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Darnell Washington5146 w wabansia ave and 1027 s 10th ave chicago and maywood, Illinois United States of America
Darnell Washington AKA's "Lefty", TVL, Jerome DEADBEAT DAD DARNELL WASHINGTON AKA "LEFTY" TVL (TRAVELING VIOLENT LOSER) HIDES TO ESCAPE FROM PAYING CHILD SUPPORT chicago and maywood, Illinois
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Darnell Washington who goes by several aliases to avoid avoid law enforcement because of his life of criminal activity and to avoid paying child support. He owes close to $20,000.00 in back owed child support. As the saying goes the fruit does not fall far from the tree, because his family is the same trifling way with no financial or emotional support for the child.
Darnell Washington is a 100% total loser who only cares about himself and makes a living extorting people for money and running illegal scams to get money a career criminal.He also works just long enough until he gets caught and quits. Staying with whatever dumb person will let him live off of him and he can use. Hopefully this jerk will be made to get a job and pay for what he created and stop extorting and scamming people or they will be smart enough to turn him in to the right people.
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I am going to spare you the long thread intro. It was a successful (NL East Champs) yet disappointing finish (first-round exit) to the season, but we have a strong, young nucleus set to lead the charge next year and should be in contention for another playoff berth.
Unfortunately, this thread begins on a negative note, as Tim Hudson's career as a Brave is officially over. Timmy was one of my favorite Braves over the last several years. Loved his competitiveness and his steady, consistent success. I hate that we couldn't bring him back. Giants got him for 2 yrs 23 mil, which quite honestly is more than what I would've liked to have seen us pay him.
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RBC, LPL, TCoA, Scottrade and National Advisors Trust are all pushing to gain the critical mass to get past also-ran status
Brooke's Note: The business of asset custody for RIAs is an oligopoly — with Schwab, Fidelity, TD Ameritrade and Pershing controlling most of the assets and the market. But these able vendors are far from exerting cartel-like market power. Besides being in intense competition with each other, they have to be wary of a growing underclass of custodians that is gaining more confidence and critical mass with each passing year. This article looks at a handful of them who approach serving RIAs from a variety of angles, including emphases on serving advisors wanting heightened capabilities — handling hybrid assets, model portfolios and trust assets, and meeting the needs of the smallest advisors.
Schwab, Fidelity, TD Ameritrade, and Pershing have carved out the top four spots among custodians serving registered investment advisors, but behind the scenes there's a much closer horse race among smaller custodians who are fighting for that No. 5 spot.
These little-known custodians don't get as much attention as the top four, but in terms of assets many of them are running neck-and-neck with each other and one prolonged growth burst could give one of them into a clear claim as the fifth-ranked player.
Comparing these custodians can be tricky because some of them don't report their custody assets and others, such as LPL Financial, include hybrid transactional assets. But right now, LPL, Trust Company of America":http://www.riabiz.com/d/71071 and Royal Bank of Canada all have custody assets in excess of $10 billion. And three other custodians: Scottrade Advisor Services, a division of Scottrade Inc.Folio Institutional and National Advisors Trust Company are boasting significant growth in the past year. Raymond James Financial Inc. custody unit is hanging steady with more than $6 billion of RIA assets.
"It's not easy to be a small custodian, but these competitors are large enough to make it happen and take it to the next level," says Philip Palaveev, president of Fusion Advisor Network. "They've got the scale and size to stay in the business for a long time. They can achieve critical mass quickly."
These smaller, nimbler custodians say that because of their size they've been able to customize changes for advisors, putting them in a position to begin eating up market share.
The smaller custodians also say that even though they're lesser known for their custodian businesses, many offer unique attributes that position them for growth.
Here are some contenders vying for a seat at the grown-ups' table.
LPL: Closing in on the No. 5 spot?
One firm pressing for the No. 5 spot happens to be the nation's largest Independent broker-dealer and thus is positioned to quickly expand its custodian business, says Palaveev.
"LPL has an advantage because they already have an existing customer base," he says. "LPL has a lot of the same offerings as the custodians. It has the same capabilities and that's why it is creeping in as a custodian."
In its third year of existence, LPL's custodial arm has $20.2 billion in assets under custody, up 75% from a year ago when the firm had $11.6 billion. LPL has 142 RIA firms, up 35% from a year ago, says Derek Bruton, managing director and national sales manager, Independent Advisor Services .
LPL declines to disclose the makeup of its custodian business, but it acknowledges that the $20.2 billion includes a big tranche of transactional assets from hybrid RIAs. The company says that more than 50% of these assets are not commission-based.
"We custody all of the assets that our RIAs have with us," Bruton says. "That can be fee-based, commission-based —- anything. The beauty of our platform is we can custody all of it. Our advantage is we can custody all assets and the difference is we measure things different than some of the other custodians. I truly believe if our competitors could custody all assets they'd count them too." See: How LPL lured advisors from Raymond James, UBS and Ameriprise to its hybrid RIA platform.
Still, Raymond James, whose IBD is LPL's biggest competitor in that market, reports its RIA assets of $6.3 billion in a conventional manner. (See below)
Bruton acknowledges that his firm is better known as a broker-dealer than as a custodian business, but he feels that will change as the custodian business continues to soar in growth.
LPL's platform is set up to help RIAs handle the difficult compliance market, Bruton says, adding that the company has a turnkey technology system that can drastically slash an advisor's compliance costs.
In addition, Bruton believes LPL can compete head-to-head with the larger firms because of its practice-management offerings. This summer, LPL lured practice management expert Michael Watson away from TD Ameritrade. See: LPL lures a TD Ameritrade talent across the San Diego street.
"We're very happy with our growth," Bruton says. "The pace is going to quicken and we'll grow even faster."
Scottrade touts its low-cost services
St. Louis-based discount brokerage Scottrade has been in the custodian business since 2005 and has been luring more advisors because of the low-cost services it offers them.
Brian Davis began his career with Scottrade in 2003 and was promoted to director of Scottrade Advisor Services in July 2010. See: Adding to the list of RIA custodians headed by execs with Schwab schooling, Scottrade promotes Brian Davis.
As a privately held firm, the company doesn't release assets, but Davis says its custodial assets grew by 45% in 2011. He says its RIA ranks have grown from 750 in 2010 to 950 this year and the firm expects additional growth in the coming year.
"For independent RIAs who use Scottrade's custodial services platform, low-cost institutional trading is just the beginning. Because Scottrade does not provide in-house financial advice or investment recommendations, we can serve as a business partner—not a competitor—to the advisors we serve," Davis says.
He points out that each RIA that uses Scottrade Advisor Services is assigned a dedicated relationship team to help with its business and investing needs.
Davis says advisors are attracted to the firm's easy-to-use website that allows them to manage multiple accounts through one master account and place block trades with real-time allocation to client accounts. Using the same system, RIAs can also send out their advisory fees to clients. RIAs can also access advanced cost-basis reporting and client management tools on the website.
The company has worked hard to bolster its services through advisor feedback. "[It] has helped improve our advisor trading and account-management platform, expand product availability and develop features to meet RIAs' needs," Davis says.
The company launched 15 new low-cost ETFs benchmarked to indexes licensed from Morningstar on March 30, and these new funds have triggered growth for the company's custodian unit by appealing to RIAs, according to Davis.
Scottrade doesn't charge an enrollment fee and there is no minimum asset requirement for advisors.
"Unlike many of our competitors, Scottrade does not have a minimum asset fee because we do not have a minimum asset requirement," Davis says. "This cost savings allows advisors to reallocate their finances to other business needs."
Custodians with strategies and profiles similar to Scottrade's include: Shareholders Service Group Inc and Trade-PMR Inc.. See: The emerging asset custodians rake in small RIAs
Shareholders Service Group has made big technology gains with former Schwab Advisor Services tech chief, Dan Skiles. See: As Black Diamond deal starts to click, small custodian gets another hot partner.
Trade-PMR also has a big partnership deal. See: Wells Fargo now has a testing paw in the RIA stream.
RBC's 'small-firm culture'
Royal Bank of Canada has seen its RIA custody assets grow 23% and has gained 14% growth in RIAs in the past year. See: How a custody relationship with RBC may net an advisor $100 million on day one.
RBC's assets in the second quarter of 2011 were $10.2 billion, up from $8.3 billion a year earlier and $2 billion in 2009. The company has also seen its RIA ranks grow to 82 from 72 in the last year. In 2009, it had just 36 RIAs.
The company intends to double its assets from $10 billion to $20 billion by 2015, says Catie Tobin, head of correspondent and advisor services for RBC Wealth Management. The firm intends to do this by bolstering its business development efforts and continuing to look for firms that are a good fit for its platform and also through the growth of its existing RIA customers.
Tobin describes RBC Advisor Services as unique in the marketplace, offering "small-firm culture" that also offers access to the resources of a global financial services company.
"We are sought after for our high-touch, relationship-focused approach that advisors are accustomed to and expect. We provide products, services and solutions to independent broker-dealers and RIA firms that are usually found only at full-service wealth management firms," she says.
Tobin also points out that the firm can deliver capabilities that may not be available from the discount providers, such as access to trust solutions, credit and lending facilities, and specific-product consulting and high-quality proprietary research.
Trust Company of America eyes wirehouse advisors
It's been just over a year since Bob Oros left LPL to become sales chief of Denver-based asset custodian Trust Company of America. In that time, he's ramped up its sales force and is the firm is now targeting wirehouse advisors. See: How Bob Oros landed at Trust Company of America.
The company currently has 108 RIAs — a 12% jump from last year. The firm's assets are now about $10.4 billion, up from just under $10 billion a year ago.
The company has just started an initiative aimed at courting wirehouse advisors. It is hoping to recruit advisors with $50 million to $250 million in assets.
Since Oros joined the firm, Oros' he and his team have spent a great deal of time working with prospective RIAs to pinpoint ways to help them create a more efficient business while also reducing their out-of-pocket costs.
"Ours is a single-source solution," Oros says. "We're giving you all of the technology under a single price. It's different from the others …. "I felt we are the best-kept secret."
He also says his company offers some services that other custodians don't. For instance, it provides performance reporting for advisors and also calculates RIAs fees for them. Oros acknowledges that until he arrived at Trust Company of America, he didn't realize what an asset this is for RIAs. See: Trust Company of America is giving RIAs more weapons for free-wheeling.
"We'll calculate it and produce the reports for them," Oros says. "We'll get them paid very rapidly. It can take an advisor two to three weeks to do this."
Folio offers 'boutique' technology
Folio Institutional, a privately held firm based in McLean, Va., is a small custodian that is attracting advisors with its specialized technology. See: Folio Institutional finds its winning formula for RIA custody in specialized trading technology.
The company has about 350 advisory firms, up from 275 a year ago. The firm declines to disclose assets in custody but says the total now is several billions of dollars.
"We view ourselves as a boutique as opposed to the big-box stores," says Greg Vigrass, president of Folio. "We view ourselves as offering more of a customized experience. You just don't walk in here and we have 14 of everything and you choose a size you like."
The company markets itself as a niche custodian providing window-trading capability. While trades can be executed in real time as with other custodians, the firm says its RIAs take advantage of having trades transacted during two daily trading windows, 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. He acknowledges that day-traders may not like the twice-daily aspect but says the process is appealing to RIAs.
At other custodians, trades can be made throughout the day, but Folio says its sweet spot is model portfolios. For instance, an advisor who uses model portfolios can update or re-balance an allocation and have those changes executed immediately and simultaneously across the portfolios of all of the clients who are subscribed to that model.
The process allows the buying and selling of fractional shares. Any dollar amount can be fully invested across all of the securities in a portfolio. The fractional share-capability allows advisors to make strategic use of even the most expensive stocks.
National Advisors Trust Co. positions itself as a specialty custodian
Overland Park, Kan.-based National Advisors Trust Company is growing its business by offering niche services for RIAs seeking to bolster their trust- and estate-planning arms. It also has the unique feature of being RIA-owned.
The company's new RIA accounts have grown by over $800 million from a year ago, but the market decline has reduced some of the growth. The firm's assets are at about $7.1 billion, up from about $6.4 billion a year ago, an increase of 10.5%. See: Once-sleepy National Advisors Trust has a sparkling year for net new assets.
The firm currently serves 137 firms, nine more than last year.
"We don't think of ourselves as pure custodians," says CEO Ronald Ferguson. "We are the specialty custodian that most RIAs need."
The company offers boutique services with capabilities of carrying trust custody. The firm will serve as trustee in many states compared to some custodians, which may set up trusts only through the state of Delaware. The company also allows non-standard assets — such as real estate — inside trusts.
"The biggest thing we provide is flexibility with trusts that the mass-market custodian can't provide," Ferguson says.
He says his firm doesn't really attract advisors who want a simple custodian. Instead, the advisors who land at the firm are generally looking to build their planning business by helping clients with trusts.
Raymond James
Raymond James has seen its number of RIA firms decline, but its assets have grown to $6.3 billion as of Oct. 31, from $6.1 billion a year earlier . The company now has assets under custody from 89 firms, compared with 94 a year ago. Two years ago, Raymond James raised the asset levels for affiliated RIAs of $50 million from $30 million, and since then it has shed some of the smaller firms while attracting bigger ones, says Anthea Penrose, public relations manager. While the number of RIAs is down, she says the average assets of firms have grown considerably. This year, average assets have grown to $67 million, from $64 million per firm in 2010.
"We attract advisors into our Investment Advisor Division who want to operate as an independent RIA, with the support and resources of a full-service custodian," Penrose says. "Our integrated technology, our research, our back office support are more than competitive — but we believe it is the culture of Raymond James that makes the difference and attracts the high quality of firms we have seen join us recently and will continue to do so in the future." See: Raymond James shows it's serious about winning bigger RIAs.
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Fathers and Sons
by Ivan Turgenev
Fathers and Sons Admiration Quotes
How we cite our quotes: Citations follow this format: (Chapter.Paragraph). We used Rosemary Edmonds's translation.
Quote #1
"Natural science is his main subject. But he knows everything. Next year he wants to take a degree in medicine." (3.15)
Do you think that Arkady's description of Bazarov makes it likely that Nikolai will like him or not? Isn't there something sort of absurd about claiming that Bazarov "knows everything"? Wouldn't this make most people defensive? Does Nikolai seem to get defensive?
Quote #2
"But you haven't seen so much of the world for nothing: you understand people. You see through them with the eye of an eagle." (8.1)
What seems to be the basis for Nikolai's admiration of his brother? How are these same qualities in part responsible for Pavel's sadness? Does Nikolai seem to be aware of the fact that the admiration is not flowing equally both ways?
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"The present condition of the people requires it," added Arkady pompously. "We are bound to carry out these requirements, we have no right to indulge in the gratification of our personal egoism."
This last sentence obviously did not please Bazarov: it smacked of philosophy, that is, of romanticism, for Bazarov considered philosophy synonymous with romanticism; but he did not judge it necessary to contradict his young disciple. (10.66-67)
How does Arkady give himself away? What we mean is, how does he give away the fact that he is not voicing his own opinions but those of another (Bazarov)? How does this bit capture the tense nature of the relationship between Bazarov and his disciple? Is it possible to tell someone what they are required to do without partaking in personal egoism?


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I don't know if people read the stickies or not, but there's a section missing in this "*READ THIS 1st*" sticky that exists in the other platform stickies...the "How to post a problem in a useful way" section. Here's the linux version as an example.
So something like:
Things we want from EVERY report:
1. FULL Debug Log This is always useful even if the problem isn't actually captured as it may provide other clues and system information.
2. Version of Kodi. (e.g., version 15.2) Note - Do not say "Latest Version" as "latest" will soon be outdated.
3. Distribution and version: (e.g., Openelec 6.0, OSMC version, Xbian, Raspian)
4. What version of the Pi: (RPi 1B, RPi 1B+, RPi 2B)
5. Detailed Instructions to reproduce the Problem (The more specific the better.)
6. Details of all devices relevant to the problem.
Perhaps this can help reduce the number of RPi threads where the second post is "Provide a debug log".
*READ THIS 1st BEFORE POSTING* FAQ, how to Install, troubleshooting, etc
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Looks good to me, added.
Full disclosure: I work for WeTek. However, this is my personal account, and my words and opinion are my own.
You can make easy links to the Kodi Wiki Manual using double brackets around common Kodi words: [[debug log]] = debug log (wiki), [[Video library]] = Video library (wiki), [[SMB]] = SMB (wiki) , [[userdata]] = userdata (wiki), etc
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18th Annual Trail of
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Huntsville, Alabama (September 15, 2011) The 18th Annual Trail of Tears will travel through Madison County on Saturday, September 17, 2011. The ride will enter Madison County on Highway 72 East at Gurley between 9:20 and 9:40 AM and continue west into Huntsville between 9:45 and 10:15 AM. The ride will travel onto I-565 and continue westbound until it exits I-565 at Exit 13 and travels west on Madison Boulevard. The Trail of Tears should begin arriving at the Old Time Pottery shopping center on Madison Boulevard between 10:20 and 10:30 AM, where it will stop for approximately an hour. The Trail of Tears ride will leave the shopping Center at 11:30 AM and travel west on Madison Boulevard, turn right to travel north on County Line Road and then turn left to travel west on Highway 72 West to Athens and on to Florence and Waterloo.
Persons traveling west out of Huntsville on I-565 should plan to leave earlier than usual because westbound on ramps to I-565 up to Exit 13, Madison Boulevard, will be closed for the safety of the riders as the ride enters Huntsville. Alternate routes to reach Madison and points west once the ride enters Huntsville will be Old Madison Pike and University Drive, Highway 72 West.
Persons traveling either east or west on Highway 72 West can expect a lengthy delay between 11:45 AM and 12:30 PM as the ride makes the left turn to travel west onto Highway 72 toward Athens. Alternate routes to avoid this congestion will be I-565 or Highway 72 West, south on County Line Road and east on Madison Boulevard. The Trail of Tears is a cooperative effort between the Alabama State Troopers and all law enforcement agencies, fire departments and ambulance services along the route to insure a successful and safe event.


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Jumping on the cheesy bandwagon…Posted by FoodEater in Vegan Spot
UPDATE: Sad news, The Vegan Spot has closed :( – read on to see what you missed!
I was never big into giant meaty sandwiches even when I still ate flesh. There's just something about a bunch of thinly sliced, dripping pink meat smothered in oil and onions that's always been repulsive to me. Pastrami sandwiches, Reubens, Roast Beef and Philly Cheesesteaks were just never the stuff my foodie dreams were made off… not the real versions of them anyway.
Now, we've already discussed just how much I love me a good faux Reuben sandwich, but how about some other variety of previously disgusting cuisine made lovable? That's where The Vegan Spot in Silver Lake comes to the rescue with their remarkable all-vegan Philly Cheesesteak.
I'd previously read some good reviews of this place over at the Your Vegan Mom and Quarrygirl blogs and I couldn't wait to try it out for myself. The Vegan Spot was started by one of the women who also opened Flore right up the street, so I figured it had to be good. And good it was!
Alright, so I've never had a real Philly Cheesesteak and the one time I visited Philidelphia I got dumped and had a miserable time. What I can tell you about this sandwich though, without having anything to compare it to, was that it was fantastic! They make their own meaty stuffing and cheese sauce there, and while I have no idea what they're doing back there in that kitchen, it's nothing short of pure vegan genius. The meat I believe is some sort of seitan concoction, thinly sliced and to me reminiscent in flavor and texture to a Greek style gyro. It tastes and feels incredibly realistic… real enough to fool my meat-loving dad into thinking it's the real thing, and real enough to probably freak-out the vegetarians out there who can't hang with faux-meats. Me, I love the faux… so I say bring it.
The cheese sauce was some of the best pretend cheese I've had anywhere. It was supposed to be like cheddar, and I'll be damned if it didn't have that sharp note to it that cheddar is known for. I could tell it had mustard in it, and most likely (totally guessing here) it had nutritional yeast as well. Amazing how they got the flavor and texture so close. Would a bonafide real-cheese eating connoisseur think it was real cheddar cheese? No, mostly likely not, but they probably wouldn't consider that crap that's kept in heated buckets at the local 7-11 for nachos to be real cheese either, and apparently it is. Unless someone went in there with a "I'm going to hate everything vegan just because it's vegan" stick up their butt (you know the type), they'd be hard pressed not to admit this stuff is the bomb.
Here's a close-up so that those of you out in the middle of nowhere can partake in the fantasy, imagining yourselves about to bite into this miracle of decadent indulgence smothered in cruelty-free melted delight…
The sandwich came served on a thick and fresh French roll along with an equally fresh side salad. It would normally also come with grilled onions, but… ewwwwww.
I absolutely loved this beast of a meal and can't wait to go back and try everything else on The Vegan Spot menu. Los Angeles has been all abuzz about the vegan Twinkies that they serve as well, created by the lovely JennShaggy. The only problem is that they are so good and so popular that they're selling out faster than the poor girl can bake them! Every time I've been there in search of a Twinkie they were out, but I sure hope the stars will align for me one of these days so that I'll end up there at the right time and get to try one.
They don't seem to have a website yet so I have no choice but to point you to the very mixed reviews over at Yelp:
The reviews range from those who fanatically love the place to those who judge it based on the fact that they don't like being served by hipsters and/or hippies or who'd rather complain about the murals on the walls than talk about the actual food. Whatever… don't go into the heart of the most hipsterfied neighborhood in town if you've got a problem with "hip" people serving you, problem solved. The food was awesome, the place was clean and the people working there were all friendly and helpful… what more do you need? Try the place out and make up your own mind, I'm willing to bet you'll leave happy and stuffed. If you do manage to snag a couple of Twinkies while you're there, please save one for me!
- The Vegan Spot: Follow-Up Edition
- Vegan Reuben sandwich at Follow Your Heart
- Foodeater Does Vegan Portland, V.8: Veganopolis
- I like big buns and I cannot lie.
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Hey Dougie,
Bradley is a durable iron-spirited warrior who has never tasted defeat, and I believe he has the ability to defeat Pacquiao. If Pacquiao can utilize an experienced jab and stay away from the ropes to avoid Bradley's bum-rush offense, he may be able to time him ala Hatton because from what I saw from his previous fights Bradley swings a bit wide.
We shall see. I haven't been this excited for a Pacquiao fight since the 2nd fight with Morales. Take care and keep up the great work always! – Lester
Thanks Lester. Nice one with the "Uatu's Head" nickname. Only comic book nerds will get the reference (although I've mentioned The Watcher more than a few times in these bags 'o mine), but those who do will probably chuckle at the image. (If there's an African American among Uatu's ancient star-watching race, I bet he looks just like Timmy.)
It's taken me awhile but I've finally become interested in this big fight. Although I believe Bradley is arguably the most worthy opponent for Pacquiao not named Floyd Mayweather, I wasn't excited about the style matchup. But the closer we get to fight night, the more I think Bradley is going to take it to Pacquiao.
In fact, I'm pretty sure the undefeated Palm Springs native is going to box and fight aggressively, which is why I'm predicting a late-rounds stoppage victory for Pacquiao. As you noted, Bradley gets a little wild when he attacks his opponents. In fact, he often swarms them to such a degree that he smothers his own punches.
Who knows? Maybe that approach will stifle and eventually break Pacquiao down. My guess, however, is that Pacquiao will clip and drop or seriously rock a charging Bradley by the middle rounds of the bout. I think Bradley's dogged determination and superb conditioning will enable him to survive the wobbly moment and keep him in the fight for a few more rounds (hopefully making for some fantastic drama), but Pacquiao will get to him again and again until somebody stops the fight.
I think this weekend has upset written all over it. But first, one quick question: Do you think Bradley is being dumped on by the 'experts' because he is new and they're so accustomed to seeing Manny win? Every single one of them say Bradley is a legit challenger and will bring the heat, but in the end they all have Manny winning. Are they choosing the devil they know? Or is it the lack of power Bradley has that's leading them to go with Pacquiao? You're considered one of the experts, explain their thinking to me?
Shane Mosley is one of the few openly picking Bradley to win and he said this fight reminds him of his first fight with Oscar De La Hoya. Actually, there are a lot of parallels when I think about it. Oscar was coming off of a poor performance and chose a guy from lighter weights to try and rebound. Mosley was an accomplished champ in that lower weight class and needed a fight against a name to get to that next level. Manny didn't lose his last fight but he didn't look awesome and his promoter chose a smaller, younger fighter to try and rebound from. Come to think of it, wasn't Arum involved in Oscar-Mosley 1, too? What were Mosley's chances going into the Oscar fight initially? I'd have to think similar to Pac-Bradley.
Anyway, I'm on record thinking Bradley is the guy to beat Manny Pacquiao. I think timing has everything to do with it. I do believe Pacquiao is on the downslope (how steep the curve is still to be determined) and Bradley is on the up. I just think at this time in both guy's careers, its great timing for Bradley. Prior to his last fight I think you could argue his level of opposition was just as compelling and hardcore as Froch at 168 (meaning fighting a string of excellent challenges). Meanwhile, a knock on Pacquiao is he hasn't really had to work that hard since moving up from 130. Lastly, I think Bradley's speed will be the determining factor. Pacquiao has been used to being the quicker guy for a long time now. I wonder if he knows how to deal with someone faster than him? I'm predicting a 12th-round TKO win for Timothy Bradley as he outfights and outboxes Pacquiao all 3 minutes of every round and it weighs on Pac enough to hold him down in the 12th. He'll try and fight valiantly, but youth will be served in this fight. – Kyle in Washington
That would be a most spectacular victory for Bradley. In my opinion, it would be a bigger upset than Mosley's first victory over De La Hoya (by the way, I correctly predicted Sugar Shane would win by split-decision 12 years ago). I agree that there are similarities between Mosley's first challenge to The Golden Boy and Bradley'sshowdown with the PacMan. Both African-American Southern Californian's were 3-to-1 underdogs. Both were appreciated by hardcore fans and boxing insiders but relatively unknown outside of the sport compared to their famous and heavily favored opponents. Both were strength and conditioning freaks at their physical peak and both possessed aggressive, Mexican-inspired boxing styles.
However, unlike Bradley, Mosley had the edge of punching power.
I don't agree with your prediction but I agree that Bradley's speed will be major factor in this fight. When you add Bradley's quickness to his desire, tenacity, physical strength, somewhat awkward style and tendency to lead with his head, you've got a major pain in the ass for any fighter – even one of Pacquiao's stature.
I think Bradley's speed will enable his counter right hand and body attack to find their marks and hurt Pacquiao, but I believe that his aggression and penchant for pressing his opponents will play into the harder-punching hands of the Filipino hero.
I know Bradley's style was poison for other southpaws – Junior Witter, Devon Alexander and Joel Casamayor – but I'm not sure it will work against Pacquiao, who stands his ground more than those three.
Regarding the "experts" predictions overwhelmingly favoring Pacquiao, I don't think anyone is "dumping" on Bradley. Most of the boxing media has the utmost respect for Bradley. They've seen him win more than Pacquiao, who most of us press row folks witnessed lose to Erik Morales. I think boxing writers and insiders are going with Pacquiao for three reasons: he's the odds favorite (and most of us, especially scribes, go with the chalk), we know he's used to mega events, and (as you noted) Bradley's lack of power (we're too damn jaded to think Timmy can win a decision against Pacquaio in Vegas).
If you look at Pacquiao's resume since 2008, what fighter has he beaten that Bradley wouldn't have beaten? I rest my case. Bradley by unanimous decision. – Tyler K.
Hmmmm… let me think about that statement. Yeah, I would go with Bradley over the 130-pound version of JM Marquez, David Diaz and the shell of De La Hoya that the PacMan brutalized. I think Bradley would outpoint Ricky Hatton (probably by late technical decision after the bout is stopped due to the 140-pound champ's face being reduced to hamburger thanks to Timmy's forehead), but I think it would be a competitive (and ugly) fight. I don't think Bradley would blast Hatton out the way Manny did.
And I'm not sure if Bradley could beat the 145-pound version of Cotto that Pacquiao bested in late 2009. That probably would have been a darn good fight. I think I favor Cotto in that one. I also think Bradley would have had a heck of a time dealing with Josh Clottey. Timmy has the speed and activity to outwork and outpoint Clottey as Pacquiao did, but I'm not sure he has the power to put and keep the Ghanaian in his shell for 12 rounds. I favor Bradley on points, but not by a wide margin.
I think Bradley would outclass the faded (and thankfully now retired) versions of Antonio Margarito and Mosley that Pac fought in late '10 and '11, but I think he would got tit-for-tat with the 142-pound version of Marquez right down to the final bell.
Come to think of it, Bradley-Marquez would be a fascinating matchup. If you're right, and Bradley does win tomorrow night, that's a fight I'd like to see (right after the Pacquiao rematch, of course).


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Marussia believes it will have to fight to hang on to 10th place in the constructors' championship following its best-ever finish in the Singapore Grand Prix.
Timo Glock's 12th place at the Marina Bay circuit was enough to lift the outfit ahead of Caterham.
Marussia is now on for a potential leap in income if it can keep tenth until the end of the season. However, the team knows it can take nothing for granted with six races remaining.
President and sporting director Graeme Lowdon told AUTOSPORT: "We are well aware, like everyone else, that we still have to fight at every race from now until the end of the season.
"There can easily be carnage somewhere and it would be desperately disappointing if we are not at the front of the battle if that happens.
"None of the new teams have finished higher than 12th [since joining the grid in 2010], so statistically this is a mega result. But we cannot sit back and think that is it. We have to keep pushing."
Marussia's step forward in form over recent races is the result of an upgrade package that was introduced at the Belgian Grand Prix.
And although historically finishing top ten in the standings has had significant commercial benefits, Lowdon says it is too early to judge what lift in income his outfit could expect to get if it holds onto the position.
"Because there is a new Concorde [Agreement] period, it is unclear," he said when asked if there was any idea of how much his team could stand to earn from finishing 10th.
"There are a lot of strange things in F1, but you would hope that finishing tenth is better [financially] than finishing 12th.
"I think the key focus for us is to finish as high as we can and hopefully everything else will come out in the wash.
"Historically there has been a massively large difference, so we should not underestimate the potential value."
- Singapore Grand Prix


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Okay Weve established a few things concerning the Clinch that everyone should know by now. Ill go over these real quick, because what Im going to go over next is pretty much the last resort when everything else goes wrong. This will let us know what we should be striving to do before we get to this point.
Principle of Inside Control:
One of the most effective ways to get out of a MT Clinch is simply to work for one of your own. When you are in close, establish your base of control first. Why? 1) We dont want to be on the receiving end of a MT Clinch. 2) All work to break a clinch has to start right as it is being set to avoid taking damage. Once the MT Clinch is locked,
you will be kneed
. Whether that is once or multiple times, depends on how fast you can take control of the situation.
Secure a Bodylock:
By getting your hips close to your opponent and locking then up tight, you take a lot of danger away from the knees by lessening the amount of distance they can travel to hurt you. Further, by securing a bodylock,
if you choose to take the fight down to the ground you are in a better position to do so
Secure the Overhooks:
Securing a set of Overhooks will break the clinch on your neck, and allow you grappling options. If your opponent tries to yank their arms free, let them go and push them off with a Bump to set them up for your counter attack.
Reach a Neutral Position Work the Over-Under Clinch:
This is a relatively neutral position that will allow you not only to defend, but also set up your own attacks. Further, by rooting down on the opponent you can take away the danger of being kneed greatly. Once in this position, you can utilize the Overhook Snap, Underhook Snap or Bump to leave/break the clinch.
This brings us to what we have in front of us now, the
Head Rest
. I initially listed the Head Rest as a neutral position. In actuality,
it is a defensive position and should be the last thing you fall back on while trying to get out of a clinch
. It does not allow for any offensive posturing or techniques like a true neutral position. It does, however, create a relative safe zone for you so that you can gather your thoughts and figure a way out of your dilemma.
I have to say firstly that the technique name is truly a misnomer. You really arent going to be resting in the clinch at all. In fact, it is best to be moving and working within the clinch at all times. As it states in Muay Thai: The Art of Fighting:
MOVE AROUND!!! Do not stand in place and clinch, rather, CONSTANTLY be on the move! Use your arms to toss your opponent around. Push on your opponents shoulders/arms while pulling on his neck to throw him off balance, leaving him open for your knee strikes. Try to throw the opponent to the ground if you can! (and KICK him as he falls!)
While this is definitely true, wanton and panicked movement in a clinch can get you planted on your back, snatched in a submission hold, or bludgeoned repeatedly with knees, fists or elbows. Its true that we want to keep moving to help avoid being hit, but if we do so with a purpose and in an educated fashion it will lessen the amount of damage we can incur along the way.
The Head Rest
1) As your opponent set their MT Clinch around your neck, take your left arm (or your right whichever you prefer) and drape it over your opponents arms at the crux of their elbows, and grab the far side arm (in this instance their left) at their elbow.
2) Take your head and insert your forehead into the crux of your left arm. This should relieve a little pressure off of your neck.
3) Take your right arm and place it in the space between your hips and your opponents hips. This will act as a last ditch barrier for any knees your opponent will fire.
4) Lower your base by bending at the knees and root your weight into the top of your opponents arms.
To defend knees after youve settled into a Head Rest do this: When you feel your opponent beginning to shift their weight to throw a knee, drop your weight through your left arm by dropping base and circle away from the knee. So, if your opponent is going to fire their right knee (to your left side) you lower your base and throw your weight down through your opponents arms, step your right foot forward and to the right 45 degrees, and step your left foot forward into where your right used to be while you pivot your body to your left. In order for your opponent to stay upright and in control of the clinch,
they will need to follow your step with their own and will not be able to fire the knee
. If your opponent tries to fire their left knee (to your right side), you would use the same type of footwork to step out to your left, while you pivot your body right. Got it?
During this time you are hoping that your opponents grip will loosen enough to leave the clinch. Ill list a few ways to loosen your opponents grip while in the clinch and also how to use the Bump to get out of the clinch in my next post.
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Dorothy McKnight Award Remembers Dedicated Mother and Social Worker
In the mid-1960s, Dorothy McKnight did something that most women of her generation didnt do: she left an unhappy marriage, quit her job as a grocery store cashier, moved from Woodstock to Waterloo with her four children and enrolled in university. She was determined to get more out of life and ensure her kids had the opportunity for the education she was now struggling to earn. A few years and a lot of hard work and sacrifices later, Dorothy received a BA in psychology and an MSW from Laurier (then Waterloo Lutheran University). She went on to have a successful career, working with abused children and spouses, troubled teens and isolated seniors, helping police officers and emergency workers suffering from exposure to trauma and volunteering with her church, the John Howard Society and the Ontario Association of Social Workers.
While her dedication to her four children and nine grandchildren were a priority throughout her life, Dorothys son, Scott Edmonds, said that receiving her MSW from Laurier was one of her proudest accomplishments. So when Dorothy passed away in 2003 and the family was looking for a way to honour her memory, setting up a scholarship seemed like the right thing to do. In lieu of flowers at the funeral, friends and family were asked to make donations to what became the Dorothy McKnight Award. They raised over $15,000 and with the help of Lauriers Student Awards office, were able to receive a matching government contribution. The office also helped the family establish criteria for the award, the most important of which is being a single parent since Dorothy understood how challenging it was to raise a family alone while attending school.
Scott said that for the family, the importance of creating a memorial scholarship was summed up by Luke Fusco, the Dean of Social Work in 2003, who said that in creating this memorial scholarship Dorothys family wasnt just helping one MSW student each year; they were helping that student begin a career that would touch many lives.
Bojena Kelmendi, the 2010 Dorothy McKnight Award recipient, said that as a single mother coming back to school after some years of being out of school, winning the award validated my belief that I made the right choice in terms of choosing social work as a career of my genuine passion and deep interest.
To find out more about creating a scholarship fund in memory of a loved one, please contact Andrea Cliche, Development Officer, at 519-884-0710 ext. 2094 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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The Valley County sheriff's office says Friday that 45-year-old John Oldson, of Randolph, Mo., faces a preliminary hearing on March 29 in Valley County Court. Court records show a preliminary hearing had been set for March 5, but was delayed due to a scheduling conflict.
Oldson is charged with first-degree murder in the death of Catherine Beard, a 31-year-old waitress who disappeared in 1989. Oldson was arrested in January in Missouri after Nebraska investigators discovered new evidence that pointed to Oldson.


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Key Richardson development site is in play with pending sale
An investment group is buying a key development site in Richardson that's almost next door to the huge State Farm Insurance campus.
The 54-acre vacant land is at the northeast corner of U.S. Highway 75 and Renner Road – almost in the shadow of State Farm's new office towers. It's also next door to the DART rail station.
Lone Star Realty Advisors has been marketing the land for sale on behalf of longtime family owners.
Real estate brokers say that Dallas-based Parliament Group is buying the tract.
Parliament is the same company, which previously owned the land where State Farm's campus and the new CityLine development is under construction. Parliament sold the property last year to developer KDC.
If the investor completes its purchase of the Renner Road property as expected, real estate brokers expect Parliament to master plan the land for mixed-use development.
It would be one of the most prominent office and retail developments sites in the U.S.


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by Danny Gallagher
Lee Hardcastle is one twisted son of a bitch. His claymation movies have more blood, bile and gore pouring out of people than a traffic safety film.
"I think I've spent so much of my life studying horror stories, the ones that I really like anyway," Hardcastle said by email from jolly old England. "I just feel like horror is missing something and I'm dying to crack it and craft it." He's also a passionate lover and studier of film whether its splatterfests like Sam Raimi's iconic The Evil Dead or the puzzling beauty of David Lynch's Mulholland Drive.
"I really like the possibility a camera holds," Hardcastle said. "Point and shoot and you're away and you could be the next Steven Spielberg or Quentin Tarantino. That's exciting."
This macabre combination makes him a perfect addition to the new horror anthology movie The ABCs of Death, a morbid alphabetical look at 26 twisted ways any of us could die at any moment with shorts such as "D" is for "Dogfight," "E is for "Exterminate" and (yes, this is a real one) "F is for Fart." His frightening film "T is for Toilet" won the 20th spot in Drafthouse Films' horror collection set for its wide release on March 8.
What the Flush?!?
Hardcastle has always worked with clay in his films because it's easier to organize than a bunch of friends or actors willing to work for free. It also brings a unique aesthetic quality to his horror short since they can make grotesque fluids and freaks pop out of the screen with vibrant, horrifying colors and textures.
He said he got the idea for his terror toilet tale during a tough time in his life. He was broke and living in a "friend of a friend's attic in Paris" when he heard about The ABCs Of Death contest.
"I did not know how the f**k life had lead me there but it did and I attempted this film against the odds really," he said. "I had about five friends wire money to me over Paypal just so I could buy materials and up the production a bit."
Toilets weren't a new territory for Hardcastle's horror work, he said.
"I've written stories about the toilet before or take place in a toilet," he said. "I think it's a funny and interesting environment to set a story. My initial idea was to have a kid have his head crushed by a toilet seat as a result of bad parenting/being too scared. So all the other story bits fell into place around that idea."
Naturally, a hardcore movie buff can't help but throw in an homage or two to the filmmakers who inspired them. Hardcastle's inspiration, however, came from a surprising place.
"I love the story structures of (David) Lynch's films Lost Highway and Mulholland Drive," he said. "One part of the film is a dream or something weird but even though it's a drama, it is actually telling the audience some story details that are relevant to the real life side of the story. So I went with that for 'Toilet' to make the story very real and also get away with ridiculous gory action scenes."
"Y" is for "You Gotta Be F^&%ing Kidding Me"
Cut to a year or so later and once again, Hardcastle found himself living in "a s***y studio apartment" but this time on his own. The deadline for the contest had passed and he was constantly refreshing the competition's webpage to see the vote tally and finally the other director's choice from the top 10 highest vote earners.
He reportedly said "You gotta be f***ing kidding me" when he learned he was the winner, according to Drafthouse Films.
"I was gobsmacked to say the least," he said. "It was a dream, an absolute dream. I never set out to pursue something so badly in my life. I honestly thought the competition was the coolest contest I'd ever seen in all my life and I wanted to win it. I mean, I really wanted to give it every single, last drop of 'Lee Hardcastle' I could possibly give it."
He not only won a spot in the movie but he also got to go its premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival. He said he was humbled by his achievement and characterized it has just one of the bricks that he used to build his foundation as an animator and filmmaker.
"It didn't really change my life per say because I've done 50 other videos in the last two years that have all contributed to where I'm at right now," he said, "but it's certainly given me some street cred and I'm incredibly proud to be part of The ABCs of Death."
In fact, he's picked up right where he left off making grisly horror shorts about a father fighting a pack of exposed-brain aliens for his baby and an homage to the Die Hard movies with nothing but clay and a twisted imagination.
"There is a lot of talk of me doing bigger stuff or whatever but it's a weird one," he said. "I think my main goals of 2013 is to expand and get a place where I'll have more people helping me get more work done, maybe the next Aardman animations!"
Danny Gallagher is a writer, reporter, humorist and modeling clay taste tester. He can be found on the web at www.dannygallagher.net, his Facebook page and Twitter @thisisdannyg.
We chronicled more ways the Alamo Drafthouse rocks in How to Silence a Movie Theater: Shame & Ninjas, and Danny recently interviewed author David Wong about his book and movie "John Dies at the End."


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Military Working Dog Fara H341, an explosives detection canine who helped keep our troops safe in Kuwait, returned home to a hero's welcome at Baltimore's BWI airport, greeted by her adoptive handler, Military Working Dog Adoptions, and a cheering contingent from American Humane Association.
After their careers of service to the nation, saving soldiers' lives, many four-legged heroes need help getting home. MWD Fara H341 was lucky enough to have many supporters who worked behind the scenes to ensure her repatriation to the United States, including Military Working Dog Adoptions, her adoptive handler MA2 Logan McMichael, and American Humane Association, the child and animal welfare charity that has been helping the military, military animals, and military families since 1916.
"It is vital that we honor and protect all our military heroes – at both ends of the leash," said Dr. Robin Ganzert, president and CEO of American Humane Association. "Military working dogs have been a vital, life-saving part of our armed services and they deserve our support when they can no longer work. The public agrees as we dramatically saw firsthand during this year's annual American Humane Association Hero Dog Awards™ when after 3 million votes were cast by the American public, Military Working Dog Gabe was chosen as the nation's top American Hero Dog. MWD Fara, MWD Gabe, and all the other courageous canines who work every day to keep our soldiers safe deserve our help and thanks."
"After all these animals have done for us, we owe them a debt of gratitude and repatriation to a safe, loving home where they can enjoy a well-deserved retirement," said Debbie Kandoll, founder of Military Working Dog Adoptions, a charity that through public donations has engineered the return, placement and care of more than 300 military hero dogs, including MWD Fara H341.
MA2 Logan McMichael and MWD Fara H341 became a team when Logan first got to Greece in the spring of 2008. They were then deployed to Kuwait from about July 2009 to April 2010. They returned to Greece and Logan returned to the States, where he is now stationed in Yorktown, Virginia. Before leaving Greece, Logan asked to adopt MWD Fara upon her retirement, but did not have the funds and necessary permissions to get her on a plane back home. Military Working Dog Adoptions worked to raise the money needed, and American Humane Association worked behind the scenes with the military to have them put MWD Fara on a flight so she could get back from Greece to the United States, ensuring a happy ending for everyone involved.
"Fara not only kept our son safe while he was deployed, but her entire life has been dedicated to keeping her country safe," said MA2 Logan McMichael's mother Roberta Wright. "She deserves to be loved for the rest of her days."
Please support dogs like MWD Fara H341. They deserve our love and our thanks.
Military Working Dog Adoptions is a charity that works to find forever homes for retired military dogs. MWDA has helped return, place and care for more than 300 military hero dogs, and have conducted international transports from Germany, Italy, Greece, Korea, Hawaii, and Japan. For more information, please go to http://www.militaryworkingdogadoptions.com/.


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Definition of accident in English:
- He said data from accidents and damage incidents is collected and used to tailor officer and staff training to improve safety and cut down costs.
- Air accident investigators say the incident was 'serious' and are checking instructions from air traffic control.
- Each year, more than 37,000 women die from accidents.
- Currently the only call-outs that Grassington does not cover are road traffic accidents and aircraft crashes because it does not have the specialist cutting equipment required.
- Each year more than 200 people are rescued from vehicles involved in road accidents in North Yorkshire, a greater number than those rescued from fires.
- 'All staff responding to road traffic accidents should thoroughly search vehicles,' he said.
- As a result, they welcomed successful accidents and chance events.
- Thus, accidents or chance events function as sites around which narratives of individual difference can collocate.
- Perhaps it was no accident that the two events coincided, since the association between oysters and sex has been so hackneyed as to become an embarrassing cliché.
- By accident of birth, most, but not all American leaders, were born in the United States.
- And so now by pure accident of birth, I'm alive at a time where science is about to figure this out.
- All to make sure that the children get the opportunities they were denied by mere accident of birth.
- The new element is existence, which Avicenna regarded as an accident, a property of things.
- It does not tell me that I am a substance (that is, an independently existing object) as opposed to an accident or property.
- The sensory qualities of such an object are therefore no more than passing accidents, through which its essence is dimly and confusedly perceived.
an accident waiting to happen
- The situation was an accident waiting to happen.
- The situation is an accident waiting to happen and there are already frequent prangs and bumps around the junction.
- You would think anyone would immediately recognize the situation as an accident waiting to happen.
- Idiots like this are an accident waiting to happen and, unfortunately, these accidents rarely affect just the drivers concerned.
- You have been an accident waiting to happen and have placed many of your fellow citizens in grave danger.
- Johnson was an accident waiting to happen and the big central defender, Robert Huth, who suffered at right-back against Bayern Munich, switched to the left where he looked even more uncomfortable and uncertain.
accidents will happen
- However careful you try to be, it is inevitable that some unfortunate or unforeseen events will occur: problems like these should not occur, but accidents will happenMore example sentences
- Sometimes these things just happen as not even one method of contraception is 100% reliable, so accidents will happen, unfortunately!
- 'They have a structured training system but, at the end of the day, any training system run by human beings is subject to accidents, and accidents will happen,' said Mr Brownson.
- Yes, we regret the loss of four lives, but throughout the history of war, accidents will happen, innocents will be killed.
by accident
- Unintentionally; by chance: she didn't get where is today by accidentMore example sentences
- Of course, the chances of this happening by accident are literally a hundred million billion to one.
- In truth, it was more by accident than design but it was a lucky chance which established his fame and fortune.
- I might have pulled my front brake by accident, which is why I went over the front, but I don't know.
Late Middle English (in the general sense 'an event'): via Old French from Latin accident- 'happening', from the verb accidere, from ad- 'toward, to' + cadere 'to fall'.
An accident was originally 'an event, something that happens', not necessarily a mishap. It came into English via Old French, ultimately from Latin cadere, meaning 'to fall', which also gave us words such as cadaver (Late Middle English) 'someone fallen', chance, decay (Late Middle English) 'fall away', incident (Late Middle English) 'fall upon' so 'happen'; and occasion (Late Middle English). The idea of an event 'falling' remains in the English word befall (Old English). Later the meaning of accident evolved into 'something that happens by chance', as in the phrase a happy accident. By the 17th century the modern meaning had become established in the language. The full form of the proverb accidents will happen, which dates from the early 19th century, is accidents will happen in the best-regulated families. According to Mr Micawber in Charles Dickens's David Copperfield (1850): 'Accidents will occur in the best-regulated families; and in families not regulated by…the influence of Woman, in the lofty character of Wife, they must be expected with confidence, and must be borne with philosophy.' See also adventure
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Going Global When You're the Little Guy
Over the last few years, multinational firms have eyed emerging economies as ripe for opportunity, with big names such as The Gap and TJ Maxx accelerating their march across borders. But what does that do to indigenous retailers in the target country? Lolita S.A., a clothing chain headquartered in Uruguay, coped with lower domestic demand by mounting its own global push. Here, Lolita's CEO Michel Cohen shares lessons learned while struggling to create an international presence.
In one sense, Lolita S.A. is an international empire. Its company-owned and franchised stores sprawl across 19 countries, some as far from its Montevideo, Uruguay, headquarters as South Africa, India, and Vietnam.
But viewed another way, the ladies' apparel retailer is a family-owned business — and means to stay that way.
Lolita began in 1960, when sisters Lolita and Greta Engelman (Michel Cohen's aunt and mother, respectively) began selling sweaters in Uruguay's resort town of Punta del Este. Cohen's retail career started at age six, when he sold painted stones to tourists outside their small boutique.
Milestones followed: In 1978 Michel took over the company reins, expanding Lolita's merchandise offerings to include a wide range of women's casual and business clothing and opening several stores in Uruguay's capital of Montevideo. In 1987 he married Silvina Leibenberg, who owned a small company selling housewares. Four years later she joined the company, specializing in production and design while Michel focused on management and growth.
But in 2002, an economic crisis slammed Uruguay. As consumer demand dwindled, Lolita's expenses outpaced revenues. Finding bank credit nonexistent, Michel made a gutsy bet to survive: Lolita would sell inventory abroad, far from the troubled region. "In this almost accidental way, Lolita went international and started what later became a franchise system," explains Silvina. Today, 56 of Lolita's 70 stores are franchises.
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The strategy worked in the sense that Lolita is now solidly profitable again. But as the business grew, the Cohens found themselves scrambling to keep up with the scale and complexity of the new structure. Logistics of supplying stores in remote places, developing special collections for abroad, and monitoring the brand long-distance took its toll. "We learned that it is very important to take care of the franchises, but not at the expense of harming our own stores and brand," says Silvina.
Much of the challenge had to do with responding to diverse merchandising needs and management styles. Not only do tastes differ from country to country, so do body builds — Vietnamese stores, for example, carry smaller sizes than do most of the chain. Lolita solved that problem by offering a wide range of choices, allowing franchisees to cherry pick the clothes their customers are most likely to buy. "We also license franchisees to produce styles to meet the needs of their local market," explains Silvina.
Such flexibility encouraged loyalty from franchisees, but some strayed too far from Lolita's vision. Consequently, last year the Cohens established strict contractual obligations for the first time. Recognizing that Lolita-designed garb is what attracted franchises and their customers to the brand in the first place, the company now requires franchisees to obtain company approval for all clothing styles and marketing materials. Operating standards were also tightened. "We started applying deadlines to place orders, created return policies, and outlined terms of payment," says Michel.
Those Clothes Are So Yesterday
Inventory decisions, meanwhile, were being based on intuition rather than operating history because the company had no procedure for capturing data. That, too, changed after the company installed inventory tracking software last year and found, much to their dismay, that some apparel in warehouses and stores was several years old. Fire-sale prices allowed them to turn that inventory into cash, creating the most profitable quarter Lolita has ever had. The new inventory tools also help predict demand, so the company is shipping styles that make sense for each store. As a result, inventory turns have nearly doubled, to about four a year.
Although having stores on five continents provides bragging rights, it's hard to keep an eye on such a far-flung empire. After enrolling in the Entrepreneurship and Competitiveness in Latin America (ECLA) program sponsored by The Chazen Institute of International Business at Columbia Business School, Silvina decided to pursue a new strategy and focus on growth in nearby Latin American markets. Beside reducing transportation costs, selling closer to home requires fewer departures from Lolita's clothing line, which is designed with South American women in mind.
"We've learned that it is desirable to penetrate those markets that are geographically close, and with which we are rather familiar, before crossing the oceans," says Silvina. "It is better to simplify operations instead of adding unnecessary complexities."


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Watch the First Trailer for 'Mad Max: Fury Road'
What is it about Tom Hardy and strange masks? He wore a memorable one as bad guy Bane in 2012′s "The Dark Knight Rises"and he winds up wearing one as the captive Max Rockatansky in the coming "Mad Max: Fury Road." But in "Max," just about everyone wears extreme outfits, so the leading man blends right in.
Warner Bros. Pictures and Village Roadshow Pictures released the first trailer for the film, which is the fourth in director George Miller's series of Mad Max movies that began in 1979. The post-apocalyptic story is set in a remote desert where people battle constantly for survival.
Here Max meets Furiosa, played by Charlize Theron. who is trying to travel across the desert to her childhood home. Can they restore order together?
The film, which opens May 15, 2015, also stars Nicholas Hoult, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Nathan Jones, Zoe Kravitz, Riley Keough and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley.


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Scientists claim ants can carry more than 50 times their body weight. Milton Levine knows ants can carry far more than that – like the success of his business, Uncle Milton Industries, for 50 years. In 2006, while my father celebrates his 93rd birthday, his famous product the Ant Farm, celebrates its 50th "ant-iversary" of bringing happiness – and bugs – into the homes of people across the country.
How did such an unlikely idea as putting live ants into millions of homes – and charging for it – become such a success? To answer that, we'll have to go back to Pittsburgh, 1946.
On return from duty (Milt was sergeant of an engineering platoon that built bridges for Patton's invading army through Germany), Milt and his brother-in-law Joe Cossman saw a baby boom on the horizon, so they decided to start a mail-order novelty company. Their first products included animal balloons, plastic shrunken heads and dwarf tree kits. Remember the "100 soldiers for a dollar" advertised on backs of comic books? That was Milt and Joe's item. So were plastic rear view mirror shrunken heads and potato shooting "Spud Guns."
In 1952, the company moved to the West Coast, setting up offices in a converted two-story house on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood. They were still churning out zany mail-order items when Milt hit on an idea. It was in 1956, during a Fourth of July family barbeque at Joe's San Fernando Valley home, that Milt noticed a bunch of ants scurrying about between the cracks around the pool deck. He recalled his days as a kid watching ants for hours while on visits to his uncle's farm just outside Pittsburgh. Munching on an over-charred burger, he asked Joe, "Why don't we come out with some kind of observation toy so kids can watch ants at home?" This is how the idea for Uncle Milton Ant Farms got started.
They immediately got to work on it. They tested the idea by putting a small ad in the Los Angeles Times mail order section for a home ant habitat. What they were offering was essentially an off-the-shelf clear plastic box, a bag of sand and a vial of live ants. A few days later they were swamped with orders.
They realized that they had a potential hit but they also had a problem: where to find that many ants? So they placed another ad in the Los Angeles Times – this time in the classified section looking for "ant pickers" and offering a penny per ant. This wasn't exactly a standard job category in the classifieds, but surprisingly they received a number of calls from applicants, most of whom turned out to be a little peculiar. Luckily, Milt and Joe found one worthy candidate in Kenneth Gidney. Kenneth and his family went on to provide a steady supply of live ants to the company for thirty years.
Once Milt and Joe saw the demand to be real, they created a clear injection-molded plastic habitat with a green art-deco frame and stand. They wanted to add a "fun" context in which to watch ants - they didn't want their product looking like some kind of laboratory apparatus. They settled on a farm theme and came up with the name, "Ant Farm." (Yes, "Ant Farm" is a registered trademark.)
They had an engraver make tooling for the above/below-ground divider, an ant-sized farm scene complete with barn, silo, windmill, farmhouse and barnyard animals in highly detailed relief. And they replaced the sand with clean white volcanic gravel.
To be sure, Milt and Joe didn't invent the ant habitat – there had been hand-made glass and wood-framed "formicaria" around for years, mostly found in classrooms and museums. But, they were first to develop the idea in mass-produced form and actually provide live ants to consumers.
Buying the Farm
After selling the Ant Farms via mail order for six months with much success, Milt and Joe started to attract interest from retailers who wanted to get in on the success of the Ant Farms by selling them in stores. However, there was a problem. How would the ants survive inside a package that could potentially sit inside a warehouse for months? The solution was as simple as their slogan that is still used today, "You Take the Farm, We Mail the Ants."
The retail version of the Ant Farm included the same farm-themed habitat but with a "stock certificate" inside so the purchaser could send it in to obtain a supply of live ants to stock the farm. The stock certificate also relieved the consumer of the chore of collecting ants themselves.
Soon Ant Farms were being sold everywhere, including toy stores, department stores, hardware stores, pet stores and, of course, mail order catalogs. In 1966, Milt bought out Joe's interest and renamed the company Uncle Milton Industries.
Half Century of Success Built on Ants
Today, more than 20 million Ant Farms have been sold around the world. The product has become a treasured part of American culture, having been recognized as one of the Top 100 Toys of the Century by the Toy Industry Association as well as garnering considerable media attention through the years.
To commemorate the Ant Farm's 50th "ant-iversary," two new Ant Farm habitats are being developed for 2006. Uncle Milton is introducing a collectible Limited Edition Vintage Ant Farm® that consists of a gold classic Ant Farm packaged in the original 1950s-era box. The company is also introducing a futuristic gel version called the Ant Farm® Gel Colony™.
Even today, Uncle Milton Industries remains a family-owned enterprise. I joined the business in 1978 and took over as president in 1989. The company is proud of its rich heritage and remains committed to bringing creative and innovative toys to kids and parents around the world. Some of today's popular offerings from Uncle Milton Industries are Star Theater®, 3-D Adventure Projector™, R/C Snake™, Shadow Magic™, Planet Frog®, Hermit Crab Cove™, Jet Hawks® Air Powered Gliders, T-Rex Battle™, and P-Brains™, as well as classic Ant Farm®, Giant Ant Farm®, Ant Farm Village® and Extreme Ant Farm®.
Back in 1956, Milt probably never thought selling ants would put his three kids through college, and Joe probably never thought he would write a best seller about how to make a million dollars in mail order, but sometimes all it takes to find the big idea is to pay attention to the small stuff… like ants!


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Music Box Theatre 70mm Festival
Friday, February 15th – Thursday, February 28th, 2013
The Music Box Theatre is proud to bring you a two-week festival of films presented in glorious 70mm. See these films as their creators wished them to be seen: on the big screen, in a theatre, on film, and in 70mm.
Almost since the advent of film there have been variations of 70mm film used to capture visual clarity unequalled in 35mm filming. As 70mm films became popular in the 1940's through the 1980's most were filmed in 65mm with the remaining 5mm devoted to sound.
Due to the costs of 70mm film few films were ever shot in this large format, and following their initial release many of them were also released in 35mm to facilitate wide release. Other films were shot in 35mm and "blown up" to 70mm to facilitate more sound information. When DTS sound and Dolby Surround were introduced to cinemas, 70mm (and auditoriums devoted to 70mm) all but disappeared. The result: few people have had the chance to see true 70mm presentation.
Contrary to popular belief, 70mm is not a larger image—it is a format that allows for more information and more visual clarity than its 35mm counterpart. There is a depth to the image that is unlike 35mm, and certainly very different from digital projection.
Over the past several years the film industry has moved away from film in favor of digital projection. Film, in any format, is expensive to use for production and replication. For the first time since the advent of sound, cinemas have had to make a major change in their projection capabilities, making the number of auditoriums outfitted for 35mm or 70mm film projection very few.
The Music Box Theatre is committed to film presentation in any and all formats available and is one of the very few cinemas in the United States able to screen 16mm, 35mm, 70mm and almost all digital formats. It is with this capability that in this very special series we proudly present to Chicago these nine films as examples of 70mm film. All of these films were filmed in 65mm and will be presented the way their makers intended.
Other instances of 70mm Film Festival:
70MM Film Festival: The Ultimate Edition
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Aurora (AP) A 22–year–old woman accused of making an abrupt lane change is being blamed for a five–car crash that critically injured Denver Broncos player Dwayne Carswell. Authorities cited Marquita Brister for careless driving, alleging she cut–off a Volvo during rush–hour traffic while driving her Grand Am north on an Aurora roadway early Thursday.
Both cars crossed a raised median and slammed into three
southbound vehicles, one of which Carswell was driving on his way to Broncos headquarters. The force of the crash ripped off Carswell's driver's side door, and left him with multiple rib fractures, a ruptured diaphragm, ruptured spleen and internal injuries.
Carswell underwent emergency surgery Thursday, and his condition has been upgraded to "serious."
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Definition of stress fracture in English:
stress fracture
A fracture of a bone caused by repeated (rather than sudden) mechanical stress.
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- Approximately 60 percent of persons with a stress fracture have had a previous stress fracture.
- In cases in which MRI scan does not reveal stress fracture, clinicians may consider using bone scintigrams.
- Most fractures can be clearly diagnosed by X-ray, although some types, such as a fracture of the base of the thumb, or a stress fracture, do not show up reliably.
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Two Jersey City men have been charged with armed robbery, aggravated assault and theft of a car after one of them apologized to the victim in McDonald's on Newark Avenue.
Andre R. Hodges, 24, of Bergen Avenue, and Marcus Jordan, 29, of Academy Street, made their first court appearance on the charges yesterday in Central Judicial Processing court in Jersey City.
On Dec. 8 the 30-year-old victim walked into the Hudson County Sheriff's Office and reported that two men had followed him from the McDonald's on Journal Square and robbed him at gun-point in an elevator in the Montgomery Gardens housing complex, a report says.
The victim told sheriff's officers one man asked "Are you the police?" and when he said no, the other took out a gun, forced him to strip and took $400 and his car keys, the report says. The victim followed one of the men to Sip Avenue, where he saw him get into the victim's car and drive away, the report says.
The report does not explain why the victim left his car in Journal Square and walked to the housing complex.
On Sunday at 7 a.m. the victim flagged down a police car at Baldwin and Newark avenues in front of the McDonald's there, saying Hodges apologized for robbing him and then locked himself in the McDonald's bathroom, the report says. Police arrested Hodges and he was processed at the Sheriff's Office at Hudson County Plaza, the report says.
About an hour later the victim ran into the Sheriff's Office saying he'd just seen the second robber walking south on Summit Avenue and that led to Jordan's arrest, the report says.
Hodges and Jordan appeared in CJP court via video link from Hudson County jail in Kearny yesterday and Jordan's bail was set at $200,000 cash or bond and Hodges' bail was set at $100,000 cash or bond.


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Richardson woman ejected from SUV in overnight accident in Garland
Staff writer Holly Harvey reports:
A Richardson woman is hospitalized this morning after being ejected from her SUV in an accident in Garland.
The 29-year-old woman, who was not identified, was westbound on Kingsley Road around 1 a.m. when a Nissan Sentra on the LBJ Freeway hit the right side of her Toyota 4Runner.
Her car rolled, and she was ejected and non-responsive at the scene before being taken to Baylor University Medical Center, where she's listed as stable. The other driver was unharmed.
Police are investigating to see whether she or the man driving the Sentra ran a red light.
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For 'Mad Men,' Emmy Nominee Harry Hamlin Kept His Clothes On
Harry Hamlin spent years on television in such shows as "L.A. Law," "Veronica Mars" and, more recently, "Shameless."
But this year, his performance as ad executive Jim Cutler on AMC's "Mad Men" had heads turning – literally, because Hamlin is nearly unrecognizable.
Wearing an ad exec suit and black-framed glasses, Hamlin's Cutler was first introduced this season by Peggy Olson with the line "He's like Roger with bad breath." In an interview, Hamlin joked that Roger has smoker's breath, and Cutler just has bad breath — probably from bad dental work.
The actor said he received comments from friends that Cutler is a different character for him.
"I spent years and years taking my clothes off and getting in bed with women," Hamlin said, alluding to "L.A. Law." "Lately I've spent years taking my clothes off and getting in bed with men [on 'Shameless']. Now on 'Mad Men,' I'm keeping my suit on," he said.
His "Mad Men" performance has garnered Hamlin an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series.
Over the course of the season, Jim Cutler tried to subvert the power plays at the newly merged Sterling Cooper & Partners, and it was fascinating to observe how he manipulated teams and accounts while Don Draper and Roger Sterling were busy schmoozing or tending to their affairs. But he also remained levelheaded while his partner Ted unraveled under the new pressures of the merger.
As for Cutler's fate in the next and final season of "Mad Men," Hamlin remained tight-lipped.
"I can't really give you any clues about what's going to happen in the future, or I'd have to join the witness protection program," he said. "I would have a hit out on me from Matt Weiner. I know what will happen, but you'll have to tie me down and torture me."
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