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I like to think Russia House Restaurant and Vodka Bar is a sign of Boca Raton's increasing sophistication. Boca is full of Italian restaurants and steak houses, high-end chains and homey delicatessens.
Russia House brings to Boca classic dishes familiar to those of us with Eastern European heritage. In my childhood, it was stick-to-your-ribs home cooking — infrequent, filling and inelegant.
At Russia House, it's presented with a whole new level of sophistication. I have never seen stuffed cabbage ($16) with mashed potatoes served on a long, thin, white platter, with a mound of steamed vegetables on one end, stuffed cabbage on the other. They use a combination of beef and chicken in what looks like Savoy cabbage. The rolls are served with just a little tomato sauce. The potatoes are fluffy perfection.
While the 110-seat restaurant wasn't designed for Russian cuisine, it seems ready-made. The booths and bar stools are upholstered in red. There are field-stone-accented walls around the room. Red poppies fill oversize white vases, and groups of white frames display Russian dolls, old Russian postage stamps and famous Russian landmarks.
The owners are Russian-born David and Sofa Shifrin and their daughter and son-in-law Elana and Zvika Zicherman. For 12 years, the Shifrins owned a Russian nightclub, Sugar Rush, and a restaurant, Lula Kebab House, in Sunny Isles Beach.
In their move north, they've decided to focus on classic Russian cuisine. So we started with bright-red Ukrainian borscht ($7), with just a few pieces of tender beef floating in the bowl. We had chicken-and-mushroom-filled blini with fried onions ($14). The Russia House salad ($18) is supposed to serve two, but four of us were pleased with the serving size. It's a simple enough salad with tomatoes and cucumbers, but made unique with the addition of manouri cheese, olives and the air-cured beef called bastruma.
There are other appetizers I know my father would love: cured herring with onions ($10) and warm potato slices; beef tongue with horseradish sauce ($11); and a smoked-fish assortment ($23).
I had to order the stuffed cabbage. Beef Stroganoff ($24), our waiter reminds us, is traditionally served over mashed potatoes, but Americans like it with egg noodles. The creamy mushroom-truffle sauce was incredible.
Chicken Kiev ($22), another classic, is a boneless chicken breast that's filed with butter and dill. It's crisp on the outside, buttery tender inside. Beef stew with potatoes ($23) is served in a clay pot that makes you feel as if you have your own pot of gold to dig around in while you eat.
Potato vareniki dumplings with buttery fried onions ($15) are also served in a clay pot. Vareniki are like Polish pierogies, but the exterior dough is the thinnest I've ever seen. Everything is made by hand in the Russian House's kitchen.
We didn't get to kebabs ($21-$38), and there are plenty of seafood options, including pan-fried whole flounder ($23) and baked rainbow trout ($24). Another time.
And those vareniki appear again at dessert, this time filled with sour cherries ($14). There are easily enough for four people to taste these delicate dumplings. Our friend was transported back to his Pittsburgh childhood and the kitchen of his Russian grandmother. I'd also recommend the Napoleon torte ($9), layers of puff pastry with vanilla cream. Cheese and sour-cherry blinis ($10) didn't stand up to the vareniki, but they were good.
I haven't addressed the Vodka Bar part of the restaurant's name, but Elana Zicherman tells me they have more than 70 varieties. Vodka really is the new tequila.
A one-man band of sorts plays from 7 p.m. until closing Thursday through Sunday. He sings in Russian, English and Italian, and many diners come here to dance. Even on a quiet Sunday night, a young couple was up on their feet when "Hava Nagila" came on. There's a separate dance floor close to the entrance.
This part of Boca — I once heard it referred to as SoPa, or south of Palmetto — is quickly becoming a one-stop international restaurant zone. The Spaniard is next door. Turkish, Greek, Japanese, Mexican and Middle Eastern restaurants are all within walking distance. Eating in Boca has never been better.
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99 SE Mizner Blvd., Boca Raton
561-361-8170, RussiaHouse-Restaurant.com
Cuisine: Russian
Cost: Moderate-expensive
Hours: Dinner Tuesday-Sunday
Reservations: Suggested
Credit cards: AE, MC, V
Bar: Full service
Sound level: Can be noisy with live music
Outside smoking: Yes
For kids: Highchairs, boosters, menu items on request
Wheelchair accessible: Yes
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Does anyone else feel like their time in the kitchen increases exponentially between Thanksgiving and Christmas? I'm pretty sure mine does. I like cooking for the family, and I really enjoy whipping up cookies and cakes and holiday treats, but sometimes I just need to catch a break.
I recently baked about a million cookies and decided to load my family into the car for dinner rather than stand over that stove another minute. Since it was a Sunday afternoon, instead of shuffling everyone into the nearest restaurant we decided to mix things up and add a little entertainment to our meal. We went straight to the Medieval Times in Lyndhurst, NJ!
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If you're not familiar with Medieval Times, it's a fun, family-friendly dinner attraction based on 11th century feasts and tournaments. Guests at the event are offered a delicious four-course banquet and are treated to a jousting tournament between six knights on horses (each seating area cheers for a different knight). The dinner and event last an exciting two hours.
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I had been to Medieval Times in the past, but this is the first time I took my children, and it really was an awesome experience for all of us. They loved the meal, but they were completely transfixed with the show. It was the first time they had seen jousting and sword fighting in person, and they were pretty much in heaven. We even bought them some glow swords, and they haven't stopped playing with them yet. (In fact, I saw a little crossover fight between a sword and a lightsaber yesterday. I love my kids so much). The show even includes live falcons, which is pretty amazing. Honestly, Medieval Times is a great time whether or not you bring the kids. One of my previous visits was for a friend's birthday party, and she was turning 29. It really is fun for any age or occasion!
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We had The Royalty Package, which includes tickets to the show, preferred seating, VIP lanyards, a cheering banner, and a knight's rally towel for each member of our party. These tickets are an extra $12.00 each, but between the great seats and extra goodies, they're so worth it.
As for the meal, oh my goodness. It truly is a feast! You'll get a giant serving of roasted chicken (wing, breast, and drumstick), sweet buttered corn on the cob, tomato bisque soup, garlic bread, herb-basted potatoes, pastries, coffee, and two rounds of beverages. All the food is delicious, but I'll admit we didn't love the pound cake. By the time dessert was served, though, we were already stuffed anyway.
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Just a quick note and a mini rant: the experience is set up like an authentic feast in the 11th century, so the meal isn't served with silverware, which I think is fun. Some people sneak in plastic forks, but I think that kind of ruins things. Enjoy eating chicken with your hands like the rest of the crowd; I mean, how often can you dig into dinner with such reckless abandon?
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The whole family had a blast at Medieval Times, and the kids are already requesting a return visit, so I know we'll be going back for more food and fun. Hope to see you there!
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Before we can dive right into all of last night's madness, can we all just take a quick second to ponder something that's on my mind? You ready for it?
Why, oh why, is Kelly's dog still there?
We all know she's a "dog lover," it's her "occupation" for God's sake but didn't she have someone, ANYONE at home that could watch Molly (I think they said that's her name) for a few weeks (c'mon we all know Kelly's only gonna last a couple more episodes anyways).
Okay, now that we've got that out of the way. Let's move like last night's episode right into the first date (Seriously, why didn't we get to see the date card get delivered? WHERE WAS CHRIS HARRISON!?!), a one-on-one with Clare.
You may remember Clare from her faux baby bump introduction. Some of you may have thought it was cute or clever but I'm firmly in the camp who believes that was just the first taste of crazy from this one. This date confirmed this.
Now don't get me wrong, I think Clare is very pretty (so you agree, you think you're really pretty), has fabulous hair and a good sense of style (once you got past that baby bump last week, the dress was cute). I also think she has an issue keeping her overenthusiastic crazy under control. But before we can get into her usage of fairy tale analogies, Clare must give us the scoop on her dating habits, "I don't date, I don't go to bars.." but she does apply a mean lip gloss while laughing quietly to herself in the mirror (what was that?).
JP swings by the casa to pick up Clare in "his car" (really Juan Pablo, is it YOUR car?) but Clare is not allowed in before getting blindfolded. This is clearly how she likes to begin all of her dates. She giggles incessantly as they make their way to the surprise location. I'm sure they are talking (and by they, I mean Clare talks while JP nods) but all I can focus on is how white Clare's teeth are. Wowzer – she really hit those Crest Whitestrips hard before heading out to LA huh?
They finally arrive at a Winter Wonderland that Juan Pablo claims to have planned special for Clare (big ups to the producers!). Clare thinks it's all so wonderful and hits us with our first Disney reference. (You guys, we're only 5 minutes into the SECOND episode. Shit is getting real this season.) "I feel like this is the perfect fairytale and I am living it right now." I'm pretty well versed in my fairy tales and I'm still scratching my head trying to figure out which Brothers Grimm tale involves a prince dating 25 desperate girls in hopes of finding his one true love. Do you all have any guesses?
While you're thinking about that why don't you just think about this gem that Clare also shared in between snow frolicking, "All I can do is sit there and smell him. He smells like heaven in a bottle." Yes my friends, she said that. And that is why she is still single.
The producers know that we're all fighting the urge to jump through the TV and bury Clare in a pile of fake snow so they send us back to the pad where Lucy is just letting it all hang out. No really, she's topless.
"I'm not going to go unnoticed," she tells the other girls while reeking of desperation and patchouli.
Since they've done their job is lessening Clare's crazy load, we can head back to hear her "check" off some date prerequisites ("We're having a blast… check! He's hilarious…check!") Not sure what these prerequisites are for but after a minute, I'm guessing they are what need to happen before she can go into more detail on her daddy issues.
And before we can say "Papa can you hear me?" Clare is down to her skivies and massaging Juan Pablo's back in the hot tub. This wouldn't be totally cringe worthy if she wasn't blabbing on incessantly about how great her daddy was. Now, I'm not trying to be insensitive (I can't help it, I was born this way) and I know it's super sad that her dad passed away but it was NINE years ago. I'm thinking that it's time for you to accept it and figure out a way to move on with your life at this point.
Also, nothing kills a mood more than talking about your "daddy" while you're trying to get sexy. From the look on JP's face, he was feeling the same way we were. Thankfully he dunks her under the water, shakes her until she stops and then grabs her face aggressively to kiss her (okay so just that last part actually happened).
The kiss transports Clare to a world where all her dreams come true and where the man of her dreams "tastes like snow." (Does she know what real snow looks like?) Just when I thought this thing couldn't get any more ridiculous, we hear music in the background.
For the love of all things good and holy, please tell me there is not a musical performance on this date. ABC wasn't wasting any time with this one were they. It's everything but the kitchen sink for the first date.
While I get serious case of the sads for this Marc Cohen soundalike, a little piece of my soul simultaneously dies as I watch Clare and Juan Pablo prance (yes, that's what they were doing) across the faux snow.
They dance the night away as I lunge for my remote control (praise the lord for DVR!).
It's electric with Kat
Next up on the roster is Kitty Kat. Kat seems like a nice, normal enough girl but we all know that can change faster than you can say "first impression rose" so we'll see what happens.
All the other girls are jealous as hell but Kat doesn't rub it in too much before jumping in the borrowed Bentley and heading out. Their next stop – a private jet! Wowser. This is big time.
The minute Kat sees the jet, her mind starts wandering, throwing out ideas of where they are heading. Her top two guesses: Miami and New York. Um, did she not realize that they are filming in Los Angeles. I'm guessing she's not great with geography at this point but I'm doubting that the producers would set you up on date that took you cross-country … on the first episode.
Instead of sunny Miami, it's off to Salt Lake City (wah wah). I thought that might result in a total bummer but instead this date gets some points for originality since they're doing a Glow Run.
I want to get all sassy on this date but the only things worth snarking on are Kat's dance moves and Juan Pablo calling the music "beautiful" (only someone who lives in Miami would call house music beautiful).
So rather than spending a lot of time waxing poetic on day glow and how ridiculous it is to think you're falling in love after a neon dance run, I'm going to move right on ahead to the group date aka the good stuff.
p.s. – Kat gets the rose.
Group Date: Say Cheese. And by Say Cheese, We Mean Get Drunk.
Chelsea, Kristy, Kelly, Cassandra, Andi, Renee, Lauren, Ali, Chantel, Nikki, Elise, Victoria and Lucy.
Before the head out, the girls take guesses on what they'll be doing. Kelly comes in strong with her best guess, "I would assume it's a photo shoot but maybe it's eating cheese. I'm good at both so I'm okay with either." Good to know Kelly. Thanks for that.
In other preparation news, Lucy realizes that lifting up her shirt and exposing herself may work for tips at her neighborhood strip joint but it may not be the way to catch Juan's eye. As a side note, if I was one of the other girls I would give her a titty twister the next time she flashed those pups and make her seriously reconsider doing it ever again.
I mean really, does she not have a father? An employer? Anyone that would prefer that she keep her top on during a stint on national television? Can't you keep what little remains of your dignity inside your bra?
Moving on. The brigade of boots + cut-offs hop in a limo and it's off to the races. Kelly, was half right (they are doing a photo shoot, not sure about the eating cheese). Good work Kel.
Willy Wonka pops out of a linen closet and explains to the gals that they will be pairing up with a puppy, dressing up in totally random costumes and making a calendar or poster of some sort. Um, why didn't they bring Molly or whatever Kelly's dog is named. She was made for this.
The girls break to prepare and Lucy wanders off where she keenly observes, "There was a lot of sex. There was a lot of pooping. There was a lot of disorder." Basically what Lucy calls a Wednesday night.
It turns out that while some girls get to sport bikinis and fancy dresses, others are stuck with ridiculous body paint, weird puffy wigs (what was up with that) and silly costumes. Others are stuck with nothing. Yup, you read that right. Nothing.
I want to high-five the producers like I'm Barney Stinson (How I Met Your Mother) for the sheer genius of this set up. It's like an America's Next Top Model shoot on acid.
Unfortunately for Elise and Andi, they draw the short stick and wind up with no clothes to wear. Obviously there is a little pouting and I totally get it. These gals have a shred of dignity and realize that, as a first grade teacher and a prosecuting attorney, it may not be in their best interest to get naked on TV. Respect.
What I don't understand is why both of them don't take off running straight to Lucy the minute they find out. Eventually Elise realizes Lucy will do a tradesy with her and she happily dons her fire hydrant costume.
Poor Andi is stuck and is all sad until sweet, sweet Juan Pablo comes over and sprinkles Latin happiness all over her (sorry I realize now that sounds VERY dirty). It's just come to me that I haven't talked nearly enough about how precious Juan Pablo is… I mean he barely speaks English but whatever he's putting down, I'm picking it up.
In a moment of true bliss for all the ladies at home, JP says he'll get naked if she will and it's game on. In other news, Andi is really, really pretty.
Favorite Moment by far though was Juan Pablo and Renee's Lady and the Tramp recreation. Those two are the sweetest.
Gotta love a little lady and the tramp action.
Otherwise, I'm pretty bored with this and just biding my time with online shopping until the drunken lady fest begins.
Each girl is required to chug a bottle of champagne and throw on the tightest dress they packed before heading to the same hotel they ALWAYS go to in LA.
The first lady desperate for attention is Cassandra who let's us know she's been unnecessarily clingy to her mom for a reason… she's got a kiddo. Sorry Mama Cass, Renee already has you beat on cutest Mom in the top 15.
She musters up all the courage her 90 lb body can handle and confesses this news to JP. Because he's adorable and lovely, he reacts in the sweetest way possible. He is a precious puppy.
Speaking of precious puppies, Renee is up next and she is determined to get a lip lock. The will they or won't they tension in this three minute segment is crushing and I'm not sure if I want to hide under my couch cushions or jump through the TV and push their faces together. JUST KISS ALREADY!
I won't even be mad if it's loud, wet and sloppy.
While these two have been off being cutey patooties, Victoria has been drinking everything in sight. And it's awesome. Have I told you guys how much I love when people get crazy over the rose and by crazy, I mean drunk.
And so begins, the Victoria show.
"This is how I am sober," Vicky slurs to sweet little Nikki the Nurse. Oh Victoria, this is what we've been waiting for. Looks like you just punched your card to the pad.
Nikki the Nurse just sits next to her shaking her head, ready to jump and dodge should things get nasty. Speaking of nasty, I'm not sure what the hymen maneuver is but apparently Victoria gave it to Juan Pablo earlier in the day. Maybe Nikki can clarify (actually, no thank you please).
Victoria is running around the roof top with her mouth hanging open like a Muppet creeping on everyone getting a little Juan-on-Juan time (sorry, I couldn't help it).
Her latest victim is Nikki who is just trying to sneak a little under the blanket action when Victoria comes loud talking in their direction. JP asks if someone's been over-served but Nikki knows that snitches get stitches so she just does a little eye brow raise and let's JP put two and two (cocktails) together.
At this point, Victoria loses it and we get to watch her go through every phase of drunk, annoying girl: loud, bitchy, delusional, a little crazy, sad and overly aggressive. My favorite has got to be delusional. Talking to herself in the hot tub definitely didn't get enough air time.
Just as Juan Pablo heads off to talk to big drunky, Drew comes into the room at this point with a little truth bomb, "This is why the girls throw fits, so they get attention." Truth. Although the fact that JP dosn't booze strong may mean that this girl has a one way ticket back home (as long as that hippy swirly producer can book her one).
I wish Juan P would just send her home on the spot but he's a kind, gentle soul and he tells her to get it together and then asks the other gals to take good care of her since he's getting the hell out of here. He dips but not before giving Kelly the date rose. Didn't see that one coming but she did have to dress up like a polka dot alien and didn't complain once (because she knew Molly her dog/lover would love it when she got home).
Did anyone else notice that ole girl has a wonky left eye? Why won't it open all the way? Maybe that's why she's a professional "dog lover." Still trying (really hard) to figure that one out. You guys got any ideas?
So it's back to the house but Vicky isn't allowed back so JP has to go hit up the hotel to send her home. He is WAY too nice to her, accepts her apology but uses the ultimate trump card, little Camila as his out. "I just can't have you around CaMEEla." Victoria tries to say it's just the latin lady in her "Welcome to Brazil," she says in a last ditch effort but JP sweetly says it's time to go and so we'll never really know what the hymen maneuver is.
Rose Ceremony
This post is WAY too long so I'm going to cut this short and only remark on the one thing that gave me a heeby jeeby case of the SE's – Amy's interview.
What the what was that? The fake interview. NO! The TV voice. NO! Looking straight into the camera. NO NO NO! The interview questions about herself in the third person. NO NO NO NO NO! I can't take it. Someone cut off her imaginary mic.
Juan Pablo barely speaks but I know this is giving him some major SE too.
In other news, Sharleen realizes she acted like a total turd last time and apologizes for that and her love for beige dresses.
Obviously there has been a lot of girl talk this episode but that's because I don't think JP has said more than 7 sentences this entire episode. I love it. Just keep those puppy dog eyes, earnest nods and "I understands," coming. Seriously though, even when he does douchey stuff he's annoying. He can do no wrong.
Rose ceremony:
Kelly, Clare and Kat already have roses. The rest go to:
* Cassandra
* Nikki the Nurse
* Andi (YAY!)
* Elise – did she push two girls on the way to her rose?
* Sharleen
* Renee (YES!)
* Danielle
* Lucy (Why!?!)
* Allison
* Chelsea
* Lauren
Cut to Amy who bites her lip more than Ariel in the Little Mermaid.
* Kristi
So Amy and Chantel are out. P.s. – do any of you watch Real World/Road Rules Challenge? Because Chantel looks just like Jasmin from that show (not the Disney princess).
Oh Amy, don't give up on love but do get the hell out of here.
I know it's been a long recap and I'm feeling like it's not some of my most inspired work but stay tuned because next week, I promise to bring the heat.


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Aurora was a science fiction and fantasy zine published by the New York University Science Fiction Society.
The first issue was edited by Victor Dricks and published in March 1974.
Aurora contained fiction by Sally Dee, an article on Gerry de la Ree, editor of the fanzines Loki, Beowulf, and Clark Ashton Smith - Artist, by Dricks, an interview with A.E. Van Vogt, poetry by George Diezel II and Walter Shedlofsky (Inner Circle), news, and book reviews.
Cover art was by Virgil Finlay. Frank Kelly Freas, Roy G. Krenkel, Bill Lorenzo, and Val Mayerik provided interior illustrations.


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Creating 'Shell Animations' for SkinStudio Part 1
Creating AVI animations in Flash tutorial Part 1
Saturday, April 14, 2007 by Life is a Game | Discussion: WindowBlinds TutorialsA week ago I have posted a 4-day series of articles that you describing my progress of creating my 1st WindowBlinds skin. You can view articles WWW Link here and download the skin WWW Link here. In one of my articles 'unclerob' asked me to create a tutorial on how I created the animations for my skin. It seems that this month will have for me more 1st time experiences then just a WindowBlind skin as I decided to post my 1st tutorial on WinCustomize.com.
I used Flash to create the animations because I'm quite skillful with it as I've been using it since the Flash 5 release 6 years ago and it's really easy to draw and animate graphics. OK, enough talking let's get started. You can download the source file used in this tutorial WWW Link here.
First create a new document and then click on size option (1) and 'Document Properties' window will open where you enter the title (2), set dimensions to width 272 px and height 60px (3), choose the background color of your animation (4). Make sure it matches the color of the background of your dialog windows. Finally set the frame rate (5). I recommend the rate of 10 frames per second.
Next we need to create layers where we will create some objects later. In this tutorial we will need 3 layers as Flash animates all the objects in the selected layer. So we have to make sure that the objects that we want to animate and the ones we don't are not in the same layer. Create layers by clicking on the 'Insert Layer' icon (1) and rename them for reference into 'background', 'animation' and 'foreground' (2).
Now that we prepared the document and layers we the fun begins. First click on the 'foreground' layer to tell Flash that you want to draw and object in this layer (1). Then select the 'Rectangle Tool' (2) and the properties window will show the below options (3). Choose the stroke color and thickness and the fill color to suit you. Finally draw an object (4).
Now we will 'skew' the object downwards to create the feeling of an open folder. Select the 'Free Transform Tool' and double-click on the fill of the object to select both fill and stroke. Finally position your mouse cursor on the right-edge of the object and click-hold and pull it downwards a bit and release it (2).
We also need to add the back cover of our folder. Click on the 'background' layer (1) and repeat the steps with the 'Rectangle Tool' (2) and 'Free Transform Tool' (3) from the STEP 4 and now your folder should look something like this (4).
Next we need to duplicate the folder to the other side of the document. To do that you need to select the folder with the 'Selection Tool' (1) and draw a rectangle around the folder to select both front and back cover (2). Finally press and hold ALT and then click and drag the folder to the other side of the document and release the left mouse button followed by the release of the ALT key. I recommend to hold SHIFT while dragging to make sure both folders are aligned.
Now we will 'mirror' the duplicated folder. If you have deselected the duplicated folder repeat selection method from the STEP 6. With the folder selected open the 'Transform' panel (1) and make sure that the 'Constrain' option is switched off. Finally add a - in front of 100.0% (3) and press 'Enter' to apply changes and Flash will mirror your folder (4).
If you are happy with your folders lock the 'background' and 'foreground' layers to make sure you don't move them by mistake while working in the 'animation' layer. You can lock layers by clicking on the black dot in the 'lock' column (1) and (2). Dots will turn into small locks when clicked to show that the layer is locked for editing.
Now we need to create an object that we will animate moving from the left to the right folder. Click on the 'animation' layer (1) and create an object with 'Rectangle Tool' (2) method that we used in the STEP 3. You can either create more objects in it or as in this tutorial add some text (4) with the 'Text Tool' (3).
Now we need to insert the amount of the frames we want to create for our animation. I recommend 35 frames for your animation. Before inserting more frames move your object with the 'Selection Tool' inside of the folder (2). To insert frames click the 35th frame of each layer (3) and press the 'F5' key to insert frames (4).
Now we will convert our object into 'Motion Tween'. Right-click anywhere in the timeline of the 'animation' layer (1) and select the 'Create Motion Tween' option from the drop-down menu (2). Finally select the last frame of the 'animation' layer and press the 'F6' key to insert a keyframe.
Next we need to determine the final position of the animated object. To do that click the last frame of the 'animation' layer and move the object with the 'Selection Tool' (2) to the desired location (3).
And now the moment we've all been waiting for… Press CTRL+ENTER to 'Test Movie'.
If you are happy with your animation you should export it to AVI to use in SkinStudio. Go to File>Export>Export Movie. In the 'Export Movie' window type in the 'File name' (1) and choose the 'Windows AVI' from the file type menu (2) and press 'Enter' key.
In the next window you will see the settings for exporting to AVI. Make sure that the 'Width' and 'Height' are 272 and 60 (1) and that 'Maintain aspect ratio' is on (2). For video format I recommend 16 bit color (3) with both 'Compress video' and 'Smooth' options turned on. Finally choose 'Disable' sound format (4) as our animation doesn't contain any audio and click 'OK'.
In last Export window you will be able to adjust the compression options. You can test a bit different codecs and compression options but I recommend to use the 'Full Frames' compressor for best results (1).
There you go we have created an AVI animation for the SkinStudio in Flash. We used only basic animation options in this tutorial. Flash comes with lots more effects which I will cover in my next tutorial. The exported animation created in this tutorial looks like this. Please note that the actual exported AVI is better quality then the below exported GIF.


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Part I Conclusion: Common Practices
The eight authorizers profiled have years of expertise, carefully honed procedures, and useful materials that can aid in empowering other authorizing offices across the country to improve their own oversight and support of high-quality charter schools. Each of these authorizers follows established policies and employs fundamental processes that foster success. They approve and oversee their charter schools with an eye toward what will best serve students and families in their communities, and they constantly strive to improve their practices.
The field of charter authorizing is relatively new, though, and there is a great deal of necessary experimentation—and resulting variation— among the offices profiled here. These authorizers have come to different conclusions regarding the specific form their recruitment, approval, oversight, and accountability efforts will take because of the unique circumstances in which they operate. Other authorizers across the country also will want to consider their context— demographic, political, financial—when developing and refining their policies and procedures. They would do well, however, to carefully consider the common themes that emerge from the experiences and comments of the authorizers profiled in this guide (summarized in fig. 14, "Checklist of Common Practices Used by Highlighted Charter School Authorizers").
Figure 14. Checklist of Common Practices Used by Highlighted Charter School Authorizers
Build a Strong Organization
Recruit and retain qualified staff members building a staff of dedicated individuals with the skills and experience to conduct authorizing responsibilities effectively and with an allegiance to the office philosophy.
Use external resources strategically, such as external contractors or staff in a parent organization, to supplement internal staff capacity.
Develop a Strong Talent Pool
As allowed by charter law, engage in strategic recruitment of local and national school models that show strong potential for operating successful charter schools.
Build criteria into the application process that provide an opportunity to align selection with the authorizer's organizational mission.
Select for Quality
Employ a variety of evaluation methods to assess applications' capacity, using methods such as a multistage application process, in-person meetings, and reviews by internal and external teams.
Use the application process to ensure that schools are in touch with the communities they intend to serve, such as by requiring letters of support or evidence of claimed partnerships with community organizations.
Balance the risk involved in authorizing innovative charter program by carefully evaluating the applicant's capacity to implement its plan.
Support New School Operators
Allow school operators sufficient time to develop rigorous performance goals to ensure goals are based on students' incoming performance levels.
Ensure that each school has the support it needs between the initial grant of its charter and the first day of school, and, in some cases, throughout the school's first year.
Provide Meaningful and Transparent Oversight
Streamline compliance and reporting requirements and be very clear up front about the information schools are required to collect and the form in which to submit it.
Use focused site visits to gather information that can be observed only on site.
Craft a monitoring process that is thorough but also safeguards schools' freedom to experiment with new approaches to governance, curriculum, and instruction.
Hold School Accountable for Meeting Performance Goals
Intervene early when problems arise and follow a predetermined protocol when a school falls short of organizational, fiscal, or performance expectations.
Collect sufficient evidence on both student performance (e.g., achievement test results) and school performance (e.g., financial viability) in order to build a solid case for school renewal or closure.


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MCI Rent Increases for Replacement of Certain Window Types
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Sponsor Representations, in Cooperative or Condominium Offerings, to Bear Cost of MCIs: Effect on Entitlement to MCI Increases
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Effect of Rent Reduction Orders on Maximum Base Rent (MBR) Increases
No. 90-2
Failure to Maintain Services: Rent Reduction/Restoration (Revised 89-1)
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Demolition Costs Associated with Individual Apartment Improvements
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Responsibility of a current owner of a Rent Stabilized Housing Accommodation to refund Excess Rent determined pursuant to a Fair Market Rent Appeal
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Definition of Room for Major Capital Improvements (MCI) Purposes
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Rookies in NASCAR's Nationwide Series, Dakoda Armstrong and Chris Buescher will try to compete against and learn from veterans Kyle Busch and Brad Keselowski in next month's Sta-Green 200 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. On Tuesday, at F1 Boston in Braintree, Mass., and Trinity High School in Manchester, N.H., they competed against and learned from a much younger generation of drivers.
Taking on drivers (ages 7-15) from a youth league, Armstrong and Buescher started their day at the F1 Boston indoor go-kart facility before wrapping up their New England visit by sitting in the passenger seat with students in the driver's education class at Trinity High School.
"It was a lot of fun. My first race out there was with the 8- and 9-year-old kids, and they were so good about teaching me the track. I was supposed to give them a walkthrough of the track, but it was them teaching me, which was so great," said the 22-year-old Armstrong, who got his start in motorsports go-kart racing at the age of 6.
"Our advice at driver's ed was to make sure we give advice based on street driving and not racing," said the 21-year-old Buescher, who also got an impromptu lesson in parallel parking. "That's the first time I've ever done that. It was surprisingly easy once you got going."
Armstrong (New Castle, Ind.), who is in his first year as a full-time driver in the Nationwide Series, drives the No. 43 for Richard Petty Motorsports. And while he was able to beat a feisty group of adolescents to the finish line on Tuesday, he knows that the Sta-Green 200 on Saturday, July 12 at New Hampshire Motor speedway will be a much different challenge.
"New Hampshire is a great track, that's very challenging, but also very fun," said Armstrong, who started 18th and finished 12th in a 2009 K&N Pro Series East race, his only previous start at the Magic Mile. "There's long, long straightaways, so you have to have really good runs off the corners. It's a racey place, so I can't wait to get going."
Buescher (Prosper, Texas), who drives the No. 60 for Roush Fenway Racing, is also in his first year as a full-time driver in the Nationwide Series. But the Sta-Green 200 will be the first time he ever takes the green in a race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.
"New Hampshire is cool. I haven't raced there, but I've practiced there," said Buescher. "It's different from other one-mile tracks, but it makes for some good racing. This kind of track seems to suit my driving style, so I'm really looking forward to putting on a good show."
Buescher got his start in motorsports riding motorcycles at the age of six. But it wasn't long until he took to four-wheel racing in the form of Legends Cars. New Hampshire Motor Speedway has an on-site dealership - Granite State Legend Cars - and an oval and road course series. And while Buescher was happy to talk about his days racing Legends in Texas, he wasn't ready to commit to jumping in one during the Camping World RV Sales 301 NASCAR weekend July 11-14 at the speedway.
"Oh man, I haven't been in a Legends car in so long. I love those cars and I had a great time in them growing up," said Buescher. "They're a great learning tool, and perfect for someone to move forward in their racing careers by getting all the basics down."


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YAR - A Disagreement with the Blogmaster
YAR - Yet Another Rant
EDIT DISCLAIMER: Post your opinion and know I do not downvote anyone here. Tear me down and let's talk, that's what this is about.
DISCLAIMER: This is a rant. This says some things that some may not like. This is in no way designed to discourage people from reading or trusting what Brian says. I like Brian's analysis, in most cases, and his writing style. I LOOOOOVE this blog and what it brings to the UM and sports world, maybe in an unhealthy way. I am not a football expert, but was raised with a fundamentally sound understanding of football concepts and ideas. Having said that, there are some things I, and I believe many readers, grow tiresome of.
If you cannot read an opposing opinion, take it in objectively and not personally, nor take "peeves" as any thing less than personal assaults, don't bother reading and go ahead and neg away. Brian is entitled to his opinion (this is his blog), but since he allows user comments and user driven content, I am entitled to mine.
I like that Brian writes with passion. I like that he speaks his mind. I like that he introduces and encourages heavy statistical analysis to follow with his opinions and predictions. Those things separate this blog from just about every other sports blog out there.
I will be in honest and say that there are a few things I don't care for about Brian sometimes:
- He does not seem to like anything he cannot emprically measure (the idea of "brand", "luck", "effort", etc)
- From my perspective, does not understand football scheming well enough to make SOME of the statements he does [see note 1].
- Everyone writing here seems to hate DB, or at least I never seem to see anything positive posted about him or his decisions around here.
- I think Brian has an unhealthy obsession with Denard's running ability.
THIS IS NOT MEANT AS AN INSULT, just my opinion about how things might be different around here if writing aptitude was substituted to some extent for more "traditional football minded analysis", or at least a more diverse thought pool. Having said that, I come here all the time, like literally, even if I am not an active commentor in the offseason.
What drives me crazy is that the biased thought process leads to unfair or incorrect assumptions. I am sure that Denard's few runs of the game, upon further analysis, will show a larger YPC than Smith's. Well, yes, they will because they were the exception, THEY WERE THE "CONSTRAINT" PLAYS. They are the plays that catch the defense offguard or cheating, so they can find some room that the standard plays may not. The problem is if you keep going back to them, they are not constraint plays, they are just more stopped plays.
I understand none of these assertions have been made at this point, but I assume they will.
Here is the joy of the read option:
- There is one read to make [also see note 1]
- It introduces the QB as a viable threat on a run play (thus an 11th offender to the 11th defender)
This will give you a tactical advantage when you are outsized AND can count on a less disciplined defense. HOWEVA, it does not work when you are outsized, out speed-ed, AND the defense is ridiculously disciplined as Alabama was (look at Oregon-LSU, 2011). I was at the game and was watching those read options... A play that sticks out looked like a read option, but was a pass (is that a veer? I don't know that terminology here) and there were TWO Alabama defenders literally standing there waiting for Dendard to take off running. This is how Alabama players are coached, this is how they play, and I promise you priority number one was shutting down Denard. It just so happened to be the rest of their defense was talented enough and we were depleted enough that they could shut down most other aspects of our offense as well.
A common theme around here is how "NFL ready" much of Alabama's team is. How many NFL teams run an offense around the read option? That, to me, is very telling.
Like I said, I was there. I felt the disappointment, ANGER, despair... But the doom and gloom wore off quickly.
My point is, as MANY have pointed out, we were in the wrong weight class here. We did not outscheme ourselves because, even if we ran things differently, THERE WAS NO WINNING this game with the current state of our program. Maybe we could have made it look more competitive... but would 10 more QB iso's or sweeps and 7 more points justify potentially injuring Denard more seriously than his "boo boo"? I think we would all agree, no it would not have been worth it.
I apologize for the rant but I just see this loss as the confirmation Brian needs that RR's offense was the tactically best in college football (not saying he wants RR as our coach, in any regard), and I think I speak for a number of people who have not voiced their opinion.
We lost, were out played, but most importantly, outplay-ered. As many have said, we will (hopefully) get there, but let's not lose site of what is realistic here.
*Note 1 - I have seen Brian analyze a play stating that Denard is looking at the end and the LB to decide to keep or not to keep. You read the end, and that is it, expecially with a 5'10" QB.


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Another Florida - Georgia battle
Though Florida's 2013 recruiting class is shaping up well already, there are still some missing pieces to the puzzle that the Gators would like to fill.
One of those positions is at defensive end where Lawrenceville (Ga.) three-star prospect Antonio Riles is one guy they are targeting to fill that spot.
The 260-pound rising senior currently has Florida and Georgia tied at the top of his leader board despite the fact that he has grown up as a lifelong fan on the home state Bulldogs.
"I was always a Bulldog fan so I kind of always hated Florida," admitted Riles. "But now it's kind of a different story."
One reason as to why his attitude about the Gators has changed is due in part to his relationship with Gators head coach Will Muschamp.
"He's pretty cool guy, I've talked to him on his Facebook and he calls me number 45," Riles explained. "I know with him it's not all about football and he wants to emphasize education and stuff like that."
Despite having two schools at the top right now, he didn't hesitate to mention other schools are still in the running.
"I really have always been interested in Clemson and Tennessee as well, but there's a ton of schools that I'm evaluating that are showing interest in me."
As far as summer plans go, Riles doesn't have much set in stone just yet.
"I plan to go to the one day camp at Bama, coach Kirby Smart wants me to get up there. So I'm going to go with a couple of other kids from Georgia and try to compete there, but other than that I don't really know."
Even though his summer won't be jam packed with visits, he says he doesn't see his decision being too far away.
"I want to get it over with," said Riles. "I don't want it to be a distraction. I plan to make it before the season starts, but if it has to take more time it will."


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Apple's Android fragmentation, Kindle Fire case: Does the argument hold up?
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Why the Mac App Sandbox makes me sad — Apple announced today that, starting in March 2012, all apps on the Mac App Store will be required to run in the so-called "App Sandbox". — The sandbox is an environment that locks down the Mac in ways that match (and exceed) the limitations found on iOS.
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Apple to require sandboxing in Mac App Store apps as of March 2012
Apple to require sandboxing in Mac App Store apps as of March 2012
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HTC Rezound official: 4.3-inch 720p HD screen, Beats Audio branding, Verizon LTE — It's about time! As expected, HTC's finally announced the Rezound (long known as the Vigor) at an event here in NYC today, and it's pretty much the powerhouse of a phone we thought it would be.
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HTC Rezound: First Press Shots
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Kevin Rose / @kevinrose: Oink is out, download here: bit.ly/getoink
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Amazon, Now a Book Lender — Kindle Owners Who Subscribe to Prime Service Will Be Able to Borrow E-Titles — As the e-reader and tablet wars heat up, Amazon.com Inc. is launching a digital-book lending library that will be available only to owners of its Kindle and Kindle Fire devices …
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Chris Richardson / WebProNews: Amazon Gets Into the E-Book Lending Business
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Sakthi Prasad / Reuters: Amazon.com launches digital book library service
Trevor Mogg / Digital Trends: Amazon launches the Kindle Owners' Lending Library
Mathew Ingram / GigaOM: Kindle lending: Book publishers still not getting it
Steven Musil / CNET News: Amazon opens lending library for Kindles
Paul Lamkin / Pocket-lint: Kindle Owners' Lending Library goes live in the US
Devindra Hardawar / VentureBeat:
Got Amazon Prime and a Kindle? Now you can borrow one book a month for free
Got Amazon Prime and a Kindle? Now you can borrow one book a month for free
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Eric Rosenblum / Google Mobile Blog:
A new Android app for Google Offers — Today we're announcing our new Google Offers mobile app, that allows you to discover, buy and redeem your favorite deals on the go. The free app will notify you about all the great Offers that match your interests. You can purchase offers …
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Charles West / IntoMobile: Google Offers for Android debuts, adds Featured Offers and Daily deal notifications
Tricia Duryee / AllThingsD: Google's First National Offer is $25 for $15 at REI
Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land:
Google Offers Goes National, Still Makes Me Feel Excluded
Google Offers Goes National, Still Makes Me Feel Excluded
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Eric Rosenblum / Google Commerce: Introducing our first national Google Offer with REI and a new Android app
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Alex Chitu / Google Operating System: Google's Barrel Roll Easter Egg
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Ellis Hamburger / Business Insider:
Here's A Sneak Peek At Sparrow For iPhone, The Gmail App Google Should've Made — We previously reported that Dominique Leca was working on a secret iPhone version of his brilliant Sparrow For Mac email app, and today, we finally have some more details. — After Google released …
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Kelly Hodgkins / TUAW: Sparrow for iPhone tease
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Martin Bryant / The Next Web: Brilliant Mac email app Sparrow heading for the iPhone, first image emerges
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Apple introduces us to the Virtual SIM Card — On November 3, 2011, the US Patent & Trademark Office published a patent application from Apple that reveals that Apple is working on a possible future iPhone that will operate using a Virtual SIM Card. Apple states that it would be desirable …
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LinkedIn Beats The Street; Q3 Revenue Up 126 Percent To $140M — In its second quarter as a public company, LinkedIn posted Q3 earnings today. Revenue for the third quarter was $139.5 million, up 126 percent from the third quarter in 2010. GAAP Net loss for the third quarter was $1.6 million …
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Jessica Guynn / L.A. Times Tech Blog: LinkedIn third-quarter loss disappoints investors
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John Paczkowski / AllThingsD:
Really? Two New iPads and a Reboot of Apple's Entire Product Portfolio Next Year? — Break out the salt lick for this one, because it'll take more than a grain ... Apple typically updates many of its products each year, sometimes extensively, sometimes less so. But in 2012 it's got big plans for a number of them.
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Rumor: Suppliers say Apple will overhaul all product lines in 2012
Rumor: Suppliers say Apple will overhaul all product lines in 2012
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Aaron Lee / DigiTimes: Real iPad 3 reportedly to launch in 3Q11
Shane McGlaun / SlashGear: Apple to overhaul all products in 2012, iPad 3 rumored for Q3
Stefan Constantinescu / IntoMobile: Rumor: Just about everything Apple makes will get a new look in 2012
Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: Next iPad a minor update with thinner design, better battery life, March launch?
Jolie O'Dell / VentureBeat: Apple reportedly making 2M iPad 3 units in 2011 & unveiling iPhone 5 in late 2012
Will Shanklin / Geek.com: Will Apple overhaul its entire product line in 2012?
Waisybabu / Redmond Pie: Apple To Overhaul iPad, iPhone, iMac And MacBook Air Next Year, Says Report
Todd Haselton / BGR: Apple may overhaul all product lines in 2012
John Callaham / Neowin.net: Rumor: Apple to redesign all products for 2012
Richard Goodwin / Know Your Mobile: Apple iPhone 5 and iPad 3 to get complete design overhaul in 2012
Jack Purcher / Patently Apple: The Real iPad 3 May be delayed until late 2012
Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry / Business Insider: A Complete Overhaul of Apple's Product Line Next Year Makes More Sense Than You Think
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Josh Lowensohn / CNET News: Apple to 'overhaul' most products in 2012, report says
Jolie O'Dell / VentureBeat:
Google+ is not a social network, but it's not a graveyard, either — Over the past couple of weeks, the Internet's frothy enthusiasm over Google+ has dried into proclamations of its imminent death. — Social media experts and bloggers who were one month ago hailing the fledgling service …
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Arik Hesseldahl / AllThingsD:
Chipmaker AMD To Cut 10 Percent of Workforce — In what appears to be the first big job for new CEO Rory Read, chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices just announced that it's going to cut its workforce by 10 percent in order to get costs under control. — The job cuts will hit the company globally …
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Larry Dignan / Between the Lines Blog: AMD cuts 10 percent of workforce
Tiernan Ray / Tech Trader Daily: AMD Rises: To Cut Workforce 10% By Q1 '12
Sean Buckley / Engadget: AMD to cut workforce by 10 percent, invest savings in emerging markets and the cloud
Eric Savitz / The Tech Trade: Advanced Micro Devices Cutting Workforce 10%
Andrew Allemann / Domain Name Wire:
Apple Fights for iPhone Porn Domain Names Including iphone4s.com — Company files complaint over seven domain names that forward to mobile porn site. — If you really want to piss off a large company, just put some porn up on domain names that include its brands.
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Rik Myslewski / The Register: Apple assails mobile porn purveyor's URLs
Darrell Etherington / GigaOM: Apple targets iPhone4S.com, misleading porn domains
Steven Sande / TUAW: Apple takes on porn sites in domain name dispute
Barbara E. Hernandez / NBC Bay Area: Apple Wants Apple-Themed Porn Sites Shut Down
Christopher Meinck / everythingiCafe: Apple Files Complaint Over iPhone Related Domain Names
Dan Frommer / SplatF:
Amazingly, AOL still has 3.5 million dialup subscribers — Laugh all you want, but as of the end of September, AOL still had 3.5 million subscribers to its dialup Internet access service — a lot more than the number of people who pay for, say, Spotify. And the decline from last year …
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Kara Swisher / AllThingsD:
First Class Ticket: Social Travel Start-Up Gogobot Raises $15M in Funding at $70M Valuation — Gogobot, the social travel site, said it has raised $15 million in a funding round led by Redpoint Ventures. — Sources said the valuation for the Silicon Valley start-up was around $70 million.
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Roger Cheng / CNET News:
Sprint: 'We're taking the iPhone 4S speed issue seriously' — Sprint Nextel is working with Apple to figure out the connection issue affecting some iPhone 4S devices on its network, but doesn't yet have an answer for the problem. — "We're taking the reports of problems from a small number …
Discussion: VentureBeat, Electronista, iDownloadBlog.com, TUAW, PhoneArena and O'Grady's PowerPage
Chikodi Chima / VentureBeat: Sprint taking iPhone 4S slow data speeds seriously, but has no solution
Kelly Hodgkins / TUAW: Sprint struggles to replicate iPhone 4S users' speed concern
Phone Arena: Sprint still looking for a solution to the iPhone 4S speed issue, having troubles replicating it
Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
Welcome TechCrunch's Newest Writers, Josh Constine And Eric Eldon — Ever since I became Editor of TechCrunch in September, I've been looking for great writers to help fill out our coverage in Silicon Valley. And now I am pleased to announce that I've hired not one, but two: Josh Constine and Eric Eldon
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Woo has always had a weaker immune system. She was born tongue tied and was hospitalized for RSV at 6 months. She is currently really very sick. She is 3.5 and typically weighs about 32 lbs. But she has lost 4 lbs in the last two days. She should weigh closer to 35 at a minimum. She stops eating when she gets sick and at the moment she can't keep anything in or down. Either it shoots straight thru or comes right back up. It took a colossal effort on my part to get her up to 32 lbs. I had to give her high calorie drinks and monitor her eating a great deal for about 6 months to get her up to this weight-before she was about 28lbs. It doesn't sound like much I know, but a 4 lb weight loss on such a little frame is really scary, especially when it took so long to get her here. She isn't even on the growth charts for weight anymore, but in the 20th percentile for height. Those few pounds were what was keeping her somewhat height/weight proportionate. I hate seeing her like this. If you could pray for her I would appreciate it. Her illness isn't over yet and I fear how much more weight she will lose in the process of this illness.And I also had to have a root canal done on Thursday as a result of a broken tooth, so my patience is on the lower side. If you could pray for my patience and attitude I would appreciate it. Being able to tag team caring for (and cleaning up after) a sick child is something you really don't appreciate fully until you can't do it. And I really worry about this child. A mother worries about all her kids, but she is by far my most "frail" child.
She is eating and drinking a little today! The other two and I are sick now too. But it is wonderful to have her doing better at the moment. Thank you so much for the prayers.
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Quote from: Quinault on February 22, 2009, 04:54:12 PMShe is eating and drinking a little today! The other two and I are sick now too. But it is wonderful to have her doing better at the moment. Thank you so much for the prayers. Glory to God for what He has wrought, and may He always have mercy on the work of His hands!
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Sometimes it seems as if half the posts in this blog relate to trouble with computers.
After I got back from the hospital today I thought I would try some WSPR for a change. Paul PC4T had mentioned that conditions on 80m were good. 80 is not a band I often use so I thought I'd try there. But no sooner than I had tried to change band than the software beeped rudely at me. The console window contained an error message: serial_open: Unable to open COM13 - Invalid argument.
COM13 is a virtual serial port splitter on COM3 which I'd created using Eterlogic's Virtual Serial Port Emulator, VSPE. I've used this utility for years to create virtual serial ports so that more than one program can open my radios' computer control ports at the same time. I'd used one to try out CW Skimmer with KComm before Christmas. As I'd uninstalled Skimmer I removed the virtual serial port. WSPR, which does its rig control through hamlib, then opened COM3 up just fine.
That's a temporary solution, but I haven't given up the idea of running other ham software alongside KComm for good. I think there are other serial port splitters out there (there's com0com which was far too complicated for me to figure out) but VSPE has always worked for me until now. Don't you just love computers?


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It's been a series of days where I'm fighting myself to work out, because my inner fat girl really doesn't want to try and fail in losing weight.
The baby has been a handful and things seem to either REALLY go my way or really NOT go my way.
So my normal fallback pre-Mamavation was food. Now that I've made the decision to not use that, I have no fallback.
So I've been cleaning.
We had the organizers in. And I got rid of one pickup-truck-full and one Land-Rover-Full of stuff.
Filled the Overlord's whole car with garbage and took it to the dump.
I'm feeling a little better after that, but still incomplete.
So I started researching doula training. I've wanted to train as a doula since before I got pregnant with my daughter, and had done extensive research before I started massage school, thinking that I could do both…in tandem.
So I am.
I signed up for training with the Penny Simkin school for Birth Attendants through the Seattle Midwifery School and will be taking the course from Penny herself in June.
I'm pretty thrilled to have found something that allows me to help people. Especially women in childbirth. There's something awesome about bringing new life into the world.
I also get to hear Ina May Gaskin speak on Mother's Day, so things are looking pretty up 🙂


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