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"Violence sells. I want to see more violence in games - the more blood the better," he told Eurogamer at a press event hawking THQ's SmackDown vs. Raw 2009. Orton said videogames were the least of parents' worries, when some "don't know their kids are watching South Park"
Right on, Randy Orton! We agree with you, and it's not just because we're afraid you will beat up our entire neighborhood if we don't!
Orton also revealed that he owns a 360 and a Wii and enjoys Mario Kart on his Wii, but without the Wiiwheel because that's a gimmick. Mario Kart is the greatest game ever, Randy. (Please don't punch us in the face.)
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I've told you no politician in Canada denies beer. Jacques Boissinot's photo for the Canadian Press above of NDP leader Jack Layton taken in a bar during the Montreal Canadiens and Boston Bruins playoff game on April 14 proves it. It looks a lot like the one of our Prime Minister pouring a brew in Halifax earlier in the campaign, except he's not as awkward. Jack awkward? Heck, the second night of the debates got moved to make sure there was no conflict with this game and Jack Layton made sure he let voters know where his heart lay last night - a sports bar in Montreal, La Cage aux Sports. And unlike Harper, he looks like he actually knows how to down one.
Have you read The Unbearable Nonsense of Craft Beer - A Rant in Nine Acts by Alan and Max yet? It's out on Kindle as well as Lulu.
Maureen Ogle said this about the book: "... immensely readable, sometimes slightly surreal rumination on beer in general and craft beer in particular. Funny, witty, but most important: Smart. The beer geeks will likely get all cranky about it, but Alan and Max are the masters of cranky..."
Ron Pattinson said: "I'm in a rather odd situation. Because I appear in the book. A fictional version of me. It's a weird feeling."
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He does seem to know what he's doing. However, the dress shirt (or any collared shirt for that matter) under a hockey sweater is never a good look.
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Washington, DC - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded contracts to purchase 10,683,000 barrels of crude oil at a cost of $553 million for the Department's Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR). Deliveries of the oil will be made from February to April 2009. The awards made to Shell Trading and Vitol are the first direct purchases of crude oil for the SPR since 1994. Revenues from the 2005 Hurricane Katrina emergency sale were used for the purchase.
The Department has also awarded contracts using the royalty-in-kind (RIK) transfer program with the Department of the Interior to two companies for exchange of a modest rate of 26,000 barrels per day. The awards to Shell Trading and Glencore will result in the addition of approximately 6,157,000 barrels to the SPR inventory from May 2009 through January 2010.
Under the RIK program, the Department of the Interior contracts for the delivery of Federal royalty oil to market centers along the Gulf Coast, where ownership of the oil is subsequently transferred to DOE. DOE solicits contracts to exchange the royalty oil at the market center for delivery of crude oil that meets the quality specifications of the SPR.
The contract awards for direct purchase and RIK exchanges resulted from two solicitations issued on January 2, 2009. DOE was able to take advantage of the recent sharp decline in crude oil prices to acquire crude oil for the SPR on terms favorable to the Nation while also increasing the Nation's national energy security. Both acquisitions will have an insignificant effect on market prices.
Currently, the SPR has a storage capacity of 727 million barrels and an inventory of 702 million barrels (97%) stored in the SPR's underground salt caverns located along the Gulf Coast of Louisiana and Texas.
Activities to resume SPR fill are taken in accordance with the provisions of the Energy Policy Act (EPAct) of 2005, which directs that DOE fill the SPR to its authorized capacity of one billion barrels, and advances the President's agenda to increase the Nation's energy security.


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We know it's a big deal that the FIS will recommend women's ski jumping for inclusion in the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, but we can't help being more excited about the possible inclusion of both men's and women's ski halfpipe.
It's not a done deal yet by any means, but at its 2010 meeting in Antalya, Turkey, the International Ski Congress of the FIS voted this week to formally recommend to the International Olympic Committee that women's ski jumping and both men's and women's ski halfpipe be included in the 2014 games, along with snowboard slopestyle and team snowboardcross.
Sure, the female jumpers deserve their moment, and the International Olympic Committee was wrong to bar them at Vancouver—the only sport in which men were allowed to compete, but not women. To be sure, the international media will make a bigger deal out of that than ski halfpipe. Rightly so.
But skiers can't help noticing how big a deal the snowboard halfpipe event is—and what great exposure it has brought to the sport of snowboarding. Now consider this: as huge as those snowboarders go in the pipe, skiers go even bigger. And if you still have some vestige of a stake in the ski vs. snowboard wars, as we admit we do, you'll welcome the chance to see skiers jacking those extra feet out of the same pipe the snowboard athlete's use. It's simple physics: Skiers go bigger. And it's time the world knew that.
Meanwhile, snowboarding gets richer with the inclusion of the slopestyle and team snowboardcross events. Ironic, isn't it? Snowboarders have never liked the FIS, never liked having a bunch of European skiers being in charge of their inclusion or exclusion from the Olympics. But thanks to those same FIS delegates in Turkey, snowboarding's Olympic exposure stands to get even richer. (Photo courtesy of Couloir)


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Pairing physicians for better communication
Hospitalist-PCP assignments mean that doctors know who to call
by Bonnie Darves
Published in the January 2010 issue of Today's Hospitalist
when a patient is deteriorating in the hospital or needs urgent tests conducted after discharge is not only a hassle for primary care physicians and hospitalists. Any delay in reaching the right contact, after all, may also threaten patient safety.
Thats why the hospitalist group at Northeast Hospital Corporation in Beverly, Mass., came up with an innovative solution that pairs hospitalists with individual primary care physicians or outpatient groups. Hospitalists are not only the point person for communicating with their assigned outpatient colleagues, but they care for
"Not knowing who to call really impeded communication."
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these physicians patients in the hospital.
Peter Short, MD, who heads the 27-physician group at Northeast, says that pairing inpatient and outpatient physicians produced immediate results.
"Before," he explains, "when a PCP wanted to talk to the hospitalist taking care of his patients, he might have had to talk to four or five docs until he tracked down the right one. Now its just one hospitalist."
Likewise, hospitalists who needed information might have called as many as nine different outpatient doctors to track down who was covering a particular patient.
"Not knowing who to call really impeded communication," Dr. Short notes, "especially when the patient was being admitted or discharged."
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First piloted last February and rolled out to the entire primary care referring community last summer, the two-by-two pairings now cover medical admissions from roughly 100 primary care physicians.
The hospitalists at Northeast, who cover Beverly Hospital and Addison Gilbert Hospital in Gloucester, found that they didnt need help addressing routine pending test results or standard discharge summaries. Those werent falling through the cracks, Dr. Short notes, because discharge dictations, which are transcribed within 24 hours, are "pushed" to referring physicians electronic medical records.
The group, however, was looking for a better way to transmit urgent information on patients who needed to be transferred to the ICU from the floor or had a post-discharge issue that needed immediate follow-up. To make such a system work, both the hospitalists and the community physicians had to agree on what constituted urgent vs. non-urgent communicationsand how each type of information should be transmitted.
They decided that urgent matters warranted a phone call from the assigned hospitalist. Non-urgent matters, such as a need for a pulmonary consult two weeks after discharge, would be handled via the standardized discharge summary format.
Other guidelines worked out in advance determined which diagnoses qualify automatically for a direct admission, rather than being admitted through the ED. Direct admissions now include otherwise stable patients with UTIs or cellulitis, while patients with chest pain and hypotension have to first be seen by ED physicians.
Because the hospitalists work seven-on/seven-off, Dr. Short explains, each primary care physician is actually assigned two hospitalist contacts who alternate weeks. Dr. Short sends out an e-mail each week to the referring physicians, letting them know which hospitalist is on that week. For the most part, he adds, those designated relationships remain the same throughout the year.
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So far, according to Dr. Short, pairing inpatient and outpatient physicians is working out even better than hoped. Anecdotally, everyone seems satisfied that urgent information isnt being lost in the transition. Primary care physicians are pleased that patients, if they have subsequent admissions, are seen by a hospitalist theyve met before.
And "when the hospitalist sees the patient again, that makes the admission process easier," Dr. Short points out. "Our doctor is familiar with the patient."
Since the program was rolled out last summer, results indicate that average length of stay per DRG is down 0.3 days, while the average cost per case, DRG adjusted, is down $400. Another plus: Press Ganey patient satisfaction scores have improved between 3% and 5% since July, and the number of direct admissions of patients coming in straight from outpatient practices has jumped an impressive 30%.
"I actually think thats because of the pairing," Dr. Short observes. "The PCPs know who to call now." Direct admissions free up time in the ED, he points out. And when referring physicians send patients to the hospital directly from their office, those doctors are able to identify the hospitalist by name who will be in charge of treatment.
Staffing and scheduling have been less complicated than expected. Dr. Short started by pulling retrospective data on numbers and types of admissions per primary care physician or group, and then formed pairs accordingly.
To address potential parity problems, the hospitalists understood that if one of them ended up being the contact doctor for eight patients at a time while another had 16, "theyd help each other out," Dr. Short says. "If one hospitalist has 13 patients and another 14, its not a big deal."
Preliminary concerns
Dr. Short admits that he and his group had some upfront concerns. Chief among them were how the innovative pairings would affect referring physicians and the workflow of both nurses and case managers.
Nurses were initially worried, for example, that they would have a hard time figuring out which hospitalist was treating which patient. But that potential confusion "hasnt materialized," Dr. Short says.
Case managers, on the other hand, wanted to make sure that the pairings didnt disrupt the multidisciplinary meetings that all parties find invaluable. The fix, according to Dr. Short, was to move back the time of those multidisciplinary rounds by one hour.
There were also concerns that the new pairings might delay discharges because of a potential change in workflow. "We want to follow discharges prospectively to make sure that we havent fixed one problem only to create another," Dr. Short says. So far, he adds, hes noted no increase in discharge delays.
The primary care physicians and the hospitalists also needed some convincing, but for more personal reasons. Some local physicians had developed relationships with certain hospitalists and didnt want to be assigned to doctors with whom they hadnt worked.
The same was true for some hospitalists. "The PCPs had to be reminded that our hospitalists rotate, covering other shifts," Dr. Short explains, "and that our hospitalists also had some say in the matter." In the end, he says, the new arrangement elicited fewer comments than hed expected.
What really ensured buy-in from all parties was the fact that the arrangement would benefit patient safety. "We did this taking a patient-centric approach," says Dr. Short. "We didnt come at this in terms of whats best for the doctors, nurses or case managers, but whats best for the patients. Thats something everyone can agree on."
Bonnie Darves is a freelance health care writer based in Seattle.
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I have either killed or witnessed the killing of maybe 40 deer, with everything from service pistol calibers (above 9mm) through the classic bigbore revolvers, centerfire rifles from .223 through 45-70. Oh, 12 and 20 gauge slugs, too.
FWIW the only 'instant kills' I have seen have been when the bullet destroyed the spine at the shoulder- as in 'wrecked it' and sailed on through. Didn't matter if it was a 240 grain .44 SWC at 1000 fps, 150 grain softpoint from a 30-30 at over 200 yards- or a 175 grain softpoint from a long-barreled 7mm Mauser. Didn't matter if the deer were standing still or in a flat-out sprint. Bang. Flop. Skid.
Shots that took out the shoulder bone (front of the shoulder on whitetail) anchored them almost as fast, though a finishing shot was sometimes required. Broadside heart shots generally elicited about a 20 yard trot followed by a flop.
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Luka Magnotta, the Canadian porn actor suspected of killing and dismembering another man, made his first appearance in a Montreal courthouse. CBC's Peter Akman reports.
The human head discovered in a Montreal park during the weekend belongs to Chinese student Jun Lin, allegedly dismembered by porn actor Luka Rocco Magnotta in one of Canada's most gruesome slayings in recent memory, police said Wednesday.
A Montreal police spokeswoman said medical tests showed the remains were those of Lin and confirmed local media reports saying the body part in question was a head.
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In this photo provided by Montreal Police, Luka Rocco Magnotta is taken by police from a Canadian military plane to a waiting van on June 18 in Mirabel, Quebec.
Lin's hands and feet were mailed to the offices of political parties in Ottawa and to schools in Vancouver, while his torso was found in a pile of garbage. His head had been missing until late Sunday.
Information obtained over the course of the investigation led police to find the head in Angrignon Park, a 110-acre green space in Montreal's Ville Emard/La Salle district. The park has several densely wooded areas and is just a few kilometers from Magnotta's apartment in N.D.G.
Investigators say Magnotta, 29, posted a video online showing him having sex with the dismembered corpse. A second, unedited version of the video seen by police shows him eating parts of the body. Police say Magnotta and Lin were in a relationship.
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A makeshift memorial for Jun Lin, murdered Chinese student, close to Concordia University is seen on June 11 in Montreal, Canada.
Magnotta was arrested in Germany early last month and deported to Canada.
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The State Treasurer may deduct monthly a maximum of 0.435 basis points of the most recent market value of assets under the management of the investment pool. Amounts so deducted shall pay the State Treasurer for expenses of the State Treasurer as investment officer and to the extent the amounts deducted are so used shall be deposited into the Miscellaneous Receipts Account established in the General Fund for the State Treasurer, and are continuously appropriated for payment of the expenses of the State Treasurer as investment officer. [1973 c.748 §6; 1975 c.740 §9; 1977 c.266 §11; 1991 c.88 §2; 1995 c.288 §2; 1999 c.1043 §3; 2001 c.716 §25]


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The Young And The Restless Spoilers January 27 – 30.
Victor holds up a resignation letter to Adam at Newman and orders him out. His actions irk many, and Adam is no exception. When Adam refuses to resign, and suggests they work side by side, Victor asks Adam to follow him… straight into the men's room – Adam's new office! Later, Victor taunts Genevieve and makes it clear that he realizes, and finds it interesting, that the head of FMN is Jack Abbott's fiancée. She turns down his offer to become partners in order to keep Beauty of Nature at Newman. When Cane hears about FMN, he heads to his mother's and runs into Samantha's urn, labeled 'FMN: Forget Me Not'.
Adam confronts Tucker and reminds him that they have unfinished business. He knew Tucker was in on the sting but still thinks there's a lot he can do for Tucker at McCall. Tucker offers to put Adam on his payroll if he spies on Victor at Newman. Adam contemplates his offer.
While Jack and Genevieve assume Myrna left town, Patty be-bops all over Genoa City and plans another trip to where her heart lies… the Abbott Mansion. Before she does, Tucker finds her at the coffeehouse and calls her Emily. She declines playing catch-up with Tucker, over past therapy sessions, and makes a quick exit. She catches up with Jack at the mansion, as Emily, and begs him to give them another chance. Jack sends her away, claiming their time together has past.
Jill tries to act friendly when she encounters Chelsea but deep down she's secretly concerned. In front of Victoria and Billy, Jill reminds Chelsea that she's pregnant with her grandchild and challenges her not to run out of the room. She refuses to forget what Chelsea did to Billy but agrees to give her a chance. Privately, Jill warns Victoria and Billy not to let their guard down around Chelsea, or they'll live to regret it.
Come Monday… Adam snatches away Patty's gun. Deacon offers to tell Ronan and Paul everything he knows – if they make it worth his while. As Cane warns Genevieve of what will happen when Jack finds out, she orders him out of her house.
More to come Tuesday…Until then, check out our Y&R Spoilers over on our sister site, Soaps.com, or read The Young And The Restless weekly summaries, Y&R news, Y&R actor appearances, Genoa City spoiler videos, The Young And The Restless polls and comings and goings on Y&R!
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My Life and Times in American Journalism
My whole foray into journalism arose from a misapprehension. I wanted to be a writer, and I thought the most important thing about being a writer was seeing your work in print. Becoming a newspaper reporter seemed like the quickest way to see my work in print. I was 18 and callow. What can I say.
I spent six years, off and on, and $60,000 at two universities to obtain a bachelor's degree in print journalism, but six years and sixty grand weren't enough, according to my professors. I needed internships—as many and as illustrious as possible. This is how I allowed myself to be talked into a summer job at the Fargo Forum by a professor who knew the managing editor there. I would cover the beats of reporters who went on vacation, one by one: cops, courts, agriculture, religion, et cetera.
Eight weeks into it, I knew I didn't have the fortitude to write against deadline, day after day, on subjects I didn't give a damn about—city water-board meetings, the travails of emu farmers. The managing editor kept putting my stories on the front page, but the thrill of seeing my work in print wore off pretty quickly. The only really interesting story I covered was an anti-abortion protest at a women's clinic, during which the protest leader stood and shouted, "Fargo is a nice town full of nice people. But when people hear the word 'Dachau,' they don't think of a nice little Bavarian town. And Fargo, unfortunately, is known as the city in North Dakota where they kill babies." I wrote that down in my notebook and used it to lead my story. It seemed like something the residents of Fargo would be interested to learn about their town over breakfast the next morning.
One of my professors had justified this sort of story by calling it "Swiss-cheese journalism." He said people will often stage events or call press conferences that are plainly acts of demagoguery, and although reporters generally have a duty to report on these events with a straight face, most readers will recognize them for what they are.
It's like Swiss cheese, he said. You hold up a piece of Swiss cheese, and everyone can see what it is. You don't have to point at the holes.
I was beginning to doubt whether I wanted to make a career out of holding up pieces of Swiss cheese. One Monday morning, not long after my feature on the artistry of local pet groomers was splashed across the front of the B section, along with big color photos of poodles and dachshunds undergoing various forms of beautification, I decided I'd had enough. One month remained of my internship—one month more than I could take. I skipped breakfast and went straight to a neighborhood sports-medicine clinic. To a kindly but perplexed nurse, I explained that I was with the drama department at the university. We were putting on a play in the fall, and in the play there was a character who wore a sling on his arm. Our prop room didn't have a sling. I asked whether she might let us borrow one, or, if that wasn't an option, whether she might take cash for it. She seemed to pity me, for some reason; she let me have the thing for free. I told her I'd stop by with a couple of complimentary tickets in the fall, before the play opened, and she looked pleased. I was relieved when she didn't ask the name of the play.
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Anonymous Tantra Paintingsby Noah Dillon
I'm confident that most people's understanding of India's medieval Tantric philosophy ends with the Metropolitan Museum of Art's recent exhibition of beautiful miniature paintings or with a fuzzy, titillated acknowledgment of the Kama Sutra. Including 39 works from Rajasthan, India, Feature Inc.'s Anonymous Tantra Paintings reveals some of the more abstract and esoteric visual components of the movement. The French poet Franck André Jamme has collected and sold such paintings since 1985, and he serves as the primary conduit by which the gallery has obtained them. They are made on humble slips of found paper, typically about 13 by 9 inches. Snippets of Hindi script on the versos of the sheets are barely visible through the thin parchment.
Each painting features iconic, centrally placed forms, frequently the ovoid Shiva Linga. The style is reminiscent of hard-edge abstraction but the works are palpably distant from Modernism. Indeed, having been concerned with the visualization of divinity rather than with aesthetics, the creators of these paintings might not have considered them art, per se—and hence the artists' anonymity. Yet the Tantric tradition values creativity, as is evident here: attention to gesture and the delicate balance between geometry and flaring swirls of dusty pigment bear witness to the adept's dexterous sensitivity. In some paintings, organic shapes are outlined with glowing edges. In others, underpainting is barely visible at the border after the artist covered the original blue or pink, using calm, meditative brushstrokes.
Feature Inc. has shown Tantra paintings since 1998. The present show is paired with Connected, an exhibition featuring five contemporary painters inspired by the Indian works included here.
ContributorNoah Dillon
What Will Have Been: Interviews on A People's Archive of Sinking and Meltingby Dana Kopel
JUNE 2014 | Art
Amy Balkins A Peoples Archive of Sinking and Melting is an ongoing project in which Balkin invites people living in places that may disappear because of climate change to contribute items from those places. Combined, they suggest the physical, political, and economic implications of climate change. The archive is available online at www.sinkingandmelting.tumblr.com; it is or has been exhibited at the Prelinger Library, San Francisco; Ballroom Marfa, Texas; the Museum für Neue Kunst Freiburg, Germany; and the Rauschenberg Foundation Project Space, New York.
FREDERICK WISEMAN with Sophie Hamacher
MAR 2015 | Film
Most of Frederick Wisemans films look at the inner workings of institutions, from zoos and opera houses to high schools and welfare offices. In his latest film, Wiseman turns his signature observational gaze to Londons National Gallery, where he looks at the museums board meetings, exhibition-planning, painting restoration, the act of looking, and, of course, the paintings themselves. Over two dinners, I had the pleasure not only of discussing Freds latest film with him, but also his life and work. We talked about the process of making the film, including color correction and editing, as well as various other subjects including literature, the idea of participatory film, and the possibility of democratic filmmaking
LORIS GRÉAUD The Unplayed Notes Museumby Hunter Braithwaite
MAR 2015 | ArtSeen
On the opening night of The Unplayed Notes Museum, Loris Gréauds first solo museum show in the United States, guests sauntered around the Dallas Contemporary until a group of people, up to that moment hiding in the crowd, descended upon the art, ripping it from the walls, breaking it into pieces.
Speaking of People: Ebony, Jet and Contemporary Artby Charles Schultz
FEB 2015 | ArtSeen
Speaking of People is a powerful group exhibition that focuses on the many ways contemporary artists have taken inspiration from the pages of Ebony and Jet magazines.


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About Gixie : I have actually been using FML for well over a year before I decided to create a profile and then another six months before I decided to actually start using it. I'm actually disappointed that I could have been earning badges the whole time. FML.
Gixie's FML badges
What'cha looking at?
You have put three pictures on your profile, not necessarily pictures of your profile.
I like your style
You've liked someone. How cute!
Checking you out
You checked out the profile page belonging to one of the last people to have a look at your profile.
Gixie's favorite FMLs
Today, I lost a bet with my friends. I had to go to the super market and buy a copy of 50 Shades of Grey along with a cucumber. The cashier was trying so hard not to laugh while ringing me up. FML
by Anonymous / 02/21/2013 at 8:43am / United States (Idaho) / Miscellaneous
Today, my father gave me his blessing to be married on one condition: that I keep my maiden name when I marry. My fiancé thought it would be "epic". My last name will be hyphenated to Cobb-Webb. FML
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Today, I felt frisky, so I did my hair and put on make-up and some lingerie. I walked into the living room, where my husband was playing a video game. He glanced up, said, "Oh, for fuck's sake." and made me wait nearly 15 minutes for him to reach a save-game point. FML
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Today, with 24 inches of snow on the ground, it is raining like hell. The weight of the snow, now full of rain water, collapsed the roof over my living room. I was eating cereal in my underwear, in the living room, directly under the failure. I'm cold. FML
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Today, I watched The Passion of the Christ with my girlfriend. She kept scoffing at what she called the "historical inaccuracies", and actually tried to convince me that Hitler killed Jesus. When I corrected her, she looked at me, mouth agape, as if I was insane. FML
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Today, I was at an estate sale of my neighbor who recently passed. I recognized many items for sale that I had ordered or won on eBay from the past 8 years. Turns out the little old lady had been stealing my mail for close to a decade. FML
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Today, my dad took me to the empty parking lot of Wal-Mart to try driving for the first time. All was well until he shouted at me for going too slow, which startled me into jerking the wheel and simultaneously stomping on the gas. I don't think Geico covers a Wal-Mart-sized dent in one's car. FML
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Today, I learned that my big, tough, strong dog is terrified of spiders when he jumped, knocked over a table and then peed on the spider to drown it. FML
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Today, my loyalty and regularity at my local pizza place were noticed. The delivery guy, when bringing yet another order, asked me if the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles were living with me. FML
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With 2014 fast approaching, now is a good time to start thinking about your content marketing strategy for the coming year. The following 14 tips will help you generate truly epic content marketing ideas and develop a powerful content marketing strategy for 2014.
Use these content ideas
1. Conduct a survey
Use SurveyMonkey or Toluna to conduct some research among your readers, followers, or industry members. Share the results in a blog post, infographic or video. It's useful for you, and it's useful for your readers. And if you're out of survey ideas, solicit suggestions from your readers or followers. Opening the lines of communication and letting your audience become co-creators gives them a higher stake in your content.
2. Do an interview
Interviews are an easy way to create useful content without too much writing on your part. Do a bit of research, prepare thoughtful questions, and let your interviewee do the rest. Film the interview, post the video, and post a transcript of the interview on your blog.
Who can you interview? Try a thought leader, a customer, or your CEO. If you interview a thought leader or your CEO, you can reach out to your community a week in advance to ask what questions they would like to ask your interviewee. That's great for community engagement, and it's great for creating some buzz about your content!
3. Run a contest
Everybody likes free stuff. Run a contest and give away a good prize that is relevant to your industry. If your contest asks for Twitter or Facebook engagement (for example, participants are required to tweet a caption for your caption contest), you can get extra exposure.
4. Write a book for your business
And I don't mean an ebook. Nothing says "industry leader" like having written the book on the industry. Collect the blog posts that have proven most popular (and useful) and reconstitute them into chapters, or parts thereof. You can also create new content entirely, if you're so inclined. Bonus points if you can get your book picked up by a major publisher.
5. Maintain an FAQ
Ask your customer service representatives which questions they get asked often and create (and maintain) an FAQ answering these questions. Or you can ask your community which questions they have about your industry. You can then maximize the amount of content you create by making one blog post (or video, or infographic, or Slideshare…) per question, and create one blog post with all the questions you answer and a link to each piece of content answering them.
Generate great topic ideas
6. Stay relevant with current events
Be relevant by keeping abreast of current events:
- Follow the news and be the first in your industry to share a relevant story.
- Open Site Explorer will identify the most popular posts on news sites, making it easy for you to write good response posts.
- Leverage pop culture icons or happenings by relating them to your industry. For example, "What [people in your industry] can learn from Breaking Bad." Then, not only is the content timely and culturally relevant, it is also educational, useful, and shareable.
7. Use forums for ideas
Getting Google Keyword Planner to tell you what's relevant to internet users is great, but you can also find out directly from the source. Follow different forums like reddit or industry-specific ones to find out what is currently being discussed or what information people are seeking out, and then create content directly addressing those topics.
Venture beyond blog posts
8. Repurpose and share content across platforms
When you get a topic idea and mine it for keywords to target, get the most out of it by creating several pieces of content about it and on as many platforms as possible, rather than one lonely blog post.
- If you or members of your team give presentations, post the slides on SlideShare. Transform your numbered list blog posts into a set of slides. Use relevant keywords.
- Use Pinterest to showcase your product.
- Create a slideshow of a recent event on Flickr.
- Transform your best content into a whitepaper PDF or ebook.
- Create videos of your presentations, your products, how-to tips… any relevant thing you can think of. Screenr is a good tool for making screencasts.
9. Create infographics
Infographics deserve a special effort, because they're that useful. They get shared almost twice as much as blog posts.¹ They aggregate a lot of interesting information visually, catering to the curious and the visual. Find data on a particular topic online (and cite your sources) or conduct a survey yourself. Piktochart and infogr.am are two free services you can use to create infographics and boost your shares.
Refine your strategy
10. Become a Twitter pro
Here are some tips to make your Twitter content marketing strategy truly epic in 2014:
- Ask a question on Twitter and write about the responses – especially if you can get thought leaders to engage with you.
- Maximize your reach: @someone shares the tweet with your followers who also follow "someone," whereas .@someone shares it with all your followers.
- Followerwonk can help you find your competitors' followers. Follow them and cater to their interests by tweeting the content they're interested in.
11. Target the different personas
If you haven't already identified your client personas and started targeting each one, make it one of your 2014 resolutions to do so. Figure out who your customers are, what kind of person typifies each customer segment, and then write for each of these personas. Personalizing the content you create by persona will help you maximize your reach and the effectiveness of your content.
Minimize your work, not your relevance
12. Make lists of found content
You don't always have to do all the work. Create a list of quotes relating to your industry, or share a list of the best YouTube videos or infographics on a given topic. Tweet links to the most relevant news daily. Use Storify to make an engaging list of interesting social media posts by others. Storify makes it easy to notify those whose posts you use, increasing the chances that they will share your content.
13. Get user-generated content
This is another easy content generation method, because you're not doing the writing – you're asking someone else to do it for you. Ask for guest post pitches from your readers, and publish the best ones. It benefits you, it benefits the people writing for you by giving them exposure, and it benefits your readership by heightening the sense of community and the level of engagement.
14. Do weekly reviews of your content
Do you use your newsletter to send your subscribers a roundup of your posts of the week? You can create a blog post, a set of tweets, or even a video that serves the same function, providing summaries of and links to your content from the last week. Help those who missed your content the first time around find it now, neatly and conveniently located in one place.


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Apr 19, 2011
The Best Grey Fox Cosplay Yet
This is probably the best Metal Gear themed cosplay I've ever seen. If you guys played the first Metal Gear Solid back in the day, or the Gamecube remake, you'll recognize this ninja as Grey Fox. The highly memorable cyber ninja is captured in full by this professional Japanese cosplayer known as OMI. Anyone notice that all the best Metal Gear ninja cosplays are pulled off by females? Plenty of pics of her awesome suit after the jump! (Via)
Posted by Sirio Brozzi at 3:03 AM
Labels: awesome, cosplay, photography, tribute
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- AnonymousMay 25, 2011 at 11:00 PM
her name is omi gibson, but i think she is dressed as raiden as he appeared in MGS guns of the patriots not as greyfox, not sure though.ReplyDelete
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Bruno's Grocery Chain Sold for Millions
Birmingham, Alabama – (AP) - A federal judge has approved the sale of the Birmingham-based Bruno's Supermarkets chain to a grocery wholesaler.
U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Benjamin Cohen on Monday approved the sale of the bankrupt grocery chain to Southern Family Markets of Birmingham, the retail arm of New Hampshire-based C&S Wholesale Grocers.
Bruno's, which has 56 stores in Alabama and the Florida panhandle, sold them for $45.8 million.
Southern Family Markets plans to continue operating 31 stores,
but 25 will be closed and sold.


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As women, it is imperative that we have "ME time" and make an effort to cultivate friendships to enrich our lives. Women need other women in their lives and it's something many of us lack. The mandate of the group is to provide activities that allow our members the opportunity to find new friends with whom they may interact both inside and outside the Meet Up framework.
Do you work from home and sometimes feel isolated? Do you work outside the home but want to socialize outside the office? Do you simply want to make new friendships close to home? If the answer to any of these questions is "yes" it is time for you to come out and join the Brampton/Caledon Women 40+ Social Meetup group.
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ChAIR Entertainment's medieval-themed action title Infinity Blade will make its much anticipated debut on iOS devices on December 9 for $5.99.
The stunning mobile game has been a regular buzz machine since it was first reveled via the castle roaming tech demo Epic Citadel. A proper teaser trailer for the game was released a few weeks back that showed off some truly eye-catching action. Thanks to Infinity Blade and Rage, my iPad lust has never been higher, and these new screenshots don't help in the least:
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The following areas were selected by Florida's freshwater fisheries biologists as being the most likely to be highly productive for stripers, striper hybrids (sunshine bass) and white bass during 2016. See the Top Spots Map (1.3 MB) for all 2016 sportfish locations.
Location: From Florida/Georgia state line at Chattahoochee, flowing south to city of Apalachicola.
Species: Striped bass, sunshine bass, and white bass.
This is where the largest Morone species in the state are found. The state record striped bass (42.25 pounds), sunshine bass (16.31 pounds), and white bass (4.69 pounds) were all caught in the Apalachicola River / Lake Seminole system.
Striped bass fingerlings (200,000 or six per acre) are stocked into Lake Seminole annually. Sunshine bass stocking into Lake Seminole also resumed in 2010 and are also annually stocked. Lake Seminole, a 35,000-acre reservoir located on the Florida-Georgia border in Gadsden and Jackson Counties, is the headwater of the Apalachicola River. Here, striped bass and sunshine bass aggregate along the old river channels and the lower lake near the dam during fall and winter, and migrate up the Chattahoochee and Flint Rivers during the spring. Larger fish move to cool water springs, which are closed to fishing during the summer.
Fish are discharged downstream from upstream reservoirs and Lake Seminole through the Jim Woodruff Dam into the Apalachicola River during high-water periods. Striped bass greater than 20 pounds and sunshine bass weighing from seven to ten pounds are common. Striped bass in the 40 to 60-pound range have also been caught or collected from the Apalachicola / Chattahoochee / Flint River system.
Stripers and sunshine bass move throughout the Apalachicola river system during the fall and winter, and can be caught from the dam to the coast. Larger fish migrate up the river and aggregate below the dam during spring. Bucktail jigs and crankbaits that resemble shad are popular lures around bridge pilings and along deep channels and drop-offs. Live shrimp are very productive in the lower river. Shad are most productive below the dam.
White bass have shown a small but steady increase over the past few years. The white bass fishery occurs in the upper river during the spring spawning run, when adult fish aggregate along sand and gravel bars. Live crayfish and freshwater shrimp produce consistently, although small jigs are also effective.
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Location: West of Tallahassee.
Species: Striped bass and white bass.
Striped bass are stocked (10-20 per acre) annually into Lake Talquin and many are discharged downstream through the dam during high water. Striped bass in the 10 to 20-pound range are common, and fish over 30 pounds are possible. Live shad, spoons, and jigs are favorite baits of local anglers. White bass were introduced here during the 1980s. This species was negatively impacted by drought conditions during recent years, but has been increasing recently, and small spawning runs have been observed both above and below Lake Talquin and are now annually stocked above Lake Talquin. Historically, three to five-pound white bass were common. Striped bass can be found throughout the reservoir during the fall and winter, particularly along the old river and creek channels. They migrate up the Ochlockonee River during spring and aggregate in creeks with coldwater discharge during summer. Fish discharged into the lower Ochlockonee River through Jackson Bluff Dam travel throughout the system during fall and winter, and then migrate upstream to aggregate below the dam during spring.
Location: The Upper and Lower St. Johns River flows north more than 250 miles from Indian River County, but the best fishing is found from Deland north to Jacksonville.Species: Striped bass and sunshine bass.
Sunshine bass continue to pick up steam! After a hiatus of several years, FWC resumed stocking the St. Johns River with sunshine bass in 2009. Over 2.2 million of these hybrids have been stocked in the past 7 years. The 2015 stocking of 204,534 fish was the best since 2010. Sunshines grow quickly and usually reach a maximum of around ten pounds in the St. Johns River. Although Striped bass are also stocked here each year, a shortage of broodfish has meant low stocking rates for the last four years. Fish in the 8 to 12-pound range can still be caught, but stripers over 18 pounds are rare.
Striped bass and sunshine bass move throughout the system during fall and winter. Important areas include the jetties and the bombing ranges in Lake George, the lower Oklawaha River, Buffalo Bluff, Memorial Bridge (Hwy. 17) in Palatka, Shands Bridge (I-95) in Green Cove Springs, and Buckman (I-295) and other bridges in Jacksonville. Larger fish congregate in creeks with coldwater discharge and in large springs, such as the Croaker Hole, during summer. They have also been showing up in catches in the river from the outflow of Lake Jesup, SR415 Bridge and Lake Monroe. Popular baits include freshwater "grass" shrimp, live shad, shiners, jigs, and shad-imitating crankbaits.
Location: Northeast of Pensacola.
Species: Striped bass.Striped bass fingerlings are stocked into the Blackwater and Yellow rivers annually. The major fishery is in the upper Blackwater Bay (in Santa Rosa County) near the mouths of the rivers during fall and winter. Similar to other Morone fisheries in the state, fishing success is sometimes best at night. Striped bass migrate upstream during spring. Fish in the 10 to 20-pound range are common and stripers in the 20 to 30-pound range are now occurring more frequently. The lower stretches of this river provide some of the best fishing. Live mullet, menhaden, and shrimp are favorite baits, along with shad-imitating lures.
Location: The Choctawhatchee River is northwest of Panama City.
Species: Striped bass and sunshine bass.Either striped bass or sunshine bass are stocked annually in the Choctawhatchee River. The main fishery is in the lower portion of the river, between State Road 20 and Choctawhatchee Bay in Walton and Washington counties, and occurs during fall and winter. Live finger mullet, shad and menhaden are locally favorite baits. During cold weather, anglers cast shad-imitating lures to surface-feeding schools. When summer arrives, striped bass aggregate in and around tributaries contributing coldwater discharge.
Location: North of Pensacola.
Species: Striped bass and sunshine bass.The Escambia River and Bay in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties are stocked annually with sunshine bass, and in alternating years with striped bass. Fish in the 10 to 12-pound range are caught here. Striped bass and sunshine bass are found in the lower 10 miles of the river and upper bay during the fall and winter. Sunshine bass will make a small run up river during the spring. Stocked striped bass also make a spring run upriver. Dawn and dusk are prime times for striper fishing, and anglers should try to catch a falling tide for best results. In the lower, tidal section of the river, points of land extending into the river are very productive. Live mullet and menhaden are popular baits, along with shad- or mullet-imitating lures. Live shrimp or twister-tail type jigs are also popular.
Location: North of Jacksonville.
Species: Striped bass.Striped bass are the principle sport fish in the St. Mary's and Nassau Rivers, which are interconnected via the Amelia and South Amelia Rivers (Intra-Coastal Waterway). The St. Mary's / Nassau system also connects to the St. Johns River through Sister Creek (Intra-Coastal Waterway). Fish are stocked into both rivers, although migration from the St. Johns River or natural reproduction is the main source of fish caught here.
Striped bass tend to overwinter in the lower portions of the system, and move upstream above U. S. Hwy. 17 during spring. On the St. Mary's River, look for stripers between I-95 and the town of St. Mary's near the mouths of larger tributaries, along the deeper banks, and the I-95 bridge pilings. On the Nassau River, stripers are most commonly found from the confluence with Thomas Creek to below U.S. Hwy. 17 in the vicinity of Pearson Island. In both rivers, striped bass congregate in or near tributaries with coldwater discharge during summer.
Check with the local fish camp where U.S. Hwy 17 crosses the Nassau River for updates on striper fishing in the river. Trolling along or casting to steep banks with Bucktail jigs or shad-imitating lures is productive, and fishing with live shrimp is also popular.
Location: Northwest of Lake City.
Species: Sunshine bass.Eagle Lake Fish Management Area is a 200-acre reclaimed phosphate pit located in Hamilton County. It is heavily stocked with 50 to 100 sunshine bass per acre. Spring sampling indicates that most sunshine bass average about 15 inches in length after one year. Sunshine bass grow rapidly because of abundant shad, and reach six to seven pounds in two years. The best angling occurs during fall and winter. Important habitats in Eagle Lake include deep or narrow cuts between the fingers, where sand bars drop off quickly into deep water. Rapidly retrieved crankbaits fished deep, as well as suspended shad-imitators, are productive lures.
Location: West of Orlando.
Species: Sunshine bass.Lake Apopka (30,600 acres) was restocked with 400,000 sunshine bass (13 per acre) in spring 2008 and again in 2009, after many years of no stocking. The 2008 year class fish are now approaching three pounds and growing fast. In spring of 2013, a requested 400,000 sunshine bass will be stocked to enhance the fishery. An abundant shad forage base in Lake Apopka promotes fast growth and also provides plenty of live bait. The best fishery is in the Gourd Neck Springs area, during warmer weather when the fish are attracted to the cooler spring water. Anglers should use the Winter Garden Boat Ramp for easier access to this part of the lake. Other areas include the new fish attractors located on the west shoreline, just south of Smith Island, both marked with FWC yellow and white buoys.
Location: East of Tampa.
Species: Sunshine bass.
Edward Medard Reservoir (770 acres) is a former phosphate pit lake located south of Plant City. Since the 90's the reservoir has gained a reputation as one of the top sunshine bass fisheries in the state. This popular reservoir was dewatered in 2010 to repair an aging dam and refilled in 2011. Over the course of the past two years, the reservoir was stocked with 135,000 sunshine bass produced at the FWC's Bass Conservation Center at Richloam Hatchery. Sunshine bass will continue to be stocked annually to provide anglers with a unique fishing opportunity.
Sunshine bass stocked in 2013 started to show up in anglers catches this past year. There was an estimated 3,000 sunshine bass caught. Growth rates are extremely fast for sunshine bass in Medard do to the abundance of their preferred food supply, shad. Most of the fish caught by anglers this past year were around a pound but with another year of growth these fish should be anywhere from 2-3 pounds this upcoming year. Schooling sunshine bass are typically found in open water; however, anglers have had success catching them off the footbridge on the east side of the reservoir. The most productive time to fish for sunshines is fall through early spring when water temperatures are cooler. Best baits are live shiners or shad but will sometimes take cut bait and worms fished on float with a 1-2 foot leader. If fishing with artificial baits try fishing with shad-imitation crankbaits retrieved quickly.
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Today is World Food Day, a chance for people all over the world to focus on approaches to end global hunger. Celebrated each year to commemorate the founding of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), this day provides us with an opportunity to assess where the world is today in regard to food security – and what we'll all have to do in the future to achieve it.
How Do You Feed 9 Billion People by 2050?
For much of the planet, food security isn't a concern on just one day of the year—it's a daily struggle. According to the FAO, 870 million of the world's poor are already undernourished, and yet global human population is projected to increase from 7 billion to more than 9 billion by 2050. To sufficiently feed these people, worldwide food availability will need to increase by at least 52 percent from 2007 levels.
Yet agriculture is already having huge impacts on the world's environment and resources. For instance, agriculture is the direct driver of about 80 percent of tropical deforestation. Agriculture is responsible for up to 85 percent of the world's consumption of freshwater, and nutrient runoff is a major cause of water quality degradation globally. And according to WRI's Climate Analysis Indicators Tool (CAIT), food production accounts for up to 27 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions per year due to deforestation, livestock, energy consumption on farms, and fertilizer use.


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AMT 1/12 1937 Cord 812 S/C Convertible Kit First Look
By Ray Mehlberger
|Date of Review
|October 2010
|1937 Cord 812 S/C Convertible
|Kit Number
|Primary Media
|Beautifully detailed large scale classic car; Some working features
|Trunk lid molded shut, with no trunk compartment provided
|Skill Level
|Out of Production
First Look
The very first Cord on the market was the L-29, introduced in August of 1929. It was in it's own way as revolutionary as the later 810 and 812. The L-29 was the first American production car with front wheel drive. It was 61 inches high, and average of 9 inches lower than it's competitors, and was very stylish with a "V" radiator, long flowing front fenders and had excellent proportions. It was produced until 1932, at which time it went out of production. America and the automobile industry were still suffering from the effects of the late 20's stock market crash and the depression, and it was not until 1936 that the next generation Cord was again on the market.
The new Cord had had a shaky beginning in that when first designed it was not to be a Cord at all, but a Duesenberg. Auburns, Cords and Duesenbergs were all produced by the same company in Auburn Indiana. It was to have a straight eight engine with rear wheel drive, and be a mid-priced automobile. The chief stylist at Duesenberg; Gordon Buehrig, was called upon to design the new car, and it proved to be a benchmark in automotive styling. During the final design stage plans were changed and the new car, complete with front-wheel drive, a V-8 engine and pre-selector transmission, became the new Cord 810. This was not until 1936, however, that the Cord 810 went on the market.
The economy was still shaky and the funds at the ACD Works were a bit thin in 1934. It was not until the company got a contract to produce steel kitchen cabinets that enough money was available to bring the new car to dealer showrooms. Even the new car's introduction was a real cliff-hanger. The company wanted to introduce the new cord at the New York Auto Show on the second of November of 1935. This decision was made just four months before the auto show. This meant that the new car had to be hand assembled for the show. This would not have been possible except that to be allowed in the show, at least 100 production cars had to have been already made to qualify. As no production stamping dies were ready and other production tooling did not exist, the cars were actually made by hand with craftsmen hand forming the body panels and fabricating the chassis. Impossible as it sounded, the job was done with the minor exception that the show cars were missing their transmissions. No one really noticed this missing bit of hardware though and the new Cord was allowed in the show and stole the show.
Quite futuristic in 1936, and still beautiful today, the Cord 810 and 812 have stood the test of time both in style and engineering concepts. The '36 Cord had such innovations as hidden door hinges, a front sub-frame which cradled the engine and transmission, a fabricated steel body that pre-dated the uni-bodies on cars today. The transmission, which was placed ahead of the engine, was a pre-selector type that the drive moved a small lever to the next gear selected, but the gear would not change until the clutch was depressed and released. The engine was a V-8 L head design purchased from Lycoming which drove the front wheels. In body style, the Cord stood alone. The traditional running boards were gone, the grille was now a set of horizontal ribs that ran around the elegant Art Deco hood. The headlights were hidden in the pontoon front fenders during daylight hours. Wheels were smooth chrome units replacing the wire wheels of it's contemporaries and the whole car sat far lower and racier than anything else on the road. Beautifully shaped, aerodynamic and well balanced, the new Cord was an innovation then that forecast the cars of today.
In 1937, a supercharger was added to the engine (making the car the 812 S/C), bursting power to 170 out of 288.6 cubic inches. External chrome exhaust pipes exited the engine compartment into the front fenders, further improving the rakish look of the car. These and other improvements warranted the new designation and the car became the Cord 812, the subject of this kit. As remarkable as the new Cord was, delivery problems and production delays made 1937 the last year for the car. The modest production numbers between 1936 and 1937 now make the Cord 812, in fact "ALL" Cords, very precious and very valuable examples of automotive art and design, a high point from the golden era of the classic American car.
ERTL is an American model company based in Dyersville, Iowa. Which is 52 miles from my home. The sell a lot of car and truck kits under the AMT/ERTL label.
This kit comes in a large tray and lid type box. The box is 26" x 15" and jam-packed inside. The tray is a heavy cardboard, but the lid is light-weight cardboard. To stiffen the lid ERTL has added a stiffer sheet of cardboard inside it, to keep the kit from getting crushed. Good idea ERTL!
The box art features a color photo of the model made up and sitting on the cobble-stone base that is included in the kit. It is in a red paint job with a Michigan license plate on the front.
One side panel has a color profile photo of the model made up, showing the passenger side with the door open and the canvas roof removed. There are other color photos showing a close up of the exhaust pipes that exit the sides of the engine compartment and a close up shot of the engine. Next to these is a one paragraph history of the car. The kit says that it has a LEVEL 3 complexity to build it and has over 230 parts. The copyright date is 1993. The kit is also hawked as A CLASSIC MASTERPIECE.
The other side panel has another color profile photo showing the car from the driver's side with the canvas roof in place and another photo of a close up of the interior with the passenger side door open. Next to this is list of features of the kit. Which are:
Inclusion of cobblestone textured display base and nameplate.
A highly detailed 46 piece super-charged Lycoming V-8 engine.
Steerable front wheels, roll up (crank operated) side windows & opening doors.
Model measures over 16" long when fully assembled.
Contains over 230 finely detailed pieces.
Below this is a 1-800 phone number to reach ERTL with about any problems with the kit, which is guaranteed. ERTL's address also appears with MADE IN USA.
Inside the box are 4 sealed cello bags containing 19 light gray parts trees. Three more sealed cello bags contain 3 chrome plated parts trees. There is a loose body shell part that is also light gray. The trunk lid is molded into this part and there is no trunk compartment parts in the kit. With all the other detail in the kit and the working features, this area should have been added to be able to open it.
There is a small loose tree of 2 red light lenses, 4 black vinyl tires, a loose tree of clear window parts, a decal of the dashboard dials, the instructions, a list of actual colors that were used on the Cord 812 and a subscription application card to subscribe to ERTL's newsletter THE BLUEPRINTER complete the kit's contents.
There is a very minimum amount of flash on a few trees. Nothing to get upset about.
Trees are not alphabetized, but the part numbers are next to the parts. However, with no parts tree drawings in the instructions you will have to search each tree for the part you need, matching it against the assembly step illustrations then. It will make for extra work.
The black vinyl tires are very nice with raised letters that say VOGUE TYRE & VOGUE RUBBER CO. CHICAGO ILL., with 6.50-15 6 PLY RATING and MADE IN USA on them and great tread pattern.
The instructions consist of two large single sheets that are 17 ½" x 22 ½" format, printed on both sides.
The first sheet begins with a black and white line drawing of the car, the history of the car, a list of recommended hobby tools to use to build the kit, ERTL's address and the first 9 assembly step drawings. The other side of the sheet continues with assembly step drawings 10 through 22.
The second instruction sheet has steps 23 through 36 on one side and steps 37 through 48 on the reverse side. Both of these kits are folded 5 times to whittle their size down to 4 ½" x 7 ½" after the folding.
A single sheet, printed on one side in 8 ½" x 11" format folded in half in the middle of it's length. This sheet has a listing of all the exterior and interior colors that the Cord 812 ever appeared in. Very handy for modelers to customize their kit in authentic colors.
ERTL mentions the possible use of real auto paint, but warns how caustic it can be to plastic, to use a good barrier if you decide to hit an automotive paint store for your paint.
The first large chrome plated parts tree holds: the dashboard, flexible exhaust pipes & their bezels, tail light bezels, hub caps, steering trim wheel, some engine parts and the name plate that goes on the base (26 parts)
The second large chrome plated parts tree holds: the bumpers, horns, side window frames, upper exhaust grills, door panels etc. (27 parts)
The third medium sized chrome plated parts tree holds: the windshield frame, rear view mirror, license plates, windshield wipers, rear fender guards, oval rear window frame etc. (10 parts)
The first light gray item is the body shell, which is loose in the kit.
The first sealed cello bag of light gray parts holds: the canvas roof part, a tree with the floor panel, a seat back-rest cushion and left and right kick panels (4 parts), a tree of seat cushions, another seat back-rest cushion, seat backs and inner door panels (7 parts)
The second sealed cello bag of light gray parts holds: a tree with the hood, speaker cabinet, transmission cover, passenger seat floor support panel, steering gear etc. (6 parts)
A tree with the aerial, window gears, base nameplate frame and foot pedals (12 parts) a tree with wheel back discs, fan belts and steering wheel (11 parts) a tree with outer door panels, a wheel hub, more wheel parts etc. (9 parts) a tree of the front fenders and 3 more wheel hubs (4 parts)
The third sealed cello bag of light gray parts holds: the single floor panel, a tree of engine parts (15 parts) a second tree of engine parts (18 parts) a tree of exhaust manifold parts (4 parts) a tree with frame cross members etc. (8 parts) a tree with the rear axle with springs part, suspension arms etc. (10 parts) a tree with the fire wall, bracing arms, dashboard housing, radiator halves etc. (21 parts) a tree of the exhaust pipes and muffler (4 parts)
A tree with the front springs and trailing arm parts (8 parts) a tree with the frame sides etc. (6 parts) and a tree with the fuel tank halves (2 parts).
A final sealed cello bag of light gray parts holds the 2 pieces of the cobblestone embossed display base plate.
The four black vinyl tires and dash board instrument decal complete the kit's contents.
I purchased my kit at the ERTL factory store in Dyersville Iowa back in the early 90's. I paid $25.20 for it back then. The kit is currently out of production, but I saw a posting on eBay for one asking $125.00 for it. Another company, on the internet, that deals in old kits is asking the same price for theirs and theirs has been partially built it says.
I bought some flocking material at my local hobby shop later for this kit. This stuff is used, along with Elmer's white glue to make the upholstery in the car look like velore.
I highly recommend this kit.


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The UK Government is totally out of touch with reality
In the current economic climate the 2.5% reduction in VAT is a move that has had a limited effect on kick starting the economy and actions like this may lead people to believe that the current Government may be out of touch with reality.
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A decrease in VAT might not necessarily increase the torrent of consumer spending required to re-start the economy
Although the standard supply and demand scale depicts that people may be more interested to spend on certain goods since prices are lowered, it does not necessarily mean it will work over the long term. The type of commodities that people need to buy other than their standard shopping are luxury goods such as televisions, holidays, houses. But in a recessive economy where people are more cautious about their spending, a decrease in price by 2.5% might not give enough incentive for people to buy. Especially when employment is at such a low, people are fearful for their livelihood where even spending on daily items seems like a burden. A mandated decrease in prices is not the long term solution to rebuild the economy.
The truth of the matter is that no-one is really sure of the extent to which cutting the VAT tax has influenced the economy yet.
What it certainly has done, however, is increase consumer spending. If the VAT tax cut had not taken place then more people will have ended up unable to afford food/living expenses, more people would have become impoverished and businesses would have struggled more. The VAT tax cut has benefited the consumer (you and me/the whole country). In a recession, people need all the help they can get, and the VAT tax cut helped us significantly.
The idea that this is a reflection of Labour's relation to reality i.e., such a relation being unrealistic and plain bad is a dangerous assumption to make.
The government is not out of touch with reality at all. It is the Conservative party that is out of touch with reality. They have voted against most of the measures that the current government has taken that were necessary to prevent the recession turning into a depression.
Yes, the government occasionally gets things wrong, but this is not the point. The point is that this government has for the vast majority of the time during this recession got it right, and that the Tory party has, most of the time, got it terribly wrong.
Completely out of touch.
Both this and the previous government are and were out of touch in EVERY aspect of what is the best for Britain,economic growth for the private sector instead of more non jobs paid for by the tax payer,cushy laughable prison sentences,giving lucrative contracts to overseas companies instead of keeping our companies in work,giving too much of our tax payers money to other countries,fining me for dropping a nub end whilst the haters of Britain burnt poppies and not even fined for littering burnt poppies. Unfortunately every government voted for or not are not commited or vocational,its just a very lucrative easy way to spend the day and the tax payers money.Disgusting rabble.
Provides relief to the public
Although lowering taxes may not serve much of a purpose towards a economic goal as less taxes means the government will have less money to aid those who need the aid of unemployment benefits now more than ever, it does come as welcomed relief to the general public overall, lets face it, who doesn't like cheaper things.
Over the last few decades prices of goods have been driven up along with social affluence and sure enough prices should also go down as we brave the dark nights of the recession. But if companies have to lower prices themselves it can in turn cause them to make further cutbacks and lay offs that can only harm the economy more. By lowering commodity prices through taxes the government can buy time, whilst ensuring those workers on the brink of unemployment keep their jobs for another day whilst more permanent solutions are being debated and scrutinized.
Lowering taxes will only allow companies to keep their profit margins for longer and not pass on the benefits to their employees. Corporate morality simply does not exist.
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You watch Rock Lee & His Ninja Pals?
Originally Posted by ryan221
You watch Rock Lee & His Ninja Pals?
Yap. It's quite fun sometime. But the manga was better.
lol i love Rock lee and his ninja pals and pain looks sick
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