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Round 2 and MPC Snake and Mongoose Dragster Model Kits Keep the Rivalry Alive
Round 2 and MPC feature Drag Racing legends Snake and Mongoose Dragsters
Few drag racing matchups can compare to the Hot Wheels Snake and Mongoose Team, featurng Tom McEwen and Don Prudhomme. While they were actually on the same "Team", the Snake and Mongoose nicknames, and the on track "battle" between the two, made them household names. As competitors, there was no pulling punches at the drag strip: both men were out to win and grab the Championship for the season. But they were also more than friends, they were family off the track. It wasn't a perfect relationship, but in real life, what is? They had struggles,good times and bad times, but the magic they created has kept them popular, even nearly 40 years after their debut.
Round2 is going to release two separate MPC kits for the Snake and Mongoose and drag racing fans. While they're both MPC models, they're not the exactly same kit. Indeed, both kits have been modified to reflect the real cars accurately, making them the best examples of these specific dragsters ever released. The Mongoose kit itself features newly tooled rear wing struts, a more accurate injector scoop, as well as Round2's famous pad-printed rear drag slicks. To take it even further, there's a booklet with photos by Steve Reyes and some from Tom McEwen, so you get great reference right in the box. Want more? Cardboard backdrops depicting famous dragstrips for displaying the models are in both kits: one is Orange County and the other is Lions Speedway. (the Snake car gets upgrades to the tooling, such as new "bicycle" wheel halves for the front wheels).
While I've built a few dragsters in my time, it's been a few years since I've done one. But now I see two that I want to build. I think I'll make a dragstrip track section, probably from wood, to mount these two cars side by side, ready to race. If you're a Snake and Mongoose fan, or a Hot Wheels fan, check out the movie - Snake & Mongoose. It's more about how they came to be as a team, and features the funny cars they started with. But it's a well done movie, and really shows how much hard work it was back in the 1970's to compete in drag racing.
Once again, Round2 has found a way to bring us two classic model kits, but have made them better than ever for the modelers of today. Those Kats don't mess around !


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(Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos Annual #1; 1965)
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He'll need that bumbershoot -- it's raining today.
- July 08, 2009 8:03 AM
- Marshall P. Smith said...
I saw an interview with Stan Lee saying that Percy was suppoose to represent a gay character.
Bumbershoot could very well have a double meaning...
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STAFF at a Cirencester bar have been dealing with a different kind of spirit and are now calling in paranormal experts to investigate.
Since taking over The Marlborough in Cirencester, manager Ben Corfield and his staff have experienced all manner of ghostly goings-on.
They are convinced the place is haunted and are bringing in a team of ghostbusters to rid the old building of any evil spirits. Chef Ally Neal said: "Glasses have jumped from shelves and when I'm upstairs in the kitchen I can hear footsteps coming up the stairwell but when I look nobody is there.
"I often feel like there is somebody at the kitchen door and when I look round there is nothing but sometimes I think I see a shadow."
The team are appealing for any local information on the history of the old pub in Sheep Street before the investigators arrive in the next couple of weeks.
Manager Mr Corfield said: "I am very sceptical about things like this. There is still work to be done on the bar but I'm not doing it in there on my own."
• FLOATING orbs, sudden temperature changes and TVs mysteriously switching on and off have dumbfounded staff at a North Cotswolds pub.
Staff at Moreton's Pub and Restaurant say at Salford Hill the strange occurances have happpened ever since a car smashed through the front of the premises on December 13.
Manager David Hayto has now called in a team from the Ghostfinder Paranormal Society who will spend a night at the pub next month to investigate. The eam will record things that go bump in the night as well as changes in the electro-magnetic field.


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The Freedom of Information Act 2000 covers only that information produced by the Sub-Treasurer of the Inner Temple, and his staff, in his capacity as a local authority. It does not extend to information generated by the Honourable Society of the Inner Temple as a private body.
2 The Inner Temple as a local authority
2.1 Historical background
The Sub-Treasurer of the Inner Temple and the Under-Treasurer of the Middle Temple are designated as local authorities with a status equivalent to the councils of the Inner London Boroughs. Although within the boundaries of the City of London, the Inner and Middle Temple are not subject to the jurisdiction of the Mayor and Corporation of London. They claim this exemption as successors of the Knights Templar, who constructed the Temple Church and surrounding buildings on the site in the twelfth century. By Papal Bull, the Knights Templar were rendered exempt from all civic and ecclesiastical jurisdiction and were answerable only to the Pope. This exemption was also claimed by the Knights Hospitaller, who were granted the Temple Church and surrounding site not long after the abolition of the Knights Templar. On the dissolution of the religious orders under Henry VIII, the Temple reverted to the Crown and continued to be exempt from the jurisdiction of the Mayor and Corporation of London.
The two societies of lawyers who had come to occupy the Temple in the fourteenth century, the Honourable Societies of the Inner Temple and the Middle Temple, continued as tenants of the Crown until 13 August 1608 when letters patent of James I conveyed the lands and buildings of the Temple to the two Inns in free and common socage. These letters patent confirmed the Societies' status as liberties.
2.2 Rating powers
Under Victorian legislation (20 Victoria c.19), the Inner and Middle Temple were constituted civil 'parishes' for certain purposes, including poor relief, and were not to form part of any Poor Law Union or District. The Sub-Treasurer of the Inner Temple and Under-Treasurer of Middle Temple were to act as Overseers of the Poor, but there were no poor rates levied - only a contribution to the common poor law fund made by the Benchers of both Inns. Indeed, no rates were levied by any outside authority on individual tenants of the Inns. The Masters of the Bench acted as rating authorities, paying the amount due to the Corporation of London (e.g. police rate), London County Council, water authorities and other such bodies for contracted services and claiming back contributions from tenants as they saw fit. However, the Inns' rate-raising powers were undermined by the Local Government Finance Act (1988). Although continuing to stress their status as liberties, they agreed that the City Corporation should be the charging authority for the community charge and that the Inns should levy the agreed amounts on tenants.
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Until the middle of the nineteenth century, the Inns undertook their own policing and the City police were excluded from the Inns' precincts, although the Inns did agree to contribute to the City police rate under the City Police Act of 1839. In 1857 the City police were allowed into the Temple and continue to police the precincts to this day in liaison with the Inns' security staff.
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Under the Temples Order of 1971 the Inner and Middle Temples were defined as local authorities with the same powers and responsibilities as the Inner London boroughs under the London Government Act 1963, except in relation to housing.
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Bruce Willis and his wife take weird pictures
Bruce Willis and his new wife Emma Heming pose for an S&M-themed photo shoot in the latest issue of W. I don't really know what this says about them as a couple, but it's an eerily accurate portrayal of married life. First, it's all naked stuff and cool, then the next thing you know, your wife's banging an EMT because you told her "the mask freaks you out." Who hasn't been down that road before?
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KKCC honors 11 with Pualu Awards for 'working together'
The Kona-Kohala Chamber of Commerce (KKCC) recently honored 11 individuals, businesses and organizations with Pualu Awards during its annual installation and membership banquet at Four Seasons Resort Hualalai.
"Meaning to 'work together,' Pualu Awards were established in 1979 to honor those in West Hawaii for their dedication and hard work in the community," explained Vivan Landrum, Chamber president and CEO.
Winners are tapped in seven categories and selected by an awards committee from nominations received from Chamber members and the general public.
The Community Education award honors an individual or organization that promotes and supports education and enrichment programs that develop personal skills and lifelong learning.
There are three recipients of this award: Kei-Lin Cerf of Kealakehe High School's Life Plan Youth Mentoring Program, West Hawaii Community Health Center and Jack's Diving Locker
Life Plan pairs community volunteers with high school classrooms to learn about students' individual values, dreams and goals. These mentors assist in turning these aspirations for students into action steps for success.
Currently, the program supports almost 650 students with the help of 32 volunteer mentors, 32 homeroom teachers and 42 youth leaders. At the helm of this program is Cerf, who for the past four years has taken this program to a new level through her innovation, dedication and hard work.
West Hawaii Community Health Center was honored for its Patient Centered Health Care Home program that builds personal relationships through medical providers. These professionals bring education and coaching to high-risk patients with chronic diseases and significant health challenges.
This program establishes an ongoing and long-lasting relationship that educates patients about how to self-manage their health care and improve outcomes.
Jack's Diving Locker has been offering educational programs in ocean ecology, marine life conservation and environmental stewardship for kids and teens since 1987.
Jack's educational Junior Programs include a six-week Sea Camp for ages 8-14 and a Keiki Sea Camp for ages 6-8. These camps focus on marine life education, and positively impact the lives of many children in the community as well as ocean resources.
The Environmental Awareness Award taps an individual or organization that exhibits sensitivity and concern for the environment through innovative environmental practices.
There are two recipients in this category: David Chai and the Hawaii Wildlife Center.
Chai has been active in pond and wetland environmental assessment and management plans since the late 1980s. His many projects include restoring water resources and monitoring marine life and water quality at Hawaii Volcanoes, Kaloko-Honokohau and Pu'uhonua o Honaunau national parks, plus the shorelines of Makalawaena, Awake'e, Kohanaiki and Kiholo.
In addition, one of his projects, a water feature at Ke'olu Golf Course, received one of only two EPA environmental awards in Hawaii, and was cited as an example of natural filtration technology and its potential application to keep all Hawaii streams, lakes and oceans free of harmful pollutants.
The Hawaii Wildlife Center is a nonprofit organization that specializes in the conservation of native birds and the Hawaiian hoary bat. It is the first organization of its kind exclusively for native Hawaiian wildlife and is the state's only organization providing professional wildlife response services exceeding the national standards, including state-of-the-art care and rehabilitation to all species of native birds and bats throughout the Hawaiian Islands.
In addition to wildlife treatment, it also provides rescue and response training and research assistance for wildlife response to seabird fallout and contaminant spills and avian diseases.
The Business Innovation Award honors a business or organization committed to improving or enhancing employees' lives, or exhibits creative product development, marketing or customer service.
The recipient is Interim Dean Farrah-Marie Gomes of the University of Hawaii at Hilo's College of Continuing Education and Community Service (CCECS).
In an effort to ensure the island has a viable workforce, Gomes was proactive in forming creative and innovative credit and non-credit classes and professional development programs to meet new workforce needs. The CCECS program worked with community partners to ascertain the training needs, identify curriculum and forge delivery partnerships to address those needs.
The Lifetime Service Award taps an individual who made a lifelong commitment to the community exemplified by their personal and/or business achievements.
This year's recipients are Gretchen Lawson and the late Guy Toyama.
Lawson has dedicated the last 18-plus years of her life to empowering persons with disabilities to live life to the fullest. Under her leadership, the Arc of Kona moved from near bankruptcy to a thriving, financially secure, effective and well-respected organization that employs more than 100 individuals who are offered opportunities for self-improvement and training.
Outside of the office, the Holualoa resident has been an avid advocate for the disabled by participating in government and community organizations including the Hawaii State Rehabilitation Council, the UH College of Education Advisory Board, the State Medicaid Infrastructure Grant Advisory Board and the County of Hawaii Community Alliance Partners.
Toyama was dedicated to improving the quality of life in West Hawaii. During his short 42 years of life, his leadership in entrepreneurship, business development, education and policy illustrated his unmatched passion for inspiring the community to be more self-reliant and sustainable.
Toyama organized dozens of conferences and workshops at the NELHA Gateway Center, hosted environmental films for the Kona Earth Festival and helped organize community events. He also helped build relationships between the County of Hawaii and Japan and was instrumental in the establishment of a sister-city relationship between KKCC and the Hatsukaichi Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Hiroshima.
The Visitor Industry Marketing Award is presented each year to a person or group that diligently works to promote the visitor industry in West Hawaii.
This year's recipient is Gerry Rott of the Lavaman Waikoloa Triathlon.
Since its inception in 1997, the number of participants for the Waikoloa Lavaman has grown from 83 to more than 1,500.
Rott's ingenious job of branding the Lavaman Triathlon series — including the signature petroglyph logo, website, merchandising, vendor exhibits, celebrity participants, creative sponsorship opportunities and ever-changing event additions, such as the Friday Night Fun Run and Lavakids — keeps the event fresh and appealing to repeat participants, and consistently draws in new athletes, volunteers and sponsors each year.
The Culture &Heritage award is given to an individual or organization that has exhibited, through its actions, practices that promote island traditions and preserves its multicultural heritage.
This year's recipient is Rick Gaffney.
Gaffney has undertaken leadership responsibility to promote island traditions and help preserve its cultural heritage by contributing time and money to the preservation of Hawaii's unique marine traditions and multicultural heritage.
While the voyaging canoe Hokule'a was in dry dock during preparation for its current worldwide voyage, Gaffney arranged for the donation of a $250,000 sailing catamaran to the Polynesian Voyaging Society to be used as a navigation and training platform. Upon the launch of Hokule'a this year, he arranged for the transfer of that sailing catamaran to a local business here and supported the work of the Nakoa Foundation to continue the training of Kona's youth in the traditional use of Hawaiian sailing and fishing canoes.
The Chamber Member of the Year award honors an individual who advocates, promotes and supports the mission of KKCC through active participation on committees, events, membership and/or community service.
This year, KKCC honors Sharon Sakai.
The Hawaii Island native has been very active in KKCC for 15 years, serving as a member of the Board of Directors for several terms and South Kohala vice president, and participating on the Marketing &Communications Committee, the Education Resource Group and the Economic Development Committee.
She has worked tirelessly as a behind-the-scenes volunteer by staffing KKCC events and offering support and guidance.
"I couldn't imagine the Kona-Kohala Chamber of Commerce being where it is today without the support and guidance of Sharon Sakai," Landrum said. "She exemplifies service above self and is truly deserving of this award."
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Amazon is yet to make things public about its smartphone which has been making the rounds in the rumor mill since last year. A new report however claims that the wait might finally be over as the largest online retailer in the world could launch this smartphone later this year. It is said that the company is referring to this device as "Project Aria". Earlier rumors had indicated that Amazon was working on this smartphone with HTC.
However, Amazon is reportedly facing some serious dilemmas with the launch of this smartphone, says the report. While the company wants its smartphones to make its way to developing nations as well, providing content in those regions might not be possible. And as we all know, one of Amazon's most lucrative businesses is providing content like movies, TV shows etc with its devices. This is how the company manages to sell its Kindle Fire tablets for such an affordable price. However with little to no access for content downloads in developing nations, Amazon might have to rethink its strategy.
In this economic climate, Amazon cannot afford to launch a high end smartphone either, especially with the likes of Samsung and LG dominating the Android segment. So it has to go with a midrange or even low end offering to be taken seriously. We will know how things pan out in the coming days, so stay tuned for more on this.
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Fans are flocking to see a special exhibition in Japan featuring the frozen remains of two woolly mammoths - extinct Ice Age elephants.
One, called Oymiakon, is thought to be a one-year-old girl that lived between 28,000 BC and 38,000 BC.
It's the first time the female mammoth has been on show since being found in the frozen ground in Siberia in 2004.
Mammoths, like Ice Age's Manny, - used to live in Africa, Europe, and Asia, but died out around 10,000 years ago.
They often had long, curved tusks and a coat of long hair.
Only the head of Oymiakon was uncovered, as it's thought the rest of her may have decomposed or was eaten by other animals.
He has been on show before in Japan in 2005, after being excavated in 2002.


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baltic cruise: Norwegian Jewel Cruise Review by ANN EDWARDS
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Destination: Baltic Sea
Embarkation: Dover
The food in the two main restaurants could not be faulted, it was served up as a plated meal and the portions were just right. The coffee was some of the best we have ever had on a cruise.
Now for the bad bits - there were eleven restaurants on the ship and only three of these could be used as part of the holiday cost, the rest had to be paid as an extra with prices ranging from fifteen to twenty five dollars per head, these also had a service charge of 15% per person. The cost of More drinks was phenomenal and all had a service charge of 15% added to the cost. The tours were certainly overcharged and were at least double the cost of any English ships. As we went into St.Petersburg it was essential to have a visa, which most passengers did not have, this meant that you either paid around $225 each to go on an organized tour or you stayed on board for the two days that we were in port. When it came to exchanging currency there was a charge of ten dollars irrespective of how much or how little money you wanted.
When the ship docked in Stockholm it was a five kilometer walk into town and the ship did not offer a shuttle service and the cost to ride on a local bus was $9 each way, hence a lot of people did not see this beautiful town. Helsinki was not much better but a shuttle should have been arranged.
One thing that we missed most was the fact that there was nowhere that you could sit and relax or read as the restaurants took up most of the ship. The only place with any seating was the Spinnaker Lounge (or Crows nest) which, as it was the only place to hold things such as Bingo (at a charge of $20), there was always something noisy going on. Some of the shows were great especially the Cirque Bijou but others left a lot to be desired.
The service charge on the ship was $24 per day per person which was a ridiculous amount and many people including ourselves refused to pay so much and preferred to pay the individuals that had given us good service.
All in all unless we could get a VERY GOOD deal we will not be cruising with NCL again. Less
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Ruben Amaro Jr. has been a general manager for just two years but he has been around the major leagues his entire life as a batboy, player and front office executive. Thus, he understands how difficult his job can be.
However, Amaro also realizes he is in a unique situation with his hometown Phillies. Fans pour through the turnstiles at Citizens Bank Park to see a dynamic team that has won three straight National League East titles and back-to-back NL pennants. Phillies president David Montgomery plows the vast majority of profits back into the club.
Thus, despite the criticism he has taken from statistical analysts, Amaro can do things like sign first baseman Ryan Howard to a five-year, $125-million contract extension.
"We're in a very good situation right now," Amaro said. "Our fans keep coming out and giving us great support. In turn, it provides us with the resources to do the things we need to do to build a championship team. We're not in a situation where we can just spend without limits but, because of the fan support, we've been able to do the types of things we want to do such as signing our core players to long-term deals. Don't think that a day ever goes by that I'm not thankful for that."
However, the question among those fans and people around baseball is whether the Howard contract will enable the Phillies to continue to retain their top players. The Phillies have $55 million committed to just Howard, right-hander Roy Halladay and second baseman Chase Utley for the 2012 and 2013 seasons. The Phillies also spent freely over the winter as they signed right-hander Joe Blanton, catcher Carlos Ruiz and center fielder Shane Victorino to multi-year contacts.
Right fielder Jayson Werth is eligible for free agency at the end of this season and shortstop Jimmy Rollins' contract expires after the 2011 season. Speculation already persists that Werth will be looking for a contract similar to the four-year, $66-million deal that left fielder Jason Bay signed with the Mets last winter.
It will be interesting to see if clubs will indeed view Werth through the same prism as Bay. Werth clearly outperformed Bay over the past two seasons, compiling 10.6 WARP3 to Bay's 8.0. While time will tell whether the Phillies will be able to keep Werth or Rollins, Amaro certainly sounds like a man willing to re-sign them.
"We tried to design the (Howard) contact in a way where our goal continues to be the same, to keep a championship-caliber club on the field year in and year out," Amaro said. "We feel with the way we structured the contract, it gives us the flexibility to do that, as far as Jayson, Jimmy and other guys who can become free agents in the not-so-distant future. Naturally we'd like to keep all these guys. We'll go by a case-by-case basis and hopefully we can keep this group together."
White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen was adamant throughout the offseason that he and general manager Ken Williams were building a team that would be faster and make things happen on the bases. However, the 2010 White Sox aren't quite those pennant-winning 1959 Go-Go Sox.
While the White Sox are tied for the AL lead in stolen bases with 22, they are still a power-laded outfit as they are second in the league in home runs with 26 behind only the Blue Jays (28). The White Sox used the longball to their advantage to sweep the Mariners last weekend as Andrew Jones and Alex Rios hit walk-offs and Paul Konerko added a game-winner in the eighth inning.
Guillen, though, insists that his team is more about speed than power and that it will be borne out over a 162-game season: "Homers are nice to have, but I'd like to have men on base. The way our offense is, we have to do the little things. We're going to be out of the pennant race quick (if we don't) do these things. We cannot wait and rely on home runs."
Konerko is leading the AL with eight home runs. However, he also agrees with Guillen that the White Sox will ultimately succeed only if they learn how to score runs in different manners, even though U.S. Cellular Field is a hitters' park.
"We have some guys who have hit homers in their careers," Konerko said. "And (U.S. Cellular), even when it's cold, if you hit it toward left or left-center, there aren't too many that get knocked down. But I still think, for this team, let's make sure we manufacture runs because that's how we'll sustain (winning) stretches."
The Twins have admittedly been the anti-Moneyball team. They have become the model small-market franchise through scouting and player development rather than statistical analysis.
Yet someone with the Twins must have picked up on the idea that drawing walks is good. Suddenly, the Twins are the walking men as they led the AL with 103.
That puts the Twins on a pace for 834 bases on balls for the season. During Ron Gardenhire's eight seasons as manager, the Twins have never drawn more than the 585 walks they had last season. Gardenhire believes his team's improved plate discipline is the result of many of the Twins' hitters beginning to mature.
"We've always talked about how many at-bats you need to start kind of figuring things out," Gardenhire said. "We've got a bunch of guys getting there about the same time. They understand when a guy is getting you out (outside) of the strike zone, if you continue swinging he's going to continue to throw the ball out of the strike zone. I think we've seen a big difference this year where we quit swinging. If he's not in the strike zone, we're taking pitches and ultimately the results are their pitcher has 100 pitches in five innings and he's out of the ballgame."
Center fielder Denard Span has helped set the patient tone as the leadoff batter. His 15 walks are second on the Twins behind first baseman Justin Morneau's 20.
"If they throw it over the plate we're going to swing, but if not we're going to take pitches until we get what we want," Span said.
MLB Rumors and Rumblings:
Shortstop Yunel Escobar's continued mental errors and refusal to take accountability for them is irking his teammates and manager Bobby Cox but the Braves aren't considering trading him yet … The Giants are considering calling up top prospect Buster Posey from Triple-A Fresno to bolster their offense at both catcher and first base … Marlins left fielder Chris Coghlan, last year's NL Rookie of the Year, is struggling so badly that he is on the verge of falling into a platoon with Brett Carroll … Rookie Rhyne Hughes is getting a shot at first base for the Orioles as Garrett Atkins is struggling and there are also plenty of options at Triple-A Norfolk, including Michael Aubrey, Josh Bell and Brandon Snyder … Right-hander Kyle Kendrick is in danger of losing his rotation spot with the Phillies … Humberto Quintero and J.R. Towles will continue to split time at catcher for the Astros until one snatches the starting job or Triple-A Round Rock's Jason Castro is deemed ready for a call-up.
John Perrotto is an author of Baseball Prospectus.
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I think the characterization of the Twins as "the model small-market franchise" is somewhat misleading. Yes, they're a smaller-market team than the New York or Chicago teams, the Red Sox, etc. However, the most recent statistics on Metropolitan Standard Areas (per Wikipedia) place Minneapolis-St. Paul as the 16th largest MSA in the country, ahead of St. Louis (my preferred candidate for "the model small-market franchise"), Denver (another reasonable candidate for the title), and a number of others -- including most of the ones that are struggling.
Apr 28, 2010 07:05 AM
Luke in MN
Bill, you're right about the Twins being mid-market rather than small-market now, but the reason for the switch in spending isn't the death of Pohlad; it's the new stadium. The Twins continue to spend nearly the same percentage of their revenue on player salary basically every year (about 52%), it's just they have lots of additional revenue now.
Apr 28, 2010 08:19 AM
Thanks for the kind words, but they've always been mid-market. The Twin Cities didn't grow by half a million people just because the Twins started winning. What happened was that the team got better at extracting revenue from the people who were already there.
Apr 28, 2010 11:37 AM
I think you have to factor in the prosperity of the MSA in addition to the population. This doesn't disprove your point at all as the Twin Cities are a wealthy area, but I thought I would mention it. FWIW, if you multiply MSA population by per capita income the Twin Cities rank 12th in the country. If you account for multiple teams in the top MSA's the Twins rank 17th in MLB by available market dollars. That's basically the definition of mid-market in a 30-team league.
Apr 28, 2010 15:36 PM
"Buster Posey, 1B."
Apr 28, 2010 10:58 AM
Per JP, "both catcher and first base." And if Posey mashes at the MLB level, why not maximize his contribution by playing him at 1st occasionally?
Apr 28, 2010 11:26 AM
John.....been waiting to point out how you think the Pirates have done versus the Nationals since the Morgan/Milledge trade? I recall you chiding and practically laughing at the Nationals after that all went down. And now, the topping on the cake is Capps versus Dotel. Nice non-tender, Buccos! Just want to make sure that some accountability is recognized in an industry in which what you say one day seems to get forgotten the next.
Apr 28, 2010 15:03 PM
Zach Nadel
What is written above could apply to San Diego, which is either the 8th or 9th largest metropolitan area. It seems that most franchises want to try to portray themselves as poor small town/market teams that should not be expected to spend signficantly on players. Of course, many of these teams have had years of attendance well north of 2 million, and are not lacking in $8 beers nor high priced tickets.
Apr 28, 2010 16:38 PM
Kevin Wilson
Kyle Kendrick never had a rotation spot with the Phillies. He was an injury replacement for Blanton. I suppose Nelson Figueroa is in danger of losing his rotation spot too then?
Apr 29, 2010 04:11 AM
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Five years ago, Stacy Long was desperate. She had suffered from eczema since she was a teenager, but this was the worst it had ever been. Her skin was maddening, itching fiercely, constantly, and her hands, mostly her left, cracked and oozed, the skin yellowed and thick. This was not becoming for a hairstylist, Long's profession and her love.
She wore cotton gloves and bandages and pushed her pain deep down, always smiling.
"I'm good at hiding and controlling everything," said Long, now 35. "I just kept saying, 'I'm not going to let this interfere with my work.' "
Long believes that when clients come to her, it is their time, not hers. They need to unwind and relax and talk, if they want. The salon chair seems to bring that out in people. So Long listened. Few, if any, of her clients knew her troubles.
Long was at her doctor's office all the time, trying various medications. Prescriptions. Cortisone shots. Nothing was working.
Her doctor suggested she find a new career — one away from a salon's chemicals and fumes.
Long refused. A friend suggested she visit Wellness Works, a medical practice in Sarasota that also uses holistic methods of treatment. Long went and her life changed. The doctors, whose extensive tests included hair analysis, found food allergies she hadn't known before. Somehow, she had abnormal amounts of tin in her system. The good bacteria in her body was depleted.
The doctors talked with her about food and products — what you put in your body and on your body affects your body. Previously, Long thought she ate fairly healthy. Lots of low-fat or fat-free packaged products. She looked at calories and fat grams, but not at ingredients. She learned about the chemicals in food and what they do.
She began reading everything she could find on healing yourself and made huge changes in her diet and the products she used. Long sought out yoga and acupuncture and found Tony Robbins, an internationally known motivational guru.
Through his seminars she has found the "emotional cleanse" she needed. When she began, she listed "perfectionism" at the top of her list of things important to her. Now she lists faith and gratitude. She learned that, if you listen, every single person in the world has a sad story to tell. She was not alone.
While at an airport after a Robbins seminar in Fiji, Long heard from Australian friends that there was organic hair color. She searched online and found Organic Color Systems, a European company that distributes in Clearwater, of all places.
She came back to Tampa and her job as a stylist in Wesley Chapel and researched organic products. She dreamed of opening her own organic hair salon, but thought it would probably take about three years. Then fate intervened and an owner was leaving — three months after she first wrote down her goal.
Stasia's Organic Element Salon has been open for a few months, with hairstyling, a spa and massage therapy. Long and her parents painted the walls in relaxing colors — limes, lavender, eggshell — in fume-free paint. She uses organic hair color and some of her clients have noticed that they don't get headaches or feel tired after coloring treatments anymore. Their scalps don't itch and the color, they say, lasts longer.
Long also has some traditional products there for clients she's treated for years who don't want to change. And that's okay with Long. She doesn't pressure anyone — she just wants people to have a choice.
For her, body and mind are connected and through all of this — the diet and exercise and emotional therapy — her eczema is nearly gone. She's not on any prescription.
It hasn't all been easy. Some has been really painful, with setbacks and dark times. But she's taken control of her disease and her health and, in doing so, she wants other people to know that this is possible, that there are other avenues besides traditional treatments for physical or emotional ailments.
"I went through this for a reason," she said.
She wrote an essay about her journey that will be on her salon's Web site. She knows most of her clients will be shocked, as she's always been quiet about any troubles she's faced.
It feels uncomfortable, but Long is ready to be the one talking, instead of always listening, because now she feels like she has something important to say, something that can help others desperate for help to know they're not alone and that life can be better.
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A well preserved Georgian Building of Windsor lodge manifests many of its Georgian features relating to Welsh Heritage. Lounge is well decorated with handmade wallpaper and features wide seating area, a coffee bar and a well-equipped computer for guests to browse, check travel links and find information. Each room is individually decorated and is quite unique boasting features including high ceilings, scenic views of the city, tiled en suite bathroom. Guests can enjoy luxury of Egyptian cotton linen free Wi-Fi, free welcome tray with tea, coffee and biscuits. Hotel is ready for check-in from 2pm until 9pm but it is always possible to arrange an early or late check-in prior date of arrival The Windsor Lodge also features a licensed lounge bar in the hotel for guests to relax in. Each morning a healthy breakfast is served in breakfast room, Continental or Full English Breakfast is included in your room price. Windsor lodge offers a free, secured, privately owned car park for its guests but since the spaces are limited it cannot be reserved and is allocated on first come first serve basis. Smiling and efficient staff ensure you a comfortable stay and is available to guide you around city and its attractions all the time. A five minute walk to Marina will take you straight into the city centre of Swansea.
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Beliggenheden. Meget tæt på Metro og meget centralt i forhold til flere interessante attraktioner. Ro om natten. God bil parkeringsplads. Morgenmad ok i forhold til intet, men absolut ikke værd at glæde sig til.
hyggeligt, centralt og komfortabel med gode faciliteter. manglede håndklæder trods et rum til 4 var der kun til 2
Beliggenheden er udmærket Renligheden af hottelet var så ringe, at jeg desværre fik scabies og måtte på hospitalet. Hotellet ved alt om dette, men gør ikke noget ved det! Kan siges med få ord: bo ikke her!
Great Location and good price
The location was great for my trip. My room was on the ground floor on Sunset boulevard, with the windows of my room just feet from the sidewalk. I was kept up all night by folks walking Sunset at all hours of the night.
Nothing! This is the worst hotel I stayed in. I was biten by badbugs !!! Beware!!! If You want to have pain for next week try to stay there. Dirty doors with blood spots left after bedbugs killing
The location was great for my trip. My room was on the ground floor on Sunset boulevard, with the windows of my room just feet from the sidewalk. I was kept up all night by folks walking Sunset at all hours of the night.
Good location. The parking lot was little too small.
Great location. Clean. Very good service at front desk. Felt safe. No bed bugs!!!!!! Parking, but the staff took care of it so it wasn't ever a problem. They will park you if you are willing to leave your keys they will take care of it for you!
it is close to Holywood it is more like a doss-house
This hotel room is large. This hotel room is large but has no phone service. Hair dryer is not working. The stairway is filthy. Advertised including breakfast, but no breakfast available. Do not book online with this hotel unless you see it.
Everything was nice
Basically the price, location and size of room were acceptable Up keep of building, lack of staff assistance and lack of security.
Great Location and good price
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Simple... The place is gross, the 2 kids running the place are assholes & the towels are the size of a hand towel. If you complain about anything they act like its your problem. Look for a better location & stay away from this place. Everything! Mainly the young punks that think the world owes them something. The maid lady was the best thing about this place.
Location Price Parking
The price was great, the room was clean and comfortable. The staff was nice. Great location--close to downtown Hollywood. Parking is atrocious if the place is full. Not the best area of town, but not terrible.
Simple... The place is gross, the 2 kids running the place are assholes & the towels are the size of a hand towel. If you complain about anything they act like its your problem. Look for a better location & stay away from this place. Everything! Mainly the young punks that think the world owes them something. The maid lady was the best thing about this place.
Parking lot is very good Location of the hotel front desk good house keeping nice ILIKE that place I have no problem
room was made every day
The hotel was very cheap, and it was pretty much close to everything and everywhere we needed to go. The staff was a bit rude.
location was close to things was the most affordable hotel for my dates and relevance to area staff was actually very nice had our room been roach free and cleaner, I would give this hotel a 3.5 - 4 star (out of 5) location was was in a bad area should have been cheaper for what it was there were live and dead cockroaches under the mini fridge there was used soap in the shower (did they clean the bathroom?) mattress felt like a futon mattress because of the negatives, I would not stay here again unless I knew they had gained a higher standard of cleanliness
Price was decent. Close by Hollywood. Not enough parking.
Free wifi in the room and free parking. Staff was friendly. Both the room and the bathroom were clean. The hotel is not in the best neighborhood, nothing too bad, but someone travelling alone would probably not be too comfortable walking around on their own after dark. The room smelled a little weird.
Friendly staff (lent me housephone and called me a taxi), free WiFi, near to Hollywood, half mile to Gregory Peck star, car spaces always available, excellent flatscreen tv's, water provided daily, close to food supermarket Small car park, in a poor area with vagrants sleeping rough on footpaths although we never felt unsafe, maid missed towels on one day, reception area a bit basic, outside decor a bit tired and poorly lit in places
24 hour front desk service (we could arrive at 2.30am). Nice room (large bed, refrigiatior). Close to some sort of church that had a very noisy Sunday morning service (praising the Lord is okay, but why so loud?). During our stay, this drunken guy was walking around the corridor, asking for cigarets and stuff. Not very threatening, but still a little unpleasant.
The grounds and the rooms were very clean; reception staff was courteous; the room was quiet.
Even if the room looked clean, I got bed bugs bites after sleeping at Economy Inn Hollywood.
Location close to universal studios No cofee in the morning and response from staff
We were close to buses, subway stations, food places, stores and everything was open late. Our hotel had the perefect location; and we had clean towls, clean room and new soap daily. We loved the flat screen T.V. as some hotels we stayed at before did not have a flat screen. Me and my boo arrived and upon checking in the attended had an issue, his age, 20 and not 21, so she called her manager or coworker. If i reserved the room online and that would have been an issue, that should be posted on web site or at sum point in the reservation stage; bizarre because other hotels we stayed at in the past never had that concern when we traveled; this was the only thing i did not like.
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DNC Chair enjoying Crist-Rubio duel, hopes Alex Sink sticks close by Obama
Buzz caught up with Democratic National Committee Chairman Tim Kaine, who has been raising money, meeting with activists (and Tampa Mayor Pam Iorio) in Tampa, Orlando, and Sarasota. The former Virginia governor says he's paying close attention to Florida's senate and governor campaigns.
"Both of those statewide races matter a lot to us, because frankly in your midterms normally you're just worrying about playing defense and we don't want to just play defense. We want to play offense and Florida gives us two opportunities to play offense in big statewide races,'' said Kaine, who has been watching the tough Senate primary between Crist and Rubio.
"In Florida and elsewhere we are really struck by this deep divide between what we call the tea party side of the Republican party and the Republican moderates such as they exist. That divide worked for us when the Republican party chased Arlen Specter into the Democratic party in March, it worked for us when the Republican party turned on their own congressional candidate in upstate New York and we think this continuing divide will definitely going to have an effect in the Florida senate race." said Kaine, noting the strong fundraising by Democratic senate candidate Kendrick Meek.
He dismissed the suggestion that Sink should distance herself from Obama, given his falling approval ratings: "No percentage in doing that. I had a gubernatorial candidate in Virginia, my erstwhile successor, who did that despite a lot of advice to the contrary and he did very poorly,'' said Kaine, suggesting Sink should instead work closely with the president on helping small businesses and creating jobs.
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Baldwin Ticks Off Greyhound
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Baldwin Ticks Off Greyhound, American Airlines has already called Alec Baldwin "extremely rude," and now the actor isn't making any friends at Greyhound either.
Baldwin was booted off an American Airlines flight Tuesday because he refused to turn off his cell phone after the plane's doors were closed for departure, the airline said.
The actor was apparently playing "Words With Friends," a Scrabble-like online game.
In a column published by The Huffington Post on Wednesday, Baldwin said a crew member singled him out during the incident. He also raged against flight attendants who "have made flying a Greyhound bus experience."
That didn't sit well with Greyhound.
In an open letter to the actor issued Thursday, Greyhound President and CEO Dave Leach said he was disheartened to hear about the comments Baldwin made about the company.
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British band The Coral has pulled "Who's Gonna Find Me" as the first single of their upcoming release "Roots & Echoes".
The Coral's first single "Who's Gonna Find Me" from their new album has been released in U.K. today (July 30). Sporting their signature guitar-driven sound, the British band has even shot the video for the single.
The single is available in both usual CD format and 7 inch vinyl. For the CD version, track "Laughing Eyes" is put on the B-side and the music video is added as a bonus. There will be two versions of the 7" vinyl format, one contains track "The Voice" while the second one gets the radio session of "Ghostriders in the Sky".
Just last week the band revealed that they were on the verge of splitting. Singer James Skelly told The Guardians, "I think everyone discussed it separately. I thought to myself, 'We could walk away here with a good thing'. It's crushing when you think about it. But it's reality, isn't it. I think you need it to happen to remind you of how much you love it (being in the band)."
The band's fourth studio album "Roots & Echoes" will arrive August 6 via Deltasonic.
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Melissa Etheridge Sings Her Own Truth
"Fearless love is my
philosophy and an anthem for living," says Etheridge, 49, who will bring her
"Fearless Love Tour" to the Riverside Theater Aug. 11. "I need to make sure
that I love fearlessly no matter what relationship I am in."
The Leavenworth, Kan.,
native has long lived the courage of that conviction as an openly lesbian
performer, political activist and breast cancer survivor. One revelation from
that courage may be best articulated in a line from the new album's title song:
"I am what I am, and I am what I am afraid of."
"That's part of the
cancer stuff," says Etheridge, who was diagnosed in October 2004. "If I think
that I'm not thin enough or too old to be a rock star, then I'm not thin enough and I am too old. If you put your energy into
those fears, then what you fear will become your reality."
The daughter of a
psychology teacher and a computer consultant, Etheridge attended Boston's Berklee College of Music before heading to Los Angeles to pursue a
music career. Signed by Island Records originally to write songs for movies,
she eventually released her self-titled first album in 1988. The disc contained
"Bring Me Some Water," her first hit and her first Grammy Award nomination.
More honors and albums
followed, including 1993's Yes I Am,
which many believe referred to Etheridge's acknowledgement of her lesbianism.
The artist came out publicly earlier that year at the Gay and Lesbian Triangle
Ball that celebrated Bill Clinton's election victory.
Prior to all of that,
however, Etheridge in 1989 released Brave
and Crazy, her sophomore effort. It's a title she says still describes her
as she approaches her fifth decade, even if the current definition of those
terms is not quite the same as it was 20 years ago.
"I can't go out and
pretend I am the drug-sex-and-rock-'n'-roll chick anymore because that's no
longer my truth," Etheridge says. "Rock and roll is still about danger and
living outside of society, and I've been living that for a long time. But I am
the strongest when I am singing my truth."
Etheridge's truth
involves commitment to a variety of causes, including gay rights and the
environment. When California
passed Proposition 8, which banned same-sex marriage, the singer announced that
she would refuse to pay her state taxes as an act of civil disobedience. She
also recorded the song "I Need to Wake Up" for An Inconvenient Truth, Al Gore's documentary about the pending
environmental disaster.
The role of music is
important in reaching people, says Etheridge, who counts Peter Gabriel, Paul
Simon, Joni Mitchell, Joan Armatrading and Bruce Springsteen as her most
significant influences. The artists, she says, have a "fearless commitment to
story" and understand how words and music combine to influence a song's
capability to touch listeners.
"Music is an amazing
gift to humanity," she says. "Music effects social change because it bypasses
the head to reach the heart and soul. For any change to occur we have to feel
it as well as understand it."
Reaching listeners'
hearts and souls is one more way Etheridge is able to sing her own truth.
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A blonde girl, who was invited by The Situation for a tour of the 'Jersey Shore' Italian house, had to wait outside for a while because Snooki had a trouble with the door buzzer system.
It looks like The Situation had no problem scoring a new girl during the filming of "Jersey Shore" season 4 in Florence. In a sneak peek to the upcoming episode, the former assistant manager of a fitness center is seen giving a blonde girl a tour of their Italian pad which ended in the Smush Room.
Also in the preview, Snooki seemingly got a trouble using the door buzzer system. "Ciao!" she yelled to greet the unseen guest, who was still waiting outside at the time. The guidette gave up after receiving no reply. The girl finally called The Situation who later came down to open the door for her.
The fourth season of "Jersey Shore", which has just been premiered on Thursday, August 4 on MTV, was filmed in Italy from mid May until late June. Soon after returning to the U.S., the cast shot the fifth season in their Seaside Heights home.
Explaining why they decided to film the two seasons back to back, creator SallyAnn Salsano recently said, "I think it was really fun to go to Italy and see the kids get acclimated to a different culture."
She further elaborated, "And that being said it was equally as fun to see them come home and get back into their American life. Like it was so fun to watch them go home and see the things that they wanted to do first. What they wanted to eat first all that kind of stuf."


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CONCERNS have been raised about plans for a biomass boiler house at the converted Railway Hotel in Nailsworth.
Developers have submitted a planning application to install a 90kw biomass boiler at the site to provide central heating for the new apartments being built at the site in Station Road.
However residents are concerned that the boiler will be too noisy and will create fumes.
James Eddyshaw, 84, of George Street, said: "This last minute planning application has come as quite a shock.
"It is very big and the fumes and noise will be an annoyance not only to immediate neighbours but also residents in Watledge Hill and George Street.
"I am also concerned that the doors to the outbuilding will open onto Kettle Alley footpath which will be very unwelcoming.
"To use the footpath for the delivery of wood chips and disposal of ash will be an encumbrance and a danger to walkers and cyclists.
"I am hoping the developer will think again and go back to gas heating."
The boiler, which burns wood chippings or pellets, will provide hot water and heating to the main building, which has been converted into four apartments, the two existing cottages on the site and two new cottages which are currently under construction.
Developer Matthew Webb said: "With no existing gas supplies on the site all options were evaluated.
"The use of a single biomass boiler with a district heating supply to all properties is not only highly efficient but its fuel is carbon neutral with an estimated carbon saving of around 30 tonnes per annum, making it very environmentally friendly.
"These boilers are not only very quiet but burn the fuel so efficiently that the exhaust fumes tend to be smokeless making them suitable for residential areas."
The application (S.13/1333/FUL) can be viewed and comments submitted by August 31 at www.stroud.gov.uk/planning.


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It was located at the Milwaukee Road (originally Bellingham Bay and British Columbia Railroad) junction between the now defunct line from Bellingham to Sumas and the now defunct spur to Kulshan.
Goshen was a pioneer town in western Whatcom County (approximately 5 miles northeast of Bellingham, and 10 miles south of the US border with Canada). It was a stop on the rail line of the Bellingham Bay and British Columbia Railroad. It no longer exists, yet the Everson-Goshen road is still present. At one point Goshen hoped to compete with Whatcom (now Bellingham) and Seattle for the western depot of the railroad line which was being laid north to Washington State, which would guarantee economic investment and much traffic. Tacoma won the contest. Goshen was a logging and farming community.
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The tougher economic and trading environment of the past five years has changed the way the SME sector has approached depreciation, with many businesses reluctant to invest in capital equipment until conditions improve.
Concerns about making large investments have placed some businesses in a quandary as capital expenditure is necessary to remain competitive.
But this cautious approach to spending is now shifting, as more business owners accept that current conditions are "the new normal" and that the spending excesses of the past two decades are unlikely to return soon. This year is therefore predicted to be the year of reinvigoration.
"We've seen a lot of people who have just sat on their hands for a couple of years now and I have a sense from talking to people that they're saying 'this is the new normal'," says David Knowles of accounting firm Pitcher Partners.
"These business owners are saying that if this is the case, 'then we can't live in our shells forever so it's time to get on and do things'. So in that sense I'm a little bit more optimistic that there will be more business activity this year."
As recently as five years ago the SME sector was prepared to invest in new capital equipment, but the 2009 GFC and the consequences of the global slowdown cast a cloud of apathy over the sector.
"The depreciation of assets is less of an activity now than it was three to five years ago because SMEs have not been making these kinds of investments due to the economic environment," Knowles says.
"Five years ago there was a lot of money being spent on capital equipment. But there are some industries, such as the manufacturing industry, that need to be doing some investing. These businesses have been putting it off but now they need to invest and upgrade in order to stay competitive. Therefore there might be a bit more spending in the next 12 months."
The only area of capital expenditure that escaped the lack of investment is technology, driven by immense change in hardware and software that has occurred in parallel over the period. Coupled with the relatively lower cost of computers, SMEs have been more confident about upgrading.
"Companies are upgrading technology more often because it's developing more quickly so the capacity of the model you buy this year is much more powerful than the one you bought three years ago," Knowles says. "It's also cheaper so it's easier to make that upgrade whereas in days gone by it was a serious investment."
Depreciation is designed to allocate the cost over time. For example, the life of an item may be estimated to be five years so the business depreciates the cost of the item over that period. However, if the item is continued to be used after the time it has been written off then a tax deduction cannot be claimed for it.
"The 'effective life' of the item to be depreciated is the determinant and that will establish what the rate of depreciation will be," Knowles says. "There's an opportunity to look at what rates you're using and if there is an option to consume assets at a different rate then that could give you the advantage of a lower tax bill."
The way in which the SME sector reports is being reviewed by the Australian Accounting Standards Board, which has commissioned research by the universities of Melbourne and Deakin to establish current practices.
"There's a lot of debate about the appropriate accounting standards that SMEs should be following, and whether business should be making a higher or lower level of disclosure," says one of the researchers, Brad Potter, an associate professor of accounting at the University of Melbourne.
"The Australian Accounting Standards Board has asked us to determine what current financial reporting practices are, under the initial assumption that there is quite a good deal of variation. The research that we have done is more about documenting disclosures."
The researchers have conducted detailed analysis of the accounts lodged with ASIC and state-based regulators and have documented the trends in reporting by SMEs.
"The investigation by the AASB into the reporting trends in the sector is being driven by the cost of compliance," Potter says. "Large, listed companies, for example, are required to report more.
"But rather than looking at the two sectors as binary groups, we recognised that the SME sector is comprised of many different types and sizes of companies. Therefore determining whether they should report more or less information becomes important, particularly when economic consequences are involved with higher or lower levels of disclosure."
The research is expected to be released by the AASB in March. It will be used as part of the AASB's consideration of the policy implications of changing standards.
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If Christmas were on steroids and packing some firepower, it would look like Die Hard. Bruce Willis stars as Christmas Eve hero, NYPD Detective John McClane who saves his estranged wife (along with her less-than innocent co-workers) from some bomb-wielding terrorists at their holiday office party. For all the guys out there, this is the quintessential holiday action flick.


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British soccer team Manchester United has made a poor showing on the field this season.
Now the British hedge fund manager Crispin Odey is making a multimillion-dollar bet that the club's New York-listed shares are destined for a similar trajectory.
Odey Asset Management, Mr Odey's fund, has taken a $US22 million ($24.27 million) short position against Manchester United shares. Investors take short positions by borrowing a company's stock, then selling it in anticipation of pocketing a profit by buying the stock back at a lower price.
Mr Odey's bet pits him against several hedge fund investors who remain strong supporters of the team.
But Manchester United's journey since its initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange in August last year has been a tale of two teams.
On the field, the club has fallen from the top of the English Premiere League rankings last season to ninth this year. A series of management changes, including the retirement of legendary manager Sir
During Mr Ferguson's 27-year tenure, Manchester United transformed itself from an underdog to a champion, winning 38 trophies along the way. David Moyes, its current manager, is under pressure to push the team back to the top of the league.
'There's a bit of everything that we could be doing better'
Off the field, in the sharemarket, the club has experienced steady growth. After its debut at $14 a share, the stock is now trading at $17 a share. With a strong brand and 659 million fans around the world, according to its own figures, the club reported record revenue in 2013. In its latest quarterly results, Manchester United said its sponsorship revenue had risen 63 per cent compared with the figure in the period a year earlier.
But Mr Odey, who is well known in London for his brief marriage to
Fears that the team's relatively poor performance this year will seep into its balance sheet are not unfounded, say some analysts. Among the risk factors listed in the team's prospectus filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Manchester United said it was "highly dependent on members of our management, coaching staff and our players".
The company is also saddled with £389.2 million ($703.35 million) in debt and investors have little say in what management does. The shareholders have no voting rights. This reality was underscored in September, when the Glazer family, which owns Manchester United, filed documentation that would allow the company to undertake a $US400 million share sale – a move that would dilute the value of current shareholdings.
Because the company's fate is closely aligned with Manchester United's performance on the field, investors may not take much comfort from recent comments made by the team's manager, Mr Moyes.
"I think there's a bit of everything that we could be doing better," Mr Moyes told British media this week.
The New York Times


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Regatta commodore salutes Sir Durward's contributions
Published: Jul 23, 2013
The commodore of the National Family Island Regatta, Danny Strachan, said that on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the regatta, and the 40th anniversary of The Bahamas' independence, the regatta committee wishes, again, to acknowledge the continuing existence of a Bahamian sailing icon in the regatta mix.
Commodore Strachan recently expressed special appreciation to Sir Durward Knowles for his generous financial contributions to the running of the regatta over the past six decades. Strachan said that over those years, Sir Durward, The Bahamas' first Olympic gold medalist, has donated millions of dollars both to assist in the promotion of sporting activities and in other areas of healthy social activities here in The Bahamas.
"Sir Durward Knowles has been especially outstanding in his interest in and donations to the sport of sailing in The Bahamas, and his many contributions have gone not only to assist in the provision of prizes for sailing champions, but also in the encouragement of younger Bahamians to learn and to compete in this national sport," said Commodore Strachan.
Over the years, Sir Durward has been known personally to finance the building of boats for the use of regatta competitors, and in fact financed the construction of an E-class craft specifically for the training of young Bahamians who are expected to become future skippers.
The commodore said that whilst there are many persons and institutions, both locally and internationally whose generous financial contributions have on a continuing basis kept the National Family Island Regatta, the various other regattas and other social outreach programs afloat, special thanks are due to Sir Durward Knowles who has never hesitated to come forward and express his support by donating to the various activities.
The commodore expressed the belief that over time Sir Durward Knowles has personally been the most generous and outstanding philanthropist of all individuals, locally and internationally, here in The Bahamas.
"While it may be true that Sir Durward back in 1964 became the first Bahamian to capture an Olympic gold medal, that he has been an outstanding, world renowned sailing champion and that he continues even at his
advanced age to inspire and motivate thousands of Bahamians, to my mind Sir Durward's greatest and most attractive feature is that he is personally a man of integrity, and of caring," said Commodore Strachan.
"In this year of The Bahamas' celebration of the 40th anniversary of independence, and when we in the National Family Island Regatta Committee have executed elaborate plans in celebration of 60 years of spectacular sloop racing, it is most fitting that in what is still the center of these celebrations should be a beloved Bahamian patriarch such as Sir Durward Knowles. Once again, we hail and celebrate him, and we pray that Almighty God will spare him to join with us as the sails are hoisted for the running of the next National Family Island Regatta," said the commodore.


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A cyclist was killed when he was hit by a vehicle in the rural municipality of Montcalm Sunday evening.
At around 7 p.m., a man was struck by a westbound pickup truck on Highway 201 approximately three kilometres east of Letellier.
Emerson RCMP and local emergency services were dispatched to the area, where they pronounced the man dead at the scene.
No other details were made available Sunday evening. Police continue to investigate.
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The price of oil moved up closer to $98 a barrel Thursday, supported
by the cold weather in the United States which led to a big drop in
heating oil supplies.
By early afternoon in Europe, benchmark U.S. crude for March
delivery was up 50 cents at $97.86 a barrel in electronic trading on
the New York Mercantile Exchange. On Wednesday, the contract slipped 5
cents to close at $97.36.
Supplies of distillate fuels, including heating oil, declined sharply
last week as the U.S. Northeast shivered through a cold spell. The
Energy Department said late Wednesday that distillate supplies dropped
by 4.6 million barrels, twice what analysts expected. With cold weather
expected to dominate forecasts for the next few weeks, refiners will be
demanding more crude to produce heating oil.
The surge in demand dropped distillate supplies to around 22 percent below five-year averages.
The supply report helped push oil slightly higher Wednesday but that
gain disappeared when the Fed, as expected, said it will cut its monthly
bond purchases by an additional $10 billion to $65 billion because of a
strengthening U.S. economy.
Oil prices have been underpinned by the Fed's stimulus because it has
kept the dollar from strengthening, making oil more affordable for
traders using other currencies. The low interest rates created by the
bond buying have also attracted investors to commodities like crude oil
in search of higher profits.
Brent crude, used to set prices for international varieties of crude,
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In other energy futures trading in New York:
-- Wholesale gasoline added 0.41 cent to $2.6727 a gallon.
-- Heating oil rose 0.83 cent to $3.0287 a gallon.
-- Natural gas fell 26.9 cents to $5.196 per 1,000 cubic feet.
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Debate the meaning or the historical value all you want, but when Roger Clemens goes for Win 300 next week in Yankee Stadium against his old team, there will be a sense of drama and suspense not often found in sport. From the box seats to the highest nosebleeds, it is a game where every attendee will tell everyone that they were there, that they saw it and were part of it. The noise from the crowd will swell and ebb. For the last out--and wouldn't it be perfect if it were a complete game--it will be deafening, a cry to sporting heaven. If he wins, that is. That's the beauty of it. Clemens and the Yankees still have to win. I love baseball.
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Curt Gowdy calling the Red Sox-Yankees game was, in the best sense of the word, classic.
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Yeah, while some of this article is funny, it's obvious that it was written by a Viqueen fan.
Yeah... Thank God a Bears fan fixed it ;)
I am not funny and neither is this article. Someone who is needs to fix it. --RoboJesus 02:30, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
alright go bears packers can go eat themselves
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This page absolutely sucked. It was all over the place without any sense of direction. Added some pictures, tried to give it a coherent story. Feel free to improve as you see fit. Mister Six 18:59, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
It is still more accurate than wikipedia!!


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