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Rebel with a Cause
Matt Dillon Is trying to shed his angry young actor image.
It's Halloween night in New York City. Matt Dillon is cruising down Fifth Avenue toward Soho in a white stretch limousine. The 31-year-old actor peers through the tinted windows at the spectacle outside. The streets are wall-to-wall people, not to mention the hundreds of goons, goblins and freaks in full Halloween regalia.
About half an hour earlier, Dillon had attended designer Todd Oldham's fashion show at Manhattan's Bryant Park, where even more elaborate costumes and audacious characters were on show. It was the designer's Spring 1996 collection, and the chic, the trendy, the fashion critics and electrified paparazzi were out in full force. The scene was surreal as Dillon calmly watched the half-hour spectacle. The bright lights, blinding flashes, ear-piercing music and suffocating crowds numbed the senses. One minute Cindy Crawford, the next, Kate Moss--the display of women and clothes was head-spinning. The battery of giant lenses at the end of the catwalk wasn't sure whether to blast away at the supermodels prancing and spinning in front of the audience, or at Dillon with his fellow actors Julia Roberts, Tim Robbins and Susan Sarandon sitting in the front row.
Back in the limo, Dillon is quiet and continues to gaze outside at the hysteria building on the pavement. The limo is crawling down the street due to the crowds. "I've had enough of this," Dillon says, feeling cooped up in the back of the car. He makes a quick move for the door. "I'm getting out. I wanna be out there in the city."
The heavy door of the limo swings open and Dillon emerges into the middle of the street. He grins ear to ear while he steps between the stationary cars, surveys the scene and flows into the crowd. He breathes deeply and walks briskly down the sidewalk, smiling and saying hello to just about anyone who recognizes him. He fires up a panatela-sized Hoyo de Monterrey Margarita. "Man, I love this city," he says, taking a drag on the Cuban cigar and walking through the masses of people. "This is what it's all about."
Unlike many young actors, Dillon is more at home in New York than Los Angeles. He loves its energy, and confesses that he can't get enough of its diversity. It is on the familiar streets of the city where he feels his roots and finds his inspiration. Standing 5 foot 11 inches, 170 pounds, the drop-dead handsome actor with his classically sculpted face and brooding good looks appears like a classic New Yorker--but more the aristocratic Italian than his immigrant Irish heritage. Those are the same features that early in his career led to the inevitable comparisons with a young Marlon Brando or the legendary James Dean. Dillon isn't one to rest on comparisons, or to let his New York base slow down his appetite for movie making. He already has 28 films to his credit. Some of his more successful ones include: My Bodyguard, The Outsiders, Rumble Fish, The Flamingo Kid, Drugstore Cowboy, Singles, The Saint of Fort Washington and To Die For. His four most recently (or soon-to-be) released films are: Frankie Starlight, Grace of My Heart, Beautiful Girls and Albino Alligator.
"New York is a vibrant city," Dillon says during an interview in his Upper West Side apartment a few days after Halloween. "There is so much to do here. It's so diverse. But in L.A., the whole town seems to revolve around the industry. That's a good thing when you need to go for work and stuff like that, and I have a lot of friends out there--a lot of longtime friends--but I don't want to live there. I just don't like it. In L.A. you can spend days without seeing another person. You see other people in your car, but without really making contact with them. I mean you really exist that way!"
At least in New York, Dillon is open and friendly to people, especially when he's out on the streets, which might just be called Dillon territory. Dillon seems to enjoy meeting people, and often looks around the room in a restaurant or bar as if he were looking out for a good friend to join him. A small grin or the opening of the eyes from an unknown face usually receives some sort of acknowledgment or smile. He sometimes goes out of his way to recognize strangers.
"I don't have problems interacting with people for the most part--you know, just being polite," Dillon says. "Sometimes, of course, it is a nightmare. It can be a real pain in the neck. I don't think anything prepares you for it. It is a different thing, not being anonymous, and at a certain point, you realize if you really let this bother you, it will drive you mad. Better to accept it. Just enjoy yourself. If I was somebody who really wanted to be alone all the time and not have contact with people, I wouldn't live in the middle of the city."
There are limits. A scruffy passerby almost pushed the boundaries one afternoon when Dillon was sitting outside Manhattan's Les Halles restaurant on Park Avenue South. With slightly crazed eyes and a beard that hadn't seen a razor for the better part of a week, the young man demanded that Dillon sign his T-shirt with a large blue marker. "Hey, man," Dillon says in his rich voice. "I can't do that. No way, man. That's too much. But I will tell you something. I will sign this piece of paper here and you'll be fine." Puffing away on a Cuban Bolivar Belicoso at the time, he ripped a piece of the butcher paper table cover and signed his name. A warm smile came over the street stroller as he continued his way down the endless sidewalks of a New York afternoon, clutching his autograph.
Dillon hasn't always lived in Manhattan, but for most of his life, he's been in and out of New York City. He grew up in a Westchester County suburb, less than an hour's drive north of the city. His parents, both Irish Americans, still live in the same large 1910s house where Matt grew up with his sister and four brothers. His family has always been very important to him, and he telephones his parents several times a week and tries to visit them as often as possible. Holidays such as Thanksgiving and Christmas are always spent at home. "I am very close to my family," he says. "That's another reason why I choose to be in New York. Also, I still have a few friends that I have had since grammar school. They are very close to me, since before I was famous, and that's good....I had a very middle class upbringing," he adds. "There were always lots of kids in the neighborhood. So, you could always get enough together for a pickup game of baseball. We had a field at the end of the street."
Dillon never thought of being an actor in those days. His father was a sales manager for Union Camp, a manufacturer of packaging materials. His mother stayed at home and took care of the children. "I grew up in a very close family but by no means sheltered," he says. "None of my friends were sheltered. Most of the guys came from dysfunctional homes. I can't imagine coming from a too perfect family. That would be too sheltered. I wouldn't be the way I am today. I had a healthy balance.
"I ran with some pretty colorful characters [in high school], but I never doubted what would happen," he says. "I had direction in my life at a young age. Some guys around me were a little lost and some paid the price for it. I was fortunate to have direction and clarity. My career helped with this, but also it was my family. It was a very loving house. I know it may sound corny. But it was like that."
He started at 14 in the critically praised but seldom seen film Over the Edge, a story of disaffected youths living in a suburban housing project. The story most often told about how Dillon landed a part in the movie is that he was cutting class and some talent scouts who happened to be at his school asked him to take a part in the movie.
"That's kind of true," he says, slightly irritated to have to tell the story yet again. "But it wasn't so much that I got discovered off the bat. What happened was that they were looking for kids for the movie, so they went to my high school. I had seen them walking about and talking to kids. They asked 10 kids from my junior high school to audition. I remember I didn't want to audition, but they saw me in the hall because I wasn't in class. So, they asked me if I wanted to go for an audition. I said yes. For some reason, I knew I was going to get the job. I don't remember why. Maybe I was just naive or stupid."
He never really thought about a career in acting after Over the Edge; it just worked out that way. The casting director for the movie, Vic Ramos, became his manager and still is today. Dillon never graduated from high school. He was just too busy. Is he sorry he quit school? "No, not necessarily," he says. "I learned a lot anyway. I don't recommend it [dropping out] but it's the best thing I ever did. It's not like I really dropped out.
"A lot of people say I've missed out on a lot because I started acting at such a young age," he says. "What's so obvious to me is that I actually was really lucky. I gained a lot and I got a head start in what I wanted to do in life. A lot of people in their late 20s, early 30s are just beginning to figure out where they want to go."
You get the feeling that the older Dillon gets, the more he is enjoying himself. The days of being the pinup in just about every American teenage girl's bedroom are behind him. He is much more comfortable as Matt Dillon, actor, than Matt Dillon, teen idol. As a result, you don't get a lot of the "star" behavior out of Dillon. Most of his free time is spent with longtime friends, most of whom work outside of the film industry: businessmen, writers, painters, even chefs. "To be honest with you, there's nothing that bores me more than sitting around with a bunch of actors talking shop," he says. "I love actors and I've got friends that are actors. They're interesting people. But for some reason, usually when it comes round to talking shop, there's a part of me that doesn't like it."
This may be why he's seldom dated actresses and other celebrities. Periodically, his photograph appears in a tabloid newspaper or glossy magazine with a well-known pretty face. The most recent was actress Ellen Barkin in a December issue of Women's Wear Daily. "This happens all the time," he says. "I am just friends with Ellen. I haven't seen her since July. I wonder where they got the photograph.
"I am not involved with anyone seriously at the present time," he adds. "Generally speaking, I have not been involved in relationships with actresses or celebrities. If I meet an actress that I worked with, I might be interested. But it might be too complicated."
He says that he has never felt in a hurry to settle down anyway. "I do think about settling down one day, but I guess in some guys, it seems more imminent than others. Sometimes I'll be in a department store or something and I'll hear some kid scream and I'll think that's really scary. The thought of dealing with that. But of course what I really think, is that if you are with the right woman and you decide to have kids and the time is right, it's great. But in the abstract the thought is kind of frightening.
"The last time I was in a serious relationship was about a year ago. When I was younger, I would go from one relationship right into another. But it takes time and energy. It's not so much that I don't want to get into another relationship right away. It's just that I'm more particular about somebody I'm going to spend at least three or four days a week with--a serious relationship with that type of commitment--or spend every day, which is really what it comes down to. Certainly with me, I don't plan to do it more than once--you know, getting married. It's not some whimsical thing for me. I see that a lot, man. I can't believe so many people seem so whimsical about it."
Marriage would certainly be difficult on Dillon's schedule. Last year, he traveled a great deal due to the three films he made. He barely had time to enjoy life in New York. It has been tough for him to get back into a daily rhythm--working out in the gym in the morning, light lunches, reading scripts or doing other business in the afternoon, and going out to restaurants for dinner with friends. "I'm supposed to spend a lot of time reading [scripts] and I should do more of it than I do," he says. "My agent sends me a stack of scripts and says, Did you read this or did you read that. Sometimes you get behind. You can be the fastest reader, but sometimes you just look at it and go, 'I dread having to read another script.' It's not the best way to read, because script form is not a pure writing form. It's writing for something else. So usually you don't get a lot of pleasure from reading a script, even if it's good. It's something you don't want to do."
But surely he comes across a few good scripts that he can get into? "Yeah, oh sure," he says. "Yeah, that's a sign of a really good script, almost written to enjoy, like a novel or something. It's usually less technical and then you get caught up in it...more like a story which is really well written."
Dillon's script selection has certainly been interesting, to say the least. He has seldom opted for mainstream movies. He's never worried about whether the movie would be a huge success. Instead, it's been a question of a great role or simply a good plot, something that sparks his interest. "If there's something to work with that's good and if there's a conflict of the characters, that makes it more juicy, something colorful. A good script and director, of course, are the most important things. Sometimes I feel like I've done really good work, but it doesn't matter if the film doesn't work. The kind of films where I think the film worked, like The Flamingo Kid or Drugstore Cowboy or even Rumble Fish or The Saint of Fort Washington--they didn't do that well at the box office."
For example, two of his best films (in his opinion), Drugstore Cowboy and The Saint of Fort Washington, never pulled much at the box office. Stories about four junkies who rob drugstores or a pair of homeless men in New York are hardly going to fill theaters throughout America. However, both received some excellent reviews. Rumble Fish and to a lesser degree The Outsiders were the first films that began working for Dillon. Both released in 1983 and directed by Francis Ford Coppola, the black and white films were based on novels by S.E. Hinton and explored the sociology of disaffected adolescents in small towns in the Midwest. In Rumble Fish, he played rough and tough Rusty-James, the younger brother of the super cool Motorcycle Boy (Mickey Rourke). "A lot of it had to do with working with Francis," Dillon recalls. "He's great. You get the feeling that anything can be possible with him. He has such a huge scope....He is a bigger-than-life kind of guy. We were down in Tulsa [to shoot Rumble Fish and The Outsiders] and we felt like an army came to town or maybe better yet, more like a circus. He came in and created this whole whirlwind, making these two films."
The next year, Dillon had another winner with The Flamingo Kid, a comedy that showed his range for something other than tough, sullen teenager roles. Dillon brought warmth and sincerity to his role as a young man from Brooklyn called Jeffrey, who lands a summer job at a Long Island beach club. He also drew a lot of laughs. Some critics said the movie was too sentimental, missing the opportunity to be something comparable to The Graduate or American Graffiti, but you
couldn't help but enjoy the film.
couldn't help but enjoy the film.
"In a funny way, when I was doing Flamingo Kid, it felt like college days [even though he never went to college or finished high school]," Dillon says. "I became friends with the guys in the film and they're still friends. It kind of felt like a big college experience. That's why I don't think I missed anything when I started acting at such a young age."
Nevertheless, he might have had his doubts by the time Drugstore Cowboy was released in 1989. Dillon had done seven movies since The Flamingo Kid in 1984, but none was very successful. Although a highlight was working with Gene Hackman in Target, released in 1985, most of the films during this period such as Rebel, Native Son, Big Town and Kansas went unnoticed. Some critics were beginning to label him as a B movie actor. He even admitted to a Boston Globe reporter in 1989 that his career had "fallen off a cliff."
Dillon's performance in Drugstore --as he calls it--was superb, and it lifted his career to a new level. He had the starring role as Bob Hughes, the leader of a band of four junkies who live by robbing drugstores. You wouldn't think a thieving junkie could be someone with whom you could empathize, but Dillon was more than convincing. Some people say it remains his best film to date. "Some jobs, while you are making them, you find yourself living the part," says Dillon, who spent time in some of the roughest parts of Manhattan watching and talking to drug addicts to prepare for the role. "You dream about them. You wake up thinking about it. That is a good sign. That was Drugstore. It was cool. It was fun to make. It was a small crew. The actors were great. It worked. It was one of those things where if it worked, it would be one of those things that was different and unique. And it turned out that way. Gus Van Sant [the director who also did the more recent To Die For with Dillon] was great. He thought more like an artist than just a straight-headed filmmaker. It is great to work with someone like that."
Although there were films such as A Kiss Before Dying, Mr. Wonderful and Singles, Dillon's acting career didn't really shine again until 1993 when The Saint of Fort Washington hit the streets. It's tough warming up to a young, homeless schizophrenic named Matthew, but that's exactly what happens in the film. It's mostly due to the chemistry between Dillon and costar Danny Glover, who plays his mentor and friend. There's a sad innocence and kindness to the two homeless men who find comfort in their friendship and companionship. Some critics found the movie a sugarcoated view of the plight of the homeless in New York City, but no one could deny that Dillon and Glover played their parts extremely well. In fact, some critics argued that the two men carried the film. Dillon says, "I felt like the character was a kind of blueprint for doing more. The story was beautifully written but the character needed a little more...a lot of detail. That's great, man, if you have something like that when you can bring a lot to making it your own."
Dillon released one film in 1994, Golden Gate, but the 1950s detective story was virtually overlooked by the public. Last year, he was in two films, Frankie Starlight and To Die For. People will better remember him for the latter. Although just a supporting role, Dillon's portrayal of Larry, the slightly vulgar Italian husband of the film's beautiful villainess (Nicole Kidman), attracted wide praise. He is on screen for a little less than two-thirds of the film--he's bumped off as the title suggests--but he gives the film an added dimension. "I felt like it was one of the funniest, most clever scripts I had ever read," Dillon says. "I really wanted to work with Gus. But I wasn't so sure about the film. [The character] is a little simple and he doesn't see through his wife. He just can't believe that his little sweetheart could kill him. It is a blind spot for him and he pays for it. It was fun doing it but it wasn't exactly a great challenge. I really wasn't satisfied with it personally for that reason."
Dillon has some more challenging parts in his forthcoming movies. He has three films due for release this year: Beautiful Girls, Albino Alligator and Grace of My Heart. Dillon is most enthusiastic about Albino Alligator. Part of this is due to the opportunity to work with Faye Dunaway, who Dillon says is "fabulous," but he also loves the plot. At the time of the interview, he didn't want to give away too much about the film, which was directed by Kevin Spacey. He said it focuses on three small-time crooks who pull a job and get cornered by police in a small bar with no back exit. "It becomes a lot more than just a hostage situation movie," he says. "I remember Kevin Spacey used to say to me, when people would say that this film is really a hostage drama, he
would tell them that they just don't get it. I love it...a hostage drama. So when I'm asked about the film, I'll just tell people that it's a hostage drama! It makes my life easier because it is about more than that. It takes place in more or less real time. We shot it in continuity and 90 percent of the action takes place all in one room, one location. It was a great experience because Kevin was the director and he's an actor, plus he's a pal and it was a great cast."
would tell them that they just don't get it. I love it...a hostage drama. So when I'm asked about the film, I'll just tell people that it's a hostage drama! It makes my life easier because it is about more than that. It takes place in more or less real time. We shot it in continuity and 90 percent of the action takes place all in one room, one location. It was a great experience because Kevin was the director and he's an actor, plus he's a pal and it was a great cast."
Beautiful Girls might be slightly less original by comparison, but Dillon remains very positive about the film. He calls it "a slice of life" movie about a small group of guys in their thirties, living in New England and driving snowplows, and how they relate to one another and sort out their lives--particularly their love lives. "It's funny that the title is called Beautiful Girls because it's really about guys talking about women, their relationships with women and, of course, their friendship. There were a lot of things in this film that hit home because the characters were so real. They're just regular guys doing their jobs and they make fun of what they do...there's a certain dignity that they have. I think a lot of people will relate to the characters."
Dillon has a supporting role in Grace of My Heart, a film about a young female musician, played by Ileana Douglas, and her various relationships. Dillon plays a musician, loosely based on Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys, who becomes involved with Douglas' character. "My character writes pop songs but he is kind of a genius," Dillon says. "It is a movie that follows the girl, who is a songwriter in the '50s, Carol King and that sort of thing. At first I am very sweet and then she finds that I am not all there. It was a good script and was interesting to do."
However, as interesting as all his films may have been to do, Dillon still lacks "the big picture" in his portfolio. He has never had the blockbuster film that will keep his name in the minds of Middle America and not just the movie cognoscenti. It's already happened to some of his peers who shared movies at the beginning of their careers. The most obvious examples are Tom Cruise, Emilio Estevez and Patrick Swayze, all of whom Dillon worked with in The Outsiders. "I do a movie and I hope everybody gets to see it," Dillon says. "I'm not somebody who only makes cult movies. Sometimes they become cult movies and that's fine, but that's not why I make movies. I would love to do a really good audience picture, but sometimes it just doesn't get offered to you and that's just the way the ball bounces. I want to do big movies. I like big escapist films, certain action films, like The Fugitive."
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U.S. Forest Service seeks comment on 4,200 acres
March 28, 2013
GRANBY – The U.S. Forest Service is seeking public comment on a proposal to treat some 4,200 acres of hazardous fuels along the Arapaho National Forest boundaries with private property and near critical infrastructure and communication sites in various locations across Grand County.
-To learn more about this project, stop by an informal open house from 3:30-6:30 p.m., April 2, at the Sulphur Ranger District office located at 9 Ten Mile Drive in Granby. Staff will be available to answer questions and large, detailed maps will be available to review.
-Over the past decade, Sulphur Ranger District has been working to mitigate the impacts of the mountain pine beetle through a variety of projects, including: large-scale timber sales; hazardous fuels treatments along the National Forest boundary; and hazard tree removal in developed recreation areas and along roads and trails. The district also has partnered with utility companies, Winter Park Resort, and state and local agencies to reduce hazards in the mountain pine beetle environment.
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Cash firmness supported beans and meal Wednesday. The soy complex suffered modest losses along with corn and wheat Tuesday night, but beans and meal moved steadily higher as the day passed. The advance seemed somewhat technical in nature, but reports of reluctant producer selling and firming country prices reportedly played a role as well. May soybeans rallied 12.00 cents to $14.40/bushel at their Wednesday close, while May soyoil slipped 0.01 cent to 40.73 cents/pound, and May soymeal added $5.4 to $469.1/ton.
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Lyons makes starting case with 4 2/3 shutout frames
ST. LOUIS -- Regardless of whether Tyler Lyons' terrific long relief stint on Saturday earns him consideration for a start during the next turn through the Cardinals' rotation, it at least positioned the Cardinals well for the nightcap of a doubleheader against the Cubs.
With Lyons covering 4 2/3 innings behind Justin Masterson, the Cardinals were able to stay away from the rest of their bullpen on Saturday afternoon. That will give manager Mike Matheny a full complement of seven relievers behind Marco Gonzales in Game 2.
"We obviously needed that," Matheny said after the Cardinals' 5-1 afternoon loss. "We needed somebody to come in and pick us up. He did a terrific job."
The appearance was Lyons' first since being recalled from Triple-A on Monday and his eighth for the Cardinals this season. He was fresh, not having pitched since an Aug. 19 start in Memphis, and especially efficient. Lyons faced 14 batters, and threw a first-pitch strike to 10 of them. Of the 52 pitches he threw, 41 were strikes.
"I just wanted to attack the zone and go right at them," Lyons said. "It's a tough situation for the team, because you have another game here in three hours. You want to try and save as much of the bullpen as you can. This time of the year, everyone is wearing down to some extent. To be able to do that and not have to use anybody else is a good thing for the bullpen."
Lyons allowed only one hit -- Starlin Castro's single to lead off the eighth -- and promptly erased Castro by catching him trying to swipe second. Eight of Lyons' outs came via the strikeout, a career high for a pitcher who had previously made 12 starts for the Cardinals.
"He did have a good rhythm," Matheny said. "He was feeling good. Most of the time you see these guys have good results, the ball is coming out of their hand, they want to get back up there and make the next pitch. Tyler is one of those guys. He has been throwing the ball well in Triple-A, and it really translated well for us here.
Lyons may have been simultaneously auditioning for a starting job, too, as Masterson's shaky performance could bump him from the rotation. Lyons made four spot starts for the Cardinals earlier this season. Asked if Lyons had earned himself a chance at an increased role, Matheny only said: "We'll see."
Jenifer Langosch is a reporter for MLB.com. Read her blog, By Gosh, It's Langosch, and follow her on Twitter @LangoschMLB. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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The efforts are winning over advertisers such as General Motors Co. and Neiman Marcus Group Inc. but are further raising privacy concerns as Facebook harnesses a mosaic of information about its users.
On Wednesday, Facebook officially plans to roll out a new advertiser tool to help advertisers directly target Facebook users based on their offline spending history.
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The tool marries what Facebook already knows about people's friends and "likes" with vast troves of information from third-party data marketers such as Datalogix Inc., Acxiom Corp. and Alliance Data Systems Corp.'s Epsilon. That includes data on the Web pages that consumers visit, the email lists they have signed up for, and the way they are spending money online and offline.
A data broker like Datalogix, for example, aggregates information about which items and brands a consumer buys through sources like loyalty-card programs. Through software that obscures users' identifying information such as email addresses and phone numbers, Datalogix and Facebook can combine their databases, and group users based on their offline purchases. Then, through the "partner categories" tool, brands can select which groups should see their advertisements.
For instance, a review of the "partner categories" tool by The Wall Street Journal found that categories often apply to tens of millions of people—for instance, there are some 20 million U.S. users who are heavy juice buyers on the social network.
A small chocolatier can target young parents in New York who buy lots of organic food products, for example. Hyundai Motor Co. recently ran a test to send ads to people identified as "intenders," or those likely to buy a car soon based on their use of auto-research sites.
While Facebook doesn't provide data on individuals to advertisers, it now can feed advertisers information on broad swaths of its members including their behavior outside of the social network.
The latest moves sit uneasily with some members who are worried that Facebook knows too much about their lives.
As it broadens its network of data partners, Facebook is creating an increasingly detailed composite of their behavior, from what products they're buying at the drugstore to sexual preferences and predicting what big purchases they may be contemplating.
"There's no place to be left alone," said Jeffrey Chester, executive director of the Center for Digital Democracy, a Washington, D.C., policy advocacy group. He said Facebook's relationship with data partners could become more worrisome if Facebook leverages the location data it passively collects from mobile devices to sell ads.
Mr. Chester added that he has asked the Federal Trade Commission to investigate Facebook's targeting efforts. Separately, the FTC has said it is looking into how nine data brokers, including Datalogix and Acxiom, are collecting and using information about customers.
The FTC and Acxiom didn't immediately return requests for comment. Datalogix Chief Executive Eric Roza said in a statement: "The intersection of online advertising and marketing data is evolving rapidly, and Datalogix has been happy to help the FTC increase its understanding of our industry."
Facebook said it isn't using location data from smartphones to target ads and that it has created a program to make anonymous data between itself and its data partners. Facebook members can also click on ads for information on why they were targeted and can opt out of future ads from that specific advertiser or from receiving all targeted ads from each data partner.
"We are committed to building things that make it clear to people how their privacy is protected and how they can control the ads they see," said Brian Boland, Facebook's director of product marketing, of his message to advertisers.
Mr. Boland said the extended web of data is aimed at serving more relevant ads to consumers and convincing advertisers that activity on the social network leads to actual transactions.
General Motors, for one, is returning to advertising on Facebook on a trial basis after walking a way nearly a year ago. Using the new tool, the auto maker is targeting younger buyers who might be interested in its Chevrolet Sonic subcompact car, said two people familiar with the matter. The Sonic promotions are only exploratory at this point and GM remains cautious after dropping Facebook as an advertising resource in May 2012.
Neiman Marcus Group is also ramping up its ad spending on the social network after cutting back two years ago. The company previously could only target ads based on limited actions on Facebook—such as a user's "like" of a company page. Now the upscale retailer can push mobile or desktop ads specifically to Facebook users who regularly spend on high-end apparel or those who looked online at making a clothing purchase but didn't pull the trigger.
"Facebook was a black box" but "now we can deliver targeted communications," said Neiman Marcus's vice president of digital marketing Aaron Shockey. Mr. Shockey said early data suggest Facebook ads using the targeting methods are comparable to Google Inc.'s search ads in driving sales. He declined to be specific or to comment on how much spending on Facebook ads has increased.
How much the ad targeting has helped Facebook's business is unclear, since the Menlo Park, Calif., company doesn't break out revenue from specific ad products. But in Facebook's first quarter—the first full quarter after the debut of some key targeting products—advertising revenue rose 40.9% from a year earlier to $1.3 billion.
Shiv Singh, head of digital for PepsiCo 's beverage business, said PepsiCo's spending on Facebook ads has gone from modest to "significant" since the social network introduced targeted ad products. He said he was long skeptical of Facebook "likes" because it provided little clarity on how those users buy soda.
But now Mr. Singh said he can show different ads based on whether a user regularly buys Diet Pepsi or is a Pepsi loyalist or so-called Pepsi switchers, a group of people who tend to flip between Pepsi and its rivals and are typically more price sensitive.
"That's really powerful and unique," Mr. Singh said. He added that his group's more targeted marketing efforts on Facebook reach 18 million to 20 million people every month versus less than 3 million a year ago.
Sean Williams, social media manager for Hyundai's America group, said he was also pleased with a recent Facebook ad campaign that helped result in a 28% lift in sales. Mr. Williams said Hyundai plans to tinker with Facebook's targeting tools over the next year to find new ways to reach high-potential consumers.
"In the past, we really just used Facebook as an engagement tool," Mr. Williams said. "We're now thinking about turning this into an evergreen, or always on, program."
—Jeff Bennett contributed to this article.


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Cwmbran meat firm fined £15k for label breach
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A CWMBRAN meat processing company has been fined £15,000 after admitting that a number of its frozen products were past their use-by date.
Douglas Willis Ltd, based on Grange Road Industrial Estate in Cwmbran, initially denied 23 charges related to the labelling of frozen meat, but admitted 12 charges at Caerphilly Magistrates Court today.
The company, which employs 41 people, had a turnover of £7.1 million last year.
In December 2010, inspectors from Torfaen council's trading standards team visited the company's Cwmbran meat processing plant, after a customer of Douglas Willis Ltd said that spicy meatballs they'd bought were past their use-by date.
Inspectors found a number of packages of frozen meat labelled with use-by dates which had passed, and the case went to court in June 2011, where it was dismissed.
The council appealed and the case went on to the Supreme Court, who ruled it should return to the lower courts as it was sufficient for the prosecution to prove the company intended to sell meat that had passed its use-by date.
Today the company admitted 12 charges of selling food after the use-by date shown - including beef calves, duck legs, liver, Polish sausage, beef burgers, wild Scottish venison, chicken and duck breast fillet.
The prosecution offered no evidence on the remaining 11 charges.
Iain McDonald, prosecuting, told the court that a "best before" date is a quality indicator, whereas a "use-by" date is for highly perishable foods only. Businesses can freeze products, but must apply to the original producer to extend the product's use-by date.
Regulations are due to soon change so businesses must display the date on which the product was frozen, but this was not in place at the time.
"It was their responsibility to maintain the integrity of the labelling chain," said Mr McDonald.
He said no assessment was carried out by trading standards as to whether the products were unfit for human consumption.
"It's the risk that products harmful to human consumption would get into the food chain," he said.
Graham Walters, mitigating, said: "These are labelling offences. There's no evidence to show that the products were unsafe. The Supreme Court had to clarify the law in this area. By the [guilty] pleas the defence accept that they would not reasonably expect this court to conclude in their favour."
Regarding the meatballs that sparked the original investigation, he said the company sought permission to change the label but did not seek it from the original producer, as they should have done.
"No products selected for onward sale is the subject of a charge," he said, adding that the company has very detailed risk assessment and documentation processes when stock comes in and regularly sends off samples for microbiological testing. Checks on freezers have been tightened up and all labels are now kept on file, he said.
District Judge Richard Williams said the offences were of omission, so culpability was "much less".
He fined the company £1,500 per offence but granted a reduction of £250 per offence, amounting to a £15,000 fine in total. The company must pay a £15 victim surcharge and agreed to pay £12,000 prosecution costs.
Speaking after sentencing, head of Torfaen trading standards Steve Whitehouse said: "The company has taken on board what we have said to them and the advice we've given. The whole Food Safety Act is to do with mitigating any potential risk to the consumer. Hopefully in the future their products meet the standards we all try to achieve."
Sean Willis, managing director of Douglas Willis Ltd and grandson of the original founder, said he was glad the case was over.
"I don't want [the case] to go on any longer," he said. "We hold our hands up to a certain extent. I've had a lot of emails and good wishes before today from customers saying 'we will support you, we will stand by you' after explaining what it was. Let's draw a line under it and move on."
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Enough is enough, Sen. Bob Kerrey said Friday, its time for the Americans to demand more of Congress.
Congress shall write rules so as to elect its leaders and organize itself in a non-partisan fashion. Members shall be limited to 12 years of consecutive service and shall be permitted to enact legislation limiting the amount of money that can be spent by themselves or outside groups on Congressional campaigns.
If these 45 words become a part of our Constitution, I promise you that Nebraskans will see more solutions and fewer slogans, more problem solving and fewer problems created, Kerrey said.
Kerrey repeated the proposal Saturday during an appearance at the North Platte Regional Airport.
"The Norris amendment would assure the public that government is still by, for and of the people," he said.
Kerrey said the Constitution can be changed, recalling that in 1971 it took only 18 months to pass a Constitutional amendment to reduce the voting age from 21 to 18.
Throughout his campaign, Kerrey promised to invoke the spirit of George Norris and shake up Washington. In a March 31 interview with the Bulletin, he said Article 1 of the Constitution needs to be amended.
The fifth section of Article 1 says: "Each House may determine the rules of its proceedings," but Kerrey said the leaders of Congress have approved the privilege.
Party caucuses have too much influence over individual senators, he said. Senators and representatives meet informally in caucuses and agree to work together to accomplish goals. The caucuses are led by Congressmen and women with the most years in Congress, who are appointed to chair committees.
Congress is broken and it is the destructive tendencies of Washington that are to blame, Kerrey said Friday. Voters expect far more of their elected officials than to merely serve as the tools of special interests.
Kerrey cited James Madison, a founding father who warned of factions that can control and/or stop government. Madison warned of the violence of faction."
Kerrey said the current rules of Congress do not control factions, but reward them.
When factions -- partisan interests -- control government, everyone loses, because our common purpose is subordinated, he said.
In his farewell address, George Washington warned that service to the will of a party would make the public administration the mirror of ill-concerted and incongruous projects of faction rather than the organ of consistent and wholesome plans, Kerrey said.
In other comments, Kerrey told the Bulletin that the race is tightening. His Republican opponent Deb Fischer has said she has a 20-point lead.
"I think we're doing well," Kerrey said. "It's getting tighter down the stretch, during the time that people are paying the most attention."
Kerrey and Fischer will debate twice in a four-day time period -- on Sept. 28 and Oct. 1.
The Sept. 28 debate will be from 11 a.m.-noon at the Omaha Community Playhouse, sponsored by the Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce and KETV. It will be carried live on MeTV on Cox Channel 123 or over the air Channel 7.2. and be rebroadcast at 6 p.m. Sept. 30 on KETV.
The Oct. 1 debate will be from 7-8 p.m. in the Nebraska Educational Television studios in Lincoln. It will be broadcast live on NET1 television, NET-HD television and NET Radio.
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PLANT CITY, Fla. — Supermarkets remain the most popular destination for Florida strawberries.
Grower-shippers say they ship an estimated 80% to 90% of their berries to that buying segment.
Shawn Pollard, salesman for Astin Strawberry Exchange LLC, said retailers do well merchandising Florida berries.
He said he sees large front table displays during his customer visits.
"One thing that helps is there are limited items for retailers to promote during the winter months," Pollard said. "There are imported items but it benefits us as Florida strawberry producers as they don't have too many options for promotable items. If we can get that front table display, we get a lot more exposure as it's the first thing a shopper sees walking into the produce department."
Chris Smith, sales manager for BBI Produce Inc., Dover, said retailers remain strong on Florida strawberries.
"They are very enthusiastic about berries. It's their largest category," he said.
"Even if strawberries aren't No. 1 in the produce department ... it's an item people have to pay attention to. It draws people in. When you talk about strawberries, it gets people excited and it's great to be able to sell something that people really enjoy."
While retailers remain enthusiastic about promoting Florida strawberries, Gary Wishnatzki, president and chief executive officer of Wish Farms, said retail ordering is tightening.
"Lead times seem to be getting longer and longer on the time they need advanced commitments," he said.
"It does make it a little difficult, especially when you have a well-defined bloom count model where you can provide retailers timely information in three-week windows."
Wishnatzki said he employs three staffers who count blooms and a market analyst who compiles data to supply retail buyers with volume information.
Ted Campbell, executive director of the Florida Strawberry Growers Association, Dover, said retailers usually don't experience difficulty merchandising strawberries.
"The truth is, strawberries are very easy to merchandise," he said.
"You just set them out and people buy them. Keeping the display full may be the hardest problem."
Campbell said he had photographed beautiful store displays featuring large signage with cakes and whipped cream without a berry on the table.
He said if retailers place enough berries on display, shoppers will buy them.
"They're hungry for them, particularly in Florida," Campbell said. "As soon as they get into the stores, Florida berries see local popularity as well. That extends up the East Coast."
Campbell said auxiliary displays and displaying all the berries, including blueberries, blackberries and raspberries together, also works well in merchandising strawberries.


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This one's for you FitSugar! A certain colored handbag jumped out at me in this week's Life & Style best-selling handbags spread. Not too long ago I did a post about the best-selling shoes right now. It is interesting that three out of the eleven bags pictured have an orange hue to them - not to mention Jennifer Lopez' outfit. So while attack of the silver handbags is under way, orange bags are incoming. If orange is too overpowering for you, bring this chipper color in with an accessory, and you can never have too many bags...
To see my orange handbag picks,
Kooba Carla in Terraine, on sale for $455 (originally $650).
Lucky Brand Jeans Suede Carry-All Bag, $198. (Also comes in lime green).
Urban Outfitters XL Leather and Suede Bag, on sale for $69.99 (originally $98).


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The fire that came for Dunalley brought a dark rhythm with it.
"What happened to my parents, happened to me," said boilermaker Mal Murdock, as he stood amid the ruins of his dreams.
Here was the 1974 Harley Davidson Sport reduced to a cindered wreck. Over there under buckled corrugated iron in one shed sat the remains of a vintage speedboat. Next to it in another shed squatted a melted Mark Skaife signature Monaro.
All gone, when the bushfire howled out of the forest to the north of the once-pretty seaside town in catastrophic weather on Friday. It reduced a third of the town's houses to smoking heaps in chilling proof that Australia once more is in a bushfire summer.
More than 100 properties went up in Dunalley and nearby communities. Far around the hills were black, the vegetation scorched to the sea.
For survivors in Dunalley on Saturday, the blaze's scale drew an instinctive comparison to Tasmania's most damaging 1967 bushfires, which cost 62 lives and left thousands homeless.
"I was six years old," Murdock said. "My parents lost a house too."
This time he stayed, wet the ground and watched the flames roll north along the hilltops, then turn and bear down at him. He realised it was all too great to fight.
"Then I ran over the bridge."
Dunalley, the entry-point to the Tasman Peninsula, has a sea canal running through it, and Murdock could sit on the bank and watch his house from the other side.
"I could see it all go. The Harley, the boat, the car. Then I saw it licking around the porch on my house after the front had gone. I said to one of the firies could they please just send someone over with a hose. They did, and it was saved."
Not so the family of four down the street, who, red-eyed and downcast, declined to speak as they poked around the remains of their home while their 1970s Corolla stood, indestructibly, still for sale on the verge.
Or the couple in their seventies whose home was flattened, leaving a satellite dish behind, and a collection of charred garden statues.
Their daughter, who declined to identify the couple, said they were too upset to talk. "They're holding up," she said. "They remember 1967. But how do you start again at 78?"
Further on, past the twisted wreck of the bakery and the burnt out primary school, Holly Kelly, 19, walked the street looking for a black shar pei.
"It's a little dog, it's not mine, but I'm looking for it for a friend."
When the fire came, she was at home with her 11 horses. She shifted them from a grassy paddock and the animals crowded behind a caravan together.
"I stayed as long as I could, but the sky was all full of black smoke," she said. "Colin and Todd, my brothers, stayed and saved our place. Next door it just went down."
In the paddock behind her, one of the horses nipped another over rights to the hay.
Dunalley survived.
Mal Murdock shrugged his shoulders. "It's just one of those things," he said.


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The Smashing Pumpkins, Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness ****
EMI's extensive Smashing Pumpkins' re-issue programme continues with the release of this digitally remastered version of the band's third album, Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness.
This sprawling and expansive song cycle serves up some of the most memorable material that Billy Corgan and company have captured for posterity during their lengthy performing career, including 1979, Tonight,Tonight and the country tinged Thirty-Three, which was the fifth and final single to be taken from this multi-million selling 2 CD set.
Out now (Virgin/EMI Records : £14.93)
Julian Sas, Bound To Roll ***
This is the eighth studio album that the gifted Dutch bluesman has released since he first set out to follow his dreams in the mid nineties, and the contents find him operating in much the same sort of gutsy, emotionally charged territory as the late great Rory Gallagher.
The singer-guitarist tackles some solid original material alongside visceral covers of Rory's Shadow Play, Dylan's Highway 61 Revisited and Steve Marriott's 30 Days in the Hole as he acknowledges the impact that these equally uncompromising performers made on his approach to music-making during Sas' formative years.
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Siren, Strange Locomotion ****
Kevin Coyne originally set up Turpentine Records to provide an outlet for his intense, blues influenced work at a time when none of the major record labels would have touched his challenging creations with the proverbial bargepole.
The flow of new material sadly ceased when the Derby born musician succumbed to lung fibrosis in 2002, but Kevin's highly sought after recordings from the early seventies still repay closer investigation, and this splendid re-issue features an expanded version of the second album that he recorded with Siren for John Peel's Dandelion label.
The Stride, Shake My Hand and Relaxing With Bonnie Lou are the cream of an excellent crop.
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Harry Nilsson, The Point ***
This charmingly inconsequential little animated fable dates from 1971 and recounts the tale of Oblio, a round headed boy living in the land of Point, where everything and everybody has a point.
Ringo Starr replaced original narrator Dustin Hoffman for the home video release, with Harry Nilsson supplying the winsome musical interludes for a fascinating period piece of a DVD whose surreal and dreamlike quality chimes perfectly with archetypal Nilsson numbers such as Are You Sleeping? and Me and My Arrow.
Released on January 28th (MVD 5367D : £11.99)
Coolsville! Hits & Rarities from the Golden Age of Pop Instrumentals ***
In the pre-Beatles era the pop charts on both sides of the Atlantic were liberally peppered with largely throwaway instrumental offerings from a variety of musical sources, and the best of the bunch have been gathered together here to form this deliciously dated 2 CD set.
The contents span the years between 1957 and 1961, with tracks such as Link Wray's Jack The Ripper, The Ventures' Walk Don't Run and bluesman Freddy King's Hide Away now rightly acknowledged as classics of this often overlooked genre.
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Centrally located near both the beach and Cavill Avenue, Breakfree Longbeach offers holiday convenience that is eagerly sought after. With ocean views from each room, at Breakfree Longbeach you can relax in your apartment, enjoy the beach or take advantage of the tour desk and explore the Gold Coast.
You have the choice of one, two or three Bedroom Apartments, which are completely self-contained, meaning it will be easy to keep an eye on the budget. Simply whip up a meal in the kitchen or enjoy breakfast in rather than out. You'll enjoy being able to relax on your balcony overlooking the ocean at the end of a big day.
The kids will love splashing away in the pool, with a special wading area for the really little ones. They can also play in the games room, or you can enjoy a game of tennis as a family.
Just a short stroll away from the heart of Surfers Paradise, you are ideally located to make the most of this vibrant town. Enjoy shopping in the many boutiques, dine on a different cuisine every night, or enjoy a night on the town exploring the Gold Coast's glittering nightlife.
Fully self-contained the One Bedroom Apartment has amazing views of the Pacific Ocean from your private balcony. Apartments offer air-conditioning (some apartments) and pleasant decor perfectly matched to the holiday atmosphere of Surfers Paradise. Apartments are available with one queen or one king bed and a full kitchen and living area with cable television.
The Two Bedroom Apartments offer a king or a queen bed in the master, and with two singles in the other bedroom. There is an ensuite off the master plus a second bathroom, along with a full kitchen and spacious living and dining area. Relax with cable television and soak in your ocean views from your balcony (views available in most Two Bedroom Apartments).
The Three Bedroom Apartments offer three separate balconies, accommodating groups of up to six people. In the master bedroom you'll find a king or queen bed, ensuite bathroom and separate balcony. The additional two bedrooms have two single beds in each room. Featuring a spacious kitchen, with cable television in the living area and in-room internet (cost applies).
Note: Information on listed products and services are provided by the operator and were correct at the time of publishing. Rates are indicative based on the minimum and maximum available prices of products and services. Please visit the operator's website for further information. All prices quoted are in Australian dollars (AUD).


text: BUYER'S GUIDE 2014 Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra First Look Project Number Game: Evolutionary Changes Abound for GM's New Full-Size Trucks Frank Markus writerDecember 13, 2012 Share this article Facebook Twitter Google Plus Email Share this article Facebook Twitter Google Plus Email Free Price Quote From a Local Dealer View Special Offers No Obligation, Fast & Simple Free New Car Quote Change Car Select Make Acura Alfa Romeo Aston Martin Audi Bentley BMW Buick Cadillac Chevrolet Chrysler Dodge Ferrari FIAT Ford Genesis GMC Honda Hyundai Infiniti Jaguar Jeep Karma Kia Lamborghini Land Rover Lexus Lincoln Lotus Maserati Mazda McLaren Mercedes-Benz MINI Mitsubishi Nissan Porsche Ram Rolls-Royce Scion smart Subaru Tesla Toyota Volkswagen Volvo Select Model Astro Avalanche Aveo Aveo5 Beretta Blazer Bolt EV C1500 C2500 C3500 Camaro Caprice Captiva Sport Cavalier City Express Cobalt Colorado Corsica Corvette Cruze Cruze Limited Equinox Express G10 G1500 G20 G2500 G30 G3500 HHR Impala K1500 K2500 K3500 Lumina Malibu Malibu Hybrid Malibu Limited Metro Monte Carlo Prizm S10 Silverado Silverado 1500 Silverado 2500HD Silverado 3500HD Sonic Spark Spark EV SS SSR Suburban T10 Tahoe Tracker TrailBlazer Traverse Trax Uplander Venture Volt GO 1. Vehicle Option Trim Exterior Color No Preference Black Blue Brown Gold Green Orange Red Silver White Yellow Interior Color No Preference Beige Black Blue Gray Green Other Red White Buying Time Frame Within 48 hours Within a week Within two weeks Within a month More than a month Payment Method Undecided Loan Lease Cash Trade In? Yes No 2. Contact Info First Name Last Name Address City State -- AL AK AZ AR CA CO CT DE DC FL GA HI ID IL IN IA KS KY LA ME MD MA MI MN MS MO MT NE NV NH NJ NM NY NC ND OH OK OR PA RI SC SD TN TX UT VT VA WA WV WI WY Zip Code Phone Email 3. Dealer Selection Receive your free dealer pricing information by completing your contact information! The General has yet to divulge an alpha-numeric project number for the 2014 Chevrolet Silverado and 2014 GMC Sierra pickup trucks that will replace the GMT900 series models next year. (It replaced the GMT800 in 2007.) The conservative restyling and the frame architecture's common suspension pickup points might suggest GMT925 or 950, but at least the styling differentiation between the Silverado and Sierra is considerably greater, and the increased use of high-strength and hydroformed steel helps lighten the frame and increase the cab's rigidity. There's also an additional wheelbase to underpin a crew-cab/6.5-foot bed, and all three available engines are new. Maybe 975 or 1000 is warranted after all?Let's start with the newly dubbed EcoTec3 engines for the 2014 Sierra and Silverado, which have familiar displacements — 4.3 liters for the V-6; 5.3 and 6.2 for the V-8s — but all now feature aluminum block and head architecture, variable valve timing, direct injection, and even Active Fuel Management for V-4 operation at lighter loads. Yes, even the V-6 runs as a V-4, and will claim best-in-class torque of any base V-6. It also becomes a mainstream engine choice, available in every cab and box configuration with rear- or four-wheel-drive. The 5.3 gains power and torque and is expected to widen its fuel-economy lead relative to competitor V-8s. The 6.2 is optimized for towing and hauling. Engineers claim it will top the power, torque, and tow ratings of any true half-ton truck, but no official specifications have been released for the new Silverado and Sierra as of yet. They have also challenged us to compare fuel economy of all models against similarly equipped competitors while towing and hauling, claiming their traditional non-turbocharged engines should deliver superior real-world consumption along with lower ownership costs. Other interesting engine features include a cam-driven direct-injection fuel pump located in the valley for packaging efficiency and reduced noise; variable-displacement oil pumps that reduce parasitic losses at idle and low loads; oil jets to cool the pistons for sustained heavy-duty operation; and cross-bolted main-bearing caps for durability. The V-8 combustion chambers are closely related to those of the Corvette engine, and were tuned with 6 million hours of processor time to promote stable combustion under all conditions with less detonation so the engines can consistently run with greater spark advance for improved efficiency. Why run in V-4 mode instead of a more even-firing V-3 on the 4.3-liter? Two reasons: insufficient torque, and running just one cylinder on one bank lets the catalyst cool off too much. (That's probably why Honda's V-6 runs in both V-3 and V-4 modes.) Don't expect the V-6 trucks to spend as much time in V-4 mode as the V-8s can, especially the 6.2. All engines are backed by a six-speed automatic, and larger 9.50 and 9.76-inch rear axles on V-8 models enable towing increases to match the improved torque outputs.Chassis-wise, the front suspension arms are aluminum and the springs are stiffened to improve ride quality and stopping distances. Also toward that aim, four-wheel Duralife discs are standard, and featuring ferritic nitrile material that prevents the discs from rusting for longer life and quieter stopping. In back there's no revolutionary swap to coil or air springs, but retuned leafs and bushings improve handling, and twin-tube shocks are said to cushion the small bumps more plushly. The Z71 4×4 off-road suspension features Rancho shocks and hill-descent control. Electric power steering improves fuel economy, parking-speed assist levels, and highway-speed on-center feel. New shear-style cab mounts reduce the vibration transmitted from the chassis to the occupants, and we're assured the truck's overall dynamics are improved with no loss in capability.One major goal for the 2014 Silverado and Sierra was to improve cabin refinement, and toward that end, the door frames have shrunk so their (triple-sealed) gaps are more out of the wind for claimed lowest-in-class cabin noise at highway speeds. Extended cab models have independent-opening front-hinged rear doors, and crew-cab models get shorter front and longer rear doors to provide 4 inches of additional "foot swing" room between the seat and B-pillar. Heated cloth seats are offered for the first time on a pickup. There's also an extra 2 inches of rear legroom. Customers begged for more interior stowage space, so the glove box grows, door pockets are enlarged, and the center console is configured to accept hanging file folders. Multiple USB ports and a 110-volt plug are provided, and all trucks get either a 4.2-inch or 8-inch color information screen, with MyLink (Chevy) or IntelliLink (GMC) available. Safety tech includes an available camera-based forward collision alert system, and lane-departure warning via safety-alert seat buzzing. Front park assist is also new. Expect GMC's Denali model and other upscale options to go after Ford's King Ranch/Platinum and Ram's Laramie Longhorn lux business.The pickup box features roll-formed steel in the floor for improved strength and dent resistance relative to typical stamped floors. Tie-down hooks are good for 500 pounds each, and optional corner steps in the rear bumper and hand grips in the bed rail ease access to the bed. Under-rail LED lighting is available to illuminate items stowed under a tonneau cover, and an optional torsion-bar reduces the effort required to lower or raise the tailgate. A factory spray-in bed liner is likely to be offered.Official drives of the new Silverado and Sierra are still months away, and clearly GM has taken a cautious evolutionary step (GMT999?), but with improved interior refinement, great engines, 13 million durability miles under its belt, and no frightening new unproven technologies at play, the GM faithful are sure to line up for these new trucks, whatever they're called internally. 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Red Sox recognize veterans, Gehrig's speech
BOSTON -- It may not have been Independence Day, but the Red Sox still did their part to honor local and active military members for their service.
Prior to the first game of Saturday's doubleheader, scheduled because of a rainout on Friday, the club draped its giant American flag over the Green Monster during the national anthem and honored Colonel Lester Weilacher. The Commander of the 66th Air Base Group in Hanscom, Mass., threw out the ceremonial first pitch.
The Orioles and Red Sox both wore special red caps and Boston wore its alternate, red home uniforms.
The Red Sox also commemorated the 75th anniversary of Lou Gehrig's historic speech, recognizing patients battling amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, which killed the legendary Yankees first baseman. He gave that speech on July 4, 1939.
Members of the ALS Association, ALS Therapy Development Institute, and Muscular Dystrophy Association were all recognized on the field prior to the game, as well. Among them were United State military veterans Jerry Ash and Dennis McAvoy, plus Scott Murphy, an Army vet who has been living with ALS for the last decade.
Ian Browne is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Brownie Points, and follow him on Twitter @IanMBrowne. Steven Petrella is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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IT WILL be business as usual as Cwmcarn High School is due to re-open today following £1 million worth of work to remove asbestos.
The school shut in October 2012 over fears its pupils were at risk after asbestos was found.
Following the closure, pupils were moved from the premises to be taught at nearby Coleg Gwent's Ebbw Vale campus.
Now, after being closed for more than a year, the school was due to re-open today.
In a statement post to the school's website, Cwmcarn High School's head teacher, Jacqui Peplinski, said: "It has been a very busy yet rewarding week as the school is starting to take shape again. Year 11 learners attended school for three days... it was lovely to observe the learners' excitement as they walked around the school after 13 months and familiarised themselves with the environment.
"Year 7 learners visited the school on Thursday and they commented that it is cosy, homely and bright in Cwmcarn High School."
There will be a whole-school assembly today, held to celebrate the pupils' long-awaited return, and at 11am an official opening of the school will take place.
She added: "As we return to business as usual, we will observe the same systems and protocols that we adhered to before we left Cwmcarn High School.
"It is time to put the last 13 months behind us and to return to business as usual; we are back in our community and stronger than ever."
School governors joined members of the school's sixth form on December 16 to witness Caerphilly council's cabinet member for education and lifelong learning, Cllr Rhianon Passmore, handing the keys to the building over to Ms Peplinski.
After the school's closure Caerphilly council provided £1 million for works to remove the asbestos.
Parents and pupils held protests and ran a petition urging the authority and the Welsh Government to secure the school's future. Contractors began working to remove the substance, with the school initially expected to re-open in September 2013.
But the asbestos removal work was delayed following the death of 26-year-old contractor James Paul, who had been working on the site. An inquest opening heard that Mr Paul, from Abertillery, was electrocuted, with an investigation delaying the asbestos removal.


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Real Madrid has surpassed Manchester United as the richest football club on the planet for the first time since Forbes magazine began its rankings in 2004.
The Red Devils have sat at the top of the list for nine years in a row but Jose Mourinho's men are now worth $135 million more (€103m) at $3.3 billion (€2.429bn), while Sir Alex Ferguson's side sits second in the business magazine's most valuable club list.
Barcelona is perched comfortably in third - $565m (€434m) behind United but $1.274m (€978m) ahead of fourth-placed Arsenal - and rose 99 percent in value over 12 months.
Bayern Munich fills out the top five having made the Champions League final last season as well as finishing second in the Bundesliga. The German club's value is sure to rise further in next year's rankings with the added interest of Pep Guardiola as coach, not to mention its triumph in this season's Bundesliga and a potential treble of trophies.
AC Milan is the top-placed Serie A side in sixth and the highest-placed club to be valued below the 1 billion euro mark this year. However, it is also the only club in the top 10 which has gone down in value over the last 12 months.
Chelsea's Champions League-winning season saw the team maintain its place in the list and boost its value by 18 percent, not so contrasting to the team below it, Juventus, which saw its value rise by 17 percent after returning to Scudetto-lifting ways in 2012.
Manchester City rose from 13th to 9th in Forbes' list after winning the Premier League last season and qualifying for the Champions League for the second successive campaign.
An English team not faring as well is Liverpool, which was fourth in April 2008 but finds itself 10th five years later as it continues to suffer from not competing with the European elite.
Outside of the top 10 sits Europa League quarterfinalist Tottenham in 11th, Bundesliga side Schalke in 12th, Champions League semifinalists Borussia Dortmund in 13th, Italian giant Inter in 14th and Olympique Lyonnais in 15th.
The final five in the list are South America's sole entrant Corinthians in 16th, Walter Mazzarri's Napoli in 17th, German side Hamburg in 18th, Olympique de Marseille (which dropped 18 percent in value, the biggest drop in the top 20) in 19th and Newcastle United perched 20th.
Interestingly, despite being considered one of the richest clubs in the world, Paris Saint-Germain fails to make the top 20, while La Liga's top-three duo are the only Spanish sides to make the list.


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Anyone watching this?
I wasn't even aware that the Fever made it to the WNBA finals.
Unfortunately....I didn't even know that the WNBA finals were going on now.
Well, there is at least one of the Indiana NBA Professional Basketball teams that could win a championship....even if it's a WNBA Team.


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This weekend I returned to Denver, Colorado to perform for a second time. The event was called Gasmasquerade due to the fact show goers were advised to incorporate gas masks into their scare wear. The club called Tracks was in the warehouse district and is normally a gay club. It's got a good sound system and is decked out with some very nice lighting effects, an LED message wall and disco balls galore. As you can see from the photos this was a full on gothic party. Dave "Vendetta" the promoter has finessed the scene in Denver for many years so when he tells people to come out they do so. I thoroughly enjoyed my entire time there including my stay at the purposely strange in a good way theme floored Curtis hotel. Thanks to everyone who came out and it was good to meet a lot of you after the show.
"The Goths were an East Germanic tribe of Scandinavian origin who played an important role in the history of the Roman Empire after they appeared on its lower Danube frontier in the third century." – Wikipedia
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International Equine Disease Report, Third Quarter
January 09, 2017
Diseases reported include African horse sickness, influenza, EHV, EIA, rabies, and more.... Read More
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Neither the 10-year-old Belgian from Logan County nor the 2-year-old Saddlebred from Union County were vaccinated.... Read More
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The new cases were identified in horses and ponies from the following counties: Choctaw, Payne, Beckham, and Atoka.... Read More
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The donkey, which was recently brought to Florida from a Louisiana auction, is recovering.... Read More
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October 13, 2016
The 5-month-old filly from Calhoun County is responding to treatment. The dam was vaccinated, but the filly was not.... Read More
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The unvaccinated 3-year-old Standardbred mare from Bourbon County is recovering at an area hospital.... Read More
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September 19, 2016
The unvaccinated 7‐year‐old Standardbred from Tuscarawas County was euthanized.... Read More
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The Allied Telesyn AT-FS708 unmanaged switch provides powerful 10/100 switching solutions to desktop and small network environments. The switch features full auto-negotiating 10/100 ports which automatically detect speed and duplex modes of attached devices and allow the switch to automatically configure for the best possible performance.
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Stocks to watch on the Australian stock exchange at the close on Wednesday:
BOQ - BANK OF QUEENSLAND - down 23 cents, or 1.9 per cent, at $11.98
The unexpected resignation of Bank of Queensland chief executive Stuart Grimshaw has dented the company's share price.
CBA - COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA - down 73 cents, or 0.9 per cent, at $80.96
Commonwealth Bank has unveiled a monster $8.68 billion profit but there are growing concerns it's best performances may be behind it.
CSL - CSL - up $1.69, or 2.6 per cent, at $67.24
Biopharmaceutical group CSL has flagged another $950 million share buyback after lifting its full year profit to $US1.31 billion.
CWN - CROWN RESORTS - up one cent, or 0.1 per cent, at $14.83
James Packer's Crown Resorts has paid $10 million to take full ownership of betting firm Betfair Australasia.
CRZ - CARSALES.COM - down 68 cents, or 6.1 per cent, at $10.50
Carsales.com's full year profit grew by 14 per cent, and the new and used car seller is making aggressive moves to help Australians fund their next automotive purchase.
EGP - ECHO ENTERTAINMENT - up 10 cents, or 3.1 per cent, at $3.30
Echo Entertainment's earnings have beaten expectations, and with more competition coming to the table the casino operator is splashing more cash on high rollers.
GFF - GOODMAN FIELDER - down one cent, or 1.6 per cent, at 63 cents
Australia's biggest food maker insists a disappointing profit result and expectations of another difficult year ahead will not derail a $1.3 billion takeover offer for the company.
OZL - OZ MINERALS - down 19 cents, or 4.2 per cent, at $4.29
Oz Minerals is poised to release a critical study of Australia's largest undeveloped copper resource which it hopes will attract up to a dozen international backers.
PRY - PRIMARY HEALTH CARE - down 20 cents, or 4.15 per cent, at $4.62
Medical centres operator Primary Health Care is confident of lifting its earnings this financial year, and says a federal government plan for Medicare co-payments could create more business opportunities.
SUN - SUNCORP - up 37 cents, or 2.6 per cent, at $14.49
Suncorp shares have hit a six-and-a-half year high as growth in its insurance and banking operations boosted annual profit by 49 per cent.


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Owen, who normally appears in comedies, stars as a navy navigator who is shot down in enemy territory. Hackman stars as his commanding officer who attempts to rescue him. Owen actually trained with Navy personnel to learn survivalist techniques to deliver a realistic performance.
In what other military/war films did these stars appear?
1. Gene Hackman played a nuclear missile sub captain who locks horns with his first officer in which 1995 film?
2. David Keith starred in which 2000 film about a German submarine and Americans who try to capture its cipher machine?
3. Gene Hackman starred in this 1983 film about Vietnam war vets who rescue one of their own taken prisoner by the Vietnamese.
4. Owen Wilson starred in this 1998 war film of sorts. In this one, he was trying to stop a giant asteroid from destroying the world. Can you name this movie?
5. This 1982 military movie made David Keith a star and women swoon for men in white uniforms. Do you remember this film?
Answers: 1. "Crimson Tide." 2. "U-571." 3. "Uncommon Valor." 4. "Armageddon." 5. "An Officer and a Gentleman."


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Alternatives to Virtual Machine (5:55)
(Select part 1) Let's write some SQL! Selecting data
Select statement : The very basics (5:55)
Data Types (11:09)
Aliases, Primary keys and unlocking other accounts (11:09)
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Grants/Privileges - Accessing someone else's objects (11:09)
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Sorting Data - "Order by" Clause in Oracle (15:02)
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