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The Florida Association of Counties presented Gulf County Commissioner Warren Yeager with the Presidential Advocacy Award during the 2013 FAC Annual Conference & Exposition in Hillsborough County.
"It was an honor for me to receive this award from the Florida Association of Counties," Yeager said. "Local involvement in the legislative process is essential in protecting our Counties interest and insuring home rule."
Yeager was an invaluable asset to FAC during the Legislative Session and showed exceptional commitment to advancing public policy. Yeager took time to educate legislators on FAC's priority issues, specifically the State-County cost share of Medicaid.
"It is public servants like Commissioner Yeager that ensure our local communities have the authority to respond to the demands of their citizens," said FAC Executive Director Chris Holley, "Commissioner Yeager's support in our efforts to create and equitable and fair solution to Medicaid cost share was essential in getting rid of the cumbersome and erroneous billing system that has been in place for years."
The Presidential Advocacy Award is given annually to those county commissioners from around the state that who have shown exceptional leadership in partnering with FAC to advance the counties' legislative agenda.
FAC 2013 Presidential Advocacy Award winners were: Sue Birge, Hardee County; Kathy Bryant, Marion County; Barbara Sharief, Broward County; John Hall, Polk County; Fred Hawkins, Osceola County; Chip LaMarca, Broward County; Les Miller, Hillsborough County; Peter O'Bryan, Indian River County; Nora Patterson, Sarasota County; Grover Robinson, Escambia County; Karson Turner, Hendry County; Warren Yeager, Gulf County.
For 80 years, the Florida Association of Counties (FAC) has represented the diverse interests of Florida's counties, emphasizing the importance of protecting home rule – the concept that government closest to the people governs best. The Florida Association of Counties helps counties effectively serve and represent Floridians by strengthening and preserving county home rule through advocacy, education and collaboration.


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19th September 2007
Interview: Pricking the bubble of Hollywood celebrity
11:54 AM — "What child would want to be Graham Norton when they are older?" asks Paul Burston."No offence to Graham, what he does is great, but he is not the image you aspire to. When you are a young gay kid, you want to be gay but normal."And he ought to know. Cultural theorist, nightlife journalist andauthor, Paul Burston has chronicled gay popular and club culture formore than 14 years.
3rd August 2007
Mass gay kiss-in protest in Rome
4:24 PM — Over a thousand same-sex couples took park in a mass 'kiss-in' last night, the second such protest after two men were arrested for 'public indecency' in front of the iconic Roman monument last week.The amorous demonstration was called by Italian gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender association Arcigay.The two men, identified only as Roberto L, 27 and Michele M, 28, were arrested by seven armed Carabinieri and held for 45 minutes last week.
Conference to discuss fire and rescue LGBT issues
3:51 PM — Gay rights organisation, trade unions, politicains and fire and rescue professionals from across the country are to meet later this year to discuss LGBT topics.Avon Fire Service, the Fire Brigades Union, Stonewall and Unison are holding a groundbreaking conference to discuss LGBT equality in the fire and rescue service.The two-day conference, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Equality in the Fire Service - an Absolute Taboo? will feature speeches from Ben Summerskill and Brian Paddick.
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1:35 PM — The UK's biggest Pride parade, complete with musical-theatre themed parade, a festival and promises of sunshine, will grace Brighton this Saturday.Pride in Brighton Hove, which is free, attracted over 120,000 revellers last year.Torsten Højer, editor of Brighton's leading gay magazine 3Sixty, told PinkNews.co.uk: "We are so excited about this year's events and tomorrow's parade should be the best ever - plus the sun is going to shine!"
Australian PM moves against gay adoptions 3
12:25 PM — The Prime Minister of Australia, John Howard, is introducing legislation to ban same-sex couples from adopting children from other countries.The Family Law (Same Sex Adoption) Bill could be introduced as early as next week.If it becomes law, children adopted in other countries by same-sexcouples will not be granted visas to enter Australia.
Dutch use aid to push for gay rights
11:20 AM — The Netherlands is to step up pressure for gay rights in countrieswhere it has strong aid ties.Dutch embassy officials in the 36 countries where the Netherlandsdonates much of its aid will draw up an inventory of gay, lesbian and bisexual rights legislation, according to development cooperation minister Bert Koenders.
2nd August 2007
Time to speak up for gays, Presidential candidates told
6:05 PM — An influential US campaigning group has spoken out against the silence Democratic presidential candidates have kept over gay rights issues.Matt Foreman, executive director of the Gay and Lesbian Task Force, says that despite their laudable support for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender issues, no candidate has vocally completely supported the rights of LGBT Americans.Exit poll data estimates that the LGBT community in the United States makes up approximately four percent of the voting population.
Liverpool homophobia report suppressed says councillor 2
5:53 PM — PinkNews.co.uk exclusiveA Liverpool city councillor claimed today that council authorities tried to bury a report which found that thousands of gay, lesbian and bisexual people were leaving the city because of the scale of homophobic violence.Openly gay Liberal councillor Steve Radford said he had to appeal to the data protection information commissioner before he was given a copy of the damning report.
Trans protection in goods and services moves forward 2
12:23 PM — The Northern Ireland government intends to make it illegal to discriminate against transsexual people trying to access goods and services, according to a consultation document.At present it is not against the law to refuse to serve a transsexual person in a pub or restaurant, or refuse to rent property based on the tenant's gender identity.While the 2006 Equality Act protects people from discrimination on the grounds of gender, including that of transsexual people, this is limited to jobs and training.
1st August 2007
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3:47 PM — Singapore's gay community began its Pride festival today with a message from Sir Ian McKellen, while censors have banned an exhibition featuring pictures of same-sex couples kissing.In a video message, Lord of the Rings star McKellen said:"It's very important that gay people, wherever they are, should identify themselves, stick up for themselves, represent themselves, modestly and positively, so the rest of the world knows that we're here and we're not going to go away."
Derry icon painted pink for Pride
11:58 AM — Free Derry Corner has gone pink to celebrate the first Pride festival in Derry for five years.The gable wall was painted pink on Friday, and Northern Ireland's Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness will launch at Foyle Pride Week at Free Derry Corner today."This is a gift to Pride from the Gasyard Feile and it is brilliant," said David McCartney of the Rainbow Project, speaking to the Belfast Telegraph.
Drag-on's Den for gay entrepreneurs
11:43 AM — Bradford's gay and lesbian entrepreneurs will pitch for 300 pink pounds at Pride event, Drag-on's Den.Hosted by female impersonator, Miss Marigold Adams, Drag-on's Den, based on the BBC TV show, will see budding business people pitching their ideas to a panel of Bradford's business luminaries.The contestant who gives the best two-minute presentation will walk away with a £300 contribution towards a training course.
30th July 2007
Lesbian and bisexual women share their NHS experiences
4:20 PM — Stonewall is asking lesbian and bisexual women to answer questions about their health and experiences of using health services in the largest survey of its kind.The gay equality organisation is concerned that very little is known about the health of lesbians and bisexual women, and that this may be affecting health care provision."The health sector doesn't always get it right, we know that," Ruth Hunt, head of Policy and Research at Stonewall, told PinkNews.co.uk
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2:24 PM — Lesbian families and single women could become the largest group using donor insemination at fertility clinics, according to new figures.The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) figures reveal that the proportion of single women and women in same-sex relationships seeking artificial insemination went from 18% of the total in 1999 to 38% last year.The figure has risen from 28% to 38% in the past three years.
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12:12 PM — Couples held a sit-in with collective kissing in front of the Colosseum yesterday after two men were arrested for 'public indecency' in front of the iconic Roman monument last week.Politicians and campaigning groups say the arrests were symptomatic of a rising tide of homophobic harassment in Italy, but the police force, the Carabinieri, say they were simply following the law.An extract from the police report said that the couple "had their trousers and underpants down."
Georgia's homophobia exposed in row over "gay" rally
11:50 AM — Organisers of a rally celebrating diversity and tolerance in the eastern European country of Georgia were forced to call off the event after it was falsely reported as a gay Pride parade.The rally, part of the Council of Europe 'All Different, All Equal' diversity and human rights campaign, was cancelled when organisers, Georgian human rights group Century 21, received abusive telephone calls, emails and threats of violence.The abuse started after Georgian paper Alia reported that "pederasts" were getting ready for a parade in the capital, Tbilisi.
27th July 2007
Massachusetts gay marriage rights extend to out-of-staters
1:41 PM — Same-sex couples from the US state of New Mexico can get married in Massachusetts, state officials ruled this month, after determining that gay marriage had not been explicitly banned in New Mexico.Massachusetts is the only US state to have legalised same-sex marriage. A gay rights group from the state asked officials to clarify the rules for out-of-state couples.Along with Rhode Island, New Mexico is the only other US state that has not explicitly either banned or allowed same-sex unions.
Activists target UN General Secretary over gay rights
1:35 PM — Protesters ambushed UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon as he spoke in San Fransisco last night, demanding he break the UN's silence on lesbian, gay and bisexual rights around the world.Standing on their seats, the protesters, holding a sign reading 'Gay rights are UNiversal' chanted: "Break the silence, talk about gays."
Charity urges gay men to come out to their GP 2
10:30 AM — The Terrence Higgins Trust has launched a campaign to encourage gayand bisexual men to come out to their doctors and better navigatetheir GP surgeries.44 per cent of gay men have not told their doctors, and could bemissing out on better care as a result.The campaign, via their chapsonline.org website, also explains how the NHS works.
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10:27 AM — Expatriate Iranian sources are reporting that some of the 16 peoplehanged last week, labelled 'the most famous hooligans in Tehran', were executed for being gay.Islamic law states that all sexual acts outside of a heterosexualmarriage - referred to as sodomy - are forbidden.As part of a wide-ranging crackdown on 'indecent behaviour', policearrested over 1000 men in May in poor districts around Tehran.

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Cathy Waters' experience in marketing began in the Fortune 100 and expanded to start-ups and nonprofit organizations. She is a member of the Marketing Educators' Association, and as Associate Chair of the department, works on efforts to enhance marketing education. Before coming to Emerson, she served on the faculty at Boston College's Carroll School of Management, where she taught undergraduate and graduate courses in marketing.
Prior to her academic career, Waters worked for IBM, where she developed her skills in market analysis, forecasting, technical sales and sales management, and employee recruitment and development. Focusing on clients in the financial services industry, she worked with Depositor's Trust (now KeyBank) to implement the first ATM network in the state of Maine and helped to launch IBM's first internal email system. She was a partner in a start-up reverse logistics company focused on the responsible disposal of "eWaste" and she has managed programs and volunteers in the nonprofit sector.
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Learning about human psychology is a big part of marketing, email marketing included. How can you offer the readers of your email newsletter content that appeals to them if you don't know what their interests are? How can you craft compelling calls to action, deliver informative and interesting articles and inspire them to take action without connecting, on some level, with what they identify with? The long story short is: you can't. The good news is that you don't have to get to know each and every one of these people by name and understand where they are coming from if you have a strong grasp of the different personality types that are likely to be at play. Knowing a person's personality type, business-wise, is to know their interaction and their buying style. When you know that, you can create your opt-in email marketing campaign such that you offer content that would appeal to these buying styles.
First, think about your own buying style. What are you like as a consumer? Are you looking to get as much information as possible about all of your options before you purchase or do you want to simply narrow down your choices and move quickly? Which of the following is more compelling to you: quantitative information, qualitative information, or comparative information? How much does the social element affect your buying experience? Are you one to be highly brand loyal or do you shop for the best option for you regardless of brand? As you answer these questions for yourself you might begin to see your own pattern emerging, and how the way other people answer these questions could affect which marketing approaches will work best on them.
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2. The thoughtful researcher is the kind of buyer who wants to know all the facts before making a purchase. You can definitely woo this reader with facts and information. Give comparative information and remember to educate first and invite them to buy second.
3. Your shopper with a social conscience is one who wants to know who you are so that they can feel good about being in a business relationship with you. Appear personable or available and use qualitative information as they will resonate more with this type of information.
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Thank you all for the encouragement. I have to say, it really gave the area a good feel to have that stack of cinder blocks I've ferried home over the last few days take a shape. I am going to get that mortar under them and start the first course as soon as I can this weekend. I am hoping to have the walls of the stand finished by Sunday afternoon. My work schedule is crazy these days and I'm glad to have a job when so many people are struggling so I have to squeeze it in when I can. Looks like I will be scrambling to insulation materials for my stand soon. And the firebrick as well. I think I pegged down a good source for the brick, so long as I don't mind white.....don't care one way or another.
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Got some more work in yesterday. I had the slab poured with a bit of an angle to it. 1.5 inches from front to back. That was dumb since most of the slab is not exposed so drainage isn't really an issue. I spent a couple hours mortaring the first 3 courses so that it would get rid of the angle. My sons helped me mix and pour 10 80lb bags into the cores.
I intend to fill all the cores and still have more than a 3rd of them to do. I was hoping to be done with that this weekend. I also put up the first beams for the Pergola. 2 2x10x16's. I managed to pull that off without any assistance and got it dead flat at 9 feet. Since it was full on dark by the time I finished those beams, I gathered up my tools and went inside to get a shower. I remembered my Keys were in the truck so went back outside and on the way back in found this beauty at the back door. I must have stepped right over it, barefoot on my way out.
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I have somehow lost a big post I put up Friday so I will incorporate that info with the update from yesterday's work.
Thursday I started working on the platform. I am constantly amazed at how long the prep work takes for this thing.
I discovered a mistake I made with the stand. BIG TIP FOR NEWBIES.
Check for square...then check again....and if you change anything, check again. I had it all laid out and square but because Iwanted to morter under the first course of bricks and try to level out from back to front, I removed the bricks. I had pencilled in around the bricks to put them back the same but somehow I messed it up and the two sides of the front are not even.
I didn't put the Angle Iron in between the 3rd and 4th course of bricks....I put it on the top and that is when I discovered that it was off.
To try to compensate for this I turned the angle iron over and poured on top of it.
The angle Iron was hard to find. I had to go to BMG metals in Richmond. Called in the morning to order it and they had it cut and waiting for me at 2. 3/8x2x2 x 5ft. ended up being only 41 bucks so not bad.
Friday morning I took this pic of the area that now has beams on both sides of the Pergola support. I think it is taking a nice shape.
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Friday night I stopped at the rental place and got a yard of dry cement in a big portable tow behind mixer. Came home and covered it with a tarp in case it rained. Got up Saturday and started cutting rebar and putting the finishing touches on the stand. Again I am amazed at how slow I am with this.
By 2 pm we were ready to start pouring cement. My little assistant eagerly jumped up on the mxer to remove the tarp. My wife had been taking pictures thruout the process and was kind enough to offer to help once I got going . Initially the cement didn't mix. the rocks were tumbling around but much of the powder had clumped together in a giant lump on one side of the mixer so I added water and let it turn for about 15-20 minutes, stopping occacionally to stab at the mound with a shovel. Eventually it was completely mixed but then it was too wet, so I threw a couple 80LB bags of quickcrete into the mixer to dry it out a bit.
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I had used 10 80lb bags of quickcrete to fill cores last week which left me with about half the stand being emptyand I also added another section of wall this week in the middle of the stand for added support. Since I had a yard of cement in this rented mixer I went ahead and filled every core in the stand .
The gravel in this mix is a lot larger than you would find in the quickcrete mix and was difficult to move around the form. I pushed a couple of my rebar supports out of alignment and tried to fix it but I'm sure it isn't exactly as I intended. My wife proved to be pretty good at leveling the concrete out. When we were about half way thru the slab pour, I had to pull the mixer forward and start putting it into the wheelbarrel.
As we agitated the concrete mix and smoothed it, a lot more water came to the surface than I expected which leads me to thing that I had the mix too wet. I ended up having a 5.5 inch slab....and this morning it is still damp and somewhat soft. I expected it to set up much firmer and faster. The stuff on the top is also much grittier and sandier than what was poured by the crew that did the foundation pieces. I am a bit concerned about that but I will let it continue to cure since I don't have much choice at this point. I will spritz some water on it later today as it begins to dry (we finished the pour late yesterday so the sun was going down and the air had cooled considerably.)
Before we started the pour I excavated a small area in our sideyard to make a sidewalk from the finished area around the pool to the pool pump and controlls. I thought we would have plenty of cement left over. I ended up only having half a wheelbarrel full and had to start tossing 80lb bags of cement into the mixer. Thankfully I had a large stack of it in the Garage.
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Here is a picture of the finished hearth pour. I am still quite concerned about the texture and setup of the concrete. it's been more than 12 hours and it isn't hard on top yet. IF any more experienced folk out there think I'm worryingj too much, please chime in.
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If it were the floor of your shop it might matter, but for what it is being used for, no worries. It sounds not like too much water, but you overworked it pulling too much cream to the surface. The surface will be soft and tend to dust, but the compressive strength will be fine.
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Ok. That sounds great. much better than my nightmare of having to demolish it and start over.
Since the upper layer will be softer, should I wait longer to put the vermiculite on it? I wasn't planning to do that for several days.
Should I wait till it has dried for a week and then scrape at the top to remove the weaker part? I'm totally out of my element on this one.
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As soon as the sun came up over the trees it started to dry and harden a bit more. My anxiety level went down a bit. I sprayed it down twice then put a tarp over to keep it from drying out too much. Im crossing my fingers. Guess I will be able to start my vermiculite layer before to long.
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I ordered 4 4cf bags of vermiculite yesterday. Today I picked up 130 firebricks. 68 red 4.5x9.x2.25 inch bricks and 62 4.5x9x2.5 buff bricks. I have a tarp over the right now. Not sure if I should let them be wet. I passed on a pallet of recovered firebrick from a manufacturing facility because I was worried about metal toxicity.I will lay the vermiculite mix this week either tomorrow or the next day(weather permitting). I just need to find out how long to wait after that to start the bricks.
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By Matthew Chapman, marketingmagazine.co.uk, Thursday, 08 November 2012 08:48AM
The activity introduces the strapline, "Give a little more love this Christmas", and is set to a cover of the Frankie Goes to Hollywood track 'The Power of Love', by Parlophone artist Gabrielle Aplin.
The creative by Adam & Eve/DDB aims to celebrate going the extra mile to find the perfect gift and launches today (8 November) on social media channels, ahead of being debuted on TV tomorrow during 'Derren Brown: Fear and Faith' on Channel 4.
Television activity follows a determined snowman on an "epic journey" across river, mountain road and city, in order to find a perfect gift for a snow woman.
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The ad was shot in New Zealand and launches only a week after sister brand Waitrose unveiled its "unglamorous" Christmas campaign that claims the supermarket will donate £1m it saved from production costs, to charity.
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Cristofoli said the Debenhams ad was filmed entirely in Britain, "unlike many of its competitors [because] we don't really see any rationale in not filming in the UK".
The John Lewis ad is being trailed on Channel 4 today in order to give the public a sneak peek of the ad, in a media first for the retailer.
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This year's Christmas ad has been directed by Dougal Wilson, who also shot last year's John Lewis Christmas ad and the brand's 'Always A Woman' execution.
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A full seven months after its last major update, Epoch for iPhone and iPad has just been equipped with a new one. This new update introduces a sort of graphical expansion and, more important, a whole new mode of gameplay.
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Tokyo Blade
Formed: 1982
From: Salisbury, United Kingdom
Last Known Status: Active
Latest Tokyo Blade News
Below is our complete Tokyo Blade news coverage, including columns and articles pertaining to the band. Some articles listed may be indirectly related, such as side projects of the band members, etc.
Rommelrock Festival Cancelled
The upcoming Rommelrock festival, which was to take place Friday and Saturday in Maasmechelen, Belgium, was cancelled. According to the promoters, the mayor of the town enforced a decision made back in May, in which he refused to issue a permit on the grounds that that the festival would cause unsafe conditions.
The announcement reads: "To our greatest regret, Rommelrock is forced to cancel the whole event. Seven years of intense labour, the spotless reputation, legal terms and liberties, in vain... Two court sessions made little difference... [The] mayor steps in to enforce the prohibition to organize Rommelrock, refuses to issue a license to permit Rommelrock 2013... such an improbable tale, as the decision of the Maasmechelen mayor made on May 13, 2013, is maintained, on so-called grounds of safety and public order... A boiling cauldron that spawned the anti-rommelrock story!
"Despite all the efforts taken and the fact we have the law and justice at our side according to the law and the constitution itself, the struggle ended in the worst possible way, forcing us to pull the plug out of this year's Rommelrock.
"We wish to express our deepest respect to all that supported us, and we apologize in the same time to all that suffered because of all this, despite all perseverance and tenacity.
We never wanted to see Rommelrock 2013, a special edition with exclusive shows and such, to end in this way."
Among the acts that were scheduled to perform: Therion, Civil War, Haggard, Morton, Tokyo Blade, Furyon, Dragonsfire, Sound Storm, Pursuing the End, Lord Volture, Iron Fate, Black Widow and Weeping Silence. More...
Tokyo Blade Announces One Off U.K. Show
New Wave Of British Heavy Metal veterans Tokyo Blade have announced that they will be performing a one off show in their native United Kingdom on September 30th, which will take place at the historic Standard music venue in Walthamstow. Tickets will cost £10 each. The venue was a favourite of the band during it's early days and will be closing in December, after facing a series of economic problems.
Speaking on the venue, Tokyo Blade guitarist John Wiggins stated: "It's a great little venue, always was. We had many a wild night on that stage I can tell you, they were always a brilliant crowd to play for. Real shame it's closing but maybe we can take the roof off it for them! It'll be quite strange because we play Wacken in August which is sold out, 80,000 people and then we've got to get the whole show into the Standard. It'll be a privilege to play there again though and I bet they almost make as much noise as Wacken too!"
Tokyo Blade Postpones Rehearsals Due To Injury
Tokyo Blade has issued the following announcement about postponing the band's tour rehearsals due to guitarist Andy Boulton suffering an eagle-induced injury:
"Tokyo Blade forced to postpone rehearsals for their upcoming tour as Andy Boulton a keen falconer (seen pictured here with an American Harris hawk) has badly damaged his hand after an incident with a Golden Eagle. Andy said 'the Eagle flew to me hand as usual, but when she gripped my hand her talons went straight through the gauntlet and completely through my bloody left hand! When an eagle grips it locks it's talons and there is no way of releasing it until the bird decides to let go. Not wanting to hurt her I just had to wait.'
"A quick trip to hospital and several stitches later Andy laughed and said 'it was my own stupid fault, I had the wrong gauntlet for an eagle but it won't stop me flying my birds... I love it.'
"Sadly Andy isn't ambidextrous so the band will carry on without him until he's fixed. Such a shame for a very TALON-ted band Groan!"
The band is also set to release the new album "Thousand Men Strong" on March 18th, 2011. You can check out details on hearing new samples from the album here.
Tokyo Blade Streaming Snippets From New Album
Tokyo Blade is gearing up to release the new album "Thousand Men Strong" on March 18th through Fastball Music. The band has now issued the following update about streaming snippets online from the new songs:
"Hello mates and primates, a lot of things have happened since the last blog. As you can see our singer redesigned our myspace profile, and we're all very very happy with the look and feel of it.
"But the best package means nothing without decent content, and so we've loaded up 4 little snippets from our upcoming album titled 'Thousand Men Strong' which will be released as a regular CD (Fastball/Sony) and a vinyl-version (cargo records/echozone) 18th march 2011 (also available at iTunes and simply everywhere!!).
"We would like to thank everybody who supported us, and helped to make this happen: mainly you, the blade fans who kept us going! YOU RULE! Check out our profile, check the live dates, and enjoy the new track-snippets."
Tokyo Blade Reveals New Album Release Date
New Wave Of British Heavy Metal veterans Tokyo Blade have announced that they will be releasing their new studio album, "Thousand Men Strong," on March 18th through Fastball Music. The album was produced by Chris Tsangarides, who has previously worked with the likes of Judas Priest, Black Sabbath, Thin Lizzy and Anvil amongst others. The track listing for the album is as follows:
"Black Abyss"
"Thousand Men Strong"
"Forged In Hell's Fire"
"No Conclusion"
"The Ambush"
"Killing Rays"
"Heading Down The Road"
"Condemned To Fire"
"Night Of The Blade"
Onslaught Confirmed For Wacken Open Air
British thrash metal veterans Onslaught have been added to the bill for this year's edition of Germany's famous Wacken Open Air festival. Also newly confirmed is Venomin James. The event will take place in the town of Wacken, Germany from August 4th-6th 2011.
The lineup is now as follows:
As I Lay Dying
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Blaas Of Glory
Blind Guardian
Bulent Ceylan
Children Of Bodom
Cradle Of Filth
Excrementory Grindfuckers
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In Solitude
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Tokyo Blade Guitarist Checks In With Video Message
Andy Boulton, guitarist of New Wave Of British Heavy Metal veterans Tokyo Blade has posted a video message online discussing the band's forthcoming new studio album, "1000 Men Strong." You can check it out below. The record is expected to be released in February and was produced by Chris Tsangarides. More...
Tokyo Blade Completes Recording New Album
Having completed their new album, Tokyo Blade has issued the following update about it:
"The album is now finished and will be mixed in approx 3 weeks. We are treating it as the 3rd album or the 3rd album that should have been so to speak. We view it as the natural follow up to NOTB as the songs hark back to the glory days of NWOBHM."
"We have deliberately recorded the whole thing in a very live manner in just over a week (real time) as albums were recorded then. No keyboards no bullshit just 100% heavy metal helped considerably by the talent of our new vocalist Nicolaj and classic heavy metal producer Chris Tsangarides as you know. The title will most likely be '1000 men strong.'"
Tokyo Blade Parts Ways With Singer
New Wave Of British Heavy Metal veterans Tokyo Blade has announced that they have parted ways with vocalist Chris Gillen. Replacing him in the band will be Nicolaj 'Nick' Ruhnow, who will be making his debut with the band when they begin recording their next studio album, which is being produced by Chris Tsangarides.
More Bands Confirmed For Hard Rock Hell IV
The organisers of Britain's Hard Rock Hell festival has announced some more additions to this years lineup. The biggest news is that British heavy metal staples Saxon will be returning to the event this year and that German power metal veterans Helloween will be joining them. Also added to the bill is New Wave Of British Heavy Metal band Blitzkrieg and Swedish glam metal band Fatal Smile. The event is scheduled to take place in Prestatyn, Wales at the Pontins resort from December 3rd-5th.
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Hard Rock Hell Announces NWOBHM Stage
The organisers of Britain's Hard Rock Hell festival has announced that this year will feature a special NWOBHM stage which will feature performances from some of the most revered names from the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal. The bands confirmed for this stage include Jaguar, Tokyo Blade, Pagan Altar, Cloven Hoof, Bitches Sin, Spartan Warrior and Marseille, who will be opening up stage 2 on the saturday, to showcase material from their forthcoming new album, "Unfinished Business."
The festival takes in Prestatyn, Wales from the 3rd-5th of December and is already nearly sold out. Other bands confirmed for the festival include:
Skid Row
Uriah Heep
Michael Schenker Group
Blaze Bayley
Paul Di'anno
Diamond Head
Enuff Z'Nuff
Pretty Boy Floyd
L.A. Guns
Tokyo Blade Reveals New DVD Details
Tokyo Blade have announced they will release their "Tokyo Blade - Live In Germany" DVD on January 21st, 2010 via Razar Ice Records. Pre-Sales are available now at this location. Footage for the DVD was filmed at Germany's Keep It True festival in 2008. The release will also include a bonus disc of material with additional live footage and previously unreleased photo galleries.
The track listing for the DVD is as follows:
1. Intro - The Killer
2. Lovestruck
3. Lightning Strikes
4. Midnight Rendezvous
5. Death On Main St.
6. Dead Of The Night
7. Attack, Attack
8. Monkeys Blood
9. Long Live Rock and Roll
10. If Heaven Is Hell
11. Night Of The Blade
Tokyo Blade Drops Off Heavy Metal Maniacs Festival
New Wave Of British Heavy Metal veterans Tokyo Blade has announced that they have been forced to cancel their performance at this year's edition of the Heavy Metal Maniacs festival in the Netherlands. This is due to band member Andy Boulton falling ill. However, they will be replaced by fellow New Wave Of British Heavy Metal group Praying Mantis, who are scheduled to perform a special "classics" show at the event.
Tokyo Blade Confirms European Tour Dates
UK metal band Tokyo Blade has confirmed the following European tour dates:
10/16 - De Rots - Antwerpen, Belgium
10/17 - Ages of Metal Festival - 'T Ipperste, Belgium
10/18 - Pacific Rock Cergy - (PACA) Paris, France
10/23 - Heavy Metal Maniacs Festival - Hoorn, Noord-Holland
10/25 - Musikbunker-Aachen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
10/26 - Z7 Konzertfabrik, Prattln, Switzerland
10/30 - Club Rockland - Sala, Sweden
10/31 - Club Zaragon - Jönköping, Sweden
Tokyo Blade To Release Live CD/DVD
New Wave Of British Heavy Metal veterans Tokyo Blade has announced that they will be releasing a live CD/DVD this Autumn. The DVD will contain footage of the bands tour last year and features the entire set at Keep It True Festival in Germany.
Tokyo Blade Announces More Tour Dates
Reactivated NWOBHM legends TOKYO BLADE have scheduled the following dates:
Aug. 23 - Leyendas Del Rock Festival, Puerto de Mazarro, Spain
Nov. 14 - The Purple Turtle, Camden/London, UK
Nov. 15 - Keep It True 11 Festival, Wurzburg, Germany
Nov. 16 - Mylos Complex - Xyloyrgeio, Thessaloniki, Greece
Nov. 18 - Underworld Club, Athens, Greece
TOKYO BLADE's current lineup:
Vocals - Chris Gillen
Guitar - Andy Boulton
Guitar - Bryan Holland
Bass - Frank Sapardi
Drums - Lorenzo Gonzalez More...
Tokyo Blade Albums To Be Re-Issued
Classic metal reissue label Lost and Found Records USA has signed a license deal with Razar Ice Records to reissue two rarities from the TOKYO BLADE catalog. In spring of 2008, the albums "Warrior of the Rising Sun" and "Blackhearts and Jaded Spades" will be available on CD, both remastered and with rare bonus material never before available on CD.
"Warrior of the Rising Sun" was originally released in 1985 as a best-of compilation, with tracks from the "Midnight Rendezvous", "Madame Guillotine" EP, and "Night of the Blade" releases. Originally pressed on vinyl and cassette, this will be the first time being offered on CD format. This two CD release will offer the rare pre-TOKYO BLADE KILLER demos from 1981.
"Blackhearts and Jaded Spades" also released in 1985 has been a highly sought after release on CD for collectors worldwide. As bonus material, this reissue will contain the "Cave Sessions" demos, and the 12" "Undercover Honeymoon" release. More...
Tokyo Blade Announce New Lineup
According to Metalzone.gr, the new lineup of the reactivated NWOBHM legends TOKYO BLADE will include founding lead guitarist Andy Boulton, former ARREST lead guitarist Bryan Holland, current OVERLOADED vocalist Chris Gillen, drummer Lorenzo Gonzalez and ex-MINDCANDY bassist Frank Saparti.
TOKYO BLADE, known for such metal anthems as "Midnight Rendezvous", "Night Of The Blade" and "If Heaven Is Hell", has reformed and is currently booking a European tour with confirmed dates in November 2008 on the NWOBHM Festival II in Athens, Greece (November 8) and the Keep It True festival in Germany (November 14). The band recently started rehearsals with an eye on writing and recording a new studio album.
"This is the band that TOKYO BLADE never was and always should have been!" original founding guitarist Andy Boulton recently stated. Added guitarist Bryan Holland, "The first rehearsal was simply unbelievable; the classic TOKYO BLADE songs are so heavy and powerful. It's going to be unreal when we get onstage and then into the studio."
Tokyo Blade Confirmed For NWOBHM Festival
According to Metalzone.gr, reunited NWOBHM masters TOKYO BLADE have been confirmed for the second installment of the NWOBHM Festival, set to take place November 8, 2008 in Athens, Greece
The first NWOBHM Festival will be held on February 16, 2008 at AN club in Athens, and will feature performances by TYGERS OF PAN TANG, CLOVEN HOOF, JAGUAR and ELIXIR. Tickets cost 25 euros.
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TOKYO BLADE guitarist Andy Boulton recently signed a deal with Razar Ice Records. Andy is currently recording his first solo disc for a tentative spring 2008 release. He has also completed work on a guitar-instruction DVD that will be made available soon. The TOKYO BLADE back catalog is also being remixed and remastered by Razar Ice and will be reissued with unreleased bonus and live tracks.
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Athletic Hall of Fame inductees were honored at the WSC Homecoming and Hall of Fame banquet Oct. 3. They included Amy Brodersen Riggs, '98; Byron Chamberlain '09; Matt Kneifl, '02; the 1998-99 and 1999-2000 men's basketball teams; and Carlyle Garvin, posthumously.
Amy Broderson (Athlete): Arguably one of the best ball handling and shooting guards in Wayne State women's basketball history, Amy Broderson was a four-year starter from 1993 to 1997. The O'Neill, Neb., native ranks seventh in career scoring with 1,281 points and is third in career steals (194) and third in career assists with 396. She started 95 out of 105 career games and averaged 12.2 points, 4.46 rebounds and 3.77 assists per game and made 46.6 percent of her shots from the field during her career. Broderson helped the 1993-94 team go 22-5 overall, including a perfect 12-0 at home, the first-ever WSC women's basketball team to go unbeaten at home during the season. As a senior, Broderson averaged a career-high 15.7 points, 4.7 rebounds and 3.79 assists per game.
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Pack opens ACC play at Miami Saturday at noon
Pack Runs Past The Citadel, 52-14
Mike Glennon ran for two touchdowns and passed for one in the win.
NC State Overpowers South Alabama, 31-7
Glennon completed 24 of 34 passes for 257 yards.
Wolfpack Hits the Road Again
Pack travels to Connecticut Saturday
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Pack travels to Connecticut Saturday
NC State vs. Virginia Tech
NC State vs. Virginia Tech
In 2011: Red-shirted the season after suffering a foot injury in 2011 spring drills ... Sat out most of 2012 spring practice.
In 2010: The team's leading rusher, even though he came off the bench in 12 of the 13 games ... First Wolfpack freshman to rush for a TD in his first four contests since quarterback Tol Avery did it in 1980 ... Rushed for 597 yards and four touchdowns, hitting paydirt in each of the first four games of the season ... Also had two scoring receptions - against Clemson and in the bowl win over West Virginia ... One of five true freshmen to start a game for NC State in 2010, he got the nod at Clemson ... Named the ACC Rookie of the Week for the Cincinnati contest, he led the team in rushing (84 yards) and receiving (5-54) in that contest ... Left the Maryland game early with a neck injury ... Had four plays over 20 yards for the season.
Prep: Rated as a four-star recruit and the 26th best running back in the country by Rivals.com ... Started at running back and was a team captain for coach Bob Hanna at Irmo High School ... Finished his senior season with 1,367 yards rushing and 18 touchdowns in eight games while averaging 9.0 yards per carry ... Also caught six passes for 62 yards and one touchdown ... Was a Coaches Award Winner for Irmo as a senior ...Voted Under Armour National Player of the week for his 283 yard rushing performance vs Summerville ... Rushed for 983 yards as a freshman, 1,992 yards as a sophomore, and 1,737 yards as a junior even while missing four games...Participated in the Shrine Bowl of the Carolinas ... Also participated in the Offense / Defense All-American Bowl ... An all-area and All-Region V AAAA performer as a junior and senior ... Sports Report all-state performer as a junior and senior ... ... Enrolled in the First Year College.


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Fine art galleries in the area include High Country Art and Antiques, Multitudes, Turning Leaf Wood Art, Fishbone Studios and All Fired Up Pottery in downtown Blue Ridge, in addition to the Galleries on West Main at The Art Center. Artist Rip Mann at Christmas is Here in Copperhill, has examples of his hand honed bowls in the Smithsonian Museum and the White House, and craftman Shannon Oyster, of Oyster Fine Bamboo Fly Rods, has created handmade bamboo fly rods for President Jimmy Carter.
Other nationally recognized specialty shops in the area include Gatewood Hall Gracious Home, Wrapsody in Blue, Blue Ridge Adventure Wear, Out of the Blue, just to name a few. New fun places to shop include Huck's General Store and Cohutta Country Store in Blue Ridge, where you can find a little bit of everything, from baby chicks to cowboy boots.
Don't forget to take home some of our southern food specialties! Mercier Orchards, one of the largest apple orchards in the southeast, grows 50 varieties of apples and makes delicious fried pies, apple cider doughnuts and apple bread from scratch. Take home some pickled okra, hot pepper jelly, locally smoked trout or sourwood honey. Buy some homegrown vegetables from a the Blue Ridge Farmer's Market every Saturday in downtown Blue Ridge. Or visit Smelter's Grist Mill in Copperhill for some stone ground corn meal and grits.
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This weekend I finished up the SL100, at least the first phase. My intention has been to get the bike running properly in stock form, so my daughter could ride and enjoy it before boot camp, and then later as time allows will modify and improve for when she rides it in vintage mx.
After finishing the clutch, I went back to the carb. The new needle and orifice needed installed, so once again I took the carb apart and with some gentle persuasion had the orifice out. One look under the magnifying glass told me the whole story. No wonder I could not get this thing to run right! The orifice was rough, worn and egg shaped, the needle somewhat less worn but still showing signs of a long hard life. Put in the new pieces and fired it up. It was so lean now it would hardly run. I tried raising the needle one notch which helped a little, but it needed more. When I originally rebuilt the carb I'd put in a 105 jet that in some books is shown as the stock size, but in others it shows a 110. I had a new 110 so put that in and it really started to come around. A few finer adjustments and at last a decent running 40 year old baby thumper!
The old worn parts, towards the bottom of the orifice you can see that it is egg shaped;
First ride on her "new" bike;
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Angelina Jolie "Refused to Acknowledge" Stacy Keibler During a Flight Together
George Clooney may be one of Brad Pitt's closest friends, but that doesn't mean that Angelina Jolie will play nice with his girlfriends. Sources tell Us Weekly that the A-list actress snubbed Stacy Keibler, George's latest love, on a flight to the Palm Springs International Film Festival earlier this month.
"Angelina refused to acknowledge that Stacy was even on the plane," claims a source. Apparently, she even "went out of her way to ignore her" for the duration of the flight. Given that the foursome was on a private jet, it must have been just a little awkward.
Suddenly, Angelina's admission that she doesn't have many girlfriends is starting to make a whole lot of sense...
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Harold Bettes: For people who say that they would rather have torque than horsepower, you have to think about where in the rpm range that torque is produced. Torque multiplication with the transmission in Reverse is greater than in any of the forward gears. If that's the case, a car will produce the most torque at the rear wheels while in Reverse, so shouldn't you just leave it in Reverse and mash the gas? Of course not. Likewise, if you prefer torque over horsepower, maybe you should try leaving a car in First gear all the way down the dragstrip. Let's say you have a motor that makes 400 lb-ft of torque that's matched with a 2.50:1 First gear ratio and 4.00:1 ring-and-pinion set. That equates to 4,000 lb-ft of torque that's being applied to the axles at the engine's torque peak. However, since the transmission gear ratios get taller with every upshift that means the torque applied to the axles drops significantly in each successive gear. Obviously, if you leave the car in First gear just to maximize the torque that's applied to the axles and wheels, you're not going to go very fast. This example clearly illustrates that it's not torque that pushes a vehicle down the road, but rather horsepower.
RPM = Power
Judson Massingill: In the racing world, the motor that makes the most explosions going down the track is going to win the race. In other words, the motor than turns the most rpm is probably going to win. Again, that's because torque per cubic inch is difficult to increase, so the next option is turning more rpm. Not surprisingly, unless the rule book restricts it, engines in every form of racing turn more rpm every year. With today's cylinder head technology, torque curves stay flat even at high rpm so turning more rpm is the key to making power. In most race engines, horsepower will continue climbing even after peak torque, and as long as rpm increases faster than the rate at which torque drops off after its peak, horsepower will continue to increase. An extreme example is Formula 1. Since the rules limit displacement to 2.4 liters, the motors barely make more than 200 lb-ft. By revving them up to 18,000 rpm, however, they make an incredible 800 hp.
Jon Kaase: Horsepower is torque multiplied by rpm, so if you have a drag car with flat torque curve, the horsepower will keep climbing for a while because of the way the math works out. In other words, if an engine produces lots of torque at high rpm, it will make a ton of power. A Pro Stock motor makes about 1.7 lb-ft per cubic inch, while a very healthy street engine can make as much as 1.5 lb-ft per cubic inch. The big difference is that a race engine will continue to maintain high torque output even after its torque peak. All they're doing in a Pro Stock engine is raising the rpm where torque is made, and they don't make that much more peak torque than they did six to eight years ago. Most engines will usually turn a couple thousand rpm past their torque peaks. If horsepower drops off any quicker than that, it usually indicates a problem with the motor. Either the heads, camshaft, intake manifold, carb, or headers are too small, or it's running out of valvetrain. Scott Shafiroff: In racing, rpm is critical. If you think about it, the greater the number of explosions per second an engine produces, the better it will accelerate a car down the track. In race cars, you look at the horsepower an engine makes and the rpm it turns, and gear it accordingly. You never want a motor to be below peak torque, which requires keeping the rpm up. On each gear change, you want the rpm to drop down to the torque peak and then accelerate beyond power peak. Engine design is about making compromises. You don't want to trade a lot of torque for only 2 hp, but you do need to sacrifice some torque in order to make horsepower up top.


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So my friends gifted me 'The Zahir' by Paulo Coelho on my birthday. To be completely honest, I wasn't very thrilled. Not because I don't like books as gifts or anything. It's just that I don't get Paulo Coelho. I mean, I had read 'The Alchemist' and I couldn't understand what all the big fuss was about, with the book being the international bestseller that it was… (One of my friends later told me I hadn't even understood the book as I wasn't mature enough as a reader for that kind of literature. And then, something more about how the journey was much more important than the destination itself. But all that is not really important here.) Anyway, the book that I was initially so sceptical about, however, pleasantly surprised me. I don't know whether I had finally become mature, or if the writing was direct enough for me to comprehend or if the book was just that good. Bottom line: I liked Paulo Coelho's, 'The Zahir'. But even as Coelho's writing appealed to me, the one thing that I found to be very poignant and remarkable in the book was, ironically, not originally written by Coelho himself.
I may have read about the 'Law of Jante' for the first time in Coelho's 'The Zahir' but it was officially put down in very precise words for the first time by the Danish-Norwegian author Aksel Sandemose in 1933. The author writes about how the lives of the people in a small town called Jante was defined by a set of commandments; a few rules which governed the citizens of the town, identifying the way they were expected to live. The Law of Jante is as listed ahead:
I. Don't think you're anything special.
II. Don't think you're as much as us.
III. Don't think you're wiser than us.
IV. Don't convince yourself that you're better than us.
V. Don't think you know more than us.
VI. Don't think you are more than us.
VII. Don't think you are good at anything.
VIII. Don't laugh at us.
IX. Don't think anyone cares about you.
X. Don't think you can teach us anything.
To sum up, this set of commandments required that the citizens live a life of ambiguity and mediocrity, a life where they and their thoughts were forced into a vortex of anonymity. But even as I read more about the law I couldn't help but wonder at the fact that, as Paulo Coelho rightly puts it, 'it seems to exist not only on Jante but everywhere else too.'
Even if we don't really ever realize it, we have all been witnesses to the Law of Jante. Why, even history hands us many examples of people, who have been scrutinized to unwarranted measure because they took their life down a different path. Right from Galileo being condemned by the ancient church for not agreeing to standard notions to Lady Gaga for not dressing or writing lyrics the way she should. To artists who included erotica and nudity in their works to that neighbour's son who dropped out of medical college to become a photographer. We have always looked with doubt and uncertainty at people who chose to go against the tide. Even today all of our lives are so often dictated by the ideals society sets for us. We all need to smile and laugh in public but our sadness and tears must be visible to none. We need to be fashionable even if it hurts our physical selves and we must starve ourselves to be beautiful in the eyes of others. Because the unwritten laws that the society lays down cannot and must not be broken. For if we separate from the laws of society we will be criticised. Like it implies some sort of weakness. What I really don't understand is, even as we preached of how broadminded our society was becoming, when and more importantly, why did we become so rigid that we started to refuse to accept anything that was not conventional?
How often have we, as a society, criticized, condemned and crucified people who left the track of conventionality to be different? Haven't we always questioned others and ourselves for not doing something the traditional way? Have we not chuckled in mirth at the 'foolishness' of trying to be 'the one in a million'? This is not to say conventional and traditional things are, in any way, to be abandoned. After all conventional can be equated to tried, tested and found successful on many levels. But our fear of change, of not being conformists is frankly, something that all of us need to question.
I guess what I am trying to say, it's fine to be traditional. And it's okay to make decisions that are conventional. But all of us needn't do that. Because in the same way, choosing to drift from the crowd and be your own person isn't something that has to be wrong. As The Gita says, everyone on earth has a certain role, a certain purpose that all of us are poised to fulfil. As long as we don't hurt anyone and have the conviction that it takes, we can't and more importantly shouldn't be deterred by the fear of being condemned or criticized.


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Air Canada's management is using lessons learned from previous industry attempts in launching a low cost carrier within its legacy structure.
The carrier's proposed low cost business plans emerged last month and since that time Air Canada has been fielding questions about the new business segment.
During a 4 May earnings call Air Canada CEO Calin Rovinescu admitted there are few success stories of legacy carriers efficiently running their own low cost operations. One of Air Canada's efforts, Zip, did not have enough scale with only 15 aircraft, says Rovinescu, while Tango eventually morphed into a fare category for use by Air Canada mainline.
Rovinescu says he appreciates the comments Air Canada has heard over the complexity of launching a low cost carrier and admits it is of "great benefit if you do it right", and a distraction "if you get it wrong".
Air Canada's management is examining the low cost business plan with their eyes wide open as Rovinescu stressed the cost equation of the new carrier must be favourable and "avoid the cost creep that plagues legacy carriers".
To avoid that cost creep Air Canada envisions work rules and pay scales that adhere to low cost operations and a distribution methodology different from legacy carrier models.
Air Canada could face obstacles in gaining labour's buy-in for the project. A letter outlining the proposed LCC was reportedly attached to a tentative collective agreement management reached with pilots earlier this year. The Air Canada Pilots Association (ACPA) originally cancelled a ratification vote, citing some elements of the agreement were deemed controversial among pilot group members. Subsequently ACPA set a 9 May vote date, arguing Air Canada refused to consider any changes to the tentative deal.
Even as pilot ratification of the tentative agreement remains tenuous Air Canada management has some solid elements in mind for the new low cost carrier, which include a mix of 50 narrow and widebody aircraft, and the types of markets ideal for the new operator.
Rovinescu states Air Canada doesn't take advantage of its franchise in "sun" leisure markets, and new destinations selected for the low cost operation would be largely markets that do not generate adequate corporate traffic. Stressing that he is not unveiling markets, Rovinescu does explain holiday destinations like Dublin, Nice, Lisbon and Casablanca fit into that high-volume, low yield pattern.
Air Canada's CEO also describes the possible establishment of the low cost carrier as an "ancillary benefit from the [Boeing] 787 delay". With first deliveries for seven aircraft now scheduled for late 2013 and early 2014, Air Canada could have some years of virtually no growth. Noting that the carrier has no intent to bring aircraft into its fleet on an undisciplined basis, the low cost carrier is way to bridge the growth gap. However, Rovinescu stresses the 787 delay is in no way driving the low cost carrier development.
He also envisions a gradual ramp-up to the 50-aircraft strong fleet, and states the carrier could create 462 new pilot jobs by 2015.
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Blueberry spinach smoothie recipe {vegetarian, gluten-free}
My husband Ted, a.k.a. the Smoothie King, suggested we name this blueberry spinach smoothie Dark and Anti, thanks to its rich color and mega-dose of antioxidants. I love this smoothie, but think the name doesn't do it justice, so I've dubbed it Purple and Powerful. The spinach plays a supporting role, so what you have is a vibrant fruit smoothie with a bonus of dark leafy greens tucked inside, perfect for sending kids back to school with a serving of vegetables for breakfast. I tried on two different days to get a good photo of this amazing smoothie, and believe it or not, these photos are the best of the bunch. Purple and Powerful looks much better in real life than it does here. Alas, I don't seem to have the smoothie photography gene. You'll have to trust me, and taste for yourself.
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NEW YORK -- The Brooklyn Nets managed to blow an early double-digit lead Friday, this time a 17-point second quarter advantage. But they somehow found a way to pull out a 107-105 win in double overtime over the visiting Detroit Pistons, thanks to the heroics of shooting guard Joe Johnson. Johnson, acquired in the offseason in a multi-player trade with the Atlanta Hawks, was back to his old self, scoring 27 points, including two huge shots in the second overtime, the second one coming from 19 feet out at the buzzer, giving the Nets the victory. Johnson, who had 23 points to lead the Nets to a win in Toronto on Wednesday night, first hit a floating jumper in the lane that gave the Nets a 105-103 lead with 26.1 seconds in the second overtime. But Kyle Singler had a rebound basket for the Pistons with 11 seconds left to tie the game a final time at 105-105. The Nets called time out and set up the play for Johnson. "It was no secret that we were going to give Joe the ball and r...
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