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North Korea provoked worldwide outrage today by launching a long-range missile which the United Nations said could threaten regional peace.
Britain summoned the pariah state's London ambassador to the Foreign Office to demand an explanation. The missile launch was also condemned by the UN, the US, Russia, South Korea and Japan.
Even China, North Korea's closest ally, expressed "regret" at the move. The Unha-3 rocket was fired shortly before 10am local time and was detected heading south by a South Korean destroyer patrolling the Yellow Sea.
Japanese officials said the first rocket stage fell into the Yellow Sea west of the Korean Peninsula, while a second part dropped into the Philippine Sea hundreds of miles further south.
North Koreans were pictured dancing in the streets of Pyongyang after the launch was announced by the repressive regime. It is likely to bolster the credentials of Kim Jong Un, in his twenties, who took over the leadership following the death of his father Kim Jong Il last year.
But UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon "deplored" the use of the rocket — a "clear violation" of Security Council resolution 1874 which demands North Korea does not conduct any launch using ballistic missile technology.
The White House called it a "highly provocative act that threatens regional security". Foreign Secretary William Hague warned it would increase tension in the region and condemned Pyongyang for "prioritising" such missile developments before tackling poverty and famine.
The fear is the long-distance missile could be used to reach America and represents a significant step towards developing technology to deliver a nuclear warhead. North Korea said the purpose for firing the rocket was to put a peaceful satellite into orbit. The UN, America and its allies see the move as cover for a test of technology for missiles and the launch is likely to lead to fresh sanctions.
Experts say that ballistic missiles and rockets in satellite launches share similar bodies, engines and other technology. South Korean President Lee Myung-bak held an emergency national security council today while Japan requested consultations on the launch at the UN Security Council which was due to discuss it today.
North Korea's long-range launches in 1998, 2006, 2009 and this April ended in failure. It is believed to have enough weaponised plutonium for at least half a dozen bombs, according to US experts.
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Need help with house
Hey guys, Im new to the site and just wanted to see if anyone had any ideas or suggestions on what I can do to put a little life back into this home. We just purchased it and are unhappy with the curb appeal, I just dont know which direction to go with to give it that kick it needs, any help would be greatly appreciated. Here is the picture, all ideas welcome!!!
It may be just the picture, but are the screen door and garage door yellow?
Yes. Both are a pale yellow, we are hoping another color might help but can't decide where to start
Paint garage door white to match the other trim. (acrilic latex, Sherwin Williams super paint works good on metal doors) I'd replace that storm door with a full view door.
Build and arched (not just L shaped) walk way from the from door to the drive, plant hedges along the side toward the street or at least some flor beds.
Plant some flowering trees or something like Japanese maple trees in the yard.
Wrap those post coloums with post wraps and add capitals at the top and base blocks at the bottom.
Wow, lots of great suggestions. We are for sure painting the doors. My wife wants to paint the screen door red and paint the garage door same color as the shutters. Would that make the house seem too dark? I really like te idea of a walkway. We are going to have to play with that idea for sure. Thanks or your input!! Any other suggestions welcome as well!!
Not a fan of red doors but it's your house, but if that garage door gets direct sun do not paint it any dark color. It will radiate heat like crazy inside and may mess up the door.
Most paint manufactures have places on there web sites to pick a sample house and you can change the colors of the house, shutters, roof and doors.
I'm not gonna be the one to pick them...
but if you're inclined to do some planting then NOW is the time to do it.
Ask in the landscaping section or at the local nursery for advice on it
and get *something* planted before the ground freezes in.
Look around on this web site at the garage door mantels and door trim.
May help with the genaric cookie cutter look the house has now.
maybe lighten up the actual front house siding not white but off,and do the same with those garage doors.so the shutters will show more on the windows and get away from being close to the color of the roof.then whatever color the shutters are trim some of the garage door if it has panels definitly plantings away from the house..some white railing on the porch maybe even bring it out a bit..check that Curb Appeal on HGTVdon't rush on planting add something each spring and you'll fill it up real soon..and wait till you cut that lawn the first time after a winter of snow if thats your season...i would mulch that thing and never bag it
Maybe it's the lighting, but the house seems awfully dark. I'd suggest seeing if you can lighten it up with lighter paint on the siding, or on the shutters/posts.
Folks have already mentioned shrubberies.
You might want to consider having something line the edges of the driveway. You could use more shrubberies, decorative rocks, and/or a contrasting ground cover.
Another possibility would be adding a waist high fence around the patio. This could add more color contrast and give you a place to put flowers above any shrubberies.
As for paint colors, have you tried any of the online utilities to get an idea of what the paint might look like? I know a number of the major paint brands allow you to upload a picture and then color it with their colors of paint. I've found them to be hit or miss, but you might want to give one a try.
As your seeing from most of the suggestions.....yard work. That is a big front yard with nothing in it.....besides plants, you need a couple of trees.
I agree about the path from the driveway to the front door....maybe consider paying your driveway....works wonders for keeping rocks off the grass.
A short picket fence along the front can help divide the yard from the street....I'm going to guess there is no curb...and you most likely live in NC or SC..maybe GA?
Paint? No, you don't want to go red....not with green siding. White, yellow and other shades of green are your only real choices. If you wife wants to door to stand out...paint it a darker green.
Nice thing about vinyl siding, doesn't need to be painted....bad thing, you can't paint it to change the color.
Maybe add a Nice Picket Fence and some snap wrap!
Hey, I would agree with ddawg16 and a_lost_shadow about maybe putting some fencing up to enclose the patio. There's a company that makes vinyl railing that will give you a picketed look. The other nice thing about these guys is they have a product that you can wrap around your columns to give them a little spruced up look that'll also go well with the vinyl picket fence look.
You can get this stuff in a few different colors, so you could add some of the white vinyl and either paint the garage door and front door white to match. That'll get the yellow-ish color out of the way. That would make it POP!
Here's a link to one of the different kinds of railing I personally enjoyed the look of, but there's a lot of different kinds to look at.
And, here's a link to the "snap wrap" that you can clip over the columns. It'll also do well to protect them I'd wager. They have trim kits too, basically molding for the base or the top as well.
Essentially, you have a really great start, but as far as all the options you have, this is probably one of the less expensive ideas compared to residing the whole house, or repainting the whole thing as well.
Well, good luck! Post some pictures when you decide what you're going to do! :thumbsup:
Edit: I can't be sure, but are there no gutters? You miiight wanna give that a whirl. If you do any landscaping, you don't want all the water just pouring ontop of the plants or mulch beds. I've done a large bit of mulching myself, and when you get a heavy rain with no gutters *shudders* you'll find mulch ALL over the lawn :s You could get those to match the door and shutters probably, I think that would also look a little nice.
two catalogs to get for the winter...henryfields and gurneys...tons of trees planting to get mailed to you definitly good therapy on those weekends in 2012 i ordered Lombardy Poplars back in 1990 and just lost them from the Hurricane Irene hit check out Landscaping "planting noise/wind break" 12/17 they were 90' paed $5 each for them.once the trees in the catalog take root they take off and are zoned from areas of the country for the extreme weather swings
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Who wore it best – From the runway to the carpet (Model vs. Blake Lively)
Posted on September 15 2011
In today's edition of who wore it best? It's another battle over Marchesa. The British brand is no doubt a staple with A-list stars. Everyone from Jennifer Lopez to Nicole Kidman, Eva Longoria, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kate Hudson and Rihanna has at some point been beautifully draped in Marchesa. If you're familiar with the brand, you know that it's all about details when it comes to the clothes and the same is true with this embroidered red silk organza illusion cap sleeve dress with tulle ruffle skirt. So who wore it best? As much as Blake Lively has always proven herself on the carpet, the winner of this dress battle is the model and here's why…The dress is a very full/heavy dress. The materials used and the texture created make it that way. Blake Lively loves to show off those legs and the dress looks like it may have been hemmed or shortened from the original version. By shortening the dress, you also lose the original shape and as a result, it looks a little boxy. Pair that with the cap sleeves which are tricky on most – including stunning Hollywood beauties and you have a not-quite-there fit. On the model, the dress has a shape and you know what they say, fit is everything!
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Prepping the Forest Garden
On a sunny Palm Spring morning, Sunday, April 17, 2011, Community Greenhouse Partners welcomed nearly 75 people who came to help transform the front yard of the former St. George Catholic Church into a Forest Garden. Photographer Al Bell captured the day's events with his camera lens.
The grounds hadn't been maintained for a number of years, so there was lots of tree trimming. Chief Grower Hank Habermann, Site Manager Ben Shapiro and CGP Trustee Brooks Jones spent the week prior to the event cutting down a total of 6 trees that were unhealthy and which blocked needed sunlight.
Chainsaws buzzed and whined all throughout the week and the yard was scattered with tree trunks, limbs and branches from their handiwork. On Sunday, wheelbarrows and rakes were used, along with good old fashioned picking up by hand, to gather the small branches. This labor took a lot of the day's time.
Before the work began, however, the group was treated to a presentation by Gary Paul Nabhan, "The Father of the Local Food Movement" according to Mother Easrth News, who gave an informal workshop on Heirloom Apples and the shrinking of biodiversity due to monocropping and inductrial agriculture. Nabhan, an internationally-celebrated nature writer, seed saver, conservation biologist and sustainable agriculture activist, was brought to CGP by Brad Masi from the New Agrarian Center, and Janet Fiskio from Oberlin College's Environmental Studies department facilitated the visit of one of two special guests that day.
Nabhan is also an orchard-keeper, wild forager and Ecumenical Franciscan brother in his hometown of Patagonia, Arizona near the Mexican border. More than 35 students from Oberlin, University of Akron, Kent State University and others from the community sat in a group immersed in Gary's tales about the history of the apple.
Afterward, the group went to work on the orchard. By the end of the day, grass again reappeared after being covered in a sea of twigs and branches. Large holes were dug throughout the yard. It looked as if a herd of giant gophers had moved into the neighborhood. Each hole exposed rich, dark (almost black) earth.
At mid-afternoon, many took a break to stand in semi circle around Senator Sherrod Brown's Ohio Deputy Director Elizabeth Thames as she hosted an informal conversation about local and Ohio food issues. She told CGP staffers that the Senator is interested in doing a presentation in the Fall about the 2012 Farm Bill and its implications for Urban Agriculture.
While the site may have been a Lithuanian Catholic Church for almost a century, prior to that it had a previous life as the Beckinbach Farm. The earth is rich and will be a great home for the Katherine B. and Thomas H. Jones Memorial Woodland Garden, so named for the generous contribution from the Jones Charitable Trust of the Cleveland Foundation, who donated the funds necessary to purchase the trees and seeds planted in the space.
Saplings and whips now are firmly planted in the orchard. Various types of apple, pear and plum, bushes including huckleberry, blueberry and raspberry, plus many other varieties of plant life will round out the orchard. The goal is to create a true Forest Garden, to act as an example of how vacant land can be transformed into a healthy landscape that creates both community and economic development opportunities.
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Earth Day Celebration of Local Food
Community Greenhouse Partners (CGP) and Gardens Under Glass are hosting the first annual Earth Day Celebration of Local Foods, an Earth Day event at the Galleria at Erieview on April 21st from 11AM to 3PM. Admission is free. The Galleria at Erieview is
located on the corner of East Ninth Street and St. Clair Avenue in downtown Cleveland.
Community Greenhouse Partners and Gardens Under Glass will feature a medley of Cleveland's offerings and connections to local food. Cleveland's urban farmers, restaurants and vendors that
primarily use local products, as well as companies and organizations that support and assist the growing local food scene will be present to meet. Attendees will be able to sample and purchase locally grown products presented by regional farmers. Tours of Gardens Under Glass will be available and Community Greenhouse Partners representatives will be on-hand. In addition, live entertainment will be provided by singer-songwriter Michael "Doc" Dreyfuss.
The general public is invited to learn firsthand about the local food movement. In the 20-county area that comprises Northeast Ohio, there is a $4 Billion food market of which just $200 Million is currently going to local growers. Recent discussions in Cleveland's gardening and sustainability communities have focused on ways in which urban food gardens can have a greater impact on the local food economy and become more permanent parts of Cleveland's neighborhoods.
About CGP
Community Greenhouse Project, a 501(c)3 organization, seeks to improve the quality of life for its community by selling locally grown vegetables, employing local residents, and teaching sustainability and earth science to young people. CGP will also act as an aggregator of crops from area community gardens to sell to area retailers, providing a vital link in the Farm-to-Table movement. Visit our Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=773743 for additional information about
Community Greenhouse Partners or Google the phrase "Community Greenhouse Partners". CGP is located at 6527 Superior Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44103. Executive Director Timothy Smith can be reached by phone at 216-926-4806 or email at email@example.com.
About Gardens Under Glass
Advancing an inclusive place that generates opportunities for innovation and entrepreneurship, where individuals and organizations are empowered through meaningful engagement, collaboration and education for sustainable living and enterprise. Gardens Under Glass is located at 1301 East Ninth Street, Cleveland, OH 44114. More information can be found at http://www.gardensunderglass.net or by contacting Vicky Poole at 440-225-0723 or email – firstname.lastname@example.com
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Recipes >
Gosling's Rum Dark 'n Stormy
- Gosling's Stormy Ginger Beer soda
- 2 ounces of Gosling's Black Seal rum
- squeeze of lime (optional)
Want to make the National Drink of Bermuda? The President of Gosling's Export (Bermuda) Limited, Malcolm Gosling, shows you how, using Gosling's Rum, a Bermuda-based company that traces its roots in that country back to 1806. It just takes Gosling's Stormy Ginger Beer plus 2 ounces of Gosling's Black Seal Rum if you want to mix your own . . . and pretend to be on the beach. Oh, and he gets some help from his ancestor, Ambrose Gosling, who started the company and remembers how it was done in the old days. Watch the fun!
Video shot courtesy of the Smith & Wollensky Back Bay Castle in Boston.
Foodie Byte: This drink is available in a can if you don't want to mix your own.
- Pour a glass about 2/3 full with Ginger Beer soda
- Add rum
- Squeeze lime, if desired
- Stir, and enjoy


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Boxing News
Mike Tyson in Mexico
By Gabriel F. Cordero
Former heavyweight world champion Mike Tyson has arrived Mexico City as a guest of the Mexico Tourism Board and the WBC. Iron Mike will attend a gala dinner and be an honorary tourism ambassador as part of a campaign to promote tourism to Mexico. His Broadway debut in MIKE TYSON: UNDISPUTED TRUTH, directed by Academy Award nominee Spike Lee, starts July 31 at the Longacre Theatre.


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This article reprinted with kind permission of Awards Circuit, and originally linked at The Awards Circuit News Blog
Via Box Office Mojo, The Numbers, Deadline, and other sources:
Despite a strong start with higher than expected numbers from midnight showings and a well attended Friday night, Warner Bros. saw its "Green Lantern" flicker and dim by the end of the weekend. The third superhero film to arrive in 2011, following "Thor" and "X-Men: First Class", "Green Lantern" was the least attended opening weekend of the three, starting at a $52.3 million clip. Most films would be thrilled to land that sum, but everything has perspective and Warner Bros. are hugely disappointed in the diminishing returns.
A strong midnight to strong Friday to lessening Saturday to dismal Sunday can be attributed to a lot of different factors. Initially, the film was ravaged by critics and although CinemaScore provided a B+ rating from audience members, the fact is that people stopped coming after the first eyes got a look at the final cut. That pesky word-of-mouth can be a helluva thing sometimes.
Nikki Finke at Deadline has reported that there was a great deal of behind-the-scenes consternation by the marketing department, as they were only able to see 70% of the final cut two weeks prior to release day. Constant tinkering and refining of visual effects were cited as a blaming factor, but after audiences responded dismally to the teasers as far back as the fall of 2010, a push-and-pull developed with Warner Bros. and DC Entertainment on whether to focus on Ryan Reynolds solely in the marketing or draw in the supporting alien characters to define a new brand. What resulted was a bit of both strategies put into place which, it is speculated, led to confusion amongst those interested but not familiar with the source material.
Good marketing/bad marketing/late delivery of final product…ultimately, the film is just not good. Rotten Tomatoes assigns a 21% ranking for the film, which trails dozens of points behind "Thor" and "X-Men" earlier this year. Ultimately, all of the drafts and rewrites and rewrites again, along with the problematic post-production woes are what contributed to the film's precipitous slide from Friday through Sunday. Typically, with this opening Warner Bros. could expect a film to gross $150-$175 million; however, tracking and trending may place this closer to the $120-$130 million range, which would require huge worldwide numbers to make the film profitable.
Chilly penguins freeze up the box office, there is no actual art in getting by it seems, and a Tree sprouts while Paris suffers a minor setback…after the cut!
Oof. Jim Carrey's return to family-friendly filmmaking was met with a shoulder shrug as "Mr. Popper's Penguins" turned in a subpar $18.4 million opening. Adapted very loosely from the 1938 children's novel of the same name, families were rather cold to the film and Fox were hoping to have the film land in the low-20's for an opening weekend. They simply didn't get there and whether it be poor reviews (43% on Rotten Tomatoes), or the fact that the movie seems much more suited for a holiday/fall release then positioning in the blockbuster-laden summer, Fox seems to have misjudged this along the way.
Perhaps this is an indicator that Jim Carrey's bankability may be officially heading down the other side of the hill. Carrey has not had a massive success since 2003's "Bruce Almighty" grossed more than $242 million domestic/$484 million worldwide. He's certainly cleared the $100 million mark since then, but "…Penguins" looks to finish around $50-$55 million with this tracking. Unless it has a significant hold against this weekend's "Cars 2", this will be Carrey's lowest grossing wide release since 2007's "The Number 23" grossed $35.2 million stateside.
So again I ask…why did this come out now and not the fall?
Another poorly reviewed film saw a tepid and unenthusiastic greeting from audiences as Freddie Highmore and Emma Roberts failed to spark "The Art Of Getting By". Opening just short of a wide release at 610 locations, the film earned $679k and a paltry $1,113 per screen average. Fox Searchlight were hoping for a platform expansion in the coming weeks but the film was reviewed as a carbon copy indie romantic dramedy that has been made and gets made several times a year. Although budgets were not released by Fox Searchlight, this film may close its stateside run with a gross between $2-$4 million, unless expansion plans are retained.
It feels like its taken forever but "The Tree Of Life" finally earned its first million-dollar weekend, grossing $1.2 million in 114 locations. The increase was a strong 40.7% uptick and the film has retained its buzz amongst discerning filmgoers who are looking for something not loud and noisy. Fox Searchlight had rolled out the film incrementally each weekend in June and the final push will be made this weekend, although the expansion was not released at press time.
The only film coming soon that looks to pull more mainstream audiences away from checking this out would seem to be the Tom Hanks/Julia Roberts romantic comedy, "Larry Crowne" on July 1, which Universal is expecting to bring in a big opening as counterprogramming to "Transformers: Dark Of The Moon." "The Tree Of Life" has a budget of $32 million and has banked $19 million worldwide thus far.
Woody Allen's "Midnight In Paris" took its first hit this weekend, dipping 16.2% for a $4.9 million weekend. Slightly troubling is that film expanded further to more than 1,000 screens this past weekend and still stumbled with larger access. The film has made $21.4 million thus far in North America and nearly $40 million worldwide. With the film profitable, it will be interesting where this film lands in Allen's box office history.
Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon's darkly comedic road trip film "The Trip" had a healthy second weekend gain of 126.4% as it moved from 6 screens to 30. Drawing a pronounced $5,879 per screen average, the film has banked $290k in 10 days of small scale availability. The film is a sequel of sorts to the 2006 film "Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story", which earned $1.3 million with its run.
Four documentaries opened to big audiences and conflicting critical reception.
"Jig", a simply described look at the 40th Irish Dancing World Championships, logged $70k on 5 screens. The film also earned Screen Media Films its third biggest opening weekend ever. Critics were split on the film and it holds a 58% approval through Rotten Tomatoes presently.
"Buck", a more marketed and better reviewed effort about a charismatic man, Buck Brennaman, who has turned his entire life over to raising, training, and educating about horses, scored a higher per screen average than "Jig", but with one less screen finished with a starting sum of $67k.
"Page One: An Year Inside The New York Times" drew some Oscar buzz initially and saw critics approve the film to the tune of 79%. The film played one two New York locations and began its run with $28k.
"Battle For Brooklyn", a searing documentary focused on the Brooklyn housing projects, kickstarted an $11k opening from just one screen and a 70% critical reception.
"Bridesmaids" continues to be the story amongst the holdovers in the upper reaches of the chart. Sliding 29% in its 6th weekend, the film has tallied more than $136 million thus far and shows no signs of sliding massively on its own merit. As theaters give its space away, the numbers will drop more dramatically, but this is easily one of the most noteworthy box office stories of 2011.
"The Lincoln Lawyer" surged 135% with its placement in second run houses this past weekend. The film arrives on DVD July 12 and has earned more than $57 million in its box office run.
Disney films continued to perform strong when released in the second run houses as "African Cats" surged almost 250% from its placement there. Unfortunately, the per screen average for the film was second-worst among films playing at more than 50 locations.
#1 Film – "Green Lantern", earned $53.2 million in its debut weekend.
Last Year's #1 Film at this time: "Toy Story 3", opened with a $110.3 million debut weekend.
Biggest Per Screen Average: "Green Lantern", $13,935 at 3,816 locations ($53.2 million cumulative)
Worst Per Screen Average (50+ Sites): "Prom", $466 at 72 locations ($34k, $10.1 million cumulative)
Largest Increase (50+ Sites): "African Cats", +249.2%
Steepest Decline (50+ Sites): "Judy Moody and the NOT Bummer Summer", "Ready", -65.4%
Films Earning More Than $1m for the weekend: 12
Films Which Surpassed $100m: N/A
Films Which Surpassed $200m: N/A
Films Which Surpassed Reported Budget This Weekend (Domestic): "Super 8"


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A House panel has given its approval to two measures that would prohibit cloning, the sale of human embryos and efforts to create human-animal hybrids.Read More »
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A grassroots movement began several years ago to amend the state Constitution to allow Arizona residents the freedom to make all health care decisions without interference from government. But after years of pushing on the state level, the federal government has pushed back by passing a law that requires most Arizonans to buy health care insurance.Read More »
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The state House passed a bill March 3 that would establish a committee to examine the most cost efficient and effective ways for local governments to publish legal notices as required by statute.Read More »
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Two lawmakers, along with several conservative groups, filed a motion Sept. 22 to intervene as defendants in a federal lawsuit that was filed to challenge a new state law to restrict abortions. Sen. Linda Gray, a Republican from Glendale and Rep. Nancy Barto, a Republican from Phoenix, argued that they have a right to intervene because the lawsuit could invalidate their votes.Read More »


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Aspen Colorado's Annual Winter Events
One of the best things about Aspen, Colorado is that it truly has something for everyone - kids young and old, athletes, artists, musicians, academics, discoverers, explorers, retreaters, spa-goers, shoppers, diners and more. If you're looking for things to do in Aspen - look no further. Hotel Aspen is located steps away from town center, the hub of the action.
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Bud Light Hi Fi Concert Series
The Bud Light Hi-Fi Concert Series hosted by Aspen/Snowmass debuts on opening weekend in November and continues through March with a series of five free, outdoor concerts held during key events and peak weekends throughout the season. Past performers include Blind Melon, Ivan Neville's Dumpstaphunk, Donovan Frankenreiter, Ghostland Observatory, Robert Randolph and the Family Band, Galactic, Pennywise, Blues Traveler, North Mississippi Allstars, De La Soul and more.
NovemberAspen Winternational FIS Women's World Cup Races November 28 - 29
Spectators near and far are invited to the base of Lift 1A on Aspen Mountain to enjoy prime viewing of the finish line from the grandstands. Television coverage by NBC and Versus will capture the excitement that embodies World Cup racing.
12 Days of Aspen December 20 - 31
To celebrate the holiday season, the Aspen Chamber Resort Association is hosting the 12 Days of Aspen. From December 20-31, 2015, downtown comes alive with a variety of free holiday activities, cookies, hot chocolate and much more! Come join the ACRA - and the entire Aspen community - in celebrating the winter season and the holidays with the 12 Days of Aspen!
Wintersköl January 14 -17
Aspen's annual "toast to winter," dates back to a quiet January in 1951 when local Aspenites decided to celebrate Aspen's unique Nordic lifestyle with an eclectic weekend of festivities. Today the four day celebration features on-mountain activities, live music, a canine fashion show, WinterFest, fireworks and much more.
Gay Ski Week January 17 - 24
Aspen Gay Ski Week will be celebrating it's 38th year, and we are going to blow out all the stops for this week and continue to be the premier GLBT winter travel event. If you enjoy skiing, snowboarding, dining, shopping, music, comedy and more...you will love Aspen Gay Ski Week!
ESPN Winter X Games January 28 -31
The annual Winter X Games is the premier winter action sports event in the world, featuring athletes from across the globe competing for medals and prize money in the sports of Ski, Snowboard and Snowmobile. Winter X Games will feature nighttime events and will be telecast live on ESPN and ABC.
Bud Light Big Air Fridays TBD
This popular eight-week series is a mainstay and weekly favorite for the best snowboarders and skiers in the state of Colorado. Each week they gather to perform the latest tricks for a chance at a weekly prize purse and series points on the busy Fanny Hill/Snowmass Mall intersection.
The Owl Creek Chase February 14
The Owl Creek Chase has been one of Colorado's largest and most premier cross-country ski races since 1985. The challenging course from Snowmass Village to Aspen presents the very best that Colorado skiing has to offer; tough climbs, scenic views, thrilling descents and excellent snow conditions.
Aspen Laff Festival February 18 - 20
After countless years as the featured site for the HBO/U.S. Comedy Arts Festival, and three years as the co-producer and home of the Aspen Rooftop Comedy Festival, the Wheeler stepped up in 2011 to present its own unique four-day comedy experience, where comics got to do what comics do best: Everything funny. The 2015 event is being planned right now, so mark your calendar. Come ski all day and laugh all night as we present the most brilliant new voices in comedy in a variety of stand-up and improv events at the Wheeler.
Aspen/Snowmass Ski & Snowboard Open February 18
The Aspen/Snowmass Ski & Snowboard Open at Buttermilk, is one of the best open competitions in the nation! Giving the opportunity to get noticed for up-and-coming winter athletes, it attracts over 350 athletes to compete on the famed X Games slopestyle and superpipe courses.
Audi Power of Four Mountain Battle February 28
This legendary race is celebrated through the Aspen Valley. With 3 divisions for competitive ski, competitive snowboard and overall non-competitive, each team must finish the course (designed by Chris Davenport and Travis McClain) within the 4 hour time frame. This is open to any skier or snowboarder who enjoys riding Aspen Highlands.
Colorado Junior Freeride Competion Presented by GoPro March 5 - 6
Freeriders aged 10 -18 will compete in the Aspen Valley after winning their regional competitions. Checkout the future of freeriding
Bud Light Spring Jam March 12 - 28
Aspen's premier spring festival in the Colorado Rocky Mountains, with new-school competitions, downtown concerts and parties. Downtown Aspen's CORE Block Party kicks off the Jam on March 13 and is free and open to the public. Also includes Chris Klug's Spring Snowboard Camp, KickAspen Big Air, Bud Light Hi-Fi Concerts, and Terrain Park Boot Camp.
Helly Hanson Battle in the Bowls March 15
This legendary race is celebrated through the Aspen Valley. With 3 divisions for competitive ski, competitive snowboard and overall non-competitive, each team must finish the course (designed by Chris Davenport and Travis McClain) within the 4 hour time frame. The cost is $75/Team and each registrant receives a Helly Hansen Baselayer that includes the event logo! This is open to any skier or snowboarder who enjoys riding Aspen Highlands.
KickAspen Big Air Invitational March 18
In the Annual KickAspen Big Air Invitational, the best regional ski and snowboard athletes will compete under the lights at the base of Aspen Mountain. Prize giveaways and $2 Bud Lights in the Bud Light Beer Garden will round out the action at the base of the mountain.
Terrain Park Boot Camp March 19-27
The Terrain Park Book Camp is an entry level terrain park that will be set up at Snowmass. Aspen Valley Ski & Snowboard Club coaches and athletes will teach beginners (13 and up) how to safely slide a rail, hit a box and throw a trick. From children to parents,
Elk Mountain Grand Traverse March 24 - 26
Nearly 200 racers will being their journey tackling the 40-mile course that starts at 9,000 feet in Crested Butte, takes skiers through Mt. Crested Butte Ski Resort. The race is scheduled to start at midnight on Friday which allows entrantsto reach Star Pass (12,303 ft) before the warmth of the day increases the likelihood of avalanches. The remote route continues through the Elk Mountains and over one more mountain pass before finishing at the base of the Aspen Mountain.
Buttermilk Closing Day: April 3
Aspen ShortsFest April 5 -10
Recognized as one of the world's "50 Leading Film Festivals" by IndieWIRE, Aspen Shortsfest is one of the world's premier international short film and video showcases for the trend-setting art form: the short. This Oscar-qualifying international competition offers a lively, thought-provoking, and humorous selection of drama, comedy, animation and documentary - all at 40 minutes or less.
Annual Schnee Tag April 10
Schneetag (pronounced Sch-knee Tog) is the German word for "snow day." Put simply, it translates as "daredevils willing to propel themselves down a hill, over a jump and across a pond on a craft they built themselves." This hilarious event is one not to miss. The Annual Schneetag invites teams of four to create a craft that they will pilot down a slope in front of Bonnie's and attempt to float across a 30x20 foot pond. Every team has a theme and will perform a skit before they descend. This event is just as ridiculous and entertaining as it sounds.
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Question for sailmaker: Leech strength
I recently had the pleasure of beating (had to) in force 8-9 conditions for several hours. Due to lots of required / needed tacking (and the subsequent sail flogging during each tack) the panel joint stitching near the leech of the dacron main finally gave out. I ultimately totaly ''zippered'' two panel seams and many of the other upper panel joints showed the beginnings of stitching breakage just in front of the leech for about 6-8 inches. I should have deeper reefed but for saftey of the boat I needed to keep driving it hard.
The Questions is: how can these seams be reinforced to help strengthen against unavoidable flogging, etc.? SA @ approx 400 ft. sq. The
Sail is already triple stitched ... and the present thread has the same or greater apparent tensile strength as V69 and doesnt appear to be UV
1. Small reinforcement 4X4" triangular patches over the panel seams at the leech?
2. Additional rows of stitching ? - already have 3 rows.
3. Longer and/or more battens on the upper panels?
4. Is there any seam "glue" that wont turn BLACK after several years? I know some spinnaker builders are joining panels without stitching by use of a two sided glue tape (not basting tape) .... but a mainsail would need much stronger joints, etc.
I dont want to consider full battens as the boat is a cutter rig with backstays opposing the staysail stay and Im concerned with full
battens that I''ll be breaking them all the time with boom is max-ed out from the centerline and the battens are laying across the shrouds, etc.
(BTW... one of the DISADVANTAGES of a full keeled boat: it tacks toooooo slooooooow. )
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Teenagers are likely to be better informed about sexual health than middle-aged New Zealanders, who are catching sexually transmitted infections (STIs) at increasingly high rates.
The trend could be linked to a rise in divorce rates, an increase in infidelity or a new age of online dating, experts suggest.
Ignorance about safe sex and poor condom use among 40 to 50-year-old New Zealanders could also be blamed for the rise in STIs, Christchurch's Sexual Health Clinic physician Heather Young said.
The clinic had recently seen an increase in herpes and genital warts in its middle-aged patients.
Young said 40 to 50-year-olds leaving long-term relationships and re-entering the dating scene with an ignorant perception of safe sex could have sparked the climb in STIs.
A 17-year-old who had just completed a sexual education course through school would be "much more informed" than the average middle-aged Kiwi, she said.
There was also anecdotal evidence of "very poor condom use" with the 40-plus age group which was a "major concern".
A survey recently conducted by 50-plus community website grownups.co.nz found more than 78 per cent of respondents never used condoms when having sex.
Middle-aged women fresh on the dating scene may not feel "empowered" enough to insist on condoms with a new sexual partner because they had "never been educated" in doing so, Young said.
Adults "three decades on from their sexual health classes in school", and now using the internet to find new sexual partners, need to be re-educated.
"Online dating is a huge platform for getting new sexual partners and comes with a high risk of STIs. The rate of partner change, availability of partners and anonymity has completely changed our social network and leaves people exposed to all sorts," Young said.
Christchurch GP Dr Pippa Mackay agreed there had been a "societal shift" towards re-partnering in the 40 to 50-year-old New Zealand demographic which could have sparked the rise in STIs.
"There's a lot of people I have cared for in the past 25 years who seem to be separating and divorcing and I continue to look after them while they hook up with other people," she said.
"Women in their 40s have come in to see me to go back on the pill when I know their husband had a vasectomy years ago. Going on the pill may stop them getting pregnant, but it doesn't necessarily stop them getting anything else."
Twenty years ago Mackay "virtually saw nothing" of STIs in this age group, but she said the figure was starting to climb.
The GP also questioned whether she was only seeing the tip of the iceberg because long-term patients may feel more comfortable seeking STI treatment from other GPs or medical centres for privacy.
"I have a good relationship with my patients but I suspect some people might not go to their own GPs for that kind of thing. They may go somewhere more anonymous."
Family Planning's national medical adviser Dr Christine Roke said the rise in STIs in the 40 to 50 age group could be because of increased testing.
"We are diagnosing STIs more often than we used to but part of that may be that there is much more testing going on now," she said.
Environmental Science and Research national figures show an increase in genital herpes from 2010 to 2011 in people aged above 40, but a slight decrease in genital wart cases.
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Chris Colfer: Busy in the Big Apple
Looking like he was on a mission, Chris Colfer was spotted leaving his hotel on Friday (January 11).
The "Glee" star wore a navy jacket, gray scarf, and blue jeans as he headed outside with his bag slung over one shoulder.
Earlier this week, the 22-year-old actor earned a People's Choice Award for Favorite Comedic TV Actor for his work on the Fox series.
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CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas— The media is invited to a press conference on Monday, January 19 at 10:30 a.m. announcing a major gift from The Boeing Company. Boeing Director of Apache Worldwide Support Tim Sassenrath will travel to Corpus Christi to make the gift presentation. As a former U.S. Army Colonel, Sassenrath was commander of the Corpus Christi Army Dept from July 2005, until he retired from Army service in July 2007. He joined The Boeing Company in Mesa, Arizona in August of 2007.
"The Boeing Company is proud to support the Texas State Aquarium's mission of environmental stewardship and education," says Sassenrath. "We are committed to investing in programs that protect critical natural areas, such as Conservation Cove, and other wildlife areas across the state where we have a business presence. We know that what we do has a global impact and that our combined enterprise-wide efforts can yield sustainable improvement in the communities in which we live, work and support."
Conservation Cove is a three-year expansion project of the Aquarium's outdoor exhibit plaza, including otters, sea turtles, alligators, and raptors. The project began in 2006 with the Hawn Wild Flight Theater, which opened in April of 2007. Tortuga Cay, a sanctuary for sea turtles, and Otter Creek opened last March. This spring, the Aquarium will unveil Eagle Pass.
Eagle Pass promotes a strong message of backyard conservation. All of the raptors featured in this exhibit were rescued and rehabilitated at the Texas State Aquarium. Perhaps the most regal raptor of the exhibit is Grace, a bald eagle. Rehabilitated in Alaska, Grace was deemed non-releasable and will have a home in Eagle Pass, where visitors can get a personal look at America's bird, something you may not be able to do in the wild. Conservation Cove renovations will be complete with Swamp Tales, an alligator exhibit, scheduled to open in 2010.
Aquarium President and CEO Tom Schmid says, "At a time when many companies are cutting back on philanthropic giving, we feel very fortunate to be able to announce this wonderful gift and partnership with The Boeing Company."
Within the Corpus Christi area, The Boeing Company employs 64 residents and has over 150 retirees enjoying life in the Coastal Bend. In addition, 264 shareholders make their homes in Corpus Christi, and The Boeing Company relies on 13 local vendors for production supplies and other resources.
We hope to see you on Monday, January 19 at 10:30 a.m. in the Texas State Aquarium lobby!
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'Anchorman 2′ Coming Back to the Theaters
Usually Oscar nominated movies will return to the theaters for an extended run. That isn't the case with 'Anchorman 2' however.
Usually Oscar nominated movies will return to the theaters for an extended run. That isn't the case with 'Anchorman 2' however.
Funnyman Will Ferrell recently discussed his working experience with Kanye West on the set of 'Anchorman 2' and surprisingly, it's not as bad as you would think.
By the hammer of Thor! As 'Anchorman 2' inches closer to its December 18 premiere, Paramount has released photos by the truck loads of all the hijinks to come – road trips, new suits and hairdos and … did someone say another newscaster brawl? Yup, that's a trident. Brick has a trident!
"Stay classy, Detroit" probably wasn't his signature catchphrase, but the inspiration for 'Anchorman' Ron Burgundy was a Motor City news man for almost two decades.
I can't wait to see 'Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues' and this Will Ferrell stunt makes me even more anxious! Ferrell does an entire newscast as Ron Burgundy, dropping by Bismarck, ND news station KXMD.
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Why would a man have a bag of bowling balls and a scorpion terrarium in his car? Well, that's Ron Burgundy (Will Ferrell) for you. And if the first full trailer for 'Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues' didn't hit as many high notes as one might hope, this latest trailer delivers and then some.


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Donation to Ethiopia centre
Galilee Centre is a retreat house run by the Jesuits. It is situated in Debre Zeit town, 50 kilometres south of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Here we offer retreats to the religious and priests of the Ethiopian Catholic Church and to other Christian Churches as well.
We offer eight-day personally guided retreats and weekend retreats to seminarians in theology, to junior religious, to novices as well as to University students and youth coming from different parishes. Many religious and priests, attracted by the hospitality and by the beautiful volcanic lake and mountain view, come to spend a time of prayer and to have an experience of God.
On the initiative of one Jesuit on the staff, we are also helping to pay school fees of many students, distribute food to some poor families and offer special care to a small group of orphans.
About 60 per cent of the expenses incurred by the centre are covered by the room and board fees. Two European donors subsidise retreats offered to religious and priests. However, at the end the year, we are still ending in a deficit. We cannot manage to cover all the expenses due to the maintenance of the centre and to the rising cost of living. It was for this reason that we appealed for help to the Mission Fund and they responded generously.
I am very grateful for the grant offered to Galilee Centre for the maintenance of the place and for the servicing of our two cars, four computers and a photocopier.
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Weather Journal: Not Your Average NYC Hurricane Threat
Hurricane Sandy has emerged from the Caribbean and appears to be making a beeline for Greater New York.
This won't be your average, everyday New York City hurricane threat (if there even is such a thing) — as Sandy moves northward, it will be increasingly drawn toward and eventually merge with a snowstorm currently forming over the Great Lakes, creating a Frankenstein monster of weather badness.
The Hydrometeorological Prediction Center — the branch of the National Weather Service with primary responsibility for Sandy once it leaves the tropics — themselves have offered up the hashtag #frankenstorm for the impending storm, emphasizing the storm's hybrid nature and its likely landfall date just before Halloween.
Here at Weather Journal, we've been preparing for Sandy all week. On Monday morning, we first raised the spectre of a potential Halloween superstorm. Later on Monday, once Sandy was named, we discussed the political ramifications of a pre-election landfall in several East Coast swing states, namely North Carolina, Virginia, Ohio, and New Hampshire — all of which could be looking at lingering impacts up to and including Election Day. On Tuesday, as the possibly historic nature of the storm became more apparent, we noted there was an increasingly narrow chance for the storm to escape safely out to sea. And on Wednesday, we gave four main reasons for why significant impacts in the New York City area are now likely.
In my live interview on the Journal's News Hub program Thursday afternoon, I explained that it's important to remember that Sandy will be a much larger than a normal hurricane — not necessarily in terms of wind speed, but definitely in the geographic scale and duration of the wind and flooding potential.
Now, it seems that hurricane models are beginning to converge on a likely strike somewhere between Delaware and Long Island, with the most likely place for the hybrid storm's center to come ashore right now looking like the central New Jersey shore. The entire tri-state is within the National Hurricane Center's most recent five-day cone, with experts there agreeing that New Jersey is Sandy's likely final destination. But the storm will be so large by its landfall on Tuesday that significant impacts will extend outward for hundreds of miles from the center. In my opinion, the worst of Sandy's coastal impacts are now likely to occur somewhere near the Greater New York area.
Here's a look at what the tri-state can expect should Sandy stay on its current course:
Coastal Storm Surge: Should the Frankenstorm version of Sandy stay south of New York City as the National Hurricane Center predicts, several feet of wind-driven ocean water would be funneled into New York Harbor and up against area beaches, especially along the south shore of Long Island. This will likely be the storm's greatest impact both locally and as a whole, and the local National Weather Service office has gone as far as to say this could be nearly a worst case scenario for the city, depending on the exact location of landfall.
In a phone conversation Thursday, meteorologist Jeff Masters from Weather Underground said that he expects Sandy could flood parts of the New York City subway system if current forecasts hold.
A National Weather Service wave height projection shows waves in excess of 30 feet just offshore as Sandy approaches, which would generate massive beach erosion and increase the storms destructive coastal potential.
To top it off, Sandy is expected to make landfall during the full moon, which would add an additional foot or so of tidal influence to coastal flooding projections.
Inland River Flooding: Rainfall totals are expected to reach eight to 10 inches across parts of the tri-state, which would challenge totals achieved during Hurricane Irene. Though it is still too early to say, it doesn't initially appear that flooding will be as severe, as current river flows are drier than average for this time of year.
However, due to Sandy's angle of attack, places like the Catskills will endure extremely heavy rainfall for two to three days, prompting concerns about a repeat of flash flooding to some extent — though likely not as severe as during Irene.
Wind: Hurricane force wind gusts may also occur locally, especially on ocean-facing beaches on Long Island. Of particular concern is the fact that most area trees are still in full leaf, which could increase the chances of extensive power outages as they will more easily catch the wind. Wind damage could also occur within New York City itself, although I don't anticipate winds to be stronger than the were during Irene. Winds will, however, last much longer. While Irene moved through the five boroughs in a matter of hours, Sandy will linger much longer, increasing the potential for damages to occur.
Heavy Wet Snow: Areas to the south of where Sandy makes landfall could receive several inches — even up to a foot or more — of heavy wet snow as extremely cold air is pulled southward by Sandy's strong circulation. In keeping with Sandy's current track, that cold air could cause significant accumulating flakes from the Washington, D.C. area northward through Central Pennsylvania and much of western New York State. As those in Connecticut remember from last year's Snowtober, heavy snow mixed with fully leafed trees are not a good mix if you want to keep your power on.
Overnight, Sandy went through a period of rapid intensification after it made landfall near Kingston, Jamaica and before its second landfall in Cuba. The central pressure of the storm dropped so quickly (35 millibars in 24 hours) that maximum wind speeds increased from Category 1 to nearly Category 3 within a span of only six or so hours. The storm has remained a Category 2 throughout Thursday and is now expected to retain hurricane strength nearly up until its landfall in the United States on Tuesday.
Comparisons of Sandy have been made to the 1991 "Perfect Storm", where a large nor'easter absorbed Hurricane Grace well offshore of New England. However, most of the worst impacts of that storm occurred well out to sea. Last year's Hurricane Irene and the Snowtober snowstorm — if blended together — may provide other analogues of Sandy, however Irene was weakening upon its landfall in Coney Island, and the impact of the Snowtober storm was not fully captured by weather models until only a day or two before it struck. Still — lower Manhattan narrowly escaped flooding in Irene, and parts of Connecticut were without power for weeks in Snowtober.
Most likely, Sandy will be in a class by itself — as most major weather events tend to be. The storm will linger for more than 36 hours over the East Coast, pushing copious amounts of seawater ashore, and could produce October snowfall as far south as North Carolina.
Weather Journal will be back this weekend with a forecast update, providing more detailed wind, flooding, rainfall and snowfall estimates across the tri-state.
Your Weather Journal weekend forecast roundup:
- WSJ Headquarters in Manhattan:
- High: Friday: 69, Saturday: 68, Sunday: 63
- Low: Friday: 56, Saturday: 54, Sunday: 53
- Weather: Sandy's impacts begin Sunday
Friday/Saturday/Sunday Highs for Greater New York:
- Brooklyn: 70/68/63
- Queens: 70/70/64
- Bronx: 72/71/64
- Staten Island: 67/66/62
- Poughkeepsie, N.Y.: 68/69/59
- Trenton, N.J.: 72/69/62
- Islip, Long Island: 67/66/63
- New Haven, Conn.: 67/66/63
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The Matchup
Northern Arizona (0-2 Big Sky) vs. University of Arizona (0-0 PAC-12)
Date: Saturday, Jan. 25
Time: 11:00 a.m.
Site: Tucson, Ariz. – Lanelle Robson Tennis Center
This will be 28th matchup between Northern Arizona and UofA. The Wildcats came away with the win in last year's meeting by a score of 1-6.
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – After facing Arizona State last weekend down in Tempe, the Northern Arizona women's tennis team will now travel to face another in-state opponent this weekend in the University of Arizona. This will be just the third match this season for the Lumberjacks as they played a double header last weekend against ASU. Senior Tatum Rochin and junior Johanna Vang were the only players to pick up a win in doubles or singles last week as the duo defeated Ebony Panoho and Joanna Smith from ASU.
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"The team is looking forward to competing this weekend against UofA," said Bruno. "UofA is an experienced team so we need to be ready to compete at our highest level."
Sister Act Returns Home
For the second time in Northern Arizona women's tennis history, the Lumberjacks have two sisters playing together at NAU. Senior Tatum Rochin and freshman Hailey Rochin will share the court together this season in hopes of bringing the Lumberjacks back to the Big Sky Championships. The Tucson natives will get the chance to play in their hometown this weekend in front of their friends and family. Bruno's roster is filled with a lot of young talent and only has one senior on the roster in Tatum. Tatum is coming off a stellar season last year where she was undefeated in Big Sky play, going 7-0 at the No. 7 slot. Hailey made great strides in her first fall season at Northern Arizona and will be a key contributor for the Lumberjacks in her freshman campaign.
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Ksenia Oustiougova and I are hosting two events at the Lilipip! office next week. We've been doing Biznik events for two weeks now, and we are excited about the results. Our strategy has been to host round table discussions about subjects we're passionate about.
This week we had a talk on Social Media and one on Marketing Videos. It was interesting to hear how business owners in different industries are embracing these tools and what's working for them. We've also generated a lot of interest in Lilipip through these events, although we do not talk about the company during the discussions.
We've hosted three events, and each crowd has been completely different. Our Online Video Roundtable yesterday afternoon was the liveliest group yet. We had a private investigator, dentist, toy maker, videographer, and media specialist. I joked on Twitter that it would have been the perfect guest list for a murder mystery dinner table...
This group was older and predominately male. Because Ksenia and I have mostly networked within the tech community in the past, it was very interesting to talk to people who have successfully marketed a local service business and to listen to their experience in using social media and video effectively. Because I'm used to web 2.0 and a more national target, I found the wisdom behind the more old school mentality refreshing. It was also inspiring to hear of local businesses blending both old school marketing and hip Internet marketing.
If you're an enterpreneur in Seattle, please join us next week. We noticed through our other events that many business owners struggle with branding and carrying the brand through social media. We're conquering that subject this week.
Branding Roundtable
When: Tuesday, May 12 3:30 PM to 5:00 PM
Fee: Free
More Info & RSVP: Biznik
Online Video Roundtable
When: Thursday, May 14 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM
Fee: Free
More Info & RSVP: Biznik
500 Aurora Avenue North, Suite 405
Seattle, WA 98109
Look for the Seattle Visual Concepts building. We're on the 4th floor.


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Nov. 12, 2009
Tennessee head coach Bruce Pearl announced Thursday that Midway, Ga., native Jordan McRae has signed with the University of Tennessee and will play basketball for the Volunteers beginning with the 2010-11 season. A 6-foot-6, 180-pound shooting guard, McRae is a senior at Liberty County High School and plans to enroll at Tennessee next summer.
McRae signed his National Letter of Intent during a ceremony Thursday morning at his school, where he is coached by Willie Graham.
"Jordan has been committed to UT for a couple years," Pearl said. "His length, his athleticism and his ability to shoot the ball at a high level make him a real special prospect. His offense is ahead of his defense. And once he gets into our weight program and starts to strengthen his build, he will be even more of an impact player."
As a junior last year at LCHS, McRae averaged 23 points per game and earned 2008-09 honorable mention All-State honors from both the Georgia Sports Writers Association and the Atlanta Journal Constitution while leading the Panthers to the round of 16 in the Class AAA state playoffs and a 20-6 overall record.
Scout.com and ESPN's Scouts, Inc., both rank the rangy and explosive McRae as the sixth-best shooting guard in the class of 2010.
"Today was crazy and kind of overwhelming," McRae said Wednesday. "It's like all my hard work to this point has paid off. But at the same time, tomorrow it's right back to work.
"I think coach Pearl is a great coach. I like playing with intensity, and at Tennessee, I'll be playing for a coach who is just as intense as me. I like his system and the fast-break game. At UT, off the court, everybody is really close and it really feels like a family, and I like that a lot."
McRae is listed on the ESPNU Top-100 chart as the class of 2010's 29th-best overall prospect. He also is rated by Rivals.com as a four-star prospect and the No. 42 overall prospect nationally.
This past summer, McRae helped guide Team USA 2010 to the championship at the "adidas Nations" tournament in Dallas.
Tennessee's current roster already includes a pair of Georgia natives in sophomore guard Cameron Tatum (Lithonia) and freshman forward Kenny Hall (Stone Mountain).