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#1221 Fri 19 Oct 12 1:25am
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Hi Sandy and Kris. I didn't know the White Rabbit was preggers.
Congratulations White Rabbit!
#1222 Fri 19 Oct 12 10:55am
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Hi Ann and Kris..... I also did not know.... Congrats White Rabbit
#1223 Wed 13 Mar 13 2:13am
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hi there Maree, I see you are online! Just saying hi, can,t stay long sorry as playing grandma today!!!
Edit p.s. I must fly now sorry dear Maree - hope to catch you another time & have a great Wednesday today! Take care!
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Happy New Year/2015 to you ALL! :-)
#1224 Fri 15 Mar 13 6:23pm
Re: Nora's Kitchen
Hi Kris! I know you had a fabulous time with that grand-baby!
#1225 Fri 15 Mar 13 9:09pm
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Not much chat on here these days!
#1226 Sat 16 Mar 13 4:52am
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Thanks, Annie, I sure did & bubba gave me lots of smiles, giggles & love back too - it is such a joy to be a first-time grandparent, as, you & your hubby well know too!!!
Also, sorry I only stopped-by quickly the other day - thanks to you; Ann & Sandy, for your previous "hellos"!X
Hi there, Minnie - yes, it has been very quiet here at Nora's Kitchen lately - anything exciting happening over in "The Wild Woods" where you are? wink!...we in New Zealand are waiting paitently for rain to fall either tonite or tomorrow as, the North Island is suffering from a damaging drought - the South Island are fairing much better thankfully!
Take care lovely ladies & guys!
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Happy New Year/2015 to you ALL! :-)
#1227 Sat 16 Mar 13 5:16pm
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Kris, I hope you get some rain soon.
#1228 Sun 17 Mar 13 2:13am
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Thanks very much, Ann! ...The forecasted rain finally arrived YAYE!, a bit late for some of us farmers, but it's a start! ...hope you & your family are having a gr8 weekend, Ann?!
I'd just like to say to everyone....
*Happy Saint Patrick's Day, to you All!!!*
~My great grandparents were from Ireland & migrated to New Zealand back in 1913 (wow! 100yrs ago!) to start a new life & bring-up a family!!!
ACDC - hope you have a gr8 St. Pat's Day!
Happy New Year/2015 to you ALL! :-)
#1229 Sun 17 Mar 13 12:18pm
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it's amazing how some threads become a safe corner to meet according to the gales blowing through the site
ciaoo e buona domenica all of you
#1230 Sun 17 Mar 13 8:22pm
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Thank you for your kind message, Mada - you are so sweet & you always have a caring "olive branch" to extend out to everyone at Jamie's Forum here - bless you!
Monday morning here in N.Z. & alas we have more *rain* falling!!!
When Minnie posted about it being quiet here at Nora's recently, I too thought of those fun days over at Cuppie's; Salmon's Arms, too, Mada!
Hope you are enjoying your sunday evening (or afternoon/morning), Mada & All!
Happy New Year/2015 to you ALL! :-)


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Ironically that is exactly what the Panthers did to us. Loved it.Originally Posted by GameTime
Greg Schiano
Head Coach, Tampa
we have to pass to set up the run. Keep passing until they unload the box, and THEN call a run play...
I'm Commander Shepard, and this is my favorite team in the NFL.
Yeah I like the idea of passing on 1st down to set up the 2nd down and short, that's far more manageable than 3rd and long by going run 1st and 2nd down with no yards gained. If the pass is incomplete on 1st down it's still the same as not getting any on 1st down run play which has less chance of gaining yardage.
I would think the play action would be more effective on 2nd and short than 1st and 10 like Gilbride does and resulting in a sack and a 15 yard loss.
But with our luck I'm sure Gilbride will call 1st and 2nd down run plays on the first series.
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Lol I know there isn't some Yuc fan over here talking trash. Eli's not Cam Newton buddy... go head and put eight in the box and dare Eli to beat you. That's what we want you to do.
Why would any team bother to put eight in the box to stop our run as if it deserves that kind of respect?

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Memorial held for teen killed in skateboarding accident
EMERALD ISLE, CARTERET COUNTY - Almost a thousand people attended a memorial service for a Carteret County teen killed in a skateboarding accident.
Andrew "Drew" Hughes' memorial service took place Wednesday morning at Emerald Isle Baptist Church, located at 304 Emerald Plantation Rd.
The 13-year-old Hughes was skateboarding in the Lands End neighborhood in Emerald Isle late Friday evening when he fell and hit his head, police said.
Emergency workers took Hughes to Carteret General Hospital. He was then transferred to Vidant Medical Center in Greenville, where he died on Saturday from his injuries, according to investigators.
Hughes is survived by his parents and two older brothers.
"We were all best friends. We did everything together. We watched movies together, we fought with each other," said his oldest brother, Brewer Hughes.
"He was always happy. He was always making us laugh," said Zack Hughes, the teen's other brother.
Hughe's obituary on the website of the Brooks Funeral Home reads as follows:
"Drew was a wonderful, caring, genuine person who had a positive impact on many lives. He could light up a room with his happy charisma.
"Drew was very athletic. He grew-up playing baseball at Western Park, played Pop-Warner Football for the Newport Vikings, as well as football and basketball at Broad Creek Middle School where he was additionally a member of the track team.
"Drew was a rising freshman at Croatan High School. He had many friends who will miss him."
"I always thought I'd know him my whole life," John Guarino, Drew's close friend, said. "He was one of my best friends and one of my favorites."
"His smile would just light up the room," Abigail Brazda, another close friend said.
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Pulaski Technical College's Business Division and the college chapter of Collegiate Entrepreneurs' Organization will concludeits first-ever Entrepreneurship Lecture Series and Entrepreneurship Expo today.
On Feb. 24, an entrepreneurship expo will take place 10 a.m. - 2 p.m., in the Tom Steves Sr. Community Room, located in the college's new Business Technology Center.
Exhibitors include the Small Business Administration, the Arkansas Secretary of State's office, the Service Core of Retired Executives, Arkansas Economic Acceleration Foundation, Collegiate Entrepreneurs' Organization, Arkansas Economic Development Commission and Elevate Arkansas.
On Wednesday, Paul Bax, author of It's More Than a Notion gave a presentation on how to turn a business idea into a reality.
The events are supported by a grant from The Coleman Foundation and The John E. and Jeanne T. Hughes Charitable Foundation.
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Chaffetz: Why won't the White House let us talk to Fast & Furious witness?
posted at 9:51 am on April 9, 2012 by Ed Morrissey
A duly constituted Congressional panel has requested to speak to a material witness in an ongoing investigation. The witness himself has indicated through his attorney that he's willing to testify under oath. So what could possibly go wrong? Well, in this White House … plenty. The House Oversight Committee has requested that the Obama administration make former National Security staffer Kevin O'Reilly available for testimony to explain a series of e-mail exchanges in Operation Fast and Furious in order to determine just how far up the chain knowledge of the operation went in the Obama administration. The White House has refused to make him available, even though O'Reilly has already agreed to testify, and that has Rep. Jason Chaffetz angry:
Utah Republican Rep. Jason Chaffetz told the Fox News Channel's Megyn Kelly on Friday that although a key White House witness in the ill-fated Operation Fast and Furious gun-walking program is willing to testify about what he knows, the Obama administration won't let him appear before Congress.
White House Counsel Kathryn Ruemmler sent a letter Thursday to Republican lawmakers Rep. Darrell Issa and Sen. Chuck Grassley, refusing their request to speak with Kevin O'Reilly, a former National Security staff member whose emails place him in the middle of the unfolding scandal. Issa and Grassley had written to Ruemmler on March 28, asking the White House to step aside and let O'Reilly talk to investigators. …
During his time at the White House, records show, O'Reilly carried on an email conversation with Frank Newell, then the head of the Phoenix field office of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). Their emails suggest that Newell was directly briefing O'Reilly on Fast and Furious.
In one email, Newell wrote to O'Reilly, "You didn't get this from me," indicating that he may have been subverting the established chain of command within the Department of Justice, which oversees ATF.
In another, Newell said, "Just don't want ATF HQ to find out, especially since this is what they should be doing (briefing you!)."
Say, remember when this was going to be the most open and transparent administration in American history? Good times, good times. Presumably, the White House would have no problem arranging O'Reilly's testimony if he had nothing important to say. The person on the other end of the e-mail conversation, Frank Newell, got a sudden case of amnesia about the import of these exchanges when he testified, and if that's all O'Reilly has to add, it would be foolish for the White House to block access to him. Intervening in this manner looks very suspicious indeed, and the longer the White House fights over O'Reilly, the more it looks like O'Reilly might have something very, very interesting to add to the Fast & Furious investigation.
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So F&F made that mexican a criminal & murder? So you are saying gangsters sit around depending on gov for their guns? Yeah like they can't get guns any other way. 0bamaderangementsyndrom on April 9, 2012 at 2:57 PM
Anyone who supplies guns to criminals can use that excuse.
What a complete moral imbecile you are.
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It was just an ugly afternoon for the Raiders. Sure, most of the blame can be put on their non-existent defense, but that was compounded by injuries to two critical offensive players.
Running back Darren McFadden left the game in the second quarter due to a hamstring strain. McFadden missed a game earlier this season with a right hamstring injury, and he said Sunday that this latest injury deals with the same hamstring in "just about the same spot pretty much." McFadden said he was "sore" and referred to the injury as a "tweak." He finished the day with six touches for 15 yards.
Quarterback Terrelle Pryor headed to the locker room during the fourth quarter with a knee injury. However, Pryor said after the game that he wasn't concerned about his ability to play next week and called his departure "precautionary." Pryor threw for 288 yards and two interceptions, but he saved his fantasy line with 10 rushes for 94 yards.
Fantasy Analysis:
Rashad Jennings and Matt McGloin replaced McFadden and Pryor, respectively. The Raiders were right to play it safe with Pryor; this game was way out of hand when he left. He should be fine for Week 10 against the Giants.
McFadden, however, is a completely different story. We all know his injury history and how hamstring injuries are inconsistent when it comes to healing. Jennings racked up 176 total yards and a score on 22 touches against the Eagles. He should be added in most leagues and could be a nice flex play versus the Giants. He is not a special athlete at all, but touches are touches.


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I'd like to. Another 1 year deal.
I'd like to. Another 1 year deal.
Entire Team Let Eli down today - NYG4l
I think they have to try to sign him, but it all comes down to cost/benefit. If he comes at an acceptable price he is definitely a big part of the offense, but at the same time, so has every TE that has been on the team over the past several years. The question would be are there other TEs on the roster that can contribute in the same way should he leave? My guess... probably. But would still like to have him back.
My goal had been to win a championship, work toward the Hall of Fame, have my jersey retired by the team and I`d go in as a lifelong New York Giant, but I`m now resigned to the fact that this won`t happen. -- Michael Strahan, just when you think you're down...
resign him. he will be a weapon once gilbride figures out how to use him .
Resign. He was a major contributor this year in receiving & run blocking.
Bennett just had by far the best season of any TE in their first season with Gilbride. And he had a pretty significant injury for most of the year.
I still believe he could be close to 1k yards and 100 catches next season if he stays.
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my experience has been horrible! I'll just leave it at that. Vote with your feet!!!
my experience has been horrible! I'll just leave it at that. Vote with your feet!!!
"Worth a try unless you prefer to do nothing. Your choice either way."
Can't say doing nothing was an option since I tried repeatedly to contact them. Since I also run a business I understand all that's involved when you sign up to sell a product. Taking everyone's $$ a year in advance for a product and then not delivering either a response, refund, or the actual product is not acceptable. To say they weren't prepared for the retail small orders, duh, then give us the $$ back. We'll go somewhere else. But take the $$ then say you're not happy with allllll the emails, calls for the onesy's, twosey's, etc..... duh, it was good to start when they were on the receiving end. Sorry, I'm embarrased for them that with allll the supposedly good things they're trying to do for their community with whose $$??? Well, some of mine thank you very much.
"Vote with your feet" ?? I would only guess that to mean run very fast somewhere else!!!! With VP queens, Honey Run, Zia, Glenns, Purvis, why would anyone waste their $$ on this bunch?? Sorry, just my .02 after my own experience.
My recent experience mirrors that of some others. I'd ordered some queens from Russell last year, and then ordered moonbeams June 8, 2011. They were delivered June 1, 2012. In addition Robert had them pack in a couple sunkists as a bonus. The sad news is they bees were universally rejected except one that never got to laying. I had noticed the package sat in a postal depot for a full day in Mississippi before USPS sent it along. So despite it being a guaranteed delivery for May 31, it showed up a day late. A number of people reported similar issues with bees sent around this time (rejected queens), and I suspect it may have been a case of a # of bees sitting in too hot environment for too long and being damaged.
Russell sent another shipment of queens a week and a half later, this time by UPS 2nd day. Those queens arrived completely dead.
The only issue on Russell's part happened here. They closed the front office for a week as everyone was overworked dealin with all the crises, and didn't alert me, and all my hives were now queenless and running out of brood (as I'd culled the queens on remainder for the two bonus sunkist). So I was sending emails as I expected a Monday or Tuesday shipment according to an email I received and got no responses. I ended up PMing with Robert after not hearing anything from RA via email. Unfortunately one of my hives had gone laying worker and I was worried another was close, so I only had him send a sub portion of the queens, as no use for them on the LW hives.
He helped get things sorted and once people were back in, they sent the selected bees out UPS next day. I offered to help with shipping, he turned it down, despite RA now clearly losing money on me. I drove to meet the truck as they once gain were going to deliver in the PM rather than morning despite being next day. Installed the queens, and this time, no problems. I've shook one laying worker hive in and buttressed one of them, and will be stacking the other atop another laying worker hive for a few weeks so its brood pheremones can 'tame' the workers. After that we'll see what happens.
While the situation is unfortunate for me, really RA went above and beyond, reshipping queens, not once, but twice, eating the cost of both the queens and the shipping. The only hiccup was a one week unannounced gap for a sanity break.
Knowing how things are at RA, I was persistent but also polite in my communications, reaching out via both email and PM repeatedly, knowing they can be a bit overwhelmed. I've said before that I can absolutely understand customers for whom the lack of communication and reliability on ship dates makes it not worth it, but my experience is that RA backs their product when there are problems with it and that is more important to me. Obviously it would be best if there were both good communications, as well as their commitment to quality, but I'm happy for the latter.
I am sad/bemused to hear of those who never had responses to large purchases that didn't show up. I also wish there was less antagonism between satisfied and unsatisfied customers. The tone of conversations has been unfortunate.
All I can say is continue to try and write, they do seem to be trying to get out from the backlogs as they also shift to the sub-producer model to avoid these problems next year.
In my quest for a refund ive been dished on like i was running for political office. I ve been to his site too many times , It seems to be down alot if your not ordering . I signed ..got in...looked around..guys with big orders ,,no queens .I saw the crud they dished on Lauri , what they did to everyone complaining that they took the money and no reply .I was kinda of schocked to see it wasnt scrubbed. 2 banners anti beesource ..and they used the same screen names as here . My payment was 13 months ago ,,,what dont you get ? Its like this ..Bob used bee source to promote his product ,, and the fans raved . The cool aid drinkers ,When Johnny Apple seed reads the rave reviews they buy them . But Bob doesnt ship, he put his head in the ground and makes his own site . How many years am i to wait cuze ive heard its worth the wait ,,? I'll gladly pay you for a hamburger tuseday for a queen in 2013? If ya take somebodies money ya better send them something . This biz is not trustworthy ...what can i say ? I called 4 queen breeders this season ,,broke, kelleys .fergusons, gia ...4 of the 4 i was on a waiting list . They didnt take money until they had bees to ship .Im still waiting on gia , but Melonie will shoot me a email when im up on the list . Try this ,,,ya want queens ,,pick a brand and add 5 $ ...i'll call breeders and have them shipped , order from dr bob and i can pocket the money..keep in mind shipping costs . Fergusons was 70 bucks , at that price i had to buy 2 more to dial down costs . Ive never posted on bobs site,,,i get a thank you for your intrest post when i try to sign in . I'll shut up when i have a cleared refund check .Might even have a pig picking with the money , ya all are invited . 4 words of adivce , dont waste your money.
I would have expected different email addresses to mess them up.
You must have been pretty aggravated to threaten to call both the BBB and the Mississippi Attorney General.
Did you place your order before the Storm wiped-out their office?
How many weeks late was your order at that time?
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Hey Barry does this thread ever end. RA customer SVC sucks what else can be said. People place a complaint with the BBB and put RA on the spot after enough complaints he will really have problems cause then the world sees he takes his customers for granted. Atleast start a new RA thread.
Not true.
Riverrat, I don't expect the complaints to end until consumers either get their bees or get their refund. The elephant in all this is the lack of refunds. This seems to be a recurring issue with some of the threads in this section. There are members who have paid for bees MANY months ago (up to 12 months) and still haven't received a refund. Yet other's come on here and tell how they placed an order a few weeks ago and promptly received their bees. Old business deals continue to be ignored while new ones get the attention.
Regards, Barry
http://www.beesource.com/forums/show...Apiaries/page8 Post #159
Looks like it to me.
What's subjective about what I said? I've talked with members who have shown me the data.
A ban? All depends on what the subject matter is whether it should stay in an existing thread or not.
Regards, Barry
thank you Barry this is what reviews are for. Once (if) my problem with them gets fixed i will let people know, but this i do know, i never had this poor of experience with a queen breeder. But it does sound like there is hope for me getting this resolved. Nick
I am going to pull the last of my 2012 crop today and last summer as soon as they became available to purchase, I paid my $40 each for a piece of the dream! Well I am still waiting for my vaunted Russell Moonbeam queens. What possible good would they do me now if I got them? I see they are still selling queens for delivery and have been all summer. Why is that not a Ponsi scheme. I believe the man is a student of government!


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I'm digging out the stopwatch tonight and giving it a whirl. Sounds like a good plan. Might kill me, but a good plan!
When you feel up to it... try this: Couch To 5K running plan. I walked a lot as well, and hit a plateau as far as the weight loss goes, then started this plan. I'm finishing up week 7 this evening, and the pounds have started to come off again. I had never been much of a runner, but now I kinda look forward to it. Especially with the nice weather lately. And everytime I got to a day and just didn't think I could do it, I've been able to. Some are worse than others, but always managed to finish.
have arthritis (mild) in both knees
Have you tried glucosomine chondrotion?
So to answer your question, yes. And it doesn't work for me
quote:I wish her good luck, some say they notice a difference. I had them about 6 months ago and they didn't help.. They want to replace one of mine, and I think I'm gonna let them...
Wife is taking the 'rooster comb' injections,
I had them about 6 months ago and they didn't help
quote:I can just speak for myself, da chicken feather stuff didn't work for me... I desperately wanted it too though... It made me sweat and have flashbacks to having fluid drawn on Monday mornings after ball games. I made them bring me a cold rag to put on my neck... I'm a wuss with needles.. I've had 5 surgeries on my knees, and they say it's time to get a new one. I finally agree with them...
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Welcome to my second travel journal and the update to the famous 'Get on Board' journal of 2002. This time around I am in between jobs, or university study (too early to call that one). The gorgeous Sophia was my travelling companion for the first two stages of the trip but unforunately the journal was too steamy to publish - sorry guys!. First up was ten days in Thailand, our first OS holiday together, full of laughter and tears (pics to come) as we ate our way through Bangkok, Chaing Mai, Phuket and Phi Phi. We have just completed two weeks in Morocco visiting Sophia's family in Rabat including a roadtrip of the south by car, pushing her Mum's diesel corolla to the limits over 2500km of crazy right hand driving roads. I can now proudly say I have ridden a camel, surfed a sand dune and drank a noos noos all in the one day. All up it was a fantastic experience which I hope to repeat soon and can�t wait to tell you about on my return
This morning I got up at 5.30, kissed Sophia goodbye (sniff), and left Rabat by train for Tangier. I then crossed the straits of Gibraltar to Algerciras, Spain and tonight will board another train for Madrid to commence a solo month long tour of Europe. This is the serious part of the trip for me, where I will make up for the lost opportunity caused when I was robbed of all my money in France this time last year and forced to abandon any plans of European travel.
I originally decided to call this part of the trip 'Get on Board II: Double or Nothing', but my underwear mysteriously went missing in Rabat yesterday so I have changed the name to 'Going Commando'. This title has a nice, if slightly liberating ring to it, don't you think?. As fo Europe, If it doesn't work out this time I may have to forget about the nothern hemisphere for a while!
This is just a short trip so I will attempt to update the journal as often as possible, but please excuse any delays as I may be having too much fun to stop and write an entry.
cheers, Benny


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This quilt reminds me of my baby going up and down the stairs 1500 times a day. Chasing him up and down is the only exercise I get lately so I guess it's a good thing!
The back of this one is the big Make Life dot by Sweetwater (bought here) and I quilted this following the lines of the "steps" with an extra line on the top edges of each step for an extra something.
It's machine bound in Kona Aqua.


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We were founded in 2001 out of an obsession with the Internet and a vision to grow brands' share of the future. We've since grown into a creatively-driven, technologically savvy production-house-meets-agency focused on one thing: making stuff the Internet loves. Because we know that what the Internet loves today becomes culture tomorrow.
We are nerds. We are curious. We dig deeper and look for the awesome stuff that creates engaging connections between brands and their audiences. The result is content built to share, with distribution baked in from the start.
We use technology to change the relationship consumers have with brands. From retail to loyalty programs—or even social good—technology allows us to establish more meaningful and personal connections. And if that kind of technology doesn't exist, we create it.
We design websites and applications with real purpose—from concept to deployment—ensuring brands a coveted place in their consumers' everyday lives.
KIND is a small snack bar company in a category of giants. To compete with the big boys, they needed to find a way to increase awareness and trial, while staying true to their small-brand feel and social mission to celebrate kindness. So together, we launched #kindawesome: a program that rewards kindness, with KIND bars. We simply asked participants to spot a kind act and send a KIND snack at howkindofyou.com.
In order to illustrate the important relationship between sound and science, we collaborated with musician, Matthew Dear and GE Acoustics Engineer, Andrew Gorton, to gather over 1000 discrete samples recorded at GE facilities. From these, Dear composed an original electronic track featuring sounds from the world's largest machines, all culminating in a much-anticipated drop.
GE introduced #DRONEWEEK on Periscope – the first-ever live multicast of the world's most powerful machines. Over five days, a custom-built drone flew over and into the guts of five different GE facilities. Dramatic flyover footage was paired with interviews and expert commentary from GE scientists and technologists. The weeklong event took viewers across the country: From a Blow-Out-Preventer manufacturing facility in Houston, TX; to a wind farm in Tehachapi, CA and more.
Pepsi Pass is the customer loyalty program reimagined. Instead of simply tallying points redeemable for swag, Pepsi Pass works off the insight that its millennial target values experiences over stuff. So Pass incorporates innovative mobile technology, such as GPS and seamless Facebook integration, to create a program that incentivizes consumers to hang out with friends.
Samsung CenterStage is an immersive digital retail experience that utilizes an interactive touch screen showroom to elegantly showcase the brand's home appliances line, in a one-to-one ratio as they appear in real life situations. CenterStage is both beautiful and useful; and initial results from the first installations in two Chicago Best Buy stores are impressive. Nearly 20% of shoppers who interacted with CenterStage in the first month purchased a Samsung home appliance in that store. Of those customers who experienced CenterStage, 16% of them ended up purchasing a Samsung appliance.
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The Clinique app combines Clinique's 48 years of skin-care and makeup wisdom with mobile technology and a branded, easy-to-use experience. Daily tips, polls and quizzes, personalized to her skin type and skin concerns, educate her on her skin. A daily skin forecast provides product recommendations based on her skin conditions and local weather. The app also gives her direct access to Clinique Consultants, via text or video chat, for one-on-one skin-care and make-up advice from anywhere.
We successfully relaunched Pepsi's clear soda with a witty campaign–which answered the demand of our audience on the web– that run exclusively on Pepsi's own social and interactive channels. In under 1 hour we had over 65,000 requests for Crystal Pepsi via Pepsi Pass, the loyalty app conceived and developed by us at The Barbarian Group.


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BENICIA -- The City Council is expected to vote tonight on water and sewer rate increases that could add hundreds of dollars a year to the average homeowner's bill.
The combined, proposed 42 percent rate increase would occur over four years. The average Benicia household would pay about $375 more a year than the average $895 now charged for sewer and water services.
Rate payers would still be billed every other month.
City officials say the rate increases are needed to keep up with rising water treatment and sewer maintenance costs. Without the increases, the city's water and sewer maintenance funds would run out during the summer of 2014, according to a recent rate analysis.
According to the public works department, the average single-family monthly sewer and water charges are $41.33 and $33.33, respectively. Preliminary estimates are that sewer rates could rise about $4.50 per month and water about $2.50 per month beginning in January.
Sewer rates would then climb every July through 2016 until reaching an average of $56.49. Water rates would rise every January through 2017 until reaching an average of $49.72.
Since the city last adjusted rates in 2006, courts have ruled that cities must mail a notice to all affected property owners and hold a public hearing before raising rates. If more than half the property owners object to the proposed hikes, the increases cannot stand.
On Oct. 17, the city mailed notices to property owners. As of Nov. 27, the city had received protests from 57 property owners, or less than 1 percent of the 9,179 who were sent notices.
If approved, the rate changes would affect the city's 2,544 senior-discounted water customers, and residents of Casa de Vilarrasa, a senior housing complex that receives a 68 percent sewer discount. Courts have ruled that general ratepayers may no longer subsidize discounts for special customer classes; however, cities may offer discounts subsidized with money unrelated to water and sewer funds.
To soften the blow to seniors, the Benicia council has OK'd using $1.1 million in general fund money to phase out the discounts over four-and-a-half years. Meanwhile, the city intends to establish a permanent discount program for low-income seniors.
The council meets tonight at 7 at City Hall, 250 East L St.
Contact staff writer Tony Burchyns at firstname.lastname@example.com or (707) 553-6831. Follow him on Twitter @tburchyns.


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Well as always I was a day late and a dollar short. Seems that there has been a Bill submitted - House Bill 203.
In a letter that I received from State Representative House District 5 Gerald L StebeltonAnother link to look at the Bill is at the Buckeye Firearms AssociationThank you for your email regarding House Bill 203, legislation to allow concealed carry licensees
to carry concealed handguns into retail food establishments or food service operation with liquor
permits. I appreciate your taking the time to write to me. As you may know, this bill was
introduced on June 2, 2009 and referred to the House Public Safety & Homeland Security
Coinmittee for hearings. I have not yet made a decision on this legislation but will work with my
colleagues in order to devise-the best solution to this proposal. I will be sure to keep your thoughts
and views in mind as my colleagues and I work on this legislation.
Again, thank you for your letter. I encourage you to follow the status of this bill by visiting
Well in this case still write your House Reps and Senators urging them for support of this Bill.
P.S. I did not write about HB203 - they were kind enough to point it out to me.


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The name of a song by a hip hop/rap group named the Insane Clown Posse. The song is on The Great Milenko album. The song is telling a morbid nursery rhyme about the boogie woogie man and what he does to kids.
"Boogie woogie woogie woogie wu...her comes the boogie man..." from the song Boogie Woogie Wu by ICP
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A Comparison of something with worth to something without. Originated in ages past when doughnuts were extremely cheap. Chiefly used as a comparison for odds purposes as in the example.
Party A Betting "100 dollars to doughnuts" against Party B would pay a winning party B 100 Dollars, versus 100 doughnuts (vastly cheaper than one hundred dollars) paid to a winning Party A.
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Fort Nelson at Night - Friday, 4 May 2012
Fort Nelson will ring to the sound of a 64-pounder gun on Friday, May 18, during a rare chance to explore the Victorian fortress at night.
Meet uniformed gunners from the Portsdown Artillery Volunteers – plus the crew who will man the mighty Sexton tank as it roars around the parade ground.
The event forms part of Museums at Night, the annual, after-hours celebration when hundreds of museums, galleries, libraries, archives and heritage sites open their doors across the UK.
Fort Nelson will close as normal at 4.30pm on May 18, and then re-open between 6pm and 9pm. Programme highlights include:
- Gun firings – The 64-pounder, saluting gun, part of the Fort's original armament on the western ramparts, will be fired by the Portsdown Artillery Volunteers at 6.30pm and 7.45pm.
- Sexton self-propelled gun – See the Royal Armouries' 26-tonne, Second World War Sexton driving and firing at 7.15pm and 8.15pm. Afterwards take a closer look, talk to the crew and climb inside the tank-like vehicle (children must be over 1m tall and supervised).
- Storytelling Tours – Meet Old Ma Bobbins as she relates Fort Nelson's fascinating history. Tours last approximately 20 minutes and run from 6.15pm, 7.30pm and 8.30pm.
- Meet the Victorian gunners – See the gunners at rest in the restored Victorian barrack room.
Admission costs £3 for adults, £2 for children – with a family ticket costing £8 (up to three children). Refreshments will be available from the Fort's Café 1871, plus a kiosk on the parade ground.
Standing high on Portsdown Hill near Fareham, Fort Nelson showcases one of the world's finest collections of artillery and cannon, from across the ages and from all corners of the globe.
Last year, this unique heritage attraction underwent a £3.5m redevelopment to create a museum for the 21st century, supported by a grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund.
For full details of all Royal Armouries' events, please visit www.royalarmouries.org
To find Fort Nelson, follow the brown Tourist signs from the M27. The Fort is open seven days a week and parking is free.
For more information and the latest news about the Royal Armouries:
Royal Armouries website
Royal Armouries newsletter
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Notes to editors
- Royal Armouries is the national museum of arms and armour and has sites in Leeds, HM Tower of London, Fort Nelson and Louisville, Kentucky. It is the first British national museum to open a permanent presence in another country
- Admission to the museum is free. However, there may be a small charge for some special events.
- Open all year daily, 10am-5pm. Closed 24-25 December
- Information Line: 0113 220 1999
- Website: www.royalarmouries.org
- The Royal Armouries Museum should not be confused with Royal Armouries International plc, the private sector corporate hospitality business.
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Date Posted: January 30, 2009 - 5:15 am by: coffeeboy
|Jessica Szohr, Leighton Meester
The sexy and beautiful ladies of Gossip Girl Leighton Meester and Jessica Szohr do their best to keep each other warm as they shoot scenes for upcoming episodes. I guess that means Vanessa ain't gonna die anytime soon, right? Anyhoo, it remains to be seen how NY will factor into the lives of these glamorous bitches when they all head for the West Coast for college next season. For me, it just isn't GG unless they're walking the streets of Manhattan. God forbid that this show could turn into 90210. Blechhh!
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256 Voices and 128 Performance Combinations
The SY85's internal voice memory holds up to 256 individual voices. A complete set of 256 pre-programmed voices is provided both in memory and on disk, thereby ensuring if the voices in internal memory are altered, they can be reloaded and restored to th...
256 Voices and 128 Performance Combinations
The SY85's internal voice memory holds up to 256 individual voices. A complete set of 256 pre-programmed voices is provided both in memory and on disk, thereby ensuring if the voices in internal memory are altered, they can be reloaded and restored to their original settings.
Performance Mode
Although the SY85 voices can be selected and played individually, a "Performance Mode" allows up to 4 different voices to be combined in a number of ways for extra depth and variety. Layers can be played simultaneously across the entire keyboard, limited to specific ranges to create split keyboard setups, or overlapped in any way the satisfies the musical requirements. Up to 128 Performance combinations can be stored in internal memory.
Expandable Sample RAM
The SY85 comes with 512 kilobytes of internal RAM memory that can used to store AWM2 (second-generation Advanced Wave Memory) samples loaded from external sources via either the MIDI Sample Dump protocol or floppy disks. Expansion slots allow up to 3 megabytes of additional sample memory to be installed.
Advanced Digital Filters for Dynamic Timbre Controls
The SY85 features an advanced digital filter system that affords extensive voice programming power. Low-pass, high-pass, band-pass, and band-elimination response can be selected as required, and a complex 6-segment filter envelope generator makes it possible to produce a virtually unlimited range of dynamic filter patterns. The filter cutoff frequency can be controlled in real time via the modulation wheel, a foot controller, or keyboard aftertouch for real-time timbre control.
90 Digital Effects
The SY85 offers 90 digital effects, with two high-performance internal digital signal processors. The two effects processors can be interconnected in several ways, providing a wide range of sophisticated parallel and series processing configurations.
8 Continuous Sliders Offer Real Time Control
The 8 Continuous Sliders have a specific real-time control function: 1 and 2 can be assigned to control specific parameters of the effects produced by the SY85's two effects processors; 3 and 4 are assignable to just about any voice parameter; 5 controls the attack rate of the amplitude envelope generator; 6 controls the release rate of the amplitude envelope generator. In the voice mode, 7 varies the cutoff frequency of the digital filter and 8 increases or decreases the filter bandwidth.
Mixing Control for Sequencer Playback
In the Sequencer Playback mode, the 8 continuous sliders function like the faders on a mixing console, allowing the balance of the volume levels on the sequencers 8 instruments for the best overall sound.
Quick Edit Modes
The SY85 offers Quick-Edit modes that allow fast, easy editing of voice and performance data. The Quick Edit mode provides everything needed to create completely new voices, or voice "foundations" that can later be refined using the in-depth editing features.
Sequencer and Rhythm Programmer
the SY85 features a full-function sequencer with 8 standard tracks and 1 dedicated rhythm track. Internal memory is provided for 10 complete sequencer "songs" that can be selected and recorded or played. The "songs" can also be "chained" together to create longer sequences. Each "song" has its own 16-part multi-instrument setup in which 16 different voices can be assigned to 16 different MIDI channels.
Pre-Programmed Rhythm Patterns
The SY85 comes with 100 Pre-Programmed Rhythm Patterns, both in memory and on disk. The SY85 also supplies a range of high-quality AWM2 drum percussion samples combined in "drum kit" voices.
External 3.5" Floppy Drive and Data Cards
For mass data storage, the SY85 features a built in 3.5" floppy disk drive that can be used to store both synthesizer and sequencer data. Synthesizer data can also be saved to compact Yamaha MDC64 memory cards. A single card holds a complete set of 256 voices and 128 performance combinations.
MIDI Compatibility
The SY85 has been provided with a comprehensive set of MIDI parameters for maximum compatibility and versatility. Receive and transmit channels are independently programmable, a program change assignment table maximizes voice selection versatility, MIDI bank select messages can be sent and received and transmitted for expanded voice capability, and a range of bulk dump functions make data transfer to bulk storage devices convenient.
Audio & Video
|61 Keys (Initial and After-Touch Response)
|Tone Generator System
|AWM2 (Second-Generation Advanced Wave Memory),30-note polyphony, 16-instrument multi-timbre mode with dynamic voice allocation
|Wave ROM
|6 megabytes (48 megabits)
|Wave RAM
|0.5 megabytes, (expandale to 3.5 megabytes - using Yamaha's SYEMB06 memory modules (x2) and standard SIMM memory modules (x2 - access less than 80 nanoseconds)
|Internal RAM
|256 Voices - 128 Performance Combinations - 10 multi-play setups
|Floppy Disk Drive
|3.5" 2DD (x1)
|Wave Card Slot
|9 (8 Normal and 1 Rhythm)
|10 Songs
|Simultaneous Notes
|Approximately 20,000 Notes (Including 8,000 in Rhythm Track)
|Rhythm Patterns
|Record Modes
|Real-Time, Step and Punch-In
|1/48 quarter-note (internal clock), 1/24 quarter-note (MIDI Sync)
|90 Types (dual DSP units)
|40-Character x 2-Line LCD (27 LEDs)
|Pitch, Modulation
|Output x 2 - Function x 8
|Data Entry Dial
|Panel Switches
|53 - function select matrix (10), exit (1), enter (1), store (1), memory (3), Group (8), Program (8), Function (8), Data Entry (2), Page (3), Sequencer (6), Others (2)
|Headphones, Audio Output x4 (Output 1: Left/Mono and Right, Output 2: Left and Right), Foot Controller, Sustain Switch, Volume Pedal, Midi In/Out/thru
|United States and Canada Models
|General Model
|1024(w) x 119(h) x 367(d) mm (40-3/8 x 4-3/4 x 14-1/2 inches)
|14kg (30lbs 13oz)
Optional Accessories
Interfacing a Yamaha MIDI Keyboard (no USB connector) with a Computer
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Connecting to a PC / Mac Computer or iOS Device from a Yamaha Instrument with 5-Pin MIDI I/O
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- Awesome Sounds
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- For All Types Of Music
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Vault 712 is a vault located in Gringotts Wizarding Bank. Rather than being used as a regular vault, it is used as the goblins' (presumably unsanctioned) lounge.
Behind the scenes
- In LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4, Griphook mistakes this vault for Vault 713. As he opens the vault, goblins doing a conga line under disco lights are shown. Realising the mistake, he quickly closes the door so that Harry Potter and Rubeus Hagrid do not see.
- It is unknown who the vault belongs to, but it possibly belongs to Gringott or the goblins themselves.
- LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 (First appearance)


text: since all my builds are on hold waiting for receivers and plates I decided to build a box to hold all the conversion parts and spare bbls for my beltfeds. This box has my 2 mg42 bbls, the .308 feed cover, feed tray and booster and head for the AA tripod, in addition it has the spare bbls for my vickers and conversion parts for 7.62 x 54R conversion, the feed block and lock. Now it is all organized in one heavy box.


text: When I get back on my feet I want a .308 semi auto. Really I want them all, but I can only afford one to start with of course. Which one though? For some reason I am not that hot on the M-14. No good reason, it just hasn't hit my fancy yet. So..........I cam up with a little list and I'd like everybody and anybody to vote and share their experiences. Also if you can suggest anything to change right off the bat or optics and accessories that would be good to have right away...please suggest. I'll run the poll for one week.


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I purchased the plans from Bonterra and built their swing view hive. It turned out very nice! I converted the entrance from the bottom to the top by making some slight adjustments. I was trying to get the entrance a little higher on the outside of the house for pedestrian traffic. I also inserted a tapered roller bearing on the bottom pivot to make it swing very smooth and easy. I will be getting a package for the hive in a couple of weeks. I understand the typical install of package bees into the observation hive. I was thinking of trying something a little different like the following:
build a small adapter to attach on top of the package of bees. I would insert a piece of metal into the adapter to close off the package to keep the bees in the package box. I would rig up a support to hold the box on its end so that the package opening and one of the screened vents on the observation hive line up. Then insert about a 3-4" PVC pipe into the adapter then into the vent hole of the observation hive (after removing the screen in the vent hole.) Slide out the piece of metal from the adapter allowing the bees to travel into the observation hive. Of course removing the queen cage first and installing her on top of the frames through the top vent hole. The package and adapter would be in the bottom vent hole. This also would allow me to leave the feeding hole vacant so that I could refill the feeder tray if needed. Once the bees are in, reinstall the screen in the vent hole when the space is vacant from bees.
This would allow me to watch the bees travel into the hive and would keep me from having the take the hive outside to install the package. Do you think this would work? I know I can make parts to make it happen. Do you think the bees would travel into the hive to the queen with out being dumped into the hive? I am sure it would take longer, but I am not all that concerned with the time factor. Thank you for your input. I will post pictures of the hive. It looks very nice. Great design by Bonterra.


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Poetry and Children Day scheduled for May 22 at Binghamton University
Over 350 students from 30 schools and 11 school districts will meet at 10 a.m. Wednesday, May 22, in the Anderson Center Concert Theater at Binghamton University for the 25th annual Poetry and the Children Day.
Poetry and the Children Day, which brings students together for a day of poetry readings, was established as a memorial to Robert Pawlikowski. A published poet, creative writing instructor and campus administrative assistant, Pawlikowski drowned in 1975 while on vacation with his family. The event is a tribute to the efforts Pawlikowski made during his lifetime in nurturing the expressive and intellectual powers of his students as well as those of his own children.
This year's guest poet is Tony Medina. Medina is the author of 10 books, the most recent of which are DeShawn Days, Love to Langston, Bum Rush the Page and Role Call. His poetry, fiction and essays appear in over twenty anthologies and on 2 CD compilations. Born and raised in the Bronx and a resident of Harlem, Medina taught English at several universities, including Long Island University's Brooklyn campus and Borough of Manhattan Community College, CUNY.
After the opening presentation, students will proceed to the Lecture Hall complex to present their poems. Each student participating in the Poetry and the Children event will receive a copy of an anthology created from their original works. Partially underwritten by the Oakdale Mall and Susan Clark-Johnson, the anthology is prepared by the Office of the Dean of Harpur College and is also distributed to teachers and local libraries. Susan Clark-Johnson is a 1967 Binghamton University graduate and former publisher of the Binghamton Evening Press, the predecessor of the Binghamton Press & Sun- Bulletin.


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I am basing this trade off of the point chart provided. I am not to sure how accruate this is or if this is as easy as i am about to make it look but bare with me thanks. http://www.draftcountdown.com/features/Value-Chart.php
Trade the 19th pick back to 31 ( Ravens/49ers) they both have needs to fill that might warrant them trading up for that top 20 pick, depending on who's available. We also get their 2nd rounder / or we can take their 3rd rounder/ 4th rounder and a 3rd or second next year. don't argue if its possible or not just look at the draft I guess lol
1st - 31st Pick - Lane Johnson OT / Xavier Rhodes DB - Both picks are great value @ this spot, I see banks and millner as the the two DB's going early, personally I think Rhodes is a better prospect than Millner, but noterity usually prevails with bad GM's { see. redskins for the past decade.} I am leaning to Rhodes here.
2nd - 49th Pick - Datone Jones DE - 6'4 280 big physical kid with some speed and knows how to use his hands to push back his opposition. He helped his stock rise from a 3rd rounder to a 2nd rounder. he will be dominant with his size and documented short area quickness at the LDE spot right next to linval. He was not overly productive at UCLA cause he was moved around alot in their hybrid 3-4 scheme, this adds versitility which is something we like as a DT/DE
2nd - 61st Pick - Sylvester Williams, DT -This kid is the physical interior force that we need next to linval with JPP on his right hip, Canty is still serviceable when healthy so don't expect this kid to come in and take away the starting spot but taking time to learn while rotating in and out will give this kid the tools to be the force we thought Austin was going to be.
3rd- 81st Pick - Kiko Alonso ILB/OLB - I contemplated Nico at this spot, but I feel Alonso is a steal here, due to Jordans hype he has been overlooked a little but if you look this kid is impressive. he's has playmaking potential as well, regestering some interceptions and FF/FR's. 6-4. 242 he has a lanky body so he can add muscle and not lose much speed he's documented at a low 4.7 if that holds then sign me up.
4th- 113th Pick - Rick Wagner OT - Versitile as they get moved from RT to LT and has played some OG. I like this kid at this spot, I am starting to think he might move up as well depending on his showing at the senior bowl; kind of hoping he doesn't he would be a great value here.
5th- 146th Pick - Jonathan Cyprien SS - I like his physicality and he is a hard hitter, He remindes me of chad jones, Solid depth at a position we might/might not need help in.
6th- 178th Pick - Hugh Thornton - Another versitile OT/OG.
7th - 210th Pick - Cornelius Washington DE / Michael Ford RB - I am split here. Washington can be a good rotational DE who has some OLB experience, can be that joker type player that Kiwi has been in out system. Ford is an interesting prospect due to the 3 headed RB system that LSU has his production is lackluster but the talent is there. he is a Andre borwn type of runner, patient, utilizes his blocks and runs with a good combo of speed and power.


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Cameroonian journalist's car destroyed in explosion
New York, April 24, 2014--An investigative journalist in Cameroon told CPJ today that his car had been destroyed in an explosion early this morning. Denis Nkwebo said the car was parked outside his house in the commercial capital of Douala, and that no one was hurt in the explosion.
Nkwebo, an editor of the leading private daily Le Jour, told CPJ that acquaintances and his contacts within the government had warned him to be careful in his investigation and coverage of Cameroonian security forces. In an April 15 article, Nkwebo said security forces were struggling to stem a spate of kidnappings and armed attacks in the regions bordering unstable Nigeria and the strife-torn Central African Republic.


text: Good morning all, I trust those of you from mid and southern Michigan are feeling Sandy's wind this morning. Talking snow here. Anyway I bought myself a new 2012 Chevy 1500 crew cab last month. First new vehicle for me in over 10 years. Always drove the used ones. Couldn't pass up the buyer incentives or the veteran discount. She's black and beautiful. Put a set of Weathertech mats in it. Then a roll-x tonneau cover after the over-the-lip Line-X bedliner was sprayed in. I bought a BedRug for it. Got the kit especially made for spray in liners. The adhesive velcro strips didn't work. Even with their help kit. So taking entire thing out and getting my money back. Next went in a DayStar leveling kit. I bought a set of OEM fender flares from EGR. Being painted as we speak. With the money I got back from BedRug, putting a set of steps on it. My bride does not like having to hike up her skirt when hopping in the Black Z. Just about got the truck the way I want it. Oh, got a set of seat covers coming from Ruff Tuff. No need for the dog putting her toe nail through the fabric seats. Ordered Volant CAI last weekend. Should be here about Thursday. Try and wake the engine up a bit. Glad to be here!


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- 09-30-12 08:46 AM #1Cadillac Owners Member
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CTS seats uncomfortable
Just purchased a brand new 2012 CTS sports sedan premium with heated and cooled seats and my wife says she feels like she is sitting on two boards, headrest does not feel good. She said no way will she do a long trip, her 2012 XLE Camry is way more comfortable. Took it back to the dealer and they said they have never had any complaints, are they B.S. me? Does anybody else have this problem with the seats?
Memphis TN
This is a common complaint, especially for the models with cooled seats. My coupe has them and while the seats are a little firmer, I have no complaints.
I have to wonder, all of you folks complaining about the seats AFTER the purchase - did you test drive the car BEFORE buying it? Did you bring your spouses with you?
When we purchased our CTS coupe, it was going to be my daily driver. I test drove it and brought my wife with me and had her drive it as well, even though I'll be driving the car 95% of the time.
- 09-30-12 09:07 AM #3Cadillac Owners Connoisseur
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Re: CTS seats uncomfortable
Many people have said that. I took me 4-5 days to get used to it. Although my car does not have cooled seats.
- 09-30-12 09:56 AM #4Originally Posted by gohawks63
I agree everyone who cries about the seats.... It's the same seats you sat in during the test drive. And yea you may get caught up in the moment. In that case do your part, do some research about the car before you blindly go and drive it.
Re: CTS seats uncomfortable
These are valid points and I agree with them.....however, in this situation, I was able to take a CTS without the cooled seats home, test drove it with the wife, no issues. Once back at the dealership, they offered us a premium model at a discount. We didn't know the seats were different and only I test drove it for a short run, not knowing there was a difference. Had the salesperson told me there was an issue with stiff seats with the cooled option, I would have test drove it longer and certainly with the wife. I feel the dealer knew it and was just trying to get rid of the last 2012 on the lot.
- 09-30-12 10:47 AM #7Cadillac Owners Fanatic
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Re: CTS seats uncomfortable
Madejafly, the seats in the CTS are one of it's biggest design flaws. The padding is too thin and they are not bolstered enough. Cadillac called this "thin seat technology" back in 08. Hopefully this "technology" has since gone the way of the cassette tape! '08s and 09s start creaking after a while too! The seats are better on later models, but still a poor design. For me, the seats were not uncomfortable but at the same time, they weren't exactly the most comfortable seats either if that makes any sense. It took me quite a while of playing with the seat control to find a decent position. Like others have said, I guess I got used to them and they didn't bother me too much. In hindsight, when buying a car of this class, one should not have to get "used to" the seats though. I seriously doubt your dealer is going to do anything about it as you did buy the car. Good luck on finding a satisfactory resolution.
- 09-30-12 11:39 AM #8Originally Posted by Madejafly
@pdabs - Agreed. I found that the seats were stiff weeks before I test drive it thanks to this forum!
Re: CTS seats uncomfortable
My wife thinks they did a bait and switch on me, I feel knee high to a curb........
- 09-30-12 02:34 PM #13Originally Posted by Madejafly
- 10-01-12 09:46 AM #14Cadillac Owners Fanatic
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Re: CTS seats uncomfortable
This has been brought up numerous times before. I had a 2010 sedan and it felt like there was a horizontal bar across the seatback right where my back hit the seat. I have a 2012 coupe now and for some reason the seats are more comfortable. Maybe they tried to fix this problem or maybe it's all according to who put the seats together at the factory. I did bring the sedan in and had the service dept. look at it and they found nothing but the service tech and I looked on cadillacs website for service bulletins or something and interestingly enough he found something that told them specifically to not put additional foam in the seats. So, Cadillac was well aware of the problem.
Re: CTS seats uncomfortable
Lots of folks with the CTS-V opt for the Recaro seats.


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THE bulletin received at Turin was sufficiently disquieting. Richard had had a relapse. And when at Bologna, just as the train was starting, General Ormiston entered the compartment occupied by the two ladies, there was that in his manner which made Miss St. Quentin lay aside the magazine she was reading and, rising silently from her place opposite Lady Calmady, go out on to the narrow passage‐way of the long sleeping‐car. She was very close to the elder woman in the bonds of a dear and intimate friendship, yet hardly close enough, so she judged, to intrude her presence if evil‐tidings were to be told. A man going into battle might look, so she thought, as Roger Ormiston looked now—very stern and strained. It was more fitting to leave the brother and sister alone together for a little space.
At the far end of the passage‐way the servants were grouped—Clara, comely of face and of person, neat notwithstanding the demoralisation of feminine attire incident to prolonged travel. Winter, the Brockhurst butler, clean‐shaven, grey‐headed, suggestive of a distinguished Anglican ecclesiastic in mufti. Miss St. Quentin's lady's‐maid, Faulstich by name, a North‐Country woman, angular of person and of bearing, loyal of heart. Zimmermann, the colossal German‐Swiss courier, with his square, yellow beard and hair en brosse.—An air of discouragement pervaded the party, involving even the polyglot conductor of the wagon‐lits, a small, quick, sandy‐complexioned, young fellow of uncertain nationality, with a gold band round his peaked cap. He respected this family which could afford to take a page: 501 private railway‐carriage half across Europe. He shared their anxieties. And these were evidently great. Clara wept. The old butler's mouth twitched, and his slightly pendulous cheeks quivered. The door at the extreme end of the car was set wide open. Ludovic Quayle stood upon the little, iron balcony smoking. His feet were planted far apart, yet his tall figure, swayed and curtseyed queerly as the heavy carriage bumped and rattled across the points. High walls, overtopped by the dark spires of cypresses, overhung by radiant wealth of lilac wistaria, and of roses, red, yellow, and white, reeled away in the keen sunshine to left and right. Then, clearing the outskirts of the town, the train roared southward across the fair, Italian landscape beneath the pellucid, blue vault of the fair, Italian sky. And to Honoria there was something of heartlessness in all that fair outward prospect. Here, in Italy, the ancient gods reigned still surely, the gods who are careless of human woe.
"Is there bad news, Winter?" she asked.
"Mr. Bates telegraphs to the General that it would be well her ladyship should be prepared for the worst."
"It'll kill my lady. For certain sure it will kill her! She never could be expected to stand up against that. And just as she was getting round from her own illness so nicely too"—
Audibly Clara wept. Her tears so affected the sandy‐complexioned, polyglot conductor that he retired into his little pantry and made a most unholy clattering among the plates and knives and forks. Honoria put her hand upon the sobbing woman's shoulder and drew her into the comparative privacy of the adjoining compartment, rendered not a little inaccessible by a multiplicity of rugs, travelling‐bags, and hand‐luggage.
"Come, sit down, Clara," she said. "Have your cry out. And then pull yourself together. Remember Lady Calmady will want just all you can do for her if Sir Richard—if"—and Honoria was aware somehow of a sharp catch in her throat—"if he does not live."
And, meanwhile, Roger Ormiston, now in sober and dignified middle‐age, found himself called upon to repeat that rather sinister experience of his hot and rackety youth, and, as he put it bitterly, "act hangman to his own sister." For, as he approached her, Katherine, leaning back against the piled‐up cushions in the corner of the railway carriage, suddenly sat bolt‐upright, stretching out her hands in swift fear and entreaty, as in the state‐bedroom at Brockhurst nine‐and‐twenty years ago.
"Oh, Roger, Roger!" she cried, "tell me, what is it?"
"Nothing final as yet, thank God," he answered. "But it page: 502 would be cruel to keep the truth from you, Kitty, and let you buoy yourself up with false hopes."
"He is worse," Katherine said.
"Yes, he is worse. He is a good deal weaker. I'm afraid the state of affairs has become very grave. Evidently they are apprehensive as to what turn the fever may take in the course of the next twelve hours."
Katherine bowed herself together as though smitten by sharp pain. Then she looked at him hurriedly, fresh alarms assaulting her.
"You are not trying to soften the blow to me? You are not keeping anything back?"
"No, no, no, my dear Kitty. There—see—read it for yourself. I telegraphed twice, so as to have the latest news. Here's the last reply."
Ormiston unfolded the blue paper, crossed by white strips of printed matter, and laid it upon her lap. And as he did so it struck him, aggravating his sense of sinister repetition, that she had on the same rings and bracelets as on that former occasion, and that she wore stone‐grey silk too—a long travelling sacque, lined and bordered with soft fur. It rustled as she moved. A coif of black lace covered her upturned hair, framed her sweet face, and was tied soberly under her chin. And, looking upon her, Ormiston yearned in spirit over this beautiful woman who had borne such grievous sorrows, and who, as he feared, had sorrow yet more grievous still to bear.—"For ten to one the boy won't pull through—he won't pull through," he said to himself. "Poor, dear fellow, he's nothing left to fall back upon. He's lived too hard." And then he took himself remorsefully to task, asking himself whether, among the pleasures and ambitions and successes of his own career, he had been quite faithful to the dead, and quite watchful enough over the now dying, Richard Calmady? He reproached himself, for, when Death stands at the gate, conscience grows very sensitive regarding any lapses, real or imagined, of duty towards those for whom that dread ambassador waits.
Twice Katherine read the telegram, weighing each word of it. Then she gave the blue paper back to her brother.
"I will ask you all to let me be alone for a little while, dear Roger," she said. "Tell Honoria, tell Ludovic, tell my good Clara. I must turn my face to the wall for a time, so that, when I turn it upon you dear people again, it may not be too unlovely."
And Ormiston bent his head and kissed her hand, and page: 503 went out, closing the door behind him; while the train roared southward, through the afternoon sunshine, southward towards Chiusi and Rome.
And Katherine Calmady sat quietly amid the noise and violent, on‐rushing movement, squaring accounts with her own motherhood. That she might never see Dickie again, she herself dying, was an idea which had grown not unfamiliar to her during these last sad years. But that she should survive, only to see Dickie dead, was a new idea, and one which joined hands with despair, since it constituted a conclusion big with the anguish of failure to the tragedy of their relation, hers and his. Her whole sense of justice, of fitness, rebelled under it, rebelled against it. She implored a space, however brief, of reconciliation and reunion before the supreme farewell was said. But it had become natural to Katherine's mind, so unsparingly self‐trained in humble obedience to the divine ordering, not to stay in the destructive, but pass on to the constructive stage. She would not indulge herself with rebellion, but rather fashion her thought without delay to that which should make for inward peace. And so now, turning her eyes, in thought, from the present, she went back on the baby‐love, the child‐love which, notwithstanding the abiding smart of Richard's deformity, had been so very exquisite to her. Upon the happier side of all that she had not dared to dwell during this prolonged period of estrangement. It was too poignant, too deep‐seated in the springs of her physical being. To dwell on it enervated and unnerved her. But now, Richard the grown man dying, she gave herself back to Richard the little child. It solaced her to do so. Then he had been wholly hers. And he was wholly hers still, in respect of that early time. The man she had lost, so it seemed, how far through fault of her own she could not tell. And just now she refused to analyse all that. Upon all which strengthened endurance, upon gracious memories engendering thankfulness, could her mind alone profitably be fixed. And so, as the train roared southward, and the sun declined and the swift dusk spread its mantle over the face of the classic landscape, Katherine cradled a phantom baby on her knee, and sat in the oriel‐window of the Chapel‐Room, at Brockhurst, with the phantom of her boy beside her, while she told him old‐time legends of war, and of high endeavour, and of gallant adventure, watching the light dance in his eyes as her words awoke in him emulation of those masters of noble deeds whose exploits she recounted. And in this she found comfort, and a chastened calm. So that, when at length General Ormiston— page: 504 incited thereto by the faithful Clara, who protested that her ladyship must and should dine—returned to her, he found her storm‐tossed no longer, but tranquil in expression and solicitous for the comfort of others. She had conquered nature by grace,—conquered, in that she had compelled herself to unqualified submission. If this cup might not pass from her, still would she praise Almighty God and bless His Holy Name, asking not that her own, but His will, be done.
It followed that the evening, spent in that strangely noisy, oscillating, onward‐rushing dwelling‐place of a railway‐carriage, was not without a certain subdued brightness of intercourse and conversation. Katherine was neither preoccupied nor distrait, nor unamused even by the small accidents and absurdities of travel. Later, while preparations were being made by the servants for the coming night, she went out, with the two gentlemen and Honoria St. Quentin, on to the iron platform at the rear of the swaying car, and stood there under the stars. The mystery of these last, and of the dimly discerned and sleeping land, offered penetrating contrast to the sleeplessness of the hurrying train with its long, sinuous line of lighted windows, and to the sleeplessness of her own heart. The fret of human life is but as a little island in the great ocean of eternal peace—so she told herself—and then bade that sleepless heart of hers both still its passionate beating and take courage. And when, at length, she was alone, and lay down in her narrow berth, peace and thankfulness remained with Katherine. The care and affection of brother, friends, and servants, were very grateful to her, so that she composed herself to rest whether slumber was granted her or not. The event was in the hands of God—that surely was enough.
And in the dawn, reaching Rome, the news was so far better that it was not worse. Richard lived. And when, some seven hours later, the train steamed into Naples station, and Bates, the house‐steward—the marks of haste and keen anxiety upon him—pushed his way up to the carriage door, he could report there was this amount of hope even yet, that Richard still lived, though his strength was as that of an infant and whether it would wax or wane wholly none as yet could say.
"Then we are in time, Bates?" Lady Calmady had asked, desiring further assurance.
"I hope so, my lady. But I would advise your coming as quickly as possible."
"Is he conscious?"page: 505
"He knew Captain Vanstone this morning, my lady, just before I left."
The man‐servant shouldered the crowd aside unceremoniously, so as to force a passage for Lady Calmady.
"Her ladyship should go up to the villa at once, sir," he said to General Ormiston. "I had better accompany her. I will leave Andrews to make all arrangements here. The carriage is waiting."
Then, Honoria beside her, Katherine was aware of the hot glare and hard shadow, the grind and clatter, the violent colour, the strident vivacity of the Neapolitan streets, as with voice and whip, Garçia sprung the handsome, long‐tailed, black horses up the steep ascent. This, followed by the impression of a cool, spacious, and lofty interior, of mild, diffused light, of pale, marble floors and stairways, of rich hangings and distinguished objects of art, of the soft, green gloom of ilex and myrtle, the languid drip of fountains. And this last served to mark, as with raised finger, the hush—bland, yet very imperative—which held all the place. After the ceaseless jar and tumult of that many‐days' journey, here, up at the villa, it seemed as though urgency were absurd, hot haste of affection a little vulgar, a little contemptible, all was so composed, so very urbane.
And that urbanity so bland, so, in a way, supercilious, affected Honoria St. Quentin unpleasantly. She was taken with unreasoning dislike of the place, finding something malign, trenching on cruelty even, in its exalted serenity, its unchanging, inaccessible, masklike smile. Very certainly the ancient gods held court here yet, the gods who are careless of human tears, heedless of human woe! And she looked anxiously at Lady Calmady, penetrated by fear that the latter was about to be exposed to some insidious danger, to come into conflict with influences antagonistic and subtly evil. Wicked deeds had been committed in this fair place, wicked designs nourished and brought to fruition here. She was convinced of that. Was convinced further that those designs had connection with and had been directed against Lady Calmady. The thought of Helen de Vallorbes, exquisite and vicious,—as she now reluctantly admitted her to be—was very present to her. As far as she knew, it was quite a number of years since Helen had set foot in the villa. Yet it spoke of her, spoke of the more dangerous aspects of her nature.—Honoria sighed over her friend. Helen had gone, latterly, very much to the bad, she feared. And as all this passed rapidly through her mind it provoked all her knight‐ page: 506 errantry, raising a strongly protective spirit in her. She questioned just how much active care she might take of Lady Calmady without indiscretion of over‐forwardness.
But even while she thus debated, opportunity of action was lost. Quietly, a great simplicity and singleness of purpose in her demeanour, without word spoken, without looking back, Katherine followed the house‐steward across the cool, spacious hall, through a doorway and out of sight.
And that singleness of purpose, so discernible in her outward demeanour, possessed Katherine's being throughout. She was as one who walks in sleep, pushed by blind impulse. She was not conscious of herself, not conscious of joy or fear, or any emotion. She moved forward dumbly, and without volition, towards the event. Her senses were confused by this transition to stillness from noise, by the immobility of all surrounding objects after the reeling landscape on either hand the swaying train, by the bland and tempered light after the harsh contrasts of glare and darkness so constantly offered to her vision of late. She was dazed and faint, moreover, so that her knees trembled. Her sensibility, her powers of realisation and of sympathy, were for the time being atrophied.
The house‐steward ushered her into a large, square room. The low, darkly‐painted, vaulted ceiling of it produced a cavernous effect. An orderly disorder prevailed, and a somewhat mournful dimness of closed, green‐slatted shutters and half‐drawn curtains. The furniture, costly in fact, but dwarfed, in some cases actually legless, was ranged against the squat, carven bookcases that lined the walls leaving the middle of the room vacant, save for a low, narrow camp‐bed. The bed stood at right angles to the door by which Katherine entered, the head of it towards the shuttered, heavily‐draped windows, the foot towards the inside wall of the room. At the bedside a man knelt on one knee; and his appearance aroused, in a degree, Katherine's dormant powers of observation. He had a short, crisp, black beard and crisp, black hair. He was alert and energetic of face and figure, a man of dare‐devil, humorous, yet kindly eyes. He wore a blue serge suit with brass buttons to it. He was in his stocking‐feet. The wristbands and turn‐down collar of his white shirt were immaculate. Katherine, lost, trembling, the support of the habitual taken from her, a stranger in a strange land, liked the man. He appeared so admirable an example of physical health. He inspired her with confidence, his presence seeming to carry with it assurance of that which is wholesome, normal, and sane. He glanced at her sharply, page: 507 not without hint of criticism, and of command. Authoritatively he signed to her to remain silent, to stand at the head of the bed, and well clear of it, out of sight. Katherine did not resent this. She obeyed.
And standing thus, rallying her will to conscious effort, she looked steadily, for the first time, at the bed and that which lay upon it. And so doing she could hardly save herself from falling, since she saw there precisely that which the shape of the room and the disarray of it, along with vacant space and the low camp‐bed in the centre of that space, had foretold—notwithstanding her dumbness of feeling, deadness of sympathy—she most assuredly must see.—All these last four‐and‐twenty hours she had solaced herself with the phantom society of Dickie the baby‐child, of Dickie the eager boy, curious of many things. But here was one different from both these. Different, too, from the young man, tremendous in arrogance, and in revolt against the indignity put on him by fate, from whom she had parted in such anguish of spirit nearly five years back. For, in good truth, she saw now, not Richard Calmady her son, her anxious charge, whose debtor—in that she had brought him into life disabled—she held herself eternally to be; but Richard Calmady her husband, the desire of her eyes, the glory of her youth—saw him, worn by suffering, disfigured by unsightly growth of beard, pallid, racked by mortal weakness, the sheet expressing the broad curve of his chest, the sheet and light blanket disclosing the fact of that hideous maiming he had sustained—saw him now, as on the night he died.
Captain Vanstone, meanwhile, reassured as to the newcomer's discretion and docility, applied his mind to his patient.
"See here, sir," he said, banteringly yet tenderly, "we were just getting along first‐rate with these uncommonly mixed liquors. You mustn't cry off again, Sir Richard."
He slipped his arm under the pillows, dexterously raising the young man's head, and held the cup to his lips.
"My dear, good fellow, I wish you would let me be," Dickie murmured faintly.
He spoke courteously, yet there were tears in his voice for very weakness. And, hearing him, it was as though something stirred within Katherine which had long been bound by bitterness of heavy frost.
Vanstone shook his head.—"Very sorry, Sir Richard," he replied. "Daren't let you off. I've got my orders, you see."
The bold and kindly eyes had a certain magnetic efficacy of compulsion in them. The sick man drank, swallowed with page: 508 difficulty, yet drank again. Then he lay back, for a while, his eyes closed, resting. And Katherine stood at the head of the bed, out of sight, waiting till her time should come. She folded her hands high upon her bosom. Her thought remained inarticulate, yet she began to understand that which she had striven so sternly to uproot, that which she had supposed she had extirpated, still remained with her. Once more, with a terror of joyful amazement, she began to scale the height and sound the depth of human love.
Presently the voice—whether that of husband or of son she did not stay to discriminate—it gripped her very vitals—reached her from the bed. She fancied it rang a little stronger.
"It is contemptibly futile, and therefore conspicuously in keeping with the rest, to have taken all this trouble about dying only, in the end, to sneak back."
"Oh! well, sir, after all you're not so very far on the return voyage yet," Vanstone put in consolingly.
Richard opened his eyes. Katherine's vision was blurred. She could not see very clearly, but she fancied he smiled.
"Yes, with luck, I may still give you all the slip," he said.
"Now, a little more, sir, please. Yes, you can if you try."
"But I tell you I don't care about this business of sneaking back. I don't want to live."
"Very likely not. But I'm very much mistaken if you want to die like a cat, in a cupboard, here ashore. Mend enough to get away on board the yacht to sea. There'll be time enough then to argue the question out, sir. Half a mile of blue water under your feet sends up the value of life most considerably."
As he spoke the sailor looked at Katherine Calmady. His glance enjoined caution, yet conveyed encouragement.
"Here, take down the rest of it, Sir Richard," he said persuasively. "Then I swear I won't plague you any more for a good hour."
Again he raised the sick man dexterously, and as he did so Katherine observed that a purple scar, as of a but newly healed wound, ran right across Dickie's cheek from below the left eye to the turn of the lower jaw. And the sight of it moved her strangely, loosening the last of that binding as of frost. A swift madness of anger against whoso had inflicted that ugly hurt arose in Katherine; while her studied resignation, her strained passivity of mental attitude, went down before a passion of violent and primitive emotion. The spirit of battle became dominant in her, along with an immense necessity of loving and of being loved. Tender phantoms of past joy ceased to solace. The actual, the page: 509 concrete, the immediate, compelled her with a certain splendour of demand. Katherine appeared to grow taller, more regal of presence. The noble energy of youth and its limitless generosity returned to her. Instinctively she unfastened her pelisse at the throat, took the lace coif from her head, letting it fall to the ground, and moved nearer.
Richard pushed the cup away from his lips.
"There's someone in the room, Vanstone!" he said, his voice harsh with anger. "'Some woman—I heard her dress. I told you all—whatever happened—I would have no woman here."
But Katherine, undismayed, came straight on to the bedside. She loved. She would not be gainsaid. With the whole force of her nature she refused denial of that love.—For a brief space Richard looked at her, his face ghastly and rigid as that of a corpse. Then he raised himself in the bed, stretching out both arms, with a hoarse cry that tore at his throat and shuddered through all his frame. And, as he would have fallen forward, exhausted by the effort to reach her and the lovely shelter of her, Katherine caught and, kneeling, held him, his poor hands clutching impotently at her shoulders, his head sinking upon her breast. While, in that embrace, not only all the motherhood in her leapt up to claim the sonship in him, but all the womanhood in her leapt up to claim the manhood in him, thereby making the broken circle of her being once more wholly perfect and complete, so that carrying the whole dear burden of his fever‐wasted body in her encircling arms and upon her breast, even as she had carried, long since, that dear fruit of love, the unborn babe, within her womb, Katherine was taken with a very ecstasy and rapture of content.
"My beloved is mine—is mine!" she cried,—"and I am his."
Captain Vanstone was on his feet and half way across the room.
"Man alive, but it hurts like merry hell!" he said, as he softly closed the door.


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- Topless Robot – The 10 Reasons Why Star Blazers Is Unbelievably Awesome Beyond Words – Adapted from Japan's Space Battleship Yamato series, the series marked the first time American audiences got a taste of how inventive sci-fi cartoons could truly be. It looked better than any other cartoon of the era because it featured 8,000 animation cells per episode as compared to the 3,000 used by most programs. It also had the benefit of perfect timing, appearing shortly after Star Wars reignited interest in all things science fiction. When the show made its American debut in 1979, kids raised on repetitive Filmation-style toons were captivated by the ways in which the adventures of the Star Force unfolded. Thus, a pop culture sensation was born.
- The Inquirer Embarrassment Continues | Young Philly Politics – Ha. Ha. Ha. Those 'bloggers' and their internets tubes! Hey Harold, a blog is a tool, not a viewpoint. Shouting about blogs makes about as much sense as shouting about food processors. And considering that Jackson is going after Bunch, a guy who actually writes for a paper, it raises a question: If the problem is that fancy pants blogging, would Jackson feel better about if another reporter put it in the paper instead? That seems pretty strange.
- Animatronic Obama Going to Disney World With High-Tech Style – NYTimes.com – The public is to get its first glimpse of "Robobama," as it is known among some handlers, on July 4. The unveiling will be in a Disney World theater, alongside animatronic figures of every other president. As in the past, the program will end with each president nodding or turning toward the audience during a roll call, as if Mount Rushmore had suddenly come alive.
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