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Choose Your Own Adventure

So I tried lying to myself all week, about how this game wouldn’t really matter. If Georgia Tech’s unique offense got the best of Tennessee’s Kirkland-less defense, we couldn’t draw too many conclusions. If Tennessee’s offense looked great against an uncelebrated Yellow Jacket defense, we couldn’t get too excited. No matter what happened, our chances in the SEC East race and the season’s narrative would be largely unaffected.

That was a stupid thing to believe.

The Defensive Numbers in Context

There is a helplessness that can set in when playing an offense like Georgia Tech’s. It reminded me a little of our 1990’s games against Nebraska; even with less talent and lower stakes, when that offense is humming a two-possession lead feels like 20. And you can try to talk yourself into whatever you want, but when the ball is kicked in week one the stakes are always high because they are carrying an entire off-season on their shoulders. In Tennessee’s case, an off-season plus some leftovers from 2016.

So it is comforting the day after to realize that while Georgia Tech did run for 535 yards, the most a Tennessee defense has ever allowed, they also did so on 86 carries. Their 6.22 yards per carry are not something we want to try to reproduce, but it’s also not as bad as what Tennessee’s defense surrendered to Texas A&M (7.06), Alabama (8.52), Kentucky (8.05), or Missouri (6.27) last year. GT’s 6.82 yards per play won’t lead us to a successful season if it shows up in the box score every week, but the Vols allowed more than seven yards per play to A&M, Alabama, Kentucky, and Vanderbilt last year. It was by no means success, but I might wait to see what this defense does against the offenses it’ll see the rest of the year before passing judgment on Bob Shoop’s 2017.

Third Down For Less

It was not, of course, comforting in the moment last night. Listening to cries of “STOP THEM!” was like watching your undersized team get dominated on the boards and all you can do is yell “BOX OUT!” Adding to the discomfort:  Tennessee’s offense got off to a not-great start. The first half went like this:  punt, three-and-out, three-and-out, three-and-out, an eight-play, 46-yard touchdown drive, and a turnover on downs featuring sub-par clock management. Then a three-and-out to open the second half, at which point Georgia Tech ran the third quarter clock down to 3:14 with a 21-7 lead before missing a 47-yard field goal.

The game got a lot more fun after that. A sure path to no fun:  Tennessee’s opening drives featured 3rd-and-12, 3rd-and-8, 3rd-and-10, and 3rd-and-10. But after that, the Vols saw no worse than 3rd-and-7 the rest of the night with one exception:  the 3rd-and-9 dump-off to John Kelly that went for 10, two plays before Marquez Callaway’s 50-yard touchdown.

Quinten Dormady might turn into something really special; right now the Vols just need him to be something good. Last year the Vols could count on a veteran quarterback to get them out of trouble on third down with both his arms and his legs. This year the Vols have to help Dormady get out of trouble on third down by not getting in trouble on first and second down. It certainly made a tremendous difference in the second half last night.

Let Team 121 Be Team 121

I was in the stands last night and didn’t even know there was a trash can on the sideline until I saw it this morning. If the players like it – context clues suggest they do – perhaps Butch Jones and this bunch embrace a bit of them against the world? People making fun of something else the coach does? Bring it on. You don’t like the trash can? Maybe next week there are two of them. If you’re going to do the trash can, own the trash can.

This team will need to rally around each other, and they got plenty of practice last night. Not only has Tennessee lost its biggest names and faces from last season, it will now be without Darrin Kirkland Jr. and Jauan Jennings all year. It’s helpful to remember that, while Tennessee’s injury luck has been astoundingly bad, the Vols did beat Florida and Georgia and should have beaten Texas A&M without Kirkland, Cam Sutton, and Jalen Reeves-Maybin last fall. It wasn’t the quality of injuries that did the Vols in last fall; the defense’s shutdown performance against the Gators in the second half came on the shoulders of guys like Colton Jumper. No program is going to handle 2016’s quantity of injuries well. But for now, while losing Kirkland and Jennings in no way will make Tennessee better, there is plenty of talent to meet this new opportunity. Daniel Bituli and Marquez Callaway are Exhibits A and B. We’ll need more, but it was a great opening response.

The drama was similar, but the names and faces last night were new…and the Vols still got it done. It’s a long year with the entirety of conference play before us…but this offense should have earned plenty of confidence in the second half, and the defense will have a chance to do the same against traditional offenses. Team 121 will face plenty of adversity. But if they learned how to handle it better than Team 120, they’ll have a chance to have a more successful season. And in that department, last night was a really good start.

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Oleg Zeltser

Someone has his Orange colored glasses on while drinking that Orange Kool-Aid

Andrew Cooper
I’m not certain there are any orange colored glasses. I think the sheer magnitude of the time of possession created a real sense of futility while watching the game. I know I was crushed by a sense of impending DOOOOOOM. That’s Georgia Tech football when it is working. However, the next day I took a step back and took a deeper look at the stats. Over the course of the whole game, our yards per play and Tech’s yards per play were very close to the same. They had 6.7 ypp and we had 6.5. The difference really was the… Read more »
Oleg Zeltser

You failed to mention 2 stats

33 First Downs and 535 rushing yards. Oh and we had all summer and spring to prepare for GT running game.

Andrew Cooper
I failed to mention them because they’ve already been mentioned numerous times. My point is that those numbers were gaudy in part because our own offense took so long to get going. Without going 3 and out a bunch of times Tech doesn’t have the ball for 21 minutes in the 1st half and they likely lose a score out of that. Why? Because Tech doesn’t do anything fast. Looking at the drive chart, if UT keeps the ball 3 or 4 more minutes then Tech may only score 7 points in the first half because they don’t have time… Read more »


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Thursday, 22 November 2012

A Review of AMY (PS3 & Xbox 360)

I’ve decided to have a look at those quirkier or somewhat left-of-centre games that got panned in the general press and internet review sites.

First of all I intentionally picked a few games that I had never heard off, which consistently got low reviews from the main media sources, and then I did some internet research, before playing them with an open mind whilst remembering the on-line and in-print comments.
I intended to see if I thought all these games are genuinely awful, or if there is possibly something more to the general review trends? After all there’s truth to the old axiom ‘know your audience.’

Me, well I’ve absolutely no idea who reads this stuff: So this one’s for you Anon...

Panned Games - Review 1: AMY
The first game on my list was AMY by VectorCell. This is a first person horror-survival game, where you take control of, Lana. A character who, as well as trying to survive in an epidemic ridden world, also has to take care of Amy, a young girl who appears to have some undisclosed form of autistic communicative difficulties.

The back-story revolves around your attempts to escape the city with Amy in tow.
The game-play is primarily puzzle based, with the Amy ‘companion character’ having three main functions. The first being that you must keep Amy safe; this is done ether by keeping her close (calling for her and holding her hand) or by hiding her. The second function of Amy is to aide in puzzle solving. This can range for something as simple as getting her to crawl through a space where the main character couldn’t fit and press a button to activate some mechanism or open a door etc, to more complicated puzzles where you must place her in certain positions in order to perform some action(s). Then move her around with a combination of instructions; getting her to move and perform a series of simple commands that help accomplish a task; always bearing in mind that she is more vulnerable when away from your direct control.
The third, and most intriguing, function of Amy is to protect your protagonist from the infection. When separated from Amy the main character will slowly become infected, leading to your eventual death if you can’t find Amy in time and don’t have any serum handy.

Amy can perform simple tasks, when prompted, and this does add a certain additional puzzle element to the game.

The game also has a melee based combat system (of sorts), although this definitely isn’t a combat orientated game. The combat process basically consists of one attack move and seems to be added very much as a secondary measure, to be used as a last resort. The main stay of the game is definitely in the survival vain, with the emphasis very much on stealth, hiding and running away from the infected.

Animation and voice acting is not cutting-edge, to say the least. The opening graphics scene looks dated when compared to today’s top-end action titles, but that really isn’t what AMY is about. I would say the animation and acting is adequate, although more in a straight-to-TV B-Movie sense rather than a top end A-list encrusted Box-Office smash. Anyone playing Amy with the expectations of it being a GTA style action based first-person shooter is bound to be disappointed by the presentation, and more importantly the game-play. But taken for what it is, a decent low-budget survival-horror type game with an interesting twist, AMY can deliver a fairly immersive experience.

Anyone expecting AMY to play like a contemporary FPS is bound to be disappointed.
Although by no means perfects I do think AMY got some undeservedly bad press. This may be in part due to the nature (out of vogue game-play style and genre) of the game, and partly due to the somewhat dated graphics and acting, which would have been considered excellent for a PS2 or Xbox game, or decent current-gen if released five or six years earlier. If you like older; more sedate, and some would say slow or repatative; puzzle based survival-horror games like the original Resident Evil and Silent Hill series, you may still find a decent game in this, despite the bad reviews from the contemporary mainstream press and the derogatory comments found from current ‘gamers.’ Remember that those comments are only one person’s opinion. Not that I’m putting anyone down for their opinion. I should be the last person to do that, as reading this very Blog would show that my own opinions can vary quite drastically from the norm. But these generally do seem to be the opinions of a certain demographic of gamer, one that has come to expect certain things from a new game, and that’s fine...
Yes some of these expectations include things like cutting-edge lifelike animation, and seamless character/voice acting – and of course these aren’t bad things to expect from a game, but when a reviewer equates these traits with making or breaking a game on their own... Well that’s where I would start to strongly disagree.
Maybe it does look and play like a PS2 or Dreamcast era game, but there’s nothing inherently wrong with that. I don’t think the game is ‘broken’ by a bad design, as some reviews say. I think some people simply wanted, or expected, it to be something it is not.
I think AMY may be a tad too slow, and dare I say repetitive, for today’s market. Not that repetition is necessarily a bad thing. The more experienced gamers amongst us were weaned on repetition... Hell, I like SHMUPS for goodness sake.

AMY may have the look and and feel of a PS2 or Dreamcast game, but there's nothing inherently wrong with that.

If AMY had come out at the time Resident evil and Silent Hill were at their peek the reviews may have told a rather different story. AMY does have its good points, But combat definitely isn’t one of them Although to be fair this doesn’t seem to have ever been designed as a combat game, and personally that’s one of the things I like about it. I’m not saying AMY is a great game or that you should rush out and get it. But I don’t think it deserved the reputation, and in some cases downright hostility, that it got. You can get it for budget prices now, and that’s probably about right for what is essentially a budget title. If pushed I’d say 5... Maybe 5.5 out of 10, worth a few pounds if you like stealth based survival-horror games. But don’t get it expecting an FPS, as it isn’t and the combat system, such as it is, will not thrill you.

So is it really a case of “IGN gave it a 2 out of 10, so it must be awful. Lets make fun of it.” Well, for a minority it possibly is, but for most it’s probably not really the case, not directly at least, but I can see why it wouldn’t appeal to new gamers.

Mind you, I don’t think the developer’s comments did much to endear the general game-playing public to their product ether...

This won’t be to everyone’s taste, but behind it all there is a decent game mechanic, and it is not a ‘god awful game,’ believe me. I have played some ‘god awful’ games in my time and this is not at the bottom of the heap.

Remember, the mainstream feeds of the mainstream, and the mainstream eats and sleeps FPS just now. That’s just the way it is, so there's no point grumbling about it.

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Saturday, August 15, 2009

Crispy chorizo and new potatoes

Serves 4-6 as part of a selection of tapas
A gorgeous, quick yet satisfying snackette for drinks tonight to get things started...

500g new potatoes, scrubbed
3 (about 300g) cooking chorizo sausages, chopped into 1 cm slices
2 sprigs fresh rosemary, leaves chopped finely
2 tblsp dry Madeira

Boil the potatoes for 8-10 minutes, or until cooked but still firm. Remove from the heat and cool them under running cold water, then cut them in half lengthways on the diagonal and set aside.

Heat a large, non-stick frying pan to hot and cook the chorizo for 2-3 minutes, or until the oils are released. Add the potatoes and rosemary and cook, stirring frequently, over a high heat for a further 2-3 minutes, or until golden and crispy.

Reduce the heat and add the Madeira. Stir and leave to caramelise and brown for a further 2-3 minutes, stirring occasionally.

Serve warm with cocktail sticks, or as a salad.

Friday, August 14, 2009

Tomato ketchup

With the potential glut of tomatoes now the season is peaking, here’s something that’ll please almost everybody for a while to come. This makes rather a lot, but it will keep for at least a month in a covered container in the fridge.

5kg ripe tomatoes
4 garlic cloves, peeled and finely chopped
1 large onion, peeled and finely chopped
4 tsp Dijon mustard
½ tsp four spice mix
1½ tsp ground ginger
1½ tsp salt
4 tblsp icing sugar
1 tblsp white wine vinegar

Core the tomatoes and reserve the stems. Place the tomatoes in a pressure cooker and add water to a depth of 1cm. Bring the cooker to full pressure for 20 minutes and then allow to cool. If you don’t have a pressure cooker, slowly cook the tomatoes over a medium-low heat for about 45 minutes. Pass the tomatoes and liquid through a sieve, discarding the leftovers.

Add all the other ingredients, except the icing sugar, the vinegar and the stems, to the tomatoes. Place in a pan and simmer slowly over a low heat until it is reduced by half - this will take about 4 hours. Pass the mixture through a sieve again. Add the icing sugar, return to the pan and continue to reduce over a low heat until it reaches a ketchup-like consistency - this will take just over an hour.

Allow to cool, and then add the vinegar. Finally, place the reserved tomato stems into the ketchup mixture for a few hours to infuse it with the fresh vine odour - it’s important to do this after the mixture has cooled, as the vine aroma is destroyed by heat. Discard the stems before serving


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Westminster Bridge

Westminster Bridge bookmarks two heritage sites, one – the ‘Mother of all Parliaments’ – and the other, the residence of the Archbishop of Canterbury, Lambeth Palace.  Justin Welby spoke to the House of Lords, on the north bank of the River Thames, the day after the ‘incident’ happened.He declared that a Lambeth Palace official – who happened to be a Muslim- had narrowly avoided being mowed down by Khalid Masood on his way to work. He was one of the first people to come to the aid of those who had not been able to avoid being injured, maimed or killed.

The Archbishop went further, and reflected on another scene, just yards from the bridge where the car’s murderous journey had been terminated. Outside Parliament on Bridge Street, the small theatre of violence was momentarily stilled. We have all viewed the scene by now, a tableau of care in the midst of the carnage. The emergency services – policeman, paramedics, doctors – with all their resource, equipment and skill, attempting to save a life. They battled and fought to keep this man alive with painstaking care. That, despite the awful context, was their vocation. This life was the life that had robbed others of their life just moments ago. This life and death belonged to the assailant, Khalid Masood.

Masood was treated by the very people he had attempted to kill. The Archbishop described his course of action: “The vehicle [was] driven across Westminster Bridge by someone who had a perverted, nihilistic, despairing view of objectives of what life is about, that could only be fulfilled by death and destruction.” His is a story of gratuitous violence and mindlessness, attempting to kill innocence, beauty, freedom and truth. However, in the last moments of his own life, Khalid Masood could not prevent the goodness of God’s mercy from being embodied in those who attempted to save him.

There is something in all of this which is connected to another place of  public execution, that of Golgotha. In the midst of the carnage stands the cross, for some the symbol of gratuitous violence, injustice and, ultimately, death. But as the tableau of Christ’s passion is transformed from stillness into life, we realise that the worst that humankind can present to God is turned around, re-formed into something irresistible. From violence to peace, from nihilism to belief, from death to life. Humanity in its senseless plans and actions cannot overcome God by evil; it is not possible. Love will conquer all. So, perhaps when William Wordsworth composed his poem over 200 years ago from this very place of tragedy, was he writing as a poet, a prophet or both?

“Earth has not anything to show more fair:
Dull would he be of soul who could pass by
A sight so touching in its majesty:
This City now doth, like a garment, wear
The beauty of the morning; silent, bare,
Ships, towers, domes, theatres, and temples lie
Open unto the fields, and to the sky;
All bright and glittering in the smokeless air.
Never did sun more beautifully steep
In his first splendour, valley, rock, or hill;
Ne’er saw I, never felt, a calm so deep!
The river glideth at his own sweet will:
Dear God! the very houses seem asleep;
And all that mighty heart is lying still!”
We will pray for the victims of this tragedy at St Michael’s on Mothering Sunday and we will continue to pray for God’s peace. See the newsletter and reading sheet here.

Author: Gavin Knight

The Revd Gavin Knight has been the Vicar of St Michael & All Angels, Summertown in the Oxford Diocese since September 2011. After serving his title at St Alphege, Solihull, Gavin became parish priest of St Andrew's Fulham Fields in London. He moved to Wales in 2005 becoming Chaplain to Monmouth School. He is married to Jo, a clinical psychologist, and they have three sons.

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By Frank Sabatini Jr. | Foodie Flashes

Little Miss Brewing recently opened a tasting room in Normal Heights with 16 handles carrying signature beers produced in its Miramar facility. Among them are two new rollouts: Patton Porter made with coconut and Norma Jean Blonde Ale made with cranberries. All pints are $5.

Little Miss Brewing arrives to Adams Avenue (Photo by Jade Malkin)

Owners Jade Malkin and her husband, Greg, launched the company last year in Miramar with a World War II theme that extends to the new outpost. Their brewmaster is Joe Lisica, former senior brewer for Green Flash.

Still in its soft opening, the tasting room opens daily at noon (see website for closing hours) and features a painting of a Union Jack flag stretched across the ceiling.

“It’s a nod to our British allies during the war,” said Malkin, while also noting that the bar top is made from old brass bullet casings.

Bagged chips are available and food trucks roll in Thursday through Saturday.

Malkin said a grand opening for July or August will soon be announced on the company’s Facebook page (Little Miss Brewing NH). In the meantime, they’ve secured a space for an additional tasting room in Ocean Beach (4861 Newport Ave.), which also will open in a month or two when licensing is approved. 3514 Adams Ave., 619-880-2752,

The owner of the Aero Club bar is opening Chinatown later this year. (Photo by Bill Lutzius)

Bill Lutzius, who owns the whiskey-centric Aero Club Bar in Middletown is preparing to open a bar called Chinatown in City Heights.

“I’m kind of modeling it off of Rocky’s in Pacific Beach,” he told Gay San Diego, referring to a menu he’s devising that will focus primarily on burgers.

The venture will be housed within a refurbished structure built in the early 1900s. Lutzius added a second floor for patio seating and said the finishing touches to the property will be complete in three to four months.

He’ll open initially with beer and wine, but eventually plans on obtaining a full liquor license for developing a large selection of tequila. 4727 University Ave.

Hidden off Fifth Avenue in Hillcrest is the new Cigar Cave, which was home to two different hookah lounges. Boston transplants Emmy Leanca, and her husband Raul Comanescu, recently took over the space and changed the motif from a Moroccan den to an American Prohibition-era speakeasy beckoning to the late 1920s.

A smoking-friendly bar lounge has opened in the heart of Hillcrest. (Courtesy Cigar Cave)

Spanning two rooms, one designated for cigar and cigarette smoking and the other for hookah puffing, the establishment also features a bar stocked with a global variety of wines and Champagnes in addition to low-alcohol vodka and six craft beer taps. The growing cigar inventory includes brands from Honduras, the Dominican Republic and Connecticut.

“The space looks very different than what it used to be,” said Leanca, adding that she’s planning on offering small plates and cheese boards at some point in the future. 3858 Fifth Ave., 619-260-8099,

Phil Esteban of Soda & Swine’s Liberty Station location (Photo by Kim Marcelo)

Chef Phil Esteban of Soda & Swine Liberty Station will kick off the Liberty Public Farmers Market “Shop with the Chef” series, which begins with an educational tour of the newly launched market before concluding with a four-course dinner at the participating restaurant.

The first tour and meal starts at 5:45 p.m., June 29, at Soda & Swine (2750 Dewey Road, #104, 619-501-9989). The series continues at the same time on July 27 with chef Accursio Lota of Solare Ristorante (2820 Roosevelt Road, 619-270-9670). It will be followed on Aug. 31 with chef Michael Ground of Fireside by the Patio (2855 Perry Road, 619-432-2100).

The menus will be determined on short notice since they’re based on the market’s seasonal bounties. The cost for each event is $50 per person, which doesn’t include alcohol. Tickets can be purchased by calling or visiting the respective restaurants.

San Diego County native Sean McCart has been appointed chef de cuisine at Mister A’s, the fine-dining penthouse restaurant lauded for its urban views and ever-changing seasonal menus.

Chef Sean McCart joins the kitchen team at Mister A’s (Courtesy Bay Bird Inc.)

McCart is a 15-year veteran of the restaurant industry and previously served as sous chef at Juniper & Ivy. He will work in collaboration with Mister A’s longtime executive chef, Stephane Voitzwinkler. 2550 Fifth Ave., 12th floor, 619-239-1377,

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GeekMom Holiday Traditions: Holiday FaceTime

The three Santas: My kids FaceTime with my niece. Photo: Amy Kraft

You know how that classic song goes: “There’s no place like Skype for the holidays…” or something like that.

With little kids in the house, we’ve found it increasingly difficult to travel at Christmastime. The Santa logistics alone are mind-boggling, so we usually stay home with the kids and miss our family far away. Thanks to more ubiquitous technology among my family members, though, we can be at holiday celebrations virtually.

It feels more festive if we make it different than our usual Skype or FaceTime calls. We’ll pick a time to gather everyone together like it’s a special event. The grown-ups will all make themselves a festive cocktail. (Bonus points if you make the same drink on both sides of the call.) The kids will wear their Santa hats and sing the latest holiday songs they’ve learned.

We even do our annual gift exchange this way. Often the gifts are all in one location, and all available kids are only too happy to unwrap presents on behalf of someone on the other end, and then we have them shipped afterwards. Just this week we did an early gift exchange for the kids, and I got to see the look on my niece’s face when she opened her personalized, autographed copy of N.E.R.D.S by Michael Buckley, her favorite author. My sister got to see my son dig in to his new trucks, showing off what they can do.

With family in Illinois, Arizona, California, and soon Hawaii, this technology is a valuable resource to stay connected to our loved ones.

What to Expect With the Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2 Part 1: The Freebies

The Surface 2 and the Surface Pro 2. Image provided by Microsoft. Used with permission
The Surface 2 and the Surface Pro 2. Image provided by Microsoft

I spent the weekend in New York City, as a guest of Microsoft, to help them launch their second generation of Surface tablets: the Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2. Aside from watching the launch event on September 23, with press and fellow special guests, I also talked to the press about why I love the Surface Pro, especially from the point of view of a gamer and tech enthusiast.

There are many things which excite me about the next generation of tablets, due for release on October 22, 2013, in 22 markets around the world. Additional markets will be announced in the coming months.

There will be two models of the Surface 2 (formally known as Surface RT), and four models of the Surface Pro 2. The Surface RT will also remain available at the new discounted price.

As for the things which excite me, some of these things are the new accessories. Some of these things have to do with hardware upgrades. While others have to do with software and other add-ons. Over the next few weeks, I’ll tell you about some of my first impressions and take a little bit of a closer look at what you can look forward to with the second generation Surface tablets.

But first, let me tell you about a couple freebies that will come with the next generation of tablets. These freebies will be very beneficial to users.

One of the freebies comes exclusively with the Surface 2. Unlike its predecessor that only came with Microsoft Office Home & Student 2013 RT, the Surface 2 will come preloaded with Microsoft Office 2013 RT, including Outlook 2013. This upgraded preloaded software will be beneficial to both students and professionals.

The next freebie that has me pretty excited has to do with Skype. This freebie will be available when you purchase either the Surface 2 or the Surface Pro 2. I use Skype a lot. I spent a fair amount of money to be able to make international calls to landlines when interviewing people who live overseas for my radio show. The first part of the Skype freebie is unlimited international calling to landlines for one year. The second part of the Skype freebie is one year of free unlimited Skype WiFi.

The last freebie will also be available when you purchase either the Surface 2 or the Surface Pro 2. With your purchase, you’ll receive a whopping 200 GB of SkyDrive cloud storage, free, for two years! That is a lot of storage, and will be a huge benefit for people who live in the cloud. Even for someone like me who has to make use of a lot of external storage, I can see the benefit of 200 GB in the cloud, outside of the built-in benefit of automatic backup and syncing of system settings, across all devices.

These three benefits are pretty simple, but will have a sizeable impact on many users. But they are just the tip of the proverbial iceberg. I’ll talk more about what to expect as we get closer to the release date.

The price for the Surface 2 will start at $449.00. The price of the Surface Pro 2 will start at $899.00.

Starting September 24, 2013, at 8 am ET, you can pre-order the Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2 online at the Microsoft Store in the U.S. and Canada, and at select retailers in North American and around the world. Quantities are limited and no deposit is required, so you may want to hurry.


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A memorable metaphor
I first started teaching technical classes in 1992 when I joined a software company. At that time, NT 3.51 was just coming out and our mainstream software product was written in Cobol for the VAX and AS/400. I had experience in both Cobol and RPG at the time and taught the same material to two different audiences. Over the last 13 years, I've developed materials and delivered training for VB (and ASP), C++, Java, .NET (C# and ASP.NET) and even taught part-time evenings and weekends at UNH for several ......

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How well traveled are you?
I spent 10 years as a “road warrior” consultant working for software companies and pure consulting companies. Most of my travel was inside the U.S. One side of the story it doesn't tell is how much time away from home all this travel cost. Found this via Scott Reynold's blog: Your Travel Profile: You Are Very Well Traveled in the Midwestern United States (75%) You Are Very Well Traveled in the Southern United States (62%) You Are Well Traveled in the Northeastern United States (57%) You ......

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Beware Virtual PC Differencing Disks!
Ah, now that I have your attention, please let me elaborate :) I just read a post by Russ Nemhauser, Virtual PC - Beyond the Basics, and it reminded me of some caveats I had picked up in my trials. I too thought differencing disks were the way to go and in fact set up several “base” installs to test it out. One of my early reasonings was simply because each .vhd image had about 1 - 2 gigs of duplicate information - that is, a base OS plus tools and assorted service packs. I figured I ......

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BizTalk Project / Assembly Organization Gotcha
I have a real-world experience to share for organizing your BizTalk projects and assemblies. I think the natural tendency is to group “like things” together so if you have an orchestration with a schema or two and a custom pipeline you'd define all these artifacts in the same project. This way they're always kept together in source control, on disk and deployed together. That same “benefit” is also the “gotcha” to watch out for. In my case, the custom pipeline ......

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I've been intrigued with the idea of non-admin since around the time I went to PDC 2003. While I had dabbled around with VMWare it wasn't until I loaded Virtual PC that I took virtual machine technology for a serious tryout. At the time, it gave me a chance to play around with Longhorn but it wasn't long before I realized it could be a big part of a consultant's toolkit. Before VPC, my average for re-paving a machine was usually 6-12 months. In that timeframe, I would end up adding and configuring ......

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Specifying the output filename from a BizTalk orchestration
Once again, I needed a short simple answer but found either examples that didn't match exactly or newsgroup posts that were cryptic. In my case, the target system I was feeding data to required me to specify a filename that included the month and day of posting as well as the next sequential number. Thus the format is MyOutputFile_mmdd-nnn.out where mm is the month, dd is the day and nnn is the next sequential number (in the case of multiple runs during the same day). To do this, within the message ......

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GS EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Chainsaws & Found Footage with ‘[REC] Genesis’ director Paco Plaza

It’s fair to say that the [REC] films have been something of a phenomena, both critically and commercially.  A mix of the 28 Days Later style contemporary ‘zombie’ horror with the now popular (if overused) found footage motif that has become a mainstay of low-budget and independent feature films, the [REC] films has grossed a global box office of over $50 million USD to date.

Now you may think that this doesn’t sound like much in the billion dollar box office world of The Avengers, but considering the films were budgeted at under £6 million USD combined ($1.5million USD/$4.5Million USD) it makes them quite a substantial hit.  And that’s before you take into account the phenomenal DVD business globally, a Hollywood big screen remake and direct to DVD sequel…

This September see’s the release of the third [REC] film, titled [REC] Genesis.  Recently I caught up with Paco Plaza, co-director of [REC] 1 & 2 and now director of the third movie, [REC] Genesis to talk about his new, and somewhat different, take on the [REC] Franchise.

GS: Tell me a little about the story of [REC] Genesis?

Paco Plaza: While editing the first REC, we talked a lot about different situations that may allow this kind of storytelling; one of them was the wedding video, where you have so different POVs, so many characters with strong relationships, a closed space…a great arena for a horror show.

GS: The [REC] films were known best for their ‘found footage’ motif, something you drop quite near the beginning of [REC] Genesis.  What was behind this decision?

PP: We didn’t want to go the same path we already had. If one thing is particular about the REC films is that we always tried to surprise the audience, to deliver something different from their expectations. I think these days we seldom feel surprised in a theatre; more and more as film goer I have the feeling that I go to the theatre to check the film is exactly as I imagined from the amount of information I had before. We wanted to give something fresh, surprising and unexpected; and using this mix of POV and conventional cinematography was a part of that surprise; a REC film that doesn´t look like it.

GS: You co-directed [REC] 1 & 2 with Jaume Balagueró.   Was it always planned for you to direct [REC] Genesis alone?

PP: Once we knew the producers wanted 2 more films, we wanted to achieve a double goal: not losing control over them and having time for our personal projects aside REC. Splitting the tasks was the best formula for those two conditions to happen. And as Jaume was working already on Sleep Tight, I went first.

GS: What was the inspiration behind [REC] Genesis? I imagine you started with the image of ‘girl in wedding dress with a chainsaw’ and worked back from there?

PP: That was the starting point indeed. Some times, an image comes to you and you can not rest til it exists. That happened with this one.

GS: What did you make of the US remake of the original [REC], Quarantine & its sequel, Quarantine 2?

PP: We were not involved creatively in those films at all. QUARANTINE helped to make REC extremely popular overseas, and put our film under a new light. Being remade gave REC something close to cult status, so I’m very grateful to the producers that decided to do it.

GS: What can you tell us about the upcoming [REC] 4? Will it follow the found footage motif of [REC] 1 & 2 or the more traditional narrative of [REC] Genesis?

PP: I don’t have a lot of information. More or less what I have read in the web

It’s later been confirmed that [REC] 4 Apocalypse will once again drop the ‘found footage ‘ motif of the early [REC} films and adopt a more traditional approach.

GS: Why do you think the [REC] films have been so popular, both in your native country and worldwide?

PP: I wish I knew! But I think it has something to do with having fun working and doing what you would love to see on a screen. We shot REC as the film we had loved to see while we were 17.

GS: Finally what’s the scariest film you have ever seen?

PP: Who can kill a child (N. Ibáñez Serrador) (aka Death is Child’s Play aka Island Of The Damned, 1976)

About  [REC] Genesis: Koldo and Clara (mostly recently seen in Sky One’s (Mad Dogs) are about to celebrate the most important day of their lives: their wedding. Everything appears to be running smoothly and the bride and groom and their families are enjoying a wonderful day; that is until some of the guests start showing signs of a strange illness. Before they know what’s happening, the bride and groom find themselves in the middle of a hellish ordeal, as an uncontrollable torrent of violence is unleashed on the wedding.

[REC] Genesis will be released by eOne on DVD and Blu-ray 3 September 2012 and will be available online and in all good DVD retailers

Reporter: Phil Hobden (@filmsploitation)

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Jonathan Hickman, Image Comics and comiXology celebrate Hickman’s The Manhattan Projects #1 digital release by joining together to bring fans Hickman’s entire creator-owned catalog to the digital realm!

ComiXology will also offer the exclusive Test Pattern collection which includes The Nightly News, Pax Romana, Transhuman, A Red Mass for Mars and The Red Wing all in one digital edition!

Making waves in the digital realm today, superstar comic creator Jonathan Hickman (Fantastic Four, The Red Wing) announced the digital release of not only his new creator-owned Image Comics series The Manhattan Projects, but also the release of an exclusive digital collection of all his previously published creator-owned work through Image Comics. This digital exclusive collection, Test Pattern, is available only on the Comics by comiXology platform —including iPhoneiPadAndroidKindle Fire and the Web.Test Pattern, a five-volume omnibus, collects Hickman’s entire creator-owned Image Comics back catalog, including The Nightly News, Pax Romana, Transhuman, A Red Mass for Mars, and The Red Wing into one digital edition that both long-time fans and new readers alike can enjoy.

The move toward releasing the entire back catalog of Hickman’s impressive creator-owned career and the digital exclusive collection — available only through comiXology — is also accompanied by the release of a FREE Test Pattern sample edition showcasing the first issues of each original Hickman series. The free Test Pattern sampler serves as a great starting point for new readers interested in Hickman’s work.

As an innovator in the world of digital comics, comiXology is the logical place to release the entire back catalog of my creator-owned work along with my latest work, The Manhattan Projects. Digital is here to stay, and I look forward to finding a whole new audience with these projects and with comiXology,” Says Hickman. “The Test Pattern collection is an amazing way to introduce fans to Jonathan’s recent back catalog all in one shot,” says comiXology CEO and Co-founder David Steinberger. “Getting creator owned comics into the hands of new readers is a top priority for us and as a long-time fan of Jonathan’s work myself, I couldn’t be happier!” “From the moment I opened the package containing Jonathan’s pitch for The Nightly News, I knew he was a creative force to be reckoned with. The work he’s done for us since then has only reinforced my high opinion of his many talents, and it’s nothing short of an honor to associated with a creator of his caliber,” said Image Comics Publisher Eric Stephenson. “We’re proud to partner with Jonathan and comiXology in bringing his entire catalog of creator owned work to digital comic fans everywhere.” The Manhattan Projects is Hickman’s new creator-owned series from Image Comics that asks the question: “What if the R&D department created to produce the first atomic bomb was a front for more unusual programs?”

Teaming with Jonathan Hickman on The Manhattan Projects is artist Nick Pitarra (Astonishing Tales, The Red Wing) the duo unites once more following the success last year’s Image Comics smash hit The Red WingThe Manhattan Projects will debut as Jonathan Hickman’s first creator-owned, same day as print digital release. Debuting today, The Manhattan Projects #1, the five-volume Test Pattern collection, and five-issue free sampler are available for download on the Comics by comiXology platform, the Image Comics App, and the Image Comics digital webstore. The Test Pattern five-volume collection and sampler is exclusive to the Comics by ComiXology platform and can also be found on the Image Comics App, powered by comiXology.

About comiXology
Founded in 2007 with the mission of bringing comics to people everywhere, comiXology — in just five short years — has revolutionized the comic book and graphic novel world.  From creating the industry leading platform for digital comics to tools and services for brick and mortar retailers, comiXology has lead the charge in exposing new audiences to the rich history and culture of comic books. With the development of the Comics by comiXology digital comics platform — available across iPhoneiPadAndroidKindle Fire and the Web — comiXology provides the easiest way worldwide for people to enjoy comics at just the click of a button! Regularly ranking as the top grossing iPad app in the entire iTunes App Store, Comics by comiXology was recently selected as a preloaded app on Amazon’s Kindle Fire. Providing digital comics across multiple platforms, comiXology will not stop until everyone on the face of the earth has been turned into a comic book fan.

Source: Image Comics
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Sunday, March 29, 2015

Do You Think That I Care For You So Little?

You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous person, though for a good person someone might possibly dare to die. But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. (Romans 5:6-8)

The Clara Oswald we see in the recent Doctor Who episode called “Dark Water” is in a very dark place. Traumatic events in her life have caused her to lash out at the Doctor, seeking his help in the most destructive of ways. She tosses spare TARDIS keys one by one into the lava from the volcano she has convinced him to visit, thinking that the Doctor will never agree to her plan unless she threatens both of their lives.

She soon finds out, however, that she was wrong. There’s nothing the Doctor wants to do more than help her find her boyfriend. Clara still finds it hard to believe, after everything she did, that he would want to do anything other than take her home for good. “You're going to help me?” she asks, incredulously.
“Well, why wouldn't I help you?” replies the Doctor.
“Because of what I just did, I...”
“You betrayed me. You betrayed my trust, you betrayed our friendship, you betrayed everything that I've ever stood for. You let me down!”
“Then why are you helping me?” Clara finally asks.
“Why? Do you think that I care for you so little that betraying me would make a difference?”

Peter, seemingly one of the strongest disciples, denied knowing Jesus, yet Jesus never stopped loving him or putting his trust in him as a leader of the fledgling Church, even going so far as to entrust him with the keys to heaven. Although none of the Gospel writers tell us about the first meeting between Peter and Jesus after the resurrection, I imagine the conversation went something like the one between Clara and the Doctor:
“Why are you even speaking to me after what I did?” Peter might have said.
“Do you think that I care for you so little that betraying me would make a difference?”

It’s the same conversation I imagine each of us could probably have with Jesus, many times over, and praise the Lord that we would get the same response.

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Wednesday, November 14, 2007

Slightly Revised Layout

I've altered the layout over on the right to a small degree. I divided the Recommended Links section into Websites and Blogs. Websites are still those places on the web which I find amusing, and the blogs listed are places which have been found to link to this site in some fashion.

Tuesday, November 6, 2007

Updates to older articles

With the recent substantial updates to the SAM site file available here for download, I have begun to update some of the older SAM site and SAM network articles. The Syrian article was recently finished, and readers will note that it has jumped back to the top of the pile, as I have changed the post date to reflect the date it was updated. This will continue to be standard practice as I provide some significant updates to older articles published here.

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Some random and some not-so-random thoughts on family history.

Monday, March 10, 2014

Monday Moanin' Week Four

Still not much improvement in range of motion,  but the swelling is down quite a bit.  My foot and ankle are still going through the rainbow of color.  Mostly browns now.  Therapy was started,  and hopefully I will start to see some improvement.  Only 2-3 weeks left of the boot I hope.

Friday I was fortunate to be able to sit in on the Legacy sources and citations webinar. And now I am champing at the bit to get back to my research.

On a more interesting note,  today is the 35th anniversary of our first date.  And I still feel way too young to have been with him that long!  Love my DH like crazy!  Happy anniversary.

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George Freeman MP: New technology can save the NHS

21st September 2015 There is a truth in our society that we can no longer ignore. With a rapidly ageing population, the UK faces a new demographic reality. | ConservativeHome

George Freeman MP: How technology will transform care and debate about our NHS

18th January 2015 The technological revolutions which have transformed so much of our economy and society are about to transform healthcare. | ConservativeHome

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Why I'm a Bright Blue MP

12th December 2014 The Times recently held a debate pitting Tim Montgomerie against Matthew Parris, trad versus mod, the Conservative party a house divided against itself. | BrightBlue

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Freeman fighter

12th June 2014 After battling to put life sciences at the heart of the Government’s economic plan, George Freeman is ready for a new challenge. He speaks to The House about trade, pavement politics – and taking on UKIP in its eastern stronghold | PoliticsHome

George Freeman MP & Jennifer Arcuri: The call for digital skills – Tech Vs Brains

11th June 2014 The technological revolution we are living through in the twenty-first century is every bit as profound as the industrial and agricultural revolutions of the 18th and 19th. | ConservativeHome

Forget Pfizer pitch, UK must unleash power of its public health service

29th May 2014 Following AstraZeneca's most recent rejection of Pfizer's bid, many may ask if this is a lost opportunity for British innovation, or the salvation of it? | CNN

Who owns Astra is not important

11th May 2014 Amid all the politics, we need to remember a few truths about Pfizer’s proposed takeover of Astra Zeneca, because it embodies the revolution transforming the pharmaceutical industry. | Sunday Times (£)

How to build an innovation economy

1st May 2014 The UK finds itself at a crossroads. | NewStatesman

The Innovation Chancellor – and Britain’s knowledge economy future

29th April 2014 Last Friday in Cambridge, the Chancellor delivered a seminal speech setting out his commitment to science, technology and innovation as central to the Government’s long term economic plan. | ConservativeHome

Budget 2014: a torpedo Budget which will split the Shadow Cabinet

24th March 2014 Last week’s budget has transformed the political landscape. | The Spectator

The Early Access to Innovative Medicines scheme will make us healthier for longer

14th March 2014 Imagine this: you take a routine trip to the doctors. Except it doesn’t turn out to be routine at all. | The Spectator

The medical data revolution is good for your health

17th February 2014 No change is ever easy. The front-page headline in The Daily Telegraph yesterday – “NHS admits new medical records database could pose privacy risk” – exemplifies broader worries over the latest developments in health care, which is undergoing a quiet revolution being driven by use of data. | Telegraph

The Government launches the Growth Voucher

27th January 2014 Today, the Government launches the Growth Voucher, a free-market Conservative response to Labour’s failed approach to small business. | ConservativeHome

There are no shortcuts to reforming the EU

15th January 2014 What does a Tory eurosceptic look like? | The Spectator

EU rules are stifling a golden age of biotechnology

10th January 2014 As the world’s population climbs towards nine billion we face a perfect storm of geopolitical pressure for the basics of life. | The Times (£)

How social conservatives and liberals can build a progressive alliance

22nd December 2013 Is the future of the Conservative party one of a house divided against itself, as Tim Montgomerie eloquently suggested recently? | ConservativeHome

It’s time to break the Whitehall silo and put startup discipline into government

4th December 2013 The curse of Norman Lamont makes politicians wary of mentioning the “green shoots” of recovery. | CityAM

Share NHS data for the common good

27th November 2013 George Freeman MP has introduced a ten minute rule motion looking at electronic patient records and patient data opt-ins | PoliticsHome

Integrating aid and trade

November 2013 The financial press are often fickle in their enthusiasm, no more so than over the case of emerging markets | Delivering the UK export ambition, November 2013

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Why EU red tape risks our economic recovery

16th October 2013 You know you've been in politics too long when you're onto your tenth 'Red Tape Challenge'. I remember Neil Hamilton as Deregulation Minister in the Major Government in '92 promising to slash the jungle of red tape. Every time I cheered. Every time the flood of Regulations and Directives kept pouring out of the Whitehall and Brussels machine. | Spectator

George Freeman MP: A new deal for start-ups

30th September 2013 George Freeman will speak at the EntrepreneurCountry conference in London. He is calling for a new deal for start-ups removing tax and regulation for the first 2 years or until turnover hits £250k. | PoliticsHome

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Green conservatism: protecting the environment through open markets

September 2013 Letting people reform their own energy market. | Green Alliance

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How UK life sciences can help us win in the global race

Autumn 2013 There is one fundamental question facing our generation: how do we unlock a sustainable UK economic recovery which tackles both the need for growth and public service productivity?| Reform Journal (extract)

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feeding, fuelling and healing the world

May 2013 The developing world will in the next 50 years go through what the developed world has gone through in the 300 years since the Agricultural Revolution. | FST Journal

London Calling - How Britain must now lead the campaign for European reform

10th July 2013 Last Friday’s historic Commons vote in which the Conservative Party in Parliament voted in favour of an EU Referendum Bill edges us closer to putting into law the Prime Minister’s groundbreaking commitment to the strategy of "Renegotiation + Referendum". | ConservativeHome

George Freeman has tabled an adjournment debate on Genetic medicine and patients' rights

13th June 2013 10 years ago the UK was home to one of the great breakthroughs in the story of mankind. | Politics Home

There is a Conservative case for overseas aid. We should make it

29th May 2013 The UK is set to join a select group of countries this year by becoming the first member of the G8 group of rich nations to meet the 0.7% GDP aid goal set by the UN in the 1970s. | NewStatesman

A more businesslike government would do wonders for Britain

3rd June 2013 Six years after the collapse of Northern Rock heralded the crash of New Labour’s borrowed boom, Britain’s economy is slowly beginning to recover. Osbornomics (public spending restraint, reform of welfare and education to support work, tax breaks for business) is beginning to work. | Telegraph

UKIP come knocking: what's going on, and how to respond?

3rd May 2013 My constituency of Mid Norfolk is seriously small 'c' Conservative country. | ConservativeHome --- Why we must unleash the little guys to drive economic recovery

11th February 2013 With a predictably fragile economic recovery, Labour 5%-10% ahead in the polls and a growing public doubt about whether we can have both public sector deficit reduction AND economic growth, George Osborne’s mid term budget in 40 days is critically important. | ConservativeHome

Life’s Better

September 2012 A sustainable recovery from the crash of the credit-fuelled boom will need to be driven by real businesses making and selling products and services the world needs. | ModernGov

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The Specialist Advisor

18th October 2012 When is a government minister not really a minister? | House Magazine

Why Britain needs an innovation economy

18th March 2012 Something is stirring in the boardrooms of British industry. You heard it at Davos. | The Observer

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The Innovation Economy: Industrial Policy for the 21st Century

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We need new models of funding for infrastructure to unlock new sources of finance and for growth

29th November 2011 History shows that leaders often turn to national infrastructure projects at times of historic economic crisis. | ConservativeHome

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The scale of the economic challenge of competitiveness we force demands radical reforms—across the board in the way Government does its business. | 2020C

An enterprise revolution

The economic crash of 2008 represents the most profound economic crisis faced by the West in 75 years. | Reform

Why infrastructure is essential to our global competitiveness as a knowledge economy

9th October 2011 Infrastructure investment is essential to a coherent plan for growth and economic recovery. | Respublica

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Cultural Studies with a soundtrack? Meaning?

Well, or cultural politics, with a focus on popular music, but drawing on media studies, and a bit of post-subculture, and cultural disability studies, in what I have to view as an energising interdisciplinarity.

The point of this website is to publicise all my books and other projects, as well as offer links to other sites I think interesting and relevant, esp. campaign and advocacy ones. I am adding basic material about my books over the next few weeks, as well as new pages, e.g. on festivals, gardening, disability, punk maybe, media research, etc.

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  1. george Post author

    I will have to find some photos of the band we were in together, the Last Blast, Norwich mid-80s. No Martin of course you are not the PA–he knows who he is! I remember as a boy being with you and Mike Skulski in the 1970s at his house in North Creake listening to you two cranking up the 4X12 stacks with your guitars, and wishing I could play an instrument.

  2. Marty

    I’ve got a preference for the personal side of your blog, I’ll need to read Senseless Acts again now. I don’t think I’m the prize asshole but I probably wouldn’t realise if I was, hi anyway :o)

  3. Ailsa McKay

    I like the pictures, especially the one of you at Glastonbury! However, I think it would be good if the bar at the top with the photo continually changed photographs, but only if this is possible… <3

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• Valentine’s Day Gift Ideas

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    Individual Fitness Programs | Gift Certificates Available

    Valentine’s Day is February 14, 2015. Are you still looking for that perfect Valentine’s Day gift for your special someone? Georgia Personal Training and Anytime 24 Hour Fitness have a couple of really great suggestions for you. GPT offers a number of gift certificate options. One of our most popular is our 3 session introductory trail program. You can purchase a 3 session personal training gift certificate, for only $99. This special 3 session program is designed to allow new training clients the opportunity to work with a personal trainer. For those that have never tried personal training, they have the opportunity to try personal training, without having to make a huge long term commitment. Most who try our 3 session program stick with it, especially after they see just how wonderful and supportive our trainers are.

    red hearts on ribbonAnother great idea for Valentine’s Day is the gift of a gym membership, to a facility that is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Giving a gym membership as a gift is honestly a great idea. What says I love you more than the gift of good health. The vast majority of us are simply afraid to take that first step in signing up. We run into folks everyday who desperately want to loose weight and enjoy the benefits of a healthy lifestyle. Many always seem to find reasons why it just isn’t convenient to start today. Your Valentine’s gift of a paid membership for them may be just the thing they need to finally come into the gym and to begin their workout journey. We have example after example of people who thought about it and thought about it and finally did joined. Once they get into the gym and see all the great equipment and see just how wonderful the atmosphere is in a smaller 24 hour gym, they love it.

    1958284_10152243608417295_1146011627_nWe opened our doors for business back in 2008. There are people in the Roswell and Marietta area who joined this gym when we opened, that are still here and active as members of the facility. Many of them are still coming in multiple times per week. It speaks volumes to the great gym and personal training organization that we created. We worked hard to create a super comfortable environment. Focusing our energies around providing world class training equipment and a great family atmosphere. Matt, Brandi, Payton and the rest of the Lein and Loner clan all work very hard to maintain a great environment, conducive to keeping people coming back over and over again.

    Brandi and PWe encourage you to stop by the Georgia Personal Training Center and the Anytime 24 Hour Fitness facility. Once you meet Matt and Brandi in person, you will quickly see that they are great kids, truly committed to helping people improve the quality of their lives through physical fitness training and education. They both spend incredible numbers of hours at the gym, helping training clients and gym members to find ways to glean the maximum value from each workout. You don’t have to be a personal training client to get help. Matt and Brandi both are always quick to jump in to help out gym members. It’s not uncommon to see them jump in on workouts and offer words of encouragement to you, as they work through the exercise routine with you.

    Georgia Personal TrainingThere are so many gyms out there, but, as we all have learned, not all gyms are created equal. I personally have tried some of the larger gyms. They are crowded and the wait times for machines can be really irritating. Many of us simply opt for smaller crowds and a more comfortable workout environment. Don’t let this Valentine’s Day get past you without giving your special someone the ultimate in healthy Valentine’s gifts. What is it they say about chocolate, a moment on the lips, forever on the hips. Instead of that big ole box of chocolates you usually buy, give them a gift that can improve their quality of life, for years to come. Which option will you choose this Valentine’s Day?

    Happy Valentine’s Day

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Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Southern Poland

So now it is off to Poland again! This time to the south, around the lovely old city of Krakow, where I will be guiding a group of naturalists from the UK. We will explore some great forests for woodpeckers and fishponds for migrating wildfowl and waders. And no trip to Poland's forests is complete without a scattering of fungi and now, in September, there will most likely be loads, of all shapes, sizes and colours... edible and unedible!

Rick said...

I love Cracow--spent the winter of, what was it, 95-96 there, and got to do very little birding, but what a city.

Gerard Gorman said...

Yep, it is a great base for birding S-SE Poland... by the way, I STILL need that Arizona Woody!


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The Top 4 Books Of Dr Seuss & His Friends And How To Get Them For Just $1

1 - The Cat In The Hat

Join the Cat in the Hat as he makes learning to read a joy! It’s a rainy day and Dick and Sally can’t find anything to do . . . until the Cat in the Hat unexpectedly appears and turns their dreary afternoon into a fun-filled extravaganza!

This beloved Beginner Book by Dr. Seuss, which also features timeless Dr. Seuss characters such as Fish and Thing 1 and Thing 2, is fun to read aloud and easy to read alone.

Written using 236 different words that any first or second grader can read, it’s a fixture in home and school libraries and a favorite among parents, beginning readers, teachers, and librarians.

 2 - Go, Dog. Go!

Reading goes to the dogs in this timeless Beginner Book edited by Dr. Seuss.

From big dogs and little dogs to red, green, and blue dogs, dogs going up and dogs going fast . . . who knew dogs were so busy? And laughter will ensue at the repeated question “Do you like my hat?” Like P. D.

Eastman’s classic Are You My Mother? Go, Dog. Go! has been a go-to favorite for over fifty years, leaving audiences of all breeds wagging their tails with delight.

 3 - Ten Apples Up On Top!

Learning to count has never been more fun than in this crazy tale of a dog, a lion and a tiger all showing off how many apples they can balance on their heads as they skip, walk the tightrope and roller skate their way through the book.

4 - Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You?

Here's an introduction for babies to the wonderful mishmash world of sounds.
Listen to the cow's moo, the frying eggs' sizzle, and the thunder's boom boom boom.
There are plenty of noises for everyone!
Mr. Brown is an expert at imitating all sorts of noises.

Moo moo! Hoo hoo! Cock-a-doodle-doo! Oh, the wonderful sounds Mr. Brown can do. Now see if you can do them too!

This fabulous book is ideal for teaching young children all about noises!

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