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My phone has been ringing off the hook and my e-mail account has been full of messages from independent facilities (ranging from 10,00 square feet to 20,000 square feet and charging $35 per month to $49 per month). The calls go like this: "Things have slowed down this year for the second year. Sales just aren't there like they used to be. I have more competitors than ever. The economy seems to be hurting my business. What do I do?"
Many clubs are nowhere near their 2005 sales targets. The economy is as slow as molasses in a Minnesota January. At this writing, consumer confidence is at a three-year low, according to the Rasmussen Consumer Index. Most fitness marketplaces are over saturated with clubs, most of them competing for the same bodies, and most of them competing in relatively the same narrow mid-price range.
Push has come to shove, which means independent operators must look at two things more than anything else: Can increase sales (particularly higher-margin sales such as personal training or weight management), and how and where can you cut expenses?
If you're like most of the clubs that contact me, you can barely manage everything you have to do now much less take on anything else or increase ancillary sales when you're having a hard time making basic sales. So you must control expenses, and one obvious place to look is group exercise.
Informal data from all my calls and e-mails show:
More than 80 percent of clubs report that their group exercise member-participants amount to less than one-tenth of their total membership.
More than 80 percent of clubs are losing money on their group ex program.
More than 80 percent of clubs have 30 or more group ex classes a week on their schedules.
More than 80 percent of clubs pay out $21 or more per instructor-class-hour in wages.
More than 90 percent of clubs report that the overwhelming majority of their childcare usage comes from group ex members.
Almost 100 percent of clubs do not break even on their child-care operation.
Based on some estimations, I concluded that:
-Average annual cost of a group exercise program = $37,760
Calculated at 30 (classes) times $21 (hourly wage not including payroll taxes) times 52 (weeks) plus $5,000 in miscellaneous expenses
-Average annual cost for a childcare program = $35,100
Calculated at 50 (hours per week open) times $9 (hourly wage including payroll taxes) times 1.5 ( number of childcare workers) times 52 (weeks).
-Average annual hard cost of a group exercise room = $48,000
Calculated at 1,500 (average square footage of group exercise room) times an estimated $32 (annual hard cost expense per square foot—no wages included).
-Average annual hard cost for a childcare room = $12,800
Calculated at 400 (average square feet of the childcare room) times an estimated $32 (annual hard cost expense per square foot – no wages included).
These numbers led me to conclude that the average annual cost of group exercise plus childcare is $133,660.
I also concluded that the average annual revenue of group exercise memberships plus childcare visit fees were $81,710. I calculated this number through these equations:
-Average annual revenue, group exercise members = $56,160
Calculated at 120 (average 1,500 members times 8 percent members using group exercise) times $468 (average membership dues of $39 per month times 12 months)
-Average annual revenue, childcare program = $25,550
Calculated at $2 (per child per visit) time 35 (average daily visits, including weekend reduced usage) time 365 (days).
The average annual net operating loss for group exercise alone was $29,600 ($85,760 minus $56,160), by my calculations, while the average annual net operating loss for child care alone was $22,350 ($47,900 minus $25,550). Therefore, the combined annual net operating loss from group exercise and childcare was $51,950.
These figures are true for most of the club operators with whom I have corresponded. It is likely that seven out of 10 club operators who bundle-price memberships (one fee pays for all uses of the club) are subsidizing group exercise members to the tune of almost $250 per year per member. (If that member also uses childcare, the subsidy-per-member increases to nearly $400 per year.)
Based on these assumptions, I concluded that most clubs cannot make money with group exercise bundled into a one-price-fits-all-use scheme. In addition, most fitness facilities are not only wasting precious space that could be used for profitable net-income-producing activities, but they also are wasting management and employee time on a program amenity that appeals to too few users per average club.
While some potential solutions such as pre-programmed group exercise licensing exist, most clubs do not have a sufficient management structure to implement these programs.
The message? You should evaluate your group exercise program to see if it is a money loser, and you should adopt a business attitude that caters to the majority of your member-users rather than a minority of specialty users.
We all like the energy created by the average group exercise program. But that program and the accompanying amenities that go with it can no longer be paid for by struggling clubs in a competitive marketplace. The old days are gone. New models of business operation need to come to the forefront in many facilities. Evaluating and quite possibly eliminating group exercise is one of those modern business paradigms that many club owners must consider.
Michael Scott Scudder is a personal business trainer who offers private workshops, sales, personal training and marketing systems, and telephone conferencing on pertinent fitness business matters. Michael offers to all readers a free download of his "Evaluating Your Group Exercise Program" system document. Michael can be reached at 505-751-4248 or by email at [email protected]


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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wall Street halted its two-day rally on Tuesday, after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said the central bank lacks tools to cushion the economy from the impact of the "fiscal cliff."
The day's biggest disappointment was Hewlett-Packard Co shares (HPQ.N), which sank to a 10-year low after the computer and printer maker swung to a fourth-quarter loss and announced a $5 billion charge related to "accounting improprieties." The stock slid 12 percent to close at $11.71.
Bernanke, in comments before the Economic Club of New York, said the Fed does not have the ability to offset the damage that would result if politicians fail to strike a deal to prevent a series of mandatory tax increases and spending cuts scheduled to go into effect early next year.
The statement caused a downdraft in the market, though the equity market cut most of its losses before the end of the day.
"This is a more realistic and pragmatic picture of where we are, compared to what we've been hearing for the past couple of days from politicians that are mostly PR stunts," said James Dailey, portfolio manager at TEAM Asset Strategy Fund in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
Stocks had rallied for the last two sessions after Washington politicians sounded an encouraging note that a deal to avoid the U.S. fiscal cliff could be reached. The gains followed two weeks of sharp losses that pushed the S&P 500 down through the 200-day moving average, a key benchmark of the market's long-term trend.
The S&P ended Tuesday near that level, which was 1,382.68.
The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI slipped 7.45 points, or 0.06 percent, to 12,788.51 at the close. But the Standard & Poor's 500 Index .SPX edged up 0.93 of a point, or 0.07 percent, to finish at 1,387.82. The Nasdaq Composite Index .IXIC inched up 0.61 of a point, or 0.02 percent, to close at 2,916.68.
Dow component HP said it took an $8.8 billion charge in the quarter, with $5 billion related to its acquisition of software firm Autonomy, citing "serious accounting improprieties." HP's market value is now just $23 billion, compared with $100 billion just two years ago.
Best Buy Co (BBY.N) shares fell 13 percent to $11.96 after the consumer electronics retailer reported a net loss of $13 million for the third quarter on weaker-than-expected sales at its established stores.
Another factor weighing on stocks was Moody's Investors Service's reduction of France's sovereign rating by one notch to Aa1 after the market's close on Monday. Moody's cited an uncertain fiscal outlook as a result of the weakening economy.
"This brings forward a whole new set of problems to the euro -zone issue. When the lifeguards, in this case, Germany and France, are in trouble, when they need to save people like Greece and Spain, that could be a big concern," Dailey said.
Earlier, data showed U.S. housing starts rose to their highest rate in more than four years in October, suggesting the housing market recovery was picking up momentum, even though permits for future construction fell.
An index of housing-related shares .HGX shot up 2.5 percent.
Volume was roughly 5.6 billion shares on the New York Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq and the NYSE MKT, compared with the year-to-date average daily closing volume of around 6.5 billion.
Advancers outnumbers decliners on the NYSE by a ratio of about 4 to 3. On Nasdaq, the opposite trend took hold, with about 13 stocks falling for every 12 that rose.
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The NHL Closer is written by Greg Wyshynski, of FanHouse and The Fourth Period. He is also the author of Glow Pucks And 10-Cent Beer.
"I feel sad, when you're sad ... I feel glad, when you're glad ... If you only knew, what I'm going through ... I just can't smile without..." Oh, sorry — you see, along with being your humble hockey Closer, I'm also a hockey fan. One whose favorite team is now 0-7 against the Rangers this season, and is in such a late-season collapse they might as well play the rest of their home games at Shea Stadium. Ah well, sunshine and rain: At least Ovechkin's alive and the Leafs are finally dead. Have another donut, Marty...
All right, that was a little harsh. It's not your fault, Chubs, because we both know the Devils aren't even in the conversation this year if you didn't save their bacon at every turn. And the game-winning goal in last night's 3-2 loss at MSG was a fluke by Nigel Dawes of the Rangers: Chris Drury's pass attempt was kicked out by Brodeur as Dawes was taken down in front of him; the puck went off of Dawes's shoulder and rebounded back over the goal line, moments before Dawes himself crashed into the net. (Dawes has scored four of the Rangers' 14 goals against Marty this year, which is just nuts.)
Again, it was the kind of goal a team surrenders when its season is swirling around the porcelain like last night's Taco Bell. I raised the New York Mets/regular season collapse concept about the Devils earlier; the analogy isn't perfect, because the Devils were never the paper champions the Mets were, but this palpable sense of a rapidly decomposing season is a shared experience. And this Devils team's offense — coming to the back of a milk carton near you — is reminiscent of the most frustrating kind of losing baseball team: The ones who you watch strand on a runner on second base with one out in the sixth inning, and you're absolutely certain that'll be their last best chance to put a run on the scoreboard for the rest of the night.
So, in summary: My fan-hatred of the Rangers is now at postseason levels, the Devils third-best offensive option is their third-line checking center and they're five points away from missing the playoffs. Weeeee, hockey!
The Battle for the Bottom. Capitals fans: Don't forget to include Karri Ramo on your holiday card list this year. The Tampa Bay goalie's sleepy reaction to Alexander Semin's rocket shot from the face-off allowed Washington to tie the game. (Tampa was rather jobbed on the icing call to set it up, sending Tortorella into angry Fonzie mode.) In overtime, Ramo flopped around like a salmon on a pile of lingonberries (yea, Finland!) looking for a loose puck, allowing Tomas Fleischmann to score into an empty net for a 4-3 Capitals victory. Ovechkin loved this win...almost as much as how his girlfriend smells.
How-ev-uh, the teams the Capitals are chasing just aren't that into losing right now. The Bruins — despite losing spark-plug Chuck Kobasew for 4-to-8 weeks with a broken leg — used a nice veteran goal from Glen Murray on the power play to beat the Leafs, 4-2; remaining tied with Philly, two points ahead of Washington for the last playoff berth, with both teams having a game in-hand on the Caps. But more importantly for the rest of the hockey world: Boston officially ended "Operation: Cock-Tease" last night for Toronto. "Another failure. It sucks," said defenseman Bryan McCabe; I'm sure he'll recycle that line when the Leafs start adding bodies to the locker room in the off-season.
The eulogies for the beloved Leafs continue to pour in. Around the Harbour offers a musical tribute to hating Toronto. The Renegade Librarian takes the controversial stance that McCabe may, indeed, be the one that sucks. And Eyes on the Prize has perhaps the most graphic celebration of the Leafs' blowing; they included this image, which is our own tribute to the steadfast dedication of the Toronto fan:
Turco = Thug. I wish those stat wizards at the Elias Sports Bureau could tell us the winning percentages for teams whose goalies take a four-minute high-sticking penalty in overtime, because I'm guessing they're pretty fucking low. Marty Turco nailed Joe Pavelski in the mug just 1:15 into overtime; Pavelski then drew another penalty, a hook on Trevor Daley, and Joe Thornton scored his second goal of the night to top Dallas, 3-2. "[It was] nothing short of dumb. There's no excuse. Whatever I was trying to do, it doesn't matter," said Turco in a candid postgame assessment.
The win gave San Jose 102 points and nearly wrapped up the division title. Mike Chen gets out the checklist for the San Jose Sharks, and discovers that they've addressed every single criticism thrown at them this season. Which makes them the favorites to win the Stanley Cup ... until Patrick Marleau starts playing like blit meat in the postseason.
In Other Life-Altering Action Last Night. Sidney Christ returns to Earth, plays 20 minutes and doesn't earn a point in the Penguins' 3-1 win over the Islanders, which put Pittsburgh in the conference top spot. Jarkko Ruutu plays nine minutes and has a goal and two assists. And hamburgers eat people. ... OK, so that 3-2 loss to the Thrashers might have crushed the Panthers' playoff hopes. But if you're going to hit the greens early, might as well be in Florida, right? ... Buffalo topped Ottawa in the skills competition, 4-3. More importantly: Did you know that whenever Mike Fisher scores at home, the Senators play a Christian rock song written especially for him? ... Oh, and Los Angeles and Phoenix played a game and had a result. ... If the playoffs started today, the Penguins would be beginning their sweep of Boston while Steve Downie and Riley Cote would be trying to figure out which Habs forwards to headhunt.
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* There's plenty I'd like to change about the NHL. But expanding the Stanley Cup Playoffs to 20 teams ranks somewhere between cleaning the ice with a mule-drawn zamboni and swapping out sticks for stale baguettes. [Yahoo! Sports!]
* "The stealth inclusion of short-printed UD Black preview cards has created some great excitement around 2007-08 Upper Deck ICE Hockey." Meanwhile, the fucking '89 Griffey rookie in a sealed factory set that was going to put my kid through college is worth bupkis. Thanks, sports card market crash...thanks a lot. [Sports Card Forum]
* A rather touching story about pond hockey friendship between Dale Hawerchuk and Scott Arniel. Much better than a touching Rather story by the "Kenneth, what is the frequency?" mugger. [The Whig Standard]
* Non-sports item of the day: As a huge "X-Files" geek (before it became teh suck), this poster will hang right next to the UFO/"I Want To Believe" one in my Mulder-esque office hovel. [Ain't It Cool]
* They might be tournament favorites, but the Michigan Wolverines are shivering like frightened kittens in a cold rain about facing North Dakota again. [Goon's World]
* Finally, Mirtle put together a rather interesting list of the top forwards and defensemen that draw penalties. Crosby leads the list with 3.1 penalties drawn per 60 minutes; Sean Avery and his stupid big mouth draw 2.4 penalties. His sample was no doubt too miniscule, so Peter Forsberg didn't make the cut. But it's pathetic dives like this one against the Canucks this week that have nerds on the HF Boards wondering if he's a victim of "the earth's magnetic force."


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=== Day 1: Dammasus, 10th day of Tunara, 1316 E.P. ===

All is quiet on the western front.

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Rays Get Blasted by Tigers
I wanted to first start off my blog tonight by telling everyone that former Rays closer, and current Tigers reliever Todd Jones has announced his retirement from baseball on 9/25/2008. Jones was a closer for most of his career for 8 teams in the majors. He leaves with 319 saves in 1,072 major league innings. Tood spent his 2004 Spring Training with the Rays before being released on March 25, 2004. Jone might have not ever thrown a pitch during the regular season for the Rays, but he was good to the fans and made an impression on me as a treu professional on the field. I wish the best for him in his life away from baseball.
Okay, now back to over regularly scheduled blog moment. I am really psyched that the City of St. Petersburg and the Rays have decided to have a celebration in Straub Park this Monday at 5 P.M. It is an exciting time to be a Rays' fan, and to actually just be a baseball fan. The current playoff season should be one of the most closely contested playoffs in a long time. Our opponent has not been decided, since the Chicago White Sox and the Minnesota Twins have been fighting it out the last 3 nights. Just remember, the White Sox have 4 games left to play, not 3 like I thought earlier in a blog.
I forgot about their make-up game against the Detroit Tigers, that will certainly be played this Monday unless the Twins or White Sox hit rock bottom this weekend and the divsion is handed to either team. I am expecting that the game will be played because of the 3-games series these team play this weekend. If for some reason they both win all 3, or have an similar record in the series', the Monday contest would decide the division. If that happens, I expect the White Sox to pull out all the stops and put their best on the mound, because a loss will mean they are in front of the TV watching the other play the Rays.
Rays Magic Number: 1
Any Rays win or Boston loss gives the title to the Rays. Also do not forget if by some ungodly reason we are tied on Sunday, the Rays win on the tiebreaker of winning the overall series against the Red Sox 10-8 this year
Scott Kazmir
Already the local media have brought out the Dr. Jeckle and Mr. Hyde aspect of Scott Kazmir's last few starts. I am thinking more in the line of, is he trying to spot his pitches, or is there a true mechanical issue with him right now? Seriously folks, sometimes it looks like the guy is trying to put it to a spot instead of being the power pitcher that he has always been for the Rays.
Kazmir is a power pitcher period. He is too young and too talented for a pitching coach to try and change his delivery right now in his career. He was the 2007 strikeout king, but this year an elbow injury has even kept him off the leaderboard because of innings to qualify for the honors. He is 8.2 innings short right now from being able to post his number with the big boys this year. His 9.65 strikeouts/ 9 innings would be leading the AL, and his .217 opponents batting average is 2nd in the AL. And his 3.49 ERA would put him 11th in the AL this year. It is a shame this guy is not able to show his true numbers to the rest of the league.
This game was not vintage Kazmir by any measure of the imagination. His command was not awful, but he did let more thna few batter off the hook yesterday after getting them to a 0-2 count. Kazmir gave up a total of 4 homers in this contest to match the amount given up a few weeks ago in a start. In his last start, Kazmir rebounded from the worst start of his career to win and clinch a playoff berth for the Rays. A victory today would have sparked off another mad run for the champagne bottles, but it was not in the cards for the Rays.
Kazmir worked 5 innings today and gave up only 6 hits and 4 runs in 102 pitches in the contest. But it was his leadoff homers in the 1st and 3rd innings to Ramon Santiago that took the game out of Kazmir's hands. Santiago entered the game with a grand total of 1 homer this year before facing Kazmir today.
Not to be lost in the translation is the fact that he also gave up a leadoff homer to Mike Hessman on a 0-2 pitch in the 4th inning, and a another leadoff homer to Dusty Ryan on a 3-1 gount in the 5th inning. At this point, Kazmir had given up 4 homers to lead off his first 5 innings of the game.
Ben Zobrist
Before this season, who would have thought you would be using the words power and hitter together to describe Ben Zobrist. He has honed a great power stroke this season at the plate, and his switch-hitting has been a blessing to the Rays. Ben again displayed his power by hitting his 9th homer of the year to tight in the 1st inning. The play put the Rays up early 1-0, and it would be the last time they led in this game.
Zobrist for the day went 2-4, with 4 RBI's and 2 runs scored for the Rays. His 3-run homer, his 2nd of the game, was a thing of beauty traveling maybe 421 feet to just pop over the deep centerfield wall in Comerica Park. That brought the Rats close 5-7 in the game, but after his homer, the Rays offense could not click to produce any more runs in the game. That was Zobrist's first multi-homer game of his career.
Jason Hammel
I sometime do not know what to think of Jason Hammel. He has had moments as a long reliever this year with the Rays, and as a closer in the Boston series. His mixed review appearance leave you with a feeling that he might not be here on 2009 based solely on the talent this team has behind him. Because he is out of minor league options, and would have to clear the Waiver wire to even get to the minors, the Rays have not been able to move him up or down this year. Tonight was anotherexample of how much he stills needs to learn to be a top reliever. But I do feel he has the talent and the motivation to be a reliever, but the Rays might not have the time and position in 2009 to teach him the position. Nothing personal Jason, I get a kick out of you personally in the way you carry yourself on the squad.
Hammel came in and pitched 1 inning today abd gave up 2 critical runs in the 7th inning He gave up 2 runs on 2 hits, which began with a Santiago single to right. He then gave up a screamer down the leftfield line to Marcus Thames that Eric Hinske lost in the corner and Santiago scored from 1st to give the Tigers their 5th run of the game. Hammel pitched great for the Rays until Miquel Cabrera hit a sacrifice fly to right to score Thames with the game winner. Curtis Granderson then came up and put a 1-2 pitch into the rightfield stands to give the Tigers their last run of the game, and a 7-2 lead.
Evan Longoria
Longoria hit his 27th homer of the season in the 7th inning. The line drive shot barely cleared the leftfield wall, but gave the Rays their 2nd run of the game. For the day, Longoria went 1-3 and als got a walk in the contest. Evan has benn batting .240 since returning to the lineup on Sept. 13th. His 27 homers leads all MLB rookies, and he is the 11th AL rookie in the last 25 years to reach 26 homers. He also leads all rookies in RBI's ( 85 ), total bases ( 236 ), and Extra Base Hits ( 60 ) this season.
Troy Percival
I am a huge fan of the work that Percival has done in the Bullpen this season both on the mound and in teaching the younger guys the hidden secrets in relieving in the majors. You know this guy has a great mind for baseball, and he is always egar to share the information with his teammatea and make this Bullpen better daily. I know the Rays and Manager Joe Maddon have to make a decision soon on Percival to either include or delete him from the Playoff roster.
The roster is not dues until early nest week, but the nest few games might be an audition for Percival to show he can pitch on notice and can be depended on in multiple day outings. Today's appearance was for 1 inning and he threw 17 pitches and gave up only a single walk to Matt Joyce. His velocity looked good and his command was a bit off, but around the plate. He looked more like he was trying to use the corners too much tonight instead of going after the guys like he usually does on the mound. But all in all, it was a productive and great outing for Percival. Tomorrow might be the true test and might be the deciding outing on his post season bid.
Total Disrespect
I have always been cautous to use the phrases collusion and pre-meditated when talking about the relationship bewteen the Rays and the MLB brass. But this schedule situation just reeks of improper usage of power and uncommon misinformation by the league office. Isn't there a MLB travel rule that states if you travel by air more than 1 and 1/2 hours, your next game can not be played brfore 5 P.M. the following day?
Funny, the Rays got into the Detroit area after 2 A.M. and might have been in their hotel at 3:30 or 4 A.M. before having to get up and get on the team bus to the stadium at 10 A.M. Funny, the Yankees and the Red Sox do not these kind of farse games on their schedules this late in the year. Nice messup MLB, maybe we might try and win it all now and you can stuff this game somewhere very dark.
Here is a nice stat for Rays fans. Since our first game in 1998, no one other than the New York Yankees, or Boston Red Sox have won the American League East title. So by winning the title, the Rays will break the streak by the fab two that has been deadlocked for otyher teams for 11 years.
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I hope Kazmir rights his ship. 8 HRs in 2 starts (he did have nice start vs Min sandwiched in) is concerning.
I am rooting for a Rays – Red Sox ALCS. I think that would be an amazing series.
Good luck to you guys against the Twins / White Sox
I have a feeling that Scott is just trying to do what Jim Hickey, the Rays Pitching Coach has been preaching to the guys this year. Pitch ousdie and low and let the guys make the mistakes at the plate.
He is a big game pitcher, so I am not worried about him right now.
A sox series would be great for the MLB too. Us against both Chicago and Boston in the same playof year would be a kudos to the system.
Just hoping for great baseball. And I know that the lucky team will win the ALCS. It is just that kind of year


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Just when I think I totally get American Idol, something happens that I just don't understand. Janelle Arthur, one of two country singers in Idol's Top 5, was sent home Thursday night (April 18). So once again, I have to ask: Who are the judges saving the save for? I mean, no contestant is perfect. But Arthur has a voice like an angel (per Nicki Minaj), she is where she belongs when she sings country (per Randy Jackson), she is lovable (per Minaj) and she is believable (per Mariah Carey). Unfortunately, Keith Urban — of all people — had some rough criticism this week after she sang Vince Gill's "When I Call Your Name."
"I'm gonna be the lone guy on this whole panel who apparently heard a different song," he said. "I love that song. For me, when Vince sings it, that song is all emotion. When Vince sings it, you feel it. It's pure emotion. Your voice is angelic, and it's beautiful, but I didn't feel it. I felt like you were spending so much time getting all the notes right and doing little runs in between. I hope you get to sing again next week."
Then when Arthur tackled Dolly Parton's "Dumb Blonde," the show's (supposed) mentor Jimmy Iovine said Parton was the right diva, but it was the wrong song. Urban agreed, saying, "You've got a thing none of the other girls have, but I don't feel like that was the best song for you to shine." Parton herself had written a note telling Arthur she thought the performance was great, adding, "I will always love you. "
All that said, Arthur didn't have to go home after she was voted into the bottom two with Kree Harrison. She tried to sing her way to the save with the Supremes' "You Keep Me Hangin' On," to no avail.
"Unfortunately we're not gonna use it," Jackson said of the judges' chance to keep her hanging on. "But we love, love you." Double love but not a single save.


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Everyone wants a piece of Gordon Beckham. And by everyone, I mean, of course, the throngs of Chicago women wearing his T-shirt jersey and his fellow big leaguers who are copping his swoon-worthy at-bat music.
It's not like Beckham struts to the plate to "Enter Sandman" or "Hell's Bells," like the dominant closers of the era, or even to a five-second clip from some flavor-of-the-week rap. Beckham's choice: "Your Love," by The Outfield. You know the one:
"Josie's on a vacation far away
Come around and talk it over
So many things that I wanna say
You know I like my girls a little bit older
I just wanna use your love tonight
I don't wanna lose your love tonight"
Try getting it out of your head. I dare you. It's impossible.
Just ask other major leaguers. Kelly Johnson, on the Braves, recently switched to The Outfield after earning a blessing from Beckham, who, apparently, owns the MLB rights to the song. (If song-granting permission is anything like the art of swapping jersey numbers, Beckham could have earned some serious swag from Johnson. Like Outfield concert tickets, or something.) Rumor has it Eric Byrnes also uses "Your Love," but he never talked with Rabbi Beckham, who assured reporters that "he was going to investigate."
With such a heinous crime unsolved, there's only one thing to do: I-Team, assemble!
Beckham Starts A Trend [Sox Drawer]
Braves Player Steals Our Savior's Entrance Music [Tremendous Upside Potential]
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Chicago, IL (PRWEB) February 24, 2015
2015's Higher Education Data Warehousing Forum's Conference, hosted by Illinois State University at the Marriott Bloomington-Normal Hotel & Conference Center in Normal, Illinois will include international data analytics consultant CBIG Consulting, with CBIG Principal Todd Nash and CBIG Senior Manager Jerry Edwards as featured co-speakers at the event. CBIG Consulting is also a contributing sponsor for this annual event, which will be held April 19-22, 2015.
The HEDW Forum is geared toward bringing together technical developers like CBIG Consulting, with administrators of data and reporting systems, data custodians, institutional researchers, and a wide range of internal data users within these institutions who rely on this data to do their jobs. According to Nash, much of CBIG's data analytics work in recent years has concentrated on the needs of many post-secondary schools that seek to better understand and facilitate, through actionable business intelligence, a more rewarding educational experience for their student populations.
To that end, Nash said CBIG's topic will involve a practical approach behind developing a truly functional analytics platform these institutions can then build on, based on proven best-practices: "Our goal is to take the fear factor out of this process for those higher-ed clients who are struggling to get a BI solution in place. We intend to show how building a BI capability doesn't have to involve a massive time investment or financial commitment, and we'll break it down into a series of manageable steps."
Nash noted that CBIG's session at HEDW will also highlight how a higher-ed BI program can deliver several benefits including better student analytics and reporting functionality, more compatible matching of student backgrounds with educational programs, much-needed early detection and support protocols for struggling students, improvement in forecasting and projections with regard to application/acceptance statistics, and better tracking student life and trends through social media, student organizations, and athletics, to name a few.
For more information on this event, visit HEDW's Conference 2015 webpage.
About CBIG Consulting:
CBIG Consulting is an international team of experts in Business Intelligence, Big Data Analytics, Data Warehousing, and Cloud-based Analytics platforms. Named a top BI and Big Data consulting firm by independent research organizations and publications, CBIG's data analytics consultants average fifteen years of direct experience in the field. CBIG works with global enterprises, mid-size businesses, and non-profit organizations in solving mission-critical reporting and analytical needs. CBIG is headquartered in the Chicago area and has additional offices in San Francisco, Boston, Denver, Austin, Raleigh, and Seattle in the U.S.; Sydney, Auckland and Singapore serving the Asia-Pacific region; and London serving the United Kingdom. For more information, please visit http://www.cbigconsulting.com.


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In the 1st quarter of 2017 Haulotte Group achieved consolidated sales of € 133.3 million, an increase of + 16% against € 115.0 million for the same period of the previous year. Excluding currency effects, the increase was 15%.
The good commercial activity of this first quarter was clearly driven by Europe (+ 33% excluding currency effects), where all markets posted strong growth. Asia-Pacific (+ 2%, at constant exchange rates) continued to experience a contrasting situation, dynamic in Southeast Asia & Oceania, but contracting in the Middle East. No rebound was observed in Latin America, reporting stable sales compared to the previous year. Sales in North America were lower than in the first quarter of 2016 (-20% at constant exchange rates).
In total, equipment sales increased by 15% (at constant exchange rates) compared with the first quarter of 2016. Services and rental activities also increased by + 10% and + 21%, respectively, (at constant exchange rates).
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The year is, say, 1926, and you've just landed at the P&O steamship line's wharf in Singapore, capital of the British Crown Colony of the Straits Settlements. It's hot, very hot, and meltingly humid. Fortunately, relief will soon be at hand. You clear customs, make arrangements for your luggage, and then you're in a taxi or—why not?—a rickshaw to the Raffles Hotel, the home away from home for Americans in the East. Twenty minutes later, you're sitting on the terrace of the famous Long Bar and there's a young Malay taking your order. It can only be a gin sling. Singapore is famous for them, and the Raffles has the reputation for making the best ones (although the bar at John Little's department store had its adherents too). A few minutes later you're looking at a tall glass full of a beguiling mixture of gin, lemon or lime juice, ice, soda water and—well, there's the rub. Ever since the 1920s, when the Singapore or Straits Sling made it onto the world stage, everyone has agreed that there's something else in there, but what that ingredient is has been up for debate.
Nowadays, the Raffles, which claims to have invented the drink in 1915, takes the expansive approach and throws in a lot of pineapple juice, splashes of cherry brandy, Cointreau, Bénédictine, grenadine and a couple of dashes of bitters. That can be tasty, but even the Raffles agrees it might not be how they originally made them. A study of the standard drinks books from the 1920s and '30s is, let's say, inconclusive. Many say the only additional ingredient was cherry brandy. Others say it was cherry brandy and Bénédictine. Or "dry" cherry brandy, Bénédictine and bitters. Globetrotting mixographer Charles Baker even leaves out the citrus juice. All this only goes to show that spending too much time with the history of cocktails can give you as big a headache as spending too much time with the drinks themselves.
In the absence of new data, all a historian can do is make his choices and hope he got it right. Until recently, that meant the Singapore Sling, one of the great names in cocktails, was left without a formula anyone could agree on. Fortunately, we've got new data, in the form of a searchable archive of Singapore newspapers courtesy of that country's National Library. Thus armed, we can settle a number of old arguments. For starters, the earliest reference to a sling is from 1897, almost 20 years before the Raffles supposedly created it. With a 1903 reference to "pink slings for pale people," we can begin to lay to rest the common argument that the reference to "dry cherry brandy" in Robert Vermiere's 1922 Cocktails: How to Mix Them, the drink's first appearance in a cocktail book, means that it should be made with a clear kirschwasser rather than a red liqueur such as Cherry Heering. Add the fact that the only cherry brandies that turn up in local liquor advertisements are the red Bols cherry brandy or the aforementioned Heering (at the time, Bols had a dry version of its regular cherry brandy, which was its standard version blended with Cognac).
As to the other ingredients, the newspapers demonstrate that it was never completely cut and dried: the drink was always red, but occasionally that came from a float of red wine rather than cherry brandy. The Bénédictine was optional, but common. Nonetheless, a 1913 item from the Singapore Weekly Sun gives us a pretty good baseline when it notes that you can get around the Singapore Cricket Club's refusal to make the drink (they thought it was vulgar) by ordering "one cherry brandy, one Domb [i.e., D.O.M. Bénédictine], one gin, one lime juice, some ice and water, [and] a few dashes of bitters," whereupon you might enjoy "a really decent Sling." Factor in that a standard measure was one ounce of spirit, and we're getting somewhere.


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Located northwest of Santa Fe and 80 mi/130 km north of Albuquerque, Abiquiu, New Mexico, is where artist Georgia O'Keeffe lived for many years. You can still see the beautiful chimney rock formations (and even a few cattle skulls) made famous in her later works. It's possible to visit O'Keeffe's adobe house and grounds, but the tours are by appointment only (mid-March to late November) on selected days of the week (phone 505-685-4539 well in advance of your visit). The sparsely furnished interior will look familiar to admirers of her paintings, as will the town itself.
During your visit, see Abiquiu's lovely Dar al-Islam Mosque and Christ in the Desert Monastery. Abiquiu residents can be touchy about tourists and photographers, so be respectful of their homes and village.
You may also want to take a side trip to Espanola, about 25 mi/40 km southeast of Abiquiu.
If you're driving between Abiquiu and Espanola, detour north on Highway 285 to the mineral baths at Ojo Caliente. People have been enjoying these hot-spring waters for centuries, although we'd guess the treatment has become a little more luxurious over time: Today, massages, spa treatments and outdoor mud baths are available. Overnight stays are possible, and there's a good restaurant at the hotel.
Also in the area is a unique shrine called Windows of the Earth. It was built by Ra Paulette, who spent two years digging, sculpting and polishing what amounts to a cave in the side of a sandstone cliff. With wall carvings lit by shafts of sunlight, the quiet chamber encourages self-reflection.
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Hope your New Year is off to a good start.
With the new year, I want to continue the Follow Friday theme, but may make some changes. Whether and how that may occur have not yet been determined. In the meantime, I am recommending the following three blog posts. The first is a "Best of..." from Randy Seaver - who I reference regularly. Next is Greta's regular weekly blog post, which is always good. The third is from my friend, Susan Peterson, who provides her special insight through her readings - always good stuff.
Especially if you are a new reader, I encourage you to continue to check back and read these blogs regularly, if you don't already.
The Best of Genea-Musing in 2010 (My Choices)
Friday Newsletter and Follow News: 31 December 2010 at Greta's Genealogy Blog
Follow Friday: Around the Blogosphere - December 31
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Udi's is now delivering their gluten-free goodies
As many of you know, I am a huge fan of Udi's gluten-free products. I wrote about them here and here. Udi's products are found at many places around town such as; Central Market, People's Rx and Whole Foods. I have found that finding their products is a hit and miss just because they are so popular. The whole grain bread is the hardest to find. Well, no more worries kids. We may now order their fabulous products online and have them delivered right to our door. Here are the prices:
Udi's GF Pizza Crust: 1 pack= 2 pizza crusts
1 pack: $5.00
8 pack: $38.00
Lemon Streusel Muffins: 1 pack=4 muffins
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6 pack: $34.20
Blueberry muffins: Same as above
Granola Bag:
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White Sandwich loaf: Same as above
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Choreography by: George Balanchine
Music by: Peter Ilyitch Tschaikovsky
A virtuosic ballet, Tschaikovsky Pas de Deux is brief, beautiful, and beloved – an adrenaline rush for both dancers and audiences.
For the original production of Swan Lake in Moscow in 1877, Tschaikovsky composed a pas de deux for Act III at the request of Anna Sobeshchanskaya, a Bolshoi prima ballerina who was one of the first dancers to perform the lead role. Since it was composed later than the rest of the music, it was not included in the published score and was therefore not available to Marius Petipa when he choreographed his famous Swan Lake in St. Petersburg, in 1895. In its place, Petipa moved some music from Act I to Act III, and it is this piece that is now well-known as the Black Swan pas de deux. Well over half a century later, the complete and original Swan Lake score was found, including an appendix with the lost pas de deux. Hearing of its historic discovery, George Balanchine asked for — and was granted — permission to use it for his own choreography. The result is an eight-minute display of ballet bravura and technique.


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For the first time since he was but one of the NBA's up-and-comers, Allen Iverson's dome is sans cornrows.
Long the symbol of the L's urbanization, Iverson's braids have garnered as much attention as his ankle-breaking crossovers over the years. This, I presume, will make the people who once airbrushed his tattoos off the cover of the League's official publication feel some sort of vindication.
And thanks to this new look, which was unveiled yesterday in Phoenix, A.I. now spends a considerably shorter amount of time in front of the mirror. Which drastically reduces the number of excuses for skipping out on practice.
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Only full and basic online members of the Resource Sharing Alliance NFP may register to attend this workshop. The item group editor wizard is one of the enhancements from the RSA upgrade to WorkFlows 3.4.1 in February 2012. The item group editor allows you to search for a group of items and then make changes to all of those items in a single batch. Examples of values that can be changed using the item group editor include:- Home location- Price- Item type- Item category 1- Item category 2- Number of pieces- Extended information notes (public, circ, and staff notes)- Statuses for permanent, circulate, and shadowed The item group editor wizard also has the option to save a list of items to make it easy to restore the original values of those items. For example, fiction books shelved on a display, which are no longer on that display, could be edited back to their original home location code of FICTION using a list saved in the item group editor wizard. Please bring the following with you to the workshop:- Your library's WorkFlows TECH login and password- Two or three batch changes you need to perform on items in your collectionThe instructor will send you an email the week prior to the workshop. The email will have a checklist to help you prepare for training, including a link to print the item group editor instructions. Completion of this workshop is required before you begin using the WorkFlows item group editor. The workshop is limited to 6 participants. Registration will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis. Please cancel your registration in L2 if you are unable to attend.
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HARRISBURG – A new Pennsylvania law will prohibit coverage of most abortions under policies offered in a federally-run insurance marketplace starting next year.
Gov. Tom Corbett's office said he signed the bill Monday. Corbett's office has said that it wouldn't place any greater restrictions on access to abortion than already exist.
Critics of the bill, primarily Democrats, say it expands restrictions on abortion rights and discriminates against poor women. Support in the Republican-controlled Legislature was bipartisan.
It would still allow policies sold through the federally run marketplace to cover abortions in cases of rape, incest or when the mother's life is in danger. But anyone wanting coverage for most abortions would need to purchase that coverage separately outside of the marketplace.
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Are you in the Communication Department and want to:
- Gain valuable connections in communication fields?
- Learn about careers in communication?
- Network with other communication students and professionals?
- Receive special recognition at graduation?
- Have some fun?
If so, then Lambda Pi Eta is the organization for you. Also known as the National Communication Association, Lambda Pi Eta is a Communication honor society that is based on three principles: logic, emotion and ethics.
UIS is proud to host a chapter of this organization for Communication students.
To be eligible for LPE, an undergraduate student must complete 60 academic hours with a GPA of at least 3.0 and a minimum of 12 hours in Communication with a GPA of 3.25.
Graduate students must complete at least 12 graduate hours in Communication with a GPA of at least 3.5 to be eligible for induction.
Activities include:
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To mark the release of the Best American Poetry of 2009 collection, series editor David Lehman hosted an incredible 20 poets who appear in the book at the New School Thursday night.
John Ashbery said, "They came to blow up America."
Mark Bibbins said, "West Virginia was made overseas and brought to us, chunk by chunk, aboard container ships."
Susan Cleary asked, "Why is a man like a burning candle?"
Phillip Levine said, "The view was something terrifying and never the same."
Billy Collins said, "You might just tolerate all of this.
James Cummins said, "A gun can be a gun, even for Freud."
Mark Doty said, "The old words are dying."
Douglas Goetsch asked, "Does anybody see a problem here?"
Michael Grabell said, "Maybe it's because my mother grew up in Weehawken, New Jersey."
Delores Hayden said, "Behind the driver, the boy sits facing backwards."
And because Sarah Hannah could not be there, Jennifer Michael Hect said, "You don't speak of it, not ever."
Richard Howard said, "Believers swing a live chicken high over their heads."
Tina Kelley said, "God is definitely not that weird sexuality of bird rehabilitators."
After remarking that a poetry collection was a kind of conversation, Phillis Levin said, "Forget the comma, the crow said, darting onto another branch, random joy being his."
Susan Blackwell Ramsey said, "We want to make things last."
James Richardson said, "Oh, it's a technical problem."
Martha Silano said, "I hate your knees, both of them."
Mitch Susskind said, "Rachel was like a monkey beside Sarah."
Vincent Stanely said, "I hear America calling for a dot"
Craig Morgan Teicher said, "America has begun calling everything 'America' no matter what."
Matthew Zapruder said, "I know less than I did before, and I live on a hill where the wind steals music from everything and brings it to me."
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To mark the release of the Best American Poetry of 2009 collection, series editor David Lehman hosted an incredible 20 poets who appear in the book at the New School Thursday night.


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NEW YORK — Though we haven't even gotten our Halloween costume together, there's no denying the holidays are just around the corner. The concert organizers at radio station Z100 were definitely in the holiday spirit when they announced the lineup for this year's Jingle Ball in Times Square on Friday (October 11).
Featuring some of the biggest names in pop, the show will include performances from Miley Cyrus, Robin Thicke, Pitbull, Enrique Iglesias, Fall Out Boy, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Selena Gomez, Fifth Harmony, Ariana Grande, Jason Derulo and Austin Mahone.
They'll take the stage at Madison Square Garden on December 13. Of course, the last time Thicke and Cyrus shared a stage was at the 2013 MTV VMAs. (No word on whether they'll collaborate on a repeat performance this time around.)
Mahone was on hand in New York City on to make the big announcement, and he also performed some of the tunes fans are likely to hear at the Jingle festivities. Just before his performance, he revealed to MTV News just how stoked he is to play the annual concert.
"I'm really excited to be a part of Jingle Ball. They're always a lot of fun every year," Mahone shared. "And I get to meet a lot of really cool artists and share my music with a lot of people. So it's going to be a blast."
In addition to the New York edition of the show, Mahone will also perform at KIIS FM's Jingle Ball on December 6 at the Staples Center. That event will have many of the same acts, including Cyrus, Gomez, Thicke, Grande, Derulo, and 5H. Travie McCoy and Chris Brown are also on the Los Angeles lineup.
Mahone is hoping to reconnect with some of his old friends backstage this year. "Maybe see Jason Derulo, if he's going to be there," he said. "Pitbull, maybe, if he's going to be there; those are my really good friends."
The 17-year-old, who's working his debut album and readying the launch of a headlining tour sponsored by MTV's Artist To Watch, is already preparing for the holiday-themed shows.
"I just get all my dancers and we just practice and practice and we just get all our routines down and do a bunch of flips," he explained. "And you know, it just gets better every time ... like I said, it's gonna be a lot of fun."
And Mahone already knows what he's doing this holiday season once the shows are over. The VMA winner and Texas native revealed, "I love the holidays! [I'm looking forward to] probably getting to spend time with my family and be together and stuff."


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The Graveyard Book by Gaiman and The Amulet of Samarkand by Stroud
Gaiman, Neil. The Graveyard Book. New York: Harper Collins, 2008. ISBN: 9780060530921 Call Number: PZ7 .G1273 GR 2008
With finals starting soon now is an inopportune time for pleasure reading. But after finals during winter break, when your brain feels fried, might I suggest you refresh yourself through the power of modern fantasy novels?
First, Neil Gaiman's Newbury Award winning The Graveyard Book. The book tells the story Nobody Owens, a child growing up in a graveyard raised the ghosts. The book is a superb fantasy tale that involves ghosts, ghouls, witches, President Harry Truman, and an international group of evil men. While the book remains largely episodic in nature, readers will feel right at home in the abnormal, yet familiar world.
Stroud, Jonathan. The Amulet of Samarkand. New York: Hyperion Books for Children, 2003. ISBN: 078681859X Call Number; PZ7 .S92475 AM 2003
Next, journey to an England ruled by magicians that harness the power of spirits to maintain their rule over the common folk in Jonathan Stroud's The Amulet of Samarkand. The story begins with the magician's apprentice Nathaniel summoning the snarky djinni Bartimaeus. Nathaniel wants to use Bartimaeus to get revenge on the high ranking Simon Lovelace for embarrassing him. The novel splits the narrative duties between Nathaniel and Bartimaeus as they realize the depth of political corruption these magicians are involved in. The novel is exciting and accessible with load of moral ambiguity, political power grabs, and off-beat sarcastic humor.
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I might have picked up crabapples at the market purely because of how adorable they looked. Ok, I definitely picked them up for that reason. And then I thought, well if these are so cute and tiny, and Brussels sprouts are so cute and tiny - then maybe they would work well together! My reasoning skills leave much to be desired, obviously. But regardless of how I managed to get these two together, I liked the how the sweet tang of crabapple paired with our miniature cabbage friends, the Brussels sprouts. The maple syrup, bacon, and rosemary ended up making it a dish we can't get out of our minds.
4 cups halved Brussels sprouts
1 small red onion, chopped
8 thickly sliced crabapples
4 slices bacon, chopped
2-3 tablespoons maple syrup
1/2 teaspoon apple cider vinegar
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 sprig rosemary, leaves chopped
kosher salt
white pepper
Heat oven to 400 degrees. In a large bowl, toss Brussels sprouts, red onion, crabapples, and bacon all together. In a small bowl, whisk maple syrup, vinegar, olive oil, and rosemary. Pour the maple syrup mixture over the Brussels sprouts and coat. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Place on a baking sheet or 9 x 13 baking pan and roast for about 35 minutes, until the sprouts have cooked through and have developed some nice caramelization.


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METS SELECT OUTFIELDER MATT den DEKKER
FLUSHING, N.Y., August 27, 2013 – The New York Mets today announced that the club has selected the contract of outfielder Matt den Dekker from Las Vegas (AAA) of the Pacific Coast League and recalled catcher Anthony Recker and lefthanded pitcher Robert Carson from Las Vegas (AAA). Den Dekker will wear #6, Recker will don #20 and Carson will wear #73. All three will be available for tonight's game.
The Mets also placed righthanded pitcher Matt Harvey on the 15-Day Disabled List with a partial tear of the ulnar collateral ligament of his right elbow.
Den Dekker, 26, was hitting .296 (53-179) with 34 runs scored, eight doubles, four triples, six home runs and 38 RBI in 53 games for Las Vegas (AAA) of the Pacific Coast League. The 6-1, 205-pounder suffered a broken right wrist during spring training.
Recker was with the team from the beginning on the season until he was optioned to Las Vegas (AAA) on August 20. Recker, 29, was hitting .193 (21-109) with five home runs and 16 RBI in 38 games with New York. He batted .400 (4-10) with one triple, one home run and four RBI in five games with the 51s.
Carson, 24, will join the team for the second time this year. The lefthander was with the Mets from April 21-June 10, posting an 8.50 ERA (17 earned runs/18.0 innings) in 13 appearances. Carson was 3-3 with 11 saves and a 4.15 ERA (20 earned runs/43.1 innings) in 42 games with Las Vegas.


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Perhaps like me, you are one of the growing number of families who are opting to raise bilingual children. If so, you many know that there are numerous methods in use by families all over the world in order to accomplish this challenging feat, and fortunately for us, we now have many wonderful online resources such as Spanglish Baby, Multilingual Living, and many others, which support us by describing these methods.
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Tuesday, November 13, 2012
And so it begins
This afternoon, just as comptroller and likely 2013 mayoral candidate John Liu appeared alongside Mayor Michael Bloomberg at a press conference discussing the post-Sandy state of the city's finances, legal arguments got underway this afternoon in the trial of his supporter Xing Wu "Oliver" Pan and his young campaign treasurer Jia "Jenny" Hou, who are being accused of participating in a conspiracy to direct illegal contributions to Mr. Liu's war chest. In the courtroom today, Judge Richard Sullivan rejected four pre-trial motions requested by Mr. Pan and Ms. Hou's attorneys and ordered the trial to begin as scheduled February 4.
The first motion argued before the court this afternoon was presented by Mr. Pan's lawyer, Irwin Rockman. He said the case against his client should be dismissed entirely due to "outrageous government conduct," namely that FBI agents continued their undercover investigation of Mr. Pan though he said they should have known "Mr. Pan had no interest in engaging in a violation of campaign finance law." He based this argument on the claim wiretap recordings indicate Mr. Pan repeatedly told an undercover agent who posed as a Houston businessman eager to have funds in excess of the maximum allowed amount funneled to Mr. Liu through a system of straw donors about Mr. Liu's campaign "self-imposed limit of $800″ on contributions. Mr. Rockman also said his client had been "terrorized" by law enforcement agents who subjected him to an "ominous vague threat" by indicating they knew the whereabouts of his wife and children. The lawyer said this was especially traumatizing to Mr. Pan because he spent his "formative years" in the "totalitarian regime" of the People's Republic of China.
Judge Sullivan indicated Mr. Rockman's motion had no legal precedent and said he felt like he was being asked to rule based on "squishy stuff in the pit of my belly" rather than the rule of law.
"This is a court of law, not a psychiatrist's couch," the judge said.
Unsurprisingly given his reaction to the argument, Judge Sullivan ended up rejecting the motion and siding with the prosecution's contention the issues raised by Mr. Rockman did not constitute a violation of due process.
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Start picking a tailor for you prison jump suit Johnny boy!
Ollie and Jennie will roll over on you when the time comes for a plea deal to cut their sentences.
Bubba awaits your incarceration.
- Tuesday, November 13, 2012
John Liu for mayor.
Wait until the FBI ties these crooks to Cecilia Chang, Gary Ackerman, Tommy Huang, Michael Nussbaum, Claire Shulman and the rest of the old Donald Manes clan!
It's only a matter of time.
Have a nice trip up the river folks!
- Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Let's see what additional dirt is hiding beneath the rug.
No wonder Gary Ackerman suddenly decided to retire.
Maybe he expected the hounds to be on his trail soon.
- Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Shcenckler and Nussbaum had better shred their files.
These guys have got to be connected in some way.
- Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Don't overlook the dragon lady's part in all of this!
Manes and Chang...2 VERY IMPORTANT crooks are now dead.
Or are they? They might be in the federal witness protection program.
NOBODY saw either Manes' or Chang's bodies...only the black bags removed by the coroner's staff.
Does this sound too far fetched...another hare brained conspiracy theory?
See if Donald Manes' name appears on the Social Security death index. I was told by a few curious people looking into this this...that it DOES NOT!
- Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Don't overlook the dragon lady's part in all of this!
- Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Oliver Pan is Liu's connection to Communist China!
Liu's connections to Taiwan weren't bad enough?
I think we should cut Flushing loose.
Cut all services... police and fire department, etc. and let China and Taiwan foot the bill.
Why should we underwrite crooks through our taxes?
- Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Anon No. 5:
In answer to you question: Yes, it does sound like that.
- Tuesday, November 13, 2012
John Liu has shown his family moral by standing by as his staff gets wrapped up in this crime in my view.
Of course his father is a convicted bank thief but worse, his father was the President of the Bank, a position of respect that he used to commit his crime. So this morality runs in the Liu family in my view.
The only saving grace here is that at least Mr. Pan has admitted that China is a totalitarian regime, about time some Chinese ex-pats said that out loud.
Looking forward to some real newspaper person to ask John Liu if he agrees with that fact.
Hey John....tick, tick , tick.
- Tuesday, November 13, 2012
So you disagree with my witness protection theory huh?
Maybe a troll like you hasn't much imagination having been held in cranial restraints...working for the Ackerman, Nussbaum, Manes, Chang, Huang, Liu, Schenkler, Shulman, etc. Partnership.
Would you buy Donald Manes' and Cecilia Chang's possible murder?
Similar MO with both of their wrists slashed.
Maybe the slashed wrists are tong hit signature.
- Tuesday, November 13, 2012
You mean the Liu-Huang family.
John Liu is Tommy Huang's cousin.
The connection being Alice Liu Huang...
Tommy's wife's family.
- Tuesday, November 13, 2012
it was reported that Manes' daughter witnessed him plunging the knife into his heart in their kitchen, in Jamaica Estates,Queens.
the wake was held at a funeral home on Queens Blvd. many dem. pols viewed the open casket.
i predict that LIU will not be convicted. the staff will get slaps on the wrist, if at all.
Bubba's 94 Asian bundlers ,in 1992 all left the U.S, with no punishment.
the U.S. 'TOTALITARIAN REGIME" will prevail. they always do.
see BENGHAZI........
- Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Anon No. 10:
I'm not Ackerman troll - I'm the guy who thinks other people are trolls for the Democractic County organization. It's just that you're making so much of a stretch that you're beginning to look like a member of the Fantastic Four. And I don't mean the Invisible Girl.
Anon No. 12:
Do your hands hurt for all the straws that you're grasping at, Gramps?
- Tuesday, November 13, 2012
An additional thought:
Manes' body was a Disney creation (snicker, snicker).There was sobbing while convicted crook Alan Hevesi delivered Manes' eulogy.
OR...the real motionless Donald was drugged and the casket had a false bottom.
The Donald was awakened and whisked onto a private jet bound for Costa Rica....later to be joined by his wife Marlene.
His daughter lied about what happened in the kitchen and was well paid to do so. She now resides in Belize under an assumed name.
Family members have undergone reconstructive surgery so as to hide their real identities.
I attended Manes' funeral...
though I didn't get to pinch Donald's cheek, or poke him with my stick pin.
Please continue your counter posts. I've enjoyed stringing you along with my fantastic theorizing.
Then again, why go so ballistic on my "Fantastic Four" ideas....UNLESS there might be a shred of truth in them...LOL!
Now....wouldn't you like to know my real identity?
C'mon....fess up, now!
But, in the meantime...GOTCHA! What a total ass you are! I've pulled your chain and got your watch too!
I think I've just wet my pants laughing so damn hard!
- Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Caught red handed ! COMMUNIST RED handed!
We need a special penal colony for crooks like these.
The French had their Devil's Island. We need one too!
- Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Anon No. 14:
LOL!!!! Don't flatter yourself.
Who is going ballistic? Not me. It sure seems like you are, though with your response.
To be honest, I don't care who you are. You might even be another troll for the Queens Democratic organization. Everyone has to learn a living. And say hi to Donny and Marlene the next time that you go visit.
- Wednesday, November 14, 2012
I'm not flattering anyone...certainly not myself.
I'm just having some fun here. Please do forgive me.
Though it sounds like you've got enough flattery for yourself, and plenty left over.
Look fella, you took the bait and got hooked real good! I've more than enjoyed this little game.
Following our tete a tete...I think that most readers would agree with me that you've been made a first class ass of...and that YOU ARE quite bombastic (if not ballistic) to boot.
I'd be glad to introduce you to both Donny and Marlene at the preview of my next film short.
I'm finishing up the comedic screen play right now.
BTW..you've got a part in it...a donkey wearing a Joe Crowley mask.
Now DON'T bother coming back for more.
YAWN! I'm bored now. Ta, ta. 10-4. Over and out!
- Thursday, November 15, 2012
Anon No. 17:
I'm back, and the only person going on an ego trip here is you. You can't handle criticism and go off on people who dare to question what you are saying.
I didn't get hooked on anything. All that happened was that I made brief comments and you continue to go nuclear. The shrinks have a term for your behavior. It's called "transferring."
Speaking about being boring, I think that you're the one who needs to get a life. Try doing something useful for a change.
- Thursday, November 15, 2012
Let me put it another way, pal. I find you to be hysterically funny. I take you as seriously as I do the internet ads about "One weird trick."
- Thursday, November 15, 2012
We now have an amateur psychiatrist posting.
Please stick to the topic all of you.
- Thursday, November 15, 2012
Didn't that guy say 10-4, over and out?
But the other one came back and couldn't leave well enough alone without having the last word.
"Transferring"? WTF ? Did somebody lose their bus transfer?
Now we're ALL getting tired of this tit for tat adolescent game.
- Thursday, November 15, 2012


text: Euclides Kiyoto Miyaura is an artist of Brazilian Disney comics. He began his career at the publishing house Abril, as an art trainee and illustrator for Disney activity books in the mid 1970s. He has done art on comic stories for Pato Donald from 1976 through 1989. He started out doing stories mainly in the 'Duck' universe, but also some 'Mickey Mouse' and 'Goofy' stories. From the 1980s, he also did several 'Jose Carioca' stories for Zé Carioca magazine. Miyaura became editor and art director of the Brazilian Disney production, a position he held until 2001. Since then, he does artwork for foreign Disney publishers through the Magic Eye Studios.


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IEEE Kolkata Section History
|IEEE Kolkata Section History
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|IEEE Region
|IEEE Council
|Geographic region
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In 1971 members of IEEE over the entire Eastern and North Eastern region of India got together to form the Eastern Regional Section of IEEE, in India. Mr. Alak Ghose was the founder Chairman of this Section. After the formation of the India Council the Eastern Regional Section was given the name of Calcutta Sub-Section under the Delhi Section of IEEE, India. Through the pioneering efforts of Mr. K.B. Subramaniam who took over form Mr. Alak Ghose in 1974 as Chairman, the Calcutta Sub-Section was elevated to the status of a section in the year 1976.
Over the years, the activities of IEEE Calcutta Section increased manifold and spread through many cities and state capitals under the Section. Several Technical Society Chapters and many student branches have been formed. Currently the Section has eleven chapters and two affinity groups. There are more than fifteen student branches now and this figure is continually on the rise. The Section maintains a healthy student to member ratio and works closely and coherently with its chapters and affinity groups not only in technical, education and membership development activities but also in outreach activities which a major focus of the section.
The city of "Calcutta" in India has been renamed officially to Kolkata in 2001. It is a cosmopolitan city where people, technology and ideas blend together with the socio-political culture to give the city a great shape. Today, Kolkata is a unique blend of ancient and anon, occidental and oriental styles, skyscrapers and Victorian edifices. Kolkata symbolizes creativity and vibrancy and is the city where artistic endeavor is held in very high esteem. The rich cultural, literary and religious flavors are exquisitely exhibited in its fine arts, writing, music, dance and theater. Kolkata is the workplace of four Nobel laureates – Ronald Ross, Rabindranath Tagore, Mother Teresa and C.V.Raman. It is also the home of Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen and Oscar Winner Satyajit Ray.
Geographical location of Kolkata: Latitude-22 degree 82 minutes North and Longitude-88 degrees 20 minutes East, Altitude-17 feet from sea level, approx. 96 km from Bay of Bengal and it is 5.5 hours ahead of GMT.
Chairs of IEEE Calcutta Section
K B Subramanium: From 1978 to 1979, Kalyan K Dasgupta: From 1980 to 1981, Alak K Ghosh: From 1982 to 1984, Manujendra N Roy: From 1985 to 1987, Manish K Mukherjee: From 1988 to 1990, Satya B Gupta: From 1991 to 1993, Alok K Das: From 1994 to 1996, Dipak K Basu: From 1997 to 1999, Nirmalendu Chatterjee: From 2000 to 2002, Rabindranath Nandi: From 2003 to 2005, Salil K Sanyal: From 2006 to 2008, Kalyan K Mallik: From 2009 to 2010, Sivaji Chakravorti: 2011
In the year 2011, the section has 9 technical society chapters and 2 affinity groups and more than 20 student branches.


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Are you ready for some scrumptious cooking? I am always game for that. I have a yummy recipe to share with you today. See I told you just cause I am a Blogger NOT on a Diet, doesn't mean I don't still love to eat and cook. The yummy recipes will not be lacking here, just because I am trying to eat healthier. Food is way to good to deprive yourself! So read on for some absolute yumminess. Oh and a disclaimer :)
This recipe deserves a disclaimer
Like Father like son I guess.
Now onto the seriously AWESOME recipe.
Creamy Tortellini Soup
This recipe is originally from HERE.
1 1/2-2 ounce envelope of white sauce mix
or make it from scratch here.
4 cups of water
1 14 ounce can vegetable broth
1 can sliced mushrooms
1/2 chopped onion 1 tbl spoon garlic
(I buy mine pre-cut in the jar)
1/4 tsp dried oregano, crushed
1/2 tsp dried basil , crushed
1/4 tsp salt
1/8 cayenne pepper
1 7-8 ounce package of cheese tortellini
(about 2 cups)
1 12 ounce can of evaporated milk
6 cups of fresh spinach leaves Ground black pepper (optional) shredded parmesan cheese
(I used grated)
1. Place dry white sauce mix in a 3-1/2- or 4-quart slow cooker. Gradually add the water to the white sauce mix, stirring until smooth. Stir in broth, mushrooms, onion, garlic, basil, salt, oregano, and cayenne pepper.
Print Recipe HERE
Garlic Rolls
I adapted this recipe from HERE. I used the dough recipe and put it in my bread machine on dough cycle.
3 cups bread flour
1 tbsp. sugar
2 tsp. instant yeast
1¼ tsp. salt
2 tbsp. olive oil
¼ cup milk
1 cup plus 2 tbsp. water
Add 2-3 tbl of flax seed (optional)
Place all ingredients in your bread machine according to the machines directions. Mine is always liquids first with the flour and yeast being last.
Put your machine on dough cycle. Once that cycle is done, take golf ball size pieces of dough and roll in balls. Place on greased baking sheet. Add some butter, mixed with garlic salt, to the top of each roll. Be generous. It will melt into the roll during the rise time and baking. Makes it oh so good!
Let rise for 15 minutes, in a warmed oven or warm place in your kitchen.
Bake @ 350 for 20-25 minutes.
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Dress: c/o Sparkle, Shoes: Target via Plato's Closet, Bag: Michael Kohrs, Bracelets: c/o Sparkle, c/o Mimi's, Necklace and Earrings: c/o Sparkle
I know you guys are tired of me rubbing stuff in, but because I'm not altogether sure of whether people read this or just come for the pictures of me posing awkwardly by myself and I am writing into the abyss, I am going to post it anyway. Mostly because the only other people I have to brag to are my mom (who is tired of me talking about these shoes), Dusty (who could care less about my shoes), and the dogs (who would like to eat my shoes). So anyway, they were originally from Target for like $29. And that was just too much to spend on a pair of too-high, uncomfortable heels in a risky color. <=====The person who typed that last line is cheap. But you know what they say, cheap shoes come to those who wait. Or something like that. And I found them, brand new, at Plato's Closet (It's a thrift store for designerish clothes, if you are wondering.) for $8. And whatdoyaknow? Turns out tomato isn't that hard to match after all. Plus my adorable friend, who owns my favorite little boutique eva (Sparkle) sent me this dress the other day. It is probably my new fave. And it totally matches the shoes.
Now that I have typed an entire paragraph about my shoes (How many times can I say that word in one post? Shoes, shoes, shoes.), I should probably tell you that I have taken Benadryl and should not be held accountable for anything that comes out of my mouth. My fingers. Whatever. I am no good when drowsy.
Happy weekend to you!


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wrighty necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 411 diseños de 74 diseñadores freelance.
Life Video Productions
Life Video Productions is a new production company which really needs an eye catching logo. We are a small company making videos for all kinds of people and buisneses. We do corporate videos, special events, buisness promotion and documentaries ect
our target audience is anyone looking to express themselves through video. Buisneses, bands looking for promotion, clothing companies looking to show off their new range ect. You name it, we doit. I guess you could say that our buisness specialises in variety.
I encourage designers to get creative. I would however need all logos to be on a black background. This is becuse our website and van will also be back..
We are looking for a design where 'Life' is the most noticable word with 'Video Productions' written smaller somewhere else on the design (in any font you choose). AS A MUST we would like the colours black, white and pink with black being the most dominant colour followed by white and then a touch of pink. Please find attached a rough draft of a logo we knocked up today.
Designers must also remeber that we are a 'video' production company not 'film' so the use of things like reels of film would not be appropiate. Please also find attached a picture of the type of cameras our production company use. Feel free to add anything like this that you feel might help explain what it is we do to the design. A play button or camera for example.
If anyone would like to add a camera to their design then the cameras we use are sony HVR Z5E
The design must look proffesional rather than amature. We need buisness to see our logo and feel as if we are someone they can trust. When people see the logo I want words like 'slick', professional', 'creative' and 'clever' to spring to mind.
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Dear Southeastern Trains,
Do you think that there is any chance you could lay on some long trains during the rush hour? Every morning I see several carriages worth of empty space along Blackheath's London-bound platform. I realise that it is really too late to complain, as you've already got my £712 for this year, and, for some reason, this doesn't actually purchase me a seat on your lovely trains, but if you possibly could see your way to putting on a full train or two, it might make our journeys to work a little less sweaty.
Of course, if I don't like it, I realise that I am free to take my business to one of the many other Train Operating Companies departing from Blackheath to Charing Cross.
Perhaps some sort of Service Level Agreement based on the rules around battery chicken farming could be introduced?