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GlobalizationGlobalization (or globalisation) refers to the worldwide phenomenon of technological, economic, political and cultural exchanges, brought about by modern communication, transportation and legal infrastructure as well as the political choice to consciously open cross-border links in international trade and finance. It is a term used to describe how human beings are becoming more intertwined with each other around the world economically, politically, and culturally. Although these links are not new, they are more pervasive than ever before.
Meaning & Debate
Nature and existence of globalization
Pro-globalization (globalism)
Other uses
Measurement of Globalization
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Meaning & Debate
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) defines globalization as "the growing economic interdependence of countries worldwide through increasing volume and variety of cross-border transactions in goods and services, freer international capital flows, and more rapid and widespread diffusion of technology". Meanwhile, The International Forum on Globalization defines it as "the present worldwide drive toward a globalized economic system dominated by supranational corporate trade and banking institutions that are not accountable to democratic processes or national governments.". While notable critical theorists, such as Immanuel Wallerstein, emphasize that globalization cannot be understood separately from the historical development of the capitalist world-system the different definitions highlight the ensuing debate of the roles and relationships of government, corporations, and the individual in maximizing social welfare within the globalization paradigms. Nonetheless, it is clear that globalization has economic, political, cultural, and technological aspects that may be closely intertwined. Given that these aspects are key to an individual's quality of life, the social benefits and costs brought upon them by globalization generates strong debate.
The economic aspects stressed in globalization are trade, investment and migration. The globalization of trade entails that human beings have greater access to a plethora of goods and services never seen before in human history. From German cars, to Colombian coffee, from Chinese clothing, to Egyptian cotton, from American music to Indian software, human beings may be able to purchase a wide range of goods and services. The globalization of investment takes place through Foreign Direct Investment, where multinational companies directly invest assets in a foreign country, or by indirect investment where individuals and institutions purchase and sell financial assets of other countries. Free migration allows individuals to find employment in jurisdictions where there are labor shortages.
Critics of free trade also contend that it may lead to the destruction of a country's native industry, environment and/or a loss of jobs. Critics of international investment contend that by accepting these financial schemes a country loses its economic sovereignty and may be forced to set policies that are contrary to its citizen's interests or desires. Moreover, multinational companies that invest in a country may also acquire too much political and economic power in relation to its citizens. Finally, migration may lead to the exploitation of workers from a migrant country and the displacement of workers from a host country. Critics of globalization also contend that different economic systems that either augment or supplant globalization may maximize social welfare more efficiently and equitably.
The political aspects of globalization are evidenced when governments create international rules and institutions to deal with issues such as trade, human rights, and the environment. Among the new institutions and rules that have come to fruition as a result of globalization are the World Trade Organization, the Euro currency, the North American Free Trade Agreement, to name a few. Whether a government is to consciously open itself to cross-border links, is the central question of this aspect.
Social activist and non-profit organizations are also becoming more global in scope. These include Amnesty International and Friends of the Earth to mention a couple. Some of these organizations take issue with the economic and political aspects of globalization as they fear that economic interests either subvert the nation state in its ability to protect its citizens from economic exploitation, or support governments that violate the human rights of its citizens.
Cultural global ties also grow through globalization as news ideas and fashions through trade, travel and media move around the globe at lightning speed. Global brands such as Coca-Cola, Puma & Sony serve as common reference to consumers all over the World. An individual in China enjoys the same soft-drink as an individual in Puerto Rico--at opposite ends of the globe. However, these ties may also cause strains: for example Western Ideas of freedom expression may clash with Islamic views on Religious tolerance. And if not strains, critics contend this is really an imposition of cultural imperialism in order to preserve economic interests.
The other aspect of globalization is the revolutionary changes in technology, particularly in transport and communications, which ostensibly creates a global village. In 1850 it took a nearly a year to sail around the World. Now you can fly around the world in a day, send an email anywhere almost instantly, or be part of the 1.5 billion viewers watching the final match of the World Cup. Transportation costs have come down as result of technological advances that make foreign markets more accessible to trade. Tuna caught in the North Atlantic may be served the next day at a Sushi restaurant in Japan. Finally, billions of dollars in assets and currencies are exchanged daily around the globe by electroninc means at virtually no cost.
Since the word has both technical and political meanings, different groups will have differing histories of "globalization". In general use within the field of economics and political economy, however, it is a history of increasing trade between nations based on stable institutions that allow firms in different nations to exchange goods and services with minimal friction.
The term "liberalization" came to mean the acceptance of the Neoclassical economic model which is based on the unimpeded flow of goods and services between economic jurisdictions. This led to specialization of nations in exports, and the pressure to end protective tariffs and other barriers to trade. The period of the gold standard and liberalization of the 19th century is often called "The First Era of Globalization". Based on the Pax Britannica and the exchange of goods in currencies pegged to specie, this era grew along with industrialization. The theoretical basis was David Ricardo's work on Comparative advantage and Say's Law of General equilibrium. In essence, it was argued that nations would trade effectively, and that any temporary disruptions in supply or demand would correct themselves automatically. The institution of the gold standard came in steps in major industrialized nations between approximately 1850 and 1880, though exactly when various nations were truly on the gold standard is contentiously debated.
The "First Era of Globalization" is said to have broken down in stages beginning with the first World War, and then collapsing with the crisis of the gold standard in the late 1920's and early 1930's. Countries that engaged in that era of globalization, including the European core, some of the European periphery and various European offshoots in the Americas and Oceania, prospered. Inequality between those states fell, as goods, capital and labour flowed remarkably freely between nations.
Globalization in the era since World War II has been driven by trade negotiation rounds, originally under the auspices of GATT, which led to a series of agreements to remove restrictions on "free trade". The Uruguay round led to a treaty to create the World Trade Organization or WTO, to mediate trade disputes. Other bilateral trade agreements, including sections of Europe's Maastricht Treaty and the North American Free Trade Agreement have also been signed in pursuit of the goal of reducing tariffs and barriers to trade.
Nature and existence of globalization
There is much academic discussion about whether globalization is a real phenomenon or only an analytical artifact (a myth). Although the term is widespread, many authors argue that the characteristics attributed to globalization have already been seen at other moments in history. Also, many note that such features, including the increase in international trade and the greater role of multinational corporations, are not as deeply established as they may appear.
Some authors prefer the term internationalization rather than globalization. In internationalization, the role of the state and the importance of nations are greater, while globalization in its complete form eliminates nation states. So, they argue that the frontiers of countries, in a broad sense, are far from being dissolved, and therefore this globalization process is not happening, and probably will not happen (see Linda Weiss), considering that in world history, internationalization never turned into globalization (the European Union and NAFTA are yet to prove their case).
However, the world increasingly shares problems and challenges that do not obey nation-state borders, most notably pollution of the natural environment, and the movement previously known as anti-globalization has transformed into a movement of movements for globalization from below, seeking, through experimentation, forms of social organisation that transcend the nation-state and representative democracy. Whereas the original arguments that globalization is taking place can be refuted with stories of internationalisation, as above, the emergence of a global movement is indisputable and therefore we can speak of a real process towards a global human society of societies. Other authors have argued that we are in transition to a planetary phase of civilization; the exact form and character of the global society is contested and will be determined by the choices we make in the critical decades ahead. For example, the Global Scenario Group has outlined alternative visions of the global future, with "market forces" or economic globalization being just one option, contrasted with "policy reform," "fortress world," "breakdown," "eco-communalism" and a "new sustainability paradigm."
Some maintain that globalization is an imagined geography; that is, a political tool of ruling neo-liberlists, who are attempting to use certain images and discourses of world politics to justify their political agendas. Writers of books such as No Logo claim that by presenting a picture of a globalized world, the Bretton Woods institutions can demand that companies open up their economies to liberilzation] under Structural Adjustment Programmes that encourage governments to fund privatization programmes, ahead of welfare and public services.
Globalization/internationalisation has become identified with a number of trends, most of which may have developed since World War II. These include greater international movement of commodities, money, information, and people; and the development of technology, organizations, legal systems, and infrastructures to allow this movement. The actual existence of some of these trends is debated.
- Increase in international trade at a faster rate than the growth in the world economy
- Increase in international flow of capital including foreign direct investment
- Creation of international agreements leading to organizations like the WTO and OPEC
- Development of global financial systems
- Increased role of international organizations such as WTO, WIPO, IMF that deal with international transactions
- Increase of economic practices like outsourcing, by multinational corporations
• Greater international cultural exchange,
• Spreading of multiculturalism, and better individual access to cultural diversity, for example through the export of Hollywood and Bollywood movies. However, the imported culture can easily supplant the local culture, causing reduction in diversity through hybridization or even assimilation. The most prominent form of this is Westernization, but Sinicization of cultures also takes place.
• Greater international travel and tourism
• Greater immigration, including illegal immigration
• Spread of local foods such as pizza and Indian food to other countries (often adapted to local taste)
• Development of a global telecommunications infrastructure and greater transborder data flow, using such technologies as the Internet, communication satellites and telephones
• Increase in the number of standards applied globally; e.g. copyright laws and patents
• Formation or development of a set of universal values
The push by many advocates for an international criminal court and international justice movements (see the International Criminal Court and International Court of Justice respectively).
It is often argued that even terrorism has undergone globalization, with attacks in foreign countries that have no direct relation with the own country.
Barriers to international trade have been considerably lowered since World War II through international agreements such as the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT).
Particular initiatives carried out as a result of GATT and the WTO, for which GATT is the foundation, have included:
Promotion of free trade of goods:
Reduction or elimination of tariffs; construction of free trade zones with small or no tariffs
Reduced transportation costs, especially from development of containerization for ocean shipping.
Of capital:
Reduction or elimination of capital controls
Reduction, elimination, or harmonization of subsidies for local businesses
Intellectual Property Restrictions
Harmonization of intellectual property laws across nations (generally speaking, with more restrictions)
Supranational recognition of intellectual property restrictions (e.g. patents granted by China would be recognized in the US)
Critics of the economic aspects of globalization contend that it is not as its proponents tend to imply, an inexorable process that flows naturally from the economic needs of everyone. The critics typically emphasize that globalization is a process that is mediated according to elite imperatives, and typically raise the possibility of alternative global institutions and policies which they believe address the moral claims of poor and working classes throughout the globe, as well as environmental concerns in a more equitable way.In terms of the controversial global migration issue, disputes revolve around both its causes, whether and to what extent it is voluntary or involuntary, necessary or unnecessary; and its effects, whether beneficial, or socially and environmentally costly.
Proponents tend to see migration simply as a process whereby white and blue collar workers may go from one country to another to provide their services, while critics tend to emphasize negative causes such as economic, political and environmental insecurity, and cite as one notable effect, the link between migration and the enormous growth of urban slums in developing countries.
According to "The Challenge of Slums," a 2003 UN-Habitat report, "the cyclical nature of capitalism, increased demand for skilled versus unskilled labour, and the negative effects of globalisation – in particular, global economic booms and busts that ratchet up inequality and distribute new wealth unevenly – contribute to the enormous growth of slums."
Various aspects of globalization are seen as harmful by public-interest activists as well as strong state nationalists. This movement has no unified name. "Anti-globalization" is the media's preferred term; it can lead to some confusion, as activists typically oppose certain aspects or forms of globalization, not globalization per se. Activists themselves, for example Noam Chomsky, have said that this name is meaningless as the aim of the movement is to globalize justice. Indeed, the global justice movement is a common name. Many activists also unite under the slogan "another world is possible", which has given rise to names such as altermondialisme in French.
There is a wide variety of kinds of "anti-globalization". In general, critics claim that the results of globalization have not been what was predicted when the attempt to increase free trade began, and that many institutions involved in the system of globalization have not taken the interests of poorer nations, the working class and the environment into account.
Economic arguments by fair trade theorists claim that unrestricted free trade benefits those with more financial leverage (i.e. the rich) at the expense of the poor.
Many "anti-globalization" activists see globalization as the promotion of a corporatist agenda, which is intent on constricting the freedoms of individuals in the name of profit. They also claim that increasing autonomy and strength of corporate entities increasingly shape the political policy of nation-states.
Some "anti-globalization" groups argue that globalization is necessarily imperialistic, is one of the driving reasons behind the Iraq war and is forcing savings to flow into the United States rather than developing nations; it can therefore be said that "globalization" is another term for a form of Americanization, as it is believed by some observers that the United States could be one of the few countries (if not the only one) to truly profit from globalization.
Some argue that globalization imposes credit-based economics, resulting in unsustainable growth of debt and debt crises.
The financial crises in Southeast Asia, that began in the relatively small debt-ridden economy of Thailand but quickly spread to Malaysia, Indonesia, South Korea and eventually was felt all around the world, demonstrated the new risks and volatility in rapidly changing globalized markets. The IMF's subsequent 'bailout' money came with conditions of political change (i.e. government spending limits) attached and came to be viewed by critics as undermining national sovereignty in neo-colonialist fashion. Anti-Globalization activists pointed to the meltdowns and the resulting poverty as proof of the high human cost of the indiscriminate global economy.
Increase in law and order with a decrease in state intervention at home in order to protect the wealth and businesses.
The main opposition is to unfettered globalization (neoliberal; laissez-faire capitalism), guided by governments and what are claimed to be quasi-governments (such as the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank) that are supposedly not held responsible to the populations that they govern and instead respond mostly to the interests of corporations. Many conferences between trade and finance ministers of the core globalizing nations have been met with large, and occasionally violent, protests from opponents of "corporate globalism".
Some "anti-globalization" activists object to the fact that the current "globalization" globalizes money and corporations, but not people and unions. This can be seen in the strict immigration controls in nearly all countries, and the lack of labour rights in many countries in the developing world.
Another more conservative camp opposed to globalization are state-centric nationalists who fear globalization is displacing the role of nations in global politics and point to NGOs as impeding upon the power of individual nations. Some advocates of this warrant for anti-globalization are Pat Buchanan and Jean-Marie Le Pen.
The movement is very broad, including church groups, national liberation factions, left-wing parties, environmentalists, peasant unionists, anti-racism groups, anarchists, and others. Most are reformist, (arguing for a more humane form of capitalism) while others are more revolutionary (arguing for a more humane system than capitalism). Many have decried the lack of unity and direction in the movement, but some such as Noam Chomsky have claimed that this lack of centralization may in fact be a strength.
Protests by the global justice movement have forced high-level international meetings away from the major cities where they used to be held, into remote locations where protest is impractical.
Pro-globalization (globalism)
Supporters of democratic globalization can be labelled pro-globalists. They consider that the first phase of globalization, which was market-oriented, should be completed by a phase of building global political institutions representing the will of world citizens. The difference with other globalists is that they do not define in advance any ideology to orient this will, which should be left to the free choice of those citizens via a democratic process.
Supporters of free trade point out that economic theories of comparative advantage suggest that free trade leads to a more efficient allocation of resources, with all countries involved in the trade benefiting. In general, this leads to lower prices, more employment and higher output.
Libertarians and other proponents of laissez-faire capitalism say higher degrees of political and economic freedom in the form of democracy and capitalism in the developed world produce higher levels of material wealth. They see globalization as the beneficial spread of liberty and capitalism.
Critics argue that the anti-globalization movement uses anecdotal evidence to support their view and that worldwide statistics instead strongly support globalization:
• The percentage of people in developing countries living below US$1 (adjusted for inflation and purchasing power) per day has halved in only twenty years, although some critics argue that more detailed variables measuring poverty should instead be studied.
• Life expectancy has almost doubled in the developing world since WWII and is starting to close the gap to the developed world where the improvement has been smaller. Child mortality has decreased in every developing region of the world. Income inequality for the world as a whole is diminishing.
• Democracy has increased dramatically from almost no nation with universal suffrage in 1900 to 62.5% of all nations in 2000.
• The proportion of the world's population living in countries where per-capita food supplies are less than 2,200 calories (9,200 kilojoules) per day decreased from 56% in the mid-1960s to below 10% by the 1990s.
• Between 1950 and 1999, global literacy increased from 52% to 81% of the world. Women made up much of the gap: Female literacy as a percentage of male literacy has increased from 59% in 1970 to 80% in 2000.
• The percentage of children not in the labor force has also risen to over 90% in 2000 from 76% in 1960.
• There are similar trends for electric power, cars, radios, and telephones per capita, as well as the proportion of the population with access to clean water.
However, some of these improvements may not be due to globalization, or may be possible without the current form of globalization or its imagined negative consequences, to which the global justice movement objects.
Many pro-capitalists are also critical of the World Bank and the IMF, arguing that they are corrupt bureaucracies controlled and financed by states, not corporations. Many loans have been given to dictators who never carried out promised reforms, instead leaving the common people to pay the debts later. They thus see too little capitalism, not too much. They also note that some of the resistance to globalization comes from special interest groups with conflicting interests, like Western world unions.
Others, such as Senator Douglas Roche, O.C., simply view globalization as inevitable and advocate creating institutions such as a directly-elected United Nations Parliamentary Assembly to exercise oversight over unelected international bodies.
Other uses
"Globalization" can mean:
• Globalism, if the concept is reduced to its economic aspects, can be said to contrast with economic nationalism and protectionism. It is related to laissez-faire capitalism and neoliberalism.
• It shares a number of characteristics with internationalization and is often used interchangeably, although some prefer to use globalization to emphasize the erosion of the nation-state or national boundaries.
• Making connections between places on a global scale. Today, more and more places around the world are connected to each other in ways that were previously unimaginable. In geography, this process is known as complex connectivity, where more and more places are being connected in more and more ways.
Arjun Appadurai identified five types of global connectivity:
• Ethnoscapes: movements of people, including tourists, immigrants, refugees, and business travellers.
• Financescapes: global flows of money, often driven by interconnected currency markets, stock exchanges, and commodity markets.
• Ideoscapes: the global spread of ideas and political ideologies. For example, Green Peace has become a worldwide environmental movement.
• Mediascapes: the global distribution of media images that appear on our computer screens, in newspapers, television, and radio.
• Technoscapes: the movement of technologies around the globe. For example, the Green Revolution in rice cultivation introduced western farming practices into many developing countries.Although Appadurai's taxonomy is highly contestable, it does serve to show that globalization is much more than economics on a global scale.
In its cultural form, globalization has been a label used to identify attempts to erode the national cultures of Europe, and subsume them into a global culture whose members will be much easier to manipulate through mass media and controlled governments. In this context, massive legal or illegal immigration has been allowed, mainly in European countries.
The formation of a global village — closer contact between different parts of the world, with increasing possibilities of personal exchange, mutual understanding and friendship between "world citizens", and creation of a global civilization.
Economic globalization — there are four aspects to economic globalization, referring to four different flows across boundaries, namely flows of goods/services, i.e. 'free trade' (or at least freer trade), flows of people (migration), of capital, and of technology. A consequence of economic globalization is increasing relations among members of an industry in different parts of the world (globalization of an industry), with a corresponding erosion of national sovereignty in the economic sphere. The IMF defines globalization as "the growing economic interdependence of countries worldwide through increasing volume and variety of cross-border transactions in goods and services, freer international capital flows, and more rapid and widespread diffusion of technology" (IMF, World Economic Outlook, May, 1997). The World Bank defines globalization as the "Freedom and ability of individuals and firms to initiate voluntary economic transactions with residents of other countries".
In the field of management, globalization is a marketing or strategy term that refers to the emergence of international markets for consumer goods characterized by similar customer needs and tastes enabling, for example, selling the same cars or soaps or foods with similar ad campaigns to people in different cultures. This usage is contrasted with internationalization which describes the activities of multinational companies dealing across borders in either financial instruments, commodities, or products that are extensively tailored to local markets. Globalization also means cross-border management activities or development processes to adapt to the emergence of a globalized market or to seek and realize benefit from economies of scale or scope or from cross-border learning among different country-based organizations.
In the field of software, globalization is a technical term that combines the development processes of internationalization and localization.
Many, such as participants in the World Social Forum, use the term "corporate globalization" or "global corporatization" to highlight the impact of multinational corporations and the use of legal and financial means to circumvent local laws and standards, in order to leverage the labour and services of unequally-developed regions against each other.
The spread of capitalism from developed to developing nations.
"The concept of globalisation refers both to the compression of the world and the intensification of consciousness of the world as a whole" - Benedikt Kiesenhofer
Measurement of Globalization
To what extent a nation-state or culture is globalized in a particular year has until most recently been measured employing simple proxies like flows of trade, migration, or foreign direct investment.
A more sophisticated approach to measuring globalization is the recent index calculated by the Swiss think tank KOF. The index measures the three main dimensions of globalization: economic, social, and political. In addition to three indices measuring these dimensions, an overall index of globalization and sub-indices referring to actual economic flows, economic restrictions, data on personal contact, data on information flows, and data on cultural proximity is calculated. Data are available on a yearly basis for 122 countries. According to the index, the world's most globalized country is the USA, followed by Canada, the United Kingdom, and France. The least globalized countries according to the KOF-index are Burundi, Belize, and Sierra Leone.
Globalisation is a British variant spelling.
Globalization is the main variant, preferred by the Oxford English Dictionary.
See also:
Adam Smith
The Wealth of Nations
Political economy


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In Grease Is the Word, which aired on ITV for two months from 7 April, Bayne and McFadden triumphed over thousands of other (frequently hopeless) hopefuls and seven other finalist couples to win the starring roles in the classic 1972 Broadway musical, immortalised by the 1979 film version starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John as the high school sweethearts.
Last night, competition judges Sinitta, choreographer Brian Friedman and producer David Ian were amongst the first night audience to cheer on Bayne and McFadden. Ian has been producing Grease in the UK since 1993, with regular tours and periodic West End forays, and tomorrow he flies to New York for the opening of the new Broadway production which he cast via American TV's Grease Is the Word equivalent, You're the One That I Want.
He attributes the musical's enduring success to it being "the archetypal boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy gets girl back story that speaks to everybody". It's also appealing because it encompasses "a lot of firsts" and has a "constantly replenishing" audience of people who love the film and want to see the story played out live on stage.
Although ITV has turned its back on the musical theatre contest format after the ratings disappointment of Grease Is the Word (See The Goss, 10 Jul 2007), Ian considers the programme a success. "It's discovered two great kids (in Danny and Susan), and it's given me a tremendous box office reaction," he told Whatsonstage.com last night. What's more, "it has attracted a new audience to the theatre".
Market research Ian has undertaken on both Grease and his co-production, with Andrew Lloyd Webber, of The Sound of Music, which found its star Connie Fisher via the BBC's prototype programme How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria? last year, shows that the majority of the shows' audiences had never been to the theatre before. An hour a week of Saturday primetime television that lures such neophytes in has "got to be good for the industry", he believes.
TO SCROLL THROUGH ALL OF THE GREASE 1st NIGHT PHOTOS,
For 1st Night Photos, our Whatsonstage.com photographer Dan Wooller was on hand for the Grease curtain call at the Piccadilly Theatre and the post-show party at Floridita along with David Ian, the company, creatives and TV judges Sinitta and Brian Friedman. Amongst the other first night guests were Gillian McKeith, Jeffrey Archer and former Grease Is the Word contestants including Michael Quinn, Anthony Kavanagh, Vicky Hoyles and Joanna Power.
While now most famous from the film, Grease began on stage, premiering on Broadway in 1972. The musical originally ran for six years in the West End, first at the Dominion and then at the Cambridge Theatre, returning to London for a short run back at the Dominion in 2001 and at the Victoria Palace in 2002/3. In between, it has toured the UK extensively.
Grease is directed by David Gilmore and designed by Terry Parson with choreography by Arlene Phillips (recreated by Stori James). The new West End cast also features How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?'s Siobhan Dillon (as Patty Simcox), Sean Mulligan (Kenickie), Jayde Westaby (Rizzo), Lee Martin (Doody), Bennett Andrews (Sonny), Laurie Scarth (Jan), Charlie Cameron (Marty), Alana Phillips (Frenchy) and Jason Capewell (Vince / Teen Angel).
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Well boys and girls, Ottawa apparently is a lower spending small market team now. Newsflash with the exception of roughly 5 years of its lifetime has always been a lower spending small market team. Ottawa had two years of success (built on a strong drafting core) when Melnyk was signing the big checks and three years of mediocre to crap, money did not really help. Never in the franchises' history did a free agent sign in his (relative) prime. What has categorized the Senators franchise for years has been its ability to succeed in spite of its limits and for the near future, it should remain so. Take a look at what we have.
Craig Anderson and Robin Lehner, a proven and experienced starting goaltender and a talented and young blue chipper waiting in the wings. Ottawa has never possessed this sort of depth at the NHL level, and it gives the Senators multiple options in how they move forward. If Lehner continues to play well as the full time backup this season, do not be surprised if they trade Anderson for assets if he seeks too big a payday in his contract year. Also understand the organization is not standing pat in securing between the pipes.
The Ottawa Senators currently have four goaltending prospects, Andrew Hammond, Marcus Hogberg, Francois Brassard and Chris Dreidger. Well I have doubts Hammond evolves much beyond the AHL, the other three goalies have shown notable promise. Brassard and Dreidger have both seen consistent success as the starting goalies for their respective CHL teams and Hogberg has played well enough to place himself into starting contention for the Swedish World Junior team. Well I cannot guess on how these goalies work out (goalie development is generally a long and weird road...I mean just look at Lehner and Bishop for comparisons), Ottawa is secure in this area for years to come.
I will be honest, this is very very weird to digest. We have Erik Karlsson, a generational talent, a steady (and surprisingly effective) partner in Methot and two vets in Corvo and Phillips rounding the bottom six... the 3/4 spots are however a question mark. For the short term Ottawa feels it has the young talent to fill the 3/4 spots in Wiercioch and Cowen. Whether they succeed is still up in the air, but if recent contracts suggest anything the Senators believe in these two players on the backend for the foreseeable future. Of the current batch of prospects, only Cody Ceci looks like he has the ability to comfortably fill this void internally in the next few years.
Corvo is here for depth and Gryba is playing for a contract. Phillips is likely heading into his final year as Senator. If Ottawa has nothing else on defence going forward, it is a glut of potential 5-6 defenceman. Claesson, Borowiecki, Sdao, Wideman, Wikstrand, Blood, Rutkowski, Harpur are all essentially aiming for the same two/three spots on the roster for the foreseeable future. Well I would be more comfortable with one more established 3/4 defenceman at the NHL level, there is clearly an internal plan for Ottawa's defence going forward.
This is actually pretty simple to look over for the next few years. Michalek/Macarthur/Greening/Conacher/Kassian provide a solid left wing, although I will not be surprised if Michalek or Conacher are shifted to the right wing. Hoffman, Schneider, Prince, Puempel provide solid prospects to fill the void internally going forward.
At center it is Spezza/Turris followed by Smith/Pageau/Zjad. How Zjad is played going forward is still up for debate and Pageau may very well start the season in Bingo. Well there are prospects to competently fill a bottom six role, we do not have a top six center in the system outside of Da Costa and he is likely soon gone.
On right wing, Ryan will be no.1 (unless Paulrus chooses to reunite the proven Greening-Spezza-Michalek combination.) with Condra/Neil filling out the bottom six. Conacher/Zjad may very well be slotted into the 2nd line role. With the departure of Jakub/Noesen, we are thin at right wing with Stone/Petersson/Robinson as the next available players on the depth chart.
Current Starting Lineup with reasonable guesses on line combos.
MacArthur-Turris- (Zjad/Conacher)
Conacher/Greening- Zjad/Pageau- Condra
Extra forward: Kassian
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I'm finally visiting THE Australian landmark. I've booked the Rock 2 Water tour through Groovy Grape Getaways, which starts in Alice Springs and visits Uluru, Kata Tjuta, Coober Pedy and the Flinders Ranges before ending in Adelaide.
I've been a bit overwhelmed in planning this excursion, mostly because I have no idea what to expect. I know I will be camping, but since the weather is rather bipolar in Alice Springs, I'm packing for all climates. Do I need a mosquito net to keep all those nasty flies away? How about a snake bite kit? I've never been anywhere quite like the Outback.
I'm lucky that Groovy Grape has such a great itinerary because I'm not sure how I would get out there as a solo traveler. If you read my post "The Australian Airline Conundrum," you know how much of a struggle it's been just booking flights. Here's my plans so far.
- Day 1: Fly to Alice Springs on Qantas. Stay at Haven Backpackers.
- Day 2: Leave for GG tour at 6:45 a.m. Visit Uluru and stay at Ayers Rock Campground.
- Day 3: Visit Kata Tjuta and stay at Kings Creek Station.
- Day 4: Explore Kings Canyon.
- Day 5: Go noodling for opals in Coober Pedy.
- Day 6: Visit the Flinders Ranges before arriving in Adelaide. Stay at Backpack Oz.
- Day 7: Fly back to Sydney on Virgin Australia.
Do you have any recommendations for my trip or what I should pack? Here's what I have so far.


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KENNEWICK, Wash. - Tuesday the Indoor Football League selected Lionell Singleton as Defensive Player of the Week. The Fever defensive back came up big against Colorado, as the Fever won the game 41-37. Singleton incepted the last pass of the game to seal the win, it was his second of the game, and increased his league high total to nine. Last year Singleton came in second for IFL Defensive Player of the Year, and is making a case for first this year.
"I' do, I think he's leading the league now in interceptions and so that just causes for a really good ending to the season, on his part. So I think he has a good chance at it. You know Lionell he's, he has that knowledge his football IQ is pretty great," said Brandon Wilson, Singleton's teammate for last three years.
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Homecoming: A time of college pride beaming from students and alumni alike, Wildcat spirit roaring proudly and purple-and-red banners streaming around the college. The campus is riddled with students showing their resourcefulness. It is a time of festive activities and time-honored tradition.
However, Homecoming is not all fun and games. Those involved spend months planning, coordinating and organizing the events that both past and present Wildcats partake in. Then, as the clock ticks, the stress begins to build and the hairs begin to get pulled out. None feel the stress as much as members of the ASLC Cabinet.
Unlike last year's three-day Homecoming Week, which sent Cabinet members careening into a wall of headache, confusion and stress, this year's Homecoming is back on schedule, spanning the entire week. On top of that, there was no planned event for Wednesday, giving both students and Cabinet ample time to participate in the major events of the week, Song and Banner and Mr. and Ms. Linfield, senior Kasey Richter, ASLC vice president of programming, said.
Other events included Tug-O-War on Monday and College Bowl on Tuesday.
"This year, we did have some teams that chose to compete in only a few of the events," Richter said. "Because we have been striving to make this a campuswide event, rather than just another Greek Week, we allowed them to do this. We had the Memorialites compete in both Tug-O-War and College Bowl; a faculty team featuring Dean Hanson, Debbie Harmon, Josh Merrick and Jeff Mackay participate in College Bowl; and, if all goes as planned, [and Greenfield had a Song and Banner team]. It was a ton of fun watching students go against the Administrators."
Cabinet focused on streamlining the flow of activities this year, to make them as simple and efficient as possible for participants.
"We wanted to make it fun for everybody, not something to dread," Richter said.
That still didn't take care of every detail.
"It kind of snuck up on us this year," she said. "It was just there, a surprise."
Despite the hasty approach, the already-finished events have gone off without a hitch, resulting in an exhalation of relief for those who planned and participated.
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8:00am Monday 13th September 2010 in Theatre & Comedy
ONE of the outstanding arts events in Hereford in recent years was, without doubt, The Gingerbread House, the first piece of work from new local theatre company Feral Productions. And they're back later this month with the much-anticipated Locked (Rapunzel's Lament).
The new production is another radical re-telling of a classic fairytale, given a contemporary twist to cast light into the darker realms of modern life, with the story of Rapunzel used as a metaphor for isolation and how loneliness has become such a theme in today's society, particularly with young people.
"But it will be quite far removed from the story," says Estelle van Warmelo, founder of Feral.
Locked, like the earlier piece, will be another silent disco promenade production with the audience once again insulated from the wider world with headphones and led into unknown territory beyond the confines of The Courtyard.
She won't, though, reveal exactly where the journey will take the audience. All she will say is that it definitely won't involve leading 40- odd audience members across Edgar Street as The Gingerbread House did. "That was very scary."
Explaining the direction she has opted to take with Feral Productions, Estelle says there are two principal catalysts: "Artists get bored after a while as what they do becomes formulaic – as you grow you have to reinvent yourself."
And that is what she and choreographer Tamsin Fitzgerald, founder and director of 2Faced Dance company, are committed to doing with Feral Productions.
"We want to shake ourselves up a bit," says Estelle. "I feel too safe in black-box, text-based theatre.
Doing this takes me well out of my comfort zone. That and running a company for the first time."
As well as collaborating with Estelle on the production itself, Tamsin is able to provide invaluable help on the business front, having run Hereford's only professional dance company for seven years.
"Last year's Gingerbread House was created on a steep learning curve and we learned that devising the piece from scratch was problematic.
We are working more from the script this time," says Tamsin.
"So we'll go into rehearsals with a soundtrack which I'll work to. It's more prescriptive and less collaborative, making the choreographing process simple."
The other element that has led Feral Productions to creating sitespecific work is the ever-present tightness of funds. "It present a challenge that pushes you to choose different options," says Estelle.
Joining the team as sound designer is Mouthmaster Murf of The Anomalies (aka Anthony Murphy), a man who shares Estelle and Tamsin's passion for tapping into the creative talents of Herefordshire and keeping them here.
"There is no other professional theatre being produced in Hereford," says Estelle.
"The city should become an experimental hub. What we are doing is innovative, and not just innovative for Hereford."
■ Locked is at The Courtyard from September 28 to October 2. To book, call 01432 340555 or visit courtyard.org.uk.


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Immediately after last nights catastrophic 123-78 loss to the Clippers I went to bed and slept on what I had just watched. Today I sat through three college classes still wondering how the hell the Sixers were down by 56 at one point in last nights game. I have come up with nothing to take from this game besides one simple point: The Sixers are just really bad.
Watching the game and looking at the some of the stats at the conclusion of the game, such as the score being 46-15 at the end of the first or the Sixers shooting 15% in the first half, it's ridiculous to believe that this same Sixers team has managed to win 15 games this season. That includes wins against the Heat, Wizards, Bulls, Trailblazers, and Rockets. Going into this season, last night is basically what we expected to happen most nights and that's held true for the most part. The Sixers have had other really bad losses this year by 31, 34, and 37.
This is why last night should not have come off as such as surprise. Yes it was a historically bad and embarrassing loss for the Sixers. But really what were the Sixers supposed to do last night when the Clippers could not miss a shot to open the game. We know how defensively challenged the Sixers are and on nights when they can not put anything in the hoop this is bound to happen.
All I'm trying to say is last night should not be viewed as something we need to look deeper into. This kind of loss can cause people to start worrying if there's a losing culture that's being instilled in the team. It was just another loss, no different of a loss than their 37 point loss to New Orleans in November or their 6 point loss to Brooklyn last week or any other loss this season. This kind of losing is expected and is part of the Sixer's rebuilding plan. This season a loss just means more ping pong balls, which is a vital part of the overall rebuilding plan. General Manager Sam Hinkie constructed this team not to contend but rather to set themselves up for a top pick in a very strong draft. The reality of the situation is that there is really only two players on this entire roster that are considered as core franchise players(MCW and Noel) and one of them isn't even playing. So the concerns of creating a losing culture are not in play here.
Also in a loss like this people will question the coach and wonder if he has lost the locker room. That is not true at all in this case and it showed last night. First of all, anyone saying that the Sixers weren't trying at all or didn't care about the game is wrong. The effort was there the whole time, it just goes back to what I said in the beginning and that is the fact that they are just a really bad team. Some nights (most nights), you can't rely on Lavoy Allen long 2's(Doug Collins disagrees) and Evan Turner using the same moves off the dribble that he uses every game that never work.
Secondly, there was one positive that held true throughout the entire blowout loss: Brett Brown never stopped coaching. You could really see the amount of pride Brett Brown has as a coach and it was evident last night in one scenario late in the fourth quarter.
With 1:23 left in the game the Clippers were ahead 121-76 after a Sasha Vujacic 3-pointer( which made the crowd go nuts because who doesn't love Sasha Vujacic blowout 3-pointers). Following this 3-pointer, Michael Carter-Williams came up court, dribbled around a screen, and launched/bricked a 3-pointer just 9 seconds into the shot clock. This sparked Brett Brown to get up off the bench and bark at Carter-Williams to "keep attacking! keep attacking!". On the next Sixer possession, Carter-Williams made a nice backdoor cut to the basket and connected on a reverse lay-up off of a pass from Tony Wroten. Yes Carter-Williams had a rough night, as did all the Sixers, and looked frustrated all night, which caused a lot of bad shots. But Brett Brown's message still hit home with Carter-Williams with a minute left in a blowout game. The fact that Brown was still coaching and teaching in that situation is a very important sign from a coach you are looking to rebuild with.
So we move on from last night and onto tonight in Golden State against an even more explosive Warriors offense. I expect this game to be closer.
And by closer I mean the Sixers will lose by about 25.
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It's no secret that, until recently, OWN was hurting to find an audience and in a new interview for New York Magazine, Oprah Winfrey candidly talks about the struggles to make OWN a success, saying that the main problem was the network was "too serious."
She eventually realized that she had to bring in more humorous, lighter fare to attract an audience.
As she says in the interview:
"I have a tendency to look at everything from the point of view of: What is going to be meaningful, and uplift people? That can become too stoic and too serious—which is the same issue I suffered with at the magazine in the beginning. It needed more humor. So we [began] looking for lighter fare. Welcome to Sweetie Pie's works. Iyanla: Fix My Life was also a turning point. Having programming that was in alignment with the vision but also left the space to widen the lane for the vision"
However, she does have limits. There are certain things that she will never do on the network:
"I'm interested in doing no harm. Before, it was always, I've got to uplift as well as entertain. And now I can look at a thing and say, "What harm does it do?" And harm is not just violence and calling people bitches. It's the tone of things".
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âIâm interested in doing no harm. Before, it was always, Iâve got to uplift as well as entertain. And now I can look at a thing and say, âWhat harm does it do?â And harm is not just violence and calling people bitches. Itâs the tone of thingsâ.
How does parading the likes of Lindsay Lohan and the Kardashians all over the network square with this mindset? The fact is, audiences spit out originality, uniqueness, and dignity the way small children spit out liver. They eat up public embarrassment, scandal, and dysfunction porn the way children gobble up candy on Halloween.
sab | September 17, 2013 6:30 AM
She's doing harm to my nerves, harm to society with garbage, when she interviews Lindsay Lohan and the frakkin' Kardassians. Hypocrite unless that falls into the humor catagory too.
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OWN had 'Wanda Sykes presents Herlarious' on in August - it was two one hour specials. Perhaps it is something that is on the horizon in the future.
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Make 2009 your year to shine. Don't let the economy get you down. Look for opportunities. And, look for advisors to help you plan ahead.
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It's been a month since your comment & I'm hearing more and more people agree with you.
It's time to think about what we can do not be self-limiting.
It's ealry in the year & a great time to put a good plan in place for success.
You might check out http://www.score.org/Accelerate.
Some good stuff–focused on a positive future.
I totally Agree! We don't need to be worry about the crisis that the nation is facing now. This is a new year we should be able to make our goals, plan our dreams and make them come true.
Forget about the things that went out wrong last year! Its done and we can't definitely do anything more for it! 2009 Is the Year of the OX according to the chinese calendar so try to read some stuffs about it and get some tips serve as your guidelines.
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Alesha Dixon is quickly becoming one to watch in the fashion game! She was spotted heading to another day of Britain's Got Talent auditions rocking a Markus Lupfer Spring 2013 "Chill" Knit Top, $965 Joseph Clare Metallic Pencil Skirt; all punctuated by crisp white pumps.
Her sweater is featured in the designer's Spring 2013 collection, seen below modeled with metallic trousers and ankle strap sandals.
Her silver skirt is made from stretch leather and boasts a concealed zip fastening in the back.
Her sweater isn't up for sale just yet, but you can recreate her look below.
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how beautiful is she? not crazy about the entire look. i would take a chance on the skirt tho
This is such a cool look!!! There will probably be some dislikes with the shoe choice because wearing white shoes can be risky, but it does give this look a fresh spin. I'll give it a few months and you guys will be all over white shoes lol. White is the new Black..shoegame wise.
Im so lovin that shirt
I like the look better with the pants. I was traumatized every Easter by white shoes growing up and I vowed to never wear them again and I'm not going back on my word. I hate them!
Dare I say it…I like the outfit and the SHOES *runs for hiding and covers face*
Lovin this!
FIRST time i've seen white shoes look good.
She looks so cute and the white shoe does make it pop – although I'm such a matchy matchy person that I would've worn a shoe to match the skirt or the colors of the letters on the shirt.
And LOL@Crystal.
She's so purrrrty! Like the skirt!
wow, i'm not a fan of white shoes, most wear them wrong and I'm honestly too lazy to think about how to wear them right, but I LOVE this look, INCLUDING her white shoes!!
love the skirt! as well as the pants. Would wear it with another top maybe…
She's a tall, slim apple shape- I'm apple shaped and tend to avoid high waisted silluoettes because they emphasise my rounder upper half. Still a gorgeous girl, and I do like the tee….it just looks better on the model
So pretty!
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A PASSENGER in a car involved in a crash in North Yorkshire this afternoon has died.
The collision, involving a foreign-registered Ford Focus and a Toyota 4x4 which was towing a trailer, happened just before 4pm today on the A658 at Kirby Overblow, near Harrogate.
North Yorkshire Police have now confirmed the male passenger in the Ford died at the scene of the crash. The drivers of both vehicles have been taken to hospital, with the stretch of road set to be closed until at least 9pm today to allow the cars to be removed and collision investigation teams to examine the scene.
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Actress Kate Hudson is talking on the fitness world with style with her new apparel line Fabletics.
The fitness collection, which features numerous sports bras, running shorts, leggings and jackets in an array of colors, can be purchased online at Fabletics.com. Hudson's new business venture comes the same month the star graces the cover of Shape magazine, baring her toned abs in a pink sports bra (see the cover at Shape.com).
OTRC.com sat down with Hudson to discuss the inspiration behind her Fabletics apparel line, why she lost sight of physical fitness as an actress and what she feels is essential to staying in shape.
Check out three highlights from the interview.
When did fitness first become a big part of your life?
"I was three and my mother threw me into a dance class, a ballet class, where I'd run around and, I just remember they'd get all these balloons and we'd have to keep the balloon up in the air and we'd have to stand on our tippy toes, so it started in our family really young, for all of us. We were a very, very athletic, sort of driven, active family."
Did it become more important as you became an actress?
"No, actually I lost sight of it. It's the opposite, because when you're working, it's really hard to train, you know. I think that it's funny, you know, everyone else seems to kind of have an image thing, but you kind of watch actors and actresses go like they're super fit, and then they get a little soft, and then they get super fit again and then they get a little soft. It usually depends on what role they're playing. We're constantly having to reshape our bodies to play certain types of roles, because that's what we do for a living."
"I lost sight of dance when I started acting. I started working when I was about 18, by the time I was 25 I really started missing that part of my life because I danced my whole childhood and I was super athletic with soccer and stuff my whole childhood. And then I started acting and I sort of lost it, so I started dancing again. I think around 25, after you know, I had to get back in shape with Ryder, because I had to go do a movie and I gained so much weight it was crazy. But after that was when I really started going, 'you know what, I need to have a thing, I need to dance again.'"
When did apparel and looking good at the gym come into play?
"The point for me is, at some point in your life you reach a place and a point where you go, okay, this is no longer about what I want to look like, it's actually about my health, my state of mind, it's about me being a present mother, it's about me being present in the workplace. If I'm not healthy mentally and physically, everything else on that pyramid just sort of shaves off because, you know, I'm not centered."
"For me, when I started thinking about branding and designing and things that I wanted to do with it, I wanted to create a community for women to be able to feel that they have that kind of support to get them to be motivated and reach a sort of larger group of women rather than a smaller group of women who can't afford certain things but to get the same product, the same attention to fashion and detail and at a lower price to get more women involved and motivating themselves to set goals and feel centered, feel good."
Reporting by Tony Cabrera, correspondent for the nationally syndicated entertainment show "On The Red Carpet" (check for local TV listings). The series is produced by KABC Television near Los Angeles.


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704 comments found
Excellent theme. Perfect for my next project. Purchased!
Awesome! Glad it helps!
When you have the chance, I would REALLY appreciate it if you rated the theme
It's rated.
Dude, this is the Viagra of WP Themes.. I've had a woody now for 2 days 'cos of it!..
You da Guvnor
Ha! Best. Testimonial. Ever.
I can see some really great use in this as a directory service, however, how does SEO fit into this theme? For instance I want to optomise for each location. When opening each location details, how do they play in the role of SEO such as H1 H2 and H3 tags?
If say I want to use this for a location service with specific companies and they are mostly in Australia, how does the navigation work with multiple sub menus?
The details section is just like a standard content area for any WordPress theme, so SEO shouldn't be any different than what you would normally expect.
This theme supports infinite sub menus, so there is no trouble displaying multiple levels. The only limitation would be browser window size
Very cool theme.
I would like to know if you theme supports localization i18n with .POT, .PO and .MO files and can support the use extension WPML for multiple languages ?
I'm not sure about that plugin. I've been trying to communicate with the WPML team, but they are super busy…
Regarding language files, are they required for plugins to translate the theme? I remember using a translation plugin without them, but maybe it's changed?
Hi Molitor, really nice job.
1) Could it be possible in the next upgrade to see different pins on the map, like the geo places templatic theme?
2) A search box showing the location you are looking for in the map.
Regards, c
Thanks for the feedback! Great stuff to consider.
This theme uses the standard WordPress search function, so all the plugins out there that add additional search functionality should work just fine
But the result of the search should point the address in the map. So if I am on my house, I can see the nearest pint in the map.
I might be a little confused… just to clarify, the search feature shows all results with a pin on the map. Are you suggesting something else?
golf guide directory will be very good, plus pop up videos and a place to add advertisement in the middle of the map or through a pop up window. THanks
This theme uses PrettyPhoto, so it's really easy to have images, video, etc appear in a pop-up window
Great and innovative idea. Nice to see different usages of WP, far away from the same (and same, same) boring stuff. Congrats dude!
Thanks! Really appreciate that
Regarding letting outside companies submit posts for approval, is there a membership or profile builder plugin that you feel would work with this theme? Is there one you've worked with in the past that you could recommend?
Again, great work on this theme.
I haven't used any plugins like that, but I would just use a contact form plugin and customize that to work as a listing submission form.
I provided a link to a great (free) contact form plugin in the help file. You can even add upload fields so they can submit images for the listing.
Would that work?
This… is… awesome! By far the best looking template I've seen!
My head… hurts… too many ideas…
I don't have a clue when it comes to WordPress but you convinced me to jump on it now!
Keep one copy of the template for me, I'll purchase it when I know what I'm doing lol!
Great job again!
Ha! Thanks! I'll be sure to include aspirin with the next update
Hi. First let me say that this theme is absolutely amazing.. I'm lovin' it. My question is, I am only needing the USA Map (the whole country), Not the map of the World. Can you please let me know where and how to change this setting, so that the USA is always centered. Thanks
The map focuses on the most recent item, so it will always center on that. Since this is the Google maps system, there isn't a way to show only the US, etc. The entire map will always be available.
I recommend changing the zoom level so that the US takes up the majority of the screen. For reference, this is controlled from the "Map Settings" on the "theme options" page.
Let me know if that helps.
Dude, that's exactly what I wanted, seeing as my posts are all in the USA , the map will be centered anyway.. I tweaked with the zoom settings as you suggested, and it looks fab.
Excellent support..
Thanks a million
Awesome! If you can, be sure to send me a link to the site when you're done and I'll post it on the item page
Well Well
Ladys and Gentlelman with you !!!! the most creative template in themeforest…........
I just love this job…...
Congratulations very nice job
good luck in sales.
Thanks a lot. Really appreciate it
I simply cannot believe this template. Awe inspiring.
Thank you!
One of the most innovative themes I have seen. Before I buy, just a couple of questions.
(1) Possible to have custom icon/pin for each category instead of the current red ones?
(2) How difficult would it be to add back the zoom in/out functionality for the mouse scroll wheel?
(3) Can I add/remove additional sections in the location detail box (where the details, gallery, share, related, etc appear)?
(4) Additional pins on zoom. Would it be possible to have a single location pin show on the main map but when you zoom in, more pins can show up accordingly? Much like how google maps show more detail as you zoom in.
(1) Currently this isn't an option, but I'm looking into this to see if it's something I can add in an update.
(2) It's super easy to add that functionality, but it was removed on purpose. Currently, the zoom buttons available need to be the only option in order to track the current zoom level. If you want to add scrolling zoom or double-click zoom, you'll need to turn off the buttons (theme option).
(3) There isn't a theme option for this, but I can provide instructions
(4) Currently not an option, but that is a great idea. I'll look into this and see if it is something I can do…
Thanks again for the feedback!
When I click on a map pin on the home page and go to a single, I would like the single to show the same type of map as home page (map or terrain) not the satellite view it now shows. Where would I make this change?
Might be handy to have the type of map displayed as an option on the post page in a future version
Great theme!
Appreciate the feedback!
Never mind, I figured it out.
Line 178 of single.php Changed to roadmap from satellite
I have one little question… Where do I set the background color for the class toggleButton opened (I don't like the light blue color and would want to change it but I cannot find the class anywhere).
That is controlled from the "scripts.js" file. Under "//ACCORDION TOGGLES ", on line 33 is where the HEX value is.
Thanks for the heads up on this. In the next update I'll make this controlled from the link color option.
Firstly, this template is amazing! Its exactly what I'm looking for
Few questions if I may please: 1) Is this Google Maps v3? 2) Would it be easy to incorporate streetview? 3) Custom icons for category type would be nice. 4) Does this include clustering of any kind?
Regards Sharry
1. Yes, this is V3 of the api.
2. You can easily turn the option on, but it will display the default button on the map, which doesn't really fit with the rest of the UI.
3. I'm looking into this, but it isn't currently an option.
4. I'm also looking into this as well, but currently not an option.
Thanks again for your interest!
any update on the xhtml version?
As per nokiko's request above are you able to give a ball-park timescale for the XHTML version? I'm looking to build something very similar and will hang out for this if I can.
That's just fantastic news hope all goes well. Thanks for the prompt reply.


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Akai LPD8
The AKAI LPD8 Pad controller features:
You can either use it for production controlling your drumracks/effects or use it for DJ'ing where you can map it to a program such as Traktor to control various effects and whatnot.
The pads can wear out your fingers after a while of playing, but taking a break, using actual drumsticks or hitting the edges of the pads instead of the center solves this minor issue. Otherwise the pads feel great and their velocity sensitive functions works good. The pads are also backlid by an orange light when hit, nice for working in dark areas.
The pots also feel and work nice, they arent endless rotary though and they can feel kind of short for people with large hands such as myself.
The controller appears to be more of a toy when shipped due to the packaging, but the controller itself feels and plays very solid. AKAI released this pad controller shortly after KORG introduced their nanopad and nanocontroller devices. This controller, while cheaper than the KORG, feels more solid than its competitor which feels kind of plasticky. I have yet to have mechanical problems with it while I previously had two nanopads which broke down after a couple of months.
Ease of use
Literally plug and play on PC. Switching through presets and programs is easy.
Around €49,- or $ 69,-
Easy to use
Usable in varrying ways
Pads can wear out your fingers after long use
Knobs a bit short
By CRYPTICprod on 11th February 2013
Ok but could be better
Good thing is that they are very cheap and if you only need 8 drum pads these are perfect, in fact don't read the rest of the review just buy them now
However the pads are a bit hard and after a while can hurt the tips of your fingers, and it is only 8 pads but you should of known this when you brought them, the pads are velocity sensitive so you do need to really bang the pads to get a good sound
However this is a good controller so if you just want a decent but cheap 8 pad controller this is what you need to get


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The Sacramento Bee editorial board posted this photo on their Facebook page showing their new staff cartoonist, Jack Ohman, on the front of newspaper boxes around town. Ohman left the Oregonian last year and started at the Bee last week, where he is continuing to do five editorial cartoons a week and a larger Sunday comic that combines opinion, observation, memoir, and journalism. They even shot a little video of his first day on the job. ("This is the first time I've had a first day at a job since October 24th, 1983.") In the age where a staff hire is exceedingly rare about once every five years or so now it's nice to see the outlets that go for it really feature their cartoonists prominently. They get it. More of this, please.
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Designed by Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Architects (ZGF), the three-story, 45,000-square-foot building is an apt tribute to its prominent, coastal location, with its long, slender shape. Exposed architectural concrete panels, Spanish cedar wood siding, a wood-framed window curtain wall and storefront system, metal panels, and an expansive photovoltaic array give this building its signature identity.
The net-zero-energy facility represents the most ambitious sustainably designed biological research laboratory project ever to
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