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Art supply shop hosts opening
Rich and Sandy Koslowski plan a ribbon-cutting and grand opening this weekend for Art Supplies, Ink., an arts and crafts supply store at Aptos Village Square, 7960 Soquel Drive, Suite H1.
They remodeled the former Curves, hiring Brent Garvey Painting and Knight's Carpeting, and opened a month ago.
The shop carries a full line of art supplies, "and a few unique items you won't find at too many other places," said Rich Koslowski, an artist for Archie comics and graphic novel writer.
His wife, a personal trainer, said local artists' work will be on display and art classes will start in March. The couple, who have a 10-year-old daughter and moved here from Wisconsin, plan to support local schools and art programs.
The ribbon-cutting will be 3 p.m. Friday. The grand opening with food, drinks, face painting and a raffle will be 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday.
Hours are 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. For information, call 831-708-2855.
Boxing studio hosts mixer
The Scotts Valley Chamber of Commerce plans a ribbon-cutting and mixer for Santa Cruz Boxing & MMA 5:30-7 p.m. Thursday at 208 Mount Hermon Road.
Owners Brian and Amy Dunniway will present a demonstration of boxing and jiujitsu. There will be wine, appetizers and live music. Cost is $5 for chamber members, $10 for prospective members.
Business group meets Thursday
The new supervisor for the San Lorenzo Valley, Bruce McPherson, will speak to the Ben Lomond Business Association, which meets at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, at the Ben Lomond Fire Station.
For information go to http://www.benlomondbusinessassociation.com.


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Thanks for the laugh Ditter! You always find the good stuff!
Cute to watch....thanks for sharing. :)
Too funny! We had a neighbor's cat who would ONLY drink out of a faucet. We had a cat who did the TP rolls now and then!
Too funny. Thankfully my cats haven't discovered the toliet paper rolls yet. I do have one that uses her paw to eat the canned food. The other one has a meow that sounds like she's saying "hello". Now she's meowing after hearing the video. LOL
Now that was funny! Thanks for sharing!
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Me and Speedette are going Saturday, but we were wondering if anyone else would be interested in going? We plan on cruising with a few stops for some fall pictures.
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Chapter 31
'Who's that?' inquired Brittles, opening the door a little way, with the chain up, and
peeping out, shading the candle with his hand.
'Open the door,' replied a man outside; 'it's the officers from Bow Street, as was sent to
Much comforted by this assurance, Brittles opened the door to its full width, and
confronted a portly man in a great-coat; who walked in, without saying anything more,
and wiped his shoes on the mat, as coolly as if he lived there.
'Just send somebody out to relieve my mate, will you, young man?' said the officer; 'he's
in the gig, a-minding the prad. Have you got a coach 'us here, that you could put it up in,
for five or ten minutes?'
Brittles replying in the affirmative, and pointing out the building, the portly man stepped
back to the garden-gate, and helped his companion to put up the gig: while Brittles
lighted them, in a state of great admiration. This done, they returned to the house, and,
being shown into a parlour, took off their great-coats and hats, and showed like what they
The man who had knocked at the door, was a stout personage of middle height, aged
about fifty: with shiny black hair, cropped pretty close; half-whiskers, a round face, and
sharp eyes. The other was a red-headed, bony man, in top-boots; with a rather ill-
favoured countenance, and a turned-up sinister-looking nose.
'Tell your governor that Blathers and Duff is here, will you?' said the stouter man,
smoothing down his hair, and laying a pair of handcuffs on the table. 'Oh! Good-evening,
master. Can I have a word or two with you in private, if you please?'
This was addressed to Mr. Losberne, who now made his appearance; that gentleman,
motioning Brittles to retire, brought in the two ladies, and shut the door.
'This is the lady of the house,' said Mr. Losberne, motioning towards Mrs. Maylie.
Mr. Blathers made a bow. Being desired to sit down, he put his hat on the floor, and
taking a chair, motioned to Duff to do the same. The latter gentleman, who did not appear
quite so much accustomed to good society, or quite so much at his ease in it--one of the
two--seated himself, after undergoing several muscular affections of the limbs, and the
head of his stick into his mouth, with some embarrassment.
'Now, with regard to this here robbery, master,' said Blathers. 'What are the


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MABANK–The Mabank Western Week rodeo offered fun and excitement to rodeo-goers. And, to top it off, the weather remained reasonably seasonal.
Only one bareback bronc rider stayed on for his full eight seconds. Jake Brown won the event's $764.40 purse with a score of 77.
There were no qualified rides in the saddle bronc event.
Daniel Floyd won the ranch bronc event with a score of 71, earning $532.50.
There were 16 entries in the tie-down roping event.
Trent Turner won the event with a time of 8.47 seconds. He earned $739.20 for the win.
Michael Akins placed second and Kevin McDougal placed third.
Lindsey Walters won the women's breakaway roping event with a time of 3.74 seconds. The win earned her $726.70.
Dale Martin and Colt Baldwin won the team roping event with a time of 8.05 seconds. The win netted them $756.50 each.
Jordan Wright took the top spot in the barrel racing competition with a time of 16.814.
Ashley Guest took second with a time of 16.908.
Kyim Haddad won the bull riding event with a score of 81. He earned $693.50 with the win.
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Ahead of Arsenal's trip to France to play Marseille in the Champions
League on Wednesday night, we investigate the threat that striker Loic Remy - a forward compared in style to Thierry Henry - will pose to the Premier League club.
Player: Loic Remy
Date of birth: January 2, 1987
Place of birth: Rillieux-la-Pape, France
Nationality: French
Height: 1.84m (6ft ½ in)
Position: Striker
Current club: Olympique Marseille
Number: 11
Former clubs: Lyon, Lens and Nice
| Background: Didier Deschamps, the Marseille coach, has described Loic Remy as a "young professional who is fast and powerful with huge potential". He will hope Arsenal discover just how fast and powerful Remy is when the English side visit the Stade Velodrome on Wednesday.
While Marseille have won one and drawn six games out of 10 in Ligue 1, they been a more reliable lot in winning their opening two group matches of the Champions League against Olympiakos and Borussia Dortmund.
Having been was linked with a move to Liverpool, he arrived at Marseille from Nice for a fee of 14 million euros (£12.5m) 14 months ago.
It was of minimal surprise to see him compared to Henry due to his pace and imposing physical attributes that help him to glide rather than bulldoze past opposing defenders.
He snagged 15 goals for Nice after being signed for around eight million euros in 2008, and almost scored on his debut for France against Nigeria after hitting the crossbar for the national side in a 1-0 loss to Nigeria.
With Laurent Blanc deciding to focus on youth after France's appalling appearance at the 2010 World Cup finals in South Africa, Remy has progressed to earn 15 caps with Les Bleus while scoring three goals.
We studied his movements in Marseille's most recent Champions League and Ligue 1 matches - nights of contrasting fortunes.
|Analysis: (from Marseille 3-0 Borussia Dortmund on September 28 at Stade Velodrome)
6' - Remy and Valbuena exchange a one-two down the right wing, but by the time the pass is played Remy is offside. Just.
12'- Great feet from Remy. The striker flicks the ball past a number of challenges down the left before cutting inside and looking to shoot. Subotic is across to get the block in.
21'- Remy involved as Marseille take the lead. Remy plays provider for Andre Ayew who fires a left-footed shot into the net.
49'- Superb footwork from Remy who bursts down the right flank and skips past two challenges before pulling the ball back to Lucho six yards from goal. The Argentina player can't take control of the ball and runs it out of play.
62'- Remy scores Marseille's second goal of the night. Hummels fails to clear a long ball and heads it straight into the path of Remy, who takes one touch on his chest before volleying into the bottom right-hand corner.
68'- Remy wins a penalty after being barged to the ground by Kehl before Ayew tucks away the third of the night for Marseille.
72'- Remy is replaced by Jordan Ayew to a standing ovation.
Analysis: (from Toulouse 0-0 Marseille on October 15 at Stade Municipal)
9' - Remy caught offside at the far post as a cross comes in.
32' - Aymen Abdennour dispossesses Remy on the Marseille left - he has done a good job of shackling the forward.
51' - Gathers the ball on the left, cuts onto his right foot and crosses to the far post - it goes beyond everybody.
56' - Heads weakly at goal from a Morel cross, and the goalkeeper gathers easily.
62' - Having looked isolated up front, Remy is replaced by Jordan Ayew.
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Pet Friends of North Georgia is an all volunteer non-profit NO-KILL rescue group based in Chickamauga, Georgia. All pets are spayed or neutered, vaccinated, dewormed, and treated with flea control before adoption. All dogs have been tested negative for heartworm and are currently on heartworm preventative unless otherwise noted. Each animal has a sponsor who will be glad to talk with you in detail about their animal's individual personality and preferences or needs. We are committed to matching animals with adoptive families that are perfect for each other. We are pulling these animals from a local kill shelter that kills more than 95% of all animals. Practically all are pulled just before they are euthanized. Please help us find these very deserving dogs a good home.
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LEBANON — Funeral services were conducted Saturday afternoon, September 5 at the Ligon & Bobo Funeral Home for Mr. Massey, 85, of Lebanon. A native of Wilson County and the son of the late Joseph Walter and Vesta Pearl Dice Massey, he died Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2009, at his residence.
He graduated from Lebanon High School in 1942 and was a U. S. Army veteran of WWII, serving in the European Theater.
He was a member of the Tuckers Cross Roads United Methodist Church. Mr. Massey was a life-long farmer and retired from the Wilson County Board of Education where he was a maintenance supervisor.
Services were conducted by Brother Wayne Jamison and Brother Jeff Reynolds officiating. Interment was at the Bethlehem Cemetery.
He is survived by his wife of over 57 years Claudine Highers Massey and sons Larry (Shirley) Massey and Mike Massey. Also surviving are grandchildren Robbi Grigsby, David Paris, Mandy Rogers, Terra and Justin Massey; daughter-in-law Sylvia Massey; along with seven great-grandchildren.
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Got Server Problems? Four Ways to Solve Them Quickly
At some point in their growth, most small businesses reach a point when they need a server as part of their IT solution. Networks of a certain size need a domain controller to handle logins and permissions and spool print files. You may also need to run a variety of applications on a server such as a Microsoft Small Business Server to run Exchange email and calendars, a server to store shared files, or a server for your accounting and billing systems.
Servers and the software that runs on them are more expensive than the average desktop PC and it takes a certain expertise to operate them. As a result, when you reach this point in your business you're probably paying in-house IT staff or writing some pretty healthy checks to consultants (or both) to keep it all running. This costs money, of course, and doesn't add directly to your bottom line.
Like any computer system, a server eventually breaks or needs updates to continue functioning. When server problems crop up, it may be a good time to reassess and look at new ways of doing things. To that end, let's look at four solutions that can help make server problems go away:
- Fix it the old fashioned way. If you have in-house IT staff with the necessary know-how, time and experience you can fix many server problems with an investment in time (money) and money. If you don't you can hire an external consultant (for a lot of money) to come and troubleshoot your issues. Just don't be too surprised when either one suggests to you that the only way to fix the issue is a "forklift upgrade" in which you end up replacing the entire thing with a new shiny box.
- Switched to a managed server service.If you lack internal IT resources, or if they're already overtaxed with tasks like supporting user workstations, you may want to consider a managed server service. With this service, your managed service provider will keep your server up to date and safe from viruses as well as providing remote problem resolution and support all for an affordable monthly fee.
- Virtualize it. If fixing your server problems is not an option, replacing it with a virtual server may be a wise choice.Like so many things in the IT world, it turns out that servers are more economical with scale. A virtual server is a slice of a larger server at your managed service provider's data center. By renting a virtual server as opposed to buying your own, you not only avoid the up-front capital costs for hardware and software, but also avoid hidden costs for power, maintenance and obsolescence. This can significantly reduce your total cost of ownership. Not only are the costs lower, but managed virtual servers usually offer greater reliability. The data centers they are housed in are secure environments with redundant bandwidth, power and cooling so your virtual server is always available when you need it.
- Move your applications to the cloud. Some application specific servers like your email server or network storage appliance can be replaced with services that provide these features for a monthly fee per user or per gigabit. As with a virtual server, you can avoid much of the up-front hardware and software licensing, the power costs, and the maintenance costs. Even better though, these services generally allow you to buy only what you need, which may be far less than a full virtual server and software, especially if you're a small business. Lastly, because these services are usually web-enabled, they can be much more accessible to road warriors and folks working from home than the servers housed on your internal network.


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Flexo for Short Runs
Kevin Florence, president and CEO (seated), and Jeffrey Florence, executive VP, have positioned GENflex to handle short runs and frequent changeovers by incorporating both flexo and digital technology.
GENflex installed a 17˝ Performance Series P7 flexo press from Mark Andy in 2012.
With an established 10˝ to 13˝ flexo printing capability to serve its customer base—which includes food and food processing, health and beauty, and electrical product companies—GENflex's press investment focus turned to digital technologies in 2007. By 2010, the converter had installed two 13˝ HP Indigo presses. Florence praises digital technology's "eye-popping" 0.5 percent dot output, and its ability to lower GENflex's "minimum order threshold," or minimum standard fixed costs, for high-end graphic applications.
Sorting out short runs
When a short-run job comes in the door, it isn't automatically or exclusively slated for digital production. In some cases, digital technology's parameters simply go beyond the cost and quality scope of a job. "Back in 2007 [when GENflex first implemented digital press technology], people already had a notion that [digital] was too expensive, and we didn't always need all that resolution," Florence relates, adding, "We realized, to our dismay, that digital didn't fit every application."
The availability of both flexo and digital processes, states Florence, allows GENflex to build better and more complete solutions for its customers across either platform. "Once we completed fingerprinting these platforms," he clarifies, "transition between them became transparent to our clients." After output data from both processes was collected and loaded into the company's Esko prepress software for comparison, adjustments were made so that a consistent dot size percentage resulted from each process. "We believe having both platforms affords us flexibility to respond to whatever the circumstance requires," Florence sums up.
Flexo can conceivably be the first choice for printing shorter-run jobs; Florence focuses on total cost rather than total run size to make the best process determination. "In flexo, the footprint of the label can determine the extent of the tooling needed, which may include specific print cylinders as well as the cutting die. This may require consideration as to whether the job is likely to repeat and how often," he explains. Florence also notes that a brand "spot" color can be critical for some customers, and may be better managed on a flexo press than with a CMYK build or custom digital ink.


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nope..u will have miserable posters like MH, Buddy33, and harooni, trying to find fault with this QB..it gets old, but it will never stop
It's a shame. One more SB MVP puts him a step ahead of Brady and right there with Montana.
But if he goes on another losing streak people will still bicker about his "chuck and duck" mentality. LOL
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Ginger Lime Coconut Cake With Marshmallow Frosting
Recipe by HappyMommy1422
If you like coconut cake, you'll love this. It's a little involved to make but worth it. Turns out very pretty and impressed my mothers's friends when she made it for a reunion. Recipe says to make the ginger-lime curd a couple of days in advance. The cooking times are approximates depending on how fast you work. From Bon Appetit June 2004. (Reviews on Bon Appetit's web site were good but some reviewers said the cake was too dry. I did not find that to be true.)
Top Review by islandsweetie
I have been looking all over for a marshmallow frosting recipe. A childhood frinds mom use to always make devils food cake with marshmallow frosting. I always wanted the recipe just never got around to asking for it. i remember her saying that there were no marshmallows in it. When I found this recipe I knew I just had to try it. I just got done making it and it was almost exact. It didnt turn out quite as thick as my friends moms but that could just be my doing. I didnt have the ingredients for the ginger lime cake part. But I did have a box of cake mix. This was fantastic. Next time I will make sure to whisk my egg whites better before placing over the simmering water. Thanks for sharing.
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Ingredients Nutrition
For Ginger-lime curd
- 3 large eggs
- 3 large egg yolks
- 1⁄2 cup sugar
- 1⁄2 cup fresh lime juice
- 1⁄4 cup lime zest (from about 12 limes)
- 1 tablespoon grated peeled fresh ginger
- 1⁄8 teaspoon salt
- 6 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into pieces,room temperature
For Cake
- 5 cups sifted cake flour (sifted, then measured)
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 1⁄2 cups unsalted butter, room temperature
- 3 cups sugar
- 8 large eggs
- 2 cups buttermilk, room temperature
- bamboo skewer
For Frosting
- 1 1⁄2 cups sugar
- 2 large egg whites
- 1⁄3 cup water
- 2 teaspoons light corn syrup
- 1⁄4 teaspoon cream of tartar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 (7 ounce) package sweetened flaked coconut
Directions See How It's Made
- For ginger-lime curd:.
- Whisk eggs, yolks, sugar, lime juice, lime peel, ginger, and salt in large metal bowl to blend.
- Place bowl over saucepan of barely simmering water (do not allow bottom of bowl to touch simmering water).
- Whisk constantly until curd thickens, about 8 minutes.
- Remove bowl from over simmering water; whisk butter into curd.
- Strain through fine strainer set over bowl; discard solids in strainer.
- Press plastic wrap directly onto surface of curd; chill overnight.
- Keep refridgerated.
- For cake:.
- Position 1 rack in top third and 1 rack in bottom third of oven and preheat oven to 350°F Butter four 9-inch-diameter cake pans with 1 1/2-inch-high sides.
- Line bottoms of pans with parchment paper rounds.
- Butter parchment; dust with flour.
- Sift flour, baking soda, and salt into large bowl.
- Using electric mixer, beat butter in another large bowl until smooth.
- Gradually add sugar and beat until very well blended, about 5 minutes.
- Beat in eggs 1 at a time, scraping down sides of bowl before each addition.
- Beat in flour mixture in 3 additions alternately with buttermilk in 2 additions.
- Divide batter equally among prepared cake pans.
- Place 2 cake pans on top rack of oven and 2 pans on bottom rack; bake until golden and tester inserted into cake centers comes out clean, reversing pans after 15 minutes, about 30 minutes total.
- Cool cakes in pans on racks 10 minutes.
- Turn cakes out onto racks; peel off parchment paper.
- Turn cakes right side up on racks; cool cakes completely.
- Place 1 cake layer on platter.
- Spread 1/3 of ginger-lime curd (about 1/2 cup) over, leaving 1/2-inch plain border around edge of cake.
- Repeat procedure on 2 more cake layers.
- Let each cake layer stand 10 minutes.
- Stack cake layers, curd side up.
- Top with fourth cake layer.
- Let cake stand at room temperature while preparing frosting.
- Insert 3 or 4 bamboo skewers from top to bottom into cake to hold stacked cake layers in place while frosting.
- For frosting:.
- Whisk sugar, egg whites, 1/3 cup water, light corn syrup, and cream of tartar in large metal bowl to blend.
- Set bowl over saucepan of barely simmering water (do not allow bottom of bowl to touch simmering water).
- Using handheld electric mixer, beat on medium speed until mixture resembles soft marshmallow fluff, about 4 minutes.
- Increase mixer speed to high and beat until mixture is very thick, about 3 minutes longer.
- Remove bowl from over simmering water.
- Add vanilla extract and continue beating until marshmallow frosting is completely cool, about 5 minutes longer.
- Spread marshmallow frosting thinly over top and sides of cake.
- Remove bamboo skewers.
- Press flaked coconut into marshmallow frosting on top and sides of cake.
- Cake can be prepared 1 day ahead.
- Cover with cake dome and refrigerate.
- Let stand at room temperature 2 hours before serving.


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Common Weeds of Sabarkantha District, Gujarat, India
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April 2015
BeschreibungThis book on 'Common Weeds of Sabarkantha District of Gujarat State' is a handy pictorial guide to identify seasonal weeds plant species available in various crop fields. In addition, this book also deals with crop wise dominant weeds, their flowering and fruiting season, status in general etc. The detail description with photographs on identification of weeds also helps to mobilize farmers, villagers, researchers, academicians etc. towards conservation of significance weed species.
PortraitDr.S.K.Patel, Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Government Science College, Gandhinagar has a Ph.D in Plant Science (Taxonomy, Medicinal Plants and Conservation) from North Gujarat University, Patan-Gujarat and has a research cum academic experience of 15 years in the fields of plant taxonomy, rare and endangered plants and ethno-botany.
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Verlag: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
Erscheinungsdatum: April 2015
Seitenanzahl: 80 Seiten
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Not sure what to do with old planked subfloor?
I'm renovating a 1910 farmhouse and would like to tile the kitchen. The original flooring consisted of ship lapped 2x8 fir planks on the joists with finished 2x4 T&G fir flooring on top. At some point in the last 100 years someone layed orange resilient tiles over the fir flooring and then (presumabley) years later nailed down 3/8" OSB over it all and layed lino on that. Sheesh! I want to install tile in the kitchen and refinish the original flooring in the rest of the house. This weekend I'm hoping to strip everything down to the fir T&G, and then carefully pull it out and salvage it.
My question is: should I then pull out the planks underneath the flooring and start fresh, gluing and nailing T&G subfloor to the floor joists? Or should I just glue and nail subfloor over the original planks? I wouldn't mind salvaging the planks, they look to be mostly clear and would provide some nice material to rebuild the stair treads and window stools. Material like that just doesn't exist anymore. It would also mean though that I would probably have to double up the 3/4" subfloor to get the tile to the same height as the original flooring in the dining room, and cutting the planks out around the existing walls and such will be a serious pain in the butt.
Any suggestions?
I would pull the sub floor. Like you said they don't make wood like that anymore. You don't have to cut it exactly flush with the existing walls. Your first layer of OSB should be as close to the original thickness of the sub floor. Your 2nd layer will go up flush to the wall. That is how I would do it but I'm no expert.
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Industrial Activity - November 2010
The Southeast Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) for October indicated that the manufacturing sector grew slightly faster across the Sixth District.
- The Southeast PMI, produced by the Kennesaw State University Econometric Center in conjunction with the Atlanta Fed, gained 0.8 index points in October. The index indicates that the manufacturing sector is expanding at a slightly faster pace.
Note: A PMI over 50 indicates expanding manufacturing activity, below 50, contracting activity.
The truck tonnage index for October climbed 6 percent from a year earlier.
- The American Trucking Associations' (ATA) index for October increased 1 percent from September and 6 percent from October 2009.
- October marks the 11th straight month in which tonnage volumes were up on a year-over-year basis.
- ATA economists added that the monthly gain in October signals a slight peak in this year's domestic preholiday shipping season.
The value of international shipments passing though District ports continued to improve in September. Exports' and imports' pace improved from the previous month and a year earlier.
- According to U.S. Department of Commerce data, on a year-over-year basis, the value of regional exports and imports for the year ending September increased 13.5 percent and 18.7 percent, respectively.
- Exports and imports improved in all District ports, led by double-digit growth in Mobile, Miami, New Orleans, and Savannah.
Gulf Coast crude oil inventories remain above the seasonal average as economic woes and warmer-than-usual weather continue to suppress U.S. energy consumption.
- Contrary to historical patterns of stock depletion during the summer through winter season, Gulf Coast crude oil inventories have risen 2 percent since mid-August, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).
- Inventories have averaged 189 million barrels during the five weeks ending Nov. 11, above the seasonal high of around 180 million for this time of year.
According to the EIA, crude oil production in the Sixth District continues on an upward trajectory.
- District states produced an average of 1.6 million barrels of crude oil per day since the beginning of 2010, up 7 percent from a year earlier.
- According to the EIA's short-term outlook, national crude oil production will increase by 140,000 barrels per day in 2010 before declining by 40,000 barrels per day in 2011 to an average of 5.4 million barrels per day. The EIA expects that production will decline by 160,000 barrels per day in 2011, on average, a decline that will be partially offset by increases elsewhere in the country.
District vehicle production through late November advanced from low levels in 2009, according to data from Automotive News.
- Compared with a year earlier, District vehicle production through Nov. 27 improved for all automakers with assembly facilities in the Southeast.
- Overall, District production jumped 61 percent from last year's levels, a faster improvement than the nation's 38 percent rise.
- Hyundai-Kia and Nissan have accounted for about two-thirds of the District's total vehicle production so far in 2010.


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Nigeria boss Stephen Keshi insists his nation will carry on fighting to make history.
It is the first time two African nations have reached the knock-out stages as Algeria and Nigeria face difficult last-16 games against Germany and France respectively.
But Keshi insists that Nigeria, who have finally resolved a bonus payment row, can pull off another upset and see off France.
Keshi said: "The fighting spirit we have shown has been good. I never thought that we wouldn't make the round of 16. I have the players. Our approach to every match has always been the same: To win.
"Whether we are playing against Spain at the Confederations Cup or playing against Liberia in a friendly match, I always tell the boys that victory is non-negotiable."
France midfielder Yohan Cabaye has warned Nigeria's John Obi Mikel could be the biggest threat to their hopes of reaching the quarter-finals.
Cabaye said: "When they are trying to play it short and find space they always turn to him. He starts all of their moves and can cause us a lot of problems."


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can you tell me if i can do this and what all is needed to do this engine swap. will it be very costly ? please let me know thanks dave
a bigblock in a 66 II shouldnt be too hard. you may have to go to the local speed shop and buy a solid motor mount conversion kit. but that may not be too costly 4 u.the biggest expense i can come up with is the headers or manifolds to fit the II.good luck and let me know how it goes.
There's a 'right' way to do this and then there's the 'other' way. The right way is the most expensive, but will yield the best results. Buy a subframe from one of the manufacturers (I bought mine from Heidts), unbolt your factory subframe (8 bolts) and roll the assembly out of the way. Bolt up the new subframe in it's place. Your fenders, bumpers and everything else will also bolt right back on. You'll need to purchase a front suspension unit also, new or used, most people use the Mustang II. Steering will require a little modification, but not to difficult.
The 'other' way (and I've done this too) is to purchase V8 frame mounts for the engine if it's currently a 6 cylinder. These are about 90.00 from the aftermarket people. Then you'll need a special oilpan for the Nova because the tierod will interfer if you don't. The oil pan and pickup are about 125.00 from Summit. You'll need to cut out a section of the shock towers for headers, since stock exhausts would be even more of a nightmare. Reinforce the shock towers after you butcher them. The radiator will most likely be too small for a rat, I bought an AFCO aluminum radiator for 250.00. I also used a 4 speed which required some fabrication for clutch linkage. If you run an automatic, the job would be much simpler. The heater motor and windshied wipers will interfer with tall valve covers. You will have to use Hooker or Heddman fender well headers or make your own, like I did. The stock steering geometry will be your next headache. The steering sucked with a small block. A big block just magnifies the problem more due to it's weight. I have to admit, it took me a couple years to get everything ironed out, but boy was it fun when I did. I kept this car for 7 years and got pretty familiar with all the 'gotcha's'. If you decide to do this and need more info just let me know.
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December 2006
- December 31 • New Year's Eve is a yearly holiday which involves everybody standing around asking each other what time it is. The 1993 special Sesame Street Stays Up Late celebrated the holiday by visiting Sesame characters from around the world, including Moishe Oofnik from Rechov Sumsum, Tiffy from Sesamstrasse, and Elmonoske, Elmo's cousin from Japan. Miss Piggy has also celebrated New Year's Eve by standing on a freezing rooftop and shouting at Jay Leno in 1996, and going on an awkward date with Matt Lauer in 1997. Happy New Year's!
- December 30 • Joseph McCarthy was a Wisconsin senator who became infamous for his aggressive investigation and claims of Communist infiltration in the United States of America. In one 1950 lecture at a Republican Women's Club meeting, McCarthy claimed that "I have here in my hand a list..." of known Communists working in the State Department. Over the following days and weeks, McCarthy's claims of the number of Communists on "the list" changed, and it seems likely that an actual list never existed. Over the next few years, McCarthy's was made Chairman of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, and used this pulpit to make wide-ranging claims of Communist infiltration. The Muppets have made reference to McCarthy on The Muppet Show, Fraggle Rock and Dinosaurs. Really!
- December 29 • Professor Krassman is the world's leading authority in the rapidly growing field of mind control in frogs. Krassman is hired by Doc Hopper in The Muppet Movie to force Kermit the Frog to appear as a commercial spokesman for Doc Hopper's Frog Legs. The result of many late nights at his laboratories in Cologne and Dusseldorf, Krassman's latest achievement is an imposing device used to perform an electronic cerebrectomy, a process by which a frog's brain is reduced to guacamole. Due to the timely intervention of Miss Piggy, Kermit's gray matter is saved, and Krassman becomes a victim of his own machine.
- December 28 • Fay Ray was the Weimeraner dog most often used by photographer/filmmaker William Wegman in segments on Sesame Street. Wegman, who had had success with his dog Man Ray from the 1970s until Man Ray's death in 1982, bought Fay, then known as "Cinnamon Girl", as a puppy in 1985. Wegman first began photographing Fay in 1986, and she made her screen debut in Wegman's 1986 short Dog Baseball. In November 1987, Wegman was contacted by Sesame Street producer Arlene Sherman, who invited him to supply short films for the series. Fay was the natural choice to star. Wegman, in voice-over, would narrate and give instructions, and Fay would demonstrate everything from math skills to letter concepts. Fay Ray passed away in 1995 at the age of 11; her children continue to appear on Sesame Street.
- December 27 • Tarzan is the son of a British Lord and Lady, marooned in Africa by mutineers, and raised by Great Apes. Various Muppets have portrayed Tarzan, including Link Hogthrob, Kermit, Elmo, Elvis and Gonzo, opposite Lily Tomlin as Jane.
- December 26 • Thelma Thumb was a series of animated segments on Sesame Street. Designed to teach pre-science concepts, the series was produced by John Korty using his Lumage system, which utilized fabric cut-outs. The central character was little Marcia Middlewell, a seemingly average girl who harbored a secret alter-ego. When accidents appeared inevitable or other trouble spots occurred, Marcia would enter a phone booth. With the utterance of her magic phrase, "Zapper jiffy squincher scrum, make me into Thelma Thumb!", she would shrink to the size of a salt shaker and fly to the rescue.
- December 25 • Jesus Christ is the central figure of Christianity. Christian views of Jesus center on the belief that Jesus is the Messiah as promised in the Old Testament and that he was resurrected after he died on a cross. The Nativity story has been represented twice in Muppet productions -- narrated by John Denver in the 1979 special John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together, and presented as a Sesame Street pageant in the 2002 video Elmo's World: Happy Holidays. In the latter, Natasha played the baby Jesus, with Bert as Joseph and Rosita as Mary. Seriously. Merry Christmas!
- December 24 • The Twelve Days of Christmas is a traditional and lengthy English Christmas carol. The song is based on the premise that the singer receives one gift per day from his or her "true love" over the 12 days immediately following Christmas Day. Each verse repeats all of the previous gifts listed; thus, one could say that the singer receives 364 gifts total -- or one a day until next Christmas, when the process begins all over again. The Muppets have recorded five versions of the song, each lasting well over four minutes. Listening to them all in a row might help to pass the time until Christmas. Then again, it might not.
- December 23 • A Special Sesame Street Christmas is one of the strangest artifacts of the Muppet Christmas season. The special was produced for CBS in 1978, the same year that Christmas Eve on Sesame Street aired on PBS -- and it's obvious that the Sesame Street creative team only worked on the PBS special. The script is a vague takeoff on A Christmas Carol, with Oscar the Grouch in the Scrooge role, but the emphasis is on the celebrity guests and the musical numbers, which pop up in the most unlikely places. Guest star Leslie Uggams makes it her mission in life to bring Christmas spirit to Oscar, and enlists various celebrities to help, including Anne Murray, Imogene Coca and Dick Smothers. Henry Fonda and Michael Jackson also make walk-on appearances. Oscar sings "Yakety Yak", Ethel Merman sings "Tomorrow", and Maria takes in an injured kitten named Tiny Tim. 1978 was a very different world, even at Christmas.
- December 22 • Ma Bear's Farmhouse is the rural home of Emily Bear in A Muppet Family Christmas. The home where Fozzie Bear grew up, the house is now solely occupied by Emily, at least on a normal basis. For the holidays, she lets the house to Doc and Sprocket, with the intention of spending Christmas in Malibu. Soon an array of Muppet guests arrive, however, completely filling the country home. Since bed space is limited, Gonzo and Animal have to sleep on hangers in the closet and Bert and Ernie will build bunk beds in the broom closet. The spacious kitchen is quickly utilized by the Swedish Chef, and the basement includes a Fraggle hole, connecting to Fraggle Rock. The precise location of the farmhouse is unclear, although the Sesame Street Muppets are able to make the trek from New York City, apparently on foot. During the winter months, harsh blizzards tend to isolate the house. An additional safety hazard is the icy patch on the front porch.
- December 21 • Refrigerator Day: The happiest holiday in Pangaea is approaching and Earl, carried away by the commercial side of the occasion, overspends on presents for the family. When the traditional WESAYSO bonus fails to come through for Earl, the family is placed in financial jeopardy. Any hope for a joyous holiday is dashed when their refrigerator is repossessed. With no food, no refrigerator and no money, the family is forced to fall back on the spiritual side of the holiday.
- December 20 • Chanukah: Shalom Sesame celebrates the holiday with songs and stories of Jewish tradition. Moishe Oofnik sells sufganiyot from a 2,000 year old family recipe while Kippi Ben Kippod races to bring the Chanukah torch to Jerusalem. A trip back in time to the days of Judah Maccabee and a dreidel game show further help to illustrate the traditions of the holiday. Also, Jeremy Miller from Growing Pains is Jewish, apparently.
- December 19 • Mr. Applegate is a tenant who pleads with Ebenezer Scrooge in The Muppet Christmas Carol. Behind on his mortgage payments, the nervous Mr. Applegate repeatedly asks Scrooge not to shout at him, while relating his family's woes, before being flung bodily out the door.
- December 18 • Santa Chef Action Figure: For Christmas 2004, Palisades Toys made an action figure of the Swedish Chef dressed as Santa Claus. I'd hate to think what he might leave under the tree...
- December 17 • American Greetings Muppet Christmas Ornaments: This year, American Greetings has released three new Christmas ornaments, and they're very pretty. One of them depicts Kermit the Frog sitting on a log, playing "The Rainbow Connection" on his banjo. The other ornaments are Kermit and Miss Piggy dancing, and a set of three mini-ornaments with Kermit, Piggy and Gonzo celebrating Kermit's 50th anniversary.
- December 16 • The World in which Kermit was Never Born: In It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie, Kermit tells his guardian angel, Daniel, that he wishes he had never been born. To teach Kermit a lesson, Daniel shows him what would have happened if he had never been born. In this nightmarish world, Gonzo is a depressed street performer, Scooter is a cage-dancing go-go boy, Beaker is a musclebound bouncer and Doc Hopper's French Fried Frog Legs is a successful fast-food chain. Shocked by what he sees, Kermit returns to the real world with a new resolve.
- December 15 • I Can't Wait Until Christmas is a 1989 Little Golden Book that tells the story of Big Bird not being able to wait until Christmas. He and Granny Bird have surprise presents for each other, and Big Bird doesn't know what to do with himself while he's waiting. His friends help him out by engaging in typical Christmastime activities -- decorating a tree, making cookies and visiting Santa at Nickles Department Store. Will Big Bird be able to wait until Christmas?
- December 14 • Joe Snow, the would-be narrator of It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie, is a parody of Burl Ives' character in the Rankin/Bass Christmas special, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. Joe's attempts to narrate the movie are thwarted, at first by the camera crew, and later by the Safari Animal Tracker, who shoots him with a tranquilizer dart meant for Fozzie.
- December 13 • Happy Hooby Holidays: The Hoobs are coming! Groove, Iver, Tula and Roma have been traveling around the UK in the Hoobmobile for five years, and now they're finally heading to the United States on PBS Kids Sprout. The series will kick off on Christmas Day with a six-hour Hoobs marathon, with specially recorded interstitials. Hoobalicious!
- December 12 • John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together is a popular Christmas album that ties in with the TV special of the same name. The album includes "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" as performed by John Denver and Rowlf, the Electric Mayhem's rendition of "Little Saint Nick", and the Muppet cast singing "Deck the Halls" and "The Twelve Days of Christmas". The complete album has been out of print for several years, but a new Limited Collectors Edition was released this year, including all 13 tracks remastered.
- December 11 • Pa Otter is the late husband of Alice Otter and father of Emmet in Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas. Although he died a couple of years before the start of the story, his presence is felt throughout the special. Pa was a snake oil salesman, though business wasn't always good. As Pa often joked, "There aren't enough people who want to oil a snake!" Pa was also an early environmentalist, establishing the family tradition of the Christmas branch. Every year, he'd go out and vow to bring back a whole Christmas tree. He never had the heart, reflecting that the tree, if allowed to live, would remain for another hundred years.
- December 10 • Christmas Carolers: A quartet of Anything Muppet carolers appeared to serenade Elmo and his goldfish Dorothy in Elmo's World: Happy Holidays. Unfortunately, the carolers only knew one song -- the chorus to "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" -- but they added some variety with a special chorus for Dorothy, "We Fish You a Merry Christmas". Other Muppet carolers include the Sesame Street gang, singing on the road to Ma Bear's Farmhouse in A Muppet Family Christmas, and Bean Bunny, who gets smacked upside the head with a wreath in The Muppet Christmas Carol.
- December 9 • Sababa Christmas Kermit Plush: One of your stranger Muppet Christmas toys, this is a plush toy of Kermit the Frog in snowy Christmas white, with a gray collar and mouth. He wears a traditional red and white Santa outfit, with a jacket and cap. Some of the people who see this toy think it's adorable; some think it's disturbing. But that's Christmas for you.
- December 8 • Episode 0330: The Fix-It Shop opened its doors on Sesame Street on January 21, 1972. At the time it was known as "the L and R Fix-It Shop", and was owned jointly by Luis and Rafael. If you don't remember Rafael, he was played by Raúl Juliá. This was before Kiss of the Spider Woman, obviously. Rafael disappeared after the third season, and Luis took over the Fix-It Shop by himself. Man, the learning just never stops on Muppet Wiki.
- December 7 • Little Richard is a rock 'n' roll singer who rose to fame in the 1950s with such hit songs as "Tutti Frutti" and "Good Golly, Miss Molly." He's appeared with the Muppets several times -- performing "Rubber Duckie" on Sesame Street and "I Hear You Knockin'" on Muppets Tonight, plus a cameo in the Muppets' video for "She Drives Me Crazy". Plus, Beaker does an uncanny Little Richard impression.
- December 6 • Good Morning America: Kermit the Frog is making the rounds of the talk shows this week to promote his book, Before You Leap. He'll appear on Good Morning America on December 7th, and Live with Regis and Kelly on December 8th.
- December 5 • Happy Birthday, Muppet Wiki! This website was launched on December 5, 2005 -- and in this year, we've created an enormous, crazy database, full of odd facts and interesting connections. As of this morning, there are 12,130 articles on the wiki -- including 1,766 Muppet Characters, 548 Sesame Street Books, 521 Muppet Show Songs, and 42 Grouches. Muppet Wiki has everything from A to Z, including Kermit the Frog, Dave Goelz, the Statue of Liberty, Little Golden Books, Cleopatra and Gorilla Suits. We've got the Sun and the Moon, Superman and Batman, and Statler and Waldorf. So far, 135 people have contributed to the wiki -- thank you to everyone who's helped to make the wiki a fun project to work on and to read! It was a very good year...
- December 4 • Saturday Night Live: The Complete First Season: The box set is out in stores tomorrow -- your first chance to see the infamous Land of Gorch sketches on DVD. The set contains 14 Gorch sketches, including King Ploobis' disastrous Christmas party, Queen Peuta's torrid affair with Scred, Scred's duet with Lily Tomlin, and the Mighty Favog's desperate offer to Chevy Chase: If Lorne Michaels doesn't fire the Muppets, Favog can get him the Beatles. The decline and fall of Gorch, all on one DVD set.
- December 3 • Bear in the Big Blue House Christmas Books: If anybody knows how to celebrate the holidays, it's Bear. He decorates the Big Blue House within an inch of its life, he buys presents for rambunctious young animals, and he helps out the homeless. And with all that to do, he still found the time to star in four storybooks -- including Bear's Berry Christmas, an adaptation of the 1999 special "A Berry Bear Christmas".
- December 2 • Santa's Workshop is the home and assembly line workplace of Santa Claus and his elves. The workshop figures most prominently in The Great Santa Claus Switch, where it lays adjacent to the cave of Cosmo Scam and his Frackles. Elmo has visited the workshop twice -- in Elmo Saves Christmas and Elmo's World: Happy Holidays.
- December 1 • Gorham Sesame Street Plates: Christmas is coming, so we might as well get started. We'll kick off with some pictures of the Sesame Street Christmas plates made by Gorham Fine China in the early 1980s, illustrated by Sesame artists Mike Smollin and Joe Mathieu. Gorham made a big series of neat collectibles, including figurines, Christmas music boxes, and piggy banks. Obviously, these are only available at places like eBay now, but if you can find them, they would make terrific Christmas gifts for the Muppet fans on your list, like for example the administrators of a certain Muppet-related encyclopedia website. I'm just saying.
November 2006
- November 30 • Field Trip! is an upcoming 12-page Sesame Street board book by Sarah Albee, will illustrations by Joe Mathieu, due for release on March 27th. In the book, the Sesame Street gang goes on a field trip to the natural history museum. Each page includes a special fact about the exhibits pictured. The book comes with four finger puppets (Elmo, Zoe, Cookie Monster, and Big Bird). Field Trip! is one of many new Sesame books coming out early next year, including Guess Who, Elmo!, Lots of Opposites and I'm a Helper. Check out the 2007 page for a complete list of the upcoming projects and merchandise!
- November 29 • Aunt Matilda is Bert's aunt, who has been mentioned in several Ernie and Bert sketches. In one sketch, Ernie finds a present in the apartment, and tries to guess what Bert is giving him. Ernie guesses that the present might be a football, a cake, or a reading lamp. When he's told that his guesses are wrong, Ernie excitedly unwraps the box. The present turns out to be a pink pillbox hat, with flowers and a veil, which Ernie commandeers. When Bert tries to explain that the hat was intended for Aunt Matilda, Ernie expresses surprise that he bought them both the same gift.
- November 28 • University of Maryland: The Libraries at the University of Maryland holds the archives of the Children's Television Workshop in the National Public Broadcasting Archives -- part of the Broadcasting Archives along with the Library of American Broadcasting. These archives are accessible to the general public, and have been used as source materials for some of the articles on this wiki. The NPBA website has an index of the CTW archives holdings, and visitors can see the archives in person by visiting the Hornbake Library in College Park, Maryland.
- November 27 • Episode 2615: In the finale for Sesame Street's 20th season, Maria is giving birth to her new baby. Oscar is racked with guilt -- he drove Maria and Luis to the hospital, which is a nice thing to do, and he's calling the gang at Hooper's Store to tell them how things are going, which is also a nice thing to do. He even admits to Luis that he feels happy that the new baby is coming! Does this mean that Oscar isn't a grouch anymore?
- November 26 • When Parents Are Deployed is a television special produced by Sesame Workshop that focuses on the educational and emotional needs of children with parents and caregivers deployed by the military. The half-hour special is planned to premiere on December 27, 2006 at 9:00 pm on PBS. The special, hosted by Cuba Gooding, Jr., is targeted at educating adults about the issues and effects of parental deployment on children and what they can do.
- November 25 • Eileen is Miss Piggy's department store co-worker in The Muppets Take Manhattan, played by Joan Rivers. Assigned to the perfume and cosmetics counter, Eileen has been having trouble marketing "Quelle Difference" perfume, so she turns her attentions to a clearly distraught Miss Piggy. Hoping to cheer up her colleague, she gives her a make-over. Eileen grows increasingly engrossed in this endeavor, adding make-up to her own face with each addition, and growing ever giddy, until manager Mr. Wrightson fires them both.
- November 24 • Mo Momo is a customer in the Mopatop's Shop episode "Mouse Count." He's the proud owner of a toy mouse, and is desperately seeking three more to add to his collection. He seems oddly cavalier about whether his mice are inanimate, live, or a blue balloon mouse which will likely deflate in a comparatively short time. Mopatop offers no warranty for the product, but then again, no currency is exchanged either. The economics of Mopatop's shop are even more mystifying than those governing Hooper's Store.
- November 23 • The Pilgrim Penguins are a group of penguins dressed in Pilgrim garb seen in episode 321 of The Muppet Show. The group performs "Alabama Bound" as they land at Plymouth Rock. Have a happy Thanksgiving!
- November 22 • The Best Thanksgiving Ever: It's Thanksgiving at the Big Blue House and every year, Bear prepares a wonderful Thanksgiving feast. There's all sorts of delicious food, and Grandma Flutter and Doc Hogg are coming over to join the celebration. Everyone is very thankful for Bear's great feast, but Ojo wonders if there isn't more she can do to help. She becomes a sort of Thanksgiving commander and takes charge of the decorations and the Thanksgiving pageant. Ojo wants everything to be perfect, but soon finds things going outside her control.
- November 21 • Taylor the Turkey appears in a "Tales from the Vet" segment in episode 102 of Muppets Tonight. Dr. Phil van Neuter begins the segment by announcing that Taylor loves Thanksgiving. Taylor is seen sitting in a roasting pan, enjoying what he believes is his sauna.
- November 20 • Ralphie is Baby Bear's pet parrot, who made his debut on Sesame Street in 2002. In Episode 3985, Papa Bear tells his son that he can have a pet, but Baby Bear can't figure out what kind of a pet to have. Telly suggests a hamster, like Chuckie Sue. Elmo suggests a goldfish, like Dorothy. Old MacDonald and his animals suggest a cow or a pig. Even the Big Bad Wolf suggests himself as Baby Bear's pet. Finally, Papa Bear arrives with a parrot. Baby Bear excitedly names the bird Ralphie, and starts teaching him to talk.
- November 19 • Puppet Up! - Uncensored is a one-hour television special of the Jim Henson Company's improv puppet comedy show, Puppet Up! The special is scheduled to air on TBS on Monday, November 20th, at 11pm Eastern/Pacific.
- November 18 • Minor Characters in Time Piece: Here's a close look at some of the characters in Time Piece, including a traffic cop, a secretary, a stripper and a comic played by Don Sahlin. Only on Muppet Wiki!
- November 17 • Animals in Time Piece: Jim Henson's 1965 short film Time Piece features several shots of live animals. I bet you're curious to know which animals appear, and what they represent. This is your lucky day.
- November 16 • King Kong is another one of those pop culture icons that the Muppets just can't stay away from. Miss Piggy and Gonzo met an audio-animatronic Kong in Miss Piggy's Hollywood, Cookie Monster climbs the Empire State Building in Sesame Street 4-D Movie Magic, and Jim Henson's Creature Shop created animatronic Kongs for two different TV commercials. Look out below!
- November 15 • Sam the Super Automated Ghost of Christmas Future is the third ghost to visit Oscar the Grouch in the new direct-to-video special, A Sesame Street Christmas Carol Sam is summoned by remote control to show Oscar what Christmas will be like in the future. Voiced by Kevin Clash, the character was animated by Magnetic Dreams as a computer generated image. Sam displays several characteristics similar to his predecessor of the same name, Sam the Robot. His design appears to be influenced by the former, as evidenced by his eye movement, and his faulty speech pattern follows the same loop-hiccup which can apparently only be cured by a whack on the hardware.
- November 14 • The Value of Imagination is a biography for children about the life of Jim Henson. The book is part of a series called "Value Tales", which teaches inspirational messages through the biographies of celebrated people, including Abraham Lincoln, Ludwig van Beethoven and Christopher Columbus. Proving that Henson didn't have a monopoly, the Charles Dickens biography is also called "The Value of Imagination." The story follows Henson from a young boy in Mississippi to Washington, D.C., and then on to fame and fortune. Because the publishers didn't have a license to produce a book with images of the copyrighted Muppet characters, the illustrations use generic Muppety-looking puppets instead. For example, a two-page spread illustrating The Muppet Show depicts two blue cows playing banjo and guitar, backing up a singing purple horse.
- November 13 • Muppet*Vision 3D is a current attraction at the Disney-MGM Studios in Walt Disney World, Florida, the main feature of which is a 3D film that was the last project directed by Jim Henson. The attraction, which opened on the first anniversary of Henson's death on May 16, 1991, has since been duplicated at Disney's California Adventure at the Disneyland resort in California, which opened its own version in 2001. The attraction features an elaborate multimedia pre-show which begins the moment that guests arrive in the main Muppet*Vision plaza.
- November 12 • A Sesame Street Christmas Carol is a new direct-to-video Sesame Street special, coming out on Tuesday, November 14th. Oscar the Grouch stars in the Ebenezer Scrooge role for a Sesame Street version of the classic novel by Charles Dickens. A Christmas Carol was previously adapted by the Muppets in the 1992 film The Muppet Christmas Carol, and has been spoofed in Muppet Magazine, a Sesame Street calendar, and the 1978 TV special, A Special Sesame Street Christmas.
- November 11 • C is for Cooking: Recipes from the Street is a Sesame Street cookbook set to be released on April 17, 2007. The 112-page hardcover book will feature over 50 recipes that parents can make for, or with, their children. The recipes are illustrated with photos of the Sesame Street Muppets.
- November 10 • K.I.T.T. is the computer intelligence that controls a black Pontiac Trans-Am in the 1980s television series Knight Rider. In the Spring 1984 issue of Muppet Magazine, K.I.T.T. was interviewed by Gonzo for that issue's edition of Mondo Muppet. The two misfits chat about their mutual affection for lunatic daring, eating a healthy breakfast (a mixture of high-tech fuels which Gonzo requests the recipe for), responding to fan mail and the pleasures of the drive-in movie theatre experience. K.I.T.T. would later make an appearance on The Nick and Jessica Variety Hour, which also featured the Muppets.
- November 9 • Rabbi: When Fozzie Bear tries to pull a rabbit out of a hat in episode 421 of The Muppet Show, he produces a robot, and then a rabbi. The elderly gentleman replies to a confused Robin, "You was expecting the Pope, maybe?"
- November 8 • George and Barbara Brush are cleaning tools of the White House establishment. Caricatures of George and Barbara Bush, the Brushes are made from a hairbrush (George) and toilet brush (Barbara), accessorized minimally but appropriately. Though not strictly Muppets, this patrician pair was featured in Cheryl Henson's 1994 book The Muppets Make Puppets, and they accompanied Henson on talk show appearances.
- November 7 • Sesame Place Presidential Election: On May 7, 1988, while George H. W. Bush, Michael Dukakis and Jesse Jackson were busy bringing their messages to America's adult voters, the Sesame Place amusement park gave young visitors a taste of presidential campaigning with the 1988 Sesame Place Presidential Election. Visitors of Sesame Place got their first taste of the elective process as they used real voting machines, loaned by the city of Philadelphia, to cast their vote for one of seven famous Sesame Street Muppet characters -- Big Bird, Cookie Monster, the Honkers, Bert, Ernie, Grover and Prairie Dawn. The park was covered in campaign signs (each with unique character campaign slogans) and the walk-around characters were out shaking hands and campaigning with the young voters all day. By the end of the day, one of the seven characters was elected President of Sesame Place. Those young voters are of legal voting age by now -- please join them in going to the polls today!
- November 6 • Season 37: The latest season of Sesame Street continues this week, with a three-part story about Gina adopting Marco, a baby from Guatemala. Marco's story is the second major adoption on Sesame Street -- Miles, Gordon and Susan's son, was adopted in 1985.
- November 5 • Mayor Thaddeus Twiddlebug is another in the list of mayors that you probably shouldn't vote for -- not because he's corrupt or anything, it's just that he's only a couple inches high. Thaddeus is the mayor of Twiddlebug Town, which is located in Elmo's window box. It's not clear whether the community of Twiddlebugs in Ernie's window box is a separate political entity.
- November 4 • The Grouch Mayor: Another mayor that you probably shouldn't vote for, the Grouch Mayor is the leader of Grouchland USA in the film The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland. The Mayor wears a "Groucho" nose and glasses, and his costume was inspired by the Mayor of Munchkinland in the MGM film version of The Wizard of Oz.
- November 3 • Mayor Kickbark: Election day is coming up, so Muppet Wiki is featuring a selection of mayors that you probably shouldn't vote for. First up, Mayor Kickbark, the mayor of Dog City. Introduced during the second season, Mayor Kickbark is an unctuous politician who often undermines police chief Rosie O'Gravy's authority, intentionally or otherwise.
- November 2 • Happy birthday, Cookie Monster! Our furry blue friend was first created for an unproduced snack food commercial in 1966. The next year, he was used in "Coffee Break Machine", an industrial short made for IBM. In 1969, the puppet was named Arnold for a set of Munchos commercials... and then he moved to Sesame Street, and the rest is history. Since then, he's also been seen as Alistair Cookie, Casey McPhee and the Great Cookie Thief. November 2nd is his official birthday. Remember, cookies are a sometimes food, so please celebrate responsibly.
- November 1 • Puppet Up! - Uncensored is a one-hour television special set to air on TBS on November 20th, based on the live Puppet Up! shows that the Jim Henson Company has produced this year. The improv puppet troupe, headed by Brian Henson, will be performing at the Comedy Festival in Las Vegas this month, and the performance will be filmed for TV.


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Watching Authentic and Beezie Madden on course in the $75,000 Grand Prix of Tampa CSI-W, you would hardly believe that it was only the pair's third class this year.
But Madden had no doubt that Authentic was at the top of his game and ready to compete at the Tampa Bay Classic, March 28-April 1, in Tampa, Fla.
"I've never been concerned," Madden said. "I've only shown him a little this year, but what he did he won. I knew that he was in good form."
Authentic and Madden sped to the win in Tampa, just as they had in the $25,000 WEF Challenge Series Round IV on Feb. 15 in Wellington. The wins prove that they're ready to compete at the Rolex FEI World Cup Final in Las Vegas, Nev., April 19-22.
Madden praised the work of British course designer Richard Ellis, describing the course as an excellent preparation for the World Cup Final. "To get ready for a small indoor like Vegas you want to have some rideability in the course, and he did that," she explained. "It was a nice classical course, yet challenging. There wasn't one major trouble spot, but several spots that could cause potential problems."
Sunday's grand prix served as the last East Coast qualifying competition for the World Cup Final, and many of the top contenders came to compete.
Richard Spooner was already comfortably qualified for the Finals, seated second in the U.S. West Coast League for his consistent performances at qualifying competitions in California. He traveled to Florida in March after the conclusion of the HITS Thermal Desert Circuit (Calif.) to put some miles on three of his grand prix mounts and get some practice in before Las Vegas.
"All three of the horses I brought are young. At this point they need to get into different arenas, see different water jumps, spooky jumps and walls. It's hard to do that when you just show in one area. This way they could get a lot of experience in a short time. Plus there are a lot of great competitions out here with a lot of prize money," Spooner said.
Spooner also relished the opportunity to go head-to-head with top competitors on the East Coast. "It's a tough group of riders out here," admitted Spooner. "It's hard to get a win or a good piece of the class. It's nice to be able to compete in that arena."
The trip paid off as he and Cristallo jumped to second in the $75,000 Grand Prix of Tampa. He got to add that prize money to the $6,596 he earned taking eighth in the $395,781 CN Worldwide Florida Open Grand Prix in Wellington on March 17.
Spooner set the pace with a clear round in the jump-off and a time of 43.56 seconds. Laura Kraut on Anthem and Ken Berkley on Carlos Boy—the only other competitors posting clean jump-off rounds—couldn't catch his time.
But Madden maintained her steadfast confidence. She was already easily qualified for the upcoming World Cup Final, so Tampa's grand prix served as a chance for her to get Authentic in the groove of showing. Madden chose to show Authentic sparingly at Wellington's Winter Equestrian Festival venue because of inconsistent footing.
When it was their turn to challenge the jump-off course, the pair showed the crowd exactly how prepared they were for the World Cup Final. After blazing down the first line, Madden elected a tight inside turn no one else had tried to the third fence, knowing that such a risk might allow her to beat Spooner and win the class. Her gamble paid off. The jumps stayed up and the pair posted the winning time of 42.99 seconds, knocking Cristallo and Spooner down to second place.
Madden's win propelled her past McLain Ward in the East Coast World Cup League standings to finish on top. "The World Cup is especially important this year because it's not an Olympic year," Madden explained. "This is Authentic's big competition. Plus it's in Vegas, in our home country. It's important for us—not just me—but for all the U.S. riders to do well."
Seven slots are reserved at the Final for the top riders from the East Coast. Madden, Ward, Lauren Hough, Margie Engle, Schuyler Riley and Molly Ashe finished at the top of the East Coast league.
Kraut on the veteran Anthem finished third in the $75,000 Grand Prix of Tampa, clinching the eighth spot in the East Coast World Cup League standings, but she has chosen not to travel to Vegas. Chris Kappler, who finished seventh in the league, also will not be attending. So, Christine McCrea, seated ninth, will be competing in her first World Cup Final.
Kate Levy's eighth-placed finish in Tampa earned her enough points to tie with Todd Minikus in the final East Coast League standings. Her top finishes of second and fourth bested Minikus' third and fifth, earning her the FEI wild card.
Kroon Gravin Is Back
To the average spectator, there was nothing special about Molly Ashe and Kroon Gravin's fifth place in the $75,000 Grand Prix of Tampa CSI-W. But for Ashe, it was the fruition of years of struggling.
In 2000, Ashe and Kroon Gravin splashed onto the international show jumping scene, winning the $54,538 Banco Herrero Grand Prix (Spain), the $60,336 Grand Prix of Berlin (Germany), and the $72,901 Audi Grand Prix (the Netherlands), as well as having remarkable results in the United States.
And in 2001, they won their first $200,000 Budweiser American Invitational (Fla.) together, and were eighth at the FEI World Cup Final (Sweden). But then "Kroon" developed problems with her ovaries. Ashe and the veterinarians struggled with the issue for eight months, but finally resolved it using an ovarian implant.
In April 2002, after not having shown for almost a year, Kroon returned to win her second consecutive $200,000 Budweiser American Invitational. And later that summer, she won the selection trials for the U.S. team for the World Equestrian Games. Ashe and Kroon traveled to Jerez, Spain, for the WEG, but withdrew prior to the competition due to soundness issues.
And then, in 2003, Ashe and Kroon's owner, Sandra O'Donnell, began struggling with legal issues. "We each owned half of the horse, and the agreement we had had was that she was not for sale," said Ashe. "We had many big offers, and we didn't take them. It was guaranteed by me to her, and by her to me, that the horse was mine forever—that she would never be sold and her life would never change. But we started to go in different directions. Sandy and I went our separate ways, and there was a dispute over where the horse should be."
Legal struggles over her ownership kept Kroon out of the ring for the next year. In 2005, she showed lightly over the summer at Spruce Meadows (Alta.), and then won the $40,000 Lexington CSI-W (Ky.) and the $50,000 Ariat Congressional Cup CSI-W (Md.). But legal wrangling put a stop to Ashe showing Kroon again after that.
But in October of 2006, Ashe and O'Donnell reached a settlement in mediation, and now Kroon is solely owned by Ashe. "You have no idea how it feels. It's a huge weight off my chest," said Ashe.
Her fierce determination to keep Kroon in her barn had little to do with the mare's competitive success. Kroon has long been known as a very quirky horse, and Ashe has brought out the best in her as she's forged a strong bond with her.
"For me, if Kroon never jumped again, it doesn't matter. I feel like I owe it to her to give her the life she loves as long as she's able to live it," said Ashe. "My incentive in the whole thing wasn't to show her again, but to protect her.
"Riders lose their horses. It happens to everybody who doesn't own the horses. It's terrible, and you feel bad for the animal, because they lose all their people and what they've known. But, usually, it all works out OK. But Kroon, I think, is one of the exceptions to that. I wouldn't begin to know how to do that to her. You could give someone a list of instructions 10 pages long about her. It's a relationship we've developed over a long time period, and I know how to keep her happy."
Ashe will point her toward the $200,000 Budwesier American Invitational yet again, and then to the Rolex FEI World Cup Final (Nev.) on April 18-22. But Ashe is taking time out on April 9 to get married to Chris Cawley.
Kroon showed twice during the Wellington, Fla., portion of the Winter Equestrian Festival, putting in four-fault rounds in the $75,000 Bainbridge Idle Dice Classic CSI-W and the $100,000 Zada Masters Cup CSI-W. "In [Wellington], she was a mad-dash runaway; she was a little over-enthusiastic, I think. She felt a little rusty and excited to be showing, but she feels really great," Ashe said.
"It was a lot of fun to have her go so well and jump great in Tampa. It's like she was in the fall of '05, when she won those two World Cups [qualifiers]. She felt fantastic in those shows. I wasn't sure if we could get her back to that fitness level again, but she seems to be there now. It's one day at a time, but it's just so nice to have her back in the ring," she said. "And now I know that her life is not going to change. It's in my control to make sure that she lives as long and happy a life as possible."


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A book by Margaret Atwood
If you haven't already read Margaret Atwood's "Oryx and Crake" (2003) and "The Year of the Flood" (2009), you shouldn't read "MaddAddam," even though it is wonderfully entertaining and just about everything you could want in a novel. This is the concluding volume in a "dystopian trilogy"—a vision of global disaster in the not too distant future—and while it can certainly be enjoyed without knowing the earlier books, why would anyone start here? You wouldn't watch "Return of the Jedi" as your first "Star Wars" movie, would you? Go out and buy all three installments and begin at the beginning.
That said, in a prefatory note, Atwood does summarize "The MaddAddam Trilogy: The Story So Far." In those first two novels, we were introduced to a world where the HelthWyzer Corporation acts as the government. Its top researchers and their families live in fortified compounds that separate them from the vast underclass and from pleebrat gangs such as Asian Fusion and the Tex-Mexes.
The police have been replaced by HelthWyzer's private security force, the CorpSeCorps, and its storm troopers keep the peace by simply doing away with undesirables and anyone who opposes the corporation's activities. More often than not, the victims' bodies, usually minus some important organs, are ground up with sundry other ingredients to make the addictive SecretBurgers. Other suspicious franchises include the beverage chain Happicuppa and the beauty salon AnooYoo.
In this frightening, but not wholly unfamiliar world, Atwood focuses on the interactions of a small group of rebels: the brilliant but unstable genetic scientist Crake; his sidekick, Jimmy, and Oryx, the woman they both love; a bioterrorist group known as MaddAddam, which communicates through a computer game called Extinctathon; and a pacifist religious cult called God's Gardeners.
The Gardeners are led by the saintly Adam One, who has long foretold the coming of a Waterless Flood that will cleanse the sordid and polluted Earth. Until that day, the Gardeners are protected by Zeb, an eco-terrorist who teaches Urban Bloodshed Limitation, "which was street fighting viewed from a loftier perspective." Such survival techniques come in handy when young women in the group—Toby, Ren and Amanda — are hunted by the Painballers, the brutal winners of a "reality" television program that pits vicious murderers against each other until only one is left alive.
But all this is in the past. Early on in both "Oryx and Crake" and "The Year of the Flood," we know that the foretold pandemic has wiped out most of humanity. Genetically altered animals, such as the preternaturally intelligent pigoons, now roam wild. Painballers prey on the few survivors from MaddAddam and God's Gardeners. Not least, in the Paradice dome—sometimes referred to as the Egg—Crake has developed and released a lab-grown and childlike humanoid species called the Crakers. Think of H.G. Wells' Eloi from "The Time Machine."
In her trilogy's first volume, Atwood concentrated on Crake, Oryx and Jimmy, and in the second, on Ren, Toby and Amanda. This last one presents—through lengthy flashbacks—the earlier lives of Adam One and Zeb while also depicting the struggle for human survival in a now-devastated world.
"MaddAddam" opens where its two predecessors converged: on the kidnapping of Amanda by two Painballers, who repeatedly rape and torture the young pleebrat. She is rescued by Toby and Ren, with the help of a feverish Jimmy, just when these cannibalistic psychopaths are getting ready to eat her. But when the Crakers unexpectedly appear, a melee ensues that allows the two Painballers to escape. Their eventual return for vengeance is almost certain.
Does all this sound totally grim, "Brave New World" meets "Blade Runner" meets "Escape From New York" meets "The Road Warrior"? It's not. Atwood's three-part masterpiece is one of those stories that are thrilling and funny and romantic and touching and, yes, horrific by turns and sometimes all at once. Best of all, "MaddAddam," like the final volumes of many other trilogies, draws multiple plot strands together, showing how seemingly disparate elements from the earlier books are really deeply interconnected. For instance, the upscale sex club Scales and Tails turns out to be a lot more than we initially thought it to be.
As before, Atwood's touches of humor and satire soften her vision of the rancid pre-plague world of Sewage Lagoons and Seksmarts. Zeb's sadistic father—a minister of the Church of PetrOleum—inveighs against "the Enemies of God's Holy Oil" with such hate slogans as " 'Solar Panels Are Satan's Work,' 'Eco Equals FreakO,' 'The Devil Wants You to Freeze in the Dark,' 'Serial Killers Believe in Global Warming.' " Pop groups are named the Luminescent Corpses and the Bipolar Albino Hookworms. One hacker, on the run, avoids the Internet because of "DORCS: digital online rapid capture specialists." When an assassination is botched, it results in "proof" that the Sasquatch exists. Many of Atwood's jokes are mildly obscene, like the T-shirt that Zeb uses as a disguise: "Organ Donor, Try Mine Free."
As the eight or 10 plague survivors interact, fearful of Painballers and puzzled by the purring Crakers, Atwood depicts the growing love of Toby for Zeb, her jealousy of the young, bedroom-eyed Swift Fox, and her deepening affection for the endearing Craker child Blackbeard, whom she teaches to write. Toby is also obliged to tell stories to the Crakers, and to do so must don a sacred Boston Red Sox hat, eat an undercooked fish and consult the blank face of a broken wristwatch. Many of her stories are based on the earlier, almost picaresque adventures of Zeb, who, we gradually learn, has links to the young Crake, knew the old medicine woman Pilar when she was a senior scientist at Helthwyzer, and is Adam One's beloved younger brother.
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Increasing VAT in the emergency Budget would hit the poor more than the rich, cost small firms more than big ones, threaten retail jobs, increase tax avoidance and boost inflation, which could in turn lead to higher mortgages, according to a new TUC briefing published today (Monday).
The briefing, available at www.tuc.org.uk/VAT, says that while tax increases should play a more significant part in deficit reduction than the Chancellor plans, VAT is one of the least progressive ways to do this, as:
- The poorest fifth of households spend twice as much of their disposable income on VAT as the richest fifth. While items important to less-well off households such as food and children's clothes are exempt, so are private healthcare, private education and financial services that are mainly used by rich people.
- Only businesses with sales of more than £70,000 a year register for VAT so unregistered small firms pay the tax without being able to claim it back.
- Unlike small businesses, large companies avoid VAT by setting up subsidiaries in tax havens because items costing less than £18 - such as CDs and DVDs - can be imported into the UK free of VAT. This already costs UK taxpayers £100 million a year. Increasing VAT would provide further incentives for tax avoidance and threaten retail jobs in the UK.
- Increasing VAT would feed directly through to inflation, which is already over target. Banks could increase interest rates as a result which would lead to higher borrowing costs for companies and bigger mortgage bills for consumers.
TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said: 'The Chancellor should resist the temptation to be VATman when he presents his Budget. VAT increases don't just hit the poor more than the rich, they also hit small firms, threaten retail jobs and by boosting inflation could also lead to higher interest rates.
'There are much fairer ways to raise revenue such as a Robin Hood Tax on financial transactions and Capital Gains Tax. The only VAT changes the Chancellor should contemplate are ending the zero rates on private healthcare and education that only the rich can afford.'
- All figures are taken from the TUC briefing except the household costs of VAT, which are taken from http://www.statistics.gov.uk/elmr/08_09/downloads/ELMR_Aug.pdf. According to the Office for National Statistics, the poorest fifth of households pay 12p in VAT for every pound of disposable income they spend, while the top fifth pay just 6p.
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Jordan Ayew scores his first Sochaux goal, World Cup boost for Ghana
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Ghana striker Jordan Ayew came off the bench to score his first goal for Sochaux after eight games as the struggling Ligue 1 side beat Bordeaux 2-0 on Saturday night.
The 22-year-old's goal comes as a huge relief for the youngster as he fights for a place in the Ghana team for the World Cup which is just four months away.
He replaced Sebastian Corchia in the 68th minute and after 12 minutes on the pitch he gave Sochaux the lead.
Ayew's barren run since moving to the Stade Auguste-Bonal in January on loan from Marseille had been frustrating for the youngster and his club.
So Sochaux Renard Herve decided to start from the bench and that paid off.
Cederic Bakambu scored the assurance goal on 80 minutes to move them third bottom and five points away from safety.
Sochaux stole ahead on 70 minutes when Ayew finally broke his goal drought.
The on-loan Marseille striker had not scored since November but, after stepping off the bench, took just a few minutes to make his mark as he took a touch before firing home from Sebastien Roudet's through-ball to complete a stunning counter-attack.
Sochaux then ensured the points when Bakambu profited on a Carrasso howler.
The Bordeaux keeper raced off his line, and out of the penalty area, to clear the danger he only made more acute when he managed to clumsily thigh the ball. Bakambu raced behind the red-faced goalkeeper to collect the loose ball and tap home.
Evian's 2-0 win over Nantes on Friday night had left Sochaux eight points adrift of safety, but again the Montbeliard club responded to the danger with an important win.
Renard's side have now taken 11 points from the past six games - losing only once - and they were good value for their latest success despite riding their luck at times.
Ayew heads to Ghana's camp on Sunday to prepare for a pre-World Cup friendly against Montenegro in Podgorica.
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Boba Fett says:March 02, 2014 10:45 amWhen did Jordan become a striker? I think we are putting too much pressure on the boy
Adebayo says:March 01, 2014 10:03 pmKindly check your facts: Jordan's goal was in the 70th minute so he couldn't have been 12minutes on the pitch. Watching the game, I thought it was his first contact with the ball. It sure felt like 2minutes on the pitch, not 12!
askantwi says:March 01, 2014 10:04 pmScoring one goal does not merit him a world cup squad membership.
boro says:March 01, 2014 11:05 pmHow can one goal in seven matches be a world cup boost for a striker? How many assists? Oh Ghana!!!!!!!!!!!!
ftr.doc-ike says:March 01, 2014 11:47 pmwhat the hell is wrong with ya'll for bashing this guy.. Rome was not built in a day.. the boy has got talent, it's all about harnessing and optimizing his skill. He will get there.. Shut the hell up if you cant encourage your brotha for his lil effort
Rass says:March 01, 2014 11:57 pmHmm if he don't score they say his not scoring but when he scored the same people say just one goal, anyway well done Jordan n more goals 'll follow by God grace
Rass says:March 02, 2014 12:25 amIs just a matter of time Jordan 'll rise to the top, he has a bright future
ZG GH4LIFE says:March 02, 2014 01:58 amGood job boy, nobody is perfect so dont worry about the haters, u have skills and no one can deny that,
kuukuphilly says:March 02, 2014 02:34 ambut why is it a world cup boost for Ghana because he scored one goal...Hahaaahaa


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I was a bit skeptic when I bought this brush. Originally, I thought that it was self heating, etc. Sadly, it's not (that would be lovely), but it is a fantastic blow-dry brush. I have insanely curly, thick, and frizzy hair (a few inches past shoulder). My typical straightening routine is blow-dry with comb, then blow-dry with brush, then either flat-iron or curling-iron straight.
While this brush did not leave my difficult to tame mane perfectly straight, it did result in a straighter blow-dry than I have ever gotten before and with significantly less effort. I could see the indicator bands change as I did my hair and enjoyed the square shape of the brush (all of my previous brushes have been round).
The only reason this didn't get 5 stars is that the bristles did not stay perfect under the heat but instead melted a small amount (like most similar brushes do). Despite that, I am purchasing 3 more - two for gifts and a back up for me. This brush is fantastic.