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First, a 'thank you' to all that helped with their expertise on planning our trip to these GORGEOUS islands!!
We now understand all of the posts about the colors of the water. I agree with whomever wrote It is an "assault on your retina" -- its blue, then blue green, then turquoise -- it keeps changing and all such stunning shades of blue! And the white talcolm powder sand against it draws makes it even more colorful.
Now the boring details:
Airlines: Spirit Air from DFW to FLL. First time flying them. They are new airplanes so very clean and nice leather seats for Plus and Coach seats. Not very many Plus seats are offered depending which plane they are using. The attendants and gate people were very nice and accomodating. My experience with the 1-800 people revealed they need a lot of work in the customer service area. I learned the hard way that they will not service you AT ALL by phone if you made your reservation through anyone but their website. Also, we never got through to them from T&C before we flew home. Always said that it was a high call volume and to call back another time. We did and never got through. Ran into mechanical problems on the last leg of the trip and they downsized the plane and we were bumped from our Plus seats so I have to initiate a refund process for the difference this week. I'm interested to see how well they handle it.
North Caicos: Stayed on this island for a week on Whitby Beach and was so knocked out by its beauty. Houses were small and did not overwhelm the scenery on the beach. We saw only a handful of people the entire week on the beach. Only one day did someone actually pass us walking on the beach. Didn't have snorkel gear but supposedly had good snorkeling all around the island. No restaurants to speak of except at the airport. The other two were not open since it was low season so we hired someone to cook dinner for us several nights.
The grocery store was adequate and received a new shipment of supplies and produce every Tuesday. I realize how spoiled I am with all the choices I have here at home now. Our rental car was fine and was $480 for a week. Gas was about $4.50/gallon but didn't use much as a very fuel efficient car.
Took a drive to Bottlecreek for a sim card but they were out. Roads were good enough to drive about 40mph on most of it. Lots of pot holes in the road but they are working on them. The roads to Three Mary Cays was a dirt/gravel road but not bad at all. Three Mary Cays was gorgeous and we wished we had snorkel gear as it was filled with great snorkeling as well as a nesting area for Osprey. UNTIL we saw a 5ft plus shark in 2 feet of water along the beach with us. Heard it was mating season so they were coming into shallow waters.
The road to Sandy Point was not passable as it had rained the day before but heard it was building up with multistoried condo units - heard Jamie Lee Curtis bought the penthouse for something like 11million so must be quite a place they are building. Also, saw building going on around from 3 Mary Cays, too.
Flew Global Air by charter from Provo over and flew Air Turks and Caicos back to Provo. I will not fly Air T&c again. My husband flies and was a little nervous flying over to Provo. I asked him why when we landed & he explained they must have overloaded the plane as the pilot was "hanging on the props". He confronted the pilot and was was quite surprised my husband noticed and didn't deny it but tried to make it sound as if it was not a problem. Also, they didn't run on schedule at all but I expected that.
Provo: Stayed at Royal West Indies in a beachfront room for a week. Nothing special in the decor but a good location and view from the room. Nice having a small kitchen. The beach chairs went very quickly and early -- 8:30am daily through July 4th. Then it tapered off a little. They were allowing people to get up early and put towels on chairs to hold until they came out. I asked about that and they told me they were not going to enforce the 45minute rule for holding. So, I had to get up earlier than normal just to go out to get an umbrella. They ran out of umbrellas a couple of days even after getting the reserve umbrellas out. They did have plenty of chairs just not umbrellas.
Restaurants: Hemmingways: beautiful setting with lights on palm trees and music. Food and service were good and had no problems with mosquitos -- think they had something in the misters going.
Tiki Hut: my fish was good but this was the WORST SERVICE EVER. Our waiter checked out after we placed our order and we never had another waiter. Serviced ourself for silverware, water, drinks, napkins, etc.
Anacoana: Very romantic and steps away from RWI from the beach. Very good food, more expensive than Hemmingways -- entrees around $33/+- . Slow service. Took us 40 minutes to get our predinner cocktail. Went downhill from there. The other waiter for tables next to us seemed to be just fine. Modern fun outdoor bar with fire pit.
Da Conch Shack: beachside shack with conch anything and warning; if you want spicy conch salad - hold on because it will light you up! I thought I was going to die after the first 5 or 6 bites. Then I think I just went numb. My husband who likes spicy tried a bite and agreed it was quite "warm"!
Rental Car: Rent A Buggy. Picked us up at the airport and had a Kia something -- 4wd. Rent 7 days and one is free. Someone sideswiped us in a roundabout and had to run him down. He went with us to the car rental and they worked it out quickly. No big deal. Will rent from him again.
IGA Grocery reminded me of the ones at home! Chaos. Its a large grocery store with a busy parking lot.
Beaches: Grace Bay: Stunning. Beautiful long stretches of white sand with ever-changing blue to blue green waters!!! A little busy though for us but we couldn't get enough of that beach!! Its everything people said it would be. There is construction 2 doors down from RWI and heard it everyday except Sunday. Bring your iPod. There are high-rise condos going up everywhere it seemed. It reminded me of Cancun --only in the buildup of the beach hotels. Parasailing boats, banana boats, etc. are along the beach as well.
Malcolm's Beach: our personal favorite. Looooong gravel road to get to it once you leave the "highway" but so worth it. Beautiful water and reef. Someone told us they were snorkeling out at the wall and saw many sharks -- over 30 sharks over his 4 days there. Plus, a supersized baracuda, too. But said it was a long swim out to the wall but worth it.
Northpoint: visited the resort and it was very quiet there. 2 people on the beach. Not as pretty as Malcolm's and Grace Bay. However, quite a long drive if you wanted to go into Provo every day.
Oh, the airport. Get there early!! We saw the lines outside and inside when we arrived and knew anything under 2hours before our flight would be risking it. We got there 3 hours early because we had an early checkout and glad we did as it gave us time to order a burger-to-go at Gilley's to go and get in the security line (20minutes) and eat our burger on the other side as not much to eat on the other side of security/immigration. I can see they are going to have to enlarge their airport with all the people coming to this island.
And for those of you in Leeward, all I can say is LUCKY! Love that beach!
The secret is definately out about this stunning beach!!
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First, a 'thank you' to all that helped with their expertise on planning our trip to these GORGEOUS islands!!
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loved reading your report.
I can never get enough of that gorgeous water-worth any small "negative" you have to go through for it.
Do you have any pictures you can post?
Malcolm's Beach is one of my all time favorites. I think it's a standout on already stunning beaches to compete with it.
Glad you had a great trip.
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Just going through some pics now and I'll get them posted soon. I'm a little 'green' in that department so it takes me a little longer!
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Isn't that beach just the best?? I wish I was there now!
I would love to see your pictures!
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Actually the road out to Malcolm Beach isn't all that bad once you get use to it. We stayed at Northwest Point and could make it from the highway out there in 15 min. I drive farther than that to work! The beauty of NW Point is not only the solitude but the price. We went off season and couldn't believe the rate we got.
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Malcolms is amazing! Amazing water and no one is around!!!
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Hi! Do you have any pictures to share?
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I do have some pics. Will get them on tonight hopefully!!
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Here a some pictures from our vacation...
Hope you enjoy!
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your pictures are incredible!
absolutely gorgeous, and you should blow them up at staples as posters, great coloring and eye. are you professional? Very nice.
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No professional here. That's a nice compliment, though!! Thanks! I was thinking of blowing a couple up on canvas. Have you tried that?
(btw, love your pic of the dog on the beach in CT&L!)
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what gorgeous pics! WOW!
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Great trip report. One question, what type of sharks was it that everyone was seeing? My DH has this shark phobia & I won't be able to get him snorkling if they are dangerous. Also, do you think there were more with mating season & all? What company did you go through to rent a house your first week?
Thanks again for the info & great pics!!
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Beachgirl: Thanks for the compliment. You obviously know how to use a filter, because your colors "pop". Plus you have a good "eye". I posted some pictures on a grand bahama trip report with pictures, but I've got to tell you, not as nice as T&C. (I'm so spoiled, the water there ruins any other trips)
I have not done the canvas with pictures, but it seems like a really cool idea. I did go to staples, where the blow them up and laminate them, to poster size (2 feet by 3 feet!) and they turned out great! They turned out so well that when they had them leaning on wall to be picked up, other customers wanted to buy them. We actually (I shouldn't be admiting this) hung them all over the garage, so when I pull into it, I feel like I'm there. I'll take the grief for it!
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Wow! Thanks for posting a great report. We are considering T&C for next June. Your pictures are excellent!!
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mamamia: you'll have to ask the others about what kind of shark but its either a nurse shark or reef shark. It couldn't have cared less about us in the water. And, yes, its mating season. It was definately much larger in life -- 5ft to 6ft long.
I found rental info on North Caicos from the webpage
blamona: I like the staples idea. I think I'll pick out a few and try the poster size. I have some from our Treasure Cay trip in May that turned out nicely. My friends think I should blow them up and put outside on the fence so that when I'm laying in the pool I'll "feel" like I'm there! (will need a lot more than a poster for that!!!)
But now the burning question: Where to go next????
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Beachgirl: for your consideration,
Harbour Island and Eleuthera (1 trip)
I have a poster of Treasure Cay Beach too! With the posters, our houses are going to look the same!
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Been there. Done that. However, I would like to go to the south end of Eleuthera. Would like to see it before its all built up. Really enjoyed Harbour Island and North Eleuthera. Considering Anguilla for early spring.
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Beachgirl: Anguilla is your next island. Gorgeous beaches. You seem to have similar tastes in islands, so I pick Anguilla for you!
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What wonderful pictures!Thanks for sharing them.Are you a photographer?If not, maybe you should be!
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Beachgirl, I really enjoyed your pictures. The last one, sunset at Whitby beach is amazing.
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Thanks. It was a beautiful night on Whitby beach!
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Christiegr: I would really like to be a "professional traveler". Is there a position for that somewhere? If so, I would like to apply for that job! And if I can EVER learn all the bells and whistles on this camera I'll consider that a job in itself.
Love looking at other's pics so thanks for looking at mine!
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I know what you mean!I would LOVE to be a pro. traveler also.
While we were in Grand Cayman.We took Captain Marvin's to Stingray City.They have a company named VIP that films your experience.A guy named Paul (from New Zealand) with VIP scuba dived and videotaped the while trip at each stop.
We bought a DVD of the experience.
That would be a great job to me!
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Thanks for the pics. I can't wait! Some people didn't like the T&C as not much to do. I think that is why we will like it. I want to relax. Is it easy to find Malcom's Beach?
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Actually I just looked at the map, and it looks like Malcom's Beach would be fairly easy to get to. It looks like it would be hard to get lost on the island. Not too big.
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According to the myths Thoas was one of the sons of the wine-god Dionysus and his wife Ariadne. Thoas' brothers were Oenopion, Staphylus, Latramys, Euanthes and Tauropolus. Sometimes it was said that Thoas' father was Theseus, perhaps not only due to the reason that Thoas' mother Ariadne and Theseus were lovers, but also because Thoas' kingdom was under the control of the Athenians.
All of the children of Dionysus became the founders of the Hellenic tribes on various places in the Aegean, where the non-Greek inhabitants were living. Thoas, who received from his uncle Rhadamanthys the island of Lemnos (situated in the northern part of the Aegean Sea) became the king of this island.
However, after some time Thoas lost his throne when the women of the island revolted against their unfaithful husbands. According to a well-known story the Lemnian men complained about the fact that their spouses were foul-smelling and so they neglected their wives and took concubines from Thrace. This action made their spouses so angry, that these decided to eradicate the entire masculine population from Lemnos. Thereafter the queen of Lemnos became Hypsipyle, the daughter of Thoas. She saved her old father from a certain death by putting him secretly on a boat without sculls.
After dwelling on the sea for a while, Thoas arrived on the shores of the rocky island of Sicinos (Cyclades). He did not stay on this deserted place and traveled again back north. Later he finally arrived at Tauris (present-day Crym) and became its king. On this island, the goddess Artemis Tauris was also worshiped with the surname Thoantheia.
One of Thoas' grandsons, who were twins from his daughter Hypsipyle and Jason, was originally named Nebrophon but was also called Thoas the Younger.
The name Thoas is derived from the old Greek word thoazo, which means "to move quickly, to hurry up or to hasten." This name is a perfect fit for some of the situations in which this king of Lemnos appeared, especially when he had to move quickly or hurry from one place to another. This mythical story is connected with some specific historical events which happened when the first Greek colonists came to the island of Lemnos (where the old pre-Hellenic culture existed similar to the one in Troy) in about 800 BCE.
The name Thoas was relatively common and in the Greek myths more personages with this name can be found. One of them was a certain Thoas, Andraemon's son, and mentioned by Homer. He was the leader of the Aetolians who came with forty black ships to fight at Troy. The story goes that the famous hero Odysseus in his old age married Thoas' daughter.
Among the Trojans there existed another Thoas as well, who was killed during a fight with king Menelaus from Sparta.
Thoas was also one of three Athenian brothers who took a part in the expedition that Theseus made to the land of the Amazons. Pausanias also mentioned another Thoas, who was a younger son of Ornytion and the grandson of Sisyphus. Finally this author made an allusion to a giant named Thoas, who was killed in Arcadia.

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Miliband launches attack on unions and the Labour Party
LABOUR leader Miliband is planning to allow non-Labour Party members to be registered as supporters, and to vote in leadership elections, in the affiliated organisations section of the party.
This is to further weaken the trade unions who founded, built and finance the party, and constitutes an attack on the Labour Party itself.
Its bottom line is that a person who is opposed to being a member of the Labour Party can still help foist a leader onto the party that the subs-paying membership does not want, or keep a leader in office that the majority of the organised trade union membership want to get rid of.
With the depth of the capitalist crisis now just emerging, Miliband has an eye to the future and the kind of anti-working class policies that he will have to support or carry out to maintain capitalism.
At the TUC Congress, Miliband gave a hint of what was to come when he declared his solidarity with the Tories on the issue of strike action in defence of pensions.
He reiterated his opposition to the teaching trade unions strike action of last June 30th, and also condemned the proposed strike action to defend pensions to be held by the main TUC trade unions next November 30th.
That this was a stab in the back for the working class is obvious, especially since the trade unions have poured tens of millions of pounds into the coffers of the Labour Party to save it from bankruptcy.
Miliband is now preparing for the future by treating the trade unions, and the party, with the same contempt as did Blair and Brown pre-1997, when they brought in New Labour, weakened the trade union block vote, and dumped Clause Four, the clause that linked the Labour Party with nationalisation.
This was done so that they could pledge to the bosses that New Labour was the party of business and that their government would be a businessmans government, with massive privatisations, and a 100% worshipping of globalisation.
Miliband is now mounting a similar operation, but in a situation of massive capitalist crisis when the working class and the middle class face huge cuts, the privatisation of the NHS, the forced destruction of the Welfare State, and the replacement of benefits by Big Society charities and their meagre hand-outs.
Blair wanted to show big business that Labour was the best representative for the ruling class.
Miliband aims to show that the concept of a Labour Party is now out of date and has to be replaced by a peoples party, that will support making the workers pay for the crisis.
He aims to start this process by allowing non-Labour Party members to vote in leadership elections, so that people who are opposed to being members, but are critical of Tory policy, disillusioned Tories and LibDems can swamp the trade unions and be able to determine who will lead the party.
The object of this manoeuvre is to be able to carry on condemning trade union strikes, while campaigning to replace the current Tory-led coalition, with a Labour-led coalition.
That this proposed massive change in the nature of the Labour Party is being rushed through is the understatement of the year.
The proposal has just been made public and the issue is to be put to the vote next Sunday at the Labour Party conference where, no doubt, the big trade union leaders, of Unison and Unite, will praise the move as making Labour much more acceptable to the middle class and of course the LibDems.
We urge Labour Party conference delegates to defend the trade unions and the Labour Party from this Blairite attack.
The unions must let it be known that they will break with Miliband on this issue, and use their financial and other power to throw out leaders who support Tory cuts, in favour of a leadership that will seek to bring down the coalition.
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Stop SB 619: Mo Anti-Religion and Bad for Business Bill
Stop Waisitng Time and Focus on Real Issues!
SB 619 is an unnecessary and biased piece of legislation introduced to address a perceived problem that simply does not exist.
For the last 3 years Missouri's legislature has wasted valuable time trying to pass terrible bills that are Anti-Religion, Anti-Civil Liberties, and are solutions looking for a non-existent problem.
We demand that our Senate and House members focus on real issues such as jobs, the economy, and education and stop wasting our States time and resources by introducing bad bills.
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As a concerned Missourian I urge you to veto Senate Bill 619.
SB 619 is an unnecessary and biased piece of legislation introduced to address a perceived problem that simply does not exist.
While many public discussions about SB 619 seek to put a benign face on the bill, its purpose is to target religious practices of Muslims, similar to past misguided efforts to target Catholics, Jews and other faith minorities in the United States.
SB 619 is now the fourth exhausted attempt to pass the anti-Religion and anti-Civil Rights bill.
SB 619 would negatively affect constitutionally-protected religious rights, impacting the writing of marriage contracts, the implementation of wills or even being buried according to one's religious beliefs.
While corporations are exempted under SB 619, international business contracts signed by private state businesses could not be enforced in state courts if written in compliance with foreign laws. SB 619 casts uncertainty on international business transactions and could drive away multinational corporations from our state. Simply put, SB 619 is bad for business.
SB 619 Questionable Origins:
In the past two years, 78 anti-Islam bills or amendments like SB 619 have been introduced in state legislatures nationwide. Of these, 62 contained language that was extracted from Islamophobe David Yerushalmi's American Laws for American Courts (ALAC) model legislation. Yerushalmi leads the hate group Society of Americans for National Existence (SANE), which once offered a policy proposal that would make "adherence to Islam" punishable by 20 years in prison, called for the immediate deportation of all non-citizen Muslims and urged Congress to declare war on the "Muslim Nation," which SANE defined as "all Muslims."
SEE: Profile of David Yerushalmi
SB 619 Wastes Valuable Legislative Time:
No religious or foreign law code can replace U.S. law. Article VI, Clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution clearly states, "This Constitution … shall be the supreme law of the land; and the judges in every state shall be bound thereby. …" Additionally, the First Amendment prohibits Congress from making any law "respecting an establishment of religion." America has an established tradition of allowing people of faith to make agreements and resolve disputes within the parameters of their religion, as long as any resulting contract complies with U.S. law.
Catholic canon law and Jewish Halacha are the most frequently cited examples in the context of the debate surrounding Islamic practices. No national Muslim organization has called for the implementation of foreign law in the United States.
The American Bar Association Opposes Such Legislation:
In 2011, the American Bar Association (ABA) passed a resolution opposing ALAC-type legislation noting that it is "duplicative of safeguards that are already enshrined in federal and state law," and saying, "initiatives that target an entire religion or stigmatize an entire religious community, such as those explicitly aimed at 'Sharia law,' are inconsistent with some of the core principles and ideals of American jurisprudence." The ABA also stated the following:
• "Language in these Bills and Amendments dealing with 'international law' or 'foreign and customary law' is likely to have an unanticipated and widespread negative impact on business, adversely affecting commercial dealings and economic development in the states in which such a law is passed and in U.S. foreign commerce generally." [Emphasis added.]
• "Many of the Bills and Amendments would infringe federal constitutional rights, including the free exercise of religion and the freedom of contract, or would conflict with the Supremacy Clause and other clauses of the Constitution."
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'Will you marry me', John Cena pops the question to Nikki Bella, watch video
In an adorable moment, John Cena got down on one knee to propose his long-time girlfriend Nikki Bella at WrestleMania 33 in Orlando on Sunday.
The popular wrestler popped the question after he and Nikki won the mixed tag team match, and took everyone by sweet surprise.
"I have been waiting so long to ask you this. Stephanie Nicole Garcia-Colace, will you marry me", John asked his sweetheart with a precious ring on his hand.
A tear-eyed Bella said yes and, the duo shared a sweet embrace and a kiss as the WrestleMania crowd cheered their new relationship status.
A #WrestleMania moment for the ages! After winning their #MixedTag, @JohnCena PROPOSES to Nikki @BellaTwins at The #UltimateThrillRide! pic.twitter.com/lnjviTTL6c— WWE (@WWE) April 3, 2017
The proposal clearly took Bella by surprise, but Cena's social media posts leading up to the WrestleMania event may have hinted at what he had planned.
"It is such an honor to stand next to the woman I love, @BellaTwins, at @WrestleMania," he tweeted on Friday, alongside the pair's promotional photo.
It is such an honor to stand next to the woman I love, @BellaTwins, at @WrestleMania. pic.twitter.com/GhoVpNlU7n— John Cena (@JohnCena) March 31, 2017
Bella's sister, Brie, also shared congratulations from the sisters' shared Twitter account, writing, "Happy tears!!!! They always felt married to me but to see it...wow!!! Welcome to the family @JohnCena."
Happy tears!!!! They always felt married to me but to see it...wow!!! Welcome to the family @JohnCena— Nikki & Brie (@BellaTwins) April 3, 2017
John and Nikki have been dating each other for four years, and are very much in love.
Hearty congratulations to the new couple!


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Following the firmware update that AT&T's HTC One X received earlier in the month that cleans up the three-dot menu bar on the bottom of the screen, a similar update is now coming to the HTC EVO 4G LTE on Sprint. The system enhancement update, as Sprint calls it, is 171.81MB in size, and it finally deals with the menu problem that has been plaguing the phone.
If the bottom menu bar that takes up the precious screen real estate on your HTC EVO 4G LTE has annoyed you to no end, the OTA update is the perfect remedy. The new firmware has a built-in remapping option where you can reassign the recent apps button to the menu button, thus removing the black menu bar in the process, should you choose to do so.
Along with the menu bar fix, firmware 2.13.651.1 also brings the latest Sense 4.1 to the phone, which helps improve the overall performance of the phone, as well as providing a fix for the multitasking woe on the HTC EVO 4G LTE.
Seeing that Sprint has only begun pushing the new software out yesterday, it may take a while for the OTA update to reach everyone. We certainly don't mind you letting us know whether the notification has popped up on your HTC EVO 4G LTE or not.


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Jazz! The Women's View Point (JTWVP)is part of the 14th Annual Central Brooklyn Jazz Festival - which is held throughout the Month of April.
JTWVP will be Saturday, APRIL 20, 2013, staged in the beautiful Skylight Gallery, Central Brooklyn's premiere visual arts exhibition space on the 3rd Floor of Restoration Plaza, 1368 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, NY 11216. TIME: 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm
This year's program is about HEALING: Jazz Healing Force of the Universe. The power of healing with music in particular this American made music called Jazz!
Live performance provided by BERTHA HOPE 'TET one of the city most astonishing pianists (read more at http://musicians.allaboutjazz.com/musician.php?id=7734#.USESjKWbxdU)
AZANIA - Few people are born with the gift of instantly touching people's hearts with their voice. Azania is one of them. Originally from Sierra Leone, West Africa, this multi-cultural artist was born and raised in the U.S. & in Geneva, Switzerland. From the age of 6 she knew that singing was her calling and loved to see the joy her voice brought to people. "It's a beautiful way to share emotions and connect with people on a deep level" she says. more at azania.com
CYNTHIA HOLIDAY - A native of Newark, NJ, Cynthia Holiday is a vocalist and songwriter who grew up in a house of jazz lovers. Her stepfather, Calvin Hughes, played the trumpet with Frank Foster, Clark Terry, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, toured with Big Maybelle and was a big band leader. Cynthia was always surrounded by musicians and was able to learn what life was like on the road and was coached on how to succeed in the business.
The Newark School for the Arts was the beginning for Holiday's vocal training and it was also the alma mater for many famous artists. She later met the late jazz composer, Duke Anderson with whom she continued her vocal studies and piano as well. Anderson was so impressed that he introduced her to Bob Harris who hired her to song with the Bob Harris Orchestra in 1990. Holiday's recent jazz vocal coaches include Kevin Mahogany, Marion Cowings, Myrna Lake, Radam Schwartz and the late, Rita DaCosta Turrentine. more at cynthiaholidaymusic.com
MONIQUE NGOZI NRI - Monique Ngozi Nri is a poet, singer, writer and administrator. Her parents, Celeste Nri nee Franklin from Barbados and Cyril Onura Nri from Nigeria, met as international students in London where she was born. A child of the Biafran war, she was raised in Lagos, Enugu, Owerri, Umahia in Nigeria and London. In London, Monique worked in non-profit organizations and local government for eight years developing services for women and other underrepresented groups. She was the Women's Development Coordinator for Yaa Asantewaa Arts Center (The Factory) where she was privileged to host performances with Maya Angelou, Carlyle Phillips, Serious Bizness and African Dawn. She also worked as the Community Media Worker for Black Arts in London and Artrage Magazine where she interviewed Jayne Cortez, Maya Angelou, Micere Mugo and Nawal El Saadawi. Her published work from that period includes articles on artists from the African Diaspora in various discipline - literature, dance, theater, music, film and several poems and prose fiction pieces. more at http://www.ahmedian.com/monique.php
RENEE MANNING - Born and bred in Brooklyn, N.Y., Renee Manning stands out from the crowd. Her robust voice, rich tones and impeccable time make her truly a musicians vocalist. Her debut in the jazz world as the singer with the Mel Lewis Orchestra (from 1983-1989) was the longest tenure of any vocalist associated with that organization . By chance, Mr. Lewis heard Renée performing at Mikells . He invited her to sit in with his band at the Village Vanguard and after a standing ovation hired her as his vocalist on the spot. Since then she has proven to be an incredibly versatile singer. Many, however associate her with big bands and the blues. Her big band associations and collaborations have included the Chico OFarrill Afro Cuban Orchestra, The George Gruntz Concert Jazz Band, Dukes Men as well as a large ensemble project with Lester Bowie and Earl McIntyre. more at http://www.myspace.com/reneemanningmusic#!
You will get a chance to have a Q&A which each of the above panelists and performers.
Refreshments will be served. It is handicapped accessible. Donation is $10.
The late Rosiland Blair founder of this forum wanted to set a stage for women to speak on the topic of Jazz. An opportunity to participate in a discourse regarding the dynamics of the jazz community from a female perspective. If jazz is a cultural lifeline and culture expresses, the civility of a people, women in the Jazz environment are the ones who can bring forth the truth. Therefore the position women must take is to speak on the facts that relate to them in this rich cultural expression.
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Over on the IMDb, there's a discussion thread asking for the ages of Mad Men fans. I tallied 103 responses some weeks ago (didn't keep up with it as people added to the thread), ranging from 13 to 71. The average is 34.8 and the
mean median is 31.
In case you were curious.
80 Responses to "The Age of Mad Men Fans"
hmmmmm, I'm surprised the mean is so low. I wouldn't think the show would attract as many people who couldn't remember or weren't born in the decade.
I'm 47, if anyone here is counting.
IMDb may skew lower.
I'm 61
Yes, I imagine a IMDb survey skews low.
I'm 38. Above average, as usual.
I'm just average, sadly! I'm 34!
I pull the BoK average closer to IMDb's. I'm 28 (and a half).
I'm 47 too. Yay for 47 year olds!!! (Above average!)
Not to nitpick – oh, who'm I kidding – with every intention of nitpicking, average and mean are the same thing. Do you mean average and median?
B.Cooper [35]
I'm 38 too. Yay for 38 year olds!!! (above average, as usual) And sometimes I have original thoughts!
I've been lurking for forever here but just wanted to let ya'll know there are a decent number of us "youngin's" who watch. I'm 20 and everyone in my my friends college english course is in loove with the show. All the girls anyway.
So close to being the youngest, til Glory said she's 20. My SO and I watch it together, I'm 25 and he's 39.
miamimami is 27 and miamipapi is 37! and soon to be miamibebe is 5 months in the making and older sis is 10 months old……..
swelling the ranks of 38 year olds here.
36 and counting.
Geez Louise, I swear to the GODS I proofread that to make sure it said "median." I swear.
25. Kind of glad I'm not the youngest one here; I've been the youngest at a lot of different things.
22 (23 on Christmas!), young and way below the average income from what I've read too!
I'm 14 and perfectly capable of keeping up with the show. I do get some weird comments form people who find out I'm a fan. Yes, the show's mature, but teenagers can digest more than just The Office, contrary to popular belief.
Good for you, Noah!
I'm 43, by the way.
Glory, Noah, welcome. Noah, B. Cooper is just kidding and terribly mean.
~rkl [43]
Not only is Noah welcome, but he'll be serving drinks at the Finale blow-out.
age 42, but 32 in my heart.
I'm 52 at this moment but will be 53 in a couple of weeks.
I'd love to get all of BasketCases together for drinks and dinner! What a diverse and interesting group.
Man, Don is such a bad influence, even on us. Making poor Noah make the drinks.
I'll have a martini, Noah. That's gin. And I'd like it with a twist, which means lemon (just the rind). And swirl it around the lip of the glass, too.
I'm surprised the average is so young – I'm 29, but the only people in real life I know who are fans of the show are in their late 40's/50's. Then again, I think the younger crowd might be intrigued by the stylish costumes and un-PC relationships, while people who remember the era clearly (like my 74-yo mother) probably want to run screaming from the sexist cesspool they recall…
I'm 41, and my husband (who watches the show and reads BOK but doesn't comment much) is 37.
Noah, I like my Old Fashioned easy on the bitters. Thanks, pal.
Being even compared to Sally Draper touches my heart.
I can seriously see the show exploring her character in future seasons.
And I think Noah is too old to make our drinks. Noah, do you have a younger sibling who can tend bar?
Clinging to 59 for another two months!
Noah, make mine a Manhattan.
BTW, come 1967, Sally Draper should be just old enough to hitchhike to San Francisco for the Summer of Love!!
i'll bring flan…..hahaha
I'm so old. Kennedy era baby — born 1963, which makes me…45. And I've got nothing to show for those years except a few wrinkles on my brow. Sigh.
Noah, I'll have a bloody Mary, please.
She'll only be 13. So, sure, but I hope not!
OK, so not Sally, but maybe Glen Bishop will find his way to the corner of Haight and Ashbury.
@ Deborah, it's actually called "Level" vodka – it is Absolute's entry into the super-premium vodka world. It has become my favorite. Here's a review:
http://www.liquorsnob.com/archives/2005/11/level_… and the Official Page of Level Vodka: http://www.levelvodka.com/
The reason people started calling it "Level 1" is because the little silver bottle icon above the name kinda looks like a "1" from afar (or if you've had too many).
And I'm with you Deborah, I like my Martini's with an actual normal amount of dry Vermouth – that's what makes it a martini after all.
And Donny Brook – I respect the purist's belief that a Vodka Martini is a bastardization of the "real" gin Martini – but nevertheless, I hate gin… and I love my Vodka Martini's. (This is similar to the ongoing argument about whether "real" chili has beans or not – it doesn't). But I digress…
Gin or Vodka, doesn't matter, but please please stir your martini. Do not shake it. Shaking is only for ingredients that are not easily mixed, such as juices and sugar combinations. Be gentle with your martini and save the violent shaking for the mojito and margarita.
Level, huh? I have done so much sniffing around the vodka market in order to write my Bond book, I guess I've gotten a little out of date. I'll have to try it.
Patti, that rule simply doesn't apply to vodka, which is not bruised by shaking (the reason you stir gin). Vodka benefits from being very, very cold, and the best way to ensure that is to shake thoroughly.
"Shaken, not stirred" appears derive from the drink known as the "Vesper," an invention of Bond's in the novel and film Casino Royale. This drink has both gin and vodka: Do you shake to improve the vodka, or stir to protect the gin? Bond apparently gave pride of place to the vodka.
Noah, I drink medium dry vodka martinis with a twist, same as James Bond.
Here's a comprehensive discussion of the controversy:
http://www.azcentral.com/style/hfe/drinks/article… In the end, the article seems to come down on Patti's stirring side…
But I'm in Deborah'a camp – shaking makes for a very quick, very cold result in a vodka martini – with little melted ice.
I've always been skeptical of this "bruising" idea anyroad – my Engineer brain can't conceive of how a distilled spirit would be damaged by shaking it – aerated yes, diluted yes, but "bruised"? I dunno. I always thought this was an Urban Myth – but maybe I'm wrong, since the belief is so pervasive…
bruising, pah!
I've never had a Vesper, but I always wanted to try one. I imagine I'd end up with a terrible hangover.
And I'm just one of those people who are naturally drawn to gin. I actually had to limit myself to one martini a month in fear of becoming Dorothy Parker (the drunk part, not the genius part). So I'm only kidding–drink whatever you want!
WOW – I'm winning! At 61, the "Oldest BasketCase" (so far) – funny how many people called me that even before this board was formed!
{Deborah, mine is a Level 1 Vodka Martini, shaken, with Olives, Straight-Up}
…Shirley Temple?
"Level 1"? Is that, like, a video game thing?
Do you mean Ketel One? If so, I agree, a very fine vodka indeed. Chopin is like music, but Ketel One is almost as good.
I differ from most people in that I like it medium dry. Most people like dry or very dry. (Medium=4 pt vodka/1 pt vermouth, dry=5 part vodka/1 part vermouth, very dry=coat the glass with vermouth and then spill out the excess). I am also not an olive fan, although for our season premiere party, we had capers instead of olives and that was a hit.
For a hot treat, try substituting a whole jarred jalapeno for the olive. Yum!
Oh, and I'm 47.
Martinis are made with gin. Hello. 😉
My friend has a vermouth spritzer. It assures the driest of martinis. You just spray the glass before pouring the shaken gin in.
Delicious and refreshing!
Hubby is (still) catching up and this evening we watched Red in the Face (the one where Roger vomits) and I noticed how small the martini glasses were. So their 3-martini lunches would be more like our one.
Noah, just get me a beer…Bass Pale Ale. Or may be I want to try a Martini now. But, I couldn't give you intructions. I wouldn't know where to begin. Okay with gin. With a name like "Donny Brook" I better listen to her. Forget it… I'll take a "Don Draper"…the instructions are posted on this site.
Thanks, Noah and glad you're here. I love the fact that someone your age is watching this amazing show!
Peter G congrats for being the oldest!
Holy, you people are old.
I'm 18.
I keep telling my 18 year old son that I am old, but he denies it.
Peter, there was a column I used to read, and my OLD brain can't remember the name of it, a funny guy who would answer any question, and he actually taste-tested gin martinis both shaken and stirred. Whatever "bruising" actually is, shaking definitely damages the taste of gin.
Not being a fan of gin, it's nothing to me.
Jorge-ummm…I've thought about what you wrote…my response… ARE NOT!
I'm working on a Joan-inspired drink for tonight, but when I get the kinks out I'm handing the jigger to you, Noah!
The Joan – I picture something tomato juice based with a little hot sauce. Akin to a bloody Mary, but hotter.
Apparently I'm the median…how about that. You can't really trust survey results like these though. Not a proper sampling method.
31 here… it's funny how much older everyone on the show seems to me and yet Peter is younger than me and Don isn't that much older…
Good luck getting the kinks out of Joan.
Well, I'll help bring the average up. I started watching Mad Men because I was born in 1960. But now I'm hooked. It's just so damn good. I don't have a dvr and my vcr is touchy, so I make sure my butt is in front of the tv on Sunday nite.
Wow…lots of variable ages for this show. Makes sense. There's a lot of different characters of different ages. I'm 25, my hubby is 31, and my mother also watches this show with her S.O. they are 54 and 53 respectively. We all share many of the same opinions on the characters. Although, my mother gets very nostalgic when watching, she basically WAS Sally Draper! btw. she didn't enjoy the summer of love in '67 when she was 13! haha.
Deborah, you may be thinking of Cecil Adams, and his column THE STRAIGHT DOPE. http://www.straightdope.com is one of the most amazing websites ever – this guy and his staff are terrific.
And indeed they DID do an article on the Shaken vs, Stirred controversy: http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/1859/why…
Peter YES! Thank you so much, I could NOT pull that name out of the memory banks.
OK, here's my suggestion for the Joan Holloway:
Chop a couple of very ripe tomatoes and let them drain through a wire strainer to collect the tomato water. Save the tomatoes for the salsa. Combine in a cocktail shaker two parts vodka, one part tomato water, a dash or two of Tabasco sauce and a pinch of salt with ice cubes and shake. Strain into a chilled martini glass, run a twist of lemon around the rim and float a very thin slice of cucumber on top.
One hot but discreet tomato, slightly salty, but cool as a cucumber.
Finding out your ages and feeling so young and stupid in comparison reminds me of when I was 9 years old and signed up for a Beast Machines message board, expecting the other posters to be my age, since it was a kids cartoon.
Little did I know it was mostly 18 year olds posting.
Oh, and proper martinis ARE stirred.
Good call on the spicy tomato interpretation, Patti (and Elle)! I bet we could fill a book with Joan (and MM) inspired cocktails…
Is anyone doing a tally here? I'm 39 and I hooked my Mom on the show over the summer with the DVDs — she's 67, so very much enjoys the memories the show brings out.
Oh no! At 61 I'm no longer "The Oldest BasketCase"! Congratulations Sarah's Mom!
I am 47 and Robin is 46 … We love the writing!
60, I was a true child of the 50's and 60's….bombay straight up with a twist if you please. The perfect martini! Love your site, I check it every day!
I'm 54. Born in 1954. So I remember most of the stuff that's on the show.
And I'm a fan of gin…give me a gimlet any day.
HI, I am 41 born in 1967. I have a theory, which I posted on the bible as Carolyne, (you can check there) that Pete Cambell is class of 1956 from Dartmouth, just like my Dad (my Dad is NOTHING like him) I swear I have met "Pete Campell" over the years at functions and in terms of costume and hair and all, HE WALKED OUT of the pictures of seen that Dad has from that era!
Love it , Love it, Love it.
Maybe I am Trudy's secret love child! HAHAHAHAHAH
I'll shake up those viewing numbers a bit! I'm 79 and have watched MM since the first episode. In the 1960s I was Betty (clueless), my husband was Don (silent and mysterious). We lived in a suburb north of Manhattan. Similar life style, similar problems. He commuted to the city. It didn't end well. Love the show.
Arcadia, whoah. Thank you for bringing that backstory into the mix.
Just… thank you.
38 here, long time reader, first time poster. Arcadia, blown away by your having lived Betty's life. Does the show ring true to you in its details?
Huh, I'm 24.
Watching Mad Men to me is like "oh my god, I'm watching a grown-up show!! Am I that kind of person now??
Yes, Joyce, the show absolutely rings true in all its details. It's just amazing! The infidelities, the cavalier attitude toward women, the drinking, the smoking, all true. This was normal everyday life in the early 1960s for many people who lived and worked in situations similar to those depicted in MM. Crazy!
Arcadia – what was Jimmy Barrett like?
I'm 58, born in 1950.
Thank you all for your insights. I love this show.
Wow, I think I would have not liked being a woman in the 60s! Thank you for the response, Arcadia. Were you a Helen Gurley Brown girl?
42 here!
My sister (who watches the show from her home up north, and chats with me about it every Monday) is 43. Husband, also a MM watcher, is 52.
Arcadia, welcome. Your screen name is the same as that of the town I grew up in: a sunlit suburb that was full of the kind of couples you describe so well. They were the parents in the neighborhoods of my childhood.
My mother is 75. She does not watch the show — though both my sister and I have mentioned it to her. She said something to my sister about having lived it, and being uninterested in "going through all that again".
But Mom and Dad are still married. So consider the source, I suppose.
25. Was hooked by those terribly seductive "You know I'm no good" ads and have watched faithfully since the first episode. Have also managed to get my mother (55) hooked on it.
Anne B: Sounds like you and your sister (now 42 and 43) are enjoying MM although your mother (75) prefers not to relive those years.
My daughter, born in 1963 (now 45), watched a couple of episodes, found them too depressing, and quit. Even though the 1960s were difficult for our family, one of my sons (5 in 1960) and I are really enjoying comparing memories evoked by the show and guessing at what will happen next. In fact it was my son who recommended the show to me after he saw the first episode.
Congratulations to your parents…still together after all these years!
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DORAL, Fla. - Tiger Woods finally looked human Saturday at the CA Championship.
Then came some help from the heavens.
Woods couldn't make a putt, scowled more than he smiled, and was struggling to stay at par on a day when the Blue Monster was yielding birdies. What stopped his slide was a rumble of thunder and a torrential storm that dumped 3 inches of rain and suspended the third round until Sunday morning.
Geoff Ogilvy was at 14-under par through 11 holes and kept his one-shot lead, only now it was Adam Scott on his heels, not the world's No. 1 player who has won every tournament he has played since September.
Woods was at 11 under, even for the day, the only player among the top 18 who was not under par for the round.
Scott was practically flawless, making up five shots in five holes against Woods, taking the outright lead with a 25-foot birdie putt that swirled around the cup before falling, looking confident with every hole he played. Ogilvy still hasn't made a bogey this week, and two late birdies allowed him to regain the lead.
And then it rained.
"If it was our day," Scott said, "it was cut off way too short."
They will resume play Sunday at 8:30 a.m. - if conditions allow - to finish the third round, with the final round of this World Golf Championship scheduled for Sunday afternoon.
The break could not have come at a better time for Woods, who three-putted his first three holes, had two other putts spin off the lip and picked up his only birdie when his wedge stopped 30 inches away on No. 7.
"I'm right there, only three back," Woods said. "A lot of holes to be played tomorrow. And hopefully, I can get it going and get hot for the rest of the day."
The CA Championship looked like it might be a three-man race, but now is loaded with possibilities. Although the third round is incomplete, Woods headed back to his yacht in a three-way tie for third place.
Vijay Singh was 8 under for his round through 16 holes and faced a 7-foot birdie putt on the 17th when he returned. Also at 11 under for the tournament was Tim Clark, who was 7 under through 15 holes. Graeme Storm nearly made an ace on the par-3 15th that put him at 10 under with three holes remaining. Jim Furyk was 10 under through 13 holes.
Five shots separated eight players when the third round was stopped.
No one was complaining.
"Look, it's where you want to be," Ogilvy said. "You want to be leading with 25 holes to play. I'm happy with where I'm at. If I can keep playing the way I'm playing and putt well, you never know."
All signs pointed toward Woods seizing control of this tournament. He is the three-time defending champion at Doral and at this WGC event, he was swinging well, making every important putt and had the good vibes of winning six straight official events around the world.
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Brian Sozzi Talks About Shoes, Shoes, Shoes
Brian Sozzi of Wall Street Strategies was just on CNBC discussing the shoe sector along with America's Research Group CEO Britt Beemer. Sozzi was bullish on the sector, while Beemer was notably bearish.
Sozzi said that in order to make investment decisions int in the shoe sector, you have "think about what's working this year. Differentiation is selling." He mentioned named liked Deckers Outdoor (NASDAQ: DECK), Genesco Inc. (NYSE: GCO), and The Finish Line, Inc. (NASDAQ: FINL) as companies that have benfited and are likely to continue benefiting.
He said that these names have outperformed since April, when the market topped. The retail analyst believes that consumers are more likely to spend $150 on shoes, esp. Nike (NYSE: NKE), which just reported a strong quarter. Consumers are more likely to spend this kind of money then spending $300 to update their wardrobe with jeans and t-shirts.
If you look at the past two quarters, Sozzi notes that the shoe companies have significantly outperformed retail He does not believe it is all back to school. He especially liked Deckers, which is growing floor space, and has a new mens line out. He also likes Finish Line, which outperform Genesco during the quarter.
Beemer, however, was bearish on shoes. He noted that his firm interviewed customers, and the results found that 27% of consumers would spend less then they did a year ago, as opposed to 18% last year. He said that consumers are focusing on the ultra long term now.
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Robson-Kanu future on hold for Wales
Wales forward Hal Robson-Kanu will concentrate on this summer's European Championship finals before finding a new club.
Robson-Kanu will leave Reading when his contract expires in June.
The 27-year-old has been linked with a return to the Premier League but says he is focused on Wales.
"No one knows what the future holds and I've got a massive summer ahead of me personally so I want to focus on the Euros," he told BBC Radio Wales Sport.
Robson-Kanu, who began his career as a schoolboy at Arsenal, has spent seven seasons with Reading.
He featured for the Royals in the 2012-13 Premier League season and would welcome a return to the the top flight.
"I've had some great times in my career there and am very grateful for what has been a fantastic time," Robson-Kanu said.
"Personally I know what qualities I have.
"I've played in the Premier League and scored seven goals in one season and know what I'm capable of at international level.
"I'll let my agent deal with that side of things. We'll see what happens after that."
Robson-Kanu has been included in Wales' 29-man squad that will travel to Portugal for a pre-Euro 2016 training camp.
Manager Chris Coleman's final 23-man squad for the tournament will be announced on Tuesday, 31 May.
"We're looking forward to getting together and the start of what will be a special summer," Robson-Kanu said.
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Georgetown's Cristy Nurse has been named to the Canadian women's 8s team that will race in the World Rowing Championships in Amsterdam Aug. 24-31.

Nurse, 27, has been with the Canadian team at its training base in London, Ont. and will be leaving soon for a pre-worlds training camp in Italy. It's the fourth time the GDHS grad has represented Canada at a world championship.

The University of Ottawa law school graduate was in the Canuck women's 8s boat that recently earned gold medals at the World Rowing Cup III Championship in Lucerne, Switzerland, finishing four seconds faster than the runner-up entry from Romania.

At the upcoming event in Amsterdam, the Canadians will be looking to unseat the reigning World and Olympic champion U.S., who edged out the red and white for the gold at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, at which Nurse was a team alternate due to a back ailment.


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The image of Africa as the 'dark continent' predates the beginning of colonial penetration by many centuries. This paper traces these notions through sources such as the Bible, medieval travel fiction and legends of fabulous wealth. It is argued that such myths had a three part structure: ancient civilization, dark destruction, and later discovery. By the time Great Zimbabwe was 'discovered', its ruins could immediately be inscribed with meanings that confirmed old beliefs and justified the colonial enterprise. A popular literature developed, leading to a complex interplay with the emerging discipline of archaeology as practised in Africa. The consequence has been a widely held view of Africa's past, as prevalent in Hollywood as in the apartheid past, which allows for little change and which inevitably seeks inspiration from outside the continent. This view finds expression today in the production of popular culture: best selling novels, film romances and resort development — the opulent 'Lost City' in the one-time homeland of Bophuthatswana.
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A new portable Pico 3D mini projector from Vivitek dubbed as Qumi HD has started to ship now. This Vivitek projector has been nominated as the world's first portable pockatable LED HD (720p) 3D-ready pico projector and the projector itself can be connected directly to iPad, PC/Laptop or even your gaming console.
Vivitek Qumi HD LED 3D pocket projector is not just like the usual pocket pico projector with low lumens and contrast ratio. In fact, Vivitek Qumi HD LED projector is having 300 lumens of brightness, and about 2500:1 contrast ratio. That specs is enough to let you see things clearly on an acceptable range. The registered throw ratio is 1.55:1 (distance/width), where you can get about 30-inch screen size at the distance of 3.28 feet (1meter) and about 90-inch at the distance of 9.84 feet (3 meter).
90-inch projection size via a small PICO projector is HUGE! I have one that is capable of throwing about 64-inch and the image has been blurry and dark. Also, not to mention that Vivitek Qumi HD LED 3D pocket projector is having a long lifespan. It's been stated that the projector has about 30,000 hours of lamp life before you need to replace with a new lamp. That's about 10 times longer than any ordinary pico projectors available in the market today.
"We know that hours of operation, brightness and picture quality are key factors for consumers. The Qumi incorporates the latest LED and other leading-edge technologies and features, such as 3D, to ensure that it is versatile enough to match the range of portable products out in the market."
– Christopher Yang, senior product manager at Vivitek
Connection wise, I have said that this projector can work well with our game console, haven't I? Yep, it has a mini HDMI port for HD gadgets, VGA port for PC/laptop and a component connection for old dvd player.
Now, we have arrived at the sensitive topic again. How much you would have to pay for this amazing portable pocket pico projector that support 3D HD projection? From the first sight, I personally thought it would have cost us over $800+ or even thousands of dollars. However, you can actually purchase this projector for just $499 on 16 different online retailers. That's included my favorite Amazon, Newegg and BestBuy.
If you are asking which retailer has the cheaper deal, then Amazon will be the right choice. No really far from everyone else though, it's just $0.99 cheaper + Free shipping…


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Ever had an ipv4 network address that is supposed to migrate over via a
high availability mechanism simply not work or even stranger if there were
several addresses some do and some do not? An experienced network
administrator probably has seen mysterious non-migrating addresses, however,
within this context is presented a rather interesting
solution to
when it has been observed.
For simplicity two addresses will be used, the idea being if a service or server in part of a 2 node high availability cluster are detected down via a heartbeat check the node that is up takes over (unless it is the one already holding the addresses). There are some details that need to be presented as well:
Following is a very primitive drawing displaying the configuration:
GSS (forwards to 192.168.1.41 and 42) node A: 192.168.1.30 node B: 192.168.1.31 vip1: 192.168.1.41 vip2: 192.168.1.42
If node A goes offline node B assumes the two addresses and services associated with them. It is also important to note that these systems were not in production use which allowed for a great deal of time to troubleshoot.
Simply put when node A was powered down for testing the addresses would be reassigned on node B, however, they could not be accessed. Node B's physical address worked fine (192.168.1.31). Letting system administrator instinct take over the following steps were taken:
So came the time for a little more in depth sleuthing.
Since it looked like there was a virtual split brain, that is only one of the two addresses appeared to be working, the next logical step seemed to be running a traceroute. A trace to the working address seemed fine but a trace to the non-working address hung just past the global site selector. Pings showed a similar pattern, the working address would answer and the non working address would seem to not get any sort of response. Seeing the traceroute hang led to a suspicion, what if the network didn't think the address had moved? To validate this node A was brought back online but without the shared addresses, they remained assigned to node B. Another ping was kicked off using the non-working address while at the same time a tcpdump on node A looking for ICMP traffic generated by the ping command was fired up. The results were pretty clear, the ICMP requests showed up on node A even though the address was no longer assigned to it. Somewhere along the network path a device had the wrong information about where the IP address was residing.
Actually there was not a real error. The cisco global site selector (GSS) keeps a sticky mac address table. It updated one address properly but did not do the other one. Remember that in reality there were many more addresses being shared (roughly 20 or so) and only half of them appeared to function after node B took them over. Node A was returned to operation with the shared addresses, however, now the problem reversed itself. The previous non-working address worked and vice verse. What is interesting is this held true for all of the shared addresses.
The real solution to this particular issue would have been to reduce the timeout for those particular addresses or use some other failover mechanism (which is in fact what the solution ended up becoming). Unfortunately at the time the systems did need to come back online for application testing; pondering - how to fix it right now?
This is where the network mapper or nmap came into play. With the current issue being when node A was online and not all addresses had the current mac address in the global site selector's table - they needed to be updated without rebooting the global site selector. Using Nmap's mac spoofing a scan against the global site selector with the current interface's mac address did the trick, following is an example of what it looked like:
sudo nmap -e eth0 --spoof-mac xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx -sV -P0 gss_IP_address
xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx was the mac address of the physical
network card that the shared addresses were on and
was one of the two global site selector addresses.
While tools like nmap are great for seeing what is on a network or system
they can also be used as demonstrated not to just aid in troubleshooting
but actually help to fix issues as well.
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I joined a tech startup (Bullhorn, Inc) in Boston right after graduating college in 2003. After nearly 10 years, they were acquired (w00t) and everyone got their stock options cashed out. Since then, I've started at another startup (Hearsay Social), this time in San Francisco.
When I started at Bullhorn, there were eight employees. That's if you don't count the two sales people that got fired on my first day. In the subsequent nine years I learned a ton, and had a great time working for an awesome company. I highly recommend a startup as your first job. Like corporate life in general, there is a ton of stuff you don't know when you're just graduating, but even more stuff that is startup specific. Here's the real deal.
By founders, I literally mean the two or three people who started the company from nothing. By rich, I mean "fuck you" money, which is a highly technical industry term meaning you could never work again if you wanted to. Salaried employees do not get rich, nor should they; the founders took all the risk.
First of all, 75% of startups fail to have a successful liquidity event where your stock is actually worth money. Of the ones that do succeed, the average sale price is $200M for an acquisition, and $600M for an IPO. As an employee, you typically want to be acquired to maximize your payday. That is a ton of money, but your percentage is going to be very small. Even if you're a director, you might get .5%, or $1M. Engineers can expect to have a .1% stake, or $200k.
That's before you pay your strike price, and taxes. Oh, and this will put you in the highest marginal tax rate for that calendar year, so you're paying about 40% in taxes. All this can vary with how generous your options were, the final price of the sale and MANY other factors. For the average success story, you can expect to make somewhere between one and three times a decent yearly salary. Not chump change, but not life-altering, either.
To get to real "fuck you" money, the company would need to get sold for $1B or more. That is a vanishingly small percentage of successful startups. In fact, it's about .03%.
All of this assumes that all your options are vested, which typically takes four years, and that no squirely shenanigans happen during the sale. The options you have can be diluted along the way as the company takes on more investors. Investors usually have preferred stock options as well, which is another way you can be screwed. If you go IPO, there is usually a 180 day lockout period, during which if the stock tanks you a out of luck.
My opinion is that stock options are a highly complicated, incredibly risky investment. I think of them as lottery tickets for a lottery you're not even sure is going to happen. Maybe they will be worth something someday, but don't bank on it. Remember, this is coming from someone who had a successful cash out.
If you want to estimate the potential value of your options, which the founders are typically happy to let you think are really valuable, you MUST get the cap table information. How many total shares are there, and what is the current valuation of the company? From there, you can plug in the values to these formulas.
With that out of the way, I'm still recommending that you consider a startup as your first job. Why?
At a startup, you will by necessity get a lot of responsibility put on your shoulders, even as a fresh faced 22 year old. In my first month, I got to write a mission critical email server that was processing a hundred thousand emails a day the next week. Six months later, I was racking up $200k in purchase orders for new hardware, driving them down to the datacenter in the trunk of my 1995 Saturn, and installing them in cages.
I got to personally scale a web site from two web servers and one database to 50 web servers and dozens of databases, serving 30M hits a day. I got invaluable hands-on experience with diverse topics like database optimization, caching, networking, telephony, search indexing, deployment tools and email deliverability. I wrote features by myself encompassing instant messaging, email, calendars, search, social networking, mobile, configurable reporting, processing credit cards and message queuing.
At a typical large software company, you can expect to be stuck on one team, working on one piece of one project for years at a time.
There is nothing like working on a really small team of great people. We had drinks after work all the time, not because it was a company event, but because we actually wanted to hang out together. Every day, the hungriest person would walk around the office and collect lunch orders and cash, usually resulting in an armful of brown paper bags filled with cheeseburgers.
Some of the people who took those lunch orders started at the company by taking customer support calls, and eventually ended up as directors in a 300 person organization, starting whole new departments more than once. There is a tremendous opportunity when you get in at the ground floor of a startup to take your career in whatever direction you want.
The perks are usually pretty good, especially in the Bay Area, where hiring is so competitive that companies can't afford to NOT offer free lunches/dinners, endless diet coke and yoga once a week. Healthcare and 401k are absolutely standard.
In general, you end up with a young crowd of smart people, who love to work and play hard. There is no better networking you could be doing than to become a trusted member of a team like that.
At a small company, especially as an early employee, you have complete freedom. You will feel totally comfortable walking into the CEO's office and trash talking them for something stupid that they did. There is no process to get in the way of getting stuff done. At first there is no process at all. You may very well be deploying code by literally hitting Control-S and saving the file you're currently editing to the production machine (nothing delights a customer on the phone like telling them you JUST fixed their bug).
It's absolutely fascinating to watch a small company grown. Every time you double in size, there will be new challanges and new opportunities. The process you were using will no longer work, and suddenly people will be asking YOU what the new process should be. After all, you're a trusted veteran employee.
One thing that you will learn very quickly is that you can and will be asked to do absolutely everything at some point. In my time at Bullhorn (with the title of Software Engineer), at various times I had to answer the phones, take out the garbage, clean the kitchen, install new desktop PCs and phones, setup a wireless router in someone's house, baby sit a dog, feed a meter, cater lunch and fetch coffee. Don't EVER say "That's not my job".
Protip: I once told a customer on the phone that we only had one database and no backups. I was never asked to answer the phones again.
You will definitely have to get up in the middle of the night because the website is down. People you like will be fired, though typically turn-over for engineers should not be high. The company may pivot, and all of a sudden you find yourself working on a totally different product. You may never really know if the company is succeeding, or if everyone is just putting on a happy face. Typically you won't have luxuries like graphic designers and QA people to make your work look good (but you should push for them ASAP).
Finally, the code quality at startups is notoriously low. Personally, I think code quality is pretty low industry wide, but at a startup there is even more pressure to ship fast. Indeed, startups that don't sacrifice quality for speed may not be in business very long. That's often what it takes to survive the early years.
The culture generally gets worse as you grow. I think this is the inevitable result of just having more people. Over time, you will notice that company events no longer serve hard alcohol. Everyone will be required to attend sexual harassment training. All kinds of new security policies will pop up. Most importantly, all of a sudden you will not feel like you know all the people who work there. Eventually, you might not even know all their names.
Certainly if you start before the company gets any funding, they will not be paying you. But unless you're a founder, I'm not sure why you would do that. No one except the founders gets rich.
After the first round of funding, companies can afford to pay you a market salary. My advice is to not take an offer where a lot of the compensation is in stock options. At least, you should know what they're worth.
More importantly, know what you are worth. The average salary for an entry level software engineer in the Bay Area is $77k according to Indeed.com. As a hiring manager, that is in line with what I see. I don't see any reason why you should take a substantial discount to work at a startup.
So they are, but so are most companies. This is just code for "we change our minds all the damn time". The good news is that at a startup, you can be the one initiating change.
The last thing my predecessor told me at Bullhorn was "don't start out working tons of hours; you'll never stop". I took his advice and worked on average just over 40 hours a week. There were tons of nights and weekends in the beginning, but it never felt like a burden when I gave myself permission to kick off at 5pm on a weekday.
Founders WILL work those crazy hours. They should; they have much more to gain in the bargain.
This is a platitude. It's true that you have an effect over the success of the company, but the company can and will totally tank no matter how hard you're working. There are just too many things you don't control. Sales, marketing and company leadership from the top typically have more impact on final success or failure than the engineers in my experience.
No way. Execution trumps the idea any day. Successful companies need both, but great ideas are a dime a dozen.
Double-check the laws in your state before you assume this is true. In California, you're ok.
It's very popular these days to not give employees a specific amount of vacation time. IMO, this is typically done because managers hate tracking how much time people are taking off. The company is also hoping that on average employees take less time off with this scheme.
Take a reasonable 3-4 weeks off every year, but never more than a week at a time.
While founders stand to make a killing if the company has a successful liquidity event, on average they often make less in salary than executives that come in later.
I'm currently working at NerdWallet, a startup in San Francisco trying to bring clarity to all of life's financial decisions. We're hiring like crazy. Hit me up on Twitter, I would love to talk.Follow @chase_seibert on Twitter
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Pregnancy rumors are all the rage in Hollywood. With big name stars like Reese Witherspoon, Drew Barrymore, and Adele recently giving birth, people are busy watching for more bumps. However, sometimes they see the bumps even when they aren't there!
Glee star Lea Michele has been dating co-star Cory Monteith for quite some time, and fans are wondering when (and if) they plan on having a little one of their own. The rumor mill got a big boost when this weekend when Michele was photographed with a big black purse in front of her stomach. Yes, all it took was one photo of her shielding her stomach for the gossip sites to speculate that she was expecting.
Actually, it isn't too hard to believe that people took this as a sign that the star was expecting. In Hollywood, celebs often try to hide any tell-tale signs of a growing baby bump until they are ready to break the news themselves. Even when the public does catch on, most of the time these stars deny it until they can't anymore.
So, are Lea Michele and Cory Monteith expecting a baby together? Not yet! Michele tweeted about the elusive rumor and joked that her "first fake pregnancy rumor" is a sign she has finally "made it" in the biz. A
This rumor just goes to show how easy it is for people to assume that people are pregnant even when they are not. I actually experienced a moment like this a week ago when I went to the doctors office. The receptionist assumed I was there because I was pregnant and I was stunned! Not only do I not look pregnant (at least I don't think I do!), but I was stunned that anyone thought that I was. Perhaps now I will start carrying my purse in front of my stomach just to shield my growing non-baby bump.
Have people ever thought you were pregnant when you weren't? How did you feel about it?
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About Black Turtle Bean: In colonial America, black beans were not appreciated because of their unappealing color. As a result, the Black Turtle bean was advertised as an affordable substitute for turtle in the making of turtle soup, a delicacy during that time in history. Black beans originate in South America; some historians fix the date as far back as 8,000 BC to the Pre-Incan civilization in Peru. People from this time valued dry beans because of their long lasting freshness in storage. Black beans are a favorite in Latin American cooking for use in soups, sauces, and main dishes.
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I just moved to the Monmouth Beach area. I've been trying to scout out some good breaks, but the lack of swell has made it difficult to find where these surf beaches are located.
Any good breaks in Sandy Hook???
Does anyone have any insight?? much appreciated.
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sandy hook, deal, long branch are all worth checking on the right swell. i think the hook needs a pretty big swell for it to be any good. depending on the sand anywhere in long branch or deal are worth the check. just drive up to the beach and surf whatever looks good.
Thanks, i guess i'll just have to wait for some swell to roll through and go give it a look see!
Mar 14, 2007, 06:20 PM #4skegs Guest
belmars waves are alright
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I grew up surfing Sandy Hook and it use to have a lot more Breaks! The army core of engineers ruined them with the sand pumping. It still breaks with a big south swell or a straight east swell. The further north the more east - northeast swell is needed. Check out g beach with a big east swell.
Surf Spots!!!
As you leave the monmouth beach area going southbound, all of the good breaks are just past the ocean place hotel / Peir Village in Long Branch. From there south you can pretty much just pick your spot. Good luck on your search!
Good waves this past Saturday!! I hit up a pretty good spot. Thanks all for the input!
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I checked the waves north of the first highrise coming down 36 and got "hassled" by a "local". He not so subtly informed me that this is a locals only spot and that I shouldn't come back. Well I'm not going back not because of that tool, I'm not going back because it sucked there, shorebreak and backwashy. Try the glen conover? pavilion in deal. I'm not sure if the name is right it's a huge parking lot can't miss. Nicer people surf there. I surf the pier in seaside, which is usually the biggest wave in jersey but that's a haul for you. The hook can get good but needs a bigger swell, I've seen some jerks there too, guys chewing each other out over chest high, cold, polluted, smelly, hepatitus ridden clam, brown, dirty jersey. I've never seen the cliche bad attitudes where i surf, it gets crowded but it's pretty much just a bunch of people catching waves and having fun.
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Thas funny! I think the beach you were getting dubbed at is called Slants, in MB. The waves blows ass and the locals think it is the greatest wave since bottled water. Same here, I wouldn't go back there do to the fact that I have to pass 20 better spots that are on my way to get there. Deal, good waves. But when it gets big...whatch out! That place is known for some out of towners who charge and own it. It may only break big (8'+) once, or twice a year-but when it does, the wood works empty into the surf. Whatch out for the "bottom" in the Deal area ! Lets just say you can get speared, cut, stuck, rocked, trashed, needled and catch a new form of hepititas along that strecth of beach. But it's worth it I guess?
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Yeah deal is pretty good put what is the "deal" with all the stuff in the water, every break has like broken down peirs, old pilings, rebar etc. And elberon has a bulkhead, very bizarre, do those T jetties get any good there?