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Gee, thanks for the warning, G-Spot
I mean thanks for letting us know just how bad of a console port this game is. I mean we know that you usually play the xbox version of any game and then apply the same rating to the PS3 and PC versions but this is just ... Read Full Review
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Horrendous mouse aiming and a tiny non-adjustable FOV are just some of the wonderful features. This game is broken.
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With that awesome backgound i don't understand why the developers created just another generic FPS.
Well i had play the old syndicate 19 years ago and i must say that THIS GAME doesn't relate in anyway to the original,but as a fps is not a bad game is just painfully generic. I really wanted to like this game a little b... Read Full Review
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War is my business.
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Underrated, Fun 4 Player Co-Op
Syndicate is worthy and entertaining online w it's 4 player co op, campaign is good but not over the top. I think have they released this game w only co op it probably would have got an 8/10. Great lighting, guns feel go... Read Full Review
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Not so much..
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Syndicate's futuristic gameplay and absorbing cybernetic world provide a mind-altering gaze into a conceivable future
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If you havent already tried it, you are missing out!
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In an already saturated FPS market, how will Syndicate stand out in the crowd?
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Syndicate successfully embraces the Cyber-Punk theme at it's core, but does it do enough to stand out?
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Syndicate isn't getting the praise it deserves.
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Insanely fun gameplay with a cool setting makes this game a blast.
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Don't you just love it when football players are resourceful enough to pick up a camera and bring it into the changing room when all his teammates are changing into their football kits at the same time? That's just what happened here. What's best is the guys stripping totally naked don't even seem to notice the camera until the last minute and even then don't seem to mind so much! More sportsmen caught nudehere!
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Cablegram 2361 CANBERRA, 1 May 1946
Have received following cable from Moore in reply to my enquiry as to the progress of the late Senator Keane's negotiations. [1] Begins:
'The Lend Lease and Reciprocal Lend Lease negotiations had reached critical and concluding stages. Top level negotiator should not been [2] brought in to discussions as we were reserving these for our final appeal. I have had discussions since Senator Keane's death with two of top level commission who had not been brought into negotiations and find their attitude much more sympathetic.
Strictly for your information and McFarlane's. United States negotiators with whom we have been negotiating had proposed that Australia pay 100 million dollars in settlement. Senator Keane and I have adhered to the washout settlement based on our overall effort under reciprocal lend lease and the aid rendered by Australia which has not been brought into reciprocal lend lease figures.
My own feeling is that I will be able to handle the negotiations effectively, provided I can get two or three decisions from Mr.
Chifley, when he is in Washington from 7th to 9th May. If I can obtain these decisions, I do not think it would be necessary to send a Minister from Australia. It would be exceedingly difficult for him to take up the threads at this stage, to get to know the United States Negotiators, to absorb the atmosphere to the negotiations and its general background.
I think it would be preferable for you to leave this matter remain open until Mr. Chifley's visit to Washington where-upon I could give you a further report.'
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First year I've been unable to grow my own tomatoes, and I haven't tasted a good bought one yet this season. Two friends, in two other states, have the same complaint, and one feels seeds have been altered too much. Any comments? |
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You're probably right. Next year, try growing just heirlooms. Don't forget to keep a few seeds for planting the following year! /tricia |
I am getting reasonable tomatoes in quantity and quality this year, finally. However, it's crazy that all tomatoes (NYC area), regardless of variety, have extreme thick skin. I basically have to peel the skin off for salads. Anyone else with the same complain? dcarch |
- Posted by sleevendog (My Page) on Fri, Sep 13, 13 at 12:17
Not noticed at all. I've had wonderful field grown Hudson Valley and a few markets in NJ that have been outstanding though the farmers themselves have had complaints. Just picked up a 30lb box for 12dollars last weekend for roasting and freezing, skins on. My own garden was tended by friends while i was away...they ate good! Still producing but i have narrowed it down over the years to a few favorites that do well in the mountains and save seeds. Anna Russian, a black krim, Oxhearts do well, Kosovo and japanese. Always get a flood of yellow and red pear. Our own we eat fresh and freeze the cherries whole since we have so many. |
- Posted by sleevendog (My Page) on Fri, Sep 13, 13 at 12:31
A NJ market with heirlooms. Beefstakes in the background. I buy phase 2-3, pink. Heirlooms, for me anyway, ripen beautifully on the counter even better than on the vine with unpredictable weather and heavy rains. (like yesterday!)...we lost power, just now back on. I should have toms ripening for the next few weeks for slicing fresh. |
- Posted by sleevendog (My Page) on Fri, Sep 13, 13 at 12:48
NewYorkers...do i need to do an early morning hand-off like a drug dealer ?!, lol. I drive thru mid-town at about 6.15am starting next week...every day thru x-mas. Toms today ready for salsa and slicers for tonights GreatAmericanBurger (we call it) Fresh home ground beef on the barbie. |
- Posted by foodonastump (My Page) on Fri, Sep 13, 13 at 13:55
Dcarch, I noticed a distinct lack of tomato pictures from you this summer, and thought of asking why. Sorry to hear about the poor season; I know you put a lot of work into this. Sleevendog - you almost make me want to commute to the office once in a while to take you up on your offer. Almost. That's really early though! Somehow I missed tomato season this year. Probably has something to do with being without a kitchen all summer. I should probably look to see if I can catch the tail end. |
We are just now getting the bulk of the tomato crop here, and tonight there is a frost/freeze advisory. Figures. I also grow heirlooms. This year it was Cherokee Purple which are delicious but don't grow prolifically here, I think I actually got three, Great White, Taxi, Pineapple, Mortgage Lifter and a bunch of Rutgers. I planted 60 plants and still ended up buying half a bushel to can, the plants are loaded with green tomatoes but nothing ripens. The weather included a month with no rain at all, so when we got rain the tomatoes split or were stricken with blossom end rot. It just wasn't a good tomato year here at all. I don't care for most of the hybrids, although there are a few exceptions to that. It seems that most have been bred to ship well and withstand handling, not for flavor. dcarch, I haven't noticed a difference in tomato skin in commercial tomatoes, but they seem even more bland in flavor than usual. Annie |
It has been the worst season i can remember here for growing tomatoes. I usually put out around 90 plants. This year they just didn't produce. Must have been the weather, the wettest summer we have had in a long time. I also have 12 hives of bees and the honey production was lower this year than in the past. |
- Posted by sleevendog (My Page) on Sat, Sep 14, 13 at 8:44
The strangest thing i've noticed this year is sweet potatoes. Purchased from a few different sources. The exterior firm, but hollow voids inside and dry. My tomatoes are in a raised bed so maybe that helped wet weather drainage? Definitely a strange season to have 8 zucchini plants and only a few fruit. Concord grapes are still green, chard healthy but kale and brussels did nothing at all...never grew more than a few inches or bolted. Probably early spring heat. |
- Posted by debrak2008 (My Page) on Sat, Sep 14, 13 at 9:16
Our tomatoes are fine this year. Some in the area (western ny) said they are having issues with the tomatoes not turning red. |
- Posted by debrak2008 (My Page) on Sat, Sep 14, 13 at 9:18
Our tomatoes are fine this year. Some in the area (western ny) said they are having issues with the tomatoes not turning red. |
- Posted by mabeldingeldine z5 ME mid-coast (My Page) on Sat, Sep 14, 13 at 22:50
It has been a challenging gardening summer here in Maine. We had the wettest June in years, with cool temps, then overnight we blasted into 3 weeks of hot humid weather. My toms all got early blight. I am getting tomatoes, but many of them are sun scalded toms, and are not as flavorful as in past years. Still, the tomato sauce I make is light years ahead of any I can buy so I'm happy. I grew a new to me variety of paste tomato called Pompeii. It was prolific and weathered the blight well, taste is good but not great. I will try them again to see if better weather improve the flavor. My other favorite paste tomatoes are Striped Roman and Orange Banana; Striped Roman, however is more susceptible to Early Blight. |
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Hmmmm I am so sorry to hear that so many are having tomato issues... Mine were going great guns, prolific production, great taste, then over the last couple of weeks NOTHING! There are green tomatoes all over the plants (Mr Stripey, Cherokee Purple, Sun Sugar, yellow pear). We did not have a day over 90 throughout August which is very unusual, and now in Sept it has been a roller coaster temp-wise. One day in the 90's and 3 days later upper 40's overnight. I have noticed more tomato horn worms than usual, has anyone else seen that? Alexa |
"---------I have noticed more tomato horn worms than usual, has anyone else seen that? Alexa" Oh yeah! Got many more of those juicy, fat crawlers this year. Anyone has T & T recipes for them? dcarch |
I'm in SC, right on the border between USDA Zone 7 and 8. This summer has been unusually cool and wet, and that may be the reason I got a lot of cracked tomatoes. Most of the heirlooms I grew were flavor-wise head and shoulders over the hybrids. Here are my observations, FWIW: By far the best tasting tomatoes were Marianna's Peace and Stump of the World. Rich, full tomatoey taste, but not very productive. Black Krim was pretty good as well, along with Cherokee Purple. The most productive plants I had were a paste tomato, Opalka, and a cherry tomato, Black Cherry. Both produced lots of fruit, but neither one of them had a remarkable flavor. Not bad, just not exceptional. Probably won't plant them in 2014. Did a blind taste test with a sliced up Marianna's Peace next to some hybrid (Goliath, IIRC): people could easily tell the difference on the first taste, even though the Marianna's Peace wasn't as red as the other. |
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Opal Virginia was born July 1, 1914, in Winona, Minn., to Jess and Winnifred (Moody) McElmury. She was a lifelong area resident. On April 29, 1933, she married John H. Oevering. They made their living by sharecropping until 1947, when they moved to Stockton. For Opal, everything was homemade. She made clothes, soap, baby blankets, and canned numerous fruits and vegetables. Her cooking was all from memory, no recipes, only a little bit of this and of that. After John died, April 5, 1977, she remained in Stockton and continued being the family matriarch. She was a member of Immanuel United Methodist Church, Winona. Opal was a member and attended Immanuel United Methodist Ladies Aid for the past 34 years. She was formerly employed at Ziebells Produce and Wincraft.
She is survived by seven children: Lawrence (Doris) Oevering, Winona; Audrey (Jerry) Palmer, Winona; Kenny (Tweety) Oevering, Stockton; Barb (Dick) Rasmussen, Lewiston; Judie (Don) Doerr, Winona; Steve (Sue) Oevering, Stockton; and Tom (Dianne) Oevering, Stockton; 48 grandchildren; numerous great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren; and a daughter-in-law, Judie Oevering, Stock+≠ton.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; two sons: Wayne and Jack; four grandchildren; four sisters: Grace Wos, Eva Noceto, Bessie Milnarsek and Bernadine McElmury; and three brothers: William, Archie and Jess.
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This is pretty big for the retro gamers out there. The EA Sports NHL team posted the pic above to Twitter with the message "Why is the ice blue in this NHL 14 screenshot? Find out July 11." So three things here: the ice is blue, the font is retro, and it's now 20 years since the iconic NHL 94 dropped. So you gotta figure there's gonna be some sort of implementation of NHL 94 coming to this year's game.
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Collections of historic literary images held by members of the public and community groups can be shared with the wider world thanks to a new web-based programme designed by Cardiff University.
The Digital Image Curation Environment (DICE) allows users to upload their collections of paintings, maps, photographs, illustrations and any other image-based material to an online area.
Designed by researchers from the Centre for Editorial and Intertextual Research based in the University's School of English, Communication and Philosophy, DICE also allows users to describe their content using preloaded vocabularies or devise their own ones; add important technical and bibliographical data; and supply additional contextual material, such as hyperlinks, essays and annotations.
Speaking about the new tool, Project Director, Dr Julia Thomas said: "DICE is an easy to use system aimed at individual users, groups and small institutions, in order to enable group or public participation in community and outreach projects, making it ideal for local history clubs, galleries and museums, and individual collectors, as well as researchers within academia." Co-Director, Dr Anthony Mandal, added: "By making DICE freely accessible under Creative Commons licensing, the project team hopes to support and encourage other researchers, teachers and collectors, by dramatically reducing the technical development costs and timescales associated with similar projects."
Ahead of its official launch in October, the project team will showcase DICE and the newly-updated database upon which it is based (the Database of Mid-Victorian Illustration) and celebrate innovation in the field of digital humanities in a special event on 29th September 2011.
Part of a larger University series - Books and "Libratories": From the "Dark Ages" to the "Digital Age" – the event will include a public lecture by Professor Hans Walter Gabler on the subject of Ideas towards Interfacing Digital Humanities Research.
Known for his pioneering work on manuscript and genetic criticism, particularly his landmark edition of James Joyce's Ulysses, Professor Gabler's current publications include Making Texts for the Next Century; There is Virtue in Virtuality: Future Potentials of Electronic Humanities Scholarship; and Theorizing the Digital Scholarly Edition. He is currently Chair of an international initiative which aims to create a research and publication infrastructure on the web and an advanced e-learning system for the Arts and Humanities.
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But both publishers and retailers would prefer that their back catalogs would develop a viable aftermarket. Digital delivery seems like the best route — no more storing books that aren't selling, no more assets that go out of print — and Netflix among others have proven that a subscription model can be a very compelling discovery and revenue-creating tool for this class of content.
Amazon has the added benefit of using its Prime service to create extremely compelling pricing for consumers: free. If you're already a Prime subscriber, you don't have to decide between subscriptions and purchases, or Amazon's catalog versus your local library's, weighing the relative value of each. It's an asset you have, whether you like it or not, like free basic on-demand with your digital cable subscription.
Once you have it, you will use it; once you use it, you will wonder how you lived without it. And if you subscribe to Prime expressly for the digital book catalog, you may find yourself buying more e-books for your Kindle/tablet and even availing yourself of two-day delivery to pick up a few more hardcovers and small appliances — from Amazon, of course.
It would also give publishers big and small a clear incentive to digitize their full back catalogs. Just today, Duke University Press announced that it was partnering with Google to make its backlist available for free through HathiTrust's digital repository. As Jen Howard writes in the Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription required), "[Duke's] press, like many others, hasn't had spare resources to digitize and archive all those books itself."
This, of course, is why Google, not university presses or publishers or libraries alone, has invested in digitizing older content. Without a clear market strategy for those books, it isn't worthwhile for anyone else to transform them from print to digital. And so far, only Google has really had one. The print book market may live on the long tail; for e-books, that tail is a lot thinner, and the curve is much more steep.
Amazon, though, knows how to grow that tail. It knows exactly how many customers search for an older, obscure book and click "I would like to read this book on Kindle." It knows how many of those customers in turn are sent off to affiliates selling used copies. It knows how many cheap self-published books or repackaged public-domain classics are downloaded onto its devices. It knows how much more value publishers' back catalogs could offer than any of those sources.
In order to capture that value, it's willing to put a lot on the table; a fat up-front fee to participating publishers, capping or throttling the total number of book downloads (to prevent piracy, I guess, or to randomly irritate its most high-volume customers into buying more books outright), plus whatever else book publishers need to feel assured that this won't burn their existing business models down.
Also, as e-book blogger Mike Cane writes, by floating a subscription plan, Amazon is offering publishers a clear alternative to Google Books for their back content:
The timing of this is no accident.
September 15th is the date Judge Chin has decreed there must be a Google Book Search settlement.
So Amazon probably went to publishers and said, "You already agreed to letting Google steal your backlist, why not at least let us give you a few pennies for it?"
I foresee three things coming from this:
- Whether they buy into Amazon's proposal or not, publishers will be spurred to take a harder look at their existing catalogs and figure out how they can make them available digitally. This could be through sales or subscription, through Amazon or some other portal.
- Whether it can convince major publishers on the right price or not, Amazon will find some way to make inexpensive, high-quality reading content available for free to every Amazon Prime subscriber and everyone who buys one of its new tablets. This, plus the video catalog, will become one of the major selling points of the device and differentiate it from Apple, Google or Barnes & Noble.
- We will all be forced to endure so many hackneyed "Netflix for books? I thought that was called the library!" jokes that it will make our brains melt and our eyes bleed.
Here's just one, from The Net Delusion author Evgeny Morozov, who made one of the more clever (but sadly all-too-typical) versions of this joke on Twitter:
I've been using a "Netflix for books" – aka the library – since grade school. They had a cool recommendation system – with human interface!
Just after the WSJ published their story last night, I'd already seen enough variations on this theme that I wrote: "Yes, libraries also let you subscribe to books. All hundred thousand of you are each clever in your own way, like snowflakes… Or like unhappy families. What do I really know about your inner lives?"
So far, though, neither libraries nor Google nor anyone else have managed to pull off 24/7 delivery of a gigantic category of digital books to nearly every device the way that Amazon has for e-book purchase or Netflix has for subscription video. If they could, we wouldn't be having this conversation. Neither would Amazon and book publishers be having theirs.
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Doomtree Announce First Documentary Team the Best Team for December 2012 Release
Minneapolis indie hip hop collective Doomtree have announced that they will be releasing the very first feature full-length documentary about the group. The film is titled Team The Best Team.
Team The Best Team is a 70 minute film that chronicles the past year of all seven members of Doomtree. It follows the collective from the making of their album No Kings, through their annual Blowout and subsequent world tour as well their time spent at home in Minneapolis.
The documentary is directed by Chris Hadland and produced by Picture Machine Productions in association with Doomtree Records. It will see a DVD release on December 11th which is the same week as the group's Blowout 8.
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Thailand-Brunei Darussalam Joint Exhibition Program 2012
The Thailand-Brunei Darussalam Joint Exhibition Program 2012, the fifth of its kind, will be held at the auditorium of the Government Public Relations Department (PRD) in Bangkok. It will take place back-to-back with the third joint musical variety show, Alai Pa Plern, scheduled for 29 June at 7:00 p.m., also at the PRD auditorium.
The joint exhibition will be held for three days, from 27 to 29 June and focuses on the theme "Connectivity in the ASEAN Community." The content is related to the concepts of "ASEAN integration" and "ASEAN connectivity," aimed at providing knowledge and understanding about ASEAN and promoting ASEAN awareness toward the ASEAN Community in 2015.
Heads of the Thai and Brunei delegations will jointly cut the ribbon marking the opening of the joint exhibition on 28 June at 2:30 p.m. Target groups are officials, students, audience members coming to the joint musical show on 29 June and all other interested persons.
The exhibition has captions in Thai and English, and a brochure in Thai and English will be provided, with content featuring the theme of this exhibition and the background information of the joint exhibition, together with souvenirs from both sides for the visitors.
It is part of the Thai-Brunei Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation in the Field of Information and Broadcasting, which was signed on 16 August 2001 by the foreign ministers of both countries, in an agreement to exchange locally produced radio and television programs, news items, and publications, as well as visits of broadcasters, program producers, journalists, and information officials.
Apart from the joint exhibition, under the MOU, Thailand and Brunei Darussalam have also exchanged publications. Among the publications sent by Brunei Darussalam on a regular basis is
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in Bahasa. PRD has distributed these publications to Radio Thailand in Bangkok and the Public Relations Office, Region 6, in Songkhla province for further dissemination.
The media exchange has brought the people of Thailand and Brunei Darussalam closer together in advance of the realization of the ASEAN Community in less than three years' time.
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It's me again - drrogera - Maybe I actually agree with what Seth Godin said today in his Just One Post entry. This is a counter post to my post on "Having a Blog Can Be Bad For Business" and is meant to present the arguments for having a blog. I do think they are a good idea. Just like I thought ad supported websites would be a good idea back in 1994 but no one believed me then.(For the curious, and my friends who remember, here is the entry page from October of 1996). This also shows that you can never escape your past.
In 1996, I attended my first Laboratory Products Association meeting. For some reason, I thought my newly minted PhD in Molecular Biology from Caltech made me an expert in everything. So, when the Harvard B-School Prof was telling these business owners and operators how the WWW was going to change everything and that they had to abandon their old way of doing business, I raised my hand to disagree. I did not know the appropriate protocols and manners of attending such meetings. I came from a world where dissent was expected. I said, "I think you are all wrong." I said, "The web will just be another way to interact, to do commerce, and to communicate with customers." She looked at me, and then I realized that perhaps I had overstepped my opportunity and she said, "He's right. I'm done. Everyone should talk to him." and she stopped.
I think the same thing is happening today. It is not just Harvard faculty but millions of blog writers who are saying that you have to abandon your old ways and so on. I say again. It is not true. Blogs will be, and are, a great way to interact, to do commerce, and to communicate with customers. They may actually be better than the old website ever was.
I will give 10 reasons why a Blog can be great for a business. (I hope that others will add more in the comments.)
- It can be a daily Press Release, or a Product, Meeting, Discovery Announcement
- You can demonstrate expertise. As your posts accumulate, they become a source of information not only for your customers but for everyone.
- Make your own Engadget like site. Highlight your great products, widgets, and solutions. By design, a Blog is meant to be a conversation. People can comment and you can respond in a product-by-product fashion. It becomes a two-way communication about your business. You can and should moderate it.
- Improve the dialog with your core customers. People like to talk about what works for them, what they buy, and what they discover. Help them do it by giving them a platform. Search for posts, websites, and articles that talk about your product and link to them. Inspire the dialog; don't fight it.
- Share as much information as is appropriate. It is FREE ADVERTISING! Make videos, PDF files, eBooks, and everything you can to make your products as well understood as possible. Then make sure you write about it and link to it. Did I mention FREE ADVERTISING?
- Hold contests to win products.
- Trial balloon product ideas, slogans, and uses. Get instant feedback from your fans and detractors. Are you afraid of what you might find?
- Let your customers design you new logo, product name, or next product. See what Heinz is doing (or did). There is sound to that site - a novel thing for your business - to broadcast to your customers?
- Run Polls - find out things like market share, preferences, and applications.
- You may even find a new revenue stream. Your content can become a highly valued part of your business.
If you are running a business, growing a business, or starting a business you probably should consider what is the best way for you to take advantage of this new method of having a conversation with the world. If you want to improve awareness of your company, products, or brand, then you should have a Blog. They don't cost much. They can be free.
If you are a start-up in the fundraising phase you may not want to talk about your specific product but you certainly want to begin demonstrating experience, knowledge, and insight as soon as possible. People will search your name, your company's name, and anything else they can, to find out as much as possible about you. Make it easy for them to find good stuff. Make people want to do business with you because you know what is going on and you demonstrate it by your writing.
Take advantage of all the great things that a successful blog can do for you. If you have not noticed, many of the news programs spend time discussing what is "on the blogs." That is a chance for free exposure - Did I need to mention FREE ADVERTISING?
I would suggest that, if you have not, read the post on how a Blog Can Be Bad for Business to discourage you from having a BAD Blog. If you need help figuring out what to do now just send me an email drrogera [at] modernmagellans.com or any of the other email addresses you have for me from the past 15 years- (Caltech, atcg, and so on) they are almost all forwarded to me somehow. You can also check out the people I respect: see "blogroll" to the right. I should have more but I am trying not to boost their rankings over me.


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On a particularly balmy February afternoon, Public Advocate and mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio blasted what he said was statistical evidence the city targets outer-borough small businesses when enforcing regulations, using violations as a way to generate city revenue.
"When Mayor Bloomberg sees these stores, he sees dollar signs," the Democratic mayoral candidate said at the time, pointing to shops lining Jamaica Avenue in Richmond Hill during a press conference.
Now a report by the Daily News claims the Department of Consumer Affairs uses a secret quota system to drum up more fines from small business owners, leading deBlasio to launch an investigation into the allegations.
The investigative report by the News' Juan Gonzalez claims a quota system urging inspectors to "keep numbers high" has led to the veritable fiscal vise grip put on many small business owners, which claim to have seen DCA violations jump since Mayor Bloomberg took office.
The DCA calls for one violation for every four businesses inspected, according to internal agency records obtained by the News, leading to a de facto "25 percent threshold." That mandate led various unnamed inspectors to face bad evaluations for not being up to snuff.
By the very nature of small businesses in New York, the report claims immigrants and poorer neighborhoods endure the brunt of the policy, costing some businesses tens of thousands of dollars for arguably minor violations.
The agency denied the allegations.
But an incensed de Blasio sent a letter to Bloomberg, saying he was "appalled" by the charges in the report.
"The full scope of the DCA's quota system and the improper influence of the adjudication process must come to light," he wrote in the letter.
Bloomberg reportedly algebraically denied the allegations in the story during a question-and-answer session at a press conference.
"The quotas are 'You gotta inspect X number of restaurants,' not 'You gotta find X number of faults,'" the mayor reportedly said. "I can't imagine how you'd run it without that. It's like saying our teachers have to teach X number of hours and Y number of students."
The public advocate echoed his February report, which found Queens' businesses are 16 percent more likely to be inspected by DCA than those in Manhattan.
"Before an inspector even walks through the door, the fix is in. City Hall is out to squeeze small businesses any way it can. We see it every day with nuisance fines that can literally kill a business. To find out that even the appeals process is rigged against business owners is completely outrageous. This is government at its worst — and this needs to end now," de Blasio said in a statement.
His claims in February sounded nearly identical.
"We've found arbitrary and unfair judgments by inspectors," de Blasio said on Feb. 22. "The mayor's plan is to fine first, ask questions later."
The report also claims the DCA directed its administrative judges to uphold fines in the appeals process.
"If there is any truth to the allegations laid out in today's Daily News article, immediate changes need to be made at DCA —changes that cannot wait until a new administration takes over in 2014," de Blasio wrote in his letter to the mayor.


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November 2009Xerox Agrees to Deal for ACS
NORWALK, CT—Xerox Corp. and Affiliated Computer Services (ACS) announced a definitive agreement for Xerox to acquire ACS in a cash and stock transaction valued at $63.11 per share, or $6.4 billion as of the closing price of Xerox stock on Sept. 25. ACS is a $6.5 billion company with revenue growth of 6 percent and new business signings of $1 billion in annual recurring revenue during its 2009 fiscal year.
Best Press Expanding Facility
ADDISON, TX—Best Press broke ground on a multimillion dollar expansion project that will see its building grow by 44,000 square feet to nearly 100,000. The addition—expected to be completed in the first quarter of 2010—will help accommodate a new fulfillment and distribution center, along with three recently purchased presses. The lineup includes a 10-color, 40˝ Komori Lithrone perfector; a six-color, 40˝ Komori Lithrone UV press; and two-color, 40˝ Heidelberg perfector.
Grandville Growing Building
GRAND RAPIDS, MI—Grandville Printing announced plans to expand its facility by 91,000 square feet in order to accommodate its Nexgen Retail Division, which produces on-demand variable data retail shelf advertising. In addition to meeting rooms, office space and fulfillment, the expansion will house its six HP Indigo presses that are used to produce weekly ad tags, shelf labels, shelf talkers and signage for retailers.
ECRM Mourns Founder's Loss
TEWKSBURY, MA—William Schreiber, ECRM founder and professor emeritus at MIT, died Sept. 21 at his home at the age of 84. Together with Melvin Fennell from The Associated Press and fellow MIT professors Samuel Mason and Donald Troxel, Mr. Schreiber developed one of the first commercially successful optical character recognition (OCR) machines in 1969. In March of 1969, he founded Electronic Character Recognition Machinery (ECRM).
C2 Repro Nets Universal
COSTA MESA, CA—C2 Reprographics has struck a deal to obtain San Diego-based Universal Reprographics, its Color World and onsite subsidiaries. C2 Reprographics is the largest independent reprographics firm in Southern California, primarily serving the architecture, engineering and construction industries, and the general business community.
UNIMAC Nets TanaSeybert
CARLSTADT, NJ—UNIMAC Graphics has received court approval to acquire TanaSeybert. A printing, mailing and fulfillment company, TanaSeybert had filed for bankruptcy. UNIMAC says it will benefit from TanaSeybert's interactive/online, out-of-home, specialty production and creative services capabilities.
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DANIEL O. PEARSON. – One of the most respected and honored of all of Washington's citizens is the pioneer of Stanwood whose face looks at us from the opposite page. He is one of those whose integrity and universal kindness, as well as public spirit and business enterprise, are of the truest need in laying


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Imagine if you could actually create spare parts and household objects at home as easily as you can print an image. That's the incredible promise of what is being called the next industrial revolution – 3D printing. Though the concept of 3D printing has been around for several decades, commercial machines have been around considerably less and the huge cost has been barrier to the technology becoming a mass-market consumer product. Industrial "rapid prototyping" machines and commercial printers can cost tens of thousands. Now personal 3D printers are within the reach of a family budget. The UP!Mini is the first mass market 3D printer in Australia designed for home users priced around $1000. Made by the Delta Micro Factory Corp (PP3DP), based in Beijing, the UP!Mini can manufacture – by printing – any 3D object that can fit in its 120 x 120 x 120mm build area.
Can't design in 3D? No problem. There's an extensive and growing internet community producing design files for everything from toys and spare parts to objet d'art. Others are capturing objects with 3D cameras and rendering them into printable files. Perhaps the best known site for free designs is Thingiverse but file-sharing website The Pirate Bay has already introduced a new category for 3D-printable designs called "Physibles".
But how do you print a 3D object? The process is similar to printing a picture, except that with a 3D printer an "image" is printed using microscopic droplets of melted plastic instead of ink and another is printed on top of it and so forth until the 3D model is built up layer by layer.
Not only can they print common object parts, some 3D printers can also make fully formed objects with multiple parts, such as a working cog wheel, that don't even need assembly.
The UP!Mini 3D Printer is smaller than a small microwave oven and has a fully enclosed metal cabinet to keep temperature stable and reduce warping. It's also whisper quiet.
The UP!Mini is designed to have the simplicity of a traditional inkjet printer, using a snap-in printer head. The build table slides into place from the front and the roll of ABS+ plastic filament clips on behind.
We unpacked it, set it up and were ready to print within 30 minutes of opening the box. The included demo file of a rabbit took around three hours to print in the fastest mode, which leaves the interior hollow but for a support lattice, and the final quality was quite impressive.
The UP!Mini also comes with a library of spare parts files hidden in the program installation directory.
While the UP!Mini is among the cheapest home 3D printers, it's by no means the only one hitting the hobbyist and home user market.
Probably the best-known competition is from the second-generation MakerBot Replicator 2, which costs more than twice as much and can be configured with dual heads, to print faster and in two colours at once. The Cube, from 3D Systems comes in at under $1500, while the cheaper Solidoodle printer comes in cheaper but doesn't have the professional-looking finish of the UP!Mini.
The Up!Mini heralds a new era for 3D printing in Australia, bringing this former big-industry-only technology to the home and to schools. Prices of 3D printers are expected to inevitably drop over the next several years even as technology improves greatly, just like inkjet printers, until eventually they're in just about every home.
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Here's another company whose slogan I never understood. The best part of waking up is Folgers in your cup? No. The best part of waking up is waking up. You didn't die in your sleep. That's a pretty big accomplishment!
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Two Free Quest Protein Bars
Summer is right around the corner, which means we're this close to once again spending our weekends under the sun. CAN YOU BELIEVE IT!? Unfortunately all this excitement has made me winded, which can't be a good sign. Maybe these two free Quest protein bars will give me the energy I need in a few weeks to put my shoes on and make it outdoors.
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Free Snickers Bar
EDIT: I'm bumping this post from Jan. 2 because it's still available for the next week!
Now these kind of freebies are the ones that sucked me into this world a decade ago! The fact that we have two different ways to win a free Snickers candy bar is merely icing on the cake. Scratch that, imagine icing on a Snickers!
Facebook Method
Visit their Facebook page and enter the contest. Even though it's called a contest, it seems like everybody is winning. You should see the image above with a confirmation message below saying you'll receive the prize in 6-8 weeks. Hopefully winter storm Hercules stays around long enough to make sure they don't melt.
Text Method
If you're not a fan of Facebook, then text SNICKERS to 78787. They'll reply with a confirmation PIN, which you then need to enter here.
I will add that I texted them an hour ago and haven't heard back, so I'm not sure how long this step takes.
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100 Free Kellogg's Family Rewards
This offer for 100 free Kellogg's Family Rewards requires you to like them on Facebook in order to receive the code. However the code appears instantly on the page, so you can quickly unlike them. Then go like HIF
And don't forget that all the current free Kellogg's codes can be found here.
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Free Skin Plumping Gel Cream
I'm not in a relationship at the moment, so it's nice to have offers like free skin plumping gel cream around. They're how I find out about unknown habits such as the desire to plump ones skin!
So does this mean I should compliment my next date on how plump her skin looks?
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Free Ideal Balance Dog Treats
You can request a free bag of Ideal Balance dog treats on Facebook now through Dec. 17. They're promoting this freebie as a "stocking stuffer" for your dog. Wow, my dogs must be true nitwits then. I tried giving them stockings last year and not once during Christmas did they climb above the fireplace to see what they got.
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Free ZarBee's Cough Syrup
This freebie was originally posted on January 13, 2012 but has returned.
This free ZarBee's cough syrup requires you to confirm your email, so make sure to use your freebie account. I know it sucks waiting 6 to 8 weeks for the sample, but it's better than trying to make a cheap homemade version. You'd think it'd be as easy as squirting a ton of honey onto a bee hive, but trust me, there's more to it than that.
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Free Aquafina FlavorSpalsh
I've been having some monkey paw luck lately, so be careful with this free Aquafina FlavorSpalsh offer on Facebook. The way things have been going, we'll get ten samples instead of one, but they'll all be motor oil or skunk flavored.
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Free Seattle's Best Coffee
If you missed the free Seattle's Best coffee last month, you have one last shot at procuring some today. Now if you'll excuse me, I have more Cyber Monday shopping to do. It's completely different than my regular Monday shopping habits in that I put on fancy pajamas last night instead of my usual tatters.
Free Folgers Vanilla Biscotti Coffee
This very sentence for free Folgers Vanilla Biscotti coffee is probably the 900th intro I've tried this afternoon. There were a few about Thanksgiving, another time centered on Facebook, and there was one where I likened alphabetical order to witchcraft.
Just go get the free coffee and let's move on
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We're super into photographer Piczo's work and his latest, featured on i-D online, are of 10 fresh faced models, up close and personal, shot at Piczo's home.
He also did a mini interview about what he looks for in a model and how to make them open up in from of the lens:
So Piczo, what do you look for in a new face?
I like the models who are androgynous and imperfect. I especially like the models who have one unique point: strong eyebrows, round nose, big ears, big lips.
How do you make people feel comfortable in front of the camera?
I normally shoot at home one to one. And I keep letting them move and pose until they do natural small gestures and expressions. Actually I think to make friends is really important for the shot, so I want it to be like visiting a friend at their house and chatting and chilling.
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New faces are in one of the most beautiful and bright times of their lives. Adolescence, hope and anxiety for the future as a model and as a human. I think this immaturity is beautiful. And I love small gestures and expressions; people assume gestures involuntarily when they speak, like scratching, pulling skin, yawning… so I always watch and observe.
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Pawnee City is a community that continues to grow but sadly the old Carnegie Library was not able to grow with it. It was not feasible to try to expand the existing structure so the library board and foundation decided to build a new, more spacious library to house all the new technology and vast number of books that had been acquired over the years. Constructing a new structure would also make it accessible, complying with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and providing much needed services to all the residents in and around Pawnee City.
USDA Rural Development assisted with a $160,000 community facility direct loan and a grant in the amount of $172,000 funded by the ARRA (American Recovery and Reinvestment Act) library initiative. This library was also funded with a $350,000 Community Development Block Grant. Also, $203,000 was raised by the Library Foundation through community donations.
The community of Pawnee City was able to celebrate the new library with a Grand Opening and Open House on August 19, 2011. Many attended this event to see the 6,500 square foot new building with all new amenities including adult and children reading areas, a sleek modern circulation desk, well-equipped meeting room with separate access for public use after hours and plenty of needed storage space.
Looking around the new library, patrons will see the new technological equipment such as computers and scanners. Internet access and word processing programs will allow them to perform a variety of tasks from writing a resume to surfing the web. They will also see that all the furniture is new, from the shelves to the table and chairs so they will be sitting in style and comfort. This library will be better able to suit the needs of this growing community.


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Andrew Terry gets 202 year habitual-criminal jolt after drunkenly running over officer's foot
The 9700 block of Steele Street, where Terry was captured. |
Fortunately, the officer managed to get out of the way in time, and even fired off a shot that missed its target. However, Terry was captured a short time later at the 9700 block of Steele Street by a member of the Colorado State Patrol, one of several agencies that participated in the bust. The chase was also captured on video by the Denver Police Department's helicopter unit.
For these actions, Terry was found guilty by an Adams County jury this past October of attempted first-degree murder, second-degree assault, criminal trespass, third-degree assault, vehicular eluding and criminal mischief. (Chambers was still in office at the time.) And last week, he received that 202 year sentence whose heftiness can be attributed in part to the habitual criminal multiplier.
Look below to see a larger version of Terry's booking photo, followed by a graphic depicting habitual criminal filings for 2010 and the first half of 2011.
More from our Colorado Crimes archive: "Andrew Terry gets murder charge after crushing Thornton cop's foot, trying to run down officer."
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The GP2 season opener did not go as planned for title hopeful Alexander Rossi.
In his current video blog the 21-year-old driver Daniel Abt uses open and honest words to explain why hes looking towards the future with optimism nonetheless.
Daniel Abt: "All in all we have a great car and I hope that we can have good results in Barcelona finally."
The series continues at Barcelona over the weekend on May 10/11th where BRDC Superstar Adrian Quaife-Hobbs, looks to improve his performance.
Arthur Pic now travels to Europe for round two of the campaign at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya on May 9-11.
Raffaele Marciello was on track last weekend in Sakhir for the first scheduled round at the Bahrain International Circuit.
The result of the two races is very positive, especially for Jolyon Palmer.
After also taking points for pole position and for setting fastest lap in both races, Jolyon holds a 10 point advantage over nearest rival Julian Leal.
A mixed race for the Racing Engineering team with Stefano taking 4th place which will put him 5th on tomorrow's reversed grid.
High asphalt temperatures has given big problems to the dirvers.
Stefano claimed 6th starting spot, while Marciello - 9th.
Facu Regalia will make his debut in GP2 next weekend, the first date in calendar 2014 for the series.
Alongside Jolyon Palmer this season with DAMS , Stéphane Richelmi knows that his ambitious teammate will be for him a source of motivation.
Two new drivers, Stefano Coletti and Raffaele Marciello - a new line-up for a new season.
The GP2 Series gears up for its tenth season which starts this weekend at Bahrain International Circuit alongside Formula One
The fourth GP2 season for Palmer, this time witw DAMS team.
Regalia and SFIF1 Team already focus on the season opener.
The first race weekend of the 2014 GP2 Series will take place on this very track in just two weeks' time.
Briton quickest on final day at Bahrain International Circuit.
Indonesian driver sets fastest lap time at Bahrain International Circuit.
American driver quickest in Day 1 at Bahrain International Circuit
Arthur Pic concludes the year with a race victory and five further podiums from two MRF Challenge rounds at Bahrain International Circuit.
Davide Rigon will be behind the wheel of the 8Star Motorsport's Ferrari 458 GTE.
Alexander Rossi's 2013 GP2 debut with Caterham Racing saw him place third in the feature race.
The speed was there – not the points!
Sam Bird: ""Apparently, in Russia they call a bird, which symbolises good luck "Blue Bird". I wear a blue suit and my name is Bird, so obviously the team are nicknaming me Blue Bird."
Jake Rosenzweig improves in the mid field and Rio Haryanto shows great race pace.
Jolyon Palmer: "In the second race I had Leimer on the inside and Rossi on the outside and I was just sandwiched between them..."
The nomination for GP2 in Bahrain was once more an even more extreme selection than the compounds chosen for Formula One.
Daniël De Jong had the bitter disappointment of a swift retirement from round three.
Nathanael Berthon suffered from tire degradation and did not achieve the results expected.
The driver of Team Rapax is the only one who finished on the podium all the races run so far.
Racing Engineering car made contact with the nose of the Caterham car of Rossi causing damage to the sidepod and the turning vane.


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Architect: Smith Dalia Architects (Atlanta, Georgia)
Project Location: Mobile, Alabama
Restoration of the historic 1908 Battle House Hotel in downtown Mobile features lobby and ballroom renovation, new guest rooms and a complete overhaul of the hotel's infrastructure. The project is part of the $162 million RSA Battle House office/hotel project underway by the Retirement Systems of Alabama in downtown Mobile. Originally built in 1852, the Battle House Hotel once offered many amenities and was destroyed by fire in 1905. The current hotel is being erected on the site of the original building. Scheduled for completion in 2006, this $25 million project returns grand ballrooms, elegant social spaces and soaring rotundas from years gone by. The 250-room, seven-story hotel is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.


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Special Agile CoP Leadership call
In this unrehearsed call, Joseph Flahiff will coach Liza Wood through the issue she decides to bring. Joseph has done no preparation, and does not know the problem that Liza is going to bring. This is just what it is like when team member comes to a coach for a 1:1 session.


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To be fair, I kind of thought his super-extendo arms would get there a little faster too. But still, whoops.
Archive for the 'Miami Heat' Category
Video: Chris Bosh throws down thunderous dunk just after the buzzer
Posted by Trey Kerby under 2013 NBA Playoffs, Miami Heat, Score Video, Whoops on Jun 14, 2013
Stephen Curry uses baby daughter to zing LeBron James' four-point first half
Posted by Trey Kerby under 2013 NBA Playoffs, Golden State Warriors, Miami Heat on Jun 12, 2013
Stephen Curry is 25 years old, looks like he's 15 and has the dad sense of humor of a 42-year-old. Befuddling.
(via Complex)
The LeBron James Hate Index, Finals edition: Is it happening again?
Posted by Andrew Unterberger under 2013 NBA Playoffs, Miami Heat, The LeBron James Hate Index on Jun 12, 2013
Andrew Unterberger is the Last Angry Man in the crusade against LeBron James and his not-so-gradual march towards total unassailability. He'll be checking in with us once a month this NBA season for an update on where he's at with his LeBron hating, and how his attempts to channel all the world's negative energy towards one generally well-meaning basketball player are progressing.
In my pre-playoffs edition of the LBJ Hate Index, I ranked the 10 most likely obstacles to LeBron winning his second ring this season, taking another step towards basketball's innerest circle in the process. No. 1, of course, was LeBron himself — as fearful as I am of the man, I always believe him to be the person most in control of his own destiny — and more specifically, "Whatever weird stuff happened with LeBron during his handful of prior playoff meltdowns." I wrote the following in explanation:
That guy can't be completely dead and gone, can he? Sure, LeBron seems like he's "clutch" now, and he's figured out when to "take over" and all that other nonsense. But there must be a little bit of 2010 LeBron remaining, right? Something that can be triggered, and cause him to act weirdly passive and inert during big games and big moments as his team and the world crumples around him?
Last night, the San Antonio Spurs absolutely steamrolled the Miami Heat, running them off the AT&T Center floor to the tune of a 113-77 final. This isn't as big a deal as it would be if the Heat hadn't essentially done the same thing to the Spurs the game before in Miami, rocking them 103-84 in a game that wasn't even as close as the final 19-point margin would indicate. But it's still a pretty big deal. It's by far their biggest loss of the season — they hadn't lost by more than 20 all year — and more importantly, Miami now trails 2-1 in the series, facing the possibility of the Spurs winning out before the Heat can even make a return trip to South Beach.
This is doubly notable, for both this column and for national news purposes, because LeBron James has not played particularly well over that stretch. Well, by mortal standards, he's still been fairly boss, going for a triple-double in Game 1 and keying a 33-5 second half run in Game 2 that put the game well out of reach for San Antonio. But he's been uncharacteristically ineffective when it comes to scoring the ball, going for less than 20 in each of the first three games, shooting under 50 percent in all three, and most stunningly, only getting to the line a combined six times, including a big ol' bagel in FTAs for Game 3, his first game without a single trip to the charity stripe since 2009. Also worth mentioning: The last time LeBron went three straight games, regular season or playoffs, without scoring 20? Games 3-5 of the 2011 Finals, where the Heat let the series against the Mavs slip through their fingers.
It begs the question, and I certainly doubt that I'll be the only one asking it today: Is it happening again with LeBron? Is this going to be another playoff series — his third in four years — where we sit around waiting for the Chosen One to flip the switch, put the team on his back, and blow away the inferior competition … only to never have it actually happen? Are we due for another post-elimination press conference where we stare dumbfounded at LeBron, expecting some sort of explanation to make sense of what just happened, but without him giving us any kind of satisfying answers with either his rote responses or stupefyingly blasé demeanor? Is 2010 LeBron alive and well after all?
The Miami Heat: Where starting lineup introductions go to die
Posted by Trey Kerby under 2013 NBA Playoffs, Miami Heat on Jun 11, 2013
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When I was a youngster watching a big game, I always wanted to make sure that I was in front of the television when the starting lineups were announced. To me, watching the introductions of the two teams preparing to do battle was almost more important than the game itself. This was my life as a young, misguided sports fan adolescent.
Seeing one team get savagely booed to no end while remaining stoic and focused, with the announcer stating each player's name and school affiliation in a monotone-like fashion, was awesome. What was similarly awesome was seeing the lights go down, hearing the home crowd go crazy and then hearing the announcer amp up and introduce the home team's starting five like his life depended on it. The home team would be similarly cool and collected, knowing that there was business to tend to but also embracing the emotion from the crowd as well.
No one did it better than the Chicago Bulls, and 20 years ago versus the Phoenix Suns in the NBA Finals serves as a simple but powerful example of how a proper introduction of the starting lineups still gets the goosebumps popping.
First, the Suns are announced. Charles Barkley leads off, and he immediately sets the tone by acting like he's going to shake the hand of Benny the Bull, then open-hand smacks him in the snout. The man is not to be trifled with, Benny. Leave him be. The rest of the Suns fall into place, dap each other up and break the huddle. Let's go open up a can on Chicago.
Then the lights are cut off, with only the jumbotron lit up and a spotlight capturing the fans going crazy. Another spotlight illuminates the Bulls logo at halfcourt. The Alan Parsons Project's most famous song, "Sirius," is queued, and the setting is set. Then Ray Clay does the rest. Horace's goggles. Scottie's wispy mustache. Bill Cartwright being Bill Cartwright. BJ looking shorter than usual. MJ's high fives and hand claps for everybody. In less than 90 seconds, magic is made and basketball is ready to be played.
Every team has its own spin on introductions. "Detroit Basketball" is a thing in Detroit. Big Tigger does work in DC. "I Love LA" is awesome in Los Angeles. The MSG intros are always good.
However, what the Miami Heat rolled out during the 2013 NBA Finals made me want to attend Walder Frey's Red Wedding — just slit my throat already.
Video: Birdman meets Baby Birdman
Posted by Trey Kerby under Miami Heat, Score Video, Tattoos on Jun 10, 2013
Brrrrrrr, what happened to that boy? (Photoshops — bummer — then printed sleeves, then meeting a whole bunch of random Heat people who seem like good dads. Pretty good babying.)
(via PBT)
Experience LeBron James' block on Tiago Splitter in 24 different ways
Posted by Trey Kerby under 2013 NBA Playoffs, Miami Heat, San Antonio Spurs, Score Video on Jun 10, 2013
Here's LeBron's block in it's standard highlight format.
Here it is as shot on a fancy Phantom camera.
Gregg Popovich congratulated Pat Riley on landing the Big Three
Posted by Trey Kerby under 2013 NBA Playoffs, Miami Heat, San Antonio Spurs on Jun 06, 2013
Way back in the olden days of 2010, LeBron James and Chris Bosh decided to play basketball with their buddy, Dwyane Wade, and completely and totally ruined the NBA with their friendship. The league has not recovered to put up huge ratings, the Miami Heat have won the past 16 NBA championships and 75 percent of children born in the United States during the past year have been named LeBron Bosh Wade, no matter what the family's last name is — thanks to "The Decision," the Miami Heat have eroded our way of life. These are dark times.
But still, Gregg Popovich has Pat Riley's back. Always has and always will. From Sports on Earth:
While plenty of folks were cursing the Heat, spitting on their method of building a team, screaming about the unfairness of it all and shaking a fist at the welcome party the threw for themselves in the Summer of Hate, 2010, team president Pat Riley heard his phone ring and was stunned that the voice on the other end was friendly.
"He put a team together fairly, within the rules, that is a monster," said Spurs coach Gregg Popovich. "Why wouldn't he get credit for that? Why wouldn't you congratulate him for that? So I called to congratulate him."
First he said American players should be more worldly and that American television is bad, now he's saying that playing by the rules to create a superteam is a good move by an executive — Gregg Popovich is just hitting all the hot button issues. Doesn't he know we're supposed to love America and hate anything to do with LeBron James and the Miami Heat? What are are you trying to do, Gregg Popovich? Keep everything in proper perspective? Ugh.


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For much of his hour-long Coffee with a senator, State Sen. Les Seiler of Hastings talked about reforms he hopes to see made to the state prison system.
That discussion included LB 999, a bill introduced by Sen. Brad Ashford of Omaha that Seiler made his priority bill last week. Among its provisions include a study into costs of modernizing Building 7 at the Hastings Regional Center to house and rehabilitate criminals with mental illness, which would help alleviate prison overcrowding.
About 30 people attended the coffee Saturday morning at Kitty's Roadhouse.
Seiler said Hastings and HRC, which has a long history treating individuals with mental illnesses, is the perfect place for such a program.
"Everybody here has grown up with mental health," he said. "It's been there since the '20s. You're not afraid of it."
The bill has unanimous approval from the judiciary committee, including Omaha Sen. Ernie Chambers, Seiler said.
To read more, see Monday's Hastings Tribune or the Tribune e-edition.>>


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Cookbook creator says: Use flax & water for eggs. Concerning patties being dry - add 1/2 cup tomato sauce, add extra egg white (or veg sub), add some oil. Also can use flax mill instead of bread crumbs or cooked barley & quinoa. Offer several salsas/toppings & cut each patty in 4 for ea person to try different toppings Submitted by BCJL13 Carbs: 48.3g | Fat: 6.1g | Fiber: 13.6g | Protein: 14.2g | Calories: 294.2
Cookbook creator says: make normal substitutions to make it vegan ... in comments there are some good ideas for changes ... decreasing sugar, using flax meal, different flours, make mini muffins, freezes well .... Submitted by ANDREWMOM Carbs: 28.5g | Fat: 1.7g | Fiber: 1.4g | Protein: 2.8g | Calories: 131.6
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Cookbook creator says: Who knew?? This will be a great fasting dessert - and even better when using gluten free cake mix - dairy-, egg-, and gluten- free! That's what I'm talking about! Submitted by MEHICKS Carbs: 35.8g | Fat: 4g | Fiber: 0g | Protein: 2.9g | Calories: 189.5
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Cookbook creator says: do not use the egg and it's fasting! Carbs: 35.3g | Fat: 3.1g | Fiber: 3g | Protein: 7.9g | Calories: 199
Cookbook creator says: Using cream cheese alternative this becomes fasting in a heartbeat! Submitted by CHEF_MEG Carbs: 21.3g | Fat: 4.9g | Fiber: 3.4g | Protein: 5.5g | Calories: 144.9
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These tasty roasted vegetables can be cooked on the grill or roasted in the oven! The pineapple adds a wonderful sweetness to the vegetables. Submitted by HONEYLEA Carbs: 17g | Fat: 7.2g | Fiber: 2.8g | Protein: 2.3g | Calories: 136.5
Cookbook creator says: use vegan butter alternative instead or olive oil or coconut oil Carbs: 17.4g | Fat: 3.3g | Fiber: 2.5g | Protein: 2.9g | Calories: 97.6
Cookbook creator says: use veggie parm Carbs: 11.6g | Fat: 3.2g | Fiber: 0.8g | Protein: 2.4g | Calories: 83.9
Cookbook creator says: add equivalent beans for turkey Carbs: 32.3g | Fat: 13.3g | Fiber: 10.1g | Protein: 31.3g | Calories: 370.8
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This colorful salad makes a great lunch dish. Submitted by TUONGLAI Carbs: 27.2g | Fat: 5.3g | Fiber: 7.3g | Protein: 6.8g | Calories: 172.8
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North American Technician Excellence (NATE), the nation's largest non-profit certification organization for HVACR technicians, has named local contractor Bay Area Air Conditioning & Heating of Crystal River as the latest winner in its "Showcase Your NATE" Sweepstakes.
Dee Mahler-Castillo, marketing manager for the local company, submitted the winning entry, earning the company a $1,000 prize that can be used toward local advertising and NATE promotional materials.
The sweepstakes is designed to reward qualified HVACR contractors for informing consumers that their technicians have gone through voluntary testing to obtain certification from NATE. By passing nationally recognized tests and becoming NATE-certified, a technician verifies that they possess the skills and knowledge to perform at the highest industry standards.
To demonstrate the various ways they showcase their NATE-certified technicians, the Bay Area team submitted examples of their marketing collateral, company website and technician lanyards that prominently feature NATE. Their entry was randomly selected from the numerous submissions received from contractors throughout the country.
"We're thrilled to be named the latest winner in the 'Showcase Your NATE' Sweepstakes," stated Dave Hutchins, President and Founder of Bay Area. "We take great pride in our NATE-certified technicians, and we want our customers to understand the importance of hiring professionals who have proven their expertise through certification."
Bay Area Air Conditioning & Heating offers a wide array of services for the surrounding area, including Citrus, Hernando, Pasco, North Hillsborough and North Pinellas.
David Hutchins established Bay Area in 1975 and offers locations in Crystal River and New Port Richey, Bay Area serves all of Citrus, Pasco and Hernando counties as well as North West Hillsborough, North Pinellas, South Levy and South West Marion counties. Bay Area celebrated 35 years in November 2010. Visit www.bayareacool.com for more information.
For more information about NATE, visit www.hvacradvice.com.