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- FeatureModular arrays earn new trust
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- FeatureFirm Eliminates Hassles of Clustered Apps
- FeatureBest storage products of 2003
- FeatureNetApp Opens Up Software
- FeatureDenser Optical Disks in View
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- FeatureBeware of Big Disk Drives
- FeatureGetting ready for IP SANs
- FeatureBest and worst list for 2003
- FeatureOne-stop shop or flop?
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- FeatureBrocade XPath Technology standard
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Best storage products of 2003
The editors of Storage and SearchStorage.com present the winners of the second-annual Products of the Year.
Many storage managers had a heads-down 2003, struggling just to keep pace. If you were one of them, you may not have noticed that 2003 was a watershed year in many areas: new storage architectures, the arrival (finally!) of real iSCSI products, more useful storage management tools and a host of other beneficial and welcome additions to your arsenal.
To make the lives of busy storage managers easier, the editors of Storage and SearchStorage.com once again present the 15 best products introduced and shipped in 2003.
As in the past, our criteria are:
- Innovation
- Performance
- Ease of integration into existing environments
- Ease of use and manageability
- Functionality
- Value
Networking Equipment
Backup Hardware
Backup & Disaster Recovery Software
Storage Management Software
Disk & Disk Subsystems
It's innovative, fast and it's full-featured. That, in a nutshell, is what our panel of judges had to say about EMC Corp.'s Symmetrix DMX. And to top it all off, they said it's reasonably priced, given the level of performance and reliability it delivers.
The Symmetrix DMX family, first introduced in February 2003, is EMC's sixth version of its flagship monolithic array. The DMX family ranges from the entry-level 800 model to the mammoth DMX 3000, which supports up to 576 disk drives, or 84TB of raw capacity. Add-ons include EMC's usual suite of software, including synchronous data replication suite, SRDF, SRDF/Asynchronous, as well as EMC Snap, the first copy-on-write snapshot capability for a high-end array. Connectivity includes Fibre Channel (FC), ESCON, FICON and even iSCSI--a first for high-end storage.
In particular, the judges admired EMC's new approach to its cache architecture. In a departure from the old Symmetrix bus architecture, EMC has built Symmetrix DMX around a so-called "direct matrix" architecture--dedicated point-to-point connections between the front end and the back ends (disk drives). That ties into the new Symmetrix's main selling point: performance. "Symmetrix DMX is a good choice for shops requiring the highest performance and reliability," said one judge.
Hats off to EMC for Symmetrix DMX's pricing as well. In the old days, Symmetrix was practically synonymous with exorbitant prices. Now, pricing for Symmetrix DMX is merely "competitive" says one judge, assuming "you know how to work with EMC."
| Xiotech Magnitude 3D
Xiotech's original magnitude array always had a good usability story, thanks to the dynamic provisioning technology that allowed users to bring new hosts and applications onto the storage area network (SAN) with ease. Then last year, Xiotech introduced the new and improved Magnitude 3D, based on a so-called Dimensional Storage Clustering Architecture. Together, dynamic provisioning and storage clustering help fulfill Xiotech's goal for its systems: no planned or unplanned downtime.
Some judges had their doubts about its performance, but they were universally wooed by its clustering implementation, which provides for failover at the controller and cluster level locally. Overall, Magnitude 3D was deemed "a quality midtier storage solution," according to one judge. In particular, one judge said: "The Magnitude 3D is a real winner for storage shops that change their configuration frequently."
| NetApp FAS200 Series
Once again, a Network Appliance Inc. product steals the judges' hearts with its ease of use, ease of integration and functionality. An entry-level version of the FAS900 series that was introduced in 2002, the FAS200 has a split personality: It can serve up data as either files or blocks, eliminating the "NAS vs. SAN?" question. As such, "it does establish a new price point for major feature/function," said one judge.
The FAS200 family consists of two models: the FAS250, a 3U rackmount unit that supports NFS, CIFS, HTPP and iSCSI protocols, and scales to 1TB of capacity with FC drives. The FAS270 adds native FC connectivity, offers optional active-active clustering and scales to 4TB across 42 spindles. And as with all NetApp products, the FAS200 line runs the company's Data ONTAP operating system and interoperates with the company's entire suite of add-on software.
Cisco Systems Inc.'s MDS 9509 has raised the bar for director-class switches. The MDS 9509 is playing a leading role in bringing intelligence to the storage fabric with virtual storage area networks (VSANs), security, advanced traffic management and unified SAN management. In addition, the Cisco MDS 9509 provides multiprotocol integration and an open platform for embedding intelligent storage services such as network-hosted virtualization.
Cisco has championed VSANs as one way to consolidate SAN islands onto a single physical SAN, while still partitioning them as completely separate logical entities. VSANs provide all the security and fabric services of traditional SANs, yet give organizations the flexibility to easily move and isolate resources from one VSAN to another, which can simplify management.
In addition to VSANs, the Cisco MDS 9509 provides an open platform for hosting storage services such as network-based virtualization and replication. The switch supports all the major security standards including RADIUS authentication, Simple Network Management Protocol Version 3, Secure Shell Protocol, Secure File Transfer Protocol and FC Security Protocol, as well as hardware-enforced zoning, LUN zoning, read-only zones and ACLs.
In storage, things don't always go as planned. To help isolate and solve problems, the Cisco MDS 9509 has an impressive number of diagnostic features such as Switch Port Analyzer and Cisco Fabric Analyzer, which allow a user to remotely and nondisruptively diagnose fabric events. These tools significantly decrease the time to install, reconfigure and maintain a storage network. Other helpful debugging tools such as FC Ping, FC Trace Route and an extensive set of debug commands further help analyze and fix network problems.
Other nice-to-have bells and whistles include full redundancy of all major components, up to 224 2Gb/s and 1Gb/s auto-sensing FC ports and ties to other leading storage company products via an open API.
| CNT UltraNet Edge Storage Router - Model 3000
Computer Network Technology Corp.'s (CNT) UltraNet Edge Storage Router is a flexible, multiprotocol storage networking platform that interconnects and extends FC and FICON SANs over IP, ATM or SONET networks. The CNT router eliminates many of the headaches involved in managing diverse networks and reducing the cost of shipping data over long distances.
The largest expense associated with remote storage applications is the network bandwidth. Judges praised CNT for implementing a number of techniques to reduce bandwidth costs by efficiently utilizing available network resources. For example, the Edge 3000's hardware-based compression can achieve 4:1 to 20:1 compression ratios, which significantly lowers the amount of bandwidth needed to support an application. CNT's management software allows users to view, configure and manage their entire remote storage application from a single console across multiple protocols and domains. The management software can be closely linked to policy engines to facilitate cross-domain analysis of performance, fault isolation and application impact.
In addition, the Edge 3000 includes a configuration attribute called State Change Management, which isolates faults from propagating through a fabric domain and minimizes the impact of component outages. The Edge 3000 also manages mixed traffic within a network. This means a storage manager can keep storage traffic from oversubscribing the network and causing issues with other applications.
The UltraNet Edge 3000 storage router is a useful tool for managing storage data over diverse networks.
We like Sanrad Inc.'s V-Switch 3000 because it brings advanced storage features to an IP SAN for a low price. With the switch's intelligent routing functions, a company can build a high-performance IP SAN that includes security, multipathing, failover protection and data replication at a fraction of the cost of a traditional FC SAN.
The iSCSI V-Switch gathers all physically attached storage resources (SCSI and FC) into a single pool of virtualized storage. From a single management interface, storage administrators can create virtual volumes and provide secure access to distributed servers and defines secure user access for each individual storage volume. Volume management includes mirroring, striping, intra-SAN synchronous mirroring and LUN carving.
The iSCSI V-Switch is compatible with Linux, Microsoft, Novell and all popular disk and tape storage systems. Prices for the V-Switch 3000 range from $15,000 to $25,000, which places SAN technology well within the reach of small to medium-sized companies that were previously unable to afford the cost of a FC SAN.
When reading through the specs of Data Domain's DD200 Recovery Appliance, one of the judges wondered if the company's claim of 20 times compression was a typo. Another eye-popping stat that could have been misconstrued as a typo is the appliance's ability to house more than 23TB of recovery data. Are the specs typos? Nope.
The DD200 uses a combination of standard tape compression and a data reduction technique Data Domain calls Global Compression Redundancy Pooling. Together, these two types of compression reduce capacity requirements by 20 times. The 20 times compression rate allows 1.2TB of useable physical capacity to look like approximately 23TB of compressed recovery data.
One judge said, "DD200 is the first product I have seen that allows me to use the existing tools, and yet it reduces the heck out of the amount of data."
Using the existing tools is key in implementation. DD200 is a "non-invasive product" that's essentially a plug-and-play appliance which can be up and running in a day. DD200 also works seamlessly alongside Veritas Software Corp. and Legato Systems Inc. backup software.
And what about price? One storage manager we asked said, "The price is excellent, assuming that it includes capability for storing 23TB. It seems well worth the $58,000 for a single-purpose disk backup facility."
IBM's 3592 tape drive is expensive, but in the long haul, it's well worth it. This successor of the IBM 3590 tape drive is capable of storing 300GB on a single cartridge at a 40MB/s data stream rate and it can support up to a 120MB/s transfer rate to move a terabyte approximately every three hours.
One of the judges praised the 3592, calling it a "superior tape technology and engineering effort." The 3592 features dual FC-2 ports that allow for attachment to Fibre Channel-arbitrated loop (FC-AL), FC SAN or a direct connection with a supported server. Speaking of support, this drive is supported in IBM and StorageTek 9310 Powderhorn tape silos and standalone racks.
Some of the innovations the 3592 provide are "capacity scaling"--allowing fast access to data by initializing cartridges. It also employs a "virtual backhitch" which improves performance by eliminating backhitch operations.
One storage manager said the drive can be "useful in a mainframe environment replacing older, lower capacity drives."
| EMC Centera with Compliance Edition
A number of the judges used the word "innovative" when describing the ATA disk-based fixed-content features of EMC Corp.'s Centera with Compliance Edition. We agree. Centera essentially marked the start of the content-addressed storage (CAS) offerings. Its write once, read many (WORM) disk capabilities make this a perfect candidate to handle the massive crunch compliance regulations are applying to many shops.
Using the features of the Compliance Edition, Centera uses integrated hardware and software codes to leverage rewritable disk and make it unalterable. This method of "fingerprinting" data makes for easy recovery. While the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) doesn't require this function, the Centera performs it as a quality control measure by leveraging it to check with data periodically to make sure it hasn't been tampered with. These features allow Centera to meet and clearly exceed today's strictest record retention regulations.
Why just the bronze for a product this innovative? One storage manager we spoke to said he liked the idea of CAS, but was unsure he'd buy a separate device for that specific function.
Another wrinkle to watch--Centera's proprietary API interface.
| CommVault QiNetix 4.2
Judges gave their highest marks to CommVault Systems Inc.'s QiNetix in the areas of functionality, value and innovation. In describing the QiNetix suite, one judge said it was a "good implementation with complex functions [that] integrated well."
Another judge agreed that QiNetix is a "competitive solution in an already crowded landscape." He added that he thought CommVault's product effectively met the expectations of enterprise-class IT organizations with its combined quality of support, service and functionality. A special nod was given by one of the judges to many of CommVault's built-in backup and recovery features.
The QiNetix platform is based on a single management console and underlying policy-driven framework that allows users to deploy one or several QiNetix modules into their environments. With this offering, users will notice CommVault has married several intelligent, policy-driven features with its more traditional backup functionality. The result is a sophisticated approach to backup and disaster recovery (DR).
CommVault Galaxy is the cornerstone of CommVault's backup and recovery software offerings within the QiNetix platform. Its most notable features include its media management functionality, ability to perform high-speed backups, reporting tools and support for multiple application environments and operating systems.
Other QiNetix modules include the QiNetix DataMigrator, which works with Microsoft Exchange to automatically migrate e-mail messages and attachments to secondary storage, based on predefined policy settings.
The QiNetix Quick Recovery module allows users to create snapshots for rapid recovery of applications. Features found in QiNetix Quick Recovery include easy tracking and administration of point-in-time snapshots; policy-driven, automatic snapshot aging; and snapshot cataloging functionality that captures snapshot details such as current mount point, last mount point, time of snap and size of volume.
Finally, management tools under the software label of QNet complete the QiNetix suite. QNet provides virtualization or storage "pooling" functionality and supports better storage resource management and asset utilization. It offers a single view of storage assets across the enterprise and provides reporting on a site's primary, secondary and archive storage. It also offers centralized monitoring and management of all other QiNetix software modules and services.
CommVault has since released a new version, Version 5.0, of its QiNetix storage management suite. Based on the submission requirements for our Products of the Year awards program, the company chose to submit its earlier product, Version 4.2, for the judges' consideration.
| FalconStor IPStor 4.0
FalconStor Software Inc.'s IPStor 4.0 took our silver medal for backup and recovery software and services based on the extensiveness of the DR functionality found in its myriad software options, such as advanced replication and snapshot services, bare metal recovery, backup acceleration, real-time data migration functionality and IPStor's ability to perform continuous online and nearline backups.
One judge said that the product was "useful as a DR solution in many environments." Another judge chimed in with the insight that IPStor was a "well-engineered product with all of the functionality you'd expect for enterprise-class IT."
All was not coming up roses for IPStor from the judges, however. Some areas questioned by our panel included IPStor's high price tag and its lack of consistency groups, or write-ordering, that one judge said was essential for a full-blown DR solution. Additionally, in-band virtualization is not everyone's cup of tea, but IPStor does it as well as anyone.
Overall, the IPStor product scored high on the judge's list in terms of its functionality, all-around performance and innovation.
| CA BrightStor Enterprise Backup 10.5
Computer Associates International's (CA) BrightStor Enterprise Backup version 10.5 took our bronze medal for backup and recovery as a robust, pure-play backup solution for the enterprise. Judges seemed to be most impressed with BrightStor's backup/recovery performance, followed by its overall functionality and ease of integration into the environment.
The judges took special notice of BrightStor's record-setting performance to back up and recover multiterabyte databases. Performance numbers submitted by CA in high transaction-processing environments included a sustained throughput rate of 2.21TB/hr to recover a 2.5TB database. Likewise, backup performance numbers were clocked at a sustained throughput rate of 2.66TB/hr on a database loaded with 983 transactions per second.
The product shines as well in its integration options, including full integration with other BrightStor products. It's also built to be integrated into CA's overall storage management platform, CA BrightStor Portal. The product is able to manage, monitor and report on competing solutions (IBM Tivoli, Legato and Veritas). Customers have also been favorably impressed by the fact that the product's backup agents can be upgraded in phases, and are backward compatible to prior versions.
While judges deemed BrightStor Enterprise Backup a definite enterprisewide backup contender, some expressed concerns about the price. One judge had reservations about the product's lack of support for various operating system environments, claiming it was only equipped to work well in Solaris, HP-UX and AIX-based data centers. The product is also available for Windows environments--including NT 4.0, Windows 2000 and Windows XP--and those running the HP/Compaq Tru64 operating system.
| AppIQ StorageAuthority Suite Version 3.0
You might not have heard of a company called AppIQ Inc., but if you intend to manage storage using standards-based software in the next few years, chances are that you will be using its technology. With features such as SAN management, automated provisioning and an application-level view of storage all built from scratch on standards-based technology, our panel of judges awarded this year's gold medal for best storage management product of the year to AppIQ's StorageAuthority Suite version 3.0.
The StorageAuthority builds a storage utility for the enterprise through integrated SAN management, storage resource management (SRM), storage provisioning and storage operations management capabilities. The software provides heterogeneous device support, application management, automation tools--all architected from the ground up on the Storage Management Initiative Specification (SMI-S) management standard.
When it comes to device support, the StorageAuthority Suite has a laundry list of platforms and systems that it can manage including Solaris, IBM AIX, HDS Dynamic Link Manager and several EMC product lines, including the Symmetrix DMX family of storage systems, the Connectrix family of switches and directors and Clariion disk arrays with PowerPath, raw volumes, Brocade and LSI Logic firmware revisions.
AppIQ's wide range of device support is a direct result of helping other vendors comply with the SMI-S management standard. It instantly supports management of SMI-S compliant devices without requiring converters and adapters to translate proprietary APIs to SMI-S. That's why Brocade, HDS, Hewlett-Packard, LSI Logic, McData, NetApp, SGI, and Sun Microsystems have all licensed AppIQ's CIMIQ device integration program to make their switches and subsystems SMI-S compliant.
According to our judges, AppIQ is far ahead of most other software solutions on the market when it comes to standards-based storage management.
StorageAuthority offers specialized management modules for applications including Oracle databases, Microsoft Exchange, Veritas NetBackup and file server and chargeback applications. AppIQ has also added file-level SRM capabilities, heterogeneous device support, provisioning and backup and recovery management features to its management software in recent months.
| CreekPath Storage Operations Management Suite 3.0
Our panel of judges was impressed by CreekPath's ability to provide SAN management, SRM, security, database and backup operations management through a single console. One judge said that while the Storage Operations Management Suite has not yet been widely accepted in the industry, it does "address a significant problem with good technology."
The CreekPath Suite's workflow engine allows for automated provisioning through a graphical flow based on policies and explicit rules or manual wizards. The customizable workflow automates the entire change management process within IT operations all through a single management console.
Like our gold medalist AppIQ, CreekPath's Storage Operations Management Suite version 3.0 supports SMI-S compliant storage arrays and FC directors and switches that implement SMI array and fabric profiles, including EMC Symmetrix and Clariion systems, the Lightning and Thunder from HDS and IBM's Enterprise Storage Server and FastT. CreekPath also supports all arrays from HP as well as systems from Brocade, Cisco, LSI Logic, McData, NetApp and StorageTek.
The CreekPath Suite operates outside of the data path, allowing the software to be installed quickly without disrupting existing networks or application environments. Once installed, the Storage Operations Management Suite automatically detects, analyzes and acts to improve the efficiency of a given storage network.
According to one expert, CreekPath's architecture automates discovery, monitoring, reporting and provisioning of storage networks, while its module-based approach allows for the addition of new management tools without disrupting its centralized management capabilities.
| OuterBay Application Data Management 3.0
Outerbay Technologies' Application Data management (ADM) 3.0 Software Suite's ability to save the end user money by migrating data on high-end storage gear to less-expensive storage platforms resonated with our panel of judges.
ADM 3.0 is implemented as an operationally transparent extension of application, database and storage environments. OuterBay's software supports Oracle, PeopleSoft and custom applications as well as open standards and systems such as Linux and ATA. ADM 3.0 monitors and manages data growth to maintain application performance and speed upgrades. The suite is made up of the Application Resource Monitor (ARM), Instance Generator and LiveArchive.
The Instance Generator eliminates full-sized production database copies in favor of smaller subsets of the database. LiveArchive improves application performance and reduces the downtime needed for consolidations and upgrades by managing application data growth. It works by identifying inactive application data and moving it onto more cost-effective storage, where it remains online and accessible to users from their existing application user interfaces.
OuterBay's award was solidified by its advanced management features. One judge said it offers "data facility hierarchical storage management and data facility storage management subsystem capabilities for the little guys."


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Hollywood hideaways on the Central Coast
Now that the Golden Globes have officially kicked off awards season, Hollywood will be all over the news right up until Academy Awards night on Feb. 24. But when the stars need a break from all the buzz, in this or any season, they are all over the Central Coast. Discreet hotels and lodges from Monterey Peninsula to Santa Barbara have provided refuge to the stars since the days of silent film, though other guests may never know their neighbors are celebrities. Here are some of the Central Coast's top Hollywood hideaways:
Cypress Inn: The granddaddy of pet-friendly hotels is co-owned by famous animal-lover and advocate Doris Day, who remains Hollywood's top-grossing (adjusted for inflation) actress of all time. Built in classic Mediterranean style, it opened in 1929 as the Hotel La Ribera. New management restored the hotel in the 1960s and renamed it Cypress West. The actress, who now lives in Carmel Valley, bought it with local businessman Dennis LeVett in the mid 1980s and insisted on extending to animals the same welcome enjoyed by their humans. Terry's Lounge, named after Day's late son, hosts a daily "Yappy Hour" and offers a special canine menu, but Drago Cvetkovic also wielded a mean cocktail shaker for Sinatra and the rest of the Rat Pack. Other stellar guests range from Lauren Bacall and Barbara Eden to James Franco and Orlando Bloom.
Lincoln Street and Seventh Avenue, Carmel. (800) 443-7443, www.cypress-inn.com.
Mission Ranch: Dating back to the mid-1800s, this 22-acre ranch on the outskirts of Carmel began life as one of California's first dairies. When developers threatened to cover the property with condos, Clint Eastwood rode to the rescue, buying the ranch in 1986 – the same year he became the town's most famous mayor – and restoring it to create a classic ranch-style resort. As a guest, you might stay in a farmhouse, an 1850s bunkhouse, a converted barn, or one of several cottages. It's a local haunt for Hollywood types, but with views of a sheep pasture, wetlands filled with birds and views of Point Lobos, the focus is on relaxation, not celebrity; you don't have to command a celebrity's income to stay here, either. But if you wander in to the sometimes raucous but always fun restaurant and piano bar around 5 p.m., you have a good chance of seeing Mr. "Make My Day" himself having a go at the ivories.
26270 Dolores St., Carmel. (831) 624-6436 or (800) 538-8221, www.missionranchcarmel.com.
Hacienda Guest House: You probably won't see any of today's Hollywood stars at this historic gem, standing 25 miles from any major road inside the gates of the Fort Hunter-Liggett Army base. But when William Randolph Hearst built it on his ranch property in 1929, it was right on the old Camino Real, or King's Highway, and it welcomed a host of Hollywood royalty who came to unwind with the newspaper magnate and his mistress, actress Marion Davies. Dick Powell, Will Rogers, Jean Harlow and Errol Flynn are just a few of the names in the guest registers. Hearst worked with Julia Morgan, his Hearst Castle architect, who created a reflection of Mission San Antonio de Padua just down the hill. Though it's often referred to as his hunting lodge, Hearst actually didn't allow hunting on the property. The 11-room inn was built as ranch headquarters and lodging for the many guests he flew in. After decades of indifferent management by the Army, most of the rooms have been renovated and some new ones are being created.
Building 101, Infantry Road, Fort Hunter-Liggett, Jolon. (Be sure your driver's license and proof of insurance are up to date when you check in at the Army gate.) (831) 386-2262 or (831) 386- 2900, www.liggett.army.mil/sites/mwr/hacienda.asp.
Stonepine Estate: For a taste of the high life, staying at this onetime home of bank heiress Helen Crocker-Russell makes guests feel like celebrities visiting one of their equally well-heeled friends. Lauren Bacall is a frequent guest here; other famous names include Johnny Depp, Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, Diane Sawyer, Brooke Shields, Renee Zellweger and the Rolling Stones. Hidden deep within Carmel Valley behind a series of private gates and surrounded by 12 formal Mediterranean-style formal gardens, the fully restored late-1920s, French-style chateau offers eight luxury suites and four private houses and cottages overlooking the Santa Lucia mountains. It's the kind of place where you dress for dinner, which is served on white linen. Genteel pursuits include browsing in the wood-paneled library (formerly a speakeasy), going for a horseback or carriage ride at the equestrian center, swimming in a Renaissance style pool, and playing golf and tennis. Its 150-foot Cabana Club Pool is a stunner, bordered by private cabanas, ending at the beach.
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Four Seasons Resort The Biltmore Santa Barbara: The farther south you go, the more numerous – and visible – the Hollywood denizens. Santa Barbara's beauty and "far, but not too far" location has made it a favorite from Hollywood's earliest days; even Greta Garbo met her need to be alone the Biltmore. Joan Crawford was another fan, and Rock Hudson married Phyllis Gates here in 1955. Now billed as the Four Seasons Resort The Biltmore Santa Barbara, it hosts most of the rock and screen stars who come to town, including Jennifer Aniston, Julia Roberts, Will Smith, Katy Perry and Britney Spears, who stayed so often that she finally bought a home in Santa Barbara. Built in 1927 in classic Spanish colonial style (what else? It's Santa Barbara), it offers 207 luxury oceanfront rooms and suites plus 12 cottages tucked into the gardens.
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Montecito Inn: Charlie Chaplin built his own hideaway in 1928, opening the doors to Carole Lombard, Marion Davies and Norma Shearer, among other luminaries – Butterfly Beach, 2½ blocks away, was a major lure – and the stream of movie stars hasn't slowed down yet. The low-slung Mediterranean-style hotel inspired Richard Rodgers' 1936 love song, "There's a Small Hotel." Its 61 rooms, including the Little Tramp's own private two-bedroom apartment, positively ooze Old Hollywood opulence that has lured Jennifer Garner, Will Ferrell, Sandra Bullock, Danny Devito and any number of other contemporary Hollywood stars through its elegant but understated door. The two-story Tower Suite offers fantastic views of the Pacific on one side and the Santa Ynez Mountains on the other.
1295 Coast Village Road, Santa Barbara. (800) 843-2017, www.montecitoinn.com.
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At 41, defender David Weir is still eager to play, negotiating his release from Rangers FC last week in a bid to get more first-team football.
The former Everton FC player, capped 69 times by Scotland before announcing his international retirement, has won titles in his last three seasons at Ibrox, but is not about to retire quietly. "I've not got anything lined up in terms of where I will be going, but, even now, I still want to play," he said.
UEFA.com salutes the 40-something outfield players still holding back the years across Europe.
Andy Legg (Llanelli AFC)
Maybe it is the health scare he endured that persuades Andy Legg to keep going in his 46th year, successfully holding back Father Time while also serving as an inspiration to fellow cancer-sufferers. The Llanelli player-manager has made three appearances for the Welsh side from the bench this season, with the one-time Swansea City FC man explaining: "I'm fortunate that I've always been pretty fit.
The only difference is that when I was younger I would feel the aches and pains on Sunday – now I feel them on Monday as well." Legg won six Welsh caps as a versatile defender/midfielder but had to give up the game for a time after being diagnosed with a rare form of throat cancer in 2005.
Jari Litmanen (HJK Helsinki)
In October 2011, at the age of 40, Jari Litmanen finally won his first Finnish title, a full 19 years after he first left his home country for a glittering career with AFC Ajax, FC Barcelona and Liverpool FC. Capped 137 times, the attacker will turn 41 in February and – as he looks to recover from a minor knee operation – is yet to decide whether he will continue playing in 2012. "It will take four to six weeks to recover, so I will have a little break," he said. "Whatever happens, I won't make any decisions about my future until the spring." Litmanen's 40-year-old former Finland team-mate Mika Nurmela, meanwhile, is still going strong as a midfielder at second-tier AC Oulu.
Jens Erik Rasmussen (07 Vestur)
Asked whether he was starting to feel his age on the pitch, the 43-year-old Rasmussen said: "When you are older than several of your team-mates' fathers, that is inevitable." The forward and midfielder, capped 25 times, has been playing for 26 years, and while 07 Vestur were relegated in 2011, the Faroese league may not have seen the last of the skilful Rasmussen – who played abroad with AC Horsens and Esbjerg fB in Denmark and Icelandic side Leiftur. "Because I'm quite slight, it is probably easier for me to keep in shape than for someone who is big and strong," he noted.
Patrik Rosengren (Mjällby AIF)
When Rosengren signed a year's extension in December, Mjällby's website wrote that "all fans can now celebrate Christmas in peace". The talismanic central defender, nicknamed 'Bagarn' (the baker), turns 41 this summer but is still going strong. The Swedish league's oldest player won the league and cup during seven seasons at Kalmar FF and helped Mjällby gain instant promotion to the top flight when he returned to his first club in 2009. "When I moved back home from Kalmar I signed up for just one year," Rosengren said. "But it's gone well so I've kept signing on for one more year at a time.
You miss being a footballer once you quit, so I'm trying to make it last."
Vazha Tarkhnishvili (FC Sheriff)
Having played 500 matches for the Tiraspol side since 1999, the Georgian defender has won ten league titles with Sheriff and is still leading by example at 40. "
All the credit goes to my mum and dad who put some healthy genes into me," he smiled when asked to reveal the secret of his longevity. Tarkhnishvili is hoping to end his career on a high with a domestic double this season, and told UEFA.com: "What next? I hope to stay with the club that has become my home and be useful to Sheriff for many years to come. I cannot do anything but play football. I dedicated most of my life to it and so I plan to keep going on and on with this divine game."
Colm Tresson (Bray Wanderers FC)
Tresson's team-mates celebrated with youthful delight when the 40-year-old scored in Bray's 6-0 defeat of Galway United FC at the end of the 2011 season. The defender made his senior debut for Bray in the 1990/91 season and retired at the end of 2010, but was coaxed back by manager Pat Devlin. "Colm was a touch of class who could definitely have played at a higher level," said Devlin of Tresson, who spent most of his 22-season career with Bray, bar spells at Drogheda United FC and Portadown FC. The first 40-something to play outfield in Ireland's top flight since Steve Archibald – who briefly represented Home Farm Everton FC in 1996/97 at 42 – Tresson has once more announced his retirement, but we have heard that one before.
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First off, The Help was the best movie I have seen in a really long time. I laughed, I cried, I was angry, and I was sad. It speaks to you! You have to love a good movie like that. I usually love movies based on books because they have that literary quality—they have a purpose and you are meant to get something out of it. Loved it. Now I want to read the book and do some research on it!
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My weight has been EXACTLY the same for days. This happened last week too, although I was exactly a pound lighter. It's the strangest thing. My weight isn't moving. Not even an ounce!
On my first break, I ate an apple and peanut butter for 3 points.
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I was jealous because hubby got home 2 hours before I got off work. No fun! But I got off of work 30 minutes early—so that helped!
For supper, I made cheese ravioli with vodka sauce, garlic bread and green beans for 12 points.
I had a half serving of the sauce and the ravioli because I needed to keep my points down. It was a struggle because I really wanted to eat more, but honestly—didn't need it. I filled up on green beans and I am full. It was SOOO delicious though!
I finished it up with FF/SF vanilla pudding and topped it with sprinkles for aesthetics. 2 points.
Since hubby and I had our date night last night we are going to stay home tonight and I am so looking forward to that! A quiet night at home sounds just perfect. I plan on finishing the assembly of my table that I started yesterday. I am proud of myself for doing this because usually hubby does it. But I'm all about girls being capable and not playing that dumb "I'm too girly for that" game. Girl power!! lol. I'm all about being girly, but I'm all about being smart, capable and able to do just about anything a man can do too! I even had hubby teach me how to change a tire…lol I've never had to do it, but I want to know how in case I have to!! How about you?
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I'd imagine that just about everyone in the forum right now supported The Banner Saga during the Kickstarter campaign. So what other Kickstarter projects are you interested in? With Shadowrun just finished we seem to be in a lull for huge multimillion dollar game projects, but there is a large crop of small and midsized projects out there.
Legends of Eisenwald, graciously mentioned by Stoic in a recent update, is my current favorite project on Kickstarter. It is much further along than most Kickstarters and can show off gameplay, which is a big positive for me. I like what I've seen of the combat, which reminds me heavily of Disciples I/II, and the setting, which is comparable to Darklands. Plus I've talked with the lead developer, he is a really nice guy and committed to his game. They are well on their way to their goal, which is great, they were struggling at the beginning but with a little exposure things have picked up.
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Just as you should arrive in Venice on a boat, it is best to arrive in Lisbon on a tram, from the point where many people leave it for good: at Prazeres, by the city's picturesque main cemetery. Get a taxi to the suburban terminus of tram 28 for one of the most atmospheric public-transport rides in the world: a slow-motion roller coaster into the city's historic heart.
Electric trams first served Lisbon in 1901, though the route 28 fleet are remodelled 1930s versions. The polished wood interiors are gems of craftsmanship, from the grooved wooden floors to the shiny seats and sliding window panels. And the operators don't so much drive the trams as handle them like ancient caravels, adjusting pulleys and levers as the streetcar pitches and rolls across Lisbon's wavy terrain. As tram 28 rumbles past the towering dome of the Estrela Basilica, remember the famous bottoms that have probably sat exactly where you are: the writers Pessoa and Saramago, the singer Mariza, footballers Figo and Eusebio.
You reach central Lisbon at the smart Chiado district, glimpses of the steely Tagus flashing into view between the terracotta roof tiles and church spires. Suddenly you pitch steeply downhill, the tram hissing and straining against the gradients of Rua Vitor Cordon, before veering into the historic downtown Baixa district. Shoppers pile in and it's standing room only for newcomers, but those already seated can admire the row of traditional shops selling sequins and beads along Rua da Conceição through the open windows.
Now you climb past Lisbon's ancient cathedral and skirt the hilltop castle, the vistas across the Tagus estuary below truly dazzling. The best bit of the ride is yet to come though, a weaving, grinding climb through the Alfama district, Lisbon's village-within-a-city where most roads are too narrow for cars. Entering Rua das Escolas Gerais, the street is just over tram width, its shopfronts so close that you can almost lean out and take a tin of sardines off the shelves.
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'It was just unacceptable to play that way,' says starting netminder who was pulled after surrendering five goals on 14 shots
Minus Ryan Kesler and David Booth to start the new NHL season, the Vancouver Canucks were concerned about their second line. They likely never dreamed goaltending would be an issue. It was a big one Saturday, however, as new starter Cory Schneider and old starter Roberto Luongo both sprung leaks and the Canucks were humiliated 7-3 by the Anaheim Ducks before the 408th consecutive sellout at Rogers Arena.
VANCOUVER — Minus Ryan Kesler and David Booth to start the new NHL season, the Vancouver Canucks were concerned about their second line. They likely never dreamed goaltending would be an issue.
It was a big one Saturday, however, as new starter Cory Schneider and old starter Roberto Luongo both sprung leaks and the Canucks were humiliated 7-3 by the Anaheim Ducks before the 408th consecutive sellout at Rogers Arena.
Schneider's performance was astonishing given his outstanding season in 2011-12, a performance that was so good it put Luongo on the trading block. On Saturday, Schneider allowed five goals on 14 shots and was wearing a ballcap by the 6:37 mark of the second period. Three of the goals appeared stoppable. He did not give his teammates a chance to win and Canucks head coach Alain Vigneault had no choice other than to hook him.
"It was just unacceptable to play that way and put my team in that situation," Schneider said after the debacle. "You never expect it to go this way. You know what? I was just maybe half a second off and, at this level, that's all it takes. Sometimes you need to make that one big save that will get you in a rhythm and send you on your way. Tonight, I couldn't make that big save. I didn't perform or produce and that's on me."
Luongo entered the game to a rousing ovation, stopped the first shot he faced but then allowed a softie to Teemu Selanne with 14 seconds left in the period to put the Canucks down 5-2. He finished with 10 saves on 12 shots and was almost speechless when asked about the crowd's warm reception for him.
"It was ... I don't even know how to describe it, to be honest with you," Luongo said. "It was a fun moment. I wasn't really expecting to go in but after the fifth goal, Alain just told me to get in there.
"As far as the game, obviously it's disappointing for everybody. It's not the way you want to start the year. We were a little sloppy at times and they made us pay."
Meanwhile, at the other end. Anaheim netminder Jonas Hiller was getting the job done. He stopped all 16 Canuck shots he faced in the second period and finished with 26 for the night.
The seven goals allowed by the Canucks was the highest total in team history for a home opener.
"Obviously it didn't go the way we planned or drew it up," Vigneault said. "In the second period, every time we seemed to not address one of our responsibilities on the ice, it ended up in the back of our net. You're going to get nights like that and we had one tonight. The next time I use Schneider, he'll be fine."
Vigneault would not commit to starting Schneider on Sunday when the Canucks face the Edmonton Oilers in a 6 p.m. start at Rogers Arena.
On Saturday, the teams emerged 2-2 after 20 minutes with the goalies looking rustier than a 10-speed bike from the 1970s. Ducks winger Daniel Winnik ended Schneider's shutout bid just 6:31 into the opening period as he escaped Alex Edler's check and deflected home a Saku Koivu shot flung from the top of the circle,
Dan Hamhuis replied for the Canucks at 9:53 when he ripped a shot past Hiller on a feed from Jannik Hansen. The Canucks power play made it 2-1 as Daniel Sedin collected an Edler rebound and chipped it past Hiller 90 seconds after the Hamhuis tally.
Vancouver's lead lasted just four minutes, Sheldon Souray overpowering Schneider on a Ducks power play after Manny Malhotra lost three consecutive defensive zone draws to 42-year-old Teemu Selanne.
Winnik put the Ducks up for good at 3:33 of the middle period when he blocked a Keith Ballard shot, then raced up ice to finish off a three-way passing play with linemates Koivu and Andrew Cogliano.
Three minutes later, Corey Perry slipped one through Schneider's wickets on an Anaheim power play. Canucks centre Max Lapierre actually won the draw back but Perry managed to beat Hamhuis to the puck before putting it in. Eleven seconds later, Kyle Palmieri flung one through traffic and past Schneider and that was it for the redhead.
Luongo, who had not played since Game 2 of the playoffs last April 13, found some of his old form early in the third period with pretty saves off Matt Belesky, Swedish rookie Rickard Rakell and Palmieri, but was then beaten cleanly by Selanne on a breakaway just 12 seconds after an Edler power-play goal made it 6-3.
Selanne, 42, finished the night with two goals and two assists and the Ducks' power play went 3-for-3. Vancouver's power play was 2-for-4. Daniel Sedin and Edler both had a goal and an assist for the Canucks while Hansen collected two assists.
ICE CHIPS: The Canucks' healthy scratches Saturday were defencemen Andrew Alberts, Cam Barker and Jim Vandermeer ... Anaheim defenceman Cam Fowler was a late scratch with the flu. His spot was taken by Jordan Hendry ... Saturday's 50/50 winner took home a whopping jackpot of $146,838.


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For Mount St. Joseph Academy basketball fans, there had been too much drama over the last week-and-a-half of the regular season: a one-point game, a scoring milestone, an overtime game, and so on.
Magic supporters had a chance to catch their breath at the Athletic Association of Catholic Academies semifinals last Saturday, when the top-seeded Magic gained a 25-16 halftime lead and then limited number four St. Basil to just eight points throughout the second half on the way to a straightforward 46-24 victory.
The Mounties advanced to this week's championship game to take on archrival Villa Maria, the team that beat them in overtime in last Tuesday's regular-season swansong.
"We're really excited to be playing Villa in the finals," said 6'1" senior Steph Smith following the Magic's semifinal victory on Saturday evening. "We were more focused in this game because we wanted to come off that loss with a win. We held onto the ball more tonight and looked for better shots; we were forcing things the last couple of games."
One positive for the Mount in the loss at Villa Maria had been seeing Smith pass the 1000-point mark in career scoring. The Loyola University (Md.) signee had achieved the feat just before the halftime buzzer.
"There was so much weight lifted off my shoulders once I did it," she said. "It's nice to have people pulling for you but the whole thing makes you nervous. Now I can just concentrate on what we want to do as a team."
The Mount made a rocky landing at the end of their regular-season journey, losing two of their last three AACA games. The Magic still wound up with the best league record (12-2) and the top seed for the playoffs, and thus were able to avoid a semifinal meeting with the ballclubs that had recently defeated them.
Those two teams, Villa Maria and Nazareth, faced each other in the first of Saturday's playoff games, after both teams ended the regular season with 11-3 records. Playing without senior starter Maggie Borski (concussion), Nazareth stayed with Villa most of the way before finally succumbing, 44-37.
Mount St. Joe split home/away games with Villa and Nazareth in the regular season, and the Magic beat St. Basil twice, having to come from behind to win the second time. St. Basil split with Villa, Nazareth, and Gwynedd Mercy to wind up with a 9-5 league record and the fourth seed for the playoffs.
St. Basil actually had the Mount down 9-1 in their second regular-season meeting, but last weekend an 8-4 advantage was the best the Panthers could manage before the Magic went ahead for good.
In the first half, the Panthers found that defending against the Mount was like playing a game of Whack-A-Mole; deal with one creature on the opposing offense, and another sticks up its head elsewhere. Senior Mary Jo Horgan fired the Magic's first two field goals of the night, then junior Bridget Higgins hit a midrange jumper and a three-pointer. Next, it was over to Cailin Schmeer for a baseline bucket, and back outside for a trey by fellow junior Maddie Kohler.
Smith, who kept a low profile in the opening period with a lone free throw, rose up in round two to bag a field goal and four free throws. The Panthers' had ended the first quarter with just a three-point deficit (15-12) thanks to nine points by senior point guard Jackie Thompson, but she was limited to five points the rest of the night. The Mount led 25-16 at halftime, when Higgins and Smith each had seven points.
It the third stanza, it was once again Horgan's turn to punish the Panthers. She started out with a three-pointer, added two lay-ups, and then assisted on a fast break by Higgins. Near the end of the period, the Mount had a 34-23 lead and was bringing the ball across midcourt. The last seconds seemed to tick away more quickly than the Magic expected, and Horgan had to fling up a "Hail Mary Jo" shot from 10 feet beyond the top of the three-point arc.
The ball plummeted through the hoop to make it 37-23, and the rest of the game things went the Magic's way. They defended well against Thompson's drives for St. Basil, forcing the small guard to take lay-ups that were more like little hook shots. The Panthers hit no field goals in the final period, just a solitary free throw by Thompson with 1:31 left to play.
The fourth-quarter scoring for the Mount consisted of seven free throws (out of nine attempts) and a lay-up by freshman Regan Gallagher with 12 seconds remaining.
Horgan led all scorers with 18 points, and Higgins had 11 while Smith scored seven points and collected seven rebounds. Schmeer took care of a lot of little details at both ends of the floor and emerged with four points, six rebounds, and four assists. Three points for Kohler, two for Gallagher, and one for freshman Alex Louin rounded it out for the Mount.
Thompson scored 14 points for the Panthers, and Jill Lynch and Anyssa Flores added five points apiece.


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The public mobile phone charger concept is nothing new, especially if you've done the convention or concert circuits over the past few years, but it's nevertheless cool to see the idea has spread to another area where they make sense.
That area would be a bus stop, where Vitaminwater and its ad agency, Crispin Porter + Bogusky (these guys), have provided USB charging stations for waiting passengers.
The stops are currently deployed to Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, and New York. Maybe a few of you could let us know how they work before they're inevitably trashed by vandals. [TUAW]
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Besides its sporting events, FISU stages educational events and manages education-related programmes under the supervision of the Education Committee (EduC), with an aim to encourage the study and enhancement of university sport through education. Education is the essence of University Sports.
Embracing FISU's motto of 'Today's Stars, Tomorrow's Leaders', the Summer Universiade incorporates educational and cultural aspects into 12 days of sports competitions, allowing university student-athletes from all over the world to celebrate with the host city in a true spirit of friendship and sportsmanship.
The Winter Universiade is an international sporting and cultural event which is staged every two years in a different city. The programme of the Winter Universiade currently includes 8 compulsory sports. The Winter Universiade incorporates educational and cultural aspects into 11 days of sports competitions.
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REVIEW: Katy Perry Reveals Her True Self — Whoever That Is — in Katy Perry: Part of Me 3D
"Katy tells us that it's okay to stand out," one of pneumatic pop star Katy Perry's disciples intones at the beginning of Katy Perry: Part of Me 3D, a shiny, brightly colored piece of fan candy that follows the performer as she embarks on her 2011 world tour. Also the Word of Katy: "How could you ever be too cartoon-y?" The latter, exclaimed as Perry's being fitted into one of her Jetsons concession girl costumes, is a baldly rhetorical question. Somewhere in between those two lines of pop scripture lies the explanation for the only female artist to eke five number-one hits from a single album, 2010's Teenage Dream.
Do we still talk in terms of albums? The record-keepers do, anyway, still bound by the standards of the past. And Perry, the daughter of born-again evangelists (her father's aging rock god outfit makes more sense upon learning that he used to cook up LSD; no trace of her mother's romantic history with Jimi Hendrix remains), likes to play with a retro look. But she is an unmistakably modern creation, as the brand-conscious Part of Me confirms, beginning with the webcam testimonials from fans about the realness and relatability of their heroine that segue to an 18-year-old Katy earnestly confiding into her own laptop. Except the teenage Katy, as though guided by shivering foreknowledge of this exact moment, expresses her desire to be a leader, and her doubts about taking on "all those responsibilities."
Madonna was 25 when Dick Clark had her blurting out her plan "to rule the world." Perry has cited pop music's great survivor as an influence, but I couldn't watch Part of Me without thinking of how thinly it compares to Madonna: Truth or Dare, a backstage concert film that documents the singer at the peak of world domination. Madonna the road-mother, Madonna the hardass, Madonna the cut-up, Madonna the boyfriend emasculator, Madonna the "even when I feel like shit they love me" fan mocker, Madonna the incandescent performer who terrifies her followers as often as she transfixes them. I became a Madonna fan as a little girl; I could still dance the entire Blonde Ambition tour if I had to, like to save the world. Not that I've envisioned such a scenario. But then as now I would have chewed through my own wrist to avoid an encounter with the star, and the idea of relating to Madonna in some sisterly or otherwise pals-y way feels universe-invertingly wrong.
Part of Me works hard to establish that Katy Perry is just like you and me. At the same time, her coterie (including an assistant as well as costume and make-up teams) assure us that Perry deserves her fame. She's a good person from Santa Barbara who charmed even the Cobra Snake (a louche nightlife photographer) when she lit out for Los Angeles with a few bikinis, zero bibles, and a dream. Small doubts are seeded through the introductory interviews – can she handle a tour this big? – and even her manager expresses surprise at her success. There's a glaze to the talking head segments familiar from any number of MTV or VH-1 artist infomercials. The concert footage (from shows staged around the world) is meant to showcase the 3-D presentation; there are dancers bouncing around and some fleet camerawork, but the laser light effects make the best use of it.
Reality TV figureheads and first-time directors Dan Cutforth and Jane Lipsitz produced last year's wildly successful Justin Bieber: Never Say Never. The same formula of gifting a fan-made star back to the people is followed, but Cutforth and Lipsitz never ascend to a moment of kitsch ecstasy on par with Bieber's slow-mo signature lid shimmy. Perry is no dancer and not much of a mover; she's a more mannequin-ish presence, but an energizer mannequin, expressive and ever connecting. Her cabaret rendition of "I Kissed a Girl" has unprocessed flair, and a witty quick-change number sparks an absolute shitfit in the stands. Her solid and unsurprising voice sounds solid and unsurprising, but with any production as slick as this one – where personality is prized over performance – it's hard to know what you're getting.
Unlike Bieber, Perry had several close encounters with the big time. We learn of her various blighted record deals and studio makeovers (Perry tried everything from gospel to country to angry-girl rock) and get a small sense of her musicianship. Then, in a preposterous sequence, the story of her professional bottom (involving a botched partnership with pop gurus The Matrix) is crosscut with a bondage number in which Katy wails about being held hostage. After that, we are told, Perry decided to just be herself, and the rest is chart and bullet-bra-busting history.
And who is that? What can you say about someone whose real self resembles a marzipan anime character? Well, she's a goofball and a charmer, to start. She's sweet with fans and an everygirl champ with her crew. She's in every way devoted to the job of being Katy Perry, and the state of her marriage to comedian Russell Brand soon replaces the "can she hack it?" storyline. Or maybe it's another stem of the same storyline. "A baby can't have a baby," she pronounces after Brand texts her possible names for their kids. "And I'm still a baby." Background drama builds to a meltdown in Brazil, the show goes dramatically on, and the split is reframed as a feminist conundrum: The baby wants to work.
Despite this careful (and successful) depiction of a warm and decent person, Perry the pop star remains stubbornly two-dimensional. She's a sexless sex symbol, too girlish to be a girl, and her crack about being a cartoon feels critical to her anodyne appeal. Perry might sing about seeing your peacock and cover the front rows in whipped cream shot out of a two-foot canister, but it couldn't be more congenial or less erotic. Only an extreme fetishist could actually get off on her shtick; for the rest of us, especially her adoring tween army, she's a human Pez dispenser barking out candy-covered platitudes. Even her much-feted boobs seem friendly. Beckoning from behind them is the strangely modern conception of pop stardom, one that derives its powerful hold on (largely young, female) fans from the promise that if you can't live the cupcake dream, Katy Perry will gladly live it for you.
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You know what happens when Google announces a new product. People freak out. People claim Google is changing the world. People praise its openness and don't be evil mantra and that the company is just SO good. And then you know what happens when that actual Google product comes out? No one cares.
It doesn't change anything except add to the growing landfill of crappy products. In short, Google promises a lot but rarely deliver. Or as College Humor puts it in this video, Google is full of crap.
Sure, Google Glasses sounds awesome, and so does self-driving cars. But those things aren't close to real yet. Hoverboards and Wolverine blades sound awesome too.


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S.A. gets spot on NBC 'Talent' premiere
San Antonio presented so many wonderful, wacky and wince-worthy acts during the "America's Got Talent" stop here that it will be part of the show's two-hour season premiere Tuesday.
"The variety was fantastic! The level of talent is way high in San Antonio," Howard Stern said during an interview with the judges between auditions at Lila Cockrell Theatre.
"I'm the elder statesman of this group," Howie Mandel added, "and I can say I've never seen more talent in one session in one city in my four years on the show."
"America's Got Talent" is just one of many new and returning series calculated to keep people in their air-conditioned homes during the hot summer months. Long-anticipated returns — such as the final half-season of "Breaking Bad," another season of Steven Spielberg's sci-fi hit "Falling Skies" and another suspenseful round of "The Killing" — join new comedies, reality shows, steamy nighttime soaps and other dramas.
Viewers can expect the unexpected when season eight of "America's Got Talent" premieres at 8 p.m. Tuesday on NBC. Sure, there were plenty of top-notch singers at S.A.'s March auditions, but the unusual acts were what stuck in the judges' memories. Among them: a darling 3-year-old named Mateo, who was part of a young trio that danced with knives (Mandel said they reminded him of the old "Our Gang" bunch); a "Top-40" mariachi group that is said to be upsetting purists; a daring swords swallower who made judge Mel B gag; and a man who gets rattlesnakes and cobras to do frightening things.
"The guy with the snakes really stood out," executive producer Jason Raff said in a recent phone chat. "He got them to strike a balloon out of his mouth. It was so scary and dangerous, we had to make sure there were 10 vials of anti-venom on hand."
Also a treat was a bold audition over the San Antonio River that brought the judges, producers and audience outdoors. The two "skyline walkers," as Raff described them, strung a line 40 feet above the river and carefully walked across it, performing tricks along the way.
Raff said the show's opener will be a mix of talent from three cities: San Antonio, Los Angeles and New York. However, this won't be the only time S.A. acts will pop up.
"We'll be bouncing around a little more," Raff said. "San Antonio definitely will be featured in more than one episode during the audition phase," which lasts through mid-July.
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There also will be plenty of beauty shots of the Alamo City.
"The judges still reminisce about San Antonio," Raff said, adding that they got a special kick out of a barge ride from their hotel and the screaming crowds that greeted them.
Considering the different makeup of "Talent's" judging panel this year, Raff said, the summer reality staple might feel fresher than usual to viewers.
For the first time, it consists of four, rather than three, judges; and the decisions now are equally divided between both sexes.
"It's more unpredictable," Raff said. "I don't always know what the judges are going to like or not like."
The show's glamour quotient also has been upped, he added, because of two fashion-conscious newcomers: supermodel Heidi Klum and singer Mel B.
Raff said everyone feared that the opinionated Stern would dominate during tapings, "but the others didn't hesitate to put him in his place, and they all fought for the acts they believed in," he said. "In the end, they seemed to gel beautifully."
If interviews with the judges during auditions here are any indication, the show should be a riot. The Q&A was filled with playful teasing and bickering. Mel B referred to Stern as "the dream crusher," and both he and Mandel insisted, amid the women's groans, that they were "a treat for the ladies."
Stern turned serious, however, when he explained why he loved being part of this particular TV competition show.
"I wouldn't want to be a judge if it were only a singing thing," he said. "'American Idol' is boring to me, while here, I never know what's going to come out. It's great to see people doing unusual things they've perfected in a basement somewhere. You discover all kinds of whacked-out, extraordinary talent."


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