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Based in Atlanta, GA - Rick Limpert is an award-winning writer, a best-selling author, and a featured sports travel writer.

Named the No. 1 Sports Technology writer in the U.S. on Oct 1, 2014.

Wednesday
Jan122011

iPad Free App of the Week: Australian Open 2011

* There also is an iPad only app that is available for about $4 this year.  It looks great, but this is a free Australian Open app that can be used for both the iPhone and iPad.

The Australian Open begins next week and here'a free app that will keep you informed of all the happening for tennis' first Grand Slam event of the year.

This app includes:


Scores
LIVE scoring updates and completed match results.

Draws
Main Draw brackets, updated as matches complete.

Schedule
Daily schedule of play.

News
Latest news updates from the tournament.

Players
Player biographies from the Australian Open.

AO Radio
LIVE radio stream, featuring play-by-play coverage.

Event Guide
A fan's guide to the Australian Open.

Video
On-demand video coverage of the Australian Open, including the latest highlights, player interviews, and exclusive previews of upcoming action.

AO View
Augmented reality navigator for all of the action at the Australian Open: live match scores, nearby food and drink, even the nearest tram stop.

Photos
Photo coverage from the tournament.

Stay up to the minute will all the tennis action from Melbourne, and get this app for free.

Wednesday
Jan122011

Whatever Happened to 'Neither snow nor rain nor heat...'

On Tuesday, UPS was still not making pickups or deliveries in metro Atlanta or parts of six other states, the company said in an early morning statement.  FedEx also suspended pickup and delivery service in Georgia and some other parts of the Southeast.

It’s unlikely you received mail Tuesday, a U.S. Postal Service spokesman said. Trucks are having trouble getting to major processing plants to pick up mail and take it to delivery centers, Michael Miles, USPS spokesman for the Atlanta area.

The postal service contracts out to other truck drivers to transport most of the mail from the major processing centers, Miles said. Many of those workers are having trouble getting through the ice as well.

More locales will get mail on Wedndesday, I guess the old postal slogan needed to include ice.

Tuesday
Jan112011

Bus Passengers Stranded for Days at Atlanta Greyhound Station

Hundreds of Greyhound passengers received food Tuesday morning after being stuck for more than 24 hours at an Atlanta bus station.  That was nice, but it was little consolation to those stranded in the crowded station

After Monday’s winter storm, icy roads stalled the buses, preventing hundreds of riders from getting to their destinations. Emotions were running so high at the station, that some passengers took the situation into their own hands.

"I took it upon myself to call McDonalds’ corporate office in Chicago and they connected me to the southern region here and the McDonalds here down the street … he brought food for everybody, but that's something they should do. Greyhound, they made millions of dollars," said passenger Valencia Dantzler.

Stranded citizens also called the Mayor’s Office of Atlanta to complain of not having any food, Atlanta police spokeswoman Kim Jones said. She said Atlanta police were alerted of the incident around 11 p.m. and instructed the city jail to prepare sandwiches for the stranded riders.

Some buses started leaving for their destinations Tuesday afternoon.

WSBTV did a nice feature on the bus station situation here:

http://www.wsbtv.com/video/26441055/index.html

Tuesday
Jan112011

Ice Road Truckers: Atlanta

The roads in Atlanta remain icy, and the great people that move goods around our country are struggling to get anywhere. 

Much of the city of Atlanta has remained impassable Tuesday as a sadly outmatched contingent of plows and sand trucks failed to make much of a dent in the one-inch ice sheet that remained after the six-inch Sunday night snow that paralyzed much of the Deep South, and most notably its symbolic capital. The snow quickly turned into a treacherous driving experience, with hundreds of accidents reported. Even a salt truck spun out against a wall, blocking traffic.

Another Arctic cold front moving into the area nearly guaranteed that much of the city won't move until warmer weather arrives this weekend, pointing out, for many, the woeful inadequacy of storm response. Only eight plows were working the city's side streets and another 45 were trying – often vainly – to clear the one-inch layer of ice from the city's famously crowded interstates.

"This (storm) is a big traffic, travel, transportation problem," said Ken Davis, spokesman for the Georgia Emergency Management Agency. "The ice has made travel extremely hazardous. There are countless areas of the state that are impassable."

In one example, parts of Interstate 285 that loops Atlanta were closed near Hartsfield-Jackson airport because dozens of tractor-trailer trucks are stuck, said Karlene Barron, spokeswoman for the state transportation agency.  Some of the trucks had or have been stuck for 24 or ore hours.  State officials have rerouted some of the 18-wheelers in order to keep the flow of traffic moving at a slow pace.  As of late Tuesday afternoon, some of the lines of tractor-trailers and cars stuck on icy interstates in Atlanta as Georgia Department of Transportation have been cleared.

DOT crews are now struggling to reach trouble spots throughout metro Atlanta because of clogged traffic and treacherous roads. Veteran trucker Vernon Cook of Myrtle Beach, S.C., said Tuesday he was one of the trucks sitting still on the Interstate 285 ramp to I-75 south for almost 24 hours.
Cook and dozens of other trucks were eventually moved Tuesday afternoon by law enforcement after being stuck since Monday morning

Officials were particularly concerned about trucks stuck on I-285 underneath the airport's fifth runway.  
DOT spokeswoman Jill Goldberg said crews are doing the best they can and frigid temperatures are causing areas that have been de-iced to freeze again.  Some freezing rain is still falling in and around the Atlanta area.  Schools and other businesses are expected to be closed again on Wednesday.

Tuesday
Jan112011

Fantasy Golf Buy, Sell, or Hold For Sony Open

Here's an AudioBoo preview, with a bonus "flyer" pick available only in the AudioBoo.  Give it a listen!

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The first full field event of the season is where we head next.  A field of 144 will tee off at Waialae where they will face 7,000 challenging yards of lush fairways and sloping greens.

I wouldn't say it is a great field that will begin play this week, but it is a good one.  Davis Love III will join Vijay Singh, Ernie Els, Steve Stricker and Jim Furyk in the field this week.  

Will Jonathan Byrd continue his hot play from last week?  Will one of the twelve Australians in the field break through with a win, or will we see a first time winner emerge?

All of these questions will be answered by Sunday afternoon.

Until then, we'll look at the Buy, Sell, or Hold for the 2011 Sony Open at Waialae.  Remember the players are in A,B, or C categories.  Take that into consideration.

Buy:

Jim Furyk (A) - Anytime Jim Furyk tees it up in Hawaii you need to have him on your team.  Furyk hasn't played this event since 2008, but he has won it once and has five top-1o finishes.

Robert Allenby(B) - You get good value here for Allenby as a B player.  He loves the course, is in good form, and was the runner-up last year.  Add that to three top-10's in his last five appearances here.

K.J. Choi(A) - He plays well here, winning the title in 2008 and five other top-15 finishes.  K.J. is streaky, you might have him streak to a win this week.

Sell:

Charles Howell III (C) - I know he's usually a good pick for a C player, but he can be erratic off the tee and that will be his demise in the winds at Waialae.

Dustin Johnson (A) - Normally he would be a solid pick, but take note, he has withdrawn to attend a funeral in South Carolina.

Derek Lamely (A) - Lamely, a rookie on the PGA Tour struggled at the Hyundai last week.  I have to admit I don't know much about Derek, but you don't want to start him as a A-level player.

John Daly (C) - Even at the C level, don't take a chance on Daly.  He missed the cut last year and I don't expect him to fare any better this time around.

Hold:

Jonathan Byrd(A) - He rode a hot putter to a win last week at Kapalua and he's looking to continue it this week.  He hasn't fared as well at Waialae, but if you like playing the hot golfer, you'll want to have Byrd in your lineup.