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IMPORTANT NOTE: A lot of people seem to run into trouble trying to do this, and can't seem to understand where they went wrong. Please understand that everyone's situation is a little bit different, and I can't list every possible step that everyone, under every possible circumstance, would need to perform. At the very least, you need to be a little bit self-sufficient here – if you don't "get" junctions and file-system-level redirecting, if you don't understand why you might need to reset permissions on your user profile folder after you move it (or how to do that), or if you don't understand how to copy your user profile in its entirety (hidden and system files included), then perhaps you shouldn't try to use this method. After all, we are talking about moving your user profile here – and if you don't know what you're doing, you can end up with a big mess. You have been warned!
Also, if you have questions about your particular situation, you'll probably be better off asking your question over on superuser.com, a site specifically for these kinds of questions. So, while I'm flattered by your attention, please don't email me asking for help – if you're not confident enough in your own skills to try this on your own, then perhaps you shouldn't be trying it in the first place.
And finally, this method is for moving your user profile after you've installed Windows. To change where your user profiles are located before you install Windows is a totally different method (using an unattended setup file) which I'm not going to talk about here.
Lately I've seen a lot of posts about various ways to move your Windows user profile (or various parts of it) to another drive or location.
Some of these posts suggest using the "Microsoft-approved" method of right-clicking certain folders in your user profile directory ("My Documents" if you're using XP, and "Documents," "Music," "Videos," and "Pictures" if you're using Vista or Windows 7) and selecting "Properties" and using the options there to change the default location of those folders (some posts suggest editing the registry directly rather than using the UI).
Above: the "Microsoft-Approved" way to change special folder locations.
Other posts suggest using an unattended install of Windows, which can allow you to set the user profile directory that Windows will use to something other than the default.
I've found these methods to be less then optimal, for several reasons:
- The "Microsoft-approved" method will certainly move your folders, but some programs just blindly assume where your user profile is and will write to the original default directory, ignoring the fact that you've changed it.
- You can't move your whole profile with this method – only certain folders within it. (For example, you can't move your "Application Data" or "AppData" folders using this method.)
- The unattended install method of course means re-installing Windows (and is not for the technically faint-of-heart).
I have talked about my method for moving my user profile before, but I think it bears repeating.
My user profile was getting very large – as in, really, really large. I was running out of space on my C: drive, and I had a 2nd hard drive onto which I could move things, but I didn't want to move things piecemeal – I wanted the whole kit & kaboodle. I didn't just want my documents, videos, music, and pictures moved – I also wanted my ISO images, virtual machine hard drives, and email archives moved – a lot of which lived in my "AppData" folder. I wanted to give my user profile room to "grow" – and I also wanted the performance benefit of having my user profile on a different physical hard drive from my OS drive.
The picture below shows what I ended up doing – I created an NTFS junction point for my user profile, and moved it onto a 2nd hard drive. The result: my OS drive, C:, is just my OS (and programs). The 2nd hard drive (labeled K:) is entirely my user profile. Obviously, it's grown a bit since I moved it!
So what do you do if you're in a similar situation and want to move your entire user profile to a different drive (or just a different location on the same disk)?
Enter NTFS directory junction points.
If you've ever used UNIX or Linux, you may be familiar with the concept – however, if you're not familiar with the concept, it's fairly simple to imagine (I've talked about it before as well). Basically, think of a junction as a file-system-level shortcut. Whereas "normal" Windows shortcuts only work in Windows (and are actually little files that redirect you when you click on them), a junction operates at a much "lower" level in the file system, silently redirecting access requests. (This Wikipedia article does a better job explaining what they are than I could ever do, if you're curious.)
And that's the key fact here – because support for a junction is built right into the NTFS file system itself, it's basically invisible to any higher programs. (Programs can detect a junction of course, if they specifically ask – but few programs do.) So you can redirect any folder into another folder on your computer (including on a different physical hard drive). Which, coincidentally, is just what we're after!
Before we begin though, it's worth mentioning that this process involves moving your user profile files around – which can be risky if the move gets interrupted or something terrible goes wrong (power outage while you're doing it, etc.). So take the time to do a complete backup of your data before trying this – but you knew that already, didn't you?
So, with that said, here are the steps to move your user profile to another location using directory junctions:
Step 1: Prepare your 2nd hard drive (or whatever destination you've chosen) and pick (or create) a folder you want to "junction" to.
Step 2: Log out of your user profile and log back in under a different account. If you don't have a 2nd account, just create one temporarily. Remember to give it full administrator power over your computer or you won't be able to proceed!
Note that instead of doing this from a different user account, some people have more success doing this from the recovery console via the Windows installation CD/DVD. Either way will work; you generally only need to use the recovery console if you have some system process running that locks files located in your user profile; or if you're trying to move the entire "Users" folder, rather than just your user profile folder.
Step 3: Move EVERYTHING out of your old user profile directory to your new profile directory (e.g., move everything from C:\Users\UserName to D:\Users\UserName). Don't just copy the files, you need to move them, because you can't create a junction if a folder by the same name already exists. Your user profile folder is C:\Documents and Settings\UserName if you're using XP, or C:\Users\UserName if you're using Vista or Windows 7. Make sure you move hidden and system files, too!
I've done this before by simply dragging & dropping in the Windows UI (having first told Windows to show hidden and system files, so I don't miss them), but some people claim to have better experiences by using the command prompt and tools like RoboCopy. If you are more comfortable with one method over the other, then go with what you know best.
Note: if you run into trouble moving the files (for example, Windows tells you that files are still "in use") you may need to reboot into "Safe Mode" to make sure there are no programs/services that are locking files that you want to move, or even use the "recovery console" that you can get from the Windows installation CD/DVD.
Step 4: Once you've moved all your files, rename your old user profile directory – it doesn't matter to what, just as long as it's different (e.g., rename it to C:\Users\UserName.old). You have to do this because when you create a junction, you are creating something, and that something is what links to the destination. If you leave your old folder there, and you try to create the junction with the same name, it won't work.
Later, after you're done with all these steps and you're absolutely sure everything is working right, you can delete your old user profile directory – just make sure it is REALLY empty before you delete it!!! (Make sure to check for hidden and system files!)
Step 5: Open a command prompt (Start > Run > cmd will do the trick) and create the junction with the command:
mklink /J C:\Users\UserName D:\Users\UserName
Where "C:\Users\UserName" is the your old user profile folder used to have (before you renamed it in the previous step), and where "D:\Users\UserName" is the folder where you moved your profile folder's contents to.
(If you are using Windows XP or earlier, you won't have the mklink command on your computer – you can use the Sysinternals junction tool to do the same thing. The command line is a little bit different, so be sure to make that adjustment!)
Note: if you are using Windows Vista or Windows 7, you will probably have to right-click the command prompt and choose Run as Administrator.
Step 6: Now you can log out of this "temporary" user (or, if you did this from the recovery console, boot back into Windows) and back in as your regular user account. (You can delete the temporary account, as we're done using it.)
If you did everything right, you should be able to log in normally and nobody will be the wiser (except for you, of course!). If you run into anything weird, check the caveats at the end of this article.
The beauty of this is that it works, and it works silently. Windows doesn't notice a thing (well, it does, but it doesn't say anything about it) – you'll log on normally, and all your programs will just work. Folder redirection is beautiful like that.
Above: This is what a redirected user profile folder looks like in Windows Vista. Windows "knows" that it is a directory junction (hence the shortcut overlay icon), but it's not really a "shortcut" in the traditional sense.
Above: after double-clicking on the user's folder in the previous picture, you'll see the user's folders as you'd normally expect. Notice the address bar still shows this as being on the C: drive, even though it's not. (Click the image for a larger version.)
Above: here's the same folder, but instead of browsing to it via C:\Users, I went in through the K: drive (my 2nd hard drive). This is where the files really live. (Click the image for a larger version.)
Note that there ARE some caveats with this method:
- If you are using Windows XP, you will run into a bug with NTFS mount points.
- If you ever try to upgrade Windows, you may run into problems because of the redirection.
- If your destination folder is on a different volume then permissions will not be inherited and you will have to set the permissions on the destination folder manually (just copy them from your existing user profile folder).
- If your profile grows to be larger than the free space on your primary OS drive (usually C:), then you may have problems if you ever delete your user account and choose to "save the files" rather than delete them (something I ran into by accident myself).
- There are other caveats, warnings, and potential issues as well if you decide to try and do things differently than I've explained here (e.g., move the entire "Users" folder rather than just 1 user profile, or try to move other important folders, like the "Program Files" folder) – please read the comments on this article to see what other people have done.
- Finally, if you are using Windows 7, you may want to just use the Libraries feature to keep your bulky pictures/music/videos/documents in a different location. While this won't move your entire profile, it will allow you to save the bulk of your files somewhere else (including on a different drive) without having to mess around with junctions & such.
Nevertheless, even with these warnings and caveats, using directory junctions is a highly effective method for moving your user profile out from the "default" location and into some other location of your own choosing. Hopefully, one day it will be possible in Windows to move your entire user profile to a different location without resorting to tricks like this, but for now, this is probably your best bet.
If you run into any trouble using this technique, I suggest asking for help over at SuperUser.com, which is a place for asking questions and getting help with advanced computer issues. Also, please don't email me asking for help – without knowing all the specific details of your computer, your setup, and exactly what youv'e done, I can't really give any help beyond what I've written here.
If you would like to know a little bit more about junction points, symbolic links, the mklink command, and so on, Wikipedia has several good articles to get you started:
- NTFS junction point (directory junction)
- NTFS symbolic link (only on Vista or later)
- NTFS hard links
- Sysinternals' junction command (for Windows XP and earlier that lack the mklink command)
- SuperUser.com – this is THE place to go for technical questions of any kind. The people there are great, and chances are you'll get a complete, accurate answer to your question very quickly.


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The Venice Architecture Biennale is a polyglot affair. Some countries use their pavilions as conventional galleries, displaying photographs of finished buildings. Others create architecture-based installations. A smaller number take an intellectual approach, posing and then answering questions derived from architectural theory or practice. And a very few—and these may be the ones taking the greatest risks—pose questions to which the answers are allowed to emerge, through real-time investigation, over the course of the Biennale's six-month run.
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The U.S. pavilion, incredibly, does all these things and more, with a jaw-dropping and eye-opening study of architecture as a 20th-century American export. One of the project's virtues is that it follows, but isn't limited by, Rem Koolhaas's directive that each participating country analyze the rise of modernism over the last 100 years. Another is that it is beautiful, thanks to the installation by brothers Dominic and Christopher Leong, of the Manhattan firm Leong Leong. For the brothers, who started their firm in a recession and haven't really had the chance to show what they can do, the pavilion is a breakout project, outfitted with diabolically clever, wood-and-acrylic desks that double as vitrines.
The pavilion is also a breakout project for its three curators: Eva Franch i Gilabert of the Storefront for Art and Architecture, Ana Miljački, an architecture professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT); and Ashley Schafer, editor of the Boston-based architecture journal Praxis. First they enlisted students at MIT and Ohio Statue University to compile dossiers on some 700 projects designed by U.S. architects for sites outside the U.S. since 1914. (These include the pavilion itself, designed by Delano and Aldrich in 1930.) The dossiers, handsomely designed by Pentagram and displayed against the outer walls of the pavilion's four main galleries, contain everything from client correspondence to newspaper reviews. Taken together, the dossiers present a compelling history of U.S. architecture abroad, as inflected by political developments, such as the Cold War, and architectural developments, such as post-modernism. Visitors are likely to spend hours perusing them. That alone—given how quickly visitors move through most Biennale pavilions—is a signal achievement.
But the research, depicting architecture as a major American export, like Coke and Mickey Mouse, is only one aspect of the ambitious project. The curators also selected eight young designers, several of them architects, to spend the next 25 weeks working under the name OfficeUS. Seated at tables designed by Leong Leong (or lying on a round bed in the pavilion's rotunda), they will analyze the mostly-20th-century projects through 21st century lenses. Those lenses have already been determined and given cleverly vague names like "Trojan Horses" and "Profit Margin." Invited experts and visitors to the pavilion will be able to comment on the work. (And there are other aspects of their task, including studying the organization of U.S. architecture firms, with a focus on everything from salaries to the placement of water coolers.)
It's impossible not to be struck by the curators' bravery. First example: After they had a list of the 700 or so projects they wanted to include, they asked the responsible firms (those that still exist) for additional information. Occasionally, firms asked that a project not be included; the curators, attempting to create as complete a historical record as possible, brushed off the requests. Second example: Some of the lenses through which the partners will analyze the 700 projects are implicitly critical of U.S. "architectural imperialism," a potential sore point for the State Department (which selects Biennale curators). Third example: Many of the architects whose projects will be analyzed and critiqued are alive and well, and a few have already visited the Biennale. Will some of them be offended by the way their buildings are treated? Probably, but the curators say they're ready.
Compiling reams of information on 700 projects, which together form an invaluable record of American architecture by firms with the wherewithal to work abroad, is an accomplishment. Presenting those 700 projects in a beautifully outfitted, futuristic but inviting office, is another. The three curators could have stopped there. But what happens in the next 25 weeks has the potential to bring important ideas to the fore. (Luckily, the curators already have four books planned.) And it has the potential to bring the OfficeUS partners and the architects whose projects they are looking at into a rich, multigenerational discussion of what architecture was, is, and could be.

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Way back in August, library staffers got together with some students from the Art Institute of Sacramento to shoot "The Library is a Good Time," based on a tune by Owl City with Carly Rae Jepsen. The Library's own Carol Miranda wrote the lyrics—which tell about the many services we offer—and also directed the video and sang. Nearly two dozen other library staffers were involved, including India Curry, who shot much of the footage, and video stars Katie DeKorte, Tuula Laine, Marc Pezzell, Geoff Rohde and Jenny Scott. Enjoy!
February was Love Your Library Month—and some of you guys sure do! Someone anonymously left a bouquet of flowers and a very sweet note for the staff at the Sylvan Oaks Library. We don't know who you are, but we really appreciate it!
The Teen Advisory Board (TAB) at the Robbie Waters Pocket-Greenhaven Library showed their support for American soldiers this year in the form of handmade valentines and thank-you notes. The teens created and mailed their valentines back in December 2013 so that the cards would reach the soldiers in time for the holiday. The cards are distributed by Hugs for Soldiers, a charitable organization that delivers letters and care packages to thousands of soldiers serving overseas.
Timothy Joseph, left, and Jordan Carlile of Fenix Drum and Dance helped the Rio Linda Library ring in the Chinese New Year.
On Valentine's Day, the North Natomas Library hosted a celebration for Disney on Ice's "Rockin' Ever After." Here are Kaylee, Kimberly and Krista Chouang with Belle from "Beauty and the Beast."


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PAWTUCKET - Matthew S. Lydon, 20, passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, February 2, 2014. Born in Pawtucket, he was a beloved son of Joseph P. and Lisa A. (Fortin) Lydon of Pawtucket.
Matthew was a 2012 graduate of Tolman High School and worked at Pawtucket Country Club and Atlas Total Construction. He loved animals and enjoyed fishing; golfing; 4-wheeling and spending time with his family and friends by evening campfires. Matthew was a communicant of St. Teresa Church, Pawtucket, where he volunteered his time and talent. He was always willing to lend a helping hand to anyone in need.
Besides his loving parents, Matthew leaves a brother, Michael J. Lydon of Pawtucket and a sister, Kelly A. Foley and her husband, Michael of Cumberland. He was the uncle of Aaron and Mitchell Lydon and Analyse and Aiden Foley all of Cumberland. Matthew also leaves many aunts, uncles, cousins and dear friends.
His funeral will be held Friday at 9 a.m. from WILLIAM W. TRIPP Funeral Home, 1008 Newport Ave., Pawtucket, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m. in St. Teresa Church, 358 Newport Ave. VISITATION will be Thursday 4 to 8 p.m. Flowers are respectfully omitted. If desired, memorial gifts to the Pawtucket Animal Shelter, c/o Pawtucket Police Department, 121 Roosevelt Ave., Pawtucket, RI 02860 will be appreciated.


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Booboo Stewart Talks Days of Future Past
Last week, X-Men: Days of Future Past director Bryan Singer took to his Twitter account to drop a bit of news in regards to the upcoming sequel, which seems to be the trend with him. In doing so, he gave fans some pretty big news. First off, Daniel Cudmore was pictured, confirming that he'd be returning to reprise his role as Colossus in the film. Also in the picture, which you can check out below, were two new faces, one of which was Booboo Stewart of Twilight fame. The other being Bingbing Fan who will be playing Blink in the film.
We still don't know who Stewart will be playing in the film and in this latest video, he talks with ClevverMovies about the upcoming film and his involvement. Unfortuneatley, he doesn reveal who he will be playing, but he does say he's been working hard on improving his physique, adding about 50 pounds since January. There have been rumors floating around regarding who he will be playing and if you want my take, check out my editorial explaing why I think he'll be playing Forge. Another option would be Thunderbird, who had a short stint with the X-Men. Check out the video for more!
Days of Future Past is gearing up to begin shooting soon, so we should have more info regarding Stewart's role, as well as the remaining cast, which if you look at the image below, there looks to be about six empty spots, so we could have more characters coming along. As it stands now, James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Nicholas Hoult, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Shawn Ashmore, Hugh Jackman, Ellen Page, Anna Paquin, Halle Berry and Peter Dinklage are official. Fans would love to see James Marsden and Famke Janssen reprise their roles of Cyclops and Jean Grey, but that would take a bit of work seeing as they were both killed off in The Last Stand, but with Patrick Stewart returning to play an older Professor X, they may still show up.
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I'm Iain Nicholas Mackenzie, the Green Man Librarian, and I have the distinct pleasure of introducing this special edition which is solely devoted to the Year's Best Fantasy & Horror anthology which celebrates its twentieth year with its latest edition! Yes, twenty years of choosing the very best in both fantasy and horror tales that were written for our pleasure. Now if you consider that myriad anthologies ranging from mediocre to superb are published every year and all of them are attempting the same task as YBFH, that YBFH is by far the best of the lot is quite a feat. It is the only such anthology that is consistently checked out from the Library. We keep three or four copies of the trade edition available for reading as the value of the hardcover editions collectively is in the thousands of dollars. Yeah, they're that collectible!
Our Editor once said that 'the strength of the YBFH collections has always been their ability to find the very best in short fiction in the fields of fantasy and horror... I don't know about you, but I don't see enough short fiction each year to have a feel for what's the very best which has been published. Novels I see by the hundreds, single author collections, quite a few, but much of the really interesting short fiction appears in publications, both digital and hardcopy, that one never, ever would be expected to know about unless one was assembling an anthology like this.'
But it's more than just the stories in these massive volumes that make them impressive, i.e. each is graced by a wrap-around cover by one of the best artist working today, Tom Canty. Though St. Martin's hasn't kept most of them in print, they are readily available online for quite reasonable prices for the trade paper editions. Got a week's worth of evenings free? If so, you can do far worse than pick up any of the YBFHs. As one of our Librarians noted she kept 'reading and reading and reading even more, but the stories kept going on as if they couldn't possibly be contained by the pages themselves.'
All of us here at Green Man appreciate all the hard work that Jim Frenkel, Ellen Datlow, Terri Windling, Kelly Link, Edward Bryant, Gavin Grant, Charles de Lint, Tom Canty, and many, many others have put into making this so. So read on for interviews with Jim Frenkel, Tom Canty, Ellen Datlow, and others involved in keeping YBFH thriving all this time, and an indepth look at all of the editions up to and including YBFH No. 20


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Marc Jacobs to focus on eponymous label
US fashion designer Marc Jacobs is reportedly leaving French fashion house Louis Vuitton after 16 years in order to focus on his own label - Marc Jacobs.
It is speculated that Jacobs won't renew his 10-year contract with the fashion house because he wants to concentrate on expanding his own line of products, reports contactmusic.com.
It is believed that the move could result in French luxury goods group LVMH putting their majority stake in Marc Jacobs International up for grabs in an initial public offering (IPO).
Despite the profitable prospect of an IPO, a source told WWD magazine that Jacobs and his business partner Robert Duffy "are not yet on board".
Meanwhile, LVMH are reportedly in talks with former Balenciaga creative director Nicolas Ghesquiere to become a potential successor to the 50-year-old designer.
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Experiment aims to help Mexican gray wolf pups
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — With threats of disease, malnutrition and even inbreeding, the deck can be stacked against a Mexican gray wolf pup.
Federal wildlife managers have long been troubled by the survival rates of wild-born pups, so they've started experimenting in an effort to boost the population as they reintroduce the endangered predator to the American Southwest.
Biologists earlier this month transplanted a pair of 2-week-old pups born in a large litter to another pack of wolves with a smaller litter and more rearing experience.
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NewsOK reporter Bryan Dean chatted with readers Wednesday afternoon about open records. Below is an unedited transcript of the chat.
You can join Bryan's open record Q&A's on the fourth Wednesday of every month at 2:30 p.m. and submit your questions about legislation and public access in Oklahoma.
2:30 p.m. Hi everyone. Look forward to your questions. Let's get started.
2:31 p.m. Hello. Thanks for the talk. What I'd like to know - when it comes to police matters, what kind of information are police obligated to give you? Just curious. There have been a lot of violent crimes in the news lately.
2:31 p.m. Police records work a bit different than everything else.
2:32 p.m. In most cases, records are presumed open. The way the law reads on law enforcement records, there are specific records they must provide, and they can choose not to release anything else unless a court find public interest outweighs the reason for denial.
2:32 p.m. The specific records they have to release include arrestee descriptions, including date of birth, address, race, sex, physical description and occupation...
2:33 p.m. Facts concerning the arrest including the name of the arresting officer. A chronological list of all incidents, including initial offense report information...
2:33 p.m. Radio logs, conviction information, disposition of warrants, a crime summary and jail registers.
2:34 p.m. If they are refusing to release something on that list, they are breaking the law.
2:34 p.m. Lawton police have recently changed their policy for records. Instead of printing off loads of reports for the local media, they say they will have the blotter and the journalists will have to go through the records office to get the redacted report. They say it is a cost-saving measure but really? It looks like they are making it harder for the local media. Do you think other police departments will try to do this?
2:35 p.m. Technically, if you request to review all daily police reports, they have to comply. I don't know how they think they can get around that.
2:35 p.m. If I reviewed those reports, I would put in a standing request to review all police reports. They can't make you pay a copying fee unless you want to take physical copies with you.
2:36 p.m. I would hope most police departments would see the value in letting media review the reports every day in a convenient way. I haven't seen a trend against that, thankfully.
2:36 p.m. What's the deal with OSBI? Are there different standards?
2:36 p.m. The OSBI thinks so.
2:37 p.m. They cite a law that makes most of their investigatory records secret. However, that law specifically refers to lab reports and such. It does not say that initial offense reports would be closed, and I dispute their interpretation that the sort of records every other law enforcement agency has to provide are somehow exempted for OSBI under that law.
2:38 p.m. And I expect a court would agree with me, if push came to shove. They claim that they don't have to give arrestee descriptions or the other basic info I mentioned earlier.
2:38 p.m. Which means, they could arrest someone and never even tell anyone they had that person in custody or for what crime.
2:39 p.m. Sounds an awful lot like some dystopian secret police stuff to me.
2:39 p.m. I can't imagine a court would let them get away with that.
2:39 p.m. Maybe I'm mistaken, but it seems that Oklahoma leaders refuse to provide a lot of information that should be public record. Legislators are exempt from the public records act, for example. Why don't the news media take agencies and officials to court more often? Are they afraid they will get a bad ruling from a judge? What else can people do to make government more transparent?
2:40 p.m. There are two different questions there.
2:40 p.m. The first regards the legislature. They specifically exempted themselves from the openness laws (both meetings and records) when they were passed.
2:41 p.m. Challenging them on that in court would be futile. They aren't subject to the law. We would need specific legislation to change that.
2:41 p.m. Such legislation has come up. It made some progress last session. We will see if it is brought up again. Rep. Jason Murphy and State Sen. David Holt have both pursued this issue.
2:42 p.m. The second question you ask is why media don't sue more often.
2:42 p.m. You gave one half of the answer. If media companies sue and lose, it creates bad precedent. Leaving some things grey seems to be better than a black and white no.
2:43 p.m. Although it seems public officials always use those gray areas to deny, so I'm not sure I buy that argument.
2:43 p.m. The second reason is simply cost. Lawsuits are expensive, which is why media companies use litigation as a last resort.
2:44 p.m. The records act allows you to recover legal fees if you win a records case, but not for meetings cases. And if you lose, you are stuck with the legal fees.
2:44 p.m. Couldn't you get your info from the same database as Jailbirds, or whatever that mugshot magazine is they sell at the gas station?
2:45 p.m. Generally we do. In fact, some of the jails around the state were tired of giving mugshots to those publications and asked for an attorney general's opinion on the subject.
2:45 p.m. The AG ruled mugshots are open and must be provided electronically upon request.
2:45 p.m. But we are usually asking for more detail than simply a mug photo.
2:46 p.m. That seems to be where some of the conflict arises.
2:46 p.m. I had a Eureka moment last week when I finally realized that attorneys aren't interested in helping people pursue cases against government for breaking openness laws because attorneys can't make money in these cases. Would laws establishing fines for breaking these laws, and the ability for attorneys to recoup fees, make such pursuit more attractive to the legal profession? Or am I barking up the wrong tree?
2:46 p.m. Well, they can make money on those cases.
2:47 p.m. As I said, the courts allow a victorious petitioner to recover legal fees in records cases.
2:47 p.m. There have been some efforts to entice more attorneys to take that bait. Take on a slam dunk case pro bono and then get the government agency to pay your legal fees when you beat them in court.
2:47 p.m. But that is a gamble on the attorney's part. Still, some attorneys have started taking on cases like that.
2:48 p.m. So, why hasn't a media outlet challenge the OSBI in court. Seems like a wise money investment for a positive long-term solution.
2:48 p.m. Well, we need a specific denial to challenge.
2:48 p.m. They have released the kind of info other agencies do "voluntarily."
2:49 p.m. Brian, your comment regardnig legal fees is wrong. Section 24A.17 of the ORA provides that a successful plaintiff in an action regarding the ORA "shall be entitled to reasonable attorney fees.
2:49 p.m. Yes, that is what I said.
2:49 p.m. You can get your attorney's fees in records cases but not under open meeting act lawsuits.
2:50 p.m. The OMA doesn't authorize private civil actions for alleged violations.
2:50 p.m. Incorrect.
2:50 p.m. Government agencies have tried to argue this, but the courts have recently ruled otherwise.
2:51 p.m. You can read about that ruling here...
2:51 p.m. So whatever happened to open records regarding our lawmakers. Aren't they held by different standards - that requires them to release very little? Isn't this something rare among all 50 states?
2:52 p.m. As I mentioned earlier, this came up in the last legislative session.
2:52 p.m. We are one of a handful of states where the legislature is completely exempt from openness laws.
2:52 p.m. Some legislators have tried to change this, but it is an uphill climb.
2:52 p.m. Will getting better/more access to public records always be a problem in Oklahoma or do you see any movement to change laws/procedures?
2:53 p.m. It seems to be a bit of a pendulum swinging issue.
2:54 p.m. We saw a lot of tightening up after 9/11. But we have also seen a real push of late to make more information available online. Rep. Jason Murphy has been particularly good about pushing these openness issues.
2:54 p.m. There will always be an argument to made because openness and privacy sometimes conflict, and openness and security can also conflict.
2:54 p.m. So that balance is always going to be an area of struggle.
2:54 p.m. Bryan, can you provide an update about the Dept. of Tourism's refusal provide the Lake Texoma contract?
2:55 p.m. As I understand it, we were able to get some of the information we requested when the company involved in the sale of the property agreed to release it.
2:55 p.m. However, the tourism department is still maintaining that a confidentiality clause in the sale contract prevents them from releasing it.
2:56 p.m. This is just a patently false claim. You can't put a clause into a contract that violates state law.
2:56 p.m. Such contracts are clearly open under the open records act.
2:57 p.m. This is an ongoing issue. There have been some calls to file a lawsuit. Others have talked about asking for an attorney general's opinion.
2:57 p.m. An AG opinion may be the way to go, as this seems like a slam dunk issue.
2:57 p.m. What are different ways reporters use open records laws?
2:58 p.m. That's a really broad question. We use them in many ways. We have, in the past, put a little graphic with each story that is dependent on open records or meetings during sunshine week in the spring.
2:59 p.m. It ends up being around half the stories in the newspaper.
2:59 p.m. Everything from city council and school board meetings to crime coverage to state programs. Pretty much anything involving the government.
2:59 p.m. We routinely use records like meeting agendas and minutes and police reports.
3:00 p.m. And then there are the watchdog investigations where we request detailed records that might uncover something big.
3:00 p.m. It really permeates everything we do. You can't cover the government without openness laws.
3:01 p.m. We actually have really good openness laws.
3:01 p.m. Our records and meeting laws are both pretty detailed and thorough.
3:01 p.m. The problem we continue to have is enforcement.
3:02 p.m. District attorneys are often very reluctant to prosecute violations, even though they are misdemeanors.
3:02 p.m. Which leaves the civil lawsuit as the only avenue for enforcement.
3:02 p.m. And, as we talked about earlier, lawsuits are time consuming and expensive.
3:03 p.m. Not to put you on the spot, but why didn't the Oklahoman, or a group of media outlets and organizations, sue the governor's office over the emails withheld under the executive privilege exemption, which as I understand doesn't exist? If it's fear of setting a bad precedent, remember, at some point, that fear just paralyzes the media forever.
3:04 p.m. Filing a lawsuit or not is not my decision, so I can't really answer that question. I don't know what went into that decision-making process. I agree with you that fear of setting bad precedent only goes so far. At this point, if no one challenges her, we are essentially ceding the argument.
3:04 p.m. I can only tell you what I have said before, which is that lawsuits are expensive. I also think some folks were waiting to see how much she would actually release.
3:04 p.m. The ACLU did sue on this issue, on behalf of a local blog called The Lost Ogle.
3:05 p.m. We'll see if that is successful or not.
3:05 p.m. In general, I think the media like to resolve these disputes without lawsuits, if we can.
3:05 p.m. Which tends to be more open Cities or Towns? For example Berniece or Cushing?
3:06 p.m. It all depends on the public officials. Bernice, in particular, has been criticized soundly by the state auditor.
3:07 p.m. But I have seen small towns where there are clerks and elected officials who work very hard to follow the law.
3:07 p.m. And there are big cities that play games with openness.
3:07 p.m. Tulsa, for example, has had some serious openness issues lately. Oklahoma City usually does a pretty good job.
3:08 p.m. Big cities have more attorneys and deeper pockets to put up barriers sometimes, if that's the way they want to go.
3:08 p.m. The problem you generally see in smaller towns is that fewer people are paying attention.
3:09 p.m. Large media outlets don't usually cover those small towns, so they can sometimes get away with more simply because there is no one shining the spotlight on their misdeeds.
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"Have you considered perhaps gear from Alpinlitegear.com? I think you might be able to get full bug protection and double walled for around 20oz."The Terraform option seems to be a good one as well. Seems like I have a few options around the 20-24oz mark. Now I guess I need to decide what is best for me. Here are my options, does anyone have any pros/cons for someone 6' in the Southeast looking for full weather and bug protection?MLD Cricket - ~19ozSpinnShelter + Alpinelite Net Tent or Bivy - ~18-20ozSpinTwinn + Alpinelite Net Tent or Bivy - ~16-19oz (may not have full weather protection?)Solomid + Net - 22oz (May be too short?)Terraform MD + Net Tent - 25ozSublite Sil - 24oz (out of stock so would have to find on GearSwap)
I have dealt with Gen @ Alpinlite a few times and he is fantastic (plug).Given where I trek and the sideways rain we get periodically, I really like the look of the Terraform MD with front and rear beaks. You can really batten down the hatches so to speak. The Cricket looks very neat but I think the exposed entry way is a deal breaker for me.
I would definitely get a solo shelter, instead of a new two person shelter. You have a good two person shelter that you both like, so I wouldn't mess with it.There are a bunch of great solo shelters out there, and a lot depends on personal preference. If I was a value shopper, I think I would get a TarpTent Contrail. It has been tweaked (refined) over the years, so I consider it to be a very good shelter at a great price. I personally like it because the apex is by your head. Other people feel the opposite, and prefer a mid type shelter (so you can sit up in the middle of the tent, instead of by the door). Mids also have the advantage of being a bit more storm worthy, especially since you don't have to aim them away from the wind.Other tent makers I would suggest browsing:Six MoonsMLDLightheart GearAlpinlite GearHyperlite Mountain GearZPacks I know I'm forgetting a bunch, but hopefully that will help (although it looks like you've already browsed some of these already).
I didn't see any mention of the Lightheart Solo/Awning/Wedge. There's a video review of the Solo on Hendrik's site Hiking in Finland.Also, if you go the route of a SpinnTwinn, take a look at GoLite's SL-1 Nest. It is heavier (at 16 oz) than Alpinlite's net but the floor is a little more durable than 30D sil so you wouldn't necessarily need a groundcloth. Also, it is usually around $50 online.
I have not used this one, but the shaped tarps and net tents look "Ray-Way" at: http://bearpawwd.com/index.htmlI am in the same situation, I have a Squall 2 that I love, and a sil-poncho set up, but need a good solo system with bug protection.I will be interested in your final solution.Good luck!
The lightheart and bearpaw tents mentioned are a little heavier than I am looking to go. I would like to stay as close to 20oz as possible without giving up full weather/bug protection.
Rob - how much would you be willing to spend? As mentioned, the Lightheart Solo is available in Cuben for only 14oz!
Lower the better goes without saying, but 300 is really the upper limit. That pretty much keeps me out of any Cuben shelters, sadly. I still need to replace a few more pieces of gear this spring, getting a Cuben shelter would keep me from doing that.
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Mental Fortress Increases M.Def, P.Atk, and M.Atk.
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The class names is the human 3rd class change, and awakening class is what they change to at level 85!
Dreadnought -> Awakening class Tyrr Warrior
The class Dreadnought is a master of AoE (Area of effect) and if played right and with the right setup, also arguable one of the best leveling classes in Lineage 2. Even if the Dreadnoughts are not the best in PvP, a Dreadnought with high enchanted AoE stun skills can hold multiple enemies pinned down and let the Damage Dealers wipe them out one by one.
Duelist -> Awakening class Tyrr Warrior
The Duelist wield two swords, one in each hand. Dealing out massive burst damage against there enemies. There "Triple Sonic Slash" skill can kill weaker classes with one hit. With plenty of hit points to back them up, a Duelist is a class people stay away from on the siege field.
Phoenix Knight -> Awakening class Sigel Knight
The class Phoenix Knight will rise up on the battle field to protect its friends once more with the Soul of the Phoenix. With heavy armor and shield the Phoenix Knight stands in the midst of battle keeping his friends out of harms way. The Phoenix Knight is a wanted tank class either if it's a PvE Party or for PvP.
Hell Knight -> Awakening class Sigel Knight
The class Hell Knight always has his Dark Panther besides him in battle. The Hell Knight has studied the dark arts to use it to assist him in both PvE and PvP. Stealing buffs and there CP from other players to weaken them just to Drain there last Health with Magic skills or a quick strike with there sword.
Adventurer -> Awakening class Othell Rogue
Adventurer is arguable one of the best daggers in Lineage 2. In PvE the Adventurer's attack speed skill come in handy and with there Moderate Strenght and highest CON of all dagger classes it a beast to handle. Even if the Adventurer lack some attack skills that the other daggers get in there higher 80′s Adventurer is still a great asset in PvP and PvE and can take out many classes with a blink of an eye.
Sagittarius -> Awakening class Yr Archer
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Archmage -> Awakening class Feoh Wizard
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Soultaker -> Awakening class Feoh Wizard
A Mixture between a nuker and a summoner a Soultaker will with his "Death spike" deal high damage to anyone that angers him, at the same with the magical bond called "Transfer Pain" on his lifeless summon they can take a lot more damage then a regular nuker. Top that of with Debuffs that would bring any man to it's knees, the Soultaker is a very dangerous foe.
Arcana Lord -> Awakening class Wynn Summoner
The Arcana Lord lord is a pure summoner, with the great assistance of different types of summons the Arcana Lord is a great Summoner. The Arcana Lord really shines when he gets his Feline King to assist him in combat.
Cardinal -> Awakening class Aeore Healer
The Cardinal is the only true healer class in Lineage 2, Many of the other ones are a mixture of both buffers and healers, but the Cardinal is a Pure healer. He is wanted in any party for whatever purpose. The Cardinal has the best healing skills and healing buffs there is to have. If you want to be a true healer this is the class to pick.
Hierophant -> Awakening class Iss Enchanter
The Hierophant is a over looked and probably and not really loved class, with out really being a proper buffer or a proper healer the Hierophant gets stuck in the middle. The Hierophant is on the other hand great for small duos or trios and great as a backup buffer. One thing that the Hierophant do have to it's advantage is there protective spells that will keep any party member safe from the power of the elementals.
Human Skills
Each Arrow represent a class change. 1st at level 20, 2nd at level 40, 3rd class change is at level 76. And last one Awakening at level 85


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WOODLAND — They were far from perfect, but, at this point in the year, that's hardly a bad sign.
It might even be a good one.
The Davis High baseball team kicked off the 2013 season Friday night with a 6-2 victory over Woodland at weather-worn but historic Clark Field.
During the game, the Blue Devils teased spectators with flashes of potential and talent, and gave them reason to groan on a few occasions, especially in the early going. The mistakes, however — which included stranding three runners on base in the top of the first inning and having a player tagged out at first after he ventured too far away from the bag — likely were the product of having been away from any real action for several months and should be less of a problem as the year wears on.
If that's the case, and what DHS did right against the Wolves was not a fluke, the Devils should be a force when Delta Valley Conference play opens.
The locals got solid performances across the board.
Bobby Young started on the mound and pitched three innings, striking out six batters and giving up only two runs. He was followed by Manny Guerrero, Jake Miille and Matt Trask, who combined for four more strikeouts while holding the Wolves scoreless.
Meanwhile, hitters like Joe Murray, who went 3-for-3 with two doubles and an RBI, and Chris Daunt, who was 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI, gave the pitchers some breathing room.
"We were solid (Friday)," said DHS head coach Dan Ariola. "We were a little shaky at the start, but we settled down and did a pretty good job."
Added Miille: "Bobby Young threw a lot of strikes. (The) pitching staff took care of the job. (On) offense, (we) had ups and downs. (But) Joe Murray hit the ball hard and overall, we did pretty good. We took care of business."
The Wolves' pitching staff kept Davis from knocking any balls out of the aging stadium — where about 100 fans gathered on the tailgates of their trucks awaiting a home run ball — but it didn't do much good as the Blue Devils were able to turn to small ball.
After a scoreless first inning, DHS got things going quickly in the second. Trey Golston advanced to first on an infield hit, then scored on a single by Brett Bloomfield, who added another run soon after when Murray sent a pitch careening down the middle of the field for a double.
Murray then capped off the inning with a third tally, coming in on Daunt's two-bagger.
The Devils made it 4-0 in the third when Golston singled to bring Ryan Kreidler across home plate. Woodland countered with two runs in the bottom of the frame, but was shut down the rest of the way.
In the fourth, Murray doubled once again and scored on a single by Young.
Daunt used a sacrifice bunt to get Bloomfield across the plate for the final Davis run in the sixth inning.
Down 6-2 in the bottom of the seventh and facing DHS' best pitcher in Trask, a junior who already has made a verbal commitment to UCLA, Woodland had virtually no chance of making a comeback. Trask struck out the first two Wolves, then ended the game by inducing a groundout.
Though Ariola was pleased with the team's performance, he emphasized the need for improvement: "We have a long ways to go. We have a lot of work to do."
The Blue Devils host Vacaville on Tuesday (3:30 p.m.) in their home opener.
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HONEA PATH - Unlike many girls her age, Gracyn Moore isn't hoping to get a car, jewelry or the latest electronic gadget for her 16th birthday.
Instead, the Honea Path teen is using her birthday as an opportunity to raise money so that World War II veterans can make a trip to Washington, D.C., later this month.
"It means more to me to give something back to the community than to receive gifts," said Gracyn, who is a junior at Belton-Honea Path High School. "This is something that I will be able to tell my grandchildren about."
Gracyn already has raised about $4,000, an amount that will make it possible for six veterans to visit the National WWII Memorial. She will accompany Belton veteran Ralph Leslie on the Sept. 18 trip to Washington, which is being organized by Upstate Honor Flight.
"I am very excited about getting to go," Gracyn said Monday.
She said she hopes to raise even more money during her birthday celebration, which will be held at 7 p.m. Saturday at the Ebenezer Fire Station, 1416 Due West Highway in Anderson. The event will include a colors and rifle demonstration, as well as dessert and dancing.
Anderson County Sheriff John Skipper will be the guest speaker at Saturday's party.
"I think it is exceptional of her to do this for her 16th birthday," Skipper said. "It shows the quality of young people that we have in Anderson County."
Last month the Anderson County Council donated $1,600 to Upstate Honor Flight on Gracyn's behalf.
"I am very impressed with her," said council chairman Tom Allen, who served in the Army and Air Force for 22 years. "For someone of her age to have developed that type of appreciation and respect for the military is quite amazing."
Gracyn's mother, Mandy Moore, said that her daughter came up with the idea for the Honor Flight fundraiser a couple of years ago when the teen's great-grandfather died before he was able to visit the WWII memorial.
"She is very patriotic," Moore said.
Gracyn is an active member of the Air Force Junior ROTC who also serves as a varsity football cheerleader and a member of her school's student council.
After she graduates from high school, Gracyn hopes to attend the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo.
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Shock as Nissan bumps Holden off podium to claim third place in list of Australia's top-selling cars
- From: News Corp Australia Network
- March 04, 2013
FOR the first time in Australian automotive history the top-three selling car brands in February were Japanese - and only two locally made cars barely made it into the top 10.
Toyota continued its 10-year dominance leading the market in February, with full importer Mazda maintaining second place for the third month in a row.
But in a move that has left industry veterans gob-smacked, Japanese counterpart Nissan bumped Holden off the podium to claim third place.
It is the first time in the 79-year history of Datsun-Nissan in Australia that it has outsold Holden - and the second time in a year Nissan has beaten Ford.
Perhaps more disturbingly for Australia's struggling car manufacturers - and the state and federal governments under fire for propping them up with taxpayer dollars - Nissan is selling more cars now than when it assembled them locally between 1972 and 1992.
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BARRY of Sydney Posted at 11:00 PM March 03, 2013
Holden and Ford have no idea. The fact that local made cars are 1. Below the build quality of the Japanese cars 2. Way over priced. Is the reasons why they are struggling.
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taz Posted at 11:11 PM March 03, 2013
If the government is going to be stupid enough to keep allowing so many imported vehicles and discouraging local manufacture what is left. This current Government should be sued for negligence.
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David of Melbourne Posted at 11:33 PM March 03, 2013
When Holden sold Cars to the US police departments with knee airbags and were asked why not the same for australia their PR department said it was because it was not needed for local conditions. I hope they realize that the others are beating them hands down in safety, features, technology and efficiency. Maybe now they will rethink what local conditions they have planned for.
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Jamie of Brisbane Posted at 11:33 PM March 03, 2013
All to do with price.... $20k for a small car vs $35 for a decent family sedan.. people ae broke is what it shows
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Paul of Sydney Posted at 12:11 AM March 04, 2013
Ford makes the best looking cars in the world. Unfortunately their quality control and customer service is nothing but poor. I hope Ford can create a quality car like Toyota and Mazda one day, it would be great for Australia and Aussie jobs.
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Marcel of Gold Coast Posted at 12:21 AM March 04, 2013
Shock. Holden & Ford are American companies.
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Dazza Posted at 12:33 AM March 04, 2013
Why is this a surprise to anyone? Holden and Ford have been walking corpses for years
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Little Wonder Posted at 12:44 AM March 04, 2013
Had our first and last Holden in the 80's. Lemon from Day 1 and always had our hands in our pockets fixing it. RACQ even knew the Number Plate by heart. Took others a long time to figure out what we did when we off loaded it.
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Bill of Perth Posted at 1:20 AM March 04, 2013
I think the statement is incorrect. Before 1948(?) no cars were made in Australia and they were hard to get and very expensive. Before that time all cars were imported. Not just because of the war either. Check out the Australian car market in the 1930s. If we don't have cars made in Australia history will repeat.
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Toby of Las Vegas, NV Posted at 1:36 AM March 04, 2013
The "computer glitch" that prevented sales being reported, sounds similar to "we pulled a bucketload of retails forward into January!"
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BKH of Perth Posted at 2:11 AM March 04, 2013
I don't understand how we can still build cars in Australia at all. The Japanese and Koreans will always out do us with their fully automated assembly plants, and who can we blame for our antiquated, labor intensive manufacturing industries? The Unions. Funny they are always the ones to complain when countries overseas do it better and cheaper and 'steal' our jobs, but they wont allow us to increase automation to be competitive on the global stage.
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Ziggy of Sydney Posted at 4:49 AM March 04, 2013
This report states, 'The currency's crippling effect on the Australian car industry has renewed calls on the Reserve Bank to weaken the Australian dollar." This is what really frightens me, that because of the Fractional Reserve Banking Ponzi scam that has been inflicted on us by the central banksters and the government, the RBA can manipulate our hard-earned money and devalue it at will. If you really want to understand how we are being scammed and defrauded by our banking and monetary system, watch this video clip - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWl7Mb49vSk - and then you will be horrified.
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Smon of Tawonga South Posted at 5:26 AM March 04, 2013
Why not turn the Aussie auto industry into production plants for the defence of this country?
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Time to compete Posted at 6:41 AM March 04, 2013
Holden, here's the thing you don't get. Your cars are over priced and lack quality. Lets not beat about the bush here, they really aren't inonvitive with clear copies of technology from other manufacturers. Some will argue this but most are blinded on what makes a quality car. Sadly Holden can't seem to grasp this concept. Time you competed on a level playing field!
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Fred Nerk Posted at 6:43 AM March 04, 2013
The dollar is almost back where it should be, before those mongrels Hawk and Keating devalued it.
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jeff of a street not too far away Posted at 7:05 AM March 04, 2013
How is that a "Shock" Asian (Japanese & Korean) cars are simply better value for money.. Holden have been ripping us off for years, all they seem to do is build crap and charge the earth... for example Cruze in America starting price $17000USD same car here Starting price $19880AUD over $3000AUD more for the same car (at todays XE conversion rate)... Top of the range all inclusions USA $26392USD Here $36631AUD thats a whopping $10,747AUD difference... If it were a better product here in Aus I would buy it, sad thing (very sad) is that it isn't better, its the same or worse, yet with a higher price tag...
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Wayne Posted at 7:18 AM March 04, 2013
Well it's obvious why, Aussie cars are overpriced and shockingly made. Was the Commodore they were going to sell in the US for $10000 USD cheaper, Now why would that be if they're made here? Because they're greedy! Then they want the tax payer to fund them to design a new car, I don't see other car manufacturers asking there governments for help to design a new car.
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d Posted at 7:23 AM March 04, 2013
now can the tax payer stop funding this pointless industry that employs so few australians???????
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Tim Posted at 7:36 AM March 04, 2013
Yesss. Can't wait for Holden and ford to go out of business in Aus. Then the governments stupid protectionist policies will stop and those cars we actually want will be cheaper.
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Gary Lock Posted at 7:42 AM March 04, 2013
When are Holden and Ford going to realise.....their cars are too bloody expensive! Look at the Holden being sold in the USA at $10K less than here.
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Chuck Posted at 7:57 AM March 04, 2013
As it's been repeated over and over again by those that comment, it's simply a case of Ford and Holden not evolving with the changes of their customers. They are hanging onto those dinosaur big cars and not putting enough focus on smaller fuel efficient cars. I see heaps of ads for the facon and commodore but few for the under 2l engine sized cars which is what most are now buying. Like it or not, the days of seeing a falcon or commodore in the garage are long gone.
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Disappointed of Australia Posted at 8:08 AM March 04, 2013
The alternative and more believable explanation for Holden being outsold lies within build quality and servicing costs. My experience with Holden has made me look elsewhere for my next vehicle - being charged a hefty sum for servicing of my vehicle, and then discovering after the fact that indeed half of the required servicing procedures were not performed on my vehicle does nothing to encourage me to support Holden as a customer. Couple this with my complaints to the service department being totally ignored leaves you feeling abused as a customer. Having shared my concerns with fellow GMH customers confirms that my experience is not an isolated case. The build quality of Holden vehicles is not as good as Nissan or Toyota so it is not surprising to find these competitors selling better. Perhaps the consideration of all possible factors for the fall in Holdens market share gives a better explanation of the situation.
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Mike of Bundy Posted at 8:21 AM March 04, 2013
Not surprised, with our own news running stories like "BMW A class cheaper than a Commodore" makes people look around, even though the proper comparison is a C class at many thousands more.
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Mike of Bundy Posted at 8:22 AM March 04, 2013
Typical of this country, everyone want the high wages but are not willing to pay someone else to have them. Thats why thing made here are more expensive.
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Radagast of The Real World Posted at 8:24 AM March 04, 2013
The writing on the wall could hardly have been clearer. In fact, Australians have been screaming at Holden to make a more modern fuel efficient car for years. Holden in their wisdom, and in their 1950's offices, chose to make instead, a 'real man's car'
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Melinda of Sydney Posted at 8:31 AM March 04, 2013
The dollar isn't at record highs. It has been up to $1.23 in the past
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Geoff T of Hawthorn SA Posted at 8:32 AM March 04, 2013
The ridiculous amount of tax the government puts on holdens and fords and the even more ridiculous wages that aussie car workers get compared to overseas car workers IS THE PROBLEM !
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Batta of Brisbane Posted at 8:36 AM March 04, 2013
The great Australian cultural cringe, if it is imported it MUST be better than what is made here! When are people going to realise that unless you are a farmer or a miner there is NOTHING in this country that cannot be done better and cheaper by someone in another country. The decision that everyone of us can make when we go to buy a car, or anything else, is if we want there to be a future in Australia beyond mining and farming. Think of your children before you make a purchase, over to you consumers!
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Tank of Sydney Posted at 8:45 AM March 04, 2013
*sigh* - do you reealllly think that people are going to buy a model of a car that will be superseded in a matter of weeks? Holden sales will probably take a hit until the VF hits showrooms. In the meantime, we get Josh Dowling advocating every other manufacturer (Mercedes hatchback over SV6 saloon, anyone?) and all the keyboard warriors extrapolating their vehicular requirements onto the entire populace (i.e. "Nobody wants these cars"). There is a point where this behaviour gets tiring, and I think we're past it.
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MW of Australia Posted at 9:01 AM March 04, 2013
@ Chuck 7:57 AM: Really? You haven't noticed any of the Fiesta and Focus ads Ford has been running? The annoying girl talking about her shoe compartment in the Fiesta, or the guy going on about the party trick of the Focus? I can't remember the last time I saw a Falcon ad...
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Trav of Brisbane Posted at 9:10 AM March 04, 2013
What is shocking is that it took this long to happen. Australian made cars are rubbish at best.
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paulie of adelaide Posted at 9:17 AM March 04, 2013
cant believe anyone would want a toyota / mazda / whatever rather than a commodore. those japanese cars are boring and gutless & look whacky. at least you can get a RWD commodore with a sweet chev V8 in it. 270 KW. great driving experience for the money. sure they use more petrol but it probably equates to a few hundred dollars a year. im happy to pay that for a way better car.
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Looking elsewhere of NSW Posted at 9:24 AM March 04, 2013
haha that is not surprising given the low quality rattle boxes they produce, maybe if they didn't throw all that taxpayer money into buying v8 supercar wins then they'd make a quality car that is relevant.
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Ranga Posted at 9:42 AM March 04, 2013
Holden have not produced a decent Engine in their cars since the VX commodore... the consumer knows it, and this is simply proof of that.
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Matty J of 4078 Posted at 9:44 AM March 04, 2013
Zero shock here, mazda all the way. I'm not paying for a holden yuck, unreliable over priced etc etc.
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Phil of Castle Hill Posted at 10:05 AM March 04, 2013
there's some strange uninformed comments here: rattle boxes? no, Commodores and Falcons are actually better made than some of the imported rubbish. Overpriced? well, I'd like to see the prices a bit lower for sure, but the equivalent Mercs and BMWs are 4 to 5 times the price (really great cars though but 4 - 5 times better? - no). Fuel efficiency? actually the Falcons and Commodores are very fuel efficient - better than a lot of the equivalent class imported cars and better than some little 4 cylinder cars - especially Mazdas. Most people don't want fuel efficiency anyway which is why they buy SUVs. Servicing costs - low compared to equivalent imported cars - especially the price shock from manufacturers like Nissan and all SUVs. Commodores and Falcons are great full-size cars which I prefer over any small front-wheel drive buzz-box - imported or not. And by the way, the new model Commodore is almost here, which is why you see the sales of the old one dropping off. Happens every time.
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Going going of have another 200 million Posted at 10:34 AM March 04, 2013
It reminds me of buying my 95 EF Falcoon, whilst the Euro cars were starting to be fitted with Bluetooth and every other manufacturer outside of the country had installed CD players, all we still got in both Holden and Fords was the radio cassette player, so far behind then and not much has changed since.
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Ray of Bris Posted at 10:40 AM March 04, 2013
paulie of adelaide, I'm sure there are people who share your view, but that number are diminishing. Look at the statistics. Even the modern day hoons are more likely to drive a hotted up Japanese car than something out of a Ford / GM subsidiary.
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Positive Spin Posted at 10:53 AM March 04, 2013
My Commodore SSV V8 is super powerful, extremely comfortable, very safe, quite economical and totally reliable. Oh, by the way, I live in the country and do almost all highway driving. You city-centric keyboard warriors have no idea what I need or want. I bought my wife a Mini Cooper S Clubman because that is what she wanted. Very different cars and we are both very happy with them. Please stop the childish and small-minded generalisations!
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• What: "The Fox on the Fairway: A New Farce"
• When: Thursday to May 27, times vary
• Where: Aurora Theatre, 128 Pike St., Lawrenceville
• Cost: $16 to $30
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LAWRENCEVILLE -- The Aurora Theatre will pull out its last ace of the season with the showing of "The Fox on the Fairway: A New Farce" from Thursday to May 27 on its Main Stage.
The play is written by Ken Ludwig ("Lend Me a Tenor," "Moon Over Buffalo"), who has seen success as a specialist in modern farce. Since Ludwig and the Aurora have long been partners in creating artistic theater, it only seemed logical to have the premiere of "The Fox on the Fairway" at the Lawrenceville theater.
Producing Artistic Director of the Aurora, Anthony Rodriguez is confident in Ludwig's ability to put on a show.
"Our patrons still talk about 'Lend Me a Tenor' and 'Moon Over Buffalo' and as a comic actor, I loved actually being in those shows," he said in a recent press release. "When I found out this new farce was set on the golf course, I knew no other theater in the country has the audience better able to appreciate it than here in golf-crazy Gwinnett."
Ludwig boasts a vast portfolio of works that span from Broadway to London's West End. Ludwig has been nominated for numerous accolades including nominations for Tony Awards and Helen Hayes awards.
The story of "The Fox on the Fairway" includes two country club owners as their hysterical shenanigans play out in a quest for love, money ... and of course, golf.
The Aurora Theatre has selected Atlanta's Dad's Garage Artistic Director Kevin Gilesse to direct the play, helping to wrangle the talents of the region's best comedians, including mainstays at Dad's Garage Improv.
During each performance of the show, one attendee will receive an Ultimate Golf Prize Pack courtesy of the PGA Tour Superstore. The prize pack includes a round of golf for four, plus gift cards to the superstore. The prize pack will be awarded to the first person who can sink a putt on a putting green set up in the lobby of the theater before the show and during intermission.
Performances will be held every Wednesday through Sunday with ticket prices ranging from $20 to $30. A Wednesday matinee on May 23 will be $16. For more information on the Aurora Theatre, visit the website at www.auroratheatre.com or call 678-226-6222.
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