Searching for the Super Bowl Start Time: 2013 Edition

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">Feb 3, 2013 at 1:59pm ET by </span><a href="http://searchengineland.com/author/vanessa-fox" rel="author" style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Vanessa Fox</a> From: http://searchengineland.com<br /><br /><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;">Surely every organization managing an event site knows at this point that people want to know what time things start. And that those potential viewers are likely to turn to Google to find out.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://searchengineland.com/figz/wp-content/seloads/2013/02/start-time-trends.png" style="color: #555555; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><img alt="Super Bowl Start Time Trends" class="aligncenter wp-image-147212" height="493" src="http://searchengineland.com/figz/wp-content/seloads/2013/02/start-time-trends.png" style="border: 1px solid black; display: block; margin: 0px auto; padding: 0px;" width="608" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;">This year, Google just provides the answer right at the top of the page: February 3rd at 3:30 pacific.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://searchengineland.com/figz/wp-content/seloads/2013/02/google-starttime-sunday.png" style="color: #555555; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><img alt="Super Bowl Start Time" class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-147207" height="459" src="http://searchengineland.com/figz/wp-content/seloads/2013/02/google-starttime-sunday-600x459.png" style="border: 1px solid black; display: block; margin: 0px auto; padding: 0px;" width="600" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://searchengineland.com/when-is-the-super-bowl-start-time-the-nfl-finally-gets-it-right-110176" style="color: #555555; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Just as we saw last year</a>, the NFL understands what their target audience is looking for and has built a page that provides exactly what they need (that ranks first in the search results), as well as invites them to tour the rest of the site (which gives the NFL the page views they need – win/win!).</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://searchengineland.com/figz/wp-content/seloads/2013/02/nfl-starttime.png" style="color: #555555; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><img alt="NFL Super Bowl Start Time" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-147209" height="496" src="http://searchengineland.com/figz/wp-content/seloads/2013/02/nfl-starttime.png" style="border: none; display: block; margin: 0px auto; padding: 0px;" width="537" /></a></div><h2 style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px;">Super Bowl Start Time: Search Results Through the Years</h2><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;">This query is a great example of how far search has come (both for search engines and for organizations who want to reach their audiences online). Let’s take a quick journey back in time.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://searchengineland.com/can-searchers-find-the-superbowl-16396" style="color: #555555; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">2009 Super Bowl</a> - Google offers up the 2007 game (and Microsoft Live Search provides a Wikipedia result about the history of the Super Bowl).</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://searchengineland.com/figz/wp-content/seloads/2013/02/2009starttime.jpg" style="color: #555555; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><img alt="2009 Super Bowl " class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-147211" height="301" src="http://searchengineland.com/figz/wp-content/seloads/2013/02/2009starttime.jpg" style="border: none; display: block; margin: 0px auto; padding: 0px;" width="500" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://searchengineland.com/searching-for-the-superbowl-start-time-how-are-the-engines-the-nfl-and-cbs-doing-35451" style="color: #555555; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">2010 Super Bowl</a> -Google attempts to fix the problem of choosing either spammy results or spammier results (“So when is the Super Bowl 44 start time? What is the Super Bowl Time? Football fans all over America would be anxious for the game to begin on 2010 Feb 07 at Land Shark Stadium, Miami, Florida. The Super Bowl 2010 start time is pretty well set…”) to rank by adding a Onebox with the start time at the top of the page. (Bing mostly just provides the spam.)</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://searchengineland.com/figz/wp-content/seloads/2013/02/2010starttime.jpg" style="color: #555555; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><img alt="2010 Super Bowl Start Time" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-147215" height="640" src="http://searchengineland.com/figz/wp-content/seloads/2013/02/2010starttime.jpg" style="border: 1px solid black; display: block; margin: 0px auto; padding: 0px;" width="425" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://searchengineland.com/what-time-does-the-super-bowl-start-a-continuing-lesson-in-search-visibility-63633" style="color: #555555; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">2011 Super Bowl</a> – Google gives news organizations the benefit of the doubt, and puts Google News results above the Onebox that gives searchers the answer they are looking for.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;">Sadly, news organizations have decided that what works for churn and burn spam sites works for credible organizations with names that would hurt more to lose and thus began HuffPo’s tradition of crafting articles almost solely out of search queries (“Are you wondering, “what time does the Superbowl start?” It’s a common search query, as is “what time is the super bowl 2011″, “superbowl start time” and “superbowl kick off time 2011″, according to Google Trends the evening before the Super Bowl.”).</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;">Bing is also ranking pages with wisdom like “But a whole bunch of people don’t even know when the Super Bowl starts. As of noon EST today, here are some of the most frequent Google searches, based on the Google Trends site…”</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://searchengineland.com/figz/wp-content/seloads/2013/02/2011starttime.png" style="color: #555555; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><img alt="2011 Super Bowl Start Time" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-147218" height="822" src="http://searchengineland.com/figz/wp-content/seloads/2013/02/2011starttime.png" style="border: 1px solid black; display: block; margin: 0px auto; padding: 0px;" width="500" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://searchengineland.com/when-is-the-super-bowl-start-time-the-nfl-finally-gets-it-right-110176" style="color: #555555; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">2012 Super Bowl</a> – Everything changes, and the angels rejoice (or maybe that’s just me). Sure, HuffPo is still at it, and still ranking (“For starters, it’s two words, not one. “Superbowl” is an incorrect spelling”), and the Onebox on Google mysteriously goes missing, but the NFL creates a page that is intersection of target audience analysis and organization goals and builds it in such a way that it shows up for searchers.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://searchengineland.com/figz/wp-content/seloads/2012/02/super-bowl-time-serp.png" style="color: #555555; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><img alt="2012 Super Bowl Start Time" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-110177" height="328" src="http://searchengineland.com/figz/wp-content/seloads/2012/02/super-bowl-time-serp.png" style="border: 1px solid black; display: block; margin: 0px auto; padding: 0px;" width="524" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;">By the way, that multiple spelling technique isn’t  isn’t just a Super Bowl strategy for the Huffington Post. Take a look at this <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/01/kanye-west-straitjacket-abu-dhabi-photo_n_2597925.html" style="color: #555555; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">article about Kanye West’s fashion sense</a> (“He had on a straitjacket (perhaps more commonly spelled “straight jacket”)…)”:</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://searchengineland.com/figz/wp-content/seloads/2013/02/kanye.png" style="color: #555555; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><img alt="Kanye" class="aligncenter" height="138" src="http://searchengineland.com/figz/wp-content/seloads/2013/02/kanye.png" style="border: 1px solid black; display: block; margin: 0px auto; padding: 0px;" width="589" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">2013 Super Bowl</strong> – And this year, the NFL is once again meeting their audiences needs and Google has rewarded them by ranking them first. The Onebox is also back and above the news results this time. And Bing is also providing the start time at the top of results.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://searchengineland.com/figz/wp-content/seloads/2013/02/bing-startime.png" style="color: #555555; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><img alt="Bing" class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-147238" height="575" src="http://searchengineland.com/figz/wp-content/seloads/2013/02/bing-startime-600x575.png" style="border: 1px solid black; display: block; margin: 0px auto; padding: 0px;" width="600" /></a></div><h2 style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px;">Who Should Be Ranking?</h2><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;">What about the organizations other than the NFL that should be ranking?</div><h3 style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">TV Guide</h3><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;">tvguide.com ranks for [what time does the super bowl start] but not for the slightly more popular [super bowl start time], which is a sign that Google still has work to do in truly ranking based on intent vs. the specific words in the query (and gives HuffPo a little ammunition in defending their choice to sneak in as many query variations as possible). I applaud TV Guide for understanding what their audience is looking for and providing answers, but they could probably do a better job of showcasing other content on the site that would appeal to this audience (right now, they include links in the article, but no images or video that would catch the viewer’s attention and encourage clicks.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://searchengineland.com/figz/wp-content/seloads/2013/02/tvguide-starttime.png" style="color: #555555; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><img alt="tv guide starttime" class="aligncenter wp-image-147225" height="516" src="http://searchengineland.com/figz/wp-content/seloads/2013/02/tvguide-starttime.png" style="border: 1px solid black; display: block; margin: 0px auto; padding: 0px;" width="592" /></a></div><h3 style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">CBS</h3><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;">The game airs on CBS this year, but their site isn’t ranking for this query. Amazingly, YOU CAN WATCH THE GAME ONLINE ON THE CBS WEB SITE THIS YEAR (finally, finally, we live in the future), but cbs.com doesn’t rank for those searches either.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://searchengineland.com/figz/wp-content/seloads/2013/02/both.png" style="color: #555555; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><img alt="Super Bowl Watch Online Live Stream" class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-147228" height="338" src="http://searchengineland.com/figz/wp-content/seloads/2013/02/both-600x338.png" style="border: none; display: block; margin: 0px auto; padding: 0px;" width="600" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;">My new favorite site, nfl.com, ranks for both (fortunately for CBS, they just link right over to cbs.com). What’s the problem? Same old story. The cbs.com home page links to just a pop up player with the live stream, and doesn’t have a real page available that search engines can index and rank. In fact, the only page on cbs.com that seems to mention the Super Bowl at all is the home page. And without JavaScript enabled, well, the page looks like this:</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://searchengineland.com/figz/wp-content/seloads/2013/02/cbs2.png" style="color: #555555; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><img alt="CBS Without JavaScript" class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-147229" height="417" src="http://searchengineland.com/figz/wp-content/seloads/2013/02/cbs2-600x417.png" style="border: none; display: block; margin: 0px auto; padding: 0px;" width="600" /></a></div><h3 style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">San Francisco 49ers</h3><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;">The home page does list the start time, but as with teams in years past, that this is the start time of the game can only be inferred. The actual words that people are looking for aren’t there.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://searchengineland.com/figz/wp-content/seloads/2013/02/49ers.png" style="color: #555555; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><img alt="49ers site" class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-147231" height="155" src="http://searchengineland.com/figz/wp-content/seloads/2013/02/49ers-600x155.png" style="border: none; display: block; margin: 0px auto; padding: 0px;" width="600" /></a></div><h3 style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Baltimore Ravens</h3><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;">To be honest, I can barely tell that from the Baltimore home page that they’re in the Super Bowl. Sure, they’ve got a hashtag, but this page looks designed for aesthetics rather than based on what users might want to accomplish.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://searchengineland.com/figz/wp-content/seloads/2013/02/ravens.png" style="color: #555555; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><img alt="Baltimore Ravens" class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-147232" height="272" src="http://searchengineland.com/figz/wp-content/seloads/2013/02/ravens-600x272.png" style="border: none; display: block; margin: 0px auto; padding: 0px;" width="600" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;">So, it goes. In 2013, large organizations still don’t have the basics down and still aren’t connecting with their target audience as well as they could be.  Knowing what a hashtag is just isn’t enough.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;">But things are definitely improving. <a href="http://www.nfl.com/" style="color: #555555; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">The NFL</a> is getting it right two years in a row. <a href="http://www.cbs.com/" style="color: #555555; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">CBS</a> is offering live streaming on your pick of devices. And the latest offering by the Huffington Post is actually about the game, and not an ode to Google Trends:</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"><img alt="Huffpo" src="http://searchengineland.com/figz/wp-content/seloads/2013/02/huffponew.png" /></div></div>

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Feb 3, 2013 at 1:59pm ET by  Vanessa Fox  From: http://searchengineland.com Surely every organization managing an event site knows at this p...

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border: 0px; color: rgb(96, 143, 214) !important; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">NFC West blog</a><br />• <b style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Topics Page:</b> <a href="http://espn.go.com/nfl/topics/_/page/super-bowl" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: rgb(96, 143, 214) !important; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The Super Bowl</a><br />• <a href="http://espn.go.com/nfl/playoffs/2012/story/_/id/8864067/nfl-playoffs-better-harbaughs-super-bowl" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: rgb(96, 143, 214) !important; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Super Bowl Q&A</a> | <a href="http://espn.go.com/blog/nflnation/tag/_/name/road-to-the-superdome" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: rgb(96, 143, 214) !important; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Road to Superdome</a><br />• <b style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Meet the defenses:</b> <a href="http://espn.go.com/blog/statsinfo/post/_/id/60862/top-things-to-know-ravens-defense" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: rgb(96, 143, 214) !important; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Ravens</a> | <a href="http://espn.go.com/blog/statsinfo/post/_/id/60926/top-things-to-know-49ers-defense" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: rgb(96, 143, 214) !important; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">49ers</a></div></div></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Harbaugh's message to the team was simple: This is the way we got to the Super Bowl, and this is the way we win the Super Bowl.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The <a href="http://espn.go.com/nfl/team/_/name/sf/san-francisco-49ers" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #225fb2; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">San Francisco 49ers</a>' final meeting Saturday night, meanwhile, featured speeches from coach<a href="http://espn.go.com/nfl/player/_/id/27/jim-harbaugh" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #225fb2; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Jim Harbaugh</a> and wide receiver <a href="http://espn.go.com/nfl/player/_/id/1433/randy-moss" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #225fb2; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Randy Moss</a>, who knows the emotional pain of losing the Super Bowl as he did with the Patriots in failing to complete a perfect season in 2007.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Jim Harbaugh also introduced the 49ers to Colonel Jim Minnick, a friend he's had since the eighth grade. Minnick encouraged the players to leave it all on the field for their teammates, play together and be prepared to overcome adversity because nothing ever goes as planned, offering examples from his military career.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Visitors for the Ravens included New Jersey Governor Chris Christie and newly-inducted Hall of Famer <a href="http://espn.go.com/nfl/player/_/id/962/jonathan-ogden" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #225fb2; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Jonathan Ogden</a>, who played for the Ravens from 1996-2007.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Christie met with quarterback <a href="http://espn.go.com/nfl/player/_/id/11252/joe-flacco" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #225fb2; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Joe Flacco</a> in the team hotel. Both are New Jersey natives and graduates of the University of Delaware. Ogden's visit generated a lot of excitement in the lobby from fans and players alike.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">One 49ers player told ESPN that everybody is well prepared and ready for the game.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">"There is nothing but pure excitement,'' the player said.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The 49ers have no obligations until buses leave for the Superdome at 3 p.m. ET. Early buses for the Ravens will depart for the stadium at the same time.</div></span></div></div>

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The Puppy Bowl: Sunday’s other big game

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18.149999618530273px;">Posted by </span><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/maura-judkis/2011/03/04/gIQAUSQrnO_page.html" rel="author external" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #777777; font-family: georgia; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18.149999618530273px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Visit Maura Judkis’s website">Maura Judkis</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18.149999618530273px;"> on February 3, 2013 at </span><span class="get-the-time" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #999999; font-family: georgia; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18.149999618530273px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">9:45 am From: </span>http://www.washingtonpost.com<br /><br /><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: georgia; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 22px; vertical-align: baseline;">There are three guarantees of Super Bowl Sunday:</div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; line-height: 28px;">There will be tortilla chips, so many tortilla chips.</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; line-height: 28px;">There will be commercials that will</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; line-height: 28px;"> </span><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/volkswagen-super-bowl-ad-accused-of-being-racist/2013/01/29/36d81e38-6a60-11e2-95b3-272d604a10a3_story.html" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; line-height: 28px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">give you pause</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; line-height: 28px;">.</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; line-height: 28px;">A few channels away, there will be roly-poly puppies with soft bellies and floppy ears,</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; line-height: 28px;"> </span><em style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; line-height: 28px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">widdle</em><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; line-height: 28px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; line-height: 28px;">black noses and football-shaped toys,</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; line-height: 28px;"> </span><em style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; line-height: 28px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">squeeee.</em><br /><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: georgia; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 22px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="line-height: 1.5em;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: georgia; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 22px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">On Animal Planet’s ninth annual Puppy Bowl, which begins Sunday at 3 p.m. and airs on repeat for the rest of the day, you don’t have to pick a team to root for. The puppies always win.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: georgia; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 22px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="Gallery: Behind the scenes at the Puppy Bowl (Linda Davidson/for The Washington Post)" src="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/style-blog/files/2013/02/puppybowl.jpg" /></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: georgia; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 22px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/the-puppy-bowl-behind-the-scenes-of-tvs-cutest-show/2013/01/25/f7fe46f4-6642-11e2-93e1-475791032daf_gallery.html" style="border: 0px; color: black; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Gallery: Behind the scenes at the Puppy Bowl</a> </strong><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">(Linda Davidson/for The Washington Post)</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: georgia; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 22px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 22px; vertical-align: baseline;">I spent two days at the Puppy Bowl taping last November for Sunday Style’s <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/tv/inside-the-puppy-bowl-the-visionary-force-behind-online-cute/2013/01/28/0600875a-6191-11e2-a389-ee565c81c565_story_4.html" style="border: 0px; color: black; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">behind-the-scenes look at the cutest show on TV</a>, and its impact on Internet culture. A few things that you won’t see on the show: Anxious hovering of hedgehog parents, performance-enhancing drugs (read: catnip) administered to the kitties and this scene:</div><blockquote style="border-left-color: rgb(219, 219, 219); border-left-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 0px 2px; font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 5px 0px 5px 20px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; font-family: georgia; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 22px; vertical-align: baseline;">“I don’t know why, but everyone else refused to do this job,” said Jessi Baden-Campbell, the unlucky line producer for Discovery Studios, as she stepped onto the 10-by-19-foot “field” with cleaning solution in hand. She may be the busiest person in the Puppy Bowl. In minutes her services are needed again.</div></blockquote><blockquote style="border-left-color: rgb(219, 219, 219); border-left-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 0px 2px; font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 5px 0px 5px 20px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; font-family: georgia; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 22px; vertical-align: baseline;">“We’ve got a puker!” calls out a cameraman.</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: georgia; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 22px; vertical-align: baseline;">And again.</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: georgia; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“Someone made a touchdown right here!” calls out another, using a euphemism for a moment you probably won’t see on TV.</div></blockquote><img alt="Gallery: Meet the Puppy Bowl "athletes." (Adele Godfrey/Animal Planet)" src="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/style-blog/files/2013/02/puppybowl2.jpg" /><br /><br /></div>

The Puppy Bow The Puppy Bowl: Sunday’s other big game

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font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} </style><![endif]--> <br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 1;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">FUTURE TRENDS</span></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Adapted by Geopolitical Analysis and Monitoring from Ioannis Michaletos<b><span style="mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">In all BALKAN states excluding GREECE the overall Muslim population is set to increase because of declining birth rates among non Muslims, a phenomenon that also sweeps across EUROPE, where Muslims are slowly but surely outnumber non Muslims. Furthermore, immigration movements from the BALKANS towards WESTERN EUROPE have actually lowered the population in BULGARIA, over the past decade or so.</span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The BALKANS has always constituted one of the fiercest terrains of ethnic – Cultural enmity in EUROPE. The reasons for the above are the placement of the Peninsula close to ASIA that reserved the role of the “EUROPEAN gatekeeper” for the whole of SOUTH EASTERN EUROPE. One has to remember of the Kraijna border area created by the AUSTRIANS in the 17th century in order to counterweight the Ottoman forces. </span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Future seems to have elements of repeating this situation due to the ongoing rivalry between WEST and EAST, a phenomenon that one can easily retrieve by reading Homer’s Iliad or by comprehending the PERSIANS wars back in the 5th century BC, as they were recorded by Herodotus historiography. The BALKANS are the gateway between the WEST and the EAST, where OXIDANT meets ORIENT. <br /><br /><span style="color: blue;"><b>THE BALKAN PENINSULA REMAINS MORE THAN EVER “THE SOFT UNDERBELLY OF EUROPE”</b></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The overall challenges for security and intelligence services, oriented in the BALKAN region seems overwhelming, judging by the multitude of challenges involved and the tasks needed to overcome them. The current époque has brought the re-engineering of security policies, in order to combat non- symmetrical threats such as the ones of organized crime and terrorism. Taking into account the globalization process, the interrelation between societies and the breathtaking advancements in telecommunications and transport; it is fair to assume that certain issues should be seriously reflected upon, on a different perspective than the traditional mode.</span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">A multiparty approach to organized crime should be form here upon the core of any intelligence activity in the BALKANS. Organized crime –Along with the rest of the perils for modern societies- need measures that are up to the modern way of life and communication of ours. A parallel and well constructed method of Open Source Intelligence gathering and the operation of specialized crime intelligence units would certainly help towards the aim of curbing crime and its calamities. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">In addition a conclusive analysis and synthesis of the available information, without any bias; should be the core of any serious attempt into reaching viable prognosis and stall malicious situations such as terrorists incidents and further empowerment of organized crime.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">In order for the aforementioned to become a custom reality, there has to be a constructive and significant replenish of the human resources involved and an upgrade of the present era technical equipment. Therefore decisions should be taken soon enough so as to foresee any positive results, before events surpass the ability of the intelligence community to react and function properly. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The BALKAN Peninsula remains more than ever “The soft underbelly of EUROPE”, apart from the other more conventional menaces in the wider EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN area.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Read interesting analysis regarding OC:</span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><a href="http://www.bmlv.gv.at/pdf_pool/publikationen/crime_omero.pdf">http://www.bmlv.gv.at/pdf_pool/publikationen/crime_omero.pdf  </a></span></span></div>

THE BALKANS – ORGANIZED CRIME AND POLITICAL CORRUPTION Final Part

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Teach This! Teaching with lesson plans and ideas that rock 02/03/2013

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Celebration of 35 years of St. Paul's Swimming Club

<p>St. Paul's Swimming Club is no more.  This is the club that I learnt to swim with, met best friends through and spent my formative years hanging out at the pool.</p><p>Today a presentation was made to Frank and Mrs Kavanagh for all that they gave to the club.  Accepted by Martin, it was extremely emotional.</p><p>Saw so many people that I hadn't seen in years - all older and many had their children with them who also had learnt to swim with this club.  (My sister and her children are pictured).</p><div class='separator' style='clear: both; text-align: center;'> <a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAnLCGFYFyWo0EbKwSVRFYq5r8sxmGOgphyphenhyphenqn_9X2ZzaS-oTccda8juWE-26YMOKiN25HmzlmHiGY6XN5GWL0nZdHxwGSFaRKEyu77VS4H7PGbz8AxC8rFqfNMkzmLkipYkv7e2ABPgbZP/s1600/20130203_150751.jpg' imageanchor='1' style='margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;'> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAnLCGFYFyWo0EbKwSVRFYq5r8sxmGOgphyphenhyphenqn_9X2ZzaS-oTccda8juWE-26YMOKiN25HmzlmHiGY6XN5GWL0nZdHxwGSFaRKEyu77VS4H7PGbz8AxC8rFqfNMkzmLkipYkv7e2ABPgbZP/s400/20130203_150751.jpg" /> </a> </div><div class='separator' style='clear: both; text-align: center;'> <a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC4bTXRC4Xc0NTFqcCWGR5TaGscdcgSywMEnKmVtrblBRBFzToLB0ida67AZYlf1VySr6sImK0PiA19EdOH_Jk3Ize6F2up2dEQH1QBNnF5FoBMpMVJon-i_cZJOLz_ZnAop3i906QN1pa/s1600/20130203_145702.jpg' imageanchor='1' style='margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;'> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC4bTXRC4Xc0NTFqcCWGR5TaGscdcgSywMEnKmVtrblBRBFzToLB0ida67AZYlf1VySr6sImK0PiA19EdOH_Jk3Ize6F2up2dEQH1QBNnF5FoBMpMVJon-i_cZJOLz_ZnAop3i906QN1pa/s400/20130203_145702.jpg" /> </a> </div><div class='separator' style='clear: both; text-align: center;'> <a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw_R7lBo-pSvCjMdG_AhyfPmBS6mpHs3FrAJhkRUnTi0Lv-pxTsfaVUss6EKxoS8RB1Ugs_mDAwIsvlisrhmePegu5Xa-VCwUBOybcw4UTCL1vk-T3GaggOoE0SVY-PYfXxjwkdyOlkGlH/s1600/20130203_152440.jpg' imageanchor='1' style='margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;'> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw_R7lBo-pSvCjMdG_AhyfPmBS6mpHs3FrAJhkRUnTi0Lv-pxTsfaVUss6EKxoS8RB1Ugs_mDAwIsvlisrhmePegu5Xa-VCwUBOybcw4UTCL1vk-T3GaggOoE0SVY-PYfXxjwkdyOlkGlH/s400/20130203_152440.jpg" /> </a> </div><div class='separator' style='clear: both; text-align: center;'> <a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigN6qqJ4IslpRX6ire6Yr8ixatEyPcQqgpsUXrUClxu4kqp8grggHySVuVLwEMDFGs1Gz-32mdav3JmZCQUQqehMUdjDgIulaNG8Eq1EhHuqghPiB8zMQ9W0A2H7E5bLKWJ-YWBWTmphDu/s1600/20130203_151452.jpg' imageanchor='1' style='margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;'> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigN6qqJ4IslpRX6ire6Yr8ixatEyPcQqgpsUXrUClxu4kqp8grggHySVuVLwEMDFGs1Gz-32mdav3JmZCQUQqehMUdjDgIulaNG8Eq1EhHuqghPiB8zMQ9W0A2H7E5bLKWJ-YWBWTmphDu/s400/20130203_151452.jpg" /> </a> </div><div class='separator' style='clear: both; text-align: center;'> <a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFZrXq-XFQwmBmX149bzqkFzwdSy_EnSjtFzoURTAo8-KpOCBrma76skZzJ5hhHlFarcr-hddcq_L7lJdVFZLsyO086OpTLwtkw1o6s3L3uCTe_LAApfxcExpuW2WRiYqMkQxBCn8sTijZ/s1600/20130203_151248.jpg' imageanchor='1' style='margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;'> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFZrXq-XFQwmBmX149bzqkFzwdSy_EnSjtFzoURTAo8-KpOCBrma76skZzJ5hhHlFarcr-hddcq_L7lJdVFZLsyO086OpTLwtkw1o6s3L3uCTe_LAApfxcExpuW2WRiYqMkQxBCn8sTijZ/s400/20130203_151248.jpg" /> </a> </div>

Celebration of 35 years of St. Paul's Swimming Club

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28 in 28 #3: Evidence

<i>February is Book Month on A Daily Dose of Architecture. The "<a href="http://archidose.blogspot.com/search/label/28%20in%2028">28 in 28</a>" series features a different book every day of the month.</i><br /><br /><a href="http://www.monacellipress.com/book/?isbn=9781580933490"><b><i>Evidence: The Work of Robert A. M. Stern Architects</i></b></a> by Robert A.M. Stern<br />The Monacelli Press, 2012<br />Hardcover, 400 pages<br /><br /><img alt="28-28_evidence.jpg" src="http://www.archidose.org/Blog/28-28_evidence.jpg" title="Book cover" /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.ramsa.com/people/robert-a-m-stern.html">Robert A.M. Stern</a> is an architect who fans of modern and contemporary architecture love to hate. His postmodern designs of the seventies and eighties gave way to a strong embrace of traditional architecture that continues to this day. Yet one's impression of Stern must be balanced by his 15-year tenure as <a href="http://www.architecture.yale.edu/drupal/people/faculty/stern-robert-am">Dean of the Yale School of Architecture</a>, where his own stylistic leanings hardly drive the curriculum (Yale is more like other Ivy League programs than, say, <a href="http://architecture.nd.edu/">Notre Dame's neoclassicism</a>), and his prolific writing, evidenced mainly by the New York histories (<i>1880, 1930, 1960, 2000</i>) that he co-authored. Even more books have been made on Stern's architecture—fifteen from 1981 to 2010, or one every two years. Number sixteen is <i>Evidence</i>, a welcome compact monograph, when compared to the coffee table tomes on his work that have prevailed in recent years.<br /><br />Where some recent titles have focused on Stern's houses and gardens (2005), buildings and towns (2007), and campus buildings (2010), <i>Evidence</i> is less concerned with typology, or even with presenting his projects as understandable wholes. Instead the book focuses on architectural elements—thresholds, paths, facades—and architectural form. In the short introduction, Stern even calls the book "evidence [of] a multitude of solutions that nevertheless reflect a consistent attitude to form." What follows is page after page of full-bleed photos without captions, grouped via the various elements and attitudes. Yet without a table of contents to guide the way, the book becomes a meandering journey through 40 years of Stern's career. It's not until page 378 that a key to the buildings photographed can be found; even then it's not easy to pair them up, given the lack of pagination.<br /><br /><i>Evidence</i> is like a print version of an online slideshow, where instead of swiping or clicking the right arrow, one turns the pages to see more photos of Stern's buildings. In this sense it's odd that an architect like Stern would be given this sort of "archi-porn" treatment, but I think ultimately this book helps to connect the architect with clients rather than other architects. Do potential clients want to read about individual projects, or would they rather look at some architectural variations of threshold, path, and facade? The answer is an easy one. What the book also shows, not surprisingly, is the strong relationship between an architect and a photographer, in this case Stern and <a href="http://www.peteraaron.net/">Peter Aaron</a>, who is responsible for about 90% of the book's photos. This visual journey could not take place without the careful eye of the photographer and his understanding of Stern's buildings, which depart from most of what makes up the rest of "archi-porn" these days.<br /><br /><b>US: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1580933491/ref=as_li_tf_il?ie=UTF8&camp=211189&creative=373489&creativeASIN=1580933491&link_code=as3&tag=aweeklydoseof-20" target="_blank"><img alt="Buy from Amazon.com" border="0" src="http://www.archidose.org/books/buy-from-tan.gif" /></a> CA: <a href="http://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/1580933491/ref=as_li_tf_il?ie=UTF8&camp=211189&creative=373489&creativeASIN=1580933491&link_code=as3&tag=aweeklydoseof-20" target="_blank"><img alt="Buy from Amazon.ca" border="0" height="28" src="http://www.archidose.org/books/buy-from-tan-ca.gif" width="90" /></a> UK: <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1580933491/ref=as_li_tf_il?ie=UTF8&camp=211189&creative=373489&creativeASIN=1580933491&link_code=as3&tag=aweeklydoseof-20" target="_blank"><img alt="Buy from Amazon.co.uk" border="0" height="28" src="http://www.archidose.org/books/buy-from-tan-uk.gif" width="90" /></a></b>

28 in 28 #3: Evidence

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Nature's Bakery Review

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhynM6jAprdvqn40r0cP2_NIwJ92GkdlpxA8GZU4_V7kLp3xopSZxdCylDpmXUPvBaI_Ewt2OSs4JYoKDCWWlrx87o1C4rCS-c3ZfyZpSvm-G7przAdq8BbGvMgWNEn8Yjba9afgoLBlt0/s1600/Holy+Figs!.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhynM6jAprdvqn40r0cP2_NIwJ92GkdlpxA8GZU4_V7kLp3xopSZxdCylDpmXUPvBaI_Ewt2OSs4JYoKDCWWlrx87o1C4rCS-c3ZfyZpSvm-G7przAdq8BbGvMgWNEn8Yjba9afgoLBlt0/s320/Holy+Figs!.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I was sent these fig bars to review from a company by the name of <a href="http://naturesbakery.com/">Nature's Bakery</a> who believes in creating all natural quality foods that we can not only benefit from but enjoy!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Why?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">All natural</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">&</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Cholesterol free</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Made from stone ground wheat flour.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Wow was I amazed or what when this showed up on my door step!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I thought I was getting a few flavors of each bar, but no not at all!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I was sent boxes of every flavor in this great big box!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I probably have enough to last me a year, or wait maybe not even because they are so good!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Prepare to be amazed.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>Raspberry:</u></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The best part to a fig cookie is the filling aren't I right?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Once again I was blown away!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Not only are the ingredients all natural they taste so delicious and fruity.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The fig cookie is chewy and not dry and just the right amount of fruit filling!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>Little known facts:</u></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The seeds of raspberries were traced from Eastern Asia during the prehistoric times as well as the western hemisphere. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">No one thought of their deliciousness until the 16th century!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We should be thanking human travelers!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">They were carried and spread accidentally and intentionally worldwide!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Excellent source of fiber, vitamin C and manganese</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>Vanilla Fig:</u></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>Whole Wheat Fig:</u></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>Peach Apricot:</u></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>Vanilla Raspberry:</u></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>Blueberry:</u></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>Apple Cinnamon:</u></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's OK, you can put your tongues back in your mouths now from drooling over this tasty and delicious review!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Be sure to check them out!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://naturesbakery.com/">http://naturesbakery.com/</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/naturesbakery?fref=ts">https://www.facebook.com/naturesbakery?fref=ts</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://twitter.com/naturesbakery"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">https://twitter.com/naturesbakery</span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Nature's Bakery Review

I was sent these fig bars to review from a company by the name of  Nature's Bakery  who believes in creating all natural quality foods t...

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Rob's Really Good Drinks Review

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqyYrDcqiEJEBRSHlPEnXpy43b87GUq49fJn4YG5iPOYQb8AX-vftoUddYmIeR8SN9T9k1CUyVwUbVT_B2xSxcRwG-tkswhEh0uC3BUxO66tD30beuJ9jSPn2turwGiQNGvRuld2sP02c/s1600/Rob's+Really+Good.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqyYrDcqiEJEBRSHlPEnXpy43b87GUq49fJn4YG5iPOYQb8AX-vftoUddYmIeR8SN9T9k1CUyVwUbVT_B2xSxcRwG-tkswhEh0uC3BUxO66tD30beuJ9jSPn2turwGiQNGvRuld2sP02c/s200/Rob's+Really+Good.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I was sent these wonderful drinks to review from <a href="http://robsreallygood.com/">Rob's Really Good</a> which happens to be the founder of the popular snack Pirate's Booty! Arrr!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">That's something I did not know!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Along with the drinks I received a very cool t-shirt with their logo on it and a Frisbee. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsMcgqv8zqAhUc4QQUwsjfL_sISi4Mh5mNVjpHN-xJsE5a4fp_XK-6rceu0WB5YnU_hNTmVIMmGXtJtTqt9gPsSywSLEi7csnRtYj0knAXdK-6tg0L4ayW6t2db3bpGVJ-dLAW-YDCzFk/s1600/showing+off+Rob's+Really+Good+shirt.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsMcgqv8zqAhUc4QQUwsjfL_sISi4Mh5mNVjpHN-xJsE5a4fp_XK-6rceu0WB5YnU_hNTmVIMmGXtJtTqt9gPsSywSLEi7csnRtYj0knAXdK-6tg0L4ayW6t2db3bpGVJ-dLAW-YDCzFk/s200/showing+off+Rob's+Really+Good+shirt.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I took in a few flavors to some of my co workers at work so they could try them!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Try a sip of their all natural flavors!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>Flavors:</u></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>Coconut:</u></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I love all things coconut, whether it's a candy bar or a beverage.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I tried it and loved it!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So far it's my favorite.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's not too sweet and it's very refreshing!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>Tart Cherry:</u></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">pretty good stuff</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>Grapefruit:</u></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>Cucumber:</u></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Whoa. refreshing</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>Coconut Pineapple:</u></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Not too sweet and is so delicious and refreshing!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>Plum:</u></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've got to say this has got some great flavor to it!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Never tried anything like it in my life!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">They also have them in tea flavors as well such as:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Chocolate</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Blueberry</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Half and Half (Tea and lemonade)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Peachy Keen</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Also have Mango Mon!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">From the designs on the bottles to the quirky names of the teas these delicious drinks are sure to please!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Pick up one today!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sold at Shaw's Super market and many more!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Check them out for yourself here!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://robsreallygood.com/">http://robsreallygood.com/</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://twitter.com/robsreallygood">https://twitter.com/robsreallygood</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Robs-Really-Good/469399330690">https://www.facebook.com/pages/Robs-Really-Good/469399330690</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /></div>

Rob's Really Good Drinks Review

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Briana's Salad Dressings Review

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsKXgPzlKptRVPqbwvV7ExlP9yq6CmyCakLHa_P34ceB3g4hBsRHf0OPQSvYrw8Cu7BNWUl-IUeAtvtpZUeGm2Ye3ZQDUjqhwOVvTFUiSq5bRfPTN8tLJGXln24bFJbC8hOezdOdVJMow/s1600/Briana's+salad+dressing.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsKXgPzlKptRVPqbwvV7ExlP9yq6CmyCakLHa_P34ceB3g4hBsRHf0OPQSvYrw8Cu7BNWUl-IUeAtvtpZUeGm2Ye3ZQDUjqhwOVvTFUiSq5bRfPTN8tLJGXln24bFJbC8hOezdOdVJMow/s200/Briana's+salad+dressing.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I was sent these wonderful home style salad dressings from a family owned company by the name of <a href="http://www.briannassaladdressing.com/">Briana's Salad Dressing</a> to review.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Most of their dressings come from recipes from their family</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>Rich Poppy Seed:</u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have never tried a poppy seed dressing so I didn't know what to expect.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I am so glad I tried it though!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The taste was phenomenal not too sweet and worked great with my salad!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You know what's great about this dressing?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You could use it as a fruit dip!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><u><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Chipotle Cheddar:</span></u><br /><u><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></u><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A little sweet and spicy.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Tasted great and you could use as a dip!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><u><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></u></div><div style="text-align: center;"><u><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></u></div><div style="text-align: center;"><u><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></u></div><div style="text-align: center;"><u><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Dijon Honey Mustard:</span></u><br /><u><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></u><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I love a good honey mustard dressing.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One that has just the right amount of sweetness to it, found the perfect one!</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This dressing is made just right!</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Not too runny and not too thick.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Great for dipping chicken into or for a salad.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Why not use it to add a little something extra to those dull sandwiches that lack flavor.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><u><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></u></div><div style="text-align: center;"><u><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></u></div><div style="text-align: center;"><u><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></u></div><div style="text-align: center;"><u><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The New American:</span></u></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You can find them at some of these local retailers:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Wal-Mart</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Whole Foods</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Shaw's</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Super Stop and Shop</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and more!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Check out their delicious products online!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.briannassaladdressing.com/">http://www.briannassaladdressing.com/</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/BriannasSaladDressing"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">https://www.facebook.com/BriannasSaladDressing</span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><u><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></u></div><div style="text-align: center;"><u><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></u></div><div style="text-align: center;"><u><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></u></div>

Briana's Salad Dressings Review

I was sent these wonderful home style salad dressings from a family owned company by the name of  Briana's Salad Dressing  to review. Mo...

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Chilli Club

<p>Went out for a lovely meal last night with friends.  We had a meal in the <a href="http://chiliclub.ie/">Chilli Club</a> which we then followed with a drink in <a href="http://www.cafeenseine.ie/">Cafe En Seine.</a></p><p>The Thai food was lovely and it was great to catch up and have a good natter!</p><div class='separator' style='clear: both; text-align: center;'> <a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyLm6BTh-yfHVhznjF9S1K4kaP0KTRFVDvH2XNZ3FZA7-3td01sZjQVrC1xPluJz1nTcYQ6udDfweCNjlw6L_7AB7Ly11ghQsaysimvQMjWTWbS8eqnAnG8z7Ce3q87y2kpGrXD7HP9fZV/s1600/554270_417066078375100_1621558238_n.jpeg' imageanchor='1' style='margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;'> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyLm6BTh-yfHVhznjF9S1K4kaP0KTRFVDvH2XNZ3FZA7-3td01sZjQVrC1xPluJz1nTcYQ6udDfweCNjlw6L_7AB7Ly11ghQsaysimvQMjWTWbS8eqnAnG8z7Ce3q87y2kpGrXD7HP9fZV/s400/554270_417066078375100_1621558238_n.jpeg" /> </a> </div><div class='separator' style='clear: both; text-align: center;'> <a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwEqgU3Sp22uSeqK5ht2APBzMyhJ94crTf4vJsfrAyzG22pJKPo99iWmVAPotcMROGnJbuXi5zBfNNfV80J14HrRqorvBIJe1ovpywQK7spDOwmYh2LFz8uHxcdKMBOmn_AQutXsercYeP/s1600/537189_417036795044695_326948511_n.jpeg' imageanchor='1' style='margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;'> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwEqgU3Sp22uSeqK5ht2APBzMyhJ94crTf4vJsfrAyzG22pJKPo99iWmVAPotcMROGnJbuXi5zBfNNfV80J14HrRqorvBIJe1ovpywQK7spDOwmYh2LFz8uHxcdKMBOmn_AQutXsercYeP/s400/537189_417036795044695_326948511_n.jpeg" /> </a> </div>

Chilli Club

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Daily Education and Technology News for Schools 02/03/2013

<ul class="diigo-linkroll"> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://www.smarttech.com/About+SMART/About+SMART/Newsroom/Media+releases/English+US/Recent+Releases/New+SMART+Table+442i+inspires+collaborative+learning">New SMART Table® 442i inspires collaborative learning - SMART Technologies</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">YEs, they are here. Smart furniture. This is the smart table. Expect to see desks and more as we begin to merge our technology with everything around us. This would make a great unit for a demo or cool interactive learning center. " SMART Table® 442i collaborative learning center. Publicly unveiled at the British Education Technology Conference in London today, the SMART Table features an engaging 360 degree, multitouch surface with a brilliant 106.68 cm (42") high-definition 1080p LCD display. The SMART Table enables up to eight students to interact simultaneously and actively collaborate to achieve shared learning goals."</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/microsoft_surface_techonolgy">microsoft_surface_techonolgy</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/edu_newapp">edu_newapp</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/edu_trends">edu_trends</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/edu_news">edu_news</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/techintegrator">techintegrator</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/technology">technology</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://www.edutopia.org/parent-21st-century-learning-resource-guide">A Parent's Guide to 21st-Century Learning | Edutopia</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">An interesting guide from edutopia for parents that you can share with your parents and PTO. They share a lot of examples of 21st century learning and as you work to build support for these things, this is a great document to share. (Full Disclosure: The digiteen project is listed for middle school - after this was listed, we saw such an inundation of schools wanting to do the project, we created the DigiTween project for kids aged 10-12 and Digiteen is still for kids aged 13+.) There are a lot of other great sites including the World Peace game, information on Skype in the Classroom, World of Warcraft in School and the Digital Youth Network. Download and share.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/flatclass">flatclass</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/tumblr">tumblr</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/digiteen">digiteen</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/inthenews">inthenews</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/evernote">evernote</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/bestpractices">bestpractices</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/edu_trends">edu_trends</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/edu_news">edu_news</a></p> <ul class="diigo-comments"> </ul> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://www.caseen.com/Stylus-Touch-Pen_c_13.html">Stylus Touch Pen</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">This is the stylus that the college student working at GameStop in Atlanta swore was the best stylus for her Galaxy Tab. It is far better than any stylus I've ever used on my ipad and I admit that I was a bit jealous. I'm going to get one of these for my Kenna Tablet and try it out with Handy Notes.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/productivity">productivity</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/droid">droid</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/studenttools">studenttools</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/technology">technology</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://www.androidauthority.com/handy-note-app-review-142648/">Handy Note: Almost like a real notebook</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">I met a girl working at GameStop who is a college student. She was furiously working with a somewhat beat up Galaxy Tab. I talked to her about what she used and she said that Handy Notes ROCKED. She got her Caseen stylus and showed me what she was doing and I loved it. She said that she had a whole semester's worth of notes. She took notes in this and went back to her dorm and printed off the notes so she could highlight and study them but that when she needed to review, she could. I have to admit, I was quite envious. There are some classes I took that I'd love to have in evernote. If you use a Droid, I'd recommend trying out handy notes. This is a link to the app review on Android Authority.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/productivity">productivity</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/droid">droid</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/android">android</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/studenttools">studenttools</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/edu_newapp">edu_newapp</a></p> </li> </ul><p class="diigo-ps">Posted from <a href='http://www.diigo.com'>Diigo</a>. The rest of my favorite links are <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher'>here</a>.</p>

Daily Education and Technology News for Schools 02/03/2013

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Chris Kyle, Author Of 'American Sniper,' Shot And Killed At Gun Range

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;">By Benjamin Hart From: </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;"></span>http://www.huffingtonpost.com<span class="posted-and-updated" style="background-color: white; border: none; color: #999999; display: block; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Posted: <span itemprop="datePublished" style="border: none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">02/03/2013 12:05 am EST</span>  |  Updated: <span itemprop="dateModified" style="border: none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">02/03/2013 12:24 am EST</span></span><span class="posted-and-updated" style="background-color: white; border: none; color: #999999; display: block; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span itemprop="dateModified" style="border: none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><img alt="Chris Kyle Dead" src="http://i.huffpost.com/gen/971908/thumbs/r-CHRIS-KYLE-DEAD-large570.jpg?6" /></span></span><span class="posted-and-updated" style="background-color: white; border: none; color: #999999; display: block; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span itemprop="dateModified" style="border: none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></span></span><br /><div style="border: none; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; list-style: none; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px;">Chris Kyle, an ex-Navy SEAL who wrote the bestelling book <em style="border: none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">American Sniper</em> about his service in Iraq, was shot and killed at a gun range in Texas, multiple outlets reported Saturday night. A second man was also killed.</div><div style="border: none; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; list-style: none; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px;">According to local TV station KHOU, officials said that Kyle was <a href="http://www.khou.com/news/texas-news/Famed-Navy-SEAL-Chris-Kyle-shot-killed-in-N-Texas-189539281.html%3Cbr%20/%3E" style="border: none; color: #513420; cursor: pointer; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_hplink">shot at point-blank range</a> "while helping another soldier who was recovering from post traumatic stress syndrome" at a range near the town of Glen Rose.</div><div style="border: none; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; list-style: none; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px;">The Dallas Morning News <a href="http://crimeblog.dallasnews.com/2013/02/lancaster-police-arrest-man-in-connection-with-double-slaying-in-erath-county.html/" style="border: none; color: #513420; cursor: pointer; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_hplink">reports</a> that Lancaster, Texas police arrested a suspect, 25-year-old Eddie Ray Routh, after a brief chase.</div><div style="border: none; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; list-style: none; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px;">Kyle had become well-known for his exploits in Iraq, where he deployed four times,<a href="http://crimeblog.dallasnews.com/2013/02/lancaster-police-arrest-man-in-connection-with-double-slaying-in-erath-county.html/" style="border: none; color: #513420; cursor: pointer; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_hplink">set the record for sniper kills</a> at 150, received numerous commendations, and,<a href="http://www.yourstephenvilletx.com/news/local/article_01e35c44-6dab-11e2-a2e9-0019bb2963f4.html%20%3Cbr%20/%3E" style="border: none; color: #513420; cursor: pointer; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_hplink">according to the Stephensville Empire Tribune</a>, was given the nickname "The Devil of Ramadi" by insurgents.</div></div>

American Sniper Chris Kyle Gun Range Shot And Killed Chris Kyle, Author Of 'American Sniper,' Shot And Killed At Gun Range

By Benjamin Hart From:  http://www.huffingtonpost.com Posted:  02/03/2013 12:05 am EST   |  Updated:  02/03/2013 12:24 am EST Chris Kyle, an...

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