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NEW YORK ( TheStreet) - JCPenney (JCP - Get Report) shares were surging after the market closed Thursday after the legendary investor George Soros revealed that he had taken an 8% stake in the struggling retailer.
JCP was surging 7.1% to $16.33 in after-hours markets.
Soros Fund Management disclosed in a Securities and Exchange Commission 13G filing, dated April 15, that it bought 17.4 million shares, or a 7.9% stake in the retailer's stock.
The move comes amid the drama that's unfolded at the struggling retailer. Earlier this month, the Plano, Texas-based company announced it was replacing CEO Ron Johnson and bringing back Myron "Mike" Ullman to rejoin the company. The move, announced April 8, was immediately effective. Ullman had served as CEO of JCP until late 2011.JCP's stock was suffering over criticism that Johnson's strategic move away from coupons and deals and focus on store design was in opposition to what the customer wanted. It's clear that consumers like their deals and coupons. Soros' investment represents a big bet on JC Penney's turnaround. The retailer wasn't on Soros' SEC 13-F filing in February, which disclosed the fund's holdings as of Dec. 31, 2012. Soros joins Bill Ackman, whose Pershing Square Capital Management has a nearly 18% stake in the retailer, according to TheDeal, TheStreet's sister publication. In other news, Starbucks (SBUX - Get Report) said net income rose 26% in the second quarter to $390.4 million compared to the year-earlier quarter. The company reported second-quarter earnings per share of 51 cents, which included a 3-cent "non-routine gain on the sale of the company's equity in the joint venture that operates Starbucks stores in Mexico." Analysts were expecting the company to post earnings of 48 cents per share. Starbucks said total net revenue rose 11% in the quarter to $3.55 billion, just shy of analysts' estimates of $3.59 billion. The company raised its full-year earnings per share target range to $2.12-$2.18 from the previous target range of $2.06-$2.15. Starbucks shares closed up 1.1% to $60.50. Shares were down 2.5% to $59 in after-hours trading. Retail stocks were also rising Thursday following expectations for a strong first-quarter GDP report to be released on Friday. Michael Kors (KORS), Sears (SHLD) and Zumiez (ZUMZ) were among the biggest winners of the day. Shares of Michael Kors rose 5.8% to $56.63 on Thursday. Teen retailer Zumiez rose 4.4% to $28.93 while Sears rose 4.5% to $50.52. One of the lone losers of the day: Lululemon (LULU). The stock fell 0.9% to $75.10. -- Written by Laurie Kulikowski in New York. Follow @LKulikowski To contact Laurie Kulikowski, send an email to: firstname.lastname@example.com. >To submit a news tip, email: firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Owned by the Bourgeot family who are local vignerons producing exceptionally good wine from the vineyards surrounding the property and also those of Santenay, Bouzeron, Chassagne Montrachet etc.
Recently renovated this old vigneron's house is very well appointed with a mix of French antique & contemporary furnishings. The wine fridge is also fully stocked with the family wine for you to enjoy tasting & purchasing during your visit.
Living... A well equipped & spacious open plan Kitchen with breakfast bar, Dining area with Oak stairs leading to a mezzanine level. The mezzanine is also open plan where you will find a TV area , lounge & additional dining. There are two luxurious bathrooms on the ground floor & upper level with showers & baths in both and separate WCs. (one bathroom offers a spa shower & the other a jacuzzi bath).
The property is ideal to share with family or friends and offers also lots of smaller areas.
Puligny Montrachet & its' restaurants, boulangerie & wine bar are all within a short walk of the property. The house backs onto the owners' vineyards with an elevated terrace for al fresco dining while viewing the vine clad hillsides. There is also a elevated terrace to the front of the property for more dining and also a garden to the rear. A little further afield you can explore the rest of the Cotes de Beaune, Beaune itself is only a 10 minute drive or a pretty bike ride away.
Laurent & Sandra Bourgeot & Family warmly welcome visitors to their Puligny Montrachet home & their vineyard in this special little piece of Burgundy.
Guest Comments 2012 Season-
The house was beautiful, fully equipped and with a great location in the village, and we very much enjoyed our stay. We will definitely be returning next year!
Heidi, Switzerland - JULY
We loved Maison Borgeot!
Darren, Australia - SEPT
Thankyou Borgeot family for sharing such lovely accommodations in such a lovely place.
We thought this house was excellent for us and our friends, three couples. It was well decorated and appointed. We enjoyed its location, which was fairly central to what we wanted to see, it's about 15 minutes outside of Beaune.
I have just returned from a wonderful holiday in France and was fortunate enough to stay here with friends. The home exceeded our expectations in every sense. The location in the Village of Puligny-Montrachet is excellent for exploring the surrounding villages as well as enjoying the charms of Puligny itself. The house is designed in a way that leads to comfortable evenings with meals around the kitchen table and every conceivable utensil can be found in the well provisioned kitchen. We did not have the greatest of weather so spent a little more time in the house than anticipated but this was never a problem due to the great layout of the house with its various relaxation area's. The owner makes available some of his own wines which are certainly worth trying. The house has generous proportions with modern equipment such as docking station, satellite and TV's in every bedroom. Great base to explore Burgundy and I will highly recommend this property to anyone wishing to stay in comfort with space to breath.
We loved our time at this beautiful house at the edge of the vineyards. The view from the large deck in back of the house was priceless. The house itself was wonderful, perfectly equipped and very comfortable. On the few afternoons when the sun was very strong, we spent some time on the deck in front of the house, inside the small courtyard. The village was a short walk away with an excellent boulangerie/patisserie and some good, welcoming restaurants. We cannot wait to return.
This house is amazing! Perfect for a holiday with friends; four rooms, all equally beautiful and big. Comfy mattresses too! The kitchen is first-class, fully equipped with everything, really everything, you can think of. The town is cute and near all the main places of interest in Bourgogne.
We got a bottle of sparkling wine as welcome gift, which was a very nice touch. Thank you!
A couple of things we liked about the house, the spacious environment, nice view overlooking the winefields, heating of the house and the use of central dust cleaner.
Beaune is nearby and the bakery in puligny-montrachet is very good!
On the other hand we also missed a couple of things. The equipment in the kitchen were rather of poor quality, there were no decent knifes to cut meat or bread and there was only (after a long survey of the kitchen area) one cutting board we constantly had to dishwashing by hand.
Also the washing machine and dryer machine are a waste of energy, the wash is soaked when it comes out of the washing machine and the dryer was not able too dry, we tried a one and a half our programme but it was not dry. So we decided to wash everything by hand and dry it on the heaters. We stayed there with three little children.
The first morning the shower on the ground floor flooded, we discovered that the drain of the shower was stuffed with old hair etc. after we removed the "ball" it was solved.
In the description of the house on the homeaway.nl site we read that the wine cabinet should be filled with wines of the Family winery and we looked forward to that. Unfortunately the wine cabinet was empty… a rather big disappointment.
The WiFi enclosure is nerve-racking, with seven persons we had three iPhones and two iPads with us and we needed to logon every 20-30 minutes to the WiFi-system because of disruptive actions from the system.
So bottom line; we missed a couple of things and expected more quality for the price we paid for a couple of days.
Maison Bourgeot is a special property set in a charming position on the edge of the Grand Crus village of Puligny Montrachet, behind the château & overlooking the vine clad hills.
Puligny Montrachet and its' restaurants, boulangerie & wine bar are all within a short walk of the property.
A little further afield you can explore the rest of the Cotes de Beaune, Beaune itself is only a 10 minute drive or a pretty bike ride away
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Then started front line at MC/H-block down to union with rear line. Fitting the line required installing/uninstalling the line many times for measuring, bending, checking fit, etc. I removed both water lines to heater, speedo cable, and throttle cable to make fitting the front line along the front of the heater and down the firewall and under the car easy.
The two lines on the rear axle and the two on the front crossmember will be much easier in comparison.
Done. All brake lines and MC are in place. Next is bleeding the brakes. And I can say with certainty that routing the lines along/around the front crossmember is NOT much easier. The upside is that I can now R&R the front crossmember blindfolded.
Starting from the rear and moving towards the front is the way to go. By the time I got to the front of the car I could make measurements and bends with confidence. Said confidence was sorely tested by the front crossmember.
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Norwood Hotel - Winnipeg
112 Marion St - Winnipeg1-877-662-6988
If you are looking for eco-friendly hotels in Winnipeg located near the boardwalk, check out Norwood Hotel offering free Wi-Fi to all its guests.
Enjoy brunch, lunch and dinner at this 3-star Winnipeg hotel's restaurant where you're sure to find something to suit all tastes. Guests can also enjoy drinks as there is a bar/lounge. Planning a meeting? This hotel has a meeting room, as well as a 24-hour business center.
The lobby area has a fireplace creating a cosy ambiance, as well as a safe at reception should you wish to lock away any valuables. Multilingual staff are available at the front desk 24 hours-a-day and can provide express check-in and express check-out. Other amenities include gift shops/newsstands, dry cleaning/laundry, ATM/banking, an elevator (lift) and concierge services.
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Facilities at Norwood Hotel
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- Entire property is non-smoking
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- Front desk - 24 hour
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- Free parking
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- Children 12 years old and younger stay free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding.
- Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms.
PolicyExtra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
- Minimum Spring Break check-in age is 21 years old.
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- Late check-out fee: CAD 20.00
- In-room microwave fee: CAD 15 per stay
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Norwood Hotel has 52 guest rooms, all with designer toiletries and climate control. Guests can unwind at the end of a long day and enjoy 27-inch TVs with cable channels. Business travelers will have access to free wired and wireless high-speed Internet access as well as desks and complimentary newspapers during their Winnipeg visit. A good night's sleep in pillowtop mattresses with premium bedding and down comforters will have visitors waking up refreshed and well-rested throughout their vacation or business trip.
Private bathrooms are outfitted with shower/tub combinations. Irons/ironing boards, coffee/tea makers and hair dryers can be found in each room to accommodate basic traveling needs. Additional guest comforts include free local calls, air conditioning and safes.
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- Air conditioning
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- Baby cots/cribs available
- Hairdryer in each room
- In-room ironing facilities
- Safe
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- Individually controlled air conditioning
- Cable TV
- High speed Internet access
- Wireless Internet access
Distances from Norwood HotelMusee de Saint-Boniface - 0.8 km / 0.5 mi
Manitoba Children's Museum - 0.8 km / 0.5 mi
Variety Heritage Adventure Park - 0.9 km / 0.5 mi
St Boniface Cathedral - 0.9 km / 0.6 mi
Manitoba Theatre for Young People - 0.9 km / 0.6 mi
Forks Market - 0.9 km / 0.6 mi
University of Saint-Boniface - 1 km / 0.6 mi
Scotiabank Stage - 1 km / 0.6 mi
Plaza at the Forks - 1 km / 0.6 mi
Winnipeg Railway Museum - 1.1 km / 0.7 mi
Upper Fort Garry Gate - 1.1 km / 0.7 mi
Esplanade Riel - 1.1 km / 0.7 mi
Naval Museum of Manitoba - 1.1 km / 0.7 mi
Canadian Museum for Human Rights - 1.2 km / 0.7 mi
Lyndale Drive Park - 1.2 km / 0.8 mi
The preferred airport for Norwood Hotel is Winnipeg, MB (YWG-Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson Intl.) - 7.6 km / 4.7 mi.
Distances are calculated in a straight line from the property's location to the point of interest or airport and may not reflect actual travel distance.
Distances are displayed to the nearest 0.1 km and mile.
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Lupus 4, a spider-shaped blob of gas and dust, blots out background stars like a dark cloud on a moonless night in this intriguing new image. Although gloomy for now, dense pockets of material within clouds such as Lupus 4 are where new stars form and where they will later burst into radiant life.
A team of astrophysicists and computational astronomers have discovered why sibling stars look alike – those formed from a single cloud share the same chemical fingerprint due to early, fast and turbulent mixing of gas in the giant molecular clouds where star formation occurs.
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Davis again JMU's MVP in 68-55 First Four win
DAYTON, Ohio After winning the program's first NCAA tournament game in 30 years, James Madison sounds as if it's not done.
A.J. Davis, who stepped in as a starter because the leading scorer was suspended for a half, led the way with 20 points as the Dukes beat LIU Brooklyn 68-55 on Wednesday night in the First Four.
Immediately, their thoughts turned to top-seeded Indiana (27-6), who they'll play on the same University of Dayton Arena court on Friday night.
"They're Indiana," defiant defensive stalwart Andre Nation said. "We know about them. We see them on the TV all the time. It's not nothing new."
He's not the only Duke who was undaunted.
"We have some older guys. They're typically pretty unafraid of any of the challenges we face," coach Matt Brady said.
James Madison was without suspended starter Rayshawn Goins for the first half but built a big lead. After the Blackbirds (20-14) battled back to take a brief lead, the Dukes surged again to win going away by closing the game on a 10-2 run.
Davis opened the game with an emphatic 3 as if to say this was his time. And he didn't let up.
"Coach said don't do anything outside of your character, just be humble and play your game," Davis said. "While Rayshawn was sitting out, a couple of guys came off the bench and stepped up for us."
Charles Cooke, who hadn't scored in three of his last four games, added 15 points and Nation added 14 for the Dukes, who were winless in the NCAA tournament since 1983 and hadn't played in the big dance in 19 years.
Jamal Olasewere had 20 points and 10 rebounds and C.J. Garner 16 points for the Blackbirds, who have lost in their first game in each of their six trips to the tournament, including the last three years.
Goins, JMU's leading scorer (12.7) and rebounder (7.4), was suspended for the first half following a weekend arrest. Police in Harrisonburg, Va., said they were called to break up a party early Sunday morning and Goins was shouting obscenities at them.
Yet Brady, who made the call to sit Goins, is 1-0 in NCAA play.
"Some of the greats of the game have been in the NCAA tournament and have struck out for a few years at a time," he said, shaking his head. "This really says more about this team than it does me. These seniors really wanted the opportunity to win a game for our program, and I feel great for our kids."
After falling behind by as many as 12 points early, E.J. Reed's two foul shots with 15:02 left gave the Blackbirds their first lead of the game. But after falling behind, JMU found another gear.
Devon Moore, who had six assists, scored in transition right through the heart of the lane, Nation hit a follow and Davis took a long pass and popped in the shot off glass for a 45-40 advantage.


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But even fairy godmothers need some assistance once in a while.
Cinderella's Closet, a local nonprofit that provides girls with cost-free prom dresses, shoes, handbags and accessories, is kicking off its fourth season with its first-ever fundraiser event.
At 6 p.m. Feb. 4, the American Legion will host "Designer Handbag Bingo," where women will have a chance to win one of 20 designer handbags, valued at more than $3,000 total.
Doors open at 5 p.m., when the event will feature raffles, food, a cash bar and auctions. Several vendors, including Mary Kay, Scentsy, Premier Jewelry and Dove Chocolate Discoveries, will also have booths at the fundraiser.
Tickets are $20 in advance or $25 at the door, and include 20 bingo cards. All proceeds will go toward Cinderella's Closet purchases.
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Many in-demand items, especially shoes and plus-sized gowns, must be purchased with donations.
"Our goal is to make it an annual fundraiser and a fun night out for everyone involved," said Annette Ferrell, event organizer.
Ferrell founded Cinderella's Closet in 2011 in Sandusky, and relies heavily on volunteers, grants and donations to make the magic happen. It's housed in the Nehemiah Center, in the old Campbell Elementary School building.
The nonprofit has grown substantially since its first year, attracting hundreds of girls from as far as Cleveland and Toledo and everywhere in between. The increased demand for dresses sparked Ferrell's idea to host a fundraiser, to ensure every girl leaves with a dress fit for a princess, no questions asked.
"We planted a seed and had no idea it'd grow this big," Ferrell said. "But when you see the girls in the dresses, and how appreciative they are, it makes everything worth it"
Cinderella's Closet is already accepting dress and cash donations, as well as appointments for its dress giveaway dates on April 4, 5 and 26 and May 3. Visit cinderellascloset.sanduskyspotlight.com to register or for more information.


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"Flamini will arrive tonight in Milan and will sign a four-year contract," he said after Sunday's 2-1 win over Inter.
The French midfielder's contract with the Gunners expires at the end of this season - and manager Arsene Wenger has admitted he is wary Flamini will leave.
Following Arsenal's 1-0 win over Everton on Sunday, the Gunners' last home game of the season, Wenger conceded that he was not "super-confident" Flamini would still be with the club next season.
"Frankly, I don't know [if he is staying]," said Wenger.
"But if you ask me was I overall super-confident, I would say no. He has an offer on the table which is valid until tomorrow [Monday], then we will see.
"We have done what we had to do, it is now down to him to make a decision.
"My ideal solution is that he stays, so I am not happy if he goes - but we've done everything we can.
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There are a lot of questions to be answered before school districts and the state can expect to effectively implement the new PARCC tests — for Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers — across the state.
For starters, school officials need to confirm they have the technology to let students take the exams online — one of the PARCC tests' selling points over the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System, or MCAS, exams that state Education Commissioner Mitchell D. Chester is clearly looking to phase out.
While it's fine for the state to grant "hold harmless" assurances to school districts choosing the new PARCC exams over MCAS for the coming school year, it seems grossly unfair not to grant the same recognition to teachers, who would, as of now, still be on the evaluation hook if the students' scores on the new tests plummeted the first time out — through no fault of the teacher, or the school.


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US sweeps Federer's Swiss team out of Davis Cup
FRIBOURG, Switzerland Given a supremely tough draw in the Davis Cup, the United States is off to an exhilarating start.
It swept Roger Federer and Switzerland in the first round, with Mardy Fish and Mike Bryan winning the doubles match on clay, a surface selected by Federer to exploit what was perceived as an American weakness.
But Fish and Bryan, paired for the first time in more than three years, were clearly up for this challenge Saturday before a Swiss crowd that at times turned angry. They defeated Federer and Stanislas Wawrinka, the reigning Olympic champions, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3, 6-3.
"This is probably going down as one of the most memorable (wins)," said Bryan, who played on the 2007 winning team.
The doubles victory gave the Americans a 3-0 lead in the best-of-five, first-round series. Fish and Bryan built on the momentum from Friday's riveting singles matches when John Isner stunned Federer in four sets and Fish outlasted Wawrinka in five.
"This was a big step forward for our guys to come in here and play against a team of this caliber," U.S. captain Jim Courier said. "Our attitude remained strong all the while and we were ready for whatever. That is what you need for any road tie."
Handling partisan fans is among those demands, and sections of the crowd of some 7,000 were not pleased in the least when Bryan hit Federer and Wawrinka with volleys at close range.
The U.S. will again be on the road for the next round of Davis Cup, an April 6-8 quarterfinal against France or Canada. France leads that match 2-1 in Vancouver British Columbia.
If the favored French advance, they also would likely choose to put the U.S. on clay instead of faster hard courts. The winner would progress to an away semifinal, probably against defending champion Spain and Rafael Nadal, the greatest player of all on the slow red dust.
"We have the worst draw you could have on paper," Courier said. "But you saw what paper means here, which is absolutely nothing. That's the statement: It's that our guys are committed and played well."
In the six other first-round series in the World Group, three other nations completed 3-0 sweeps Saturday: Czech Republic (vs. Italy), Spain (vs. Kazakhstan) and Argentina (vs. Germany). Ahead 2-1 are Japan (vs. Croatia), Serbia (vs. Sweden) and Austria (vs. Russia).
The U.S. produced the upset of the round despite owning a higher Davis Cup ranking than Switzerland.
"They did really well and got the victory they deserved," Federer said. "We did have our chances but maybe they were just a touch better than us again today."
Later, speaking in French to Swiss media, Federer appeared less gracious. He claimed not to be too disappointed while pointing a finger at Wawrinka, who slumped back in his chair looking every inch the junior partner in the relationship.
"I played well enough in doubles, but Stanislas not so much," Federer said, adding that Wawrinka "didn't have his best match in singles. It's a shame, because of that defeat we weren't able to put the U.S under pressure."


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Bobby Ayala
|Bobby Ayala
July 8, 1969
Ventura, California
MLB debut
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Last MLB appearance
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Robert Joseph "Bobby" Ayala (born July 8, 1969) was a pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds, Seattle Mariners, Chicago Cubs and Montreal Expos. He showed promise as a bullpen pitcher for the Mariners, but then struggled and was eventually released.
Ayala went to high school at Rio Mesa in Oxnard, California. He was brought up with the Reds as a starter before moving to the bullpen in his second season. The Reds traded Ayala with catcher Dan Wilson to the Mariners for Bret Boone and Erik Hanson in November 1993.
Ayala had some success in Seattle, finishing the strike-shortened 1994 season with a 2.86 ERA and 71 strikeouts in 57 innings while saving 18 games. During the "magical" Mariners 1995 season, the team held a promotional "Bobby Ayala Goatee Night," where fans wearing a goatee could get free tickets.
Ayala struggled mightily over the next few seasons, often blowing key saves and drawing criticism from Mariners fans and the Seattle press. On April 24, 1996, he punched out the window of his hotel room at the Westin in Chicago after a reported night of drinking. Hotel security was called to his room at 6:00 AM and discovered the broken window. The injury required nine stitches and he spent the next few months on the disabled list, finishing the season with a 5.88 ERA. Fellow reliever Norm Charlton, asked about the incident, said "I don't know what happened and I don't want to know."[1]
The Mariners traded him to the Montreal Expos for minor-leaguer Jimmy Turman on April 3, 1999, but Seattle paid all of Ayala's $1.8 million salary that year. Montreal released him a few months later and he finished the '99 season pitching 16 innings for the Chicago Cubs.
The Minnesota Twins signed Ayala as a free agent, making him a non-roster invitee for the 2000 season. Unimpressed, they released him before the start of the regular season.
He started the regular 2000 season pitching for the Triple-A Iowa Cubs, but after starting 1-2 with a 4.61 ERA, was released on May 8.
On May 18, he signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers' Triple-A affiliate, the Albuquerque Dukes. Two months and nine saves later, the Dukes released him. Even years after his career was over, Ayala's name is still brought up among Seattle baseball fans to make unfavorable comparisons to struggling pitchers.[2][3][4][5][6]
- ^ Street, Jim (1996-04-25). "Ayala injures hand, out a month". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. p. C1. Retrieved 2010-01-05.
- ^ Seely, Mike (2008-09-26). "2009 Mariner Prescription: Trade Ichiro, Beltre, and Blow Shit Up". Seattle Weekly. Retrieved 2008-09-30., "Last night, the Mariners lost 6-4 to the Angels, in particularly heartbreaking fashion. J.J. Putz gave up a ninth inning moonshot to Vladimir Guerrero in the top of the ninth to break a 4-4 tie. Let's start there: Putz, whose season has been reminiscent of vintage Bobby Ayala, should either be relieved of his duties as closer now, or should be given a very short leash to start 2009."
- ^ Schoenfield, David (2009-12-28). "Why Edgar belongs in Cooperstown". ESPN. Retrieved 2010-01-05., "Edgar, it seems, was always there -- he was one of us, suffering through Bobby Ayala's blown saves but delivering the big hits...."
- ^ Stone, Larry (2008-04-13). "Hey, Mariners fans, enough about Bobby Ayala and Alex Rodriguez, already". Seattle Times. Retrieved 2010-01-05., "He has become the personification of reliever non grata. Some people still swear that Ayala must have had incriminating pictures of Lou Piniella."
- ^ Schoenfield, David (2009-09-03). "Baseball's all-time 'train-wreck' seasons". ESPN. Retrieved 2010-01-05., "[T]he 2003 rotation ... was not so fortunate in 2004. Although Jamie Moyer and Ryan Franklin were healthy, they combined to go 11-29. Joel Pineiro and Gil Meche both missed time, new closer Eddie Guardado gave up too many home runs and the rest of the 'pen reminded Mariners fans of the horror days of Bobby Ayala."
- ^ Arnold, Kirby (2009-10-06). "Silva leaves a souvenir suitable for ...". Everett Herald. Retrieved 2010-01-05., "The crowd parted as though Bobby Ayala had just walked in (now, that was cruel) and the jock strap lay untouched on the concrete for a while."
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Kevin takes a closer look at the new Dumbo play areas. Discuss it all here...
DIRECT ARTICLE LINK: Dumbo Dumbo; MiceAge.com's Kevin Yee takes a closer look
Kevin takes a closer look at the new Dumbo play areas. Discuss it all here...
DIRECT ARTICLE LINK: Dumbo Dumbo; MiceAge.com's Kevin Yee takes a closer look
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Dumbo drama - all over played.
The blog cited was not first to discuss this and the insinuations in it are off.
This was likely a construction problem, not engineering. The root problem was corrected some time ago, and the dumbos themselves were recently repaired.
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Thanks, Kevin!
The quality of the Dumbo & KC Jr. areas bodes well for the rest of Fantasyland.
If the Dumbos have been adjusted, I wonder why they haven't been re-painted.
Great article Kevin,
It is pretty surprising when a Disney ride has problems like Dumbo in terms of the elephants not fitting in their circular tub. I would think that they'd have to enlarge the tub's diameter by something like three inches or so. Makes you wonder what other sorts of mistakes they made. While it is good that they have a play area for families with little toddlers, something about it looks like it was cheaply built due to budget cuts as it was described as "interactive" yet there aren't games for the whole family to play.
I thought that Dumbo's popularity might drop off as some many classics pictures of Dumbo in WDW show the castle in the background. Part of the fun of Dumbo was flying around with the castle and bustle of Disneyland around you. Now Dumbo is off in a corner, and flies over a circus tent. Which while closer to the film, is less visually impressive.
The whole "circusland" idea has been in existence for decades at WDI, and now that they pulled the trigger, I think that the area needs an E-Ticket to tie it all together.
Uh-oh....no line at Dumbo spells trouble for bean counters. I wish I could get there right NOW instead of this winter when I'm actually coming - things might be down to running 1 spinner at a time by then :|
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I am a WDW Alumni, who proudly operated Dumbo in the Fall of 2004. I was greatly pleased to hear about the "dueling" concept, as it effectively doubles the ride's capacity (or the ride's OHRC). As many of us know, Dumbo was consistenly a long, slow moving line. Line lengths are dependent on ride capacity.
If my memory serves me, it's "official" ride capacity was 570 guests per hour. This number was very difficult to achieve, but not impossible. 570 guests per hour was the lowest capacity of the four rides I worked (Dumbo, Peter Pan's Flight, Carousel, Mickey's Philharmagic) and probably the lowest of Fantasyland.
Thus, adding a second Dumbo was vital to end hour long waits. I never rode the Aladdin spinner, but I did notice that each vehicle had two rows. This essentially doubling the capacity and shortening the lines comparative to Dumbo.
It makes me angry when people immediately attack some small problem as being because of cost cutting and cutting corners.
None of us know anything about how it was constructed or who constructed it or how much it cost or how much it could have cost or any other aspect of it.
I realize maybe things in the past could have been at fault for going the easier route, maybe Disneyland's Fantasmic dragon is probably example of that, but not everything they do is to save cash.
If anything they try to maximize everything to their best ability with the money available for the project.
A problem with the tile install looks like the root issue. The offending section of tiles were removed and replaced.
This was likely just a construction fault. The error has been documented back from when the attraction opened. It just became 'news' when some blogs made a stink and posted a bunch of sensationalist BS based in nothing but conjuncture.. Fed by predisposition to assume the worst.
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Kevin, I'm surprised you noted the years but didn't mention the other great tribute in the water play area - the clown designed to look like Ward Kimball! He's in the water play area and also visible in one of the photos you took inside the playground where he's the top leftmost clown - http://miceage.micechat.com/kevinyee/ky071012b.jpg.
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I don't get the ward kimball thing. I haven't pulled the movie to compare, but they just look like the clowns from the movie to me. And glasses gags are not unusual or special.
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I am the author of several Disney books:
Jason's Disneyland Almanac - a daily history of Disneyland
Walt Disney World Hidden History - tributes, homages, and ride remnants at WDW
Your Day at the Magic Kingdom
Mouse Trap
Tokyo Disney Made Easy
101 Things You Never Knew About Disneyland
Magic Quizdom (The Disneyland Trivia Book)
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Based on pictures I've seen, it looks like they had a fun, energetic band. Small, intricated details like this paying tribute to the past Imagineers are awesome!
Are their any references to Ward Kimball in the new Carolwood Pacific (old Toontown Station)? Since Kimball being a huge railfan, and the man credited to introducing Walt Disney to the joy of hobby trains; I would kind of except something.
While I commend the Imagineers for visually creating a nice new area in Fantasyland with the whole StoryBook Circus area, I think they failed in creating a space for everyone. It's targeted too much to those 10 and under really. The whole new Big Top area for the Dumbo ride reminds me too much of the sort of amusement parks Walt took his daughters to on Sundays where he sat on a bench and the girls had all the fun. All the activities in there have age restrictions - nothing for anyone over 14 to do. This defeats the original purpose of Disneyland ... and to me, a little disappointing.
The tiles will have to be replaced unless they want water to get behind them. Given how tight Dumbo is, it might scrap off other tiles should expansion occur. I bet that the clearance from Dumbo to the wall where the tile isn't scrapped off is much smaller than what was specified in the plans, in construction there is a big difference between an inch and an eighth of an inch.
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United States of America
The USA embraced OA principles in the 1960's developing ERIC and MEDLINE. Initiatives e.g. PubMed Central continue and offer repository facilities and access to international medical scholarship. There are 406 repositories and 1300+ OA journals in USA, making it the world's largest OA publisher.
Enabling Environment:
There is strong support for Open Access in USA. The NIH mandate mandates the deposit of medical research. USA has 7 funding mandates and over 50 institutional mandates at HEI public and private institutions, research universities and liberal arts colleges.
Potential Barriers:
Major barriers are widespread misunderstanding around OA; a well-funded publishing lobby.
Major Projects/Initiatives:
USA has many institutional and collaborative OA projects, an important current project being that of the Creative Commons (CC).
Raising the Floor Consortium is a collaboration between Creative Commons (CC), Carnegie Mellon Open Learning Initiative (OLI), Center for Applied Special Technology (CAST) and the Washington State Board for Community & Technical Colleges (SBCTC). (Source: Creative Commons)
The following websites give current news and information on OA initiatives:
- American Scientist Open Access Forum
- Coalition of Open Access Policy Institutions (COAPI)
- Harvard Open Access Project
- Open Access Directory (OAD)
- OA Tracking Project (OATP)
- SPARC Open Access Newsletter
- Open Access Archivangelism by Stevan Harnad
National and Institutional Level Policies/Mandates:
National Institutes of Health (NIH), largest medical research funder has a mandate requiring OA deposit within 12 months of publication.
USA pro-OA legislation proposed in America Federal Research Public Access Act (FRPPA) Public Law 111-358 would require all federal research agencies with a research budget of $100 million per year to make research output available in open access within 6 months. It has been proposed twice but remains to be voted on.
There are 7 funding mandates operating in USA from:
- Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation (GBMF)
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI)
- Institute of Educational Sciences (IES)
- MacArthur Foundation
- National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- Phelan-McDermid Syndrome Foundation.
Details of Key Organizations:
Alliance for Taxpayer Access (ATA)
Overview: ATA is a consortium of patient groups, physicians, researchers, educational institutions, publishers, and health promotion organizations administered by SPARC and working towards open access of taxpayer-funded research.
Communication address: Alliance for Taxpayer Access, c/o SPARC, 21 Dupont Circle NW, Suite 800, Washington, DC 20036 USA; e-mail: jennifer(at)arl.org
Open Access Working Group (OAWG)
Overview: OAWG, initiated by SPARC in 2003, to build a framework for collective advocacy of open access to research. The group seeks to build broad-based recognition that the economic and societal benefits of scientific and scholarly research investments are maximized through open access to the results of that research. OAWG aims to bring about changes within stakeholder institutions enabling viable open access models to be widely and successfully implemented and accepted. (Source: OAWG)
Communication address: SPARC 21 Dupont Circle, NW. Suite 800 Washington, DC 20036; e-mail: sparc(at)arl.org
Public Knowledge (PK)
Overview: Public Knowledge is a Washington, D.C.-based public interest group working to defend citizens' rights in the emerging digital culture. Public Knowledge will seek to fulfill four broad goals: Ensuring that U.S. intellectual property law and policy reflect the "cultural bargain" intended by the framers of the constitution: providing an incentive to creators and innovators while benefiting the public through the free flow of information and ideas; Preserving an Internet that is built upon open standards and protocols and "end-to-end" architecture, thereby fostering innovation and user control; Protecting consumers of digital technology from market practices designed to erode competition, choice and fairness; Ensuring that international intellectual property policies are adopted through democratic processes and with public interest participation. (Source: PK)
Communication address: Public Knowledge, 1818 N Street, NW, Suite 410, Washington, DC 20036; e-mail: pk(at)publicknowledge.org
Scholarly Publishing Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC)
Overview: SPARC is an international alliance of academic and research libraries working to correct imbalances in the scholarly publishing system. Developed by the Association of Research Libraries, SPARC has become a catalyst for change. Action by SPARC in collaboration with stakeholders – including authors, publishers, and libraries – builds on the unprecedented opportunities created by the networked digital environment to advance the conduct of scholarship. Leading academic organizations have endorsed SPARC. (Source: SPARC)
Communication address: SPARC, 21 Dupont Circle, NW, Suite 800, Washington, DC 20036; e-mail: sparc(at)arl.org
Thematic Open Access projects/Initiatives
There are special collections that have been digitalised within most universities and research organisations.
Past and Future OA Related Activities:
There are Open Access Week (October 24 to 30) events and seminars taking place in various locations supported by SPARC. These include:
- Webcast invitation: Open Access Week Idea Swap, 2011;
Forthcoming events include:
- Berlin9 Open Access Conference: The impact of Open Access in Research and Scholarship 9-10 November 2011, Washington DC is organised jointly by SPARC, Max Planck Society, Association of Research Libraries, Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Marine Biological Laboratory.
- The SPARC 2012 Open Access meeting will be held March 11-13 2012 at the Kansas City Intercontinental Hotel.
List of Publications
Albert, K (2006) Open access: implications for scholarly publishing and medical libraries J Med Libr Assoc.; 94(3): 253–262.
Bastian, J et.al (2011) From Teacher to Learner to User: Developing a Digital Stewardship Pedagogy Library Trends, Volume 59 (4) Spring 2011: 607-622
DOI: 10.1353/lib.2011.0012
Björk B-C, Welling P, Laakso M, Majlender P, Hedlund T, et al. (2010) Open Access to the Scientific Journal Literature: Situation 2009. PLoS ONE 5(6): e11273. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0011273
Boissy, R., & Schatz, B. (2011). Scholarly Communications from the Publisher Perspective. Journal of Library Administration, 51(5/6), 476-484. doi:10.1080/01930826.2011.589355
De Bellis, N (2009) Bibliometrics and Citation analysis: From the Science Citation Index to Cybernetics. Scarecrow Press: Lanham, MD
Gargouri Y, Hajjem C, Larivière V, Gingras Y, Carr L, et al. (2010) Self-Selected or Mandated, Open Access Increases Citation Impact for Higher Quality Research. PLoS ONE 5(10): e13636. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0013636
Dazey, M., & Parks, B. (2010) Thoughts on Open Access: An Interview with Diane Graves. Serials Review, 36(2), 112-115. doi:10.1016/j.serrev.2010.03.002
Greco, A.N. et.al (2007) The Changing College and University Library Market for University Press Books and Journals: 1997–2004 Journal of Scholarly Publishing, Vol 39, (1) October 2007: 265-296.
DOI: 10.1353/scp.2007.0032
Suber, P (2011) Access to dangerous knowledge: reflections on 9/11 ten years later, SPARC Open Access Newsletter, September 2, 2011.
Suber, P (2011) Another US federal OA mandate, SPARC Open Access Newsletter, February 2, 2011.
Suber, P (2006) Open Access in the United States, In Open Access: Key Strategic, Technical and Economic Aspects (ed. Neil Jacobs, 2006).
Suber, P (2011) Open access in 2010, SPARC Open Access Newsletter, January 2, 2011.
Suber, P SPARC Open Access Newsletter (online newsletter offering news, information and debate on OA issues; updated monthly)
Utter, T & Holley, R. P (2009). The Scholarly Communication Process within the University Research Corridor (Michigan State University, the University of Michigan, and Wayne State University): A Case Study in Cooperation. Resource Sharing & Information Networks, 20(1/2), 3-17. Doi: 10.1080/07377790903018444
Van der Veer Martens, B Approaching the Anti-Collection Library Trends, Volume 59, (4) Spring 2011: 568-587 DOI: 10.1353/lib.2011.0021
Vrana, R. (2011) Digital repositories and the future of preservation and use of scientific Informatologia, 44(1), 55-62.
Young, P. (2009). Open access dissemination challenges: a case study. OCLC Systems & Services, 25(2), 93-104. Doi: 10.1108/10650750910961893
Wagner, A. B (2009) A&I, Full Text, and Open Access: Prophecy from the Trenches Learned Publishing, Vol 22, (1) January 2009: 73-74.
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– The Shield's Roman Reigns tweeted the following about their attack on The Rock on last night's RAW:
"Woke up..Worked out..Ate like a King..OWNED @TheRock!! #BelieveInTheShield"
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|Reviews 1 - 14 (14 Reviews Total)
User Reviews
Date Reviewed: July 27, 2005
Strengths: stiff,fast,great geometry,lightweight
Weaknesses: didnt find
Bottom Line:
my bike climbs like a goat and descents well too.because the frame is very stiff the comfort is not big.i use wide rear tire to improve it.
if You want an allround hardtail this frame is for You!
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Price Paid: $480.00
Similar Products Used: xtc is unique
Bike Setup: XTR with rocket shifters,sid wc,v-breaks
Date Reviewed: January 10, 2005
Strengths: I got this bike for breaking my Giant Rainier Frame. The bike is super light and very good for just about anything. The frame has extra supports welded in where the Rainier didnt. I have slapped a Dirt Jumper II fork onto this and it works fine. Hasnt broken or anything.
Weaknesses: ... Havent found one yet... And hopefully i wont...
Bottom Line:
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Purchased At: Giant Waranty
Similar Products Used: Giant Rainier, Specialized Hard Rock, and others.
Bike Setup: XtC1 Frame, Dirt Jumper II Fork, Rhyno Lite Front Wheel, Mavic X317 Rear Wheel, XT drive train, Truvativ Stylo Team Cranks with Truvativ Bashguard 22/32/Bash, Easton EA50 Handle Bar, Avid Mechanical Discs, thats all i can think of...
Date Reviewed: June 11, 2004
Strengths: The Frame is very stiff and light = Great Climber and accelerates with ease.
Weaknesses: Hartail - Does great on everything but the most technical sections of trail
Bottom Line:
I use panaracer trailblasters 2.1, the seem to hook up very well,
I recommend getting the frame and building it up the way your would like... you will save big $$$$$ and start with a frame that comes on a $3300 bike.
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Duration Product Used: 6 months
Price Paid: $225.00
Purchased At: Exton Bike
Similar Products Used: 2002 Tassajara, 2002 Stumpjumper, 03 Stumpjumper, 03 Giant XTC2
Bike Setup: 2003 XTC1 Frame, 2004 Duke XC, XTR on 517's, Team Stylo TruVativ Cranks, Mix of XT, LX shifters and Brakes
Date Reviewed: May 31, 2004
Strengths: super light weight and stiffer than i ever thought a frame could be. It also looks amazing and has great response to the effort put into pedaling
Weaknesses: paint chips easily, that doesnt really matter. And if you ride for a long time its stiff enough to consider wearing multiple pairs of bike shorts
Bottom Line:
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Price Paid: $600.00
Similar Products Used: gary fisher josua
Bike Setup: i built from the frame up off ebay. xt exerything, v brakes, and 03 manitou black elites 80/100
Date Reviewed: September 26, 2003
Strengths: This is the most incredible frame ever. Period. SUPER light, rigid, and looks incredible. With an XTR drivetrain, you're in heaven.
Weaknesses: Everyone stares.
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I've ridden things i couldn't dream of riding before, and the nice rigid frame makes the drivetrain work perfectly. I can downhill with the DS rig guys on our team, and laugh all the way! If you don't have cash, buy this bike frame on ebay, if you do, go buy a full kit NOW!
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Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month
Purchased At: Giant Warantee Repair
Similar Products Used: Giant XTC SE1 (1997), Klein Pulse Comp (96), Gary Fisher Xcalibur, Baracudda BONeZ (really old)
Bike Setup: XTR/XT Drivetrain, Indy C (my SID is on order!), Fully Avid Sealed Cable, Avid Mech Discs, Kore Lite Riser/Stem, Rictcey Slicks, Mavic 223's
Date Reviewed: September 18, 2003
Strengths: Very light bike. Seems to have a strong frame and can get moving fast in a hurry.
Weaknesses: Not too good on fast bumpy downhill descents. Only because it does not absorb bumps very well. A seat post shock may help.
Bottom Line:
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Duration Product Used: 3 months
Price Paid: $300.00
Purchased At: frame only on ebay
Bike Setup: XT, Manitou SX-R, Ritchey Rizers, Hayes disc brakes.
Date Reviewed: June 5, 2003
Strengths: Light, stiff, looks great
Weaknesses: None
Bottom Line:
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Price Paid: $400.00
Purchased At: LBS-
Similar Products Used: GT; Schwinn;
Bike Setup: XTC1 frame, XT components; Easton bars, stem and post, '03 Duke fork.....
Date Reviewed: April 15, 2003
Strengths: Light, fast, great componetry, great frame, not overpriced
Weaknesses: Saddle just didnt work with me(so i switched it, no problem)
Bottom Line:
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Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month
Similar Products Used: 01 Specialized Stumpjumper Pro, 00 Cannondale F3000
Bike Setup: Stock exept for Easton EC-70 carbon bar, Egg Beaters, and Selle Italia Flite Saddle
Date Reviewed: April 10, 2003
Strengths: Super stiff in climbing. light wieght but very strong thanks to giants new fluid form frames. it can also take a beating(5-8ft)drops and dirt jumps. look awsome!
Weaknesses: none
Bottom Line:
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Duration Product Used: 6 months
Price Paid: $3000.00
Purchased At: WAITE'S
Similar Products Used: KHS comp st, 01 AC AIR
Bike Setup: i BUILT IT FROM THE FRAME UP. I HAVE MANIYOU BLACK ELITES 100/120. XTR, AVID DISC, RACEFACE, AND KENDA 2.4 TIRES
Date Reviewed: April 3, 2003
Strengths: Super light, beautiful paint job, great combonation of components
Weaknesses: SID/Crossmax front end combo is VERY flexy. Is any hardtail worth $4000 cdn? It makes my friend jealous!!
Bottom Line:
I have only had a chance to ride around my neighbourhood on this bike as the weather has been pretty bad. I don't want to take it out in the snow, salt and muck. The new XTR is great. I was worried about getting used to the new style of shifting but is seems quite natural and very precise. The fork is pretty good (we'll see how long it lasts, are you listening RockShox?)It was very easy to set up and with the Blackbox lockout the fork can be set softer to get full use of the travel and still be able to climb and sprint. The wheels are nice and light but the front wheel is VERY flexy. I am 168lbs and every corner (left or right)I take, the wheel flexes enough to rub the brake(yes it is adjusted properly). I have never ridden a better tire than the Hutchinson Python, so it was an added bonus not to have to go out and get new tires with a new bike. The frame it self is flex free and beautiful it fits me quite well. As I said I haven't got to do any sustained climbing but it accelerates better than any other bike I have ridden. I will post again once I have had a little more riding time on it.
For a value rating I have a hard time saying any bike is good value for $4000 Cdn. But if there ever were a hardtail that was worth that it would be this one.
Potential buyers beware. This is a racing XC bike! Don't buy this bike and expect to freeride or take 4 foot drop offs. If someone were to try and use it like this they might get 3 rides out of it. It is a fast, harsh, XC racer that isn't exceptionally comfortable. It will, however, get you to the finish line faster.
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Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month
Price Paid: $2500.00
Purchased At: Cyclepath on Bloor
Similar Products Used: Gary Fisher Supercaliber, Specialized Stumpjumper M4, Trek 9.8
Bike Setup: Stock except with Easton EC70 flat bar, Time Alium pedals(I'm cheap...$150 extra to go to the Carbon Titan and save 60 grams...Thats a whole season of race fees!)
Date Reviewed: February 25, 2003
Strengths: Light weight, price, colors, geomtry, etc . . .
Weaknesses: None so far, maybe a bit too noisy
Bottom Line:
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Price Paid: $300.00
Purchased At: Todo terreno
Similar Products Used: genric alum hardtail, smith ultralight
Date Reviewed: January 20, 2003
Strengths: Weight,it's stiff,the RIDE!!,looks,price
Weaknesses: none
Bottom Line:
I the got the bike as a frame and built it up.For $350.00 you can't go wrong.I was going to spend big bucks on a titanium frame,then i saw the XTC frame>I could not be more thrilled with the preformance,this is one great hardtail!!!
And who says the hardtail is dead?NOT ME
If your looking for a top hardtail frame and like to ride singletrack and fast as you can this is the bike
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Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month
Price Paid: $350.00
Purchased At: grandbicycle
Similar Products Used: G.T frame/ Agreesor
Bike Setup: Mavic crossride wheelset,rockshox duke SL,XT drivetrain,Avid SD7 brakes.Hot S tires
Date Reviewed: January 12, 2003
Strengths: Frame is super light and extremely rigid, yet has a pretty nice ride.
Weaknesses: None so far.
Bottom Line:
Build up was easy as all standard parts were used( unlike the cannitfail) Ride is awesome! Now I pretty much have a do everything bike that should last me for a couple of years. If you are even thinking of getting this bike I assure you that you will not be dissapointed.
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Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month
Price Paid: $350.00
Purchased At: Bike N' Hike
Similar Products Used: Giant nrs1, Kona stuff, GT Zaskar, Cannondale CAAD 3, Specialized fsr extreme
Bike Setup: Rhino Lite xl on xt hubs, full xt build kit, xt hyd discs, psylo sl blah blah
Date Reviewed: December 28, 2002
Strengths: Frame color/Everything about this Biike. Welding is Superb.
Frame is Super-Light/Bomb proof.
Weaknesses: Cant't find one.
Bottom Line:
Go out and buy you one.
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Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month
Price Paid: $3000.00
Purchased At: Texas
Similar Products Used: none
Bike Setup: Easton Carbon Monkey lite Lowrise Bar/Thompson Elite Stem/Cane Creek Integrated headset with Carbon spacers/Rock Shock Sid XC Fork/Selle Italia Flite Saddle/Thompson Elite Seat post/Mavic UST Disk Wheelset/Hutchinson Python Tubeless Tires/Hayes Hydraulic Disk Brakes/Race Face Cranks/Crank Brothers Egg Beaters Pedls.
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Great Plains Quarterly publishes articles for scholars and interested laypeople on history, literature, culture, and social issues relevant to the Great Plains, which include Colorado, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, Wyoming, and the Canadian provinces of Alberta, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan.
The journal, which is published for the Center for Great Plains Studies, is edited by a faculty member from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and includes a distinguished international board of advisory editors.
ContentsHitler's Effect on Wildlife in Nebraska: World War II and Farmed LandscapesLarkin PowellThe Northern Boundary of the Louisiana PurchaseWilliam E. Lass"We Have Lived on Broken Promises": Charles A. Eastman, Susan La Flesche Picotte, and the Politics of American Indian Assimilation during the Progressive EraSarah Pripas-KapitA Brief History of Hutterite DemographySimon M. Evans and Peter PellerReview EssayPowwow Times Three: Intertribal Powwow Music from Three PerspectivesPaula J. ConlonBook ReviewsDonald L. Fixico. Call for Change: The Medicine Way of American Indian History, Ethos, and RealityMark A. EiflerRichard Pearce. Women and Ledger Art: Four Contemporary Native American ArtistsMargaret A. MacKichanMarianne Wesson. A Death at Crooked Creek: The Case of the Cowboy, the Cigarmaker, and the Love LetterM. H. HoeflichMary K. Stillwell. The Life and Poetry of Ted KooserRyan BoydJosephine Waggoner. Witness: A Hunkpapha Historian's Strong-Heart Song of the LakotasEdward ValandraBob Drury and Tom Clavin. The Heart of Everything That Is: The Untold Story of Red Cloud, an American LegendThomas R. BueckerWalter Nugent. The Tolerant Populists: Kansas Populism and NativismMichelle D. TiedjeCatharine Brown. Cherokee Sister: The Collected Writings of Catharine Brown, 1818–1823, ed. Theresa Strouth GaulJoshua M. RiceJennifer De Leon, ed. Wise Latinas: Writers on Higher EducationRamón GuerraMelissa Amateis Marsh. Nebraska POW Camps: A History of World War II Prisoners in the HeartlandArnold KrammerLisa K. Neuman. Indian Play: Indigenous Identities at Bacone CollegeSarah ShillingerMarcia Hatfield Daudistel and Bill Wright. Authentic Texas: People of the Big BendPaul ChristensenNotes and News