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Bella Via's licensed pilots maneuver their brightly colored craft through the sky as intimate groups of up to four passengers take in sweeping views of the countryside. The vessel swoops into natural beauty and dips close to the verdant treetops, granting aeronauts newfound views of the canopy and allowing them to eavesdrop on tree-house board meetings. Guests may skim across the mirrored surface of a lake or soar up to 2,000 feet above the earth to tamper with the clouds and embarrass rival meteorologists. Passengers can assist with the setup of balloons prior to takeoff, and a dedicated crew follows the vessel to its landing site to toast disembarking balloonists with an effervescent glass of bubbly and return them to their jealous automobiles.
Music courses throughout the alley as visitors sate competitive appetites with multiple bowling lanes, an 18-hole mini golf course, six pool tables, and a variety of arcade games. Bowlers first snuggle their feet into pairs of rented bowling shoes before unleashing themselves on the lanes, punishing pins with each stroke frame by frame. Bogey's automatic scoring machines make keeping tally easy so players aren't forced to scrawl numbers on the back of receipts or birth certificates. During cosmic bowling on Friday and Saturday nights after 6 p.m., black lights douse the alley in florescent color and disco balls sparkle and spin. Bogey's mini golf course awaits diminutive domination, taking putters past well-manicured greenery, winding brick paths, and loitering lawnmowers. Although not included with today's deal, guests can refuel at the bar with a beer or glass of wine or celebrate a victorious match with ice cream from the snack bar.
BBs fly across Citadel Airsoft's 60,000-square-foot indoor facility as marksmen square off in CO2-fueled contests. Three days a week, open skirmishes reward strategy in 30-minute games that follow a variety of rules and scenarios such as Downed Pilot, where rival teams compete to either rescue or capture a specific player. For more experienced sharpshooters, Citadel organizes indoor and outdoor simulations that test players' mettle with unique obstacles and targets painted on remote-control houseflies. First-time players can boost their airsoft skills during training events and add to their personal armory with safety equipment and supplies from the facility's onsite pro shop.
Pure Fitness (formerly known as Powerhouse Fitness and still owned by Scott and Nikki Holland) has a full roster of certified personal trainers and seasoned group-fitness instructors who guide exercisers to physical peaks, building strong muscles and healthy lifestyles. The workout room helps guests to slim down their silhouettes with new exercise equipment, including calorie-torching cardio machines and dumbbells perfect for toning biceps or hurling at cardboard cutouts of Charles Atlas. There's also a recently added athletic-training center.
Group classes range from Les Mills dance aerobics to CrossFit functional training, which strengthens sinews with Olympic lifting drills and gymnastics-inspired bodyweight exercises. A juice bar replenishes vitamins and minerals, and saunas banish stress with warm, dry air. To help parents squeeze exercise into busy schedules, the gym offers childcare services seven days a week.
Perhaps as a tribute to the timeless nature of the sword, the Worcester Fencing Club began as a small class held at the Higgins Armory Museum, a collection of arms and armor from medieval Europe and beyond. There, Doug Jacobs—a United States Fencing Association–certified instructor—began imparting his knowledge to a handful of students, giving them a small taste of the age-old sport that, over the years, had become unfairly associated with bullies popping balloons in the streets. Still, many of his students wished to extend their training, and—upon a suggestion of the mother of some of his students—Doug expanded his academy in 1998, forming the Worcester Fencing Club. Today, the school continues to draw fresh blood, introducing students of all ages and experience levels to modern- and Olympic-style fencing in classes still often taught by Doug himself.
Skylite Roller Skating Center has been sending families spinning round its 10,000-square-foot rink for 30 years. Skaters can don sturdy four-wheeled foot trolleys to cruise the circumference of Skylite's sleek surface, which is kept smooth daily by the diligent tongues of 100 neighborhood cats, during any of the rink's 2.5- to 3-hour public skating sessions (up to a $5 to $8 value/person; times and admission price vary each day), including their annual Halloween and New Year's Eve parties. Glide in time to current and classic dance and pop tunes in a whirl of neon, black lights, and the sequin-like shimmers of an overhead disco ball. A snack bar serves pizza, french fries, and candy—not included in today's Groupon—to failing gliders to prevent head-on blood-sugar crashes.


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Iran to reassert authority at Opec after nuclear dealEmboldened by its nuclear deal with the West, Iranian oil negotiators led again by industry veteran Bijan Zanganeh, will seek to reassert Tehran's authority in the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) at a Wednesday meeti More… |
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made his major film debut as Steve Butabi, one of the spectacularly clueless brothers who serve as the protagonists of
A Night at the Roxbury
(1998). The character originated on
, where
had been a regular since 1995, entertaining audiences with his celebrity impressions and such characterizations as Craig the Spartan Cheerleader and junior high-school teacher Marty Culp.
Born in Irvine, CA, on July 16, 1967,
attended the University of Southern California, graduating with a degree in sports information. Following graduation, he worked as a sportscaster on a weekly cable show, but he soon found his interests leaning toward acting and standup comedy. He enrolled in classes and workshops given at a local community college, and after only a year of training, he was invited to join the Groundlings, an infamous L.A. comedy improv group.
's involvement with the Groundlings led to his
discovery; from that point on, the previously unknown comic found himself enjoying growing recognition and a steady paycheck.
A Night at the Roxbury
turned out to be a complete and utter flop, it did little to prevent
from finding more screen work; the following year, he could be seen as journalist Bob Woodward in
and as the object of fellow
Molly Shannon
's unwanted affection in
. A series of scene-stealing supporting roles followed for
in such films as
Drowning Mona
, and, most-notably,
Old School
. In the 2003
Todd Phillips
sunk his teeth into the role of Frank "The Tank", delivering several lines that would forever be quoted by frat guys the world over.
But it was
's other 2003 film that truly announced his arrival as a Hollywood star. As the oversized titular character in director Jon Favreau's holiday comedy
delighted audiences and critics alike, making the modestly-budgeted film a surprise box-office smash.
In the wake of
's success,
's 2004 plate was full, starring as fictional '70s TV newscaster Ron Burgundy in
(a film which had enough outtakes to merit an entire second feature upon being released to home video), taking a role in the
Woody Allen
Melinda and Melinda
, and signing on for lead roles in two long-anticipated projects: the filmed adaptation of John Kennedy Toole's cult novel A Confederacy of Dunces and the big-screen version of the classic sitcom
. Though the curse that had plagued the big-screen adaptation of Confederacy seemed to persist when, by mid-2006, there still seemed to be no signs that the film would be going before the cameras anytime soon,
continued to crack-up audiences with a hilarious cameo in the popular Vince Vaughn/Owen Wilson comedy Weddng Crashers, as well as a memorable turn in The Producers - a big screen adaptation of the smash Broadway hit that was inspired by Mel Brooks' 1968 comedy classic of the same name.
As the 2000's unfolded, it became clear that Ferrell's comic fame could not be matched. He would score box office gold with many movies to comes, such as Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, Stranger Than Fiction, Blades of Glory, Step-Brothers, Everything Must Go, and The Campaign, in addition to popular runs on TV series like The Office and Eastbound & Down. ~ Rebecca Flint Marx, Rovi
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Get Hard
Will Ferrell and Kevin Hart headline this Warner Bros. comedy about a wrongfully convicted investment banker who prepares for prison life with the help of the man who washes his car. Etan Cohen directs, with Ian Roberts and Jay Martel handling screenwriting duties. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
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Welcome to Me
A woman suffering from dissociative personality disorder (Kristin Wiig) uses her lottery windfall to produce a cable access talk show in a desperate and single-minded quest to become famous. Tim Robbins, Linda Cardellini, and Jennifer Jason Leigh co-star in a film produced by Will Ferell and Adam McKay. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
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A fast food employee ($Melissa McCarthy loses her job and heads out on the road with her grandmother (Susan Sarandon) in this comedy written by the Bridesmaids' star along with her husband, Ben Falcone, who also directs. Kathy Bates and Mark Duplass costar. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, Rovi
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The Other Guys's stars Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg reteam for this sports comedy about two families who have carried on a tradition of playing football in the park between their houses. When the patriarch of Wahlberg's downtrodden clan (played by Alec Baldwin) becomes deathly ill, his last wish is for sweet revenge on the football field at their annual Thanksgiving game. Robert Carlock and Scott Silveri provide the script. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, Rovi
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Fifteen years after a horrific experience in a deceptively inviting ginger bread house, an orphan Hansel (Jeremy Renner) and Gretel (Gemma Arterton) have become famous for ridding the countryside of witches. Despite their stellar success record, the brother and sister face a unique challenge when an extremely powerful witch is identified as the culprit stealing children from a local village with the intent to sacrifice them in an ancient magical ceremony to be held on the night of the Blood Moon. As Hansel and Gretel race against the clock, making several unlikely allies on the way (among them include a troll and a witch hunter fanboy), they unexpectedly come across a link to their own pasts and the secret their parents took with them when they disappeared. The film was directed by Tommy Wirkola. Actresses Famke Janssen and Pihla Vitala co-star. ~ Tracie Cooper, Rovi
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Will Ferrell returns to the role of Ron Burgundy in Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues, which finds the popular San Diego television newsman pulling up stakes with co-host Veronica (Christina Applegate), his intrepid reporter Brian (Paul Rudd), overenthusiastic sports reporter Champ (David Koechner), and imbecilic weatherman Brick (Steve Carell) in order to move to New York City and launch the first ever 24-hour news network. Adam McKay, who directed the original, returns as well to helm this comedy. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi
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Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! stars Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim make the leap to the big screen in this anarchic comedy about two guys who watch their dreams of movie stardom going up in flames after blowing their unprecedented billion-dollar budget. Will Ferrell, Zach Galifianakis, John C. Reilly, Will Forte, and Jeff Goldblum star. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
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Casa de mi Padre
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The son (Will Ferrell) of a rancher unwittingly gets into a war with a local drug lord (Gael Garcia Bernal) after his supposedly wealthy brother (Diego Luna) turns out to be unable to settle the family's financial troubles in this Spanish-language comedy from Gary Sanchez Productions. Frequent Ferrell collaborator Adam McKay (Step Brothers, The Other Guys) produces, with Funny or Die's Matt Piedmont handling direction duties. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, Rovi
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Two powerful CEOs pit a blundering congressman against an unlikely political newcomer in order to seize control of a crucial North Carolina district in this satirical political comedy starring Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis. On the eve of an upcoming election, incumbent congressman Cam Brady (Ferrell) makes a misstep that threatens to end his career in politics. Recognizing the opportunity to gain influence in the aftermath of the public gaffe, a pair of scheming CEOs handpick credulous tourism-center director Marty Huggins (Galifianakis) as Brady's political rival, quickly shaping him into a viable candidate with the help of a seasoned campaign manager. As Election Day draws near, Brady and Huggins cast ethics aside to engage in the brand of hysterical mud-slinging that's sent contemporary politics straight down the toilet. Jason Sudeikis, John Lithgow, and Brian Cox co-star. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
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Kirsten Dunst, Isla Fisher, and Lizzy Caplan star in this comedy about three dysfunctional friends who attempt to leave the past behind while serving as bridesmaids at the wedding of a woman they mocked mercilessly back in high school. As teenagers, Regan (Dunst), Gena (Caplan), and Katie (Fisher) used to call Becky (Rebel Wilson) "Pig Face." Years later, Becky is about to tie the knot and asks her taunting former classmates to join the wedding party. And though Regan is determined to give Becky the ultimate bachelorette bash, tart-tongued Gena has already started partying hard well before the big night, and capricious Katie seems to have her head stuck in the clouds. Later, as the ladies cut loose and the booze begins to flow, a mishap with the wedding dress sends the entire event spiraling out of control, leading to a wild night of debauchery that nobody will ever forget. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
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Everything Must Go
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Will Ferrell offers his fans a change of pace as he takes on a rare dramatic role as a man struggling to hold his life together. Nick Halsey (Ferrell) was once a successful salesman with a happy marriage, but years of drinking are finally catching up with him, as he's fired from his job and his wife has decided she's had enough. Nick's wife has kicked him out of the house and moved all his possessions onto their front lawn; hoping retain a bit of dignity and maybe raise some cash as he plots his next move, Nick puts a yard sale sign on his stuff and tries to convince the neighbors (and the cops) that he's simply selling some junk he doesn't need anymore. As Nick makes believe he isn't homeless in between beers, he strikes up a friendship with a kid from the neighborhood (Christopher Jordan Wallace), tries to reconnect with a girl he loved in high school (Laura Dern), and bonds with his neighbor Samantha (Rebecca Hall), who is pregnant and struggling to get by while her husband is away on business. Based on a short story by Raymond Carver, Everything Must Go was the first feature film from director and screenwriter Dan Rush. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
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Notorious Metro City villian Megamind (voice of Will Ferrell) becomes an unlikely savior to the troubled metropolis after defeating beloved do-gooder Metro Man (voice of Brad Pitt) and creating a new opponent who refuses to play by the rules. Megamind was only an infant when his parents loaded him into an emergency escape pod and jettisoned him into space just as their planet was being sucked into a black hole. His destination: planet Earth. Meanwhile, another slightly more wholesome baby sets out on the same trajectory. But while the latter will ultimately land in the home of a wealthy couple and grow up to become Metro Man, hero of Metro City, poor Megamind finds his fate taking the opposite course when his pod crashes in a prison yard, leaving him to be raised by convicts. Later, in grade school, the kids all flock to Metro Man, leaving a frustrated Megamind to embrace a life of diabolical misdeeds. As the years go by, Metro Man and Megamind develop an intense adversarial relationship that pits them in battle over Metro City time and again. Undeterred by his unbroken losing streak, Megamind hatches an ingenious scheme to finally destroy Metro Man by kidnapping pretty reporter Roxanne Ritchi (voice of Tina Fey), and luring the predictable hero into a deadly trap. Then something unexpected happens -- Megamind's plan actually works. Now, with Metro Man out of the picture, Megamind and his Minion (voice of David Cross) stake their claim on Metro City. But what good is ultimate power when you don't even have to fight for it? Realizing that life is simply out of balance without Metro Man to be the hero, Megamind creates a new foe who will be just as righteous and powerful as his fallen adversary. Unfortunately, Megamind's schemes usually have a way of backfiring, and when Metro City's newest savior proves even more evil than Megamind, the blue-hued antihero prepares to fight back with everything he's got. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
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Megamind: The Button of Doom
The new protector of Metro City faces the one foe that could cut his heroic reign short in this companion adventure to the hit animated feature Megamind. The diabolical items cluttering their evil lair no longer of use, Megamind (Will Ferrell) and Minion (David Cross) decide that everything must go -- everything except the Death Ray, of course. Meanwhile, Megamind reveals to the people of Metro City that he's created a special suit that gives him all of Metro Man's powers, and that he will use it to keep the city safe and secure. Later, while sifting through the items that didn't sell, Megamind stumbles across a mysterious red button, and pushes it. Suddenly, a forgotten robot named Mega-Megamind appears. Mistaking Megamind for Metro Man, it launches an all out attack on the wisecracking hero and his terrified sidekick. When Mega-Megamind proves to be an exceptional opponent, the only hope for ending the massive robot's rampage of destruction is to unleash another, much smaller robot that Minion had secretly stored for safe keeping. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
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One teen's quest to lose his virginity is broadcast on the Internet for the entire world to see in this comedy from producers Will Ferrell and Adam McKay. Matt always wanted his first time to be special, but then his plan to lose his virginity with longtime girlfriend Nicole went horribly awry. Unfortunately for Matt, his friends were videotaping the entire thing, and before long the clip goes viral. Embarrassed and heartbroken, Matt finds his luck turning around when a pretty online admirer offers to be his first. But her offer comes with a list of stipulations, and as Matt prepares to take the plunge, his pals keep the camera rolling to catch every painfully awkward moment of his transition into manhood. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
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A desk-jockey detective and his tough-talking partner get their moment to shine in this buddy police comedy starring Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg, and directed by Adam McKay (Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby). New York City detective Allen Gamble (Ferrell) is more comfortable pushing pencils than busting bad guys. A meticulous forensic accountant, his numbers are never off. Detective Terry Hoitz (Wahlberg) is Gamble's reluctant partner. Try as Detective Hoitz might to get back on the streets, an embarrassing encounter with Derek Jeter has left a sizable black mark on his permanent record. Detectives Danson (Dwayne Johnson) and Highsmith (Samuel L. Jackson) are the complete opposites of Gamble and Hoitz: unwaveringly confident, they always get their man, and they do it with style to spare. When the time comes for Gamble and Hoitz to prove their mettle and save the day, their incompetence becomes the stuff of legend. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
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Will Ferrell: You're Welcome, America: A Final Night With George W. Bush
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Adapted from SNL alumni Will Ferrell's one-man Broadway show, this filmed performance finds the celebrated comic lampooning the 43rd President of the United States one last time before George W. Bush ends his eight-year term. From the former president's charmed childhood to his rowdy college years, his post-collegiate stint as co-owner of the Texas Rangers, and ultimate role as the leader of the free world, no aspect of Bush's life or career is immune from Ferrell's outrageous brand of political satire. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
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Eastbound & Down [TV Series]
A big league relief pitcher returns home to Shelby County, NC following a spectacular career flame out, accepting a job as a substitute gym teacher in this comedy series created by Danny McBride, Ben Best, and Jody Hill (The Foot Fist Way). Kenny Powers (McBride) was poised to rule the major league when his fading fastball and insufferable personality began to overshadow his game. Ejected from the sport after accusations of steroid use led to a major on-camera meltdown, Powers travels back to his hometown in North Carolina and reluctantly begins working as a substitute gym teacher while living with his brother Dustin (John Hawkes). But while Kenny may be down, he's certainly not out, and despite the fact that his fame has all but dried up, he begins plotting his inevitable comeback between repeated rounds of heavy drinking. Katy Mixon, Jennifer Irwin, and John Hawkes co-star in a comedy series produced for HBO by Will Ferrell and Adam McKay's Gary Sanchez Productions. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
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Eastbound & Down: Chapter 5
A frustrated Kenny is ready to throw in the towel on his comeback dreams, but his major-league fire is reignited after a run-in with an old adversary (Craig Robinson) who's shilling for Ashley Schaeffer (Will Ferrell). ~ Joe Friedrich, Rovi
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Eastbound & Down: Chapter 2
Dismayed by the idea of selling his Jet Ski for extra money, Kenny seeks an endorsement deal from a car dealership, but the owner (Will Ferrell) makes some potentially dangerous demands.\ Later, Kenny and Clegg crash a middle-school dance. ~ Joe Friedrich, Rovi
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Land of the Lost
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This big-screen adaptation of Land of the Lost stars Will Ferrell as Dr. Rick Marshall, a quantum paleontologist who has been discredited in the scientific world due to his strident belief in time travel as the cure for all of humanity's problems. After hitting an all-time low, giving a lecture to elementary school kids, Dr. Marshall meets an ambitious young scientist named Holly (Anna Friel), who tells him she has followed all his work and believes he's a genius. Spurred on by her enthusiasm, he finishes building the device that will allow him to time travel -- something he promptly does along with Holly, and white-trash fireworks salesman Will (Danny McBride), after Will leads them into a cave that seems like a promising place to test the new machine. They end up in a world full of dinosaurs, sand, and scary lizard-like creatures known as Sleestacks. They quickly lose the machine that brought them to this alternate universe, and if they ever want to return home, the trio must recover it with the help of Chaka (Jorma Taccone), the monkey-like friend they make in this strange place. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi
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A smooth-talking jack-of-all-trades attempts to save a struggling car dealership from certain bankruptcy in this comedy starring Jeremy Piven, directed by Chappelle's Show creator Neal Brennan, and produced by Will Ferrell and Adam McKay's Gary Sanchez Productions. Don Ready (Piven) takes sales seriously; he's always up for a challenge, and he parties as hard as he works. Approached to help an ailing car dealership from falling into the red, Ready recruits a crew of his best men and descends upon the quiet town of Temecula determined to succeed. Before long the dealership is flourishing and Ready's crew are kings of the roost, but what happens when the man who made his mint by hustling cars meets the one woman who isn't charmed by his formidable skills as a salesman. Realizing this may be his one shot at true love, Ready starts working overtime to convince the woman of his dreams that he's the best bargain on the lot. Has the hustler finally found his soul, or is he so locked into his anything-goes lifestyle that there's no looking back? Ving Rhames, Ed Helms, James Brolin, and David Koechner co-star. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
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The American Basketball Association is on the verge of collapse, and when a former NBA benchwarmer returns to his hometown of Flint, MI, to whip his former team into shape for the playoffs, redemption is just a free throw away in this period sports comedy starring Will Ferrell and Woody Harrelson. Penned by Old School scribe Scot Armstrong, Semi-Pro tells the tale of a 1970s-era basketball player who doesn't have much luck in the NBA, but vows to leave his mark on the sport by coaching the Flint Tropics. When the upstart ABA league agrees to be absorbed by the NBA, only four teams will be allowed in. Jackie Moon (Ferrell) must orchestrate a successful season both on the court, and financially off the court with the help of many odd promotional events, in order to remain in the sport he loves. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
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Andrew Busch is the global currency and public policy strategist for BMO Capital Market's investment banking division in Chicago. He is a recognized expert on the world financial markets and how these markets are impacted by political events. Mr. Busch accurately called the Democratic take-over of Congress a full year in advance, and his views still appear in his daily newsletter, The Busch Update. He consults with the staffs of the US Treasury, Congress, and the White House on economic and market issues on a regular basis. Mr. Busch was an advisor on the economy and the financial markets to US Republican Presidential nominee, John McCain. For the last five years, he has appeared every Friday on CNBC's, Closing Bell with Maria Bartiromo, and on Thursdays he can be seen on Bloomberg TV and the Canadian BNN's, Squeeze Play. Mr. Busch has also appeared on CNN's Money Gang, Moneyline, CNN International, Bloomberg television and radio, Reuters Financial TV, and the CBS Morning News in Chicago....
The fiscal cliff has the potential to drag down the US economy at the precise time the rest of the world is relying on it to keep global growth going, says Andrew Busch.
We're at the World MoneyShow in Chicago and I'm talking with Andrew Busch about the fiscal cliff. Now we hear a lot about the fiscal cliff. But I'm not quite sure: A) people really know what it is; and B) what the implications are for it.
Well, the fiscal cliff is a series of tax changes that are coming to the US economy. It depends on how you calculate it, but the way that we look at it, it's about $1 trillion that will be moved from people to the government if it all hits at the same time.
This runs from the Bush tax cuts rolling off to fixing AMT—alternative minimum tax—to all sorts of things that kind of add up to about $1 trillion. And if you look at it, it's about 4% of GDP...so if you're looking at GDP, if GDP was running at 2.5%, you'd lose about 1% off of that so you're at 1.5%.
That's significant because Christine Lagarde, the head of the IMF, said this is the biggest risk for 2013. In other words, if the US economy slows down by 4% to 5%, then the rest of the world essentially catches the cold. It's really disconcerting for them as far as growth prospects going forward. So that's why there's a lot of focus on it, and I think that's why we'll get some action by Congress before the end of the year.
Yeah, we're the strongest engine in this weak economy at this point in the global economy.
Yeah, we really are. And that really stands out when you look at growth rates in Europe, when you look at China slowing down significantly. The US still is the best place, and we've got some good things going on here. The housing market looks like it's stabilized.
We've seen the economy improve—not great, but it's not falling off a cliff. That's a good thing, too. Finally, we do have a central bank that's easing and will continue to ease unlimited until they comfortable with growth going forward. So those are three positive things that are happening.
So on the political side of this, what are the hot button issues? Who is really...I mean is the Tea Party involved in any of the issues that are on the table here? Are there splinter groups that are making this more difficult to get through, or...?
You've got to remember, the Tea Party got involved because the American people were very upset with the fiscal deficits that were expanding and blowing out. We're talking about over $1 trillion a year for the last four years in a row. You can blame some of that on the Bush administration, you can blame the rest of it on the Obama administration.
The thing is with the Tea Party, they rightfully came to the fore because they wanted to change that dynamic. So yes, they're involved with this process, and yes, it comes in the House of Representatives.
But I think overall, they're pointing us in the right direction. We cannot sustain these debt levels. We cannot sustain these deficit levels. So the Tea Party, they do take an extreme position to the extent that they don't want to have any taxes go up. But I think they pulled the conversation of where it needs to go.
Right, and it's kind of what we're seeing happen in Europe at this point, where they had a social network in place and they had their social democracy but they couldn't afford it when things got tight, and now they're trying to dig themselves out of it.
Right, and I think that's a great point. Forever, we've heard Europe has this different social contract with their population and it's great. You want to spend that amount of money, fantastic. But you can't do it and accumulate a lot of debt, because it's unsustainable.
So at some point, you have to have the conversation that Canada had in about the 1990s, when they said, "What can we do for our people and what can we afford?" And Canada's really been the shining star as far as balancing that out. They don't have it perfect, but they really are a great example not only for the fiscal situation, but also in their banking system as well.
So those are all good things to keep in mind when we're looking at the United States.
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This post on LaxPower:
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This post by "glazed-over" pretty much sums up how those that are NOT in the mafia see things.....
You do understand how it works, correct? The ACC is not recognized by the NCAA as a conference in mens lacrosse because it lacks the requisite six members. All four ACC teams that play mens lacrosse Duke, Maryland, North Carolina and Virginia are traditionally good. Thus they play in a conference that offers RPI and Strength of Schedule rewards and no penalties. Contrast that, as an example, to the Big East where for every Notre Dame a Syracuse faces there is also a Providence to balance things out.
Pretty cozy arrangement already, but it gets worse. Seeing the obvious benefits their arrangement breeds, these four ACC teams hold a postseason tournament in which all of them qualify. Nice. There is no ACC in mens lacrosse as far as the NCAA is concerned, but get this: The NCAA recognizes those tournament games when it makes its selections. The bogus postseason ACC tournament is nothing more than an annual chance for the conferences four teams to strengthen their NCAA Tournament credentials by playing each other a second time.
And, you don't think they're working it? Last year, Maryland lost to Duke and North Carolina in the regular season. Then in Maryland's "second chance" (tournament that is not a tournament) to play each, they defeated both, giving them two "quality wins", which pushed their RPI ahead of Colgates and sent the Terps to the Tournament even though they lost at home in a head-to-head battle with the Raiders.
Forget the call to expand the tournament - just launch the ACC off on its own to play each other 3 or 4 times a season and tell each other how great they are and have Quint comment on it and let the sport grow without them - it can't grow as long as the current ACC loophole is left open.
Just wait until Syracuse joins the ACC and they FINALLY add another team to make officially 6 and make it an auto bid league. That will cut down the number of ACC team by at least half each year. And just wait until the current ACC schools start complaining about how SU makes the tourney every year as the autobid and their poor "itty bitty teams" get left out because they didn't win the ACC.
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In a somewhat ironic meeting today, accepted students day at Loyola (my son is going), I met a BC grad. (and Loyola Dad) who says that the BC AD has given BC Lax alums the number he needs to start up a varsity program there. From what he said, it is materializing.
So, BC may be the 6th ACC Lax team.
I am not a NCAA playoff guy, but I believe that there is a ratio that the NCAA has of eligible programs to increasing playoff spots, which explains why D2 is so small.
Anyway, with Michigan in D1, and BU starting up a D1 program, and others contemplating it, my guess is that this ACC/Baltimore bias goes away as more slots are created for playoffs.
We can at least hope so.
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Ten of top 20 lose!
"Jack didnt have any envy in him," Calipari said. "He was the greatest coach to ever coach here."
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Back to #2 this week
USILA Division I Coaches Poll - 04/23/2012
Rank Team Points (1st Place Votes)
1 Loyola 215 (7)
2 UMass 211 (3)
3 Notre Dame 196
4 Duke 192
5 North Carolina 166
6 Virginia 164
7 Maryland 147
8 Cornell 134
9 Lehigh 123
10 Hopkins 120
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The RPI is such a laughably flawed statistic that it is a joke that the NCAA can put so much stock in it (but not surprising ... it is the NCAA, after all). I'm sure UMass87 can back me up on this.
KRACH is a much better evaluator, touted by real mathematicians (check out some of the college hockey discussions on USCHO). For instance, no team ever should see its rating drop because of a victory, which is possible with RPI (college hockey has to make adjustments because of this).
The poster on LaxPower (CU77) who calculates the KRACH was able to help me set it up so that I can calculate it in Excel, and I've been able to study it. He has Loyola at No. 1 and UMass No. 2, and other "mathematically sound" systems like LaxPower's ratings and Massey's ratings have both teams as the top two. Yet RPI has UMass at No. 4. So which should be gospel and which is the outlier? We all know the answer, but the NCAA can't be convinced of that.
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Ok, I'll bite, was is KRACH - a non cognoscenti.
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Here is College Hockey News' explanation:
And the LaxPower link as it pertains to lacrosse:
There also are some good links on Page 1 of the LaxPower thread to Sports Illustrated stories about RPI and some of the issues it has faced in the past in regards to college hoop.
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RPI is certainly one of the least sophisticated of ratings calculations. I like the laxpower rating.
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Thanks for sharing, truly had NO IDEA about this. I need to think about/study it a bit, we in academia are a bit 'slow'.
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UMass87 wrote:
RPI is certainly one of the least sophisticated of ratings calculations. I like the laxpower rating.
LaxPower uses game scores and sites as its basis for calculation, which takes it a step further than even KRACH (and obviously more than RPI).
The argument there is that teams can boost their numbers by running up the score, although it is pretty easy to build in a maximum +/- (I believe LP uses 10 goals).
Let's say Team A beats Teams C, D, and E ... all by 7 goals and all on the road, while Team B beats each of those three by 1 goal at home. Which team likely is better? Team A, of course, but both KRACH and RPI treat them the same.
College hoop did a sensible thing by making the home/road adjustment to RPI, which prevented the UConns and Syracuses of the world from fattening their RPIs by never leaving campus. But there is no indication that there is a home/road adjustment for RPI in any other sport.
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The problem with ANY rating in lacrosse is the same problem we bemoan about lacrosse in general: there simply is not enough scheduling parity. If UMass never gets to play UNC or Hopkins or Virginia etc. at Garber then no amount of numerical manipulation is going to resolve relative strength. Football has the same problem but worse because the number of games are so few.
Most relative rating systems are based, to some degree, on the premise that If A beats B and B beats C then A will beat C. We all know that for individual cases that is an absurd premise. When there are enough games between teams in the rating pool then there is some washout of that problem (although it still exists). There never will be a perfect rating system for any human endeavor but the only humans I would trust more than a good rating system are oddsmakers in Vegas (the best of whom seem prescient to me) or the en masse betting public.
I don't believe there are enough games in the Lacrosse season nor enough cross-scheduling to use the RPI. I may be wrong but right now UMass and Loyola are both 12-0. UMass' SOS is slightly stronger than Loyola's. Loyola's RPI is better than UMass'. That means that Loyola's opponents' SOS is stronger than UMass' opponents' SOS. For the RPI to work properly there should be enough games and enough cross-scheduling that the opponents' SOS for all teams should be very close to 0.500 by the end of the year. We'll see at the end of the conference tournaments if both teams are undefeated and the same situation holds.
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UMass' strength of schedule is slightly stronger than Loyola's according to Laxpower, but that is not used by the NCAA. Whatever system they use has UMass at 44 out of 61 teams in terms of SOS, which is not good. This is the top 20 according to this system, and as you can see, Loyola's SOS is ranked at 18.
No Team SOS (RPI)
1 North Carolina 0.6060
2 Duke 0.6029
3 Denver 0.5928
4 Syracuse 0.5915
5 Maryland 0.5908
6 Penn State 0.5832
7 Ohio State 0.5814
8 Virginia 0.5809
9 Penn 0.5805
10 Villanova 0.5763
11 Army 0.5755
12 Bucknell 0.5746
13 Johns Hopkins 0.5738
14 Hofstra 0.5726
15 Drexel 0.5725
16 Delaware 0.5699
17 Notre Dame 0.5631
18 Loyola 0.5631
19 Georgetown 0.5606
20 Rutgers 0.5605
These are the NCAA RPIs as of 4/23 (I got both of these lists from the Laxpower forum)
1 Loyola
2 Duke
3 Notre Dame
4 Massachusetts
5 Maryland
6 Virginia
7 North Carolina
8 Johns Hopkins
9 Lehigh
10 Colgate
11 Fairfield
12 Villanova
13 Penn State
14 Princeton
15 Cornell
16 Denver
17 Bucknell
18 Ohio State
19 Syracuse
20 Drexel
21 Navy
22 Georgetown
23 Yale
24 Hofstra
25 Robert Morris
26 Towson
27 Army
28 St. John's
30 Bryant
Thank God all 11 teams make the Hockey East playoffs next year
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^ UMass beat #6, 7, 11, 12, 14, 15 with #16 coming on Saturday.
Just keep winning is all you can do!
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Yes, but the NCAA criteria seem to reward losing.
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This is not going to be a popular post. It's okay if you disagree with me. Really, it is. In general, I try to be somewhat agreeable on this blog, and in the rest of my life. I try to write about things that speak to unarguable universal truths. Love is important. Kindness is important. Gratitude is important.
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I don't understand the sudden widespread connection between Whitney Houston's death and the troops. I just don't. People are sad to have lost a musical icon. They have expressed that sadness, and in return, have been met with an uproar of nagging "but what about the troops??" And I can't stop thinking, 'well, what about them?'
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Matt Scott, who threw for 3,620 yards and 27 touchdowns as a senior, has been invited to the NFL's Scouting Combine.
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"Ah, yes, divorce… from the Latin word meaning to rip out a man's genitals through his wallet." —Robin Williams
On February 9, My associate Steve Mac Donald hits another home run with today's entry. In the wake of the Komen for the Cure Planned Parenthood funding controversy, Steve recaps for us what the die-hard blow-hardettes had to say. Steve writes,
"And we (men) were "reminded" of a few things. Not only does funding "women's health issues" continue to be successfully propagandized as the latest invented constitutional mandate (men don't have the same mandate if you forgot), but the femi-nazis and their gargolyle familiars have taken the occasion to remind anyone with a penis that they have no say whatsoever in whether or not a woman should, could, can, or will have an abortion. Men have no say. Fathers have no say. Just go away…"
Steve aptly points out that in the arena of so-called "Reproductive Rights" Men have no voice. Its a, "woman's right to choose." And choose they do! If a woman chooses to have an abortion, there is nothing the sperm donor (man) can do to object, protest or otherwise stop said abortion. It is a, "woman's right to choose." Conversely, if a callous, care-free wild-oats sowing man knocks up a woman, and insists she get an abortion, it is a "woman's right to choose" to keep the child, raise it and saddle the care free man with a lion share of the costs to raise and provide for that child. The man has no say.
In all things reproductive, our culture has devolved to where a man has no role in those decisions. Yet, we as a society castigate those men who take up that yoke of non-accountability, calling them deadbeats and losers. It seems the "right to choose" has served to enable and cultivate that ugly aspect of our culture.
And in the Divorce arena, those social conventions have splashed over with disastrous consequences. There is the much-denied convention of "disposable dads." Where the focus becomes exclusively the inter-marital problems, the social and structural resources are available to simply throw away the dad and go and fetch a new one.
Now that we have had a couple of decades of imbalancing the sexes for some false notion of equity, an extensive body of work showcases those net results.
Divorced Dads: Shattering the Myths, was first published in 1998, by Arizona State University Professor Dr. Sanford Braver and Diane O'Connell. The work presents a compilation of research on divorced fathers Braver's was the largest federally supported study of divorced fathers in history.
Six major conventional myths fell to Dr Braver's research as outlined in Social AnalystRoger Gay's analysis.
- Deadbeat dads: Divorced fathers pay 90 percent of the child support they have been ordered to pay. Fully employed divorced fathers pay all that is due. In addition, they pay visitation expenses. [Depending on the extent of the research providing the result, fathers (all fathers including never married) pay 70-80 percent of what they have been ordered to pay. The low end 70 percent relies on recipient surveys that do not account for money that is paid but withheld as repayment for welfare, and possible bias. In all cases, the primary cause of non-payment is that the person ordered to pay is unable to pay.]
- The No-Show Dad: The rate of contact between fathers and their children following divorce shows "paternal devotion and tenacity [that] is entirely at odds with the more popular image of the runaways, absentee, or disappearing dad."
- Standards of Living: Women with children are, as a group, better off financially following divorce than men. That's right, it's not the other way around.
- Terms of Divorce: Far from being docile, easily manipulated victims of a male dominated divorce system, women have always fared well in negotiations and settlements. Men are far more likely to be the biggest losers in the process.
- Emotional Issues of Divorce: Women are happier after divorce than men. Given the results related to the other myths, this is likely to cause the least surprise. They have the children, they are better off financially, they drive better cars, their situation is less likely to interfere with new relationships and remarriage ….
- Who leaves the marriage … and why it matters: " … women initiate the preponderance (63 – 75%) of modern divorces …" It matters because it vindicates the finding that men do less well then women after divorce, because the blame heaped on men for divorce should be addressed, and because the myth serves to further unlevel the playing field of domestic relations law and politics on which fathers are already disadvantaged.
Steve Mac Donald closes with,
The same women who demand responsibility when the mother "chooses" life, are the ones who have created the culture before hand in which the fathers have no responsibility and no voice whatsoever. And this has been going on for decades. Do I now have to explain why you reap what you sow?
You feminazi's should have been more mindful of what you asked of this society. A society that toiled, struggled and labored to give you the equality you sought…(and fully on your terms, I might add, disregarding the larger societal need ) And now that you have achieved it you all are still sipping the "Haterade" and drinking the Kool-Aid and railing against those clad with phallus. You got what you want, now live with it and stop pestering us.


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ICBC is vigorously denying claims by a lawyer that it is unwilling to help a couple badly hurt in a crash on Saturday morning.
The Crown corporation says lawyer Wes Mussio is incorrect in stating that ICBC is refusing to pay up-front for any of the medical bills incurred by Brandon Gullickson and Cassy Dryden, and questions why a halo brace needed for Dryden's broken neck would require any payment, as that would be part of medical treatment.
Spokesman Adam Grossman said ICBC would "be taking stern (legal) action against him (Mussio) for his comments" to The Times.
Grossman said that ICBC first heard about the 2 a.m. Saturday crash at Fraser Highway and 176 Street in Surrey on Monday, when a claim was made. The claimant, whose identity he is unsure of, stated that Gullickson was driving his car, hit a parked car and pushed it into another. This is at odds with what The Times was told, that Gullickson was actually trying to jump start a stalled vehicle, when his parked vehicle was hit from behind.
Grossman said ICBC knew little else about the crash until the initial Times story appeared online late Tuesday. Mussio's comments, made to The Times Wednesday morning, are untrue because ICBC has not refused to pay for anything. Mussio hasn't even talked to ICBC, Grossman said.
The insurance company has placed two calls to the lawyer's office, which had not been returned as of late Wednesday afternoon. Its rehab co-ordinator has also asked for, but not yet not received, information from Royal Columbian Hospital, where the two are recuperating.
"The injuries they (Gullickson and Mussio) suffered are incredibly tragic," Grossman said.
He added that if Gullickson was indeed helping to jump-start a car, he would not be an at-fault driver, and would be considered to have been struck by the car as a pedestrian.
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Ann Arbor resident Jackie Berg and her sons, Jesse Morris and T'ontaye Jones, both 15-year-old Huron High School students, pitched a tent at the Best Buy off Ann Arbor-Saline Road around 2 p.m. Wednesday. Best Buy opens at 12 a.m. Friday morning.
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The reason: to buy three 40-inch Toshiba televisions for $179 each.
"I heard a lot of people will start camping tonight around 9 o'clock and by morning, the line is wrapped around the corner," Berg said. "If you're going to come and camp out, you might as well make sure you're the first person in line."
Berg said this is their first year camping out for Black Friday, but she said the great deal combined with the good weather forecast made it a "once in a lifetime" opportunity.
"I figure it's not something I'd do every year, but I'd try it out. We'll see how it goes," she said.
The family pitched a tent and they have cards, cell phones, a portable DVD player and an iPod. They also have a battery to charge the electronics.
As for food, Berg said they're all set: "We have lots of snacks. We got some McDonald's and I think we're going to be ordering Jets Pizza from across the street."
"Tomorrow, we'll still get our Thanksgiving dinner. (My family) will be delivering it tomorrow after they eat."
Best Buy, which was bustling with shoppers Wednesday evening, is a popular Black Friday destination. Last year, about a dozen tents were erected at the store by 9 a.m. on Thursday. Hundreds of people were in line by the time the store opened at 12 a.m. Friday.
Best Buy is located in the same shopping center as Kohl's, Big Lots and Dick's Sporting Goods. A security car was circling the shopping center's parking lot Wednesday afternoon.
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Qatar can be found in the Arab Gulf States and is governed by a distinctive legal system. One can describe the individuality of Qatar with two characteristics. Read more to learn about Qatar Laws. Firstly, being a traditional Muslim community, people would settle disputes based on the sharia court or Islamic court; applicable to sharia law or Muslim law.
Secondly, Qatar independence in 1971 signaled the ending of British protection along with the British legislation governing non-Muslim citizens. As a result, the Amir set up the Adlia or civil court to satisfy the requirements and issues which occurred from the cancellations of British jurisdiction.
This characteristics which is unusual to Qatar, produced a feasible dualism in the legal system distinctive from that of other Gulf States. However, this is not suggesting that dualism cannot be found in Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates legal systems. But, as opposed to the four states in which the civil matters and economic activities of non-Muslims will be governed by special courts or committees supervised by Council Ministers and the King, the Adlia court in Qata is not subordinate to Amir and the ministers. This court is somewhat independent with a structure that is well-defined, something that you will not find in the legal systems of other dynasties.
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During a hearing in 2004 on the financial services industry, congressional members and witnesses expressed concern about the industry's lack of workforce diversity, particularly in key management-level positions. Witnesses stated that financial services firms (e.g., banks and securities firms) had not made sufficient progress in recruiting and promoting minority and women candidates for management-level positions. Concerns were also raised about the ability of minority-owned businesses to raise capital (i.e., debt or equity capital). GAO was asked to provide an overview on the status of diversity in the financial services industry. This report discusses (1) what available data show regarding diversity at the management level in the financial services industry from 1993 through 2004, (2) the types of initiatives that financial firms and related organizations have taken to promote workforce diversity and the challenges involved, and (3) the ability of minority- and women-owned businesses to obtain access to capital in financial markets and initiatives financial institutions have taken to make capital available to these businesses.
Between 1993 through 2004, overall diversity at the management level in the financial services industry did not change substantially, but increases in representation varied by racial/ethnic minority group. During that period, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) data show that management-level representation by minority men and women increased from 11.1 percent to 15.5 percent. Specifically, African-Americans increased their representation from 5.6 percent to 6.6 percent, Asians from 2.5 percent to 4.5 percent, Hispanics from 2.8 percent to 4.0 percent, and American Indians from 0.2 percent to 0.3 percent. The EEOC data also show that representation by white women remained constant at slightly more than one-third whereas representation by white men declined from 52.2 percent to 47.2 percent. Financial services firms and trade groups GAO contacted stated that they have initiated programs to increase workforce diversity, including in management-level positions, but these initiatives face challenges. The programs include developing scholarships and internships, establishing programs to foster employee retention and development, and linking managers' compensation with their performance in promoting a diverse workforce. However, firm officials said that they still face challenges in recruiting and retaining minority candidates. Some officials also said that gaining employees' "buy-in" to diversity programs was a challenge, particularly among middle managers who were often responsible for implementing key aspects of such programs. Research reports suggest that minority- and women-owned businesses have generally faced difficulties in obtaining access to capital for several reasons such as these businesses may be concentrated in service industries and lack assets to pledge as collateral. Other studies suggest that lenders may discriminate in providing credit, but assessing lending discrimination may be complicated by limited data availability. However, some financial institutions, primarily commercial banks, said that they have developed strategies to serve minority- and women-owned businesses. These strategies include marketing existing financial products specifically to minority and women business owners.
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I'd like to start by congratulating my friend, Sam, who just ran the North Face 100k in Australia, arguably the most difficult 100k in the world. He grinded it out for the last few hours to come into the finish at 19:29, earning the coveted sub 20 hour belt buckle. I promised him I'd run it with him next year if he buckled this year. Throw another Timmy on the barbie!
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I was in sort of a regrouping/hibernating mode this week, facilitated by the crummy weather and my sour mood from Miwok. I got out yesterday for 10 miles and 11 miles this morning. Then out again for a run up Green Mtn with Jeff V tonight. I brought Pippit along even though his longest run is maybe a half mile in the last six months. He did great, staying right on my heels the entire time. He is thoroughly wasted and under the bed now.
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The plan is to refocus on the next race in July by getting in some solid mileage through the end of June and figure out which other events I'd like to run.
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