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Alienware M14x: the Sound and the Furyby Dustin Sklavos on 7/19/2011 12:35 AM EST
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Stuka87 - Tuesday, July 19, 2011 - linkIts surprising that they would design a machine that is targeted at gamers, yet has such poor cooling.
I didn't go look at the site, but do they offer the i7-2620? I have one in my new Precision M4600 and I have been quite happy with it overall. Great balance of power and battery life/temps. Its actually the first machine that stays quite cool on my lap even when under load. Great dual fan cooling design as well. Reply
pandemonium - Tuesday, July 19, 2011 - linkWell done, very thorough!
"When I say the Alienware M14x is too much by half, I'm not talking about the pricetag. Truth be told the price is actually remarkably reasonable given the excellent build quality, bling, and extra features. I'm talking about the configuration and cooling design, and these are things that significantly limit what you can do with the M14x."
I agree with this. I'm very surprised at the price for what's inside, but seeing the lack of cooling and capabilities of the display knocks the overall value down too much. Reply
runbmp - Tuesday, July 19, 2011 - linkThe m14x can expedite heat rapidly, however this comes at the cost of noise. This isn't really an issue for me as I wanted a performance laptop and not a google notebook.
My only gripe has been with the onboard intel chipset, its kind of a joke really without any options to disable it and its drivers really muck around with games.
Also to note. Nvidia.com drivers will not install on their own, atm the only option is to either get a custom .inf or use the older drivers from Dell. Reply
yyrkoon - Tuesday, July 19, 2011 - linkPersonally I'd rather see how good the Dell XPS line is in comparison Namely, the XPS 15/17.
How many drive bay slots, etc, and all that.
These things are butt ugly, but i can see how *maybe* the cooling system on them would work out good though. Will read the article later to see how well it stacks up, but honestly right now I am not even considering these( and I am in the market for a new gamer like laptop) Reply
yyrkoon - Tuesday, July 19, 2011 - link"These things are butt ugly, but i can see how *maybe* the cooling system on them would work out good though"
Replace would with could, and you have what i meant. However after reading through the 3 worthwhile comments. Never mind. Seems that having fancy ugly ports for cooling is not everything. Reply
Flunk - Tuesday, July 19, 2011 - linkIf you're looking to game, the XPS line isn't really an option. Dell has eliminated the graphics options so that there isn't any overlap between XPS and Alienware. Reply
Rookierookie - Friday, July 22, 2011 - linkNot on the high end no, but the GT525M/540M on the XPS 15/17 series can handle older games quite easily. Reply
Flunk - Tuesday, July 26, 2011 - linkI respectfully disagree. Even a high-end laptop like this struggles on current gen games. The 525 (17" is far too large to be comparable) struggles even on older games. Reply
Hrel - Tuesday, July 19, 2011 - linkI agree with you completely; same company after all. Personally I've always liked industrial style design over gaudy Alienware style design. I do have to admit though, when I was like 10 I thought their computers looked the "coolest"; lol.
I'm a PC Tech and everytime I work with a Lenevo business class notebook I am entirely impressed. Soft rubber touch coating everywhere. No glare anywhere. Solid well built, well thought out chassis and keyboard. Impressively light and thin. Seriously, THAT is what I want from my laptop; just with consumer parts in it.
To be clear I care less about thickness than the other stuff, I understand it has to get thicker to cool down a 2620QM with a GTX560M and 8GB of RAM in a 15.6" chassis. Make it thicker all you want, I don't even care what it weighs (6'4" 235lb man) I just want the design of the thing to be that...neat. Reply
Nathelion - Tuesday, July 19, 2011 - linkI bought one of these shortly after launch (a few months ago now) and I've been happy with it. Is it loud? yes. Is it hot? yes. Do I like the aesthetic? not particularly. But it has two killer features:
1) It is fast enough to do medium gaming in a 14" form factor
2) It has a high-enough-to-be-useful resolution screen in a 14" form factor
When it comes to complaints about heat and noise, those are a bit misguided. There are plenty of thin & light notebooks out there, but they also won't do anything above very low end gaming. There is simply no way to cram a decent amount of horsepower into 14" without making it hot and loud. In my experience, the notebook generally does a decent job of staying quiet (although it still gets rather hot to the touch) when it's being used for surfing or document editing, that is, in the roles where you would normally have it on your lap. When you fire up games, you would most likely put it on a table anyway (it does get loud when you use it for gaming, but... well, duh).
The screen, however, is what sealed the deal for me. It's pretty normal (aka mediocre) quality in terms of color and gamut (you can however crank it up to be ridiculously bright if you want, I typically run it at 30% brightness even when plugged in), but the big feature is the resolution. The ONLY other modern 14" laptop with a resolution above 1366x768 is the ThinkPad T420s. While that is an excellent option, the gaming performance just isn't there - the highest you can spec one of those is a dual core sandy bridge and an NVS 4200M with 48 CUDA cores and pretty miserable clocks. I should also add that when I specced out two systems for comparison back before I bought the alienware, the thinkpad ended up a good $700 more expensive.
To put it succinctly: If you want performance and a decent screen resolution in a 14" form factor, this is the only option.
The only real contender is a ThinkPad that costs ~30% more for vastly inferior performance. Granted, it's also much lighter and not as much of a heat and noise monster, but that comes with the territory. For the "portable gaming while still being feasible to move around and with a high-enough res screen to not be outright painful" segment, this thing really is the only viable option. Reply
cknobman - Tuesday, July 19, 2011 - linkHmm Sony C' series laptops are 14' with 1600x900 panels and offer ATI 6630 graphics in them.
Last year I bought the CW series before they discontinued them which was a 14' 1600x900 panel and came with Nvidia 330m graphics.
There are other (and cheaper) options out there besides dellienware. Reply
etamin - Tuesday, July 19, 2011 - linkA couple friends asked me to look into a few portable laptops for them the past week and I spent some time looking for hi-res options on 14" models. The only other notebook I found with a 1600x900 screen was the HP Elitebook 8460p which, in my opinion, is the best business notebook for $1500. It's absurd that most vendors stop at 1366x768 even on their 15.6" models. Reply
lunarx3dfx - Tuesday, July 19, 2011 - linkI bought mine on release day, and I love it. At the time that I ordered mine the i5 wasn't even an option cpu wise, but I have found that if you keep the GPU in check (aka don't use it when not needed) the fan noise isn't bad at all. On my unit the fan usually only runs for a few seconds at a time unless I'm gaming, and I haven't noticed the laptop getting all that hot. I agree that the cooling could definitely be better.
Also, on the issue of media playback. I'd be willing to bet that the GPU was kicking in automatically. By default the optimus settings use the GPU for media players. I went in and set mine to use the Intel GPU, and my media playback battery life went to well over 3 hours.
Just a suggestion. To the person that mentioned nvidia's drivers not working, you are right. However, it took them a little while to support the m11x R2 after its release as well. Just give it time and they will add support. Until then, modded inf's aren't hard to find.
All in all, I thoroughly enjoy my m14x, and I'm glad that someone finally stated what I stated in my video review of the m14x on youtube about the memory options for the GPU. I've gotten flamed quite a bit there because I said that the 3 GB option was excessive and not necessary, and would provide no performance improvement.
Thanks again, for a great review. Reply
StrangerGuy - Tuesday, July 19, 2011 - linkEasy. Replace the useless internal optical drive with another HSF. Problem solved.
I'm not even sure why they want to squeeze in an ODD in an laptop intended for pure GAMING performance. What a dumb decision. Reply
Wolfpup - Tuesday, July 19, 2011 - linkI still don't like the looks on these things-wish you could just get them boxy. The M15x had defective audio-either out of the box, or often within a year.
Hopefully that's fixed on this...but it has Floptimus and a mid-range GPU... If it looked more normal, and didn't use Floptimus, they'd have something... Reply
lunarx3dfx - Tuesday, July 19, 2011 - linkWhat's wrong with optimus? It does exactly what it's supposed to do very well. Also, how would you expect them to fit a high end GPU into a package that small? The purpose of the m14x is to meet those of us who want a portable laptop that can still play games. For that it works very well. Reply
aguilpa1 - Tuesday, July 19, 2011 - linkRegardless whether you want portable or not, when a "GT" 555M can't even outperform an ancient 460M there is a HUGE problem with the industry as a whole. Reply
JarredWalton - Tuesday, July 19, 2011 - linkThe 400M and 500M series are essentially equal, so you "ancient 460M" isn't really that old -- I first tested the 460M in November last year, so it's perhaps nine months old now. (http://www.anandtech.com/show/3998/)
The second problem is that the GT line has always been the slower (mainstream) line from NVIDIA, while the GTX is for the enthusiast/high performance sector. So, it's really no surprise at all that the fastest current "mainstream" part is slower than the previous generation (aka, "not-speed-bumped") "enthusiast" part. It's like saying it's a HUGE problem that the GT 555M isn't faster than the GTX 560M; it's not supposed to be. If the GT 555M was slower than the GT 445M, then we'd have something to complain about. Not that the memory configuration and different core types isn't a big enough issue with the GT 555M! Reply
GeorgeH - Tuesday, July 19, 2011 - linkPlease. Next you're going to be telling us that the brand new GT520 is a lot slower than the ancient GTX480. And don't even get me STARTED on the MX460/GTX460 flotilla of LIES and ICE CREAM.
Damn you, industry! Damn you to Hades! Reply
FH123 - Tuesday, July 19, 2011 - linkDustin, you wrote: "The 1600x900 resolution is frankly vastly preferable to the dire 1366x768 resolution invariably employed by notebooks in the 14" class. 1366x768 is just cramped, and on a 15" notebook it's an eyesore."
I wonder could you not make such blanket statements about high resolution. I completely agree with complaints about poor contrast in todays screens and am glad you're hammering that message home every chance you get. However high DPI is a problem for some of us with less good eye-sight. Windows was designed in an era of 90dpi screens and this still shows. Even with Windows 7 I frequently run across text in some software, some Windows screen or some web-site that won't scale or is blurry as a result. As long as this is the case, high DPI is a strain for me. I particularly take issue with your use of the word "eyesore", as this word applies completely the other way round in my case. It's the high DPI screens that cause my eyes to be sore. As these are normally the premium screens that also have at least half-decent contrast, I am caught between a rock and a hard place. Going with a poor contrast low DPI screen or a good contrast high DPI screen is a toss-up for me. What I really want is a good contrast low DPI screen. Windows 8 looks to change the UI experience yet again, but be under no illusion that it still needs to run all the legacy stuff out there, so I don't see this situation changing for many years yet.
By the way I have a driving license and naturally had to pass an eye test for that. I do not consider myself disabled and I can work with high DPI screens, if I have to. I simply prefer high contrast, low DPI screens. Going back to my old 4:3, XGA 14" notebook or 19" 1280x1024 (86dpi, PVA) desktop screen is always a relief. Reply
JarredWalton - Tuesday, July 19, 2011 - linkI agree with you on high-DPI being a problem for those of us with less than perfect eyesight (welcome to the world of 35+ year olds!), but the 1366x768 resolution itself is still an eyesore in the sense of being a pain to use. Windows is really targeted at higher resolution displays, and 16:9 widescreen didn't help the situation. I'd much rather have 1440x900 or 1680x1050 (or 1920x1280 or even 1280x800) than all the 16:9 stuff. 768 vertical pixels just doesn't cut it for me; just like 1024x768 went out of fashion about six years back, a wider version of 1024x768 isn't any better. Your 1280x1024 desktop display is a relief in more way than one I'm sure!
Incidentally, I use a 30" desktop LCD at 2560x1600, and I have to set the DPI to 120 in Windows and deal with the various programs that don't work right with font scaling in order to use the LCD without eyestrain. And yet, given the choice, I still wouldn't go back to a lower resolution, lower DPI panel. It's the proverbial Catch-22: I need the higher resolution, but the higher DPI is difficult to see, but you can't get high resolution and low DPI unless you're running a 40+ inch HDTV. (And running a 30" LCD at 1920x1200 results in scaling blurriness, so I prefer to deal with the Windows DPI crud.) Reply
FH123 - Tuesday, July 19, 2011 - linkI can't really argue with that. We're basically on the same page - and I'm 46 - although I do tilt the other way and use my 8-year old XGA laptop screen most often. I like working with the machine on my lap.
Age makes you cynical about progress. I recently evaluated a Thinkpad X220 with a great IPS screen, but quite high DPI at 12.5" and with 1366x768 16:9 resolution. The perfect example of the schizophrenic nature of progress, it also took 90 seconds to fully boot Windows 7 from a conventional disk. My 8-year old Northwood P4 (Thinkpad T30) boots XP in less than 1 minute including a virus scanner and full-disk encryption (also no SSD). Would I feel the benefit of SandyBridge if I moved on to it? Probably, but my old machine is surprisingly easy to live with. There are too many things, like boot / load times, that are not improved even with SSDs, for example Thinkpad applets and the Intel display driver UI that I suspect are written in .NET. There are others, like ever shallower keyboards and less-tall, low contrast screens, that are in fact regressing. Among screens today a 14" 1280x800 screen would possibly be ideal for me ... if it still existed. Reply
JarredWalton - Tuesday, July 19, 2011 - linkAt CES 2011, Lenovo was demoing a ThinkPad Edge that could boot in under 10 seconds. Now *that* is a laptop I'd like to fool around with -- I was very curious what sort of tweaks they had made to get it to boot that quickly. Obviously there was no bloatware, but even so my desktop with an overclocked i7-965 and Vertex 2 SSD takes about 12 seconds to boot Win7, and that's not including the 15 seconds it takes to POST. Reply
FH123 - Tuesday, July 19, 2011 - linkYeah, this is why the X220 being so slow surprised me. I'm sure it had the "Lenovo Enhanced Experience" sticker, which I thought is partly about quick boot time. An SSD would have made a huge difference of course, but even so. Then, once you start using some of the Lenovo apps to, say, adjust your power management settings (on a Thinkpad T410s WITH AN SSD that I have), they can take ages to come up, i.e. several seconds. In my view applets like that should open up instantly. Lenovo Enhanced Experience is a mixture of the good and the awful. It possibly comes down to some manager not seeing that they can't write this stuff completely in .NET, Flash, Java or whatever they're using.
There's a video on YouTube somewhere where Lenovo explain how they worked quite deeply with device driver manfuacturers to cut down the boot time. Of course they don't say exactly what they did and you can supposedly only reap the benefit from their preload. Based on my extremely limited experience I have to wonder whether that only works well on select demo machines. It must be hard rolling out the performance tweaks across every driver and BIOS revision. Reply
sir_laser - Tuesday, July 19, 2011 - linkShoutouts to Faulkner and Shakespeare!
FH123: So what you are saying, in part, is that it is very difficult to find high quality low DPI laptop screens in the consumer market? Reply
FH123 - Tuesday, July 19, 2011 - linkI must confess I haven't looked at the consumer market. I buy business laptops, usually Thinkpads for their keyboards. I have the impression that complaints about poor screens are universal though and have more to do with the manufacture and availability of those screens. There seem to be some markets where high quality screens are more common, e.g. tablets, workstation and large high-end laptops - as well as anything made by Apple. However try to find a decent screen in a mainstream 14" Windows laptop and the situation is dire. Reply
Beenthere - Tuesday, July 19, 2011 - link...but refuse to buy it with an Intel CPU. Alienware told me they do not know if or when they will be using Llano APUs but this would seem like a smart move for good gaming performance with low power consumption and low heat/fan noise. Reply
JarredWalton - Tuesday, July 19, 2011 - linkAh, yes, the anti-Intel sentiment. Unfortunately, as an enthusiast company, there's really no place for Llano in Alienware's current lineup. The ULV processors used in the M11x are generally equal to Llano in terms of power use for idle/low use, equal in multi-threaded performance, and much faster in single-threaded performance.
Llano A8-3800M vs. M11x R3:
Llano A8-3800M+6630M vs. M11x R3:
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/386?vs=396 Reply
Beenthere - Tuesday, July 19, 2011 - linkSo Alienware loses another sale. In this economy it's gotta hurt to not be selling what consumers want. Reply
cjl - Tuesday, July 19, 2011 - linkYou know, I believe the evidence is that consumers want performance and battery life, and by and large, they don't really care what brand of processor the computer has. Those that do mainly prefer intel (thanks to their advertising). So, I would say that Alienware is selling exactly what consumers want. Reply
Hrel - Tuesday, July 19, 2011 - linkyeah, he just hates Intel because they're succesful. I hate petty people.
I do wish we could see some competition from AMD though, just to drive prices down. Intel's have been creeping steadily up since the release of the Core series of CPU's.
For instance I think the 2500K should be about 185-195, not 215 or 230 or whatever it is. Not a huge deal, when I build a new desktop next fall (2012) I will use the newest Intel CPU equivalent to that one. Generally though 200 has always been my cap for CPU prices, I just wanna overclock so an extra 20 bucks is meh; still, not like it costs Intel anything extra to enable that.
Unless Bulldozer makes Sandy Bridge look at least average??? Please! No? Ohhhh, ok. Reply
Skott - Tuesday, July 19, 2011 - linkIf I was going to buy a gaming laptop I'd go with a Sager. They have the superior cooling system for gaming laptops. That heat over time can kill a laptop. It needs to be as cool as possible. Just my 2 cents. Reply
scook9 - Tuesday, July 19, 2011 - linkNot really that superior actually....they have nice beefy cooling on their x7200 and x8000 lines but their single GPU stuff is comparably cooled compare to the alienware lineup (And the M18x matches the x7200 cooling....) Reply
Hrel - Tuesday, July 19, 2011 - linksager is just a brand built on Clevo or Compal or Asus or MSI or any other whitebox manufacturer; they don't actually make the laptops, they just put parts in them like the CPU/GPU/RAM and what not. Reply
Gonemad - Tuesday, July 19, 2011 - link...but right now can anybody answer me with a simple yes or no: Is this the fastest machine that can be crammed in a 14" notebook frame, heat be damned, noise be damned, battery life be damned?
Apparently yes it is. Won't this note enter the category *hot-rod* as in "the largest engine on the smallest car"? Or is it a "Rolls-Royce jet engine in a Pinto", where the sum is worse than its parts?
PS: You don't see anything beyond 1600 x 900 all the way to 17"... Reply
Pylon757 - Wednesday, July 20, 2011 - linkSony has 1920x1080 across 13". 1080p isn't that hard to find on 15".
This is about the same weight as a number of 15" laptops too. Reply
bigboxes - Tuesday, July 19, 2011 - linkIsn't it really a LED backlit LCD display? Just because the manufacturers are marketing them as LED displays doesn't make them so. Reply
etamin - Wednesday, July 20, 2011 - linkThat is what LED display means. All LED displays are LED backlit LCDs whereas traditional LCDs are actually CCFL (Cold-Cathode Fluorescent Lamp) backlit displays. They are both types of LCDs. Reply
etamin - Tuesday, July 19, 2011 - linkI was not able to tell from the pictures but is the memory in the M14x self upgradable? Alienware is charging $200 for 2x4GB DIMMS (1600MHz) which can be had on Newegg for as low as $75.
Also, do you at Anandtech notice any changes in quality since the pre-Dell days of Alienware? I believe the Area-51 m7700 I owned years ago was the last pre-Dell model built and have not given Alienware a second thought since both harddrives (yes, both at the same time) in RAID 0 permanently failed along with the motherboard. Over the life of the system, I had to replace a dead graphics card, deal with a battery that could not hold a charge, and replace a screen myself with one from a used Sager built on the same Clevo chassis. In total the system fell into the 4k range over 4 years of use and I cannot even dream about spending even 2.5k on a laptop ever again. My understanding is that Dell now uses even cheaper generic parts but I could be wrong. Reply
Hrel - Tuesday, July 19, 2011 - linkI wish you guys could get the "other" version of the GT555M in for testing; really just out of curiosity. I'd like to see what's different and where from 768p to 1080p.
(I also wish you guys would test at 1080p NOT with max settings; but with "reasonable" texture settings. You can make games look better than a console and run at 1080p by tweaking things just a little.)
Really THIS GPU with GDDR5 is the only GT555M that should exist. Hopefully Nividia will do that with the GT666M or whatever they wanna call it. I truly baffles me that someone somewhere thought it was a good idea to have two entirely different GPU's under the EXACT same name each with at LEAST 2 possible configurations totally 4+ GPU's with the same damn name!!! AHHHHH, frakkin marketing people; clearly their degrees mean nothing more than "yep, I drank a lot in college". Reply
etamin - Wednesday, July 20, 2011 - linkjust curious, where can I find out more about this 4 GPUs with the same name business? Reply
Hrel - Saturday, July 23, 2011 - linkhttp://lmgtfy.com/?q=GT555M Reply
lunarx3dfx - Wednesday, July 20, 2011 - linkThe m14x isn't available with the other GT555M. I have a feeling that it would be significantly slower though. Reply
AlexKitch - Wednesday, July 20, 2011 - linkMy friend has one of these and struggles to even play Minecraft without the machine becoming so unbelievably hot that it has to de-clock itself, turning his games into more of a slideshow than a game. This happens in my (fairly cool) apartment, on a solid desk with no obstructions to any of the fan intakes/exhausts.
Personally, I don't like the styling of Alienware machines either. It's all a little over the top and immature. Reply
kevith - Thursday, July 21, 2011 - linkis NOT a lot! It´s terrible to keep on reading, that notebooks that weighs like this one, are heavy!
I´m 50 years, and I´m working in the woods, and the chainsaw I use weighs around 22 lbs. And not only shall I carry it around for 8 hours every day, I have to toss it arond all the time to obtain access to sawing area.
I´ve read reviews, where the reviewer has used words like "chiropractor", "immoblie", "desktop only" etc.
Come on man, I don´t know what kind of workout You do - if any - but I will recommend You to spend more time doing it or find a more effective system. Reply
Hrel - Saturday, July 23, 2011 - linkYeah, that always annoys me too. Basically as long as the things under 10lbs I'm fine with it. And that's only because of all the other stuff I keep in my notebook bag. But then again, if you're talking about burly men that's totally different than if you're talking about 5'4" women. Reply
solracd - Monday, August 08, 2011 - linkCan someone explain why the 1.5 upgrade to 3Gb video memory is not useful? Is is not helpful 'today' but possible useful in a year or two? The same applies to the CPU option. I would think getting the most is the best (although clearly not the most cost effective).
I buy laptops and keep for a while so I'm puzzled how more is not better.
Thanks in advance! Reply
Habshockeygrl - Tuesday, January 03, 2012 - linkI love my M14x, I don't mind the louder rapid cooling although my husband when sitting near me sometimes complains about the loudness of it. My problem as been the sound system. I paid extra for the premium sound package and have had multitudes of problems with it. They tried to have tech support remotely reset drivers, which made the surround sound stop working. They sent a tech to my house, upon taking it apart he somehow destroyed the motherboard and the mouse track pad. So he had to come back with the new parts. Second trip, he brought brand new speakers because he could see a visible problem, replaced the motherboard and the tracker section. Now only either front or back speakers will work separately but not together. Nobody has been able to figure out this problem and I continue to feel I was ripped off in the sound department. Good luck to anyone purchasing the upgrade! Reply


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I wear a jock strap for one reason- It does the job better than any other type of athletic supporter. But apparently from what I hear every time they come up as a topic lately, it sounds like they are catnip for gay men.
I want to be clear that I no problem with gay men and don't want this discussion devolving into a homophobic pissing match. My problem is with an attitude that if a man drops his gym shorts in a locker room while wearing a jock strap that he's unintentionally sending out a homosexual mating signal…
Is this really the case these days? If so I've been oblivious to the fact up until now. Do you avoid wearing a jock because of a perceived gay sexual connotation?
I'll keep wearing one when I need to regardless because they work and compression shorts are uncomfortable as hell… But it does suck to see the actual purpose of a men's product being overshadowed by a fetish attached to it.
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Yeah, it was news to me too 'til recently. Maybe the notion is mostly bunk.
Never heard of that connotation/connection. I'm trending towards thinking it's bunk.
Wear what works. I've never much worried about what other people thought anyway.
Good points.
It's not hard for most guys to wrap their head around the reality that if a guy is into other guys sexually, then under-gear that leaves a dude's ass hanging out would probably be considered the most awesome garment ever… I was mostly wondering if that fringe aspect of jock straps was somehow becoming the thing most associate with jock straps rather than how well they work for support.
For the most part from the replies it sound like this is not the case, but it does remind me of something pretty insightful that Will posted way back about a downside of the sexual revolution is that damn near everything gets sexualized regardless of context. This jock strap 'issue' would be an example of men feeling self-conscious from living in such sexualized culture.
As recently as 50 years ago, it was common to swim nude at the YMCA. In fact, it was mandatory. Swimsuits were not allowed. And, it was equally common to see men shirtless when appropriate, for example, mowing the lawn in the summer heat. Even showering at the gym has now been sexualized. It used to be a way to get clean.
The "sexual revolution" produced a backlash that turned us all into sexually uptight prudes.
Back to the subject at hand. Jockstraps, as a supportive undergarment, are functionally designed, and as has been said, work extremely well for their intended purpose.
Wear one, if you need one. I do.
I don't think I've ever worn a shirt mowing the lawn in temps over 70.
On a hilarious, unrelated to the discussion side note… There is a guy that lives along one the county roads near here that mows his lawn in a speedo. It's sort of become a gross roadside attraction around here.
"The "sexual revolution" produced a backlash that turned us all into sexually uptight prudes."
Well said.
Unless a guy is a competitive swimmer, he has no business in speedos.
The thing is… Men trying to look "sexy" are often hilarious. An ex-girlfriend told me once that nothing is less sexy than a guy trying to be. (Of course that could have been just directed at me…)
I don't recall as a kid ever seeing any man shirtless. A T-shirt was the proper attire for doing dirty/hot work, not shirtless. If anything, men overdressed. Hippies were my first memory of shirtless men.
Maybe it's a regional thing.
Really? That just seems foreign to me. What region do you hail from? Guys having their shirts off in the summer around here couldn't be more of a non-issue. Obviously guy don't go inside public places shirtless, but whether it's yard work, running, driving, or relaxing out at a park, nobody thinks twice about men being shirtless.
Shirtless is more common the farther you get out in lake country than in town around here, but it's still nothing out of the ordinary in town.


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Posted By Alex Belth On July 3, 2013 @ 7:25 am In 1: Featured,Game Recap,Yankees | Comments Disabled
Phil Hughes pitched well, people, and the Yankee offense is still eating meat, scrapping together a few runs–thank you Alberto "3 RBI" Gonzalez–before Robbie Cano pelted a three-run home run to put the game away.
Sure, Mariano Rivera had to come in to get a cheap-one out save in the 9th, but otherwise, not much to complain about.
Final Score: Yanks 7, Twins 3. [2]
Hiroki Kuroda returned to New York for an MRI on his hip flexor but appears to be okay [3]. Phew.
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A leading sports lawyer has urged the NRL to review the three-man tackle, believing the governing body is leaving itself open to legal action over incidents such as the one that incapacitated Newcastle forward Alex McKinnon.
Melbourne forward Jordan McLean, one of three players involved in the McKinnon tackle, will front the NRL judiciary on Wednesday in what is shaping as one of the most complex and emotive cases in rugby league history.
McLean, who was referred directly to the judiciary and was allowed to play last weekend, is expected to plead not guilty. Storm chief executive Mark Evans and football manager Frank Ponissi will accompany him to the hearing.
Thomas Cahill, a Sydney-based sports lawyer at Eakin McCaffery Cox, said it would be unlikely there would be any legal liability for McLean, as the three-man tackle is permitted in the rules of the game. However, he was concerned that technique posed legal and safety risks for the NRL and the players respectively.
"The real issue here is whether the three-man tackle sanctioned by the NRL is dangerous and creates a risk to a player's safety," Cahill said.
"Notwithstanding the potential scope for legal liability, the incident highlights the need for the administrators of the game to review various rules, in particular three-man tackles in order to reduce the potential risk of a catastrophic spinal injury. The problem with three-man tackles is they can create confusion amongst the tacklers and can result in a tackled player being lifted unintentionally.
"Where there is momentum for a lift, there is the potential for a catastrophic spinal injury. If that is a promoted technique, then the NRL is opening itself up to legal liability, without a doubt."
There have been suggestions McKinnon contributed to the damage he suffered by ducking his neck in the tackle, which may be argued as part of McLean's judiciary defence. However, this was disputed by Dr Adrian Cohen, an expert on neck injuries and their prevention, who urged the judiciary to "focus on the tackle, not its consequences".
"The observation that he ducked his neck and that might have contributed to the fact he has a fracture in the spine is erroneous," Cohen said.
"If he hadn't ducked his neck his spinal veterbrae would have been concertinaed and there's every likelihood he would have suffered a different kind of fracture with the same or similar types of consequences."
Dr Cohen, the former chief medical officer with the Westpac Rescue Helicopter Service and the founder of NeckSafe, had scheduled a series of meetings with the NRL prior to the McKinnon incident. He is pushing for the NRL's concussion rules to be expanded to include neck injury protocols, warning mismanaged injuries could cost the game tens of millions of dollars in lawsuits.
"What I would hope comes out of this is a heightened awareness that lasts longer than a week or a month or a year, where you see increased penalties for these types of tackles because they can have this level of consequence," Dr Cohen said.
As the incident involving McKinnon occurred in Melbourne, any possible legal action would occur under Victorian law, even if proceedings were heard in a NSW court.
That was the situation in the most high-profile such case in rugby league when former Wests Tigers forward Jarrod McCracken sought and won damages from the Melbourne Storm and players Stephen Kearney and Marcus Bai over a tackle in Melbourne in 2000 that ended his career.
McCracken sued for lost income of more than $750,000, a figure that was reduced to $97,500 when his lucrative earnings in property were taken into account. Under Victorian legislation, it is easier than in NSW for an athlete in a contact sport to successfully sue an opposition club or player for negligently causing injury.
Legal experts contacted by Fairfax Media insisted the outcome of Wednesday night's judiciary hearing at Rugby League Central would be irrelevant if the matter ever found its way into a courtroom.
Newcastle released a statement on Tuesday that denied reports of any conclusive update on McKinnon's welfare.
"While Alex's condition continues to improve, his body is in the first phase of recovery," the statement said. "As previously shared, he has movement in his right arm and the uncertainty remains in the extent of further recovery. The doctors explained any regeneration and recovery could be up to two years."
The Knights said all "factual updates" were made in consultation with McKinnon's family at a "delicate" time.
"The club is extremely disappointed in the sensationalised television news story on Monday night about this tragic situation," the statement read.
"One of the most important factors for Alex at this time is hope, which was jeopardised by this report."
Members of the club's staff have remained in Melbourne to offer McKinnon and his family support. The club and the McKinnons requested his privacy was respected.
In a joint statement, McKinnon's parents and partner Teigan Power offered their thanks for the outpouring of public support.
"We would once again like to thank the public and media for the ongoing show of concern and support for our son and partner, Alex," the statement read.
"While there is a lot of detail being reported about Alex's condition, it is important to remember that it is still early days for him post-injury."
Cahill said it was important for players to be legally protected in the event of catastrophic injuries.
"This incident should also spark the need for the NRL to look into the creation of a fund to assist players like Alex McKinnon, in addition to the NRL insisting on registration of all NRL players being contingent upon taking out a 'career-ending' insurance policy," Cahill said.
"The administrators of another major sporting code in Australia have insisted for some time on a global policy which covers all registered players. Such policies are useful, particularly in a blameless accident type scenario, where no legal liability arises."


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This article was published 27/1/2014 (1274 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
One never knows what the future holds
In regards to senior affordable housing. We retired on a healthy pension with a nest egg to tide us over. We are the seniors who helped build Brandon to what it is today. Unfortunately who knew that inflation would skyrocket to what it is today back then. Pensions have not kept up with the inflation, however hydro, water, rents have gone up considerably. So by preparing affordable housing for today's seniors we are in fact preparing affordable housing for the next generation that will be retiring. And believe me you are going to be in the same boat as we are. This also goes for the councillors who think they will not be in this position when they retire.
Cheers for Rick Chrest
This is just a "hip hip hooray" for Rick Chrest in his running for mayor! He is a great person and I know he will do great in his running.
Let's find out who we are voting for please
It's positive to see a former councillor with some experience run for mayor. But I hope the Brandon Sun carefully examines his performance in his past jobs, such as when he was general manager of the Keystone Centre and then the Chamber of Commerce. How did those two places do under his watch? And I would hope anyone who comes along and wants to be mayor is thoroughly examined by the paper for all of us to read and then help us to vote.
This says it all
The other day I read a very cute yet profound bit of advice and I quote, "Honk if you love Jesus. Text while you drive if you would like to meet him."
Better get it cleaned before the next snowfall
The City of Brandon I hope will clean the walking path on Braecrest Drive soon! It really does need a snow removal as several people walk that path — adults and children, joggers and walkers, and folks with dogs. I hope it is done by the weekend.
Missing DOT booth
My wife and I have been attending Ag Days for 20 years. It was a shock today to not see the typical crowd gathered around the Motor Carrier Enforcement (DOT) booth. Oddly it was always a popular one. I always enjoyed seeing what was new and gathering info about moving and securing machinery as well as the annual road bans that come on in the spring. Very friendly group of guys. Hopefully they will be return next year.


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cancer of the liver
by Sean
Please note: MP3s are only kept online for a short time, and if this entry is from more than a couple of weeks ago, the music probably won't be available to download any more.
It's the weekend and it's summer so let's listen to music from names we know. I wish I had a barbecue to go to (it's early evening here and the sky is blue).
Spoon - "Sister Jack". Don't bother listening to this song. Not until you burn it onto a CD or throw it onto your iPod and step into the street with somewhere to go. It's not simply a song for walking, it's a song for walking somewhere, because if you are, and you do, and this song is in your ears, it kills. It leaves dead suits like me in its wake. It makes you wince, it kills so much. Spoon have always been a band of songmakers, of melodymakers, but here's the sort of song that lives in a Platonic universe somewhere, where it kills people.
First of all, there's that guitar, drang drang drang, sounding like straight can-rock guitar, no joke, the Gandharvas or Treblecharger or, yeah, Sloan. It kills. And then there's the cracking drums, the tambourine, the stall, and Britt's gruff-lax nonsense-deep lyrics. He's like John Lennon here, John Lennon making a racket in his loft above a kebab shop in Austin.
And we mustn't forget the tape loop weirdness, the backward guitar squawks and whizzing and hiss that's the sound of the song's loose seams, the places where light bursts through and blinds you. These squiggles of sound like someone spun round and pointed at the Transformer who has a cassette-player in his body, ordering him to "Do a solo!". And the Transformer's caught off guard but he still does it, there he goes, manipulating his buttons and doing something amazing because unbeknownst to the pointer, Transformer's been practicing these solos for months, in his mirror at home, before going out in the pitch-black to learn to skate-board in the parking-lot near his house.
Gimme Fiction's due on May 9. Pre-order and win cool stuff!
Sufjan Stevens - "Casimir Pulaski Day". Gosh. "Casimir Pulaski Day" is a coalescing, for me, of everything Sufjan Stevens does well. It's got all the trademarks: homorhythm, oboe, mandolin, wispiness, layers of harmony, repetition. But on this song these things rise out of their bodies into something so much greater than "pretty". Listen up, haters! Even if you've dismissed Sufjan in the past, even if you think he's a samey Iron & Wine prat, if you have any love for Smog or Mountain Goats, Leonard Cohen or Neil Young, I defy you to dislike this song (at least until the instrumental at the end) - it's a masterpiece. There's brilliance in the lyrics, in the way the words weave around and reappear, the way these domestic scenes flutter into view and then fade into memory, a cascade of sights/sounds/touches that accumulate... It's all repetition, the same chords over and over, but this too accumulates, until you notice the slightest change, until the playful everyday sound is for a moment erotic, sad, transcendent, or Sufjan's casual real-life images turn full-bodied with a sense of Love, God, or Death. It's a marvel, and I wonder at the fact that something so deep, so insightful, so rich, so human, can also sound so pretty, so light, the kind of trifle that you might ignore, forget, pass by. (This too, I suppose, is a metaphor.)
(Unfortunately, Sufjan's not really outdone himself with Illinois. Like Michigan it's pretty, it's proof of a mighty talented artist. But it's much the same, really - pretty, sometimes dazzling, too long and too repetitive. The shock and awe of Seven Swans (which isn't much different anyway) is absent. Some of you might have heard the single at TTIKTDA [keith, please update your StG bookmark!]. The album sounds like that. But "Casimir Pulaski Day" and a few other tracks... oh my.)
Went to a gig last night. Archer Prewitt and then Sam Prekop & Archer Prewitt literally put me to sleep, but they were very pretty lullabies. The Earlies were swirlies, the first English jam band I've seen (more Beta Band than Grateful Dead, mind, and half the band play synths/electronics, but-). Stealing the show, though, in amazing ways, was Micah P. Hinson, whom I'd hardly heard of but who seems pretty well know. (He must have hit while I was gallavanting in Hungary or something.) Apparently the album's all cello and singer-songwriterness, but on stage last night with drums and bass he was a small beast, a creature with an electric guitar that snarled and hissed, that roared (cf. Greg Macpherson), singing songs like a far fiercer Dallas Good, shout-singing three lines, over and over, till I thought my heart might burst. I will look into his stuff and share.
CONTEST! Apparently we can give away some Rilo Kiley and Idiot Jed CDs. Five of each. I have no idea who Idiot Jed are and I think Rilo Kiley totally suck, but some people like 'em. One CD goes to whoever suggests the best contest idea - post your suggestions in the comments.
Posted by Sean at April 29, 2005 1:20 PM
The contest should be that you detail how frequenting StG has increased your music consumption, meaning purchasing the CDs/LPs or going to the shows or telling other people about the artists posted on etc.Posted by elliott at April 29, 2005 2:04 PM
The contest should be about who has the cutest catPosted by kurtie! at April 29, 2005 3:29 PM
i think it should be a polar bear wrestling contest in the arctic. i don't know if you guys have the kind of budget to arrange that but it would definitely be the best measure of who wants/deserves the cds the most.Posted by drew at April 29, 2005 4:19 PM
I'm doing a barbecue on sunday, come along!Posted by Matthew in London at April 29, 2005 4:22 PM
i had a good idea but it isn't nearly as good as the cute cat idea. if that wins can i win too for agreeing? plus my girlfriend likes rilo kiley and would be happy to get a cd.Posted by troy at April 29, 2005 4:51 PM
contest idea: write a review of a song posted on StG which refers to as many other bands as possible. winner is the entry with the highest number of band names within a coherent review.
c'mon, that's gotta be worth a free cd. i'll even pick it up from your place and save you some postage.Posted by GARETH at April 29, 2005 5:15 PM
the contest should be to write a mash-up of different songs to explain how much they love StG, why they frequent it, why it's the best music blog ever, etc.
i think a web-cam based dance-off would be ideal.Posted by brent at April 29, 2005 5:48 PM
i STILL DONT UNDERSTAND IT !!
ZAIDIEPosted by Zaidie Ben at April 29, 2005 5:50 PM
1. Draw a picture using only MS Paint basics (no cutting or pasting), incorporating the title "Said the Gramophone," and a bird of your choice.
2. Photos of the ugliest sweaters in exisistance, wearer must be holding a StG approved cd.
3. Make an iMix. your fave wins.
4. "Come up with the most contest ideas" contest.Posted by jgriz at April 29, 2005 7:14 PM
Reason: Oregon's boring, lifeless reputation is being perpetuated by (let's face it) holes in the ground filled with water. There's more to us than that!
Proof: http://www.ost.state.or.us/news/newsreleases/2004/12-10-04%20Oregon%20Quarter.htmPosted by karen blahblah at April 29, 2005 7:19 PM
The contest should be to rename both of these bands since their names are dumb.Posted by Eric at April 29, 2005 7:27 PM
Camera phone pictures. With different categories and such.Posted by Jore at April 29, 2005 8:28 PM
That "Transformers solo" bit is great, Sean. You and Mike Barthel are both neck and neck in terms of pulling out crazy but totally accurate comparisons like that.Posted by Matthew at April 29, 2005 8:32 PM
how many marshmallows can you fit in your mouth at one time?Posted by tim & sara at April 29, 2005 11:32 PM
The aim of the contest should be to go out and find as many people with Said the Gramophone in their internet history. Whoever finds the most visitors wins.Posted by Tony at April 29, 2005 11:55 PM
contest: come up with a concept album:
Can the contest be who can cry the hardest after you say one of their favorite bands suck? :*(
Hehe, Rilo Kiley rocks!!Posted by billy at April 30, 2005 6:39 AM
The contest should be to replace certain words in song titles by Morrissey or the Smiths with names of animals.
For example:
Heaven Knows I'm Marsupial Now.
And by the way, Sean, Rilo Kiley are great.
* For those of you who don't watch nature programmes, "ai" is another name for a sloth.Posted by ross at April 30, 2005 9:15 AM
How about a 100 word essay composed only of song titles. You be the judge. Maybe bonus points for StG posted songs.
I took your dare and tried to dislike the Sufjan Stevens track. And I failed. Thanks for the recommendations.
http://www.echo-and-fury.blogspot.com/Posted by Adrian at April 30, 2005 5:35 PM
1) Come up with the greatest mix CD based solely on StG songs.
2) Haikus using lyrics from StG songs.Posted by caley at April 30, 2005 10:59 PM
My contest:
Whoever can come up with the best two-song combo (transition, thematic relationship, quality of song, emotional journey all taken into account) wins.Posted by E-Rock at May 1, 2005 1:37 PM
Match the band with the animal that best represents them (with justification). I'm thinking:
Cake - Narwhal, because seriously dude, without the horn no one would know who the hell they were.Posted by lzayguy at May 1, 2005 8:38 PM
Your song summaries are always fantastic. Gorgeous descriptions.Posted by Anon at May 3, 2005 5:36 PM
Hey, GRREAT description of Casimiar Pulaski. You took the words outta my mouth. The song's truly a masterpiece.Posted by Phil at November 25, 2005 6:51 PM
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Willie Geist: You are an ambitious, you're a driven guy. Is there no fiber of your being that thinks to yourself when you go sit down with President Clinton or you spend time with President Obama, this may come back to haunt me in South Carolina four years from now. You don't think about your future at all politically?
Governor Christie: Well first of all, everybody thinks about their future politically and anybody who tells you that they don't who is in politics is lying to you, of course you think about your future politically. But you can't allow that to be the only thing that helps you to make decisions. So sure it's a factor, I factor it in, but if that's what rules your decisions, you're not going to last in this business long because people are going to see you for the phony you are then. The fact is I make these decisions based on a totality of facts in front of me and to make the best decision I can and no I'm not worried about it. I'm not worried about it. I recognize that there will be some people who will try to use the fact that I've done my job against me. I'm willing to have that argument. That's fine.
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Donor, Albert E. . Thesis (M.S.)--St. John's University, 1960.
Donor, Albert E., and Elana Stern. "Businesses Go Back to School." Oct. 2001: 39. . Pro Quest. Dowling Coll. Lib., Oakdale, NY. 19 Apr. 2008<http://0-proquest.umi.com.library.dowling.edu:80/login>.
Donor, Albert Edward. . Thesis (Ph. D.)--New York University, School of Education, 1965.
Welsh, Jim, et al. "LETTERS :[NASSAU AND SUFFOLK Edition]." [Long Island, NY] 21 Jan. 2004, Combined ed.: A32. . Pro Quest. Dowling Coll. Lib., Oakdale, NY. 24 Apr. 2008 <http://0-proquest.umi.com.library.dowling.edu:80/login>.
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Dirty Dancing Remake Iced
Someone's put Baby in the corner again
While we don't see the torrent of remakes slowing down any time soon, it would appear that at least one project is being throttled back, with news that Lionsgate has decided to postpone its reboot of '80s classic Dirty Dancin**g**.
The idea of going back to the beginning with the tale of Frances 'Baby' Houseman and hunky dance instructor beau Johnny Castle has been a troubled one for years. While a sequel was developed and then stalled, Artisan got the rights and brought out Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights with new characters back in 2004. That didn't fly at the box office, so in 2009, the company's new owners, Lionsgate, decided to go the remake route.
Last year, the movie pushed forward as High School Musical director Kenny Ortega (the choreographer of the original, fact fans!) was hired to start tracking down a cast. But while several well known names (including Glee's Lea Michele) have auditioned, and a July 2013 release date was pencilled in, nothing concrete happened and the film won't see cinemas until 2014 at the earliest. We know, we know… You're devastated. You'll make it through. Just carry a watermelon about until you feel better.


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Steven Madden (NASDAQ:SHOO) ups its rating to a B ("buy") this week after earning a C ("hold") in the week before. Steven Madden designs and markets shoes for men, women and children for sale through its wholesale and retail channels. In Portfolio Grader's specific subcategory of Equity, SHOO also gets an A. For more information, get Portfolio Grader's complete analysis of SHOO stock.
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VENTNOR - The Ocean City High School girls basketball team fell short to Prep Charter of Philadelphia 42-40 Monday in the final game of the Ventnor City Showcase.
After taking a 37-29 lead with 3 minutes, 3 seconds to go in the game at the Ventnor Educational Community Complex, the Red Raiders came undone by turnovers and high-pressure situations.
"We need to learn how to handle the ball in pressure situations and understand the clock," Ocean City coach Paul Baruffi said. "There were too many big turnovers."
Prep Charter ran a full-court press throughout the game that Ocean City seemed to handle fairly well, particularly in the third quarter when the Red Raiders outscored their opponent 11-6.
Sophomore Reilly Larkin scored nine of her 10 points in that quarter, including two drives to the basket when the Red Raiders beat the press, leaving open lanes to the basket. Her biggest points came when she scored a field goal at the end of the quarter, giving Ocean City a 28-26 lead.
The fourth quarter was full of action and competition, which was exactly what Prep Charter coach Paul Reiser wanted.
"We will go anywhere to play anyone just so we can compete," Reiser said. "We play in a really weak league, so to come here and play a historically good team like Ocean City, which is so well-coached, helps us raise our game up."
When the Lady Huskies felt tested and lost their lead, they increased their intensity level and the momentum started to go in their favor. LaShay Banks snagged two key offensive rebounds that she converted for points to start their run at a comeback. With 1 minute, 30 seconds to go, she stole the ball from Larkin and beat her to the net for a basket. Larkin was called for a foul, giving Banks an opportunity to convert a three-point play. She succeeded, bringing the Lady Huskies within three (37-35). Banks had 20 points and 16 rebounds for a double-double.
The patience that Ocean City showed against the press early in the game was starting to wane. Prep Charter came up with two more steals at half-court, the most important coming from Emily Gillian with 30 seconds left. Gillian passed the ball to junior Yasmine Montgomery for a 3-pointer and a 39-37 lead.
Ocean City finally broke the press but failed to convert, putting the ball back in the Lady Huskies' hands. The Red Raiders did the smart thing and started to foul. Montgomery and Gillian combined to go 3-for-4 at the line in the closing seconds, giving their team a 10th consecutive win. Montgomery ended up with seven points, all of them coming in the fourth quarter.
"Yasmine only plays eight or 10 minutes a game but always seems to make big shots for us," Reiser said. "She's not afraid to shoot the ball."
Ocean City's only senior, Kelsey Boylan, who also finished with a double-double (10 points, 10 rebounds), hit a 3-pointer at the buzzer but there was nothing else she and her teammates could do. Despite their fight and aggressiveness, the team's inconsistency at the foul line was its downfall. The Red Raiders were 8-for-17 overall (47 percent) and 5-for-9 in the fourth quarter.
"If I made a guess, I'd say we shoot 40 percent from the line as a team," Baruffi said. "You can't put teams away if you shoot 40 percent from the foul line. We have to make foul shots, bottom line."
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Prep Charter 9 11 6 16 - 42
Ocean City 6 11 11 12 - 40
PC-Lee 1 2-4 4, Harcum 1 1-2 4, Johnson 2 0-0 5, Banks 9 2-3 20, Holloway 1 0-0 2, Montgomery 2 2-2 7. Totals-16 7-11 42.
OC-Boylan 3 3-6 10, Larkin 3 3-4 10, E. Duggan 3 2-4 8, Robinson 2 0-1 4, J. Duggan 4 0-2 8. Totals-15 8-17 40.
3-pointers-Harcum, Johnson, Montgomery PC, Boylan, Larkin OC.
Records-Prep Charter 12-2, Ocean City 4-5.


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Has anyone seen any video corruption while watching gg's version? For example:
Coreavc seems to play it fine on my other Windows box, but even CCCP (2008-1-24 ffdshow) there shows similar results to the above MPlayer corruption. Same problems with latest VLC on Ubuntu as well. But, going over this thread which I found through Google: http://www.cccp-project.net/forums/i...p?topic=2890.0 ...Is it the encode, that changed, causing most non-coreavc decoders to just puke?
|2008-09-21, 09:54
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That's the stable CCCP failing, because of a known and fixed ffdshow issue.
Use the CCCP Release Candidate for now. New pack should be out soon, too.
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For those in Windows it seems if one uses ffdshow to decode the video, updating CCCP to the latest CCCP Release Candidate seems to be the way to go. (No video corruption seen with CCCP Release Candidate with the ffdshow version they used.)
Not sure what to do about MPlayer though if there is an update or not yet for that.
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CoreAVC != FFDShow (libavcodec)
So that's why...
(MPlayer will most likely have the save issues as FFDShow though, since it uses the same decoding library. Maybe I'll see it too once I get around to watching it myself...)
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I had to update MPlayer through SVN, build dependencies for MPlayer, patch, compile, are we done yet, install. ...But only after uninstalling the previous MPlayer and other related stuff. I used this guide to help me get through most of it.
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THE 30-SOMETHING WORKING GROUP -- (House of Representatives - May 03, 2006)
Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ. Mr. Speaker, as I pointed out before, I have only been here 14 months, 15 months now. And a few things have happened that have just absolutely floored me. One of the things that has occurred was the two votes we had last year on energy legislation, energy legislation that the Bush energy department predicted would raise gas prices. And it did.
But if you recall, we had an opportunity as Members to have a briefing from the cabinet officers, by the cabinet officers of the President in this chamber just last year.
And if you recall, we had the Secretary of Energy stand in front of us. And when asked a question about why were they not doing anything about gas prices, and what were they going to do to bring down the cost of oil, he said, ``Well, we really cannot do anything''. I mean, that was his point blank answer.
Now, when we are talking about prices at the pump, I do not understand why our Republican colleagues are not pumping up the volume on prices. I mean it is just incomprehensible that last year we would have a bill on this floor that not only gave money to the oil companies, to the oil companies gave them money, forgave taxes. And we have talked about these things before.
The United States Government owns the land and the rights underneath where the oil companies are given permission to drill. We give them permission. And in exchange for that permission, they are supposed to pay us taxes. They are supposed to pay the United States Government for those drilling rights. Yet in the legislation last year, we forgave those taxes. We basically gave them the oil that they drilled for for free, and now we are letting them sell it to us and our constituents for ungodly amounts of money so that they can make ungodly amounts of money.
On top of that, it is not even like it was a breeze to pass it. You know, you had Republicans here who were not allowed to vote their own conscience because from what I have noted, they all check their consciences at the door there and leave them out before they come in this room, so that there arms can be pressed behind their backs.
And the board up here, it shows how we are voting, it is like a Christmas tree. It goes from red to green, green to red. Really I am not sure where their moral conviction is, because it certainly is not in this room when they are voting. They held one of those votes open on the Energy Bill that we did, I think this was last summer, for 40 minutes, if you recall, so that they could ensure that they gave that gift to the oil companies.
It was unbelievable. And we were already in the middle of a summer of high gas prices. And we have here another chart. And I think we have another one as well that shows the evolution of gas prices.
But, we are now paying 100 percent more for gas than when President Bush first took office. 100 percent more. The rubber stamp Republicans, our rubber stamp Republicans right there, you cannot call it any other thing other than what it is. Literally last summer they let themselves be led off a cliff, led by the nose to do whatever it is that the leadership decided they were going to do for the oil industry.
Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ. Mr. Speaker, I want to take this back down for a second because I think we talk about the deficit and the debt a lot, and some of the things we talk about on the floor are a little hard to wrap your mind around in terms of the things the people deal with every day. So, when we boil it down to what people deal with themselves every day, which is what a tank of gas costs, what a gallon of gas costs, this is the evolution of what has happened under the Bush administration and their energy policy.
In 2002, the summer gas price of a gallon of gas was average of $1.39. Then in 2003, it went to $1.57. Then in 2004, it went to $19.0. In 2005, it went to $2.37, and you know what, in April it was $29.1. It is now over $3. I just paid $3.05 at home, and it cost me $56 to fill up my minivan.
So, when we are talking about what goes on up here and how disconcerting and disappointing it is that we have no leadership on the other side and no interest or ability for them, who clearly are in charge of this country and who could make this change, at the snap of their fingers if they wanted to, they can stand and say they cannot do anything to affect oil prices, but the President's been in office 6 years. He had the ability to start right from the get-go and begin investing in alternative energy and trying to actually move the ball down the field when it comes to changing oil prices, but let us look at the timeline of what truly has resulted from the Bush and Republican energy plan.
You have this White House energy plan that was submitted on May 16, 2001, just about 5 years ago now, and you can see as you move up that timeline that, with each phase of the plan that has been implemented, this is the increase in gas prices. There is a significant correlation between the implementation of their energy plan and the increase in the cost of a gallon of gas.
May 17, 2002, the Energy Secretary announces an effort to implement their energy plan under existing law. Gas prices go higher.
Go a little further down the road, and it is December 10, 2004, 75 percent of their energy plan that was hatched in that secret meeting, which they refuse to reveal who was part of it, 75 percent of the energy plan is implemented, and now we are at almost $2 a gallon, actually a little bit more than $2 a gallon.
Then you go over to March 9 of last year, 95 percent of their energy plan is implemented, and we are approaching $3 a gallon.
August 8, 2005, President Bush signs the energy legislation into law, and that is when gas literally in some places hits over $3 a gallon. Now, it has fluctuated back and forth. We are at over $3 a gallon again.
The chart does not lie. It is very clear that their plan raised gas prices. You have an administration infected with former closely affiliated representatives of the oil industry, all the way up to the two people who run this country. I mean, it does not take a brain surgeon or a rocket scientist to figure it out. I mean, come on.
Mr. RYAN of Ohio. Talk about a picture speaking a thousand words. Why do we have high gas prices? Why do we have the problems?
Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ. You want to hear the statistic I heard today.
As far as boiling it down what this means for people, $56 to fill up my minivan. We have not raised the minimum wage since 1997 in this country, and at the current minimum wage, a minimum wage worker has to work 38 minutes before they can even afford 1 gallon of gas, 38 minutes. I mean, that is just over the top outrageous. I mean, it really is.
Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ. The only thing I want to add in closing is that it is just such a sorry excuse to say we cannot do anything about gas prices. I mean, their argument is you cannot snap your fingers and make a difference overnight. If they cared at all, if the President meant what he said when he said we should end America's addiction to oil, like he said in his State of the Union address, then he would have embarked on a plan that would actually do that from the get-go, but that statement was so disingenuous and so far from what their goals are, as evidenced by their action that, you know, over the next 6 months, with election after election, whether it is a special election in California or the elections we had last night in Ohio, people will let folks know here what they think of the policies that are being established.


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The Pat Kelly Memorial Poker Tournament
Friday, September 13, 2013
6:00 pm Reception
7:00 pm Tournament
Pierson Auditorium
UMKC Atterbury Student Success Center
(formerly the University Center)
5000 Holmes
Kansas City, MO
Texas hold 'em with re-buys and add-ons
Refreshments and door prizes
Beginner tables
Final table prizes
Proceeds support student financial aid.
Pat Kelly joined the UMKC Law School faculty in 1961. Four years later, he was appointed acting dean, followed by appointment as dean in 1966. Dean Kelly dreamed of sponsoring an event that would give students the opportunity to network with practicing attorneys and judges in the Kansas City area. In 2005, he combined this dream with his love of poker, establishing the Pat Kelly Scholarship Poker Tournament which has raised over $50,000 in financial aid.
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Jimmy Fallon says he hasn't faced any obstacles from the TV Academy in prepping his first hosting stint at the Emmy Awards, due on NBC Aug. 29.
""I think the only note was they said, "Look, we have to give out
awards," he says. "This is not the prime-time Jimmy hour."
But "for me, it's a great opportunity for
me and more people to see my type of humor, but you've got to relate to different people as well," since not all are Jimmy-savvy.
Fallon says he "kept my head down" and didn't get involved in NBC's skirmish with Conan O'Brien last January.
"I've followed in the shoes of David Letterman and Conan O'Brien, and one thing I've learned is hosting Late Night is a one-way ticket to not hosting The Tonight Show."
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With the global vaccine market expected to hit $52 billion by 2016, certain biotech innovators pushing the edge in this field are garnering a further in depth look. One particular company in this sector which could potentially revolutionize vaccine technology at the foundational level is Inovio Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NYSEMKT:INO). Specializing in DNA based vaccines and therapeutics, Inovio's platform works by stimulating a patient's own immune system to produce greater quantities of cancer and disease fighting T-cells. With a recent deal inked out with Roche this week, around $50M in cash and equivalents and a cutting edge patented technology platform, there appears to be an overwhelmingly bullish outlook on the company's future prospects.
Clinical Efficacy
Unlike biologic vaccines, Inovio's vaccines are comprised of computer-generated strands of synthetic DNA mixed with water. This works to give Inovio's product candidates a huge edge, as these synthetic therapies don't run the risk of producing the viruses which they aim to treat and can also be easily manufactured and stored at room temperature. Likewise, being that these vaccines are synthetic and not biologic has enabled Inovio to build a large IP and patent portfolio for its products. Currently the company's pipeline hosts over 400 patents and shows no sign of slowing its IP expansion. Specifically what Inovio has been patenting so aggressively thus far are its coded DNA sequences which are the foundational mechanism of action for its vaccines and therapies. Through these synthesized DNA transcription codes, Inovio's vaccines work to activate targeted immunological responses triggering the patient's own body to fight their disease more effectively. Along with the numerous published studies demonstrating the efficacy of the company's technology, recent pre-clinical data revealed that the company's hTERT DNA cancer vaccine generated a T-Cell immune system response 18-fold higher than the next best peer technology found in Merck's (NYSE:MRK) DNA Plus Adenovirus Vector.
Market Opportunity
With a pipeline targeting diseases such as Cervical Dysplasia, Cancer, HIV, Influenza, Hepatitis C and Malaria, the multi-billion dollar market size which Inovio's pipeline is working to enter is clearly quite large. Below is a breakdown of the market potential for solely the company's candidates which are already in ongoing clinical trials:
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Recent Roche Partnership
This past Tuesday Inovio announced that it had finalized a new partnership with Roche (OTCQX:RHHBY) for two of its immunotherapies targeting prostate cancer and hepatitis B. This partnership spoke volumes not only due to the fact that Roche is considered one of the top 10 largest pharma company's globally, but also because the deal was for two of Inovio's pre-clinical candidates which haven't even begun Phase I trials yet. Being that partnerships with big pharma companies typically take place after substantial Phase I or II clinical trial data has been documented, it is clear that Roche see's enough promise in Inovio's therapies currently that it was ready to commit to a deal without any further proof needed. The Roche deal provides Inovio with an immediate $10M upfront payment and milestone payments of up to potentially $412.5M. This brings Inovio's current cash and equivalents position close to $50M in total presently. A recent past bearish article on Inovio makes the argument that the company would likely face further dilutions in the near term, yet considering that the company is currently sitting with more cash than it ever has previously, further near term dilutions are not necessary for the company to continue its current operations. It should be noted that this bearish article did come out just one day prior to Inovio announcing its partnership with Roche however so this author was likely not anticipating this deal.
Currently Inovio's therapy platform is showing to have a best in class T-Cell immune system response against cancer and infectious diseases. This fact coupled with an extremely large patent portfolio and more cash than the company has ever had before puts it in a strong position to continue its path towards becoming a major player in the biotech space. While there is always the possibility that development stage biotech's can choose to offer more shares in the future, Inovio is currently sitting in a very strong financial position and has recently just received an additional $10M from its Roche partnership with another $412.5M in future milestone payments pending. Taking into account all of the aforementioned positive attributes which the company brings to the table, I see Inovio as being a solid long term investment in the cancer and infectious disease therapy space and apparently it's CEO/largest shareholder Dr. J Joseph Kim agrees.
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See aboveHello,
I have a question regarding Green card process. I am graduating in December 2010. I fall in EB2 category as I am going to complete my Masters degree in US and I have several years of experience as well. My employer is ready to file my green card but as I am on student visa I need to get My H1B done and then start my process for Green card.
EB category is determined based on the Job and its requirement. Whether you have master's or many years of experience doesn't matter if the job requirement is not falling under that category. Being said that, usually job that reqires Master's or bachelor + 5 yrs of progressive experience may qulify for EB-2.
I would like to know that while my employer files for Green Card Can I change my Job and Does same green card application can be carried forward by new employer or we have to start a new green card application?
At this stage you can assume that GC process is not transferable between employers. But after 6 months of filing your AOS, you don't need to depend on the sponsoring employer as long as you find the another employer with same job requirement.
During the GC process you can work for any employer but the understanding here is that you will return to the sponsoring employer once the GC is approved.
Can you please tell me how much time does it take for green card on EB2 category??
Million Dollar question. My crystal ball is telling me that EB2 India will be current in 3 to 5 years period.
Thanks in advance


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from Ladies Against Feminism and Christian Worldview - What Should an Abused Spouse Do?Trigger warning for harmful advice. The posting at Ladies Against Feminism and Christian Worldview has a very triggering photograph of abuse.My suggestion is that you tell your husband that you want to be married to him, and that your goal is reconciliation, but that you are no longer willing to live under abuse. He has a choice to make. He needs to seek help, counseling and accountability through a local … [Read more...]
Quoting Quiverfull: Don't Divorce Your Abuser?
Quoting Quiverfull: You Must Choose Your Child's Friends?
by Michael Pearl from No Greater Joy - Six Ways Parents Destroy Their Children Without TryingLeaving them to choose their friends. Many parents have done a good job in training their young children, and have put them on a path of virtue, but in their early teens they are influenced by their peers and yield to temptation while knowing it is not the right path. Even well trained children are flesh and are capable of falling into sin—just as is a moral, disciplined adult. … [Read more...]
Quoting Quiverfull: Public Schools Makes You Nothing?
by Michael Pearl in No Greater Joy Magazine - Who Defines Your Children? I see the kids coming out of the homes and public schools of our country, their lives predetermined by their self-image. Whether they are eighteen and cool, or twenty-eight and divorced, or thirty-eight, broke and on welfare, voting democratic, hoping to get ahead in life someday, maybe win the lottery, or on … [Read more...]
Quoting Quiverfull: You Deserve Rape?
by Pastor Dean Samuel in Raw Story quoted from his documentary and from the site Vice.com - Arizona Pastor: Women in yoga pants are 'partially responsible' for rape During the protest, Saxton held a sign reading, "You Deserve Rape." And he shouted at women to "give up your immodest clothing" and "yoga pants are sin." … [Read more...]
Quoting Quiverfull: Holding Leaders in the Church to Accountability is "Blaspheming"?
by Stacy McDonald of Your Sacred Calling blog and Ladies Against Feminism - Blashphemed(sic) or Hallowed Be His Name Again, Paul is describing the way we, as a Church, may cause God's Word to be blasphemed when we falsely represent His holiness by teaching or living a life counter to His Word. That could be through unrepentant sin or by teaching a distorted view of Scripture. … [Read more...]
Quoting Quiverfull: Wanting More is "Pride"?
by Kelly Crawford of Generation Cedar - The Mission Field of Motherhood Another major problem is that we all fight that part of our flesh that wants to do something important, barely able to comprehend the importance of being faithful in the mundane. We struggle with the sin of pride, wanting to be recognized. … [Read more...]
Quoting Quiverfull: Winning Souls More Important Than Sexual Abuse?
by Debi Pearl from No Greater Joy - Debi Pearl Weighs in on the IBLP Situation What I am saying is that God raised up a man, a fallen sinful man, and used that man to pull together thousands of believers for a greater good. What I am saying is that someday soon we will all stand before the throne of God to give an answer. All of us. The man. The folks on the website that rejoiced in the fall. Me. … [Read more...]
Quoting Quiverfull: Hive Minded Distancing From "Patriarchal"?
Another prominent Biblical Patriarchal leader denouncing the word.by James McDonald of Family Reformation Magazine and the Providence Church - The "P" Word And, so it is with the "P" word; the word we know as patriarchy. In our day, patriarchy is quickly becoming a pejorative. It has come to mean, "selfish, overbearing tyrant who seeks to dominate and suppress women and children." And, let's be clear, there are those who embrace that term and fit the bill. They have behaved as if the world revolves around them and that women and children exist only to serve them. … [Read more...]
Quoting Quiverfull: Birth Control Destroying Country?
by Steven L. Anderson, pastor of Faithful Word Baptist Church, at Raw Story - AZ Pastor: Childless women on birth control have destroyed the U. S. with 'Whoredom' "Not only does birth control do damage to women, it hurts their body if they're using the pills. And it also affects their character, causing them to be an idle, tattler, gossip, turning aside after Satan," he insisted. … [Read more...]
Quoting Quiverfull: Patriarchy Is Not A Dirty Word?
by Kelly Crawford from Generation Cedar - Tired of Patriarchy's Bad RapEdited to add: Kelly Crawford has pulled down the post off her blog but R.L. Stollar over at Homeschoolers Anonymous has a PDF file of Kelly's original post. So what is Kelly afraid of? Patriarchy is not "man-control", it's God control. And you see, that's just the problem everybody has with it. Frankly, in this 21st century "me world", we don't want anyone in control. Even us Christians. So we take God's Word and not only reject it, but we make up our own deviated definitions about it and then call those who still hold to its simple truth "cult members." … [Read more...]


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Awesome time: Carnival Freedom Cruise Review by catera
Overall Member Rating
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Destination: Eastern Caribbean
Embarkation: Fort Lauderdale (Port Everglades)
embarkation: Flew in the day before. They have lost a bag flying before so if we hadn't flew the day before I wouldn't have received my bag until the first port. We also always fly into Ft Lauderdale because Miami is always a nightmare. Got to the port around 1:00p.m, and missed the crowd. First of all I have to have a small fan when I sleep. After carefully checking the website and calling, I found they allow them. I put it in my carry-on only to get stopped my security that claims they "do NOT allow them, period". The "however" on the website allows them to say this. We got it taken and told it would be delivered last day of the cruise. I cried for 3 hours, ruined my cruise. Also, saw bottle after bottle of alcohol get taken. When I took my sheet of paper to guest services to try to retrieve my fan he first thought my form was for alcohol. He More told me I never should have put alcohol in my carry-on, always put it in my checked bag I leave at the dock and it wouldn't have been taken. This was also true with the fan. I will not go into the result of the fan as I am taking this up with Carnival corporate. Note, please put all items in your checked bags at the port. Security will take everything.
oSoda package is well worth it. The alcohol pass was not worth it to us. My husband drinks alot and would work for him however; everyone in the same stateroom has to purchase it and I am not a big drinker so we did not do it. You can only sign up for the alcohol pass the first day and you have to purchase it the entire cruise, not just certain days. We also took a 12 pack of water to our room.
Room: we had a suite and have 3 electrical plugs. We did take extenders and extension cords due to my husbands c-pap machine. The plugs don't reach anywhere and in odd locations. The soap they provide it the worst thing I have ever tried, please bring a bar of soap. A/c worked great and in fact got cold at night. as great and no issues. Also, no alarm clock. I hear people say your don't need one but I don't turn my phone on so yes you do to get to dinner, activities and ports. Alot of people say they leave the balcony door open to hear the waves at night....the a/c cuts off the minute you open the balcony door and it gets hot and humid. I would love to know the trick to keeping the a/c on..... Also keep your "snoozing" sign on the door when you are in your room to avoid the steward walking in or knocking. Our steward told us that trick several yrs ago, works great. don't forget to bring a trash bag for dirty clothes and plastic bags for wallet if you go to the beach. Fridge never seemed to get real cold.
Laundry: there is a laundry room on the ship (most floors). They also have soap for purchase. Free ironing board in the laundry room as well.
Ship: It came out of dry dock 2 weeks prior. Great job. They say the ship is older but except for the layout I couldn't tell. Ladies, some areas of the ship were very cold, I would suggest bringing a sweater if you stay cold.
Tip: do not use a debit card on board. Use an actual credit card. Your money will be all tied up for over a week once you return home.
Pool: Pool was completely filled the first 2 sea days by 9:00a.m. you could find a few chairs but no view to see the activities after 9. The contests were great/funny. Music was very loud but also great music. Please remember to put your sunscreen on at least 15 minutes prior to going out in the sun. Alot of people applied it when they got out in the sun and were burned. The 2 bars by the pool were also a great added feature. Really enjoyed that. Smokers can only smoke upper deck on the starboard side. Please buy the pool towel clips to hold the towel at the top of the chair.I think Bed,bath and beyond sells them. The ship is extremely windy on deck and the towel keeps falling. Also, the kids slide was closed 2 out of 3 sea days for wind. This happens on almost every cruise I have been on and kids are upset.
Adult only pool was a lot of older people, I did see a baby get in the "adult only" pool and no one said anything. Pool was nice but boring.
Casino: Yes there is smoking on one end of the bar and half the casino. I get upset that smokers are treated second class and people are always complaining about it and I don't even smoke myself. Hubby does. Won money playing blackjack. And there is no free drinks when you gamble. Casino band was awesome. The bartenders were very slow and you felt you had to tackle someone for a drink. Hit or miss
Kids: this cruise did not have a lot of kids. The ones we did have were not out of control and very respectful. No running and screaming down the halls or anything. Although when the kids are out of school I am sure that will change. Seemed to have a great time in Camp Carnival.
Food: The food has changed over the past 13 cruises we have done. They really push the specialty places to eat. The Steakhouse was exceptional!!! The food in the dining room is good but certainly not 5 star dining. We never had bad food. Although, it has changed I would never not cruise because of the food. Guys burgers, blue iguana, pizza and buffet were all good. Also please call and make reservations for the Steakhouse the minute you get on the ship, they fill up very quickly. The place is always half empty so not sure why. They do enforce the dress code there just not in the main dining room. It's vacation and time is too short to worry about other people not following the rules, just blow it off. Nothing you can do.
People that I saw were dressed appropriate. A few men and woman wore shorts but "dress" shorts. We do the anytime dining which works out better for us.
St Maarten: took a cab to Maho Beach to watch the planes land and take off. That was the highlight of my trip. Sunset Beach is the place to eat and they have a bar and chair rental. I could have stayed their a week. Great shopping port. I like this one the best, more unique jewelry and better prices. Ate a late lunch at the Greenhouse.
St Thomas: rented a car at the pier. Went to the fort and 99 steps. We have also taken the skyride up the mountain and ate, drank and took amazing pictures. Shopping, driving around. Jen's cafe is good and the Greenhouse is also great place to eat.
San Juan: we visited both forts and loved it. Got great pictures and was awesome to see. Then went shopping (wasn't good) and ate lunch at the recommended Barrachina (home of the pina colada). Great local food, shrimp creole.
Bahamas: private island. I had booked a massage on the beach thru the ships spa only to find they never showed up. When I returned to the ship I was told they don't go on the beach....funny how the 2 rooms had tables set up and the a/c blasting with signs saying massage area. I was not happy to say the least.
It rained the entire time so we had a drink at the bar and went back to the ship. Not a fan of private islands, I like actual ports better.
Disembarkation: we had group 1. You can exit the ship anytime during or anytime after your group is called. We left our stateroom at 8:15 and had breakfast and then got off the ship. No wait and super easy.
Customs did not look at anything we claimed.
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Sara Less
Published 05/27/14
Cabin review: 7295
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