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Cardinals Autograph Fees versus the Rays $40 All-Inclusive
More and more I am being assured that we, as Tampa Bay Rays fans have been spoiled by this organization. Here we are just a few days before the 2011 Rays Fan Fest and decided to look at the recent St. Louis Cardinals Winter Wind-Up event. Suddenly I see just how different and special the "Rays Way" of producing their Fan Fest far exceeds the norm in the MLB.
It is really wild how every single team in Major League Baseball does their own separate and unique versions of fan and player interaction events. I have mentioned in the past how some do exclusive Winter or pre-Spring Caravans or team whistle stops (Reds, Braves and Pirates) with players appearing and signing at one of their team's top local sponsors or special "friend" locations of the franchise
Then there are the events held by teams like the White Sox or Brewers over multiple days that have their fan experience in convention centers with isolated rooms where if you have a purchase a pre-paid ticket or lucky pass to get a players signature and purchase an additional ticket for a possible photo opportunity with one of your favorite players.
Just reading about idea of pre-paid tickets purchased in advance, with certain designated autograph times in isolated rooms, segmented away from the public just makes the whole Rays Fan Fest format extremely fan-friendly. We have surely been spoiled in the past years with FREE admission and FREE autographs, plus other opportunities for players to interact with fans at numerous other events during the day. Maybe that all is about to morph into a new animal or idea in the future.
The Cardinals are not the only MLB team to put on a multiple day Fan experience, but from that point things go a bit…well off the charts. Their 2011 fan event was held from January 15-17th at the Hyatt Regency St. Louis at the Arch. The pre-event details and autograph pricing list definitely had me twitching at the keyboard wanting to state my opinion.
The idea of paying $ 40 for the Rays autograph wristband is no biggie to me, but the pricing list for autographs at the Cardinals event left me a bit….hoping the Rays did not venture into these waters….yet.
I am definitely starting to feel that maybe we all have been extremely spoiled by the Rays generosity in the past by not pushing their autograph session to this kind of level, and keeping the players basically in front of the fans.
You get a special rush in you as you snake through the autograph line to finally get to walk towards the podium and get a signature and possibly chat for a moment with the player before embarking on maybe standing in another line for another signature before an hour time elapses and the next band of signers' take their spots.
I still remember when the Rays Fan Fest was a 2-day event, and maybe the Rays have been giving all of us so much for literally nothing all these years that I forgot the true fan advantage that we, as Rays fans have over some other teams. We have some of the most accessible and personable players in the MLB, and that is a great gift. But maybe the era of something for nothing is about to close. It is part of the evolution, the process, the way thing eventually go or flow. Change happens.
Just like the Rays, the Cardinals asked their fans to purchase via a charitable donation, a limited amount of pre-priced autograph tickets prior to their event. The Cards gave you the option of buying your player's autograph ticket online, or possibly with fingers, eyes and knees crossed, there would be a smattering of leftover tickets available the day of the event. As you can guess, that second option was as viable an option as the proverbial needle in the haystack.
From there the Cardinal autograph sessions further separated themselves from the Rays format of a one-time $ 40 donation for a Rays Fan Fest wristband (if you are over 14). At the Cardinals Winter Warm-Up event there was a rolling list of prices that ranged from 54 players from the Cardinals past and present signing for FREE including ex-Rays broadcaster Joe Magrane and local resident Danny Cox.
From there the Cardinals scale quickly went from $ 5 for an autograph from relievers Jason Motte, Trever Miller or Kyle McClellan all the way up to $ 100 for Matt Holiday, or $ 175 for Albert Pujols. A interesting side note, Pujols signature actually has stayed sort of "recession proof" at the same autograph pricing for the past three Winter Warm-Up events. Not sure of what price I would estimate or guess an Evan Longoria, Johnny Damon, David Price or Manny Ramirez would bring, but it would not be set in stone at $40 total price for all 4 signatures.
Cardinal Baseball Hall of Fame members Bob Gibson ($ 125), Bruce Sutter ($100) and Lou Brock ($100) also had autograph tickets available in the 3-digit range. You could also purchase tickets for autographs from former Cardinal greats Ray Lankford ($10), Vince Coleman ($10) Jack Clark ($5) if your autograph needs were dictated by a shoe string budget. By comparison, the Rays will have 30 MLB Alumni members including Mark Whiten, Von Hayes and former Rays closer and All-Star Roberto Hernandez signing for FREE during Fan Fest.
Before all of you Rays supporters get all upset and rant and rave about this pricing structure, remember it is all going to Cardinal Care, the St. Louis charity that mirrors perfectly with the Rays Baseball Foundation. Cardinal Care is the primary charitable arm of the Cardinals organization that provides financial help in the surrounding communities. This Winter Warm-Up event is one of their biggest donation events of the year.
But if the sticker shock of seeing $ 175 get to you, there are a few other possible options if you happened to sleep in and missed the Pujol's online ticket auction. You could be one of the top bidders in an exclusive 10 bid online auction that will position you as one of the first 10 spots in line for Pujol's autograph, plus you will received 2 Winter Warm-Up passes, and the added bonus of two future tickets to the all-inclusive Champions Club for a game during the Cardinals 2011 season.
If that is still way out of your economical range, you could purchase a $ 1 scratch-off ticket that will get you an instant opportunity for a Pujols autograph. Oh, and Pujol's will only be signing baseball and bats. No jerseys, photos or posters at this event. $ 40 is starting to look real cheap right now to those people over 14.
For some reason I am starting to get the sneaking feeling that the Rays exclusive $ 40 offer, or that the present format of tables set on a podium in plain sight of the public right on the NEW AstroTurf of Tropicana Field might go the way of the dinosaur at some future point. The Rays Fan Fest has always been a free day of family and baseball related fun and frolic from the player's autographs, to kid's hitting wiffle balls, to the Metro PCS Call-A-Friend promo, to the roundtable discussions with some of those in the MLB trenches.
Sure the Cardinals have a larger two hour total window for player signings, but if you miss your "window of opportunity", you are left totally holding the ball (literally). You also might not get that air of personal interaction with the player that has been one of the things I have come to love about Fan Fest.
Plus there is a extremely affordable advantage that Rays Fan fest as always, has FREE admission. If you wanted to attend the 3-day Cardinals event, you had to purchase a $40 Entry Pass and have it displayed you at all times. At Fan Fest, you just park your car, walk into the Rotunda towards the field and enjoy the festivities.
More and more that $ 40 for fans over 14 for a Rays autograph wristband feels like a sure fire MLB bargain. But if you are a kid under 14, the autograph event is still totally free, which feels amazing especially after you get that much wanted David Price and Evan Longoria autograph…without a single ticket.
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I wish I could offer an intelligent comment on this subject, but I've never paid for an autograph in my life. Just not my thing and I can't imagine doing it. Well, let me amend that. When Mickey Mantle was dying, I bought a signed baseball online. But that was it.
that comment was just right.
It is just that the climate has shifted regarding autographs and fan events throughout MLB. With money tight and some former charity avenues dried updue to recession and atight wallet, charities and their teams need to find a viable solution.
I can see both side of the coin here and empathize with the Cards. But I also truly feel the Rays Republic at time sexpects things to stay the same and not transform or be molded into their future shells.
Either way, kids will still get autographs and collectors will have to line the fences at Spring Training or before games…unless they pay the $40…
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I don't mind paying to a charity for an event that gives back, my problem is autographs should be free, then and all year when fans, mostly of the young variety lean over the walls or gather at the exit to catch a glimpse of their favorite in the hopes of an autograph, the money should be for a photograph or some other interaction with a player.
Having spent a number of hours waiting in the wings with young kids to ask for that famed signature, only to be disheartened cause the rich and shameless don't give them away anymore.
I can not talk for the new memebers of the Rays roster, but the team has always had an open relationship with their fans in the past. Still think that will be the case, but with the addition of Damon and Ramirez, people will hound for autographs, possibly at the cost of a young fan getting a signature.
But the kid's under 14 are still FREE. They are the future of the sport both on and off the field. They Rays have always had a good harmonious balance with their fans.
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The thing that most amazes me most is not that the Cards charge $175 for Pujols autograph, but that there are that many people willing to pay it. I realize the proceeds go to charity, but still, that's a lot of money for something that's probably illegible.
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It is the same reasoning that so many people are now trying to get David Price and Evan Longoria's autographs while they are young.
In a few years they might get gun-shy of the public after a bad autogrpah deal or someone selling so much of their wares in E-Bay and such.
I really expect the crowd to be moaning and groaning in the Manny Ramirez and Johnny Damon lines this weekend.
When someone has that future HOF label attached to them…..collectors and people are attracted like moths to the flame….Guess that is human nautre.
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I am not one to ask for many autographs. Nor have I ever paid for one. My favorite autograph is of Lee Smith. He signed my glove, when he was a Cardinal, and I told him I wish he was still with the Cubs. He smiled and thanked me. Great man!
That is a cool story. It is sometimes amazing the people we meet in our baseball lives that touch a part of us, or give of themselves to us that we remember later.
I remember in 2009 when Big & Rich cam to the Trop to do a Sat night concert. They gave a young Rays fan a chance to come on stage and sing with them….Bet that kid is telling that story still today.
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I myself am another who refuses to pay for an autograph. I've always been of the school that if I can't have it out of the goodness of your heart or them just being agreeable, I don't want it. I get my share just being opportunistic and I'm happy with that. As far as the Fan Fests…we haven't had one here in almost 15 or 20 years that I know of. This town is the worst when it comes to that.
I prefer a picture and a chance to say something to the player. An event like today helping cleaning up the LA river was just perfect. See pictures I posted about it. Tomorrow to Santa Monica!
I can see why the New York area might not do Fan Fests. Nothing personal to the fans, but with almost 10 million people in that small region…imagine if a third of them showed up to a Fan Fest….Dogs and Cats living together…mass hysteria.
Still, there should be something…anything for the fans in that special sports region.
Rays Renegade
Cardinals FanFest is a glorified fee party. They charge you for looking at a baseball player from across the room. It's a bit triflin' actually, which is why I never go.
The wild thing is that the Cardinals event did not have a photo opportunity. I know the Chicago White Sox event had an option to purchase a "time" with a ticket to get a photo with a player.
I am with you. I ask more for photos than for autographs. It is not like I always throw up them up on my blog…..(cough, cough).
Still, I love the Dodger idea of community service alongside their fans…That is the event that keeps on giving.
Rays Renegade
I've never paid for an autograph. Nothing wrong with doing it, I just haven't. But I will say that the Rays $40 deal sounds great and I would take advantage of it.
My wife did buy me an autograph G Maddux ball for my BD a couple years ago. I've always been a huge Maddux fan, I don't know how much she spent on the ball, but to me it was free :)
Wasn't trying to focus on your Cards, but that Fan Fest had me worried that is the path the Rays will take in the future. I like that the Rays have their players out in the center of the Trop open to cheers, waves and even a few hugs from female admirers…I need to find some female Rays Renegade admirers….Hmmmm?
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I have gotten the opinion on here with the recent comments thatmost would not/have not purchased an autographed ball. That is perfectly fine.
But our kid's kids will. It is just the evolution of the collectible racket. My sister has 6 Cabbage Patch kiods still with their adoption paper and the packaging…Wonder how much they would grab on the CPK adoption market?
People collect now. Over thepast 20 years we have become a nation of collecting what might one day be worth more than we paid for it…..Heck I still got a box of 12 signed Johnny Unitas footballs in my closet….wonder if they are worth more than the Cabbage Patch?
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Renegade, there must be a story behind why you have a dozen Unitas footballs stashed away. I should imagine they are worth more than Cabbage Patch Kids.
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I did a charity signing with Johnny Unitas when I was playing ball, and he gave me the box of signed NFL balls.
I put them in the back closet of an old condo I had in Indianapolis and moved them down to FL after my medical discharge.
I was doing some cleaning my old house and found them in the attic. Forgot I even had them.
Simple story….not too exciting this time.
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Marc Dozier June 5, 2008Posted by Geoffrey Hiller in Papua New Guinea.
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Fabien and Kapuela Preparing for Celebration. Papua New Guinea
34 year old French photojournalist Marc Dozier has been a photo reporter for ten years with the French travel magazine Grands Reportages. After studying literature in his hometown of Grenoble, Marc continued to study graphic arts in Paris and at an unlikely institution: the University of Papua New Guinea in Port Moresby. Every year since 1996 Marc spends several months renewing friendships with his "Papuan brothers". In 2003, Marc invited two Papua New Guinean friends Mudeya and Polobi on a grand tour of France. This hilarious account, a photographic journal "Le long-long voyage" was published in April 2007. The previous year, with the support of Bonne Pioche production house, Marc received his Papuan friends for a brand new adventure shot in a 100 minute documentary, called the "The Reverse Exploration" co-written by Jean-Marie Barrère. Marc plans to organize more photography trips to Papua New Guinea and eventually publish a book about that country.
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"After ten days of being stuck in a small hut, sheltered from tropical storms, the sun finally came back. It was right on time for this special occasion that had me coming to this place. In July – only when harvests have been good – the Trobriand islands' tribes of Papua New Guinea organize a big festival to celebrate nature and mankind's fertility. For more than a century, missionaries have had a strong influence on their culture and converted the whole community to Christianity. They have been trying for decades to ban this famous celebration known as "Milamala" where young teenagers, of both sex, gather together with their parent's approval. The first morning, everybody got very excited in the village Kanobasi. Inside the hut, Fabien Tolosi and Kapuela Botaya started to get their body decoration ready for "Wosi Mwaya". During this traditional dance, boys try and seduce girls. Sitting next to the dancers, I started to shoot them when I noticed something odd hanging on the hut's wall: a picture of Pope John-Paul ll (upper-right corner) who looked in disarray. I could not help but smile and think that traditions are still stronger than new religions."
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The most marketable application for Softkinetic's technology is obviously in the realm of exercise games. Jumping around for five minutes so I could get my on-screen avatar to move accordingly was exhausting, and Softkinetic's marketing director Thomas Petersen explained that he believed that he felt players would get a better workout with this software than they would on something like Wii Fit because, "you can't cheat with the camera."
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So, it's not over in the specifics, but Obama's fingers in his ears, refuse to negotiate, strategy on the debt ceiling seems to have worked just as planned. Who better than Chait to break it down:
It's over. House Republicans, following a literal and metaphorical retreat, haveannounced they plan to lift the debt ceiling without extracting policy concessions. Whatever mini-dramas may follow, the GOP leadership has both recognized the need to abandon their strategy of using the debt ceiling as a hostage and also to recognize this publicly.
The GOP announcement came wrapped in a face-saving demand that "if the Senate or House fails to pass a budget in that time, Members of Congress will not be paid by the American people for failing to do their job." The point here is to let right-wingers believe, or at least claim, that they succeeded in extracting some concession in return for not playing Russian roulette with the world economy.
But it's a superficial gesture…
The main credit here goes to the Obama administration for recognizing that enmeshing the debt ceiling with policy negotiations was a horrible idea that it had to stop dead in its tracks. To let debt ceiling hikes become contingent on fiscal policy agreements was to set up endless future crises that would eventually trigger default when one party or another held out for a little too much.
The whole key to making Obama's extortion-squelching plan, and saving American government from endless cycles of hostage drama that would eventually end in a default, was to credibly insist that he would not trade anything for a debt ceiling hike. After he moved his red line on tax cuts, Idoubted that Obama could really make this stick. But he has…
Letting Republicans weaponize the debt ceiling in the first place in 2011 was one of the crucial errors of Obama's presidency. He appears to have corrected it.
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text: TV Terra Nova: Inside the Making of One of the Most Ambitious, Challenging and Expensive Shows on TV 6:00 AM PDT 8/2/2011 by Lacey Rose , Lesley Goldberg FACEBOOK TWITTER EMAIL ME Hugh Stewart The first exclusive on-set photos -- and definitive backstory -- from one of TV's most anticipated shows (that just happens to have Steven Spielberg's fingerprints all over it). As you turn onto the one-lane gravel road leading to the Terra Nova set, you pass a multicolored sign that reads "Danger" in four languages. Lower down, another line appears. This time, in plain English, "Dinosaurs." Installed in jest by the series' crew, it sets the mood for anyone entering the four-acre settlement of Terra Nova in Queensland, Australia. For it's here on the edge of the rainforest, a 20-minute drive from some of the country's best surf beaches off the region's Gold Coast, that this fantasy world becomes real. It's a balmy mid-July day, and The Hollywood Reporter is here on set for the second time since December for an exclusive sneak peek behind the curtain of one of fall's most eagerly awaited -- and pricey -- shows. In what many have dubbed Avatar meets Jurassic Park, the time-travel drama, set to debut Sept. 26 on Fox, whisks the Shannon family and fellow settlers back 85 million years in time, from the dystopian world of 2149 to a promising prehistoric Earth colony known as Terra Nova. The day of the visit, two rival factions are facing off over one of the series' many mysteries. All of this takes place against a backdrop of nine bamboo-infused homes for those settlers who have relocated to Terra Nova. A textile market shaded in solar panels features the kind of food selection no longer available in the future they've recently departed. A 24-foot-high fence with lookout towers armed with sonic dinosaur-repelling cannons surrounds the community. And a medieval portcullis-inspired gate opens upon command, providing safe passage for those refugees transported back through a fracture in time. Missing from the visual are the dinosaurs and Cretaceous-era insects that will be dropped in by the Burbank-based team of special effects wizards as the sci-fi drama inches closer to its premiere. The epic adventure, which counts Steven Spielberg and former News Corp. president and COO Peter Chernin among its many executive producers, was picked up straight to series with a 13-episode order, a product of both its scale and its budget. The two-hour debut alone has been pegged at a price tag between $10 million and $20 million, a fee Fox brass argues will be amortized over the course of the show's first season. "Terra Nova is a big swing -- and the best of Fox tends to be big swings, in concept and/or tone," Fox Entertainment chief Kevin Reilly says of the series, whose buzz -- and scrutiny -- are almost unprecedented for the small screen. "We are in the big-bet business. So if you're looking to break through and garner a big share of a fractured audience, and it is going to be costly regardless, you take the most exciting shots you can for your audience." While Terra Nova runs the risk of being overshadowed by The X Factor on Fox's schedule, Reilly and his staff have spent the better part of two years banking on the fact that the series will fill a void of big-event genre programming left by the departure of such shows as Lost and 24. The media may have chronicled the show's litany of setbacks, including torrential rain and departing creatives, but advertisers and international buyers alike are largely optimistic about the series' broad, family-friendly potential. Thinking back, the grandiose offering of Terra Nova, which in addition to dinosaurs boasts floating holograms and technology from a futuristic world, was almost too big to even conceive. [pagebreak] When former WMA scripted television head Aaron Kaplan first laid eyes on what would become Terra Nova in spring 2009, it was titled Gondawana Highway, a 12-page short story by British writer Kelly Marcel (whose experience included a musical adaptation of Debbie Does Dallas). He intercepted just as Marcel's U.K.-based agent was deep in discussions for a deal with Syfy U.K. "I begged her to put me on the phone with Kelly," Kaplan recalls, ultimately convincing Marcel that the only way to sell a project of this size was to do so in the U.S. "I was hooked by the paradigm of the future and the past," Kaplan says, "the idea that 100 and some odd years from now, everything we're worried about will happen: The sun is burning out, our natural resources are depleted, global warming is real, and it's very difficult to breathe." Kaplan tapped a former client, TV writer Craig Silverstein (Bones), to help turn the elaborate world Marcel had crafted into a pitchable script for U.S. networks. Although the plan always was to incorporate dinosaurs, the trio hadn't envisioned having either the resources or the auspices to do any more than display them through sound, shadow and music. The team, with Marcel attached as a producer, shopped it to all four broadcast networks in summer 2009, with CBS and Fox interested in buying, a source says. In the end, they were struck by Fox's track record of betting big on out-of-the-box shows like Prison Break, 24 and Glee. "[Fox scripted execs] Matt [Cherniss] and Terence [Carter] immediately got it," Kaplan says of the then-Fox executives whom he pitched. The network, which looped in 20th Century Fox Television, picked it up in September 2009. (At least two international markets, France and the U.K., have since acquired rights to the series.) Four months later, Kaplan got a call from Fox chiefs Reilly and Peter Rice. Not only would the series bypass the standard pilot process, but Spielberg and Chernin would come aboard as producers. Spielberg had been approached over lunch by Rice, who was eager to get him aboard a program that fit so squarely in his wheelhouse. The network and studio then collectively agreed that Chernin, who launched a Fox-based production company upon his News Corp. departure, would also be a valuable addition. "When he was at News Corp., Peter really talked a lot about this type of event programming and about taking risks and being bold," says 20th TV chairman Dana Walden. "It just felt that this would be something that he would be incredibly responsive to and helpful with as we moved forward with production." A complicated game of musical chairs followed, with Silverstein and Marcel dropping out as day-to-day producers to fulfill other commitments, he at the CW (for Nikita), she at Showtime (a passed-over development project, Westbridge, with Thomas Schlamme attached to direct). The remaining execs met with a host of potential producers, ultimately deciding on former Star Trek: The Next Generation and 24 producer Brannon Braga, who had an overall deal at 20th TV. "Brannon shared our view that at the core, it was a family adventure show and not a dinosaur-of-the-week show," says Kaplan, adding that Braga also was in agreement about the show's scale. "I was frankly a little daunted by the premise; it sounded like an awfully vast canvas," Braga acknowledges. "A show that takes place in the distant past and the distant future, I was a little skeptical about how that was going to be possible." After meeting with the coterie of producers, Braga went about flushing it into a series. Then, just 10 days before production was set to begin, he was able to convince his fellow Trek producer Rene Echevarria, who most recently worked on ABC's Castle, to come aboard as showrunner so Braga could focus on writing. (Responsibility for the series remains very much split down the middle, sources say.) Among the early decisions that needed to be made was where they would shoot. Although such destinations as Florida and Louisiana were tossed out as options, the plush landscapes of Hawaii seemed a more suitable choice. But it was Spielberg who vetoed the latter, fearing that the comparisons inevitably drawn to his Jurassic Park would become that much greater if the two projects were to shoot in the same locale. They settled on an area near Australia's Gold Coast, where the region's otherworldly topography worked best as a site to create a sprawling frontier-town settlement. Of course, with that came that headache of having a staff that straddles two sides of the world. Physical production is done in Queensland, a 15-hour flight from Los Angeles; writers, producers and postproduction are based in L.A. "When it's nighttime here, it's morning there, so we have a lot of late nights," Braga says of the 17-hour time difference. "The teleconferencing system has a one-second delay, so sometimes it can be like the cone of silence from Get Smart." Spielberg's commitment to the series has remained strong, say multiple producers, who tick off his various touches, including the casting of such stars as Avatar's Stephen Lang and the need for dinosaurs that audiences have not yet seen. Spielberg brought in paleontologist Jack Horner, with whom he'd worked on Jurassic Park, with a mandate that the dinosaurs be realistic for the period and different from those of the '90s film franchise. Visual effects supervisor Kevin Blank notes that having the series set 85 million years in the past -- in the Cretaceous period where, producers say, only 10 percent of the dinosaurs that existed in that era have been accounted for in the fossil record -- allows Horner and Co. to take more of a creative latitude when it comes to creating dinosaurs. Horner admits many of the dinosaurs featured on the series had to be "made up" but are nonetheless true to the time period. The Tyrannosaurus rex, for instance, won't appear because it hadn't yet evolved at that point in history, though he suggests viewers could see a Tyrannosaur of some sort. The pilot will feature a Brachiosaurus and a Carnotaurus. (While there is no dictum of one dinosaur per episode, most if not all will offer at least one.) "It's an ambitious idea, but the small screen is no longer such a small screen," Justin Falvey, a co-head of DreamWorks TV and one of the series' nine executive producers, says of advancements in HD and visual effects technology. "Audiences want a filmgoing experience, and the budgets available for TV are letting us do that now. Five years ago, dinosaurs like this weren't possible." It was so ambitious that it was peddled before it was ready. Having wrapped filming in Australia on the premiere in November, the cast and crew met the media in January at the Television Critics Association tour in Pasadena, where a three-minute sizzle reel offering the first footage of the time-travel series was met with strong, if slightly confused, reactions to the show's dual universe. Weeks later, an extended trailer would air during the Super Bowl, giving viewers a taste of what's to come. At that time, Terra Nova was slated to air its two-hour, two-night preview in May in the plum post-American Idol time slot, a tactic the network had used to build excitement for Glee in 2009. But by mid-March, the network announced the series wouldn't be ready. Reilly issued a statement: "Terra Nova is one of the most ambitious television series ever produced. The cutting-edge visual effects used to create the world of Terra Nova, which is of massive scope and scale, require more time to be realized." Braga acknowledges that they were also short on material, a fact The Hollywood Reporter first reported in April. It was the latest in a string of challenges that had included record flooding in Queensland and a series of executive departures, which sources attribute to internal conflict. Although current producers refute this claim, one source says there were a couple of times where Terra Nova was on the brink of falling apart. "It's never fun to publicly change an announcement, and it leads down the line to questions like we're having now," admits Echevarria, recalling discussions at one point about airing only the first hour in May. (The network ultimately decided that a single hour wasn't a good idea.) Adds Braga, "We went to Australia with the hope of hitting a home run, and we hit a triple." Not surprisingly, producers now call the delay a blessing. The team returned to Australia in late May, determined to add what was missing from the original iteration: an emotional hook to ensure the series would appeal to the family audience that its 8 p.m. slot necessitates. The plot now revolves more centrally around the Shannon family -- matriarch Elisabeth (Shelley Conn), a doctor who helps her inmate husband Jim (Jason O'Mara) escape prison and, with their three children (Landon Liboiron, Naomi Scott and Alana Mansour), head for a new life free of 22nd century population laws put in place to combat the planet's overcrowding in Terra Nova. "I felt it was a mistake to ask the audience to follow these characters who you don't know," Echevarria says, adding that they incorporated a prologue into the first episode that they hope will pull the audience into the Shannon family's backstory. "You can throw endless amounts of money at the screen, but if it doesn't have a heart, people just don't care." [pagebreak] Fast-forward to the series' first real test when a handful of producers and Lang turned up at Comic-Con 2011. Until then, Terra Nova was little more than an untested concept with boldfaced auspices and the promise of dinosaurs. The studio screened the series' first hour for some 4,000 members of its core audience in Ballroom 20. Recognizing the significance of the appearance, Braga admits to waiting with bated breath until the audience reacted to the opening credits at the end of Act 1. While the freshman effort, to be expected, didn't quite draw the same fervor as established genre hits such as the CW's The Vampire Diaries or AMC's The Walking Dead, the audience was audibly impressed with the dinosaurs. The most fervent response during the hourlong session came when executive producer Jose Molina vowed that audiences would see "dino-on-human action," capitalizing on the crowd's enthusiastic response to a battle in which a dinosaur came out on top. Critics were impressed by the cinematic nature of the project; some, however, expressed frustration with plot holes and the similarity of Lang's Avatar character to that for which he is best known. Now the cast, crew and execs will attempt to convince viewers that the wait has been worth it. "We're an expensive show, and you will see the money on the screen," Molina told the Comic-Con fans. "It's going to look badass." Whether the series is ultimately too big for TV is a question that won't be answered until the fall. Is there an appetite for dinosaurs? For another multi-universe drama? For a family adventure? "The one thing I know for certain," Kaplan says, "is that there's nothing like it on television." -- Pip Bulbeck contributed to this report. TERRA NOVA BY THE NUMBERS 4,000: Potential fans who turned up to see the series' first hour at Comic-Con. 250: Crewmembers -- on the set and off -- including construction workers, the art department and production office staffers. 150: Castmembers -- including stars O'Mara and Lang -- and extras on the Australian set each day. 111: Million Super Bowl viewers who watched the splashy promo for Terra Nova's since-delayed preview. 85: Million years between the two worlds featured on the series. 9: Executive producers now involved, including Spielberg and Chernin. 4: Acres of land where Terra Nova resides in Queensland. 1: Minimum number of dinosaurs -- or Cretaceous-era creatures -- that viewers will see in every episode of the Fox action-adventure series. FACEBOOK TWITTER EMAIL ME Lacey Rose email@example.com LaceyVRose Lesley Goldberg email@example.com Snoodit


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Broiled Fish with Summer Grape Tomato Sauce Recipe
Broiled fish topped with a quick garden tomato sauce using summer grape tomatoes, fresh basil and garlic. I served this over orzo for a complete meal.
This simple sauce is also great over pasta or chicken.
Broiled Fish with Summer Grape Tomato Sauce
Gina's Weight Watcher Recipes
Servings: 4 • Serving Size: 1/4 • Points +: 6 pts • Smart Points: 3
Calories: 252.9 • Fat: 5.8 g • Protein: 38 g • Carb: 9.6 g • Fiber: 0.2 g
Sodium: 164.5 mg
1 tbsp olive oil
6 cloves garlic, smashed
1 lb grape tomatoes, cut in half
salt and fresh pepper
1/4 cup fresh chopped basil
olive oil spray
4 pieces (7 oz each) flounder (or tilapia or sole)
In a large skillet heat oil on high heat. Add garlic and cook until golden. Add tomatoes, salt and fresh pepper and reduce heat to low. Simmer for about 15 minutes, add fresh basil and cook another 5 minutes.
Meanwhile, while sauce is simmering, season fish with salt and pepper and lightly spray with oil. Broil or grill fish on medium heat until cooked through. When fish is cooked top with tomato sauce.
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Jennifer Lopez Reportedly Dating Maksim Chmerkovskiyby Thomas Chau | PopCrush
Just days after it was announced that Jennifer Lopez and Casper Smart were no longer dating, PEOPLE reports that Lopez may have a new man already, and that man is 'Dancing With the Stars' pro Maksim Chmerkovskiy.
Sources to the magazine say that Lopez, 44, met Chmerkovskiy, 34, through Leah Remini and her 'DWTS' partner Tony Dovolani, but the two have been "taking it slow due to work commitments."
"He danced with her at the [American Music Awards last November] and they kept in touch," a friend told PEOPLE.
Reps for Lopez and Chmerkovskiy did not comment on the story for PEOPLE.
Last Friday, it was reported that Lopez and Smart had separated partly due to work commitments, so it would make sense that Lopez would want to take it slowly during a busy time in her life. Lopez has been working on the last season of 'American Idol' as well as prepping for her next album, 'A.K.A.'


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I ate four enormous cookies that my mom had brought and felt a little sick. We drove to the race and hurriedly set up our transition equipment. Everyone was chatting about the canceling of the Olympic distance. They announced over the loudspeakers that the Olympic bike route had been flooded, so everyone would be doing the sprint distance. I gave up any hopes I had of doing well at that point. But, of course, it would still be fun.
With little time to spare, I had my mom and SR help squeeze me into the wetsuit. Why was it not going on as easily? SR does have keen eyes... "It's inside out!" He yelled right after this photo:
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We stuck around for the awards and played with The Bois.
Here we are getting my second place mug:
After the race, we drove to a Bed & Breakfast in Red Wing, MN. We had a romantic evening, which somehow involved going to bed early and waking up late. After a 3 course breakfast and interesting conversation with a couple from Colorado, we drove to Frontenac State Park. This park has a big network of trails, mostly overlooking the gorgeous Lake Pepin. It was a perfect sunny day. We took turns running with the baby jogger along a paved path and exploring the dirt trails. In no time we had run for almost 4 hours.
I don't think SR and I have ever been as close as we were after that weekend. I think there is nothing we don't share. I wonder sometimes if he knows how completely I love him. After we spend a whole day running together, laughing at our beautiful son, perhaps we are as close to heaven as living humans can be.
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Lunch at the 5 & 10 is the story of the Greensboro sit-ins how four African-American college students sat down at a Woolworth's lunch counter in North Carolina and ignited the civil rights movement in America. The year was 1960, but the racial sensibilities of Americans were light years removed from what they are today. Mr. Wolff's even-handed account of this pivotal event in our race relations has been widely praised since it was first published in 1970. In this new edition, the author adds a new conclusion, written after the 30th anniversary commemoration of the event where the Greensboro Four met once again. August Meier's introduction places the Greensboro sit-in in historical context and explains its importance in the course of the civil rights movement. "A remarkable account...reads like a novel. Wolff has recaptured these days with a sense of their drama, with deft characterizations of the principals, and with a sure feeling for the mood....An extraordinary accomplishment." Book World."
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The simmering feud between Mayor
Filner accused the city attorney of "unethical and unprofessional conduct" after Goldsmith gave his legal analysis of the mayor's four-point proposal to end a dispute with hoteliers over tourism marketing revenue. He then chastised Goldsmith for exceeding his role as legal adviser to the mayor and council by discussing the issue with the media.
"He did not advise me," Filner said. "It would have been nice, Mr. Goldsmith, to have a memo. It would have been nice to have advice. I am your client. That's privileged communication. You not only have been unprofessional but unethical in this press conference. And I resent it greatly that you're giving your advice through the press."
After Filner finished, Goldsmith took the podium again and said, "I hope in the future we'll know about these issues and get consulted in advance but if I read them in the newspaper and they're wrong I have to comment on them."
Filner replied, "I have no obligation to inform you of any policy decisions I make. You have the obligation as my attorney to give me private and privileged communication. I do not have to advise you on my policy considerations, but you have the right, you have the obligation to defend me in any court action and to give me advice in a privileged fashion, not to announce your own policy on your own."
Filner, a Democrat, and Goldsmith, a Republican, are the only city officials elected citywide and a bitter feud has been growing between them since Filner took office in December. Filner hired his own legal adviser and doesn't consult with Goldsmith, who supported City Councilman Carl DeMaio in last year's mayoral race. Goldsmith complained last week that he finds out what Filner is doing through the media and hasn't established a dialogue with him.
Goldsmith scheduled the afternoon news conference to address key legal points related to Filner's desire to renegotiate a nearly 40-year deal with the hotelier-run Tourism Marketing District. The district relies on a 2 percent hotel room surcharge estimated to generate $30 million this year for marketing.
That money has been on hold since Jan. 1 because Filner refuses to sign the deal, which was approved by the City Council and hoteliers last year. Filner said he would like a new, shorter deal that requires hotels to provide better pay for hotel workers, more money for city coffers and indemnification for the city if it is deemed illegal in court.
Goldsmith said the current unsigned deal includes indemnification and that a living-wage requirement and contract length are policy decisions made by the council. He also said it would be illegal for the city to receive more money out of the deal because it is a fee that must be used to benefit the party being assessed: hotels. Goldsmith acknowledged in response to a reporter's question that the city could cut a side deal with hoteliers to get more money, but he likened that to a tax increase.
Filner, who attended the University of San Diego's second annual "Conference on Restoring Civility to Civic Dialogue" earlier Wednesday, showed up a few minutes after Goldsmith started and took a seat near the podium. After Goldsmith finished, Filner said the city attorney's advice was "wrong and trivial."
"Of course these are policy decisions that have to be enacted by the City Council," he said. "I was engaged in a negotiation with the hotel owners to see if we could get a change in policy, which would of course have to be ratified by the City Council. You're stating the obvious, which I don't think needs to be stated."
The news conference ended with Goldsmith saying, "I disagree with whatever he said. We used to have a city attorney who liked to be mayor. Now we have a mayor who wants to be city attorney."
The reference was to former City Attorney Michael Aguirre, who viewed himself as the people's attorney. He filed lawsuits without City Council approval and butted heads regularly with former Mayor
Under the city charter, the city attorney has three roles: provide legal advice to the city and its departments, including the mayor and council; prosecute and defend civil lawsuits; and prosecute criminal misdemeanors and infractions within city limits.
This isn't the first time Filner has criticized Goldsmith in their short time in office together. In January, Filner told a pro-medicinal marijuana crowd that Goldsmith was "a little guy" that could be intimidated into stopping prosecution of pot dispensaries. Earlier this month, Filner reportedly made a joke about Goldsmith's toupee at a function for downtown insiders.
In the Tourism Marketing District case, Filner has acknowledged he didn't seek Goldsmith's legal advice. Filner has been skeptical of the deal, calling it an illegal tax and saying the money generated should go toward the city's public safety costs.
If the terms of the district are changed, tourism leaders and hoteliers say new governing documents would have to be drafted and another mail ballot election would have to be held so that hotel owners could vote on the financing mechanism.
All that would take considerable time, meaning it's unlikely San Diego would be able to mount any kind of broad TV advertising campaign that it had planned for the summer season.
Hoteliers have said they'll sue the city if Filner doesn't sign the approved operating agreement, but Filner said it would be better for both sides — and the city's tourism efforts — to reach a new agreement and avoid lengthy litigation.
Goldsmith hasn't weighed in on whether Filner is legally required to sign the document because that matter is subject to a discussion in closed session Tuesday. If hoteliers sue, the City Attorney's Office would represent Filner in the case.


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I've returned to work and reality has set back in but let's revisit a wonderful day from my vacation.
One thing I love about winter is that I don't have to worry about the dogs overheating. I can let them run themselves silly.
Sadie loves to eat snow.
While Luka loves to play in the icy water.
My goal for a day at the park is always the same: tired dogs. Snoring on the way home is a bonus.
After being cooped up in the house all week the dogs were ready to run this weekend.
Before we went to the park Luka was groomed and he was happy to show off his gorgeousness. (I gasped when I saw him. I hadn't realized how unkempt he was looking.)
It was another successful trip.
Some random (adorable) dog pictures.
So far, 2012 is very calm. I hope it stays that way.


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The 'Coal Capital of India,' Dhanbad is considered the 79th fastest growing city in the whole world and the 35th city in the Indian sub-continent with above 1 million people. The city is also the second biggest Rail Division of Indian Railway when it comes to revenue generation. One of the most important cities of Jharkhand, Dhanbad is located on the Chota Nagpur Plateau and is 168 km from the capital city of Ranchi.
Dhanbad is famous for coal mining and other industries and it is home to some of the biggest names in the coal mining industry like IISCO, BCCL, Tata Steel and ECL. Apart from coal mining, coke making and coal washing industries are also found in the city. Most of these companies have also opened townships for their employees.
Dhanbad coalfields are widely known as Jharia coalfields and cover a total area of 448 km with a total reserve of coal being 5,000 million tonnes. Jharia lies very close to Dhanbad and is considered a distinct town at the administrative level. Dhanbad is also home to the 1050 MW Thermal power plant by DVC along with Tata Power.
The best time to visit the destination is from October to march.
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– After using the toilet
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NYU Mining Bitcoin for New Class
Investing in bitcoin and other virtual currencies is risky. So is planning a graduate-level class on the subject four months ahead of time.
But that's what two professors from New York University's Law School and Stern School of Business are doing. Recognizing the immense interest, confusion and concern surrounding bitcoin, finance professor David Yermack and law professor Geoffrey Miller are seeking to help students navigate a murky regulatory environment and assess the currency's value.
The duo compiled an early outline to pitch their bosses on "The Law and Business of Bitcoin and Other Cryptocurrencies," with classes devoted to topics such as money laundering via bitcoin, how to measure the currency's trading activities and whether it's even a real currency at all. (The IRS recently declared it property—and subject to "gain" taxes if used to buy something.)
But given the fast-changing market—including wildly fluctuating valuation, bankruptcy discussions and almost daily developments in legal battles, Yermack says what's taught come fall will likely have little resemblance to the original draft. "We have no illusions that six months from now it'll be the same set of issues," he said.


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(CNN) -- United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon was denied permission to see Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, reporters traveling with the secretary-general said Saturday.
Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been held in confinement for 13 of the past 19 years.
Ban told reporters about the denial after he met with Than Shwe, leader of Myanmar's military junta.
"I had hoped that he would agree to my request, but it is regrettable that he did not agree, " Ban said.
"I am deeply disappointed. I have urged them to stop the persecution of Aung San Suu Kyi and other political leaders. It is a setback to the international community efforts to provide a helping hand to Myanmar.
Ban is in Myanmar at the invitation of the ruling military junta for talks that are expected to include the detention of Suu Kyi, as well as the detention of other political prisoners.
Officials in Myanmar delayed the resumption of the trial of Suu Kyi Friday. The delay is the latest in a string of postponements and came as U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in the Asian nation for talks with government officials.
"The secretary-general believes that the sooner these issues are addressed, the earlier Myanmar will be able to move towards peace, democracy and prosperity," Michele Montas, Ban's spokeswoman, said this week. "He looks forward to meeting all key stakeholders to discuss what further assistance the United Nations can offer to that end."
Myanmar's government has said next year's scheduled elections will reintroduce democracy in the country.
Suu Kyi -- the face of Myanmar's pro-democracy movement -- is on trial on allegations of subversion. The Nobel Peace Prize winner and two of her maids have been charged in a May 3 incident in which an American, John William Yettaw, 53, swam across a lake to her house and stayed for at least a night.
Myanmar's military regime has held Suu Kyi under house arrest for 13 of the past 19 years and rarely allows her visitors.
If convicted, Suu Kyi, 64, could face three to five years in prison. Her trial is being held inside a prison compound near Yangon. The proceedings have repeatedly adjourned while Suu Kyi's lawyers have challenged the court's rulings in the case.
Ban told CNN in May that he was in talks with Myanmar's leadership about traveling to Yangon to seek Suu Kyi's release, as well as push for democratization.
"This is an unacceptable situation when she has been under detention for such a long time," Ban said. "She's a Nobel peace laureate."
Suu Kyi has been barred for life from running for political office, but human rights groups suspect that Myanmar's junta worries that her release would invigorate the opposition.
She has been the focus of a global campaign to free her.
Her National League for Democracy won more than 80 percent of the legislative seats in 1990, but she was disqualified from serving because of her house arrest, and the military regime ignored the results.
It was during her house arrest that she won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991.
Suu Kyi married a British man, who died in 1999, and they have two sons. Myanmar's government now says citizens who have borne children with foreigners cannot run for office.
Ban's visit to Myanmar is his first since May 2008. That followed Cyclone Nargis, which killed an estimated 150,000 people.
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The other day a local station ran, in honor of the Primary election, the 1972 political classic "The Candidate" with Robert Redford. Redford plays Bill McCay, a young liberal underdog in the race for U.S. Senator from California.
Besides the sideburns and ties wide enough to land a 747 the movie stands up pretty well to modern politics (although everybody is tied to a land-line phone and there is no Tweeting).
The movie is also a pretty good primer for the political novice. Standard strategies are used (and explained to the inexperienced candidate). After the exhaustive campaign election day finally arrives. The campaign lines up the standard photo op of the candidate casting his ballot first thing in the morning so he can get as much free pub as possible throughout the news day. An election day comment of "we did well... I'm pleased with how we ran our campaign... now its up to the voters" is all that's needed.
Such is the way every candidate in the history of modern campaigns has operated on the day of the vote. Unless of course your name is Meg Whitman.
No photo op for eMeg today. No camera crews and reporters outside her Atherton polling station. Like close to 50 percent of voters in this election she cast her ballot by mail. Good idea. You see, most consultants (such as Whitman's political guru Mike Murphy) think of the picture and the narrative that would go with it. Imagine what reporters would be saying over the video of Whitman standing in line, grabbing a ballot, punching her votes and then dropping it into a blue ballot box. It would go something like this:
"Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman this morning cast her ballot... an act that was somewhat unfamiliar for the former high tech CEO. That's because over the past three decades the billionaire candidate never cast a ballot in an election. Not once. Not for President, not for Cupertino city council, not for the job she is now spending a fortune to win. The fact she needed to be briefed on what door to enter... what to say to the poll worker... that she had to sign in and then needed help with the punch card seemed a bit embarrassing. Sort of like when Steve Jobs couldn't get wifi during his new iphone intro yesterday."
Then the reporter gets a little more of a jab in: "Now of course, while she wasn't voting, her company was contributing money to candidates and campaigns. So one wonders if she thinks it is simply more important to buy a lawmaker than to vote for one."
Whitman has apologized on many occasions for not voting in the past (as has that other female former Silicon Valley CEO Carly Fiorina). I doubt it will be much of an issue in the campaign. But it certainly isn't a "positive" for the candidate.
Critics say eMeg is trying to buy votes with her 81 million dollar campaign. If only her money could go back in time and buy some of her own.
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The other day a local station ran, in honor of the Primary election, the 1972 political classic "The Candidate" with Robert Redford. Redford plays Bill McCay, a young liberal underdog in the race for U.S. Senator from California.


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LS Engines & Muscle Car Parts- New Products
Power Brokers:LSX Crate MotorsGM Performance Parts has just released the first pair of crate engines based on the LSX Bowtie block: the LSX376 and LSX454. The LSX Bowtie block is the foundation of GMPP's LSX line, and is designed to support high-horsepower LS engine combinations (read: 2,000 hp) that are suitable for the street, or racing applications. The new crate engines leverage the expertise of GM's LS engine program, but take it to the next level with race-caliber components. They join GMPP's production-based LS crate engines and engine controllers to comprise the industry's most complete lineup of LS engines, components, and systems.
LSX376The LSX376 (PN 19171049) is an affordable performer that combines the economical and strong LSX block with the production LS3 engine's high-flow, L92-style cylinder heads and camshaft. Unique, forged-aluminum LSX pistons are also part of the assembly. Unique LSX376-logo valve covers distinguish the new crate engine. When fitted with a production LS3 intake manifold and injection system (not included), the LSX376 is capable of producing 450 horsepower and 430 lb-ft of torque. It can also be fitted with a carbureted induction system that can be tuned for greater power. The manifold and carburetor are available from GMPP.
LSX454The new LSX454 crate engine (part number 19166972) uses the LSX block, along with an all-forged rotating assembly, and a pair of GMPP's new deep-breathing LSX six-bolt cylinder heads. It's topped with a high-rise intake manifold and four-barrel carburetor, so it's a more complete turnkey assembly than the LSX376. The new LSX six-bolt cylinder heads are based on the race-derived LS7 heads from the Corvette Z06. They enable tremendous low-end torque and high-rpm power. The LSX454 is rated at 620 horsepower and 600 lb-ft of torque. The LSX454 is delivered in deluxe form, so it includes everything from the carburetor to the water pump. It also comes dressed with new orange powdercoated valve covers with "LSX454" logos engraved, and painted black.
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|Bore x stroke:
|4.06 x 3.62
|Block (P/N 19166454):
|LSX cast iron with six-bolt, cross-bolted main caps
|nodular iron
|Connecting rods:
|powdered metal
|forged aluminum
|Camshaft type:
|hydraulic roller
|Valve lift:
|0.551 intake/0.522 exhaust
|Duration (deg @ 0.050 in):
|204 intake/211 exhaust
|Cylinder heads (P/N 12598594):
|LS3 rectangular port; as-cast with 68cc chambers
|Valve size:
|2.16 intake/1.59 exhaust
|Compression ratio:
|Rocker arms:
|investment cast, roller trunnion
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|Recommended fuel:
|92 octane
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|Engine type:
|LSX Series Gen IV small-block V-8
|454 ci/7.4 L
|Bore x stroke:
|4.185 x 4.125 inch
|Block (P/N 19166454):
|LSX cast iron with 6-bolt, cross-bolted main caps
|4340 forged steel
|Connecting rods:
|4340 forged steel
|forged aluminum
|Camshaft type:
|hydraulic roller
|Valve lift:
|0.635-inch intake/0.635-inchexhaust duration (deg @ 0.050 in): 236 intake/240 exhaust
|Cylinder heads (P/N 12598594):
|LSX454 rectangular port; with 70cc chambers
|Valve size:
|2.20 intake/1.61 exhaust
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Problem Solver: Easy Fan ControllerYou're just seven wires away from having a state-of-the-art fan control system for your muscle car or hot rod. This compact, easy-to-install controller from Dakota Digital can be used with any dual electric fan kit, including salvage yard fans from late-model cars and trucks. The PAC-2700 kit includes the controller (with LED temp display) and 70-amp relay. Program any "on" or "off" temp setting for two electric fans, or set them on a timer after you shut 'er down!
Source:Dakota Digital888-200-8969www.dakotadigital.com
We'll never forget the day 11 years ago: driving through town in a high-mileage '87 Turbo Buick, the car made a sudden jink to the curb on its own. Had we been on the highway instead of a city street, it could've been curtains. The problem: a worn-out tie-rod end. The turbocharged LC2 powerplant was the most important thing in the world up to that moment, but we instantly found out the overriding importance of properly maintained steering components. Now that Hotchkis has put comprehensive steering kits together for GM A-, F-, G-, and X-body cars, as well as '64-'73 Mustangs, there is no need to scrounge the back room at the NAPA store for dusty boxes. Hotchkis steering rebuild kits come with ball joints, inner and outer tie-rod ends, billet adjuster sleeves, idler arm, and drag link.
Source:Hotchkis Performance977-466-7655www.hotchkis.com
Quick Fuel Technologies:Lightweight Main BodyModular carburetors-the 4150- and 4500-series square-bore types we've grown to love-just keep marching on, with new refinements to their interchangeable design being made every year. At the top of the leader board is Quick Fuel Technologies, which has just implemented a key product initiative across its entire line of Professional and Q-Series carbs. All carb main bodies in these lines will now be made of lightweight aluminum, a savings of 4.5 pounds (when combined with billet aluminum metering plates) over traditional zinc main bodies. In the main body redesign, the air bleeds were recessed and the accelerator pump squirters were moved out of the air stream, resulting in greater airflow and less fuel pull. We dig the look, too!
Source:Quick Fuel Technologies270-793-0900www.quickfueltechnology.com
Keisler Engineering:Hydraulic Clutch KitFor several years, owners of Keisler PerfectFit overdrive transmission kits have enjoyed the benefits of hydraulic clutch actuation. These include low-effort engagement, silent, bind-free operation, tidy installation, and a linear uptake of clutch adhesion. We've been lucky enough to experience this first-hand in our '76 Camaro project car, g/28, but we know there are folks who can't, or don't need to shell out upwards of $3,000 for an entire tranny kit. For this reason, Keisler now offers a hydraulic kit with their unique Concentric Slave Cylinder (CSC) that can retrofit into virtually any four-, five-, or six-speed manual transmission. Bye-bye Z-bars and cables, hello new-car clutch feel! Call 'em up to see if they make one for your old or new manual transmission.
Source:Keisler Engineering888-609-0070www.keislerauto.com
Cherry Bomb:Light It, And Run!Turn back the hands of time: you're 10 years old, and you've managed to cajole or steal a coveted Cherry Bomb pyrotechnic device. You can't just light it up indiscriminately-a rarity like this may only be used on something special. That mean neighbor's front porch. Maybe stick it in that old battleship model and float it down the creek. Pile up some old Hot Wheels around it and just fire it up. Whatever you did with your Cherry Bomb, it was some variant of light it, and run like hell! This was immediately followed by a rush of adrenaline. Looking to get back that old Cherry Bomb feeling? Feel the need to be heard? Light up a pair of 100-percent welded, aluminized steel, red-painted Cherry Bomb mufflers, then run like hell!
Source:Cherry Bomb866-869-9704www.cherrybomb.com
Random Cool Product:SMW Cold Air CleanerPeople send us unsolicited stuff all the time. Much of it isn't worth mentioning, but this cold-air induction piece is really cool, literally. Most late-model cars already get cold air from the outside, maximizing their performance from the factory, but muscle cars suck in heat-soaked air as a matter of course. Unbelievably, it's still accepted practice, so there's lots of power hidden in this low-hanging fruit. It's a fact that if you lower the incoming air by 10 degrees, you pick up an extra 1 percent hp. In fact, that's the operative concept with many new intake manifolds, like the Edelbrock Performer RPM Air-Gap. Cooler air passing around its runners lowers the induction temp, making the intake charge denser, and more powerful.
The Schmidt Motor Works Ram Air Cleaner ups the ante by allowing the user to duct cool outside air, rather than breathe hot underhood air. The kit we got did not have the 4-inch ductwork, duct clamps, or any suggested mounting instructions, so you'll need to get creative for most muscle cars. We'd like to see specific kits for GM A-body (include dual-beam single headlights to free up quad headlight openings, or core-support-mounted scoops, wiring kits, ducting, clamps, and instructions with photos)-but it looks like that's out for now. In any event, this two-piece unit is tough (it's made of high-temp Nylon 66), universal (it's slim, taking a 14x3 filter), and inexpensive (just $49). We also like the no-nonsense muscle car ram air look, and non-bling appearance.
Source:Schmidt Motor Works206-420-1676www.schmidtemotorworks.com
Arrington Engines:575hp Hemi Crate MotorIf the name Arrington sounds familiar to you, it's because Arrington is a Mopar legend with deep roots in NASCAR. As one of the last great independents, Buddy Arrington flew the Mopar flag from the '60s until well into the mid '80s-way after Mopar left the sport officially. Buddy's son, Joey, now carries the banner at Arrington Engines, based in-where else-Martinsville, VA. Arrington Engines specializes in late-model Hemis, and they've just released a 440-ci late-model fuel-injected Hemi crate motor that puts out 575 hp on pump gas. That's more than GM's 427ci LS7, and it's more than enough to put even the heaviest Magnum R/T or 300C into the 11s. With an introductory price of $12,999, the 440 Hemi comes with a three-year, 36,000-mile warranty. Arrington also offers parts for late Hemis, as well as crate motors and parts for traditional Mopar engines. If you're into Mopars of any description, you've got to check out all the goodies at Arrington Engines-their website is www.shophemi.com. There's even a nice biography and history of Buddy Arrington's NASCAR career.
Source:Arrington Engines866-844-1245www.shophemi.com


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When it's Italian cuisine, American-style.
The Mediterranean diet is one of the most healthful in the world. But when you Americanize it, you make it deadly.
Let's first look at two quick things. First, the Mediterranean diet, as described by the American Heart Association:
- * high consumption of fruits, vegetables, bread and other cereals, potatoes, beans, nuts and seeds
* olive oil is an important monounsaturated fat source
* dairy products, fish and poultry are consumed in low to moderate amounts, and little red meat is eaten
* eggs are consumed zero to four times a week
* wine is consumed in low to moderate amounts
The Association says,
Mediterranean-style diets are often close to our dietary recommendations, but they don't follow them exactly. In general, the diets of Mediterranean peoples contain a relatively high percentage of calories from fat. This is thought to contribute to the increasing obesity in these countries, which is becoming a concern.
So the second thing is that regardless of diet, we're advised not to eat too many calories. According to the NIH, for men, the recommended daily requirement ranges from about 2000-3000, depending on age and how "active" you are; for women, 1600-2400.
Let's keep these in mind when we look at Italian cuisine, American-style, as revealed in a new report from the Center for Science in the Public Interest. As their own press release notes, they are "the nutrition watchdogs who famously called fettuccine Alfredo a "heart attack on a plate" when they first looked at Italian food in 1994."
CSPI looked at two large chains of Italian restaurants, Olive Garden and Macaroni Grill. I think I've never eaten at an Olive Garden, but I can attest that Macaroni Grill is a great value, it serves large portions of tasty food at relatively modest – as Italian food in the Northeast goes – prices.
What CSPI found, though, was that those large portions contain an enormous number of calories, not just because of their size, but because of the meat and dairy they are loaded with. The organization's nutrition director, Bonnie F. Liebman, says, "the heaping portions of meat, cheese, pasta, and cream sauces served up at Italian-style American chain restaurants are about as far from the ideal Mediterranean diet as you can get."
Let's look at some numbers, first for a rather simple meal:
Olive Garden's Spaghetti & Meatballs
You can expect 1,260 calories and a day's worth of saturated fat (19 grams). That's equal to the calories in three McDonald's Quarter Pounders. If that seems like a lot to swallow, it's half what you'd get in Macaroni Grill's version.
Macaroni Grill's Spaghetti & Meatballs with meat sauce.
The following nutrition numbers are not typos: Romano's rendition of this classic dish provides more than an entire day's calories (2,430) and nearly three days' worth of saturated fat—an astonishing 57 grams. If you like meat, you could eat two Macaroni Grill Tuscan Rib-Eye steak dinners and inflict less damage. Or you could eat six Quarter Pounders for the same effect on your waistline.
The Macaroni Grill's Fettuccine Alfredo "lives up to the "heart attack on a plate" reputation with 1,130 calories and 53 grams of saturated fat—more than 21⁄2 days' worth. (Olive Garden's version had a few more calories but "only" 1.5 days' worth of bad fat.) ?
CSPI sums up the dining experience this way:
Consider a hypothetical couple who dines at Romano's Macaroni Grill: They share the calamari and the complimentary peasant bread. He orders the Penne Rustica; she the Chicken and Shrimp Scaloppine. They split the tiramisu. The damage? They've each had more than three days' worth of saturated fat and sodium. And they've each had on the order of 2,800 calories—about a day-and-a-half's worth. And those aren't even the unhealthiest choices on the menu.
The problem is two-fold. By putting this food in front of people, the restaurants encourage people to eat unhealthfully. And by hiding behind the facade of Italian food, people are likely to think they are eating a healthier meal than they would at McDonalds. They'd be wrong. As much as I would like to rail against fast food, the problem lies with the consumer. The average American meal is a disaster, whether it's eaten at McDonalds or not.


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Impact of federal limits on fish catches goes beyond vessels, hurts New England port services
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) � Federal fishing limits that are reducing work for New England's fishermen are having an impact on port services that maintain and repair their boats.
A Stonington, Conn., marine supply business is shutting down, and the head of the Rhode Island Fishermen's Alliance warns that the industry could become obsolete.
An official at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says the sharp cuts in fishing catches are needed to help fish stocks rebound. The most significant fishing cut is a 78 percent reduction in the catch of Gulf of Maine cod. Fishermen also are forced to take in fewer flounder and haddock species.
A downturn at port services could ripple through the industry, reducing the supply of fuel, drivers who deliver the fuel and workers who weigh and cut fish.


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Easy, Orlando.
The Broncos may not need Orlando Franklin, their starting right tackle, to move inside to left guard, after all. Not after the Broncos reached agreement Tuesday with veteran center Will Montgomery on a one-year, $1.325 million deal.
Montgomery, who can earn additional pay by reaching play-time incentives, will compete with Manny Ramirez for the Broncos' starting center position. If Montgomery wins the starting spot, the Broncos could move Ramirez to his more natural guard position.
The Broncos have a vacancy at left guard after four-year starter Zane Beadles became a free agent and signed a five-year, $30 million contract with the Jacksonville Jaguars.
Moving Franklin inside to left guard, where he played at the University of Miami, remains possible but perhaps not as strong. His agent, Drew Rosenhaus, had talked with Broncos' general manager John Elway, about the possible position switch during the NFL owners meetings last week in Orlando.
Over the weekend, Franklin had tweeted out: "They say it's business, never personal. Ok well I'm (ticked) and it just became personal. I'm betting on me, 2014 will be a great year for me."
Franklin deleted the tweet within a couple hours. Perhaps, Montgomery just came to Franklin's rescue. Montgomery, 31, broke in as a seventh-round draft pick of John Fox's Carolina Panthers in 2006. Montgomery started four games at guard as a rookie before he started bouncing around the league.
He found stability in Washington, where he became a top guard-center backup in 2009-10, then started 16 games in each of the previous three seasons at center.
Montgomery visited the Broncos two weeks ago, but at the time every starting center was looking for a deal similar to the two-year, $5 million contract the New York Giants gave J.D. Walton, a former Bronco who missed most of the past two seasons with an ankle injury.
While that kind of deal wasn't there for Montgomery, he badly wanted to play for a Broncos team that gives him the opportunity to snap to quarterback Peyton Manning.
As Montgomery competes with Ramirez at center, Franklin will likely stay at right tackle and compete with Chris Clark, who started 14 games at left tackle for the injured Ryan Clady last season.