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Nashville serves as a national and international hotspot for vacation, music, dining, and entertainment. A major international business hub, Nashville is emerging as a focal city for innovation and entrepreneurship. The area attracts millions of visitors from across the country and around the world each year.
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Last Friday I was teleported into an amazing event by the sassy and provocative filmmaker/photographer Belinda (Bel's World). It was part of a larger live music event that day, but what got our attention was - its founder Takuma "Gago Gigamon" calls his band – a machinima band. He literally put on an explosive show, lots of lights and even GA-GO dancers! Pounding beats, lots of enthusiasm and a Westernized rock-n-roll high fashion sense were other ingredients.
One of this recent machinima - G-Project 2012 "End of The War" - was among the films nominated in the 2012 Machinima Expo. Takuma tapped filmmaker SL MAG's umekobutya Beck, an extremely talented Japanese machinimatographer. Takuma edited the film, and did the sound design. You can watch the video here: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jl1mimqvn_c ].
An incredible visual aesthetic is captured in GA-GO's machinima. There is definitely a Western sensibility in the machinima, and plenty of James Bond-like action. Takuma is a RL rock singer, and he puts on a high intensity rock show in SL. That kind of feeling is captured in the well-produced machinima.
Takuma feels fortunate to hear his songs in SL, for it has made possible what he thought to be an impossible expression otherwise. To him "the place of expression is Second Life," a virtual world that allows for new music and new ideas.
In RL, the band is simply known as "GA-GO" and they are very active in Kansai, Japan.
*Special thanks to Sakurako Watanbe, owner of the Kumashon Shopping Mall, for hosting the SL event shown in some of the above photos (taken by S.F.).
I write more about Takuma's GA-GO machinima in November's Magnum: Machinima Review.
And Belinda Barnes-Fitzroy and I will see you at the Expo on November 16th-18th. Details at the Machinima Expo web site.
I write more about Takuma's GA-GO machinima in November's Magnum: Machinima Review.
And Belinda Barnes-Fitzroy and I will see you at the Expo on November 16th-18th. Details at the Machinima Expo web site.
Official GA-GO Web Site (translated) is at: http://gagotakuma.slmame.com/e1264221.html
Also, GA GO You Tube Channel can be found: http://www.youtube.com/user/gagotakuma
Saying that, I was very happy to purchase AcousticEnergy's long awaited debut CD the other night. I am glad he finally made good his promise of producing an album, and I am saddened I didn't receive it in time to air it. I will wear it out, however, by listening to it over and over in between his SL gigs. Check it out here, under his RL name, http://www.jamesolmos.com/#!home/mainPage
:) Soni, catch you on the grid.

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Spook-alicious Halloween Garden Bash
Throwing an outdoor Halloween party this year? Create a fun autumn afternoon for children filled with goulash garden games and spook-alicious treats. Welcome your guests to your party with these classic, creative, and perhaps slightly creepy Halloween yard decorations. Displaying festive Halloween yard decorations is easier than you think – a silly and spooky garden witch comes together with only a simple witch hat and a terra cotta planter. DIY Halloween crafts add easy and creative elements to your festive outdoor fall party. Mix pumpkin types and colors for a spooky touch. Decorate your Halloween drinks with hand-shaped ice molds, and spread stringy fake spider webs for a few haunting touches. Take your traditional outdoor pumpkin decorations to the next level by adding peculiar plants as creepy table décor. Complete the décor by serving Halloween-themed food and drinks: crunchy snack mixes are perfect for kids, and cozy hot spiced cider is sure to keep your guests cozy and warm.
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Speier to the Angels?
Peter Gammons is reporting on ESPN.com that Justin Speier and the Angels agreed on a four-year contract. It's not officialy, yet, but the likelihood of him returning to the Jays was becoming slimmer and slimmer with each passing day. The Orioles and Indians were among the other teams courting him.
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I'm a little more interested in Cat signing with Texas–especially the part where they say he might fill in at second sometimes.
I'm not sure where it says he will fill in at second sometimes? I read the article and it says he has played second. But will and has are two different words. I doubt he will play second in Texas they have Kinsler as there everyday guy there. Frank Thomas is a big upgrade over Catalanotto if he puts up close to the same numbers as last year.
From the outfield, Cat didnt look like he had enough speed/range to be an infiedler. isnt that why jays move him in the first place
So, we now know who's gone and what the team is still lacking. How about some support for the starters in picking up Kei Igawa to eat up some innings. He's also a rival of Godzilla and from a business perspective, the Japanese market would implode in TO for 1/10 of the price of Matsuzaka and nearly as much production on the field, if not more! Like Matsui, he's completed his 9 year probabtion, so he'd come relatively cheap despite not being the highlight of the WBC and having the experience in the majors yet. There's definitely no financial loss and only possibilities of a long awaited playoff berth lie ahead! It's not jumping on the foreign band wagon, it's pouncing on a good chance!


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BELMONT, N.C. - With one second remaining in the first half, Belmont Abbey's Silvia Vazquez sent her shot attempt into the back right corner of the net as the only goal in a 1-0 win over Pfeiffer University in the 2012 Conference Carolinas tournament championship match. The Crusaders improve to 11-9-1 overall and secure the league's automatic berth into the NCAA tournament. The Lady Falcons see their season come to an end at 10-7-3.
After a back-and-forth first half with both teams getting equal scoring opportunities, Vazquez delivered her shot at 44:59 in the 45 minute half as the Crusader made the goal stand as Hannah Kohls made five saves in net.
Pfeiffer's Aaliyah Jackson and Hannah Hill would each have final shot attempts for the Lady Falcons in the closing minutes in a last ditch effort to force overtime.
The Lady Falcons outshot the Crusaders 9-6, 5-1 on goal with Vazquez's goal going as the only shot on frame.
Jackson, along with goalkeeper Britt Polly and Kayla Rodriguez, were named to the all-tournament team.


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Best For Watching New Releases
For the cinephile, ours is a golden age, with the ability to stream from an incredible all-you-can eat buffet of old and recent films via services like Netflix, Hulu Plus, and Amazon Prime, among many others. But for dyed-in-the-wool movie buffs, who cherish the first-run experience for the big screen and surround sound, a trip to the cineplex is still the gold standard. It's also the high road to the poor house if you aren't careful, which is what intrigues us about MoviePass, a relatively low-cost service that aims to do for silver screen junkies what Netflix did for home theater buffs.
Though billed as "unlimited movies," the subscription-based service lets members catch up to a flick a day, for between $29 and $34 a month, depending on location. (Notably, that doesn't currently include 3D and IMAX films, which typically charge extra, though the service plans to offer coupons and discounts for these showings as well). The process at the outset may seem complex, but in practice it's simple. First, you sign up, and within a week or so, you'll receive a dedicated MoviePass card. Download the accompanying iPhone or Android app, register your card, and then use the app to choose a movie, theater, and time. Proceed to the theater, and once you're within about 100 yards of the box office, use the app to "check in" – that'll pre-load your MoviePass card with funds for a single ticket for that day. Then walk in, swipe your MoviePass card as you would a regular credit card, and head right to the concession stand for your Twizzlers and Dr Pepper. Since your MoviePass card is essentially like a pre-paid credit card, it will work at essentially any theater in the country.
MoviePass does have its drawbacks that make it of dubious value for someone who isn't a die-hard movie buff – the obvious one being that it doesn't pay off if you don't see at least three, or, in places where movie tickets don't cost $20, four or five movies per month. Another hiccup is that you can't prepurchase or reserve tickets in advance, which means you'll need to get to a theater early on the opening weekend of a blockbuster. And you can't buy two tickets at a time with it, which, while understandable, means you're always going Dutch treat. Still, if, like us, you can hit two movies in a weekend without blinking (that is, until we finally surface and see daylight), then MoviePass might be just the ticket. [From $29 to $34/month; moviepass.com]
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Diabetes Education: Why It's so Crucial to Care
Diabetes education is the cornerstone of diabetes management, because diabetes requires day-to-day knowledge of nutrition, exercise, monitoring, and medication, according to Patricia Bonsignore, M.S., R.N., C.D.E., Diabetes Educator at the Joslin Diabetes Center.
Importance of Diabetes Education
Diabetes is unlike other diseases, such as cholesterol and hypertension, where medication alone can often times successfully treat it, Bonsignore says. There are a lot of other components to diabetes, such as: the diabetes disease process, nutritional management, physical activity, medications, glucose monitoring, and psychosocial adjustment.
Diabetes education makes you more aware of diabetes, what it takes to treat it, and gives you the power to control it. Diabetes education allows you to better incorporate education into your life and make the necessary changes to improve your lifestyle.
Who to Involve in your Diabetes Education
Diabetes education and self-management training should be done with a team, according to Bonsignore. The team should consist ideally of:
- a physician who understands diabetes
- a certified diabetes educator
- a nutritionist
- an exercise physiologist
If you don't have access to all of these people, Bonsignore says to check with your local hospital to see what diabetes education services are available, or ask your primary care physician about the endocrinologists in your area.
Best Practices for Diabetes Education
It's a good idea to have individual diabetes education as well as group education. In a group, you may feel more comfortable because people have the same concerns, you can share your experiences and frustrations, and hear answers to questions you may not have thought of yourself. However, Bonsignore says it's very important that you create an individual plan after the group visit, because everyone's lifestyle is different.
Your diabetes self-management goals should not only be individualized, but also measurable and achievable. You should create very specific short-term goals as well as long-term goals. An example of a short-term goal might be saying you'll lose one to two pounds per week, while a long-term goal would be to lose 50 pounds.
Diabetes education is an ongoing process that should be repeated every one to two years, either with a diabetes nurse educator or a nutritionist. This allows patients to keep up to date.
Diabetes education gives you the power to control your diabetes, so it doesn't end up controlling you.
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Joslin Diabetes Center – make an appointment with a diabetes educator
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Jeremy Dale
Formerly the Managing
Director of the Barber Dodge Pro Series for three seasons, Dale took
the reigns of RuSPORT in the fall of 2002. His professional driving
career spanned 10 years, winning in multiple disciplines, including
open wheel racing and sports car endurance racing.
• 2000-2002, Managing Director, Skip Barber Racing School, LLC,
Lakeville, CT
• 1996-2002, Network Sports Television, auto racing analyst
• 1989-1995, Multiple IMSA race-winner as a factory driver for
Dodge, Nissan, Oldsmobile
• 1986-1988, Barber Dodge Pro Series driver, accumulating 7 wins
• 1985-1990, Driving Instructor, Skip Barber Racing School,
Lakeville, CT
• 1978-1984, Driver campaigning Formula Ford and Vintage racing
• Born in Toronto, Canada, 1962
AutoRacing1.com sat down with RuSPORT Team
President Jeremy Dale to talk about the future of RuSPORT as well as
candid discussion on some
issues facing the Champ Car World Series as it begins its steady
MARK CIPOLLONI: Thanks for taking
the time to talk with us today Jeremy. There has been some
speculation that RuSPORT's recent success will spur the team to expand
to 3 or 4 cars. Can you comment on that.
JEREMY DALE: -- We have absolutely no plans to do anything beyond two
cars for 2006. That could change. But, I mean, I put the possibilities
of that changing at 1%, and here is why. As you know, we jumped into
Champ Car in '04 with a one-year-old team that really, you know, in our
minds we had thought to really get the foundation of the team where it
needs to be, two years in Atlantics minimum, maybe three, but probably
two. And we decided to jump into Champ Car in '04. But we were
absolutely going to do one car. I mean, there was no two ways about it.
We were going to do one car.
And we thought, okay, we can take the two-car Atlantic team, transition
ourself into Champ Car as a one-car team, bring AJ along. We know we're
going to pay a price for that, but we can do it pretty much with the
same number of people and we can continue to build the foundation. And
then in '05, we'll go back to two cars, which
provides the symmetry that we know we need.
Well, then the whole Jourdain thing came along, and we had to jump in. I
mean, there was no one else that was going to take that on. And, as you
know, we ramped that up in about four weeks. And we paid for that all
year last year. It cost us all year. Actually, we're still paying for
And, you know, you can look at it and you can say should we have done
it, should we not have done it. It's like, at this point it doesn't
matter, we did it. We knew it was going to compromise us. We did it. So
the great thing about '04 to '05 for us was that in the short history of
RuSPORT, it was the first time that we went from season to season
without any radical change, you know, Atlantic to Champ Car. So it was
an opportunity for us to take the same program through from year to
year. And it was like, okay, this is great, this is some consistency.
This is now going to allow us to start fine-tuning what we do.
And, you know, obviously there were changes. There was a driver change,
which was a key part of us developing the team. We went and hired Todd
Malloy. That was a key part of us bringing the team along.
MARK CIPOLLONI: David Brown, too?
JEREMY DALE: No, David we hired in January of '04. But, of course, David
had very little Champ Car experience, almost none.
MARK CIPOLLONI: Wasn't he with Ryan Hunter-Reay prior to coming
to you?
Jeremy Dale (R) with team owner Carl Russo (L)
JEREMY DALE: For three or four races with the Reynards. But prior to
that, he had no Champ Car experience. Mostly F1, some sports car, but
mostly F1. So it was a great opportunity for us from '04 to '05 to say,
okay, we're going to take the same basic program and transition into
'05. And now we're going to start to put some development programs into
place and fill out a few key positions and start to refine what we do.
We're a long, long, long way from where we need to be in terms of
refining a two-car team, and I mean a long way.
MARK CIPOLLONI: You're certainly competitive already, so what's
to stop you from expanding on that?
JEREMY DALE: Well, but here's what -- so, not to digress, but I look at,
for instance, this weekend so far and I say here is what I'm most proud
of about this weekend. We all started from the same place. No one's been
here. No one's seen it. And so to me it's a strong sign that we have put
a great group of people together that can figure this stuff out. And we
clearly yesterday, when we unloaded the cars, we were in pretty good
shape. And so that to me is the greatest part about yesterday, was that
we were able to achieve that. Now, watch us, you know, fall on our faces
in San Jose next week when we're going to do the same thing, to a
racetrack that no one's ever seen.
So to go into '06 and do anything but two cars right now to me would be
a big mistake. We've built some momentum in '05. We're getting better at
understanding why we're quick. We're getting better at understanding why
we're able to achieve whatever it is we achieve, and we don't want to
mess with that.
And what also happened last year, Mark, was when we did that big
expansion in such a short period of time, when you take an organization,
and every company has a culture that exists within it, we spend a lot of
time thinking and talking about culture, and you add 20 people to an
organization of 25 over a four-week period, you're going -- you have the
potential to break the culture. And we didn't break it. And that might
have just been luck. Who knows? But we didn't break it.
And so now that we have some of that consistency and we're trying to
refine that, if we were to do an expansion again to three or four cars,
we would potentially break it, and I don't want to break it.
MARK CIPOLLONI: But this time you would have more time if you
decided to do it now.
JEREMY DALE: You're right. But I just don't see us doing it. I don't see
us doing it, especially in -- I mean, if you look at the way everything
is lined up right now, we're gaining really good traction with
commercial partners, and that's important, and we need to do that. We
are figuring out this Lola, but next year is the last year of the Lola.
What we really want to do is take next year to really refine the team so
that when a new car does land on the shop floor in hopefully December of
'06, we know how to figure it out.
MARK CIPOLLONI: How do you explain Andretti Green's change to a
four-car team, when they went to the IRL - they became a four-car team
almost instantly. How were they able to achieve that success? Is that
because they're in Indianapolis where there's a lot more personnel
JEREMY DALE: A couple of things. Number one, it was already a mature
organization. Not a new team. I mean, Michael was new to the team. But
Team Green became Andretti Green, so it was already a mature
organization, number one.
Number two, it doesn't take quite as many people to run an IRL program
as it does to run a Champ Car program.
MARK CIPOLLONI: Why is that?
JEREMY DALE: Um, because the -- well, let me -- let me go backwards on
that a little bit.
When they started in the IRL, it didn't take as many people. It's now
getting to the point where it does because the technical development has
ramped up.
MARK CIPOLLONI: They have road courses now, too.
JEREMY DALE: Right. But when they joined, the technical development
wasn't as strong as it is now, and they weren't road racing, so they
weren't turning these cars back and forth (between oval and road course
configurations). So I think it was easier for
-- you know, Ganassi did a big layoff when they went from Champ Car to
IRL in '03. They were staffed at about a hundred and they went down to
about 65 or 70.
MARK CIPOLLONI: It was a two-car team.
JEREMY DALE: Two-car team, yeah. Two-car Champ Car team in '02. Two-car
IRL team in '03. They made a transition.
Now, the technical side has ramped back up. Andretti Green, what they're
doing is interesting in the world of open-wheel racing because it's
never been done. It's a NASCAR kind of model. You know, if you get it
right, it can be really effective and really powerful, and if you don't,
you're going to -- you're going to dig a grave for yourself. So
certainly running more than two cars does not guarantee success. You
know, look at Ganassi this year. I mean, they're not having any success.
MARK CIPOLLONI: I think a lot of that has to do with Honda versus Toyota
engines. Part of that problem is the Penske Toyota is better than their
JEREMY DALE: Look at Rahal. You know, three cars, Honda engines.
MARK CIPOLLONI: They've had some success.
JEREMY DALE: No doubt. They won the 500 last year, and Buddy won some
races last year. But this year, boy.
MARK CIPOLLONI: They've been there. Danica was there at Indy.
JEREMY DALE: But at the end of the day, the job is to win races.
MARK CIPOLLONI: Well, of course.
JEREMY DALE: Anyway, so we're going to stay where we are right now.
Could I see us, you know, three or four years down the road as we're
able to bring commercial partners into the fold that are showing
interest in Champ Car? I'll tell you, a lot of people are paying
attention to this, they're not all jumping in yet, but it's got their
attention. The model that has been created here which you know what it
is, I don't need to explain it, this NAFTA model with a Pacific Rim
focus has really got a lot of people's attention. Europe is nice, but
it's Formula One country. It's saturated. You know, we don't need to go
to Europe. We have a lot of fans in Europe. We get a lot of fan mail
from Europe, a lot.
MARK CIPOLLONI: So does the HVM team. I hear the HVM team gets
bombarded with fan mail.
JEREMY DALE: Yeah, we get -- I wouldn't be surprised. We get a lot of
fan mail from Europe. But we get a lot of fan mail from all over the
world. Not as much yet from the Far East.
MARK CIPOLLONI: Language barrier there, too.
JEREMY DALE: Yeah. But this model has got the attention of commercial
partners. And I could see, as we're able to -- you know, listen, if we
had two fully funded absolutely, you know, title sponsors for the whole
year, fully funding the program, we're not going to stop looking for
MARK CIPOLLONI: Nobody would.
JEREMY DALE: We will be out there trying to create relationships and
trying to build partnerships. You know, if we can find the funding to do
it as this thing matures a little bit and as we mature as an
organization, and to your point, as we find enough -- I mean, you're
right, we don't have enough space.
MARK CIPOLLONI: What is the status of that, of your new building?
JEREMY DALE: Our new building, we had a deal all put together. We were
supposed to have shovels in the ground back in March. It all blew up in
January. It's a complicated story. But, you know, I mean, building
development, real estate development is tricky business. And the deal
blew up. It was a piece of land down in Broomfield, which is, you know,
kind of halfway between downtown Denver and Boulder there, by the
airport, by the Jefferson County private airport, and the deal blew up.
So we decided to push the pause button and regroup. And we decided at
this moment -- we haven't moved too hard on anything yet. We've been out
looking around.
MARK CIPOLLONI: For an existing property or a new building?
JEREMY DALE: Anything. We've been out looking around at what's available
in the real estate market. But the problem is, since the tech crash, the
real estate market in Colorado, in Denver specifically, has been --
MARK CIPOLLONI: Soft?
JEREMY DALE: -- very soft. There are no buildings. There isn't a lot of
empty existing stuff available that would be suitable. There's a lot of
empty, existing stuff, but it's just not suitable. So we pretty much
have to build. And that is, you know, at least an 18-month process. So
we're probably going to be where we are -- I can almost say we'll
certainly be in the building we're in for '05 and '06. There just won't
be any opportunity.
MARK CIPOLLONI: Unless you happen to find an existing building.
JEREMY DALE: If something pops up. So we'll keep our eyes open, but
right now we decided to push the pause button because the real estate
market is one that is not easy to navigate. The problem is you would
think that in a soft real estate market, the prices would be low, but
they're not that low.
MARK CIPOLLONI: High demand in that there's not a lot of supply?
JEREMY DALE: Right. Right. You would think in a soft market, you'd be
able to go in and find some cheap space or find some cheap land. So
we're moving carefully with that. And we learned to live in the small
building we're in. It's about 14,000 square feet. We're not able to keep
our trucks inside. That's a disadvantage. But, you know, we've come to
grips with it.
MARK CIPOLLONI: Apparently, given your recent success.
JEREMY DALE: Well, you can make an argument that it actually forces you
to become better in how you operate your business. You don't have as
much space. You have to be more efficient. You know, we use our space
very, very efficiently, and we're always looking at ways to make it more
efficient, do this, do that, do this, do that. We run into each other a
lot. I mean, it's tight. I'd be telling a lie if I didn't say it was
Yeah, we had a whole mezzanine area over the office that when we ran the
Atlantic program, it was just wasted space, we didn't do anything with
it. And now it is full. You know, we've got shelving up there. I'm
worried it's all going to come down through the ceiling. But, anyway.
MARK CIPOLLONI: How about sponsorship? The last two years, you have run
a number of different sponsors on the cars, races here and there. Do you
feel any of them are close to possibly coming on board as a full-time
sponsor? Or are there others in the works?
JEREMY DALE: Yeah. So there's always a lot -- there's a lot in the
works. There's a lot going on behind the scenes that no one sees.
Obviously, when we're ready to put something on the car, we put it on
the car. As you pointed out, we've done that, we're in the midst of that
with CDW right now. We ran an Intel car at Portland. Western Union's
back on the car, that's four races. You'll see SanDisk come back on the
And what this is, it's easy to figure out, it's these companies are
looking at Champ Car, looking at RuSPORT, looking at the markets,
looking at the models, and they're trying to figure out, "Does this fit
with what we're trying to achieve, with what we're trying to do with our
business? Does it work? Does it fit?"
We think we offer something very unique. It's not Formula One; it never
will be. It's not a global brand name play, if you will. We have good
global television reach, but it's not Formula One. Having said that, we
can offer something Formula One can't possibly offer at a fraction of
the cost, which is events, touching people, getting close to people,
bringing people in and letting them see the cars, touch the cars, meet
the drivers. You don't have that kind of access in Formula One.
NASCAR can't offer what we offer. NASCAR is an incredibly successful
business, from a corporate sponsorship standpoint, but NASCAR is
primarily a Sunday afternoon or Saturday night in the corporate suite
experience. There's less on the ground, close to the cars, meet the
drivers, walk through the pit lane, there's less of that that can go on
in NASCAR, for two reasons: one, they allow less of it, and two, you
have so many more people, and so many more constituents involved, the
garage access is very, very limited. So we can offer something they
can't offer.
MARK CIPOLLONI: They offer a lot of TV eyeballs.
JEREMY DALE: Again, they're better on the branding side, but they can't
be -- you know, they can't make as compelling an argument from a
technology standpoint that we can make to an Intel or to a CDW. They
can't speak the way we do for Western Union to the global movement of
money in and out of Mexico, in and out of Canada, to the Far East. China
is a booming market for Western Union.
MARK CIPOLLONI: That's where you and I don't agree about the worldwide
global reach potential of the series. I feel as long as you keep half of
your races in North America, the other half can easily be a global
reach. In my opinion, most companies nowadays are looking to do sales
globally, especially in China.
JEREMY DALE: No, I think we do agree, 'cause we look at that and say
that's an important part.
MARK CIPOLLONI: The problem is, I don't think Champ Car still to this
day has figured out what they want to be. That's my opinion. I hear a South African race is possible. Then South America has
to happen because of the Ford contract. South America, South Africa,
China, South Korea, Australia and maybe Japan. Champ Car will be as global as
Formula One. So why not use that?
JEREMY DALE: Just about.
MARK CIPOLLONI: No, not just about. The only thing you're missing is
JEREMY DALE: That's why I said "just about." You're also not in the
Middle East. You're not in Bahrain or anything like that.
MARK CIPOLLONI: That's also in the works, potentially.
JEREMY DALE: But you're right, and I think one of the flaws for many
years with CART is CART did not know what it wanted to be.
MARK CIPOLLONI: Exactly.
JEREMY DALE: So I think the direction -- and honestly, Mark, I don't
know about a race in South Africa. I hear the same things you hear about
the potential of, you know, races in South America. It's like, you know,
if that's the direction, that's the direction.
I think the direction -- I think the path we're on right now with this
NAFTA anchor, three in Canada, two in Mexico, seven, eight, whatever the
blend is, in the US, got to get the right markets, got to get into the Southeast, got to get into the East.
MARK CIPOLLONI: Northeast, you mean?
JEREMY DALE: And Southeast. We've got to get East. Got to get East. You
know, San Jose is a home run, it's going to be a home run. Long Beach is
a home run. I mean, you know, and then, you know, the markets that are
China and South Korea, and whether it's Japan or somewhere else, you
know, APAC-wise, it makes sense, it makes sense. If we dilute ourselves
too much in trying to be all things to all people, whether that's going
to South Africa or going to South America or going to the Middle East, I
think we will fail.
MARK CIPOLLONI: If it's not done properly, I agree with you a hundred
JEREMY DALE: I think we'll fail.
MARK CIPOLLONI: I see already some signs that they're not doing some
things the way I would have done them. You're actually right. At the
same time, many economists are predicting that China will surpass the
United States in GNP in 10 years. If that happens, all of a sudden we're
not the biggest economy any more, companies are going to want to sell in
JEREMY DALE: You've got to admire -- I mean, Formula One had the
foresight to go there. You know, they will beat us there by a couple of
years. And obviously everyone's looking at it. The NBA's looking at it.
The NFL's looking at it. I mean, everyone's looking at it. But at the
end of the day, we can go in there and bring a world class event to
Beijing, and that will have a big impact from a corporate sponsorship
MARK CIPOLLONI: It could.
JEREMY DALE: It really will.
MARK CIPOLLONI: Like I said, Champ Car has to figure out what they want
to be. If they really do want to be an international company, they had
better organize to be that. Right now they're organized as a United
States company with their fingers in some foreign locations. So they have to decide what they really
want to be. If they don't want to be international, then don't be
JEREMY DALE: No, no. You're international just by the fact that you
cross into Canada, Mexico.
MARK CIPOLLONI: Yeah, you're right, but...
JEREMY DALE: I mean, aren't there other leagues that would like to have
the foundation we have in Canada/Mexico right now?
MARK CIPOLLONI: Absolutely. It's fantastic.
JEREMY DALE: So we've got to take care of that, not neglect it, nurture
it, keep going. Got to keep Canadian drivers in the series, got to keep
Mexican drivers in the series.
The one thing I keep coming back to, and I think you're going to agree
with me about this, is that people continue to underestimate Kevin
Kalkhoven. I'd say Kevin likes it that way. He's a guy with a lot of
vision, he really is. And he can see -- I think he can see how this
plays out over the next 10 years.
MARK CIPOLLONI: I share his visions. He's the first Champ
Car boss who shares the global vision I have been writing about for
JEREMY DALE: No, he is a -- he is a visionary guy. And, fortunately, he
understands that you need to make the right investments in the right
areas to get things done. It doesn't mean you are indiscriminate with
how you spend money or where you invest. You make those investments
very, very carefully.
You know, I've heard Kevin talk about -- I've heard him talk about Champ
Car may be profitable by the end of 2005. Well, if Champ Car is
profitable by the end of 2005, then we're now -- we're in a whole
different area because now Champ Car has -- Champ Car is a profitable
company that can continue to invest in the areas that it needs to invest
in to continue to grow.
So to me the approach looks very disciplined, very focused, and it looks
right now like a -- it looks like there are holes, but it's only because
they're not trying to do everything at once. They're trying to pick one
thing off at a time. And I think we saw it this year with TV. The TV
will move up another notch and it will just keep moving. That 1.0 at
Toronto, it held at a 1.0, that's a big deal. That's a big deal.
MARK CIPOLLONI: It's not a great rating, but it's much better
than it was the year before. And the trend is in the right direction.
JEREMY DALE: And the trend is in the right direction. I don't know if
you got to see the race, the quality of the production.
MARK CIPOLLONI: It was good. So was Cleveland. It's getting
better. Still not as good as what FOX does with NASCAR, but
it's getting better. I had a good talk with Rick Benjamin before Toronto.
They seem to be listening because it's getting better. It's still not
JEREMY DALE: Well, again, right. You just keep going. You just keep
plugging away. You knock one down at a time.
MARK CIPOLLONI: Still, in order to get above the 1.0, as I've said for a
long time, as Danica Patrick proves with the IRL's
ratings, if you don't have heroes, you exist, and you'll exist, and that's
all you'll do. Champ Car will be a 1.0, 1.1, 1.2 TV rating company. That's all you're ever
be without heroes. The big events are nice, you have to have them, but
parallel to that you have to develop your heroes or buy heroes. You
know, you can't develop a hero overnight. Danica was an anomaly.
JEREMY DALE: I agree.
MARK CIPOLLONI: And before AJ becomes a hero in the United States or
Justin Wilson become as real hero, you might have to buy some heroes.
The series has got to have heroes. I can't stress that enough.
JEREMY DALE: There's a chicken and egg element to it, which to me is
you've got to have the longevity. You can't have -- you know, one of the
most popular drivers ever in CART was Alex Zanardi. He was only here for
three years. Didn't matter that he wasn't American. People loved him.
They loved him.
MARK CIPOLLONI: Because Target promoted him properly. He was personable.
JEREMY DALE: He was a personality. People
could identify with him. People connected with him. And then he was
MARK CIPOLLONI: That was the fault of the series for not being able to
keep him.
JEREMY DALE: And also Jacques Villeneuve was not as well-loved, he was
still on his way to becoming a hero. So what I like about a guy like AJ and
what I like about a guy like Justin, it's one of the reasons that we
thought Justin would be a good fit for us. Justin has done his Formula
One thing. It's done and he's not going back. He likes it here. This is
what he wants to do. He can have, you know, a nice tidy career here for
quite a few years. AJ doesn't have any eyes on going to Formula One. He
likes this.
MARK CIPOLLONI: I think if a driver could make a good living here
salary-wise, they would stay. I don't think Alex Zanardi would have gone
back to Formula One if there was enough money on the table. There wasn't
that effort made. They didn't understand how valuable he was, how much
money he was really worth to the series. You can't replace a hero.
JEREMY DALE: I'd be careful with that.
MARK CIPOLLONI: You can't replace a hero.
JEREMY DALE: I agree. But I'd be careful jumping to conclusions about
Zanardi and money.
MARK CIPOLLONI: With most businesses, nobody is irreplaceable, okay,
pretty much. You can usually always find somebody. But it's hard to find
another hero in sports, sports and entertainment. It's hard to replace a
Mickey Mantle or Willie Mays.
JEREMY DALE: Michael Jordan.
MARK CIPOLLONI: And Tiger Woods, who helped to make the sport a success.
JEREMY DALE: Wayne Gretzky.
MARK CIPOLLONI: When they go, as we saw with hockey, as we saw with
basketball, the sport goes down. How do you put a price to that? So in
my mind, my humble opinion, what the series is missing, everything else
appears to be on the right track, and it's going at the right pace, but
what's missing is I think we're behind in heroes right now.
JEREMY DALE: I agree.
MARK CIPOLLONI: We have good drivers. But Champ Car hasn't
figured out how to make them heroes yet.
JEREMY DALE: No, but you need some critical mass before you do that or
else it feels manufactured.
MARK CIPOLLONI: But you can buy a big-name driver or two which can help
to draw interest in the series. It's finding that right driver, and
what's the price.
JEREMY DALE: Yeah, I mean, in your mind, who would that be?
MARK CIPOLLONI: Well, it could be a NASCAR driver or it can be a Formula
One driver. I mean, there's a number of NASCAR drivers who have very big
names. Kurt Busch came over and tested the Rahal car. I don't know if
you were there at the time. He did pretty well. Whether he can handle it
or not, I don't know. Tony Stewart, there's no question he's an
open-wheel driver. What would be the price? He has a big fan following
now. I mean, how would he do in a Champ Car? We don't know, right? He
does very well on the road courses in NASCAR. The question is, can he do
well here? Looking at Formula One,
you're not going to get Schumacher, that won't happen. But we had Juan
JEREMY DALE: There's another one.
MARK CIPOLLONI: He was a big name. We lost him. Will he ever come back?
Probably not now. But David Coulthard has proven he's still pretty
quick. A pretty big name. Maybe he's not the right superstar. I haven't really thought about who
exactly, but there's a number of big-name drivers out there. Even
Verstappen. Verstappen has a huge fan base. HVM for whatever reason
didn't pick him up. They picked up Bremer, who is a good driver. But
Verstappen doesn't have sponsorship right now. Chicken and egg. But
because his fan base is so big, TV ratings would go up in Europe which
would then draw sponsorship to him because the TV ratings would be up in
Holland and in Europe. He's not a superstar
hero, but in Holland he's a hero. Here he is on the sidelines. It's key
hires like that that you have to study what they can possibly bring.
JEREMY DALE: It's a big risk.
MARK CIPOLLONI: If you want to start looking at having more interest
from Europe. Now, maybe you don't want to. Maybe Europe's not important.
Who do we get from China? Is there anybody in China that can be made
into an overnight hero?
JEREMY DALE: We need to get some Chinese drivers over into Atlantic.
MARK CIPOLLONI: What about Marchy Lee? He's from Hong Kong. I was told they
want a driver from mainland China. Guess what? Right now you don't have
a driver from mainland China who can handle a Champ Car. He's from Hong Kong. Guess what, he did very well in
his Formula One test. Guess what, can he probably drive a Champ Car. For
now, in preparation for the race next year in Beijing, why
isn't he in Champ Car, as a Chinese driver from Hong Kong right now?
Then when somebody from mainland China is developed, you can replace Lee
with the guy from the mainland.
There's things like that that the company is not doing. No South
Korean driver either. They can fail. Champ Car is not a known quantity
in China. Champ Car isn't a known quantity in South Korea. Nobody knows
who Champ Car is. And there's no driver to root for. So how are you
going to succeed? Yeah, you can try to say, okay, it's an American
event, come and see this big American event. That may work. It's hard to
JEREMY DALE: Yeah, it may. It may work. It may not work. You know, at
the end of the day, it would be great to have, you know, a Korean driver
and a Chinese driver. Certainly having Canadian drivers has made the
Canadian events a success. Having Mexican drivers has made the Mexican
events a success. There's no doubt.
MARK CIPOLLONI: Exactly.
JEREMY DALE: There's no doubt.
MARK CIPOLLONI: Australia was an anomaly. Australia is a party?
They could be even more successful with an Australian driver.
JEREMY DALE: Again, you knock these things down one at a time. Would you
say that it's more important to have a Korean driver or to have great
television production on CBS?
MARK CIPOLLONI: In my mind, it's two separate things.
JEREMY DALE: But you've got to -- I mean, it's just an example of how
there are always decisions to be made about where to invest time and
money. Kevin is making an investment in Katherine Legge.
MARK CIPOLLONI: That's European.
JEREMY DALE: But, I mean, he's made an investment in Ryan (also
European). So I think
that people are aware of it, but at the end of the day what you've got
to do is you've got to make sure that, for instance, that Korean event
and that Chinese event are going to be good events. Let's start there.
MARK CIPOLLONI: Champ Car has made a statement that
they want to be in the Pacific Rim. From where I sit I don't see everything being done to make sure
they don't fail. Those are the kinds of things I just don't see. Formula
One is known worldwide. Champ Car still is not. Even in this country,
Champ Car is not really known that well. How can you expect Chinese and
the Koreans to know what Champ Car is? I don't see journalists coming
over here from China and Korea, following the races, starting to get
ramped up to have stories back home about what Champ Car is about. I see
none of that and that concerns me. I should be having this conversation
with Kevin.
JEREMY DALE: Sure. You know, it's --
MARK CIPOLLONI: So Champ Car has to figure out what they really want to
JEREMY DALE: Well, I think it's clearer now than it's been in the last
15 years.
MARK CIPOLLONI: Yes.
JEREMY DALE: Because there was a time there when I felt that Champ Car,
CART, felt like they were going to take on Formula One.
MARK CIPOLLONI: Yeah. But unfortunately they had sponsors who were
really focused on America, the United States. They had the wrong
sponsors, the wrong group from those organizations, for what their
vision was.
JEREMY DALE: Right. But there was a real dissonance between what the
ownership -- the direction the ownership wanted to take, the direction
the partners wanted to take, the corporate partners wanted to take, and
the direction the engine manufacturer wanted to take.
MARK CIPOLLONI: Right.
JEREMY DALE: You know, it was a total dissonance. And right now it's
more in harmony than it's been in a long, long time. Our commercial
partners are telling us, "We love what we see from a schedule
standpoint. We love what we see." That's good.
MARK CIPOLLONI: The engine manufacturers, Honda and Toyota, were saying
they didn't want to go overseas, right? Lo and behold, they went to
Formula One after that. If CART had gone to Japan and talked to the
Japanese and convinced them that CART can become like Formula One, they
may have stayed in CART, and instead of being American Honda and
American Toyota, Japan would have gotten behind it.
JEREMY DALE: Maybe. But Honda was in Formula One well before they were
ever in CART.
MARK CIPOLLONI: Yeah, they were. They have a long history, that's true.
They do.
JEREMY DALE: You know, the last Formula One program started in I believe
'83 with the turbo motors.
MARK CIPOLLONI: For Honda they continued in F1 until the early
JEREMY DALE: No, what, '92? They've always done it that way. Jump in for
a period of time, jump in, come out. But it's an interesting historical
study to look at it and go, "Where were the mistakes made? Why did it go
wrong? How could you take something that was so good and so right and so
strong and block by block, brick by brick, deconstruct it?
MARK CIPOLLONI: Well, part of that I believe was because the IRL was
formed. When the IRL was formed, they were trying to steal away from the
CART paddock, and now there was an option, and money was thrown at people.
You know, Honda and Toyota were convinced to go over there. That pretty
much was the downfall of CART, right? If the IRL was never formed, and
Tony George had stayed and tried to work with CART, I think CART would
be in business right now and be doing just fine. Yeah, it would have to
have undergone some change, it would have had to. But the fact of the
matter is because there was another option now for people, it led to the
downfall of the entire sport.
JEREMY DALE: Yeah, I mean, I don't know.
MARK CIPOLLONI: CART's marquee event was gone - the Indy 500.
JEREMY DALE: I agree. I agree. I don't know how -- I don't know the
extent to which the path that it was on was a sustainable path anyway.
MARK CIPOLLONI: Why did they go public? The only reason why they went
public was because the IRL was formed and they needed the cash to go up
against the cash that Tony was spending in the IRL.
JEREMY DALE: But they never spent any of that money. And that money sat
in the bank until -- I mean, the owners all got rich.
MARK CIPOLLONI: It was stupidity. That was stupidity. If not for
the IRL I don't think they
would have ever gone public. That never would have been entertained
that idea because Roger Penske was very much against that. It was sold to them as, okay,
we need this money to, you know, grow the company and fight off the IRL,
and they agreed to do that. They went and did that. But they never
approved the budget to spend it, for whatever reason. I wasn't privy to
those conversations as to why the board never approved to spend any of
that money. I do know that I spoke to every marketing manager that
CART had, and they told me they put in this big proposal to do
marketing, and it never got approved, never had the budget to do
anything. It was never marketed. It was never spent. The money sat in
the bank. I can't explain why. I don't know the answer to that.
JEREMY DALE: Well, it's interesting to look at it. I mean, you can have
intellectual conversations -- we can have intellectual conversations
about were they on a sustainable path or not? I tend to believe they
were not, with or without the IRL. And it's the same thing you hear
people say all the time: Oh, wouldn't it be great -- won't it be great
when it gets back to where it was? No, because where it was in the late
'90s and the early -- early in the 2000s.
MARK CIPOLLONI: Are you talking about where it was in '95 before the
split or where it was after the split? There's a big difference in my
JEREMY DALE: It continued -- it didn't peak until after the split.
MARK CIPOLLONI: It peaked around '96.
JEREMY DALE: I would say it peaked around '99.
MARK CIPOLLONI: It's hard to say. What about the Indy 500?
JEREMY DALE: I mean, this is just me talking out of my ass, but I think
that the first crack was Ganassi going back to the Indy 500. That was the first
-- that was the first crack in the armor, as it were. Everyone had
maintained solidarity. Everyone had stayed away and not supported the
IRL. And once that started, it just opened up the floodgates.
MARK CIPOLLONI: Let's be honest, let's face it, if Toyota and Honda had
stayed, all of the teams that followed that money to the IRL would still
be In Champ Car.
JEREMY DALE: That's right. But, so, here is where you make the argument
that it was not sustainable.
MARK CIPOLLONI: I was told by Toyota and Honda they wanted to be at the
Indy 500. They didn't have it anymore. They had it in CART through
1995, and then Tony George took it away.
JEREMY DALE: But the investment they were making in CART was not
commensurate with the return.
MARK CIPOLLONI: Not after the split it wasn't. Up until the split, there
was never talk about it being not worth it. It was after the split where
they didn't have the marquee event any more.
JEREMY DALE: Toyota was never in CART prior to the split.
MARK CIPOLLONI: The fan base was split. Oval track fans went with
the IRL. The fan base was split between the road racing fans and the
oval fans. The two sides, including the fans, were certain their side
was the right side to be on.
JEREMY DALE: Mark, I agree with that. But what I'm saying is split or no
split, you know, what's made NASCAR successful is that the investments
that the manufacturers and the commercial partners are making are
getting bigger and bigger all the time.
MARK CIPOLLONI: But the TV ratings in NASCAR are huge.
JEREMY DALE: It's not just TV. But the value for them continues to
exceed the investment.
MARK CIPOLLONI: Yes, of course.
JEREMY DALE: And any time you get upside down with that, you're going to
be -- you're falling off a cliff. And CART was falling off that cliff in
about 1995, '96. That's when all that started.
MARK CIPOLLONI: I'm not real sure I agree with that. All measurable
indications, attendance and TV ratings, which are the two biggest
measures of return of value for the sponsors, both were still going up.
JEREMY DALE: But I can tell you that sponsors don't just measure TV
ratings in tennis. They measure all sorts of other things. They measure,
you know -- if CDW is here today, which they will be, although I
wouldn't blame them if they were not here today, but you know what I
mean. If they bring a customer into this paddock, and that customer has
a good experience, and that customer now does more business with CDW
because CDW is able to build a better relationship with that customer,
that's all the stuff you never see.
MARK CIPOLLONI: Of course, yeah.
JEREMY DALE: If the folks at CDW meet the folks from Western Union, and
the folks from Western Union become a customer of CDW, that's the stuff
you never see. They're in this paddock doing business.
With that Jeremy Dale got called off to a
meeting and our interview concluded.
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My thoughts on a variety of CART issues - by Jon Vannini
AutoRacing1 Exclusive - Is Shanghai in CART's future?
As CART goes global, what about its sponsors?
If Mexico City will get 350,000, would India get 400,000?
The inevitable globalization of CART
New CART TV deal - don't put the CART before the horse
CART in China - Why Shanghai is the best venue
Rockingham is ready for CART. Is CART ready for Rockingham?
Beating a dead horse.; Where's my fork?
Successful CART Venues - It takes two to tango
Setting the record straight on CART's German 500
Rebuilding CART from the grassroots up!
Could this be the break Gidley has been waiting for?
CART, ALMS or NASCAR extravaganza weekends
A true global vision will serve CART well
A proposal for CART and IRL to coexist peacefully
The Triple Crown - a proposal for CART's success
650HP, 750HP, 850HP, it doesn't seem to matter
Movie Review: DRIVEN
Ryan Arciero hopes to continue family dynasty
CART & IRL, a missed opportunity
Things are happening at CART
CART' Data Acquisition Systems - there's a new kid on the block.
CART's next moves will be crucial.
The greatest Long Beach GP of all-time.
CART & IRL - close, and yet so far.
Andretti set to return to Indy
Sam Hornish wins Phoenix, de Ferran punted
Greg Ray wins Phoenix pole, deFerran 5th
CART Engines, If it ain't broke, don't fix it
And the 2001 CART Champion will be....
The HANS Device saved my fathers life
Soft walls or soft cars?
Safety- It's going to take more than just magic to fix
Safety - It's going to take more than just magic to fix
CART vs. IRL, Hatfields vs. McCoys
DRIVEN is CART's best chance to become mainstream
Is CART's problem really a lack of American's?
CART vs. NASCAR - TV Coverage
Bubbas' rule auto racing
Book review - Autocourse 2000/2001
Do heroes make a sport, or does a sport make heroes
To-Do-List, for CART's new President
Lawsuits, Will Greg Moore's final legacy to racing be more than one of…….
Tire Warmers, an idea whose time has come
BrandingCART and their race cars
Will CART's next leader be a corporate visionary?
AddressingCART's TV issues
CART, do you know who you are?
Will CART miss this boat too, - Destined to shadow NASCAR?
Why the new Indy Lights cars should meet IRLspecs
SoftWalls - drivers take a stand while you still can
CART Fan Forum - Highlights from CART's very first Fan Forum
Warren Hughes - A name to remember
CART restarts - NASCAR Style
Mario Andretti Tribute - America's Driver of the Century
Shift w/o Lift- How it works
Aerodynamics- CART's chance to make progressive changes
CART's HP dilemma
Soft Walls - Finally, a safer wall system
BuddyRice deserves a shot at Champ Cars
Choices, Choices, we rate possible new CART venues
CART must avoid Detroit's politics
10ways for CART to invest $100million
Montoya and Ganassi do CART proud at Indy
Welcome to AutoRacing1.com
A year of progress shapes Rockingham
A solution for CART's franchise dilemma
Lausitzring nears completion, fighting hard to win CART date
Paul Tracy keeps his Kool, wins LBGP for2nd time
What is an American driver?
Warming-up at Nazareth
172mph in a Champ Car is the ultimate adrenaline rush
Standing Start Rules proposed standing start rules for CART
Standing Starts are they right for CART?
Champ Car's Minardi 2-seater is the ultimate ride
For Alex Figge and PCM it's baptism by fire
A tribute to Alfred J. Cipolloni
Champ Car owners move to silence critics
Establishing a firm foundation for Champ Car
One-on-one with Champ Car President Steve Johnson
J.R. Hildebrand is one American going places in a hurry
What's new for Champ Car for 2007 - Part 1
Champ Car positions itself for international expansion
Paul Stoddart confirms interest in Champ Car
An inside look at Champ Car TV production
Ho-Pin Tung wants to be Champ Car's first Chinese driver
Stephen King explains Justin Wilson's novel Investor's Club
One-on-one with American sensation AJ Allmendinger
Champ Car moving forward without the IRL
One-on-one with Paul Tracy
Bruce Delahorne explains CDW's sponsorship in Champ Car
One-on-one with Justin Wilson
Champ Car bosses won't be bullied
Part 2: NASCAR/ISC get dirty in Phoenix, out to destroy Open Wheel
Part 1: NASCAR/ISC get dirty in Phoenix, out to destroy Open Wheel
The Rahals: Like father, like son
Why and IRL/Champ Car merger will be a big boost for the sport
Headless Open Wheel Racing appears doomed
Richard Lyons looking at Champ Car for his next challenge
We salute the champions of 2005
Is Jay Howard the next Ayrton Senna?
Interview with Grand-Am President Roger Edmondson
Otaru, Japan Champ Car race moving closer to reality
Champ Car's global appeal may ride on mimicking the Team
Australia concept
Champ Car's Surfers Paradise race promoter "gets it"
Champ Car cements another brick in its foundation
Custom built Champ Cars and Indy Cars
Interview with RuSPORT Team President Jeremy Dale
Conspiracy Theory: What Indy was really all about
Why the Champ Car/IRL war must end
How a
Champ Car and IRL merger might work
Will the battle for Long Beach destroy its Grand Prix?
Katherine Legge has her eyes set on Champ Car
Traveling Light Media - Just what the doctor ordered
Car lays out bold 3-year plan
Champ Car's 2005 driver lineup vastly improved
Hunter-Reay anxious to get racing again
with new team
That sucking sound you hear is NASCAR
Feud - The story of the murder of Mickey Thompson
Yes, Blame Tony and the CART defectors too
Interview with ALMS President Scott Atherton
2005 a foundation laying year for Champ
Kalkhoven talks Champ Car with AutoRacing1
Kalkhoven and Forsythe buy Cosworth from Ford
Carl Russo is bullish on Champ Car
Can this be Champ Car's next-generation car
Champ Car poised for major comeback
Champ Car Race Control - the 'Hot Seat Zone'
Open Wheel Racing is in serious need of consolidation
Champ Car South of the Border, An
interview with Joe Heitzler
There is an easy way for Champ Car and the IRL to unify
From airport to race track, a race within a race
The 2-seater Car is one of Champ Car's biggest assets
Why Bernie Ecclestone could, and should, buy Champ Car now
Champ Car rocks the streets of Times Square in Manhattan
Why did Fernández leave Champ Car? Follow the money....
Next Generation Champ Car: A call for F1 tires
Coming to America? Interview with Ralph Firman Jr.
Open Wheel Racing defeats IRL - Champ Car
Series to continue
Open Wheel Racing needs a win by OWRS - Part
The next generation Champ Cars - Part 2
CART next for Villeneuve?
New deal for CART may be better than first thought
The genius of one Bernard Ecclestone
CART Champ Cars, the next generation - Part 1
Details emerging on CART race in Seoul, South Korea
CART hits a Grand Slam in Mexico City. Now What?
Top-10 Challenges facing new CART owners
CART can still race in Europe, but will they?
For CART, time is of the essence
Making sense of CART's situation
Push-to-Pass means no more parades for CART
An interview with CART's David Clare
What did Roger Penske really mean?
CART must differentiate itself - clearly
turbos make for superior street and race engines
For CART, it's now or never
Chicken or the Egg?
War of the worlds
What Bernie brings to CART
CART, Driven to where?
Is it really about CART vs. IRL?
If I were
The Champ Cars and St. Pete
informal survey of the St. Pete race attendees
Artificial Dissemination
CART, F1 coming to grips with doing business in China
Cancel the Funeral
CART and F1 must, and will, share a common V-10 engine
Book Review: Autocourse 2002-2003 F1 yearbook
Does CART need Michael Andretti?
2002 CART TV ratings by the numbers
Now is the time for CART to redefine its ladder system
CART gets a taste of tifosi passion in Mexico
affair in Mexico
Making sense out of Bernie/CART rumors
Changing of the guard?
Mom, apple pie, CART and....Formula1?
Why CART and Bernie make perfect dance partners
Miami should be a CART and ALMS kickoff party
David slays Goliath in Miami
What to make of Gurney's F1 team
Taking it to the streets, why Miami is a war
CART, like the Phoenix, about to rise up from the ashes
There's more
than handwriting on the wall.....and here's the concrete facts
Day weekend 1952...A weekend I'll never forget
owners show support for CART
CART still
may be in cards for Villeneuve
Bryan Herta, USA's next best chance for F1
Is Paul
Ricard in CART's future?
CART's real attendance numbers
Is Brands
Hatch suitable for Champ Cars?
An Unappealing Appeal, George reigns in GEORGE-town
A candid
conversation with Chris Pook
More than meets the eye with CART's turbo move
It's time for CART to define its own future
upgrades at Road America
Back-Breaking work
rebirth of CART
hidden costs of Indy Car racing
CART's road and street circuits are clicking with the fans
Is it sport, or a P.T. Barnum show?
IRL at Fontana - a victim of friendly fire
CART's 2003 race venues #1 in the world
Meet the Gonzalez brothers
ISC is making enemies in Miami
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The Best Deluxe Grand Canyon Helicopter Tours Out Of Las Vegas
When you are ready to reserve your helicopter tour from the Grand Gorge, you will find you need to choose from a luxurious and fundamental version. As the luxurious version is more expensive, it's well worth the extra expense if you're able to afford it because it arrives with some nice perks. Listed here are the 3 best tours you can buy when you are prepared to secure your seats.
Best Vegas Tours
The very first factor you need to know would be that the only tours where you can land in the Gorge are individuals that leave Vegas. Helicopters aren't allowed to fly underneath the rim and land in the South Rim, so if you prefer a landing tour, you'll must see free airline Rim, and individuals tours leave Vegas.
So if you wish to land in the Gorge, then you will be booking a West Rim tour. That raises my top suggested tour.
The Champagne Tour is my #1 pick. This helicopter tour lifts removed from The Strip and flies you to definitely free airline Rim in which the chopper bakes an exhilarating descent towards the Gorge floor in which you escape close to the Colorado River. You will have a Very important personel experience when you land and therefore are treated to some fun Champagne picnic. And as it is a luxurious tour, as with other luxurious tours, it arrives with free limousine transportation out of your hotel towards the helicopter pad.
The Best Mega Tour
The #2 pick may be the mega tour which includes the very first tour plus a float trip around the Colorado River along with a visit the famous Skywalk on the top from the rim.
The Skywalk is most likely probably the most popular items to see in the Gorge. If you are visiting the West Rim anyway, you don't wish to miss seeing it. It's a massive glass and steel viewing platform that's suspended 4000 ft above the foot of the Gorge and juts out 70 ft beyond the fringe of the Gorge. The knowledge is exciting, and also the view is amazing. The tour includes Very important personel tickets, therefore you can reduce lined up and lower your waiting time.
South Rim Helicopter Tour
My #3 tour is a which goes towards the south Rim. Despite the fact that your helicopter will not be permitted to land there, the South Rim tour continues to be a great tour experience. The South Rim is much more remote and also the tour flies over vast backwoods areas, if you want something from the tourist crowds, this is actually the tour for you personally.
This tour is really a flight which goes in the South Rim towards the North Rim towards the eastern border from the Park, after which back towards the south Rim. This tour enables you to see 75 % from the entire Park grounds, such as the greatest and largest trench within the Gorge.
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Now you be aware of top three tours towards the Gorge, you're ready to get the tour booked. Remember, whether it's a landing tour you would like, book a Vegas tour and visit the West Rim, but if you wish to see pristine backwoods scenery, book a South Rim tour from Tusayan. Plan to purchase your tour a minimum of two days in advance and merely make use of your charge card to purchase it on the internet. This way you'll obtain the best cost in your tour. Since all of these are luxurious tours, you'll be able to fly around the EcoStar sightseeing chopper that's quieter and roomier compared to fundamental helicopter, as well as the EcoStar has stadium-style seats along with a huge breathtaking viewing window for spectacular views.
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THE MEN BEHIND THE Alan King (second from 1.) and Rupert Hitzig (standing) listen as partner Frank Borelli (r.) and manager Peter Hoffman review-balloting procedures. The "Georgie" Award, designed by Al Hirschfeld, sits between pasteups of the final ballots. New York partner Frank Borelli and manager Peter Hoffman had a special reason for watching television late last January when the "First Annual Comedy Award Special!' hosted by Alan King, was aired on ABC network. They knew they had been the men behind the scenes^H&S was selected by King-Hitzig Productions of New York to verify the final results of the balloting for the show, a ninety-minute special in I which the Academy of Humor presented seventeen 9 awards. According to Alan King, 'Awards are given for just about everything these days. Even dogs get them, so why not honor comedians who are really the mainstay V of most award shows! The Academy of Humor was organized by King to document comedy as an art form. There were over 100 nominees in all, chosen from the theater, movies, television r and nightclubs. There was also one category for humor in print — f jr newspapers, magazines and books.^rln addition to our primary purpose f m y" of validating the ballots, Haskins &i Sells was called on to set up nominating Viwgpr and balloting procedures. Our formal proposal was followed by two months of hard work on Peter Hoffman's part as he offered informal advice to the King-Hitzig people, based largely on his experience with the annual Grammy awards. Peter said, "We discussed the format for the nominating ballots; reviewed the materials to be sent out inviting other comedians, writers and directors to join the Academy of Humor; and generally tried to answer any questions that came up!' iVOnce the engagement was taken, much hard work remained to be done. First, the Academy, which has approximately 200 charter members, was surveyed to select the nominees. "The ballot was approximately fifty pages long and included over one thousand names of people for performances between Labor Day 1973 and Labor Day 1974!' Peter commented. When these results were in, a new question arose—how to handle the ballots for the final voting. Would we use optical scanning or a keypunch method? How long should the ballot be—one page or two? At this point, Peter and Keith Schrupp, senior on the engagement, enlisted the aid of New York MAS director Donald Morchower, who helped design the ballot and lined up the computer time and keypunch operators. Additional assistance was obtained from the EO Composer Services Department, which made the mechanicals or "pasteups" for the ballot, and hired a company to do the printing. i% About 50,000 ballots were sent out to four entertainment guilds. "Each has its own mailing requirements!' Peter said, "so we had to proceed carefully" Then the returns started to pour in. As the completed ballots began piling up (more than 7,000 were finally received) a special room was set aside for them in the New York office. The Auditape System was used to tabulate the results^January finally arrived, and Peter and Frank flew to the Coast for the taping of the television show. Both attended the rehearsal during the afternoon of the taping and were impressed by the set, which featured show-biz caricatures by Al Hirschfeld. Hirschfeld's work has chronicled the Broadway scene in The New York Times and elsewhere for years. ^During the evening H&S was plugged several times, initially by Alan King and later by Dan Rowan and Dick Martin, and George Burns and Carol Channing. Among the old-timers who received standing ovations from the assembled comedians were Milton Berle, Phil Silvers and one of the original Ritz Brothers. Bob Hope was given the first Will Rogers Award, presented by the son of the famous humorist. It was announced that next year there will be an award given in Jack Benny's namer&Frank Borelli felt that Alan King and his production associates were a real pleasure to work with and should be applauded for their unique approach to an awards show. He said, "It was a very rewarding experience to have the opportunity for close contact with some of the nicest people in the entertainment field, like Don Rickles (a super guy), Steve Allen, Dom DeLuise and, last but not least, Howard CoselL'frAnd so the First Annual Comedy Awards concluded successfully, to a large extent thanks to the hard work of Messrs. Borelli and Hoffman, assisted by many others in the New York and Executive Offices. Copyrighted -- License from Black Star
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Remember Bank Transfer Day two years ago? That's when mad-as-hell consumers were supposed to bring giant banks such as Bank of America, Chase and Citibank to their knees by moving their money to nonprofit credit unions.
It was a bust, says Consumer Reports. Few people switched, in part because of the grip big banks had on them with their alluring online and mobile banking services.
Now the top 10 credit unions have caught up, and new competitors have entered the fight for your dollars. Here's the lowdown on four alternatives worth considering.
Credit Unions
Why? They offer all of the services of a bank (and federal deposit insurance) but tend to charge considerably less for checking accounts and loans. And they generally pay higher interest rates on savings.
Why not? The customer-satisfaction rating for credit unions dropped 5 points last year, to 82, according to the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI), which tracks 48 industries. Nevertheless, they still outscored Chase (74), Citibank (70) and Bank of America (66).
Where to find them: Membership is open only to people in a specific group, such as employees of a company, members of an association or residents of certain communities. Go to mycreditunion.gov to find prospects near you.
Regional Banks
Why? If you're uncomfortable cutting the cord to a traditional bank, check out a regional or midsized bank. They now offer the same technological bells and whistles but also provide significantly higher satisfaction than the four biggest national banks, according to the ACSI. Their satisfaction score was 79 last year, placing them below credit unions but above the big banks.
Why not? Smaller isn't always better. In Texas, Regions Bank ranked last among 13 banks assessed in J.D. Power's 2013 Retail Banking Satisfaction Survey. That was worse than Wells Fargo, Citibank and Bank of America, though Frost National, another regional, topped the Lone Star State list.
Where to find them: Go to jdpower.com for rankings of regional banks serving your section of the country.
Virtual Banks
Why? They typically charge no monthly fees, have low penalties or none at all and offer FDIC insurance, direct deposit, electronic bill payment, debit cards, photo check deposit and national networks of fee-free ATMs.
Why not? There are no physical branches, which might be unsettling unless you've embraced mobile banking and rarely need to set foot inside a branch. And the low- or no-fee business model might be jeopardized at some virtual banks that partly finance their operations from the fees they collect every time a customer uses a debit card to make a purchase, because in July a federal court ruling signaled that those fees might be regulated lower.
Where to find them: Search online for virtual banks including Ally, Capital One 360 Checking, GoBank and Simple.
Prepaid Cards
Why? Once a high-priced option for low-income consumers who couldn't qualify for a checking account or credit card, prepaid cards have moved into the mainstream and offer many of the features of a checking account. Almost all of them come with FDIC insurance. And when Consumer Reports rated 26 cards in July on value, convenience, safety and other measures, it found that consumers could avoid the few fees that the best ones had.
Why not? All prepaid cards aren't created equal. And while Consumer Reports' Ratings didn't compare the cost of checking accounts vs. a prepaid card alternative, it did find that the worst prepaid cards have high, unavoidable charges, including activation and monthly fees, and that one lacked FDIC insurance. Four prepaid cards to avoid: AccountNow Gold Visa Prepaid Card (MetaBank), Reach Visa Prepaid Card (Tom Joyner), Redpack Mi Promesa Prepaid MasterCard and American Express for Target.
Where to find them: Consider the best Consumer Reports found: Bluebird with direct deposit (American Express), H&R; Block Emerald Prepaid MasterCard, Green Dot Card (Green Dot Bank) and Approved Prepaid MasterCard (Suze Orman) with or without direct deposit.
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- 6 ounces fettuccine, uncooked, broken in half
- 2 cups broccoli flowerets
- 1 cup sliced carrots
- 1 cup sliced celery
- 1/2 cup commercial fat-free creamy Italian salad dressing
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- 12 cherry tomatoes, halved
- 3/4 pound cooked chicken, turkey, beef, or pork
Cook fettuccine according to package directions, omitting salt and oil. Drain and rinse under cold water; drain again and set aside. Meanwhile, cook broccoli, carrots, and celery in a small amount of boiling water or steam until crisp-tender, about 5–6 minutes. Drain and plunge vegetables into cold water for 1 minute; drain again. Combine cooked fettuccine and vegetables in large bowl. Add dressing and pepper and stir well. Gently fold in tomatoes. Cut meat into bite-size pieces or strips and arrange over salad. Serve immediately, or chill until serving time.
Note: Other vegetables may be substituted for those listed, if desired.
Yield: about 8 cups.
Serving size: 1 cup.
Nutrition Facts Per Serving:
Calories: 170 calories, Carbohydrates: 20 g, Protein: 17 g, Fat: 3 g, Saturated Fat: <1 g, Sodium: 196 mg, Fiber: 2 g
Exchanges per serving: 1 starch, 1 vegetable, 2 very lean meat. Carbohydrate choices: 1.
This recipe was developed by Nancy Cooper, a Contributing Editor of Diabetes Self-Management. Nancy is a Diabetes Nutrition Specialist at the International Diabetes Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota.


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Ellie Greenwich and Jeff Barry
- Ellie Greenwich
- Jeff Barry
The dynamic duo topped charts with tight, sophisticated pop songs.
Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich rose to the top of the Brill Building songwriting staff with such hits as "Leader of the Pack," "Da Do Ron Ron" and "River Deep, Mountain High."
Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich were among the most successful songwriters of the Sixties.
In 1964 alone, this husband-and-wife team saw seventeen of their compositions make the pop charts. The voluminous Barry-Greenwich catalog includes five songs that went to Number One: "Chapel of Love" (Dixie Cups), "Do Wah Diddy Diddy" (Manfred Mann), "Leader of the Pack" (Shangri-La's), "Hanky Panky" (Tommy James and the Shondells) and "Da Doo Ron Ron" (Shaun Cassidy). However, that was just the tip of the iceberg, as the duo composed hundreds of songs recorded by a variety of artists during their relatively brief but prolific union. Between them, they wrote twenty-five songs that went gold or platinum.
They wrote much material for Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller's Red Bird label and also teamed up with producer Phil Spector, who by then had his own Philles label. Writing as a trio, Spector, Greenwich and Barry created not just pop songs but pop art. In addition to "Da Doo Ron Ron," their shared byline could be found on such formidable classics as the "Be My Baby" (Ronettes) and "River Deep-Mountain High" (Ike and Tina Turner). Other songs they wrote with Spector include "Then He Kissed Me" (Crystals), "Baby I Love You" (Ronettes) and the seasonal favorite "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" (Darlene Love).
Greenwich was born in Brooklyn and moved to Long Island when she was 11. She played piano and led a high-school group, the Jivettes. She wanted to pursue music as a livelihood but was counseled—by Archie Bleyer, owner of Cadence Records—to finish college first, which she did. While attending Hofstra University, where she earned an English degree, she met Jeff Barry.
Distant relatives by marriage, Greenwich and Barry were introduced at a family get-together and discovered they had much in common. Like Greenwich, Barry (whose birth name was Joel Adelberg) was born in Brooklyn, played piano, wrote songs and loved pop records. While Greenwich was still in college, they collaborated on a pair of singles, "Red Corvette" and "Big Hunky Baby," with Greenwich using the pseudonyms Ellie Gee and Kellie Douglas.
They shared a consuming passion for songwriting, and when they formally joined forces in 1962, songs flowed and hits followed. However, they initially worked at separate publishers with different partners. Greenwich and Tony Powers wrote the Top 40 hits "Why Do Lovers Break Each Other's Heart?" and "(Today I Met) The Boy I'm Gonna Marry." Both were Phil Spector productions sung by Bob B. Soxx and the Blue Jeans, and Darlene Love, respectively. Barry co-wrote "Tell Laura I Love Her," a Top 10 hit by Ray Peterson. He also wrote Sam Cooke's first single for RCA Records, entitled "Teenage Sonata."
Greenwich and Barry married in 1962. Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller united them professionally that same year, giving them an office at their Trio Music headquarters in the Brill Building. Their union as songwriters and spouses lasted until 1965. They reigned as songwriters at the peak of an era when the roles of songwriter, producer, vocalist and musician were more circumscribed. Once the Beatles bundled those tasks, establishing a precedent of self-sufficient bands that wrote their own songs and played their own instruments, there was less need for professional songwriters in the pop-music realm. The divorce of Greenwich and Barry, combined with the changing landscape of the Sixties rock scene, put an end to their prodigious collaboration.
Unlike a lot of songwriting teams, Greenwich and Barry did not have rigidly defined roles. Each contributed words, music and ideas in a total collaboration. Their demo recordings were highly regarded within the industry and Greenwich's vocals—she handled both lead and overdubbed backing parts—earned her the reputation of being the "queen of demos." In fact, Leiber and Stoller thought so highly of one demo ("What a Guy") that they insisted on its release, intact and unedited, as a single. Having to contrive a group, Greenwich and Barry named themselves the Raindrops (after Dee Clark's hit of the same name). Released in 1963, "What a Guy" received regional airplay and just missed the national Top 40. Their second single, "The Kind of Boy You Can't Forget," was a Top 20 hit. The Raindrops placed six singles in the Top 100 during a two-year period, all on the Jubilee label.
As songwriters, Barry and Greenwich hit Number One twice in 1963: with the Shangri-La's "Leader of the Pack" (co-written with producer George "Shadow" Morton) and with the Dixie Cups' "Chapel of Love" (co-written with Phil Spector). The latter was the first single on Leiber and Stoller's Red Bird label. The duo started their own publishing company in 1965 and signed a struggling young singer-songwriter named Neil Diamond, whose career they helped launch.
After their separation, Greenwich and Barry continued a professional association for a short while, co-writing "I Can Hear Music" for the Ronettes, as well as a surprise chart-topper ("Hanky Panky," cut by Michigan's Tommy James and the Shondells) and a spectacular flop ("River Deep-Mountain High," which only reached Number Eighty-Eight). The inexplicable failure of that song, a Barry-Greenwich-Spector epic sung with volcanic intensity by Tina Turner, caused producer Phil Spector to retreat from the business for a few years.
Greenwich subsequently recorded two solo albums, Ellie Greenwich Composes, Writes and Sings (1968) and Let It Be Written, Let It Be Sung (1973). She co-wrote and appeared in the musical Leader of the Pack, a spirited celebration of her and Barry's songs and the era when they were hits. One of the first "jukebox musicals," Leader of the Pack enjoyed a successful run at New York's Bottom Line nightclub for a few months in 1985 before moving to Broadway.
Barry found success with the Monkees (whose Neil Diamond–penned "I'm a Believer" he produced), the Archies (the comic strip-inspired faux group for whom he wrote "Sugar Sugar") and Canadian singer Andy Kim. He also co-wrote, with Peter Allen, Olivia Newton-John's chart-topping "I Honestly Love You." Over the decades, Barry has composed for television, film and Broadway. He wrote the theme songs for One Day at a Time, The Jeffersons, Family Ties and Where's Waldo? Barry also served as president of the National Academy of Songwriters in the mid-Nineties. In 2000 he made Jeff Barry and Friends, a PBS special featuring performances of songs he wrote with and without Greenwich.
Greenwich and Barry were inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1991.
Inductees: Jeff Barry (songwriting, piano, vocals; born April 3, 1938), Ellie Greenwich (songwriting, piano, vocals; born October 23, 1940, died August 26, 2009)


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Untold Stories: Mina Miller Edison, The Wizard's Wife
Untold Stories: Mina Miller Edison, The Wizard's Wife Previous Broadcasts
KQED Plus: Wed, Feb 16, 2011 -- 11:00 PM
Mina Miller Edison, while perhaps best-known as Thomas Edison's wife, was a remarkable woman in her own right. Mina's diary entries hint at a side of the prolific inventor not always seen by the public, while her personal - and often candid - letters to friends and family reflect her own struggles and accomplishments. This program explores Mina's direct and lasting impact, specifically on the Edison's winter estate in Fort Myers, Florida and their Glenmont estate in New Jersey. Like the private and public gardens she sowed and tended, Mina Miller Edison's charity work planted the seeds for growth, change and beautification that can still be seen today.
Repeat Broadcasts:
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Because Gnos wanted to know WTF I was talking about this morning.
9 tails total which means around 18 lbs. So a harness is needed.
Harness just waiting to be attached, just need to find some 2in webbing to finish it up.
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set ... 494&type=3
Some altogether photos at the FB link. (Tails are 300% fluffier than in the FB photos)
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Gibb's Farms is situated against the forested slopes of the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, and offers a warm and friendly place to experience farm life at its best. Ideal for taking a break from your African safari, Gibb's Farm retains its historic charm and provides a welcoming retreat on a working farm.
Visit the working coffee plantation, dairy farm and piggery, and perhaps enjoy an interactive experience as you lend a hand. Stroll through the flower and vegetable garden or head further out for a forest walk. You can even enjoy a guided walk to the rim of the renowned Ngorongoro Crater rim. Visit the variety of community projects and initiatives to learn more about rural living in Tanzania.


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1125 Madison Avenue at 84th Street
New York, NY 10028 | 212.737.7273
Style: Booties
Size : US 5.5, 35.5
Color: Neutral, Tan
Fabric: Suede, Mesh
- Opening circumference: 9.75"
- Insole: 10"
- Width: 3"
- Heel: 1.25"
Condition : Very Good.
-Minimal signs of wear.
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Internet Librarian 2013 – Responsive Web Design from the Trenches
Internet Librarian 2013 – Responsive Web Design from the Trenches
Jeff Wisniewski
Jeff started his session with a definition of responsive web design. It's crafting a single site to provide an optimal experience across a wide range of devices. Responsive design has become popular because of the wide variety of screen sizes, orientations, and operating systems. There's this whole range of devices people are using to access our websites.
Who's gone responsive already? Microsoft, TechCrunch, and some libraries. A responsive site doesn't just resize, it changes dynamically. Some things disappear, other new things appear. Why not a dedicated mobile site? People are doing things on mobile devices in a similar way to what they do on a desktop. Maintaining a mobile site is redundant, and there's no need to leverage special device capabilities for a library site. Responsive design is thinking and doing mobile first. Anything will work on mobile. You also need to have a content strategy and design responsively.
Designing for mobile first means designing with touch in mind by creating larger targets and having more white space. All images should add value. Designing for content first means that all design flows from the content. Do a content inventory and identify whether items are outdated, need to be deleted or rewritten, etc. "Writing for the web is now writing for mobile." Be concise and clear, chunk content out.
Your site needs to be responsive under the hood too. It should be a flexible grid-based layout (using percentages, not pixels), use media queries, and if you're using images or other media to make those flexible and responsive as well. Flexible grids use relative units (not fixed or absolute). Media queries are starting with small screens first by setting a minimum width, then retooling. At a certain width, set the design to remove a column, move something, etc. to optimize it for different screens. Where you insert these break points depends on the content…don't set the break point at 320, the width of an iPhone screen, but rather at 300…before it maxes out to popular screen sizes. Responsive images – serve different sized images or different images entirely according to the platform someone is using. Avoid simply hiding them since they're still served, taking up bandwidth.
A responsive redesign process requires adjustment. The design process needs to be agile, more circuitous than linear. Part of the reason is that you're working across form factors—you can't do that linearly. Start with a content inventory, then do content prioritization, create content reference wireframes, and rewrite all content (thinking "mobile first"). Create a breakpoint graph, design fo the various breakpoints, sketch and wireframe, do usability testing (on paper, people…paper dammit!), and functional testing (and repeat), and then create the HTML design prototype.
Staff tend to get nervous with responsive web design because you're doing so much on paper, so much planning…and only in the last phase is there actual tangible coding going on. If you can get someone in your organization, higher up, to give you a design directive in writing it makes it easier for you to move forward.
Three cheers for frameworks! Frameworks are packages (think toolkits, or templates) made up of a structure of files and folders of standardized code (HTML, CSS, JS, etc.) which can be used to support the development of websites as a basis to start building a site. Most widely-used frameworks – Skeleton, Omega, Bootstrap. Jeff's library used Skeleton.
Tips, tricks, and lessons learned… It was hard to resist the urge to start coding earlier. Rewriting content was time very well spent. Library websites are all still handing off to many non-optimized sites/services (read: our vendor services are not mobile-friendly or responsive…bah!). You should focus on design, not devices. You should design in text. They successfully used personas to test platform use cases.