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It's often been said a dollar doesn't go very far anymore.
Don't try telling that to the Phillipsburg mayor and council, who have just signed off on the purchase of most of the former Ingersoll-Rand property for $1, with a vision of creating a redevelopment project that will revitalize the town.
Town Council during its Tuesday meeting adopted a series of resolutions related to last Friday's 208-acre purchase from Preferred Unlimited Inc. The company had bought the property nearly a decade ago for $16 million with its own plan to redevelop the site, which never came to fruition.
As part of the deal, Phillipsburg will forgo about $270,000 in property taxes owed by Preferred Unlimited.
Now that the town owns the property, Mayor Harry Wyant said it's time to aggressively market the property.
"I think we need to market the property nationally to well-known developers," he said. "We don't have the expertise to do this as the redevelopment agency."
Wyant said his vision for the property is for development that will create solid tax ratables and create a large number of well-paying jobs. While Wyant noted market studies need to be completed to determine the best fits for the property, he did say he would discourage large-box warehouse projects that cause limited job growth.
Before the site can be redeveloped, remaining environmental remediation work must be completed. The town has contracted with R.T. Environmental Services to complete the closure of an on-site landfill and foundry sand capping. Wyant said Preferred will be responsible for covering remaining environmental remediation expenses.
Councilman John Lynn praised the mayor and town attorney for being able to work out such a complicated deal. "This was not an easy task that involved countless hours," said Lynn, who noted that the "opportunity to make a big impact on Phillipsburg is before us."
Councilman Todd Tersigni said the property deal had been in the works for about a year. Like the mayor, his redevelopment vision for the site is one that brings in "businesses that will create good tax ratables, quality jobs and revitalize the town."
As a result of the town taking ownership of the site, several other back taxes on the site dating back many years are being eliminated. Under a resolution approved during Monday's meeting, council dismissed nearly $500,000 in past due property taxes, penalties and interest on 17 lots.
While the amount of money in the long-time back taxes sounds significant, Wyant noted the decision to dismiss them made sense since "the taxes obviously weren't going to be paid anyway."
In other business at Monday's meeting, council approved an application to the state Department of Transportation seeking grant funding for sidewalk improvements to Sitgreaves Street between Jersey and McKeen streets.
At the beginning of the meeting, David Cupon was sworn in to service as a Phillipsburg police officer.
Phillipsburg Council: $1 Ingersoll-Rand property purchase a watershed moment in town's history
It's often been said a dollar doesn't go very far anymore.
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LAS VEGAS -- The Cirque du Soleil show Ka has reopened on the Las Vegas Strip 17 days after an acrobat fell to her death during its closing scene.
The Tuesday night show was marked by a memorial announcement and standing ovations in memory of 31-year-old Sarah Guillot-Guyard.
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The Las Vegas Review-Journal reported that the audience was on its feet at the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino before the start of the show dedicated "to the loving memory of an exceptional artist."
"Her passion will guide us in a common dream, the pursuit of a better world," an announcer told the crowd.
Producers suspended the production after Guillot-Guyard died June 30 in a 90-foot fall during the show's climactic battle scene.
Guillot-Guyard had been with the original cast of Ka since 2006. The aerial performer was a French citizen and mother of two who lived in Las Vegas and also ran a training program for kids called Cirquefit.
She was the first Cirque du Soleil performer to die in an onstage accident in the company's 29-year history.
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Cirque has cut the climactic scene that resulted in the death and replaced it with a "dressing-ritual" scene that it says maintains the story line of the production and its 90-minute length.
"It was already an existing act that had been used previously when there was technical difficulty," Cirque du Soleil spokeswoman Renee-Claude Menard told the Review-Journal.
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'Millions of awesome memories' at Wellington Crescent mansion destroyed by fire
For Jason Halter, the sprawling historic mansion at 1021 Wellington Crescent is so much more than just place he called home for a quarter-century.
It was also the real estate for his childhood years and what he says were "millions of awesome memories."
Halter, now a Toronto-based architect and designer, contacted the Free Press Sunday after learning a major fire had torn through the place he once fondly called home.
"Our house was always filled with laughter and music as long as I remember it," he said. "And those memories persist despite the super sad devastation that this fire has brought to the old home."
The home had been owned by the Dornetshuber family since 2009.
-Former resident Jason Halter
"We're very much shaken right now," businessman Karl Dornetshuber said in a brief telephone interview Sunday from Edmonton, where he, his wife and children were this weekend for a trip.
"There might be nothing left," Dornetshuber said.
The family moved into the home in 2009 — it was a "dream house" for them, he agreed. Dornetshuber added he'd been in contact with Winnipeg police Sunday morning and was attempting to return to Winnipeg immediately.
Dornetshuber said he was "very relieved" no one appeared to be hurt. The family immigrated to Canada from Austria in 2009, according to neighbours.
Officials haven't released what they think was the cause of the stubborn blaze.
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Halter lived there with his family between 1966 to 1991 — long before its current owners plucked it off the market.
"Tons of friends who I grew up with played in the yard, partied in the basement and swam in the pool," said Halter. The basement, he remembered, was "pretty amazing" as a place to hang out.
His arts-loving parents, Aubrey and Nola, often hosted talented classical musicians who'd fill the house with their gift, he said.
"I recall hearing Isaac Stern, Itzhak Perlman, Vladimir Horowitz, David Oistrakh and Vladamir Ashkenazy," Halter said. "As a young kid I knew something quite special was going on, often hearing the music from my bedroom door."
The musical attachments 1021 Wellington held for him didn't break after his family moved out.
He wound up back inside its walls in 2005, when the Asper family hosted what Halter called "an epic party" during the Juno Awards in Winnipeg. Halter's design studio designed T-shirts given to performers and participants at the awards.
Arriving at the party, he looked around his old home to see none other than Randy Bachman of Guess Who fame sporting one of his company's T-shirts. That coincidence led to a funny introduction and "brief but fun" design collaboration, Halter said.
"'Randy, it's a huge honour to meet you, and especially wonderful because you're in my dining room and you're wearing one of my shirts,'" Halter recalled saying.
He said his heart goes out to the family who now has to deal with the aftermath of the destructive fire.
"So sorry for the family who have lost their treasure," Halter said.
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20 Reasons Why I Hate Twilight1) It's poorly written. Stephen King can back me up on SMeyer being a horrible writer.
2) Those are not vampires, they're sparkly fags. And by fag, I don't mean gay, I mean fag.
3) Edward is a 107 year old virgin. Can you say pathetic?
4) Bella has no redeeming qualities; she's a very weak main character. Physically she isn't strong. She can't run away right even; she trips too much. She's not smart, either, she's almost brain dead (come on, how long did it take her to figure out Edward was a vampire again?). She's not very pretty. She's not nice; she treats her friends horribly, and wants nothing to do with normal boys who aren't monsters. Somehow, everyone loves her, despite all this, which only makes her even more dislikable.
5) There is no plot. Or, if there is, it was so small I missed it.
6) Edward is abusive and a stalker.
7) Bella has absolutely no opposition to Edward stalking her. (In Buffy the Vampire slayer, Buffy tells Angel that girls don't like being stalked. She actuall
Tips From Edward Cullen1. When it comes to picking a girlfriend, it's the smell that counts.Tips From Edward Cullen4 years ago in Philosophical More Like This
2. Girls go for a man who is unpredictable. The more changeable you are, the more you appeal to them.
3. Girls find it inconceivably attractive when you just sit and stare at them all day.
4. Everything that goes wrong is the girl's fault. If you have a violent temper and suffer occasional outbursts, that's her fault, too.
5. Once you snag a girl, she is entirely your property. Finders, keepers!
6. You must show off your sparkliness at least ten times a day.
7. Always tell a girl no; she thinks that means "yes" and "go away" means "I'm all yours, baby!"
8. Use big, sophisticated words to make yourself sound more intelligent.
9. Your girlfriend should be with you, and no one else. That includes friends and family.
10. Your only real goal in life is to lounge around and look pretty.
He Is Not An Edward.He is not an Edward.He Is Not An Edward.5 years ago in Free Verse More Like This
He doesn't stare at me every minute he is with me.
Or smell my hair and watch me sleep.
Won't follow me, like a lost puppy,
Sometimes, he'll even walk away.
He doesn't love me for my faults,
It's in spite of them.
He'll notice pretty girls, even think of
past lovers
When he laughs at me, it's because I'm silly,
Not cute
Or Perfect.
The thought of me getting hurt does not bring tears to his eyes.
He would not die if I died,
He is not an Edward.
And I am not a Bella.
We are real.
Our love is real.
And that,
Is more important, and genuine
Than idealistic, impossible fantasies.
Screw Edward.
I want a Sam.
Top Ten: Why Twilight sucks.1.Stephanie Meyer can't write. And I'm not saying that because of what Stephen King said. I don't care what Stephen King said. Let's recap, shall we? She uses the same words such as "icy", "cold", "marble" and "his beautiful face" over and over. She describes Edward in extremely unnecessary detail. Honestly, if she took out all those descriptions of Edward, the whole Twilight "saga" would fit into one book. She includes totally useless information that NO ONE (except for maybe the crazy fan girls) cares about. I don't give a damn if Bella rode to Forks with her mom's car windows rolled down! Really, I don't. Also, this so-called-saga has no real plot to it whatsoever. And no, romance does not count as a "plot." Romance is a genre. A genre which involves a plot. It has no real characterization either. Sure, Bella may turn into a vampire, but did she really learn any life lessons, or become a better person because of her experiences? Of course not! Which brings me to mTop Ten: Why Twilight sucks.5 years ago in Editorial More Like This
My Reasons Why Twilight SucksMy Reasons Why Twilight Sucks5 years ago in Reviews & Guides More Like This
Reasons Why Twilight Sucks:
1. Bella Swan: If I could summarize her personality in a sentence, I'd have to say this: She's a whiny, bratty, emo Mary-Sue who has no respect for ANY of her friends or family, and can't make up her mind about who to go with. My fish has more intelligence than her.
2. Edturd Cullen: He is an abusive 100-year-old creep. If I might add, he is a freaking CHIN that farts sparkles.
3. Harry Potter > Twilight. 'Nuff said.
4.Stalking and watching someone sleep is NOT romantic.
5. Even the character that plays Edward doesn't like Twilight. Sounds to me like a BURN.
6. "Oh Jacob, even though you probably would've treated me better than Edward, I'm still going to go w/ my beautiful lovey-dovey Eddie-poo. Here, I'll make it up to you though! I'll give you our baby daughter!"
7. Bella's a terrible role model.
8. The series encourages pedophilia, teenage pregnancy, suicide, brattiness, etc.
9. Give it up, fangirls. Edward (or Jacob, whatever) will NEVER marry you. Keep
Things I Learned from TwilightThings I Learned from Twilight5 years ago in Short Stories More Like This
1. It's perfectly okay for your boyfriend to emotionally and psychologically abuse you as long as he's hot.
2. If you are a woman, you must have a man to be your breadwinner. Also, children=success.
3. It's okay to use guys who like you for your own purposes when you have no real intention of dating them.
4. Anti-feminism is cool. Suffrage is so 1920.
5. Vampires aren't bloodsucking monsters. They're misunderstood, angst-filled immortals of immense beauty and power.
6. Humanity is overrated. Who wouldn't want to repeat high school five million times during their immortal life?
7. Stalking=love. Remember guys, girls love it when you watch them sleep without their consent. It's not creepy or illegal at all. It's flattering!
8. No girl wants a guy who's nice to her. Given the choice between a nice, caring guy and a brooding, emotional jerk, the girl will choose the jerk.
9. Having ambitions besides hanging out with your boyfriend and giving up your life for said boyfriend is
Life Lessons From Bella Swann1. You should always address your parents by their first names.Life Lessons From Bella Swann4 years ago in Philosophical More Like This
2. Pay no attention to the kids at school. No matter how friendly they are, no matter how many times the girls invite you to sit with them at lunch and team up with them on the weekends, no matter how many times the boys ask you out, you know you're stupid, ugly, clumsy, and totally worthless.
3. Your problems are everybody's problems. Whatever affects you should affect them in every aspect.
4. With boyfriends, it's all about physical looks. It doesn't matter if they're pushy, meddlesome, pretentious, self-absorbed, and dictatorial, as long as they're insanely attractive.
5. Edward is hot. Edward is beautiful. Edward is gorgeous. Edward is perfect. Edward is hot. Edward is every girl's dream come true. Edward shines like a thousand diamonds. Edward is hot. Edward is inhumanly handsome. Edward is eye-catching. Edward is an angel and a devil all rolled into one. Did I forget to mention Edward is hot?
6. It's inherently wrong
Twilight RantTwilight, it seems, has taken the world by storm. The series by Stephenie Meyer has become a best seller and has even been made into a movie Yes, the "it" thing right now just makes me weep for what has become of the world of literature. A series about a completely useless, pathetic ordinary girl falling in love with an, apparently, perfect-in-every-single-way-and-we-need-pages-upon-pages-reminding-us-of-this, sparkling, creepy, abusive, vampire which was all based upon a dream that Meyer had someone pinch me, please, I must be dreaming. Oh, if only.Twilight Rant6 years ago in Reviews & Guides More Like This
I am an avid reader, and have been as long as I remember, and in particular I love fantasy and supernatural novels. I am a huge, huge, HUGE fan of vampire novels and read as many as I possibly can and I find most of them quite enjoyable, albeit there were one or two that just made me roll my eyes at their predictability.
Anyhow, back onto my original point. Twilight. Twilight is not what I classify
as i cry sanctuary.the world is ending; i am borne in the bloodshed. i am stretching awake from the locked arms of the corpses, the froth of the raging sea dripping from the ends of my hair. i am naming myself death and sleeping in graves, molding sprawling metropolitan dreams from the loose sand behind the tombstones. the timeline of my hourglass is a snake swallowing its own tail. i am infinite; in this finite world, i am nothing. i watch the maddeningly swirling chaos of human destruction below the soles of my feet without a shudder. i touch the mirror and see wormholes in space. i press frayed emotion against the base of my skull and pray to science in the name of osmosis. i am whole and beautiful. i see everything; i feel nothing.as i cry sanctuary.5 years ago in Flash Fiction & Vignettes More Like This
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30 Reasons Twilight SucksReasons Twilight Sucks30 Reasons Twilight Sucks5 years ago in Reviews & Guides More Like This
1. Bella is a horny Mary-Sue Queen.
2. Apparently, having a guy glare at you all the time makes them attractive.
3. Vampires sparkle.
4. Twilight shows a seriously abusive relationship as "true love".
5. The weather in Forks is inaccurate.
6. New Moon in a nutshell: "Angst angst, emo, cry, jump off cliff, AAANNNGGSSSTTTT ANGST ANGST yay we're together again!"
7. The entire series is a sexual fantasy.
8. The grammar is very poor.
9. Twilight has basically no plot.
10. Twilight is 150% sexist.
11. The author never researched any of the "facts" she put in the books.
12. The author glamorizes mental disorders, suicide, and stalking.
13. Twilight teaches that disrespecting and abandoning your family is OKAY.
14. The characters have very little background information.
15. Bella uses Jacob a LOT. Some friend she is.
16. Jacob sexually abuses Bella. Some friend he is.
17. Bella love love looovvveeesss Edward's smooth, sparkling, marble stone, pale,
Real Vampires Vs. TwlightReal: Fangs ripping open the neck of a whore, sucking out her blood until she's a shriveled up corpse.Real Vampires Vs. Twlight5 years ago in Short Stories More Like This
Twilight: Teeth used to munch gently on a bunny rabbit.
Real: Skin burning painfully in the rays of the sun until the entire body is consumed in fire.
Twilight: Skin sparkling.
Real: A forbidden love that can never be, creating eternal suffering.
Twilight: A teenage lust of a couple months.
Real: A creature constantly having to outsmart the newer generations of vampire slayers and their cursed wooden states of death.
Twilight: An all powerful godmoding creature that can never ever be killed, unless by another vampire, but even then wins because it's just so gosh darn powerful.
Real: A bloodthirsty beast.
Twilight: A cute cuddly teddy bear.
Real: Enjoys masochistic or sadistic activities, or both.
Twilight: Is "emo."
Real: Sleeps in a grave or a coffin, usually in a huge mansion all by their lone
Twilight-Uncensored Ch.3ReviewTwilight-Uncensored Ch.3Review4 years ago in Reviews & Guides More Like This
Review of Chapter Three
From Twilight
By Stephenie Meyer
And so with a handful of Wonka Runts, I have returned once more to read an overrated book and give you five minutes of half baked amusement.
Last chapter left off with Bella in her truck, her panties in a twist as she got to learn what it felt like to have someone staring at her intensely. Her conversation with Mr. Sexy Face revealed that Bella is a self sacrificing saint, out to make her mom happy at her own expense. [You know, on top of being an honor's student, reading every book ever printed, and being the wife her dad needed.]
Chapter three picks up the next morning, Bella noting the snow and how much she wants to see Edward. That's normal, I suppose. When I was a young teenage girl in high school I was all over the handsome boys that .
Wait a minute.
I have to get my pink skirt and lace top on so I can slip myself into the story here. I have the legs for this. I really do. Just don't lift the skirt and we
Twilight vs. Harry PotterI'm tired of people trying to justify the 'Twilight is better than Harry Potter' thing.Twilight vs. Harry Potter5 years ago in Reviews & Guides More Like This
People, Twilight isn't a book, its firewood. The Harry Potter series out-awesomes it by A LOT.
1. The Harry Potter Characters are believable. The Twilight ones make no sense.
Just a few examples,
Harry is hotheaded, skinny, small for his age, has bad vision, and has the occasional 'idiot moment'. He is willing to give up his girlfriend because he might die, not because he's "dangerous." He grows incredibly well as a character, starting out as an unsure little kid, and ending as a brave, skilled adult wizard who eventually saves the world from being taken over. Sure, he goes through an annoying-whiny stage, but he had a reason (the ministry lying about him and making him a total laughingstock) and when a certain doggie died *sob* he managed to calm down and go on with his life. *coughBellacough*
A Letter to Stephenie MeyerDear Stephenie Meyer,A Letter to Stephenie Meyer5 years ago in Short Stories More Like This
I read your book 'Twilight' about a year-and-a-half ago, and I have to say:
It was the worst piece of 'literature' I've ever had the displeasure to lay my eyes on.
See, around Christmas time, my friends and I all had a sleepover/Secret Santa party. At that time, I had heard a lot about Twilight, and, being an avid reader, wanted to know what all the fuss was about. My friend Katie ended up being my secret santa, and she got me Twilight and two other books. I was overjoyed, I started reading it that day. I kept reading and reading for a week or two, spending most of my time in my room, reading that book. Really, I have to admit, it did seem a little interesting at first, but then, it got rather...Bland. I kept reading, hoping to come upon an interesting part, I thought,
'Maybe she's just building the suspense up for a good part.' but no. I've never been wronger in my life.
I'll admit to never finishing the book, but I'll tell you why:
I got a throbbing headache abo
Deck the HallsDeck the halls with Belle and EddieDeck the Halls4 years ago in Songs & Lyrics More Like This
Get the guns and cannons ready
Grab your pitchforks, grab your knives
It's a battle for our lives
Edward Cullen is a loser
As for Bella, who would choose her?
Get your nails and get your wrenches
Send those creeps down to the trenches
Toss a few bricks down to meet them
Throw an anvil down to greet them
Give it all you've got to beat them
We won't stop till we defeat them
Anti-Twilight EssayI think now is a good time to discuss one of the newest "threats" to society: Twilight. "A love story with a bite".... Or is it? On the surface, Twilight may seem "perfect" but it hides about a thousand flaws. Let's start with the first chapter of the horror: Twilight itself.Anti-Twilight Essay5 years ago in Reviews & Guides More Like This
"I'd never given much thought to how I would die- But dying with someone I love sounds like a good way to go." - Bella, Twilight preface
What a way to start a book, eh? "Oh, hey... You're gonna die! Have a nice day!" I mean, sure, some books start like this but at least they don't make it ROMANTIC.
Now.... Skip ahead, skip ahead. Blah blah blah... Ok, now Bella's at school... Eww.... She's even making the teacher blush. *shudder* How many boys have fallen for her already? One, two... nine.. ten.. And don't even get me started on Edward... *shifty eyes* And Bella says she's "treading water"... *shudder* Of course you'd say that with all these men wrapped around your little finger. "I had no practice deal
we are eternity.Tell me, darling, how do we best count time?we are eternity.5 years ago in Flash Fiction & Vignettes More Like This
If you wish, I can reboot my system so we might run through the system and backed up files until we come up with the hard answer. We can have it in Eastern, Central, Pacific or Neverland and still be left with empty numbers. We can cross-divide and carry over our hearts, add the sum of our parts until we're nothing but decimal points flashing on the ambiguous screen. We can disconnect and rewire, throw our cyber-smiles against the wall until it's been reduced to springs and forlorn beeps of the dying machine.
Still, we'll have our answer: thirty days.
Or, if you prefer, I can break my poet's tongue in two and bleed words all over the hungry sheet of paper. I can write sonnets of the wind winding across the continent and limericks of the wolves howling for our distance. I can write songs to make stars weep in the clichéd sky of diamonds. I can compose you poems with phrases strung so daintily together that your nerves will bind and your
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Twilight fans would have argued about Twilight's popularity. Their counter-arguments were obvious. Twilight is popular because of the forbidden love. The series is too "i
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Message to NASCAR, rip up TNT's contract !
And let FOX back in on the 6 weeks that TNT has.
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If Fox doesn't want then let Speed have the 6 races.Sort: Newest | Oldest | Most Replied Expand all replies
A Yahoo! User Jun 10, 2008 1:34 PM Flag
I Totally agreed. TNT's coverage stunk up Pocono.
Please FOX come back! there is no comparision.
FOX is much better than TNT.
WAY TO MANY commercials. In fact they goofed that up too. starting one then going to another.
Nascar - Void TNT's Contract.... Speed did do a better job on the all Star race.
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One thing you could do is find a local radio station that carries the race with MRN or PRN. I listened to the race Sunday and they always have great coverage. You could listen to the radio and watch the race. I don't have satellite or cable, so the radio has to do till ABC takes over again.
A Yahoo! User Jun 10, 2008 1:22 PM Flag
I Totally agreed. TNT's coverage stunk up Pocono.
Please FOX come back! there is no comparision.
FOX is much better than TNT.
WAY TO MANY commercials. In fact they goofed that up too. starting one then going to another.
Nascar - Void TNT's Contract.... Speed did do a better job on the all Star race.
What_Would_Jimi_Do What_Would_Jimi_Do Jun 10, 2008 1:08 AM Flag
think you complaining will change things, get real tards. it may suck but it is better than it not being on tv.
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i got a reply from tnt that they are working on their nascar coverage and they appreciate nascar fans opinions to make it better. they also said that the side by side is in the works. so i guess expressing your opinion can work! better than sitting on your thumbs. except for kyle he likes sitting on his thumbs!
big jr fan but im drinking jr's old and now kaseys beer now!
nascar24fan nascar24fan Jun 9, 2008 11:56 PM Flag
Yeah i agree it wasn't the best coverage, but the announcers are pretty cool. These announcers need to stay cause the ones on ABC are boring, and the Fox announcers are kinda annoying.
anything is better than having to listen to that blow hard DW, he needs to GO!
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Don't you be dissin DW now.
I don't know about the rest of you Fans but IMHO, TNT coverage SUCKS and there is just no other way to say it! Yes there is but I would be censored! But it is the worse coverage of any, bar none, station that covers any of the races. I know that a High School Television Station could do a better job and probably a lot cheaper also. I don't see how they keep sponsers?
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____Caution ____Caution Jun 9, 2008 4:43 PM Flag
they keep sponsers because fans are fans and will watch it no matter what......nascar has "proven ratings"..Sponsers dont look at the broadcast all sponsers want are Ratings
jmannion44 jmannion44 Jun 9, 2008 4:15 PM Flag
Can't wait for ESPN with Dale Jarrett in the broadcast booth!!
I think there is some federal law keeping Fox from getting more (or ALL) the races.....I forget what the law is called
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the only thing wrong with fox is the gopher cam ( digger). it needs to go and I think fox will be the premere broadcast network for nascar and youll see tnt go away in the future.
its only 6 races then espn and abc finishes out the races. I for one didnt like it when espn left nascars elite series. im glad its back after tnt finishes its 6 races.
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|No fires in or around Yellow Bluff, please. Recently I found a fresh fire spot against the bluff right next to "Little Angry Jamie" a classic sport. This deteriates the rock, thus ruining the route. If this fire would have been a few more feet to the right, it would have ruined this classic route.
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|19 sport routes and 15 mixed/trad currently on our side. lots of trees = shade. no litter. keep it down so we don't draw the ire of the landowners above.
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Dimora del Viaggiatore 2, Verona
Located in Verona (Fiera Verona), Dimora del Viaggiatore 2 is close to Policlinico Giambattista Rossi Hospital, Verona Uno, and Fiera di Verona. Also nearby are Arena di Verona and Castelvecchio.
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Dimora del Viaggiatore 2 has a steam room, a sauna, and complimentary bicycles. Wireless Internet access is complimentary in public areas. Additional amenities at this Mediterranean property include tour/ticket assistance, a garden, and room service (during limited hours). Self parking is complimentary. A total renovation of this property was completed in March 2013.
Rooms open to balconies. The 11 air-conditioned guestrooms at Dimora del Viaggiatore 2 include washers/dryers and coffee/tea makers. Guests can use the in-room complimentary wireless and wired high-speed Internet access. 32-inch flat-screen TVs are equipped with satellite channels. All accommodations provide desks and phones. Bathrooms offer showers with rainfall showerheads, and hydromassage showerheads. Bathrooms also include bidets, hair dryers, and complimentary toiletries. All units have kitchenettes with stovetops, full-sized refrigerators/freezers, microwaves, and cookware/dishes/utensils. Additional amenities include irons/ironing boards and blackout drapes/curtains. Housekeeping is offered on a limited basis.
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American dramas would be over after 6 episodes if any of the characters had any common sense.
Haven't been watching anime recently (saddly). I do enjoy watching a few (as in one or two) American Dramas such as House. What I *have* been watching are Japanese and Korean TV dramas. They're hilarious XD
i don't watch american drama
actually i don't watch tv at all XD
only watch downloaded anime and japanese drama/movies on my PC
but HEROES is exceptional as i somehow found it interesting...
maybe because HIRO speaks japanese...
I don't hate American shows or anything but I've never really gotten into them.
Well to tell you the truth, Animax does not only aired in ur country. Since its a cable channel. Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan and some countrys have animax too.
For the most part, my viewing times are a bit more heavy on the anime side.
But I have been keeping up with Prison Break since its conception as well as House.
Other than those, I dont watch any other American dramas.
if Anime is "just cartoons" american drama is just Barney and Sesame street.
I've only been watching anime for two years now (albeit quite a lot of it...), so I'm a late bloomer compared to most of the folks here. :3 IMHO, both can be amazing (on a deeper level than "just" entertainment), great entertainment, average entertainment or utter crap.
Buffy was the first show which dragged me into fandom (and straight to the internet, actually, back in 2001 or so), and along with some of Joss Whedon's other works, it remains firmly in the first category. The West Wing and the Sopranos are up there as well. And I feel the same way about, for instance, the Cowboy Bebop movie, or Honey and Clover.
Then there's the second category. Right now, I think that House and Supernatural are providing some really great entertainment. I felt the same about Lucky Star, Higurashi, etc.
As for some of the titles mentioned, Heroes I could never get into... I enjoyed the first season of Lost, after which they indeed "lost" me definitely. 24 was more addictive in the earlier seasons -- now I mostly watch it for laughs. Battlestar Galactica I will try to catch up with sometime when I can give it my undivided attention.
I have never seen Prison Break, but I think I would reccomend:
Alias, pre-jumping the shark (around season 4, if I remember correctly)
House (a must see, even just for one episode)
Supernatural, if you can deal with there being very few ladies :D
So, you're saying that no anime has ever dragged on past beating a dead horse and no anime has ever had a non-conclusive ending? LOL.
The only thing I tend to watch on our local TV is the News.
I usually use our TV for playing my PS2, and I watch anime when I'm done playing (usually late at night, but when there is school I usually watch 2 episodes before hitting the hay)
I dunno, but anime seems better for me because of their exaggerated expressions and because of the voice actor's performance. But I can't deny that Dr. House rocks even though I've only managed to watch one episode.
BTW, nice pic of the Lancelot there shooting out its slash harken.
It's really an apple and pear question. Each got it's own plus and minus points. Personally, which ever got a more interesting storyline + music + acting gets my vote any time!
I have this habbit, that when I'm doing something (while not on the computer) I must have something that makes noise (besides my mom) or else it's too quiet, so I turn on the TV on AXN. But usually I am bussy with homeworks and anime ;D
i take anime over american drama any day. only good american dramas are "friends" and "i love raymond". and these don't really count as drama because they don't really have a strong story.
I can watch whatever that comes on TV but I much prefer to watch anime over it. I only watch TV when I've run low on anime series or when I feel that I've watched enough for the day.
no doubt that i still enjoy watching anime, TV series has been a good run for me. series like Prison Break, Ugly Betty, The Big Bang Theory and Britain's Got Talent make me wanna watch them every week due to its good storyline.
I like both. I Can't choose because those in my opinion are two different things and both have their qualities.
Anime, hands down. I just don't switch the TV on enough to know what's new with dramas. I guess I should cut down on my anime intake...
very true. American drama and overall story-telling in all media is rather bland and lacks the depth and artistry that you see in Anime and Japanese story-telling. Heros had to be probably the closest I've seen an American production come to mimicking at least something from the east. I enjoyed what I saw of it but as with western artwork, American TV drama just is meh. Hollywood movies can be great but that's mainly because of their high production values. Japanese dramas can do 10x better with 10x less production value. Now if we could see a movie with the $$$ backing of a big blockbuster Hollywood movie but story, production, characters and most or all actors being Japanese...that would be something to behold.
Story is an important point for me but I tend to side with anime more.
Got stuck with Heroes when it aired here, pretty nice story to me. Has a liking for conspiracy type stories.
Thats pretty much the only drama I watch.
I don't watch TV drama at all, i did have a little interest in Prison Break but i never found the time to keep up with that show. I don't watch much TV to begin with unless there's sports on like the NBA, the MLB or the NFL.
The only show i'm following right now on Fox 11 here in L.A. is Hell's Kitchen but that's actually a reality show.
I watch both.
too much times on my hand eh? hehehe
The thing that i hate most about american drama is that it's driven by rating and not always the storyline. Take Prison Break as an example, the first season was awesome, one of the best show on during that season and it would of been perfect to just end it after 2 seasons but no, they dragged it out to go on and on and now the story is so stupid that i really lost interest in it.
Anime used to be great, a 26 episodes anime usually setup and build characters in it's first half and start to wind down the story as it approach the ending and have a real ending. Now it seem that most anime are getting setup to have a second season or even a third and it keep on going and some time just leave it with such an open ended ending that leave the series in ruin. Now a day i usually wait until the anime end before i start it and i look to see that it look to have a decent ending.
which do i prefer?? ANIMEEEEEEEEE!!! ^^ i really get bored watchin Lost or Prison Break
I love anime, but I have yet to find an anime that I can, without a doubt, say is better than House M.D.
I don't make a conscious effort to watch much on American TV (there's so much garbage). The only show I'd consider a drama that I watch is Battlestar Galactica, which is almost over. I do watch some Comedy Central and Cartoon Network shows. Namely Reno 911, Daily Show/Colbert Report, South Park, Robot Chicken, Home Movies, and The Venture Brothers...oh and Myth Busters. Not much else. Watch absurd amounts of anime though.
It's just more interesting, I guess. I like fantasy more than I do modern stories, and there's plenty of that in anime. Plus I don't have to watch TV actors who couldn't act their way out of a paper bag.
I'll second that Nodame recommendation. I'm a big fan of the anime, and I loved the live action show as well. It's a fantastic show for music fans; really loved watching the orchestras play (or at least (maybe) pretend to play) all those great songs.
The "crime" genre is really in right now. I can't stand watching those shows, personally. They're so boring to me, and every episode is just sort of the same stuff over and over again. My boyfriend loves them though, which drives me nuts.
JDrama has some of the funniest stuff I've ever seen. It's so incredibly cheesy at time, but it's genuinely funny. Unfortunately the guys aren't always quite as pretty as the girls. It's not really fair. :(
Use to watch Lost but "lost" interest in the subsequent seasons. Now I just tune in once in awhile to keep up with what was going on, which is hard to do with that show. Most US dramas really bore me but I do like Prison Break. I tend to like shows because of the inner politics and struggles going on.
I have no specific preference because anime and american drama are just mediums to express a story. So what matters is substance of the tale that is told.
But then, anime has a lot of cute girls and explosions...
i seldom watch TV nowadays. too much crappy shows. i spent most of my free time online.
the only TV shows i watch lately are LOST and HEROES. season 2 of HEROES is really awesome! better than season 1. can't wait for the new season.
I say anime. I mostly watch anime and read manga. LOST should be watched from the begining to understand it more but it is still great to watch. Scifi shows are great also, e.g. Heroes.
I vote anime but is it really possible to get accurate results for a poll like this on an otaku site? I'd be curious what a similar poll would be on fansites for US dramas would be.
One of the reasons why I watch anime is because TV series are so boring and lack of ideas and originality. I know there are tons of crappy anime too but anyways I rather watch anime.
The last TV series I really enjoyed was The X files.
Drama shows are incredibly rubbish and boring in my opinion, as is most TV. I tend to just watch anime. Or perhaps the odd comedy show if it is worthy.
For the most part I find the majority of American dramas to be rubbish. But I think Prison Break is the one exception. That is one of the few shows on tv that I go way out of my way to catch. The show is absolutely amazing. Although I must admit, I was pretty disappointed with the second season. The first was just so good, it had to much to live up to. But the third season made up for it, it was very good. Despited the fact we got screwed out of probably 10 episodes because of the writers strike.
I follow some American shows (CSI, Bones, House, as well as a sitcom here and there), but the volume of "good anime" out there, in my opinion, exceeds the volume of "good American dramas" out there. That said, I generally enjoy watching my weekly episode of [A-drama] more than my weekly episode of [anime], though there are exceptions (Gundam 00, for example, was probably one of the best shows I've watched, A-drama or anime).
So for A-drama, there is less of it that I enjoy, but the stuff I enjoy, I enjoy a lot.
For anime, there's lots of decent-good stuff, but very few shows are as enjoyable as the enjoyable A-dramas.
Defenitely hate Drama series... I mean like come on.. I don't get any of the stories lol <--- interesting ^.^
I am not a fan of American Drama, or rather ANY drama... Don't know... Live action is, meh...
Lost makes me lost... I first watched lost when there was some mist monkey thing attacking the island castaways, then they totally got rid of that monster, and went about talking about the other inhabitants, and what not... and I was like, WTF HAPPENED TO THE MIST??? So yea, Lost = Lost...
regardless, my friend has his anime phase and a drama phase... which is quite amusing...
I find American shows to be pretty boring. They are always about every one being angsty and fighting with every one else. And the girls aren't very moe.
the truth is i like both, but american drama which has very long episode smallville tend to get boring, i'm afraid the same thing will happen to HEROES. unlike anime like naruto n one piece, i never get boring watching those although it has very long episode..
I actively avoid watching North American television for various reasons. Mostly because of blatant product placement in everything and most Canadian television companies being puppets controlled from the shadows by various Organized Crime groups such as Hell's Angels.
i'll go for both. it's not like we should leave the reality world, though. Plus, dramas such as HEROES and PRISON BREAK do have their own quality. but the rest? i dunno... but yup, a life without anime is a total nono =)
u shud watch Heroes, danny. it's cool!
Anime all the way. I've tried watching Lost (I really tried for more than 10 episodes), but eventually my interested withered away. I agree with D_Blade, somehow the american dramas seem to be carved out of the same wood. While with anime there's much more variety, it's a miracle how many different people you can present in an anime with a simple change in hairstyle and personality.
I personally like the older series too. Nowadays there are too many terrorist, catastrophe, murderer, tough dudes, hero, soap opera dramas (O.C. and the bunch) going on. Even the Sci-fi seems to lack intelligence and originality nowadays. I've heard that Lost isn't so interesting anymore as it's taking things on to a too weird level. Haven't watched Galactica apart from few episodes so I can't comment on it.
I haven't watched TV at all lately, apart from Full Metal Alchemist and McGyver and some older Bond movies. Being frustrated about it.


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Yamaha LS9 and NEXO Alpha Rock Chicago from the 27th Floor
CHICAGO, Ill.â¯Gand Concert Sound (GCS) of Glenview, IL a.k.a âThe NEXO Guysâ recently brought a NEXO Alpha sound system up to the top of the Wit, one of Chicagoâs hippest hotels. The penthouse open-air bar, called Roof, was turned into a rock club with music by 80âs new wave rockers âMissing Personsâ and 90âs power pop headliner âLetters to Cleoâ, whose lead singer, Kay Hanley, is best known for providing the movie voice of Josie in âJosie and the Pussycatsâ.
The PA consisted of NEXO Alpha ALEF three-way tops and ALS2 subs, Camco Vortex 6 power amps, NEXO NX242 controllers, ten NEXO PS10 monitors and an LS500 sub for drums. A Yamaha LS9-32 digital audio console was used at front of house. âThe rooftop gig at the WIT posed some unique challenges,â? states Garrett Lane, GCS monitor engineer. âThank goodness the PS10s deliver so much SPL in such a small footprint. To my surprise, I was asked to bring some channels down in the monitors!â?
Crew chief Gary Gand said, âThis venue has a very posh concrete and steel bar, which we put staging over, and lots of high-style decoration, such as glass walled fire pits and spandex umbrellas that were not production-friendly. We were walking on egg shells all day to make sure we could rock the crowd in a totally safe way and without risk to the decoration.â?
The biggest challenge of the set up, Gand says, was the sophisticated roof tile drainage system. âThe entire patio is ceramic tile floating on plastic and rubber so when it rains, the water drains through the floor onto a membrane roof underneath. We opted to pull the tiles in places where weight would be concentrated, and stack cabinets and staging directly on plywood over the membrane.â?
GCS front of house engineer Bob Murr said, âThe Yamaha LS9-32 is great; I used entirely onboard everything: EQ, comps, gates, 'verbs, and delays. Despite not getting power to our distro from the venue until the absolute last second, I was able to sneak some AC from an inside bar, did all my pre-programming and saved it, before sound check. The compact size of the console helped with hoisting gear up to the rooftop, and fitting in a small cornerâ¯nearly off of the roof!â?
No complaints were filed over sound levels by neighbors, so the Roof Live concert series will continue throughout the summer.
For more information on Gand Concert Sound, visit www.gand.com.
For more information on NEXO and Yamaha products, visit www.yamahaca.com.
About Yamaha Commercial Audio Systems, Inc.:
Yamaha Commercial Audio Systems, Inc. (YCAS) provides a full line of integrated professional audio products offering complete systems solutions for the broadcast, sound reinforcement/installed sound, touring, commercial recording, and post production markets. With the addition of NEXO to the product line, the company remains the official U.S. and Canadian distributor for all NEXO speaker models. YCAS offers comprehensive in-house and field product training for its customers, a dedicated dealer network, and 24/7 technical support.
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Racing: Byron Dragway hosts Spring Nationals April 30-May 1
By Doug Halberstadt
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This Sunday, May 1, the Byron Dragway will host their 8th Annual Spring Nationals. The playground of power will host nostalgia nitro funny cars including Tom Hoover's Showtime, The Chi-Town Hustler, A. Bonges' The Punisher and Doc Halliday's The Telstar.
A special one-on-one, 300-mph jet car grudge match race between Scott Holdridge and Paul Miller will be featured. Another match race will feature Dick Messino's '57 Chevy Shake, Rattle & Run versus Hollis Jones' '66 Nova.
Other classes making appearances at the Spring Nationals include the Chicago Wise Guys, the Outlaw Super Stocks and the Midwest SS Mafia.
Area bracket races will get an opportunity to race for some cash in the short-track bracket nationals with $1,000 going to the winner.
Testing and qualifying begins Saturday, April 30. Gates open at 9 a.m. and qualifying begins at 1 p.m Admission to Saturday's action is $10 for adults and $5 for children ages 6-12.
Gates open at 9 a.m., Sunday, and an adult pit pass is $25.
The Byron Dragway is at 7287 River Road in Byron, Ill., just 10 miles southwest of Rockford.
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The Unicode Consortium today announced the agenda for its 38th annual Internationalization and Unicode Conference (IUC). The conference will take place from November 3rd to November 5th at the Hyatt Regency in Santa Clara, CA.
IUC is the premier event covering the latest in industry standards and best practices for bringing software and Web applications to worldwide markets. Subject areas include the global impact; programming practices; fonts and rendering; and mobile computing. Last year's keynote speaker, Alolita Sharma, Director of Engineering, Wikipedia, will discuss how internationalization is being tested by the collaborative Internet encyclopedia. The keynote speaker for this year's conference will be announced at a later date.
This annual events focuses on software and Web globalization, bringing together internationalization experts, tools vendors, software implementers, and business and program managers from around the world. The conference will be sponsored by Adobe. This is Adobe's eighth year as a major sponsor of IUC.
"Adobe is once again pleased and honored to support this world-class conference, which gathers the most brilliant minds in Unicode and globalization, as a Gold Sponsor," said Dr. Ken Lunde, Senior Computer Scientist in Type Development at Adobe. "Whether you are new to Unicode, or a seasoned Unicode developer, this conference represents a unique opportunity to exchange ideas with and to promote discussion among your peers."
To view the full IUC agenda and to register, visit www.unicodeconference.org.
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The webinar, hosted by XebiaLabs, will feature 4 experts including Special Host Gene Kim, author of The Phoenix Project, along with IT thought leaders Gary Gruver, Randy Shoup and XebiaLabs' Andrew Phillips. The panel brings more than 30 years of collective experience surrounding microservices transformations at major companies including Google, eBay and Tripwire. "The story around microservices and containers is pretty compelling and the attraction of more flexibility is obviously alluring,"...
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SYS-CON Events announced today that Creative Business Solutions will exhibit at SYS-CON's 16th International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on June 9-11, 2015, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY. Creative Business Solutions is the top stocking authorized HP Renew Distributor in the U.S. Based out of Long Island, NY, Creative Business Solutions offers a one-stop shop for a diverse range of products including Proliant, Blade and Industry Standard Servers, Networking, Server Options and...
Mar. 30, 2015 07:30 AM EDT Reads: 3,847
SYS-CON Events announced today that FierceDevOps will exhibit at SYS-CON's 16th International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on June 9-11, 2015, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY. FierceDevOps keeps software developers and IT operations personnel updated on the latest news and trends around the rapidly evolving role of the traditional IT worker.
Mar. 30, 2015 02:45 AM EDT Reads: 1,504
GENBAND has announced that SageNet is leveraging the Nuvia platform to deliver Unified Communications as a Service (UCaaS) to its large base of retail and enterprise customers. Nuvia's cloud-based solution provides SageNet's customers with a full suite of business communications and collaboration tools. Two large national SageNet retail customers have recently signed up to deploy the Nuvia platform and the company will continue to sell the service to new and existing customers. Nuvia's capabili...
Mar. 30, 2015 01:00 AM EDT Reads: 1,486
WHOA.com has announced the newest addition to its data center footprint with the expansion into Equinix's newest state-of-the-art facility: DC-11 Washington, DC IBX+. Located in Ashburn, VA, this data center expands Whoa.com's presence to meet rapidly expanding customer demand for secure cloud solutions. Equinix, Inc. operates International Business Exchange™ (IBX®) data centers in 32 markets across 15 countries in the Americas, EMEA, and Asia-Pacific. Equinix is committed to operating faciliti...
Mar. 30, 2015 12:00 AM EDT Reads: 1,169
SYS-CON Events announced today that the DevOps Institute has been named "Association Sponsor" of SYS-CON's DevOps Summit, which will take place on June 9–11, 2015, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY. The DevOps Institute provides enterprise level training and certification. Working with thought leaders from the DevOps community, the IT Service Management field and the IT training market, the DevOps Institute is setting the standard in quality for DevOps education and training.
Mar. 29, 2015 10:30 PM EDT Reads: 1,168
SYS-CON Media announced today that @WebRTCSummit Blog, the largest WebRTC resource in the world, has been launched. @WebRTCSummit Blog offers top articles, news stories, and blog posts from the world's well-known experts and guarantees better exposure for its authors than any other publication. @WebRTCSummit Blog can be bookmarked ▸ Here @WebRTCSummit conference site can be bookmarked ▸ Here
Mar. 29, 2015 10:00 PM EDT Reads: 1,824
SYS-CON Events announced today that Cisco, the worldwide leader in IT that transforms how people connect, communicate and collaborate, has been named "Gold Sponsor" of SYS-CON's 16th International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on June 9-11, 2015, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY. Cisco makes amazing things happen by connecting the unconnected. Cisco has shaped the future of the Internet by becoming the worldwide leader in transforming how people connect, communicate and collaborat...
Mar. 29, 2015 07:00 PM EDT Reads: 5,255
WSM International is launching a DevOps services division that offers assessment, consulting and implementation to large enterprises and organizations with complex infrastructures. This is the first independent services company to create a dedicated practice to help organizations looking to transition to the DevOps model. The concept of DevOps is to blend information technology (IT) software development with operations to optimize the computing infrastructure according to the specific needs of ...
Mar. 29, 2015 07:00 PM EDT Reads: 1,550
SYS-CON Events announced today that robomq.io will exhibit at SYS-CON's @ThingsExpo, which will take place on June 9-11, 2015, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY. robomq.io is an interoperable and composable platform that connects any device to any application. It helps systems integrators and the solution providers build new and innovative products and service for industries requiring monitoring or intelligence from devices and sensors.
Mar. 29, 2015 06:00 PM EDT Reads: 1,496
Temasys has announced senior management additions to its team. Joining are David Holloway as Vice President of Commercial and Nadine Yap as Vice President of Product. Over the past 12 months Temasys has doubled in size as it adds new customers and expands the development of its Skylink platform. Skylink leads the charge to move WebRTC, traditionally seen as a desktop, browser based technology, to become a ubiquitous web communications technology on web and mobile, as well as Internet of Things...
Mar. 29, 2015 06:00 PM EDT Reads: 1,867
Hosted PaaS providers have given independent developers and startups huge advantages in efficiency and reduced time-to-market over their more process-bound counterparts in enterprises. Software frameworks are now available that allow enterprise IT departments to provide these same advantages for developers in their own organization. In his workshop session at DevOps Summit, Troy Topnik, ActiveState's Technical Product Manager, will show how on-prem or cloud-hosted Private PaaS can enable organ...
Mar. 29, 2015 05:45 PM EDT Reads: 1,300