video referee viewed vision of the tackle.
Ennis and Ghabar also claimed the hooker followed "every guideline" in ensuring the safety of Wright in the tackle after Sharks back-rower Jayson Bukuya had gone in low on the ball carrier.
But judiciary counsel Peter McGrath, while conceding there was no intent in the tackle, said Wright's head had "not dropped clearly at all at the point of impact".
Ennis only landed at the judiciary to fight the grading and avoid suspension after carryover points from a charge stemming from round two where he made contact with referee Ben Cummins in Cronulla's loss to Brisbane.
Despite the hit on Wright, Ennis was the catalyst in the Sharks' come-from-behind win over the top-of-the-table Cowboys in Townsville.
The last of the 31-year-old's seven Origin appearances came in the 2011 series – in which he played all three games – before surrendering the spot to Farah the following year.
Farah was initially denied clearance to fly to Coffs Harbour and join the Blues squad on Wednesday after surgery on his broken hand on Tuesday night, but was later given the green light.
Melbourne utility Ryan Hinchcliffe and Bulldog Josh Reynolds have been in camp with NSW to fill the dummy-half role, while Blues officials awaited the outcome of Ennis' hearing and Farah's recovery.