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Drop Shipping: The Good and The Bad
Drop shipping may help online retailers increase sales and profits. But the strategy is not without problems — ranging from gathering product information, managing orders, providing good customer service, and removing poor-performing items.
As a business model, drop shipping has online retailers marketing products, and manufacturers and distributors fulfilling orders, shipping directly to customers. The aim for merchants is to give customers more options to choose from without the burden of inventorying every possible size and color from a product line.
"The use of drop shipping to satisfy demand among ecommerce retailers has been one of the main advantages of doing business on the Internet," said Jeremy Hanks, co-founder and CEO of Dropship.com, a company that provides a software platform to help retailers connect to multiple drop ship vendors via a single interface.
Drop Shipping's Benefits for Retailers
The drop shipping model has several benefits for online retailers. The first is the potential for more profit.
A 2009 study from university professors W. K. Chiang and Y. Feng — a PDF of the study is here — found that it was possible for online retailers using drop shipping to earn more profit than their warehousing counterparts. In fact, the typical drop shipping retailer, according to Chiang and Fend, might earn 5.18 percent more profit than those merchants that inventory everything.
The practice also allows merchants to make a broader product offering, come to market sooner than might otherwise be possible, explore new product lines without financial exposure, reduce overall investment in inventory, and save time associated with processing incoming pallet loads of goods.
But drop shipping is not without its problems.
The Order Processing Problem
"Most retailers work with more than one product supplier. Since there is no common standard for data formats, order processing, account setup, and billing; managing multiple drop ship supplier relationships has been complicated, expensive, and messy," said Dropship.com in a promotional paper.
Consider that when a customer buys something from an online store in the drop ship model, a retailer must create a purchase order, submit that order to the vendor, wait for a reply to confirm that the product is still available, wait longer to get the tracking number from the vendor once the product has shipped, and then relay that shipment tracking information to the customer.
If this process doesn't sound to hard, imagine having to do it once or twice for every order, understanding that each vendor has different purchase order requirements, different response times, and different shipping options.
If an online retailer cannot automate the order management process, there is no opportunity to scale and grow with drop shipping.
The Information Problem
One of the key benefits of drop shipping is the supposed ease of getting to market and offering a variety of products. But drop shipping has a significant information problem too.
For an item to be offered online, a merchant needs a minimum of five pieces of product-related information.
- A written product description.
- A good quality product image.
- A known shipping weight.
- A price.
- The available inventory.
Manufacturers and distributors do a surprisingly bad job of providing this sort of information.
Some of these companies simply do not act like sales or marketing organizations and employees at these firms may feel like it is the retailer's responsibility to come up with the marketing materials needed to sell the product. This attitude, however prevalent, is not helpful. The marketers at a typical online retailer have no specific knowledge about given product that is not derived from the manufacturer and may not even have a sample in hand to take a picture or get a shipping weight.
If drop shipping is to be successful for a merchant, there must be an easy, automated way to keep up to date on product descriptions and images.
Available inventory is another problem. Typically, vendors will publish available inventory levels in a tab-delimited file, or similar, that is made available on an FTP site. Retailers are responsible to collect those inventory levels and update website quantities. Again, this data must be automated to be efficient.
The Customer Service and Shipping Problem
Another major category of drop shipping problems has to do with customer service and shipping.
When a customer orders online, he or she expects that an item will ship quickly and arrive as described. When a merchant employs the drop shipping model, manufacturers and distributors are being trusted with this portion of customer service.
Most major retailers have been able to use their sales volume to require drop shipping vendors to meet certain shipping and customer service requirements. Sometimes there are even penalties in place, but small and mid-sized retailers are not likely to have these sorts of safeguards. It therefore becomes imperative to vet vendors before drop shipping begins and track performance after orders are flowing.
Finally, merchants would be wise to consider that drop shipping can dramatically increase shipping costs. Imagine an order wherein a customer buys four products from three different drop shipping vendors. Collectively, those four items might have fit into a small box and could have been shipped together for a few dollars. But in this model, each will ship separately and each will cost a few dollars.
Solving Drop Shipping Problems
There are, of course, ways to take on any of the drop shipping problems mentioned above.
Dropship.com can help some retailers manage catalog data, inventory levels, and order processing. The firm already has integrations for some leading ecommerce platforms, including Magento, which could speed integration. Merchants pay a monthly fee for each vendor that Dropship.com connects.
Merchants can also develop solutions in house. These solutions can take much longer to get up and running, but they may also offer a deeper level of integration.
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Armando, Thanks for this article. Drop shipping does, indeed, help retailers increase revenue without having to stock additional inventory. Having the right ecommerce software solution can help alleviate many of the problems associate with drop shipping from multiple vendors.
UpshotCommerce.Com offers an integrated drop shipping solutions for new and established retailers. Continuity in the ecommerce software solution is key for retailers – especially when dealing with multiple suppliers!
Great article, Armando!
I've had a lot of success with drop shipping eCommerce and have been doing it full-time for more than 4 years. Many of the potential problems/issues described in your article are right on – it can be harder than it looks. But with some dedication and the proper systems, it's a great way to source products. A few tips from my own experience:
Finding good supplier(s) is really important, and I highly recommend only getting into a market if you have TWO suppliers. It can be difficult to keep warehouse inventory synced up with your website, which is why I ALWAYS use multiple suppliers with overlapping product lines. The vast majority of the time Supplier A doesn't have an item, I can get it shipped from Supplier B.
Multiple suppliers prevents you from being totally dependent on one source of inventory. It also gives you geographic diversity, allowing you to save on shipping costs – and reduce transit time – by routing orders through the warehouse closest to your customer.
Not seeing the physical products you sell CAN be a challenge, and it's often a good idea to order a few of your best sellers. However, I can tell you from personal experience it's possible to become an expert for a line of products that you've never touched. With the wealth of product pictures, reviews and information online you really don't have to touch something to know a lot about it. As your business grows, you'll quickly learn the ins-and-outs of the niche through your customers' experiences, opinions and problems.
One of my favorite aspects of drop shipping is that it's a great model for automated, passive income. If you invest a LOT of time up-front in building an information rich-store and market it well, the operations side of the business (fulfilling orders, dealing with returns, solving customer problems) is fairly simple to outsource.
I'm wrapping up a 50+ page eBook based on my own drop shipping experience titled "Picking A Profitable Niche: A Guide to Drop Ship Suppliers, Market Research and Niche Analysis.", and would be happy to send a copy to anyone interested. My contact information can be found at:
Dear Andrew,
I want to do the same in Europe. I want to ask you do you do this by e-shop template?
Also what about the invoice?
Great review.
I'm sure there is a software solution that can deal with the problems in this field and solve them.
Our company deals with almost all kinds of software solutions, especially in the e-commerce field.
In June of 2005 our business burned to the ground – we immediately went from about 20% of our sales being drop shipped to 100% – until we could get ourselves re-situated.
Now with the economy in the tank were still at approximately 50% drop shipping. The largest benefit is showing millions of dollars worth of inventory on our website without having to pay for the inventory.
Our biggest challenges are synchronizing our inventory with the inventory of our vendors. Teaching them that if they get our credit card number we need tracking information that we can forward to our customers the moment the item ships.
Another challenge, because we are free shipping site is determining the necessary shipping cost to add when drop shipping from multiple destinations. Then keeping the customer informed as to when and where the merchandise is it any given moment
We're successful at it because we feel we provide an underserved niche. That said we do work with traditional drop shipping organizations when we find products that dovetail with our overall business strategy.
Overall it can greatly benefit a small business owner but he can be a slippery slope.
Does anyone have any good drop-ship or wholesale suppliers they love? I'm run a membership program called AZ Money Machine (http://azmoneymachine.com) and have about 1,000 members looking for good suppliers in categories such as health, beauty, electronics, hardware, gardening, and sports/exercise.
Any resources are greatly appreciated!
Due to the large number of people contacting me regarding my comment above, I wanted to post a link to my (now available) free eBook on drop shipping and eCommerce:
Hope you find it useful!
Drop shipping I think a great idea to make more profit. It depends on the software or services you are using for drop shipping. If it manages all aspects of order and inventory details accurately then I think this should be adopted.
We are planning to build such application which one can find here – http://www.ydeveloper.com
The articles on this site are very good but many of the comments following the same annoying format:
I have a solution to the problems discussed in the article and it can help you earn a lot of money. See my website below to start earning your fortune.
Cheers Armando,
You have covered all benefits and demerits of drop-shipping very nicely. Well we have also created a small online drop-shipping application for retailer and consumer which bridge the communication gap between them. For more information you can visit:
As in retail businesses, the majority of retailers make their profit on the difference between the wholesale and retail price but some retailers earn an agreed percentage of the sales in commission, paid by the wholesaler to the retailer. http://www.empleosenguadalajara.com.mx
Thank you Armondo, it's nice to finally see someone post details about the pro's and con's of dropshipping, instead of just a list.
I am new to the business of dropshipping, and just wanted to thank you for information and suggestions that I can put into practice.
Before you dropship or sell on ebay, Please watch my honst youtube video over dropshipping and how I lost my ebay account. http://youtu.beZjq_IcRj5lM
Thanks Armando, I started my own self-hosted dropshipping business a few days ago.
I used WordPress + WooCommerce with a plugin called WooCommerce Dropshippers ( codecanyon.net/item/woocommerce-dropshippers/7615263?ref=articnet ).
I hope someone can benefit from this :)
Great post!
Drop shipping is really one of the easiest ways to get started with an online store, but it is important to have real drop shippers this a free directory with real drop shippers wholesalersanddropshippers.com
Hello Armando,
Thank you for the valuable insight into drop shipping! I'm writing from India and I was wondering if it would be lucrative for me to pursue the drop ship model and tie up with suppliers world wide?
Many thanks


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Joining a space once occupied solely by Southeastern chicken chains such as Bojangles, Grandys, and Mrs. Winners, Arbys recently added a Southern-style chicken sandwich to its repertoire. The two-sandwiches-for-$4 deal Arbys is promoting kicked off late last month. Hardees, another Southeastern favoriteone that ironically moved away from its chicken roots in favor of oversized burgersis aggressively hyping a chicken breakfast biscuit in the Midwest, while McDonalds, which began testing a Southern-style sandwich in the summer of 2006, launched its version of the chicken breakfast biscuit earlier this month and is planning a roll out of the sandwich later this spring. The No. 1 fast-food chain will tempt customers next month by giving away samples of the chicken sandwich.
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Things ebb and flow, says Brad Haley, executive vice president of marketing for CKE, parent company of Hardees. The pendulum swings in this business. Chicken sandwiches at breakfast might seem unfamiliar to people, but with the prices of commodities, chicken is still a relatively affordable protein. And for us, it gives our customers more variety.
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The burger and some of the sandwich chains can certainly compete with chicken chains. Its easy for them to do that and easier than for a chicken chain to introduce a burger. From a consumer standpoint, Sandelman explains, there is great interest in healthy eating, and beyond those connotations, quick-serve visitors are seeking variety.
Chicken has a healthier aura than burgers and fries. It makes sense that non-chicken chains are introducing these new items, he adds. Beyond that, they want wider menu variety, which is why chains like Pizza Hut introduced pasta dishes.
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Before I had Penelope, I went to a hypnotherapist in an effort to not panic about the whole baby-barrelling-through-my-vag issue (didn't work), and fretted endlessly about it again the second time around (since Penny was a teeny preemie, so surely this one do the damage I'd been afraid of the first time, right?).
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Nonetheless, a baby still went through my most precious parts. And even in the best-case scenario, that's … extreme. So I appreciate this funny little cartoon.
There's a lot to love here: the poster on the wall ("Your Peanut And You), the way the peanut's skin is made into a swaddle. But what I love is the look on the mommy peanut's face. Oy! While the doctor and the dad are like: Yay! A baby!
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Just a short while ago, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson posted a photo of himself on Twitter of his preparation for his role as Roadblock in G.I. Joe 2: Retaliation. Nothing terribly exciting, but still fun to see the production of the movie coming together. Hopefully with filming to begin any day now (if it hasn't already), we'll get to see some more great "behind the scenes" stuff going on soon. G.I. Joe 2 is tentatively set to be released on June 29th, 2012.
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Iain Duncan Smith told BBC's Panorama that our recent riots were nothing to do with unemployment.
Our Work and Pensions Secretary said that joblessness was not an issue, because "these riots were not riots like the ones in the '80s. These were intensely criminal activities"
This made it sound like Duncan Smith was a bit of a fan of '80s riots, disappointed with today's version.
Was the minister suggesting that Britain had better riots when he was a lad?
Bemoaning the decline of the English riot?
Iain Duncan Smith - IDS for short - implied that today's riots were all about "street gangs" and "dysfunctional families" using disorder to cover their looting, when in the 1980s they were plucky fellows protesting about unemployment.
To believe IDS now, you have to imagine he went through the '80s chanting about "burning Babylon."
IDS is trying to dismiss the social causes of today's riots by implying he and his kind accepted the social causes of yesterday's riots.
But they didn't.
IDS's heroes did all they could to deny the economic and social roots past riots as well.
The only reason people look back to the riots of the '80s and think that unemployment was part of the problem is because nobody believed the Conservative Party, known as the Tories, then.
Nor should we now.
There is no mystery about the riots. The spark comes from perceptions of police injustice. The fuel comes from unemployment and bad conditions.
Believing that you don't have much of a future makes some people reckless about the present.
A Tory government with a cuts agenda in the middle of an economic crisis is a recipe for riots. It was in 1981, and it was in 2011.
Denying that the riots are a response to economic conditions is what Tories do, then and now.
Riots can be thuggish, violent, bullying, self-destructive responses to economic conditions. Burning people's houses or beating them, or bashing up your corner shop are all bad responses to bad conditions.
But the answer is about the economy and the state, not morality and the family.
History doesn't repeat itself exactly, but it is easy to forget that the 1981 riots involved looting and burning. This was especially true in Toxteth, but shops were also ransacked in Brixton and Wood Green. There were also vicious assaults in the 1981 and 1985 riots.
The balance between rioting and looting and the political atmosphere might be different, but the basic features were similar. The other common features were a Conservative government, an economic squeeze and aggressive policing. The final feature is Tory politicians claiming otherwise.
Thatcher stood up in Parliament on July 9, 1981, after national disorder, particularly after Toxteth, and said that it "had nothing to do with problems of bad housing and unemployment. It was a spree of naked greed."
She was asked about unemployment, but blamed lawless children.
Labour Party Member of Parliament Ron Leighton asked Thatcher "if society rejects those young people and says that it has no use for them, they are likely to reject society and act in an anti-social way."
The Iron Lady snapped back: "In the area where violence and rioting has occurred, a good deal of it has been carried out by children of school age, some of them aged between nine and 16. That has nothing whatever to do with the dole queue."
For Thatcher the riots couldn't be about bad conditions because they happened in "an area where a great deal of money has been poured in through urban programs." Enraged Liverpool Labour MP Eric Heffer called out "stupid woman" twice, and was more or less physically restrained by the Labour whip.
Even Norman Tebbit's "get on your bike" quip was an argument that riots were not fuelled by unemployment. He said that his dad in the '30s was faced with unemployment but "he didn't riot, he got on his bike and looked for work."
There was plenty of blaming "criminal elements" in the '80s as well, although more by police than politicians. According to the police, the 1985 Brixton Riot, sparked by the shooting of Cherry Groce, was about "criminal elements."
West Midlands Chief Constable Geoffrey Dear blamed the 1985 Handsworth riot on "the black criminal element." He said that drug dealers were the "people who were behind this riot, acting in defense of enormous profits. There is a criminal element that is acting for its own ends. It is attempting to create a vacuum in which drug dealers can carry on, and so can others interested in robbery and other criminal activities."
IDS's other big idea is all about culture. He imported this idea from U.S. Republicans. The 1992 Los Angeles riot involved looting, burning, inter-racial violence and attacks on small shopkeepers. Police beat and shot rioters, but rioters also beat, humiliated and killed ordinary citizens - 53 people were killed at the hands of rioters and police.
Even so, British papers including the Mail and Times used words like "revolt" or even "uprising" and accepted police violence and poverty helped prompt the ugly riot.
But one man didn't. Vice-president Dan Quayle stepped forward and started making noises like IDS. Quayle said, "I believe the lawless social anarchy which we saw is directly related to the breakdown of family structure, personal responsibility and social order in too many areas of our society." He especially argued that welfare payments made poor black people into feckless rioters. He spoke about a "culture of poverty," an "underclass" where gangs are "like family." Quayle called for "dismantling a welfare system that encourages dependency and subsidizes broken families."
People were wary of Quayle because of his general idiocy, including an inability to spell the word "potato." And this speech was seen as an embarrassment, especially as he argued in it that a TV comedy about a single mother was part of the moral breakdown leading to the riots. But now it seems that Dan Quayle's daftness has been reborn, and made sensible, in the mouth of IDS.
So we either stick with the Tory formula, the IDS formula and the Quayle formula, or we start changing the social conditions behind the riots.
This article originally appeared in the Morning Star newspaper.


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In 2005, virtualization software was adopted faster than anyone imagined, including the experts. There are three areas of IT where virtualization is making headroads, network virtualization, storage virtualization and server virtualization:
- Network virtualization is a method of combining the available resources in a network by splitting up the available bandwidth into channels, each of which is independent from the others, and each of which can be assigned (or reassigned) to a particular server or device in real time. The idea is that virtualization disguises the true complexity of the network by separating it into manageable parts, much like your partitioned hard drive makes it easier to manage your files.
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Spiritual Autobiography
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Joy Kogawa, Obasan
Chapters 1 - 7
1 Compare the narrator's voice in Chapter 1 (the scene with the Uncle) to the voice of Nomi as she enters the dialogue of the narrative in Chapter 2 (as school teacher). Is there a difference in tone? if so, what elements could possibly account for this change in voice and tone? Explain any cultural differences in the role that the narrator play in each scene. Explain any differences related to age and the public/private division.
2 What do you notice about Kogawa's treatment of time in the autobiographical novel Obasan? In what manner does time structure the narrative, if at all? Why are the dates included in Chapter 1 significant? Do the various juxtaposed dates secure a linear sense of time or discombobulate it? Explain.
3 In Chapter 3, how does Kogawa characterize or delineate the character Obasan through the domestication of space (pp. 14-18)? How does Kogawa describe the space that Obasan inhabits? What does this reveal about Obasan? What physical description does Kogawa give of Obasan? How does this description compare to the description of Uncle in Chapter 1?
4 How is Kogawa's biculturalism evident in the opening chapters of Obasan? How is this biculturalsim manifest in the language that Kogawa uses in the novel? How is the English word "Uncle," as opposed the Japanese word "Obasan" (Aunt), significant in relation to each of these characters? How else is this linguistic split revealed in Kogawa's use of language?
5 Analyze the significance of the Attic scene between Nomi and Obasan in Chapter 5 (pp.27-32). How is the "attic" symbolic for cultural and familial memory? What perspective toward memory is suggested by Kogawa in this scene? What view of human existence and mortality seems to be forwarded in this scene? How do the objects present in the Attic signify human absences?
6 How does the passage (p. 30, paragraph 2) foreshadow and illuminate the dream sequence that occurs in Chapter 6? How is the body envisioned in the dream? Who are the various personages in Nomi's dream? How is the fragmented or severed nature of the womanís body (p.35) related to the transitory quality of dreams (p.36)? Does Kogawa seem to suggest that this transiency also exists in life? Why or why not?
7 How is Emily's journal (that Nomi reads in Chapter 7) a parallel autobiographical narrative to Kogawa's own autobiographical narrative that unfolds in the novel? How are Nomi and Emily different? How (if at all) are the two women alike? Compare Nomi's character both to Obasan and Emily--suggest similarities and/or differences between the three women. How does Emily's character reveal the bicultural conflict that the Nisei felt?
8 Photographs (as well as dreams and memories) are essential in Kogawa's narrative for constructing a personal identity (see pp. 21 & 57). How does seeing the photograph of herself as a young child with her mother help Nomi to relive that moment from her past and to reconstitute a remembered experience from a visual image? How is "seeing" important in understanding Nomi's recollection of the photographic event (pp. 57-58)? Why is the "language of eyes" censured? How is the flat, photographic maternal body different from the immediate fleshly body of Grandma Kato (in the childhood memory of the bath)? Why?
9 How do Emily's words reveal that the act of remembering is actually a process of "re-membering": "You are your history. If you cut any of it off you're an amputee" (60). How then is the fragmented body of the woman in Nomi's dream in Chapter 6 related to the fragmented memory of her mother, a memory that is literally re-`membered, or put back together, through the photograph?
Chapters 10 - 12
1 What is the significance of the "Momotaro" story in Chapter 10, told to Nomi by her mother? What do the "old old man and the old old woman of the Momotaro story" reveal about Nomi's "shadowy ancestry" (66)? What does the second paragraph on p. 68 reveal about Nomi's mother?
2 Analyze the scene with the chicks and the white Hen: what do the hen and the chicks seem to represent? how is this opening scene of Chapter 11 related to Nomi's subsequent dream of torture and mutilation (p. 73), again illustrating the fragmented body (p. 74)? How are both of these scenes related to the final scene in the Chapter involving Mr. Gower (pp.74-77)? In all three cases, what is Kogawa revealing about the nature of power? about the victims of power? Try to isolate all of the thematic similarities in the three scenes and explain their significance.
3 Many of the fears that Nomi experiences as a child seem to come together in Chapter 12. Discuss the opening page of this Chapter (p. 78) in contextual relation to the epigraph and opening page of the book. How is the "stillness of waiting" in which "time solidifies" (p. 78) related to the opening passages of the novel. Give specific examples from the text.
4 Compare the memory of Nesan's departure in Chapter 12 (p.79) with Nomi's other early memories of her mother, particularly the ones recalled from photographs (pp. 21-23 and 56-58). How is the problematic surrounding the eyes--literally, the blocking or prohibition of the gaze for the mother and the daughter--relevant to their relationship? [I am grateful to Alexandra for this idea!] How does Kogawa heighten this inability to see in the rest of the Chapter (see pp. 81-81)? How is the fear of the fragmented body manifest in the last two pages of Chapter 12?
5 Further explain the significance of Emily's journal (as presented in Chapter 14) as a parallel autobiographical narrative: how is the fact that much of Nomiís personal, familial and cultural history is revealed through Emily's letters important (analyze the significance of the differences between the two women and its importance)? how is the fact that Emily's letters are addressed "Dear Nesan" important to Nomi's reading of these letters? Analyze the importance of the comparison between the sufferings of the Japanese Canadians and the Jewish victims of the Holocaust: what is Kogawa revealing about war and power? How are the passages on pp. 98 and 112 ironic--what do they reveal about the nature of racism?
Chapters 29 - 31
Early in the novel, Emily describes the treatment of the Japanese Canadians in language that evokes cattle, using images that evoke livestock animals. How does Kogawa utilize different metaphoric language (in the voice of the narrator Nomi) in Chapter 29 to describe the horrible living conditions of her family? List some of the quotes that are imbued with this imagistic, metaphoric language (see particularly pp. 233-234). Compare Kogawaís use of this same descriptive language in Chapter 31, which despite its metaphorical similarities, results in a different tone. How is the tone different? Again, list quotes that illustrate this difference. Analyze the vacillation between pessimism and optimism in the two chapters. Why is Nomi irresolute in her perspective?
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The forecast calls for scattered snow showers, cloudy skies, a high near 34 degrees and strong, gusty winds from the north for today. Tonight the temperature could drop to near 20 degrees.
In a special weather statement, the Weather Service urged motorists to use extreme caution because of icy patches on roads from refrozen melted snow with more snow flurries possible. Freezing conditions were expected until noon in many areas of the region.
Conditions will be harsh for the start of the new work week. Monday should be sunny but with a high of only 38 degrees. Monday night's temperatures could approach 20 degrees. A hard freeze warning will be in effect.
A warming will begin Tuesday with the high reaching near 45 degrees and climbing into the 60s by New Year's Day with some rain possible.
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Who thinks ppl should have limited amounts if kids??
I think people should have as many children as they wish. I don't think anyone should have a kid unless they want that drama... kid being a baby goat.
A person should have only as many children as they can take care of, and I don't mean only financially. Parents should be sure that they can meets each child's emotional needs, spend adequate time with each child, take care of all needs. Never have more children than you can handle.
Unfortunately, I have to agree with you. I know some of these parents.
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As a side note, I also think you should have to take classes and acquire a license to have each child. Some people obviously should not be parents.
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It looked like stock markets were going to start off the week sharply higher today until House Speaker John Boehner said he would support President Obama's request to use force in Syria. Then we went back to the old war-fearing sell-off. Late in the trading day, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI ) is up just 0.17%, and the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC ) is up 0.43%.
Economic data was fairly strong today, and a rash of M&A activity over the weekend should have given the market a bit of a boost, but Syria has overshadowed that for a week now. Purchasing managers' indexes released by Markit and the Institute for Supply Management read 53.1 and 55.7%, respectively, both indicating economic expansion in August.
Positive PMI data and the possibility that the Department of Defense will loosen its purse strings to pay for an attack in Syria have pushed United Technologies (NYSE: UTX ) 2.6% higher today. Pratt & Whitney is the company's second-largest division, and UTC Aerospace Systems also generates a significant amount of revenue from the military, so an increase in spending would definitely help operations. Most people aren't rooting for war in Syria, but if it happens, United Technologies will benefit financially.
The big loser today is Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT ) after it announced that it will buy Nokia's (NYSE: NOK ) handset business. Think what you will about the deal, but keep in mind that with Microsoft's stock down 5.1% today, its market cap is down about $19 billion. Considering the fact that Microsoft is only paying $7.2 billion for Nokia, the market currently thinks this will destroy another $12 billion in value. That's wildly overblown, even if the Microsoft-Nokia merger doesn't result in strong growth in the handset business.
What this deal does show is that to compete with Google, Samsung, and Apple in the mobile business, Microsoft had to expand its own capabilities in tablets and handsets. Now Microsoft will have downstream demand for its mobile operating system, and Nokia will have a much bigger, better balance sheet to work with. Both may be required for the survival of Microsoft-Nokia mobile devices in a world dominated by tech behemoths. Find out if Microsoft can win in "Who Will Win the War Between the 5 Biggest Tech Stocks?" In this free report, you'll find out which companies are set to dominate mobile. To grab a copy, simply click here -- it's free!


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TULSA, Okla. (AP) - Former athletic director Steve Owens deserves credit for helping straighten out financial problems facing the University of Oklahoma athletic department, a former OU official says.
Bob King, former associate athletic director and a longtime friend of Owens', told the Tulsa World that the department should not have to borrow any money when the fiscal year ends June 30. That, King said, shows the budget was not as "financially troubled" as it was made out to be in March when the university ordered a reduction in force.
Earlier this month, OU regents approved a $500,000 short-term loan for the department, saying it was needed to prevent a budget shortfall for this fiscal year.
Owens and King resigned one week after the reduction in force in which seven employees were let go or reassigned. Owens reportedly was bothered by references to the department being in financial chaos.
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A current of excitement ran through Sunrise Elementary School children during a science class that shed some light on electricity.
Students participating in the intersession class learned how current flows by wiring contraptions to illuminate small light bulbs, according to West Texas A&M University education major Jason Powell, one of two WT students teaching the class.
Working in teams, the children experimented with different wiring arrangements to see what worked and what didn't, they said. Students were assigned to draw the working and failing combinations so they could keep track.
"We put two batteries together with a red and a black wire," fourth-grader Sean Garcia said. The bulb "lit up real bright."
Fourth-grader Becky McGlaughlin released the wire she and her teammate, Brandi Dickerson, were using to light their bulb.
"It gets hot after a while," McGlaughlin said.
The teammates decided knowing how to power a light bulb might be good in an emergency.
"We came up with that it's useful to know when our electricity goes out," McGlaughlin said. "We can get a wire and battery and light bulb."
Trisha Flovin and her teammate, Yvette Guiterrez, had come up with more than a dozen working combinations.
"My hand is getting tired of drawing," Flovin said, exasperated at the team's success.
Powell and WT education major Jodi Morris conducted the science-related intersession as part of a collaborative program between WT, the Amarillo Independent School District and Texas Tech University in Lubbock, according to Dr. Mary E. Parker, assistant professor of education at WT.
In 1996, the Amarillo National Resource Center for Plutonium funded the program, called "Building Foundations for Mathematics and Science Success," with a grant. Parker and Dr. Arturo Olivarez, Texas Tech associate professor of education, serve as principal investigators monitoring the program, which is designed to build children's interest in science and mathematics at an early age, a news release said.
Through the program, WT students in the pre-service stage of earning their education degrees - in other words, before they do their student teaching - have been providing inservice activities and lessons at AISD alternative-calendar elementary campuses for four years, Parker said.
During the spring intersession, 40 WT education majors conducted activities for children at Glenwood, Sanborn, Sunrise and Lawndale elementary schools, she said
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Excerpts from reader commentary on News stories and staffers' online blog postings last week. Online comments come from registered users, but comments to the blogs can be posted under pen names.
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Sabres: In response to News NHL columnist Bucky Gleason's story, "Sabres giving off bad vibrations," Bill Janus of Dillon, Mont., lamented:
I'm no longer angry at this team. I'm no longer frustrated with this team. I've reached the point of actually feeling very sorry for the players. Once you give up the fantasy of this team reaching the playoffs and of being a championship caliber team, which they obviously are not, it becomes easy to feel sympathy for the players. The reality is that this team is just not good enough, and we have to accept this reality. It's not fair to expect average players to be contenders. You gotta feel sorry for the players because this is so ugly.
Janna Brackett of Farmington added:
This team is "waiting for someone to lead them" out of this mess they're in, "waiting for those lucky breaks, bounces, chances," etc. Good teams don't wait -- they make it happen themselves.
These guys are content to sit around and "wait" for it to happen. In the meantime other teams are battling for points to move up in the standings. Other teams have players who will step up their game to fill in for injured players, are making trades, firing coaches, etc. -- whatever they need to do to get their team moving in the right direction.
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Sweet Tooth: Upon reading a News report that the popular bakery, confectioner and ice cream shop closed after more than 21 years, Dave Hyzy of Tonawanda wrote:
This is very sad news. Sweet Tooth had become an important member of the Allentown community. Unfortunately, it is getting harder and harder to function as an independent entity in this world. Sadly, no one seems willing to pay a premium for "local" and "homemade" anymore. I wish the owners all the best, and hope for good luck with their health concerns.
Angelo Turco of Buffalo added:
Saying goodbye is always difficult. I know the owners personally. Bill and Renee are wonderful, hard-working people. The Elmwood Strip will seem empty without their presence. I loved their cheesecake and all the other delicious treats they served up over the years.
Sweet Tooth was a quality-run business. Their customer service and food products always brought a smile to my face (and stomach . . lol).
From myself, and our entire staff, thank you Bill and Renee for your friendship and delicious food you served for the past 20-plus years!
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Waterfront progress: News staff reporter Mark Sommer's piece about the Canalside "tipping point" and other signs of progress brought this cautionary comment from Josh Bauer of Buffalo:
and then, "don't hold your breath" is murmured somewhere in the room. I hate to have a fatalistic attitude about every project ever conceived down there but, come on. We've been "planning" my entire life! Do we, as a collective region, really believe that the $1 billion is actually going to be handled and dispersed properly? The down-staters will be licking their chops at an opportunity to snatch that money up. We conduct more studies than any other place in the country. This region's analyzing is paralyzing.
I'm very excited about the possibilities at the waterfront and really hope that they prove everyone, including myself, wrong But I certainly won't be holding my breath.
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Girl Scouts, forever: News staff reporter Jay Rey's account of 90-year-old Gregorina Cooper and "Greg's Girls," brought this heartfelt observation from Christopher Dycha of North Tonawanda:
What an amazing testament to the long-term, positive effects scouting has on a young person's life. The lifelong lessons learned are endless for the young boy or girl, which eventually helps transition them to become a contributor to society. These people observed and learned well. In addition to learning self-sufficient survival skills, they matured as compassionate, respectful givers and teachers themselves.


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Freedom, fireworks, family and food ... that's what Fourth of July is to me! I love how cookouts are filled with the traditional American fare - burgers, hot dogs, baked beans, potato salad, etc.
This year, my husband and I have been invited to a a party. I've been asked to bring a dessert. To honor the colors of the day, and do something fun, I'm going to go with a red, white and blue theme.
Since I live a hectic life, I like to have a few go-to recipes stashed in my binder. Debbie Bankston's One Layer White cake recipe has become one of them. "This is a simple one layer cake made with ingredients we usually have on hand," says Debbie. "[It's] perfect as a shortcake with any fruit, ice cream and whipped topping."
Honorary Kitchen Crew member Bonnie D. plans on making some fruit shortcakes now that peaches and berries are back in season. Bonnie suggests making a delicious trifle from this cake (which I think sounds great too). You can turn this one cake into many different desserts, which makes this a keeper in my book!
Starting with a store bought cake and doctoring it up is a great way to put together a quick and easy dessert (and a trick I use in a pinch).
Polly Anna's All American Dessert is a little lighter in calories which I love - and it looks so patriotic. "You can have a beautiful dessert that is low in fat and calories," explains Polly Anna. Angel Food cake is such a wonderfully light dessert.
Although there was enough whipped topping to make the recipe taste good, I am going to add a little more next time for presentation purposes. I think this will be a big hit and you'll be coming back from your cookout with an empty bowl!
Christi Capps' American Angelfood Parfait is fresh and fruity! "This is the perfect dessert for [your] Fourth of July picnic," says Christi. "And no cooking involved!" This creamy dish is as light as a feather and tastes like a dream. Great to serve for Fourth of July or anytime you're in the mood for a festive dessert.
What's more American than cherry pie? And we've got a great recipe for you - Deborah Jean Schmidt's Deep Dish Cherry Pie. Yummy crust and a detectable filling equals an all-star cherry pie!
"The pie really loves a scoop of vanilla ice cream when it's hot of the oven," suggests Deborah Jean. This turns out so pretty it's almost a crime to eat this ... almost.
"Very easy and very delicious," is how Leslie Bowles describes her Quick Blackberry Cobbler. Honorary Crew member Ellen Bales whipped up this luscious treat and delighted by its outcome.
"The aroma that permeated my kitchen was so appetizing as this was cooking," said Ellen. Grab some whipped cream or a scoop of vanilla ice cream and it sounds like you've got a dessert your guests will love. Now that berries are back in season, this may be perfect for the cookout.
I'm not sure which of these yummy recipes I'm going to make, but I know whatever I choose will be perfect (and tasty!). I'm curious, what do you think I should bring? I hope everyone has a happy and safe Fourth of July!
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April 6-April 8, 2008
A Suburban World? Global Decentralization and the New Metropolis
Hosted by Dr. Robert Lang (Metropolitan Institute), Dr. Paul Knox (Virginia
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We have entered a new era where the areas outside worldwide core cities are
forming different settlement systems. In Europe, even tight building
controls have not curbed the appetite of households to move out of the
central cities. China and India, with fast-growing middle classes, are
witnessing a startling expansion of their urban areas with rapid
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adapt American-style suburban development patterns. As urban form changes,
new research and policy have to be created to address the challenges of
sprawl, congestion, and affordable housing. This conference will explore
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On Tap for Today: Superman, HartFest, Polish Fest and more
Hello, Friday. We've been waiting.
Superman turns 75 but you wouldn't know it to look at Henry Cavill, the star of "The Man of Steel." The newest movie in the Superman franchise opens today and Duane Dudek has the review. »Read Full Blog Post
Five singers declared winners in local Met Opera auditions
Five singers were selected by judges to advance to the next round at Saturday's Wisconsin District Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions.
Countertenor Kangmin Justin Kim, mezzo-soprano Corrie Stallings, soprano Caitlin Ruby Miller, tenor Ian D. Koziar and tenor Joe Shadday will compete at the Upper Midwest Regional in St. Paul, Minn. The five vocalists also won $2,000 each. »Read Full Article
'Belle of Amherst' best when profiling Dickinson's poetry
Walt Whitman may have rightly claimed that his poetry contains multitudes, but Emily Dickinson can stake an equally valid claim to being America's greatest poet.
She is also the hardest one to know. Harold Bloom once wrote that no poet "seems so separate from us as Dickinson," adding that "we have no accurate approaches to her." »Read Full Article


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We don't have to tell you that Paintball Extravaganza 2014 showcased some of the hottest new products coming out in 2014 and the year following. What we saw at Extravaganza '14 made us excited for what is to come in 2014, and the awesome freakable carbon fiber barrels from GOG are no exception. This exciting barrels may just rock your world in the coming year (and hopefully, the years to follow), so without further ado, here is what you can expect from GOG's exciting new carbon fiber barrels:
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HK Army KLR Mask Review
HK Army teased the release of the KLR goggles at World Cup 2013 and we just saw them again at Paintball Extravaganza 2014 a few weeks ago. They are available for pre-order right now and they should be shipping out very soon.
The KLR spent four years in the development stage with HK Army consistently claiming that they would be the "most technically advanced goggle system ever released in the sport of paintball." When it comes to style, visual appeal, and customization, HK Army's innovative claims might be right. The KLR has a sleek profile and list of customization features that dominate other goggles on the market right now.
PVT Lock System
HK Army's PVT Lock System is the soul of the new mask. The KLR is the first goggle system designed to incorporate a completely interchangeable lens, strap, and hinge that can be easily switched out and customized in seconds. HK's patent-pending PVT lock is easy to use. To switch out the lens you simply unclip the strap, open the strap-retained PVT lock hinges, replace the lens and clip the PVT lock hinges back in place.
One of the best elements of the PVT lock system is color and lens customization. There are 10 total lens options for every situation, 15 different strap colors, and 16 PVT lock color options. Between the different color straps, masks, hinges and lenses you can create over 15,000 unique combinations. Aesthetically, the KLR is one of the most advanced goggles we have seen.
3D Memory Foam
The foam system HK uses contains the layers. At the base of the mask is a high-density SBR memory foam designed to absorb impacts. This is where most goggle systems stop. On top of this foam layer, is an open-cell EVA foam that matches the contours of the user, improving overall fit. Both layers are covered by the third layer—a velvet microfiber liner engineered to absorb sweat and insulate to prevent fogging. The foam system is
The EVA form earpiece (KLR soft-ear) helps protect the outer and inner ear from impacts and mask abrasion. Other mask systems have attempted to integrate earpiece foam into their designs, but the KLR is one of the only goggles that does it while maintaining a high level of comfort and a low profile.
Additional Features
Customization is where the HK KLR goggle system shines, but all of the other features you would expect are still there. The lenses are made of a dual-paned UV and infrared shielded composite (they block wavelengths of light that cause eye damage and provide glare resistance). The overmolded face shield is a dual density thermoplastic elastomer (a fancy name for rubberized plastic). A complex ventilation system promotes breathability and the overall design offers a wide freedom of movement.
The KLR is a well designed mask that HK Army spend years developing. At just under $125 for basic colors, it is a little expensive. In our opinion, it's totally worth it. There aren't many masks on the market that can match the KLR's customization options, comfort and style. Pre-order yours now because once your see these in action you're going to order it anyway.
Review of the C2 Eyon Mask
Everyone is talking about the C2 Eyon. Tiberius Arms acknowledges that the Eyon is strikingly similar to Angel Eyes but insists that this is new mask. They are definitely downplaying the Angel Eyes pedigree. When Tiberius Arms acquired Guerilla Air, the original developers of Angel Eyes approached them with the idea of creating the Eyon. One of the obvious challenges was to improve on the Angel Eyes design—one that many people loved, but was unable to pass ASTM testing.
We got to see the C2 Eyon mask at Paintball Extravaganza 2014 and they are definitely impressive. Let's take an in-depth look at the C2.
The entire Tiberius Arms C2 lineup is going to focus on close quarters, speedball, and cross over products. Creating a full wrap around view is where they started with the Eyon. When you put the mask on, you definitely get a full unobstructed field of view that is essential for fast-action play.
Cross over products need adaptability. It's a new trend that we are seeing as different play styles, scenario situations, and rules develop. The C2 Eyon includes an easily removable lens. Taking the lens off is a "snap." You fold the lens tabs 90 degrees and it slides right out. Lens adaptability and ease make cleaning simple, but also make it easy to switch play styles quickly. Switching lenses between a bright speedball match with a ton of glare potential to a dimly lit woodsball game is a breeze.
We didn't get the opportunity to fully test the anti-fog properties of the C2 Eyon, but Tiberius Arms claims that they don't fog up. The full thermal system is designed to ventilate properly and a lens coating helps avert the buildup of distracting moisture.
They are a comfortable set of goggles and completely customizable. One of the features we love is the lack of foam covering the noise bridge. This improves breathing dramatically and also reduces voice muffle that some masks are notorious for. The rest of the foam padding is fully customizable. You can move it around to improve comfort or replace it with a different density foam.
Tiberius says that the C2 Eyon mask is "revolutionary." We aren't so sure they are—they strike an uncanny resemblance to Angel Eyes, not to mention the same developers worked on the project. What they do offer is safety that Angel Eyes couldn't.
The original Angel Eyes could not pass ASTM testing. Working with the developers, Tiberius Arms discovered that the shape, angle, and thickness of the lenses was at fault. As a result, the lens shape toward the back of the lens was altered and thickness was increased. The result is a mask that can pass ASTM testing.
We are excited about the C2 Eyon mask. They offer improved safety, excellent comfort, and the adaptability needed in today's fast-moving paintball world. With so much talk surrounding the C2 Eyon and their similarity to Angel Eyes, orders should come in fast. Be sure to check out our ongoing pre-order.
First Look at the Tippmann Mag Fed Conversion Kit
We got to check out two exciting new Tippmann products at the 2014 Paintball Extravaganza. The first was Tippmann's latest mag fed marker, the Tippmann TCR. The other was the Tippmann 98 Custom Mag Fed Conversion Kit which turns the classic Model 98 Custom into a mag fed marker with a 7, 12, or 20 ball magazine capacity. Check out our video where Kevin explains the adapter's features.
Other manufacturers have made off-brand Tippmann conversion kits that are similar. This one is the real deal—guaranteed to be 100% compatible with all 98 custom, US Army, and TPN markers that utilize the 98 quick-release feed elbow. The conversion kit will ship with two 7-ball Tru-Feed magazines. Tru-feed 12-ball extended magazines and the 20-round Zetamag will also fit the adapter.
You don't need to make any permanent marker modifications. The Tippmann conversion kit is designed to use the same fasteners as the standard Tippmann 98 quick release feed elbow. It takes seconds to install and it's easy to switch back and forth between hopper and magazine fed paintball.
The Tru-Feed magazines are identical to the ones that come with the Tippmann TPS Pistol. They utalize a low tension spring system that allows you to use a wider variety of paint compared to other magazines. We've had good experience with Tru-Feed magazines. Lower tension springs are less likely to damage paint on hot and humid days.
This is an exciting product for anyone who wants to get in on the mag fed craze without spending a fortune on a new marker. Just about everyone has a Tippmann Model 98—or at least knows someone who owns one. It will definitely get more people into magazine fed paintball.
The Tippmann mag fed conversion kit will be on sale in May for under $50. Be use to check out our website when the time comes to order yours.
First Impressions Review: Milsig M17 Paintball Gun
The eagerly anticipated Milsig M17 didn't merely meet my expectations, it shattered them. I've been waiting for something like this from Milsig. The minute you see this marker, you will NEED to have it in your arsenal. Save yourself some time—stop reading this review and pre-order it right now, it is seriously that good.
We got our hands on the whole line-up of new M17 markers at the Paintball Extravaganza just a few days ago. They are hard to put down. Check out the video:
High Efficiency Air Technology (HEAT)
You might already be familiar with Milsig's new valve system to replace the "blow-back" valve you see on Tippman-style markers. Just in case you don't know about it, here is a quick run-down. Traditionally, "blow-back" valves are durable, simple, and easy to maintain. The problem? They completely suck away efficiency.
That's where the Milsig's "High Efficiency Air Technology" or "HEAT" core comes in. The Heat core is a "blow-forward" style spool valve that gets rid of the cocking arm. In theory and practice, the Heat core is easier to maintain, more reliable and more consistent than the old "blow-back" style valves.
Milsig claims impressive accuracy improvements due to the heat core—as little as +/- 2 fps. Because accuracy is all about consistency, you need a "blow-foward" style valve if you want to impress with marksmanship skills.
Mechanical Full Auto
No batteries, no electronics, just mechanical fully automatic firing. This is where the Milsig M17 is making the most waves. Combined with the Heat core, the mechanical full auto puts the M17 on a different level. There are no electronics to break. No batteries to replace. It's completely awesome.
Mechanical full auto and the Heat core make regular maintenance easy. There are only five O-rings in the whole marker and you only need to service two of them regularly. You get to the internals by removing just two pins. It's fast, it's easy, and there are no hassles.
Additional Features and Function
The coolest part about this marker for me is the new grip design. You can attach any standard AR-15 grips to the marker, offering a virtually unlimited array of possibilities.The AR-15 style cocking handle is pretty sweet too—they only needed to add it so you could clear a jam. With the First Strike ready 18 round magazine, it looks badass right out of the box.
Three Models
The Milsig M17 CQC is under $300. Designed to replace the CQB PRO, it comes in at a low price but packs a huge punch. For me, it's the ultimate close quarters marker. Lightweight, durable, a high quality construction and feel—it's perfect for rushing in fast and getting out quick. With the short barrel, it looks just like a classic SMG.
The M17 XDC is around twice the price of the CQC, but it has the ability to do it all. It comes with a machined receiver and foregrip and the mid-length Marksman Rifled Barrel System. This is the best all-around marker in the lineup.
The M17 DMR tops off the lineup. It was developed for long range engagements. As a completely dedicated sniper platform, it includes the Milsig 400mm FSR Marksman barrel. The price is higher, but you will find very few out of the box sniper markers that are better.
The only downside that I can see to the Milsig M17 is first, which one should I buy? And second, I am not going to be alone because everyone is going to order one.
CBTC #2 – MaXXed, Thrasher V3s, Gearbags, & Pooty's new Super Carbon Light Barrel systems
On this counter, Erik goes over Proto's new PMR, the Maxxed! He also thoroughly compares Planet gearbags and Dye gearbags – what's best for you?
We also quickly show off Pooty's new barrel system. Check the link below!
Russell also hops in and talks about some of his favorite pants, The Exalt Thrashers!
Planet Eclipse 2013 Classic Kit Bag
The Eclipse Classic Kitbag has two compartments; the main compartment is big enough to cram in loads of gear and also has some handy large internal zip pockets and a clear document holder. A water resistant lining makes removing paint and dirt a touch easier. The side compartment is great for keeping your clean gear separate from your dirty stuff or just fill it with more dirty stuff! Your choice.
Protect your gear from opportunist thieves! The Eclipse Bag Lock System allows you to pass a combination lock cable (not supplied) through the specially designed guide holes on the side of the bag, this then feeds through the trigger frame of your Paintball Marker on the inside of your Kitbag and back out so you can secure the cable to a fixed or heavy object, now no-one can lift your Paintball Marker from inside or tow your kitbag, sweet!
- Robust Rails and Wheel Set
- Eva Formed Protective Lid
- Luggage ID Pocket
- Plate Finished Zips
- Retractable Pull Handle
- Vented and Water Resistant Lined Compartments
- Internal Document Holder and Zip Pockets
- Soft Touch Handles
- Unique Bag Lock Functionality
Dye Precision Resister 1.50 S Gear Bag
If you're the type of hardcore baller who throws your gear in a bag after practice, and you don't touch it again until the next time you're at the field, the Resister was made for you. It has three compartments, and the main section is massive. The Resister is the first thermal lined bag, boasting the first water-resistant exterior and interior. The Resister's design keeps your gear cool on hot summer days, and stops your collected sweat from fermenting when the sun heats it up. When your gear has gone past the acceptable level of funk, you can empty it, wash it down inside and out, let it dry, and start the fungus culture experiment all over again. Made with the same durable construction as the rest of the Dye Dry line, you won't have to worry about wear. It also features a front internal thermal compartment for your goggles (which also doubles as a cooler for cold ones after your victory), as well as plenty of space for the rest of your hard and soft gear.
The Hustle Reload #54 – Updates! Updates! and more Updates!
There is so much to catch you guys up on here at Hustle Paintball! This week's Hustle Reload is all about the updates, updates and more updates!
This week was pretty straight forward.. All work with very little play.
We talk about a few things that are up and coming and talk about a few things that y'all have been asking us.
Oh yeah, we also rip on Caleb for a few minute.
Double oh yeah, RUBY WEARS SHORTS. Chris's daisy dukes to be specific!
Make Your Own Paintball Field
So you want to hold your own mini paintball tournament, but where do you start? There are several things you can do to create your own paintball field. In this article we will be discussing and providing an overview of some of the simple steps you will need to take to make and open your own paintball field!
- Find a Place – This is obvious, but you really do have to find a big enough location that fits all of your basic needs. Your field can be a huge open field, a long and narrow patch of land or whatever you want it to be. There are no guidelines, just that it is a field you would like to play on. Just be careful – don't just go out and find a random location and "dub" it as your paintball field. If it will be on your own property, then great! But make sure you are not stomping on somebody else's private property.
- Make Some Bunkers – A paintball field isn't a paintball field without plenty of bunkers to play with. You can literally use anything you find around the house to use as bunkers: trash cans, outdoor lawn furniture, moving boxes, and even mattresses. Anything you find around the house can be created into a bunker and snake.
- Get Your Paintball Gear Ready – If you do not already have one, you need some basic paintball gear. This includes a paintball gun, paintballs, protective gear, a CO2 tank (if necessary) and anything else you might think of! If you would like to purchase some paintball items, be sure to visit our website at www.hustlepaintball.com for all the best and lowest prices in the paintball industry!
- Invite Friends – Now that you have your paintball field all set up, you have all the necessary gear and items, invite some friends over to have some fun! Play on teams and you can even start your very own tournament right in your back yard (or on the field you decided on). Whatever you do, just simply have fun!
How about you? Have you ever set up your own paintball field or hosted your very own tournament? If so, share your stories and tips for starting your own paintball field. We would love to hear from you!
Hustle Shorts: Anomaly LV1
Are you depressed? Need something to make you perky and happy, all tingly inside?! Boy do we have a solution for you! ANOMALY LV1!!!!!
Check out what Planet Eclipse has to say about their Ego LV1 Paintball Guns:
The Planet Eclipse Ego LV1 is the first new tournament marker from Eclipse since they introduced the Geo back in 2009. The idea behind this particular paintball gun is that it expresses Eclipse's passion, performance and quality all wrapped up in one. Every aspect of this gun is superior, lacking no flaws that we can find! Planet Eclipse truly pursued perfection and made it a reality for us paintball lovers.
Although we have covered this paintball gun before, it's important to stress some of the features and why this marker will make you the happiest you have ever been in your entire life! Below are some of the features:
- Unique Lever Valve Mechanism
- Zick3 Rammer System
- Heavy and Light Zick3 Rammer Included
- Cure5 Bolt
- Internal LPR
- SL4 Inline Regulator
- AT Pipe Gas Transfer System
- High Flow Onion Valve
- Shielded Valve Spring
- 40% Larger Valve Chamber
- 65-80psi LPR Pressure
- 120-135psi Inline Pressure
- Contoured Grip and Console
- HiGrip Foregrip and Body Sleeve
- Adjustable Direct Acting Solenoid Valve
- Dual Rammer Speed Controls
- Tool-less Bolt, Rammer and Valve Removal
- 14.5″ Shaft4 Barrel with 0.689″ Back
- Infra-Red Break Beam Eyes
- Replaceable Transflective Graphic LCD Module
- Adjustable Tru-Colour RGB LCD Backlite
- 16-Bit Microprocessor – 16 MIPS (Million Instructions Per Second)
- Improved Solenoid Drive Circuitry for increased Velocity Consistency
- Menu Driven User Interface
- Ultra-Lightweight, Single Billet 3D Machined Body (Machined in the UK)
- Deftek Offset Feed Tube
- Clamping Feed with Sprocket Wheel Adjustment
- Integrated Rammer Housing
- Integrated FRM
- Offset Bores
- Micro-Switch and Opto Sensor Trigger Activation
- Dual Instrument Grade Ball-Raced Trigger
- Dual Trigger Return Mechanisms – Magnetic and Spring Trigger
- Integrated Audible Sounding Device
- Ramping and Semi-Auto Modes
- Compliant with Regulations of all Major Paintball Leagues
- E-Portal Compatible
- Assembled and Tested at Planet Eclipse HQ in the UK
If you would like to learn more about these paintball guns, feel free to check out this YouTube video produced by Hustle Paintball:
Hustle Shorts: Tech Mats
Are you like Erik Cromer? Frustrated about dropping and losing pieces to your paintball gear? Well Tony has an amazing solution!!!
Keep all of your parts safe and in place with this Planet Eclipse Tech Flex Mat! When fixing your marker, this mat is a must. It is extremely durable AND flexible to meet all of your needs. Check it out – you know you want one!
Need a review? Here you go…


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Selected Shorts: An Irish Ear: Colum McCann's Favorite Stories
Ultimate acts in stories selected by Colum McCann, and a sharp-edged fantasy by Molly Giles).
The novelist Colum McCann, winner of the 2009 National Book Award for Let the Great World Spin, was the guest host for an evening of story readings at Symphony Space, and we hear two of his selections on this program.
The first is Nathan Englander's harrowing tale, "Free Fruit for Young Widows." Englander is the author of the highly praised collection For the Relief of Unbearable Urges and teaches in the Hunter College, CUNY MFA Writing Program (as does McCann). SHORTS literary commentator Hannah Tinti notes, "There are so many memorable scenes in this story, but what struck me the most was near the end, when Etgar realizes that Tendler is both a murderer and a misken. Unfamiliar with the word misken, I looked it up, and the definition I found said that it is a person who is poor or unfortunate, someone to be pitied. This reminded me of the F. Scott Fitzgerald quote, that "the test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposing ideas in the mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function." It's no wonder, in the end, that Etgar becomes a philosopher—he is able to see the dark and the light in Tendler—and accept them both. The reader is the actor and musical theatre star Michael Ceveris.
McCann's second choice was by the Irish writer Anne Enright, best known for winning the Booker prize in 2007 with her novel, The Gathering. Tinti notes that Enright "was a student of Angela Carter's at the University of East Anglia. Carter's surreal, feminist influence is definitely seen here in "She Owns Everything." What I love about this story is how Enright takes one physical object, the handbag, and uses it to develop the entire emotional world of her character. It's also a great tribute to the handbag itself—that portable life-kit—and what choice of color, size, and design reveals about the woman (or man, these days) who carries it."
The reader, making her SELECTED SHORTS debut, was Mary-Louise Parker, star of the television series "Weeds."
The third story on this program, "The Writer's Model," is a provocative fantasy by Molly Giles, who teaches in the Creative Writing Program of the University of Arkansas. Tinti comments: "Molly Giles is a wonderful writer, who won the Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction. You can certainly see O'Connor's influence here in "The Writer's Model," with the narrative bite and sharpness of the language. I found this to be a wonderfully funny piece. A great response to the mistakes male writers often make when writing about women, their inability, sometimes, to see us as three dimensional characters. There is a line at the end of this piece says it all: "I decided to quit before I became what they saw."
The musical interludes are from "Eve's Women, "Kingdom," on Israel A World of Music, producers Dan Golan, Ishay Amir. The SELECTED SHORTS theme is Roger Kellaway's "Come to the Meadow."
For additional works featured on SELECTED SHORTS, please visit http://www.wnyc.org/shows/shorts/
We're interested in your response to these programs. Please comment on this site or visit www.selectedshorts.org
Announcing the 2011 Stella Kupferberg Memorial Short Story Prize. This year's theme is stories set in restaurants and bars. The judge is the author Jennifer Egan and the deadline is March 1, 2011.


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