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The 10 Leading Event Brands
These companies consistently leverage cutting-edge events as critical parts of their marketing mix, making them the most innovative brands doing events today.
#1 Most Innovative Brand: Target
The style-forward retailer's consistently inventive ideas and dedication to the impact of events have cemented its place among the most influential players in experiential marketing.
The Minneapolis-based retailer long ago shed any sense it was a stale and stuffy big-box chain and perpetually bolsters an inexpensive but chic image with some of the most unique and ambitious consumer marketing platforms in the U.S. Each year, Target creates, hosts, or participates in more than 300 events in bold, colorful, and almost always attention-grabbing ways, building buzz for its products, partners, and collaborators. These efforts play a large part in Target's growth: The company, ranked 30 in the Fortune 500, reported a 3.7 percent sales increase for 2010 and in January announced plans to expand to Canada.
Leading the charge is executive vice president and chief marketing officer Michael Francis, supported by an event marketing team that collaborates with the public relations and branding departments as well as external partners. The crew brainstorms tactics to set Target apart from the competition with a combination of style and substance. "While Target has clear procedures, accounting tools, and brand guidelines, they have always allowed urged us to push them in new directions," says Drew Elliott of Extra! Extra!, which has worked with Target for nine years and in March produced the five-year anniversary of the retailer's Go International line.
The retailer perfected the pop-up shop, a format used to great advantage in New York before it opened a permanent storefront in Manhattan. Case in point: More than 11,000 shoppers hit the temporary space built to sell the Liberty of London for Target collection in May 2010, buying all the merchandise and causing the store to close a day earlier than planned. Even more impressive was September's "Kaleidoscopic Fashion Spectacular," a large, logistically complex stunt that used the entire southern facade of the 337-room Standard New York hotel as an illuminated billboard.
The company is equally invested in its corporate responsibility program, donating 5 percent of its income to community projects and demonstrating its commitment through countless events. Target's advocacy of public safety is articulated in its sponsorship of the National Association of Town Watch's National Night Out, a countrywide initiative that gathered more than 37 million people in 15,110 communities last year. Its support of philanthropy was seen in a 4,000-person volunteer drive and party for the 2010 National Conference on Volunteering & Service, which produced more than 170,000 meals for hunger relief.
Underwriting education is another big campaign. In February, Target built a 25-foot-tall installation of Dr. Seuss classics on the steps of the New York Public Library as a part of its participation in the National Education Association's Read Across America drive. The books were later donated to local schools, underscoring the corporation's pledge to donate $1 billion in education-related giving by the end of 2015. —A.S.
The ultimate athletic brand engages international sports fans through innovative activations at major sporting events—whether or not it's the presenting sponsor.
Athletic tournaments are a natural fit for Nike's marketing strategy, providing an international platform to emphasize the wide reach and performance of its products. But the globally recognized sportswear brand has looked beyond traditional sponsorship and logo placement to build its image and stay visible to consumers.
When Adidas secured official sponsorship of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, Nike wasn't left in the dust. Instead, the company built a pop-up stadium in six different cities—including New York, Paris, and Tokyo—and used the temporary environments to host soccer-related events and sell goods. Additionally, a viewing party for the match between England and the U.S. drew 2,000 fans to a branded mini stadium built in New York's meatpacking district.
Nike, which has already increased revenue by 10 percent in 2011, has also produced its own competitions, including the World Basketball Festival staged at Radio City Music Hall in August. The four-day series, which included games between national teams from China, Brazil, France, Puerto Rico, and the United States, streamed live on the Web and offered an opening-night performance by Jay-Z. —J.B.
The tech giant creates relevant conference content and directly engages clients through multiple channels.
I.B.M.'s event strategy is not about flashy, publicity-driven promotions. At the core of the technology company's marketing formula is an emphasis on providing relevant ideas and solutions to clients—senior business executives, IT professionals, and developers—and partners, to prove the capabilities of its software, hardware, and services. This simple premise is a key reason Big Blue recently remodeled its five largest yearly conferences with the goal of having the majority of speakers be clients. "It's a fundamental of marketing—deliver something that's very specific and targeted to an individual's needs, and they will seek it out and share it with others," says Robert Pace, vice president of marketing programs and events.
This tactic augments other event initiatives I.B.M. rolls out. Recognizing that not all clients have time to travel to an expo like Pulse in Las Vegas, the multinational company produces a series of events under what it calls the "comes to you" format, reusing the content and some of the speakers to create local versions of conferences. I.B.M. also pools the content from the conferences into an online portal, allowing attendees and others to access and even navigate the presentations by keyword searches.
The live-streamed presentations from the 2011 Pulse conference received more than 24,000 views from 99 countries, nearly double the number of people physically present at the February event. Moreover, almost 16,000 files were streamed and downloaded. One of the most popular was the general session talk given by client Bill Broughton, senior program director of enterprise asset management for Amtrak. —A.S.
Red Bull
The drink maker undertakes logistically wrought activations that the brand's signature, high-energy vibe and appeal to its daredevil target customer.
Red Bull, which advertises its ability to give consumers wings—or, more accurately and less poetically, loads of energy—allots about one-third of its marketing budget to events.
Austria-based Red Bull GMBH owns the global beverage, 4.2 billion cans of which were sold in 2010, for a 7.6 percent increase over sales in 2009. In the U.S. alone, the brand's sales showed an 11 percent increase from 2009 to 2010.
Overseen by several key executives including Joe Guzik, senior vice president of promotion and integrated marketing for Red Bull Records, the company produces hundreds of annual happenings. Focusing on sports and music, the events are unanimously ambitious, large, and high-energy.
The Red Bull Air Race World Series, which company reps deem the biggest event created by the brand, launched in 2003 and has taken place in countries including Brazil, Australia, Canada, and the United Arab Emirates. In June 2010, the race's New York iteration took over the waters between Liberty State Park and Battery Park, after planners surmounted some dauntingly large hurdles.
Involving a three-year planning process and permission from 16 government agencies, the two-day affair saw 12 pilots whizzing through an inflatable obstacle course at speeds that exceeded 250 miles per hour. The event drew 40,000 ticketed spectators, and earned backing from sponsors such as Volkswagen, Stoli, and Breitling.
The same month, Red Bull's Manny Mania AM Series tour, a skateboarding competition in which participants perform tricks on two wheels instead of four, expanded internationally to take place in 32 countries. On the home front, Orlando's event took place at Universal Citywalk and drew 2,000 spectators, nearly twice the size
of the crowd at the 2009 event in Miami.
In October, the company staged a musical event for 2,000 spectators in Washington. Called Soundclash, the interactive concert pitted two bands from different musical genres against each other in a four-round competition. Held on Pennsylvania Avenue, where the Capitol became the backdrop, the event had two main stages and sponsors such as Ford Motor Company.
Apart from hosting its own activations, Red Bull is aligned with Formula One racing and is the only corporate sponsor that owns and operates its own two teams: Red Bull Racing and Torro Rosso. —J.B.
The denim brand stages organic, relaxed events tied to pop culture and music festivals, and introduced an interactive showroom with dramatic promotional results.
The iconic apparel brand from Levi Strauss & Company netted $1.1 billion in 2010 business, and drove that revenue in part through relaxed, on-brand events. Director of brand marketing Sheri Timmons oversees the programming.
In late 2009, the brand introduced a showroom in Los Angeles where stylists can borrow clothes, and costume designers can sample product and work hands-on with Timmons. Since it opened, the brand's placements—film, TV, magazines, and celebrity seeding—have more than quadrupled, significantly increasing exposure and sales.
Among other recent programs: the Rolling Roadshow, a public tour pairing screenings of classic movies with their shooting locations; a global employee community-service day; and a gift lounge at the Ace Hotel in Palm Springs during Coachella, part of an ongoing relationship with the chain. And in 2010, Levi's launched its Pioneer Sessions, a campaign showcasing artists who embody the pioneering spirit of the brand, which invited contemporary musicians to remake the songs that inspired them. The brand filmed the in-studio recording sessions as digital content. —A.D.
The large brand aims to feel accessible to consumers through intimate or chef-connected programming.
The chocolate purveyor is focusing its event strategy on aligning with chefs and elevating the brand through food-festival affiliations, with an eye toward keeping the large global brand feeling intimate and accessible. Director of brand and internal communications Erica Lapidus oversees 20 to 30 events per year around the country, with the largest pushes in the form of sponsorships. At the South Beach Wine & Food Festival, attended by 50,000 people, Godiva hosted eight events, and at the New York City Wine & Food Festival, there were five, including one program for 2,000. During award season in Los Angeles, its presence was felt at events including Elton John's AIDS Foundation bash, as well as In Style's Golden Globes after-party with Warner Brothers, where its lounge took the form of a sculptural, arty space, with chocolates in forms inspired by the glass art of Dale Chihuly.
A four-week Valentine's Day pop-up that transformed the retail shop on Fifth Avenue in New York generated 160 million media impressions as part of a push to kick off that busy holiday season.
And the results of recent marketing efforts are in the sales figures: The increase in sales of the company reached double digits after being acquired at the end of 2008 by Turkish group Yıldız Holding. —A.D.
In response to considerably adversity, the brand consistently executes genre-busting event marketing ideas in the automotive industry.
Toyota's ranking on the 2010 Fortune Global 500 list was 5, up from 10 the previous year, despite a widely publicized safety recall. "[The event team was] on the front lines post-recall," says Keith Dahl, Toyota's national manager of engagement marketing, who oversees more than 300 events per year with his staff and support from Saatchi & Saatchi Los Angeles. "We reinforced our focus on safety and made it a priority to maintain owner loyalty. It was also increasingly important to get consumers back behind the wheel, and our ride-and-drive program was instrumental in doing so. We actually saw an increase in participation at these events post-recall."
Even during these tough times, Toyota's event marketing (overseen from Torrance, California-based Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A.) has included some lighthearted touches. For luxury division Lexus, the Japanese automaker last spring held a heated debate series to introduce the latest hybrid vehicle, the CT 200h: Designed to inspire a new audience, the debates were moderated by entertainment personalities, including comedians Andy Samberg and Sarah Silverman, and hosted leading environmental thinkers on both sides of the discussion. The multicity series was a particularly unusual promotion within the automotive category, changing up the industry's typically staid presentations in the show-and-tell format.
And, as a means of further engaging drivers, about 150 Prius enthusiasts celebrated the 10th anniversary of the vehicle—a 10th on 10.10.10—at an event in Malibu that honored the winner of a Facebook contest to find the most passionate Prius driver. Playing to the sensibility of the car—and its community of environmentally zealous drivers—the event housed eco-minded workshops and presenters, and the meal included products from local farmers, producers, culinary artisans, and chefs.
The brand measures event success through a variety of metrics based on the objectives for each program, including consumer requests for more information, the number of vehicle sales a program generates, measurable changes in brand opinion and consideration, and the PR and social media impact on a specific program or campaign. Looking ahead, the plan is to continue the focus on the fans and consumer experience, with an emphasis on angles like social media and new technology.
Going forward, the Toyota team faces further adversity. "The earthquake [in Japan in March] has certainly added some challenges to our event-marketing initiatives," Dahl says. "Many of the long-term effects have not been identified at this point, but in the near term, vehicle availability may impact the product mix we focus on for our events." —A.D.
By building experiential promotions for younger and older consumers, the company incorporates casual gamers into its customer base.
In the fiercely competitive world of electronic games, Nintendo faces some tough rivals, but the Japanese brand stays on top by continuing to widen the target demographic for its Wii console. Just last year Nintendo produced the Wii Games, an Olympic-style match-up of more than 150 qualifying events at shopping centers and Six Flags amusement parks in 17 states. The effort went beyond targeting the traditional gamer demographic to include competitor categories for the over-55 and under-13 groups. Thousands turned out for the two-month-long contest, which culminated in 200-person final on September 3 in Redondo Beach, California.
To launch its new handheld 3D system, Nintendo staged a preview at the E3 expo in June 2010, a press conference in New York in January, a suite for editors during New York Fashion Week in February, and a four-city consumer demo tour with futuristic pods surrounding the late March release date.
Such endeavors help explain how sales of the Nintendo Wii surpassed the 35 million mark in March, making it the fastest-selling console in the U.S., and why demand for the Nintendo 3DS set a sales record for the brand. —A.S.
American Express
The credit card issuer crafts inventive opportunities to win over customers by sponsoring major events and flaunting its insider access.
The extensive event sponsorship program from American Express is more than just a way for the financial services brand to stamp its name on signage and reinforce recognition among consumers. The high-ranking Fortune 500 company leverages its presence at key festivals, trade shows, concert tours, and sports competitions to host private experiences for card members, providing the kind of insider access that can sustain customer loyalty, while also enticing potential clients. Overseen internally by Rich Lehrfeld, the vice president of global advertising and brand marketing, American Express's long-term in-person marketing strategy is continually redefined to integrate new mediums for interaction.
At New York Fashion Week in February, in addition to hosting its own showcase of designers, the company held daily Twitter contests for entrance to its Skybox—a lounge where guests could view shows—and posted online video interviews with designers, stylists, and celebrities. Card member benefits at 2010's U.S. Open and P.G.A. championship included free access to CourseCast TV and radio devices, providing live telecasts, commentary, and updates of the tournaments from anywhere on the grounds. And in its second year, "Unstaged," the live music platform American Express produces in partnership with Vevo and YouTube, now allows audiences to submit photos to create an onstage art installation directed by filmmaker David Lynch and tweet questions to the performing bands.
Such incentives for its customers enabled American Express to weather the shaky economic climate, increasing revenue from $24.52 billion in 2009 to $27.82 billion in 2010. —A.S.
The iconic beverage company aligns with megawatt events to form an emotional connection with consumers across the globe, while focusing brand messaging on universal topics such as health, sustainability, and happiness.
When it comes to earning international brand recognition—the sort that would rank the world's largest beverage provider as number one on Interbrand's 2010 list of the 100 best global brands—high-stakes sporting events are pretty good places to pour marketing dollars into. The Coca-Cola Company has relied on the strategy for decades, expanding awareness and forging an emotional, national-pride-based connection with consumers in the process.
Producing hundreds of annual events, the company's internal events team includes key executives such as Scott McCune, vice president of global partnerships and experiential marketing. According to company reps, the brand measures its event success based on consumer engagement and favorability scores. And its financial stats indicate solid growth: In 2010, the company's net revenue was $35.1 billion, a 14 percent increase over its 2009 revenue.
Allied with the Olympics since 1928, Coca-Cola is the longest continuous corporate sponsor of the games. The brand's presence at the blockbuster event has taken on immersive, innovative forms that both entertain and educate.
For the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Coca-Cola erected a pavilion that drew 275,000 visitors, offered entertainment ranging from games to acrobats, and doubled as a platform to introduce its new, fully recyclable packaging. Sustainability messaging ran throughout the 8,600-square-foot space, and staffers were on hand to teach guests about new ways to recycle.
Called Plaza Coca-Cola, another sports-related activation that began in February and will run through June targets Hispanic soccer fans. Taking over domes and stadiums in five American cities (including Atlanta, San Francisco, and Oakland), the activation celebrates the Mexican National Team's first U.S. games since the FIFA World Cup. Its centerpiece is a 25-foot replica of El Ángel—an iconic victory column from Mexico City—and activities include karaoke to popular Mexican songs.
In March, a pop-up shop on Santa Monica's Third Street Promenade underscored Diet Coke's partnership with Heart Truth and overall connection to a healthy lifestyle. Within the heavily branded space, guests could get free product samples, heart screenings and advice from registered dietitians and fitness experts.
Other health-focused activations in 2010 included Diet Coke Kitchen pop-ups in New York and Boston, which educated guests about healthy food pairings. The activation played off of Diet Coke's "Live Tastefully" campaign. —J.B.
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St. Cloud, Minn. — Mitch Clem sits in a booth in a downtown St. Cloud coffee shop. Surrounded by painted pictures of cups of coffee on the exposed brick walls, Clem is working on his own art. You wouldn't necessarily pick him as the punker in the crowd. Hunched in his hooded sweatshirt, he's sketching the latest installment of his online comic strip "Nothing Nice to Say."
"Nothing Nice to Say" debuted about a year ago. It features two 20-something punk fans named Fletcher and Blake who spend their time drinking coffee, talking about music, and going to clubs. Clem says over the past year Fletcher and Blake, along with a host of back-up players, have developed personalities.
"It makes it easier to write the comic," Clem says. "It's to the point where the characters do their own thing, and I can just put them in a situation and something will happen."
Clem gets his ideas from what he sees at underground punk shows. His own life offers up inspiration too -- he plays bass in a punk band. But Clem says the punk moniker shouldn't scare everyday Web surfers from his online strip.
"It's pretty easy for someone who never heard a Clash record to read the comic and get the jokes. Sometimes I'll make specific jokes about really specific albums, that even half the people that listen to punk rock don't get the joke," Clem says. "I'm just mean like that."
Along with the comic strip is Clem's blog, his online diary. Clem uses the blog to explain jokes in his strip, to talk about music, or to share personal stories.
"I've gotten e-mails from people who say, 'Yeah, the comic is all right, but the writing is what I really like,'" Clem says. "I never know what to think about that, because on the one hand it's cool that they like my writing. But on the other hand, I spent eight hours on that comic and the writing took me five minutes."
The popularity of "Nothing Nice to Say" has grown exponentially over the past year. It's already getting hundreds of thousands of page views every day.
With that popularity comes a quandary.
Clem could make a decent living selling ad space on his site, but he knows cashing in would cause a backlash.
"One problem with doing something in the world of punk rock is that anytime you ever make some sort of push towards trying to make profit off of what you're doing -- even if you're not compromising ideals or anything like that -- you're still going to have a large amount of people call you a sell-out, get mad, get self-righteous about it, and I really don't want to have to put up with that," Clem says.
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Lauren Richards, a senior at Penn State New Kensington, was honored Nov. 24 at halftime of the Penn State-Wisconsin football game in Beaver Stadium at University Park.
Richards received the Dietz & Watson Campus Spirit Scholar of the Game award for her success in the classroom and commitments outside the classroom. The Penn Hills resident earned a $500 scholarship, and a $500 donation was made in her name to THON, a student-run charity that benefits the Four Diamonds Fund and the fight against pediatric cancer.
"It was amazing to be at a Penn State home game, center stage, on the big screen, and thousands of fans were cheering with Penn State pride," said Richards, who graduates Dec. 22. "It was a once in a lifetime experience to be on that field and represent Penn State New Kensington."
In addition to the scholarship and charitable donation, Richards received four tickets to the game as well as hospitality passes. Her award was announced on the Penn State radio network prior to the game. Dietz & Watson honors one Penn State student at each Nittany Lion home game.
An information science and technology major, Richards carries a 3.35 grade-point average. She participates in numerous extra-curricular activities, including serving as chairwoman of the campus THON committee that last year raised $50,467 for the Penn State IFC/Panhellenic Dance Marathon. The total is the second best in campus history, topped only by $52,392 that was collected in 2011. She is pulling for this year's THON team, which has set a goal of $55,000, to establish a new standard.
"I chose THON as my charity because it's close to my heart," said Richards, who turned her chairwoman responsibilities over to sophomore Kelsie Nury. "I want to help the team to set a record at our campus this year, and of course help the kids; it's all for the kids."
Richards also serves as president of the Lion Ambassadors, a student organization found on every campus of Penn State. Their mission is to serve the University, the student body and alumni by acting as representatives of the University. She was named Lion Ambassador of the Year and received the Community Service award at the Academic and Student Achievement Awards ceremony in April.
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These drivers are not being regularly maintained by AMD, resulting in a sub-optimal and unreliable experience for many users. Symptoms generally involve X not starting at all, things like gnome-shell crashing on startup, etc. If you have problems with these drivers, consider using the free x11-drivers/xf86-video-ati, which are actually quite good and hassle-free.
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Configure the kernel as follows. Note that the Direct Rendering Manager is not enabled. It's possible to have it selected as a kernel module, but should not be built-in to your kernel.
[*] Enable loadable module support Processor type and features ---> [*] MTRR (Memory Type Range Register) support Bus options (PCI etc.) ---> [*] PCI Express Port Bus Support [*] Message Signaled Interrupts (MSI and MSI-X) Device Drivers ---> Graphics support ---> < > Direct Rendering Manager (xFree86 4.1.0 and higher DRI support) --->
If you need support for AGP cards, enable the following kernel options:
Device Drivers ---> Graphics support ---> <*> /dev/agpgart (AGP Support) ---> Select an appropriate AGP driver: <*> AMD Opteron/Athlon64 on-CPU GART support
Editing make.conf
Add the following to your
root # nano /etc/make.conf VIDEO_CARDS="fglrx"
Enabling AMD Catalyst Control Center
Then, add the following to
/etc/portage/package.use if you would like to enable support for AMD Catalyst Control Center:
root # nano /etc/portage/package.use x11-drivers/ati-drivers qt4
If you are using a desktop or workstation profile, this USE flag will be enabled by default.
Emerging the package
If you allready have emerged xorg-server, all you need to install the drivers is running the following command:
root # emerge -av --changed-use --deep @world
otherwise you may install the drivers with
root # emerge -av x11-drivers/ati-drivers
Next, set ati-drivers to manage the system's OpenGL and OpenCL implementations:
root # eselect opengl set ati root # eselect opencl set amd
Afterwards, run
aticonfig to modify the X-server configuration file to work with the ati-drivers:
root # aticonfig --initial
If you would like to have a full-resolution framebuffer with ati-drivers, check out uvesafb
I am using a HDMI connection, and my monitor's display has a black border around it.
Disable overscan using the following command, as root:
root # aticonfig --set-pcs-val=MCIL,DigitalHDTVDefaultUnderscan,0
You may need to restart your X session.
GNOME 3 windows only refresh when I drag them.
This is a known issue, reported in Funtoo Bug 1130. This issue has been fixed by addressing a bug in cogl -- upgrade to cogl-1.12.2-r2 to fix it.
Compton with backend glx does not work well with ati-drivers
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text: We have seen creepy robotic cats, dogs and even parrots. It may seem ridiculous to think that these types of toys will ever make the jump from novelty to full-fledged replacements for our beloved pets, but lets face it—you're lazy. Think about a future without walking dogs, scooping poop or the emotional pain that comes with owning a cat that doesn't care whether you live or die. One day it may truly become possible to own the perfect robotic pet. So, the question is do you think these robo-pets will ever replace your fuzzy best friends?


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Well, we can finally put the Nobby Clark saga behind us, as the famed motorcycle mechanic got the nod from his fellow Hall of Famers, and has been inducted into the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame with his supplemental voting ballot. A lightning rod for the larger issue of how members were nominated and voted into the AMHF, Nobby's induction probably doesn't surprise anyone who has been following the matter.
We imagine that Kenny Roberts Sr., and the slew of other prominent AMA figures who resigned their positions in the Hall of Fame, will backtrack on those statements, and everything will return back to normal, and the way it should be. That is of course, besides the whole part where the AMA and the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame continued to like an old boys' network, which on this issue got their hands caught in the cookie jar.
While we continue to try and figure out exactly what it is the AMA does, check the press release about Derek "Nobby" Clark after the jump.


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Max Power
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Front Suspension
Rear Suspension
Pro-Link® single shock with spring
Front Brakes
Rear Brakes
Front Tyre
Rear Tyre
Wet Weight
Fuel Capacity
The 2012 Honda CRF250L is a step up from the
CRF230L and its carbureted air-cooled 223cc SOHC engine. The new CRF250L is
powered by a fuel-injected liquid-cooled DOHC four-valve Single Honda claims
delivers "satisfying" torque at low revs and smooth acceleration at high rpms.
Other features
include an upside-down fork, Pro-Link suspension, aluminum swingarm, wave-shaped
rotors and multifunction digital display.
At the moment, the CRF250L is only confirmed for
the Japanese market but hopefully we'll see it in North America, potentially as
a replacement for the CRF230L
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You have to give Honda credit for
recognizing that the current economic climate calls out for reasonably priced
motorcycles that offer good bang-for-the-buck, together with outstanding fuel
economy. Criticized, at times, in the past for premium pricing, Honda is
fighting back lately with the CBR250R ($4,099) and the PCX150 ($3,449). On the
heels of those two new models, Honda announced the 2013 CRF250L dual sport with
a modern, fuel injected engine, outstanding fuel economy, and a $4,499 price
that undercuts the competition from both Yamaha and Kawasaki. This is the bike
Honda invited us to test earlier this week in Santa Barbara, California.
More than 30 pounds lighter than the already lithe CBR250R, the CRF250L reminded
us why it is so fun to ride a street legal bike with a dry weight under 300
pounds (claimed weight with all fluids, including gas and oil is 320 pounds). We
went through all of the technical details and specifications in an earlier
article, so let's just hit the highlights.
The 249cc single features fuel
injection, DOHC and a counterbalancer. The long travel suspension is not
adjustable, except for spring preload in the back.
The upright ergos are based on Honda's long, and well deserved reputation for
comfortable, functional ergonomics on its off-road race machines.
The brakes consist of a 256mm disc in front and 220mm disc in the rear. The
front caliper is twin piston. Wheels are 21″ in front and 18″ out back.
Fuel capacity is 2.0 gallons . . . almost certain to deliver well over 100 miles
of range, even while twisting the throttle with everything you have.
Fueled up and on top of our DOT legal knobbies, we left the hotel parking lot
for a day full of everything from tight, twisty tarmac to a wide variety of dirt
trails. At the end of the day, we sped back to the hotel on the freeway, easily
cruising at 70 mph.
Throttle response is excellent from idle on up. A version of this engine powers
the heavier CBR250R, and the dual sport seems much punchier when you snap open
the throttle. This is largely a combination of three factors, including the
lighter weight, lower gearing, and tuning (including a smaller throttle body)
that increases low end power versus the CBR. The bike still revs out well on
top, however. Very nice engine, and power that seems to be on par with the
Kawasaki KLX250S ($5,099), but somewhat less than the much pricier Yamaha WR250R
Honda seems to be good at picking a nice compromise when it comes to damping and
spring rate for non-adjustable suspension, and they really seem to have nailed
it with the CRF250L. The fork is very plush when it comes to absorbing very
small bumps, but never bottomed when pushed hard on rough trails by this 190
pound tester. The shock also did its job well, although I would like to
experiment with a bit more spring preload in the back.
Handling was excellent, but without increasing the spring tension on the shock,
a heavier rider will experience some understeer. Nevertheless, we were able to
push the CRF250L very hard through tight twisty roads, and were delighted with
the grip and feedback provided by the stock dual purpose tires.
Those same tires struggled a bit for grip on the silty, sandy trails we also
rode, but the bike tracks straight through gnarly, whooped out terrain, and
needs just a bit more purchase from the front tire while turning on these slick
surfaces. Frankly, these types of Southern California trails pose a challenge
for any type of off-road machine, but we expect the turning could be improved by
putting a bit more weight on the front end through increased shock spring
preload, raising the forks a few millimeters in the triple clamps, or some
combination thereof. Tire choice also impacts this, as well.
We were really impressed with the power and control offered by the front brake.
Another journalist had the nerve to pass me on a twisty mountain descent, so I
showed him a wheel on several corner entries before passing him back. This was
on tarmac, and it required excellent power and control from the front brake. I
was truly surprised how well the CRF250L delivered in this regard.
Clutch pull is extremely light and engagement is solid and predictable. The
transmission performed well everywhere, and suffered both clutchless upshifts
and downshifts in the dirt without complaint.
The seat is wide enough to provide comfort for extended street rides (a problem
with plenty of other dual sports), but the bike itself is slender enough to
allow the off-road charger to move freely when adjusting his weight
This is a lot of motorcycle for $4,499. If it comes with typical Honda long-term
reliability, it is one of those bikes you could enjoy having in your garage for
a long time, that could provide entertainment and transportation for several
members of the family regardless of their skill level. With price and fuel
economy such important factors these days, we think Honda has delivered another
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Wednesday August 25, 2010
Heirloom Meals Radio:
Margaret Braun
Spend an hour listening to Heirloom Meals Radio host Carole Murko interview New York City's Decorative Diva of High Pastry art, Margaret Braun. Margaret shares her cherished memories of growing up in Levittown, NY in a family that loved food, art and music. And see how it is no surprise that Margaret orchestrates cake decorating to a high art. There is a palpable warmth, enthusiasm and spirituality that exudes out of Margaret. Her story is real and inspirational. Thank you Margaret!!
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As wholesale supplier and manufacturer, if it is going to give good service to its clients and keep them as customers, Aplistar S.L. must keep itself on the forefront of the fashion industry with its designs of accessories and parts for footwear, leather goods, clothing and jewelry.
Preparing each season, our design department produces new and original accessories, decorations and parts for footwear, clothing, leather goods and jewelry. Whether for the autumn-winter or spring-summer, we update our catalog regularly with new creations and designs.
We invite you to consult these catalogues time to time, we know they will assist you in finding new accessories you may need for your new footwear, leather goods, clothing or jewelry products.
Spring-Summer 2011 New Products
Fall-Winter 2012-2013 New Products
Spring-Summer 2012 New Products
Pins for Leather Goods, Clothing and Apparel
In this catalog we offer a collection of over 200 pins and brooches of different sizes, and styles for use in a varietry of leather goods products such as handbags, purses, luggage bags, or as accessories for dresses and apparel.
These accessories are manufactured using materials and designs according to lattest fashion trends for leather goods, clothing and apparel.
We are sure you will find in this catalogue the ideal accessories for your handbags, purses, luggage bags, dresses and apparel.
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We have a manufacturing center where we produce our own designs as well as the custom-made suggestions from our customers.
Our team of rubber injection molding allows us to have a high versatility and speed in modeling and production of our collections. Making it ourselves, we gain in speed and we achieve optimum production costs of production.
We have the machinery to make the steel injection molds needed to better service large orders. We have automatic and manual injection machines, able to inject more than 150,000 pieces a day, this enable us to ensure fast service and excellent quality.
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5. Obi-Wan Kenobi from "Star Wars" (Sir Alec Guinness) - His name seems more Japanese than anything else, but "don't tell me he's not Jewish," a friend says confidently. Sir Alec Guinness's rabbi-like Jedi talk of a Force that runs through us, penetrates us, and binds the galaxy together is proof.Throwing Things takes offense:
[This] may be among the most poorly-constructed lists I've ever seen, a BFTJ compendium focusing on characters that are just brutally bad stereotypes (Judd Hirsch in Independence Day), in bad movies (Melanie Griffith in A Stranger Among Us), or who aren't even Jewish at all (Obi-Wan Kenobi and Gov. William J. Lepetomane, and just because the Native American chief spoke some Yiddish doesn't make him Jewish -- see Powell, Colin.)And yet he's miffed that Yentl isn't on the list.


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JakeV necesitaba un nuevo diseño de impreso o envases y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 70 diseños de 19 diseñadores freelance.
National Road Sealing http://www.nationalroadsealing.com
National Road Sealing is Australia's fast growing road maintenance contractor. We stand out (from our very conservative competitors) by our modern marketing, updated website and constant sales and information campaigns. We project the image to our customers of a modern, reliable, forward thinking organization. Everyone else is marketing "safe, safe, safe" but our company says that safety is a given and that our fresh, personal, customer service based approach to the construction industry is what sets us apart. Our core services are Crack Sealing, Line Marking & Traffic Control. See http://www.nationalroadsealing.com for more detail.
This project will focus on our Line Marking.
Our target audience is broken into the following categories:
- Government (State & Federal) Managers responsible for road maintenance of highways & main roads. Think department of transport type people.
- Local, municipal government engineers in charge of maintaining local roads.
- Airport managers. Looks after runways and airside pavements. Both commercial and defense force.
- Road Construction companies.
- Carpark operators and owners, shopping malls etc
- Anyone else who needs lines on roads!
We require an A4 size brochure - double sided (not folded) - advertising our Line Marking division.
Designers have complete freedom of colours and design elements.
At minimum it should cover our services, which are:
- Line Marking in Waterborne Paint
- Line Marking in Thermoplastic
- Line removal (grinding)
- Coloured surfacing (red bus & green cycleways)
- Raised Pavement Markers
(google this stuff to help you understand)
And also cover the areas we work in, which are:
- Roads
- Airports
- Car Parks
And of course, our contact details. See our webpage for detail.
We are looking for a very modern, stand out brochure. Remember our competitors are conservative, engineer based approach. We are the opposite.
Our logo (designed previously by 99designs) is a black background with white and orange words. The brochure should include this branding but it doesn't have to dictate the colours.
Take elements from our webpage if you like, or come up with something completely different.
Pictures included are of some of our crews at work, but using stock images of good looking airports, roads etc is fine too.
Feel free to add your own text (or standard latin text) in areas, or I have some copy available once the designs come in. I will write to suit. I'm not looking for big amounts of text, more bullet points and big easy to read headings with a few lines to support here and there.


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The Spectacle Factory is rated 5 out of 5.0 stars based on 10 review(s).
Friendly service, thanks to Robert who took the time and care to ensure that I was happy with my new glasses. I would definitely recommend.
Visited the Spectacle Factory a couple of weeks ago for the first time. James did my eye test and was very thorough and informative. Chose a pair of glasses afterwards with the help of another member of staff. Great customer service. I have always gone to high street opticians before and never sure what glasses suit me. I was allowed to take my time and offered helpful advice. Love my new glasses which I picked up with the week. I will be returning to the Spectacle factory in the future. Far superior in terms of quality and customer service compared to other opticians I have been too.
My wife and I both have great glasses (and sunglasses) from The Spectacle Factory. Right from our very first visit we have been very impressed with the highest level of care and attention to detail, both with eye tests and the choice of lenses and frames. They seem to have a flair for helping you to choose the right glasses. Once your order is ready, nothing is too much trouble to ensure that the fit and the suitability of your glasses is perfect for your needs and that you are completely happy. Their ongoing service is second to none. We can highly recommend The Spectacle Factory..
Came in today for help with some frames, repaired no questions asked, there and then on the spot Brilliant service
All the staff are so helpful and switched on to all your requirements I would recommend them all day what a good experience
The Spectacle Factory offer me the kind of customer service and ability to customise my choice of spectacles that just is simply not available on the High Street. From Initial contact, to delivery of the finished product, you are treated like a loyal friend. Nothing is too much trouble. Unbiased advise, on choosing the correct spectacles for your particular application. A vast range of frames from the very cheapest to the latest designer frames. I choose the Spectacle Factory, because they can provide me with, customised glasses, to align with my particular needs and requirements. Most high street opticians have a 'one size fits all' attitude. The Spectacle Factory does not subscribe to this theory and treats every client as an individual. Their eye sight is very comprehensive and is 50% longer than the industry standard. If you value your eyesight, and want the very best care, this is the place to visit.
Rob and the team were excellent help with the professionalism and advise . I will become a faithful member of the spectacle factory!!
Thanks again team
Excellent advice with a fantastic product range,
Highly recommend The Spectacle Factory - excellent service will definitely be using again.
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After breaking record sales last week, Taylor Swift's newest album "Red" still stays atop the Billboard 200 chart in its second week as it pulls in sales of 344,000 more copies. The number adds to the album's already impressive selling number of 1.208 million copies, which is the largest sales for an album in its debut week since 2002.
Industry forecasters suggest that the album will spend a third straight week atop the Billboard 200 chart next week, fending off new releases from Aerosmith and Ne-Yo, as well as the new "Now 44" compilation.
The new Billboard 200 chart's top 10 will be revealed on the morning of Wednesday, Nov. 14.
"Now 44" looks to be the biggest of this week's new releases -- it's on course for a start around 100,000. While it's too early to tell exactly how many copies of "Red" Swift will sell this week, it should be enough to block "Now 44" from the top.
The last "Now" album, "Now 43," debuted at No. 1 in August with 111,000 sold according to Nielsen SoundScan.
After the "Now 44" set, we're looking towards returning rock band Aerosmith to lock up the second-largest debut. The veteran act's "Music From Another Dimension" should launch with around 75,000. It's the first album from the group since 2004's blues covers effort "Honkin' On Bobo" debuted and peaked at No. 5 in 2004 with a 161,000 start. Thus, the new album is Aerosmith's first set of original material since way back in 2001, when "Just Push Play" bowed (and peaked) at No. 2 (240,000).
Elsewhere next week, watch for R&B/pop singer/songwriter Ne-Yo to paint the chart "R.E.D." with his newest. It should secure the artist his fifth consecutive top 10 set (his entire output of material) with a bow in the 50,000 to 55,000 range.
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Things I Know About LoveBy Le Vann, Kate
Livia Stowe's past experiences with love have been nothing but disappointing, but all that is about to change. After years of illness, she's boarding a plane for the first time to spend the summer in Princeton, New Jersey, with her brother who's studying abroad. This Brit is determined to make the most of her American summer and to record every moment of it in her private blog.
TTYLBy Myracle, Lauren
Chronicles, in "instant message" format, the day-to-day experiences, feelings, and plans of three friends, Zoe, Maddie, and Angela, as they begin tenth grade. (Sequels: TTFN, L8r, G8r)
Vampire Diaries, The: The Awakening and The StruggleBy Smith, L.J.
Elena: the golden girl, the leader, the one who can have any boy she wants. Stefan: brooding and mysterious, he seems to be the only one who can resist Elena, even as he struggles to protect her from the horrors that haunt his past. Damon: sexy, dangerous, and driven by an urge for revenge against Stefan, the brother who betrayed him. Determined to have Elena, he'd kill to possess her. Collected here in one volume for the first time, volumes one and two of The Vampire Diaries, the tale of two vampire brothers and the beautiful girl torn between them. (Sequels: The Fury, Dark Reunion, The Return: Nightfall, The Return: Shadow Souls, The Return: Midnight, The Hunters: Phantom, The Hunters: Moonsong, The Hunters: Destiny Rising, The Salvation: Unseen, The Salvation, Unspoken)
Vlad the UndeadBy Lutzen, HannahThe story of Vlad Dracula as related by the captain of a 19th-century sailing ship, and what happens to a young woman reading that account in the late 20th century. As Lucia reads the account of the voyage, she becomes increasingly obsessed with the character of Vlad. Written as a series of manuscripts, letters, and diary entries.
Wolf TowerBy Lee, Tanith
When a stranger is captured by the Guards of the House and Garden where she has worked all her life as a slave and maid, sixteen-year-old Claidi helps him escape and sets out with him to journey to his home city through the dangerous Waste. (Sequels: Wolf Star, Wolf Queen, Wolf Wing)
Z for ZachariahBy O'Brien, Robert C.Seemingly the only person left alive after a nuclear war, a sixteen-year-old girl is relieved to see a man arrive into her valley until she realizes that he is a tyrant and she must somehow escape.
Zlata's Diary: A Child's Life in SarajevoBy Filipovic, ZlataEleven-year-oldn Croation Filipovic's graphic firsthand account of life in embattled Sarajevo. "Provides a vivid description of the ravages of war and its effect upon one young woman."


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Thursday, June 7, 2012
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So here we are again, at the start of another Pride month! I wanted to let folks know about an awesome spoken word event that I will be taking part in next week:
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Nutritional Info
Per 100g
Energy (kcal) 239kcal
Protein < 0.1g Carbohydrates 98.6g - Of which sugars 0.1g - Of which polyols 98.4g Fat 0.1g Fibre 0.1g Salt 0.1g Warnings Not to be eaten by children under 3 yers (choking hazard). Excessive consumption may cause slight laxative effect. Ingredients Isomalt, citric acid, natural flavouring, colours: turmeric, natural colourings (anthocyanins), stevia.
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Candy Shack Sugar Free Rhubarb & Custard 120g
Handmade classic British sweets for those following a low sugar lifestyle, Candy Shack's Rhubarb and Custard are all natural, guilt-free treats that don't compromise on taste; your childhood favourites, with ALL of the flavour and none of the sugar!
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Candy Shack's Rhubarb & Custard are great-tasting hard-boiled sweets made using traditional sweet methods and recipes – all natural, of course! No nasties here!! – only…without the sugar!! Instead, using the natural, low calorie (plant-derived) sweetener, Stevia, they've delivered the great childhood sweetshop taste we all crave, with no sacrifice on the sweetness.
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Following a Saturday luncheon in Knowling Fieldhouse, Wabash men split off to attend various scheduled Colloquiums. The individual class reunion dinners will be held tonight across campus.
Michael Costello '90 told a packed Baxter Hall lecture room about his work with Dreamworks SKG. He is director of field marketing for the movie production company.
Costello explained, and showed video clips, of the different types of trailers used to promote films before their release. He talked about the different types of marketing including the press and marketing with other businesses like fast food companies.
When a major movie is released, it doesn't take the production companies long to measure its success. "We know if a movie is going to be a successful venture or a big flop in the first three days," he said. "It's all about the opening weekend."
He explained that despite the biggest of marketing campaigns, that after a movie is released word of mouth takes over on most movies. "All our advertising after the opening is just a reminder to let people know the movie is still out there."
He also explained the when you go to the movies on opening weekend about 80 percent of your ticket price goes back to the movie company with 20 staying with the local theater. If the movie has an extended run, the theater eventually gets the 80 percent while the company's cut drops.
He also explained the movie business is cyclical with lots of blockbuster and action films for summer, more serious films in fall, family films around the holidays and then everything else in the spring. The spring is usually not the movie industry's brightest hour. "It's mostly crap and usually the worst films of the year," he said, drawing a big laugh.
The marketing is done on several levels with the trailers, television advertising and website development for each new movie. Costello said companies hope for big opening weekends and a good run to cover production and marketing costs then start turning a profit when movies are released to the home theater market.
Still every effort is poured into that first weekend. "We can make garbage smell good for a weekend, but if it's not a good movie the jig is up."
His colloquium proved especially popular when he gave away movie caps, posters and DVDs to conclude his presentation.
Hewitt is Wabash College's Director of New Media/Web Editor.
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On this page: Michael Costello '90 talked about his marketing job with Dreamworks film during an afternoon Colloquium.


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Crafted from solid wild black cherry, Gatherings places the emphasis on natural beauty. Genuine solid cherry is regarded as one of the most beautiful of America's natural woods. The best of the specie comes from the managed forests of the northern Appalachians and is identifiable by its dark cathedral grain patterns and mineral streaks. The shaker styled design provides a timeless canvas for this beautiful, natural material. In addition to modern features like our adjustable soft-close drawer glides, Kincaid utilizes the best of the old-world construction techniques. Such features include English Dovetails, mortise and tenon construction, floating tops and panels, full dust proofing, and multi-step hand-rubbed finishes.
Care & Cleaning/Care of Finish - Finishes are naturally resistant to minor everyday hazards or accidents, however, some precautions are necessary to maintain the beauty of wood furniture. (1) Dust with soft cloth slightly moistened with water. Always rub in the direction of the wood grain. (2) Do not place beverages directly on furniture. (3) Furniture should not be placed in direct sunlight. (4) Remove any spills or smudges immediately.
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Includes two sets of hardware (a matching wood knob and metal knob)
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text: Jeff Gilbert with WWJ 950 AM had a chance to talk to UAW President Ron Gettelfinger just minutes ago after a meeting with UAW local heads on reexamination of their contracts (including nixing of the Jobs Bank, as we'd predicted) with the not-so-Big Three. Gilbert asked him what he'd be doing next. His response? He's heading to the airport tomorrow morning. That's right, while the CEOs of each of the U.S. automakers are driving to tomorrow's Congressional hearing, Ron'll be flying the friendly skies to Washington, DC. Apparently either the UAW hates the American taxpayer or Ron's just not so much into symbolic gestures given he doesn't have a corporate jet.


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Some people are way better looking in person than in photos. Petra Nemcova is a good example. Not that she doesn't look good in photos, only in person, she's more than just a freakishly beautiful, garden variety supermodel.
Vanessa Minnillo is also of this category. And you know already my thoughts on her pageant fashion pageant fashion.
But last night I finally saw her in person at Diddy's party. In the flesh, Vanessa Minnillo is…
She arrived, of course, with Nick Lachey and his good friend Jimmie Johnson and his wife. I was expecting the full on Miss America. And while last night certainly could have been an anomaly, up close, Vanessa Minnillo is gorgeous. Gorgeous.
Had her hair half up, tumbling down her back. A very non-prom dress, black peep toe Louboutins, the most amazing skin, and a super wattage smile… obviously Nessa brought her A game for a potential show-down with Jessica. When she left, my producer Michelle and I turned to each other open-mouthed, crushing a little on her gorgessity.
Interestingly enough, she also continued to play the demure female, always deliberately standing BEHIND Nick during interviews, declining to be interviewed herself, declining to participate in anything but a brief photo op, and requesting to be taken to the VIP area as soon as possible to let Nick do his thing with the press.
This girl knows how to play. Because right now, she is not an overreacher. She bagged her babe, she understands her limitations, and she is content to be the trophy lover reaping rewards behind closed doors. Respect.
Needless to say, Nick is smitten. Like openly smitten. At one point after posing, he pulled her in close for a lips to ear nuzzle and whisper, stroking her back, pushing his hips into hers. And it didn't feel contrived either. Cute rather than revolting. And genuine. In fact, it felt so genuine that his publicist objected, and practically scolded the two for getting too intimate before separating them and restoring the peace.
After all, when it comes to PR, fake is good. Real is bad. Kinda like mainland China and their knock off designer bags.
Word is the Nick and Nessa were pretty gropey all night long. Here she is just before heading to Phoenix in LA at Goa. Not the best photo. And her hair was totally different when I saw her. It's the bangs I think.
Photos from Wenn.com
A New View of Nessa
Some people are way better looking in person than in photos. Petra Nemcova is a good example. Not that she doesn't look good in photos, only in person, she's more than just a freakishly beautiful, garden variety supermodel.


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Pittsfield Resilience Circle Host a Repair Café
Janet Henderson writes:
Saturday, January 19th, 2013
What do you do with a broken toaster? Or with a bike that needs repair? Or with a pair of pants when a seam rips? Or a partially dysfunctional umbrella? Throw it away? Certainly not!
The Pittsfield Resilience Circle is organizing the Berkshires' first ever Repair Café. It will be held in Pittsfield on Saturday, Jan. 19 from 1 to 5 p.m. in the St. Stephen's Church basement at 67 East St. The event is entirely free.
[The Repair Café] involves people in the community giving to other people in the community, making needed repairs of all kinds. Various repair persons will be available to fix small appliances, clothing and other fabric items, bicycles, toys, small furniture items, computers, and so on. Anyone with a broken item in need of repair may bring it to the Repair Café between 1 and 5 p.m. on Saturday, January 19th. We will fix as many articles as we can during that time. We're also offering free refreshments for those waiting in line.
The Pittsfield Resilience Circle could use more volunteers for the Repair Cafe. Persons with experience in any kind of repair craft or who would like to provide general help, please call Tom Harter at 413-212-8589 or email Janet Henderson at firstname.lastname@example.com. The Repair Café is looking for more sponsors (those who donate $20 or more). We are thankful for our sponsors, including the Berkshire Environmental Action Team (BEAT), who is contributing both money and time!
By holding a Repair Café, the Pittsfield Resilience Circle wants to help reduce waste, promote repair skills, teach us all to be more self-sufficient, have fun, come together in a non-consumerist way, forge bonds of friendship through mutual dependency, and make Pittsfield a better place to live.
Members of the Pittsfield Resilience Circle meet twice a month to learn together and become better friends through doing things for and with each other. The Resilience Circle is based on information available at localcircles.org. The group also has an informal Gift Circle. Information about Gift Circles can be found on the OpenCollaboration's Blog.


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I am the Director of Sales and Marketing for a huge land developer/builder. We build extremely affordable homes in single family, twin home and four-plex apartments. We also build high end custom homes. Soon we will be starting a commercial division and building large flashy storage units. Our company has been build from down to earth businessmen, ranchers and true cowboy grit. We work hard and play even harder. Nobody in the market can build and offer the same quality square-footage for our price. We have markets all throughout Wyoming (i.e. Cheyenne, Casper and Gillette). We offer great homes with great warranties at a great price! True Wyoming owners and operators.
We are here to target the first time home buyer and the value home buyer. People who shop smartly and get the most bang for their buck. People looking for big homes for small prices, good warranties and a new home feel. This first website is going to target the Gillette market and mainly focus on our four plex appartments that we both rent and sell.
http://www.evansvillecottages.com. Our competition. They sell a more expensive and a more optioned out home. we still want to target the market that wants fancy options in their home. I need to have a website that is designed as good or better than this. It needs to be interactive but VERY easy, almost intuitive. lots of flash and glam about 0% down and GREAT financing options. I need a tab for ariel apartments and one for ariel properties. It will have online web forms for renters and buyers. I will have links to mortgage agents that can pre-qualify them quickly. picture and video tabs etc...
The front page of the website will be headed with Ariel Properties logo for now... later it will grow to something else, a better logo and ariel will just be a tab to click on.
lets get started and grow from there - use the website above as an idea.
Rememer... this is Wyoming, country and cowboys/girls. Big industry and hard ranchers. We have a lot of California and Texas moving into the state... I want flash and pizzaz meets simple and honest. earthy colors and easy use.
the logo's attached are for Ariel Apartments (our rentals) There will be a similar logo for Ariel Properties. This site will grow and expand as we build other units and develop more land. Logo's will go along with it and future links and tabs to see those options.


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Dogs and cats with a current license tag attached to their collars are held at Contra Costa Animal Services shelters for 10 days. Unlicensed strays are held 3 days. Owners are notified by telephone and letter. Be sure to keep the Animal Services Department informed of any address or telephone number changes after you have applied for your pet's license.
Although many people are reluctant to assume a loose dog may be lost, a message such as "Help me, I'm lost," with your current phone number and/or address on a tag can be helpful. It encourages someone to contact you rather than letting your pet wander, starve, become ill or injured, or get hit by a car.
There is no better protection for your pet than a secure fenced yard or enclosed kennel area. Do not let your pet run loose. Loose animals can cause serious auto accidents, harass or kill livestock and other confined animals, damage property, and become neighborhood nuisances. It is also against the law (see County Code, Chapter 416-4.402, Animals at large).
Many local organizations offer low-cost training classes. A well-trained pet can be a joy for you, family members, and neighbors. If you are interested in obedience classes for your pet, a shelter volunteer will be happy to give you the telephone numbers of organizations in your area. Call the Volunteer Program at 925-335-8330.
Decrease your animal's urge to wander to find a mate. Spaying and neutering eliminates or reduces the attraction of male animals to the female.


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Are you interested in talking about art? Would you like to meet up with a like-minded group and share your ideas?
Look groups are a fun and informal way to meet new people and talk about art, artists and ideas. You don't need any knowledge about art to get involved, and you can enjoy regular visits to exhibitions at Tate St Ives as well as special events, offers and activities.
Your local Look Group is looking to recruit new members – they meet at the Liskerrett Centre at 7pm on the third Monday of each month. Just drop in, or for more information call 01579 340307.


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Fixing A 1966 Chevrolet C10 - Patina Control
Fixing a Fade That's Gone Too Far
Loyal Custom Classic Trucks readers might recollect the subject vehicle of this story as the original condition '66 Chevy C10 that first appeared in CCT's pages nearly five years ago.
Back then, the truck was right at the point where it's factory two-tone blue and white paint had worn-through and oxidized to what I thought appeared to be the perfect patina. Unfortunately, when I bought the '66 it had to leave its arid SoCal high-desert home, and be relocated about four miles from the coast where almost every morning leaves a salty-mist that coats the entire truck with heavy dew. The transformation from randomly thinning paint to severe rust happened so fast it was almost like a young body shriveling up into a corpse within seconds like in a science fiction movie. If things were allowed to continue at this pace it wouldn't be long before the driprails were lost and the roof was next, not to mention that the cab corners and floor were doomed.
Traditionally when it comes to condition, classic truck restorers like to wind the clock all the way back to like brand-new. To give an old truck 50 years of its life back requires a lot of time and effort. Since I don't think I'm going to be around 50 years from now to enjoy the '66, I decided to just do enough to make sure the truck will survive while I'm in charge of it. Instead of spending months, maybe years for a total restore, I spent a weekend adding what I believe will be at least another 10 years of life to the old girl. After the driprails and rusting paint were handled, the next step was to eliminate another common source of water entering the cab. Rotting, cracked and dry window rubber almost without exception is the first place where major rust problems begin. That said, we're going to tear into the project by cleaning and prepping the driprail area before a quick coat of paint is applied to the entire roof followed by a new windshield and back glass to save our cab from Mother Nature's wrath. CCT


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Thomas Kinkade's Illuminated "Village Christmas" Collection
Exclusive Market First! Handcrafted and hand-painted details. Lights up! With FREE $65-value figurines and accessories. Limited-editions.
Holiday Bed and Breakfast measures 6-1/2" H
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Let the glow of Christmas become a bright tradition in your home with this First-ever limited-edition Thomas Kinkade Christmas village collection! This welcoming holiday wonderland begins with Issue One featuring the Holiday Bed and Breakfast and FREE Gift Bearers figurine. Soon you'll be basking in the warm glow of Issue Two, Light of Hope Church and a FREE antique car figurine. Additional village buildings, each a separate issue and some with select free figurines and accessories, will follow.‡
A Hawthorne Village exclusive inspired by the work of acclaimed artist Thomas Kinkade, each of these unique Christmas decorations is handcrafted and hand-painted for exceptional realism. You'll love every detail, from the snow that blankets each building to the festive Christmas decorations - even the buildings' textured siding and stonework look real. Plus, every lighted building bears a replica of Thomas Kinkade's signature. Fabulous additions to your collection of unique Christmas decorations or wonderful collectible Thomas Kinkade gifts, but you must hurry! Strong demand is anticipated, so order now!
- A collecting FIRST and a unique Christmas decoration inspired by the original works of renowned artist Thomas Kinkade and available ONLY from Hawthorne Village
- Included FREE Gift Bearers figurine with Issue One, antique car figurine with Issue Two, and additional select FREE figurines and accessories with subsequent issues - together a $65 value
- Each illuminated, sculpted village building in your collection is expertly handcrafted in three dimensions of artist's resin, and hand-painted for intricate detail and exceptional realism - you'll love the pretty snow that blankets each building, the Christmas decorations and the amazing architectural details including textured siding and stonework
- Inscribed on each lighted sculpture is a replica of Thomas Kinkade's signature
- Editions strictly limited to 295 casting days, so order now
- Hand-numbered Certificates of Authenticity
- Holiday Bed and Breakfast measures 6-1/2" H; 16.5 cm H
- Reserve the Thomas Kinkade's Village Christmas Collection from Hawthorne Village in your name so you never risk an increase on the price of other collectibles in this collection
- Each issue will be shipped to you for your review, about one every month or two (pending availability), at the same low issue price and charged to the credit card on which your order was placed. No need to order each one separately
- You may cancel your collection at any time with no obligation
- "Issue One - Holiday Bed and Breakfast with FREE Gift Bearers figurine," will be followed by "Issue Two - Light of Hope Church with FREE antique car figurine," "Issue Three - Santa's Workshop Toys with FREE sleigh figurine" and "Issue Four - From the Heart Gifts with FREE light set," and additional village buildings as they become available
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European Union Sacrifices Serb Self-Determination—Again!
The Balkans Wars ended years ago, but ethnic divisions remain strong, promoted, unfortunately, by the European Union. The latest example of geopolitical malpractice is the EU-brokered agreement for Serbia's de facto recognition of Kosovo's independence.
(Doug Bandow, Cato Institute) Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Two decades of America's and Europe's toxic mix of diplomacy and war-making followed one consistent policy: the Serbs always lose. Everyone else in the disintegrating Yugoslavia got their own country. Minority ethnic Serbs were expected to live under the sometimes heavy boot of others.
Independence for Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia, Macedonia, Montenegro, and Kosovo were perfectly reasonable responses to Serb brutality, but no side was innocent of atrocities. That is evident in Kosovo where, as I point out in my new article in the American Spectator Online: after the war NATO "stood by as ethnic Albanians kicked out more than 200,000 Serbs, Roma, Jews, and others. In 2004 another round of Albanian-led violence ensued, as mobs destroyed the homes and churches of ethnic Serbs, creating additional refugees." Even the Council of Europe acknowledged that allied policy had "led to numerous human rights violations and [had] not produced lasting solutions for the underlying problems."
Some 120,000 ethnic Serbs remain in Kosovo, with roughly half concentrated in four counties around the city of Mitrovica north of the Irba River. They should be allowed to stay with Serbia, but the EU was horrified by such a suggestion. Instead, Brussels threatened to slow if not kill Belgrade's membership aspirations if the latter did not come to terms. Serbia agreed to a nominal compromise which promises Serbian Kosovars limited autonomy in return for what looks to be eventual full recognition of Kosovo.
Of course, the decision is up to Belgrade, which is under heavy pressure to concede. However, the Kosovo Serbs may not go quietly. Far better, I argue, would be to offer ethnic Serbs the same right of self-determination granted others. As I conclude: It's too late to remedy the geopolitical and humanitarian messes that have resulted. But if the Europeans desire a stable solution, they should encourage genuine negotiations among the new Balkans nations, Serbia, and remaining disaffected minorities. Reasonable border changes are the only means to ensure peace. Continuing to suppress the aspirations of ethnic Serbs throughout the Balkans risks renewed conflict.


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Two new studies suggest a health care link as HIV evolved from a chimp's infection, possibly transmitted to bush meat hunters by bite or blood, to its earliest human dissemination and global spread.
Scientists have theorized that the HIV pandemic was sparked after colonial-era urbanization fueled changes in sexual behavior. The new studies by Dr. Jacques Pepin, of the Université de Sherbrooke in Montreal, and colleagues propose that sexual transmission might have been secondary to initial blood-borne dissemination of HIV from a few isolated cases. Syringe reuse during early 20th century mass-vaccination campaigns against endemic diseases in Equatorial Africa may have inadvertently spread HIV and jumpstarted the pandemic, they suggest.
"What happened is that for a long time, the needles and syringes used to administer the intravenous drugs were not single-use," Pepin said. "There were a lot of patients and not a lot of needles, so the sterilization of needles was not very efficient."
"If HIV was present in one of these patients 50 years ago, we can assume that they probably transmitted HIV," Pepin said.
Because villagers from that era with HIV would be long dead, Pepin used less-lethal viruses, hepatitis C virus (HCV) and human T cell lymphotropic virus 1 (HTLV-1), to track the colonial-era vaccination campaigns among villagers.
In the Central African Republic, the only risk factor for HCV genotype 4 infection was having received injections for sleeping sickness before 1951, the cross-sectional study found. HTLV-1 infection was associated with having two or more such injections (adjusted odds ratio [AOR], 2.03; 95 percent confidence interval [CI], 1.01-4.06) and with transfusions (AOR 2.82; 95 percent CI, 1.04-7.67). The number of people age 65-plus who had been treated for sleeping sickness was six times lower than would be expected from historical data -- possibly because many patients were lost to AIDS, Pepin explained.
In Cameroon, 56 percent of participants were HCV-positive. Independent risk factors included IV treatment against malaria, older age, attendance at an ethnic school (women only), and traditional male circumcision.
The studies, "Risk Factors for Hepatitis C Virus Transmission in Colonial Cameroon" and "Iatrogenic Transmission of Human T Cell Lymphotropic Virus Type 1 and Hepatitis C Through Parenteral Treatment and Chemoprophylaxis of Sleeping Sickness in Colonial Equatorial Africa," were published in Clinical Infectious Diseases (2010;(51):768-776 and 777-784).


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NEW YORK (AP) -- Members of one of America's oldest Protestant churches officially apologized Friday -- for the first time -- for massacring and displacing Native Americans 400 years ago.
"We consumed your resources, dehumanized your people and disregarded your culture, along with your dreams, hopes and great love for this land," the Rev. Robert Chase told descendants from both sides. "With pain, we the Collegiate Church, remember our part in these events."
The minister spoke on Native American Heritage Day at a reconciliation ceremony of the Lenape tribe with the Collegiate Church, started in 1628 in then-New Amsterdam as the Reformed Dutch Church.
The rite was held in front of the Museum of the American Indian in lower Manhattan, where Dutch colonizers had built their fort near an Indian trail now called Broadway, near Wall Street.
The Collegiate Church was considered the "conscience" of the new colony, whose merchants quickly developed commerce with the world in fur and grains -- till then the turf of the natives.
Surrounded by Lenape Indians, the Dutch colonists "were hacking men, women and children to death," said Ronald Holloway, the chairman of the Sand Hill band of Lenapes, who lived here before Henry Hudson landed 400 years ago.
The Indians dispersed across the country, eventually ending up on government-formed reservations. On Friday, some came from as far away as Oklahoma.
During the ceremony, Chase embraced Holloway and, as symbolic gestures of healing, the two sides exchanged wampum -- strings of beads used by North American Indians as money or ornament. A boy representing the Lenapes and a girl from the Collegiate Church put necklaces on each other.
While Friday's ceremony exuded warmth and openness, accompanied by an Indian drumming circle and the haunting sound of a wooden flute, the feelings leading up to the reconciliation were mixed.
"After 400 years, when someone says 'I'm sorry,' you say, 'Really?' " Holloway said before the ritual. "There was some kind of uneasiness. But then you've got to accept someone's sincere apology; they said, 'We did it. We ran you off, we killed you.' "
In New York City, the Collegiate churches are composed of four congregations including the landmark Marble Collegiate Church on Fifth Avenue led by the late Rev. Norman Vincent Peale.
The church plans to sponsor educational activities and exhibits to teach children history -- including the Indian reverence for preserving the purity of the land taken over by the Dutch colonists.
On The Net:
Healing Turtle Island: http://www.healingturtleisland.com/


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CHARLOTTE � A Kentucky center may well again be the No. 1 overall pick in Thursday�s NBA draft.
But unlike a year ago when eventual New Orleans Pelicans pick Anthony Davis was a no-brainer for the top selection, there�s debate about this year�s top pick that could be injured freshman center Nerlens Noel.
Not only did Noel suffer a devastating season-ending knee injury that ended his only collegiate season, but he�s unable to do any workouts and there�s already some debate over how much � if any � Noel will play in his 2013-14 rookie season.
Perhaps due to the uncertainty at the top spot, there�s enormous uncertainty about potential selections throughout the draft.
That includes the Charlotte Bobcats� No. 4 overall selection as they prepare for their final draft before changing their nickname to �Hornets� in 2014-15 � and their first draft with new coach Steve Clifford.
Clifford has been able to watch only one full workout � last Wednesday�s two sessions with 12 players � but he and his franchise have held interviews with a pair of players linked to them in several mock drafts in Maryland sophomore Alex Len and UNLV freshman forward Anthony Bennett.
Len (foot) and Bennett (shoulder) haven�t worked out for any team due to injuries.
Clifford says he�s deferring to the experts within his organization about the franchise�s newest player.
�To me, the workout is a very small part of the whole process,� Clifford said last after last Wednesday�s workouts. �As a coach, my experiences are that you�re reinforcing things.
�The scouting department has been watching these guys for years. I think the worst thing a coaching staff can do � is to come in and watch a guy for an hour or watch one film and say, �Hey, I like him better.��
Bobcats president of basketball operations Rod Higgins and general manager Rich Cho said since the draft lottery last month that their goal was to pick the player that best aided the rebuilding of this organization � regardless of position.
Since it�s hard to argue that any current player is an �untradeable core player,� even as point guard Kemba Walker, off-guard Gerald Henderson, small forward Michael Kidd-Gilchrist and forward-center Bismack Biyombo showed varying degrees, mock drafts have the Bobcats picking a guard, forward or center with their selection.
The mock drafts of seven NBA draft websites have that ranging from Len to Bennett to Kansas freshman guard Ben McLemore and to Indiana junior guard Victor Oladipo.
It�s similar to the top pick, of which four websites choose Noel while two others pick Len and another chooses Georgetown sophomore forward Otto Porter.
For a franchise that had to win its last three games to avoid having the NBA�s worst record for the second straight season � and eventually fired head coach Mike Dunlap after one season � there�s little doubt the Bobcats hope that whomever they choose will prompt improvement.
Clifford addressed how a younger player improves in the NBA when asked about the frustration teams are feeling since they can�t see top prospects like Noel, Len and Bennett due to injuries.
�In my experiences, guys are going to make their biggest jumps in their first, second and third years, especially the guys that are going to be really good,� said Clifford, whose team will field a Las Vegas Summer League team next month. �And summer league is a really good start. Not just the games. Practice is big because they have to learn to practice. Guys have to be more precise and more detail-oriented. Sometimes in the summer league, guys take a step back and you have to work to help them improve.�
Already it�s been a busy time for Clifford, who since being hired on May 29 has hired Patrick Ewing as associate head coach and hired Stephen Silas and Mark Price as assistants in addition to talking to each and every player on the team�s roster.
�The attitude of our players so far has been great,� Clifford said. �I�ve had a chance to talk to all of them. I like where they�re at and we�ve talked about their approaches to the summer. I think we have a lot of guys who are serious players and committed to having good summers.�
You can reach Richard Walker at 704-869-1841 or by twitter.com/JRWalk22
First round (No. 2 overall) Emeka Okafor, Connecticut
Second round (No. 45 overall) Bernard Robinson, Michigan
First round (No. 5 overall) Raymond Felton, North Carolina
First round (No. 13 overall) Sean May, North Carolina
First round (No. 3 overall) Adam Morrison, Gonzaga
Second round (No. 50 overall) Ryan Hollins, UCLA
First round (No. 8 overall) Brandan Wright, North Carolina
First round (No. 22 overall) Jared Dudley, Boston College
Second round (No. 36 overall) Jermareo Davidson, Alabama
First round (No. 9 overall) D.J. Augustin, Texas
First round (No. 20 overall) Alexis Ajinca, France
Second round (No. 38 overall) Kyle Weaver, Washington State
First round (No. 12 overall) Gerald Henderson, Duke
Second round (No. 40 overall) Derrick Brown, Xavier
Second round (No. 54 overall) Robert Vaden, UAB
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First round (No. 9 overall) Kemba Walker, Connecticut
First round (No. 19 overall) Tobias Harris, Tennessee
Second round (No. 39 overall) Jeremy Tyler, Japan
First round (No. 2 overall) Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, Kentucky
Second round (No. 31 overall) Jeffery Taylor, Vanderbilt
First round (No. 4 overall)