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Need some Fine Dining in Kona (Big Island)
Heading to the Big Island for a week...we are moderate foodies from San Diego. We are staying in Kona and the day after we get in we have a special dinner that I would like to plan. I would like to keep it in Kona since it is our first real day on the island. I am hoping to find a fantastic restaurant in the area for us to go to in the evening. Fine dining, island-centric food would be perfect. I appreciate the help!
We also will be spending some time at the Kona Brewery, so if anyone has food tips there that would be great.
I don't think these qualify as "fine dining, island-centric food" but since no one else has chimed in, here goes. We were in Kona for 3 nights last week and ate one dinner at The Fish Hopper and two at Rapanui Island Cafe. Neither is particulary quiet or romantic, but the food was great.
Fish Hopper
75-5683 Alii Drive, Kailua-Kona, HI 96740
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thanks for the tips. I need a weeknight dinner but will check out these places later in the trip.
There are not many fine dining choices in Kailua Kona proper. If you must be in town, I would try La Bourgogne, or Huggo's. If you can venture a bit out of town, I would recommend Pahu'ia or the Beach Tree at the Four Seasons ( about 20 minutes north of Kona). Twenty more minutes north brings you to the Mauna Lani/Fairmont area - I would recommend both resorts main restaurants - Brown's Beach House and the Canoe House. The best sushi on the island can be found at the shops at Mauna Lani's new restaurant Monsterra. Further up the coast brings more good choices, but this is probably further than you want to be from Kona already. In south Kona about twenty minutes from town is Mi's italian restaurant - excellent "islandy" italian with locally sourced ingredients. Hope this helps - let us know where you end up
75-5828 Kahakai Rd Ste B, Kailua Kona, HI 96740
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5022 Lawai Rd, Koloa, HI 96756
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I second all of these recs. I tried out Manta at the Mauna Kea and it was alright. Got the special valentines day menu and left thinking maybe I should have ordered a la carte and made the kitchen work for it a bit.
Merriman's in Waimea in my opinion was the best island centric fine dining on the island by far. If you have a car, it's worth the drive and I wouldn't leave the island without trying it.
Here are the photos from my trip for visual reference:
Hope this helps. If you have any questions don't hesitate to ask.
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Wow Notorious...those are some great pics. You have to be a food stylist?
Absolutely amazing....I have enjoyed many of those same dishes you captured ......
It's like reliving the dish again reflecting on the shot. Food evokes such Memory.
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Thanks a lot! Glad you like them.
I'm not a food stylist at all. I guess I want to do the food justice in picture form so I taught myself a little about photography. Still a ton to learn though. I'm still a baby when it comes to that field.
Thanks so much everyone. Right now looking at Pahu'ia since we wanted to stay closer to Kona that night. It isn't the drive north I am worried about, it is the hour drive back after stuffing ourselves and having some wine haha.
We hope to check out one of the two in Mauna Lani and Merriman's later in the week.
Trip Update:
I will be posting the Trip Report as a separate thread. Well we didn't make it up to the resort area for a variety of reasons, and we finally planned on getting a good dinner at Pahu'ia but it was Saturday and they only do the buffet. Realizing we weren't going to get a high end dinner we ended up just going to the Kona Inn restaurant (ocean front hotel place in the little shopping mall on Ali'i Highway) and having a really damn good dinner. Quick setup: We went there for lunch earlier in the week and expected crappy tourist food for finicky old people, but were pleasantly surprised by the quality of the burger (fresh, handmade, cooked rare as requested) and cajun fish sandwich that we went back for dinner.
The place has a bit of a dated wicker-beach theme, kind of an old school beach steakhouse feel. After the great burger I was impressed to see most of the steaks stated as being Prime grade. We both got fish anyway. Dinners were served like the way I described the place; a baked potato and vegetables as sides. My GF had the stuffed Ono and I had the backed Monchong (a fish I had never had before - that I know of). The food was cooked perfectly, not overcooked fish we typically see in mid-price tourist places. They stuffed Ono was a little heavy handed with the creamy sauce. The Monchong came with a garlic lemon pesto that was really tasty, and ever though the fish didn't need it i enjoyed having it. They also accommodated our birthday dinner with a MASSIVE slice of Kona Coffee Mud Pie, quite decadent. The service was excellent, friendly, and attentive. The hostess was very helpful and patient with deciding on a table for the sunset. The menu overall isn't creative or interesting, it is quite standard and the sides and appetizer selections are pretty spartan. They fully embrace the Island-old school steakhouse vibe.
While it still appears there isn't upscale/fine dining at the beach in Kona, it was nice to find a place that delivered an excellent dinner using fresh quality ingredients with a great view.
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Georgia Tech grad Angelo Taylor's pursuit of Olympic history takes a big step Thursday, when he'll begin qualifying for a spot on the U.S. track team in the 400-meter hurdles.
Taylor, who won gold in 2000 and again in 2008, is aiming to become the first person to win three Olympic golds in the event, surpassing Edwin Moses (1976, 1984) and Glenn Davis (1956, 1960). Taylor won in 2000 in Sydney and four years ago in Beijing.
"That's a goal of mine," Taylor said earlier this week. "It's something I really, really want."
Taylor, a three-time NCAA champion, while at Tech, glowed about his condition prior to flying to Eugene, Ore., site of the trials.
"I feel like I'm in the best shape of my life right now," he said. "Training sessions have been going very well."
Taylor has paid extra attention to staying injury-free, receiving regular massage and chiropractic care.
"This is an Olympic year, so this is a very important year, and one of the (crucial) things to me is not missing training, and the way you not miss training is making sure you're not injured," he said.
Taylor, who lives in Atlanta and trains at Emory, also made the choice to not attempt to earn a spot in the open 400, despite the fact that he would have stood a good chance of making the team in that event, also.
Said Taylor, 33, "Just looking at the history of athletes and just knowing my body and whatever, I felt like there was a time for me to double, (and) that was four years ago or eight years ago."
Taylor said he feels his preparation level for the trials is comparable to what he felt going into the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. That was four years after legal problems and injuries put him out of the sport and onto a path where he had to keep a job as an electrician in addition to fitting in training.
And, now, a chance at history. Qualifying heats are Thursday. Semifinals are Friday. Finals are Sunday. The top three finishers will punch their tickets for London. Television coverage will be provided Thursday (9-11 p.m. EDT) and Friday (6-8 p.m.) by NBC Sports Network and Sunday on NBC (7-8 p.m.). The 400 hurdles heats are scheduled to take place in those time slots.
Taylor, No. 4 in the world and No. 2 in the U.S. this year in the 400 hurdles with a best of 48.71 seconds, will be pushed to make the team. The fastest times of the two Americans behind him are less than two tenths of a second slower than his.
Taylor is ready for the challenge.
"The times I've been hitting in practice, the races I've run so far this year are all great indicators of what kind of shape I'm in," he said. "So I'm excited."
Ken Sugiura, Georgia Tech blog
June 28th, 2012
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Good luck, Angelo!
June 28th, 2012
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I can't believe at 33 he still has a chance at GOLD in a speed event.
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Ken How did the swimmers do? You gave a list the other day did any Tech Swimmer or Divers make the Olympic team?
June 28th, 2012
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Go AT! Man is a freak of nature.
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Good luck Angelo, yes you went to Tech, but Southwest Dekalb High School
is a big part of the athlete you are…Panthers represent…we are proud of you!!
June 28th, 2012
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Go Jackets! Good luck!
June 28th, 2012
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Cops set up sting to keep pedestrians safe………………..They can write tickets to make money but they can't set up a STING to keep Tech Students safe. The COPS are a JOKE………….http://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta/cops-set-up-sting-1466315.html
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5150- If you had ever been hit by a car while legally crossing the street then maybe you would understand. Of course you may have been caught after hitting a pedestrian and that explains your attitude.
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JD if you get hit by a car while crossing the street then maybe you are too Stupid to like. Maybe Darwin had part of it right. Sometimes it is elective extinction through stupidity.
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11:10 pm
5150, ever had a brother run over and killed? Darwin had nothing to do with it. I would not wish it on anybody…even you. But if it did you'd never make a remark like that again.
By the way, how do you claim a partial belief in Darwinism?
Do you sort of believe in God? Maybe it's only on Mondays, Thursday and Sundays. The rest of the week is dedicated to Darwinism or Tuesdays and Wednesdays to Hedonism with Saturday as a day of rest?
Maybe you get the point?
Maybe you'll be an obnoxious moron?
My brother was a better man than you'll ever hope to be.
June 28th, 2012
11:17 pm
Another thing 5150, my brother had 2 degrees. One from the Naval Postgraduate School. Served this country honorably for 22 years. He was not what most people call stupid.
I guess some people have a different definition of the word stupid. Good luck with your world view.
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Pier Cottage Kames
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This is an attractively priced cosy cottage and will appeal to those seeking an inexpensive break in the picturesque village of Kames, near Tighnabruaich.
Pier Cottage is nestled on the sandy beach & waters edge of Kames. A traditional stone pier cottage is the perfect inexpensive, romantic retreat offering one room studio accommodation with a double bed-settee, a set of bunk beds, a kitchenette and bathroom.
Perfect for an escape with all the facilities you require to experience solitude in this self catering rustic cottage. On sunny days enjoy the quaint outdoor café style table and chairs and the picturesque views across the water.
•Shower room with WHB & toilet.
•TV and DVD
•Gas Central heating
•2 ring hob, microwave, kettle,toaster & fridge (no oven)
•Private parking
•Superb views over the Kyles of Bute.
Nearby facilities: Grocery shop, post office, hotel and restaurant, golf club
Activities: Golf, fishing, sailing and walking
No pets allowed.
Short breaks available.
|Sleeps up to 4, 1 bedrooms
|Nearest beach
|Ostel Bay 5 km
|Will consider
|Long term lets (over 1 month), Short breaks (1-4 days)
|Car advised
|Nearest Amenities
|1 km
|Family friendly
|Great for children of all ages, Suitable for people with restricted mobility
|No pets allowed, No smoking at this property
Features and Facilities
|DVD player, Sea view
|Central heating, TV
|Kettle, Toaster, Iron, Hair dryer
|Cooker, Microwave, Fridge, Washing machine
|1 bedroom, 1 bathrooms of which 1 Shower rooms
|1 Sofa beds, Single beds (2)
|Linen provided, Towels provided
|Balcony or terrace, BBQ
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This is an attractively priced cottage and will appeal to those seeking an inexpensive break.
The double bed is a sofa bed.
Single beds are bunk beds.
No pets permitted
|Further details
Double bed is a sofa bed.
Please note there is no oven or freezer.
The Central Scotland/Strathclyde region
Argyll is everything you would imagine the west coast of Scotland to be – and more, making it the perfect place for your holiday. It's wild and remote, with hills, glens, rugged coast, white beaches, sea lochs, clear waters and ancient forests. Many of our properties are in the Cowal Peninsula, known as Argyll's Secret Coast because of its undiscovered charm. You won't find crowds of tourists here. What you will find is wildlife, tranquillity and stunning scenery. With all this on offer, your Argyll holiday will be one to remember.
The pretty loch-side village of Tighnabruaich and neighbouring Kames are great places to get away from it all. Sailors, anglers, walkers, cyclists and artists all come here for the stunning scenery and tranquillity. It has a variety of shops, pubs and restaurants. If you can, catch a game of shinty or take a trip down the loch on board the Waverley, the world's last ocean-going paddle steamer. There's also a hilly nine-hole golf course – the views down the Kyles of Bute from here are breathtaking, but you'll need to watch out for wandering sheep. Just four miles down the road (and a beautiful drive it is too), you'll find Portavadie Marina.
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Harold 'Wayne' Moorhead Jr.
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Ghost hunters to visit Sycamore
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Sometimes it feels like all celebrities ever do is flub the National Anthem. Between Christina Aguilera and R. Kelly and Steven Tyler, there have been almost more celebrity anthem mishaps than victories, but Monday Night Football on September 12 proved Fergie isn't one of them. She can actually deliver a powerful National Anthem.
Who knew? It may have been the Miami Dolphins versus the New England Patriots on the field, but Fergie delivered a great anthem to get them going.
I tend to think the lead singer of the Black Eyed Peas is more good dancing and hot body than strong pipes. And while she is no Mariah Carey, girlfriend sure can carry a tune. Many on YouTube are knocking her, but her performance was pitch perfect and very strong to my ears. See for yourself:
We all grow up with "The Star Spangled Banner." It isn't that hard to get it right. So when stars flub it, it's really surprising. This is sort of the opposite. I didn't expect Fergie to mess it up, but I also didn't expect her to knock it out of the park (or score a touchdown to use a more appropriate metaphor).
She did and I am impressed.
Who knew the singer of "My Humps" was so well versed in the most patriotic of all tunes. As it turns out, this is not her first time singing it, either. In fact, the singer has performed at other football games, events, and even with President Obama and his family.
But it was this performance that convinced me. Fergie is a singer after all!
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Call me old fashioned, but I didn't like her rendition at all and, IMO, when a person is singing the National Anthem in front of an audience, that person should be wearing actual, ya know, clothes. Yeah, I just didn't think her "rock 'n roll let's play some football!" rendition was respectful. Mebbe I take the song too seriously. But it's the National Anthem.
Am I the only one that doesn't like her voice? Not that she sings badly....it just doesn't sound enjoyable or something. Blech. And she looks like a skinnier, younger version of Kirstie Allie - not the best looking person to be compared to. Just sayin'.
I didnt think it was all that great and how do you consider it "pitch perfect"???She sounded pitchy to me.
sandra, I would like to point out that Fergie is a druggie. She was addicted to crystal meth.
It was okay. She didn't flub the lyrics but I'm not wild about her voice. And her enunciation has always sounded odd to me. But not a terrible job.
I wouldn't call it pitch perfect. But I can think of SEVERAL (Christina and Trace Adkins come immediately to mind) who could take some lessons from her.
At the university I went to, there was a memo sent out to all of us who sang the Anthem. It basically went like this: Don't try to make this song your own. Generations of people have fought and died to protect this nation and this anthem is about them, not you. Sing it the way it was written, and use it to honor them, not bring attention to yourself.
I want to send that memo to everyone who ever sings it. While Fergie didn't follow this to the letter, she also didn't try to add all kinds of runs and warbles. Not my favorite rendition, but not bad.
I'd rather hear Kelly Clarkson. I like her rendition at this Cowboys game. Also there's a good one she did at the 2011 NBA finals. I didn't want to post that one, I figured I'd post the one of her in a football stadium so people would have something to compare the other video to.
It definitely wasn't "pitch perfect"...not to sound too snooty, but I have perfect pitch and that wasn't perfect. Also, does anyone remember her awful performance at the super bowl last year? I had to turn that sh*t off it was so bad! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8y-gYagB0Wo&feature=related
Yea, she can't sing live. Also, I agree with the memo that @Momma quoted - she wasn't performing a solo, she was singing the national anthem. There's a huge difference


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More recently, the very public preoccupation in the evangelical world with what are apparently pretty explicit treatments of the subject of sex has brought to my mind Eph. 5:12 once again. Paul, of course, was no legalist. He affirmed free grace and Christian liberty. Yet he wrote Eph. 5:12. So what does it mean? Well, it actually means exactly what it appears to mean. You really do not need a postdoctoral qualification in Second Temple Judaism to crack this one.
Here is how Peter O'Brien explains the verse (and if you have never read Peter O'Brien, buy everything you can by him - a Christian gentleman, a churchman and a masterful exegete):
"The earlier expression, 'the fruitless deeds of darkness' (v. 11), is a general one and could include sins done openly as well as those committed secretly. Such a description focusses on their evil character - they belong to the realm of darkness - and the fact they are utterly futile. These 'works' are the sexual vices (perhaps even perversions) mentioned in v. 3, not immoral pagan religious rites, as some have suggested. They are now described as 'the things done in secret': those who commit them (i.e., the 'disobedient' of vv. 6, 7) do not want their sins to be brought out into the open (cf. John 3:20). But their dark deeds are so abhorrent, Paul asserts, that it is 'shameful' even to mention them, much less to do them. He utterly repudiates these sexual sins, but desires to convey their seriousness without mentioning the details of the depravity. Paul and his readers knew what they were, and he will not dignify them by naming them. Instead, he wants the light of the gospel to shine through the readers' lives and expose these deeds for what they are." (The Letter to the Ephesians, 371-72)
O'Brien's explanation is as clear as Paul's original statement, though he brings out beautifully the fact that the light of the gospel is to be the focus. The gospel is light; it is truly beautiful. To wake in the morning and to know that whatever darkness lurks within our hearts, the light of Christ is sufficient to dispel it all is surely glorious. Why would one even want to dwell in any detail on the deeds of darkness when one could spend time reflecting on the magnificence of God manifest in the flesh?
I have often in the past stood with those who laughed at what we regarded as the ignorant, unsophisticated taboos of the older generation. But now I worry about the ease with which the rising generation talks explicitly of 'the fruitless deeds of darkness' in the name of cultural engagement, fear of being thought passé or simply a desire to slough off the legalisms of their fathers in the faith. You can, after all, get to heaven without ever having seen an R-Rated art house movie or having enjoyed a spectacular love life.
Here's a question: would it make any difference to you, any difference at all to the way you talk, to what you watch, to the way you "engage culture", if Eph. 5:12 had never been written?
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After police sting, Manchester man's job on hold
Alexander Ramasci of Manchester was arrested Monday night for theft of lost or mislaid property during a Manchester Police sting operation at a South Willow Street shopping plaza. (DAVID LANE/UNION LEADER)
MANCHESTER - Arrested in a shopping-plaza police sting on Monday, a Manchester man said he's been told not to show up to work until the matter is resolved.
Alexander Ramasci, 23, who works as a part-time clerk at the New Hampshire liquor store in Hooksett, said his hopes for a higher-paying, full-time job have also been put on hold. Ramasci was charged with misdemeanor theft Monday, after he took a purse and electronic consumer good from an unattended shopping cart and put them in the trunk of his car.
As reported Wednesday morning on UnionLeader.com and in the New Hampshire Union Leader, police had set the snare at the T.J. Maxx parking lot as part of a sting operation to ensure shopper safety. But Ramasci has maintained he planned to bring the purse home and try to trace the owner.
Ramasci, who lives with his parents in south Manchester, said he won't be able to pay his bills if he can't work. He ticked off credit card bills, student loans, car insurance and cell phone charges.
"Especially during the holiday season, this is killing me," Ramasci said Wednesday.
The human resources director at the New Hampshire Liquor Commission confirmed that Ramasci works as a part-time, temporary position and earns $11 an hour. But she said she cannot talk about his status.
"We go by the Division of Personnel rules. It all depends on the outcome of what's going on," said Kelly Mathews, human resources administrator for the Liquor Commission. Asked if Ramasci is not innocent until proven guilty, she said "it's supposed to be that way."
Ramasci said he was on his way to work Wednesday when his manager called him and told him not to show up. The manager also said not to bother with an interview, scheduled for Monday. Ramasci said he was hoping for a full-time job that paid a couple dollars more an hour and benefits.
"For me to have a theft charge at a liquor store, (they're thinking) why wouldn't he be stealing from us?" he said.
Ramasci is scheduled to be arraigned Friday morning in Manchester District Court.
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Ukrainian artist Oleg Shuplyak creates awesome paintings in which objects, figures, and often the surrounding landscape have been skillfully arranged to form human faces. Or, in the case of the bottom painting, a few carefully positioned leaves and branches form the shape of a little bird.
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Intro for the other main character, does anyone else hate flying or is it just me?
Little Terror
We are about to land in Vancouver the current temperature is 20 degrees Celsius, welcome home and enjoy your stay, thank you for flying with Air Canada.
I buckled myself in next to my fellow co-worker Christine, she smiled at me widely, we often flew together across Western Canada. Regan one of our pilots often was along on our flights much to my dismay, Christine thought he was simply charming. I had something else in mind. He often chastised me about my small fear of flying, I took a deep breath as the plane slowly descended.
"Remind me again why you work as a flight attendant if you don't like flying?" he would always pipe in and say with a chuckle. He always called me out for everything I'm simply would just shrug it off and smile--the usual. Christine would just giggle and try to flirt with him, she always cooed about how they were the greatest of friends. But then again she never saw him roll his eyes at her mindless babbling about the latest shoes she had bought.
"You would tell me if you ever heard he liked me right?" she'd always ask giving me puppy dog eyes that no woman or man truly could ignore. Christine was one of those typical flight attendants that all the men truly love to gawk at.
Take note of the front and rear exits.
Christine would always turn around and the men behind her would be gazing longingly at her petit rear end. This altogether made me gag, I always took the back of the plane and refused to move any other way. I'd watch as Christine would look like small little stewardess barbie doll bobbing her head when she talked her bright strawberry red lips contrasting her inhumanly white teeth.
I would never dare tell her these thoughts, she has only ever been nice to me and she is the closest thing I do have to a friend. Sometimes I wondered what it would be like to be Christine, she always talks of the men she befriends and beds and then weeks later grows tired of and throws in the trash. I wondered what lured all them, was it her platinum blonde hair, her luscious strawberry lips? Or even the clothes she wears. I have never seen Christine outside of work so I haven't had the pleasure to see her out of uniform--although she somehow manages to make that to be more revealing than intended. My musings were interrupted by her infectious giggle.
"Torie are you excited to be home?" She said gingerly smoothing out her skirt that barely reached her knees. I nearly choked from holding back laughter.
"I suppose," I said quietly, truth be told Vancouver never felt like home, sure I owned my own apartment suite and stayed here for weeks at a time but it never felt like home. Her face turned worried, I quickly reassured her with a fake smile, "I'm just tired thats all."
"Well you will have a whole week to yourself, where are you flying too next?" I could tell her by her expression and the question she had shot my way she was dying to blurt out where she was off to next, the excitement in her eyes made me want to hurl her out the window. But smothering my thoughts as always I plastered on a smile just as big as hers--it even made my cheeks twinge in pain.
"Somewhere Europe I'm guessing," I attempted to sound excited, I received a look from Regan who rolled his eyes at the obviously fake impression. I merely glared at him before returning my sickly large smile towards Christine. She squealed in excitement, I figured I'd let her brag to me about her next flight, "How about you?"
"I thought you'd never ask!" She said giggling all the while, I really wondered if she had a permanent shot of a sugar in her arm at all times--no one is ever always THAT happy. "Burmuda! Isn't that fantastic? I've been planning to buy a whole new wardrobe just for the trip, and oh the beach! You will not recognize me when I get back!" she giggled more tapping my arm, I grew squeamish the plane had just dropped a nice amount and I could hear a small snicker come out from Regan's lips. My smile dimmed and laughed a little to humor her.
Once I was stable again I looked at Christine once more, her skin was tanned as can be--it was obvious she was a regular at the tan salon, at least she wasn't that god awful orange colour like I had seen on elderly woman just moments ago. After enjoying herself too much Christine turned me and decided to through a sugarcoated idea my way.
"Say Torie..." she started beaming her bright teeth at me, god I knew it was coming, she always had these little schemes. "You should come shopping with me!" I began to shake my head but she nodded more intently than I could imagine.
"No--I couldn't possibly," I tried to say humbly covering up my irrational fear of clothing stores. "I'm sure you have other friends that would die to go." Her smile disappeared as she looked at me seriously, the plane lunged once more I nearly put my head between my legs, I truly hated work I really did.
"Torie, you're my friend too," she swatted my arm, "Plus we won't see each-other for almost a month!" Oh the horrible terrible events of that happening, who was I kidding one could only take a barbie doll like her in small doses. "I'm sure you need something amazing for you trip too," she quickly added, "European men are always looking for a cultured woman!" she winked at me. Regan even turned around with a sneer.
"Maybe you should listen to Christine," he said laughing a little, "Really, Terror, you need some new clothes I've seen you come to work." I merely ignored him and his terrible ability to create a fitting nickname. He's been calling me to Terror since he first found out I hated flying. I sighed knowing I could never say no to Christine.
"Okay fine..." I mumbled as she squealed snatching a piece of paper from her purse she quickly wrote down her cellphone number and me do the same.
"Were going to have so much fun!" she smiled brightly, I tried my best to look optimistic when really I was hoping the plane would crash and our plans would be terminated. The plane landed roughly I clutch to the arm rests breathing in deeply, I released it as I realized that we were in fact on the ground now.
You may now proceed to front exit, thank-you again for flying with Air Canada.
I stood face almost green from the churning in my stomach as I half heartedly wished the passengers a great visit. Smiling every time a friendly face came by in between doubling over in uneasiness. The last passenger exited and I managed to let out a large groan of unhappiness, now I would finally be able to go and hibernate for a week.
A disgusted Regan passed by me, "Terror, you really need a breath mint or something, learn to take a Gravol, or maybe five." He laughed his luggage with wheels running over my exposed toes. I let out a small scream of pain. I fancied the thought of hurling all over him, maybe then we wouldn't have to fly in the same plane anymore. I slowly caught up to him hoping he would actually apologize for my now red and plump toes.
"Where in Europe did you say you were flying next week?" he said absentmindedly tucking some papers in his jacket pocket. I looked at him my face crinkled, just like him to not apologize but ask me something completely random.
"Uhh, Paris I think." I sighed, hopefully that would be a nice trip for once, I get to stay in a hotel for a whole week afterwards, maybe I could meet a nice French man named Francois who would ride a Vespa wear scarves and would whisper sweet nothings into my ear. My day dream was interrupted by Regan's less than pleasant chuckle.
"I'll be seeing you next week," he shot a smirk my way, I forcibly shut my mouth from shock and sped after him, this could not be happening. "Oh--and seeing you're shopping with Christine I'll expect you to come to work wearing something half decent." He turned the corner and slid into the elevator right before it closed, leaving me to ponder his smart aleck remarks. I sighed surely my friends ben and jerry would be waiting for me at home.


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A little progress animation of this wind-down-for-bed last night, I remembered to take screenshots. I like to listen to certain songs on repeat and draw things without worrying about them too much. It's nice to do lighthearted things. When working with lines I almost always choose to ink by hand and scan them in for colors later, I just find I am able to produce the lines more quickly. Digital line work tempts me to zoom in and overcorrect tiny details that no one but me would see. It really is the Achilles' heel for a lot of artists who are interested in coloring digitally but dread the line art.
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The spoof doesn't even parody the reality. It does seem to imply the woman is an idiotic Indian. If a person doesn't know the language, the show moves forward. It doesn't get stuck in the wasteland of lets keep repeating myself until you learn English. Oh well.
Has SNL been funny since Bill Murray left?
As with all sketch comedy, the skit went for the lowest common denominator, and I think there would have been a bit more outrage and allegations of racism if Nasiim Pedrad had not played Rahat. I was waiting for them to work the name into a joke, but it never came, and with so many SNL sketches, it ended with a thud after the third repetition of the schtick. You have to give them credit though for doing a really good job with the set design. For those who have either seen a taping or toured the NBC studios in New York, that soundstage is extremely small and cramped.
I don't think it was a direct shot at Disney, but a situation one of the writers thought was funny, perhaps from personal experience, and was at least humorous enough at the walk through that it made the cut for the show.
Perhaps it's more telling that SNL is NBC's highest rated scripted show despite airing at 11:30 PM on Saturday. SNL, as it was even in the 70's, can be hit or miss, and has a lot to do with timing around historical events and the guest host and musical guest, who are booked months in advance. Everyone's going to say that SNL was better "back in the day", but if you go back and watch those early seasons (you can purcahse the entirety of the first 5 seasons on DVD), there are some serious duds on either side of the classics. It's pretty amazing that the show has lasted for nearly 40 years, and continues to reinvent itself. This year's cast is not as strong as recent years, mostly because they lost a number of veterans over the past 2 years, and are about to lose their lead writer (Seth Myers) to Late Night. Not only that, but they're dealing with their Executive Producer (Lorne Michaels) having his time split between SNL and launching the new Tonight Show in New York with Jimmy Fallon. Many critics would say that SNL had a rebirth over the past 5 years, and that the show goes through cycles like this as casts turn over. I think there are 4 or 5 new permanent cast members this season (some were "featured players" in previous seasons).
I've just never really found immigrant/foreigner humor to be very funny. Even when someone like Margaret Cho parodies asian stereotypes, I don't think it's in good taste, and this wasn't either.
Bad sketch. Don't watch SNL anymore either.


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Alcatel-Lucent, Cisco Systems, Intel and Samsung have joined Clearwire in Sprint in the creation of the Open Patent Alliance (OPA), an initiative designed to supply potential WiMAX licensees with a one-stop shop for intellectual property agreements. The group, however, stopped short of taking control of the patent pool itself. It also isnt setting a specific royalty rate for the pooled patents; nor is it setting a ceiling or guidelines for how high those rates would bea step taken by several Long Term Evolution vendors in April.
That group of handset and infrastructure makerswhich also included Alcatel-Lucentagreed that aggregate royalty rates for handsets and devices would not total 10% or higher and rates for laptops would be capped at below $10. Nortel went its own route, publically declaring a royalty rate of 1% for its LTE patent portfolio, though it did not join the LTE patent consortium.
WiMAX and LTE rely on much of the same intellectual property as both use orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) as an air interface and multiple input/multiple output (MIMO) smart antenna technologies. Unlike cellular technologies--where a good deal of intellectual property is held by a few vendors, most notably Qualcomm--the patents pertaining to OFDM and MIMO are dispersed among numerous entities. With that wide dispersion in mind, OPA officials said, the industry needs to both organize those myriad patents into a single entity as well as take advantage the fact that no single company can dominate intellectual property discussions.
Siram Viswanathan, vice president of Intel Capital and general manager of Intels WiMAX program, said the OPA wants to avoid the pitfalls of licensing that have dogged the cellular industry. The predictability of IPR has been somewhat lacking in the cellular industry, Viswanathan said, leading to court and regulatory board battles across the world over royalty rates and the validity of patents. By keeping the process transparent and fair and bringing as many WiMAX patent holders into the group, Viswanathan said, the OPA can help stimulate the WiMAX ecosystem involving a much greater range of manufacturers than the handful of players that dominate the cellular industry.
In particular, the consortium is aiming at the consumer electronics market, which both the WiMAX and LTE communities hope will enter the mobile space if intellectual property issues are sorted out. We are big believers in the embedded device model, said Barry West, Sprints chief technology officer and future president of the merged Sprint-Clearwire WiMAX business. A large number of device manufacturers are key to that model.
Starting with laptops and then moving to purpose-built WiMAX handhelds, the industry is counting on the makers of everyday electronics gear, such as digital cameras and music players, to begin embedding low-cost WiMAX chips into their devices, creating a market where individual users would maintain multiple connections to the network, not just one. To get those device makers on board though, they need assurances that the royalty rates they pay to embed WiMAX will be low and that there wont be any intellectual property dust-ups like that between Qualcomm and Broadcom, which led to a ban on Qualcomm 3G chips imported into the U.S.
While the OPA has taken the first steps toward providing some of that certainty and transparency it still has far to go. In order to make its pool of patents meaningful and define a standard royalty rate, the OPA needs to bring all, or at least most, of the intellectual property holders to the table. Device manufacturers may get clear guidance from the OPA members, but they would be forced to negotiate separately with any patent-holders that chose not join.
The OPAs initial roster only includes a few of the WiMAX patent holders out there, though it does have significant members: Alcatel-Lucent developed the original MIMO technology at Bell Labs. Nortel also claims to big intellectual property player in OFDM and MIMO technology and so far it has chosen to approach the market solo. Qualcomm is another question mark. It is believed to own key patents related to WiMAX stemming from its acquisition of OFDM access technologist Flarion. The same intellectual property that vendors like Nokia and Ericsson are applying to LTE could presumably be applied to WiMAX.In other WiMAX news, a new chipset maker has entered the 4G space. DesignArt Networks today unveiled a new system-on-a-chip platform architecture supporting both WiMAX and LTE with the added kick of integrating mesh backhaul directly into the design. The chip is designed for femto and picocell deployments in which a portion of the 4G radios capacity can be use to create an in-band backhaul link either in a mesh or point-to-point configuration.
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Jimmy Cliff is looking forward and looking back.
The reggae legend is launching a 17-date "2013 Many Rivers Crossed Tour" this fall, performing in intimate theater and club settings — including a concert on Sunday, Sept. 15, at The Depot in Salt Lake City.
Cliff's latest album, "The KCRW Session," is set to be released tomorrow. It features nine songs recorded live last June on the Santa Monica, Calif., public-radio station's acclaimed show "Morning Becomes Eclectic." That follows his 2012 album "Rebirth," which won the Grammy for best reggae album.
The tour coincides with the 40th anniversary of the classic film "The Harder They Come," in which Cliff starred (as a drug dealer who rises to prominence in Jamaica) and recorded the title song. The film and soundtrack album are considered landmarks, helping popularize reggae in the United States and beyond.
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(Indonesia) in my town im the only one who know about this, so i'm going to stick some posters in public place about awakening mind
Wake up Long Island!!! Stand up for our rights! !!
It's not enough for Germany!! Come on, i'm an erasmus student and it's hard to find cheap tickets. Hundreds places for Amerika but other countries no!?
Would be awesome if there was one planned in Pierre South Dakota..
what about buenos aires?!!!!
Osaka is also planned.
No event for San Diego yet?
Is there any updates on Tampa FL I can't find a working site for us yet?
Too bad there isn't one for Beaumont, Texas.. I'd really like for there to be one.
i'm trying to set up an event for memphis tennessee, but i'm new at this and i'm not sure i'm doing it right. Any help would be awesome.
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Neighbor: Octuplets From Sperm Donor
In an effort to try and find out more about the woman who gave birth to octuplets earlier this week, we went to the home she shares with her parents and six other children in Whittier, California.
What we learned is that her whole neighborhood is buzzing about the possibility that the 33-year-old mother used the same sperm donor to conceive the octuplets AND her other six children.
In an exclusive interview with momlogic, one neighbor, who asked to remain anonymous, revealed that the very pregnant young mom was THE hot topic of conversation at the neighborhood Christmas party. He says, "From what I heard, she likes kids, she wants a jillion kids. She even lied to the doctors who impregnated her." The grandmother of the octuplets told the LA Times she never expected fertility treatments would lead her to conceive her eight babies. Neither doctors nor family members have commented on whether or not she used donor sperm.
When asked if he knew who the father of the baby is, the neighbor said, "She is single. She used a sperm donor, someone she knew, who donated sperm a long time ago. He donated the sperm for the first six kids and she used his frozen sperm for these ones. I don't think the sperm donor knows about these eight kids. He was not involved."
According to the neighbor, the parents are very supportive of their daughter and even lost their own home in an effort to support her. "The parents lost their house supporting their daughter," the neighbor went on. "They actually bought this house for her, but then they lost their house supporting her and her kids and they had to move in with her. And now her father has to go back to Iraq to earn more money to support her. Her father either works as a truck driver or an interpreter [in Iraq]."
As to whether the mother herself works, the neighbor says: "She's a professional student and I want to know where the money's coming from to do this. Maybe she's using her student loans to do it."
The family is very private: "They stick to themselves and you can always hear the grandma yelling at the kids because they are so rambunctious."
Although many think the birth of the octuplets is a happy miracle, the neighbor disagrees. "We should find out who the doctor is and where the money came from because this is irresponsible. The girl seemed a little off -- and I don't want to be paying for her kids."
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- Octuplets: Scientific Miracle or Life-Long Danger?
- Social Services Allow Octuplets in Home?
- Octuplets Mom Has SIX Other Kids -- No Dad?
- Having 14 Kids Should Be Illegal!
After reading some comments i realize that some Christians out there think we are judging. God calls us to hold our fellow christians accountable. that being said, I want some of you to turn your paychecks over to that woman. If you think not wanting to support her 14 kids is judgmental then you support her. Perhaps the court system should attach the doctor's salary for his stupidy in this. no one has an answer but we all know the questions, what is wrong with her thinking, and why did a Physician do this?? We all make decisions based on what is going on in our lives at the time. I thought that because they were my grandchildren and i loved them that raising 4 kids at 61 and a Widow would be easy. i cried yesterday when all my money went to the bills, not nearly enough for food, and when the kids need clothes, no Gap representative, or anyone is at my door with freebies. I work all day and at home most of the night. No food stamps, ( i make just over the limit) a car payment and a mortgage and many other bills. So to say i am shocked that some single parenthas 14 kids with a Physicians help is shocking. They are children who will deserve better than she will be able to give them. the word breeds comes to mind. i know what it cost to raise the 5 of us, so I marvel at the people out there who think that she can do this. Just saying their prayers and helping with homework is a full time job. Who will work?
"Brow raising" allegations? After learning doctors implanted 8 embryos into a woman, and a woman who has no infertility issues at that, nothing could raise my brows in this situation. And please don't believe the mess about the fertility doctors not knowing the woman already had children. Even if the woman lied to them about it, the body, and specifically the uterus, shows the truth during a proper physical exam for an infertility work up.
As for women who seek treatment for infertility and have multiple births, they are rare. The reason we are hearing about multiple births more often now is because the technology to manipulate pregnancy is now widely available and effective. I don't begrudge a woman who undergoes treatment because she can't have kids, and then has 4 embryos result from insemination. And I hold no ill will for her refusing to abort some of the children. But implanting 6 or 8 viable embryos is irresponsible and bad medicine.
We live in America,we have the right to have as many children as we want. BUT,if you can't afford it,STOP. Also,I am curious to know if they are Iraqi,Muslims.??????
I would imagine the doctor did this procedure for free so the hospital and drs could follow the development of 8 premature babies and follow the disorders and ailments that 8 premies will have. The doctor and hospital got their 10 min of fame and these children will have a miserable life.
As for the duggars, yes, they are not on any sort of public assistant and may never be… BUT… they also didn't pay for that huge house that they are living in and the furnishings and appliances, that piano so on and so forth. I don't personally care how many kids a family has as long as they are well cared for and loved and that I don't have to pay for them.
What I hate is when customers come through my checkout lane and look down at me becuse of where I work and they pay for their food with foodstamps which I am paying for and I make too much money to qualify for them myself.
I'll just have to say "ditto" to what "thematically fickle" had to say. I've been reading all of these and that one hits the nail on the head!
This woman should have known better. She had 6 kids and didn't need anymore. This is just more kids for taxpayers to have to support. People should not be allowed to have kids that they can't support. Where is the father of these kids. You can bet that he doesn't pay child support. Does he even know that he has 8 more kids. After having 6 kids this woman should had herself fixed so she couldn't have anymore kids. If she uses student loan money to support these kids instead of school then this needs to be checked into, that money is for education.Let go to work and try to support 14 kids. I worked and supported my 3 and it was all I could do to put them through school and cloth and feed them. The state of California should do something about people like her that the taxpayers fo their state now will have to support.
The Duggars have stated on their reality show that they scrimp and live off his salary along with the money from the show. People donate items to them,especially now that they are in the public eye. This woman with the octuplets is just insane-with no visible income and with her parents losing everything it makes sense to come to the conclusion the the taxpayers are footing the bill for this obsession of hers. That makes it our business. The Doctor should have been more responsible (he would have been the only responsible adult involved) and subjected her to a psychiatric exam when she came in for in-vitro while unmarried.
Where is this woman originally from anyway? As long as she pays for all these kids herself, in whichever form, it shouldn't bother anyone. If she, at any time, receives government assistance however, it does become the taxpayers' business and we can say anything we want to about it. Who, in their right mind and with the economy in the state it's in these days, would want to bring all these kids into the world? Doesn't make sense to me at all. I worry about just the two I have. And raising them is another story altogether. No one can afford to put 18 kids thru college without some kind of financial help. I just hope they all make it thru high school and all with their diplomas.
I am 70 yrs old & working to take care of myself & my grand children. Is this woman on welfare? some people just want to have more babies so that they can get more welfare paid for by our working and taxes. How much money will this woman get from welfare? I am sick with heart problems & other;I am tired of working but I cannot quit. Has this woman ever worked. Probably not because the more babies, the more welfare money.
The federal government needs to quit paying for this insanity. These children are human beings, and the mother should not be allowed to keep having them at will, when she can't take care of them. She couldn't "love" them, because when you love, you put others needs above your selfish wants. She couldn't possibly give these kids the attention that they need. The government should only provide welfare and tax breaks for your first two children. Then we would find that a lot of these people who "love" children more than getting a job would start keeping their legs together.
Send them all back to Iraq. Let Iraq pay for them.
I am a 33 yr old mother of just 2 ages 14 and 11. I have raised them mostly alone for 8 years. I have always worked and it has been almost impossible at time to give them what they need when its needed never mind things they may like to have. I have never been on welfare and i try deperately to never have to. I don't see how it can be seen as anywhere close to responseable for this woman to have 8 more children at once when there are 6 at home that need her car. have 8 over a period of 10 or 12 years would be difficult to manage but 8 at once to me anyway just seem impossible with out serious aide. But looking back at other couples that have had 6 or more at once they seem to get all the support they need for the state they live in or other charitable organizations. They receive help in buying a large enough home or better one is given to them. Or a van large enough to tote these youngins around. Thats great for them but have 6 or 8 at a time is a choice. What about all the families out there that had a good life had a couple few kids then got laid off from work lost there jobs and can't get help from any where. Its just so sad how things like these are precieved. In my eyes she had no right bringing 8 more children into her world when obviously she can not and has not been able to care for the 6 she has aready at home.
the doctors at this clinic should be made legally responsible for the last eight kids,until they are grown…..no public assistance of anykind, pass the cost to the doctor,or doctors………next time maybe they will use better judgement
It is EVERYBODIES business how many children are
brought into this world! Society ends up paying the huge cost either directly or indirectly!
This woman should be INVOLUNTARILY sterilized
and prosecuted and so should the doctors.
If people are going to ignore their personal
responsiblity to society, we are going to have to force
them to acknowledge it.
If she wants a big family like in the "old days", she should move to a country where they all can safely live off the land. This country is polluted, government corrupted, sociologically degraded and drug infested.
FSherman and Betty would agree.
Since the best interest of her children is her true focus in life, she should move them to another country.
Note: her father is leaving very soon. I wonder if her mother will be far behind given that her life of childcare now and in the future leaves her no option for breath alone until she dies
Hopefully this scandal will lead to tighter laws and better screening for in vitro fertilization. We need policies that are at least as stringent as those for adoption. Required in-home interviews to see what the candidate's home life is like (how other children are cared for or to check for signs of instability). Laws setting thresholds for finances to prove a candidate is able to support additional children, particularly if a candidate is a single parent. Ones barring IVF if the candidate already has 3 or more children.
SHOCKING! But…indicative of how skewed some attitudes are. ANY ONE who produces children with the intent of 'living off' society in one form or another should be skewered themselves, and so should those who aid or assist them. Immigrants entering the USA years ago produced large families…yet took full respnsibility for them…for there was no 'welfare, free housing or government dole' at the time.
One pregnancy out of wedlock we can understand and support, when the second occurs it should put us on notice and tubes should be tied thereafter (at societies expense for sure). This should apply also to men who consistently father children out of wedlock.
Unfortunately many ignorant women make a career of birthing babies by multiple fathers because society 'rewards' them for doing so. Free housing, free food, food stamps, welfare…c'mon folks…and it always includes housing for the woman's latest 'sex partner'.
Time to legislate against this expensive farce. Or perhaps we should all join the parade and 'get paid to play?".
What say you?


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The Future Home of the Dallas Cowboys
While in Dallas for Thanksgiving, I decided to take a short visit over to Arlington to get some photos and a first hand look at the new Cowboys Stadium currently under construction. I was so amazed at this "monster" of a stadium that is taking shape. I have seen the virtual tour online and artist renderings but when you are right there, well I just can't explain how it feels.
It is still somewhat of a skeleton, but its definitely coming along quite well. After all is said and done the stadium will span 2.3 million square feet, tall enough to house the Statue of Liberty. It will be the largest domed structure in the world, and house 80,000 people with the capability of expanding for 100,000 people. Of course, we've all heard these statistics but to see it still blows my mind.
I'm very happy that I took the opportunity to visit the future site of "The House that Romo Built". I plan to visit again as it progresses and compare the photos. This is definitely history in the making. If you live in the Dallas area and have not checked it out, I certainly recommend taking some time to do so.
Those pictures gave me goosebumps..lol.
I think that means I have to have my wedding in there.
But I would be just as ecstatic to sit in that stadium and watch *the boys* with you Kelly!
It could happen!!!
Very cool pics! I can't wait to visit when it's finished! Thanks for sharing!
I just got back too. Saw the Redskin game, stayed in Arlington and took almost the same pics! And YES it looks like a monster. It looks so huge. I can't wait to see the opening game there!!! Thanks for sharing your pics.
It is so amazing how much progree they have made already. Those pictures are so awesome and show so much of the great detail that will make this stadium the best in the country!
Yep they look very much like the pics I took less than two weeks ago. Isn't it exciting to just be there and look at it and imagine what it's going to become?
It still pisses me off that it's in Arlington instead of Dallas. But that is the fault of The officials in the City of Dallas.
great pics Kel!
being a cowboys fan in nj, its difficult for me to get to texas. i have been to the current stadium a few times, and will never forget the great times and games i saw there. we're making a special trip to see a game in this new monster of a stadium….thanks for the pics!


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Shortly after being named America's favorite performance brand, Chevrolet is getting its celebratory balloons popped. A letter from General Motors has made its way to dealers stating that the production and shipment of the Camaro ZL1 has been stopped due to quality assessment. No other details have been provided, but it looks as though one of America's favorite muscle cars will be joining the long list of models being delayed for unnecessary problems in production.
The only explanation Chevrolet has offered in their letter is the following: "We may have found a potential issue that we want to resolve." That's it, except for that they add that the problem may take a few weeks to solve. That doesn't necessarily sound like a minor issue to us.
Supporting the Chevrolet letter that has been sent out is a notice from a customer in Texas that says he was asked to bring his Camaro ZL1 back to the dealer so that it can be sent back to the plant.
Stay tuned as we will uncover more details of this Chevrolet setback!
Hit the jump to read the entire Chevrolet letter addressed to its dealers.
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Update on 2012 Camaro ZL1 Shipments and DOSP
The purpose of this note is to provide you with an update on 2012 Camaro ZL1 production and vehicle shipment plans.
All Camaro ZL1 models produced to date are currently being held by General Motors for a quality assessment. At this moment, the duration of the hold is undetermined, and may last a few more weeks. As soon as the hold is cleared, a note will be sent to all dealers to advise that 2012 Camaro ZL1 shipments are underway.
Because of the hold, the upcoming Dealer Order Submission Process (DOSP) cycle that was to be dedicated to ZL1 is being postponed. This DOSP cycle was scheduled to start this Thursday, March 1, 2012, and continues through Tuesday, March 6, 2012. A new date for this DOSP cycle will be provided in the near future.
We regret to have to undertake these actions, especially given the high anticipation for the new Camaro ZL1. We ask for your patience and will continue to keep you posted on any developments regarding production and vehicle shipments from Oshawa.
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