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Teams make their case for mobile ticketing
By any measure, the Atlanta Braves took a big risk this season by essentially forcing their season-ticket holders to embrace mobile ticketing.
Mobile ticketing adoption rates across the sports industry are estimated in the low double-digit percentages at best, even after more than a half decade of availability. Industry experts estimate it will be at least several more years before a majority of fans use the technology.
An Atlanta Braves fan has his game ticket scanned at the gate at Turner Field.
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For a team that's not been among Major League Baseball's leaders in attendance since the late 1990s (despite continually competitive teams on the field), the move threatened to disenfranchise its season-ticket base. But club executives felt they simply could not wait any longer for technology trends to catch up to what they wanted to do with mobile ticketing both at Turner Field and at their forthcoming new ballpark in Cobb County, Ga.
"Quite frankly, it seems like the phone is really the future of our business, and the future of commerce in general," said Derek Schiller, Braves executive vice president of sales and marketing. "This has been a three-year evolution in our case to get to this point, and we've been encouraged by the numbers that have been moved to this platform."
Still, the Braves and the rest of baseball this season are pushing for even greater returns, trying to further accelerate the rate of adoption for mobile ticketing through a series of new initiatives.
A major update this season to the At The Ballpark mobile application, developed by MLB Advanced Media, will include a pronounced emphasis on ticketing for both single-game buyers and season-ticket holders. Many clubs also are weaving their fan loyalty programs into their mobile ticketing offerings, creating a much more seamless and unified fan experience.
In short order, a fan's own smartphone is at once his ticket, his access point to complementary information such as in-game video highlights at the stadium and wayfinding, and the storehouse for his personal loyalty data.
"We've retooled a lot of the [At the Ballpark] app to make it much more club-centric," said Bob Bowman, MLBAM president and chief executive. Bowman estimates that baseball's mobile ticketing will surpass 20 percent of all online-based sales in baseball this season, about twice last year's figure. "Adoption of the app is definitely a priority this year."
For the Braves and many other clubs, the attractiveness of mobile ticketing is not hard to understand. Tickets are no longer lost, stolen or physically left in the desk drawer — that last happenstance being for decades the bane of the sports industry. With mobile ticketing, the ability to mine data from fans' ticket usage and related behaviors is greatly enhanced, thereby fueling future upsells and more customized ticket offers.
There are significant cost savings from reduced printing and postage costs incurred in creating and distributing paper tickets, as well. The Braves alone reduced their ticket printing bill this season by more than $60,000.
"We can learn so much about our fans now," Schiller said. "This gives us the ability to learn more about what they want and, in turn, it better enables them to access all our offerings here at Turner Field."
Removing barriers
While there is near-universal agreement within the sports industry on the significant growth potential and utility of mobile ticketing, boosting adoption beyond the 5 percent to 15 percent use rates currently seen by most clubs still requires retooling more than a century of hardwired fan behavior and removing barriers to use.
Furthering the challenge is the current 65 percent penetration rate for smartphones among all U.S. mobile subscribers, according to digital measurement agency comScore. That percentage, while steadily growing, still leaves roughly one-third of mobile users, as well as those without any sort of cellular device, unable to receive a mobile ticket barcode. As a result, many teams, leagues and vendors have been particularly focused of late on easing obstacles, both real and perceived — such as fan insecurity that mobile barcodes are sufficient for entry, security of mobile tickets, and the utility of mobile transfer to enable resale.
A big part of that effort involves communicating to fans, repeatedly, that mobile tickets are indeed genuine and accepted, even if they don't necessarily have the same commemorative value as paper stubs.
"I think it's also a matter of distrust for this thing that doesn't really feel tangible and real," said Cole Gahagan, Ticketmaster executive vice president. The ticketing giant, through corporate parent Live Nation, has made a significant move toward mobile ticketing (see story). "The more times I walk in and have [the phone] scanned, the more I'm actually going to trust it, regardless of the [demographic].
"There really has not been a distribution channel that clients and teams have gotten really comfortable in making [mobile] the only method of delivery. Venues and teams are marching their way toward that," Gahagan said.
Colin Faulkner, vice president of sales and partnerships for the Chicago Cubs, compares consumer hesitation over mobile ticketing to the time several years ago when fans could first start printing their own tickets at home.
"You probably saw some resistance to that initially, and then there probably reached a tipping point where people demanded it," Faulkner said. "It may be the same thing with mobile."
Enabling easier resale and transfer has been a fundamental part of the ongoing mobile ticketing conversation between teams and season-ticket holders. In baseball's case, the sport's official resale partner, StubHub, is now directly integrated into the At Bat and At The Ballpark mobile apps (see story).
"We think having the mobile ticket actually makes it more likely and easier to transfer and really helps with security
Sports will be taking additional mobile ticketing cues from the aviation industry, which has been particularly aggressive in this area in recent years and serviced more than 643 million U.S. passengers in 2013, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation, more than four times the combined attendance of MLB, the NFL, NHL and NBA.
"Other industries are helping make this the norm and that the phone is something you can trust," said Blake Sirach, vice president of design for WillowTree Apps, a Virginia-based firm that helped build the mobile ticketing app for AXS Ticketing, AEG's ticket division. "The airlines are really pushing this, and every time you go to the airport, you see more and more people using their phone. There's no question that's going to filter to sports and help get people more comfortable."
Carrot or stick?
About six weeks after the Braves announced their $250 surcharge for printing paper season tickets, the club made another big ticketing announcement. The Braves deepened their relationship with fellow Atlanta company Experience — already a partner of MLBAM, more than half of MLB's individual clubs, Ticketmaster and the NFL — to offer Braves season-ticket holders guaranteed seat upgrades and discounted upgrades to advance single-game purchasers.
Mobile is a fundamental component of the Experience offering, as users receive in-game alerts on their devices about available seat upgrades and other amenities. The Braves' rollout relies on advanced computations that instantly make fans' old seats open to other users when they upgrade themselves.
In a sense, the guaranteed seat upgrades for Braves season-ticket holders were the sugar that perhaps went with the salt when moving to FanPass. But put together, the club now offers a unified, mobile-based fan experience at Turner Field.
"The situation for every game changes; the kind of upgrades that are going to be available day to day are going to be different based on a variety of demand factors," said Experience founder and chairman Tripp Rackley. "The critical component of the system is really flexibility and the ability to adjust the factors that matter, both from the team-facing side and the fan-facing side."
The upgrade offers also provide a key operational benefit to the Braves. By promoting additional advance single-game sales through the upgrade coupons, the club seeks to reduce its walk-up ticket sales, a variable that complicates the team's ability to staff elements such as security and concessions appropriately.
Other clubs are developing various amenities and offers to help nudge fans toward mobile adoption, as well. The Kansas City Royals are offering a $50 gift card to season-ticket holders as an incentive for mobile use, redeemable for additional tickets, merchandise, concessions and other purchases at Kauffman Stadium. The team recently rolled out a new Royals Memories program through the At The Ballpark app that offers upgraded experiences such as postgame catches and photos on the field at Kauffman. The Tampa Bay Rays are offering $50 discounts on season-ticket invoices for every seat enrolled in their radio frequency identification (RFID)-based ticket system that will soon have a mobile component. Still other clubs, including the Chicago Cubs, are boosting loyalty club rewards and offering merchandise and concession discounts as enticements for fans to embrace mobile ticketing.
In nearly every case, fans have been a fundamental part of the creation of the programs, often through focus groups and pilot programs, as season-ticket sales remain the lifeblood of a baseball team's operations. Even with the recent historic runup in local MLB media rights fees, tickets are still a critical source of revenue for clubs.
"Through mobile ticketing, we know more about our customers so that we can anticipate their needs and customize experiences based on their preferences," said the Cubs' Faulkner. "I think fans in this day and age want that. This allows us to have more data on what they like and don't like and helps us do that."
Still, many MLB clubs are wondering if enticements, rewards and focus groups are sufficient tools to spur mobile adoption. The Braves' recent, more punitive moves are being closely watched and are being perceived as important stimuli to move mobile ticketing to a much broader and more impactful phase.
"I don't think incentives are really enough," said Mike Bucek, Royals vice president of marketing and business development. The Royals currently have fewer than 5 percent of their season-ticket base on a mobile delivery system and are still in what the team calls an "experimental" phase with the technology. "Right now, where things are and are going, I'm happy, and we're also going to have experiential things folded into the app," he said.
"There's no doubt this is the wave of the future, but when you look at what the Braves did, it sort of makes you rethink."
Ticketing approaches among Major League Baseball teams
What teams are doing this season to encourage season-ticket holders to convert to mobile tickets (or to penalize those who still prefer paper):
■ Atlanta Braves: Charge a $250 fee for season-ticket holders who elect to use paper tickets.
■ Boston Red Sox: Offer triple "Red Sox Rewards" points for season-ticket holders who enter the park via mobile, redeemable toward various team items or experiences.
■ Cleveland Indians: Season-ticket holders who elect digital delivery receive on average a 10 percent discount (depending on plan level) versus traditional paper ticket prices.
■ New York Mets: Charge a printing fee of $25 per account for the "fancy" season-ticket paper stock, which includes a messenger bag.
■ Tampa Bay Rays: During the renewal process, offered a $50 discount for each seat in the plan in which fans opted for digital-only ticketing. Flex Packs are digital-only plans, sold as three-, six-, or nine-game packages.
■ Washington Nationals: Required season-ticket holders to move to a virtual ticketing program if they wanted to receive loyalty points and all the benefits of the loyalty program. The team had a 100 percent conversion rate. All season-ticket holders received a commemorative Opening Day ticket. For those looking for a paper ticket, the team sells game-specific commemorative tickets in the ballpark.
More than half of all MLB clubs have teamed up with Experience, an app that allows fans at games to upgrade their seats or buy a fan experience. Also, approximately half of the league's clubs are aligned with MLB subsidiary Tickets.com. Within MLB.com's At The Ballpark free app, Tickets.com's MyTickets Mobile portal allows fans to retrieve their tickets on a mobile device and contains a bar code for each ticket purchased. Fans also can add their tickets to Apple Passbook on compatible iOS devices, if they buy a ticket from one of the approximately 20 clubs that have enabled the Passbook app. Additionally, about two-thirds of the league's teams have installed, or plan to install, Apple's iBeacon technology, which allows fans to go to the ballpark without a paper ticket or cash, and provides customized experiential information. Here are details of upgrades MLB clubs have made to enhance their fans' mobile ticketing experience:
■ Arizona Diamondbacks: Ticketmaster installed new scanners at all gates.
Ticketmaster installed new scanners at all gates at Arizona's Chase Field.
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■ Boston Red Sox: Access control technology and turnstiles provided by Kaba with the readers made by Fortress, in partnership with Tickets.com and MLBAM.
■ Chicago White Sox: Selected Avnet Services to build a data warehouse and develop the corresponding business intelligence tools.
■ Colorado Rockies: Concessionaire Aramark and the team upgraded all scanners and point-of-sale stations so that mobile tickets preloaded with concession credit can be used anywhere in the stadium where a credit card is accepted.
■ Los Angeles Dodgers: All new turnstiles and scanners.
■ Milwaukee Brewers: Alvarado, a provider of access control systems, worked with Tickets.com and MLBAM to complete the final phase of a three-year upgrade making Miller Park 100 percent digitally compatible at all entry points.
■ Oakland Athletics: Upgraded concessions to read 2-D mobile bar codes; added access points to parking so fans can prebuy parking and forward and resell their inventory through At the Ballpark. Concessionaire Ovations purchased Motorola 2-D scanners for reading mobile barcodes.
■ San Diego Padres: Fortress installed new turnstiles with RFID/mobile bar-code readers at every gate, along with RFID/mobile bar-code readers at every point-of-sale in the ballpark.
■ Seattle Mariners: Concessionaire Centerplate installed scanners at the vendor registers to read the 2-D bar codes on mobile tickets.
■ Tampa Bay Rays: Fully integrated Ticketmaster, Centerplate (concessionaire), Quest (point-of-sale system), and Central Parking into the Rays Rewards Card.
■ Texas Rangers: Added the ability to read enhanced/QR bar codes; added My Tickets Mobile, through Tickets.com.
■ Washington Nationals: Finished installing Kaba turnstiles, with the scanners made by Fortress, at every gate.
Colleges try mobile delivery for student tickets
Close to 10 percent of colleges are delivering football and basketball tickets to their students through mobile, but that number is expected to increase significantly in the coming years.
A study by Paciolan, a ticketing software company that counts 110 colleges as clients, showed that the adoption of mobile delivery among students, while sporadic, is growing (see charts below).
Half of the students who reserved Maryland football tickets last year asked for mobile delivery.
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Maryland adopted mobile delivery for the 2013 football season and found that half of all its students who reserved tickets requested mobile delivery as opposed to print-at-home options or other pickup methods.
"We looked at how we could use technology to make it easier for students and drive them to games," said Matt Monroe, Maryland's assistant athletic director for ticket services. "They might lose a paper ticket, but they're not going to forget to take their phone to the game."
Mobile delivery is considered an important tool in getting students to the games, according to Craig Ricks, Paciolan's vice president of marketing. Many schools have expressed frustration over dwindling student attendance at football and basketball games, Ricks said, especially because seats in the student section often are some of the best in the stadium or arena.
Virginia Commonwealth, for example, has one of the nation's strongest basketball programs, but even a trip to the
"Student seating is a difficult piece of the puzzle," said Meghan Millar, VCU's assistant athletic director for ticketing.
The Rams have offered students a print-at-home option in the past, but they'll likely move to mobile delivery next season.
During the 2013 football season, Maryland and Rutgers were among the leaders in mobile delivery. Maryland saw a 50 percent adoption rate among its students for mobile tickets, while Rutgers was at 40 percent.
By comparison, students are well ahead of the general ticket buyer. Paciolan said Utah State was among the leaders in mobile delivery for football single-ticket sales at 15 percent, while 9 percent of overall ticket buyers at West Virginia opted for mobile delivery.
"Student adoption is higher, but we think both segments will continue to trend up," Ricks said. "Students are highly focused on their mobile phones and it is ingrained in their lifestyle, so mobile delivery is a natural fit for student ticketing."
While mobile is considered an important tool in driving student attendance, schools are looking at a variety of options. Some have decided to reduce the number of seats set aside for students.
Others, like Boston College, have implemented a loyalty program that rewards students for attending games. BC calls it the Gold Pass, which is loaded onto student identification cards.
Points are accrued for each game a student attends and they are rewarded with guaranteed seats for high-demand games, like Syracuse in basketball or Boston University in men's hockey.
"We've seen some increases in attendance, even for a lot of the Olympic sports," said Jim O'Neill, BC's associate AD for ticket operations. "The incentives are making a difference."
Digital drives the discussion for Live Nation
Live Nation Entertainment, the world's largest ticket provider and event promoter, has enjoyed a front-row seat as the market shifts toward digital ticketing.
Last year, Live Nation Entertainment, a company that includes Ticketmaster, a provider to dozens of major league facilities, sold 21 million tickets through mobile devices. That means that 14 percent of the 149 million tickets sold for all Live Nation Entertainment events, including sports and concerts, were sold on smartphones and tablets, almost double 2012's numbers, Ticketmaster officials said.
"The trend is not just solely about mobile," Gahagan said. "The industry has myopically viewed mobile as the central and sole theme of digital. To us, we're realizing digital is more of a platform than one single product. Digital is much more wide sweeping."
As mobile ticketing continues to gain traction among sports fans and concertgoers, Ticketmaster is taking a holistic approach to the technology revolving around how fans discover, manage and experience live events, Gahagan said.
Those three pillars of its digital platform have changed dramatically over the past two years to reshape the fan experience.
The process of discovery has long since moved past the "traditional analog world" of billboards, newspapers and radio advertisements, Gahagan said. Last year, Ticketmaster alone saw 11 million installations of its mobile application on fans' smartphones and tablets, a strong indication that the mobile device now sits squarely at the center of a consumer's search for information on live events.
To meet the growing demand for tickets delivered to those devices, Live Nation Entertainment undertook a massive rollout in 2013 to accommodate the technology, upgrading venues with equipment to scan mobile bar codes and print seat locators for up to 50 million tickets.
"It was a big push for us last year and it is only going to grow significantly as the chosen method of delivery this year and next," Gahagan said.
As mobile becomes a preferred method for buying tickets for many consumers, Ticketmaster has seen the management piece grow substantially in the transfer and resale of tickets. More than half of its mobile traffic involves moving tickets to a third party, Gahagan said.
The third piece, the event experience itself, is starting to explode as vendors such as Atlanta-based Experience enable fans to upgrade their seats through mobile transactions after they have entered the facility.
Last October, Live Nation Entertainment signed a deal with Experience to be its preferred partner for seat upgrades that extend to exclusive perks for fans such as a visit from the team mascot and meet-and-greets with recording artists.
It's part of the next "tectonic" shift in mobile ticketing as teams, facilities and vendors move to customize the fan experience, Gahagan said.
Where is it all headed for mobile? Teams and other industry observers believe that eventually sports and entertainment will go completely paperless and bar-coded tickets on smartphones will be the only way to access
Gahagan points to NBA and NHL clubs such as the Orlando Magic, Charlotte Bobcats, Dallas Mavericks, San Antonio Spurs and Phoenix Coyotes using smart cards as season tickets, some loaded with food credits, as an interim step toward going exclusively mobile at arenas and stadiums.
The Miami Heat has gone one step further, skipping smart cards altogether. Instead, Heat season-ticket holders manage their ticket inventory through their individual Ticketmaster accounts and print PDFs to be scanned at the arena gates.
Starting next season, their options will be restricted to putting their tickets on a mobile device or a credit card for access to the building.
"We don't yet have what the right path is down that evolutionary road but we're learning a lot," he said. "It's fast paced."
Ticketing on the go
■ Platforms: iOS, Android
■ What it does: The primary ticketing app for the industry's single largest entity, this app provides mobile access to thousands of sports events and concerts. It supports Apple's Passbook functionality for select venues and is integrated with social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and Foursquare. Ticketmaster's parent company, Live Nation, has a sister Live Nation mobile app more specifically devoted to music. Both the Live Nation and Ticketmaster apps also suggest nearby concerts based on individual users' iTunes libraries.
■ Platforms: Mobile Web, other major platforms such as iOS and Android through clients' mobile applications
■ What it does: A trailblazer in mobile ticketing and owned by
MLB Advanced Media, Tickets.com's ProVenue Ticketing platform is being used by 17 MLB teams, features full end-to-end purchasing and delivery, and is able to integrate other elements such as loyalty programs.
■ Platforms: iOS, Android, Windows Mobile, BlackBerry, mobile Web
■ What it does: The most well-known player in secondary ticketing, StubHub has made mobile transactions and access a major priority. Beyond basic buying and selling, the company's app is integrated with Apple's Passbook functionality, and offers a variety of features including price alerts, interactive venue maps, and social media integration. StubHub is also partnered with primary ticketing vendor Paciolan to provide a full, end-to-end ticketing solution for many of their shared clients, particularly in the college space, in part through the StubHub mobile app.
■ Platform: iOS
■ What it does: This discount ticketing channel is geared toward sampling and casual fans, with the sale-priced inventory coming not from brokers or other fans, but venues and teams themselves. Full search and purchase functionality is offered, along with Passbook integration.
MLB.com AT BAT
■ Platforms: iOS, Android, Amazon Kindle, BlackBerry, Windows
■ What it does: MLB Advanced Media's flagship mobile app, MLB.com At Bat contains mobile ticketing functionality for all 30 clubs, including those served by both the Tickets.com platform it owns and other vendors such as Ticketmaster, with purchasing and delivery directly within the app, as well as direct integration with official resale partner StubHub. MLBAM's ballpark-specific companion app, At The Ballpark, includes the same ticketing options.
■ Platforms: iOS, Android, BlackBerry, Windows Mobile
■ What it does: The NFL's flagship mobile app offers links to the league's secondary ticketing portal, NFL Ticket Exchange, which is operated in partnership with Ticketmaster.
■ Platforms: iOS, Android
■ What it does: A San Francisco-based startup focused on last-minute purchases, Gametime offers mobile-based ticketing resale in several major markets, including its Bay Area home, New York, Los Angeles, Boston and Chicago. The app operates on the basic premise that resale prices plummet as game time approaches, and flags impulse-buy deals for users, all delivered through the phone.
■ Platforms: iOS, Android
■ What it does: The mobile version of the ticket resale metasearch engine offers ticket listings from dozens of other vendors, including StubHub and Ticketmaster's TicketsNow platform, and can process transactions directly within the app. The SeatGeek app also offers alerts and seat views, and similar to the Web version of SeatGeek, ranks the quality of specific ticket offers based on secondary marketplace dynamics.
■ Platforms: iOS, Android
■ What it does: This revolves around AEG's in-house ticketing operation, AXS. Similar to Ticketmaster's full-service app, the AXS app offers full search and purchase functionality, along with the ability to create photo memory books from events and social media integration. Unlike many of the other ticketing apps in the market, this one carries a presenting sponsorship, with Verizon buying the title rights.


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Hotel & Travel
The 49th Annual ASEEES Convention will be held at the Chicago Marriott Downtown Magnificent Mile (540 North Michigan Ave. (driveway entrance on 541 N. Rush, St), Chicago, IL 60611) from Thursday, November 9, to Sunday, November 12, 2017.
The first sessions begin at 1pm on Thursday, November 9; the last sessions will end at 1:45pm on Sunday, November 12.
The Group Rate for ASEEES 2017 at the Chicago Marriott Downtown Magnificent Mile is $209 per night for single/double rooms plus taxes. The Group cut-off date is October 10, but we strongly urge you to make your reservation early as we will sell out. After that day, you can make reservations by calling 1-800-228-9290, and the hotel will offer the best rate available for the dates requested.
If you prefer to speak with a live operator please call 1-877-303-0104 and reference "Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasians Studies 2017".
Graduate Student Rooms:
We receive a very limited number of graduate student rooms available at a reduced rate each year.
These rooms have sold out for 2017.
Guestroom Internet Access:
The hotel offers complimentary internet access in the guest room for Marriott Rewards members. We are not promoting the Rewards program, but just letting you know of the option. Otherwise, the hotel will charge $14.95 per room per night for standard internet access.
The hotel provides free wifi in the lobby, and ASEEES will provide free wifi in the common areas and the exhibit hall during convention hours. There is no internet access in the meeting rooms.
Roomshare Locator:
Are you looking to share accommodations? Check out the Roomshare Locator. ASEEES cannot be held responsible for room share arrangements.
This year's convention hotel is just north of Downtown Chicago, at 540 North Michigan Avenue on the Magnificent Mile, two blocks from Grand Station on the Red Line L.
Air service:
The Chicago area has two main airports:
- O'Hare International Airport (ORD), 17 miles northwest of the hotel, is at minimum a 25 minute drive away, but can be much longer at peak hours; cab fare is estimated at $45 each way, but varies with traffic. Public transportation is available via the Blue Line L, which runs direct from O'Hare to Downtown; including a free transfer to the Red Line in Downtown, a two-train L ride will take about 50-60 minutes and cost $5.
- Midway International Airport (MDW), about fifteen miles southwest of Downtown, is about a 30-minute drive; expect cab fare to approach $40 each way. The Orange Line L runs from Midway to Downtown; including a free transfer to the Red Line in Downtown, it takes about 30 minutes and costs $2.25 to get to the hotel.
Further afield, Milwaukee's General Mitchell International Airport (MKE) and South Bend's South Bend International Airport (SBN) are both about 90 minutes from the hotel, though both offer train service---depending on when you arrive it may be possible to take Amtrak's Hiawatha Line from Milwaukee or the South Shore Line from South Bend direct to Downtown Chicago for less than $30.
Train and Bus service:
The hotel is about 1.5 miles from Chicago's Union Station, Amtrak's hub for regional trains serving Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Wisconsin; services across the Northeast, including the Lake Shore Limited to Cleveland, Buffalo, New York City, and Boston; Capitol Limited to Cleveland, Pittsburgh, and Washington; and the Cardinal to Indianapolis, Cincinnati, Washington, and New York; and many of the famous transcontinental lines including the City of New Orleans to Memphis and New Orleans; the Empire Builder to Seattle and Portland; the California Zephyr to Denver and San Francisco, and the Southwest Chief and Texas Eagle services to the Southwest.
Various intercity bus services, including Greyhound, Megabus, and others, also serve Union Station or other sites in central Chicago, as does regional rail service Metra.
Local transit:
In addition to CTA's 'L' service, numerous buses stop at or near the hotel. Local transit schedules and directions are available in Google Transit or directly from Chicago's Regional Transit Authority.
Chicago's Divvy bikeshare has a stand available a block from the hotel, at Grand Ave and Wabash; several other stations are available within a short walk.
The hotel's main driveway is off North Rush Street, between East Grand Ave and East Ohio Street, about half a mile from the Ohio Street exit (Exit 50B) on I-90. Directions are provided by the hotel or available via Google Maps.
The Marriott provides parking with either valet parking ($61 daily) or off-site parking ($48 daily). Further information on parking is available from the hotel.
Cheaper parking can be found through apps; however, the prices and locations will vary. They are typically significantly more affordable, but farther away. The apps are ParkWhiz and Spot Hero.
To Do, See and Eat in Chicago:
- The official Chicago Convention & Tourism Bureau has a full list of things to do and places to see and eat in Chicago, including information on the hotel's neighborhood, the Magnificent Mile; see also the Magnificent Mile Association for more on shopping, dining, and more nearby.
- Chicago's many museums spread in every direction from the hotel:
- The Museum of Contemporary Art and Driehaus Museum of late 19th and early 20th-century art and design are a short walk to the north; the Chicago History Museum, Lincoln Park Zoo, and more are a bit further north.
- Chicago's Children's Museum is on Navy Pier, a mile east of the hotel.
- The Art Institute of Chicago, one of the oldest and largest in the US and rated one of the best in the world, is a mile south of the hotel in the center of Downtown; Chicago's landmark Adler Planetarium, Field Museum, and Shedd Aquarium stand side by side on the Museum Campus, another mile south on the lakeshore.
- The DuSable Museum of African American History and Museum of Science and Industry flank the University of Chicago campus in Hyde Park, eight miles south of the hotel.
- Of special interest to Association members: (in order by distance from the Convention hotel)
- The Polish Museum of America, "one of the oldest and largest ethnic museums in the United States", is in the Polish Downtown, two miles northwest of the hotel
- The Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art and Ukrainian National Museum of Chicago are in the Ukrainian Village, three miles northwest of the hotel
- The Chicago Latvian Association Museum is in Irving Park, 8 miles northwest
- The Illinois Holocaust Museum is in Skokie, 13 miles north
- The Balzekas Museum of Lithuanian Culture, "the largest repository of Lithuanian cultural artifacts outside of Lithuania", is about 13 miles southwest, near Midway Airport
- The Chicago Estonian House is in Riverwoods, about 30 miles northwest of the hotel

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Irish Ferries News
Ireland's biggest ever party with Irish Ferries
Paint the Town Black! That's the exhortation from Guinness for Arthur's Day, on which 500 free gigs are being staged across Ireland: a great excuse – if one is needed, says Irish Ferries – for an autumn break.
Olympics: the Irish are coming, says Irish Ferries
Irish Ferries is expecting to carry thousands of Irish sports fans to the UK for the Olympics, with many of them travelling by coach.
Irish Ferries: Olympic bookings boost
Irish Ferries says bookings for travel from the UK to Ireland this summer are ahead of last year, with forecasts for June, July and August ferry traffic "very healthy", says head of passenger sales Declan Mescall.
Irish Ferries launches free WiFi on the Irish Sea
Irish Ferries has extended WiFi services on ferries to Ireland, so that all travellers – not just those in Club Class – can connect to the internet free of charge.
Irish Ferries: 50 per cent up for Easter, and no baggage charges
Irish Ferries expects to carry 50 per cent more passengers on its ferry services between the UK and Ireland over Easter than at the same time last year.
Irish Ferries extends free baggage policy
Irish Ferries today announces that all bags will continue to be carried free of charge on their ferries between Britain and Ireland.
Irish Ferries new iPhone App is an industry first
Irish Ferries has developed a fully-optimised app for iPhones that enables travellers to book the lowest ferry fares while on the move.
Jonathan Swift the only fast ferry on the Irish Sea from September
Irish Ferries will be the only carrier operating a fast ferry to Ireland this autumn and winter, as rivals end fast ferry services on 14 September.
IrishFerries.com – the first mobile ferry site
Irish Ferries has launched a new mobile website – and is the first ferry company in Europe to offer a fully transactional site suitable for smartphones.
Kids go free all summer with Irish Ferries
Irish Ferries has abolished all charges for children under 16 travelling to Ireland this summer.
Irish Ferries offers free on-board electric car charge points
Irish Ferries and Irish-based ESB ecars have officially launched onboard charge points on the Holyhead-Dublin route, which means electric and hybrid car travel to Ireland is now possible.
Irish Ferries is new Eurolines partner for London-Dublin coach service
A new Eurolines coach service, using Irish Ferries sailings from Holyhead, will link London, Birmingham and Dublin this summer, with the first departure on Friday 16 July.


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Described as a "Native 96-kHz 24-bit 'Advanced USB Audio'". Any chance we will get a follow up for this product that Stereophile has raved about so much?
To me the big question is whether the USB port is for convience only or if it is an improvement on the standard DAC1 when using USB direct. Or is it as reported with the Grace unit, where the using the USB was not recommended?


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Experience with Biosimilar Infliximab (Remsima®) in Norway
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PubMed 28502609
Bowel Damage in Patients With Long-term Crohn's Disease, Assessed by Magnetic Resonance Enterography and the Lémann Index
Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol (in press)
PubMed 28694130
Similar Responses of Intestinal T Cells From Untreated Children and Adults With Celiac Disease to Deamidated Gluten Epitopes
Gastroenterology, 153 (3), 787-798.e4
PubMed 28535873
Evaluation of the Cross-reactivity of Antidrug Antibodies to CT-P13 and Infliximab Reference Product (Remicade): An Analysis Using Immunoassays Tagged with Both Agents
BioDrugs, 31 (3), 223-237
PubMed 28497221
Determinants of optimal bowel function in ileal pouch-anal anastomosis - physiological differences contributing to pouch function
Scand J Gastroenterol, 1-7 (in press)
PubMed 29043868
Publications 2016
Vitamin D deficiency in inflammatory bowel disease: prevalence and predictors in a Norwegian outpatient population
Scand J Gastroenterol, 52 (1), 100-106
PubMed 27603182
Mortality and Causes of Death in Ulcerative Colitis: Results from 20 Years of Follow-up in the IBSEN Study
Inflamm Bowel Dis, 22 (1), 141-5
PubMed 26355464
Fatigue in a population-based cohort of patients with inflammatory bowel disease 20 years after diagnosis: The IBSEN study
Scand J Gastroenterol, 52 (3), 351-358
PubMed 27852169
Health-related Quality of Life in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease 20 Years After Diagnosis: Results from the IBSEN Study
Inflamm Bowel Dis, 22 (7), 1679-87
PubMed 27206016
Clinical experience with infliximab biosimilar Remsima (CT-P13) in inflammatory bowel disease patients
Therap Adv Gastroenterol, 9 (3), 322-9
PubMed 27134662
Pain may be an important factor to consider in inflammatory bowel disease patients troubled by fatigue
United European Gastroenterol J, 5 (5), 687-693
PubMed 28815032
Validity, Reliability, and Responsiveness of the Brief Pain Inventory in Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Can J Gastroenterol Hepatol, 2016, 5624261
PubMed 27446848
Prevalence of Sclerosing Cholangitis Detected by Magnetic Resonance Cholangiography in Patients With Long-term Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Gastroenterology, 151 (4), 660-669.e4
PubMed 27342213
Simultaneous purification of DNA and RNA from microbiota in a single colonic mucosal biopsy
BMC Res Notes, 9, 328
PubMed 27352784
Publications 2015
Biosimilar infliximab (CT-P13) in the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease: A Norwegian observational study
Expert Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol, 9 Suppl 1, 45-52
PubMed 26395534
Publications 2014
Tetramer-visualized gluten-specific CD4+ T cells in blood as a potential diagnostic marker for coeliac disease without oral gluten challenge
United European Gastroenterol J, 2 (4), 268-78
PubMed 25083284
A role for CCL28-CCR3 in T-cell homing to the human upper airway mucosa
Mucosal Immunol, 8 (1), 107-14
PubMed 24917456
Restricted VH/VL usage and limited mutations in gluten-specific IgA of coeliac disease lesion plasma cells
Nat Commun, 5, 4041
PubMed 24909383
Publications 2013
Direct cloning and tetramer staining to measure the frequency of intestinal gluten-reactive T cells in celiac disease
Eur J Immunol, 43 (10), 2605-12
PubMed 23775608
Consecutive fecal calprotectin measurements to predict relapse in patients with ulcerative colitis receiving infliximab maintenance therapy
Inflamm Bowel Dis, 19 (10), 2111-7
PubMed 23883959
Secondary hyperparathyroidism, vitamin D sufficiency, and serum calcium 5 years after gastric bypass and duodenal switch
Obes Surg, 23 (3), 384-90
PubMed 23015268
Mortality and causes of death in Crohn's disease: results from 20 years of follow-up in the IBSEN study
Gut, 63 (5), 771-5
PubMed 23744613
Plasmacytoid dendritic cells are scarcely represented in the human gut mucosa and are not recruited to the celiac lesion
Mucosal Immunol, 6 (5), 985-92
PubMed 23340820
Publications 2011
Density of CD163+ CD11c+ dendritic cells increases and CD103+ dendritic cells decreases in the coeliac lesion
Scand J Immunol, 74 (2), 186-94
PubMed 21392045
INSPIRE study: does stress management improve the course of inflammatory bowel disease and disease-specific quality of life in distressed patients with ulcerative colitis or Crohn's disease? A randomized controlled trial
Inflamm Bowel Dis, 17 (9), 1863-73
PubMed 21287660
Patients with Crohn's disease experience reduced general health and vitality in the chronic stage: ten-year results from the IBSEN study
J Crohns Colitis, 6 (4), 441-53
PubMed 22398064
Publications 2010
Relationships between inflammatory bowel disease and perinatal factors: both maternal and paternal disease are related to preterm birth of offspring
Inflamm Bowel Dis, 16 (5), 847-55
PubMed 19795509
[Obesity surgery in inflammatory bowel disease]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 130 (6), 638-9
PubMed 20349013
Fecal calprotectin variability in Crohn's disease
Inflamm Bowel Dis, 16 (7), 1091-2
PubMed 19834972
Publications 2009
Clustering in time of familial IBD separates ulcerative colitis from Crohn's disease
Inflamm Bowel Dis, 15 (12), 1867-74
PubMed 19434721
[Measurement of calprotectin in faeces]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 129 (8), 743-5
PubMed 19373299
Predictive value of serologic markers in a population-based Norwegian cohort with inflammatory bowel disease
Inflamm Bowel Dis, 15 (3), 406-14
PubMed 19009607
Clinical course during the first 10 years of ulcerative colitis: results from a population-based inception cohort (IBSEN Study)
Scand J Gastroenterol, 44 (4), 431-40
PubMed 19101844
Publications 2008
Familial aggregation in Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis in a Norwegian population-based cohort followed for ten years
J Crohns Colitis, 3 (2), 92-9
PubMed 21172251
The INSPIRE study: are different personality traits related to disease-specific quality of life (IBDQ) in distressed patients with ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease?
Inflamm Bowel Dis, 14 (5), 680-6
PubMed 18509900
The INSPIRE study: do personality traits predict general quality of life (Short form-36) in distressed patients with ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease?
Scand J Gastroenterol, 43 (12), 1505-13
PubMed 18777439
C-reactive protein: a predictive factor and marker of inflammation in inflammatory bowel disease. Results from a prospective population-based study
Gut, 57 (11), 1518-23
PubMed 18566104
The association between water supply and inflammatory bowel disease based on a 1990-1993 cohort study in southeastern Norway
Am J Epidemiol, 168 (9), 1065-72
PubMed 18801890
Geographic distribution and ecological studies of inflammatory bowel disease in southeastern Norway in 1990-1993
Inflamm Bowel Dis, 14 (7), 984-91
PubMed 18338775
Publications 2007
Mucosal healing in inflammatory bowel disease: results from a Norwegian population-based cohort
Gastroenterology, 133 (2), 412-22
PubMed 17681162
Are there any differences in phenotype or disease course between familial and sporadic cases of inflammatory bowel disease? Results of a population-based follow-up study
Am J Gastroenterol, 102 (9), 1955-63
PubMed 17573793
Clinical course in Crohn's disease: results of a five-year population-based follow-up study (the IBSEN study)
Scand J Gastroenterol, 42 (5), 602-10
PubMed 17454881
Occurrence of hepatoxicicty and elevated liver enzymes in a Crohn's disease patient treated with infliximab
Inflamm Bowel Dis, 13 (12), 1584-6
PubMed 17663423
Reduced chemokine receptor 9 on intraepithelial lymphocytes in celiac disease suggests persistent epithelial activation
Gastroenterology, 132 (7), 2371-82
PubMed 17570212
Clinical course in Crohn's disease: results of a Norwegian population-based ten-year follow-up study
Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol, 5 (12), 1430-8
PubMed 18054751
Publications 2006
Relationship between sick leave, unemployment, disability, and health-related quality of life in patients with inflammatory bowel disease
Inflamm Bowel Dis, 12 (5), 402-12
PubMed 16670530
[Bone metabolism in patients with newly diagnosed caeliac disease]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 126 (9), 1201-4
PubMed 16670741
Ulcerative colitis and clinical course: results of a 5-year population-based follow-up study (the IBSEN study)
Inflamm Bowel Dis, 12 (7), 543-50
PubMed 16804390
Change of diagnosis during the first five years after onset of inflammatory bowel disease: results of a prospective follow-up study (the IBSEN Study)
Scand J Gastroenterol, 41 (9), 1037-43
PubMed 16938716
Extreme heterogeneity in CARD15 and DLG5 Crohn disease-associated polymorphisms between German and Norwegian populations
Eur J Hum Genet, 14 (4), 459-68
PubMed 16493449
Publications 2005
Health-related quality of life in patients with inflammatory bowel disease measured with the short form-36: psychometric assessments and a comparison with general population norms
Inflamm Bowel Dis, 11 (10), 909-18
PubMed 16189421
Course of disease, drug treatment and health-related quality of life in patients with inflammatory bowel disease 5 years after initial diagnosis
Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol, 17 (10), 1037-45
PubMed 16148548
Publications 2004
Long-term prognosis of patients with alcoholic liver cirrhosis: a 15-year follow-up study of 100 Norwegian patients admitted to one unit
Scand J Gastroenterol, 39 (9), 858-63
PubMed 15513384
Health-related quality of life in patients with inflammatory bowel disease five years after the initial diagnosis
Scand J Gastroenterol, 39 (4), 365-73
PubMed 15125469
Bone mineral density in patients with inflammatory bowel disease: a population-based prospective two-year follow-up study
Scand J Gastroenterol, 39 (2), 145-53
PubMed 15000276
Pediatric inflammatory bowel disease in southeastern Norway: a five-year follow-up study
Digestion, 70 (4), 226-30
PubMed 15627770
Intravenous CDP870, a PEGylated Fab' fragment of a humanized antitumour necrosis factor antibody, in patients with moderate-to-severe Crohn's disease: an exploratory study
Aliment Pharmacol Ther, 20 (11-12), 1337-46
PubMed 15606396
Publications 2003
Body composition in patients with inflammatory bowel disease: a population-based study
Am J Gastroenterol, 98 (7), 1556-62
PubMed 12873577
Publications 2002
Heterogeneity of intraepithelial lymphocytes in refractory sprue: potential implications of CD30 expression
Gut, 51 (3), 372-8
PubMed 12171959
Association of NOD2 (CARD 15) genotype with clinical course of Crohn's disease: a cohort study
Lancet, 359 (9318), 1661-5
PubMed 12020527
Vitamin D status, parathyroid hormone and bone mineral density in patients with inflammatory bowel disease
Scand J Gastroenterol, 37 (2), 192-9
PubMed 11843057
Interferon-gamma-secreting T cells localize to the epithelium in coeliac disease
Scand J Immunol, 56 (6), 652-64
PubMed 12472679
Publications 2001
Fibromyalgia and chronic widespread pain in patients with inflammatory bowel disease: a cross sectional population survey
J Rheumatol, 28 (3), 590-4
PubMed 11296964
The prevalence and incidence of peripheral arthritis in patients with inflammatory bowel disease, a prospective population-based study (the IBSEN study)
Rheumatology (Oxford), 40 (11), 1256-61
PubMed 11709609
Duodenal ulcer healing rates in a one-year follow-up study with ranitidine bismuth citrate and antibiotics
Hepatogastroenterology, 48 (42), 1641-7
PubMed 11813591
Publications 2000
[Carbamazepine-induced hepatitis]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 120 (24), 2875-7
PubMed 11143408
Publications 1999
Ultrasound measurements of calcaneus for estimation of skeletal status in patients with inflammatory bowel disease
Scand J Gastroenterol, 34 (8), 790-7
PubMed 10499480
Publications 1998
Ranitidine bismuth citrate with clarithromycin given twice daily effectively eradicates Helicobacter pylori and heals duodenal ulcers
Am J Gastroenterol, 93 (3), 380-5
PubMed 9517644
Incidence and prevalence of primary biliary cirrhosis, primary sclerosing cholangitis, and autoimmune hepatitis in a Norwegian population
Scand J Gastroenterol, 33 (1), 99-103
PubMed 9489916
Gluten induces an intestinal cytokine response strongly dominated by interferon gamma in patients with celiac disease
Gastroenterology, 115 (3), 551-63
PubMed 9721152
Publications 1997
Bone mineral density in Crohn's disease - Reply
Gut, 41 (4), 579
Bone mineral density is reduced in patients with Crohn's disease but not in patients with ulcerative colitis: a population based study
Gut, 40 (3), 313-9
PubMed 9135518
Assessment of disease activity in ulcerative colitis by faecal calprotectin, a novel granulocyte marker protein
Digestion, 58 (2), 176-80
PubMed 9144308
Publications 1991
Eur. J. Gastroenterol. Hepatol., 3 (1), 97-98
Publications 1990
[Chronic intestinal ischemia]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 110 (11), 1331-4
PubMed 2339376
Publications 1989
[Radiation injury of the intestine]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 109 (25), 2557-8
PubMed 2814976


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FREE EXCERPT: Grooming the Australian Terrier (1 of 3-Part Series) - 15 minutes
In this lesson, Michell shows you her winning ways when it comes to grooming and styling an Australian Terrier for pet or show. She is an excellent communicator. Her conversational style makes the lesson enjoyable and fun. She shares loads of great points on how to work with harsh coats to maintain the texture and color of the coat. Whether you are a beginner or an advanced pet stylist, there are plenty of great tips throughout this entire lesson.
In Part 1: General overview of the breed and hand-stripping techniques: Michell gives a fabulous overview of the breed. She discusses the techniques of carding and hand-stripping – the correct way to groom this breed. The Australian Terrier has some unique styling components. In Part 1, Michell shows you how to set the pattern on the body and legs.
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Shea dismissed, Darling to depart
Shea dismissed, Darling to depart
Shea, who was hired by Washington last Spring Training to be Charlie Slowes' partner in the booth, said that he received the news from Kevin Uhlich, the team's executive vice president, on Wednesday morning. Shea said that he was shocked, because he thought a decision would not be made until ownership was in place.
"Kevin called to say that they were going in a different direction," said Shea. "Kevin didn't want to go into details of what went wrong. He was very apologetic. I thought we were received very well.
"Midseason, we talked about the first half and what they would like to see me do differently. Having been in an American League city all my life, I was slow to adjust to double switches late in ballgames. By midseason, we thought that had been corrected. I was under the impression everybody liked the broadcast. I was a little taken aback today."
Slowes, Uhlich and team president Tony Tavares were not available for comment, but a source said that the Nationals most likely will hire another play-by-play person, instead of a color analyst, to work with Slowes (a Nationals employee) in the booth.
As for Darling, he is expected to sign a two-year deal with SportsNet New York and be an analyst for Mets games, according to a published report. When reached by telephone, Darling declined to comment, but a source said, "It's safe to say that [Darling] will not return to the Nationals."
Darling was hired by MASN a day before the 2005 season started and was partnered with play-by-play voice Mel Proctor, who doesn't know if he will return to the team.
"I've talked to [MASN], but everything was put on hold until this ownership situation is resolved," said Proctor.
In other news, the Nationals are close to finalizing a radio deal with Bonneville International Corp, according to a high-ranking official. Last season the Nationals were broadcast on Z-104 FM and WFED AM, but the Washington Post reported on Wednesday that the Nationals will now be on the new Washington Post radio station, which launches in late March.
Going for Gathright? The Nationals have expressed interest in Devil Rays outfielder Joey Gathright, who would be the ideal leadoff hitter for the Nationals, but the team was told that its farm system doesn't have enough to get him. The Nationals are competing against the Marlins and Red Sox for Gathright's services.
Gathright, who is considered one of the fastest runners in baseball, hit .276 with 13 RBIs and 20 stolen bases in 76 games last year.
Bill Ladson is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Exclusive time, kids! On tap right now is a brand new one-sheet for the first feature film from Derek Lee and Clif Prowse, Afflicted (review), which won big at last year's Fantastic Fest, nabbing awards for Best Director, Best Screenplay, and even Best Picture.
Like it? We also have a chance for you to win it! Read on!
The poster comes to us from artist Ryan Lynn, and we're giving it away along with 2 other alternate posters (3 posters total) to three lucky winners!
To enter for your chance to win, just send us an e-mail to email@example.com including your FULL NAME AND MAILING ADDRESS. We'll take care of the rest.
Please note that this contest will end at 12:01 AM PT on Monday, April 14, 2014.
CBS Films will release Afflicted in theaters and on various VOD outlets on April 4th. Look for it on iTunes, Amazon, VUDU, Google Play, Cable On Demand, Playstation, and Xbox.
The film stars Lee, Prowse, and Baya Rehaz.
This terrifying horror thriller follows two best friends who set out on the trip of a lifetime around the world. Their journey, documented every step of the way, soon takes a dark and unexpected turn after an encounter with a beautiful woman in Paris leaves one of them mysteriously afflicted.
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Bigfoot Horror Movie Cherokee Creek Gets Trailer and Poster
I have always said that the last movie monster out there that has yet to get a quality flag-ship flick is Bigfoot. Everyone in the world knows Bigfoot (right?) so why the hell isn't there a "Holy Grail" movie centered around the big, hairy sumbitch?
Don't get me wrong, there have been a few quality motion pictures based on the big guy including Bobcat Goldthwait's Willow Creek and Edwardo Sanchez's Exists. But neither of those films blew the roof off the movie-going public.
Maybe Cherokee Creek will finally do the trick?
We'll have to wait and see. But until the film has an official release date we can always take a look at the film's trailer and poster – both of which you will find below.
Give them a look and then make sure to let us know what you think has been the best Bigfoot movie thus far (Harry and the Hendersons?) in the comments below!
The film is written and directed by Todd Jenkins and stars Billy Blair, Todd Jenkins, Justin Armstrong, Terry Dale Parks, Ray Hosack, Jeff Swearingen, Justin Duncan, CG Lewis, Nellie Sciutto, Steve Mokate, Jason P. Kendall, Anthony Phoenix, James Yeager, Elizabeth Jenkins, and Jinx Jenkins.
A bachelor party in the woods gets crashed by the ultimate party animal.
Edward James Olmos Says Shane Black's The Predator is Really Funny, Yet Deadly
When we first heard that writer-director Shane Black (Kiss, Kiss, Bang, Band, The Nice Guys) and his main collaborator Fred Dekker (Night of the Creeps, The Monster Squad) were going to be taking on a big-budget reboot/sequel of Predator we were excited as hell. As we're sure you were as well.
We knew the film was going to be, at least in some aspects, the funniest Predator film we have seen thus far. I mean with Black and Dekker penning the script how could it NOT?
But just how funny will The Predator be?
Well, if we are to believe ScienceFiction.com and co-star Edward James Olmos, the movie is going to be hilarious… yet still deadly.
The Blade Runner actor was recently out and about promoting the new Disney film Coco, and dropped some all-new info on Shane Black's The Predator.
"Oh, my goodness. That's an interesting story," Edward James Olmos told the site. "I haven't seen any of it, but it's gonna be funny. The kids in the thing. Yeah, the humor. Huge. Huge. I mean I was in shock, because, you know this is a really intense franchise, and it still is. Don't get me wrong. You're gonna be inside of it. But the characters are… what he did — Shane is an incredibly gifted writer, and he's a great director, and so he ended up getting an incredible ensemble, and when I reached it they had already been filming for three months so they were a unit. So I jump in as the General and there were some moments where I just had to laugh in the scene and I couldn't be laughing in the scene. 'I'm sorry guys. Really, I'm sorry.'"
"Keegan (Michael Key) and Thomas Jane, they're paired off in groups of three groups," he continues. "Six guys. The way they work, they were all post-traumatic stress disorder guys who were inside of an insane asylum. A mental hospital. Then they put the lead character in there to kind of make them disappear, because they want them kind of out of the picture. And so he gets involved and then boom, the world goes crazy and these kids are released. But out of a freaky incident with some of the Predators. It's crazy. It's so crazy. I'm excited for it, and I don't know what's gonna happen. I got a good feeling about it. I mean if it's really funny, and yet deadly like Predator is."
I'm not surprised at all that the film is going to be funny, and the thought of a humorous Predator movie doesn't worry me in the slightest either. I have utter faith that Black and Dekker will give us one of the best Predator films in the franchise.
What do you think? Let us know below!
The Predator stars Thomas Jane, Edward James Olmos, Sterling K. Brown, Trevante Rhodes, Boyd Holbrook, Jacob Tremblay, Olivia Munn, Alfie Allen, Yvonne Strahovski, Augusto Aguilera, and Keegan-Michael Key.
Black is directing from a script by Fred Dekker. John Davis, Joel Silver, and Lawrence Gordon — who produced the original — are producing.
The Predator comes out August 3, 2018.
The Girl in the Spider's Web Snares It's Bad Guy
A few months back word dropped that "The Crown" star Claire Foy would be taking up the role of Lisbeth Salander in director Fede Alvarez's The Girl in the Spider's Web.
The movie is a sequel/reboot to David Fincher's The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, and before all of this gets too confusing, it breaks down like this:
There were a series of books based on Lisbeth Slander called the Millennium trilogy a few years back. The books were called "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo", "The Girl who Played with Fire", and "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest."
These were made into a series of Swedish movies with Prometheus star Noomi Rapace as Salander.
The first in a planned trilogy of American remakes was produced by Fincher and starred Daniel Craig and Rooney Mara as Lisbeth. But the American version of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo wasn't a smash success so all future installments were abandoned.
In the meantime, a new trilogy of Lisbeth books were published over in Sweden and the first was called "The Girl in the Spider's Web"… and now Sony is just skipping all the other books and jumping right to the new trilogy for a reboot.
Make sense?
I know, it doesn't but whatever. For the time being, let's just call this new flick a sequel/reboot to David Fincher's The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and leave it at that.
Anyhow, today's news concerns the new film's villain who will be played by Claes Bang (The Square). On top of that, Sylvia Hoeks (Blade Runner 2049) has also joined the cast as Salander's twin sister.
The new installment is directed by Fede Alvarez from a script by Steven Knight and Fede Alvarez & Jay Basu, based on the book by David Lagercrantz
The film begins shooting this January in Stockholm before hitting theaters Oct. 19, 2018.
She is the girl with the dragon tattoo — a genius hacker and uncompromising misfit. He is a crusading journalist whose championing of the truth often brings him to the brink of prosecution.
Late one night, Blomkvist receives a phone call from a source claiming to have information vital to the United States. The source has been in contact with a young female superhacker — a hacker resembling someone Blomkvist knows all too well. The implications are staggering. Blomkvist, in desperate need of a scoop for Millennium, turns to Salander for help. She, as usual, has her own agenda. The secret they are both chasing is at the center of a tangled web of spies, cybercriminals, and governments around the world, and someone is prepared to kill to protect it…
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Brandon Maldonado at Perihelion Arts: Maldonados paintings have a quirky and innocent appeal at first glance, but a closer look reveals surrealistic and complicated storytelling and a bubbly, and somewhat raunchy, illustrative style. He really shows his skill with a large oil painting called I Swallowed a Quarter. Maldonados dark humor is exposed in a silly scenario with a sexy nun, a smirking devil and a Day of the Dead-inspired skeleton in a rowboat with sinister squid tentacles lurking from below. Black Swan #2, a smaller work, doesnt have the same glitz as Maldonados colorful paintings, but its more restrained and mature. The graphite drawing follows his cartoonish style and shows a topless woman with flowing curly hair that morphs into rising smoke from a bombed city. The image plays with ideas of sexuality, violence, and the angst of war. Free admission. Open Friday, May 18, from 6-10 p.m. and every Saturday 1:30-7 p.m. and by appointment. Runs through May 28. 1500 Grand Ave., Phoenix. Call 602-462-9120 or visit www.perihelionarts.com.
"Water Lust" at the Tempe Public Librarys Lower Level Gallery: The Tempe Public Library welcomes the summer heat with a theme we all can appreciate. Craig Cheply takes a political stand on water or the lack thereof with his surrealistic acrylic painting Lifelines and Battlelines. In the work, IV tubes siphon water from a glass container that floats in the foreground of a desert landscape. The liquid slowly drips into five Southwestern states. Janet Larson takes a lighter approach with her necklace, Falling Water, incorporating rust and avocado-colored beads to simulate a string of seaweed. Pretty, but so simple that its a disappointing take on the theme. Dan Collins series Flooding Phoenix offers more of a challenge with this message: Be careful what you wish for. Using three-dimensional satellite models, Collins digitally manipulates images of the Valley to create a hypothetical 1,000-year flood of Phoenix. Not such a bad thought, these days. Free admission. Through June 25. 3500 South Rural Rd., Tempe. Call 480-350-5183 or visit www.tempe.gov/library.
"Life in a Cold Place: Arctic Art from the Albrecht Collection" at the Heard Museum: The humble aesthetic of Grandma Moses the self-taught early-20th-century folk artist is beloved because it serves as a simple reminder of quaint, rural life in America, rich with homey traditions and collective practices of survival. This show offers a similar glimpse into the lives of the Inuit people in the Arctic regions of Siberia, coastal Alaska, Canada and Greenland. Kayakers Reflection by Kananginak Pootoogook is a beautiful stone-cut print a straightforward design with stunning use of bold colors. The two-dimensional masses of printed ink tell a quick visual story of everyday life among the Inuit; a man paddling his kayak notes the practices of transportation along Arctic coastlines and waterways. Like a psychological inkblot test, the form offers various interpretations. If viewed vertically, the shapes reveal the silhouette of an Arctic hunter, exposing a force of duality within the image. The show ranges from that compelling work to less-impressive renderings limited to immature and childlike skill levels. Overall, the exhibition is worth a visit and will fill a hankering for the mystery and intrigue that pervades outsider art. Admission is $10; seniors $9; $5 for students with valid ID; children 6 to 12, $3; under 5 free. Through July 31. 2301 N. Central Ave. Call 602-252-8848 or visit www.heard.org.
Brandon Maldonado, "Water Lust", "Life in a Cold Place: Arctic Art from the Albrecht Collection", "Connecting Cultures: Art from the Hispanic Research Center collection, Arizona State University" and "Draw Me a Picture"
"Connecting Cultures: Art from the Hispanic Research Center collection, Arizona State University" at Phoenix Airport Museum: The title of this show is a turnoff. True, some of it is disappointing. But the sum is not a complete waste. Take Marion C. Martinezs Madre Querida (Beloved Mother), a piece that juxtaposes the Catholic affection toward symbols of religious maternity with the worship and reliance practiced with modern-day electronics. Martinez uses circuit boards, computer discs and cable wire to create the familiar image of the Virgen de Guadalupe. The maternal icon historically has provided a source of wisdom, purity and safety. Using electronic bits to render the Mexican Catholic mother figure exposes a contemporary quandary: Modern humans depend on computers and other electronic gadgets for guidance as much as society once relied on religion. The other works on display were created by different Hispanic artists, each commenting on their cultural background through painting, sculpture and graphic prints. Works are in Terminal 4, level 3 west, at 3400 E. Sky Harbor Blvd. Call 602-273-2105 or visit http://phoenix.gov/skyharborairport.
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"Draw Me a Picture" at the Heard Museum: Steven Yazzie the It Boy of the local art scene has a show at a major museum. Too bad its not a show of the work weve grown accustomed to from him, amazing paintings that showcase his true talent. Yazzie took a risk with Draw Me a Picture, so named because he drew pictures while driving a cart. The result? Um, dont drive and draw. Admission is $10; seniors $9; $5 for students with valid ID; children 6 to 12, $3; under 5 free. Through September 2. 2301 N. Central Ave. Call 602-252-8848 or visit www.heard.org.


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There are many beauty products that may be of use while doing makeup. But, there are very few that are absolutely essential to get the perfect look. For example, a face powder is a must have in the makeup bag of a woman. They can touch up their makeup and look fresh by applying face powder at any time of the day. Thus, here are few simple recipes to make face powder at home.
Homemade face powder recipes:
- Mix ½tbsp cornstarch with 1tsp baby powder in a bowl. Cornstarch is a thick powder that lasts longer on the face. Baby powder and cornstarch makes a soft mix that is best for the skin. Apply a little on your face to feel fresh. You can add few drops of an aromatic essence if you want to make the powder smell good.
- In a bowl, mix 1tsp green clay powder with 1tbsp cornstarch. Green clay is mostly used in making face packs. You can use it to make homemade face powder too! When mixed with cornstarch, green clay hides dark spots from the skin and opens the skin pores. You can either apply with a makeup puff or a brush to look fresh any time of the day.
- Take 1tsp beetroot powder, 1/2tsp mica and 2 ounces arrowroot powder. Mix them together. Now slowly add 5-8 drops of lavender essential oil (one drop at a time based on your requirement). Also add the powders in little quantities to suit your skin tone. Apply the homemade powder on your face and check if it is matching with your skin tone or not. Add more amount of these ingredients if required.
- If you want to make a foundation powder at home, do not go for harsh chemical products. Just mix cornstarch with cocoa powder. While adding cocoa powder, see that the powder matches with your skin tone. Slowly add a little amount and mix. If required, add more in the bowl. Mix well so that no lumps are formed. Store it in a box and use whenever required. This mineral powder gives a better effect of a foundation than the others because of the cocoa powder.
- One of the easiest ways to make a natural foundation is to apply non-scented baby powder on the face. Just take the powder in your palms and then press it on your skin. Baby powder sets on the face and absorbs moisture. Thus the skin looks fresh and dry. This is an ideal face powder to beat the summer heat. You can also mix the non-scented baby powder with a compact. If you have a broken cake of a compact or foundation powder, just crush it finely and mix with the baby powder.
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Specific to the State of Florida, at my parents' request, while they are both competent, in order to to help protect my parents assets now and in the future, how can we arrange so that all payments and financial decision require my signature or co-signature?
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Various comics and illustrations by Uno Moralez
Uno Moralez, writer/artist
self-published, 2011-
Read them for free at UnoMoralez.com
I've been struggling mightily to put my finger on what the art and comics of Uno Moralez remind me of. I got that he draws the faces and figures of his characters to evoke that weird frisson you get when you see commercial illustration from other cultures, where what's perfectly normal in (say) Eastern Europe or the Indian subcontinent or Southeast Asia or Central America looks just slightly off-kilter and disconcerting to us. And I got that he paces his horror comics with the attention to narrative economy and rhythm of a dark Nick Gurewitch. (That comic about the kid and his telescope gave me panicky giggles with each subsequent reveal.) And I got that there's a massive, in-your-face dose of kink and smut, tying it to similar traditions in Japanese illustrations and comics and also reinforcing that "I shouldn't be seeing this" feeling. But that weird, glitchy computer drawing style — what is that all about? Then it hit me: It looks like a black-and-white version of the still images they used as cut scenes in old 8-bit Nintendo games. It feels wrong to apply that aesthetic to these horrific images and stories; and because the style is so mechanical, it's a wrongness that feels as though it has settled into and infected the very digital medium conveying it — the computer equivalent of Pim and Francie's Golden Age animation studio gone horribly wrong. Put it all together and you've got one of the most impressive and fully formed horror aesthetics I've seen…well, since Michael DeForge, I suppose, coupled with that same "whoa" factor I got from the format and pacing of Emily Carroll's brilliantly assembled "His Face All Red." Jeepers creepers, does this person hit my buttons.
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Robert Lewandowski bags another 2 goals as Bayern beat Wolfsburg 3-0
Bayern Munich won the Telekom Cup final 3-0 in part thanks to a brace from Robert Lewandowski.
In three pre-season matches, Lewandowski has now bagged four goals.
It was an ominous pre-season encounter for Wolfsburg, who face Bayern in the opening Bundesliga match of the season.
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Cornyn on 14th Amendment, Section 4: "That's Crazy Talk"
A Republican was finally asked about the Constitutional option for the debt limit, and seeing how that would defuse the bomb they rigged, timed, and lit, John Cornyn dismissed that as "crazy talk." Cornyn just asserts that and moves on inside the confines of the hostage-taking situation his party has created. It quite literally does not compute.
Given that Cornyn is such a noted Constitutional scholar, obviously his two-word response should be given a certain degree of weight. But Yale law professor Jack Balkin has also returned to this playing field with more on how the legislative debate over the 14th Amendment provides a window into the true intent of this measure. It's an interesting discussion. He says that Sen. Ben Wade, the leader of the Radical Republicans at the time, provided important insight in his proposal to guarantee Union as well as Confederate debt, because of his leadership role and how it mirrored the thinking of the committee that drafted the amendment. He then rebuts an argument that Section 4 merely talks about "repudiating" debt rather than "defaulting." Here's a bit of that (remember for this that the Republicans of the post-Civil War era were the ones who wanted to assure that the public debt "shall not be questioned"):
Much of the language in the debates speaks about repudiating the public debt (or obligations). Why should we think that the framers were at all concerned with merely defaulting (or threatening to default) on public debt? As I read Stern, he is saying that merely defaulting on government debt, or merely threatening to default on government debt should not be understood as "questioning" the validity of the public debt as long as the debt is not formally repudiated.
I think that this reading is artificially narrow. It is inconsistent with the political context that produced Section 4, because it would not give the Republicans the sort of assurances they needed. We should interpret section 4 so that it solved the political problems that the Republicans wanted to solve. If our proposed interpretation does not solve those problems, it is very likely that we have picked the wrong reading […]
I would suggest that this is very sort of thing that the Republicans were worried about. They feared that the Democrats would use a future economic crisis over the debt to wring political concessions. The Republicans believed that the ex-rebels and their sympathizers would someday return to power, and they wanted to prevent them from making payment of the public debt into a weapon of political threat and reprisal. If the practices I have just described would not constitute a violation of section 4, then the section is practically meaningless.
Read the whole thing, but in essence, Balkin continues to insist that the legislative intent of Section 4 of the 14th Amendment is the same now as it was then, to stop an aggressive political party from using the threat of withholding payment on the debt to achieve their goals.
Brian Beutler and Ryan J. Reilly delved a bit deeper into this, and found that the Office of Legal Counsel (and its new leader, Virginia Seitz) would have to make an opinion formalizing this interpretation of the Constitution, and the Administration would have to weather attacks from Congress, a possible impeachment, and potentially some court battles to pull this off. That does seem like a bridge too far for this crew. But remember, the Treasury Secretary pulled that Constitution out of his pocket back in May to send a message.


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whitewolf406 reacted to a post in a topic: The Bowman Effect
Anyone who thinks losing to Yzerman equals winning can exit the thread now. I am sure that we can all agree that the Wings will not contend the next two years for a cup. On year three is it time to make front office moves to try and get us back to finals contention? Basically what I see in Chicago is the blueprint that Detroit employed in the late 80s and early 90s coming up from being perennial losers. We got comfortable with winning and I am starting to think we let the wrong people get away and kept the wrong ones. If this is the case then the organization has to go back to the blueprint of trying to hire the best talent even if it means realizing that that current employees within the organization must go.
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I would agree that Lidstrom is absolutely the reason our defense has declined. However, we must also include the ascent of the Blackhawks which culminated upon the hire of Scotty. Sure, we need to shore up our defense and no one will replace a Nick Lidstrom but I don't see any moves being made to change this. Also, I don't see a reason for accepting mediocrity even in this post salary cap world. My thoughts are, if giving a head coach a contract extension beyond five years when he has been here ten is too long then shouldn't the organization have the same type of thinking with the front office? Regardless, Chicago is absolutely hot right now, I have no doubt it is partly due to their product on the ice but it is also because of their front office. Our organization used to go after those guys.
The Bowman Effect
sdogg1m posted a topic in GeneralBig elephant in the room. We have not won a cup in seven years and haven't been to a final in six. Scotty Bowman leaves our organization and makes an instant impact on the Hawks. They have won three cups since he left. I think the organization has drifted from a philosophy that helped build a winner and I would like to see us return. The philosophy is hire the best and let them work. We poached the Islanders chief executive when they were winning cups and then we poached Scotty not far removed from Pittsburgh's run. Scotty left and then Steve Yzerman. I know the conventional wisdom is that we couldn't keep them which may be true. However, I hope the front office is working to figure out ways to bring these men back. In short, we should begin once again work to bring the best brains in the NHL back into the fold not see them leave. In this age of player parody, front office brain power is emphasized and we let two extremely talented men leave the fold. You probably could include Jim Nill as well but his impact hasn't been nearly as large as Scotty's was. Detroit Redwings - Post Bowman 2008-2009 51-19-10 Regular Season, Lost Stanley Cup Finals 2009-2010 44-24-14 Regular Season, Lost Western Conference Semifinals 2010-2011 47-25-10 Regular Season, Lost Western Conference Semifinals 2011-2012 48-28-6 Regular Season, Lost First Round 2012-2013 24-16-8 Regular Season, Lost Western Conference Semifinals 2013-2014 39-28-15 Regular Season, Lost First Round 2014-2015 43-25-14 Regular Season, Lost First Round Chicago Blackhaws - Bowman Era 2008-2009 46-24-12 Regular Season, Lost Western Conference Finals 2009-2010 52-22-8 Regular Seasons, Won Stanley Cup 2010-2011 44-29-9 Regular Season, Lost First Round 2011-2012 45-26-11 Regular Season, Lost First Round 2012-2013 36-7-5 Regular Season, Won Stanley Cup 2013-2014 46-21-15 Regular Season, Lost Western Conference Finals 2014-2015 48-28-6 Regular Season, Won Stanley Cup Tampa Bay Lightning - Steve Yzerman Era 2009-2010 34-36-12 Regular Season, Pre-Yzerman 2010-2011 46-25-11 Regular Season, Lost Easter Conference Finals 2011-2012 38-36-8 Regular Season, No Postseason 2012-2013 18-26-4 Regular Season, No Postseason 2013-2014 46-27-9 Regular Season, Lost First Round 2014-2015 50-24-8 Regular Season, Lost Stanley Cup Finals Dallas Stars - Jim Nill Era 2012-2013 22-22-4 - Pre Jim Nill 2013-2014 40-31-11 Regular Season, Lost First Round 2014-2015 41-31-10 Regular Season, No Postseason Jim Nill's impact has remain to be seen but he has been granted time in Dallas. Steve Yzerman has clearly made the right changes in Tampa Bay and their team is on the rise. The largest loss impact wise is Bowman. Chicago has developed into a dynasty with him and his son. Should also be noted that they are doing so with Joel Quenneville as coach, a man who Scotty was able to dominate in the 90s. Our beloved franchise has seen better days, we could conclude that this is due to the youth movement in Detroit but I don't think this movement is helped by a brain drain in Detroit. I don't see the Red Wings coming close to competing for a Stanley Cup in the next two years. I hope to see something year three but if nothing happens, I would hope that big changes would be made in the front office.
87to71 A visiting team has never skated around with the cup at JLA in our lifetimes and it wont happen this time!
Gary Thorne article
sdogg1m replied to PROBIE4PREZ's topic in GeneralWho can forget?
The only Red Wings games that I have attended have been in Nashville and I thought it was completely asinine for the Preds fan to chant that every Red Wing sucked (including the coach). Saturday's game was the first time that I had ever heard Red Wings fans chant that someone collectively sucked. I tried to ignore it. I want Crosby to lose because he is on Pittsburgh's team but it is foolish to think he sucks. The chant does nothing to take away from a player. I have always thought chanting the person's name in an antagonist manner was far more effective (IE the Roy chants).
Heads Up - NO JOE VISION TOMORROW!
sdogg1m replied to Jaymz99's topic in GeneralEh, F*ck NBC smacks of being an immature spoiled brat. You are never going to get your way with someone by telling them to eff off. I understand why they are doing it (disperse people for more viewers/higher ratings) but I don't think it will bring them good PR. At most they will make up on 20-40k in viewership. Going with that approach with get you much further with NBC. PS, the TV stations have the same type of policy regarding the Super Bowl.
One thing I am just sick of from everybody
sdogg1m replied to SouthernWingsFan's topic in GeneralI don't think I would be so upset if it weren't for a couple problems. 1) Those who state the fix is in when the Red Wings PK has been horrible. 2) Those same people who cry bloody murder when things go wrong are all cheery and happy go lucky when things go right. I think its rediculous for an individual to call "fix, fix, fix" and then cheer when the Red Wings score.
I am not going anywhere just because I call out some of the whining BS by posters. I would rather Detroit be on the PP for 60 minutes but thats not happening. I would rather Detroit not be on the PK at all but thats not happening. Detroit cannot control officiating anymore then the whining (the fix is in crowd) on this board but they can control the PK. Detroit is now only 3 FOR 7 ON THE PENALTY KILL! If they were 6 for 7 then I think guys like you would keep their mouths shut because Detroit would be up 3-0 in the series. BTW, get upset if Lidstrom and Franzen are done wrong. I don't have a problem with it but I do have a problem with people who whine about this game being fixed when it is so blantantly obvious that if our team does better on the PK then this series is over. Turnovers are another thing killing our team (although to a lesser extent).
Dude, are you serious? It doesn't matter how many calls you "feel" the refs should make! The Detroit PK has been atrocious and its not like Pittsburgh is getting a wealth of calls. Less than 50% PK in my mind usually equals GOING HOME A LOSER! Thankfully, we have a team that is able to rise above that (somehow).
Guys please stop it with the fix is in! Bottom line is if Detroit kills 80-90% of the Pittsburgh PP attempts then this is a closeout game. Bettman doesnt skate on the Detroit PK.
Wings fans should tune out to protest Versus, officiating
sdogg1m replied to wingfan40's topic in GeneralThis article is retarded (ACG's words not mine) for two reasons: 1) If nobody watches the finals then you can all but guarentee that future finals will be broadcasted on the Lifetime channel. 2) If more Americans watch the finals then one of the major networks will pickup the whole series, PERIOD! I said this in the chat on Thursday and the response I got was bitter. The average American cares more about Dancing with the Stars and American Idol than hockey. As long as the major networks get higher ratings for those shows then they WILL NOT PAY TO BROADCAST the Stanley Cup finals. Someone mentioned that Bettman has failed to promote the game but that is absolutely bull crap. The NHL has expanded greatly since he became commissioner but it still not mainstream enough. Pinning the lack of league viewership on a lack of promotion is over-simplification of the problem. Unfortunately, I think our fans fail to realize the reason why they are different (and absolutely are crazy about the sport); is because hockey has been apart of our culture for nearly 100 years now. The rest of the country has to catch-up and it will take time. I propose three solutions: 1) Get the NHL to continue to promote individual stars for maximum exposure. I know that Red Wings fans HATE this idea as they are sick of hearing about Crosby. However, it works! 2) Let the league continue its slow growth into mainstream America and eventually every major network will be fighting to broadcast the Stanley Cup Finals 3) Help to explain your love of the sport to other people, get them watching, and see viewership increase. That is one of the quickest ways to increase viewership and insure national broadcasts for all SCF games.
SCF GAME 3 GDT: Red Wings 2 at Penguins 4
sdogg1m replied to Hockeytown0001's topic in GeneralHow long did they have 6 men on the ice and did Babcock complain?
Olczyk - biased analyst
sdogg1m replied to Icesurfer's topic in GeneralCome on guys, we were spoiled with Bill Thorne and Gary Clement. Those where the days of great NHL broadcasts!!! Doc is pretty good except when he throw in cross sports references. It seems that many of them are forced. Anyone notices how extremely close Pierre stands to people. Also, I am getting tired of him saying "have fun" or having fun." He is just too repetitive concerning his commentary. Olczyk is right on some of those non-calls (interference) but he should also notice that the officials haven't called much of anything this series! The Hossa "slash" was not a penatly; they Pittsburgh player didn't hold on to his stick. Outside of that, Pittburgh was given a great gift when Malkins suspension was overturned so I am sure you wont her much griping for game three.
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sdogg1m replied to sdogg1m's topic in GeneralLOL! I think there are more Wings fans in TN then Pred fans! I am always taking in a game at the Sommet Center. I have actually never seen a Wings game at the Joe. I did have a change to get 1 Game Five ticket but it was for $514.00


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INSPIRED by the Hollywood disaster movie 2012, a resourceful farmer from Hebei province near Beijing has reinvented Noah's Ark as a fibreglass sphere.
Farmer Liu Qiyuan hopes that his creation will be adopted by government departments and international organizations for use in the event of tsunamis and earthquakes.
Liu has built seven pods which are able to float on water, and some even have their own propulsion system.
The pods consist of a fiberglass shell wrapped around a steel frame.
The airtight spheres with varying interiors contain oxygen tanks and seat belts with space for around 14 people, and are designed to remain upright when in water.
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