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The Russians will face Sweden in the semifinals Friday. Canada will play the U.S. in the other semi after a 4-2 win over Finland earlier Wednesday.
Russia jumped to a 3-0 lead in the quarter-final game behind second-period goals by Yakov Seleznev, Viktor Tikhonov - his tournament fifth - and Nikita Filatov. Meidl gave the Czechs a bit of hope, cutting the Russian lead to 3-1 with 2:40 remaining in the period.
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Sweden and the United States qualified for the semifinals by winning their respective preliminary round groups. Finland and the Czech Republic will meet Thursday for fifth place.
In the relegation round, Slovakia beat Switzerland 5-2 while Kazakhstan topped Denmark 6-3. The winners secured spots at the elite championship with six points at the relegation group and one more game to play. Denmark and Switzerland are still without points and will be relegated and replaced by Germany and Latvia at the next year's championship in Ottawa.


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This was my first time working with velvet and I didn't expect it to be so slippery. The puffed sleeve took awhile to make but thanks to the internet and this great tutorial I was able to make it. I also had to use thick interfacing to make the collar stand up and keep the puffed sleeves from sinking.
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But 5 1/2 years later, the temple is flourishing. The congregationâs massive new home is a former athletic club in Southport; a new sanctuary sits where there once were three indoor tennis courts.
The templeâs revival is âa modern-day miracle,â according to the Rev. Gregory A. Dixon, who watched as his father, the Rev. Gregory J. Dixon, was wheeled from the congregationâs old church in 2001 during a raid that made national news. ...
The idea that the church of the Lord Jesus Christ needs its legitimacy established by the IRS is one of the most crippling heresies in America today. It keeps many churches from proclaiming the truth, lest they loose their stipend from Satan's Big Brother.
God's Word says render unto Caesar "that which is Caesar's." It does not say render unto Caesar that which is God's. The church belongs to God. It is outside the jurisdiction of civil government. Jesus is her only King!!!
How can Indianapolis Baptist Temple be unbiblical when it is a Baptist Church? All Baptist Churches are biblical because they acknowledge the Deity of Christ and the Holy Trinity. And Indianapolis Baptist Temple preaches about that the way to get saved is by receiving Christ as Savior. Any church that acknowledges the Deity of Christ and the Holy Trinity is biblical.
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Police charged a west Athens man with murder for gunning down another man Tuesday night outside the suspect's apartment off West Broad Street.
Athens-Clarke police said 38-year-old Curtis Lee McCune shot and killed Carlos Armando Zaldivar at about 10:25 p.m. after the two men argued at McCune's residence at Beechwood Pines Apartments, which sits in a valley off West Broad Street behind Colonial Promenade Beechwood shopping center.
A sawed-off shotgun was found next to the victim's body, and two other guns were found inside McCune's apartment, police said.
Zaldivar, 39, of 131 Pinehurst Court was dead at the scene from a gunshot wound to his neck, police said.
The motive for the shooting was unknown as of late Wednesday morning, according to Lt. Mike McKeel of the robbery/homicide squad.
"There was an argument between the two prior to (the shooting), and what led up to that is still under investigation," McKeel said.
McCune's father, Jerry McCune, speculated the shooting was drug-related.
He said his son, who ran the Athens business Jerry McCune started years ago, McCune's Roofing, became heavily involved with drugs last summer after separating from his wife.
And on Friday, according to police reports, Zaldivar was arrested at about 12:25 a.m. by an Athens-Clarke police officer who stopped Zaldivar's weaving car on Whitehead Road and allegedly found several kinds of prescription drugs in car.
"I don't know for sure, but it's got to be drug-related, because everyday people don't act this way," said the elder McCune, who described his son as a good person who turned to drugs during a tough period in his life.
"Curtis don't act this way. It's not his usual behavior, and that's why I say it had to be tied up with drugs," Jerry McCune said.
The suspect's father, an alcoholic who's been sober 30 years, said he was trying to get his son into a rehabilitation program, and that "he talked like he was ready and willing."
Two witnesses to the shooting, McCune's secretary and another employee, said Zaldivar had made several threatening telephone calls to McCune prior to the shooting, according to Jerry McCune.
The witnesses told their employer's father that when Zaldivar showed up at McCune's apartment Tuesday night, he had a shotgun with him.
"The guy came in with a 12-gauge shotgun, threatening to kill everybody," Jerry McCune said.
McCune's employees said that after the argument, Zaldivar was leaving, but then turned in the breezeway of the third-floor apartment and appeared about to shoot McCune when the suspect fired his own gun, according to Jerry McCune.
"Curtis was afraid (Zaldivar) was going to shoot him," he said.
A sawed-off shotgun was found next to Zaldivar's body, and a revolver was found under a coffee table inside McCune's apartment, along with a rifle recovered from a closet, police said.
Police would not comment on whether drugs or other evidence was seized from the suspect's apartment. Officers found McCune and the two witnesses at the shooting scene when they arrived, police said.
Jerry McCune said the two roofing employees told him his son made the 911 call after shooting Zaldivar.
Zaldivar's death was the county's fourth homicide this year and the second within three days.
Monica Renae Simmons, 32, allegedly stabbed to death her husband, Dennis Simmons, 40, during a domestic dispute Saturday afternoon at their house on Ashmore Drive in northeastern Clarke County.
She was charged with malice murder, felony murder and aggravated assault.
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CARSON, Calif. (Thursday, December 8, 2011) – LA Galaxy midfielder Michael Stephens was one of 28 players named to Caleb Porter's U.S. Under-23 National Team roster for an upcoming training camp in Bradenton, Fla. Stephens, 22, has appeared in a total of 50 regular season games during his two seasons with the Galaxy after being selected by the club in the first round (16th overall) of the 2010 MLS SuperDraft. Stephens and the rest of the U-23's will train from Dec. 15-23 in Lakewood Ranch, Fla.
A versatile midfielder, Stephens has appeared in 25 games in each of his two seasons with the Galaxy, making 33 starts while scoring one goal and adding nine assists. He also came off the bench in two of LA's four postseason games this year as he helped the club win their third MLS Cup. A native of Naperville, Ill., Stephens just returned from the Galaxy's Asia Pacific Tour 2011, presented by Herbalife, where he played in all three games and converted his penalty in the tour-ending penalty shootout win over Melbourne Victory on Tuesday. He appeared in 33 games in all official competitions this season, playing in both of the club's U.S. Open Cup games and five of the six CONCACAF Champions League games in addition to his 27 appearances in MLS competitions.
A veteran of the U.S. U-15, U-16, U-17, U-18 and U-20 National Teams, this is the first time that Stephens has been called into a camp with the U-23's. He is one of 17 MLS players included in the 28 man squad. This is the second gathering of this age group in preparation for qualifying for the 2012 Olympic Games. U.S. National Team head coach Jurgen Klinsmann is working with Porter and the rest of the coaching staff in order to structure the program in a similar fashion to the full team, including the approach to style of play, training sessions, and fitness testing.
The U.S. Under-23 Men's National Team was drawn into Group A of the 2012 CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Tournament and will face Canada, Cuba and El Salvador. The teams will play their group matches from March 22-26 at LP Field in Nashville. The two finalists from the tournament will qualify for the 2012 Olympic Games in London next summer. CONCACAF will announce the schedule for the qualifying tournament later today.
GOALKEEPERS (4): David Bingham (San Jose Earthquakes), Bill Hamid (D.C. United), Sean Johnson (Chicago Fire), Zac MacMath (Philadelphia Union)
DEFENDERS (8): Gale Agbossoumonde (Eintracht Frankfurt), Royal-Dominique Fennell (Stuttgarter Kickers), Sebastien Ibeagha (Duke), Kofi Sarkodie (Houston Dynamo), Zarek Valentin (Montreal Impact), Jorge Villafana (Chivas USA), Andrew Wenger (Duke), Sheanon Williams (Philadelphia Union)
MIDFIELDERS (10): Freddy Adu (Philadelphia Union), Bryan Arguez (Montreal Impact), Joe Corona (Club Tijuana), Danny Cruz (Houston Dynamo), Mikkel Diskerud (Stabæk), Dilly Duka (Columbus Crew), Jared Jeffrey (Mainz), Sebastian Lletget (West Ham United), Amobi Okugo (Philadelphia Union), Michael Stephens (LA Galaxy)
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Can the trend for foods with added health benefits turn the tide of consumer cynicism towards genetically modified foodstuffs? US researchers hypothesise that shoppers might just pay a premium for GMOs if they are told of the potential health benefits they may receive from eating those foods.
Jayson Lusk, a professor of agricultural economics at Purdue university, used a mail survey to assess how much consumers are willing to pay for a genetically modified food called golden rice.
Lusk found that regardless of demographic factors, including age, gender, income and level of education, consumers may be willing to pay more for the GM golden rice versus a non-GM white rice, if they perceive a direct personal benefit from the GM product.
Golden rice, which is not yet commercially available, contains a daffodil gene that produces a compound the human body converts to vitamin A. The researcher provided background information about golden rice to all survey participants.
For Lusk, his findings went against the common grain. He claimed that consumers in previous studies indicated they would pay a premium for foods that had not been genetically modified - the exact opposite of what he found in this study. He attributes the difference to this study's emphasis on the potential benefits of golden rice from a consumer's, rather than a producer's, point of view.
"The first generation of GM products came from technologies that tended to benefit farmers, like Roundup Ready crops and Bt corn," said Lusk. "Consumers don't see a lot of benefit from those products except for perhaps a very small decrease in price. Other than that, consumers have been asked to take a risk without any benefit to them at all," he added.
The next generation of GM foods will be those like golden rice that provide direct benefits, such as improved nutritional quality or enhanced shelf life, to the consumer, he predicted. As the biotechnology industry shifts more of its promotion effort to these second generation crops, he said producers will need to know if consumers will be more accepting of GM foods that offer benefits to them.
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For me, the shotgun is a better choice for home protection in every way except size. I have never found a convenient place to put it for every day home protection. I also think it is a bit large to carry with me to the living room when watching TV or my office when working on the computer. It is also problematic when we have guests over who may not be as enlightened as we are about home protection.
My handguns serve those purposes better so I shoot and practice enough to feel just as confident in my ability to use them for home defense purposes as I could with my shotgun. They are also discreet when guests are here. That said, if I had the time during a home defense situation to use my handgun to fight my way to the shotgun then I would.
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San Jose, Calif. -- Not long ago, solar energy was considered a niche market. Now, solar-cell vendors are scrambling to expand their capacities to meet huge demand from homes and businesses worldwide. Companies that have recently announced new and massive solar-cell production plants include Energy Conversion Devices, Evergreen Solar, Sharp, SunPower and Suntech.
Solar-cell providers are in production or are building next-generation 150- and 200-mm factories, which cost about $100 million each. The factories produce 200 to 500 megawatts per year.
In general, each factory could produce 70 to 180 million wafers annually. The capital cost for a solar-cell plant is projected to be around 50 cents per watt.
Vendors are expanding for good reason. The solar-cell market hit 1,638 MW in terms of worldwide production in 2005, up 30 to 35 percent from 2004, according to Piper Jaffray Inc. In 2006, the solar-cell market is projected to reach about 1,680 MW.
One of the problems with the solar market is a shortage of polysilicon, the key material used in solar cells. But as polysilicon becomes more available over time, the solar sector is projected to resume growth and jump 15 to 20 percent in 2007, according to the firm.
Today, solar energy is twice as expensive as that derived from the current electricity grid in terms of cost per watt. As solar vendors move to reduce the costs of the technology, solar energy could reach the "crossover point" and compete favorably with the electricity grid by 2010 to 2015, said Robert Stone, an analyst with SG Cowen Securities Corp. (New York).
Even with the cost and materials issues, demand for solar cells far exceeds supply today, Stone said. "The energy problem is a concern for consumers and businesses."
Photovoltaic (PV) suppliers are not exactly moving at the pace of Moore's Law, but they are working hard to boost the efficiency of their products. "PV watts have not come down like transistors," said Richard Swanson, president and chief technology officer for solar-cell maker SunPower Corp. (San Jose, Calif.).
To boost efficiencies, solar-cell makers are pushing thin-film feature sizes from 350 to 220 microns. The eventual target among vendors is 100 microns. Vendors are also looking to boost cell efficiency, from about 14 percent now to 20 percent by 2012.
An initiative approved in January by the California Public Utilities Commission could make the Golden State one of the world's largest producers of solar energy. The initiative will provide $2.8 billion in incentives to promote the installation of 3,000 MW of solar collectors on homes and businesses.
In his State of the Union address last month, President Bush unveiled an advanced energy initiative with an aggressive goal of replacing 75 percent of U.S. oil imports from the Middle East by 2025. "Federal support for research and development to find new and more-effective solar technologies is a key factor in driving down the future cost of solar electricity," Ron Kenedi, vice president of Sharp Corp.'s Solar Energy Solutions Group, said in a recent statement.
Sharp, the world's largest solar-cell vendor, recently expanded its solar-cell production output to 400 MW worldwide per year, from 315 MW per year.
U.S.-based companies are also expanding. Last year, Evergreen Solar Inc., a manufacturer of solar power products, broke ground on a manufacturing plant in Thalheim, Germany. The plant is being constructed by EverQ, a recently formed venture between Evergreen (Marlboro, Mass.) and Q-Cells AG (Thalheim). In total, Evergreen's production will jump from 15 MW today to 95 MW by 2007, according to Stone.
SunPower, a subsidiary of Cypress Semiconductor Corp. (San Jose, Calif.), installed its third 25-MW solar-cell manufacturing line in its Philippine factory. The new line, which began ramping in the first quarter, will increase SunPower's manufacturing capacity to 75 MW.
SunPower received approval from its board to increase its capacity to up to 300 MW, which will necessitate a second solar-cell-manufacturing facility.
Energy Conversion Devices Inc. (ECD) recently said that it plans to expand its solar-module production to 300 MW by 2010. ECD's solar unit, United Solar Ovonic, currently manufactures solar modules at a 25-MW production facility in Auburn Hills, Mich.
Germany's SolarWorld AG is assuming a 100 percent equity interest in the crystalline solar activities of oil giant Royal Dutch Shell plc. The production capacities being transferred to SolarWorld amount to some 80 MW.
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The boys and girls coaches in District 4-AA recently got together and chose their all-district teams. That was good news for the Kingston Yellow Jackets and Lady Jackets as a total of five players from Kingston were chosen.
Ronnie Carter, former Executive Director of the TSSAA, will become the eighth person and first administrator from the state of Tennessee to be inducted into the National High School Hall of Fame.
The 2012-13 basketball season came to a close Thursday afternoon for the Mt. Pisgah Lady Patriots in the first round of the Tennessee Athletic Association of Christian Schools State Tournament in Springfield. The Lady Patriots dropped a 55-35 decision to Pleasant View Christian School.
The Mt. Pisgah Patriots were hoping last week's trip to Springfield would result in a Tennessee Athletic Association of Christian Schools (TAACS) State Tournament title.
The trip got off to a great start as the Patriots knocked off the South Haven Christian School Patriots, 59-51, in the TAACS quarterfinals.
The combination of a three-hour bus ride to Roan Mountain and a Miss Basketball finalist in Brooke Rhodes was a little more than the Oliver Springs Lady Bobcats could handle Saturday night as the Cloudland Lady Highlanders knocked off the Lady 'Cats 51-43 in the TSSAA Class A Sectional.
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Kingston Trae Colquitt has always wanted to play college football and now the Yellow Jacket senior will be getting his chance as he signed scholarship papers last week with Carson-Newman College.
Harriman's Xavier Howard has been a scoring machine through the years and Tuesday night he was at his best, as the Blue Devil senior guard pumped in a career-high 50 points in the Region 2-A semifinals.
Over the years, the Oliver Springs Lady Bobcats have built a program that is known for playing its best in big games.
Wednesday night, however, the Grace Christian Academy Lady Rams stole a page out of the Lady 'Cat playbook as they downed Oliver Springs 48-38 in the Region 2-A championship game at Harriman High School.
For a half of basketball, the Harriman Lady Blue Devils had the District 4-A champion Wartburg Lady Bulldogs reeling on the proverbial ropes, gasping for air.
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Man, I haven't deleted a game faster than Deponia.
It's not totally the game's fault per se but I'm too old for its juvenile style. It reminded me of the annoying and loud cartoons my little nephews watch.
though i finished the 2 parts but i know that ,that Rufus is the most annoying character i ever played , even more terrible than Simon
I have to admit that I never picked up the Deponia games because of this reason. I might miss out out something, but I am just going with my own gut feel on this one.
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Nah, it ain't bad. I've avoided all Daedelic games after playing The Whispered World and finding it an incredibly dull experience. It really did amaze me how a game as pretty as that could be so uninteresting, but it really did put me off.
But Deponia's a much better effort. It's actually quite amusing in parts. And I got used to Rufus after a while. The story is quite good, actually; and the ending (although, not really an ending) feels appropriate.
Far better than The Whispered World, anyway. God, that game makes me shudder just thinking about it.
Nah, it ain't bad. I've avoided all Daedelic games after playing The Whispered World
I actually loved that game, so much. It wasn't so much the characters, those were at best bizarre; it was the whole atmosphere that was mystifying. It wasn't the ending either, which was freakish, but the whole setting for at least 80% of the game was very mesmerizing. AA I would play again.
While the game itself isn't that bad, its main character is its weakest point. I haven't seen such an @#*! since….Simon 2 (Rufus is much worse) and he is impossible to get used to. Especially in the 2nd game. For god's shake, he turned baby dolphins to tuna cans just for spotting an easy-identifiable-to-anyone-but-Rufus cat door, he made Goal get struck by lightning so that he will climb safely to high ground…not to mention the autodestruction sequence in which he was purely driven by his own selfish reasons/lust!! While at the first game he might seem more goofy (a la Guybrush), motivated by love, with many chances for redemption, in CoD we realise that's not the case at all. He is the reason why I will not buy the 3rd part.
IMO there is no comparison between Deponia and the more adult The Whispered World which I consider an all time classic masterpiece (it is also Daedelic's most popular game so far. There was a thorought discussion in an older thread about Daedelic's games http://www.adventuregamers.com/forums/viewthread/622/P15/#7565)
I don't mind the 'juvenile' style, after all Monkey Island uses it (I like some cartoons too). I enjoyed Deponia and the sequel but I can see what you mean. Later on in both games I skipped most of Rufus' lines after reading them quickly because they weren't that witty and Rufus is a rather shallow character.
While at the first game he might seem more goofy (a la Guybrush), motivated by love, with many chances for redemption, in CoD we realise that's not the case at all. He is the reason why I will not buy the 3rd part.
Yes. I will buy the 3rd game just to see how it ends, but I too feel they missed a huge chance in Chaos on Deponia to add some depth to Rufus and show he's not just a self-centered egotistical loser.
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I really liked the art style but yes, I too deleted it in about 15mins of playing. I just found the puzzles totally illogical and Rufus is a moron—not someone I'd like to spend an entire game with.
Wow. I loved Rufus. Oh well. I guess I'm juvenile. Definitely not because I don't judge things because of unusual needs I might have. *rolls eyes*
I'll take any day a smarmy and irreverent character like Rufus over an inane and shallow one like Kate Walker.
I'll take any day a smarmy and irreverent character like Rufus over an inane and shallow one like Kate Walker.
Tell us how you really feel.
I plan to play Deponia soon, so hopefully I'll like Rufus and the game.
I liked Rufus too! Just adding my 2 cents.
I'll take any day a smarmy and irreverent character like Rufus over an inane and shallow one like Kate Walker.
Tell us how you really feel.
I enjoyed Deponia's weird humour, and Rufus' obnoxiousness was one of the most funny things about it. Even more so in the second game.
I remember all the hate back when Simon 2 came out, a lot of people were outraged about Simon's rudeness, yet his attitude was pretty similar to that of Blackadder (season 3-4) which I found to be (and still do) hilarious.
It seems to me that some people are missing the fact that Rufus is supposed to be a self-centered, egotistical moron. Saying that Deponia sucks because Rufus is a moron, is to me like saying that Monkey Island sucks because Guybrush is a gullible, wannabe pirate.
Maybe the fact that I have actually known a few people in my life, who were pretty much exactly like Rufus, increases my ability to laugh at it, because I'm constantly reminded of ridiculous episodes/people of the past. However, if you're obsessed about identifying with the protagonist, then surely, Deponia is never gonna be a game for you (unless you are one of the most unsympathetic persons you've met ).
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I really liked Rufus too in a this-guy-is-a-jerk kind of way. Gave Deponia an interesting perspective having a character that you don't always agree with and weren't always on the same page with. For what it's worth, I agree with Agustin about Syberia too. (Except I don't think Kate Walker was necessarily bad, just the lack of any talking or hot spots resulted in not a whole lot of personality being revealed.)
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The snow is melting, down jackets are being packed away, and flowers are beginning to bud. As winter fades, spring happily shows her green face and brightens our moods. Frequent travelers, always one or two steps ahead of the game, are already planing their summer vacations. Domestic US summer travel trends haven't changed dramatically — or even all that much — in a decade. Summer travel trend indicators from the American Society of Travel Agents (ASTA) show that for the eleventh year in a row, the same top five US summer travel destinations are again being booked by North Americans who engage the services of travel agents in 2013, as in years past. These are 1. Orlando 2. Las Vegas 3. San Francisco 4. Los Angeles, and 5. Miami.
The top 10 US summer travel destinations, for travelers who use travel agents to book their vacations, has New York City in the sixth spot. Unusual, right? New York City is second only to Orlando in terms of true domestic travel rates. What this US summer travel trend tells us perhaps, is that more people planning New York City vacations figure they can "go it alone," without the assistance of a travel agent, as compared to other urban US travel destinations. This is interesting. Orlando, being the theme park capital of the world, seems tailor-made for travelers — especially those traveling with children – to figure out what they want to see and do on their own. And New York City could possibly be the most intimidating city in our country for first-time visitors. The crush of confused, lost tourists seemed practically unbearable to me when I lived there, after all. Pick up your pace, people, I'm trying to get somewhere!
Again, these summer travel trends are measured by ASTA, hence, only measure vacations booked through travel agents. Despite the aberration of New York City's ranking here, it's hard to argue with the popularity of the city destinations as indicated below. This is ASTA's summer travel trends list for the United States:
1. Orlando: Percentage change from 2007 to 2013 = -10%
2. Las Vegas: Percentage change from 2007 to 2013 = -10%
3. San Francisco: Percentage change from 2007 to 2013 = 5%
4. Los Angeles: Percentage change from 2007 to 2013 = 10%
5. Miami: Percentage change from 2007 to 2013 = 35%
6. New York City: Percentage change from 2007 to 2013 = -83%
7. Honolulu: Percentage change from 2007 to 2013 = -74%
8. San Diego: Percentage change from 2007 to 2013 = -3%
9. Seattle: Percentage change from 2007 to 2013 = -20%
10. Washington, DC: Percentage change from 2007 to 2013 = -20%
Notice that the top two most popular US cities for summer travel, Orlando and Las Vegas, have both seen small decreases in their entire market share. Orlando had 18% overall share of responses, and Las Vegas has 15% of the responses. They're still the champs, although with gains made by San Francisco, Los Angeles and Miami — check out Miami's 35% gain! — the top 5 may be more in flux than the past seven years may indicate. Now take a look at New York City. A gigantic 83% drop in overall market share is noted by the statisticians over at ASTA. What the heck is going on? NYC has only seen increases in tourism since 2008 (that was a bad year for travel overall, due to the economy).
It's clear that there is a huge gap between travelers who book their own travel, and travelers who use the services of travel agents, when NYC is the destination. This seems counterintuitive to me; again, NYC can be overwhelming and confusing to first-timers. Perhaps New York City and its vibrancy, its massive array of cultural offerings, its intuitive subway system (well…mostly intuitive) and neighborhoods with their distinct subcultures and hubs, make it one of the the most fun US summer destinations for return visits. Perhaps watching the development of the new downtown area on a year-to-year basis is bringing people back. Perhaps NYC & Company, the New York City tourism company, has developed even more friendly and usable methods for tourists to love the city. Perhaps the new Times Square walking area has made midtown so much more navigable that it has opened itself up to a new love of NYC pedestrianism. Most likely, it's a combination of all these factors and more that leads to proportionally many more people actually traveling to NYC than those who do so using travel agents.
I asked Melissa Teates, ASTA's Director of Research, about this. She told me, "Orlando is code for Disney World. Disney World is very complex and can be very expensive as can Las Vegas. Using a travel agent means your have an expert to make sure you get the best vacation for you at the best price. Most Americans feel comfortable with NYC (it's Times Square, Statue of Liberty and Empire State [Building] for most)." This is not what I'd have thought, but, well, the differential is use of travel agents has to have some explanation.
Honolulu has also seen a statistically large change in market share, while Hawaii generally has not seen a drop in tourism rates. Honolulu, remember, is not always the final destination of Hawaii travelers. Other parts of Oahu, such as the North Shore, may be where travelers hang their hats — or, even more likely, travelers may typically land in Honolulu's airport and take a smaller plane to Maui, Hawaii Island (nee the Big Island), Kauai or Lanai. Since more direct routes exist now than in 2007 to those other islands, Honolulu may be being bypassed altogether. And, for travelers whose end point is indeed Waikiki, an urban Hawaii summer vacation therein usually entails tons of Waikiki shopping and dining — no travel agent needed for that!
Summer travel trends also allow us to see the most popular US states for summer vacations. Orlando pulls such a large number that of course Florida claims the top spot. Further, with Miami's increase in market share, along with Tampa and Fort Lauderdale's popularity for summer vacations, Florida does not depend solely on Orlando's theme parks to capture a top spot anymore. Interestingly, the increase in travel agent-booked trips to San Francisco, Los Angeles, and San Diego has led to California taking over the second place spot, which had previously been held by Nevada. This may be a permanent US travel trend switch; after all, California is a huge, geographically diverse state with a lot to offer any type of summer traveler. Summer is prime beach time, and, well, there's a notable paucity of ocean in Nevada. New York and Hawaii round out the top five US states for summer travel, as booked through travel agents, in 2013.
The American Society of Travel Agents' summer travel trends report elucidates a few points that tourism analysts could find interesting (I did, and I'm no tourism analyst). One, travel agents are not an endangered species. Many people still use travel agents to help plan and book their vacations. But, two, savvy travelers to New York City seem to use travel agents at a significantly much lower rate than travelers planning trips to other US summer vacation destinations. Three, California is making concerted efforts to gain market share, and this is slowly proving effective for summer travel. Four, while overall the top US summer vacation destinations have remained unchanged in terms of pure rank over the past several years, numbers indicate that change may be afoot. And five, it's not too early to start planning your summer vacation. In fact, plenty of savvy travelers have already completed their summer travel plans, be it with a travel agent or not. It's time to make those plans, and to start looking forward to summer vacation.
Survey data was collected through the 2013 ASTA Research Family in January 2013. This survey has a 95 percent rate confidence with an error rate +/-4 percent. A copy of the results can be found on the research page of ASTA.org.


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It is time for sense to prevail on flags issue
When it seems that progress is being made broadly in Northern Ireland, a large number Belfast councillors are again embroiled in sectarian rivalry.
This time they are at odds over the flying of the Union flag at the City Hall, and also at the Ulster Hall and the Duncrue project.
Unfortunately, in our society where tribalism so often rules, there is nothing more divisive than flags and emblems.
The Equality Commission proposed a compromise of flying the Union Jack on designated days, and not every day, which the unionists demand. However, instead of accepting a reasonable way forward, Sinn Fein and the SDLP have ganged together to support a motion preventing the Union flag being flown at all.
Sinn Fein claims naively that this would make the City Hall a neutral place, and the SDLP is also naive to think that this would help the Council to share the City Hall with all the people of Belfast.
This proposal, if passed next month, will alienate the majority of the population from the City Hall and will cause more trouble. Inclusion demands compromise, but a total victory for one side amounts to exclusion.
The Alliance Party is in the unenviable position of holding the balance of power and whichever way it votes, the outcome is bound to offend one side or the other. Sadly, the main power blocks in the City Hall, including the unionists, are indulging in party games, instead of backing a compromise. Some Belfast councillors seem to live in a parallel universe where their own narrow party interests are placed ahead of the common good, specifically so on this issue.
Such cynical and blinkered behaviour does not impress the ordinary citizens who are asking why the councillors are wasting time and energy on such tired old issues, when they should be concentrating on bringing jobs to Belfast and on helping the city's beleaguered retail sector.
This is a time for grown-up politics, and not for kindergarten antics. There is still time for common sense to prevail.


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A Keizer man arrested in Corvallis on Jan. 17 was arrested on separate charges by the Keizer Police Department a week later for taking hidden video of female family members.
Bryan Duane Tilley of 890 Cater Court North in Keizer was arrested on Jan. 17 by the Corvallis Police Department due to allegations Tilley, 51, hacked his 22-year-old stepdaughter's Facebook, Twitter and Instagram accounts. The stepdaughter is a student at Oregon State University.
When he was arrested in Corvallis, Tilley had a USB flash drive that was seized. The Corvallis officer secured a search warrant and got assistance from detective Ben Howden from KPD, a Certified Forensic Computer Examiner.
Howden searched the flash drive on Jan. 23 and found numerous videos with hidden camera video recordings of three females at different locations, inside bathrooms and bedrooms of private residences. Apparently unbeknownst to the females, the hidden cameras captured them in various states of undress.
Two of the female victims are adults, while one is a minor female. Each was known personally by Tilley.
More investigation showed Tilley illegally entered at least one home, without permission, to place a concealed camera to record the female homeowner. The unlawful recordings of the three victims took place between May and September 2013.
On Jan. 24, Tilley was arrested without incident by KPD detectives at the Taylor Park Campground in Lyons. Tilley was charged with three counts of first degree burglary and 17 counts of invasion of personal privacy. The crimes are alleged to have happened in Keizer.
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Tilley was lodged at Marion County Correctional Facility on Jan. 25 with bail set at $205,000. He was arraigned on the charges Jan. 27, with bail increased to $585,000.
The investigation is ongoing and investigators are continuing to analyze additional evidence that has been seized pursuant to search warrants. The KPD is asking for the public's help in identifying any additional potential victims.
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The video of Adam Ondra climbing Gioia and Terranova, at 8C+ two of the hardest boulder problems in the world.
The video of Adam Ondra climbing Gioia and Terranova, at 8C+ two of the hardest boulder problems in the world.
The Czech climbing phenomenon Adam Ondra talks about competitions, his first months after high school, climbing at his limit and future projects in this detailed interview.
The Rock Master Festival 2012 kicks off on 25 August. This weekend starts with Rock Junior, followed by Rock Master Lead and Boulder, the Speed World Cup, the Paraclimbing Cup and Arco Rock Legends. Nine intense days climbing and outdoors in the Garda Trentino region, with sport climbing champions and special guests such as Paul Pritchard, Stefan Glowacz and Vladimir Netsvetaev.
The nominations for the VII edition of the Arco Rock Legends, the sport climbing Oscars which will take place on 31 July 2012 during the Rock Master Festival 2012 and award the prestigious Salewa Rock Award and La Sportiva Competition Award. Those nominated for the Salewa Rock Award are: Sasha DiGiulian, Dave Graham, Adam Ondra, Iker Pou and Daniel Woods, while Kilian Fischuber, Jakob Schubert and Anna Stöhr are the candidates for the La Sportiva Competition Award. Stefan Glowacz will receive the Climbing Ambassador by Aquafil award.
Adam Ondra has freed the route To tu jeste nebyl 9a, bolted ground-up together with Ondra Benes at Labak in the Czech Republic. Adam Ondra reports.
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A Short History Of Unpassed Torches
There was an eerie sense of déjà vu about the management shakeup at Nike Inc. (NKE ) this week. Not only has the edgy shoemaker failed at earlier attempts to pass the baton, but business history is littered with the troubled successions of charismatic entrepreneurs and once and future kings. For visionary founders, the years of emotional investment, the inextricable melding of their own identity with the business, and the distancing from their creation can all pile up to create a transition that has classic corporate melodrama written all over it. "It's like Shakespeare or Greek tragedy or the Bible," says Jeffrey A. Sonnenfeld, senior associate dean at the Yale School of Management. "It's just such a predictable script."
One of the most famous such scripts stars William S. Paley, founder of Columbia Broadcasting System (VIA ). Over the span of his 60-year reign at the company, at least four attempts to establish a successor failed. Indeed, his final return to power, at age 85, was even more dramatic than the recent maneuverings of Nike's 67-year-old Phil Knight. In Silicon Valley, Lawrence J. Ellison, the autocratic software king of Oracle Corp. (ORCL ), talks little about succession -- a concern on Wall Street -- and has resisted passing the torch to potential heir apparents such as Ray Lane, who later left the company. Ellison shook up his top ranks two years ago, making his CFO chairman and appointing two people as co-presidents.
While Return of the Founder is a familiar drama, there are many variations on the theme. Charles R. Schwab recently took back the CEO title at the company he built. Ted Waitt, the ponytailed entrepreneur who built PC maker Gateway Inc. (GTW ), pushed out his handpicked replacement and much of the senior management team, renaming himself CEO. (He has since left the company.) And then, famously, there is Steve Jobs (page 62), who represents the rare case where a strong founder is ousted by his own recruit, former Apple Computer Inc. (AAPL ) CEO John Sculley (though Jobs bounced back triumphantly).
Knight's story adds a new chapter. "The core challenge of corporate governance is getting past the concept of the imperial CEO," says Ric Marshall, chief analyst at The Corporate Library, a research firm specializing in governance issues. "Nobody exemplifies that better than Phil Knight." Indeed, the failure of the Nike succession plan, say Marshall and other governance experts, rests squarely on the board's shoulders. With Nike, in Sonnenfeld's opinion, "you have a board that was on cruise control.... [They were] a complete rubber stamp."
While the conventional wisdom advises a clean break from CEOs, and especially strong founders, in practice there are sometimes advantages to having them stick around. Starbucks Corp.'s (SBUX ) Howard D. Schultz or Microsoft Corp.'s Bill Gates, for instance, are visionary entrepreneurs whose continued presence is clearly an asset. "No one in their right mind would want Bill Gates or Michael Dell to run off to take scuba diving lessons," says Sonnenfeld.
If a charismatic leader is to remain on the premises after a replacement arrives, boards must draw clear lines of demarcation to allow the newcomer to do his or her job. Sonnenfeld also suggests the board take a role in making sure the founder finds an engaging way to do something new.
Most of all, boards can't be on the hunt for the founder's better twin. "The message about filling shoes is that you can't," says Stephen P. Mader, vice-chairman at executive search firm Christian & Timbers. "You've got to design new shoes." Luckily, Nike already has that skill. It just has to learn new ways to apply it.
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The English language as a first-person shooter game
Check out this amazing ad for Inlingua, an international language-training company. It's a spot for the company's Business English service, and it presents the English language as a literal battlefield. This is some of the best motion typography I've ever seen:
The ad was created by the Hamburg, Germany, affiliate of the Canadian motion-graphics studio Optix Digital.
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Establish the dummy calibration and load cell calibration standard test lab which is the largest lab in Asia. Training and monitor young engineers for the car to car and sled test set up, which include the car and dummy set up, data acquisition sensor channel input, and output data analysis. Technical support on the C-NCAP, EURO-NCAP, and US regulation of the car crash tests.
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M.S. Mechanical Engineering with CAD System and Computer Control, Tongji University, Shanghai China
Chest Deflection Measurement in Crash Test Dummies and the New Concept Design Zhao Youmei Shen Guangyong Wei Fupin, Gu Xianguang Chen Chaoming Chery Automobile Crash Test Center 2010 International Conference of China Automotive Safety Technology,
The Technical Analysis of Pedestrian Protection Tests and the Design Conception for New Pedestrian Dummy , Chen Shuang, ZhuYonghua, Sun Hao, Zhao Youmei, Xu Wei, Wang Zhenwen, China Automotive Engineering Research Institute & First Technology Safety Systems Inc 2009 International Conference of China Automotive Safety Technology,
Enhancement and Evaluation of a Small Female Hybrid III Pregnant Dummy Y. Zhao, M. van Ratingen, C. Yao, G. Brill, S. Goldner, R. Huang, First Technology Safety Systems Inc, 2006 International IRCOBI Conference (Short Presentation)
Differences in the Dynamic Responses of the Thor-NT and Thor-FT Dummies Kazuhiro Onda, Fumio Matsuoka, Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association (JAMA), Koshiro Ono, Masami Kubota Japan Automobile Research Institute (JARI), Martin Peter National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, USA, Zhao Youmei, First Technology Safety Systems Inc., USA, 2006 SAE paper, 2006-01-0676
Hybrid III Dummy Family Update -10 Year Old and Large Male, Kristie Jarrett, Mike Salloum, Barry Wade, Denton ATD, Inc., Craig Morgan, R. A. Denton, Inc. Steve Moss, Youmei Zhao, First Technology Safety Systems, 2002 STAPP Bio Workshop
The Hybrid III 10-year-old dummy, H. J. Mertz, SAE Hybrid III Dummy Family Task Group, K. Jarrett, Denton ATD, S. Moss, First Technology Safety Systems, M. Salloum, Denton ATD, Y. Zhao, First Technology Safety Systems, 2001 STAPP paper, 2001-22-0014
A Headform Development for Neck Calibrating Tests of the SID-IIs Side Impact Dummy, Youmei Zhao, Sarath Kottur, Steve Moss, Joshua Y. Zhu, First Technology Safety Systems, Micheal J. Salloum, Denton ATD, 2001 SAE paper, 200-01-012, SAE Ralph H. Isbrandt Automotive Safety Engineering Award, 2003
Development of an Instrumented Biofidelic Neck for the NHTSA Advanced Front Test Dummy, R. P. White, Youmei Zhao, N. Rangarajan, GESAC INC. mark Haffner, Rolf Eppinger, Michael Kleinberger, NHTSA, 15th International Technical Conference on Experimental Safety Vehicles,
May 1996.
Preliminary Design and Evaluation of an Instrumented Abdomen for the NHTSA Advanced Dummy, N. Rangarjan, T. Shams, R. P. White, Youmei Zhao, D. Beach, GESAC INC., Mark Haffner, Rolf Eppinger, K. H. Digges, K. H. Associates, 15th International Technical Conference on Experimental Safety Vehicles, May 1996.
Use of Dynaman for Design and Development of Anthropometric Test Devices, T. Shams and Youmei Zhao, Proceeding of the 1995 ATB model User's Colloquium, June 13-14, 1995
Performance Requirements for Dummy Abdomen, N. Rangarajan, T. Shams and Youmei Zhao, Report submitted to DOT/NHTSA under contract DTNH22-94-C-07010, 1995
Analytical Study of the Risk of Impact Injuries in Side Facing Aircraft Seats: T. Shams and Youmei Zhao. Report submitted to CAMI/FAA, 1995.
Safety of Side Facing Seats in General Aviation Aircrafts, N. Rangarajan, T. Shams and Youmei Zhao. Presented at SAE General Corporate and Regional Aviation Meeting and Exposition, May 3-5, 1995.
Development of a Software Tool to Analyze Personal Flotation Devices, Weerappauli, D.P.V., Youmei Zhao, T. Shams, SAFE Proceeding, 1992
A Selective Parameter Strategy for Design Optimization of the Feeder of a Paperboard Printer and Slotter, Youmei Zhao, V. Micino, J. Sneckenberger, Twenty Second Annual Pittsburgh Conference of Modeling and Simulation, 1991


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April 17th, 2013 10:06 AM #1Member
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Possibly a great way to honor family? Does this work... :)
Hi berries! My husband and I have been ttc and I am currently in the dreaded two week wait to find out if i'm pregnant. So what better way to keep myself busy than to pour over nameberry and make lists of names! If we have a boy we want to name him Griffin. We agreed on that name about 3 years ago, and still love it, so I'm thinking it's the name for us. BUT IF IT'S A GIRL we are in trouble! We cannot seem to settle on a name that is just perfect. We would love to use some family names for sure. Diane is the set middle name, just trying to decide on a name to go with it. We would also like to somehow use the names Ellen and Joyce (also family names). What do you think of Joelle Diane? I've had Joelle on the list for some time as a middle name option, but the idea of using it as a first name is really growing on me! I love that it is unusual, but still feels familiar, it's pretty and girly, and it honors family! What more could I ask right? Buuuuuut, I do have a few questions about it...
How would you pronounce it? I say it jo-ELL like the letter L. Is this the common pronunciation?
Does this name work for us if we have no French blood in us?
What do you think of these possible nn's - Jo, Joellie Josie, Jolie?
Does it sound weird with a brother named Griffin or does it work ok? I'm not really bothered by siblings that don't have the exact same name style, I just don't like to use one super popular name and one really uncommon one.
Soooo, any and all opinions are welcome and appreciated!! Oh and the other option we came up with was Ellen Diane nn Nell and/or Ellie or Edie for the initials E.D. Thoughts? Do you prefer Joelle Diane or Ellen Diane? Or do you not care for either one?
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I would pronounce Joelle the same way you do. And I don't think it matters if you are not French especially with how popular "ella" names are.
I prefer Ellen Diane, though. Though, not sure how I feel about the similar ending Griffin and Ellen. So now that I think about it I'd rather have Griffin and Joelle than Griffin and Ellen.
April 17th, 2013 10:19 AM #5
I like Joelle and don't think it is too French. I would pronounce it the way you do - jo-ELL. I also think it works with Griffin as a brothers name. However, I do prefer Joella Diane. As for nn, I like Joey when she is young which she could modify to Jo if she wanted to.
Other ideas working with the names Joyce and Ellen.
Joy-Elle Diane
Ellie-Joy Diane
Elinor Joy Diane
Joy Elinor Diane
Elena Joy DianeGwendolyn Mae... Meredith Jane. ... Josephine Claire...Catherine Esme... Evelyn Grace ** Arlo Grant ... Drew Thomas ... Eli James ... Owen Vincent... Jay Theodore
April 17th, 2013 11:17 AM #7
deciding between Maxwell . Calvin . Finn
Beckett | Jude | Nolan | Dalton | Max | Finn | Teague | Bram | Otis | Ari | Calvin
Jane | Alice | Naomi | Fiona | Georgia | Gwyneth | Thea | Aviva
Elena 'Laney' | Bridget | Cordelia | Evadne | Shea
Carly & Zach ::💙 Ezra Wolf Z. 💙:: Born 4-29-16
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" Genre: Dance & Electronic / Artist: Melissa Totten / Audio CD released 2008-07-21 at Pinnacle "
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Melissa Totten is Madonna, can't you tell?! She even looks like her. Well, ok maybe she isn't the real Madonna but she's as close as you're ever going to get. And if you can't afford to buy the real Madonna album, which you probably can't, you're obviously going to want to buy Melissa Totten's version aren't you?
There are ten tracks here and then on the second disc, we get a wonderful megamix, mixed by Almighty stalwarts The Klubkids.
'Frozen' sounds suspiciously like 'Frozen.' There was actually a dance version of this on the official Madonna single, so this version seems a bit pointless, though thumbs up to Melissa who does a good impression of Madge and the backing track is strong enough.
'La Isla Bonita' is less pleasing, I prefer the mellow original. This dance rehash does not serve it very well, though Melissa turns in a good vocal and the rhythm is quite perky and again strong production boosts the appeal. Next up is 'Rain' which has a subtle and bouncy enough bass hook and a deep and resonating vocal. Not that well known a Madonna song, but quite a good choice, as it is something a bit different.
Check out 'Secret' which is actually not bad. A slamming piano riff gives it some handbag edge and it reminds me of Loveland or Love To Infinity. Melissa's vocal is powerful and commands the track, a good effort again. The soppy 'This Used To Be My Playground' has a slimy bassline which I like and her vocals are pretty strong again, though not sure it works as a dance remake as the original was quite slow.
My last tip is 'Into The Groove' with a feisty backing track and a keen vocal. Lacks the charm of the original, though it is hooky enough for me and I would dance to it.
I am ashamed to admit, this is a surprisingly good covers album. Melissa Totten all is forgiven!
Disc #1 Tracklisting
1 Frozen
2 La Isla Bonita
3 Rain
4 Live To Tell
5 Crazy For You
6 Secret
7 This Used To Be My Playground
8 Take A Bow (Featuring Jason Prince)
9 Love Don't Live Here Anymore
10 Into The Groove
Disc #2 Tracklisting
1 Secret
2 La Isla Bonita
3 Take A Bow (Featuring Jason Prince)
4 Into The Groove
5 Live To Tell
6 This Used To Be My Playground
7 Frozen
8 Rain
9 Crazy For You
10 Love Don\x{2019}T Live Here Anymore