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ASUS RT-N66U, USB-N66, USB-N53 Router and Adapter Roundup
Product Overview
Some computer components get all the glory. Your normal lineup of FPS crushing GPU's, Handbrake dominating CPU's, and super-fast Memory end up with most of the headlines. Yet behind the scenes, there are some computer components we use that are pivotal in our use and enjoyment of computers and receive very little fanfare. Without networking we wouldn't have file sharing, LAN parties or even the Internet itself. Without routers and network adapters, we wouldn't have networking.
ASUS recently sent a whole slew of networking components our way and we've decided to take them for a spin and see if they're worth your hard earned dollars. Our box of ASUS goodies included:
- ASUS RT-N66U Gigabit Router – Dual Band Wireless-N900
- ASUS PCE-N10 - Wireless N PCI-E Adapter Wireless-N
- ASUS PCE-N15 - Wireless N PCI-E Adapter Wireless-N
- ASUS USB-N53 - Dual Band Wireless N Adapter
- ASUS USB-N66 - Dual Band Wireless-N900 Adapter
Without further ado, let's jump in and tackle each one.
ASUS RT-N66U Gigabit Router – Dual Band Wireless-N900
Routers are one of those components that most of us don't really think about unless something goes horribly wrong. Most people will buy one they find on a big box store shelf (or even worse, just use their ISP's router), pull it out of the box, plug a few cables into it and then forget about it in a closet for a few years.
Continue reading our roundup of the ASUS RT-N66U and accompanying adapters!!
There's a lot of power and performance packed into today's Wi-Fi routers and the ASUS RT-N66U is definitely no slouch. Some highlights of the ASUS RT-N66U include:
- 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz Concurrent Dual-Band Transmissions for Strong Signal Strength and Ultra-Fast Connection Rates up to 900Mbps
- Gigabit Ethernet Ports for the Fastest, Most Reliable Internet Performance
- Download Master for Wireless Data Storage and Access to Router-Connected USB Storage Devices
- Expanded Wireless Coverage with Detachable High-Powered Antennas
- File Sharing, Printer Sharing, and 3G Sharing via Two Multi-Functional Built-in USB Ports
- ASUSWRT Dashboard UI for Easy Setup, Signal Monitoring, and Network Application Control
The specs sound a lot better than the aging Buffalo WHR-HP-G54 I have rocking in my networking closet. A few items that immediately caught my eye included the dual USB ports and 900 Mbps Wi-Fi rates.
Editor's Note: Before jumping into the rest of the review, you should check out our video below where Chris and I discuss the testing methodology and general opinions on the ASUS products in question!
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Chris, nice review. Looks like a pretty nice router. I may have to pick one up to play with.
I had a few questions you might be able to answer:
- Can you lock down the admin page to only work over wired? I see a place to open WAN access to it but not WIRED/WIRELESS.
- Were you able to try DYNDNS?
- Any tests on parental control / keyword filters? I only ask because I know a number of routers in the past flat out didn't work. I know a lot of parents that struggle with this specific point :-)
The Network Services Filter looks like an interesting feature but looks like you have to custom create a rule if you want to do it by machine (IP).
I did kind of laugh at the "Famous Game List" on the port forwarding. Kind of surprised the Famous Server List didn't include IMAP or HTTPS. Not a huge deal.
I did notice on their demo that the QOS is system-wide so you can't select QOS rules but device which kind of stinks. I guess a bandwidth limit tool like on Tomato would be the better way to deal with that possibly.
Nice job. Look forward to more networking stuff on PCPer.
Hey thanks! Glad you enjoyed it. To answer your questions, I don't recall seeing any way to lock the router admin down by Wi-Fi, just by WAN.
As for DynDNS and parental controls, I didn't actually get to dive too deep into them. Due to the huge amount of tests and time constraints we couldn't dive into every available firmware option. I do plan in future reviews that are for single adapters or routers I'll try to dig a little bit deeper into software/firmware options.
I use Tomato at home as well and love their QoS and bandwidth monitoring capabilities, hopefully more vendors start expanding out on those.
I have the ASUS RT-N66U
It does support DYNDNS & DNS-O-Matic which is fantastic. With DNS-O-Matic you can have the RT-N66U update OpenDNS and any other DynDNS provider. DNS-O-Matic acts as a DynDNS forwarder in a sense.
You can see the interface here: http://event.asus.com/2012/nw/dummy_ui/en/Advanced_ASUSDDNS_Content.html
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this will make a great addition to the site. Please test the WNDR4700 and if possible contact netgear and tell them to add idle spindown to the drives, I really want get one but am not sure since many storage routers in the past (cough... apple), have been so full of fail that it has given storage routers a bad image.
Also if possible cover info on 3rd party firmware (would like to avoid routers that have no hope of 3rd party firmware).
I think we have a Netgear or two waiting to be testing, I just don't remember what model. I'll check when I get back next week and if we don't have that I'll see if we can get one from Netgear.
Good idea on the 3rd party firmware. I don't know if time would permit us to test a bunch of 3rd party firmware on routers, but I'll try to mention if it's an option on each router going forward. Doing a bit of googling, it looks like the RT-N66U can take some versions of Tomato, but I'm not sure it'd be worth it since you'd probably lose all the other functionality that ASUS has built in. Will really depend on your use case.
Nice review! And welcome aboard Chris! I really like the ASUS RT-N66U's style and performance, definitely considering replacing my current router.
Still disappointed with the data throughput on wifi compared to the advertised speeds, unfortunately it seems like common practice these days. I'm curious to see what the test environment and setup they use to get these benchmarks in the first place.
But as you said, gotta love that marketing. Big numbers = £££ apparently
That has pretty much always been a problem with wifi and it gets worst each year, with the latest standard 802.11c they will claim 1.2 Gbit/s to 1.6 Gbit/s, but in reality, benchmark at around 170 mbit/s to 220 mbit/s.
Since 802.11b, the delta between advertised speed and actual speed has steadly grown, in the past you could get around 60% advertised speed as a best case, and now it is down to around 25% advertised speeds
Yeah, this is kinda a pet peeve of mine honestly. These advertised speeds remind me of the claims from the old broadband providers back in the day. I mean, my car can travel 1000 mph too, assuming I drop it from low earth orbit, but I'll never see those speeds.
I'm not really sure how they come up with the 300/450 Mbps 'up to' speeds when I couldn't even get close to half that with the router and adapter sitting right next to each other. I think I'm going to see that with every vendor though.
I have to admit some responsibility here... I was the Sr. Product Manager for the USR x2 consumer product line back in the 90's and the whole "56k" thing kind of started this.. :-)
As you said though, if you happened to live at the head end, and plugged your modem directly into the head end modem, you might be able to get 56k so who was I to say you didn't have that setup? ;-)
I do think for this crowd, focusing on the Tomato, DD-WRT and other "enthusiast" class stuff is a good fit. I could really care less about the latest EA4500/6500 from Cisco. I can read 10 reviews about those one from the candy-store reviewers out there.
I've been running Tomato for at least 5-6+ years. Originally on the WRT-54G then the 54GL. I have it on a Netgear 3500L right now. I've also been playing around with M0n0wall (on a WatchGuard Firewall), Untangle (on a PC), DD-WRT, OpenWRT, PFSense and a few others.. Still searching for a solution that fits my needs (3 kids, 10 computers, 2 servers, 2 rokus, 2 apple TVs, 2 google TVs, and more).. QOS, Bandwidth limits, parental control (that work), bandwidth monitoring, networking monitoring are all things I'm interested in.
Network Monitoring in particular is becoming more and more of an issue. With every device online and wanting to "phone home", I want a better idea of what is going on and who is talking to what. That may not be something average users want but done correctly, a powerful router with the right features would be a huge seller. Most of the stuff on the market has just sucked for the past 10 years with the only improvements really being new WiFi standards.
With the home network being the backbone for a huge portion of our life now, its crazy that more innovation hasn't come out in this space. If you let Comacast (intentionally spelled), AT&T and other ISPs have their way, they'll reach their greasy fingers all the way into the home and charge and monitor everything. No thanks. You can plug in your data pipe to my outside wiring and go away..
I think when they make claims such as 450mbit/s they mean, provided you can harness the power of magic while transferring your data, then you will reach 450mbit/s
I don't even know how they get away with it, many companies (eg small net builder) have tried to set up best possible case scenarios for a wifi speed test (including disabling as many things as possibly that can lead to a bandwidth or processing overhead, and still never manage to come even close to the advertised speeds). Isn't it false advertising if advertised results are impossible to to achieve is real world or even laboratory conditions?
Imagine if wifi style claims were accepted in other ways of life.
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Yes Razor it is however companies have done it for a long time. WAY back when, the whole monitor industry was taken to court over "Viewable" area. Claims that a monitor was 15" when it had 14 inches of viewable glass caused that.
At USR, we had to put an asterix on the box and tell people that 53.3 was the highest you could get because of FCC regs. In our case we were claiming connection speed and not throughput. Yeah, splitting hairs but there was a difference.
I think in the case of WiFi there is no possible way to put out a claim that would apply to everyone. Every situation would have different interference etc..
The numbers used for WiFi, like 450mbps and for LAN, 1000mbps are the maximum symbol rate for the interface, not the maximum throughput. You have to add in protocol overhead, packet loss and retransmission, and then you end up with a much lower maximum throughput. You also have to take into consideration that on WiFi the clients must check every once in awhile to allow others to talk so they don't step on each other. Also if the router is not in WiFi-n only mode, it must broadcast periodically at WiFi-b or WiFi-g speeds to let potential clients know that it exists, which will bring down the maximum even further.
A network standard can have a maximum, even if it is unreachable in the real world, but there is no way for the standard makers to know what typical performance will end up being, and it will vary for situation to situation.
It would be nice if router makers gave maximum and typical real world performance numbers on the box, but that seems like a mixed bag.
I've owned the N66U for about 6 months now and it rocks. Data throughput on the wired computers on our home network (all are Gb LAN equipped)when transferring say a 1.5Gb movie are a sustained 105mbps. The wireless computers (2 story cape, 3 wireless computers in the upstairs bedrooms) stay at constant 150-200mbps (they have different adapters). With my daughter &son-in-law currently staying with us there are usually 3 computers (2 wired- my gaming rig & the HTPC, a wireless N 150 in a bedroom), 2 iPad 2's, 4 Android 4G phones and 2 printers all running thru the RT-N66U and it hasn't hiccuped once.
This forum on Tim Higgin's site has lots of info and alternative firmware--http://forums.smallnetbuilder.com/forumdisplay.php?f=37 .
Great review Chris... I have a Rt-n66u up & running & cannot complain one iota. Well... maybe one. How in God's name did you ever get the stand clipped into the back wall mount holes. ?? For the love of me i tried, but am scared if you apply alot of pressure it will break. It will not stand securely with the stand. I rather have it standing so it will cool better. Any suggestions...? TIA Rick, Montreal Canada
I was able to snap the stand into the base. I inserted the tabs for the stand into the holes, then pressed up (towards the end with the connections) firmly on the stand at the point where the tabs were located. I held the router cradled in my hands with my thumbs resting on the stand right at the tabs. By gradually increasing pressure, the stand did snap into place without breaking. :-)
Yup, did the same thing!
I feared breaking the bracket by applying so much pressure, but it did snap into place eventually. Very sturdy.
Asus PCE-N15
I can confirm it's not just that you got a bad unit. I've owned this adapter for months and it seems to have an issue when used in an x16 slot.
It will work, but it sometimes "craps out".
Found this on the Asus site...
Due to hardware limition of the Realtek chip on PCE-N15 wireless card, PCE-N15 wireless card will function in PCIe x1 slot only. Therefore, if you would like to use PCE-N15 wireless card in your system, please plug the card into PCIe 1x slot.
I just bought this router and personally like it except tha it can share locally the USB storage to a maximum 5 clients pc. Or am I missing something? please help. thanks.
I just got the RT-N66U v.b1. This is an awesome router. The print server was the easiest set up I have ever had. My previous router started to have glitches through the switch so I replaced it with this one. I have never paid anything in the $200 range for a router before....but boy am I glad I did.
The web interface is fantastic! The Quick Set up was easy to follow and intuitive.
I did some product review before purchasing and decided to stay away from any of the routers that were AC (RT-AC66U)due to the lack of standards and available devices. This router was, in my opinion, the "best of the best" and affordable. I'm a little concerned about the heat management of the device as it does seem to run very warm. It does come with a 2 year warranty, so I would hope heat management was considered. I really think some type of small internal fan would have been a good idea.
Anyway, If anyone were to ask me about which wireless router to buy, this would be my first recommendation. Thumbs up to ASUS.
hi can you test the ASUS RT-N66U agents de new apple airport extreme from june 10:th???
please do I would like to know wish is the best for a big house with 4 stories and every floor is 10 by 9 meters.
Is there any way to setup a USB drive connected to the ASUS RT-N66U so that it appears to computers on the same network as a mounted drive with a drive letter? The idea is to use the USB drive as a network file share and also as network backup device. It doesn't look like the ftp or the media server options do that, but it's tantalizingly close. Any ideas you have are appreciated.
Please ignore my question about mapping a drive letter for backup purposes. Got it going now.
Which DDNS-services does the router support? I can not find any picture of an opened popup "Server", where i could see the different entries.
Is there also one offering to use a custom DDNS-service?


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Police on Monday arrested a 28-year-old Canyon Country man who was supplying drugs to people in Glendale, officials said.
The man, Haik Avagyan, had more than 2 ounces of heroin, a large bag of marijuana, drug packaging and two rifles inside his Canyon Country home at the time of his arrest, Police Sgt. Tom Lorenz said. The drugs had a street value of about $20,000, he added.
He was arrested on suspicion of possessing a controlled substance for sale and an outstanding warrant for violating a promise to appear in court or pay a fine, according to Glendale police reports.
Narcotics detectives began monitoring Avagyan after they identified him during an investigation into drug distribution to Glendale residents, Lorenz said. It was part of a multiyear effort in which the Police Department has been "aggressively seeking out heroin dealers preying upon members of our community," he said.
Detectives performed surveillance of Avagyan's home in the 27600 block of Hermes Lane, where they allegedly saw him exit about 2 p.m., walk toward a parked car on Nathan Hill Drive and lean into the passenger seat, Lorenz said.
The car's passenger, Arshak Akopyan, accepted a small bag of heroin from Avagyan, Lorenz said.
Detectives immediately swooped in, detained the pair and found the heroin on Akopyan's lap, Lorenz said.
Detectives searched Avagyan and found more than a half-ounce of heroin hidden in his pants, police said.
Akopyan was arrested on suspicion of possessing a controlled substance and drug paraphernalia, according to police reports.

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Citigroup (NYSE:C) advised clients to underweight U.S. stocks on Wednesday due to concerns about valuation, but the investment bank remains bullish on global stocks and upgraded its outlook on Europe and the U.K.
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The downgrade from Citi comes after the Dow Industrials suffered a 4.45% decline last month, their worst August since 1998, amid concerns about a military clash with Syria, the Federal Reserve dialing back monetary stimulus and a slowdown in the housing market.
"Valuations here are not as attractive as other parts of the world," Citi's global equity strategists wrote in a note to clients on Wednesday.
Citi now rates U.S. markets at "underweight," compared with "neutral" previously.
The global strategists note that Tobias Levkovich, Citi's top U.S. equity strategist, remains "constructive" on domestic equities, but believes the second half of 2013 "may prove more challenging as analyst EPS forecasts are likely to be cut further."
Wall Street has already slashed its forecasts for third quarter earnings. Analysts tracked by S&P Capital IQ project S&P 500 earnings will tick up just 3.71% in the third quarter, compared with calls for a 9.09% jump as of April 1 and a 16.54% leap back in October 2012.
Growth forecasts for the fourth quarter have also been cut. Capital IQ said S&P 500 earnings are projected to rise 10.19% in the fourth quarter, compared with calls for 12.87% growth in early April and 17.75% growth in January.
Despite the more cautious tone on domestic equities, Citi said it is "still bullish" overall, projecting global equities will rally 15% to the middle of 2014.
"Reasonable valuations, improving GDP growth, slowing earnings downgrades and rising corporate/investor risk appetite support our constructive view," Citi wrote. "The bears need another global economic/financial crisis. We think that remains unlikely for now."
With that in mind, the bank raised its rating on Europe, excluding the U.K., to "neutral" from "underweight."
Recent economic reports show many European economies are finally showing signs of life after years of weakness amid the eurozone's sovereign debt crisis.
"The economic outlook is improving across Europe," Citi wrote.
Since hitting a 2013 low of 2511.83 on June 24, the Euro Stoxx 50 has rallied almost 10% through Tuesday's close at 2753.35. However, the index has declined in five of the past seven days and is off 3.54% since August 16.
Meanwhile, Citi grew more bullish on the U.K., upgrading the country's stocks to "overweight" from "neutral," joining global emerging markets and Asia, excluding Japan.
London's FTSE 100 has rallied almost 10% year-to-date and has jumped 15.4% since hitting 52-week lows in mid-November 2012.
"EM and the U.K. appear the cheapest major regions across the world," Citi said, noting they are trading at 11.8x and 13.3x trailing price-to-earnings ratios, respectively.


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Firstly, I should say I don't use Windows that much these days. The Windows machines where I test DBI and DBD::ODBC I set up ages ago with a Perl built with MS Developer Studio and I tend to keep them for that purpose. However, I bought a whole load of nice shiny new parts to build myself a new PC a month ago and installed Ubuntu and Windows as I thought I could get a more up to date Perl on Windows at home.
Now the last time I seriously installed Perl on Windows, ActiveState was the only player around for Windows unless you built Perl yourself. I did the latter as I could never get DBI and DBD::ODBC to build and work with ActiveState back then (I know it is a lot easily now with MS Developer Studio 6 or a recent Express or MinGW). Strawberry Perl seems to be the new contendor for Perl/Windows (thank you Curtis Jewell). I did try Strawberry Perl about 6 months or so ago but it was back when it had to install on your C drive and I didn't have one (my first drive was h:).
So I downloaded Strawberry Perl, installed it and then forgot about it as I had way too many other things to sort out with a new PC (and Windows 7 has moved so much around I got frustrated with it and mostly booted into Ubuntu/Linux).
One month on and I needed a Windows Perl setup to test out some scripts someone on irc was struggling with. I needed MS SQL Server so I installed MS SQL Server Express (far less painful than last time) and then the real pain started.
Where is the ODBC Administrator? It used to be control panel, Adminstration, ODBC Data Sources but with this new Windows 7 the control panel seems to have half the stuff it used to have and I could not find it. So I tried start menu and tapped in ODBC in the search but nothing. I went back to control panel and tapped in ODBC in the search there but nothing. Then I searched my system disk for odbc and found odbcad32.exe but surely that wasn't it as it has "32" in the name so it is bound to be the 32bit version of the ODBC administrator. Finally I thought about searching in control panel for "data sources" and it yielded the "Setup data sources (ODBC)" link so I clicked on that. hmm, but the about tab lists a whole load of files in the c:\windows\system32 directory - surely these are all 32bit binaries. I ignored that for now and set up a data source for MS SQL Server and tested it and it worked - excellent. Now back to Perl.
A simple one liner in Perl:
threw up:
perl -V for this Strawberry Perl shows:
so it is a 32bit build - yes? I guess so. But the ODBC Administrator I used is called odbcad32.exe and resides in a system32 directory so surely that is 32bit too? No! So here lies an obvious problem of naming your executables based on architecture, when the architecture changes you have to change the name but MS decided it did not want to or could not for some reason! On top of that the path to odbcad32.exe is %windir%\system32\odbcad32.exe further suggesting it is 32bit. It turns out odbcad32.exe is actually 64bit and my Strawberry Perl is 32bit and you cannot mix the two (see Managing Data Sources). Of course I knew you could not mix 32bit applications and 64bit DLLs but it was hardly obvious from their names and locations.
So I uninstall Strawberry Perl and go and get the 64bit version of Strawberry Perl and install that. My simple one liner still does not work (something I did not note about DBI.dll being of the wrong architecture). OK, I'll reinstall DBI so I "cpan DBI" and it fails in the same way with a DLL incompatible error for DBI.dll. It turns out I'd installed DBI into Strawberry Perl and when I uninstalled the 32bit version it left an i:\strawberry dir around with a 32bit build of DBI. So I uninstall Strawberry Perl again and delete i:\strawberry and reinstall the 64bit Strawberry Perl. Now my one liner works and connects to the data source and returns a list of tables \o/
Now, I'm certainly not blaming Curtis or Strawberry Perl for any of this (obviously as it has nothing to do with them). You could argue some of it was my ignorance or my assumptions that an executable named something32.exe would be 32bit binary or that when I uninstalled something I should check it has removed files created after the install or that I should know how to find the ODBC Administrator when it is not in the control panel or start menu but really, this is rubbish. Unix has had 64bit for ages (OSF/Digital UNIX anyone on Alphas) and the mix of 32bit and 64bit shared objects was solved quite nicely in that you have lib32 and lib64 directories (or archives on AIX containing the 32bit and 64bit objects where the right one is picked at dynamic link time) and an easy "file" command that identifies the type of a binary or shared object. So what is with storing 64bit binaries in a directory called system32!
Hoping this long tale might help someone else who starts down this path.
As a side note, the 32bit ODBC administrator in Windows 64 is in %windows%\sysWOW64\odbcad32.exe! though heaven help you as the about tab here also shows the ODBC components being in c:\windows\system32 and on top of that even though I am the administrator of this machine when I click on "System DSNs" I get a warning saying "you are logged on with non-Administrative privileges. System DSNs could not be created or modified". However, after the warning I can create a SYSTEM DSN.
In the previous comment the data sources were system data sources and I just discovered an interesting (but confusing) thing if you change to User data sources. If you go into the 64 bit ODBC administrator and create a user DSN called test64u you can see it in the the 32 bit administrator and from a 32 bit application which calls SQLDataSources/data_sources. You can also connect to test64u from a 32 bit application which suggests some part of Windows or the ODBC Driver Manager knows the DSN exists put picks the appropriate driver.
I guess this is not that strange as if you used DSN-less connection strings the SQL Server Driver is called "SQL Server" in both cases. Still a bit confusing since System DSNs behave differently.
And now I discover another inconsistency. If I create DSN 1 called test32 in the 32 bit ODBC administrator and DSN 2 called test64 in the 64 bit ODBC administrator as you'd expect I can only see each one in its own administrator. When I call SQLDataSources (data_sources in Perl DBI) from a 32 bit Perl I only see test32 and from a 64 bit Perl I only get test64. However, if I attempt to connect to the test64 DSN from a 32 bit Perl I get:
"The specified DSN contains an architecture mismatch between the Driver and Application"
instead of data source not found!


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BTUSA pre-NYCBMC pig-outs
BTUSA members and fans in town for the New York City Beard and Moustache Championshps on March 14 will want to attend these pre-event events:
Dinner on Friday will be at the Fette Sau (German for fat pig) BBQ at 6 pm sharp.
This is a full-on carnivores' pig-out where we'll buy giant pieces of dead pigs, cows, and chickens by the pound, eat at picnic tables, and drink beer out of glass jars. Vegetarians are welcome but they should bring their own vegetables.
The address is 354 Metropolitan Avenue (between Havemeyer and Roebling Sts., Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY 11211. Phone: 718-963-3404.
Afterwards (7-ish) we'll head to the Lazy Catfish, a local hangout of the Gotham City Beardsman Alliance where Southern Comfort Food & drink (or is that Southern Comfort, food, and drink?) are available.
The Catfish is at 593 Lorimer Street, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY 11211. Phone: 718.599.9055.
As soon as we leave the Lazy Catfish we are moving on to the Third Ward, 195 Morgan Ave. (corner of Stagg St) where photographer Lisa Dillin needs us for a photo shoot. We may have to rush because Lisa needs us there by 1 pm on Saturday. This is the first time there has ever been a dress code for a BTUSA event. Lisa wants us to wear drab, monotonous, dull, and mundane-looking suits and ties. Don't get a haircut between now and then. If you are coming please let Lisa know and ask her for more details on the dress code. firstname.lastname@example.com. Oh yeah, Lisa is offering whiskey and beer.


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HARTSVILLE, S.C. – Julian Nelson scored a career high 34 points, propelling the Coker men's basketball team to a 79-74 win over Erskine College on Thursday night. The win improves the Cobras to 5-4 overall and 3-1 in Conference Carolinas play.
After allowing the opening basket of the game, the Cobras went on a 13-3 run and never relinquished the lead. At halftime Coker held a 41-29 advantage, but a strong second half by Erskine allowed the Flying Fleet to narrow the Cobra lead. The Fleet trailed by just two points, 50-48, with 13:06 remaining, but that would be as close as they would get.
The Cobras finished the night 10-for-17 (58.8 percent) from 3-point range and they shot 50.9 percent from the floor. They out rebounded Erskine 38-28 and the Coker bench out scored the Fleet 15-0.
In addition to his career high points, Nelson pulled in five rebounds and had two assists. Sharod Williams earned his third double-double of the season with 11 points and 10 boards, while Andrew Morris had 11 points, three rebounds, two assists and two steals.
The Cobras have won five of their last six games, including three straight at home. They will be back at home for their next game on Saturday (Jan. 5) at 4 p.m. against Conference Carolinas foe North Greenville University.
McDonald's Player of the Game- Julian Nelson


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Danube Waltz on Viking Hermod
Budapest to Passau
Explore four of Europe's most enchanting countries along the storied Danube River; Austria, Germany, Hungary and Slovakia. See the range of architectural wonders in Budapest and Bratislava, sail through the spectacular Wachau Valley, and take a tour of the 900-year-old baroque Benedictine abbey at Melk on this amazing 8-day itinerary.
Soak up soothing steam at a Budapest thermal bath. Learn to waltz...
Designed by legendary naval architects Yran & Storbraaten, the team behind The Yachts of Seabourn, these new vessels offer state-of-the-art engineering, patent pending design* and luxury. The Viking Longships provide guests with more ways to personalize their trip. Choose from a variety of stateroom classes, onboard entertainment options and ship locations from which you can enjoy sailing through the scenery, all the while enriching your time in some of Europe's most remarkable destinations.
Two Explorer Suites feature spectacular 270° views with a private wraparound veranda. Veranda Suites feature two full rooms with a veranda off the living room and a French balcony in the bedroom. Enjoy the indoor-outdoor Aquavit Terrace at the bow of the ship, or relax on the Sun Deck. These "green" ships, featuring energy-efficient hybrid engines, solar panels and an organic herb garden, were named to honor prominent members of the Norse pantheon. Each ship carries 190 guests in comfortable, understated elegance, with hotel-style beds and amenities like 26-inch flat-panel TVs and in-room refrigerators.
* Corridor configuration registered designs patent pending, numbers 1832106-0001 to 1832106-0011.
Ship Features
- 95 comfortable outside staterooms (2 Explorer Suites, 7 Veranda Suites, 39 Veranda Staterooms, 22 French Balcony Staterooms, 25 Standard Staterooms)
- All suites feature two rooms with a veranda off the living room and a French balcony in the bedroom
- Sun deck with 360-degree views and shaded sitting area; organic herb garden and solar panels; putting green, chess and walking track
- Aquavit Terrace with a revolutionary indoor/outdoor viewing area at the bow of the ship and grills for al fresco dining
- Observation lounge and bar with floor-to-ceiling glass doors
- Restaurant with floor-to-ceiling windows for panoramic views
- Library corner and onboard boutique
- Elevator
- Free shipwide wireless internet service
- Laundry service
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WASHINGTON -- If senators vote this week to release key sections of a voluminous report on terrorist interrogations, an already strained relationship between lawmakers and the CIA could become even more rancorous, and President Barack Obama might have to step into the fray.
The Senate Intelligence Committee hopes by publishing a 400-page summary of its contentious review and the 20 main recommendations, it will shed light on some of the most unsavory elements of the Bush administration's "war on terror" after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. Despite now serving Obama, the CIA maintains the report underestimates the intelligence value of waterboarding and other methods employed by intelligence officials at undeclared, "black site" facilities overseas. The entire investigation runs some 6,200 pages.
The dispute boiled into the open earlier this month with competing claims of wrongdoing by Senate staffers and CIA officials. The intelligence committee's chairwoman, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, accused the CIA of improperly monitoring the computer use of Senate staffers and deleting files, undermining the separation of powers between the executive and legislative branches. The agency said the intelligence panel illegally accessed certain documents. Each side has registered criminal complaints with the Justice Department.
This week's vote could fuel the fight, if it goes in favor of disclosure. It would start a process that forces CIA officials and Senate staffers to go line-by-line through the report and debate which elements can be made public and which must stay secret because of ongoing national security concerns. The CIA and the executive branch hold all the keys as the final determiners of what ought to remain classified. Senators primarily have the bully pulpit of embarrassing the CIA publicly and the last-resort measure of going after the agency's budget.
But senators are hoping the dispute can be diffused with the intervention of Obama, whose record includes outlawing waterboarding, unsuccessfully seeking the closure of the U.S. detention center in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and supporting other changes in how the United States pursues, detains, questions and prosecutes terrorist suspects. The president has refused thus far to weigh in on Congress' dispute with the CIA, while pledging to declassify at least the findings of the Senate report "so that the American people can understand what happened in the past, and that can help guide us as we move forward."
Obama's involvement might be in the interest of both sides. Senators fear their report will be scuttled by CIA officials directly involved in past interrogation practices, undermining the role of Congress in overseeing the nation's spy agencies. For the intelligence community, which prides itself on its discretion and foresight, even the perception of manipulating that oversight could be damaging with a public still coming to grips with National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden's revelations of massive government collection of telephone and other data.
And a further worsening of Congress' spat with the CIA hardly serves Obama's aims. It has centered on Feinstein, a Democratic supporter of the president who has backed the White House on NSA and other matters, and CIA Director John Brennan, who previously served as Obama's homeland security adviser. The entire fuss is about counterterrorism practices the president entered office determined to eliminate.
Brennan offered conciliatory words in a message to CIA employees Friday. He said agency officials would address the committee's concerns so it can complete its work report as soon as possible. He also complimented Feinstein and other congressional figures for carrying out "their oversight responsibilities with great dedication and patriotism." But he did not directly address Feinstein's tart criticism or acknowledge any agency wrongdoing. He said as a result of the unpublished review, the agency already has taken steps to strengthen CIA performance. He did not detail those moves.
Adding heat on the CIA, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid ordered an investigation by his body's top cop into the computer network that contained the confidential, internal CIA review that has sparked the rift. Congressional aides said the "Panetta review," so called because it was ordered by then-CIA Director Leon Panetta, counters CIA claims about the effectiveness of its interrogation methods and backs up assertions in the committee's review.
Brennan has yet to say publicly whether the CIA will allow Senate law enforcement personnel to search agency computers staffers used in northern Virginia. In his note, Brennan said only "appropriate officials are reviewing the facts."
In letters last week to the heads of the CIA and Justice Department, Reid, another close Obama ally, said the CIA's unapproved searching of computers was "absolutely indefensible." He challenged the credibility of Brennan's claims and echoed Feinstein's conflict-of-interest concerns about CIA lawyer Robert Eatinger, who was acting general counsel when he filed the criminal referral against Senate employees. That was after Eatinger was identified 1,600 times in the committee's study of the interrogation program.
Eatinger was a controversial figure even before his most recent run-ins with congressional investigators. Between 2004 and 2009, he was chief counsel for the CIA Detention and Interrogation Unit that employed harsh questioning tactics some consider torture, such as waterboarding and sleep deprivation. He also was among several CIA lawyers involved in the decision to destroy graphic videotapes of al-Qaida suspects being waterboarded.
Congressional officials worry Eatinger and other CIA officials who worked in the interrogation unit could be involved in the agency's declassification of the Senate report. Former intelligence officials familiar with the agency's procedures said the process probably would be overseen by lawyers from the CIA's general counsel office, as well as its Intelligence Management section, which handles declassification of long-secret historic and important documents.
In some declassification projects, documents can be farmed out to appropriate CIA units that have historical knowledge of the events, said congressional and former intelligence officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren't authorized to speak publicly on the matter. Concern that Eatinger and other former interrogation unit members might be involved in declassification partly explains the committee's insistence on White House oversight, congressional aides said.


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The debate over sharing Cauvery water predates to the late British era (1890s), wherein the Mysore princely state and the Chennai presidency (which was under the British Raj) had to come into terms with agreeing on a divide. The contention really arose when, in 1910, both states started devising plans for construction of dams. The British arbitrated the issue and defined the respective shares of water, and as to what area of farming lands are to be supported by these. A highly controversial agreement was arrived at, in 1924, and was designed to continue for the following 50 years.
From Karnataka's perspective, the ruling government was unfavorable to them. From Tamilnadu's perspective, their farmers had established extensive farms heavily relying on the pattern of supply of this water source. Despite repeated efforts from the Supreme Court to arbitrate the situation, the most complex situations have been around years with 'monsoon failures', when the pattern of sharing has at times, been undefined and often highly sensitive and contentious.
Tamilnadu vs Karnataka cauvery river dispute memes in social media, including Facebook and Twitter, came up, mass forwards also began via Whatsapp. The memes primarily targetted Tamil Nadu government. The retaliatory posts also started coming in from Tamil Nadu.
The memes spread by a section of Facebook pages from Karnataka includes a beggar in traffic symbolised as Tamil Nadu seeking money (symbolized as Cauvery water) from a commuter on car who was symbolised as Karnataka.
Meanwhile, reacting to the anti Tamil Nadu memes from pro Karnataka pages, a section of meme makers in the state went on to counter argue the memes and posts targeting Tamilians for seeking Cauvery water.
Several memes claiming that Karnataka is dependent on Tamil Nadu for electricity generated from Neyveli Lignite Corporation (NLC) were circulated in retaliation to the anti Tamil Nadu posts in social media pages.


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I noticed that Noah Smith has a post criticizing physicist Tom Murphy, who I cited in my article. I love Noah's blog and read everything he writes, but I don't think this is his fairest criticism, although parts are fair. Certainly, I can see that economists might feel that their best arguments weren't put forward in the dialogue Murphy recalled between himself and an economist, the subject of Murphy's most widely read post. (Note: I didn't cite that particular post Noah refers to, but this one of Murphy's which looks at trends in energy growth alone.) But reading Noah, I'm led to believe that my understanding of the prevailing view among modern economists on economic growth is hugely mistaken. Indeed, he makes it sound as if economists generally accept that growth must end, and fairly soon (if true, I' very happy about that).
Murphy made the point that, if we extrapolate our current and past energy growth into the future, then we will actually boil the oceans in 400 years (with 2.3% energy growth; sooner with fast growth). To this Noah responds,
Yes, of course. But the point is that 400 years is not very long. And we don't need the oceans boiling before we would see important temperature change (and other associated environmental changes) that would make life rather uncomfortable. I think Murphy is right that most people do not appreciate how soon in the future (soon on a timescale of human history) continued growth of energy use brings problems. This isn't a problem set some 5 billion years in the future. This is one reason I think so many people have found Murphy's posts worth reading: this seems really surprising to them.This is correct. And in fact, Murphy didn't even need to mention waste heat or anything like that to make his argument; he could have just said "Hey, eventually the Sun will explode, and then the whole Universe will degrade into heat, and where will your economy be then?" So what if that happens 500 million years in the future, or 10^100 years? What's the difference? One way or another, the human race is kaput!
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Again, I think this is just the point Murphy is trying to make -- that if these effects are looming only 400 years (or significantly less) in the future, then perhaps contemporary humans ought to be taking them into account now in making their economic decisions. Certainly it would be appropriate for our leaders to be casting an eye on this long term, and to seek advice from our best economists who might help them think clearly about how our society could manage to change in response. Does economics end with the business cycle? Nothing longer term than that? 400 years is perhaps only 20-30 business cycles away.Are economists ignoring this basic fact? Do economists' models crucially hinge on the idea that economic growth will continue forever and ever and ever? No. The "long term trend growth" that is used in growth and business cycle models is only meant to represent a trend that lasts longer than the business cycle - so, longer than a decade or two. No economist - I hope - thinks that currently living humans are making economic decisions based on what they think is going to happen in 400 years, or 2500 years, or 500 million years.
These are the main points I think Murphy was trying to make. I do agree with Noah that other parts of Murphy's original post are much less convincing. When he moves into proper economic territory, discussing prices, scarcity of future energy, etc., my own feeling was to take that all with a grain of salt, as quite a lot of speculation.
In any event, I'm glad Noah has brought the attention of more economists to the quite short timescale on which continued energy growth leads to problems. If this is already well understood in economics, and built into theories of growth, then great, I've learned something. In my experience a lot of people think we'll be fine and continue growth if we can only find some cheap, infinite and non-polluting energy source to power our future. That's not the case.


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COSTA MESA — A dramatic finish displaced the built-in beginning theme, but Vanguard University baseball coach Rob Pegg was certainly unwilling to quibble with his first day of competition at the helm of his alma mater.
Pegg's Lions rallied for four runs in their last at-bat of the seven-inning second game to defeat La Sierra, 5-4, and sweep the nonconference doubleheader on Monday at Vanguard.
After senior third baseman Jason Ochart walked with the bases loaded to drive in the tying run, senior Jordan Mould scored from third on a wild pitch to senior Ethan Harper to spark a boisterous celebration after a game in which the Lions were down to their final out and trailing, 4-1.
Senior Nikko Tountas began the winning rally with a one-out pinch double and, one out later, sophomore Taylor McKnight barely cleared the left-field fence with a two-run home run against La Sierra reliever Logan Duran. McKnight, a transfer from Santa Barbara City College, had not hit a home run since his senior year at Mater Dei High in 2009.
Senior center fielder Matt Avery and Mould chased Duran with consecutive singles, putting the tying run on third, before Golden Eagles' sophomore Michael Hinojos was shifted from third base to the mound. Hinojos, who had blown a sixth-inning lead in the seventh-inning to take the loss in the second game of a doubleheader against San Diego Christian on Saturday, walked junior right fielder John Schwer to load the bases. Ochart followed with a walk to knot the score and Hinojos bounced a pitch in front of the plate that caromed high off the backstop, allowing Mould to score standing up to complete the sweep.
Vanguard (2-0) posted a 4-1 victory in the first game, a nine-inning affair completed in half the time (80 minutes) as the second game.
"That can really set the tone for a team early in the season," Pegg, the Lions' team MVP an All-Golden State Athletic Conference catcher in 1997 who later spent seven seasons as an assistant coach in the program, said of the winning Game 2 rally. "I saw what I believed we had [coming into the season], and it showed up for us today."
Through the first six innings of the second game, Vanguard had produced just five hits.
Avery, who went four for seven in the two games and had driven in and scored a run in the opener, singled to lead off the fourth and later scored on a sacrifice fly by Ochart.
The four-run outburst made a Game 2 winner out of senior Scott Simmons, who worked a scoreless seventh inning of relief in his first appearance of the season.
The rally also took Vanguard junior starting pitcher Richard Perry off the hook. Perry, a transfer from Citrus College making his debut for the Lions, gave up three earned runs on five hits in 3 2/3 innings.
Vanguard pitchers controlled Game 1, with senior Hawaii transfer Travis Tomsen no-hitting the Riverside-based Golden Eagles (0-4) through four innings. Tomsen, making his first start since his senior year in 2009 at Martin Luther King High in Riverside, allowed two hits, one earned run, walked two and fanned three in his five innings to earn the win. He threw just 64 pitches.
Senior right-hander Kevin Ponzo pitched four scoreless innings to earn the save. He allowed two hits, walked one and struck out four.
Vanguard senior Adonis Tountis was three for nine in the two games with one run batted in.
Mould (two combined runs and one stolen base), senior Ellis Whitman and Collins had one hit in each game for the Lions, who are coming off a 23-21 season in which they lost their final three games.
La Sierra, 3-44-1 last season, has lost 11 straight dating back to the 2012 campaign.
"I was very pleased with the pitchers today," Pegg said. "Defensively, we were a little splotchy and, offensively, we took a few too many at-bats off. [The second game] is not how I'd hoped. I had hoped it would be more like the first game, with a little more separation. But any time you come from behind when your back is against the wall, its builds confidence. This was exciting."
One down note was a right (throwing) shoulder injury to Vanguard senior shortstop Bryce Arroyo in the second game. Arroyo, who sparkled defensively, left the Game 2 in the top of the fifth after diving to stop a ball to his right and throwing to first from his knees from the fringe of the outfield grass. Pegg said Arroyo's right shoulder popped out of join, then back in, as he hit the ground on his dive.
"[Arroyo] believes he should be all right, but he may need a week off," Pegg said of his cleanup hitter.
Vanguard plays back-to-back doubleheaders against Menlo College on Friday and Saturday.
Game 2
Vanguard 5, La Sierra 4
Gregario, Duran (5), Hinojos (7) and Magness; Perry, Hopper (4), Simmons (7) and Collins. W – Simmons, 1-0. L – Hinojos, 0-2. 2B – Collins (VU), N. Tountas (VU). HR – McKnight (VU).
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U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius is asking companies for financial donations to help implement President Barack Obama's healthcare overhaul, months before it is due to take effect.
In telephone calls that began around March 23, officials say, Obama's top healthcare adviser has been seeking assistance from companies in the healthcare field and other industries as well as from healthcare providers, patient advocacy groups, churches and other charitable organizations.
"The secretary has been working with a full range of stakeholders ... We have always worked with outside groups, and the efforts now ramping up are just one more part of that work," said Jason Young, a spokesman for the Department of Health and Human Services.
HHS declined to identify the targeted donors but said none of the companies are regulated by department agencies.
The administration's aim is to win financial help for nonprofit groups, including Washington-based Enroll America, which are mounting a private-sector effort to persuade millions of uninsured Americans to obtain health coverage in 2014 through new online marketplaces, known as exchanges, slated to begin enrollment for federally subsidized private insurance on Oct. 1.
With Republicans in Congress unwilling to consider allocating new money to finance government outreach efforts, the White House and HHS have appealed to private sources, including the insurance industry, to help with an implementation effort that could lead to higher costs and jeopardize a cornerstone of Obama's presidential legacy if it were to fail.
Senator Orrin Hatch of Utah, the top Republican on the Senate Finance Committee, blasted Sebelius' action as "absurd."
"Moving forward, I will be seeking information from the administration about these actions to help better understand whether there are conflicts of interest and if it violated federal law," he said in a statement.
HHS said the secretary began phoning companies after getting advice from department lawyers. "There is a special section in the Public Health Service Act that allows the secretary to support and to encourage others to support non-profit organizations working to provide health information and conduct other public health activities," Young told Reuters in an email.
Sebelius' fund-raising activities were originally reported by the Washington Post.
Organizations like Enroll America are expected to play a key role in public outreach efforts set to begin this summer.
A nonpartisan group dedicated to extending health coverage to nearly 49 million uninsured people, Enroll America's board includes representatives from Teva Pharmaceuticals, the Kaiser Permanente health system and the American Hospital Association, a Washington trade group.
Enroll America President Anne Filipic said cooperation between the public, private and nonprofit sectors is vital to making sure the marketplaces are ready on time. "Secretary Sebelius recognizes the importance of the work Enroll America is doing and we're thrilled to be working with her," she said.
Obama defended his Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act on Friday at a White House event intended to kick off the administration's promotional campaign with a focus on the law's benefits for women.
The president said he was "110 percent committed" to the law's success and warned listeners not to be "bamboozled" by misinformation.
"This is too important for political games," Obama said. "Regular access to a doctor or medicine or preventive care - that's not some earned privilege, it is a right."
The law is expected to provide health coverage to 38 million people by the end of the decade through the new marketplaces and an expansion of the Medicaid healthcare program for the poor. Some 7 million people are expected to gain coverage through the marketplaces alone in 2014, according to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office.
Republicans have turned up the volume on their opposition to the law. The House of Representatives is to vote next week on a Republican measure to repeal the law. Like three-dozen previous House votes to repeal or defund healthcare reform, the measure is expected to go nowhere in the Democratic-led Senate.
HHS officials say the department has put together $1.26 billion to finance Affordable Care Act implementation between now and Sept. 30, the end of the fiscal year. That includes an outreach campaign that has already cost $240 million, as well as funding for the establishment of 17 state insurance exchanges, and 33 others that HHS will operate in states that are either not ready or unwilling to run their own.
The exchanges are scheduled to begin operating on Jan. 1, 2014, when the healthcare law comes into full force.


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The boat parades start next month in December, and as I promised in last week's column, I have some tips for those skippering in a parade. But first: Did you know that during December, sailors can receive a discount price for the 2013 Lexus Newport to Ensenada Yacht Race?
The entries open on Dec. 1, with an early entry discount of $50 for the April 26 start date. A majority of boaters take advantage of this special offer, and they also make their reservations at the Hotel Coral and Marina, where all the festivities will be held once again. I will have further details in the upcoming months, but go to newporttoensenada.com/race_info for registration and race information.
However, I digress. Back to my tips for the holiday and Christmas boat parades. I have generated these tips from years of experience as a professional captain participating in numerous parades.
Let's start with everyone striving to boat smart and remembering prudent seamanship while underway. A little boater's etiquette can go a long way to keep peace on the water, especially in those close-quarter situations. Always follow the directions from the volunteer-operated parade control boats while using the inland rules of navigation.
The parade officials will be monitoring one of the VHF marine band radio's working channels, so find out which channel is being used by your parade and you can contact parade control with any questions. However, for all emergencies, use channel 16 to hail the local harbor patrol.
Additionally, do not hesitate to hail a larger vessel to let the skipper know your intentions. Because whether it is a recreational or a commercial vessel, the larger the vessel, the less maneuverability and the less visibility for that skipper.
You cannot interfere with the parade to leave your slip or to dock, so before you leave the dock, review a copy of the parade map and estimated time schedule.
On a recreational boat without professional crew, I always designate someone who will help with the lines and fenders and is able to assist, should a situation arise onboard. Find out who in your group has any boating knowledge and can keep a level head in a crisis. That person must be able to understand your requests, but do not confuse your mate by using only nautical nomenclature.
Once underway, always follow the flow of traffic, keeping your starboard side nearest to shore and passing oncoming vessels port to port. Who are the idiots who always cruise up the wrong side of the channel, causing chaos as boats have to maneuver out of the way? Do they drive northbound in the southbound lanes on the freeway?
Travel slowly; there is no hurry to cruise around the harbor. If you are speeding up to close a gap in the parade route, keep in mind that you are responsible for any damage to docks or other boaters created by your wake. Proceed with caution and look back at your wake.
I have mentioned this many times in my columns, but as a reminder, be wary that how you handle your boat will affect all the boats around you. Therefore, before you turn your boat, look behind you to see if you are clear of any vessel abeam or abaft your stern. Also, do not stop, blocking traffic in the parade or in a channel, except for safety reasons.
You will notice that most of the larger boats will cruise mid-channel at slow speeds. Please give these vessels a little room. At a slow speed, the wind and current will have a noticeable effect upon these vessels that will take time to counteract. Observe the wind and current (tide changes) to calculate the effects on all the vessels. This will help you control your own boat and also know what the other skipper might be planning. Cruise safely and have a great time. I will see you out there.
Special tip of the week is a reminder to join me at the Palos Verdes Peninsula Holiday Parade of Lights in the city of Rolling Hills Estates this Saturday. I will be co-hosting the parade with announcing veteran Michelle Swanson for the live TV broadcast airing on Cox Communications.
The parade begins at 6 p.m. with the route along Silver Spur Road up to Deep Valley Drive, through the Promenade on the Peninsula, finishing at Norris Center Drive between 7:30 and 8 p.m. This is a marvelous family event. Please remember to dress warmly, and stop by to say hi at our broadcast trailer in front of the library on Deep Valley Drive.
And don't forget: Tune in to the No. 1 boating radio talk show in the nation, Capt. Mike Whitehead's "Boathouse Radio Show," broadcasting coast-to-coast on the CRN Digital Talk Radio syndicated network at noon Saturdays and replayed at 10 a.m. Sundays.
Safe voyages!
MIKE WHITEHEAD is a boating columnist for the Daily Pilot. Send marine-related thoughts and story suggestions to firstname.lastname@example.com or go to http://www.boathousetv.com.


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Toy Story 4 Is Happening, But Does Anyone Care?
Nov 7, 2014 10:59 AM EST
Lately, it feels as though 2014 will be defined as The Year Everyone Ran Out of New Ideas. With reboots and remakes happening left and right, it comes as no surprise that Pixar is bringing back Woody and Buzz for yet another Toy S… Read more


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Have you ever wished you had a personal chef preparing luscious, low-fat meals for you? This course is the next best thing! You'll learn how to reduce fat in recipes without sacrificing flavor or texture. Explore how to use flavor profiling to expand your culinary horizons. Learn how to prepare casseroles, crock-pot dishes, vegan dishes, oven-fried foods, meat-based meals, and many other entrees that are both nutritious and delicious!
You'll discover how to get in and out of the kitchen faster, including tips for grocery shopping, menu planning, food preparation, and quicker cooking. You'll also learn a dietitian's tricks of the trade for encouraging reluctant family members to eat more healthfully. You'll have the chance to try out over 50 exciting and easy lowered-fat recipes for tasty entrees, side dishes, desserts, and garnishes, with each recipe demonstrating a topic that's covered in the lessons.
Donna Acosta, RDN, ACE-Certified Health Coach, is a registered dietitian and nutrition educator. A lifetime learner, Donna is currently pursuing her master's degree in counseling. Her clinical expertise is in weight management, diabetes nutrition care, and cardiac rehabilitation management. Donna also has more than a decade of experience teaching cooking classes, which reflects her passion for eating healthfully—and enjoying every bite! She has developed and taught a variety of hospital- and community-based nutrition programs, including such clients as Warner Bros. Studios, Neutrogena, and Fluor-Daniel. She has also developed and taught dance-based exercise classes for the YMCA. As the wife of a husband with Type 2 diabetes, and the mother of three teenagers, Donna's focus is on helping others discover how feasible and delicious it can be to manage weight successfully and eat healthfully for a lifetime.
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Look up and you'll see the floriated, ornamented, shaded letters of our logo (l. gravura tuscana), as well as an italic cousin used for the News, Notes & Observations nameplate. I have a special fondness for these kinds of letters, which reflect a synthesis of traditions from both typemaking and engraving. Is it therefore any wonder that I love these alphabet brooches from Bena Clothing, spotted by our friends at Design Sponge? They're made from laser-etched cheery veneer over mahogany, thoughtfully offered as set of 53 pieces with duplicates of popular letters. (I wonder how the frequency distribution of initials differs from that of other kinds of words: extra Js, I imagine?) —JH
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Gyptian - Nah Let Go
"Nah Let Go is the follow up single to Gyptian's SMASH HIT 'Hold You'. " - VP records
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Sick Mother: Woman Kills Son & Herself At A Gun Range In Florida!
AP reports "WARNING: Graphic Images. A security video from inside a gun range shows a Florida woman shoot her son in the back of the head before turning the gun on herself. Family members say she was mentally ill. "
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If there were any questions about Johnny Manziel's ability to command the room and instill confidence in his teammates, former Texas A&M stars Mike Evans and Jake Matthews put the subject to rest at the 2014 NFL Rookie Symposium on Tuesday.
"The NFL hasn't seen anything like (Manziel). He's a better passer than most people give him credit for and he can adapt," Evans said, per Nate Ulrich of the Akron Beacon Journal. "I think he's the best quarterback prospect in this draft, and I think he'll change the program here in Cleveland."
Evans also said he and his teammates "loved" Manziel, who is the smartest player they have been around.
"I trusted him," Matthews added. "He was one of the guys in the locker room, for sure, and I didn't resent (his fame)."
On the heels of Johnny Football's controversial offseason filled with Vegas trips, bikini-clad girls and inflatable swans, Evans believes the quarterback will turn the party mode off once training camp begins.
|Take a look at photos from the 2014 Rookie Symposium.
"He's just under a bigger microscope," Evans explained. "Everybody does it. When he gets on the field, all of that will go to rest."
The defense of Manziel wasn't limited to former teammates. Alabama safety Ha Ha Clinton-Dix fully expects Manziel's game to translate to the next level.
"It's very tough preparing for a guy like him," Clinton Dix said, via the Beacon Journal. "Playing against him for two years in the SEC, he always comes prepared and ready to play."
Browns teammates have questioned Manziel's media hype and extracurricular activities. Those who have played with him in the past expect all of that noise to quiet down once the hitting starts.
In the latest episode of the "Around The League Podcast," the guys discuss Rob Gronkowski's expected return to action and Cordarrelle Patterson's potential rise this season.


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