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Woof in Advertising: KLM search dog is fake
A beagle named Sherlock, in the employ of KLM airlines, is recovering and returning items lost by travelers at an Amsterdam Airport — or so this video would have you believe.
But — no shit, Sherlock — the beagle is bogus.
Once again, advertising geniuses have duped the public, and the media, via the Internet.
I'm sure those geniuses don't see it that way — just creative license, they'd say — but the story of the little beagle reuniting passengers with their lost items is a tall tale, aimed at giving you a warm and fuzzy feeling when it comes to KLM.
Earlier this week the Dutch airline posted the video on YouTube.
Three days later it had 3 million views. New outlets were writing about the amazing pooch who, through his powers of scent, was reuniting travelers with their lost items.
A day or two later, they were writing about him again — once they realized it was, if not an out and out hoax, a creative stretching of the truth.
The video posted on YouTube carried this description: "KLM's dedicated Lost & Found team at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol is on a mission to reunite lost items as soon as possible with their legitimate owner. From a teddy bear found by the cabin crew to a laptop left in the lounge. Locating the owners can sometimes be a challenge, so special forces have been hired…"
KLM managed to reach millions with the bogus beagle story, virtually for free — even before it appeared as a paid advertisement.
The advertising agency explained their creative process as follows:
"We were told that the members of KLM's Lost & Found team sometimes track down passengers before they even realize they've lost something," "We feel they are a bit like detectives. So to illustrate that KLM goes above and beyond for their passengers, we decided to involve a search dog."
On one hand, you've got to admire their ability to get so much ink — I mean so many hits — without spending a dime.
On the other hand, should we really trust a company that's pulling the wool, or in this case fur, over our eyes?
(Woof in Advertising is an occasional feature on ohmidog! that looks at how dogs are used in advertising. For more Woof in Advertising posts, click here.)
Posted by John Woestendiek September 26th, 2014 under Muttsblog, videos.
Tags: advertising, air, airlines, animal, beagle, bogus, dog, dogs, dogs in advertising, fake, found, hoax, items, klm, lost, marketing, media, pets, returned, sherlock, travel, woof in advertising
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Woof in Advertising: Friends are waiting
Budweiser's new public service message encouraging responsible drinking lets a dog make the point:
"Next time you go out, be sure to make a plan to get home safely, because friends are waiting."
Sure, they could have used a worried spouse, or a cute child, but somehow a dog drives the point home even better. Nobody waits for you like a dog does, and no one seems happier to see you come through the front door.
By using a dog, and making the ad's ending happy, this public service message avoids becoming heavy-handed, sanctimonious, preachy and blatantly tear-jerking (unlike some of those PSA's animal welfare organizations produce).
That, and being so on point, are what make it so effective.
In a decade of writing about dogs, and their people, I've had many people tell me how their dogs have changed their lives, and made their lives worth living. Some go so far to say their dog helped them move out of a criminal lifestyle or kept them from committing suicide. Dogs give us a reason to live, and a reason to live responsibly.
Dogs make us do the right thing.
Beer does the opposite.
Given alcohol is a factor in nearly a third of all traffic related deaths, there will be those who see some hypocrisy in a company simultaneously bombarding us with beer ads and telling us to drink responsibly.
Some accused the company of just that last week, when Anheuser-Busch, the official sponsor of the NFL season, issued its statement expressing concern about domestic abuse among NFL players, given alcohol and substance abuse play a role in nearly two out of three domestic violence cases, according to some studies.
"We are disappointed and increasingly concerned by the recent incidents that have overshadowed this NFL season," Anheuser-Busch said in the statement — not directly threatening to end its $194 million relationship with the NFL, but, between the lines, raising that possibility. "We are not yet satisfied with the league's handling of behaviors that so clearly go against our own company culture and code."
Both the domestic abuse statement and the responsible drinking PSA came out last week. The latter was posted on YouTube Friday.
Maybe Anheuser-Busch is becoming more socially conscious, or maybe it's just buffing up its image.
Some may think Anheuser-Busch, both with its domestic violence statement and its responsible drinking PSA, is getting on a high horse it has no right to mount (Clydesdale, maybe?).
"How crazy is this?" Jon Stewart noted last week on The Daily Show. "A company that sells alcohol is the moral touchstone of the NFL."
That's one way to look at it: A beer company shouldn't try to set our moral compass — and has no right to do so.
One could also say — given the social problems its products tend to spawn and exacerbate — that a beer company has every duty to take such actions, and produce such ads.
In any event, we're glad they made this one, and we hope to see it on television at least as often as we do the Clydesdales.
(Woof in Advertising is an occasional feature on ohmidog! that looks at how dogs are used in advertising. For more Woof in Advertising posts, click here.)
Posted by John Woestendiek September 23rd, 2014 under Muttsblog, videos.
Tags: abuse, ad, advertising, anheuser busch, animals, bud, budweiser, commercial, dog, dogs, domestic violence, drinking, driving, drunk, drunk driving, friends are waiting, hypocrisy, marketing, media, national football league, nfl, pets, psa, public service annoucement, responsibility, responsible, woof in advertising
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Woof in Advertising: The cat did it
This isn't a new ad from Pepsi, but it's a memorable one — and a reminder to all those who own both a cat and a dog that, when anything mysteriously goes awry at home, it's always the cat's fault.
Yes, no doubt about it, clearly the cat's fault.
(Woof in Advertising is an occasional feature on ohmidog! that looks at how dogs are used in marketing. To see more Woof in Advertising posts, click here)
Posted by John Woestendiek August 19th, 2014 under Muttsblog, videos.
Tags: ad, advertisements, advertisers, advertising, animals, blame, cat, commercials, dog, dogs, fault, golden retriever, marketing, media, pepsi, pets, sandwich, video, woof in advertising, woof!
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Best Western could do better
You'd think a big hotel-motel chain would know and share the rules when it comes to service dogs — even one whose inns are "individually owned and operated."
By federal law, service dogs are allowed. No ifs, ands or buts.
But a Best Western in Baton Rouge, citing its policy prohibiting dogs, recently denied reservations to a North Carolina family whose golden retriever serves as an epilepsy alert dog to their 13-year-old son, Beau.
Chip goes everywhere with Beau, who has a rare type of epilepsy called Landau-Kleffner Syndrome. "Chip alerts us to when Beau is having a seizure," Beau's mother, Karen Vaughn, told KPLC.
But after Vaughn made an online reservation at a Best Western in Baton Rouge, pointing out that service dog Chip would be among their party, the motel notified her that the reservation was being refused because the inn doesn't allow dogs.
Vaughn, who is an attorney specializing in the rights of children with special needs, said that after she raised a stink the corporate office called back, a week later, saying they would honor the reservation. She said no thanks.
Normally, we would say sue the pants off the motel's individual owner, and sue the pants off Best Western corporate honchos, too.
But Best Western has an unusual corporate structure — one they've argued doesn't comprise a profit-making corporation, but is more of a cooperative. All hotels are individually owned and operated, and Best Western, from its headquarters in Phoenix, provides only reservations, marketing, brand identity and support services.
Individual owners of Best Western inns are allowed to make their own rules — but not rules that violate federal laws, such as the Americans with Disabilities Act.
A Best Western spokesman told ohmidog! that the Baton Rouge motel has been temporarily banned from representing itself as a Best Western hotel.
"Best Western International has restricted the hotel on our reservations systems and we have required the hotel to stop representing itself as a Best Western branded hotel (cover or remove all Best Western signs and logos) until its representatives attend a hearing at our corporate headquarters at which their future association with Best Western will be decided," he said.
"Best Western International requires each independently owned and operated hotel to comply with all federal, state and local laws and standards, including the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). We provide extensive training to ensure our hotels understand and address the needs of guests with special needs. When this matter came to our attention, we immediately provided direction to the hotel and a reservation was offered to the family.
"We deeply regret the matter and we will continue to proactively communicate ADA requirements and training to Best Western branded hotels to ensure all guests are treated with the utmost dignity and respect."
Best Western's website boasts about their 1,600 pet-friendly locations.
Posted by John Woestendiek June 26th, 2014 under Muttsblog, videos.
Tags: alert, americans with disabilities act, animals, baton rouge, best western, branding, cesar millan, corporate, corporation, denied, disability, dogs, epilepsy, federal, headquarters, hotels, law, lodging, louisiana, marketing, motels, pets, reservation, responsibility, service, service dogs, travel
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There's a shelter pet that wants to meet you
This public service announcement from the Shelter Pet Project totally captured the attention of my dog, Ace.
He was laying with his back to the television, watching me eat, when the jangling collar led him to turn his head a full 180 degrees to see what was going on.
Ace generally ignores television (I've yet to achieve that), so I was surprised when, about the time the dog knocks on the screen, Ace got up, walked over to the TV, sniffed a few times and then gave the dog's image a big lick.
I guess that's a paws up from him.
And I give the series of announcements, which feature former shelter dogs and are intended to encourage adoptions, a big thumbs up, too.
Jules — the dog in this one — was adopted by a family in 2010, and has since become a world traveler, going as far away as South Africa.
You can see the full series of announcements here.
Posted by John Woestendiek May 2nd, 2014 under Muttsblog, videos.
Tags: ace, adopt, adoption, ads, animals, awareness, dog, dogs, jules, marketing, pets, psa, public service announcement, rescue, screen, shelter, shelter pet project, shelters, television
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UK's first canine clone is born in Seoul
With more than 500 canine clones now roaming the world, you wouldn't think the fact that one has been produced for a pet owner in the UK would make such a big splash.
But it has, and a big splash is just what the cloners had in mind.
To introduce its unique service to Britain, Sooam Biotech, the South Korean laboratory that's now the only company cloning dogs, borrowed from an earlier chapter in dog cloning's bizarre history. It held a public contest, awarding a free cloning as the grand prize.
The winner: Rebecca Smith, 29, of London, who learned in late March that a clone of her 12-year-old dachshund Winnie had been born in a Seoul laboratory, BBC reported.
She named the dog Mini Winnie.
The competition saw dog owners submit videos of their dogs and compete for the chance to "immortalize" their pet for free. The bill for dog cloning normally runs around $100,000.
"Sooam Biotech is looking for one person with the most special and inspiring reason for cloning his/her beloved dog," the company said in announcing the contest.
The contest was similar to one held in the U.S. when dog cloning first hit the market. It was called the "Golden Clone Giveaway," and the winner was TrakR, a search and rescue dog whose owner said the German shepherd found the last survivor in the rubble of 9/11.
The weird and wacky story of how dog cloning was achieved, how it was marketed, and the first customers to sign up for it can be found in my book, "DOG, INC.: The Uncanny Inside Story of Cloning Man's Best Friend."
The UK's first canine clone — who won't arrive in the country until after a 6-month quarantine period — was cloned at Sooam Biotech, a laboratory run by Hwang Woo Suk, who was a member of the Seoul National University team that produced the world's first canine clone, Snuppy, in 2005.
That research began after an earlier effort to clone a dog in the U.S., at Texas A&M University, was unsuccessful.
The Texas A&M research was funded by John Sperling, founder of the University of Phoenix. After cloning a cat, and assorted farm animals, the Texas A&M efforts to clone a dog were called off, but Sperling's front man, who had established a company to store the cells of dead and dying dogs (Genetic Savings & Clone), even before dog cloning was achieved, later teamed up Hwang and Sooam to offer an online auction, with the highest bidders receiving clones of their dogs.
Hwang founded his lab after getting fired from Seoul National University when his claim to have produced the world's first cloned human embryos was deemed fraudulent. He was later convicted of embezzling research funds and illegally buying human eggs, but his 18-month sentence was suspended.
Hwang has more recently has embarked on trying to clone a woolly mammoth from 10,00-year-old remains found frozen in Siberia.
Meanwhile, he's churning out laboratory-created dogs, more than 500 of which have been born to surrogate mother dogs at his lab and kennel.
To create Mini Winnie, a piece of skin was taken from Winnie and transported to Seoul. Cells from the sample were placed inside an anonymous donor dog's egg cell and, with a jolt of electricity, they merged.
Then the embryo was implanted inside a surrogate dog that gave birth, via Caesarean, to Winnie on March 30.
"The world would be a better place with more Winnies in it," Smith, 29, says in a Channel 4 documentary, "The £60,000 Puppy: Cloning Man's Best Friend."
Smith received the original Winnie as a present on her 18th birthday, and she says the dog helped her overcome "lots of demons," including an eating disorder. Smith says Mini Winnie looks identical to the original, who is old and arthritic, but still alive.
Hundreds of pet owners have had dogs cloned since the first customer, a California woman who received five copies of her dead pit bull, Booger.
Critics of the process say cloning doesn't result in the resurrection of an animal, but a laboratory-made twin, whose creation requires the involvement of numerous other dogs, and who might not act like the original at all.
Initially, two South Korean companies were cloning dogs for pet owners (and even more for research purposes), but one of the, RNL Bio, has pulled out of the dog-cloning business.
While the cloning process has grown more efficient, some animal welfare groups say risks are still high.
Dr Katy Taylor, Head of Science at The British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection, said: "Cloning is a very unpredictable and extremely wasteful process … In order to produce just one 'perfect' clone, many puppies with the same genes as a loved animal will be born … Some of these puppies will be aborted or will die soon after birth from unpredictable health complications and severe birth defects."
Defective pups, and the South Korean laboratory's failure to follow animal welfare protocols, were among the reasons cited by the American company that teamed up with Hwang for pulling out of its dog cloning arrangement.
The documentary, while it mostly follows the judges as they visit with contestants and their dogs, does go some interesting places, including Edinburg, for an interview with Sir Ian Wilmut, cloner of Dolly the sheep. Wilmut doesn't endorse pet cloning, and says he remains skeptical of it, saying it will lead to lots of disappointed customers who, despite their hopes, won't get an animal with the same personality as the original.
There's also an interview with a pet owner, not a contestant, who views dog cloning as a Hitleresque pursuit, and there are several allusions to the fact that some Koreans eat dog meat.
"The £60,000 Puppy: Cloning Man's Best Friend" was made by the same independent production company that produced "I Cloned My Pet," several episodes of which appeared on TLC.
"The £60,000 Puppy" is an improvement over those productions, which brushed aside most ethical questions and animal welfare concerns about pet cloning. While the new documentary doesn't delve too deeply into them either, it does present something more than a one-sided view.
Like the earlier documentaries, it reinforces that most customers of dog cloning are, shall we say, eccentric sorts, and that their attachment to their dogs — as with all of us — is a powerful one.
Perhaps the most telling moment, though, comes as the judges debate — American Idol style — the public relations benefits of each contestant.
After that, the winner is … after a long, long pause … announced.
Cloning, it seems, is no longer some futuristic pipedream. It has become a reality, and apparently an entertainment form.
My view? Cloning is no game show, or at least it shouldn't be.
(Photos: Top, Mini Winnie / Channel 4; middle, Hwang in his lab / John Woestendiek; bottom; Smith and the original Winnie / Channel 4)
Posted by John Woestendiek April 11th, 2014 under Muttsblog.
Tags: animals, biotech, book, canine, cells, clone, cloned, clones, cloning, contest, customers, dog cloning, dog cloning book, dog inc., dogs, free cloning, great britain, hwang woo suk, laboratory, marketing, pets, science, seoul, seoul national university, snuppy, sooam, technology, uk
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When the Most Valuable Player is a dog
It's a wonderful story — what the Milwaukee Brewers did for Hank.
By taking in the stray dog that wandered into their spring training camp in Arizona, and bringing him back with them to Milwaukee, they assured the little bichon frise mix of having food, shelter, medical care and the love of not just a whole team, but hordes of fans.
Which brings us to part two of the story — what Hank is doing for the Milwaukee Brewers.
As anyone who has rescued a dog knows, you generally get far more out of the deal than you put in.
That's quickly becoming the case with the Brewers — a team whose fans didn't have too much to cheer about last season, in terms of wins, attendance, or highly adored superstar players, like the great Hank Aaron, after whom Hank the dog was named.
The summer of 2013 saw the Brewer's biggest star, Ryan Braun, the National League's Most Valuable Player in 2011, suspended for most of the season for using performance-enhancing drugs.
Hank, we're certain, won't fall into that trap. And already he has given fans something to feel good about, judging from the turnout at a Hank "meet and greet." Hundreds lined up to say hello to Hank, or pick up a souvenir from the Brewer's new line of Hank merchandise.
The Brewers front office is making the most of the fluffy little mutt. As team spokesman Tyler Barnes noted, one couldn't have dreamed up a more effective publicity stunt.
"I wish I was smart enough to have thought of this as a stunt," he said at a recent event held to introduce Hank to Brewers fans. Hundreds lined up to meet the dog in the stadium gift shop.
"The Brewers have promised not to exploit Hank, though they didn't say anything about making a few bucks along the way," wrote Journal Sentinel sports columnist Jim Stingl. "You know a bobblehead is in his future."
Some readers of the paper are saying enough with all the Hank coverage:
"Still with these DOG STORIES," bemoaned one reader. "It's sad I know more about the happenings of a dog that is a 'Stray' then I do of the Brewers and how their Spring Training went. This Dog got more coverage, and still is, then the actual team. And I applaud the Brewers for their great marketing tactic while removing the spotlight from the status of the team and cloud of Braun. Can the Newspaper please report about Baseball and not a dog, millions of dogs everywhere are offended they are not getting the same treatment, and once someone or something is offended things must change."
We don't entirely follow the logic toward the end of that reader comment — especially the part about millions of offended dogs. Dogs aren't spotlight-seekers. That's just humans.
But the newspaper did, for some reason, feel the need to say, in a blog post, that it might not be reporting on every single thing that happens in Hank's everyday, non-official, non-Brewer related life:
"That everyday life doesn't generate stories every day. We'll have Hank Watch updates when events happen — but there will be days when they don't," the post read.
Meanwhile, Hank is living his new everyday life at the home of Marti Wronski, vice president and general counsel for the Brewers, and how often he'll be making appearances in the stadium is still being figured out.
Wronski said that while "we're giving Hank a home … it's very clear this dog is the fans' dog."
Hank flew to Milwaukee earlier this month on a chartered flight with Brewers executives, and several hundred fans showed up to greet him at the airport, including the mayor of Milwaukee, bearing peanut butter treats, according to the Brewers.
Hank merchandise went on sale last week, including T-shirts, buttons and pennants.
The team is giving a portion of proceeds from those sales to the Wisconsin Humane Society,
(Photos: Hank dozes off during his meet and greet at Miller Park; by Mike De Sisti / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; Hank in Arizona, by Morry Gash / Associated Press; fans line up to meet Hank at Milwaukee's Miller Park, by Mike De Sisti / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Posted by John Woestendiek March 25th, 2014 under Muttsblog.
Tags: adopted, baseball, brewers, coverage, dog, exploit, exploitation, exploiting, fans, greet, hank, hank aaron, major league, marketing, media, meet, merchandise, milwaukee, milwaukee brewers, news, public relations, publicity, sports, spring training, stray, t-shirts
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Bob's Space Racers unveils new website
By AT Staff | March 19, 2013
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Renowned midway and arcade games manufacturer Bob's Space Racers (BSR) recently took the wraps off its new and improved website – www.bobsspaceracers.com
The website's revamping provides visitors and potential buyers with an in-depth view, including photos and descriptions of all BSR games. A new video feature illustrates how BSR games are played.
From Arcade games to Trailer games and Park Model games. The new BSR website dedicates specific pages related to these selections.
For companies seeking a portable, practical solution for their clients, BSR offers scaled-down versions of those ever so popular midway games in the "Event Equipment" section.
Shoppers searching for a more 'experienced' game should check out the "Available Now" section where they can choose from numerous pre-owned, refurbished games currently for sale.
The "Support" page offers game manuals, tech support and parts for existing games while soon to be available is a "Live Chat" option to connect real time with BSR sales and support specialists.
Keep up with Bobs Space Racers newest games, designs and concepts in the "News" section. The new "Customs and Branding" page shows some of the spectacular work BSR has done for clients around the world to help promote their business.
Bob's Space Racers continues to work diligently to provide the best "Games The World Plays"!
— Scott Rutherford

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6 O thou sword of Jehovah, how long will it be ere thou be quiet? put up thyself into thy scabbard; rest, and be still. | 6 " 'Ah, sword of the LORD,' [ you cry,] 'how long till you rest? Return to your scabbard; cease and be still.' |
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Lord Chief Justice calls for Welsh courts reprieve
The Lord Chief Justice says a number of proposals to axe magistrates' and county courts in Wales cannot be supported.
The Ministry of Justice announced plans in July to consult on closing 15 courts.
But responding to the proposals, the senior presiding judge, Lord Judge said five should remain open and a further six should be reviewed.
A final decision is expected by the Lord Chancellor later this year.
The original courts earmarked for closure stretch from Flint Magistrates' Court in north-east Wales, down to Chepstow Magistrates' Court in the south.
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The proposals also covered Rhyl and Pontypool County Courts.
But in his response, the Lord Chief Justice warns that if the plans proceed, there will be "little, if any, slack left" in the Welsh justice system.
"There is high unemployment and considerable social deprivation in parts of the country, while other parts are large, sparsely populated, rural areas," noted the senior presiding judge in the report published on Thursday.
"A bus or train fare for some will mean genuine hardship.
"In some cases I am of the view that poor facilities and low utilisation do not outweigh the genuine difficulty which court users will experience when travelling to court.
Lord Judge also expressed concerns over access to family justice services.
"There is nothing to suggest that family work has been a factor in the consultation and would urge consideration of this before any plans to close family centres are implemented," he added.
'Real difficulties'The report, which is being presented to the Lord Chancellor, Kenneth Clarke, states that five proposals to close courts cannot be supported.
These are Aberdare County and Magistrates' Court, Abergavenny Magistrates' Court, Cardigan Magistrates' Court, Llangefni Magistrates' Court and Pwllheli Magistrates' Court.
In the case of the Cardigan court, the review warns that those without a car could face a two hour bus journey to reach the proposed replacement services at Aberystwyth.
"A large part of the country would be a considerable distance from a court were Cardigan to close," states the report.
"This court, perhaps more than most, demonstrates the real difficulty between access to justice and modern-day appropriate facilities.
"On balance, I think retention is justified."
A similar case is made for Llangefni Magistrates' Court, as users would face travelling to Holyhead, which the Lord Chief Justice notes would mean "substantial and difficult journeys" for those in outlying areas.
The document also makes the case for reviewing whether closure is necessary at a further five magistrates' courts at Ammanford, Barry, Chepstow, Denbigh and also Pontypool County Court.
The Lord Chief Justice said that of the 15 proposals, only four did not face objections: Abertillery, Flint, and Llandovery Magistrates' Courts, and Rhyl County Court.
'Administering justice'"It is obvious that a number of courts in different parts of England and Wales no longer fulfil any sufficiently valuable public purpose," added Lord Judge in his foreword to the report.
"The current national financial crisis has provided us with a useful opportunity to examine the court estate, and I supported this public consultation which provided an opportunity not only to examine the locations where our courts are situated, but also whether they were sufficiently meeting their purpose in the administration of justice throughout the country."
Responding to the views of the Lord Chief Justice, a spokesperson for Her Majesty's Court Service said: "The responses to each document will now be studied in detail, including consideration of alternative proposals from respondents, and the impact of each proposed closure analysed fully.
"Recommendations will then be made to the Lord Chancellor who will decide, in each case, whether or not to close the courts and whether to merge any Local Justice Areas.
"We anticipate that he will make his decisions later this year."
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Support Closure: | Why? |
Abertillery Magistrates' Court |
Poor facilities, with only a 32% utilisation rate. |
Flint Magistrates'' Court |
Only sites one day a week, 24% utilisation rate, Mold court only five miles away. |
Llandovery Magistrates' Court |
Not used since 2000. |
Rhyl County Court |
Well used, sitting every day, but Prestatyn courts only three miles away. |
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Aberdare County and Magistrates' Court |
Magistrates sit four days a week, with 57% utilisation rate. Concerns on whether business case "may not stand up to scrutiny". HCMS review also concludes that family services should not be moved to Merthyr. |
Abergavenny Magistrates' Court |
Recently reopened and refurbished in July, and the only court serving the north Gwent areas. Concern that facilities at the replacement, Newport are "lamentable". |
Cardigan Magistrates Court |
Low but consistent use, with limited running costs. The alternative is using Aberystwyth, with two hour journey times on public transport. |
Llangefni Magistrates' and County Court |
Frequent court sittings while journey times to Holyhead courts would be difficult, especially for outlying areas. |
Pwllheli Magistrates' Court |
Low use, but travel distance to Caernarfon lengthy. It should be retained on "access to justice" grounds. |
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Ammanford Magistrates Court |
Any assessment should take account of travel times from outlying areas of northern Carmarthenshire. |
Barry Magistrates' Court |
Unclear whether Cardiff Magistrates Court would be able to absorb the workload of this busy court. |
Chepstow Magistrates' Court and County Court |
Rarely used, but with very low running costs. |
Denbigh Magistrates' Court |
Public transport users face lengthy journeys to Prestatyn. |
Llwynypia Magistrates' Court |
Concerns over whether Pontypridd can absorb the workload of this busy court. |
Pontypool County Court |
A deprived area where public travel costs to Blackwood are expensive, at £7, and also concerns over whether Blackwood can absorb the additional workload. |


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August 4, 2014
Southern hospitality awaits in this north Alabama city that houses many of the state's antebellum homes and America's most extensive rocket collection Huntsville, Alabama, is well known for its numerous historic sites and down-home attributes. The city's downtown area is rich in... Read more »
Plains, GA: Frozen in Time, Forever Friendly and Peaceful
by Carl Calvert
February 3, 2014
The slow-paced Southern town of Plains, Georgia, boasts hard-working, friendly people, among them the 39th President of the United States who still teaches Sunday school at the Baptist church Little has changed in Plains, Georgia, with a population of 693, in the last half-century or so... Read more »
Walla Walla: Funny Name, Serious Adventure
by Carl Calvert
December 4, 2013
Stroll down the streets of this charming town in southeastern Washington and savor its antique shops, wine-tasting rooms and cafés Walla Walla is certainly one of the most unusually named towns in the United States. The name Walla Walla comes from the Walla Walla tribe, originally located... Read more »


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Winegiants is now open!
Most of my efforts were spent loading and manipulating data, with some changes to the default design. Any comments are welcome.
I have also a french wine site : http://www.chateauxdirect.fr For me big problem, no possible to sell bottle by 6, and you ?
I don't understand your issue. Can you elaborate?
My wine is packaged in a box with 6 bottles. I dont want sell 4, 5 ou 7 bottles but 6, 12 ou 18 (= 1, 2 or 3 box). I want to indicate a prix for 1 bottle but sell by 6. Why ? You understand ?
Ok, I get it now. It sounds like you need a bundled product, 1 bundle of 6 individual wines. I don't know how to implement it in Magento.
We sell the wine by the bottle, so I did not encounter this issue. I did have to customize the handling fee since the boxes have different costs.
Regards, Patricio
Hi patriveri, Your site looks very good. Do you mind to share how did you create "HOME" category? and it really go "Home". Thank you very much!
Thanks! Not sure if you mean a home button or the featured items category.
For the home button check: http://www.magentocommerce.com/boards/viewthread/7535/. The 'home button hack' to edit is /template/catalog/navigation/top.phtml
To display the items in a particular category on the home page, you need to: - add the category (note the category id in the admin menu) - assign some products - edit the cms homepage.
Here's what my home page looks like:
{{block type="cms/block" block_id="left_column" name="Left Column Images" }}

Featured Wines
 {{block type="catalog/product_list" category_id="87" template="catalog/product/list.phtml"}}

Fellow Magentoers
No comments about the design? Is it too bland? What will it take to elicit some feedback?
PS, this is my first e-commerce site, and I'm a bit apprehensive.
Hi patricio, Thanks a lot for your kind and detailed reply! What you explained was what I needed. It really helpful. Happy ecommerce!
Overall, your site looks very nice. I am not an artist, from my point of view, will it be better if the wine picture brighter (esp. the two on top left side)? What do you think? and other dear Magentoers ?
patriveri - 04 June 2008 09:26 AMFellow Magentoers No comments about the design? Is it too bland? What will it take to elicit some feedback? -patricio PS, this is my first e-commerce site, and I'm a bit apprehensive.
Fellow Magentoers No comments about the design? Is it too bland? What will it take to elicit some feedback? -patricio PS, this is my first e-commerce site, and I'm a bit apprehensive.
First of all - I REALLY like your logo. I think it would make your site stronger if you brightened it up a bit like the logo. Maybe pulled out some of the orange and black instead of so much muted blue.
Overall it's a pretty good first site.
I think the Cart looks very nice.
"Any Comments"
header and footer backgrounds don't seem to flow.
header-top-container {boxes.css (line 403) background-color:#496778;
^-- id like to see it removed from the left / right extentions
see the blue at the bottom lightened.
I appreciate the feedback and will look into it.
Sherrie, do you mean use more muted blues (instead of the oranges)?
Hi patricio, Your site loads very fast. Can you please tell me which hosting you are using? Thanks again!
It's a dedicated server (dual opteron with 8GB of memory). I modified .htaccess so it would use more memory (php_value memory_limit 256M).
I also tweaked apache to use deflate (this speeds up the loading of css files, although I did not test it to make sure this was the case) and changed mysql to use query caching.
Thanks a lot patricio !


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5:31 UPDATE: Justice of the Peace 4 Mitch Shamburger has confirmed the deaths of 71-year-old Bonnie Hays and 68-year-old Billy Hays.
Both died of gunshot wounds. Their bodies are being sent for autopsy.
4:32 p.m. UPDATE: Officials tell KETK reporters that a sheriff's deputy went to the shooting victims' house today to respond to a burglary and assault report. The incidents happened about two weeks ago, but they were just reported today.
A sheriff's deputy left the scene to finish his report, then an hour later, got a call that two people were dead in the home. Officials say the caller was a son of the victims.
Deputies say the victims are a 68-year-old husband and his 68-year-old wife.
On scene are the Smith County Crime Scene Unit, the District Attorney's Office and Texas Rangers.
Family members have also arrived at the scene.
Crime scene unit members are in the process of obtaining a search warrant.
The Justice of the Peace has now arrived.
Autopsies will be ordered and bodies sent to Dallas.
Authorities say they don't know who all was in the house at the time of the shooting, and are not officially releasing who the shooter was.
4:20 p.m. UPDATE: Sources tell us, the homeowner, Bill Hays, shot his wife Bonnie and then turned the gun on himself. The couple is in their 60s. They attend Pine Springs Baptist Church. Smith County Sheriff's Deputies, however, are not confirming who the shooter is at this time.
3:54 p.m. UPDATE: Smith County Precinct 4 Justice of the Peace Mitch Shamburger confirms he is about to go to the shooting scene to do an inquest. Shamburger says that's when he'll formally pronounce victims dead, as well as rule on the cause and manner of death.
He says he has also heard that two people are dead, although he can't say if they are male or female.
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The Aonach Eagach on the left, the Buachailles in the middle and the Three Sisters on the right.
Viewed from Sgorr nam Fiannaidh, one of the horriblestly steep and loose rock paths imaginable to climb from the Clachaig. Not recommended and don't ever consider descending it either....!!
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Love the light and shadows, superb perspective. Great image.
That's a simply wonderful image, John. The light and shadow give this a palpable feeling of depth and the composition of this breathtaking scene is superb. I look at this and a quote comes to mind that 'education is the progressive understanding of your own ignorance' I have so much to learn!
Superb high vantage viewpoint allowing this shot along the Glen (the road can easily be followed) towards Rannoch Moor.......as I've said before, full marks to you for achieving such excellent high viewpoints and allowing we valley bottom dwellers to see such sights as I for one can only imagine.
Cracking shot !!!....impressive view up the glen from your vantage point !!!....though I don't
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Propane Empty - How to Purge?
Our propane tank ran empty, and the fuel company is coming to fill it. They say they'll need to "purge" the system of air before they can turn the gas on.
Can someone explain what that entails? Is it simply keeping the downstream-most appliance on, until it lights and burns reliably (meaning all the air is out of the line from the tank)? In our case the stove is last, so is it just a matter of keeping the burner in the "sparking" position, until it lights up? Thanks, Nate |
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This past Wednesday marked the end of an era at our farm. Our Black Welsh Mountain Ram, Rambo died of natural causes. He is pictured on the first page of our web site at Qtm.net/lavenderhillfarm. We got Rambo and three purebred ewes from Wye Plantation in Maryland in 2000. Tom Wyman, the owner, imported this breed of sheep from Great Britain in about 1972. Black Welsh Mountain sheep are small animals, and notable because of their very black wool. Though the wool surface will bleach to brown in the sun, it is very black beneath. But what we love the most is the docile, gentle nature of this breed. Even though Rambo had a mean looking set of horns, we knew he would never hurt anyone. A nicer ram we have never had.
We will always remember the trip back from Maryland in October of 2000 with Rambo and the ewes in the back of our capped Ford F150. We parked for the night in the driveway of my sister's house in a Philadelphia suburb. Many of the neighbors probably wondered what the loud drumming noise was that they heard throughout the night. It was in fact Rambo's horns hitting the cap of the pickup as he got friendly with the ewes. We heard the same noise as we drove down the highway all the way home. It took a few generations before these new, east coast sheep really integrated with the rest of our flock of mostly Suffolk sheep. Now we raise almost excusively Black Welsh and are phasing out the Suffolk because of their easier care and gentle nature.


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- Date:05 May 2011
- Kick-off:20:05
- Venue:El Madrigal
- Attendance:18,000
Live Commentary
- 93:44 +3.44
James Rodriguez gives away a free kick for an unfair challenge on Marcos Senna. Marcos Senna takes the direct free kick.
- 90:16 +0.16
Fredy Guarin fouled by Marcos Senna, the ref awards a free kick. Free kick taken by Givaldinho Hulk.
- 88:24
Marcos Senna takes a shot. Save by Da Silva Helton.
- 82:09
Inswinging corner taken from the right by-line by Ruben Cani, Marco Ruben takes a shot.
- 78:37
Unfair challenge on Marco Ruben by Nicolas Otamendi results in a Penalty. Caution for Nicolas Otamendi. Giuseppe Rossi scores a power penalty. Villarreal 3 (4)-(7) 2 FC Porto.
- 76:00
Free kick awarded for a foul by Radamel Falcao on Marcos Senna. Free kick taken by Marcos Senna.
- 74:45
Goal scored by Joan Capdevila from inside the six-yard box to the bottom left corner of the goal. Villarreal 2 (3)-(7) 2 FC Porto.
- 74:21
Mubarak Wakaso has an effort at goal from deep inside the box hitting the post.
- 74:09
Short corner taken by Ruben Cani from the left by-line.
- 73:30
Ressureicao Ruben Micael challenges Mubarak Wakaso unfairly and gives away a free kick. Ressureicao Ruben Micael is shown a yellow card for unsporting behaviour. Free kick taken by Carlos Marchena.
- 71:42
Unfair challenge on Soriano Bruno by Fredy Guarin results in a free kick. Rodriguez Diego Lopez takes the direct free kick.
- 71:09
Short corner taken by Fredy Guarin from the left by-line.
- 70:12
James Rodriguez takes a shot. Save made by Rodriguez Diego Lopez.
- 66:00
Honorato da Silva Nilmar goes off and Marcos Senna comes on.
- 64:39
Honorato da Silva Nilmar has an effort at goal from just inside the box that misses to the right of the target.
- 62:55
Ruben Cani gives away a free kick for an unfair challenge on Ressureicao Ruben Micael. Strike on goal comes in from Fredy Guarin from the free kick,
- 61:31
Mubarak Wakaso is shown a yellow card. Mubarak Wakaso challenges Fredy Guarin unfairly and gives away a free kick. Fredy Guarin restarts play with the free kick.
- 59:18
Free kick awarded for an unfair challenge on Mubarak Wakaso by Cristian Sapunaru. Booking for Cristian Sapunaru for unsporting behaviour. Ressureicao Ruben Micael on for Francisco Fernando. Marco Ruben takes the free kick.
- 55:54
Gonzalez Santi Cazorla takes a shot from 20 yards. Save made by Da Silva Helton. Carlos Marchena on for Javier Matilla. Mubarak Wakaso joins the action as a substitute, replacing Gonzalez Santi Cazorla.
- 55:19
The referee blows for offside. Free kick taken by Da Silva Helton.
- 52:56
Soriano Bruno gives away a free kick for an unfair challenge on Francisco Fernando. Soriano Bruno receives a caution for unsporting behaviour. James Rodriguez crosses the ball in from the free kick, save made by Rodriguez Diego Lopez.
- 51:18
Unfair challenge on Jorge Rolando by Gonzalez Santi Cazorla results in a free kick. Felipe Joao Moutinho leaves the field to be replaced by Josef Souza. Direct free kick taken by Jorge Rolando.
- 51:00
Perez Martinez Mario produces a cross.
- 50:01
Free kick awarded for an unfair challenge on Joan Capdevila by Givaldinho Hulk. Free kick crossed by Joan Capdevila, save made by Da Silva Helton.
- 49:05
Perez Martinez Mario takes the chance to get an effort at goal. Da Silva Helton makes a brilliant save. Corner taken by Gonzalez Santi Cazorla.
- 48:56
Centre by Gonzalez Santi Cazorla.
- 47:09
Radamel Falcao fires in a goal from inside the penalty box low into the middle of the goal. Villarreal 1 (2)-(7) 2 FC Porto.The assist for the goal came from Fredy Guarin.
- 46:57 +1.57
Shot from just outside the box by Honorato da Silva Nilmar misses to the left of the goal.
- 46:05 +1.05
Gonzalez Santi Cazorla fouled by Fredy Guarin, the ref awards a free kick. The free kick is swung in left-footed by Gonzalez Santi Cazorla.
- 45:51
Honorato da Silva Nilmar takes a shot. Save by Da Silva Helton.
- 45:32
Honorato da Silva Nilmar produces a cross, clearance made by Jorge Rolando.
- 45:28 +0.28
Givaldinho Hulk takes a shot. Save by Rodriguez Diego Lopez.
- 43:38
Nicolas Otamendi gives away a free kick for an unfair challenge on Gonzalez Santi Cazorla. Giuseppe Rossi crosses the ball from the free kick left-footed from right wing, clearance by Jorge Rolando.
- 39:29
Givaldinho Hulk grabs a goal from just outside the box high into the middle of the goal. Villarreal 1 (2)-(6) 1 FC Porto.
- 38:53
Cristian Sapunaru delivers the ball, Mateo Musacchio gets a block in.
- 38:26
Jorge Rolando fouled by Honorato da Silva Nilmar, the ref awards a free kick. Free kick taken by Alvaro Pereira.
- 36:04
Mateo Musacchio is adjudged to have handled the ball. Strike on goal comes in from Givaldinho Hulk from the free kick. Givaldinho Hulk produces a left-footed shot from just outside the area that goes harmlessly over the target.
- 35:01
A cross is delivered by Radamel Falcao.
- 34:26
Free kick awarded for a foul by Radamel Falcao on Joan Capdevila. Joan Capdevila takes the free kick.
- 31:44
James Rodriguez comes on in place of Cristian Rodriguez.
- 31:13
Effort from close range by Giuseppe Rossi goes wide left of the target.
- 27:01
The ball is sent over by Alvaro Pereira, save by Rodriguez Diego Lopez.
- 24:59
Honorato da Silva Nilmar fouled by Radamel Falcao, the ref awards a free kick. The referee shows Radamel Falcao a yellow card for unsporting behaviour. Rodriguez Diego Lopez takes the free kick.
- 24:27
Short corner taken by Felipe Joao Moutinho.
- 24:02
Free kick awarded for a foul by Gonzalez Santi Cazorla on Givaldinho Hulk. Free kick crossed right-footed by Cristian Sapunaru from right wing.
- 22:45
The offside flag is raised against Giuseppe Rossi. Free kick taken by Da Silva Helton.
- 22:03
Giuseppe Rossi takes a shot. Save by Da Silva Helton.
- 20:46
Marco Ruben produces a left-footed shot from deep inside the penalty area which goes wide of the right-hand post.
- 20:12
Unfair challenge on Soriano Bruno by Cristian Rodriguez results in a free kick. Soriano Bruno restarts play with the free kick.
- 19:04
Alvaro Pereira has an effort at goal from outside the area missing to the wide right of the goal.
- 18:11
The ball is delivered by Givaldinho Hulk.
- 17:45
A cross is delivered by Fredy Guarin, clearance made by Joan Capdevila.
- 16:42
Ruben Cani fires in a goal from close in low into the middle of the goal. Villarreal 1 (2)-(5) 0 FC Porto.Assist on the goal came from Marco Ruben.
- 14:30
Unfair challenge on Soriano Bruno by Fredy Guarin results in a free kick. Soriano Bruno restarts play with the free kick.
- 11:24
Free kick awarded for an unfair challenge on Felipe Joao Moutinho by Marco Ruben. Free kick crossed right-footed by Felipe Joao Moutinho from right wing.
- 10:54
Cristian Rodriguez is penalised for a handball. Free kick taken by Mateo Musacchio.
- 10:20
Foul by Ruben Cani on Alvaro Pereira, free kick awarded. Cristian Sapunaru restarts play with the free kick.
- 9:34
Marco Ruben delivers the ball.
- 6:59
Ruben Cani takes a shot. Fantastic save by Da Silva Helton. Corner taken right-footed by Gonzalez Santi Cazorla.
- 5:08
Corner taken right-footed by Gonzalez Santi Cazorla from the left by-line, save by Da Silva Helton.
- 4:54
Perez Martinez Mario produces a cross, blocked by Jorge Rolando.
- 3:42
Perez Martinez Mario crosses the ball, Header from deep inside the area by Marco Ruben goes harmlessly over the crossbar.
- 3:07
Cristian Rodriguez has an effort at goal from outside the penalty box which goes wide right of the target.
- 2:42
Radamel Falcao is flagged offside by the assistant referee. Javier Matilla takes the free kick.
- 1:39
Honorato da Silva Nilmar crosses the ball, save made by Da Silva Helton.
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Lopez hopeful despite deficit Villarreal goalkeeper Diego Lopez refuses to give up on the possibility of reaching the Europa League final in Dublin, despite starting Thursday's second leg at home to Porto 5-1 down on aggregate. Everything seemed to be going smoothly at half-time in the first leg for the Primera Division side in Portugal after Cani's goal gave them a 1-0 lead. But the Portuguese champions blew the Yellow Submarine out of the water in the second half by scoring five goals with Falcao, the tournament's top goalscorer, grabbing four of them. Lopez admits it will be difficult to overcome the aggregate scoreline, but he and his team-mates are determined to try. "We need to believe in ourselves first so we can turn the tie around," he said. "It could hardly be more difficult, but it's not impossible. It's going to be difficult but in the dressing room we are convinced that we can achieve it." Lopez also claimed Villarreal were the better side a week ago and that if Villarreal progress to the final it will go down in history as a truly remarkable comeback. "Porto played great football for 30 minutes, but we were better in the rest of the game. We are ready to give our all and show that we are a great team and that we can beat them," he said. "We have total confidence in our strikers. I hope that we each have a perfect game to achieve something historic for this club. Something that would be remembered for a long time." Porto arrive in Spain with only complacency to guard against after the stunning first leg performance, but Alvaro Periera wants his team-mates to put in a professional performance to ensure their place in the final. "The game is not yet won," he told Ojogo. "We always respect our opponent. In football, there are surprises every day. We know we have a good advantage, but we always play the same way. "Furthermore, if we were reach the final on the back of a defeat, it would not have the same taste. "We are accustomed to always winning so when you lose it is very difficult, the defeats hurt more. We have come here to win, to try to be smart. We must play it cool, but try to win. We must pretend that everything is at zero."
FC Porto
- Rodriguez Diego Lopez
- Perez Martinez Mario
- Mateo Musacchio
- Soriano Bruno
- Joan Capdevila
- Ruben Cani
- Javier Matilla
- Gonzalez Santi Cazorla
- Honorato da Silva Nilmar
- Marco Ruben
- Giuseppe Rossi
- Sanchez Juan Carlos
- Garcia Joan Oriol
- Carlos Marchena
- Marcos Senna
- Borja Valero
- Joao Cicinho
- Mubarak Wakaso
- Da Silva Helton
- Cristian Sapunaru
- Jorge Rolando
- Nicolas Otamendi
- Alvaro Pereira
- Fredy Guarin
- Francisco Fernando
- Felipe Joao Moutinho
- Givaldinho Hulk
- Radamel Falcao
- Cristian Rodriguez
- Antonio Beto
- Roque Maicon
- Henrique Sereno
- da Silva Walter
- James Rodriguez
- Josef Souza
- Ressureicao Ruben Micael
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Villarreal victory in vain Porto booked their place in the UEFA Europa League final against fellow Portuguese side Braga despite a valiant effort by Villarreal who triumphed 3-2 on the night at El Madrigal. Goals by Cani, Joan Capdevila and a Giuseppe Rossi penalty guided the Spanish side to victory with Falcao and Hulk on target for the Portuguese, who held a 5-1 advantage from the first leg. Falcao's goal saw him set a new UEFA Cup goalscoring record in a single season with his haul of 16 eclipsing Jurgen Klinsmann's efforts in 1995/96. Villarreal had been blown away by the Portuguese champions last week where, despite Cani giving them the lead, they had conceded five goals with Falcao grabbing four. It was imperative the hosts made a good start as they looked for an improbable comeback and they played from the off with a ferocious tempo. Nilmar whipped in a second-minute cross from the right forcing Porto goalkeeper Helton to come off his line and punch away before the free-scoring Portuguese almost went further ahead, Cristian Rodriguez flashing a shot from the left across goal. Marco Ruben then put a header over the bar for the hosts before Cani had a seventh-minute chance to reduce the arrears but struck the ball to the centre of the goal enabling Helton to palm the ball away. Rossi just failed to connect with Ruben's delivery in front of goal before Villarreal got a potential lifeline, Ruben beating the offside trap and putting the ball across to Cani who had got ahead of his marker and slotted the ball into the bottom right-hand corner. After the initial excitement there were few clear-cut openings for either side before Rossi shot into the side-netting rather than picking out Cani in front of goal on the half-hour. However, any hopes the Spanish side had of a comeback evaporated when Porto levelled in cruel circumstances for the hosts. Hulk went to shoot from 25 yards and, although his shot was on target, it hit Mateo Musacchio and looped over helpless goalkeeper Diego Lopez. Hulk could have extended Porto's lead on the night in first-half injury time but Lopez saved his shot with his legs while Nilmar went inches wide just before the whistle. It was all over two minutes after half-time when Falcao hit his 16th goal of this year's Europa League campaign, trapping and slotting home Fredy Guarin's pass from the left. Guarin then hit the bar with a free-kick before Nilmar missed a good chance, failing to shoot on target when well-placed. Capdevila took advantage of poor Porto defending when he collected a cross at the far post, brought the ball down and volleyed home with a quarter of an hour left. Three minutes later the hosts were awarded a penalty when Nicolas Otamendi brought down Ruben, Rossi coolly lifting the ball home.


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I have started to buy bone in Prime Ribs at work. I cut he bones off prior to cooking and bring them home to cook on the EGG.
I have done a couple, and they haven't really turned out well for me . I do them low, 250-270 for up to 5 hours. No foil.
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Election Day gas lines in North Jersey, rationing in effect. The power still flicks on and off, seemingly at random. Cold and windy with a nor'easter on its way. Nate Silver predicts a 90% chance of Springsteen. I'm feeling Leonard Cohen.
Not long before I turned 16, Martin Luther King and Bobby Kennedy were shot dead, but that wasn't a shock, because the city streets had already caught fire here and there, and only a few years before, someone blew Jack Kennedy's head apart in Dallas. Those were different times, of course: public school for whites was better then, broadcast discourse less drenched in hate. Social fabric? What channel is that on?
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The Washington Capitals hosted their third annual Caps Care Casino Night and Auction last month.
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The winning bid for the experience was $11,500, and all proceeds benefit Washington Capitals Charities.
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The VSX-528 is Pioneer's entry-level network home theatre receiver. That is, it is the lowest-cost unit that still allows you to access online and local network music. Locally, that means playback of DLNA music on your servers and computers and Apple Airplay from portable iOS devices and iTunes. More widely, you get vTuner internet radio and Spotify Connect.
It comes with the same number of amplifiers as actually used by most people: five. Seven is all well and good and offers some flexibility with zones and such, but by keeping the extras down, this receiver comes in under AU$700.
What about 7.1 channel Blu-ray tracks? The receiver mixes the two extra channels — the left and right surround back ones — down into the respective normal left and right surround ones so you don't miss anything except, perhaps, for some precision in the localisation of surround sound.
Each of the amps is rated at 100 watts into 8 ohms (two channels driven). Each is rated only into 6 ohm or higher impedance speakers. Using 4-ohm speakers, and there are plenty of these around, could cause warranty troubles, so they're best avoided or at least used very cautiously.
You get six HDMI inputs, USB plus a limited number of old-fashioned inputs (one optical digital, one coaxial digital plus some analog audio and composite video). The front USB socket supports playback and control of iPods and iPhones.
The receiver doesn't incorporate a wizard to guide newcomers through the set-up, but it's all pretty straightforward. Wire up according to the manual. Plug the supplied calibration microphone into the socket on the front, and put it where your head would normally be. Hit the menu ("Home") key, and let it make noises to assess and adjust itself for your speaker system and room.
In my case, it made the same mistake as many systems do, setting my centre and surround channels to "large" when they ought to be "small". I made that change manually afterwards. There is only one crossover frequency that can be applied to all the "small" speakers, so you might have to compromise if you have speakers of different capabilities.
In addition to calibrating the speakers, it also works out equalisation to iron out any marked problems with frequency balance in your room.
I also found it necessary to update the firmware. Pioneer has issued new firmware for most of its models to provide support for Spotify Connect. With this unit you can't update via the Net but have to download the file with a computer (12MB) and put it on a USB stick to load it in.
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The Legacy of the 1961 Freedom Rides
On Wednesday, October 19, law students, participants in the civil rights movement, and others will gather at the White House for a screening of Freedom Riders and a panel discussion of the legal legacy of the 1961 Freedom Rides. The screening is part of National Endowment for the Humanities' (NEH) "Bridging Cultures through Law" film series.
NEH is proud to have funded Freedom Riders, which recently won three Emmy® Awards. The film chronicles the inspirational story of how more than four hundred black and white Americans challenged Jim Crow laws in the Deep South through nonviolent action and created great change. Their courage in the face of coercive abuse helped lead to the end of segregation on buses and trains and in public facilities. Produced by Stanley Nelson and Laurens Grant, and based on Raymond Arsenault's 2006 book, Freedom Riders: 1961 and the Struggle for Racial Justice, Freedom Riders premiered on PBS's American Experience.
The film screening will be followed by a panel discussion with Raymond Arsenault (the author), Diane Nash (the lead organizer of the Freedom Riders), and John Seigenthaler (an assistant to Attorney General Robert Kennedy). The discussion will also draw on the experiences of seven other Freedom Riders who will be in the audience, as well as students who recently recreated the bus journey taken by the Freedom Riders this past spring.
The panel discussion is sure to be lively and thought-provoking. It will be streamed live on Wednesday at 5 p.m. EDT at WhiteHouse.gov/Live.
Laws aren't created in nor do they exist in a vacuum. They are the product of the culture that created them and reflect its values. This is particularly true about civil rights, which have undergone a radical transformation over the course of the nation's history. NEH is pleased to be able to help the American public and the next generation of lawyers understand the historical context of the civil rights movement so that we can better access where we are today and what issues need to be addressed in the future.
Earlier this year, the President issued a Proclamation observing the 50th anniversary of the Freedom Rides, available here.
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I'd like to purchase a Hudson Valley schoolhouse pendant for over my sink and I'm wondering how easy it is to size it correctly when it's the kind with the solid pole stem. It states it's 66-1/2" in length by 7-1/2" wide. It must come in section, though the website doesn't state that nor does the actual Hudson Valley site state that it comes in sections, like some of the stem-type pendants do. Is it as simple as cutting the stem with a hack saw? Or do you just configure it according to whatever pieces come with it? I read the light should be hung 40-inches above the kitchen prep space. Does that seem good? Thanks for your help. |
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"It states it's 66-1/2" in length by 7-1/2" wide. " The pole? That is huge. The "7-1/2" wide" must be the globe of the fixture. The pole is actually electrical conduit with a decorative finish. |
It's likely a thin wall pipe and not solid so a hacksaw should easily cut it to length. Read the directions and determine how how the pieces will fit together after you make a cut. Measure accurately because you don't want to piece things back together. I would gauge the height by how much headroom is needed, other available lighting and what you want to light. |
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English Standard Version (ESV) | New International Version (NIV) |
12 And each went straight forward. Wherever the spirit would go, they went, without turning as they went. | 12 Each one went straight ahead. Wherever the spirit would go, they would go, without turning as they went. |
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