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Nice thing to do for trailer park residents
Being forced from one's home will always be a hardship. But Cienda Partners, operator of a mobile home park along Commerce Street in West Dallas, deserves credit for easing the way for park tenants who must leave because of a pending sale of the property. Cienda has given tenants until Jan. 31 to move and has offered $2,000 in assistance, an offer the company didn't have to make. The redevelopment plans for the area have been known for years, and it's always been clear that the trailers would eventually have to move. That doesn't make it any easier for the people moving, but at least Cienda has made a good-faith overture.
A town and its team
Many books, movies and television shows have tried to capture the magical relationship that can exist between a high school football team and the town it represents — particularly in Texas. But a moment in Euless on Tuesday transcended anything Friday Night Lights could come up with. About 1,000 students and residents of Euless, which has one of the largest Tongan populations outside Polynesia, turned out for a vigil mourning the loss of two former Euless Trinity High School players — Polo Manukainiu and Gaius Vaenuku — and another Euless teen, Andrew Uhatafe. The three were killed on a New Mexico highway when their SUV rolled over; another former player, Salesi Uhatafe, and his father, Salesi Uhatafe Sr., were hospitalized. The victims were all Tongans. The ceremony concluded with a moving rendition of "Lean on Me" by the Euless Trinity football team. Stay strong, Trojans.
Reality roars back
Former TV anchorman Mike Snyder's flameout as media consultant for Museum Tower means the official demise of two little pretend buddies of his, and that's a good thing. So long, Barry Schwarz. So long, Brandon Eley. And so long to any other fictitious online character Snyder invented to talk up the luxury condo tower in its high-dollar fight with the Nasher Sculpture Center. It's good to see Snyder's mea culpa for his clandestine campaign. The downtown project needs a reality-based solution for eliminating the nuisance of reflected light bouncing into Nasher galleries. The tower's owner, the Dallas Police and Fire Pension System, now needs to root out anyone else who was in on the adolescent foolishness.
This round, thankfully, goes to the EPA
Too often, Texas has spent time challenging the Environmental Protection Agency rather than figuring out ways to comply with their rules on greenhouse gas emissions. Last week, a federal appeals court in Washington rightly rejected Texas' challenge to the EPA's authority, ruling that Texas and several other states couldn't block federal regulators from overseeing state procedures and permits governing power plants. State authority matters, but in this instance the appeals court made the right call.
Scott McCown, Texas advocate
You need not agree with everything Scott McCown did or said as head of the Center for Public Policy Priorities in Austin. But it would be impossible to argue against his passion for a better Texas. The former state judge led the center for the last 11 years, during which he advocated for better care for Texas children, a state budget that prizes compassion and a fair taxation system. McCown stepped down as the organization's executive director this week to teach at the University of Texas Law School and to head a project there aimed at defending children's rights. His has been an important, civil and informed voice for Texas.
Dewhurst's foreign conspirators
Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst once worked for the CIA in South America. Maybe that's why he sees conspiracies behind the failure of the Legislature's highway funding bill last month. Some people chalk it up to the dumb luck of politics or Dewhurst's call to slot the Senate's vote behind an ill-fated abortion bill that was talked nearly to death by filibustering Sen. Wendy Davis, D-Fort Worth. After protesters made it impossible for the Senate to do business, the clock ran out on the session. Now comes fresh analysis from Dewhurst. The clamor, he said this week, was stirred up by a rabble that included "international socialist movement organizers." Whoa! Someone call Homeland Security. The border is more porous than we thought.
Bosh and his Trippy/iHate Bein Legal parties
Maybe Joel Bosh, the brother of Miami Heat star and former Lincoln High School standout Chris Bosh, mistook Cedars for South Beach. Bosh has allegedly been using a five-story, 110-year-old building in Dallas' Cedars neighborhood to stage wild, sometimes violent, often out-of-control parties. A recent online promotion for one of the parties promised five DJs, mud wrestling, a bounce house, mechanical bull ride, wet T-shirt contest, a foam party, and one floor that was advertised as the "Trippy/iHate Bein Sober" floor. We assume the bounce house wasn't for children. But before the latest fandango could be held, the city wisely stepped in with a lawsuit and was granted a temporary restraining order.
Halliburton so guilty that it is fined four minutes' worth of revenue
You would think that in a department filled with lawyers, negotiating would be one of the strong suits of the Department of Justice. But that perception might be called into question after a plea deal reached between the DOJ and Halliburton Energy Services Inc. Halliburton was allowed to plead guilty to a misdemeanor charge of destruction of evidence in the Deepwater Horizon disaster, and the department imposed the maximum fine for a misdemeanor — just $200,000 — and three years' probation. Halliburton acknowledges that its employees twice erased computer simulations that could have harmed the company's argument about the causes of the disaster, which killed 11 and released 5 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. The $200,000 represents less than four minutes' revenue for the company.


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In September of 2014, I wrote the following post. It was hard to write then and it's hard to share now. Not because I don't believe it to be true – I do, fervently – but because I worry that I'm not the one who should be saying it. But I am. Because this time … Continue reading
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dear jennifer
{image is a giraffe in a party hat with text reading, "Giraffe Party." It is the profile picture for my friend, Jennifer's public Facebook page. Click on it. Go ahead, it won't bite.} Dear Jennifer, There's been something that I've been wanting to tell you for a while now. The words have played again and … Continue reading
phone home, part two
{image is a photo of Brooke on Christmas morning, moments after opening her new phone, using it to take pictures of her Kai-LAN figurines.} In August of 2014, I wrote a post responding some comments that I'd received on Facebook when I'd referred to the fact that we'd taken Katie's phone away for three weeks. … Continue reading
and never is a load of crap
When we got home from Brooke's chorus concert last night, I posted the following on Diary's Facebook page: Brooke's friend, Becky, who is not in the choir, came to the school tonight to see Brooke sing. Becky, like Brooke, is autistic. Sitting through an hour-and-a-half-long band and chorus concert is not an easy feat. But she … Continue reading
on function
Earlier this week, I posted the following on Facebook. I talk a lot here about why assigning functioning labels to human beings is pretty much crap. I talk about the fact that labeling a human 'high functioning' dismisses their very real challenges while calling another 'low functioning' dismisses their very real abilities – often along … Continue reading
a new friend
{image is a photo of Brooke, taken by Katie last weekend. She is squatting in the sand and looking back over her shoulder smiling.} Saturday … Brooke and I are at the mall. It's not going well. In fact, it's going pretty damned not well. She asks to go into the toy store. I know … Continue reading
the invitation
{image is a photo of Brooke at Surfside Beach on Nantucket, dancing with the sea.} For years, I lamented the moments in which my girl, in the word I'd have used, "disconnected." (I hate this next sentence, but the truth of it cannot be denied.) When my girl, as I was so sure she did, … Continue reading
AutCom – Christmas in September
. {image is a photo of an extremely cool retro convertible packed with everything needed for a trip to the beach, including a dog. it's what came up when I googled "car packed for a trip" I sort of love it. Note: Our car will look nothing like this.} I. Am. So. Excited Seriously. It's … Continue reading
Last night, as my dad drove us home from the amusement park, he said, "Brooke, we're about three minutes away from home now." In another minute, he said, "Brooke, about two minutes left, okay?" As we got close, he said, "We're going to go around the river, up the hill, and then around one bend. … Continue reading
the light creeping in
"Look, Mama!" I follow the little arm to the very end of an outstretched finger. I look into the distance to see what she is pointing at. "What do you see, baby girl?" I am nearly breathless. "I see the blue house." I can barely contain myself. "I see it too, Brooke! Yes! The house … Continue reading

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Violent anti-US protest erupts in Afghan capital
More than 1,000 Afghans staged a violent protest against a US-made film mocking the Prophet Mohammed in Kabul on Monday, setting fire to cars and shouting "Death to America", police said.
The demonstration erupted on Jalalabad Road, home to NATO and US military bases in the eastern part of the Afghan capital, with two police cars among those set ablaze, Kabul police chief Mohammad Ayoub Salangi told AFP.
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Gunmen from the crowd opened fire at police, but no one was hurt, police said. "We have not shot back and we won't," Salangi said.
An AFP photographer said burning tyres sent thick black smoke streaming into the sky and large stones littered the road as shopkeepers in the area hurriedly locked up and ran away.
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On the Launch Pad
(Business 2.0) – Startup: Auryn
The idea: "Next Pixar" simulates great painters
How much money can you make from Monet? That's what Auryn, a new Los Angeles animation studio describing itself as the "next Pixar," intends to find out. Founder Umesh Shukla, a former Walt Disney Co. computer graphics supervisor, developed "automated virtual artist" software that can mimic the style of any painter by scanning the artist's brush strokes. Auryn emerges from stealth mode this month with its first short, "In Winter Still: A Claude Monet Story," which makes it seem as if the Impressionist was a wage slave at Disney. Auryn's second short, in the style of van Gogh, will be released as soon as July. The 12-person startup plans to sell shorts for $1.99 on its website and Apple's iTunes store, while Auryn DVDs take aim at the estimated $664 million museum store market.


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Hands up if you spend as much time checking copy as you do sourcing fantastic photography, weighing paper stock, and ensuring colour consistency.
There's an unspoken belief, held by everyone you meet from nursery to old-people's dayroom, that word and picture skills don't mix. If you're good with words, your drawing will be abysmal. If you're a visual artist, you wont no nothing about proper righting and sentances. In many cases this is true – I'm a writer and editor by trade, and my artistic skills are not so much limited as non-existent. Kind people tell me I lean to the 'naïve' school of art. Others just laugh.
I know an art editor who is a veritable headline genius – the subs are in awe of his ability to knock-out witty heads at the same time as turning out stunning layouts and ingenious illustrations. Art people are definitely better at words than texties are with brush, crayon or wet-edge airbrush and lasso. However, in the busy world of a design studio – with couriers in the wings, and clients forever changing minds on stock art and typefaces – an artistic person's priority is to layout and pictures over words, sentence construction, and tabulation.
I've seen terrible examples of poorly worded copy that's inconsistent, badly spelled and dog-leg ugly on the page. Nearly every corporate brochure or sales pack contains mistakes that are glaring for a sub-editor but apparently inconsequential to the designer. Project managers and studio bosses rarely bother to employ a skilled person to proofread copy. Watch a designer check copy, and the pages flick by at frightening speed. There's a host of copy calamities that dog otherwise perfect designs.
Hyphenation-&-justification should be considered integral parts of typography. While it's essential to know your overprint from your knockout, the whole effect is ruined if your line breaks look like the craggy end of a rusty saw. Set-up your H&Js properly, and don't take risks. With copy changes arriving from all directions, it's tempting to import new text directly from Word. Do that more than once, and you're sure to snag a dumb quote – more properly known as a 'prime'. These don't turn up in cursory spell-checks, but can be swiftly eliminated by Find & Replace – but always check again.
Many spelling mistakes are missed as the digital dictionary recognizes them as wholly legitimate words in another context. And your clients' corporate house styles are sure to differ wildly. Should it be 'Civilization' or 'Civilisation', 'Realize' or 'Realise' – the Oxford English Dictionary favours a 'z' rather than an 's', but not everybody agrees. Check first, and please be consistent.
Inconsistency in style is a rash that infects all long documents. If it's UK then it's not U.S. If you're talking kg, it's cm not inches. Do your 1,000s jar with your 3000s? Dates, times and telephone numbers – please, please, please 0207 no more, it's 020 7 – are all style traps waiting for you to stumble.
The computer's ability to swiftly check spelling and grammar has been a big selling point since the days of Amstrad, but consistent style and good-looking line breaks will turn a potential disaster zone into a possible masterpiece. It is undoubtedly more fun spending hours sourcing good photography – but skimping on copy-checking damns any design, and could/should lose you your fee. To bend an old saying into an impossibly odd shape, the proof of the copy will stop you being a pudding.


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Update 22/02/2017: When attempting to fix the display cabinet, the tuning name was changed to one that required GTW. This has now been fixed for those without that EP.
Update 9/02/2017: Some people were reporting issues with seating positions and actions failing with the anemone round table, it has since been tested and fixed. Please redownload either the individual file or the merged package.
Updated 21/01/2017: With the toddler patch breaking a few things, I have taken the opportunity and gone through and updated my sets to fix issues and generally improve on some things. Here, I have updated all seating with tags and toddler rigs, and also fixed the display cabinet so you can grab items from behind the glass easily.
Update 1/10/2016: It was brought to my attention that the hippeastrum vase did not have a unique footprint (was linked to calla vase from Myra Living), this has now been fixed. You can either download the updated merged file, or grab the individual file at the SFS link at the bottom of the post.
With the addition of round tables with backyard stuff allowing me to take the rig and slot resources without having to tediously make my own, I can do what I have always planned to do: a round table in the style of mt anemone tables from my Atwood Living collection. So in order to make it a little more fleshed out, I added a few display pieces and stuff specific to a dining room. This is not a perfect match as my wood tones have improved since then, so have my fabric choices, but it still goes very well with Atwood, as well as any of my other custom content.
Due to the length of these posts and for ease of updating, you can find the download and info under the cut.
A few notes on this set in regards to usability and features:
- The round dining table does not need Backyard Stuff to work. There is no carryover of the meshes at all, only the rig and slot locations.
- To use all slots on objects, be sure to have MoveObjects cheat turned on
- Using quarter-tile placement is helpful when decorating too. Turn on by pressing F5
- The butterflies in the terrarium are animated. Be aware, at some angles the effect doesn't look like its behind glass. This is common for effects and its just a compromise for the design
With the display cabinet, once you place things behind the glass, you need to zoom in to make the object fade out to pick up items or style them. Again, this is a game limitation.Fixed with Jan 23 update
- To get the most out of decor items, be sure to use the enlarge shortcut to give size variations
- The vases have linked textures to version 01, and same with the chandeliers are all linked to the short height. The small canvas is linked to the large size, and the large egg is linked to the small size. Be sure to have those in-game or the others will not work.
- basegame compatibility
- non-default
- 42 meshes in total with between 10 and 36 colour/style options:
- find items easily using phrase "Atwood" in search bar (try this tutorial to easily find my sets)
- style (found under "contemporary" tag) and colour filter compatible
- custom thumbnails
- Pricing and polycount as follows:
- 6 Seat Anemone Round Dining Table ($748, 802)
- Mirrored Buffet ($465, 756)
- Display Cabinet ($575, 326)
- Dining Chair 01 ($225, 490)
- Dining Chair 02 ($275, 904)
- Short, Medium, and Tall Chandeliers ($340/$341/$342, 1740)*
- Wall Light ($155, 424)
- Glass Flower Candle Holder ($167, 358)
- Birds Nest Fern ($89, 518)
- Hippeastrum Vase ($140, 912)*
- Heliconia Vase ($135, 796)*
- Geometric Terrarium ($124, 996)*
- Butterfly Terrarium ($550, 863)*
- Fruit Bowl ($65, 840)
- Salt and Pepper Mills ($35, 178)
- Small and Large Salivating Prints ($75/$125, 54)
- Glass Egg 01 and 02 ($35/$37, 322)
- Dragged Vase 01, 02, and 03 ($48/$47/$46, 140/142/140)
- Hanging Plate ($45, 240)
- All custom content, apart from the curtains (found here) and the flooring in picture two (found here) is mine, so feel free to browse through my downloads to find it.
Merged Collection:
Separated Collection:
I have also uploaded the files individually. There will be no alternate download for these individual files.
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Details.com did a poll and they got the top five fantasy dates for both men and women! Here is what their polls revealed!
Women's Fantasy Dates
1. Ryan Gosling
2. Zac Efron
3. Adam Levine
4. Channing Tatum
5. Bradley Cooper
Men's Fantasy Dates
1. Mila Kunis
2. Sports Illustrated model Kate Upton
3. Jennifer Lawrence
4. Jessica Alba
5. Megan Fox
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MIAMI - The governing board of Florida's insurer of last resort is preparing to vote on a proposed increase of at least 7.5 percent for most policyholders.
The Citizens Property Insurance Corp. board was set to vote on the rate hike request Friday in Miami. The state-backed Citizens is Florida's largest property insurer with 1.4 million customers. Citizens by law cannot raise rates more than 10 percent per year.
Many private home insurers abandoned Florida because of the threat of catastrophic hurricane damage. Others have sharply raised rates because of the risk.
The Citizens rate increase would be higher for homeowners in areas at most risk for sinkholes.
The proposed increase must also be approved by state regulators.
Citizens is cutting policies to reduce its potential exposure to major hurricane damage.
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Elections: New district lines draw curious voters
By Jackie R. Broach
County officials heard few comments this week at a public meeting on proposed new district lines for Georgetown County Council and the board of education.
But the small crowd was an attentive one and with about 15 people gathered in the auditorium at Waccamaw High School, it was probably the largest that will be seen during the series of meetings, which started a week ago in Georgetown and ends June 27 in Sampit.
The meeting in Georgetown drew about five people, not counting council and school board members or employees of the county and school district. Officials speculated fewer would turn out in western parts of the county.
"I wish we could get more people interested, because this redistricting thing obviously has impact," said County Council Member Jerry Oakley.
Redistricting is mandated every 10 years to reflect population changes shown in the census. Most of the growth that has occurred in Georgetown County since the 2000 census has been on Waccamaw Neck, so those districts changed significantly.
District 1, represented by Oakley on council and Sarah Elliott on the school board, shrank, the southern boundary moving from just above Willbrook Boulevard to Wachesaw.
District 6, represented by Bob Anderson on council and Teresa Bennani on the school board, and District 2, represented by Ron Charlton on council and Pat DeLeone on school board, also moved north putting Hagley and Pawleys Plantation in District 2. Waccamaw Neck shares District 2 with the city of Georgetown.
Glenda Shoulette, a Litchfield Country Club resident and a member of the Georgetown County Planning Commission, asked if Waccamaw Neck residents would now comprise the majority of District 2's constituency. They will. Of 8,800 people in District 2, nearly 5,000 of those would be Waccamaw Neck residents, according to County Administrator Sel Hemingway.
It was concerns about whether his voting district would change that led Bert Cassels to the meeting at Waccamaw High this week. He lives in Heritage Plantation, the same neighborhood as Anderson, his council representative, so he will remain in District 6.
In redistricting, every effort has to be made to ensure elected officials aren't "districted out" of serving.
Cassels said a belief that the public should be aware of what's happening with redistricting was also part of why he attended.
"A lot of people only care when they have to vote," he said. "It doesn't really matter to them now, but it will 18 months from now."
Geales Sands of Murrells Inlet said she knew little about redistricting before the meeting.
"I wasn't sure how it all worked," she said. "This seemed like a good place to have it all explained."
Most of those at the Waccamaw meeting were affiliated with local political parties, including Jim Jerow, the county GOP chairman, and Nancy Kolman, who chairs the county Democrats.
The county has prepared two redistricting plans. Waccamaw Neck district lines are the same in both, but those at the meeting overwhelmingly favored the plan that would move Georgetown's historic district from District 2 to District 4. The alternate plan moves the Kensington area out of District 2 and would unseat DeLeone.
Several people at the meeting in Georgetown last week favored the alternate plan, but county officials say it would be unlikely to receive approval by the U.S. Department of Justice, as it reduces the number of black voters in District 4.
It was a need to explore alternatives that led to the creation of the second plan, according to officials.
State Sen. Ray Cleary will give an overview of Senate redistricting plans and the redistricting process at 5 p.m. tonight at the Waccamaw Library.
The program was arranged by the Georgetown County Republican Party and is open to the public.
"From my perspective, there are so many plans being put forth by the Senate, it's confusing to a lot of people," said Jerow. "A lot of people aren't close to the redistricting process and they need to understand what's going on here."
The Senate has put forth 15 plans so far, Cleary said.


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Rugby player critically ill after being hit by police van in Brodick
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A rugby player is fighting for his life after being struck by a police van in Brodick on Saturday night.
Daniel Gallagher was airlifted to the Southern General Hospital in Glasgow after the collision at around 10pm.
His condition is now being described as 'critical but stable'. The 22-year-old had travelled to Arran from his home in Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, as part of a club squad called the Buchan Broncos who took part in the annual rugby sevens tournament.
Witnesses have said that the Strathclyde Police vehicle's blue lights were on at the time of the impact, which happened just outside Bilslands.
They also claim that Mr Gallagher was walking with the aid of crutches when he was struck.
The Peterhead RFC side had been invited to the Sevens tournament through the island's rugby club's links with their skipper, Ewan Rogerson, who used to live on Arran.
A spokesman for Isle of Arran Rugby Club released a statement via facebook on Sunday which said: 'Our thoughts go out to Daniel Gallagher from Buchan/ Peterhead who was over playing rugby at the Arran sevens and was [hit] by a police van last night in the middle of Brodick.
'He is now in the Southern General with two broken legs, internal bleeding and a severe head injury. Get well soon from all at Arran RFC.'
A spokeswoman for Strathclyde Police confirmed that an inquiry had been launched into the incident. It will be overseen by Central Scotland Police.
For more up-dates on the incident see the Arran Banner edition of April 14 2012 or on line at www.arranbanner.co.uk/digital


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ALISHA ADRIANSE of the Natural History Museum of the Florida Keys at Crane Point removes leaves from one of two Cuban refugee boats Friday in Marathon. Adrianse is seeking a good home for both vessels because the museum's governing body has revised its mission statement to fully focus on environmental preservation.
Florida Keys News Bureau MARATHON (AP) -- Officials at a Florida Keys museum and environmental center are looking for a good home for two Cuban refugee boats.
The boats have been displayed at the Museum of Natural History of the Florida Keys at Crane Point in Marathon. But Alisha Adrianse of the Florida Keys Land and Sea Trust says the boats do not fit the trust's revised mission statement of focusing on "Keys environmental conservation, preservation and restoration."
The Trust purchases land tracts to preserve natural areas and also administers the museum where the boats are displayed.
"We don't want to sell them on eBay, because of their historical significance," Adrianse said of the boats. "We want them to be part of another museum's history presentation."
One boat is 10 feet long and is constructed of plastic foam sections banded together by steel straps. In 1992, it carried four refugees to a point about 24 miles south of Marathon. Specific details on the other, a 19-foot wooden vessel with a Russian engine, apparently have been lost, Adrianse said.
A 63.5-acre land tract, Crane Point is one of the Keys most important historical and archaeological sites. The expanse contains evidence of pre-Columbian and prehistoric Bahamian artifacts, and was once the site of an Indian village.
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Yep weather definitely a downer - just best to man up really + get wet! managed to knock out 70 odd miles in the warm and dry of Newport Velodrome in the last week. Was good just wearing summer kit again + not having to worry about potholes
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500 Mile a month.
70 odd miles indoors? not in 1 go I hope........
thought I'd be last (still)
A nice round 0 km this month so far, but then I have been skiing and walking, and the weather looks pants this weekend. Might just have to go for it.
Only just sneak in to the top 40 if I include skiing km, chairlift km, and a few km of walking.
140 miles so far for Feb, had everything gone to plan I'd have clocked ~200 so far, but ill children, wives, a customer meeting on site that canceled my commute yesterday and being a bit too tired to do more night rides/evening Velodrome trips have seen that off...
I have been out more on the SS though so not all of my miles have been Roadie ones, but I'd say the effort for these (especially with the mud about is a good 30% more)
a Ride home, plus a few miles this weekend and I'll have finally gotten to 500 miles since Jan 1st, that means, Great! But that just means I'm already half a month behind the goal...
All of this means more work to do later in the year, I might just force down a big Dose of MTFU next week and try to clock a couple of 50 mile days irrespective of the weather, but I still reckon I'll be '#250 - 300 miles off target by the end of Febs...
160 so far for me, which is a lot for a fat unfit porker. I'm pretty pleased with that to be honest.
It's tough in this weather but if you have the right kit and MTFU then you can get out there and ride. Rule #9 etcetera
Mainly doing my distance on my commute to work. It's all going well to date even in this stormy weather. But have managed to get out a number of times on my MTB too. Surrey Hills are okay if you pick your spot.
January 600 miles (despite having cracked two ribs falling off my MTB on 2nd Jan)
February 280 miles to date and feeling good
I haven't read the whole thread but is there a spreadsheet/strava club page/other site where you are all posting up your distance?
The logs are on endomondo...
and while someone has ridden halfway around the world, just about, some of us have barely got out the door.
and while someone has ridden halfway around the world, just about, some of us have barely got out the door.
Please - I'm only 5.7% of my way round the world
340 miles so far this month.
My eyes are constantly streaming from riding in the wind.
2 days left this month, 42 miles needed to make 600 miles this month.
how you all doing?
2 days left this month, 42 miles needed to make 600 miles this month.
how you all doing?
Good going that Ton - are you feeling the benefit of the extra mileage yet?
I just need 78 miles for nice round 1000 this month - should get a large chunk of that tomorrow night down at SQT on the Velodrome.
feeling lighter mate.....dropped 5lbs this week.
and just done 12 mile in under a hour............how fast am I....
2 days left this month, 42 miles needed to make 600 miles this month.
how you all doing?
Good effort Tony.
Nice going Ton!
I haven't even logged my mileage this month - partly due to the laptop with my spreadsheet on it dying a death. But I know I'm nowhere close to 500 miles.
Will start again in March.
for me, 480 miles per day to get back on target.
and this weekend is in next month.
Haven't been doing this but chucked myself into this challenge only been commuting since the start of the year. So only 125 miles total so far. But be interesting to see if I can get myself up this table over the year! No danger I'll be getting anywhere close to 500 miles a month mind you! I'll aim for a 200 mile month in march then up from there. Will do the challenge properly next year!
I'm last on page 3 I'll make last on page 2 the challenge!
Well with a fair wind I'll have cracked 310 by tomorrow night, which is more than I have ever ridden in my life in a month. Its all road and CX though Hardly any fun miles.
Jan = 15 miles
Feb = 0 miles
Totally lost mojo with weather
Mojo return is imminent as the start of a 3 month trip around Spain and France is not far away.
A modicum of fitness has been retained with plenty of walking/jogging and even slow running.
725 total YTD
Last couple of years, since being on Strava/Endomondo and logging my rides, it's done roughly 2500 a year.
Would like to get that up to 3650 - ten miles a day. Can't be that hard, can it?!
The trouble with working from home is, if you CBA, if it's wet, windy and horrible, you don't bother going out.
When I HAD to commute to work and the bike was the only way to get there, I would have clocked up the miles without thinking.
Going to have to go for it today and tomorrow to get the first two months of this year up and over a 100 mile a month average.
I managed 400km last month and should get close to 500km this month.
A sportive (70 odd miles ) on Sunday should get me off to a good start for March.
I should just about sneak 1000km YTD by the end of this month. Lower than I want, but considering the weather, and work situation currently, I'm quite pleased with that.
If things improve, and I can start working in a different office, I can ride in a few days a week, and get some decent evening and weekend riding back under my belt.
I have had a huge hissy fit about riding in howling winds, and sideways rain over the last few months, so chances to get out have been somewhat limited...
I'm needing 85 miles in the next 2 days to hit 500 this month.
Going to leave it to next month to start eating into my January deficit.
I like this thread - 500 miles a month for me is maybe a one-off target, rather than an all year round thing, but while I couldn't say I'm pulling out all the stops to try and make it, it's definitely there at the back of the mind.
I spend all my spare time working out routes from home and work, trying to find new stuff to ride to keep it fresh.
bikehike is your friend for this....
270 miles in January, 187 miles in February. Work getting in the way, such is life.
150 miles only for me this month but alot of these miles have been slip sliding away in the mud, do they count as double then????
I almost think they should - 330-odd for me YTD, and all but 12 were on the road...
I'm currently in 2nd place on 1326 miles, but I've missed a lot of miles this month through the poor weather and a mid-ride mechanical that necessitated ringing home for a lift back. Despite that, I have managed a couple of centuries this month, so it's not all doom and gloom.
Over 800 miles so far this year, so seem to be hitting 400 a month rather than 500.
March looks like being a lean month, 2-3 weekends we are busy and I can't get out and a busy schedule of driving for work.
330 for Jan, 282 for Feb so far and only one 16 mile commute home available to clock up anymore...
Looks like I'm barely averaging 300 miles a month which seems to have me wibbling about in the 12-14th range on the table...
Plus it now I'm having to spend most of the next month at a clients office, not sure what opportunities I'll actually have for riding/commuting through March so things could slip Further.
I'm motivated but things are getting in the way a bit, I think I shall have to kick off March with a big Ride or two just to keep the enthusiasm up...
Without trying to get involved, I do seem to have the 125 figure per week in my head. Reckon I'm just about on par at mo' although I don't record rides. Have to say, the sun today made it a lot more spirit-lifting.
244 for February, I must admit the rain put me off quite a bit.
Total so far 505.
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It's a gay love story starring Carrey and Ewan McGregor. "Brokeback Mountain" in prison, if you will, with a lot more laughs.
The directors and scriptwriters are Glenn Ficarra and John Requa,
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With alacrity and style, Glenn Ficarra and John Requa, the codirectors of I Love You Phillip Morris, have fashioned an improbable, but true, tale of a spectacularly charismatic and resourceful con-mans journey from small-town cop to flamboyant white-collar criminal. Concocted by the absurdist sensibilities and warped minds that were behind the creation of Bad Santa and centered around an eccentrically wonderful performance by Jim Carrey, the film relates a story that is truly stranger than fiction and showcases a love story that will not be denied. When a local Texas policeman, Steve Russell (Carrey), turns to cons and fraud to allow him to change his lifestyle (in more ways than one), his subsequent stay in the state penitentiary results in his meeting the love of his life, a sensitive fellow inmate named Phillip Morris, perfectly portrayed by Ewan McGregor. What ensues can only be described as a relentless quest as Russell attempts escape after escape and executes con after con, all in the name of love. This is the world of the preposterous: it plays like a farce but is vastly entertaining because it turns all that we take for granted about life on its head. As a primer on the irresistible power of a man who is either insane or in love (is there a difference?), I Love You Phillip Morris surely serves to remind us of the resilience of the human spirit.
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Cher has always been good in comedy, and yes, she even won a Best Actress Oscar for "Moonstruck."
She hasn't made a movie since 2003's "Stuck On You," so this is a welcome treat for her fans.
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Major sire Runaway Groom, who won a memorable Travers Stakes (gr. I), has been pensioned due to the infirmities of old age. The announcement was made by Vinery, the Lexington farm owned by Dr. Tom Simon where the 28-year-old son of Blushing Groom had stood since 1991.
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As a racehorse for Albert Coppola, Runaway Groom was one of the best and most versatile runners of 1982. After finishing second in the classic Queen's Plate, he won the next two legs of the Canadian Triple Crown: the Prince of Wales and Breeders' Stakes both on turf. In the Travers at Saratoga, he defeated all three of the year's U.S. classic winners: Kentucky Derby (gr. I) winner Gato Del Sol, Preakness Stakes (gr. I) winner Aloma's Ruler, and Belmont Stakes (gr. I) winner Conquistador Cielo.
Runaway Groom was named champion 3-year-old male in Canada. He retired with six wins from 18 races and earnings of $347,537. He later was elected to the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame.
At stud, Runaway Groom proved extremely consistent. He sired 70 stakes winners, including grade I winners Cherokee Run, Down the Aisle, Wekiva Springs, and The Groom Is Red. Cherokee Run, the 1994 champion and Breeders' Cup Sprint (gr. I) winner, developed into an important stallion.
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We've seen money flow into perceived safer segments of the ETF market such as long dated Treasuries (TLT), high quality municipal bond funds (MUB) (CMF) and short duration credit (CSJ).
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The current shift in market sentiment is understandable, especially for investors who are worried that the fiscal cliff and its impact could tip the United States back into a recession next year. Some may view this as an unlikely event, but it remains the course that we are on unless new legislation is passed. I believe yields on Treasuries are likely to stay low and investors are likely to approach risk assets guardedly until there are signs of a compromise on the cliff.
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When you reach 2100, I think you need to know 20 moves of some openings.
Do you? Jeeze... no wonder I'm still three points short.
To the OP: Studying opening lines even eight moves deep is a waste of time at your level. Study tactics, tactics, tactics, model mates, endgames, pawn structures, and the typical middle-game plans that arise from them. Play lots of slow games. Analyze your own games, especially the losses. Post some of them on the forum and ask better players to criticize them. Develop a thick skin so that you are not offended or discouraged by harsh criticism. And play. Play, play, play.


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Hey. How you doing? I'm Bobby Uhrig you know us from BassResource. Company name is MegaStrike, and you know that we always have a good time, we talk a lot on BassResource, and we have a lot of fun with the guys. One of the things that we really are serious about is our bass fishing; we're bass fishermen just like you. We are here at ICAST the largest show in the world for fishing tackle. Anything fishing, you can find in this building. We are MegaStrike. I want to show you some of our new products for this year.
Probably 20 years ago, the lizard was one of the hottest baits on the market. Guys were Carolina rigging; it's actually a lost art right now. Not a lot of guys are Carolina rigging or even flipping lizards anymore. The reason is I think it's just that there are so many different baits out there. All of the lizards that were out years ago had a real tiny wag to their tail; not a lot of water movement. What I did was I reinvented, and that is our MegaStrike big wagtail. It's got a huge tail for displacing water. It's got a lot of action on these legs. We moved them out, made them a little longer, thinner. You want to see a flipping bait or dragging bait for Carolina rigging? Check out how this swims. This just calls the fish.
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When I was diagnosed with A.L.L., I remember being scared because I didn't fully understand what was going on. I remember seeing my parents and other family members upset and I knew something was wrong just from their reactions. That first hospital stay is almost a complete blur, though I know I was there for a few weeks at least. After that initial stay, I had weekly clinic visits and various inpatient treatments for the next 3 years. My treatment was cut short toward the end because I contracted Salmonella, due to my immune system being compromised. At the time, the doctors and my parents agreed that the infection needed to be controlled before it killed me, which it came very close to doing.
The doctors and nurses were amazing but I think the person who stood out the most was a phlebotomist, named Deb. I have always hated having blood work done because I don't have the best veins, but Deb seemed to know where they were hiding and got it with one stick every single time. To this day no one else has been able to do that.
I think I was too young to really "deal" with my diagnosis. My parents made sure that I was still able to be a normal kid on the days I was feeling well and didn't have to go to Hasbro. I was still able to continue swimming for my team, stayed active in Girl Scouts, go to school, and hang out with my friends. I became a member of the teen group around the age of 12 and that was incredibly helpful. I was able to connect with people my own age and older who had gone through similar experiences and they offered a level of understanding that my other friends just couldn't.
Now, I am a college graduate with a BS is Exercise Science and Fitness Leadership, working full time, and trying to be a successful adult. Over the years, I have struggled with different psychological effects that may or may not be directly related to my treatments, but with counseling and medication they are generally under control. In 2012, my cousin, was also diagnosed with A.L.L., so I have been thankful to be able to help my extended family through that. It definitely has not been easy reliving everything again but now we share an unbreakable and unexplainable bond.
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Leading a pack of cyclists with the finish line in sight and crossing it first with a final push must feel good. Oh, the feeling of sweet victory.
Now imagine the let down while you're fist pumping in celebration and realize cyclists are starting to pass you and continue onward. That's right, you celebrated a lap too soon.
That's what happened to Eloy Teruel at the Tour de California over the weekend.
The announcer in a EuroSports video even seemed to predict the mistake before it happened.
"I think he's hoping this would be the last lap, but we still have one lap to go," the announcer said, before Teruel crossed and started his premature victory.
"That's a little unfortunate for the Spaniard," the announcer said after Teruel sat up in his seat, arms raised. "Clearly, he doesn't understand English. The commentator is saying 'no, no, no.' That is a shame."
Watch the embarrassing moment, which includes the moment Teruel realizes his mistake:
British cyclist Bradley Wiggins ended up winning the competition.
On Twitter, Teruel wrote (translate via Google Translate) jokingly that he "might desire to win, luckily no one has seen," then he laughed.
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MESA, Ariz.--Nine at-bats into the Arizona Fall League, Delmon Young had four hits and a brand new timetable to reach the major leagues.
"If this," Young said, raising his head toward some other Fall League players taking batting practice last Friday morning, "is going to be in the big leagues, hopefully next year some time.
"If all these guys are good enough to be there, I'm looking at sometime next year. If I can hang with all these guys and I'm only 18, and these guys are 22 to 26."
Young also takes some confidence from the fact that Mesa Solar Sox teammate shortstop B.J. Upton, also a Devil Rays prospect after being the second player taken in the 2002 draft, is holding his own in limited time.
"B.J. is hanging with them, and he's only 19. B.J. should be up there next year, and hopefully I can be up there next year, too," Young said.
Young is making his pro debut in the AFL after signing with Tampa Bay for a $5.8 million bonus on Sept. 9 following his selection as the first-overall pick in the June draft. He said at that time he hoped to be in the majors in 2005.
Young spent two weeks in instructional league before being dispatched to the Fall League, where his older brother Dmitri played in 1997. Delmon opened the season as a member of the taxi squad, eligible to play only twice a week.
He came out swinging, hitting two ground-rule doubles--one to left-center field and the other to right-center--in his first start, when he had three hits, two off knuckleballer Charlie Zink. While Young got to two strikes in seven of his first nine plate appearances, he had not struck out.
"The pitching, I haven't been dominated yet when I've been up to the plate. I haven't seen a pitch I can't hit," Young said. "I can play with all these guys. I'm playing with them right now. I'm just waiting to see if I can get off the taxi squad and get on to the regular roster soon."
The most difficult thing for Young is the partial activity. The best high school player in the country last season, Young has never missed time except when injured, as he was with a mild ankle problem early last season at Camarillo (Calif.) High.
"I sat on the couch all summer, but that was a whole different story,'' said Young, who said he hit every day between the draft and his signing six weeks ago.
Although he does not play every day in Mesa, Young takes batting practice and fielding work daily, and his dedication has been evident.
"The first term that comes to mind is 'old school,'" Mesa Solar Sox manager Pat Kelly said of Young. "He's one of the earliest guys here. He's always down in the cages hitting. I think he is still feeling his way around the clubhouse, because of his age, but I think he has adjusted well."
Young has made a point of punctuality.
"You show up late once, you get a reputation of always being late. You might as well be early every day," Young said.
Young hit .541-7-28 in just 22 games with Camarillo High last season, when he was slowed by his ankle injury. The year before, Young went .542-17-56 in 34 games and was the first junior to win the California prep player of the year award since Eric Chavez (Rancho Bernardo (Calif.) High) in 1995. He had a record nine homers in eight games while playing for Team USA in the World Junior Championships in Canada, to earn the tournament's MVP award.
"He just has one of those bats that make a different sound than everybody else's really," said Kelly, who spent the 2003 season as the manager at Triple-A Richmond.
"He's very special at the plate. There are certain guys who walk up to the plate and just have that look. Delmon's one of those guys. He walks up there and he means business. He sprays the ball around, but he has power and he hits the ball hard. He's very impressive for a young player."
� Mesa Solar Sox outfielder Jonny Gomes (Devil Rays) was transferred to Team USA for an exhibition game against Team Canada on Oct. 25 because of a hamstring injury to Team USA outfielder J.J. Davis (Pirates). Gomes homered in his first at-bat of the game, which was suspended after 10 innings with the score tied at six. Gomes was leading the Fall League with six homers at the time of his temporary transfer. Gomes also was to play for Team USA in their final exhibition game Monday night against Team Canada. Team USA's 24-man roster is to be announced Oct. 28. The U.S. is one of 13 countries scheduled to participate in the Olympic qualifying tournament for the Americas from Oct. 30-Nov. 11 in Panama City, Panama, with the top two finishers making the 2004.
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It was a huge move when EA Sports announced that it was canceling the 2010 release of NBA Elite. What's next for the game? Everything and anything.
At today's Season Opener event, Dean Richards, the EA Sports general manager who oversees basketball (among other sports) said that everything was on the table as far as the game was concerned. How much? It might not even be called NBA Elite when it returns. The game has traveled from EA Canada into the hands of Madden developers EA Tiburon, and although it's not starting from scratch, even the game's signature right analog dribble and shooting controls are up in the air and might not make it when the game is released.
Of course, Richards says that the core focus remains "capturing the magic" of the sport.
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After about 6 months I finally have #2 up and flying. I put the maiden on it this morning. I started with a 3s battery but it has a 4s ready to go into it. Its still plenty fast with 3s. I put a seperate receiver battery in it and that solved all the 2.4 problems I had. I did a few high speed passes and then. landed. I let it cool for a while then put it up again. A few lap turns ad it is really grooving now. It does have a tail waggle at some of the slower speeds. But when the power is all on it goes away.
Im a Happy camper
Successful maiden!
For those of you that remember I tried to maiden a few months back and had her roll over and nose in 50ft out. The nose was crushed, so I had to do some fibreglass work to get her going. It doesn't look pretty, but I'll have all winter to make her beautiful again. I also had to solder some new capacitors on the esc (due to them getting crushed during the maiden), which seems to have worked out well.
I launched at full throttle this time, and she did try to roll over again, but she picked up speed fast and I was able to save it both times. I added lead to the nose to get the CG spot on, so I know that's not the issue. I am on the heavy side at 29oz, but I think that it has more to do with my poor throwing. Hopefully I'll get a few more successfull launches and get that all straightened out. There was absolutely no wind, so a bit of a head wind may help too.
I had to add a fair amount of down trim like others have reported. Has anybody tried changing the incidence on the horizontal stab? Mine is bolted on, so it would be easy for me to do. It just flys so nice that I don't want to mess with it though. I just can't help think that having down trim is wasting some energy. That's not really an issue though since this thing is smokin' fast! It really "floats" too. I kind of expected it to drop without power at my weight, but she just keeps going forever. I almost thought that my motor wasn't shuting off completely on the maiden. I have flown a few hotliners, so for me to be impressed by the glide ratio was a real surprising!
Thanks Jiri!
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I read a theory once on planes that were designed to fly level with some down trim. It was so that the plane, when put through a turn, would require less "up" elevator to make the turn, and thus by causing a little extra drag on the straights, they could cause less in the turns.
This makes sense to me, but i wonder how much difference it could really make. I never thought to adjust my incidence as like you said, im more then happy with the way that it flies!
My Escape is rolling left on launch. I thought this was opposite the prop torque, but just realized that it's not. Has anybody noticed torque induced roll on launch, even with the motor already spinning at full throttle before leaving your hand? I have almost 1000 watts in this thing, so I guess that may be the issue! I think that punching the throttle after launch would be worse though.
I may just point it straight up and let go next time!
Mine turns left too. I don't throw with full throttle, just past 1/2 and a strong striaght toss ( like throwing a foot ball).
Mine torques left a little, which I believe is the correct way for it to torque. Since the prop turns clockwise, the plane should want to go the other direction, which would be counter-clockwise, and thus left...i think, lol
I've tried gooseing it on launch and it makes the issue worse. My best success is with 1/2-2/3 throttle, nice firm toss, and then slowly ramp up the throttle as it accelerates away. Your weight is slightly higher (im at 26 oz), and your power is significantly higher (im at 600-650 watts), but it should work for you...
I would suggest do whatever you are doing, and whatever is comfortable with you. When you start messing with things too much thats when it goes wrong
Last edited by Thekid3418; Sep 11, 2009 at 06:00 PM.
Thanks guys. When I say torque I don't mean just a little. My last launch she was full inverted before I got my throwing hand back to the stick. Luckily she picks up speed quick at full throttle and was very responsive by the time I was able to correct.
I guess I'll just be ready for it and try little tweaks one at a time. I really don't want to go with less throttle as I was launching at half throttle when she went in during the first maiden.
Thanks for the advice guys!
I'm stoked! I was working today when my phone rang. Wouldn't you know that my hands were full and covered with paint. I frantically wiped them so as to answer the phone, which of course was in my back pocket at the time.
Wouldn't you know, it was Annette from SUSA. She just called to tell me that they'd be shipping my Escape today or Monday!!!!
Man that was a long eight weeks waiting. Hope that the shipper doesn't damage anything.
I think that I've got everything to finish it except for the spinner. Shouldn't be long now before I'll have to start throwing in practice to launch it. At least I've gotten in a few flights with other planes in the past month so that my flying inactivity didn't make me lose much.
Ready for first flight tomorrow. The battery has to go all the way forward to the motor with the esc behind the battery to get it to balance. Don't be afraid to get a heavier motor that can take more power, it'll balance easier. I would be adding ballast if the battery was any lighter!
Medusa 28-32-4200, 3s 2600 ProLitev2, hs65, around 500w on an APC 4.1x4.1. Total weight is 645g (almost 23 ounces). I was expecting 22 ounces, but I have an enormous 72MHz receiver.
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Utah State football's annual Blue vs. White spring game will be held Saturday, April 20, on Merlin Olsen Field at Romney Stadium at 2 p.m. The spring game will be streamed live via USU's athletics website.
The day will begin with the fourth-annual HURD Bowl at 10 a.m. with an eight-team tournament.
The game itself will pit the offense (Blue) vs. the defense (White). The first half will consist of two 15-minute quarters played with normal clock rules. Following a five-minute halftime, the second half will consist of two 10-minute running time quarters — except for the final two-minutes of the fourth quarter.
The offense will get six points for a touchdown, three points for a field goal, two points for a rush of 15 or more yards, two points for a pass of 20 or more yards, one point for a first down and one or two points for respective conversions. The defense will earn six points for a touchdown, five points for a turnover, three points for a three-and-out, three points for a blocked field goal, two points for a stopped drive, sack or tackle for loss, as well as one or two points for failed respective conversions. There will be no kickoffs and all possessions will start at the 25.
"I want to see great execution and great efficiency, especially early on when the veteran players are going against each other," coach Matt Wells said. "Offensively, I want to see balls completed and touchdowns. On the flip side, it's about time we get a pick in the back end. The third downs will be fun to watch because it's been such an emphasis on both sides of the ball."Comment on this story
Following the scrimmage, all former Aggie lettermen in attendance will be invited onto the field and asked to lineup in the north end zone, where they will be recognized as a group. This group will also meet and shake hands with every current USU football player prior to the players interacting with all Aggie fans on the field during their autograph session, where a limited number of USU spring football posters will be available.
Fans who purchase or renew their season tickets by April 20 will be able to purchase two additional single-game tickets to this year's home game against BYU on Oct. 4. Fans must purchases at least two season ticket packages to be eligible for the offer.
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Colby Cyburt received some recruiting mail but hadn't heard much from Boston College's coaching staff so the Mission Viejo, Calif., offensive tackle was surprised - and happy - when he heard this week that the Eagles wanted to offer.
"I hadn't been talking to them at all and probably just got a few letters," Cyburt said. "They were at practice (Tuesday) and watched some film on me before practice and watched the whole practice and then afterward I heard they offered me.
"I really am considering them because the academics are awesome and it's a private school plus the East Coast connection is big. That's the first school that offered me across the country so that's really good."
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Cyburt, a 6-foot-5, 265-pound prospect, admittedly doesn't know too much about Boston College's offensive line tradition but said he's excited to learn more by talking to the coaches.
He's still being patient with his recruitment so the Eagles have time to get more involved as the spring progresses.
"I don't really know much about them yet," Cyburt said. "I really haven't watched a lot of their games but I'm definitely interested and wanted to see what they have to say about their tradition on their offensive line.
"I wonder if they want more athletic guys or bigger, more massive guys. That would be interesting to know."
Stanford, USC and Colorado remain the top three for Cyburt, who said Notre Dame stopped by his school on Wednesday. So far, Boston College, Colorado, Harvard, San Diego State and Stanford have offered.
Colorado is pushing for Cyburt and fellow Mission Viejo offensive lineman Austin Maass to visit in June. Cyburt, who plans to have his decision made by the start of his senior season, said he's strongly considering that trip to Boulder.


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Curb your camcorder habit or you could find yourself with no mates, according to a survey from multimedia firm Dazzle.
In the study, 60 percent of respondents said they hated being subjected to hours of home video footage. And we don't blame them: watching an amateur video is the modern day equivalent of having to sit through a holiday snap slideshow — yawn.
But merely having to view a few photos seems positively entertaining compared to some stories the survey revealed, such as the couple who were forced to watch their neighbour giving birth on tape, or another who had to endure an epic four-hour video of a family outing to Scarborough.
Dazzle does have an ulterior motive for bringing us these statistics, however, as its specialises in video-editing solutions and, given some of the other findings of the survey, some judicious editing might be just what some amateur film makers need.
On average, a home video lasts an hour, but despite all these memories captured on tape they are normally only watched twice — and that's by the people who made them as friends and family never watch tapes given to them.
To encourage Britain's camcorder fans to learn that brevity is the art of compelling footage, Dazzle has twinned up with PC World to launch a competition to find the UK's best amateur film producer. Entrants are asked to submit an edited, short clip — one to three minutes max. For more information on the competition, which closes 31 August click here.