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American Idol: Be An Idol At Disney's Lake Buena Vista
December 31, 2008 03:00 PM by Paulene Hinds
If you have ever wanted tostand onthe American Idol stage, even for a minute, your dreams have come true! A new attraction lets visitors to Disney's Hollywood Studios perform live on stage.
On February 12, 2009, visitors can live the dream of Kelly Clarkson, Carrie Underwood and others who have shot to fame after appearing on the hit TV show as Disney opens anAmerican Idolattraction at Hollywood Studios theme park in Lake Buena Vista.
Disney guests will be able to experience the challenge of auditioning, performing onstage in competition or judging performances in a live interactive entertainment setting which promises all of the glitz and glamour of the real American Idol show which debuted on FOX in 2002.
Guests will be able to audition with a Hollywood Studios producer to be cast in a theme park show. Those selected will get backstage preparation including working with a vocal coach and getting makeup and hair preparation.
Guest performers with the highest votes will compete in an end-of-day grand finale whose winner will be guaranteed a reservation for a regional stadium audition for the American Idol TV show.
In a written announcement, Simon Fuller, the creator of American Idol said, "Disney's new attraction perfectly captures what we at American Idol feel is the heart and soul of this brand, real people getting a shot to make their dream a reality."
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As I mentioned in my previous post, these past few weeks haven't given me a ton of time to get writing done, which totally sucks because when I started this blog I had every intention of updating it every day. Little did I know that everything would go crazy about 2 days after I started it. Anyways, no time for actual writing, but I did get a chance to come up with a lot of new things to write about. Here's a short list and descriptions of what each feature will include.
Longer features:
Movie Review - Your standard movie review and discussion. I have Motorama, a neat little surreal film from the early 90's, on tap but I'm trying to decide how to do it. I want to have in-depth discussions but I'm torn about giving away spoilers. Stay tuned and I'll sort out this dilemma, and of course any feedback would be great.
Episodic Memories - I've done one of these already, but there are much more to come. I will be dissecting my favorite TV episodes, and dealing with any blood and guts that spill out.
Top 10 Lists - Pretty self-explanatory (since I've done 2 of them already). More randomness is sure to follow.
Shorter Features:
The Working Class - Just finished up the first one of these in the previous post, so check it out and I think you'll understand what it is.
Stargazers - This is about Hollywood crushes I have accumulated over the years and how I gaze at them lustily.
What Happened To? - Do you ever watch a movie and see a talented performer that you think you'll see for years to come but then they just vanish? I'll try to find out what happened.
Moments That Make You Go "WHAAA?!" - We'll take a look at strange moments in TV and cinema that make no sense or go a very strange route to get there.
Wow, look what we have here, it looks like an actual blog might be forming. I hope you dear readers, all 3 of you, enjoy what I have in store.

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Bethany boy, 8, returns home after seven-year stay at care facility
BETHANY — Fletcher Burns is finally at home with his family after a seven-year stay at The Children's Center in Bethany.
The 8-year-old had been under the hospital's care since shortly after having heart surgery when he was 10 months old. He became ventilator dependent after the surgery, and insurance would not cover the costs of having him on the respirator at home, so he went to stay at the children's center on Jan. 9, 2006.
Now that he is home, he is in the first grade at Bethany Elementary.
"He's in a regular class with regular kids," said his mother, Denise Burns. "He's not pulled out for special education. It's really wonderful.
"Little kids love him and all want to help him, that's been a major blessing, too."
His mother said she was worried about how the other children would react to him, but his classmates have stunned her with their kindness.
"Their biggest concern about Fletcher is why he's so small," she said.
Fletcher has epidermal nevus syndrome, a rare skin disease, and hypophosphatemic rickets, which stunted his growth. After he was born, he was in intensive care for 19 days and the heart condition was discovered.
"We went to a routine cardiology appointment on Oct. 27, 2005, and never went back home," Denise Burns said.
Fletcher had surgery 17 days later. He also had problems with his lungs, but as far as the doctors can determine, the heart and lung issues are not part of his skin syndrome.
Last summer, Fletcher's nurse practitioner worked with the family to find a way to take him home.
Their insurance policy had only $1,000 allotted for durable medical equipment, which would not pay for all of his equipment.
The Children's Center appealed for them to get private duty nursing and after winning it, the Burns found out there was no limit to the equipment covered by their insurance.
So on Feb. 4, Fletcher went home.
"He has thrived at The Children's Center, I mean he has thrived," Denise Burns said.
Fletcher received speech, occupational, physical and music therapies at the center as well as going to school for one hour a day from the time he was 3 years old. He continues to visit the center twice a week for therapy.
"He's a special kid," said Travis Doussette, communications director for The Children's Center. "There are a lot of people here that love him."
Fletcher mainly uses sign language, but can communicate with people who are around him a lot and can understand what he is saying.
"He knows all of his sight words, he can spell, he can count, knows all of his colors, he knows them in sign language, to say them out loud and to see the word, he's got it going on," his mother said.
Fletcher does not walk, but does scoot around the house and can sit up on his own.
"He doesn't have fear," Denise Burns said. "When he runs out of cord, we just push the ventilator to where he wants it."
Fletcher has two sisters, Kayleigh, 19, and Maddie, 11. Maddie also attends Bethany Elementary.
"I can't believe that I get to take them to the same school, I didn't think that would ever happen," Denise Burns said.
The Burns were nervous about bringing Fletcher home, but say the past two months have been a blast.
"Us all sitting at the dinner table for the first time was amazing," Burns said. "That was huge to our family, eating dinner together. The ordinary things are the things we didn't ever get to do because we had extraordinary circumstances."
Denise Burns looks forward to more family moments, such as attending graduations and weddings.
"I don't really see anything negative; I just think it's going to get better each day."


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Pretty Little Liars' Ashley Benson Celebrates Selena Gomez's Birthday (PHOTO)
Ashley Benson (Hanna) and Selena Gomez became besties when they co-starred in Spring Breakers together, and it looks like this pretty little friendship has only gotten stronger.
Ashley took to Instagram over the weekend, posting a photo of SelGo smiling with her birthday candles. Along with the pic, Ashley wrote, "Happy 21st baby!!!! @selenagomez."
While we're not sure where these ladies celebrated — it looks like a private room at a restaurant, or at someone's house — we do know one thing: Selena's cake was not so sweet. "My cake was... Jack n the box tacos... Yes," she wrote on Instagram. Now that's our kind of dessert!
What do you think of Selena and Ashley being BFFs? Let us know in the comments below!


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The U.S. Department of Energy recently released its 2011Strategic Plan (3.46MB - PDF), a comprehensive blueprint to guide the agency's core mission of ensuring America's security and prosperity by addressing its energy, environmental, and nuclear challenges through transformative science and technology solutions.
The plan states, as part of the DOE effort to assure excellence in R&D management, project success should be measured when scientific and technical information is disseminated.
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Welcome to the SMS Choir page. We have over 300 students in grades 5-8 enrolled in our excellent choral program. Participating in this program is a wonderful opportunity for students to grow musically. Being involved in music also enriches lives within and outside of school.
Middle School Choir–Offered Grades 5-8
The Middle School choir program works to develop the whole musician. The most important component of this development is a love of life-long music enjoyment. Students are exposed to many styles of music, spanning many cultures. Additionally, we focus on the development of the adolescent voice, singing skills and techniques and musicianship.
Each choir is a continuation of the previous year's program. Students are introduced to increasingly more challenging music and higher level singing techniques. A major issue for this age level, especially with the boys, is the changing voice. We work to understand what is happening at this stage of adolescence, while at the same time encouraging and reassuring that "this too will pass!" The most important part of this phase is to continue to keep singing!
As an extension, students in grade 6 – 8 are offered the opportunity to take part in the vocal lesson program. Vocal lessons are an opportunity for students to receive more individualized instruction than they receive in the large choral experience. Not only does this instruction help students to understand how to use their voice, develop musicianship and increase their confidence level. The program allows students to construct their own learning and develop musical and life skills.


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McClure's – Garlic Dill Potato ChipsBy amy • • Apr 14th, 2012 • Category: Impulse Buy, Snacks
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Raging pickle; puzzling pickle; too-salty pickle; measly pickle; when it comes to potato chips, Shelf Life has experienced the gamut of dismal dill flavours. But these chips are produced by actual cucumber wranglers, so we got interested. Based in Detroit and Brooklyn, this six-year-old company makes traditional-style, locally sourced dill pickles, pickle relish, bloody Mary mix and crinkle cut garlic-dill chips, which are trans fat free. And while the list of ingredients features one or two less-than-ideal ingredients - eg. dextrose, Maltodextrin – McClure's chips are flavoured with real dill extract and dill weed. They taste absolutely mouthwatering – crunchy and briny, with a dash of garlic and not too much sodium. Shelf Life is already planning a feast of guilty pleasures: cheeseburger and Coke, plus a scattering of these babies. While we're at it, we'll probably check out the mothership and pick up a jar of the pickles.


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He did a reasonable race but it was really the first time this year that he managed to do so and he would still have finished well behind Hulkenberg if Nico wouldn´t have had that pit incident. He´s also 0 for 5 in quali against Hulkenberg. I realise it´s not fair to expect him to come in and be on Hulk's level but still I'd say so far he's the worst driver on the grid along with Chilton.
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Veteran risks life to save beagle hit by a car in busy traffic
A lucky beagle is set on a path to becoming a war veteran's best friend after being saved after getting hit by a car.
The veteran reportedly crossed several lanes of busy traffic after watching the dog get hit by a car on a Missouri street, risking his own life to save the animal.
"I'm just compassionate...I love animals," the veteran said. "To see an animal get hit, I'm going to do everything I can."
The veteran said that after seeing so much loss in his own life as a soldier, he was determined to save the dog.
"Saving a life is saving a life. It doesn't matter if it's an animal or a human," he said.
According to ABC15's sister station KSHB , the veteran reportedly called police for help and was then told to call local animal control.
Animal control never came, so the veteran called a friend for help.
The beagle, now named Buster, is expected to make a full recovery, but is still being treated by veterinarians.
The veteran is planning to adopt Buster once he is healthy enough to leave the veterinarian.


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Police looking for bank robber
DUNMORE - Police are looking for a man who robbed a Dunmore bank Friday afternoon.
The robbery took place at Pennstar Bank, 1230 O'Neill Highway, at 2:33 p.m. Dunmore police, state troopers based in Dunmore and FBI agents were at the scene Friday and continue to investigate. Dunmore police and state troopers did not release any information about the robbery.
The man reportedly walked into the bank clad in a gray or black heavy coat and a winter hat. There was no information available Friday night about the robbery itself, including whether the robber showed a weapon or threatened employees.
After the robbery, the man fled toward the nearby Price Chopper. Officials said the man was black, between 30 and 40 years old, approximately 5 feet 4 inches tall and 120 pounds.
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Year in Review
The 2012-2013 seminar consisted of ten presentations from scholars based on three continents, and almost all of them involved some aspect of early modern transatlantic history. We began with an exceptional paper by Max Edelson, who used Google maps and British public record office manuscripts and maps of the General Survey office to reveal post-Seven Years War imperial plans (including the purpose behind the Proclamation Line of 1763) for the Crown's newly won territory, strategies that came to a bad end twenty years later. At stake was how North America should be developed.
Two papers featured the history of political and religious conflict between the British and Spanish empires in the Americas. Carla Pestana dealt with Cromwell's Western Design for the Spanish Caribbean in the 1600s, and Adrian Finucane continued the story into the next century as the Spanish, for a time, allowed the British South Sea Company to supply them with enslaved Africans. Slave rebellions on the seas and on land was the subject of papers by Trevor Burnard and Jason Sharples. David Hancock speculated on the factors determining which overseas London merchant houses survived beyond one generation. The last two presentations, Timothy Breen's paper the Scotch-Irish frontier during the American Revolution and Michael Carter's work on Mathew Carey's fight to allow Catholics to worship publically in the early United States reminded us how the Irish experience influenced American political developments.


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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor, Raghuram Rajan, expressed comfort on Wednesday about core inflation and highlighted the narrowing current account deficit (CAD) as he sought to reassure investors worried the country would be hit hard in a global market sell-off.
Most immediately, he pledged to move slowly if needed in winding down an oil window that provides dollars directly to state-run oil companies, while announcing a bond purchase of 80 billion rupees ($1.26 billion) on Monday to inject liquidity in markets. Both had been key concerns in markets.
The news briefing, announced earlier in the day, was an unprecedented departure for the traditionally cautious central bank. Since taking the helm of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in September, Raghuram Rajan has pledged to be more communicative and has so far been warmly welcomed by investors.
Still, Raghuram Rajan's remarks had a mixed impact on markets, sending benchmark 10-year bond prices rallying, although the rupee failed to gain much despite ending the day well above a two-month low hit earlier. Stock markets were already closed.
"It's important that the RBI clarifies interpretation of economic events and the likely direction of economic policies at times of uncertainty so that the market worries about the right things and does not get into a tizzy about the wrong ones. That is my quote today," Raghuram Rajan told reporters.
"There is no fundamental reason for volatility in value of the rupee," he also said. "At some time, it makes sense to take a deep breath and examine the fundamentals. I hope you all will do that."
Raghuram Rajan addressed reporters after stronger-than-expected U.S. jobs data last week had sparked concerns about an early end to the Federal Reserve's stimulus, hitting the rupee and sending Indian bonds and shares tumbling, although markets remain well above the levels of the summer lows.
Some investors had started to fear a repeat of the summer, when the rupee slumped to a record low of 68.85 to the dollar, punished by worries about the country's vulnerability should foreign investors sell because of Fed tapering.
Analysts also cited some comfort from the governor's remarks on inflation given the RBI has raised interest rates by a half percentage point since September in two back-to-back actions as it fights off rising consumer prices.
Worries about yet another rate hike had gripped investors after India reported late on Tuesday consumer price inflation accelerated more than expected to 10.09 percent in


text: The air is filled with jamboree in every part of Ghana as today marks the 50th anniversary of independence.Accra, the nation's capital, is ready in all facets for today, the biggest day in the celebration of the nation's historic golden jubilee independence anniversary. The national colours of red, gold (yellow), green and black are sparkling on the major streets, buildings and on top of trees. Motorists are flying miniature flags of Ghana in their vehicles and people are patronising Ghana@50 souvenirs such as hand bands, T-shirts and scarfs among others.The climax of the Jubilee year is at the Independence Square in Accra, where a parade featuring the security services and school children is ongoing. President Olusegun Obasanjo of Nigeria is the special guest of honour to the function.Over 70 dignitaries including government delegations led by presidents and heads of state from around the world are in the country to jubilate with Ghana.500 journalists have applied for accreditation out of which 300 are from the international media such as Cable News Network (CNN), British Broadcasting Corporation, OBE TV of London and South Africa Broadcasting Corporation.The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mr. Kwamena Bartels, said the number of dignitaries expected in Accra is unprecedented in the political history of Ghana.Bartels said: "We have never witnessed such a great number apart from that of the OAU meeting held here in 1965".A number of events have been planned for the celebrations. The Ghana Armed Forces in conjunction with the police held a route march through the principal streets of Accra.There will be a musical concert featuring renowned highlife musicians including Abrantie Amakye Dede, A.B. Crentsil, C.K. Mann and Kojo Antwi. Parliament also held a commemorative golden jubilee sitting which was a re-enactment of the parliamentary motion for independence in 1957.At the Old Polo Grounds in Accra, there was a re-enactment of Dr. Kwame Nkrumah's declaration for freedom on the eve of independence. President Kufuor is asking Ghanaians to put their differences behind them and see the anniversary celebrations as blessings, which call for party. He said though the country had experienced different kinds of regimes after it attained independence, the past 14 years of constitutional rule have seen some democratic progress, hence the need to celebrate."Look round the continent and observe the kind of suffering some of the countries have experienced. [In] Ghana, even though we have seen some atrocities, now that we are celebrating our 50th anniversary, [and] the whole world has accepted the fact that Ghana has risen again, we need to thank God and honour him."LEADERS OF GHANA SINCE 1957Dr. Kwame Nkrumah - 1957-1966Lt.Gen. J.A Ankrah - 1966 - 1967Lt. Gen. Afrifa - 1967 - 1969Edward Akuffo Addo (Ceremonial President) - 1969 - 1972 Dr. K.A Busia (Prime Min.) - 1969 - 1972Gen. Kutu Acheampong - 1972 - 1978Gen. Akuffo - 1978 - 1979Dr. Hilla Limann - 1979 - 1981Flt Lt J.J Rawlings - 1979, 1981-1992,1992-2000John Agyekum Kufuor - 2001 - to dateStory by: Kent Mensah and Joseph Appiah-Dolphyne


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Drug courts represent the coordinated efforts of the courts, substance abuse and child welfare providers, and other community professionals to intervene quickly to break the cycle of substance abuse by placing offenders under court supervision and providing needed treatment services. Resources include examples of drug court strategies and programs that help families affected by substance abuse recover.
Courts That Heal
Lovato & Mack
Children's Voice, March/April, 2003
Explains the benefits of using family drug courts and provides an overview of their structural organization, court processes, successful innovations, and challenges.
Effective Management of Parental Substance Abuse in Dependency Cases (PDF - 212 KB)
Milliken & Rippel
The Journal of the Center for Families, Children & the Courts, 5, 2004
Presents the San Diego County Dependency Court Recovery Project as a model program for effective case management and treatment for families impacted by substance abuse who enter the dependency system.
Ensuring Sustainability for Drug Courts: An Overview of Funding Strategies (PDF - 1,020 KB)
Reilly & Pierre-Lawson (2008)
National Drug Court Institute
Presents State and local examples of creative sustainability strategies being developed by drug courts across the country. The report addresses both the monetary aspects of sustainability as well as the need for capacity building, educational efforts, and leadership development.
Family Dependency Treatment Courts: Addressing Child Abuse and Neglect Cases Using the Drug Court Model (PDF - 639 KB)
National Drug Court Institute (2004)
Summarizes the experiences of four well-established family dependency treatment courts, including information on common characteristics and approaches and recommendations for the development of a national strategy for these courts across the country.
Family Drug Treatment Court Standards (PDF - 247 KB)
Supreme Court of Virginia (2008)
Provides a framework of principles, policies, and practices for the approval of new drug treatment courts in Virginia. Each standard includes practices and recommends steps to be taken by courts in responding effectively to the co-occurrence of child maltreatment and substance abuse.
Michigan Logic Models: Drug Treatment Court, Communication, Screening, Assessment, Engagement, Retention, Evaluation, Funding, Marketing, Training and Technical Assistance (PDF - 101 KB)
Michigan State Court Administrative Office, Michigan Family Independence Agency, Michigan Department of Community Health, & National Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare (2004)
Presents logic models on a number of topics related to the collaboration of substance abuse and child welfare agencies in the State of Michigan.
An Overview of Operational Family Dependency Treatment Courts (PDF - 1,208 KB)
Drug Court Review, 6(1), 2008
Reviews the policies and procedures of existing family dependency treatment courts (FDTCs), summarizes the common features of FDTCs, and encourages the continued improvement of practices to achieve permanency for children in dependency cases where parental substance abuse is a factor.
Promoting Permanency: Family Group Conferencing at the Manhattan Family Treatment Court (PDF - 127 KB)
Journal of the Center for Families, Children and the Courts, 4, 2003
Looks at the efforts of a Manhattan court involved in family group conferencing to promote two primary goals: speedy permanency and parental sobriety.
Quality Improvement for Drug Courts: Evidence-Based Practices (PDF - 645 KB)
Hardin & Kushner (2008)
National Drug Court Institute
Reviews research on effectively treating the drug court client and addresses practices in screening, cultural competence, gender responsiveness, case management, motivational incentives, and relapse prevention. The publication concludes with a checklist for designing problem-solving courts to address co-occurring disorders.
Effectiveness of drug courts
Family Treatment Drug Court Evaluation: Final Report (PDF - 1,320 KB)
NPC Research (2007)
Examines whether court, child welfare, and treatment outcomes differed for families served through family treatment drug courts as compared to families who received traditional child welfare services.
How Effective Are Family Treatment Drug Courts? Outcomes From a Four-Site National Study
Green, Furrer, Worcel, Burrus, & Finigan
Child Maltreatment, 12(1), 2007
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Results show that parents in drug court entered substance abuse treatment more quickly, stayed in treatment longer, and completed more treatment episodes. Children of parents in drug court entered permanent placements more quickly and were more likely to be reunified with their parents.
Jefferson County Family Drug Court Implementation Evaluation (PDF - 315 KB)
University of Kentucky Center on Drug and Alcohol Research (2005)
Includes a process evaluation and an outcome evaluation of the Jefferson County Family Drug Court Program in Kentucky.
The Sacramento Dependency Drug Court: Development and Outcomes
Boles, Young, Moore, & DiPirro-Beard
Child Maltreatment, 12(2), 2007
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Provides a description of various types of dependency drug courts and reports 24-month reunification rates from the Sacramento, California, drug court.


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George Harmer Smith
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Born: March 30, 1918. It is with great sadness that we, the family, announce the passing of George Harmer Smith, Nov. 17, 2012 at the Caribou Memorial Veteran's Pavillion in St. John's. Leaving to mourn son Geoff and daughter-in-law Renée. We would like to thank the staff of the Veterans Pavillion for their care and compassion. In keeping with family tradition, there will be no funeral services. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in his name to the War Amps of Canada.


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Curtis Hanson Has To Hand His Surf Drama Over To Michael Apted
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Complications surrounding Curtis Hansons recent heart surgery will force the L.A. Confidential director to step away from his curtly-shooting picture, Of Men and Mavericks, though hell receive support from an equally qualified filmmaker wholl step in a guide the production for a few days.
Michael Apted, award-winning director of the Up documentary series, will take over Hansons Northern California set and complete the final 15 days of principal photography on the directors surfing drama, Deadline reports. Men, produced by Walden Media, tells the true story of surfer Jay Moriarty, who conquered a specific break off of Californias coast that became known as Mavericks. Newcomer Jonny Weston is on board playing Moriarty in the film. Hell be joined by Gerard Butler, Abigail Spencer and Elisabeth Shue.
Apteds no stranger to feature film work, having helmed the most recent Chronicles of Narnia film (for Walden), the James Bond thriller The World Is Not Enough, Jodie Fosters Nell and Gorillas In the Mist.
Its unclear just how much footage Apted will have to shoot for Hanson, or whether Hanson will be back in time to begin the editing process. As of right now, Men has scheduled an October 2012 release, which should give Hanson time to complete a final cut should he be able to overcome these unfortunate health complications that have popped up due to his surgery. Though Hanson helmed the TV movie Too Big to Fail, about our nations financial meltdown, his last theatrical release was 2007s Lucky You with Drew Barrymore, and his fans were hoping he could rebound with a winning drama. Were pulling for Hanson, for his health, and for Of Men and Mavericks.
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Media Day here at The Superdome was the circus I expected to see. A woman from Access Hollywood asked Randy Moss if he had ever been "catfished" (he hasn't, and if he had he said he wouldn't tell anybody). VH1 sent someone to ask Moss what his favorite Beyonce song was (he doesn't like that kind of music).
As you can probably surmise, I spent a lot of the hour watching Randy Moss. There will be a post on that later, because he said more than his fair share of interesting things.
But my favorite part of the experience wasn't listening to Moss, or talking briefly with Alex Smith or A.J. Jenkins (which I also did). It was watching Jim Harbaugh in action, directing his players where to stand for the team photo.
Back to Moss for just a second — he was asked to compare Harbaugh and Bill Belichick, and while Moss described Belichick as "businesslike," he mentioned how Harbaugh has a bunch of stories and that many of them are "comical." Not that the 49ers aren't serious when they need to be, but I got a glimpse as to how much they laugh together as a team today.
Harbaugh was standing in the front, holding a list and wearing reading glasses. He'd shout out last names, point where each players should sit or stand and shout "LISTEN UP!" every 10 seconds or so.
Little known fact: Harbaugh moonlights as a wedding photographer during the offseason.
Note: right after this, Harbaugh threw his hat to Aldon, who put it on. The team absolutely loved this. (In light of Aldon getting voted "Bill Walsh MVP" by the players and coaches, I'm starting to think he may be the most popular guy on the team.)
I thought I was filming the Harbaugh/Aldon hat trade, but I had mistakenly turned the camera off, not on. That's the equivalent of a personal foul penalty in the blogosphere, but you'll just have to take my word for it that this actually happened.
The 49ers have tried very hard to let the outside world know how serious they are about coming to New Orleans. I've heard the phrase "business trip" at least 10 times since I arrived. This was the first time I got a glimpse at what probably happens all the time during team meetings.
Contest time!
Every day this week we'll ask you guys to answer a question. Yesterday the question was, "What's your go-to move when celebrating a great play?. Once you answer a contest question in the comments, you're automatically entered to win one of two 20-person pizza parties from Amici's East Coast Pizzeria for Super Bowl Sunday!
Today's question: If you win one of the two pizza parties and need to organize all of your friends in your living room, WHO GETS THE BEST SEAT IN THE HOUSE?
This can be a touchy subject. Unless you're rich and have one of those fancy entertainment rooms with 20 reclining chairs facing a giant projection screen, some people are going to have to stand behind the couch or sit on folding chairs. Are you a good host and let your significant other or one of the older guests sit in the cushiest spot directly facing the TV? Do you just play it by ear and let everyone kind of find their own seats? Or are you like me and make sure that you've got your favorite spot locked down from the moment the first pregame show starts?
Yeah, I'm that guy. There's a little clue in there about how someone decides to blog about sports for a living: obsessiveness, a little self-absorption and great sight lines. And now that my secret is out, there's probably no way I'll ever get a good seat in my living room again because my friends and wife will see to it that I end up standing in the corner.


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Those look nice! Steelhead would hit that because Its the first time its seen something like that. Do they float?
I made up some steelhead worms last night. They are around 2.5 to 3 inches long. They're soaking in shrimp scent now. What do you think?
Those look nice! Steelhead would hit that because Its the first time its seen something like that. Do they float?
listen to the kid whos never caught a steelhead...
Yes its better, I think. Cause you can do more with them and they look more natural then sinking ones do.
And You can still bobber fish with them if you put them on a jig head.
Do natural worms float? nooooo
we probably have some genetically altered worms that do float... technology these days :rolleyes:
im not a kid but bobbers and worms work great imo.. might wanna give it a try for old time sakes lol
and fish schooler in the river where you would be fishing a pink worm they do float well at least they float up in the curent of the water they are so lite they just float up and wigle all around in the curent
or so that is what i have sean
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So I subscribe to a service that tell me when sex offenders move into my area. I just got one this morning that is a bit to close to my house. I am debating if I should be worried. The guy is a Sexual Predaror. Taken from the Illinois Sex Offender Site: 'Sexual predator' means any person who is convicted of a violation or attempted violation of the following sections of the Criminal Code of 1961, and the conviction occurred after July 1, 1999:
* Keeping a Place of Juvenile Prostitution;
* Juvenile Pimping;
* Exploitation of a Child;
* Child Pornography;
* Criminal Sexual Assault, if the victim is under age 12;
* Criminal Sexual Assault, regardless of the victim's age (if convicted on or
after January 1,2006);
* Aggravated Criminal Sexual Assault;
* Predatory Criminal Sexual Assault;
* Aggravated Criminal Sexual Abuse;
* Ritualized Abuse of a Child;
* Conviction of first degree murder, when the victim was a person under 18 years
of age and the defendant was at least 17 years of age at the time of the
commission of the offense;
* Certified as a Sexually Dangerous Person pursuant to the Sexually Dangerous
Persons Act or any substantially similar federal, sister state, or foreign
country law;
* Found to be Sexually Violent pursuant to the Sexually Violent Commitment Act or
any substantially similar federal, sister state, or foreign country law;
* Convicted of a 2nd or subsequent offense, after July 1, 1999 which would
require registration pursuant to the Sex Offender Registration Act; or
* A conviction for an offense of federal law, Uniform Code of Military Justice,
law of another state or foreign country that is substantially equivalent to any
of the these offenses listed above.
Sexual Predators are required to register annually for their natural life.
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Heidi Klum celebrates belated Halloween
Published 29/11/2012
Heidi Klum is looking forward to hosting her re-scheduled Halloween party this weekend.
The German supermodel's famously decadent spooky bash - originally due to take place on October 31 - was postponed due to the power outages caused by Hurricane Sandy, which hit America's east coast last month.
The Haunted Holidays party will be held at New York City club Finale on Saturday. The event, which promises to be attended by a host of stars, will raise money for the Red Cross' Hurricane Sandy relief effort.
Heidi is also giving her fans a chance to attend the bash by auctioning a pair of tickets on eBay.
Heidi has previously described Halloween as her "favourite holiday" and is famed for donning outrageous outfits each year.
Shortly before her latest party she revealed she would be wearing a stunning Cleopatra outfit designed by Martin Izquierdo.
Heidi was accompanied by a camera crew for her fittings and couldn't hide her excitement.
"I love costumes. This is my first meeting with Martin and this year I would like to be Cleopatra. I want to go big, gold and glittery. I want a lot. And if you think 'a lot', I want a lot more," she explained. "I want to have a mask made where I can have all these Swarovski crystals already laid in and I want tiny, tiny little stones creating the eyebrows, the eyeliner…"
The 39-year-old has previously dressed up as a monkey, an eight-foot-tall alien transformer and a Hindu goddess for Halloween.
Heidi won't be able to party too hard on Saturday night. According to the New York Post, the beauty is scheduled to team up with AOL to help the Red Cross around New York City on Sunday.
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Be careful which ASUS Zenbook SSD you pick up
Subject: Mobile | March 12, 2012 - 08:00 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: ultrabook, ssd, asus zenbook, asus
The SSD Review stumbled upon a dirty little secret about the ASUS Zenbook SSD; specifically the SSD part of the name. It seems that when you buy one, you might be picking up a model with an AData XM11 SSD or it might be a Sandisk U100 but unfortunately they are the same price and a similar model number making them very difficult to tell apart ... until you use it. The SandForce drive AData drive is significantly faster than the Sandisk drive which uses its own proprietary controller. The difference is not crippling but it is certainly noticeable when benchmarking and using the system. The final result was that size does matter, the 11.6" UX21 has SandForce while the 13.3" UX31 does not, though both are still very nice Ultrabooks.
"If we told you that we spent $2400 to right a wrong in proving something that you as a consumer should be aware of, would you believe us? This report closely examines the ASUS Zenbook. Within the 'Zen', ASUS may provide either of two SATA 3 SSDs, these being the AData 'SandForce Driven' XM11 or the Sandisk U100. There is no price difference between the two, the product number is the same and the consumer has no way of knowing which they will receive. The performance drop between the two is somewhat unbelievable, however, and we thought this report important enough to invest in one of each Zenbook to educate the consumer on the reality of their potential Zenbook purchase."
Here are some more Mobile articles from around the web:
- Acer Aspire AS5755-6647 @ TechReviewSource
- Dell XPS 13 Review @ TechReviewSource
- ASUS Transformer Prime (TF201) Android Tablet and Keyboard Dock Review @ HardwareHeaven
- Samsung Series 5 NP530U4B Review @ TechReviewSource
- Gigabyte Unveils U2442 Ultrabook With Great Features @ SSD Review
- Mobile CPU Comparison Guide @ TechARP
- Thermaltake Tt eSPORTS Battle Dragon LAN Bag @ Kitguru
- Choiix Wake Up Folio @ LanOC Reviews
- Lenovo IdeaPad A1 Review @ TechReviewSource
- Samsung Galaxy Nexus Review @ HardwareLOOK
- Innovation or hype? Ars examines Nokia's 41 megapixel smartphone camera
- Nokia Lumia 710 Windows Phone Review @ HardwareHeaven
- Hands On With the New iPad @ TechReviewSource
- Apple To Re-Enable 3G Switch In iPhone 4S @ TechARP
Podcast #192 - AMD Radeon HD 7870 and 7850, Z77 Motherboard previews, and a Steam console
Subject: Editorial, General Tech | March 8, 2012 - 09:00 PM | Ken Addison
Tagged: Z77, ssd, podcsat, podcast, msi, Intel, gpu, cpu, asus, amd, 7870, 7850
PC Perspective Podcast #192 - 03/08/2012
Join us this week as we talk about the AMD Radeon HD 7870 and 7850, Z77 Motherboard previews, and a Steam console?
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The SSD market gets passed a TRIM command
Subject: General Tech, Storage | March 7, 2012 - 06:39 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: western digital, ssd, hitachi, flash, EMC
Hitachi Global Storage Technologies, which was the result of the merger of Hitachi and IBM's HDD businesses, is likely being purchased by Western Digital tomorrow for about $4.3 billion. This makes sense as WD has been using Hitachi GST as a sales partner when providing EMC with high end flash disks. This deal comes on the heels of a major sell, the SSD400S flash disk which uses Intel's 34nm SLC NAND and the SSD400S-B which utilizes the new 25nm NAND developed by Intel. Check out the specifications of the flash drives as well as the new SSD company over at The Register.
"WD is buying Hitachi GST and the acquisition is expected to be formally announced tomorrow with a condition of two years of independence for Hitachi GST - imposed by a Chinese anti-competition regulator. EMC has certified Hitachi GST's SSD400S flash disks for use in its VNX mid-range unified storage arrays, including the all-flash VNX5500-F, so WD will effectively fulfil this deal once the acquisition is announced."
Here is some more Tech News from around the web:
- TSMC suddenly halts 28nm production @ SemiAccurate
- AMD cuts loose GlobalFoundries stake @ The Register
- Peter Molyneux has left Microsoft @ The Inquirer
- Workers can't escape Windows 8 Metro - Microsoft COO @ The Inquirer
- 5 Tips and Tricks for Using Yum @ The Register
- Adobe lobs out Flash update to plug 3D security hole @ The Register
- Six foot speaker shakes buildings to their foundation @ Hack a Da
- Digital Innovations Accessories @ TechwareLabs
- Cebit 2012 HardwareHeaven Coverage
Overcoming Hurdles
A paper, titled "The Bleak Future of NAND Flash Memory" was recently jointly published by the University of California and Microsoft Research. It has been picked up by many media outlets who all seem to be beating the same morbid drum, spinning tales of a seemingly apocalyptic end to the reign of flash-based storage devices. While I agree with some of what these authors have to say, I have reservations about the methods upon which the paper is based.
TLC and beyond?
The paper kicks off by declaring steep increases in latency and drops in lifetime associated with increases in bits-per-cell. While this is true, flash memory manufacturers are not making large pushes to increase bits-per-cell beyond the standard MLC (2 bits per cell) tech. Sure some have dabbled in 3-bit MLC, also called Triple Level Cell (TLC) which is a bit of a misnomer since storing three bits in a cell actually requires eight voltage level bands, not three as the name implies. Moving from SLC to MLC doubles density, but the diminishing returns increase sharply after that – MLC to TLC only increases capacity by a another 1.5x, but sees a 2-4x reduction in performance and endurance. In light of this, there is little demand for TLC flash, and where there is, it's clear by the usage cases that it is not meant for anything beyond light usage. There's nothing wrong with the paper going down this road, but the reality is that increasing bits per cell is not the envelope being pushed by the flash memory industry.
Wait a second – where is 25nm MLC?
Looking at the above we see a glaring omission – 25nm MLC flash, which has been around for close to two years now, and constitutes the majority of shipping flash memory parts currently in production. SLC was also omitted, but I can see the reason for this – it's hard to get your hands on 25nm SLC these days. Why? Because MLC technology has been improved upon to the point where 'enterprise MLC' (eMLC) is rapidly replacing SLC even despite the supposed reduction in reliability and endurance over SLC. The reasons for this are simple, and are completely sidestepped or otherwise overlooked by the paper:
- SSD controllers employ write combination and wear leveling techniques.
- Some controllers even compress data on-the-fly as to further reduce writes and provisioning.
- Controller-level Error Correction (ECC) has improved dramatically with each process shrink.
- SSD controllers can be programmed to compensate for the drift of data stored in a cell (eMLC).
Continue reading our editorial on the not-so-bleak future of NAND Flash Memory!!!
Upgrade your PS3 with an SSD... or just play on the PC.
Subject: General Tech, Storage | February 20, 2012 - 10:53 PM | Scott Michaud
Tagged: ssd, PS3
There is an interesting article down at Eurogamer which covers the possible benefits of upgrading a PS3 with a solid state drive. Those who know me can guess that I am snickering while crossing another perceived advantage off of my console versus PC list. Still, if for some reason you want to play exclusives to a disposable platform that are only exclusive because you let them be and you desire to upgrade your experience, check out the interesting article.
Isn't "not needing to do this" the whole reason for having a console?
Consoles titles are naturally becoming as hard drive-intensive as they are allowed to be due to their abysmally small quantity of RAM. Developers have been using tricks to increase the usefulness of their available RAM such as disallowing split screen, streaming content as needed, and rendering at low resolutions.
The first Halo, for instance, was famous for their quick load times. The load speed is due in part to having their game assets copied multiple times on the disk which allows choice in loading whichever copy requires the least seek time to access. Also, having a hard drive helped Halo too.
The article itself focuses mostly on RAGE and Skyrim due to their harsh issues with lag and pop-in. Skyrim has had known issues with getting progressively worse as time progressed. This issue was mostly corrected in version 2.03 as was also demonstrated in Eurogamer's article making an SSD almost unnecessary, but prior to 2.03 an SSD surprisingly helped substantially with the problem. It should also be no surprise that throwing faster storage at RAGE helped immensely just as it does on the PC.
If you were considering upgrading to a faster drive for your Sony console be sure to check out Eurogamer -- or the new Hardware Leaderboard and just play on the PC.
VIA teams with Tensilica to roll their own SSD controller
Subject: Storage | February 17, 2012 - 02:51 AM | Allyn Malventano
Tagged: Xtensa, VIA, Tensilica, ssd, DPU, controller
VIA has always been known for the 'slow and steady' approach to computing. They might not have the quickest stuff around, but they certainly tend to have the lowest power draw. While we haven't seen many releases from VIA as of late, they appear to be gearing up for a rediscovered purpose for their mantra - Solid State Storage.
VIA has brought on a company called Tensilica, who make a System on a Chip (SoC) architecture that has been purpose built for moving data around. The system, dubbed the Xtensa dataplane processor (DPU), has some particular math strengths that would be very beneficial if applied to the realm of an SSD controller. For example, the DPU is capable of performing multiple simultaneous table lookups within a single clock cycle. This is handy for increasing the IOPS rating of an SSD, since wear leveling and write amplification are handled by remapping the LBA's (sectors) to flash memory space. Each IO results in a necessary table lookup, which the DPU can perform very quickly.
Podcast #188 - Featuring David Hewlett - White Space Wireless, AMD and NVIDIA GPU roadmaps, Hard Drives with lasers and more!
Subject: Editorial, General Tech | February 9, 2012 - 09:08 PM | Ken Addison
Tagged: wireless, whitespace, ssd, podcast, nvidia, mdt, intel 520, Intel, gpu, APU, amd
PC Perspective Podcast #188 - 02/09/2012
Join us this week as we talk about White Space Wireless, AMD and NVIDIA GPU roadmaps, Hard Drives with lasers and more!
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- 0:13:25 AMD Processor and GPU Roadmaps Through 2013
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- 0:56:00 Increased Hard Drive Write Speed and Density - Using Frickin' Lasers
- 1:02:00 An academic collaboration leads to a GPU/CPU collaboration
- 1:07:25 AMD shows 18mm thin reference ultrathin notebook based on Trinity
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- 1:16:45 NVIDIA Kepler Graphics Cards Lineup Leak To Web
- 1:22:30 PC Perspective Office Tour - Feb 6th, 2012
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If you can't beat 'em, join 'em; Intel goes Sandforce
Subject: Storage | February 6, 2012 - 06:12 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: ssd, SF-2281 controller, sandforce, Intel, 520 Cherryville, 25nm
While the Intel 320 Series did hold the top spot for quite a while it has been a while since Intel refreshed their SSD line and has fallen behind new controllers in performance. As of today that changes for the 520 Cherryville series has arrived and it is using none other than SandForce's SF-2281 controller. Using such a popular controller leaves Intel with a bit of a problem, how do they stand out in such a crowded market? One way that they have chosen is their home made 25nm synchronous NAND flash; Intel designs and fabs their own which gives them the opportunity to ensure the best flash chips make it into their drives. The other way they've chosen to differentiate themselves is with a 5-year warranty for owners of this new drive. Read how they did performance-wise at The Tech Report or else head straight to Al's review right here.
"Intel's newest solid-state drive pairs a SandForce controller with custom firmware and 25-nm NAND. We've tested the 60 and 240GB models to see how they fare against more than two dozen SSDs, hybrids, and mechanical drives."
Here are some more Storage reviews from around the web:
- Intel SSD 520 Series 240 GB Solid State Drive Review @ Hardware Secrets
- Intel 520 Series 240GB Review @ OCC
- Intel SSD 520 Series 240GB @ Techspot
- Intel SSD 520 Series Solid State Drive @ Benchmark Reviews
- Intel SSD 520 240GB @ Bjorn3D
- Intel 520 Series 240GB Solid State Drive @ Kitguru
- Intel 520 240GB SSD Review @ Hardware Canucks
- Intel 520 Series 240GB SSD Launch Review @ HardwareHeaven
- Intel series 520 240GB @ Guru3D
- Intel 520 240GB SSD Review (Round One) - Intel Releases Amazing SATA 3 SandForce Driven SSD @ SSD Review
- Intel 520 'Cherryville' Series 240GB SSD Review in RAID 0 @ Legit Reviews
- Kingston SSDNow V+ 200 120GB SATA III SSD @ SSD Review
- Samsung's 830 Series solid-state drive @ The Tech Report
- MyDigitalSSD 'Bullet Proof' 128GB mSATA SATA 2 SSD @ SSD Review
- Corsair Performance Series Pro 128GB Solid State Drive @ Tweaktown
- SSD performance scaling across the spectrum @ The Tech Report
- Kingston SSDNow V+200 120GB Upgrade Kit Review @ Real World Labs
- Seagate Barracuda 3 TB Hard Drive Review @ Hardware Secrets
- Plextor PX-LB950UE External 12x Blu-ray Writer @ PCSTATS
- Synology DS212 2-Bay NAS @ Tweaktown
- Compact Network Attached Storage from Synology: DiskStation DS411 Slim @ X-bit Labs
- Synology DS-212 Two-Bay NAS Review @ Tweaknews
- Kingston DataTraveler HyperX 3.0 Thumb Drive @ Tweaktown
- Seagate GoFlex Turbo Review @ TechReviewSource
Introduction, Specifications, and Packaging
Today we take a look at Intel's newest 6Gb/sec SATA SSD - the 520 Series. This is the second non-Intel controller to appear in one of their products. The first was the Marvell controller, which appeared in the 510 Series last March. This time around, Intel has gone with SandForce. This should leave at least one SATA 6Gb/sec model to be released. Taylorsville is the code name for the next SATA 6Gb/sec native-Intel controller, which has been on their roadmap since mid-2010 but has yet to actually materialize. While Taylorsville development continues, Intel has stop-gapped the 6Gb/sec slot with the 510 and now the 520 Series. Intel seemingly worked wonders with the stock Marvell firmware, and while the Marvell controller was much improved over stock, it still lagged far behind other higher performing SATA 6Gb/sec solutions. The SandForce was one of the much more capable controllers eating the 510's lunch, but how much further could Intel improve upon the SandForce firmware?
I guess a good question to answer up front is - What took them so long?!?! The answer is a bit complicated. Intel has actually been working on getting the 520 out the door for over a year now. They had to start with the same base SandForce firmware but accomplish two things for their version to be successful:
- Optimize to perform better than other equivalent SandForce models (from competitors).
- Pass Intel's stringent validation testing.
They didn't say so directly, but I can only imagine Intel's process was plagued by multiple 'back to the drawing board' moments. Trying to one-up competition like OCZ can't be easy as they've been tweaking SandForce firmware since the very beginning. There's also those nasty bugs that would cause random BSOD's or even permanently brick the drive. Such failures have no place in an Intel SSD. Intel's upper limit for each SSD line is a 0.75% annual failure rate, and we've seen SandForce SSD's failing at a higher rate than that this past year.
With each tweak made, Intel would have to once again pass their drives through another round of full validation testing. This is no small task for Intel. As an example: It took Intel just a couple of weeks to recreate and correct the long-term performance issue I discovered back in 2009, but despite mountingpressure, they could not release the updated firmware until it had successfully passed their validation a full three months later. Intel takes this testing very seriously, and that's what leads people to trust their reliability.
Introduction, Specifications, and Packaging
A couple of days ago we looked at a pair of SSD's from Patriot. Next up is a pair of SSD's from Corsair. These are another two SandForce controlled units, but this time it's Async IMFT flash vs. Sync IMFT flash:
We'll carry the Patriot Pyro (IMFT Async) into the results for comparison, and keeping the other benchmark OCZ and Intel models in with the mix of results. The OCZ Vertex 3 and Agility 3 will again share the same SandForce controller, but OCZ has been known to add many performance tweaks to their firmware. Let's see if Corsair was able to use 'tweaked' firmware or instead went with the stock one provided by SandForce.
The Corsair Force 3 and Force GT are both available in the following capacities:
The added capacity points are a bonus of how IMFT can stack their dies in 'odd' multiples (i.e. 3 per package, making a 24GB TSOP). Varying slightly from low to high capacities (and across the two models), specs range from 490 to 525 MB/sec writes and 550 to 555 MB/sec reads. 60GB models get 80,000 4K IOPS and the rest get a rating of 85,000 4K IOPS. Corsairs specs indicate IOMeter 2008 was used for this test, and it's important to note that 2008's writes were a repeating pattern that is easily and fully compressible by the SandForce controller, meaning those specs were derived using fully compressible data.
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Nephrology On-Demand surpasses 400 followers on Twitter
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Nephrology On-Demand will be blogging from Kidney Week 2012
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Sirolimus and Secondary Prevention of Skin Cancer in Kidney Transplant Patients
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15/12/2009/2:17 pm, Fernandina Beach, FL
After a pleasant drive back from Ocala to Fernandina Beach on Sunday, we've been doing a combination of work and play.
We managed to get new flights home for Christmas (Dec 17 to 30), from Jacksonville since we didn't quite make it to Nassau - so much for optimistic planning! I think another time, I'd make reservations from Fort Lauderdale, since it is easy to get to from the Bahamas and other Florida points. We initially booked so early to take advantage of a West Jet seat sale, but with all our delays, it became an impossible arrangement. It would cost us more to make changes than to cancel those tickets, save the credit for another flight somewhere, and book new ones on United Airlines so that's what we did. West Jet very kindly waived the cancellation fee. I like that airline!
Our condensing unit and freezer box arrived on Monday and Jim and Steve spent several hours removing the old part and installing the new ones. That turned out to be somewhat of an exercise in frustration because despite Jim's and my careful measurements and calculations, we didn't order a long enough tube to run from the unit in the cockpit lazarette to the freezer. So, now we wait for an extension to come by UPS on Wednesday. We were both just sick about it, but it was the result of not understanding just where the line had to run in the new set up (farther than in the old one) and trying hard not to order so much that it had to be all coiled up in the locker. The lesson from that - overestimate, and coil! Steve has been working upside down in our fridge (like many boat models, it is a top loader), and has crunched himself down in the locker to work sideways there. That man deserves a dozen medals. He has done this before, knows what he's doing, and keeps doing it for his friends. Pretty nice!
I've been browsing through the lovely shops along Center Street here, checking out consignment stores and department stores with Sandi. Jim and I both got haircuts - mine at the very convenient and very pleasant Aveda salon half a block from the marina; Jim's at an old fashioned barbershop where he got shorn of most of his hair and had to listen to racist jokes from a man with sharp scissors in his hand and the ability to shear him even more. We've attempted to do some cleaning and tidying of Madcap but it seems to be a losing battle till we have the tool boxes put away and the fridge contents stowed again. We are also currently tripping over purchases made on a wine buying trip to Harris Teeter with Steve. He pointed and we paid! The experience appeared to make us all happy and although our pockets were lighter, they were less so than they'd have been without his advice, and if we were shopping somewhere other than Florida where wine prices are excellent.
Jim has spent many hours trying to get our TracFone working again. After the first few days, the original phone refused to work unless we entered a password that we didn't have. Jim returned that to K-Mart, received a replacement and got our useable minutes restored. The new phone worked for another few days before it told us that it was not in service. We think we are back on "trac" with TracFone, but so far, Jim has spent far more time on service problems than talking on it!
The "Food Report" includes dockside drinks with Karin and Ed "Passages", dinner at Pablo's, a really good Mexican restaurant here where we tried to cheer ourselves up over the fridge affair, lunch with Ken and Connie at T-Ray's - the local diner at the Exxon station on 8th St. where the sign says, "Eat Here and Get Gas." My shrimp was excellent and the burgers got good reviews as well. We have continued to enjoy the comfy bed and fine dining at Steve and Sandra's on a regular basis, and on Sunday night, enjoyed a lovely stroll under spanish moss laden trees and glimpses of starry sky to the view the lights of the Amelia Island Plantation.
Despite our continuing tale of boat woes, we are so very lucky to be among friends in a warm climate, anticipating Christmas with our family.
13/12/2009/2:14 pm, Ocala, FL (boat still in Fernandina beach)
I had my first bite of Alligator. Good thing it was that way round and not the alligator having the first bite of ME!
We visited the Stumpknocker Restaurant on the banks of the Withlakoochee River (don't you just love those names?) with Christine and Art - our Florida friends who spend their summers in NS (smart people!). It was a very cool locale - all drippy with moss and water and tree roots and vines. Just the sort of place alligators and swamp creatures would live. We didn't see any though so we went into the restaurant and ordered catfish platters and gator nuggets - neither of which I'd had before. The gator was white meat, chewy and quite tasty. I don't think I'd want a whole plateful, but a few nuggets were good. The catfish (farmed) was a sweet, soft textured fish, and the batter was really light and crispy. After making our best attempts at finishing off the huge platters, some of us left with take-away containers in hand. Art didn't leave a morsel of his fried oysters!
We were interested to learn that Ocala is significant horse country. We passed great numbers of fenced fields, classy gateways (one with fountain and pond), well kept barns and paddocks. If I had a dime for every board foot in those fences, I'd be rich! Christine said the airport there is an international one, but the clientele is horses - not people!
Evening saw us at Silver Springs - a park near Ocala. We got there in time for a glass bottom boat tour over the seven springs that feed the river. We got a look at a canoe that has lain on the bottom for over 500 years, some statues left from movie shoots, a variety of fish, and a downed cypress tree that apparently would still make good lumber after being submerged for many years. Sea Hunt - that show that I remember watching as a child was filmed here, along with scenes from many other movies - like Creature from the Dark Lagoon.
As the sun went down, the place came alive with lights. It was truly magical to walk along paths with lighted archways, looking at candy canes and tin soldiers, angels and a nativity scene, flowers and birds and bows. It reminded me of the family Christmas visits to Stanley Park in Vancouver, BC, but instead of the climbing aboard the little train there, we climbed into seats on a rotating tower and were lifted high above the folks below. It was like being at a carnival - but the purpose was to get a better look at things - not a scare! The Silver Springs part of the evening finished with a parade of decorated boats, and the chez Miles part ended with frozen Margaritas and sweet fudgey brownies. Then off to bed, perchance to dream among Christine's beautiful quilts and teddy bears.
10/12/2009/4:47 pm, Fernandina Beach, FL
There is something about this bit of northern Florida... we feel very much like we've arrived somewhere home-like. Perhaps it's the fact that we have several friends here (an oft-mentioned benefit of cruising), perhaps it's the friendliness of the folks around the marina and the town, perhaps the way those huge old trees laden with spanish moss just envelop a person, but this is a place to linger.
After the best night's sleep in a long time, we left Steve and Sandra's (in their graciously loaned car) to see how Madcap had fared overnight. All was well, fortunately. We picked up Ken and Connie and drove to K-mart and the other big stores on Sadler Road. Jim managed to replace our cell phone that stopped working, we picked up some other odds and sods and Ken and Connie took care of some things.
In the evening, the four of us returned to Steve and Sandra's for dinner and, once again had a lovely, conversation filled time. These folks are superb hosts!
We have checked in with the Cruisers Net on SSB a few times. We've often been able to connect with the Bahamas. Today, Karin on Passages just down the dock relayed for us so our buddies know where we are!
After Wednesday's wild night of wind and rain that had us straining at the dock lines and every line/halyard/assorted other pieces of rigging on the boat rattling loudly, we woke up to cold weather again.
Thursday saw us at work on computers and phones. Jim ordered a new condenser unit and freezer bin from Sea Frost, I caught up on postings, and we booked ourselves into a slip at Fernandina Harbour Marina for a month. We had planned to fly home from Nassau on Dec 17th. That is clearly not going to happen so we're trying to negotiate a change in departure locations. After much discussion about getting farther south, and weather windows and fronts and possible marinas, we decided to just stay here. We got a good rate at the marina - they'll deduct the daily fees we've already paid from the monthly rental, and we don't have to be trying to meet one more schedule. We will just have to hope for decent weather after we come back to get us on the move again.
We're off to Tina's tonight for more fun and keeping our fingers crossed that everything falls into place!
Had a good trip down the coast from Savannah- we must have been a few hours ahead of you and in similar conditions.... 23 hrs of motor sailing. We hope to leave for Canaveral on Monday again outside, weather permitting, then on to Lake Worth to prepare to cross. We still hope to be in Hope Town for Xmas. Wish you a very happy holiday season with family back in Canada and hope to meet up with you in the New Year in the Bahamas.
All the best,
David & Catherine,
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For 27-year old Jacqueline and 33-year old Hollis Foster III, writing poetry has always been something that has come easy for them. It's a way of finding the words before they are spoken and expressing the moments in their journey that have taught them to hold fast to faith and an unconditional love that will surpass the moments of uncertainty. "Expressions" is a book of 50 poems written about the hurt, the betrayal, and the pain one may find themselves dealing with," explained Jacqueline. Readers also will find readings of strength, success and love to encourage them to see that these bad moments in time will pass and be washed away into a distant memory. Jacqueline and Hollis began expressing their poetic talents while in junior high and have a collective 20 plus years of writing poetry between them. The Fosters are proud to announce that this is their first publication and are already working on a follow-up to "Expressions." "Expressions is a journey through pain, hurt, betrayal, strength and success and love. We hope that our readers will be empowered as we were and continue along their journey, renewed and refreshed as you learn you're not alone," commented Hollis. "We express the pain that brought us strength and the hurt that we have overcome to find success as well as the betrayal that taught us to hold on to true love," said Jacqueline. According to Jacqueline, it didn't take long to get their poetic pieces published once they figured out what they wanted to do with them. "We compiled recent and past written pieces together, some of which reflected one another's pieces written separately," she added. All poems are written by Jacqueline and Hollis to portray the life's experiences and how they chose to express what they felt and how it determined the outcome of every situation. "We're currently working on Expressions II in continuance of our hopes and dreams, of what has happened and what will become another part of the journey," continued Hollis. The Fosters also hope to establish Foster's Touch where they will write greeting cards and personal feel greeting cards that are catered to that specific situation or moment of time. "We hope to express the words others that can't speak," explained Hollis. The Fosters will be hosting a book signing that will be held during the 28th annual King Biscuit Blues Festival Oct. 10, 11 and the 12 in The Depot on Cherry Street. The Fosters final message: "You can face, release, overcome and succeed. "
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Is it just me or is the NFL completely hypocritical. They want you to call your cable company outraged that they don't carry the NFL network, while at the same time they refuse to offer the Sunday Ticket to anyone except Direct TV. I would get a dish in a second, but I live in a high rise, so for me its not an option. The NFL can't have it both ways! I hope the cable companies never give in and continue to cost the NFL a fortune in lost advertising revenue until they are allowed to offer the Sunday ticket.
If the situation was really losing significant money for the NFL, then they will eventually back down and offer things. However, if they're not feeling the pinch, they're going to keep going down the road they're on just to prove a point. That's the big difference between the NFL Network and BTN - BTN's going to feel the pinch a lot quicker than the NFL Network.
"That's what I do. I drink, and I know things." - Tyrion Lannister
"Success is just failure that hasn't happened yet." - life advice from Latrell Spreewell
I like the NFL Network. I like my Direct TV. You do not see me compaining. Mediacom is the devil, and I will never go back after the screwing they gave me.
32 years later and I am still riding on the back.
I don't sweat the petty things,... I pet the sweaty things
DirecTV paid billions to have the sole rights to the NFL Sunday Ticket...the NFL isn't going to let anyone else carry the Sunday Ticket because of this.
My only problem with the NFL network is that Gumbel sucks. At the end of the game he called Tony Romo "Rick Romo"
I went to DISH from Mediacom last year and will never go back to that joke for a business. There customer service sucked and they are always striving to find a way to offer less service while jacking your monthly rates as high as they can get away with. DISH has the games on the main channels plus NFL network and 80% of the time they cover the games I want to watch.
Originally Posted by bootcy
My only problem with the NFL network is that Gumbel sucks. At the end of the game he called Tony Romo "Rick Romo"
Gumbel had many issues last night. Calling the Cowboys the Packers, vice versa, getting player names wrong, etc.
I did like the locker room and field access they had though. Had some good camera angles/shots - especially of the sidelines. But the announcing, mostly Gumbel, was pretty bad.
Originally Posted by bootcy
My only problem with the NFL network is that Gumbel sucks. At the end of the game he called Tony Romo "Rick Romo"
Gumbel did the same thing last Thursday in the Colts/Falcons game. Collinsworth isn't bad but Gumbel is painful to listen to. They really have no chemistry together at all. There were so many extended pauses in the last 2 games I thought I was listening to the Jim Rome Show.
Listening to Gumbel makes one appreciate Madden!
I had heard last year from many that Gumbel was brutual and after hearing for myself, I don't think brutual even comes close to describing him. Those still shots that NFL Network used last night were pretty cool.
With NBA TV and NFL Network, DirecTV rocks and will even get better when the MLB Network lanuches in 2009. Will the last Mediacom subscriber please turn the lights off on that joke of a company when you cancel?
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Did you all notice when one of the announcers called one of the Dallas players a tool. It was supposed to be a compliment. I had to rewind the DVR and hear that one again. LOL
Originally Posted by redrocker
I like the NFL Network. I like my Direct TV. You do not see me compaining. Mediacom is the devil, and I will never go back after the screwing they gave me.
I now have DirecTV and have had Mediacom and Dish Network also. I really think all three will screw you over if given the chance. I like the stuff I get with DirecTV, but I really hate the 2 year commitment that I didn't sign for or have anybody tell me about until AFTER the installation when I couldn't back out if I wanted to (not that I really want to). No matter what there's not a perfect option...but the absolute worst of the three in my experience Dish Network...HORRIBLE customer service and they lied about the pricing and didn't come when they were supposed to.
Im just glad I have Homan as my bodyguard, Eustachy joked. If I ever make it real big and get to drive a limo everyday, hell be driving it. I thought he came off the bench like somebody was stealing his cow or something.
Gumble is an embarrassment. Not for me, but for himself. Hearing his voice makes me think it's 7:30AM and the Today show's on. By the way, did he get fired from NBC?
Gumbel shames Dubuque and Loras College...
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Gumbel shames Dubuque and Loras College...
Wrong Gumble, Greg went to Loras
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December RRC Scholar-Athlete: Kader Tapsoba
Dec. 12, 2013
By Kayla Curry
Traveling from West Africa to West Texas is a long journey, but that's exactly the route Kader Tapsoba took to become a member of the Texas Tech basketball team. Now the 6-10 forward proudly claims the title of student-athlete, and says he wouldn't know any other way of life.
Tapsoba started playing sports on the field and that eventually led to the court.
"I grew up playing soccer mostly because it's the main sport down there," Tapsoba said. "Growing up, I did what everyone else did."
After a growth spurt at 15, Tapsoba picked up a basketball and has not put it down since. In his home of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, Africa, he did not have a lot of company on the court.
"I was one of the few ones playing basketball there," he said, "because basketball isn't really known there."
Tapsoba said at that point, the thought of playing in the United States was not even on his radar.
"I was just playing basketball because I love it and that's it," Tapsoba said. "It's not something that is that big back at home, so if you do it, it's because you love it not because you want anything out of it."
Even though he was not looking for it, a friend of Tapsoba approached him with the idea of playing collegiate basketball in the U.S. From there, Tapsoba was able to take his love for the sport to the next level when he made the move to East Texas to play for Tyler Junior College.
Tapsoba took inspiration from his older siblings, when looking at the opportunity of achieving a Bachelor's of Computer Science.
"They were my example, but I wanted more," he said. "So when I got the chance to come to the U.S. and further my education, I took it."
After two years at Tyler Junior College, Tabsoba made the journey to West Texas where he settled in at Texas Tech.
He said the most appealing part of the university was the kindness of Lubbock residents.
In 2011, Tech added Tapsoba to their roster. Since his start at Tech, Tapsoba has been a force on defense - leading the team in blocked shots.
His athletic achievements are balanced out by a very successful academic career.
Tapsoba has built an impressive academic resume during his collegiate career including Academic All-Big 12 First Team honors, Big 12 Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll and being named to Texas Tech's Dean's list.
Tapsoba plans to complete his resume by earning a master's in systems and engineering management and hopes to one day start his own business.
The Tech forward credits his Tech family with helping him become a successful student-athlete.
"We have the Marsha Sharp Center that does a lot for the athletes. We have tutors, computers, all the resources you would need to study, and that's pretty awesome," Tabsoba said. "I don't think every school has that. What we have is something we need to be very grateful for."
After all Tapsoba has achieved, he is most proud of something that may seem simple but means the world to him."I would be most proud of being a Red Raider," Tapsoba said. "Being a Red Raider because it's more. It's not just one thing. It's the community; it's the athletics, the academics. It's everything."