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On April 19, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit held that there is no implied private right of action under the federal Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP). Miller v. Chase Home Financing, LLC, No. 11-15166 (11th Cir. Apr. 19, 2012). In this case, the servicer agreed to enter into a temporary modification of the borrower's mortgage under HAMP, but later notified the borrower that it would not extend a permanent modification. The borrower alleged that the servicer failed to comply with its obligations under HAMP and sued the servicer claiming (i) breach of contract, (ii) breach of implied covenant of food faith and fair dealing, and (iii) promissory estoppel. The district court dismissed the case because (i) HAMP does not provide an express or implied private right of action and (ii) the claims otherwise fail as a matter of law. On appeal, the court upheld the district court dismissal, holding, without oral argument, that there is no discernable legislative intent to create a private right of action and noting that such a right would contravene the purpose of HAMP as servicers fearing litigation would limit their participation in the program. Last month, the Seventh Circuit held that a plaintiff bringing claims against a servicer based on similar fact pattern could maintain a suit against the servicer. That case is distinguishable, however, because while the borrower was not able to state a cause of action for a breach of HAMP directly, the borrower properly pled claims for breach of contract and promissory estoppel based on the servicer's promise to offer a permanent modification. In that case the Seventh Circuit also held that the borrower sufficiently pled fraudulent misrepresentation and state statutory fraud claims, and that those claims were not preempted by federal law.
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A funny thing happened on my way to Tranquillity Base. I suppose I could call it a revelation. This book, provisionally titled One Giant Leap, was originally intended as an antidote to my last book, The Bomb: A Life. Writing about nuclear weapons left me depressed, cynical, forlorn, and scared. After that experience, I craved something hopeful and uplifting and therefore looked to my childhood for a good wholesome story to retell. I decided to write a book about the heroes of my youth—the astronauts who took America to the Moon. I suppose that's self-indulgent, but I didn't care. I'd earned it after doing time with the Bomb.
When I started looking at the lunar program, I found heroes aplenty. But I also found a gang of cynics, manipulators, demagogues, tyrants, and even a few criminals. I discovered scheming politicians who amassed enormous power by playing on the public fascination for space and the fear of what the Russians might do there. Quite a few people got rich from the lunar mission; some got very rich indeed. The Moon mission was sold as a race that America could not afford to lose— a struggle for survival. Landing on the Moon, it was argued, would bring enormous benefit to all mankind. It would be good for the economy, for politics, and for the soul. It would, some argued, even end war.
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The Seecret Updates were a series of ten updates released by Notch during the Infdev and Alpha development stages of Minecraft, often without announcement. They were named after the day of the week on which they were released: the first nine Seecret Friday Updates were released on Fridays from June 18 to September 10, 2010, and the tenth Seecret Saturday Update was released on Saturday, September 18, 2010. Seecret Updates usually included major new features: minecarts and boats, redstone, and sneaking were all introduced in these updates, along with a number of other significant features.
Notch sometimes announced or confirmed upcoming Seecret Updates on Twitter. On June 18, before the release of Seecret Friday Update 1, he tweeted that he was going to "do a seecret update".[1] On July 2, he announced that Seecret Friday Update 3 was coming that night.[2] On July 29, he tweeted that there was "a real chance I might forget to do the update",[3] in reference to Seecret Friday Update 7, released the next day. On September 2, he refused to do a "Seecret Monday Update", instead confirming that "the secret update will be on friday as.. er.. "normal"",[4] in reference to Seecret Friday Update 9, which he subsequently confirmed on September 9 and 10 would be coming later on the 10th.[5][6]
Seecret Updates were discontinued before the Halloween Update; Notch tweeted on October 7 that they were "postponed until we know what to do with them" and that he was "focusing on the Halloween update and lawyers".[7] The last mention of them on The Word of Notch was in a blog post made on September 24, where he wrote "I'd really like to do a Seecret Friday update, both to keep you guys happy and to actually get to do some programming myself, but I need to wind down",[8] and the last time he tweeted about them was on November 10, where he wrote "I liked the Friday updates, but Saturday fixes suck."[9]
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Expert: Fate of Glendale casino hinges on one legal interpretation
The law has been on the side of the Tohono O'odham Nation so far this year, but the core legal issue the tribe is relying on to build a casino on a plot of land in unincorporated Maricopa County near Glendale is still unsettled by the courts. And an expert on Indian law and gaming law believes that the issue will eventually put an end to the planned casino.Read More »
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Coconino County election officials have provided translators at the polls for Navajo speakers. They have done the same for Hopi voters.
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Tribe refuses to back up casino job-creation claims
The Tohono O'odham Nation has relied on a few impressive numbers in its pitch for a casino on a tract of unincorporated land surrounded by Glendale: 6,000 construction jobs and 3,000 permanent jobs.Read More »
Bill to block casino could increase water rates
If U.S. Congressman Trent Franks' H.R. 2938 (Gila Bend Indian Reservation Lands Replacement Clarification Act) passes, Arizonans' water bills may increase again. But his bill isn't actually about water at all. The bill was submitted to prevent construction of a casino on a strip of land between Peoria and Glendale. The 25-year-old government treaty with the Tohono O'odham Nation allows the tribe to acquire land to replace the part of its reservation that was flooded due to construction of the Painted Rock Dam on the Gila River. In the deal, the tribe also surrendered its rights to 32,000 acre-feet of water each year.Read More »
State high court rejects Glendale annexation attempt
The Arizona Supreme Court has decided not to hear a petition from the City of Glendale on an appeal of an Arizona Court of Appeals decision that Tohono O'odham Nation land is outside Glendale boundaries. The Arizona Supreme Court further ruled Glendale must pay the tribe's attorney fees.Read More »
AZ Supreme Court to decide on hearing Tucson election, Glendale casino cases
The Arizona Supreme Court will decide Oct. 25 whether to hear cases involving city council elections in Tucson and a southern Arizona Indian tribe's desire to build a casino near Glendale's sports and entertainment area.Read More »
Arizona tribes, lawmakers spar in Washington over proposed Glendale casino
Supporters and opponents of a proposed casino in Glendale accused each other of subverting the system Tuesday as they clashed on a bill that would prevent the Tohono O'odham Nation from building the project.Read More »
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Scores of angry Pinal County residents showed up at the IRC's meeting on Friday to complain about their county being split into five separate districts, a move that led Mathis to spend the weekend redrawing the lines to put Pinal into just two districts, not counting a sliver of Tohono O'odham land in the southwest corner of the county.Read More »


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1 of 1 people found the following review helpfulOctober 04, 2011Reviewer: linda in CaliforniaThis is very good BBQ sauce for zero calories and zero carbs! I usually hate Walden Farms products, they taste weird and are kind of gross to me. But all their BBQ sauces are really tasty. I do keep these in the house and they seem to never go bad either... ( not sure if that is a good thing, lol).This review is specific to BBQ Sauce, Original
July 06, 2015Reviewer: Sandra in CaliforniaA little sharp, but tastes ok. Will re-order and try the other flavors.This review is specific to BBQ Sauce, Original
April 27, 2015Reviewer: David in AlabamaAmazing flavor, tastes just like the real, full fat and sugar, thing. Only complaint is this sauce is THIN! I'm talking barely thicker than water thin, so it tends not to stick, but the flavor itself is great.This review is specific to BBQ Sauce, Honey
March 16, 2012Reviewer: Aletta in West VirginiaThe BBQ sauce is thick and spicy. I would rather use this BBQ sauce than none at all or any others that I have found and I will not use sauces with sugar in them. If I were Walden Farms, I would change it to make it more healthy by using stevia instead of Splenda.This review is specific to BBQ Sauce, Thick and Spicy
October 24, 2011Reviewer: Krystal in FloridaI have only tried 2 of the flavors of BBQ. The Hickory Smoked BBQ tastes ok. Not something I would buy again but still works. The honey BBQ is much much better. Recommend that one. I will be trying the other 2 in the future.
August 31, 2010Reviewer: Richard in ArizonaThese are both good products. The Hickory smoked is much too sweet for my taste. The Thick and Spicy appeals to me more. More similar to regular BBQ sauce.
May 04, 2010Reviewer: Vickie in UtahThe BBQ sauce tastes enough like the real thing to make my meal feel not so restricted. I have used it on the side and also have spread it on chicken before broiling. I am excited to try the honey dijon next. I was satisfied.This review is specific to BBQ Sauce, Original
March 19, 2010Reviewer: Lori in IndianaPleasant hickory smoke taste. Consistency is more like a steak sauce like A-1 and not thick like regular BBQ sauce. Just a little too much on the "vinegary" side for me to give it 5 stars but altogether a good product. No carbs---Yeah!This review is specific to BBQ Sauce, Hickory Smoked
February 11, 2010Reviewer: Michael in MissouriNot that bad for no calories, carbs, etc.. Not zesty by any means.
December 30, 2009Reviewer: Christina in ConnecticutIt is delicious don't get me wrong BUT it's not spicy in the slightest. At least not in my opinion. I will buy it over and over and over, but not for the spice, simply for the flavor! Great product!!This review is specific to BBQ Sauce, Thick and Spicy
August 04, 2009Reviewer: Wendie in MaineI give this product a 4 ONLY because it is not as wonderful as Stubb's BBQ sauce, or some of the other brand name BBQ sauces. However, what it DOESN'T have is just as important. It does NOT contain any High Fructose Corn Syrup. Few other brands can boast this. That being said, the WF BBQ sauce is good. I use it as a dipping sauce for chicken, or as I would use any other BBQ sauce. Because it has ZERO calories, I am free to use as much as I want to. I don't have to measure out a Tablespoon full to use for dipping. When you consider that some dipping sauces can have more calories in it that what you are dipping, this is a great alternative. If you are trying to lose weight, but want to enjoy 'normal' foods, I highly recommend you try this product.
April 29, 2007Reviewer: Jeremy in CaliforniaThis sauce is good. The Original is a bit too sweet, and the Thick N Spicy, a bit too spicy for my taste, so I mix the two.
Consumers should be aware that the sauce is not truly zero calorie or zero carb (it contains ingredients that have calories and carbs). It merely has less than 5 calories and .5 grams of carbs per 2 Tbsp. So be careful when using it, and don't go overboard (which is easy to do because the sauce is so good).
April 25, 2007Reviewer: Lisa in AlaskaNever eat meat without it!This review is specific to BBQ Sauce, Thick and Spicy
February 13, 2007Reviewer: Roberta in ColoradoThis BBQ sauce is really quite yummy. Good low carb option at a reasonable price for those of us that have such a poor selection on the grocery store shelf.This review is specific to BBQ Sauce, Honey


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i noticed about a week ago that my car did not feel as warm as it use to. there was not enough heat coming out of the vent to keep me warm. but enough heat was coming out to melt the snow off the windshield. i am not sure whats going on with the heat in my car.
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I have this airsoft gun i like it it is okay for the price the mag really holds up to 14-13 bb's but it has a storage area in the clip to put bb's, in the gun has a fun to play with hammer but it does not actually do anything the cocking mechanism works just like a regular spring pistol would the color way of mine is tan and a clear black, the grip is a textured piece of plastic with some parts of rubber it has a ambidextrous safety it takes alot of force to pull back the trigger.i really dont think the pistol is 260fps i shot a couple of plastic cup and all it left was a dent if you want power out of this gun your getting no where but it is overall a fun gun to play with hope this review helps i know its pretty long i am just trying to make it as detailed as possible so people can get there moneys worth i say its a good gun to play backyard airsoft wars not actual ones unless your playing cqb
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Great backyard "toy", as long as you don't have a neighbor out back. Although can and will hurt animals and people, so not suggested to use live targets, obviously. Had fun with paper targets and shredding the paper.
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Walsh was born in Syracuse, New York and he graduated from St. Bonaventure University. Walsh was elected to the Syracuse common council. Walsh ran as a Republican and won a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives in 1988. Walsh has been re-elected without difficulty, except for in 1996 when he was challenged by Cortland attorney Marty Mack and only won by a 55Ô5argin.
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Street Style: The Men of San Francisco's FiDi
When we moved 7x7 HQ from techie SoMa to downtown SF, we were immediately smitten with the boys. Or rather, the men who, in this part of town, are particularly dapper in suits, ties, and polished accessories for working grownups. We felt it our duty to catch up with these handsome lads and to share them with you in all their photogenic glory. Because really, who doesn't love a man in a suit?!
Street Style: The Men (and Murals) of San Francisco's Mission District
After readers went gaga for our recent look at the dapper men of the Financial District, we crossed town to see how the dudes are stepping out in a very different neighborhood: the Mission.
Look of the Week: Hey There, Sailor
This week, Gabe Johnson's street style, combined with the growing buzz around SF hosting the America's Cup, inspired me to round up a collection of nautical wears, fit for land or water.
SF Street Style: A Modern Ad Man Shows Us Four Spring Looks, in The Mission
Meet Gabriel (Gabe) Johnson, born in Spanish Harlem, raised in Boston and, as of six years ago, a proud resident of San Francisco.
Gabe works as an adman, writing slick copy for the local boutique agency, Engine Company 1. When he's not busy getting wordy, he's involved in the local art and music scenes or in the kitchen, cookin' up something tasty.
Gabe kind of does it all, and he looks damn good while doing it. From nautical stripes to frayed-edge shorts, check out what he's wearing this spring.
SF Street Style: The Man in Metallic Loafers, on Valencia
Brett Kladney, spotted in Four Barrel -- where his oversized glasses, fitted army jacket and, why yes, metallic loafers all caught my attention. You always hear about well-fitting suits, but it's crucial to have great fitting casual wear, too. In addition to having such a nice mix of colors and textures, Brett's clothing fits impeccably.
The 100th Bay to Breakers: Style For (7.46) Miles
I know I wasn't the only one checking my weather app to the latest hour Saturday night. But the early rise of the 100th Bay to Breakers made way for a celebratory sunshiney day. Win. While most witness the cheesy, outrageous, and risque on annual race day, I was on the prowl for some style shenanigans...
Double Dandy: Patrick McDonald & Jim Howard on Bill Cunningham, Hat Travel and Rocking the Boat
In a world where denim and sneakers rule the streets, Patrick McDonald stands out, and not simply because of his seemingly endless array of Rod Keenan hats.
SF Style Blogger Aimee Song Loves Leopard Prints in the Winter
While most stray to gray sweaters during the cold months, Aimee Song prefers to turn the notch way up in leopard prints and slashed jeans. The San Francisco style blogger behind Song of Style has a penchant for adding a hardcore twist to her look and we love how she made it appropriate for Wintertime dressing.
SF Style Blogger Laura Ellner Shares Her Feminine Fall Look
If our first SF blogger style series left you wanting more, check out our latest find: Laura Ellner. Laura's street style blog, ontheracks, is constantly filled with attainable fashion inspiration so we asked her to share her favorite Fall look.
San Franciso Street Style Dubbed "The Land That Style Forgot"
San Francisco walks to the beat of its own fashion drum. We know this, but others, like Guy Trebay from The New York Times, describes our beloved foggy city as "the land that style forgot." A harsh, yet catching opener in his somewhat controversial article describing our truly eclectic sense of fashion.


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Jasmine Pierre and 10 members of her family have been camped out in a park since Tuesday. She has not seen any food deliveries, rescue workers or noticed any signs of international relief.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Jasmine Pierre and 10 members of her family have been camped out in a park since Tuesday. She has not seen any food deliveries, rescue workers or noticed any signs of international relief.
"Nobody is coming," she said. "I think only God is in charge. The government should be here, any government. There is no government in the palace right now. I don't even really know if Haiti has a government today."
The 22-year-old's feelings of frustration were shared by many aid workers, relief agencies and medics, who say that three days after an earthquake devastated Haiti, it was not clear who was in charge of relief efforts.
Nobody had seen any.
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It's no wonder: The presidential palace collapsed, as did the parliament, the U.N. headquarters, and the health and finance ministries.
No single federal government office building is standing, and officials are looking for a proper headquarters from which to organize relief operations, first lady Elizabeth Préval said.
Some Haitian leaders died. Others lost family or property, leaving a grief-stricken leadership awaiting an international community that was mobilizing to fill the void.
"The government seems to be just waiting for help," said Gregory Gue, a Jacmel doctor who came to Port-au-Prince to volunteer for the Red Cross and was aghast at the conditions he encountered.
"People die waiting for help. I am angry. Angry, but everyone is also very sad. It is clear the government had no emergency plan."
Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive, however, defended the pace of progress. "The international community reacted quite quickly in view of the circumstances and the scale of the hit," he said.
"Everyone is still today in the streets — and that includes the government. Because three-quarters of the government buildings are destroyed, that doesn't mean the government isn't doing its work."
Moreover, starting a day after the quake, Bellerive said, the remnants of the government held morning coordination meetings with U.N. representatives, foreign ambassadors and international agencies.
There is the bigger question lurking in the background: What will it take to rebuild this rattled country once the immediate crisis has passed, and is the government up to the task?
At the nondescript police building near the airport that has been converted into President Réne Préval's de facto headquarters, the disarray was clear. Luxury SUV's were parked at the entrance, which was guarded by members of an elite police unit that seemed, with a glance and a shrug, to let anyone with a heartbeat inside.
As Haitian officials cope with their own devastating losses — the finance minister's son died — aid workers said it appears nobody in the Haitian government or the international community has stepped in to take charge.
Interior Minister Paul Antoine Bien-Aimé acknowledged the breakdown, saying that traditionally the U.N. Stabilization Force coordinated relief efforts.
"There is no leader emerging from anywhere," said longtime aid worker Regine Alexandre.
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Orion Music & More -- Detroit, MI -- June 8th & 9th, 2013
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Due to will-call troubles (Front Gate Tickets actually contacted me about it yesterday) I got to the festival two hours before the Red Hot Chili Peppers started. I waited in line for some food, chilled a bit and then watched the Red Hot Chili Peppers play an awesome show. The setlist is actually a pretty standard setlist from when they were touring for their album I'm With You. I still consider this show a part of that tour actually. I think I read somewhere that the tour would "go on forever".
Question for the OP: What time did you get to Cobo and how long was the wait for the shuttle on day 1?
Day 2 was much better. My friends and I showed up at Cobo at about 1PM (maybe earlier, I don't remember now) and there was one busload of people waiting. We got to the island immediately and were able to enjoy most of the festival including the Metallica Museum and Kirk's Crypt. My favorite songs from Metallica's set were The Day That Never Comes, I Disappear, Orion and Turn The Page.
So yeah, good festival. They got it together for day 2 (although maybe this was because everyone had their pass by then) and I would go back next year. Getting off the island was really fast both nights and there is lots to see and do at the festival.
I just hope they ship passes to international fans next year. I will even pay 5-10 bucks for shipping to avoid another 4 hour will-call line although I'm sure they will hire enough people next year to avoid another such situation.
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Kred tries to one-up Klout by taking influence to the masses
Aug 21st
Kred, a platform to measure social influence similar to Klout, just introduced a new interface called "Story" with several very interesting new features. It is so graphically-intensive that I wanted to provide a video (below) so you can experience the changes first-hand. In my view the overhaul provides some valuable new tools for marketers interested in influencer marketing (and you should be).
Click here if you can't see the video of Kred Story.
So what does this mean to you? I see at least two interesting business applications of the new "Story" format.
First, this puts some useful, free tools into the hands of small businesses and brands. So far Klout has really been the domain of big brands fortunate enough to be able to experiment with Klout Perks. One of the questions I am often asked is, "OK we understand this marketing trend, but we're a small business. How do we find these influencers?"
Kred has come up with some very nice free or inexpensive features so that many businesses can find topical influencers by geographic location.
A second benefit I see (which may not be even be apparent to Kred) is the usefulness of seeing the most shared content by category and the influencers behind the sharing. This could be an extraordinary tool for curating top content.
When I previewed the new Kred offering, there were still a few pretty strange bugs in the system, but honestly that doesn't bother me as much as other people. We are watching an entirely new marketing channel unfold and iterate in public — a pretty extraordinary business model. So I am more focused on the trend and the opportunities than short-term things that look might appear silly.
I had an opportunity to ask a few questions of Kred CEO Andrew Grill about this latest round of social influence innovation:
Mark: I imagine that it is difficult creating sustainable points of differentiation in a field where there really is no intellectual property protection. In other words, you are probably in a cycle where competitors simply continually copy each other. How do you compete in an industry like that?
Andrew Grill: When we gained access to the Twitter firehose back in 2008, we developed our architecture to be able to handle the masses of data that come from sources like Twitter, Facebook, and the ever-growing social networks. We've developed IP (Intellectual Property) and know-how around receiving and ingesting big data.
We are the only influence provider that is generating scores in real time. We also took the decision to be open and transparent from day one, by not only publishing exactly how we derive the Kred scores, but also showing on every one of the 120 million Kred profiles the effect of interactions on the scores in real time. No-one else has decided to be this transparent – something that sets Kred apart from other platforms.
Mark: What is Kred's R&D cycle? How often can we expect to see major updates like this?
Andrew Grill: We iterate fast. Kred was built in just three months, and the build time for Kred Story was even faster. Small enhancements to the site based on our valuable community feedback are added into the development cycle on a weekly basis. Customers also benefit from our quick R&D cycle as we can build custom versions of Kred elements extremely quickly.
Mark: One of the things many people don't understand is that you have no choice but to iterate in public. There is no way to test enough ahead of time to be able to predict everything that might happen when you flip the switch and a million people hit your servers. From a business standpoint, how do you gear up for the inevitable fire-fighting when you make a major change like this?
Andrew Grill: Having an amazing technical team who work around the world in multiple time zones means that we're ready for anything. You are right that we have to iterate in public, and we are always listening to what people are saying about us and the product – feeding things back to the development team as we receive it. We love being in such an agile environment and industry – it makes us work harder to build the best possible platform we can.
We also utilize our network of Kred Leaders to seek feedback on new deployments. In addition, we have a round the clock community management team looking out for any issues and feeding them back to the team. As social media is real time, if something is not working, we hear about it pretty quickly through Twitter.
Mark: How do you project the Twitter API change will affect Kred and its new format?
Andrew Grill: We don't expect any material changes to the Kred Story format to be compliant with the new API. We have been working with Twitter for four years now since we gained access to the full Twitter firehose and we have a great partnership.
Take a look at the demonstration video and let the {grow} community know what you think about it. Other than the features I've named here, what else do you like about this new interface?
Disclosure: Kred has named me a "Kred Leader" but I have not been active and maintain a neutral position in the industry. Andrew Grill bought me dinner earlier this year during a business trip.
How the physics of social media could kill your marketing strategy
Aug 19th
There is a fundamental reality of the social web that is slowly killing your marketing strategy, whether you know it or not: The Physics of Social Media.
Now, don't freak out. It's not complicated or boring, and it makes no mention of black holes or the Higgs Boson. It's a pretty simple but important idea about the increasing demands on your content and marketing messages. Let's look at the two colliding factors that will dramatically impact your marketing initiatives.
1) The amount of available information is accelerating. I recently saw an infographic reporting that all of the information created in the past two years equals the amount of recorded information for all of human history. Is that true? I don't know. I make up most of my statistics any way, but it sounds about right. The point is, we are in a permanent state of information overload and it's going to get much, much worse.
2) Our processing capability is the same. We only have one brain that evolved to process basic threats, physical needs, and verbal communication. The physics of the human brain is woefully unprepared for this information onslaught. We cannot add processing speed to that limited capacity (at least yet).
In the physical world, this is what happens when you try to push too much stuff though a finite pipeline — catastrophic failure. A flood. Wires bursting into flame. Server crashes.
So this presents the fundamental dilemma for you and me. How do we get our marketing message to cut through the infinite information and make it through to a consumer brain — without going broke or having a catastrophic strategic failure?
We've never faced this before
This is a relatively new problem. Even in the early days of mass broadcasting, getting your message through was easy. You simply bought advertisements on the most popular radio and television programs. Those days are coming to an end. Nielsen reported that in 2011, the number of hours that Americans viewed TV declined for the first time in the history of television. Newspaper advertising, adjusted for inflation, is down to 1950s levels. Even website visitors are down. In the past two years, 68% of the Fortune 500 companies had a drop in unique visitors to their company websites.
So we have no choice. Day by day, every single company in the world is realizing that it must join this social media battle for consumer mindshare. And that war is raging though web-based content.
If you are comfortable with your content marketing strategy, don't be. The game is about to become vastly more difficult and if you just keep on doing what you're doing, you are slowly going to get wiped out.
Three ways to maintain content mindshare
How do you fend for your piece of your customer's mindshare in the face of this information tsunami? There are only three possible strategies:
1) Maintain mindshare through increasingly spectacular content. This is the classic — but theoretically unsustainable — content marketing strategy: Offer amazing content that will make people want to spend time with you. But the cost of maintaining this quality level is inexorably going up. So this approach will inevitably stall as costs rise and companies discover the finite economic value of loyalty.
2) Maintain "mindshare" with less pipeline. If the cost of maintaining mindshare is going to keep going up (and it will), another idea is to find a way to push out the same amount of value through less time with your content. This would explain the meteoric rise of content aggregation, infographics, and visually-oriented sites like Pinterest and Instagram. People don't have to read. They are capturing information quickly and moving on to the next item in the pipeline. I think it is safe to predict that we are just at the beginning of this trend. Free advice: Invent social media platforms to expose more information in less time and you will become rich.
3) Infiltrate other content with your message. This is like a Trojan Horse. When a consumer opens up somebody else's content they find you. The idea is that you let other content providers bear the huge cost of maintaining mindshare and you sneak in. Examples:
- Guest posts on popular sites
- Influencer outreach — Nurturing relationships with high-impact influencers willing to share and validate your content
- News-jacking — Establishing a voice of authority so that the news channels come to you.
- Brandscaping — Sharing space with other, related brands
- PR — Methodically finding opportunities to place content in big "pipelines"
I would suggest that a successful long-term social media marketing strategy must have at least parts of all three of these, in addition to an aggressive network building strategy.
If you made it this far, thank you. I know this is heavy stuff and I appreciate your patience with the explanation. What do you think? Are you starting to feel the crunch? What are your ideas on how a marketer can prepare for this next phase of competition? Or, do you think I'm wrong?
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Why Twitter needs to learn a lesson from Apple. And FAST.
Aug 17th
Yesterday Twitter announced that it will be making some dramatic changes to how it allows developers to use its "fire hose" of tweets in their Third Party applications. There seems to be vast implications for everybody building — and using — content aggregating and social media services, including Klout, Storify and many other popular services.
An excellent summary from eConsultancy called "The Twitter API as we Know it is Dead," reports that one of the biggest pieces of bad news is that Twitter is changing the rule on how applications showing tweets should display them. If you want to use the Twitter API to display tweets, you will, for instance, always have to display the author's avatar and the text of the tweet below the author's name and @username.
Building an awesome mashup that displays tweets alongside content from other services? As ReadWriteWeb's Jon Mitchell observes, one of the new requirements is that "Tweets that are grouped together in a timeline should not be rendered with non-Twitter content. e.g. comments, updates from other networks."
Nearly every aggregating service, including the new Klout "Moments" feature displays feeds from multiple sources. According to Twitter, "If your application displays Tweets to users, and it doesn't adhere to our Display Requirements, we reserve the right to revoke your application key." In other words, developers will have far less ability to create unique experiences around content pulled from Twitter.
This represents a dramatic land-grab by Twitter, who wants to control the market for consumer-oriented Twitter clients and syndication. Twitter wants to own the Twitter stream — wherever it is.
At a minimum, these new guidelines are going to throw the Twitterverse into turmoil and it may cripple what used to be a thriving developer ecosystem.
I am not somebody who is walking the halls of Twitter, and I don't know the inside view of Twitter's long-term monetization schemes, but it seems that Twitter might learn a lesson from Apple. Apple's dominance is not just because they make great products. They also have an enormous application eco-system that was developed not by Apple, but by thousands of innovators everywhere. This open market approach drove breath-taking and rapid innovation and Apple figured out a way to take their cut, too.
It appears that with this move Twitter is saying that THEY want to control the app development. This seems like a short-sighted and risky move. Yes, they control the mother lode of information but I would suggest that anything that destroys the vibrant innovation around your product is probably a bad thing.
I love you Twitter, but isn't there another way to monetize other than killing a thousand small companies after they have been working with you for years?
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Aug 17th
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Interesting that your helmet is quieter when open.
Interesting that your helmet is quieter when open.
[QUOTE=patentcad;9054139]First bike, big, heavy, dangerous, I knew that, /QUOTE]
I had my Goldwing for all of five weeks before I took the practical test and passed on the first try. I couldn't wait two months for the MSF course. I honestly think that having a tandem played a big role in how quickly I was able to toss around that 800+lb bike at low speeds. Anyone can whip a bike around an on-ramp at 100, but it's much harder to do the slow speed U-turn.
This would already be considered an old shot, since I replaced the bars, threw some black shocks on, and only use the sissy bar/backrest when Tricia is with me. Time to invest in some baffles too.
I wear earplugs. I didn't used to, but when I started doing track schools I found that I got less flustered by a loud bike passing my RZ350 when I had ear plugs in. I could just concentrate on my line. Then I used them on a tour and found that I was much less tired and beat up when I got to the end of the day. Now I wear them for everything except trials riding (which is slow, so there is no wind noise, and the bikes are quiet too). Besides making rides less tiring, earplugs help save your hearing.
I wear earplugs on my cruiser (Yam Road Star) for many of the reasons ericm979 mentioned even though I added quieter baffles (in V&H Longshots). That said, I would miss the Milwaukee-esque rumble in town. Only wear the plugs on the highway.
Seeing pcad's ST and his nice summary has me thinking of going back to a sport tourer. Would appreciate the EFI and electronic cruise. I had a 92 Honda Pacific Coast but there wasn't much available for aftermarket seats at the time. Plus I must be long in the torso cuz I got helmet buffeting even with the taller optional windshield.
I do love the versatility a dresser offers. Despite the R* being bleepin' heavy (~800lbs) it handles remarkably well and practically drives itself on the highway.
What? What?
I just got back from a 3 hour evening ride that included plenty of twisty turns between my house and the canyon above Sundance resort, one deer sighting where we stared each other down, and a quick stop to load up on sushi. Now I'm back home in my office, and my girlfriend has a bunch of friends over, for an adult novelty party.
My evening promises to get even better.
The ST doesn't have electronic cruise, a major oversight on Honda's part that everybody in the ST community has griped about for many years. I have a Throttle Meister aka White Trash Cruise Control, and it works just fine for my needs. But a factory electronic unit would be nice. The Wing has it. Let's hope the next ST has it too. Duh. It's a pricey touring bike (latest 2009 MSRP is up to over $17K with ABS, don't ask me who's buying it at that price).
WhatEVER. The bike has what I want.
I was surprised that my Suzuki doesn't have self-canceling turn signals, but the Harley does.
Who rides a bike 300,000 miles? I ride fairly often and in 5 years the bike has 14,000 miles.
Sort of like those Winnabego traveling ppl.......
I went to a Goldwing meet once just out of curiosity and it was a real
awakening as to what 'real' riding was .....maybe not 150mph on the
back wheel, or throwing sparx off your pegs, but most of these guys
had scrap books about where they went with their 'Wings at 50k,
75k, 100k, 150k etc etc.....they had pix of the bikes in situations
like being pulled out of a mud hole by a burro in Mexico, going by
10' snow banks in Alaska, etc, crazy, crazy stuff !!!
My ass gets sore just thinking of riding a motorcycle 300,000 miles.
The 300,000 mile Goldwing warranty is a seven year warranty.
He was like an 1800's cowboy just riding around the country and stopping where the weather was good.
This whole "getting up and going to work everyday" is way over rated.
That reminds me of a bit more touring bike insanity. My Goldwing had something that was incredibly low-tech, yet still surprised everyone that noticed it. A trailer hitch.
I do love motorcycling, even though my riding is light by any serious biker standard. Nothing like it at all. I'll probably have a bike until I'm too old to ride them.


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ActiveRecord: Overwriting a setter causes trouble with attributes depending on each other
Undeterministically I got a
nil error on saving the object caused by the random order of hash elements of the params hash.
class Feedback
belongs_to :user
def role=(value)
@role = value
self.email = find_email_by_name(user.name)
This piece of code works well until the object params hash contains a second element when it is updated like this:
Now it is no longer ensured that
user was set before
name was set. If the name setter is called before the user setter you will receive an error (no method #email for nil).
Workaround 1: Don't use clever setters
Don't write clever setters. Set inferred attributes before validation instead:
before_validation :set_email_from_name
The callback
before_validation happens after all setters happened.
Workaround 2: Hack the attributes setter
This solution should only be used if you work on a large application where a lot of code depends on the indeterministic behavior above, and it would be too much work to refactor the whole app for a small change.
Using the attached trait you can say
does 'priority_attributes', %w[user_id other_attribute]
This makes sure that
user_id and
other_attribute are set before any other attributes.
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2003 Mazda MPV Reviews
2003 Mazda MPV Reviews and Owner Comments
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2003 Mazda MPV (2 Reviews)
I like to drive this car, been driving it for about 5 years. But it has some serious (idiotic) design problems: -Transmission had to be completely replaced at 100,000Km. -Alternator is BELOW the car, I think front axle needs to be removed in order to remove alternator, sludge gets there easy. -Oxygen sensors 4x, chronic problem - one of them is extremely difficult to replace. Generating engine trouble warnings on dashboard. -Rear heater - pipes under car, originally made of steel, will rust out in few years - cause cooling liquid leak > engine overheating - there is no indication other then temperature gauge needle, easy to miss. -Spare tire attached to bottom of the car by little crane, will rust out in few years, becoming unusable. -Front light-left - bulb is very difficult to replace. Battery needs to be removed first etc -Steering, vibration from road is felt - feels like unbalanced tires, but body is not vibrating only steering wheel. Good part - I still like the drive (except the steering vibrations), never have had problems with engine, AC, electrical, electronics, brakes.
We have owned this car since new, Have had some problems with plug wires and coils being replaced (2) and only 90k, but over all it has been a good van and would buy Mazda again


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I am trying to help a neighbour with his wireless internet connection.
I have established that the Internet and wireless is working perfectly well
as I used my own laptop to connect wirelessly.
The problem is therefore with his own client. The wireless hardware is
Netgear (both router and USB receiver) and I have tried netgear's own
software and windows' own to get the client connected. The netgear software
shows that it has been completely successful in connecting to the wireless
router and it's happy with the wep key entered. It's when xp tries to "link
in" (if that's the right terminology to use) that the problem arises.
The icon in 'network connections' just says "acquiring network address" and
stays like that seemingly forever. If I disable and then re-enable, it
closes the wireless connection then re-establishes it but always comes back
to "acquiring network address".
I have tried going to the command prompt and typing ipconfig /all and the
connection shows 0.0.0.0 as the IP address and same for the subnet mask (I
imagine that that means it's unassigned?). I then tried ipconfig /release
then ipconfig /renew but that did not help either.
I then went to support.microsoft.com and typed in "acquiring network
address" in the search box but didn't find anything that may have been
specific to my problem.
If anyone out there can help then it sure would be appreciated.


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Lasers are of increasing interest to the accelerator community and include applications as diverse as stripping electrons from hydrogen atoms, sources for Compton scattering, efficient high repetition rate lasers for dielectric laser acceleration, peta-watt peak power lasers for laser wake field and high energy, short pulse lasers for proton and ion beam therapy. The laser requirements for these applications are briefly surveyed. State of the art of laser technologies with the potential to eventually meet those requirements are reviewed. These technologies include diode pumped solid state lasers (including cryogenic), fiber lasers, OPCPA based lasers and Ti:Sapphire lasers. Strengths and weakness of the various technologies are discussed along with the most important issues to address to get from the current state of the art to the performance needed for the accelerator applications. Efficiency issues are considered in detail as in most cases the system efficiency is a valuable indicator of the actual ability of a given technology to deliver the application requirements.
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Harvested the first pumpkin (or winter squash for my Northern hemisphere friends!) today. It was the smallest of the pumpkins on the vine, and it's always looked a bit different to the others, so i'm not sure what it will be like when we cut it open. It had a pretty thin, manky looking stalk compared to the others, and that was one of the reasons why i decided to harvest it now. I'll probably leave the others a bit longer.
Strangely enough, having previously thought the pumpkin vines were going to succumb to powdery mildew, at least one of them seems to have been inspired by the rejuvenated tomatoes and has now sent out a lot of healthy looking new growth, including some new flower buds, so we may get a second round of pumpkins
Pumpkin (Queensland Blue) Harvesting
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1st pumpkin ever! Only a little one, but still exciting
Pumpkin (Queensland Blue) Budding
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Some good new growth including some flower buds
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Copper spray
keeping my fingers crossed for you getting more pumpkins!
I m growing Queensland Blue as well and cant wait for my first pumpkins. :-)
Hope yours will surprise you in taste.
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The Beverly Hilton Hotel was replete with beautiful celebrities as the Step Up 11th Annual Inspiration Awards took over the place last night (May 30).
"Big Bang Theory" starlet Kaley Cuoco looked gorgeous as she paraded around the shindig with her very own source of inspiration- her sister Briana!
Kicking off the week with a new look at its film, Marvel released the second trailer for "Guardians of the Galaxy" on Monday afternoon (May 19).
Starring Zoe Saldana, Chris Pratt, Bradley Cooper, Vin Diesel and Dave Batista, the action movie follows Peter Quill (Pratt) and his quest to find the orb coveted by Ronan.
Taking full advantage of the festivities, Blake Lively stepped out for another Cannes Film Festival premiere on Thursday (May 15).
Keeping her hands in her pockets, the "Gossip Girl" actress rocked a Chanel Couture gown and struck a pose on the red carpet of the "Mr Turner" premiere.
It's one of the biggest events of the year, and the 2014 Cannes Film Festival is bringing together a bevy of famous faces.
Prepping for an outbound flight, Zoe Saldana arrived at JFK International Airport in New York City with her husband Marco Perego on Friday (May 9).
The pair kept a low profile as they made their way through the busy terminal in their casual attire.
Making the most of her media duties, Zoe Saldana headed over to SiriusXM Studios in New York City for an interview on "Sway in the Morning" today (May 8).
The "Avatar" starlet was fun and flirty in a shimmery turquoise top with matching skirt as she discussed her new project "Rosemary's Baby."
Gearing up for another year of excellence from the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute, Zoe Saldana was in the house for the 2014 Met Gala tonight (May 5).
Eager to hear about the latest in content, celebs stopped by the AOL NewFronts presentation in Brooklyn, NY on Tuesday evening (April 29).
"Star Trek" hottie Zoe Saldana chatted up Nicole Richie, while Sarah Jessica Parker struck a pose for the press at the Duggal Greenhouse.


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hi ladies! i am new here!Āive always lurked these boardsĀduring my pregnancy of my Feb. 08 little boy, just never really posted and im a little confused. well here it goes:
Ive been on NuvaRing for a year or more. Recently i took my ring out on monday (5-9) and didnt get AF until (5-12/5-15). It didnt really seem like AF for the simple fact i had to only wear one tampon that whole time which is unusual. Well i was scheduled to put my ring back in monday (5-16) before we headed out on vacation. Well to my suprise none of my rings are where i had left them so i had to go on vacation without them! so here it is (5-24) and i still have not put one back in for the simple reason of if it happens it happens! Well me and my hubby DTD many times from (5-19 until now) unprotected and only pulling out once. duringĀvacation around (5-21) i had pink/brown blood tinged EWCM.ĀI know this is TMI, but i feel like my inner female parts are soooo sore, so sore it hurts to sit down and my cervix is almost out of reach. Im juat a little confused on my AF not being like a regular AF and then all these different symptoms. I guess my question is, could i of been preggo before vacation due to the light period and thats why im experiencing these symptoms, or does it sound more like ovulation symptoms? Sorry so long and i hope ive not lost any of you guys in thes mass confusion! thanks ahead ladies!
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By Joshua Araka. Senior Editor, Gusii.com, St. John's Nyamagwa High School. Egetamo (March) 1, 2011
KCSE 2010 Results: Analysis From The Armchair Headmaster
KCPE 2010 Results: Armchair Analysis
KCSE 2009: David Gathuku Ndungu Nere Namba 1
St. John's Nyamagwa Boys High School: In Gusii, We are Working Hard To Ensure That Nothing Is Left.
St. John'sNyamagwa High School in Bobasi, Kisii County received with shock reports that the results of 188 boys who sat for the KCSE last year had been canceled over irregularities. Students who were retuning to school after a half term break appeared heartbroken as they moved sluggishly while teachers and support staff members sat in groups, as they tried to come to terms with the misfortune.
At the administration block, the offices were closed and deserted, save the secretary who too appeared uncomfortable with the presence of journalists in the school. In the results released yesterday by Education minister, Sam Ongeri, 188 candidates of the school had their Biology cancelled over cheating.
What hit us? St. John's Nyamagwa High School Principal, Mr. Godfrey Omoni is on the phone trying to find out. Picture by Joshua Araka, Gusii.com files.
A total of 244 candidates sat for the exam after one died a week prior to the examination day. Students interviewed disowned the results, saying the school has never been involved in cheating in the past and they were expecting a mean of 10 in the results. They swore to prove their opponents wrong by posting colorful grades at in this year's exams.
The principal, Godfrey Omoni whom we waited for hours to arrive at the school said at the main gate that he could not give an official comment because he had not seen the results. Omoni, who was posted to the school this year said he was treating the reports as rumors and would give comments later.
And in what would stoke controversy, sources in Nairobi said a report from KNEC to the Minister of Education indicated that the Biology theory paper results were canceled because candidates arrived in the exam room 20 minutes after kick off.
Back in Kisii, there was suspicion that the results were canceled following intervention of sadists unhappy with the posting of the school's former principal, Casper Maina to the oldest institution in the county, Kisii School. Respondents in the education circles who did not want to be named said the move was aimed at portraying Maina as a non-performer who employed crooked ways to have his students pass.
In his tenure, Nyamagwa posted impressive results. For instance, over 90 students made direct entry to university in 2008. Early this term, the school faced students unrest twice because they were unhappy with the new principal, whose car they torched.
St. John's Nyamagwa High School boys vow to top the charts this coming year. Picture by Joshua Araka, Gusii.com files.


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Hamas Moderates Can't Halt the Slide Toward Tehran
A series of failures has not just embarrassed Hamas but revealed a growing rift between Gaza and Damascus.
Hamas has suffered more than a little embarrassment in the past few weeks. It began with the assassination of Mahmoud Al-Mabhouh in Dubai and the obvious implication that a Hamas insider had aided whatever agency carried out the hit.
Next came Mosab Yusef, son of Sheikh Hassan Yousef - a founder of Hamas and one of its top men in the West Bank - who revealed in an interview with Haaretz that he had worked as a Shin Bet agent for more than a decade.
Hamas, of course, responded immediately with claims of the inevitable 'Zionist plot'. But as if to add insult to injury, on Friday Haaretz reported that Mahmoud Zahar, one of the group's leaders in the Gaza Strip, had resigned from a team negotiating the release of captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit.
Zahar, it appeared, had become increasingly frustrated with the extreme line favored by the organization's political leadership in Damascus and by senior military commanders like Ahmad Jabri, Nizar Awadallah and Marwan Issa.
As usual, Hamas claimed a Zionist conspiracy against the Palestinian nation - only for the German weekly Der Spiegel to publish the very next day an interview in which Zahar confirmed his departure from the talks.
Zahar predictably blamed the Israeli side for the breakdown - but this is somewhat implausible. With all respect, it is hardly likely that his exit would force a change in Israel's negotiating tactics.
To cap it all off, on Tuesday Mosab Yusef gave an interview to Christine Amanpour on CNN, listing his grievances with Hamas in agonizing detail.
Faced with all this, it is increasingly difficult for Hamas to attribute all its troubles to 'Zionist lies'.
Beyond embarrassments, it seems Hamas faces a far nastier predicament: A deep rift at the heart of the organization. Repeated attempts to dispel the rumors with claims of unity have not been enough to mask a widening split between the political leaders abroad on one side, and the government and military commanders in Gaza on the other.
Zahar's resignation is unprecedented. It is a sign that he, along with Hamas prime minister Ismail Haniyeh and MPs in Gaza and the West Bank - who together make up the group's pragmatic wing - are shocked by the radicalization of Meshal's faction in Damascus, as are the military commanders.
While the group's more pragmatic bosses are have approved an Egyptian draft for a reconciliation with Hamas' secular rival, Fatah, their comrades abroad have continually rejected a compromise, preferring instead to travel to Tehran for a show of solidarity with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
As Zahar, Haniyeh et al work to mend ties with the Arab world, especially with Egypt and Saudi Arabia, they must contend with the pictures coming out of Tehran and Damascus showing a smiling Meshal sharing a conference table with Ahmadinejad, Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah and Syrian President Bashar Assad.
Zahar, a doctor by profession, has in the past few years marked himself out as one of Hamas' more restrained chiefs. Despite losing two sons to Israeli bombs aimed at him, he is seen within the group as a leader of the moderate camp. He is close to the Egyptians, supports a rapprochement with Fatah and is keen to broker a prisoner swap for Shalit - even at the expense of damage to Hamas in terms of both influence and reputation.
Two days ago Zahar gave an interview to As-Shams Radio, which broadcasts in Arabic from Nazareth. Asked whether he belonged to the 'Egyptian camp' or the 'Iranian camp', he flew into a rage. "I am not a part of that game - Tehran and Cairo are not enemies," he said.
But in the new Middle East, Tehran and Cairo are exactly that. A moderate Sunni camp, led by Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Jordan, is at war with an alliance of Iran Syria and Hezbollah.
In practice, Hamas has already chosen sides. There are not a few senior figures in the organization who would rather not align themselves with the "axis of evil". But Meshal and his friends in Damascus and Tehran have left them little option.
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Movember Mustaches in MN: Vote for your favorite
This Wednesday marked the end of the month of Movember, a worldwide celebration dedicated to growing the mustache, celebrating the mustache, and using the mustache to raise money for men's health organizations. Some folks worked really hard on growing their facial hair, while others continued to rock their usual 'stached-out style.
For our 'Show Us Yer 'Stache' contest, we asked you to send in your best efforts, and the mustachioed citizens of the Twin Cities enthusiastically responded. The pics we received were all pretty awesome, but we've narrowed it down to four fabulous faces. Our criteria was simple: submissions were judged based on maintenance, originality, and overall fabulousness (and of course the photo counts, too). Now, it is up to you to decide. Choose your favorite mustache wisely, as the 'stache with the most votes wins the following:
BOOZE: $50 gift card to Big Top Liquors
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Runners up: Second, third, and fourth place contestants will receive a $20 gift certificate to Wally's Roast Beef.
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Mustache #3: James
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