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Lillet Poached Pears from jessica castro on Vimeo.

http://jessicacastrophotography.com

Parting thought: while I really enjoy the handheld feel, I wonder if a little bit of manual stabilization, such as a $15 Steadycam could have helped.

Food Truck Wars from Suzie Vigon on Vimeo.

Quoting Anjali Fluker from the Orlando Business Journal blog: Food Truck Wars debuts in Oviedo this March

Food Truck Wars, which will be at the Oviedo Mall on March 31, will feature all the delicious dishes and treats prepared by participating trucks along with a beer and wine garden, live music and a silent auction, whose proceeds will benefit local charities. The event, sponsored by the mall and the city of Oviedo, is free, but food and drink will be for sale.

As part of the fun, a video featuring Louie’s Bistro owner Luis Colon, the Country Chuck Wagon owner Larry Long and Oviedo Mayor Dominic Persampiere promises fun galore at the inaugural event.

Conference Championship Sunday has given us our Super Bowl Combatants. How were they narrowed down? -- By the action soon to be analyzed by the SoTG, Chris and Weasel.

Faith Arts Village Orlando is a ministry of Park Lake Presbyterian Church that provides a place where the faith community and local artists can work together to share their gifts of inspiration, beauty, and spiritual expression to promote peace, understanding, and well-being in the larger community.

As a ‘village’ it will emphasize the activity and integration of many constituents: local artists, church members, community patrons, schools, and civic groups. The Faith and Arts Village may include:

• Studio space for artists
• Green and exhibit space for community gathering
• Meeting and classroom space
• Gallery space
• Open air markets
• Outdoor performance space
• Cafe space for refreshments
• Office space for administration
• Possible future residential space for designated guests
• Mission outreach through the arts
• Encouraging art as an expression of faith

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More playoff action! The SoTG, Chris, and Weasel bring you

The SoTG, Chris, and Weasel bring you the first round of NFL action for this season.

Prolific Drupal contributor Dave Reid joins Ryan Price and Mike Anello on the first DrupalEasy podcast of 2012. They discuss the Meta Tags module (and why it’s not just for SEO anymore), Drupal’s security team, Drupal 8’s WSCCI initiative, the increasing complexity of Drupal’s code and the decreasing number of core contributors.

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Congratulations to the entire SoTG Forum! The SoTG himself went 74% in picks during the study hall in the regular season, Chris posted a respectable 71% while Weasel went 69%. The contest for picks this year is the SoTG's to lose as he's 5 games up on Chris and 7 games up on Weasel.

Week 17 . . . the end of the NFL Season . . . what do the playoffs have to offer? How did we get these teams? The SoTG, Chris, and Weasel preach on.

The Playoff Picture is nearly complete and TheSoTG, Weasel, and Chris tell what we knowm what we don't, and how we got there.

Down a player this week, The SoTG and Chris bring you a whacky and wild Week 15 for the 200th episode!!!

Kristof De Jaeger (swentel on drupal.org) joins Ryan Price and Mike Anello on the latest edition of the DrupalEasy podcast to talk about the (now unanimously agreed-upon) awesome Display Suite module. Other topics discussed include a (in our opinion) slanted Smashing Magazine article, IE9 automatic updates, and Media module + Solr goodness.

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I'll be on at 5 instead of the normal 4 pm. Www.wtmy.com will still have me on with Mike and Tom for the Afternoon play-by-play.

During the rest of the season, look for me, The SoTG, on wtmy.com or 1280 am locally in Sarastoa, Florida at 4pm with Tom and Mike on the Afternoon Play-by-Play. Also check them out on twitter and let them know you dig the NFL bantor that the 3 of us can make happen @TomKernanWTMY and @MikeFrisina.

Week 14 was a week where a lot of teams had to face the music. The SoTG, Chris, and Weasel are the headliners as Blake Kachman opens the event musically explaining how Jason Garrett may soon be a Foreigner to the NFL with his actions in Week 13.

The Packers and the Niners already cashed in their ticket to the playoffs, but how does the rest of the NFC stack up? Chris sounds off in the latest Rankin’s Rankings.

There are 4 weeks left in the regular season, but if the playoffs started today, here is who would get in:

1. Packers (12-0)
2. Niners (10-2)
3. Saints (9-3)
4. Cowboys (7-5)
5. Bears (7-5)
6. Falcons (7-5)

Others: Lions (7-5), Giants (6-6), Seahawks (5-7), Cardinals (5-7)

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One of the SoTG co-hosts, Chris Rankin, is stepping onto the field delivering his predictions for the AFC:

If the Playoffs started this week, here are the AFC teams that would make the playoffs in order:

1 Patriots (9-3)
2 Texans (9-3)
3 Ravens (9-3)
4 Broncos (7-5)
5 Steelers (9-3)
6 Bengals (7-5)

There are 3 teams with 7-5 record on the outside looking in: Titans, Raiders, Jets. There are 4 games left in the season and anything can happen.

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Week 13 wasn't so lucky for a few featured teams this time around. The SoTG, Weasel, and Chris point out the misfortune while acknowledge who the winners and losers are as a result.

Overcoming the food hangover to bring you Thanksgiving action, the SoTG, Chris, and Weasel talk up the present and future of the season.

As Thanksgiving night 2011 approached, I was excited. Don’t get me wrong, the Turkey did its job magnificently as the afternoon focus and the wine the In-Laws offer me is always very tasty. But for me I was most excited about desert. Thursday Night Football featuring the Baltimore Ravens and the San Francisco 49ers. What – you expected some speech about Pumpkin Pie?

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So it’s the Dallas Cowboys again facing off against some team on Thanksgiving that’s a complete waste of space in a game whose high point is the biggest bully against the inferior opposition they faced being given some festively themed award presented by an overly hyped and under qualified sports personality.

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Of all the rituals that are staples of traditional modern Thanksgiving, 2 of them have been a constant (not counting a visit from or to see that weird uncle that’s in ever y family) -- good food and bad football. Don’t get me wrong, it’s not that was ever happy to see such players as QB Joey Harrington, QB Jon Kitna, WR Carlos Rogers or WR Mike Williams fail (although it did contribute to some silly jokes for a few family laughs such as that Charlie Batch was sacked like the turkey when mom brought it from the store).

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Class sessions continue even with the apporaching T-day holiday. A feast of previewed coverage for the T-day action and of course the leftovers from Week 11. The SoTG, Chris and Weasel are the chefs!!!

Orlando Film Festival opening night from Snapwell Films on Vimeo.

I know Marlon and Jeff of Snapwell Films from their involvement in Urban ReThink – they even produced a promotional video to help us out.

Any NFL fan, be it casual or religious, knows the name of Denver Broncos QB Tim Tebow. Forsaken as a guaranteed bust upon his drafting last year; Crucified as a quirky experiment when he was installed for QB Kyle Orton when the struggling Broncos named him the starter; he’s suddenly seen as a Mile-High Messiah going 3-1 as a starter going into this Thursday Night Game, keeping Denver in the hunt for the AFC East Division and revitalizing playoff hopes. However, the one ‘L’ that Tebow has endured was against a solid defense where the Detroit Lions feasted on a Tebow steak during the 45-10 route. This Thursday Night match up against the New York Jets represents the first time Tebow has faced a top-level “D” since. The Jets ‘D’, however, don’t have the same offensive support as the Lions and failed to score. Broncos win 17-13.

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Hey everyone. Check out the SoTG on www.wtmy.com at 5 pm on Monday, Tuesday, and Friday on where he calls in to talk to Tom and Mike about NFL action! If you happen to live in the Sarasota, Bradenton, or Venice area in Florida, you can catch it on 1280 AM WTMY.

Fresh off of his interview with the Afternoon Play-by-Play with Tom and Mike on 1280 AM's Sports Fanatic in Sarasota, FL (http://www.wtmy.com/), the SoTG, Chris, and Weasel breakdown what was a wild and whacky week 10.

The workout she did was called IntenSati. A little bit like spinning without the bike or zumba with a lot more yelling. Look it up.

Then I saw this post by Jessica Earley about Dance Therapy:

When I saw both of these, I was also reminded of a reference in a Daniel Pink book to Laughing Clubs or Laughter Yoga. It works. Don’t believe me?

Clinical research on Laughter Yoga methods, conducted at the University of Graz in Austria; Bangalore, India; and in the United States has proved that Laughter lowers the level of stress hormones (epinephrine, cortisol, etc) in the blood. It fosters a positive and hopeful attitude. It is less likely for a person to succumb to stress and feelings of depression and helplessness, if one is able to laugh away the troubles.

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The SoTG, Chris, and Weasel bring you Week 9 actions. With the Midpoint of the Season -- here also we have the MidSeason Awards.

The SoTG, Chris, and Weasel return to action to crack the code of week 8.

Ryan Price, Andrew Riley, Mike Anello, and special guest Stephen Barker (DigitalFrontiersMedia on drupal.org) discuss all the Drupal news that’s fit to talk about. Stephen Barker is a Drupal developer based in Sarasota, Florida with a background in biology and augmented reality (and somehow manage to tie it in with Drupal). We talk about mobile app development, Drupal 8 core initiatives status, Panels versus the world, as well as a bunch of other current stories. As always, we make our picks of week and announce our site of the week.

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The Law of 'Any Given Sunday' was reiterated this week . . . unless you were beaten 62-7. The SoTG, Chris and Weasel discuss.

The NFL may be down to one undefeated team, but the action still came in prides as the SoTG, Chris and Weasel bring the action of week 6 to you.

Andrew Riley, Ryan Price, and Mike Anello interview part of the team from Droplabs, a Los Angeles-based Drupal-centric co-working facility. In addition to the usual latest Drupal news and picks, we spoke with Christefano Reyes, Blake Senftner, and Lee Vodra about the genesis of Droplabs, its place in the LA Drupal Community, and how they’re feeling their way in making the space successful in the long term. 

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