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Silent Robin
Silent Robin
This book was made after my tutors gave me the following brief.
Opposites are attracted to one another. When you think War, Peace may instantly come up. Take some time to consider some famous opposites such as Black and White, North and South, Silence and Noise, Love and Hate, Quick and Slow, Bitter and Sweet. Think of them as magnets that exert the greatest attraction and repulsion.
This is a project designed for you to use your sense of discrimination, your capacity to make distinctions and maybe overcome these distinctions. Indeed you will surely discover that basic binary perception often contains a third part that is easily hushed or denied. For example the pair War and Peace previously mentioned, holds the idea of Truce or Respite.
Focus on one pair of opposites and explore them in poetry, prose, symbols, colours or images. It could be an opportunity for you to experiment chromatic opposites.
Do not restrain yourselves in terms of format, we will see to it later.
Material needed: all possible. Paint, pencils, charcoals. Also if you would like to use collage materials, feel free.
The pair Silence and Noise instantly captured me and inspired me some sort of philosophical tale. As I was exploring comic strip language at the time, I chose paper cuts to carry out this project. it seemed to allow me to stage the most violent contrasts both in form and content.

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Retrain Your Taste Buds
Oh, to have been born loving broccoli instead of chocolate! Truth is, your DNA alone doesn't dictate what you like (and don't like).
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I've been thrilled by my husband's eating evolution, but I had never really stopped to consider how a man who had eaten one way for over 30 years successfully pulled off a dietary one-eighty. Then, a few months ago at a nutrition conference, I attended a lecture on taste preferences by Julie Mennella, Ph.D., a scientist at the Monell Chemical Senses Center in Philadelphia. "What we like to eat is shaped by both biology and experience," Dr. Mennella explained. Jack's diet transformation was starting to make sense.
Born to be wild about vegetables?
There are five distinct tastes: sweet, sour, salty, bitter and umami, which means "savory" in Japanese and is associated with meats and cheeses. When we eat, chemicals in our food are sensed by the thousands of taste buds on the bumpy projections (fungiform papillae) of our tongues. The chemicals attach to receptors in the buds, sending signals to the brain, which registers taste perceptions. Receptors also respond to the temperature of foods and chemicals that create physical sensations (think of chili with fiery jalapeños). Smell plays into one's flavor experiences, too: foods release chemicals that travel up the nose to olfactory receptors, triggering a chain reaction of signals that amplify taste perceptions. (Prove this to yourself by holding your nose and sampling a jelly bean: you'll taste sweet, but won't get a burst of "flavor"—the term used to refer to taste plus smell—until you unplug your nose.


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Before having a facelift, I researched for 2 years and decided that most people had a good experience and pretty decent results after a few months of issues. I had a facelift primarily to get rid of an extreme sagging neck. I was not opposed to losing a few wrinkles, either. I am prematurely aged due to smoking and sun damage (I do neither anymore!)
My neck is somewhat better but uneven, with one gland being very prominate on only one side, under the jawline. It's pretty obvious,it looks swollen and strange. Assymetrical is an understatement; it's kind of alien, a one side froggy kind of thing.
The wrinkles that had initallly disappeared are back, now that the lift has settled...(7 months post) but they are wierder looking. The wrinkles look "windswept" and these are also pretty obvious and strange.
I have had horrid nerve pain since the procedure, due to the liposuction that was done on the neck. No-one told me there might be this kind of pain or that any post op pain could/might last for this long a time, or be this intense. There have been many days when I was not sure I could get thru. I have also feared for my job, beacuse the pain has been so bad and my job is physical..I did read the huge list of things to expect, and of things that might go wrong: this was not on the list. This is, like I said, not specifically surgical pain but is apparently due to the lipo. The pain covers a large area and I cannot tolerate any touch to any of that area. I cannot wear any clothes that even brush on it; I live in a a cold area but can only wear v necks, no turtlenecks or even crew necks, no regular shirts with collars. If touched unexpectedly,for instance by a child, (I have grandkids) it is just awful.
The pain is a bit less and my surgeon says it should continue to improve over the next 5 months. Also, He has suggested a revision for the neck but I am afraid to have anything more done: at the same time, the current look is very uneven, quite disturbing looking.


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Softball Announces 2013 Schedule
Courtesy: Canisius College Athletics
Release: 12/13/2012
The 2013 season will see Canisius take part in four different non-conference tournaments, starting at Cleveland State Feb. 16-17. The Blue and Gold will also travel to take part in the North Carolina A&T Invitational (Feb. 22-24), the Hampton Invitational (March 8-9) and the George Mason Cherry Blossom Classic (March 15-17). The team's first game of the season in New York state is scheduled for Wednesday, March 27, when the Griffs travel to cross-town rival Buffalo for a single game at Nan Harvey Field, and then the team will get back on the road March 30-April 6 for twinbills at Mount St. Mary's, the College of Charleston, Charleston Southern and Rider.
The two games at Rider April 6 will open the MAAC portion of this year's slate. The April 8 home opener will start the Griffs' only homestand of the season, as the Blue and Gold will play a total of 15 home contests in a 17-day span, which features home doubleheaders against league rivals Marist (April 13), Niagara (April 18), Manhattan (April 20) and Saint Peter's (April 21). Canisius will also host non-league games against Detroit (April 10), Robert Morris (April 16) and a single-game against Buffalo (April 24) during the homestand.
Canisius will close out the regular season with four-straight doubleheaders on the road, as Canisius will travel to league rivals Iona (April 27), Fairfield (April 29) and Siena (May 4), with a trip to Colgate (May 1) on the schedule as well. The 2013 MAAC Softball Championship is set for May 9-11, at Marist College in Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
The Griffs return 12 letterwinners and seven regular starters from last year's roster that went 20-30 overall and 11-5 in MAAC play. Canisius ended its season at the 2012 MAAC Softball Championships, as the Griffs qualified for the league's championship tournament for the 21st time in the last 23 seasons.


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RPT-Venezuelan socialists and media-owning London socialite make strange bedfellows
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CARACAS Nov 5 (Reuters) - British businessman Robert Hanson is an unlikely Venezuelan media mogul.
A longtime staple of London gossip columns who for years enjoyed the company of high-profile models, Hanson is the son of the late British industrial magnate Lord Hanson who made a fortune in corporate buyouts and was a prominent backer of conservative Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s.
Robert Hanson's holding company last year acquired Venezuela's best-selling newspaper, Ultimas Noticias, despite its worsening financial results and stringent currency controls that have frequently left foreign companies unable to repatriate profits.
Though they make for strange bedfellows, Hanson, 54, and the socialist government of President Nicolas Maduro appear to have harmonious dealings.
Ultimas Noticias has named two ruling Socialist Party members to key posts, including former elections adviser Hector Davila who now serves as the company's president-editor.
Dozens of reporters have resigned since the acquisition by Hanson, whose core companies are not focused on either media or Latin America.
Reporter Jose Rafael Mata said he was ordered to pull from the website a story about complaints by a former minister that the Socialist Party was stifling internal dissent. He tweeted what he said was a picture of a handwritten note that contained the order, and cited the incident as one of the reasons he later resigned. Continuación...


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500, 472, 425, 368 Discussion, 472 heads on 500 in Cadillac Engine Discussion; I've done what your doing and am using the engine in a 1986 Chebby 4WD pulling truck. Have done a ...
- 09-07-04 08:03 PM #16Cadillac Owners Member
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I've done what your doing and am using the engine in a 1986 Chebby 4WD pulling truck. Have done a few less educated things.
If the oil pump comes off - make sure you get the thin paper gasket for it -- if not you may be putting grindings in your engine and have rod bearing problems.... (#8 to be exact) - {I bought a Fel-Pro engine set - it didn't have an oil pump gasket and I had a basket case engine to work with for the first time -- so I figured you didn't need one -- don't do that...}
I don't think the compression will hurt you as Caddycarlo runs that kinda compression + a blower + a little bottle -- Detonation will cause you problems -- I run 110 octane racing fuel and limit the timing to around 34 degrees @ 3,000 rpm.
go to 500cid.com - Al has some good parts and an online catalog (he's got the oil pump gaskets seperatly as well)
He also has a 1 or 2 in spacer that goes under the Carb. It gets the back throttle plates out of the manifold - frees it up quite a bit. Painted I doubt they would even know or notice.
They only check to see that we pull 15" Vac. I'm running Al's VT-15 cam and it's on the edge. Down from that is the 3 - 5 and 10 series. They are ground to upgrade the design from orginal and retain drivablity. The 3 - 5 and even the 10 do it without a lope. I think the highest you could go without upgrading valve spring and cutting down the length of the valve guides is the 5 and maybe even the 10.
You could also upgrade your HEI with better pickup, coil etc.
After the three engines I went through in the last three months - I glad I properly cleaned the block, had new cam bearings and had the rod journals turned 20 thousands instead of tailgating the engines together.
Even though your engine ran good - how long has it sat around - old acidic oil does a # on bearings. Then you add near 13:1 compression
Doing what I recently did - I would consider just a minimum.
Your experience may differ - I think my oil pump problem carried with me throughout the first two engines. (I just wasn't about to chance things again)
Let me know how it turns out - I only have a 15 second run - your's will be endurance
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all of your help is much appreciated...
just wondering if anyone knew, or knew where i could find the stock specs of all the cams that the 500/472 came with. im having the hardest time finding them on all the sites you guys have directed me to, maybe im blind? and is the ones offered in summit/jegs any good? if this was a small block chevy id have no problems but this caddy stuff is a whole different beast.
maybe i should start another thread for this one but you guys seem to know a lot, so i was wondering do i have to run the gigantic flywheel that came on the 74 eldo 500 or can i use the smaller one off the 71 deville 472? and has anyone ever used a th350 behind one of these motors? i was planning on using the stock 3 speed still in the 76 deville behind the factory 350 olds, due to less rotating mass than a th400 and i was planning on running a stall convertor maybe as well but dont want to run a 13" converter, or whatever that eldo had in it. keep in mind this is for momentum kinda racing not hard launches like drag racing so i think the tranny should be able to hold up.
and i dont think i can run a carb spacer unless theres some kind of invisible spray paint that will make it un-noticable when they lift the hood, everyone knows what they look like so it will be spotted the first time i get teched.
i guess the biggest thing that makes me want to avoid rebuilding it is the cost of a rebuild kit. its 4 times what i paid for the motor. and i dont know if i could get that back out of it if i had to sell this motor on the street beacuse they found it to be illegal.
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Just thinking of a couple of other things.
By doing a valve job on the head you have and milling say 20 thousands - you'll bump your compression a little and be pretty reliable using 93 octane.
I've also heard to use your stock cam and advance it about 4 degrees will help quite a bit. You've already got alot more that those Chebbies - remember that
If you go to the high compression route - you might consider hooking up an additional ignition switch - say - under the dash. Your starter will have enough to do with that 13:1... When you add that to a hot motor and around 10 degrees initial advance - it will be hard to start when warm.
This way you can crank the engine over and then hit the Ign when it's whoopin good. --- Saves that buckin against the initial advance!!
Just thinkin outloud
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Hey TorqueInc!!! Just saw that you recommend grinding the center out on the intake of that 500 Caddy engine someones building for a racecar...I'd like to see a pic of just what you mean. My hot rod project is my '60 Dodge D-100 w/ a 413 HP from a '62 car. Slowly coming along, but its on hold now, as I'm putting a new motor in my 94 Seville STS...And I've got a '72 Eldo that I picked up for super cheap and I'll probably never get around to working on...but I would like to know more about this intake work you talk about. Thanks a bunch! my email is spyder121212 @ hot mail.com
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MTS,can someone give me the web address for mts
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Just Google MTS cadillac
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The eagle-eyed will have noticed that the name of our product has changed from System Center Capacity Manager 2006 Express Edition — which is a classic example of a Type 2 Microsoft product name — to System Center Capacity Planner 2006 — which is still a type 2 name, but thankfully easier to say in one breath.
SCCP is actually the name that the development team wanted from the start, so I'm happy. In my opinion, marketing had a strong argument for beginning the name with "System Center" (we're part of that brand), but weak arguments for calling it a capacity manager (focus groups may indeed prefer managing to planning, but our v1 is all about planning), and for tacking on "Express Edition" (since we hadn't announced a "standard edition").
Anyway, the dev team has now changed all our code, documentation, web sites, distribution lists, and bitmaps, but I'm going to leave it to marketing to explain to the field why they have to use the new name. "You break it, you fix it" 🙂
Oh, and remember how I tried to spread the "just remember CapMan" meme? Uh, yeah, sorry about that…


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wow this is really cute. if i were to have a baby shower i would either make my own invite or use this
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David O. Russell's first movie since the Oscar-bait crowd-pleaser The Fighter, Silver Linings Playbook is a neurotic ode to family dysfunction and accepting the universal screwup in all of us, which is to say it's maybe the most heartwarming movie you'll ever see about bipolarity. After several months of being deinstitutionalized, Pat (Bradley Cooper) is determined to prove to his estranged wife that he's perfectly – no really – okay. But he's not, and in fact is so not okay he can't even recognize that the attention he's getting from the equally dysfunctional Tiffany (Jennifer Lawrence) may be the nicest thing that's ever happened to him. Russell's clear affection for his hopelessly oblivious characters is palpable and genuine, Lawrence and Cooper have electric chemistry, and the director pulls off one of the most satisfying romantic Hollywood endings seen in years.
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How lucky am I? Very. On Tuesday, my youngest, Kate, arrived home from college for spring break. She was actually only going to stay a couple of days, you know..young, free, places to go, people to see. But even for those 2 days, she was such a blessing!
The first thing she did was run to the grocery store to pick up a few things for dinner. Then she proceeded to whip up this pasta! It was so good. I could only eat about a fourth of what I would normally eat, but oh my gosh, it was heaven! Oh, and did I mention one of the only benefits of the flu..I've lost 10 pounds!!! Of course, if Kate was here everyday, I would probably gain it back in no time.
So, without further ado, I bring you Kate's pasta:
Kate's Pasta
Serves 4 (unless one of them is sick with the flu)
1 1/2 tablspoons butter
1 1/2 tablespoons flour
1 1/2 cups of chicken broth
1 lb Italian sausage
1 bunch asparagus
1 lb bowtie pasta
1/2 cup of sundried tomatoes
kosher salt
fresh ground pepper
Brown sausage and set aside. Melt butter and then stir in flour. Whisk in broth slowly until the consistency of your choice. Steam asparagus and cook pasta. Soak sundried tomatoes and chop them. Toss pasta, sausage, sundried tomatoes, and asparagus in white sauce. Salt and pepper to taste.
Isn't she amazing! That's my girl. Then on Wednesday I had an appointment to get my hair highlighted. I had scheduled it over 2 weeks ago, when I was healthy (seems so long ago)! I was determined to go. I figured I could drag myself out of the house for a couple of hours, it was my spring break afterall! Since I was still so weak, Kate took my keys and would not let me drive! I kept insisting that she give them back, but really this is probably the one time when she could have kicked my butt! So, she drove me, while I hunched over in the passenger seat, clutching my purse, like some old lady. My highlights do look fine though!


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What is going on with my 21 month old DD? Last night she cried every time we tried to put her to be for almost 3 hours. I finally gave up and went to sleep with her (DH and I are both sick, so tried to avoid it), but as soon as I put her down beside me, she began jumping around, talking, yelling words, laughing, head butting my ribs, etc. I got mad, talked to her some about it (I think she understands somewhat but not great obviously) and put her back in the crib finally when she would not stop. More hysterics. Waited a few minutes, then got her in the bed with me again, lots of coaching. Same antics!! By 1:00 after much crying, we fell asleep with her in the crib and me on the bed next to her holding her hand through the crib. Periodically she would wake up and cry that my hand wasnt' holding hers and only fell asleep when I held it again.
She is teething, but I gave her every manner of medicine I could think of. Don't think she is otherwise sick. Obviously we've had teething issues with sleep before, but never this problem of her refusing to sleep WITH US also?!?!?! She has been an average sleeper generally and a good natured baby. Could there be something else?
The prior two nights she had a hard time going down but nothing like that. Putting her for her nap just now she screamed and screamed and I confess, I let her cry. We have so many health and mental health issues right now, I don't have anything left. Help! Any thoughts appreciated!
Kind of going through the same thing, so going to post my question here and hopefully both of us will get some advice. :)
My daughter (14mo) all of a sudden is refusing her crib. She won't nap or stay asleep at night. We stay in there and pat her til she goes to sleep. Last night we finally brought her in our bed. If I let her cry (which I am against) she just stands in the crib and cries (tried it for 1 min, 5 min, and 10 min). We also tried a night light. It has been going on for 3 days/nights. Not sure if we should keep soothing her, bring back her pacifier (which we took away a month ago), or let her sleep with us (still doesn't solve the nap issue or initial falling asleep at night.) Anyways, any help/advice is appreciated. Thanks!
Trying to be the best mom I can be to my two wonderful daughters
well, I tried again with holding her hand while I lay in the bed next to the crib. She cried briefly (1 minute) - a pissed off cry, but clearly she knew I was there. Then she fell asleep. In her 2 hour nap she awoke 2 other times and needed to feel my hand. so this is what I'm planning to do for naps and night time for a while. It's not great because I'm coughing a lot and keep waking her up, and I am quite sick and need a better night's sleep - but not sure what else to do. DH was up with her the last 2 nights and same problem - every time he tried to sleep with her in the bed she played, jumped, talked and laughed. This way I figure, she'll cry - she might be mad, she might be sad, but she will not feel abandoned, because she'll know I'm there.
we had a major thing like you described around 15 months, the difference being that that time (and younger) she would of course sleep with us in the bed in those instances, unlike now, and then we could wean her back into her crib.
I do suspect that this is something related to attachment and separation. Would love to hear from anyone who has a suggestion! Good luck mama!
My daughter went through something very similar at about your daughter's age. She was having all-out tantrums multiple times per night, and there really was nothing I could do to soothe her. We usually DID hold hands while she fell asleep, but during these fits there was always something not right about how I was holding her hand and it would set her off even more, so, in the end, all I could do was lie there next to her and wait it out. It was awful. In our case, after about a week of this I took her to the ped and found out that she had her first ever ear infection. Her sleep slowly improved as she went through the antibiotics. I should have suspected, since I had a sinus infection myself and we'd both been through a month of near-constant colds. Anyway, the hand-holding thing...it worked for us for a while, but then she started to kind of abuse it by demanding it all the time, which it seems like your little one is doing, too. At first, when she was sick, she truly did need that comfort; then she just really liked it. In the end I had to start saying no, which was NOT popular, but mommy needs sleep too!
Really, I'm not sure if the ear infection caused the period of night-time tantrums, or if it was something like you suspect - testing boundaries, attachment, separation. If it IS about that, I think crying may be the only solution - provided that you are there for loving support as they go through this hard time. Perhaps it's a time for them to learn that we're there for them, but they can't demand the impossible of us. Keep us posted on how things are going. I hope it gets better for you soon.
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Headstart is an all-in-one task runner that frees front-end developers of the little worries that come along with modern web development. If you ever wanted to use tools like Grunt or Gulp, but found the configuration too troublesome, you will probably like this pre-configured setup better.
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Dodge says Canada in good shape going into 2008
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SEOUL – An aide of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's uncle is seeking asylum in South Korea after fleeing his country ahead of a leadership purge, a report said Friday.
South Korean officials believe the escapee might have managed funds for Jang Song Thaek, who until last week was regarded as Kim's political regent, according to the South's cable news network YTN.
The report, citing intelligence sources, also said he may have information on secret funds controlled by the Kim family. It said the man escaped from Pyongyang two months ago and is now under the protection of South Korean intelligence agents in China while he awaits a flight to Seoul.
South Korea's spy agency and Unification Ministry declined to confirm the report.
The National Intelligence Service (NIS) told a parliamentary committee Tuesday in Seoul that it believed Kim's uncle, Jang, had been removed and two associates executed.
YTN said the aide fled after discovering Jang's dismissal.
On Thursday, Yonhap news agency reported that North Korea's ambassador to Malaysia, Jang Yong Chol, had been recalled after Jang was apparently ousted. The ambassador's wife and two sons were spotted Thursday before boarding a flight to Pyongyang in China's northeastern city of Shenyang, Yonhap said, citing multiple witnesses.
NIS chief Nam Jae-joon told a parliamentary committee Friday that the ambassador, one of Jang's nephews, had been recalled.
North Korea's ambassador to Cuba, Jon Yong Jin — the husband of Jang's elder sister — has also been recalled, he said, according to a joint briefing by ruling and opposition party lawmakers.
Jang's apparent dismissal is particularly noteworthy given the crucial role he was seen as having played in securing Kim's own succession after the death of his father, Kim Jong Il.
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Hi Holly. We met at the amazing Outrun the Sun race. What have you been up to since then? Since OTS I have been back to Chamonix to race the La Montagne Hard 60k(5,000m vertical gain) which I won and broke the course record – it was super hard. I have been training hard for my next big race in August and I also ran the Bath Hilly Trail Marathon, which I also won. So fingers crossed things are going well.
What's your favourite place to run? My favourite place to run is the Lake District purely because the scenery is spectacular and there are so many trails to run and lots I still want to do. The options are limitless!
Do you remember your first ever race? My first race was a 5k in Battersea Park. I was 19 years old. I didn't run as I child so it was all new to me. I think it took me about 25 minutes but I had no idea how good or bad it was. … all I know is that it felt like hard work!
When someone asks you for a training tip, what do you tell them? If you want to get quicker than simply add a speed session into your weekly training schedule. If you always run slowly then you will always race slowly.
Do you like a running gadget? I have to say I rarely leave home without my Suunto Ambit Heart Rate monitor. It records a multitude of data that I can download and the battery life is amazing so it's ideal for long ultras.
Do you ever run to music? I actually like to listen to podcasts on my long runs – but not if I am running somewhere new as I like to soak up the surroundings. So my favourite podcasts are: Talk Ultra, Marathon Talk, Ultra Runner Podcast and Competitor Radio.
What's your post-race indulgence? My favourite post-race indulgence is normally a pie and a pint of local ale at the local pub
What's the worst thing about running? I really struggle to answer this one because I couldn't imagine a life without running so the worst thing about running has to be getting injured … it's the pits when you can't do the thing you love.
And what's the best thing? The best thing about running is those moments when you are all on your own at the top of a mountain or on a trail through the woods and you are moving effortlessly. You feel like you could just keep running for ever. These moments are super-special. Some people like to spend their days off at shopping centres, I prefer being out on the trails.
What do you eat on the morning of a long run or hard session? I always eat the same thing: two pieces of wholegrain toast, almond butter, one banana and a black coffee with sugar.
What's the furthest you've ever run? 90k on the road but my next race is 90k on the trails.
Have you ever run barefoot? I don't run barefoot but I do all my running in lightweight shoes and I race and do all my speed sessions in racing flats (Asics DS Racer). I prefer light flexible shoes with quite a low heel drop. I think once you start wearing light shoes it is hard to go back to wearing big chunky trainers but you do need to break yourself in slowly to lighter shoes as injuries could be a problem. It also depends on your running gait as to the best shoe to wear. Get a gait assessment to be sure.
What's your greatest running achievement? It's hard to say one but I would say coming 18th at the European Championships in Barcelona and winning team bronze in the marathon. It was my first championships and something I never thought would happen to me, as I always thought of myself as a fun runner. Standing on the podium in the Olympic Stadium was one of the proudest moments of my life. Secondly coming seventh at Comrades (the biggest ultra in the world) and it being my first ultra was very special. The whole experience was overwhelming and I can't wait to get back there and have another crack.
Mo Farah or Usain Bolt? That's a hard one, I was lucky enough to be in the stadium for Super Saturday and Sunday at the Olympics so I saw them both run and both races were epic. The crowd was deafening.
Who is the greatest ever runner? Another super tough one! There are many … but I love watching David Rudisha run on the track and Paula Radcliffe's 2.15 marathon world record has to be one of the world's greatest running achievements by a woman and will take many many years to beat.


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Great News For The Process World — A Sea Change Is Coming
Posted by Connie Moore on June 29, 2009
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By Connie Moore
I've been working in the Business Process Management field for long time. How long? How's this—I remember when there wasn't any BPM—it was all just workflow. Plus, I remember when there wasn't any continuous improvement or Agile vs. Waterfall, it was just big bang Business Process Reengineering.
I've also been working in the content management and collaboration space for a long time. How long? I remember when people who tracked document imaging (me included) didn't know what document management was. And I remember when Lotus Notes and Groupwise defined the collaboration space, and nobody thought for two seconds about Microsoft.
Why do I ramble on through technology's memory lane? It's because I want to set the stage for what I'm about to write.
For years I've been talking about the need to marry structured processes with ad hoc processes. More than that, I've said we need to look at work from the worker's perspective, and tackle all the work that the person does. Instead of carving off the structured process and automating just that, and then leaving all that other work for the information worker to figure out how it gets done, I've argued that we should look at work holistically. We should very deliberately add that chaotic, messy ad hoc world of work to our structured processes, and stop relying on information workers to mentally and physically (through cut and paste) integrate all their collaboration tools with structured processes. After all, haven't you heard the complaints about information overload from stressed-out workers? Yep, me too—and we could do a lot to make that headache disappear by giving workers a highly contextual workplace that is powered by BPM.
But I've been a voice crying in the wilderness. I'm not kidding. Whenever I would talk about collaboration with BPM vendors, they would somehow think I was talking about straight through processes between companies. That's collaboration, right??? And whenever I would talk about BPM with content and collaboration vendors, they would look at me blankly and mumble something about using simple workflow for approving documents. It felt like two disconnected worlds that desperately needed to find each other.
In the past three months, I've noticed a huge sea change.
- It first hit me when I visited Salesforce.com in April. One of the major, high-buzz topics of conversation that day was about integrating Facebook and Twitter with Salesforce's application. The very fact that an application vendor was taking integration with Web 2.0 tools so seriously was an eye-opener. Things were definitely heating up on the integrating collaboration with structured processes frontline.
- Then, I went to SAP's SAPPHIRE conference. The same thing happened. SAP showed applications that integrated information-rich visual data from Business Objects with its structured processes. Admittedly, this was more of a BI focus than a collaboration focus, but still, it marked the convergence of structured processes with more people-designed, visual information.
- Today, I attended the Workflow Management Coalition's Process.gov event and got firsthand validation that organizations have really started to integrate the structured and ad hoc worlds. Michael Ruiz from Deloitte demonstrated an application for the US Navy that supports Marine Domain Awareness.Situational awareness is the key concept behind this app. By integrating BPM with chat, e-mail, workflow, context sensitive collaboration, mobile messaging, picture messaging, wikis and data, the Navy can provide a highly contextual world for military analysts that automates every aspect of the job. It was an amazing demonstration of how process becomes more powerful when married with all the other people-oriented tools information workers use every day.
I think a sea change is coming in the process world. Yes, straight through processes have their place. And yes, BPM tackles many back office, transactional processes that don't have a heavy or even moderate collaboration angle. But there's a huge world of work out there that involves e-mail and BI reports and documents—and we will truly put a dent in productivity time sinks if we can somehow get our arms around the entire world of work—not just that part that involves swim lanes, role activity diagrams and BPMN. Let's go work!
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Comment from Jacob Ukelson on Tue, 06/30/2009 - 08:42
Connie,At ActionBase we couldn't agree more. Extending BPM's reach by including ad-hoc, human process has got to be the next big thing in BPM. Focusing only on structured, modeled processes isn't enough sincead-hoc, human processes make up most of the processes in any organization - and tend to be handed by the most expensive people.Anyone interested is welcome to take a look at our blog on the topic: http://blog.actionbase.com/
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Comment from Laura Mooney (not verified) on Tue, 06/30/2009 - 09:22
The US Navy is indeed on board with BPM and the value it can deliver. It is also heavily in use at NCIS (Naval Criminal Investigative Services) to provide greater visibility across investigative case management processes. A good article ran in KMWorld last year about the solution:http://www.kmworld.com/Articles/Editorial/Feature/Government-agencies-build-stronger-foundations-for-sharing-information--50455.aspxAs businesses and government organizations are further challenged to find new, more effective and efficient ways of getting things done, I think adoption of BPM software will continue to accelerate due to its ease of use and broad business value.
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Subject: Amazon: A $17.0 B Comparison
Author: LyndonKroker
Since the market now values Amazon at over 17 billion dollars, I thought it might be interesting to compare Amazon with other companies of similar market size. The following comparison is based on data from the Value Line Investment Survey for Windows. The database update I used was valid as of 22 December, 1998.
To accomplish this comparison I first screened Value Line's database for companies with a market capitalisation between $16.0 and $18.0 billion. The screen returned 16 stocks representing 12 different industries. For the purpose of the comparison below, we will call this group our Sample Group. The data you see below for the Sample Group represents the average for the 16 stocks in the group.
In the second column we have the relevant data for Amazon. Finally to save you some calculator battery life, I have included a third column showing a percentage calculation that compares Amazon to the Sample Group average. This relative percentage is shown in the third column. In several places in the table you will see "n/a" instead of a value. While this may indicate that the data is unavailable, in most instances it means that the applicable figure is either zero or negative. Two examples are dividend (zero) and profit (negative). P/E for example has no meaningful figure (since it would be negative). All dollar figures, except for per share data, are in millions unless otherwise noted. Amazon's (pre-split) price at the time of the comparison was $322.38.
Sample Relative Criteria Group Amazon Percentage ----------------------------------------------------------- PE (Last 12 Mo) 30.11 n/a n/a Beta 1.11 n/a n/a Dividend Yield (%) 1.54 n/a n/a Market Cap 17,058 17,009 99.7% Sales (TTM) 9,571 423 4.4% Net Income (TTM) 634.99 -59.14 n/a EPS (TTM) 2.33 -1.23 n/a Earnings Yield (TTM) 4.29 n/a n/a Net Income 651.43 -27.59 n/a Cash 1,417 125 8.8% Accounts Recv. 2,120 n/a n/a Inventories 1,115 8.97 0.8% Net Plant 3,086.5 9.3 0.3% Total Assets 49,545 149 0.3% Accounts Payable 1,437.7 32.7 2.3% Long-Term Debt 3,657.2 76.7 2.1% Net Worth 4807.4 28.5 0.6% Com Shares Outstanding 351.51 47.87 13.6% Total Capital 8,464.6 105.2 1.2% Cash Flow 935.82 -24.2 n/a Free Cash Flow 964.31 61.04 6.3% Working Capital 1,596.0 93.52 5.9% Sales Per Share 29.04 3.09 10.6% Price Sales Ratio 3.17 37.85 1,194.0% EPS 2.25 -0.64 n/a Book Value Per Share 16.51 0.59 3.6% Price to Book Value 3.41 31.82 933.1% Cash Flow Per Share 3.01 -0.51 n/a Gross Margin 46.12 21.79 47.2% Net Profit Margin (TTM) 7.69 n/a n/a Dividend Payout 34.48 n/a n/a Current Ratio (LQ) 1.15 5.14 447.0% EPS Growth 1-Year 17.66 n/a n/a Sales (LQ) 2,362.1 116.0 4.9% Net Income (LQ) 145.07 -21.23 n/a EPS 10Q (LQ) 0.54 -0.44 n/a Current Assets (LQ) 3,273.7 369.4 11.3% Long-Term Debt (LQ) 4,517.3 332.4 7.4% Net Worth (LQ) 4,360.6 39.4 0.9% Inventory Turnover 5.87 24.22 412.6% Tot Return 1-Year 25.26 675.76 2,675.2% Current Dividend 1.20 n/a n/a Current EPS 2.35 -2.04 n/a Est EPS 4th Qtr Out 0.75 -0.39 n/a Proj 3-5 Yr % Apprec 24.67 -51.14 n/a Proj EPS Growth Rate 13.43 n/a n/a ----------------------------------------------------------- TTM = trailing twelve months LQ = latest quarterAs you can see from the above table the data for Amazon is vastly different than the Sample Group average, with most values being at one extreme or the other. Some of the data are particularly interesting.
Let's have a look at the numbers for Sales (TTM). If Amazon could manage to increase sales by 50% per year, it would take eight years to beat the Sample Group average. That assumes zero sales growth by the Sample Group. Also, it is unlikely that Amazon could maintain such a sales growth rate since the actual rate for Amazon is already slowing down quickly. For the figures, see my previous post number 11209.
All traditional value ratios for Amazon are extremely high. Amazon's Price/Sales ratio for example is nearly 1200 percent greater than that of the Sample Group. Figures for Net Income, EPS, Cash Flow, and Projected 3-5 Year % Price Appreciation are all negative.
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Why is eating dog funny?
This is a discussion on Does anyone else see a "tie in"? within the Off Topic & Humor Discussion forums, part of the The Back Porch category; Hollywood and the entertainment industry has done more than any other group to vilify self defense and manufacturer the myth of the "evil gun and ...
Hollywood and the entertainment industry has done more than any other group to vilify self defense and manufacturer the myth of the "evil gun and gun owners". This article shows what they have promised Obama. What has he promised them?
Obama's Hollywood Palace Guards Pour In Big Bucks
If you're wondering why America's so-called satirists still haven't found the fact that Obama ate a dog funny...
In fact, if you're wondering why no one in Hollywood will satirize Obama in any way whatsoever, this should help to explain a lot:
Priorities USA Action, the SuperPAC run by former White House aides Bill Burton and Sean Sweeney, collected $2.5 million in March, including a $100,000 donation from TV personality Chelsea Handler.
Like her low-rated pals Stewart and Colbert, Handler has a "comedy" show on Comedy Central. You can watch her gush over Obama here.
Here's an even better explanation as to why all of Hollywood pretty much leaves Obama alone even as they mercilessly trash the Right:
Jeffrey Katzenberg is among the top donors to Priorities USA Action, having given $2 million last year in a kind of kickoff to what organizers hoped would raise $100 million this cycle.
From another article:
President Obama's reelection campaign released an updated list of his 2012 campaign fundraisers, including Sony's Michael Lynton and his wife Jamie; Dreamworks' Jeffrey Katzenberg; HBO's Richard Plepler and Weinstein Co.'s Harvey Weinstein.
Also on the list are Kelly Meyer, the wife of Universal's Ron Meyer, and Peter Chernin, the former COO of News Corp. ...
Raising $50,000 to $100,000: Peter Chernin (producer); Margo Lion (Broadway producer); Richard Plepler (HBO co-president); George Stevens (producer).
$100,000-$200,000: Clarence Avant (music mogul); Joseph Calabrese (entertainment attorney); Deepak Chopra (self-help guru); Ari Emanuel (WME Entertainment chief), Giselle Fernandez (TV personality); Chad Griffin (political consultant, incoming president of Human Rights Campaign); Michael Lynton (Sony chief); Kelly Meyer (environmental advocate); Wendy Wanderman (producer) and Mark Gorenberg.
$200,000-$500,000: Eva Longoria (actress); Jamie Alter Lynton (philanthropist).
$500,000 or more: Nicole Avant (former ambassador) and Ted Sarandos (Netflix chief content officer); Colleen Bell (soap opera producer); David Cohen (Comcast exec); John Emerson (Capitol Group executive); Jeffrey Katzenberg (Dreamworks Animation CEO); Mai Lassiter (wife of producer James Lassiter); Noah Mamet (political consultant); James Costos (HBO executive) and Michael Smith (designer); Dana Perlman and Barry Karas (Obama for America LGBT co-chairs); Ken Solomon (Tennis Channel CEO); Andy Spahn (political consultant); Harvey Weinstein (producer); and Anna Wintour (editor).
If you're a cast-member on "Saturday Night Live" and embarrassed by the fact that you've abdicated your comedy responsibility to become shills for Obama, after seeing this list of bigwigs in bed with the President, would you consider risking your career in exchange for a few laughs?
Obama's Hollywood Palace Guards Pour In Big Bucks
I don't know about the rest of you, but I want my entertainers and all in that field to be like "Dancing Bears". Amuse me, but I won't take your advice on my life, my family, my freedom and certainly NOT MY GOVERNMENT.
A woman must not depend on protection by men. A woman must learn to protect herself.
Susan B. Anthony
A armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one has to back it up with his life.
Robert Heinlein
I don't know about the rest of you, but I want my entertainers and all in that field to be like "Dancing Bears". Amuse me, but I won't take your advice on my life, my family, my freedom and certainly NOT MY GOVERNMENT.
I agree with you 100% and feel the same way (life, family, freedom and Not My Government) about bankers, oil companies, hedge fund CEOs, conglomerate owners, and assorted tycoons.
Well said! Are you a Missouri Tiger? Are you anywhere close to Boonville? Just read a book on D. Boone.
Hollywood loves the liberals. I spend about 35 cents a year for Hollywood. That's too much.
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What gets me is how these Hollywood Types make these action jackson films with every black gun out there to make their money...........then they are anti-gun all the way......have low opinion of most actors.
A woman must not depend on protection by men. A woman must learn to protect herself.
Susan B. Anthony
A armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one has to back it up with his life.
Robert Heinlein
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nothing new about that saying. just that it never before in America was it that a mare 1%
had a say so mightily. though there are a group of 535 very powerful people in this country;
thought the many that we had a voice in the American Way now finding that the powerful few
are the puppet masters
shall we soon to be all walking about naked so as to prove we are not a danger
(re: original Puppet Masters by RAH)
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Lots of the Hollywood folk you mentioned are Jewish. It never ceases to amaze me that someone who's Jewish, with that religion's background and history, would be in favor of gun control....
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Pittsfield to Host Ballina Sister City Delegates
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Mayor Daniel Bianchi and the city of Pittsfield will celebrate all things Irish when they hosts visitors representing Pittsfield's Sister City, Ballina.
The group is coming to Pittsfield to celebrate the relationship the two cities have under the Sister Cities International Program. Bianchi and his wife, Theresa, will host a welcoming reception for the delegation on Friday, March 14, at noon in the City Council Chambers at City Hall.
City councilors, former mayors and the public are invited to attend.
Among the events planned, guests and the Pittsfield Irish Sister City members will march in the St. Patrick's Day Parade in Albany, N.Y., enjoy an Irish American Club dinner/dance at the Elk's Club and attend a "Forty Shades of Green Art Show" with a wine and cheese reception at the Lichtenstein Center.
There also will be a dinner show at Mazzeo's Ristorante with Liam Geddes, the 2007 "Irish Idol," performing after dinner. The evening ends with Andy Kelly and his band performing at Patrick's Pub.
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I have one from Levenger that is so well made it is now going on 17 years of service. First wallet I ever had that lasted that long
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I have one from Levenger that is so well made it is now going on 17 years of service. First wallet I ever had that lasted that long
Hubby got a real nice one that is a "minimal" Type leather one from Duluth Trading Co. He liked it so much he bought one for his Dad. I just noticed that Duluth has a new tri fold Fire Hose one.
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Not reading through 100+ post about wallets so don't know if it was mentioned but I got a maxpedition free with some blackhawk pants and its been great. Don't know what the molle webbing would be used for though! Hehehe
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I honestly don't think you can buy a better product than Saddleback Leather, and while we are talking wallets here my comments go for all of their products. I've bought three wallets from them, a small messenger bag and a mouse pad. You have to hold their products in your hands to understand the depth and breadth of the quality of their products.
I carry their small ID wallet with two military ID's, a drivers license and CW permit, four credit cards and my cash, and it slips right into my front pocket. I really cannot imagine a better wallet.
Unfortunately I've had no luck getting them to make holsters or gun carriers.
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I had an earlier post, but this is what I bought 2 years ago...it's just fantastic.
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Mine is in dark brown, but I don't even know it's in my pocket...cut WAY down on what ID I carry.
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Bijou project to continue into 2014
August 16, 2013
Construction of a long-discussed erosion-control project will continue around Bijou Meadow and along Fairway Drive for several more weeks before moving into the Bijou Center early next month.
The approximately $18.6-million Bijou Area Erosion Control Project has been in development for about the past 10 years and is designed to improve the quality of water entering Lake Tahoe from one of the lake's dirtiest drain pipes, project manager Trevor Coolidge said.
"The overall goal is water quality," Coolidge said of the construction, which is expected to last through the 2014 construction season.
"The project has two primary elements; replacement of the existing Bijou Creek storm drain system that conveys storm water runoff from the 1,300-acre Bijou Creek watershed to Lake Tahoe and construction of a comprehensive regional treatment system for runoff generated in the Bijou commercial core," according to a statement from the city.
Polluted storm water from the Bijou center will be directed through a series of underground vaults to remove clarity-reducing fine sediment before being pumped through an underground pipe to water quality treatment basins near the intersection of Woodland and Walkup roads, according to the statement.
Some of the most visible work on the project is taking place at the southern end of Bijou Meadow. The construction activity there includes creation of a series of grassy swales designed to serve as an emergency overflow for the treatment basins, Coolidge said.
Although there will be some temporary closures of trails while heavy equipment work takes place in the meadow, recreational impacts in the meadow — popular with dog walkers and bicyclists — will be minimal, Coolidge said.
Work in the meadow is expected to wrap up within the next three weeks, Coolidge said. Fairway Drive at Lake Tahoe Boulevard will likely stay closed for another four to five weeks while intensive construction continues there, Coolidge said. Work in the Bijou Center is scheduled to take place after Labor Day.
A run-down outfall on the beach behind CVS will be improved as part of the project and will be designed to blend in with the surrounding sand, Coolidge said.
The project includes numerous funders, with the U.S. Forest and Caltrans among the major contributors, Coolidge said. The California Tahoe Conservancy is involved in the Bijou project as a funder and property owner. The agency is also working on a separate bike path project in the area, Coolidge said.
Additional phases of the Bijou Area Erosion Control project, which includes work in neighborhoods surrounding the meadow, are currently without funding, according to the engineer.
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And Lauriat you are right, Spicers has the worst service of any dealer I've been to. I've never had a good experience there. In 08 they also stripped out a few bolts in the rear suspension doing a service update on a friends brand new 08 600rs and claimed it wasn't them. I dont know how they are with their boat services but I'd never take a sled there...
I told them once the sled gets in to give me a call and I will come and pick it up. By the looks of my tunnel they were out joy riding my sled. They also tried to charge me for new shocks on my Assault. They ended up costing me my last ride of the season because they wouldn't call Polaris. They would only use the email service they offer. They also told me that my claim was denied. I made some calls and found out that they never even turned the claim in. They were rather pissed when I called them out on that.
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Lennon's widow Yoko Ono has given writer and director Don Scardino permission to use the songs India, India and I Don't Want to Lose You.
Scardino said: "We will tell the story of John Lennon's life using Lennon's own words and songs."
Lennon was killed exactly 24 years ago outside his New York apartment after being shot by Mark Chapman.
The musical will make its Broadway debut at the Broadhurst Theatre, New York, on 7 July 2005.
"Our ensemble of 10 extraordinary and diverse performers and a 10-piece onstage band will guide the audience through Lennon's life and the eras he shaped," said Scardino.
India, India was written during the Beatles' visit to India in 1968 while I Don't Want to Lose You was provided by Yoko Ono to complete The Beatles Anthology in 1990, but an electronic glitch made it impossible to include the song.
Prior to being on Broadway the musical will have its world premiere in San Francisco on 12 April.


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Published: May 22, 2014 at 9:41 AMI agree with you..Is this targeted for those in the 90's or what? My question is, how long before they start to fix things when they break down?
Published: May 22, 2014 at 10:02 AMIt is hip, it is lively, it is modern, but it does lack the "Disney" touch. I honestly felt a little awkward watching it. Still, looking forward to many a mine train ride.
Published: May 22, 2014 at 10:51 AMWow.
To be perfectly honest, I hate the commercial.
The biggest problem was the tone of the commercial. It was goofy and pretty rapid fire, which does a huge disservice to the amount of effort that went into making this a really beautiful piece of New Fantasyland.
I think they really needed to include a nice wide angle shot of the entire mountain, showing off the landscaping and scale of what they built. And being that it's so close to Cinderella Castle, they should have played that up by showing it more prominently in the background. I saw it very briefly in one shot, I believe. I really am surprised that they didn't do a slow aerial shot of the project so people would be taken aback by how beautiful it is. Instead, you really didn't get to see very much of the ride at all.
The sunglasses and soundtrack were bad, but really it was the focus of the commercial that I had the biggest issue with.
I'm very disappointed in this commercial.
Published: May 22, 2014 at 11:15 AMSo...who hacked the Disney website and stole the dwarf costumes?
Published: May 22, 2014 at 12:02 PMI love it!
Published: May 22, 2014 at 12:00 PMI think for a company that is trying to appease both "traditional" and "non-traditional" families, the marching orders for the ad firm was to try to convey that the new ride is "hip" and "fun." However, the caveat is not to offend anyone. So we get this kind of ad. There is no coherent message and they borrow 30 year old styles. Why? We look back nostalgically and gloss over the bad things. Even gestures that appeared offensive back then are now "cute." So they succeeded in not offending. However, if I wasn't a Disney fan, this ad would not persuade me to go to Disney World for this one ride. I also happen to like Harry Potter, so my desire to visit either IOA or USJ is driving my next theme park visit.
Published: May 22, 2014 at 12:25 PMHahahaha!
It looks like Seven Dwarfs is the best thing to happen to theme parks here in the 1990's!
Published: May 22, 2014 at 12:53 PMWas it just me or did the Ray Bans and the two dwarfs with a beard and the one dwarf without make you think of ZZ Top?
Published: May 22, 2014 at 1:17 PMI don't enjoy this commercial as it sounds not only like an 80's commercial but the Seven Dwarfs going "modern". What year is this indeed.
Published: May 22, 2014 at 1:50 PMWhat can you say? "It Rocks!!!" It's contrary to the intent of the coaster. They tried to make it hip. I hate the rap song. It doesn't make me want to go, but I guess I'm not the intended audience.
Published: May 22, 2014 at 2:13 PMNot horribly bad, but you have to wonder who signed off on this idea.
It looks like the actual ride footage was sped up as well.
Published: May 22, 2014 at 2:15 PMAll they needed was a fanny pack.... no wait they had that to. With the amount of time it took to build the attraction they should have taken a photo per week and ran them all together, it couldn't have been any worse.
Published: May 22, 2014 at 2:58 PMHmmm.
Not sure what Disney are playing at.... The 7 Dwarves Coaster isn't ever going to be 'cool'. It's a fantastic family attraction and this just comes across like a Dad dancing at his daughter's birthday party - deeply embarrassing.
Great as I think the coaster is this advert frankly sucks....
Published: May 22, 2014 at 4:05 PMI actually didn't mind it. It was a 30 sec ad, that incorporated the "Rock Your Disney" style angle, that was supposed to appeal to the masses.
In terms of trying to make it hip....Well, the dwarfs (In association with Snow White) aren't exactly the coolest, most current characters in Disney's line. So, this seemed to be an attempt to showcase that this attraction isn't "just" for little princess fans, but for cool "folk" as well.
In fact, the family consist of two sons (not a daughter in site), who fist bump / explode.
I don't think it's the best ad, but I wouldn't call it a disaster (that would be one of those advertisements where the consumer doesn't remember the product being advertised)
Published: May 22, 2014 at 5:41 PMNot a fan at all. I also noticed at the beginning the family is walking away from the ride. They are going through the castle the wrong way if they are trying to get to the ride. Did they just ride it and now they are cooler? I'm not really sure.
Published: May 22, 2014 at 6:22 PMThe ad agency that did this piece of "fun" for Disney is McGarryBowen. Wonder if they will still be the agency of record after this?
Published: May 22, 2014 at 7:02 PMWhat did I just watch... I'm 20, so maybe a little above the target demo, but this flew right over my head.
Published: May 22, 2014 at 7:53 PMThis is pretty bad...
Let me explain. Whenever USF airs a Wizarding World/ Diagon Alley commercial, they instantly grab you with the HP theme song, then show the scenery from the lands that you know from the movies. I stop whatever I am doing to look up and watch when they come on. They also use that darkish tone of all the movies and appear seamless.
Why couldn't Disney play the original classic song and movie, then go into a dubstep version the "Hi Ho" song to mix new with old? Anything but this. Yikes.
Published: May 22, 2014 at 8:06 PMCorny
Published: May 22, 2014 at 9:07 PMI think that the Disney parks planners and marketers have lost their minds in the last five years. It seems to me that they are only targeting rides and advertisements to the die hard Disney Only fan club. My family likes all theme parks, but Disney used to be by far the top. They have been stuck in the 80's and 90's. I believe it started when the great Alien Encounter was refurbished with Stitch, and it has been downhill from there. Do they honestly think teens that like hip hop will want to go ride that? No way. The ad should have been how Disney has embraced a classic film with a classic attraction themed for multiple generations of people. The ads for Diagon Alley show you how to market new attractions. If the Disney board know what they are doing, and I think they do, they need to clean house with the theme park operation. Get some management that understands how to develop parks and advertisements that would convince any family to come to Disney, not just the people that will come regardless. Do they focus test these things anymore?
Published: May 22, 2014 at 9:46 PMUmmm yeah..... Way to go Disney! Ahhh yeah .....my cousin Eddy does great ads for the Stubbenville Gazette for the Dollar General that are about the same quality.... Way to show off your attraction.... Good job, good going, that's good, everyone's good. I'm just going to go over here to Universal...... Ummm yeah but thanks for playing.
Published: May 23, 2014 at 12:30 AMIt's right up there with 1989's Splash Mountain Rap.
Published: May 23, 2014 at 12:58 AMDisney is lost in last century. When will disney innovate and create a 21st century attraction. Nothing new here.
Published: May 23, 2014 at 1:09 AMI think it's false advertising.
Published: May 23, 2014 at 5:27 AMI showed it to my 2 daughters, ages 8 & 9....They LOVED it. They thought it was cool and funny and it got them more excited then ever. This commercial is not for adults....although I thought it was cute and even I chuckled and smiled. I don't understand why some of y'all take it so seriously and say it lacks Disney "magic"....it made my daughters faces light up and smile and that to me is Magic °?°
Published: May 23, 2014 at 6:18 AMCheesy commercial or not, the intense eagerness of fans wanting to experience this attraction is there. For Disney's 24 hour event at the Magic Kingdom today, they went ahead with a soft opening of the Mine Train for guests. Within 30 minutes of the park's 6am opening, the wait for the ride had ballooned to 3 hours. A terrible commercial certainly won't be chasing people away.
Published: May 23, 2014 at 6:31 AM
Yes there will be herds of folks wanted to try this new ride, but there is no comparison to Universal DA where there will be up to 8 hours to get into Diagon Alley.
Nice new ride for Disney with a non creative commercial..
Published: May 23, 2014 at 7:41 AMIt was pretty bad. I kind of felt like the whole thing was disrecptful to the classic material. I agree with the person who said start with the classic music and then go for a modern upbeat twist. The cottage and landscaping is fantastic. It seems a missed opportunity not to showcase the attraction from a distance. Some times "trying" to be cool just comes across and trying too hard.
Published: May 23, 2014 at 10:34 AMThis one is MUCH better!
Published: May 23, 2014 at 9:58 AMA little quiz
Q. What does a caveman have to do with insurance?
A. Nothing, but I bet that the vast majority of you can name the company as well as identify your favorite segment in the advertising campaign.
Q. What talents do the Kardashians have?
A. One - The ability to mindlessly self-promote themselves into multi-million dollar fortunes, and admit it or not, just about every one of you has seen the title of an online news story about them in the past few days (and may have actually read the article).
The commercial about the Seven Dwarfs Mine Train is very good and successful because it gets your attention. Adults may chuckle at it for its tacky 1990s style and cheesiness, but it gets them thinking and talking. Kids enjoy it because it is silly and fun and different from most of the advertising currently aimed at them.
The purpose of an ad is to get your attention, and to get you to remember the product positively when you are making a buying decision. This ad accomplishes those goals quite nicely.
Published: May 23, 2014 at 9:20 PMI agree with another's comment about the ZZTOP comparison. It seemed more like DISNEY paying tribute to the classic rock band ZZTOP rather than DISNEY promoting their new ride. Unfortunately; it is sad on several levels. First; it just shows how little creativity is left within the DISNEY corporation and secondly as someone else said it's almost like DISNEY is stuck in the 80's and 90's. But in truth they really haven't done anything innovative or creative in over a decade and this attraction(SDMT)only confirms this. Sure it will be a family friendly attraction and it may even be cute and whimsical but it won't even come close to what UNIVERSAL is offering just up the road at DIAGON ALLEY. I've been a lifelong fan of DISNEY but I'm starting to get really upset with all these people that continue to give DISNEY a free pass to just live off their past. Come on folks wake up...as long as you continue to flock to their parks like it's the end of the world and except these underwhelming offerings and astronomical prices then DISNEY will continue to hike ticket prices and offer nothing that is truly innovative or groundbreaking. Why would they? Mark my word; UNIVERSAL will offer the most innovative attractions this summer but in the end it will probably be DISNEY again that will have record attendance and record profits over a little silly and underwhelming mine train. Come on everyone; it's sad but realize and accept as I have that UNIVERSAL is the new leader in the theme-park industry and not Disney!!!!
Published: May 24, 2014 at 7:20 AMMichael, I agree with everything you said in your post (especially the part where you agreed with my ZZ Top observation), and I and many others have said the exact same things you stated, BUT...
can you or anybody else here reading this thread tell me why Disney should be doing anything differently and back it up with factual evidence that they are doing something wrong?
Published: May 24, 2014 at 11:27 AM"factual evidence that they are doing something wrong?"
This depends on whose perspective is winning. Price hikes, uninspired attractions, higher attendance... I think Disney is winning and the customer is losing. Their new commercial seems like counterprogramming. Come visit, but not too many. Sucks to care.
Published: May 24, 2014 at 12:46 PMTim; in response to your question about is there factual evidence that confirms that DISNEY is doing something wrong I would reply this way. First; I have never said DISNEY was doing something wrong. In fact It's obvious they are responding and giving their customers exactly what they want I guess because record profits and attendance confirms that. And a case in point is this: not long ago on another DISNEY chat site some one posted some pictures that showed a typical day at the MAGIC KINGDOM at WDW. It showed wait times for several E-ticket attractions such as Space MT., POTC, and Haunted Mansion and all were under 20 minutes but the wait time for meet-n-greet TALES WITH BELLE was over 90 minutes. So obviously that's what the American Disney marketplace and current DISNEY customers want these days. So I'm assuming most people are totally content with more merchandise shops, more restaurants, more meet-n-greets, more parades and more astronomical admission ticket prices. So from that perspective then DISNEY is right on target. But speaking for myself personally I am in my 50's and have been a lifelong fan of DISNEY'S theme-parks because for many, many years they WERE the BEST because their attractions were the most innovative and most technologically advanced. And that is why I visited their parks...not for the shops, restaurants, parades and meet-n-greets but for their mind-boggling rides and attractions. And now it just seems like they care more about making money rather than offering their guests cutting-edge attractions as they once did 15-20 years ago. And I'm not saying they're not still good...they are. But I just feel we should all demand more from them especially considering what we pay now for the current DISNEY experience. They are still capable and that's my bottom-line point. Just look at their parks in Hong Kong, Paris and Tokyo. They've done some very creative things over in those parks recently but just not here in the states. But my closing point is this; it just seems like UNIVERSAL is trying harder these days to be more creative and innovative than DISNEY...at least here in the states. But again; I guess the majority of DISNEY'S current customers are happy with the product that DISNEY is giving them these...but I'm not. I guess I'm a minority these days. But all I can tell you is I will be visiting UNIVERSAL ORLANDO this year but I will not be visiting WDW or DISNEYLAND any time soon.


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If the bitch is healthy and recovers well from her litters that is totally up to the breeder and to what you, yourself, want to see. Different people have different opinions about how many times a female should be bred. If a bitch was being bred every heat cycle I would walk away (back to back breedings are OK, but not every cycle). I do not breed my bitches very many times, but that is a choice I make.
No, often the last litter will be smaller, but not weaker unless the female is no longer in good shape herself.
No. Sometimes things happen. My own personal opinion is if a bitch needs a c-section for every one of her litters than there is an issue, I would stop breeding her and would not want to breed her daughters. Doesn't mean the dogs themselves would be weak overall. I also believe dogs should be able to breed naturally and bitches that can only be bred via AI should not be bred, but that is a topic for another day.
What is the usual number of times a reputable breeder allows her dam to have a litter? And is there a difference between her first litter and last litter, such as first litter stronger and last litter weaker? And if a dam needs a vets assistance to deliver does this mean she is weak and the litter may be weak as well?
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Many years ago as I started researching and analyzing the differences between major BI vendors, one criterion that I always used was whether these vendors ate their own dog food. In other words, did a vendor executive team use the same solutions for data collection, building metrics and dashboards to run their own companies that they also tried to sell to their clients? Those who did tended to score higher in my evaluations.
The same guiding principle is applicable to Forrester: you have to eat your own dog food in order to convince the clients to buy your products and services. Hence, our methodologies, such as Forrester Waves are completely open and transparent (thank you, Doug Henschen, for recognizing this in your recent blog), and we encourage our clients to challenge us on every point made in our Waves.


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How do I get bids for Concrete Driveway?
I live in an old 2-bedroom house. It has a dirt driveway. I want to hire a pro/semi-pro to pour a concrete driveway. How do I do this? How does bidding work? Should I hire someone off of Craig'sList? What qualifications should I check for, etc? Thanks. Danny.
First choice - Find someone that has had a driveway poured and is happy with it and contact the contractor.
Second choice - Call a good local ready-mix supplier and ask for a list of contractors that do that type of work. They will only suggest reputable contractors. They do not need the hassles with sub-par conractors and the problems for a couple of yards of concrete.
Third choice - Look in the local newspaper-like publications for your area that have local ads. Quality unknown.
Last resort - Craigs list. You will get the cheapest price there, but really have no guarantee about reliabilty, quality or meaningful guarantees.
Thanks for those great leads. It's great to hear a voice of experience.
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Yes, the Breaking Bad Season 6 Rumors are a Hoax
A fake article has been circulating the web that includes an "interview" with Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan. I read it too last night with one eyebrow up. This morning it turns out no such interview happened around the Emmy Awards, Walter White could be dead, and the series certainly is.
However, we did get an extended trailer for Better Call Saul last week.
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