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Drivelines - March 2014
The latest Industry News
Old-school Cool at SEMA
With Fred Williams and Harry Wagner doing the heavy lifting of finding the best new products at SEMA (the annual Las Vegas gathering of the latest aftermarket parts) my job was a little, well, unformed. As I walked the halls, though, I realized the 4x4s that caught my eye had a common thread: Old guys rule.(We'll have more SEMA vehicles to show you in next month's Drivelines too.)
This Just In
• We are not sure whether Automotive News got this right, but one of its reporters, after interviewing Jeep Chief Mike Manley, thought Manley was hinting that the next generation Wrangler would have (are you sitting down?) IFS. The change would be done in the name of fuel economy; IFS is lighter than a solid axle. "We're already in an environment where it's a challenge to produce a vehicle in that way, and it's going to get harder," Manley said of the solid-axle Wrangler. "What I can tell you is that the vehicle is absolutely fundamental to our DNA, and it's going to become progressively harder to make sure that the vehicle meets all of the standards that are required for it." AN says the change, if it happens, will come when the Wrangler is revised for 2016. However, we have more background information than our colleagues at AN, and we bet it won't be as bad as what they inferred.
• Automotive News also reports that an axle shortage has slowed production of regular- and double-cab versions of the '14 Silverado and Sierra pickups. There are plenty of crew cabs on dealer lots, says the trade paper, but dealers are having to wait for the other versions. GM says production will ramp up and that there will be no loss of overall pickup production.
• Quantum Automotive has acquired Superlift Suspension and Superlift Manufacturing. The new owners are "committed to building on Superlift's 35 year history and recognition by off road enthusiasts," and will offer Superlift's suspension products to customers factory-direct as well as through installers and dealers.
• The Insurance Institute of Highway Safety has named the '14 Jeep Grand Cherokee a Top Safety Pick after the SUV got the highest possible score in the organization's collision and rollover tests.
• Remember the "Farmer" Super Bowl ad that Ram ran earlier this year? The company pledged to donate up to $1 million to the Future Farmers of America (FFA) based on the number of views the ad tallied on YouTube. Turns out the ad got 10 million views in less than a week, and Ram made good on the pledge, handing a $1 million check to Clay Sapp, the 2012-2013 national FFA president, at the 2013 National FFA Convention & Expo in Louisville, Kentucky.
Earth Watch
• The North American XJ Association (NAXJA), an internet-based XJ/MJ club, has donated $5,000 to the BlueRibbon Coalition (BRC) to support the BRC's ongoing work with land-use issues. "This is a continued storyline for NAXJA in supporting land use over the course of our history," noted the club's President Matt Rowland. NAXJA was incorporated 15 years ago and just held its third national event in Moab.
• Michigan Governor Rick Snyder recently signed several bills that should open more access for off-road recreational vehicles (ORVs) in the state. The new laws enable local governments to request permission of the state's Department of Transportation to allow ORVs to operate on the shoulders of state roads where the roads connect ORV areas; allow all of Michigan's counties to request ORV road access; and expand the list of activities where an ORV license is not required.
• CORVA reports that the Los Angeles County Parks & Recreation department is planning an OHV Park in the Littlerock area of Los Angeles County (near Palmdale). Visit the association's website, www.corva.org, for more information on how you can support this effort.
The Rage Foundation
This past summer's Jeeper's Jamboree was marred by a horrific accident. A Jeep rolled off Cadillac Hill and caught fire, gravely injuring a young woman, Rachel Anne Gray. First responders put the fire out quickly, but Gray suffered second- and third-degree burns over 75 percent of her body. A CalStar medical flight team was dispatched to the scene, was there within minutes, and transported her to the burn unit at the UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento. She put up a valiant fight but succumbed to her injuries a month after the accident.
Buggy racer Matt Hall was among the first on the scene and helped carry Gray to the CalStar helicopter. After the incident, Hall's wife Cathi launched the Rachel Anne Gray Foundation—or the Rage Foundation, after Gray's nickname—to raise funds towards her medical bills. Since her passing, the Rage Foundation continues and has made donations to the UC Davis Medical Center, Shriner's Hospital, and "to promote off-road safety and awareness," says Cathi Hall. To find out more about the Rage Foundation and contribute to this good cause, visit the foundation's Facebook page, facebook.com/RAGEFoundation.
Going the Distance
We tested a Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited in a different way recently when we used it as a chase/support vehicle for ultramarathon runner Maggie Beach. She was competing in the inaugural Stagecoach Line 100, a 100-mile footrace along trails that once comprised the stagecoach route between Flagstaff, Arizona, and the rim of the Grand Canyon. The Jeep carried Beach's food, hydration, and medical supplies, plus her crew and pacers.
Getting to the race's checkpoints and aid stations meant travel on dirt Forest Service roads, which ranged from nicely graded to deeply rutted. The Jeep handled every bump, rut, and loose surface without breaking a sweat, leaving other crew vehicles in a cloud of dust—literally. The Pentastar V-6 was perfect for this kind of use: powerful enough for high-speed blasts between checkpoints and frugal enough to return high 20-mpg fuel economy on the highway. When nighttime temperatures dipped into the low 20s, we truly appreciated the Jeep's heated seats and steering wheel.
The Jeep did great, and so did Beach: Fifth Place overall, Second Place female, and a personal best time for a trail 100-miler: 21 hours 45 minutes.
DED This Month
Every two weeks Dirt Every Day airs on the Motor Trend Channel on YouTube (www.youtube.com/user/motortrend). The show features 4WOR Tech Editor Fred Williams in some variety of off-road adventure or project build. Check out recent episodes in which he compares a 4x4 van to a fullsize motorhome off-road, or a shootout between a stock Willys Jeep and a John Deere Gator UTV. Be sure to subscribe and follow DED on Facebook at www.facebook.com/DirtEveryDay.
New Start for NORRA 1000
Organizers of the General Tire NORRA Mexican 1000 Rally, a gathering south of the border of (mostly) vintage desert racing trucks, buggies, and motorcycles, have announced some changes for the 2014 race. The event will take place later than previous races, on May 10-14, and it will start in Ensenada. The finish line will be at the other end of the Baja peninsula, in San Jose Del Cabo. Event organizers also announced that the two- and four-wheeled entries will be split, with motorcycles leaving Ensenada on Saturday May 10, while four-wheeled racers will depart Sunday May 11. More information on the rally is available at www.norra.com.
Happy Trails, FJ!
The '14 model year brings an end to production of Toyota's FJ Cruiser. At the SEMA Show, Toyota displayed an example of the last of the Trail Teams Ultimate Edition Cruisers. Finished in Heritage Blue, the special FJ is fitted with a number of Toyota Racing Development (TRD) pieces, including an upgraded suspension with Bilstein shocks, beadlock wheels with BFGoodrich AT/KO tires, and a new front skidplate. Just 2,500 of these final Trail Teams FJs will be built.
Ironman's Race Truck on the Block
The recent RK Motors Auction in Charlotte, North Carolina, had among its consignments the Toyota Class 1 race truck built by PPI and raced by Ivan "Ironman" Stewart in the '90s. It had been meticulously restored and painted in the livery it wore when Stewart and Larry Roeseler drove it in the Baja 2000. Offered with a truckload of spare parts and its original chassis blueprints, the truck brought a high bid of $200,000 but did not sell.
• Jan. 31–Feb. 2:
Bluewater Resort Parker 425 desert race by Best in the Desert, Parker, AZ.
Info: www.bitd.com
• Feb. 1: Tire Repair and Hi-Lift Jack Mini Clinic by Badlands Off-Road Adventures, Hawthorne, CA.
Info: 310.374.8047, www.4x4training.com
• Feb. 8: Getting Started Off-Road Driving Clinic by Badlands Off-Road Adventures, Hungry Valley SVRA, Gorman, CA.
Info: 310.374.8047, www.4x4training.com
• Feb. 9: Winch Clinic by Badlands Off-Road Adventures, Mojave, CA.
Info: 310.374.8047, www.4x4training.com
• Feb. 15: Getting Started Off-Road Driving Clinic by Badlands Off-Road Adventures, Borrego Springs, CA.
Info: 310.374.8047, www.4x4training.com
• Feb. 16: Tire Repair and Hi-Lift Jack Mini Clinic by Badlands Off-Road Adventures, Borrego Springs, CA.
Info: 310.374.8047, www.4x4training.com
• Feb. 27–Mar. 2: Tecate SCORE San Felipe 250 desert race, San Felipe, Baja California, Mexico.
Info: SCORE, www.score-international.com
• Feb. 28: Getting Started Off-Road Driving Clinic by Badlands Off-Road Adventures, Borrego Springs, CA.
Info: 310.374.8047, www.4x4training.com
• Feb. 28–Mar. 2: Tierra Del Sol Desert Safari, Ocotillo Wells SVRA, near Borrego Springs, CA.
Info: www.tds4x4.com
• Note: If you have a 4WD event you want us to publicize, please send the date, location, a description of the event, and contact info—phone numbers and/or email/website address—to Calendar, 4-Wheel & Off-Road magazine, 831 S. Douglas St., El Segundo, CA 90245; fax 818.566.8501; email firstname.lastname@example.com. Please submit your info at least four months in advance of the event due to our press lead times.


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The Journey is an 8-year old church in the heart of Manhattan. Our church helps bring hope to this incredible city. We are passionate about loving God and loving our city, all while being just as relevant as today's NY Times.
Sunday services feature practical message, plenty of great rock'n roll music and media.
The church is casual and we're looking for two winning designs for our summer t-shirts.
Our church is largely young professionals and hip artists, musicians and college students. Primarily single, 18-35 crowd.
We're in the heart of NYC, so the two t-shirt designs we're looking for would include a "designer feel" as well as a shirt with an "athletic / sports" feel.
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- no v-necks please
- shirt colors will tend to be a little darker (hey - it's New York). blacks and blues are never bad choices, but I'm open to your NYC style ideas as well.
- designs should be able to work on both a men's and women's style shirt.
Looking for two shirt designs:
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#2 - an athletic style - a la American Eagle (ae.com)
Just email if you have any questions!

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And the right page.
And here's how it looks with the 6 x 12 page insert, each side having a layout. 6 x 12 page protectors are from We R Memory Keepers.
Here's where the scrappy details come in to play. Sewing, chipboard accents and stamped labels. I love to use my small alphabet stamps for journaling. They are an essential tool for me.
This is a journaling block created with Ali's stamps from Technique Tuesday.
And the back side of the 6 x 12 layout. The ledger pockets are from KI. See the photo of that old stone well? We found that while out cutting wood one day. I must get the story of it from my dad. I never knew it was there. It's all about the stories, right?


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Pretzels are always in our house in way shape or another. Usually we get the Snyder's packs of pretzels because we put them in our kids lunches and have them for snack. I've even attempted at making my own homemade soft pretzels. But that didn't turn out nearly as delicious as the Pretzels over at Philly Pretzel Factory in Mooresville, NC.
Made fresh hourly, these pretzels come in different flavors, Cinnamon & Sugar, Regular, Pretzel Dogs just to name a few. When we arrived they were rolling out pretzels are their patented roller and twisting up their own pretzels. The manager, Victoria, was super helpful and even asked if I would like to take some pictures of them twisting their candy cane holiday pretzels. I obviously wasted no time in getting my phone out and watching them do a fantastic job.
When we arrived it was a few minutes before lunch time so we got a Cinnamon & Sugar pretzel and a small box of mini pretzels to share with some friends that were there with us. While we ate our first pretzels the ladies inside were making our pretzel dogs for lunch. These pretzel dogs were delicious. What made them even more delicious was that they had special dips (pumpkin, cheese and more) to dip your pretzels in.
My son, Owen loved the pumpkin dip and according to the ladies inside, was one of their more popular dips for pretzels. I'm not really into pumpkin things except pumpkin pie, however, I would eat this dip with pretzels all the time.
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The service was amazing, the place was clean and the food was delicious. The only downfall was that there were no tables inside to eat and only outside. On a chilly day, like this one, we ate fast because it was cold. I would highly recommend this place for your pretzel needs.
They have catering platters available, lunch and more. While there I asked another customer if they came here a lot and her response was, "I come here everyday for lunch, their pizza pretzel is delicious."


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Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Brahminy Kite
I had just come in from a morning's kayak and was loading the kayak onto the car to go home. It was a beautiful morning but I had not been able to get close to any shorebirds for good photos. I glanced up into the very tall gum tree that stands beside the car parking area when I saw this Brahminy Kite (Milvus indus) sitting up in the tallest part of the tree and quietly watching me. A photo opportunity like this gave my rather dull morning a perfect finish.
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WOW! what a gorgeous bird! nicely done!ReplyDelete
Wonderful to see Mick... it's a stunning bird.ReplyDelete
Handsome bird and so very good photos. I can imagine your enthusiasm when you saw it and got those photos. Fine!ReplyDelete
I have tell you that we or birds do not have cold yet. it has been only few degrees under zero (Celsius) but it will be about- 25 or -30 degreeas Celsius during winter and also those small birds will survive, which is a miracle also in our opinions, who have seen it tens of winters.
Stunning captures!! Boom & Gary of the Vermilon River, Canada.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 30, 2011 at 6:57 AM
Oh what detail and that is quite the bill he or she has....ReplyDelete
Wow, what an awesome looking Kite. Your photos are wonderful.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 30, 2011 at 10:14 AM
These are spectacular captures of a really beautiful bird!ReplyDelete
Awesome capture! I wonder how you achieve such clarity.ReplyDelete
Stunning ... great shots!ReplyDelete
Nice bird, it's coolReplyDelete
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Hi there - splendid bird - saw a good number of these on Magnetic Island a few months back.ReplyDelete
I think you could be right about the heron being used to people - although the grebes (see next WBW) were still difficult to get close to.
Cheers - Stewart M - Melbourne
Wow, gorgeous shots!ReplyDelete
What a majestic bird.
What a cool looking bird! Great shots, Mick!ReplyDelete
Absolutely gorgeous! He's posing so beautifully for you. I would call that a VERY good morning!ReplyDelete
you must have read my thoughts. :) Just yesterday I wonderd if you have any raptors down there. I couldn´t remember you posted any. Then you show this beauty. Love it. :)ReplyDelete
Cracking shot Mick! Took my breath away...Don't you love the nature of bird photography? How the course of an expedition can change from one moment to the next? How patients and attention is so often gifted with a special moment like this. Remarkable!ReplyDelete
Wonderful shots. The bird is so gorgeous.ReplyDelete
wow, wow, WOW!!! what a thrill and gorgeous pictures!!ReplyDelete
OH WOW!!! What fantastic images, Mick!!ReplyDelete
The closest I have come to photographing a Brahminny Kite was on a sunset photography session at Wellington Point in October.
(first photo)
I have desperately wanted to get some shots like yours since... any idea where I can do this?? You seem to know all the places in Brisbane
Exquisite shots!ReplyDelete
So many great photos of birds on your blog.
Wow ..... great shotsReplyDelete
super color and quality ...
greetings Karin


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David Alpert
David Alpert is founder and president of Greater Greater Washington and executive director of DC Sustainable Transportation.
Corner stores, garage and basement apartments, alley dwellings and less parking. These are common features of many cities' historic neighborhoods, which grew up before the automobile era. These neighborhoods are now becoming cities' most desirable (and expensive), yet zoning codes instituted in and around the 1950s make such neighborhoods illegal to build today.
In Washington, D.C., a city with many historic neighborhoods, a project to rewrite the zoning code is going back to the past, looking at development patterns from 100 years ago while adding some 21st century touches. The goal is to let historic neighborhoods fill in their empty or damaged spaces with compatible development and allow the city to grow in ways that extend rather than ignore treasured elements like walkable commercial streets and local retail.
D.C.'s Office of Planning has been working for 4 years to rewrite its current zoning code, adopted in 1958. Now, after hundreds of public meetings and many rewrites, a recently-released draft of first third of the zoning text clocks in at 458 pages. The vast majority of the changes just updates, streamlines, and simplifies the text, like combining overlapping zones and overlays into a simpler system and getting rid of out-of-date elements like definitions and rules for a telegraphy operator.
There are also a few significant policy changes. In particular:
With the exception of the Green Area Ratio, a very 21st-century sustainability idea, the other changes harken back to the past. They correct some of the most egregious problems from the 1958 code, where it imposed social engineering ideas in vogue at the time that ended up eliminating local corner stores, pushed people out of urban neighborhoods, and forced new buildings to take a suburban form incompatible with the walkable communities that previously existed.
If popular neighborhoods like Georgetown, Dupont Circle and Capitol Hill (which is far more than the place Congressional staffers work) didn't exist today, they couldn't be legally built as they are. Even many single-family neighborhoods of detached houses farther from downtown are mostly illegal as well under current zoning.
Accessory dwellings
Back when the 1958 zoning code was written, the average D.C. household had far more people than today. Families had more kids, senior citizens more often lived with adult children, and more young and single people lived in group homes and boarding houses than now.
Therefore, fewer people live in D.C.'s existing houses than they did at the time. Allowing accessory dwellings is a way to let those buildings serve their historic population levels in the modern day. An accessory dwelling is a separate legal unit either in the same building as a larger, main residence or in an accessory building like a garage or carriage house.
These houses used to hold more people. Today, many owners are empty-nesters who used to have kids in the house but no longer do. Retirees on fixed incomes find it harder to afford to keep up their homes. The simple solution is to let people rent out separate units to get some extra income, or even live in those small units and rent out the main house.
One change would let people create accessory dwellings by right in many (but unfortunately not all) of these zones.
This map was created in 2008. Courtesy: David Alpert
Corner stores in residential areas
Flickr/Mr. T in DC
A big part of historic development patterns was the local corner store, selling many of the necessities of life. Far more Americans could walk a short distance to do their daily shopping than today. Those days aren't coming back, because malls and online shopping can be quite convenient, but there's still enormous value in having some local options.
The local shops of today might be different than those of the past, like yoga studios rather than general stores, but the principle remains. Under current zoning, however, no commercial use can locate in a residential zone.
OP's proposal would allow some limited retail in residential areas, but with a great number of restrictions. The stores could only hold arts, food, retail or service businesses, not locate in buildings near existing commercial areas, not concentrate in too great numbers in any one area, limit the size to 2,000 square feet, close by 7 p.m. and open after 8 a.m., have no more than 4 employees, keep trash indoors, and not cook food (reheating is okay), use a grease trap, or use dry cleaning chemicals.
Despite these regulations, a number of residents are nervous about allowing any commercial use in a residential area. They understandably worry about noise, traffic, and other effects of commercial activity. OP seems to have tried to set rules that cut off the problematic impacts, like late night activity. On the other hand, some other residents and bloggers worry the restrictions make this change "too timid."
Minimum parking requirements
Few zoning rules have done more to harm urban neighborhoods than parking requirements. The view in the 1950s was that since everyone would drive everywhere all the time in The Future, all buildings need to have lots of space for cars.
It turned out, however, that many of the parking requirements were far too high, forcing buildings to dedicate precious space to parking lots. That makes construction more expensive and creates gaping holes in the urban fabric. It also pushes architects to design buildings around cars rather than people, making them less pedestrian-friendly and forcing residents to drive more and walk less.
A major rationale for these requirements is that curbside space is limited, and a new, larger apartment building, church, or office will lead to many people parking on the street, making the spaces more scarce for existing residents. But the proper way to solve this problem is by pricing or restricting curbside parking.
Fortunately, D.C.'s new zoning code will scrap many, but not all, minimum parking requirements. This was another compromise between residents concerned about change or fearful about "spillover."
In the compromise draft, residential buildings of 9 or fewer units don't need to build parking, but at least in lower density areas, non-residential uses do, including churches, schools, daycares, rec centers and retail. These are the very kinds of buildings that shouldn't be car-oriented in residential neighborhoods. A daycare in a residential area ought to be serving the neighbors, not attracting people from far away. If it has no parking, that's more likely.
Alley lots
Flickr/Mr. T in DC
Residences in alleys are a big part of D.C.'s history. African-Americans came to live in many D.C. alleys after the Civil War, and a number of alley residences remain. While the ones in the late 19th Century weren't the most sanitary or well-built, there's no reason modern ones can't be perfectly safe and habitable.
Current rules allow alley dwellings as long as the alley lot is a certain size, it has adequate plumbing and so on, and the alleys serving it are particularly wide, wider than most DC alleys. The new code removes the width rule, but any alley unit will still have to get a special exception and satisfy DC agencies on fire safety, traffic, waste and more.
If the fire department doesn't think it can put out a fire in an alley dwelling, it shouldn't go in, but if one satisfies them, the Department of Transportation, the Department of Public Works and the others, an arbitrary alley width shouldn't be the obstacle.
Green Area Ratio
D.C. could be the second city in the nation, after Seattle, to implement a "Green Area Ratio" for large buildings. Projects which have a GAR requirement must include a certain amount of green space as a percentage of the lot area.
At a hearing before the D.C. Council on the zoning rewrite, Harriet Tregoning, the District's visionary planning director, said that OP wants to be the "Wayne Gretzky of planning" – they will skate to where the puck, or in this case the city, will be, not where it is. With this new zoning code, that's what they are doing, but just like in hockey, where the puck is going to be sometimes is not that different from where the puck was in a previous game.
A version of this post originally appeared on Greater Greater Washington.
Top image credit: Flickr user NCinDC, used under a creative commons license.
Stressful commutes, unexpected routines, and emergent wildlife appear in your homemade maps of life during the coronavirus pandemic.
Expensive to build, hard to adapt to other uses, and now facing massive pandemic-related challenges, airport terminals often live short, difficult lives.
Fear of crowds in small spaces in the pandemic is spurring new norms and technological changes for the people-moving machines that make skyscrapers possible.
Even before coronavirus, many workers hated the open-plan office. Now that shared work spaces are a public health risk, employers are rethinking office design.
Cholera and tuberculosis outbreaks transformed the design and technology of the home bathroom. Will Covid-19 inspire a new wave of hygiene innovation?


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Monday, March 17, 2014
NGS Conference Early-bird Deadline Approaching
I am excited to attend the NGS Family History Conference in Richmond this year. I am one of the official bloggers and will be posting my conference tips before the conference, and some of the things I learn while I am at the conference. For those of you thinking of registering for the conference, the early bird deadline is only a week away. For those of you already registered, be sure you have reservations for the luncheons and NGS banquet if you want to attend. Meal reservations have to be in by April 24th. These are a great place to network and get to know other genealogists. Here is the latest press release on the conference from NGS:
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While catching up with some old DVR recordings the other day, I came upon one of Adam Richman's always fascinating "Man vs. Food" competitions, wherein the roly-poly Richman tries eating some restaurant concoction of such massive size that the table groans under its weight and diners throughout the restaurant stop in midswallow to watch him stuff the chow into his craw.
In this particular episode, plucky young Richman was at the Crab Pot — the original in Seattle — where he had taken on the biggest of the "Seafeasts" known as the mammoth Alaskan. It's a pile of food so daunting, it won't fit on a plate. So instead, they dump it on brown butcher paper laid on your table. They give you a mallet and a bib, and you're off to the races. Or at least to an hour or so of pretty impressive gluttony.
Like the gorge-athon at the various branches of the Boiling Crab, this is a meal that doesn't just test your ability to put away a whole heck of a lot of food. It's also about your talent as a shellfish cracker, for working a table of king crab, Dungeness crab and snow crab is no easy process. Fingers are pinched, skin is rubbed raw, cuts appear (in your haste and hunger) due to pulled apart sharp-edged shells, and there is little heed for safety or sanity. Since there's a fair amount of sodium on the seafood, those cuts can hurt. You don't just need a bib, you need bandages as well.
Anyway, encouraged by the sight of Richman putting away a gut-buster of a meal, on a warm fall evening I took myself to the Crab Pot on Marina Drive in Long Beach, with its view of the setting sun and of a multitude of sailboats slowly coasting by. It was a Saturday night so the crowd was considerable, especially at tables on the outdoor deck, which has to be one of the best spots in town for whacking the heck out of crabs while breathing the clean sea air.
Should you be a tad peckish while waiting at the bar, there are plenty of small dishes to help you maintain your equilibrium. Some raw oysters on the half shell certainly wouldn't hurt. The steamed clams and steamed mussels sound good. But then, they come with the Alaskan, so what would be the point? Other appetizers, like the crabcakes, the calamari strips, the coconut shrimp, the popcorn shrimp — they're probably too substantial. The seared ahi is a good idea. The salads, which are very large, aren't. Patience, and perhaps a Bloody Mary or two, are called for.
Once seated, it seems that just about everyone at the Crab Pot is bibbed and malleted and playing Whack-a-Crab. (It probably doesn't hurt to wear something washable, or perhaps even disposable. The mess can be considerable.) The Seafeasts are all served for two or more, and there are four to choose from.
The most modest is the Cove — clams, mussels, shrimp, andouille sausage, corn on the cob, red potatoes — a fine feed for $15.95 per person. But you may find yourself suffering from feast envy, looking about at those who ordered much, much more. The next size up is the Westport at $25.95 per person, which adds on Dungeness crab, snow crab and shrimp-in-the-shell.
At $32.95, there's the Pacific Clambake, which adds on salmon. Then at the top of the food chain — the one Richman ordered — is the Alaskan, to which king crab, with its long, spindly legs, is added.
This is not a meal with a hint of subtlety. The seafood is so heavily spiced that the flavor of the crab can get lost under a snowstorm of salt and pepper, and herbs and spices. The seafood is also steamed, and steamed some more, which makes it taste kind of wet.
That said, this is a fun meal. I'm glad I went with a guy, rather than with my wife, who would have complained at length that it was all too much. And, of course, she's right. (She always is.)
This is an exercise in excess. Though the Seafeasts are the big boys on the menu, nothing is small at the Crab Pot. Not the grilled seafood plates, the barbecue ribs, the cioppino or the crab combos. Ditto the oversized desserts, from the strawberry rhubarb "cake-in-a-pan" to the crazy gooey mud pie.
If you're like me, you don't so much eat here as go into a feeding frenzy. As I drove away, I turned to my friend and asked, "What did I just do?" My diet was shot. I felt just plain stuffed. The price of a Seafeast is salad for the rest of the week.
Merrill Shindler is a Los Angeles-based freelance dining critic. Send him email at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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On the most recent episode of the Real Housewives of New Jersey, the feud between sisters-in-law Teresa Giudice and Melissa Gorga took a turn for the nastier when Teresa accused Melissa of being a gold digger.
In a new interview, Melissa is now defending herself stating she married Joe Gorga for love and not for money. "When I hear her call me pretty much a gold digger, it's like putting a knife in my heart and twisting it, because I know that she knows that's not true," Melissa told E! News.
Melissa continued, "Joe and I have been married for seven years and have three kids." She goes on to add that she has stuck by Joe through financial difficulty. "We went through a time where we couldn't even buy diapers. We had to sell every house we lived in…Did I go anywhere? Would I ever? No. It hurts me that she would even put that out there, to put that in someone's head. And it doesn't even hurt me as bad as it hurts her brother," said Melissa.
Melissa also revealed that while she got along with Teresa in the beginning, they were never really BFFs. "Before the show came around, Teresa and bumped heads, but we always worked it out," she said. "It wasn't like we hated each other. We'd always be in the same rooms, but we never were best friends. You know, some people just don't click."
And similar to Tre, Melissa states she is also getting into the liquor business. "I have a champagne that I'm coming out with," she said. "It's called Magnifica Giornata and it stands for 'magnificent day.' It's like a motto, 'Every day's a magnificent day.'" Seems like Ramona Singer has some competition coming her way!
Moving on to tonight's all new super-sized episode of the RHONJ. On the 7th episode this season titled "Teresa's Got a Gun," Teresa and Melissa attempt to make peace, after which some of the gang journey to the Catskills. Back in the Garden State, Kathy savors the flavor of scouting for restaurants and Melissa prepares for a holiday dance recital. This spins into motion a family reunion that won't include Teresa.
The episode airs at 10/9c and a preview clip is below. And finally, Melissa, who was in Los Angeles this week to do press for the show, linked up with OC housewives Tamra Barney and Peggy Tanous on Friday. "At a club w/ Melissa and Joe from jersey… I luv them!" tweeted Tamra. A photo of Melissa with Tamra is below!
Watch What Happens Live – The show is also super-sized tonight with guests Vicki Guvanlson, Jacqueline Laurita, and Dina Manzo.


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Over on our Discography page you'll find dozens and dozens of singles the band have released over the years.
Starting with U23 way back in 1979 - Out of Control, Stories for Boys, Boy-Girl - the trail leads all the way to 'I'll Go Crazy', third single from No Line On The Horizon, in 2009.
Maybe you'd forgotten Lemon was a single. Or you've never listened to Fire. Or you just recently discovered Please. But there'll be a U2 single that's special to you in some way - the one that comes on the radio or arrives unnoticed when your iPod's on shuffle and suddenly a moment in your life comes back to you.
What was the U2 single that stopped you in your tracks - and still does ?
It might depend on where you were when you first heard it, what was happening in your life, how you first got into the band?
Remind yourself of the history of the band's single releases and look through the promotional videos on this page in our Video Gallery (set aside a week or two for this) - find the one that reminds you of a time and place in your life.
In the comments below tell us why this song is special for you. Is there a story behind it - an anecdote from your life ?
What brings the track alive for you? What was happening to you at the time you first heard it that means you'll never get over this single?
We have prizes for the best, the funniest, the most moving or surprising entries. Add them in the comments below. Did we mention that ? (Don't forget - we're not talking about any U2 track but about those released as singles...)
Starting with U23 way back in 1979 - Out of Control, Stories for Boys, Boy-Girl - the trail leads all the way to 'I'll Go Crazy', third single from No Line On The Horizon, in 2009.
Maybe you'd forgotten Lemon was a single. Or you've never listened to Fire. Or you just recently discovered Please. But there'll be a U2 single that's special to you in some way - the one that comes on the radio or arrives unnoticed when your iPod's on shuffle and suddenly a moment in your life comes back to you.
What was the U2 single that stopped you in your tracks - and still does ?
It might depend on where you were when you first heard it, what was happening in your life, how you first got into the band?
Remind yourself of the history of the band's single releases and look through the promotional videos on this page in our Video Gallery (set aside a week or two for this) - find the one that reminds you of a time and place in your life.
In the comments below tell us why this song is special for you. Is there a story behind it - an anecdote from your life ?
What brings the track alive for you? What was happening to you at the time you first heard it that means you'll never get over this single?
We have prizes for the best, the funniest, the most moving or surprising entries. Add them in the comments below. Did we mention that ? (Don't forget - we're not talking about any U2 track but about those released as singles...)
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03 January, 2013
where the streets have no nameWembley on josh tree tour,got hit by the biggest meat n potato pie in London,hit me at back of the neck n I d just bought 2 t shirts n they wer covered in brown sauce,to who ever threw it,i will find u n I will kill you,great memories tho.
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03 January, 2013
The perfect companionJust received my subscription gift "From The Ground Up" book & CD set this morning, I think it's splendid and the perfect companion to last years "U22" set. Once again U2.com have hit the mark with the perfect combination and I'm chuffed to bits with it. A million thanks and keep up the wonderful work and keeping us fsns happy as always. From a fan since 1980 and counting!
02 January, 2013
VertigoI was 5 years old, for some strange reason I remember hearing... Now I'm 13 and a massive U2 fan
13 December, 2012
All I want is youThe year is 1989. I'm in Perth Australia and U2 are coming to town for the "Love Comes To Town Tour". I just started going out with a girl that would become my first wife. My brother was working in the bush and my younger brother was going to turn 20 on the same day as the concert. My brother in the bush bought us all tickets to go and see the concert which was going to be on September 20. We were excited and looking forward to seeing the group that had captured my attention like the Beatles had 20 years before. Two weeks before the concert my brother who bought the tickets was killed in a motor vehicle accident and the moment I found out the news from mum, All I want is you was playing on the radio. I will never forget that day or that song. When they sang it at the 360 concert in Perth 2010, tears just flowed. Love you Bro
30 November, 2012
It Was Out Of Control.......Easy one for me, Birmingham Odeon 4th December 1982, as th e lights went down for my first U2 concert....Adam Clayton's bass started pumping along, Larry joins him with the drums, The Edge's guitar chimes in, before Bono joyfully rushes to the mike, all hair and leather trousers like a 1980's Jim Morrison, before proudly pronouncing we are U2 and this is Out Of Control......I was hooked from that moment and have been now for what will be 30 years next week. And to think I only went with a friend because this band had a drummer who shared my surname!!
22 November, 2012
OneEverytime I listen to it, and I mean everytime, I float in bliss three feet above the ground for as long as it lasts... and more!
15 November, 2012
badis soooo good, every time i heard it live it resonated with me, ; just reading blogs, and was thinking, (honey are you listening) what I would want played at my funeral.....not to be morbid, but this tops the list......wide awake, wide awake, I'm not dreaming.....whooo hoo hooo hooo; and if they should ask tell them..... second will be Kite, and then Stay. not hoping to die soon but a lot of ppl I know have recently and it just brings things to light. so happy day to all and remember, Work like you don't need the money, love like you've never been hurt and dance like no one is watching :)
14 November, 2012
Bad (Live Aid Version)Back in July 1985, I was rushing home from my job @ college because I know U2 was about to perform on " Live Aid '85 ( and My mom did not know how to operate the VCR). When I finally got home, U2 just got on stage & went into " Sunday Bloody Sunday" & put Wembley Stadium into a frenzy. But it was their performance of "Bad" that totally won me over. That has to be one of the best live sets I've ever saw on TV. Bono bringing a young lady on stage & dancing slowly with her was just beautiful to watch. Then going into the Stones " Ruby Tuesday" & Lou Reed's " Walk on The Wild Side." When they left the stage that day, they won hearts of the world.
12 November, 2012
Miracle DrugI "fell in love" with U2 In Jr. High...really with Bono's passionate line in Band-Aid's "Feed the World" It made me curious about he band. I believe the "Unforgettable Fire" was the first album I heard. I've been hooked ever since. Fast forward twenty-something years. My first baby was born 10 weeks premature, and we nearly lost him a few times. He spent 6 weeks in the hospital NICU, and I made a playlist to listen to en route to the hospital. "Miracle Drug" I initially loved because the sound was that "old school" Edge soaring guitar. During that time, however, the words of that song became so poignant to me and just seemed to fit what we were walking through. From the "scent, like the top of a newborn babies head", to wondering what he was thinking about all of what was going on around him, to the desperate sentiment that I would do almost anything for a miracle drug to make him better. I loved U2 as a kid, but that relationship to their music has deepened and matured over the years. I'm grateful for their part in keeping Mama sane while his healing happened. God bless you, U2! I love and respect you guys!
10 November, 2012
Beautiful DayI was on a bus in Cairo listening to my iPod & as Beautiful Day started I looked up to see the very top of the Great Pyramid as the sun started to rise. My all time favourite band & a place I had wanted to visit, a sight I had wanted to see since childhood. It doesn't get much better than that. Now every time I hear Beautiful Day, it takes me back to that moment when I saw my first glimpse of the pyramid.
09 November, 2012
MagnificentI was in secondary school when I first met this band, I was listening to The Joshua Tree when the "Streets" chords touch me so deeply and above all the poetry behind the lyrics I could never stop listening to any of their songs. Years after I became a fan they release NLOTH and I was about to get married. I dedicate Magnificent to my wife.
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09 November, 2012
Where The Streets Have No NameI was 12 at the time I first heard Streets. My family was on vacation, and I went for a drive with my father. He stopped at a gas station just as Streets came on the radio. He rolled down every window, turned the volume up as high as it would go, and blessed everybody around us with the sound of the Edge's magnificent echo. I was in awe. I'd never seen my father do anything like this before. I HAD to know more about this band. After buying every album, every DvD, reading four books, two tours, and 8 years later, I'm still just as mesmerize by that song as I was all those years ago. Magnificent.
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08 November, 2012
MLK1991 my Mother was dying in hospital after suffering a stroke which there was no chance of recovery from, so the nurse said sympathetically. My father, brothers and sisters were distraught and in such a state. Sat at her bedside I started to sing the words to MLK. The whole room went quiet until I finished. Tears flowed but the mood changed as the realisation of what was happening sank in. We often recall this heartbreaking moment when at family gatherings, occasions that I love and cherish more than ever. Sleep tonight, our mothers dreams, are realised. With love, care and fond wishes to everyone x
06 November, 2012
Miss SarajevoI have only been a U2 fan since 2006 and joined U2.com 2010 summer and after U2 went back on tour and Bono sang Miss Sarajevo he made me cry and gave me goose bumps. At that time I did not know Bono can sing opera so I was very surprised to hear his opera voice so beautiful, loud and his voice so strong. But when I started following U2 and listening to my mp3 player which has all my U2 songs on.The more I listen to them the more i need to know about the songs and what the stories were behind them. I now have collected all their concert DVD and many of there CD and MP3 songs and still looking to add more. U2 music lifts me up and keeps me a float when I am down. I have never followed a band until I discovered U2. Their music is truely special in every way! I listen to them every day when I walk on my treadmill and traveling in the car on trips. U2 music is an important part of my life and will always be....
04 November, 2012
The FlyMy older brother had always been a huge U2 fan from the 80's through to now and as there is 7 year age gap I never really paid much attention throughout the 80's. In my 1st year of secondary school all my friends were swooning over Take That etc and I just didn't get them and the teeny bop music of those days I seemed to be the odd one out!! Then The Fly was released, I saw the video on Top of the Pops I think and that was it WHAM BAM well and truly devoted to U2 from that moment on. Where had the man in the fly glasses been all of my life?? My friends were debating who was sexiest Robbie or Mark Owen, whilst Bono had put the fire in my belly!! From that day U2 are my one and only and will be for the rest of my days, I cannot imagine my life without their music and prescence, long live the inspirational,mesmorising, magical men U2 xx
02 November, 2012
The First TimeA strange choice, I know. But I associate it with one of the most profound experiences of my life. October 22, 2005 didn't exactly start out as a normal day(after all, I was about to see U2 for the first time since 1992), but I had no clue I'd get hit by a spiritual fireball so big it would change my entire outlook. I went from living with a Debbie Downer attitude to becoming an "others-oriented" person. I don't recall the exact moment the change happened, but it was dramatic and was cemented by the performace of "The First Time". Even though seven years have passed, I still live by the new attitude I got that night.
02 November, 2012
A Sort of HomecomingThis song didn't just stop me in my tracks. It slapped me in the face and kicked me in the gut. Within moments first hearing the it, I was struck by the uncanny similarity between the lyrics and a recurring nightmare I'd been having for years. It was shocking to hear the details of my worst dream in a song. Listening to the lyrics was actually painful because of the stark, negative images it evoked. But…it certainly caught my attention! From that moment on, I began to listen to U2 in curiosity about what else the band had to say. This led to a deep appreciation and passion for the band's music, and to some incredible memories from experiencing their music live in concert. Thank you U2.
01 November, 2012
Window in the SkiesJust perfect.
31 October, 2012
Where the Streets Have No Name1980. My older brother came home from work one day with this LP (October) with four of gawky-looking teenagers on the cover. On listening, I thought, "hey, this is raw, but I really kinda like it". Another three albums later (War, Unforgettable Fire and Wideawake in America) I was well hooked - and buying my own U2 LPs by the stage. Then, in mid-1987, at age 21 (when the world appears to be at your feet) I met this amazing 18-year old girl, just as the most fantastic slow building crescendo of sound I had ever heard kicked off that year's U2 release (Joshua Tree). No other music had matched it for immense power back then, and nothing has come close since. "Streets" is a masterpiece without equal. I listen to it at least once or twice a day and never get tired of the original or the multitude of different recordings (be that studio, live or cover). And, it always reminds me of the day I met that girl. She's 43 now, and we're still together. Rock on!
29 October, 2012
JourneyIn 2001 my Mom was dying of cancer. i slept in her room at the hospital . each night after she'd fall asleep, i'd listen to ' Walk On '. That song brought me so much comfort. I'd been listening to your music since the very beginning. But ' Walk On ' just resonated with me, night after night. Your beautiful voice and the music took me on a journey, your poetry in music , your eloquence and elegance found its way into my heart, tugged on each heart string and left me forever changed. Thank You for being with me during one of the most heartbreaking times in my life. Your words and music saved my sanity. With Love.X
27 October, 2012
One [to the lepers in my head]One has always been my favourite U2 song because it is so incredibly haunting and yet so strongly spiritual - the line "Have you come here to play Jesus To the lepers in your head" for some reason stuck with me and resonated deep within my fibred - U2 is definitely one of my top 3 always and you can buy any new album and not be disappointed but that song in particular will always ring true - the call to carry each other as the true mandate of what the church is meant to be doing...
24 October, 2012
MLKI remember being at the Lansdowne Rd, Dublin concert in August 1997 when Bono started to sing this song for the sad loss of Princess Diana. It touched my heart and everyone one in that venue! Really heartfelt lyrics and wouldn't expect any less from Bono and the lads. Secondly i sing this song to my baby when getting him to sleep - it really works! Thank you for touching our hearts U2.
24 October, 2012
I WILL FOLLOWthe first time i heard this song i was coming home from work and it sooo great i turned it up loud and went directly to the music store and bought the album. went home and played it on the stereo even louder and told anyone who listened that these boys were gonna go far. and wow have they ever. finally got to see them in concert for their U2 360 tour (was a long time coming) but was worth every penny. have all their concerts on dvd and every time they break out this song from the cobwebs it just sounds better and better. KEEP IT UP GUYS !!!!
24 October, 2012
The FlyBack in 1991. I used to ear techno and shitty music. I open my fav radio and here comes "the fly" :) Bam! my life has changed forever !
23 October, 2012
BADRecently "The Moose" radio (north Ontario) has been playing the radio version - oh my, time to stop what I'm doing & just smile, listen, and relax . The first few guitar licks from Edge & I swear I can feel my blood pressure lower immediately - the song is timeless - Thank you for the moments -
18 October, 2012
All I Want Is YouThis was the first song my wife and I danced to at our wedding. I've always loved this song and waited years to find a woman to share it with. It means more than ever to me now. :)
17 October, 2012
Miami ViceRecently caught an old episode of the 80s classic Miami Vice and towards the end of the episode , during the climactic scene was "Race Against Time" being played as the scene music. So cool!
16 October, 2012
All I Want is YouWe used the song for our bridal waltz and my niece was 5 years old and our flower girl then. She also played for her bridal waltz twenty years later. To see the Boys in Sydney on the 360 tour with my wife and hear it live was even more special. Thanks U2!
16 October, 2012
Mysterious Ways and I Will FollowI knew U2 for Sunday Bloody Sunday, New Years day and Beautiful day. I liked it. And that was all. But then I went to a U2 Cover band concert. They played Mysterious Ways and I will follow. Then I was like: OMG! What songs are that? And, since this day in 2006, I'm an U2 fan! XD
16 October, 2012
Unknown Caller and BreatheI was passing through a rough time at work, with no perspective or anything. And then NLOTH was release. Breathe told me that I had worst days in life, that I could walk out with open arms, embrace new things. That what I had inside was much more important than the problems. And and Unknown Caller was playing in my mind, telling me to "restart" myself, That I was free to go if I wanted. The songs helped me a lot and kept me strong to face the problems. And I'm here now, breathing and "restarted", with a new job and new perspectives! XD
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1985 Dodge Ram 250 Cummins Prototype
Driving a Piece of Diesel History
At the staging area for the 2014 Ram Truck drives, a rare specimen was on display. It was a clean, nicely-restored Ram 250 long-bed, regular-cab truck. It was familiar enough as the bodystyle of the first Cummins-powered Ram. But closer inspection showed some differences from the production-model trucks that ultimately rumbled into showrooms and started the diesel performance revolution more than two decades ago.
At first, we thought, "Oh cool an old Ram diesel." But the Ram PR staff said, "It's not just any old Ram diesel, it's THE FIRST Ram diesel." And by first, not just the first production model off the line, but the actual very first mule that was used as the validation test-bed for the Cummins B59 in a lighter-duty (i.e. non-commercial) application.
Our experience with vehicle test mules is that they're shown little mercy, and often have ample battle scars as evidence of their life of hard testing. While a dented, dinged and faded shell would have been cool in its own right, the staff of Cummins wanted to properly acknowledge and venerate the truck that put them on the map in the minds of consumers, and multiplied the company's engine volume and output almost overnight. Consequently, the truck received a full bumper-to-bumper restoration, including new paint, new interior upholstery, trim and carpeting.
Once some of the assembled media dispersed from the area, we were unexpectedly handed the keys to the truck. Knowing what a historic and symbolic vehicle this was for both Chrysler and Cummins, we graciously and thankfully accepted them. We were also given the strict orders of "no hot-rodding, and no burnouts." Just having this rare opportunity was enough for us.
We started up the 12-valve 5.9-liter inline-six, and were immediately reminded of how far diesel refinement has come in the past two decades. The purely mechanical diesel sent a persistent and unapologetic shudder and buzz through the chassis and body. Stopped and in-gear, the rearview mirror is practically useless for the amount of vibration made by the engine. A little bit of throttle smooths out the power pulses enough were you have decent rear visibility, but the Magic Fingers sensation is never far removed.
The original 12-valve B59 was built before the days of electronic fuel injection, and certainly well before the clatter-cutting "pilot injection" technology was implemented. It's a diesel's diesel, feeling every bit the scaled-down Class-8 engine it was in many respects.
Since there was no tachometer on the mule, we can only guess how fast we were turning over the engine, but at no point during our drive do we think we exceeded 2000 rpm. The three-speed TorqueFlite seemed to insistently downshift at the slightest application of throttle. The redline for the old 12-valve is somewhere in the neighborhood of 2500 rpm, barely above the redline of most Class 8 engines.
Thankfully, we returned the truck to the staging area unscathed, thankful to be entrusted with the granddaddy of modern diesel pickups, the one truck that can be credited with starting the modern diesel performance revolution.


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OK, I've played with myInfoToGo, as an upgrade to PocoMailPE 3.4. Sweet. Searching is much faster. So far so good
So I paid my $19.95 to register it on Sunday. Got the receipt saying I'd get the serial number in 48 hours.
It's now Wednesday so I decided to send an email using the Email Support function ... (Help->Email Support->Email Support...) asking about my serial number. Great that worked. However then got a bounce message saying that old support email address is no longer used and to use the new website instead.
So Question 1: MITG was only released 5 days ago - why does it have an obsolete support mechanism in it?
So I tried to submit my query via the website and promptly got "403 Forbidden You don't have permission to access /support/index.php on this server." But only after I spent 10 minutes typing in my query .... twice.
So Question 2: How do I get my serial number? I can't contact PocoSystems via email and I can't contact PocoSystems via the website.
Now a quick question about MITG itself - Question 3: How do I add a new shortcut to the Shortcuts Sidebar ? (I did try but couldn't work it out and in a fit of enthusiastic mouse clicking I accidentally deleted the shortcut to the In box - doh ).
And a final suggestion: It might be nice to have a myInfoToGo specific forum rather than having to use the general one.
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Head coach 'very upset' with suspended linebacker
The Arkansas football team will prepare for their next game without senior linebacker Terrell Williams, who has been suspended indefinitely after being arrested in Fayetteville for DWI early Sunday morning.
Head coach John L. Smith addressed the situation on Monday during his weekly press conference at Razorback Stadium and openly expressed his disappointment.
"I'm very, very upset," Smith said. "I don't even want to talk about that right now. I don't even want to talk to him right now. If you have that little compassion, respect, love for your teammates, it's hard for me to show much compassion and love for you, if that makes sense.
"Right now I don't even want to talk to him. I'm just extremely upset with him."
Williams had been thrust into a starting role on the defense after starting linebackers Tenarius "Tank" Wright and Alonzo Highsmith were lost for the season due to injuries. Over the last five games, Williams led the Razorbacks with 37 tackles, including seven in last week's 19-15 win against Tulsa.
"It's disappointing," said senior quarterback Tyler Wilson. "[Terrell] is an older guy and he knows better than to do that, but unfortunately we lose him and it's tough because we've all built relationships with him. We need him out there on the field."
Smith announced freshman Otha Peters will start in Williams' place Saturday against South Carolina, making him the fourth player to start this season at the middle linebacker position.
Peters, alongside AJ Turner, will be one of two freshman linebackers starting for Arkansas. Turner has started in the last three games at outside linebacker, recording 22 total tackles in that span.
All in all, four senior linebackers that were on the preseason depth chart are now sidelined. Kiero Small, a backup linebacker who also started on offense at fullback, was lost for the season after a leg injury.


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As TODAY's Natalie Morales reports, NASA's Curiosity rover beamed back to Earth incredible panoramic images, allowing computer users to enjoy a 360-degree view of the Red Planet
Clickable 360-degree panoramas are cropping up that let you take a spin around the Curiosity rover's surroundings on Mars, but there's something missing from every picture: the massive, 3-mile-high (5-kilometer-high) mountain that's staring Curiosity in its face. It's like taking a virtual 360-degree tour of the Grand Canyon, but without the Grand Canyon.
The true-to-life all-around views from Curiosity aren't yet complete, but picture-builders can fill in the details. One popular panorama on the 360Cities website, created by photographer Andrew Bodrov, is great for giving you a sense that you're right there on Mars. But don't take it at face value. The picture is not just missing the mountain: The rover's 3.6-foot-tall (1.1-meter-tall) mast, on which Curiosity's best cameras are mounted, has been airbrushed out of the picture. A Photoshopped sun has been stuck into a fake sky. Gaps in the imagery have been smoothed over, and the whole picture has been colorized.
"Color photos of Mars look different, but NASA still has not published enough source materials to assemble a complete panorama," Talking Points Memo quoted Bodrov as saying. "I am just waiting for new photos."
So is the Curiosity team. They're waiting in particular for the pictures of the mountain, known as Aeolis Mons or Mount Sharp. So far, the peak has been seen from the ground only in comparatively low-resolution, black-and-white pictures from the rover's hazard avoidance cameras. The rover hasn't yet pointed its color Mastcam or its black-and-white Navcam imager above the level of Mount Sharp's foothills.
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A processed picture from a hazard avoidance camera on NASA's Curiosity rover shows the rover's shadow in the foreground, and the mountain known as Mount Sharp or Aeolis Mons in the background.
"We are having the Mastcam team look at targeting Mount Sharp directly, and that's a high priority for the team," mission manager Mike Watkins told me today. "We talked about it at this morning's planning meeting, and we hope to see that in a few days."
Deputy project scientist Ashwin Vasavada explained that the shooting schedule for the first panoramic pictures was pre-programmed for just after landing, with no awareness of how the rover would be oriented. Now that the rover is reprogrammed and ready for new observations, it won't be long before Mount Sharp's peak is incorporated into the panoramas.
"By the way, we are dying to see that image also," Watkins said. "We talk about it all the time around the control room."
In the meantime, you can spin through partial panoramas and other goodies at these websites:
- The Wall Street Journal's interactive provides the color view (from the Mastcam system) as well as a more complete black-and-white view (from Curiosity's navigation cameras).
- NASA's QTVR interactive can fill the screen with Mastcam imagery — don't mind the black patches. The space agency's Curiosity website also provides the 360-degree flat mosaic used in the interactive, as well as the Navcam's flat view.
- Panoramas.DK features a 360-degree interactive showing the Opportunity rover's surroundings at Greeley Haven, almost halfway around the planet from Curiosity. You'll find a pile of archived panoramas from Opportunity as well as the dear departed Spirit and Pathfinder rovers at the Arounder Mars website.
- The Martian Vistas website presents James Canvin's flat renderings of partial panoramas, including 3-D versions.
More about Mars:
- Mars orbiter gets a long look at Curiosity rover
- Reprogrammed rover getting ready to roll
- Obama tells rover team: Let me know if you see Martians
- Search for life to shape future Mars missions
- Mars rover getting reprogrammed for science
- Why the rover has such a dinky camera and computer
- How to build your own Mars rover with Lego blocks
- The Puff on Mars: Photo mystery solved!
- Panorama reveals a colorful Mars
- NBC video: Panorama featured on 'Nightly News'
- Curiosity reveals a Martian Mojave
- Tour the Martian Mojave in 3-D
- Flying saucer spotted over Mars
- First 3-D pictures sent by Curiosity
- Orbital photo spots rover and its trash
- Curiosity sends color snapshot from Mars
- Rover video looks down on Mars during landing
- Mars orbiter spots rover in midair
- NASA's Mohawk Guy marvels at his fame
- Curiosity rover scores touchdown on Mars
- Mars probe provides radiation revelations
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Chancellor Charles Davis announces the appointment of Albert Lozano-Nieto as director of academic affairs at Penn State Wilkes-Barre.
"As a campus, we are extremely pleased to have someone of Dr. Lozano's stature not only as a faculty member but now as a campus leader," said Davis. "Albert is a very accomplished academic – both in the classroom and through his research. He is a focused on the success of our students and I am confident in his ability to move our campus programs forward."
Albert Lozano-Nieto, professor of engineering for 15 years at Penn State Wilkes-Barre, looks forward to his new opportunity.
"The role of a director of academic affairs is an extremely important one on any campus and I am very humbled to be chosen to lead the Penn State Wilkes-Barre Academic Affairs office," explained Lozano-Nieto. "Our campus has a very bright future ahead of it and I'm very enthusiastic about the new role I will be playing in that future."
Born and raised in Barcelona, Spain, Lozano-Nieto received his academic degrees from Polytechnic University of Catalonia. He and his wife are proud parents to two Penn State graduates.


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Thought I'd get this out of the way now so we've got plenty of time to get the numbers up.
UNICEF Open
's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands
PTA World Tour 250
Surface: Grass
Previous finals:
S1: Danijel Micic def. Patrick Pascaul, 7-6(1), 6-3AEGON International
Eastbourne, Great Britain
PTA World Tour 250
Surface: Grass
Previous finals:
S1: Almen Benaglio def. Jean-Alain Depuis, 6-4, 6-2For the second year in a row, the exhibition event "The Boodles Challenge" is available. This is a great chance for some players to get in some match practice before Wimbledon in the picturesque Stoke Park Club.AEGON Trophy
Nottingham, Great Britain
$64,000 (winner: 90 points)
Surface: Grass
I will accept a couple of CWLanders for this event.The Boodles Challenge
Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire, Great Britain
Previous finals:
Henry Charles def. Kim Vollan, 6-3, 6-2
Confirmed to appear:
Daniel Páez Blanco
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When someone refers to their new hair color as "slime green," you don't exactly expect it to be attractive, but Katy Perry manages to pull it off.
The singer showed off the new hue on Instagram, writing, "SLIME GREEN FOR SPRING by my bb's @neeenaboo &@brantmayfield at the @mcmillansalon." Perry opted to keep her bangs black, but dyed the rest of her tresses a shade of green similar to Sesame Street's Oscar the Grouch (but in a good way...you know what we mean).
Perry, who is no stranger to rocking some interesting colors on her locks, told E! News recently that she was planning the hair change.
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"I've wanted to go slime green for a long time," she said at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles' 35th Anniversary Gala presented by Louis Vuitton. "It's spring time and I think it's time to freshen up my look."
"I'm really excited about slime green, but I hope my hair doesn't fall out," she said. As for a new style, Perry added, "I kind of cut my bangs in haste and now I want them gone."
Switching up hair color can be a bit pricey, but Katy will be diving into an even more expensive hobby with the help of Beverly Hills gallerist Marc Selwyn.
"I'm going to slowly become an art collector," Perry told E! News at MOCA's 35th Anniversary Gala Presented by Louis Vuitton. "Today, we had an all-day art crawl. We got to see some private collections from some people's homes and then we went to a couple of galleries."
Perhaps she can start her own art gallery called "Katy's Cuts and Colors"?


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The massive HIMSS 2016 Annual Conference is just around the corner and I'll be participating in it in a big way like usual. I already posted about the 7th Annual New Media Meetup at HIMSS and my session with Shahid Shah on "Marketing to Customers in an Uncertain Healthcare IT Marketplace". Would love to see any and all of you at those events. I was also blessed to be selected as a HIMSS 2016 Social Media Ambassador (Maybe I should have said #HIMSS16 instead of HIMSS 2016). It's an amazing group of people and so I feel so thankful to be in such great company.
It's been fun to watch the evolution of social media at HIMSS. I'm sure one day my kids will look back and say "weren't you one of the pioneers that use to use that old platform called Twitter which we read about in our history books?" I'll be happy to say Yes!
Next week Shahid and I are doing a webinar on "Why Don't People Care About What You're Selling at HIMSS?" and this is one piece of a slide we've been preparing for that webinar:
That's incredible growth. In fact, I just did a quick query and there have already been 35k tweets to the #HIMSS16 hashtag and we're still over 2 weeks away from the event. The explosion of social media sharing that happens during the 5 days of the event hasn't even started. That's some extraordinary growth, but that also means there's a lot more noise.
While Twitter is a fantastic tool, there's much more to social media than just Twitter. In fact, because Twitter has become so popular (see graphic above), your investment in other social media platforms are likely as important as your investment in Twitter. Let me cover some other social media avenues you might consider using before, during, and after HIMSS.
Side Note: Before I cover the non-Twitter social media options you might consider, I want to mention that Twitter is still extremely powerful. My mention of other social platforms isn't to diminish the power of Twitter, but instead to expand the scope from one powerful tool to many powerful tools. Plus, I made a bunch of HIMSS Twitter tips and tricks last year and those still apply.
LinkedIn – In many ways, LinkedIn is even more powerful to Twitter. This is particularly true in the business world. I'm still surprised how many people think that LinkedIn is still their online resume. It is that, but it's so much more. There are hundreds of amazing groups (see the Healthcare Scene group) on LinkedIn that cover every topic imaginable. Join them and participate in the discussions. You'll be amazed at the connections you make. No doubt many of the people in those groups will also be at HIMSS. Find them. Connect with them and then meetup in person at HIMSS. That's a powerful use of social media.
Blogging – While a tweet is easy to create, a blog post has a much longer lasting impact. Because of all the activity around HIMSS, a really well done blog post can more easily "go viral" during HIMSS. I've seen well done blog posts make the rounds in a fantastically powerful way thanks to the #HIMSS16 hashtag. Those blog posts are often what people are talking about over drinks or in booths at HIMSS. If you don't have your own blog, try LinkedIn's blog or medium or even leverage Healthcare Scene's blogs.
Facebook – People often forget that Facebook can be a powerful tool for yourself or your business. Everyone is on Facebook (give or take a few million), and there's no better way to connect with someone than doing it both personally and professionally. Plus, there are Facebook groups where like minded people are having work conversations (Here's the Healthcare Scene Facebook group) or sharing and consuming content. Join those conversations and you'll be surprised how quickly you can connect to and learn from amazing people.
Periscope – Watch for Periscope to have a break out year at HIMSS this year. I'm not a huge fan of Periscope for a lot of things in healthcare IT, but live events is the perfect place for Periscope. I'll be searching through Periscope to find who is broadcasting periscopes from HIMSS16 so I can see some of the interesting things I missed. Plus, I'll likely be doing some periscopes from HIMSS16 myself, so watch for those.
HIMSS Mobile App – I'll admit that this is a new one for me. I just downloaded the HIMSS Mobile App and I'm excited to see how well it works. While many people think it's a way to find sessions, maps, etc, the mobile app is much more powerful as a way to connect with people. Unlike Twitter, the mobile app won't likely have all the noise that exists on Twitter because you can't automate what's posted to the mobile app as easily as you can Twitter. Take some time to be active and share insights on the mobile app. I think you'll be surprised at the impact you can have if you do so.
Those are a few suggestions. Let me know any other thoughts or suggestions you have on how to leverage social media before, during and after HIMSS16.