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Recipe from Colleen Smith of Boston, Mass.
Total Time: 1 hr
1 Tbsp olive oil
2 onions, peeled and diced fine
3 cloves garlic, peeled and minced
Ground beef, coarse grind
4 c beef broth
4 c tomato sauce (your favorite recipe)
1 tsp allspice
3 Tbsp chili powder
1/4 tsp cayenne pepper
1 tsp ground cumin
1 tsp flour
2 Tbsp water
4 tsp ground cloves
2 Tbsp cider vinegar
1/2 Tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder
Kosher salt, to taste
Coarsely ground pepper, to taste
Spaghetti (cooked according to package instructions)
Cheddar cheese, shredded
1. In large cooking pot, saute onions and garlic in olive oil until onion has softened. Remove onion mixture from pot and set aside.
2. In same cooking pot add the ground beef, cook and drain. Return onion and garlic to cooking pot and add beef broth, tomato sauce and allspice. Cook over low heat for 30 minutes.
3. In a small bowl, make a thin paste with the chili powder, cayenne pepper, cumin, flour and 2 tablespoons water. Add to the beef mixture and stir well. Add ground cloves, vinegar, cocoa mixed with the 1/2 tablespoon oil, salt and pepper. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat, cover and simmer for at least 1 hour, stirring occasionally. Add more water if chili becomes too thick and begins to stick to bottom of the pot.
4. To serve chili, ladle over cooked spaghetti pasta and top with the shredded cheese and chopped onions.
Yield: 8 Servings
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Yes, it snowed here last week in the northeast, but the ice is finally out of Seneca Lake and it's starting to get warmer. When we say warmer, we mean the water temp is about 38 degrees F.
As Team Score This!!! circumnavigated her beauty two Sunday's ago during the Seneca 7 we thought, WOW!!!, we are glad we aren't swimming in that right now. As the race approaches we are dotting our i's and crossing our t's to hopefully make your Mussel experience the best ever. We still have so much work to do, but are up for the challenge to help keep you as safe on the course as possible. If you listen closely you can almost hear the sound of the bagpiper on the shore of the lake while the Musselman athletes head toward their start line. And, with the sun skimming the surface of the lake making you think, darn it all, I forgot my dark-lensed goggles!
Now on to the good stuff....
RED JACKET ORCHARDS We had a wonderful meeting with Red Jackets Orchards. Not only are they on board again for Musselman and the Fly by Night Du, they would not let us leave without taking home some of the good stuff. As we walked through the factory on our tour we couldn't help but notice how clean it was. Who knew those large vats of juice could shine so bright like a star! Did you know they have a cold juice call Joe's? Their dad, Joe, does things his own "special" way, and likes things tart. Red Jacket Orchards created a refreshing set of blends that incorporates the unparalleled refreshment of lemons, but just as you've come to expect they don't add sugar to any of our cold pressed unfiltered juices. To achieve the perfect level of sweetness, they only add the NY State Apple. My personal favorite is Joe's Half and Half. https://redjacketorchards.com/product-category/cold-pressed-juice/joes/
BOOM! We wanted to start with awwwwwww snap. Instead we are going to say BOOM! goes the dynamite and "Ignite Your Potential". Yes, you read that right. BOOM! will be the official gel sponsor of the 2015 Musselman Triathlon. We are beyond excited because we also found out that they have been racing with us at Musselman for several years now and we didn't even know it. How cool is that? They have a special offer for everyone so please take advantage of it so you are prepared on race day.
Boom Nutrition is proud to provide Carb BOOM! Energy Gels® on-course as the Official Energy Gel Sponsor for the Musselman Triathlon. Train with what will be on course; nothing new on race day. Go to http://www.boomnutrition.com/scorethis and use the coupon code 'MULTISERIES!!!' for a free sample gel and 20% off additional items ordered at the same time of Carb Boom! Energy Gels®, which are gluten-free, vegan-friendly, made with real fruit, and have less than 3g of sugar. BOOM!
NINETEEN WETSUITS We are announcing another contest, but this time with Nineteen Wetsuits. Any female athlete registered for the 2015 Musselman Tri by Mother's Day, whether you are a mother or not, will be entered to win a $200 gift certificate to Nineteen Wetsuits to be used on a wetsuit of her choice. Guys, we didn't forget about you. Same goes, but your deadline is Father's Day, whether you are a father or not. The drawing will be random and we will announce the women's winner in the next newsletter. Guys, you have to wait until June to find out who wins. I know it's hard to wait, but good things (in the form of a Nineteen Wetsuit) come to those who wait!
Nineteen is an award-winning wetsuit company focused on designing wetsuits to help you swim smarter. Nineteen Wetsuits are designed to complement the fundamentals of good freestyle swim technique. The result is wetsuits that help you translate your hard work in the pool into fast and smooth swims in the open water.
"With up to 20 sizes in each model, and our extensive experience in women's patterns, you can be certain to find the ideal fit. All Nineteen Wetsuits come with our industry-leading 5-year warranty so you can be certain your investment will provide many seasons of racing and training."
Nineteen is excited to partner with the Score This!!! Triathlon Series for the 2015. We wish all participants the best of success as they prepare for the season ahead.
You can find out more about Nineteen's full range of products here at www.nineteenwetsuits.com
BOTTLE OPENERS We know many of you like to open a bottle of two. Whether it's beer, wine, or event pop. (Ok, "soda" to everyone else in the country.) We thought why not provide everyone with a way to open those and remember the great time that they had by making a one-of-a-kind Musselman Bottle opener?! However, wine drinkers will be sad when they find out that this opener will not help them with their cause in 2015. Limited quantities will be available at packet pickup, so make sure you arrive early the day you are assigned to grab your swag.
Arrival time. What arrival time? Check out the timeline on the website because we have been updating it with the most up to date info.
LIMERICK – FANS PICK You guys took us seriously and voted many, many, MANY times. Here are your winners of the fans pick 4th-6th place limerick contest. Each will be receiving a $25 gift certificate to SLS3 via the USPS. If you are one of the winners, please reply back to this email with your name and address so we can get those to you right away. Looks like that Bob Rudolph won again. We say good for him!!!
4th Place – Brian Murphy The young boy loved to swim, bike and run. Always did Musselman just for the fun. As the years went on by He retired from that tri. But said now he comes to cheer on his son.
6th Place - Jennifer Schultze So I swam, I biked, & I ran. The good folks of Geneva yelling, "you can." Musselman's the best race. Seneca Lake Park the place. Although it's a lot to do for a tan.
5th Place - Lauren Calabrese There once was a race in Geneva, that stirred a triathlon fever People gathered their bikes, and wetsuits alike, and ran like you wouldn't believa!
6th Place – John Strossman The Musselman's the perfect place, To crush your midseason "A" race. Just make sure you brick, Or the moment you kick, You could find yourself flat on your face!
6th Place - Bob Rudolph There once was a badger named Bane She raced tris like a hurricane She biked like the wind And ran like she sinned To the Musselman tri she came
FLY BY NIGHT DUATHLON Did you know that the Fly by Night Duathlon is just around the corner on May 9th ? We have many of you ready to go already and we know some of you are waiting on the weather report just days before to make your decision. Please don't wait too long because there is a chance we might run out of space this year for the first time ever. If you are unfamiliar with the Fly by Night Du then check out http://flybynightdu.com . Not only do you get to race, but you also get to watch the Porsches race on the track prior to you biking on the track. Sometimes the racers even bring their bikes out to have fun with you guys!
GENEVA BICYCLE CENTER Did you know the Geneva Bicycle Center has been with us since the beginning? The owner Jim probably has more miles on this course than any of us. He coordinates all of the bike course captains to help keep you everyone safe. He even organizes the community sweep of the bike course. This typically happens the week before the race. So if you are in town and want to help we will be calling on you in the next newsletter. Anyone and everyone can help. Did you also know you can ship your bike to the GBC and while you are there check out the specials that you might find. Save $30 on a bike fit and 10% on in-stock power meters from Stages, Powertap, and Quarq. http://genevabikes.com
WEBINAR WITH CAYUGA MEDICAL CENTER Do you like to learn? Have you been in a multisport rut? Maybe shortness of breath while training and racing? Don't forget that there are many webinar opportunities for you to learn, learn, and learn. The next topic is Shortness of Breath in the Athlete presented by Andrew Getzin, MD on 5/15/15. There are only 4 more chances to take advantage of their vast knowledge. Find out more about the topics and sign up for FREE here: http://score-this.com/webinars Trust us, we were reminded of what we should be doing with our training in Sunday's webinar!
We are now only 6,220,800 seconds or 103,680 minutes or 1728 hours or 72 days away from triathlon nirvana!
Don't forget to register for the best day of your life: http://musselmantri.com
kind regards, Richard Clark race director 2.0 spelling and grammar not my strong suit
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Violent J wants to play me a song.
It's a late-summer evening in suburban Detroit, and J—whose real name is Joseph Bruce—is unwinding in his home studio, a compact yet neatly kept space decorated with wrestling belts and posters of Eazy-E and Michael Jackson. As one-half of the white-rap duo Insane Clown Posse, Bruce, a roly-poly 38-year-old, has recorded or produced hundreds of songs here. But this one, he says, is a favorite.
"Do you know who Color Me Badd is?" he asks in his sleepy-bulldog voice, a lit blunt jutting from his mouth. "They were the shit. We did a song with their lead singer." He cues up 2007's "Truth Dare," a thumping, midtempo number that sounds a bit like a nursery rhyme sing-along, complete with playground taunts:
I double-dare you: Swallow every pill in the bottle.
I double-dare you: Tongue-kiss a toilet seat at McDonald's.
I double-dare you: Dig up a body and take it home.
Give it a sponge bath, and do what you want with it.
As the track plays, Bruce's musical partner and childhood friend, Joey Utsler (aka Shaggy 2 Dope), sits quietly to the side, nodding and rubbing the gothic D tattooed on the back of his shaved head. Utsler is 36 and lean, with talon-sharp fingernails and the sandpapery voice of a lifelong smoker. He tends to be more voluble than Bruce, who's pausing the song every few seconds, explaining how he paid Bryan Abrams—the R&B smoothie behind such '90s hits as "I Wanna Sex You Up"—a mere $10,000 to guest on the track. The two men have even been talking about signing Abrams to ICP's Psychopathic Records, a label better known for makeup-wearing, murder-obsessed rappers than for preening lovermen.
The song ends, and Bruce beams in his chair. For an ode to hygienic necrophilia, "Truth Dare" is surprisingly hummable. It might even be one of Insane Clown Posse's best songs. Of course, that's not saying much, seeing how ICP's discography comprises some of the most profoundly vile music ever made. In the two decades since Bruce and Utsler formed the group, they've churned out more than a dozen albums' worth of gleefully misogynist, cartoonishly violent songs. In ICP's world, rednecks are carved up and eaten ("Chicken Huntin'"), pedophiles are stabbed in the colon ("To Catch a Predator"), and STDs get their own anthems ("Bugz on My Nugz," which is performed, in part, in the imagined style of high-pitched venereal crabs). "Our shit is definitely male-oriented," Bruce says.
The ICP aesthetic is a below-brow mix of Tales from the Crypt comics gore and puerile shock-jockery. It's most proudly displayed during the group's live act, in which Bruce and Utsler—both of whom hail from the suburbs—disguise themselves with black and white clown makeup and throw gangsta leans while dousing their audiences with sticky geysers of Faygo, a midwestern econo-buy soda. Not surprisingly, the music industry has long treated ICP with the sort of wary contempt with which one would eye a Chinese battery landfill. Radio stations and MTV mostly refuse to play the band, while critics have declared ICP the worst act in music (Blender) and dismissed the group as a modern-day minstrel act (Spin). And though ICP has been signed to major labels several times, each deal has collapsed.
For years, ICP operated on the fringes of the record business, selling just enough discs to get the media's attention, however unfavorable. But by the early '00s, with Eminem and Saw-style torture-porn movies making millions, ICP's face-painted crudity no longer seemed outrè9. For a good decade or so, most of the mainstream world basically stopped paying attention to Insane Clown Posse, and the group went underground.
That is, until last spring, when the men behind ICP did something so strange, so offensive, the rest of the world couldn't help but take notice: They got deep.
In April, the group released a music video for a piano-plinking, synth-heavy song called "Miracles." In the clip, Bruce and Utsler, dressed all in white, cavort in front of a series of epic, if poorly done greenscreen backdrops—the pyramids, outer space, a giant telescope. Lyrically, there's not a single chopped-up hillbilly or chatty STD to be found; instead, the group praises the mysteries of earth, from the sun to Niagara Falls to giraffes. The song's best-known lines appear just shy of the two-minute mark: Water, fire, air, and dirt / Fuckin' magnets—how do they work? The clip was an immediate web sensation, mocked on Videogum and Gawker, lampooned in The New York Times, and eventually spoofed on Saturday Night Live. Though Bruce and Utsler had conceived "Miracles" as an earnest and fairly straightforward ode to the natural world, blog commentators and YouTube pundits were unsure of the song's meaning: Did these guys really not know how magnetism works? (Answer: They do.) Why do they view rivers and giraffes with such f-bombing fascination? (Because giraffes are cool.) And, most important: Is this all one big joke? (Definitely not.)
The attention lavished on "Miracles" was largely negative, but it was enough to propel ICP up from the underground—and the duo didn't come alone. Over the past decade, Bruce and Utsler have quietly built a massive pop-culture sleeper cell of fans, who call themselves the Juggalos (so named for a 1992 ICP song, "The Juggla"). While most of us happily ignored ICP, the Juggalos embraced the band's outsider status, helping albums like 2009's Bang! Pow! Boom! debut at number four on the Billboard charts. Over the years, in fact, ICP has sold a respectable 7 million albums. And that's just the beginning. Juggalos also flock to ICP's long-running online store, which sells everything from action figures to baby gear to an energy drink, Spazmatic. There are ICP movies, radio shows, and an annual music-festival-slash-brand-enhancer, the Gathering of the Juggalos. A recent Nightline segment estimated that Psychopathic has revenue of $10 million a year, and while Bruce disputes the figure, he owns four homes in Detroit and has already saved up enough to pay the college tabs for his two kids, ages 3 and 5.
The uproar over "Miracles" only increased the devotion of ICP's fans. The group long ago developed a sort of symbiotic relationship with the outside world: The more Bruce and Utsler are shunted to the margins—whether by critics, labels, or kvetchy bloggers—the more their outcast fans love them. No wonder the group sells T-shirts decreeing itself
"The Most Hated Band in the World!" In the weeks after I meet with the pair, they'll travel to promote Big Money Rustlas, their $1.5 million comedy-western DVD; coordinate with the folks at Guinness about setting a world record for battle-royal wrestling (both are huge wrestling fans); and even take a meeting with VH1 about a possible show. "They wanna see what we're all about," Bruce says.
While the record industry has haplessly searched for a new business model, Insane Clown Posse has built a veritable empire. Many of ICP's wisest moves were things that once looked like career killers: hanging out with fans while snubbing industry types, starting a niche music festival in the middle of nowhere, and, in Bruce's case, writing a lengthy, soul-baring memoir filled with unpleasant details called Behind the Paint. Long before MySpace and Twitter allowed artists to communicate quasi intimately with their fan base and "transparency" had become a marketing strategy, ICP had already erased the barrier between performer and audience.
In doing so, Bruce and Utsler discovered a formula for success in the Internet age that the larger music world is only now waking up to: Build close relationships with fans, develop ancillary profit streams, keep production and promotion costs down, turn every concert and album into an event (even if that requires industrial soda sprayers), and, most of all, do everything yourself. Bruce and Utsler, in other words, have become two bona fide 21st-century music magnates.
Fuckin' magnates. How did that work?
Psychopathic Records' headquarters is located in an industrial suburban neighborhood just off Detroit's Nine Mile Road, surrounded by strip malls, warehouses, and a Montessori school. The interior looks like a late -'70s porn set—deep blue wall-to-wall carpeting, chocolate brown decor, a minimum of natural light—and the hallways are covered with posters and cardboard cutouts featuring other ICP acts, each with its own backstory and aesthetic, from serial-killer rap (Twiztid) to gangsta- zombie rap (Blaze Ya Dead Homie) to southern-gothic rap (Boondox).
On the afternoon I arrive, Bruce gives me a tour of the facilities dressed in a red jersey, denim shorts, and a thick necklace featuring the Hatchetman, the group's cleaver-wielding logo. Without the clown makeup, his facial scruff and sunken eyes are more pronounced.
ICP has had little contact with the corporate music world since it set up this nerve center. With the exception of physical distribution, everything's done in-house by a staff of about 30 full-time employees. There's the 6,200-square-foot warehouse; an Internet-radio station, W-FUCKOFF; a recording studio; and a setup for video shoots and concert rehearsals (all of the resources are shared by the Psychopathic roster, which consists of more than a dozen artists on two labels). A second warehouse, located just a short drive away, manufactures hats, belts, shirts, stickers, onesies, and all manner of other gear, though half the building will soon be turned over to a new wrestling school Bruce and Utsler are cofounding.
Perhaps the biggest surprise in Psychopathic HQ is the number of gold and platinum albums hanging on the walls. Even in the era of illegal downloads, ICP's fans still buy physical discs, which are stacked around the warehouse. This is partly because the CD packages are jammed with swag, like 3-D glasses and decoding devices. But it's also because ICP has made its albums must-haves for fans by weaving everything from the lyrics to the liner notes into a sprawling, wiki-ready supernatural epic called the Dark Carnival. It's like the Lost universe, only with organ music and evil jugglers.
A convoluted morality tale that purports to document (and punish) mankind's basest desires, the Dark Carnival forms the crux of ICP's comic book mythology. Its origins can be traced to an incident that befell Bruce in the early '90s, a story he relates in Behind the Paint. According to Bruce, who says he's experienced several otherworldly visions in his life, a "dark shadow" appeared in the hall outside his room one night. After dropping a series of cards, the figure transported Bruce to a late-night carnival. Inspired by the encounter, ICP announced it would release six "Joker's Card" albums, each one spotlighting a different carnival character.
For newcomers, divining the specifics of the Dark Carnival plot can be tricky: The music rarely strays from ICP's worn formula of righteous violence and sixth-grade sex brags, and whatever plot points these songs contain are either dog-whistle faint or nonexistent. Yet the Carnival's inscrutability has only drawn fans deeper, and its long-form arc was seemingly made for the Internet, where Juggalos devote entire websites to the Dark Carnival, looking for clues in ICP's steady stream of blog posts. Whether one sees the Carnival as a feat of proto-21st-century storytelling or simply a long-con gimmick—in truth it's probably both—it's proven to be an inexhaustible franchise. To Juggalos, the Carnival's cartoon mascots are as iconic as the Grateful Dead's dancing bears or Iron Maiden's Eddie, and they're emblazoned on everything from ski masks to lighters (of course, even the Greatful Dead and Iron Maiden don't have anything like the ICP Dark Carnival-themed board game The Quest for Shangri-La). Not surprisingly, after the first series of cards was exhausted—a process that took six albums and 10 years—ICP announced the beginning of a second Joker's Deck.
For those who'd been paying attention to the Dark Carnival all along, the thinly veiled spirituality of "Miracles" made perfect sense. On "Thy Unveiling," a song from 2002's The Wraith: Shangri-La, ICP revealed that the Dark Carnival—much like Lost—was all about finding heaven: Truth is we follow God. / We've always been behind Him. / The Carnival is God, and may all Juggalos find Him! "I was raised to believe there was a God, a heaven, and a hell," Bruce says. "We got the ears of all these Juggalos. What do we want to say? We wanna say, 'Go to heaven. Don't fuck up.' I wanna see Juggalos in the afterlife."
To get an idea of what Juggalo heaven would look like, you must burrow through deep woods to an isolated campground at Cave-In Rock, an aptly named village near the Illinois-Kentucky border. After several long, desolate stretches of road, all tethers to the outside world start to break away: Cell phone bars shrivel to mere nubs, like an unfinished game of hangman. Luckily, to find the Gathering of the Juggalos, all you need to do is listen for the whoops. They can be heard from the edges of the campsite and come in three varieties:
"Whoop-whoooooUP!" The longest, most celebratory whoop heard at the Gathering, often performed en masse. It usually denotes a special occasion, such as a Psychopathic artist walking through the crowd or a woman removing her top.
"Whoop-Whoop!" The most common whoop, one heard frequently as Juggalos pass one another in large groups on foot or in rented go-carts.
"Whoopwhoop." A slightly less enthused-sounding whoop, its force hampered by the effects of drowsiness, sunstroke, or weed.
Despite the constant auditory stimuli, the Gathering is, in some ways, aggressively mellow. This is a bit of a revelation, given that an ICP-sponsored documentary, A Family Underground, portrays the event as a cavalcade of backyard wrestling brawls and partial nudity. These do exist, as does an open narcotics market, called the Bridge, where revelers peddle everything from pot to ecstasy to coke (the park is private property, so no cops are allowed). And things get more ominous at night, when the combination of drugs, face paint, and rented wheels turns the Gathering of the Juggalos into something resembling a Cormac McCarthy-designed game of Mario Kart.
But at times the event is downright family-friendly. During the day, Bruce emcees a Beach Boys-themed dance party. Entire families line up to get ICP jerseys (and even pregnant bellies) signed at the autograph tent, while Juggalos cavort on a dock atop a body of water so nasty-looking that it's been dubbed Lake Hepatitis. And of course there's the music, with artists like Naughty by Nature and Warren G (plus the occasional throwback like Vanilla Ice or stand-up comic Gallagher) performing late into the night. And if you get bored, you can always look for the kid with the sign that reads "Will Eat Bugs for $."
Despite a sizable population of female fans (dubbed Juggalettes), ICP's following is made up mostly of young white men from working-class backgrounds. They tend to feel that they've been misunderstood outsiders their whole lives, whether for being overweight, looking weird, being poor, or even for just liking ICP in the first place. It's a world where man boobs are on proud display, where long-hairs and pink-hairs mingle, where nobody makes fun of the fat kid toweling off near Lake Hepatitis. For them, the Gathering is a place they can be accepted, a feeling reinforced by the constant chants of the Juggalo credo "Fam-uh-LEE! Fam-uh-LEE!" "You're surrounded by people who love you," says Corey Lewter, a 23-year-old from Algonquin, Illinois. "Even though we've never met each other, we all relate." Adds Nick Wolff, a 20-year-old prep cook from Willowbrook, Illinois, "We're all family, no matter what race, color, weight, whatever."
Like most Juggalos, Wolff and Lewter began listening to ICP as teenagers, and anyone perplexed by the band's continued success would do well to recall just how alienating those years can be. Bruce and Utsler haven't forgotten this pain. Though the Gathering hosts a massive merch tent—complete with $350 leather jackets and an on-site ATM—the group is really selling an off-the-rack social identity: instant entrée to a band of outsiders. It's an image ICP pushes constantly, pimping otherness with its "Most Hated Band" T-shirts and middle-of-nowhere confab, and it's undoubtedly the single biggest factor in ICP's success. With so many artists pitching a lifestyle of aspirational fabulosity, ICP extols the virtue of average-shmo egalitarianism, even if the actual ICP members don't live an entirely down-and-out life these days.
Put all of these outsiders together with a heaping dose of us-versus-them and you have a tried-and-true formula for creating an insular subculture—just ask any tea-partyer. And at the Gathering there really is a sense of unity. Until there isn't.
Late on the second night of the festival, reality TV star Tila Tequila makes an appearance on the Gathering's "Ladies' Night" stage. Throughout the day, there were rumors that Tequila was going to be attacked by the crowd—despite Bruce and Utsler asking everyone to leave her alone. Yet within minutes of taking the stage, Tequila is pelted with debris, chairs, and even feces from an outhouse. She removes her top, hoping to win over the crowd, but is forced, after being bloodied, into a retreat. The event played out on TMZ and MTV for days.
Why was Tequila persecuted while the likes of Vanilla Ice were cheered? It's hard to say. Some claim Tequila was mocking ICP on her Twitter feed by spelling clown with a k. Others see her presence as evidence that the mainstream—after years of not caring about what the Juggalos did out here in the woods—is intruding upon the Gathering, either to poke fun at it or to figure out how to market to it. But the truth is, for the ICP formula to work there has to be a "them"—and in this case, them is an admittedly grating (but thoroughly harmless) publicity seeker, one who maybe acts a little too much like the girl who wouldn't date you in high school.
The incident presents an interesting dilemma for ICP, especially as its profile increases: The Gathering is intended as an open-tent party; in fact, that all-inclusiveness might be its biggest draw, greater even than the music and the drugs. So what happens when the crowd gets too unruly? If Bruce and Utsler start telling Juggalos what they can and can't do, they risk coming off like just another set of uncaring adults. Bruce waves off such concerns. Just because he and Utsler created the Juggalos doesn't mean they have the power to control them. "We don't lead them," Bruce says. "Juggalos lead us."
Two weeks after the Gathering, Bruce is guiding his black SUV through downtown Detroit, pointing out sites from ICP's history. We pass through the city's southwest neighborhoods, where ICP—then called Inner City Posse—got its start in the early '90s. With each block, the urban landscape becomes more grim: A brand-new chain pharmacy gives way to homes that have been hollowed out by fire, leaving behind nothing but piles of rubble and a few brick walls. As we drive, rare Michael Jackson ballads trickle from Bruce's car stereo, part of his massive MJ archive.
We eventually end up at the entrance to Zug Island, an industrial atoll in the middle of the Detroit River owned and operated by US Steel. There's a "No Trespassing" sign on the bridge, but we cross it without trouble, arriving at an acrid-smelling stretch of land with dunes of coal and twisted metal intestines that stretch across a skyline of egg-white smoke. This is the place ICP calls home, even though Bruce and Utsler didn't grow up here.
They met as teenagers in the surrounding suburbs. Both had difficult upbringings, and their fathers left their family when they were young. "Every night was a fuckin' party," Utsler says of his childhood. "Drinkin, smokin' weed. It turned out to fuck me up in the long run." A recovering alcoholic and drug addict, he's been in and out of trouble ever since (he recently beat a rap for a concealed-weapons charge). Bruce's childhood was arguably worse. In Behind the Paint, he details how his father left with his family's money, forcing them to subsist on welfare. He and his siblings were then sexually abused by their first stepfather.
After becoming friends, Bruce and Utsler would come to Southwest Detroit to hang out, eventually moving here after dropping out of high school. Though they dreamed of becoming pro wrestlers, they soon took up rapping, using a boom box to record their earliest songs, which were heavily indebted to the slinking-bass sound of West Coast gangsta rappers like NWA. Eventually they hit on the idea of wearing clown makeup—inspired by nightmares Bruce used to have about being visited by a scary clown—which helped them stand out in Detroit's burgeoning rap scene. Few took them seriously. But Bruce and Utsler hustled day and night, putting up flyers throughout Detroit, living out of Kinko's, and hand-delivering their albums to every store they could. The duo worked with several major labels over the years, but those deals all derailed. So ICP gave up on the established record industry and soldiered on doing everything themselves. Along the way they discovered legions of outsiders and rejects who could relate to a struggling, downtrodden act that the establishment wouldn't accept.
"We represent those under the underdogs," Bruce says. "We represent scrubs." As proof, he motions for Utsler to lift up his shirt, revealing a large stomach tattoo that reads "Scrub Life", a spoof of Tupac Shakur's infamous thug-life credo.
ICP's do-it-yourself ethos is on display in Bruce's home studio as he and Utsler diligently work on a session with Axe Murder Boyz, two twentysomethings from Denver who are signed to one of Psychopathic's subsidiary labels. Bruce and Utsler develop their artists personally, often helping to pick names, determine a look, and occasionally cowrite songs. It can be a lengthy process: Perfecting the southern-goth scarecrow look for Boondox, for example, took six months.
Figuring out how to promote Axe Murder Boyz hasn't been that easy. After at first packaging them as bum-rushing thugs, Bruce is now trying to mold AMB as a sort of Juggalo counterpart to Outkast, with one member dressed in a constantly changing array of tight, colorful vintage shirts, while the other wears more traditional gangsta garb. For an hour, he urges them to just be themselves. Then he suggests they record an elaborate Jerry Springer parody. It's hard to tell whether the Boyz are quietly mulling over the idea or merely hoping Bruce is so high he'll forget about the whole thing come morning.
In a few months, ICP will be back in the studio recording the next installment of the second Joker's Card deck. But before that, the pair plan on using the "Miracles" momentum to push a bunch of new projects. There's the possible VH1 show, though Bruce is wary of appearing on some Hogan Knows Best-style reality series ("There's a lot that's mysterious about us," he says. "If all of a sudden we were on some stupid reality show, fans would be like, 'Why have I got these assholes tattooed on my back?'") Then there's the wrestling school, which Bruce will use to host free matches. In many ways, it's the typical Insane Clown Posse endeavor: a counterintuitive, financially iffy brand enhancer that'll be mocked by critics, loved by fans, and built without any help from the outside. And the merch section will be huge.
"I know for a fact that we're nowhere near where we're going," Bruce says. We're sitting on the front porch of his house, listening to the midday cicadas. "You believe in The Secret?" he asks referring to the best-selling New Age self-help book. "We're firm believers in that shit, man. Something big's gonna happen. We're so sure of it that if my nuts were in a guillotine right now, I'd bet we haven't seen our best days."
A few minutes later, Utsler points up to one of the giant trees over Bruce's front patio. Way up high, easily 15 feet, a toddler's plastic car is wedged in the branches. It looks like it was displaced by a hurricane.
"How the fuck did that get up there?" Utsler asks.
Bruce shrugs. Just another miracle.
Contributing editor Brian Raftery (email@example.com) wrote about the Cheezburger Network in issue 18.02.


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Supercar Saturdays came to fruition when a group of Chicago car enthusiasts, jealous of California morning car meets, decided to create an event of our own. We'd like to consider ourselves to be original; but the concept is the same: set up an event to bring car enthusiasts of all types together in one place to meet, share stories, and make new friends.
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• Joe Francis has launched an Australian edition of the "popular" Girls Gone Wild magazine, which hit sexist newsstands Down Under last month. • The General Medical Council in England has found Dr. Martin Quinn guilty of misconduct for carrying out unnecessary hysterectomies "for research," but will only suspend him for 6 months. • The Netherlands' highest court ruled today that a peep show owner can get a theatrical tax break because strip shows are a form of theater. • A white middle school teacher in New York has apologized for binding two black female students during a "discussion" of slavery. •
• The Human Rights and Equal Opportunities Commission in Australia is working on creating an official "intersex" gender for people who don't define themselves as "female" or "male." • A new study has found that women who suffer from severe stress six months before they conceive can increase the risk of having a premature baby. • Three egg donor agencies in Illinois are offering the nation's first guarantee for would-be parents that they can receive a discount if their egg donor changes her mind. • A Massachusetts man is appealing a $100 ticket he got while driving in the breakdown lane as he was taking his in-labor wife to the hospital. • Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Toni Morrison and Seamus Heaney supported the new Aura Estrad Prize which is given to young female writers who live in America or Mexico and write in Spanish. • A recent study of United States Latinas shows that those with more European ancestry have an increased risk of breast cancer. • Lillian Allen, a 100-year-old African American woman and community activist, is excited for Obama's inauguration, where her grandson who serves in the Secret Service will protect the new President. • A "morbidly obese" dog named Jiffy survived being frozen to the sidewalk overnight in Wisconsin thanks to his layers of chub. Jiffy's owner was arrested on Thursday on suspicion of animal neglect. • Glasvegas's tiny female drummer Caroline McKay was voted the 10th Coolest Person in Rock by NME magazine. • SANS offers cheap, printable patterns for crafty men and women who want to make or alter their own clothes. • A 19-year-old lass from Florida was arrested on misdemeanor assault and battery charges on Sunday when she popped off on a store employee for calling her the c-word. •
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Freebinar users can now create public profiles that integrate today's top three social networks to promote upcoming and recorded webinars in one centralized space.
Huntington Beach, California, November 15, 2010 – Freebinar, the only free webinar service provider, announced this week that it has released new features: Freebinar profiles and social notifications. With Freebinar profiles, meeting hosts can create a personalized page to display their upcoming and recorded webinars, as well as their Facebook Like Box, LinkedIn profile and Twitter streams. Social notifications provide Freebinar users the option of automatically promoting scheduled webinars on Facebook and Twitter. The result of this integration is a powerful webinar promotional tool. "There are hundreds of new webinars created each day. Freebinar gives small businesses and non-profit organizations marketing tools to help them stand out from the rest of the pack," said Costin Tuculescu, CEO of Freebinar.
Highlights of the new features include:
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- Displays user's LinkedIn profile, Facebook Like Box and Twitter stream
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- Automatically promote live webinars with notifications on Facebook and Twitter
In order to stay competitive, many small businesses are turning to social media to raise brand awareness. A recent study shows that the number of small businesses using social media is projected to grow by 13% in the next two years: with 82% using Facebook, 32% using LinkedIn and 30% using Twitter.1 "With these new Freebinar features, small businesses and non-profit organizations have the ability to promote webinars easily and effectively without having to be an online marketing guru," said Tuculescu. "Our free webinar service now offers powerful marketing tools that even many paid providers such as GoToWebinar® and WebEx® do not have."
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Friedensmal Wendepunkt e. V: Jerusalem Rock of Peace Desecrated
06 Nov, 2012, 09:04 GMT
BENSHEIM, Germany, November 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --
"Jerusalem is everywhere where there is beauty. And now Jerusalem is also in Bensheim near Frankfurt" - this is the message that the Frankfurt Rabbi Andrew Steiman conveyed in his greeting at the inauguration of the Rock of Peace on 21 October 2012 in Bensheim-Hochstädten. But Jerusalem did not stay in Bensheim for long. Only nine days after the inauguration, the Jerusalem Rock of Peace was desecrated. Thomas Zieringer, the initiator of the monument, said that this site also stood for the idea that remembrance should not be reserved for the past, but should signify that we are moving forward into a new concord in peace. The intention had been to build a monument for peace that links the idea of outer peace with that of inner peace.
What can we as a society do against hatred? - Zieringer asks. People stand by and watch while this society abandons its values bit by bit. "Oh well, that's vandalism for you these days." or: "Well, it may not be a Jewish monument but there are some elements in it that people still might interpret this way." If you can't even create something beautiful for others on your own land with your own money, because people take offence at the word "Jerusalem" written on a rock, does it not then seem logical to only look after number one? - the initiator of the peace memorial asks. Could it really be the case that people in a civilised European country can no longer remember how much "Jerusalem" is part of their own occidental culture?
The monument in Bensheim-Hochstädten has already been nicknamed a "monument against ego-madness". Thomas Zieringer himself also believes that the desecration of the Rock of Peace is linked to this. The writing, which was destroyed, spelled the sentence "Yerushalayim (i.e. City of Peace) - so that we will be able to overcome the fences together". "Perhaps our monument was correctly interpreted as resistance against the worst false god of our times" - the initiator said. You can find the project "Peace Monument for People" under http://peacememorial.com
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Creative people are self-obsessed assweasels. And you can never really love someone else — you just love the fake version of them that you create in your head. Love is really the process of your ego attempting to crush and neutralize the ego of your object of affection.
That's sort of the nihilistic message I take away from Ruby Sparks, a new movie about a guy who writes his dream girl into existence. The bad news is, Ruby Sparks isn't just kind of nihilistic — it's also a movie in which you don't care about any of the characters that much. Spoilers ahead...
In Ruby Sparks, Paul Dano plays Calvin, a writer who achieved massive literary fame when he was just 17. And now, he's trying to come up with a second novel, but he's creatively blocked. But then he starts dreaming of a beautiful, quirky, elfin girl named Ruby (Zoe Kazan) — and meanwhile, his jolly therapist (Elliott Gould) assigns him to write something, even if it's bad.
Calvin starts writing about Ruby, and lo and behold, she becomes real, and is really in love with him. At first, Calvin thinks he's hallucinating, but soon he realizes he's somehow brought his perfect imaginary woman to life, and she's his. Not only that, but he realizes that anything he types about her on his magic typewriter becomes instantly true — and at first, he swears he won't abuse that power. At first.
The good news is, the film acknowledges how creepy all of this is — especially once Calvin gives in to temptation and starts changing Ruby's mind for her, using his typewriter. The middle section of the movie, where Calvin gets corrupted by his power, is the most interesting and memorable part, and will probably make you break out in hives. And the film is clearly straining for a message that loving someone — really loving them — means accepting him or her as a separate person, with thoughts and desires and ideas. You can't just love the idea of someone in your head, and try to force the other person to fit into that.
And the movie does make Calvin's massive self-absorption an issue — at one point, we meet his only previous girlfriend, who helpfully explains that Calvin only ever saw her as an extension of himself. Meanwhile, Calvin's brother Harry (Chris Messina) lectures him about how he knows nothing about women, and how he has to actually listen to people occasionally, or at least pretend to pay attention to other human beings.
Harry is a more traditional "guy guy," who works out and has some kind of nebulous job managing famous athletes. Harry has a cute wife, who rolls her eyes at Calvin's eccentricity — and during one of the most interesting moments in the movie, Harry confesses that his wife left him briefly, a few years earlier. And since then, he's known that she could leave again at any time, and that he has to work hard to keep her around. When Harry's macho facade falls away and he reveals the insecurity and neediness that underlies his relationship with his wife, it's the sort of emotionally honest moment that stands out, in the midst of immense cuteness.
So for a while, Calvin and Ruby have a sort of perfect relationship — she's always at his house, cooking him delicious meals and paying attention to him, and he's blissed out. Calvin goes "Wow" a lot, with his whole face opening up, so that he looks like a twelve-year-old getting a lapdance. The soundtrack goes "oooooh" a lot, in the manner of quirky Sundance movies.
And then, of course, Calvin and Ruby run into trouble. Ruby wants to meet Calvin's family, and he finally gives in — but then Ruby gets along too well with Calvin's mother, who was a traditional housewife when Calvin's father was alive, but has remarried and become a free spirit. (A transformation that Calvin disapproves of.) Worse still, Ruby starts wanting to get out of the house on her own and do her own things, possibly including having her own friends. Soon enough, Calvin is worried he's losing her.
Traditionally, in this sort of romantic comedy, the man has a kind of secret that he's keeping from the woman. Like, he can hear her thoughts. Or he's secretly the evil bookstore magnate who's driving her small independent bookstore out of business. Or whatever. And the crux of the movie is when he reveals the secret, or she finds it out on her own, and they can at last have a relationship based on Hollywood's simulacrum of honesty.
In Ruby Sparks, though, Calvin's secret relates to Ruby's very existence. Her personhood and what little agency she has depend, to a very large extent, on her not finding out that she sprung from his literary noodlings. This movie's set-up is incredibly dark, and even though the movie does venture into that darkness as time goes by, it also wants you to invest in Calvin and Ruby's relationship as something real and possibly even beautiful.
Before we go any further, I should confess a personal bias. I hate movies about writers. For example, I had a major problem with Stranger Than Fiction, partly because people kept insisting that Emma Thompson's character was a great literary writer, when her writing was clearly kind of schlocky. Movies about fiction writers are just one of my pet peeves — and especially movies about writer's block. So that could be one reason why this movie didn't entirely work for me.
That said, there are two major problems with Ruby Sparks. The first is that it is quirky, with a capital Q and possibly a few other randomly capitalized letters. It's like the quirkiest Sundance movie about offbeat whimsical people you've seen, only with more whimsy added in. This is especially in evidence during the happy parts of Calvin and Ruby's relationship, when she's being a manic pixie girl and he's being an adorable manchild, and everything is seeming vaguely European. This movie wants you to adore it.
The other problem is, the protagonists aren't that likable. To the extent that Ruby is a person, you sense that she's sort of a codependent fuckup who's had a string of self-destructive relationships with men who treated her horribly — and part of Calvin's fantasy, I guess, is that he's going to be the nice guy she falls for this time around.
But also, you're probably supposed to think Calvin is a sweet guy who slowly becomes creepy, as he wields more power over Ruby through his magic typewriter. Unfortunately, he starts out being portrayed as hideously self-absorbed, and watching his endless therapy sessions doesn't do much to dispel that notion. And then we watch him spending days writing fanfic about his ideal woman (with himself as the Mary Sue), until she finally materializes.
By the movie's climax — where it goes to a very dark place indeed — you kind of wish Calvin would both turn out to be, in turn, the creation of some other, better, fantasist who could force him to get over himself a bit.
So you have to give this movie some points for being so dark and devoid of consolation about romantic love — to the extent that the Calvin/Ruby relationship is a metaphor for real-life relationships, as writer/star Zoe Kazan claimed in our exclusive interview, it's a very dire metaphor indeed. The most interesting, well-observed stuff in the movie is also the most depressing — like the fact way Calvin starts to resent Ruby after she becomes too friendly with Calvin's mother. (There's a case to be made that this is a film about misogyny and how it stems from men's issues with their mothers — but I don't think the film wants to be about that, and when I asked the directors, they seemed taken aback by that reading of the film.)
Oh, and there's also a metaphor about the relationship between the creative process and magic, and how both can shape and change the world. But that gets subsumed pretty quickly into the notion that even if Calvin somehow created Ruby, she still has an existence beyond his imagination, and he can't necessarily understand her. Any more than any artist can fully encompass or understand his or her own creation, I guess.
All in all, Ruby Sparks is conceptually a great movie — but its depressing messages about the solipsistic nature of love and the selfishness of creativity are obviously meant to be counterbalanced by our affection for these characters. Unfortunately, a bleak message and unlovable characters make for a dreadful combination.


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Time is running out for university lecturers to enter their most promising students in the Science, Engineering and Technology Student of the Year Awards for 2007, so if you think you're in with a chance of getting a first and put a decent final paper together, get on the phone to your professor right now.
And if you are a boffin and you haven't nominated your best boffinlets yet, what are you waiting for?
To inspire or intimidate, you might like to know previous winners have submitted papers with such impressive sounding titles as: "Scalar fields is cosmology", "A CFD investigation into the transient aerodynamic forces on overtaking road vehicles" and "Model of acute lung inflammation using ultrafine carbon in black mice".
Subjects covered by the awards range from civil engineering, through pharmacology, IT and physics.
To stand a chance of winning, students have to have found a university that hasn't closed all its science departments, be up for a first class degree, and be put forward by their lecturers. Unendorsed entries are not allowed, and nominations for the award have to be in by July 20.
SAGE, the academic publishing group, has confirmed that it will sponsor the associated "Lecturer of the year" award.
Based on the collective experience of El Reg staff, to be nominated, lecturers must be able to keep their students awake for all 45 minutes of a single lecture session. Anything else is gravy.
The results will be announced at a ceremony in London's Alexandra Palace on September 20. ®


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Kim Kardashian Fires Back At Haters: I'm Pregnant, Not Fat
The mom-to-be's famous body has been growing before the public's eye after announcing in December that she was expecting. But while she packs on the pregnancy pounds, Kim is standing up for herself against all the negativity!
Kim Kardashian is more than five months along in her pregnancy, and she's already packed on the baby weight to her tiny 5-foot, 2-inch frame. But while her pregnant body keeps changing — and her experimental maternity fashion shows off her growing frame — Kim has been hit with fierce criticism by people calling her fat!
Kim has faced the mean taunts ever since she announced her pregnancy in December, especially by trolls online and on social media. And while the reality start — with more than 17 million Twitter followers — is used to the barrage of hateful comments and insults, it is much more hurtful while she's pregnant.
"People can be so mean," Kim told Us Weekly. "It's not cool and it's not fair." She also revealed to the magazine that the haters have taunted her weight gain as far back as December — when she was still in her first trimester!
"People are saying, 'you're so fat!'" she told the magazine. "I'm like, dude, I'm pregnant! Social media gives people the guts to say mean things."
Kim Kardashian: 'A Lot' Over Fat Jokes
But while everyone from social media trolls to TV personalities makes comments about her expanding shape — Donald Trump poked fun at her body on Howard Stern's radio show — Kim is trying to not let it affect her on the outside, even if it hurts on the inside.
"Kim's cried a lot. She's tough, but to have your weight joked about sucks," a source tells Us Weekly.
Despite Kim's hard efforts to keep the baby weight at bay — she trains with celebrity trainer Tracy Anderson and is sticking to a healthy diet — she will inevitably pack on the pounds, and she needs to ignore all the hateful comments!
What do YOU think of Kim firing back at the negative stories HollyMoms? Do you agree that she should defend herself?
Kim Kardashian 'Doesn't Care' What People Think Of Her Pregnancy Outfits
Kim Kardashian Reveals: I've Only Gained 20 Pounds While Pregnant
Kim Kardashian Defends Maternity Style: It Makes Me Happy
— Christina Stiehl
More Kim Kardashian Baby Weight News:
- Kim Kardashian Planning Plastic Surgery After Giving Birth?
- Kim Kardashian Admits She's Eating For Two
- Kim Kardashian Misses Her Pre-Pregnancy Body: 'I Was So Skinny'


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|Brown, Charles - Chuck
|Haynes, Kathleen
|MOORE, M - Agri Northwest
|PAVEK, M - Washington State University
|HANE, D - Oregon State University
|LOVE, S - University Of Idaho
|Novy, Richard - Rich
|MILLER, JR, J - Texas A&M University
Submitted to: American Journal of Potato Research
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: 4/15/2010
Publication Date: 6/15/2010
Citation: Brown, C.R., Haynes, K.G., Moore, M., Pavek, M.J., Hane, D.C., Love, S.L., Novy, R.G., Miller, Jr, J.C. 2010. Stability and Broad-sense Heritability of Mineral Content in Potato: Iron. American Journal of Potato Research. 87: 390–396.
Interpretive Summary: Iron is an essential micronutrient in the human diet. Children and women of child-bearing age are particularly vulnerable to iron deficiency. About 6 % of the US population suffers from iron deficiency, while 40% of the world's poorest populations are iron deficient. The effects of iron deficiency include stunting of growth, lower cognitive capacity, and lifelong generally poor health. Potatoes are a modest contributor of iron to the human diet. A single serving may supply 6 % of the recommended daily requirment. Americans obtain 2 % of their dietary need from potato. This study shows that there is considerable range of iron content in modern advanced breeding lines. The heritability, or the ratio of variability that is explained by genes, is rather high. Thus it appears that selection among available experimental variability would lead to an increase. It is likely that iron content could be increased by two to three times if this were a high priority goal in the selection program. Iron is subject to inhibitors of absorption into the gastrointestinal tract. Common ingredients of food legumes and small grains, polyphenols and phytic acid, respectively, are strong inhibitors of iron absorption. Potato, in contrast has little of these two classes, and a high content of the the best booster of iron absorption, vitamin C. A high iron potato would be most likely be a good source of highly available iron in the diet. Furthermore, potato is the vegetable with the highest level of consumption in the US. It is a popular and efficient means to add iron to the diet.
Technical Abstract: Iron deficiency in humans occurs in all regions of the world. Potatoes are a modest source of iron. The purpose of this study was to determine if genetic variation for potato tuber iron content exists. Iron content in potato was measured in 33 clones, including varieties and advanced breeding selections, in three trials (Tri-State, Western Regional, Western Specialty/Red, ) which in total were grown in twelve environments. In two trials significant clone x environment interaction occurred. Thirteen clones contributed significantly to this clone x environment interaction, making them unstable across environments, including the variety Russet Burbank. Broad-sense heritabilities and their 95% confidence intervals in the Tri-State, Western Regional and Western Specialty/Red Trials were 0.00 (0.00, 0.38), 0.64 (0.17, 0.87), and 0.73 (0.25, 0.90), respectively. Overall the range of mean iron content on a clonal basis was 17 to 62 ug per gram dry weight. The upper limit is three times higher than generally reported values of potato.. The five highest values were found in the Western Specialty/Red trial and were red-skinned, white-fleshed clones. These results suggest that genetic variation for tuber iron content exists and that breeding for enhanced iron content would be feasible.


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It's very important to wind an automatic watch properly, prior to its use. The initial wind provided may only last a short while, making the watch appear defective once it stops ticking. To ensure your watch functions to the fullest of its capabilities, wait for it to stop and then wind the watch counter-clockwise 15-20 times. Next, push the crown back, screwing it down to preserve the water-resistance. *Be mindful that excessively winding the watch may cause damages to the movement, so don't overdo it. Unlike self-winding watches, the crown doesn't need to be wound on quartz models. If it still isn't ticking, simply bring it by for a battery replacement.
A watch can lose time for various reasons including, but not limited to a dying battery, which will cause the second-hand to begin jumping across several seconds at once instead of passing each individually, magnetization, causing tension between small parts within the movement and natural friction from the watch being worn. If the watch is a mechanical model (Automatic or Manual-wind) this can also be a sign that the watch needs to be overhauled.
Operating a Chronograph requires using the pushers on the side of the case. The top pusher is used to start and stop the chronograph hand while the one at the bottom is used to reset it. Once the top pusher is pressed, the hand will run continuously, which you can track using the accompanying sub-dial. In order to reset the chronograph, it has to be stopped first. Otherwise the button will do nothing when pressed.
Whether you have a screw or push-down crown, setting the date and time is simple. If its a screw-down, unscrew it by turning it downward, counterclockwise prior to following these steps. Pull out the crown to the first integer to operate the date alone, allowing the time to continue ticking. Pulling the crown out farther, you're then allowed to adjust the time, which also shifts the date after each 24-hour cycle. Once you have your watch set, simply push the crown back in all the way and screw it fully closed to preserve its water-resistance. *Do not change the date when the watch is between 10PM-2AM because the movement can be damaged.
For a watch, water is the worst enemy. To make sure you protect your watch properly check these factors before wearing it. First, see what kind of crown you have. If it is a push-down crown the watch is definitely not waterproof, but water-resistant. If the watch has a screw-down crown, then it may be waterproof, but you should check your model's specifications to be sure. *Most importantly, no matter what kind of crown you have, you should check the watch for damages to the case, which will allow water to reach the movement regardless of whether the crown is closed or not. However, if you have any doubts, its best to have the watch water-tested, which will give you a conclusive result.
I like the classic style....never out of date. And I've ever purchase TAG older type, very satisfy with the durability. For me, this TAG HEUR 2000 is a memorial item for my past. Tks.phantom-6666 Dec 05, 2009
I wanted a small TAG HEUER AUTOMATIC and when I saw this one on e-bay I immediately decided to buy it and I am absolutely delighted with it. It suits my wrist perfectly and keeps (for an automatic) perfect time. George713457073@deleted Mar 15, 2010
Love the watch. Have 4 other Muchele watches which I purchased through eBay and the Michele website. No difference in make and quality.theresacarina Jul 05, 2013
Love Love my watch it very very pretty. I have gotten lots of comments on how nice it is. Would like to find me a white one like the black one I brought.nikkienu Jul 06, 2013
It's casual but dressy at the same time I love wearing this watch. It's really stylish I also have a gold tone onetina1tw.tg Jun 02, 2014
I started off with a few Citizen Eco Drive watches and decided it was time to upgrade to a Swiss made chronograph. It feels different, and that is a good thing. Unlike when I press the buttons on my Citizen watches, with the Movado you feel and hear a solid click. When changing the date on it you hear it click to the next date, again unlike the Citizen. It feels more solid, more mechanical. Feels heavier than my other chronographs too. You can set this watch to not only the exact minute but the exact second. My only complaint is that it can take a couple of seconds to read the time because of all the timing marks, but maybe that's just my problem.blackmag17 Oct 12, 2014
This is my third Movado. This is a very nice watch. Classic face, nice band. The case measures 38mm, but has an appearance of being larger. Looking at it next to my Luna (42mm) it looks larger than that model. The case is also taller than a traditional Movado. This is more "modern" looking than "classic". I don't know if I'd get this if it was my first Movado. It is modern looking in size/appearance. I am happy with it as it's not my "daily" watch. I wear it (or will wear it) maybe once a week. I'm in my early 50's for a point of reference. So age may play into the above. These are great watches. I really like the simple look. I am very happy with the purchase.bridgestraining... Jul 08, 2015
I know it says it's a ladies watch, but it really looks great on a guy's wrist!993954397@deleted Oct 14, 2015
Very nice watch for summer.cakele6219 Dec 10, 2015
Esta hermoso para cualquier dama esta bien elegantemontapr-uxrunv Dec 30, 2015
Got it for my husband and I really love my choice he really likes it as wellforbe1996_21ot9psj Jan 05, 2016
I bought this as a gift for my husband and he is thrilled with it. It has a good size face, 40mm, and classic band. Many watches have extra dials which detracts from the look and makes the watch more difficult to read. This watch is clasic and classy.dalyan820_2 Jan 12, 2016
It is easy to get into very soft leather. I love the bag.milc0817 Jan 21, 2016
I have used MP brushes for 30 years. They' re the best for your hair and scalp. I have one brush that is 30 years old and it's still in amazing shape. I don't do anything extra to take care of it.sandhigh_8gkhl77i Jan 26, 2016
I love my Michele watch...jodineric Feb 03, 2016
Adjustable band and bulova quality in materials and movementprbarstow2000 Feb 09, 2016
este producto es un reloj pequeño que luce muy femenino, el color oro rosa hace que pueda lucir con traje formal y traje casual. estoy muy contenta y el precio basta accesibleemhher.pjfjudn Apr 06, 2016
This is a really well made timepiece with a stylish appearance and solar power. The black clock face is excellent and gives this watch a look gives it the appearance of a watch 3 to 4 times its cost. I would recommend this piece to anyone!jakeh679 Apr 21, 2016
Really good value for moneynitishviper May 02, 2016
Nice enough for costume jewelry. Larger, thicker case than previous M Museum watches in my box. Have had this watch's sibling for 20 years and it is and was fine. This one appears more like Chinese import / knock off.m0nitor May 09, 2016
I love the way it feels like a piece of heavy jewelry. I love it so much, I purchased two more and putting them away for Christmas gifts. The polished silver and gold details are beautiful. This is stunning with a simple sheath dress, I don't have to wear extra bracelettes. Dresses up casual wear. I get comments on this bold statement watch. Love, love, love it!reyn7800_bxiwcxw May 18, 2016
I really love t his brush. I wish I had purchased it years ago I wouldn't have wasted my money on other brushes!parispele08 May 18, 2016
It's a beautiful watch but the picture the seller showed made me presume it had a mother of pearl face and I wouldn't have bought the watch had I known it didn't have one.jo-an.maringelli May 21, 2016
I put this on after I bathe. I love the smoothness and the smell. You can still smell it on your night clothes in the morning. I love this scent so much that I have bought another jar.tekamarie16 May 30, 2016
Classic, solid weight, box said "refurbished" which was not clearly disclosed in the posting, not new, but looks new.paceballardj May 31, 2016
Anniversary gift for my husband. He loves it!melodklare Jun 07, 2016
Thrilled with this Movado design! I can't wear bracelet-styled watches, only those with leather bands. I was so happy to find an elegant, comfortable fit from an exceptional brand like Movado that I could wear. The watch looks great: even wore it with a ball gown to a black tie wedding, it's that pretty. Would highly recommend: great sized face, classic, under-stated style, leather band that I can wear and looks great!patrishal Jun 08, 2016
It is a beautiful watch. It came with a manufacturer's retail sticker of $395 so it is certainly a good deal. It is larger than I thought, but that is a good thing in that I will be 65 this year and need a large face to read the time! I love the watch.jdgbooth Jun 14, 2016
My wife loves this watch!jame-coug Jun 14, 2016
I have owned a Movado watch for at least 12 years, wearing it everyday on my wrist without exception. Occasionally I forget to remove it from my wrist when doing dirty work or getting my hands wet. But still it has lasted me until just recently and worked flawlessly the entire time. Finally, it has gone to watch heaven and so I replaced it with another very similar to the original, that I purchased from this site. It was an excellent value (much less than I originally paid over 12 years ago), and I am hoping it lasts another 12 years (I promise to try to take better care of it). It arrived in perfect condition in just a few days time.jaypinfl Jun 26, 2016
Stylish!!!josreijnders Jun 27, 2016
GF bought the same watch at Macy's for over two & half times the price. Immediately returned it & ordered this one. Couldn't be happier! Sweet Light weight, quality 100% legit Movado Museum.mrdoitfirst Jul 05, 2016
As I've aged (67 now) my skin has changed dramatically. In the past I never had to really think about dry skin, skin that looked dull, even tired looking. Well, this cream has put me back in the category. My skin now is so soft to the touch, looks healthy, brighter and more vibrant. It moisturizes without being greasy. I get comments from my younger co-workers about how good my skin looks and how they wish theirs looked as good. Does that put a smile on my face? You bet! Just love, love, love this product by Shiseido and quite a few of their other products too.etheamaya Jul 05, 2016
I gave this watch to my husband, he is thrilled with it. I think it's the most handsome watch he has ever owned and he's had several watches.gpfisherman Jul 11, 2016
Very nice watch, great value, the face has a great size for men.aaaathing Jul 11, 2016
The watch was not exactly what I wanted, but the service was great. I asked to return it and the process was very easy and prompt.pickles1952 Jul 15, 2016
This is a good perfume. Guerlain is one of the much expensive perfumes. But I was very surprised by price. It is original product an good price !!!!!kassandra_7777 Jul 25, 2016
Item was value-priced, received in excellent condition and is exactly "as advertised". Looks great and, true to Movado's reputation, should be a quality timepiece for many years to come.64birch Jul 25, 2016
Mason Pearson is pricey, yet it's a great brush. Compare it to any similar one and the imitatators and you'll see nothing comes close. This is worth the splurge. The if you take care of it, it will last for years. It feels great to use and you can see the difference in you hair.stinkfats Jul 26, 2016
My husband loves this watch it is stylish and great especially for the price you pay! One downfall is my husband is a big guy and has a large wrist so we had to add a hole to the band and will be attaching a metal band soon that fits properly, but anyone with a normal sized wrist it will be great for.emilborde_0 Jul 27, 2016
This is an excellent well know time piece for the price or close to what you might pay for a sport watch. Yet, this is a classic everyday dress watch. This replaces the gold one that my parents had given me years ago that I unfortunately lost. While the face is bigger than other watches I own, I do not have any problems telling time.raph_lavi Aug 03, 2016
My cream came in a timely manner and was perfect. Great price. I swim outdoors 3-4 times a week so my skin take a beating. A great moisturizer. I am definitely going to buy another one. Very satisfied with the purchase.chunkeleven Aug 11, 2016
I got it yesterday.....its beautiful but my wrist is very small so I expected an adjustable links.....I did find a way but still loose. In other words its perfect with a little minor default abilitynved1208 Aug 24, 2016
This watch is handsome and expensive looking, and brings Casio Reliability at a great price.marmac852 Aug 24, 2016
This is a terrific product that has given me better protection than other higher rated in terms of SPF's sunscreens I use, and collect, and try and dislike. I truly wish this was in a completely different price point so I could use it all over my body. I live in Southern California and every day I should be wearing sunscreen. I love using this on the tops of my hands, face, and neck. It gives me a nice finished appearance.maxlovefest Aug 25, 2016
I purchased the mans size because I wanted a larger face, and I love it, I have worn it since I received it. It looks very expensive and very well made. Very happy with my purchase.luvneedlework Aug 28, 2016
I love my watch!!!!!dowdanthony1 Sep 01, 2016
This is such great quality. I was expecting it to be a nice watch because I know the quality of Movado. However, for the price this is so incredible. This seller has great communication and is Most Highly Recommended.jove5697 Sep 16, 2016
Great classic Last long Hollywood scentdjvacher Sep 27, 2016
I am in love with the watch. At first glance I thought it was too big then I tried it on and wow. It not too big rather than just the perfect size. It's elegance and simple design give it that wow factor. I am very pleased with my decision to buy it.yycastrom Sep 30, 2016
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Typhoon spared center of Philippines' economy
- Before Haiyan%2C Philippines%27 economy was expected to grow almost 7%25 growth in 2013
- Nation hobbled by high unemployment and weak infrastructure before storm
- Emigrant Filipinos sending money back to relatives provide substantial support
While Typhoon Haiyan undoubtedly killed many thousands of people, the storm's path may have spared the Philippines from an even worse economic catastrophe.
The storm took an estimated $14 billion toll on its economy, according to Kinetic Analysis, a Silver Spring, Md., risk-assessment firm. But the storm's path meant it imposed only minor damage in and around the capital of Manila — home to about 12% of the nation's people and a third of its annual economic output of about $250 billion.
The Philippines' economy has been growing at an annual rate exceeding 7% this year, after growing 6.8% in 2012. By Asian standards, that is pretty good — it's growing faster than India, if slower than China.
It is reasonably well diversified, as business-process outsourcing centers and call centers spring up to complement electronics-assembly factories and agriculture. Incomes are still low, though they are higher than in India or Vietnam, while trailing nations including China and Thailand.
"Things have been looking up for the Philippines,'' said Rachel van Elkan, mission chief for the Philippine at the International Monetary Fund. "In our assessment they continue to do so.''
The Leyte province, where much of the worst damage was sustained, is largely agricultural. That's one reason estimates cited by Moody's Analytics say as much as half of the nation's sugar-cane fields and a third of its rice-growing land may have been wiped out.
Cebu, a hard-hit province of 3.8 million people, is a center for outsourcing operations, with U.S. companies including United Healthcare having offices there. It's also a major tourism and shipbuilding center.
But Manila is the center of the national economy, at once both the largest manufacturing center and the most-popular home for outsourcing firms, van Elkan said.
A moderate national debt will work in the favor of Philippine recovery, van Elkan said. With an investment-grade bond rating and a debt to GDP ratio of 40% — compared with about 72% for the U.S, according to Fitch Ratings — the nation will be able to finance its reconstruction after international aid pours in to address the humanitarian crisis, she said.
Another factor that may speed recovery is that so many Filipinos have relatives abroad who send money back home. About 10% of the economy comes from so-called "remittances," the World Bank estimates, letting the country run a trade surplus.
But the nation is still poor, with lower per-capita incomes than about two out of three countries worldwide. Unemployment tops 7%, and 40% of Philippine workers are active in the so-called informal economy, according to the CIA World Factbook.
U.S. Agency for International Development spokeswoman Natasha Jackson said it was too early for definitive statements about the level of economic damage.
The Philippines are no stranger to costly storms. In an average year, weather is responsible for $5 billion in property damage in the Philippines, according to the USAID.


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Police: Man identify man shot to death in car
No arrests made in death of Dontez L. Spearman
Kansas City police are investigating after a man was found shot to death in the car near East 24th Street and Quincy Avenue on Sunday night.
Police officers said they were called to the area at 9:10 p.m. on a reported shooting. Officers found the victim in the car. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Police later identified him as Dontez L. Spearman, 20, of Kansas City.
Family members told KMBC's David Hall that Spearman was a family man and wasn't caught up with a bad crowd.
"We'd like to know who did this and why he was down there," said his aunt, Cynthia Young. "I'm not saying that he was a perfect child because the main thing is that Dontez was a good person. He wasn't a street young man."
She said she can't believe that her nephew, who just put up his great-grandmother's Christmas lights, is dead.
She said his great-grandmother wants to leave the lights up in his honor.
"She doesn't want the lights taken down because he put them up and he won't be around to put them up again," Young said.
"It's indescribable. There's no words right now. I'm not crying, but believe me, it's coming," Young said.
Shaniqua Spearman, one of his 12 siblings, said she will always remember this Thanksgiving as her last holiday with her brother.
"I hope they get caught. I pray to God they do, because they took him for no reason," she said.
Dontez Spearman was also survived by both parents, and he had one child.
No arrests have been made. Detectives are asking anyone with information to call the TIPS Hotline at 816-474-8477.


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Canon EOS Utility 50D is an app that brings with each other capabilities to communicate with the Canon EOS 50D camera. These characteristics involve installing and displaying photos, remote control snapping shots, and digicam management for each establishing.
Canon EOS Utility 50D makes it simple to transfer images from your EOS 50D camera within your computer. You can shift all pictures at once or select personal photos to transfer. Additionally, it integrates easily with DPP (Digital Photo Professional) and ImageBrowser EX.
Canon EOS Utility 50D also enables you to remotely function your camera out of your personal computer utilizing a Universal serial bus cable, using Wi-Fi should your digicam consists of it or using an individual Wifi File Transmitter.
For download instructions, please adhere to the methods below. Have your camera's Serial Number all set before you begin.
Compatible OS for Canon EOS Utility app for 50D Camera
- Windows Server 2016 (x64)
- Windows 10 (x64)
- Windows 10
- Windows Server 2012 R2 (x64)
- Windows 8.1
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- Windows Server 2012 (x64)
- Windows 8
- Windows 8 (x64)
- Windows 7
- Windows 7 (x64)
- Windows Vista
- Windows Vista (x64)
- Windows XP
- Windows XP (x64)
- Windows Server 2008
- Windows Server 2008 (x64)
- Windows Server 2008 R2 (x64)
- Windows Server 2003
- Windows Server 2003 (x64)
- Windows Server 2003 R2
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- Windows Me
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- macOS Sierra v10.12
- OS X El Capitan v10.11
- OS X Yosemite v10.10
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How to Download Canon EOS Utility 50D
Once you arrive at the product support page, please follow these instructions!
Choose the "Drivers & Downloads" tab.
Next, click the "Software" tab (you are usually placed on that tab automatically)
look for the "EOS Utility" then press the "SELECT" button on the right side of the page (you can also download other software needed there)
File description is going to be opened open and click "I have read and Agree to terms…" message. By the time you click agree, the download button turns into the download button with red color. Then you can click it to download the EOS utility app.


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Stored Donor Blood May Have Shorter Shelf Life Than Thought
TUESDAY, March 5 (HealthDay News) -- A small new study adds more evidence that red blood cells stored longer than three weeks begin to lose their ability to deliver oxygen-rich cells to the tissue where they're most needed.
Researchers from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore found that red cells in blood stored for that long gradually lose the flexibility needed to squeeze through the smallest capillaries. They also found that this ability does not return when the blood is removed from storage and transfused into patients during or after surgery.
The study included 16 patients scheduled for spinal-fusion surgery, which typically requires blood transfusions. The average age of the blood given to the patients was more than three weeks.
The findings were published online Feb. 28 in the journal Anesthesia & Analgesia.
"There's more and more information telling us that the shelf life of blood may not be six weeks, which is what the blood banks consider standard," study leader Dr. Steven Frank, an associate professor of anesthesiology and critical care medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, said in a university news release.
"If I were having surgery tomorrow, I'd want the freshest blood they could find," he added.
Frank said he realizes that blood banks do not have enough fresh blood for everyone, and that shorter storage periods would lead to lower blood inventories. He said, however, that the current practice of transfusing blood stored for up to six weeks may need to be reconsidered.
Frank noted that a previous study published in the New England Journal of Medicine found that heart-surgery patients who received blood stored longer than three weeks were nearly twice as likely to die as those who received blood stored for just 10 days.
Currently, two large studies are under way in the United States and Canada to compare the safety of older and newer blood. The results are expected next year.
More information
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Belgium bans burkas: Women who refuse to show faces to be jailed for a week under draft law
Belgium became the first European country to impose a full ban on wearing a burka last night.
Its parliament approved a draft law which states women can be jailed for hiding their faces in public.
The bill - which must be rubber-stamped by the Belgian senate - is set to become law by July. more...


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So in the directory /etc/xdg/autostart/ is where the trackers get started, you can simple remove all the tracker-* files. You will need to be root of course:
Than log out and back in, things should be back to normal. So tell your friends and family that are GNOME users.
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# rm -rfv /etc/xdg/autostart/tracker-*


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Members of legendary rock bands were seen enjoying themselves at an Italian restaurant in Rochester Hills Monday.
'We were graced with the presence of KISS & Def Leppard last night!' Lino's Italian Restaurant posted to Facebook Tuesday.
Band members of both KISS & Def Leppard share a mutual friend with the restaurant owner's wife, who brought them in to treat them to dinner, according to Ashlyn Oswalt, who works at the restaurant.
The bands are currently on tour together, however they are not making their Detroit-area stop until Aug. 23 at DTE Energy Music Theatre in Independence Township. Check for tickets here.
Lino's is located at 50 W. Tienken Rd. in Rochester Hills and can be reached at (248) 652-9002. Visit http://linosrestaurant.com/ for more information.
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