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Report : wireless data throughput testing on a mobile device using WiFi and GPRS
CRC Construction Innovation, , (2005) Report : wireless data throughput testing on a mobile device using WiFi and GPRS. CRC for Construction Innovation, Brisbane.
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This project report presents the results of a study on wireless communication data transfer rates for a mobile device running a custombuilt construction defect reporting application. The study measured the time taken to transmit data about a construction defect, which included digital imagery and text, in order to assess the feasibility of transferring various types and sizes of data and the ICT-supported construction management applications that could be developed as a consequence. Data transfer rates over GPRS through the Telstra network and WiFi over a private network were compared. Based on the data size and data transfer time, the rate of transfer was calculated to determine the actual data transmission speeds at which the information was being sent using the wireless mobile communication protocols. The report finds that the transmission speeds vary considerably when using GPRS and can be significantly slower than what is advertised by mobile network providers. While WiFi is much faster than GPRS, the limited range of WiFi limits the protocol to residential-scale construction sites.
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WOOSTER -- Paul Edward Marshall Jr., 46, of Wooster, died unexpectedly on Tuesday morning, Jan. 29, 2013, at Wooster Community Hospital.
Paul was born July 5, 1966, in Orrville, the son of Paul E. and Betty (Stephens) Marshall Sr., and graduated from Norwayne High School in 1984. He had made his home in Burbank and Creston most of his life.
He had founded ElastiKote in Smithville and held several patents on several of the products. Paul was a member of Creston Moose Lodge 1224 and enjoyed gardening, fishing and hunting and loved spending time with his three grandchildren.
He will be greatly missed by a daughter, Ashley (Kevin) Stowe of Creston; grandchildren, Kaydence, Kamden and Kolson; his parents of Burbank; sisters, Paula Vess of Wayne, W.Va., and Kimberly (Brad) Napier of Wooster; a brother, John (Jennifer) Marshall of Creston; several nieces and nephews; and a special friend, Melissa Pertee and her family.
He was preceded in death by a son, Paul Edward Marshall III on Dec. 27, 2000.
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Kim Jong-il: Best Golfer in the World
By Kickntrue on 12/11/06
This is from a couple years ago- but it's too good not to post. North Korean leader, Kim Jong-il is the best golfer in the world, hands down. On his first ever trip to the golf course, he shot 38-under par, including 5 hole-in-ones! This is reported by the government controlled media. He routinely shoots 3 or 4 hole-in-ones every time out.
Their is only one course in North Korea and it plays to about 7,700 yards, making Jong-il's feat even more impressive. 38-under par on a course longer than almost any in the US = NOT BAD!
Just for fun- it is also important to note that the N. Korean media also reports that Jong-il bowled a perfect game-300, on his first time out bowling!
At about 5'3" and wearing that crazy jump suit of his, this is all very impressive.
Read the full story HERE!
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falcon50driver says:
No wonder he got to be the grand Poo Bah.
klangdon says:
I wonder if something like this is just completely made up or if he just cheats real bad... Like does he score a 120 and then just tell the media something else, or does he have goons hiding in the woods that roll balls out onto greens (and in the hole)?
I checked, he hasn't registered any of his scores with the USGA...
Kickntrue says:
My guess is that he has never even swung a club. I was actually discussing this with my wife last night.
It is so sad to think we live like we do- and some people are still so oppressed in this world that they are FORCED to believe this. With no courses and no real golf exposure, they have to take the media reports as true.
falcon50driver says:
Probably like the blowhard that told me "yeah I got a hole in one,one time ,it was a par 3, last hole of the day, with the green right below the club dining room window, so everyone eating dinner got to see it. I've never seen a course end with a par 3, much less with clubhouse glass behind it.
klangdon says:
I don't think the people really believe it all. I think they are just forced to act like they do in public. Questioning anything could lead to death.
One reason that Kim Jong Il has never played on any course other than his home one, is that he is afraid to fly. He has only gone to international meetings in China and Russia and travelled by train in both cases...
Kickntrue says:
I'm not sure I agree. I think they are possibly so oppressed they really do believe him. Even if they hate him- and his rule and what it means to their lives.
Think about it, most of these people have probably never seen any real golf- if they even know what it is at all. If their leader says that he can do something- a something which they have NO intelligent knowledge of, why would they not believe?
klangdon says:
Im just thinking that they all have bodies and they have to understand athleticism, strenth, etc. Any person with abilty to think logically should be able to look at the dudes picture and say, "hey this guy isn't an athlete."
JWHpurist says:
"The Only Hole In One", this "Gentleman" is entitled to receive is a .308 entrance hole in the upper left thorax @ 400 meters delivered by a 200 gr. Sierra Match King! See if Snyper knows what I'am talking about!! JWHpurist
mmontanaro says:
This is what communism is all about. They really don't care what the rest of the world thinks of them, all they care about is what their people think. And what their people think is tightly controlled.
zach.ptrsn says:
This is all wrong. Kim Jong-iI is the North Korean leader. Kim Jong-II is the athlete. How can you mix this up? But I guess it wouldn't be the first time if a politician lied. But we'll give it to him. Good work Supreme leader of North Korea, Chairman of the National Defense Commission, General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea, the Supreme Commander of the Korean People's Army. It totally makes sense that you rock at golf. Congrats!
props123 says:
You guys are all so negative. I believe the report about the golfing and bowling. In fact I saw him fly over my house the other day without the aid of an airplane. He then landed in the ghetto and played ball with local thugs. He scored everytime he got the ball. I then saw him help a stranger fix his Galaxy 500 collector car WITHOUT USING HIS HANDS OR WRENCHES. After that he and I went to a 5 Star restaraunt where he taught the chefs to cook and squeezed grapes for our wine. He is quite a little tiny guy. Very talented.
ElGalloGigante says:
It's a shame he didn't play on his country's World Cup team; Portugal would have gotten smoked.
legitimatebeef says:
We all know about Kim Jong-Il's human rights violations, the possible nuclear stockpiling and general douchebaggery and lack of diplomacy etc,, but lying about golf scores? And not even in a remotely realistic way? For me that is just as despicable as all the other stuff.
coojofresh says:
this is what the title should be, Kim Jong-il: Biggest Douche Bag in the World
activesense says:
KJI looks like a woman
dottomm says:
I read somewhere about a NK golf course where one Par 3 green is shaped like a funnel. Get it on the green and it's guaranteed to go in. If I was the supreme leader I would demand this of all putting greens.
toopyb says:
Kim Jon Il and his propaganda piss me the hell off. I'm going to go watch Pawn Stars whereispawnstarslocated.info/
mrrodger says:
And to think, all this time on TV I've been watching hacks like Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods
guiltyme says:
No I swear He did It was at the mini putt putt centre around the corner from his house. and here you are putting the poor bugger down, Shame on you. you people should know that him and Muammar al-Gaddafi get together once a month to play.
rmumph1 says:
How does someone so small become so powerful? What stops the big guy in the room from taken him out? Can his people really enjoy how he rules.
bobhooe says:
it's in their blood man, i have yet to meet a Korean golfer that couldnt break par. They do play a bit slow.
TeT says:
Its the jumpsuit... I am going out for my golf round in one of my Grandfathers old Dickie jump suits today. I fully expect to shoot a 78 which is 20 strokes below my average...
simple_don says:
Having a height of 5'3" is actually an advantage in striking the ball with precision... and in his case, it is swinging a driver and striking the trigger on the bottom of the mortar-tube that fires a golf-ball 560 yards down the fairway and into 9600 square foot net that empties into a 40-foot diameter hole (with a 4" perimeter of green). He would have scored a 56 under par if it weren't for all the pigeons and seagulls flying about. (He should have played at night.)
lifethroughmylens says:
It's true...I should know I purchased a green jumpsuit and it gave me super human golf powers, One hit and the ball bounced from hole to hole...Yup I got 1 over..well 1 shot...yeeeey I should rule a country and brain wash my poeple.
aondek says:
It's possible. Except there's probably a unit of measure conversion problem... his course measures 7,700 inches (that's about 11 yds per hole). Mini-golf at it's best.
Torleif Sorenson says:
ElGalloGigante: 1000 points. Great line.
KicknTrue: You're right -- think of how many children have grown up thinking only what they have been taught by this monster's regime. All they know is living in a tightly-controlled police state.
"Socialism is a real danger to golf and in fact every other game. A succession of governments with socialistic ideas, piling up increased taxes and rates on golf courses, have already retarded materially the growth of golf in Britain. Socialism is a policy of destruction and not construction. History has proved many times that it can only lead to misery and destitution."
— Dr. Alister MacKenzie (1870-1934), British medical doctor and renowned golf course architect
noahfence says:
This is such a scary statement and tell so much about the persons mindset of i will lie to you and screw you if you don't believe me. It makes me4 think he is certainly a guy who would push a nuclear button if losing a war. As for merlin comments, I have played a few courses with a par 3 on the 18th and Newlands has a glass clubhouse right behing the green. It is wacthing people hit into the green as you dine and it is far enough back that it's in no real danger of being hit.
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|Thursday Mar 8 2012, 06:00 PM Post #1
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SOD: Day's First Gay Kiss Sparks Controversy
Will's first gay kiss on February 23 has generated a passionate response from Days of Our Lives viewers, who are divided in their opinion.
"Been a longtime viewer of Days for over 50 [years]....the day [two] men kissed could be my last episode. I realize that in today's times people think that it is all right, but [it's] pretty sickening to me, " D.S emailed Digest
In sharp contrast, M.R. wrote to us saying, "I have never been so proud of the show as I was when I watched Will's first kiss with another guy. That was the most intense and real depiction I have seen for a 'first kiss' on datime between two guys. Thank you, DAYS, for showing how it is and for not watering it down. Will has tried to hide himself away for his entire life. I am so glad he finally acted on his true feelings and I cannot wait to continue watching him come to terms with being gay. Chandler Massey [Will] has been amazing with this story thus far!
The show is also getting feedback from fans. Co-Head Writer Marlene McPherson tells Digest, "We are hearing [from] fans that they could relate to what Will is going through and they are glad we are taking a chance to portray something in such a realistic way."
Deidre Hall (Marlena) adds, "With the possible exception of the 'possession' storyline, I have never been so besieged by fans as I was this weekend wanting to talk about the Friday show and Will's confession about kissing a man. We had shot the scenes so long ago I had forgotten that I literally held my breath as Chandler played the scene. I was stopped by fans, actors, and even a photographer who wanted to tell me he wept during the scenes. I wrote a thank you to the fans for supporting the storyline on my Facebook page. Over 200 posts talked about what the Friday scenes meant to them. Well done, everyone!"
|Thursday Mar 8 2012, 06:25 PM Post #2
Lumi Masters
|"Controversy" seems like a bit of stretch but I guess it is all about the drama/headlines ,eh. I can't imagine a soap viewer of 50 years would be offended by a gay kiss but still watch a show where there is rape, murder, adultery, and lies.
|Thursday Mar 8 2012, 06:27 PM Post #3
I'm a die hard Lumi/Bryli fan
There's nothing to be disgusted of to watch two guys kiss.. i love gay people... <3 i support this gaymance 110% ..
what's way more disgusting and got me stop watching the show was when the show put the rapist with his victim.. some people need to learn that.. rape is not romance
|Thursday Mar 8 2012, 06:34 PM Post #4
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|I know I would rather watch a show depict a teenager coming out as gay and 2 young men sharing a kiss than a rapist torturing his victim for 5 long years any day of the week.
Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall
Sami is Lucas's girl through it all.
|Thursday Mar 8 2012, 06:50 PM Post #5
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ōTo what was lost... to what was found... to what will always be..." ~ Jack Deveraux
|Thursday Mar 8 2012, 07:29 PM Post #6
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I found those scenes really powerful.
And I remember seeing a tweet that was sent to Ali telling her that they was no longer a Days fan since they made Will gay and would only watch Ali on BL.
*Author's Note* No stuffed animals, pets or any other objects were harmed or used in making this post. This post was created at the sole discretion of me.
|Thursday Mar 8 2012, 07:42 PM Post #7
Lumi Masters
|I'm thinking there is an intentional exaggeration of the "controversy". From what I've seen the viewer response has been overwhelmingly positive.
|Thursday Mar 8 2012, 07:44 PM Post #8
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|me too Norma and Lumidestiny!
|Thursday Mar 8 2012, 09:19 PM Post #9
Lumi Ph.D.
I was pleasantly surprised by how little negative reaction I saw to the kiss.
And I'm impressed that that writer has been watching Days for 50 years when it's "only" been around since 1965.
|Do you remember what she told him? She took her loverÆs hand, and she said, ōjust because something is intangible doesn't mean that it's not real.ö Lucas, no matter what happens, no matter what weÆve been through, no matter what I say, you will always be in my heart. -- Sami Brady, November 2007
|Thursday Mar 8 2012, 11:29 PM Post #10
Lumi Senior
I am glad Days is getting a large amount of support. I really feel like the homophobia trend is going down in today's world and I couldn't be happier. I'm really passionate about equal rights so Days bringing in this storyline, couldn't be better.
Plus, with this storyline, Days can afford to loose some viewers because I know some people will tune in now just to watch Will and Sonny. I've seen people talk of it already.
|Thursday Mar 8 2012, 11:44 PM Post #11
Keeper of the Clips
|Sadly bigotry and ignorance are not confined to any specific group of people.
ōTo what was lost... to what was found... to what will always be..." ~ Jack Deveraux
|Friday Mar 9 2012, 12:07 AM Post #12
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People can choose to watch or not watch what they want. I don't really care. I also don't care if someone I don't know and has no effect on me don't like minorities including gays.
The US is a free country. As long as they are not trying to hurt people or take away their freedoms, let them not watch. We don't have to agree. We just have to live with each other.
I think people who are just as nasty to the person who spew hatred are just as bad.
Edited by CJStake, Friday Mar 9 2012, 12:09 AM.
It either spell Lumi in Chinese... or loveboat.
|Friday Mar 9 2012, 12:10 AM Post #13
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|Exactly. Live and let live, and allow everyone to have equal rights.
ōTo what was lost... to what was found... to what will always be..." ~ Jack Deveraux
|Friday Mar 9 2012, 12:27 AM Post #14
Lumi Ph.D.
Here, here! Or is it hear, hear for equal rights to love.
Edited by tje8375, Friday Mar 9 2012, 12:28 AM.
Thank you Days for bringing back Bryan Dattilo as Lucas Horton!
His fans are ecstatic about his return!
|Friday Mar 9 2012, 12:30 AM Post #15
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|ITA CJ....people might not like it, so what, they have an option to turn it off, others will be turning it on. I just can't see how someone that might be watching this show for so long and has put up with not only the devil posessing the star of the show but with rape, violence, adultery, killings and all sorts of other things can actually say they will turn off the tv because she sees two guys kiss....
|Friday Mar 9 2012, 02:04 AM Post #16
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|At least Days is back to being brave and has a story line that tackles an important issue.
|Friday Mar 9 2012, 09:23 AM Post #17
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|^^and they seem to be handling it the right way, unlike other social issues they've had that they have botched horribly.
|Friday Mar 9 2012, 10:27 AM Post #18
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|Agreed. I haven't had any major issues with the way the storyline has roled out. My best friend is gay and he came out to me when he was not much older than Will. The lashing out and confusion is hauntingly familiar for me to watch.
ōTo what was lost... to what was found... to what will always be..." ~ Jack Deveraux
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If you bought our Woot 2012 Calendar, you may have noticed that each month sports a different QR code. And if you've scanned that code, you've gotten a message telling you to wait until the first of the given month to read a new installment in The Secret of El Arenque Rojo. And then you probably wondered what we were talking about. Chapter 1 appeared in January on the Woot blog. Read on for this month's installment, Chapter 2...
It would never do for a man in Don Fausto's position to wear glasses. He'd wrenched a fortune out of the dust of Durango by the force of his will, the keenness of his wits, the strength of his sinews. How would it look if the savviest caballero on the Mexican frontier admitted that his faculties were beginning to fail him? His enemies would strike without mercy. Everything would be lost. He may as well castrate himself...
So when Don Fausto looked into the horse's mouth, he pretended to inspect the animal's teeth like he had hundreds of times before. He couldn't let the ratlike little horse trader know that through his aging eyes, the horse's teeth told him nothing. They just looked like teeth. Of course, Don Fausto could walk away, refuse to buy. But he liked what he could see of the rest of the horse. And Don Fausto was a man who tended to regret the chances he'd missed, not the ones he'd taken.
He stood back, almost sneering, and barely shrugged. "Si," he nodded, as if this trifling exchange was a matter of supreme unimportance to the great Don Fausto.
He didn't know that the trader had seen him "reading" a newspaper upside-down at a cafe that morning. After he handed the man 2,000 pesos and took the reins of the horse, Don Fausto didn't see the furtive little man remove a set of false teeth from the old nag's mouth.
And after the horse trader ducked around a corner, pasted on a false mustache, and put on a white coat, Don Fausto didn't recognize him anymore. The trader, now wearing a sign around his neck that said DENTISTA, began an impromptu, fumbling examination of Don Fausto's teeth, right there in the street. After a few minutes of jabbing and poking and yanking, he had sold the aging Don a set of false teeth – the same ones the horse had worn. And the horse trader was another 12 pesos richer.
That was the first time it struck Roy Odom. 2,000 pesos plus 12 pesos. 2012.
Since he'd found the mysterious box in the back of his video store, Roy had watched every videotape in it, over and over. Every one was a silent comedy. Every one appeared to be made in Mexico – title cards in Spanish, bullfighting and shootouts, men in serapes and sombreros, ladies in frills and flowers.
And every one starred an actor with huge, darting eyes, a pointed profile, and a clumsy grace that seemed to embody, in the most mundane movements, all the pathos and ridiculousness of the human predicament. The man's name, Roy deduced from the credits, was El Arenque Rojo. And in Roy's estimation, he had no peers among silent comedians this side of Chaplin, Keaton, and Lloyd.
Which made it strange that Roy could find no information about the man or the movies. Not in the dozen heavy, well-thumbed film encyclopedias he kept behind the desk at Diabolical Video. Not anywhere in his personal library at home, which filled a room that the real-estate agent had called "the nursery". Not even in IMDB or anywhere else on the Internet. It was as if these masterpieces existed only on these videotapes.
That was crazy, Roy knew. We're talking about Mexican silent films here. Of course there were gaps in the historical record. He'd figure it out eventually. Maybe he'd go to the library. Maybe he just wasn't searching for the right terms in Google. Anyway, learning about the movies didn't seem as important as watching the movies.
But that day, as he watched El Arenque Rojo's little horse trader swindle the pompous Don Fausto in Sotretas Para La Venta for perhaps the twentieth time, the number jumped out at him. 2012. This year. Huh.
And it wasn't the last time. Every time he sat down to lose himself once again in El Arenque Rojo's world of delicate Doñas, scheming street peddlers, and bellowing banditos, there it was. The flophouse hotel room where the hayseed stayed on his first night in the big city: 2012. The number on the train that the traquero had to keep outrunning, laying tracks right in front of its wheels: 2012. The final score of a soccer match played between a team of upper-class glamour boys and a motley gang of zinc miners and street urchins with a flyblown burro tending goal: 20-12.
It was never gratuitous. The movies never went out of their way to cram a "2012" in where it didn't belong, or to call undue attention to it. It was just there. Over and over and over.
Roy found himself growing more and more uneasy when he watched the movies. Where before he'd been riveted by the timeless clowning of El Arenque Rojo, now he was drawn to the strangeness at the margins. A glowering face in a window. Two roosters pecking at an old shoe in the street. A hand resting on the back of a chair, its owner eternally out of frame. He had marveled at how universal such old foreign films could be. Now he felt the distance – geographical, temporal, psychological – that these movies must have traveled to wind up in his video store.
And yeah, about that… how had they gotten there? Where had that box come from? All those 2012s couldn't just be coincidence, could they? Was he losing his mind? Should he see someone, even check himself in somewhere?
No, Roy thought. He didn't need a psychiatrist. He needed a film scholar...
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By Paul Gardner
A weekend of English FA Cup games, it seems to me, has done nothing to showcase all that glamour and excitement that we are told, relentlessly, is the
hallmark of this oldest-of-all soccer competitions.
Those who feel, as I certainly do, that this is an outdated tournament hopelessly adrift in the modern game, got plenty of ammunition
from the weekend's games to support our opinion.
For a start, there was the statement made during the week by Paul Lambert, the coach at Aston Villa. In the mildest possible way,
Lambert suggested that, for Premier League clubs, the FA Cup was a distraction from what really mattered ... which was making sure of retaining a place in the Premier League. He felt confident that
other EPL coaches would agree: "If anyone says any differently then I am not so sure they will be telling the truth because the Premier League is the most vital thing ..."
This is a pretty clear statement of the truth of the matter, a truth that is especially harsh for clubs -- like Aston Villa right now -- that is struggling at the bottom of the league, with the danger
of relegation hanging over them.
But, in England, criticizing the FA Cup is akin to saying nasty things about the royal family -- you're attacking a hallowed national institution.
People spring quickly, automatically, to defend it. Some of the other EPL coaches were heard from. Two of them said, unequivocally, that Lambert had got it wrong, and that they love the FA Cup. That
was the view of Arsene Wenger and Jose Mourinho, two coaches who don't have to worry about relegation: Arsenal is top of the EPL, Chelsea is third.
From other, less well-placed,
coaches there was the usual knee-jerk praise for the cup -- accompanied by the reluctant admission that Lambert has a point, and vague hints that something ought to be done about the schedule
congestion that the cup causes.
Having to cope with the extra games that the FA Cup brings is not a problem for the rich clubs. Like Arsenal and Chelsea. They have enough top players on
their rosters to put out strong teams while resting their stars.
Things are different for lesser clubs. What could the West Ham coach Sam Allardyce do for Sunday's game at second
division Nottingham Forest? With his club in next to last place in the EPL, and beset by injuries, Allardyce had little option but to field a team of youngsters -- which duly got clobbered 5-0. That
can be seen as exactly the FA Cup glamour of which so much is made. For Forest, maybe. But it is a hollow sort of glamour, one certainly not appreciated by West Ham, more or less forced to participate
with a below-strength team.
Lambert no doubt felt the sting of the criticism that came his way. He felt it necessary to clarify his position: "I never demeaned the competition one
bit. I respect its history and I respect what the competition is about." Possibly to prove his devotion to the Cup, he selected pretty nearly his strongest team for the home game against third
division Sheffield United. More glamour. For Sheffield, that is, which pulled off just the sort of upset -- a 2-1 win -- that the FA Cup "is all about."
The glamour will be
short-lived. Neither Forest nor Sheffield will win the FA Cup. Of the 69 tournaments since World War II, only three have been won by second-division clubs. The last time it happened was in 1980,
before most of today's pro players in England were born.
For Lambert and Allardyce, the weekend humiliations could mean the axe. And it must be recognized that this would be the
direct result of not being a wealthy club, of simply not having enough money to pay star players to sit on the bench. Lambert chose to use a lineup that was close to his strongest team -- but would he
have done that if he had not felt beleaguered and if he could call on experienced reserves? Allardyce, confronted with injuries to six key players and what he saw as the need to rest others for EPL
games -- what he, correctly for sure, saw as more important EPL games -- had to go with the youngsters.
In short, money is insidiously eroding the glamour. The FA Cup has always,
and logically, favored the big clubs. Now, it favors the big, super-rich clubs. For the small clubs, the dream is no longer the glory of a Wembley Stadium final. That has been replaced by a financial
dream -- of being favored with a home game against one of the mega-clubs. A one-off payday with a packed stadium and probably with increased ticket prices. And if the small club's small stadium
proves too small for the demand, then the game can be shifted to another club's larger stadium. It may even be shifted to its opponent's stadium. With such an arrangement, the
small club's chance of pulling off an upset win virtually vanishes ... but a monetary bonanza is assured.
There is also the quality of the soccer to be considered. The gap between
the haves and the have-nots in the sport has widened. While the top EPL clubs are playing some of the most sophisticated and skillful soccer in the world, you don't have to venture too far into
the second division -- the so-called Championship -- to encounter an alarmingly primordial version of the sport.
On Saturday, for example, you could have watched fourth division Rochdale
play host to second-division Leeds. Yes, there was history and charm here. Rochdale, a pro club since 1907, has never won anything. Its tiny 10,000 capacity stadium, built in 1920, looks much as it
must have looked then. Nothing fancy here, certainly nothing rich. Not in money terms. But nostalgia counts for something, and the television shots were rich in that emotion. Could these shots
really be live, was this really England 2014?
It was all wrong. But delightfully wrong. The flavor was from the 1940s. And the soccer confirmed the antiquated atmosphere, a
rude, rustic version of the sport that seemed to be decades behind the times, almost like a re-enactment of yesterday's game. Glamorous it was not.
Which is bad enough. But how much
better was the soccer in other games, the ones featuring the big clubs? Where the Rochdale game had been all commitment with a smattering of skill, Manchester City's 1-1 tie with Blackburn
Rovers gave us a ManCity team with plenty of skill, but a curious lack of intensity. The same could be said of both teams in Arsenal's 2-0 win over Tottenham.
Glamour, passion,
excitement -- the words that are supposed to typify the FA Cup were in short supply this weekend. This is not supposed to be what happens in FA Cup games. They are one-off, winner-takes-all games,
there should be no tactical caution involved in these games. But the rules call for a tied game to be replayed -- at the stadium of the team that traveled for the first game. So playing for a tie on
the road, or later for a shootout win, surely enters into the coaches' thinking.
But they'll not be too bothered about all that up in Rochdale. Sunday was a great day for
Rochdale, the underdogs, who beat Leeds 2-0. Their reward is a home game in the next round against either Macclesfield or Sheffield Wednesday -- neither of them a club registering weightily on the
glamour scales.
The FA Cup has become an anachronism. It has reached the stage when all that glittering history has become a burden. What was once the most important soccer tournament in
the world is now a struggling event that has to rely increasingly upon the wiles of marketing and PR to keep up the pretense that it matters.
In attempting to maintain that charade, it is
causing serious problems for Premier League clubs. Soccer has moved on since the ball rolled in the first FA Cup back in 1871. The soccer world now really does embrace the whole world. To the top
clubs, what happens in Germany and Spain and Brazil and Argentina is infinitely more important that what goes on in Rochdale.
While the FA Cup can still provide small clubs with moments
of glory, even to them it matters more as a possible source of windfall income. It has little to offer the big clubs -- the glory and the money ($2 million? peanuts!) are paltry set alongside what can
come from the Premier League, and the reward to the winners of a place in the Europa League impresses no one. A place in the UEFA Champions League is the one that matters.
The temptation
is to call the FA Cup simply one tournament too many. But that phrase is surely more applicable to the Capital One Cup that is widely viewed as a "poor man's" FA Cup. Abolition of
the Capital One would certainly help ease the schedule congestion. But not too much. The big clubs have little respect for the Capital One, and do not feel under any pressure to take it seriously by
fielding their full teams. Arsene Wenger recently downgraded it to almost nothing when he remarked that winning it would not mark the end of his club's eight-year trophy drought.
think a lengthy hibernation period might be the best thing for the FA Cup. Then, one distant day ... because I have this fear -- or maybe it is a desire -- that some day the entire over-financed
structure of international soccer will simply collapse into a spectacular bankruptcy; and amid the wreckage on that far off day, what is this strange unfashionable creature rising from the dust to
beckon us back to the joys of simpler times, to the days when soccer was a sport, not a big business?
But we've learned that you can't go back. There is no going home.
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1. Taliban Call Off Talks as Karzai Urges Faster U.S. Transition (Semple) New York Times
2. Obama delivers a clear message on Iran (Burns) Boston Globe
3. A matter of trust: The city-university connection (Braga, Glaeser, Luberoff, Winship) Radcliffe Magazine
4. Self-immolations in Tibet must resonate in America (Yodsampa) Christian Science Monitor
5. Ashley Judd goes to the mat to prepare for rigours of Missing (Judd)
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Taliban Call Off Talks as Karzai Urges Faster U.S. Transition
New York Times
March 13
Quoted: Michael Semple, Carr Center
Topic: Peace talks in Afghanistan
Prospects for an orderly withdrawal of NATO forces from Afghanistan suffered two blows on Thursday as President Hamid Karzai demanded that the United States confine troops to major bases by next year, and the Taliban announced that they were suspending peace talks with the Americans....
"Acknowledging their involvement in Qatar talks was a significant move for the Taliban. They expected that the U.S. would move quickly with confidence building measures," said Michael Semple, a Fellow at the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at Harvard's Kennedy School. "The transfer of Taliban leaders to Qatar was top on the list. The Taliban announcement of suspending engagement in Qatar is a response to their frustration at the US's slowness to deliver."
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March 15
Commentary by: Nicholas Burns, Future of Diplomacy Project
Topic: U.S. policy on Iran
WHEN PRESIDENT Obama declared that we should try diplomacy with Iran before war, it was fascinating, and a little disconcerting, to watch his army of critics strike back. In a brash bellowing for war that amounted to an ultimatum to the White House, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insisted that bombing Iran was still the answer. Presidential hopefuls Rick Santorum and Mitt Romney, as well as other Republicans, declared the president to be, in effect, feckless, reckless, naïve, and misguided in planning to talk to Iranian mullahs.
The irony is that Obama's Iran policy is remarkably close to that of the Bush administration and the Romney campaign. To prove it, Obama delivered the toughest message of his presidency to the Iranian leadership. He will stop Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons. He will not support containment, as it might lead others in the region to go nuclear. He has Israel's back. And he is not bluffing.
A matter of trust: The city-university connection
Radcliffe Magazine
Winter 2012
Quoted: Anthony Braga, Edward Glaeser, Rappaport Institute
Cited: David Luberoff, Christopher Winship
Topic: Recent conference on city-university relations
For 17 years Anthony Braga has worked closely with the Boston Police Department (BPD) on a variety of initiatives, including the prevention of gang violence, the disruption of illegal gun markets, and prisoner re-entry programs....
City government has to "have enough trust in itself to let in outsiders," said Edward L L. Glaeser, director of the Rappaport Institute and the Fred and Eleanor Glimp Professor of Economics at Harvard.
Self-immolations in Tibet must resonate in America
Christian Science Monitor
March 14
Commentary by: Andrea Strimling Yodsampa, Belfer Center
Topic: Political protests in Tibet
...Tibetans are in mourning – not only for the loss of their homeland and the threat to their culture under the Chinese Communist regime, but for the 25 monks, nuns, and lay people who have set themselves on fire over the past year. Eighteen are known to have died. Others have been taken away by the Chinese authorities. Their whereabouts and well-being are not known.
Ashley Judd goes to the mat to prepare for rigours of Missing
Calgary Herald (Canada)
March 14
Profile on: Ashley Judd MC/MPA 2012
Topic: Topic
It's no small thing to play a trained operative for the CIA, Ashley Judd said with a straight face. It's not a job she took lightly.
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'Bachin' It
I'm 'bachin' it. My wife, who works for the Indiana Attorney General's Office, has accumulated a lot of vacation time. We agreed that she should take a vacation without me. She has gone to Myrtle Beach with two sons and one daughter-in-law while I continue to slave away.
Before she left, I was worried about a few things. What was going to happen when the trashcan filled up? There is only so much room in the closet where we hide the trash. How long would the clean dishes last and would I starve when they were gone? Who was going to make sure that there was plenty of toilet paper in the bathrooms??? These are serious issues!
To make sure that she continues to believe I miss her desperately, I call her at least twice per day. After one of these calls, one of the wayfaring sons called for a well-being check. Apparently, Yvette shared her concerns about my possible starvation with him.
"Hey pop! Howya doin'."
I enquired about the proximity of his mother. Luckily, she was occupied elsewhere. I explained that I was having my own vacation.
"Are you at home?" came the reply.
I explained that I had seamlessly transitioned back into my bachelor days and was loving it.
During this little vacation, I have been waking up gently and refreshed when the sun shines through the bedroom window. Normally, Yvette starts getting up at about 4:30 a.m. I stay in bed to stay out of the way as she performs the first house cleaning of the day and goes about her process of getting ready for work. During this, the shades are closed tight and left that way until another alarm motivates me to start my day.
"What about the trash?"
As it turns out, when you exclude fruits and vegetables from your diet, you create a lot less trash. Don't get me wrong, by day four, the can was full. But I still found crevices to wedge things in without having to change the bag. It may become a personal challenge to see if I can hold off changing it until her return.
"Have you gone hungry yet?"
I recently had the breakfast of champions; Poptarts and Diet Pepsi. I haven't had a Poptart since I was a kid and forgotten how tasty they can be. Peanut butter and jelly on a hamburger bun washed down with a beer (definitely NOT poured into a glass) makes a perfectly acceptable dinner. Last night, I relived the joy of eating a can of ravioli at room temperature directly from the can. I was in bachelor heaven.
"Have you run out of clean dishes yet?"
Surprisingly, I hadn't. Most beverages don't really need a glass. Even then, you can reuse a glass for days if you rinse it out and set it on the counter near the sink. The plates can likewise be used over if you chose to not eat standing over the sink or directly from a can.
The best part of this little bachelor vacation was: I left a greasy pan on the stove for two days and not a soul complained! The bed hasn't been made once. I even got to leave underwear that missed the laundry basket on the floor for more than a day.
Incidentally, she's going to be coming home soon. Is there anyone out there who can help me clean house before she gets home? Hopefully, we won't have to empty the kitchen trashcan!
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Phone Wiring
Ok, I'm planning on doing some additions to my phone wiring and have a question. The phone lines I have now run mainly upstairs, but I have some easy access to existing jacks from the basement. I know it's not the best scenario, but how does one daisy chain jacks? I'm familiar with wire colors and such, but wasn't sure how you ensure connectivity from one jack to the next.
Any ideas?
If you have the old 4 strand wire cable, (I think the colors are red, green, black and yellow), all you need to do is connect the red and green wires to each terminal on each new jack.
You're extending the line, correct?
no, you should be able to just place them under the screws (behind the washers, actually) of each jack. I would try splicing them. Just strip (the wire ;) ) and attach to the screws.
So you'd have two wires under each screw?
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Surveys of health professionals' knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors about tobacco cessation counseling
Although more than 70 percent of adult smokers state they would like to quit smoking, only a small percentage are successful in doing so each year. Research studies have demonstrated that counseling by health professionals can have a significant impact on smokers' attempting to quit and succeeding in quitting. In order to increase the number of smokers who quit, it is important to encourage more health professionals to counsel their patients who smoke. This contract supports surveys of members of several health professional organizations to determine their knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs about smoking and smoking cessation. The findings will inform the work of several of the Foundation's programs that are working to increase the number of health care providers who assist their patients to quit smoking and will be used to inform future program efforts. Deliverables include receipt of an analyzable dataset from each survey completed, codebooks, and detailed methods. The project will be considered successful if it provides information that can be used to inform RWJF's grant making in this area.
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Recreational Pacific Halibut fishery closed in August
Will reopen September 1
MONTEREY, Calif. - Enjoying your Pacific Halibut catch is quite a delight. But the California Department of Fish and Wildlife is reminding anglers that recreational fishing for Pacific Halibut will be closed for the month of August.
The season will reopen on Sept. 1 and run through Oct. 31.
A spokesperson for the department says the reason they're closing for August is to reduce catch levels. Levels are set by the various regulatory bodies for Halibut fishing and in order to not exceed those levels, it's necessary to close recreational Halibut fishing for August.
When the season reopens, both the daily bag and possession limit of Pacific halibut will be one fish, with no minimum size limit.
Pacific halibut fishing regulations are developed through a collaborative regulatory process involving CDFW, the Pacific Fishery Management Council, the National Marine Fisheries Service, the California Fish and Game Commission, the International Pacific Halibut Commission and other West Coast states.
For details regarding Pacific halibut management, please visit the CDFW website.


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Report: Cardiff City 1 Blues 1
Birmingham City were unlucky not to leave the Cardiff City Stadium with all three points after they were held to a 1-1 draw in South Wales.
Blues took an early lead through David Cotterill but were pegged back after Anthony Pilkington capitalised on a failed Jonathan Grounds clearance.
Having had the better chances, Blues could feel hard done by not to finish the season with a win after hitting the woodwork twice and having two efforts cleared off the line.
Gary Rowett made three changes from last Friday's draw with Middlesbrough.
Midfielder Charlee Adams was handed his first start in place of Stephen Gleeson. Paul Robinson and Jonathan Spector also came in for Paul Caddis and Ryan Shotton.
It was the home side who started brighter.
Tom Lawrence brought Adam Legzdins into early action not once, but twice; but the 'keeper was equal to both of the midfielder's low efforts.
Blues began to to get a foot-hold and with their first attempt and took the lead through Wales International Cotterill.
David Davis' cross found the winger on the edge of the Cardiff area. Cotterill, taking one touch to set himself, fired a low drive into the bottom right-hand corner of David Marshall's goal to give Rowett's side the lead after 11 minutes.
Russell Slade's side looked to respond quickly and Legzdins was called into action again to deny Pilkington, after the forward skipped past the challenge of Robinson on the edge of the area.
Diego Fabbrini then struck the foot of the Cardiff post. The Italian - capitalising on a good advantage from referee Peter Bankes after Clayton Donaldson was brought down on the halfway line - carried the ball before his effort from 25-yards was denied by the woodwork.
Pilkington then brought his side level after 26 minutes. The forward fired past Legzdins after Jonathan Grounds failed to clear Scott Malone's cross at the far post.
The chances dried up in the opening 45 from then.
The hosts tried their luck from distance but Adams and Robinson putting their bodies on the line to make good blocks on the edge of the area.
Same as the first half, the hosts came out on the front foot, two minutes after the restart Craig Noone cut in from the right-hand side and fired a low left-footed effort goalwards which Legzdins and Robinson cleared between them.
It didn't take long for Rowett's side to take the initiative.
Cotterill looked to double his tally with a free-kick from distance but he couldn't find the target and Maikel Kieftenbeld tried his luck with a volley from the edge of the area that Marshall easily gathered.
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From the resulting free-kick, Cotterill nearly restored Blues' lead. His free-kick superbly headed off the line by Noone.
Almost instantly, the hosts had a chance at the other end when Lex Immers' effort whistled past Legzdins left-hand post.
On 70 minutes debutant Adams tried his luck from 30 yards but saw his effort go narrowly over, that was to be the youngster's final involvement as he was replaced by Gleeson.
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The Blues striker dispossessed Bruno Manga and found himself bearing down on the Cardiff goal, only to see his effort bounce back of the upright.
In stoppage-time Blues were again denied by a goal-line clearance.
Vaughan rose highest from a Cotterill corner and his downward header was headed away by Pilkington.
A huge appeal from the fans and players for the ball crossing the line, but the linesman said no.
Having enjoyed the better chances, Rowett's side had to settle for a point in the final match of the season.
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'If/Then': Bright, Talent-Laden Production Not Quite Ready
I'm betting that "If/Then," the new talent-laden musical in a rare pre-Broadway tryout run at the National Theatre through Dec. 8, will be a hit by the time it opens on Broadway in the spring of 2014.
Which is not to say it's ready for Broadway yet, or that it's a perfect show, or that it couldn't stand some heavy cuts here and there or that it sometimes tries too hard to be clever and cutting-edge cool for its own good.
Still, here's why I think it will attract a big audience: it's very much a show about the times in which we live. It's got a great score. It may be the first big Millennial Generation musical to hit the boards, although its characters run to Gen X age-wise. It is thus is in tune with the changing, renovating, liveable urban scene all over the country, including Washington, D.C., but definitely New York City, where it's headed and for which it's a kind of visual and musical love song.
Here are other virtues for this head-spinning show: it has Broadway pedigree written all over it. With this much talent involved in the show, whatever fixes are needed ought to be completed by the time it really matters. You can make your way along a path that runs from "Rent" and "Wicked" through the much acclaimed "Next to Normal" and find most of the people involved on stage and backstage in "If/Then."
Tom Kitt, who wrote the music, and Brian Yorkey, who wrote the books and lyrics, and Michael Greif, who directed, all worked together on "Next to Normal," as did producer David Stone. Stone also produced the hugely successful "Wicked," which made a big Broadway star out of Idina Menzel when she played the role of the green-skinned witch Elphaba. Greif also directed the other big smash "Rent," which got Menzel her first Tony nomination for her portrayal of Maureen. (Menzel won a Tony for "Wicked.") Co-star Anthony Rapp was also in "Rent" with Menzel. This may account for a certain comfort zone among the performers and the scene on stage, although that connection needs to be established more with the audience as well.
Menzel is another big asset for "If/Then." She is a genuine Broadway diva star in the best sense of the word. She's got acting chops—and a voice that ranges all over the planet and is liqueur smooth, powerful as a train which knows where it's going, emotionally on target. Without Menzel, you haven't got much of anything. She convinces the audience that all of this is important and makes perfect sense with every musical note and facial expression. It doesn't hurt, of course, that she's enormously appealing and beautiful, green witch aside. She plays a character who has the serious romantic attentions of at least three men in the cast—her boss, an old college sweetheart who's also gay, and a two-deployment veteran (and a doctor, no less) who drops his duffel bag and falls in love the first time he sees her.
This may be the first musical in recorded history that has an urban planner as its heroine. How cool can that be? This is a show about choices, if you haven't guessed from the title. Elizabeth in her late thirties has come to New York and is fresh from a broken marriage, trying to start over. She has made an instant friend in kindergarten teacher Kate (the high-flying, terrific LaChanze from "The Color Purple") and re-united with college flame Lucas, a squatter and housing activist. She meets Josh, the returning vet in uniform who stirs her heart. But Beth is a bit of a data nerd, as well as an idealist. So, her choices are: take the hot, urban planning job from potential (but married) mentor Stephen (Jerry Dixon), take up with best friend Lucas, or take a teaching job and marry the stone-cold tender hunk Josh from Nebraska.
Life, Kate tells her, is all about chance meetings and events that come from them—decisions to do this or do that.
What's a girl to do? Well, the book has her do it all—she slides in and out of two lives, often awkwardly, so that we get to see and hear the results of both choices, an often clumsy process where you don't always know who's there. Clarity is not yet a part of the menu here, and that goes for the songs which aren't always clearly identifiable. When Menzel sings "Here I Go," you get in one not the exact, long length of the journey. This structure, though—Liz and Beth, in and out—hasn't been fully worked out to avoid puzzlement by the audience.
I'm not a prude, but it seems to be almost an established sign of cool to work the f-word into any contemporary theatrical proceedings, in titles and dialogue, but now in songs, too. Mamet could do this well. Here, it's just a kind of cheap laugh which I hope doesn't make the song an anthem. I understand the sentiment but not the need for its expression musically.
The show has another plus: Mark Wendland's crisp, sparkling, almost breezy set design, allowing for the instant incarnation of bedrooms, boardrooms, trains and such, as well as a paradise-type park, aided and abetted by a big floating wall-to-wall mirror used inventively.
A pre-Broadway tryout is a rarity in D.C. these days, and you can tell there's a lot riding on this. There's been plenty of talk and buzz on Facebook, and in early peek-a-boo mentions, most of which are excitable and favorable, but not all.
A good gauge were comments I heard from two youngish, 30-something women: "We thought it was a little long and ought to be cut, but I think it spoke to our demographics."
It didn't speak to my demographics (baby boomer). Nevertheless, I have to admit that the show moved me, almost in spite of myself and itself. That, I think, is due to the really splendid cast—and, for sure, the voice and heart of Idina Menzel, a true Broadway star, still defying gravity.


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European riders Marcel Kittel and Koen de Kort will lead a dynamic Argos-Shimano when the team makes its debut as a UCI WorldTour team at this month's Santos Tour Down Under.
German sprinter Kittel enjoyed a strong 2012 season claiming more than a dozen wins including the Flanders one day classic Scheldeprijs, two stages of the WorldTour rated Eneco Tour and stages of the Tours of Oman and Circuit Franco-Belge.
All-rounder de Kort, whose partner is Australian, is a frequent visitor to our shores while the Argos-Shimano roster also features Australia's Will Clarke, who won stage two of the 2012 Santos Tour Down Under and later took out the prologue time trial of the Tour of Japan.
Argos-Shimano Team Manager, Iwan Spekenbrink, views the Santos Tour Down Under as an important race with good opportunities for his team.
"A strong group of riders will represent our team in Australia and they can form a good sprint train to lead out our sprinter," Spekenbrink explained. "They are riders with good attacking qualities and have prepared well for the Santos Tour Down Under at our team base at Altea Hills near Alicante (Spain).
"Two of our riders have a special connection with Australia and want to impress the thousands of fans. Will Clarke comes from Australia and won a stage of last year's Santos Tour Down Under and Koen de Kort, whose girlfriend is Australian, has stayed in Australia during the European winter for many years now.
"Both riders have special sentiments for the Santos Tour Down Under."
Santos Tour Down Under Race Director Mike Turtur says South African time trial champion Reinardt Janse van Rensburg is another rider poised to make his mark in the first UCI WorldTour event of the year.
"Van Rensburg is a new addition to the Argos-Shimano roster and can certainly produce plenty of power on demand," said Turtur. "This month's race route features stages to suit sprinters and all-rounders, and we're expecting close finishes as the world's top riders battle for points in 2013."
The Argos-Shimano team for the 2013 Santos Tour Down Under will be led by Team Manager Iwan Spekenbrink and includes riders Jonas Ahlstrand (SWE), William Clarke (AUS), Yann Huguet (FRA), Reinardt Janse van Rensburg (RSA), Marcel Kittel (GER), Koen de Kort (NED) and Albert Timmer (NED).
The Santos Tour Down Under will be held in Adelaide and regional South Australia from 20-27 January 2013.
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You are bidding on a Dorchester Pottery Pine Cone Pitcher. It is signed on the bottom C.A.H. Charles A. Hill, he was the decorator. also signed N. Ricci, Nando Ricci, in dark blue background, He was a master potter. The pitcher measures 4" tall with a diameter of 4". The inside of the pitcher is a solid blue swirl. The condition is excellent, normal Dorchester glaze imperfections. High bidder pays S&H, insurance. Enter your zip code below to find your shipping cost. Have fun and good luck.


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Jet venture not a waste, Sea Ray saysPosted on Written by Reagan Haynes
After pulling the plug over propulsion issues, company says its research will pay off in its other models
Sea Ray says the work it put into its now abandoned foray into the jetboat segment will pay off in greater knowledge of what consumers want in its other small-boat sterndrive and outboard products.
There were enormous insights we got into consumer taste and preferences in the recreational dayboat segment, and that helped our understanding of what consumers are looking for in the 25-foot-and-under category, marketing president Matt Guilford says.
In a written statement, Sea Ray said it aborted the jetboat project because of the unacceptable quality, reliability and durability of the propulsion systems in our prototype boats.
The company did not mention its supplier by name, but had said in June 2012 that it was teaming with Germany-based Weber Motors to launch a series of jetboats, adding that Weber had earned accolades for its marine propulsion systems.
Guilford says other reasons, such as BRPs decision to sell its jet propulsion systems to at least two boatbuilders after quitting the boatbuilding business itself, were secondary considerations at best. BRPs Evinrude product manager, Jason Eckman, told Trade Only in July that the company was considering offering its jet propulsion system to additional companies after already making it available to Chaparral and Rec Boat Holdings (Four Winns, Glastron, Wellcraft).
Obviously the landscape changed significantly since Sea Ray made its decision to enter the segment, Guilford says. When we started the project, we knew BRP was leaving the industry and at the time had made its jetboat business for sale, so that part of the landscape changed, he says. That played a role, but that certainly wasnt the only reason.
The propulsion inadequacies were the overriding factor, according to the company. Sea Ray and its employees hold themselves to a very high standard to ensure that the quality of Sea Ray boats and subsequent consumer experiences live up to the brand promise of the boldest vision, finest craftsmanship, fullest lifestyle and best customer support, the company says in a statement. This means designs perform as required, engineering tolerances are strictly adhered to, and vendor product quality and delivery schedules fully meet Sea Ray standards. After thorough testing and analysis, Sea Ray has determined the propulsion system in its prototype jetboats does not provide the quality, durability and reliability necessary to meet the rigorous requirements of the Sea Ray brand. Sea Ray has concluded that the brand promise can be better met by putting resources into developing exceptional small sportboats, both in sterndrive and outboard configurations.
Even though we are not pursuing the jetboat business, I think the insights we got are going to increase our competitiveness in that category, Guilford says. It wasnt a waste. As we got to the end of this thing we were able to say, Thats not the right path for us, but it has illuminated other market opportunities. Were not coming out with jetboats, but we are laser-focused on delivering highly competitive sportboats.
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After graduating from the University of Pennsylvania, she joined advertising agency Young & Rubicam as a brand strategist. Next, she led strategy for Pearlfisher, a design agency.
In 2008, she dove into entrepreneurship, first co-founding Living Breathing, a digital marketing consultancy. Soon thereafter, she co-founded Wanderfly, a venture-backed internet travel startup that was named one of Time Inc's Top 10 Startups, Entrepreneur's 100 Brilliant Companies and was nominated for a Webby.
In 2012, Wanderfly was acquired by TripAdvisor, the world's largest travel website. There, Christy led social marketing initiatives to engage tens of millions of users on a daily basis.
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"Little Brown Bird" 5" x 5" oil on canvas
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