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2014 Development Camp - Day 4
I finally had the chance to make it out to the Ice Sports Forum to catch up with some of the attendees and observe a good chunk of the 3v3 action. Following are some brief impressions and takeaways from my time at the rink:
Let's start with goalie invitee Clay Witt, who is a local talent made good after an impressive senior campaign, his first in the starter's role, with Northeastern. Before hitting the ice, Witt spoke about how exciting it was to be participating in a professional team's program at the same facility he played in as a kid. It was also, he pointed out, fun to be experiencing this with a teammate (Cameron Darcy) and opponents (multiple) from time in NCAA competition, which he stressed has proven a great path for him as he has benefited from ample time in-season to train and prepare for opponents. He did acknowledge, however, looks forward to a more game-heavy schedule, if and when he makes the jump to the professional ranks. After all, "they're the fun part of the sport," he said through a steady grin.
I got a brief look at Witt in the first 3v3 scrimmage that was held at the west end of the rink. At 6'2" and 200 lbs, he's nearly as tall but a bit more compact than his lanky counterparts Kristers Gudlevskis and Andrei Vasilevskiy. In such a wide-open format, goalies typically face a number of challenging looks; Witt was both stellar (he was at his best when upright and composed, taking calculated paths through the crease to deny several backdoor chances or angling off shooters without being too aggressive) and, of course, a bit lucky (he caught a couple breaks when the puck was misplayed or sent over the net when he was down-and-out and in desperation-mode) en route to shutting out both squads. I'm not sure explosiveness, improvisation and raw athleticism are his calling cards but I am very much inclined to think attention to detail (positioning/technique) and a keen sense of anticipation are.
At 6'2", 194 lbs, Dominik Masin, one of the club's 2nd-round selections in the recent draft, looked every bit as mature as his sturdy frame would suggest. In the limited viewing I had, Masin was keeping up with the pace and handled congestion along the boards very well whereas Ben Thomas, also drafted this summer (4th round), seemed to struggle in both aspects. Thomas did, while noticeably lagging in the second match at the west end, manage to work his way near the mid-slot to receive two feeds and beat Vasilevskiy both times, though only one attempt wound up in the net.
Saku Salminen, who towers over a number of attendees, managed to get the puck on his stick with enough time and space to show off a very heavy release on a couple of occasions. Salminen said he's ready to put the disappointment of last season, which he spent mostly sidelined by injury, behind him and hopes to stick with Jokerit, which is joining the KHL next season. Salminen also said that his shoulder, which he's still rehabilitating, is not fully-recovered but at least "feels much better than before".
Jonathan Drouin was everything those who've seen him before would have expected. Like a shark circling its prey, Drouin was seemingly everywhere, darting to and fro in vicinity of the cage, the puck on his stick in one instant and often gone in another to a teammate or towards the net by slightly unpredictable means. Last year, Nikita Kucherov stole some of the limelight with his own mesmerizing creativity. There is no such comparable this summer.
Cameron Darcy, another one of the recent draft picks (7th round), was plenty active but had a bit of a hard-luck time as none of his 15 credited shots found their way to twine. Tanner Richard seemed to be doing the heavy lifting for their team in the match I observed and so the thought I was mostly left with about Darcy was that he looked, on the ice, vaguely reminiscent of Cory Conacher. A bigger, right-shooting version.
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GALLE - Mahela Jayawardene cracked an impressive 91 to lead Sri Lanka's fightback on an absorbing second day of the opening Test against New Zealand in Galle on Sunday. Sri Lanka were in deep trouble at 50-5 following fast bowler Tim Southee's three-wicket burst in the morning before posting 247 in their first innings in reply to New Zealand's 221.
The tourists reached 35-1 in their second innings at stumps after losing hard-hitting opener Brendon McCullum, caught by Nuwan Kulasekara off left-arm spinner Rangana Herath who was pressed into the attack after three overs. The match is evenly poised at this stage, with New Zealand nine runs ahead with as many wickets in hand.
Skipper Jayawardene and vice-captain Angelo Mathews (79) earlier propped up the innings with a 156-run stand for the sixth wicket. The hosts looked like gaining a big lead when they reached 206-5 but lost their last five wickets, including those of well-set Jayawardene and Mathews, for 41 runs. The tourists, who went wicketless in the afternoon, came back strongly to take five wickets in the last session, with off-spinner Jeetan Patel striking three times to finish with 3-55. Jayawardene looked set to complete his 32nd Test century when he was caught behind while trying to sweep Patel. He hit one six and 11 fours in his 176-ball knock. Mathews fell soon after the tea-break, caught by wicket-keeper Kruger van Wyk off seamer James Franklin after hitting one six and 12 fours in his 154-ball knock. Jayawardene and Mathews defied the tourists' attack for more than a session with their sensible batting, confidently gathering runs against both pace and spin.
Mathews was more aggressive in the second session, smashing a six over deep mid-wicket off Patel and then flicking paceman Doug Bracewell for a four to complete his ninth Test half-century. The New Zealand fast bowlers exploited the morning conditions well as they took four wickets in the opening hour to put the hosts under pressure, with Southee grabbing three and Trent Boult one.
Southee dismissed Tharanga Paranavitana and nightwatchman Suraj Randiv in his opening two overs before accounting for Thilan Samaraweera, while Boult got a big wicket when he had Kumar Sangakkara (five) caught by McCullum at third slip.
Southee, who took one wicket on Saturday, struck with his fourth delivery in the morning when he bowled Paranavitana for no score. He got the third wicket in his next over, having Randiv caught by Martin Guptill at second slip. He then trapped Samaraweera (17) leg-before, the batsman offering no stroke to a delivery that came in.
T Paranavitana b Southee 0
D Karunaratne lbw b Southee 0
S Randiv c Guptill b Southee 9
K Sangakkara c McCullum b Boult 5
M Jayawardene c van Wyk b Patel 91
T Samaraweera lbw b Southee 17
A Mathews c van Wyk b Franklin 79
P Jayawardene c Bracewell b Patel 4
N Kulasekara c and b Patel 8
R Herath not out 11
S Eranga c Bracewell b Boult 4
EXTRAS: (b9, lb8, nb2) 19
TOTAL: (all out; 80.2 overs) 247
BOWLING: Boult 16.2-3-46-2, Southee 18-4-46-4, Bracewell 16-1-67-0, Franklin 7-2-16-1, Patel 23-7-55-3
M Guptill not out 13
B McCullum c Kulasekara b Herath 13
K Williamson not out 9
TOTAL: (for one wkt; 10 overs) 35
BOWLING: Kulasekara 4-0-17-0, Eranga 1-0-4-0, Herath 4-0-13-1, Randiv 1-0-1-0.
TOSS: New Zealand
UMPIRES: Marais Erasmus (RSA) and Nigel Llong (ENG)
TV UMPIRE: Ranmore Martinez (SRI)
MATCH REFEREE: Javagal Srinath (IND)

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Air Quality Egg: Shield Firmware UpdatePosted: April 22nd, 2013 | Author: admin | Filed under: AQE | Tags: Air Quality Egg, AQE, aqe sensor | Comments Off on Air Quality Egg: Shield Firmware Update
Based on my research findings (described in my last post), I spent some time digging into the Egg Shield hardware and firmware and I made some significant updates in hopes of improving results. I'm currently running an overnight experiment of the latest firmware, which I pushed out on GitHub (also for the Ozone and VOC add-ons). I also put load scripts out there to help ease the update process. I wanted to give an update on what I found and what I did.
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There was an observable random "spiking" phenomenon associated with the dynamic heater voltage control algorithm. I still don't know the root cause of that, but I know that if I take that algorithm out, the associated phenomenon goes away, so the current version of the firmware sets the voltage at start-up and leaves it alone. I determined the settings for each heater experimentally by trying a setting, measuring H+ and H- and calculating the heater power, until I hit the datasheet targets.
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I was concerned about the frequent reports of apparent overflow conditions occurring. I looked into how to make better use of our range selection capability and rewrote it to select the range that yields results that are closest to the mid-range voltage. I believe this algorithm should provide more stable / continuous results than the original algorithm. In particular, I expect that it will be more immune to overflow conditions.
NO2 Hardware Bug – Workaround
In re-writing the Range Selection Algorithm, I was astonished to find an undiscovered hardware bug in the Egg Shield. I kept trying different settings on the range selection divider for NO2, but no matter what I did, two of the range settings always yielded the same analog-to-digital conversion result. I dug in and traced it back to the schematic (after hours of assuming I must be doing something wrong in software).
It turns out there is a node named "/NO2_R2_SEL" and a separate node named "/R2_SEL." Those were meant to be the same node, but the tools don't know that, so they never got connected in the layout. The effect is that it's impossible to select a low-side resistance of R1 + R2 = 24.2 kΩ for NO2. <face-palm!> The firmware didn't know about that bug either, so its model of the world didn't agree with reality when it chose that range. This inconsistency was almost certainly also contributing to the instability in the NO2 readings we've been seeing. Anyway, the firmware agrees with the hardware now. I think it will be less accurate than it could have been were it not for the hardware bug, but I think this will be much better than what we had going on.
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I'll follow up with a post tomorrow night with my overnight results. If you're ambitious and know what you're doing, the software and binaries for the firmware updates above is already out on GitHub and you can go ahead and re-flash your Egg Shield to hopefully start getting better results right away. As a reminder, Joe Saavedra also made a nice tutorial on how you can use an Arduino (or a Nanode) to reprogram a Sensor Shield. I plan to do a video to demonstrate that process as well in the next couple weeks. As always, if you're uncomfortable reprogramming the hardware for yourself and you are willing to pay for the round-trip shipping, I am willing to personally reprogram your hardware at no additional cost.


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John 'Jack' Dardis named Adjutor Hominum award recipient
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The Loyola University New Orleans Alumni Association has selected John "Jack" Dardis '63 as the 2011 recipient of the Adjutor Hominum Award, the highest honor bestowed by the Alumni Association.
Each year, the association recognizes an outstanding graduate whose life demonstrates the values and philosophy of a Jesuit education—namely moral character, service to humanity and unquestionable integrity. The Adjutor Hominum Award was presented to Dardis on April 15 at the annual Alumni Association Jazz Brunch in the Danna Student Center's St. Charles Room. For ticket information, call Lisa Adams at 504-861-5447 or visit http://www.alumni.loyno.edu/alumniwknd12.
"When I see the list of past winners, it is a bit overwhelming to be included in that group. Twenty-five years ago, my wife's father, for whom I have the utmost respect, received this award –what a great honor to be perceived in any way like him," Dardis said.
Dardis graduated from Loyola in 1963 with a bachelor's degree in business administration. He is the chairman and owner of Dardis, Couvillon and Associates, a branch of Next Financial Group, Inc.
While attending Loyola, Dardis was student council president and a member of Alpha Omicron service fraternity, Delta Sigma Pi business fraternity and sodality president. He received the Charles H. Bailey Award for Outstanding Male Leader on Campus, the Alpha Pi Omicron Award for Service to the University, the Dean's Award from the College of Business and the Chicago Tribune Award, among others. He has spent many years supporting Wolfpack athletics and the Business Administration Program.
Dardis served in the U.S. Army from 1963 – 67. While on duty in Vietnam, he accepted the assignment as the liaison officer for a mission club project in an orphanage and school for blind girls.
Within New Orleans, Dardis is president of the board of the Catholic Foundation and serves on a number of other boards, including the Archdiocese of New Orleans Investment Committee, Jesuit High School, Dominican High School, Legatus of New Orleans, Closer Walk Ministries, Christopher Holmes, Inc., Sugar Bowl, Sierra Club, Christian Health Ministries and Manresa House. For his service to the community, Dardis has received the Order of St. Louis Medallion, East Jefferson General Hospital's Auxiliary "Great Gentleman Award," Pro Ecclessian et Pontifice, Outstanding Local President Award from the Louisiana Jaycees, the Kendal Crum Award for Outstanding Jaycees, St. Elizabeth's Guild Top Ten Activists Award, Alumnus of the Year from Jesuit High School and the Homines Pro Allis Award from Manresa Retreat House.
As a volunteer for Loyola, Dardis has served as a member of the President's Council, a trustee-member of the Endowment and Finance Committee and chairman of the Endowment Committee. He taught for two years in the College of Business, headed the Loyola MBA Program from 1978 – 79 and was selected as "Alumnus of the Year" in 1991 by the College of Business.
Dardis lives with his wife and Loyola alumna, Anne '67. They have 10 children and 24 grandchildren.
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Local beer distributor Bernie Little, one of Ocala's foremost corporate citizens, has apparently sold his local holdings.
Local beer distributor Bernie Little, one of Ocala's foremost corporate citizens, has apparently sold his local holdings.
The regional franchise rights held by Bernie Little Distributing LLC, a wholesaler of Anheuser-Busch products and other specialty alcoholic beverages, were divided between two companies, according to some familiar with the deal.
Richard Lindquist, the company's business manager, could not be reached for comment.
Great Bay Distributors, a Largo-based Anheuser-Busch distributor, purchased the rights for Little's operation in Citrus County, according to Claudia Sokolowski, Great Bay's communications director.
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Writer Ian Fleming's super-spy James Bond is no stranger to the ever-expanding world of videogames. The character, who has graced the silver screen countless times, hit it big in the digital community when he starred in GoldenEye 007 for Nintendo 64. The Rare developed 3D first-person shooter proved to be an integral addition to the genre and in doing so broke massive sales records. Since then, publishers have made it their mission in life to deliver gamers a shooter more compelling than the dated product, and obviously giant Electronic Arts has been at the forefront of that movement.
Recently the company released James Bond 007 in... Agent Under Fire for PS2, GameCube and Xbox, an internally developed shooter again starring the spy hero. Despite being somewhat of a cookie-cutter offering, the title was moderately well received and enjoyable in short spurts, but it was clear that EA had to dig deeper if it was going to truly one-up GoldenEye 007 before it. So that's the history. Keep reading for the future.
For some two years now UK developer Eurocom has been in development with James Bond 007: NightFire, a brand new first-person shooter for GameCube, Xbox and PS2. The game celebrates 40 years of Bond history by combining elements from past 007 movies together into one big, challenging adventure spanning more than 10 levels, integrating character cameos, titillating gadgetry, and dozens of guns.
We recently had to the chance to go hands on with unfinished, but very promising versions of NightFire for the PC. Good news -- the title is definitely not an Agent Under Fire clone. It's not only got much more depth, but all around better design -- both in terms of level layouts and scripted events, not to mention mission objectives.
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The game opens as James Bond parachutes out of a plane and unto a snowy terrain below. This is of course shown by way of a quick FMV cut-scene, which actually reveals no artifacting or compression, even on the GameCube version. Once the spy has landed, it's all real-time. From here, players are in control and can walk about the stormy environment. Right off the bat it's clear that NightFire is running on a polished 3D engine. It's blazing fast, but more, it's drawing long-stretching geometry, with detailed architecture in the background -- a big, gritty castle -- and white particles that float through the air in every direction. The resulting effect is very ambient, very atmospheric.
There are tons of scripted events in the game, but the play is by no means linear. In fact, gamers can attack the same objective in several different ways. For example, in the first level, Bond must gain access to the castle in the background and sneak inside to attend a party, but he can't just walk through the front door as it's heavily guarded. Smart players will quickly notice that a nearby bridge enables their agent to jump down and onto a moving truck below -- the vehicle will drive right into the enemy compound and Bond will be inside. However, there is another route: players can alternatively walk out into the woods and to the edge of the castle. From there, they can skirt around the structure, careful to avoid guards and enemy helicopters, until they come to a second-story ledge and a window that grants them access inside. Either way works -- it's just a matter of player preference. Indeed, on some levels, Bond will need to be stealthy while in others he might find it beneficial to straight out attack the enemy.
Some of mission decisions players make are illustrated not in first-person view, but in third-person. The camera simply pans back to reveal a fully modeled 007 who either animates accordingly in an in-game cut-scene or, even better, can still be manipulated by the player. For instance, when the character approaches the snowy bridge in the first level, the scene switches to third-person view and Bond jumps into the truck. However, if Bond takes to the castle edges instead, gamers will actually have to maneuver him -- in third-person view -- across a chasm via a narrow rope. The third-person elements do have a place in the game, both cinematically and mechanically, which is very welcomed.
By all means, though, the first-person mode is the meat and potatoes of NightFire and it's no slouch. Control is tight and responsive, offering dual analog sensitivity and a number of play style configurations for different preferences. Bond can quickly turn, strafe, look up and down, jump, and run. It all feels very polished -- clean and efficient. The character's abilities are complemented by a host of guns, all destructive and useful for different reasons -- some returning and some new. There is the handgun with silencer, shotgun, automatic, sniper rifle, and more -- all of which have secondary functions. The automatic, for instance, can be made to fire single burst shots, scattering bullets everywhere at foes. EA is of course very protective of the full list of weaponry in the game at this point, but the company notes that there are "a lot" of them present.
Some of the more inventive entries are half gadget and half deadly weapon. There are suit case guns that work as the laptop guns do in Rare's Perfect Dark for N64. Bond can drop the suit case at any point in a level and it transforms into a sentry gun that is all set and ready to shoot at the bad guys. Where the gadget differs from Perfect Dark, though, is in its flexibility. Players can actually remotely control the sentry gun regardless of their position within a specific level. A boxed camera window will appear in the corner of their screen showing them current activity near the gun, and if an enemy steps into range they can swing the sentry around and mow him down.
The grapple cel-phone from Agent Under Fire is back, enabling players to shoot and grab onto distant objects and propel themselves to them. Night vision is back, courtesy of goggles -- it looks much better than before. There is also X-Ray vision, which we have yet to see in motion. According to EA though, the X-Ray goggles deliver a visual feast that is an improvement over the same feature in the N64 The World is Not Enough, which Eurocom also developed. Evidently players will not only be able to look through walls using the mode, but will also be able to see the actual skeletons of enemies. Kind of gruesome, but it won't go much further than that -- there is, as far as we can tell, no blood in the game.
There are dozens of other gadgets to be found, but unfortunately most of them are still being kept secret. At least one new one, however, should give Spider-Man a run for his money. Using a pair magnetic handgrips, Bond will be able to clamp onto and climb up buildings and other structures. In one area, the agent is requires to climb up a silo and he must the grips to do so.
As we mentioned, there are at least 10 levels in the game and possibly up to 15 -- EA is still rounding out the number with Eurocom. But it'll be a sizeable adventure regardless. Levels include everything from a snowy compound to a skyscraper, a secret base deep in the ocean and a space station floating above the Earth. At least a couple of the later levels were previewed to us. In the skyscraper level, Bond must actually start at the base of the building and make his way to the top. Surrounding the skyscraper are dozens upon dozens of other buildings -- not a texture, but actual detailed models. The framerate never suffers. As if climbing up a building wasn't hard enough, players will also have to deal with a real-time storm -- rain pours down upon the character and wind blows hard in an attempt to persuade the agent to give up. Meanwhile, inside the space station, gamers will immediately be treated to a new sensation entirely: total lack of gravity! Bond and enemies float and glide through the air, changing the play experience entirely. There are several additional level surprises in store for die-hard fans. In another level, gamers must simply interact with people inside a mansion -- a host of beautiful women stare the agent down as he walks about ambient hallways with reflective flooring.
Electronic Arts' Need for Speed team is again working overtime to deliver gamers five levels of Bond-themed racing action. Unfortunately, none of these levels are present in the E3 demo, but rest assured that they will build upon the foundations first cemented in Agent Under Fire. Some of the racing areas will see Bond inside the Aston Martin V12 Vanquish which will change into a snowmobile in some scenes and then into a submarine.
Technology wise, NightFire is one of the cleanest, fastest 3D first-person shooters we've even seen. The title draws realistic architecture, spits out crisp textures and drowns both in particle effects, from a constant falling of white snow to gun smoke, fire, explosions and more. Lighting effects are just about everywhere, from infinite environmental lights to local ones that illuminate the immediate area. When players blast off a couple of shots in a dark tunnel, the surrounding area will light up momentarily, but so will enemies, and indeed so will the player's gun, which also boasts a faked reflection that looks very nice. And on the subject of enemies, there are tons of them, all well modeled and animated. In some cases, more than a dozen appear in a wide area, all shooting, with lighting, particles and more, and no drop in framerate.
As we stated, we played both the GameCube and Xbox versions of the game and both looked nearly identical. If readers must have a visual difference, it's that the GameCube version comes off a bit darker, perhaps a bit more saturated, while the Xbox one is brighter. Other than that, they're damn near identical -- and both looking very impressive. The PS2 burn, meanwhile, lacks some filtering, but is otherwise looking nearly just as good, according to EA.
As first-person shooter die-hards who played Agent Under Fire, we can confirm right here and now that NightFire is so far above and beyond it that it's not really even worth comparing the two. Indeed, EA may finally have the Bond shooter to usurp GoldenEye.
NightFire ships for GameCube, PS2 and Xbox on the same day in early November. Look for much more on the game soon, including direct-feed movies and more. In the meantime, though, feast your eyes on a batch of new images of the shooter in motion.


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Mtbr Rides Ray's
I have to admit that I was a little intimidated when I first got the invitation to come and ride Ray's new indoor MTB park for the Grand Opening of their new location in Milwaukee, WI (the original Ray's MTB park has been located in Cleveland, OH since 2004). I had seen the promo videos and various photos of stuff like the street park, the stunts and elevated skinnies and, of course the foam pit. Now, I'm a cross country/all mountain kind of rider and I like challenging steep trails, small drops and jumps but I'm definitely not a big air kind of guy. So, my first thought was, "Since I'm definitely not gonna hit the street park or do backflips into the foam pit.. what does Ray's have to offer a rider like me?"
As it turns out, the answer is: A LOT!
A little background: For those of you not familiar with Ray's, it is a facility for indoor mountain biking that was created so that snowed-in riders could ride even in the dead of winter. It offers a variety of stunts and challenges. The Milwaukee location actually opened on December 31, 2010 but the Grand Opening event was held just this month. Mtbr was invited (along with other members of the mountain biking media including: Mountain Bike Action, Dirt Rag, PinkBike and Decline) to not only cover the grand opening events (including celebrity BBQ, prize raffle, autograph signings and sponsor booths) but also to participate and ride the park.
Here are the things I discovered.
It's Huge!
The first thing you notice even before stepping foot inside the place, is how massive the building is. At 102,000 square feet (with room to grow) there is lot going on here. Once inside, the place is so huge, it's almost hard to get your bearings. The entryway houses the sign-in area and the registration desk. From there you proceed past the store area with soft goods and various small parts and helmet cam rentals. Next to that is the bike shop/rental/repair area, where you pick up your bike if you haven't brought your own.
For the grand opening, we rode the rental Trek Ticket dirt jump bikes.
Across from the rental shop area is the downstairs lounge/staging area. Here is where you gear up and prep for your ride. For your convenience, there is also a small do-it-yourself mechanics area with readily available tools for self use. A good place to start off, is the XC loop, which takes you upstairs and around the perimeter of almost the entire place giving you a chance to see the layout of the place.
Helmet cam footage of the XC loop:
The various sections of the park include:
-beginner section
-sport section
-expert section
-pump track
-rythym jumps
-sport and expert jumps
-street park
-foam pit
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Finished measurements: Length at center back: 27 ½" / 70 cm Wingspan: 60" / 152.5 cm
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As we previously reported, Rob had gotten deep into sizzurp and weed -- and his family was pushing for him to go to rehab.
Now, Khloe is talking about Rob's issues -- and without specifically mentioning the drugs -- says Rob's problems stem from the time he lived with Lamar Odom, who has serious drug problems of his own.
"Rob has said, 'Being in that house it was so dark and it made me do dark things,'" Khloe said on "Keeping Up with the Kardashians."
Khloe added ... "Only Rob and Lamar know what happened in the house and know what's going on."
Khloe says she feels guilty about Rob's situation -- saying, "I was not there to protect Rob. I was not there to protect myself."


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The world's largest theater has no gilded proscenium, no plush velvet curtain and no ushers. The onstage performers are widely acknowledged as world-class artists, outstanding in their individual fields. The subscription ticket price is not the hundreds of dollars one would expect to pay for a year-long series of entertaining shows, but is under 5 cents.
Your season-ticket seats are not in the theater rear, with limited view of the stage. For in this theater venue, you are comfortably seated, in your family room to view PBS arts and cultural programs.
PBS event viewing is the only source for continuous arts programming on television — comprising the most-honored and longest-running performance series in the medium's history.
"Part of the legacy of the work we've done over the years at PBS has been to bring the arts to every portion of the country," said Paula Kerger, president and chief executive of the PBS media organization. "No matter where you live or what your economic means, you'll be able to have a front-row seat at some of the greatest performances that are held in this country.
"If you go back and look at our history, it shows that we were founded to fill in the gaps of market failure," she continued. "There was an early recognition that there were certain things that commercial media was never going to be able to pick up. Even now in a 500-channel universe, there still are these great gaps. And I still see these gaping gaps holes in terms of the performing arts. Most of the arts are absent from television; whole genres of art are missing — the American songbook, jazz, classical music, dance, theater, musicals."
Numerous commercial channels have abandoned or modified arts programming for more lowbrow shows that sell better. Networks once devoted to the arts like A&E and Bravo have shifted to reality fare like "Storage Wars" and "The Real Housewives."
But federal funding for this specialty form of enlightening and uplifting arts programs is being reduced. The National Endowment for the Arts, the federal organization that was originally founded to support PBS arts programs, has cut funding to PBS — drastically.
NEA funds for "Great Performances at the Met" were $150,000 in 2011, but are $50,000 in 2012; "Great Performances" and "American Masters," both $400,000 in 2011, $50,000 in 2012; and "Live from Lincoln Center," $100,000 in 2011, $0 in 2012.
"The major reduction in funding is for fiscal year 2014, therefore we are now faced with filling the combined loss of $1,050,000 in funding from our current seasons of 'Great Performances' and 'American Masters,'" said David Horn, an executive producer of PBS programs. "If we cannot fill this gap then, obviously, we cannot help as many regional arts organizations and independent filmmakers share their work with the nation."
The number of Americans viewing the arts on PBS is staggering. In 2011, PBS offered 500 hours of arts and cultural programming, which was watched by 121 million people, according to Nielsen's NPower television ratings analysis.
The individual average viewership of "American Masters" and "Live from Lincoln Center" is 1 million and 800,000 for "Great Performances," according to Harry Forbes, a spokesperson for WNET, the New York City PBS outlet where these programs originate. The 1998 broadcast of Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Cats" stage musical garnered 6 million viewers, he added.
Surveys by independent organizations have continued to show American interest in PBS arts programs, according to the national president, including NEA's own study in 2009, called NEA Audience 2.0.
"With Salt Lake City's vibrant arts community, we have an audience that loves and honors the arts," said Mary Dickson, creative services director for the University of Utah-affiliated PBS outlet. "The interest level in the arts and arts programs is far higher than people would initially consider.
"That's the real beauty of PBS," she added. "No matter where you live in Utah, you have access to tremendous programs on the arts, and Utahns enthusiastically support the arts."
Kerger noted that PBS ratings continue to climb nationwide for TV shows, along with the popularity for PBS' online content. In a recent month, PBS recorded 186 million video streams as the national outlet continues to explore new avenues to increase viewership.
She explained NEA estimates that $1.35 is currently being contributed annually per taxpayer, with "mere pennies" of that amount reserved for arts and cultural programs, before the most recent reductions. These federal dollars are particularly important to smaller stations. For many stations, the appropriation counts for as much as 40-50 percent of their total budget.
Fund drives directed to "viewers like you" will continue, along with the dedication of PBS executives to source contributions from private individuals and large corporate charitable entities, she noted. But federal funds remain crucial to the continued excellence of the mission of PBS to support national and local arts events.
The extremely popular PBS broadcast of "Downton Abbey," which entered the Guinness Book of World Records as the year's "most critically acclaimed English-language television show" and boasted 5.4 million viewers for the season finale, should have a ripple effect on the PBS network, Kerger noted.
How can the one viewer's voice be heard to encourage increased national funding of PBS programming?
"I've not tried to encourage any large, grass-roots efforts, but I think people should let the NEA know if they have issues with the focus of their funding," Kerger said. While there are large organizations, like Americans for the Arts and 170 Million Americans for Public Broadcasting, dedicated to encourage support of national funds for PBS, she recommended addressing concerns to Rocco Landesman, NEA chairman, either through direct correspondence or a phone call, following information available on nea.gov.
Artists sing praises to PBS arts shows
Esperanza Spalding is the first jazz performer to win a Grammy for Best New Artist. President Barack Obama requested she sing at his Nobel Peace Prize ceremony. Her "Chamber Music Society" was the best-selling contemporary jazz album last year. What was her inspiration for pursuing a life in music?
"I saw a 'Mister Roger's Neighborhood' program with Yo-Yo Ma when I was about 5," Spalding has said. "And I said, 'Mom, I want to do that. You know, whatever that is, I want to do that.' The first 10 years of my musical life were as a violinist because of seeing Yo-Yo Ma perform."
Spalding is certainly not alone. An untold number of gifted artists enjoyed their first exposure to the arts through a PBS program.
Wendy Wasserstein, a Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winner, also has a testimonial for PBS arts telecasts.
"I owe the launch of my career as a playwright to (PBS producer) Jac Venza and 'Great Performances,'" the playwright told a gathering of broadcasters in 1994. "For public television is, to me, something quite out of the ordinary; something very special and precious. Public television has not only brought the finest in the arts to millions of people who would never otherwise have experienced them, but it has also shaped the direction of those arts. It has given voice to new talent even as it has celebrated the canon of great works.
"The most wonderful thing public television has done is bring the arts to so many people," she continued. "I'm referring to the extraordinary variety of work I see on public television. Dance, theater, opera, jazz, film. The grand, right next to the intimate, a jazz classic beside an opera classic, the gentle beside the shocking. That's America, if you ask me."
Wasserstein's first play, "Uncommon Women and Others," was broadcast on PBS's "Great Performances" in 1978, giving the first national exposure for its stars, Meryl Streep, Swoozie Kurtz and Jill Eikenberry, while they were in their 20s.
Filmmaker Ken Burns, hailed as the "most influential documentary maker of all time," offered his support of funding for PBS arts in a February 2011 Washington Post editorial.
"Like millions of my countrymen, I am profoundly concerned that the debate over government spending, while necessary, has come to threaten the cultural, educational, informational and civilizing influences that help equip us for enlightened citizenship. Suddenly, these are dismissed as 'unaffordable luxuries' when in fact we have never needed them more," he wrote.
"With minimal funding, PBS manages to produce essential commercial-free children's programming as well as the best science and nature, arts and performance, and public affairs and history programming on the dial — often a stark contrast to superficial, repetitive and mind-numbing programming elsewhere."


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Indiana Native Newman Gets Much-Needed Win
SPEEDWAY, Ind. -- Ryan Newman, now a job seeker, couldn't have added a more important or timely accomplishment to his resume.
Taking advantage of an uncharacteristic glitch on pit road on the part of Jimmie Johnson's No. 48 team, Newman grabbed the lead during a long cycle of late green-flag pit stops and held on to win Sunday's Crown Royal presents the Samuel Deeds 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
The victory was Newman's first at the Brickyard, at the only NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race in his native state. Newman won for the 17th time in his career and for the first time since April 2012 at Martinsville.
In 2008 he captured the 50th Daytona 500. On Sunday, he added the 20th renewal at the Brickyard to his portfolio.
"Starting on the pole and winning the race -- just an awesome day for us," Newman said after climbing out of his car. "This is a dream come true for me. I can't wait to push my lips on those bricks. I don't realize it yet. It's a dream come true. It'll take a week or so for this to set in."
In the job search, there's no doubt the victory will be a benefit.
"Obviously, it helps," Newman said. "The emotions have been an absolute roller coaster -- no doubt. I got fired a couple of weeks ago and come back here and win the pole and win the race, and it's all because of hard effort. These guys (his team) are behind me, and I'm behind them."
Johnson ran second, 2.657 seconds back. Kasey Kahne came home third, followed by Tony Stewart -- Newman's team owner -- and Matt Kenseth. Dale Earnhardt Jr., Jeff Gordon, Joey Logano, Juan Pablo Montoya and Kyle Busch completed the top 10.
A slow pit stop on Lap 133, because of a problem with the left rear tire, cost Johnson his edge over Newman. With a quick stop one lap later, Newman was back on track with a five-second advantage over the No. 48 Chevrolet, as the drivers waited for pit stops to cycle through.
Johnson couldn't make a significant dent in Newman's margin over the remaining laps.
From the outset, Johnson and Newman were the speed horses in the field, and it seemed inevitable they would settle the issue between them. Johnson spent just over 17 seconds in his pit stall taking four tires on his final stop. Newman's two-tire stop lasted less than 12 seconds.
"There's definitely disappointment there," said Johnson, who has squandered winning opportunities on late-race restarts this year, notably at Dover and Kentucky. "But that's racing. It happens. I've given away a few out there this year, too.
" ... We win as a team, lose as a team. There's been some late?race mistakes on my behalf that have taken race wins away from us. Granted, not a major event like this. But we win as a team, lose as a team. We still ended up second. We have a lot to be proud of over the course of the weekend. We'll do the best to let it roll off our shoulders by (Monday) afternoon."
Stewart didn't have a winning car, but he got to enjoy Newman's victory as a car owner. Both Newman and Stewart both say they remain close friends despite the impending split.
"I can't wait to give him a hug and congratulate him," Stewart said after the race. "He did a great job all weekend. It was between him and the 48. That was clear to see. I didn't know what strategy was going to be at the end. I just kept watching the Jumbotrons coming off (Turn) 4 to see where he was at."
Notes: Johnson expanded his series lead to 75 points over second-place Clint Bowyer, who finished 20th. Carl Edwards, who lost ground on a late restart, came home 13th and is 85 points behind Johnson in third place… Harvick's streak of top-10 finishes ended at nine with a 19th-place result… Gordon gained two spots to 10th in points, the last Chase-eligible position, with six races left before the Chase field is set.


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10 Spoon Rests to Catch the Drips
Spoon rests are a slightly controversial kitchen tool: some cooks love 'em, while others think they're a waste of space. For my part, I think they're handy, and it beats getting drips all over my stove and countertop. Most spoon rests are affordable, too; you can find handmade ceramic or stoneware rests for around $10. Here are 10 we like, from simple wood and white versions to one with a whimsical cloud shape.
- 1 Cloud Spoon Rest, $11 from JD Wolfe Pottery
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Olympic Alpine course set to reveal its secrets
SOCHI, Russia (AP) — No one knows Olympic ski courses better than Bernhard Russi, and he likes the ones in the mountains above Sochi.
Alpine skiing's master architect has been creating and adapting the Russian slopes since 2006. His latest work will begin to be revealed in the marquee men's downhill race scheduled on Sunday.
"I'm very happy," Russi, who won downhill gold for Switzerland at the 1972 Sapporo Olympics, told The Associated Press in a recent interview. "It's well balanced in terms of difficulties and in terms of features."
It is also something of a mystery.
The men's and women's courses at the Rosa Khutor resort have each hosted one World Cup meet, totaling only three races on back-to-back weekends in February 2012.
The men's speed course, though modified slightly after the test races, gave up enough secrets to allow comparison with a more familiar stop on the season-long circuit.
"It's a little bit like Beaver Creek," said Russi, who also designed the downhill track in Colorado known as Birds of Prey. "Longer, more space, with these two big jumps at the end."
United States men's head coach Sasha Rearick described the Sochi Olympic course as "a great modern downhill, much like Beaver Creek."
"It's got every component," Rearick told the AP. "It's got huge jumps, it's got glide sections, it's got high-speed turns."
The U.S. team has reason to like the comparison: Bode Miller has twice won the Birds of Prey downhill and Ted Ligety has won his home World Cup giant slalom four times.
Miller also placed fourth in the World Cup downhill in Sochi two years ago, finishing 0.61 seconds behind winner Beat Feuz of Switzerland.
Feuz covered that 3.5-kilometer (2.17-mile) long course in 2 minutes, 14.10 seconds — longer than all on the World Cup circuit except the classic course in Wengen, Switzerland.
It was also icy enough that weekend to injure Feuz, Miller and Ivica Kostelic, the following day's super-combined winner.
"That was over the top and it was also dangerous once the ice broke," Rearick recalled. "If they do a good job of watering the hill and grooming it in, I think it's going to be good."
Potential downhill favorite Aksel Lund Svindal, who was 13th behind Feuz, is no fan of the ice but said the men's course must withstand more than two weeks of training and racing.
"They need a hard surface or we could have the issue where it's a start-number race and no one wants that for the Olympics," said the big Norwegian, whose three medals at the 2010 Vancouver Games included downhill silver.
Four years ago, downhill training and the medal race were hampered and delayed by rain and warm temperatures.
Russi said snow conditions determine 30 percent of how a course plays, and setting the gates will also be a factor after studying the test events.
"The course setting can be, will be a little bit faster on the top, two to three turns less," he said. "The first (races) you always control it a little bit more than necessary. You can let it go now."
The downhill starts at about 2,000 meters (6,562 feet) and drops a further 1,000 meters (3,281 feet). In lower sections, the men's giant slalom course has had more rolling terrain built into it since 2012.
Ligety pointed to "really important sharp rolls that are going to be tactical, you're going to have to be smart on."
"It's not super technical ever, it doesn't have any long sustained pitches like you normally see on the World Cup," Ligety said in Wengen last month. "I think it's actually a good hill for me."
The women's course is on an adjoining slope, sweeping into a shared finish area, and had major changes after a World Cup downhill won by German star Maria Hoefl-Riesch.
A rising approach to a jump in an upper section known as Devil's Spine sapped so much speed that it was built down, Russi said.
"There weren't any giveaways on that hill," recalled Julia Mancuso, who was sixth that day. "A couple steep pitches and a lot of fast gliding and some jumps."
Russi started work in Sochi in 2006, commissioned to create an elite Alpine resort in Russia with no guarantee of winning the Olympic hosting contest the following year.
"The ski area would have been constructed anyway," said Russi, who will attend the games in one of his other jobs as a commentator for Switzerland's German-language state broadcaster.
But he looks back fondly on his work in Rosa Khutor, dating back to the very start.
"There is nobody there. Just you, nature, mountain," Russi said. "I became a friend of the mountain and then we worked."
AP Sports Writer Andrew Dampf in Val Gardena, Italy, contributed to this report.


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Country superstar Shania Twain has just completed her first successful series of concerts in Las Vegas, but you can still catch part of her act — if you don't mind hearing her hits lip-synced by a drag queen.
The Canadian singer's doppelgänger is the latest addition to the cast of characters in "Divas Las Vegas," a nightly drag show at the Quad hotel, the former Imperial Palace, which was rebranded Dec. 21.
A troupe of female impersonators — accompanied by a group of male dancers in cowboy costumes — belt out tunes made famous by 17 women. Besides such favorites as Cher, Janet Jackson and Bette Midler, newer artists such as Beyoncé and Rihanna also are featured.
Andrew Ryan portrays Twain, performing a medley of her top hits, including "That Don't Impress Me Much," and "Man! I Feel Like a Woman!"


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Shortly after my parents met, my grandmother Donaldson invited my mother to dinner and served homemade tomato juice. Mother sipped the ruby liquid flavored with a hint of cloves that tickled her nose. Unlike the bland tomato juice she had previously experienced, the chopped onions, white pepper, and apple cider vinegar added a snap to each swallow, and their zest lingered on her tongue.
My grandmother had endured the Great Depression while raising four sons. During those lean years, she had discovered how to enhance an everyday beverage and make something special.
My parents soon became engaged, so who knows what part that tomato juice episode played in bringing about their marriage? But I like to think of it as one food that linked their hearts.
Throughout my childhood, the story of my grandmother's tomato juice often came up during family dinner conversations. But I never tasted the concoction because by then my elderly grandmother no longer filled the blue Mason jars in her basement.
I regretted the loss when others described its flavor. For me, the taste of the juice became an unexperienced treasure whose mystique expanded over the years, and although my mother canned tomatoes every fall, for some reason, she had never asked for the family recipe. But after my grandmother passed away, Mother found her handwritten instructions tucked away in a collection of recipes. Her eyes brightened as she reminisced about that first sip of juice, and she pocketed the card.
The following fall, when I arrived home from school, I smelled hot tomatoes. The scent of vinegar and cloves drew me to the kitchen. My mother had chopped and cooked onions, pureéd the tomatoes, and stirred in the remaining ingredients listed in my grandmother's hand. A cluster of quart jars filled with a deep-red liquid glowed on the kitchen counter.
That evening, my mother served each of us a small glass of juice. My brother, who was not an adventurous eater, gingerly tasted his and declared it "all right." I inhaled the spicy fragrance and sipped. The vinegar and cloves added a bite to the sweetness, and I loved the idea that at last, I was experiencing a moment shared by my grandparents and parents.
After that encounter, the juice appeared before celebratory dinners such as Thanksgiving or Easter and provided a touch of elegance.
The summer before I wed, I took up canning and cooked a batch of tomato juice. Unlike my mother, who was introduced to the family treasure before her marriage, my husband, John, did not taste the blend until after our wedding. We had invited guests over to share dinner, so I served the juice as an appetizer and watched John's reaction.
"That's really good," he said as he paused to savor the flavors. "You need to can more of this."
So every fall, I simmer the same vegetables that my grandmother and mother cooked and seal the steaming liquid into Mason jars. I tend to serve the juice often and like to watch folks' reactions. And daily, I draw from my grandmother's examples and seek to discover simple ways that transform both meals and life from the ordinary into the memorable.


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15 Quotes that Motivate and Inspire
I recently joined "The Psychology Network" on LinkedIn and have been enjoying the discussion among mental health professionals (since I'm not really one, but pretend to be all the time).
Especially intriguing was the discussion thread called "What are some of your favorite quotes that have motivated and inspired you?" They are quotes that they share with patients or with each other, or that they just think are cool and sound good. Here are just 15 from the 70 or so responses.
Theresa Borchard writes the Beyond Blue blog on Beliefnet.


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2 MikesLab raceboards (one custom and one Cobra)
10 Ozone Edge 2013 kites – some are my custom SVB kites (SVB and HEINEKENRACING is stitched into them), others are the standard 2013 models, one is a logoed America's Cup kite (only 4 were ever made)
2 Ozone Catalysts 6m and 8m 2013
3 sets of Tectonics Race fins
1 Cabrinha twintip and 1 Cabrinha skillit surfboard
and sooooo much more...!
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Many Turks and Caicos whale watching enthusiasts come and stay with us for a week on Salt Cay. Pirates Hideaway Guesthouse offers vacations that include Turks and Caicos whale watching and Salt Cay accommodation.
We welcome cruise ship visitors to Grand Turk to hop over to Salt Cay for a day's outing. Other visitors to Turks and Caicos Islands are invited to fly from Providenciales and Grand Turk to Salt Cay to participate in this fabulous whale show from mother nature. Day tours and overnighters will be arranged, from interisland flights to meals, golf cart transportation and even overnight accommodation if you please. Just contact us over here on Salt Cay and we'll have it all set up for you!
Energetic, vigorous, bubbly and inquisitive these majestic rorquals of the sea pass by the shores off Salt Cay British West Indies on their way to the breeding grounds. It is during the mating season that divers and snorkelers delight in the long and complex songs of the males as they presumably whale and sing mating songs to their better halves. Very social they regularly travel in groups of two or more and you often see the whales with their calves.
Anyway at close range they are easily distinguished by their exceptionally long flippers, knobbly head and the white and black coloration on the underside of the fluke(tail). They have a much more rounded and dare I say it, voluptuous body then other whales with an area of white on its back or belly. And if you want to count the baleen plates found on each side of the upper jaw they total between 270 and 400. Caribbean Turks and Caicos whale watching -- just another way to spend the day on Salt Cay!
Yes indeed what majestic creatures. They can grow in size up to 15m....I know, I know, someone has to find a converter for us less mathematically inclined. That's somewhere around 50 feet and probably why scientists and other brainy individuals without a speech impediment refer to them as MEGAAPTERA NOVAEANGLIAE. Now, I want you to say that 10 times backwards!
They grow to 50 feet of course and live to 70 plus if they first survive human disturbances, prey depletion, pollution, hunting, entanglement in nets and collisions with vessels. Thousands upon thousands were wiped out by commercial whalers but luckily since 1966 they are now under the protection of the Whaling Commission .
Declared an endangered species we in Turks and Cacios Islands must all do our best to respect our "brothers" of the sea. Salt Cay whale watchers are fascinated by their antics. The humpback whale loves to flipper slap, breach, lobtail and generally frolic sometimes close to a boat which they approach out of natural curiosity.
When we go on a Turks and Caicos whale watching expedition it is important to remember that these grand and noble mammals deserve respect and are not a sideshow but a rare opportunity and unique experience to observe them in their natural environment. On this we must stand united and as we all well know "United We Stand" is a catch phrase that covers a lot of ground these days!
Humpback whales in the Southern Hemisphere are proving to be different from those north of the equator (the northern species is known as M. n. angliae). The Turks and Caicos Humpback Whale is unlike any other Rorqual. The body is robust and narrows rapidly in front of the huge tail flukes. The head is broad and rounded, but the median ridge is indistinct and has been replaced by a string of fleshy knobs. Two further lines are arranged along the jaws.
The fin is small and varies in shape from triangular to shark-like. It is set two-thirds of the way back and mounted on a fleshy platform unlike that of any other Baleen whale. The most characteristic feature of the humpback is its enormous flippers. They are almost a third of total body length, about 5 metres (16 feet) long and heavily scalloped.
Length: 12-15 metres (40-60 feet) Life span 70-80 years.
The whale's colour is generally blackish with a white area covering the throat grooves. It has broad flukes with highly scalloped edges, moderately notched. The underside of the flukes are marked with a variable pattern of white, making each whale recognisable at the surface as it throws its tail into the air. The flippers are mottled black and white with white underneath.
The blow is distinctive, seldom more than 3 metres high (10 feet) and is a single, straight column that spreads at the top, like the spout of a fountain. Breathing sequence usually involves 2 or 3 minutes at the surface, blowing once every 20-30 seconds, followed by a deep 'humpbacked' dive for 3-28 minutes. The fin is seldom seen until the high, rolling dive brings the hump into view before sounding. In warmer water, the number of breaths taken between dives is reduced from an average of 6 to 3.
Humpbacks often leap clear of the water, usually in an arching back flip, which brings the pale pleats of the throat into view. These whales can often be found lying motionless on the surface with one flipper hoisted like a sail. This raised flipper can slap the water hard, producing a noise like a gun shot. An even louder sound can be made by bringing the tail down sharply upon the water surface. This is called a lobtail.
BEAUTIFUL BY NATURE is the National slogan of the Turks and Caicos Islands which is rumored were discovered by Christopher Columbus in 1492 and now some 500 years later is being "rediscovered" as one of the fasted growing travel destinations in the Caribbean.
Famous for her secluded beaches, crystal clear turquoise blue waters, un spoilt reefs and dramatic walls this archipelago has some of the best diving and snorkeling in the world.
The Turks and Caicos Islands are one of the last remaining British Colonies and located some 575 miles southeast of Miami Florida with the Bahamas about 30 miles to the Northwest and the Dominican Republic some 100 miles to the Southeast.
The country consists of two groups of islands, the Turks Islands and the Caicos Islands which are separated by a 22-mile passage called the Columbus Passage. To the west are the Caicos group: West Caicos , Providenciales , North Caicos, East Caicos and South Caicos. To the east are the Turks group: Grand Turk and Salt Cay.
How to find Salt Cay
Look on the map of the Turks and Caicos Islands shown above. The small island of Salt Cay is in the lower left quadrant, south of South Caicos and south of Grand Turk. Salt Cay is located east of Ambergris Cays. We welcome you to visit our tiny island community, come diving, whale watching, snorkeling, meet the local people and wander the miles of white sand beaches. We look forward to greeting you soon on Salt Cay!.
Whales in Danger Information Service - http://whales.magna.com.au/home.html
Turks & Caicos Policy for the Protection of Humpback Whales & Other Cetaceans
Whale Watching in Turks and Caicos Islands
Whale Watching Extravaganza in Turks and Caicos Islands
Whales in Danger Information Service - http://whales.magna.com.au/home.html
Turks & Caicos Policy for the Protection of Humpback Whales & Other Cetaceans
Whale Watching in Turks and Caicos Islands
Whale Watching Extravaganza in Turks and Caicos Islands
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Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2014 11:24 am
Post subject: Interesting comments from Naish
From the design notes for the Starship all around board that I found interesting. I think most of us pretty much know this from experience but its interesting to see it from an expert in design. Naturally, personal experience and what works for you are part of it.
All boards on the market nowadays offer a lot of options when it comes to footstrap position and mast track. How can all those options be used to the riders advantage?
◾Stance width: with 4 insert holes, any rider has the chance to choose the right stance width for their size and riding style. The traditional stance width is measured for a 175 cm tall individual, meaning that this person would choose corresponding holes for the footstraps to start with. If you are taller, start moving your stance apart. If you are smaller, you have the option to decrease the distance.
◾Using strap position further forward or backwards: the closer your back foot is over the fin, the more agile the board will react. The more you stand forward, the more settled down the riding feel will be. Standing further backwards is usually beneficial for riders with more experience as they can get the most out of the board in terms of speed. Standing further forward helps alot if you are still learning to be secure in the footstraps or if you want the board to plane easier.
◾Personal reference: if you have no personal reference then start with the point above. Over time, you will develop a stance width that suits your style. For example, if you are mainly sailing in waves or rougher water, a wider stance will be more beneficial to you.
◾Inside and outside positioning: if you are sailing long stretches in a straight line, the outside positions will be more comfortable as the top of your foot wont get overstretched. If you like to jibe and practice maneuvers, the inside position will be more comfortable. If you are just learning how to get into the straps, you will also find the inside position more comfortable in the beginning.
◾Mast track: moving the mast track further back will liven up the board while moving it further forward will settle it down. For example, if you are getting overpowered and the board gets harder to control, you can move the mast base a bit more forward which will settle things down. This is a great way to increase the range of the board even more in extreme situations.
◾A useful trick that actually has nothing to do with the board is also your boom height. Bring the boom further down and you will gain more control in overpowered conditions, as you will be applying more pressure on the mast base. Bring your boom further up and you will receive less pressure on the mast base and a looser riding feel.
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Posted: Sat Apr 12, 2014 3:31 pm
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Naish told me he moves the boom up as the wind mounts to gain leverage over the sail. When control becomes an issue he starts back down again to increase mast foot pressure.
We use single bolt foots so we can change base position offshore. Wind drops you can move forward for easier planing and slogging, or working to windward.
All the way back for your last ride partly downwind at top speed.
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Naish told me he ... starts back down again to increase mast foot pressure.
Then I gotta believe it. But how does that work?
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Yes, I'd always understood that higher boom results in more downward weight on the harness hook/line which should result in more mast foot pressure?
Also, adjusting a single screw mast base on the water is tricky, especially if you've already got it cranked down sufficiently. Plus, if you aren't careful with single screw you are at risk of rig separation - a complete disaster in the making.
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Posted: Sat Apr 12, 2014 10:24 pm
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Never adjust your mast foot position off shore, suffer it out until you get back in, period, done, out.
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Posted: Sat Apr 12, 2014 10:47 pm
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Sailed Kanaha for many years with a couple from Montreal. She would put the mast forward, sail up to the upper beach opposite Camp One, beach it and put the mast foot back for wave sailing. I guess that was a good call.
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Never adjust your mast foot position off shore, suffer it out until you get back in, period, done, out.
Holy crap, can I back up this statement.
One day I started out at the Event Site, I was over by the White Salmon, "adjusted " my mast foot right out of the slot, and ended up at the Hatchery after 30 minutes or so of desperately trying to hold on to my board and rig at the same time in 5'+ breaking swells.
After trying about 100 times of trying to get the bolt back in the slot in strong winds and heavy swell I resigned myself to a long float. I'm fat and a crappy sailor, but I'm also 280 pounds and can climb 5.10c (if that means anything to you), so if you think you have more muscle to work that little tab back in, go for it. Otherwise, yeah, don't mess with it in the water.
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"Never adjust your mast foot position off shore, suffer it out until you get back in, period, done, out."
Years ago, I learned that lesson. I won't go into the details, because it was one of the stupidest things I've ever done in windsurfing. Suffice to say, some things are more safely accomplished on dry land.
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I misspoke. He just said he goes back down when control is an issue. He didn't mention mast foot pressure.
Iso can read my posts. Amazing.
Changing your mast foot offshore is a technique, like slogging or up hauling.
Knowing how to do it can save your ass.
That is why my whole crowd is good at it. We have no problem with separations.
We also raise and lower the boom offshore. I can do this standing up on a slalom board.
We rig our out hauls to change easily while swimming.
Thirty years of sailing away from a small island and spending hours far out teaches you things a near shore sailor might not do.
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I find dicking around with my stuff in the water is a pain in the ass. It's infinitely better to get things right before going out.
Outside of mastbase adjustment, I can easily make adjustments out in the water, but who wants to squirrel around in the water with your equipment as a sitting duck for the landlord. While wearing full wetsuits, we look an awful lot like seals. At some spots, particularly on the Central coast of California, you don't want to be hanging around in the water for too long.
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Stuck big rig struck by train
An apparent miscalculation Friday afternoon, Oct. 12, led to a pair of wrecks just west of Beaumont where Meeker Road meets Highway 90 near Cowboy Church on the Rock.
"An 18-wheeler got stuck on the railroad track on a no-through roadway for 18-wheelers or bobtails," said Deputy Rod Carroll, spokesman for the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office. "Because there is a high center of gravity at that crossing, the trailer bottomed out. He got stuck, and our patrol unit pulled up. We tried making contact with the railroad but did not have enough time. The deputy was able to get the driver to exit the vehicle, and then the vehicle was struck by the train."
As traffic slowed and onlookers gathered, a minor rear-end collision occurred.
"We had the 18-wheeler train wreck going on," said Department of Public Safety Trooper Stephanie Davis. "We had police cars on the shoulder, police cars and fire trucks in the right lane of westbound Highway 90. The Ford pickup was driving along, starting to slow down in the left lane because he saw the police vehicles, and (Melanie) Gray ran right into the back of him." Jesse Godoy, 33, of Beaumont was driving the 2002 Ford F150 pickup, DPS said. In the 2006 Buick SUV were the driver, Melanie Gray, 33, of China; Gabriel Gray,14; Kenzie Gray,10; and Bailey Gray, 8.
Melanie, Gabriel, and Kenzie were transported by ambulance to St. Elizabeth Hospital with minor, non-life-threatening injuries. Bailey was not injured and was taken home by her father.


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Agreed. If they don't include this quote, I'm going to kick someone (only joking).Hey There Elizah wrote:"Before you, Bella, my life was like a moonless night. Very dark, but there were stars–points of light and reason... And then you shot across my sky like a meteor. Suddenly everything was on fire; there was brilliancy, there was beauty. When you were gone, when the meteor had fallen over the horizon, everything went black. Nothing had changed, but my eyes were blinded by the light. I couldn't see the stars anymore. And there was no more reason for anything."
I love this quote.
I tell my boyfriend all the time that he's my meteor...
He thinks I'm an idiot... but I get it.
And they had better include Edward's proposal too! Oh, and I suppose Mike barfing in the cinema would be quite hilarious as well.