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Call me crazy but I for one really dig that they are painting over the black plastic. For me it reminds me of neca paint. Just looks better in my opinion
I avoided this thread because I figured it would be nothing but a mud slinging contest between 'angry fans' and 'Mattel apologists', but I would be curious to know just how much money Mattel is saving on black painted plastic vs colored plastic. One is a 2 step process. Are we talking pennies per unit? 50 cents? 1 dollar?
Regardless of the strong feelings either side has, this line has proven 1 thing to me. Mattel will make it, and orgers will buy it. That is why you are here. If you're willing to drop $25 on an action figure (in a line that has been plagued with issues since inception) you know what you are getting into. Loose joints, improperly assembled, painted over plastic that wears at joints. At the end of the day, they are just toys. Poorly made toys. Don't expect any earth shattering changes on Mattel's end. They are about the bottom dollar.
If anything, this thread has made me glad I kept my MOTUC mint on card, and I'm no longer torn up about missing the sub. I have better things to spend my money on. This will be my last investment into Mattel's products, and when I'm done, I'll go back to searching for vintage figures.
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Call me crazy but I for one really dig that they are painting over the black plastic. For me it reminds me of neca paint. Just looks better in my opinion
Wrap him up boys....white jackets all around!!!
Problem is, the paint chips and flakes....might look good to some, but don't dare move your figure much....eventually, he'll get Blasticitis, and his skin color will come off.
I bought my son an Iron Man 2 Power Assault Armor...4", and the plastic is metallic red, and in places white, painted red....thing is, none of the paint over the white is coming off, and the painted metallic red and the plastic metallic red, looks identical (other than the plastic has swirls and the paint doesn't) , and a 3 year old is playing with it....Adults are simply posing the new MOTUC figures, and the paint is chipping and peeling off....something is wrong there, and it's much more than paint drying techiques....it's bad, to **** poor design and cost cutting *********gery....and we as the fans, supporters, customers even....are getting the ****** end of the dirty stick.
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What a shame that even Snakeman has been painted over. His sculpt would have been amazing if molded in its own color.
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Pixel Dan didn't discovered black plastic in Dekker or King Randor!!!
Maybe... maybe... the Black Plastic Morbo is finally dead?
I hope so!!!
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What about Castle Grayskull Man?
You don't need to be a genius to notice that some parts of Castle Grayskullman are made with plack plastic covered with paint. Take a look at Pixel Dan's preview, and look at the arms elbow articulation and peg : they're clearly made with "blastic" !What about Castle Grayskull Man?
Given Castle Grayskullman's colours are quite dark, it's not really a surprise. The real question is to know whether the next vibrant figures will still use the black plastic morbo or not... This will take us to the beginning of 2013, since December's Mosquitor is mainly black. Still, the question of the blastic use is left hanging for Granamyr... We'll have to see with Ram-Man and Netossa in January what Mattel did (or didn't do) to solve the problem.
Unlukily all the attention on the "blastic" case seems ceased in favour of CG preorder and speculations. The Blastic case will bounce back soon though, as I fear Dekker won't be the last one.
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Apparently more 2012 figures have had black materials used and then painted over - Starla! I just noticed that she had black pins on her feets, I checked my buddies, and his has yellow plastic pins!
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Well it looks good to me since I open them and put them on the shelf. After that I hardly ever touch them unless I'm making room for new figs. But yeah I could see where it could be problematic
I ended up opening almost all of mine, including reluctantly DB Skeletor, Mek & Rattlor, just not Spikor....and aside from some unfinished painted areas which are very minor, and a few tiny pin sized spots in various places, I have to say mine are fine, but I feel for the ones who have the figures where the paint just rubbed, peeled & chipped right off....I would be immensely ****** if that happened to mine....
I would say CGm was made months ago, so the figure could be shot out to the winner, therefore he was likely made in the prime of the Blastic issue.....
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I had a Skeletor reissue (from the first time he was reissued) that had one black elbow peg. I didn't notice it for a while because it was painted blue but the paint eventually wore off making it visible. Weird thing is the other elbow peg and both knee pegs were blue plastic.
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I gave Starla another look and her legs are black plastic painted - her knee cap has black plastic coming through. So was black plastic used all throughout 2012?
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One thing I have been thinking about concerning the blastic: I can see it being a cost saver on some parts on some 6" figures, but I don't think it would be cost effective on Grayskull (a blastic castle being an oft raised fear). Having to paint some parts on a small figure is one thing; having to fully paint a huge playset inside and out would be another. I think the cost of all the paint opps there might well be greater than any savings using recycled black plastic.
Anyone with more knowledge of the procedures here have any insight on this?
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I would say that the most cost effective way to make Grayskull would be to mold it in a darker green and lighten it up with drybrushing, or lighter green and wash it darker....but to paint the entire thing, then do shading, washing or lightening through many coats would be more costly than just molding it in the green. It's not a figure, and even cost saving like the ton of Blastic the castle would require, the painting would be well more labor intensive than to mold it in color in this case, I would think. I mean if it's supposed to be detailed for the money you'd spend on it, I would assume it would be well detailed, so....molding in green would be the best way.
But it is Mattel, so....I also think that paint flaking off of a $250 castle ******* people off would be a bad move on their part, I mean it could spell the end of things if it wasn't done right, this will be the most expensive MOTUC item ever, I don't think they want to foul it up....but who knows....it is Mattel....
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Photog is here! thank you, Mattel!
Now how about some mini-comics love (like Lodar, Geldor, Dakon......)? And Mermista?
What about Eternos King Palace Randor?
No black plastic. But his arms are cast in blue plastic with the red part being painted. So the elbows may eventually see wear but the shoulders will be fine. I guess either way they did it you'd have either the elbows or the shoulders to worry about. Personally, I think the shoulders are worse for wearing out so I think it was the right choice. Though they could have given him a bicep swivel and cast the shoulders blue and the arms red and that would have been perfect.
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Castle Grayskullman is made from Black plastic, the same as the others, and I knew that to be a possibility because in order to get him out to the winner, he was made likely back with Spikor and Vykron, back when it all began....so even though his release date was then months away, they still already had his stock made. I had a few pieces chip off, they were little painted over ****** of something, on his arms and legs, I color matched him, so you don't see them, but he is.
Can't really base anything on that, we have different color plastics in quite a few figures, but the thing is, a whole figure has never been 90% entirely made from another color other than the figures main base color. But it does look as if, it has stopped with Randor....
Tri-Klops has a green forearm, Fisto has a redish brown Bi-Cep...etc, I know the black plastic thing yes, but it had not been widely used until July....I have over half of the figures, and with that a wide cross section of every year....and I don't have any of those issues....maybe the Star Sisters were a test since there were 3 of them to test costs....I don't know....but I do know my Skeletor pics are fine, they likely had leftover or ran out of the correct parts and instead of doing it right, they half assed them at the factory.
I have used a black light when playing with mine, and observed the difference in colors produced when shining it on something painted vs something molded, even if the colors appear identical....under black light they are very noticeable. And neither of my Skeletor bodies, re-issue & Mo-Larr, have painted pins.
No Randor is molded in reds and blues.
But here's a real kicker.....Mosquitor has black plastic again!!! What are they thinking?
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After seeing Netossa, it appears that they are now giving us coloured plastic and spraying black over it
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As sleek and stylish as today's TVs are, there's one aspect of their performance that you'll almost certainly find disappointing: the sound. A roomful of home theater equipment is one solution. But there's a much easier way to improve your TV sound: a sound bar speaker.
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If you have all your inputs connected to your TV, you won't need a lot on your sound bar. Just make sure it has an audio input that matches one of the audio outputs on your TV — likely analog stereo RCA or optical digital outputs.
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Sometimes, you can mix your input strategies, connecting some components to your TV and some to your sound bar, but bear in mind things can get complicated in a hurry. Imagine your neighbor coming to your house to house-sit for a day or two. Does the note you leave start, "to watch a Blu-ray, set the TV to aux 1 and the sound bar to optical 2, but if you want to watch regular broadcast…"
That's probably not why you bought a sound bar. Life is good when either your TV, or your sound bar has enough inputs for all the components you normally use, and then just ONE unit can be the boss. That's when your notes to neighbors – and your lessons for how to operate the home theater in general – get simple. Consider a connection strategy based on one of the two concepts below.
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Here, your TV has control of your input selection, and passes the signal to your sound bar.
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In this example, your sound bar keeps control of your systems inputs, and passes the video signal to your TV.
Other inputs that may be available on sound bars are analog stereo minijacks, commonly used to accommodate the headphone outputs of smartphones and media players, and built-in Bluetooth® or Wi-Fi® receivers that can accept wireless streaming signals. More on these in a second.
Placement: Tabletop or wall-mounted?
Check your sound bar's height against your TV screen. If the sound bar is too tall, it can block a small portion of your TV picture or your TV's infrared sensor, which may prevent it from receiving remote control signals. Some sound bars have a built-in IR repeater or adjustable height to deal with this problem.
Check the sound bar footprint. Depending on the depth of the tabletop and the shape and size of the TV pedestal, the sound bar may not fit safely in front of your TV.
If you've placed your TV on a table or entertainment cabinet, setting the sound bar just in front of it seems like an obvious option. Many models come with special "feet" to make this easy. But if you'd like to go that route, it's worth taking a couple of quick measurements.
If you'd like to wall-mount your sound bar to match your TV, there are a couple of things to keep in mind. First, check your model to see if mounting brackets are included. If not, be aware that not all sound bars, or included components, are wall-mountable. For example, a few sound bars are too deep to wall-mount – instead, they're designed to sit on a tabletop, with your TV sitting directly on top of them. Also, included components such as subwoofers will not be wall-mountable. [Shop for a wall-mountable sound bar.]
Also, make sure there's enough space below the wall-mounted TV to accommodate the sound bar without things looking crammed or cluttered. For example, if you've got an entertainment cabinet a few inches below your TV, you may have a tight fit.
If you do choose to mount your sound bar on the wall, remember your input choice, above. Will you need lots of wires leading to your sound bar? You'll need to decide in advance how best to manage your cables. You'll have to run at least a signal cable, plus a power cable if the sound bar is amplified.
If you don't intend to run your cables through the wall, you can just let them hang down, or use a cable-hiding raceway to cover them. But if you do want to hide the wires in the wall, here are some important things to consider:
- Try to avoid mounting your sound bar on an exterior wall, since these walls have extra bracing and insulation that can make running wire difficult.
- Follow local building and fire codes. In many cases, this means you'll need to get UL-rated A/V cable labeled CL2 or CL3.
- Don't run the power cable inside the wall. If you want the power cable hidden, you'll need to hire a licensed electrician to install a recessed AC receptacle in the wall, in a location where it will be covered by your sound bar or TV, and not obstructed by the sound bar's mounting bracket. You and your electrician may also want to consider in-wall power protection units. Another option is to route the A/V cable in-wall, and use a small wire raceway on the outside of your wall for the power cord.
You can find additional in-wall wiring tips and considerations in our detailed in-wall wiring guide.
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A platform-style sound bar fits under your TV's stand
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If you want to hear special effects all around you – a car racing by on your right, or a thunderstorm filling the room – consider a sound bar with virtual surround sound. Many sound bars offer some form of virtual surround sound. Some just create a synthetic soundfield from 2 stereo channels; others decode a program's original surround sound channels and use clever audio processing to trick your ears into thinking certain sound effects came from another direction. And some feature carefully aimed drivers that bounce sound off of surrounding walls to "bank-shot" the surround channels to your ears.
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Sound bars are about more than just TV and movie sound. They're great for playing music too. Many sounds feature built-in Bluetooth — that makes it easy to stream music wirelessly from your smartphone or tablet. Listen to songs stored on your device or streamed from services like Pandora®, Spotify®, and even YouTube™. Some sound bars offer built-in Wi-Fi, for wireless music streaming over your home network.
Remote control options
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Zooming in on Digital Fine Art Photography
Year after year, the digital fine art photography market continues to grow.
Its key drivers? One is the creative inspiration of those working in the field; another, the steady evolution and continuing improvement in new media products.
This month, we'll expose the trends impacting this market, and the growth and opportunity in this industry niche. We bring into sharp focus the unique applications made possible by the digital technology and photographic inkjet media used, and the specific enhancements those new media products have brought about.
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Few are better equipped to comment on the growth of digital fine art photography that Atlanta-based photographer Eddie Tapp (www.eddietapp.com). Not just a photographer, Tapp is an educator who travels worldwide to train photographers, corporations, government agencies, and large and small studio operations in digital print media.
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Most giclee printing today is inkjet printing, Tapp says, noting photographers are generating stable fine art pieces through the use of large-format printing. "With the exception of scanning technology, the inkjet technology has improved the most," he observes, adding that those improvements are seen most in four areas.
The first is the longevity of today's ink and paper, resulting in prints that can last 100 years or more, depending on the combination of ink and paper used. The second is color management, or the ability to control delicate and brilliant colors and tones. That's important to both artists and photographers, because with respect to reproducing the work they've created, color management is the means to ensure color matching.
The third is an improvement in the ability to control some inkjet properties, such as bronzing, the tendency of a pool of ink to create a bronze-like tone from a certain angle. Bronzing falls under the heading of metamorisms, anomalies that result in viewers seeing in inkjet print different colors, depending on light sources. "With improvements in inkjet technology, metamorisms are somewhat controlled," Tapp explains. "The shock of going from one room to another is not as severe."
The fourth key improvement is the ability to attain proper printing highlight detail, therefore avoiding a problem called "gloss differential." Says Tapp: "For many years, you could take an inkjet print and tilt it a certain way, and there wouldn't be any ink in the highlight. That would show up as a higher gloss. The situation today is that the drivers generate a combination of ink to eliminate this problem."
How is the digital fine art photography market coping with the state of today's economy? Tapp reports most photographers he knows have seen a decrease in their business in the past year, but are handling the situation well. In some cases, the decline has been as much as 20 percent; in other instances, photographers have witnessed gains. "Most of them are just cutting back on all their expenditures," he says. "As a way of coping, they're not spending as much."
One factor in photographers' ability to weather the decline has been the growth in production facilities, he adds. "I was just in Dubai teaching a workshop, and students told me they didn't have any sources of large-format inkjet printing, so they have to send their photographic work out of the country to gain high-resolution prints," he says. "Here in the states, every city has a service bureau or lab, and 10 to 15 percent of the professional studios have in-house operations that produce their own printing."
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Offering a different perspective on todays' digital fine art photography market is Leah Macdonald, artist and creator at Philadelphia's WaxWorks Photo.
An artist, teacher and professional wedding and portrait photographer, Macdonald has perfected the merging of photography, beeswax and oil painting, known as encaustic painting. Encaustic painting dates to 800 BC, when the Greeks used it to paint their fishing boats. Egyptians later mastered the art form in their portrait painting. "It was used very classically and very artistically after that, for portrait painting," Macdonald says. "It's seen throughout the history of art. It's a very gentle and kind type of painting, a very forgiving medium—and organic."
After displaying her encaustic painting in her graduating exhibition as a California College of Art graduate student, Macdonald moved to Philadelphia and began showing her work in galleries and exhibitions. Those viewing her encaustic paintings "found the works unique, breathtaking, spiritual and highly textural," she says.
Her studio, Waxworks Photo, produces custom commissioned pieces for photographers worldwide. Photographers send their work to Macdonald, she prints the photos, and then offers them one of two different end products. One is mounted on a hardwood substrate, the other produced on Hahnemuhle paper.
In producing the hardwood-mounted product, she pours about one-eighth of an inch of wax over the photo to create an exceptionally smooth surface. She then tints the photo by applying oil paint to the surface of the wax. The Hahnemuhle paper prints, printed on an Epson printer, are brushed with wax to create a visually arresting texture that resembles linen thread. Macdonald then uses oil sticks and tints the wax to create a work that appears to be a melding of modern technology and ancient craft.
"Those pieces are extraordinary," she says of the Hahnemuhle pieces. "The wax on the paper is just absolutely breathtaking.
"It makes a photograph look like a pastel drawing. I apply the wax, and kind of tint the original image. I don't change [the photographers'] colors. If you send me a very vivid blue, I'm going to mirror that. I make your photos look good. I embellish what's given to me. I give it luminosity and depth. I can make backgrounds recede and foregrounds pop forward. It makes the ordinary extraordinary—or at least different."
In this digital age, Macdonald believes her distinctive difference is the work she does with her hands. Photographers once spent great amounts of time in the darkroom tinting and toning, but today spend much more time in PhotoShop retouching. "I like a photo that has feeling. I'd rather work with my hands than through digital technology."
Among her unique pieces is a series she calls "Female Fairy Tale." She shot 29 different women wearing the same Victorian-era wedding dress, and transformed them into encaustic works. "Female Fairy Tale" will be on exhibition in the summer of 2009 at Galerie BMG in Woodstock, NY. Her limited edition art book, titled "Relent," showcases original wax-on-wood and wax-on-paper pieces created on inkjet paper provided by Museo Paper Company. It will be sold through Waxworks (www.waxworksphoto.com) and her own website, www.leahmacdonald.com.
Her work may be seen as a kind of reaction or response to the highly advanced state of today's digital photography. "Digital photography technology has become so fail proof, so good, that anyone can shoot a great digital photograph," she says.
"In the old days, the technology of film separated the ordinary from the masters. You could see the technical difference. So I offer something that's handmade and one-of-a-kind that makes one digital photograph stand out from another...I'm offering people the opportunity to make their digital images intimate and special."
As to how she's dealing with the challenging economy, she says she keeps her overhead very low, uses her own backyard studio, gets help from her students, and has enjoyed "great support" from paper companies like Hahnemuhle and Museo.
"I have a lot of faith that my individuality and creativity will sustain me," she says. "And people who recognize that will want my products...Technology is wonderful, but we have to combine that with what we can do with our hands. We can embrace the future, but we can't forget the past."
Fine Artistic Details
Duggal Visual Solutions is a New York City company launched by founder Baldev Duggal in the 1960s as a photo lab. The company now does everything from wide-format billboards and three-dimensional installations to fine art reproductions.
Duggal Visual Solutions has always been an innovative company seeking to stay ahead of the technological curve, says fine art manager Linda Tutnauer. "In the fine art department here we were the first company to work on a Roland DaVinci printer," she says. "And we are one of the few companies that run a 72-inch Roland DaVinci."
Much of the fine art photographic work the company handles is of black-and-white photographic images; for this reason Duggal works with four different shades of selenium-tone blacks. The result is a much greater tonal range and the ability to gain far more detail from a scan, whether it's its own scan or that of the photographer. In addition, Tutnauer reports working with orange and green inks, as well as light and medium magenta and light and medium cayenne. This enhances tonal range, to give photographers the greatest depth and most accurate color match to prints submitted.
Tutnauer has several papers from which to choose, and has found the papers differ in their ability to hold the density of the blacks depending on how they've been coated by their manufacturers. Finding the right paper to use is a matter of both trial-and-error experimentation and personal experience. "I can generally look at an image and make a judgment," she says. "A softer paper will actually start to buckle if you lay too much ink down on it. If I see an image where I want to hold the depth of the blacks, I may choose a smoother paper that can hold the richness of the blacks."
Noting "products are changing every day" in this swiftly evolving field, Tutnauer says she has found some niche paper manufacturers whose products are distinguished by even, consistent coatings. Obtaining that kind of consistency is important to Duggal Visual Solutions, because of its focus on ensuring everything is as archival as possible.
Addressing the economic slowdown, she adds, "We have a fairly good reputation with certain houses, and when photographers need work done, they'll bring it to us. Some photographers with less money, especially art students, are ordering smaller images. And on our end, we try to waste as little as possible."


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Reds hope to keep offense going vs. Detwiler and Nats
The Reds won 97 games last season on their way to a National League Central title. But they struggled against the Nationals, who took five of seven games on their way to 98 victories of their own.
"The Nationals made it tough on us last year," Reds manager Dusty Baker said before the teams opened a series on Friday night in Cincinnati. "They beat us more than we beat them -- one of the few teams [to do that]. All of the games were close. We know it's going to be tough, but the schedule is what it is. ... It will probably be another tough series with some low-scoring games and close games."
That wasn't the case on Friday, as the Reds won, 15-0, against a Nationals team that allowed a total of one run in a season-opening sweep of the Marlins. But with two games remaining in the series, Cincinnati still must deal with starters Ross Detwiler and Stephen Strasburg.
Detwiler is preparing for what he hopes will be his first full season as a Major League starter. The Nationals' first-round pick (sixth overall) in the 2007 First-Year Player Draft went 10-8 with a 3.40 ERA last year, when he made six of his 33 appearances out of the bullpen.
"I'm not feeling different at all," Detwiler said of having a firm grip on a rotation spot. "I know I'm not going to be sitting down in right field. I'll be in the dugout. That's about it."
Detwiler had a 3.86 ERA in Grapefruit League play, taking a break to compete for Team USA in the World Baseball Classic. He will be pitching on nine days' rest.
The same is true for Reds starter Mike Leake, who was ticketed for the bullpen before the Reds decided late this spring to return Aroldis Chapman to the closer's role. That vaulted Leake back into the No. 5 spot in the starting rotation, a year after he went 8-9 with a 4.58 ERA in 30 starts.
Leake won 12 games with a 3.86 ERA in 2011.
"As long as we felt he was back to where he was a couple of years ago, which we think he can be, we're a better team," general manager Walt Jocketty said after the Chapman decision.
Nationals: Tough start for LaRoche
• Manager Davey Johnson said that first baseman Adam LaRoche has been dealing with a sore back, although he was in the starting lineup on Friday. LaRoche went 0-for-3 with a strikeout, making him 0-for-13 this season, although those struggles are not necessarily related to his back.
Tyler Moore replaced LaRoche before the bottom of the seventh inning. Moore has yet to start this season, as Johnson has struggled to find playing time for his reserves in the early going.
• Zach Duke, the only lefty in the Nationals' bullpen, became its last member to appear in a game when he relieved Dan Haren in Friday's fifth inning. Duke gave up six runs, five earned, in 2 2/3 innings.
Reds: Mesoraco set for first start
• The Reds used the same starting lineup in their third straight game on Friday, something they didn't do last season until the first three games of the National League Division Series.
That streak will end on Saturday, when catcher Devin Mesoraco makes his first appearance in the starting lineup, in place of Ryan Hanigan. Mesoraco hit .212 as a rookie in 2012, but .326 this spring in the Cactus League. He went 1-for-2 in relief of Hanigan on Friday, his first at-bats of the season.
• Following Saturday's game, the Reds will host their inaugural Collegiate Invitational, with the University of Cincinnati taking on Louisville in the first NCAA game played at Great American Ball Park. Fans with tickets to the Reds game can stay for no additional charge, while fans coming only for the college game can purchase $5 tickets at the Crosley Terrace ticket windows beginning in the eighth inning.
Worth noting
• The Nationals' loss on Friday was the most lopsided in team history. Last season they never allowed more than 12 runs in a game, and their biggest loss came by 10 runs.
• The Reds also surpassed last season's highs in runs (12) and margin of victory (nine).
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ATLANTA (AP) - Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank will watch his team host an NFC championship game for the first time Sunday, and if he gets his way, he'll soon be sitting in the owner's box of a $1 billion retractable-roof stadium downtown.
But Blank isn't getting a lot of help from Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal and other politicians. Deal supports using $300 million in revenue from an existing hotel tax to partner with Blank on a new complex to replace the 21-year-old Georgia Dome, but he says the owner must do the heavy lifting.
Jockeying between major sports franchises and governments over the financing of new stadiums is nothing new, but the chilly reception the Atlanta proposal has gotten from the public and many state lawmakers is surprising some in this business-friendly state. Though the team is red-hot, the Georgia Dome is in good shape and nearly two decades younger than Louisiana's Superdome. And the state is coming off several years of painful budget cuts.
Similar dynamics are playing out in Miami and Birmingham, Ala., as fans and taxpayers appear to be more circumspect about spending public money on stadiums used primarily by privately owned teams.
Statewide polls in Georgia show that less than a third of residents support a new stadium, even if Blank covers most of the construction cost. So the politicians' message to Blank: If he wants it, he has to sell it.
"The Falcons have a strong case in favor of a new stadium, and I think it's incumbent on them to educate the public on all the facts," Deal said in a statement Friday.
In Miami, the NFL's Dolphins want local and state governments to help renovate Sun Life Stadium. But team officials are navigating public outrage at Major League Baseball's Marlins, which took public money for a new stadium, only to turn around and cut its player payroll by dumping fan favorites.
In Birmingham, the mayor is having trouble persuading city councilors to chip in more money for a new downtown stadium for the region's minor league baseball team, the Barons.
The outcry suggests public opinion is catching up with research that casts doubt on claims that the investments are a good deal for taxpayers because they create jobs and foster economic activity. Lack of statewide support also reflects urban-rural political divides: Voters far from city centers don't believe they benefit from the deals.
Public stadiums dotted the map for most of the 20th century, but the pace of public-private partnerships for new construction or renovation projects has accelerated over the past two decades. Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones now controls a $1.15 billion stadium that Arlington, Texas, voters helped finance with increases in sales and hotel taxes. In the New York City area, residents are paying in various ways both for the new $1.6 billion NFL stadium that will host the 2014 Super Bowl and the demolished old stadium it replaced.
In Indianapolis, the state owns 4-year-old Lucas Oil Stadium, for which the state, city and surrounding counties covered most of the $720 million construction cost. Naming rights and a $100 million contribution from the Indianapolis Colts covered the rest. Minnesota officials and the NFL's Vikings last year struck a deal to essentially split the cost of a planned $975 million stadium in Minneapolis.
Blank _ the Home Depot co-founder whose team already plays in a publicly financed, publicly owned facility _ has spent years in closed-door negotiations with state and city leaders for a new stadium that would not only host Falcons and college football games but could compete for a Super Bowl.
The outline, unveiled in December, assumes about a $1 billion construction cost, with Blank responsible for 70 percent and the state covering the rest with bonds backed by existing hotel and motel taxes in Atlanta. But the plan requires that state legislators raise the state debt limit, and Blank is encountering resistance in the Republican-controlled legislature.
Deal said the Georgia Dome will eventually need a new roof and could become obsolete. He noted that the plan would simply extend existing hotel taxes that cover the original stadium's construction debt, which is nearly paid off. That would put the cost of a new nearby complex on people from "out of state," Deal argued.
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a great Canadian show for teens that deals with all kinds of issues, such as pregnancy, rape, homosexuality, self mutillation, parental abuse, abusive relationships, death, cancer, growing up, and relationships. Some people dont give it a chance because it seems "corny," but its actually a good show.
Ashley, Manny, Emma, Ellie, Liberty, Terri, Hazel, Paige, Kendra, Nadia, Jimmy, Sean, Spinner, Craig, Marco, Dylan.
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A canadian show for teens. In America it comes on the N and comes on about 6th months later than canada's original airing.
very addicting because it's 100% intense
very addicting because it's 100% intense
Degrassi is my all time favorite show because I can relate to the characters.
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I love Spinner from degrassi.
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I love Spinner from degrassi.
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6. april 2004
great show in canada, but when it EVER airs in the US, a lot of things are cut out. also, the network that airs it in the US delays the episodes by what seems like YEARS.
manny had an abortion and they didn`t show us! wtf.
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23. desember 2004
A supa-fly Canadian television drama that involves a lot of heavy issues.
Degrassi: The Next Generation just so HAPPENS to be my favorite show.
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31. oktober 2004
A show based on daily lifestyles and teen issues. Usually has a lesson after each episode. It's a very addicting show once you watch a few episodes. I think the fans of Degrassi are so into it because they can relate to one of the characters on the show. Everyone on the show has their differnt personalities anyway and that's what I love about it!
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A highly intense, addicting show about the life of teens today. It deals with subjects such as dating, peer pressure, school, and many things our teens face everyday. It is a Canadian show that also plays on The N in America, and in my opinion it is my favorite show!
Although Degrassi can be a bit dramatic, it is 100% intense and very appealing to its viewers.
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