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Also, you have to admit that he wouldn't be getting these kind of hate-filled comments if he was white. I asked some people I know why they dislike President Obama, and after a long list of outright lies or exaggerations — he's a Muslim, a terrorist sympathizer, etc. — one of them said, ".. and you just can't trust a black man."
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On a world that spins around two dim suns, the vegetation may well look black to human eyes.
Researchers suggest that vegetation on an alien planet like Tatooine in "Star Wars" might well look black or gray to human eyes. But they probably wouldn't seem devoid of color to the eyes of the aliens — assuming they have eyes, that is.
The conjecture comes from a paper presented by the University of St. Andrews' Jack O'Malley-James at the Royal Astronomical Society's National Astronomy Meeting in Wales. O'Malley-James is working on a Ph.D. project to assess the potential for photosynthetic life in multiple-star systems with different combinations of sunlike stars and red dwarfs.
On Earth, the leaves of plants generally look green because two types of chlorophyll absorb the reddish and bluish wavelengths in the visible-light spectrum. Those red and blue wavelengths drive the photosynthetic process by which plants convert the sun's energy into chemical energy. In contrast, the green wavelengths are reflected into the RGB optical sensors known as our eyes.
Scientists surmise that the birds and bugs may see plants quite differently, with greater sensitivity to different shades of green and the ability to sense ultraviolet wavelengths as well.
O'Malley-James suggests that in different corners of our galaxy, plants could evolve to take advantage of different combinations of wavelengths, depending on the light coming from their parent sun ... or suns. The possibilities become particularly intriguing for a planet in a multiple-star system — like Tatooine, Luke Skywalker's fictional home planet in the "Star Wars" movie saga.
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On planets orbiting red-dwarf stars, the vegetation may have more photosynthetic pigments in order to make use of a fuller range of wavelengths, giving them a "black" appearance. Here are some earthly examples of dark plants and flowers.
"If a planet were found in a system with two or more stars, there would potentially be multiple sources of energy available to drive photosynthesis. The temperature of a star determines its color and, hence, the color of light used for photosynthesis. Depending on the colors of their starlight, plants would evolve very differently," he said in a news release.
Statistics show that more than 25 percent of sunlike stars and 50 percent of the red dwarfs in our galaxy are found in multiple-star systems. Armed with such statistics, O'Malley-James and his colleagues ran computer simulations to determine the optimal strategy for photosynthesis over a wide spectrum (heh, heh) of planetary alignments.
"Our simulations suggest that planets in multi-star systems may host exotic forms of the more familiar plants we see on Earth," O'Malley-James reported. "Plants with dim red dwarf suns for example, may appear black to our eyes, absorbing across the entire visible wavelength range in order to use as much of the available light as possible. They may also be able to use infrared or ultraviolet radiation to drive photosynthesis. For planets orbiting two stars like our own, harmful radiation from intense stellar flares could lead to plants that develop their own UV-blocking sunscreens, or photosynthesizing microorganisms that can move in response to a sudden flare."
But even if the plants reflected none of the visible-light wavelengths, extraterrestrial gardeners might well have their own special appreciation for an ultraviolet bloom, or leaves that are variegated in the thermal infrared.
I know it sounds like a flight of fancy, but this is just the kind of flight I enjoy the most. The subject reminds me of the scene from "Battlestar Galactica" where Brother Cavil complains about the "ridiculous gelatinous orbs" in his head. "I want to see gamma rays!" he shouts. "I want to hear X-rays!" Which new senses do you think the aliens might have ... and which do you wish you could have? Feel free to weigh in with your own conjectures in the comment section below.
More about alien perspectives:
- Want to call E.T.? Keep it simple, stupid Earthling
- Rare exoplanet has 'Star Wars' twin sunset
- How to find aliens: Follow the photosynthesis
- Alien plants get new twist in world of 'Avatar'
- Plants on other planets might not be green
O'Malley-James' supervisors on the Ph.D. project include Jane Greaves of the University of St. Andrews, John Raven of the University of Dundee and Charles Cockell of The Open University.
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Quote Of The Day: Rick Warren
Judge not
"Who are you to judge someone else's servant? To their own master, servants stand or fall. And they will stand, for the Lord is able to make them stand" (Romans 14:4).
"By judging others we blind ourselves to our own evil and to the grace which others are just as entitled to as we are." ― Dietrich Bonhoeffer, The Cost of Discipleship
"It is the Holy Spirit's job to convict, God's job to judge and my job to love." ― Billy Graham
"We shall, as we ripen in grace, have greater sweetness towards our fellow Christians. Bitter-spirited Christians may know a great deal, but they are immature. Those who are quick to censure may be very acute in judgment, but they are as yet very immature in heart. He who grows in grace remembers that he is but dust, and he therefore does not expect his fellow Christians to be anything more; he overlooks ten thousand of their faults, because he knows his God overlooks twenty thousand in his own case. He does not expect perfection in the creature, and, therefore, he is not disappointed when he does not find it. … I know we who are young beginners in grace think ourselves qualified to reform the whole Christian church. We drag her before us, and condemn her straightway; but when our virtues become more mature, I trust we shall not be more tolerant of evil, but we shall be more tolerant of infirmity, more hopeful for the people of God, and certainly less arrogant in our criticisms." ― Charles H. Spurgeon, Spurgeon's Sermons Vol. 1-10
As I reflected in a previous post, the problem we face is that the desire to see evil judged is made more complicated by they fact that we are often the ones in the wrong.... I need to humbly reconise that the bad things we see in the world and wish God would prevent or punish in others is right there inside of me.1
I want both God's justice (exposing the truth about our wrong) and mercy (forgoing the negative consequences we deserve). Sometimes God saves by judging2 - but I'm with Billy Graham and the Bible. Our job is to do the loving.
- A bit of an adaptation of: "The evil we so much wish God would prevent or punish in others is right there inside ourselves" (Christopher Wright, God I don't understand p. 34). ↩
- By judging our evil, by naming it for what it is, by penetrating our denial and self-delusion, God begins saving us. (McLaren, A Generous Orthodoxy, p 95) ↩
The Builder's High →
Michael Lopp on using our time and attention to build things of meaning and value:
Look around. If you're in a group of people, count how many are lost in their digital devices as they sit there with a friend. If you're in your office, count how many well-intentioned distractions are within arm's reach and asking for your attention. I wonder how many of you will read this piece in one sitting – it's only 844 words long...
This is not a reminder to over-analyze each moment and make them count. This is a reminder not to let a digital world full of others' moments deceive you into devaluing your own. Their moments are infinite – yours are finite, too, and precious – and this New Year I'm wondering how much we want to create versus consume.
Changed lives change cities →
A great post by Alan Scott that looks at the temptation to break discipleship down into something that is manageable rather than missional. He urges the reader to move away from thinking of discipleship being primarily about personal piety and personal spiritual discipline to something that is expressed and learned through living an outward life of faith that changes the city in which you live. Individual discipleship through 1:1 discussions in coffee shops is "too low a goal", with real discipleship taking place through the sharing of life and mission.
This is a really helpful distinction that highlights the continual need to orientate church communities around the task of reproducing the life of Jesus. Our vision for seeing our communities changed by the love of Jesus should be expansive and not reductionist. Time and time again we see the Apostle Paul involving people in mission.
[He] didn't disciple people by staying with them, but rather by taking them with him. Together they engaged with the improbable possibility that whole communities and cities might respond openly and wholeheartedly to the message of the kingdom.
Alan issues a challenge here for leaders to
measure the level of discipleship in the church by the level of transformation in the city.
If discipleship is the process of becoming who Jesus would be if he were you, I'm pretty sure that he would be changing cities. As we see our own lives becoming more and more like Jesus, we will also see our cities changed.
Where did all the Bible study go? →
Keeping on the theme of making the Bible your native tongue, Dave Miller reflects on the tendency to go to commentators on the Bible before we go to the Bible itself:
Read the text, observe it – before you check other peoples' opinions and insights. Let the Spirit be your first teacher. After you have studied, after you have labored over the text and figured it out, then you consult the wisdom of the wise (often to see where you went astray).
I know that it is my own experience to 'rush in' to what others say about a passage rather than do the hard work of working through what insights I can discern first. I would like to consult the author of scripture before I read what the commentators have got to say.
Often, a commentary may very well correct or clarify my own reflections - but I need to keep bringing myself back to going to scripture first, and then, and only then, to the thoughts of others.
Thought for the Day: Faith & Jonathan Sacks
Yesterday Jonathan Sacks gave his last Thought for the Day he'll be giving in his present role as Chief Rabbi in Britain. Stepping down from his role, at the end of this month, he shows a keen eye for the role of faith in society. Thank you Lord Sacks for your contribution to the clarion call to love others with the love that God has for each one of us:
This is the last thought for the day I'll be giving in my role as Chief Rabbi. On Sunday I induct my successor, Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis, and before then I wanted to say thank you for the privilege of serving as a religious leader in a society where there's genuine respect for other people's religious beliefs or lack of them; that understands what I call the dignity of difference. And if you were to ask me what I have cherished most these past 22 years, it's been the chance to see the difference faith makes to people's lives.
I've seen it do its work in Jewish communities throughout the Commonwealth, moving people to visit the sick, give hospitality to the lonely and help to those in need. You don't need to be religious to be moral, but it makes a huge difference to be part of a community dedicated to being a blessing to others. I've seen faith help holocaust survivors to survive and not be traumatised by their memories. I saw it help my late father survive four difficult operations in his eighties, so that he, who had come to this country as a refugee, could be there to see his son inducted as a chief rabbi. It was the faith I learned from him that kept me going through some of the worst crises of my life.
Faith brought our people into being almost forty centuries ago when Abraham and Sarah heard God's call to leave home and begin a journey that is not yet complete and won't be, until we learn to make peace with one another, recognising that not just us but even our enemies are in the image of God.
Faith isn't science. It's is not about how the world came into being but about why. I believe that God created the universe and us in love and forgiveness, asking us to love and forgive others. And though that's often very hard, I believe faith still makes it more likely than if we think that the universe just happened, that humanity is a mere accident of biology, and that nothing is sacred.
And yes it seems as if sometimes we have just enough religion to make us hate one another, and not enough to make us love one another. But the answer to that is more faith not less. Faith in God who asks us to love others as he loves us. That's faith's destination and there's still a way to go.
Quote Of The Day: Dave Bish
Make the Bible your native tongue
I distinctly remember there being times at school when I spent more time reading the 'Cliff Notes' guide to a book in my English Literature class than I spent reading the book in question itself. Not that I do things last minute or anything, but I remember watching Richard Brannagh's interpretation of Shakespeare's 'Hamlet' the night before an exam, as a quick way of getting a basic understanding of the plot. It never occurred to me to read the play through for myself!
The point is that we can all too easily rely upon the helpful, but secondary, sources for comment and understanding rather than go to that which is the subject of the commentary.
When we have questions of faith and practice, do we go first to google, our favourite celebrity pastor or twitter to find answers when we should be putting in the hard work of going to the Word of God ourselves? Listening in on what God is saying to others through his Word is no replacement for developing our own listening ears for what The Lord is saying and sitting under the authority of his written Word.
Tim Kimmel on reading the Bible as a second language:
With tweets, blog posts, predigested podcasts, and fingertip access each week to downloads of some of the most engaging Bible teachers in the world, it's tempting to develop an on-going input of the Bible at the hands of others that overshadows, or even eclipses, input from personal time spent pouring over it on our own.
The drive-by options we have to phenomenal biblical insights can easily meet our need for spiritual satisfaction. Forget the possibility that much of it may be the equivalent of spiritual junk food — great insights and observations that feel good being consumed but can't possibly provide a well-balanced biblical diet. Throw in some white noise from our preferred theological hot buttons, and the evangelical celebrity status of our favorite Bible teachers, and we shouldn't be surprised that our primary connection to God becomes one or more steps removed from God himself.
There are some fantastic tools for Bible study and interpretation out there today, but they should compliment and not replace a vibrant personal commitment to hearing God speak daily and personally to us through his Word.
The biblical narrative should be our native tongue, not a second language. I want to know and be familiar with the cadence of scripture - to let it shape my life not sit on the shelf referred to but unread.
Healthy is messy →
Sam Rainer on healthy churches necessarily being messy churches:
If you're a church leader and you're constantly dealing with how to disciple messy, new believers, then it probably means you're doing something right. Conversely, if everyone in your church is spiritually mature, then something is terribly wrong. In fact, a church full of "mature" believers is quite immature because it means no one is reaching outward.
Healthy churches are messy. It's easy to look in from the outside and claim, "Half that church is immature!" But such disdain could be misguided. While a state of perpetual immaturity is a recipe for disaster, a constant movement of many immature people being discipled is exactly what Jesus commanded us to do.
"The Lord added to their number day by day those who were being saved" (Acts 2:47) - "continuous outreach into the community seeking to bring people into Christ and his community."
Healthy churches grow - but growing churches can look 'unhealthy' if spiritual maturity is the only metric used.


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Which is good for a great cardio workout? Treadmill,Elliptical or Elliptical Climber? I have been on the treadmill for three weeks and getting a little discouraged. One year ago when i was just excercising i lost 25lbs in 2.5 months on the elliptical climber. Which is better? How would you hit your 10's on these machnes?
My vote is for mixing it up so that you don't get bored.
I was a marathoner for years and never would have believed that I could get a good aerobic workout on any machine. While deployed to the desert I was forced to do my aerobic workout on machines due to the extreme heat outside. I am completely convinced now that you can get as good of a workout on a machine as you can running. It's all in your perceived effort. I am currently working out on an elliptical because of a minor achilles tendon issue and I love it. I put the resistance on level 5 and exercise at 73 rpm for one minute (level 5) then 6/78, 7/83, 8/88, 9/93 and for a 10... 10/100+. It is a great workout for me and I always leave a pool of sweat under and around the machine! I can get the same results from a treadmill. I haven't used the elliptical climber so I can't speak for that.
I agree with mixing it up. I think in general practice it is always good to mix up your excerise routines every couple of weeks to ensure you recruit all the different muscles in your workouts -- even for cardio.
Also, before I started the BFL, I was training for a half-marathon and researched different training routines and found that several studies recommended cross-training which means using a stationary bike, treadmill and an elliptical machine to get the best results in running a half-marathon.
So what I'm trying to do now is record the distance I run on the treadmill as my base measurement then cross-train twice a week and run once a week. I can see the difference on the treadmill. Before I started cross-training, my distance would improve each week by .2 or .3 miles. Now that I've started cross-training I am improving .5 to .6 miles every week. Its a BIG difference that adds up fast.
I love,love,love my eliptical, here is my rutine.
min 1 and 2 level 3
min 3 level 5 weight 5
min 4 level 6 weight 6
min 5 level 7 weight 7
min 6 level 9 weight 9
min 7 level 5 weight 5
min 8 level 6 weight 6
min 9 level 7 weight 7
min 10 level 9 weight 9
min11 level 5 weight 5
min 12 level 6 weight 6
min 13 level 7 weight 7
min 14 level 9 weight 9
min15 level 5 weight 5
min 16 level 6 weight 6
min 17 level 7 weight 7
min 18 level 9 weight 9
min 19 level 10 weight 10....ugh for sure...my butt and legs are killing me.
min 20 level 1 weight 1 ...yeah me...I am Alive :)
aufan: Confused about your weights on this. Are you using physical weights or is it a setting on the eliptical? Thks.
Here is a super challenging treadmill workout; it mixes up levels and speeds. It is actually 30 minutes, but if you don't work up a sweat on this one, something's wrong (ha)!
Min: Incline: Speed:
0-3 3 3.5
3-5 3 4.0
5-7 3 5.0
7-9 4.5 4.0
9-11 4.5 5.5
11-13 4.5 4.5
13-15 6 6.0
15-17 6 5.0
17-20 6 4.0
20-22 4.5 5.5
22-23 4.5 7.0
23-24 4.5 6.0
24-25 3 5.0
25-27 3 4.0
27-30 0 3.5
Make it your goal to keep arms at sides at all times, and not hold on to the rails at all.
Good luck...let me know what you think once you try it.
"The only person you should try to be better than, is the person you were yesterday!"
I have a treadmill and an elliptical. I use whatever I'm in the mood for. I find I gravitate toward the elliptical. My treadmill does not have an incline and my elliptical does so I feel I get a better workout and hit my 10's more with it. It also does not give me shin splints which i get pretty easily.
I use the treadmill but readily admit that the choice is just a matter of preference. The more important thing to consider is how you are using the equipment. Whether using a treadmill or elliptical you can use increased incline or increased resistance, respectively, to ramp up to your high points. Or you can use increased speed with either machine to hit your high points. Set your baseline routine and then work to improve on the baseline.
For me, I have found that I should increase my speed and incline weekly to insure that I am always hitting my 10's. Otherwise, your body will quickly adapt. So the important thing is to really push yourself. This means constantly pushing ahead when your mind may be telling you to stop.
Good Luck,
it is the resistance setting on my machine.
I missed my cardio session this morning, so am about to do it after work. I am happy I stumbled across this, i have always had questions about how to really get the best out of your 20 minutes. The trainer that walks around in the gym, came to me and told me that the treadmill is not a good workout machine for my 20 minute aerobic solution. She swears that you have do train more (e.g 40 minutes aerobic session) to see results. I have read that BFL book front to back and back to front, and know that is says, "more is not always good". I want to ask her for help on my form during my weight training sessions, but she does not know much about BFL, and she thinks I am just lazy. What can I do.
Also i wanted to know if I can substitute the 20 minutes with a workout DVD, e.g "Hip Hop ABS"?
Lady D-
explain to that gym trainer that what you're doing is a 20 minute high intensity cardio workout and 40 minutes of high intensity cardio is not such a good idea. as for getting help with weight training, perhaps telling her that you're trying to go for muscle failure she might understand. i know what you mean though about asking the trainers in the gym. they think their way is the right way and only way to train. everyone has different goals. the girl in my gym tried to convince me that i was lifting too heavy and i would look bulky. she said i should just tone with lighter weights and i told her, that 1. i don't have time to do tons of reps, 2. i need a challenge and 3. no matter how much weight i lifted, i could never turn out looking like arnold unless i was taking some kind of steroids....i explained that i wanted to build strength and muscle so that i can optimize my fat burning potential. as for the substituting 20 minutes of high intensity cardio with a workout dvd? well, i don't think it would be sufficient cardio. but this is just my own opinion. i do fun workouts like that for fun in addition to my high intensity cardio and weight training.
hope this helps.
Hi Brie
Thank you, i will surely try that.
thanks for this i just pulled a hamstring and am recovering so i did the bike today but want to get back on track i lost 2 days of cardio last week. Love the eliptical idea.
This is EXACTLY what i was looking for,,,how long did it take you to complete this?
i mean, my incline now is a measley 1% and my HP on the speed is 5.6.
Can you help me alternate these figures so i won't injure myself?
Thanks Nat
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Rando Mextra (Mark Bradley)
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Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 3:05 am
Post subject: We need droids at the RL CV display!
A special message for droid owners/builders:
We are putting together a 'Rebel Base' themed display for Celebration 5.
Part of our rebel base 'set' will be a droid maintenance area. We need a few astromechs to populate this spot as well as some droid 'junk' for the scene.
So if you have a droid that you'd like to 'post' in our area, let me know- it will be a static display only.
As for the droid junk- we would like to have a few recognizable droid parts, so if you have any broken/incomplete/imperfect parts that have been sitting around, we can weather them and include them in the display.
We are particularly looking for a R2-style dome/head to got on a shelf- it can be incomplete, damaged, etc.
You can certainly get your junk parts back after the show, but we need to be able to weather and alter the parts.
Needless to say, its more practical for folks local to the RaKura Base area to donate junk parts, but I'll pay the postage for a R2 dome, or other parts.
Any help is appreciated!
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Mark, I can bring Whyren.
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I'd be willing to purchase a droid dome and paint it and bring it down so if anyone has any cast offs for sale , please post up
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Please contact Cole Horton (HoosierTrooper) on the R2 Builders Club (www.astromech.net, free to sign up). He makes most of the domes, plastic and metal, so he might have a few spare dinged up badly made domes that he couldn't sell to the group. He's a cool guy and might be willing to donate a dome (or sell for cost). There are a lot of excellent silver metallic paints out there to make the plastic dome look real. As for spare parts, look under "Parts Junkyard" in the astromech forums; someone is always selling or trading stuff. I haven't seen a dome on there yet, but who knows...
As for whole droids, we'll all be in the droid builders room. There might be some builders willing to have their droid in your display for an hour or so for photo ops, but I doubt there are any to display all day.
I hope this helps.
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Rando Mextra (Mark Bradley)
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Thanks for the suggestions! I'll drop him a PM.
We will have at least 3 full astromechs at our display full time, including a full functioning R2. At this point, anything more we can get will be very welcome, but will be icing on the cake so to speak.
At this point, the 'junk' is moslty what we need, so hopefully Cole can help out!
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The link at the top is broken, is this still the place to post? I'm available as Threepio.
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Yep Chris, we're counting on you to be there!!
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Sorry my R2 won't be available for the RL booth. After waiting 8 years I
have a complete droid to display in the R2-D2 Builders' room, so we (R2 & I) can't miss that!
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Hey Mark!
I just got back to you via PM. I think we have some stuff that will work perfectly for you. I don't mind giving them away if you are willing to pay shipping. I think I can get two domes in one box as well.
The display you are describing just reminded me of a similar type of scene from Watto's shop. The prop department put a R2 looking dome in the background. It looks like the panels are all painted up and they attached some custom eyes. You could easily do the same (in one afternoon) with the extra domes I have.
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Big thank you to HoosierTrooper (Cole) for some great droid parts he'll be sending our way!
And again, thanks for the advice JawaJaka!
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Glad to help. I might have a couple aluminum parts hanging around, but I really don't want them painted at this point (they're for another droid I'll build later). Maybe they can be used as "new shiny replacement parts from the factory", or something like that. I'll be lending some other parts for the droid room as well.
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Since I have reduced that big Gonk of mine to parts, do you want me to see what could be used for some sort of prop display (like the feet), or are you just wanting astromech droid parts for the display?
Let me know if you would be interested. I can go to my storage unit and see what I can part with.
*It would give me an excuse to take inventory of what I need to do the fabled version 2, that I always wanted to do, since the first one was so heavy and made of wood.
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I like the idea of having some 'factory fresh' parts; I'll leave that up to you whether or not you'd like to bring them and leave them out. Dunno- might make me a little nervous to not have the 'nailed down'.
We need all kinds of droids and droid parts (not just astros). Gonk parts would be great!
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I'll see what I can come up with, for you.
I am definitely going to CV. So, either I will bring them with me, or I will ship them, in advance, to my hotel room.
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It doesn't take much to throw a meeting off course. Just ask Steve Nosek about the 2001 annual dealer meeting he planned for Mohawk Industries, Dalton, Ga., where he then worked as director of advertising and merchandising.
The trouble began with the entertainment, a takeoff on Blue Man Group. The talent never did a dress rehearsal, and when they showed up with spiky hair, pointy ears, and bodies painted in, not blue, but lime green, Nosek was not the only one surprised by the performance. To make matters worse, difficulties with the electrical equipment delayed a part of the show, and from his seat, Nosek could hear band members arguing with one another.
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EventWorks came prepared with new ideas for meeting themes, creative ways to keep attendees on the trade show floor, and a variety of talent acts to wow the 2,000-plus dealers who come to the convention each year. Last year, the company's creativity helped Nosek to re-engineer the convention program to include a large warehouse sale where dealers could take advantage of "blue light specials" during the first night's event — a change that has boosted sales and generated new excitement around the company's flooring products.
Nosek is grateful to now have a production partner that he can trust. But as he can attest, gambling on an outsider with the message and theme of your meeting — especially if the event is high-profile — can be risky.
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Because each production company markets itself differently and has different skill sets, it is critical to do your research. "There are tons of production companies out there," says Deanna Wong, former executive producer for Intel, Santa Clara, Calif. "Anyone can buy a piece of equipment and say, 'I'm a production company,' but very few are solid event-production companies."
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Most production companies have a core team of in-house experts as well as multiple freelancers to assist with projects. In the case of Campos Creative Works, the company has a staff of 30 as well as 25 to 30 "perma-lancers" who work almost exclusively for the company. While services offered vary from company to company, Campos notes that a good production company does not limit itself. For example, he says, for the dealer meetings of Volkswagen of America, where attendees get a sneak preview of new models, "we essentially have to become a security company because we can't allow anyone to take pictures of those new models and concept cars."
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Says Total Event Resources' Miller: "It involves a lot of gathering information and listening. Every client that comes to us has a different need and objective, so we really start by learning as much as we can about the goals of the event."
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Steve Nosek says that he asks his event-production company for an overview of the aspects of his meeting that require their expertise, such as a themed dinner on the first night or entertainment for the farewell gala. They then come back to him with a presentation on the creative, as well as pricing based on the meeting's budget. "They usually give me pricing in three different increments."
A good way to determine if the production company is sensitive to your bottom line is to pay close attention during the proposal stage. "I once had a company come in three times higher than my budget," says Nosek. "I had given them my budget up front, and they came in with a proposal at $800,000 for a budget that was between $250,000 and $300,000. I thought, 'How good could they be at maintaining cost if they can't even present an idea that is within budget?'"
Price integrity is also critical to Volkswagen's Steve Neder. He likes working with a company that provides a detailed estimate from the start and understands budgetary restrictions. "They should be able to find a way to make your program just as good with the budget you have."
Neder understands that events can go over budget despite everyone's best efforts, but he's a firm believer that unforeseen costs should be dealt with right away, and that's what he expects. "[The executive producer] always comes to me immediately and explains the situation," says Neder of his current production company, CCW. "He will come up with alternatives and give me the option to make a decision on the spot based on the facts at hand."
While cost is among the most important factors to address when partnering with an outside company, it is not the only thing that Intel's Wong considers. "When I am looking over bids for potential agencies, I tell myself two things: Never settle, and you get what you pay for."
At the end of the day, it's about finding that trusted partner that will maintain the integrity of the organization and create a memorable experience for attendees.
"The client needs to walk away knowing that they spent $100,000 and got a return on that investment, and a return on the experience," says Miller. "We try to integrate the marketing and communication pieces of what companies are looking for and then to deliver those pieces in the most exciting and dynamic way."
What Kind of Event Will $100,000 Buy?
CLIENT: Mohawk Industries, Dalton, Ga.
PRODUCTION COMPANY: EventWorks, Los Angeles
TITLE: Mohawk Idol
VENUE: Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center, Nashville, Tenn.
OBJECTIVE: To grab the attention of the company's dealers during the annual convention's opening general session.
DESCRIPTION: The company turned the microphone over to employees and let them shine on stage, complete with a panel of judges made up of client VIPs and a guest appearance by singer Diana DeGarmo from the American Idol television show.
6 Tips to Finding an Event Pro
- Lay the Groundwork
Be as specific as possible about the meeting's goals and objectives, and provide details about your company's culture to ensure that the creative adheres to your brand.
- Trust Your Gut
Meet potential companies face-to-face. Ask yourself if the salesperson and executive producer are interested in learning about your company and its goals or are more concerned with selling you on an idea.
- Who's Your Contact?
Find out who your main contact will be at the production company. Will he be solely dedicated to your event? If your production company is not locally based, find out if there's a local contact person who can be available for meetings and conference calls on short notice.
- Send an E-mail
This is a little trick that Deanna Wong, former executive producer for Intel's chairman and CEO, Santa Clara, Calif., likes to use to test out potential companies. "I send the company an e-mail with a question," says Wong. "If it takes them more than one day to get back to me, they don't get the job. You don't want someone on your team who sits on an issue for more than one day. In the production world, one day means everything."
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Ask references about the level of service they received, budget integrity, and if the event was executed to their specifications.
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In 1968 Judy Collins recorded a song by Joni Mitchell called 'Both Sides Now' in which she opines about Clouds, Love, and Life; yeah, in that order and neither making sense. She first compares clouds to feathers, angels, and ice cream before going...
In the Flight Standards Information Management System (FSIMS), the FAA Inspector's Handbook, the requirements of contract maintenance oversight are laid out for the inspector(s) to continually and proficiently keep a close eye on operator/contractor interaction and what kind of product they're putting out. To make allegations that the FAA ignores recommendations in favor of political stalling or lip service is irresponsible.
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So what goes into rewriting a regulation? I asked the late Bill O'Brien that question years ago when I sought to change a Part 135 reg. He said, "It takes three years and a bunch of money."
Let's see what that means. A quorum must meet to determine the feasibility of even changing the rule in question, e.g. how will it affect the industry financially, what will be the impact, how many will it impact, and will the industry be better off for it as proposed? In the quorum many people get involved: budget experts, legal counsel, subject matter experts, and industry analysts. The studies, meetings, and legal deliberations take many months before finally resulting in a new rule. So then it's put on the books, right?
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By comparison, a policy change (as in answer to the second recommendation) may take a few weeks and some internal review before it becomes official and enters the FSIMS, which is updated daily on the website. Recommendation No. 2 was handled internally; the answer was made. Changes like these are open to the public and may require use of a search engine to verify.
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Don´t expect liberals to understand that raising taxes on the rich does not increase revenue but the opposite occurs. Liberals are clueless about economics in non-autocratic countries.If the rich see confiscatory rates, they just put their capital in other markets that are less punishing of success. If the US tax profits made in other countries at higher and higher rates, people will just get fed up and give up their citizenships since these no longer mean benefits of being a US citizen but instead become a noose with which an increasingly despotic ruling elite use as an excuse to extort money on behalf of their worthless parasitic voters.No, the only way to get more money is to nationalize (steal) successful businesses and liquidate them like Hugo Chavez, Robert Mugabe & Cristina Kirshner did for Venezuela, Zimbabwe & Argentina respectively. Obama, like these people, has the anti-Midas touch; any venture he´s involve turns to crap.
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Just 16,000 people make more than a million/year. In the entire country. That says something right there. The 6K who are left are probably the royals.
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It´s the taxman, oh yeah, it´s the taxmaaaaaan....
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#3, I´m sure there are more millionaires per 100,000 population in the US than in the UK, BUT: the UK figure refers to pound millionaires. As of this post the exchange rate is just a hair short of $1.60 to the pound.Also, the US has about 5-6 times the population of the UK. In addition, there aren´t 6,000 Royals in Britain, let alone that number making over a million a year. Only a handful of Royals are in that income category (and they do pay taxes, btw).
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What a surprise.Actually it does seem to surprise the tax and spend liberals and Leftists. It never seems to occur to them that the people whose wealth they covet and desire to confiscate under color of law would actually take steps to prevent this. The tax-the-rich crowd had trouble thinking one, much less two steps ahead. They seldom consider the consequences of their social engineering schemes.Liberals and Leftists do not understand human beings, including themselves. This is the whole problem and the real reason their grand designs never work as intended and often end in disaster. Leftism is fundamentally a misunderstanding about the nature of Man.
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Williams has been named the recipient of the university's 1996 Outstanding Professional Award for his numerous contributions to the university through teaching and research, as well as his significant role in contributing to the very fabric of Tennessee Tech's vast engineering program.
Marie Ventrice, associate dean of the College of Engineering, has, perhaps, known Williams longest; as an undergraduate she met him in 1965. In addition to terming him a "creative, innovative engineer and teacher," Ventrice credits him for his challenging research activities, which "have been essential to the successful completions of many projects."
As an undergraduate student, Williams worked in the engineering labs under the guidance of James Seay Brown and James Henderson, says Ted Lundy, director of the Manufacturing Center. After graduation and a stint in private industry, Williams joined the Tennessee Tech faculty in 1955. He left in 1975 to work with a private consulting firm, but by 1986 returned to take his current position with the Manufacturing Center.
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A URL will display for you to go to a web browser to continue. (http://watchespn.com/activate/cox).
- Go to a web browser (PC or Mac) and go to http://watchespn.com/activate/cox.
- Cox should be pre-selected, enter the registration code displayed on your Xbox screen.
- Click Continue.
The Cox.com login page displays.
- Sign in with your Cox user ID and password.
The WatchESPN page displays and states,"You can now go back to your Xbox and enjoy ESPN programming."
- Return to the Xbox and click Continue. An "Authenticating…" message displays verifying authentication status.
Once complete, the First Take content will begin playing in the hero tile of the Xbox.
Need More Help?
- Technical Support Live Chat
- Send An Email To Cox.com
- Join the Discussion Support Forums
- Find Your Nearest Service Center
- Give Us A Call 24/7 Phone Support
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