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COVINGTON -- The Newton County Board of Education has passed a resolution to oppose the constitutional amendment for charter schools that will be on the November election ballot.
During last week's work session, the board passed the resolution that was drafted by Newton County School System Superintendent Gary Mathews, who took from other school boards' similar resolutions. Board member Jeff Meadors voted against the passing of the resolution.
The amendment would give the state legislature the right to allow for charter schools that are not approved by local school boards.
In August, state Superintendent of Schools John Barge issued a statement in opposition of the amendment, saying the measure takes away local control and could give taxpayer dollars to out-of state, for-profit charter schools.
"I trust our local school districts will continue to approve only high-quality charter schools for Georgia's students, and I am committed to working with all of our school districts to ensure that high quality applicants are not denied locally including mediating between high quality charter school applicants and any local districts that are reluctant to approve them, as provided by existing Georgia law," Barge said in his statement.
Although NCSS has a charter program through the Challenge Charter Academy, it is locally supported and operated, unlike ones the state law would allow.
The resolution passed last week states that the Newton County BOE requests that voters of Georgia oppose the amendment relative to the state approval of charter schools.
The one-page resolution states that the board is "in support of quality public education, the essential foundation of America's past, current and future greatness."
"The (board) believes that quality public education for every child, regardless of heritage or circumstance, is the key to equality, freedom and the realization of individual potential," the resolution continues. "The (board) believes that without quality public education, a great divide will exist between the educated and the uneducated, corresponding to a divide between the prosperous and the impoverished."
The board cites reasons for opposing the charter amendment: NCSS reducing its general fund budget by $8.2 million last school year by eliminating teachers, programs and other personnel and services and causing NCSS to experience ongoing increases in class sizes, fewer resources and reduced compensation for teachers.
The resolution goes on to say that school vouchers and state-approved charter schools divert public school funds away from the local community schools to support the operation of private and for-profit schools.
The board also states that it stands behind the Georgia Supreme Court ruling, which declared it unconstitutional for an appointed state commission to approve charter schools over the objection of the elected local school board.
"(The local school board) is accountable to the taxpaying public," the resolution reads.
The resolution urges Governor Nathan Deal and state legislators to "adequately fund" Georgia public education, to cease efforts to "erode" local control of public schools and to encourage flexibility, innovation and accountability needed to improve schools.
A copy of the resolution will be sent to the governor, appropriate state representatives and senators, the state Board of Education and the Georgia Department of Education.
Meadors said that he opposed the resolution because he doesn't personally believe that he has any "business asking or requesting that voters vote yes or no" on the issue.
"I have long contended that the voters deserve the right to cast ballots on House Resolution 1162 and while I strongly support public education, if they believe that students in zip codes which offer little to no choice of an alternative need a choice, then I won't interfere," he said after the meeting "I will live with the outcome of the fall vote. That said, I tend to agree that students need viable and successful options if they don't currently exist."
More like this story
- Atlanta attorney files suit against Georgia school systems ( October 9, 2012 )
- School board won't rescind charter resolution ( October 11, 2012 )
- Attorney General: Local boards can't use resources to persuade voters ( October 6, 2012 )
- Voters could decide on charter school law ( February 25, 2012 )
- Katrina Young: A perspective on public education: the charter school amendment ( October 9, 2012 )


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Beginner's Guide to MS: What is a Lesion?
Whether you have been diagnosed, in the process of being diagnosed, or wonder what it takes to get diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, it is likely that you have heard of LESIONS. Those scars (or plaques) which can be seen on MRI scans which show when the myelin has been damaged.
MYELIN is the fatty protein which creates an insulating sheath to protect nerve cells called AXONS. Myelin is part of the white matter in the brain and helps the electrical impulses of communication between the brain and parts of the body travel more quickly and efficiently. (see The Myelin Project for more information)
LESIONS occur where nerves have been demyelinated. So how does that happen?
The process of DEMYELINATION begins with inflammation. In the case of multiple sclerosis this happens in the CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM (CNS) consisting of the brain and the spinal cord.
Think for a moment of a time when you accidentally cut a finger and decided against washing the wound immediately. The invaders of germs and bacteria are detected by the IMMUNE SYSTEM which sends in a team of specialized white blood cells, called LEUKOCYTES, to fight and destroy the invaders. Perhaps the wound became red and inflamed while the battle was underway.
In multiple sclerosis, a breach in the Blood-Brain-Barrier allows specialized white blood cells, called T-CELLS, to travel from the blood stream into the CNS. Once these 'killer' T Cells mistake myelin for foreign invaders and go on the attack, they produce CYTOKINES which destroy myelin and which also recruit MACROPHAGES to help destroy myelin and cut the nerve fibers.
Also, B-CELLS can travel into the CNS and become specialized white blood cells, called PLASMA, which then release antibodies to destroy myelin. It can truly be a gruesome scene in there with confused white blood cells destroying the very white matter in the CNS which is necessary for our electrical system to function effectively. (see the MS Center of Excellence for a cartoon depicting the demyelination process)
At the same time, regulatory T-CELLS enter the battle and release protective cytokines which "turn off" the destructive white blood cells. Then OLIGODENDROCYTES are furiously trying to lay down new myelin before being destroyed themselves. INFLAMMATION and DEMYELINATION are the result of this battle and can be seen upon MRI imaging. Depending upon the sequence of imaging (ie. T1-weighted, T2-weighted, FLAIR, etc), the resulting LESIONS may appear darker, lighter, or even white on film.
With the use of a contrast agent, called GADOLINIUM which is injected into the blood stream, breaches in the Blood-Brain-Barrier and active lesions can be seen very clearly. Active lesions are the ones which we MS patients often say look like "lights on a Christmas tree." They show that the disease is highly active at that time and are called ENHANCED LESIONS on the MRI report.
A different type of lesion is often called a BLACK HOLE which is believed to be evidence of AXONAL LOSS, meaning that the nerve fibers are "dead." Not all active lesions turn into black holes due to the busy work of the oligodendrocytes. Go REMYELINATION!!!
Ultimately, what is the significance of lesions?
Do more lesions equate to more disability? No.
Do fewer lesions equate to less disability? No.
Do the placement of lesions correlate to specific symptoms? Yes, No, and Maybe.
Can the appearance of lesions change from week to week? Yes.
So. Why do we care so much about lesions?
Detecting lesions on an MRI scan helps to gather enough evidence for a diagnosis of MS. Monitoring disease activity helps to determine if a patient's choice of DISEASE-MODIFYING TREATMENT is working sufficiently. A large change in lesion load can guide the neurologist in deciding on a change in treatment plan, if necessary.
And, admit it - Lesions are fun to look for when you've just had an MRI and are looking at the pretty pictures of your insides on the CD of the images you brought home.
Lisa Emrich is author of the blog Brass and Ivory: Life with MS and RA and founder of the Carnival of MS Bloggers.
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Here's the key inflation paragraph from yesterday's Fed minutes
"Participants noted that, while the pass-through of higher energy and other commodity prices to prices of core goods and services had remained subdued, there were continuing upside risks to inflation from these sources. Whatever the size of such pass-through effects, however, it was thought that they would probably be temporary in nature and likely diminish as energy prices flattened out, as long as inflation expectations did not move higher. In that regard, participants were encouraged that, despite recent energy price increases, survey measures of inflation expectations had notched down and longer-term inflation compensation in financial markets was little changed. Although high profit margins could imply some existing pricing power, they might also provide a cushion to absorb some future cost increases. Indeed, anecdotal reports suggested that the ability of firms to pass through higher input costs generally remained limited. Nevertheless, the increased prices of energy and other commodities and the possibility of a further rise in resource utilization, which some members viewed as nearly full at present, represented continuing risks, potentially adding to inflation pressures."
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By now, you should know my views on the subject . . .
Minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee
FRB, January 31, 2006
Category: Federal Reserve, Inflation
Please use the comments to demonstrate your own ignorance, unfamiliarity with empirical data and lack of respect for scientific knowledge. Be sure to create straw men and argue against things I have neither said nor implied. If you could repeat previously discredited memes or steer the conversation into irrelevant, off topic discussions, it would be appreciated. Lastly, kindly forgo all civility in your discourse . . . you are, after all, anonymous.
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The fundamental bottom line is that, perhaps due in part to loose montary policy, the cost of a middle class lifestyle has outstripped the ability of a middle class family to afford it.
One other observation is in order: It seems to me that, with the possible exception of energy, the areas of greatest price inflation are those areas in which the government has intervened by way of regulation or subsidy, to try to make the good or service in question more affordable, for example:
Housing — Government subsidized loans and loan guarantees.
Education — Government provided and subsidized student loans and grants
Healthcare — Medicaid and a plethora of rules and regulations designed to make sure everyone has reasonable access to health care at a "fair price."
Property and casualty insurance — Extremely heavy regulation by the states.
Taxes — Need I say more?
These are the areas where government policies are designed to help, or make life more fair for, consumers. In the areas where government policy is designed to protect producers, i.e., farm price supports, government policy has made it impossible for producers to make a living without government subsidies.
Obviously, these off the top of my head observations need a lot more research if they are to be validated. However, it is research that someone needs to do, because, if they turn out to be true, they suggest a policy response to the "middle class squeeze" which is radically different from the one we are likely to get.


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Where are all the new Transformers, Hasbro?
Friday, April 15th, 2011 11:48PM CDTCategories: Company News, Site Articles, Toy News
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Flash back to nine months ago: 2011 held so much promise for Transformers fans. The dream of new figures that we'd been begging Hasbro for since the introduction of the Classics line five years ago was finally being realized. In presentations and press releases, Hasbro revealed some very exciting new figures would be added to the Generations line and that a new line, Reveal the Shield, would be introduced at the end of the year. Both lines would have some very significant releases as well as popular repaints and would carry fans and collectors through first half of 2011, up to the release of the Dark of the Moon toy line. The first looks at the figures we were getting were downright exciting: Wheeljack, "Special Ops" Jazz, Scourge, Windcharger, "Sergeant" Kup, Perceptor, "Solar Storm" Grapple (well Grappel, but hey, no one ís perfect), Blurr, and Wreck-Gar just to name a few. Some of the staff even named the introduction of the RTS/Generations figures as the most exciting event of 2010. It really felt like Hasbro had been listening to us and what we wanted and was finally turning our feedback and requests into glorious plastic that would bring us that much closer to completing our neo-G1 displays. All was right with the Transformers universe. It seemed too good to be true.
There was only one problem: for many fans, it WAS too good to be true.
Fast forward to the present: the Hunt for the Decepticons line still lingers on, the controversial Power Core Combiners figures have proven to be slow movers, and the big release of the TF3 toy line is little more than a month away. Most retailers seem unwilling to restock shelves with the good stuff in order to clear out lingering figures in anticipation of the onslaught of new movie toys. HasbroToyShop.com is in what seems like a perpetual state of "OUT OF STOCK". Gas prices have shot up to near record levels making the once fun "toy hunt" a very costly endeavor. And in the midst of all the shelf-warmers, empty store pegs, and gas pump agony, we're left standing there asking one very simple question: Where are the new Transformers, Hasbro?
Looking back at what's happened in the past four months, all the figures we were promised last year are, at best, trickling out to stores and retailers. While some fans have report seeing new figures at retail such as Wreck-Gar, Scourge, Tracks, etc., these sightings are inconsistent. Some stores and regions have seen several of the new waves of Generations and Reveal the Shield repeatedly stocked, while others haven't received any of the new waves at all. Every time one of these new figures is introduced to the Seibertron.com galleries or is reported on the sightings forum, we see comments and complaints from fans desperately searching for them. And to make matters worse, in the midst of all the frustration, rumors of partial cancellation of certain releases such as scout-class Windcharger have left collectors scrambling for the handful of figures that have been released-and for answers.
The staff here at Seibertron.com has also been feeling your pain and asking the same questions too so we set out to try and find some answers. We tried the obvious route: go to Hasbro and simply ask the question-where the heck are all the new figures? Why have so many new releases from the Reveal the Shield and Generations lines not made their onto store shelves? Is this a Hasbro problem, a global economy issue, of are stores not ordering other lines in preparation for the Dark of the Moon toys? Are all the newest figures being shipped overseas due to the weak dollar or is this lack of product just the toy gods thumbing their noses in the collective face of Transformers fans everywhere? Needless to say, we're still waiting for a response.
But, interestingly enough, the answer may have actually come to us in the form of a forum post in response to yesterday's story about Hasbro's huge first loss last quarter. Seibertron.com member amtm posted a very revealing excerpt from Hasbro's annual report that was published earlier this year. Here is that post again for those who missed it yesterday:
Revenues from the Company's top five customers, all retailers, accounted for approximately 50% of its consolidated net revenues in 2010 and 54% and 52% of its consolidated net revenues in 2009 and 2008, respectively. In recent years certain customers in the retail sector have experienced economic difficulty. ...
The Company's revenue pattern continues to show the second half of the year to be more significant to its overall business for the full year. In 2010, approximately 65% of the Company's full year net revenues were recognized in the second half of the year. Although the Company expects that this concentration will continue, particularly as more of its business has shifted to larger customers with order patterns concentrated in the second half of the year, this concentration may be less in years where the Company has products related to a major motion picture release that occurs in the first half of the year. In 2010, the Company had products related to the mid-year major motion picture release of IRON MAN 2, while in 2009 the Company had products related to the mid-year major motion picture releases of TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN, G.I. JOE: THE RISE OF COBRA and X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE. The concentration of sales in the second half of the year increases the risk of (a) underproduction of popular items, (b) overproduction of less popular items, and (c) failure to achieve tight and compressed shipping schedules. The business of the Company is characterized by customer order patterns which vary from year to year largely because of differences in the degree of consumer acceptance of a product line, product availability, marketing strategies, inventory levels, policies of retailers and differences in overall economic conditions. The trend of larger retailers has been to maintain lower inventories throughout the year and purchase a greater percentage of product within or close to the fourth quarter holiday consumer selling season, which includes Christmas.
Quick response inventory management practices being used by retailers result in more orders being placed for immediate delivery and fewer orders being placed well in advance of shipment. Retailers are timing their orders so that they are being filled by suppliers closer to the time of purchase by consumers. To the extent that retailers do not sell as much of their year-end inventory purchases during this holiday selling season as they had anticipated, their demand for additional product earlier in the following fiscal year may be curtailed, thus negatively impacting the Company's future revenues.
What can we take from all of this? In a nutshell, no matter how great Hasbro's products are, if they're released in the beginning of the year, the retail sector is just not going to be very interested. They're too busy cooling down after the Christmas boom and waiting for the summer/fall toys to carry them back into the holidays again. So perhaps the latest Generations and RTS figures are simply the victim of bad timing. No matter how good they are or how many of us want them, the business philosophy of the Walmarts, Tescos, and Targets of the world is to is to buy and stock as little new product as possible first half of the year. Which lead us to our last question of this article...
If the stores aren't stocking these amazing figures, for whatever reason, why can't we ever find them on HasbroToyShop.com? This is the question we've already posed to Hasbro and it's the questions we're going to continue to ask. And we want your help! We want to hear from you. We want you to sound off to us about your issues finding figures in your area. Are you seeing a lot of empty pegs at stores in your area? Are you seeing tons of old stock on shelves, Hunt for the Decepticons figures or older? Do you feel like you have to purchase figures at a premium price just to assure you'll get them? Have you missed out at HasbroToyShop.com when the new figures are reported as being in Stock? We'd like to hear from you, your latest experiences in stores and online, and if you're having any success now finding the newest and most sought-after from the Reveal the Shield and Generations lines. Send us photos of what the sorry shelves or pegs look like at your local retailer. We'll collect your comments and photos and share them with Hasbro so they can get first hand accounts of what you're seeing (or what you haven't seen) in stores and just how bad the new figure drought is in some areas. Please keep it clean and civil though-over the top or nasty comments won't be included.
Let's all unite and let Hasbro know what's going on in the retail trenches we wage our collecting battles in. We might not be able to change the world or get more figures on store shelves, but together, maybe we can at least get Hasbro to acknowledge the problem, understand our pains, and get more stock up on HasbroToyShop.
In the meantime, while we're all waiting for a reply and hopefully some action, take a look at what we've all been waiting for. Check out some of the Seibertron.com galleries of some of the best figures from the Generations and Reveal the Shield toy lines by clicking the links or images below.
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Posted by omega666 on April 16th, 2011 @ 12:02am CDT
And HasbroToyShop.com should never run out of stock.
Posted by Catalyst_Prime on April 16th, 2011 @ 12:03am CDT
Posted by El Duque on April 16th, 2011 @ 12:04am CDT
Posted by Kibble on April 16th, 2011 @ 12:04am CDT
They're not even trying to clear older stock...they're just empty and apparently content with that fact.
Posted by grimdragon2001 on April 16th, 2011 @ 12:09am CDT
1 Tracks
1 Jazz
1 Bumblebee
1 Perceptor
1 Wreck-gar
2 G2 Optimus
there have not been any RTS Voyagers or Scouts anywhere in my area, and right now all i can do is hope that they come along with the movie stuff
Posted by r3devi7 on April 16th, 2011 @ 12:15am CDT
Posted by Bumblebee26 on April 16th, 2011 @ 12:19am CDT
Posted by NOBODY LOVES WHEELIE on April 16th, 2011 @ 12:20am CDT
This is the Classics Ratchet, Wheelie, Cosmos wave all over again.
I amazingly have found Kup and Scourge and Laser Rod Prime.
And Tracks was like tracking down Cupakabra.
That's it...no Wheeljack, Grapple, Thundercracker, Lugnut, Wreck Gar, Warpath, Deep Dive, Windcharger, or Perceptor.
And with a May release for DOTM toys (it is still May right?) unless Hasbro is just gonna push Classics and RTS along side DOTM I'm gonna say were screwed.
Personally I'm calling Hasbro on the carpet here...not because of what stores order I get that's a problem they can't control, but because there simply is ZERO reason that when something like this happens they can't recycle these figures into future releases of Classics.
There should have been no reason why Ratchet didn't pop up in RTS or Classics, same with Cosmos or Wheelie. And if these figures come up short at retail now do to low store orders there is no reason why they shouldn't hit stores in future waves...or even show up in secondary stores like Marshells or TJ Maxx like items from the G.I. Joe line have.
I guess time will tell.
Posted by MINDVVIPE on April 16th, 2011 @ 12:21am CDT
Here in Van, I see figures as old as Oil Pan in Walmart, and the most current being a Blurr, and some sunspots and the likes of that series. Local Comics and Toys store has Tracks, Sidwarm Sideswipe, and some of those Hailstorm and ROTF Brawn repaints.
Across the border in Seatle and I see the latest figures being Terradive, Blurr, Tracks, and a Scourge at Target. Generally Bellingham Target has more recent figures, but still trails a fair bit compared to how soon i'm sure Mid America gets them.
Haven't seen a single Jazz, Perceptor, Wheeljack, Kup, or Windcharger yet. I'm sure if they do show up, they are bought FAST. Surprised I even found one Scourge.
Posted by Gandalf on April 16th, 2011 @ 12:24am CDT
Additionally, my local Toys R Us just last month put out fresh CASES of Revenge of the Fallen deluxes. What gives?
I've been lucky and found most of what I want at my local Target and then on a trip outside of Florida, but I still haven't found the newer Generations (Wheeljack, Thundercracker), RtS Voyagers (Grappel), and of course no new Scouts (Windcharger!). But Florida is usually among the last places to get new products, anyway.
Posted by El Duque on April 16th, 2011 @ 12:26am CDT
omega666 wrote:And HasbroToyShop.com should never run out of stock.
Posted by Kibble on April 16th, 2011 @ 12:32am CDT
pss...I'm a 2000 Man!
Posted by El Duque on April 16th, 2011 @ 12:53am CDT
Kibble wrote:ps...TL;DR
pss...I'm a 2000 Man!
Posted by XStarfireX on April 16th, 2011 @ 12:55am CDT
I personally have been in search of the latest Legends. Following the long cold trail of some Kmart's having them in December, I have haunted both my local one and while visiting, about five in Oregon. What I see is utter carnage. A few ROTF figures hang askew on bent pegs. When the department associate was asked if they would be getting more she responded with peeved tone "We aren't getting anymore until those are gone." Yeah good luck selling those Lady.
The other retail hopefuls, like WalMart, Target, TRUS, seem to all share these same aggressive selling techniques...torture the consumer with repetitive drivel product until they breakdown and buy one in desperation and then sit at home crying holding their third HFTD Ironhide.
I won't even go into Toy's R Us' seemingly endless supply of Animated Oil Slick...what is it about the characters with oil in their name?
I think a great deal of pain and suffering would be alleviated if HTS just got their heads out of the oil, and started selling their own product on *gasp* their own site.
Posted by Rated X on April 16th, 2011 @ 12:55am CDT
The only figures I had trouble finding was Perceptor and Wreck Gar. My homie found me Perceptor, and I found possibly the last Wreck-Gar in Miami. I need 2 more for my Junkion armor sets I ordered. Having 3 additional bikes for them would be considered a luxury.
I saw Scourge 6 times and bought 5 of the 6. (3 for me and 2 for my homie) I saw a few Kups. Snagged one for me and one for him. Saw a couple more a week later but they dissappeared quick.
Never seen Grapple, Lugnut, or Starfe.
Posted by Doubledealer93 on April 16th, 2011 @ 12:55am CDT
Posted by Mkall on April 16th, 2011 @ 12:56am CDT
Posted by Janus Prime on April 16th, 2011 @ 1:05am CDT
Is this really a new trend? It´s been less than a year since I follow this kind of news, but nothing sounds out of place with this one.
I agree, Hasbro made me forget what usually happens in a "movie year", but what is going on now happened also in 2009, with the difference that the Universe releases were fewer.
Shouldn´t we expect this to happen instead of acting all surprised?
Posted by Optimusfan79 on April 16th, 2011 @ 1:06am CDT
Posted by Doubledealer93 on April 16th, 2011 @ 1:08am CDT
Mkall wrote:All this further reinforces my reasonings for buying online.
yeah im goin with ya on this one. to hell with walmart and all the others, im goin on line shopping from now on.
Posted by Twitchythe3rd on April 16th, 2011 @ 1:08am CDT
Speaking of online shopping, isn't HTS basically buying straight from the source (aka Hasbro themselves)? How can the source of the product be out of their own product? It seems impossible, yet it's happening.
I'm still keeping to the conspiracy theroy that stores are purposefully coasting into the DOTM line on whatever they've got left sitting around from ROTF/HTFD.
Posted by Optimusfan79 on April 16th, 2011 @ 1:17am CDT
Posted by Megatron Wolf on April 16th, 2011 @ 1:22am CDT
Posted by Anonymous on April 16th, 2011 @ 1:26am CDT
I mean logically speaking, everything clogging shelves right now, namely ROTF/HFTD figures, can be sent to Ross's, Marshalls, and TJ Maxx easily, correct?
Posted by Optimusfan79 on April 16th, 2011 @ 1:28am CDT
Posted by Colinus Maximus on April 16th, 2011 @ 1:48am CDT
Posted by leokearon on April 16th, 2011 @ 2:06am CDT
I could buy online (I want scourge) but the prices on Amazon plus delivery would mean I would pay double and I don't want to get ripped off
Posted by AutobotCliffjumper on April 16th, 2011 @ 2:19am CDT
I've had to result to ebay to get a hold of Kup and I am waiting and WANTING scout class "Demolition Rumble"!!!! (aka we all know it's Frenzy because he's blue )
Hasbro, you have so many loyal fans, please push the retailers to get these toys out!!!!! Listen to us!!!
Posted by kookookajew on April 16th, 2011 @ 2:59am CDT
To be fair, I've seen one blurr and two cliffjumpers at a toys r us one time in the past 5 months lol............................ but even in all of THAT HUGE SHELF STOCKING never any RTS voyagers ...
and even everywhere I look online they're out of stock or for like $30 ... I will NEVER pay $30 for a voyager... ever in my life ... so I've been holding out ..
meh ..
Posted by Berserker Prime on April 16th, 2011 @ 3:03am CDT
The TRU by my house dosnt even have a spot for voyagers on there shelves.
The Wal-marts near my house have nothing but Skulgrins and Thunderwings.
The Targets have very few new RTS but mostly HFTD.
I pre-order EVERYTHING at BBTS and cancel if I find it at the store before it is in my POL. Even then I have 15 days to cancel it for store credit. Win Win.
Posted by Angelus on April 16th, 2011 @ 3:04am CDT
Of course I want it to be like that as well but here in Europe it just doesn't work that way at all.
Many, many and even more than that Transformers that get released in the US will not end up in our toyshops. The best example is the Reveal the Shield and second half of Power Core Combiners figures.
Yes, they have cards with all the languages on them, even Dutch... But I have to buy them abroad + pay for shipping to get them here.
There are even more figures than that being released in the US and never even see the light of day in Europe. We end up getting these figures and paying even more shipping plus, when you are out of luck, import duties.
I also hear those sounds of high gas prices... Hold on tight: we have to pay 1.75 euro for every litre of fuel. This translates to a price of 6.62 euro for a gallon which translates to a price of 9.60 USD (at this time).
Of course I hate all this too... But that is the beauty of collecting. You never know when you will find the next piece for your collection and at what price...
We live in a profit based world.
If the retailers, shops and what not still have enough stock, do not have enough money to spend on sitting stock or simple do not want it, than it is all lost.
I miss those days of the 80s. Transformers would hit the streets and in a year time 25 to 40 figures would be released.
You would get some pocketmoney, save that up and buy a figure you really wanted to have.
Now I can work 50 hours a week and still not have enough to buy everything for my collection which results in us having to make choices... Which means (more or less), due to the huge amount of figures that are being released, each figure is sold less, in total it is more, but per figure would be less... and that means that the figures sold best (which are NOT the fan-figures but movie figures), are available and others are not.
To me importing from Japan is about the same as importing from the US. I just wish Takara and Hasbro would just release the same figure instead of different paint apps... It would make my (TF) world a whole lot easier...
It's crap... but it is the world we live in...
Posted by fenrir72 on April 16th, 2011 @ 6:01am CDT
Not all of Hasbro life revolves around TFs but yes if the other article is accurate, the TF line is one of their profitable but..............
Please confirm to me overseas Japan based members the first two statements
1.IIRC either Diem or Stormrider stated that TFs don't sell well in Japan.
2.A specialty shop online retailer friend of mine stated that TFs are a runaway hit China (go figure KO land), which is also suffering from their own economic problems like runaway food prices, so that now may not be as accurate as 2 years ago.
3.So if Encore products shelf warm, how come their latest "modern" incarnations in United all are but sold out online? (Except Straxus and Lugnut (no one seems to love them). Kudos for taking the risk Hasbro/Takara on the last two)
4.I can attest to some retail availability of RTS/Generations lines in SEA, why it doesn't reach the USA? Heck RTS Windcharger IIRC was given a limited release in my country sometime last November or December 2010 in a Hasbro event.So I'm in the same boat with most of you guys on looking for one.
Now the problem, as already stated by previous posters
what was Hasbro thinking with the PCC?!
All this freakin' repaint of the same molds? Aren't they diluting the value or the "I want" for them? In economics it's like putting out to much Rocky road Ice cream to the point that people get sick of it. Shouldn't they maximize their limited plastic based sources to a more 100% profitability release?
TF/Star Wars/Marvel cross overs? Puh leeeez!
Poseabilty is good and all but most of their latest designs, with the Bayformer line in particular is simply sucky in design. Breacher being an exception in the Neo G1 genre (at least in my opinion that is).
And now with DoTM coming,( how I wish this is over with ) more bad news.(for me I'd probably be getting just Shockwave)
Posted by hook2 on April 16th, 2011 @ 6:01am CDT
We have such a huge problem with hoarding new or desired figs here that for the longest time you couldn't even see a Blurr or Tomahawk on the shelf!!! Unbelievably, the two big retailers RESTOCKED wave 2 of the HFTD voyagers this month!!!!
This is exactly what happened at the end of the Universe line. When a movie is around the corner, Hasbro desides that only movie figs are going to sell and totally screws us on the last waves of classics figures.
Now, the online retailers are loving it, because we are paying 20 dollars or more a piece for the toys!! Or even that much for a scout!(Windcharger). In my town, there is a small time guy who sells on Ebay and Amazon who probably doesn't have a job, besause his van is in front of TRU and Target ALL THE TIME when they get trucks with his big sticker in the window, and people like that are probably the ones getting to any of these that are actually showing up.
As for Hasbrotoyshop, I had a while there where I checked twice a day for 3 WEEKS waiting for them to stock the new toys, and FINALLY one night they had Wreck Gar. As I was getting my credit card info ready they sold out...I turned away from them and their inferior shipping and stocking practices in disgust.
But like I said, this is a case of underproducing the classics to produce more movie plastic. And really, WHY do they always wait until a movie line is 2 months away to release the stuff we want?
Posted by Mykltron on April 16th, 2011 @ 6:02am CDT
Posted by hook2 on April 16th, 2011 @ 6:05am CDT
We have such a huge problem with hoarding new or desired figs here that for the longest time you couldn't even see a Blurr or Tomahawk on the shelf!!! Unbelievably, the two big retailers RESTOCKED wave 2 of the HFTD voyagers this month!!!!
This is exactly what happened at the end of the Universe line. When a movie is around the corner, Hasbro desides that only movie figs are going to sell and totally screws us on the last waves of classics figures.
Now, the online retailers are loving it, because we are paying 20 dollars or more a piece for the toys!! Or even that much for a scout!(Windcharger). In my town, there is a small time guy who sells on Ebay and Amazon who probably doesn't have a job, besause his van is in front of TRU and Target ALL THE TIME when they get trucks with his big sticker in the window, and people like that are probably the ones getting to any of these that are actually showing up.
As for Hasbrotoyshop, I had a while there where I checked twice a day for 3 WEEKS waiting for them to stock the new toys, and FINALLY one night they had Wreck Gar. As I was getting my credit card info ready they sold out...I turned away from them and their inferior shipping and stocking practices in disgust.
But like I said, this is a case of underproducing the classics to produce more movie plastic. And really, WHY do they always wait until a movie line is 2 months away to release the stuff we want?
Posted by griftimus prime on April 16th, 2011 @ 6:38am CDT
Posted by H0TR0D on April 16th, 2011 @ 7:23am CDT
- Wreckgar
- Blur
- Drift
- Preceptor
I have almost all of the classics from a few years ago and when I heard news that the generations/classics will be released in RTS and Generations I was so stoked!
When I went looking for them, the same figures where on the shelf, or next to nothing were left..
I thought maybe the shelf stockers at walnuts here where getting the Megatron, Soundwave, Kup, Wheeljack, Tracks and Jazz. I'm glad to know this is not so.
The "Kup" half full sort of dude! I SO WANT KUP!!!!
Anyways, ....One thing is for sure if these are all made and package, they have to start to trickle at some point? I know the DOTM is on the way...but the generations/classics is my passion...I'm done with TF's that just have bigger guns and things can plug into (ie. mechtech?)
Bring on the Generations and Classics please hasbro!
Till all are one!
Posted by retrothomas on April 16th, 2011 @ 7:31am CDT
I figure it's still early to be seeing Wheeljack and Thundercracker.
Every RtS/Generations figure I have was difficult to buy, and I have one Kmart, about 5 Toys R Us stores, and 6-8 Targets, and a bajillion Walmarts all within an hour drive. Interestingly, I don't think I've ever seen a single RtS or Generations figure at Toys R Us, though I have seen some Classics/Universe figures there. It just doesn't seem like it should be so hard to find these figures and that it would be in Hasbro's best interest to get them in stock since everyone's buying them.
As hard as the figures are to find, I'm still hesitant to spend twice as much to order through BBTS.
Posted by ae_productions on April 16th, 2011 @ 7:37am CDT
IE: Revenge of the Fallen toys. They are EVERYWHERE. The same toys have been sitting on pegs here since November or earlier.
Other stores
If Hasbro is aware of this issue, these toys SHOULD BE FULLY available on line at their toy shop, not this randomly sporadic, extremely limited supply BS. There wouldn't be a HUGE PROFIT LOSS if your customers could actually find ANY THING. Or, here's an idea, quit alienating your customers by forcing your movie toys on them. There has been numerous toy lines for Transformers selling together for years. Release the RTS and Generations toys with these movie toys.
Posted by Stormrider on April 16th, 2011 @ 7:49am CDT
Mkall wrote:All this further reinforces my reasonings for buying online.
That's the way I've gone lately too.
It is possible that these hard to find figures could show up after the summer - remarketed under a different line.
Posted by prowl123 on April 16th, 2011 @ 8:01am CDT
Posted by Primeultimus on April 16th, 2011 @ 8:23am CDT
I am a also lucky enough one to have a complete Deluxe RTS/Generations line.
I will tell you I just started collecting in February and have been looking at the figures since late November last year.
Target seems to be the store on top of the RTS/Generations line as most of my figures were purchased from there.
Kohls seems to be a good place to find the RTS Wave 1 with Jazz , Tracks , Fall Back and Mindset. Walgreens also has this as well and they pop up at every other Walgreens usually.
I have seen Tracks and Jazz at Target twice and at Walmart once so do not expect to find them at either really.
The Generations figures seem to be most prominent at Target just like the Reveal The Shield figures. I found only Kup from the newer wave at Target once.
Suprisingly enough the only figure I had issues finding from the older wave was Drift who I found a few times but with a card bent up enough to pass on.
I started ordering figures from BBTS because gas prices are going from the roof and driving around hunting is just not efficient anymore.
I ordered from BBTS Kup , Thundercracker , Wheel Jack , Scourge ,Drift and Warparth. If you cannot find the figure you want in store just order it. STOP WASTING MONEY ON GAS!
I go to Target and Walmart by my house a few times a week in hopes of picking up Grappel or maybe seeing a Windcharger in the USA but am starting to give my hopes up. If I cannot find either in the next few weeks I am going to just order cases from BBTS to split with my friends.
If hasbrotoyshop had either in I can tell you I would have ordered them the second I could!
With the DOTM movie due in the next month I am thinking that there will be no "Classics" style figures left on the shelves except for Thunderwing and Skullgrin!
I have yet to see RTS Legends , Scout or Voyager on a store shelf and I frequent every store in Brandon , Clearwater, Tampa , Carrolwood , and St Petersburg.
Just think figures like Chopsaw might be worth alot money one day only because they were short stocked to begin with.
Windcharger may become a holy grail only worth buying to collectors. These are the things that happen when a company mismanages supply and demand.
Posted by ReinaHW on April 16th, 2011 @ 8:46am CDT
It's been very rare to see anything else, I got lucky to get the new Jazz, I saw Tracks a couple of times, but very rarely.
I've ended up having to resort to buying online and that's expensive, retailers online are charging double the recommended retail costs for deluxes and more, Generations Blurr for example cost me £24 since no shops bothered to stock him.
I've ordered a four pack containing Kup, Wheeljack, Scourge and Thundercracker from Epic Heroes, but it's taking time for it to be dispatched. I'm hoping it will be dispatched in time for the 26th of this month - my birthday - so that I can have something to look forward to.
I've had to order Tracks, the remake of Laser Prime, Perceptor, Blurr, WFC Megatron, Prime, Bumblebee, Cliffjumper, Soundwave - who took months to find, Thrust, Dirge and Windcharger, as well as Skullgrin, Straxus/Darkmount and Thunderwing online. Windcharger cost me almost £20!
I'm hoping to be able to find Wreck Gar, Warpath, Grapple and Lugnut next month, maybe Wreck Gar on Tuesday if able. But I'm not happy at the extra cost online since no shop is stocking anything but ROTF stuff while waiting for DOTM stuff.
Hasbro says they're losing money, will hello, common sense needed. If you want our money then here's this wild new idea - release your products in full!
As for shops refusing to stock anything but movie stuff, they should stop this stupid behaviour because if something is shelf warming then it's pretty clear there's been a mistake somewhere, so stock things that will sell.
And then there's the whole distribution side of things, whoever manages the distribution of Transformers for Hasbro is, to be blunt, an idiot.
They churn out multiple repaints of movie Bumblebee, yet trying to find anything actually decent like Generations/RTS Wheeljack for example is near to impossible.
Generations/RTS has been the best Transformers line in, well, ever outside of Masterpiece and Alternators/Binal Tech. They've been the true example of how well engineered a toy can be, how they can be like mini works of art to play with and admire and that Transformers don't need some tacky gimmick like oversized weapons or heavy amounts of electronics in order to attract the kiddies, but that they can just be plain good fun to play with for any age and encourage the imagination instead of being lacking and sloppy like much of the movie bots have been - with the exceptions more often that not being the remarkable little scouts and non-screen bots like Seaspray, Breacher and Hubcap.
The over realiance on a movie to sell things is damaging when something that is worth buying comes out, like Generations/RTS. Given a choice between yet another movie Bumblebee repaint or the sheer cry in joy delights of the G1 remakes, I would rather spend my money on the G1 remakes.
Maybe when my neices are old enough that may be how I introduce them to Transformers, not via the terrible recent movies that insult the intellect and are more to do with some male teen's glands than the actual Transformers, but series like the original G1 while introducing them to the toys via the remarkable G1 remakes.
So please, Hasbro, not just from the old time fans, but for the sake of actually showing just what the Transformers line is capable of, release the Generation/RTS line in full.
Because those, in all honesty, have been and are your best products when it comes to the Transformers franchise. If the new versions of Jazz and Tracks can actually have me smiling and nearly weeping for joy at how remarkable they are, then in that area you're doing something right.
More Classics/Universe/Generations/RTS please, we have the money if you have the common sense to release them in full.
Posted by Darth Bombshell on April 16th, 2011 @ 8:53am CDT
Posted by ShadowTracker on April 16th, 2011 @ 9:12am CDT
I am not sure if my area is supposed to receive the newest wave yet ( wheel jack, Warpath, Etc )
It did take me about $100 bucks in gas to find most of the newer ones it was worth it though.
PLEASE let the new wave get at least 20 miles away from me because i hate waiting for orders
Posted by Blackstreak on April 16th, 2011 @ 9:31am CDT
To be honest I have to agree with what this article is saying, both original post and quoted article. It stands to reason that with the decline in value of the USD companies (not just toymakers like Hasbro) would send their products where the economy is perhaps stronger and the money has more value. The more value the money has the less you spend, the more you can make. It also stands to reason that retailers would want to reduce their 'dead weight' products- the shelf warmers, the discounted products that no one wants. I must admit I have have nothing new to add but the reasoning brought forth is very sound. What does not seem logical is this thought process where the least desired products are more available and the highly favored ones are found to be rare. The effect of this will increase the price tag for those rarer product, if not on the shelves in the retailers, than most certainly on ebay as that is where a good majority of them will end up (everyone wants a cut of the money).
Posted by Shockwave7 on April 16th, 2011 @ 9:48am CDT
I couldn't care less about the movie toys. If you're trying to woo me with those weird looking bricks you call 'mech tech' weapons, you've failed. I'm not planning to buy ANY of the movie toys.
I am, however, VERY interested in the last toys of the RTS/Generations lines. Namely, I want Lugnut, Wheeljack, Thundercracker, Warpath, Rumble and Windcharger.
I will SPEND MONEY on those (the RTS/Generations figs - them - NOT any DOTM figs) I'd love to find them in stores, but if the above article is accurate, then these toys are being screwed over in favor of dumping this DOTM garbage on shelves instead of the RTS/Generations figures that I really want.
So Hasbro/whoever: Get off your duffs. You want to put all this DOTM junk in stores? Fine. But put the other figures I want in stores too. Or put MORE of them on hasbrotoystore.com so I can order them in one lump delivery.
Right now only ONE of the figures I want is listed on HTS.com. But the shipping fee is like $7 above and beyond the price of the figure. If the other figures 'trickle' into being available one by one, I don't want to have to pay $7 a pop for each one to be delivered seperately. I'll swallow the shipping fee if I can get the discount and have them all delivered at once.
Got that? There's money to be had, Hasbro - if you become up and doing!
Posted by Guitarbot on April 16th, 2011 @ 9:52am CDT
This was an excellent article. Just from my own perspective, in Northern NJ, Walmart and Target shelves are still full of Tuner Mudflaps from ROTF. There have been a few shocks of new product - a local TRU had a giant end-of-aisle display of RTS Wave 1 & 2 (Tracks, Jazz, G2OP, WreckGar, Perceptor, and Bee) which sold out in less than a week.. however, now all the new product is gone and there are STILL giant piles of ROTF TRU exclusives and voyagers. At least they're starting to put them on markdown.. and they also have lots of TRU Rodimus Minors left, as well.
I work in distribution in the Fashion industry and I see a lot of the same trends that are described in Hasbro's annual report. Retail chains are carrying much lower inventories to remain lean, keep liability off the books, and react to trends; they expect suppliers to deliver goods on the turn of a dime. The main focus in Retail now is speeding up the supply chain to shorten turn time and get product from the factory to the selling floor FAST. Traditionally it took several seasons to plan "waves" and "floorsets", planning often began over a year in advance, but now the trend is to reduce lead time to weeks.
I honestly can't blame Hasbro for our Retail woes, I think much of the problem also rests in the hands of Retail chain inventory planners and buyers who over-order certain waves. I don't know lots about retail buying, but from what I know I'd imagine a savvy inventory planner for a retail chain would know their product well enough to stock appropriate levels of certain items. If an inventory manager doesn't know the difference between ROTF, Animated, HFTD, RTS, and Generations, they just order enough "Transformers" to keep the shelves stocked, regardless of the subline imprint. I also notice, at least in my area, that the big retail chains themselves try to push too much product through larger flagship stores. In my experience it's the smaller, lower volume stores that have newer product sooner, as they order much smaller volumes and sell through more quickly, than the giant flagships that seem to languish with the same product for ages. I often find new figures at a small Walmart in a tiny community in the tail end of South Jersey in the middle of winter MONTHS before I see any new product on the shelves of my local NNJ TRUs (5 min outside NYC). I found the Battle in Space 2-pack there on New Years Day, the same 2-pack JUST showed up at TRU here in NNJ 2 weeks ago.
I do agree and wish, however, that HTS would carry higher volumes of stock for later wave figures. They may be missing out on revenue here - the inventory that clogs up the retail chain is already paid for, Hasbro's made their money on that product, so if the big box stores won't buy later waves due to the fact their inventory levels are too high, why not push it through other online outlets? Depending on the cost, it may even be a good idea for them to issue free shipping as an incentive to people who don't normally order online. They can only make more money... I'm still holding out hope there are more Windchargers and Grappels on a vessel from Hong Kong making their way to the HTS distribution center right now. It may be just a matter of time... keep the faith!!
Although I need to take a spending break during DOTM, I recently found some solace by pre-ordering the last few Generations/RTS waves with TFSource or BBTS. I used to enjoy the hunt, but it started to become too nerve-racking and time-consuming to me. Ordering online is worth the extra $10 shipping for the peace-of-mind. I use the "Pile of Loot" feature to collect several waves, and I STILL get the figures long before they show up at retail. I have my Wheeljack and Thundercracker, but I don't quite know what I'm going to do about Warpath yet...
Anyway, that's my two cents. Thanks for listening!
Posted by Flashwave on April 16th, 2011 @ 10:09am CDT
r3devi7 wrote:Upstate Ny near Albany, lots of Hailstorm, Sidearm Sideswipe, Cybertron Optimus, and Cybertron Bumblebee. Even some of the twins left. Have yet to see any of the newer TFs here.
We don't even have THOSE in Central Indiana. Little trickles of the WfC guys, I may have seen Sides before, and I diddnab one Firetrap, but no Hailstorm, nothing. Newest PCC fig I've seen was 1 Leadfoot. Nothing in the combiners since Cranky, I have seen Skullgrin, latest I think beyond him was Blurr. But that's a small dripping of figures at best too. The only line that seems "On it" is Human Alliance, but that's finished for the moment until DOTM releases.
Posted by Scarynic on April 16th, 2011 @ 10:22am CDT
(Anyone wants a Windcharger is I find any drop me a message and will do my best.)


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iPhone 3G S users save your iBEC and iBSS files of iPhone OS 3.0 for upcoming Jailbreak tools. Also don't update your iPhone to 3.1 beta and 3.1 final (due to release) until any confirmation from Geohot and Dev team. Geohot already warned us to save iBSS and we also posted a guide to capture Your 3G S iBSS Certificate for Upcoming Jailbreak by Ecid and Purplera1n. Now Dev team asks to save iBEC and iBSS sig dump. When iTunes starts the restore process, they contact Apple servers to generate signatures just for your device. It's important you get these signatures for your phone before a new version of the software comes out. " And to eliminate this limitation you have to generate a unique certificate for your phones iBSS and iBEC. Read this post twice or thrice and get your certificate now before Apple put another limitation.
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- iodine-123 metaiodobenzylguanidine
The neurotransmitter analogue 3-nitrobenzylguanidine conjugated to iodine I 123 and used as a gamma-emitting imaging agent. The adrenergic tissue uptake and storage of I-123 metaiodobenzylguanidine (I-123 MIBG) mimics that of norepinephrine (NE). The distribution of this agent enables the scintigraphic imaging of neural crest tumors, such as neuroblastoma and pheochromocytoma.
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The "Ballast" BookbagRAREGEM JAPAN + BOOK/SHOP
We're pleased to introduce our signature bookbag, designed in collaboration with Ken Nishijo, a Tokyo based cabinet-maker and bag builder. A stunningly well-made bag that will age beautifully, this large tote's heavy-duty canvas is made on looms imported to Japan from Belgium in the 1930's, and the nude leather handles come from one the oldest and best tanners in Tokyo. The remarkably precise stitching is all hand-done by Nishijo's own family in his workshop, and each bag carries our motto about book-carrying, hand screened on the inside:
"I try to carry books with me wherever I go. Their weight has become like ballast against the churning sea of modern life, where so many real things are vanishing, and so many beautiful things are being made invisible."
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Chargers for iPhone, iPad, mini-USB devices
Accessory maker Hammacher Schlemmer is currently shipping an oxford woven cloth business case. An included 6000 mAh lithium-ion battery can charge an iPhone up to three times before requiring a 3.5-hour charge itself.
The case measures 16 inches wide, 13 inches high, 5.5 inches deep with an unloaded weight of 3.5 pounds. Other features include a padded sleeve that protects up to a 15-inch laptop, a dedicated tablet pocket, and eight other various-sized pockets to hold other devices or office supplies. Charging ports include the Apple-standard 30-pin iDevice cable plus micro-, mini- and standard USB.
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Story and photos by Lynn DeBruin
The tiny flashlight was pointed downward as I deftly negotiated the dirt and pebble-strewn path toward the hot springs. But my eyes kept drifting high above the trees, at a mesmerizing sky ablaze with a million stars.
It was so dark – and yet so bright – on this moonless night that skinny-dipping at Strawberry Park Hot Springs wasn't even a worry. It simply was a matter of where to enter the 103-degree waters and which boulder to drape my clothes over for later retrieval.
Thank goodness I wore a white sweater during the winding, 25-minute drive from the hotel through the pine-and-aspen forest above the ski resort. It'd serve as a distant focal point – my foggy lighthouse so to speak – to maintain one's bearings in the natural pools while my body melted under a nighttime canvas painted with the Big Dipper, Milky Way and no less than six shooting stars.
There are many beautiful places in the world, but few rank as perfect as this idyllic spot high in the northern Rockies, where clothing optional and no children allowed after dark is part of the allure.
Then again, to many, Steamboat Springs already is paradise.
There is the ski resort, with its hundreds of ski-in/ski-out slope-side rooms, its iconic director of skiing, former Olympian Billy Kidd, and of course the famous champagne powder that often falls by the foot on the 165 trails of Mt. Werner.
But unlike Vail, Copper Mountain or Keystone to the south, there also is a real town, 10 minutes away from the slopes, with a historic downtown, rustic as well as fine dining, and even an old-fashioned candy store where everything from Pez dispensers to sugar straws and suckers fill the shelves.
"It's a town first and foremost," said former Austin resident Jonathan Hieb, co-owner of Sweet Pea Café on the Yampa River in downtown Steamboat Springs. He called the town, with its 10,000 or so permanent residents, a small community, where everyone has everyone else's back.
"It's like-minded people – outdoorsy, healthy, who love good food – and we just happen to have this amazing hill to ski on as an added bonus."
Hieb's café used to be a former roadside fruit stand that has been converted to a market and health-conscious restaurant that serves up as much local produce as possible.
"This has been a vision of mine for seven years," said Hieb, who once franchised Chili's restaurants in Austin and hated every minute of it. He finally could afford to buy the property when the economy slowed, prices dropped and developers with big plans called wanting to sell. Now he has a menu that features a beet salad, with the towel-rubbed veggies marinated overnight in olive oil, orange juice, rock salt and a touch of truffle oil. "It was probably the wrong time to buy, but I just knew the idea I had was going to work," he said. "I believed in it."
Another former Texan, Donna Downing, calls her new home simply paradise. "You spend so much time in the Yampa Valley and then it's got you, that old Yampa Valley curse," she said during one of the town's many festivals. "It has it all. And the people are wonderful."
Along the river, new and old sit side by side as kayakers and tubers in all shapes and forms float by.
Set on the river, Sun Pies offers cold beers and fried oysters, and a place for the river runners to crawl up the banks and dry off.
Long-timer Kidd, now 66 and 46 years removed from his silver-medal run at the Innsbruck Olympics. reminded me four months earlier of Steamboat's unofficial motto during one of his free mountaintop ski clinics. "Come for the powder; stay for the summer," he boasted. He did many decades ago.
So did Hieb, who sold his BMW seven years ago, bought an old, black truck, tossed in his dog and skis and headed toward Jackson Hole, only to pull into Steamboat Springs at 3 a.m. to rest. "I woke up and there was about a foot of fresh snow. I didn't even know you could ski here," he said. He never did make it to Wyoming.
Living it up
While the local rugby tournament is called the Cowpie Classic and one can still find horse and human shampoo next to each other in the Safeway, Steamboat Springs isn't without some hip hot spots. On a recent Friday night, the Ghost Ranch Bar was pulsating to the sounds of Filthy Children, a funky, seven-member Indie brass band with sexy vocals from Jenny Anderson.
Even the crowd was eclectic, with three cowboys in Wranglers having wandered in after a steak dinner and cattle auction. They stood near a young man with an expensive fitted leather jacket and silky red shirt. The rest of the dance floor was littered with dozens of others in shorts and T-shirts. Instead of a cab or shuttle back to the hotel, Ghost Ranch had its own School of Rock-like black van for delivering guests safely home.
Two blocks away, Harwig's-L'Apogee offered a fancy dining experience, albeit in a relaxed atmosphere. I chose the chevre leek ravioli appetizer with arugula and a pear vinaigrette balsamic glaze, followed by the pheasant breast with summer squash, haricot verts and a warm, cherry vinaigrette.
But there were plenty of other tempting choices, from the lamb sliders and the grilled Turkish-styled octopus to the ostrich entrée – all accompanied by warm asiago cheese bread.
Tip: Before leaving check out the decadent deserts, take a tour of the wine cellar, with its private dining and cork roof, and view the creations displayed on the walls upstairs and down each week by a different local artist.
Tee it up
Haymaker Golf Club might not look like much as you drive by on State Route 40. But the wide undulating fairways are kept in great condition, with trouble to be found in the thigh-high native grass and water hazards. Of course, the west-facing runs of Mt. Werner serve as a fine backdrop.
Rollingstone Ranch offers even more of a challenge. The Sheraton's resort course winds along the flanks of Mt. Werner, with the scenic Fish Creek flowing through six of the holes and two small lakes placed strategically on Nos. 8 and 9.
Also nearby is Steamboat Golf Club, a 9-hole gem that borders the Yampa River, as well as Catamount, the latter of which you'll need to know somebody to get on the private Tom Weiskopf design that features a 530-acre lake.
Steamboat Lake is only about 20 miles north as the crow flies from downtown, but it takes about 45 minutes to reach by car as it winds along the Elk River, through ranch country and past fields of blue lupine and yellow mule's ears wildflowers. When the rainbow trout are biting, be ready.
The novice fisherman that I am, I managed to haul in a 4-pounder one early fall morning. That same day a former colleague scored a trophy fish – an estimated 7 pound cutbow – though he was so worried about getting it back in the water for someone else to enjoy I never got an exact measurement.
Other friends say the Yampa River is good for brown trout and rainbow, while Hahn's Peak Lake and Pearl Lake (lure only) also are great for catching fresh-water fish.
There's nothing fancy about Steamboat Lake, or its accommodations.
Steamboat Lake Outfitters offer cheap, clean, no frills bunk rooms a few miles away for $89.
Then there's the tiny cabins by the marina that come equipped with two bunk beds, electric heat, a tiny refrigerator/freezer and outdoor fire pit perfect for grilling fish, warming up turkey stew or toasting marshmallows before easing back in a folding chair to soak in the night sky.
Restrooms/showers are in a nearby building, close enough not to worry about wildlife and with hand-dryers for those days when one's cameras inexplicably go for a swim.
Hot springs
Strawberry Park is open year round, and each season offers a different experience. There's nothing like soaking in 103-degree mineral water while champagne powder is falling and mist is rising off the water. In the fall, the surrounding aspen trees offer another unforgettable experience.
In spring and summer, the drive up the windy, washboard (the last two miles) road is less harrowing, and it's a lot easier to negotiate the steps down to the springs.
What2Bring: A small flashlight will help you find your way in the dark so you don't end up in the river, or a campground. But be sure not to flash it over the water as guests will heckle unmercifully at the invasion of their privacy. Water socks are a good idea as is an over-the-wrist car key holder, plastic drinking bottles (the signs claim no alcohol or glass), towels, and cash (entry is $10 for adults and they don't accept credit cards).
Check it out: Massage and Watsu therapists are available from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily. Prices range from $50 for a half-hour massage to $180 for two hours combining both therapies.
Stay2Play: Rustic cabins are available for rent for $60 a night. The simple, single-room log cabins come with one double futon, and feature gas lighting, heat and gas grill. Guests need to supply their own bedding material, food (in a cooler), flashlights, swimsuits and towels. Two-story rustic cabins are a little more spacious and offer gas fireplaces, with exclusive access to a central bathhouse with hot showers and flush toilets. Cost: $70 for two per night. Extra person: $20 adult, $10 child.
Caboose: The most popular way to go is to rent a renovated train caboose, complete with fireplace, bathroom and shower, full-size futon, linens and stocked kitchenette. Cost: $110 for two per night.
Other choices in Steamboat Springs can be found at Steamboat.com.
Visitors can choose between Stagecoach or Steamboat Lakes for their trips, and go for an hour, for a sunset cruise or a full day. Special requests also can be made for larger parties or multiple day use.
For more information, contact Steamboat central reservations at 1-877-783-2628.
Fall foliage
Steamboat is known for its champagne powder and perfect summers, but fall is also a great time to visit as well. It is less crowded, the fish are still biting and there's great weather for hiking, fishing, golfing or biking. There's also some great drives for the leaf peepers.
1. Rabbit Ears Pass gets its name from the granite outcroppings that are visible on a mountain in the Park Range. Though the area gets a considerable amount of snow in winter, it is ablaze with wildflowers in spring and offers great fall views, especially on the east side as it approaches Muddy Pass Lake.
2. Steamboat Lake. The drive along County Road 129 cuts through open meadows, and follows the Elk River past majestic Hahn's Peak to the small lake, just 20 miles (as the crow flies) south of the Wyoming border.
3. Flat Tops Trail. The 82-mile scenic byway tour from Meeker to Yampa (south and west of Steamboat Springs) traverses the scenic upper White River valley and crosses Ripple Creek and Dunckley passes. Almost the entire drive is lined with aspens and there are many scenic lookouts to pull off, making it one of the best for taking in Colorado's fall colors.
Be warned. The only downside to Steamboat is a problem plaguing much of the Colorado Rockies. Beetle kill. The Lodgepole Pines have been devastated, with as many as 90 percent of the mature trees infested and dying. Park officials estimate they cut down 10,000 dead trees near Steamboat and Hahn's Lake. Younger trees and other species, however, are unaffected so there's still plenty of green to see.
For more information on everything about the parks, visit http://parks.state.co.us/Parks/SteamboatLake/Pages/SteamboatLakeHome.aspx.


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Goalkeeper Manuel Neuer insists an injury-hit build-up has not affected Germany ahead of their FIFA World Cup™ opener against Portugal on Monday in Salvador.
Joachim Low's side have endured a heavily disrupted run-up to Brazil 2014, with midfielders Lars Bender and Marco Reus ruled out by injury.
Key players including Philipp Lahm, Bastian Schweinsteiger and Neuer also picked up injuries at the end of the domestic season.
Real Madrid midfielder Sami Khedira, meanwhile, only returned in May after spending six months on the sidelines with a knee injury.
After intensive treatment, the quartet are all available to face Cristiano Ronaldo-led Portugal in Monday's mouthwatering clash - and Neuer is confident they are ready.
"Those are things which are part of football, nobody wants to be injured, but it has affected our leading players," he said.
I feel well and fit, I have no limitations whatsoever and I have trained fully; I feel upbeat.
"We weren't always available, but we were constantly attached to the national side. We all came together in the final few training sessions and the most important thing is that the German team which plays will be 100 per cent fit."
Neuer injured his shoulder in Bayern Munich's German Cup final win over Borussia Dortmund on 17 May, but insists he now has full movement in the joint.
"I feel well and fit, I have no limitations whatsoever and I have trained fully; I feel upbeat," said the 28-year-old.
Neuer believes Monday's opening Group G clash at Arena Fonte Nova is too close to call, with Ghana and USA also awaiting the Germans.
"We know we are facing a strong opponent who have been successful in recent years - it's almost like a final," he said.


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Mary Barra, CEO of General Motors, left, and Andra Rush, founder and chair of the Rush Group, were guests of Michelle Obama. / USAT
First Lady Michelle Obama waves from her box before President Barack Obama's State of the Union address on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014. Mary Barra, CEO of General Motors, is in the second row, far right in black holding a pair of glasses. / Associated Press/J. Scott Applewhite
The rise of leaders like General Motors CEO Mary Barra illustrates the strength of our work ethic and the scope of our dreams, and the emergence of companies like Detroit Manufacturing Systems shows the importance of improved retraining programs, President Barack Obama said Tuesday night.
With Barra and Detroit Manufacturing Systems founder Andra Rush watching alongside first lady Michelle Obama at the State of the Union address, the president praised the two Michigan business leaders as he spelled out a plan for reinvigorating Americas manufacturing sector.
In two specific proposals, Obama pushed Congress to green-light natural gas fueling stations for vehicles a priority GM has supported and he signaled plans to boost fuel economy requirements for heavy trucks.
■ Related: President Obama: Let's find common ground, but I'll act on my own if needed
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■ Analysis: For Obama's State of the Union, what a difference a year makes
With national TV cameras trained on Barra who took control of GM two weeks ago Obama praised the Northville resident and General Motors Institute graduate.
Our success should depend not on accident of birth, but the strength of our work ethic and the scope of our dreams, Obama said. Its how the daughter of a factory worker is CEO of Americas largest automaker.
The president also told the growth story of Detroit Manufacturing Systems, a Ford parts supplier that has grown rapidly after Rush established the company. The manufacturer has added more than 600 employees in Detroit in the last year and a half.
Two years ago, as the auto industry came roaring back, Andra Rush opened up a manufacturing firm in Detroit. She knew that Ford needed parts for the best-selling truck in America, and she knew how to make them. She just needed the workforce, Obama said. So she dialed up what we call an American Job Center places where folks can walk in to get the help or training they need to find a new job, or better job. She was flooded with new workers.
■ Related: Read full text of the speech
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Obama said Vice President Joe Biden would lead an initiative to implement across-the-board reform of Americas training programs to ensure workers are getting the skills that employers are seeking.
Obamas decision to highlight Detroit Manufacturing Systems and Detroit-based GM directs a spotlight on the private sectors investments in Detroit despite the citys historic Chapter 9 bankruptcy filing last year. Obama did not mention the citys July 18 bankruptcy filing his address.
The president has repeatedly trumpeted the governments $49.5-billion bailout of GM in 2008 and 2009 as a success, saying it saved millions of jobs and preserved the U.S. automotive industry.
He has largely avoided addressing Detroits financial plight in speeches, but members of his administration have pledged to help Detroit secure hundreds of millions in federal funding to improve services.
GM has reported 15 consecutive profitable quarters, recently recaptured its investment-grade credit rating and returned to the Standard & Poors 500 Index.
After a string of strong products and the governments sale of its final GM stock in December, echoes of the derogatory Government Motors moniker have largely faded.
Still, debates about the bailout will linger. Barras trip comes less than two months after the government reported a loss of about $10.3 billion on the bailout.
In a statement before the State of the Union, GM was careful to emphasize that the bailout drew bipartisan support, with the first dose of emergency cash coming from President George W. Bush in late 2008.
We will always be grateful for the action taken by two administrations, the taxpayers support and the congressional members who stood with us during the industrys recovery, Barra said.
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If you have a decent host (one that allows access to the cgi-bin etc.) you'd be well-advised to use phbBB or one of the other free forum software packages around. They have a generally short learning curve, and are very easy to administer. In fact, you should check with your host to see if they have a forum or so available to you for install through their control panel.
This forum is a great place to start. Welcome to Webmaster World!
These aren't hard and fast rules, as you can run PHP on Windows, for example - from a support standpoint, though, it may be easier to use one of the "native" packages.
All the "free hosted" boards come with a cost: advertising. And that can look a little cheap on something that's attached to a business. Also, you run the risk of advertising for the competition, especially with the way more and more ad-serving is based on content matching. If your BBS is about real estate, I would expect the ad-server to eventually clue in, and serve up ads relating ot real estate, some of which will be in direct conflict with your business.
If you're going to install a package BBS on your hosting service, look closely at the different ones available. There are some excelent "free" software packs out there. (YaBB and phpBB come to mind).
The advantages of the free (open source) packs are:
- Cost (duh)
- Available Modifications: Both the above mentioned BBS software packages are open source, which means there is a large community of people out there contributing modifications and templates, and all sorts of ways to customize the software.
Downside of Open Source:
- Can be trickier to install than some of the paid packages, and tend to require a bit more knowledge, in general, to operate.
- There is no such thing as "customer support", but there will be a large user base willing to help out and share personal experiences.
As for the paid packages:
- Well, I wouldn't know. I have more time than money so I stick to the open source solutions. I hear that some tend to be easier to install, have better instructions and decent customer support.
Paid/hosted packages:
- Basically, for a small monthly fee, there are companies that will operate a BBS for you. You just have to tweak a few settings as far as general look and certain basic functions. The easiest, least hassle, but most expensive route in the long term.
For a BBS that you install on server space you already pay for: Basically, it's a one shot deal. Get it installed and up and running, and looking the way you want, then forget about it, other than watching and participating, of course.


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Seat : 21.00" H x 70.00" W x 20.00" D
With clean lines and a petite scale, the Eden sofa brings a little bit of paradise to smaller rooms or spaces. Super versatile too, Eden mixes it up by transforming from a standard sofa and ottoman into an inviting right or left arm sitting chaise simply by changing a seat cushion. With gently flared arms, a semi-attached back and tapered feet, Eden puts a fresh modern spin on comfort. Button-tufted accent pillows included. See the complete Eden line with additional matching pieces available.