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One of my favorite things in longboarding is choosing between trucks and figuring out what works best for me. There are definitely a lot of options out there.
Initially, it is really easy to look at trucks and think they all work the same. It's also really easy to look at all the technical terms and get overwhelmed by all the differences.
In this weeks article, I'll briefly go over the important differences between each longboard truck and what they mean for you.
Alternatively, if you don't care about trucks and just want something cheap to ride, I've also included some cheap decent longboard truck options for you.
Paris Trucks V2, 50° and 43°
This is the go-to truck if you want a lively, surfy and responsive ride.
It has a wide and open bushing seat which really allows you to put the bushing to work and compress it effectively. The truck also has rake which makes it turn a little initially, then turn a lot and then turn less towards the end of it's lean. These are great if you don't have good ankles. There are two options available, the 50degree truck which has the best turn and smallest turning radius. It also rides the tallest so it doesn't need any risers when using big wheels. It is the best for cruising, carving, dancing and freeriding. Check their price on Amazon.com here.
The other option is the 43-degree trucks. These are more stable and are oriented for going faster. They lean more than they turn and have a stronger center due to the bushings used. They will be great for downhill skating and freeride but still be good enough for dancing, cruising and carving. You can check out their price on Amazon.
For a more in-depth review click here to read my opinion on the trucks.
These trucks are also really strong so will last you a long time and they come with a lifetime warranty so if you bend them or break them (naturally) Paris will replace them for free.
However, they can feel twitchy for some for downhill. A more stable option are the Caliber trucks, they have a restrictive bushing seat and no rake so they will have an easy to hand linear turn and stable feel.
Freeriding on Paris 43* Trucks
Caliber Trucks V2, 50° and 44°
These trucks are well known for how stable and how beautifully they lean in turns and into slides. They have no rake which means they will have a linear and smooth turn, they only turn as much as you lean. They have a restrictive bushing seat, which really locks into the bushings, making the trucks more stable. However, the no rake and restrictive bushing seat combo make these trucks feel dead for some (I've found running them with softer bushings makes them turn well and feel stable).
Same with the Paris, there are two options available. The 50-degree trucks which are good for cruising, carving, dancing and even light freeride. They have the best turning radius but still feel stable. I recommend them highly for cruising. You can check these out on Amazon.com. These might be the best longboard trucks for beginners.
On the other hand, the 44 degree trucks are really great for downhill and freeride. They are often highly recommended to beginners because of their stability. At 44 degrees they will have a decent turn to lean ratio. I personally skate them for downhill and I'm satisfied for now. If you wanna do downhill, check the prices of these out on Amazon.com.
Like the Paris, these also have a lifetime warranty (but it isn't advertised, shhhh) if they bend or break due to a manufacture default (and they will bend if you're a heavier rider). As I mentioned, they'll feel dead for some, if so, check out trucks with rake like the Bear 845 or Paris 43 degrees trucks.
Bear Grizzly 845s and 852s
Coming all the way from Canada. Bear trucks is a daughter company of Landyachtz longboards, and just like Landyachtz, they make a lot of quality equipment. These have a restrictive but slightly open bushing seat and rake – a balance between the Paris and Caliber trucks if you will.
These will have a lot of stability because of the bushing seat, but will also turn well cause of the rake. Though some people don't like them cause of the restrictive bushing seat. Paris trucks are a good open bushing seat and rake truck option if you need a livelier feel.
Bear also shaved off materials in spots and thusly reduced the weight of the truck. Making it slightly lighter and better for popping ollies and doing tricks.
They come in different colors and have some creative options. There is a galaxy colorway available and looks amazing. There is also an incandescent option available.These options allow you to further customize your deck and even match colors, check the 52* out on Amazon.com to see the full-color range. Personally, I only care about the quality of gear I ride but having a sick colorway never hurt anybody.
The 52-degree will turn more and the 45-degree will lean more and turn less. At an angle like 52-degrees, the trucks will turn sooo much. Some people like this others won't, but I highly recommend it for cruising, carving, and dancing. Alternatively, this also means the 45-degree ones will turn a lot too. They are a safe option if you want a stable, turny truck. I would also recommend them for cruising, carving etc., and also downhill and freeride. Click here to check them out on Amazon.com.
Randal trucks
These are the OG reverse kingpin (RKP) trucks. The first ever made. All the above trucks and all other RKPs simply copy their design (and some make small changes to it, like pivot, bushing seat etc.). They can do this thanks to Randal not being stingy and not putting a patent on their design (as a result a lot of trucks are interchangable).
Having been around longer than all the others, you know they got some quality shit going on. They have gone through 3 versions of RKP trucks so far but I'll focus on the RII for their affordability (the RIII are also available and they are amazing, but cost more. Click here to check their price out on Amazon.com).
Available in 50-degrees and 42-degrees. These trucks have rake and a slightly open, but kinda restrictive bushing seat. They aren't too dissimilar from the Paris in how they feel and how they act (they don't look as good imo though).
Not too much has changed since the first iteration of these trucks. Yet people keep buying and riding them and giving them great reviews. I know quality when I see it and this is a great truck.
For downhill, freeride and even cruising, the 42-degree Randals are a good option. For everything that needs you to be turny and quick, the 50-degree work great.
Check out their price on Amazon.com. Available are many options, but beginners should go for the 180mm wide ones. 150mm and below are for narrower boards around 9inches in width and are designed for cruising. Advanced riders can use them for downhill too though.
Your cheap but decent option – SCSK8 Longboard Truck Review
I only recommend this option if you are truly broke. The other options only cost more, but the quality will give you a much better riding experience (they'll last longer too). Recommend saving up for them.
The SCSK8 trucks are basically the same as the Randal RIs but they use cheap materials (I believe steel?) and poor manufacturing processes. This is reflected in the price.
The cheap materials will mean these trucks will bend after some time of riding and they won't have as great turning or as much stability as the other higher quality trucks.
However, beginners may not notice. SCSK8 as a brand is only interested in selling trucks to beginners. and will have not improved on the certain parts of the truck (as the other brands above have) in order to make the best truck possible.
For those on a tight budget, you can get the option with the complete undercarriage (check them out on Amazon here). Helps you save quite a bit of money, or the just the trucks alone if you have everything else.
If you're buying these as your first truck and first beginner board, I kinda recommend them. But the trucks after this one should be higher quality. You'd have build up skills and you'd be able to appreciate the quality. That being said, I do not recommend these for downhill or going fast on your skateboard. Take a look at these trucks on Amazon.com.
If I'm truthful, any cheap longboard truck will probably be the same. Most of these trucks come from the same factory in China and they all rip off the Randal R1 design.
Some might have different hangers and baseplates but at the heart (the bushing seat and pivot cup), they are all the same … Randal rip offs. #SecretTips
Types of trucks you can get?
In general, there are two types of trucks available. Reverse kingpin trucks (RKP) and traditional kingpin trucks (TKP). RKPs are what you see on longboards, The are more stable to ride and have smoother turning. TKP's are what you see on skateboards. They turn progressively and have a thick hanger which is great to do tricks and grind on.
Beyond that, we have the type of manufacturing process that the trucks are made from. This makes a difference as it dictates how strong and sturdy a truck will be:
- Cast trucks – This is a process where molten steel or aluminum is poured into a truck mold. It is the cheapest method of manufacture. All the trucks above are made from a cast process.
They sometimes can have slop or parts that aren't extremely accurate. This shouldn't worry you if you wanna cruise, but for downhill riders going fast, this could be an issue. (Calibers have the least slop out of all cast trucks).
- Forged trucks – Forged trucks are made when they get a red-hot block of metal and beat the sh*t out of it into a trucks shape. These trucks are the strongest available. Truck companies go further to machine the important parts so they are accurate.
They are relatively affordable, cost half of what precision trucks cost and are double the price of cast trucks. These will literally last you forever though.
- Precision trucks – These are made when a solid block of Aluminium is cut by a CNC machine into a trucks shape. They can get the accuracy down to a millimeter.
However, they are the most expensive and not even as strong as forged trucks.
Beginners should steer away from forged and precision trucks for now.
The most important thing for buying trucks?
To simply put it, experience is the most important thing you can have as you buy trucks. You can read all the guide in the world and watch all the videos, but nothing other than riding the trucks will tell you if you like them or not. Sometimes you'll just have to bite the bullet and spend that money.
I can tell you it's all worth it. Money comes and goes, but because of that experience as a result of trying the right (or wrong) truck, I know what I like and can trust going 50mph on.
Check out the accompanying video for this article below. I expand more on baseplate angles and hangers widths.
What do I ride?
I'm an advanced rider so I have a bit of a Frankenstein setup. For downhill, I have a 44* Caliber 158mm truck up front and a 35* Randal baseplate + Caliber 158mm hanger combo in the back.
Why can I pair a Caliber truck with a Randal baseplate you ask? They have the same geometry and similar pivots so they are interchangeable. You could also do this with some other trucks too.
I also ride Abec 11 HD Big Zigs, Seismic Lokton griptape, venom bushings and a Jet longboards Tomahawk deck. Great setup for going fast, gripping and remaining in total control.
Love skating on it as well as tweaking it to feel differently.
For freeriding, I used to have 44* Caliber trucks but I wanted to try the 43* Paris trucks.
So running that on a Sp8boards Bullet with Cult Cerebrum wheels.
It's really fun to ride, the rake makes the trucks a little more lively so it's perfect for freeriding and doing big slides.
For cruising, I got the 150mm Paris 50*. They are really turny and fun to ride. Wouldn't go very fast on them cause they are twichy and unstable ish.
Which trucks will make the best gift?
Definitely the Paris or Caliber trucks. If it's just for cruising, the 50* options are fine, but if the trucks will be for someone skating downhills, the 43degree or 44degree options will be good too. They are both high-quality trucks and are built to be fun to ride.
Monster truck madness, which truck will you pick?
Definitely a lot of options out there for beginners. My advice though, keep it simple and buy any of the trucks mentioned above. They will all perform great and you can't go wrong with either of them. Once you know whether you like the truck or not is when you can really know which truck to buy. If you're still hesitant, pull the trigger on the Paris V2, I can tell you that you'll love them.
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Tenants in private rented housing are bearing the brunt of the Government's focus on boosting home ownership at the expense of the rental market.
According to the latest figures from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), a fall in the supply of private rented housing whilst demand from prospective tenants increases is "likely to squeeze rents higher." Tenant demand has picked up despite the Government's efforts to boost homeownership and RICS notes that many respondents to its latest residential market survey saw a rise in the number of enquiries from new home buyers in July.
Over recent years tax changes by the Government, including restricting mortgage interest relief to the basic rate of income tax and introducing a three per cent stamp duty levy on the purchase of new homes to rent out, have led some landlords to leave the market. This is despite the Institute for Fiscal Studies warned that it was "plain wrong" to argue that landlords were taxed more favourably than homeowners. The Chartered Institute of Housing has also noted that "tax reliefs deliver a much bigger benefit to home-owners than they do for private landlords."
David Smith, Policy Director the Residential Landlords Association, said:
"These figures demonstrate yet again that hitting the private rented sector to boost homeownership serves only to hurt tenants. Demand from tenants and new buyers is increasing at the same time. It is vital that the needs of both groups are met.
"The Government needs to stop making landlords the scapegoat for the housing crisis and embark on a raft of pro-growth measures to boost the supply of homes for the private rented sector. If they do not, supply will continue to fall, meaning higher rents, less choice, and a reduction in quality for tenants."

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Sep 24, 2008
The Lady Snape.
Firstly, people don't give you way to pass when you're in a hurry to get to class. Most of them consider you yet another youngling in the halls of younglings rushing to get a good backseat in the room. It's not until you run into ex-students who start stepping aside, which tells other students that it's a faculty member.
Secondly, respect comes with a price. In the over-one-year that I've taught, I've had to 'endure' as Alfred says to Bruce Wayne (yes, the Dark Knight has gotten to my head), many rumors and impressions of me such as "Dragon Lady", "Miss Strict" etc. The rest of the rumors aren't worth mentioning because most of the deranged population of my university isn't exactly high-ranking on the creative lot. But they'll get there, I hope. Soon.
Some colleagues advised me to go to the university picnic at Nathia Gali Beach so I could 'bond' with the students. I didn't really find that fascinating. I'm old-fashioned and quite probably born in the wrong century, so a beach with a DeeJay and crazy boys and girls jamming in the sun isn't my idea of fun. I politely declined, encrusting the nicknames, heightening the grievances of the minions of Satan.
My class is dead-quiet and most students are shit-scared of me. It's like a court-room drama. I don't blame the little humans for hating me, I suck the fun out of their frolicking. I'm focused on delivering the lecture, making sure people understood them and discussing latest political affairs, rather than Atif Aslam and SRK.
But that was Sociology and Psychology. When I began teaching Oral Communication this fall, I had to reach out to the kids on a more personal level. I had to bring them to an understanding of who I was and how I did things. Moreover, OC is a hands-on course. It's got plenty of talking, jabbering, discussing and joking around. Activities include skits, parodies, plays, songs, etc, so it's got a big fun element to it. Thus when I walked into the first class of OC, students actually stared at each other, flipping through their time tables if they had their periods marked out right. Miss MA.? Teaching OC?
Hell no.
So I began straightshooting. After I'd taken the attendance, I asked,
"Who's surprised to see me here?"
And needless to say, countless hands shot up in the air.
I began explaining to them how things worked with more serious subjects such as Sociology and Psychology and how a teacher needs to have a firm hand if he/she has any desire to complete the course. Things began going well and from some I heard, in the later weeks, that M. A. was a fun teacher.
Fun. Me.
People who know me personally abet that I'm a big ball of bubbles most of the time. It being a revelation for my students lead to me hearing a lot of interesting quotes and statements.
One of them I'd like to share with everyone at which I could not help suppress my laughter.
In today's assignment "Carte Blanche" in which students were asked to talk about anything they wanted, with no holds barred, a kid came forward and said the following,
"I want to talk about change. I'll use an effective example. Last semester we had a teacher who taught us Sociology."
He glances meaningfully at me.
"Oh it was you, right! So anyway, she came into the class - and it was hell. It was so quiet. It was like almost scary. In fact - she was so scary that ... ah, well, how many of you have read Harry Potter? ... Okay, well, she was just like Professor Snape. A Lady Professor Snape. But things changed after the midterm. I guess she was happier because pretty much all of us failed it. But now I see a change that she's brought now that she's teaching us OC."
He went on talking about what he'd learned from life about change etc. And I kept seeing myself in the eyes of students.
The Lady Professor Snape.
At the end of the Potter books, I began to thoroughly love the character, so I don't really think I was offended. Plus public opinion matters but little when it comes to doing the job right. I find it inconsequential most of the times. Overrated and negligible, especially when it comes to something I thoroughly believe in. And I thoroughly believed in delivering my lecture on time, covering my course targets, and challenging the students' capabilities in my course. It would have been actually quite the easier path had I chosen to let the students run loose in the classrooms like Cornish Pixies and act like Lockhart but my choices were clear before me. I know they hated me for keeping them quiet (and they probably still do, regardless of all the fun assignments I make them do now - students don't let go of impressions that easy), I know they hated me for failing them on substandard papers, I know they dreaded my class and I know they looked at me wishing I'd drop dead.
But I believe - and thoroughly - that when a time will come for them to understand something from a sociological or psychological perspective they'll look back at what they learnt and not what they hated about me.
And that's all that matters.
If they call me Snape in the bargain, I'm okay with that.
Snape was too.
10 comments:
- Unknown said...
Snape was hot.
Now had he called you Umbridge, you should have failed him, his aenda ki saat naslain and killed his dog to boot.
And THEN sent his report card to his parents.
- September 24, 2008 at 9:44 PM
- Mampi said...
You are lying.
I m sure they drop dead at the sight of the gorgeous lady entering the class and flunk.
BTW woh MY Fair Lady ka kya bana?
- September 24, 2008 at 9:46 PM
- Majaz said...
@ Hira,
That's not a bad plan. Too bad my kids won't know Umbridge since they're too infested with Himesh songs, but if someone manages to cross me ... I'd do that. I'd seriously do that.
@ Mampi,
Bann rahi hai My Fair Lady. Insha'Allah jald hi you will receive a ticket to attend it. ;)
As for gorgeous lady ... kahan yaar. Ajkal hijaabis gorgeous kahan lagti hain logon ko. :)
- September 24, 2008 at 9:49 PM
Lady Snape turned into Lady Lupin, eh?
I love both these characters, by the way. Snape and Lupin.
And Dragon Lady ain't that bad a nickname too. At least it's better than "amman Tallo mein pakao, hamein sehat-mand banao" (which was the unanimous title suggested by my Matric class for our Pakistan Studies teacher. We never got around to announce it publicly, which was a good thing now that I look at it. She really was a wonderful teacher.)
By the way, Nathia Gali Beach? Last time I heard, Nathia Gali was a hill station.
- September 25, 2008 at 10:01 AM
Just remembered... have you read the Harry Potter prequel? (Wikipedia)
- September 25, 2008 at 10:30 AM
Snapes... I think McGonagal would have been a more apt association...strict, but not unfair, and classy.
But then, that's my opinion. The kid was rightly entitled to his own.
Cheers! Teacher MA!
- September 25, 2008 at 12:30 PM
- Majaz said...
Nathia Gali is this really exclusive beach in Karachi as well. Supposedly very beautiful. Perhaps that is why they honored it with that name.
Lupin huh? I agree with Z. I've been called McGonagall more times ;)
But I suppose that boy didn't want to flatter me too much, lol.
Having said that, students can be mean bastards though.
- September 25, 2008 at 2:46 PM
- Hina said...
Do your students read your blog? :P
- September 25, 2008 at 4:30 PM
OC was a fun course. Our teacher made us do all kinds of retarded things...
- September 25, 2008 at 4:39 PM
- Majaz said...
I'm trying to do just as retarded things with my own kids, Farooq.
Hina, thankfully, they don't. ;)
- September 25, 2008 at 5:06 PM


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The opening episode of Sacred Seven was a pretty fun and action-packed watch, but it certainly didn't feel like it had anything "fresh" to offer, and its closing gambit was so horribly clichéd that I think I literally cringed at it.
Still, there's nothing much I can do about that, so as episode two begins so Ruri Aiba hasn't enrolled in Arma's class, but rather taken over his entire school, giving it a rather nice paint job in the process. Of course, all of this is in the hope that Arma will help her achieve her goal when it comes to combating the so-called "Darkstones" - a goal we learn the origins behind as this episode progresses, while we're also filled in on the reason why Arma ended up with his reputation as a violent delinquent in the first place.
All of these plot elements naturally trace back to the core origin of the series, and a series of meteors which landed across the Earth before dispersing their various special powers (the "Sacred Seven" of the shows titles) to mingle with and alter human DNA, giving rise to individuals like Arma or, more importantly, his mother. While Arma is still undecided about how he should react to Ruri's goals, his hand is practically forced by the appearance of a massive Darkstone which causes sandstorms and untold chaos while he also gets to see first-hand just what Ruri is fighting for. Queue an action sequence which sees Arma face off against this Darkstone in a style more reminiscent of Eureka Seven that Sacred Seven, although it's admittedly nowhere near as cool.
In what seems to be almost its episodic habit, this second episode of Sacred Seven concludes with another cringe-worthy revelation, this time playing the "childhood friend" card out of the blue to send my palm hurtling towards my face at terrifying speed. It's a generic end to a pretty generic episode - again, it looks quite pretty and the action is decent enough, but there's not anything to really grab your imagination or win over your heart here, leaving the series to feel a little empty in terms of making any kind of connection with the viewer at all. Given the way its plot has been laid out I don't see that changing, threatening to leave Sacred Seven firmly in that "oh well, it could be worse" category.
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I would compare creating great landing pages to fishing. While there are no exact formulas to making the perfect landing page or catching fish, if you can fish in the right lake with the right hook and methods – you'll catch a lot of fish. The same goes for creating landing pages that convert. With the proper awareness of your target audience and the use of the right tools and tactics, your landing page can increase conversions and sales.
I will be breaking up this guide into 6 blog posts, with each post containing 2 steps.
The steps are:
- Identify Your Target Market/Audience Like Your Life Depended On It
- State Your Goals
- Build Your Landing Page
- Maintain Scent
- Establish Trust
- Write Compelling & Persuasive Copy
- Write Your Actionable CTA
- Make capturing customer data simple (Form Optimization)
- Carefully Pick Your Images/Videos
- Create a Sense of Urgency
- Build Your Post Conversion Page
- Start Testing
Why You Should Create & Use Landing Pages
Your answer should always be: increase your conversion rates, capture targeted leads while increasing sales.
Landing pages are targeted towards one single objective and are intended to complement the purpose of the advertisement your visitors clicked to reach your page.
Sending Traffic To Your Landing Page Vs. Homepage
Take into consideration what occurs if you happen to send traffic to your homepage.
The majority of homepages are created with a common objective in mind – to display your overall brand and convey your company values.
Because homepages have navigation and are almost always full of links they tend to lead visitors to other areas of your website.
Every distraction you create for your users reduces your overall conversion rate.
If you want to improve your conversion rate, make sure that your customers have only one thing to complete.
Step 2 – Identify Your Target Market/Audience Like Your Life Depended On It
If you intend to maximize conversion rates, it's important to determine who exactly your prospective buyers are, what they desire, what is important to them and also what the pain points are that cause resistance for them when it comes to purchasing the product.
Why Recognizing Your Target Audience Plays a Huge Role In Your Business
Creating buyer personas is a critical task for your business and marketing department. Without buyer personas, you might as well be saying "everyone & everybody" is in my target audience. – You'll be wasting and losing money in no time.
Questions You'll Need to Ask When You're Developing Your Personas
- Basic demographic information.
- What is their job and level of seniority?
- What are their pain points?
- What do they value most?
- What are their goals?
- Where do they get their information?
- What experiences are they looking for when they are shopping for your products and services?
- What are their main concerns and causes of resistance?
Once you develop an in-depth buyer persona you'll be able to get more information like:
Who the buyer is – where they get their information, how old they are, what they do for work, which sites they visit, what magazines or blogs they read, and so on.
What they don't care about – you can remove these distractions from your landing page to further improve your conversion rates.
How your product or services can impact your buyers' lives and make it better – do you fulfill the buyer's expectations, do you satisfy their wants etc.
You might have a hard time when you sit to create these buyer personas, but once you get rolling, you'll stumble upon even more questions that effectively develop the understanding of your target market.
Caution! Do not make up these answers… it takes time, effort and solid research.
A Few Tips For Your Survey
Talk To Your Customers – To find out what people really think, just ask them.
Conduct Surveys – The best thing you can do is to learn how and why your customers buy. You really want to get in the head of your buyers with the survey questions you come up with.
The more questions you have, the fewer responders you'll get.
Your number one concern here needs to be brevity, or in finding the best approach to ask a question without lessening its intent.
Ask Questions That Tie In With Your End Goal
Each and every question that you choose to ask must give a clear strong purpose as to why it was included. It's imperative to ask smart, open-ended questions.
Open-ended questions gather unique opinions. They generally begin with how, why, or "What do you feel about …" They require more time to tackle when compared with closed questions.
Avoid Multiple Choice Questions
You want to allow the buyers to have the ability to express themselves without restrictions. Make it easy for prospective customers to write down their genuine suggestions on the survey.
Recommended Readings:
Guaranteed Success: How to Find Your Target Market So Content Sticks
Step 2 – State Your Goals
First and foremost you must define your business objective(s). Goals determine where you intend to go and tell you when you get there. They help increase your overall efficiency as a company.
Second, state your landing page goal. Are you trying to gather leads, sell a product or ask people to download an EBook?
These different goals all require unique content. For instance, if you're to sell a product, it would be ideal to add a video of the product or high quality images that illustrate the use of the product.
Other goals can be:
- Increase click-through rates
- Convert a marketing lead into a qualified sale
- Improve sales copy
- Add better product images
- Improve value-proposition and so on…
There are two different types of landing pages that you can choose from when you have defined your landing page goals; Lead-Gen, and Click-through landing page.
Lead generation landing pages are used so that we can capture data (email addresses, phone numbers, etc.). These typically offer an incentive in exchange for visitor information. The primary purpose of lead gen landing pages is to use the information provided by the visitor to market to at a later date.
Some uses for a lead generating page are:
- EBooks
- Webinar registration
- Software free trial
- Event registration
- Contest registration
Click-through landing pages have the objective/goal of warming up a user before they click through to another page (typically an e-commerce funnel). They define a product in detail in order to prepare a visitor that is close to making a purchasing decision.
Far too often, customers are taken directly to a catalogue page or checkout page from an ad, which have been known to produce low conversion rates. The use of a click-through page will allow the scent trail to carry on from the ad that brought the customer onto your page.
Recommended Readings:
Give Your Advertising ROI a Serious Boost by Maintaining Scent
To help you construct your click-through landing page here is an example:
*source Unbounce.com
Making the effort to develop buyer personas, and understanding your target audience is extremely valuable to growing your business. In the end, it's about learning and making it your goal to know your business inside & out.


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Tiernan-Locke faces anti-doping case
Team Sky rider Jonathan Tiernan-Locke faces disciplinary proceedings after analysis of his biological passport showed an anti-doping violation.
The Briton pulled out of the 2013 World Championships in September after being asked to
explain his results by the International Cycling Union (UCI).
Team Sky said at the time the readings were "taken before he signed"
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The 28-year-old
denies any wrong-doing.
"Mr Tiernan-Locke vehemently denies the charges brought against him and has informed the UCI that he fully intends to contest them," read a statement from the Devon-based rider's management company.
In its separate statement, Team Sky continued: "We understand that the violation was highlighted by an anomaly in his biological passport, in a reading taken before he signed for this team.
"There are no doubts about his approach or performance in Team Sky. This is a team that trains, races and wins clean.
"Jonathan Tiernan-Locke will not ride for Team Sky or take part in any team activities – including training camps and all team duties – until a decision is made in this disciplinary hearing process."
The UCI confirmed the news in a statement, adding: "In compliance with the UCI Anti-Doping Rules, the UCI has requested his National Federation (British Cycling) to initiate disciplinary proceedings."
News that cycling's governing body believes Tiernan-Locke has a doping case to answer will come as a crushing blow to the rider, who has endured a difficult first year in the big leagues, but will also ruin Team Sky's Christmas.
It is inevitable now that fresh questions will be asked of the credibility of its "zero tolerance" stance on doping. And coming so soon after the
embarrassment of hiring controversial doctor Geert Leinders,
the team's recruitment practices will also be scrutinised.
A British Cycling spokesman said: "British Cycling can confirm that it has been asked by the UCI to begin proceedings against Jonathan Tiernan-Locke based on an analysis of his biological passport.
"As with any other doping violation charge, those proceedings will be managed independently of British Cycling by UK Anti-Doping."
UK Anti-Doping director of legal Graham Arthur said in a statement: "We are progressing a case relating to a possible anti-doping rule violation.
"The matter is subject to confidentiality restrictions imposed by the anti-doping rules, and as such we are unable to comment further."
A cyclist's biological passport is an electronic record in which the results of all doping tests over a period of time are collated.
It contains the results of an individual's urine and blood tests.
Tiernan-Locke raced for Endura Racing in the 2012 season, claiming overall wins in the Tour Mediterraneen, Tour du Haut Var and Tour Alsace.
In September of 2012 he became the first British rider since 1993 to win the Tour of Britain.
"I'm 100% behind him," Endura team manager Brian Smith told BBC Radio 5 live. "He's not a doper. Endura racing was a no doping stance and as far as I'm concerned he was true to his word.
"Throughout the Tour of Britain he was urine tested every day and a blood booster would have shown up, so it doesn't make sense."
Article source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cycling/25415274


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Download a piece of furniture
At the Milan fair, Isabel Ahm who, among others, works with the cabinetmaker Kjeldtoft, shows a completely new type of furniture – Kiddo.
The piece of furniture is made of laser cut veneer which enables anyone with access to the digital drawings to laser cut their own version of the furniture.
It takes place at the so-called "Maker Spaces" where anyone can come in off the street and get help with 3D printing, laser cutting, and more.
To create awareness of a brand-new type of furniture, the drawings for Kiddo are now available on Isabels's website.
With this gesture, Isabel hopes that more will get the fun of creating something from scratch.
In this way Isabel shows us all that design is also to rethink your own business model.


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This is the seventh in a series expanding on my friend Ross Sturleys' Ten Things to Cut in a Recession Before You Cut Your Marketing (as presented in recent Construction News marketing e-newsletters and in his Chart Lane website). Number seven: "Cut corporate entertainment" The latest target for Ross's cost-cutting zeal is 'golf days' (see …
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Be2camp expanding
As a co-founder of Be2camp, the online network for people interested in applying Web 2.0 approaches to the architecture, engineering, construction and property sector, I am – of course – completely biased about the achievements of the community. Take last Friday, for example…. … On a zero budget, we managed to organise a Be2camp North …
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There is a particular style of can opener I have found works well for this. I am not sure of the most recognized name for this style of can opener. I think it is called "camping", "GI", or "P38", can opener. It is a very small, compact, can opener, intended for camping, travel, or for fleeing your homeland as a refugee, which is kind of like camping I suppose...
Anyway, I took some pictures of this style can opener being used to cut the top out of an aluminum beverage can, here:


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A Year In China
Here are some of the things in my life that I'll miss:
Sweet punim
My niece, Rachel
My lil' guy
My cousin, Julian
Giselle 35 Coupe
My daughter, Giselle.
Gettin' silly
My brother/roommate
Wild n' out
My ATL brother
One last time at A&K
Nash, Skonie, Charming, and Astro.
Nice face, J!
Cape Cod
My mom
Buncha Ys guys
My Pa2 and my big brudder
My big sis
<------Actual age not shown
Birthday parties
Roxanne and me
My cuzzos
J Crew represent!
The tall side of the fam
CDC- Code's gonna pass me up at about 8 or 9 years old. Great... can't wait.
Driving really fast
My red Chinese bike doesn't do 0-60 in "holy crap that's fast!" seconds
Chi City
Sunrises over Lake Michigan
Staying fly, no lie
The crib
Movin' on out... to the east side (waaaay east side)
Waking up to this every morning
My city
What to wear... what to wear?
My shoe game
Recently added: original Chucks. Yeszer!
Okay, this is just getting ridiculous...
Pulled Pork Nirvana: currently being served up at White Castle.
My first week here
I've been here for a week now. At first, all my time was spent on planes, trains, and lugging 112 lbs of suitcases up 4 flights of stairs. Now I'm settled in. It's very different here. I've been keeping a journal of what happens every day. I talk about the school, the people, the places, the food, and the vast differences between Jining, Shandong provence and Chicago, Illinois. There is so much to tell that I can't possibly express everything I'm thinking. But here's a taste...
Here are some quick observations:
China is full of contradictions.
-In Shanghai, my hotel had a Tv, internet, a nice shower.... but no elevator. Hence: lugging 112 lbs of luggage up 4 flights.
-Crappy food at a fast food joint: 50 yuan Vs. Amazing food at the outdoor market: 10 yuan
-The general population on a public level is rude. Pushing, disturbing, and never saying "excuse me or "I'm sorry." Vs. People on a personal level are incredibly nice and generous. Much nicer than American standards. These people will go out of their way to do anything for you. And they ask nothing in return. They are selfless.
There is
no order in Chinese traffic
. There are two sides of the road and there's a bike lane (thank God), but traffic signals don't matter much and a lot of people pretty much drive wherever they want.
Stuff is really inexpensive
. Bike: 200 yuan ($30) Meal: 15 yuan ($2.20) Yearly gym membership: 1,000 yuan ($150)
Of course, I make a lot less than I would in the U.S. After $400 goes towards my car note back home, the rest is money in my pocket. As Drake would say "They can't help it, and I can't blame 'em. Since I got famous, I got money to blow."
Here's another thing about China that I don't think people grasp just yet. Over here, Americans are rare. This isn't Hong Kong or Beijing. I'm one of maybe 3-5 in the whole city. And they love us. Like: straight
celebrity status
. I'm going to have to take more pics to explain this phenomenon. Everywhere I go, people stare at me. At first, I just figured it was because I'm ugly. No. People often tell me that I'm handsome. 'Bout dang time! Ha ha ha. I've even heard women walk past and say "very handsome" in Chinese. People will come up to me on the street to say "hello." People love to talk to me, although they don't speak any English. They just want to hear a foreigner speak Chinese. It's not just me either. I'm pretty sure any American would be this popular over here. Yesterday, I was eating with some friends at an outdoor restaurant. People were taking pictures. I find this to be hilarious. I'm eating. And not only that, but I'm a sloppy eater. They're taking pictures. I probably have stains on my jacket and they're snapping away. Just makes me laugh.
Mo-pedding, mo problems
My guy, Zhuang Zhou. He goes by the name of Edward Cullen. Not nearly as pale, though. Edward and his buddies like to hoop, dance, go to the gym, and shoot pool.
Yeah, Chinese people are soooo different. How am I ever going to fit in here?
Zhuang Zhou and two of his buddies took me to shoot hoops (yeah, I had to ride on the back of his mo-ped), bought me dinner, got me into the gym, and then took me to shoot three games of pool. Chinese people are very, very generous. All three of them invited me to have dinner with their families.
Random shot
Near the center of the the city. Had I taken the pic in the other direction, you would see a lot more people. A LOT.
Amway mascot
I researched Alley Goats online. They don't lick the glue off of can labels. Instead, they like to eat products by Artistry, Nutrilite, eSpring, and Quixtar. They'll eat pretty much anything Amway tells them to. And they spend a lot of money learning how to eat the products and help their friends eat the products (so that they can collect more products to eat). They also attend weekly sales meetings.
One Alley Goats Gruff
Yeah, umm... this would be a goat, leashed to a door, with an Amway sign on it, in the alley where I park my bike to go to school. So... there's that. It's just your normal run of the mill farm animal in an alley, leashed to the door of a major U.S. corporation. Nothing special. Stop staring!
Think Ray Lewis hits hard? You ever been hit by a taxi?
So I was riding to work today and I see all these people stopped, looking at this dude who's sitting in the middle of the street, lookin' like he just got his bell rung by a 300 lb tailback. This taxi hit him, and that would be his bike, lying on the ground to the left of him. Fortunately, the taxi was going in the same direction, and he didn't seem to be injured that badly. I've been here just 5 days and that's all it took to witness my first accident.
That's what'cha get when you have a city full of people who drive offensively and thoughtlessly.
It's bound to happen over and over. I think I'll continue to look both ways before I cross the street.
Charlie Murphy: Man, my head is bumpin'!
Rick James: Now that ya mention it, I think I'm bleeding inside my chest.
Spring Outing
The car ride
Shadow, Sarah, and me
The driver/my student
Dai Wen Bo... he needs and English name. He can't be running around England, trying to get them to pronounce his name correctly. I mean, they can't even pronounce "aluminum" correctly. What the heck is aluminium? That ain't a word!
I can't tease Betsy here because her English is really good and she'd understand what I was saying... and then she'd beat the mess outta me. All 5 feet of her, ha ha ha. "Ay shawtay... what it do, babe?"
That thing I forgot to do before I left the states
Good... I can go pay my tickets.
Spring Forest
The Spring Forest grounds. Stunning.
Abe pagoda
Yeah, it's THAT old.
The Black Tiger Spring
The clarity of the water makes the pond look surreal.
Clownin'. Always clownin'.
They didn't have books, so you had to read these before bedtime.
That's the biggest "one of these" I've ever seen.
The roaring spring
It was cool, but it didn't sound like a tiger's roar, as they claim it does. If a tiger roared like this, he'd probably get laughed at by his friends. Someone might throw something at him as well. They'd be right to do so.
We took a picture together. Now her cousin thinks we're dating. Her cousin's my boss... awesome.
Superstitious like Wade Boggs
People throw red ribbons in the tree for good luck.
Sarah and Monster (yes, Monster) demonstrate how people used to get to work back in the day.
I climb on stuff
This is me, squatting on a thing that you're not supposed to squat on.
Alex rides the turtlion
And I'm sure they love us standing on this thing
I climb on stuff, that's what I do. If they didn't want us climbing on it, there should've been a sign... in English... and Chinese... that was bigger than the one they already had. I mean, who has time to read signs?
Sarah and Brenda
My ladies n' me
<Ahem>... I mean "coworkers."
I have good aim
Maggie and me in the self-taken shot
Wave to your fans
Sarah's a pop star. In Wisconsin, they'd refer to her as a "soda star."
His feminine side
Monster takes time to stop and smell the peach blossoms. Awwwww.
Nice double entendre
In Chinese, to say someone has peach tree luck means the opposite sex is attracted to them. I, myself don't have it. So I think these women are just gathering around the peach tree.
Peach blossoms
A nice contrast with the pine trees
The group
All of us (and one student) on the way out of the Spring Forest
The zoo at An Shan Si
Well, this guy was looking at the camera just before it went off. I think he was messing with me. He'd look at me 'til just before I took the pic. You win this round, monkey- but you're not beating me in chess again.
I set the timer
....and then ran back to get in the pic with Sarah.
A beautiful view through the doorway
Lucky spring
I dunked my lottery ticket in the spring... wasn't so lucky.
Lucky pagoda?
I dunno. But everything else is lucky, so: why not?
Alex poses for a quick pic while on the hike.
Stay fly
I want to fly like a beagle.
Shadow on the trail
Why did Shadow, Alex and I run up the mountain while everyone else looked like they were gonna plotz? 'Cause that's what riding your bike long distance to work everyday does to ya. Conditioning!
Wu shuuuuuuuu!
I was gonna triple spin instead, but it was a long way down.
Like I said...
A looooong way down.
The red temple
One time I was playing with nunchucks. My temple was red for a week. This old lady came along and opened the doors for us to look inside. There was a shrine to the immortal Tai Shang Lao Jun.
Chaight Strillin'
I had to hang the camera from the branch of this little tree to take this pic.
Student and teacher
This is one of my students, Dai Wen Bo. He's about to kill his English exam on Saturday the 17th, in Qing Dao. You can watch the event on Pay Per View. I taught him to say "My name is Dai Wen Bo and I'm here to ROCK this exam. Bring it." Aw shoot... I may have just made him fail the exam.
The Buddhist temple at the mountain
I bowed to numerous deities. A good time was had by all.
Oooh, my name!
So apparently the name "Stanley" is pronounced "Shi-Dan-Li."
The Flying Pigeon
This is my new means of transportation.
Just before all the pennies fell out of my pocket:
This is me, messin' around at the park in an apartment complex. My friends were passing out flyers for the school and my job was to watch the bikes while hanging upside down.
Just before both of my shoulders dislocated
Okay, not really. But it would've been funny if my friends came back and I was lying face down in the sand.
This is my banner. There are many like it, but this one is mine.
I went on a trip to Wen Shan and they made this big banner for me to stand in front of while the kids walked home from school. Sarah is doing a better pointing job than I am.
Wonder what's goin' on here...
I'm goin' on here. That's what.
My speaking engagement (taking after my father)
The teachers from the school in Wen Shan take us to this mall. Out front in a big square, there's a big, red carpet stage, huge speakers, and a space closed off. I'm wondering "Huh... I wonder what's going on here." Well what's going on is that I'm about to teach English to about 500 kids, their parents, and anyone else who came by.
Found my calling
And then they gave me a mic. Dangerous. Little kids are very excitable- especially in large groups. Dan is very excitable- especially in front of 800 people. I wanted to say "Yo DJ, gimme that beat. I'm about to drop this sh*t." And then I realized that I'd be the only person out of 801 people who would understand it and get a kick out of it. I entertain myself enough as it is. But Mos Def would've been proud.
My crowd
This was a huge crowd. And you know how intimidating middle schoolers are. I'm still sweating. After my.... "performance" shall we call it? I dunno. After my "thing" I stayed around to talk to people and sign autographs. I signed most of 'em "Reggie Bush" but that's okay... they probably can't read it anyway.
Look hard
Yeah, good job. Neva let 'em see you smile.
Be like Dan. Drink Gatorade... and get inked up
Geez, I'm such a bad influence. If only all bad influential decisions could be removed with soap and water.
Hi Mom, we're number one!
Qi Zi Jian, posing for a quick pick and not letting me work. Such distractions are crucial to my... yeah- we were playing with the Photo Booth application on my Mac Book.
Ha ha ha ha ha!
Everyone at my job loves playing with Photo Booth!
Technical difficulties
Betsy and me at the "beach"
Ya get...
What'cha pay for. And haircuts in China cost under $2. Next time, gimme the $20 special and line me up like they do back home. It's okay.... I'll pay the 15th and Wabash price.
The Taste Of Jining
This is where I eat lunch everyday.... for a dollar. You can begin to feign your unjealousy now.
Ohhh yes!
Mmmm, Chinese Oreos. You know they're gonna be awesome, 'cause it even says "Good Taste" right on the package. It's not like they could get away with false advertising. Especially not in China, right?
Ohhh no
New word from the Chinese government reports that good tasting snacks have been banned. The front of the package even says "black" with little eyes in the character! That's not black. It also says "Chocolate With Filling." That ain't chocolate and there's no filling.
Ohhh FTW
Chinese Oreo company, I will never forgive you for this.
Oh wait... I found the "filling" part.
We love to Converse in both English and in Chinese
Eeny meeny miney mo, do we rock Chucks? Oh- fa sho!
What a way to make a living...
Here's Shadow, working on some important tech type stuff. I don't know what it is because I'm not that tech savvy. But it looks really important and business-like.
Heavy work load
Wang Chao takes a quick second to drink some tea before he dives back into grading papers and working on a formula to find out the square root of this room.
Power lunch, followed by a power nap
Ha ha ha, sorry Sarah.
Intra office politics
Monster and Sarah throw some ideas back and forth. Later, Sarah would come by Monster's desk to bounce some things off of him. For instance: some pens, a stapler, a chair, her fists...
Straaaange Chinese textbooks
She's serious when she says "I don't care how funny you are, you look like a cross between Gacy and Pennywise."
Eager, aren't we?
The chalkboard says "Meet your classmates" not "Come on waaay too strong to your classmates"
My new view
It's no Mich Ave. and 18th, but it'll do.
What's with the bars? This isn't Compton, and I'm not even close to the ground level.
Out n' about
Club A8 on a Sunday night. Because... why not? Only in China am I the best dancer and the worst talker in a club. The exact opposite from the U.S.
The People's Park
A beautiful waterfall, along the walking path
The poating flagoda
The floating pagoda. If you throw a coin and it lands on the pagoda and doesn't roll off, you get either 20 tickets or a large, pink, stuffed animal frog, wearing sunglasses.
A bridge too far... east
The beautiful sights at The People's Park
Friday night entertainment
Rock band above a karaoke bar. Okay....
Do I know these crazy chicks?
Sarah and Zhou Lu Lu, screwin' around in a small, humid room at the coffee house.
(Not pictured: Zhou Lu Lu's boyfriend, minus one shirt.)
Chillin' at the coffee house
Zhou Lu Lu and me at the humid coffee house. This is the fourth photo because I'd decided I didn't like how I looked in the first three. Still not sure I like this one. Whateva.
Lunch at the park
This is my lunch scenery on my days off. Beautiful.
Ha ha, this dude
He was washing bird cages... with the birds inside them. They were goin' nuts. The guy seemed calm, though. Good for him.
A8... again.
I'm becoming a regular here. This time, I went with Yang Jin. We downed Cokes and put on a dancing clinic.
Slight variation: Swedish spelling
Yeah, not even close. Just write my Chinese name next time.
It's the Nordic spelling
I went to speak at a business conference. I think my friend told them to put "Dan J. Yan0ff." Yeah, close enough.
What a coincidence!
You have what tattooed on your wrists? No kiddin'. Me too!
Maaaaan, I can't draw worth squat.
Chillin' with friends
Played dice games and Jenga at the bar with new friends.
What face was I trying to make here?
My shirt says "I rock UpWord Momentum." My face says "this is my stupid picture pose."
It's good to be American
When you get in good with the employees at the bar, they give you free drinks. Yay... another can of Coke. Awesome.
Strange fruit
Oh it must be laundry night at the Yanoff household.
Ba na na na, heeeeey heeeeey goodbye
We went to Ba Na Na for Sam's birthday. He got up on stage and sang "Chocolate Salty Balls" by Chef and "Devil's In The House Of The Rising Sun" by Charlie Daniel's Band. We got 40 free beers! Score!
No one told these DBs
I rushed the stage to get in a pic with my favorite performer, Sam (now that Michael Jackson passed away). These two idiots thought they'd come over and make sure I didn't stir up any trouble. They couldn't make the connection that he's a friend of mine, despite the fact that I was up close, taking pics of his performance and that we're both American. "Good call guys. Did anyone ever tell you that you like like a penis with a little hat on?"
Okay, I know what the chick in the blue is pointing at, but..........
Yes! Awesome! That is awesome!
Ha ha, Rex!
Kick pic
Wow. That floor is dirtay.
The guys, minus Sam and Rex, who were working out the final details for Sam's performance.
"Hi Mom, I was just whooooa."
The other pay phone had barbed wire, land mines, and an attack cheetah.
Watch your step, please
....as you fall into this huge ditch. And then watch your broken ankle, please.
Dang, I'm like 6'7" (or 483 centimeters as they call it here)
This pic was by their request. We also took pics with their cameras. Why'd they bring their cameras to work?
P.S. I would trade my celebrity status for one day where no one honked their horn.
Alley/Amway mascot (see above)
The alley goat was trying to reach the leaves, growing on a vine, above the door with the Amway sign on it, but it couldn't reach. Since I'm taller when I stand on my hind legs (like Rory Calhoun), I reached some leaves and gave it to the alley goat.
A+ parenting
Sometimes you have to make sacrifices. And sometimes you have to say "Ah screw it!" and bring your kid into a club at 11:30pm.
Say "hello" to mah lil' friend
I came to a stoplight and heard a "mew.... mew.... mew...." This is what I found. I didn't want it to run into the street, so I put him in the basket of my mo-ped and took him to the bar. I found a nice girl with two cats, who said she'd take him. I miss this lil' guy. <tear>
Speaking of bringing your children to a club...
It was past someone's bed time. All curled up in my hands, straight chillin' at the club.
Meeeee toooooooo!
You're a fan of the worst team in baseball?!?! Meeee toooo! We have so much in common (not to mention our matching wrist tattoos. Again: see above).
That's the crib
Zhi Cheng Guo Ji or "International... Guo Ji place" as we'd call it in English. That's why we don't call it in English.
On the way to Hong Kong
This is a city called Shen Zhen where I stopped along the way. This park is called the Window To The World. This Pyramide de Louvre- looking thing is the window to the... subway. That made it easy enough to find the subway.
Window to the faux world
Worldly structures. Most of which, I've seen the originals.
Kow Loon
They told me I had to take the East Rail to get to Kow Loon. I thought they were talking about mad cow disease. Well what do you expect? I don't speak no friggin' Cantonese.
Walkway to the train for Kow Loon Bay
"Now I'm off to Kow Loon for some Ramen and some tea."
-What It Do
Hong Kong
...was too expensive for my Jining salary. Whoa.
Like: waaaay too expensive. Ballin'!
I won't even put up the rest of the car pics that I took. There are just far too many. And I ran out of bibs.
Lan Kwai Fong district
Hong Kong's party district. I got into much trouble here.
I was sitting in my four star (why the hell'd they put me in a four star...) hotel room, eating leftovers from dinner and watching Deuce Bigalow 2, European Gigolo. Wow. I went down to the concierge desk to ask them if the mall was still open. They said I had 30 minutes 'til it closes. I jumped in a cab, dashed upstairs to the men's department and bought a relatively cheap shirt so I'd have something to wear (I didn't pack smart at all for my trip). I tear off the tags, jump in the cab, and head to the party district. I'm so resourceful, ha ha.
United nations... blitzed
Chicago, Tazmania, London, Hong Kong- nice! I wandered around Lan Kwai Fong in my new shirt until I found some dudes who didn't look like D-bags. I asked them if I could join them since I was by myself. They said of course I could join them. Apparently, the dude from Tazmania had done the same about 30 minutes prior. About an hour later, some other people joined us. One lady and her husband were from Capetown and another woman was from Sao Paolo. Perfect! Now all we need is someone from Antarctica and we'll have all the continents covered.
So we made some friends
These girls are also technically foreigners because they were visiting from Nanjing.
Made some other friends
More foreigners. Filippino this time. They were impressed with the five words I know in Tagalog.
My railway station hotel room
I had a four and a half hour layover in Wuchang. What else was I gonna do? It was either this, or sit in the park and feed the pigeons. Those pigeons did look hungry, though. Oh well.
Is this the children's section?
I used to ride on my dad's shoulders. One day when I was four, he said "Kid, you're getting too big for this." Well say it again, Dad. I couldn't even sit up in my bed on the sleeper train. I would've taken a picture with a better perspective, except... there wasn't one.
Man, what?
This pic didn't come out so clearly due to its neon flourine glow, but apparently now they're using my Jeet Kune Do shifu (teacher) to advertise "Nutritious Food." Yeah, it's the advertisement for a fast food restaurant. Great.
The new new ride
No, I dunno why it's parked in my kitchen. Maybe next time I won't stay out until 3am, 4hours after the garage closes.
Gi-tto license plate. Thank you, Sharpie
Like David Mothafrikkin' Hasselhoff
Sad... just sad
Here's one of the many spellings I've seen. I've also seen adidsa and adidsu. PUMA is PAMU and PMUA. I once saw a shirt that said Nickee and had a poorly drawn swoosh. Welcome to China. 'Nuff said.
No no, it's a bottle of peanut oil, not a massage parlor
They couldn't have named it "Happy Swan," "Happy Oriole," or "Happy Crane"? Oh well. Happy Swallow it is.
Not a clue
This is the shirt my friend wore to work. She had no clue why I almost fell on the floor, laughing that hard.
In case you can't make out what it says on her shirt, it's 3 bottles of OE. That'd be a 40 oz. of Olde English malt liquor AKA: liquid crack. If you're still unfamiliar, take a trip to the hood and go into any liquor store.
Good ol' Jackie Robikson from the Brooklyn Dodgefs
My friend wore this hat to work. She's a huge baseball fan. And by "huge baseball fan" I mean that she's once heard of that sport they play in America, called "棒球."
Uh... oh...
Her name is Xi Shi. She's like... I dunno how many years old she is. But she's fast. That's what counts, right?
Problems ensue... multiple problems
I bought the bike. The battery dies two days later. The foot brake needs tightening. The bike occasionally has trouble switching out of first gear, causing me to have to go from a complete stop- directly into 2nd gear. The night before my birthday, I'm driving to meet some friends at a restaurant. The clutch snaps. AWESOME! The guy who sold it to me didn't want to come fix it, but I took the Corleone approach and gave him an offer he couldn't refuse. I come home after work and- great, he's already there, waiting for me. And he's got a brand new clutch with him. Cool, cool. So we walk over to where I parked my bike last night...
Happy birthday, Dan.
Now: cab rides ensue... multiple cab rides.
King of the dips
In China, you treat everyone to dinner on your birthday. No sweat, I had some hookups. It ended up being really inexpensive for a 9 person dinner. It's good to be king.
New, new toy
Bought this yesterday. First off, it's brand new. And unlike on my last bike, the battery, clutch, gears, foot brake, gas gauge, and speedometer work. Secondly, I have two locks for it and I lock the steering column every time I leave it outside. Thirdly, it has a little pic of a cellphone. When someone calls or texts me, it starts blinking! How frikkin' cool is that?
In a race, a 2011 Hyabusa might win, sure... but they'd have like 4 missed calls. Pfff, what good is that?
Just in case you were wondering...
...go like this. But....
...go like that. Great, thanks. Just wanted to clear that up.
Completely acceptable in this country:
Two guys spooning... passed out, drunk... in public...
Welcome to China.
P.S. These dudes' girlfriends were trying to wake them up.
(Not pictured) Guy in the white shirt's lower back tattoo.
Qufu University (Qufu U) speaking engagement.... LAME!
Are you ready to rock?!?! 'Cause if so, leave here and go somewhere that doesn't suck.
Bottom left corner
I am just so excited to be here tonight!
Man, FTS.
Study English with this dude and you'll be just as good of an English speaker as he is! I had no idea what this dude was trying to tell me.
Signing autographs for the most timid college students ever
I make this one out to Zhang Fei Yi and the other ones to three other people of the exact same name?
So bored
We can go home now, right? We were there for like 4 hours. But at least the food sucked.
Hiking Yi Shan 嶧山 with Liu Xin on 9/17
Road corn
The orange stuff all over the side of the road- yeah, that's like a million ears of corn. It sits on the road. And then they mash it and grind it... on the road. And then I eat it.
Yi Shan 嶧山
This is the front entrance, which we didn't use when entering. Turns out it's free admission if you go around the side of the mountain. Same with movie theaters.
Up the side of the mountain
Looked like it could tumble at any moment. Probably looked like that for the past 20,000 years too.
On the way up...
Floating rock
It's a good thing those sticks are holding up this boulder, 'cause I dunno what else is. It was almost entirely off the ground. That's some David Copperfield stuff right there.
Maybe that's the stone Andy Dufresne was talking about when he said it has no earthly business being there.
Near the top of one of the peaks
I was up there, taking a peek. I had to... it piqued my interest. Someone stop me before I hurt myself.
Dragon pillars
At the temple
Cliff temple
Restaurants, temple, and all your mountain monk needs
Throughway to the temple
So I was up here....
... doin' this
Leopard 豹
... and some of this
Snake 蛇
... this too
Tiger 虎
If you're gonna do gong fu...
Crane 鶴
... might as well do it in China
Dragon 龍
Ba Gua Zhang
Cable cars or "ski lift"
The easy way down
Xin n' me
Nothin' like hoopin' at the base of Yi Shan.
Good hike
A little sweaty, but who isn't?
Trip to Hang Zhou: 9/28 - 10/5
Temple and grounds at West Lake 西湖
Buddhas, Buddhas everywhere...
Unga patchka
Simplicity? Short people? Technology? No, you're thinking of Japan.
God of war or somethin'
You got a war face? Show me your war face! Ahhh! That's a war face!
Hall of Buddha
I thought it was in Cooperstown. Wait... what am I thinking of?
Buddha inside a Buddha
You wanna play rough? Well say "hello" to mah lil' friend!
The "can't no one hold me down" Buddha
Stickin' it to the man!
The temple
One of the temples, anyway.
It was like this the whole trip. They're just so cute, it makes me sick. Or maybe that was the raw chicken I ate.
West Lake
Early evening at Hang Zhou's main attraction
More unexplained Chinese lameness
This girl was taking pictures of her boyfriend, lying in a "seductive" pose on a park bench. He could've been holding a pink, frilly umbrella and it wouldn't have made it that much stranger.
Oh boy...
Just when you thought you couldn't top the last picture... Now we've got a dude taking a pic of another dude, sitting on a male statue's lap, with his hands on the statue's hands. Uh huh.
Dragon boat
Festival not included.
Gu Shan
On the steps at the Gu Shan grounds
Mike's rockin' his "The foreigners are here" shirt, which I kindly asked him to never ever wear again in public, as we get enough attention as it is.
Maggie, Mark, and me
At Club Gaga... or some ripoff name
The Song Dynasty theme park
Yeah- you can make a theme park out of anything.
Disrespectin' your traditional house
Man, Chinese security guards do NOT like it when you do stuff like this.
Enter The Swaggin'
Imitation is the highest form of flattery.
Tacos and burritos
Okay- this isn't a good pic, but doesn't it look like I'm in a Mexican restaurant?
I didn't smile because it was really dark in there and I didn't think it'd turn out.
On the bridge, near food row
Playin' with the b&w setting
Everything becomes artsy in black and white.
Except this:
Ha ha ha ha ha ha!
The happy couple
It was so nice of them to invite me on their second honeymoon. Too bad we all had to share a room for half the trip. Told 'em they should've gone to Oahu instead.
Took a night cruise down the Grand Canal
Chicago doesn't have this
Second night, along the riverfront
Gettin' silly at Club 88
Oy vey...
She didn't understand that you can't bomb a Jack on the rocks. I'm not explaining it to her a third time, either.
Back home now
We did a ton of things. I just didn't have my camera to document them all. I DO however have a video of this old dude straight hip hop dancing in the park. Ask me about it sometime.
New New New Toy
Jeremy was right. If you eat PB&J long enough, you can buy what you really want.
...Yeah zoom, zoom, zoom.
So fly, the cops get out of the car and beat their own asses.
Blowin' up Jining.
This is what Mike bought Xiao Xiao for her birthday. The guy at the pet shop said he's 80% Golden Retriever. Uh huh- because everyone traces a dog's lineage back that far to get a percentage like that.
Mike and his first born son
...First born son with glowing eyes
Xiao Xiao and her baby
He has his mother's eyes, his father's amount of body hair, and Uncle Dan's appetite.
Here's Rex, enjoying one of his favorite activities: biting the sh- outta stuff. Particuarly: my hand.
"Rex, NO- bad dog! I mean 不, 坏狗! Ah geez, what language do you understand?"
What... me?
We love our pup! Look at that punim.
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Call a locksmith during business hours to save money. The cost of locksmith services that are required after hours can vary widely. For instance, you might pay 50 bucks for a service call during the day, but at night it will cost you double that.
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While it is no longer a secret that Elon Musk has been handing out NDA to those Tesla buyers who have encountered "quality control" issues to prevent any negative publicity from leaking out about his overhyped vehicle, he will have a difficult time limiting the damage control from a deadly crash two months ago that claimed the life of its driver who was allegedly watching a DVD while the car was on autopilot.
Exibit A: a photo of the Tesla Model S involved in the fatal crash on May 7, 2016 shows with the top third of the car sheared off by the impact of the collision of the Tesla with a tractor-trailer truck on nearby highway and coming to rest in the yard of Robert and Chrissy VanKavelaar.
Additionally, as Reuters reported today, investigators found a laptop computer in the Tesla Model S sedan involved in a fatal crash in May while running on autopilot, Florida investigators said on Thursday, leaving it unclear whether the driver was distracted at the time. Neither the laptop nor a DVD player also found in the vehicle was running after the crash, said Sergeant Kim Montes of the Florida Highway Patrol. Montes said investigators could not determine whether the driver was operating either at the time of the accident.
Which is odd because as reported previously, the driver of the truck in which the Tesla slammed, said the Tesla driver was "playing Harry Potter on the TV screen" at the time of the crash and driving so quickly that "he went so fast through my trailer I didn't see him." The car was equipped with a computer stand, but the laptop was not mounted on the stand when investigators recovered the laptop, Montes said.
Witnesses who came upon the wreckage gave differing accounts last week about whether the DVD player was showing a movie.
It could be weeks if not months before officials make a final determination of the cause of the crash, the first known fatality of a Model S driver while using Autopilot. The accident has opened debate about whether drivers were being lulled into a false sense of security by such technology.
What is worse for Musk, however, is not the immediate fallout from the crash, but the viability of the underlying business and investor confidence with a model which is burning billions of dollars in cash every month.
Furthermore as RBC noted in a note today, "Tesla Confidence Tipping Point May Near With Each Target Miss." As a result, RBC's Joseph Spak - who lowered his price target from $220 to $210 - cut his Tesla 2016 delivery estimates to 75k from prior 79k after Tesla 2Q delivery figures this week implied production of ~50k vehicles in 2H 2016, putting total year deliveries at low end of 80k-90k forecast, RBC analyst Joseph Spak He also cut the 2Q per-share loss est. to 86c vs his previous loss est. 36c. He adds that while the market "may not care" on some short-term issues, still sees "mid-to-long term opportunity" but there could be a "tipping point" where continued missed targets lower confidence in Model 3 ramp up, adding that "most investors we talk to" don't think TSLA can make target of 500k vehicles in 2018 and 1m in 2020.
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In the United States and other countries, the county seat is the capital of a county. It is where the government for the county is found. The county seat is usually the largest town or city in the county, oldest, or most central town or city. In Louisiana, counties are called Parishes. Because of this, they have Parish seats instead of county seats.
In the United Kingdom, the name county town is used instead.
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180 min with interval
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Block, Johann: Vojtěch Vondráček
Mr. von Merkens' mother: Dita Kaplanová
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Elisabeth Vogler, Jenny: Magdalena Sidonová
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Two youths have been arrested after a fire was deliberately lit in Erskine Park this morning.
About 10.20am, police will allege two boys deliberately set fire to bushland near Warbler Street, Erskine Park.
It is an extraordinary crime given temperatures soared above 40 degrees in the Penrith area today.
"The fire was extinguished before it caused damage to any property. No one was injured," a Police spokesperson said.
Police from Nepean Police Area Command attended and arrested the two youths.
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A total fire ban is in place for the Greater Sydney, Greater Hunter, Central Ranges and Southern Ranges areas today.
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