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05/17/2011, Cow Wreck Point!
Since I was not able to get my honey to the NW corner during our long beach walk yesterday...we talked Sarah and Justin into taking us to these dreadful abodes!
This developer clearly did not do his homework and never built on a beach before...let along a pivotal corner getting seas, waves, weather and wind from all directions eroding at alarming speeds.
This was not described in any guide and it was a local man...so his fellow countrymen are not talking either.
Those sand bags aren't doing anything except for the inevitable. Yeiks!
05/17/2011, Loblolly Marine Park, Anegada's North Shore!
When Sarah and Justin offered to take us to Loblolly we were stoked! Seriously, it's going to be very hard to stop and see every island, and if we make it surely we won't be able to see all that we'd wish if we do stop...especially a new place for us!
The weather has been squally and we were afraid the north coast was going to present a murky, milky, cloudy stage for our snorkeling today!
Loblolly is everything it's touted to be! A couple of hours does not make a solid referral, but for us...we rarely get such a pristine reef, crowded with fish!
It's always hard to pick just one image to represent our post! Underwater shots are getting better because I can anticipate a fish entering the frame now! These yummy, I mean, baby yellow tail....were hiding in a tangle of coral the likes of Penneycamp in the Florida Keys. Ooooh laaaa laaa!
05/16/2011, The West and North Coast, Anegada!
I guess we are trying squeeze as much as we can in as small a time slot as we can possibly manage! We got to see Settlement this morning by motorized vehicle and personal guide!
Now it's time for some personal motorizing! Dudley agreed to a walk on the beach and off we went! It was less than two hours this time, but the beach has a magic way of breathing life into tired old lungs; reviving muscles to believe they can walk around the earth; and opening our eyes wide for each and every gift of nature that exposes itself to us.
We rounded the south west beach and the north coast is alive with gusto! Thanks honey for being such a 'monster'!
05/16/2011, The Settlement, Anegada, BVI!
We heard on day one that the only 'town' is "Settlement"....and it's about 1.5 miles away. We can do that...no problem.
Then we heard it was 5 miles...now we might walk it...and take a bus back! Today was the day to visit the one and only town, really...and we were told it was 7 miles.
We called Jerry! Or Leona called Jerry for us from Netptune's Treasure! This family is very special too....more later!
Settlement is small, poor and very tired! They are proud, industrious and definitely don't want their island turned into a concrete jungle like all their neighbors!
We met glorious locals...all, in colorful homes in various stages of repair and all drenched in a Mother Earth's explosion of color at every turn!
Claudia, who owns the only grocery store, cried the voice of her people "We have some bad seeds having arrived here and we don't want the big developers here either..."
Let's pray these humble folks decide what their futures hold, not the people who want to change it!
05/16/2011, Neptune's Treasure...
The entire Soares clan are tops! Really, truly, madly, deeply! We went in to Neptune's Treasure because everybody we've met on the island, along with this remarkable family will be there to say goodbye!
Dudley managed to be the STAR Blower...seriously blew us all away! He's still got it!
05/15/2011, The Lobster Trap Restaurant
It was a very long day and Dudley is an amazing man! He's right there by my side every step of the way, showing me up too!
We ended our day with some really great lobster...why this is the best we've ever tasted I'll never know...just is!
Our three new friends...Sarah and Justin also guests on the island and Velma...a wonderful local woman who treated us like family!


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You can't blame her. Mom Michelle Williams was visibly upset when her daughter Matilda was startled by the paparazzi. The family is in Los Angeles and after a photographer apparently "spooked" Michelle's daughter, she stomped over to the photo taker in question and gave him/her a piece of her mind.
Matilda has grown up being photographed by strangers, especially after the untimely death of her father Heath Ledger. But there are different sorts of paparazzi, the ones who just snap photos and those who cross the the line trying to get the celebrity's attention. While they spend most of their time in New York City, it looks like the paps on the left coast crossed said line.
Check out the usually demure Michelle Williams get all mama bear with the paparazzi right here:
Michelle Williams 1 of 5Michelle Williams was in LA and left her daughter to stomp on over to the paparazzi.
Mad but Marvelous 2 of 5Michelle Williams kept her head as she went towards the camera to have a word with them.
The Talk 3 of 5Michelle Williams, who is usually quite shy, went over to the photographers and give them a talking to.
The Pleading 4 of 5It appears that she asked the paparazzi to stop taking photos, or at least scaring, her daughter.
Michelle And Daughter 5 of 5Michelle and Matilda before Michelle went to scold the cameramen. Let's hope that Matilda wasn't too startled.
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Some fans go overboard with their love for Bollywood stars and Nikhil Kateja is one of them. The 23-year-old from Jaipur got himself inked with the same tattoo that actor Ajay Devgn sported in his latest blockbuster "Singham".
In the upcoming episode of UTV Stars' "Live My Life", Kateja will be seen living the life of his idol, Ajay, for a day.
As the actor was busy shooting for "Bol Bachchan" when Kateja got the chance to meet him, the young boy was taken to meet Hakim Aalim, Ajay's friend and a popular tattoo artist.
Kateja, who has a family business, insisted on getting a tattoo – a king size "Singham" tattoo, on his chest, and Aalim obliged, according to a source. He was so excited about his newly-acquired tattoo that he unbuttoned his shirt to show it off to Bollywood star Abhishek Bachchan, who was with Ajay on the sets of "Bol Bachchan".
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Lindsley W. "Linny" VanCleave, 67, passed away Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013, at his residence in Franklin.
He was born July 7, 1945, in Franklin to Buford and Sarah (Beatty) VanCleave.
Survivors include a brother, William Carl (Marlene) VanCleave of Franklin; a sister, Beatrice VanCleave Davis of Rushville; a sister-in-law, Doris Jean VanCleave; and several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in passing by four siblings, Delores K. Moore, Buford VanCleave Jr., Lester Allen and Felecia Jones; two brothers-in-law, Jim Davis and John T. Jones Jr.; and a sister-in-law Theola VanCleave.
Linny graduated from Franklin Community High School.
He worked for Arvin Automotive in Franklin and then for the U.S. Post Office in Franklin until his retirement. He later worked for Bud and Bloom Florist in Franklin.
Linny enjoyed roller skating and dancing and was an avid record collector.
The Rev. Irvin French will conduct a service at 1 p.m. Saturday at Flinn & Maguire Funeral Home, 2898 N. Morton St. (U.S. 31 North) in Franklin. Friends may call from 10 a.m. until service time Saturday at the funeral home. Burial will be at Greenlawn Cemetery in Franklin.
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River Beatrice Cruise Review by eberhardtm: Great Experience!
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We really enjoyed this cruise on the Danube River. First off, the river is not blue!
The staff of the ship was very professional and we felt pampered every day! The cruise manager grated on our nerves, but that was a matter of her style versus our style (we're both educators and can be critical of other''s presentations).
All shore excursions were such fun. My husband and I were dubbed 'teenagers' by one local guide because we are below the 70+ age of the typical cruiser! We loved the "quiet voice" technology that allowed us to hear the tour guides clearly while not having to huddle around them. We did feel rushed on the tour of Budapest. It would have been great to have more time to wander around the area of Matthias church. And next time in Vienna, I would need a whole DAY just at the Schonbrunn Palace. We did have a day to wander around Vienna.
The food on board was fabulous. I did not realize right away that the food changes to reflect the More specialties of the port you are in. I should have had more Bavarian pretzels while they were available! The local sausages were very tasty, and the portion sizes were just right. The dining room staff was top notch.
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Minnesota Republicans want Michele Bachmann vs. Al Franken in 2014
A great politican comedian vs. a great unintentional politican comedian... it could be a lot of fun!
Michele Bachmann for U.S. Senator? Believe it or not, new polling suggests Minnesota Republicans like the sound of that.
-- Al Franken doesn't want mobile app companies to sell your location data without permission
-- Michele Bachmann goes on apocalyptic radio show, says Obama supports Sharia law
-- Mark Dayton looks safe in 2014, according to Public Policy Polling
According to the latest Public Policy Polling survey, 45 percent of "usual Republican primary voters" in the state want Bachmann to challenge Al Franken in 2014. She's far and away the top choice -- second place is U.S. Rep. John Kline, the preferred candidate for 19 percent of MNGOPers.
In a surprising twist, Bachmann is the favored choice among those who identify as "very conservative" (46 percent), "somewhat conservative" (45 percent), and moderate (45 percent). Maybe moderates just want to see her take on Franken because it'll be highly entertaining, politics be damned?
Anyway, being the popular choice among Republicans doesn't necessarily mean Bachmann would have a chance against Franken. From PPP's poll summary:
The problem with GOP voters in the state wanting Bachmann as their Senate standard bearer is that she does the worst of anyone we tested against Franken, trailing him 54/40, including a 50/39 deficit with independents. Only 35% of voters in the state have a positive opinion of her, compared to 59% who see her in a negative light. The desire of Minnesota Republicans to nominate Bachmann suggests they didn't learn much from their failures last year.
Norm Coleman actually presents Franken with the toughest hypothetical matchup (Franken leads 50-44), but Coleman recently went on the record and said he has no interest in a 2008 rematch. Franken's second-toughest matchup at the moment is Kline, who trails 49-41.
Unfortunately for the MNGOP, the bottom line is that Franken is popular in Minnesota, and with an uninspiring batch of Republican candidates to choose from, he probably won't have too much trouble winning reelection. More from PPP:
Al Franken's in good shape heading into his reelection cycle. Our newest poll finds 52% of Minnesota voters approving of him to 41% who disapprove. Those solid numbers are pretty consistent with where we've found him for most of the last year...
It's early in the cycle but at least for now Al Franken does not appear to be among the more vulnerable incumbent Senators.
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With Some AvX Help Marvel Is Back On Top [Comic Book Sales]
As expected, the March 2012 comic book sales figures are Avengers [Vs X-Men] top-heavy. It's as if Marvel has a lot of Avengers stuff going on this summer. I don't know.
At first glance it would seem that the comic industry had another good month, and in a lot of ways it did, but as ICv2 also reports the dollar shares fell by 1.2% from last March. Granted, a 1.2% drop isn't necessarily significant, but is alarming mostly because of what a banner month this March was – the beginning of Avengers Vs X-Men, a new Avenger's [movie] title, the start to many new arcs in DC's New 52, and the launch of several independent titles such as Saga from Image Comics and the Vertigo books. With that much momentum in the actual books and the sales numbers from previous months you wouldn't expect this month of all of them to break a seven month streak of year-over-year gains.
Now, they're were only 4 ship weeks this March compared to the 5 in March 2011 (more than making up for that 1.2% loss) but still, with everything mentioned above versus a March 2011 where Green Lantern outsold Brightest Day and Batman and Marvel had to offer retailer discounts to bump FF #1 and Fantastic Four #587 it's a red flag.
They're is good news though (really good news), the first quarter of 2012, which includes March, lead to a near 16% increase from the first quarter of 2011. And with the rest of Avengers Vs X-Men, Before Watchemen, DC's Bat-event Night of the Owls and many other highlights yet to come it's fair to assume we've got exiting numbers to look forward to.
Some notes…
- I was wrong, the 200,000+ estimated shipping rumors for Avengers Vs X-Men were accurate. Now, due to the early shipment of #1 the 203,181 shipped copies weren't actually sold until April 4 (these numbers are estimated shipping numbers, not how many issues were sold). Still, the last time anyone shipped 200,000+ copies of a single comic in one month was in January 2009 with Amazing Spider-Man #583 (the Obama issue) shipping 352,000+ issues and before that Secret Invasion #1 in April 2008 shipping 250,000+ issues. Coupled with this issue being so heavily pushed digitally and it's a pretty impressive feat.
- Justice League's 3% drop from last month was also a little surprising; with Jim Lee leaving the book (albeit momentarily) and some of the negative press I'd expected a bigger drop off. Guess it's still striking quite the cord with buyers.
- Marvel's gotta be pretty happy with the launch of their annual reaction-to-the-summer-movie-coming-out series, this time Avengers Assemble. While the Invincible Iron Man relaunch outsold this when the Iron Man movie hit both Mighty Thor (in April 2011) and Captain America (in July 2011) finished under 100,000, so this has gotta be considered a bit of a win. With it's lack of involvement from the rest of the Marvel Universe and it's more new-reader friendly feel (so basically Marvel's Justice League book) I wonder what kind of longevity it can hold. It is an Avengers book though. We'll just have to see.
- Uncanny X-Men and Avengers both saw [minor, but still] drops this month, so no added growth from Avengers Vs X-Men. Somewhat expected but also worth checking.
- While out of the top 10 now Aquaman only dropped by 2% from last month, it's still…swimming strong. (See what I did there?)
- While I had hoped for more from Saga than being the 40th best selling comic and shipping under 38,000 copies in the right perspective it's actually quite the win; Brian K. Vaughan's Y: The Last Man series shipped only 15,287 copies of it's #1 and his Ex Machina series shipped 28,550 copies of it's #1, so shipping 37,641 (a 35% increase from Ex Machina) and landing just under [the Eisner nominated] Daredevil aint so bad after all.
More from ICv2 showing the estimated sales for the top 300 comics during March 2012 HERE.
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Rivers Cuomo Releases Video, Is Still Cool
By Peter Kimmich 2008-01-10 19:20:50
Reclusive musician and emo-beard connoisseur Rivers Cuomo is once again on the radar screens, as the Weezer front man is releasing the first video off his recent solo album, Alone. The video for the song Blast Off will hit the web tomorrow (Friday) on Yahoo!s Video Premieres page, according to a bulletin posted Wednesday on Weezer.com.
The album, released in December, is a compilation of material that was recorded by Rivers during his at-home downtime over the years, spanning from 1992-2007. It can be summed up as a weird, off-the-wall collection of all the stuff Rivers wanted to do instead of spending all his time trying to mold Weezer into something the record labels were comfortable backing. In other words, its not safe, which is an improvement over Weezer.
Blast Off, written in 1993 if a YouTube entry is to be trusted, sounds like what could be called deep-core Weezer: the band all of the hardcore fans knew was there underneath the fathoms of music-industry murk. Its a ghost Weezer song, finally released after its weathered and beaten-down corpus played the game for long enough to relax and dork around a little. The sound is rough-cut and un-glossed, a relief from the overly hands-on production that has plagued past Weezer albums. The lyrics, which reflect the excitement of a kid kickin it in his brand-new band, are surprisingly cool: Somebodys giving me a whole lot of money / To do what I think I wanna do... Heres to all the times were gonna have. With a robot voice singing lead for a few bars and a guitar sample from El Scorcho thrown into the background, its unpredictability works.
The videos timing is good, as Weezer guitarist Brian Bell announced over the holidays that Weezers 6th album is finally finished. The mystery surrounding the albums creation has made it like a Navy SEALS operation, with no information leaking through the bands studio door. But Bells word sets the bar high: "Never have the four of us worked so hard and passionately on an album and we all look forward to performing this culmination of our talents and combined knowledge in 2008 in a city near you!
Bells optimism, though promising, should still be taken with a grain of salt considering the bands previous releases. The fact that Make Believe was their highest charting album doesnt change the fact that it should never be played outside of sports bars and Hooters. However, previous articles on the bands studio activity speak of new ideas and a different, darker approach than on previous albums. We can expect longer songs and some playing around with the vocals, including an unnamed track fronted by drummer Pat Wilson, while Cuomo sits behind the kit. That spectacle, which can also be found in some of their live video footage, shows the unseen, maniacal side of Wilson. It could go anywhere. Whether it goes into my CD player is still up in the air.


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The Brazilian Film Series wraps up this Sunday, April 13, with the feature Two Rabbits (2 Coelhos). 5:00 pm Hodges Library Auditorium. Free and open to the public.
Dir. Afonso Poyart, 2012
Cast: Alessandra Negrini, Caco Ciocler
By using technology and counter-information, a young man puts together a plan to become a modern vigilante against organized crime and violence in São Paulo.
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Readers Get to Vote on Whether These Concept Cars Should Go to Production
In good times, the concept cars at auto shows are wild, whimsical confections – the automotive equivalents of those feather-decked Las Vegas showgirls at the soon-to-close Les Folies Bergeres.
These days, whimsy is in short supply in Detroit. Readying this year's edition of the Eyes on the Road "Build It or Bag It" poll, the most intriguing cars at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit weren't the concepts, they were the cars auto makers are promising to put into production over the next couple of years, and promoting today in the absence of enthusiasm for the models currently in showrooms.
The Chevrolet Volt, for example, has evolved from the most talked about concept car of 2007 to a production design that General Motors Corp. GM 0.32 % executives trotted out this year as part of a parade of future models. The only thing left to say about the latest iteration of the Volt is, Build it, already!
Likewise, Ford Motor Co. F -0.07 % teased an arena full of motor press types (and employees invited down for a pep rally) with cars like the smart looking subcompact Fiesta and the vastly improved 2010 Ford Taurus -- cars Ford needed on the showroom floors yesterday and won't have out for months or years.
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Honda Motor Co. HMC -2.09 % and Toyota Motor Corp. each displayed new, production-ready hybrid models – Honda's Insight, the new Toyota Prius and a new Lexus that uses the Prius's high-mileage gas-electric drive system. For cash-strapped, eco-conscious buyers, BYD's electric and plug-in cars can't come soon enough. At the upper end of the spectrum, anyone who still has more than $80,000 to drop on a car can't wait to order a sleek Fisker Karma exotic hybrid sports car, or a Tesla Roadster, also on display in Detroit.
Even the pure show cars unveiled in Detroit seemed designed to make serious statements – mainly about alternatives to the trusty gasoline-fueled internal combustion engine. Still, the designers and marketers who like to use auto show concept cars to test drive more daring ideas for sheetmetal design or exotic technology got some space on the carpet in Detroit. Now, you get a chance to weigh in. Here are a few of the concept models on display in Detroit, and likely headed out to other auto shows later this year. Why wait? Make the choice: Build it, or Bag it?
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Ford calls this concept "big luxury in a small package." You may ask, since when does a Lincoln come in the same size package as a Ford Focus? Ford has a serious purpose here: As it pursues a new strategy of appealing to consumers who want class-leading fuel economy, it needs to disconnect the words "Lincoln" and "big"in the minds of potential buyers.
Pros: Compact luxury cars aren't an exotic concept any more. European brands sell plenty of them – look at BMW's 1-series or the Audi A3. Good for Ford to start rethinking Lincoln's traditional image as the Land Barge brand.
Cons: Small American brand luxury cars have a poor history. People at GM still cringe at the words "Cadillac Cimarron." Plus, hasn't anyone in Dearborn heard that Americans don't like French cars? The Lincoln C's look, particularly the side profile and the pronounced shoulders, has a strong whiff of Renault design in it.
Mercedes-Benz Concept BlueZero
This decidedly un-Mercedes like show car is the German luxury brand's way of saying that its executives "get it" when it comes to the environment. They know a meaningful slice of the elite Mercedes brand clientele is no longer impressed by house-sized, 12-cylinder mega-sedans. One version of the car is a pure electric vehicle, outfitted with liquid cooled lithium-ion batteries. Another is an "extended range" electric vehicle, run mainly by batteries but with a tiny gas engine as backup.
Pros: The BlueZero advances the redefinition of luxury from the old "big is better" to a "smart and green is better" aesthetic. Mercedes takes the Prius to finishing school.
Cons: If I want a geeky-looking, electrific city car, I probably don't want a Mercedes -- and vice versa.
VW Concept BlueSport
The BlueSport concept marries two obsessions at Germany's No. 1 auto maker: Selling diesel to America, and designing a sporty car to fill the gap left by the demise, long ago, of the Karmann Ghia. VW VLKAY -0.18 % touted the BlueSport as the "renaissance of the compact roadster." Well, yes if you aren't aware of the Mazda Miata, or GM's Pontiac Solstice/Saturn Sky or the BMW Z4. Still, VW says the BlueSport's diesel powertrain would average about 42 miles per gallon, and zip to 60 miles per hour in 6.2 seconds. The BlueSport would make you almost as climatologically correct as a Prius owner, but you'd be having way more fun.
Pros: A sharp looking roadster, in a people's brand, with a high performance European diesel that delivers power AND fuel economy without a bunch of deadweight batteries. Why the heck not?
Cons: Diesel fuel prices in the U.S. are so high compared to 87-octane regular that only true Europhiles are going to put up with paying that premium to own a diesel VW. Plus, the worst economic downturn in decades seems like the wrong time to launch a frisky little two-seater. We've got better things to do with the little money we still have.
Chrysler 200C
At first blush, I thought the name of the Chrysler 200C was some kind of joke, like calling your retirement account a 201(k). In any case, the 200C concept is meant to trade on the past success of the Chrysler 300C, and take the brand in a more youthful direction. The 200C is the car for Facebook Nation. Chrysler used this show car to road test various ways in which a car could become a four-wheeled social-networking tool, with technology that can seek out "buddy" cars on the road, pipe in real-time traffic and weather info, and link your car's on-board infotainment systems to the ones you have in your house. The 200C also has under the hood an augmented electric-drive system – with a small gas engine subservient to battery power. The exterior is another iteration of a look Chrysler has shown before, a sort of sedan/coupe mashup.
Pros: The exterior lines of this car could grow on you. It's good to see Chrysler working toward a new, modern look after the narrow-windowed, blocky Chrysler 300 and Dodge Magnum.
Cons: Speaking for myself, the last thing I want my car to do is "friend" other cars on the road. And then there's the question of where Chrysler will be in a couple of years.
Cadillac Converj
GM highlighted this bold-looking concept in a parade of cars during the Detroit show's press preview last Sunday designed to send America the message: "We're not dead, yet!" Much of the buzz about the car was focused on the first appearance in a Cadillac of the "extended-range electric vehicle" concept pioneered with the Volt. Of all the cars GM displayed in Detroit, this is the one that Vice Chairman for Product Development Bob Lutz got up on stage to endorse personally.
Pros: GM should offer a Cadillac with what it now calls the "Voltec" electric drive system, especially now that Lexus will bring out a car with its high-mileage Prius hybrid system. Cadillac buyers can pay for the technology, where a $40,000 Chevy Volt sounds like a stretch.
Cons: Does Cadillac really intend to create an Eldorado for the new Millenium – a big, luxury coupe? That idea hasn't done well in recent years. But it is a new century.
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Bahia Santa Elena
Dec 14, 2012 - On the way down to Bahia Santa Elena, we had about 3 ft waves which increased to about 5ft for the last few miles, we had a great trip down and arrived in the anchorage at 4:30pm. Picture sailing around BC in the Strait of Georgia with the mountains around you and the wave height mentioned previously, it made us feel like we were home. The anchorage is very quiet, you can hear the Parrots talking every evening and morning, we are surrounded by hills and mountains and there are only the 2 of us in here, Gosling and Ourselves. Once we were settled, we started to get gusts of winds, the Papagayos winds, but all was good the anchors held well. These gusts continued until Monday when they seemed to subside. It was just an annoyance rather than anything. Over the next few days we ventured up to the Waterfall, it was about a 1/2 mile hike and at the waterfall there was a pool of water where we swam. If anyone ventures up there make sure you take a swim suit and good walking shoes as you walk a fair way up the creek bed which can be slippery at times. We will post the pics. Yesterday we ventured out around the corner to a white sandy beach which was covered in shells, all kinds of shells. The beach was alive, crabs and sealife moving around on the sand. This was where we managed to get a Claro (WiFi) signal, so we checked the weather and brought in emails. We also did a little tour around the anchorage and saw what we think were barracudas swimming close to shore and spotted rays.
Our friends on Beverly J and Risk Taker joined us in the anchorage last night (Dec 17th) and we all had dinner and cocktails on Beverly J. Risk Taker calls them the mother ship, they are a 48ft Trawler. Today Carole is baking, she has made Rum Cakes in a jar (6 of them) and a Banana Rum Loaf, it will be a great addition to our Christmas festivities.
We are looking forward to our good friends Russ and Doreen joining us for Christmas, they advised us this morning that they are leaving Chiapas bound for Costa Rica, they may have to stop in Nicaragua on the way but they will judge it as they get farther down. We are all planning on spending Christmas at Marina Papagayo at the dock, it will be much easier to do dinner on a dock that dinghying back and forth between boats.
Dec 10, 2012 - We arrived in San Juan del Sur in the southern part of Nicaragua after a 36 hour trip from Bahia del Sol. The weather window was good for the Papagayos winds so we just kept going rather than stopping in Puesta del Sol in northern Nicaragua. We had a great trip down and did some sailing along the way, unfortunately we motored most of the way. When we left Bahia del Sol we realized we had an issue with the charging system, even though we had all new batteries, after some investigation we found that a switch was not quite right and fixed that. Also, when we went to turn the engine off ready for a sail, we found the button to switch off the battery did not work and while underway we did not want to start working in the engine compartment, so we motored the rest of the way to San Juan del Sur. Once we arrived and the anchor was down we then investigated along with a fellow cruiser and found the emergency shut off on the engine itself, so that is now our backup until we determine the problem with the main button.
Wow, San Juan del Sur is an amazingly beautiful anchorage and a great little town. Check in went smoothly and cost us $45 for immigration, nothing for the Port Captain. It is a surfer town and lots of expats live there. We spent the next few days walking around town, visiting the market and testing out who had the best Mojito in town. The Lone star had the best one! We think that this town is the best kept secret around, we met a fellow from the states who visits often and he said he downplays the place to his friends as he wants the town to stay as it is. It was Fran's birthday and she had chosen a restaurant called Culibri, this was the best meal by far. All of us thoroughly enjoyed the meal, it was not heavy and everything was cooked to perfection. Great place, great people.
Dec 13, 2012 - We took a trip into Grenada, I had a picture in hand of a bench that Penny & Craig (sister) had seen and she wanted me to look for it. Penny, unfortunately, we never did find the bench. Nicaragua is a very pleasant surprise, originally we had not planned on visiting here but we are glad we did. On the way to Grenada, we saw several Ox & Carts being used on the farms, horse & carts and ATV's & carts, mostly the first 2 though. There is a lot of farming in Nicaragua, we saw Sugar Cane, Corn, Mango trees, Teak trees, papayas, plantain & banana fields, we are also told they grow Pineapple. The landscape is clean and tidy, the fields sectioned and the homes well taken care off. They obviously have a lot of pride in their properties. They are not fancy but well taken care of. Along the Pan American highway we saw several Wind turbines and 2 or 3 volcanoes. Once in Grenada, we walked around the city, visited a museum and enjoyed the market in the square. The whole trip cost us $90 total for all 4 of us. The driver even stopped at a grocery store for us on the way home and we stopped by the side of the road and bought fresh watermelon. Carole is not a watermelon fan at home but these down here are very tasty and she likes them.
Dec 14, 2012 - It is now time to check out of the country and move farther south to Bahia Santa Elena. We arrived at the Port Captains office at 9:30am and he prepared our Zarpe (paper for checking out) which cost $25 and then advised us that Immigration will not be able to come until 11am, so we had to wait. Immigration came at 11am and processed the paperwork, stamped our passports and charged us $43 which we felt was a little high, we found out later that he charged our friends $30, so I think it changes day by day as to what he charges. All in all though we loved Nicaragua and would go back there for a visit again. We left the anchorage at 12:30 headed for our next stop.
We left Bahia del Sol yesterday morning at 9am, the weather reports indicate a good weather window for the Papagaos winds, so off we go. It was a clear night, no wind to speak of and the seas were fairly flat, we are traveling with "Gosling" and "Risk Taker". We were visited by dolphins who played in our bow wake for about 15-20 mins what a sight. One of our buddy boats caught a fish and there is plenty for all 3 of us....we are looking forward to cooking that up today or tomorrow. The sky was full of stars last night, it was absolutely amazing, now we just need to learn about the constellations. Overnight we passed by a fishing fleet who were about a mile away from us, other than that there was not much traffic. Oh, I cannot forget...we spoke to Pat Rains who wrote the "Rains cruising guides" they were on their way south, it would be great to be able to meet up with them in Costa Rica. At this point the plan is to go into San Juan del Sur at the southern part of Nicaragua but you never know as we are not far from Costa Rica then and the weather is good for the next few days. We had dolphins visit us again this morning,it is nice to be back on the water and moving again.
We had a wonderful 2 weeks in Antigua, the Spanish school was great. The instruction was 1 on 1 so Ken and Carole each had a separate teacher. We stayed in home stay for the 2 weeks other than a couple of nights. You cannot beat it, you get a place to stay and 3 meals a day except Sunday all for $65 a week. The lessons were only $100 a week. We both learned a great deal and now know more than we did before, we now have to practice daily so it sticks in our heads!! The McDonalds in Antigua is a must see, it is the best we have ever seen. It has a beautiful garden where you can sit an relax in addition to inside seating. We will post pics.
Once back in Bahia del Sol it was time to get the boat ready. Lines and sails were re-installed. When we checked the engine it would not start and soon we realized we needed a new starter battery, it did not end there, we also needed new house batteries. Luckily we were able to get them here and the kind we wanted which were US Trojan batteries. We had hoped to baby the old ones to Panama and realized this was not to be. Ken recommissioned the water maker to find out that the impeller on the boost pump had swollen over the summer and needed to be replaced, luckily our friends on Gosling has one we could use, thank you guys. Apparently they swell with the heat and the chemicals from the pickling, next year we will remove it. We need 1 more trip to San Salvador to provision and then we are ready. Hopefully we will leave on Saturday as long as the bar is OK that day to cross.
Carole and Ken were given a washing machine before we left Canada, so Carole decided one day she must try out this new machine. She completed one load of wash and it worked well, pics to follow in the gallery. Thanks Bob and Janice!
We have now been onboard for a week and its amazing how many things you find that you had forgotten that you had. The boat is looking good and yesterday we started the engine. It was not a simple task unfortunately as it did not start first try, it appeared to be a battery issue, so Ken faithfully checked all of the connections again and still it did not start. We then solicited help from Jean-Guy and Murray and determined that we needed to give it a jump start.......that did the trick. Murray figured one of the brushes had gotten stuck in the starter motor and it just needed an extra kick start. Needless to say we were very relieved! Now we are ready to take Spanish classes for a couple of weeks! We are quite looking forward to this and hopefully our brains can absorb and we will be able to converse a little once we are done.
We left Vancouver today Nov 2nd and will arrive back at the boat Nov 3rd. Right now we are sitting at LAX waiting foe our flight to San Salvador.


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National | Big government a keystroke away; Smith Corona's bankruptcy shows the triumph of the PC; and the record industry goes to war with music software
Gore's "information age town hall"
It's not just the government. It's the "e-government." Al Gore is jumping back on the cyberspace bandwagon, advocating an "Information Age town hall" that lets people access Social Security benefits and other federal services by 2003. "The power of government should not be locked away in Washington, but put at your services, no further away than your keyboard," says the vice president. What does this mean? Essentially, Mr. Gore wants to use the Net like a big Government Printing Office where people can download their favorite federal forms. People could apply for an FHA loan online, file an e-tip with the FBI, or buy surplus government equipment at an auction called G-Bay. What the vice president didn't discuss, however, were government actions that hold back the digital revolution. The Microsoft antitrust trial contributed mightily to the stock market swoon and may yet do so again. Numerous governmental entities have designs on taxing Internet purchases. The so-called "digital divide" debate is designed to extend the welfare state online. The dream of the Internet as a safe haven from government meddling could dissolve into a nightmare of regulation. Clickety-Clack won't come back
After two decades of fighting toe to toe with personal computers, the humble typewriter is giving up the fight. After nearly a century in business, Smith Corona filed for bankruptcy and sold its assets to a North Carolina office machine wholesaler. The great switch from clicking and clacking over different keyboards was slow and relatively painless. The typewriters that are still around are used by anti-PC holdouts and those who need to type onto forms and documents that won't fit into a printer. About $400 million worth of typewriters are expected to be sold this year, which is a pretty penny but pales in comparison to PC products and services. Underwoods, Royals, Hammonds, and the rest sit in attics and antique shops; most people under 30 have no memory of them in use. Today, the look of the typewriter's type is the stuff of nostalgia. On the Net fonts like "My Old Remington" and "Mom's Typewriter" can be downloaded to create the look with a laser printer; a few programs will imitate the clunking of keys. Competitor Brother International is staying in the game, reporting plenty of demand in offices and institutions. But the days of the personal typewriter are pretty much over. The rap against Napster
The music industry is still fuming over Napster, a piece of software that lets audiophiles swap songs over the Internet. But does it hurt record sales? Sales figures aren't clear. A recent study points out that sales of recorded music near colleges declined by 4 percent between the first three months of 1998 and the same period this year. Campuses are loaded with high-speed Internet lines and students who are tempted to download songs. Dozens of colleges have banned Napster simply because all that uploading and downloading puts massive strains on their networks. Yet while sales may be down near schools, the survey (commissioned by Reciprocal Inc., a digital-rights management company) shows sales at all stores grew 12 percent during the same time. Michael Fine, CEO of Soundscan, the company that measures music purchases, said it isn't easy to figure how much money the major labels lose because of Napster. The fight over Napster reached Capitol Hill and a House Small Business Committee hearing last month. Tommy Boy Records CEO Tom Silverman complained of a "culture of infringement" where "perfectly reasonable people who would never walk into a Tower Records and steal a compact disc because they believe it to be wrong are doing the same thing on the Internet." Napster's creators are fighting lawsuits from the Recording Industry Association of America and the heavy metal band Metallica, who claim the software is just a conduit for piracy. San Mateo, Calif.-based Napster Inc. argues that it isn't responsible for others' actions. Various other tools can help people pass files around, but this program has come under special attack because it is easy to use.


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Current Events in China: July 4
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China rushes surveillance ships to islands claimed by Vietnam
Amid rising tensions between China and its neighbours over the disputed territories in the South China Sea, Beijing today sent four surveillance ships to the area also claimed by Vietnam after spotting a foreign fishing vessel there. Read more
China protest against alloy plant enters third day
Residents in a city in southwest China took to the streets for a third day on Tuesday, demanding the government scrap plans for a copper alloy project they fear will poison them, in the latest unrest spurred by environmental concerns. Read more
Freight dispute risks delay in Iran oil to China
The delivery of millions of barrels of Iranian crude to its top buyer, China, is at risk of delay due to a dispute between refining giant Sinopec and shipper National Iranian Tanker Co (NITC) over freight terms, Beijing-based sources said on Tuesday. Read more
Expect an Immediate Fall in Hong Kong Property Prices
Jiaolong a stepping stone for China's military sophistication
The design of the Jiaolong, China's manned deep-sea research submersible, can provide valuable lessons to the People's Liberation Army Navy, Fang Shujia, vice president of China Shipbuilding Industry Society, told Duowei News, a news website operated by overseas Chinese. Read more
Taiwan to seal F-16 upgrade deal with US on July 5
Taiwan's military said Monday that a proposal by the United States to overhaul the country's aging F-16A/B jet fighters has passed a review and will send back the approved proposal to the US Air Force to seal the deal on July 5. Read more
Indian navy's IT system attacked by Chinese hackers
Sensitive data has been stolen from the computers of India's Eastern Naval Command by Chinese hackers, reports our sister Chinese-language newspaper Want Daily. Read more
China Slowdown Cuts Luxury Spending, Hong Kong Retailing
China's slowdown dragged Hong Kong's retail-sales growth to the weakest pace since 2009 as shoppers visiting from the mainland cut back on purchases of luxury goods such as jewelry and watches. Read more
Riding Chinese Highway to Global Dominance, VW Swerves
After more than 25 years of uninterrupted market-share leadership in China—the world's largest auto market—Volkswagen AG has seen some blemishes recently appear on the sterling resume it has been writing in the Middle Kingdom. Read more
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Reform movement's female rabbis are celebrating ruling that will offer them state funding but for them bigger victory is greater understanding, recognition of their role in community
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Miri Gold, the Kibbutz Gezer regional community rabbi led the struggle with a petition to the High Court, and she and her colleagues won: The State will finance them as it does with orthodox rabbis, but not through the Ministry of Religion, rather the funding will come from the Culture Ministry purse.
Female rabbis: Finally receiving recognition (Photo: Ido Erez)
"It was very obvious to me that I was going back to Gezer. We asked the reform movement to recognize us as a regional community, because not everyone in Gezer belongs to the reform movement and who am I to force anyone in the kibbutz to accept a view or religious determination."
As for the strange situation where most secular Israelis still see themselves as orthodox Jews, Gold notes: "More and more schools are struggling with the question of the Jewish identity they give their students…we present a response that secular schools can offer their students without sounding foreign, limiting or discriminative.
"10 years from today when there are 80 congregations and many many more female rabbis – there are only 32 of us now – I expect people to say female rabbi without the phrase sounding foreign and strange and without hate.
"I'd like people to experience their Jewishness as a celebration of differences and diversity and when they speak of 'the other' let them do it out of curiosity, interest and joy," says Miri Gold as she looks to the future.


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USCF legal... our team president uses them, but does anyone else?
USCF legal... our team president uses them, but does anyone else?
"When you are chewing the bars at the business end of a 90 mile road race you really dont care what gear you have hanging from your bike so long as it works."
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I was just thinking the same thing last week, I'm really tempted to pull the trigger on them. Hard to find though. One of the best guys on our team uses the old Scott bars that are essentially the same thing, and he swears by them. He says they're great for solo attacks and bridging.
I feel like I'd knock my knees on them. That and, there's no way those could be helpful in a crash.
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If you turn 'em around you could haul firewood.
Any pictures of those things in actual use?
I sure wouldn't want to sprint with those things.
Looks like a good way to bruise both patella.
Now if the old school Spinaci were just made legal then I would for sure get a set to use.
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There's a guy locally that has them. He's fast, but I've also never seen him actually use them.
Locally a few guys use them. I have both the Cane Creek (and totally forgot the name of them so thanks for putting it in your title) and the Scott Rakes.
I used the Rakes extensively when I was "strong" (a relative term - strong for a middling Cat 3). I was experimenting with different aero type things - wheels, bars, positions. I'd already adapted to using a TriSpoke (HED3 now) all the time up front, and a disk or a matching TriSpoke in the rear. I tried and discarded the... Drop Ins (?), the drop bars with the bend in drops. I tried and discarded the bar that connected the drops just below the brake levers. I tried and kept, for a while, the 100k Scott bars (supe narrow TT bars.
I found that if I tilted the Rakes forward a bit, they were far enough away that my knees and elbows didn't try and merge on every pedal stroke. I had them close enough together that my knuckles hit when I held the bars, and I could wipe my front tire simply by extending my thumb out from the drops of the Rakes.
I could corner, at or near the front of a tight crit, on the Rakes at maximum speed - 35+ mph. I admit I scared myself a few times but there's nothing like commitment when you're on Rakes I've ridden fields (Cat 3) off my wheel by putting it in a 54x12 and going like crazy for a few miles. Didn't accomplish anything but man it was fun.
They're a pain to set up because your cables get in the way, sort of like clip on TT bars on a normal road bike.
Having since learned that objects at a 30 degree angle to the wind present the most drag, I think these bars are not ideal as your arm ends up at about a 30 degree angle. I'd prefer the Spinaccis (or the 3ttt version which I have but forget the name of) because they're more like real aero bars as your arms sit on top of the tops.
When I saw the Cane Creek ones, I decided to try them out but mounted differently. I found that using the "drop" bit was really awkward. No curve, straight edge, too flared, etc. My hands just slid down. I did like the light weight (Scotts are tanks, made with real thick cheap aluminum) and the more positive clamp. I mounted them so the tops are horizontal, i.e. I hold the tops like mini aero bars. It hurts my forearms (the clamp digs in) so ideally I'd put some tape around the clamp or something. I never experimented too much with them and I never trained enough to actually use them.
I took the Rakes off for races where I think I'll either be in the hunt - the weight affected me when sprinting, at least psychologically. I'd keep them on if I thought I'd get dropped (road races) or if I was going to work for the team (the same road races as the first point) as well as races where I thought that the field would be single file a lot (really fast crits, usually flat). I haven't had them on in a race in a few years, and I last had them on the bike on the trainer two winters ago.
They take some getting used to (Rakes or Speedbars in the low position) since you're really, really low. You need to work on strengthening your back a bit. Also your pedaling changes a bit so need to work on that too. You get a little more power but I never quantified that.
Generally speaking I suck when it comes to solo or extended efforts so for me the bars are more a curiosity than useful. For the TT gods I think they offer potentially significant aero advantages. I'm surprised more strong Cat 2s don't use them. I think they're worth 1-2 mph and if someone gets away...
not good enough to use'em but I got'em,
I think most of us would chase down, IMMEDIATELY, anyone who had the testicular fortitude to show up to race with those on.
It's just like racing a $10k bike in the Cat5s: someone WILL chase you down out of spite. I know I would in this situation.


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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3857512306503018420.post7953418964243514393..comments2016-05-19T11:22:13.722+01:00Comments on Nattermorphisms: Why does Functional Programming matter?Benhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3857512306503018420.post-23894573230674447692008-11-10T06:48:00.000+00:002008-11-10T06:48:00.000+00:00Hi crutcher. My aim isn't so much to be convincing...Hi crutcher. My aim isn't so much to be convincing - that's going to be tough to do in a sentence or so - as just to summarize my feelings snappily.

As to "easier than what"? - than mainstream imperative / OO programming styles. (Of course it's been claimed that Haskell's a pretty decent imperative language too - but that's probably largely because of the localisation of effects - which is all part of keeping things "understandable").Benhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3857512306503018420.post-16002211019918414722008-11-09T23:44:00.000+00:002008-11-09T23:44:00.000+00:00While this is a fun argument, I don't think its a ...While this is a fun argument, I don't think its a very convincing one. You've give an unqualified 'easier', which begs the question, 'easier than what?'. No one who doesn't alread agree with you is going to buy that the answer is 'everything'. Indeed, I don't think most FP fans would agree with that either.Crutcherhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com


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Law profs, housing crunch lead Stetson news
August 16, 2013
Podgor's White Collar Crime Prof Blog called "required skimming" by Columbia Journalism Review
Stetson law professors have been sought after by big-name law publications recently and record enrollment has caused a housing crunch for Stetson students. Notable national and regional placements include National Law Journal, Columbia Journalism Review, Congressional Quarterly, ClickOrlando.com, WFTV, Tampa Bay Times, Sacramento Bee and Daytona Beach News-Journal. Coverage for August 9-15, 2013, includes:
Top Stories
- Stetson's 3+3 program with the University of South Florida is mentioned in the Aug. 12 National Law Journal article, "These students are on the six-year plan."
- Law Professor Ellen Podgor's White Collar Crime Prof Blog is required skimming, according to the Aug. 13 Columbia Journalism Review.
- Law Professor Louis Virelli spoke with Congressional Quarterly for the Aug. 8 story, "Constitutional Questions Hang Over Supreme Court Ethics Legislation."
- Stetson housing students at the Clarion is the topic of an Aug. 12 article in the West Volusia Beacon. The article mentions that Stetson also purchased University Inn (now University Hall) and has been very successful at recruiting students. Additional coverage: WFTV.
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- Football continues to be a hot topic for Stetson with several articles showing up this week. ClickOrlando.com ran a brief article on Aug. 8 about Stetson's first football game since 1956. Additional coverage: WKMG-TV, Florida Higher Education Spectator. WFTV aired a story on Aug. 13 about Stetson and Florida Tech adding football programs this year. The story included video of a Stetson football practice and a short interview with head coach Roger Hughes. A weekend Stetson football scrimmage at the Athletic Training Center was the topic of an Aug. 10 article in the Daytona Beach News-Journal. In an Aug. 11 article, the Tampa Bay Times reported that Stetson football is auctioning off the right to call the first play at its first game in 57 years. Minimum bid is $500 and proceeds go to the football program.
- Stetson was mentioned in an Aug. 14 Sacramento Bee story about father-son baseball duos. Chris Johnson (Atlanta Braves) a graduate of Stetson and his father, a baseball coach, were included in the article. Johnson is leading the National League in hitting with a .339 batting average. Additional coverage: News-Tribune, Centre Daily Times, The State, Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, Fresno Bee, Merced Sun-Star, The Telegraph, Modesto Bee, The Olympian, and dozens of other news outlets throughout the country.
- Adjunct Law Professor and Law alumnus Jeff Brown spoke with the Tampa Bay Times for the Aug. 12 story, "Holder's mandate makes Tampa Bay prosecutors rethink drug cases."
- Stetson Lifelong Learning was the focus of an Aug. 9 article in the Clermont News-Leader. The article details upcoming seminars in the fall program.
- Adjunct Law Professor and Law alumnus Joseph Bodiford is quoted in the Aug. 11 Tampa Bay Times article, "St. Petersburg woman fights again to keep father's killers in prison."
- John Jett, professor of biology, was interviewed on the radio show Intersection about his appearance in the film Blackfish. The show aired on WMFE Aug. 14 and WUCF-TV Online.
- Stetson was included in an article on DustTracks.com regarding a non-native gecko spotted in Volusia County. The gecko was identified by Peter May, Stetson biology professor.
- In an Aug. 12 article in the West Volusia Beacon regarding an upcoming speaking engagement by Volusia County's Teacher of the Year, two local elementary schools were named as development schools that are associated with Stetson's teacher education program.
- The Florida State League and the Miami Marlins have awarded Stetson student Katie DiGirolamo a scholarship for her senior year, according to the Aug. 14 OurSportsCentral.com. DiGirolamo majors in business administration and minors in sports business, and is a member of the sand volleyball team.
- Law students Sara Calabrese and Dena Daniels, interns at Shapiro, Goldman, Babboni & Walsh, were honored with a scholarship by the Sarasota County Bar Association's Diversity Committee, according to the Aug. 14 Equities.com.
- Adjunct Law Professor Robert E. Bugg died on Aug. 9, according to the ABC Action News memorial page. Memorial services are Aug. 17 in Seminole.
Alumni in the News
- Drew Christopher, a psychological science professor at Albion College, has been grated the 2013 Robert S. Daniel Teaching Excellence Award from the Society for the Teaching of Psychology, part of the American Psychological Association, according to MLive.com, Aug. 14.
- Law alumnus, Stetson Law Review benefactor, overseer and Hall of Fame inductee J. Ben Watkins died Aug. 10, according to the Apalach Times.
- Law alumnus Clay Shaw is quoted in an Aug. 11 Sun-Sentinel article about the state of Congress.
- According to the Aug. 16 Biz Wire Express, the law firm of Henderson, Franklin, Starnes & Holt, P.A. announced that Law alumnus John Miller has been appointed to serve on the Foundation for Lee County Public Schools board of directors.
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I love this years class with some solid guards and some great post players.
Brackins top 20
Garrett top 100
I was looking at Rivals top 150 of 08 and I notice that we are in with a lot of great looking prospects, now that's a far cry from a LOI but I think that the one thing McDermott and the staff are excellent at is recognizing potential before most other staffs.
Also saw that Gibbs is a top 100. I haven't seen him play but and Ive heard that Iowa is in the lead but he looks like a quality kid as well.
I think the staff deserves a lot for having done some nice recruiting after a 15-16 year.
Iowa hasn't even offered Gibbs. Where did you hear that they lead?
you dont have to offer early to be a kids favorite
I see that Kelly is going to DePaul. It looks like we're pretty set at the point, so it's not that big of a deal.
Gibbs will likely be a member of the Cyclone family very soon.
Psyched about the Clones!!!
Psyched - Great news dude! I know nothing is carved in stone, but I was looking for some good news about Gibbs. Awesome.
Hope you are right, Psyched! The more I read the more I like this kid. Plus it will **** off the Hawks.
Great news! Thanks Pysched.
ISU's main disadvantage with Gibbs is the fact that we're bringing in so many guards. Gibbs supposedly can play the 1 or 2. Just this year, McDermott has Garrett, Brister, Boozer and Staiger that can play at least one of those positions. Next year, Buckley and Eikmeier come in. If Gibbs signs, that's SEVEN guys for two positions (although Staiger can probably play the 3).
There's going to be some redshirting in there somewhere, and probably some early departures. Do we see a three guard offense in the future? If so, maybe a few more guys can play the 3.
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I wouldn't mind seeing a three guard offense ala Villanova. It never hurts to have depth at the guard position either.
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I wouldn't mind seeing a three guard offense ala Villanova. It never hurts to have depth at the guard position either.
ISU has played a lot of 3-guard line-ups in recent years with:
Tinsley, Horton, & Nurse
Tinsley, Horton, & Sullivan
Sullivan, Blalock, & Stinson
If Gibbs is that good he does not need to worry about all the guards comming in. He will simply come in and beat them out. It's the big 12. You are not guarentee's a starting spot unless you are on a crappy team. Hopefully we are not crappy in a few years.
That's what I was thinking Knownothing. If he's as good as advertised, the other guards should be the ones worried, not Grant.
I have no problem with getting the top player in Iowa each year.
Seems like McD and staff have made that a huge priority by signing Vette, and now going after Gibbs and the two freshmen.
It will create a lot of buzz around the state especially with the UI fans.
I heard this weekend, that Gibbs is leaning towards Iowa, although he hasn't visited or been offered yet. It was from a reliable source, and didnt make me very happy.
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Are you ready for another round of console wars? Boy howdy, I am! So let's do the fanboy/armchair analyst thing and predict which console will sell the most units this holiday.
Let's see, Sony's Playstation 4 launches on Friday, Nov. 15 and Microsoft's Xbox One launches the following Friday on Nov. 22. Will the extra week give Sony a leg up? Both consoles are out before the all-important Black Friday.
How about games? Xbox One exclusive Titanfall is being hyped up as the second coming of Halo but it won't be out until next year so what will we be playing? Well, both Sony and Microsoft have an exclusive racing game, DriveClub and Forza Motorsport 5 respectively.
Sony has platformer Knack and first-person shooter Killzone: Shadow Fall.
Xbox One has button masher Ryse: Son of Rome and the zombie-tastic Dead Rising 3.
There are other games in the launch line ups but most are multiplatform. Heck, a bunch of them can be played on the PS3 and 360 (Ex. Watch Dogs).
And what about Nintendo? The Wii U has been out since late 2012 but lost almost all sales momentum after last Christmas. Still, it will have a much larger library of exclusives such as New Super Mario Bros. U, Zombie U, LEGO City Undercover, Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate, Pikmin 3, Wonderful 101, The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker HD, Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze and Super Mario 3D World to name a few. But, it's graphics display technology is a full generation behind Sony and Microsoft's new consoles.
Lastly, let's consider price. Xbox One is the most expensive at $500 but comes with the Kinect. Playstation 4 has the similar Playstation Eye but will retail without it for $400. By the time November rolls around, the Wii U will sell for $300 with either Nintendo Land or The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker HD in the box.
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From classifieds to display ads to subscriptions, the digital age has broken the financial pillars of print journalism, leaving the industry struggling to stand on its own. But more frequently and with a boom last week, when Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon.com, bought The Washington Post the tycoons who have led the digital revolution are giving traditional print outlets a hand.
Call it a sense of obligation. Or responsibility. Or maybe there is even a twinge of guilt. Helping print journalism adapt to a changed era is becoming a cause de jour among the technology elite.
Google, which has been criticised for profiting from news content created by others, began financing journalism fellowships for eight people this year. The founder of Craigslist, the free listing service that helped ruin newspapers classified advertising, helped finance a book on ethics for journalists.
A co-founder of Facebook, the social network many young people rely on for news, recently bought New Republic magazine, and the founder of eBay, another classified ad killer, started an online news service in Hawaii. Steve Jobs, the former Apple CEO, went out of his way to advise newspapers how to adapt their products for the tablet era.
So ironic, Les Hinton, a former publisher of The Wall Street Journal, wrote in a Twitter post last week about Bezos, that The Washington Post should be consumed by a pioneer of the industry that almost destroyed it.
Technology industry leaders, who deal in fact and code, are supporting the press because they value it, said Merrill Brown, director of the School of Communication and Media at Montclair State University and the former editor-in-chief of MSNBC.com.
Theyre concerned about where the country is going and share a commonly held point of view that what we do is important for democracy, said Brown, who is also a partner at the venture capital firm DFJ Frontier.
On the business side of newspapers, executives have done little to hide their suspicions about the technology companies that are reaching out. Several years ago, while Hinton was publisher of The Wall Street Journal, he described Google as a vampire sucking the blood from newspapers because of how it aggregated news articles on its Google News site.
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Teach with Your Heart: Lessons I Learned from the Freedom Writers
by Erin Gruwell
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I found this book to be very inspirational in showing how one individual can affect so many other lives, fortunately for the better. I felt that Erin Gruwell was very self-effacing and not seeking glory nor praise. Her story was told in a very matter-of-fact manner and could have been plumped out with a lot more interesting information. The antagonism shown to her by her teaching colleagues was to be expected and I am amazed that she survived the atmosphere created through jealousy. I gave this book to my daughter, who is a Primary School Teacher, and she was extremely touched and motivated by it. Compelling real-life reading!!
I enjoyed The Freedom Writers Diary, so I picked this book up in order to add context to the students' stories. I wanted to know who and what was behind these young peoples' voices. Turns out Erin Gruwell is not nearly as interesting or as talented a writer as some of her students. I am oddly compelled by this story, probably because I am a teacher and the thought of a teacher bringing about what Erin helped bring about helps feed my passion for education.
On the other hand, I'm not sure I think Erin is the best role model for other teachers. What she accomplished with her students was wonderful, yes, but what she sacrificed for her job was not. She essentially sacrificed her marriage in favor of her job and the amount of time she spent in school during that time left no other time for a personal life. She worked 3 different jobs, and while admirable, it doesn't leave room for much else in life other than work.
I also wonder about her motivations for such dedication to her job, to the detriment of her personal life AND her relationships with fellow teachers, really were. In her book, she lists all the things that happened to her but fails to give any insight. Her chapters were all about the same length, even ones that covered big events in her and her students' lives. Also, she left public school as soon as the Freedom Writers graduated. I wonder what she would have done if she stuck around, or if she quit because she wanted to go out on top.
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In this memoir and call to arms, Erin Gruwell, the dynamic young teacher who nurtured a remarkable group of high school students from Long Beach, California, who called themselves the Freedom Writers, picks up where The Freedom Writers Diary (and the movie The Freedom Writers) end and catches the reader up to where they are today. Teach with Your Heart will include the Freedom Writers' unforgettable trip to Auschwitz, where they met with Holocaust survivors; toured the attic of their beloved Anne Frank (Gruwell had the kids read Anne's Diary in The Freedom Writers Diary); visited Bosnia with their friend Zlata Filipovich, and more. The book also includes what happened with the Freedom Writers as they made their way through college and graduation. Along the way, Gruwell includes lessons for parents and teachers about what she learned from her remarkable band of students.
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The author describes the challenges and rewards of her work as a teacher and advocate for at-risk youngsters, introducing the principles and practices of her innovative educational program designed to teach tolerance through literature and writing.
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