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The DrayTek Vigor 120 is an ADSL modem with an Ethernet connection; it is not a router but a true ADSL Ethernet modem. By providing a PPPoE to PPPoA bridge, the connected device (firewall, router or PC) can log into the Internet (your ISP) directly and have full control over the ADSL connection - that makes the Vigor 120 a unique product. You can connect any device to the Vigor 120 which has a PPPoE client facility, which includes PCs, most Ethernet-WAN routers and the Apple Airport but the actual connection to your ISP is still PPPoA (unlike other modems which only provide PPPoE native bridging), which is the unique feature of this product and makes it compatible with all UK ISPs, where PPPoA is used as standard.
Other ADSL Ethernet 'modems' use workarounds to get a public IP address 'through' to your secondary device/client, requiring non-standard operation and complicated dual-stage setup (modem logs in, router routes) but the Vigor 120 provides the secondary device with a real routed IP connection and the ability to fully manage the connection, making setup easy. In most cases, the Vigor 120 needs no setup or configuration - just plug it in and set up your PC or router. All login/ISP details are entered on the connected client device, not the Vigor 120.
This method also differs from using a regular ADSL router which logs in itself and then uses NAT or multiple public IP addresses to create an onward client connection for your secondary device; that is not IP address thrifty, or introduces secondary NAT compromises. With the Vigor 120 bridge/modem, you get a true single public IP address (or multiple, if you have them) straight through to your firewall/router, which also has complete control of the ISP connection.
- Product Description
- DrayTek Vigor 120 - DSL modem
- Device Type
- DSL modem - Ethernet 100
- Form Factor
- External
- Digital Signaling Protocol
- Protocols & Specifications
- ITU G.992.1 (G.DMT), ITU G.992.2 (G.Lite), ITU G.992.5
- Dimensions (WxDxH)
- 10.6 cm x 9 cm x 2.6 cm
- Device Type
- DSL modem
- Form Factor
- External
- Bus
- Ethernet 100
- Connectivity Technology
- Wired
- Digital Signaling Protocol
- Protocols & Specifications
- ITU G.992.1 (G.DMT), ITU G.992.2 (G.Lite), ITU G.992.5
- Network / Transport Protocol
- PPPoE, PPPoA
Expansion / Connectivity
- Interfaces
- 1 x modem - ADSL - RJ-11 , 1 x 100Base-TX - RJ-45
- Included Accessories
- Power adapter
Dimensions & Weight
- Width
- 10.6 cm
- Depth
- 9 cm
- Height
- 2.6 cm
Environmental Parameters
- Min Operating Temperature
- Max Operating Temperature
- Humidity Range Operating
- 20 - 90%
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Draytek Vigor 120 ADSL2 Modem
Reviewed by Anonymous Review Posted 17/06/2010
I highly recommend this product - it does its job, there was no setup needed (just plug it in) and it's been reliable.
I used to do what most people do have an all-in-one wireless adapter/router/dhcp-server/modem. Well that's a pain to diagnose when something goes wrong.
I have a BT broadband service(they run a PPPoA signal in the UK).Just plugging this modem into the telephone line and all it does is act as a modem - simply converting the PPPoA signal to a PPPoE signal. This then allows me to connect a router to the modem with an ethernet cable and set the router to be a PPPoE client (router is now a acting as a bridge). All my router does is maintain the BT broadband service account details, and provide the usual NAT/DHCP/IP filtering, etc.
Now if anything fails it just a single point of failure.
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Works perfectly
Reviewed by Michael McNally. Review Posted 29/11/2010
Flawlessly worked out of the box. Replaced a Linksys AM200 in Router Mode and now have the Apple Time Capsule as a PPPoE client.
Back to Mac now working correctly without having to mess about like with the AM200.
Recommend to anyone with Apple Time Capsule / Airport Extreme in the UK
Also seemed slightly quicker as well.
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Perfect for Airport Extreme
Reviewed by Paul. Review Posted 21/10/2011
This could be an Apple device....just plug it in and it works.
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Good product
Reviewed by Steve. Review Posted 18/09/2011
Works perfectly - apart from the power adaptor, which was dead on arrival. But I had another, so I wasn't too inconvenienced.
Works well with Apple TimeMachine wireless router that controls the ISP connection via a PPoE.
Rather expensive for what it is.
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Reviewed by Peter Danckwerts. Review Posted 12/11/2010
I previously had a Huawei SmartAX MT882 supplied by TalkTalk when I signed up with them. It looked ugly but did the job, until yesterday when it just stopped working. Unlike the Huawei, the Draytek Vigor was so easy to set up that I didn't even have to touch its settings, just change a setting on my wireless router (Airport Extreme). From receiving the package at 9 a.m., it took about 5 minutes to set up. It may just be coincidence, but my download speed, which has been about 11 MBits per second is now up to 14. Very small and neat, too. Would highly recommend. Hoorah for BT!
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First Rate bit of kit
Reviewed by Lim. Review Posted 30/11/2010
This has turned out to be the perfect device to use with my Apple Airport Extreme (also highly recommended for all sorts of reasons.)
The Vigor 120 worked well and reliably from day one and speeds have apparently increased by around 20%. I was initially uncertain as to which firmware update options to adopt but was advised promptly by Draytek in the UK. Whilst this modem has no settings to adjust or alter (it does work straight out of the box), it is very useful indeed that Draytek in the UK has detailed instructions and advice on using this modem with particular ISPs and routers like the Airport Extreme.
Not cheap, but because of reliability and performance a 5 for VFM. I am extremely satisfied with the Vigor 120 and with Draytek (UK).
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Works straight out of the box
Reviewed by Grant. Review Posted 14/12/2010
Whilst not the cheapest, anyone who has set up a new router and broadband connection knows that the real cost is all the time messing about to get it going.
Plugged in the Draytek (already pre-configured) straight out the box into my ADSL connection and then my Apple Time Capsule. Then a few clicks on the Apple Airport Utility to put in my ADSL user details / password and it works.
I'd set aside a good chunk of the weekend just in case but simply not needed! Also there is excellent advice/tips on the Draytek web site.
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Does what it says on the tin, very fast
Reviewed by Max Bolingbroke. Review Posted 05/05/2012
I replaced the TG585v7 router/modem I got from my ISP with a E3000 + this modem to get dual-band Wireless N for my home. I wasn't expecting any speed difference from this change, but I found that with the Vigor my internet connection speed increased from 1.3MB/s to 1.8MB/s and my ping to google.com fell from 33ms to 30ms. This modem seems a bit pricy for what it does, but it does do it very well. Recommended!
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Reviewed by Martin Gordon. Review Posted 16/10/2012
The main advantage to me of this modem is that the setup is done in the firewall: if the modem should fail I can just plug another one in with no re-configuration to be done.
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Vigor 120 + Apple Airpot Extreme = 5*
Reviewed by Stefan. Review Posted 27/04/2013
Cannot fault. Works out of the box. No messing. Plug and play at it's best. Faultless. Apple Airport Extreme picked it up immediately. Entered connection settings and away I went. Painless and frustration free.
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Editor's note: Director's Chair is a column where Kris Sabel, who is in charge of cultural programming for the Vail Valley Foundation, gives his expert take on shows not to be missed at the Vilar Performing Arts Center in Beaver Creek.
Tonight marks the final performance of our seven-week 2012 Underground Sound Series at the Vilar Performing Arts Center, and it has truly been a season of highlights.
Top talent and variety are two key elements that we strive for, while keeping the shows at an affordable price for our local residents. I can honestly say that we held to that commitment, with artists as varied as singer-songwriters such as Gregory Alan Isakov, Danielle Ate the Sandwich and William Fitzsimmons alongside well-known pop artist Paula Cole and jazz legend Leon Redbone, who provided a look at a nostalgic era and style of music that resonated with the younger and older audiences alike. And then just this past Sunday, the Motet celebrated the music of Parliament-Funkadelic with a Halloween dance party that was a far departure, albeit a fun one, from the rest of our series.
And now we come to Jaimee Paul, our series closer. It is easy to overlook this show as we rapidly approach our winter season, but I have to tell you that in many ways, I believe we've saved the best Underground Sound artist for last.
If you have gone to no other Underground Sound show this year or in past years, I strongly encourage you to give this one a try. Jaimee Paul has a rare talent, with a smoky, sultry delivery and serious pipes that will have you thinking she was born in another era.
Jaimee plays tribute to the American songbook and the great female artists who defined the meaning of jazz, gospel and pop songbirds. Performing the music we all know from Woody Allen films to "When Harry Met Sally," her set list includes her take on the classics from such legends as Ella Fitzgerald, Peggy Lee, Etta James, Natalie Cole, Rosemary Clooney and Lena Horne. Her fresh takes on "At Last," "Ain't no Sunshine" and "People Get Ready" are paired with the classics from the turn of the century that are featured on her latest album including "Let Me Call You Sweetheart" and "Shine on, Harvest Moon."
I am as excited and honored to share an artist like Jaimee with our community as I am with anyone we've had at the Vilar Center. At the beginning of this series, I shared my story of discovering her when she was a backup vocalist for Wynonna Judd who had a voice that drew me out of my office during sound checks. She has the talent to be on par with our most popular, sold-out shows. If you love great female vocalists like the legends I've mentioned above or contemporary artists such as Diana Krall and Renee Olstead, I can promise you that you'll be swept away by Jaimee Paul.
Tickets to Jaimee Paul tonight at 7:30 p.m. are still available online (vilarpac.org) and through our box office (970-845-TIXS) for $30. To sum up her talent, I'll leave you with this quote from Christopher Loudon of "Jazz Times."
"Paul is blessed with a glorious voice (indeed, there's significant evidence of [Aretha] Franklin's raw majesty), one that deserves to travel under its own powerful steam ..."
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Thank you all for reading the very first blog of the season! I appreciate all the great feedback, and I am excited to keep you updated with how everything goes throughout the year with your Islanders!
Well, last week was very frustrating for me. I enjoyed the rainy weather and being able to wear leggings to school, but all the change in the weather caught up to me and I got a cold. I couldn't make it to the meet at Rice University, and I was very sad being cooped up in my room instead of out there racing with my team. However, my coach said some very wise and encouraging words to me that made me feel better about sitting this meet out.
Unfortunately, we did not get the results we wanted during the invitational, finishing in sixth place, but we the team wasn't running at full strength. This week though, our team has had some good practices and is making some progress. I feel like my illness has gone away, my backache is gone and my teammates have continued to motivate me past this.
I think it's good that there's not a lot of pressure being put on us right now. Our entire season is like a race, and we are the underdog, which is my favorite place to be. We aren't starting in the front of the pack, we are making our way up and we will finish with a strong kick at the end. I am super excited with the work my teammates and I are putting in this season and hopefully by the time Nov. 1 comes (Southland Conference Championship) our bodies will be ready to handle anything.
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Other than that, remember to"Keep your Islanders Pride, and don't forget to stride"
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The small earthquake that shook northern Lauderdale county early Friday morning brings about more questions than answers. The primary question is why in the world did an earthquake hit Mississippi?
It's easy to think earthquakes don't hit here, but believe it or not they do happen. They're usually very small and often go unnoticed, but according to the U.S. Geological Survey small earthquakes they do happen in our part of the world. In fact, data show at least 15 small earthquakes in our area of East Mississippi and West Alabama since 1990.
Most powerful earthquakes occur along fault lines. Fault lines are boundaries where two or more of earth's tectonic plates come together. What is a tectonic plate? Imagine all of the world's oceans and land masses sitting atop huge graham crackers. Those graham crackers are floating, not necessarily on water but on softened butter. They don't move quickly by any means. Any given point might move a centimeter in a century or less.
Those graham crackers, with all of the oceans and land on top of them, can collide or move apart or just simply drift passed each other. Remember they move very slowly, so it takes time for stress to build on the edges, or fault lines. When the stress builds, one graham cracker will crack and force itself to dive beneath another. That alone can cause a massive earthquake. The thrusting of one graham cracker beneath the other can also generate huge ocean waves called tsunamis if this process happens beneath one of the oceans.
Remember the graham crackers that are drifting passed each other? Sometimes they bump into each other and lock up. Eventually, the earth's crust will snap so the plate (or our graham cracker) can keep moving. That "snapping" can also cause an earthquake. This is very much like southern California's quakes. They can be quite powerful and damaging but usually are little less powerful than the thrust earthquakes mentioned earlier.
As those graham crackers keep pushing together, some stress can also build up in the center of the graham crackers. That stress can make the graham cracker crumble in the middle, which is how Friday morning's Lauderdale county quake happened. These are small and rarely even felt.
Then there is the New Madrid Seismic Zone, which runs along the Mississippi River from northwestern Mississippi into Arkansas, western Tennessee, southern Missouri, western Kentucky, and southern Illinois. This is an area where two tectonic plates actually drifted apart about 750 million years ago, leaving an especially weak area within the plate (our graham cracker). The fault itself is deeper than most, but when the fault ruptures its earthquakes are epic. We know about earthquakes in this zone back to the 1600s. Most recent earthquakes occurred in the early 1800's, about 200 years ago, and were about 8.0-magnitude quakes. One of them was strong enough to shake the Liberty Bell all the way in Boston. Are major earthquakes still possible in that area? Yes. When will they happen? Hopefully not anytime soon, but there's really no way to tell. Will we feel it in Meridian? Probably, but the strongest shaking is most likely no closer than the northwest corner of Mississippi.
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Senior Associate Dean Bhaskar Chakravorti interviews Kim Wilson, Lecturer in International Business and Senior Fellow for the Center for Emerging Market Enterprises
Bhaskar Chakravorti: We are having this conversation while the so-called Arab Spring is turning to an Arab Fall. So much of the impetus behind the upheaval in North Africa came from large portions of the population feeling politically and financially excluded. This is not unusual in a developing economy – however, there are innovations that are helping promote inclusion and contributing to a fundamental transformation in income and power distribution and, thereby, preventing an explosive revolution. Microfinance is one such innovation that has taken root in many parts of the developing world. But then, its success in some parts of the world, most memorably in Andhra Pradesh in India, may also have become one of its principal weaknesses leading to unexpected consequences and a new source of tension. This begs the question: Does microfinance forestall political upheavals, or does it cause them? What do you think?
Kim Wilson: I think a little bit of both, and it can correlate to both. Let me give you a few examples.
In Nicaragua a couple of years ago, there was a movement afoot called "No Pago," which means I Don't Pay. This was started by a group of low-income ranchers and farmers in the north of the country who were dissatisfied with the very structured loan repayments, the debt harassment policies, and the interest rates that some well-meaning microfinance institutions were requiring as part of their loan packages. In some cases, they were actually fire-hosing some of this debt on these people.
Having been to that area, I could see and understand what that felt like, because some people are located far out in the countryside. To have somebody come on a bicycle or a motorcycle to visit you is a big deal, and you treat them with hospitality and respect, and you invite them into your home, even if you just have beans and rice to feed them. And then they offer you money, and you take it.
This same person is somewhat stunned a few months later, when another person comes to visit you and says, "Where's the money that I gave you?" And you're a bit confused. Was that a gift? Is that a loan? And the second and third time it happens, you start to become wary, and your neighbors start to become wary, and you get a little angry, and a movement begins to grow.
And so this No Pago movement blossomed. The head of state, Daniel Ortega, jumped on board, and said, "This is absolutely right. You shouldn't pay your loans back. They're usurious, and we have to teach these microfinance institutions (MFIs) and these banks a lesson." It became a political statement. He was rallying behind the people. The people didn't want to pay, and he told them that they shouldn't pay.
Well, you can imagine what happened. There was a closure of one bank that really had been a very solid bank up until that time. It had a negative ripple throughout that financial system, so that banks that could stop lending to that market segment did because they were terrified of nonpayment. The more stable banks already had a very diversified portfolio, with better-off borrowers, and higher-level savers. It sent a ringing message throughout the countryside: "MFIs, you have to get your act together. You have been over-stepping your bounds." On the other hand, a solid financial system was fractured and weakened out of political interest.
So did microfinance forestall this? Certainly not. Did it cause this political problem? Well, it exacerbated an aggressive platform that that political party already had. So I'd say that's the first example.
BC: And the second example?
KW: The second example is a famous one now. It's the story of Andhra Pradesh, and it's very complicated. The background story is that there were self-help groups promoted by the government in this particular state in India. These are groups of 20 to 30 women, and they get together, they save, and they can borrow from the government, or the local banks.
They also get benefits from the government through these groups. The benefits could be food, or 100 days of work, or other benefits that come from that government. They're channeled through this particular system. And, as you can imagine, it gets political, by virtue of how the different channels are structured.
So along comes a group of financial institutions. Again, I believe well-meaning; they were very well known and respected. They included Spandana, SHARE, and SKS. And they're lending to the same group of people that the government is lending to. It looks like there's saturation in that market, perhaps too much credit. Every single day of the week a villager could borrow from a new source. Over-indebtedness ensued.
The credit bureau's method of reviewing individual clients wasn't that strong. There was a big incentive to push credit on these entrepreneurs, and that area simply could not absorb all that debt.
Simultaneously, and one really can't prove if it's a cause, there was a spate of suicides in the same area. To give a bit of background on that: suicide among Indian farmers does happen. It happens when the cotton crops fail. It happens because of a variety of kinds of debt accumulate, and not necessarily this kind of debt. So it's not the first time there have been suicides in India among farming women and men. In this particular case, the press tied it to the repayment of these loans, and it could tragically be true. It's hard to know.
So what happened is the federal and state governments stepped in and created a body of rules that really shackled these microfinance institutions. Unfortunately, even these heavy-handed government policies – which capped margins, as well as interest rates – it was a bit too late, because there was a no payment movement underfoot by the people.
SKS, the microfinance institution that had a very high profile and highly controversial IPO, in particular, had problems. It ran a huge reputational risk, meaning that word of mouth traveled very, very quickly in the area: "Don't pay back. They're the bad guys." And that happened in Andhra Pradesh, parts of Karnataka, and even in Tamil Nadu.
And so, again, you see a situation where the government has interests in the outcome that are more than simply a regulatory interest. Did they want these credit institutions simply to go away so their self-help program would be the program of choice for the people? They instituted a variety of other measures. For example, transactions happen through the local Gram Panchayat, or local self-government. They're not really set up for loan payment or loan disbursal. They're set up for a whole different kind of functionality.
So in this particular case, again I would say microfinance certainly did not forestall the upheavals. It might have aggravated political action of sorts, but it was very much involved.
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BC: So if I understand you right, at least one major problem is the government, and the government actually having a competing service. But then looking at it at the other end of the spectrum, could one of the problems be the proliferation of too many private enterprises?
Going back to Andhra Pradesh, every day there would be a new microfinance institution knocking on a typical farmer's door. And the farmer says, "Hey, why not? This guy's offering me a loan. I'll take this one." And maybe they're taking a loan to pay back the previous MFI.
KW: True. And that's also true in Nicaragua, very similar. You had a lot of different suppliers, not just the government. You had private suppliers -- NGOs and banks – all competing for the same customer. And, as you know, there's only so much debt that one could be asked to be repaid.
BC: Maybe it's a problem of there being too much competition in this market.
KW: Yes. Because, interestingly, we're not seeing competition in microfinance create innovation or drive prices down. There tends to be collusion, from what I've seen. I'm not saying it's active, but unwitting collusion about the price of money that they're offering people. It doesn't seem like people are undercutting at all.
And even in the case of Bolivia, where supposedly the interest rates dropped because there was competition, it was not driven by competition. The government actually had to step in. So it looks like a nice, pretty case on the outside.
And the other problem is it that competition doesn't seem to drive innovation in this area. If you look at the loans in Andhra Pradesh, they were really similar. Regular repayments, a certain monthly term, no variations on the theme. There were no interesting savings products that were offered alongside the basics.
BC: Think about the underlying game theory of this. This is a classic problem of incentives and moral hazard. If you think about it from the farmer's perspective, and every day there's a new MFI knocking on my door and offering me a loan, what incentive do I have to be responsible? If I don't pay back this loan, will this MFI come back and take away my house? If no one is paying back, then this whole notion of mutual policing goes away. So I have a moral hazard problem.
On the side of the MFI, they have these agents, who are just motivated to lend money. The number of clients you rack up is your definition of victory. As opposed to your repayment rate.
KW: And the incentive plans reflect exactly that. They reflect new loans issued, portfolio under management. And only sometimes do they reflect on the quality of the portfolio. If you follow loan officers around, which I have, you see that it's a thankless, tough job. It's not this wonderful world of microfinance where you're helping the poor bootstrap themselves out of poverty. You're staying in the country, far from your family. You're living in a group in little huts just to sleep. And then you go out the next day on your bicycle, and you've got X number of groups you have to convince to borrow from you. It's a very, very difficult job. It's not that high-paying at all.
And there's another element to being a loan officer, which is a dignity aspect. People want to work for a "real bank," not necessarily an MFI. So you're not necessarily attracting college graduates into these kinds of jobs. You're attracting people who really need a job. In order to do their job well, they're going to look exactly at their financial incentives, and not necessarily get socially creative about it. So I think a lot of these factors contribute.
I tend to agree with you that competition hasn't necessarily proven to be a great thing. Then what is the role of government? I don't know. We're facing that right here in the United States. What's the responsible role of government?
Have you ever seen a situation where microfinance has forestalled political upheaval?
BC: Yeah. Let's take the example of Bangladesh. If you take the example of a derivative of microfinance, which is Grameenphone.
KW: Great example.
BC: When Grameenphone started, there was one phone for every 500 Bangladeshis, and now there's one phone for every three Bangladeshis. And at least in the early stages, this transformation has largely been conducted on the infrastructure created by the microfinance networks. Instead of taking a loan to invest in a cow, or chickens, the asset was the phone. So to the extent that better communications forestalls political upheaval, this potentially leads to more productive political dialogue and political systems.
KW: So much of the Arab Spring was reinforced by better communications. So, the financing of Grameenphone – which happened through Grameen loan – can be seen as stabilizing political upheaval in Bangladesh. But also exacerbating political upheaval, if you look at what's happening in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya … Now in the Arab Spring, I can't quite tie together the social networking media and microfinance.
BC: Yeah, it's hard to tie it together, partly because it's an apples and oranges comparison. And also if you just think about the demographics, microfinance serves almost 95 percent rural women, right? That's the classic model. And Arab Spring is urban men. So that's about as far on the demographic spectrum as you could imagine. The only common theme may be that they all own cell phones.
KW: Right. So maybe women is one of these political stabilizing factors. And the Grameenphone was largely in the hands of women. Although men were using the service, it was mainly the Grameen ladies.
BC: Let me ask a couple of final questions. One final question is: how does education at Fletcher help you get a better perspective on these issues? Because clearly there's no clear answer to a question like this, right? All we can hope for is having a way to frame the issues with some thoughtful, perhaps systematic, conceptual approaches to identifying which institutions are more likely to succeed than not. So talk about Fletcher.
KW: I think there's nothing I'd rather talk about, because this is a subject near and dear to my heart. But I'd like to give another example to bring it home. I was in Brazil recently with a Fletcher alum, and we were working with a bank.
She works at CGAP at the World Bank. We're working with some of the bankers there, and most all of them had MBAs. It's a very nice group of people. But they were in shock about the information we were able to get from our interviews with community members, versus what the market research firm was able to get. Part of it was that we opened our eyes, and we immediately saw links. Let me give you the example.
In one of the neighborhoods where we were working, pacification had occurred. This is when the military comes in, says to the drug lords, "You have one week to get out, or we bring in our artillery." Some of the drug lords leave. Some don't, and then there's fighting in the streets until the military wins. Then, very precisely timed, a new cadre of police comes in called the "peace police." They are not part of the regular police force. They're young, they're idealistic, and they've been trained by an entity that isn't the police department. No corruption. It's people that really want to help. So first there's the warning, then military intervention, then bring in the peace police to stabilize the community. We were in some of these pacified communities, and my former student was saying that just two years ago, she could only spend two hours a day there because the gunfire was so bad. Now we were walking around in this favela up until 11:30 at night.
What we saw was that everyone we talked to wanted to invest in their home, because now there was stability in the neighborhood. People were squirreling money away. Some were still afraid to use banks, because the banks there are intimidating. Some of them were just hiding it as best they could. Some people were saving or borrowing for home improvement.
But in the space of one day, we were able to make all these tie-ups very, very quickly, and say to the bankers, "Well, follow where pacification is happening, because then you might be able to do regular savings, but also micro-mortgages, and you have a very committed population."
This was not coming up in any of the market research. And I'm convinced it's because the broad Fletcher perspective, which looks at peace-building and social issues, and then filters those to be able to say, "What are the business implications of that, and what are people really doing?"
And so that's why I think it's a great place to have a business-focused program, surrounded by the issues that can drive business that I think typical business students wouldn't necessarily have. In fact, I know they don't have.
BC: I do have one final question. In a talk you gave recently at Fletcher, you made the, shall we say, provocative point that it isn't Muhammad Yunus who's the father of microfinance, it's actually Jonathan Swift.
If Jonathan Swift were the father of microfinance, it clearly didn't take off. Maybe it did, and then it sputtered, and went sideways, and then eventually disappeared. So now you have, a new father of microfinance. Given what we've just been talking about, that microfinance could go either way, it could actually cause political upheaval, it could forestall it. It can alleviate poverty, or not. Who knows? There are many different elements that need to come together for good outcomes to happen, but they don't always. So is it possible that this whole thing eventually sputters, and we go through a downward phase, and we have to wait a hundred years for the next Jonathan Swift or Muhammad Yunus?
KW: That's a good question. I think the way it will continue is one of two obvious ways. One, it will continue to be propped up, much the way the Grameen Bank has been propped up, or the self-help groups in India have been continued to be propped up. Meaning subsidies. Not subsidies in the hands of the users, necessarily, but subsidy for the infrastructure.
If governments and society feel that it's important for people to have financial resources that are better than underneath the mattress, we'll continue to see it subsidized. Though it's getting a bit of a bad rap now, so some of it may well go away.
The second option is that commercial institutions will continue to see this as a viable market, and that it's good business to pay attention to this group of people. And this is happening bit by bit. Will commercial banks be the ones to do that? They're somewhat slow to move. I think after all of these years they would have jumped on the bandwagon more vigorously than they have. There are some exceptions to that, and we study them in class. But I must say that I'm pulling out the exceptions rather than the rule.
I don't know if it's going to be such a clear sector, or if it's going to have to be revived again in 200 years by, you know, the next poet. I don't really know. But certainly pieces of it will be mainstreamed. But there are so many people who are "financially excluded," so it's hard to say that we've really made a big dent in the population.
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U.S. Senator Roy Blunt's staff will host a Listening Post Meeting on Tuesday, October 9, 2012 from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Cooper County Courthouse.
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RealJustice wrote: Of course: Ed Gien (tha godfatha)
But more interesting is:
Albert Fish - Insanely sadistic, cannibal, inserted up to 29 needles into his groin.
Henry "Fucking" Lee Lucas - One of the most fucked up childhoods I have ever read about. Not to mention he had a presumed body count well over 300. (incidently, he was the only prisoner pardoned from the electric chair by our very own president George W. Bush during his time as govenor of Texas)
Just to name a couple...
For more info go to http://www.crimelibrary.com
or read The Encyclopedia of Serial Killers. Fucking facinating.
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MessiahCarey wrote: Based on what?
Hadden Clark (This sick fucking bastard started his killing career by jabbing a knife through the throat of a 6 year old that called him a name, having sex with her corpse, and then going back to watching Nascar - in someone else's home - then proceeded to take a piece of her arm for dinner, then bury her. That was just the first one, they get worse. He used to go to Cape Cod and kill women, have the obligatory necrophilia session, then cut their fingers off to use as fishing bait. He also got fired for repeatedly chugging beef blood. Strange perhaps this makes him eligible for the next category...


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Poor Heart>Bag is a really high energy show opener, with Bag building to a noisy climax that's pushed faster and faster by Fishman and Trey.
Melt has a reverb-drenched middle jam and a furious climax. You really can't go wrong with any Fall '95 version of Melt, and this one holds up well.
Second set: Wilson>Theme is solid but uneventful. Scent is fast-paced and high energy but it's the ensuing Mike's Groove that's worth seeking out. The Mikes jam wanders off into a beautiful spacey jam at 10 minutes or so, where it settles quietly for another five minutes of gorgeous, low-key exploration before Life on Mars pops out. This is the only Mikes>Life on Mars>Weekapaugh ever played, and I think it works well in this context.
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I did my first one yesterday and it would be good to chat / moan / encourage with people at a similar stage....
I am. I did W1D1 earlier in the week and am heading to the gym soon for day 2. I've done the program before and it's great! I've fallen out of running in the last year and am doing the program again to get back in the swing of things.
Have you signed up for any races yet? I'm signed up for a shamrock shuffle in late March/Early April. Signing up for a race helps with motivation :-D
Hi there. I'm starting later today. I'm almost 48, only 5'3" and over 200 pounds, have a fibromyalgia diagnosis, and I have ZERO cardiovascular endurance. So NATURALLY I've decided I want to be a runner. Lol. I signed up to WALK a 5K on the 5 year anniversary of my smoking quit date two years ago. A 4-year old beat me. I'm not kidding. (Well...okay...I stopped along the way a couple times to take photos but still....) I said that the following year - last year - I'd "run" it, and by "running" I mean "jog so slowly a fast walker could pass me." But I didn't do it. I kept putting off training for it.
The reason I kept putting it off was that I actually tried a 5K program once before....I was determined to "run" a 5K on the one year anniversary of my smoking quit date. I measured 3.1 miles on the streets near my house and followed a different beginning running program to get me ready. I started so late that I didn't have time to repeat any weeks or do anything other than exactly what the program called for on any given day. And even then, the first time I'd actually "run" 3.1 miles nonstop would be my 1 year anniversary. I did it. And it was AWFUL. I hated it. I never "ran" again after that.
I think a big part of the problem was that the program called for running every day - 6 out of 7 days a week. I never, ever felt like my body recovered. Maybe it was the fibromyalgia...I don't know. But my legs felt worse as the program wore on, not better. I never, ever, ever - not once - looked forward to a workout after the first one. I just dragged my *** through it so I could say I didn't give up. But it was a miserable experience. Another part of the problem may have been that I was drastically reducing caloric intake at the time in order to try to take off some of the quitting smoking pounds. And a third part of the problem was probably simply that I was so deconditioned in all ways that it was simply too ambitious for me.
But here I am to try again. The 5K I've walked the last two years is on 4/20. I have 16 weeks to get ready, so there's time for me to repeat weeks if I don't feel ready to move on. The 3x a week plan will allow my legs to recover between workouts. I can walk on the other days if I want. This time I'm not starting literally from my couch. I've been walking for 30 minutes at a time. And this time, I don't intend to drastically restrict calories. I'm just going to work on gradually "cleaning up" my diet. If I lose weight, great. But that's not my main goal or focus this time. I just want to get healthier and feel better.
It would be great if there were others just starting now so we can provide support for one another.
I started W1D1 this evening and I've got to say it was much tougher than I expected. I was really excited about it and was/am determined to introduce exercise as a positive way of life for my little girl (just a baby now, so once she's old enough!)
I haven't run or jogged since school, so this is a bit of a shock to the system.
I hear it gets easier though, so hang in there. I'm just a little disappointed that I didn't enjoy myself :( lets see if things improve with each session x
I actually started Saturday and my next workout will be W1D3. I have never in my life been a runner and I'm in my mid 40's so this is huge for me. My goal will be to run a 5K by April since I'm afraid of committing to something in March:-(
I started (again) yesterday as well. I've done the C25K program before with great success. My problem is sticking with running for the long term, due to injuries, life, or just plain laziness. I've signed up for a race in late March and hope to be able to run all of it. We shall see. And it DOES get easier, I promise! Just remember that you can go at your own pace! Jog really slowly if you need to. Just get out there!
I'm actually on week 8 and today was day 2 but I couldn;t find a thread for me so I am here. Hope that's ok. I startd the program at week 4 and it all went really well but this week has been tough. I don;t know if it's because I am on the master cleanse and today is day 9 or if it's just because it is tough. I am still getting alot of calories on the cleanse so don;t really see how it can be that. For me running has always been really boring which has kept me from it, but I always liked the idea of running so now I am doing the c25k.
I run at the gym on the treadmill and start with an incline of 5 and speed of 5 but after about 5 minutes go down to incline 4 and speed 4. I change up the speed and incline for about 15 minutes. Today I even got up to 5.5 incline for a few minutes. but then I also went down to 3.5 incline and 3.5 speed for a while but still running just slooooow.
Anyway, almost done with the program and that's good but feeling not as satisfied as weeks past. Not sure when I'm going to finish the cleanse so won't know until then how much it is affecting the program.
For all of you having problems, take the advice I took from many other beginner threads on c25k, slow down, even if you feel you are going to slow, it's ok, as long as you a still going. oh ... and a really good playlist is extremely helpful.
Hi everyone! We didn't get home in time from our family New Years celebration to start yesterday so I did today instead. I think I'm going to be the one that makes everyone feel better about themselves. Lol. I didn't love it. I'm really glad I did it and am definitely going to keep at it. But I didn't love it. It was a real reality check about how deconditioned I am, especially from a cardiovascular standpoint. I was practically wheezing and I don't have asthma. Totally embarrassing. I was dying anytime someone ran/jogged/rode past me on the trail. If I'd passed me, I'd have thought to myself, "Darn....maybe she should stop that. I hope she doesn't have a heart attack." And a really fit, fast walker could have passed me while I was jogging. But what the heck? It is what it is, right? At least I did it.
Today was W1D3 for me. The first two days were flat courses today I ran on a hill and I was DYING totally different than running on flat ground. I made it through the running sections without stopping but running up hills when you're out of shape was killer for me. Makes me wonder if I'm REALLY going to manage 30 minutes in another eight weeks.
Aspen8, I am not even to the point of interspersing runs with walks yet. I have done C25K a couple of times in the past (both during warm weather, mostly on a treadmill). And each time, looking back, I suspect that I tried to go to fast, too soon. There's a lot to be said -- particularly as you get a bit older -- for the importance of enough recovery time, and of conditioning your body to be ready even to start run-walking.
This time I'm outdoors, and I am walking, first, because my daughter asked me to walk with her. Yay! I think that she would like to try running, and went out too fast, too -- she told me she has "quit running" but talks like she would like to give it a try. So we're fast-walking. And because I've only been out on the dreadmill, our first walk I was feeling like I was out of shape.
It does get better, and I think being out there is a lot better than NOT doing anything. And although I don't know that we have to totally find joy in each and every session, I do think we should remember that when it says to adjust and take time enough to do the program at a pace that works for you, that means, even before starting the "program" per se, you can spend some time so that the walking feels easy and then, yes, we SHOULD enjoy it as each progression feels hard at first, and then becomes easy.
I wanna be a runner for many years, so really, slowing way down for a few months, that's nothing!
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BowieLinda, thanks for the encouragement. I appreciate it. I'm okay with the walking part, thank goodness. It just amazes me how fast my breathing deteriorates when I start jogging. I'm definitely planning to repeat weeks as needed this time around, including THIS week - week 1. How wonderful that you and your daughter are walking together!
Janetm67 - Wow. You tried hills? I'm sticking to pancake flat for now! And I STILL wonder if I'll be ready to jog 3.1 miles without stopping by April 20th. OR....just as important....if I can do it without making such bad breathing sounds that my fellow participants call for an ambulance. Lol. I'm figuring that April 20th is going to get here regardless of what I do in the meantime and I can either spend those weeks sitting on my couch getting even more deconditioned and weak and fat or I can go out, do this, and see where I end up on April 30th, right? At least that little bratty four year old wearing her pink jacket and skipping next to her daddy won't beat me this year. I'll kick her TUSH this year!
Very down in the dumps today..... I have been doing th C25K and am on Week 8 Day 3. This week has been much more challenging than the past. I am getting a stitch in my side which I didn't get before. Today I even went so slow, I'm talking 3.5 speed on the treadmill slow and it only got worse to the point I stopped and walked the rest of the time until my 28 minutes were up. I also am losing interest in running, which is always what happens so need some inspiration. Today was a giant dud. My headphones didn't work so I had no music at all, which may be why I noticed my side so much, there was nothing to distract me from it. Walking didn't help my psyche any either. Thinking I'll go re-do todays session tomorrow with music and see how it goes. Any inspiration is appreciated.
I have been doing th C25K and am on Week 8 Day 3. This week has been much more challenging than the past. I am getting a stitch in my side which I didn't get before. Today I even went so slow, I'm talking 3.5 speed on the treadmill slow and it only got worse to the point I stopped and walked the rest of the time until my 28 minutes were up.
I also am losing interest in running, which is always what happens so need some inspiration. Today was a giant dud. My headphones didn't work so I had no music at all, which may be why I noticed my side so much, there was nothing to distract me from it. Walking didn't help my psyche any either.
Thinking I'll go re-do todays session tomorrow with music and see how it goes.
Any inspiration is appreciated.
I posted on Tuesday which was W1D1 for me and was quite disheartened by how hard I had found it and how much I really didn't enjoy jogging! I have however kept with it and just completed W1D3 this evening and can gladly say that I notice a change already. I am still very much like 'Aspen8' description of wheezing, embarrassment whenever I jog, but now notice that by the time I want to give up on the jog part the trainer says to start walking. For me the ability to do the 1 minute jog is progress and definitely a motivator.
Oh and to 'reachteresa' week 8 day 3, come on that's some achievement already! You're at a stage most of us newbies can only dream of getting to at the moment, well done but don't give up you're inspiring others that the program is achievable, not to mention the great benefits to yourself. Hope your next session is much better x
I'm a little late starting but I did my first C25K this morning. I am very out of shape but I did alright. The jogging sections were brutal especially towards the end. I live in neighborhood with lots of hills so I didn't have much of a choice about that. I just tried to go slow. I am very determined to make this work.
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One of the most important and complex works by two-time Palme d'Or winning director Shohei Imamura, A Man Vanishes begins as an investigation into one of the thousands of missing persons cases that occur in Japan each year.
The film follows the case of Tadashi, a handsome businessman who has suddenly vanished. Imamura and his crew interview the man's fiancée, Yoshie, who is desperately searching for him, and the filmmaker becomes increasingly involved in her life. But the "investigation" casts a shadow of doubt over the couple's relationship, Tadashi's business ventures, his relationship with Yoshie's sister, and even, Imamura himself, who may not be what he seems.
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A guide to PvP on Kong:
This guide is primarily aimed at Kong players. FB players should have all the VPs they need to buy anything they want, so they can afford to buy more stuff. The approach outlined here is rather miserly on VPs, primarily because of how much harder it is to get VPs on Kong
This guide is mainly directed at non donors. Donors are welcome to make their own item changes based on their donor items.
New players with questions on how basic gameplay works should read the new player guide at:
The gameplay approach outlined there is mostly pve, but I personally prefer PvP, and this guide will help you on your path to PvPing for fun and profit. Personally, I think that PvP is a better option early game, as explained below:
Why PvP?
In the early game (lvl 1-50)
—> you can pick and choose your targets. feed on the weak and avoid the strong! PvP provides a safe and worry free way of playing earl game as you are not at the mercy of what mob comes out.
Compared to pve where you cant control what you fight, and get eaten up by lvl6+ mobs at lvl 1
—> PvP gives huge amounts of rubies early on (crimson set + gothic girl + insignia of the antediluvian combine for 6% loot bonus which will give you around 6 rubies per fight. All this is lvl 28 equipment, but you will quickly achieve it as a pvper, and after you do, the loot that comes in is jawdroppingly high). Soul Strike and Sanctuary in the Sands drop from avatar wars and excess can be sold off.
Rubies convert into blood sapphires, which are used to purchase stuff like equipment, gem enhancements, and bloodlust refills For non donors, this is pretty much the best way to get blood sapphires.
—> Getting -BL on pvp is far, far, easier than PvE and PvB. For PvB and PvE you need 3 sapphires (meaning you need to chip away at coven bosses, which you dont have loot bonuses for; and you are at the mercy of the sapphires dropping). Also, it is much more difficult to get rubies through PvE and PvB to finance the gem (400 blood sapphs = 4000 rubies) in the first place.
-BL on pvp refers to the cost of a fight in pvp. normally it takes 12 bloodlust for a fight, regardless of whether its pve,pvp or pvb. this bloodlust cost can be reduced to 6, but each enhancement costs 4000 rubies
—> Lucky Gun Last Goodbye is the most broken PvE weapon in the game, with sick loot bonus and sick procs. It also costs 20000 rubies. PvP will provide the funds for you to purchase this.
This is a lvl 51 weapon, and the guide plans to PvP, gathering rubies to prepare to buy this at lvl 51
—> Early access to 8 talent points which can be used on other aspects of the game (PvE and PvB) if you are not that interested in PvP for the long haul.
talent points make your character stronger; pvp gives 8 talent points very quickly, and furthermore it is far easier to get them early than late
—> PvE equipment early on is lacklustre – PvP provides equipment that is relatively powerful even in PvE (battle charger is also the best early game mount available, and only needs a small grind)
You will outgrow everything early game. PvP equipment has far better longevity due to its late game uses
—> PvP also yields some of the most useful powers in the game. Glamour, Demonic Rites, Iron Will, Chloromancy, Soul Strike, and Sanctuary in the Sands are all useful outside of PvP. Furthermore, you will be maxing these powers very easily as a PvP'er giving you a huge edge over the PvE'er trying desperately to hunt for 50 purge scrolls.
It is much harder to get a large number of the same type of scroll through pve, especially without a good loot bonus
—> Victory Points (the reward from winning duels) are much harder to get at higher levels, where the number of people you can attack is much lesser – some even turn off pvp :'( You don't get more Victory Points as a lvl 100 per fight than as a lvl 1; so stocking up on Victory Points early is important for getting the great PvP gear in the late game.
In short, pvp now rather than regret it later!
Why PvP late game?
—> To get more Victory Points for stuff that is effective even in the late game: Sniper Rifle Tundra Stalker, dragon brooch, insignia of scintilla, black warg, stealth armour and many more are great items regardless of whether in PvB, PvE or PvP.
—> PvP is still a great source of rubies on weaker targets.
Event portals
Portals are regions that scale with your character's level. Doing lots of PvE while neglecting PvP means that your character will be short on rubies, and also, its not easy to get items powerful at your level (for instance, by the time you have hunted the materials for truesilver sword, you might be lvl 6x or even 7x already) as a PvE player as you are hugely reliant on lucky drops.
(Important note: pure pvp players will be limited in pve too from around lvl 30-40 onwards; doing some pve during the x9 and x0 lvls can help get key items to increase power. this is especially true at lvl 50+ once you hit the 'pvp deadzone')
If you are underpowered during an event, you are basically doomed to glamour sniping (its a PvP power too!) and your chances of getting the rare, maybe OP loot, is much lower. Doing PvP ensures that your character is always 'up to date' and ready to take on portal stuff.
Now that you want to PvP, how does PvP work?
You attack your target like in a normal PvE fight. Powers, servants, bloodshield are all used in the same way. Winning yields Victory Points and sometimes PvP loot.
The formula for VP (Victory Points) is
Where M is 1 if the target is not an avatar wars matchup (more on that later), or 2 if the target is an avatar wars matchup. M is doubled again during certain events, making it 2 or 4
X is the number of levels the opponent is above you. So winning against an opponent 5 levels (the maximum you can attack) will give you M*8 = 8 or 16 Victory Points per fight, much more than winning against an opponent your level = 3 or 6 Victory Points.
So what is this avatar wars thing? Is it edible?
Players of an avatar group get double victory points against the other group. Attacking players also get an additional Bloodbane 2 buff for the fight. Exclusive scrolls can be won in Avatar War fights. Every Monday the pairings are randomly determined.
Under the PvP tab, theres an array of faces. Your character's portrait will be shown "vs." another pair of portraits. People with that portrait, or avatar, will yield double victory points, and exclusive scrolls – demonic rites (DR), sanctuary in the sands (SitS), and soul strike (SS). Attacking them also gives you a bloodbane 2 (which is basically a 10% damage buff) making it easier to win.
I call bullsht. How can all the regions in the game give less rubies than pvp?
Simply put, because refills can be purchased with rubies, if ruby loot rate is too high in pve such that refill loops can be done virtually forever, then all the drops from a region will become worthless instantly – including fel leather, corrupted wood, and devil steel. Thus ruby rate in pve will definitely be much less than the refill cost. Add to that the fact that refills are half the cost on the Facebook platform and you can see how low ruby returns in PvE must be…
On the other hand, pvp loops are limited because of the number of targets (once you're out of targets for the day, too bad, no more fun!). This means that pvp ruby loot can be unbounded, and thus surpass the refill cost (with a perfect loot setup and very high max BL it can be done even for non donors; donors will find it much easier).
That said, if anyone manages to somehow get enough ruby loot to refill loop from pve (ruby loot also includes basic material drops to craft stuff so thats something worth exploring – using nibbler + collector)…
PvP is too hard, I can't do it.
That's what this guide is for. The rest of the guide shall more or less be a 'walkthrough' for item choices and play style. Be assured that even non-donors can PvP effectively; in fact, PvP is arguably the best way of making a strong character – definitely true for the first 50 levels at least.


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Roar on Shore rally revs up Erie region economy
Bikers aren't the only people in hog heaven during Erie's annual Roar on the Shore motorcycle rally.
Tavern and restaurant owners, hotels and other businesses in downtown Erie and the region reap the rewards of a huge infusion of tourism dollars during the four-day event.
Businesses along State Street are at the center of rally events, many of which take place in or near Perry Square.
Thousands of visitors and bikers pack the area.
"It's phenomenal,'' said Thomas "Tippy'' Dworzanski, owner of Sherlock's Park Place at 508 State St. "It's what you would dream about happening in a business where you're just totally overloaded with people.''
The sixth annual Roar on the Shore begins today and concludes Sunday.
Today's agenda is highlighted by the Bringin' in the Roar motorcycle parade, which is scheduled to leave Presque Isle Downs & Casino at 6 p.m. for Perry Square. About 5,000 motorcycles participated in the 2011 parade.
Today's parade will be led by singer and grand marshal Vanilla Ice.
Manufacturer & Business Association officials estimate as many as 100,000 bikers and visitors will attend the four-day rally.
They estimate more than $20 million could be pumped into the regional economy this week.
"I don't think that 100,000 is unreasonable at all,'' Erie Mayor Joe Sinnott said. "I think it's not so much a question of whether it will get that big, but how long until it does. I think that's going to happen if you look at how quickly it's grown in the last couple years.''
The rally's attendance and economic numbers are based on attendance from past years, aerial photos and feedback from the regional business community, Manufacturer & Business Association spokeswoman Tammy Polanski said.
"We look at not only direct costs that you can examine, but also indirect costs,'' she said.
She said officials gauge direct costs based on thousands of visitors spending on hotel accommodations, lodging and camping, gas, food, beverages, tickets, special events and shopping.
Indirect costs factored into the $20 million-plus estimate involve how local businesses prepare for the rally, Polanski said.
Many businesses purchase additional inventory, increase advertising and promotion costs, extend hours of operation, upgrade or renovate facilities, and hire additional staff, she said.
"There's a whole host of expenses and financial buzz that's happening in the community weeks, if not months, in advance of preparing for this 100,000 crowd to come into the city,'' Polanski said.
"We are very comfortable, conservatively saying, there's no question it exceeds $20 million into the local economy,'' she said.
The 2011 Roar on the Shore rally attracted about 80,000 bikers and visitors to the region, Manufacturer & Business Association officials said.
VisitErie President John Oliver said he expects all of Erie County's 4,300 hotel rooms to be booked for the rally this week.
"A lot of these participants are now camping, and based on what I heard from last year, a lot of visitors were probably staying within a radius of 60 miles in terms of finding accommodations,'' Oliver said.
That radius could expand, Oliver said.
Many visitors will likely seek additional lodging -- hotels, motels and campgrounds -- in Ohio, New York and other Pennsylvania counties, Oliver said.
"I expect we'll hear that people will be looking for rooms in Ashtabula, Dunkirk, Jamestown, Meadville and Warren,'' he said. "I think we're going to start to see that kind of a pushout of visitors. They could go up into Erie County, N.Y.''
Oliver said the event's regional economic impact extends beyond hotels, restaurants and taverns.
"A group this size has incredibly diverse interests,'' he said. "Many of the visitors are doing things that are not necessarily the planned activities. They're going off on their own, based on their own interests. You have everything from doctors down to probably kids in college.
"They all have an interest in motorcycles, but their other interests are very diverse,'' he said. "They're off going through the art museum to hanging out at the peninsula playing beach volleyball. For many of these people, this is a vacation and they're taking time before and after to do other things.''
Finding an area hotel room may be difficult this week when you factor that the rally is held during the height of the summer tourist season. Many rooms have been booked for weeks or months by tourists and vacationers visiting the region for other events and activities.
"If the Roar on the Shore were in the fall or spring, it would have much more economic impact,'' said Erie developer Nick Scott Sr., president of Scott Enterprises.
"It would have a lot more impact on the economy if it were in the fringe season instead of right in the middle of the summer tourist season,'' he said.
Scott's company owns numerous area hotels and restaurants, the Splash Lagoon Indoor Water Park Resort and Peek'n Peak Resort and Spa near Findley Lake, N.Y.
"We think the Roar on the Shore is a great event and among a continuing group of events in the summer season that contribute to a busier tourist area,'' Scott said.
Joe Askins, owner of Off Road Express, believes the annual motorcycle rally benefits all local business -- not just hotels, bike shops and restaurants.
"It creates excitement,'' Askins said.
Off Road Express is sponsoring two of the rally's motorcycle rides, a motorcycle demonstration, freestyle jump shows by Trevor Vines and appearances by custom motorcycle builder Rick Fairless.
"When I bring in different guest celebrities, they're very surprised at how engaged the city is for the Roar,'' Askins said. "They told me that in a lot of towns they do events in, the city is more an obstacle than a part of the event. It's nice to see Erie embrace this.''
Askins believes the rally is on the brink of national recognition.
"I think the growth is unlimited to what it can be,'' he said. "A lot of people I talk to -- different dealers -- know about our event, and they're four or five states away.''
At 2011 Roar on the Shore events, bikes were spotted with license plates from Alaska, Texas, Florida, Washington, Utah, New Mexico, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia and Tennessee.
No matter where they're from, bikers like to have a good time and spend money.
Ask any business owner.
At Sherlock's, Dworzanski said the wave of bikers who visit his tavern "overruns us.''
"We are full from morning to night,'' he said. "There are people on the street waiting for us to open the doors. They're all good people. It's a nice mix of fun people who are here to explore and have a good time.''
On a normal Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Sherlock's staff totals 15.
"We'll staff about 25 extra people per day,'' Sherlock's manager Bev Walker said.
She hires extra bar personnel, servers, kitchen help, security and cleanup crews.
Walker said customers will consume several hundred cases of beer during the Roar.
Walker also is heavily involved in the Miss Roar on the Shore contest, which Sherlock's sponsors.
"It's a lot of work, but we enjoy it,'' Walker said.
"We want to put forth a good atmosphere and a good product,'' Dworzanski said. "We want people to be satisfied. That's our main goal. ... We've been in a lot of places where if they get too busy they just ignore the customer. That doesn't seem to happen here.''
RON LEONARDI can be reached at 870-1680 or by e-mail.


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The first few days of classes at Mossy Creek Elementary include a lesson centered around bullying. (WRDW-TV / Aug. 16, 2011)
News 12 This Morning / Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2011
NORTH AUGUSTA, S.C. -- Mossy Creek Elementary is the first school in the district to survey its student body and pinpoint where and how bullying is taking place.
The first few days of classes at Mossy Creek include a lesson centered around bullying.
It's a new approach guidance counselor Shari Hooper is hoping will help students be more proactive.
"We need to use our student body, we need to use to the students standing by watching things happen and teach them to be mobilize and speak up," Hooper said.
This year administrators learned from survey results that 40 percent of the students say they were called names, 33 percent felt left out from a group setting on purpose and 60 percent of the students at Mossy Creek were uncertain of the exact definition of bullying.
Melanie Snider, a fifth grader at Mossy Creek defined bullying as "If a student is purposely being treated badly."
It is a definition she knows well. She's even decided to take part in Mossy Creek's student protection committee and talk to students about what to do when they see bullying.
"When I was asked to do this I couldn't say no," Snider said. "I mean I know a lot of people and I've seen people getting bullied on the playground, even in the bathroom."
According to survey results, 50 percent of the students wished others would speak up more.
Instead of having students pass on the responsibility, teachers are helping make students feel more comfortable and speak up as a group if they see bullying take place.
"The playground is the biggest area of concern for our kids," Hooper said. "It's the most unstructured time of the whole day."
That's why she enlisted the help of parent volunteers to act as an extra set of eyes and ears.
Gwyn Snider, Melanie's mother, has decided to participate.
"The teachers have 28 kids to watch everyday," she said. "It's impossible to watch 28 people at one time."
If you are a parent that wants to be a part of the protection committee, you can call Mossy Creek's main office to find more information. There is training that is required.
Counselors and administrators are hoping to make this a yearly practice so that they can gather hard data to find out exactly when and where bullying is taking place to prevent it in the first place.


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The apartment is a perfect base to discover all touristic sights of the city.
Moreover, the neighbourhood itsself is lovely. Its referred to the student area because you can find many bars, fast food shops, cafes etc. close by.
The aparment is in the second floor, so easy to reach even if you have some more luggage.
The apartment has one big room which is a combination of living-sleeping room and kitchen as the pictures show. There is a little floor that connects the main room with the bath. Moreover there is a great big balcony where you smoke or just chillout in my hammock or chairs.
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@Moran, you try to act like you don't give a shit about her, then why the fuck would you even whisper her at all? You even donated money to her. You thought she would give you her number and screw you, thinking you were a badass?


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A Canadensis man has died after a car crash in Mountainhome on Thursday afternoon.
Barrett Township Police said George P. Mills, 89, died before he could reach the hospital after the crash at Route 390 and Spruce Cabin Road.
Police said Mills was traveling west on Spruce Cabin Road when his car failed to stop at Route 390, hitting the car of Robert Genova, 84, of Skytop.
Mills had to be freed from his car and was taken to Pocono Medical Center, but died before he could get there, according to Monroe County Coroner Robert Allen.
Genova's passenger, Karin Genova, 76, suffered injuries in the crash and was treated and released from the hospital.
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LOS GATOS -- After a two-alarm fire ripped through the roof of Manresa, the famous South Bay restaurant with two coveted Michelin stars, its chef and owner said he's "devastated" by the loss but made it clear that the vaunted eatery will once again plate its top-shelf fare.
As far as when diners can expect to see the return of a four-hour, 14-course tasting menu featuring items like abalone and local milk panna cotta or suckling porcelet with chanterelles, apricots and a courgette velouté, that's a little less certain. While David Kinch would not put an estimate on how long the doors will stay shut at his famous establishment, one fire investigator estimated it could be several months.
"Absolutely, I think we're going to be a stronger and better restaurant," Kinch said after surveying the aftermath Monday afternoon.
It's a tall order -- Manresa was already the South Bay's premier dining experience, a gem that's earned the venue and superstar chef Kinch numerous accolades since it opened in 2002. The extravagant tasting menu earned raves from gourmets who came from far and wide to plunk down $190 per person for the experience -- and nearly double that for a premium wine pairing.
It was a repeat performer, nailing the two-star (on a three-star scale) Michelin rating for eight years in a row -- an honor held by only seven Bay Area eateries, and that's the most in any one region countrywide. And Kinch won the best chef in America award for the Pacific region from the James Beard Foundation in 2010, shortly after a major remodeling job that brought in a lounge, wine cellar and bar -- complete with concoctions worthy of accompanying the spectacular dishes.
Kinch, who flew in from the East Coast upon hearing the news that his pride and joy was damaged in Monday's early-morning blaze, was noticeably rattled and softly praised firefighters for their quick actions.
"They're about 200 feet away from us and they responded and did a magnificent job," he said. "It could have been a lot worse."
Fire officials gave an early estimate that the structure had about $300,000 worth of damage, but Kinch said it's far too early to make such claims and called it "speculation."
The restaurant, at 320 Village Lane, will need a new roof but did not experience much interior damage other than from smoke and water. Items such as linens and carpeting will need to be replaced before the restaurant can reopen.
"It's mostly intact," Santa Clara County fire Battalion Chief Kendall Pearson said.
Santa Clara County chief arson investigator Dennis Johnsen said the blaze started outside just before 4 a.m., and arriving crews saw the fire damage a gas meter, which further fueled the flames. It spread to the eaves and attic and into a storage area where plastic bins added to the intensity. At 6 a.m., fire crews had the blaze under control and were in overhaul phase.
"It's arduous manual labor," Pearson said. "We have to take the ceiling down, cut away the roof and make sure all the fire is out."
One firefighter was injured after tripping over debris but should be OK, Pearson said.
Johnsen said a home with similar damage could take a year to rebuild, but because Manresa is a business, he would not be surprised to see it up and running in three to four months. There are no obvious signs of arson, but investigators are not ruling anything out, Johnsen said.
The restaurant has been closed for vacation since July 3, and was supposed to reopen Wednesday, serving its Euro-inspired, locally-sourced California cuisine.
Laura Bjorklund, who lives around the corner from Manresa, called it a "special occasion" venue that she's been to three times.
"I always had the greatest experience," she said. "I'm a vegetarian, but they prepared it special for me. It was when foam food was big, and it was all excellent."
Manaz Tankamani owns a boutique women's clothing shop in Los Gatos and was heartbroken to see the fire-damaged restaurant.
Tankamani said her business was destroyed by a fire in 2007 and it took her a year to reopen.
"This is horrible," said Tankamani, adding that Kinch "worked so hard to build" Manresa.
Condolences and best wishes for a speedy reopening were tweeted from @MichelinGuideSF and @ZagatSF, among others.
"Our thoughts are with David Kinch and everyone @ManresaCA," tweeted Thomas Keller, owner of the famed French Laundry in Yountville.
Monday's fire at Manresa came a year after Chez Panisse, another of the region's top restaurants, reopened after a fire closed it down for three months. The March 8, 2013, fire caused $200,000 in damage. Chez Panisse reopened on June 24, 2013.
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the first set starts with a mighty fine bathtub gin. like a lot in '98, this is a really nice, extended, exploratory bathtub. this has a similar to feel to most of the other '98 versions, but like the other ones, this one has several interesting and unique twists and nuances. dirt is an early but well-deserved breather. poor heart picks things back up and they tack on a pretty funny start-stop ending. lawn boy, my sweet one, and birds are pretty straight forward. trey has some really nice playing in theme. water in the sky is alright, but they end this set in fine form. they get deep in the funk in moma dance, and melt really nails this one home.
then there is this fine 3 song opening run in the second set. drowned is a sure-fire winner in the opening slot, and they don't forget to rock this one out. after taking it for a nice little ride, they find themselves in a nice funky realm. this eventually leads to a nice makisupa, with an extended, spacey jam that eventually gives way to a red hot maze. this maze is a best of the year candidate. page brings the thunder and they trey matches them. well, it is time for a cool down. hell yeah, sea and sand. the first since nye 95, and this one is equally delicate. very nice placement of this gem. i'm not a caspian fan, but i love me some harry hood. this one is pretty standard. it's good. as the boys line up for the encore, they come out in "fishman formation." bike, love you, purple rain? ha! sexual healing. one of many summer break outs, and this one might be the funniest. after a quick run through hyhu, they finish this one up with a very fun halley's comet. after rocking for a bit, they work into a little digital delay loop that ends the show. good times!
this is a pretty loaded show, with some damn fine playing. also, there are some really nice copies of this show floating around. i've never been to this venue, but i hear it's kind of a shit hole. none the less, the boys always nail their shows here, see the '97 bowie>cities>bowie. as for this one, i would not say there are any jams as cool as that one, but as a whole, i think i like this one a touch better than the '97 show. either way, get them both!
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