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my drivetrain is not silent. i want it to be. please help.
it was quieter BEFORE i upgraded components and slackened my chain! im going a little crazy, but i will try to be methodical:
first off, ill admit that the chainline is not spot-on perfect. but its off by less than 1mm. if my measurements are precise, it is off by exactly 0.6075mm. and otherwise my setup is pretty ideal: 1/8" campy ring, suntour pro cog and cranks, shimano bb. there are no stiff links or tight spots. i have the chain at the slackest it should ever be. before i got the wipperman i was running a junk $4 bmx chain, and it was quieter then!
i thought maybe i just needed to break in the new setup. ive ridden it for a good 100-150 miles or so. still clattering like i just got married. BUT-- my old chain noise (which i attributed to the not-perfect chainline) was a fairly constant one, and the (louder) noise i hear now is only while actively pedaling. when i just let the cranks spin the noise goes away........
i thought wipperman was a great chain. never has my bike been so loud! i just dont get it.


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Here are details of the 3-day itinerary we used during our Hong Kong and Macau Travel. It was a do-it-yourself (DIY) trip, so we planned everything and booked the tours/hotels ourselves.
We started touring around Hong Kong for the first two days, then traveled from Hong Kong to Macau by ferry, and finally ended the trip with one full day in Macau.
Read on if you're looking for a sample 3 days and 2 nights itinerary or want to know how much it costs to travel to Hong Kong and Macau.
Hong Kong and Macau Itinerary Map
Day 1: Arrival in Hong Kong, Lantau Island Tour, Hong Kong Disneyland
Manila to Hong Kong Flight via Cebu Pacific
Sunrise during the Early Morning Flight to Kong Kong
- 3:40 AM – Check-in at Ninoy Aquino International Airport – Terminal 3
- Breakfast at the terminal
- 5:40 AM – Manila to Hong Kong Flight via Cebu Pacific (5J108)
- 7:40 AM – Arrival at Hong Kong International Airport
- Go through Immigrations Hall (we waited in line for around 1 hour because of the long queue, so be sure to rush ahead of the other passengers immediately after arrival)
Hong Kong International Airport
- Exchange currency to Hong Kong Dollars
- Visit Hong Kong Tourism Board Visitor Information Services for maps and brochures
- Claim Hong Kong MTR Airport Express Travel Pass (bought online)
- 9:00 AM – Transport to Wing Sing Hotel in Yau Ma TeiWe actually rode the Airport Express MTR to Kowloon MTR Station and then rode a bus (I already forgot the number) to Jordan MTR Station , which is one station away from Yau Ma Tei MTR Station . We travelled light, so it wasn't much of a hassle carrying our baggage around.
- If you have light baggage, you could also take the airport express line all the way to Hong Kong Station and then switch to the Tsuen Wan MTR (red) line in Central Station. Drop off at Yau Ma Tei Station.
- Use Exit C at Yau Ma Tei MTR Station and walk to Wing Sing Hotel (2 blocks away)
- 9:30 AM – Check-in at Wing Sing Hotel
Front View of Wing Sing Hotel
- Stock up on food at 7/11 nearby
- 10:00 AM – Transport to Tung Chung Town Center for Lantau Island Tour
- Take MTR to Central Station and walk to Hong Kong Station to switch to Tung Chung MTR Line
- Ride the MTR all the way to Tung Chung Station
- 10:40 AM – Lantau Island Tour
- Walk to Ngong Ping 360 Cable Car Terminal
- Take Ngong Ping 360 Cable Car Ride and enjoy breath taking aerial views of Lantau Island.
View from the Ngong Ping Cable Car
- Explore Ngong Ping Village
- Walk to Giant Buddha
Ngong Ping Village and the Giant Buddha
- 1:40 PM – Transport to Disneyland Hong KongTake Nong Ping 360 Cable Car back to Tung Chung
- Ride Tung Chung MTR line to Sunny Bay MTR Station and switch to Disneyland Resort line.
Inside Sunny Bar MTR Station
read more about Hong Kong's Ngong Ping 360
- Ride MTR to Disneyland Station
- 2:00 PM – Explore Hong Kong Disneyland
Disneyland Hong Kong
- Late Lunch
- 9:00 PM – Fireworks Display at Sleeping Beauty's Castle
Grand Fireworks at Sleeping Beauty's Castle in Hong Kong Disneyland
read more about A Day in Disneyland Hong Kong
Temple Street Night Market Hong Kong
- 9:30 PM – Transport to Temple Street Night Market (also called Men's Night Market)Ride Disneyland MTR back to Sunny Bay and then take Tung Chung MTR line to Central MTR Station
- Walk to Central MTR Station to switch to Tsuen Wan (red) line
- Drop off at Yau Ma Tei MTR Station
- 10:30 PM – Shopping at Temple Street night market
- Temple Street is just found outside Wing Sing Hotel, so it's pretty convenient if you want to do a little shopping and go back to your hotel room to call it a night
- Dinner
- You can buy a AC socket adaptor converter thinggy in Temple Street for HKD 5-10. Hong Kong Island mostly uses 220 volts, which is the same in the Philippines, so you can safely use your chargers/electronics but the shape of their plug is "the big T plug" one, not the the "2 parallel line plug" that we use (excuse my ignorance of electronic terms).
Day 2 – Hong Kong Star Ferry Ride, Victoria Peak Tour, Ocean Park, Ladies Night Market
Starferry Ride to Central Hong Kong
- 10:00 AM – Breakfast at a Chinese Restaurant at the corner near Wing Sing Hotel
- Buy snacks at 7/11 store
- 10:30 AM – Star Ferry ride to Hong Kong Island
- Ride MTR to Tsim Sha Tsui Station. Take Exit L4
- Walk to Star Ferry Pier Terminal
- Ride Star Ferry (upper deck) across Victoria Harbor – HK$2.3
Views of Victoria Harbor
read more about Starferry Ride to Central Hong Kong
- 1:00 AM – Walk from Star Ferry Terminal (Hong Kong Island side) to The Peak Tram lower terminus. This is a difficult part. Make sure you have a map with you so you don't get lost. What we did was to orient ourselves with some landmarks along the way, so it will be easier to find the lower terminus. Just be mindful that it is just very near St. John's Cathedral. If you think you're getting lost or don't know where you're going just ask around for directions, there are a LOT of Filipinos in this area, especially on Sundays.
Walking to the Peak Tram lower terminus
- 11:20 AM – Take the Peak Tram to Victoria Peak (if you want to take advantage of the view while the tram is going uphill, sit on the right side of the tram, the one with 3 seats).
The Peak Tram Lower Terminus
- 11:30 AM – Victoria Peak Tour
- Enjoy the great panoramic views at the Sky Terrace on the roof level of The Peak Tower
Panoramic View at the Sky Terrace of The Peak Tower
- Explore the Madame Tussauds Wax Museum (Level P1 of the Peak Tower)
- 2:00 PM – Transport to Ocean Park Hong Kong
- Find Bus Terminal and take Bus 15 to Admiralty – HK$10.6. Drop off at Admiratly Station Bus Stop in Queensway St., which is directly in front of Admiralty Garden and near the Lippo Center. The bus ride downhill was very scenic and quite exhilarating because of the steep slopes. We sat on the second level of the bus and it was fun while it lasted.
Bus Ride from Victoria Peak to Admiralty
- Walk to Terminal of Bus 629 at the corner of Drake and Tamar Sts., beside Admiralty Exit B
- Take Bus 629 to Ocean Park – HK$10.6
Bus 629 to Ocean Park
- 2:30 PM – Explore Hong Kong Ocean Park. Visit this page to view opening time of the theatre show at Ocean Theatre. During our trip it was 5:00 PM (we missed the 3:30 PM show because the theatre was already full at around 3:20 PM, so be sure to go to Ocean Theatre 15 minutes early).
Ocean Park Entrance
Dolphin Show at Ocean Theatre
- Late Lunch
- 7:00 PM – Transport to Tsim Sha Tsui for symphony of lights show
- Take bus 629 to Admiralty – HK$10.6
- Enter Admiralty Station Entrance/Exit C and ride MTR to Tsim Sha Tsui
- Walk to the Avenue of Stars
- 8:00 PM – Watch the symphony of lights show
Hong Kong Skyline during the Symphony of Lights
- 8:45 PM – Shopping at Mong Kok District
- Take MTR (Tsim Sha Tsui station) to Mong Kok Station
- Shopping at Ladies' Night Market
- Dinner
- 11:00 PM – Take MTR (Mong Kong Station) to Yau Ma Tei Station. Back to Hotel
Day 3 – Hong Kong to Macau Ferry; Macau Tour
- 6:45 AM – Transport to HK's Macau Ferry TerminalQuick stop at 7/11 store
- Ride MTR (Yau Ma Tei Station) to Central MTR Station
- Switch to Hong Kong (blue) line and take MTR to Sheung Wan
- Walk to HK's Macau Ferry Terminal
- 7:15 AM – Turbojet Ferry Ride to Macau
- 8:30 AM – Arrival at Macau Ferry TerminalProceed to Immigrations Area
- Visit tourism office to get maps and brochures
- No need to exchange currency to Macau Pataca since Hong Kong Dollar is accepted almost everywhere in Macau
- 9:00 AM – Venetian Macau Tour (in Taipa)
- Take Venetian Macau free shuttle located across the road from Macau Ferry Terminal (take underpass)
Venetian Macau Free Shuttle
- Leave baggage at the concierge of the Venetian Macau
- Sightseeing at the Shoppes Canal
The Shoppes Canal at Venetian Macau
- Breakfast
- Play the slot machines at the Casino
- 11:30 AM – Macau Heritage Walk
- Transport to Senate SquareTake Venetian Macau free shuttle to Macau Ferry Terminal
- Ride Bus 10A to (Rua do) Almeida Ribeiro
Almeida Ribeiro, main street of Downtown Macau
- Walk to Senate Square / Senado Square / Largo do Senado
- You can also take the Grand Lisboa Casino Free Shuttle and then walk (less than 15 minutes) to Senado Square
Senate Square Sightseeing
Views of Senate Square
- Walk to Ruins of St. Paul CathedralMake sure to get free taste samples of beef/pork jerky at the food shops along the way
- Lunch
- Photo-op at St. Paul Cathedral ruins
Facade of St. Paul Cathedral
- Fortress Hill Tour
- Fortress Hill is found at the right side of the St. Paul Cathedral ruins
- The climb on the top can be quite tiring
Cannons at Fortress Hill
- Visit Na Tcha Temple and Old City Walls at the left side, adjacent to the ruins of St. Paul Cathedral
Na Tcha Temple
- Walking Tour of Camoes Garden
Verdant Views at Camoes Garden
read more about Ruins of St. Paul Cathedral and Senado Square Macau Tour
- 4:00 PM – Transport to Fisherman's WharfWalk back to Almeida Ribeiro
- Buy pasalubong / presents in the shops along the way
- Take Bus 10A to Macau Ferry Terminal
- Take Pharaoh's Palace Casino/Landmark Hotel free shuttle from Macau Ferry Terminal
- 4:30 PM – Fisherman's Wharf Sightseeing
Fisherman's Wharf Theme Park with Sand Hotel and Casino
- Walk towards the themed attractions near the entrance of the fisherman's Wharf
- 6:30 PM – Transport to Wynn HotelTake complimentary shuttle back to Pharaoh's Palace Casino/Landmark Hotel
- Take Pharaoh's Palace Casino/Landmark Hotel free shuttle to Macau Ferry Terminal
- Take Wynn Hotel free shuttle
- 6:45 PM – 7:15 – Watch Fountain Show at Wynn Hotel
Fountain Show at Wynn Hotel
- The view of Nam Van Lake from Wynn Hotel is also quite nice
- 7:15 PM – Transport to Venetian MacauTake Wynn Hotel free shuttle to Macau Ferry Terminal
- Take Venetian Macau free shuttle
- 7:30 PM – Transport to Macau International AirportClaim baggage at the concierge of Venetian Macau
- Carry baggage all the way to the other side of Venetian Macau
- Take Venetian Macau free shuttle to Macau International Airport
- 8:00 PM – Check-in at Macau International Airport
Departure Area of Macau International Airport
- Dinner
- 10:15 PM – Macau to Manila Flight via Cebu Pacific (5J363)
- 12:15 AM – Arrive at Manila (Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3)
3 days and 2 nights Hong Kong and Macau Expenses
- Total Expenses – HK$ 3463.4 or Php 21,126.74 per person
- Expenses (excluding Airfare) – HK$ 2288.5 or Php 13,959.8 per person
*computed at currency exchange rate of 1 HK$ = Php 6.1
View our Hong Kong and Macau 3 Days 2 Nights Summary of Expenses.
Update: View the improved "Hong Kong and Macau "Theme Park Hopper" 3-day itinerary at DIYdetours.com.

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Images: Tomahawks, Singaporean soldiers tighten urban tactics [Image 2 of 5]
Photo by Sgt. Ashley Curtis
U.S. Soldiers with Bravo Company, 4th Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, and soldiers with the 2nd Singapore Infantry Regiment, 3rd Singapore Infantry Brigade, 9th Infantry Division, run through a neighborhood during the urban assault training part of exercise Lightning Strike at the Murai Urban Training Facility, Singapore, July 24, 2013. Lightning Strike is an annual, bilateral exercise with U.S. Army Pacific and the Singapore armed forces designed to promote regional security and interoperability. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Ashley Curtis/Released)
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text: Exciting news from page 141 of the new MusicDirect catalog: Los Lobos' Kiko will be released by Mobile Fidelity on vinyl & SACD. (No listing on the MusicDirect site as of yet.) (This reissue was mentioned in passing in the recent thread about the 2012 MoFi releases, but I thought it was worthy of its own thread for the Los Lobos fans on the board.)


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CBS partners with AXS TV18 Feb 2013 12:49 pm
MUMBAI: US media conglomerate CBS has partnered with AXS TV, which airs live events from the worlds of music and pop culture.
The multi-year commitment from CBS provides for promotion and access to content and shoulder programming opportunities, in addition to strategic support.
The announcement was made by CBS president, CEO Leslie Moonves, AEG president, CEO Tim Leiweke and Mark Cuban, who will continue to lead the network in his current role as AXS TV president, CEO. Terms of the transaction are not being disclosed.
Moonves said, "CBS is happy to provide AXS TV with live event content as the basis of this partnership. This is an innovative way to use our tent pole programming to gain more ownership in the cable network business. AXS TV will now serve as a terrific complement to our existing broadcast television entertainment programming."
Cuban said, "CBS brings the industry's best and most respected resources and experience to AXS TV which will accelerate our growth and realisation of our vision that, 'The future of TV is TV".
Launched in July 2012, AXS TV is a joint venture among Mark Cuban Companies, AEG, Creative Artists Agency (CAA) and Ryan Seacrest Media, and currently has 38 million subscribers to the service.
Originally available in high definition, AXS TV is now also available in a standard definition format.


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Economics Departments, Institutes and Research Centers in the World
Econometrisch Instituut
Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen
Erasmus Universiteit RotterdamTranslation: Econometric Institute
Translation: Erasmus School of Economics
Translation: Erasmus University of Rotterdam
Location: Rotterdam, Netherlands
Homepage: http://www.econometric-institute.org/
Phone: 010 - 40 81278
Fax: 010 - 40 89162
Postal: Burgemeester Oudlaan 50, 3062 PA Rotterdam
Handle: RePEc:edi:eieurnl
Areas or Functions: Econometrics, Mathematical Economics
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People who have registered with RePEc and have claimed to be affiliated with this institution:Find all publications of all authors listed below conveniently compiled on IDEAS. Authors with publications are listed below with . We have lost contact with authors marked with ?, and they do not count towards the ranking of this institution.
- Almeida, Rui Jorge
- Basturk, Nalan
- Borsje, Jethro
- Dekker, Rommert
- De Pooter, Michiel
- Fok, Dennis
- Franses, Philip Hans
- Groenen, Patrick
- Huisman, Dennis
- Kaymak, Uzay
- Kagie, Martijn
- Keijsers, Bart
- Kole, Erik
- Kuilboer, Hester
- McAleer, Michael
- Ozturk, Sait R.
- Paap, Richard
- Pietersz, Raoul
- Salimans, Tim
- Segers, Rene
- van Dijk, Dick
- van der Wel, Michel
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- Wakker, Peter P.
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- Lucas, André
- Nicolai, Robin P.
- Ooms, Marius
- Paap, Richard
- van Dijk, Herman K.
- van den Heuvel, Wilco
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No. 1 Yorktown (14-4) vs. No. 2 John Jay (12-6)
Wednesday, 8 p.m.
At White Plains High School
Playing at the next level: Eric Cooley (Yk) Sr. D Rutgers; Frankie Fusco (Yk) Sr. MF/A Drexel; Conor Gately (Yk) Sr. MF Marquette; Fzim Lazqi (Yk) Sr. MF Mercy; Gzim Lazqi Sr. LSM/D Mercy; Michael Marone (Yk) Sr. A Western New England; Vin Mcliverty (Yk) Sr. MF Springfield; Hunter Palancia (Yk) Sr. MF Keene State; Joey Raniolo (Yk) Sr. MF Springfield; Andrew Rohle (Yk) Sr. D St. Leo's; Joey Sialiano Sr. MF Keene State; Brian Quigley Sr. MF Cortland; Trevor Koelsch (Yk) Jr. D Hopkins; Danny Manning (Yk) Jr. MF/FO St. Joseph's; Nick Mariano (Yk) Jr. A UMass; Austin Fusco (Yk) So. LSM Syracuse. Tom Branca (JJ) Sr. G Fairfield; Danny Caiola (JJ) Sr. D Union; Steven Cola (JJ) Sr. MF Drew; Matt Ferentini (JJ) Sr. A Stevens Tech; Brandon Lew (JJ) Sr. MF Hamilton; Jack Lambert (JJ) Jr. LSM North Carolina; Mike Skluth (JJ) Jr. D Albany.
Matchup to watch: Gately vs. The Zone
Previous meeting: Yorktown beat John Jay 8-6 on March 31.
My take: John Jay is coming off perhaps its best overall effort in a semifinal win over Somers. The Indians possessed the ball and only took high-percentage shots. A hybrid zone defense at the other end kept the Tuskers pinned to the perimeter. Yorktown has to start well to dampen the enthusiasm, which sounds easy, but it's something the Huskers struggle to do. Branca and the John Jay defense could steal one if Gately and the Yorktown offense get flustered.
Up next: Wallkill (9) or Queensbury (2)
My pick: Yorktown 9, John Jay 8
The Lohud Boys Lacrosse BlogBoys high school lacrosse in the Lower Hudson Valley. From the staff of lohud.com and The Journal News.
Section 1 Class B title game: No. 1 Yorktown vs. No. 2 John Jay
No. 1 Yorktown (14-4) vs. No. 2 John Jay (12-6)
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Right on Mike.If town's offense isn't on branca and jj could steal this game.
Town-10. JJ-7
just stopped by
It all starts at the 50yrd line win face off and it will not Be close. T
sammy maldanoto
who wins
JJ coaching
town attack
defense JJ
Middie town
goalie JJ
Face offs split
JJ wins 11-8
Somers didn't even move vs the zone. Town will.
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face off split i dont think so Town hands down
sammy maldanoto
JJ better coaching!!
sammy maldanoto
Lodie cant run defense. Schurr can!
For the first time this year…. 'Town can mail it in. 2nd team will be in by beginning of 4th. JJ heart is big question. Town will settle this LI issue in Middletown!
JJ has Defense, good but not good enough the . 'Town in a walk 13-5
The only question remaining is who will set scoring records for Town in 2012 vs. JJ's D. Time to break out the good bus for trip to Middletown
I'm suprised by the ignorance of these comments…
sammy maldanoto
JJ will be subbing in the second half
Sammy-Haha in your dreams.Will you be crying when The clock strikes 0 and yorktown has won?
I am on JJ and we put a special package in today for Town this will be over early. JJ wins 12-4
Better coaching JJ??? Are you serious, Yorktown staff has won a state title and holds a 9-1 playoff record against JJ… They beat Schurr even when he was at Somers! Sorry but facts are facts, and I really like Tim.
Hey Sammy,
What is an old time HS football guy from Harrison doing on the Lax blogs? Did you drop football for lax at OSU?
We will be coming out in man to man tonight get ready town!!!
another ???
Town has much better coaching, but then again I hate Timmy
john orlando
Queensbury 11 Walkill 1 at halftime
Can anyone post a score update?
Town wins 9-8 overtime!
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I'm looking to make this my first ROM hack I've ever tried out. I've been watching one of the LP's (MExile's), and it looks like fun. A couple of questions:
- are the abilities only up to 3rd gen? I noticed some were changed in the LP. I'm curious to try out a Frillish with Cursed Body (I'm just getting back into Pokemon after 3rd gen. I got sick of needing a new playing system every couple of generations).
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Native Instruments launches "Free Pro Upgrade" special for TRAKTOR KONTROL X1
Native Instruments has launched a time-limited special offer for its TRAKTOR KONTROL X1 DJ controller.
Throughout the months of August and September, all owners of a newly registered KONTROL X1 will receive a free upgrade from the included TRAKTOR LE software to the full-featured TRAKTOR PRO 2 version, gaining access to four decks, sample decks and loop recorder, comprehensive loop and cue functions, a selection of over 30 effects and a host of additional performance features.
TRAKTOR KONTROL X1 now also ships with an additional physical overlay for sample deck control, enabled through the recently released TRAKTOR
2.0.3 update. This allows DJs to specifically assign a KONTROL X1 unit to the versatile sample decks in the current TRAKTOR PRO and DUO versions, which provides tactile and intuitive control of all relevant playback, volume, filter and loop parameters.
The TRAKTOR PRO 2 upgrade represents an additional value of $139 / EUR 129. The special offer is valid until September 30th, and applies to TRAKTOR KONTROL X1 units purchased from retailers or in the NI Online Shop.
A video with DJ Haus of "Unknown to the Unknown" demonstrating the new sample deck control through KONTROL X1 is available on YouTube at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5ijI4zxQMQ
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Gardening used to be a year-round chore
For many people these days, gardening is just a hobby and not the necessity it was years ago.
Gardening and then canning and preserving the fruits of their labor was a way of life for the housewife, especially those in the country who didn't have a grocery store at the end of the street.
When company came around, she prided herself to take visitors down to the cool dark cellar or tank house and pull back the curtain behind which was displayed shelf upon shelf of pint and quart jars of fruits and vegetables that had been preserved during the previous growing season.
Back then, gardening was just about a year-round chore. The season would start the middle of January and extend until a good hard freeze would hit around Thanksgiving.
Today, gardeners spend countless hours researching information on the internet and reading books and magazines for tips and pointers to the "perfect garden."
Back then, the latest and greatest was the Farmer's Almanac, which was carefully studied to determine which were the best planting days — when to plant above-ground crops and when to plant root crops.
There were certain things to plant when the moon was "waxing," and others for when it was "waning."
In late-March or early-April, every gardener listened for the arrival of the scissor-tail flycatcher. The scissor-tails' arrival was a sure sign that the last freeze had passed and it was safe to plant the cucumbers. Hopefully that was after Easter, since everyone held their breath during Holy Week because the full moon brought with it the possibility of a late freeze.
And it was also a good sign that if the mesquite trees had "greened up," the last freeze was history.
Garden centers were not even heard of years ago, much less…
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Paramount's revamped specialty division president John Lesher today named Megan Colligan as executive vice President of publicity and promotions. Colligan joins the specialty label from Fox Searchlight, where she has served as VP since 2002. During her tenure there, Colligan supervised the release of over 20 films including "Kinsey," "Napoleon Dynamite," and "Bend it Like Beckham" as well as others and also managed the Academy Award campaign for "Sideways," which received an Oscar nomination for best picture in 2004. She will spearhead campaigns for all of the label's releases and report to Lesher. "Megan is a great creative thinker and strategist who understands the nuances of promoting independent films across all genres," said Lesher in a statement. "Her great relationships will be a tremendous asset to us as we move forward with our new specialty label." [Brian Brooks]
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Whether or not you're a football fan, there's always a lesson in watching recruiting trends in college football. Usually that means seeking innovation like custom-looking notes that are actually mass produced or texting software that allows assistant coaches to directly access candidates at all times of the day or night.
But today, we're not here to talk about trends related to landing the next five-star quarterback. Instead, let's talk about the trend of major college football programs using executive search firms from the business world to land their next head coach.
In case you missed it, the University of Texas (one of the richest college football programs in America) recently hired executive search firm Korn Ferry to run its search for a new head coach to replace the departing Mack Brown. These types of searches don't come cheap either, as Colorado State University (which looks dirt poor compared to Texas in college athletics) reportedly paid Spencer Stuart $250,000 to run their head football coach search a few years back.
Paying $250,000 to run a search for a Colorado State head football coach. Let that sink in a bit. Staggering, isn't it?
Why are public institutions paying such astronomical sums for this type of search when the candidate pool can be quickly cut down to 100 candidates or so, all of whom are of public record and easy to find? The answer can be found in the following five realities, some of which your company faces and some you simply can't relate to:
1. Everything is public. No one cares to cover your search for a new divisional VP. It's boring. But in the college sports world, everyone wants to talk about your search publicly, both through traditional channels and the back channel that is the mob called social media. As a result, having the third party work behind the scenes makes perfect sense, and seems like a solid investment. Texas didn't ping that candidate, a general search firm did.
2. Embarrassment when candidates say no. Everything is public, and to build on that thought, there's no greater place of embarrassment for a historic power like Texas than to have 2-3 candidates say no to them in a row. If candidates say no to the third party, Texas can save face by not having exploratory conversation with candidates and only coming to the table when the candidate has been fully vetted and has qualified that he will make the move if the offer comes.
3. Plausible deniability. So many things can go wrong with a search, it makes sense to have a third party that can give you cover as you explore a variety of candidates at a variety of price points and experience. With these searches so public, nothing freaks out candidates quicker than having other candidates named in the media as a finalist. The people leading the search have to be able to say, "I haven't had a conversation with Steve" in a variety of circumstances and have it be true.
4. Internal politics. Everyone has their favorite for the job in question. This just in — universities in general and the athletic departments that exist on campus are highly political animals. Why alienate anyone politically? Take the cover of search firm and you'll never find yourself at war with someone until it's too late for them to sabotage you.
5. Agents. Football coaches have agents with a singular purpose: to drive up the demand for their clients. They'll use and abuse you in the process, so university athletic departments have decided they need their own agents in that war. Enter the high-end executive search firms.
It's easy to wax poetic about the cost of executive search to find a football coach at a public university. The reality is as follows: If you were faced with the same search and the all the downside related to public interest, politics, misinformation and potential embarrassment when repeated candidates declined your job in the national media, you'd pay for search help as well.
Would you pay $250,000? Well, that's a good question.
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Montgomery physician Lisa Bundy flew into Atlanta yesterday with her 16-year-old daughter Nastia. Her husband, photographer David Bundy, flew from the Ukraine capital of Kiev three weeks ago with their other three adopted children. David Bundy says the family had planned to return together when all four adoptions were completed. But after bullets started flying past their apartment near Independence Square, they decided he should leave with the three children whose adoptions had been completed.
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In case, like me, you were too busy, apparently it was The Met Gala in New York the other night, which meant a bunch of hotties showed up to try and outdo each other on the red carpet. Here's Kate Upton's best attempt, but instead of a classy fashionable model, all I'm seeing is a black widow with big boobs. I know I've been saying it a lot lately, but Kate should stop trying to pretend to be something she's not and just stick to what works: bikini photoshoots and videos like this one below of her behind-the-scenes at bikini photoshoots. You know, like how I stick to blogging instead of getting a real job.
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Now this is more like it! First we had Kate Upton getting back to her old busty ways for a photoshoot on the streets of New York, and now her and her famous funbags showed up in a couple nice shots for the latest issue of Vogue UK. I know it's not exactly the lingerie selfies I keep waiting for, but considering Kate's recent outings, it's at least a step in the right direction until those finally show up in my inbox. Enjoy.
Kate Upton Cleavage Does Hot Photoshoot
Here's model/actress/uber hottie Kate Upton actually doing some modeling work in NYC yesterday afternoon, and you know what that means, right? Yup… hello ginormous super cleavage! Of course, it also means hello to her drool-inducing hotness, and her sexy stems, and groovy curves, but in this case it's all about her bodacious braless bosom barely being held by a flimsy top. Nice. Enjoy!
Kate Upton Cleavage On The Red Carpet
As you guys know, model/actress/uber hottie Kate Upton has been on a world premiere tour for her new flick " The Other Woman " for the past month, and she has been totally knocking it out of the park at each and ever single premiere. Usually with a hefty dose of bodacious cleavage. Well, I'm sad to say that the Hollywood premiere for the movie was held last night, which marks the last big premiere event. But I'm happy to say that Kate looked like a supernova of hotness and unleashed a ton of drop dead sexy cleavage. Enjoy the photos!
Kate Upton Drops Some Decent Cleavage
Here's supermodel, and now actress Kate Upton all dressed up and running off to yet another promo event for her new movie " The Other Woman", and unleashing a whole bunch of her ginormous super cleavage while doing so! And she's doing so in a fancy-shmancy dress, which isn't as easy to do as in her usual cleavage-popping outfit, a tiny bikini. But it seems like no matter what Kate decides to wear, her glorious cleavage will be busting out like bananas. Enjoy!
Kate Upton Busts Out Her Massive Cleavage
Here's model, and now actress Kate Upton looking absolutely stunning and bodaciously hot at the UK premiere of her new movie "The Other Woman". Kate Upton doesn't need to do much herself in the way of wardrobe to receive the majority of ogling attention at any event. In fact, no wardrobe at all would earn her 100% of that figure. But she seems obliged to wear clothes in public, sadly, so we settle happily for peeks of her twin peaks bubbling out of her low cut tops. It's a job somebody's got to do. I'm happy it's me. Enjoy the view!
Kate Upton Busts For Vogue Magazine
Here's model Kate Upton actually doing some modeling for a change, and inducing a drool-fest while doing so in the newest issue of Vogue magazine. Ok, so Kate is finally modeling and doing some photoshoots again, and even though this one's not of the bikini/lingerie variety, she still looks drop dead sexy, and she's still busting out her bodacious cleavage and groovy curves, and that's all that matters, right? So enjoy this Kate Upton hotness!
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After increasing his ownership stake in the Charlotte Hornets from 80% to 89.5% in recent months, Michael Jordan is now a billionaire, Forbes magazine reports.
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The two major party candidates for governor met in a forum Thursday at the University of Mississippi.
Incumbent democrat Ronnie Musgrove and republican challenger Haley Barbour took verbal swings at each other.
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Barbour said Mississippi was in its best financial shape ever three and a half years ago, before Musgrove became governor. Now, he said it's in its worst financial shape ever.
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Clinton worked with a GOP congress and Reagan worked with a Dem congress. Obama can't get it done with a split congress?
I think thats a narrow view of things which over-simplifies history and compares hindsight to the present.

Maybe the cold war had a limited lifespan and in fact Reagan borrowed heavily to invigorate the economy,which then left a legacy of debt mostly borne by the poorer classes..?

Neither did Clinton or Reagan inherit a "post G.W.Bush" state of affairs..

Study the charts to see who skyrocketed debt the most by any measure..

(The answer starts with a "G" and a "W")

There are always things we don't like ( which may not actually be the fault of the President ),.

but its also true in the case of Obama,.that there are features of his leadership,.that are worthy of praise and show true authentic quality.

Besides,a "split economy" is a whole new ball-game as well..That situation relies upon positivity and bi-partisanship..A vandalistic or selfish sore loser type 'opposition' can create mayhem,. just to make the elected government look bad, regardless how excellent they may be.
Politics weren't as polarized back then. I don't like what Obama has done but I think it's much harder now with one party being so openly defiant of anything he tries to accomplish. With the Republicans doing nothing but trying to make him look bad and cause all Democratic initiatives to fail I think it is a lot harder on Obama. But I repeat, I don't like how Obama has "led" the nation the last few years.
Because he hasn't tried! He thinks he has all the answers and that he knows best. Somehow he thinks that he is in a monarchy instead of a democracy. He doesn't realize that the people elected individuals to represent us in both the house and senate. We are dissappointed in our Senator, who haven't been able to pass a budget since obama's election!
Let's be honest with each other, our Nation is no longer "One Nation, UnderGod". It is now TWO (2) fully different nations, both Ideology and Econonomically. It's time to admit that and make it so, or continue to suffer the consequences. We have those who produce, and want smaller government. and we have those wanting bigger government to give them more money. It's time we really did consider breaking the nation up into two seperate countries. We thought having 50 different States would offer the citizens at least one state to live that would meet their needs but the federal government has broken that also. Split 'em up!
What split Congress? The Democrap and the Depublican millionaires have been taking the Nation to the cleaners since Reagan's days. Read up on the stats -- that's when the inflation-indexed value of stock ownership started to sail upwards, away from salaried employment.

Take a look around. Our salaries are maybe twice what they were in the 70s, but the dollars we are being paid will only buy a tenth of the home/groceries/car that they could then. Anybody seen a new car for less than 20K, or a house anywhere near a decent job market and schools under 100K?

Sound like "class warfare"? If you want to call it that, better wake up. The top 1% started it, in the 80s.

I don't like Bush III in the White House now, either; I voted for him because I thought he would put a stop to the horrific waste of playing Rambo in southeast Asia, shut down Guantanamo Bay, and get our health care system out of the hands of Wall Street and the insurance moguls.

I've been voting for the people I thought had a decent chance of fixing health care in this country since 1992 -- and since Rep. Boehner and the Depubs don't seem to have a clue beyond going back to the good old days (which weren't, except for them), I'll vote against them again. But I don't expect any good to come of it.

Could it just be that the President's own party's support for him is lukewarm? -- I mean, they may be saying, he's not one of Us, you know. And I'm not talking about his race.
You're right. Obama never has been about governing. It's the "permanent campaign."
Yes I am sick of hearing Obama blame every thing on Bush And I am sick of hear of hearing his apologist and worshipers constantly blaming Bush. It has come to the point that if there were no other reason I still would not vote for Obama.

Obama has to get over the Idea that he is a dictator and stop bating the opposition with impossible proposals trying to trap them in a contradiction and grow up.
obummer could hardly get anything done with ALL congress...
now,now,lets not be negative..
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A recent Columbian front-page article reporting on a federal court decision about the Cowlitz Reservation — especially the large, bold headline — was disturbingly misleading. The Tribe's "casino plans" were not "blocked" or "thrown out" by the federal judge. Rather, U.S. District Court Judge Barbara J. Rothstein addressed a procedural matter related to how the Department of the Interior issued its decision to acquire in trust the land which will become the Tribe's reservation. The judge directed the Department of Interior to address that procedural matter and to re-issue its decision within 60 days.
The Cowlitz tradition is one of sharing with our neighbors. In meeting our future needs we will also advance the economic development needs of Clark County. Our planned economic development is projected to create thousands of jobs, not just for Cowlitz members, but for our entire surrounding community. In addition, our proposed development will allow us to fund and make much-needed improvements to our road system (e.g., improved freeway access at the La Center interchange) that will prevent future traffic congestion and encourage additional investments outside the reservation boundaries.
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We regret that this most recent court decision may delay our ability to generate those jobs sooner rather than later, but this procedural ruling will not ultimately stop us from moving forward. Since the federal government took away from us our lands more than 150 years ago, the Cowlitz Indian Tribe has fought tirelessly to re-establish a homeland for our people. We are not going to give up that fight now.
Without a reservation, the Cowlitz Indian Tribe has had great difficulty providing the most fundamental, basic governmental services for its people. We have no trust land on which to build housing, take care of our elders, or to conduct economic development to provide employment, as other Indian tribes do. We are not eligible for the federal reservation-based programs that are available to almost all other tribes in the United States. And because we are landless, we are the only tribe in Washington state that cannot provide jobs and economic opportunity for the Cowlitz people and the surrounding community through the conduct of Indian gaming.
After 150 years of landlessness, the federal government is trying to give us the tools we need to make an unimproved open field our new reservation homeland. It will be here that we can protect and retain our culture, honor our elders, and meet the needs of our people.
In doing this, we will also serve the economic needs of north Clark County as a whole. While the recent court ruling may delay the first day on which every Cowlitz member can first set foot on land we can truly call our own, it will not prevent us from ultimately reaching that day.
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After I put together Mr. Squiggles, I started examining the economics of 3d printing. Owning a 3d printer gives you the ability to manufacture things on a small to medium scale, but there are certain things the technology is better suited for. It's not great for cranking out thousands of something, and the build area of most printers pretty much rules out large items. What the 3d printer really excels at is making small batch or one off, specialized parts. It's perfect for prototypes, and it's even more perfect for robots. So, I decided to start building some robots. The first robot I decided to have a go at was a polargraph.
An English cat named Sandy Noble has spent a huge amount of time and effort on this drawbot. He's got some excellent tutorials on building it, and has put together some impressive software to control it. The mechanism is simple. There are two stepper motors attached to some ball chain and a pen holding apparatus called a gondola. The steppers change the lengths of the chains attached to the gondola and in doing so, slowly drag the pen along the desired path to create a picture. The process is totally mesmerizing.
It was easy to find most of the parts. The only hitch is that the steppers Noble uses aren't readily available in the states. Being new to the world of electronics, and a headstrong idiot, I got some that pulled way too many amps, and would have fried my motorshield. Thankfully, I had the sense to check the specs, and eventually located a set that would work. I ended up buying these. They work, but I think there are probably steppers out there that would be better suited to the task.
I printed up some ball chain sprockets using this design from thingiverse. I took the default sprocket to the hardware store. They didn't have a ball chain with the correct pitch and ball size, so I bought the smallest stuff they had and printed up new sprockets that fit.
Oddly enough, I didn't like the gondola design that actually introduced me to the polargraph, so I designed and printed my own. It's a pretty simple affair, actually inspired by the gondola in this video. I like it because I can quickly and easily pull the pen out of the gondola. It also holds pens and markers of varying thickness.
Once I had all of the parts, I followed Noble's instructable and stuck my polargraph to a scrap of MDF I had. I guess I was feeling greedy, because I was not content with the drawing area of my little test polargraph. Bigger is better right?
I got a hold of an old cart made to display those pull down maps that you see in schools. It was on its way to the dumpster, and thankfully I was there to save it. The cart is a little over 6 feet tall, and about 4 feet wide. I decided to mount a 4 foot by 4 foot board on it as my drawing surface. I couldn't fit a board that big in my bitchin' grand am, so I joined together two boards to make the the same dimensions. I did it the same way I joined the Frankenstrument's top, except instead of tape, I used nylon straps. That worked surprisingly well. I glued some scraps perpendicular to the joint on the back to brace it. I stuck a 2×4 shelf at the bottom on the front, so that the bot could double as an easel, in case I ever learn how to paint.
I hung the board on the cart with hose clamps and strapped some shelves to it the same way. This also worked surprisingly well.
The crossbars on the cart are perfect for holding a 3 foot roll of paper, I couldn't find paper that size locally, so I bought some 2 foot paper and rolled it over the top. I slapped on some nylon straps to hold the paper taught, and I was ready to draw.
Gaze and be amazed at the monolithic Dr. Scratchy. I doubt if he's the biggest polargraph out there, but he's certainly no wimp.
I get a huge kick out of running this machine. It's not really built for speed or precision drawing, though with some tweaking it can probably be done. Operating it is really more of a zen exercise, sort of like watching a plant grow. I really like to drop the speed way down and run it at night. It makes soothing scratching noises as the pen slowly drags along, and I feel content knowing that it's busy drawing incredible digital patterns as I sleep.


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I attended the Senior's Night last Monday and this was the venue. It was held at Cheradel Suites Dome . It was my first time to be there and I was really awed of the place. Aside from the fact that it was also my first experience with Senior's Ball – I never had that in High School nor College -so it was really an unforgetable night not just for the Seniors who looked their best in Black and White gown and suits, but also me.
I got so much to see that night. The beautiful Chandeliers, the students looking their best, and the parts of the program.
I never get tired taking a shot of the chandelier and this is one of them —
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I am sure u can glimpse shadowy features in the photos shared here. I wish i can post more but i got to catch sleep or else i will miss my 7:30 appointment. =)
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This undated artist illustration provided by Boeing shows the Crew Space Transportation (CST)-100. NASA has picked three aerospace companies to build small rocketships to take astronauts to the International Space Station. This is the third phase of NASA's efforts to get private space companies to take over the job of the now-retired space shuttle. The space agency is giving them more than $1.1 billion. Two of three ships are capsules like in the Apollo era and the third is a lifting body that is closer in design to the space shuttle. (AP Photo/Boeing)


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By two o'clock on this Saturday afternoon, hundreds of children are dispersed throughout the Mall of America's Camp Snoopy, nestled among the tropical flora and fauna and the network of climbing trees that wind their way about the mountainside of platforms, steps, and rope-handled walking bridges. They are the lucky ones. The less fortunate--thousands of them--are still standing in the registration line that stretches nearly three quarters of the way around the colossal mall on this steamy July day.
Safely inside, the younger children are busily flipping through three-ring binders stuffed with playing cards and arguing with their friends about recent swaps. Their older confreres huddle in pairs, moving their cards around a paper game board. And while the odd parent can be heard in search of his or her suddenly vanished child, most sit silently, wiping the sweat from their brows while loosely grasping the glossy brochures and event guides their offspring have been handed. The still air is slightly humid. Despite the absence of mosquitoes, in here, as outside, it feels a lot like summer.
It was Pokemon that brought them here. More specifically, they were lured by the July 10-11 confluence of two enormous marketing tours aimed at hyping the virulently popular video- and card-based kid craze. The event, jointly staged by Nintendo (creator of Pokemon electronic games) and Wizards of the Coast (maker of Pokemon playing cards), features everything from card-trading to photo ops (have your picture taken next to a giant trading card!) to head-to-head Game Boy tournaments (held every half-hour). All the activities revolve around a central theme: Pokemon, a fantasy world based on human characters who attempt to subdue and train a plethora of little monsters with names like Geodude and Snorlax.
Mall of America honchos pride themselves on their ability to transform the perfunctory shopping experience into what they prefer to call "unique retail entertainment"--a feat, says Mall spokeswoman Maureen Bahill, that allows them to hold customers captive for three times as long as an average retail outing nationwide. How do they do it? Well, for one thing, the mall's 4.2 million square feet are versatile enough to facilitate the double role of shopping mecca and events center. A perfect launching pad, in other words, for the growing trend of "event marketing strategies," which deploy carefully orchestrated ad campaigns disguised as entertainment.
Enter Nintendo, which launched its nationwide tour with the Mall of America event, and Wizards, which has been touring the nation for several months. While unprecedented, a joint tour stop in the Twin Cities would be feasible, the two firms figured, if it were held at the Mall of America, which could accommodate the 20,000 people they expected to show up. (Back in March, Wizards expected 5,000 kids to attend a tour stop in New Jersey. More than 12,000 showed up, and because the crowd exceeded safety codes, mall security sent the entire mob packing.) The Mall, after all, had proved it could handle that kind of turnout when it hosted the masses who turned out to catch 'N Sync in May.
But Pokemon is exceeding everyone's expectations. Within four hours the 'N Sync attendance figure--a record for the Mall--has been smashed. When all is said and done, a whopping 44,000 people will have filed through the registration line, many having arrived at 7:00 a.m. and waited three hours for the Mall to open.
A gathering that size would normally send an event crew into a tizzy. But drawing from their previous experiences, the Wizards workers have a carefully designed infrastructure in place. According to David Laks, manager of DSL Client Services, the event-marketing firm that staged the affair, the crucial improvement is the addition of Pokemon Central, a registration center that houses 17 brand-new computers to handle scheduling. Previously, multiple lines formed in front of the different activities that were offered, which led to stagnant lines that moved at only 30 people per hour. "With Pokemon Central, there's only one line for people to stand in as they wait to get their slotted activity times," Laks explains. "The line moves at 18 feet a minute, or 30 people in one minute. Without the single line, the people would have become unruly." The setup also allowed people to shop and visit the food courts once they'd been processed, rather than be stuck standing in line. "Prior to the system, people were complaining," Laks notes. "This time we didn't receive a single complaint."
Laks, who has staged more than 15,000 marketing events, says the Mall of America stop is the largest project he ever took on (his previous record was the 25,000 businessmen who showed up when Sony wanted sand volleyball courts--complete with Olympic players--on Wall Street). For a normal event, he says, DSL brings in 7 full-time staffers and 19 temps; for the Twin Cities stop, they used 25 full-timers and more than 100 temp workers.
Besides manning Pokemon Central, the workers walk around the endless line of people and urge them to read their event guides. "The key to a successful event is the dissemination of information," Laks asserts. "The idea is to properly educate everyone so they know what to expect once they hit the registration desk so they can be quickly processed."
Yet even with Pokemon Central in place, other strategies are being employed to placate a slowly moving crowd waiting in a line that, at its peak, fosters three-hour waits: a fuzzy yellow Pokemon character named Pikachu walks about ("He doesn't have any hands," one mother explains to a disappointed five-year-old who's clamoring for an autograph), a video wall has been set up to play a cartoon (to educate adults about the product, Laks says, as well as to entertain the kids), and 200,000 pieces of collateral material--brochures, sheets of stickers, and so forth--are being distributed (Laks: "We make sure everyone gets the same free stuff so the crowd remains orderly").
Laks likens his events to theater. "You're responsible for the actors and the stagehands, and it takes the same amount of work to create an event as it does to stage actual theater," he elaborates. "But they're gaining in popularity [despite the cost], because marketers love to reach the specific target audiences."
Any snake oil salesman worth his salt knew that behind every sale lies a solid theatrical performance. It's high time the business community caught on, says Joseph Pine, a national marketing consultant based in the outer-ring suburb of Dellwood who recently authored a book on the subject, The Experience Economy: Work Is Theatre & Every Business a Stage (Harvard Business School Press).
Behind the Pokemon tour--which Pine believes is the largest event of its kind--and its ilk is the driving force of competition. During the Agrarian Age, he explains, everyone was selling the same raw commodities, so in order to compete, businesses began manufacturing finished goods, which led to the Industrial Age. Once the market became saturated with finished goods, business began giving away services to help move merchandise--ergo the Service Economy. Today customers are bombarded by goods and services, so the only way for companies to compete is to provide experiences that "use goods as props and services as the stage to create experiences that engage customers in an inherently personal way." That, Pine contends, is one of the only ways businesses can avoid competing solely along the lines of undesirable price cuts.
While many argue that such tactics will ultimately lead to a Disneyfied America in which people bounce around from one façade to the next, Pine sees those claims as elitist: People who travel to the Boundary Waters, for instance, use their time and money to cast themselves into the role of the rugged noncity type, and hence are manufacturing an artificial experience. Pine sees the process as the logical combination of work and play. "In today's world we're becoming time-starved," he says. "We don't have time to go shop at the Mall of America and entertain our kids. Retailers need to transform the drudgery of shopping into memorable experiences."
And in his view, any company that can get 44,000 people to stand in line for three hours has taken a step in the right direction. "This isn't any old Game Boy sitting on any old shelf at any old store," Pine posits, thinking like a nine-year-old. "This is the Game Boy I played at the Mall of America, where there were 50,000 people."
He has never heard of Joseph Pine, but Wizards of the Coast's Kevin Kurtz, the 23-year-old promotions manager who masterminded much of the tour, couldn't agree with him more (although he's dubbed his strategy "grassroots marketing").
"We have two goals," says Kurtz. "To provide a memorable experience for the attendees and, perhaps the most important thing, to get people moving through quickly. Kids go to an event where they learn how to play the card game, then they can go buy product. They play their Game Boys in a tournament, then they can go buy product." Kurtz refuses to reveal the revenues the Pokemon tour has generated. "Let's just say we're doing well," he says with a laugh.
No kidding. Pokemon Central isn't the only long line at the Mall on this day; more than 500 people are also waiting to get into the Wizards' recently opened retail store. According to an employee there, the spending range is between $15 and $20 per family. Similarly, according to Aaron Anderson, a manager at FuncoLand, a Mall of America video-game store, Saturday sales are up nearly 20 percent, with Pokemon Game Boys constituting more than half the day's purchases.
Amid the blizzard of money, Kevin Kurtz takes a moment to mull over the larger philosophical ramifications of his tour. Aside from the millions Wizards is making in card sales--not to mention the wealth of demographic information the company will garner from surveys handed out to visitors while they were standing in line--he maintains that the tour fills a void in modern American society. "Malls are becoming the central gathering place of our society," he observes. "In the age of the Internet, where everybody sits at home and stares at a computer screen all day long, I'm just glad we're able to offer kids the opportunity to get together."
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The youth are not stealing your jobs
I've been making the mistake of keeping up with my Facebook news feed. As a result, I'm mentally and emotionally exhausted from the endless number of posts with atrocious spelling and grammar errors, gripes about things beyond our control, gripes about things in our control we refuse to fix and, of late, the influx of posts about "the youth stealing our jobs."Sigh.Here's the thing: I know a lot of people of varying ages and educational backgrounds who have been laid off from jobs, including me. Some were beyond competent and were the victims of a bad economy and evolving industries; some probably didn't work hard enough to keep their jobs.But none of them had their job "stolen by the youth." Yes, we are generally paid less than our predecessors and do twice the amount of work. That doesn't mean, however, employers are rushing to fire experienced employees and substituting those of us fresh out of college who are fairly well educated but lacking defining life experiences.Anybody can memorize information out of a book or online, so there's definitely something to be said for life experience. It took me 10 months out of college to land a job in my field, despite having a pretty impressive amount of field experience under my belt for someone my age. Every job rejection came with an apology along the lines of, "Sorry, but why would we hire you when we have older journalists with 25-plus years of experience working in the field that we can hire instead?"That doesn't sound like youth stealing jobs to me.I think the key to keeping your job in a world constantly evolving because of new knowledge and technological advances is to be smart enough to keep up with the changes in your industry and to evolve accordingly. You don't just go to school for four or more years and then do little on-the-job training and think you're set for life. Education is a lifelong task, my friends. In just a few years I'll be competing against much younger versions of myself; people striving to learn what it takes to succeed in my industry that "the kids" have known since their tiny little fingers first started playing baby games on iPads. I, however, won't be complaining about them. They have just as much right to a place in the workforce as I do. I'll just have to keep evolving with the times and proving to my employers why both my education and my experience is an asset to them.
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Men's Track and Field Races At Old Fashion Track Meet
April 25, 2004
Naperville, Ill. - University of Illinois at Chicago track and field athletes Nick Gazis and Bob Thurnhoffer each turned in solid efforts on Friday evening as the duo each claimed a pair of titles to lead the Flames at the Old Fashion Track Meet, hosted by North Central College.
Gazis won both the hammer throw (48.79m) and the discus throw (48.03m), while Thurnhoffer captured the long jump (6.45m) and triple jump (14.02m) titles.
Junior sprinter Gabe Rivera also picked up a pair of runner-up finishes in both the 100-meter dash (11.04) and 200-meter dash (22.58).
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Just when it seemed like there was no possible hope of ever seeing actor Wesley Snipes pick up the silver stakes and don the trademark leather trench coat and sunglasses of the "Daywalker" in another Blade movie, AITH reports that Snipes has admitted that there has been some talk about a Blade 4 and that he would reprise the role if the right script came along.
Many factors seemed to conspire against the continuation of the Blade series. The failure of Blade: Trinity to match the success of the previous movies in the series was one nail in the coffin (vampire pun intended) of the franchise. The second nail was driven home when Snipes filed a multi-million dollar lawsuit against New Line Cinema, writer-director David S. Goyer and the producers of Blade: Trinity for denying him creative decisions as producer, limiting his screen time, and failure to pay him adequately. The third and final nail was the volatile interview that Snipes gave in 2007 in which he alleged that the root of the problems surrounding Blade: Trinity's lackluster performance were far deeper and more nefarious than creative or financial squabbles.
Systematic racism was used to divert focus away from the real issues of an incompetent director and inexperienced producers with a $60 million budget, and onto the "insubordinate, difficult, self-immersed actor."
The Blade character managed to fight on after Snipes in the form of Blade: The Series, with actor-rapper Kirk "
Sticky Fingaz" Jones in the lead, but it just wasn't the same without him and the show was cancelled after only one season on Spike TV. The last attempt to mine the Blade gold mine was a planned trilogy of movies based on Stephen Dorff's Deacon Frost character from the first Blade, but the spin-off never materialized.
Considering all of these setbacks, Snipes' return to the role could be just what the franchise needs to continue. And, given the current infatuation with vampires in Hollywood right now, Blade should feel right at home.


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NYC Mayor Bloomberg blames Apple for rise in crime [Darleen Click]
No, this is not The Onion
Major crime in New York City inched up this year, and Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg on Friday fingered the culprit: too many iPhones and iPads were being swiped.
A rise in thefts of shiny Apple products accounted for the slight increase in the city's annual crime index, a statistic that covers a number of felonies, including murder, grand larceny and robbery, Mr. Bloomberg said on Friday morning during his weekly radio show. […]
[C]ity officials said the overall crime figure was skewed by the Apple figure.
"If you just took away the jump in Apple, we'd be down for the year," said Marc La Vorgna, the mayor's press secretary.
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What % of trainging time do most of you get on a tandem compared with training on your singles?
What % of trainging time do most of you get on a tandem compared with training on your singles?
My tandem/single mileage ratio this year is about 1000/30! Rode my single last night for the first time this year. I sure missed my stoker!
I am about the opposite, 30/750 in favor of the single. Hopefully the ratio will improve as we get into the summer.
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Hey George, you guys going to do the Collin Classic next weekk?
My wife is an avid cyclist in her own right and we used to ride singles about 70% and tandem about 30%. Over the years since we've been tandeming (about 15 years), we are riding tandem more than riding singles, say 60% tandem, 40% singles.
Something like 3000/30 here, tandem/single.
Since my stoker doesn't ride a single it gives my stoker more opportunity to train that way. It helps me feel comfortable with handling the tandem, esp. on steeper hills and stuff.
I would like to do a few rides by myself, though. I haven't ridden much with drop bars (have a bad back) and am thinking of switching to using them if/when we get a new ride, so it might be nice to get used to them on my own first (esp. if my back is grumpy about it).
Riding time: Assume about 5K/yr with 90% of the miles on tandem.
Training time... Tandem = 0mi / Single = 0mi
I gave up "training" in 1998. We now ride for the sheer pleasure of riding whenever we get a chance. If we're both available it's on one of the tandems, otherwise Debbie or I will head out on our respective single bikes.
Good point Mark! If you're not enjoying the ride, why bother with it! We see so many of the 'serious' riders out there that don't look like they are having much fun.
Well *gasp* we ride, have fun, and try to improve (train) .. all at the same time!
We never train either. We're not racers by any stretch but, we ride as often as we can. We climb extra hills trying to learn to climb better/stronger/faster. We spend a lot of miles/hours riding with the common goal of getting faster and stronger. We do this in preperation of the rallies & tours we do so we can go faster at a comfortable pace. But, we never train.
I didn't mean to rain on the parade and in my warped mind training is focused behavior that is aimed at improving your performance.
We ride hard when we feel like it and we try to ride as often as we can; however, we have friends who do "train" and it's really all consuming. For example, as a team you must:
1. manage your diet
2. manage your heart rate
3. establish a training regime with specific performance targets for each ride
4. plan to endure pain and suffering on certain days
5. do recovery riding on others
6. do interval training and regular time trials to measure your performance
7. spend most of your time riding with the "racer boys & girls" on fast serious group rides
8. blast past the scenery when you eventually do participate in a social tandem ride because it hurts too much to ride with the "slower" riders.
There is certainly some middle ground for "fitness riders" who have a less rigorous schedule for maintaining their riding performance but we're not even playing in that realm anymore either. Perhaps we'll make the time to do that again in the future, but right now we're just happy when we can go out and enjoy a ride alone or with friends and hang with the "B" group at major events IF we're on our game and IF there's not a more compelling reason to 'stop and smell the roses'.
It's all good Mark. I think we all knew where you were coming from. Yes, there is a huge diff between "training" and "competitive level training". The latter requires a total lifestyle dedication.


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We start off today with news laker fans may not want to hear. Sheridan-hoops-dot-com is reporting dwight howard has expanded his wish list to the l.A. Clippers. The possibility of playing with chris paul and blake griffin has intrigued him. Sheridan hoops says the likely scenario for howard to land in lob city would be an off-season sign-and-trade. Now the magic have not given permission to howard's agent to speak with any teams other than the ones on howard's original wish list, which include the dallas mavericks, the new jersey nets and the lakers. For now, most general managers think the lakers have the best chance of getting howard by offering a package centered around andrew bynum.
The league's general managers had another opportunity to have their opinions heard in the annual gm survey….. 74.1% of them voted the miami heat to win the championship this year. The lakers? 7.4%….A significant decrease from their 63% vote last year. 67.9% of the gms believe the oklahoma city thunder will win the west. The lakers got 17.9% of the votes….As opposed to 96.4% last year. And the mvp? Kevin durant leads the way with 55.6% of the votes.
Though chris sheridan believes kobe is leading the mvp race.
Michael jordan is also a kobe believer, saying that he thinks kobe is the only player that deserves comparison to him. Roland lazenby, an author currently working on a michael jodan book, spoke to jordan and tweeted
"Kobe's the only one to have done the work to deserve comparison."
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By the way, 48.1% of the gm's voted kobe to take the final shot with the game on the line. A number down from last year when he got 78.6% of the votes.
And now it's time for our "tweet of the week" where we feature whatever laker fans have say.
This week we have @Ewest26, who said "rick carlisle is still jim carey's twin. It kills me."
I never noticed it until i saw this tweet. But they do look a lot alike. And now for our featured facebook comment.
Shout out to mr. Reyes commenting on the kobe comparison to m-j story, "sorry lebron. His air-ness has spoken."
So if you guys want to be featured on our tweet of the week, make you get at me. My handle is @derekopina. The tweet can by anything funny, clever, knowledgable or anything in general that a laker fan should know. I'll also be checking the facebook comments so make sure you guys are hitting our page.
Well that's going to do it for us. Be sure come back again on friday where amy halvorsen will have the latest for you. For the fans, by the fans this is lakers nation. I'm derek opina, thanks for watching l-n-t-v.


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He operates 90,000 feet of hissing pipes and dozens of enormous churning vats, an industrial jungle with a single, remarkable purpose: "Essentially,"...
BLAIR, Neb. — He operates 90,000 feet of hissing pipes and dozens of enormous churning vats, an industrial jungle with a single, remarkable purpose: "Essentially," plant manager Bill Suehr says, "we've got corn coming in at one end and plastic coming out the other."
In a hot, noisy factory that smells of Frosted Flakes, yeast and wet farm animals, agribusiness giant Cargill has set out to lead a new industrial revolution, one fed by the green fields of the Midwest rather than the oil fields of the Middle East.
Sprawled across a square mile of prairie, a series of automated assembly lines turns raw corn kernels first into sugary syrup and then into white pellets that can be spun into silky fabric or molded into clear, tough plastic.
The end products — which include T-shirts, forks and coffins — look, feel and perform like traditional polyester and plastic made from a petroleum base. But the manufacturing process consumes 50 percent less fossil fuel, even after accounting for the fuel needed to plant and harvest the corn.
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With oil prices nearing $60 a barrel, goods made from grain also compare favorably on price. Chemists and engineers from private corporations and research universities are racing to figure out how to substitute Iowa's bounty for Iraq's. The goal: to substitute crops, weeds and even animal waste for the petroleum that fuels much of U.S. manufacturing.
The Energy Department is so enthusiastic that it is aiming to convert 25 percent of chemical manufacturing to an agricultural base by 2030.
Chemistry at work
Biotech harvest
The technology that turns corn into blankets and many other consumer goods is decades old. In the 1920s and '30s, Henry Ford experimented with using crops, mostly soy, to make auto parts. But petroleum proved easier to convert into plastics; at the time, it also seemed a much more modern, forward-looking material. Plus, it was cheap. As late as 1970, oil cost about $3 a barrel, not much more than a bushel of corn.
These days, corn still costs about $2 a bushel. It makes a good substitute for nearly-$60-a-barrel oil because, like petroleum, it contains carbon, the essential building block for plastic.
In theory, any carbon source would work in these new factories; engineers say they'd like to replace corn one day with a crop that requires much less fertilizer and pesticide, such as wild grass. They might even be able to use agricultural waste, such as the cornstalks left in the field after harvesting. For now, though, raw kernels are the easiest to process.
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Cargill is the first to commercialize the new technology, producing 300,000 pounds of pellets a day, but its rivals are not far behind.
DuPont, which invented polyester and nylon, has its own corn-based fabric in the works. An Arkansas company called BioBased Technologies just opened a factory that uses soy instead of petroleum to make polyurethane for use in seat cushions, shoe soles and spray-foam insulation. The clothing company Of the Earth, based in Oregon, sells T-shirts and yoga pants made from soy fiber.
University professors across the Midwest are turning their labs into miniature biofactories, transforming soybean oil into mattresses and chicken feathers into golf tees — even, if all goes well, corn into cellphones. One professor sponsors an annual soybean-technology contest; past winners have turned beans into ski wax, candles and nail-polish remover.
"Anything you can make out of petroleum, I can make out of corn and soybeans," said Larry Johnson, director of the Center for Crops Utilization Research at Iowa State University.
Environmentally friendly
Skeptics question the economic viability of such projects.
When Cargill launched its factory in 2002, its pellets were far more expensive than equivalent material made from oil. Wild Oats Markets, an early customer, paid 50 percent more for takeout containers made from the bioplastic.
But in the past two years, the Cargill plant has become more efficient and oil prices have soared.
The result: The "corn-tainers" in the deli now cost Wild Oats 5 percent less than traditional plastic, said Wild Oats spokeswoman Sonja Tuitele.
Other products made with the corn-based pellets are more expensive. Depending on how they process the material, manufacturers report that using Cargill's pellets raises costs by up to 25 percent. But more manufacturers in the United States and abroad are willing to pay that premium for a product they perceive as environmentally friendly.
As Kathleen Bader, chief executive officer of Cargill's subsidiary NatureWorks, tells customers: "We're using material that's renewable in 90 days instead of 90 million years."
Converted into a biodegradable plastic, the pellets are molded into water bottles, portable CD players, auto parts and even coffins (sold in the Netherlands). The plastic also is used as packaging for Del Monte fresh-cut fruit and Newman's Own organic salads.
Other companies are processing the pellets into fibers that can be used for T-shirts, carpets and supersoft diaper wipes.
Pacific Coast Feather has rolled out a line of linens made from the corn pellets. Faribault Mills is marketing a $100 wool-and-corn blanket that Chief Executive Michael Harris calls luxuriously soft. (One drawback: If you leave it in a hot dryer too long, it might melt.)
Just a drop in oil bucket
Even if it takes off, biomanufacturing will never wean the nation entirely from oil.
Roughly 7 to 10 percent of the fossil fuel consumed in the United States is used to manufacture plastics and fibers, according to the Department of Energy. If corn replaced petroleum in every factory, the nation would cut oil consumption by hundreds of millions of barrels a year but still would require billions more for heat, power and fuel.
Given that limitation, some critics view all the hoopla as an agribusiness con, more about selling corn than saving the Earth.
"The main motivation is there is only so much high-fructose corn syrup you can pack into sodas. This is another way to turn corn into products people will buy," said Tillman Gerngross, an associate professor of engineering at Dartmouth College who specializes in biotechnology.
But other scientists maintain that the new technology offers genuine environmental benefits, beyond the reduction in fossil-fuel use.
They point to the huge problem of "e-waste," the 2.2 million tons of cellphones, computers and other electronics dumped in landfills each year. If those products were made of bioplastic, they could be composted. In the right conditions — warm and humid — they would degrade within months, dissolving into carbon dioxide and water.
At Purdue University, Bernie Tao, a professor of agricultural and biological engineering, believes so passionately in the future of turning crops into consumer goods that he has developed a science kit for children that uses corn and soy to make crystals, crayons and adhesives.
"We need to teach our young students that chemistry is nothing to be scared of," he said. "It's all about the stuff growing outside their windows."


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Richie Molina was born in 1958 in Queens Village, New York. His talents were apparent early on and have been supported by his family throughout his life.
Richie graduated from The High School of Art and Design (NYC) in 1976 and was accepted by The School of Visual Arts in New York City. However, he chose not to attend and instead joined the work force after high school and began working in the construction field. Richie uses his artistic talents to design and install bathrooms and kitchens, specializing in tile work, carpentry, and interior design.
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Official: Semi-automatic used to kill ex-Navy SEAL
Kyle's nonprofit, FITCO Cares, provides at-home fitness equipment for emotionally and physically wounded veterans.
"Chris was literally the type of guy if you were a veteran and needed help he'd help you," Cox said. "And from my understanding that's what happened here. I don't know how he came in contact with this gentleman, but I do know that it was not through the foundation."
Cox described Littlefield as a gentle, kind-hearted man who often called or emailed him with ideas for events or fundraisers to help veterans.
"It was just two great guys with Chad and Chris trying to help out a veteran in need and making time out of their day to help him. And to give him a hand. And unfortunately this thing happened," Cox said.
Lt. Cmdr. Rorke Denver, who served with Kyle on SEAL Team 3 in Iraq in 2006, called Kyle a champion of the modern battlefield.
"Everybody was aware in 2006 that something special or something unique with his skill set was developing and starting to grow and then it just carried on until he hung up his guns, at least in an active military capacity, and moved on," Denver said. His book, "Damn Few," about training SEALs, will be released this month.
Denver wasn't surprised that Kyle apparently used a shooting range to help someone with PTSD.
"For us, for warriors, that's a skill set that has become very familiar, very comfortable for us," said Denver, a lieutenant commander in a reserve SEAL team. "So I actually see it as kind of a perfect use of Chris' unique skill set and expertise of which he has very few peers."
Craft International, Kyle's security training company, had scheduled a $2,950-per-person civilian training event at Rough Creek Lodge called the "Rough Creek Shoot Out!" for March 1-3. The price included lodging, meals and shooting instruction. Kyle was scheduled to teach the first class, called "precision rifle."
Kyle is survived by his wife, Taya, and their two children, Cox said.
Sherman reported from McAllen, Texas. Associated Press writers Andale Gross and Erica Hunzinger in Chicago contributed to this report.
The Associated Press