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• The Cooler

  
  
  I have a couple interesting videos for you in today's Cooler. Here you go...
  
  A- Herald: Wasn't Coconut Grove Grapevine recently making a point of how much crime there was around Mary Brickell Village? Detectives are searching for a rapist who attacked' [...]
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  Posted: November 22, 2009, 9:39am EST
  by Rick

• Your Morning Sift

  
  
  Good morning.
  
  Weekends go quicker and quicker it seems. Enjoy your Already Sunday morning Sift...
  
  A- Miami Bike Scene shares some photos from yesterday's Cranksgiving.
  
  B- Nikon Miami was there and snapped a few photos at The Burger Beast [...]
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  Posted: November 22, 2009, 9:00am EST
  by Rick

• SFDB Saturday Night Turndown Service

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  Time to mellow out...
  
  
  
  
  Pat Metheny Group, Across The Sky
  
  
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 10:00pm EST
  by Rick

• Your Evening Sift

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  Not too much happening in the SoFla blogosphere as I think many were tied up at the afternoon Blogup. Here's a few posts to consider in your Saturday evening Sift...
  
  A- Eye on Miami is down on Jimbo's as are the post's' [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 5:58pm EST
  by Rick

• SFDB October Post Of The Month

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  Eye On Miami: The Saga of the Phone Scam
  
  I suppose everyone likes a good story about getting back at telemarketers so I'm thinking that's what made The Saga of the Phone Scam so popular with SFDB PotM voters. After all was' [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 3:59pm EST
  by Rick

• 300

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  I recently picked up my 300th Google Reader subscriber and I couldn't be more proud.
  
  Thanks goes out to all of you who read SFDB or follow along with the help of Google, Bloglines, or any other RSS reader or Twitter.[...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 11:00am EST
  by Rick

• The Cooler

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  There are some strange stories in today's Cooler. Enjoy.
  
  A- Herald: Jimbo's is under attack once again.The city has embarked on a soft-glove version of a code-enforcement crackdown on James ``Jimbo'' Luznar's famously tumbledown and quasi-legal palace of cheap beer, smoked fish [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 8:44am EST
  by Rick

• Your Morning Sift

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  Good morning.
  
  It's a good day for blogging in South Florida because the SoFla Blogup is happening this afternoon. Before you pack up and head out, check out your morning Sift.
  
  A- South Beach Condo Blog looks at Miami Beach [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 7:54am EST
  by Rick

• Sign Our Books!

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  How fast they turn on their own...
  
  Angry crowd shouts at Sarah Palin at her book signing in Noblesville, Indiana on November 19, 2009 after Palin quits and refuses to sign books for around 300 families that spent about 3+ hours getting wristband and another 3+ hours waiting in [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 10:00pm EST
  by Rick

• Your Evening Sift

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  A week before Thanksgiving, Panera Bread is playing Christmas music in their restaurants. Just shoot me. But not before you read your TGIF evening Sift...
  
  A- Rakontur has Luther Campbell's title track from their new movie, The U, and it's catchy.
  
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 9:38pm EST
  by Rick

• Friday Flashback

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  Madness, Our House
  
  
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 1:30pm EST
  by Rick

• Driving Around South Florida

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  A Miata Woody spotted somewhere up in Deerfield Beach...
  
  
  
  
  
  - via [as if you couldn't tell] Acts of Sedition
  
  
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 11:30am EST
  by Rick

• So Just How Old Is Jackie Seal?

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  If you recall, Jackie Seal was the name of the young lady interviewed by MSNBC as she stood in line for a recent Sarah Palin book signing. She came across as confidently uninformed and if may I say, foolish.
  
  Glenn Beck spent a portion of his show yesterday [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 9:15am EST
  by Rick

• The Cooler

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  I'm short of time this morning so this is what my breeze through the local mainstream media turned up.
  
  A- Herald: Yoani Sanchez gets noticed.
  

  WASHINGTON -- Cuba's celebrated and increasingly brassy blogger Yoani Sánchez emerged Thursday as a player in' [...]

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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 6:52am EST
  by Rick

• Your Morning Sift

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  Good morning.
  
  The weekend slowdown has officially begun. Kind of a quiet night on the blogging front in SoFla. Make sure you check out the ever changing SFDB Weekend Widget for things to do as we move through the weekend. Enjoy your TGIF [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 6:32am EST
  by Rick

• Your Evening Sift

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  I'm not going to say what I was doing to cause a delayed Sift but I do want to declare the Ricotta Gnocchi at Lola's on Harrison as some of the best comfort food this side of the Atlantic. Here's your satiated Evening' [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 10:45pm EST
  by Rick

• Your Evening Sift Takes A Delay

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  Tonight's Sift is going to be delayed because there are more important things to do this evening.
  
  Did I just say that?
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 5:14pm EST
  by Rick

• The World According To Americans

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  -via Hullabaloo [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 11:30am EST
  by Rick

• We're Not Morans!

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  MSNBC heads out to a Sarah Palin book signing in Real America in search of intelligent life...
  
  Oh my, this is painful.
  
  
  
  And on a related note...
  
  
  
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 9:15am EST
  by Rick

• The Cooler

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  AT&T's internet service was particularly slow and sucky this morning so I only have a few things for you gleaned from the local mainstream media.
  
  A- Herald: Because there's always a market for lawyers who see no evil and hear no evil.While [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 7:59am EST
  by Rick

• Your Morning Sift

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  Good morning.
  
  We have a winner for the SFDB October Post of the Month that we'll announce shortly. In the meantime, the Weekend Widget is at the top of the right sidebar and is ready for your review. Enjoy your Day Before Friday' [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 7:17am EST
  by Rick

• Your Evening Sift

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  Can City of Miami politics get any more FUBAR? It's the source of much discussion in the local blogs these days. Hey, we're on the downside, folks! Enjoy your Hump Day evening Sift...
  
  A- Eye on Miami deems a South Miami' [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 9:07pm EST
  by Rick

• Reminder: Huge South Florida Blogup This Weekend

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  So far, these are the bloggers that have said they're going to be there...
  
  Discourse.net ~ SoBizMiami ~ @alexdc ~ Betty’s Events ~ Bark Bark Woof Woof ~ Burger Beast ~ Worst Pizza ~ TheRealEdwin.com & TheRealEdwin.posterous.com ~ What Time Is Your Flight ~ The' [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 11:30am EST
  by Rick

• An Open Note To Jimmy Cefalo

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  Dear Jimmy,
  
  For the last month or so, I've been listening to you do your morning show on WIOD and while I get the whole right wing hack, Rush Limbaugh wannabee thing you got going on there, let me say that for years I watched you' [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 8:45am EST
  by Rick

• The Cooler

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  The political scene in the City of Miami is rather interesting these days. That, and more, in this morning's Cooler.
  
  A- Herald: Oh, this would be so Miami. Miami Mayor Tomás Regalado on Tuesday announced a special election in January for Overtown's' [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 7:51am EST
  by Rick

• Your Morning Sift

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  Good morning.
  
  It's Hump Day in the South Florida blogosphere. It was fairly busy overnight so sit back and enjoy a substantial morning Sift...
  
  A- In the end, The Chowfather is glad that he wound up at the Gourmet Diner in' [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 6:38am EST
  by Rick

• SFDB Late Night Politics

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  The Colbert Report takes on a bow...
  
  The Colbert ReportMon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30cObama Bows to Japanese Emperorwww.colbertnation.comColbert Report Full EpisodesPolitical HumorU.S. Speedskating
  
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 10:00pm EST
  by Rick

• Your Evening Sift

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  Thanks for stopping by. I have a lot of good stuff for you tonight in your evening Sift, but first take a moment to vote for the SFDB October Post of the Month if you haven't done so already. Voting ends tomorrow!
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 8:49pm EST
  by Rick

• SFDB's Not So Real Photo Captions

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  After finishing her maiden voyage across the Atlantic, Oasis of the Seas personnel performed the ceremonial "First Flush," much to the horror of Port Everglades officials.
  
  
  -photo via The Miami Herald
  
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 11:30am EST
  by Rick

• Rubio Hearts Obama

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  From the Sun-Sentinel:TALLAHASSEE - (AP) -- Former House Speaker Marco Rubio, who criticizes Gov. Charlie Crist for being a fan of President Barack Obama's stimulus package, is himself a fan of one of Obama's campaign ads.
  
  Rubio's U.S. Senate campaign posted a Web ad that uses the same [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 9:15am EST
  by Rick

• The Cooler

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  Here's a sampling of what I found interesting in this morning's mainstream media.
  
  A- Herald: And how much did it cost the taxpayer?
  A three-year battle that pitted claims of censorship against the right of Miami-Dade schools to remove from their shelves [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 7:50am EST
  by Rick

• Your Morning Sift

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  Good morning. Is it only Tuesday? [Sigh] Here's your disappointed morning Sift...
  
  A- South Florida Beer Blog reports that people are more satisfied with their beer than they've ever been. Well, except for Coors drinkers.
  
  B- In a rare occurrence that needs [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 6:43am EST
  by Rick

• Your Evening Sift

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  I have a little bit of everything in this Sift for you tonight. Get comfortable because here we go...
  
  A- Blind Mind experiences mixed results at American Airlines new North Terminal at MIA.American Airlines now has its own area all to itself [...]
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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 8:54pm EST
  by Rick

• October SFDB Post of The Month Voting

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  You have 'till 9 tonight to vote for October's SFDB Post of the Month. If you haven't done so already, make sure you vote!
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 12:15pm EST
  by Rick

• SFDB Post Of The Week

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  SFDB selects its Post of the Week by going back and reviewing all the Sifts that we've done over the past 7 days. We find the best post of the week and note the runners ups as we judge them to be.
  
  I' [...]
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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 11:30am EST
  by Rick

• Babalu Outrage: Fail

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  In yesterday's lone post at Babalu, Alberto de la Cruz is outraged, I say outraged!!!!, over the fact that President Obama bowed before Japan's emperor.
  
  
  
  In the comments section of the post, Al adds that "The president of the United States has never," [...]
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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 9:15am EST
  by Rick

• The Weakness Of The American Right

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  Glenn Greenwald nails it.This is literally true: the Right's reaction to yesterday's announcement -- we're too afraid to allow trials and due process in our country -- is the textbook definition of "surrendering to terrorists." It's the same fear they've been spewing for years. [...]
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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 8:00am EST
  by Rick

• The Cooler

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  It always amazes me just how little fresh content there is in the news on Monday mornings. This Monday morning is no exception. Here's your very slim and totally Herald Cooler.
  
  A- Herald: The Phins win.By the day's end, the Dolphins still [...]
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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 7:15am EST
  by Rick

• Your Morning Sift

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  Good morning.
  
  It's Monday and it's time to get back to work. Grab a coffee and lament the passing of yet another weekend with your morning Sift.
  
  A- Mango&Lime assesses the Sunday brunch at Michael's Genuine Food & Drink.A large portion of' [...]
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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 6:49am EST
  by Rick

• SFDB's We Live Here

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  Posted: November 15, 2009, 9:43pm EST
  by Rick

• Your Evening Sift

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  The Dolphins win in the last 10 seconds, but then again, isn't that always the way they win? Or they stop a driving opponent at the 5 yard line with seconds remaining. It's the same thing, year after year after year after year. Here's [...]
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  Posted: November 15, 2009, 6:04pm EST
  by Rick

• Salted Bugatti

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  Keeping on the car theme today...
  
  No it's not a Lambo, guys, it's a $1.5 million Bugatti Veyron. And it's wet...
  
  
  
  The aftermath...
  
  
  
  The story from Galveston, Texas...LA MARQUE — Police on Friday identified a Lufkin man who accidentally drove a' [...]
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  Posted: November 15, 2009, 2:30pm EST
  by Rick

• Porsche On A Wall

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  Gil Dezer is 100% Miami. From the Herald...When Gil Dezer moved into his luxury condo in Sunny Isles, ``they told me the place needed some art,'' Dezer said.
  
  So he had one of the most artistic objects he owned hung in his living [...]
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  Posted: November 15, 2009, 10:14am EST
  by Rick

• The Cooler

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  There's some good stuff in today's Cooler. Make sure you check it out.
  
  A- Herald: Corruption can be confusing. In the space of a few days, a new mayor was sworn in, a nationally recognized police chief stepped down and two commissioners [...]
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  Posted: November 15, 2009, 9:54am EST
  by Rick

• Your Morning Sift

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  Good morning.
  
  A little bit of duplicity [or maybe it was conspiracy?] in the SoFla blogosphere last night. That and some other entertaining posts are highlighted in your Sunday morning Sift...
  
  A- Three South Florida blogs manage to post about South Miami-Dade's' [...]
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  Posted: November 15, 2009, 8:45am EST
  by Rick

• SFDB Saturday Night Turndown Service

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  I'm doing something a little different tonight for the Turndown Service.
  
  This is a short film [4 minutes] called "Moments," set to the music of Parachutes' Where Were You?
  
  
  
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  Posted: November 14, 2009, 10:00pm EST
  by Rick

• Your Evening Sift

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  It was a gorgeous day today. Hope you got outside to enjoy a little of it. Settle in and enjoy your Saturday evening Sift.
  
  A- The Miami Book Fair International is making it easy to take your bike to the fair, according to [...]
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  Posted: November 14, 2009, 9:15pm EST
  by Rick

• Your Weekly Presidential Address

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  "What would Sarah Palin do?" is apparently what Rudy Giuliani apparently wants Americans to ask themselves in the wake of the Fort Hood shootings.
  
  Here's your Muslim, America-hating, Communist, Racist President who is going to lock you up and then send you before a death panel if you' [...]
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  Posted: November 14, 2009, 3:00pm EST
  by Rick

• Scotty Rothstein's iPod

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  A source tells me this is the only song he's listening to these days...
  
  
  
  Now we take our time...so nonchalant,
  And spend our nights so bon vivant.
  We dress our days in silken robes,
  The money comes, the money goes …
  We know it's all a passing [...]
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  Posted: November 14, 2009, 12:08pm EST
  by Rick

• The Oasis Arrives: Two Slideshows

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  Looks like Fort Lauderdale-based photographer and blogger Josh Ritchie had a pretty good day at work when he got up early yesterday and snapped some photos of the brand new, world's largest cruise ship, Oasis of the Seas, arriving at Port Everglades.
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  Posted: November 14, 2009, 9:59am EST
  by Rick