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Boneless Pork Loin Roast with Herbed Pepper Rub

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  1. Pat pork dry with paper towel. In small bowl, combine all rub ingredients well and apply to all surfaces of the pork roast. Place roast in a shallow pan and roast in a 350 degrees F. oven for 1 to 1-1/4 hours (18 to 20 minutes per pound), until the internal temperature on a thermometer reads 145 degrees F (63 degrees C). Remove roast from oven; let rest until temperature reaches 160 degrees F, about 10 minutes before slicing to serve.
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Most Helpful Positive Review
May 25, 2009

Quite good, word of warning however. There is a fine line between cracking peppercorn and grounding. Be careful, you don't want to leave the peppercorn so big that guests are cracking their teeth on it. But also you don't want to over-ground it to the point that the pepper becomes over-whelming, which with 3 tbs. of black pepper in this recipe its quite easy to accomplish (I upped servings to 12). Id recommend giving this recipe a dry-run before anything major. It has potential to be a very good home-made version of your "average" supermarket pork loin that comes with a pepper-herb coating, but mind your pepper.

Most Helpful Critical Review
Sep 28, 2009

I dislike rosemary, so I didn't add it. And after reading some recipes here I cut back on the pepper. I still didn't really care for it. I think it was the Parmesan that turned me off. It made a funky, crispy crust that seemed to conflict with the flavour of the pork. I liked the general idea of the spice mix. Just not the Parmesan.

Aug 25, 2009

Amazing! I halved the pepper like othes suggested. I placed it on a bed of onions and cooked for around and hour and 10 min for my 1.6 lb pork loin. I sprinkled the extra spices on the onions. I cut it about 3/4 of the way thru cooking to let some of the juices out. The carmelized onions were amazing and the pork had great flavor!

Jun 11, 2009

My family thought it was excellent. But we do like pepper a lot. I also put quartered potatoes and onions along side the pork to serve as a side dish which worked out well.

May 18, 2009

Delicious! Roast stays tender and the drippings can be used sparingly for a bit more flavor (the drippings are strong in flavor). I served with rosted red potatoes and greeen beans - yummy!

Oct 13, 2009

My husband loves anything peppered. Me, not so much. But with the blend of pepper and herbs this was amazing! Prepared it just as posted, but something was off with the timing. It took WAY longer than the stated amount of time. Could be something to do with the fact that I had a semi-boneless? Or is the 150 degree internal temp. correct? We'll figure it out, though, because we loved it! We will probaby add more garlic next time, too, because we love garlic!

Nov 18, 2009

The other reviewers aren't kidding when they say it's a lot of pepper! I cut the amount in 1/2 and it was still a little much. I also had to roast it for longer than the time called for, but that could have been an elevation issue...I will make this again, with an adjustment to the pepper.

May 27, 2009

My Family LOVED this!! I am VERY sensitive to any kind of spicy food so I thought it was a little too spicy. But is was very moist and Yummy!! Definitely something I WILL MAKE AGAIN!! :)

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  1. Stir the wild rice, white rice and oil in a 3 1/2-quart slow cooker. Cover and cook on HIGH for 15 minutes.
  2. Add the broth, thyme, red pepper, celery, onion and chicken to the cooker. Turn the heat to LOW. Cover and cook for 7 to 8 hours (or on HIGH for 4 to 5 hours) or until the chicken is cooked through.
  3. Serve with the sour cream and green onions, if desired.
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Jan 04, 2009

I added 1 bay leaf and carrots, and it turned out delicious. I would add 1 extra cup water next time though as it was quite thick. 4 hours on high was enough time.

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Feb 23, 2009

Oh my. So, I wanted to make extra soup, and decided to make 1.5 recipes instead of 1. Good thing I didn't double it. Opened the crock pot to it literally full of rice mush. Not grains of rice. Mush. The flavor is ok but, wow, this is just ridiculous. There is no liquid left AT ALL. Just mushy rice. Maybe wait until the end to add the rice?

Dec 02, 2008

Flavor is good, but the cook time makes the rice turn to mush. I would try cooking it again, but put in the rice towards the end.

Nov 03, 2009

Made this for a family get together & everyone loved it, even the kids. I didn't have time to slow cook, so I simmered on the stove. I took the advice of previous reviews & waited to throw in the rice until the last hour. Even with that, I still needed to add about 3 additional cups of stock towards the end of cooking as the rice soaks it all up. As a personal preference, I added 3 sliced carrots & 3 cloves of minced garlic. Loved the subtle kick the red pepper flakes added.

Nov 22, 2008

I made this yesterday,it was snowing in Virginia Beach and this sounded just right for the weather. I followed the receipt for the basics but then added some chopped up bacon, carrots sliced thin, frozen broccoli and squash. It was the best

Aug 09, 2010

This was bland, but a good base recipe. Tastier the next day. My rice turned to mush but I did slow cook it for ages.

Jan 10, 2012

I wish I had read all the reviews first. Instead, I followed the recipe and ended up with a pot of mushy rice that was inedible. I had to throw it out. :(

Nov 29, 2011

Ok base recipe but pretty bland by itself. I added a cumin, garlic powder, and fajita seasonings and sausage and went ahead and had a cajun soup. plus added red bell peppers for color contrast.

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  • 13%
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  • 5%
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  • 19%
  • Fat
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  • 24%
  • Fiber
  • 1.3 g
  • 5%
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Facebook is getting the slightest bit more nostalgic.

The company is trying out a new feature inside of the News Feed that lets users surface old Facebook posts from their Timeline.

Facebook confirmed the new feature in a statement: “We’re testing a new way to help you remember favorite moments by making it easier to revisit previous News Feed posts,” a Facebook spokesperson told AllThingsD. “When you click on this notice, you will see a selection of some of the top posts from your News Feed from a year ago. This is just a small test at this stage.”

The feature is much akin to startups like Timehop and the now-defunct Memolane, single-serving apps that connected to users’ various social media accounts and resurfaced status updates, tweets and photos from years past.

I found Timehop in particular to be equal parts charming and embarrassing when looking back on what I had to say just a year or two ago.

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Your registration for Homecoming helps us to be better prepared for the number of people we will have on campus over the weekend.  By registering, you will receive some Samford Homecoming swag and your official Homecoming nametag for the weekend.

What hotel should we use?
Hampton Inn Mountain Brook , Courtyard Marriott off Lakeshore, SpringHills Suites Birmingham Colonnade and The Westin downtown are Samford's host hotels.  Many other hotels are available in the area as well.

Where will we sit at the football game on Saturday afternoon?
The football tickets you purchase for Homecoming are reserved seating on the west side.  You will be able to choose where and with whom you would like to sit with to cheer on the Bulldogs!

I just registered for Homecoming online.  How do I know that it worked?
As soon as you register and successfully complete the payment section, you will receive an email notification.

Where should I park?  Is parking free?

Parking is free on campus.  There are a variety of places to park.  The South Stadium Lot and the Wright Center Commuter Lot will be your best options over Homecoming Weekend.

Who should I contact if I have questions about Homecoming?
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09/01/11 As expected, Dr. Terry Barker, superintendent of Union-North United School Corporation, was named to lead the School City of Mishawaka. Barker, who came to the LaVille Schools in July of 2009, was named the new Mishawaka superintendent during a special board meeting on Tuesday night. He will officially begin in his new position on October 3.

Barker will be the first permanent superintendent for the Mishawaka schools following the retirement of R. Steven Mills. Mills retired in May of 2010 on the heels of a controversy over his apparently unknown marriage to another school administrator.

Dan Towner who has filled the top job as the interim superintendent, will continue with the schools as the head of the curriculum and instruction department.

Barker has a varied background in education that should serve him well. He taught in the Muncie area before entering into an administrative position as an elementary principal in 1982 for the Shelby Eastern Schools in Shelbyville, Ind.

Other positions included serving as principal of Walt Disney Elementary School from 1989 until 1996. Walt Disney is a part of the Penn-Harris-Madison School Corporation. After pursuing his doctorate in educational leadership at Indiana University, he accepted a position in Illinois as an assistant superintendent for curriculum and human resources at West Chicago Schools. His internship for the degree was with the Indianapolis Public Schools.

For two years, beginning in 2000, he was the assistant superintendent for human resources at Lake Zurich Schools, also in Illinois, followed by a superintendent position in Mount Prospect,  Ill. Before coming to Union-North, he held the top job at North Newton School Corporation in Morocco, Ind. from 2006-2009.

Reportedly, Barker will receive a salary of $140,044 per year.

Barker came to Union-North amidst difficult economic times for the corporation and has been credited with getting them back on solid financial ground.

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Posted: Monday, April 05, 1999

Once again we were blessed with an enjoyable NCAA Tournament. The beauty of March Madness lies in the element of surprise. You learn to expect the unexpected. It canbe a humbling experience for the Goliaths of college basketball. It can be humbling also for the so-called experts, the analysts who told us three weeks ago that Duke was unbeatable.

I enjoy pulling for the underdogs who ignore the predictions that they don't have a chance.

And the conquering heroes this time around? Teams like Gonzaga, guys like Wally Szczerbiak.

Be honest now. How many of you penciled in a Sweet 16 that included Gonzaga, Miami of Ohio, Southwest Missouri State, Florida and Oklahoma? How many of you put ANY of these teams in the third round?

In the first two rounds, 48 games, the underdog won 20 times. All four No. 10 seeds won in the first round. All four No. 9 seeds did likewise.

A No. 4 seed, Ohio State, reached the Final Four, stirring memories from only two years ago when another No. 4, Arizona, upset another team deemed unbeatable, Kansas, in the regionals and proceeded to win it all.

To those who complained about the inclusion of seven Big Ten Conference teams, the league finished 13-7, with four teams reaching the Sweet 16 and two reaching the Final Four.

So with all this drama, it was shocking to learn last week that CBS's ratings for the tournament hit an all-time low. What? A basketball junkie who didn't watch? I would have viewed more if not for obligations.

A CBS spokesperson gave The Associated Press three possible reasons for the decline in viewership.

One, the margins of victory were wider this year compared to '98, even with all the upsets. Only 14 of the 63 games were decided by five points or less, just one went into overtime, and 17 were blowouts of 20 points or more. Last year's tournament had 20 games within five points, five in overtime and 11 determined by 20 points or more.

Two, the lack of Western representation in the later rounds. UCLA and Arizona were bounced in the first round. Stanford and Utah fell in the second after reaching the Final Four last year. Who couldn't find the Gonzaga story (and please, don't call them Cinderellas!) appealing?

Three, the networks' coverage of the conflict in Yugoslavia.

Conversely, news concerning TV ratings was good for ESPN, which reported that its viewership of the NCAA Women's Tournament has increased throughout its four-year history of broadcasting the event. Our first 80-degree day of the spring hasn't even arrived yet, and already there is talk about the 1999 high school football season. That's because Bill Harle of Vega, publisher of Top of Texas Football, has sent questionnaires to coaches in search of information.

For those who contribute to the annual preview of West Texas teams, it means dealing with a barrage of football facts and figures from now until practice starts in August. And it seems like the Super Bowl was played only a few days ago. The Texas High School Coaches Association has announced its coaches for the 1999 Southwestern Bell All-Star football and basketball games, which will be held in late July in Fort Worth.

John Parchman, head coach of the Class 5A Division II state champion Midland Lee Rebels, will coach the North football team, and Mike Johnston of Katy will coach the South. The game will be played at 7:30 p.m. July 27 at Texas Christian's Amon Carter Stadium.

The basketball game, which will be played at 7:30 p.m. July 26 at the Wilkerson-Greines Activity Center, will pit veteran coach John Curry of Monahans with the North against San Antonio Clark's Kevin Hamilton with the South. Curry has earned 476 wins in his career, while Hamilton's resume includes Region IV-5A Tournament appearances in both 1997 and 1998 with Clark. Cheers: For Cowboys quarterback Troy Aikman and his support of a children's center in Oklahoma City that provides what seems like an endless number of activities for youths. Throughout his career it's been evident through interviews image is important to him. It's quite unlikely Aikman attended a party in California knowing that the host was a racketeer.

Jeers: For Dennis Rodman and his continued selfishness. He negates any on-court contributions with his off-court behavior. If he doesn't care enough about his teammates to stick with them through every practice and every game, then why did he sign? I say no play, no pay - period! Why would any company - in this case the parent of the Carl's Jr. hamburger chain - reinstate this jerk for endorsements?

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Posted: Friday, January 21, 2000

DALLAS - Technology companies are picking up the pace of their opposition to Internet taxes as a panel appointed by Congress prepares to hold its final hearing in Dallas in a few weeks.

Some governors and mayors are pushing for Internet sales taxes, fearing that their tax base will erode as Internet commerce grows.

The issue has moved up in prominence on the presidential campaign trail. This week, Sen. Republican John McCain pledged to forever ban taxes on the Internet and dared Texas Gov. George W. Bush to do the same. Industry groups mobilizing against an Internet sales tax were delighted.

"It really would stop this growing Internet sales economy dead in its tracks," says Caroline Graves Hurley, director of tax policy for the American Electronics Association.

Large technology companies that operate nationwide have larger staffs dedicated to complying with and paying state taxes than federal taxes, she said.

"There's no way little companies who sell over the Internet can do that," Hurley said. "They don't have the resources that Hewlett-Packard does."

Michael Turner, vice president of marketing for Clear Commerce, an Austin company that makes software to process Internet purchases, cited estimates that Web sales equal less than half of 1 percent of all sales. He said an Internet sales tax would be ineffective.

"A lot of merchants are marking five transactions a month" on the Internet, Turner said. "You're going to have people sending in (tax payments of) $12 a month." He said governments would lose money handling lots of small-dollar tax payments.

Dallas Mayor Ron Kirk has emerged as a leading proponent of an Internet sales tax. Kirk is a member of the federal Advisory Commission on Electronic Commerce, which is due to hold a two-day hearing in March in Dallas, then report its recommendations to Congress.

Kirk said many states get almost half their revenue from sales taxes, and the boom in Internet retailing could siphon tax dollars used to buy fire engines and patch potholes. Texas might need an income tax to offset lost sales-tax revenue, he said.

Kirk also argues there's a fairness issue involved. Affluent people, with computers and Internet-access accounts, will be able to avoid sales taxes by shopping online, he said, while poor people without computers will have to pay sales taxes to support basic city services.

"We believe goods bought and sold over the Internet ought to be treated the same as goods bought on Main Street," he said.

The National Governors Association, cities, counties and state legislatures want the advisory commission to endorse a voluntary Internet sales tax system in which all states would adopt a single rate and a third party - such as credit-card companies - would calculate, collect and distribute the tax based on where the purchaser lives.

Another commission member, former U.S. Senate tax aide Stanley Sokul, told a Dallas audience Thursday that an Internet sales tax would dangerously extend the taxing power of states. He said Congress should wait to see whether Internet commerce grows before applying a decades-old sales tax approach to the Internet.

Kirk and Sokul agree that the commission will probably urge Congress to ban taxes on Internet access and international Internet tariffs - but fail to agree on the divisive sales-tax issue.

A three-year congressional ban on Internet sales taxes expires in October 2001.

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Editorial: Cowboy Roundup USA is in town this weekend

Posted: Friday, June 08, 2001

Forget the cowboy hats. Forget the starched shirts. Forget the ironed Wranglers.

For a glimpse at the real world of cowboys and cowgirls, nothing beats the Cowboy Roundup USA Coors Ranch Rodeo.

The rodeo is part of the four-day Cowboy Roundup USA, which began Thursday.

The ranch rodeo starts tonight and concludes Saturday night. The competition will be in the Amarillo National Center on the Tri-State Fairgrounds.

The allure of this rodeo is that the performers actually are cowboys and cowgirls and the events are those actually performed on ranches.

Fourteen area ranches will compete in bronc riding, cattle sorting, wild cow milking, cattle branding, cattle mugging and working ranch horse.

All the competitors must be employed by the ranch or must have worked a specified amount of time for the ranch during the prior year.

"The cowboy way of life is the same now as it was 100 years ago, except for minor changes," said Quien Stapleton, president of Cowboy Roundup USA. "We try to profile that way of life through these events."

In addition to the ranch rodeo, the Tri-State High School Rodeo Finals will be held this weekend.

The high school event began Thursday and continues at 10 a.m. today and 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the Amarillo National Center.

Eastern New Mexico and the panhandles of Texas and Oklahoma have a rich tradition steeped in the mystique of the Old West. Cattle, horses, chaps, stirrups and cowboy hats are just a part of this area's history. The Cowboy Roundup is a chance to not only step back in time, but embrace what makes this region unique.

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Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams announces a new report Feb. 10 by a grand jury investigating clergy sex abuse.
PHILADELPHIA (CNS)—"Cry out full-throated and unsparingly," says the first reading from Isaiah (58:1) for March 11—the date set for a Lenten prayer service at Philadelphia's Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul.

That same day's responsorial psalm (Psalm 52) gives voice to "a heart contrite and humbled" that will not be spurned by God.

The two passages describe the range of sentiments Catholics in the pews have expressed in the wake of the Feb. 10 release of the Philadelphia grand jury report alleging sexual abuse by clergy and personnel in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia.

Since the report's release, the Archdiocese of Philadelphia has announced new measures and initiatives, and many priests have addressed their parishioners' concerns from the pulpit and in private. Cardinal Justin Rigali also invited all Catholics to the 7 p.m. penitential service March 11, the first Friday of Lent.

The purpose of the prayer service is "for the forgiveness of all sins and for reconciliation with God and in the community," the cardinal wrote in his letter for Lent.

"During this Lent we are especially conscious of the grave sins of sexual abuse committed against minors, in particular by members of the clergy," he said. The prayers of petition during the service will "ask for the healing of all victims, that through the power of God's grace sexual abuse will be effectively prevented, and that young people will always be respected and protected and be able to live the full measure of their human dignity as children of God without being abused by anyone."

In interviews with writers for The Catholic Standard & Times, Philadelphia archdiocesan newspaper, after Masses Feb. 27, Catholics at parishes throughout the archdiocese reflected a mix of emotions concerning the abuse crisis and the archdiocesan response.

Some parishioners were unwilling to comment, while others, as at Our Mother of Good Counsel Parish in Bryn Mawr, wept instead of speaking.

John Grady, a member of the finance council at St. Bridget Parish in Philadelphia, spoke of the exasperation and frustrations felt by some in the pews.

"I have little confidence in the archdiocese's ability to manage this scandal and address the needs of victims," he said. "After the first grand jury report, they hired a nationally recognized expert and rejected her recommendations. The response this time was more legalese. These crimes should be immediately referred to civil authorities. The archdiocese should not be investigating itself other than as an internal matter."

All allegations of sexual abuse, according to archdiocesan policy, are reported immediately to the county district attorney.

Other Catholics were even more blunt.

"Let the archdiocese deal with it," said Mary Ann Schrader, a parishioner of Our Mother of Good Counsel. "They might do a lousy job, but it's their job."

David Alonso, from St. Agatha-St. James Parish in West Philadelphia, said, "It's a real shame. The people who have suffered, it is really horrible what has happened. ... I don't think there's been a strong enough response, overall, from the church; that yes, we made mistakes but from now on we will make sure that they don't happen.

"It just makes it seem to other people that (church leaders) don't think it's that big of a deal. That's the impression it provides, I think," Alonso said. "What I would like to hear is that from now on we will handle these cases differently."

But others said there is reason to believe in the measures being implemented.

"I of course have faith that things will get better," said Michael Chovanes, a campus minister at St. Agatha-St. James. "The church has certainly been in much worse situations in the past. In the very early church, we were very heavily persecuted. ... We managed to come through those with our strength intact. I have faith that things will get better."

"I would say that I am guardedly optimistic regarding the latest steps taken by the archdiocese to address this grave sin which continues to plague our church," said Jim Hayes, a parishioner of St. Charles Borromeo in Drexel Hill. "These steps must demonstrate that now more than ever, the archdiocese is truly committed to facing this evil head-on. We must continue to pray for the victims as well as our bishops and priests."

Concern for priests was frequently expressed in the comments of the faithful.
"I feel badly for all the good priests dedicated to their calling," Grady of St. Bridget's said. "They have been ill served and their credibility undermined by their superiors."

Stephanie Erdman, a member of St. Leo Parish in Philadelphia, echoed his concerns. "I'm afraid all of our priests are being painted with a brush that applies to a few of them. They are humans; they can make mistakes. The higher-ups also made mistakes in handling all of this," she said. "I pray for all of those good priests who are doing a good job and are being hurt by this."

"I support the church and 99.9 percent of the wonderful priests we have," said Jesse O'Shea, a police officer of the 9th Precinct in Center City and member of St. Bridget Parish.

"There is always a bad apple," said Samuel French, a parishioner of Our Lady of Consolation in Philadelphia, "but it's only a small percentage of priests and it doesn't take my faith away."
Contributing to this report were Matthew Gambino, Lou Baldwin, Marimah Branch, Christie Chicoine, Bill Donaghy, Michelle Francl-Donnay, John Gillespie and George Gregory.

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Omnivore’s Dilemma

Part three of Michael Pollan's Omnivore's Dilemma deals with obtaining food for a supper directly from nature.  The three previous meals made by Pollan were from McDonald's, Whole Foods, and local farms.  The fourth and final meal Pollan made was from products that he obtained from the forest and his garden.  This meal reminded me a lot of the life that Novella Carpenter lived for a month in Oakland.  Pollan argues that living and eating this is not practical in the future, but could help people appreciate their food more than they do now.  Especially when it comes to killing an animal.  There is much more appreciation and food for thought when the objects of supper were slaughter by the eater.  Becoming a conscious eater is what Pollan wants us to become instead of eating prepared food.


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Jerry Mickulek wins 3 Gun Nationals with AR GOLD Trigger, the number one AR15 trigger in the world

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For Ultra High Speed Shooting – reset travel is everything. Even the best of the of the aftermarket AR triggers can’t get below about  .070” Since we started with a clean piece of paper and knew we wanted the ultimate high speed precision trigger, we keep the reset short and clean. How short? Depending on where you set the over travel,  just over .030” – that’s right less then half the reset travel. With the AR Gold trigger, you just relax your finger a bit and it resets – like a well set up 1911.

Here is what the Ultimate Trigger Master Jerry Miculek has to say about the AR Gold reset:

"The AR Gold trigger is the best there is. Not only is it lightning fast, the reset is so short I don't even have to think about it - I just shoot and the trigger takes care of itself. The AR Gold trigger is a must-have for both high speed and precision shooting."

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"The short reset movement allows shots to be fires at a high rate of speed when necessary, the beautiful action allows for precision fire that was only obtainable in a two stage design in the past. When I first heard about the trigger I was skeptical, but after installing it in a rifle... I will be installing these triggers in all my rifles!"

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Canyon Lake

1-3283423093-OCanyon Lake is a reservoir on the Guadalupe River in the Texas Hill Country in the United States. Canyon Lake is a U.S.Army Corps of Engineers reservoir formed on the Guadalupe River in Comal County by Canyon Dam, which is located about sixteen miles northwest of New Braunfels. The dam, lake, and all adjacent property are managed by the U.S. Army Corps Of Engineers. Water rights, waste water treatment, and hydroelectric generating facilities are managed by the Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority. Construction of the dam began in 1958 and was completed in 1964. C The reservoir serves to provide flood control and water conservation for the communities downstream from the dam. The lake is also a popular recreational destination.

The construction of the dam and subsequent growth of the area surrounding the lake are among the most significant developments in twentieth-century Comal County history. Inundating a portion of the Guadalupe River valley cost the area productive farm and ranch land as well as two rural communities-Cranes Mill and Hancock-but it also stimulated development that transformed the economy and demography of the county. After the lake was filled north central Comal County became one of the largest population centers in Central Texas and the focus of a resort and tourist industry that rivaled manufacturing and agriculture in importance to the county economy. The dam made possible land development along the lake shore and in the area downstream, which for the first time was protected from periodic flooding. Even as the lake was filling, the first residential subdivisions-including Canyon Lake Hills and Canyon Lake Village-began attracting permanent and temporary residents. By 1967 there were forty-six subdivisions on the shores of Canyon Lake and fourteen more in the hills surrounding it. By the mid-1980s more than eighty neighborhoods had been built, and estimates of the permanent population of the lake area ranged from 12,000 to 15,000. Seven lakeside public parks and two public marinas served thousands of weekend visitors. Residents and tourists supported a variety of new businesses and service industries that transformed the former farm and ranch communities of Sattler and Startzville into thriving commercial centers and occasioned the new town of Canyon City. In the late 1980s two schools and thirteen churches served the permanent residents of the lake area. The Canyon Lake community, forty-eight miles from San Antonio and fifty-six from Austin, continued to attract new commuter, retired, and weekend residents. Towns in the immediate vicinity of the lake include former city Canyon City, Hancock, Fischer, Sattler, Startzville and a census-designated place known as Canyon Lake, Texas. Larger towns nearby include New Braunfels and San Marcos.

Canyon Lake, Texas

Sits conveniently between Austin and San Antonio and just minutes from New Braunfels, Gruene, Bulverde, and Spring Branch. On the rim of the beautiful Texas Hill Country, Canyon Lake has a shoreline of 80 miles. Canyon Lake is known as the Water Recreation Capital of Texas. Canyon Lake has beautiful clear water, a variety of bass, camping and day parks, hiking trails, and lots of room for recreation. 22 boat ramps provide easy access. Canyon Lake welcomes the Upper Guadalupe River from the west while the Canyon Lake Dam provides a controlled release of cool waters into the Lower Guadalupe River, temperate enough to sustain rainbow trout life throughout the summer.

Canyon Lake is a unique community among rolling hills in the midst of lake and river waters. Day trips to heritage-rich central Texas towns, such as Fredericksburg, Kerrville, Johnson City and Bandera, make us a top location for lodging. Water activities are abundant. The cedar and oak woods are saturated with wildlife. Neighborhoods are shared with pet-like deer. It’s calming and natural. Photographers will be exhilarated. Enjoy local hangouts and concerts on the river. Take a helicopter ride for a bird’s eye view.

Central Texas Hill Country

Canyon Lake Texas is a true hidden treasure of the Central Texas Hill Country. With breathtaking waterfront and lake views; this is the place where many are starting to call home. White tailed deer, foxes, roadrunners, and other wildlife are in abundance in the Texas Hill Country and especially at Canyon Lake. The Texas Hill Country is famous for its hilly terrain, live oak trees, limestone rocks, native animals, and clean fresh air. Canyon Lake has so much to offer: Boating/Sailing, Water Skiing, Kayaking, Fishing, Scuba Diving, Parasailing, Hiking, Dining, Shopping, and much more. Canyon Lake is located just forty miles north of San Antonio and twenty-five miles west of New Braunfels and San Marcos.

Communities in Canyon Lake

Cascada At Canyon Lake

Cordova On Canyon Lake

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Ensenada Shores & Las Brisas

Mystic Shores At Canyon Lake

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  • chinmaythosar - Monday, April 14, 2014 - link

    typo , last line 'anternna' .. Reply
  • webmastir - Monday, April 14, 2014 - link

    Cable less server rooms in <10yrs. You heard it here folks. Reply
  • extide - Monday, April 14, 2014 - link

    I highly doubt it. Sometimes you just can't beat the simplicity of a cable, no configuration/pairing, etc. Reply
  • DanNeely - Monday, April 14, 2014 - link

    Except on the very small/low end I doubt it. Once you've got multiple racks up and running with a decent set of high network activity apps running on a few of them the single 10gb for the room an access point based on something like this can offer will be swamped.

    Also, QoS is much easier to get and maintain on a wired network.
  • solipsism - Tuesday, April 29, 2014 - link

    As well as security. Reply
  • Cogman - Monday, April 14, 2014 - link

    Yes, lets take something that is VERY secure, VERY reliable, and VERY fast and replace it with something that isn't as secure, reliable, or fast. Because.. screw it, we hate wires!

    And don't forget, there isn't a single technology which is currently applied to wireless to make it fast which couldn't also be applied to an optical cable (if most of them aren't already). Optical cables operate on the same principles as wireless signals. The difference is the medium (which, the optical medium is WAY more reliable and less prone to things like interference)

    After all, it is EM radiation all the way down.
  • enealDC - Tuesday, April 15, 2014 - link

    could not have said it better. Reply
  • wolrah - Thursday, April 17, 2014 - link

    Never. Never ever.

    I have no idea why people keep saying this, but they obviously don't understand server networking needs or the simple fact that anything you can do over a wireless connection to make it carry more traffic also applies equally to wires. Wires will always have more bandwidth and less interference, end of story.

    Wireless networks are good for mobility and easier to install, but servers don't move and are usually located in rooms intended to be easily wired.
  • TransformationCAFromSpace - Saturday, April 19, 2014 - link

    Well, if it's a concentrating solar farm and an attempt to get biome and raptor nests (and munition detection) fostered out on the edge where aves won't be instacooked flying above the heliostats...and they eat orange cables, mind you, then sure. Until you want peered hadoop services; then the tunnels will be (salt loops or) fiber, because you can't stack open antenna spaces together (even if you're fine sighting signal down rows of heliostats somehow.) Salt loop server cooling and networking is a midge harder if you want a lateral technology stack from other cogeneration...crank those heat pump junctions up a notch and design cold junctions with biomes. Who wants high-test steel packed with alumina as cladding if it can be paying clients? Reply
  • welkie - Thursday, April 24, 2014 - link

    Wireless is useful where the clients are moving around. Wired always seems to perform better with stationary clients. I don't wanna be all Bill Gates here, but nobody will ever need more than a shielded cat6 ethernet cable. ;) Reply
  • dragonsqrrl - Monday, April 14, 2014 - link

    Soo... any word on when we might start seeing integrated 10Gb on desktop chipsets? Reply
  • MikhailT - Tuesday, April 15, 2014 - link

    The article gave the only clue we have: "While the 4x4 solution we covered at CES is expected to go into mass production later this year, the 8x8 chipset is expected to arrive in 2015."

    Routers with 8x8 (wave3) likely to show up in the second half of 2015, and for clients. I'd suspect late '16 or early '17 for 8x8 desktops and laptops.

    I wouldn't expect the mobile device to get it before 2018, the power constraints are far greater.
  • golemB - Monday, April 14, 2014 - link

    Ugh. The tech industry really should stop confusing consumers with "5G" meaning either "Fifth Generation" or "Five Gigabits/bytes" (and the same with any other number). If we're talking about ten gigabits per second, please write 10 Gbps or 10 Gb/s, not "10G." Otherwise you'll keep propagating more confusion (think of all the iPhone 4 owners who thought they had 4G mobile connections). Reply
  • ganeshts - Monday, April 14, 2014 - link

    Unfortunately (or, fortunately, depending on the way you see it), 10G is Quantenna's branding for their 8x8 solution and it also happens to be capable of up to 10 Gbps theoretical speeds. At least it is better than Broadcom's 5G for the fifth-generation branding (the 5G Wi-Fi itself wasn't capable of 5 Gbps obviously). Reply
  • Likkie - Monday, April 14, 2014 - link

    I agree, its so confusing at times. Although I think that 5G and 10G should refer to the speed since G is the official SI prefix for Giga. Whereas they should use 5Gen or Gen5 to refer to generation. Reply
  • Beany2013 - Tuesday, April 15, 2014 - link

    They've got to try to make themselves look better than they actually are somehow, but at least 10G in this case actually refers to a potential speed (Even if no client for years is going to be capable of it, and likely no client at all on this generation of wireless - unless you can imagine a tablet with 8 antennas in it).

    It's almost as annoying as the whole 3G LTE/4G thing. When as I recall, they started calling extended 3G standard clients and networks 4G because, frankly, they thought it'd sell better, even though by that point the concept of a true 4G network and the speeds it would be capable of had been thrashed out, and 3G LTE was not, by a wide margin, anywhere close.

  • Krysto - Monday, April 14, 2014 - link

    Sounds like slightly boosted 802.11ac-2013:
  • BMNify - Tuesday, April 15, 2014 - link

    "Sounds like slightly boosted 802.11ac"

    it is.... notice though how the antiquated IEEE consensus couldn't even agree to use 1024-QAM 10 bits/second/Hz, never mind 4096 QAM 12 bits/second/Hz bonded channel's , having to make do with only 256 QAM 8 bits/second/Hz

    "The IEEE 802.11ac specification adds channel bandwidths of 80 MHz and 160 MHz with both contiguous and non-contiguous 160 MHz channels for flexible channel assignment. It adds higher order modulation in the form of 256 quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM), providing an additional 33-percent improvement in data rate. A further doubling of the data rate is achieved by increasing the maximum number of spatial streams to eight."
  • LouisMGant - Tuesday, April 15, 2014 - link

    Optical cables operate on the same principles as wireless signals. The difference is the medium (which, the optical medium is WAY more reliable and less prone to things like interference) Reply

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Apr 4, 2015

March Favorites

Holy Moly, April is here already. Listen to me say "absolutely love" like a million times because these products have me feeling some type of way this month! What are your March Favs?

Feb 24, 2015

Rise With The Sun // NEO X ANAWOZA

Rise with the sun and let the new day inspire you. This month I teamed up with The Adidas Neo Label to show you how to style this awesome bomber jacket. Wearing this cozy number lead me to find adventure in my day. I took NEO to some of my favorites spots in Brooklyn!
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Jan 20, 2015

Goodbye 2014

Heres to a full year living in the city that never sleeps. 2014 you'll be missed! I've done so much this year and I can't wait to grow more in the year 2015. So thankful for the friends I made, places I got to go to, food I ate and the memories I'll keep forever.

Dec 4, 2014

What did November look like?

Whelp, its been a few weeks since I made a video. I had the flu for a week and then tons of events in the month of November.  Also a lot of friend loving this month! Halloween with the babe crew, seeing Jake and Tyler kill it on stage and my best friend Paige's birthday. Check it out! Don't be shy and subscribe! Give it a thumbs up if you like these monthly recap videos, I wouldn't mind doing them more often.

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Blogger babe friends, hot cider, and some shopping. Refinery29 knows the way to my heart.

Oct 30, 2014

A Day with Arrojo // ANAWOZA

I had the pleasure of spending all day with the Arrojo NYC team. They transformed my hair into my ideal style for fall. The atmosphere here is so professional and welcoming, they never disappoint me. The stylist are always so excited with my crazy hair ideas and aren't afraid to tell me no and give me honest advice with alternatives. If you have an ARROJO salon near you, I HIGHLY recommend it.

So come experience my day with ARROJO and see what fall hair style Im into!

Oct 25, 2014

50 Facts About Me!

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The Anderson County Sheriff's Office took over the responsibilities of Animal Control from the County Government in 2010. Animal Control Officers respond to calls for service, including nuisance complaints, animal bites, injured animals and animal cruelty. Prior to the Sheriff's Office taking over Animal Control, the county's animal control division was only dealing with domesticated pets, such as cats and dogs, as permitted under state law, and only operated 5 days per week.

Also, when the county operated Animal Control, the Sheriff's Office handled large animal calls.  Moving the Animal control officers to the Sheriff's Office consolidated these responsibilities under one unified division, and now operates 7 days per week.

The Anderson County Sheriff's Office Animal Control Officers patrol designated areas locating animals in violation of animal regulation laws /ordinances. These duties involve: capturing - biting, vicious, diseased, loose or stray animals. There are roughtly 7000 calls per year to be answered by this  division for service.  These officers transport all captured animals to the Anderson County Animal Shelter.


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Thursday, 18 January 2007

Secrets included

Where did I get the idea that God knows my ‘inner life’—what I’m thinking, my emotions that remain unexpressed, my lusts and temptations, my dreams. After all, it is counter-intuitive. I’d started to think that maybe I’d gleaned it from Romantic literature and the mystics rather than the Scriptures. But then I opened Matthew 6. Three times, Jesus recommends private religious activity—giving to the needy, praying, fasting—each time contrasting the reward received by displaying these activities before others with the ‘secret reward’ that God grants when these deeds are done for His eyes only.

“And your Father who sees in secret will reward you”, Jesus repeats after each instruction.

Without words such as these (and there are plenty more in Scripture, now that I’m thinking of it), there would be no basis for morality beyond public laws. None of my thoughts, feelings, inclinations, prayers, would matter in the slightest. But because of these words of Jesus, I am beholden to God for all that I am, inside and out.

It is an idea that supports the hope that in the end, true justice will be done by God, since God knows all, secrets included.

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Tuesday, 16 January 2007

Proximate words

There is great wisdom in some Buddhist scriptures, but nothing that can reliably be traced back to the Buddha himself. This is the conclusion of Edward Conze, the translator and compiler of the Penguin selection of scriptures. In his introduction, he makes it clear that there is no "original gospel" (his words) in Buddhism. "All attempts to find it are based on mere surmise," he explains. The major reason for this is that many of the traditional texts were written down between 100-400 A.D. (Conze doesn't use C.E.), that is, 600-900 years after the Buddha's life. That is not to say that the words of the Buddha have not been preserved, just that at the moment we have no reliable way of finding them.

Christianity has its traditional texts, too, but it is much easier to identify the source of the traditions—the writings of the followers of Jesus, in particular the four 'biographies' (gospels) written within 70 years of Jesus' life on earth. There's potential for slippage there, too, but the proximity of Jesus' life to its earliest written records helps us to understand why Christians can hold the New Testament in such high regard as a genuine source of knowledge about their leader.

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Sony Xperia Arc S ROM ported to Galaxy Nexus

April 17, 2012

When considering Android modders and the projects they choose to devote themselves to, the question "Why?" often arises. And the answer, almost universally, is "why not?" Such is the case with GNexusTimeScape, a new ROM for the Galaxy Nexus from noted XDA member koaaN. The custom ROM takes the interface, apps and widgets from the Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc S - an older, smaller and considerably weaker phone - and puts them front and center on the Galaxy Nexus.

It's an interesting if not overly utilitarian project - those who love to add HTC's Sense, Samsung's TouchWiz or Motorola's Blur UIs to phones that were never meant to run them should get a kick out of it. If you've already rooted your device and flashed a custom recovery, you know the drill: just download the ZIP file from the thread and flash it in ClockworkMod. Sony's custom launcher, media apps and interface will all work on your Galaxy Nexus, and it's running Android 4.0.3, so you won't lose any features including access to Google apps.

Currently most of the major functions are working, with the exception of NFC and video recording and playback. The release is only candidate version 1.1, so if you're intrigued, you might want to wait for a few more updates. The developer doesn't specify whether GSM or LTE versions of the Galaxy Nexus are supported, but since he's from Sweden, it's probably safe to assume that Verizon users need not apply. Happy flashing, and absolutely, positively, definitely make a backup for this one.

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HTC aims for 15 percent of the global smartphone market

Last time we heard from HTC CEO Peter Chou was when he denied ever saying that he had plans to quit the company. Chou addressed those comments as rumor and made it clear that he was "not going to find another job." And well, it looks like he also had a few things to say on the topic of a comeback and market share during a recent shareholder meeting.

HTC CEO Peter Chou sticking by brand

The latest, most breaking news out of HTC is at least somewhat consoling: Peter Chou, head CEO for the company will not be stepping down, no matter how turbulent or troubled the future may get. For Mr. Chou, it's been a personal investment since day one.

HTC CEO to step down if HTC One fails

HTC has a lot riding on its new flagship smartphone, the HTC One. The company believes that this new smartphone will be THE smartphone to get HTC out of its financial rut. HTC's CEO, Peter Chou, has also stated that if the HTC One is not successful, he will step down as CEO. Chou spoke with HTC's senior executives late last year about his decision, and is going all in with the HTC One.

HTC M7 further confirmed by a screaming Peter Chou

It seems pretty clear that HTC is going to be announcing the M7 shortly, however just in case anyone still had any remaining doubt as to whether the handset is real -- this video should remove that doubt completely. You see, HTC CEO Peter Chou recently took to the stage during a company event and not only chanted M7, but also took out the phone to test the camera.That said, we should clarify that this was a private HTC event, however in the world we live in today, that video has since been found on the web.

HTC CEO Peter Chou seems positive on what 2013 will bring

Things were not all that great for HTC in 2012. In fact, according to a recent Wall Street Journal report, HTC had one of their worst years in 2012. It was said that the third quarter earning have them sitting at the lowest in about six years. Or to put that another way, the share price is down about 80 percent as compared to the record high that HTC saw in 2010. That being said though, it looks like HTC has been making some plans for a comeback.

HTC will be making a “Major Announcement” Tomorrow Morning

HTC just sent over a little tip warning us that they have a major announcement they plan to reveal early tomorrow morning, That is August 11th. CEO Peter Chou will be conducting a teleconference in Los Angeles, and that's about all we know. This comes as a surprise because we haven't heard anything as of late or seen anything large leaked that may be announced tomorrow but we have a few ideas running around up stairs.


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  1. smitty543

    smitty543 Well-Known Member

    Went to download updates apps on wife's EVO Shift 4G and got message that insufficient memory. She has few apps installed and I an only updating those present. I thought app updates overwrite older versions; how can I free memory to be able to update her apps?

    Thanks for your assistance!

  2. tube517

    tube517 Well-Known Member Contributor

    Is her phone rooted? Consider rooting it and flashing a custom ROM. The Shift has major memory issues.

    If not interested in rooting, you can use an app like app2sd to move (some of)the apps to the SD card. Also, delete unnecessary apps, Clear out Facebook and Email apps as they tend to build up data and eat up the memory. (clear data and cache in both apps)
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  3. smitty543

    smitty543 Well-Known Member

    How do you clear cache from the EVO Shift? Also how to clear data? (Phone NOT rooted. Wife does not want it.)
  4. tube517

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    Menu>Settings>Applications>All>(Choose your app)

    Press "Clear Cache"

    Press "Clear Data"

    Clearing data will remove all emails or facebook. You will need to log back in and they will resync. You won't lose anything as it is like setting up all over again. clearing data removes alot "junk" and "Trash" that builds up.
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Last Updated: 2012-08-08 07:13:51
  1. lazy bum

    lazy bum Active Member

    no bubbles. Had a nice, clean installation.

  2. kl68

    kl68 Well-Known Member

    Installed my XO yesterday, had a few micro bubbles that went away in 12 hours (left it in the sun for a 1 hr or so), no orange peel, no grainy screen, and very clear. The wife couldn't tell that I had on a screen protector, and it covered the entire screen (remember there's two types of XO protectors for the GN, you probably got the Case Fit one that doesn't cover the entire screen). Slight rubbery feel but not bad at all. Overall, I'm happy with it.
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  3. chamjin

    chamjin Well-Known Member

    it's been five days since i threw away skinomi protective skin and put on xo skin.

    Really easy to install, no bubble
    skin covers almost whole screen. around 0.5mm on each side, but it's not noticeable. It has only slight orange peel look. You will only see it if you reflect direct light on it and check.

    However as much as I wanted this skin to look perfect, screen looks streaky. It is also somewhat hard to scroll.

    So i am going to try SGP flex and see what happens... :mad:
  4. s1ck s0n

    s1ck s0n Well-Known Member

    I like mine, it is a tiny bit rubbery, I am very happy with mine, it covers the screen very nicely.
  5. chrisexv6

    chrisexv6 Well-Known Member

    I LOVE the Steinheil Ultra Crystal protector for my Fascinate, but it doesnt seem like they are making the UC for the Nexus. I may give their "Flex" version a shot, the UC is literally crystal orange peel that I can say, I know they are "expensive" but Im very impressed. I only hope the Flex is just as nice.
  6. Theshape

    Theshape Well-Known Member

    Have had Zagg on everything I own from ps3 to remotes, camera screens and phones and iPad. Also tried ghost armor on a few of my phones. I can say out of the wet application install protectors. This has the least amount of orange peel I mean very very little. Also covers the whole screen also no distortion at all. A lot less rubbery feel especially compared to the other two brands I previously mentioned.
    I read a lot of the complaints about these wet install protectors and it seems that is just the nature of this protectors material. But out of the three (zagg, ghost, & xo) the xo has the least of these symptoms in my experience.
  7. JSK

    JSK Well-Known Member

    Should have bought a SGP.
  8. SolidOrange

    SolidOrange Well-Known Member

    i am very unimpressed with the Flex. still has the rainbow banding that people are describing on much cheaper protectors (skinomi, klearkare, etc.) at 5x the price. the first one i put on was horrible, let it cure for 72 hours, but the rainbow banding was just unbearable. my second one is not as bad as the first, but still enough to annoy me. i really wish there was a viable option for screen protectors on this phone, but so far, there doesn't seem to be. i ran my thunderbolt screen naked and it ended up scratched to hell from being carried in my pocket. i wanted to be more careful with the GNex, but it looks like a naked screen is the only way to enjoy screen clarity at the moment. :(
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  9. edge

    edge Well-Known Member

    You probably didn't let it dry all the way. Mine covered all of the screen as well and doesn't have orange peel. The "rubbery feel" also went away after a day or so of drying. I have noticed tiny scratches some times appearing, but they self heal after a day or so, for deep ones I use a blow drier to warm up the skin and rub them out. Other ones can't do that. With so many people liking XO and being fans on here, you must have done something wrong.
  10. BubbaNexus

    BubbaNexus Well-Known Member

    problems with reading comprehension? :eek:

    i mentioned i gave it a week to cure....and what exactly could i have "done wrong"?
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  13. edge

    edge Well-Known Member

    Your OP on here was on the 31st. You said you got a replacement on the 29th. I count 2 days there..
  14. BubbaNexus

    BubbaNexus Well-Known Member

    you got me! i put on both screen protectors for a two day period! :eek:
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  16. chrisexv6

    chrisexv6 Well-Known Member

    Good to know, unfortunately :(

    Ashame there doesnt seem to be a really good protector out there. Doesnt look like they are making an Ultra Crystal for it either, it seems the outer edges of the glass are a little "bevelled" so the dry contact glue wont stick to them.....I noticed at least one person with the same issue using the Boxwave just didnt adhere to the outer edges. Granted, the right case may cover right over it, but still.

    I might give the Boxwave a try....its a dry install, and it seems to be cut to cover the WHOLE screen. According to their site the areas around the edges should eventually conform and stick like the rest of the protector, so maybe thats the best bet right now for this phone.

    I really really didnt want to leave it naked, I just know Ill pull some dumb dumb move and end up scratching it.
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  17. barqer

    barqer Member

    The rubbery feel of the XO skin will go away. Mine was pretty rubbery for a couple days after putting it on, but it seems that using it made it go away. Its super smooth now. No orange peel. A soft T shirt wipes away any marks I've seen on it.

    If you are scratching it with a paper towel, what the heck are you doing to it? Mine seems near bulletproof so far.
  18. ckelly33

    ckelly33 Well-Known Member

    I'm not a fan of the rubbery feel as compared to the dry screen savers. It is the best best wet application screen saver I've used though.

    I had it on my original Nexus but had to replace the phone. I removed it and it say on my countertop for 2-3 days. Last night I was curious what it would do it if I reapplied it. Amazingly it looked great (still rubbery though). It had a couple of crumbs underneath it so I peeled off again and ran it under some warm tap water and got the crumbs off then soaked it with the application fluid and reapplied. Curing now but it still looks good!!

    Amazing product if I can get used to the feel!
  19. BubbaNexus

    BubbaNexus Well-Known Member

    i ordered the steinheil oleophobic screen protectors last night. they leave a little uncovered at the bottom, but everyone says they are crystal clear and dont feel rubbery.

    like another poster said, there really is a very limited selection of quality skins for this phone.....
  20. ib4

    ib4 New Member

    I've had my XOSkin on my GNex for about a week now. I messed up during the installation process (well at the time, I didin't think I did) and long story short, there are 4 ugly little bubbles down near where the LED light is. Additionally, several streak marks that look like ugly smudges are visible really only when the screen is off. I'm 50-50 on whether to take it off or leave it on. and if i take it off, I'm 50-50 on whether to pay a little extra to get a replacement or just leave it off.
  21. BubbaNexus

    BubbaNexus Well-Known Member

    If youre going to send it back, id just get a refund.
  22. DroidR

    DroidR Member

    +5 for every point quoted - to take out a scratch get it warm, squirt a little of the cleaning solution that came with it on a microfibre cloth and they come right out. You have to give these XO skins a few days to mature and bond to the surface and the rainbow/cloudiness and bubbles disappear. Nearly all of the stickiness goes away as well in a week.
  23. batwings1

    batwings1 Well-Known Member

    Have had the XO on my GNex since day one and I am very happy with it. My wife has gone through a Zagg and 3 or 4 dry protectors. Nothing has been better than the XO INHO.
  24. reggie16

    reggie16 Well-Known Member

    i had tons of bubbles after i kinda messed up the installation. I had 2 big ones in the bottom right corner but decided to wait it out before i bought another one. Low and behold, about 4 days after initial installation all the bubbles were gone and i have a crystal clear cover. almost all the rubbery feeling is gone now. I love it.
  25. skiflyer

    skiflyer Well-Known Member

    XO installed last night, lots of relatively small bubbles but not what I would've called micro. Woke up and they were all gone.

    I've got about a 1mm gap between the protector and the bottom of the phone, other than that I'm pretty pleased. I tend to shun screen protectors, but my DroidX got some pretty good dings in the glass so I decided to give it a go this time around.

    So far so good.

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Projects, projects

While I haven't been doing much artwork, I have kept busy with artsy-craftsy projects at the new house.
We have discovered that our new neighborhood is a wealth of yard sales every weekend. Look what I found today. Cute little wicker chair, just Sofi's size, but painted a dreary tan.
I spray-painted it and like the new color better. I think I need to make a little cushion for the seat.

I think this little chair will live at my house for visiting children.

I have been saving wine corks for many years. I am finally putting together the bulletin board I've had in my mind. It is on the door of a closet in my utility room, and visible from the kitchen.

It looks like it is going to require about 500 corks, which I am hot gluing one at a time. Hope I have enough—we may have to start drinking lots more wine if not! A purist might use only real cork corks, but I am including all those new-fangled plastic corks as well. The push pins work equally well on both kinds. As I glue these on I am trying to glue them to show the name and/or graphics on the corks. I notice there are a lot of Charles Shaw corks! That's the cheap Trader Joe's brand, also known as "two buck Chuck." We are not wine snobs—we try most anything short of Boone's Farm and Ripple. (Do those still exist?) There are also quite a few Smoking Loon brand corks. Those are the orange plastic ones that say, "Whooo, Whooo, Whooo, Cough, Whooo..." I confess I buy it for the label. Greatest wine label ever, in my opinion. Anyway, aren't all those corks pretty? I just love them.

Here's a finished project.

This is also in the utility room. This little countertop was covered in chipped blue formica. Last week I tiled it, using some tiles I got at the rebuilding center and some Mexican tiles with fruits and vegetables on them. I've been hauling those Mexican tiles around for years. I knew I'd find a use for them someday. The string bag holds some of my cork stash. Sometimes being a packrat pays off.

  1. I Love that wine lable! Such a great idea for a bulletin board. I would have snapped that chair up in a jiffy as well. Love the color you painted it.

  2. Smoking Loon is one of our favorites, too. Let me know if you need any more wine corks; I take ours up to SCRAP on North Williams every couple of months. We have two cork boards I made years ago; one holiday season I made about a dozen to give away.

    The chair is a great find; excellent color choice.

  3. now i know what to do with all our wine corks !!!! and 2 buck chuck is good, and i hate to say this, but don't count out the boone's farm sangria.....add some fruit and a few other ingredients and it's good...on a hot afternoon...around the BBQ....with friends...... :-)

  4. What a great idea for the corks! We all save them and ask ourselves why. Now I know why. And I love the tile idea; I have all these leftovers that I auditioned and hated - maybe I'll like them better if they are on a horizontal surface.

    How's St. Joseph doing these days?

  5. The counter top looks great. Did you put the tile right on top of the formica or remove the formica first?

  6. Looking good! Especially the chair.


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27+20's husband and wife graphic team, Nico and Katwo Puertollano!

Nico and Katwo Puertollano

Nico: director + designer
Katwo: artist + musician

Favorite toy as a child
Nico: Voltes V 12"
Katwo: I really enjoyed my Barbie collection, but I loved playing with everything - clay, mud, colored pen, cooking utensils, anything talaga!

Favorite toy now
Nico: the new 12" Voltes V die cast
Katwo: my cellphone

Nico: good food and good company
Katwo: creativity and kidness

Nico: crappy food
Katwo: arrogance

Top 5 movies
Nico: Seven Samurai, Before Sunrise, Citizen Kane, Children of Men, Gattaca
Katwo: Mean Girls, Finding Nemo, As Good As It Gets, SHawshank Redemption, and Goodfellas

Top 3 books
Nico: Ender's Game, Fahrenheit 451, Martian Chronicles
Katwo: God Bless You Mr. Rosewater, Pears before Swine by Kurt Vonnegut, To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, and Nightmares and Dreamscapes by Stephen King

If you can have any super power, what would it be?
Nico: I want to be like Spiderman just cause I'm a big fan... second would be "Q"
Katwo: To fly!

Where do you find your inspiration for your creations?
Nico: music, art, and life
Katwo: The people around me, friends and colleagues.

Most inspiring statement/moment (heard/said/read)?
Nico: The rich must live more simply so that the poor may simply live - Gandhi
Katwo: A purpose of human life, no matter who is controlling it, is to love whoever is around to be loved - Kurt Vonnegut, "Sirens of Titan"

  1. pwede ko bang mahiram ang mga vonnegut ni katwo? :p

    nice project, miyatch! looking forward for more. :D

  2. pakilala kita kay katwo, deej :D cool yon! at salamat :D keeping my usisera persona occupied. hehe.

  3. grabe gulo ng studio. hehehe

  4. oks lang yan, nico. i think "creative mess" ang tawag dyan. hehe :D

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David R. Snydman, MD; Barbara G. Werner, PhD; Nancy N. Dougherty, RN, MPH; John Griffith, PhD; Robert H. Rubin, MD; Jules L. Dienstag, MD; Richard H. Rohrer, MD; Richard Freeman, MD; Roger Jenkins, MD; W. David Lewis, MD; Scott Hammer, MD; Edward O'Rourke, MD; George F. Grady, MD; Karim Fawaz, MD; Marshall M. Kaplan, MD; Mark A. Hoffman, MD; Andrea T. Katz, BSN, RN; Maureen Doran, RN, MPH, The Boston Center for Liver Transplantation CMVIG Study Group.
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Objective: To study the effect of cytomegalovirus immune globulin (CMVIG) on prevention of cytomegalovirus (CMV) disease and its complications in patients receiving liver transplants.

Design: Randomized, multicenter, placebo-controlled, double-blind trial.

Setting: Four university-affiliated transplant centers in Boston (Boston Center for Liver Transplantation).

Patients: One hundred forty-one liver transplant recipients completed the study.

Intervention: CMVIG or placebo (1% albumin) given in a dose of 150 mg/kg body weight within 72 hours of the transplant, then at weeks 2, 4, 6, and 8, and at 100 mg/kg at weeks 12 and 16.

Measurements: Patients were observed for 1 year after transplantation for the development of CMV infection, disease, pneumonia, as well as for opportunistic fungal infections, graft survival, and mortality. Weekly cultures were taken of urine, buffy coat, and throat wash for CMV for 2 months, then monthly, and at any clinical illness.

Results: Using a Cox proportional-hazards model, CMVIG was shown to reduce severe CMV-associated disease (multi-organ CMV disease, CMV pneumonia, or invasive fungal disease associated with CMV infection) from 26% to 12% (relative risk, 0.39; 95% CI, 0.17 to 0.89). When we controlled for the use of monoclonal antibodies to T cells (OKT3), CMVIG use was still protective (relative risk, 0.39; CI, 0.17 to 0.90). Rates of CMV disease were reduced from 31% to 19% (relative risk, 0.56; CI, 0.3 to 1.1) in CMVIG recipients although no effect on rates of CMV infection, graft survival, or patient survival at 1 year were shown. When we controlled for the urgency of transplantation and OKT3 use, a reduction in CMV disease (relative risk, 0.22; CI, 0.06 to 0.81) was shown for globulin recipients for all serologic groups except for the highest risk group (the CMV-seropositive donor, CMV-seronegative group).

Conclusion: CMVIG reduced the rate of severe CMV-associated disease in patients undergoing orthotopic liver transplantation. No effect of CMVIG on CMV donor-positive, recipient-negative liver transplant recipients was shown, suggesting a need for additional prophylactic strategies.

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