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The United States Olympic Committee has selected 35 cities to gauge interest in hosting the 2024 Summer Olympic Games, and Orlando is on that list.
Among Florida sites, Miami and Jacksonville are also on the list. FOX 35 reached out to Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer's office on Tuesday, but they were not able to confirm if they have received the letter.
Back in 2000 Orlando and Tampa put in a bid together for the 2012 games. The 2012 games, eventually went to London.
The letter sent this week to the 35 mayors spells out the "extraordinary undertaking" for any city, with budgets in excess of $3 billion, not including venue construction. Clearly, Orlando would not have trouble with the hotel or airport requirements.
The letter is not a guarantee that the U.S. Olympic committee would bid on the Summer Games of 2024. New York and Chicago had failed bids for the past two summer games.
While not on the list, it's possible Tampa could once again join Orlando to bid together again. The Olympic Committee has a little over two years to decide which city, if any, they would select to bid on the 2024 games.
The United States has not hosted the Summer Olympics since Atlanta in 1996.
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Lead and copper far outshine gold in 2009
Base metals rise 5 times more than gold, with little fanfare.
Gold bugs have a cool nickname and get a lot of press, but their favorite investment instrument has not even come close to being the best-performing metal this year. That distinction goes to its redder big brother, copper, and, it's followed not too far behind by just about every other base metal -- including, most prominently, lead and nickel.
If that's a surprise to you, it's mostly because lowly copper and lead just don't call as much attention to themselves as gold. I didn't see too many ads for copper or lead necklaces this holiday season, and I have never heard anyone brag about being a lead bug.
But, boy, have they captured investors' attention since the start of 2009 because of their usefulness in heavy industry. Using exchange-traded funds tracking their futures prices as a measure, here are the numbers: Copper (JJC) is +131%; lead is (LD), +124%; steel (SLX) is +115%; nickel is +57%; and aluminum (JJU), is +36%.
Meanwhile that flashy braggart, which claims highfalutin' powers to cast a spell on inflation? It's up just 25%. Going forward, copper continues to have the best prospects due to its utility in power plants, power grids and plumbing. A single leveraged fund that captures the group is PowerShares DB Metals Double Long (BDD).
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Two dogs thrown from a moving car on an Interstate 205 on-ramp had escaped from their yard, and they have since been reunited with their owner.
State troopers said a 911 caller witnessed the dogs being thrown on the ramp from Northeast Padden Parkway to I-205 Northbound around 10 p.m. on New Year's Day.
The caller said the car slowed down to about 15 to 20 mph, and he saw the left rear door open. When he drove by the location where the door opened, he found two dogs rolling on the ground. Meanwhile, the suspect's car took off at a high rate of speed.
The dogs - a Chihuahua named Poncho and a female cocker spaniel named Seeley - were not injured. They both had collars, but no tags.
The witness who saw the dogs on the side of the road wrote a post to his Facebook page, saying there were other options for the people who tossed the dogs out of the car.
"Currently sitting on the on-ramp with a poodle and a Chihuahua in my trunk waiting for animal control to pick them up. I wish those people would have tried Craigslist instead! Lol," he wrote.
But as it turns out, it wasn't the dogs' owners who threw them out. The suspects appeared to have found the dogs and put them in their car before then throwing them from their car.
Police said the incident could have been much worse with the possibility of the dogs running into traffic and causing a traumatic situation for another driver and the dogs themselves.
Now troopers hope other witnesses will come forward with information on the suspects. The car involved may have been a mid to late 1990s Ford Taurus. It had Washington license plates, and it's believed the pattern was three letters followed by four numbers.
There were at least two people inside the car - the driver and the person who threw the dogs onto the road's shoulder.
An investigation by animal control officers confirmed the owner, Geraldine Davis, did not throw the dogs. Davis said she thinks the dogs were spooked by fireworks and ran off together.
Anyone with information on who is responsible is asked to call animal control.
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Sara is the Director of Sustainability & Supply-Chain Solutions for Vela Environmental, a division of Kennedy and Coe, LLC where she leads the firm's CSO On-Demand Services. This blog explores the topic of agricultural sustainability -- including the market forces and hidden drivers propelling it from a pragmatic and solutions-oriented point of view. Follow Sara on Twitter: @SustainAg. Views expressed are solely those of Sara Harper.
When talking about "sustainable agriculture," people often jump to the short-hand descriptors of "small, local and organic" – or, they become mired down in arguments about the need to defend conventional agriculture from attacks made by activists wanting to roll back the clock to a time when everyone farmed.
What I have learned about sustainability from working on these issues for many years and by working within many of the ongoing sustainability measurement initiatives that include food retailers and processors is that there is an entirely different discussion about "sustainability" and agriculture going on in the marketplace that often doesn't get talked about much.
Food retailers and processors have increasingly been looking with concern at the long-term security of their supply chains. With the challenge of 3 billion more people joining the planet within the next few decades, resource scarcity or contamination is a real threat in certain areas.
Imagine if your company is primarily or exclusively, in some cases, sourcing its raw materials from an area that has been hit hard by drought and projected to lose access to a secure water supply source within the next 20 years! This is a major, and costly, business risk you are facing. I know from first hand conversations with processing companies that they are already making plant siting decisions based on these types of projections to both limit costs as well as avoid sustainability issues in the future.
Add to that numerous consumer research reports that indicate your next generation consumers are used to knowing a lot of information about anything they want – in the palm of their smartphone-holding hand; and you can see the outlines for why retailers, and consequently, food processors are becoming more and more interested in first understanding and ultimately, managing their long-term sustainability risks.
The key is that sustainability issues for these food retailers and food processors is really just a fancy and all-encompassing term for good old fashioned risk management. This is perhaps one of the biggest reasons why the burgeoning demand for sustainability data has not gone away even in a bad economy. The point I make to producers is that they should think about sustainability this way as well.
It is easy to think that "sustainability" is just the latest market fad that will disappear in a few years, and therefore, its just fine to ignore it. In fact, ignoring it could help make it disappear – the thinking goes. Having worked within a number of efforts that include food retailers and processors, I have to strongly disagree. For example, click on the highlighted links that follow to see what a number of companies are up to on this topic: Safeway, Walmart, Giant Grocery Stores, Kraft, Unilever, PepsiCo, Cargill (and many, many more . . .)
It is clear if you look at the stated policies and trendlines these businesses are following that sustainable data collection and ultimately, specific sustainable practice and data preferences are on the way for agriculture as an industry.
The danger of this is of course significant. If "sustainability" is defined in ways that are unworkable or biased against large-scale, efficient agriculture – or even focused on a one-size-fits all approach that so rarely works for diverse, dynamic living systems, there could be significant added cost and a push by the market for counterproductive practices stemming from unintended consequences.
Still, there is significant potential in this new trend as well. Agriculture, as an industry, is engaged in a mighty effort to "tell its story" to urban consumers who in many cases feel disconnected from the food they buy and increasingly are expressing or buying into concerns pushed by activists. This gap between growers and consumers is not good for either group. Yet, if the focus is on essentially, just a large public relations campaign, the result could be limited. But if agriculture's "story" is paired with hard data backing up how efficient, safe, pro-community and yes, "sustainable" the industry is – then there is a real chance for connection trust-building between these two different cultures. That trust acts as a social license to continue doing business unfettered by bad regulation (not all regulation) that ends up not solving the underlying problem but making life harder for farmers.
So, given the new market forces driving the desire to assess, measure and improve the sustainability of agricultural products, it becomes extremely important for producers and the groups that represent them to engage in understanding, shaping and facilitating this new market need. This is all the more important because this is a market force, not a legislative one. If the type of efforts being sought by food retailers were instead being asked for by our government, they would likely be dead in the water – because it is relatively easy for any lobbying group these days to kill something on Capitol Hill. But you can't call up your Senator and tell him to get Walmart, Safeway and Giant – among others, to stop measuring sustainability.
Agricultural groups are engaging on this topic, but of course, they remain very cautious. As a result, action from the retailers appears to be far outpacing involvement from producer groups – at least on the whole. To be clear, retailers are in the process right now of beginning to accumulate a list of sustainability "hotspots" they will look at as they decide who to buy agricultural products from. That's pretty far down the road.
Far be it from me to tell any farmer how to do their business, but from where I sit, it seems to be a pretty good idea for producers to include as part of their risk management plan education at the least about what is emerging on the sustainability market side. A next step would be to engage either directly with efforts that are working on this issue or to support your farm organization's greater involvement on these issues.
A few efforts you might be interested in on that front are Field-to-Market and Triple Bottom Line Commodities. Full disclosure, I work with clients that are engaged in field-to-market and I am the coordinator of Triple Bottom Line Commodities.
Field-to-Market is an initiative facilitated by the non-profit Keystone Center that brings together a wide range of interests from grower groups to environmental groups to food processing companies. The effort has resulted in a fieldprint calculator tool which allows growers to enter data specific to their farm and see how they compare on a number of environmental issues to others in their state and nationally. The tool also allows farmers to run different practice scenarios and see the changes in their score that would occur. This type of a tool empowers growers to assess their own land in a way that is anonymous. It also allows growers to see some of the hotspot issues that food processors and retailers are increasingly interested in measuring and understand how different practices utilized in different regions stack up.
A key benefit of this approach to assessing sustainability is that it is focused on measuring actual performance rather than merely meeting some arbitrarily assembled check list that supposedly encompasses sustainability. It helps the farmer see the value to their farm and to the environment if a certain practice is used on their soil type with their slope and in their growing region.
Another effort working on the business side of this issue is a unique network of farmers called Triple Bottom Line (TBL) Commodities. This group's focus is on influencing and facilitating the private market's growing needs for sustainability data. The group contains a diverse set of strategic-minded top producers growing commodities like corn, soy, wheat, beef, hogs, dairy and ethanol. Recently, this group joined The Sustainability Consortium – an independent organization housed within the University of Arkansas and Arizona State University focusing on developing a sustainability measurement system. With members like Walmart, Safeway, Giant and numerous food processors, the Consortium is becoming a unifying nexus for establishing general parameters for sustainability measurement. There are only 3 grower groups that are part of the Consortium: Dairy Management Inc., Cotton Inc., and TBL Commodities.
I've always believed its better to be "at the table, than on the menu." Well friends, the sustainability "dinner" is being planned. Now is definitely the time to help create the menu!
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Bob Bergmeyer, of Canton, Ohio, takes a break to read Farm and Dairy while bear hunting in Cordova, Alaska. Bergmeyer spent his birthday in Alaska, hunting brown bear and moose. He got a bear his second day out, but while he was out hunting moose later, the bears ransacked his campsite. He still had a […]
Farm and Dairy traveled to Detroit with Marion, Linda, Bridgett and Kaylee Keim, of Beach City, Ohio, for the World Series. Even though the Tigers lost, the memories will last a lifetime!
Chuck and Tina Dazey, of Louisville, Ohio, and Gary and Linda Miller, of Hartville, Ohio, brought Farm and Dairy four-wheeling on the sand dunes of Lake Michigan for a week. After all the fun on the hills in the sand and mud, we had to empty our shoes!
When it's cold in Ohio, Florida is a great place to be! We took in the sights of Disney's Boardwalk, at Disney World Orlando, with Andrea and Claire Riffle, of Hubbard, Ohio.
Dale and Judy Devore, of Bloomingdale, Ohio, brought Farm and Dairy along for a family vacation in Aruba. We were glad to be part of the family!
Dave Kraeer and P.G. Bown took a side trip on their vacation/pheasant hunting trip to visit Bown's daughter, Dr. Stephanie Bown, at the Webster Veterinary Clinic in Webster, S.D. Bown, a 2008 graduate of the Ohio State School of Veterinary Medicine, practiced in Barnesville, Ohio, for two years before joining the practice in South Dakota. […]
Pete Adomis, of York, Pa., stopped at the Iron Acres Museum in East Sparta, Ohio. While there, he spotted the Farm and Dairy and brought it along on his ride to Pennsylvania to visit friends.
Richard and Marylynne Macek, of East Palestine, Ohio, visited the Titanic exhibit in Branson, Mo. Farm and Dairy joined them, but stayed on dry land!
Ray Lawrence, of Lisbon, Ohio, takes a break to read Farm and Dairy after climbing a mountain in Kaiserslautern, Germany. Ray found a seat among the ruins of a Roman fortress built 2300 years ago.
Esther Pries, of Knox, Pa., took Farm and Dairy to Erskine, Minn., on a recent trip. While there, she visited Aimee Ness and Diane Hoeft. Esther used to work at Ness Cafe in Erskine. The cafe is celebrating its 100th anniversary in June. Pictured with Pries are Ness (former second generation owner of Ness Cafe) […]
The Keegans, (left to right) Jacob, Meredith, Sarah and Clayton, spent spring break in Florida Keys. They are pictured at the most southern part of Florida in Key West. The Keegans live in Clyde, Ohio. Thanks for taking Farm and Dairy along!
Dale and Debbie Elder along with their aunt Roberta and uncle Harry Elder, of Sandy Lake, Pa. took their Farm and Dairy along when they attended the 2012 Prairie Gold Rush Winter Convention in Newport, Mich.
We like warm places in cold weather. And with a name like Frostproof, Fla., it's gotta be warm! Frank and Gwen Francis and Bill and Eileen McPherson are the snowbirds who winter in Frostproof, which means lots of northern friends come to visit (and restock their stash of Farm and Dairy reading!). From left are: […]
Lydia, (left to right) Lilah and Layna Sanor, of East Rochester, Ohio, along with parents, Keith and Amanda Sanor, vacationed in Carova Beach April 7-14. In this area, wild horses roam freely. This picture was taken one afternoon when a group of horses came around the beach house to graze. Thanks for taking us along!
Staff Sgt. Jonathan Scott, of Malvern, Ohio, brought his Farm and Dairy on the long trip to the Joint Multinational Readiness Center at Hohenfels, Germany. Scott and his unit, the 758th Maintenance Company, Columbus, Ohio, performed a three-week training exercise there in March.
Rob and Keri McGary, of Volant, Pa., took some time to read their Farm and Dairy while visiting Hilton Head Island in January. Next stop, the beach!
Raymond Little (left), of North Jackson, Ohio, and his brother, Gary Little (right), of West Middlesex, Pa., attended the Mid-American Trucking Show in Louisville, Ky., recently. They are standing, along with Farm and Dairy, in front of a semi-truck.
Stephen Lonce, of Mineral Ridge, Ohio, says he likes to spend his vacation going to Hemly Tool Supply in Montville, Ohio. He goes to the hardware store all day to buy and look around. This trip was made Feb. 22. Sounds like a fun day!
(Left to right): Pete Richardson, Connie Cooper and Hal Cooper, of Austinburg, Ohio, traveled to Isle of Palms, S.C., in March. Here they are pictured outside the Sea Biscuit Cafe. Yummy!


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Star Tribune of Minneapolis, Sept. 3
Federal courts need relief from sequester
Minnesota's seven federal judges will still be on their benches if the federal funding sequester lingers past Oct. 1, the start of the new federal fiscal year. Courthouses will still be open — most days, anyway — because federal rules require that facilities payments to the General Services Administration (in effect, the courthouses' landlord) have first claim on courts budgets.
Beyond that, "our infrastructure will crumble," Michael Davis, chief judge of Minnesota's federal judicial district, told U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison and staff representatives of the other nine members of Minnesota's congressional delegation at a breakfast briefing last week. "The quality of justice will diminish. We do not want that to happen."
It was a rare public plea for support from one Minnesota branch of the federal government to another, delivered in heartfelt terms by a chief judge who rightly fears that something crucial to America's rule of law — access for all to efficiently administered, capably staffed courts — is threatened by misguided fiscal austerity in Washington. Other sequestration cuts are similarly counterproductive to the national interest. But cuts to the courts damage one of government's core functions, in ways that could deprive them of the public trust that's essential to democracy.
Sequestration has cost Minnesota's U.S. district courts 15.7 percent of their expected budgets in the current fiscal year. That would be bad enough if it had been spread across a full year. It's worse because it was imposed on March 1 for a fiscal year that will end on Oct. 1.
A variety of temporary measures are getting the district through this year. But cuts that cause lasting damage will follow after Oct. 1 if Congress does not send relief, said Davis and other court officials. The ranks of federal public defenders — who in Minnesota are already outnumbered by prosecutors, 8 to 46 — will shrink. So will the security forces needed to keep courthouses safe. So will the number of released offender supervisors, who are among the nation's leaders in finding employment and deterring recidivism among offenders.
The courts' ability to pay salaries commensurate with the private sector will further erode at a time when specialists in business-related law and information technology are already being lured away. Minnesota's reputation as a court of choice for complex business litigation — and hence as an asset to this state's Fortune 500 companies — will diminish.
Minnesota has four federal courthouses — in Minneapolis, St. Paul, Duluth and Fergus Falls. One of them could close — an option Davis was plainly loath to mention and says he would vigorously oppose on accessibility grounds. Trial by a jury of one's peers is denied to accused people if jurors can be reasonably drawn from only one part of the state.
Another unwelcome option, worker furloughs that darken courtrooms periodically, is more likely. But that, too, makes little sense for a district that already has a disproportionately large caseload and relies on nearly full-time work by three retired judges to keep up.
Delays in the administration of justice are sure to be the upshot of so much austerity. Public confidence in the courts is on the line.
"I've never begged. I'm too proud to beg," Davis said. "This is one of the few times. I want you to think very closely about this. Keeping those (courthouse) doors open to people. It's what makes us a great nation."
Well said, Your Honor. The partisan budget game is due to resume next week when Congress is back in session. No matter how else the two parties play that game, both should see the restoration of courts funding as a national imperative.
St. Paul Pioneer Press, Aug. 31
Minnesota Gov. Dayton may be sincere about the 'Unsession,' but his is a tax-and-spend party
Gov. Mark Dayton's "Unsession" agenda will have some stiff competition from high-profile issues when the Legislature convenes in February.
The initiative to make government better, faster and simpler will fight for attention -- in an atmosphere of election-year posturing -- with a mix of issues that includes business taxes, bonding and a contentious debate about the minimum wage.
Nevertheless, the governor's reform agenda is worth pursuing, and the administration this summer is inviting Minnesotans and state employees to weigh in with ideas. They should take Dayton up on the offer. Who knows? As the campaign says, "Your idea might just be the next big reform measure."
Ideas are being collected at mn.gov/governor/unsession.
The website, which also allows Minnesotans to review and comment on submitted ideas, describes the Unsession as a first-of-its-kind effort "to improve service, shorten wait times, eliminate old and outdated rules and undo anything else that makes government nearly impossible for people to understand."
The drive for reform and redesign of state government -- with cost-cutting and productivity improvements -- gets a good reception on these pages. It should at the Capitol, as well.
But how will it fare without the lever of a struggling economy and imminent state budget deficits?
"From our perspective, there's no less motivation," the governor's chief of staff, Tina Smith, told us.
Taking a long view, she said, the cost pressures on state government "are only increasing."
An aside: Yes, they are. This year, by spending at a much faster rate than the economy is growing and raising every tax it could get its hands on, the governor's DFL Party made the hill steeper. The governor might be sincere about efficiency, but there's little evidence that his party wants anything but higher taxes and more spending. Demographic trends being what they are, they can reckon now or reckon later, but a reckoning is coming, and it will favor restraint, not the DFL's lack of it.
Back to the idea of the Unsession: In addition to containing costs in such areas as health care and higher education, a more efficient state government will be better prepared for added strain on public resources as the "gray wave" of retiring baby boomers hits.
And, Smith said, as times change, "so will the expectations of citizens for a government that serves them 24 hours a day with new technology."
Smith suggests that a better economy could help encourage suggestions from state employees: "Whether in the private sector or the public, employees are naturally concerned that if you want to cut costs, you want to cut jobs. It's human nature that you might be less likely to offer up that idea because you could be brainstorming yourself out of a job."
Now, with more stability, she said, it's "easier to build trust and excitement for this among employees, who often have the best ideas."
The efficiency-productivity agenda has been a theme of Dayton's administration since Inauguration Day, Smith said, when he "talked about the importance of a government that delivers great service and is one that works better."
In two-plus years, "we've made real progress in a lot of areas," Smith told us, citing changes in the way the state pays for health care, which saved a billion dollars.
Then, too, she said, there are "smaller -- but really meaningful examples," including reducing the waiting times for vehicle registrations from 90 days to just 10 days.
Among others are cutting environmental permit waits by more than 40 percent and making hunting and fishing licenses available on smartphones.
Efforts like those are worthy, convenient and customer-friendly. They've saved Minnesotans time and money.
But to live up to its promise, the Unsession should take advantage of the full potential for reform and redesign of state government. As it formulates the Unsession agenda -- some of which might move forward with executive, rather than legislative action, Smith said -- Dayton and his staff should be ready to apply valuable lessons from the private sector. There, tough business decisions about what to continue, what to stop and how to adapt to changing conditions are a way of life.
The will to make choices in the face of resistance to change will help keep state government ready and resilient. Legislators should be ready to listen.
The Free Press of Mankato, Sept. 4
People lose link to democracy
Two recent reports should concern anyone who still believes average citizens can influence their government and political leaders.
One report showed that for the first time in Minnesota history, spending by outside groups such as political parties and political action committees outpaced spending by the candidates themselves in Minnesota legislative races.
The other report noted that members of Congress have significantly cut back on their town hall meetings for fear they will be hijacked by special interest groups that show up en masse as part of a plan to embarrass a candidate and divert the attention of the meeting.
Taken together, the reports suggest that representative democracy is being undermined by special interests, further distancing elected representatives from their constituents.
The details are unsettling. The Star Tribune reported that the cost of campaigning for House or Senate seats in Minnesota has nearly doubled in just 10 years. The newspaper's research showed that spending for the average House race went from $50,000 to $91,000 from 2002 to 2012 and for a Senate race, the spending went from an average of $78,000 to $171,000, a 120 percent increase.
In one key race for a Senate district where 50,000 votes were cast, DFL candidate Melisa Franzen and Republican Rep. Keith Downey each spent about $110,000 on the race. But outside groups spent about $300,000 to defeat Downey, while the groups spent about $150,000 against Franzen, the newspaper reported.
Another report Monday in the Star Tribune detailed the decline of the typical town hall meeting among Minnesota's members of Congress. Candidates' representatives say they choose other means of meeting constituents in lieu of the open town hall meetings that can be subject to a "takeover" by interest groups bused in to create embarrassing confrontations with elected representatives on video that may be put on the Internet and go viral.
The representatives cite meetings with groups of citizens at the State Fair, for example, as places where they can meet constituents face to face. Others conduct more controlled town hall meetings via teleconference call where they can screen those who get to ask questions.
Critics of opposing parties dismiss these alternatives and say elected representatives should attend meetings where they can hear from people who don't agree with them. Some have resorted to putting cardboard cutouts and pictures of the representatives in empty chairs at meetings where they don't show.
At some point, elected leaders have to be willing to face "real" constituents no matter what their political views. And at some point, these interest groups that would hijack a normally civil meeting to score some Internet viral videos of representatives need to be shown the door.
When real people can have reasonable and regular access to their elected leaders, better policy comes forth, and there won't be as much of a need for defensive tactics. But that also might help solve the other problem: special interest money pouring in to influence elections and, in some cases, flipping the entire state government from one party to the other.
Legislative races in Minnesota used to be relatively quiet affairs. Campaign spending by each side remained in five figures. Now the spending is six figures and beyond. Outside interests can take out attack ads at will. Candidates are hit by surprise. It's the new political reality in light of the recent Citizens United Supreme Court case that opened the floodgates on political spending.
But when elected leaders represent the real people of their district, there won't be as much incentive for special interests to turn on the money spigot to garner outcomes that are often not what the people ordered


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'Chennai Express' is the story of a Mumbai boy (Shah Rukh Khan) who embarks on a journey to a small town in Tamil Nadu, only to fulfil the last wish of his grandfather to have his ashes immersed in Rameshwaram. En route, he meets a south Indian girl (Deepika Padukone) hailing from an orthodox family.
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Some of the best golfers around arriving in the valley this weekend as the 2014 Waste Management Phoenix Open kicks off on Monday.
But before the big tournament at TPC Scottsdale some fans are getting a chance to hit a few balls at one of the holes all for a chance to win one-million dollars.
Everything kicks off in a couple days so there is still a lot of work going on here getting the course ready for the players as well for the fans. The tournament is known around the PGA as one of the rowdiest and yet most fun filled stops on the tour.
Organizers say 500,000 spectators are expected next week with 200,000 spectators expected next Saturday alone.
Officials have beefed up security, "You cannot bring backpacks, if people are still wearing fanny packs you cannot bring those either, if you do bring some contents in a purse that does not fit in our size scope we are providing a complimentary plastic bag to put your contents in so you can come in and everyone does get wanded" said Tom King, Chairman of the Phoenix Open Tournament.
Amateurs at the 16th hole were going for the green hoping for a hole in one and winning a million bucks. The golfer with the closest to the pin shot here will get to participate in the shot at glory competition next Wednesday. The prize is $500,000 and $500,000 for a charity of their choice.


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Procreation Vacations: Getaways That Deliver
Conception-friendly resort packages ... can't hurt!
Of course, if you have an underlying medical issue like endometriosis or a very low sperm count, sipping virgin margaritas on the beach is not going to help you get pregnant. For couples struggling with physiologically caused infertility, advice to "just relax" or "take a vacation" can be hurtful and frustrating.
But if you've been trying to get pregnant for less than a year and have no infertility issues, then a procreation vacation could be a great way to escape the pressures of your everyday life, reconnect with your partner, and celebrate your decision to add to your family.
"Taking a break from the stresses of daily life with cell phones and intense schedules is a terrific idea," says Dr. Laura Reuter, MD, a reproductive endocrinologist at Midwest Fertility Specialists in Carmel, Indiana. "Making time for these opportunities allows a couple to recharge emotionally."
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In addition to helping couples get in the baby-making mood with relaxation and romance, the resorts also offer special amenities they claim will aid fertility. At the Westin, we drank sea moss elixirs and sampled as many bowls of pumpkin soup as we wanted. According to Caribbean lore, the vitamin A and beta-carotene in pumpkins promote fertility and help maintain successful pregnancies. The conception package at the Marco Island Marriott in Florida offers chaste berry aromatherapy massages and red clover and raspberry teas. But do they work?
"There is no evidence that pumpkin soup, sea moss, chaste berries, or red clover and raspberry teas will assist in conception," says Dr. Adamson. The purported conception aids won't hurt, however, so drink up and enjoy yourself.
The main things you can do to boost your fertility include quitting smoking and improving your diet by avoiding trans-fats, eating more vegetable proteins like beans and nuts, and increasing your consumption of whole grains. Body weight is also an important factor. "Being either underweight or overweight can alter the complex hormonal feedback system, possibly preventing ovulation altogether," says Toni Weschler, author of the book Taking Charge of Your Fertility, 10th Anniversary Edition: The Definitive Guide to Natural Birth Control, Pregnancy Achievement, and Reproductive Health. Aim for a BMI between 20 and 24.


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What a great idea! Neat videos, and innovative campaign. Next, a board sports blog campaign?
There's been a flurry of
articles and exposure for mommy bloggers these days, so we decided it was time
to get the dads involved. Don't worry moms–we love working with you and will
keep you involved, but let's make some room for some big-time daddy bloggers.
Sony has teamed up with several
high profile dads who are avid bloggers and we're launching a three-month
DigiDad project.
Each participant will receive various Sony products on loan and
will be given different assignments that capture their family experiences using
the products. We don't want to give away
all the details yet, but we can tell you that they'll be asked to use
everything form our latest televisions to our VAIO PCs.
We've got some fun activities
lined up for them and they'll blog and vlog about their experiences using the
products as well as their likes and dislikes. Reviews will be published on the
dad's own blogs as well as right here. We've dedicated a special DigiDad page
for this project where you can stay apprised of each assignment.
The project is being
spearheaded by uber dad blogger and social networking guru Chris Brogan of New
Marketing Labs, Dad-O-Matic.com and Chrisbrogan.com.
In preparation for the DigiDad project, we asked each dad to
put together a short video telling us why they think they've been chosen for
this project. So watch the videos at the links below and check back with us regularly to find
out what they're up to by clicking on the DigiDad icon or by going to the site directly.
The DigiDads
• Michael Sheehan, HighTechDad.com
- Meet Michael in his Vlog here.
• Max Kalehoff, AttentionMax.com
- Meet Max in his Vlog here.
• Brad Powel, DadLabs.com
- Meet Brad in his Vlog here.
• C.C.Chapman, DigitalDads.com and CC-Chapman.com
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• Jeffrey Sass, DadoMatic.com
- Meet Jeffrey in his Vlog here.
What a great idea! Neat videos, and innovative campaign. Next, a board sports blog campaign?
Looks like a great idea! I wan´t to participate… what about the spanish version for latinamerica or just Mexico?
great idea, but… what about the rest of the world? Is this valid for Italy as well?
Congrats to Sony for connecting with the dad blogger community. This is really great.
but how does one get a dad connected that is stubborn? He's not even that old yet being 56!
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Stop treating Pepper Potts as if she is inconsequential. Stop calling her a bitch. Stop saying she's ruining Tony Stark. Just. Stop.
Pepper is brilliant. Leave her the fuck alone. Without her Tony Stark would have self destructed long ago.
reblogging to add: Pepper existing doesn't ruin your precious Stony. saying that implies she has to other reason to exist, and that makes me want to laugh you off the face of the planet.
Seriously. You don't have to ship it guys (god knows I don't) but Pepper is vital to Tony so don't pretend that she's not even there.


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Now Is the Time to Strengthen Our Economic Foundation
January 9, 2006
Jack Guynn, president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, provides his economic outlook and thoughts on long-term growth to the Rotary Club of Atlanta.
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EconSouth Q4 2005
Three ferocious hurricanes in 2005 failed to dampen the countrys economic momentum, and disruptions to the nations oil and natural gas supply created only temporary shocks.
Dollar Declines in December
In December the average monthly value for the trade-weighted dollar index of 15 major currencies tracked by the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta declined 0.7 percent.
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Rebuilding a region shattered by Hurricane Katrina is an overwhelming task, but signs of renewed economic activity along the Gulf Coast are already emerging.
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Activity is returning slowly to New Orleans, and residents along the Gulf Coast are determined to rebuild. Jack Guynn discusses the economic impact of Hurricane Katrina.
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The Port of New Orleans has been a vital cog in America's economy for more than 200 years. In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, however, the port faces major challenges.
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This year's Revolver Golden Gods Awards nominees have been announced. Leading the way are Avenged Sevenfold and Five Finger Death Punch with six nominations each, including in the category of best album where Avenged Sevenfold's Hail to the King will square off against FFDP's The Wrong Side of Heaven and the Righteous Side of Hell, Volume 1 and 2 .
Also receiving nods are Queens of the Stone Age , Korn, Volbeat , Rob Zombie and Black Sabbath among others.
Joan Jett will make history by being the first female to ever receive Revolver 's Golden God award, which is given annually to one honoree who "embodies the spirit of hard rock and metal." Jett joins past Golden God recipients including Gene Simmons , Rob Zombie and Alice Cooper . In a statement Cooper, who will present the award to Jett, says, "No one deserves this award MORE than Joan Jett. She's never compromised who she is -- she's a rocker through and through. I wish some of the younger bands had the balls that Joan Jett does!"
Axl Rose will receive this year's Ronnie James Dio Lifetime Achievement Award. The Guns n' Roses frontman will join the ranks of past honorees Rush , Ozzy Osbourne , Metallica and Lemmy Kilmister of Motorhead .
The awards ceremony will be held at Los Angeles' Nokia Theater on April 23 and will feature live performances from Joan Jett, Guns N' Roses, Korn, Zakk Wylde, The Pretty Reckless , A Day to Remember and others not yet announced.
Here are the nominees for this year's Revolver Golden Gods Awards:
Album of the Year
Hail to the King -- Avenged Sevenfold,
13 -- Black Sabbath,
The Wrong Side of Heaven and the Righteous Side of Hell, Volume 1 and 2 -- Five Finger Death Punch
The Paradigm Shift -- Korn
…Like Clockwork -- Queens of the Stone Age
Outlaw Gentlemen & Shady Ladies -- Volbeat
Best Vocalist
Jeremy McKinnon (A Day to Remember)
M. Shadows (Avenged Sevenfold)
Ivan Moody (Five Finger Death Punch)
Papa Emeritus II (Ghost B.C.)
Jonathan Davis (Korn)
Josh Homme (Queens of the Stone Age)
Dimebag Darrell Best Guitarist(s)
Jerry Cantrell (Alice in Chains)
Synyster Gates & Zacky Vengeance (Avenged Sevenfold)
Tony Iommi (Black Sabbath)
John Petrucci (Dream Theater)
Zoltan Bathory & Jason Hook (Five Finger Death Punch)
Munky & Head (Korn)
Paul Gray Best Bassist
Johnny Christ (Avenged Sevenfold)
Geezer Butler (Black Sabbath)
Chris Kael (Five Finger Death Punch)
Rex Brown (Kill Devil Hill)
Fieldy (Korn)
Emma Anzai (Sick Puppies)
Best Drummer presented by Razor & Tie
Arin Ilejay (Avenged Sevenfold)
Brad Wilk (for his work with Black Sabbath)
Vinnie Appice (Kill Devil Hill)
Matt Halpern (Periphery)
Chris Adler (for his work with Protest the Hero)
Mike Portnoy (The Winery Dogs)
Best Live Band
The Dillinger Escape Plan
Lamb of God
Mötley Crüe
Rob Zombie
Song of the Year presented by Randall Amplifiers
"Hollow" -- Alice in Chains
"Hail to the King" -- Avenged Sevenfold
"Shadow Moses" -- Bring Me the Horizon
"Lift Me Up" -- Five Finger Death Punch
"You're Not Alone" -- Of Mice & Men
"Going to Hell" -- The Pretty Reckless
Best Film & Video presented by Eagle Rock Entertainment
"Blow Your Trumpets Gabriel" -- Behmoth
"Zenith" -- Huntress
As the Palaces Burn -- Lamb of God
Through the Never -- Metallica
"America" -- Motionless in White
This is a Wasteland -- Pierce the Veil
Best New Talent presented by Victory Records
Heaven's Basement
Scar the Martyr
Twelve Foot Ninja
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Comeback of the Year
Black Sabbath
Deep Purple
Nine Inch Nails
Queens of the Stone Age
Suicidal Tendencies
Most Metal Athlete
Tony Alva (skateboarder)
Grant Balfour (MLB)
Josh Barnett (mixed martial artist, UFC)
Stephen Curry (Golden State Warriors, NBA)
Derek Garland (Metal Mulisha, motocross)
Tuukka Rask (Boston Bruins, NHL)
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Avenged Sevenfold
Five Finger Death Punch
Of Mice & Men
The Pretty Reckless
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HAMDEN, Conn. - Quinnipiac Athletics and ANC Sports Enterprises have announced a multi-year partnership to transform the live event experience at TD Bank Sports Center beginning with the 2013-14 NCAA season.
What They're Saying
Quinnipiac Men's Basketball Head Coach Tom Moore:
"I speak for the entire men's basketball program when I say we are all very excited about the partnership between Quinnipiac University and ANC for our new scoreboards. The investment in this project demonstrates the commitment of President Lahey and our entire administration towards keeping the TD Bank Sports Center among the elite college facilities in the Northeast. As we move into the MAAC Conference this season, our loyal fans will be equally excited about this great new feature for Quinnipiac basketball games."
"My team and I share the same level of excitement for the new scoreboard. Our facility is already phenomenal and the new scoreboard represents Quinnipiac's continued ability to go above and beyond when it comes to our student athletes and our fans. I can't wait to see it!"
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Quick Take: The Week Ahead
NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- The beginning of the month always brings the big nonfarm payrolls report. TheStreet's Brittany Umar, Lindsey Bell and Andrew Krill have details on what else is happening during this holiday-shortened week.
Most of the action begins Tuesday, with monthly sales figures from Ford (F) and other automakers kicking things off.
Krill said that he expects to see strong numbers from Ford and expects the seasonally adjusted annual rate for industrywide auto sales to be around 15.3 million units or higher.
Also on Tuesday, Constellation Brands (STZ) plans to report earnings. The company is the world's largest producer of premium wine and the third largest beer distributor in the U.S.International Speedway (ISCA) plans to report earnings on Wednesday. Investors will be anxious to hear about the Daytona International Speedway redevelopment, which is expected to begin on July 5. Also on Wednesday is the trade report, due out before the bell. The data are usually watched for trends in the overall trade balance. Even with the shortened trading day on Wednesday, when the U.S. stock market will close at 1:00 p.m. EDT, and with the markets being closed on Thursday for the holiday, investors will still be focused on Friday, when the nonfarm payrolls report for the month of June will be released. Krill added that analysts are looking for 165,000 new jobs to be added to the economy and that the unemployment rate will stay flat from last month, at 7.5%. To view Brittany Umar's Week Ahead video, click here At the time of publication, Action Alerts PLUS, which Jim Cramer manages as a charitable trust, owned shares of Ford F. The Stocks Under $10 portfolio owned BLDR, which was mentioned in the video. -- Written by Bret Kenwell in Petoskey, Mich. . Follow @BretKenwell
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Has Apple lived up to its own hype with its new flagship device?
How to get Hotmail on your mobile phone
It's easier to set up Hotmail on your phone than ever before.
Hotmail can be found on over 15 million phones - no small feat in itself, and now its come to the Kindle Fire we can expect this number to rise even further.
Grab the app for your platform (if available) or follow the instructions below to get instant access to Hotmail on your smartphone.
You will need your existing Windows Live ID or email address associated with your Hotmail account in order to sign-in. Your Live ID can take the form of any of the following; @hotmail.com, @hotmail.co.uk or @live.co.uk.
Choose your device from our list for more info:
Hotmail on iPhone (iOS)
Back in November 2011 it was reported that the number of people using Hotmail on iOS 5 devices was around 2 million - and this number was growing by 100K per day.
You can set up your Hotmail account quickly and easily on your iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch if these devices are running the latest iOS 5. This quick setup support for Hotmail is a new addition to the iPhone, it previously involved messing about with Exchange servers and fiddly settings.
You can download iOS 5 from here
Hotmail functionality on an Apple device is so good it feels just like you're using a native app. For instance,
notifications let you know when you have a new message so you can pick up your email the moment it comes in. Calendar and contacts are synced to your phone, send photos via email, and browse all of your Hotmail folders (even the subfolders) freely.
To add your Hotmail account to your device:
- Tap into the 'Settings' menu. Then tap Mail, Contacts, Calendars.
- On the Accounts page tap 'Add Account' and select 'Windows Live Hotmail' from the list. Enter your Hotmail details and input your password.
- Choose the account items you would like to sync and then tap 'Save'.
Hotmail on Android
The official Hotmail Android app doesn't just bring your email to your Android device, but also your Hotmail calendar and contacts.
The Android app allows you control over how often Hotmail refreshes to save your battery and data allowance, it includes support for multiple email accounts and push email. It also boasts the ability to cache embedded images locally on your device, two-way syncing of Hotmail calendars, and it makes good use of Android's notification bar - alerting you to any new mail and unread mail.
You can download the app here for free or search for 'Hotmail' in the Android Market on your phone. To set up your Hotmail account:
- Tap to open the app and enter your Windows Live ID and your password.
- On the next screen type your name, you'll then be prompted to enter how many days of email you want to store on your phone.
After installing the app you will notice that (handily) all of your Hotmail contacts will have been added into your
Android address book.
More on MSN:Our guide to the Hotmail Android app
Hotmail on Windows Phone
Not so much an app, moreover a straight-up experience. Windows Phone users can enjoy a truly immersive Hotmail experience out of the box.
Hotmail is effectively 'baked' into Windows Phone and as such is practically effortless in its use. When you first set-up your phone, you'll be prompted to enter your Windows Live ID and password. Once this is done your Hotmail inbox will populate and you can start checking/sending your mail.
Your Hotmail inbox allows you to "Link inboxes" and import other email accounts into a single inbox.
You can choose the accounts you want to link together, whether it be your Yahoo, Gmail or Outlook emails - all of these can be linked to your Hotmail inbox. This linked inbox can be then pinned to your Start screen, here you can keep an eye out for new messages using the live tile.
Hotmail on BlackBerry
The BlackBerry Hotmail experience includes push, real-time sync and full HTML support for beautiful rendering of HTML-based emails and newsletters.
Depending on your BlackBerry model there are a few slight changes to the Hotmail setup process (we'll highlight these below).
To configure your email accounts directly from your BlackBerry smartphone:
- Click the 'Email setup'/'Email settings' option on your smartphone's home screen - it's worth noting that selecting the Setup wizard will also allow you to add a new email account.
- From here you'll be prompted to either 'Create' or 'Add an email address'. If necessary accept the Microsoft Software License Terms.
- On the Email setup screen select 'Hotmail'. At the prompt enter your email address and password.
Hotmail on Kindle Fire
The Kindle Fire is only available in the US at present but we're crossing our fingers for a UK release.
The Hotmail Kindle app instantly gives you several advantages over the native Kindle Fire mail application, allowing Americans to revel in a superior Hotmail experience: the app will sync all of your mail, contacts, folders and subfolders.
How is this possible? By default the Kindle Fire fetches your Hotmail data via POP3 (Post Office Protocol) - put simply it accesses your inbox on the mail server and downloads new messages to your device.
The Hotmail app however uses the more robust Exchange ActiveSync protocol - this allows synchronization of email, contacts and folders over the air. Both the Kindle Fire and the Exchange Server track changes made since the last sync.
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6:17 PM Jun 30 2010 2010
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Why do you use the Character you use?
Hello people. Haven't posted much here on the forums, but anyways, this is a question I've pretty much wanted to ask. Why do you use the characters you use/main?
As for me, I ONLY use characters I actually like outside of the games (Which is most, but not all).
I main Kirby, whilst my best secondaries are Yoshi and Ness. Characters I like but use 'here-and-there' are Link, Pokemon Trainer, Pikachu, Jigglypuff, King DeeDeeDee, Mario, Wario, Peach, Bowser, Zero Suit Samus, Olimar, Ice Climbers, Diddy Kong and Toon Link.
Being a big Kirby fan, I've always chose Kirby the first I play the Smash Bros. games. Kirby was pretty much the reason I even got the original N64. If he wasn't there, I doubt I would even be here today (which is stupid, since Mashiro Sakurai, the creator of Kirby and Smash Bros. wouldn't exclude his own character(s)). Sure, other characters like Pikachu and Mario could potentially attract me, but Kirby is the only 'deal sealed' character to grab my interests.
So, yeah, I main Kirby because I just LOVE that character. Always loved his games (favorite is between Kirby's Dreamland 3, Kirby SuperStar and Kirby's Adventure). I was extrememly disappointed how he turned out in Melee, but at least another favorite, Ness, was at least there to main. I actually switched around in Melee, from Ice Climbers, Young Link, Marth (who I was curious about where the hell he had came from back then) and Shiek. But Ness was the most used character of them all. Guess the only legit reason I like Ness is not only the character himself, but Earthbound, which was my first RPG.
Anyways, I feel like 90% or more people are only using characters based on tiers; sometimes people misinterpret the definition of tiers- or at least when it comes to Smash Bros. (to be honest, the tier list is useless to me. I just don't care about a messy list). I was really looking forward to maining ALL 3 of the Kirby characters; and hoping that Knuckle Joe were to be playable, only to be disappointed and finding out he was just an Assist Trophy (and same goes for Saki from Sin and Punishment and Jeff). MetaKnight is just too... Fake.. As in, the things he does in Smash Bros. doesn't entirely reflect what he does in the Kirby games- as in his attacks and how different- yeah, not going further into that since MOST of the characters do things they don't do in their games, but of all I think MetaKnight stands out, especially if you're a big fan of the Kirby franchise as I am. DeeDeeDee, you know, he's fine. I could add him as a 4th Main/secondary if I wanted to. Plus, not many people are using him. But he's kinda awkward for me. Yet, he works for me.
Enough of my rant, so I use Kirby and Ness because I love that games they originated from. What's your reason?
6:33 PM Jun 30 2010 2010
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I used to main Kirby, but I didn't really get satisfying results because I wasn't able to progress from my noobishness with him. I moved on to main Marth, and along the way picked up Olimar, C. Falcon, and Ganon too.
Marth: His metagame, his ATs, his speed and agility... It all just worked for me. I am a natural Marth.
Olimar: I enjoy playing as a ridiculous character like Olimar, pwning people online with multiple pikmin at once. He's just so fun!
Falcon: Captain Falcon is a VERY FUN character. If you actually can play as him(like me, I hope.), you get very satisfying results.
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6:34 PM Jun 30 2010 2010
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You have the wrong image, not many people chose their characters on tiers. Probably most chose their favorite character among the higher tiers. I just love Jigglypuff, but I really don't want to main a crappy character. I main Rob because he is just a cool plastic Robot with lazors and Gyro, he is simply awesome. My other main is Zamus, her metagame is incredibly fun and the suit pieces are scary in my hands
Also, I used to main Meta Knight, because I am also a big Kirby fan myself, as a fact, my first main was Kirby, until I unlocked Rob. Rob is still my main after all the switching. I can never switch my main again, it's too late and I am happy with that.
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I thought you knew better. You're a MK main after all. I know more about MK than you, lol. SL actually gives that knockback, you can't DI upwards. It gives that gay knockback. Have you ever got hit by that? In that case, the Wario couldn't DI, because it gives that kind of knockback. Facepalm at you, -LzR-.
6:57 PM Jun 30 2010 2010
Bellaco Glamorous Aipom
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You have the wrong image, not many people chose their characters on tiers. Probably most chose their favorite character among the higher tiers. I just love Jigglypuff, but I really don't want to main a crappy character. I main Rob because he is just a cool plastic Robot with lazors and Gyro, he is simply awesome. My other main is Zamus, her metagame is incredibly fun and the suit pieces are scary in my hands
Also, I used to main Meta Knight, because I am also a big Kirby fan myself, as a fact, my first main was Kirby, until I unlocked Rob. Rob is still my main after all the switching. I can never switch my main again, it's too late and I am happy with that.
I guess I'm going to have to believe you when it comes to why people use the characters they use- I'm kinda out of the loop and just playing the game.. Just to play.
As for ROB, I played with him many times before- And I'd say I was fairly good with him. But I couldn't leave my Kirby behind haha. I'm kinda glad to see ROB in Brawl, considering he popped up in Mario Kart DS unexpectedly and has gathered some new fans because of that. I loved how back then people BASHED of ROB, saying he's "useless and should have never been in Brawl. He's a plastic ROBOT for god sakes", but as it turns out, he's one of the best in the game. Not to mention, fun to use. Now people don't talk sh!t about him. So I hope.
7:25 PM Jun 30 2010 2010
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My main is Jigglypuff. I do not main any secondaries.
I staring to play Jigglypuff since that was one of my three favorite pokemon on Pokemon Yellow. Of course it was because if this is that I instinctively decided to main Jigglypuff during the Super Smash Bros 64 times and since afterward, I also main Jigglypuff at Melee and Brawl at the very moment I unlock her at each of the games.
Even though Nintendo weaken her greatly on Brawl, that doesn't mean I should stop playing favorite pokemon and main smash character. That's is just why I play Jigglypuff and I'm perfectly content wiht it.
9:05 PM Jun 30 2010 2010
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Ive used Peach since melee came out and I use her in all the mario party games and some mario karts and sports games I also use her cus I like owning people with girl characters.
1:41 AM Jul 1 2010 2010
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Tier list + paralyzer.
Get at me.
4:10 AM Jul 1 2010 2010
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Tier list + paralyzer.
Get at me.
Yes. Get at you. With one of ZSS' 30:70 top tier matchups.
7:14 AM Jul 1 2010 2010
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My main char is Fox. Starfox games are the best! and actualy.. I also play with Falco and Wolf
10:49 AM Jul 1 2010 2010
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I main Falco because he's my favorite video game character ever. Star Fox 64 is the best game ever and it also introduced me to Falco. As soon as I heard him say: "Falco here, I'm fine.", I knew I would love this badass smartass. I've used Fox on all the games and Falco even more on all the ones he's on.
Off Topic: In the next smash, they should include Leon. He has an awesome voice and I love hearing him say: "I think I'll torture you for a while." or "Andross has ordered us to take you down." or "You're not as tough as I thought.". I'm not sure what accent he uses, but I think it's british. Here's a funny video including all those lines:
Anyway, yeah, I use Falco because he's awesome and I thought he was awesome the first time I played Star Fox 64 (Which is my favorite game ever).
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11:00 AM Jul 1 2010 2010
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Peach can handle and/or mess up a lot of people's plans. Her air game is a challenge if you're priority/dodging isn't very good. Her turnips can set up some good mind games and I feel she's underrated.
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Yes. Get at you. With one of ZSS' 30:70 top tier matchups.
No one else in the entire roster can paralyze hur dur.
7:09 PM Jul 1 2010 2010
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I started maining Ganon in Melee for his high attack and hit absorption (I meant taking a lot of hits without dying). In Brawl, it's basically the same reason, but now I can use lagless thunderstomping and chainchoking to my advantage. I don't care if he's the lowest on the tier list, he's a fun character to use and kill with.
I use snake because I feel that he's a good transition from Ganon (don't ask me why or how lol). I haven't gotten the mindgaming part all the way down, but it helps to have chainchoking experience when abusing the down grab. Plus, blowing up stuff is fun.
Ike is also a good main for me because he's like Ganon with a sword. He has strong attacks that are slow and has no projectiles. I'm still working on his jab game though.
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8:27 PM Jul 1 2010 2010
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simply because it's fun and I'm good with them because of that. Really that's the only reason you need to main a character. Maining them just because they're good or top tier is a stupid reason to main a character. If you like a character you are likely to be better with them than you would with a character you dislike.
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Well I use Yoshi cause I like Yoshi, Luigi in his Fire Flower Costume because well.....and Pit if i have to face a spammer. (fight fire with fire)
7:06 AM Jul 3 2010 2010
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I wanted to use Ike alot when I first got the game(mind you I had no information about competitive play AT ALL) but that passed fast. Then when I got good on basic brawl(online) I used Falco for the longest time but I really don't know the reason why I like Falco so much. I mean, sure he's cool and that could be why but I just picked him and satyed with him for some reason, and of course Wolf was right there with Falco as well and I know why I used him, he's friggen awesome. Then I went to Sonic cuz he was pretty fun, until realized what I had to do to win...-_-
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Falco because I don't know
Wolf cuz he's pretty legit
Sonic cuz he is kinda fun once you get down all those mindgames and how he sucks at everything
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2:01 PM Jul 3 2010 2010
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I use Luigi cuz he's my favorite Nintendo character, and I've used him since the original Smash Bros game. That and he's relatively easy to use.
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3:15 PM Jul 3 2010 2010
Bellaco Glamorous Aipom
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Hmm, interesting.
@DeathReaper Leon would be pretty cool, actually. But maybe Pigma as well- though, he died in StarFox Assault, but I doubt that's stopping him from getting into Smash because a character's status within their game pretty much has no effect in Smash Bros, so whatever haha
It's pleasing to see people choose characters based on the fact that they like or even love them outside of Smash. Hell, that was the POINT of Smash Bros anyways. Pick your favorite Nintendo (well, besides Snake and Sonic) and pit them against another character and go nuts.
As for Jigglypuff, I don't think she's ALL that weak. I feel like her attacks has a bigger impact in Brawl than in Melee, yet then again, I haven't played Melee in two years.
Oh, and I HATE Ike. I'm not saying he sucks, because that's obviously not true- but I hate him. Something about him just doesn't 'click' with me haha.
4:17 PM Jul 3 2010 2010
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tl;dr: Because he can fly.
Random facts about R.O.B.:
Laser ruins recoveries and controllers. Gyro: Is VERY shiny. He can glide toss at his own convenience (which is the most fun **** to do in the game). He can phuckin' fly. His up-B physics are confusing and scary which discourages most people from coming near him. He has no sex (unique!). He has a meteor smash (I laugh at everyone who mains a meteor smash-less character). Uair will impregnate you with 24%. He can throw people faster than they can blink. He can take up to 3 meteor smashes and still survive. The only character without a programmed helpless state. He can KO you from across the screen before you know what happened. Fair gimps. Side-B gimps + makes your opponent throw their controller. He has a jab-lock. Only character that can use his own aireals to recover (badass).
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Rob's uair does 18-19% damage btw.
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I thought you knew better. You're a MK main after all. I know more about MK than you, lol. SL actually gives that knockback, you can't DI upwards. It gives that gay knockback. Have you ever got hit by that? In that case, the Wario couldn't DI, because it gives that kind of knockback. Facepalm at you, -LzR-.
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May 29 2013: for arguments about technology also being natural- if there is a heriarchy it will go- animal, vegetal, mineral, digital? we are just engaging with manifestations of the "natural world" that are in some way more removed from our own inherent natures. I would not say there is a destruction of our relationship with nature (unless we speak of pollution etc) but a distancing. Doe snot mean the bridges have burnt. We are only growing less familiar with those paths, and so perhaps that connection becomes all the more magical due to its rarity?
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