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West Steak and Seafood
- Address:
4980 Avenida Encinas
Carlsbad, CA 92008Neighborhood:
- Cuisine:
SteakPrice: $31 to $50
West Steak and Seafood
- Dining Style: Fine Dining
- Website: http://www.weststeakandseafood.com/
- Phone: 760-930-9100x
- Hours of Operation:
Hours of Operation: Dinner Nightly: Sunday - Thursday: 5:00pm - 9:30pm, Friday - Saturday: 5:00pm - 10:00pm
- Payment Options: AMEX,Carte Blanche,Diners Club,Discover,MasterCard,Visa
- Cuisine: Steak, Seafood, Contemporary American
- Executive Chef: Dave Abella
- Dress Code: Business Casual
- Accepts Walk-Ins: Yes
- Additional Details: Banquet/Private Rooms, Bar Dining, Bar/Lounge, Beer, Chef's Table, Farm to Table, Fireplace, Full Bar, Gluten-free Menu, Happy Hour, Non-Smoking Restaurant, Personal wines welcome, Personal wines welcome (corkage fee applies), Private Room, Smoking Area, Smoking Area (patio only), Takeout, Wheelchair Access, Wine, Wine Bar
- Catering: We offer offsite catering for groups of 20 to 200. Choose from our regular menu items, or ask our chef, Eugenio Martignago, to create a special experience just for you and your guests.
- Private Party Facilities: Choose West Steak and Seafood for the perfect private dining, afternoon or evening celebration. Know that our team is committed to your select needs. Whether planning a spirited or corporate event you have our attention to detail and genuine service.
Our understated elegance and design make an ideal setting for wedding celebrations, engagement parties, upscale showers, corporate meetings and training or more somber occasions to express your condolences.
West Steak and Seafood is available for:
~ Morning/Afternoon events from 8:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m.~
100 persons max sit down
~ No additional room charge with minimum
~ West Steak and Seafood is available for Buyouts
~ Pricing Varies with dates and menu selection
Additional Private Venue- The West Room adjacent West Steak and Seafood
- Private Party Contact: Paula Green 760-930-8008x
- Special Events: West Steak and Seafood is available for private business luncheons and meetings, or for a get-together of close friends and relatives. Contact Paula Green our Private Events Manager, regarding hosting a buy-out or celebration. 760-930-8008.
Or join us for...
November 3rd Visit us at the Carlsbad Street Fair
November 28th Closed for Thanksgiving
December 5th Celebrate the Holidays at West Village Holiday Open House: enjoy food & spirits along with Santa, Mrs. Claus and the Elves
December 24th/Christmas Eve- Celebrating a full menu with Chef special features. Make West your family holiday tradition
December 25th 2013 Closed Christmas Day
December 31, 2013 - New Year's Eve
Celebrate and Toast the New Year at West!
Accepting reservations with credit card/48 hour cancelation requested
A word from West Steak and Seafood
Since opening our doors in December 2005, West Steak and Seafood in Carlsbad has become a favored dining venue. The secret, a desire to simply make you happy…Continued
Our intimate and distinctive fine dining restaurant fused with a creative culinary team, make West Steak and Seafood, Carlsbad's most sought after reservation. At West, we provide the highest quality of prime steaks, chops, and seafood prepared to your taste. Enjoy a healthy "farm to table" experience with fresh vegetables picked daily from Chef's local garden. Treat yourself to our full dining menu in the lounge, Sunday Supper or A Night with the Chef. West is perfect for celebrating the sealing of a deal or to simply indulge…
Our intimate and distinctive fine dining restaurant fused with a creative culinary team, make West Steak and Seafood, Carlsbad's most sought after reservation. At West, we provide the highest quality of prime steaks, chops, and seafood prepared to your taste. Enjoy a healthy "farm to table" experience with fresh vegetables picked daily from Chef's local garden. Treat yourself to our full dining menu in the lounge, Sunday Supper or A Night with the Chef. West is perfect for celebrating the sealing of a deal or to simply indulge…
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- Diners' Choice WinnerBest Overall
- Diners' Choice WinnerBest Service
- Diners' Choice WinnerRomantic
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West Steak and Seafood reviews from OpenTable diners
90 reviews since June 4, 2014
- Food4.5Service4.8
- Ambiance4.5Noise LevelModerate
special occasion (65)romantic (51)notable wine list (44)fit for foodies (43)neighborhood gem (36)good for groups (18)vibrant bar scene (15)hot spot (9)kid-friendly (6)late-night find (2)Show More
- Memorable dining experienceOpenTable Diner Since 2007Dined on 9/29/2014Very nice dining experience. Celebrating a Birthday. Cab Cakes very good, Oscar sauce with lots of crab and asparagus over a perfectly cooke Filet, excellent Creme Brûlée, and Bread Pudding, very good ServiceSpecial Features:
- Just AverageOpenTable Diner Since 2013Dined on 9/28/2014Disappointed since I had been once before and thought it was amazing! Sad to say this time was not the case. Steak over cooked & didn't taste that great. Server very nice but didn't come back to make sure all was ok, but right when they dropped off meal so we had not tried anything. Had grass fed filet not so tasty. My husband thought his was good. Not spectacular for the price.
- Wonderful celebration venuecbadfoodieDined on 9/26/2014We had our wedding reception at West 5 years ago with 20 of our closest friends. While we frequent the venue throughout the year, the two of us will always go back to celebrate our special day! Romantic setting, the food is impeccable and service is outstanding.Special Features:
- If you like a bone-in-ribeye ...vrinrhDined on 9/20/2014If you like a great bone-in-ribeye this is the place for you. The wine list is OK and thus the 4 star rating.Special Features:
- Lack of Service Ruins MealOpenTable Diner Since 2010VIPDined on 9/20/2014We arrived early and decided to dine in the bar. Our server was friendly but had too many tables. Dirty plates remained on our table to the end. It is hard to enjoy the entree when the wine chosen to be served arrives when one is almost finished. We did notice a member of the staff or possibly the owner having a long chat with a couple in the bar. If he had pitched in with the staff, it would have been much appreciated.
- Worth the drive!golfdentistVIPDined on 9/20/2014Well worth the few minute drive for one of the finest restaurants in the county.Special Features:
- Wife and I loved itOpenTable Diner Since 2006Dined on 9/20/2014Great service, great steaks and appitizers. Already on our list next time we return to Carlsbad.Special Features:
- Great Place!!! Superb food!!!JshadleDined on 9/17/2014Great place and superb food!!! A real gem especially for North County!!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- happytotravelOpenTable Diner Since 2014Dined on 9/12/2014The restaurant was lovely and the service very good. The food was also good and we were able to walk from the hotel which was nice on a summer night. My husband really liked his steak; I tried a chef's special of scallops, shrimp and pork belly which I probably would not get again. Wedge salad and other salads were great.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Steak PerfectionChetDined on 9/6/2014Astonishingly goods steaks, here. Highly recommended!Special Features:
- Great Dinnerhonu09Dined on 9/5/2014We've been to West Steak and Seafood a few times now, and so far, we've always had a great experience. We took our four year old daughter with us, and the staff made her feel very welcome. We had delicious food and fun drinks. It was a good time.Special Features:
- Great!EatsOutDined on 8/22/2014Service was excellent. Steaks were excellent. Beet salad was great. Halibut was ok.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Fabulous FindcodmeowDined on 8/19/2014It was a delightful evening. Our server, Chris, was a jewel -- going out of his way to provide above and beyond. Gabriel, our server's helper, was also fabulous. The food was wonderful. Enjoyed our chat with the manager, too. No complaints. We will be backSpecial Features:
- Too NotchOpenTable Diner Since 2011Dined on 8/16/2014Every course was phenomenal. Loved the crab cakes, and the bread pudding was the BEST ever.Special Features:
- West Steak & SeafoodmngnggDined on 8/16/2014Food was delicious. Hands down the best meal I've had anywhere. I was a little disappointed to be seated at a table that was right next to the kitchen service doors. I had made the reservation far in advance and had noted that we were celebrating our 35th wedding anniversary. We were given a complimentary dessert and that was nice. Being given a better table location would have been nicer.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- MVP PPG GroupHop760VIPDined on 8/13/2014Dinner with a group that had not had the pleasure of experiencing the West. Could not stop talking about the service and the food. They were all very impressed and will be coming back.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Always first ratePeteHVIPDined on 8/10/2014We have dined here many times. The food, and service is consistently first rate and they pour a great drink. Try their corn chowder, it is the best we have ever had.Special Features:
- AshleyDined on 8/8/2014This was by far the best dining experience I have had in San Diego. My family was visiting me from Kansas City and has a very high standard when it comes to food- especially steak. We ordered several appetizers, steaks for everyone all different types, various side dishes and desserts and all of us were 100% satisfied with everything! Our waitress was also great! Very professional, friendly and helpful. I give this restaurant a 10/10!!! I will definitely recommend this place to everyone!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- disappointingtibbiefanDined on 8/1/2014We were anxious to try this steak house in North County. My lamb chops where so covered in pancetta that it overpowered the lamb. Prices are too high and you are paying for the ambiance and service....not the food.'Special Features:
- great experiencekandcVIPDined on 7/30/2014we went at recommendation of concierge and we were not disappointed. every bite was delicious and presentation and service were sublime.Special Features:
- Nice AnniversaryOpenTable Diner Since 2014Dined on 7/27/2014My wife and wanted a nice quite anniversary dinner close to home, and we got it at West. We started out with the jumbo white shrimp cocktail appetizer and I had a grey goose martini. We had the Chef's Creations, I had the 8 oz. filet and my wife has the sea bass both were great meals...no room for desert. Nice romantic spot, with a great wine selection, great food.Special Features:
- Loved it!DistinguishedDufferDined on 7/25/2014My husband made reservations here for our anniversary--and I'm so glad he did. The food was delicious and the service fantastic. The portions were nice as well. Sometimes nicer restaurants serve tiny portions that are next to insulting--not so here. I left pleasantly full. Both of our meals were plated well, and were so very tasty. We had fish, lobster and steak. The lobster bisque was great too. We finished with the apple cherry cobbler with ice cream, and it did not disappoint. Even their ice tea was exceptional. The service was great too. Our server was knowledgable and friendly, but she didn't over do it, and we didn't feel crowded or rushed. We will definitely go back.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Overall, Good, but....HarryZimmDined on 7/24/2014Service was great, decor was nice, no view at all, kind of in a strange part of town behind the power plant. Anyway, my steak special was very good, but my wife ordered the branzino fish, which was just....okay. We've had branzino just about everywhere from Venice Italy to Las Vegas, and this was likely the least interesting version. Really bland, not much flavor. Dessert was good though.Special Features:
- Awesome!luvgoodfoodDined on 7/24/2014Food , service and atmosphere all together. They are located off the main strip of restaurants and shopping , kind of hidden, but everything about this restaurant is 5 stars. I go here for the Happy Hour and the restaurant is intimate.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- No impressedLynnieDined on 7/21/2014I found it to be VERY expensive and not that impressive! My salmon was fishy tasting and it was just kinda breaded/ baked (reminded me of the old shake and bake method)...I have had better salmon at the cheesecake factory! Its way too dark in there,,I couldnt read the menu and I could barely read my bill when it came. Darkness does not make up for the lack of ambience, I really could not wait to leave! Mushrooms tasted weird. Mashed potatoes were good but they're potatoes! Im not a red meat person but my daughter and son-in-law loved theirs.,,,, so I guess you gotta like red meat. I would not go back!Special Features:
- Outstanding All Around!Jenr13Dined on 7/18/2014My husband and I were celebrating a special occasion and could not have been more impressed with the food or the service. We have already recommended it to several friends and will continue to do so! Thank you West for a wonderful and memorable evening! We will be back!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- RoGogirl61Dined on 7/16/2014This restaurant has good food. The wagyu steak was outstanding. Everything was very good except the Mac and cheese was terrible. The sauce curdle. Our waiter was wonderful. This is a good steak house if you want some meat. The wine list is good but over priced.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Fantastic steakhouseTekdeckDined on 7/11/2014Great service and atmosphere. Filet mignon was perfectly cooked (medium rare) and the side dishes were incredible (mashed potatoes and creamed corn). Price was to be expected for a high-end restaurant, but certainly not unreasonable.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- 5 Star Food and ServiceHop760VIPDined on 7/10/2014Okay, Tomahawk Ribeye or Bison what do we do. I had a group of 10 from out of town, but will go back if in town. The service level from the team at the West always are top notch. And my compliments to Chef....another great meal..Special Features:
- Great steakhouse and seafoodTexasbelleVIPDined on 7/5/2014Ate twice in three days. Delicious beef and fish. Good sides.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- We will be back!Linda21VIPDined on 7/2/2014The "happy hour" at this restaurant is the best. Between 4 and 6, all of their regular menu items are discounted. The food is excellent.Special Features:
- julieDined on 6/29/2014We loved celebrating our 46th wedding anniversary there. THe service was excellent, food was amazing. We had a memorable eveingSpecial Features:
- dcfoodieDined on 6/28/2014Excellent meal and great service. I highly recommend this place if you love good fresh foodSpecial Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- A Special OccasionFood4thotVIPDined on 6/27/2014A Celebratory evening with another couple made special by the service and wine options; however, my husband and I were disappointed with our steak and lobster...it appeared that all steaks ordered at our table, despite different cuts, were cooked the same, not as requested.....the lobster we had was chewy, even when recooked....our friends were happy with their bone in steaks, so they were satisfied with the preparation...our crab cakes were wonderful, so overall the experience was good, just not excellent!....perhaps, just a bit more care to making sure all food offerings are prepared to order would be my only suggestion.....Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Excellent DinnerHawaiiahDined on 6/22/2014My wife and I celebrated our anniversary here. The prime rib and chef creation was excellent. The chocolate lava cake was superb.Special Features:
- Delicious Steaksfred10261Dined on 6/20/2014This restaurant has great food of all varieties: steaks, seafood, etc. But, it is not for anyone looking for a bargain. The tab for 4 adults with two bottles of wine will probably be over $400. With great food and service, I guess you could consider that price a bargain. For folks that have trouble reading menus in dimly lit environs, better bring a small flashlight with you.I would recommend this to a friend.
- Always the best at West!SandiegopaneraiguyDined on 6/20/2014I've been here several times and every time its been outstanding.Special Features:
- ExcellentDrphilbertDined on 6/9/2014Great mix of excellent food, good wine list and service as it's meant to be...Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Thank you chef MilesYvetteDined on 6/9/2014One of the best restaurants I have been to in years! The scallops and sea bass were perfectly cooked. Our waitress was knowledgable and professional. The crab cake appetizer was just the right size. The vegetables were light and crisp and the chocolate parfait was the perfect ending to a wonderful meal.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- An awesome surprise!OjaiorangeDined on 6/8/2014We found this restaurant with online reviews. This was a great find, the place does not seem like much, in a little hotel complex, but upon entering and viewing the incredible wine cellar, we felt this was going to be good. Had the best prime rib ever. My partner had lamb chops that were perfectly seasoned and cooked. Crab cakes were perfect, no fillers just sweet delicious crab with a wonderful sauce, creamed spinach was so good, not overpowering with cream, just right. The service was exceptional and I hope we come back to Carlsbad soon just so we can return to this amazing restaurant.Special Features:


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With nearly a million people descending on Washington for President Obama's second inauguration on Monday, streets will be closed, public transportation will be jammed and hundreds of thousands of people will be left to shiver in the cold for hours. But on the eve of the 57th presidential inauguration, the mood in town was one of excitement and anticipation.
Lisa Benoin, 47, of Los Angeles, was so excited about attending her first inauguration that she decided to sign up as a volunteer. Despite having tickets of her own, she will be ushering nonticketed attendees to open viewing areas on the National Mall.
"It's my first time in the capital -- it's wonderful," she said. "I wish I had more days. I walked for seven hours yesterday [looking at monuments]."
District officials expect up to 700,000 people to show up for Obama's swearing in, and by Sunday, thousands of out-of-towners were cramming together along the inaugural parade route, trying to catch a glimpse of the White House between the bleachers set up there. Thousands more posed for pictures near monuments or paid their respects at the World War II and Vietnam War memorials. Street vendors were hocking commemorative lanyards, buttons, hats and T-shirts.
Dacia Heck, 33, of Chicago, attended Obama's first inauguration and said she's mainly looking forward to speech.
"I'm hoping for a speech more like his Grant Park speech [on election night] in 2008," Heck said. "It was a vision of hope and looking forward. His 2009 inauguration speech was good, but I thought [Grant Park] was Obama the orator at his best."
Heck said she learned from the last inauguration to arrive early and bring a blanket.
Some do much more planning for their visit.
Sheila and Charles Chandler, of Lancaster, Calif., booked their flight to Washington the night before the November election, and their hotel room a week before that -- leap-of-faith reservations they'd have to cancel if Obama lost.
Though they don't have tickets for the swearing-in, the Chandlers mapped out a plan of attack, finding the quickest ways to the Mall, with backup routes in case those roads are crowded.
The couple had high hopes for Obama's second term, hoping he would have greater latitude to press his agenda.
"I want to see him do the things he wanted to do in his first term, but was blocked by the right," Charles Chandler said. "Things like immigration reform, gun control and doing more things for the middle and lower classes."

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Hands-on History Comes to UC Merced
If you ask Professor Kathleen Hullabout dating, she'll be happy to fill you in on how it's done - from an archaeologist's perspective.
She writes and publishes articles on such topics as obsidian hydration dating and time perspectivism in Yosemite native demography.
Hull joined UC Merced in 2006 as assistant professor of anthropology. A native of Oakland, she was an archaeologist for six years with the National Park Service in Yosemite National Park before returning to UC Berkeley for her Ph.D. Her work in and with Yosemite has continued, though not as a member of the Park Service, for 13 years now.
UC Merced's proximity to the people and cultures she has studied made this school a perfect match for the vibrant professor, who enjoys such diverse hobbies as whitewater rafting, hiking, sewing and reading 19th-century literature.
"I'm thrilled to be part of the University of California system and building this new campus so close to many of the places that I have lived and worked during my career," she said. "I was living in El Portal in the late 1980s, when UC Merced was just a glimmer in planners eyes, and I have tracked the progress here since that time, hoping my dream of serving at UC Merced would finally come true."
Hull said that most Americans draw conclusions about the hunters and gatherers native to the Sierra Nevada from popular media, a stereotypical view of horse-riding bison hunters that she hopes to correct.
For Hull, there's no better place to look to the past than in a brand-new environment. She hopes to incorporate archaeology into the permanent landscaping on campus for outdoor exercises.
"Also, with so much open space around campus," she said, "we may have opportunities to teach archaeological field classes in our own back yard. I'm always trying to think ahead to consider the ways that I can take advantage of the wide-open nature of the new campus."
She also feels getting students involved as active participants in their studies is essential. For example, she recently led a mock archaeological dig on the dining commons lawn, with students recording data about the "artifacts" they found. The exercise was a big success, she said.
"Their time in college is not simply about what they learn in the classroom," Hull said. "It's also about what they learn about themselves through their choices, their discoveries, and their relationships with others while in the academic environment."


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Eleven Madison Park
>> Monday, May 30, 2011
What's the hottest restaurant in New York right now?
Well, I know of one place whose chef won the James Beard Award for Best Chef New York City last year. And then, one year later, it nabbed another James Beard Award, this time as Outstanding Restaurant. On top of all these, it boasts a Michelin star, four stars from the New York Times (one of only seven restaurants!), and is named as one of S. Pellegrino's Top Fifty Restaurants in the World.
Something is definitely buzzing at Eleven Madison Park. Even though this restaurant has been around since 1998, things started to happen when owner Danny Meyer hired Swiss chef Daniel Humm as executive chef and Will Guidara as general manager in 2006.
More recently in September 2010, they made some even more bold changes. For one, they reduced the number of seats by about 30%. Their goal? - to make Eleven Madison Park more of a special destination, a place that offers a "rarified experience to a smaller number of diners."
The friendly, accessible neighborhood restaurant is joining the big leagues now. Gone is the option for a la carte dining in the dining room (you can still order that way at the bar). Even the simple one or two course lunch (only $28!) is gone. Everything is a tasting menu now: three to four courses at lunch; four or five courses at dinner.
The most interesting change? The menu.
Yep, that's it! No more fancy descriptions of the dishes and all their little components. Instead, your meal is inspired by the ingredients. Mr. Guidara calls this more like a "dialogue" since you can tell the chef what you like or don't like and he can take that into consideration.
This flexibility also allows the kitchen to be more nimble, giving them the ability to change items at moment's notice.
I've been wanting to try this place for quite some time now. I was thrilled when several New York food bloggers were willing to take an extended lunch on a Friday to join me for a special meal at Eleven Madison Park.


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At the 2006 Los Angeles International Auto Show, Lotus Cars USA, the subsidiary of Lotus Cars in North America, unveiled the MY2007 Lotus Sport Exige Cup. The 252 bhp, supercharged and intercooled sportscar is a completely out-of-the-box track car with a specification designed to prepare the budding driver for the grid at some of the finest and most challenging circuits in North America.
Weight has been kept to an ultra low 1800 pounds and the phenomenal power to weight ratio has been further enhanced by increasing the power output from 243 bhp to 252 bhp. Weight saving (or adding lightness!) has been achieved through the effective use of lightweight materials and through the eradication of all non-essential components such roof trim, carpets, front mudflaps, central locking and bulkhead trim.
Of course just having fantastic power to weight doesn't make a car a high performer on the track, so the Lotus Sport Exige Cup has a list of standard equipment that includes track only slick tires, uprated 4-piston front brakes, adjustable dampers and adjustable anti-sway bar, the latest SCCA-compliant roll cage, FIA approved Lotus Sport branded driver's seat with six-point driver harness (there is no passenger seat) and a lightweight rear screen (instead of glass). The options are even more race focused with a FIA approved 70 litre fuel cell, air-jack system and level two stainless steel exhaust with de-cat pipe, a plate type limited slip differential and Star Shield.
The Lotus Sport Exige Cup is one of the quickest cars around a circuit. Key to this incredible performance is the aerodynamic package, which produces over 90 pounds of downforce at 100 mph increasing grip and ultimately safety at higher speeds.
With a top speed of close to 160 mph and a zero to 100 mph slingshot in just less than 9.8 seconds (the 60 mph sprint takes just under 3.9 seconds), the MY2007 Lotus Sport Exige Cup is the perfect partner to a serious track day enthusiast.
The supercharged and intercooled engine in the Lotus Sport Exige Cup has a maximum power output of 252 hp at 8000 rpm and a torque figure of approximately 179 lb-ft, at 7000 rpm. This vast amount of extra power and torque now available means that the cam change between the low-speed cam and the high-speed cam is variable to ensure that there is a smooth and linear surge of power from low engine speeds all the way to the maximum 8000 rpm. The Roots-type Eaton M62 supercharger (with a sealed-for-life internal mechanism meaning that it does not require the use of the engine's oil) is run from the crankshaft and has an integral bypass valve for part load operation. Charge air (air under pressure from the supercharger) is cooled through an air-to-air intercooler (the cooling air enters via the roof scoop) before being fed into the engine itself. All charge air ducting has been kept as short as possible with large diameter pipes making sure that the bends in these ducts are not too tight, to the benefit of throttle response and efficiency. Four high capacity injectors add additional fuel under hard acceleration or high speed driving.
The brake system includes large diameter 308 mm 2-piece aluminum belled cross drilled and ventilated front discs and 282 mm cross-drilled and ventilated discs at the rear, upgraded Pagid RS14 sports brake pads set into the brake calipers (AP Racing two piece radially mounted, 4 piston at the front and Brembo sliding at the rear), high grade silicone brake fluid, stainless steel braided brake hoses all linked to the proven Lotus track tuned servo-assisted four-channel ABS system that enhances braking performance and minimizing stopping distance without taking over from the skill of the driver.
Suspension is provided by Ohlins springs and two-way adjustable dampers (which have 22 compression and 60 rebound settings and ride height adjustable perches to reduce the ride height from 130 mm to 120 mm) and an adjustable front anti-sway bar (five settings). Full instructions and recommended settings are provided to allow customers to tailor the handling characteristics of the car to their own requirements.
As the Lotus Sport Exige Cup cars are modified for track use, a double shear track control arm brace is provided to cope with the expected kerb abuse during racing and hard track day driving.
The Lotus Sport Exige Cup cars have the safety equipment that is expected for a track car with 6-point seat belt harness on the driver's side (with an FIA approved Recaro / Lotus Sport seat) – there is no passenger seat. The full roll cage is SCCA compliant and completing the additional safety equipment is a mechanical ignition kill switch with cockpit and external activation and a plumbed electrical fire suppression system, again with cockpit and external activation.


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For most of 2013, we've warned about China's ongoing hack attacks on American companies and government agencies. The assaults highlighted the fragility of our current infrastructure networks.
In March, the National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) announced that the U.S. "is the target of a massive, sustained cyber-espionage campaign that is threatening the country's economic competitiveness."
But a recent announcement about cybercrime signals a major change to this threat's evolution...
According to statements last month by Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) Director James Comey, cyber-attacks have replaced domestic terrorism as the top threat to the U.S. homeland. A major cyber event has the potential to cause widespread problems for an economy that relies so heavily on technology, distribution, and lean processes.
That means two things...
First, there's an immediate need for more cybersecurity investment, which will increase over the next few decades.
Second, the companies in this online defense space will become necessary to U.S. business and national safety - making them among the best investments in 2014.
Investors can reap big profits from companies protecting the backbone of the 21st century economy.
Cybercrime: "All of Us are Neighbors"
Crime is going digital because the money and the victims are there and more vulnerable than ever.
But unlike real-world crime, where some people can afford protection like living in more secure buildings and gated communities, the online world leaves everyone susceptible.
"That's where the bad guys will go," Comey told Congress. "There are no safe neighborhoods. All of us are neighbors [online]."
And the importance of keeping our "neighborhood" safe grows each year...
The virtual world is displacing the brick-and-mortar economy of the 1980s. As a result, we've seen remarkable growth and increases in living standards, as trade and communication are more instant than ever.
But with that growth, built on the backbone of technological infrastructure and connected devices, the threats to economic growth built on speed, screens, and scale are grander than ever.
McKinsey Global Institute forecast that the "Internet of Things" - the ability for people, objects, and animals to automatically transfer data over a network with the use of portable devices - is so big and growing so quickly it will add hundreds of billions of dollars a year in new gross domestic product (GDP) growth by 2020.
While technology has fueled a boom in global trade and commerce, it brings risks with it. We'll need more protection. The cost of "getting it wrong" will only get worse.
The Center for Strategic and International Studies this year reported that cybercrime losses result in $500 billion globally, per year. As attacks grow more pronounced, corporate IT security budgets will rocket from $65 billion in 2013 to $93 billion in 2017.
So where should you put your money?
Best Investments 2014: Three Ways to Get Rich from Cybersecurity
Investing in cybersecurity isn't like buying a commodity class and waiting for the demand to arrive. We want to place an emphasis on specialization. Just as the global economy relies on specialized efforts of companies to grow, so too will our defense networks.
We simply need to prioritize. For these reasons, we can break down cyber-spending in three customer categories: consumer, business, and government.
The first category is the consumer aspect, which focuses on two areas: financial security and communications. We want focus on the multiple touch points consumers are using to manage their money and purchase products.
According to an August study by the Pew Research Center, 51% of American adults and 61% of Internet users use online banking. In addition, 32% use mobile devices for banking services, an increase from 18% in 2011.
The survey also shows that younger Americans are far more likely to embrace mobile banking. As younger Americans join adulthood, the increase in mobile banking will accelerate, while adoption by older generations continues at a steady pace.
Tack on the acceleration of mobile use for other daily tasks from shopping to scheduling a flight, and the backbone of the preferred method of 21st century communication will require significant investment to protect it.
It is tempting to chase a pure mobile security company like NQ Mobile Inc. (NYSE ADR: NQ) - which soared as high as 153% after our Private Briefing service recommended it - but it is important to remember that online computing is still the primary source of communications and ecommerce today. Mainstream players in online security will make the full transition and adopt greater mobile products as the fundamentals justify that shift.
A big player here is Symantec Corp. (Nasdaq: SYMC), a global provider of security, storage, and systems management solutions with an extensive focus on managing consumer data and information.
On the business side, financial information security is also a concern, but additional emphasis needs to be placed on procurement - companies' actual distribution of raw materials, products, and services. Financial theft is easy to replace, but significant disruptions to business practices are the real threat to economic growth.
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This beautiful mare has been my faithful companion for several years. In her early life she was a successful race horse (tattooed and all) under the name of My Only Concern. After her retirement for the race track I am told she was a champion jumper, and was then passed on to a successful dressage trainer. I have been highly successful in high school rodeo with her, as she retains her fiery attitude of the race track but will do anything for her rider. Even at 15 yrs she can still push 20 MPh. As a Thoroughbred she has always had trouble putting on weight, but recently she developed a heart murmur that has made her gaining weight even more ... (Read More)difficult. I have had success with her on senior feed but it's too expensive and I can't afford to continue to feed it to her. After I took her off of the feed she lost weight very quickly and it kills me to see her in this state. If I do not find a home for her my parents are going to have her euthanized and I can't bear to have such a loving horse that has had such an incredible life to be put down simply because I cannot afford to keep her. The vet has not recommended her to be put down and I wouldn't allow it even if he did. She deserves more than what I can give her, she is still fertile and has produced several foals who look just like her (which is beautiful). The heart murmur has a chance of going away and with love and care she will be the best horse you have ever had. I warn you, at first when you attempt to catch her she resists, but after you sling a rope around her neck and she recognizes that she is caught she is entirely submissive. She is the most amazing horse I've ever encountered please do not allow us to put her down. (Less)
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The '80s band the Thompson Twins played New Wave and Pop music. They started out in the year 1977, and broke up in the year 1993. The band attained the height of their popularity in the middle of the 1980s, when they scored a ton of hits in the United Kingdom and also managed to break in to the Canadian and American markets. They have sold a total of fifty million records around the world. The band took their name from the two bumbling detectives in The Adventures of Tintin comic strip by Hergé.
The band's original line up consisted of bassist and singer Tom Bailey, drummer Jon Podgorski, guitarist and vocalist Pete Dodd, and guitarist John Roog. Dodd and Roog had known each other since the age of thirteen.
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The Toronto Blue Jays have signed 1B/OF Adam Loewen to a minor-league contract.
A former pitcher, Loewen will be making the transformation to position player after suffering recurring stress fractures in his pitching elbow the last two seasons. He is the highest Canadian player drafted, selected by the Baltimore Orioles 4th overall in the 2002 draft.
A native of Surrey, British Columbia, the 24-yeard old spent parts of the last three seasons with Baltimore as a pitcher. In 2006, he started for Canada against the United States in the first round of the World Baseball Classic, tossing 3 2/3 shutout innings, and earning the win in an 8-6 victory.
"The fact that I grew up watching the Blue Jays, and was a huge fan all my life, the fact that I was Canadian, that played a big part into it," Loewen said on a conference call. "I looked at my opportunities moving forward and how interested they were, how I fit into their organization and what kind of plan they had for me.
"It was a really difficult decision because I had been an Oriole all my life and that's all I ever knew, but at the same time it was exciting for a chance to play in my home country and the team I rooted for all my life."
Loewen reached the majors as a pitcher in 2006 but gave it up in July after suffering a second stress fracture in his left elbow. It was then he decided to embark on a Rick Ankiel-style comeback despite last hitting on a regular basis in 2003, when he was at Chipola Junior College.
''It was an opportunity to get a kid we really liked as a hitter,'' said GM J.P. Ricciardi. ''The timing has been right, he's a good enough athlete that he can swing the bat and we're going to give him as many at-bats as we can and see where that takes him.''
The Blue Jays also claimed righthanded pitcher Bryan Bullington off waivers from the Cleveland Indians.
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Based on its experience with the study, Con-way Freight chose to invest in the new technologies for all new replacement units added to the fleet this year – more than 1,300 Freightliner Cascadia Class 8 tractors, said Bob Petrancosta, vice president of safety.
"The insight we gained from the IVBSS study confirmed the feedback we got from our drivers – these technologies are ready for prime time and are effective at helping drivers," Petrancosta said.
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They were created by the Terran Dominion, secret weapons forged from Zerg flesh and Terran steel. They were the ultimate war machines, unstoppable on the battlefield. They were incapable of questio...
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Chapter 10: Traitor
Traenid looked up as Esralath entered the command Nexus on the north side entrance of the mesa. This particular outpost was the most heavily hit, and consequently, the most heavily armed. Ten of the sixteen powerful antimatter cannons were controlled directly by this nexus. Traenid turned away from the myriad holoprojectors, which were showing the point-of-view of dozens of observers that were patrolling the area. Esralath seated herself next to his station, which was separate from the other command stations in the nexus; the door to this command station was the heaviest built, since it contained all the override controls.
"Greetings, Esralath. Any news from the Executor?"
Traenid suddenly had a strange feeling, but he was distracted from it when a screen suddenly flashed a real-time view of an immense Thres'nalop force converging on his position. It was not a tiny scouting force, but an assault group filled with thousands of noblades, stoneblades, steelblades, darkblades, and daggers, acompanied by hundreds of sickles and Bloodscythes. He would be overrun in a matter of minutes; the main base would be vulnerable if this happened. If only Straas and Szcraa had not gone, we /might be able to hold them/. He reached towards his control panel, intent on opening a transmission to Tarthan/Jetok at the main base. They had to send out a sortie force to assist him.
Esralath grabbed his hand, stopping it.
"Esralath! We have to warn..." He looked into her eyes. Something... something was wrong.
"What!? Esralath..." He began to rise from his seat.
"The plans of Ulreathan and the Thres'nalop will not be impeded."
Traenid just had enough time to register horror before Esralath's fist smashed into his head, and he lost consciousness.
"Love, you can put me down," Straas murmured to the Ignited Szcraa, who had been carrying him for the last half hour. It would take them at least three hours from them to negotiate the numerous canyons and mountains that dotted the distance between the camp and the ambush site. Szcraa slowed and put him done. He wobbled a bit. Szcraa braced him, and he stopped swaying.
"Are you sure you are all right?"
"I'm sure."
Szcraa suddenly broke into tears. She threw her arms around him and kissed him savagely. "I almost lost you," she murmured into his shoulder, her lithe, strong shoulders shuddering.
"I almost died, Szcraa," he said, "But you saved my life."
"Like you saved me from that creature."
"A Demonblade. Ulreathan's own DNA went into creating that monster."
"Ye-Straas! I sense Protoss! Over inside those caves!"
He and his mate rushed over to one of the caves. He stuck his head in.
"AHHHH! ZERG!" came a mental scream from within the cave. Straas grimaced. Now was definitely /not /the time for refugee Dark Templars to be scared of him.
"I was sent here by the Gray Shadow Fleet. I'm only here to help! I-" He stopped when a Dark Templar rushed him, warp blade ignited. With a deft move, he caught the arm of the Dark Templar, a youngish male. He lifted the Protoss into the air by his arm. The Protoss kicked and punched.
"/We are not here to harm you/!"
"Let go of me, you Zerg filth!" The Dark Templar struggled harder in his grip
"Stop trying to stab me and I will!"
"I have no idea how you can talk, but I will carve your vocal cords out of your throat after I-"
"I thought Esralath briefed them that we were coming," he said to Szcraa, ignoring the enraged Protoss' threats.
"What have you done to Esralath!?" screamed the Protoss that was dangling by his arm. The Protoss' efforts to free himself redoubled.
"Nothing. She sent us here. Your sister was intent on rescuing you," replied Szcraa.
"How did you know that she was Thralen's sister?" came a voice from within the cave. An old Dark Templar male decloaked and stood before them. Straas was relieved to see that the warp blade on the older Protoss' arm remained silent.
"Thralen! Stop! Whoever they are, they could have killed you if they wanted to. Stop resisting and he will release you," the older Dark Templar said to the younger Protoss. The young Dark Templar stopped struggling, and looked sullenly at Straas. He put the Protoss gently down on the ground.
"I am Xavan. Thralen is my son, and Esralath is my daughter. Thralen is my youngest child, only a mere 168 years of age," he said to the them. "I am curious, however, as to how you know that Esralath is Thralen's sister."
"To make a long and tragic story short, we have advanced psionic abilities. Minor telepathy is one of those abilities," explained Straas. He wondered why Esralath did not contact them, as she said she did.
"How many of you are there?" queried Szcraa.
"We have about three hundred survivors distributed around the surrounding caves," replied Xavan. Three hundred!
"We have to organize them to move all at the same time. The Thres'nalop are combing the area. The main base is only twelve kilometers away. Are there any infirm or injured among you?"
"Yes. But that will not be a problem. We have a very large number of Corsairs hidden in several caves. We have enough to lift all the sick, young and old to your base. We kept them hidden lest they be seen and shot down by these... 'Thres'nalop', you call them?"
Straas suddenly felt a shockwave emanating from the Protoss base camp to the south. He steadied Thralen and Xavan, who were nearly thrown from their feet. His sensors identified the force as equivalent to a score of Protoss photon cannons in action. He knew that only antimatter cannons were the only ones that unleash that sort of power. The Protoss base was under attack by Thres'nalop forces.
"Executor! We are being attacked by overwhelming numbers in space! The carriers True Light /and /Starsong /have been completely destroyed, and the /Star Reaver/, /Raksala, Final Judgement /and /Thunder Blade have been heavily damaged. We need support from the antimatter cannons on the surface.
"We will try to consolidate a landing point so we can provide mutual support. We begin descent in thirty minutes. We should reach the surface forty minutes after that," came the urgent voice of Templar Deneras, who Tarthan/Jetok had left in command of the fleet in orbit.
"So this is it, Tarthan."
"Moment of truth, yes."
"Should we not have received a warning from Traenid back at the northern base?"
"Perhaps they were overwhelmed too quickly."
"Even to send a message? No, something else happened."
He looked around, at all his warriors and war machines that were ready to battle-and to die. They were hideously outnumbered; they were hopelessly outgunned. Even with the power of the Cyberlisks he knew his base was doomed...
They needed to delay the Thres'nalop so the Dark Templar aboard the orbital carriers could unload the survivors. After that, the Arbiters Scantid Claw /and Tassadar/ would need enough time to get a dimensional recall lock and whisk away the survivors. Tarthan/Jetok clenched his fists and prepared for the unstoppable tide.
"Why, Esralath? Why?" Traenid half-demanded, half-pleaded. He was shackled up to the wall, held up by glowing energy chains. He knew now how the Thres'nalop had known they were coming onto the surface on the first scouting mission. When they had been on the /Revarus/, she had been sending something to the surface. It had not been intended for her family, but for the Thres'nalop.
"Ulreathan will give the Dark Templar safety from the persecution of the Templar," Esralath said, her eyes blazing yellow.
"You know what Ulreathan will do to all non-Thres'nalop life! He intends death to all in this univ-"
"You are wrong! He has promised me, and he does not lie."
Traenid felt frustration and sorrow well up within him. "So was your love for me nothing? Was it just so you could get into here and advance your 'plans'?"
Esralath's eyes flickered, with what looked like to Traenid as genuine pain and regret. But then it was gone. "I'm... sorry... Traenid. I had genuine feelings for you... really..."
"Then why!?" I-" He was cut off as a transmission from the main base was heard
"/This is Tarthan/Jetok. Anyone who can hear me! Get the antimatter cannons online. We need to provide ground fire for our carriers and Arbiters/!" The transmission cut.
"Please, Esralath! Lives depend on this! Are you condemning hundreds of Dark Templar to die? Are-"
"/Silence/!" Esralath screamed.
"You are condemning hundreds to die."
I said be silent!" Esralath activated her warp blade. Her eyes had gone cold and dangerous.
"You have betrayed /everyone/, Esralath. Me. Tarthan/Jetok. Your /family/."
He was going to say more, but Esralath's warp blade swept down, stabbing deep into his torso. Cold pain drove its fingers into his stomach. Esralath backed away from him, a look of horror and rage mixed in her eyes. As blue blood began to gush out from the mortal wound, he felt darkness begin to come.
The sick and old and young stayed back with Corsairs, with a few warriors left to guard them. She, Straas, and all the volunteer Dark Templar warriors were running at top speed, while two-dozen of the spare Corsairs zipped through the air. A total of two hundred warriors accompanied she and Straas. As they rounded a hill, they were greeted with a hideous sight.
Ulreathan was standing amid piles of Protoss corpses, both Dark and Light Templar. The bodies on the ground were unmarked, but they were lifeless; Ulreathan must have had drained them of all energy. She halted and signaled for the others to stop. Ulreathan was more powerful than Straas; he was more powerful than everyone else. She glanced over at Straas, who had locked eyes with Ulreathan. Straas' eyes narrowed. His plasma cannons unfolded up from his back, and he Ignited. Ulreathan unsheathed his twin swords and cackled.
"So. You are still alive, now with more energy to feed me," Ulreathan cackled maniacally. "You will die now slowly, Straas, and I will make sure everyone else falls while you watch, helpless."
Szcraa shifted he gaze back to Straas and stiffened, ready to battle.
"Szcraa. Get the Dark Templar to the main base. They will be needed there. I'll take care of him."
She felt unnamable emotions well up inside her. She did want Straas to die again.
"I will come through this, Szcraa. Please, take them to the encampment," said Straas, calmness in his voice. They locked eyes for a moment, and she knew it would be true. Blinking away tears of fear and anxiety, and feeling determination well up within her, she gestured for the Dark Templar to follow her and headed for the main battle.
Tarthan/Jetok plunged into battle, thousands of fighting Protoss machines and warriors at his back. A half-hour later, he was still battling fiercely. The Thres'nalop would not let up, and they were encroaching closer and closer to where the carriers would be landing. He needed more /time/.
Time was not on his side, however.
Of his carriers that had been in the atmosphere, the Aniopith /and the /Veranath had been destroyed by talons and Rapiers. Khala's Chosen could barely stay in the air on its damaged anti-gravity generators, and its interceptors engaged in close-quarters aerial combat with the Thres'nalop talons and Rapiers. The Taeralyn had been on the other side of the mesa, and was only now joining the battle. In forty minutes the carriers up in orbit would begin landing sequence, and they would be vulnerable. He jerked his hands left and fried a Thres'nalop darkblade that had been ravaging a Protoss body on the ground.
The carriers... Both parts of him knew what they had to do... Drawing on his internal power, he charged forward, his arms spewing blue psionic death.
His sacrifice would not nearly be enough to save all, but it would buy the survivors time. Hopefully enough time...
As he battled the Thres'nalop arrayed all around him, his shields began to shimmer.
"We are part of the Khala..."
"...we shall never truly die."
"We are one with the Khala..."
"...Let no one of this deny."
"May our life bring life to our people."
"May our life bring death to our enemies."
"May our death bring hope to those who have none."
"May all who serve darkness feel our might."
"May all know us; THE KHALA'S LIGHT!"
With that his power went into overload and his psionic energy built toward terminal levels. His last energy pulse would wipe out hundreds upon hundreds of the closely packed Thres'nalop. In their last moment of sight, Tarthan and Jetok saw that help had arrived: two hundred Dark Templar led by Szcraa the Cyberlisk.


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Fancy new CNC router. Got tired of paying for laser cutting, only to get back parts with wavy, heat-damaged edges. Banged together a controller based on GRBL last night. It now moves when I tell it to and makes a really satisfying robot-y sound when it does!
Another really similar project with an incredibly thorough build log. The author has shared so much of his process - It's interesting to see that he has wrestled with many of the same issues we had and came up with similar solutions.
I've moved a bunch of material to a new site in an attempt to appear more organized and professional. This blog will remain as a development log, with portfolio and project pages moving to johnpopadic.wordpress.com.
I'm a good way into the Oddity v2 rework. Lots of improvements to power management.
Removed power switch. System power is controlled by a latching mosfet circuit. Push one of the knobs to switch on. Microcontroller controls shutdown for fancy functionality like shutdown-on-idle and shutdown on low battery.
Switched out the column drivers for parts that have two mosfets per package. Added pull-up resistors for more reliable operation across the range of input voltages.
Reorganized system layout using a fantastically low-tech design method involving bits of paper and string!
Another interesting LED project. Many many 7-segment displays chained together and driving from an FPGA. Embraces the digital, rather than trying to blend it away like we do.
Link here. Hope he doesn't mind me borrowing his images.
Short clip of Hearth running the flame effect.
Latest iteration of the fireplace.
ARM Cortex M3 running the Maple bootloader and some low-res graphic effects code drives two 16x32 RGB LED panels, baffled and masked down to 16x16 round pixels. Glossy black Perspex case.
Runs the same code as Oddity. IR remote or Bluetooth replace the knobs on its smaller cousin.
It's a bit late, but we got a nice mention and photo in the May 2013 issue of Blueprint. Page 83, with a photo in the table of contents on page 14. John has a copy in his office if you want to see.
More work on case design. Venting is a must. With all pixels lit, this thing makes a fair bit of heat. I think it might also need a thermal cutoff, just to be safe.
Edit: Files off to be cut. With some luck, they'll be here in time for the long weekend.
Latest greatest hardware for Hearth mates directly to the first LED module in the chain, minimizing external components and assembly hassle.
The board can be populated in two different configurations: 1) Infrared remote control, relay for remote power control or 2) Bluetooth control (smart phone, tablet, etc..). The board pictured is populated for Bluetooth control.
Printed circuit board lessons learned this time around:
- Quadruple check the files before they go out! I spent a bunch of money and waited a few weeks for a set of completely incorrect boards. Fortunately we were able to salvage one and bodge together a Hearth dev kit for Ishani.
- Don't use a copper flood if you don't need one. The soldermask on this batch of boards was a little offset, resulting in some places where it's easy to bridge a pad to ground unintentionally. In the next rev, the ground plane will be limited to the back side of the board.
- Place footprints for bigger e-caps than you think you need.
- Make sure the board house will use a milling layer if you use one. Mine doesn't. Consequently, there are some oblong holes that came out small and round. In the next rev, the milling layer will be replaced with stacked drill hits.
Simplified Hearth case design. Faceplate and sides are a single welded unit. LED modules mount directly to the back plate with threaded spacers. Redesigned electronics mate directly with the first panel in the chain. Power, USB and infrared connections exposed through the back panel.
Ishani informs me that yesterday was Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day. Here's a shot from his brand-new Hearth devkit we assembled in the afternoon.
Prototype standalone board for the fireplace is off for fabrication.
…because sometimes it's OK to give yourself a pat on the back.
Our pick of the show was the Oddity boxes by software engineers, John Popadic and Harry Denholm mainly because they were so damn cute. These adorable and tiny cubes produced a series of low res visuals that made us want one immediately.
Brian Moreau
..and finally John Popadic and Harry Denholm combine their talents to build Oddity, a small box of light that allows the user to select a graphics algorithm and play with its inputs to vary the output within a predefined program. Oddity is also a toolkit that comes complete with software that can be altered to produce custom effects using your own imagination.
The original Oddity has some issues with flaky rotary encoders. The encoders are mechanical switches, which don't generate clean transitions. There are variety of ways to deal with this in software, but all of them take time. I've chosen to sacrifice a tiny bit of board space and implement full hardware debounce straight from the Bourns app note to make Oddity revision 2's controls as silky-smooth as its graphic output.


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American Fork is going for four straight boys' cross country title. Davis is going for its fifth in six years in the girls' competition. Can anything upset the established order?
Maybe each other.
The two programs bring not just a team to Sugar House Park for the state meet Wednesday afternoon — they bring a legacy. The Cavemen have been the definition of dominance in the last few years in the boys' category, with a group that consistently has earned national rankings. The Davis girls' team might be its best ever, even after winning each of the last two years.
It seems this season might bring more of the same. But the intriguing part is that the Davis boys and the American Fork girls could be the best chance at a spoiler for either dynasty.
"It's getting to the point where I'm not nervous anymore for my girls," Davis coach Corbin Tailey said. "But I definitely am for my boys. We have a team, like we have in years past, that might've been able to win state in another year if not for American Fork."
The Cavemen have another strong team. They return four runners from last year's nationals: Connor McMillan, Tyson Green, Brayden McLelland and Zachary Jacklin. All four have been running in a tight pack, guiding the school to a No. 3 national ranking by Milesplit.com.
The Darts hope to break in with Brayden Cromar and Alex Hedquist leading the pack. If those two can get ahead, there might be some hope for a Davis 5A sweep. American Fork, of course, will have something to say about that.
"It's good to have stiff competition: It makes you train harder and gives the boys motivation to raise their game," American Fork coach Timo Mostert said. "Davis is kind of in the same boat, bringing back some guys from nationals last year. I've told my kids that we need high-quality races out of all seven guys. It could come down to a tiebreaker."
On the girls' side, two-time individual champ Shea Martinez might be pushed the most by her first-year teammate, Ellie Child. The two have an ongoing rivalry on the Davis team, one that Tailey hopes eventually pushes his squad to new heights.
But a strong American Fork squad also could push them.
"There's strong pack of about five girls who could mix it up," Tailey said. "Maybe a couple slip in and get all-state. Our girls' team is really solid, probably the best girls team I've coached. But it won't necessarily be a hands-down victory."
Twitter: @kylegoon
State cross country meet schedule
Wednesday, Sugarhouse Park
1A girls • 11 a.m.
2A girls • 11:30 a.m.
1A boys • noon
2A boys • 12:30 p.m.
3A girls • 1 p.m.
4A girls • 1:30 p.m.
5A girls • 2 p.m.
3A boys • 2:30 p.m.
4A boys • 3 p.m.
5A boys • 3:30 p.m.


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The Cult of Ruby Woo Retro Matte Lipstick: Lip Swatch and Color Comparisons!
You know I previously posted about how I keep going back to the MAC counters to swatch Ruby Woo. (And thank you to those of you who sent me messages about how I could get it to work better!) Well, I hated the texture of those display lipsticks but I kept suspecting that they got that way because of how MAC staff sterilize their lip product by dipping them into beakers of alcohol.
Note on sterilizing lipsticks: Please, everyone, just wipe the top with a sheet of clean tissue to remove most of the dead skin cells, dust, etc that might have settled there, and then use a spray bottle to mist the top of the lipstick with alcohol (everywhere it might touch the lips). This kills the bacteria. THEN, wipe on a clean section of tissue once more to remove the last bits and the bit of lipstick at the top that might have been "changed" by the alcohol.
Don't dunk the whole thing into alcohol because over time, that's going to screw with the natural oils in the lipstick and change its texture.
As it turns out, I was right, and a fresh tube of Ruby Woo is NOT hard, dry, crumbly and a pain to get on. It IS more dry than MAC's other mattes, because this is a "retro matte" texture, but I don't find it any more drying than most mattes. It's not as lightweight as Revlon Really Red, but I don't really love those because they contain too much silica (what makes it more silky feeling) and aren't as pigmented and opaque as I like. The silica and lower pigment content is also the reason why many shades go on patchy and uneven, or quickly become so as the day wears on.
To illustrate, I swatched it with 2 other of my favorite MAC reds; (L-to-R) MAC Diva, MAC Russian Red, MAC Ruby Woo.
If you've tried many modern matte lipsticks, you'll know they are still quite creamy feeling since most people do not enjoy a really dry lip. On their own, they look matte, but there is still often a tiny bit of sheen when you just apply them (see Diva and Russian Red).
Well, Ruby Woo has zero sheen. It's a true, powdery, fire-truck, red-red, as opposed to a deeper red like Russian Red. MAC describes these 2 as blue-reds, but I really beg to differ. They are red-reds, which means they lean neither towards yellow (coral undertones) nor blue (magenta undertones). This means it can appear different on different skin tones. If you're more yellow-toned, it will look more yellow. On porcelain pink-toned skins, it will look like a blue-red.
The best thing about this lipstick is that it's so matte but it doesn't look dull (it looks darker in the tube than against the skin due to the natural visual contrast against skin). In fact, it almost glows and lights up the face. (I don't wear blush with it.)
Lip swatch: MAC Ruby Woo
Tips for wear:
- Prep your lips to make sure it's not flaky and chapped. Remove any excess lip balm prior to application.
- If you have a dark lip line, make sure to cover the lip line with a little bit of concealer or flesh-colored lip primer.
- Apply a coat (you can use a lip brush but I love just applying it straight from the tube) and gently blot. Stop right here if you just want a light layer of color.
- [Optional] Apply red lip pencil to shape and define the lip if you need.
- [Optional] Apply a second coat of Ruby Woo if you want a super-intense red lip. Blotting again at this point is optional.
You can also top it with a little clear gloss for a Maraschino cherry lip but I love how it looks matte.
One More Lipstick Tip:
All lipsticks will go on creamier and then "set" slightly more matte after a couple of hours, as the environment and your lips will draw away the emollients/oils in the product. What you'll be left with is more pigment. Always get a slightly creamier formula than you intend as what everyone will see an hour later is different from what you see when applying.
So it may not be necessary to blot a lipstick like Ruby Woo a second time, unless it's for the sake of making it bullet-proof (aka super-long-wearing). It will end up very matte as the day wears on.
Many people think Revlon Mattes are more moisturizing and less dry than traditional lipsticks because they apply smoother, but that's a misconception caused by the "silky" feel of silica. If you check the ingredients list, they actually don't contain the emollients present in most lipsticks, and contain mostly wax, silica and pigment. Combine that with the fact that silica absorbs oil, and you have lipsticks that are in fact more drying for your lips over time.
It's a convenient (and cheap) way for companies to make something smooth and matte without having to increase the pigment content in their lipsticks.


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A few months ago I started this blog. A few weeks ago I bought a domain name. Today I received an e-mail from my father which included a link to this article. It describes a woman who was able to pay her bills with money she earned using Google AdSense (this was, no doubt, a not-so-subtle response to my asking for help with the rent). I am familiar with AdSense, and was initially intrigued by the prospect of bringing in some extra money by doing something that I enjoy, with little extra effort.
For those who may be unfamiliar, the AdSense website states: "Google AdSense is a free, simple way for website publishers of all sizes to earn money by displaying targeted Google ads on their websites. AdSense also lets you provide Google search to your site users, while earning money by displaying Google ads on the search results pages."
In short, the program allows you to manage ad layout and content. That is, you can pick the ads your readers are interested in, and filter out unwanted ones. You can display Google-sponsored games, and even install mobile-friendly options. The more views you generate, the more money you earn. There are other options available as well, but it was at this point in the registration process that a number of concerns popped into my head.
It has long been acknowledged that physicians who endorse medical devices or pharmaceuticals for-profit have diminished credibility within the medical community. It seriously impacts their clinical judgment when caring for patients, and undermines the altruistic nature of the medical profession. Great lengths have been taken by medical schools, hospitals, and other institutions to prevent medical students from falling prey to the advertising industry, lest it impair the development of objective clinical skills. Similarly, the medical community fights tirelessly against the medical "experts" who advertise drugs and medical devices to patients with little real credibility other than the information supplied by a third party who also pays the bills.
But that's old news.
The content of my site would automatically draw medical advertisements from AdSense, which, according to current thought, is a direct conflict of interest (and rightfully so). While, yes, I could filter ad content, I don't want irrelevant ads littering my site either. I tried searching for blog posts and other articles related to the use of third-party advertisers on physician and medical student websites. I couldn't find anything useful.
That makes this new business.
I seriously doubt I am the only one who has toyed with the idea of displaying ads on my website. I'd also like to think I'm not the only one who has considered the ethical implications of doing so. Or maybe I'm just overthinking it. Sure, I appreciate a sense of entrepreneurship and the ability to make a couple of extra bucks. I also acknowledge that search engine spam hardly carries with it the influence of a major industry, such as that of pharmaceutical marketing. It's one of the many gray areas of social media that needs to be clarified, especially as more and more physicians are becoming involved in social media to connect with their patients.
All ethical issues aside, when it comes down to it I didn't start blogging because I wanted to make money; I started blogging because I am genuinely invested in the medical profession and wish to contribute somehow. And again, perhaps I'm thinking too much into things. However, I'd prefer to err on the side of caution.. at least until my parents stop helping me pay the rent.


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When your landlord sells you out
Your building has just been sold? Don't panic. Knowing your rights can mean the difference between a few days and a few months notice to vacate your rental -- and more money back on your deposit.
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Marjorie Freeman has one more day before she has to leave her apartment. Her belongings aren't packed, and the 53-year-old curtain maker has yet to clean her Tampa, Fla.-area duplex — mainly because she's still scrambling to find another place to live.
The property's former owner told her she would have at least 90 days to vacate when the new owner took over. Instead, she was given 30 days — the only notice required by Florida law for tenants with a month-to-month lease. And the only "for rent" sign she has found is the one on her own apartment, which the new owner hopes to rent for a
much higher rate. "I have no idea where I'll go," she said.
Renters across the country are being forced to move, as developers riding the real estate boom convert rentals into condominiums. But tenants' rights don't go out the window just because a building changes hands. State and local laws give renters certain protections that their new landlords must observe. A careful scrutiny of these regulations could mean the difference between a few weeks' and a few months' notice, and could mean more money back from your deposit.
"The rules that protect tenants have gone quite a … way in evening the playing field," said attorney Janet Portman, author of "Every Tenant's Legal Guide" and "Every Landlord's Legal Guide."
For Californians, the renting life is good
Of course, these rules vary widely, depending on where you live. While many southern states like Alabama and Mississippi offer renters little in the way of protections such as rent control, others like Washington, New York and California are much more progressive, requiring landlords to provide more advanced notice to vacate, more flexibility in handling repairs and greater hurdles to evicting tenants.
In tenant-friendly California:
- Landlords converting apartments to condos are required to give tenants first crack at buying their unit at a fair market value.
- At least 15 cities have some form of rent control, allowing landlords to raise rents by only small amounts each year. In these cities, renters cannot be evicted without cause, even if a building is sold and they don't have a long-term lease. "You can't kick a tenant out unless they have done something wrong," such as trashing their apartment or failing to pay rent, Portman said. (This also is true in New York City.)
- In Los Angeles, landlords are required to pay you interest for each year they keep your deposit.
- In San Francisco, landlords have to pay to relocate you if they decide to convert the building to a condo.
While not all states are as progressive in these areas, there are some universal rules that govern the rental market. Most importantly, landlords planning to convert a building into a condo must give tenants written notice of this. And in all cases city regulations trump state laws, and state laws override anything that is written in your lease. Federal housing laws mostly apply to discrimination cases and to buildings that receive federal funding.
Know your lease
Unfortunately for Freeman, the tenants that are most vulnerable are those with month-to-month leases. Most states require landlords give those tenants just 30 days' notice to vacate a unit, even in tenant-friendly California.
"A person with a month-to-month agreement can be given notice with no reason at all," Portman said.
In Washington state, however, even month-to-month renters are entitled to a minimum of 90 days when their building is being converted, so it's worth checking with your state housing authority.
In general, though, renters with long-term leases have more rights when a building is sold. Most states require new owners to "step into the shoes" of the old owner, assuming all of their responsibilities and leases. This means:
- If you have a lease, the new owner typically has to honor it for the length of its term.
- Once you have paid a deposit, the new owner can't charge you a new one or require you to pay additional fees.
- The old landlord can either transfer all of the deposits over to the new owner, or may pay them back to you, Portman said. If that money is refunded to you, the new owner can't require you to pay more than you did before.
Move-out pressure
Moreover, Portman said, landlords are responsible for providing a basic level of service for the rent you are paying. The renovations for a conversion cannot inconvenience you so much that you're denied amenities such as uninterrupted water and electricity, and access to the apartment pool or laundry room.
This doesn't mean all landlords play by the rules: Some tenants in New York are now dealing with owners who rent out their neighbors' vacated apartments as hotel rooms, filling their lobby with tourists and their luggage.
In other places, the pressure is less subtle. Kristin Jobe, a 40-year-old check-cashing manager from Phoenix, said her new landlord, who is converting her building to condos, has forced out many tenants of her building by repeatedly shutting off water and electricity. To complete renovations, the owner also has removed security lighting and doors that Jobe says are necessary in her high-crime neighborhood. "It's just wrong. It feels like a tactic to get me out," she said.
When given her 30-day notice to vacate, she decided to withhold rent, rather than pay for what she calls substandard service.
Fight back, but do it right
Jobe's frustration is understandable, but withholding rent without checking state and local laws could make matters worse, Portman said. Half of the states, including Arizona, do allow tenants to withhold rent if basic services aren't provided. But oftentimes, this money must be put into an escrow account until the landlord can rectify the situation. In other areas, the tenant has to take the landlord to small claims court to get some of her rent refunded for the time in which construction posed a problem.
In any case, Portman said, Jobe needs to send her landlord a certified letter alerting him to the problem and stating her intention to withhold rent until the problem is fixed. That way, she said, future landlords who check on her rental history will have some written proof that she's not just a deadbeat, and there was a problem that the landlord was made aware of. Otherwise, "They will say this person didn't pay her last month's rent and it will be a gamble if she will be believed," Portman said.
Once you're ready to leave your apartment, Portman said, it's also important to know what you should be getting back from your security deposit. Landlords can only deduct from your security deposit for "normal wear and tear" and cleaning. If the carpet is wearing out, the paint is yellowing or the fixtures are rusting, that's probably not your responsibility. However, if your pets have used the molding as a scratching post or your in-house bike repairs have left a big oil stain on the floor, that's on your tab. Some states, Portman said, define normal wear and tear, making it easier for tenants to get their money back. Check with your state and city housing departments to see if those conditions are spelled out.
If you're not given enough money back, or you are evicted without cause or proper notice, you can take your case to small claims court, which handles most disputes involving sums less than $7,000 to $10,000. If you're seeking more than that amount, then you should probably hire a real estate attorney, Portman said, though it's rare for most cases to go that far.
While many renters say protections are inadequate and renter activism dead, Portman said conditions are better now than they were just a few decades ago, with more regulations around notice to vacate and responsibility for repairs spelled out.
But, to be sure, for every state that has put more protections in place for renters, there are those where landlords have more power. "Tenants have more rights in the District of Columbia and in California than almost any other state," said Arizona landlord Joel Kaplan, who has owned and rented properties elsewhere. "In Arizona, renters have almost no rights. Thank God! It's great to be a landlord here."


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I'm very looking forward to a Republican being back in office. When you're rich, you want a Republican in office.
"Queen of Porn" Jenna Jameson, making perhaps one of the most honest endorsements of Mitt Romney one can make.
Mediaite nails it: "What is particularly strange about a Jameson endorsement of Romney is that earlier this year the Republican candidate officially stated that he believes in 'strict enforcement of our nation's obscenity laws, as well as the promotion of parental software controls that guard our children from Internet pornography.'"
Basically, Romney would like to do away with the industry that made Jameson rich. I wonder if she'll make appearances on his behalf like Kid Rock.
I just need to quote Shep Smith:
Shep Smith: Pimps and prostitutes for Ron Paul, Donald Trump for Mitt Romney, we still don't know about Shakira and Big Bird but we'll learn in the next hour.
Judge Napolitano: Isn't it great being in this business?
Shep Smith: It's the weirdest election season I've ever lived through and I've been here for what feels like 130,000.
True story.


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Cause Oh, I know all about your type .
You're the type of girl that texts all day
and talks all night.
And Oh, I know,
that you are feeling sad.
Don't feel bad,
cause even after 3 text messages,
4 missed calls,
you still slept with my best friend!
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