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Eureka! Copper Canyon 10
OK, I'm in love. I bought it in early July and we've…
Price Paid: $220
OK, I'm in love. I bought it in early July and we've only used it once, but that once was 5 days of intermittent super heavy rain and high wind. Elevation was only 6300 feet, but we remained snug and dry, not a single drop penetrated.
Setup? Well I'm not exactly Wonder Woman - matter of fact we're both a couple of old geezers, but it took us about 20 minutes to set up and even less to take down. I'm pretty sure if we needed to we could halve that time.
Its cabin design is luxuriously roomy (our last was a dome style tent - LOVE being able to walk upright again!) and it easily accommodated our queen-sized cot/air mattress setup with two night tables and room for gear, and even our camp chairs during downpours.
We're looking at popup campers for the day when we can no longer manage car camping due to physical limitations, but this tent may well postpone that awful event!
Nice and roomy being a cabin tent. Experienced some…
Design: 3 season, free standing cabin
Sleeps: 3
Ease of Setup: definately at least a 2 person set up
Weight: 23
Price Paid: $159
Nice and roomy being a cabin tent. Experienced some problems that I believe are design issues and a few that are not. I and two other guys experienced some rough, windy, rainy weather where the tent held up great but took a lot of rain inside from the blowing wind even after dropping the fly poles so that the fly would hug the top of the tent. The way the screened windows are designed do not allow for a total seal in the walls of the tent. The window screen flaps zipper up on left and right sides but only have a two hook fastener at the top which allowed for the wind to blow rain and wind through the top part of the window that doesn't have the zipper even though the flap is fastened.
The fly does not come down low enough even after being dropped on the tent to cover the tops of the windows enough to keep the wind and rain out. The directions tell you to stake the bottom of the tent after putting things together but this creates a problem trying to open and close the zipper door. I think the directions need to state that the tautness of the side of the tent where the door is, needs to be relaxed so to be able to open and close the zippered screen door. Otherwise the door zipper binds. The tent is definitely a two person set up.
We also experienced a lot of moisture inside on the air mattresses during the night even after the tent had been closed up after several sunny days where there wasn't rain or left over moisture from rain. Don't know why we had this problem.
So as a 3 season tent, I don't know about that one. Would I buy another or recommend it for purchase in the present configuration, NO. If Eureka was to correct the simple issues with making the fly a little lower in covering the top of the tent and completely contain the closing of the window flaps with zippers, Yes, I would buy and recommend this tent, otherwise, it's a "fair weather tent". Sleeps 3 big guys with single bed size air mattresses and one more if mattresses aren't used.
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Design: three-season cabin style
Sleeps: 3
Ease of Setup: easy for two
Weight: 23 lbs
Price Paid: $130--$156 shipped
Spent two nights in this 10x10 cabin style tent so far to test it for the annual August trip to Bristol, TN, for race week. Purchased it as a replacement for a Coleman 10x10 Sundome tent that my brother and I have used for the past 6 years. Plenty of ventilation with large windows. Roomy for three adults using 40 inch wide "twin" air mattresses. Could fit 4 persons but it would be tight and gear and stuff would need to stay in the SUV. Two adults and two children would also work ok if you made the kids sleep on a double or queen mattress or if you used two queen mattresses. If wanting to sleep 4 or more persons I'd get the larger 1312 Copper Canyon model.
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The Eureka! Copper Canyon 10 is not available from the stores we monitor. It was last seen September 19, 2012 at SunnySports.


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Castrigno: Don't 'de-prove' the Summit Stage
Re: April 3 guest commentary, "Summit stage is in good shape."
I agree with what the commissioners are saying about the condition of the bus fleet. In my experience as a rider, I have never been stranded on a bus, and have been only rarely asked to switch buses. Yes, the fleet is in good shape. To me, the bigger issues facing the Summit Stage are financial solvency and potential route modifications.
The first story printed in the Summit Daily discussed the possibility of the Summit Stage being privatized. I should hope this is considered as a last resort. Summit County taxpayers approved a dedicated funding source for the Summit Stage. We should be able to attract a skilled-enough director to operate the stage within budget.
My biggest concern about privatization is that any subcontractor will be operating with zero competition. Competition is what makes the free market function efficiently. With guaranteed revenue and no competition, what motivation does a private operator how to provide top-quality service? What motivation is there to reinvest revenue into the system? Certainly the private operator expects to take a profit. Is it really fair to taxpayers that a portion of their tax flows to the bottom line of a company based outside the county?
The second story printed in the Summit Daily discussed route modifications. The story indicated that town officials and other "stakeholders" were involved in the discussions. I would like to know what representation there is from Summit Stage riders. After all, the riders themselves are the biggest stakeholders, don't you agree? If relocating stops to improve efficiency results in reduced ridership, what has been accomplished? The article mentioned moving the Main Street Frisco stop even farther east, away from the downtown core. That would be a "de-provement," in my opinion. The article also mentioned similar changes at the county commons and at the high school, but no details were given. Again, it is the riders who know what makes using the Stage practical for them. How is their input being incorporated?
The Summit Stage is the cornerstone of transportation here in the county. A great number of locals and visitors alike rely on and benefit from the system. Certainly there are many complex issues involved with keeping the Summit Stage operating smoothly and within budget. Let's keep the goals of providing effective transportation to the community and accountability to the taxpayers clearly in sight as these issues are being worked through. The transit board will meet at 8:15 a.m. on Wednesday, April 24 in the County Community Center. The meeting is open to the public.
Tom Castrigno, Frisco
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DAVIE, Fla. - An aircraft that advertises Republican Mitt Romney's presidential campaign made an emergency landing in Davie on Sunday, police said.
The pilot of a thermal airship that resembles a blimp landed in an open field south of Bamford Park in Davie when he realized he did not have time to return to Perry Airport.
Captain Dale Engle of the Davie Police Department said the aircraft was in trouble because of high winds.
"He came down tail first and then the gondola struck and then rolled to its side and deflated," said Engle. "It may not be breezy here on the ground, but when you get [to] 1000 feet, which this thing does operate at, I think the current is a lot different," said Engle.
Davie resident Teri Balter told Local 10 she was surprised when she saw the airship looming below the tree lines.
"It was strange. I thought, 'Boy, Mitt Romney really wants us to vote for him,'" said Balter.
Sky 10 captured the blimp flying over South Florida last Friday. Romney's face is printed on the side of the airship along with the slogan, "America needs Romney."
This is not the first aviation emergency for the Romney campaign. Last month, a plane flying Ann Romney and campaign staff had to make an emergency landing when an electrical malfunction filled the plane with smoke.
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The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition is a completely re-imagined version of the first game in the series that adds updated high definition graphics, a re-mastered musical score, and full voiceover.
Welcome to the Port of Melee, Mr. Guybrush Threepwood. So ya think you've got what it takes to be a swashbucklin', bloodthirsty pirate, do ya? Ya think a young swabby like yourself's gonna be the first to tame mysterious Monkey Island? Well, laddy, there's more to bein' a buckaneer than just swingin' a sword and swillin' gallons of Grog. First ya got to pass the seadog test. Good luck to ya, mate ... yar gonna need it.
The games we commonly refer to as "classics" tend to be the ones with an uncanny knack for resisting the ravages of time. When you pop the latest Super Mario Bros. 3 or Street Fighter II remake in, they're still awesome, no matter what year it is, and no matter how many hardware generations have passed since their prime. The original Secret of Monkey Island, originally released on ye olde floppy disks in 1990 and newly available in a gussied-up HD remake for Xbox Live Arcade and PC, is unquestionably one of those games. Monkey Island, more than just about any title this side of King's Quest, is the most ubiquitous, fondly remembered, and oft-referenced adventure game in existence... and by some miracle, it's been made available for modern audiences to discover. Read More »
It seems like LucasArts is putting a big push behind its Secret of Monkey franchise right now as today brings in news of the official release date for The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition.
Hitting both Xbox 360 and PC on July 15th, this reworking of the classic PC adventure game will launch one week after the first episode of Telltale Games' Tales of Monkey Island sets sail. Read More »
Today LucasArts and Telltale Games announced plans to launch a new addition to the classic The Secret of Monkey Island series for both Wii and PC. Dubbed Tales of Monkey Island, this five-part episodic adventure sees our stalwart hero Guybrush Threepwood return to do battle with ghost pirate LeChuck. The first installment is set to release on July 7th.
Additionally, the rumored Xbox Live and PC remake (now officially called The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition) has also been confirmed by LucasArts today. This re-mastered take on the classic original will feature hi-res graphics, a re-done musical score and more such updates. Read More »
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Rams football preview: 5 questions for 2014
One of the final perks for any championship-winning team is its automatic berth into the early discussions of next season's title favorites.
Last fall, New Canaan put together one of the most impressive campaigns in recent Connecticut high school football memory, which culminated in a 44-12 Class L championship win over arch rival Darien. Many critical players from that run are now gone, however -- 28 to be precise.
As a result, Rams coach Lou Marinelli has publicly denied his team of its last reward as 2013 champions.
"I would say Darien. They have a lot coming back," Marinelli said of this season's FCIAC favorites . "Right behind them are Greenwich and Staples."
Whether the 34-year head coach was attempting to apply some outside pressure on his primary rivals while alleviating those facing his own club, or simply telling the truth remains to be seen. What deserves more immediate determination is how New Canaan fills its roster holes starting next Friday against fellow state power Daniel Hand as part of the FCIAC-SCC Challenge. On that night in Madison, there will be a lot to learn, beginning with the answers these to five questions.
Do the Rams have enough to remain championship contenders following the departure of such a talented senior class?: The 2014 version of the Rams includes four returning starters on defense and five on offense. Senior co-captains Zach Allen and Alex LaPolice could start for any program in the state, but they will need help to overcome worthy opponents such as Hand and later Greenwich, which travels to New Canaan in Week 3.
If the Rams come out of September undefeated, there is no doubt the program reloaded this summer instead of rebuilt. Anything less than that and the shadow of last 2013 will loom for the rest of the year.
Who replaces Nick Cascione under center?: Over the summer, LaPolice and junior Mike Collins split time calling signals when the program hosted its seventh annual "Grip It and Rip It" 7-on-7 passing tournament. Since that time, Marinelli has been adamant about getting upcoming sophomore quarterback James Crovatto game-ready. Collins currently appears to hold a slight edge in a two-man competition, having taken the majority of first-team snaps in practice last week when LaPolice strictly played out wide.
Can the Northwestern-bound Allen carry the pass rush?: Allen registered 11.5 sacks last season playing alongside fellow stud defensive lineman Connor Buck, who's left a huge void behind since going on to play at Colgate. Allen's effectiveness will not only depend on Buck's replacements, but also his own health. Expect to see the 6-foot-6 Allen occasionally playing two ways as a tight end to add another threat to the New Canaan passing attack. He's got the ability to dominate, but football is known as the ultimate team game for a reason.
When will injured Frank Cognetta return to the backfield?: Reportedly, the hope is for Cognetta to return after the Rams' first few games after breaking his foot over the summer. He was originally expected to miss half of his senior campaign, one year after rushing for over 1,200 yards. Whenever Cognetta does return, he will undoubtedly provide a big boost to the offense, which may need it under the direction of an inexperienced signal caller.
Will New Canaan end its two-year Turkey Bowl losing streak to Darien?: By the time everyone sits down for turkey on Nov. 27, we'll know.


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Looted: Hip-hop store an Isabel victim
Quinton Harrell heard a voice on day three of the power outage following Hurricane Isabel that told him he should spend the night at his store, Charlottesville Players, which sells urban wear. Harrell didn't heed that voice, and the shop at 801 West Main apparently became the only Charlottesville business to be looted in the aftermath of the storm.
Power outages plagued businesses up and down West Main. Restaurants couldn't open, gourmet markets lost their inventories of paté and brie, and Starr Hill Music Hall had to cancel at least three concerts.
Harrell has a security system that includes four video cameras. But with the power out, there were no electronic eyes to see who broke a side panel of a front window and took $5,000 worth of merchandise in the wee hours of September 21.
"Somebody," reports Harrell, "came in here and had a field day."
Clothing labels taken were Azzure, Rocawear, Converse sweatsuits, J.Lo jumpsuits, and Sean John jeans and t-shirts. "I'm the go-to spot for urban wear," Harrell says.
Even more galling, "Word got back to me Sunday afternoon that a guy was out on the street selling jeans for next to nothing," says Harrell.
He was awakened around 2am September 21 with a call from the police. Harrell and his girlfriend camped out in the store the rest of the night, and opened for business the next day. Police are investigating the breaking and entering.
Insurance won't help Harrell recoup his losses because this is his seventh or eighth break-in. "My insurance company dropped me last burglary," he says. "They said I needed bars. The city ordinance doesn't allow bars."
(Actually, Harrell could install bars behind glass, says Board of Architectural Review chair Joan Fenton, but because he's located in a design control district, his store would have to have approval to install exterior bars.)
At first, spokespersons for Charlottesville and Albemarle reported no instances of looting, but after hearing about the Players incident, City spokesman Maurice Jones confirmed that the break-in was being investigated.
A situation in Fluvanna also sounds like a storm-related crime. There, a man was arrested for breaking into a powerless Home Source store in Fork Union at the height of Isabel on September 18 and absconding with $4,000 worth of chainsaws, televisions, and DVDs, according to the Daily Progress. Marshall Gault, 54, has been charged with breaking and entering and grand larceny.
Harrell wouldn't call his break-in "riot-type" looting, but he does feel somebody took advantage of the power-less situation. He describes the burglars as "real neat," cleaning out the merchandise and leaving empty racks.
Harrell is aware of looting in Norfolk and Portsmouth. "One store looked open for business, there were so many people going in and out," he says.
"With me being the only clothing store on West Main Street, I'm a perfect target," he acknowledges– although some larcenous gourmands might see defenseless foie gras as another tempting target.
Harrell opened the store in 1997, and after his string of break-ins, he questions whether he's getting adequate police coverage. "They park at the old U-Haul parking lot," which is on the other side of the bridge from his store. He wonders whether with better coverage, "I wouldn't have as many burglaries."
Despite the latest hefty loss, Harrell quotes Timex when he says he won't turn his back on Charlottesville's hip-hop fashionistas: "I take a licking and keep on ticking."
Charlottesville Players proprietor Quinton Harrell displays one of the many projectiles lobbed into his store during break-ins.


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Death penalty repeal debate on hold in Colorado
DENVER (AP) – Colorado's debate over repealing the death penalty will stay on hold, for now. A second legislative committee in as many days delayed consideration on proposals to do away with the death penalty.
Tuesday's delay came on a bill to ask voters whether the death penalty should be repealed. The bill is a rival to a separate measure to repeal the punishment outright.
The sponsor of the ballot measure is a death penalty supporter whose son was killed in 2005. Two men await execution in Colorado for his death.
Rep. Rhonda Fields says she put her ballot proposal on hold because she wants to see whether fellow Democrats move forward with the direct repeal. She says voters would keep the death penalty if given the choice.
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The revamped selection process and a gutsy play late in the game helped provide one of the closest finishes in Pro Bowl history as Team Rice edged out Team Sanders 22-21 in Honolulu on Sunday.
With the league opting to abandon conference match-ups and invite Hall of Fame players Jerry Rice and Deion Sanders to draft teams, the change led to a competitive and close contest that went down to the wire.
With Team Rice trailing 21-14 in the final minute, running back DeMarco Murray caught a 20-yard pass from Alex Smith to pull within a point.
Rather than going for a routine point-after-touchdown kick that would have tied the game, Team Rice attempted a two-point conversion for the go-ahead score and were successful when Mike Tolbert's short run took him into the end zone.
Tolbert embellished his feat by imitating the scoring celebration of Carolina Panthers teammate Cam Newton, who was one of the quarterbacks for Team Sanders.
"I told Cam I was going to mess with him if I got in the end zone, so I had to," Tolbert told reporters.
However, Team Sanders was not done, as quarterback Nick Foles drove his team downfield to set up a Justin Tucker 67-yard field goal that missed and ended the contest.
The latest edition of the Pro Bowl was a departure from the offensive shootouts of the past and Sunday's game included eight turnovers, six of them interceptions, and nine sacks.
"Early on, there was a lot of turnovers because of the weather, there was a lot of rain," Team Sanders captain J.J. Watt said.
Former greats Sanders and Rice were rumored to possibly suit up for the game, but their services were not needed to produce an entertaining display that went back and forth throughout.
Team Sanders wide receiver DeSean Jackson opened the scoring with a 36-yard catch from Andrew Luck in the first quarter.
Team Rice tied it in the second quarter, when Jimmy Graham hauled in an eight-yard score from Drew Brees.
Newton plunged into the end zone from one-yard out to put Team Sanders 14-7 ahead, but Josh Gordon's 10-yard catch from Philip Rivers evened up the contest just before halftime.
After a scoreless third quarter, Team Sanders once again moved in front on a 12-yard pass from Foles to Jordan Cameron to make it 21-14 with 4 minutes, 41 seconds remaining.
After the game, Foles was named the offensive Most Valuable Player for throwing for 89 yards and a score, while Derrick Johnson of Team Rice took home the defensive award with nine tackles and a pass deflection.


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Bruckheimer Gets World War Robot
Jerry Bruckheimer's going to war.
The producer has snapped up feature rights to the graphic novel "World War Robot" from IDW Publishing.
Story, penned by Ashley Wood and recounted in war-diary form by participants on both sides, centers on a small band of humans and robots facing off in a battle on Earth, the moon and Mars.
Wood and IDW topper Ted Adams are expected to exec produce.
Deal for the rights closed during Comic-Con last week in San Diego. Bruckheimer, as usual, hasn't commented on the pact.
Ten-year-old IDW is home to such titles as "30 Days of Night," "Popbot" and "Dark Days" along with licensed titles such as "24," "Angel," "CSI" and the Transformers toy line.
IDW has been eager to set up its books as film properties around town in order to generate more coin for the publishers. It's currently the third-largest behind Marvel and DC.
The adaptation of the company's "30 Days of Night," released by Sony in 2007, grossed $40 million domestically. [variety]


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Dog damages to penthouse get NHL player sued
T.J. Oshie (Photo: Jeff Robertson/AP)
"Dogs damage NHL players' penthouse" is a headline ripe with possibility.
A lawsuit filed in St. Louis county court alleges that dogs belonging to St. Louis Blues center T.J. Oshie caused $12,000 damage to his penthouse apartment.
How does the plaintiff say the damage happened? Did the dogs invite over all the other dogs in the neighborhood while Oshie was on a road trip and had a raging party? Did their weekly poker game get out hand when a player was caught pawing chips out of the pot?
No, it's much more boring than that. The suit alleges that the dogs damaged the door frames on his rented St. Louis penthouse that provides views of the city's skyline. Buckingham Apartments is seeking more than $12,000 for damages and repairs.
It is claimed that Oshie "maintained two dogs which he customarily kept locked out onto the patio." The dogs "scratched and/or chewed on the custom screens, causing them to suffer irreparable damage necessitating the need for their replacement."
So the dogs were clawing to get inside after being locked on a penthouse patio? Can you blame them?
Oshie paid $3,750 per month in rent. Courthousenews.com says the breeds of his dogs weren't mentioned in the suit, but YouTube clips show Oshie talking about his rescue dogs, one of which looks like a black Labrador retriever.
Even if the complaint is true and Oshie's dogs did cause $12,000 damage, they're still better than cats.


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Our address is 100 London Road, Forest Hill, London, SE23 3PQ
Show in Google Maps or find information on TFL on how to get to the Horniman.
By bus
- 176, 185, 197, 356, P4 - stop outside the Museum and Gardens on London Road
- 122 - stops on Dartmouth Road
- P13 - stops on Underhill Road
- 363 - stops on Sydenham Hill Road
See the route from Forest Hill Station by Bus:
By train / London Overground
The Horniman is a five to ten minute walk from Forest Hill station and is signposted from the platform 1 exit. Please be aware this walk is uphill, although there are several bus services which stop at both the station and Museum (see above).
Forest Hill is on the London Overground line between Highbury and Islington and West Croydon / Crystal Palace line which offers a high frequency service.
The station is also well served by trains from Central London, Croydon and Surrey. Direct train services run from London Bridge (approx every ten minutes, journey time 13 minutes) linking with the Northern and Jubilee lines, and London Victoria linking with the Victoria, Circle and District lines, East Croydon, West Croydon, Sutton, Purley and Caterham.
Please use the Journey Planner to the right or visit TFL Journey Planner or National Rail Enquiries.
See the route from Forest Hill station on foot:
By bicycle
There are bicycle racks outside the Museum near the main entrance on London Road.
By car
Parking is severely limited in local area, so we recommend using public transport to come to the Horniman.
A pay-and-display car park is available locally behind Sainsbury's (see map), and there are two pay-and-display car parks at Forest Hill station (one at the front, one at the back).
Please avoid parking on private roads. For coaches, there is a drop off point outside the Museum near to the Clock Tower.
Accessible parking
Limited on-site car parking is available for disabled visitors - call 020 8699 1872 for more details and have a look at the information on our access page.


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Posted: Apr 13, 2011
Richmond, Ky. – Three Tennessee Tech long balls proved decisive Wednesday as the Golden Eagle softball team took the season series over Eastern Kentucky with a 10-9 victory in Richmond.
Tech's recent struggles were put aside as the Golden Eagles had a resurgence at the plate behind three home runs, two by Callie Schmidt and one by Brittney Spalding.
Down 3-0 in the top of the third, Spalding got the offense going with a two-run shot to bring the Golden Eagles within one. Spalding's home run was her fourth home run of the season, and second two-run shot against the Colonels.
EKU's Kristin Perry managed to get to the top of the fifth still holding the 3-2 lead, but a pair of Tech singles set the stage for Schmidt's three-run homer to give TTU its first lead of the game at 5-3.
The Colonels responded quickly in the bottom of the frame with their own three-run inning to put themselves up 6-5. The Golden Eagle offense answered right back in the top of the sixth as it loaded the bases with one out for Schmidt, who belted a grand slam down the left field line, to give Tech the lead for good at 9-6.
The Golden Eagles would add another run in the top of the seventh that would be needed as Eastern Kentucky's seventh inning rally fell short, as Tech went on to win by the final score of 10-9.
Schmidt's seven RBI are the most by a player in a game this season. Tech's three home runs represent the second time this season the Golden Eagles have hit three home runs in a game, with the last time coming against East Tennessee State (2/27).
Holly Thomas improved to 11-7 on the season, as she went the distance striking out five. EKU's Perry took the loss and fell to 8-7.
The Golden Eagles (16-18, 7-11 OVC) come back home Thursday, for a non-conference game against Western Kentucky. The first pitch is slated for 5 p.m.


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This fire-breathing dino-bot menaced the crowds at a robot art show in Cologne this past weekend, and Johl from Flickr was there. He captured the prehistoric flame-throwery fury of the prehistoric robot amazingly well. Also at the show: a robot baby, a robot rock band, and a post-apocalyptic car-bot whose fuel source was on fire! Click through for a few more of our favorites.
You can see the rest of Johl's robot art show photos over at the link. [Johl on Flickr]


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There is considerable debate about whether the people whom Jesus healed were really possessed by the devil or were mentally disturbed. The debate is utterly beside the point. These individuals were deeply troubled and Jesus healed them. Jesus came to heal both body and soul. Most scripture scholars now agree that miracles were an important part of Jesus ministry and of the memory of that ministry in the early church. We simply cannot abandon them to please those who say miracles are impossible. The precise explanation of how these healings were accomplished is another matter and perhaps one that is also beside the point. Jesus did not work miracles to prove anything. Rather they were signs that Gods healing love is at work in the world.
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Once upon a time there were some doctors who were discussing whether prayer helped their patients. Does it do any good, they asked, for people to pray for those who are sick? One group said it helps those who pray to feel that theyre doing something for the sick person. But it really doesnt help the sick person at all. The other group said that they had the impression that prayer really had a positive effect on sick people. The first group said thats scientifically impossible. So they decided to try a double blind experiment on those who were recover from heart problems. They would have prayers said for some and not for the others to see what happened. The doctors didnt know who was chosen to be prayed for and the subjects of the prayers didnt know either. However a list of first names were given to those who were to do the praying. So neither the prayers or the prayees or the researchers know had been chosen to be the target of prayer. What happened? Those for whom prayers were said recovered more quickly. See said those who had argued that prayer worked; there are more things under heaven than science dreams of. (This is a true story about research, which is reported in the Archives of Internal Medicine, October 25/1999).
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James Taylor
Don't let the lovely, understated tone fool you.
James Taylor delivered tales of a tortured soul in a rich, mellow tenor. His confessional singer-songwriter style paved the way for the likes of Joni Mitchell and Crosby, Stills and Nash.
James Taylor was the pre-eminent singer/songwriter of the Seventies and has remained a solid musical craftsman and performer.
Taylor was born in Boston in 1948. He was the second of five children. In 1951 his family moved to the university town of Chapel Hill, North Carolina. His father was an assistant professor of medicine at the medical school at the University of North Carolina. In 1964 he became the dean of the medical school.
Taylor's family was very musical. His mother had studied singing at the New England Conservatory of Music and his older brother Alex played guitar. Taylor learned to play cello as a child before taking up the guitar in 1960. The following year, he began attending a private boarding school in Massachusetts. His family had been spending their summers in Massachusetts on Martha's Vineyard, and in 1963 he met fellow guitarist/songwriter Danny "Kootch" Kortchmar there. They began performing as Jamie and Kootch. Taylor left the boarding school during his junior year and returned to North Carolina, where he performed with his brother. He returned to the boarding school for his senior year. However, he began to suffer from serious depression, and he voluntarily institutionalized himself. He began writing songs during his hospital stay. After his release from the hospital, Taylor moved to New York, where he formed the Flying Machine with Kortchmar in 1966. The group recorded two Taylor songs, "Night Owl" and "Brighten My Day," in 1967. The group broke up, in part because of Taylor's addiction to drugs, and he headed to London, where he lived for a year.
While in London, Taylor cut a demo tape and sent it to Peter Asher, who was an A&R man for the Beatles' Apple Records. The label signed him, and Asher became his manager and producer. His debut album, James Taylor, was released in 1968 and contained the Taylor classic "Carolina in My Mind." The album didn't sell well, and Taylor, who was addicted to heroin, returned to the U.S. and once again entered a mental institution. He was there for five months, during which time Asher got him a contract with Warner Bros. Records.
After he got out of the hospital, Taylor moved to California, where he recorded the classic Sweet Baby James (1970) with a band that included guitarist Kortchmar, bassist Lee Sklar and drummer Russ Kunkel, plus Carole King on piano. Released in March 1970, the album offered its share of signature songs, including "Fire and Rain," "Sunny Skies," "Country Road" and "Sweet Baby James." The album reached the Top 10 and remained on the charts into 1972. Its phenomenal success helped usher in an age of "new troubadours"—including such singer/songwriters as Joni Mitchell, Jackson Browne and Crosby, Stills and Nash—who pointed popular music in a quieter, more introspective direction after the turbulent Sixties. In March 1971, Taylor appeared on the cover of Time magazine.
His third album, Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon, was released in 1971 and found Taylor-mania in full swing. It was certified platinum the month of its release, and it reached Number Two on Billboard's album chart. Taylor's version of Carole King's "You've Got a Friend" became his first Number One single. It won Grammys both for Taylor (Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male) and King (Song of the Year). A 1971 cover story in Rolling Stone proclaimed James Taylor and his musical siblings—sister Kate and brothers Livingston, Alex and Hugh—"the first family of the new rock."
Taylor remained a prolific recording artist throughout the Seventies, releasing a string of solid albums: One Man Dog (1972), Walking Man (1974), Gorilla (1975) and In the Pocket (1976). Such breezy, soulful singles as "How Sweet It Is (to Be Loved by You)" and "Mockingbird," a duet with Carly Simon, made the Top Five. Though he continued to record, he played few live shows, the few exceptions being a handful of benefit concerts he did for George McGovern's 1972 presidential campaign. Taylor's reign as a pop icon culminated in the December 1976 release of Greatest Hits, which has sold more than 11 million copies. Taylor's combined catalog has sold an astonishing 30 million copies as of 2013.
In 1977 Taylor moved to Columbia Records, where he debuted with JT, an album that found him in peak form as a folk-pop stylist whose songcraft cut deeply. His next two albums, 1979's Flag and 1981's Dad Loves His Work, both made it into the Top 10. The latter album included the single "Her Town Too," a duet with J.D. Souther that reached Number Eleven. In 1982 Taylor returned to the stage, embarking on a nearly three-year tour of the world.
In 1985 Taylor released another album, That's Why I'm Here, which featured appearances by Joni Mitchell, Don Henley and Graham Nash. Two years later, he appeared at several benefit concerts, including the Prince's Trust Concert at the London Palladium, an Amnesty International show in Washington D.C. and a benefit for homeless children at Madison Square Garden in New York.
The pace of his releases has slowed over the years, but his work has intensified in its depth and craft. His albums from the Nineties, notably New Moon Shine (1991) and Hourglass (1997), rank with his best. In fact, Hourglass won Taylor a coveted Grammy for Best Pop Album in 1998. Taylor's hit-filled live shows are renowned for their exquisitely polished musicianship. James Taylor Live, a double CD released in 1993, was a career-spanning triumph that documented his exacting artistry onstage.
As he entered the new century, Taylor has continued recording and touring. In 2007 he released One Man Band, a live concert album, and in 2008 and 2009, he released Covers and Other Covers, two albums of cover songs. In 2010, Taylor and Carole King issued Live at the Troubadour, an album documenting their performances at the L.A. venue in 2007.
In 2000 James Taylor was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. In 2011 he received the National Medal of the Arts from President Barack Obama, and in 2012 he was honored with the Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters from the French government. He has also continued to be active in politics. In October 2004 he took part in the Vote for Change tour, and in 2013 he sang "America the Beautiful" at President Obama's second inauguration.
Inductee: James Taylor (vocals, guitar; born March 12, 1948)


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John Lennon
Born John Winston Lennon in Liverpool, England, UK – would be 72 today.
October 9th, 1940 - December 8th, 1980 (aged 40)
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Today October 9th (1975) is also Sean Lennon's birthday, born Sean Taro Ono Lennon.
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Very nice tribute for a very special person.ReplyDelete
many thx andy, I feel the same way :)
was fun to put it together.
Great photos. He had a great quote about a bicycle:
"As a kid I had a dream - I wanted to own my own bicycle. When I got the bike I must have been the happiest boy in Liverpool, maybe the world. I lived for that bike. Most kids left their bike in the backyard at night. Not me. I insisted on taking mine indoors and the first night I even kept it in my bed."
that is a beautiful quote, thx for sharing w+r!! :)
also this is one of my fave images, ringo powering his drums from a bike, from 2010: http://bikesandthecity.blogspot.com/2010/11/humpday-inspiration-sgt-peppers-lonely.html
Great pics and tribute!ReplyDelete
thx chai tea, glad to hear from ya ;)Delete


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Harvey at the fair.
Jesse and his grandson Harvey.
Gianna drives a truck at the fair.
Ruth and Harvey at the fair.
Gianna at the fair.
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Video of Gianna on some of the rides at the state fair.
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Gianna and her dad in the pool.
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Ruth lends Gianna her sunglasses.
Harvey ready for a swim, except he's got both legs through the same leg hole of his bathing suit!
Ruth helps Gianna on to a raft.
Harvey take a dip with his mom.
Harvey gets dried off and warmed up.
The kids playing in the pool.
Gianna playing on an air mattress.
Gianna and Nino.
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I like Finnair, they do stuff like this…
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Surprise dance on Finnair flight
So when they invited me to fly with them on my recent trip to Hong Kong, I jumped at the chance.
Despite the fact that I've clocked up millions of miles around the world, as an avid traveller and in my previous career as cabin crew, I had never actually flown on Finnair. I had heard lots of good things about them though; a modern fleet, friendly crew and a super chic lounge in Helsinki but the real clincher for me was the regional airport routes that they offer. I live in Manchester, an airport which doesn't offer any direct flights to Hong Kong, which means the minimum twelve-hour trek is usually increased by at least three or four long, aircraft-bound hours – hours that could be better sleeping horizontally beforehand or saying hello to Hong Kong from a rooftop bar. Add on the time to check-in, plus the time hanging around during airport transfers and before you know it, you're looking at a twenty-hour travail. Finnair's service though operates from Manchester via Helsinki which means no annoying off-route stopovers and an air-punch inducing travelling time of only fourteen hours or so.
From start to finish the service was smooth. Following an easy three-hour skip up to Helsinki, I was afforded an hour in the trendy Finnair Lounge before the onward sector to Hong Kong.
Once onboard the crew were smiley and efficient, taking time to chat without being eager-beaver in your face friendly. I liked the fact that half of the flight attendants were from Hong Kong – before we had even taken off I heard of an amazing manicurist in Kowloon from one of the girls. Nice. The cabin interiors of the A330 were bright and modern, the seats were as comfy as they come in economy with a reasonable amount of legroom – I was happy, it was certainly a more comfortable choice than some other economy classes I have flown (I'm looking at you American Airlines). Food-wise, it could have been a little bit more exciting. The same goes for the in-flight entertainment movie selection but the zippy nine-hour flight time and lovely service more than made up for any of that.
On the way home, I found myself in the fortunate position of being bumped to Finnair's award-winning business class – yay! for once the upgrade fairy answered my wish! It was star treatment all the way with sprawling lie(almost)flat beds giving 63 inches of luxurious legroom, silver service meal times brimming with delicious dishes and superb wines, and, once again, an attentive and intuitive crew.
So, would I recommend Finnair? Yes, most definitely. It's a good solid option with many winning qualities, particularly when it comes to flying from airports outside of London. Helsinki airport is a dream to transfer through, I slept for a record-breaking seven hours on both sectors (OK I took a sleeping tablet but still…) and my entire journey went without a single hitch (including a date change when I extended my trip). An excellent service all round and one that I look forward to experiencing again.
Finnair flies daily from Manchester and London Heathrow to Hong Kong.
The below fares are 'starting from' return fares and include taxes and service fees:
Manchester-Hong Kong: Business class: £2326.00 Business class Campaign for Mid Week travel: £2076.00 Economy class: £667.00
London LHR-Hong Kong: Business class: £2321.00 Business class Campaign for Mid Week travel: £2067.00 Economy class: £658.00
For more information call 0870 2414411 or visit www.finnair.com . For up to date offers and news please follow us on twitter @finnairuk. Finnair also have daily flights to Beijing and Shanghai in China. Finnair began flights to new destination Chongqing, China in May 2012.
Finnair also fly to 7 other Asian cities too in Singapore, Japan, Korea, India and Thailand.
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She-e Wu Series
The She-e Wu Signature Series Marimba Mallets from Innovative Percussion feature eight mallets of varying hardness, including two models specifically designed for concerto playing. Models WU1 - WU6 feature a custom blended yarn wrap, while concerto models WU5C and WU6C are tightly wrapped with durable and organic bamboo yarn. All models are built on natural birch handles. Each captures the unique style, sensitivity, and essence of the artist that is She-e Wu.
WU1, WU2, WU3, WU4, WU5, and WU6
- A combination of hard acrylic-style and hard rubber cores to create a full, bright tone and rich fundamental
- Hand-selected unfinished natural birch handles
- Wool-blend yarn wrap
- Elongated shaped mallet heads
Length - 20"
Width - 4.5"
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Release Date: 1989 |
this band is incredible! RIP Roger Patterson
Great review. I have the other two Atheist albums, but not this one. I really wish I could find it.
EDIT: I might review 'Unquestionable Presence' tonight, just so all of the Atheist albums are done.This Message Edited On 05.16.05
Br3ad, do you have AIM? since our Slsk's aren't compatible, maybe AIM is the way to go. Needless to say, I love this album. I prefer Unquestionable Presence though.
I don't have it, sorry. I may get it soon, but it might be a bit of a mission for me. I assume you don't have MSN?
I can hook you up if you want, I've got all their albums (AIM - biaxident657)
Good review, and a great album.
As for all the Atheist albums being reviewed..I wonder what happened to manuscript's Unquestionable Presence review.
[QUOTE=Bartender]As for all the Atheist albums being reviewed..I wonder what happened to manuscript's Unquestionable Presence review.[/QUOTE]
Most of his didn't get ported over to sputnik. When I asked him to port his Candlemass review over, he said he "cbf". :p
Album Rating: 4.0I had a few songs off this for a while, but just recently I got the rest of it. Though I still prefer Elements for the technicality, Piece Of Time is becoming one of my favourite heavy albums. I don't know how I can like these two so much, but not like U.P. all that much.
The older demo songs that come with the re-release of PoT are pretty good too. The recording is pretty raw, but the sound is so gutsy. I'd recommend them to everyone who likes Atheist give them a listen.
Good review.
I like the demos on the re-release of UP. I still need to pick this and Elements up.
Album Rating: 4.0It's sweet how you described all these little details :D
Anyway, as far as technicality is concerned, I dont find this as mind blowing as Unquestionable Presence. I do find it slightly catchier, lot thrashier and more relaxed compared to Unquestionable Presence which was far more sophisticated.
Album Rating: 5.0I love this album. Atheist only released 3 albums, but each one had more heart and greatness than a lot of other metal bands can put out in 12.
Album Rating: 3.5Amazing Technical Death Metal
Album Rating: 3.0Wasn't as good as expected, but still a great album. So far ahead of its time, it's amazing that it came out in the 80s.
Album Rating: 4.5
Amazing Technical Death Metal
I think I actually marginally prefer this to Unquestionable Presence.
In fact, screw marginally. I way prefer it, this is as close to me giving this as a 5 without me actually doing so as an album can get I think.
Once again, screw that ...I've given in. Big ol' 5 baby!
Album Rating: 3.0I prefer Elements actually. This is my least favorite.
This is much more powerful than Elements for me.
I prefer Elements actually. This is my least favorite
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Q&A with Women's Basketball Head Coach Charity Elliott
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Last June, Charity Elliott was introduced as the new Head Coach of the UC
Q—What made you want to be a basketball coach?
ELLIOTT—I was in graduate school working on a clinical psychology degree and was asked to coach the freshmen team at
Q—W hat are the basics of your coaching philosophy?
ELLIOTT—On the court, we're going to run, run, run and play very aggressive on the offensive and defensive end. I need players who are very tough—mentally and physically—because my expectations are very high for each player and this team. I really believe that coaching is teaching and my job is to teach these players how to be successful, both on the court and off.
Q—Who have been your coaching mentors?
ELLIOTT—The greatest coaching mentor in my life is definitely Cheryl Burnett, who I played for and coached with at
Q—You played collegiate basketball at both Rice and
ELLIOTT—My two years at Rice were more about maturing and adjusting to the collegiate level. I was able to compete against some of the best players in the country (
Q—What interested you about the UCSD position?
ELLIOTT—I have long considered San Diego to be my second home as I have most of my family here and have watched and admired from a distance the UCSD campus and what has been accomplished here in the entire athletic department. Being one of the UC schools automatically sets the school on a pedestal academically and the facilities and location are definitely second to none. As I did my research, I was overwhelmed with the EXCELLENCE that exists all over this campus. Plus, I knew Coach Janell Jones had done an outstanding job with the women's basketball program and it seemed like a great time to join the Triton family.
Q—Most of your experience has been at the D-I level. What differences, if any, have you found with the move to UCSD?
ELLIOTT—The major difference I have noticed is the balance these student-athletes are able to maintain in their lives—that and the desire to succeed in every area of their lives. It's pretty unusual to have an entire team of very driven, self-motivated young ladies who expect excellence from themselves and each other. As far as the university and athletic department is concerned, this place is head and shoulders above many D-I universities, so I have been very pleasantly surprised with the excellence that encompasses the entire campus.
Q—Given your limited exposure to the UCSD roster, what can we expect to see on the floor from the 2007-08 Tritons?
ELLIOTT—I think you will see a very scrappy, hard-working group of young ladies who get after it defensively and are very up-tempo offensively. Each lady brings something unique to this team and our challenge is to put each of them in situations to be successful, kind of like a puzzle. We've just got to put the pieces in the right place. We certainly have tremendous leadership on this team and I think the seven seniors will be setting the tone for us daily.
Q—What do you demand of your players?
ELLIOTT—I demand that they lay it all on the line and put the team ahead of themselves. I love coaching tough (mentally and physically) kids and stretching them beyond what they think they are capable of doing. The players here at UCSD seem to love the fact that they will be pushed and challenged daily.
Q—Do you feel any pressure taking over at a program that went to the NCAA Division II Final Four a year ago?
ELLIOTT—I don't think it's pressure, I think it's excitement. These returning players have now experienced something amazing and hopefully, that success has made them hungry for more and even higher success. But, I think we all realize that it doesn't just happen and we have to work that much harder to get back there again.
Q—What has surprised you most about UCSD (basketball and outside of basketball)?
ELLIOTT—I don't know if I could ever have guessed at how high quality these student-athletes are as both people and as motivated student-athletes. I've been so impressed with their work ethic and motivation. It sure makes my job a lot easier.
Q—What do you enjoy doing in your free time?
ELLIOTT—My husband and I love exploring new places. One weekend we climbed Cowles' Mountain and another we explored the Torrey Pines Reserve. So anything we can do that is outside and can be considered exercise, I'm in! I also love having "hang out" time with the rest of my family who are here in
Q—What are some of your favorite places in and around
ELLIOTT—Anytime I am at the beach or the bay, I'm happy. We live close to
Q—What would make the 2007-08 season a success in your eyes?
ELLIOTT—I really want these seniors to go out with a bang. I know how driven they are and how motivated they are to continue to the success of the last couple of years. Obviously, any time you are putting in a new system, it takes some time. I'd also really like to see our underclassmen take great strides this season both on the court and in developing their leadership skills.
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August 24, 2013, Vancouver, BC (ISN) – Here at Spanish Banks, Day 2 of the 2013 Beach Nationals has come to a close with BC and Ontario dominating the Senior Division Semi Final schedules for tomorrow!
In the Senior Women's competition, 16 year old McNamara twins continue to make headlines as they continue on their quest to be Canada's youngest ever National champions, or indeed finalists. In their first game they were definitely tested by Ontario's Ng / Cockrell, losing the first set 15-21 before recovering to win sets 2 and 3, 21-10, 15-19 and secure the first round bye for playoffs. UBC's National CIS champion Briana Liau-Chan- Kent played out of her skin with partner Rachelle Thomas to knock out first Riley / Wiskar then #1 seed Woolley/ Bukovic from Ontario, but perhaps ran out of steam in the quarters as they went down 14-21, 16-21 to the McNamaras. Cowley / Smit (ON) knocked out Ng / Cockrell to set up their Semi Final against the twins. The other side of the draw drew big crowds on the outside courts with plenty of BC favourites vying to make the last 4. It took Vlcek (ON) / Wooding (BC) 29 points to dispatch Chow / Thomas (BC) 21-10, 29-27 to set up their Semi Final with fellow Easterners Altomare / Hamer (BC). With three Ontario teams in the last 4 – can Tsawwassen based Megan and Nicole McNamara bring home local gold? Or will Denise Wooding, originally from North Vancouver but now training in Toronto, be the crowd pleaser?
BC Gold looks perhaps more likely in the Senior Men's with one BC team guaranteed to make it to the final. After an excellent start yesterday, Vancouver Island's Sean and Dan Casey were bitterly disappointed to lose their quarter final and find themselves out the running for Gold. 7 foot tall Ryan Gandy was an impenetrable wall at the net and with partner Dave Beleznay closed the match out 22-20, 21-15 to set up an all BC semi final against Marshall / Orman. They beat Klassen / Galloway 29-27, 21-15 to advance. Originally from Poland and now based in Vancouver, former World U21 Bronze medallist Krzysztof Orman is now perhaps BC's biggest chance at Gold.
"I originally moved to Canada when the Head Coach at VIU Chris Densmore (now VBC's Executive Director) saw me playing at Worlds and offered me a volleyball scholarship. I love playing here and this tournament has gone particularly well – yesterday and today were excellent builder days for finals tomorrow." Orman commented.
"We're feeling confident about tomorrow," added partner and former TWU player Steven Marshall. "We already defeated Beleznay / Gandy in pool play yesterday and hope to repeat that result in the Semis."
In the other half of the draw, Cam Wheelan (ON) and Langley born Mike Plantinga continue their textbook tournament with a straightforward win against Wiskar / Lebourdais (BC) in the quarter, 21-15, 21-14. They face Ontario's Nusbaum (World U21 silver medallist) and his partner Will Sidgwick in their semi final tomorrow. We look set for a big BC / ON clash in the final – join the crowd down here at Spanish Banks East at 3pm to watch!
The nation's top youth teams also continue to battle it out for 14U, 16U and 18U titles. Today saw the Power Pool stages, where teams were regrouped according to their Friday finish – with strong performances rewarded with superior seeding for tomorrow's playoffs. After perhaps a disappointing first day, the Ontario 18U Boys teams really raised their game while BC perhaps found it hard going. Identical twins Palmer/Palmer continue to be favourites and will rank 1st, but BC hopes are strong with beach specialists Dunn /McCrea posting three wins themselves.The top pools in the 18U were extremely tight with several tied teams and some tough math for the Nationals staff! Emily Maglio and Amanda Ramsden reversed their Provincials finals loss to beat Stone/Pantovic 21-17, 21-8 – they will take the top seed going into tomorrow's Playoffs. In the 16U Girls , Reeves and Westwood are a great bet for Manitoba Gold here at Nationals – they didn't drop a set in Pool AA, one of the top Power Pools. BC's Birker / Fayad, however, also posted a 3-0 second day with no sets dropped– they will hope to use the home advantage to continue their winning ways on the National level.
Finals will start tomorrow afternoon from around 1.30pm, with the Women's Senior Gold at 2pm, followed by the Men's at 3pm. If you can't make it down to the beach, both will be streamed live at www.sportscanada.tv. Fans can also follow the action on Twitter – @BeachNationals.
Tournament Details
Dates: August 23-25, 2013
Location: Spanish Banks Beach, Vancouver, BC
Times: 9am – 5pm daily
Gold Medal Match: Women – Sunday August 25th, 2pm
Men – Sunday August 25th, 3pm
More details and live results updates: http://www.volleyball.ca/contenfivb.t/2013-beach-nationals


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Windows 8: The Metro Mess
When someone sits down at a machine running Windows 8, the first thing they notice is the new user interface. This design was formerly known as "Metro" and now has been called by various names, including the "Windows 8-style UI," "modern-style UI," "the new user interface," and "the interface formerly known as Metro." It represents a big, and some would say radical, change in the way Windows looks.
Having used Windows 8 as my primary operating system for a while now, while looking at the RTM version, I can see the benefits of the new look. Still, every time I show it to business users on a desktop, they look confused and ask me what happened to the Start button. I typically explain that they can get to the new Start screen by just clicking in the lower left-hand corner as usual or by pressing the Windows key. When they look at the new screen, though, they look skeptical.
To some extent, it's just that people are frightened of change. I remember lots of users who didn't want a graphical user interface at all, but wanted the pure command line interface, the way it was in DOS (as well as CP/M, Unix and everything that came before). I remember how radical the Start button was when it first appeared in Windows 95. Lots of people complained how strange it was to use the Start menu to shut down. We all got used to it.
That doesn't mean there won't be people who want utilities that bring back the classic Start menu, or people who even still want to run classic DOS commands in Windows 8. (The old "run" and "command prompt" options are still there.) But while it may take some time, my guess is most of us will get used to the new Start menu as well because it is fairly simple. I'm less convinced that we'll all be running new-style (Metro-style) applications.
When the Consumer Preview came out, I said I thought it was quite good on a tablet, awkward on a laptop, and even worse on a desktop. It's improved on a laptop since then, but Metro apps are still pretty much designed for a full-screen experience, or at best, with a view of one app on the side and another taking the majority of the screen. That's still great in most cases on a tablet, where you tend to be mostly consuming content or doing some light editing.
There are times, though, when you want to be looking at multiple windows simultaneously—whether copying data between documents, looking up something online and taking notes, or watching a video in the corner of the screen. In those cases, the traditional desktop apps with multiple windows are easier, whether on a notebook or a desktop. In addition, the new apps are limited to a single screen. Anyone with a multiple monitor setup, admittedly a relatively small part of the market, will want to run desktop applications most of the time.
For now, most of us don't have much choice because there aren't that many new-style applications. The programs most of us spend the majority of our time in—Microsoft Office, and photo and video editing programs—are desktop applications and will continue to be so for a long time. That's good for compatibility; on the computers I've tried so far (all traditional Intel or AMD-based machines), just about every application that works on Windows 7 works on Windows 8. One minor exception is the old Cisco VPN client software, but I found some workarounds and the newer AnyConnect client works fine. Certainly, both Office 2010 and the current pre-release version of Office 2013 work quite well. For a desktop or laptop user, I'm not sure I really need the new-style apps. For instance, the new-interface Internet Explorer 10 works fine (with limited Flash support but without most plug-ins), but the desktop version of IE 10 is more flexible.
Even on a tablet, you still need the classic or desktop interface for a lot of housekeeping work, such as copying files or using the control panel.
So everyone must get used to splitting time between the two basic looks: the old or "classic" interface with traditional desktop applications and the new interface and the new applications. This is tailor-made for "hybrid" computers from the old-style Tablet PCs to the newer designs that were all over this year's Computex show. I certainly see the appeal of such machines. On other machines, though, having two interfaces might be flexible, but certainly isn't elegant.
The other problem is naming and describing the new look, which is awkward, confusing, and a bit embarrassing for Microsoft. After months of loudly calling the new UI "Metro"—CEO Steve Ballmer ended his CES keynote by claiming 2012 was going to be all about "Metro, Metro, Metro"—the company has decided to retire the name. That's a problem for Microsoft and for all of us who are trying to describe and write about the new interface. It's also going to pose an issue for IT departments trying to train employees.
It's even more confusing because of the very complexities in the product and the multiple uses of the "RT" suffix. Windows 8 offers applications and a UI for older style "classic" or "desktop" applications, as well as the new interface and new interface applications, which are typically built using the WinRT runtime library. There's also Windows RT, essentially Windows 8 running on ARM based processors, which will run new WinRT-based apps with the new UI. It will also have a desktop, though one apparently limited to a special version of Microsoft Office and operating system utilities. So you can have WinRT-based apps on Windows 8 and a few classic apps on Windows RT that aren't based on WinRT. End-users shouldn't even have to think about WinRT (any more than they think about the Win32 APIs or the .NET framework that developers have used for a long time for classic applications), but people will surely say "WinRT" when they mean "Windows RT" and that will just add to the confusion.
Again, I think consumers may well get used to the new interface, and it's certainly more suited for use on a tablet or hybrid PC. I think enterprise desktop and notebook users are likely to stick with Windows 7, though they probably would have no matter what Microsoft did now, just for timing reasons. I can see IT shops preferring Windows 8-based tablets over iPads because they can manage them the way they manage other PCs. Of course, end-users prefer iPads in part because they still have many more tablet-friendly apps. That's one of the things the new Windows interface is trying to change, but it's a long process. I think small business desktop customers are likely to be the most confused by the change.
Apple has one OS for its phones and tablets (iOS) and a different one for its desktops and notebooks (Mac OS). While the environments have gotten a bit more similar with common gestures, notifications, and cloud services, they still feel very different. Google has done the same with Android and Chrome OS. Microsoft is taking a different approach by coming up with the same basic interface to run on everything from phones to desktops, but leaving tablets, notebooks, and desktops with both new and old interfaces. It's a way for the company to leverage the success it has had with traditional PCs to phones and tablets. I understand that approach, I just worry that it's going to confuse a lot of people.


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Coverage and Reimbursement of Genetic Tests
Genomic medicine has the capacity to revolutionize clinical practice, but if insurance companies and Medicare are unwilling to pay for genetic testing, this important progress will be stalled. The mapping of the human genome has created new opportunities for genetic tests to predict, prevent and treat disease. Tests such as BRCA 1 and 2 for breast cancer and HNPPC testing for colorectal cancer can assess disease risk and guide screening and preventive measures. Other tests can predict optimal chemotherapy regimens, or predict the likelihood of drug response or toxicities and avoid exposing patients to ineffective or overly toxic regimens. There are many other examples of clinically useful information available through newly developed genetic tests.
Reimbursement decisions about genetic testing are complicated by a lack of extensive data evaluating the economics of genetic testing, and by the cost of evaluating new technologies. Dr. Francis Collins, director of the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), recently spoke at the World Health Congress (World Health Congress) in Washington, D.C., and commented on the need for further study of the economic benefit of genetic testing to predict, prevent and treat disease. (See: Genomic Medicine: A Revolution in Medical Practice in the 21st Century) .
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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) administers Medicare, the largest health insurance program in the United States. CMS also manages the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA)program, which inspects and regulates clinical laboratories, including those doing genetic testing (See: Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments).
Several government agencies are working towards the development of regulatory standards for genetic testing laboratories and comprehensive integration of genetic testing into routine medical care. The Centers for Disease Control has an advisory group specifically focused on the CLIA regulations, (See: Centers for Disease Control: Genetic Testing Policy), as well as projects studying validation of genetic tests and the integration of genetic tests into clinical practice. (See: Centers for Disease Control - Genetic Testing). The Secretary's Advisory Committee on Genetics, Health, and Society (SACGHS) recently issued a comprehensive coverage report summarizing the issues surrounding reimbursement of genetic tests. (See: Coverage and Reimbursement of Genetic Tests and Services. )
The NHGRI hopes to serve as a resource for advancing genomic medicine by assisting all types of payers in their efforts to evaluate emerging genetic tests for reimbursement, and by promoting research into the health benefit and cost-effectiveness of genetic testing.
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text: Yes...I have been taking my time to get to 100. Well, last weekend I finally made it. My wife and I were visiting friends in Mass. and we went sightseeing. We also logged a few caches and saved a special one to be my 100th. One of our friends' favorite places is Rafe's Chasm in the Magnolia section of Gloucester. It is a beautiful park on the ocean with a 200 foot long split in the rocks that produces a thundering splash from the waves. Anyhow, I found the cache, opened it up and what is staring at me.....a rubber chicken. :D That Laughing Terry sure gets around. The chicken just made my 100th cache even more special.


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Star Wars brainwave toy blows in
Is the brainwave force strong in you?
The latest toy to cash-in on the brainwave-controlled gaming fad has been unveiled and it's a Star Wars-themed tube, of sorts.
The Force Trainer
The Force Trainer simply requires its user to strap a wireless brainwave analyser around their head and then to concentrate their thoughts on raising a ping-pong ball up a 10in vertical tube. The harder they concentrate, the faster a fan in the gadget's base spins, which pushes the ball upwards.
It's been designed by US toy firm Uncle Milton Industries and, although it lacks the technical prowess of Emotiv Systems' Epoc neuroheadset, The Force Trainer sounds remarkably similar to Mattel's MindFlex game – seen at CES last week.
But quite why Uncle Milton felt it necessary to brand the game as a Star Wars toy is unclear. Because even Darth Vader would get surely board of levitating a ball up and down a vertical tube faster than you can say Dark Side.
Nonetheless, The Force Trainer is expected to find its way into shops later this year for around $100 (£66/€74). ®
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Last year, Google tried to introduce its Google Voice service to Apple iPhone owners. But it turned out to be a victim in the souring relationship between the two companies.
Though AT&T was accused of booting Google Voice, it turned out that Apple was to blame -- denying Google a spot in the App Store on the pretext that the application shared too many features with the iPhone's own functionality.
Today, the Google empire struck back by introducing a version of the voice application that works in mobile Web browsers -- including the iPhone's.
Of course, you were always able to access Google Voice from mobile browsers, but the site wasn't optimized for mobile devices. The new site, at least for the iPhone, looks pretty much exactly like the old application that Apple objected to.
The one problem is that it can't access a phone's internal contact list -- and the procedure for importing contacts from other applications into Google Voice is a little complicated.
But it does mean that you can place calls through Voice, and at Voice's free and reduced rates, without necessarily spending minutes on your voice plan.
It's a shrewd move on Google's part, and it will be interesting to see if AT&T and Apple can, or will, react.
Jackson West uses Google Voice online to place calls when T-Mobile cuts him off for being late to pay his bill.


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Since the dawn of history, humankind has been fascinated with the idea of human flight, and although many attempts were made, it was not until Wilbur and Orville Wright invented the airplane that man truly conquered the sky. In classical Greek mythology, Daedalus made wings for his son Icarus to fly away from Crete. Icarus, disobeying his father's warnings, flew too close to the sun, melting the wax, which had glued together his wings, causing Icarus to plummet into the sea. From the Middle Ages, there are references to both lighter and heavier-than-air flying from the Franciscan Monk, Roger Bacon, whose work contained speculative references to hollow globes filled with "aetherial" air which could float in the atmosphere, to a flying machine in which a man could sit and propel himself. Even the great Renaissance genius, Leonardo da Vinci, was obsessed with the idea of human flight and created several interesting sketches of man-powered ornithopters. So how is it that two printers turned bicycle makers from Dayton, Ohio were able to solve the mystery that so many others had failed to do? They were able to adapt and build on their earlier experiences to create something that had only been dreamed of.
The brothers' first joint business venture, a small print shop established in 1889, proved influential in the development of the brothers' mechanical, writing, and business skills. Each of these skills would become essential later in their careers. Then Wilbur and Orville entered the bicycle business in 1892, when American journalists were already touting the bicycle as a "boom to all mankind," a "national necessity," and a "force that has within it almost the power of social revolution."² Little did they know that this bicycle boom would help the Wright brothers' succeed in their quest to achieve heavier-than-air mechanical flight through the invention of the airplane. This would be their crowning achievement, ushering in a new age for mankind--the age of air power and the shrinking globe.¹ Charles Dolfus, quoted in Charles Gibbs-Smith, Aviation: An Historical Survey from its Origins to the End of World War II (London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1970), front piece.
² Tom D. Crouch, "How the Bicycle Took Wing," American Heritage of Invention & Technology (n.d.), p. 11.


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A protégé of Maestro Lorin Maazel, Kynan Johns has conducted over 100 orchestras including the Israel Philharmonic, Rotterdam Philharmonic, and Vienna Chamber Orchestra. He has worked at Covent Garden, conducted at La Scala, and worked with Maazel and Mehta for four seasons at the Palau de les Arts (Opera House) in Spain. In addition to complete Beethoven, Brahms, Strauss and Mahler cycles his opera credits include Don Giovanni, Madame Butterfly, Luisa Miller, Don Carlos, Turn of the Screw, La Boheme, Traviata, Faust, Adés's Powder Her Face & Offenbach's Perichole.


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Good God: Michigan Man Bites Off His Wife's Eyelid & Chases Her Down With A Steak Knife!
"t. Clair Shores Police detectives say it was like a scene out of the movie Silence of the Lambs. They say 32-year-old Rahsaan Thedford was at his estranged wife's house at about 4:30 in the morning on Mother's Day when he attacked her and bit off her eyelid. Police say the two had been arguing, then starting fighting in which he punched her in the head and the face. She grabbed a steak knife and told him to leave, but that's when detectives say he pinned her down, used his teeth and tore off her lid. The woman lives in a rental property on Recreation Street. Some neighbors say they have heard fighting and doors slamming at night, but had no idea the fights were this severe. Police caught Thedford trying to get away under a neighbor's fence." - 7 News
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(CNN) -- Aziz Ansari's never pulls punches in his stand-up, but there is a joke in his new comedy special that really pushes the envelope (forget worrying about a spoiler; we couldn't tell it here if we wanted to). Let's just say it involves child molestation, and the audience loves it.
The "Parks and Recreation" star said he doesn't worry about getting caught on the wrong side of the politically correct crew as has happened to some comedians.
"I think you have to take that all case by case to see if it makes sense," he said.
His new special, "Aziz Ansari: Buried Alive," will debut on November 1 on Netflix. The comic is known for being innovative in getting his comedy to fans and said the online streaming service made sense to him.
"I think people now just like to watch stuff, whatever they want and watching whenever," he said during a conference call about his new project. "I've done every kind of method, like releasing my stuff for $5."
One clip from the special that has been making the rounds on YouTube features Ansari poking fun at the institution of marriage and family, life events a few of the 30-year-old's friends are experiencing now.
"I write stand-up about whatever is kind of going on in my life, whatever is in my head," he said. "And I ended up writing the special mostly about that."
Ansari prowls the stage at the Merriam Theater in Philadelphia, where the special was filmed, dressed in a suit with a flower on his lapel. His jokes cover a lot of ground, from the aforementioned pedophilia to marriage equality. On the controversy surrounding the Chick-fil-A boycott, he said it was a bit of a conundrum: "Obviously I'm very pro gay marriage, but I'm also very pro delicious chicken sandwich."
Ansari also takes on those in his generation and how different they are from those of past generations, who, to Ansari, seem more elegant.
"If those generations could be a font, they would be Times New Roman," he said. "I look at my generation, we're f***ing Comic Sans! You can't take us seriously, we're Comic Sans!"
Yes, he's getting older, but Ansari said he doesn't miss being in his 20s, other than "being able to say you're in your 20s." Ansari, who started doing standup while a student at New York University, said today's aspiring comics should focus on their material.
"(Young comedians) are like, 'Oh, I got to start making videos and I got to maintain a Twitter thread on this site,'" he said. "I think that is probably doing more harm than good, because all I really cared about was being really good at stand-up."
And while he is aware that his TV show, "Parks and Recreation," has some rabid fans, he said he thinks his stand-up fans aren't necessarily there because he's on the NBC comedy.
"Whenever I do stand-up, I feel like those are people that know my stand-up," he said. "There might be some overlap with 'Parks' fans, but when I did my first theater tour, if I mentioned my cousin Harris or something, everyone would respond, so I think that means that they've seen the stand-up. I don't feel there are many people that are seeing 'Parks' and then they're like, 'Oh, let me spend X amount of dollars to see this guy do stand-up. Maybe he's funny.' "


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Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Inconspicuous Layering
28 comments:
- Jen said...
you definitely don't look like you layered at all. very sneaky :)
you look lovely as usual.
- December 16, 2009 at 1:19 AM
- Chloe said...
Ooh, well done. And can I just say one more time how much I love your new haircut?
- December 16, 2009 at 2:10 AM
- Ash said...
I layer leggings together quite often too hehe! Stays nice and cozy but comfortable too!
- December 16, 2009 at 2:33 AM
- Kathryn said...
I would never have thought to layer leggings under tights. Very tricky! You look amazing here.
- December 16, 2009 at 6:11 AM
- Sidewalk Chalk said...
I love that necklace and those shoes! You look great. - JoAnn, Sidewalk Chalk
- December 16, 2009 at 7:22 AM
- un bel oiseau said...
wow seriously that looks amazing for all those layers! i was just squinting to see if i could tell! nice work!
- December 16, 2009 at 7:26 AM
- Clare said...
This is such an unexpected combination, but it works so well. I love the idea of hidden layers!
- December 16, 2009 at 7:44 AM
- Christina said...
Wow good for you. Once again, I love your color palette. And I can't believe those shoes are from payless. They are awesome!
- December 16, 2009 at 7:52 AM
- thedirtyknitter said...
so cute! and warm! at least it's a little warmer today in the area!!!
- December 16, 2009 at 8:17 AM
- Francine said...
Love the tights very much. And you coulda fooled me! Doesn't look layered at all.
- December 16, 2009 at 8:22 AM
- anne charlotte said...
i love that necklace. you always wear it really well!
- December 16, 2009 at 8:23 AM
- junebabie said...
I love wearing sweaters under sleeveless dresses- it's a great way to make them wearable for winter without covering them up!
you look fantastic, by the way.
- December 16, 2009 at 8:37 AM
- elizabeth marley said...
I ALWAYS layer my tights in the winter! I invested in a couple pairs of super warm wool tights and I just wear them as a "base layer". I also like thigh high socks--they're the best!
- December 16, 2009 at 8:43 AM
- VF said...
haha you look so cute! I cant even tell you are wearing a sweater underneath....those shoes rock by the way.
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- December 16, 2009 at 8:51 AM
- Lindsay said...
well, you look wonderful. that necklace is so great with the dress
- December 16, 2009 at 9:08 AM
- Diana said...
Love the outfit! I wish the Targets near me had awesome green tights. They only seem to have black and grey around here.
- December 16, 2009 at 10:01 AM
- M. said...
looove that necklace and those shoes!
- December 16, 2009 at 10:47 AM
- Brittany said...
Those tights are so fun! And good tips with the layering.. I don't think Virginia Beach will get quite THAT cold but I will definitely keep that in mind :)
- December 16, 2009 at 10:57 AM
- Kassie said...
You can't even tell. I've done my fair share of layering in the past too. I always felt the darker the tights the easier it was to layer.
♥ Stolen Stiletto
- December 16, 2009 at 11:38 AM
- Lions, Tigers and Fashion OH MY! said...
love the tights with your outfit, so festive!
loving the hair ;)
- December 16, 2009 at 11:43 AM
- Lexie said...
i like how the dress blends seamlessly with the sweater - sometimes that's hard to pull off with shades of black!
- December 16, 2009 at 12:41 PM
- vintagewithatwist said...
this outfit is wonderful, I love the bright colored tights!
- December 16, 2009 at 1:01 PM
- Dylana said...
I love your tights and necklace!
- December 16, 2009 at 1:40 PM
- Linda said...
I love your hair in this shot and I really love your festiveness...is that a word?
p.s. Did the necklace find you?
- December 16, 2009 at 2:20 PM
- E said...
Such a fan of those shoes!
- December 16, 2009 at 9:41 PM
- grace said...
the more you wear that necklace, the more i want it!
- December 16, 2009 at 9:50 PM
- Orchid Grey said...
I LOVE this, the simple black with the pops of gold and teal- so simple but amazing.
- December 18, 2009 at 6:11 PM
- chic said...
Brilliant! I would have never thought to do the tights thing but it's such a great idea and no one would be any the wiser! S.
- December 20, 2009 at 6:47 AM


text: News from my alma mater! They're naming a building after the late gossip columnist Claudia Cohen, who a dropout has no business mocking for majoring in Communications. Anyway some students are pissed. "I, as an academic, am accustomed to seeing buildings with names like Newton, Copernicus, Darwin," says a chemistry major named Ponzy Lu, adding: "Then to see the name of this person, who is very fresh in our memory, who is not associated with a pursuit of knowledge - a gossip columnist: it strikes me as being totally idiotic." Um, babydoll, this feels redundant to be telling someone named after the inventor of the pyramid scheme, but did you notice Penn doesn't really like the names of its facilities to be associated with the pursuit of things other than money? (Or did you just assume the guys behind the Lehman Brothers Quandrangle were an early order of learned monks?) Anyway, I personally think the Claudia Cohen building represents a great stride, which is to say, one of their mogul graduates officially abstained from treating his ex-wife like shit! I eagerly await a Barkin dining hall. [NYT]